The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-03-26

about to leave this country. On the con-
trary his object, in sending his secretary
down to the feet in the Chesapeake was to
obtain passports for \ courier to Russia.
commune ating to the emperor. the friendly
manner, with which his pacific overtures
were met by the President. and thus enable
Z his government to proceed without delay
in its mediation with what effect. time only
can tell. Herald.
From the Examiner. Co London PAPER
film. 8. -. a.
Capt. Gardens account of the loss Of the
Macedonian, will be seen i'm the Gazette
He appears to have done his duty and had
it not been that superficial people have been
so long in the habit OF Boosting of the irwin
cibility of British seanen, no one would
have deemed it extraordinary that avcssel
Of superior force in every respect should
capture an inferior foe. The Americans,
1t should be remembered, are from the same
stock, and are made of the same stuff as
ourselves; they are equally active & bold );
and give them a trifing superiority, they
will Of course avail themselves Oft, as we
should do. There is no disgrace, therefore
in the matter; except indeed that which
may attach to the Ministry, in not having
provided vessels of equal force to meet our
new enemies.
From the London Courier OF Dec. 90.
said yesterday, an event equally surprising
and affecting. The American frigates are
stated to have larger compliment of men,
and to carry heavier metal than ours !; but
still, British seamen have been used to
contend with superiority of force, and to
conquer. ,c
But if the Macedonian DE taken, how is
Government to blamed Was it ever in
tended, or could il be expected that the
Macedonian should meet an American fri
gate and when she did, was it to be exc
pected that one CT our best frigates should
not have been a.match for her. But, says
the Chronicle, why was not the Macedoni-
An manned equal to the Americansa One
obvious answer is, that she was never in
fended to meet an American; but then it
will be asked why all frigates have rot
had their compliment increasedh The re-
ply in this involves many important consi-
deratiops, but the best reason we believe
will be found to be, that it is not. considered
possible IN the present extended state of
the navy, and never before that we have
heard of, was considered necessary. Our
SO gun frigetes have, over and over again,
taken the French 44's they are i'm fact of
the same class, and up to this hour we ne
yer suspected that the rate and scale of
our British frigatos required to be incrsas-
ed.
There is a great body of useful inform l.
tion on military affairs in the following ar.
ticIes; wa do not refer so much to the man
ser as the matfer-tho' the former coming
from an enemy possesses double interest,".
the military information is precious. for ita
cxplicitness and solid truth. aurora.
CHARACTER OF BONAPARTE.
Ely GENERAL sARAzIN.
BonAParte has been much misrepresented
by the injustice of his enemies, and by the
ridiculous enthusiasm Of his friends. He is
fond of study bis mind is intelligent, & his
memory attentive. He writes his lange age
correctly, and speaks it without afectation
He possesses just the degree of personal
courage WHICH it is dishonorable to want,
and which his interest requires. He has
not that brilliant intrepidity of general
Lannes, which used to communicate itself
to his columns of grenadiers, and precipi-
tateIthem into the full torrent of the enemy's
fire; but though nature has refused him this
instructive, she has made him amends BY
the rare talent of selecting and of moulding
to his purpose the men who are most capa-
BILE of carrying into execution his vast con-
ceptions. His chief merit is not his militia
ry skill, though no man is superior to him
In the art of combining all the various dis
positions preparatory to a battle /; his grand
secret is his knowledge OF the human ncarr.
The field of action is not his proper ele-
rnent it is the sagacity with which he de-
tects and profits by the lurking meanness
of an enemy; and the discernment with
which he discovers amongst his own fol-
lowers, and rewards either by honors or
by wealth, the fttest instrument for his
purposes, which render him formidable
independently of these talents, the princ-
pal causes of his success may be compre-
hended in two words--nunibers and fene-
ritz. 1T is not without reason that the in
stitute thought fit to class him in the secti-
on of mechanics, because on every occasion
ne has endeayored to assemble and to di-
rect against the point of attack,a mass of
hoquer sKhcTior 10 that sphich rvas ohhosed
10 him. He places at the heads of his CO.
lumDs those officers On whose desperate au-
dacity he can perfectly rely, and whose
example cannot fail 20 animate the troops.
OF such men he has always provision.-
He often spends six hours in the review Of
single regiment; carefully examines the
eolonels, the chiefs of battalions, and the
captains, and never fails to take notes Of
those, of whose spirit and intelligence he
receives favorable impression. The ex-
cellent conduct of his officers has often
made amends for the deficient instruction
Of the troops, and sometimes for the mis-
takes OF the general.
Ithas been said that his system is of his
creation but this a mere chmera. He
makes war as all generals who had CON-
mon sense have made war since the begin
ming of the world. 1t has excited some