Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-12-23

tiers from Liso0n. &c. SC. sc. TO shew, that il
| we did S nd ont provisions, hey would not paw
the freight This concord and concert is eerteci.
iy understood, and ,SiN avail the enemy nothing
Ii may be well To observe, for the sake of future
times, that many of these accounts OF the price
or provisions, were headed with the word
IMPORTANT" in capital letters.
Weefy Register.
GENERAL HARRISON partook of an en-.
tertanment at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the
9Th inst. His suit was also invited The
| regular toasts being drank, the general rose,
AID with much impressiveness OF manner"
said
Genifemen-Permit me to offer you
volunteer toast and very briefly To state
the motive which prompts me to take
one of the regular toasts of the day as mean
of communicating my oIinicn. Believing, as
do, thar sentiment is gaming ground
untriently to repubiicanism and Injurious to
the nati'n, and knowing from NY own ex,
perience, that the sentiment is not well
founded. will give you
Tho militia of the United States-they
possess the Roman spirit, and when our go
vernment shall think proper to give them
shat organization and discipline of which
they are susceptible, they will perform
deeds hat will emulate those of the leeions
led by MarCel,us, and Scpio"
On his way 70 he seat OF government and
route home, general Harrison stopped az
Baltimore on Monday last, and was waited
upon anu congratu ated by many of our CT
tiZens. 1t would seem as il he and commo
dore Perry had agreed 70 praise each oh r;
ior "hIie The former speaks of the commo
dore, ms oihcers and men with rapture, the
latter is no less eloquent in praise of the
general and the brave men under him.
Tins Is delightful General harrison. also
speaks OF ChauDcey as patriot, gentleman
and seaman, with great warmth.
Our friends b, Ihe north" A Halifax
paper oil October 8, has the following par
agraph, speaking of the gloom" occasions
ed by the capture of Barcklay's feet, and
Proc or's army
" Had we not the means of being as we'll
prepared as the Americans Certainly we
had every superiority in thar respect. and
IN every other-but we wisely forbore 10
make offensi e war in Canada, least onr
friends Of The northern states should be off,
fehGed, and therefore made actual inyasio
n the southern with force INADEQUATE to
cause division"
4" Straws sllew which way the wind blows %
The nghsh primers on both sides of the
Atlantic. alwayS speak Of British vessels OF
var, as his n,ajesty's ;" that is as belopq.
ing to their king tor they give no national
'esignation We might collect fifty cases a
week OF this kind Of French influence
10.
CoSTEMP7IBIE.-Ma of the little craft
captured by the Plantagenet, of ~ GUNS. are
ransomed at the price of from one TO two
hundred dollars each A great bus ness, for
ship OF the line Among his captures
was vessel with an organ for one of the
epiScf pal chu' ches in New York. Now a
gentleman might suppose that this article
would have passed harmless. No; no -
they who robbed the church AZ Hampton.
demand d ard received for its ransom two
thousand dollars. ask emphatically, and
let every on answer he question Is there
an cifcer ~ the American navy that would
do tbs ,hingl The commander of a row
boat priyateer would despise it.
10.
MABI7IME PoWEBS The navy of G
Britain COZ siSts Of about 1850 vessels, large
and small, 600 Of which are in comuissiou
that of Russia is SIS sail the line, "a fl
g'ie, 50 cutters and briggs, in all carrying
4 42S rieces Of cannen. The Su cdish, OF
~ SAT- of 'hc line, 8 frigates besides cutters
and gun boats, &c buidingtwo cf the line
and three frigat1s. The Portuguese have
sail # he line, 3 frigates and sloops
the Brazils, and some unserviceable vessels
LETT at Lisbon The Danes have ships Of
the line, frga'es, and many gun vessels
And the French navy consists Of 65 ships nj
The line, 81 trgates ready Tor sea, and s.
sail OF the liue, and % frigates fitting o.
or huilding. The American navy is onl, g
or friPates ard 10 or IS smaller vessel,
Vhe lake fotilias excepted) which make
n'orr noise, q excite more Apprehension
me British thar al the oiher navies Of Tho
wore Til is fac. The capture cfRrrg
ers by an equal fotce, would, in the esama