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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-06
JAMES MADISON.
WAsu1NcroNCtrv. Aur 30
APPRoYBD,

w AsHINCToN CITY, Aug. 50.
We cannot help calling the attention of or
readers 10 the noble conduct Of CRoouEN and
his brave associates at Sandusky, after repula
sing the enemy detsiied below. The enemy
had sought their lives, had openly menaced
their determination, had declared -thsthe would
give no quarter. lie was repulsed he was
vanquished by handful OF men. He left the
ditch iuli ol his wounded, and retreated with
precipitation, leaving his Indian allies scattered
at a distance round the fort, TO revenge the loss
OF their comrades by chance shots from the
deadly rifle. Regardless of the danger from
this FIRE, our brave soldiers employed them
selves, after having been on duy tor 50 sue.
cessiye hours, in letting down water in buck
cts 70 the wounded of the enemy in he ditch,
whom the darkness o. the night and the un.
certainty OF the retreat OF the enemy prevented
tbem from relieving in any other way. What
an Interesting subject Cor The painter and the
poet What beautiful picture OF generosity
aud humanity does not this exhibit Soch a
scene IN other nations would OF Itself immortal
ne the actors IN A. But here, IL Is on,y re-
gardcd as tfait marking the conduct OF Anc
rlcan citizen soldiery, which, vberevcr It's
Character has been fairly developed. has shope
forth with pecul ar lustrc
Nat Fsf.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-06
JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT,


Allowing bounty to the owners, officers &
crews Of the private armed vessels Of the
United States.
BE IL enacted 6v ME Senate and House
of RejirescntGtiDeS IF the UHird States Of
.d1ncTica tn Congress Gsoehabied, That a
bounty of twenty Eve dollars DC paid to the
owners, officers and crews OF the private
armed vessels of the United States, com.
missioned as letter of marque, Tor each aaf
every prisoner by them captured & brought
into port, and delivered 20 an agent autho-
rised to receive them IN any port OF the u
nted States; and the Secretary ofthe Trea-
sury is hereby authorised and required to
pay or cause to be pad TO such owners, Of
fceTs and crews OF private armed vessels
commissioned as aforesaid, or their agent,
the aforesaid bounty for each prisoner, cap
tured and delivered as aforesaid.
Sec. 9. ind be il further enacted, That
the sum OF fifty Thousand dollars out of any
money ia the Trcasurynot otherwise appro-
ptiated, be, and the same is hereby appro-
priated.
II. CLAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
y. GERRY.
Vice President of the United States, and
President OF the Senate.
Approved,
august 2, 1913.
raNHEC nTAnVCON
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-06
EXAMINATION OF ANDREW Al.
LEN

LI'CW 4Hc - sStOT [-dtTeJt.
On Saturday last, before the Hon. Jud-e
Dauis, .fhdrcss .fLea, Esq late the British
Consul resident al Boston, was examined on
a complaint, in behalf Of the United States.
for receiving and obtaining, while resident
IN the United States, from an officer of the
British government, q Licence for vessels to
transport merchandise to, and to trade with
the enemy's ports. The complaint being
founded on section OF the statute of the
United States. passed on the 9th OF July,
1912; which for the information aad cau,I51
of the citizeus. we will extract
Sec. Z. Ind &c ft fl5rtber srasrrF. Tbss
every person being a Given Of the Urrsd
States. orTesidiag skerein. who shall receive
accept or obtain 2 scenes frop the govern
ment OF Great BriSasu, or any ciicer thsre-
OF, To- leave 60 carry aay DeFehandise. or
send any vessel iato sny pore cg place with
in the dOminions OF Great Britain. OF 20 trade
with any such port or place shall ca cor
vic,i0n for every saGh oifeHce, forfeit a sutl
equal 20 twice the value Of any such sAip.
merchandise, or articles Of 5Uade, anG Shall
moreover be Jeemcd guilty. Of q misdemea-
nor, and be liable Co be Imprisoned not ex.
cecdRg twelve months. and 10 be 6ned ncs
exceeding one thousand dolsr4S
Mr. Allen pleaded not getty. The evi.
dcnce appeared Co be a Licencs founA on
board the ship 60 .8tv0rQ." which was la,e,v
captured or herway 90 the Wsst~Iutlies and
seat into Newpor,, by Jbs American priva.
teer C0Veraoy TowNkms," and thess Ia
eelea and eoodemneG to the eapJors. in both
he District aud Circuit CoartS which II.
ceucc was authenticated by the hand writing
% Allen, his came appearing on several pS-
pers which accompanied Il, and by the old
Official seal OF the late British Consulate al
B,ston. The signatures OF Allen being dee
MED, mere proved by Mr.. Thomas ~ Pers
kins, a wltness IN court Among thcss pas
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-06
An ACT.

Making further provision for the collection
OF Internal duties and tor the appointment
and compensation of assessors
BEN enacted By The Senate and HoHse
of RehreSeHfatiUeS u tie United States Of
.f,peyiea, ia Congress assembled, That the
collectors appointed under the act estitled
a. an act for the assessment and collection
of direct taxes aud internal duties,' shall
be charged under the direction and sGperin-
tendance Of tie Treasury Department, with
the collection in their several districts, rs
defined in the said act, Of the duties on sales
at auction Of merchandise and Of ships and
vessels on sugar refined within the United
States on carriages Ter the conysYancc OF
persons; on licences to retail dealers in
wines, Spiritu0lS liquors, aud foreign mer-
chandze on licences to distillers Of spifitu
Gus liquors and ON notes OF banks, bankers
and certain companies; on notes, bonds and
obligations discounted by banks, bankers
and certain companies, aud Oh bills OF ex-
change of certain descriptions and The
bonds which the said collectors under the
aforesaid act are required to give for the
true and faithful discharge Of thew officers
shall be deemed To extend to, and include
Shs due collection and paymel. over Of the
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-06
SPIRITED LIBERALITY.
[From the Baltimore Pa.4ot.I

we received the following letter III COM
mon and ordinary channel, affording no in
formation as to its author. The enclosure
alluded to was actually in the letter. Thus
made the stewards of the writer's liberality,
for The purposes he mentions. we have no
other course to take than to give publicity
to his letter:
"SIH,
Being of opinion to encourage the troops
employed against you to desert, is iustif-
able and cheap mode Of cousteracting the
public enemy. sanctioned by comm on ulage,
more moral and humane way of Carrying
on war than burning villages, abusing help
less women, killing old men, or even shoot
ing lead or iron bullets into soldiers or sai-
iors, by what is called regiments * armies,
viz: men ranked up into rows.
+" For these and other reasons tina, will
suggest themselves to you, permit me to re-
quest you and all the editors in the United
states, not devoted to the enemy, To intro
duce into every paper you publish, useful
information to the men competing the land
and sea forces the British have on our Coast
and frontier giving them TO know thar on
coming among us, they will be well treated,
allowed to follow any business they please,
and IN any town on place in the u. States
they think proper that deserters will uoc
be given UP, nor considered prisoner of war
neither will they be asked to enter the ar
my or navy of the Uaited States.
AS these men. on their Coming over to
US, cannot be we'll furnished with cloa,hes.
or money, and it is point OF interest, as
well as honor to the United States, that thcv
should be comfortably provided for ON their
starting here, let US give the poor fellows .
little help.
For this, the enclosed one hundred dol.
lar note is seht TO you; with request, that
you pay to the ten soldiers or sailors, that
FIRST desert from the British now in the
Chesapeake, ten dollars each Should YOU
manage the business well, the donor may
have another Haudred forth Coming for the
same purpose and il each Citizen thar can
spare some Sath sum. has il empiuyed in
the same way, /, = probable we shall soon
free our waters uf their present troublesoIne
visitors.
" This plan, it IS presumed viii be Rp-
proved OF. and supported by the Qlaksrs.''
The public have BOW inf TFaati1n II tire
object OF cur unknown correspondence aud
we Can oDiy anuo. nee that we are ready 70
comply with the terms Of lhe above offer
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-06
L.AIrS or THE y.NIrGD Sf.4IGS.
AN ACT,
For the relief lefl John lanes Dufoar and
his associates

BE IL enacfcd By ne Senafe and House
Of kefsessn.atiues IF the Uaifed States of
dnseT.ca az Congress assembled, That the
further time or five years be and tine same
hereby is allowed TO Johu James Duiour and
his associates, to pay the money due the
United Strtes for tract OF land appropria-
ted by virtue of an act of Congress entitled
An act to empower John James Dufour
aid his associates TO purchase ce,t'lin
lands" approved the FIRST day of May, one
Thousand eight hundred and two, on tho
same terms. conditions and Limitations spe-
cited IN the above rec!ied oct.
H.CLAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
L. GERRY
Vice-President Of the Unitcd States and
President ftLe S.nae.
August 2, 1Sl3-Approyed,
JAMES MADISON.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-06
TnE ArrAcK ON sANnuskY.

EURrHER INTEREsrtNo Particulars.
We .re sorry To- perceive, that all the &C.
counts hitherto received concur IN represent
ing the conduct Of the British en- tais occasion,
as sttording ample proof OF the cNaraoterisuS
barbarjty and the sangpinary disposition oi
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-06
seamen or marines of such private armed
ship or vessel.
II. CLAY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Il. GERRY,
Vice President of the United States, and
Presideh. of the Senate.
August 2. 1918.
Approved,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
Bost. faf.
REM VARIABLE COINCIDENCE.

A neigh6oring gazette,s abiding to the pre-
paranOns made FIR the defence of BALTI-
MORE, has these words
Z" The spade and pick axe are the prof. or
implements for the MOD men to work with
and as it is what they ought long 81 ce to
have been brought to, very few will censure
admiral Warm for set ing them to hard
labor these dull times. The Prnit, ntiaryor
public roads would be more suitable scene
of action for majority of the paga6onds
and blood hounds upon which Their depoted
city depends for defence.
The following is from British paper call
ed the London EUening star"
There is only another way, therefore,
in Which the intellects of this sophistcar
be kept within their Origin al humble sphere,
and Great Britain alone possesses the salu-
tary medicament. The american rayv
must be annihiiated: her arsenals and d, OK
yards must be consumed and the tl16u-
lem inhabitants If Baltimore must be ,aa,e,I,
with the weapons, which shock the woden
turrets of Copenhagen"
*FcderaI Republican.
Weekly Register
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
BRITISH PACKETS
Not. lar.

The federal prints are filed with .idicu.
ious cutlery on the subject of the opening of
tue letters received and transmitted by the 4
British packets. Little care we, as friends q
administration, what the factious tools say ~
bout ii, because their habtual disregard of
truth has become proverDial. Lest, however.
honest men should be misled by the cla,nor,
we vii! Just observe, that during war, letters
are never permitted to pass from one enemy
to another without being opened and that ,h,
opening OF the letters by the two governments
respectively, as well as the other arrangements
respecting cartel packets, was settled by
reciprocsl agreement between the agents of
the Two HouRtries. War precludes all com
munica alton between two nations, except that
mercantile correspondence which the courtesy
OF modern war permits. 1t would be a novelty
III war, TO permit sealed letters to pass to the
enemy during its continuance, by which that
enemy should be advised, aided or conferred.
our gov rnment has therefore, in guarding a.
ga'nst IT, performed VIII { has certainly been
painful though Indispensable duty b..
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
NEW WEAPONS.

Stirring Rockcfs.-On Saturday (Feb. Is, }
we understand Mr.. Beath, the inventor of
the spring rocket, made trial at Boston of
several compositions. in the presnce of COM
modore Rodgers, captain Hull, and others,
To ascertain the greatest range his rockets
could be made to perform, ana we are hap
py to state that he succeeded in throwing one
OF six pounds weight the great distance of
two thousand yards, which is five hundred
yards more than the celebrated Con-
greve rocket, of twelve pounds weight.
The cylinders of Beath's rockets are made
of iron, and terminating at the head with a
cone IL inches in length, which NAV be
charged with grape shot, musket balls, or
com6ustibie matters, are capable of doing
much notwithstanding also are attached
to them when the object is to fire the ship
ping, which cannot tail to have the desired
effect. We wish him all the patronage and
support from government which his inven-
tlon justly meri S.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
From tie Unndd S5afrs Ga-ette

" A poor and inofFensi' journey man shoe
maker wrote taaaisi correspondent in this
city, inquiring the amount of wages. The
letter was AS usual, sent 1, the general of
" nee tor breaking open private letters at
" Washington, where the seals were repu-
iarly loosened before it was transmitted tn
the person to whom it wa, addressed" Y
1t Is entirely false tina, any letter of anv
description has been opened by the govern
ment, except letters passing to and from
the enenN or that any other than such let
tiers have been transmitted to the seat Of the
general goveinmon'. We almost distrust
our eyes when we see statements such as
'hi, issuing from the editorial desk. The
press, thus prost,uled, instead of being the
Palladium of Liberty, will become the bond
of slavery. 1t is trnly lamentable 10 see
party feelings so FIR prevail, as to destroy
confidence between man and man. We
have now arrived to such IA state of things.
as t, be cancelled to di credit every thing
we find in c lin n,ip,s NM. Int.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
PARAGRAPHS.
From the Trenton True american.

From the Trenton True american.
Capt. Lawrence, by capturing the Peacock,
has added a fine feather TO his plume
An american Hornet singing British Pea
cock to death in fifteen minutes, may be cal.
led sharp SUork
British ST9aikozu the Congress took 100000
dOllars-in British PeacecE, the Hornet could
not find a cent
Five Naval Victories in foe Naval Battles.
go far TO verify the prediction OF the Poet,
-" That ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be
Slaves,
While the earth bears plant, or the sea
rolls its waves'
Judging from the great havoc made on board
the Peacock, and the HnEe ihjurJ sustained by
the Hornet, Captain Laurence need not have
avoided an action with the British 64l The
Hornet had but four killed and wound, 1.-The
Peacock foyfI eight-making the British loss
fJveIve times as great as that of the Ameri
cans
Our frigates will have 20 attack British sl,ips
OF the line, and our sloops of war British FRI
gaess, TO reap any laurels in future Nan 10
man and gun to gun, our gallant tars can here
after gain but little honor from victory over
British seamen
The British used to send .EJigates 10 convoy
their nreychanfmeH-now il takes seventy feurI
to convoy .Jrigafcs
IL has frequently been said in the federal pa
pers, that the very men who are fighting our
battles and vsnquishng our enemies by sea,
are denounced by the republicans as Tories.
That's not true. Republicans consider and
tret none as tories, but such as take part tuith
the British governtae.t az 1iasf their otsp--
Such were considered an1 treated as tories
during our first contest for Independence
and such conduct is at least as bad now as it
was then, and those who are guilty oft are as
deserving OF this reproachfui epitbet in 1915
as they were in 1776.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
, FROM THE N. w. ARMY.

Since the publication Of the Daily Ma
honal InrelIigencer IF yesterday, we ha G
seen letters from Camp MeiPs # the date
ct 'prp 4th. which have reno,,d the an
prehensions we then expre>scd for the safe-
ty of that fort II j. true. TIA, he Idi.px
are Proving around the camp and butcher
every stragglcr they can find but III ip
aggregate force is not half as great az 5
Represented in the ar icIes We have CO, +. Il
from Ohio papers. An attack was cXpec-
ted trem the combined Bri ish and Indians
abnutthe 10Th or 18th inst but no appreher-
sions were entertained for the result. Re-
Inducements were rapidly moving on from
every quarter. Major Amos Stoddard had
the command at the last advice. In a few
days, it is expected that there will be up
wards Of four thousand men within this en-,
campment
m Nat. Int.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
Boston Gazette.

Mzv Gan.-Mes&rs. William Church and
Chrnctus Barteny of Chelsea, Vermont,
have invented gun VIII CHI is but one pound
aud a half heavier than the common Spring
held gun, pntaining in three separate a.
partments Ammunition for forty differ ent
charges II may be loaded and discharged
twenty FIVE times minute, ard may. be use d
with equal advantage in wet as H. DIV wea
Their; it also may carry bayonet and de-
fender for the breast.
One of the gentlemen have goue TO Wash
ington for the purpose of Obtaining patent
right, and Offering the invention to govern
ment. The extra exHence in making this
gun is about five dollars more than the
Springfield guns.
ROst. fuh
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
Ne w. York, .HhrH 10.

MassachuSeffs Eiecfion-The Boston pa
perS of Friday contain returns from two hun
dred and forty towns. The votes stand.
for Mr.. Strong, 43 935; for Mr.. Varnum,
% 326-Net federal gain in The 24e towns,
85l6
The report of u being in the Sound, is
incorrect. The smack Jefferson passed tie
United States brig Argus, and the letter of
Marque Tartar, on Friday afternoon off
Crane Neck.
Stephen Girard has ransomed his ship
Montesquieu and cargo for one hundred and
eighty thousand dollars The specie for
the paymen; Ct the ransom was sent dawn
to the Captors on Tuesday from Philadel-
phia. -.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
WAsHINGToN CITY, April IA.
EASE F6RGERIES

The Canadian editors, we'll versed in the
practices Ofdeception, and not ignorant Of the
feelings Of the Opposition party IN this c6un-
try, have published certain fabricated papers,
which they sllegc TO be extracted from Lon.
Hon papers, purporting to be letters from 10 Ell
HARLOW to the President of the United States.
These infamous forgeries arc so clumsy tuat
we are astoniS8ed how the Canadian agents
and the Henryites in this country dare publish
them in any way but the readers Vi the fac
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
PREVA CORRESPONDENCE.
.NATcHIq5c rs, March 9TH. 1874.

An express arrived here Yesterday from
the Province cf Texas, bringing number
az iet'ers confirming the report If he death
of Col. NIECE. HevSjed of Sickre IS At La
bardie Oh the 9th tf Feegusrr. The COM
mand of the Rovofptionary army nj Labor.
die, devolved on col Samdel Kemper COL.
Reuben Ross S .ssc6pd in commend. On the.
9th battle1was fopeht between tic NO
armies, and another on the l7th. both which
terminated in favor of the revoutionists -
Upwards of one hundred Spaniads were
killed, many more wounded, will the loss IF
three pieces of cannon. and their camp en-
tireiy broksn uPj since which one who C.
COMPANY 81 Sa!cedo's army haze come ~
yer 20 kerper, with all their arms &c.
Smaller numbers are daily coming in all f
whom agree in stating the distress and les
pair of Saicedo. lib.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19

The Br fish squadron c insisting of two
14s, three frigates and number Of small
Ter vessels, have advanced up the Bay as
far as Sharp's Island they have taken a
number of small vessels, some of which
hes are fitting out and manning for the e.
vident purpose of making an attack--o-
Tiers to the humber of Is or 90 they have
burned. Guz.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
Troy, April 6.

ROY, hprlI 8.
On Sunday last about nine hundred men
arrived at the camp, IN Grenbush from the
southwark. We understand that part of
q EN- have been about five weeks coming
from Baltimore. 1t is fortnight since they
left New York, in sloops, to come up the
river. Their further destination is no doub.
to the northwestern frontiers of this state.
We understand that some of the officers and
men are sick, but that, generall, they are
IN good health and excellent spirits. They
are pronounced as fine looking body Of
men as have come to GreenbuSh.
We also learn that regiment of light
dragons is on its way up the river.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
Mr.. Ods delivered a speech tn his Fnpli

Mr.. Otis delivered a speech to his Rngli
and Essex friends q; the anglo Russian les
tival in Boston, in winch, recollecting nj
doubt the disloyal proceedings of the herce
and patriots Of the revolution towar
George the third, he laments the seduct o.
and prostration-gf lhabloyalty winch Il
n.erly united the SUBJECT with the prince. al
the degradation Of that dignity which in pa
times adorned the thrones of monarch
All this IS perfectly in character with III
profound coniemp1In weieh MIR. o.ls Az
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19

nut gave up their designs and left tn
',auon and anchored outside of the igh'
houSe 1t was supposed to b. their desisn
20 destroy the light cr procure water f.om
pond qu.rter of mile from the shore
the militia went down to oppose their land.
ny on The 9Th inst.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19

Ago himself grumbled. Having finished
making such notes as | Cor silercd most i'm
portant, complied with the wishes of the
caravan saluted the Jordan for The Last
time, and took bottle of ITS water and
few ruShes from tsbank.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19

We learn by aMiitia Officer who has
just come up from Charles C,unty, that a
skirmish took place at Point Lookout, in
st. Marv's Between party of Brii.h Sai-.
lors who attempted to make a landing, and
a company of Mill ia, in which the British
were repulsed, with the loss of four kill
led.=Ih
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19

ucus prints have heen SO accustomed tn bcla-
crah'"cd with mcns,rous sbSur,lity, IL Wa
probably thought no fool could he too gro ;
Tor them Itthey digest this inposi ION h.w-
yer, they are made of more plant stuff then
we take any great portion Of our people 10 he,
and will prove themselves Ill retamers 10 "A.
bandoncd Chiefs.
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