The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-05-25

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are very E..se.abis, and the money is ever.
where bured.''
WAsHINGrcN, Nav 81
Extract q a ietter from l.. Ycryiaefo,
Esq. Coffain OF ne Us. SIN IoeaSork'
20 me Secretary offhe Nary. dated
SAVANNAH, May l2, 1914.
Or, wrote 10 iufora You that the A.
mount Ct the specie deposited in Bank t,or
h. NJ. late sloop Epervier IS gus 900. nad
,Has about $1,000, As near as we uan iuaqe.
nave neen p'undered by her crew, 20 ~.
d'sSrace o. her commender and oiEcerswh
TOOK M steps 10 re ''rain rprevent th,s law
less and unpiiucipled act. 81
nave take" upon myself TO I;berate firm,
Prison until your pleasure shall be known
w" "'en to@ioon and MURRAY who compc-
seu F"'. CT inc Epcrsier's crew. & clair, ing
projection from I'VE as Americans s..,,;rT
| that they had been impressed and eoocsiS
led 10 serve, although repeatedly eorr;,.-
ZOE" ara TO give themselves W as prisopnre
of war. 60 F'!sohets
Murray declares himself Long Is,a,s,
man. ana believe him, for he has i've
soch an accurate sccopnt Of It as, mo- stran-
| ger could have done. have placed theu,
on BOARD the 1roup (Lieut. Wapoie1 vnt;i
| err disalowe6.'
| Having seen and presented ~ our resd.
an me material articles of intelligence nv
'is rate arrivals from Eurnpr II NAV ~.
"oT'n "hiie to connect with them some rac -.
VIC nave learnt frora other sources than ~.
puo'c pria's, and state our general ;nnres<-
IONS OF the probable effect on our affairs of
I 'n'sT s'sa"tc Struggles which now ccnv,dss.
the European continent.
i Is said that the tnaI rc;ectio, 80 -,
Mediation OF Russia BY the British oovcr,-
Inent was nor made known 70 orr nt;,;,.
~ o. refreshing before the middle of In,
! AIRY lat and tG8t MIR GALfArrN e,5 ~
bAfARp immediately afterwards tool. ,bs;r
leave OF the Imperial Court, and set o,t ~,
tne,r return home, having previously order
! 20 me Neptune TO some port East of the
a AZ !" reTeise them. "a March they were
at Ans'eIoafn' wnere Mr. Strong the mes
senge", who sailed fcr Earops in the Fair 4
merriam, met and delivered to them tn.
a'Spa'ches With which he had been charged
oy the Dcpar meDt of State. conomun;ca-
ting the overture Of the Britirh eoverrU,cn,.
10 treat At II t'enburg, ia acceptance. and
the arrangement contemplated in consr-
qoeAce. Mr STRONG went on immediately
WIN dispatches TO S. Petersburg 60 Mr.,
nua"'S' communicating these events. and
histrnct'ng him to repair forthwith tn tbe
appointed rendezvous, Mr.. Aayard intended
to leave Amsterdam fox Go,tenbnrs. in TING
TO meet Mr.. Adams tbers
Mr.TaiiaFin,3 Teappointment being known
IN London at this period the intci,iScrre oe
1t woutl probably re en- Holland before Mr
bayafd letr II. 81 that it NAV De fairly Dresu.
med these gentlemen woulnpr eed tech
CT 10 Gotte"hurg Taking into view these
circumstances and the time Of ,be dan.,.
turc Of Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Rnsspu fro-, ,ha
y States. on the SSH Febru,rv or ther~a
ooutS, VIC Conclude HAT they 7-i,l mr., -
'"e appointed rendezvous. early in the pre-
re ut m"n'h.
ot the measures adopted by the Hr;t;s,,
government, to carry into eff CT the prone
sea negociati"D' we are altogether nniufor.
med IL is not known that commissioners
SaVe pen appointed to meet those of The IT.
= 'a'es atGotteuburg, although, as the nm.
position was made by the Britl,h ro. r,.
mentto treat there. it might have bacn
expected, on being officially Informed fhat
II was accepted, that commissioners would
nave been appointed and sent to Gottenbp-p
OF me part or Great Britain, to meet tho.e
OF me u states on their arrival, prepared
10 enter without delay on the negociation
entrusted to them.
On the long detention of the American
CommlsS oners at St. Petersburg. be fore tn-
positive rejection. by the Birth envsrn.
neht' cf the Russian Mediation, was made
Known TO them, We have to remark .hat If
may De explained by the repugnance of the
bntsl Ministry to reject decisiueky the prof.
iered mediation of that oLy, on whom sue
cess against France principally depended &
by the absence Of he Emps ror from his Me
tropolis, In the field as anst the Emperor Of
france, who had 81 lately invaded and de
Soiatsd many of his best provinces. In thIs
deiay we see nothing on the part If the
emperor OF Russia, which indicates a change
IN the friendly policy which induced the off
CT o. MS mediation while we perceive, in
the late events in Europe, state of things
which affords him more ample means to
give effect to it.
What the policy of England was in Of
iering 20 treat at Gotenburg, directly with
the U. States, time will unfo.d. II must have
been proposed with a sincere desire to trrrni.
nate all differences with them on inst and
honorable conditions or, as an act of con-
citation to the Emperor of Russia, who had
interested himself in promoting peace be-
tween the parties or, to produce an effect
acre. under an impression that refusal to
treat under the mediation of Russia. without
ohcrng any alternative, might tend TO unite
all parties against her. To appease tie
price OF great power, wounded at the re-
lection OF his friendly overture, ut the time
and under the circumstances in which IL
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