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« VOL. VII No. 45 ] To Country Merchants. The Subscriber being desirous of Selling Off, how offers his Stock in Trade confiding of a choife afloriment of DRY GOODS And a fupolv of GROCERIES at Co/} and Charges, and on liberal terms of payment if ap plication is made earlv. AUGUSTUS MOORE. March 20. (37) NOTICE. THE fublcribers having entered into Co partnerfliip, intend to tranfaft Commission Business, UNDER THE FIRM OF BELCHER (A PHELPS, And offer their services to the public in that line. William belcher. CHARLES P. PHELPS. Wm* BELCHER, takes leave to inform his friends in Georgia of the above mentioned connection, and refpeafuily foiicits their pa tronage in all agency business. Boston, Sept.-2. (, 4 , y ) The Subscriber, Respectfully informs the Pubiic,and particularly the Lumber Cutters on the Sa vannah River, that he has taken the commo dious and exteufive Lumber Yard, Together with the Wharf, Stores, &c. former ly occupied by Col. Ambrose Gordon, WHERE HE INTENDS TRANSACTING THE Lumber, bast or age and Commijfion Business, J° r r such P e| ff°ns as may fav or him with their patronage ; and flatters bimfelf that the uniform attention and punaualitv which he means to observe, will not only leave no room nlL C fT- P i a £'’ bUt g ' Ve 3S K eneral and com p ete fattsfaAion, as the state of the market and his own constant exertions will admit. Those who may have occasion for his fervi b?nches of ,he FACTORAGE BUSINESS, (for the tranf'aflion of which he has as iunabic stores as anv in Savannah) may that their interest will not be negleo- William Cook. Savannah , Sept. 19. (iijtf) just received; And For Sale by the Subscribers, 20 Hhds. Prime MUSCOVADO SUGAR 6 do. belt GREEN COFFEE. Which they offer for Pale on the mod reduced prices, for cash or produce. M‘Kinne fA Co. February 13. (32) NO T 1 C K THE Cnpartnerfliip of Thomas Barrett and William M. Cowles, under the hrm of Thomas Barrett & Co. is dissolved this day by mutual consent. All persons in debted thereto, are folicitccl to make payment, and those that have any demands again!) the concern, will render them in to Thomas Bar rett, who is authorifed to fettle the fame. Thomas Barrett. William M. Cowles. March 20. NOTICE. APPLICATION Will be made to the next Court of Ordinary, to be held in and for tne County of Richmond, on the firft Tuef day in June the efiate of Andrew Innes, ticceafed, at which time an accurate Statement, and Settlement up to that time of the estate of laid deceased, will be rendered. JAMES BEGGS, Adm'r , Mlv 8 _ 4t (44) ~~N OTIC E. A LL persons having claims against the Ef lx ra ' e °f she late Col. Robert Watkins, are 1 requeded to render them, in form, and time, prefaced by law.—All those who are indebt ed to the Estate are requeded to make payment to Elizabeth M. Watkins, Adm'x. Anderson Watkins, Adm'r. January 2. (26) FOR SALE. A THREE dory BRICK BUILDING on Broad-dreet, Augusta, with a large lot of ground and valuable improvements.—For terms apply to Doftor Anderson Watkins. George Watkins. February 27. (3 FOR SALE or HIRE. A HEALTHY, likely HOUSE WENCH, 19 years old—want of employment in duces the proprietor to part with her. EnA quire at the Augusta Boek-fttie. March 6. (35) i THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1806. Mrs. Chatfield, HAVING lately returned from Charleston, wishes to inform the Ladies of Augulla, and its Vicinity, that Ihe has on hand of the newest fafhions, a general atfortment of F AN CY ARTICLES, which will be fold on mod erate terms. Bonnets of different kinds and of the new ell fafhions, Caps do. Picket Cambrick and Muslin, Ditto Gloves and Shawls, Cords, Taflels and Buttons, Feathers and Flowers, A variety of Ribbons and Crape, Gold, Silver, and Silk Shoe Bows, Lace Cloak Paterns Coral Beeds, and Blown ditto. March 13. (36) Harriot Bond, (at a. waterman’s store.) Has Received a Fresh Supply of Leghorn A Willow & [bonnets ; Silk ) Beaver Hats and Feathers, Artificials, fAc. (Ac. January 23. (20) Mrs. Wilde, Has just received in addition to her forma fio c k of MILLENARY, The following Faftdonable Articles , viz. FEATHERS and Flowers, Silk, Silver rncl Cotton Trimmings, Pic NV, S k, and Leather Gloves, Crape Muslin and Lace Caps and Turbans, Dress Bonnets, Plufli, Straw, Chip, Pimento, Leghorn and Silk Bi.nne's and Hats. All kinds of fiik and silver Buttons and Trimmings, Cords and Taflels, Spvglafs do. Gold and Silver Embroidered Handkerchiefs and Sleeves, Sattin Cloaks, Lace Cloaks and Spencers, Ribbons, Modes, Sattins and Be longs, Manilla Muslins. Plain and Worked Mullins, Laces, Veils, &c. &c. February 20. (33) FINAL NOTICE. THE Subscriber finding no attention paid by his debtors to his repeated applications for payment, informs them that all his cut (landing debts will be put into the hands of an Attorney at Law for coileftion next Coun, uniefs previously fettled. ‘ WILLIAM KENNEDY May i. (3 43 ) NOTICE. THE Subscriber intending to le ve he state for a few months, has "ed hit Honor Judge Willfon, M. George •< g -h, and Mr. John M Kinne, his lawfv' Attorney’s during his absence. THOMAS GARDNER. _May *1 (t 43- ~N~O T I C E, THE Copartnerfliip of VVm D. fiuvkLY C ft Co. having expired on r) fi ft day of February lad, all persons indebted to N: laid concern, are earnestly requeded, to call and fettle their accounts with Mr. Bunkly, who is authorifed to fettle all accounts. William D .Bunkly. Ap»il 25. 30 BRIGADE ORDERS’ A VACANCY having been occasioned in the Richmond County Regiment of Militia, by the removal of Lieutenant Col. James Fox, from the County An Eledton to fill such vacancy, will he holden at the Court-House in the City of Augusta, on Fri day the 3 oth of May next, in purloance of the Milita Law pafTcd at Louisville, the 10th of Dehember 1803. By order of Brigadier Gen. Tnos. Glascock F. WALKER, Aidecamp. May i. (43) ffcT A Gentleman who has been in the habit of teaching the Languages, Arts and Sciences, for more than twenty years, wishes to be engaged in the fame imployrnent.—En quire at the Augusta Book Store. March 13. f 36) ( * The Commissioners of the Wafliington Academy Lottery, have given no tice that they will commence the drawing in a few days. V TICKETS in the above Lot tery to be had at the Augusta Book- St or f . March 20. 37, {Tjf The Subscribers to the LIFE OF WASHINGTON, may receive the 4th Volume, by applying at DoAor Murray’s and paying the advance for the fifth and lad volume. fc/* The GEORGIA JUSTICE OF PEACE, may be had at the AUGUSTA 1 BOOK-STORE; and in Louisville of James Meriwether, Esq. and at the Surveyor-Gener al’s office. Congress of the United States. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, March 6. BRITISH AFFAIRS. Debate, in Committee of the whole on the fate of the union, on Mr. Gt egg's resolution for a non importation of Britijk Goodt. Mr. JOHN RANDOLPH’S SECOND SPEECH. Mr. John Randolph. Mr. Chairman, 1 did .'xpeft, on coming to the houie this morning that the friends of the refulution un der ditcuflion, would have brought forward feme arguments to fliew (what they had stu diously avoided) —that the abililty to coerce Great Britain is within the coropais of this nation’s power ; that this power ought now to be exerted, and that the proposed meai'ure is equal to the dtfired effeft. It behoves them to oemonftrate ali this, uefore they ask for our ft pport. I did not come down to the house with the expedition ofhftening to a gross mif ’eprefentation of my expreftions vefterday j 'note and defultcry as I allow them to have l ten—much lets was I prepared to hear such misrepresentations from the lips of aged men, whom I have treated with invariable and guar mu r. fprft—between whom and myfelf there .. . i r.g r xtlled a political iriendfltip—real on u. ■ ■<*•!, apparent on theirs. I did not indeed ex, -ct to bear particular expreflions, uftd by me in lie ardor of debate, broken and culled fro m their conne&tng members, and mutilated and tortured into meanings, which cold-blooded malice alone could have deviled. A’ir, in this *a,v of proceeding (without intending any , r* sane companion) the Bible itfelf may be made to preach atheism, to declare that there is no God, “ The fool saithin his heart, there is no God.” Taken together, it is inspired wil dom : riifmember it, it is impiety. It has not beer, denied, by any member on this floor, that the carrying trade—that the commerce and navigation of these dates ought to be protected. The only question is quo modo ? Have you the ability to protest them by war, and are they of lY.ffirienr value to jufli fy ihe expenle rs ;uth protection. We fay no ; they cannot ; lor so dear defence, rich as they may be »t above all, they cannot repay us for the 1 of our conditution. It is above all price. .ve j> larther; we affirm that trade is now protedkd by the mod efli knr within our power, by difcrimin.ting duties, laid by the • otes of southern men, and yet, fir, we are threatened with schism, with a didblution of the union, if we do no 1 adopt particular fydems, deviled by chance, begotten of ignorance or imbecility! Are these thr mild and conciliatory plans and idea* of which gentlemen boalt ? Is this mildness ? Is this conciliation ? Is this peace > The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Smilie) with a face of wondrous importance, tells you, that, by the conditution, we have power to raise and main tain armies, to build and equip navies ; from which he draws the inference that (under what ever c ircumltances, I suppose) we mud aftual ly do what the conditution allows. And yet ■hat gentleman, in former times, voted with us again!) armies and navies! Let him judify himfelf tl he can, upon his new principles ? I repeat it—if the unjust aggressions of a foreign nation, if indignity and insult, abroad, are al ways to produce war, the gentleman was crim inal in refilling to support the adminidration in 1798. Yes, you were then compelled to drain Use cup of humiliation to its very dregs. Did he put 1 hat cup by ? Did he vote’ for fleets and armies, or a fulpenfion of commercial inter course with France? What was the French edition of the laws of nations then ? Tim a bale of Britifli manufafture (without any ques tion of enemy’s oroperty) fhouid fulijedt to seizure and cmHemnauon. And what was the Britifli dr.f. 'ne in 1793? That France was (with ui >". ep of the pen) in a state of siege and I lo«.'. do, and that American fl ».r, See. fhu;..(l 1; Te carried there at ail. And yet agaiuft t .le principles and pradticts, prt.pode ro . and injurious as they were, we did not go to war—at leaf) that gentleman was oppokd to such war (it war it tr.ay be tailed) as was wa^eci. But whilst I acknowledge the carrying trade to be valuable to a certain extent, I mud, un lels I abandon every pretension to the charac ter of a politician, aft on exilluig circumdan tes, on things as they are, not as I believe they ought to be. In casting about, the firft thing, (or one of the fird) to be cotifidered is revenue. Atmoft wtinle revenue is derived from commerce ; that is, from the dom-ftic con famption of impods from abroad. How much tomes from the carrying trade ? Your state ments, lam told, fay 800,000 dollars. But if our whve consumption were imported in foreign bottoms, tne impost would exceed its preknt amount bv 11 or 1200.c00 dollars. J warn gentlemen againfi a mtfrepreftnration of this LA. Am I therefore desirous to gain this increase at the expense of our navigation ? Far from it. It wouid be to kill the goose that lavs the golden eggs. But what is this branch of the carrying trade, for which gentlemen would lacriricc nut only our whole navigation and commerce, but the agriculture and conditution of the country ? Look at this trade which is to be guarded at every nfk, and the men who follow it. Do they carry your produAs abroad, and bring back goods for home consumption ? No, they plunge their hands into your pockets for drawback—during this very leffion they [WHOLE No. 357. t hrenten to plunder the treasury of millions by a bill happily arretted on its pailage. If our fair trade is not protected, how comes it that it has grown ith a rapidity before unheard of in any age, unknown in any nation ? That growth has been nourilhed by proceXing du ties, fottered by our neutral petition. Wc are the real friends of your navigation. It has grown beneath the (bade of diferiminating du ties— flour idled in the lun- thine of the neuiral cnaraXerj with the hrft blight of maratime war it dies. I am accused too with stigmatizing the mer chants of the United States. I deny the charge. Evary profeflion and calling of hu man life is disgraced by unworthy members. The law ha 3 ns pettifoggers, the church its hypocrites, medicine and politics too fir, have their empirics—and if there be two profelfions in the world, which can be feleXed for a tend endency todevelope the pre-exifting germ of imperfection planted in our nature, they are the profellion of the lawyer and the occupation of the trader. And wherefore ?—Becaufe they open the w ide field of temptation. The »if. elt prayer that ever was or can be devised for human infirmity, is that which teaches us to deprecate iuch trials—“ Wc beseech thee, lead us not into temptation !” What is the f»X } Whilst we boalt of our honor on this floor our name has become a by word among the nations. Europe, and Paris ef'pecially, (warms v ith pieudo-Americans, withAngloand Gallo. Americans, and American French and Englifli who have amafled iinmenfe fortunes by tra ding in the neutral charaXer, by setting it up to auction and felling it to the bed bidder. Men of this deferiptiou— ftriplings, without connexions or charaXer, have been known to buy rich vcfl'cls anti their cargoes, in Am sterdam and Antwerp, and trade with them under the American name, to the Indies. Neul tral charaXer has constituted one of the best remittances for colonial produce, or the goods which purchase it 5 and the trade in this com modity of neutrality has proved a rnoft lucra tive branch of traffic. This it is that has funk and degraded the American name abroad, and fubjeXed the fair trader to vexatious lev»l ureatul detention. But lam alked, if W e (hall lubmit to a tame and dastardly abandonment of our rights ?—and by those, too, who have made a cowardlv (urrender of our best interests and our honor when we were well able to have maintained them. I beg leave to reply to this q teftion by asking another.—Are you prepare J to affe.r them ? To go all lengths to enforce them ? In what coufilts true dignity f I n vaporing in the newspapers ? In printed hand bills and refoiutions ? Or in taking ground which you can and will maintain—which no change of fortune (hall com pel I v>u to defer: ? Aut nunquam tentes , autpcrfi.ee. Does the gen tleman want a trauflation ? Here is one truly American “ Stick or go through." This is true dignity : can he give a better definition } And what constitutes talfe dignity ? P.ayinp the part of a bobadil—bullying England, and truckling to Spain—l beg pardon, there is no Spain bullying England and truckling to France.—This you have done—you know it. When gentlemen tell us of their w iiiingnefs to pubiith our proceedings, why do they not dear the gallaries and off the injunction of secrecy f Let their private vote correspond with their public profellion. And let me tell the gentleman from Pcnnfylvania, (Mr. Smilie) that I would rather have his vote than his speech at any time. Whq would suppose, if he bad not averred it, that he held silence and good sense in such high-refpeX,—that he pre ferred the calm decisions of quiet wisdom, to the tffufions of empty garrulity. The gtntlemau from New York has fold us, that after the call of the Executive for firm mealures, he did not expeX this opposition. And does he call this a firm measure ? What would have been a firm measure? An embar go. That would have gone to the root of the evil. But that, fir, would not have suited your prorcus politicians. There could have been no evafmu of that. But your slippery mercantile eels can fl de over er under this pro vision, and leave the whole burthen of fuffer ing to fall ou the planter, the farmer, and the real American. The whole revenue (w C are told) derived from commerce Who pavs it ultimately but the confumei, and with as large a profit on the merchant’s advance of the duties (often a mere advance of credit) as be receive* from any other part of hi, capital. Thele new ideas of firmnefs are either above or below my comprehension. AuJ because we are anxious to fee the public dot paid off, and the true interests of the nation maintained, because we wiii not abandon t<« plough, and struggle to reflrain Executive influence, we are charged with hoflility to all commerce, with inieofibility to the honor of our country. When our doors were fliut—his L no breach of confidence—one of my colleagues called for the reading of a meflige from the Prcfident, soon after he came into office. It was the rnoft severe and cutting satire that ever man liffened to. I fay it was bitic» satire on your proieedings, then and now. It recommended the application of our refourcer to a speedy dtf charge of the public debt, a rigid adherence to fpecific appropriations—tying down executive officers to the letter of the Jaw, reftriXiug them to the literal objeXs and amount of our appro ptiations. What is the commentary ? In time of peace (for I fruft no one will call this wind mill attack on Tripoli -war) the expenditures of the navy department (so far from each item of exptnee being limited by the lpectfi-: ap propriatien for that objeX) have exceeded the
