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AUGUSTA HERALD.
THUR9DA V, JNO V E MBEE. 17, mu.
The Uuited States sloop of war Pea-
I cock, commanded by Capt. Warrington,
I arrived at New-York from a cruize on the
I 29th ult.—.she has taken I t prizes, and du
ring her voyage has lost but one man, Wm.
I). Baldwin, hi. mate.
WE are sorry to hud that the campaign
at the North is closed without the capture of
D.u iumoud's Army, or our obtaining uudis
puted command of Lake Ontario.—Our!
troops however at Sackott’s Harbor, are j
thought to be able to give a good account
of the enemy, should they be the object of
I his winter operations.
Lord Kill’s expedition to this country, is
I said in some papers to be abandoned. His
I Lordship's laurels, will perhaps remain
I louger untarnished, by his continuing on
I the other side the Atlantic.
Several hundred Waggons, we are
I informed, have goue from the up country !
I to St. Mary's loaded with produce, having j
I it chieily in view to obtain Salt at that ,
I place or from Amelia, where it is supposed )
lit can be procured at a reasonable rate— i
I Those who in speculating in this article of !
| prime necessity, have advanced it to its
[ present enormous price, have thereby ren-
I deretl it incumbent upon numbers to seek
I supplies from other quarters.
WE have in this paper concluded the
publication of the Instructions to the Amer
ican appointed to treat of peace
| with the British Commissioners, so far as
they have been permitted to be made
I and we are sorry to say, that they conllp
I matter abundantly sufficient to excite in ev
e ery American bosonr emotions of humilia
tion, and regret. Those who read these
I official documents with attention, will very
I naturally be led to enquire, for what pur
| pose has been all the waste of blood ami
treasure to which this country has been
1 subjected for two or three yekrs past. But
to this enquiry, these documents afford no
satisfactory, or cousolotary reply. By the
Instructions it is openly and officially ac-
I kuowledged that no one of the primary caus
es of the war were expected to be removed,
I that ‘all its important and professed objects
were directed to be relinquished; aud that
B a peace was sought for, which should barely
leave U 9 where we were before the war be-
I gan. As one evidence of this our readers !
i will recollect., that the impressment of Bril- j
isli seamen, from American merchant ves- |
I sels, was the Subject very elaborately discus- 1
I sed in Mr. Monroe’s first letter, and a pro- !
I vision which should eoutaiu an express re- j
I linquishmeot by Great Britain of both the
■ right and practice in this case, was made a
■ sine qua non of a treaty, or in other words,
B that no treaty should be niudc which did
not iu effect expressly admit that the flag
I should protect all who sailed under it, for
| without this concession, the ministers were
directed to break off the negotiation and
I return hornet Ml*. Monroe’s words are :
| “ Upou the whole subject I have to ob
is serve, that your first duty will be to conclude
| a peace with Great Britain, and that you
are authorised to do it, .in case you obtain a
satisfactory stipulation against impressment,
■ 'me which shall secure, under our flag, pruk
tectiou to the erfew. The manner in which
it may be done has beeu already stated, with
the reciprocal stipulations which you may
I cuter into to secure Great Britain against
I the injury of which she complains. If this
I encroachment of Groat Britain is not pr.#vi-
I ded again«t the United Stales have appealed
j to arms in vain. If yonr efforts to accomi
I plish it should fail, all further negotiation
I will cease , and you will return home without
delay.”
And again in the letter of 2Sth‘ January*
I 1814, it is expressly slated, that the degra
■ ding practice of impressment, “ must cease,
J tile flag must protect thecrewair the United
[ States cannot consider themselves an inde-
I pendant nation.” This then it appears by
I these documents, was the great cause of a.
| continuance of hostilities— War it is express-
W ly avowed had been declared iu vain, if the
IF' principle contended for was not obtained ;
I other subjects seemed' easy of adjustment,
I Great-Britain had herself given “ satisfac
i I lory definitions of blockades,” but an express
I relinquishment of the right of impressment
■ was alledged* to be connected with even the
'■ independence of the nation.
In June last new instructions were given
I to the ministers, part, of these only have
I been made public, but even in this part we
■ find this whole subject at once abandoned in
I the following sentence, in the letter of June
■ 2rth, 1814. _ /
“Gn mature consideration it ha/s been de-
I *‘ded that under all the eireiimsta/nces above*
■ alluded to, incident to a prosecution of the
I Var , you may omit any stit/ll* tion os
I the subject of if found
I indispensably inveessarj lo terminate it.
Ii ou w iH, ofcoursyy/ not recur to this expe
vl dient until all r efforts to adjust the
■ •ontroversy in Mainorv' satisfactory manner
■ have failed.” /
■ i'bus, l b«|A;the ministers and the world
I l!- e told OfjffF •• tear has been declared in
I claim of impressment was not
l&Ti.iquisbed—though it was to
on winch 1 tie negociatiou was
WMff gb it was alledged to be con
jKs** ■ live national independence, &•:.
a i» »• lasl directed to
I ' .i.vt stipulation on
I J|ir of IT Jto tsrtainfct*
W \ \
the war. Yes this all important subject is
directed to be iv.iotly passed over m the
treaty, il by this silence peace can be obtain
ed. Suppose then that a treaty had lieea
made in express conformity to these instruc
tions, and peace had followed, what would
the nation have gained by the war ? nothing, •
precisely nothing. The instructions show, !
that all the great and avowed objects of the !
war were to be left exactly ns they were be- I
fore it commenced. We may surely hope (
then, that the administration will never here- •
alter censure those, who considered the !
war at first, as inexpedient, unwise, and j
unnecessary, w hen they themselves aekiiowL '
edge that nothing was to be gained, or to be j
expected from it. That surely cannot be
called a wise war which has no object but I
to leave the party making it where lie was !
before it began—nor that a necessary one {
from which nothing is to be gainej. ‘ If as I
the instructions themselves evidence, the
nation would have gained nothing more than
it had before, by a peace thus concluded,
what is the compensation it has gained, or
what can it expect, for the blood and treas
ure which has been so profusely expended.
Can it be thought lhat those who have thus I
involved the nation in difficulty, and who j
thus propose to extricate it from its troubles, !
have claims upon the confidence of the pen- j
pie, either, for their wisdom, firmness, con
sistency or integrity ?
Gov f.rnor Evkly has with character- j
istic firmness and becoming independence of
mind, withheld his signature from the bill
passed by the two Houses of the present
Legislature, for “ alleviating the condition
of debtors” the following are his reasons
for so doing, which we received by the Geor
gia Journal extra—they do credit both to his
head and his heart, and are such as reflec
ting minds will admire, and upright ones ap
prove.
Executive Department, Georgia, )
MittedgeviUe., nth Nov. 1814-5
TO THE SENATE—
I have received and attentively consid
ered the hill which has passed the two Hous
es of the General Assembly, entitled, *\ui
act to continue iti farce a;: act supplemenla- j
ry to, and amendatory of, an act lu alleviate
I the condition of debtors,” passed the 6th day ,
of December, 1813.
The result of this consideration is, that I
feel compelled by a sense of duly which can
not be dispensed with, to return tiie bill
with my dissent. It is due to the Legisla
ture that my reasons should he assigned.
! In the first place it appears to me that
| the principle of our alleviating laws is op
posed to the Constitution. On this question
1 there h *■. been much nice and able reasoti-
I ing; ami men of strong discernment as well;
las sound judgment have been found to dis- J
! fer. But it is the paramount duty of every !
( public functionary, to act oil his own best,
j udgment. He can have ho legitimate ■
guide but this, and his conscience. Belie-1
vitig then as I do, that the bill now returned i
to the Legislature does in principle im
pair the obligation of Contracts,” I cannot
give to It my assent.
2ml!y. The principle of our alleviating
laws, is in my opinion unwise and inexpedi.
ent—lt is now more than six years since
the commencement of this system. During
the intervening period produce and proper
ty, although sometimes low in price, yet at
others, have yielded un abundant profit.
Debtors u the mean time have made crop
alter crop—those who were disposed to pay
have done so—those otherwise inclined have
diverted their income to other objects; whilst
interest, with a constantly accumulating
hand, has been adding to their embarrass
ments. The tendency of this bill is to con
tinue the destructive course.
The present customary price of’ produce
though not high, is yet sufficient for moder
ate profit ijfiiid an hough the public burthens
are encreuied by the war, and are likely to
become more so, yet tbs* same state of war
creates q market for article's of provision to
an extent of which ho former times afford
au example.—The quantity of monv'f in cir
culation so far from being diminished, .bus
greatly increased and must continue to do .
so. The business of war ia its various de- i
partments gives employment and* profit, to j
thousands, who otherwise would have nei- |
ther. The encreased burthens of the war |
are therefore, at Hlast balanced by the in
crease of the sources of profit.
Contracts between individuals are matters
of right, and no reason of state can
justify an interference with them—-They
are sacred things, and the hand of govern
ment t'an never touch them without impair
ing public confidence. v
The alleviating system is believed to be
injurious to the moral principles of the com
munity. it accustoms men to consider their
contracts as imposing no moral obligation,
and by making fraud familiar desUoys the
pride of honesty.
On the ground of expediency also, then,
I feel compelled to withhold niv assent from
the bill.-—These views are respectfully sub
mitted to the Legislature, and liie bill here
with returned lo that branch iu w hich it or
iginated.
PETER EARLY, Governor.
The following Proclamation by the com
mander of an American privateer, was
made public at Lloyds’ iu Loudon, it an
nounces about as legitimate a blockade,
as many of* those declared by British au
thority—and according to the force employ
ed, the enterpnziug commander iu this case,
carried his blockade into erteet, as complete
ly as the British squadron have effected
lh« bioekady of the whale Amtrisaa aaast;
By Thomas Boyle, Esq. eom'nanicr of the I
private armed brtff Chasseur, <S‘c.
PUtICL AMATfoN.
M hereas it inis becomh.* customary with
tlic Admirals of Great Britain, commanding
the small forces on the coast of the United
States, particularly with Sir John Burl use
Vr T arreu, and Sir Alexander Cochrane, to de
clare all tiie coast of the said United States
iit a state of strict and rigorous blockade,
without possessing the power to justify
such a declaration, or stationing an adequate
force to mantain said blockade.
1 ilo, therefore, by virtue of the power
and authority in me vested (possessing suf
heieut force) declare all the ports, harbors,
bays, creeks, rivers, inlets, outlets, islands
anil seacoastof the united kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland in a state of stritj and
rigorous blockade. Audi do further de
clare, that 1 consider the force under my
command, adequate to maintain strictly, rig
orously and effectually the said blockade,
Anil 1 do hereby require the respective of
ficers,whether captains commanders, or com
manding officers under my command, em
ployed on the coast of England, Ireland, aui!
Scotland, to pay strict attention to the exe
cution of this my Proclamation. And I do
hereby caution and forbid the ships and ves
sels of all and every nation in amity and
peace with the United Slates from entering
or attempting to enter, or from coming or at
tempting to come out of any of the said ports,
harbors, bays, creek, rivers, inlets, outlets,
islands or seacoust, under any pretence
whatsoever. And that no person may plead
ignorance of this my Proclamation,! have or
dered t he same to be made public in England.
Given under my hand on board the Chas
seur, day and date as above.
THOMAS BOYLE.
By command of the commanding officer.
J. J. STANSBUUY, Sec.
NORTHKRN ARMY.
Nkw-York, N»v. 2.
The following is an extract of a letter to
the Editor of the Albany Register, dated
Sucicetr s Harbor, October 28, 181+.
u It is now generally believed, that an at
tack will be made on this place in a very
few days, the enemy will make every exer
tion in this last attempt to trouble us; but
rely »m it, we are safer than is geueraily
supposed.
“ Genera! Brown is daily expected here,
and as soon 'as he arrives there will he no
ditiicui'y iii keeping what militia is now
here, and his presence will induce others to
coifie in.”
The following is art extract of a letter
from the keeper of the reading rooms in
Albany, dated Oct. 31.
“ The latest news from the West is by a
gentleman from Canandaigua, which place
lie left on Thursday. He informs me that
about an hoilr before he left that place ac
counts were received from Buffalo that the
whole of general Izard’s army had crossed
the Niagara after destroying the works at
Fort Erie.
k ‘ 1 think there can be no doubt of the
fact; arid considering the strong reinforce
ments received by the enemy, it was the
most prudent step that could lie taken.
JrtuN Cook.”
Bujtai.o, October 2!t.
On the 19tn inst. an advanced corps of
Maj. Gen. Izard's army, under Gen. Bis
soli, passed from Dead Creek, to Cook's
Mills, on Ifyoiis’ Creek, and were attacked
by a superior force of the enemy ; the fight
continued au hour; General Bissel main
tained his ground, and the enemy were re.
pulsed. Gen. Ilissel's loss was übout sev
enty killed and wounded—that ofthecuemy
not known.
On the 23, the American army lay oppo
site Black Rock.
On Wednesday lust, the British fleet, (tlie
new ship St. Lawrence, of 102 guns being
along) anchored off Fort Niagara. Wheth
er the fleet brought up a reinforcement, or
1 provisions, or for the purpose of trunspor
-1 ting part of General Drummond’s forue down
| the Lake, is uncertain,
155 Dm IWinil iiW3»
DIED, on Friday inoring last, Mr. John
H offer, a native of Holland and for
merly a respectable Merchant, of this city.
100 Crates Crockery.
JUST UK CHIVED,
By the Subscriber,
AND FOR SALE, i
Next door to Met nr*. J. iff H. i'-'ute
WHERE IS wow GPKNIKe, !
—A General Assortment of—
CHINA, GLASS, & EARTfifN
} WAR E, .
Which will be Sold wholesale a?d
retail at icductd piices. ,
Abner Woodruff.
Novpjntnir IT* At 21 i
TICKETS IN THE /*
BOARD OF HEALTH EOTTER7
Which commence? Drawing on ti
first TCLBDaY in December ilex., for b
by AMEsi fc ALLEN.
November IT. 21 *e.
Mas. SLUYTEIVS __
; BOARDING & DAY SCHOOI
For Young Ladies re-commencyp
on MONDAY the i4lh
. . , _ cnt»
j2»ov<Bfi*er t7
JUST OPENED,
A ELD FOS SALE,
jli the HOUSE formerly occupied by Colonel
Evas a, in Broad-Street,
AV EtKQANT ASSORTMENT OF
MILLENARY,
CONSISTING OF
LADIES and Children Silk and
Saun Bonnets,
Head D rcsses and Caps,
Black and White Silk Lace Wi!*,
Colton Lace Dresses and Shawls,
VV hire and coloured Feathers,
Artificial Flowers and Wreaths,
Silk and Cotton Lace,
Stieneil Trimmings,
Silk Cords,
Eong at.d short Kiel and Heaver GloveSj
A variety of new fashion Ribbands,
Black Crape Mowers,
Silk Buttons,
Silk Cord and Tassels,
Velvets, Childrens’ Bootees,
VV ax an 1 Alleb ster Dolls of various sizci|
I' rizets, Nottingham Lace,
Silk Lace Sleeves,
Wadding lor Pelisses,
Cotton Cambrics and Figured Muslins,
Book Muslin Handkerchiefs,
Cotton Pocket ditto
Madrass ditto
Black and colored Worsted Stockings;
Flannels, White Plains,
And a variety of other Article*
I which wjll be sold low far Cash.
Also to Rent ,
A STORE with a BACK ROOM, .
and CELLAR.
11. Abendanone.
November 16. 3t 21
"SAMUEL HALeT
HAS JUST RECEIVED,
1 BALE Superfine Cloths, assorted
colors,
1 Ditto FLANNELS,
2 Ditto BLANKETS,
1 Ditto BOMBAZEFTS,
8 Trunks CALICOES,*
2 Ditto GINGHAMS.
1 Ditto Shaw's and Handkerchief*,
1 Ditto Jaconet and Mull Muslins,
—ALSO—
-100 Bags Prime COFFEE,
18 Ditto PEPPER,
100 pieces Kentucky BAGGING,
ON HAND,
A 9F.VU.RAL ASSORTMENT OF
DRY GOODS,
AND GROCERIES,
All of which will be Sold at ro
duccd price* for Cask, Produce , or approved
paper.
November 17. 21
AMESar ALLEN,
RAVE JUST RECEIVED ,
AN ADDITIONAX. ASSORTMENT 0*
GOODS,
—CONSISTING OF —•
Plated and Silver Mounted Swords,
Ditto mounted Iron Scabbord do.
Silver and Gilt Epaulets,
Ditto Mounted Dirks,
Hand Books. fur Infantry,
Military Sashes, Hats, &c.
Gentlemens’ fashionable Beaver Hats,
Castor, Rorarn and Wool do. of a superiof
quality,
Children’s Hat* and Morocco Caps,
Fashionable Suwtu row and Drcs* Boot*,
4 Cases Mens’ Shoe* assorted
The most liberal price given sots
all kinds of FURtv.
November 17. 21
~REGIMENTAL~"
CAVALRY ORDERS.
THE loifowing, persons ait appointed
Staff GjOTiceva, in the'second Regiment *
Georgia Cavalry ; and are to be r«sppct«d and
obeyed accordantly.
Robert Wutkin*, Adjutant.
Char Dealt, Pay'"Master. *
R. R e id Quarter Master. i 0 rson »
\ Miliar* Montgomery , Qr. Mas.
Gilbert S/uarer, Serg’t. Major. fw*>ne«
Dr. (ieo. „Y. Brown, Sortrton. ' l “uw.a
Dr, ( hurica L). A/leigu Sf* ) hurgecr'i> osts,
Dr. Lrgan, $ mates :tice*
Zuch. Williams,
Lt. Col. tUL rtgt. Ga. Cuvalr
Nov 11. •'%’Urcs,
if
Wanted Immediately, <ged?j
A* v G\ l-RSEER, to take charge ofr ’ it* i
Plantation a few miles distaiu fiom
plate—Enquire at the August a Book-iiiore. '{'■’<§
• 17. 3t 21 V J»t#*
*. • m
» \, her torn County. ’ iff
VVh eH/ 0r **'**' ‘ adminint at ton de 0
sand Plot e>,a,t a ndtfitets )on\ Hi*v t <9 %
tion of HIP, ,y ’ a,e u >1
Oak. •’ ° anJ ~nx u lar tk * kindred and , '
July 2P. Ucea, ' d i l9 lofnd appear at my l.f \
I b In w, to keru cause, ,
At the Aufe{. ia,d lettert Jktuld not be
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