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. f oiv «e in ftc United States eontrary
0 Che law. and treaties* of the. go
Irmmenr, that their conduct was if
1 **!• and that as this force, was for
J 2 purpose of conquering a people,
„1 o had never asked for their aid,
lj| # had never been consulted on the
: Meet, and who were living compar-'*
Lively happy, that it was cruel.
8 The cause has no doubt been aided.
I men of the purest and roblest
filings, but it is publicly declared,
tint it has been set on f<.ot generally^
. v a( |op(ed citizens, and of that de
aiiplioOf whose first wi-h is not that
cf aggrandising the power of the U.
States. The possession of the 'Port
of Fernandina is their great, their
principal, if not their sole object. The
irizes which are to be there carried in
>v the various Spanish Patriot rfavies,
gre to reimburse them for all their
idvanccs—there, they are to gather
heir golden harvest, for all (heir ex
rtions—'Thousands;of African He
roes, who have been captured and
Ltorcd, being of no value to the
Hiptors, are now to he introduced into
Hernandma —now we are to expect to
lie the River St. Mary's filled with
Ijivateers, with crews composed of
H nations and colors —The dangers
Ihieh may attend the owners of ne
igroes in this State, from those motly
|neighbors, is of secondary importance
I—let them, like the people of Florida
I jock out for themselves. A judge of
■ admiralty was appointed a day or two
lifter the capture of Fernandina, and
■measures adopted for (he regulation
lif the department of the collector of
lie port—Some of the admirers, if
|«t. the suppor ers of the expedition,
Have declared at this place, that they
Hould much regret, if Fernandina tell
Hto the hands of the U. Slates, for a
Hear or two at apy rate.
■ Many of the citizens of this p!tce.
Hive been down to visit (he general;
Hd they have all returned highly de-
Bghted with him, and many ofhis of-
Her s—hut it is understood, that evc-
H one of them, are from the United
Hates.
I Something should now he said, of
He unfortunate inhabitants of Flori-
Ki. and of whose happiness, these wor
shippers of mammon, are so interest
led* In the late unsucressfui insurrec
tion in that country, the yeomanry aud
planters generally, with the exception
of a few, particularly on Amelia-Isl
and, took up arms for the declared
im pose, of annexing the province to
lie U. Sffcfe*—their expectations and
if is unnecessary to'
iention—suffice it to say, (hat many
I'theni were nearly,and some of (hem
atirely ruined by the business ; and
lat they attributed (heir ill success,
i the merchants of Amelia, who we e
videutly opposed to them, and thro'
heir friends in the U. Stales, (the
ante, description, and it is believed,
mme of (he very gentlemen, who are
npw interested in (his last affair,) sup
plied with provisions, the garrison of ,
St. Augustine, when almost in a slate j
of famine. They had then no more |
eve for the Spanish government, than
Top that of (be U. States. But under |
the former, Femardina was a free
tort, ai<d durieg (he non-intercourse
aws of the latter; and promised, w hat
wasa< (ually rralizrd. ia many instan
ces, a heap of wealth, both to them
qlyes and friends in the U. States.—
ffime of the merchants were at Fer
nandina, op tbe.arrival of Sir Gregor,
met him with a il.g, and are said to
mute, with him cordially, in his regu
lation of the Peri. But t" return to
the Rebels—their crops had been ne
glected, their degrees running away,
tr carried off by the Indians, without
Jecuniary funds or suppon, were o
wigecl to accept of the King’s proc
lamation, which was issued at that
lime, offering tin m pardon;—with the
exception of a few, (hey returned to
their country, and to the honor of the
governors who have presided at that
Province, it must be acknowledged,
thattheirpromiseshave been most scru
pulously observed—they did not receive
oOuo acres of land for their fidcl
•l) 1 . as some of the merchants at Fer
fandina had done, hut every acre whic h
tney were entiled to by (he laws of the
country, was granted—and they were
treated, as if they bad been evey loy-
were allowed privileges
p ® ho Spanish colonics ever eejoy
~7*hey chose their own officers, had
heir differences decided by indept nd-
J-ntfree-holders, a f <d enjoyed as mob
as any colonists in this hem
sphere, unless it may be those under
the government of* Great Britain,
fateful fop ihi ß conduct they never
* complaint, and expecting
•at they were to become, at no di>-
g. citizens of (he Under.
Hies,they were perfectly saiisti d.
18 said that not a man of any con
,deration op property of the Island of
' “elia, has visited Fernandina. since
t has changed its masters, unless
inssing by the fort, and necessarily
obliged to stop. Sir Gregor, in his
proclamations, speaks of the advan-
I to be derived from an inter
course with Soutr Ataeri. a, but says
nothing of eedingtheprovince (should
he conquer it) to the U. States. His
excellent character apd affable man
ners, may attract some of them; hut
unless he takes the fortress of St. Au
gustine, when his laws and proclama
tions may be valid, theinhabitants will
pot change their allegiance—their
love of the government of the United
States, their gratitude for the honor
able conduct of the Spanish govern
ment, and their dread of insurrections,
-1 from the immense losses which they
have on two occasions sustained, by
having engaged in them, will deter
them from uniting voluntarily with
Sir Gregor. ,
It may he well conceived, that the
conduct of Sir Gregor, has been per
fectly honourable, though (he reverse
lof some ofhis supporters: Confident
that general Bolivar, his brother iil
iaw, was competent to carry on the
revolution in the provinces of Terra
Firma. and believing he might serve
the cause more effectually in another
capacity, than that he filled, he left
him and his associates, and came to
the United Siates. He met with ma
ny men, who wished the cause well,
but perhaps few, who would embark
their property and persons to aid it-*-
under this disappointment and cha
grin, a company of wealthy citizens
propose (o him, to take possession of
East Florida, by first seem ing FCr
nandiua, when the iuhlmants would
all join him; and then taking St. Au
gustiue that the popularity of the
measure, throughout (he I cited States !
would give him (he command of any
number of men; and that making Fer
nandina a port of entry, for all Patri
ot Spanish pyrizes, a wealth would flow
in, which would not only amply reim
burse all advances made for (he ex
pedition, but would give him (lie
means of supporting a considerable
I body of soldiers—that he might then
invade Cuba, &c, and by thus divert
iu the Spanish forces, or rather by
making great & substantial conquests
he would render to his friends (he
most important services;—lt is ac
knowledged that all this is con jecture
only, hut It is the result of reflecting
on the character aud conduct of Sir
Gregof. , .
After leaving his native country, he
commenced his career of emancipat
ing his species, in South America—
he has fought and bled there—the con
fidence of Che natives, have entrusted
him with a high command—and by
the dearest ties he has connected
himself with the (he coaunauder in
chief. Can wCexpect,from the chival
ric character, which is given of him,
that he feels a particular iritercst for
i any Spanish colony,' but as it is con
! nected with (he welfare of (he cause
1 ar.d of the friends he has left ? Hon
: orahle and noble, as objects,
those of his military followers, and
no doubt some of his supporters, may
well he inspired with the same senti
ments, with lhis difference, that his
heart is particularly in (he piovinces
of Terra-Firma, while those of the
gentlemen with him, arc of a general
wWh, to benefit mankind. When it is
considered that these worshipers of
mammon, cannot be disappointed,
without involving the General and
his friends in disappointment also,
one cannot hut hesitate, whether to
wish them suet ess or not.
A mere exposition of facts, and
probable views of parties, was here
only intended. The expedition has
already arrived at its acme with ma
ny of its supporters, and time will
disclose what description of persons
will he iejurtd or pencilled by it.
FROM AMELIA ISLAND.
Our advices from that place come
duwu as late as the 9th instant. At
(hat time, the individuals, who had
left the Island previous to the arrival
oj the patriots, had mostly returned, (
acd appeared quite contented with
the new order of things. General
M‘Gregor was busily engaged in sen
ding off his troops to the St. John’s;
which place he was expected to reach
j-bout the 18th instant. St. Augus
tine was strictly blockaded by a patri
ot ft (gate aud the True-Blooded Yan
kee sloop of war—more than a match
for an' naval lone which Spain has
in the w ostei n hemisphere.
LATEST FROM HAT VNA.
By (he arrival. a> this port, on
■Miuday last, of Uie schooner Fair A
aic.iuau, six days from the Havana,
t
i „
Relearn tW #lie armament, report
ed as having sailed from that place,
to the relief of St. Augustine, was no
thing more or less than a large num
ber of Guineamen, which sailed on
the lith ult. under eonvoy, for the
coast of Africa. The news of the
capture of Amelia Island had not
reached Havana on the 6th instant.
Savannah Republican .
. SOUTHERN ARMY.
The following, (says the Richmond
Enquirer) is a most singular order
for publication. Such subject* ought
to be a matter of arrangement be
tween the commanding generil and
the war office. . '
Head Quarters, Division of the South.
Nashville, April 22, 1817
division oku aa. v .
The commanding general, consi
ders it due to the principles of subor
dination. which ought and must exist
in an army to prohibit the obedience
of any ordfer emanating from the de
partment of war, to officers of the di
vision, who have reported and been
assigned to duly, unkss coming thro’
him as the proper organ of commu
nication. The object of this order is
to prevent the recurrence of a cir
cumstance which removed an impor
tant officer IVoin the division, with
out the knowledge of the commanding
general, and indeed when he suppos
ed that officer engaged in his official
duties, and anticipated hourly the re
ceipt of his official reports on a sub
ject of great importance to h» com
mand; also to prevent the topographi
cal reports from being mad/ public
through (lie medium of newspapers,
as was done in the case jalluded to,
thereby enabling the eucily to obtain
the benefit of all our topographical
researches as soon as the general com
manding, who is responable for the [
1 division. Superior officers having
commands assigned them, are held
responsible to (he government for the
character and conduct of that com
mand: and it might as wel he justifi
ed in an officer senior in command, to
give orders to a guard on d«ty, with
out passing that order lliDngh (he
offi e of that guard, as that the de
partment of war should countermand i
the arrangements of commanding :
generaU, without giving their orders
through the proper channel. To ae
qaiese in such a course, would be a
tame surrender of military rights and
etiquette, and at once subvert the es
tablished principle of subordination
and good order. Obedience to the
lawful commands of superior officers,
is constitutionally and morally requir
ed; but there is a chain of oomniuni
cation that binds the military com
pact, which, ifbroketi,'opens the door
to disobedience and disrespect, and
gives loose to the turbulent spirit*
who are ever ready to excite mutiny.
All physicians able to perform duty,
who are absent oh furlough, will
forthwith repair (o their respective
posts. Commanding ofli ers of regi
ments and corps, are ordered to re- j
port specially all officers absent from j
duty on the 30ih of June -next, and
their cause of absence. The army is
ton small to tolerate idlers, and they
Will be dismissed ihe service.,
By order of major gen. Jackson.
lion but Rutlku, aijt. general.
\>OMAA!
Why is the warrior’s cheek so r. a I?
Why downward droops bis musing head?
Why that slow step —that faint advance;
That keen yet quick repealing glance?
That crested head in war t *wer’d high;
No backward glance disgrac’d that eye;
No flushing fear that cheek o’erspread,
Wh-n stem he rode o’er heaps of dead.
Strange tumult now his bosom moves;
The warrior fears, because he loves.
Why does the youth delight to rove
Amid the dark a«id lonely grove?
Why, in the throng, where all are gay,
His woud’ring eye with meaning fraught.
Si's be alone in silent thought?
Silent he sits—for far away
His passif n’cl soul delights to sfray:
Recluse he roves, and strives to shun
All human kind, because he loves but one;
MARRIED, on Thursday evening
. last, by the Rev. Mr. Dunwoddie, Mr.
W iliam C. Ware, Merchant, to Miss
Jinn M*Murphy, all of this oily.
——, on Thursday Ihe 10th inst.
hy the Rev. Mr. Joice, Mr.;//. Dun
ton of this city, to Miss ZUimt ha
borde, only daughter of Mr. Peter
Laborde of the village of Edgefield,
South-Caroiina.
Married at Richmond, on Saturday
the 7th inst, by the Rev. David Jones,
Thomas Broadway, Esq. aged 66,
to the blooming and beautiful Miss
Maria Bowler, jus turned of 16-
all of Amelia County—
“ And if you are imposed upon.
“ sis by your own tompiatwn done.” •
To Correspondents.—* A Constant
Subscriber* (an imposing signature by,
the by) would be attended to with
pleasure ; but as the object of his at
tention is under practical considera
tion, we deem it unnecessary to say
any thing more in relation to the
subject.
In addition to an Extensive
Assortment of Goods
~ Already on Hand,
THE SUBSCRIBERS
Have Just Received by the Ship Jane,
I from Liverpool, the
Following Articles,
Which they Offer for Sale on mode
rate terms.
15 Trunks cimwc L.
noes, Calicoes aud Uombazettes
60 Boxes Crown Glass, 8 hy 10, 9 by
11, and 10 by 12, ...
20 Crates Portef Bottles,
Shot and Lead, Sheet and Hoop
Iron, Casting;
Table Salt, Ac. Adw
—ALSO—
-10 Barrels Linseed Oil*
8 Cases Looking Glasses, assorted,
14 Ditto Fine White, Roram A Wool
Hats; , ,
200 Pieces Inverness Cotton Bagging
80 Kegs Dupont & Co’s. FF & F.F.
F. Gunpowder..
EDWARD QUIN, A Co.
July 19. if ,
John Logan*
HAVING taken the corner store
on the sou,rli side of Broad
street, immediately opposite A. Spen
cer, & Co. is oponiog a general assort
ment of Staple A FANCY GOODS,
suitable for the season, which he is
disposed to sell low for cash or town
acceptances.
July 19. c
Hugh Macdonald,
Near the upper end of Hroad-street,
on the north side, offers
| Goods & Groceries
. FOR SALE, , ;; , t
i , And respectfully solicits his ac
quaintances from the country to call
on him. v July 19—c
. 1 ~ —1T — 1 1 1
i (fjr° For ilie information of pet sons
who may have business with the Ho
norable the City Council of Augusta
—Notice is hereby given, that there
will he a meeting of Council THIS
MORNING, at 10 o’clock.
By Order, , . u
JOSEPH WALLEN, Marshal
July 19. *
For Sale.
i •( ,
A YOUNG, healthy, strong negro
Woman—a good field baud. Enquire
at this Offi eo.
| A Mistake.
ON the sth &f M?.y last a Box about
3 by 2| feet was put on board the
boat Delight, then leaving Savannah for
Augusta, under care of Charles Collins,
It contained 4 Engravings in gilt frames
of McDooobgn’s, Perry’s and Decatur's
Victories, and an;Apotheosis of General
Washington, in a black £bonj? frame—
H. H. were the initials on it, A card
nailed on the box was inscribed with the
owner’s name, and directed to Mr. btain
back Wilson of this city. A Box of
smaller dimensions marked H. H. A Co.
and chalked IJar/ord, containing Shoes,
has, thro’ some error been placed in the
room of the former.
It is hoped (hat whoever has the Box
containing the frames, will notify Messrs*
Wilson t? Black of this city, so that the
mistake may be corrected, and relieve a
poor man from si fft ring a loss he is by
this nrittok- liable to.
' July 19. , i(
Notice.
ALL persons having demands against
the estate of Thomas A. Green,
hte of Scrivefi county, deceased, are re
quested to present tberr accounts legally
attested, withiif the time prescribed by
law; and those indebted to said estate
will make imm.-diste payment to
Mary G. Green, Adm’x.
July 19. dp
COW HIDES.
subscriber has on hand a
1 quantity of the best well dryed
Cow Hides.
Also, a full Arid General Assortment
LEATHER,
which he offers to sell low for cash.
JOHN RUCKER.
July 9. 7~ ts
John Man,
-» ■ • «.w y .
/for ReceivedforSalei
50 Bags Prime Coffee'.
SO Bbh OCHUi. Northern Hum;
1* BW*. Philadelphia Gin, '
6 llhds. Jamaica Hum of the tint
quality, ■. .
idO Casks Cut Nails,
BU. tod. & 20d. Wrought Nails 5
i and Spikes,, ,
Hoop and Rod Iron, assorted,
i Ton Blistered Steel,first qualify
Boxes Cotton Cards,
Ditto Soap, „ u .
. Casks of Hoes and Traee Chains
2000 Pieces Castings, well assorted,
300 Grindstone^
30 Bundles Steel,
2000 Yards Striped Homespun,
White Havanna Sugar,
Hy»oh Tea, .
i Malaga Wine, * .
July 19. If
The Subscribers,
Offer on very advantageous terms »
. their entire
stock op merchandize.
Contorting of avery general andhand
. some assortment of
, DRY GOODS,
Hardware; Cutlery,
Liquors arid Groceries.
Extensive Credit* will be give n for the
whole or a part. Any person taking the
whole mas also,should they wisbdt* have
a lease of that excellent Stand, now occu
pied by them*
Hutchinson & Co.
July m c
Marshal’s Sales.
•• v«#( i
On the fim Tuesday in August next , at tha
Court House in Elbtrt county,
ALL the household and Kitchen
furniture of William Paterson-levied
on to satisfy an txecutios issued front
the Sixth Circuit Court of the United
States, in favor, of John Clendening, vsi 1
William Patterson.—Conditions Cash.
. Thomas T. Triplett,
1 % tie ft. Marshal*
July S,- wtds^
Estrays.
» M ) “•* ' t
, GEORGIA, 1 Inferior Court, Clerk V
Warren county. J . , . Office,
10NAIH VN OWENS, tolls before
J me a, brown ,bay Gelding, eight years
oid, about twelve or thirteen hands high,
a small star in his forehead, his knees
| being somewhat uncommon, With some
white on his left hind foot, with a switch
tail, trots and canters - Appraised by John
Farr and Deimey Tolar at Pony Dollars*
June 7th, 1817. .
Andre# M'Donald, j.’p.
Recorded in the office 9th June,’ 181 rj
Georgia., Warren county, . ,
p\ AVID, SALLIS, toll# before me si
VJ brown „ Jack,A«s, .light colored
around the nose, about three feet four
inches high, a small sore on his back,
(his age not known) some say about
twenty, no brands perceivable—. Apprai
sed by John Farr and Demsey TV-lay at
i wenty Dollars, in Cupt. Roland's Dis
trict, this 7>h Jnne. 1817.
r? Hobert Lgzenberry, j.p.
Recorded In the office 23d June, 18 iy»
Georgia . Warren countyi \ . ,
VA7/LLIAM A. FULLER, tolls be.
▼ v tore me a sorrel horse, supposed
to be eleven or twelve years old, ab ut
five fefct or upwards high, hhzt face, hind
reet white and switch tall, something re-’
sembling a wart oh the left side of his
heck, Ond another on the inside of his
left thigh—Appraised by A. Mnrtcrief
and Chappcl Heeth, at Fifty Dollars, in
Capt. Hurt's disfrht, June 28th, 1817,
Hardy Pitts, j. p.
Recorded in the office 28tb June, IBi2V
Georgia, Warren county ,
JOHN MOSEb, tolls before me pn6
J roan Mare and colt, eight or dine
years old, about fourteen hands high, her
upper eye winker cut off—a few d.»ys a£»
ter the mare was taken up she foaled—
Appraised by John Chsmpeioft and Wis.
lalt Motct, in Cap t, Neal's district, .at
Forty Ftv£ Dollars, fth/ufy, >Bl7 X.
J. Beall, jp. .
Recorded in the office 7th July , 1817.
Alpliaus Bca
Inferior Court Warren County i
. July 12, t*
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Candle Manufactory
Thrle doors beUnt the Market; north
todt Broad-street.
T’HE subscriber has on hand a con
stant supply d the best manufac*
ured Candles.
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