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September 25.
General sir Eyre Coote, we are
assured, lias solicited leave to resign
the command of the troops in Wal-
fheren. We stated in a former pa
per, that they amounted to 10,000
men, of whom one half was sick.
The number of sick, we hear, has
increased ; and was, according to the
latest returns, 8,650.
The Porcupine, capt. Elliott, ar
rived at Portsmouth, on Friday, from
Gibraltar and Cadiz, with lieutenant-
great national .interest; and I cm
with pleasure announce to you that,
so far as my information extends, the
spirit of opposition to the measure;
of the administration of the United
States is greatly ameliorated, and a
concern for our own national honor,
The remarks we have had occav •
on to make upon the negociation car
rying on for the construction of a new
ministry out of those still remaining
in office, and the principal members
of the opposition, must have ena
bled our readers to anticipate the c
vent which has occurred. The nego-[interest and independence is becom
ciation is at an end, and lords Green- ing rapidly prevalent; while the ap-
ville and Gray have both concurred prehensions of a separation of the u-
in declining all co-operation with his nion, and the visionary scheme of iv-
majesty s present advisers. The lying upon a foreign pow'er for the
conimnnication made by Mr. Perce-protection of our commerce, is daily
general sir John Cradock and suitejval to the noble lords has been gene-vanishing, and I trust it will be re-
on board. She sailed from Gibral-rally misrepresented. It intimated membered, w r ith gratitu ie toT
tar on the 21st ult. and from Cadiz his majesty’s gracious desire that that wc have escaped the snares of his Excellency Gov. Mi
the 4th inst. having waited there a they would with all possible expedi-foreign emissaries and domestic trai-'at once observed, that the a
fortnight for the ultimatum of the su
preme junta, with regard to what fu
ture exertions they can make for the
defence of their country against
France. Tile dispatches came from
the marquis Wellesley, who has, we
understand, transmitted to govern
ment, a minute and comprehensive
report of the present situation of
Spain, its resources, and the spirit
w hich seems to actuate the people.
Tiie marquis Wellesley was expect
ed to return to England in the course
of the present month. Captain Mor
ris, aid-de-camp to sir J. Cradock,
landed from the Porcupine, and im
mediately set off with the marquis’s
dispatches for London, where lie ar
rived on Saturday morning.
September 26.
We have received Spanish papers
to the 7th and Portuguese to the 17th
instant. According to the latest ac
counts which they contain from the
armies, the British head-quarters
were at Bndajoz, and those of the
Spanish army lately under Cuesta,
atTruxillo. The army of the mar-
tion give their advice and assent “ in tors, to distract and divide us. And
extending and combining an adminis-1 hope that the period is not far dis-
tration” adequate to the exigencies of tant, when the citizens of the union
in ihjkfipirit of candour and of truth.
I ffbi no anger—r.o resentment -
even the authors of the meditu!ed inju
ry, are left to the voluntary reficcti
ons of their own consciences—should
their hearts he good ones, they will
not forgive them for the wound at
tempted to he inflicted, as soon as
will the heart of him, they have en
deavoured to injure.
I had once determined on com
municating this charge to the Honor
able the Legislature, with a view of
requesting an enquiry into my con-
heaven, duct. This intention I made known to
tchell, who
appointment
I held, was not given by the Legis
lature, and that of course it would re
use to make anv investigation ol
the actual crisis. Their answers were'will lay aside all party feelings, and the charge exhibited against me, and
received within a short interval ofbecome united, like a band of bro-jthat as I received mv appointment
.'ach other on Thursday, in which thers, in support ol the best govern-iirom the Governor, and held it ohlv
luring his pleasure, and the contract
they decline, in strong but respectful menton earth.”
terms, the idea of extending the ad
ministration by the acceptance of of
fice in common with his majesty’s
present advisers,
the
Elections.—On Tuesday last,
complained of being made und.ei' and
bv the immediate direption of the
Colonel John M’Intosh was elected Executive, that it was to linn alone,
esent advisers. In plain language, Major-General of the 1st division of I must make my justification ; and af-
~y will have nothing to do with the Militia—John M. Berrien, Esq.'ter a full examination of tjie charge,
,‘n whose principles and measures Solicitor General for the Eastern dis- and ol mv defence, he has authorized
men
they reprobate.
THE jouma:
TUESDAY\ November 21.
Very late intelligence from Eng
land has been received by an arri
val at Charleston. The details arc
gi\ en in our paper of to-day. The
probability of an entire change in
the British Ministry, will excite
great attention in this country. We
have much to expect, and nothing to
fear from the change. It is certain
. T , .• . i that the new ministry cannot be more
quis Romana, estimated at 30,000,. ... . •’ . . , „
~ , w' inimical to our interests than the last,
nvm, was descending to the lagus,
in the direction of Zamora and Cin-
dad Rodrigu. As the division of
Nay was posted in the same quarter,
A letter lias been received by a
member ol the Legislature from a
gentleman in Savannah, dated the
ti n t—I)r. C'lis. Williamson, Health'me to state, that he is perfectly sa-
OUlcer—and Major "VV m. BrowntEfied of the fairness and correctness
Harbor Master lor the port ol Sa-'of my conduct, in the whole of that
vannah.
The election bj- the Legislature ofj
transaction.
One single point I will notice as e-
must have that Job, and that if he,
Jamieson, would go home and let
hiriV take the contract that he would
give him twenty dollars, that the
said Jamieson agreed to do so, and
that- I did some days afterwards
send him the money, which I had to
ItorrowiAtf/'om Z. Lamar, Esquire,
by his little son, that a few’ days af
terwards Mr. Bozeman informed
me that Jamieson had been yvith
him ami withdrew his bid for the cut
ting the wood, and that he supposed
I must goto getting of it, that after
the adjournment of the Legislature
I went into the Executive office and
requested Mr. Bozeman to make
out mv*accou'nt and he asked for
the number of loads of wood, and
when I stated the number to him I
told him that I must have one dollar
St fifty cents for the Oak and Hickory
wood, and two dollars for the Light-
wood, upon which Mr. B. observed,
that was too much and then referred
me to the Governor who was pre
sent, and that finally the Governor
and myself settled it at one dollar &
fifty cents per cord for the Oak wood
and Light-wood all at the same price.
And I further solemnly depose, that
Mr. B. never heard from me of my
giving Jamieson any thing to with
draw his bid, until he asked me a-
)out it, about six weeks ago, & said he
understood that Jamieson said so,
it w hich time, I told him I did ; and
I further depose, that Mr. B’s Ne
groes never assisted me in getting
w ood for the State-House, nor did
he ever receive any thing from me
a Senator to supply the vacancy oc-jvidence of the error and'absr.rdity'of
casioned by the resignation of the the presentment: I am charge^ with
Honorable John Milledge, w ill take dilapidating several hundreds of dol-
place, we arc informed, on Thursday lars of the public money, by a contract
next....’fhe Treasurer, Secretary of entered into with Zachariah * Gray,
State, and Comptroller General will for fire wood for the use of the State
probably be elected on the same day. House*, for the political year 1809,jin consideration of his giving me the
contract, n >r did he ever intimate
to me that lie wished anv thing, or
make any proposal to that effect. -
ZAC II. GRAY.
Sworn to before me this 15th No
vember, 1 809.
A. M. DEVEREUX, J- T.C.
.(which is the only year that Jamieson
It is said the emperor Napoleon was a bidder,) when the whole a-
has ratified a treaty that he nas cans- mount of Mr. (fray’s bill for that ar-
ed to be made with Mr. Armstrong, tide, for the year aforesaid, is only
and that the counter part of it is on g 214 : 50 cents,
board the Wasp, which was going in- With these observations I submit
to New-York, as the
j'he Semiramh
.lay in 4 days
paper Novembc,
ii alii nisi* kViin. ii i.icii
ter would probably make an attempt v - as se uj n g 12 1-2 cants—Rice at
to obstruct Rom ana’s progress. The g 3 j )er hundred.
French under Soult had gone into ran*— j
cantonments at Placentia and Coria, The bill for alleviating the condi-l * IIr *
and both parties appeared to await tion of debtors, has been reported bvjb o V Norfolk with Mr. Erskine and
the issue of affairs in Germany. A the committee, and the Senate ves-biu. ;ly, and with Mr. Jacksons cl i s -
foval decree has been published byherdav had it under consideration—pashes on the 23th ultimo—and
the supreme junta at Seville, abolish-|it will be strenuously opposed, as we|^-e Britisn packet Ladv Pellcw,
Semiramis, the following lett. r from the bite Go-
w out. vernor Irwin, and an affidavit made
arrived here yester-by Mr. Zachariah Gray—they wi”
ussage.—Charleston place this affair in its correct point of
8. .view, and the attention of the public
'to them is therefore respectfully So-
L’Africane frigate sailed Hated.
JAMES BOZEMAN.
November 20, 1809.
ing certain imposts, oppressive to'are informed, in both branches ol the ^ from New-\ork, two day's lie- Dear Sir,
commerce and manufactures. Ifjlegislature
lh is be intended as the commence
ment of a system of reform, it is a
The national debt of England is
^matter of deep regret that it was not[said to amount to the enormous sum
fore yvith dispatches also from Mr.
Jackson to his government.
adopted long ago. General Equmai
the successor to Cuesta in the com-jpounds sterling ; which sum in gui-
mand of the army of Estremadurajneas, laid down in a direct line, close
his commenced his functions withjl° eac h other, would extend upward. 1
th. order relaxing the severit y of the °f twelve thousand miles,
of the 3d of January,
of six hundred and sixty millions of
Mary Franklin respectfully m-
p for ms the citizens of Milledgeville
and the neighbourhood, thai she will
open
A-SCHOOL
on Monday the 27th of this month for
teaching Reading and Writing, and
Needle-work, plain and ornamental.
The price of tuition will be Three
[Dollars per quarter, one quarter to be
Understanding that your conducvpmd in advance. Her School will be
jhas been called in question, and that.kept hi a house ol Mr. Sandiord’s,
the Grand Jury, of Baldwin county,.near the office of the Georgia Jour-
MiiRiyvr.THER Lewis, Governor have presented you on account of the nm.. The greatest attention will be
of Upper Louisianna, put an end to contract made yvith Z. Gray, in the'paid to the instruction ol pupils eh-
Milledgeville, 18th Nov. 1809.
e 10th o: October,[year 1803, for furnishing fire-wood trusted i
Ur. Grinder, neat ifor the use of the state ; I deem it Nove
royal ord
respecting deserters, as now become
unnecessary, from the change of cir
cumstances.
September 29.
A report was prevalent this morn
ing, at the yvest end of the town, that
there is to be a regency, with the heir
apparent at the head
The harvest in England is stated
to have falle n short one fourth the
usual quantity—the quartern loaf,
which generally sold for 10 1-2d was
selling at 16d.
his existence cn tl
at the house of Mr
the Indian Line in Tennessee....Heffim an act of iustiee
•fistols, the;
of hi
On Thursday last his Excellency
die Governor communicated to the
- . Legislature, the following letter of
the great difficulty in the way of resignation from the Honorable John
forming a complete and efficient ad- illtcltie :
ministration, arising from the impos
sibility’of a coalition betyveen the op-
psition and the remnant of the cn-
oinet, is supposed to*have inclined
his majesty to adopt this expedient.
Should the report, • and yve give it
merely as such, be founded in fact,
the ncyv ministry will be accompanied
hi illcdg
Near Augusta, Nov. 14, 1809.
Sir,
I have to request you will make
known to the General Assembly,
now in session, that Mrs. Milledge’s
extreme illness prevents me from go
ing to the city of Washington ; I
bv a dissolution of parliament, a..d‘ herefOT t
the principal difficulty in the way „f Senator m the Congress ol the Un,-
the Catholic claims yvould be pruba- tct r . . . .
si . ‘ I am impressed yvitli a deep sense
blv surmounted. r . l , ,, ,• ..
’u x . , of gratitude lor the many distm
Parliament was yesterday ™-o-l l
Letters yvere yesterday receiv^
in town from Bayonne, dated the 4tn
instant, and from Bordeaux, dated
the 6th. They state, that the roads
irom Bordeaux to Bayone yvere co
vered yvith troops, destined to reach
the French army in Spain. It is said
that 40,009 men had arrived at Bay-
enne.
September 30
The earl of Liverpool has transact
ed the business of the three se-
I cretaries of state, since the duel be
tween lord Castlereagh and Mr. Can
ning.
Government this morning received
•* intelligence of the conclusion of peace
between Russia and Sweden, one oi
.the conditions of which is, that Bri
tish ships are to be excluded Iron,
the ports of Sweden,
make a correct
towards you to
statement of that
shot himself yvith two
ball of one grazed the top of his;transaction, leaving you at liberty to
bead, the other passed through his'make such use of it as you may think
intestines—and his neck, arm and proper. The truth is simply tills ;
ham, he cut with a razor—It Is said
that he had been for some weeks be
fore in a deranged state.
TO TIIE PUBLIC.
that some time in the month oi O
tober, 1808, I requested you to con
tract yvith some person to furnish
fire-yvood at the state-house during
the winter. You told me that Mr.
Collier, & Co.
Have on hand, for sale, and have sc^t
of the county made a presentment ofjthc first of November following,you'/vi/ won: nen constantl^ employed i
During the late term of the Ba!d-jJamieson, and Mr. Gray, had made
win Superior Court, the Grand Jury'proposals for that purpose, and about
trusted to her care,
mber 21.
4—6t.
BOOTS tk. SHOES.
my conduct, in rela .ion to a contract informed me, that Mr. Jamieso
HOOTS and SHOES, ol'al-
for furnishing fire wood for the usejhaving withdrawn his proposals youjwjs.Yf every description.
ctcd Mr. Gray to furnish the
wood. After the adjournment ol
— They have
of the State House, which is in thescjffiul directed Mr. Gray to furnish the on hand, and have no w in making,
words:—“ We present the conduct
“ of James Bozeman, while actin
“ Secretary to the late Governor
COARSE SHOES
Igtisahe Legislature, m 1> •comber, 1808, 0 f ( r,j. mlt qualities and prices, with
. ’ or,Mr. Gray came into the Executivecan furnish planters to a*
“ dilapidating several hundreds clnl-|Office, anti informed me that K,u measure, and will warrant them
“ lars of the public money, by a highqprice having been fixed on by him, ‘ nm assure Gentlemen
“ ly censurable contract, entered intojand yourself, lie yvished it settled, Ik*.j!io\-As'i /or NEGRO SHOESthat
“with Zachariah Gray, lor furnish-to receive his pay for yvhat he bad 7 ; hr 'f un i
“ firewood for the State House, then fumishcd-Ho observed - thatjX trlle tlu^any thed da be
^ r °,|guislaed appointments conferred on
togued, bv commission, m the usual!? r ,
&>rm, to Thursday, the 2d November
Clext. The commissioners were, the
lord chancellor, earls Camden and
Bathurst. The commons yvere re
presented by Mr. Lay, jun. and the
officers of the house.
“ which he gave Gray,, a much his charge was % 1 : 50 per cord ^r\., uir f ulJicd ‘ Milledgeville.
larger sum than yvas offered to be the Oak and Hickory wood, and o2 AIS0 FO ' f ) gALr
. furnished for by David Jamieson, pgr cord for the Light-wood. You
me; retiring liom pubic tiust, I « an J rejected by him, the said mentioned that vou thought it too
appeal to my God for the rectitude of u Bozeman.” !much, and I finally concluded to al-
what I am about to say, that with a This presentment appears to bp f ow him Si : 50 cts. per cord, upon Comyn's Digest,
pure heart and honest zeal and to the predicated upon the information of a his consenting to take the same price ports, Bayard’ 1 s
best of my judgment, I have co.»- manbv the name ol David Jamieson ; for both descriptions of yvood.
stantly endeavoured to promote the
interest, the happiness, and prosperi
ty of my native state.
I am respectfully.
Your Excellency’s most ob’t.
servant.
(Signed)
JOHN MILLEDGE.
The annual session of the Vermont
Legislature commenced the 12th of
October last. On the same day Go
vernor Galusha addressed both hou
ses of the Legislature
The following extract from the
Governor’s speech, is particularly
worthy of notice:
I am Dear Sir,
Respectfully your ob’t serv’t.
JARED IRWIN
the time, the form, and the manner,
in yvhich it lias been ushered upon the
public, have combined to attach to it
a peculiar degree ol interest as it rc-jyantes Bozeman, Esq
lates to myself, and impose upon me
the painful necsssity of calling the GEORGIA,
attention of my fellowWitizens, to a Baldwin County.
A number of Law Rooks,
AMONG yVHICH ARE,
Comyn's Digest, Peer IVdiiums' Re-
Abstract, Lex Mrr-
cat or i a, &c. Idc. as cheap as they
can be purhased in New-York.
November 3. 1—f.
J Zac
J bein
vindication of my conduct—my con- dvnoseth and saith that, some tiim
For Sale,
T/ff. Store House, and half acre
Zachariah Grav l°L where the subscriber now lives,
ins duly swornl ac li oin * n ? northwest corner of
■the state-house square—it will bo
nection heretofore yvith the Execu
tive Department of Government, de
mands it of me ; the present Chief
Magistrate has a right to expect it;
and my pretensions to public confi
dence absolutely require it. Could
there be wanting considerations
stronger than these, I should find
them in the bosom of my oyvn family,
I cannot too strongly recom- whose respectability and dependence
in the month of October, 1808, he| 9okl for cash or exchanged for nea
made a hid for cutting fire-wood for 8 r P ef b or °^'' r property that will
the use of the State-House during suit me. ^ FHOs. B. STUBBS*
the then approaching winter, that he . November 8. ;
understood that David Jamieson had .JllSt llCCCivCfl
also laid in a Proposal to furnish the! , , r , . . ,
, r ' , . , And for sale, among other artices
wood for one cci.t less in the cord . . ’ -* r i i
than any other person yvould do itvTOOu v. llCCSC, e.UCkUlvi
mend to you to adopt such measures
as will have the most direct tenden
cy to conciliate the affections of the
is so strongly connected yvith the pre
serration of my character, that it cre
ates obligations of a nature not to bt
people, and to unite them in their resisted. This vindication is given
for, and that he, this deponent, then
made a similar bid, that the said Da
vid Jamieson came to this deponent -
to propose coming upon some fair Homespun, Beeswax and Fallow are
node of bidding, when this depo-j ta ^ cn * n payment.
AND GENUINE
Spanish Sugars.
pent observed to Jamieson that he
Peter -Menard.
November 1J.