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THE GEORGIA JOURNAL.
VOL. I.
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1810.
No. 28.
PUBLISHED BY SEATON GRANTLAND,
(PRINTER TO THE STATE.) ON JEF-
A FERSON STREET, OPPOSITE THE
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ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE THANK
FULLY RECEIVED, AND PUBLISHED
AT THE CUSTOMARY PRICES.
1st. A formal 1 disavowal by his
majesty of the act of Admiral Berke
ley:
2dlv. The restoration of the men
forcibly taken from cn board the
Chesapeake, reserving to his majes
ty the right of claiming in a regular
way from the American government
the discharge df such men as might
prove upon investigation to be eitherlforce and Francois Cobeil, charged
proclamation, the Printer of the Ca
nadian, Dr. Blanchct, Mr. Bedard,
and a Mr. T. Taschereau, have been
arrested and committed to prison on a
charge of treason.
Boston Gazette.
The Montreal paper of the 26th
ult. mentions the arrest of Pierre La
Fr.;m the Baltimore IVhirf.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY.
For the use of yawning member.-
of the House of representatives ai
Washington, five dozen bottles ster
nutatory snuff;, 74 boxes salve of
sonscience to quiet the remorseful
murder of FOUR MONTHS time,
besides the reputation of democracy,
GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA.
Correspondence between Secretary
Canning and the Hon. D. Erskinc.
(Laid before Parliament.)
Despatch from Secretary Canning to
the Hon. D.Erskine,dated Foreign
Office, Jatl. 22,1809,
Sir—Your despatches from No.
46 to 49, both inclusive, have been
received, and laid before the King,
The most serious attention of his ma
jesty’s government has been directed
to tlie most important matter treated
in those despatches ; and especially
to those confidential communications
which you represent yourself to have
received from different individuals of
influence in the American govern
ment, respecting the political relati
ons of Great Britain and the United
States.
It must be confessed, that the con
ciliatory disposition which these in
dividuals describe to you as existing
on the part of the American admi
nistration, does not appear either in
the acts of the government, or in the
debates of Congress. But the inti
mations which have been given to you
of the difference between the per
zonal sentiments of Mr. Jefferson and
those of his probable successor in the
Presidency, with respect to this coun
try, and the hopes which you have
been led to entertain, that the begin
ning of the new Presidency may be
favorable to a change of policy in A
merica, if opportunity and encou
ragement for such a change shall be
offered hv this country, I have indue
ed his majesty’s government to re
view and consider the most impor
tant points of disagreement between
the two governments ; and I have
received his majesty’s command to
send you such instructions on those
subjects, as must, if the government
of the U. States he seriously dispos
ed to accommodation, lead to their im
mediate and satisfactory adjustment
The first of these points is the af
fair of. the Chesapeake. Nothing
prevented an amicable conclusion of
this discussion by Mr. Rose except
the refusal of the American govern
ment to withdraw the proclamation
issued on the 2d July 1807, by which
the ships of war of Great Britain
were interdicted from the harbors of
the United States, while those of
France continued to be allowed a free
resort to them.
The construction given by Mr.
Madison to the resolution of the
committee, to whom the considerati
on of the foreign relations r>f ' t ’ne (J
States we r e referred at the opening
<3i the present session of Congress,
undoubtedly goes a considerable way
to remove the objection to which the
proclamation was liable.
Of the exclusion of the ships of
war of both belligerents from the
, ports of a neutral state, neither belli
gerent has a right to complain. The
partiality of the regulation alone gave
to it a character of hostility
If, therefore, the ships of "war of
France shall in point of fact have
been excluded from the ports of the
United States, and such ships of that
description as were in those ports at
the time of passing the resolution,
shall have been warned to depart, his
majesty would no longer insist upon
the formal recall of the proclamation
as a preliminary to the adjustment of
the differences arising from the affair
of the Chesapeake. It is still neces
sary, however, either that the proda-
■* mation should be withdrawn, or its
operation formally declared to be at
an end ; but it will be sufficient if that
withdrawal or declaration is record
ed (according to ttie arrangement
which Mr. Madison professed him-
self ready to adopt) in the same in
dent, or at the same time, with
he terms of reparation which hi
najesty is now willing to offer.
The terms of reparation which Mr.
with seditious practices. AH the ac
cused persons appear to be French.
natural horn subjects of his majesty,or
deserters from his majessy’s service :
3dly. A pecuniary provision suit
able to their respective situations in Interesting and important experiment
life, for the widows or orphans of jn the a(Uure 0 n Vheat
such men (not being natural born , „ , - . .
subjects of his majesty. nor deserters 0,1 the 8th of August I SM,
from his majesty’s service) as may 5™*=™" t0 ° k ’ P “"' * heiU
have been unfortunately killed on w . h,ch r h 5 d been sowni.n the begin-
board the Chesapeake. nin ? of J u , nc ’ and dlv,ded ll . ,mo ? 8
In return for these concessions, his P arls ’, a " d 1?“"'"* th< ™ “»
majesty required —1st, A disavow- <H" d ’ «ma.n thcrem till
al in the part of the American go- *e latter end ol September, when hr
vemtncnt of the detention by Com- ^ took "P. a " d subdivided
modore Barron of deserters from his tl )' m 6 ' P a " s of r °° ta and [f
majesty’s service. 01 his denial of P la "" dtll ' m ithev remained rnthts
his having such persons on hoard of ? ,at f ”. llthe of March and the
the ship under his command, .and his b'S-m-ngof April, tehen the plants
refusal to deliver then, on command: V " e a ,,nae ,aken U P’ SCpara \
tldly, Alike disavowal of the outrages ? d '" to 50 ? roo,sant “P"" re P laccd
committed on the person, or property ,hc T E ? rly m ‘ h<! . ,T S °1
of his majesty’s subjects at Norfolk, h . e rea P edh,s l,Kk har,cs t and f ° und
or elsewhere, in consequence of this ,hat * h,s P ro “ s! ’ a m S k S mm
the honour of the nation, and the them. The language of Russia »
rr • - i.i had been made to produce twenty one
altair; an engagement was also to be , , , , , , .
i .i ® u a • thousand one hundred and nine
required that the American govern- . . r , , , ,
mem should not in future iounte-“ ntam, ”e f,ve hundred and sev f nt >
nance any of its agents, civil or milita- d,0 V 8a " d memurmg three
encouraging desertion from his P ecks _|P d threc <l aamrs ’ and ' ve, 8 h -
majesty’s service. mg 6, lbs.
This last point being according tothe on 0,1 P a P l r *
statement in your No. 47, to be pro
vided for by a special act of Congress,
it is not necessary to obtain any spe
cific engagement or declaration res
pecting it; & as it is above all things
desirable to simplify as much aspos$i-
ble the conclusion of an arrangement
which has been so long pending ; as
a recurrence to the details of the af-
Lynciiburg, March 16.
Halifax County, ( Vir.J...March term,
1810.
A Law Case reported for the Star.
Merry"! This was an action of
vs. v debt ; the writ returnable
Pearce J to March Court was ser-
call.
You arc to open the subject of the
Chesapeake separately and distinctly
The manner in which the proposal for
the adjustment of that difference may
be received will be the best test of the
general disposition of the American
government, will naturally indicate
the course to be pursued in respect to
the further instructions which I shall
proceed to communicate to you in a
nother dispatch.
I am, See.
(Signed)
GEORGE CANNING.
S'
n
Were
hopes of the warmest friends of the
deinocratick cause.
ALSO,
Seventy-five pair of fifty dibit
STILTS, on which delinquent ig
noramus members can pass through
the Red Sea of Universal contempt,
without wetting their ****
TOGETHER WITH
ference in the progressive improve-
nent of the two nations ? Principal-
y, I should suppose, from the two
ollowing reasons: Russia invites
md encourages foreigners to instruct
ler subjects in arts, sciences and ma
nufactures. China, from a spirit of
pride and self-importance, as well as
l’rbm jealousy, rejects and expels
easily ecquired, and her subjects ea
sily learn those of other countries,;
whilst that of China is so difficult, or
their method of learning »a so defec
tive as to require the study of half
the life of man to fit him for any of
the ordinary employments of the
state; and they have no knowledge
of any language but their own. The
Life boats and cork jackets for one is in a state ot youthful vigor, ad
lame passsengers and bad swimmers.
A copious supply of the oil of blar
ney or essence of humbug, to soothe
vancing daily in strength and know
ledge ; the other is worn out with
old age and disease* and under its
the wrath of indignant and betrayed present state of existence, is not like
constituents, is in great demand.
The clerk of the Washington Mar
ket is ready to contract for those ar
ticks or any of them.
Liberal prices will be given if ap
plication be instantly made at the
Lobby of Loungers in the Capitol.
N. B. A premium of J5 1000 will
be given for the most logical, plausi
ble, feasible apology for Macon’s
submission bill.
What has Congress done this ses
sion ? Why they have passed Mr.
Giles’s worse than useless resoluti
ons. These resolutions have cost the
fair ol the Chesapeake, ot the causes V ed some time in February and the
which led to it, and ot the discussi • deft, committed to jail forwant of bail,
ons immediately arising out of it, And this day W. B. B. att’y for the
might lead to complicated and fruit- Commonwealth stated to the court
less controversy, his majesty, on his t h a t it was represented to him that
part would be contented at present party under arrest in this suit was
to wave any demand for retrospec- a woman, 8c suggested the expedien-
tive disavowals on the part of the go- C y Q f bringing up the supposed defeh-
vernment ol the United States, that j an t f or t jie purpose of examining in
government being, on the other hand tothe truth of this allegation. Where
contented to receive back the men U p 0 n the Sheriff was ordered to bring
forcibly taken out of the Chesapeake j n the party—-On appearing before
as the single and sufficient act of re- t j, e court the Jailor was called in, who
jparation. deposed that he had put the defen-
To which, however, his majesty { i an t Hamlin Pearce into the jail, that
would still be willing to add the pro- t h e defendant had continued there un
vision for the widows and orphans of the preceding night, and that lie
men killed in the action, but as an act ( ]i<j no t know when he had come out,
of his majesty’s spontaneous genero- if at a ll—that on the preceding night,
sitv. This arrangement, I have eve- h* is Mother and two Sisters had come
rv reason to believe, both from what to see him, t } iat t h e y had been ad-
Mr. Pinkney has stated to me, and m i tted into t h e jail, and after staying
what Mr. Rose reports ol Mr. Madi- there some time had returned as it
son’s unofficial conversations would be appeared to him as they went. The
satisfactory to the American govern- Sheriff was then asked whether the
ment upon this subject. Whether p C r$on before the court was the de
this arrangement shall be settled by a fendant he replied he did not know,
formal conversation, or by the ex- un( f wished it to be ascertained, and
change of ministerial notes dated the thereupon moved the court, that J. S
same day, and reciprocally delivered captain of dragroons be appointed
at the same time, is left to the deci- |,y t ] lc court to examine, into the sex
sion of yourself and of the American 0 f the party and report the same to
minister. the court. The court however pre
I have only to add (though I see no f C rred making the examination them-
ground to apprehend that such a de- selves, but at the earnest solicitation
mand is likely to he brought forward) 0 f the party, the mother of the deft
that you are steadily and peremptorily vvas brought in as a witness, and be-
to refuse any demand for any other j n g sworn answered as follows to the
mark of his majesty’s displeasure to interrogatories ol J. C. the presiding
Admiral Berkeley, than that which Justice :
was in the first instance manifest- Q. Do you know the person at the
ed, by that officer’s immediate re- | )a r
United States about forty thousand
dollars. Such a trifling sum howe
ver is of little consequence consi
dering the difficulties under which
we labour in being rid of our trou
blesome surplus revenue. How ma
ny midnight hours have the orators
of the majority and minority forbad
the intrusions of sleep, while they
were preparing their speeches for
the puhlick ear and the publick eye ?
How many reams of fair paper have
been ruined ? And what has been
the real utility to the community ?
What else lias Congress done ?
Why spent almost as much more
time, money, paper 8i ink and words
in talking, and writing and wrang
ling ; and doing nothing with Mr
Macon’s bill.
What else: Why, they have wast
ed weeks in unnecessary debates a-
bout the New-Orleans Batture.
They have debated a long time to
know whether they should have the
right of debating.
And they have at last agreed to
pay Amy Darden for the horse ta
ken from her husband thirty years
ago. This claim has been before the
house about ten years ; and the de
bating on the claim has cost the U-
nited States probably not less than
S 20,000.
So little accomplished in so long
time, in proportion to what has been
done, should any thing of primary
importance be effected respecting
our foreign relations, Congress will
not rise in less than a year. It may
be proved by the rule of three.—
Forty acts are to be passed : if it re
quires ten weeks to do nothing, and
three weeks to pass ten acts, making
thirteen weeks for ten acts, how ma
nv weeks are required lor forty acts ?
Thus—As 10 are to 13 so are 40 to
52. lnd. Amen
ly to advance in any kind of improve
ment.
CRITERION OF SOCIETY.
(From the same work.)
It may perhaps, be laid down Ms
an invariable maxim, that the condi
tion of the female part of society, in
any nation, will furnish a tolerably
just criterion of the degree of civili
zation to which that nation has arri
ved. The manners, habits, and pre
vailing sentiments of women, have
great influence on those of the society
to which they belong, and generally
give a turn to its character. Thus
we shall find that those nations, where
the moral and intellectual powers of
the mind, in the female sex are held
in mott estimation, will be governed
by such laws as are best calculated to
promote the general happiness of the
people ; and on the contrary, where
the personal qualifications of her sex
are the only objects of consideration,
as is the case in all the despotic go
vernments of Asiatic nations, tyranny,
oppression, and slavery, are sure to
prevail ; and these personal accom
plishments, so far from being of use
to the owner, serve only to deprive
her of liberty, and the society of her
friends ; to render her a degraded
victim, subservient to the several gra
tifications, the caprice and the jealo-i-
sy of tyrant man. Among savage
tribes, the labour and drudgery’ inva
riably falls heaviest on the weaker
sex.
In consequence of some distur
bances which have lately taken place
in Canada, the governor in chief of
that province has issued a proclama
tion, forbidding all riotous assem-
ost* was authorised to propose.Idlings and the publication of sedition. Oerat
ere in substance— | writings. L nder the authority of this I. her.
A. Yes.
Q. Who is it ?
A. Jenney Pearce.
Q. Is it Hamlin Pearce or Jenney
Pearce.
A. It is Jenney Pearce.
Q. Is it a man or a woman ?
A. It is a woman.
Q. Do you know it to be a wo
man ?
A. Yes, I do.
Per. Cou. Let the party be dischar
ged.
N. B. The prisoner during the
whole examination conducted herself
with the utmost propriety, self-posses
sion and composure.
What an honorable instance of cou
rage and affection in a female to en
counter the horrors of confinement ii.
a common jail for the purpose of li
berating a favorite and beloved bro-
Wanted,
IN TilE TOWN OF MILLEDGF.VILLE
A TEACHER
of the GREEK, LATIN and EN
GLISH LANGUAGES, to whom
liberal encouragement will be given,
provided he comes well recommend
ed.
John Howard,
William Rowe, and
1L B. Jenkins,
for themselves and others*
April 17. 2.5—-tf
(0° Editors of papers will oblige the
subscribers by inserting the above
once or twice.
Cotton Bagging,
And COTTON CARDS, No. 10,
just received and for sale by*
Peter Menard.
April-24.ft 26—tf
CHINA AND RUSSIA.
( From Barrow’s Travels in China.)
These two great empires, the giea-
test, indeed, that exist in the world
dividing between them nearly a fifth
part of the whole habitable globe,
each about a tenth, exhibit a singular
difference with regard to political
circumstances. One century ago
Russia was but just emerging from
a state of barbarism, and in a centu
ry hence, in all human probability,
she will make a conspicuous figure
among European nations, both in
arts and arms. Two thousand years
ago China was civilized to the same
decree, or nearly so, as she is at pre
sent. The governments were both
arbitrary’, and the people slaves.—
The natural genius of the Russian,
cramped, perhaps, in some degree,
by his frozen climate, is less suscep- 1
tible of improvement than that oftht
Chinese. Whence, then, it may be
asked, proceeds the very great Uil-
Notice.
Application will be made to tfce honor*
ble the Inferior Court of Baldwin County,
after the expiration of nine month* for
leave to «etl the undi vided half of Lot, No-
1&6, 3th diftrict of Wilkinson, now Bald
win, sold for the benefit of the heir* and
creditor* of Jonathan M‘Crary, deceased.
BARTLEY M CRARY
Jann»ry 8, 18Q9 am
Notice
NINE month* afrerthe date hereof, ap
plication will be made to the honorable the
Inferior court of Warren county for leave
to fell 202 V3 acre* of land lying in the
urd district of Wilkinson county, No. 261,
for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of
Aaron Benton late of this county dec.
Winnefred Benton Adm.
Auguet 5, 1809. 9>n
Wanted,
A sober, induftrious Weaver. One who
underftands bis bufinefs may receive
he higheft wages in calh, and his board—,
tor particular*, enquir" at this OfTue.
April 10. 34—\f.
