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Newspaper Page TextTHE GEORGIA JOURNAL. f.:p V6l. I. MILLEDGEVILLfc,.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1810 PUBLISHED BY SEAXpN OR ANTLAND,|Cr SCaTCitV. Was it not fof tMsiind (PRINTER TO TH1e STATE,) ON JEF TF.RSbN STREET, OPPOSITE THE NORTH END OF THE STATE-HOUSE. THRMS THREE DOLLARS PER AN SUM, ONE HALF TO BE PAID IN AD VANCE Advertisements will be thank fully RECEIVED, AND PUBLISHED AT THE CUSTOMARY PRICES. MILLEDSEVILLE PRICE CURRENT. Cotton, Salt, Iron, Corn, lVh:at, 10 ctu » SO 10 2 SO 1 FOREIGN. from Bell's London Weekly Messen ger of ''July 1, 1810. SCARCITY. We have taken all possible pains to ascertain whether the prediction of i mnainent scarcity had any founda tion in the appearance of the grow ing crops, or the proportion of the stock on hand, and our necessary con clusions are, that scarcity is really to he apprehended, that the stock on hand is very insufficient, and the. growing crops will, according to all pi -sent appearances, be deficient one third. How is the deficiency to he made up? Corn is so great a pro portion of the food of the country, that a question upon a deficiency of com is a question for providing a- gainst a famine. Where the usual portion of food 13 wanting, there are but two possible remedies ■ - the first, is, by a dimi nished consumption—the second is, by finding substitutes in another kind of food for that part of our ordinary food which is deficient. With respect to the first, in an o- pulent community, and in times of abundance, there is always a great portion of waste ; as much almost is wasted as is eaten, and more eat en than is necessary. There is ano ther species of waste, moreover, which amounts to nearly one third of the whole substance ; this is, that of li ning a finer kind, and thereby wast ing or at least not employing in hu man food what i3 sifted from it. Njw, in these two heads of waste, that of the quantity, and that of the kind, there is certainly room for a great saving; a saving perhaps, which if properly and universally ex acted and attended to, would not fall much short of the deficiency. There is a third head of general saving, the benefit of which was much experienced during the last fica.citv- This is, that of prohibit- bakers, under a severe penal- ot monopoly, every year almost would he a year of famine. The plenty of the first part would exhaust the whole store. It is those monopolists who carry the surplus of one year to ac count of the next; and therefore ba lance .the want of ooe yftar by the plenty of another. The laws against monopolists originated in times when commerce and agriculture were ill and having already extended it ove as large a space almost as was occd pied by the armies of Charlemagn will attempt to effect what Charle magne could not, or did not effect, and add the city of Constantinople to his other possessions. Bucharest, June 8.—-The fortress of Turkey was Carried by storm on the 1st inst. by the Russian General of Cavalry Von Sasz. Upon this » Un ?! r . 8 !°?, d : J Jurn "^ the "V, lls ,' and tension, a number of standards, 1! pieces of cannon, and alf the maga- hate hanging the monopolists, will leave no othei effect but to withhold what corn there is from the mill, and what flour there is from the market.. Is nothing then, may it be asked, to be expected of ministers ? Very zines fell into the hands of the Rus sians. St. Peterslurgh, June 24.—-The day before yesterday, Te Drum was , n , ... , • sun g here lor the late victory over little. Peace they will not make, or,[the Turks, and for the reduction of pei haps they cannot make; though Sillistria ; 67 standards and colours ty,iroin si 11 mg bread till after it had been drawn 24 hours. The differ ence urider this head is astonishing, If a family, for example, are in the habit of using twenty loaves in the week, taken in as they usually are by servants—half of them new, half baked the preceding day; if this fa mily were to take the whole quantity in the beginning of the week, they would find a full saving of one third ...Fourteen loaves would perform the came service as twenty Pastry of every kind is pure waste peace, at present, and for these seve ral years past, would have been ano ther name forplenty. The harvests of France and Poland have been so abundant, that the farmers cannot in any way, sell their surplus. The ministers certainly may have corn, if they take wines ; but it is a part of • the plan of the war that we are to attack the enemy through their com merce. We have repeatedly ex pressed our opinion that this was ve ry senseless'; the plan has been a- dopted, and will not uowbe laid aside. With respect to America, it is said that the American harvest was like wise deficient. This, however, we do not altogether believe; and al though the harvest of the last year might be deficient, the harvest of the current year may he abundant...Eng land, therefore, might certainly be upplied from America, but here a- gain the plan of the war stands in the way—Very little, therefore, as we have said, is to be expected from mi nisters ; it is a part of their plan of warfare to cut off all neutral com merce, and it is a necessary conse quence of this system, that in any scarcity of their own they must look for supply from others. E.very r thing therefore depends up on economy, and this economy, as was before said, must be private eco nomy—Every master of a family must endeavor to save in the pro portion of one third of his usual con umption. In the greater families, domestics must be put upon their quota, and waste and contumacy pu nished by dismissal From all that we can see and hear, our decided opinion is, that without this economy the year will end in misery and famine.—There is a ge neral failure of wheat, barley, oats, peas and beans ; potatoes alone seem plentiful, and that is certainly some thing. But economy is the best stock ; it costs least, and is most in our own power. The harvest will not be deficient, if the public will persuade themselves to save about one third. Cut off fresh bread and pastry, the waste of domestics, and the use of bread and vegetables at the same time, and there will lie no scarcity. Neglect all these peculia rities, and there will be a famine. Tupled to say how much h them ! 44 Tints fall the far faimrd Unite< Provinces.—After existing lor neai three centuries in a state of Indepen dence purchased by rivers of biooo and acts of the most devoted patrio tism, giving birth to some of the most illustrious Warriors, statesmen and philosophers ; exhibiting to the world the wonderful effects of com merce nursed by political freedom, in raising on an insignificant point of ground, not sufficient in its produce for the maintainance of its inhabi tants, to the rank of a first rate pow er; often having taken an active part during that time in the great concerns of Europe, and been cour ted or feared by its most powerful states, they now sink, without a strug gle, into the vortex of French ambi lion, conquered less by force than by their own divisions, the influence of republican principles and ;of republi can foreigners; thus opening the door to the French intrigue from which they have never been able to disentangle themselves. Amsterdam, July 14.—The fol lowing Proclamation was published here yesterday :— “ Dutchmen,—“ Charged with the Provisional Government of the King dom of Holland, we have this day received the drder of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, King of Ita ly, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine and Mediator of the Swiss Confederation ; to notify to you, that iiis Imperial Majesty, having taken into consideration the state of affairs m Europe, the geographical position of Holland, and the pretentions of the common enemy, has, by a decree, issued from the palace of Ramboillet, the 9th of July, 1810, resolved, that the kingdom of Holland should be united with thcFrench empire 44 In communicating to jrou the were carried at the head of the troops on the parade. The particulars of the taking of Sillistria are soon expected to be made public, and we are also in ex pectation of intelligence of a general engagement with the Grand Vizier’s army, which, according to the positi ons of both armies, appears to he in evitable. Extract of a letter from Buchans, dated June 8— 44 Count Laniensky, who is at the head of an army of 100,000 men, in Wallachia, Molda, via & Bessarabia, has opened the cam paign in a most brilliant manner, and in a way that does him infinite honor. The Russians have passed the Da nube, and entered Bulgaria. They have rendered themselves masters of all the important places which are at the mouth of the Danube.” Vienna, June 26.—For some days past, there has been a brisk exchange of corn iers between Vienna and Pa- The frequent interviews of the ministers of both nations, and the repeated sittings of the Privy Coun cil, lead to a supposition that affairs of the greatest importance are on the tapis. It is reported that his Ma- decrce > are a,so charged by his Ijesty has received important dis- Ma j est J' the Emperor to inform you, aris, the contents of' thac his Ma j est y r,nd,n B Umself^n- patches from Paris which are most satisfactory with re gard to our Monarchy pelled to put an end to the interme diate Governments which for sixteen It is confidently asserted, that our have hissed thin part of the government has made repra>entati-! cm P lre » dle inhabitants of Holland ons to that of Russia, on the suh-! s \ ia ^ * je objects of his care and ject of the measures lately adopted!^* 3 Imperial Majesty will rejoice a ; in Wallachia respecting the Aus-* n ? uc h * n their prosperity as in that oi trians resident there. Another ob-j^ s S ood clt y , Paris; whilst the ject of these representations is said! s P ac j ous [ ro . m , “ ome t0 Am- to be the restitution of our commer-! 3terdam * w j 1 J c " . ,s a,d °P t-n to the cial relations with that province, to industry, of the inhabitants, may en- their former footing. LONDON, July The Russians continue their pro- It is made of the finest flour ; so, gress in Turkey, and the capture of that more is consumed than is used,ja strong fortress of Sillistria has o- nn.d it is absolutely of no service to pened Bulgaria to their armies—the sa/tisfy hunger. A hungry man doesjnext province is the province that not dine on pastry. There are two contains the capital, and if Bonaparte 1 kinds of economy, public and private. ' \ T 11.^1.. - — i. „ U.. tno courage to look to the period of the exteniion of their mutual commercial relations in those regions which their ancestors rendered so renowned, and which have carried to so high a pitch the glory of the Batavian and Dutch name. We finally notify to you, that the general government will continue on the present footing, until the ar rival of his illustrious highness the prince Arch-Treasurer of the Em pire, the Duke of Placentia. (Signed) “ Van Der Heim. “ A. J. J. H. Veriieuen.’ Amsterdam,’July 12, 1810. From the National Intelligencer “ In the recall of Mr. Jackson by the British government svill be found a compliance with the request made by the executive of the United States after describing the late measures of through our minister in London, de June 27.—The Russian army has obtained a great victory over the Turks, on the right hank of the Dan ube, near Sillistria.—The Grand Vi zier has repassed Mount Hem us, and fallen back to Adriunople. The surrender of Sillistiia is probably the cause of this movement. July 1—Letters from Wallachia, state, that the Russians gained ano ther decisive victory, on the lGth of une, over the Turks. Ismael-Bey and Prince Kallimachi, with 4000 men, arc said to have been taken prisoners. The Turks besides had 10,000 killed and wounded. The Russian corps that crossed the Da nube, some time before at Hirsowa, make a great progress. Very little is to he expected of the public, or by any public regulation. The laws cannot enter into every’ private house to regulate the quanti ty or distribution ot private diet. It is the first liberty of an Englishman interfere not, and sav to his prefect of Petersburg, “ It is my pleasure vou go no further,” the Russian arms under the weakest of her Mo- narchs, will realise the desires, and accomplish the policy of Catharine, and the descendants of the barbarous Bonaparte, destroying every vestige of national character and govern ment among the Dutch, adds the following just and interesting obser vations' “ The hatred of Bonanarte will be that every one is master of his own.dukes of Russia will sit down upon famUv. If private folly or extrava-jthe throne ot Constantine. And gance are resolved to waste in the this will be congenial with the spirit teeth of famine, it is impossible tor land events of the times, in which we ;:ny laws to prevent them. ’ Economvlhave seen a Mediterranean Mulatto rilv belongs to individuals, necewi and to the privacy of the dwelling house, riie public, as a body, can <(b little or nothing. As to committees, and public so cieties Ur prosecuting monopolists, they will do more harm than good. The best friends of the community would he about hutf a dozen score of tlv-s^ monopolists, who should buy U" he corn at present, and hoard it against a higher price, thut is a great- wade his way to the throne of the most polished people upon the con tinent, and 44 the eternal City” con quered, and added to the dominions of this modern Ahric, It will surp' ize us, however,if he suffer Alexander to complete the conquest of Turkey, and make him self master of Constantinople. From Great-Brittain the Bosphorus to the Baltic, from he Atlantic to the Black Sea lie wih ndeavour to enlarge his Empire, A Liverpool paper of July 25th, layed it is true, longer than was ne cessary, and so far unsatisfactory but yet such a compliance as has sa ved the a dministration the disagree able alternative of ordering Mr Jackson out of the country, which gratified; but the only happiness ihe| CCK1,s *U ,iU l j 11 * recall betm refused Dutch will receive front this event, will be the loss of their commercial character, and the assumption of the military one. Their commerce is to would have been justified by the u sage of nations. Contemporaneous with the recall is an official annun ciation that a successor will be ap be annihilated ; a fleet, forty sail of P 0 ' ntc d, and that Mr. Morier will the line, is to be equipped out of their^t as charge des affairs until the ruined resources before the termina tion of another year; the Dutch sea men heretofore employed in mer chant vessels, will be transferred to ships of war, and a naval and milita ry conscription press the force of the country into die active service of their tew Emperor, to dispute with _ ’ » 44 The Sovereign ty of the Sea.” Such is her happi ness—-the happiness of starving and Heeding for a tyrant, who has r.oi successor shall arrive. “ It will be remarked that in the manner in which Mr. Jackson has This letter was for ten weeks in the No. 50. ire is discovered' to avoid the rii- uima which must have resulted from he nonouociation of Mr. Morier’s ppuintment as charge des affairs, in he usual mode through the rccalUfc) minister. Had the British govern* nent been disposed to aggravate ex isting differences, it would have been left t6 Mr. Jackson to announce the appointment of Mr. Morier as charge des affairs ; and as the executive Im re fused to receive any further communication front Mr. Jackson, the introduction of Mr. Morier as the representative of the British go vernment could not have been re ceived through that medium. 14 These circumstances, though in dicative of a disposition to avoid ir ritation , amount to but little. Should the British government unseasona bly delay the appointment of a suc cessor to Mr. Jackson, it would give just ground to suspect an intention to procrastinate that atonement and those explanations already too long delayed ; and would warrant the belief that the new minister’s nomi nation was delayed with a view of being guided by subsequent event”, events in the selection of a successor, or in the intructions with which he is to be furnished.” Demurks by the Editor of the Demo• crntic Press. We are perfectly aware of the de« licacy of conduct which is expected from the editor of the National In telligencer, from the consequence attached to, St the uses made of his re marks, arising out of his local situ- tuation and a real or supposed know ledge of the intentions and views of the administration of the general go vernment.—The first duty of an edi tor is to the people, and to this parar mount duty all other considerations must be subservient. If the Nati onal Intelligencer from thecincunt- stances stated, be fearful to say aught which can give offence to foreign go vernments or people, it ought surely take especial care to say nought which should destroy the confidence of the people of the United States, in their own government, by induc ing an opinion that it did not feel all that anxiety for the honour and in terests of the nation which pervades the public bosom. We have no disposi • tion to querulousness, & our remarks have no other object than that of putting transactions in what wc be lieve to be their clearest and truest points of view. The National Intelligencer in the above observations **unifest8 a dis position to put the conduct of the British government not only in its most favorable, but most deceptive, point of light; and the article wants that nerve which is essential in all our councils, in our people and in our public acts. Let us recall to memory the facts whicli .are necessary to a ight understanding of the conduct of the two governments on the pre sent subject. Mr. Jackson the late British min- ter arrived here with a character little calculated to excite hope or to inspire respect. He was however, received in a spirit of amity. A cor respondence between him and the Secretary of state took place, in the course of which he not only never offered to justify his own govern ment, for a gross breach of faith, but he boldly attempted to turn the ta bles and charge our government with perfidy and falsehood; he reiterated his charges and our government po sitively refused ever to hold any communion whatever with him.— The Americah people sympathised with the feelings and loudly appro bated the conduct df their govern ment. The American minister at Lon don, under date of January 2, 1810, in a letter of great ability and with a disposition too evidently anxioii'- to propitiate the British goVeminer, re- |ue9ted the recall of Mr. Jackson. i>een recalled the feelings of the A merican government appear to have office of the British secretary for fo reign affairs, before he even deigned been respected, inasmuch as the re-jto acknowledge its receipt, and when call is not announced, as in ordinary it was acknowledged, it was surely jses, in the case of Mr. Jkskine fowr.ot answered in such a manner as to nstance, through the minister himself, jmducc a belief that either the under lie directly from the sovereign,—Inistandings or 44 the feelings o. the A- he manner of Mr. Moriel’s intro- ,4 merican government appear tc have .lactron 'o tha executive also, a d;-“ been respected.’’

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The Georgia journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, October 10, 1810, Image 1