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TIME JOURNAL.
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IVEDNESDAY, November 21.
It is not true (as stated in many of
the News-Papers) that Col. Collier,
at the head of a party of Americans
from the Tombigbee, has taken pos
session of the town of Mobile in
West-Florida. We have undoubt-
en information from that quarter of a
late date, which authorizes us to say,
that though such an enterprize has
been, and still is contemplated by
some individuals on the Tombigbee
contrary to the wishes of our govern
ment, no hostile measure has yet
been attempted.
The House of Representatives pas
sed a bill on Monday to change the
name of Wilkinson ccun^. No op
position was made to striking out
Wilkinson—several names were pro
posed—Marion was finally substi
tuted. '
The Bill to improve the navigati
on of the rivers Oconee, Savannah,
Sic. passed the House of Repre
sentatives on Thursday last by a
considerable majority. The appro
priations for the Ocmulgee & Broad
Rivers were stricken out. For
clearing out the Oconee from the
mouth of Fishing creek to the junc
tion of the Ocmulgee, the sum was
encieased to 8,000 dollars ; §2,000
for the Altamaha, and S 10,000 for
the Savannah. The Legislature of
South Carolina some years ago voted
$10,000 for improving the Savan
nah, when the state of Georgia
should make an appropriation of the
same amount.
The foregoing bill yesterday pas
sed the Senate with amendments.—
Two thousand dollars are appropri
ated for improving the navigation
of the Ocmulgee river. Benjamin
Taliaferro, Samuel Devereux and
Phillip Cook are substituted in place
of those first named in the bill as
Commissioners for superintending
ihe expenditure ol the appropriation
for the Ocottce river.
• Mr. Park yesterday introduced a
bill for incorporating a Company to
improve the navigation of the Oco
nee from this place to Barnett’s
Shoals.
.V4X*
The following hills have passed
both branches of the Legislature.
An act to pardon Edward Down
ing*
An act to continue in force an act,
giving further time to the fortunate
drawers iu the land lotteries to take
out their grants—-[time extended to
25th December, 1811.]
An act to extend the powers of
the Commissioners of the town ol
Wrightsborough in Columbia county.
An act to amend the 1st section of
an act, to extend the law of this
State over the persons residing in
W a (ford’s settlement, and lor organ
izing the same.
An act to incorporate the Agricul
tural Society of the State of Georgia-
Edmund Randolph, Esq. has is
sued proposals for publishing a His
tory of Virginia, “ from the first set
tlement ot the colony, until the adop
tion of the Constitution of the U.
States, and, perhaps, to the begining
of the year 1S00.”
*# ——
Professor Leslie, of Ediburgh,
«ays an English paper, has discover
ed a new mode ol producing artifi
cial cold. Without any expenditure
of materials, he can by means of a
simple apparatus, in which the action
of certain chemical powers is com
bined, freeze a mass of water, and
keep it for an infinite length of time
in a state of ice. In an hour he has
thus formed a cake of six inches in
diameter and three quarters of an
inch thick ; with very little trouble
he can produce a permanent cold of
IX) degrees ot Fahrenheit, below the
temperature of the air, and might ea
sily push it to more than 100 degrees.
EOR THE GEORGIA JOURNAL.
LETTER II.
My dear A——. '
My unexpected delay in this coun
try, gives me once more an opportu
nity of forwarding to you an tpistle.
I am in the midst of men, whose
manners and customs are different
from those to which I have been ac
customed from my infancy. The
hours appear to roll slowly on. That
satisfaction I cannot enjoy from so
ciety, is sought amid the silent grove
or peaceful shade of night. Last
night my thoughts were turned to
former years, sceii.es of pleasure a-
mong yputhful companions, and a
thousand joys which inexorable f ite
has torn forever from me. Night
appeared to have drawn a veil to co
ver the forlorn melancholy wander
er from mortal view. I passed un
observed from my chamber to a
small mound in the State-House
square. My seat was the earth.—
An aged tree spread its hospitable
branches to defend me from the dew
of Heaven. My thoughts were sud
denly turned to reflections on the
spot of earth on which I was seated.
Here, said I, the hand of civiliza
tion must have laboured before the
Genius of Liberty selected this coun
try for the habitation of Independent
Americans. Have their descendants
degenerated into the savage of A-
merica, or have they been extirpated
by the superior prowess of an inva
ding power ? Revolutions have in
deed often changed the aspect of hu
man affairs. Rome once the mis
tress, the terror of the world, is now
only celebrated on .the records of
time. She is not that mighty power
which stood like a colossus, with
one foot upon land and the other on
the ocean, the arbiter of both. Car
thage once the rival of Rome, scarce
ly marks by its ruins the place of its
former greatness. The besom of de
solation has swept it from the earth.
Greece, where a confederation of
states long withstood the violent
shocks of internal discord and the
furious assaults of envious and ex
asperated neighbors, is mingled in the
ruins of devouring time. The grove
where once the Philosopher delight
ed to roam, and where the precepts
of wisdom dropped from his lips,
is now in possession of the ignorant
Turk. Instead of a Solon and I.y-
curgus, ambitious only for the pros
perity of their commonwealth, a
haughty tyrant wields his iron scep
tre. During the convulsions of
nations and the oppressions of go
vernments, the arts and sciences
either find an asylum in other coun
tries or lie buried for a season. Have
not improvements in the military
art and manufactures essential to the
convenience of domestic life been
preserved amidst ail these mighty
tumults ? The iron implements of
war which have been found in these
mounds and fortifications demon
strate that the people who raised
them were acquainted with the mode
of manufacturing iron. The form
of those mounds indicates that they
have been regular fortifications. Mi
litary tactics, from their first inven
tion until the present period, have
successively undergone considerable
improvement. Indeed, it is a sci
ence so essential to aspiring ambiti
on St the defence of nations, that in
ternal policy and useful arts have
been neglected, while it has been as-
sidiously preserved and cultivated.
Shall we then conclude, contrary to
the experience of all ages and nati
ons, that a people once so highly ad
vanced in the science of war, as to
equal the works of modern times,
have sunk into a state of barbarity ?
What was the condition of the Indi
an when Europeans reached him
on his native shore ? The thickest
parts of the gloomy forest were his
fortifications. From them he often
rushed upon his unwary foe. His
how, lance and hatchet required
no rampart, parapet or entrenchment
to defend him from the ruthless fu
ry of assailants. T: this the people
who have left us so many monuments
of antiquity ? The prowling Arab
and wandering Tartar have no great
superiority over the Aboriginies of
this country in point of civilization.
Their situation at present is perfect
ly consonant to what it has been
from time immemorial. They have
not risen to the acme of military
science, and suddenly plunged into
the gulph of profound ignorance.
The Indian, whose traditions des
cend to posterity through numerous
ages, cannot give us any plausible in
formation concerning the antiquity
of his native country. He pretends
to trace the path of his ancestors
from other regions, but is entirely
igijorant of the transactions of a pe
riod, that must have formed an im
portant epoch in the history of his
nation. This, altho’ not irrefraga
ble evidence, is a strong presumption,
that our country has been inhabited,
anterior to its settlement by savages.
Trace the decline, and. view the
present situation of any nation hold
ing a place on our globe, which once
held an elevated station, or even a
mediocrity, among civilized nations,
and you find them infinitely superi
or in the knowledge of useful arts,
! to the savage of America;
There is an account of the Spani
ards once passing through the south
ern parts of the United Slates j hut
this cannot account for similar re
mains being found in the eastern and
middle states.
Even the appearance of those pla
ces afford strong presumptive evi
dence. that their origin was prior to
the discovery of this country by the
Spaniards. Trees, the increasing pro
ducts of numerous ages, are deeply
rooted in these mounds : nor is there
any difference between them and
those of the surrounding forest.
If we search for the progenv of
the former inhabitants of North Ame
rica among the comparatively enlight
ened people of Peru and Chili, we are
still at a loss to discover either the
cause of their migration or ignorance
of those aits, which the founders of
those ancient works appear to have
possessed. Where there is a total
ignorance of the arts of writing and
printing, it would not be difficult to
conceive causes that might lead to a
deprivation of moral or intellectual
improvement. But unless we could
imagine the golden age of the po
ets to have existed among the sava
ges of America, we can hardly sup
pose them to have neglected those
inventions, to which almost every
day’s wants and necessities ccmmun
dec! their attention.
Having thrown together these un
digested remarks, l leave you to
form your own opinion respecting
their origin. I must confess I lei.
inclined to believe they arc the w orks
ol a people, whose glorv is now sunk in
eternal night. 'Time may develope
this mystery, on which it is impossi
ble to judge with any degree of cer-
tainty—Adieu. M— R—.
VOH HIE CB0UC.J.\ joUHNAE.
LINES *
On a LaJifs walking through the Re
presentative Chamber, while the
House was in session.
Whiift on forbidden fruit I gaze.
And look my heart away ;
Behold my Star of Venus blaze.
And smile upon the day.
Fair as the purple blulhing hours,
That paint the morniiwV eye j
Or check’d, of cven-ng sfier ihowers
That fr«lh the Wcftcrn Sky
I fend a figh with every glance,
Or drop a fofter tear ;
Hard fate no further to advance,
And yet to be fo near.
So Moses from far Pi3ga’s height,
The land ofpromife eyed ;
Surveyed the legions of delight,
He law, lay down, and died.
price oTco rrosr.
Augusta, 14 to 15 cts
Savannah, 16 1-2
The Latest Sews.
The Convention of West Florida,
assembled at Baton Rouge, their Ca
pital, adjourned on the 10th ult to
meet again on the first Monday in
this month Before their adjourn
ment they resolved to send a Minis
ter to the United States.
Lieutenants Miller & Spence, who
went to Europe in the Hornet, as
Messengers to England and France,
have arrived in Washington city.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
London, October 4.
Government have received dis
patches from Sir C. Cotton, under
date 24th August, off Toulon, which
state thnt the Hon. William Hill,
lii'a Majesty’s Minister at Cagliari,
had acquainted him that Lucien Bo
naparte hud escaped (with his fami
ly) to that place in an American
vessel, and that Mr. Hill, iu concert
with Mr. Adair had deemed it best
to send him to Malta, till the deter
mination of his Majesty’s Govern
ment should be signified, and that ac
cordingly, he had been conducted
thither in the Pomone.
October 9.
The vessel in which General Arm
strong the late Minister from the U.
States to France, took his passage for
America has put into Falmouth.
As this deviation in her voyage was
not occasioned by adverse weather,
or any of the usual accidents, it is
supposed that General Armstrong
has touched here for the purpose of
having personal communication with
Mr. Pinkney.
Letters from the French coast,
received yesterdey, state, that 18 car
goes of American produce-, which
had been confiscated, were carried to
Antwerp, and sold oti the 15th ult.
by order .of Bonaparte..
Liverpool, Oct. 10.
The Turks, it appears, have de
feated the Russiacs before Schumla,
and it becomes very ; probable, ow
ing .to the enthusiasm which has
been excited in the empire to tjpsist
the invaders, ihat the Russians have
reached the limit of their succes
ses.
A tremendous eruption of Vesu
vius took place on the 13th and 14th
ult. and the village of Resina had
been well nigh overwhelmed bv the
torrent of lava. The mountain was
rather more tranquil on the 14th, but
fresh eruptions were apprehended.
PORTSMOUTH. (F.NG.) Oit. 3.
“ The American fliop of war Hornet,
cap*. Hunt, arrived laft night from Hav
re de Grace, to wait for dcfpatches tiom
Mr. Pmkney. Hie capt. of the Hornet
fays that intelligence had been received
at Pari* of the defeat of Wadena by
Lofd Wellington This news was
brought to Havre for the American Con*
till, who is'oft hrs return to America
’'he melTVnge.r that brought it arrived at
Paris oalv a few hours before he left it
The Conful arrived here in the Hornet.
No dates are.mentioned. The Hornet
left Havre on Monday. Since the a-
bove thr Niob; f ixate, capt. Loring,
is come in Pom off Havra. She left it
lail night. The fame intrllirence (lie
learnt from the French fittiing-hoat*.
namely, •* that it wa- believed in France
that their army foil been defeated in
Portugal.”
Hew- York, November 10.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS.
Latest from Portugal.—Captain
Miller of the ship R -d us, who ar--
rived here this afternoon, in 32 days
from Corunna, informs us that two
days previous to his sailing, official
letters had been received at that
place (one of which was addressed
to the American Consul, which cap
tain M. read) stating that a severe
and decisive engagement had taken
place in Portugal, near Almeida, be
tween the French and the combined
forces of England and Portugal, un
der the command of lxnd Welling
ton. Hie battle commenced on the
27th September, and continued with
out intermission, fntif the evening
of the 29th, when the French were
compelled to make a precipitate re
treat, with the loss of 14,000 men
killed and prisoners. Ihe loss of
the combined armies was trilling
compared with that of the French.
The Portuguese troops behaved with
the greatest ga'l ifitry on this occasi
on. The German troops were daily
deserting the French standatd.
'Hie Baltimore American of the
10th inst. says— u The United S.ates
brig Hornet, from France and En
gland, is said to have, arrived at
Annapolis yesterday morning.”
fCT" The Rev’d M. L. Weems
will*deliver a Discourse on the Im
portance of Education, in the Repre
sentative Chamber of the State-
House, on Thursday Evening at
early candle light.
Will be Rented
At public auction, for a term of one
or more years, on Saturday the 22U
of December next, (if not previous
ly disposed of)
The House and Lot
cornering on Wayne and Washing
ton Streets, next door to Archibald
M. Devereux’s, Esq. Also,
'Ihe riant at ion
adjoining Borland's Mill, belonging
to the estate of John Peterson, dec.
For terms apply to A. M. Dtve-
reux, Esq. in MiUedgeville, or the
subscriber in Hancock county.
John Crowder, Jgt.
forth* Executrix,
(fj* The'House and Lot will be
well-enclosed and put iu good re
pair.
November 28 5—3t
To Sell or Rent,
If applkd for befort the twenty.fifth of De
cember ensuing, that
Valuable Tract ok Land,
where the subscriber now cultivates, within two
miles ot MiUedgeville, on thr water* of Jiehinij
Creek; with improvement* of Log Buildings,
awtl fifty acres of cleared Land, all ire.h and wi
der an excellent fence, with a spring equal to any
in the southern country, kuuwii ay the name of
the Indian Spring, ALSO,
A House and-Lot,
on Jefferson (West, near the St ae-House rquare,
which is well known to be equal to any l.oi in
the town for busineft of any kind. ALSO,'
A Tract ot 1 .and,
.hear Salem, with forty acres cleared ihcreon ; all
of whioh propsrty may be had on good tenns.by
applying to the subscriber, living m the town
ot Milltdgcviilc.
E. Lunsford.
November cs ,>-<r f
•Icr.er , u
Osmium-, *> th, ) ta „ nd M ,
Weems,
RevM Sir, 4
I have just finished rc;, v
two books, “ The Lf of //&'. our
tonf and “ The Life of Marion'. 1 ^'
And I njust needs conicS8 that,lii^H
ly as I had always admired, th >se
truly great men, your publications
have exalted my opiniop of them to
still far higher degrees of admiration
and esteem. With transport i bail
them as standards of the real re
publican character; and writ*
worthy to be proposed to the youth
of this country as the very best mo
dels, whereby to regulate their lives
both in Peace and War, For the
pains which you have taken in col
lecting so many very valuable, but,
hitherto generally unknown, anec
dotes of those two noblest champions
of American Rights, I pray Vou to
accept my best thanks. Apl for
painting them, with all their virtues
and gallant deeds, in such glowing
colours for the imitation of their
young countrymen, I doubt not hut
you will receive from our citizens
that hearty approbation and support
which vou so well deserve. Wiih
salutations and assurances of much
esteem,
I remain, Rev’d Sir, Yours,
Dcivid B. Much 'll.
M. L. WEEMS begs leave very
respectfully to inform the Honora
ble the Gentlemen of the Legisla
ture, that his
Flying Library
will leave town on Friday looming.
Flio.se who mean to procure some
good books will phase honor h nt
with their attention as soon as co 1-
venient. And such as choose may
make selections by giving parole to
pay George R. f?layton. Esq. at th :
final adjournment of the Legislature*
Liberal allowance made to those
benevolent characters who’take se
veral copies of Washington and Ma
rion lor Christmas Poxes to their
young relatives.
** G.ul prosper long our noble state,”
In Wisdom. Wealth and Peace,
And grant that Reading, now too rare,
May day by day increa'ie.
ffy* Merchants may fiav£ Bibles,
Testaments, Spelling Books, Sac. at
a reduced price..
November 2& , 5--.lt
MEMNQSi
Four Merino Rams, warranted of
the first breed, (any trifling reports
to the contrary notwithstanding) just
arrived from Estremadura, via New-
York
N. B. Proofs positive of the true
breed of the above Rams, arrived
last evening under notarial seeds.
Marquand,.Paulding & co.
Savannah, Nos'. 8. 5—4s
~&t)Cttff a & u .
WILL BE SOLD on the first
Tuesday in January next, at tlie
court-house in-sWilkinson county,
between the usual hours,
Lot No. 125,
23d district Wilkinson, levied on as
the property ol Benjamin Sc William
Dun can to satisfy A. and R. Atkins
execution ; leviedon and returned to
me by a constable.—
Reddick Beil, Shi'.
November 28. 5—tds
^Ijettff d
WILL BE SOLD on the first
Tuesday in January next, at the
court house- in Wilkinson county,
between the usual hours,
Lot No. 243,
23d district Wilkinson, levied on as
the property of James Montfort, to
satisfy Timothy Robey’s Execution.
Also Twenty Three Acres,
in the 4 district Wilkinson being a
part of Lot No. 194, levied on as the*
property of James Jackson, to satis
fy Jabaz Wilkins’ execution*—
Arthur Burney, D. Shf.
November 28 J—tds.
GEORGIA, Jones county.
Whereas Abraham Borland and
Charity Boswell have applied to me
for letters of administration on the es
tate and effects of Alex. Uoswell late
of said county, deceased. These .ire
therefore to cite and admonish • il
and singular the kindred and credi
tors,of said dec. to file their cbjec-
tions (if aqy^they have) in my office
oh or before the 1st Monday in Jan.
next, otherwise letters will be grant
ed them. Given under my ha d
and seat this 24th day of November,
1810.
Roger M‘Carthy, Clk.
♦ November -3