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direct the current of opinion, ns t 6 communicate t
to the complex machinery of government—ac
cession oi fo-'ce. The committee kept in view
the alarming state of affairs; and their con
sultations were incessantly employed to pro
mote the public, good by endeuvoiing to sepa
rate from it, the evils that are often bfenuicl
with it.
They were taught by the pages of American
h story, how much the magic enthusiasm of
public sentiment ought to be appreciated.— A
sentiment to which the magisterial arm is in
debted for the far greater portion of it strength.
They were sensible that if this divine, and all
powerful impetus could be confined to is ap
pt op iate orbit, that it would diffuse around, !
like the sun, the centre of your system, health,
vigor and splendor. A constant effort was
therefore excited, to prevent chisnis and colli
sions, from destroying the harmony of the poli
tical sphere. Your committee-have endeavor
ed by vigilance and attention to ev ry subject
embraced by your resolutions, to realize your
expect itions. Then zeal and ardor were ne
ver remitted N > duty, however hazardous or
ditficult to perform, arrested the steady move
ment of the hand that was entrusted with the i
executive power. That they had erred, they are
not so presumptuous as to deny. It is not Uie
fortunate lot of humanity to boast of exemption
from error.
To attain perfection is not permitted by the
laws of our nature. We are allowed to pro
gress towards, but never to reaqh it. 11 they
are chargable with deficiency in judgment,
suffer them in extenuation to say, that their in
tentions were pure and hones . Permit them
to declare, that next to the smiies and approba
tion of their consciences, they prize and value
the esteem and confidence of their fellow-citi
zens. The exercise of their functions is no long
er required. The government of the United
States has decided on the course that is to be
pursued.
The outrage committed has loused into ac
tion its energies. You, fellow-citizens, have
anticipated the wise and salutary measures
which it has taken ; you have the glory oi per
fo rmiug spontaneous acts of patriotism; you
need not the promptings of authority; the res
cue of government to remind you of the re
lation, in which you stand to the republic; your !
acts arc proved by the executive magistrate
of the United States ; they have this sanction.
Your Committee express a lively satisfaction
in the great respect rendered to your authori
ty. Few are the instances in which it has
been questioned, because its foundation w..s
not systematically laid in the constitutions and- ,
laws of the land. You have the merit by wise
precaution, and the temper and firmness disco -
nable in all your proceedings, of secutiug to this
portion of your country —unanimity.
We now, fellow-citizens, re-deliver to you
the powers entrusted to us, to promote the
public good. We flatter ourselves that thev
flow back, unpolluted, to the source from which
they emanated.
We exhort you to feed, to keep alive the
vestal file—we ex how you, never to forget,
that in unity there is strength, and that the
best safe-guard is preparation and sleepless vi
gilence.
We salute you with friendship, and pray God
to bestow on you countless blessings.
Thomas Mathews S Moses Myers
Thomas Blanchard y J. VV. Murdaugh
Daniel Bedinger S Luke Wheeler
Them Armistead y William Pennock
William Newsuin b Francis S. Taylor
Seth Foster v Thomas Newton jun.
Richard Blow v
From an English / taper .
WEEKLY ANALYSIS OF INTELLIGENCE
The progress made in the arrangement of
the new administration, enables us to judge
with tolerable accuracy, of the talents of which
it will be composed. The rumors of the past
week have also thrown a conside-able degree
of light on the causes of the expulsion ol the
late ministry. We lament that ir has fallen ,o
our lot to record these causes ; lot we had
hopes that whatever venal and dishonorable
practices had disgraced foreign piinces w
had hopes that the royal blood of Britain had 1
escaped the pollution, and that integrity and
honor were not unknown amongst our princes
We have been deceived —wr have now reason
to join in the general malediction, “ cursed is
he that puttelh his trust in firinces.”
It i3 stated that the actual cause of the remo
val of the ministry, was the rapid progress of
the commission appointed by them to investi
gate the abuses in the military department of
this country. In the regular course of its pro
cedure, it was on the point of extending its in
vestigation to a certain high and mighty de
partment, when it was found absolutely neces
sary to check their progress, lest they should
bring to light abuses and peculations which
would raise the blush of shame even in the
cheek of royality itself. To prevent this dis
covery, it was resolved to remove the then ad
ministration, and the Catholic question affor
ded a specious pretext for this measure.
T he blood of every Englishman must boil
within him, when he reflects on this nefarious
ii le of conduct. If the embezzlement of bis
master’s property, by a servant, be punisheu
with a marked severity, how much greater ig
nominy ought he lobe loaded with who, while
in a public situation, and receiving the mox
munificent remuneration for bis services
squanders the motley entrusted to his honot
in private gratification and illicit pleasures
Such is the fact, and if means are not a lop
ted to check the progress of investigation, an
prevent open detection and oublic punish men
ii become* the imperious duty of every public
jmirr.dvst to h Id up the dtduiqusnt, however
exalted, to public indignation ; to designate
the crimes which are attempted to be lniqui
tously shielded from inquiring justice : and to
deprecate that Sordid meanness, not to say vice’
which would have heid up an individual ol
meaner birth to public-and private execra
tion and contempt.
We cannot but lament that the honest ca-1
re ci’ of so independent an enquiry h: s thus
been impeded—for with veneration to our con
stitution be it .spoken, the people would have
learned that such delinquency would fia.c em
phatically called upon tde insulted jurispru
dence ol the country, to avenge in the most
signal manner so atrocious a violation of the
unsuspicious confidence too willingly reposed
in the as yet hitherto unprostituted name of a
British prince.
London, May 21.
Lord Howick made a long and excellent
speech at the nomination for the county of
Northumberland, at Morpeth, on Thursday last,
of which the following is an extract:—“ Gen
teiemen,” said his lordship, “ the late adminis
tration have been accused of inattention to the i
shipping interest of the country, (I wish now!
to he understood as addressing myself more I
paricularly to the freeholders of from New
castle and Shields,) I sliouid be very happy, if
any gentleman would conic forward, and state
in what manner the shipping interest has been 1
neglected. I believe the American inieicour.se j
bill hits given rise to complaints. Now it must <
be sufficiently known, that our Wesi-India Isl
ands, are in a great measure dependent on A- .
merica, for the articles of lumber and provisions.
] * hat previously to the passing of this bill, the I
; governors of the islands, on their own responsi
. lity, constantly kept up an intercourse vvilii A
i nierica, to obtain such supplies as were neces
; sary ; and,in return, permitted the Americans to
i purchase and take away articles produced in t lie
islands. Bids of indemnity, to the governois ]
; on account of this illicit, but Accessary traffic,
were erey year apply ed for and passed in Pat
liament. 1 submit, then, was it not better to
legalize at once us intercourse wan America,
j and vest a general power in tiie privy council •
. for its regulation, than trust to to the discretion j
! the Wcst-India governors individually lot pro- I
j curing suci: supplies as the islands might be m
| want of? Great comp,aims have been excited
] against us on account oi the treaty we lately ne
! gotiated with America, although it would surely
Le ume enough to complain when the terms >
ol the treaty came beloie tiie public. The A
ntericans have not, however, thought that the
advantages were entirely in their favor, for it is
probable the treaty will nor be ratified by then
gov eminent.
Gentlemen, the great and unfortunate chan
ges which have been effected in the north of
Euiope, cannot but have operated severely up
on your interests, and it has been impossible to
afford you any adequate relief. Restrictions
were imposed upon neutrals, which produced
the strongest remonstrance for the govern
ments ot their respective countries. One of
my late acts, while in office, was to write a long
letter to Denmark, in vindication of our rueus
-3 ures * n respect to neutrals, and I wish to tied
I counld lay that letter before you to convince
you bow utterly unfounded have been your
complaints that his majesty’s late ministers
were inimical to tne shipping interests of tiie
empire.”
SALT. .
Seven hundred bushels Liverpool
GROUND SALT.
For sale by
S. &. C. Howard.
July 28 l 80
fgiTsale, “ I
A. Valuable Plantation, I
ON Great Ogrchee river, about
1 r fig e ’fch” miles below I ouifville, near
° ;d biaipli’itton. lately occupied by
viacifj ysfi'i j C-.pui-i Bolt wick, containing by o- 1
ifiß.'A rigmal survey eight hundred acres.
Part of th land is cleared and un- j
l,er fence, with lundry buildings :
V : - * thereon
The ptice, and term, of payment will be known on
application to Mr. Ambrose Day, printer,Louifville,
or in Savannah,to
John Tcbeaii.
Silly 10. * 80
The City Council huving sus
oer.ded for a time, the lighting of the Lamps in this
dry, the Contractor informs such citizens as have
lad lamps erected at their own expence, ‘hat he wi'l
ttill continue to light and c ean them for those who
choose to go to the expence of furmfhing him with
John Kackler.
July 33 7 8
During my absence this sum
mer at the N'r'hward, mv LAW 15USINLSS wil.
>e attended to by George Woodruff, Charles
Harris, J Ccylek, F. T. Fi.ymi ng and Kich
\nr Vi Si i tbs, esq'rs. Business in which I may
<e individually concerned , will also be attended tr
>v H. M. Stites, efq. who nas a power of attor
ey for that purpose.
R. Leake.
June 17 fB 67
A 7
(jT® The Attorney General’s OiTici
s removed to Mr. Suder’s tenement, five door*,
-elow Judge Stephens’s.
Thomas U. P. Charlton.
June 25 66
Savannaii,
TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 98, 1807.
i he indignant feelings of the citizens of Sa
vannah, at the late, dastardly conduct of the
Littisn squadron near Hampton, so iar man
subsiding st em daily to heighten arid ii crease
—me no:t they tefiact 011 liie ini ignity oiicr
c;i use nation, the more they arc enraged. Yes- j
te.d..\ atteniocn wc had the pleastuc to see the ’
nuna.idf,s, ,\ liitby. Douglas, and Humphries
(in t-t’i ri y) inarchcc! thro* the principle streets
and squints in this ci.y. u- tt cart ; after which,
conveyed 10 the South Common—suspended
on a gallows erected I'm the purpose, and on it
burnt to ashes, amidst the acclamations ot thou- ,
semis. On no occasion do we uco icet ever |
to have seen so mm.crons a code* ion ot peo- •
pie, asse in Lied in one body, in this town.
Hobby in the Augusta .Herald of the 23d I
instant, has the effrontery to ut-.iv uUriuiuim> 1
the bian.e attached to the late outrageous r.on
duct ot the Bi i.ish snip J.,e, paid, to our ad
miniati ation j or uiakiuuj use ot hcurilous lan
guage agairisi the government. We had pit- ;
p ued a reply, and were on the eve of making
some extracts from his paper, to prove the I
tnuh of our assertions, when we received a let- j
tei lroin a friend in the country, horn which
the following is an extract :
“ 1 perceive you arc engaged in a war with
the “ 1 ederal Advocate. 1 *” and the ci-devant
pon-masier of Augusta. Although I like
you; pieces extremely well, I should advise
you to let them alone, and for these reasons
you may write the former into notice, who, if
let alone, would, perhaps, remain forever in ob
livion ; and the latter being a man of little
oilier powers than the mere declamatory, not
stickling at an untruth, you do yourselves no
credit by taking notice of him.”
\Y e stiaii adhere to the tub ice of our friend
with respect to Hobby—our conduct towards
the Advocate n.en, will, ,11 future, depend
on their own behaviour.
* John Larmont and Company's Advocate.
ERRATA IN OUR LAST.
In the piece signed a federalist ; 26th
line ol the 2J paragraph, tor stru tare read
Stricture. Same paragraph. Btii and 9lli lines
ftom the bottom, lor lutcrjcihcnce rcavl inference .
AT a meeting of the inhabitants of St. Si
mon’s island, held on the the 23d Jmy, 1807,
by ajournment from their former meeting on
the 18th instant, John Couper, esq. in die chair.
Ihe following resolutions were unanimunsiy
agrecd to:—
Etsolved, i hat we view with the utmost in
digiiuticn tiie outrage committed by a British
ship of war . pon the Chesapeake frigate ; and
that we perfectly accord with our icllow-ciii
zens of Savannah in the sentiments expressed
in tneir resolves of the 10th inst.
lu-solvcd , I hat having received the presi
dent’s proclamation on the subject of this out
rage, we avail ourselves of the present meeting,
to express our entire approbation of the wis
dom and (.ignificd moderation ot his conduct,
in avoiding the horrors of war, w hile a prospect
remains ol pieserving honorable peace by ne
gociation.
j Resolved) That should the infatuation of the
British government, at last, force us into a just
anti necessary war to support die honor ol the
Lniieci Stales, we are ready to stiller all the
evils to which we may be exposed by our situ- i
alioi; ; and with our lives and lorlunes, will
support our government in every measure,
which it may think proper to adopt.
Resolved , 1 hat William Page, Raymond
Demere, and John Couper, estp s. be appointed
1 a committee to assist the proper officers in car
j l ying the president’s proclamation into due es-
I feci.
I Resolved , That our thanks be transmitted to
, the ccinmi’te of Savannah for their attention in
forwarding their resolves to our county.
Resolved) T hat these resolution be publish
ed, and a copy forwarded to the Pres dent of I
; the United States, and to tiie executive of our
! state.
JOHN COUPJ.R, Chairman.
The zeal and prompitude displayed by the
militia of Virginia, reflects upon them the i
greatest honor and adds to the numerous j
cotempoi aneous proofs that tuis invaluable'or- 1
gan of defence may be implicitly relied upon. 1
We qucsiion much whether the operations of
regulars would have manifested great celerity
and order. Such too, it will be perceived, is
the enthusiasm with winch our fellow-citizens
are prepat ed to take up arms, that the number
ottered greatly exceeds that required by the ex
ecutive. —jYaiional Intelligencer.
The Eastern papers are full of letters, sta
ting the arrival ol commodore Douglas at this
place. There is no truth in the statement.
— iihd.
The Vice-President of the United States,
and the other commissioners, on Tuesday, the
7th inst. surveyed the fortifications in the har
bor of New-York, in order to report the neces
sary additions, repairs, tec. ‘I welve gun-boats
arc also said to be there in a stale ol picpara
tion.—Baltimore paper.
Rn HMOND, July 14.
The Executive Council have this day met.
and had under consideration the propriety of
stopping the further march of troops to Norfolk
—the subject we understand, will be resumed
to-morrow. We have not yet understood what
are the cnres which have led to these
erations; but we presume to s: y, that an insid*
1 l ” s foe, who is cap. blc cl col, deliberate,
unprovoked assassiuatioi do* s not deserve to
be confided in. even when they pi utilise. mur.U
less o.'gnl we to be allured or derided by an
petirances ot moderation or contrition. It'the
British now lad to shew their teeth, it is be
cause they imd that they cannot Lite with i.ll*
pimity,
Married, in this ci"-. on Sund iy last, Lv the
Rev. Mi . Cloud, .vir. .umu England to Miss.
Jane Grihdim.
.at Creonsborourh (G ) Mr. Fannie!
\V Minor, editor ot the Gi eensuoroui.h Obsei *
vutor to Miss Mary-Auu Rogers* of Il .nc.jck
county.
—— in Wilkes county, bv the Rev. A bra*
bam Marshall. Mr. \\ 11 mam Grant, of iLii
city, to dss Kitty Mills daughter of JY-
John Mills, ot the forniei’ place.
Hied, in this citv, op Tt nrsdav last, Mrs.
Margaret I ‘recti f.k aged Ts j-tnn, a na*
live oi Switzerland, ant; C 7 years a resident of
t this place.
I New all, a native of Sc.uilmd.
j 011 Sunday last, Mr. Thomas Wil
liamson, merchant, a native ol Grcat-Briuiui.
PROPOSALS,
For publilhing a newspaper in the city of Savannah,
TO BV. ENTITLED,
TliL ALIEN ; or -
British Republican Advocate)
This paper will be published twice a week,
on a Royal Sheet, with tfoud new t)pe, at
six cents per annum, payable at the end of each
year, anti will appear as scon a sufficient num
ber of British subjects and tones shall como
forward and contribute to its support, by en
rolling tin ir names on the subscription list.—
But should anv think it so unworthy tliei. notice
as to refuse or decline djing this, it is presumed,
as it is to be the bei paper in town, that none of
this description will object to having it sent to
their houses gra is.
The Advocate shad hr unceasingly devoted
to the defence and preservation ‘f the greet firii. -
pies which promote British tyranny, usurpation,
robbery and murder, as exercised by the ffi era
and slaves of the editor’s most 1 oble master
George the third; and as practised on the
peaceable and unoffending citizens of the Uni
ted States of America, tn a word, the unceas
ing study of the editor will be to expose and
condemn any and every thing that wears the
least resemblance of reason, justice, republi
canism or independence.
In exhibiting this prospectus to the public,
the editor an iciputes the prompt and liberal sup
port ofull those, who •with him, sincerely venerate
the great men ~nd mea ures in the
service of the British cabinet—especially when
he d< clares, that burning his majesty’s officers,
in effigy, is one among the many “ abominable
doctrines,” he is determined to “ expose” and
condemn.
But it may be asked by some, why such in
consistency is shewn 111 the title—to this sim
ple class ol beings, he answers the word Bi iir u
is one to which his very soul is devoted, and
the word Republican is inserted in order i<>
gull the ignorant and uninformed.
In offering himself a candidate for public
favor, the editor deems it neccsvary to gi - e
them an idea of whom and what he is :—He is,
then a loyal subject of his least high, most ea -
cr/fent and most gracious majesty, (leorge the
th ; and king ofdrea -Uritain, defender of ih fii h,
Ctc c3Y. Firmly attached to his government,
8c knowing his will the editor is aeteru itn th to
doit: And as he has had cunning and artinVo*
enough to insinuate himselfiuto the favor and
good graces of the. proprietor of a news paper,
hitherto devoted to the American cause, and
succeeded in taking advantage of his weakness
and cretin lit v so far as to make him sacrifice
1 principle for iulrre. t, by bolding out the idea of
• filling his coffers wish B itish gold (fur//>*. J’.-rt -
hie to American respect and veneration) lie
hopes no one will presume to doubt his talents
and capability.
Subscriptions to the above paper received by
; captains Whitby, Douglass, Humphries, Lore,
j and the commanders of all his most sovereign
1 majest’s vessels of war on the American coast.
I Cullen, the Peoples’ friend (if he has not yet
| changed his position) is likewise requested to
I take an active part in procuring aid and succour
for the Advocate.
JOHN CARtMOuNTkr*
Savannah, Jiffy, 1807.
PORT OF SAVAaaAH.
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