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GREENE COUNTY MEETING.
Gkeeni borough, (Gcg) Augustß7.
Ycwaru I HFMR, Esq.
hiB —I am gratified with tlifc honor of for.
Warding to yon, the proceeding!, and ieso
-1 turns of tlie cidzens GieeneCotinty.as had
B'iderneied into at their meeting held at this
place the 2• ii instant. The atrocious tiansuc
ti in of tlie Hiitish cquadron, under commodoie
lE.uglas, with our fiigaie the Chesapeake, had,
long before this date, aroused the indignation
cf the people of this county ; when your circu
lar lettei and itsinclosure, directed to the judges
of out Infetior Court, produced the meeting of
©ur citizens—the pro< eedings and resolutions
of which are herewith inclosed.
Should this nefarious outrage not be disa
vowed by the British government, and a suita
ble atonement awarded, the energies of the
nation will once more be called into action;
when, I am persuaded, the citizens of Gietne
Will, with alacrity and zeal, emulate the patii
otic spirit already evinced by their fellow-citi
z-n, of Savannah, of Norfolk, and ol all the
tea-port towns of the union. .
Be pleased, sir, to accept the sincere assur
ances ofthe many respectful sentiments with
which I have the hot .or to remain, your most
bumble and most obedient servant,
JONAS FAUCIIE, |
Chairman of the standing committee
of the citizens of Greene.
GreenEsborocgh, August 2 \th, 1807
A numerous meeting of the citizens of
C.rcene county, Georgi , convened by public
advertisement, issued at the instance of the
judges of ttie Infetior Couit of said county,
vms held at the couit-house, in Greencdwough,
on Monday, the 2Eh of August. 1607, for the
purpose of expressing theii sentiments on the
S'.b|cct of the late nf u lvous and violent ;*t
t.ck, m ule by some of the British ships of war
c i our frigate, the Giles, pe.ike—the honorable j
the 111 iges of the lid, i ior Court were, by una
jii no is consent, called on collectively to pre- .
si ie, and Doctor William VV. Strain was ap- ■
pointed secretary.
A circular letter and communication, from !
Edward I elfuir, esquire, chairman of theiiti-f
*ens of Savannah, was read publicly by the se
©ret.try —wiien,
An appropi iate and expressive oration was
delivered by Mr. Wylie Gresham, one of the
Students of ihe university at Athens.
ihe meeting tlien proceeded to nominate a
com mi tec of seven to draw up resolutions, ex
pressive of their sentiments on this momen
tous and eventful crisis. The following gen
tlemen were appointed a committee lor this
purpose, viz. colonel George W. Foster, co
lonel Jonas Fauche. major Joshua Houghton,
major Ezekiel Brown, doctor William W
Strain, Ezekiel E. Park, and Redman 1 horn
ton, esquires.
The meeting then adjourned for one hour.
The committee having retired, appointed
Colonel Fauche to the chair, Matthews Wells,
esquire, secretary.
Alter one hour, the citizens were again con
vened by the sound of a trumpet, and the com
mittee. by colonel Jonas Fauche, their chair
jn ui, returned the following report and resolu
tions, which, being publicly read, were uiiani
jnous.y approbated by a numerous crowd of the
freemen and citizens of this county.
The atrocious attack of the British squad
yon, under commodore Douglas, on our nation
al sh.p the Chesapeake, has filled our hearts
with sympathising feelings for our fellow-ciu
z; is who became the suUt i ing victims of that
act of wanton barbarity ; our minds with cxe- i
©ration against the perfidious perpetrators ; t
and above all, with a high sense of resentment
at the viol cion of the sovereignty and indepen
dence of our beloved country. Naturally led
bacw by this ciix umstance to a consideration of
lie multiplied wrongs practised on our forbear
ance and love of peace, by the British govern
ment. from the date of the treaty which con
cluded our revolutionary war, up to the present
diy we cannot help tracing therein an almost
to. turned series of acts of enmity against the
interest, ag ,inst the peace, against the sove
rrigntv and independence of the United Sta.cs.
Her long detention, in violation of the faith of
treaties, of part of our territory; the instiga
tion of her agents among the aborigines on our
frontiers, to war against our infant settlements ;
and the conspiracies which those agents have
repeatedly hatched with some of our traitorous
demagogues, may he said to form the first part
©t her insidious aggression. When the war
“hu h pervaded Europe afforded her a larger
and more tavoiite field to exercise her hutied
and jealousy of the rising prosperity of the go
vernment and people of these states, then, Te- 1
gardless ol the interest of her manufacturing
population, she hesitates not to wage a war of I
rapine on our commerce; to infringe the
Tights of an independent, neutral nation, by im- ‘
pressmen! cf our seamen, and by various acts
of refined chicanery and cruelty on the per-
S >ns and properties of our merchantmen; till, at
last, in the midst of negotiations, with a v iew
to the redress of these tyrannical abuses, and
“whilst still professing a friendly disposition, the
naval armed force of this foreign power, now
grown veteran in iniquity, wilfully and wan
tonly Wills one of our fellow-citizens on our
Own coast, within our own jurisdiction, and a
jnock-tribunal tries, acquits. and its govern
ment rewards the murderer!—Elated with this
Success, a more daring outrage is soon after
wards perpetrated ; our sovereignty is violated
on the high seas- bv the search of one of our
prional vessels; our flag is degraded; our
(uuoual property destroyed , our Icllow-ciu
on Vmrd the Chesapeake are wounded
mutilated, muideted. Temporising, after such
indignnits, would not fail to biing on us, not on
ly a continuation of suen like abuses, from the
same quarter, hut the like contempt, the lik
insults from all ott.ei nations, who might feel
disposed to prey upon our property, and tyran
nise over our rights and persons. The ques
tion between us and the English government,
we conceive, is no longer a question of rear oi
firac> . but it is a question of -car or national dt -
gradation. Gan it be thought,then, that we can
long deliberate on such an alternative ? Y\ e,
who ate removed i ot one generation from the
emancipators ol out empiic ? We, who can
now behold the flush of indignation glow on the
cheeks of the veterans who at e yet here and
there inteispeised among us? We wi.l not
insult the memory and lteiings of our depar
ted and remaining sires by dwelling a moment
on such a thought ; but, with a due deference
and submission to our supiemc- legislature and
other constituted authorniesol government, we
deliberately and firmly entei into the following
resolutions ; for the performance ol which, we
pledge, first to government, and next to each
other, our solemn and sacred faith.
Resolved. Ist. ‘I hat we will wear a crape for
the space of ten days, on the Icf arm, expres
sive oi our regret at the 10-,s ot our unfortunate
seun en, who were murdered by captain Hum
phries of the ship Leopard, in liis suvage-like
tack upon the Chesapeake.
heschu <7, 2d ‘1 hat we deem it due to the
manes of our mui de. ed fellow-citizens, to na
tional justice, to humanity, and to our own safe
ty. that nothing short of exemplary remunera
tion shall expiate the crime committed by ,
captain Humphries the commander of the
Leopard. *
R< solved. 3d T lut w e tender our sentiments ■
of com in i ing approbation to our fellow-citizens
ol Not folk Savannah, and other of our sea-port 1
towns, ior their spirited and judicious tnce.suics 1
on this important and and uioiucniuous occa
sion,
hes [red, 4th. That if war should ultimately
be the lot of ihe lidiom ue will meet its terrors, j
hear its losses, and support its exigencies, with
our sei ui es,our properties,and our lives—that
no sacrifice of fortune or of personal service,
no exertions, no Hals, no privations or hazards
will be deemed trio great on our part, (when
called o by government) to be made at the
shiine of our offended tmmtry—and, having
once drawn the sword, we will not sheathe it
again, until the two following pi incudes of neu
tral p. liry am fully established—lst, that free
sips sh dl make fee g otls. except those con
traband of war— 2d, that the unqu..lifted rigut
of search, as exercised by Great-Britain, shall
etas'.
I'(-solved, sth. That vve gladly embrace the
present opportunity, unanimously to approbate
the measures of the Piesident of the U. tates ;
to declare our sincere attachment to his person
and administration ; and our teady cheerfulness
to join the patriotic millions who ‘hail throng to
their suppoi t. •*
hesolv and. 6ih That we deem it a measure
of absolute necessity, at all times, but paiticu
lurly in tlit- present juncture, that die legisla
ture ol this state, do provide the means of es-:
fectuully arming and disciplining the militia ; j
hut particularly the quota called for by the gen- ;
civil government, who, in case ot emergency, !
will first take the field
Resolved, lastly. I’ll.it our committee do for
ward a copy ol tlie e proceedings to the P.esi
dent of tlie United States; to ihe Governor of
this St ae ; to he t h oiiu.n ol ihe citizens of
Savannah ; that they’ he printed in the Augusta
Chronicle ; and that the same committee shall
be u stau ting committee ot correspondence,
with powers to invite a meeting of the citi
zens when any occurrence in their judgment,
shall make it necessary.
JANAS FAUCIIE,
Chairman of the c nn.-n'rcee cf th ■ citizens
f ', erne County.
Matthews Wells, ‘b w-y,
Quebec, August 3
On Saturday were co omitted to goal, three
Americans, lately arrived irom the United
fta es, for endeavoring >o seduce two sergeants
ot the 49th regi ent to ne,ert. When be
fore the mu. istr.i e, it i-> >uid, that one of them
pleaded that he was a gentleman, and that the
magistrate, to prevent tne ge.ute lun’a being
condemned to associate with common fellows,
ordered the gaoler to c inline him in one of
the cells, whilst the common fellows were sim
ply committed.
Montreal, August 10.
We learn that tin : e ate three full regi
ments on their way to Quebec, and that .Ylon
ti vul will be tlie head— pi.liters of the 41st re
giment,and the Cana,i.ut tenciblc-—so that m
case of any sudden attack from tne United
States, vve shall i ot he found unprepared to
give at least 5000 milni.i a warm reception,
Boston, August 20.
We are told that lieutenant Love, late of the
Dt ivtr. he fire the news ol his impertinence
could have reached England, was removed to
L Observateur, of 16 guns.
If the fiigv.te Chesapeake had sailed to the
Mediterranean unmolested, it is probable she
would have been attacked there, unless the
commodore had given up the men claimed as
dcsettecs——.vs a description of the men was
sent to the British commanders from Halifax,
probably with a request (which was all admiral
Berkeley could send to officers not under his
command that the men might be obtained by
some atfrms.
PRCCLAMATTOYT OF GENERAL CLARK.
From the Belt. Moniteur of June 19.
His excellency general Clark, governor gc I
neral ol Berlin, communicated yesterday, o.
the parade, to the officers of the gariison, the
fallowlng account of the operations which have
taken place in Poland :
“ Ihe negotiations which were carried on
last • winter , led to proposals which Franee could
not, by any means, accept. It was proposer
to convene a general congress of ail the belli
gerent powers, the 1 in ks alone excepted. Rus
sia w ould thereby have attained the end which
she has in view, in the present war, without
striking a blow ; that power, and is blind at
tachments to England, would thereby as incon
siderately as ever, have supplied that empire
win fresh means to tyrannize in its interior;
for even the conquest of Turkey, which the
cabinet of Petersburgh must then have expec
ted, on the part of France, could not have pre
vented it. After many months spent in the
pieliminary negociation it was ‘hen agreed that
-F the powers at war should send deputies to
the congress, which was to be held at Copen
hagen 1 his matter, which by the unfair pro
ceedings of the enemies of France had been
involved in so many difficulties, while it might!
have been terminated in three weeks time, had j
been scarcely settled, when they desired j
France to declare the fundamental principles|
on which ihe congress w ere to negociate. Ihe
authors of the war had probably the intention
to lay a snare for France, and borrow from her
answers fresh specious arguments for raising
new ontciies against the ambition of France,
i with which they are accustomed to tire Eu
( tope. They imagined not, that by their cap
j l ' o,|H demand, they should afford France fresh
matters of triumph ; but the magnanimity of
( tlic emperor Napoleon, destroyed all their
hopes, by frankly declaring, that the basis o r
all future ncgociations. must consist in an ab
solute equality of all the allies of both parties,
\ and that the latter must mutually agree to a
I system of indemnification,
j “ 1 his answer was given without the least
delay—it was neither equivocal nor extrava
vagant; and forced the enemies of France to ;
acknowledge that the opening of a congress!
was no longer obstructed by any impediment. J
Thev had scarcely dei lured this opinion, when
the friends of the war caused the Russian army
to advance fiom their cantonments, without
considering, that by this measure they solemnly
acquitted France in the eyes of all Europe, of
the blood of nations, which was yet to be shed.
1 he emperor Napoleon had again proved, du
ring four months, what the whole of his politi
cal and military career so evidently shews, that
he readily listens to every proposal for peace,
and is willing to accept it as far as the honor of
the nation will admit, w hich providence had en
trusted to his care. But impotent age cannot
cope with genius and wisdom Victory has
again attended the summons of him, w hom it
is accustomed to obey. Fresh misfortunes
have befallen the Russian army, sacrificed, like
the Prussians, to those islanders, who purchase
the blood of nations in all parts of the globe, to
shed it for their interest, and for their interest
: alone.
“ The criminal hand of the authors of the
, war has again interfered to separate two Prin
i ces, who were ready to approach and agree.—
Their preponderance in the cabinet has again
involved their gallant armies in fresh dangers.”
From the Charleston City Gazette.
Messrs. I ditors—Y on will please insert
in your useful paper, the following extract of a
letter, received irom an old revolutionary offi
cer, on his tour through the cat tern part of the
United btates, to his friend in this city, and
oblige A Subscriber.
“ I arrived here !a<t night from nearly the
extremity north east ol the different towns bor
dering on the sea-coast of the United States of
America, travelling a different road, on my re
turn, from that I had passed through, when I
went from hence. I have visited Bristol ;in
this place, the greatest number of vessels have :
been fitted out for the African trade—Warren,!
Providence, and Patucket where tlictc is a’
beautiful fall of water, and cotton rnannfucto-j
lies carried on w ith much success, also other
manufactories—Wrentham, Walpole, Ded
ham, Roxbury, and Boston, (the cradle of the
revolutionalist) improving daily in commerce,!
splendid buildings and hospitality—Lynn, here ‘
it would seem thatM. Crispin had erected his !
standard—Salem, regularly laid out, and built
up in superior style ; from whence, there are
more Indiumen sent out, than from all the o
ther parts of these states—Beverly, Wenham
and Ipswich, which is said to be nearly the old
est town in Ma sachusetts, and remarkable for
the quantity of codfish taken and cured—Row -
ley, New buryp rt and Merrimack ; at the lat
ter place, there is a handsome bridge, now re
pairing agreeable to its original taste, as may
be seen in the sketch taken by governor Dray
ton, and published by h;ni, some time ago—
Hampton, Greenland and Portsmouth, impro
ving in commerce and its buildings—Piscatu
qua, he; e you pass over a bridge of uncommon
size and structure, varying entirely from that
of Merrimack, by the manner cf its framing,
and protection from the weather, which is by an
ingenious contrivance—York and Wells, where
a cainbi ic manufactory is carried on-~Klenne
hunck, temarkable for the number of saw-niilis
at work, as also Saco ; here I was apprehen
sive of my carriage being separated from the
horses, while passing over a causeway in the
midst of the machinery—Dover, Berwick. Old
York and Portland. Notwithstanding this last
’ place was burnt to the ground by tire cruel,
t vindictive, and unrelenting h r.ds cf the British
mercenaries, during our revolution, it now bids
lair to rival any other town iff the same size,
on the se board, by the elegance of toe bu id
ings, which ate of buck; | o-xessitig the ad
vantage of a port and harbor, excelled by none,
with a battery of 32 pounders, well mounted,
iO protect the same, besides some travelling
carriages to mount others, when any sunken
emergency nr ay require. In this piace, I
leh the gallant Prebble, notwithstanding his
sickness, busied in fitting out a number of gun
boats, with his bl ood of young officers and ai ti
mers. ail around him, leceiving and executing
his commands, with promptitude and zeal.
Du ring this excurcion through such an ex
tent of population and country, according to the
present state ol my mind, I have witnessed the
most sublime spectacle our nature is capable of
exhibiting, in favor of a republican lom of go
vernment, where all ranks, conditions of par
ties, are banished, and a competition, like bre
theren, to prov e who can do most to resist and
repel the tyrant of the ocean, our insidious and
unnatural enemies; even the boys, in groups,
are learning to play oA the file and drum with
an enthusiasm not to Lie surpassed any where ;
and if questioned, they answer, *• We are pre
paring in time to go and take Quebec or Cana
da, when Congress gives ordeis.” Some laed
ing characters from the district of Maine and
Vermont, on the boundary line of the United
States, told me they required no assistance
beyond their own force to accomplish such an
object; and seemed surprised when I express
ed my doubts ol their being able to doit un id
ed
“ Such things are.”—Such is the real state of
nunu ot tlie people who hold the honorable post
of defending the flunks of an empire, whose
bounds are equal in extent to any other on this
habit-abb globe ; it therefore happens that I feel
myself inspired with a solemn confidence in the
“Bup eme Disposer of all things, that at this
ciiticul period he has predisposed the minds of
a great and magnanimous nation, as we are, to
he completely in unison with each other, and
prepared to meet any consequences, rather*
than submit to daily insult and oegradalion.
STEAM BOAT.
The following lettei to Mr. Barlow, while it
exhibits anew view of the talents and patriot
ism (if our countryman Fulton, will we trust be
highly gratifying to every friend to thecoma
merce and agriculture ol this couriti y.
to -oel barlow, Philadelphia.
JVewYork , 22 a august, 1807
My Dear Friend— Any steam boat voy*
age o Albany and back, has turned out rather
more favorable than i hud calculated. Ino
distance from New-York to Albany is ljO
milts ; I ran it up in 32 hours and down it j Bt>
houis. ihe latter isjustfne miles an hour.
1 had a light breeze against me the whole w..y
going and coming, so that no use was mane
ot my sails ; and the voyage has been per
formed wholly bv the power of the steam en
gin . J overtook many sloops and schooners
beating to winuwa.d, and passed them as if
they Had be n at anchor.
1 lie power ol propelling boats by steam is
now iuny proved. The morning I left New-
Yoik thcie was not peihups thirty persons in
tlie city who believed that the boat would ever
move one mile an hour, or be of the least util
ity. Arm v. He we were putting off from tho
wharf, which was crowded with spectators, I
heaid a^ number of sarcastic remarks. This is
the way you know in which ignorant men com
pliment what they call philosophers and pro
jectors.
Having employed much time, and money, and
ze.,l, in accomplishing this work, it g:\es* me,
as u will you, great pleasure to see it so fully
answei my expectations. It will give a quick
and cheap conveyance to merchandize on n.e
Mississippi, Mis.,ouii, and other gtea rive.s
winch uie now lay ing open their treasures to
the enterprise oi our countrymen. Aid a;-
tliough tne piospect ot personal ernolup. ( iit
has been some iuuucemcnt to me, yet I fecj
infinitely more pleasure in reflecting with you
\ 01 ) ‘F.c immense advantage that our country
1 wiii derive Irom the invention.
However, I will not admit it to be half so im*
I poi tain as the toipedo system oi defence and at
tack ; lor out ol this will grow the liberty cf
the seas ;an object oi iniinite import, nee to
,he weiiuie oi .vnierica, and every civilized
, country. But thousands of witnesses have
| now seen tne steam boat in rapid movement)
, and they believe : they have not seen a ship
ot war destroyed by a torpedo, and they do not
beiit \e. v\ e cannot-expect people in general
will have a knowledge oi physics, or powei of
mind sufficient to combine ideas and tea's! 3
horn Causes to effects But in case we have
w.ii, and tlie enemy . shqas come into cur wa
ters, if the govern ,'em will gjre me reasons
bic means oi action* I \vi;i soon convince tlie
world that we have surer and cneaper modes
of defence than they are aware of.
Tour’s, izc Robert Fulton.
important astronomy.
e announce, tiom a respectable source,
the discovery et another Piani et, by Oi.bi.rs,
.1 German Astronomer. A gentleman in this
town received the information from the Obser
vatory of Marseilles, where they had not ob
served it, because they had not yet the ele
ments cf its orbit. 1 his is the second planet
discovered by Olbcrs. The first he named
Pallas, though a great many Astronomers call
it Olbers. This information will doubtless b©
received with as much pleasure as admira
tion, and the discovery will confer additional
lustre on the name of Olbers, already sa fa
rnous Boston flaf.sr.