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gv yrxwßiiw———Bß 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.