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* i ) Us ?arcwell \ddres'. qu the subject, an a<&. cs*’. worthy of record- <jc a tablet of adamant, cai» on you in strains ot ir:e«otibie eloquence u _ preserve your national union. The great and good Adam*, with his capu- cious mind and extensive is-fijence, follows the bright example of the Gather and friend of his country to preserve that inestimable blessing. And may we not hope that Divine Providence, so often our Almighty Friend in distress, will af ford us aid and support, and gran; an happy is- BliC Xho next object of importance, to which, gehtlemeb, permit me to call your, audition, is the militia. Unprepared to enter into details, my observations must be general. The mili tia is the great depositary &f cur liberty and in dependence—it is the first, and Iasi hope of our country. Let the militia be inefficient, and .sudden will be our transition to slavery. Previously to the revolution, the greatest care was taken to keep (he militia in an unor ganized and torpid state. Indeed, in this and other provinces, patriotic exertions were made with little effect to counteract this slavish poli cy. But the provincial executives, always op posed t^ the interests cf the people, appointed militia officers, subservi«j|i to regal purposes: | anjl-when war with the mother country was in evitable, one of the first important measures ► adopted, was the reorganization of the whole militia. Since that period, this state, by its own authority, and afterwards in subordination to : the federal gover nment, have paid a marked at-., lection to the subject. The result has done j honor to both governments; their measures! have excited that martial spirit, which merits every attention and encouragement. The materials composing the militia, are in dependent aspiring citizens ; whose ambitious minds never were, and with the utmost confi dence, it is hoped, never will be, subdued by fo reign domination. Infinitely will they prefer their, existence with immortal honor in the field; to a surrender of their beloved country to haughty and tyrannical invaders. A country, the birth right of themselves and of those most dear to them. Such materials for officers and,privates are not exceeded, if equalled, on the globe. Or ganized, armed, accoutred find clad, they are it) this state as well disciplined as the nature of the case at present will admit. But is it not possible to complete their discipline ? And is it not an object worthy of every attention, and requisite expencc i The revolutionary army, for several years af- ter it was formed, was but an established mi litia; and yet never was an army composed of more meritorious officers and privates. It is deeply to be regretted, that their services were not belter rewarded. Their exertions to attain discipline did them great honor ? but, until the arrival of a disciplinarian from the family of Frederick the great, the measure was imprac ticable. By his skill, military older sprang out of confusion, American corps were soon equal, if npt superior, to veteran enemies, and these were convinced that our federal grounds, were too sacred to be trodden by foreign inva ders. I Should measures be pursued with success in all the states to attain this very important ob ject, and our union, unimpaired and confirmed; be supported by a completely disciplined mili tia, then may the United States, in their de fence, bid defiance to the world, and rest in safety. ^ I feel, gentlemen, the obligation of duty, to BtUrn your attention, for a moment, to the feder- P> al government. f Previously to the revolution, when clouds collected and portended a political tempest, it was predicted by ministerial adversaries, that out federal league “ would be a rope ot sand” —This, ih a great degree, was. verified by the form ot the confederation. The change from | . that to the federal constitution, applied power fully to the feelings and interests of the com munity at large, and produced the necessity of an accomtnodaiioo. This having been wisely adopted, and the requisite amendments having been sanctioned, a system of federal government exists, which embraces the gener al and nearly the universal approbation of the people. The first candidate foi president, united the public suffrages ; but, in regard to his succes sors, divisions ensued, being the result of the different territorial, commercial and political views and interests of the states ; which, in the beginning, had little or no activity. The peace, order and dignity which, nevertheless, prevail ed in the federal elections, are the highest pan egyrics on the people, and on the form of tlieir government. We have in the federal chair a president, K whose enlightened mind, and whose moral, social ; and poli teal virtues quality him, in a super-emi nent degree, for that important station. If any naitot^an boast of a chief magistrate with su- perio?Tjiiafiues for promoting public happiness, it is not within the recollection or knowledge of ■the person addressing you. Of what con sequence is it, whether a president was born on this, or on that side of the Potomac ? At e not the United Stales one great political fam ily ; exquisitely alive to the least common in jury, aud to the conduct cf government ior re moving it \ When we consider also the respectable char acters which fill the other great executive of ficial departmer.13, arc they not, so far as char acter has a claim, justly entitled to our highest respect, confidence -Sc support. ?—Front men let us tumour attention to measures ; let us view the conduct of the federal government, from the fi'st burst of the Gallic volcano, to this day—let us look at them on the honorable ground of neutrality, charged, in turn, by each belligerent, with mean degrading partiality, and repelling with dignity, the unprovoked at- ' tack. See our federal rulers, robed in justief tmd honor, whilst Europe, convulsed to tin center, has been in one great blaze of \v« , preserving, for a series of years, their unoffentt ing states in peace. Behold them, in th choice of unavoidable evils, struggling With t! impatience and afflictions of the people, unde the painful, but indispensable ope; alien for * v*\ . ** •• * - ‘ * v u . . . • . • . , 1, -/reset ving the vital fluid of the nation, their x'ive property—and &eu let us declare the onert judgment of candor and truth on the induct of our government. Whilst we adroit, that there is no perfection in human nature, and that the greatest men do often err, let us not construe the errors of honest functionaries into crimes ; let us place in the opposite scale, their meritorious acts, aud at least give them full credit for the bal ance. When this is done, may we not with truth declare, that tiie fedeflpl government have done Weil, and are good and faithful ser vants of the public ? The provisions made by the constitution and laws for the establishment and promotion of literature, teligion, morality, and the social virtues, supported, as they have been, aud as* suiedly will be by government, cannot fail to attain their desirable objects. They are the -Jus 1 Jjfjiss r m&m is ;r SAVANNAH, Thursday Evening, June 28,1810. On the 12 th instant, the Senate of Massachu setts proceeded to the choice of a Senator to Con gress. The votes were. 20 for Mr. Vamum, and 20 for Mr. Pickering. A second trial was to take place on the next day. true and only sources of present and future severe happiness. Without these qualities, what is man ? A living sepulchre, with a fair and de ceitful exterior, and an impure and polluted A letter f rcei Gottenburg, dated UJ May, re- ceh ed'at New York, states, that Toningen and the whole of Holstein, as well as Spain and Hol land, are now wider a strict blockade by the English, end that the Baltic is entirely filed with British vessels cf war. These measures are said to have been adopted in consequence of a British armed vessel having been ordered from a Swedish port, which she had entered in distress, after a engagement. . On the 3d February, official notice was given A letter from New-Orleans, dated 24th Mav, says—“Our port is full of French privateers; mind—and possessed of them, is he not “ the : and 1 fear our trade will experience every vex- uoblest work of God ?” IIow important then to ation from thebi this summer.” society, is the patrouage of government for the institution and support of schools, acade mies and colleges ? These are the inexhausti* ble fountains of true piety, morality and litera ture ; and the solid foundation of liberty, na tional honor, and public happiness. In the channels of husbandry and commerce, i —— flows in a great measure the active property of ’ -American Flag—We are informed by an this state. These are natural allies, the aid of i highly reputable gentleman, who arrived in the one, is indispensable to the other, and it is * John Adams frigate, that whilst he was at fortunate for both, that there is a coincidence j Havre, a brisk and constant trade was carried of friendship and interest between them.— | - AUCTION. TO-MORROW 29th instant „ IViU be sold at the subscriber's store, 1 chest Carpenters Tools \Vaiters, Glass Candlesticks Chairs and breakfast Tables Sundry Tin Ware, &c. Efcing the personal property of Allen Sey t - niour, deceased, sold by order of the adminis trator. Williford 8t Stevens, auct’rs. June 28 75 AUCTION. On SATURDAY, .30th instant; At the Exchange, will be sold, A variety of Groceries and Dry Goods, Sale to commence at 10 o'clock. Howe h? Dimoh, auct’rs. . __ jt. Citizenship. A regular term of t$e Inferior Court com-. menr.es at the Court House in Savannah; on t They are the great pillars of this common wealth, and not a right of either ought to be invaded, or impaired whilst she, in subordina tion to the general government, has an arm to protect them. Industry and economy, those great sources of wealth, cannot be too much encouraged and supported. Happily for this country, they in numerous instances are enlisted in the service of manufacturers and mechanics. These valua ble and important classes of out 1 fellow citizens, have a just demand on government, for every reasonable encouragement and support.— Their pursuits are practicable patriotism, and whilst our national and state parchments, es tablish our independence of right, their mea sures, more solid, are establishing for us, an in dependence in deed. When we reflect that the United States are in possession of numerous blessings, political, civil and religious, many of which are not en joyed by any other nation : that we are remote Irom those scenes of war and carnage, by which Europe is vested in sable : that we enjoy the unr.ontrouled right, on prictple* of true liberty, to form, aitcr, and carry, into effect our federal and state constitutions : that founded on them and on law, there exists a spirit of-toleration, securing to every one the undisturb .d rights °f conscience, ;nd the free exercise of religion : that the people, at fixed periods, hate the choice of their rulers, and can remove those who do wrong s. that the means cf education in all its branches, are liberal, general and suc- cesful : that their national strength, resources, and powers, by proper arrangements, may ten der these states invincible : that by our hus bandry, commerce, manufactures, and me chanical arts, the wealth of this country almost to Mr. Bourne, the American consul at Am* | MONDAY the 9th July next, when those sti sterdam, “ that no American vessel whatever 5 . disposed, ,n *fy become Citizens of the United .!» «*• •*—•“ Sr&JSSSSr:J3H&* ,—J\atwnalIntMgencer. J une 23- 77 f/lri. , — i i ■ i.T Office of Discount and Deposit, Savannah, 23th June, 1810. This Office will be shut on WEDNESDAY ’.NEXT, the 4th of July; therefore, all Bills with | and Notes payable on that day, must be taken up on TUESDAY. Notes intended for Dis count^ must be lodged before 2 o’clock on MONDAY ; and such as are for renewal, datjs ed on the 2d, and drawn at 62 days. Thomas Mendenhall, [77) Cashier. on between that port and Great-Britain, licenses and principally under the American Flag —-Baltimore paper. rou TTIE EVENING LEDGER. NO. I. TO THE PEOPLE. I propose, in a series of short numbers, to submit my senlim ents to the people of this State, on some subjects, which .may probably claim their attention and respect. My inves tigations will be deficient in many of those particulars which distinguish the writer of ge nius and ability ; but these defects, will, I hope, be amply compensated by a zeal that will be discovered to promote the happiness and best interests of my fellow-citizens. I shall commence with a subject, worn al most threadbare, but to which it is necessary to recal the public attention, for purposes that will be developed in succeeding numbers. That the Yazoo Sale was effected by fraud, bribery and corruption, no one pretends to de ny. The legislature of 1795 betrayed every important trust confided to them by the peo ple, and returned to their constituents reeking with the spoils of infamy and pollution. The means by which the SPECULATORS tri umphed over the honor and patriotism of a majority of the members of that legislature, are too well known to be now detailed—it is sufficient for me to say, that the people were cheated out of their property by a compact, than which, the annals of history cannot pro duce another, so palpably iniquitous and corrupt. The De Witts were inhumanly butchered by a duped and infa uated populace. They were accufed of plundering the state. No surpasses credibility : let us not be prompted J men could have been governed by purer priri- by imprudent zealots of any description, to haz- ‘ ciples of integrity. 1 hey, however, met a fate aid the irretrievable loss of all, or of any of which a misguided people conceived was merit- these inestimable blessings ; but let us secure them forever, with the aid of Divine Provi dence, by rallying around the standard of our national government, and by encouraging and establishing a martial spirit, on the solid foun dation of internal peace, order, and concord. Accept, gentlemen, I pray you, my unfeign ed thanks, for your patience on this occasion : which I consider as a pledge of your future ed by public peculators. These patriots perish' ed innocently ; but if the popular indignarion had been directed, in a fimilar manner, against the cotrupt members of tlfe legislature of ’95 — again!! thofe dealers in fin and fraud—men of virtue might have deprecated fuch a diforder in the pure and legal adminiftration of a republic ; but would one emotion of fympathy have been excited ? Would one tear from Justice have outrage liberality towards me ; unnecessary, as my ob- j f a u en upon their deftiny ? No. The servations may be in regard to information to U pon the law, would have been the only subject yourselves, they have afforded me an opportu- Q f re g ret nity of discharging my obligations to the pub- ; T &. legislature of ’96. endeavored to erafe he, by unfolding matters which may have im- the ftain ' which had been impofed on (he public virtue : and tho’ in the refeinding act, pressed your minds with much, if not with . equal importance. ' As the season requires, that, for the benefit of the country, your session should be short, nothing shall be wanting on my part to promote your objects. However inter esting to the public your measures may be, they will not exceed my anticipation : and be al ways assured, that consistently with obligations of an official nature, they vvtll ever receive ray cordial co-operation and support, -Any other communications, gentlemen, which may be requisite, shall be submitted to your consideration by message. E. GERRY. His excellency’s speech was committed in the s'enatc to the honorable Messrs. Philips, Cushman, and Blake Sheriff's sales. On the fast Tuesday in September next. Will be sold at the court-house in lliceborough, at the usual hours, The following Negroes, viz ;—October, No vember, December, May, April, Nancy and Sukey, with the issue of the families, if any. Also, all that Tract of L. and, containing four hundred acres, situ ate and lying in the county of Liberty; and another Tract containing five hundred acres, more or less, adjoining the afore said Tract; which two Tracts of Land are bounded on the south by land of James M‘Kay, on the west by land of Richard Girardeau, on the north by land ot Thomas Way, and on eve- ry other side by vacant land, at the time of sur vey. Also all that Tract of Land, containing two hundred and fifty acres, more or less, situate and iving in the county aforesaid, bounded, at the ■ une of survey, southwardly by land of James \l‘Kay ; northwestwardly by land of James te wart; eastwardly by land of Edward Way, md vacant land ; and southwardly by land of 3 athaniel Clark, and vacant land. The above property, taken by virtue of an •xecutkm on the foreclosure of a mortgage, • :ues D’Wclt against John Jones. Conditio ns. ca.di. JQSIAH WILSON, s. l. c. June 28—77 Union Society. A quarterly meeting of the Union Society, will be held at the City Hall, on MONDAY F VEKING NEXT, the 2d of July } precisely at seven o'clock. John N; Eraiisford, sec’rv- June 28 77 Chatham Artillery. You will appear ot the Laboratory, in full uniform, on WEDNESDAY NEXT, at tea o’clock a. m. precisely. June 23 77 Pope, sec’ry. Just Received, 100 pieces (assorted numbers) Irish LIbf* ENS, for sale for cash, or approved paper. Minis Sc Henry. June 2 8—77 For sale Bills on New-York, Apply to Andrew Low £? Co. June 28—77 For sale, AT C. GUNN’S, BACON and LARD, of a superior quality, at wholesale or by the piece. June 23- -77 just Opened, A chest of Imperial Gunpowder TEA, of .the latest importation, for sale low 1 bale low priced CASSIMERE ALSO, 300 dozen perfumed crown SOAP 50 boxes common brown do. For sale cheap by the box, by E. YameU. June 28— 77 on the reafons assigned may not be fatis- factory to the Supreme Court of the United States, vet, no honeft man can read them with- ou feeling a conviction, that all the powers as- fumed by that legislature were ftrictly conftitu* tional and legitimate. We must presume, that congress possess es more wisdom and integrity, than can be found on the Supreme Bench of the United - RY Slates. The speculators have never been, ‘ ,v i!l nor will they ever be able, to effect a com promise with congress. Now, congress re presents the views, the wishes, and the sen timents cf the whole nation. The rejection of the Yazoo Claims by congress, proves, therefore, the opinion entertained of them, by , the great body of the people, t The decision of the Supreme Court would l afford topics ol elaborate enquiry, and there fore foreign to the plan of these essays. My only object in this number, was to shew, from John F. Everitt, Has taken the, stand, corner of Draylon-street and Bay-Lane, lately occupied by 'James England, where he has for sale, Cogniac Brandy and Jamaica Rum Loaf and brown Sugar Fresh Hyson Tea and Green Coffee Choice pickled Tongues aitd Salmon Molasses, fresh Butter, Cheese, Hogs-Lard and sweet Oil. A small assortment of very handsome LIVERPOOL CROCKERY, With a number of articles in the GROCE- LINE. and a few DRY GOODS, whica- be sold low for cash.only. :17 s An excellent MILCH COW, for sale—. Apply as above. June 28 77 The Subscriber, Being about to leave this Slate for a few months, has appointed John Lawsoit, esq: and Mr. John I. Roberts, his attornies dur ing his absence. Any person having demands against him, are requested to present them im mediately for payment; and many who are owing him are informed,that unloss they i immediate satisfactory arrangement, with < a view of the general turpitude of the Yazoo er of his attorn i es , they musCexpect to be call- Speculation, the abhorrence id which it is he*d \ e d rjR j n ^ different manner. ZVlr. John I. Ro^ by all the honest and disinterested citizens ©f ! berts will attend to my ccrrespocdents and th® the United States. REGULUS Married, near llaleigh, N. C. on the 14ih inst. Crttus ICexVakeS, esq. of Georgia, to Miss Mart Rogers, daughter of the iate col. Rogers. Ciris is unavoidably omitted this afternoon. FORT OF SAVANNAH. - Cleared. Ship United States, Gardiner, Liverpool— J. Idler & Co. British brig Euphemia, IVilkie, Greenock— J. Carruthers. —Jane, Bassett, Liverpool—Lord and Hall. Joseph Ricketsan, Sterling, New-York — William Gaston. . a Eunice, Edgar, ditto—J- Meigs. Schr. Eliza if Katy, Lightboztm, Philzdel- fihia—T. if R F. ?VEiitvns. concerns of the store. William Woodbridge., -. June 23—b—77 To Let, A two story HOUSE, in Elbert ward, near' the residence of Morris Miller esq. For terms apply to JOHN EPPJNGER, sen. June 28—77 Marshal’s sales. By virtue of an order of the hon. William Stephens, judge of tbg District Court cf Geor gia, will be sold at the Exchange, on Monday the second day cf July next, the schooner JOHN, with her Boats, Tackle and Apparel, as she now lies, at the wharf occupied by S. & C. Howard. Conditions, cash. JohnKppingcr, ii. d, c. June 28^—77