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V SAVANNAH, '
Saturday Evening, March 13, 1813.
The Boy, who has heretofore carried papers
to subscribers westward of the Market and to
wards Spinghill, having left the Office, ano-
'j ther Carrier has been sent round with them.—
Should he neglect to serve any of the subscrib
ers, they are requested to send notice to this
Office.
IMPRESSED SEAMEN.
We all know that every now and then sever-
M cl Americans are released from ignominous
thraldom by the British, that obedient friends
here may have something to harp upon. But
America’s friends see nothing to console them
for ;he enslavement of thousands of their coun
trymen in the occasional release of several.
When admiral Warren insists that applications
'V " foNthe discharge of Americm citizens should
, be made through British officers, Mr. Colman
views it 2s a piece at mere etiquette, and, with
a wonderful affectation of modesty, disclaims a
competency io judge of its merits. Now eve
ry British officer, on board of whose ship Ame
rican citizens are enthralled, though he may
have had' oo direct agency in impressing them,
must have sanctioned their impressment by re
ceived them on board of his ship. Who can
possibly expect an officer, that sanctioned’ their
enslavement, to interfere actively for the pur-
’ pose of obtaining their release ? We are sure
such a man as Mr. Colman cannot: for the
glaring inconsistency can be presumed only by
the weakest intellects. For the relief of our
impressed countrymen, therefore, no hupe ex
ists but that which springs from a resolute de
termination to enforce our rights. The ques
tion proposed by the “ Post,” concerning a Bri
tish Consul’s contrivance and demand, is an
swered, and very correctly too, by the editor
thereof himself. British seamen are in our
Service of their own accord; but when Mr.
Colman says “precisely the same answer
does the other side give us,” we cannot
but mourn for the fa al power of that cor.
rupring cause, by which be has been and
yet is indudK to defend the other side.
> To Americans of all sects, whose rninids are
free and not engaged to think ogovernment
never, not in a solitary case right, it must at
once occur that our declaration is literally true
—-because men in our service, never being
forced imo it, must he there of their own accord.
But on the other side men are impressed and
forcibly dragged into the service : so that sin•
terely to presume it as probable that Ameri
can citizens are voluntarily in the British ser
vice, wherein men are forced, as that British,
subjects arc in our servicce of their own accord,
wherein men are not forced, is quite of the
the question with any man of mind and reflec
tion. We pity Mr. Coleman when be would
insinuate that admiral Warren will receive appli
cations for the release of American dtizens on
ly through British officers, in order to ascertain
who of those citizens entered willingly, and
who urwil mgly, into the British service. Now
the admiral's sole object in discriminating be
tween the trilling and unwilling, who entered or
were forced i«rto British service must be to persist
in making the willingnessyf some a cause for
their detention, even admitting that he would re
lease the unwilling. If he has any Americans at
•II in his squadron, who joined the British ser
vice willingly, and if he detained such on that
ground, tfccn Lis practice would create a right
in us to hold every British subject in our ser
vice, since we force or impress none into it, and
all are there, as the detained part of our citi
zens would be in his squadron, willingly. His
desire to discriminate could have no other ob
ject; and c:iy detentions, under the pretext of
Willing onuances, must completely authorize a
general detention by us, since all entrances with
fair monition that your laws will be opposed
where the vitality of the republic is at stake,
and by one too who wishes you to abandon
those laws. Sorely he has judged of the spirit
of congress by his own; blit thank Heaven!
they, have shewn him that, instead of being db-
gracefuliy mtitnida’.ed by his threats; they will
'adopt means efficient to the suppression of at
tempts to execute them, which means will pro
vide for the execution, at the same time, of
their own laws. His attempt to terrify has only
made those assume a better attitudS for de
fence whom he would terrify; and congress
have nobly proven that they will not be brow
beat out' cl a just and necessary war as they
were out of the embargo.
us arc
wilims
MR. QUINCY.
.' Mr. Quincy’s anxiety to shew his knowledge
of logic, according to the principles of Watts
end Duncan, must have been extreme : for the
very commencement of his speech is at once
an exordium and a syllogism.
“ The bill proposes that twenty thousand men
should be added to the existing military estab
lishment. This, at present, consists of 35,000
men. So (or ergo) the effects of this bill is to
place, at the disposal of the Executive, an army
of 55,000.”
t -1 His postulatums are irrefragable,and his de
duction, while it furnishes proof of the astonish
ing accuracy of his arithmetical powers, is in-
eontesUble. He is truly wonderful—so won
derful that few American fathers can ever hope
to see their sons (though generally hopeful of
them too) what he is.
Mr. Archer, in a speech lucid in phraseolo
gy, dignified by temperance, ar.d conclusive in
reasoning, asked Mr: Quincy explicitly if he
could wish to see realized tire prediction of
Henry, that “ if congress ever had spirit enough
to jeopardize their popularity by declaring war
-against England, that theu the federal states
would separate from the general government,
and erect one lor their own common defence?”
We wonder how Mr. Archer ccr.dcscer.ued to
, k such a question when addressing such a man
-a man whom he kuew had already declared,
in all the contemptible virulence cf impotence,
that “ the b mds of the union were virtually dis
solved.” If Mr. Archer has hitherto preserv
ed taciturnity in the house, This speech suffi
ciently proves that something else than the
■want of ability has been the cause ot his silence.
Quincy complained to the speaker,in an apolo
getic address, of the state of his health; and,
if we judged by the sickly gloom which filled
his fancy and overcast his mind, we should sup
pose him a distempered hypocondriac. He
complains of the force which will be at the dis
posal of the Executive, in the very speech
■which shews what makes it necessary that such
force should be so placed. He assunies onlv
sectional grounds, and tells you plainly that a
portion of your people are in fratern al habits of
intercourse with your enemy, which they wii'
not relinquish and then fight him to gratify vou ;
this he teHs you in substance—thus you have
From s sublimely argumentative production
in the “ Virginia Patriot,” we extract this, the
most completely original thought which ever
entered into human brain. $
Agriculture and commerce enter into a com
pact to support each other.”
We should be pleased to be made acquainted
with its stipulations. That things may be per-
sonifid by the poet in the warmth of a soaring
fancy, or by the orator in the mighty bursts of his
insupprcsible zeal, we know the critics admit;
but for a cool, calm, newspaper politician to tell
us deliberately ol Agrigulture’s meeting Horn- M'Kisfne 8c Co.
merce, for the purpose of entering into a nego-
ciation and ratifying a treaty, is well calculat
ed to bring to mind the majesty of her Egyp
tian Goddess or the Indian Siva. The image
of an ox has beeu worshipped, and now other
things are.
die brig. The prize ship has arrived safe at
Portland.—Boston Cronicle. i
Doctor Benjamin Rush, of Philadelphia, is
elected a member of the Imperial Academy of
Sciences at St. Petersburg.
We are happy to state, that congress have
passed a law, granting to the officers and crew
of the Constitution fifty thousand dollars in
each case, for the captures of the Guerriere
and Java—never was money better bestowed.
—Jtorfoik Ledger, March 4.
The news from Norfolk now is, that sir
Thomas Hardy and adm. Cochran have arriv
ed off the Capes with a powerful fleet, some
say 16 sail. We wish it may prove to be Nor-
fork news .— Petersburg Republican, March 5.
JEarine 5 !§rind.
Port of Savannah, March 13-
AKRIVED.
Sloop President, Taber, New-York, 9 days
The following paragraph is from the Nation
al Intelligencer of the 26th ;
“ The senate of the United States have reject
ed the bill, sent up by the house of representa
tives, to prohibit the employment of foreign sea
men in vessels of the United States, by a ma
jority of one vote- every member of the federal
party in that body, as well as the other opposi
tion members, having voted against it. The re
jection of the bill, it will be observed, is ascri-
bable to the accidental absence of several
members from the senate chamber, at the mo
ment the question was taken. It is now demon
strated, that the federal party contrary to their
repeated and almost vociferous professions, are
not the real friends of peace, but are anxious
for a continuance of war—because they have
rejected a measure, the only effect of which, if
it had any, must have been to produce peace
with our enemy, by giving her a pretence for
abandoning her usurpations.”
GENERAL HARRISON.
There has been no battle as reported. The
following is the latest account. Whose Bosom
does not beat for his countryman ?
Pittsburg, February 19.
A letter from an officer in the northwestern
army to his friend in this place, dated Miami
Rapids, February 12,1813, received by the ex
press post on Wednesday last, says, “Sp.’es,
whom general Harrison had sent out to obtain
information, returned here on the 10th, and
stated, that they had discovered a party of
British and Indians, supposed about six hun
dred. General Harrison immediately held a
consultation with his officers, and it was deter
mined to detarch a party in pursuit ofithem—
volunteers were required, arid 1500 immediately
paraded— the command was assigned to colon
el Ferree of the Pennsylvania, and colonel
Connel of the Virginia militia After march
ing on the ice about 27 miles; it was ascertained
CLEARED.
Ship Juno, Edes, Lisbon—J. Johnston
Peace & Plenty, Pratt, Cadiz—William
Gaston ‘
Brig William, Howard, Cadiz—Sturges and
Burroughs
Schooner Trimmer, Statesbury, St, Mary’s—
S. G. Bunch
Sloop Edward, Stubbs, St. Mary’s—captain
Charleston, March 10.
The schooner Federal Jack, belonging to the
United States, (employ ed in transporting Mr.
Lewis, with his woriimen and apparatus, along
along the coast, for the purpose of fitting the
United States’ iight-houses with the patent
lamps and reflector^) was taken on tire lstinst.
four leagues from Charleston bar, by the Bri
tish frigate /Eolus; lord Townshend, command
er, in company with the brig SophTe, of 18 guns.
On board the Federal Jack, was the apparatus
for the following light houses; Cape Henry,
Cape Katteras, Shell-Castle, Cape Look-Out,
Cape Fear, Georgetown, Charleston, Tybee,
and St. Simon’s, with sundry apparatus for the
lights in the Chesapeake, all of which were ta-
ken on board the frigate, with every thing that
was on board the schooner—they then set fire
to her and burnt her. On the 4th, fell iu with
the ship Canton, from Cadiz, for this port, ana
put Mr. Lewis and ten men on board of her, de
taining only the captain of the Eederai Jack.
h/ewbnryport, February 18.
The British ship Volunteer, 380 tons, mount
ing 12 guns, laden with dry goods, sal*, 40 tons
of sheet and 40 tons of pig copper, cargo valued
at 150,000 dollars, arrived at Portsmouth this
morning, prize to the United State’s frigate
Chesapeake, capt. Evans. She Was one of 14
sail, bound form Liverpool for Bahia, (Brazils
under convoy of a sloop of war, and was cap
cured January 14, in lat. 14, n Ion. 26, w. The
Chesapeake had also captured two other valu
ble ships from the convoy, and was left in pur.
suit of the remainder. Among them were twv
large ships of 900 tons. The Chesapeake
proves to be a fine ship, and sails remarkably
fast. She escaped from the two British cruis
ers (mentioned by capt. Luce, of the Julia) by
superior sailing and thereby avoided a contest
which she could net have maintained with any
that the enem-y had h: ard of us, and had preei-i hope of success, against so superiora force
pitately retreated to Malden, so that we had the, The British ship Neptune, of about 350 tons,
mortification ol returning without chattising laden, as I understand, with 500 pipes of b; audv
their insolence. It is generally thought that and wine, and 20 bales dry goods, and mounting
Malden will be the first object with the general, | 8 guns, has arrived at Portland, prize to the
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and it is probable we may move from this place
on that route to-morrow ; at all events we shall
in a few days.
“It is now reduced to a certainty that in the
action at the river llatsin on the 22d ult. our
loss in killed and wounded does not exceed one
hundred and eighty—about two hundred escap
ed, and the l’est, probably six hundred, are pri
soners—the loss of the enemy in killed and
wounded exceed four hundred; there never
was greater bravery displayed than by the
Americans—they drove the enemy several
times and obliged them to spike their cannon,
and would have been victorious, had they not
been overpowered by tiie arrival of reinforce
ments from Malden. ”
From the J\ew York Commercial Advertiser,
March 1.
CAPTURE OF OGDENSBURG i
The following postscript to the Albany Ga
zette, was received at this office on Saturday,
at feur o’clock, and was inserted in a small
part only of oar papers on that day ;
From the Albany Gazette.
We are indebted to the politeness of gene
ral Dearborn, to whom we tender our thanks,
for the following extract of a letter, conveying
the distressing intelligence of the capture oi
Ogdensburg, by the British, on the 22d inst.
Extract, of a letter irom colonel Macomb-
commanding at Socket’s Harbor, to general
Dearborn, dated Socket’s Harbor, 9 a. m.
February 23d, 1313.' - . l
“I hive this-mom e. t received an express
from captain Forsyth, informing me of the ene
my’s having succeeded in driving him out of
Ogdensburg yesterday morning at 9 o’clock. It
was not done without a severe contest, in
which the enemy suffered ve r y considerably.
“ The enemy attacked in two columns of about
600 men each, at about 8 o’clock in the morn
ing. The captain reports 20 men killed and
wounded, among the latter lieutenant Baird ;
| and from the coolness wiih which his riflemen
| fired;’that the enemy must have lost three
time* that number. The captain retreated
w.th all his force to Black Lake, about 9 miles
this side cf Ogdensburg.”
“N.B. The enemy h:-.d mare than double the
number under captain For.yth. There were
no stores of any consequence at Ogdensburg.'
Decatur, Nichols, of this port. She was from
London bound to Rio Janeiro and was captured
January 9, no lat. or Ion. mentioned. Tsn cas
es of watches, invoiced as is stated, at 10,000
dollars was taken from her on beard the Deca
tur, for fear She would be re-captured.
Notice.
All persons indebted to the estate of John J.
Evans, printer, late of Savannah, dec. are re
quired to come forward and settle their accounts,
and those having demands will present the
same without delay to.
Allen M‘Lean, Administrator,
Mary Evarfb, Administratrix.
march 4—26
Notice.
The Subsiubers have authorised Mr. Fre
derick S. Fell to collect ail debts and de
mands due the estate of John J. Evans, prin
ter, late of Savannah, deceased; to which all
indebted to said estate will pay due attention.
Alien M‘Lean, administrator,
Mary Evans, admimstra.aix.
march 9—28
gj* Mr. F. S. Miller, is author
ised to make collections far the estate of John
Ji Evans, dec, F. S. FELL.
march 13—30
Chatham County—Clerk’s Office.
INFERIOR COURT.
Thel’atejJ jstices of the Peace, and the friends
and representatives cf Justices, who have de
parted this life, and all officers who are no
longer in commission, are desired to return the
Digest and other Laws they may have respec
tively received in virtue of their said offices,
that those now in office may be supplied.
Job T. Boiles, elk..
march 13 ■ m —30
The subscriber informs the ci
tizens 2nd oihers^ composing the first district,
chy of Savannah that he is regularly commis
sioned, and ready to do business as a Justice of
New York, February 22. ! the P* ace > »=^eably to the tenor of his oath.
Valuable Prize Letters received in Bos- f snd b y virtue ol hts com mission—his office will
ton, os the 17th inst. state, that a large copper-! be kept at his place of residenceJVVest Broad-
ed English brig arrived at Portland on Monday,
a prize to the privateer brig Decatur, of New-
buryport—her cargo is said to consist of dry
goods, Sac. and .is very valuable.
, Another valuable Prize.—A letter from an
officer on board the private armed brig Deca
tur, dated at sea, January 9, savs,.“ we have
captured the English ship Neptune, Joseph
Oldham commander, from London bound to
Rio Janeiro, loaded with brandies and wines.”
Other very valuable articles taken on board
S-reei; his regular court days will be on the
fit st Monday in every month.
John Lillibridge.
march 13—*tM—30
Empty Bottles
Cash will be paid, for one hundred dozen
cl eau empty bottles, by
William Craig.
march IS—39
Auction.
On Tuesday, 13th April next,
Will be sold at the residence ofMrs. Ann Wrighii
upper end of Broughton* Street.
. A quality of household and kitchen FUR*
NITURE, comprising almost every article ne
cessary for a small family. .
... " ALSO,
Two valuable servants, male and female, add
about 6000 acies of pine land io the counties of
Liberty and MTptosh. Terms cash
Sale to commence at 10 o’clock,
D. Williford, auct’r.
march 13 ■■■■■■■ 30
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Auction;
On Monday, 15th inst.
Will be sold in front of the subscriber’s start.
A large collection of * GROCERIES.
Sale to commence ll o’clock,
A. S. Roe, auct’r.
march 13 30
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Auction.
On Friday, 19th inst.
Will be sold at A o 3, • Commerce Row,
■ For approved indorsed paper, payable 1st
January next, a likely NEGRO FELLOW.
Sale to commence at 11 o’clock,
D. W illiford, auct’r.
march 11—29
Auction.
On Tuesday, 20th April next,
Will be sold at the dwelling house of Dr George
Harr all,upper end of Broughton~Street.
A laige quantity of elegant "FURNITURE,
consisting of
Side-Board, Secretary and Book-Case „*
Dining and tea Tables, hair Sofa
Fancy and plain Chairs, Bureaus
Candle and wash Stands
Bedsteads, Cradle and Cribs,
Knife Cases (with ivory handled Knives snd
Folks) ;
Pier and toilet Glasses
Elegant Prints, complete sets ,
Table, Tea and breakfast China
One complete set (about 60 pieces) cut Glass
YY’ilton and Scotch Carpets
S air Carpets and hearth’RugsT-V^ ’
Feather Beds and Matrasses
Andirons, Shovels and Tongs
Ptaited and b; ass Candlesticks
Tea Urn, entry lamp Waiters
And id fact almost every article (either for use
or ornament) • equrred lira well furnish-d ho< ->%
with about 200 vols. well selected BOCK j .test-
on physic, surgery> history,
ALSO i
Lot No. 33, Frsndlm ward, epp ue
Cowling, in B ougb on-Stree -koi e - s -
es aie two two-siu v dwelling house , with e»
cessary out buildings, &c.
The building at Darien lately occupied by
George Harral 8c Co. 430 acres of. land, No.
133, third district Wayne county, and four va
luable house servrn s
Terms, Cash before delivery
• Sale to commence at 10 o’clock.:-
D. Williford, auct’r:
march 4—26
Fifty-three barrels Porter,
Of & superior quality. For sale by
Joseph Parker,
march 13—c-*-30 • On the Bay,
Shoes, &e. \
This day landing from sloop President, from
Aew York. •
Mens leather Pumps
Mens fine and coarse Shoes
Ladies black, white and colored kfd Slip*
pers
Do. do. morrocco do.
Do. do. and colored walking Shoes
Boys anrl servants thick do.
5C0 pair childrens morocco and leather Bonteesj
at wholesale only by
£. Stoddard,
Opposite the nod manufactory market-square.
march 13—r—30
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The subscriber
Has established a GROCERY STORE, un- -
der the superintendance of Mr. Robert Waits,
in the lower story of the building lately occu
pied by Mr. John H. Deubell; on Anciaux’s
whai f, where the best Liquors aud Groceries
can be bad for cash only.
V ■ *
VIZ.
Old London particular Madeira Wine
. Do. Teneri ffe do. real Cogniac Brandy
Holland Gin,-Jamaica Spirits
Domestic do. Molasses
Muscovado and loaf Sugar
Best gun-powder Tea, Coffee
English Mustard, fee. JAMES BILBO,
march 14—30
QJ° The Subscriber will attend to
any professional business that may be offered
him, at the cffice used by Mr. Thomas Ez
Lloyd, when he is in town, situated on the east
side of Johnston's-square. He will likewise
transact all kinds of Notarial business.
John Drysdale, jun.
March 13—a—30 Attorney at Law, *
For New-York, ^
The packet sloop PRESI
DENT, Tabor, master, will have
■immediate dispatch. For pas*
JLJ sage, baring pleasant accomoda'
‘ions, apply to the captain on board, or
George Gordon; .
[For sale by the captain 'on board,
A few barrels first quality New-Ark Cider,
Apples, Potatoes. Garden feed, Ac,
March 13—SO