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SATURDAY, "July 27, 1805.
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE,
GAZETTE OF TH E STATE.
FREEDOM ot th* PRESS and TR I A *t JURY shall ssmaik inviolate* Confutation of Georgia*
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From the National Intelligencer.
To JAMES ELLIOT, Esq. .
Sir —Should a person, b j a (Turning the
garb of rcpublicamfrn, he elevated fro* ob
feurity, to the lion, rank of a member of
Congress, and afterwards be so forgetful of
the duty which he owes his condiments
snd his country, as to become the coadjutor,
or prehaps the tool, of a Junto, who are
endeavoring to excite local
jealtujiel \ and unfounded alarms in certain
parts of the Union, either for the purpose of
regaining their loft authority and influence,
or Ihouid they fail in this, to prepare the
public mind for a dfmemherment of the
American Republic ; permit me to ask you,
fir, whether such a person ought to escape
public animadversion ? I will not presume
to fay t( than art the man ” but (hall leave
the decision oi it to the impartial tribunal of
our fellow citizens. I (hall however take
the liberty of fubmittirg to your confidera
ti*n the viz.
x. Did you or did you not soon, after
taking your feat in Congress, become a
warm partizan of the ft- dev ant Vice Preji
dent, although you knew at the faraa time,
that he no longer enjoyed the confidence of
the Republicans
2. Were you or were you not often pre
sent at those secret conclaves (competed of
“an union of all honejl men ,”) which were
held at Washington, during the winter of
1803—4, for the purpose of palming a se
cond time, on the republicans, a man, by
whose secret machinations and intrigues, the
republicans had nearly like to have been
deprived of the tervices of that diftinguiftied
patriot, who is now at the head of govern
ment ?
3. Did you or did you not oppose the
drjlgnating principle being introduced into
the constitution, —and what was your ob
jeft and that of your federal coadjutors,
in so doing, unless with a view to leave
op?n a door for corruption and intrigue,
which feme future Catalme might improve,
and place himfelf at the head of government,
contrary to the voice of the sovereign peo
pie ?
4. Did you or did you not express a
strong folieitude for the luccefs of Col. lurr,
at the time he was a candidate for the office
of Governor of New. York; and did you
or did you not flatter yourfelf that (hould he
succeed, that this refpeftable state would
withdraw its support from the administra
tion ?
y. Were you or were you not pretent at
fcveral of the noSurnal meetings which were
held during the last session of congress, by
the Junto computed of “ an union of all ho.
nefi men" — and were not the fubjeft of your
deliberations, that of digesting a plan to
foment divisions among the friends of the
administration ?
6. What can be the objeft of your inve
nt© attacks on the patriotic date of Virgi
nia, unless you flatter yourfelf that by ex
citing local cr rather clannijh prejudices,
you will effeftualiy prevent hereafter any
person from being taken up fpf President
(let him be ever so pre-eminent a character)
(hould he unfortunately be a Virginian ?
These enquiries are made fir, from hav
ing fo«e knowledge of the dark and mifte
xious intrigues which hare been in opera
tion for the last two years, as well as from
the perusal of the letters you have lately
addrefied to your constituents, which I ob
serve arepublithed with avidity in all the
federal papers (for to the honor of the repub.
lican editors, they would not fuffer such
kind of communications to appear in their
gazettes.) 1 fay fir, from the perusal of
those valuable documents, I have been con
firi*;d in «ny belief, that a few malcontents ,
Have for some time past determined to form
“an union of all honejl men,” with those
persons who have so long disgraced the A
merican character by their vile and unprin
cipled attacks both on the private as well
as the public character of the virtuous and
pariotic JefFcrfon. I (hall now fir, con
cluds with calling upon such of my fellow
citizens as may lie deceived (by the ma
chinations of designing characters) u to o
peo their eyes and confider the management
of those ambitious men, who, to make
thcmfelves powerful in their party, study
nothing but how they may foment divijions
in (i *fnen<wealtb,"
CATO.
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Fro.'it the Kentucky Gazette .
The party of dlfcovery, under the com
mand of captains Lewis and Clark, left the
mouth of the Midouri on the 19th day of
May, 1804. An express with dispatches
from their winter quarters, which left them
the 14th April, has returned to St. Louis,
By the express, letters were received from
Capt. Clark to his correfpondcnts in Ken
tucky, A gentleman from Jefferfon county,
has obligingly favored the editor of the
Kentucky Gazette with the following ac
count, which he obtained from one of the
men who returned with the express, and
from letters from some of the party. They
fortified therafelves in November last, on
the bank of the Mlffouri, 1609 miles from
the mouth, by adual ineafureinent, in lati
tude 47, 21, north ; called then Fort Man
dane, after a nation of Indians who redds
in the neigborbood, and who have been ve
ry friendly to them.—On their passage up,
they were delighted with the beautiful ap:
pearance of the country for about 200
leagues, or to the mouth of the river La
Plate, which comes in trom the fouth ; af
ter which, to their winter quarters, it is
deferibed not to be so fertile. The ptrrfon
who brought the dispatches, speaks of the
opening made by the river, being about one
mile wide, with high cliffs on each fide—
The bed of the river occupies about a fourth
part of it, the remainder of the bottom en
tirely composed ofcoarfefand, covered with
cotton wood. This bottom is continually
giving way either on one fide or the other,
and gaining on the opposite fide. The cliffs
in some places arc covered with red cedar,
which, with the cotton wood, and a few
small ash trees, is the only timber deferibed
to he in that country. From the height,
there is not a tree or twig to befeen, as far
as tha fight can extend, or as they have ex- j
piored. Out from the river the land goes
off perfectly level, with bat few exceptions.
The Soax arc the mod numerous, are or
ganized in bands bearing different names,
move about from place to place, from the
banks of the river out to the plains, in pur
lint of game and plunder, having no fixed
place of residence, and in a continual state
of warfare, These were the most trouble
some Indians to the party of difeovery, as
they expreiled a jealousy, lead thoy would
supply their enemies higher up with arms,
&c. The higher up they went, the more
friendly they found the savages, and the
better armed. They have a more regular
trade with the North Weft Company, and
the Hudson Say Company ; which Aipplies
come to them by the way of Lake Winnep
eck. The Mandanes cultivate corn, which
is of a small kind, from whom the party
was supplied during the winter, and their
hunters kept them in abundance of meat.
Buffolocs are laid to be in great numbers,
asd of large size. Two defeription of deer
are deferibed, those resembling the common
kind in this country being larger, and the
tails eighteen inches long, and the hair
much longer on their bodies; the other kind
having a black tail. Elks and goats are
numerous. The groufc, or praire hen, are
in plenty; and before the clofiog of the
river, in the fall, water-fowls in abundance.
Fish scarce, and those principally of the cat
kind. Some of the white bear-skins had
been brought to the fort by visiting Indi
ans from higher up ; but the party had seen
none of those animals. The Indians keep
horses, which are used entirely for the chafe
and in war.
From such information as they have receiv
ed of the country above there ; it is about
fix hundred miles to the great falls, which
are made by a ledge of mountains call Roc
ky Mountain in which it is presumed, the
Miflburi terminates. At their winter quar
ters, the river is nearly a'quarter of a mile
wide ; is equally as muddy at at its mouth,
and has continued its rapidity, with very
little alteration, as high as they have gone,
though it has become considerably more (hal
low ; so that they will not be able to car
ry their large barge any higher. From
what information they have obtained of the
course of the upper part of the river, they
are almost at the northwardly part. From
where they wintered to the falls, is nearly
a fouth course. The dcfciiption given by
M'Kenzie, of the head waters of the river,
is accurate.
They have sent cn to the President of the
United States an accurate journal, with a
map of the country through whieh they palled.
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GEORGIA,
Six of the party were Tent back—the par
ty now consists of twenty.eight men, cx
olufive of the two officers. They have cn
joyed perfeft health, not one having been
sick, except the unfortunate young man be
fore mentioned, and he was taken off in a
few hours with a cramp in his stomach.
The greafeft friendlhip has cxifted with the
parry j and the men who have returned
speak in the highest terms of the humanity
and uncommon pains and attention of both
the captains, Lewis and Clark, towards
the whole of taem ; and that they left them
in good spirits, fully covinced that they
would winter on the Pacific Ocean.
They were told of lix nations of Indians
they would have to pass, before tney would
arrive at the falls, from only one of which
they apprehended any difficulty-—they are
called the Snake tribe, and iiefidc high up.
Curiosities of different kinds.—live beasts,
birds, several boxes of minerals, a pair of
uncommon ram’s horns from the Rocky
Mountain, felons of a new djfcevered berry,
called the buffido-berry, f&c. have been
brought on by the return party, and clepo
fitcd with the commandiag aficer at St.
Louis, to be sent by him to the President.
We expsft in a few days further parti,
culars relative to this interesting voyage.
From the Weekly Wanderer,
Mr. Printer,
1 would beg leave, through the medium
of your paper, to solicit >tny brother farmers
to make use of their a(hcs on their Corn
Land, in dead of felling them to the mer
chants for i z cents a bulhel. I will warrant
them 4£ cents a bulhel clear of all expence,
if rightly managed. The method is this:
Wkan your corn tirft comes out of the ground
put one half pint of <alhes around she hill;
if your allies are not good put the more—
In conversation with a venerable old gentle
man the other day on the fabjed, he adored
me that he had made use of alhes in this way
for many years pad, and had never failed of
having one bulhel of corn extraordinary for
every bulhel of alhes. It is the opinion of
feme men that a half pint of good alhes is
rather too much for a hill, bnt this must be
left to the diferetion of the farmer. I arn
fcnftble it is not customary to pay much at
tention to what we read in newspapers; but,
my brother farmers, let us try one bulhel
this year, and if it has the delired effetfl, we
shall be rewarded for our trouble, and can
well afford to try the experiment another
year.
A FARMER.
From the Paris Memoirs , of Agriculture •
M. de Thole having found that the oil
of turpentine, when applied to animals
which were covered with vermin, destroyed
thole vermin without hurting the animal,
the author of this memoir tried it on seve
ral kinds of tree lice and other infe&s; all
of which it killed without hurting the trees.
He then mixed some of the oil of turpen
tine with fine earth, so as to make it in
corporate well, aud added water, stirring
it constantly, till the whole was brought to
a ccnfiderable degree of fluidity. In this
mixture he dipped branches of fruit trees,
covered with infers, which were entirely
destroyed by it, eggs and all, without
hurling the fruit, branches or leaves.-
The composition may be got off by artifi.
cial watering, or left to be walhed away
by the firft (bower. From these experi
ments, he thinks that oil of turpentine may
be as well employed tor killing various
kinds, of lice that infeft domestic animals,
and sometimes produce disease on fruit trees.
Experiments willafcertain how far this re
medy will prove efficacious in different ca
ses.
PEACH TREES,
Obfervlng an article relative to this tree
in the Farmer's Repository, I thought it
might be of fcrrice to some persons, who
have leisure and opportunity to make the
experiment, which the writer was informed
was an effectual prefcvatxve.
Make boxes around your trees about one
foot in hight, and in capacity (exclufivc of
the tree) to hold a peck, fill this in with the
Bark taken from Tan Vats, prsffing it a
little together, and your trees will remain
free from worms around the roots, which
arc fodeftruftivc to trees, as it is found that
worms will not inhabit this Bark if ever so
old, Connecticut Courant ,
[Vot. XIX. No. ySa
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PARIS, April 20.
The army aflkmbling in the celebrated
plain of Marengo, will confiit of 30,000
fckft men, which are to be reviewed by hi*
majesty the emperor.
NEW.YORK. July*.
Capt. Morris, in 31 days from Bor
deaux, informs, that on the 30th of May,
an officer of the guard.fhip, in that port,
told him, that the Brcft fleet failed for Ja
maica on the 27th of that month.
A poftfcnpt of a letter from Naptz, dat
ed the aid May, fays; —“I op?n my let
ter to inform you of the fafe return to
Rochefort of the squadron which failed
thence some time ago for the windward i
flamis. It has on board the contributions
levied upon the English iHands, This has
occasioned no little sensation here."
Another letter has been received in town,
which states that the above squadron had
failed again from Rochefort on a secret ex
pedition.
St. John’s, (Antigua) June 18.
On Wedoefday last, w.e had the pleasure
of feeir g the fleet under command of
Vice-Admiral Lord Ndfon, confining of
12 (hips of the line, 4 frigates, 2 flaops
of war, and a brig, anchor in the road of
St. John, from whence his Lordihip failed
the next day, about aoon, in search of the
French fleet.
We underfland that his Lordship in con
sequence offomc information he had recei
ved, failed from Barbadoes to Grenada,
which in all probability, prevented his
coming up with the French fleet before they
pafled this island. His Lordihip did not
come on Ihorc ; declaring, as we have been
told, that he had not been out ot the Vic
tory for two yetfts.
Before his Lordihip failed, the Nettly
schooner, under whofc convoy the fleet from
this ilbend had failed on the Friday pre
ceding, came in with the very unphafant
intelligence that all the veflofs had been
taken, as we had but too much
reason to apprehend from the time the
French fleet palled by this island—-The
veflels from this island taken, were four
teen in number, viz.-—The flap Kerby,
Patriot, Mary, Emerald, Nancy and
Prince of Wales, for London—-the Ihips
Byam, Martha, Wcft-Indian, and High,
lander, for Liverpool-.-the Ihips Urania,
and Singleton, for Ireland—the brig Caro
line, for Halifax, and schooner Argo, for
New.York.---On board these VfflVls were
5,406 hogsheads of sugar, beftdes coffee end
other merchandizes, which with the veflds
are computed at the value of 400,000!.
ftcrling. -
The Northumberland, Adm. Cochrane,
did not fail with Lord Nelson. And the
Curieux brig was dispatched for England.
Wo have the pleasure to inform the pub
lic, that the 96th, a fine trong regiment
under the command of Lieut. Col, Corran,
were landed here on Thursday last,
/ NEW ORLEANS, May 13.
At a meeting ot the Purteftant citizens,
last evening, agreeably to previous notice
the following resolutions were adopted ;
Refolvcd, as the opinion of this meeting
that measures ought to be taken to encou
rage a clergyman of the Prmcftafit perfua
flon, to come and reflde in this city, to
preach the Gofpcl.
Resolved, that farther and more prompt
ly to carry into effeft this laudable under
taking, that another meeting be held on
Sunday next, at half after it A. M. pre.
cifsly.
Mr. Harris's Journal of hit Tour through
. the Territory North.U'eji , of the Ohio.
We announce the publication of this valua.
blcand entertaining work, with unraixed
fatisfadlion. The Journal is distinguish
ed by a strain of pleasing narrative, cmichcd
by fentiraent and enlivened by pifturcfque
delineations of “ the foblime and beautiful
in creation." The Geographical part
is a plain, but fatisfactory account of a re
gion never before accurately deferibed ; but
eve* this is relieved with occaflonal cxcar
fions, which (hew that' Genius cannot be
circumscribed with a Gunter's chain... -The
author’s account of the Antiquities of the
fate of Ohio , difeovers great ingenuity and
learning, and mutt be highly interefling to
every one who ha# the least curiosity to
know ay hence America n»a> fetthdy and
•what hands reared those Ljy works •which
rife in Jolitary grandeur in the Wefem
rwilds • Btfton Gaz.
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