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SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN
Saturday Evening, September SI, 1816.
FROM ENGLAND*
THc following is from in Afflcncin gontl01ns.11
of respectability and talents, now in England,
to his friend in this city. The remarks will be
found interesting; they throw considerable light
on the condition of the “fast anchored isle,”
which appears to be in a most alarming and dis
sipation. Better for her that
sing small compartments of fertile fields} occu
pied by an industrious and frugal peasantry.—
The annual rent of land would be diminished;
and in proportion as the products of the soil in
creased, the price of bread would be*diminished.
Many who are now obliged to look for support
ih the factories of wool* and cotton, or who are
buried in the bowels of the earth for three
fourths of the year, would'then find a more com-'
fortable and a more certain existence:—a more
comfortable because they would not be under
the controul of unfeeling task-masters; and
tressed
her
nei£..
place.
Burks, her Pitts and her Castlereaghs had been
strangled in their birth, than that they should
have dazzled her by the spectres of their fancy
to the brink of a real precipice. Happy Ameri
cans! you enjoy that to which Europe are stran
gers, Peace, Plenty and the countless blessings
of a Free Government—But to the remarks:
“At no former period, perhaps, has such gene
ral suffering been experienced; and so many
complaints made in all the manufacturing towns
of the want of trade. These complaints are not
groundless. The causes exist with too much
force; and are likely to produce evils of a dread
ful nature. Riots are apprehended; and in the
rhbourhood ofLiecester, some have taken
But the evil is just commencing. ^Vhen
hunger and nakedness, is added, the severi
ties of winter cold, the more opulent and luxuri
ous people of this kingdom, may look for a state
of tumult, and violence—the consequences of
accumulated distress, and want of employment,
hitherto unknown and unseen.
“It has been stated, and I believe there is no
doubt of the fact, that in the town of Manches
ter, and the smaller towns of Bolton, Congleton,
and other places tributary to that vast deposit
of the numerous articles made throughout Lan
cashire, that more than twenty-five thousand
persons are out of employment. Every day we
hear of men and others being turned away; and
factories stopping altogether or partially. The
diminution of trade is to be chiefly ascribed to
the return of-peace; and to the immense ship
ments made last,year to the United States and
to the continent. The return of peace, which
should be hailed, as a national blessing, is not so,
however, to the English nation. They thrive
most on the spoils and ruins of neighbouring pow
ers. Employment, during war, is given for tens
of thousands of her dissolute and idle people,
which, during peace, is not afforded; and hence
they are thrown back into the mass of population
to work and gain a miserable—a miserable sup
port; or perchance to starve; unless hunger urg
es them to a defiance of the laws and the gal
lows, to riot on the overflowing wealth of au
haughty nobility, or purse-proud citizen; who
perhaps has made his fortune from the hard and
ill-paid labour of the very men, who ask him for
employment to give bread to themselves and
their famishing children, or they must starve, or
steal.
“From the shipments made to the continent,
very partial remittances have been received, and
even these at a great loss, in exchange; and
from the northern section of the United States,
the merchants and the manufactures complain
that they get nothinfe*-
“They complain with'great justice;and hence
Orders for northern places are executing very
sparingly; and some houses have declared to
me they will not execute an order from a nor
thern house without actual funds. They look to
Georgia and South-Carolina for their best trade;
and say the payments must come thence: the
northern states have not'urjg to ship that will
pay cost and charges; andjjffche produce of the
-southern states, must be the remittance to be
principally depended on.
“The restoration of peace, has, besides the
thousands of idlers drawn from the ranks and
thrown into the community here, has given an
opportunity to the people on the continent, to
return to the loom and manufacture tor them
selves. Great-Britain does not or ought not ex
pect to enjoy a great and profitable trade with
France, Holland,-Germany, Russia, &c. while
these powers are at peace with her and the whole
world.
“They can and they will do without her cloths
and her calicos; or at least they will dispense
with a thousand of her necessary or useless arti
cles, when peace affords them an opportunity of
industriously exercising their ingenuity.
“The great source of this evil is in the over
grown manufacturing establishments of this coun -
try. England, it is said, (and I believe it) can
manufacture for the whole world; but when the
whole world does not want her cloths; her’blan
ket?; her toys; and her trinkets, what is to
becomeof the surplus product oflabour, or how is
the surplus population to be maintained? I will
reply, let thousands be taken from the tlemoral-
tting influence of the factories, where the labour
ers are poorly paid indeed; and put to the plough,
the barrow, and the sickle. Let the immense
domains of the numerous nobility of this country
^ divided into small farms, and let out at a mo
derate rent, and they will soon be taken. In
stead of brick or stone enclosures for many
Tofles in extent;—of ground, almost solely de-
v °tefl to the ^ ‘
[should then behold meat hedge rows; encompas-
inore certain, because they would not be subject
to the vicissitudes and uncertainties of trade.'—
Those, again, who work in the various factories
of wool, cotton and the metals, would more easi
ly find support; for, as the number of artizans
diminish, the price of labor would proportiona
lly advance. Thus all classes would be benefit
ed. Tne children would be better educated,
and as a natural consequence, they would have
better morals.
“In Scotland the people are inabetter condi
tion: there education is more generally diffused;
tiie poor are fewer in number; and there is infi
nitely less immorality. The two latter are the
natural consequences of the first. The people
are in a better condition, because they are less
employed in factories; and more are occupied
in agriculture: hence they are less dependent,
and we all know the influence which a state of
independence has upon the character and con-
dnctof men—it has its full and powerful influ
ence upon a state and upon individuals. Wit
ness our own country;—contrast its present
condition;—its flourishing and happy state ‘fit
present, with what it was when under the do
minion of a government where 1 now am a tem
porary resident. This suoject will lead me too
far; and bring me into a discussion on the pro
priety or policy of establishing large factories
in our country—1 am opposed to them; and my
opinion respecting them has not been hastily
formed. This subject shall be renewed hereai-
ter.’» •
The rece,.i events and the present situation
of America, furnish a spectacle that fills us
with wonder and delight. Nothing that ever
Happened resembles it. W e look in vain into the
accounts of every nation of whom history bears
record, to find a parallel to its rapid growth in
power, the happiness .enjoyed as a nation and
as individuals, the mildness, the harmony, the
love of order and virtue among its citizens.—
Other nations have exceeded it in tumults and
bloodshed; in the productions of fastidious luxu
ry: in the splendor and ppmp of courts raised
on the servility and misery of nations: some
nave been peopled by multitudes of miserable
beings whom the strong arm of despotism has
driven from their homes to languish in sterile
plains or to perish in frozen waters. But we
have exceeded our highest hopes, and have ef
fected by the simple act of enabling the people
to be happier, what power and compulsion have
dtterly failed to accomplish.
The people have done much to deserve the
share of prosperity and happiness, which we now
enjoy. It is the government of our country
that speaks its will, and in ours is identified
with the people. Here we have fortunately had
honest intentions and an inviolable regard to
justice. We have gained an.exalted national
character: and that of being the only nation who
has regarded the dictates of justice. Is there
any nation that can lift up her voice against us
as an invader of her rights? Is there an individu
al at home or abroad that can criminate our gov
ernment as the wanton cause of oppression and
injustice? We may boldly say, there is none;
and what nation is there that can say as much?
Eyen at this moment those who trample on
right themselves reverence our regard for it,
and in their hearts pay us that admiration which
the image of justice cannot but extort from the
most abandoned.
The great excellence of our government is
that it is eventually guided by the voice of the
people. A few violent or daring men may pro
pose schemes of ambition, of domination, of war,
for their own aggrandizement: But the people
coolly observe, and silently reflect, and howe
ver ignnrant.it may be the fashion of the min
ions of England to esteem them, they have
proved in this country that their discernment is
far beyond that of those who think themselves
capable of teaching them.
The people of America have not been without
their tempters; but they have withstood the sedu
cers and now enjoy the result of their virtue, a
prosperity unrivalled by any present nation, and
which no parallel in history is recorded.
It is not true, as was reported, that Barent
Gardiner’s ‘political life was at an end.”—
“Robins alive, and alive like to be.” The fed
eral wits, therefore, will not lose the “gibes and
jeers of Yorick.
The federalists should swear General Duane
on altar of Homilcar did Hanibal, or he may slip
through their fingers. *
Some of the leading federal |riiits are cry-1
purposes of mere pleasure, we ing out for immediate war, on accountfof the
late -Itla
m '. T:- * - &
just as ,we expected. While.thc United States them state*;-and in the Br»ti& and
are at peace, we may expect to find the oppo- dispensatories, it is ejffled Thorn 'Aj.
attion oh all occasions full of fight, and brist- * J "
ling With honor and energy on every occasion,of
complaint, If the country goes to war—Oh, it
aertcan
We
is a democrats war—let the democrats fight it 4
out themsel^fes.
* a
The wind while we write is at northeast blow
ing hard; and every moment continues lo in
crease. The weather seems out of sort; and
from every appearance, we apprehend a severe
gale before twenty-four hours shall have passed
b J-
No Northern Mail has been received at the
Post-Office in this city, since * Tuesday last!—
Four Mails will be due this evening. The fail
ures are accounted for thus:
Petersburgh Post-Office,
half past 3 o , clock.
And no Northern Mail has arrived yet owing
to high water in James’ River.
Thomas Shore, p. m.
Post Master, at Savannah.
Mr. Fell,—How could you so unfeelingly
allow your paper to give the lie to that learned
“Freeholder” who exhausted all his talents in
supporting that patriotic “Museum” which af
fords delight to all who possess taste or feeling?
I think it a pity, because I really think that if
this “Freeholder” is not already a member of
council, that he has a great taste for committee
calculations—why then deprive, by so much
harshness, the board of such a precise able fi
nancier? Should his love of city induce him to
overlook, those unkind remarks on his want of
veracity—I, as a mere spectator, would hint to
him—that nothing could elevate his popularity
so much as wresting by physical strength two
or three of those new lots and thereon causing
to be erected a Lazaretto. A LOOKER ON.
APPROACHING ELECTION.
Monday, October 7, 1816.
Candidates for Congress, to represent the
state of Georgia, in the fifteenth Congress of the
United States.
ALFRED CUTI1BERT, of Savannah.
JOHN FORSYTH, of Augpsta.
WILSON LUMPKIN, of Oglethorpe.
RICHARD H. WILDE, of Augusta.
THOMAS TELFAIR, of mikes.
HOMER V. MILTON, of Jefferson.
THOMAS W. COBB, of Oglethorpe.
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Milledgeville.
ZADOCK COOK, of Clarke.
Dr. JOEL ABBOTT, of Wilkes.
JAMES WOOD, of Columbia.
JOHN M. DOOLY, of Lincoln.
WILLIAM TERRELL, of Hancock.
FOR STATE SENATOR.
THOMAS U. P. CHARLTON.
GEORGE V. PROCTOR.
FOR RE PRESERVATIVES.
JAMES M. WAYNE.
edWard HARDEN.
FREDERICK S. FELL.
BAD CROPS.
All our accounts from the westward speak of
the distressing prospects of the farmers from the
excessive drouth of the summer. Many from
despair of making corn, have cut down their
stalks, and put tliem up for fodder. We have
some consolation, however in knowing that this
is not the case in other parts of the state. In
this county, in Orange, and w r e believe, in most
of the northern and eastern counties, the crops
will be nearly as productive as usuai; especially
since the late plentiful rain, for though it fell
too late to be serviceable forward corn, that
which was planted later will be greatly benefited
by it. So that upon the whole, we trust, that the
scarcity which has been generally apprehended,
will not be experienced, except in particular
sections'of the country-—Raleigh Register, Sep
tember 13. ———
M. Benjamin De Constant’s Adolphe.—The
translation of this singularly beautiful produc
tion, we hear, will be published in a few days:
what gives unusual interest to this work is, that
the distinguished author is strongly suspected of
having delineated his own history under the
name of Adolphe.—London paper.
A Greek Literary Society has been recently
established at Athens. It is composed of the
most distinguished native' and foreign literati
residing in thatcity.—Analectic Magazine-
A Paris paper lately enumerated yrith much
pride the ministers of foreign states who were at
the court of France—intimating that they were
the most distinguished men in Europe. At that
time, Mr. Gallatin, the minister of the United
States, had notbeen presented. We query very
much, whether the American minister yields to
any of their great men, the lords or marquises
of titled Europe, in point of ability.
The French Journalist ought not to have made
such a boast of the ministers, who were in France
—because, the next subject, which would have
presented itself, was die number of great:
military personages, who were also hovering 1
around Paris. Doe;i it redound to the glory of
France to have thent too in her bosom? with the
troops, &c. wfio obey their beck?—Unhappy
France, how tittle indeed has she at this time to
boast of!—D. Compiler.
VBSJiTABLEPOISON.
We observe a statement in the Enquirer of
the effect an a child six years old, produced from
eating tja apples of the Thorne Apple or James
town .***3, as me writer calls.it—Datura—6:ra-
f Raima—Stramonium being, we pre-
misprint in the Enquirer.] in thdror-
are informed that the first settlers at Jamestown,
discovered it, ana called it James to wh Weed--**
It grows several feet higher and bears a thorny
apple but certainly no perries, as stateddn the
Enquirer. The writer of this . artiej^,-three
years ago, last spring, having on a banter’ with,
other tobacco chewers, suddenly quitted the
practice of chewing, accidentally put ip his
mouth the leaves of Stramonium', of which a
young lady (the late general Eaton’s eldest
daughter) daily 'smoked a considerable quanti
ty for a consumption., of which however she died.
Finding it not a disagreeable substitute for to
bacco it was chewed for several days- A- light
vertigo was soon felt: which however was attrir
buted to the sudden disuse of tobacco; the Stra
monium not being considered stronger than cat
nip, or sage. Soon the most unpleasant sensa
tions were felt, together,with an indifference as
to posture or direction. Visions uncommon but
not disagreeable were constantly increased when
going to sleep at night, and in sleep wild but
never frightful; similar to whatis occasioned by
a small quantity ot opium with one not accustom
ed to it. The fourth day occasioned alarm; lit
was indifferent whether, on horseback, whether -
the horse kept the road, ran against the fence,
stopped to graze; the limbs became sluggish; and
an absolute lethargy was feared. A suspicion,
arose that this might be occasioned by the weed,
i he Edinburgh and Thomas’s American dispen
satory were examined, to ascertain the qualities.
It was enough to frighten one who had used it
so freely, to find it declared in every part root,
branch, leat, apple, and particularly the seed, a
rank poison, “producing lethargy torpor, and
death.” It was immediately abandoned, and the
indisposed restored to himself.
The use of Stramonium for medical purposes
is little known. It has been recommended for
the asthma, and its trial for other cases is also
recommended that its virtues maybe known.—
Virginia Patriot. '
A BLOODLESSDUEL.
Dr. Misaubau, a French physician, who was
remarkably tall and thin, happened to quar
rel with Doctor Ciieyne, air English physician,
and the most corpulent man of his time.—
ihe dispute was carried to such an extreme,
that it produced a challenge, and the place of
rendezvous was in one of the fields near Lon
don. At the time appointed, the antagonists,
with their seconds, appeared, and the latter
measured out the ground. The adverse par
ties had taken their station, when suddenly,
Dr. Ciieyne exclaimed ; “Hold! this is not fair
piay; I am so large you can’t fail to hit me;
and you so thin, one might as well take aim at a
shadow. We ought to be somewhat more upon
a footing of equality.” “With all m^, heart,”
replied the Frenchman; “we have only to mark
out with lines of chalk; on your body, the size
ot mine, and all the hits I make on either side
the lines shall go for nothing.” Dr. Cheyne,
not relishing this happy expedient, the seconds
interposed, and it was decided to be best not to
fight at all.
The British major-general Widdrigton, and
family have arrived in Quebec from England.
|C7* Subscribers living west of Barnard-
street are requested to send for their papers, as
the carrier is indisposed.
PORT OF SAVANNAH,
Saturday, September 21,1816.
ARRrTED,
Ship Vulcan, Reed, Liverpool, 62 days
Brig- Hero, tlaradan, New-York / ’
For New-York
The brig HERO, captain Haradan, will sail on
.Wednesday next, weather permitting. For
■freight or passage apply on board, or to
Olmstead & Battelle.
Who have landing- from said brig,
124 barrels Virginia FLOUR, front new wheat,
sept 21 113
Now Landing,
From on board the ship Vulcan, ard offered for tale by
R. & J. BOLTON,
A few packages of asssorted superfine CLOTHS,
KERSEYMERES and STOCKIN’GNETS.
* AST),
ISO pieces of vert superior INVERNESS BAGGING
sept 21 1* 113
New Imported Goods,
The subscribers, have received by the ship Lucy, from Li
verpool,
Part of their fall supply of goods, consisting of the fol
lowing articles,
Superfine and second Cloths, Casimeres, colored Plains^
London duffil and rose Blankets, Hosiery, Bagging,
Twine, Cutlery, Glass-ware, Pots, . Ovens, fire Dogs,
Skellets, Spiders, waggon Bushes, cast iron weights, sad
Irons, Shot, bat Lead, FF. Ra^, angle double and trible
sealed poundpapers and cannister best battle gun Pow
der, &c.
ALSO,
Received from Boston, by the brig Lien:
A general assortment of cut Nails, all of which they of
fer by whole sale or retail.
Murdoch M‘Leod & Co.
sept 21——ca——-113
The subscriber,
Has taken the store one door eSstffard of Calvin Ba
ker & Co. where he will always be found, to settle the
affairs of the late firm of Samuel & I . Russel.
He hat on hand,
And offers for sale, on a liberal credit
68 pieces cotton Bagging
32 bis Sugar
20 bags Pepper *
J Samuel Russel.
sept 28 1 Mr
30,000 Dollars!!^
The drawing of the 2d Class, Medical Sconce Lottery
will commence in the early part of October, in foe city
df New-York, tickets will be advanced on that day to
glO—the present price is g9J0. .. ..
CCf Persons at a distance can obtain, tickets by en
closing the money post paid. — '
William T. Williams
sept 21—-115 ' ■»
Wanted."
A small bdy, between 1^ and 15 years of an to writ
in a house, wages will be punctual? Apply’ to the.
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