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ATHENS, GEORGIA: PRINTED BY ALEXANDER M'DQNNELL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1809.
From the Independent Chronicle.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman
in the County of Barnftable, to bis
, friend in ’ B often, dated October
25, 1809.
ct Dear Sir —This has been an
week. The trial of two
Ilmbafgo fmu sail off cafes have in
terefted the whole county. The
iirfl was the cafe of David Scudder
and Jofeph Gage againfl: John
Freeman and John Chipman, in-
Tpe&ors of the revenue, for detain
ing the fchooner Elizabeth and her
cargo of flour, by order of the
Cche&or. The other was the cafe
of Timothy Crowell and others,
againfl Mr. Otis, the Colfe&or, for
detaining the fchooner Hornet and
her cargo of Filh. Each trial oc
upied a whole day. The cafes
v-ere argued by MeiTrs. Sprout and
Whitman for the Piaintiffs, and by
MeiTrs. £id well and Blake for the
Defend ants, The Juries were
| compcfed, it wasfaid, of about an
‘ equal - number of republicans and
\ federalifts. Judge Thatcher was
the prefkling Judge. Mr. Whit
man declaimed whole hours, in the
( ufual anti*embargo drain; in the
courfe of which, he described the
Embargo laws as unconftitutional,
wanton, dppreflive, tyrannical, in-
tolerable. See. and reprefented the
, people as deprived of their .liber—
f ties, defpoiled of all their rights
* but that of breathing, and groaning
1 under opprtftion too fevere to be
p borne ; with much more of that
) kind of fluff. It was replied, that
the laws in queftion were not re
pugnant to any provifion in the
, conditiition ; that they were fimi-
Ur in principle to other laws, which
| had been approved of by all parties ;
and that the conftitutional queftion
had been long fettled, after folemn
argument in the proper court, that
of the United States. As to the
r expediency of thole law's, that had
been demorsftrated to this country,
and to the world, by events which
*\ had occurred in our foreign rela
tions. Be Tides, it w;>e not a quef
tion for the ccnfideration of the
■ Court or Jury—The bufinefe of
the judiciary was to decide what
the laws are, not what they ought
or ought not to be. The bufinefs
of fegilKticn being eptruiltd to a
rother departmenc it would be ex
[ tiajudicEl fur the Court to detcr
<* mine, and therefore, impertinent for
the council to difculs the queftion
! whether thefe laws were wife and
i nectff-ry or not. In anfwtr to the
• opprelcons terms ufed refuecling
thole la . s., :c was obferved trot
j. {v ‘li lang I*age by whate vt r t x 2m-
I pfesit might have been fan&ioced,
was incoiviffe nt with a due reu eCt
for the ccrflliu.itd authoruTcs, rl
cuiatcd to excite popular dife-.-men",
to promote feu aments and Babins
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GEORGIA EXPRESS.
MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL EE INCREASED.
lhort, fedicious, diforganizing and
infurrtdlional ; the fame, in fpirit
and tendency, as that which was
ufed by Shays and his affociates, in
1786 ; in confequence of which,
the government of Maffacnu fetes
was for a time brought into popu
lar odium and contempt, the exec
ution of the laws and the adminif
tration of juftice impeded, and a
large portion of inconficlerate peo
ple excited to adlual infurre&ion—*
that fuch language was improper
in any place and especially in a
court of juft ice—The arts & prac
tifes of the fmugglers were detected
and ex Doled. In Scudder and
Gage’s cafe, it was proved that it
was the manifeft and profdfed in
tention to break the Embargo laws,
fo that it was the duty of the Col
lector to detain their vdTel : And
in Crowell’s cafe, it was proved that
the;e was a ftmilar intention, and
that, after the feizure, the vtffel and
cargo were refeued out of the cuf
tody of the officers of the revenue,
by an armed banditti in difguife,
by the procurement of the owners,
one of whom, blackened like an
negro, was a principal actor in the
feene. The judge fummed up the
evidence, explained the law, and
told the Juries there was no con
llitutional doubt or difficulty. The
Juries in both cafes, found verdi&s
in faver of the. defendants. The
refeue of the feized veiTel and car
go excited every pointed indigna
tion. Mr. Blake contended, and
the Attorney-General fupported
him in the opinion, and it amounted
not merely to a rior, but to a rob
bery, or at lead a larceny. The
idea at fir ft appears ftrangc, that
the owners ftiould be guilty of fteai
ing their own property, but I un
derfhnd it is a fettled principle of
law, that where goods are in cufto
dy, by feizure or bailment, in fuch
a manner that the bailee is refponfi
ble tor them, if the owner takes
them away, it is larceny; and if
done by violence and putting in
fear, it is robbery. As the evidence
of the fadfc is already ilrong, and
aimoft every day, by difclofmg
fume new cireumftance, ftrenstii
ens tne proof, it is thought that
Erne of thefe refeuers wdi eventu
ally be convicted and lent to the
State Prifcn. One or two exam
ples of this kind may be fdutary. ’
■—O" —O- —O—
God favs the King —Lately, in
Dublin, the ceremony of electing
feven Knights of St. Patrick's
Hail, the firft toaft, {i The King,”
is given with folemn reverence, the
Grand Matter and all the Knights
Handing up, uncovered, and the
band, while the toaft is drinking,
fnould, according to etiquette pin ,
“ God Save the King.” Sir Cfhl~
eheftcr Forcefeue, herald at arms,
g iVC i ‘lii: , and : tie OTad ft} VC >C
l]: - -'’ cnc eu; g,” but
Patrick’s Day in the Morning 1 Cos
the utter difmay of Sir Chichefter
who manifefted ftrong figns of im
patience and difapprobation, which
however, were miftaken by the un
fortunate fidlers for an intimaiion
to play falter, which they did lb
efFe&ually, as to conquer the grav
ity of the duke &: knights, who were
obliged to put their plumed hats
before their faces to conceal their
laughter. Sir Chichefter, choaking
with rage, darted towards the Or
chestra, exclaiming “ God fave the
King and be c -n’d to you all !”
This was too much for human na
f ire to bear; a general roar cf
laughter burft forth, and it was feme
minutes before order could bere
ftored.—London paper.
From the National Aigis.
Spirit of the Times.
A fpirir, republican in its very
nature and confequences, is rapidly
pervading every part of the Union.
Our infant manufaftures are now
for the firft: time concentrating in
their behalf the patronage of the
friends to our national profperlty.
Societies are rapidly forming for
their fupport, and daily gaining
refpe&abiiity and influence. Tire
cultivation of the foil is faft return
ing to its ancient, refpedability and
every moment demanding and re
ceiving individual and public atten
tion. The mercantile and banking
ibtereft, which has nigh ruined the
people of New-England, and tnr
uiihed the nation’s honor with the
foul DISUNION and TREACHERY, IS
crumbling to its native dull, under
the operation of truth and pacnot
ifm. The tide of public fentirnent
is letting with the force of a torrent
againfl: the muddy, polluted ftrearn
of federalifm. It is a current, which
like trudi is ftrong and will prevail.
Every ele&ion, as it takes place,
proves to us, that political honelly
and republican honor are no longer
and in no (late to be kept in the
back ground, while federalifm, that
foul h?g, is permitted to plume it
felf with the honor of cfHre, while
rioting on BrltUTi gold. In this
flate, <c Britilh influence,” having
been detected in ail its ftages, is
now in its Eft’ ftruggles. Ba the
pkroxyfms of its diflfolution, ic has
uiuic :r old ground, that of fophif
vy nd prstenfton to argument, and
can only howl ‘ Jacobin / Jacobin T
The vile phalanx of 41 Our IVri
tersbeaten down by reafen and
patriotifen, and convi6led or trea
chery, having no embargo to growl
at, and no P reft dent Jeff erf on to vii
lify fer a <£ non-intercourfe law,”
are nov/ patiently waiting general
orders from Mr. Copenhagen.—
The moment Cong refs commences
ir ; , fefficn. and Copenhagen getg \
c! •: to o> r policy, the whole kennel
of h*2 c.u ilk- k s, irke the yelpfrs in
the womb cf Sin, will fee up their
grovvlings. Upon what /cent their
mafter will put them, is uncertain.
But whatever ic may be, they will
be lure to need no £ ‘ whipjper in”
to make them do their duty.* No
thing but a change cf men, irf this
ftate, will produce a change of msa *
Jures. The vile fsdlion, now ftom -
inant, have outflnned the
nels of the people, Who,- < ,
honefty of good men and puVF-rr
declare that the robes of office and the
chair of ftate, lhall never in future,
bn. polluted with gore.
By the Jail ftatement which we
received of the amount of the na
tional debt cf England, it appears to
be the enormous fum of fix hun
dredv and fixey million of pounds
llerling. In order to form feme
idea ot this mafs of money, fet us
fuppofe it laid down in a direct Inye
of guineas, dole to each other, \z
would extend upwards of twelve
thoufand miles !! Changing it
into Ihillings’ and arrange them in a
ftmilar tnauaer, and h would be fuf
ficiently long to reach eleven timer,
round the earth, and would require
two hundred and ten thouiand horfes
to draw it, allowing each hdrfe a
thoufand Weight.
New-Turk paper.
In a London paper a prone fel
has been made to celebrate the 26th
of Odober laft by a national jubi
lee, as his majefty will on that day
enter the 50th year of his reign ;
an event chat has not occurred fin.ee
the reign of Edward 111. and only
twice in 1200 years.
The Spanilh colonies in South
America, are (hut by the Junta go
vernment againfl: all foreign go
vernments, at the moment that
Spain has fallen under a foreign dy
nafty—-Perhaps the cloven toot of
England may be difeovered in this
fhacting of the Spahifti Colonies;
we know that while Charles IV. and
Ferdinand YIT. were allies of France
2-1 and ail the Spanilh Colonies were
clofed in the fame way-—that Bririlb
Jkips found their way thither, under
a Licence. —This new colonial me -
fore is only a revival o,f rhe olcFfvf
tem, and it is intended, under a co
ver of a general exclufioU , to a Tor.; >.
monopoly to Great B itain, through
the medium of tic in :cs. k is ; j
direct a blow as could be aim <1 at
the commerce of America; and ;d
cf a piece with the reft of her ck
teftable fyftem.— Aurora.
A FEW COPIES
Of a Sermon Preached la Kindle zt: .n
Of Revealed Truth, a.iin v; ■ j
is traduced fame of the V .
eft arguments that re
ligion admits cf
EC R f- XL it. AT THIS CF 7 1 ZZ .
(No. 78.
