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Vol. ir.) 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 Oi nil. l , j .. a >•; t .q ..I Foreipel Cones oondent O JL ’ k w 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.