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About Foreign correspondent & Georgia express. (Athens, Ga.) 1809-1811 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1809)
A civ- 2 ork, A oj, 2 . VV*Y LATE FROM FRANCE. 2 crdi uiy morning, arrived at this pert the United States’ /loop ‘war, • Wafp, Lieut. Lawrence, 25 day's s from L'Orient, with difpatches from Gen. Armfrong to cur go vernment. Lieut, ilajwell, the bearer of dijpatebes, proceeded to IVafiUgtonyeJlerday morning. l .‘, We have no: been able to learn, !i eir u any material change has rev? 1 \in our relations with France ■, Villi; 11 . w; j rumored, on the authority G* rs c hat no change was likely Pf: occur, at lead until the return of ihe cmp. rcr Napoleon. By the Wafp, the, editor of the Mercantile Advernfer lias received a file eft Tans papers 1 to the 23 1 of Sepr. inclufive, containing London dale* to the 15th fame month, 4 days later than before received from London. No intelligence had reached Paris, on the 21 it September of a peace having been concluded be tween France and Auftria j and 4 % the tnany rumors afloat, it is : N;r r ‘ l n | Kuffla was about joining i k four C ftgftnft Franc* ; and rhit. the *• AWch and Auftrian armies were o..iin in motion. A letrer from L’Orient of the h'/th September, hates that one of me Emperor Napoleon’s aids had v/riren to his brother at L’Orient, that Napoleon was at Vienna in a complete, (late of madnefs ! I:i one of our late ft French pa- I rs, we find that a veffel takfen up by Gen. Armftrong, would fail from Dieppe, about the tenth of October for Philadelphia, with dif patches and paflengers. American and colonial produce were very fcarce and very high in Fr r nee. The Wafp had but 19 days paL fzge c ur, and 32 home, having per formed her voyage in about feventy - three days. I Trarjlated from hits French tapers. Copenhagen, Sept . —We are al furtd that peace is cri the point of being figned between Denmark and Sweden. Vienna , Sept. 9. —An aid de camp to the Emperor of Auftria arrived yefterday at Scnoembrur.n. They ftpeak of anew prolongation of die arm Slice j all that is certain is, that the Auftrian army is not in a condi tion t > recommence hoftilkies.— On this point all travellers from 1 iungaty and Moravia are agreed. The pcflcions of the French ar my have undergone little change. The at my of lialv occupies Carin thia, Carr.iola, Styra and part of Hungary it has its head quarters at Raab. The troops cf ciarfhal Macdonald are at Grates; marfhal Gudinot occupies die borders of Moravia which ft par ate Hungary imm Moravia i the marlhal of Damftc occupies Upper Auftria, Salzburg, and the frontier of the Tyrol 5 Maillial Maffena occupies 1 the weftern parr, of Moravia, and Matfhal Davouft the eaftern. The Bavarian divifion is at Lintz. IVarfeiw, Aug. 28.—1 tis contem -1 lated 10 maintain a force of 40,000 men from the Polifli army, joined 10 the troops of Gallicia, without reckoning the numerous recruits which are found at the depots and who are exercifed daily. Ampler dam, Sept. J2 —All the i(lands of Zealand with theexcep t.on Wkikheren are conquered by v f cpscf 1. is rn 3- ft y . Mar Inal Vernci; and, with the lquadron under ] ; s orders has approached before f'.urikr c, to procctt the pafl;ge of ti. v hi *s-i• -* ‘ vvr w• w 4 O.wilk 1 wen. A cutter belonging to the enemy Las been taken ar.a arrived at Rotterdam. Paris, Sept. 19 —On the loth cf October next a flag of truce, ex pedited by his excellency theminil ter of the United Stilus near the court of France, will fail from Diep pe for Philadelphia or any orher American port which the wind may permit her to enter; and will rake on board perfons wifiling to embark for the United States. London, Sept. 15, —The fleet from China is arrived. It was at St. Helena on the 17th of July > at which time three of the fleet, viz. The Glory, Experiment, and Lord Nelfon, had not been heard of. An Americ an vdfei reported that they have been taken by French pri vateers and carried into the Ifle of France. An officer of the general ftaff of our army in Spain writes under date of Aug. 22, from Truxillo, as fol lows : €t The war in Spain is nearly at an end. The Spaniards are the complete favages of fuperftitionand fanatacifm. It is the general opin ion that we lliall be in England be fore the expiration of two mantes.” We underftand by the Wafp, tne United States’ fchooner, Enterorizc was to fail from the Tcxei for Ame rica,'about the Bch of October. [: Liverpool , Gil. 6,-1809. In confrqueiice of the neg.loca tions for peace between France'and Auftria continuing fo long without beiqg brought to a fucceisfui ciofe, rumors have,for feme days been a fl >at of the likelihood of a renewal of hoftihties between thofe two pow er';, and of the Ruffians and Prufii ans uniting with the latter agaiaft France : and thole rumors ii part feem {Lengthened by the following article, which is taken from the London papers of this morn leg. The Munich Court Gazette of Sept, contains the following General Order , pullifhed in the Audit ban head quarters. fC My beloved fubjedls, and even my enemies, know that I d,d not engage in the prefeht war from motives of ambition, nor a deftre of conqiieft. Self-prsfervatftn and independence, a peace confident with the honor of my crown, with the fafety and tranquility eft iny people, cofiftituted the cxaltrd and Idle aim of my exert ons. “ The chance of war d:(appoint ed my expedlations, the enemy penetrated into the interior cf my dominions, and overran with all the horrors of war but he learned at the fume time, to appreciate the public fpirit of my people and the valor of my armies. This experi ence, which he dearly bought, and my tonftanc foliciiude to promote the profperity of ray dominions, led to a negociaiion for peace, t iC My Minifters empowered for that purpofe liave met thole of the French Emperor. My wifli is an honorable peace —a peace, the liip ulations of which offer a profjpcht and poffibility of duration. The valor of my armies, their unffiaken courage, their ardent love of their country, their dtfire ftrongly pro nounced, not to lay down their arms till an honorable peace lliall have been obtained, could not al- Dw me to af>ree to conditions which threaten- and to ihake the very foun dations of the monarchy, and uif grace “Tjs. “ The h’gh fpirit which animates my troops, efiords me the bell fc m.ity viiU, liiC-.iivi .. .c ec rn/ftake our fend meats and difpn firions, we fnall certainly obtain the reward cf perleverance. o igne a nd, F R A N M3.” Comoro, Sept 16 ATHENS , NOV. 25. - tmmmmmmm tjCUmm ——r—~ :iT*irifcxtht ■— * 1 1 M On a perufal of cur Milledgeville papers by this Morning's Mail, we Jind nothing of importance as yet hav ing tranfpired in the Legifature. —- Several bills have been introduced into both boufes, but have not been decided upon—when they have we (hall in form our readers. The following cu rious petition has been laid before the Senate, which was ordered io lie on the table - To the Ucn. the P ref dent of the Se-* mate and Speaker of the Houfecf Reprefentatives, and Members thereof of the (late of Georgia, in General AJfembly met. Greeting : THE Petition of your petition ers humbly prays your honorable body, to take under your ferious confiderat on our prefent judiciary {yflem and penal code of laws, and nuke fuch amendments and altera tions therein as in your wifdotp and juft ice, you may deem mull con ducive to the peace, fecurity and happjnefs of the go and citizens of this flare; fo as to difpcnfe with and totally obikerate the moft ufelqfs pc ft that ever dhgraced human lbciecy, (go wit: the Lawyers) who have too fuccefsfully learnt the trade of living, and not only chat, but fome have Teen artful enough to monop olize large effaces at the expence of the good citizens of tins It ate. — And we your petitioners as republi cans, believing in the equal rights of man, and alio that the Dcityln the creation, did not contemplate Lawyers—having made no dill mo tion in the formation of man, but left the Lawyers as adtquace to the pui iuit of honed;labour as the reft of mankind : We the re lore, trunk it a hardfliip if no plan can bede vifed, whereby the good citizens of this ftate, can cpnftitudonaHy come at their juft dues and demands with out being in a manner compelled to be fwindled cur of at leaft: one third part of them having gone through the harm’s of a crca ure (called a Lawyer.), We therefore, pray your honorable body, if compatible with the conftitudon, you would make luch alterations as would ex rricate the good citizens ou: of tne j iw’s of thole devouring monftersj then the good citizens of this ftate will once more “return to the primi tive ftate ip which mankind flood affrded to each other, before any fuch creature as a Lawyer exifted. Ic has been faid, Sampfon flew his thoufands with the jaw-bone of an afs—but in our opinion, the jaw bones of lawyers, a luffed by their tongues, lias fince devoured their rrsilitons to one fhin by that of an afs. Only grant cur requeft as far as is confident, and we your peiicjoners as in duty bound will pray. Signed, By .Eighty. The Legifilature have made the following appointments : —-John MffntGh, Major-General, in place of D. B. Mitchell, elected Gover nor—John M. Berrien, Solicitor, for the Eaftern Circuit— Do (ft. C. William Jo a, Health-Officer tor the Tort of Savannah—Major Brown, Harbor Mafter—John Porf ch, - q. one 01 toe T rulccc or ixic.n-nnd Academy, in rUce cf IX.u ftrn F, rt. flgacd. Washington City,. Nov. In tne courfc ; ( the ccrrefpon d,.•.e, which, it ieni^, his taken place between the Secretary of State and Mr. jackfl n, we underftand, that Mr. Jackfon had tluted that the difpatch from Mr. Canning to Mr. Erfkine of the 23d of January was the only difpatch by which the conditions were preferred to Mr. E fkine for the condufion of an arrangement with this country cn the matter to which it related— that Mr. Smith in his reply had af~ fured Mr. Jackfon that no fuch dead claration had ever before been made to the government, and added, that if that difpatch had been communi cated at the time of the arrange ment, or if if had been known that the propofitiuns contained in it were the only ones on which he was authorifed to make an arrangement, the arrangement would not have been made—thar, notwitbftanding this a flora nee, Mr. Jackfon in. his next letter iridecorcufly uftd a lan guage implying that Mr. Erfkir.t’s inftrunions were at the time made: known tc this government—that in Mr. Smith’s anfwer an intimation was diftindiy given to him that fuch an mfinuation was. inadrniffible, and especially after the explicit afleve ration of this government that they had no fuch knowledge, and that with fuch knowledge luch an ar rangement would not have been made—that in Mr. Jackfon’s next letter the fame grofs infiauation hav ing been reiterated, and even ag gs avated, it only remained, in order - to preclude opportunities, which had been thus abided, to inform I Mr. Jackfon, as Mr. Smith did, that no further communications would 1 he received from him, and that the 1 nece fifty of dr's de term untie n would without delay be made known to 1 his government, with an aflkrance to it, at the fame time, that a ready attention would be given to any ’ communications affc&me the into reifts of the two nations through any other functionary that may be i lubftiiuted. * Nat. Intel . 1 tKSTX-- XT OM A The United Slates have, at this]! time, in cominiilion, the following* v t Ac's of war: FRIGATES. pi Cunftitution Com. Regers. Prcftdent Capt. Rain bridge, 1 United States Capt. Decatur, J EiTex Capt. Smith, 1 SHIP. ) John Adams Capt. Evans . brigs. i Siren Capt. Gordon, Argus Lt. Jones, - Hornet Li. Hunt, flj Ship Wafp Lt.’ Lawrence , \ Vixen Lt. I radio w, * Schr. Er.terprize Lt. Trippe, Brig Nautilus Lt. Sinclair, Cutter Ferret Lt. Gadfdcn, f About 2.0 gun-boats and at New-OrleutiS. r. ; We unck iffand that all the veil ft is of yvar above dated fexceptin Wt the Walp and the Enterprize, whiciiM are on foreign fervice) are under M lading orders to ftretch along our 3 co'aft and examine its various ports I and harbors. Thus an opportunity! is ?.ff rded of acquiring a branch of! profefiional knowledge which in! time of war may be of incalculable 1 benefli:— while at the fame time the 1 Commanders will be training their * young officers, difciplinmg their crvws, and: preparing them for the 1 mil active tei vice. It iC _6 dl ul u. theC O*; fti'iution, C m. Regers, arrived at Hamp t* A h 4 5 utmts frem Sanily “ lie*- k.
