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lto Ids I*n a , !i S \ i. f all :he
pa c $ and ro iT % vftd. h vn f: and
t! i f.i‘l e..c.hj a;.d bel rg to
tiit. fa id f f!i c.
Su.c. 4 A:: dbe it further enabled,
TANARUS! at the fftdluecHf r (hall not be
Ji Me for ;:ny papers not contained
in laid i il ft: .ft ce, but Ms precis
c- libr fh;.!l be i able as afot faid in
tft* feme manner deft p; the time
i. trrvt Rrp between the eb ftion
2* and cor tii hi nira or his laid luc
ct II •, as be was previous to laid
tic cl ion.
‘ lc. 5. And be it further enabled,
A lo t r t 11 all be the and uty of tht offi
cers elfthd as a fore Lid, to make
apj lira:'-'a re :: e executive for their
r< brdi/c ci:eftffi -r.s, withintwen
ty days fur their having been
t levied to ( id.or of the lad offices.
c ec. 6. And be it further enabled,
r ) hat u fliall be the duty of the
(!• dcs of the Superior and Inferior
courts, and the clerks c f the courts
o'. O binary,to keentheir records in
Lefts well bound.
FENJ AMIN WHITAKER,
Speaker ef the I Life of Rcprefcntatives.
HENRY MITCi I El .L.
/ ‘rfident of the Senate.
Execirive D paitment, Geoiga,
/jfcn'cd to,
December 13 h, 1809.
D. B. MITCH El L, Governor.
Official note from Count Champagny
to General Armflrong.
TP, A NSLATION.
Alttniurg, Aug. 22, 1809.
CTO
*- ‘ •’ I
IT s M.ij ftv, the Emperor,
appi-ilvc! t at you are to fend a vtffcl
to Ame ties, has ordered me to
r Mr ! t own to you the invariable
} incVpEs which have r gulated and
v iiich will regulate ? is conduct on
t <■ go'at quid ion of neutrals.
hranre admits the principle, that
t! fi g covers the merchandize.
A merchant vu ft 1, fa ling with
all the rec.ffiAry papers (avecEs
* • t dittoes) from its g wernmeot,
vv ft log colony. To do vio
-1 nee ’>q futh a vifikl, by vi/Fs, by
i . rchcs, -ir.d by other afts of an ar
! i r .ir; and or tv, is ro violate the
t oor.ry of a colony : th s If, to in
i ’rge on the independence of its
{ urnment. The Teas do notbe
h ‘ g tc r.ny ii3 ion : thev *ve the
t c mmrn property cf mankind, and
t c domain of all.
1 ne ’ y mere ha r vc ft” Is belo - g’ng
t > it and ft kials ought to be refpeft
< • : It'd v.duals who do not fig'it
< g t not to be made prifoners 1 f
’ In a-1 her conquefts France
1 s rcfpicled priva e property.—*
The wartheufts and their ftiops
l ave remained with their pteprie
t s. d'hey have been free to
c fpofe of their merchandize as they
j -> <ded, and at this moment a great
r v n her (convc.is) of wgggcns, load
(•i piincipaiiy with cotton, pafs
t ough the French armies, through
A ll.ua anc Germany, on thcr way
t > fti >i piaccs a j commerce has di
rt (fled.
1 h ran re had adopted the ufages
r f marit-me war, all the merchan
dize of the continent of Furope
v ‘old have been accumulated in
France, and would have become a
1 urre of immenfe wealth. Such
v. utiiu have been, without doubt,
the p:e:e:,fi;.;'.s of tht Englifli, if
l > y had ha t ou the land that fu
} t r.’ riiy whi ri k ey have obtained
at lea. We ftnuld hi/e fee; ,as in
t ! u: linos (f bar Mr dm, the vsn
(prfhed fuki as (lives an! their
lands parcelled out. Mcrcantde
avid.ty would have ufurped evo-ry
thing: and the return to barbarous
t.h'ges would have been the werk
of Ihe government of a nvion that
has improved the airs and civillza
t on. rhat government is not ig
norant of the injuftire of its ma,,.
time code—but what ftgnifirs 0 it,
what is juft ? It only coiffi Jcrs wha;
is ufehii to i Fir.
Such are the principles cf the
Fmperor on the ufages and the
rights of maritime war. ‘ When
France fhall have acquired a marine
proportioned to the rxr nt of her
coails and her population, the Em
peror vviii put more and m re in
practice tlfcfe maxims, and w II v.x
his endeavors to render the ad p
tion of the m general.
The right or rather the
ft TANARUS; of bloc kadirg by a Pro* mir a
tion rivers and crafts is as rron
ftcous (revchart*) as *t is akfu'd.—
A right cannot be derived from the
\ ill or the caprice of cm- of the iu
tertfted parties, but ought to be <A>
lived from tb.e nattre (( thugs
them El ve s. A place : s not tri. y
b)o kaded until it is invefttd b
1 ind and by fa : it h ! 1 tekadf ];o
prevent it from receiving the fuc
cors whii h m ght retard 1 ti. furren
der. It is only then, that the ru T
cf preventing neutral v ftg 0. n
entering if, e>;ifts: forth- plate 1 >
attacked is in dar g- r o ,r bei n g a
ken, and the dominion of it is and >u: >
ful, and contefted by the mafter < f
the tov/n and him who blocl icu.-s
or btfioges if. Hence the r ght eft
I revent log even neutrals from hav
ii 3 accefs to if.
l‘he and the inde
pendence of the fl g are 1 ke t.he
Ibvcreigncy and ind* ptndcnce of t'ne
territory, the property of aft neu
trals. Aft ate may give iftlfro a
nother, may deltroy the fft (Ms
independence, may chan ,e < s lo
ve reign : but ths rights of I , -
reig uy are indiv fthle and unaliena
ble *i none can give up any part of
them.
Erghnd !:2s placed France in a
ft ‘e of boikade. Tiie E uj>emr
by ins decree of Berlin, has drrb.r
td the dritannic ’ft. s i.i a (fare * f
blvickade. The ri ft meafure k t
neutral vtfFls at a dlftance fro in
France, the fecond has interd.dlcd
to them England.
By her Orders in C uned of
the 1 ith November, i'3c7, Eng
land has lad a toll <n neutral vcf
fels, and has obliged them to pafs
through her ports before ihev
fhould go to ths places of their
destination. By a decree of the
17th of December, 1 f the fame
year, the Emperor has declared
thofe veflcls, whole flag fnall ha/e
been violated, degraded, trodden
under foot as no forger bdongirg
to their nations, (denationsl zs.)
To fereen itfclffrom the ads of
violence, with which this ftate of
things threatened its commerce,
America laid an embargo in her
ports i and although France, who
had done nothing more than refute
tore ‘Els, f: .•/ Mr inter .ft a M
inter eft s of her colonies wound and
by tl > m -o'Ye, neverth- Lfs the
Iftmpcror applauded this generous
dete: mination of renouncing ail
commerce rather than a. knowledge
the di minion (domination) of the
tv ran s of the leas. The cm bn go
has been ram and, a E firm ofexclifi m
lias been fubftkured for it. The
con t ine real powers leagued agamfl
England nirke & common caufe,
they aim at the fame <J j 6i, th.ey
wftl reap rhe lame advantage, they
ot.ght alfo to run the fame ri qms.
The ports of H Hand, of the Elbe,
of the Weier, (ft I al> and of Spain,
v- H not erj >y ( iK jeuiront”) any
advantage of which thofe cf loanee
may be deprived. They wiii both
(les urs e: les au'res) be either
open or fhut at the lame time to
rhe cornmcrce cf which they may
be the objftft.
ft iuis, fi , France acknowledges
in j rincq ic .he liberty of the com
rr r.e of n:uc als and the indtpen
d* nee of man time powers. She
1.-rs re ; third rhe m until the moment
wht n tl.e rnafttime tyra ny ofEr g
-- c ( which rel'pedltd no hug) aid
t ; ■* At burarv adls of its government
hive forced her to meafures of
i\ .r f ! , which ftie has not adopted
but with reluctance. Let E gland
r v ke her of blockade
•' (A ; r.ft Fra 1■ e ; F-■ ance will revokc
((-1 decree ofE ekede againft Eng
■! . Ef t E.; gland revoke her
Di ers in Council cf the nth
A v nuvr, 1807; the decree of
Mla i will fall ot itfelf. The A
u•r. an c mmtrcc will then have
rtgantc! all irs liberty and it will
t( fu; e (f finding favor and pro
t SH nintf t pens of France. But
it ;s f; r fheU S. bv then* firmntfs
to brirg on thefe haopy rtiulcs.—
Can a i.aticn that Wiflaes to remain
fiee and five reign, even balance
hi tvet nit nre it mporary interefts,
at and the gr.at intertfts of its inde
p * and rice and the maintenance of
its honor, of its fovereignty, and of
its d'gnity.
w J
i M.;e to arcepffir, the affurance
rf mv high confide ration.
( gned) CHAMPAGNY.
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FGR EIGN COR RES PON DENT
Gf
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
snllEhS, JAN. 6.
ExtroS? cf a letter from a Member of
Ccngrefs to a Gentleman ef this
place, dated IVafljingtcn , December
3°f 1809.
“ The refolutions, approbatory
cf the Executive proceedings rela
tive to F. J. Jack fen, after hav’i; g
occupied the Senate, but for two
hours , ft 11 continue to he the fub
j tl cf artful and procrcft: nated de
i>a e in the Hoifte of R-prelenia
lives. The Caicelhes Lcqucndi* in
that R anch is predominant. For
mylrlt I thought a logical analv fis of
diplomatic correfpondence aitoge
thcr fuperf.uous. The folequtftion
is, 111 all we ft and by the Govern
ment ?** ft'he refolutions will how
ever pafs by a refpedlable majoriry
in the Houfe.
<l 1 l.e r, v - , n
fi rrfty a-liered r.o :n • •
in ve b? o v g! r. CI.;;..•: k’ 11 ■1 • tenn %
—but the Me-charts uJ * ■: SJ. S'.
Fern to “ have committed fornica
tion ivith the Kings if tee Earth ’ ,
ard i;ie wllore o t rn dcr 1 s 13 abyi on.
I cannot tell \yhac vv.il be <J- n* —I
had imbibed with you a high and
Claffic Lovc of l iberty, hot ap.ll/
to aft but intern ft Rems tco much
to prevail ”
* The itch cf talking.
Char left on, December 26.
The Leg fit'ure of tii* ftate ad
journed on Futfday evening laft —%
kn.er from Columbia flare?, that ai
aft has been paffetl, which impofes
a fine cf 500 dollars on any pcrfoi*
making inlurance on buildings i.i
this city, in a foreign cfHce, and
alio a fine of 1000 dollars on any
perfon who fhall attempt to take
nfques for fore go offices.
NEW-YORK, December 13.
The /hip Eliza Ann, Porter, 34
dry from Dublin, arrived in
yejierda.y, with linens to Jacob dar
ker. She brings advices that Bona .
parte is a Slit ally on bis -k ay to Spain -
that the war between the Rtf inn a- J,
Turks was going on with vigor —/ 4
if nasi was ‘’ ‘ ,l -‘ *> AG ~>.t -y Ordei §
had been iffuedfor the total evac
iion cf Spa nby the BeßiJb li t
negotiations were prosreffing between
the Britifh government and Trance i.i
an indirect manner, for the ejlabh, i
ment of a general peace. Tbs r f
turbances in the Tyrol remain tin e
ptejfed ‘The peace between Ttnnre
and the late emperor of Auftria is
officially announced in ths Pars
Mcniteur. No Jclid cdmrdfrctt j•;
had been completed in England, o~f-. r
to the want of mat ef cals. 7bedi \
of Portland is dead . By the reinsn
Jlrances of the Ruffian min'ft er at
Copenhagen, ths privateers are calls a
in. All American v~Jj ’ Is can r >
pafs the Sound unmdefied, on cor ditto't
of their paying the rues . Jr r. and i
is determined to pur fay his old c'irf\ :
and to die in his niauilics. Ttocre is
-A
no peace for us.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
WILL RESOLD,
On the f.rfl Tuesday in February next ,
at the Court-Houfe in Clark Lour.ty,
between the hours of Ten and
Three o'clock, the following pro
perty, VIZ.
Four acres of land, be the fame
more or lefs, in Choke county,
joining Athens, lying between Jeffs
Lane’s and the North Oconre river,
which lot of land was executed as
the property of George Carter to
fatisfy in execution tn favor or Ab
ner Ponder, and pointed cjk by
George Carter, dcFndant.
ALSO,
O e final 1 bay horP, fuppofed to
four years old next fpnrg, ard one
bay mare and col :, levied on as the
property of Robert Fre man to Sa
tisfy sn execution in favor of Ro
bert Freeman, and punted out by
the defendant..
ALSO ,
A~res cf land, be tie fame
m’ re or lefs, in Ciarkc county, on
MacNuds creek, criginaAy granted