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ATHENS, GEORGIA: PRINTED BY ALEXANDER M ( DONNELL, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1810.
-I SHERIFF*! SALE.
On the FirJl Tnejday in May
next, at the Court Houfe in Jack Jon
County, between the ufual hours,
will be fold the following property,
to wit:
f 360 Acres of land on Marbury’s
creek in Jackfon county, granted
to Spratlin, joining Benjamin Camp
levied on as the property of Tho
mas Camp at the inftance of Nathan
and Benjamin Camp, vs. laid Tho
mas Camp, alfo at the inftance of
James Holland.
ALSO,
One daple gray horfe, levied on
las the property of Edward Davis at
the inftance of William Higginbo
tham, for the ufe of Hugh Neiftcr.
ALSO,
| 100 Acres ©f land whereon James
[ M'CHre lives, granted to George
? Lee, joining Johnfon, levied on as
[ his property by virtue of a fira
■ from the Juftices court at the in
ftance ofValemine Harlin, and re
turned to me by Enoch Rogers,
conftable.
ALSO,
ico Acres of land, granted to
Mai bury, joining Lyle, levied on as
the property of Jofeph Holland Sc
Mark Snow by virtue of a ft a from
the Juftices court at the inftance of
the adminiftrators of Hollinfworth,
returned to me by Enoch Rogers,
conftable. also,
too Acres of land mere or lefs,
whereon Benjamin Scrcggir* lives,
levied on rs the property of faid
Benjamin Scroggin at the inftance
of David M f Curdy by virtue of a
ft a from rhe Juftices court, return
ed to me by Jofeph Poft, conftable.
ALSO,
225 Acres of land, granted to
Leger, joining Chapman, on the
north fork of the Oconee river, le
vied on by William Potts, D. S.
as the property of Thomas Barron,
(being the plantation on which he
Jives) at the inftance of William
johnfon and others. *
/ lso 5
Ose negro woman named Mary
-1 ann and her three children, namely
Tom, Ann and Darcus and a ne
gro girl named Eve, together with
one ftill and five ftiil vtfTd.% levi
ed on as the property of John H.
johnfon at the inftance of Benjamin
A fh worth.
ALSO,
One brown bay mare and a year
ling colt levied on as the property
of James Bafons at the inftance of
Buckner Harris.
ALSO,
200 Acres of land, on the middle
Oconee, in Jackfon county, join
ing Henderfon, levied cn as the
property of George Keetft at the
inftance of Buckner Harris.
Conditions cafh.
J. M. C. Montgomery,
Sheriff.
March 31, 1810,
Foreign Correspondent
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GEORGIA EXPRESS.
“MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED.”
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
Agreeable to an Order of Court, will
be fold on the Jeventh day of March
next , at the court-houje in Jackfon
county ,
All the perifhable property of
Thomas Coweri, deceafed, confift
ing of cattle and hog>, which may
be feen by thofe who wifh to pur
chafe at the plantation where Tho
mas Cowen died—-iiifo forne fheep
which may be feen at old Mrs.
Cowen's, the mother of the deceaf
ed—alfo one horfe which ftull be
produced on the ground. The
conditions of rhe Sale will be made
known on the day.
GEO. W. MOORE,
r Adminiftrator.
N. B. The file of the above
property is poftponed til the ft'ft
day of May.
March 31, iSio.
For the Georg>a Exprefs.
HOW long fnali the outrages of
foreign nations on cur national flag
go unpunifhed ? How long fhali
we f'ubmic to the fiumeful direption
of our property on the g eatdeep ?
That we have laboured under a fe
ries of infults, I prefume no man of
integrity can deny. The two bel
ligerent nations, France and Eng
land, have piung;g their blooey
daggers into the American bread,
without any provocation. Indeed,
almoft every nation of Europe have
aimed at the fubverfi *n of our in
dependence, and at the deftrufibon
of that civil oz religious freedom, for
which our forefathers faerlftoed their
lives and fortunes. We have hi
therto borne the taunts and re
proaches of the world with mildnefs
and forbearance ; bu-, whenever
Americans ihall be rcufed to a juft
fenfe of their ignom nious actemp s ■,
whenever they fhali be fully fenfioie
of their nefarious defigns to degrade
and debafe the character of the na
tion, they will exhibit that ft ength
anl which characterized the
brave patriots of ’75 ; who fcorned
fubmiffion to a foreign yoke; and
who with heart and hand united,
faced the deadly cannon. The laws
and conftitution of the United
States are wholefome and good—
fed, nobis quid prodeft, si leges nonex
ercebuntur. A government which
will not protect the rights of its
citizens, which fuffers them to be
torn from their lawful purfuits, and
condemned to eternal fhverv in
thofe infernal wood prifons of the
ocean, caanot hold any rank among
the nations of the earth. A citizen
who had been imprifoned for any
number gt years, without his go
vernment attempting his releafe,
or without (hewing any wiliingnefs
to tff ft his liberation, would be
iuft.ftAble in attempting the deftruc
bon his government, that he
might ereft: a better j which would
at the expence of their lives and
fortunes pro:eft him and his pro
perty from the domination of pi
rates. England at this prefent time
has more than 14,000 of lour coun
try-men in bondage.—Have we e
ver demanded their liberation -
11 ive v/e ever railed our fwords a
gainft her or have vve done all that
Is in our power to liberate them ?
I fear left we have fo degenerated,
that we would fuffer our country to
be ranfacked before we would raife
our hands rgainft the invaders.—
Suppofe thole 14,000 were by any
it cans to liberate themfelves from
that odious vaflalage, how could
we expeft them to contribute to
the fupport or a government, which
had not protected, and would not
proteft them, nor their property.
It is as reafonable to fuppofe that
fhofe men would be inimical to our
prefent form of government, as
that we fhould by all means poffib'e
endeavor to free tirtm from their
bondage. The fnft duly of a ra
tion is to protect its citizens, and
unlefs vie prottft our’s at the peril
of our lives, we ftull be wholly un
worthy of the name of a nation —in
fad: we ftull have nothing but a
mere name, Ws do not coi.ftdrr
the infinite value of our feamen, a
very important branch of the com
munity ] who rifk their lives on
the high feas, that we may exchange
our own commodities for thofe of
other countries. If v/e cannot by
any friendly and amicable means
refeue our feamen from Bi itifh op
preflion, we can adopt fuch mea
iures as will rompel them toreftore
us our men, and at the fame time to
do us juftice. Had the embargo
continued for fix months, or a year
longer, it would have produced the
deftred effect. How could Eng
land have lupported her navy, the
prop and main flay of her exiftence,
when her commerce was cut off
from the whole world, except Spain
and Portugal and a few other trif
ling places. From what fource
could fne have derived raw materi
als, tar, pitch, cotton, flour, to
bacco, lumber and innumerable fa
thers, for the fupport of h?r army
and navy. ‘ No man who has his
fenfes can fay that England pro
duces a fuffkient quantity of thofe
things within her own territories.—
It is well known that fine caanot
produce the one thoufamlth parr.— ■
Then being ftiut out off all the Eu
ropean ports, fhe muft undoubted
ly folicit the friendfhip of the U-
S. or America ; that fhe might ob
tain fupplies which would enable
her to perfevere in her war again ft
France and the continental powers.
She would have been compelled to
accede to our reafonable propofals,
a~d to cff.r fuch reparation for our
injuries as is confident with juftice
and equity. What was the caufe of
Mr, Erfkine’s embaffy and the dif
avowalof his arrangement. If En
gland had not been compelled by
the exigency of her funds as has
been proved to demonftration, flic*
would not have fent any minifter
plenipotentiary over to America.—
if fhe could have exchanged her
manufactures for thofe articles Which
are nea firry for her fupport and
without which fhe would inevita
bly fall, Mr. Erfkine would never
have placed his foot on the Ameri
c n fliore as a minifter inverted wich
full power to treat. England is not
fo willing to do juftice to any na
tion, unlefs (he is compelled. As
foon as the Prefident’* Piodama
tion on the 19th of April, ISO 9,
was promulgated, the greateft part
of our vefFels, being then laden, de
parted for Europe—England hav
ing fried her ware-houfes with their
cargoes, and having obtained a
fufficiency of raw materials, then
declared the arrangements entered
into by Mr. Eifelue to be null and
void, and that he had a£ted contrary
to his iiiftruftions. Is it not rea
fonable to iuppofe a'ter England
had thus obtained fupplies, for ac
leaft ore or two years, that fhe
would detain our citizens on board
her jfhips to fight her battles, fup
pefing that the United Stares would
at any time accept of a treaty with
her, which pertained to any honor
able meafures, and that fhe would
not do juftice without fhe w as com
pelled. Had the embargo lyflem
been ftriftly adhered to, we flioul i
at this prefent time have our com
merce free, and our citizens libera
ted from Briiifh bondage but fume
fay that it was importable Hr the
embargo f>ftem to be ftriftly ad
hered to, and that the people could
hot bear fuch privations. Indeed,
I believe that there are men amungft;
us, who would facrifi:e their coun
try for money, and that there were
a great many embargo breakers, ef
pedally when whole flares like
MaffichiiiVrrs and Connecticut o
perdy declared againft the fyftenn.
I can compare rhe damages r. full
ing from rhe reftriftions of the em
bargo tc t o dng b*?ter ti*an to
leaking of a t ..Ik, which lofes 2 drop
in a week. He who v/',S n c en
dure a final 1 privation in fupport of
the honor of has country* and :!c
freedom cf his fellow-citizens is
unworthy or the name of ai Ame
rican. Srj long as Erg’ani (had
be able to obtain a fufricicncy of
our agricultural produce in exchange
for her manujaftures, and avoi ! tfje
deadly gralj) of Bonaparte, fo long
will die continue ro infult and to
evade a juft retribution for her
crimts.
PHILO NAUTA.
BLANKS MAY 3E !L\D
AT THIS OFF ICS..
(No. 96.