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ATHENS, GEORGIA; PRINTED ET ALEXANDER M'DONNELL, SATURDAY, JULY ax, ISIO.
from the National Intelligencer,
<f Othello's occupation's gone.'* ,
i The tone afTumed by the re
publican prints on the late clftclo
fure of the dilpatches has placed
the opposition editors in the moft
awkward pelkion. They have
long been ft riving to make the
people believe that they are the
cxdufivc centinels ar.d guardians of
their rights again ft the aggreffions
of the French i to which end they
have as ftfwdilv denounced the re
publican prints for their forbtar
jfcvc on this head. Nov/ to their
effected aftoniflunent and real dif
snay, they find thofe prints, true to
tne principles o* which the .repub
lican caufe refts, avowing their re*
probation equally of French and
Engiifh injuftice. At this they
are as angry as the cur whole bor.e
is fnatched from him by a more vi
gilant brother. Lke & celebrated
ancient philosopher, they had cal
culated on making this accusation
the powerful h vtr for fubverting
the bulwarks of their enemy, ar.cj
like the lame phdi.icphtr ail they
had to regret, for the accompl (b
---ment of their gigantic obj ft, was
want of ground to it and upon.
Still, exulting in the hope of vifto
rVj they wete ftiuttirg, and foam
ing and raving, branding every
friend of the ad min: ft rat ion with
being a Frenchman ; a tool o. Bo
naparte , when lo ! as iocti as i<-
appeared that France had taken
ground as hoftile to us as L g-ai-n,
the republican prints come our. and
hold a language as plain and fttrn
towards France as had evei been
held towards England. The wn^-ie
nack had juft been in full cry, pro*
; Isiming the humiliating fubiervi
lency or she government and repub
lican to the will of the great Em
peror, and declaring’ that juft in
wroportion to his exertion of phyii
cal force would be their fubmillion ;
when out come the difpatches, dii
playing on the part of tr.e govern
ment an unbending impartiality to
wards France ard England, and pro
ducing from the republicans an un
equivocal manifeft alien eff a fpirit
as little awed by French as Lru.m
violence; thus dragging into day
light the greatbug-a-boo vv - lit; h by
a dextrous rrn?genienf, ar and a par
tial expofure, had infpired lo gene
ral an alarm, but which, feen hi ita
{rue colors, is inftantly duarmtu of
all its errors, Infteac of feunstdo
petitions on the part of General
Arrnftrur.g, they behold indignant
remonftranees ; while on the part
of the people they perceive con
fpicuoufly delayed- a refolution to
Sacrifice no Tight to the mandare c-t
injuftice. Such prophets are indeed
unfit tor their avocation, and, alter
Inch an expofure of ignorance,
fhould cover themftlvcs for the
reft: of their days with lack cloth
Foreign. Correspondent
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GEORGIA EXPRESS.
many shall rbn to and ?ro, and knowledge shall be imcreasid.”
and allies. Should they hereafter
plague us with their produftionr,
they mull be viewed in the light of
King propheis, and will only be
ferviceable, by indicating a cowrie
the very reverie of which may be
expefted.
Did humility and contrition at
tend the expofure of their calami
ties, charity would inculcate for
bearance i but as if defpair had dri
ven them to madnefs infiteaci of be
ing lilent under their expofure, we
hear nothing but the ravings of
bedlam, and a ts grave divine” fo
lemnly avows his tear that the lan
guage of reprobation of France by
the National Intelligencer is intend
ed to pave the way for a humiliat
ing treaty with her, Shame, where
is thy biufh, when a man by pro
ftftidn calied upon habitually to
confuk the oracles of truth, mani
ftfts fuch adepraved difregard for
truth itfelf 1
Such is the miferable predica
ment into which error leads her
votaries ; we fay error, for we will
cl:rg co the hope that few of tho'e
who* fill the ranks cf federahftn arc
vicious.
Here then is a fir, an honorable
occafion for thofe who have the
good of their coustry at heart, but
have been led aftray by dtflgniug
men, to Jpurn from them evil ad
vice and evil ad vile rs, anti co ac
knowledge and practice the duty
(upporeing an upright and enlight
ened government, which although
it may, on fome fubordinate points,
pnrfue a couile that is not precifeiy
iuch as all good men would wifh,
yti has in conftant view the welfare
of the whole community the cauie
of libert), and the rights of an in
dependent ration. Never has the
repubhean ad mini ft ration loft fight
of the one, or facrificed the other ;
and never will either iuffer fo long
as the people are animated by a
patriotic refolution to iupport their
own gdvtrnment againft the injuf
tice of the whole foreign world.—
That government, fellow-citizens,
his no foreign partiality ; every
drop cf blood in its veins is Ameri
can ; its true and only glory is
identified with the independence of
its country, and its foie fame deriv
ed from her happinefs-.
Let chen a patriotic, a holy zeal
rife in your hearts ! It is not yec
too late, by an unanimous expref
fbn of your feelings and nurpofes,
to convince the tyrants of Europe,
that they have no chains for us, and
that, rather than wear them, we fhatl
be fatisfied with the peace and
plenty of all thst is ellcntial to
comfort, to be found within our own
limits.
Withdraw your confidence from
thofe who have rif fled you. No
longer truft thofe who have deceiv
ed “you, and degraded your coun
try. Ceafe to hftin to men, who
who cherifn Jackfon as a bofom
friend, and, who at the very mo
ment they are abufing republicans
for their forbearance towards France
are engaged in palliating, advocat
ing and euleg firg the Britifh go
vernment. Conuaft this conduft
with that cf the republicans. They
do not ftoop to palliate the wrongs
of either power ; much Ids do they
extol the ore as the faviour of the
world, at the moment fhe is heap
ing iniults and injuries upon us.
New-York., June 27.
On the 6ih of October laft, cap
tain Samuel Green, of the fhip
Polly, bou and from this'portto Fal
mouth, was captured by a French
privateer, about 10 or 12 leagues
S. W. of tea Siciily Blands. The
captain of the privateer, after plun
dering rie [hip (I many valuable
article r-ok away all the flu p’s
crew, e/'toting capt. G. and his
apprentice, ar.d put on board a
pri£2 rrr-;’ t-r and four men, with or
de sto nduft the lhip into the
nertft’ u"t oi France or Spam. —
On the ) h, having laikd three days
for Ihe French coaft, capt. Green
feized a ! vorabie moment, when
two and. the Frenchmen were aflrep
ia toe caoin, and when two more
had j ft gone below, to recapture
the I. c. lie inftantly fprat.g for
ward. afled the cabin cicois, fa*—
tent he compacian, bolted the
hatch over the fky-light, and k
cure* the man at the helm. Thus,
cnce norc matter of the fihip, he
wore her round, and fleered for the
hear, ft port of England or Ireland.
The Frenchmen below having be<sn
two ciavs iu their cioie confinement
fuffenng with heat, and tortured
wiih the weavils which had wander
ed from the rice in the hold, and in
fefted the cabin, requefted to be
brought on deck, and prom.fed o
bed'ence and fubmifiion. Motives
of humanity induced captain G. to
relieve them from their diftreffiog
fituacion. He brought them up
feueratelv, and fecured them on
different parts of tne deck. On
the 18th of the fame month, after
failing in rh s manner nine days,
withJi tcl ficg his eyes, he arrived
in fafecy at Buftai, in England.—
Cap:. G. is a native of this country,
and, as will appear from the exploit
above related, a man of a bald and
emerprizing fpirlt.
For his brave and fpirited exerti
ons o ■ this oc aft ;p., the New York
aid Columbian I durance Compa
nies, in this city, have presented
to captain Green, and his appren
t ce, a generous and honorable re
ward. The follows g letter accom
panying the very liotral compli
ment, [which, we ur.derftand, con
fided of an elegant let of plat- and
a check for {even hundred andfi ty
dollars) together wish capt. Greco’s
(N. 109.
anfwcr, have been communicated
for communication.
Commercial Adv.
New-York, June 19, 18x0.
Sir,
The New-Y r ork and Columbian
Infurance Companies liave been
lately informed of your re-captur
ing ycur vt ITcl, the fhip Polly, with
the feeble aid of a boy, on fhe 9th
of Odlobcr laft, from five French
men who were in polLflion of her
as a nnze.
While an aft of gallantry cf this
nature is ever its own brtt recom
pence, and receives the moft. per
fect fatisifatftion in the animated ap
probation :t brings to the heart
which has atchieved if; vetjuflice
require that fuch afts flxould not
be lilently pafied, but thus the pub
lic fentiments be expreffed on con
dud: honorable to yourfelf and
fo creditable to the cha: after and
fp:i t of our ccuntrvmen.
in beba thofe Infurance com
panies we would, therefore, ex~
prefs the high fenfc they entertain
of your bravery and cmerprize on
th s occafion, and would requeft
> oar acceptance of the accompany
ing ftrvice of plate and the inclof
ed draft on the Bank of New-York,
as a fir.all t. ft men al cf their fen
timents and feelings.
You w ill dfo find inclofed a check
for one hundred dollar:; wh : ch they
requeft you will appropriate for th?
life of Peter Deftbane (the boy)
who a flitted you, in any manner you
may deem for lits intereft.
We are, with fentiments of ref
peft and etteern, your obedient icr
vanrs
CHAS. MOVERS, Prefidcrt
N. Y. Infurance Comp.
David mum ford, Prcs.
C.d. Infuraiace Ccrnp.
Charles M*Evers, Efq. Prefideuc
of the New York Infuranci com
pany, and David Mum ford Efq.
Prtfident of the Columbian Infu
rance Company.
New-York, June 20, 1810*
Gentlemen,
I have the honor of acknowledg
ing the receipt of your letter, en
cl [Eg ycur draft"and check, and
a:companied by a fervice of plate,
which the companies over whicii
you pn fide, have flattered me by
prefentlng.
Allow me, gentlemen, through
you, to exp rtfs to the companies,
the warmeft thanks which gratitude
can infpirc in the bolom of a Tailor,
and my moft ardent wi flics, that
this in fiance cf your partial favor
may ftimulate other American maf
ters to more brave and important
fe:aptures, that your n i uti
ois may long thus reap the benefit
of your highly grateful liberality.
Attached to Peter for his
and fervices, as aifj on account of