Foreign correspondent & Georgia express. (Athens, Ga.) 1809-1811, December 22, 1810, Image 3

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nations whcfe large ft adding r.rrrfies . and frequent wars iT rd evtr/ oth: r opp r. un ty of inft r u6bior., thefe ef ta‘oi foments are f ur.d to bt tnciT p-nfahie, for the due attainment of tht branches of m;l;ra-y faience, jjwEieh r qu're a regular courff- of ptudy aad experiment. Ii a Go vernment, happily without the ocht r the eiercv ntary principles of the arc cf war can be taught without actual iva- anJ without the expence of tx tenfi/e and fLndi g arm es, have frie preci jus a \ vantage of uniting an fefT-n sal preparation agi'nft ex:er pnal danger, wih a ferupuijus re gard to interna! fafety. * In no other wav, probable, can a prov.do of equal tiH acy for the bijblie defence, be triad at ft> little expenc-, or more confifiencly with rthe public 1 berry. i he receipts into the Treafury during the year ending on the 30th of Sep ember loil (and amounting to more than eg it millions and a •half dollars) ’ Live exceeded cue current exoences of the Govern ment, including the intereft on the public Hi be. F>r the purpTe of leimbu. n g at the end of the year 3,750,000 dollars of the principal, a ioaa, as aunhorff and by law, had been Rfg‘i fated to that amount ; but has lince been reduced to a>- 750000 a liar*, the reduction bc i. .r prrmi-ted b’ the (hire of the T eafury ; in which there will he a b s an -e, remaining at the erd of the y -t , vftimared at 2,000,000 and liars. For the probable receipts of the next year, and other details, I refer to fia'em nts which will be tranf mirred from the T'eafury, and v, i h will enable you ro judge what former prov’firms may be nectfik ry for the tnlui g vears. Rtferving for future occafi ins, in the couTe of the ft- fii n, whate ver other cobnmun;cations m: • cla m your attention, I clofe the prrfenr, by exprtffi g ruy reliance, under the bit fii g < f Divine Pro vidence on the judgment and pat riotifm which wii guide sour mra fures, at * period particularly calling for united Councils, and ir.fl xible exertions, for the welfare of our country, and by affur ng you of the fi.idfty and alacrity with which my. co-operation will be aff >rded. ’ JAMiiS MADUON. By the Prefident of the United States, A PROCLAM A l ION. WHERE/IS the territory South cf the Mijjiffippi territory, and hafl ftoa dof the river Mifftffippi, and tx~ tending ts the river- P erd do, of which p./fejji'jn was not delivered to the U nittd St ate i in pur/uance of Ibe treaty conclud'd at Paris on the 30 th of April 1803, has at ail limes, as is well known, been corfidered and claim ed by them, as being within the colony of Louifiana cenveryed by thef did trea •ty in the fame extent that it had in the hands cf Spain, and that it bad when France origin illy pojfrjjtdii. And whereas the accuiefctnce of the United States in the temporary continuance cf the faid territory under the Spanifh authority was not the re fill of any dijlrufl of their title, ay has been particularly evinced by the gene ral t or of their laws, and by the dif tiifl on made in the application of thofe laws between that Territory and foreign ; but was occajioned by their conciliatory views, aim by a confidence in the juftice of thstr caufe and in the fucccjs cf candid ducuffon and .amicable negotiation with a juft and fritnaly power. And whereas a fatisfablory adju. -* - meat, too long delay-d, without the 7 unit of the United States has f.rfe.r.e time been litirey ff end A by evats c vet ■ •-. ch they £■a no control and tv here.is a cri/is ha at leny’b arrived c* fubvtrfvc of the o- hr of things under toe Sparifh authorities, whereby a failure of the United States to take the fend t err it : ry into its pffjion may bead io everts ul imatey contravening the views of and. tv parties whiljl in the mean time the tranquility and ff cu rl ty of cur adjoining territen tes a*e en dangered, a-.d new facilities fiven to violations of cur revenue an commer cial lews, and of thofe pr ohiouing the iHircduA.cn cf/laves : Conflicting moreover, that under thefe peculiar end imperative ctrcum - fiances, a forbearance on the pa't of the United v tales to occupy the terri tory in quefiton, and thereby guard a gaUd the confujmns and contingencies %L 1 h thu.iten it n>.ighi be cunjtused into a dereliction ej their title , or an tnfcrjibilvy io the importance of the Jims: cttjtdertng that in the hands cf ice United States it will not ce.afe to be a fib jc A of fair ami friendly ne gotiation and adjufment: copftdenn* finally that the ails of Congrefs Thu’ content plating a prefnt p ff Jji nh a foreign authority, have contemn!a .and afu an eventual piffefjton sf the [aid territory by the United States , and are accordingly Jo fram and as in that cc. fe to extend in their operation in the fame ‘, flow be it known, that I, “JAMES M IDI ON, Prfidmt cf the United States of America, in pur fu&Kce of thefe. weighty and urgent con ft derations, have deemed it tight and requifite, that poftejjion jhould be taken Oj the faid territory in the name and behalf cf the U States. bP iiluwt C. C. Claiburn. Governor cf the O leans Territory cf which the faid territory is to be taken as part., will accordingly proceed to execute the fame j and to ex erefe over the fa-d territory the au thorities and inn finals legal'/ apper taining io bis office And the good people inhabiting (be fame are ihviced and enjoined to pay das rejpefl to him in that cl a aid to be ake Pent to the laws ; to maintain order , to chtr ijh harmc-y j era in every manner to ccndtifl t! tirfTves es peaceable i li zens 2 under full afu ar.ee, flu* they will be protected in the erjymetit cf thsir liberty, property &> and religion. In trftimny whereof, l have cat fed the feal cf the Unted States to be hen uni 0 affixed and figned the fame with my hand Done At the City of (l s ) Wzfhi: yjtnnthe twenty fever th day of Oft,her AD. 1810, and in the tin ty fifth year of the indepen dence of the fetid United States. (Signed) f A VIES MID l ‘>O lf My the Pr fidsht, R. SNil tH, Secretary of State. inentj .<. eilMSifc* a*-. F'X'’HF C -S. Aj. l-IUNS, DECK WtER -9. WE thiscU*. lay tKtore our rea ch is the Me. sage of the P ft cut t f the Un ted States to C “g eis. It breathes a pure ipirit of ca-.r.oc ifinj aid is v. additional e vidence of the fpierd-d uior.is of the man that Republicans have placed at the helm of the American Democracy. I; has been fif. ed by thofe whole viev-s a-e fo contract and that (hev can defeern meri Ti nrtir bu’ men of t ,cr own creed —a-td wno can and (- cover energy in noth, g b?it what pertans to “ *he woria's laft hope” t s MM.I n had n t n;si ne fs to caufe our rights to be rtf pedled—but the cakh g p ff fFi jn o? Fi r a and ?he recalled Mr.Pinck ney, giv- h • lie dire 6l to the bale calumnies of his er emits. We fnad oc> afio- ai.\ g vr fuch of the Do u meuts tha> <*- • mpanied tht tVlcf lage i-.i art ciccmtu l.*c(l tnurciin g, The 7,1 tTg-Y and Document-', after I'cu.p i;ad, \V; fv rci. r c t. var )cs tore.::: a A. the l\M,Onnl i-- tdiigeurer L s, tie. fe coii'aittc s cannot be expelled to report in FU than a week or tr**l davs, and th re v.M probably be but H tie bufmefs of moment done in either houfc, b: fore that t : tne. By the lafl Mad we have intfT gence from Portugal as la c as the i<) h o£l. at which time the li. o.llc ai ‘-ies rtmaineo !n the lame fi un tion as mendoned in cur l it. REVISION OF 1 HE CRIMI NAL CODE. Ar thr 1 ornnvnc* ment of the fefiiM ff. Dtvi s, Spalding, B rnetr, Waike , IVSfaii, Ware, II b, Iv ribf, ru,,d James Ja ki -n, were appoi;. ed a j lot committee of bo h b rc ir of he I gfi t ire ©f th s ft a e, fo fv Or mat z , and g It, and io !*u’ expedient to amelio rate th f - cr>m nal c- cl of it s fta e, ■who nu e Or foil w*g report erf th ir pro.eeedmgs .n Wcdneiday the 11 n ftjtt. Rcfolvt’d, by ‘he Joint Ccromir tte o t> ; ; P>,4o hes appointed to iyftema z*, and g ft, a-sd fo far as ex. edicnc to anuhora t the Ct rni tul C .de, that fob comm dees be appointed t* fill up the outlin- S a d >picd as the abllradt of a Penal Codcj a- ‘ that lu h committees, appointed, ihall rep >rt to the chair man of hi n mmittte on the fi.ft day ( f Miv > xt And be it further refolved, That rhe cliairmin upon r .t p o* laid feveral rr ports In a 1 com pie the fame, after the Arrangement which this commutre mav havr ptev* -oi ly upon, ad have cine fi'tr pd correct copies made and taken of iff. 1 lame, one o< which he final within twen y davs after the receipt of the wool -, tranknit to each rntt'h b-r of d>e con mi tee. And be it further refolved , That this c rr ni.r tv i * re-fT. u- blc, in the town and M afh ng on, in ‘.he county of Wlk , -n the ioth of Aug .ft next, r prepare their fi ui report io lus Excellency cht G.jv erno . And be it purifier refolved, That each ft:b-comm tree in idduion to the Ipecial duties affigned rlu-m fti ill p pare fuch roib ■ ilaotous erticit s as may be fig efted to h s mind, a,,d move the fame as mi atnend rPM-nt at the meeting Gf the com mutee. P rfons capable of committing erm s, T'eafon, P. ncipds & Ac er fii Vc:, F I m..— Mr. Ware. H -nne-cif* —i. j nil ti hi ,2 Ex culahl., 3 F i niouK. l Ma> fl ugh tt r. i Mu r e *. — \V alk fr. A Ton, Bmga .. Davies. Ear cay, H bbery.— l e fair. F rger , E > j-ir\.—Jackson. Uiurv —lversg n. Forcible entry and detainer, Li b- 4 is—Hill. Barratry, Champ°rtry<—Bar net R t , i\ >u” s, U n ! a v. ful Affay s and Bid in Cramo-. C&icc — DING. i ■ PE here meekened sense and amiable grace, And lively sweetness dwells , enraptur ed, drink, That nameless spirit of ethereal joy, Unutterable happiness ! which love, Alone, heft civs. MARRIED, on Pue r dav even ing laft, by the R v. Jubn 11 *dg*b Gabriel Matk.ws, hi quire, *.T Wall r.gron cow I- (. ■ e ag'eei pje i\Vl3 Let it. a x.tllup.-, vf uts c --• / • — > -On the “20 j ff -.if, by Tho m m Mitch-!!, E u Ir. Ro r.c\T -T rciii'L to Mifs man Ponder, bnth iff..is coj.i.y. bALEOF PUBLIC LANDS. pu f ranee of a act of he Ce- Aif v.biy of the gu, p. :T-1 the 15 nda of Dr ‘ctn b r, 1810, will Oeexp'-f; :1 t Pub lic Sale, t > the bgh it blueCi, at the Starr-Houe dicr, ir the t n of Mille.'geviSle, corrmifuAna ca Mon-lay the 4 h of March r.t a.id ccntinui'-ig tr. m day t-d o ur*- til Saui day tin- 9 h in Uifivc, be tween the hours of tea T Erkin the forenoon and three i/.’ o k in the aftemo In, All the S <ju A ; s I, s St h'radti .nal Surveys of Lad r firv ei to the flare, in the 7JI didricl, formerly Baldwin ( ;ow Twiggr.) ccuntv, which remain yet unfold t;r dlfpoled of, tog :di r with LOSS N . 377 in tht 4 :i a fir cf ft i mcr- Iv B lawin count;, drawn b John Clarke, No. 412 in the 2 i cfiL 6t f rmerly B.lcv in c un y, (“ra'vn bv i homas Cd rah, and L t Ni. 17 in the 5 h and fl A f rm-riy B Id'vn ct.-u . drawn by Vv if a:n Eia.fT C g by re u h or the lowtfl iquare m the laic 7 h d.fi. Ct, TERMS. Ths* purch;;fers co go/e B mcl.? with fuffi ient fecurit;, payal la in the ft llowit g manner, to wu : 4 h part there f in 12 mor. hs a- t r the l t and pure! a r r—->r,r 4 a part ac the erd of 12 m n i:s thereafter one 4 h rare at the er and of twelve men hs there atc —1 and the rtmain ir.g parr in 12 in r. hs t ereauei whi b bonds and feciuity may bu gv; n by lep< rL n r perfe. s pur chrfing, s crrheii At rnits or a g ;f duly aurhorii and o . xe< uet! t; fame, aid wli be taken tr. t. ■” n^mr; ©f, and m.e pay a. i ro hsEx - ei- Ur. y the Governor for thujjirnt; b i; g, and his iu c. ff ;rs in e ffi o-; and *i the pu ccalVr cf any of the aGrrl&id quai s or fra6t : ors, ll; 11 n g 6t or fa 1, wirhin fix months at.tr the ft-.nv rr.3’ be-o n- du*, to pay the fi fi, oranycf n’- (irecrd irg • ftiim n's, the i rcafurer is to iff e h ! s ♦xe u ion for rl e anu ur.c uf the deb ami ’.ntrrdl :hi.t mav be then due, and all the ptopert cf which the purr a r cr ana ftcurity (h 11 be polf ff a <f a the ftme the bonds were given, w nban cl for the whole of hr purchafe ni;*- r.ey which rruy tiien or theuafttr become due. JOHN FIFRBF.RT, S. M DI VEUEUX, V. U D. JAN RA hf, Commiff oners. (fiff Th E irors ‘ thr- R pu>- Jica , c -it a ah—Chroni<-le, Au gufL-r-M'l tor, W Ihi g‘'* , r— ;r d Gr*org a EunrrCs, A S, vj 11 pub -lOi tie a o• “ n. h r r eßedrive Papers until th** da o! faL . SHERIFF s SALE. Oh the firß Tuefduy in February next, will be fold at the court ncufe in Oglethorpe, between the ujuai hours the following prepeny — O or <, t-'-ken ns the property f }a nys O-m- •and a; thi in ft a', iff of J 0 K Bea f and. One fo r-i hori , ak n as the property or f-h rVI m , r ri cf Fran s, at the i ftancc or Lemuel Cravvard. C mlbio- s efh. KTC \ U<D G MLEY, Sheriff l De emfer 25, 1810 Rf / K F R IALc AT Him FF.CE^