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, ti.e bewer of
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.hroV.h YV», and
I p" M '. ca £cirvon Wednesday
Llarived Y' J, v to lhe Fedor-
ITr!°", Yestdrdav morning lie
■» s,aK ”’ h,s
l*r^^ <,re i co n«r
|L ng tliU ge»riem»« to
IrCs. «cM was 50 day.
1 ruXlmoath «"d+i LO,
I y sbe kfc the Utter port on
I %f^r«sco m ptoelyand
I received on the state of
I WUirs m &>'<**. " c
Is e .Mightto allusio,. >o ,
I roe rmsoflisd,. pa.cl.es- He
I , f > i'v silent as »o the ex
-1’,;,. « prcposi-ion, winch
Wb.cn. lien «'dn. the peolic
fi n n ts tc ve bttn offered by
L ar , urstlves.or to Great
L± as equally 9 ' lcnt 39
Slbeto. S' w £«**'«»
d,he fa' l m J- rf,a " d -
Hratad v remark m the
l; . >V the rumor of
«ftV> ■ had f f r ed
■ „hc wake '. n
■ Inland, ami immedi- .
■ W |v after the in lienee of the,
■ mention efthe A.-ie.Mftm vessels
1“ - ”ind, had aho ; etched that
St. Michael but
lays at L’Orient ; dicing
iroe, her seamen were Ytot [
,td to go on snoe. Ot *
though the dispatches I
nt off to our Minister at 1
here was not time enough
vc any communication in
The last dispatches from
nister in France, are sup*
o bear date about the 14th
h cT August.—These dis* '
i were not in the possession
Nourse.
belligerent powers (lo not
well disposed by their acts
ectthe rights of tht United
Condemnations and se
niors are obtained upon the
frivolous pretexts. X V’o
•illillustrate the practice of
iintries'. In England, the
an American vessel, which
Irdfrom Philadelphia, with
nrqitii d’Yrujo, and other
f»tis onboard-, and without
rgo, was condemned by the
of Admiralty; because she
und to Bfiurdeaux, or some
French port, without touch -
England, &c. according to
tquisiticn of the orders of
1. In France, a few days
the St. Michael werit into
fnt, an American Vessel
Martinique, with a cargo of
i &c. was sequestered in
f nl. She had not touched
dand, nor had she beeh vi
hy any English cruisers;
' l, hey had hunted her thro’
Jglish Channel into port.—
r»ume that this act of se
ration was effected under
:C,ce arrete, orders or in*
0I ]*» that Bonaparte is said
' issued at Bayonne. It is
Sl ‘ D B> ‘hat this document,
■uth exists, has never \et
published in this country,
L * or literatim.
y understood by some bf
h vT ° f London » lhai the
7 llsh ot defs relative to
Feting of n •*.
°y»»H u l.' e Thespian
l Busttn* d Messrs Calf,
tist.ai l n *°, n t| )e
dej oj the Mancgers
,&* 1
•Ss£7 p ,rt ° f
«>■ ‘' e ‘'tn,M, re t , )e
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AUGUSTA, Oct. 24.
j OUU GoveniHie.nl has received
dispaii h. s from England & France,
hut the contents are not yet known
We .received by last evening’s mail
the National Intelfigeftccr of the
10th Octdbrr, from which we se
lect the following :
Washington City, Oct. 10.
Tue St. Michaels arrived a 1
Baltimore on Saturday, last Wn
L’Orient, which she left
of August, bringing dispatches
both from Mr. Pinkney ami Gen.
Armstrong. ,
The contents will doubtless be
trade known to Congress, which
is soon Co meet, with any further
communications which may be
previously icceived. In the mean
time there is reason to believe that
no final decision had been expres
sed by either of the beligerent go*
vernmentr, on the appeal made fjy
the President to the justice and
policy of rescinding their illegal
edicts, under the authority vested
in him by the act of Congress, to
suspend in whole or in part the
Embargo laws. Notwithstanding
the manifest interest ahd sound
policy which plead with France,
to concur in lie equitable views
of the U, S. her infatuated attach
ment to the particular system she
has adopted ajaiim her enemy
discourages a reliance, at feast on
her setting the example of chan
ging it. It is understood, that
appearances weft at first favorable
to the expedition that the British
government would yield to the
unobjectionable arrangement con-
by the President of a
evdsation of the Jrdeis of Coun~
\«il as they regarded the U. S. and,
of the Embargo as it regards
Grcat-Britain , and that there was
moreover a disposition indicated
to tesume the affair of the Chesa
peake, with a view to some tffec
live step towards i s accommoda
tion, particulatly ‘he restoration
of the seamtn still detained in cap
tivity, to which it was admired
there could be no reasonable ob
jection. At a later date, the ap
parent disposition tc coticur in tlie
contemplated arrange meut had
undergone a change. Difficulties
were started as uuc.tyccied as they
were irrelativfc and inauspicious.
Whether further expanation aiicl
reflectioh W'ouldleadio the result
due to the fair arid frcndly views
of the U- S. must sooi be known.
As the offer to repeal the Embar
go as it relates to England on her
revoking her orders as they relate
to the U. S. leaving tint Embargo
in force as to France if ibe adheres
to her illegal decrees, tal es away
absolutely the sole pretext on
which the British orders are ex
pressly founded, to wit ; the ac
quiescence bf ihe U - . S. in the
French decrees , and as her wish
es would be gratified i th the
whole of our trade in case France
refused to repeal berdech.es, or
a removal of all illegal obstructions :
to a general commerce woul 1 take
place, in case France agreed to
repeal them, England may still
be expected to accede to the views
disclosed by the President, if Her
owh views do not noW fotsake
the otigihal ancl avowed objed: of
her orders, in favor of some Jis.
tinct and unfriendly to
wards this country.
For odrselvcs We do net ton
ceal our conviction, foiind-d on 1
a variety of known circumstances i
as well as the language of certain
English prints that the British po! ■
licy is co-operating with the ef
forts made among o*rselve s - 0 j
altneate the affection*, of
zens from their government, thus j
v ie more effectually to answer aid
promote the views of tie Drithn \
government by rendering abortive J
the measures taken m vindication
of our just rights. She calculate!
upon our divisions, and to divide
and paralise us, she act*one wav
and talks another. Tlere cun’
scarely be a dob t that she is nlay.
mg the most dexterous card in or
der to influence the pending elec
tions, particularly that of Chief
Magistrate for the ensukie four
vears We shall be happy,?f even
, e . r "i le , #h . all llave complete
y baffled in her- hopes on this
I head, as b.-.filccl she infallibly w il
p<\ she at length accedej t<> the j
juu terms offered by cur ruvctu*
•netit. 1 !
ftIED pn Friday lust, Cor. !
nf'lia Murrev, Dti ightoi of Mr. j
■ lames Murren of ibis cir. ii»od j
five years. r
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GRO)FIG) A, Ihchrmnd C nuifu.
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' Presentments of thejGra4 Jury. •
October Term I S 3B. j
THE Grand Jury considering as j
of great importance to the roiniftti. !
nity at large and of immediate mi- '
lity td the town of Augusta, that ■
the public roads, bridges and fords
within t»ie comity, should be kept
! in good repair, are under the ne. '
cessity cf noticing several instances '
of neglect of duty, and thereupon: |
1. We present as a grievance j
that, since the bridge over finder’s 1
creek, just below the mills of :
the late Mr. Cooper, has become j
impassible, no ford has been made !
where the bddge stood, which is
represented to be a suitable situ%. •
tiori for that purpose, and liiglit be I
ntadc at a smail expetise-iiiiat l>v
this neglect, the people w)j > coine
to market from that quarter arc
obliged to leave the direct Wty and i
pay a toll tor crossing <Jver t Mill*
dam,
8, The fording place ovet Rocky
creek, cn the Savannah road being
now, and tor a long tube put, i>.
a situation to endanger the safety
ot passengers, W« presett the
character whose tlutv it was and is
(for a valuable consideration reced
ed in advance from the county) to
keep it in repair, for a bre’.ch of
hi 3 conduct, and also the persons |
who made it, and whose cuty it
was and is, to enforce a compli
ance.
3 NVe present tb'e commission- I
er or overseer of that p„rt 1 ,f the
Western (conimumv called tlm Bed
ford road) lying above thd limits
of the Corporation of August, and
oetow the Colombia countv me—
which w e consider as the woi-A and
most iiigltcte'd piece ot road n the
county.
4 VVc present as But
cher-pens situated on any public
road-side, as tvtdl those at a grt ater
distance and withm the counttf, as
those in the vicigjty ot tIVe *y.vn—-
.itid that they be removed \ itliin
one month to a distance mil less
than two hundred yards fVo.ij tlie
side of any such public roa Js.
We present as a grievance
that the public jail of tin. county,
insiead of being duly regelated and
applied to the purposes for vdiich
prisons were intended, Is converted
into a house of riot, disorder and
gambling, to the great dlsturhance
of the prisoners, as well as of the
neighborhood > thus nßiltiplvin'g
(wiilim the walls () f a public build
ing) those sources of vice anu de
pravity already spread to an extent,
which the parents and guardia is of
the rising generation every friend
of decency, may well look upon
with serious alarui.—While t) tre
fore; wc expect the county Sheriff
will effectually provide against such
gross misconduct in future by re
moving his present Jailor—we feel
it a dtity we owe to the reputation
ol Mr. Rhodes to acid, that, upon
investigation, we are satisfied he
was but very latedy apprised of
these facts.
6. The Grand jury, considering
themselves bound* bv their public
duty to notice such iustancH of
misconduct in individuals ; pin.
rage the teeling* of society, r,v a j
| douole violation of the laws of the j
; land and of pubiic decorum, Pre- j
; sent Ferdinand Phimzy as living in '
a stat<i ol unlawful and criminal 1
; intercourse with the wife of ano-1
j ther man.
I 1. We present Peter Donaldton [
i as living in a state of adultry with !
| Peggy Perdue.
8 The state of Georgia, bv m
act ol assembly passed 31st of Jujy
1803, having placed under the nttii.'
1 agement of certain Commission rrs
| or trustees and their successors in i
1 office, a very valuable property,
I lor the use and support of an Ac - j
! demy, and oilier purposes within i
this county; and by the 6lh section
of the said act, the Trustees are re
quired to make annual returns and
statements of that fund ; and, as
it does not appear to this jury ttut
any such returns liave been maoe
by the said Trustees to the govern
ment of the sute : and ihat gre.t
j solicitude on rhis snhiect is rmni
i fested bv various persons, We con
; siijer it a subject ot such inagnitud
j and importance as tt> induce th.>
I Grand jury to recommend, am*
i they do hereby recommend to the
i present members elect, of this
countv, to the state legislature, to.
exert tL.vnseives to obtain an in-1
: yestigation of the matte.- in su ’ ■
manner as to the legislature miy
seem proper.
9, We present as useless and im
| .politic, oppressive and unequal in
! -i ,s operation, the act of the legis
lature passed the 2Jcl Mav !Bi)3,
j entitled “ an act to alleviate the
I condition of Debtors,” &c.
f he members of the Grand Jury.
■ cordially unite n\ expressing their
, approbation of the otfieid conduct
! °f his honor Judge* Walker, which
i we present to him with the more
pleasure as our Conwy.man.
j We request that these present
ments b.* published in the Augusta
j News-papers', and that the Clerk,
j he directed to luruish each member >
elect, of the legislature from this
couniv, with a certified copy of.
j the Sth.
1 lioma« Cnmming, Foreman.
Each. Williams Win. M‘Tyre
John Bedinglicnl Jesse Pumpbrcy
Donald M‘iver fsaac Herbert
Win. J. bunco 0. F. Randolph
Win. Bacon John Carmichael
N. Deleiglc Wm White
Cosby Dickinso'i Benjamin ijunn
Nicholas Fox James Walker.
L Samuel Fee
The Court after taking into con
sideration the presentments made
bv the Grand Inquest, ordered that
the Clerk of this Court lav before
tire honorable the Inferior court of
this county, a certified copv of the
lirst am second presentments, and '
before the City Council of Augusta,
a cercitied copy of the fourth pre
sentment, and that the said Clerk
deliver to the Sheriff of this county
n tertifi.-d copy of the fifth present
ment, and that he abo deliver to
each of the melnhers of the legis
tore elected from this county, a
tertiH.-d copy of the eighth present
ment, and that the third, fourth,
sixth and sevedtli presentments be
laid before the Attorney-general,
and that ihe whole of the present
mems be published in the Augusta
News-paper*, agreeably to the re
quest of the Grand Inquest.
Taken from the Minutes.
. MATTHEW FOX, d. C/’*.
October £2, 1808.
TO TDK PUBLIC.
! BEG the indulgence of the
public to suspend their opinion
on the above presentment, as it
is a bale, falfe and malicious ca
lumny, propagated dn purpose
to injure thy reputation ; I call
upon the fabricator to come for
ward and declare himfeif to be
the informC', so that I may have
an opportunity to vindicate tpy
character; il he is a man ot ho
rior he will not hefnate to com
ply with mv iequefl. *
Immediately after I received
the information of this diabpii
cal proceeding, I wailed on ihe
fofeman of the jury, & rcqutjf
ted of him to know theinforitl
er, and what evidence they haid
before them, to juftify fuch|a
irieafiire ; He ref il fed to tell
any thing, in faying that he &
not at liberty to dilclafe •
j was done by thfe Giand J
! I informed him that I
j (eek for redrets fiorh
without delcrimination, and as
they had ftabed my charaftej
in the datk, which I belitvc was
i intended through malice and
j lp;te, to me alone ; he then re. j
; plied, he would fatisfy me fofar \
: as to lay that upon his word, he ’
! did not hear any one of ihe
i jury, mention any thing that
i appeared like they Had any bia
j lice against me, and that if they |
| had done wrong, it was through ’
i ignorance alone ; then I ob- j
ierk*d to him, that 1 always
coaj iered him a man of lenle,
thari.vould fuppole he would
hik rtinonftiated to them, ihe
hfido you know that I was m
j »r or a gain'll it j and do you
not know that twelvV men of
dir jury are fulficient fen carrv
thing into 'eftett ; iVeply**
:d, yes fir, arid took lcirte of \
hir(i. 1 have beep inforineaNhy \j
fudge Walker tnat I cannot \
have any Sc that I can\ \
hot bring fuit.a (ainll thie jury. \
Nqw mv leflow citizens, you
nay judge w£it that body of
men (An do, (if they take in it
their heads (o to do.) They
may propagate any base Sc in
famous fallhood on the charac
ter of any of yout citizens, and
no remedy can be had by the
laws of your count’y ; is this
not a case to be lamemed, that '
those coincis of fcandai Sc clip
pers of leputation Iho#'d be lb
clothed by law *s to pass with
impunity—are hot luch men
more dangerous in lociety than
the mid-night assassin.
F PHINIZY.
October 22, ISO 3.
For Sale, /
The Bay-tyririgSy
WHhltON the Subscriber now
lives, six miles above Au
gust, on the main road lead.iug to
lUilledgeville—Tts situation for a
f’avyrn cannot be exceeded, and an
lor health it sc a rely can bn equaled.
It is well timbered with Pine, Oak,
&c. &t. which have been particu
larly reserved, and its conveniences
are seldom surpassed in point of
houses, stables, kitchens, t Vt -il s „f
good water, orchard, lYurverses i r c.
For further particulars application
may be made to,
B. B. TINDILL.
October 24.,
1 he Subscribers,
HAVE removed their Stock of
Goods to the Ssqre ‘formerly
occupied by Meters. Watson and
lick3ert, where they are just
opening
shi extorsive assortment of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
II AH DWARE
CUTLERY,
stat ion ary, &
They have an assortment of
SHOES, which they will dispose of
on -he must reasonable ttrms ; they
have also on hand, a
quantity of .salt,
All of which they ate determined
u> sell as, low &s they can possibly
he sold in this place or Savannah,
tor Cash or Produce. J
I-a Roche ic Van Sinderen. |
Dissolution. l
THfc Co> part net (hip, of J. I
Sc. E. STARNES is d.lTolved
by mutual content* those hav
ing demands against them will
oleafe present their accounts to
Ebenezer Starnes for
and those indebted will please
call and fettle their account*
without delay. __ J
JOHN STARNES.
; EBENEZER STARNES.
The bulineL iu future will be
carried on by Ebenezer Starnes* #
firlt door below Wigfall and j?
M‘Kinnie. f
,Ofl. 24. f
Reward,
WILL be paid to any person
for apprehending JOHN
| WYNN, who deserted from my
company of Artillerists, on the
I4ih inst. he is a outive of Geor
gia, five feet six inches high, thirty
lour years of age, has g rey eyes,
fair Hair, fair complexion—by oc.
j cupation a Taylor.—Whoever
j will sectire said WYNN in
j goal,, or deliver hi any com.
missioned officer in thliirnoie* of
>he U. S. shall A
reward, a-,d A
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