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[VOL. ll.] jPGirSTJ-PRINTED BY DANIEL STARNES ii Co. WEST END OK BROAD STKKKT, # . PROPOSAL* lT r>ANIRL STA*NF< At CO. M, tJU/Unr h SUfcrftin • muhh f IN THE CITY OF AUGUSTA, TO BE ENTITLED J|/irror > of the Times.- T!?F. universal promn’watinn nf trtt h.*nd th* general diflrihution of know- I »re ohjeift* of the firft importance in rvery'country where liberty has left traces r fh/r foutfteps, under every government w l,ich coufulr* the happiness of Man : faid the Great Lord Baron j »ii power, united with virtue’’ it certainly, is liberty. Where ignorance reigns there I vice triumph* and defpotilm governs. As pin become* enlightened authority will he limited & morality restored—Knowledge k. virtue are the bales of freedom—the one inftrurt" u$ in our rights, the other teaehet, vJ „ ur duties; the firft fhewa us how to con duct the heft pothole form of government, the Ufl requires us to obey it when conftrue ted It is therefore advantageous every where, thut in a , tfluHit it is abl'olutely nereffary that coxrett information fhoutd be widely diffufed and easily obtained : For il*rt ’tis the foplt who govern. ‘They never inten tionally choose bad leaders or approve wrong peafures, yet they are liable to error—give them true details and they will judge cor redtly—for on plain gteumh the people at wtys ttcmjufi Ipwitnj : whenever they mif ttke their own interests ’tis owing entirely to want of information in the many or want «fhonefiyin th tfiw. But ttttnfme politi eal information is not to be acquired without much labour, and few have Itifure to fludy the systems, compare the opinions and pe ruse the p.iges of Locke, Sydney, Gibbon, Flume and Vsttel. If an acquaintance with the true princip'es of government and duties sf a citizen could be acquired only from huge folios & dift'ufe treatises, it would he seldom fought or if fought, the plough, the hatchet, and the saw must (land ftilf. Seme cheaper and eaficr means of fatisfying curi osity » d procuring inform-tion must there fore lie looked for ; and wherf is intelligence cheapntfs and convenience united with more advantage, than in theclofely printed col umns of the humble News-paper ? G»r countrymen appear so well convinced of the ufefu'.nefs of pcii*>dical prints and have foswj liberally encouraged them, that we deem it unnrceflVry to irfift on their merit, and almost helitate to request public patron* 1 age for another News-paper efla'injbment. We can prnmife little except what atten tion, lionefty & industry can perform. The principles of our Paper, like our own, will be ‘ Republican, “ but the fame freedom of opin ion which we claim for ourfelvcs, we willr ill o'htrs to enjoy.” Civil and Religious I liberty is the birli right of evry man, and I htwho will not extend the fame indulgence I to all parties, and all fedlt, which he withes L for his own, is already or dderves to be a Egfive. | ■r To f'tpport Religion and mora'ity will ! I' ke our pride—to encourpgc literature our j I',endeavor—no communications calculated to | I do either will he refuted ; no Lint will be I otgk&ed. In a free country it i§ nefceifary I ttat the law fliould be neither vague nor 1 “nknnwn, *ll public aiSts oftLe State teg- I ihature, will therefore be - lblifhed a* they I «ome to hand. I The MIkPOR OP THE TIMES will b« H «pcn to all who cßnvafj public wteaftire with ■ *frency,and in examining he oonilu.T of I mtiTidua!*, as officers of it I knew—“ N» Party but my daunt: y , JNt I hind but Truth" I CONDITIONS. I I.The MIRROR CF THE TIMES will be I publiditd every Monday, oh a royal ■ (Lett ot an cxietiiDi quality, and good l\ ? ype ' . i ■ 1 the price to fubfciber* will be three | ■ J t’ o ' 1 * rv per annum, paid half yearly in j advance, ■ / Hi lhe price for at'vertiling will be fi r ty ! I cent* per l'qnarc tor ttie lint insertion j & thirty fevenaud a half for each c«n* ■ bnuatiun. I T he paper will be delivered t* Town 1 *> u blcribrr» at their place* of abode and j ■ thole for the country will be d< re up 8 '» packets ard delivered at the Eoft ■ _ Office. I 7 LEA'Ei , r — to (jell! 1 The Subscriber 1 .1 * e,urn » his siacere thank* to I l *e citizen* of Augusta aad it* vi- I r nit -V 'or the liberal encourage n"“ rt *e has rrceived stace his I ' cm,|enf ti»*ni of business in this 1 * *Fd itiil itlicits a cunt nuance ■ 1 '• h»»te, he stili costings* ta ■ carry on the I Jcylormg Business , ■ . 0 *hits various branches, thost n < ) avor him with thtir cuatoai, ■An T bepead <>a having their wotk ■I >?* m ’b« best aianncr sad o» the Wl'". terms. *ll or ■ ‘ * 1 "ill ba thankfully ■ v, 'tT" BTul phactually attended I ' J the publics tumble srrvaat* I »-wv. Dtniel Hubbard . 1 ff ; *• be. subscriber has re. I . P,eee# ot tyrr/ine I vn i °* quality, wmefc • *»!tl lew sot cash. MIRROR OF THE TIMES. # V —i ■■ 11—i .wiwawwir DOCUMENTS, ! If hich accompanied the Message c f the Pus idea t oj the L’niud states. The Secretary of S fate to iVr. Jackson. Department oy Mate, Oct. 6th ISJ9. Mr An arrangement, an to the re. vocation ol the British Orders in Council, a» well as to the satisfac tion requited in the case ol the attack on tiie frigate, has been made in loitn by the government of the U Sues with j David Monugue trskine, Juq. ! an accredited Minister Plempo- j lentiary of his Biiianoic inajasty. i And after it had been latthiuly ' carried into execution on the pars ol this government aud under circumstances rendering it« eflects on the leianvt* situation of the U- States irrevocable, and, in some respects, iirepatable, his Bnumuic majObty has deemed it proper to disavow it, to recai hiu minister, and to send another to his place. in such a state of things, no rx - ; peclaiion could be tnoic able no course ol proceeding more i obviously prescribed by the- ordi* ' nary respect due to the dtsap j pointed party, than a prompt and 1 explicit explanation, by the new ! liu.u.onury, of the grounds of (he refusal on die part ol hi* govern meni to abide by an arrangement so solemnly accompani ed Wy a substitution ol other pro. positions. Under the influence of this rea sonable expectation, the President ha» learned with no leas sutpn 7( . than regret, that in your several conferances wuh inc you have stated ; Ist. That you have no instruc tions from your government which authorizes you to make any ex planations whatever to this go-' vernment, as to the reasons, which j had induced his Bniannic majesty I to disavow the arrangement lately J made, by your predecessor, fa that therefore you could not make any such explanations. 2d. Fhat in the ease of the ! Chesapeake, your instruction* on ly authorize you (without assign, mg any reason whatever why the reasonable terms of satisfaction tendered and accepted, have not j keen cat ried into etlect) to com- i municute to the government a uuie tendering satisfaction, with | an understanding that such note! should not be signed St delivered j by you, Until you should have pre- | vtcasiy seen and approved the pro- i j posed answer ot this government 5c ; that the signing and dclivtry of your note aud the answer ot this gevetumeut should be simul taneous. ! 3d* i hat you have no instruc lions, winch authorize you to; make to this government any pro positions whatever ui relation to the revocation of the British Or ders iu Council ; but only to «e --ccive such as this government j may deem it proper to make to :>uu. ■ 4th. Tha», at til times, it is not I the disposition or the intention I of the British government to re i voke tkeir Outers iu Council, , as they respect the U. -Sta.es, but upon a formal stipulation on the part of the United States, io ac | cede to the following Uims aud j conditions viz: in. 1 hat the act of Congress, commonly called the non-inter, course law, be continued ug.uusi t ranee, so long as she shad con tinue tier dccites. 2d. That the au'-v of Great Bri tain be authorized to aid forcing the provisions of the vaiC act of Cong teas: 3d. That the United States sbal explicitly renounce, during the present war, the right of cairying “ HOLD THE MIRROR fp TO MATURE.” ShdkcSpCeirC . i -i m. -te—' « nr* ■■x— - jk r.»a*rj»- _>ca on anv trade whatever, d»Vect or j indirect with i.mv colony of any 1 enemy of Or »M*riia:a, from \vh»ch they wriv excluded during peace ; and that she renunciation must extend, not only to ihr trade between the cOUmy and the mo, ?h*r countrv, hoi to the trade between the colony ami United States. If, in the aforegoing represent j tatiun it should apperar, th u l have in miv instance misappre. bended vour meamug, it wdi as. ford real plcaso’’ f; to be enabled j to lay before the president a state- ! mtnt, corrected ag’c*-*biy to any J suggestions, w th which you m.»y be pleased to favor me. To avoid the misconceptions incident to oral proceedings, 1 j have the hon. to intimate that it is ; thought expedient :h *t our f< r'ber i discussions, on ibet present, oc. a sion he in the written form. a«u! with great sinec-ritjy i assure you, that whatever c«mtu unload ou-> i yog may be pleased thus io male, j will be received with actions *oli i exude to find th»-ijt >ocii a l ' *i»av lead to :\ speedy removal ot eve* j ry existing obitacJc to 'bat mu-; tual and i;i*lini> fi iertdsnip and tor- | dialitf be, ween the iwo n, * ns, 1 which it i» enviously the im*»e»t i of both to f'-ster. With the highest eotn’idery.ioß, Vours, &c. (ifigned) If SMI 1 il. The huu. J. Jackou., #c. Jl/r, ?>vuth to Mt. Jd'faon. Department ofbtutq Ai-». i U*o'i. ! Sir Your letter of 2ld ultimo which was duly received, woiud have been sooner ackuowh g**d, havl I not by Hickness br*-n rimd«-.r*«l l«' ; several day# utterly unfa lor bu>t ne»s. Although the delay and appar ent reluctance in specifying the ! ground* of the disavowal ot the l arrangement with respect to the j orders in council, do nut curie* •pond with th« course ol p»cc«e ning« deemedmost becoming the occasion \ yet as the explanation has at lengih been thus made, it only remains, as to that part ot the | disavowed airangcinent, to . re gret that such confide* atious > should have been allowed to out- i weigh the solid objections to ne j disavowal; it being understood J at the same time that his Unun * ; i me majesty perseveres in itqu-' ! ring as iudispensible (joixlaioiu jon ihe pa.t otvfie U nil id State , > an entire telinquiahment ot toe j * right to trade with enemies to- j j iouies, and also pcrmi.Mm to j > tWe siritish nav / to aid iu ex<-- i cuting a law of Cuugus* ; pre tensions, which cannot hut ren der abortive all proposals wuaievvr upon this subject, vvUeiWir made by the United Slates or hta bii lannic majesty* Whilst you hav» detuned it | proper to oiler an explanation t with respect to the dLavowalot one part ot airangeineni, i must re*: min.l you that mere is not to he round in your letter any like specifications of ihc reamns ** ,r the disavowal, nor particularly is it shewn that instructions Acre vi olated as to the other part, viz the case of the Chesapeake ; t.,e case in which in an especial man 1 ! ner an explanation wa* requr‘«d, ! and in which only you professed to have hii. bur tty to make io this government any overtures. For the iirstliiue it is now dis closed thai the subjects, arranged with this government by your pre- i JcCessor, are held not to he with in the view ol a Minister Plenipo tentiary, and that, not having had a “ full power distinct lrom that am horny, his transactions on those subjects ought of tight he disa vowed by his government. ’ This disclosure, so contrary to every ; ..utecedent •opposition and ju*t j •nftrtiice, gives a new aspect to , this business* If the authority MONDAY, Decemb-r 2s, i B O9. • J S JI -• •*' • i ‘ai.-'VT-"»-**> TV^UUrjSBfSiUIM. ! °f vnnr ptrft.Trssor did not cm. b*ace the siihjerts in tjne« r iuii, so ss to bind his government, it ne ' ••ssariiy follows that the only cre dentials yet presented hv him, give von mi aurhurity to bind it, and tha: the exhibition of a “ full |>ower v for that purpose, such as Von doub lets are furnished wj»h f i* nrcoine an mdispensible prelim, inary to lurther negotiation ; or, tu sp«dk mure strictly was required in the. tirst instance t»\ the vievv of the matter now disclosed hy \ou. j Nrgi.clatmn without this prelimin ar\ wouldnoior.lv be a departure I liunt the principlf: of equality which i* dir e»i»riitial basin of it, but wouM moreover be « disre gard of tiv pircutitions and ol the j self-respect. eujnineU on the atten ; (ion ot tlie Umted States hy tlie | ciicnmstance* which nave hither to taken place, I need *carc«dv add, in the full power alluded to, as a prelimina i ry to negotiation, is not intended ■ to be iuemded either the whole i efteiit or any part of your instruc. i iion# tor the exercise of iu— j These of course, as you have just ly remarked, remain subject to | \ our own discretion, 1 abstain sir, from making anv i particular animadversion*, on sc. : vcial irretavent and improper al lusions >n your letter noiat all coin po« ting with the professed disposi- liou to adjust in an amicable man. I lie* the diiterencea unhappily sub fcUi/ug between the iwo countries. | but it would be improper to con, ; ciudc the few observations to I which l purposely limit uiysrlt, without adverting to your repeti lion of a language implying a knowlruge on the part of this go ->««norient that the instructions oi your predecessor did not author ize the art itngemeat formed by hint. After the explicit and per rmp.ory asseverations that this government had no such know ledge, and that with such a know ledge no such airahgemcnt would have been enttied into, tlie view, which you have again presented ot die subject, makes it my duty to ap[y ,;cc )°n, dial such insinua tion* arc inadmissible in tne in tercourse of a foreign mmisiei I with a government that uader- I •uuds what i, owes to itself. I have tbs honor to he See. (Signed) K SMITH. ! The hon. F. J Jatk.on , fc"c Mr. Jmitii to Mr, Jacksow. Department of State, November 8, 1809. | SiR. in my letter nf the 9th ult. I sta ted to you that the declaration in ! your Niter ol the 11th, that the dispatch “ irom Mt Canning to Mu Crakme of the 23d January, was the only despai.cn by which the conditions were prescribed to Mr. l.rhkine, ior the conclu sion of an arrangement on the ! niatier to which it related, wa> men tor tiic lir*c time made to tfiu government.” And it was added, that if that despatch had been comaiuuicaicd at the time ; of tlie arrangement, or if it had been known that me propositions I coma lied in it were the only ones on whica he wan authorized to make an arrang ment, the ar„ r<i iigenie>it would not have been made. In inv letter of the Ist. instant, advening to the repetition in \out | teller ol the 2!id ult. ot a language j implying a knowledge in this g<> Ycrnment that the instructions of ; your predecessor did not author | ize the arrangtmt-nt lormcd by ; him, an intimation was distinctly I given to you, that after the explicit j and peremptory asseveration that j this government had not any such j knowledge, and that with inch a knowledge, sucli an .urangement i would nut have been niarh-, no -neh ; insinuations would be admito U by this goverumt-ni. kTiding ttiai hi your lepl of ihe 4’!i you a fanj»uApr« wliich nisiiot (iiwJcrs’ooil bu r as r«*it*-ratiiif7 and aggravating the namegro** insinuation, it only remain*, in order u> preclude op., portoniiie* which .*r- tints ah met], to inform von that no further com munications will In* received from von, and that the necessity of this determination will, without delay, be made known to vour govern, inent. In the meantime n ready attention will be given to anv com munications affecting the inter-- ests of the two nations, through any other channel that »iav be sub-* si i tuted, I have the honor to he, s<.. (Signed) R. Smith. The honorable Francis Junes Jaikson , SsV.* Mr. Oakley, liis majestv’s Se* cretary of Legation, is desired by Mr. Jack son to state to the tary of Stale, as Mr Jackson ha* been already once most grossly insulted by the inhabitants of tho town of Hampton in the uupro.. voted language of abuse held be them to several oliiccrs bearing tlic king’s uniform, when those officers were themselves violently annulled and put in eminent dan* ger ; he conceives it to be fndia pcnsible to the saleiy of himself of the gemlcmen attached to hi* mission, aud ol his family, during the remainder of ins stay in |), u United States, to be provided with special passports or aateguarda from the American government. I Ins is the more necessary B 'mce some of the newspapers of the United States are daily using % language whmeonly tendency cau be to excite the people to commit violence on Mr, Jackson's person. In consequence he request* that the undermentioned names may bo inserted in the document to bo furnished him. Frauds James Jackson, Mrs; Jaikson , their three (Children, khat let Oakley , his majesty’s Se cretary of Legation, Mr. Georg§ Otty , Private Secretary. SERVANTS. Robert Havering, Francis Mar tin, William Auree, Charles Bee* crof<, Richard Lowe, John Price, John Lilly, James Wright, Amelia George, Mary Smith, Harriet Patten, Martha Wood, France* Blackncllt [Received at the Department of State on the 1 Ith JNov. 18t)y.} On the fubjett of Fulton’s tor-* pedo, the New*Yoi k journal makes the following obleiva lions :] Mr. Fulton hat given fuflfi* cieni proof to every intilligent mind, that less than tod lbs. of gun-powder, exploded under the bottom of a fh tp of the line wouldinltanilvdeliroy her. He has recently made some very important experiments on the means of placing of the torpe do under a veffcl with little iilque to his men, whether the velfel beat anchor or under (ail. We boldly aflert, under the full conviction, that it will be proved, in cale of need, that this invention will not be only a complete protection to our coast and harbours; but from us nature, inuft in time, totally dellioy the influence of the , hritifh marine, with the tyran. ny and intrigues of that nation. Where is the real American, or friend to America, who does not feel his heau glow, at the poflibihty of lo glorious a result which give a perfett li berty of the leM to alt nations, and for ever prrventoui peace ful government being embai raffed by European depieou tions ? [No. 63.]