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QUAKER.
W jLL Stand, the ensuing **-n~
i« at >he Plantation of the sub.
ribrr in Columbia coimty % eigh
ehwileir shove Augusta, near thr ,
r»t irg road, at tne Sow prior
tifier n dollars, pa', ab’e by note
fi st day of ILcensber ruxV
licit rouit be sent with the;
,ire—• igbt dollars the str.glf
bit, and one dollar to the gro< m
t-rtry instance, to be paid at the
nc oi service. The season mil! |
on the 2Cth rlav ot (
ac», and ends cn the 15 h da*, ,
July, Any niare that does no
iyt tn foal shall h»vr the bent fi
i Sr, ,
the fall season, provided heTs <
Kin keening for a race Ev<;r\
nnnoo wtl be paid to marcs,
i'nojresp »o>ibi!iiy for ai cub nts.!
QUiNKfcR is an **Vgant figure 1
1 ti teen hards and * half bgh
t vear* old. a r.ed sorrrl, of
r>©f form ai d 'onstuu'ion. *
m>iGfiKK. jl
QUAK it, uSi got by thr |
fMrarted Gallatin, who was,
K by the imported horse B dfoid '
id hr by Lfui g >nnon, whose sir *
I' Echpse. ffis dam be t, f ;<
ip *ncd Me.mbrino*; hi' '
*nd dath Mfo gg.«, bv Ma f cl» (
* i his g rat o>ami haul bv Re- .
'lll', out of King Herod’s dam,
tTKtgulns, bv the GAdolphin
*kun. • Q.ok-r’s darn was got’
’ the cclrbfatetl horse Hbailt*i
' yrt»nd dam t>v Brim trie-, and,
was got by the nnttrl running!
ire Hrinuier »n Vuginis—hist
a* great giand dam by the noted
iporied horse oiet-ly. as for
i Ker? per <»■ nr>aore as h roofer
7 cannot mlmn of a douh—he i
i« won ‘.even purses out of t< n
id, never was known be jn any
»d off order. A iso winning one
aich race.
Benj, Martin.
March f 2 [4 i
13“ WE arc authorifed to
l,r » Mr, GEhARI) Mor
5 vv ‘il be a candidate for
r S'herifi’s c fhee in Columbia
unl y» ai tbe approaching dec
March S
N o T ICE
MN'k. months fr«m rheda'C
appi!• atiun vrnll be made
i e hoi >rable he Interior court
Columbia County, to jell one
tod red and thirty acres of L*nd
* a,d t-Ouoty, adj iin.ng Laud.
®eal and Ihberu, the m«ii* be*
the estate of H«z kia
ue-4 itec’rk. j
O'vdance Jone adm’x
Wij]ia;n Jones, Ad.
Htceu,bti2#
No i ill
N»N E months from the dau
r ’°’ app icarion will be made u
f '° >H,,a bfc the filterior t out,
< oouiv for leave to &e!
,act land, containing from
r to five lutneirtd acres, heieg
■ r ‘ a 1 es'a'.e of Samuel Posey
c *»>cd,
j'chn T,evtis, adrrir,
a _ *" dj;t t t'l hit wne
count \. I
8 U^31,18 U ) iti if ill
. n<s‘ HOLD THE mirror up to
Richmond Fn q , tirer
HIGKT OFIMPRESSMFNr
We have a queer faying,
much in life, among u®,i
when we fprak ofa man’s
getting at a thing h v around
"bout-way, which lie has
no right to get at one wav
or another: VVefayoffuch
a one, that * be whips the De
vil around the flump.*
Never did this exprefiion
more happily fuitany man’s
designs, than the attempt of
his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent, in his late De- \
duration on American aiF.«ir>,
to juitify the of im
prefling Bricifh seamen on
board veiTels.—
Never did a poor special
pleader rack his brains more
for a plea or a quible, than '
has this chief of a greit Em
pire for a pretext to
our fliips for seamen. i
-4k His Rcyal Highness can ne j
ver admit, thai in the exercise \
of the undoubted and hiihert >i
undlfpuied right of fearchinflf
neutral vefleis in time of war,j 1
the impreflment of Bii'ifh lea-|
men, when found therein, can!
|be confiderrd any violaiion of
'neuirai
By the bye, His Royal
Highness Jays the thing that
is not, if he means (and wh-t
elie can he mean r) that we
do dispute his right offearch
ing neutral merchant vtflels
in time of war It he v ill
ht io good as to search our,
Rate papers, from the year
1788 down to the present
day, we will venture to fay
he will not find one solitary;
iriftance in which we have
ever difpufed the righr of
fearth in the only cases irr
which it is recognifed by the
laws of nations— viz. the
fie arch for contraband and for
enemy’s goods.
“ I have then a right to
ficarch neutral vefiels,” fiay?
his Royal Highness. A
giecd ; tor thefie two things.
* * It then in ficarch ing for
thefie things, I come acrofis'
a British fieaman on board
your (hip, I have a right to
impress him, when found
tiic re in and you ought not
to take it
His Royal highnefs’ plea,
then, is briefly tHis —* 1 hav<
no right to learch your yet
Ids for my seamen : vet if ir
J *4
feArching for other things i
r chance to light upon nun
why, then, i have a right to
take him.”
Milcrable quibble! well
• -4-
jwoi ihy ot tiie p.aCticc whiefj
he cicfenUs. This 1* ‘ w hip*
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WEST * ND 0F »*oad-*t««»t. SATURDAY AK R i t - 2 , t S,-
j ■ A ’
ping the Devil r f und”-with
a vengeance, lie claims t:
do a thing indiredlv, which
by his own 6onfelfiofi‘he has
no right to do directly,
The Prince puts ns in
mind o* a magiffirare in these
parts, who was once called
on fur a learch.warrant for a
cow which the owner had
loft, This worthy man
anxious to do his duty fe
cundutn ertem , according to'
rule, naturally went to his
book of forms, tc hunt out
a Jearch warrant /or a cow.
The iccorder of forrtis had,
however, given no finch
warrant—and the only one
which the magiftr*te could
find, opposite to this case,
was one to i«*rch for a 'Jur
k*V* The unfortunate jus
tice v\’as at a complete non
plus. He would not draw
a warrant for a Turkey, for
it was a cow which the
owner was in quest of • and
he could not draw a warrants
for a cow’, for there was
none fiuch in the hook of
forms; and the conth.fi >n
[was as plain as the nofie in a'
fate, that it did not * ivc !
him a right to draw one.—
At last however a very hap
py idea relieved him from'
this perplexity. “ I will
tell you whit, (laid hc ; ) tho’
i cannot give you a learch
wairant for your cow, I will
give you •ne for a turkey
and you know in looking
for a turkey , you may come
acrofis your cow.” j
It is just fio with his Roy
al Highness; in hunting
for a turkey, he may light!
upon his cow. In a learch
for gunpowder or enemy’s
goods, he may chance to
rind a British seaman.
If the Prince Regent
means that this power
been Cxercificd in this way,
he again fays the thing
which is r.ot. Numerou
are the cases in which
their recruiting officer has
gone on board ofourfihips
, tor no other purpose than tc
cribbage men. They have
taken them in row-boats ;
they have taken them ini
fliips where they must hive!
known there was no cargo-
They have known the cargo
, beh-ie hand— yet have they
gone on board with an a
vov ed design of getting men,
a id**truly adted on that de-|
yfign, by making the crew
mutter immediately on thr
I deck,, without taking an\
care of the cargo. Arii
what is worse, they *hav<
t t
’aken fucb men.,as they lik
'd, without any care whe
ther they were Britiili or
Americans ; taking them,
not because « B'itilli seamen
were found therein,” but
because it suited their inter
oft or caprice to take them.
Ihe fad>s, therefore, are
moll diredlly in the teeth of
his Royal Highneis’s own
rule.
The rule itfelf is new
one ; it is a mere interpola*
ticn or. laws t f nations ; it
m even a breach of common
fienle —** found them.”—
Mark the oonfequence !
Either the Prince Jiegent is
to take men without know
ing them, or alter he gets on
deik he has a right to take
the neerftary means to find
them, that is to fay, to
fiearch for the men in their
■births, to inspect the roll of
the ship, muster them on
dei k 6c leek in their brogue
.or their conversation lor
some clue to aid in his rc
fearches. If he takes them
.without knowing them,'
there is an-end of his rule ;
,for he takes them without
finding them to be wh it he
is in quest of, « British fica
men.’ Ifhe fearchesthem lor
means to detedt thcmfielves,
he has no right to do it--the
purpose for which he went
there, proves that he has no
iuch right. He went there
to search the cargo, not to
.learch the men. Hu has
nothing to do with the men.
You have no right to do that
indircdtly, which you can
not do diredtly. “ What
right have you to impress
(lays Cobbctt,) when you
have no right to flop for the
ourpofie of impressing ? I
mr»y enter •nother’s house
to fiearch for a stolen coat,
and if I find there my hat, I
may icize it as well as my
coat, having the authority
lor the firft ; but be it oh- 1
served that (for you) to Aral
the hat is as criminal as (for
ne) to keal the coat.” In
learching for the coat, you
may take the hat, if you.
jfind it, because if you had
(known the hat was there,
you bright have got a war*
rant tor it, but you have no
right to take any thing elfie,
winch you could net have
got a warrant for. Thus,
| ,n I-arching f<>r contraband,
you may take enemy goods;
but yx>u have no right to take
1 man, for which \ou had
•ot and could not have had
my warrant at all.
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What a curious huv of
- nations wc ilioolcl h ivc ;
r First, the neutral flag i s to
, he free, with two re!h idiotis
I only - f And next, in enfare
t ing one of these reftridtirnfs
•you put on ns many new
• ones as you please The
•law of nations would indeed
t he a mere nose of wax, to
ibe thus turned nod twilled
about, as avarice or ambition
r would make it,
i CUN* BOATS.
1 It is a f.idt that although
these vefiels have bee.i rcdi
-1 culed by felf conceited ig
> noiance as wholly jncflcc
• live, yet our molt experien -
ced naval commanders have
declared them fully compe-
I tent for the purpose for
which they were originally
•intended, to wit, the defence
of our hays, rivers and hv
-1 hors. r I he gallant Decatur
vvhr> has proved their utility
before lripoli, recommends
• tliem a molt efficient means
of offence or defence in
port, and no one ever con
tended that they were, hr
viccablc to cruize againfl aq
enemy at sea. If wc had a
fuflicient number of them
all completely manned, we
scruple not to fay, that the
enemy could not lay nt an
chor in the Hampton Roads
•as he does at present.—The
heavy metal they carry, and
• the favorable situation 'hey
would be enabled to take,
would give them an oppor
tunity of annoying the ene
my’s ships without recei
ving any injury from them.
Ihe British officers know
how to appreciate the effica
cy of our Gun Boats, as may
be seen by the following oc
currence.
Nine of these veflcis are
well manned, and comman
ded by Capt. S’cnart, of the
Condellatioß, in person, got
under way on Saturday af
ternoon and dropped down
to the narrows (about five
miles below the fort:) where
they were discoveied by
one of the British frigates
that had anchored in the
mouth of James Rivtr •
The weather was u.jconi
ufonly cann, the tide favor
ed the boats and was again t
'he frigate if ike attempted
io rejoin the squadron
ncvethelefs, such was thet
activity and exertion of thole
on hoard the u lb greet
then app.ehenU >n from an
attack or our little musquitG
jiert, mat her boat* wert
Ko, 236.