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AftGUS. “Here TRUTH unit tend d reingi, And dart accost M kings themselves ,..(Jr rulers of tht free." MILLBDG'feVILLE: Tuesday, February 27, 1810. —— MARRIED on Wednefday the 21 infh by A. M. D ve- reux.Efq. Mr. Robert Hill, Merchant of this place, to die amiable Mifs Lucy Wilkin son, of this county. Levi Lincoln having declined being conftdered as a candidate for the office' of Governor at the approaching election, the Re publicans of Maffachufetts have nominated Ei.bridgb Gerry for Governor, and William Gray for Lieut. Governor of MafTachufetts. A letter from one of our Senators in Congref6 dates, that the mercan tile gentlemen at Wall ington fay if the bill concerning commercial in- tercourfe with Great-Britain and Ftanie, arid their dependencies, and for other purpofes’ becomes a law, Cotton will be from 20 to 25 cents per pound. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS. Wajbington, 16th Feb. 1810. Dear tint, I inclofe a paper of to day—you find Congrefs has done nothing—! what it lias attempted in relation to the two belligerents, is a meafure almod exclufively fubfervient of the pure fpirit. It is certain fhe tobacco' & wheat planters, ft lumber cutlets, have been doing-well, and that w6 have been doing nothing...things will go on fo...there is noremedy... the cottort in te re ft in Congrefs is not drong enough to open the French and Dutch pens...we mud wait Voungs eulogium on religion, an patiently for events, they may be. propitious to the difinterefted, when they'happen our turn will come, and •we may make up in (he day what we have lod in the year...I write thus to you Sir, becaufe I believe you are difpofed to keep our people content with their condition...you can only do fo by telling them the truth. I am RtfptFlfully, Tour Fellow-Citizen, G. M. TROUP. For the Argus, “there’s something rotten in THE STATE OF DENMARK.” acquiefce in thofe difpenfations of an overruling power, at which we fometimes iepilie—merely becaufe we cartnot comprehend the whole chain" from an imperfedt glimpfe of a few links in it. For, a' love of juftice is natural to man. The great ultation into thofe of mourning and have extinguidied the torch of free dom to its lad fpark.”—Lord Hawkefbury had the profligacy to a- vow the defigns of England, openly in Parliament, and to utter his plea- fure at this accompliihment by the overthrow of freedom in France; dollars, 3,003,996,414,36 ccr-.* 7— A farm worth 100 pounds, it was proved at the Middlefex meeting, lad Augud, pays 157 pounds 18 drillings in tythes, taxes, &c. Ml Her commerce and manufadtu os are deminiftied. Bonaparte’s occu pation of Triefte, &c. will check fwers'well to JuJlict HerC is firm footing; here is jolid Rock-, This can fupport us; all is fea bt- fides; Sinks under us ; befiorms, and then devours. In thisjreview, which"mild of ne-. ceflity be very concife, we propofe to offer nothing ntfw ; it is our pttr- pofe to recur to fome well edablidi* ed fa£U, and to revive by recollec tion what has partly faded from the memory. The fangurnary wars of eighteen ! rears duration, it is well known, lad their origin in tfle ambition of kings. The confpiracy, planned at Pilnttz, to dismembered France; | was, to adopt the language of a de- | ceafed friend, a crufade agaivfi < libertyThis project conceived in a I hellilh fpirit of mifanthropy, has been proiccuted with diabolical per- feverance. in 1792, {Britain wan- | ‘‘ The great objefl of -the war was to ’ her fmuggling trade to the fouth of | prevent (faid he) the introduction of | Europe.—“ Every mechanic and la the pernicious principles that were bourer in England is a pauper,”— To GlDRON Granger, Es$_ Post- Master General, Washington City. SIR, Various unfuccefsfull efforts have been made by the citizens of this place to procure the National Intel ligencer and other papers, bv the , , . , , . . , , , , way of the Orleans mail....Latterly t0nl J her peaceful and pro,- _ f.u : .u* -sr _• „r : perous condition, and acceded to . 1 - -— rape commhtcd by Meffj Randolph the ‘^y of Pilnitz, determined to France .//i attefts them and Co. on the republican party of * Ut }. a11 her a £ amft an . unof : ‘ . . rhe wa * on the parchment* fign- - - - - 1 - - fending nation, then innocently and then prevalent in France —Thefe principles being now [1801] mate rially changed the neceffity of cotin- uing the conteft no longer, be came evident.” 'Britain, we know, did conde fcend, when (he could not help it, to negociate with the fir ft conful who had ufufptd the government and o- vdrtufned the liberties of France. But, fhartk heaven, her blindnefs and wickednefs, have led to her punifh- ment! Out of the afhes of con fum ed freedom, has arifen an avenger, wherfcaving fcourged all the enemies of France on the continent,has turn ed bis" flaming " fword againft En- giaiid'fiugly. England has ever been faithlefs over her- engagements; and cruel in the extreme. The hiftory of her -condu£l in Ireland, India and America, prove thefe fa&s, incon- tellibly: her behavior towards the United States, and born in the city of Richmond, has gTown into fuflicient importance to make a Hand at head quarters. ...This paper is called and known by the Spirit of ’76. Shortly after its birth it was afited which of the ’76 Spirits it was ...that there were two of that day, a good and a bad Spirit; or, a Whig and Tory Spirit....We republicans of Georgia difclnim it, and recognize it only as the bad Spirit...Exercif Taudibly engaged in modeling their coflilution Freedom was to have been baniihed the world ; for, fuc- cefs againft France, was to have been the fignal for'affailing America. Then, had"' Poland, America and France ftiared the fame undiltin- guiflied overthrow ! But let us con fine ourfelves to the traft of I'.n- glifh perverl’enefs,—a trail which we cannot lofe; for it is marked navigation policy of New-F.ngland, \ n * th * ri ^ rs °/ fre ^ en ’ *? u,d as is almod every one now adopted learn by what fort of legerdemam at in relation to commerce—the voice of "agriculture is drowned in the clamor of the merchant—from the rep-al of the embargo to this mo- gr ment, a fyftem has been patched up '"by which the merchant with trick and fraud and cunning has been dri- vifing a profitable trade, not only whllft every other fpccies of induftry in our country has been at intervals depreffed, but at the expenfe of that fpecies of it, which has been and mult ever continue to be moft valu able to us, the cotton cultivation. During and fince the embargo our cotton has funk 100 per cent. In value—this depreciation has been fo tinifotm, that a fingle beam of hope his not at any time broken in upon to cheer and confole us The grower of tobacco under the non-intercOurfe and temporary fufpenfion of it, has been in the receipt of his euflomary war price, becaufe the northern ports of Europe were opt n to him— becaufe in the north of Europe there is a great confumption of that arti cle, and becaufe under the partial fufpenfion Great Britain herfelf gave every facility to the trade. The grower of wheat has in like manner received hi* enftomary price—the great wheat Tnatkcts have been con- (Inr.tly, diref tly or indireitly open to him...the Weft-Inilies, Spain and Portugal. Sduth-America, G Bri tain and Ireland, &c &c. but to the fou'hern cotton planter, every'mar- ltct which could afford an adequate demand, has been (hut, except that ot England, which monopolized the ai tide ■at afong, and is only waiting a return of peace, which flie may command at any rime, to anticipate us in the French and Dutch markets at ‘2 or 300 per cent, profit...it is and has been our intereil to open the French and Dutch markets.... the Pnft.Office, this paper finds its way into the Orleans mail to the exclufion of all others. If this paper js exclufively the bantling of the Poft-Office, although we defpife it, our anxiety for the News will com pel us to fubferibe for it. Republicans of Georgia, POLITICAL MAXIMS. ed at Amiens, was fearedy cold, and the it>k hardly dry,"when En gland mediated 'frefh treachery. The mala fides, of old Carthage, feems to have been iffued by tranf- migration into the cabinet of'En gland. She refufed to evacuate A- lexandria and Malta:—In truth, there was no interval of real peace. Ettglifb perfidy produced warm re- nion (trance—a war of words fiic- ceeded th**'war of artns. : Bona- twice fent over Mr. Maret with power to treat. Great-Britain did not pretend to'have any complaint The fciencc of politics embraces herfelf, fhe made the opening of the principles and meafures Principles are eternal-—meafures may be tran- fient. He who deferts to-day a princi ple which he advocated yefterday, is too wavering, or too wicked for an oracle. He who oppofes meafures" which he has ftrenuoufly advocated in fimilar cafes, without offering fub- ftnntial reafons for altering his opin ion, ha6 juft enough of wifdom, virtue and corififtehcy to be the tool of a party, and wants nothing but impudence and perfeverance to qua lify him for a leader. Ours is emphatically a govern ment of principles. Honelt and wife men may, as they generally do, agree in the leading principles of our policy, while they enterritain different opinions of the meafures propofed for the common filtered. All have a right to onpofe mea fures by fair argument, remon- Itrance, or refolvcs, till the proper fun£!ionnrys give them the fan£fion of laws ; when it becomes our duty as good citizens to acquiefce and obey. Political integrity confifts in an inflexible adherence to principles— political wifdom, in adopting mea fures bed fuited to the emergency , of the times. Remote as -we are from the old Every meafure of the government f world, uneffedled as we ought to be has had a tendency to keep them Tout, and efpecially the lalt adopted by the'Jioufe of reprefentaiives. All this is uie confequence of the New- KngUnd navigating and haercantile fpirit, which is afeendant in our councils...a fpirit too, which forcing »tl"> repeal-of the embargo protraiSled our misfortunes and which permits iilelf to think of no remedy for na tional wrongs:- incompatible with the love of gain....Tims we mufl go on ^oilier dates grow' fat, ifice every gen- of avarice. live and md hungry tation of by its clalhit’g inierefts and its revo lutions, and having the moft ample means for independence and happi- nefs within ourfelves, thfe great meafures of our policy Ought to "be Scheldt the pretext. The French renounced the fcheme, and offered to leave it to difeufion between Hol land and Belgium 1 ” But as 4ting Geoige had told Mr. Pitt, ihat he “ inuft either refign his place or make war upon France,” the courfe was determined. Another excufe was found at hand “ The Englifli complained of a refolution of the French legiflature, undertaking to af- fift thofe nations who were ftrugling for their liberties: it was acknowl edged that Chauvelin (the French mintfter) voluntary gave the moft re peated and fati/factory explanations on this head, in -his official noies to Lord Greenvill, approved of and confirmed by the French) executive council: but, the treaty of Pilnitz was entered into ; the die was call, and Chauvelin was difmiffed with hauteur.”—We will not follow the event of campaigns ; we undertake to develope Enghjh Perfidy and i'juf- tice. So far had France advanced with overtures of peace, “that M. Chau velin, (fays the N A. Regifter of 1796) was authorized, & M.Maret exprefsly difpached to offer the Bfi- tifli cabinet their choice of the French -poffefliom fin the Faff or Weft Indies as the-price of neutral ity !” But, wharcould appeafe the rapacity of a pirate ? What could calm the belligerent temper of En gland ? What could change the purpofes of her obftinale mo narch ? ftipported as he was by a band of oligarchs, and fur- rounded by fupple fycopliants and the voice of the people is unheard; with blood; it is marked by repeat- J'p.irte, however, was refolved not to ed rejections of the olive branch fin- j brook her infidelity His interview cerly tendered her by France,—ten- I with lord Whithworth, the Britifh dered with entreaty, and fefuled | ambaffidor at Paris, will never be with fcorn. “ Three times, (ays an I forgotten. He complained “ that eminent writer, th<J French attempt- j the treaty of Armiehs, ' inftead of ed to conciliate Britain: they fent ! being followed by conciliation and Chauvelin firft with Talleyrand : ■ friendfhip, had been produdive on- then with Le-Brun ; even after the I ly 0 f continual jealbufy and mif- comvnencement of hoftiliries, they j truft.” He complained of “ tlic non-evac uation by the Britifh government, of Malta and Alexandria, as they were bound to do by treftty and declared, fays Rofcoe, “ that no confidevation on earth fhould make him acquiefce) and that of the two he would rather fee the F.nglith in poffcffion of the fauxbourg St. An toine than Malta.” He then advert ed to “ the abufe thrown out againft him in the EngliOi print?; but, this, he faid, he did not fo much regard as that which appeared in the French papers publifhed in London. This he confidered as much mere mif- chievfius, fince it Was meant to in- tice the people of France againft him and his government. He ac knowledged, that the irhation he felt againft England increafed dai ly » & becaufe, every wind -which blew from England brought nothing but enmity and hatTed againft him ” England would not fulfil the Ami ens treaty. Hoftilities were renew ed but after the battle of Aufterlitz, the death oi Pitt, &c. a correfpon- dence took place between the two •cabinets —The wifdom and virtue of Charles Fox gave hopes to the world : 'he frowned t>n the aJaflin— I but, he ftood alone. Bonaparte ac- knowledged-itr honorable conduit, | though he complained that his cabi- j net countenanced Georges, &c. his i deadly enemies. England again re- and a flavt. for he dare not quit the foil of his lord, The king claims his perfon, his labor, and a great part of his earnings—the law6 forbid his emigration.—He mufl: fink or fwim with ‘he government hulk !—Taxation is ftreched as far as it can go—the annual expenfes & interefts of her debt exceed 120 millions fterling. We could pity Old England.—but for her abomi nable crimes—crimes, which point to heaven for vengeance •, and which will attract it from above as fure as the rod draws down the eleftrtc fpark. With all her arts, England cannot Boat above three yea ^ more ) flie Hands alone— “ Single, unpropt, and nodding to her fall\ She will fink.amidts the cheering (houts of all nations; for (he has in jured all. Her laft fignal, will be for plunder—her laft delirious ex amination, will be, havoc and war~ Her hiftory, a lift of crimes,—her epitaph, the curfcs of all the world.’* IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES. Lead & Antimony.—Abed of bre has been dhcovered in the lower end of this county, which on trial of Mr Emond, a filver- fmith of this city, proves to con tain *Lead and Antimony. At a time when iiitercourfe with Eu rope is forbidden, thefe tnetals are much in demand in this country, efpeoially in the manu facture of printing types. Fur ther experiments will be made*, and the refult will be publifhed, Raleigh Minerva. Wanted to Hire, A perfon qualified to r.uvfe a child feven or eight'Months old —A decent old wriman would be preferred. 'Enquire at this Offii e. Tcb.'^ih, iBIO, 48-tf EAGLE TAVERN. The fubferiber refpeftfully informs his friends and the public io general that he has purchafed the Houfe formerly occupied by Major Edwin Mounger* where he intends to con tinue his former line of bufine(6 and hopes, by due attention and induf try, to merit their patrohage. Roger Olmstead. Mfilledgeville, January 9, IS 10 NINE months after date appli cation will be mabe to the honor able the inferior Court of Han cock county for leave to fell Six Tra&s of Land ; one lying on BufFalee in faid county, contain ing 397 acres : Alfo 202 1-2 a- cres lying in old TVilkifon, fifth diftrift, joining Jackfon ; Alfo 100 acres lying on Swift Creek —Alfo 300 acres lying on the waters of ICegg Creek—Alfo 200 acres lying on the waters of deadly enemies. England again re- K egg Creek; and 202 1-2 acres yetted the olive branch ) the conduct i , . OD . , tr , . r , r of Raffia gave her new hopes, and I **»niS »n Wilktfon when furvey- matured by the joint wtfdom of the • hungry parafites ? In monarchies, prefent times and the experience of land, thoug wifdom may cry in the the paft and made as permanet as 'ftreets, (he cannot approach the pa- tlte principles' of our conftitution. ilacc. Bofion Patriot. From the Baltimore Whig. A PEEP AT ENGLAND. In her fearful pn dicament, con- trafted with our affairs, muft farther reconci e an American citizen to his lot: and, if it be apparent that juftice effetls its own punithment, even in this world, we will more cheerfully The end of the war was to reprefs i the love of liberty in France, and to prevent its txtenfion through Eu- j crimes the war was recommenced. En gland was refolved to be unjuft ) (he fancied peace would put an end to her piratical fupiemacy and def- troy her monopoly. She fancied (he could exift longer by war than by peace) and fo (lie threw off the mafle, fpreading pillage and vexa tion wherever her navy could carry them; retarding by every means, the return of peace and juftice.— Her (ituation is now defperate, and the weight of her debt is the only parallel to the magnitude of her lying in Wilkifon when furvey. I ed, the real eftate of James Wil- ; kins, dec. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of faid dec*. William M l Dowell, Tx’r. Catharine Wilkins, Ex’trix. June 6, 1809. lO-lmGm jrope. In that purpofe alone has i England fucceeded I “That object, favs the feeling Rofcoe, has been fuflicientiy accompliflied by the ca lamities which the Britifh council* The Englilh national debt, in January laft amounted to the enor mous lum of 1676,576,769, a fum, evceeding in value “ every acre of land in the kingdom ?” It have brought uponFrance; calamities ' amounts to three thoufand and three which have compelled the friends of ’ millions nine hundred and ninety liberty to change their founds of ex- fix thoufand, four hundred fourteen Independence. MY ftud hoife INDEPEN DENCE, will ftand at the plan tation of Mr. Hartwell Jones, in Randolph county, about fix miles from Monticello, and at futh other convenient places as; faid Jones may appoint. Robert Wynne. February 13. A quantity ofi nK For SM by T. STUBBS.