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ARGUS. “litre TRUTH unticent'd reings, And dsn accost e'en kings ihemhlves, ...Oe rulers of the free." MILLEDGEyiLLE : TUESDAT, MARCH 13, 18J0. — Owing to the high waters, the A- theus mail arrived too late to permit us making any extrafls. Never fince the memorable Yazoo flood, has there been fuch a frefli.-—Great damages has been fuftained, not only by thofe who are the proprietors of cattle, 8ic. who refide on the large water courfes, but bridges, mills, Si c. almoft as far as our information extends, have been indifcriminately f .vejft away—the Oconee could not be puffed until Sunday, and then y/i'h confiderable difficulty and haz- The following is tlic addrefs of the Revolutionary veterans of the city and county of Philadelphia, to the Prcfident of the United States, amt his reply, alluded to in trie lull Argus. It is “a fpark from - the altar of ’7.(5.’’—May it kindle a flame that will never be extin guilhed till our country’s wrongs are redrefled. TO JAMF.S MADISON, PRESIDENT OE THE V STATES. ■ SIR—At this period of difficulty and danger to our country, the fur- viving military chara£lers, of the late revolutionary army and navy redding in the city and county of Philadelphia, prefume to addrefa you, on the exiltitig Hate oi our for eign relations. ft is at once with pride and pica- lure, we recognize in you, the en lightened and firm affertor of the lights of America ; rights which the two great belligerent powers of Europe have fo fhamefully and out- rageoully violated and trampled up on : And we are happy, that your tranflation, from your late dignified miniftcrial ftation, to the higheft which a free people, by their fuf- frages can confer, will enable you, to give to the meafureo, which your wifdom and experience may fuggeft -to the affembled reprefentatives of an highly infulted and injured na- * (ion, that direftion, on which will ultimately depend tire honor and in- ■terell of the United Stales. Whatever, fir, may be the rcfiiit of the repeated and honell appeals, which have been made by your im mediate prodeceffor and by yourfelf, fince your election to the chief ma- j dlracy of tlie United States to the fenfe of jufticc, which m.iy yet be prefumed to texift, on the part of five two great conflicting powers of Europe ; we beg you to be convinc ed that we entertain too great regard for the rights, which were achieved by tlie valor, pnuiotifm, and blood ol an illuflrious band of revolutiona ry worthies, to meet tlie event with indifference. Born the heirs of freedom, we fhatl ever be proud to defend And maintain it—and if we muft again unfortunately live to uotnofs our country compelled to depart from a flate of peace and tranquility and a flume a warlike-at titude, We (hall at le.tft have the confolation to refiebl, that, by our government, the ovem-will have been unprovoked, and animated bv this confidciaiion, with a humble -reli once upon the favor of Heaven, we -can hope, to fee the fubtile machine turns of foreign intrigue fruftraletl, the views of tyranny ole (led, & our unalienable Tights, tranfmitred to cur latcft pofterity. We rejoice fir, in the confempla- ti m of the confidence of fentiment6, which appears to prevade every po litical difeription of American citi Stem, with regard to the daring out- j rages of rl ic belligerents upon our i jieurral rights, and the evidence of duplicity, by which tin ir public a£ls have been diftinguilhed. It is a confoljttory reflection,'that whatever tlifK-reive of fentir.ietits may evift, on fubj. Us of tiornefbic polity, tlie gre'r body of the nation, attached t<> the principles of the revolution, will rally round the ft and mi of the government, as we dl l m the time tri: d mem,’ fouls,determined to the as lieentett, rjther tlnn live ns H ives under home impcuou3 tyrant, v fiofo will is law. V/hvi we con fid t, thatWt a time, vixen the liberties r.I every nation, Ate rapidly difnppcaring under the fcorce of unrelenting tyranny, the republican government of America, fecurcs to the meaneft of its citizens, every civil and religious privilege ; when we contemplateThe old world deluged with the blood of thoufandc, the unfortunate viilims of infationa- ble capacity and luft of power, we are greatful to the God of mercies for the bleffings which his provi dence ^benignly difpenfes to us ; implore his future protection, and prey that he may fo difpofe the hearts of every government, as to fecurs a troubled world the reftora- tion of peace and tranquility. Un der the influence of thefe impref- fions, we who have borne a part in our late revolutionary conflict, and affembled to exprefs to you our fen- tlments on the prefect critical ftate of our country with -the foreign powers, beg you to be affined, that although- we cannot nov. r ferve our country, with as mucli effedl in-the field as we did when the infirmities of age were not •felt, we are never- theiefs as willing now to ferve, (ftiould neceftity require it) in any ftation, our advanced ftate of life will admit. With fervent prayers for the peace and profperity.of our beloved coun try and with refpedl and attachment to yourfelf, We remain, fee. ficc. community. The qtteftion with our ' hordes of fpcculators is not how they (lull acquire wealth -v.nth their fel low citizens} but how they fhall make money out of them. With thefe noifome vipers, that breed and fatten on the corruption of national morals —national honor will ever be an article for barter in whatever market the exchange is in their favor. We have ftood high in tlie eyes of the world for commercial integrity, at leift, fo far as our infpe£Hon of fices and cuftom houfes were con cerned—and this ought ever to be confident a primary object with thofe who fill the high *11106 of ■guardians of our honor, our rights, and our profperity. This facred trull becomes of more confcquence, as fmuggiiug,'depredation, and piracy, . New.0ri-F.an9, Jan. 2*. Yelterday arrived gun veffel No. 65, from Jamaica, via Ha- vannu. "We are indebted to captain 'Carter, for the follow ing communication: On the arrival of .gun veffel No. 65 at Port-Royal, Brown was at Kinglton. He had de- pofited about 100,000 dollars in gold, in the hands of Meflrs. Dicks, -Grr and Clark. The vc ffel arrived late in the even ing, and early the next morn- The defalcation and fibfcond- ing of Brown, the colle&or of the port of New-Orleans, has excited a general intereft throughout the union. He is faid to have carried off more than one hundred thoufand dol lars of the public money. He was one of the direflors of the Branch Bank of the United States, & poffeffed a confidence almoft unlimited. Before any fufpicion was incurred, he had proceeded down the liver with his money, entered on board a have taken the place of thofe equit- -\ n , able and liberal principles, whiih ' * t were once recognized as public laxv THE PRESIDENT S REPLY, To tlie furviving military chandlers of the late revolutionary army & navy, rending in the city of Phi ladelphia. 1 have veceived, fellow-citizens, with particular fatisfaflion, the fen- timents you have thought fit to ad drefs to me, at a moment fo inter- efting to the honor and well being of our country. The unjult pro ceedings' of foreign government:) have long-been witneffed by the na tion with feelings rrprefli il, only by a love of peace and by hopes found ed on appeals to thofe principles of law and right which have been ex emplified in its own condufl. Thefe hopes having continually failed, our fituarton retains its perplexity, and the prefeTvntion of peace becomes, more and more uncertain. At fuch of the kind, is charged to the republicans in the federal papers —but it is a matter of notoriety that Brown is a Federalijt. N. 11. Patriot. a period, it is a precious confidera- '.taught us, that 6ur commercialfncul- tion that the government of tlie U, | art fthcit c.Bivc vigorous nature, States inftcad of having provoked the inaufpicicus ftate of our for eign relations, has been as perfever- ing he applied to thofe gentle i Britifh privateer or felucca, and men, and obtained bills drawn! in lefs than ten hours after was by them in their own favor, and j out of the mouth of the river, blank endorfed by them on Da- j Three or four of the United Church ftreet, 1 States veff-ls were immediately London, for the amount. On difpatched after him. His der by the civilizcd°worhl, and ackuow- application to the duke of Man-1 tination was unknown. This ledged and enforced by the great i chefter, for the arreft and deli- buftnefs, like every thing elfe commercial nations ol Europe. In this wreck of principle in the old world, which muft fooner or latter break down *nc! humble in the dull every power that is a willing par taker in this unpardonable crime, this crying and fpreuding- fin of the age—let us, as a nation at lealt, wafii our hands, renounce as far as pdfii- ble every temptation to commercial fraud, and ftand ereft in the fight of the -world and of heaven. Y\ r e may talk in vain of our rights and our wrongs in general tarns. The greateft feoundrel is always ready to fwear that he does trot mean to do wrong, and the honeft man is always willing to do right. It is fo with nations. England and France have put the petty pi r a res of Mo rocco to the blulh' by their enormi ties—yet both claim to be right, and when puflied to their wits end for pretenfes, retort to the ruffian’s law of i cia/libtion and of necjfsty, for their j unification. Thefe portentous and growing evils have'already to far pervared tlie new world, that we cannot, if we would, preferve ourfelves from fur- tiier contagion by avoiding all iiiter- courfe with the old. We have tried retirement, and the'remedy lias iir- creafed the dife?ife. Experience has ng as it has been fincere in efforts to avert it: and that as our wrongs become aggravated, the readinefs to maintain our rights become more univerfal. From none was this patriotic fpirit more to be looked for, than from thofe, who knowing moll ex perimentally the price paid for our independence, nmft be the laft to fuffer its attributes to be impaired in its defcent to their poltcritv. A free people, firitily united, in a juft caufe, can never defpond of either tranfpiring refpedl for tlieir rights, or of maintaining them againfUiof- tile invafions. Should This laft al ternative, in fpite of all our concilia tory endeavors, be forced upon us, it may well be expedited, that how ever the capacity of our revolution ary chafUpior.s for adlive fervice, may he impaired by the infirmities ' of age, the deficiency will lie amply j made up, by the animation given bv ! their former example, and prefent j zeal, to their fellow-citizens who ! have not before been compelled to ! rally to the banners and the defence ol their country. Accept affurances of my refpefl and friendly wifhes. JAMES MADISON. January 17, 1810. From the Boston Patriot. that they tnujl cthd’ will have exercife The great queftion is, upon what principles fhall they be diredled ? I anfwer— Let our Tillers reflet and confult in a fpirit worthy of the objedl and i and the means before them—let j them ceafe to calculate on tlie future j ftuTrageS of thofe, who confider both i tlieir honor and their country’s as ! Jock in trade, and that deceptive po- j pularity which a random, licentious j and degrading commerce has made more "fickle than the wind that wafts it—let them declare explicitly and boldly to the World, the rights that they will protedl, and the wrong6 that they will refill, to the extent of our meins—and add as explicit a declaration of thofe demoralizing adls of commercial fraud and na- tional degradation, at home and abroad, that they will punifli in our 1 own citizens with the feverity they | deferve. Let this be done with de- ! liberate wisdom and unfhaken firni- nefs, and we {ball foon learn, if we caiinot find friends worthy of our al liance in the old world, that we have a world of our own— and become juftly proud cf the name of In AMERICAN. very of Brown, he ft&ted the cafe to he “ one in which he did i not think he could interpofe with propriety.” A warrant was obtained from (he mayor to apprehend and bring Brown before him ; but it was not of authority fuffi Jent to fearch for him, nor could one of that deferiptiou be obtained. The bills are adverttfed and in formation has been tranfmitted to our minifter at the court of St. Janies, to endeavor to flop the payment of them. In this our agent at Jamaica feems inclined to believe he will fucceed. A few days before the departure of 63 from Jamaica, Brown feat word to the commercial agent of the United States, that he ihould profecute him for defaming his charatter by the advertifenient he uiferted in the newfpaper. Moffrs. Dicks, Orr 8c Claik, a houfe of great rc fpe&ability in Jamaica, Teem anxious to do every thing to flop the payment of the bills, in order that they may be enabled to refund the money now in their hands. The commander of thefeluc- ca, Watfon, obtained protection as a Britifh f’ubjeft He was ta ken before the affiftant judge of the fupreme court and tried. The judge., John Jacques, Efq. alter hearing the caufe of his detention, ordered the marfhal on the back of the writ of habeas corpus, to remand him. The of ficer who had charge of him could not immediately convey him on board, becaufe he had to attend an eleftion. He con fined him in prifon, and Wat fon attempted to efcape. Me then puthim in the flocks. Un fortunately, judge Jacques, was a candidate for tlie yffembly, and theadvetffe party feized the opportunity of exciting the cla mor of tlie mob, by reprefenting a Biitifh fubje£t confined to be fent to trial to a foreign govern ment. 'I bis placed the judge in a fingular dilemma. He muft either vekafe Watfon or lofe his OUR ECU I: ION F EL AT TONS Have been ably (lifetiffed in al- mo{l every point of view by the friends of our country, and ingeni- rufly coiifnfcd by its enemies. But there is an important -c mfhh-ration which appears to-me to merit more attention than it has received,-cither from bur rulers, or thtrfe who have Volunteered tlieir opinions—The Weighty confidrration of 'the Na tional Morai.s, in which all have a paramount intereft. A latgc portion of tlie nation is by lubit id/nnier, ini, and the mania THE PRACTICE OF DUELLING, Is acknowledge^ a remnant! of feudal barbarity—Shocking as it is to the feelings of human ity, it ftill has its advocates in many parts of the U. States j and almoft every mail brings us the account in lome of our pub lic papers of a concerted murder under the paliating title of an “affair cf honor."—We wifh to gratify our readers but not at the expence of the morals of focie- ty & what we believe to be the honor of the nation. The pub lication of crimes, cfpecially thofe which have become famil iar by repetition, & are in fome degree fan&ioned by the repu tation of the perpetrators, muft always have a bad effect on mor als, u a lefs accompanied with the odious epithets & feverity of re buke which they merit. With thefe fentirnents, perhaps too fin- gular for the men of the world,, we cannot but regret that Capt. Gordon, (of the Chefapeake,) has fo far deferted the poft of honor & of duty to his country, as to con fent to his own murder by a fafhionable ruffian.—ie. In convocation the other day, with a young; gentleman not ex ceeding forty years of age, on the times; after leveral fhrewd obfervations relative to the price of cotton, the non-iutercourfe, See. the converfation turned on the large number of marriages which had lately taken place— he obferved with a f'inile upon his countenance mixed with an an air of fatisfaftion, “ that now and then he heard of an OIc^ Bachelor dropping off. ’ A well wifher to Matrimony. At Orktnd, N. H. Mr. S. Pa- tiudge, xt. 58 A man who lias for many years been in a ftate of avowed del'pair. He fuppofed himfelf to election he chofe the former. ! fi ave committed the unpardonable A villain named Allen Kenne- ! fin, and on Sunday the 2 lit ult. \wuM dy, who owned the felucca pre-! found hanging in the woods, about vious to her arreft by this veffel, half a mile from his late dwelling has received from Brown about h° u k * u that town.—He had made 2700 pounds flerling, which he ! P rev ! ou * a , tr L em P ts to dellvoy his fays is to indemnify him for the! '“^^t had been providentially pre- vcueland cargo—yet it is pretty . . 1 - well known the latter did not —— belong to him. He told me that Brown was at a private boarding houfe in the Weft end of the town ; but he would not inform me what houfe, and added, that as they were countrymen, he would not inform again!! him. This fellow offered the bills after they were aci vet-fifed at a difeount, to the , This gentleman was formerly ranked among fcderalifts; hut fince fedi- tions and treafens have abounded of traffic and fpeeuiaVum’lm, (cfpc" . "’ i!h ‘hat. party—fince its leaders civilly in the New-F.iigland States,) , " y ‘ 4 “ < l uit their own. to ftnml on pervaded aim.-ft every daft of the • foreign ground”—he has renounced I Iceral tcucuts, N. U Patriot. Among the feceders from Feder- alifin within two yeais, we find the Adamses and William Gray of Mnflachufetts,Colonel Humhirtes of ConnofHcut, Wil it a:I P i n k n ey , minifter at London, of Maryland, & William Louciiton Smith of South-Carolina—men eminent for talents and integrity. Being Well wifhers to America, tliefc men left the ranks of fedcralifm as foon as flie indentified herfelf with Britain —as foon as fire manifefted herfelf Toady and willing to reduce our inde pendence tovaffilage and fubfervien- ■cy to a foreign power. To thefe re- lpeflable names New-Hampfiiire atldb that of William Pi.umeu, late a fetiator in Congrcfs from that ftate. j drawers, which was rejefted with indignation. No doubt Brown was in Ja maica when I failed. Wm. Carter, jun. Commanding Gun Veffel No. CS. For Sale, ’ A TRACT OF LAND; N° 204 in the fork of Little River and the. Oconee, Putnam county ; this “and isexce"ent and in the beft fettlement in the county, joining Col. Iverfon, Major Tapper and Mr. Gage, the water of the beft quality and abundant—For term6 apply to Major Elijah Clarke, at torney at Lv.v, Milledgev:lie. F. CLEMENTS Aug. 29, 1809 ti.