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ARGUS.
u Here TRUTH unlicem’dfeings,
And dart accost e’en kings themselves
*..0r rultrs of the free’’
' MILLEDGEVILLE :
Vursdat, ATR1L IT, 1810.
National Bant.,,Th\s fubjeft ap
pears to occupy a confidernble por
tion of the attention of both Houles
of Conprefs. The bill brought for
ward in the Senate has been ordered
to be printed and was made the or
der of the dav for the 6th of April.
In the Houfe of Reprefentativcs,
Xffolution* have been imroducedcall -
ing on the Secretary of the Treafury nrerican officer to bring down
for information relative to the a-
tnount of dividends, the name* and
titles of the flockholdw of the
Bank of the United States, &c. It i6
confidently afT.rted that a large pro-
poition of the Itockholders are aliens
the crown over the American fhip
and colors was improper ; this no
tion ripened—into an opinion that it
was intended as an infult. and the
ferment -became general - About
this point of time a young man, an
officer in the United States fcrvice,
came up and imbibing all the indig
nation of thofe around him, he dif-
charged two piftol balls through the
tranfparency.
He was apprehended this morn
ing, and broyght before Alderman
Keppele, who on motion of the
Diltridl Attorney, bound the officer
over, himfelf in 3000 dollars, and
two furetics in 1500 dollars each.
In the courfe of the examination,
the officer with charafleriflic bold-
nefs and (bong feeling, declared,
that he thought it his duty as an A-
‘ ' all
unVfs it Thall be opportunely
checked.. Wheft the- priticipl*
of Virtue no longer exifts we
are undone forever. Methinks,
I now fee this Herculian fabric
of independence fall and kiss the
dull. And what is now imagir.
ation may become an awful real
ity. Let the Sampfon of arbi
ed, when it will be fair game. I permitted to fail whenever they
do not reccjlleft at this moment choofe. That the American
the precife words that were u-
/ed, but the idea conveyed was
this— That my conftituents were
Conful had put his family on (hip
board, and with a great number
of the inhabitants, were prepar.
willing to meet war—to brave j ing to leave Cadiz as foon aa
every danger in defence of their
rights, becaufe the love of coun-
^ try was their ruling paffion, but .
trary power but once recline on ’ that to talk of war in the prefent j
the fuperb pillar of ftate, and ftate of party divifions was out
down come the Temple of Da- of the queftion.
gon, Gods, Philiftines and all.
The word “fortification'* is a A . # .
badge of flivery it is taken from bill as it originally pafled this were anfwered. that they were
• - " ' houfe, has been taken and carri- : ready to receive them at the
poflible.
Extract of a letter, dated
“ Cadiz, Fib 9, 1810;
“ We have the French in
fight, at Port St. Mary’s on the
i oppofite fide of the Bay,, fix
Since writing the above, the ] miles from here, they have a!,
queftion to adhere to Macon’s ready fent in a fummons, and
_ Macon’s Bill...The Commer
cial Intercourfe bill has been finally
•ffaje&ed. As foon as this dccifion
was known Mr. Randolph offered a
vefolucion declaring that the Non-
Intercourfe law ought to be repealed
...No dccifion had been made on this
refolution on the 6th inft.
Gen. Wilkinson...The refolu-
t 't'ons introduced by Mr. Pearfon in
the Houfe of Reprcfeutativcs of the
United States for inllituting an en
quiry into the conduct of General
Wilkinfon, (which were given in a
decent Argus,) have been’ adopted,
yeaa 8C, nays 29...a motion was
-made to appoint the committee by
ballot; this motion after a warm
xlebnte was loll, yeas 52 nays 6f.
The committee appointed confiftsof
1-Ioffrs. Butler, Champion, Dufiiea,
1’eaifon and Root.
Adjournment cf Congress.,,’The re-
Tnluiton fixing on the 23d of April
foi he adjournment cf Congrefs has
puffed the Houle cf Repr.. fen natives
ond has been ordered to a fecond
reading in the Senate.
crowns.
Philadelphia Paper, Marsh 28.
To the Editor...I herewith fend
you an extract of a letter from a
correfpondent in Charlotte, on for
tifications. S.
“ The feenes which have been
afted, and are now a&ing on the
grand theatre of our National
Leg’ll trure attradl univrf.il at
tention, and become topics of'
common converfation- of which
let me fuccinttly notice one of
the utmoft importance, which,
although it exhibits prima facie
traits of patriotilm and energy,
will ultimately be productive of
dilagreeable confqquences. The
firft that obirudes itlelf upon oUr
^vie-w, is the fyftcin of defence
by fortifications- A fyfte n high
ly objcdionable, whatever be the
merit claimel by its builders and
the' 4 English’ Vocabulary—for
fhame let us erafe it from the ar
chives of the nation. 1 con
ceive the fyftem of fortifications
to be the barometer of our fears
Publifh to the warring world
that we d>-ead invafion, and the
Britifh Lion may roar in our
forefts, or the Gallic Eagle may
build her Aerie upon the Alle
ghany and feream the (brill man
da'es of defpotifm to the people.
Even in a ftate of war, this fyf
tem will be unavailing—nay,
ruinous to the country. Rec
collt db, that during the revolu
tionary v/ar they w 're coops in
which free mm were caught bv
covies. Fortifications filled with
men anti crammed with eff &s
invite attack—their great value
furnifhes an irrefillible tempta
tion to rapine and havoc. The
fortifications and redoubts of
Aultria, PrufiT, Rulfia it Spain,
have been no oblb.cles to the
ambitious power of Napoleon,
nbr will the fortifications of the
ed—G6 to 58.
The Senate having adhered to
their amendment, the bill is fi
nally loft, and the non inter-
courfe remains in operation. A
motion is now made to repeal
that immediate y. Yours. See.
WM.W BIBB.
mouth of the cannon. The city
is quiet, and no mobs or any dif.
turoances.”
Nr.ti' York, March 30.
Captain Burger, of the fhip
John and Edward, left Lilbon
on the 5th of February, and in
forms us that the French army
were advancing faft on the bor
ders of Portugal, having reach
ed as far as Baaenta Bonaparte
was at the head of an army of
100,000 men, who were march
ing through Spain for Portugal.
Captain Burger was informed
advocates, upon the score of pu-! Unitefl States prefent any barri .
nty of motive and principles of ( ers to a j ort ig n invader. They
America and England...The lateft
■«irc<iutits from England furtnfh the
fj etch of the King (by comtniff.on) ;
at the opening of Parliament That j
portion of the fpeech which relates |
to the United States is contained in
tlie following paragraph...
“ His majefty commands us to ac
quaint you, that the interccurfe be
tween his mitjefty’s miniftcrin Ame
rica and the government of the U
nited States has been fuddeilly and
v.nexpeSedlyinterrupted. His ma-
jefty fincercly regrets this event; he
has however received the flrongefl
affurances from the American minif-
tei ••••fulent at this court, that the U-
••riked States are defirous of maintain
ing friendly relations between the
two countries. This defirc will be
net by a cotnrefpoiiding difpofi-
tion oti the part of his majefty ”
The debates in Parliament had
been very animated; and they prin
cipally turned on the wat in Europe
...on the fubje& of American affairs,
Ur. Whitbread, in reply to what"
•had fallen from Mr. Canning, re-
’raavked....
•‘The next Tefpeffed America;
and here he could not help expreff-
jng his furprife, that the right ho
norable gentleman who had lalt fpo-
ien, had abltained from explaining
.why in the lalt feHion lie had with-
belt from the Houfe a document,
which went to the complete j unifica
tion of our late miniftry in that
country. He'was glad to hi a by a
pjffiige in his majefty’: fpeech, that
cui affairs with iVmerica were in a
train of accommodation ; but the
right honorable gentleman oppofite
is deeply rofponfible for the tatdinefs
with which tliat arrangement has
been entered into.”
Monday being the birth day of the
Emperor of Ruffin, the Ruffian En.
voy gave a party, and had the front
of his dwelling illnminatcd by a
tranfparency leprefcntittg the cities
of St. Peterfburg atid Archangel, &
an American vcffel in full fail, the
whole futmounted by a crown and
the Utters A. I. Some citizens
{lopping to look at the tranfparency
took up a notion that the putting cf
patrictilm. A fyftem el this 1
ipecies, by creating a confidence
of fecurity by its formidable ap- ,
pearances, relaxes the nerves of
thofe for whofe defence it was
prej died and intended and lulls
to fi t p. Their fola reliance Is
placed upon it, and not upon
th< ir phyfical ftrengtii; and I
venture to predidl, that if we
continue to walk upon the flilts
and crutches of fortification, we
dial I in a f ew years become too
weak to (land alone. But there
is another infurmountabie objec
tion to this poor fyftem of de
fence. Fortifications and garri-
fons, as (landing armies, are hot
beds of vice, immorality and enr
ruption If we doubt the truth
of this afllrtion, let us caft a
doleful glance at the Eng'ilh
garrifons—There we fee a let ol
emaciated, enervated, corrupt
beings—the mere automata of
Tyranny—the mechanical in-
ttruments of a Defpotifm, for the
avowed purpofe of protedfing
Liberty againft w hofe iron fund
they were originally afioci.vted.
But methinks I hear the “ hue
and cry” of political hiftovy in
my rear. I fay, when we have
virtuous ruk-rs (as 1 am h ippy
to fay we have* at prefent) this
fyftem may be very eligible —
but let us remember, that we art*
not always lure of having angels
in the form of men to govern
us. And if, unfortunately, U
fut pation, (hould ever be revolv
|t*d from beneath the wheel of
Fortune, where (he lurks in all
j free countries—(hould ever e
■ red her impenetrable front—if
j the Domeftic Opprefior (hould
Itver get the power into his
hands, this bonded fyftem will
ceafe to be a fyftem of defence,
and become a fyftem of the moft
rueful (Every. And here I pre
fume to pro h cy, that this
,, Bead” will arife, when an im
plicit reliance in this fyftem (hall
have corrupted Virtue and lulled
the people to deep. This cor-
ruption already lurks in embryo
within this labyrinth of fiavery
—and will thence fpread from
towa to town, from date to date,
by the Britifh General ^ane,
will ever invite concentrated ar
maments ; and of courfe become
a rich and eafy prey. They may
ferve to fill the coffers of our eu-'
emits, and to rob the nation of
its rhoiced blood.
In the lad place I would ob-
ferve, that the syltetn of fortifi-
that he believed the French
would be in poff (lion of L>fb m
in April. The liritifh army had
received a reinforcement • of
5,000 men, and expeffe^ .to
have as many more in March.
A fquadron cf gun boats, had
gone np the ’Tagus, to prevent
the French from eroding. A
capt. Hamilton, of the fhip
Bainbridge, from Madeira and
llle of May, informs, that about
the 7th of Feb. two fleets, (the
Eaft and Weft-India outward
bound) from England, arrived
at Madeira, in p ff.ges of 8 or
10 days, wh® informed, that in.
telligence had been received in
England of the revocation of
the Berlin decree—that Mr.
Jackfon was immediately to
recalled, and a Mr. Elliot, bro.
ther to Lord Minto, now gover-
nor of India, was to come out to
fucceed him.
Aurora.
Port Wilkin son i April 16, 1810.
Regimental Orders.
VACANCY having oc
curred in the upper Bat
talion of the Baldwin county
Regiment, by Maj. Robert’s re
moval from the limits of the
Battalion, an Elcfiion will t; ke
A
number of the inhabitants of , on SjlurJav lhe 20 , h <f
L'fen had emigrated to file iviay nest, at .he Battalion Muf-
Philadelphia, April 2.
The Caledonia, captain 1 ay-
cation will never
be t ffetftive lcr » ot this port, which arrived
without the co operation of a na
vy— that fink of national virtue
—that depofitory of national fia
very- national degradation and
bankruptcy. Do we want a na
vy ? Lt t us read our fate in the
Britifh Gr.rnd Armada—that
many-headed monfter, that
fucks the blood of the nation and I
prty' upon itfelf. But enough
—I will conclude by retnatking,
that < j very appropriation to the
furtherance and fupport of this
abominable fyfti-m is a dead lofs
to the revenue—a grand defid-
evarum in the fum that fhould be
leferved for national difbutfe-
me-.iti—and that the moft feri
ous evil is yet to come. Let us
imagine to ourfelves an extraor
dinary national emergency—&
this fyftem fquints at a capitation
lent—that greateft cuvfe of a free
people.”—Lynchburg Press.
Cop)' cf a letter ft cm William W. Bibb,
E,q. M C. to -i genilnnan in Au
gusta, dated Washington, March
31. 1810.
Dear Sir.
yefterday, h tving left Cadiz the
lOkh of February, brings advice
that the French had reached
Port St. Mary’s, on the north
lhore of the B «y of Ca. iz, where
oil their arrival, they immediate
ly began to intrench.
St. Mary’s is a fmall town a-
bout ten miles eaft of north from
the city of Cadiz, and lrom this
place that city is luppli d with
water, having no wells, nor any
frtlh water befide, but what is
kt.pi in artificial relervoirs.
Immediately after their arri
val, they fent a fummons in the
name ot king Jofeph to Cadiz,
to which an anfwer was return
ed, that they knew no king but
Ferdinand VII. The Junta, &
the greater portion ol thofe who
were adverfe to the French at
Seviile, had fled on the approach
of the French army, and vaft
numbers had (locked into Cadiz;
the Junta took up their refidence
at Illea, a fmall town, about 12
miles nearly weft of Cadiz, on
the ground called the ifland of
Leon, which is formed by a
ter ground, for a Maj r, to
command faid Battalion ; of
which all commiftioned and bre-
vetted officers willjtakc notice,
and two Capiaim or Liiutenamb
not themfelves candidates, with
two juffices in faid countv are
requefted to attend and fuper-
intend faid election.
Dy order of Lieut. Col. Holt,
Thos. G Col ier, Alj’t.
NOTICE•
r r HOSE interefted are
re-
| quefted to take notice,
that Mathew Gage, Efq. of Lau-
rci-Hill, Putnam county, is au-
thorifed to aft as Attorney for
the fubferiber during his ab
sence.
F. Clements.
April 15, 1S10. 3-Sw
has
Nothing new or interefting branch of the river St. Pedro, at
the forks of which, on the main
land, is fituated the celebrated
ftill fuspeiided, in confetjuence naval arlenal of Carracas, which
of the general c xpt cfation that, is aifo on the inner bay of Cadiz.
occurred here fince I lalt
;e .o you—Macon s Bill
the John Adams will arrive in a
ftw days, with important dif
patches from Europe. The com
mittee appointed to enquire
when it may be proper to ad
journ, have propofed an adjourn
ment on the 23d of April.
I have this moment feen fome
comments in the Augufta Her-
aid, on an exprefiion which is
faid to have fallen from me, in
the courfe of the obfervations
which I fubmitted on the com
mercial intercourfe bill, but
which I never uttered—my
fpeech will probably be publifh.
The Junta were at the head
of Cadiz Bay, at a fmall place
called Idea. The French and
Spamfh men of war had their
lads bent, & were ready forfea,
to the number of 17. The Brit
ifh Admiral, Pervis, with about
12 (hips of war, was at Cadiz, &
appeared to have the principal
direction. Cadiz being fo much
crowded with people from the
country, water was very fcarce,
and all bufinefs at a (land.
That all merchant veffels h -
ving provifions on board were
embargoed, but thofe that were
TAKEN UP by the fuhfcii-
ber, on the 10th inft. a BAY
HORSE, twelve hands high, a
very fmall (tar in his fon h»ad)
afwab tail, fome faddle fpots
on his back, about fix years old ;
he had on a fmall bell tied with
a leather firing, the clapper is
made of a fmall piece of iron
bent up at one end. I defire
the owner to come and take hita
away. ,
Htnry Regers. *
April IB.
GEORGIA, Randolph County.
w HEREASlfaac M‘Clen
don and Amy Hill have
applied to me for letters of Ad-
miniitrarion on the eftate and,\
effects of Theophilus Hill, late
of this county, dec.
Thefe are therefore to cite &
admonilh all and fingular the
kindred and creditors of faid
deceafed to be and appear at nty
office within the time preferibed
by law, to fliew caufe if any
they have,whyfaid letters fhould
not be granted.
Given under my hand at of.
fice, this Sd day of April 1810.
John Collier, c. c. o.