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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.