Georgia Argus. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1808-1816, November 07, 1810, Image 2

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* c Incfofed are two C tdiz pa- p >«, August 17 a c 1£ The Sp.tnifli p.tp is contain intilligence from the Pi evince ol Arragona to the 2.7 h of July On th< 14th the Spanifh gene ral Villacampa, diflo< ged th French from Doraca, where tb*y had 900 infantry and 120 cavalry, belonging to the corps of general Verges —On the 16th, at Carihena, Villacampa had .n obflinate con elf with the enemy, which rcl'ultod kt his fa! ling back to Alullante, lofing a gain 1) oraca. The French re prefenied this as a total dellruc tion of the patriot gancral’s troops; but this is denied, anc they afl'ert they ftill are in force before Garidena; that theirhead- quarters are at Calarayud, and. that they cut olTaM communica tion between the Ftench at Do- raca and at Baragoffa 1'he Span jar ’s acknowledge the lofs on t i" lGth of 50 killed 20 wound ed ml 103 prifoners ; and afll-rt that the French had 400 killed, and many wounded. A ho-'y ofSpanifh troops have furprifed th • Firm.h garrifon of Djij i, and made 100 nrifoners. The whole lofs of the French in Arragon. in July,as then known, was dt lured to be 426 killed, 222 prifoners, and agnatnuin ber wounded and deferted ; a- mong the wounded was a gene I »>• ' ! Bonaparte’s general V. rges Jias levied a cent ibution on T< rue!, of provifons and (hoes and | afterwards retired to Sarragcifa. 1 Intelligence from the province , nf Valencia, is to July, 26 iVIi- lit iry affairs had taken place near j Mortlh Va'livana. Sec. In Caflile, on the 5th, 6th cud 7rh of July, there were con teds before Siguenza, -and f he .Spaniards retired the latter day , to Medinacceli. The French are fortifying Siguenza. At Tarragona, July 23, the! provincial congrefs was in f Hi- cn deviling means for raiding re- | fourccs. augmenting the armies,' Ac. A daily account of its pro ceedings was publifhed. | Cad n, Augtjl 1G ■ The fu pretne council of the regency fur Spain and Indies, have named vi- e ey 2nd captain general of TSfe Greneda,field marfhal Don B nito Perez ; captain general of Chili mat Aral the marquis of Medina; governor and com mender general of Carthagena, of vhe Indies, brigadier general Dou lol'ep Davilas; and gene Y. i mlenilant of the province of upper Tucuman, the colonel Don Manuel Remon. ScT>?oftib'. r i. I Britain fliould do the .fame : this A tranfp.irt.wi h fick arrived ;«t Plymouth on Monday (roni Li lb m. It has brought Utter# of I > late a date from our army as the 22.1 tilt. N< change had taken place in the pofirion of our army, and lord Wellington (fill adhered to the fyltem whi h is; fo well calculated to baIII the d'Tigns of the enemy. The French remained between the Goa and the Agneda, and we have not heard that they have opmed tile trenches before Al- meiJa _)l the movements of knot we have no accurate in formation. Colonel Tram, who had advanced with the militia to Lamego,has returned to Oporto. It is fuppofed in tin fe letters, that Muff na is convinced he can do nothing agaii’ff Portugal he fore the rainy feafon fets in— that ev< 11 if the r liny feafon were not at hand, he could not, from the number of fick in his at my, and the fcarcicy of pr wifions, be able to commence offer-five I operations on an enlarged and 1 vigorous feale. It was concluded j therefore, from all tin fe caufes, I that he would evacuate Portugal,> and that we fhould loon hear of: iris being at S daman Since writing tin above, we | have heard that M .ff na has re j treated, but it was luppofed tor the purpole of concentrating his force, li w.'r> believed to be his intention to nv fit Almeida, not to l.«y r- gular fi. ge to it The luce fs over Murat’s fl > tilla is acknowledged to be of great importance. The convoy is faid “ to have been iucifpenfi- b!y necefikry fo complete the ar mament deffinedfor theinvafion of Sicily.” Bonaparte’s decree of the 5th ult. permitting the importation of colonial produce, excited a very lively^and agreeable fenfa- tion at Vienna. Pjersburghi July 20, ft is I.;-. 1 ; dly believed that j Great Biitain has pledged her li non be concluded with felf .0 perform. But i( (lie flioui peace wilt Turkey; ojr.govorntnent having nianilcllccl every difpolition to accede to the terms propolod by the Porte. 'Immediately that this event takes place, the gieater part of ou armies will march for the Polifit frontiers. From the National Intelligencer Extra, October 20, 1M0. l.OND N peiform. Out il She lliouiJ continue her fyffem ofperfidy, Si f.iil to fulfil h; r promile, tile U. States will take every mvafure wiihin their po.ver to compel a fulfilment, or meet the merited contempt and deteftation of the whole world. The bufin< fs now Hands fair to the comprthcnfion of every man. If Great Biitain will follow the laudable example of France, cur commerce will a Sir—Lord Welle'fl 1 y lent me, grin be as free as air, and r.o oc yefterday, his anfwer to my note cafion will lie left for mcafures of the 2.5th ult relpcding the of hoftility with her, or any other Berlin and Milan decrees nation; nut no partial repeal will I batten to tranfmit a copy of be equivalent ; llv mult abandon it. A copy ill ill be fent without j the abfurd and tyrannical prin delay to general Arnifit >t)g. ; ciple of proclamation blockade, or I have the honor to ho, &c. j her doings will be infufiicient. Wm P'NKVf.Y Hon Robert Smith life life li‘c. .'COPY.) ffr 'Pinkney s letter to lord IVellcJley. Great Cumberland Place, /lugujl 25, IS 10. My Lord—I have the honor to date to your lordfhip that I have received from gen. Arm ftrong, minifter of plenipotentia ry of the United States at Paris, a letter hearing dateth< (Jth inft. in which he informs me, th it the government of France has rrvo- She mult, like Frarce, refeind all her rellriddions. I fiv refufe, it will be clear, that as fhe was the fu ll aggreffor, and continues her impositions after Fiance has furs confequent upon them—it wdi be clear, we fay, that all our d .tficuiiies are attributable to her; as we fhould treat the A'gerines, Tripolitans, or any other free- oo-uers m the habit of piratic:* lly ! attacking our navigation. If we i fail to ,:o this, Bonaparte will un j queftionably refort to his old fyf ' rein, and we muff bid adieu to ked the decrees of Berlin and Milan, and that he has received ihe'ir.ea or commerce, a written £c official notice of that Lcff, in the following words : — Je futs autorise n vous declarer, monftenr que les Deere's de Berlin et de Milan font •evoques, ct qu a datcr du 1 er. Hove mb re i s ufj.ro d a avoir leur (fit. I t ike for granted that the re vocation of the Britilh or *ers in council of January and Novcm-; which the United States may ber, 807, and April 1809 A of . ad t . Such „ en ca „ bc conf / all other orders dependent upon ! dered ; n RO othe; . ht lhjn as analogous to, or m execution of, the ArmUU and H ^ hiufo , u cf thein will follow of courf •; and , modern tiines . Bc/} ' Chrortt 1 lh ill hope to be enabled by In this flate o' the bufinefs, if Great Britain fh 'ul:l n it ri peal the whole of her illegal rtftricti ons, none but an abfolute Btilifh paitizan .a traitor to the commer cial interefts and juft rights of the United S;ates, will have the har dihood to lav a fyllable in oppo- fition to thofe mealures of ener ; An' Ormtuu To prevent the de/huai,;, ber on the common of the / • cf Mi!/rd;cvillc , and tor ptn fifes therein mention 1 | "'i Jii B .aid being fej-fii,; it imprefled with the advan tages which will refulr to tj!'.' healthfulneTs of the citizens 4 this 'To\/n,by deflroyingthelar^ quantities of putrifymg Wo ,,7 which cover th greater ’ part cl the town-common as yell at much of the town, and 'a!f 0 c f the wanton k unneceffary Wa le of limber : Do Ordain, and it is hereby Ordained. That f 10in and immediately after the pab. irig of this Ordinance, no per. foil or perfons (hall be allowed ed to cut down any living ti;n. ber for fire wood in th town or common, except clearing up their own letjs mJ the ftreets; but all perfons with, in the vicinity fh ill get their fire wood, for twelve months from the date hereof, from the timber already down ; and that all per. fons getting timber for other purpofes, and railing a tree, flial! clear up and burn the balance that they do not take awcw to make ufi* cf, in three days there after.— Any perfon or perfon. violating, or caufing to violate this ordinance, fliall for every tree fo fallen, forfeit and pay to the Commiflioners of the Cor poration thefum of one dollar — And it is hereby made the duty of the town Marfhal to fuperin- tend the faid bufinefs, at leaf! one day in a wetk and not more than two ; and he fliall be al lowed tivo dollars per day for his fervices. PAT d 30th of Ocff 1810. Jett Thomas. /■. b. c. Atteff, A. M' Mi Han, Scc’ry. I Pnfnt flaic of the Brilijh navy. London, Sep? 3. Yefterday morning we receiv ed l"me important intelligi nee tr f n h fouth and north of Fu »' •' The former is contained in me Cadiz G zitte. It w. s Natural to fuopole (hat the per- fotis exercifing a fort of govern ment in the name of Ft ldinand VII would have taken feme ro- ti. e of the revolution in Sou'h Amerira ; but we could hardly have imagined that they would ever multer up the fpirit which they hive recently diiph yed. A p uclamation has been lfiucd by t’tf regency at Cadiz, declaring, tf t the late revolution id the C fracas is an “ evil, fcandalous .both in ; ts origin and progrefs,” and that the province fhall be in G Hate cf rigoious blockade ; in conf qm nee of which no veifels Di e to enter the ports thereof, un- der the pain ol the cru'zors o! C l-I Spain, and confifcated. This i-. r. atVof vigor which vee could hardly have e::pi£led from the rer» nant of tliol’e perfons wh^ iat. ly ruled at Seville, and who became the object, c f lor '■ W<! y-ll y’i;- uuti.tr reertheufion. At fea, 97 fhips of the line* 1 3 from fitly to forty four guns; 144 frigates; 119 floops and yachts; .5 bomb viffels; 147 brigs ; 29 cutters; 60 fchoon- ers & fmaller v< ff is total 612 In port and fitting, 20 lh.ps of the line ; 7 from fifty to forty four guns ; 28 frigates; 42 flo- ps and vachts; 2 bomb v ffels; 32 brigs; 7 cutters; 27 fi.hooners and fin tiler veffels. Gu rd fliips, ■J (hips of thehm ; 3 irom fifty guris to fortv four; 4 frig tes, & one fch toner—liolpital fnips, prilon (hips. Ac. thirty-two Imps of the line: 5 from fifty guns to forty four.; 2 frigatt s, 2 fl ops and 1 i'. hooner Total in com million l£6of theline, 28 from fifty guns to forty four, 175 fri gates; 167 floops, 7 bomb vt-f- (els; I 79 brigs, 8G cutters, amt 89 fchooners ; total 838 Or- r.iuary and r pairing h.r fervice, G6 (hips of the lint , 12 from 50 to forty.lour guns, 61 frigates. 40 floe ps 6 bomb v ff Is, 2G brig- , 9 cutters, and 5 fchooners — Building 38 fliips of the line, 15 frigates, 2 fl .ops, and 1 brig —'Total 260 fliips ol the line, 40 from fifty guns to forry-four , 251 fligates, 206fl ops, 16 bot’ b veffels, 206 biigs. 38 cutters, & 91-fchooners. Grand total 1115 your lordfhip, with as little de lay as poflinle, to announce to my government that fuch revo cation has taken place. I have the honor to be, with high confederation, mv lord,your lord (hip’s moft obedient humble fervant, Wm Pinknf.y The mcjl ruble the marquis ITtlUjlry, life life. (COPY.) Lord ll'etlejlcy to Mr Pinkney. Sir —1 have ihehonor to ac knowledge the receipt ot your letter undtr date the 25ihiiift On th- 23 1 of February, 1308, his m ijefly’s minifter in America declared to the government of th-> United States, 44 his m- jef- ty’s earned defire to fee the com merce of the world reftored to that freedom which is ntccfLrv Serious conf derations for Congrefs. ' Whenever the prefi enr fhall have receivi d official informati on of the repeal of the French j decrees aggreflitigour neutrality, one of the fedlions of Macon’s fubmiflion bill, authorifes him to pi.ihibit all intercourfe with G. Biitain, and the importation of merchandize, the growth, pro duce or manufacture of that country, or In r dependencies. Should the prefident be duly no tified of this repeal, and enforce the provifions of the non inter courfe aCt againft England, the Britilh whaling order of May 2, 1810, impliedly declares luch a date ol things fo far the tfL £1 of French controul, as that the Bii- tifh fi tg may not freely trade in the ports, harbors or waters of tor its profperity, and his readi- . .r TT o. . „ . >r c c D 1. a 7 ., .u r n the U Mates uiconfequence of n.-fs to abandon the fyltem, ... orr i„r mn f h, Py a decree of the ISih Tune, eighteen of thirty-two bi(hopric< of Rome & Traflimene are fupprtff'd, as are alfo all the abbeys in the faid departments. Among the reafons olledged in the preamble of this mea- fure, it is dated that feventecn of the bilhops had put themfelves out of the Emperor’s protedtion by re filling to take die onihs to his nil- jidy, and that r0 'y '4 of them per formed that f>Jl of duties recomnutid- td by '/efts Ch ijt : amen . fi.bnv.fli- entoihe eftnblilhed powers. London which had been forced upon him. whenever the enemy fliould re tradl: the principles which had rendered it nccefftry.” I am commanded by his ma- jelly to repeat that declaration, and to allure you. that wlv ne ver the repeal of the French de crees Avail have a&ually taken tffett, Sc the commerce of neu tral nations fliall have b^cn re ftored to the condition in which it flood previoufly to the pro mulgatioti of thofe decrees, his rnaj' fly will feel the higheft fat isfac'.ion in relinquifliing a fyf tem, which the conduft of the enemy compelled him to adopt. I have the honor to be, with which occlufion, the filhing ol der authorifes the capture and condemnation of all veffels, their (lores and cargoes, which may be engag» d in the whale or other fiffic l ies, having cleared out from. or returning to, ports or places at which the Britifh fl.ig may not freely trade 'This is in effe£> a declaration of war againft the U States in profpeftive. American. An Ordinance To amend an Ordinance for im proving the Streets of Milk igs- villc ; and for other purpo et therein mentioned. B E it ordained, by the Com- miff oners of ihe Town of Milledgcville. That from and im mediately alter the full day of December next, Pafs Ways, of at lealt one hundred feet, fliall be left open on Fi filing Creek, in the town & common, (Pro vided. this Ordinance fluff not contravene any former Ieafe or engagement;)and thnt.il! Streets fliall be opened, and kept open ; and it is hereby made the duty of the Tbwn M rfhall on find ing, or being informed of fuch obftru&ions to throw down ut remove the fame. Faded 30th 0<ft. 18IO. Jett Thomas, r. v. c. Atteft, A. M i Millan, Scc’ry. Confifcated Sales. The Pcnnfylvania eledions took place on the 10th ultimo. Meffrs. AdamSeybert and Wm. Anderfon,R. publicans, & J imes Milnor, Federalift, are eletted to Congrefs from the city & coun ty 01 Philadelphia—The Feder- alifls with the aid ot difaff.fted the highefl confuleration, fir, 1 .1 ... . ... . your moil obedient an-:! humble j ’ lcans » la '^ ca .F. ,r( | uu ' ir fervant, WrtLnur. ?“* ®™ a,ors ’ Commifliomrs, the Rcprdenta 7he quefiiii brought to a focus. The bte events in Euiope in 1 relation to this country, hive brought our national affairs to a crifis. France has refeinded all her reftri&ioBs on neutral com 1 merce, and rtqiircs that Great tives from the city,and the Select and Common Councils. Langdon Cheves, Efqr is e letffed to Congrt fs. from the dif triftof Charltfton It is believe.! lint David R Williams, Eft] ix - .ecled from Georgetown uiiijicl,S. C. IVill bt fold at the State- Houfe in Mil- ledgeville, an the bid Monday in No vember, 1811. A valuable Tract of Land, fituate on the fouth end of the Ifland of St. Simons, in G!vn county, lying between the Light* Houfe & William Page, Efqr’s. containing 2-50 acres, one half of which is prime Cotton Land, and commands ns fine a fituation as any on that Ifland—Cor.fifai led as the property of Chriffian Henry Myrhoffer, a Britilh lfsb- je£l, who died in St. Auguftine, in F.alt Florida, in the year 1 and in conlormity to the Conlif- cation Afts of this Su*c, paffed the 1.5th day of November, >778, and 3 j day ol J inuarv, 17 >2. Terms of fale, Caffi, or Cafli demands againft: the State of Georgia, as defignatcJ by tlv Comptroller Central. Hines Holt, Ft m. Robertson, ' John McK'm• crai. on, > Co'ii" r,on, jjio’iv