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kcuaand twv> hundred shiv*'*-—and that Lis*
3rttannii’majesty’* ship Ban, which ttp i
.UrtvLrfie UtBH, w?g going io pursuit
7. They aUo at ate that numerous emi-
d. ily tokng plate font -Great
Britain to the United States 5 and that mu
ay of the most useful end ingenieu* me
iifcr.cii* and m uofaeturers in Frenee, a9
well &6 inary of the most opulent families,
are contemplating to remove with their skill
and capital to America.
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The RevM. Messrs. Roberts & Robeht
&tn will preaeh at the Church in this pinee ,
on Monday ucVi —Divine service to eom-
S&tnco at # 1 otlovk. A. M.
AMERICA & SPAIN.
Madrid, March 5.
Our differences with the tJui
ted States are about assuming a
serious character* in consequence
of the refusal of the American
government, to restore provis
tonally that part of Florida, which
lithe subject of our demand. It
will be recollected that Bon&paHfc
obtained Louisiana by his parti
sans in the then Spanish minis
try, sold that vast province to the
United States for sixteen millions
6f dollars.—Our present govern
snent does not mean contest the
Validity of ?h&t sale, but it desires:
to lose ndthingbut Louisrna itself
The United States consider, On j
*he contrary, part of West Florida
tin being United to the government
of Louisiana, and following the
Condition of the principal pro
vince. Mr. Jefferson, the former
president of the U. States, de
clared that this difference should
be the subject of a negotiation ;
but Mr Madisbn thought that he
could riegociate more advanta
geously after haying taken pos
session of the object id dispute.
This usurpation met with suS
cess during th<2 troubles of
Spain. Now we reclaim the ter
ritory which belongs to us, in the
most amicable manner Instead
ofnegociating, the American gov
ernment declares it Will keep the
territory. Here then is the com
tnencemcnt of a rupture. It is
doubtless very disagreeable to
us to see ourselves menaced with
a War by the United States, at a
time when we have to conibat the
insurgents of Buenos Ayres and
the Caraccas. We have no allies
against the United States ; vve cal
culate on the energy and justice
of our cause*
Arnoiss; the ceerintfieitieg whi fj natural
ly grow out of a high degree of liberty, is
jfibat of an extreme latitude in all official
Rets that emanate from the people. Grand
vary presentments are the most remerkubie
for this. These bodies of citizens have
onaudered step by step so far from their ori
ginal province, that it may be, perhaps, in
structive and useful, for them to look baA
•with ns, and survey the extreme breadth of
their deviation. What then a grsnd jury ?
What is the object of that institution? And
■What are its proper duties ?
We understand it tube in its judicial
rkaraeter, a part es the Superior Court in
oath county to assist io. the trial of causes.
And that in its inquisitorial capacity its pro
vince and duty is, that of a (General super
vision o{ the body eftba county. Tt> inquire
ami present to the court, all violations of
the existing laws,- that the guilty he
punished. The laws proceed on the well
jkuown truth, that these matters in which
nil are equally eorteerped, will be attended
to by none. Lest, therefore, delirquents
ahouhi canape, merely through the indiffer
ence, or inattention of the pelhpfe, a certain
number of the mod respectable of the citizens
we periodically designated by lot as cen.-ors
of t'ie mends cf the Covut'r, to inquire
UtftgenCy, and to inform the court ttfailef
fooces agAiust the existing lavs.
prdtfo&sg to ft? le&rped uj the
j Evr, ire Ponfitf o? to r,£ j. that this ont
I ‘i.Jt* uouta;?is the nod ;üb*!.jujce of llie
j nature, province, ana uuty of Gran*’ Juries
—an outline lhr* every itizen - bound to
know. Jlow widely have they differed then
froiiii ihbir originsl sod proper province!
No longer tensors of rfce morals of iheirown
county people, they now ue&d at pleasure
iuto any county of the Stale—-not contented
wi?h attending to the execution of existing
iotvs, they ft: w under Lire point out Low
the laws ought to be made, eDd they aie
found not to trouble themselves so much of
bite wish the detail of individual deliaquin
cies, sioee they have taken up the whole
Mtie business of presenting a State LegisSu
tore, tile Congress of the United Bta*es, the
Barbary Power s, or the Empire of Britain
and Ireland. Indeed it is not to be expect-j
ed that eo small a body of men, who have J
the whole weight of the on ,their on their j
shoulders, to praise the Nrv\v, to encourugo j
t.Le Army, to supervise the N-.tionul Tre. s-1
ury, and eritirise. our Foreign Diplomacy ; j
men, who have to watch Spain cu thence;
hand, the Indians on the other, and to at !
ten’d at ttdd titr.es to otsr state government, it
is not to be exposed, that men with their
hands so foil, can waste much time on the
trilling imttep of their own country. The
Grand Jury of this County hare, however,
gone still a step further They have under
taken to inform and a rect the. people u hat I
description of candidates to elect HeWtftery
which naturally enough (on the event of dis- j
o'n-diemv ) may lead to the presentment of all
the people of the V. Stales l The ebuse in ay
tu-accounted for in l!:L, wny. In q ictoess,
the Grand .In y ought to present no oft'ey; ts
bu< su"h as oii conviction are punishable by
the. Court.
But the request in many cases not know
ing wbfeh are indictable, they of eoiirle ere
led to noik£ ninny that arc not so ; and thus
having innocently, and utmost unavoidably
overstepped the exact boundary, they have
since wandered at random into any pnri of
the Empire, and every department Os the J
Government.
While this was confined to Idle nnimac? !
vertion on any part of the general or local !
Administration, to speculation cn political:
subjects or declamation on topics of national j
feelings, alt hough, unfit for & Court, it was j
no more than merely idle, and therefore!
harmless.—After the fuligue&.of a busy terrn,j
it riv*y, perhaps, have been a Source of tin
fertahnntnl to the Bar and the audience,to
hear a chapter ou government. Or a po
litical essuy from the Grand Jury, conclu
ding always with a compliment td. Ult*
io the cst li’iihed forui, for “ his at
trition to business" 1 during the term ; tiuse
things, if they were hot edify ing, were eer
tc.iiily iuno cut. But whpn it is attempted
to dictate to, or even to influence the people
in this way, the case is ehuhgfid, a Court of
Justice becomes an ground.
We would wish here to be distinctly under
stood as not intending to discuss the opiniuhs
advanced by the Grand Jury, whether they
were correct or not, is a soperete question.
The troth is, we <*oneur with them ih most
<ftl;p positions tftken, but whether ihbstt o
pinions be in themselves right or wrong, we
solemnly pretest agairst the method of pro
mulgation. Addressing mrselves, there
fore, to the high court hf public opinion:
we do present it a a grievance, that these
tUtu s are seen land IFs primd it
cs a grievance) that Jurors should thus do
tbo&e things which they ought not to do, U
• leave undone those things they ought to do.
And finally, we.ptcsetd at the greatest griev
ance of all, that so solemn and so sacred *.
place as a Court of Justice, should ever be
made the theatre of an lilcetiou eauvass.
Washington News, June 28.
Tfin nonesr, jhdus'MJcus, Avt) viitruous
SWISS.
We are gjla.3 to learn,that Betwefca four
and five hundred Swiss emigrants are now
on their passage to this country, having with
them money to a Considerable amount.
J*’ew-Fork Gaxetis .
The* legislaturef Delaware!.its present
!vd ejiptaiu Matcdocouglv aa elegant tea-Sar
jvice of plate, witn suitable devices and in
{ScriptioDS, together wish an elegant swore!,
|as i ntark of their high p.diniratiori of l.is.
i gallttttiry in the battle of Lake CLaotpiam.
2'ns exons.-—The Trenton True ArsK Hri
oan, of yesterday, snys, “we are mneh grat
ified to see in some parts of (his state, and
to learn from others, that agricultural pros
pects are muth brighter than they were a
few weeks ago. Wheat and nje io partic
ular, have improved astonishingly. 1 ”
The numerous arrivals yesterday fur
nish no news.— By the Wilifem Wise we
received a Liverpool paper of the 10th oi
May, but it aflortL us nothing but a trifle
of ship news. The priees of American
produce seem to be the so me ns former
quotations. Ne'w-York paper.
German aecoucts mention, that though
the manufacturers of Priissia are in a state
of ttrierahle prosperity, some hands, not
sufficiently employed, mean to emigrate to
the Brazils, to North America, and partic
ularly to Dok u3; where they are sure of a
good reception from gevetsaiaat,—Aurora.
1 MASONIC.
!. Ti h*.r.o?ftliie Dr V. itt CtixTON, i t
New Yoflt, holds the Birhi st tsouit. ofih-er
in the United States. < Hr, preifiiics over ‘ht
Grand Lodge ofNew-York—ls Grand D/gb
Driest of the Royal Arch Chapter of the
United States, and has recently been elected
s-enere 1 G rend Muster of the United Stales.
: Encanaprnfeht of Knights Templars.
Ebsf&n Centiuel,
IMPGRTANTi
It was the hr ginning of last
month, whispered in the minis
terial circles of England, that ar
j rangements were progressing to
bring Napoleon Bonaparte back
from St, Helena, and confine him
in England, which Bonaparte had
requested. Nothing was w. m
ed but the consent, of the conti
nental powers. The govern
ment of England was seeking this
consent with no iutie'earnestness.,
There must be something brew-!
mg. Gre at shock sandbala nc es, l
are important political engines.— j
Let us wait the result and not pre
maturely enter into commercial
speculations which may Bramlk
out operations...
'/V York Cuz. 9,9 th. Jund,
Yrn m a fdngstcn * L Tam.] Paper of June i3.
By ihe ^ 9 from !
S'j.nttt Marika, Ic'rn ts at the United,
fes frigate Macedonian, Ov-pt. .WAR
RING I ON, h and arrived cfi'Sai.H !Uar*ta,
and- the eouHnissim-er cn board of her hud
nc ds a peremptory demand lo the govern
or for uc ci izens of the Uuitcd States in
eonfin“ni?nt t'ie'e to be iastan ty up j
he info nil ad that he ohght to proceed to
r<a and m .ke L sown t his demard
of the chief authority there, >vUL h the eon>
ttimnner would not consent 10, and gpve f- r
jaiHWjr to ‘he .'“pioisu governor that be.
i would cruize off their coast, ami make rc
pihuls, and, ’.vbt'n the Liverpool Packet
suileilj she was off Santa Martha.
_ r \ v.. ? ,
We are informed that the wife and fami
ly of Joseph Bans parte, late fciog of Spain,
havti Kof arrived .in this city as errorie
ousiy published in our p ipr,nf yesterd y.
N York Gaz. 2d July.
COMPLIMENT, RIGHT AND LEFT.
lo the lOtl> number cfCobbett ? s P.diti. al
(New-Vork) Register, a work i- which the
most important arguments are often eidiy’JD
cd by amusing anecdotes, we find the follow
ing : w When the king of Prussia w 4 here
(at London) inist4, he used so rise and go
out very early j .nd sathe mob were sur
rounding him otto morning, a carter g’.opt
the div jqand getii?)g ou it, after looklngat
! his kin*? a li'tle, he said j Wlyy,yqnrmajes
ty seems to be a good Stirling jillcio. i
! think yon h°d better stay in this
for we ared—rd off id the king way
here.” I had tl is an cdole from n gentle
man who aetiirtlly heard these words utter
ed. and heard thefd ioudfy cheered by all
prtsenu”
DECLARATION.
The original Dbcl ua rion of n
tiTiWCB, (bearing this title—< The Unanim
ous iieclaration of tiu thirteen United States
of America,”) us deposited in the secretary
of state's off *e at Washington, vv; i happi
ly and preserved wh&n an <ua
jny valu i>fe p*pers were consumed by ti e
British VundalL Thi? eircumstahee is ivor
•hy cf noth, and would in eatlfer times have
been ascribed to Diviae intetposition, for
the preservation of .the b;.?trumer,i as well
as the k.ubsianee 6f our iudep n feneo.
Providence Pot riot
NOTICE.
Nine months after date appli
cation will be made to the honor
able the Inferior Court of Jeffer
son county, for leave to sell ; ii
the real estate of Taac Hudson,
late of said county deceased.
James Hudson ,
Admm’r
May 16.
i ELECTION! ~
We are authorised to announce
ROGER L. GAMBLE, Esq. a
candidate for Senator to repre
[sent this county in the Qeneral
I Assejxtbly of the State#
j , A BMINIf TPATOBS SALE,
j Vv ill be sotti, on Ft id ay tl.e
30th day of August next, at tlie
resider/ce of Benjamin Greer., in
iJefiersGn county, the folk wing
property belonging to the estate
jof Isaac Harris deceased
| One set Blacksmith tcols com
plete, UO head ol catJe, 3 horses,
1 secretary with drawers, i set
Tables ends ol walnut, 1 doz
Windsor Chairs, and many other*
articles of Household and Kitch
enjurniture, too tedious to men
tion, I set of Carpenters tools,
1 elegant Gold Watch, i Lot ot
Books, among which are the life
of Washington, the Spectator. Ja~
cobs Law Dictionary", Btackstones
Commentaries, Buiieno Nisiprius
&ic.
Terms made known on tha
day of sale.
All persons having demands a
against the estate will render
them in as prescribed by law.
Maryann Maria Harris,
Adm ? k
Daniel Green, ) A , ,
John Silly, S *
, , 17th July, 18 16
i t&EuUTuRb’ b/\LE.
1 Will be £old v on Thursday
2yth August next planta
tion bf James Spivy(late ol Burk©
county dec.) on \\ illiasnsort
Swam pi Jefferson county, the
Stock ol ('attle belonging to said
estate, with sundry other articles
too tt dious to mention.
t
! Terms to be made known on
the day of sale.
Littleton Sfiivy, } t , ,
, , ftiilTl l-Olff, j
fhet ■? con. > ft/. Ju (*M 8, i, 816.
BKOLGii i To LaIL,
On the ( Jih inst, a negro fel
| low, calls himself CA I O, says
jhe belongs to a Mr Ptiturs. r I h©
j fellow speaks so broken that he
j can’t be understood. The owner
| is desired to call, pay charges and
take him away.
L. H. MARKS, Jailor.
I.Bth July", 18 16.
| BROUGHT TO JAIL;
i On the J 2th inst, a negro man,
[who calls himself SHIDY, says
jhe belongs to Filzsirrmons. Isa
jrtfew negro, and speaks very bro
!kt n. ihe owner is red nested ?c
!call, pay charges and take him
away.
L.ti. M A HITS, Jailor
18th July, 1816.
j ‘ mmnu *--*-* ,jr *“ H:r '” “•* ,tmi ‘****' *
j Nine months after date appli
cation will be made to the honor
able the Inferior C ourt of Seriv*
j en county, tor leave to sell ail the
real estate of Benjamin Lanier*
I late of said county deceased.
| Robert Lanier,
Guardian.
6th June, 18 16.
I j r
, Just Published,
Acid Fir Sale ut the l*riouo§-Gffic, Louis
ville,
A NEW PAMPHLET,
KJSTI'tLF.n
k„3 SKETCH OF THE POLTTICAI
AJVD MILITARY LIFE OF
Major-General
ANDREW JACKSON.
[Price Twenty-five cents single. — Gres
allowance mode to those who may vW.
to purchase fer retailing.3
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