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‘ ’ * “ “ >VQL I. TRIMTE© WEEKLT* BY HODGE & fc DON HELL. CONDITIONS. If Jit. The ‘Anftuhl Subscrip f hm will he three dollars* half in advance. sd. Subscribers living ou of the State will pay the whole subscription upon the deli- ’ very of the 6rst number, w 1 3d. No Subscriptions will be received for less than one year; and no paper shall be discontinued unt I arrearages are paid. ‘.'4th. Advertisements will be inserted at the customary rates. ter ‘ Letters addressed to the Ebi* | I %RS must be post paid. The following gsstlsmes are re* .quested and authorized to receive Sub . scriptions and give receipts for this f papery viz Watkinsville , Dr. Wm. Wright -& Mr. Joseph Moss. Jackson county , ‘Cdpt. Boyle. , he Post Master. Greene county , Mr. Wyley Gres* ham, P. M ,Greenesboto\ Mr. Grant i, R. M. Grantsville , and *he Post I Master, Fowelton . • Wilkes county— Mr. James Witigr field, ?. M. Washington, and Mr •Robert Grier. } Raysville— Mr. John Barnett. Columbia Court*House-**. P. 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Impressment The following article is extracted from the evening Post of TfcOT, and Is a perfect contrast to What now and iily appears in that abandoned print. It contains as a lucid view of the principles contended for b> •the ptesent administration—princi ples which ate inherent in thg nation al sovereignty, and for ‘which they ought to nail the colors tb the masi, -and resolve to sink rather ; thah aban don them. ‘ln £6xloing they would be supported by the people. Ts w< are not mistaken, this article written by Mr. Kufus King. But be the author who he may 1 , he has ex hausted the whole merits of the con troversy about impressment. VVitn him we unite in saying, •* WhiJt* we would prefer peace with hono let Us spurn it if connected with un equal or degrading Conditions.’* It is for maintaining similar sen timents that Mr. Oliver Wolcott has been turned out of office of pre sident of the Bank of America. Fo this he has been proscribed—brand ed as ah apostate from and publicly insulted. On evil time v, indeed, are we fallen—wheri neither age, nor eminent services nor exal ted Virtues, can preserve from per secution their possessor—merely be cause they happen to be coupled with American principles. But, it is in vain that a purseproud party nave endeavored t 6 put down this gentleman; He rises above their malice—and, in proportion as he is hated by them, will be beloved by ois country. Totally unknown to Us, except in his public character, we feel for him nothing more than sym pathy Which iS ekcited in honorable minds by the of injured worth; Nor are we animated by any thing like a party attachment for him. Mr; Wolcott is riot of >Ur fiolitical seat—but his creed is, of that liberal cast, that we are com pelled to confide in his sincerity— and, as respects our national rights, his views are stfictly republican.— Nor is there any reason for stispect ing his motives as by pursuing the conduct he has done, he has sustained a certain loss, without any prospect of gain or ad vantage whatever; National Advocate* From the Evening Post* As Shimefu! attempts are making to dis honor the United State*, by misrepresenting the nature of our controversy with Great Bri tain respecting seamen, the following summa ry observations may be acceptable to sonic of your readers The British navigation act passed in the reign of Charles 2d, requites that the master and three fourths of the mariners of British ships shalf be British subjects. But this fundamental regulatiori is by a statute of the thirteenth of Geo 2d, limited to periods of peace- During any war in which Great B itaiu is engaged, it is sufficient that if the crews of her ships are composed of one fourth native nr even naturalized mariners Provision is even made for allowing a less proportion than fourth in certain cases. But though during war, no more than one fourth of the crews of British ships are re quired to be native British or even natural ized sujects, yet ~at all times the principle of the navigation law are enforced in respect to «* foreign vessels trading to Great Britain.** Those principles require that the “ master and three fourths of the mariners shall be Sub jects of the countries to which the foreign vessel shall belong 19 , By a permanent statute, «« all foreigners who served in the merchant ships or priva teers of Great Britain, are exempted from be ing impressed into the King’s service, and fur their security are entitled to protection from she admiralty * Vide 13 Geo 3d. * ‘ Foreign seamen who serve faithfully for tWo years duringwar on board any public or even private British ships, are by law deemed “ natural bom subjects of Great Britain.** Vide 13, Geo. 3d. It will then be seen, what naturalizing sea men and granting protections for the purpose of detaching them from their natural allegi ance are not as they, have been called « Amer ican inventions.** The impressment of seamen is contrary to thegemiKnf the English law, a.id no such rigtu 11 a» ever been vested by statute, though us eaiyehce at common law may be inferred from several statutes, hairing the exercise of ATHENS', THURSDAY JUNE 16, 1814. impressment. Seamen above $5 or under 18 ■ ears of age, apprentices, ferrymen and fisher* men. and a 1 ! persons of whatever age for two ears after first going to are exempted and entitled to protection No law (unless ‘••e has been recently enacted) haseVer exis -rd f>r com;>eUing deserters to return to ser vice except onl>oa£l ‘he kings ships. Brit* vh sailors who have ever ,signed articles to •erve in British merchants* ships', cannot be compelled to a specific performance of their •: infracts, and are only liable to . confinement for a short time as a punishment for desertion \ deserter from a foreign ship cannot be tr rented in England on return to hit duty. <\ny seaman may leave his service in a private ves sel at any rime and enter on board a kings* ship, without forfeiting bis wages or being deemed a dcsener. There is nothing in the British statures or public regulations which coijg ‘nances the im pressment of seamen from .oe Bri ish vessels »n he high seas, knd no such r-.gh in respec o foreign vessels is recognized by the law of nations rrom this representation, it ik evident that i the British have no right to proclaim of our laws, which, on the subject in Question, are more liberal hail their own i nor ought any modifies tion <if therh to be expected but Sole ly on the ground of reciprocal benefit* Phe former administration iffered th<* Brit ish government a stipula - ion for the mu r ual g iara itc-e ‘f all deserters > n condition that rite} wo*d abstain fr< m imp* sbfnent* f>t>m <>ur vessels on the high seas H the present ad ministration haye made a rimiar offer, they Va,ve done enough ; more ought hot to be con ■eded many event. A government which will ior project the personal liberty if its subjects i unworthy of support. ; There is something inexpressibly disgusting in the attempt now making to deceive the peo pie by epresen ing this as a con oversy for “he protection of British mutineers and desert ers nothing more liberal was perhaps to be pxpeced from certain mercenary minions of British influence among us. (Let it be kept in mind that this is from the Evening Post! !1) hut / v tr»ericans ought to be ashamed rs such base & unf u de l suggestion. On this 4 ques on the', can find no room to hesitate wheth er they shall support the cause of their country to recommend k submission to . Hri'ish in justice because our administration has submit ted to French and punish injustice will be to establish a principle which must in a few years, deprive us of every Vestige of rights, and place us humble slaves at the feet of some j Usurper; No! While we would prefer peace with honor let us spurn it if connected with unequal or degrading conditions. Let us say as the proud spirited Romans—- We wi I not dispute about the qualifications of a master— we will have no master.*’ . CAMILLVS. ERENCH NEWS. PftOCLiMVIION of rat crown prince or sw^oen* Hanobcr y Feb . 6. His royal highneis the Crown Prince of Sweden has addressed the following proclamation to the French nation : u Frenchmen 1 It is riot a stranger who addresses you, but a man who is bound by the dearest feelings to your happy cduntry. To you he owes his first fanie ; ydu have Seen him defend your cause while it was noble and just; you have seen hint shed his blood with joy for his coun try, when you fought for it; you have seen him make all your wishes, all your hopes, his own, and dkert himself td make the French name beloved even m the countries to which he conducted his victorious banners. “ Frenchmen \ What has become * of your inn umerable armies ? What of your military glory ? Wnere are those legions which were your pride; ■ and which seemed to secure your i prosperity forever ? What Courge ■ nas carried them off? All are sunk into a dreadful abyss. Ten years a- “ go your frontiers seemed to bid de fiance to they are inva- ■ d*d—Europe admired you then—see ’ what you are How- When your eyes overlook the globe; they can scarcely discover a single friendly people, and ■ every where they meet with ooun* tries which are the graves of thous ands of Frenchmen. Jt “Who is the author 6T so ifjqmy e 4 vils ? a idan who is not a Frenchman by birth—by what ill fate is he be come your master and scourge ? The commencement ot his military career was marked by a bloody scene in the walls of Paris ; then you had to re proach him with the death of lorty thousand brave men, whom he meant to sacrifice m anoihar part of tap globe to his purpose of becoming Emperor of the East. Deceived in his nope, he left his army, and while he s uttered his comrades to perish in the burning deserts of Lydia, he himself in ofder-to return to France, violated the law of quarantine wmen St Louis had observed* “ Unnappily so many acts of vi olence Were rewarded with the con sular dignity, and soon |Uer the im perial purple. * Alter he had attained the su fpreme power, he promised France eternal repose, and Europe peace- You believed him. What has he done to fulfil yoUr hope ? Broken e very treaty, as soon as he itn >de it.— This pence maker of the world has carried death and desolation into Spain, and made you the Instilment of its destruction. . u You have seen how he sowed the seeds of discord between the father and son- how he then appear ed in Bayonne as mediator, pi caus ing in the face of Europe to allay the quarrel which he himself had inflam ed , and how often alledging the pe ternal dignity and the respect due to grey hairs, he fobbed both of thtir dignity sending the one to pmon and the other t 6 exile. “ Europe Was Still silent Stupified by so thany horrors, hut so far was the patience of the princes and people from satisfying the itrn ] Whose yoke yon bear, that his hnnbi t oil steals Only to be encrealed by it. We saw him annihilate his own 1 Upon his allies iS upon | ml enemieb'; tear one of his brothers from the throne which he hud him* self created ; rob another of part of he dominions which he had given him. We Saw how he made the in* copdrUtion, the overthrow of one country, follow that 6f another, and in his convulsive rage rob Europe of the last Illusion of a durable state, With vi hfch it seethed t 6 console itse f * At last he Was at the goal When he left his dominions to lead the French seven hundred leagues from their country, and by ibis gigantic enter prize realised all shat is “elated of the conqueVors of antiquity. At this period of adversity; when the dawn of freedc m arose upon Europe , what did you think of him whd, al ter Such Varicus rhiseriv Sand suffer ings, Which he nad brought Upon the finest army, left it ili the abyss of desirueli oh, in o Whicu ife had plung- , ‘cd it ? What did you say of the gend er ii who thus betrayed his unhappy ■ solmers, and abandoned them lh immense deserts of snow without food, without clothing, without a guide i “Behold heft; the miserable re mains oi art arniy. but lately so fine; stretched out upon the ice, perishing by the three-ibld death of cold, fam ine and wounds \ bee the author of all the sufferings of these Wretches; renounce every sentiment of pity; thinking only, oh his flight, he yet Ventures to appear before you to de mand f> dm you heW exfettions, nfcW IcVies Os troOps. ‘ He ha& obtained btit too many; v Again have two hundred thousand Frenchmen perished', to drench with their bldbd, the sbil of Gehnany whose inhabitants loved the French arid did hot resolve upon reVerige until after thirteen years of ill treat ment and disgrace; Divine justice has baffled the last efforts of expiring tyranny. The painful sacrifices you have agaih made haVe not been able to stop the progress of your rtiisfor tilnes. h Npw, Frehchmetl, Germany i& free ; but Napoleon driven back to the natural boundaries of yodr em pire, will require froiti you new sa crifices. To obtain them he Will tell you that the allies intend to divide France, and he who wished to bring under his yoke all nations from Na ples to Stock holm* from Lisbon to Moscow, will talk to you of the boundless ambition of his adversaries. But yous reason will teach Who is the author of the war ; whether it IS he who without Emission carries war to all countries and nations, or those who have only repelled a hosi tile attack and pursued the aggrel sor. “ The allies will not divide France. They,desire it to be independent it* self, and acknowledge the indepen dence of all other nations. They offer it peace ; they demand it be cause the world requires, arid be cause they make it their glory to end the miseries of the world, Thejr ask peace,Universally desired, they demand it of the armies of the na tion, exhausted in its population, loaded with taxes, wounded in its noblest feelings—robbed of its chil dren, whose industry is fettered, and who, since Napoleon has governed it, has neither peace for the present nor security for the future.” •* Frenchmen l look around you— the abyss # still open—the hand which plunges into it is still lifted. Shall it throw the last of you in i Will you permit the whole popula tion of your country to perish i And do you njn perceive that- ridtn* I io& can Letter the ui&tfftMfi in an wk &■> xrm whorti fate has buried over you ? In the wide circumference of the beau tiful, once h *ppy France where ,is the than Who enjoys his fivc'om, his life, and whom the command> «>f Napoleon have Wot leachtd ? Com pel hitti then to conclude the peace Which is required from you. * v •» On the other hand, should the dreadful evils which redlt from & tyrannical goveihmetU prevent the French people ahtl its arWiits f»n'Wk declaring for peace, the allies must lament that they cattnot reach the, oppressor of 1 raVc'e, bVn through a people Whnfti they esteem and evert Chert theiv . motto will be—War with the Corsican, inviolaoilit v of territory, peace *pd friendship wurt delivered France.*’ PROCLAM ATI ■)N IN THE ... MAME OF I'HE KINO. The “Duke. D* Angbde me to the F’ cnch Army. . Soldi kr $ I—l aM al rived—l ant in France—in that,France o dear to me !—1 come to b'rtak your fet ters ; I come so lib fold the white standard— That spotl'esi standard; which your lathetolliwed ,with transport—really tumid it brave Frenchmen*, and let us ail mu»ch td the overthrow of tyranny*. tienerals, Officers and soldiers, who- shall Vange yourselves s under the ancient bander of the Lilly; in the hame of the King, my usicle, who has charged me “to mate known to you his paternal intcii ions, [ guarantee your rank, your pav; vour rewards proportioned to the fidelity Os your services. French soldiers, it is the grandson of Henry IV. it is the husband of a Princess Whose miseru sa e Unequal led, but wiiosi- wisiK-s are lot tue good of France ; it is a Pi ince;. for getting liis afflictions, as tus King has don£,tb thirty only of yours, who comes to thtou hittvseif into your arms., Soldiers iny hopes are not deceiv ed ; Fam the son oli your Kings; and you are Frenchmtn. LOUIS ANTOINE. S , y• • » . | . By order of hiS foval Highness, Count EFIENNL DE lIAMAS; St. Jean dt Lux , i \tn Feb, Boston, May 16. hems of Neivs by the Ida, AtcoUrits from Paris, subsequent tb its belrig In possession of t ie \|J lies; said that the most perlcct or der Was perserved and private propj brty strittly respfetted. About 30 tk)o of the Nat oh 4 Guard Were at Paris, at the time Gen; BlUcher marched against it; blit refused io oppose him, saving the Empress and Court had deserted them; , . The National Guard at Paris con tinued to do duty with the allied forces, after they bfltered that city; —The defences of Paris previous td its capture Wife very feeble. , There had been no mail at Rochelle from Paris frir several days; but sta-, ge£ had comb from tHe vicinity of that city dnd brought passengers* who fled from it as the allit* Were entering; Soult and S\itbet Had form ed a junction. In tHe ldst defeat df the former a great ridfliber of Fteribh officers Were killed, including three generals, one belonging td Bor deaux. - It is Said that Soillt’si forcb was inferior to Lord and was surrounded, bdt the re mams of his army ctit their way thrdiigh and escaped. Soult and niS troops were much praised by the British for the bravery they displayed; British and Portuguese troops were known to hate advanced up wards of 8t) miles bn the road fr iu Bordeaux to RocHefort, taking p s session of the intermediate place ■ The men hf War at Rochefort and bfeen moved up the river and t ir crews taken to assist in the deft e of the place, it was reported hut the siege Was commenced. Bordeaux was surrendered to Louis Xv 111; and the white flag alone was exhibited. *The Duke of Augou leme was there, and frequently at tended at the i heatie. wnerc tie was received with acclamations, and his box dressed With Bourdon co lors Lord Wellington had not entered Bordeaux, on account it was said, t*i a wound he had received in one oi hi* knees, uy a iuu«r»tt b*M* iauiO USt ACUOU*