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VOL. I. • PBINTED WEKKI.Y, 1 BY HODGRk& M'JDOXXELL. > jwp _ CONDITIONS. . The Annual Subscription will be Times dollars, hats in advance. j Subscribers living out of the Stare will pay the” whole subscription upon the deli very of the first number. . No Subscriptions will he received for less than one year; and no paper shall be . discontinued until arrearages are paid.” ,i. Advertisements will be inserted aqthe customary rates. IfCT* Letters addressed to the Em - OKS must be post paid. , n . The fUiq&oing ges*lbmb# are re* tested and authorized to receive Sub riptions and give'’ receipts for this jper f viz ‘, ‘ 4 PVatkinsville, Dr. Wm. Wright & 9 tr. Joseph Moss. % l Jackson county , Capt. Boyle* { J exington— The Post Master. Greene county y Mr. *Wyley Gres tm, P. M .Greenesboro\ Mr. Grant, , M. Gran&vilie, and the Pest faster, Towel ton. ■ . Wilkes county-— *Mr. James Wing rid, P. M. Washington, and Mr. ppert Grier. • John Barnett. Columbia Court-House— -P. Master. plane oo'*— Mr. Abercrombie, P. I. and Joseph Bryan, Esq. Elberhm—Wr. Win. Woods* Tetcfstitirghr*~yi r. Alex. Pope; i Augusta—*s\\ Fraser, P. M. and tajor rk Phinizy. ! Morgan —Mr. Cunninghhnq, P* M. \ Jasper—Dr. Shorter. Tut nam—HiHCQ Gaither,*Esq. , TliHfdgeville—l'he Post Master. Madison, couftiy— Mr. Gong, P. M. fid William .Hodge,’ Esq. TranUih —S he Post Master and he Uev. Messrs. Thomas Newton id Sampson Lane. ~ ; t** Washington cowijty—' General Irwin. ; Wa+ren —i he Post Master, j Lincoln— The Post Master. Savannah— Samuel Bat nett, Esq. Midway —John E. Fraser, Esq. St. Mary's— Major Clark, P-M? Abbeville, S. C.— Mr.- Moses W. Dobbins. Without intending any disparage- „ jnent to the useful and valuable pa pers printed in Augusta, Mi Hedge - fills and elsewhere in this State, we Will take the liberty to mention the Allowing consklerationa in soniv degree recommending this to public patronage, and especially “in the up per'counties. It will be large , and will conse |uently contain not only a variety, but a considerable quantity of mat ter-—selected witlrcare. f. It will b 4 pubhsed at the Seat of me University of this State, and rill derive from that circumstance |some general interest ai|d import ance. It will be published on Thursday fri eVery week soon after the arrival tt the .Northern and Southern Mails fct this place, and will contain a condensed summary of the latest j»nd most interesting news from the North and South. From a direct coniinunicatiqn }htV Greenville. 6.C. & Buncombe to Tennessee this paper* will proba bly derive the earliest intelligence tram Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio & athe Northern and Western States an and Te rritories. ? v It will contain besides the com mon subjects oi a newspaper,.some moral, religious and scientific mat ter. which wiii be carefully selected told n\ade as fat as!possible subser vient to J;he practice of Christianity and to pursuits o: common life. The more Effectually to attopiv this Bhject, we here beg leave respoctiui ty to invite and solicit &uU:lemen oF Science, who to man kind, and who would meliorate the tonditton of human life, toTuvor us nth their aid. Pfltts op tic vari pas subjects alluded to, whether ori ginal ur well selected* Wfll be thank fully received—subject however to |fee correction and mOdr’icauon 61’ the Editors. Nothing SectaJnfcn will admitted. Not only the man of letters but thepiain.pvactical phiio kopherg£ the ingenious farmer and mechanic may be useful here.— *«> u -them will be gladly received jind attentively noticed any useful liseovefies and iinprov fronts in a jncultiire or the UKchanicaTWls. It rs nqt intehded that Uirs pjper shall be made the vehicle of private or personal scurrility and abuse. \tt* Gentlemen holding Subscrip tion papers for the Gazette , are res pectfully requested to transmit to the Editors immediately the names’ of sub scribers• FRANKLIN COLLEGE. Whereas considerable inconve nience has arisen to the College from receiving Students not siiffici- 1 eritly qualified to enter the respec tive classes, the following* extracts from the rutes of th/g College ar; published, for the -information of those whom it may concern, viz—* CHAPTER 11. Sec. 1. Candidate* for admission into the college shall be examined ’ by the president or under his direc tion, by ortji. or more of the profes sors or tutors ; and no one shall be admitted unless he shall be fpuirt a ble to re td, translate and parse Cice t o, Virgil, and the Greek Testartient and to write true latin in prose ; an shall also? have learned tie rules oi vulgar arithmetic, and shall pro duce satisfactory proof of a blame less Hf> and conversation. Sec- Every candidate for ad mission to an advanced standing, shall be examined by the president and on« or more of the professors, or tutors, or under the directio 1 of the President, by two or more ojP the professors and tutors ; and no ..such candidate shall be admitted to such standing in the college, utiles he shall be .found fully qualified m. all branches of learning proper for die same. CHAP PER IV. Sec. 3. The established course r>: study in the college, shall he as fol lows, viz. The first or freshman class, study Cicero s Orations, Greek Tes tament. and practice elocution. The second class shall read Hor ace, Jrkrtttcr'a lliiad, algebra, geome try, mensuration of superfices and solids, the ascertaining ol heighi - and distances, conic sections, pi am and spherical trigon unetry, nivig» lion, surveying, geography, compo sition English grammar, and prac tice public speaking. i he third class shall study astron omy, determination of geographic longitudes and latitudes, by obser vations of Eclipses, and lunar obser vations, use of the celestial globe natural and experimental philoso >.iy, chemistry, botany, Cicero de n ature, logic, Priestley’s lectures, on history, forensic disputations,’ composition, and public speaking. fne fourth class shall study rheto ric, laws of nature and nations, con stitution of the tJ 11 ted States, and the constitutions of the individual states; moral phil6sohy, fore dis putations, and composition. In admitting students, for the fu ture, these rules will be strictly re garded. i ne vacation in College will con tinue from the Commencement un til the 12th of September. The stu dents directed to be punctual in their attendance on that day. The 10th of that month is appointed for the examination “of those woo may wish to enter as rcgu 1 tr students for the ensuing term. Testimonials o. regular deport nent and fair moral character will be required. And whereas serums inconveni ence has arisen frp«q persons who to no\ belong to the College visit ing the students in tiieir rooms dur mg the hours of. study ami resita tion, it is therefore requested thaf those who may have business with the young gentlemen of the Institu tion, will h tve the goodness to call on them when at their boarding houses. or by special permission from sonle officer of College. JOHN R. GOLDING, Secretary Extract of a letter pr.jui Wiscasset, frihe 29,’ “ We are here constantly in a state of alarm. In addition-'to the militia and artillery, every citizen has be come a volunteer—wp nave several batteries on tire wharwkand ships, .on the fatter of which mounted many cannon. Several companies awe stationed at different ports on the river, and the forts is weli)mumvedyanq unckrr the command of an experienced and skilful officer', Terry.,) Last evening,” a : bout 6, an alarm gup was fired art Georgetown fort, ana at Damariscot takxnd here. I was pleased to see ATHENS\ THURSDAY, JULY 28, ihi. ’ the energy and patriotism the in habitants, even from sevehil miles distant, who came in, armed, from nil sides—-It proved to be a frigate, which came to anchor at the mouth of the river, and hove oitther barges —two Only attempted to go on shore »t Townsend, and were warmly-met by a of about 30 and repulsed. They had a 9 pounder on shore, which they discharged several times, and probably did some execution.— At about 11, same night, another a laym was fired at the fort, when a bout 500 men made their appearance with the utmost promptitude, deter mined to defend the town to the last. The shipping are principally disposed of from the wai ves* “■ I have been on duty all night-* great preparations are making to day in fortifying the batteries, See and iif putting every part of the town in a complete state of defence. Mr. Wood has given his large brick store, vifhich is well situated tor the musketry to fire from the win dows.** .. CREEK N ATIOK. Having performed their tower of duty, a part of the South- Carolina ‘militia are on their way horntw-The remainder we under stand will be discharged in a few days. Their places will be supplied bv the regulars under colonel Mil ton and a thousand troops from Ten nessee under Colonel Pipkin. 600 of whom have reached fort Jackson, where General Jackson has alsq ar rived vested With powers, it is said. 10 mark out the future boundaries of .he Creeks. Welearri that all ftp Indians aibove ; he confluence of the Flint Cna tahouchie rivers, [the boundary line between us and Florida] met and held a Talk with Col. Hawxins at “fort Mitchell a few days ago. They made strong protestations of friend ship, arid gave assurances of their willingness t© join us in any enter pnze we might think proper to un dertake against the enemy. * \ Georgia Journal. HEAD-QUaRTFRS, Near Tort Mitchell, sth July y 1814. detailed from the brigade under iriy command, Garri sons for all the Military posts from iookoubatchee to Oakmulgee in con formity with my orders from his ex cellency Gen. Pinkney, and a dispo sable force of upwards of 1000 men having returned this'far eastward ly, will ‘thank you to state, whether according to the information, you possess any hostility exists between this arid the Florida line that would require a military force to suppress it; or if it does exist within such a distance of this place as would ad* riiit of an expedition to accomplish it previous to the Ist day qf August, at whieb ume the term of service of this Brigade expires. I have the honor to be, >.W vom* most ob’t. JOSEPH GRAHAM, Brig; Gen. Col . Benj. Hawkins , Agent for I A. | Near, Tort Mitchel, s ih July , 1814. Sißrjrl have read your favor of this date. “ The whole force of £he Alabama having surrendered t 6 ade tdcnineut cf your army under Coi. Pearson, those of Ocfuskee, its de pendencies and others having sur rendered to you, a.idthe remains oi the eight towns on the Tallapoosa having generally moved into West Florida, below our line of limits, be tween Pensacola Bay and Appalatch icola—l know ot no hostility exist ing between” this and the Florida line* arid it is not probable the hos tile fugitives will be able to recrun; their strength and spirit to afrtempi any thing hostile lo us within trie term of service to. which your bri gade is limited. By late accoun.s of which youareap prised some British armed vessels have arrived near an island at the mouth of the Appalacnicoia, landed soilie men Sc taken “possession of it. The odieers \yished the Indians to come thence for munitions ofjwar Sc have furnished some, probably not more than could be spared from the eqAp lift in oi their vessels, TwoW three of tne officers were by the last account at the **orj? oi John Forbes and Cos. on the east side of -Appa* iachicola about *O, miles from bay ; and had sent to the chiefs of the Creeks to visit them, pro mising a supply of arms, ammuni tion, bcc. Ihe scene of their ti ansae- tions is too remote form this to take 4 any efj;Ctu# movement to repel them within tile term of service to which your brigade is limited. •* 1 have the honor to he, very respectfully, Dear sir, votar most obedient. BENJ. HAWKINS, Ag’t 1. A. Brig. Gen . Graham• . r . HfcAII-QuARTRRS,* Milledgeville , I GENERAL ORDERS. ALL-persons belongin'* to the United States quota, who Heretofore absented theriiselves when ordered to march, or deserted alter march ing. arid all substitute* from ths first class, will be incorporated into those companies now held in requisition for immediate service, and in whose limits they may be found respective ly reside ; and all Lieutenant Colo nels of Ittfantry afe directed to act in concert with the officers of the first.(s|p in carrying i his oi'der into full effect-—-Erie com nanding offi cers of regiments £who nave hereto fore been instructed] are likewise particularly charged to transmit without the least delay to the Adju tant General’s Office, the muster rolls of the companies of the Ist class. By order of the Jo ti n z iJj • it Chief. DANIEL NEWT A ds Ge,u .I.—. Albany, June 3u. The following endorsement was made on the Herald , Plattsburgh Friday morn ing 9 o'clock. Our troops have this moment de camped, and are marching to tne northward.*. It is said the enemy crossed the line yeste r day, and that our troops had gone to meet them. * Nat Judy* * * This army is commanded by Gen. izAftD, and consists of 16 regiments of the line* A gentleman who arrived at Pro vidence a few days ago from Bermu da, informs, that an expedition tilting out at Bermuda, composed oi 3,000 troops understood to be destin ed tor the .coast of trip U. States, anu. thatit was nearly ready,to sad. Ad miral Cochrane accompanies it.— Commodore Hardy, in tne Rauniiics was to sail in a few days for the N. London station. A Mailer of Fact • Besides various other notices of the sailing of snips and troops lor Amer ica one article from -Portsman h [Erigland] dated, tne 7th\.Alay, says, ••the Dictator, Diadem /f ha mas and Wesar, armed en flute, with 70 sail ot large transports have Sailed ior Bordeaux to take a part of lord Wellingtons army to the American %flprcs.” 1 o this plain and serious fact we wish to call the attention of our read ers. It is no angry expressions of “• British gab”—np editorial opinion or shrimse—it is the simple state ment of a fact that has.fciken pi me. What further evidence of?”the ene my's intentions do wc need ; Is not this proof positive, distinct and Un deniable, of his being resolved, and at this moment on the way to invade us ? ft i-i as’fciear as day tight and yet we remain supine, inactive and irres olute liat course to pursue. One individual waits for another to say what is to be done, and we snail an wait too long before we proceed to do what origin to be done. Richmond Compiler , June 29. TO l iih EDITOR. Dated u Sacketds Harbor t %ii June. “ Since lain writing, nothing of importance haisf occurred, except tne capture of one of tne enemy’s gun coats with about -20i prisoners ; amongnhis numoer is the com.no dore of the gun boat flotilla stationed at the mouth of French creek some short distance down the St*. Law ■ rence. - ’ ‘CS hould we be more fortunate than heretofore, our fleet will be a ble to sail on Saturday week. This, however, is the day appointed by-the commodore, though there are no hopes of our bi-Aging about an en gagement, for our superiority wiii not warrant theircoming outofKings ton harboriintii their large shrp is finished.*'— inquirer. ‘■ 4 fst Jttly, iai4. My Dear Sir—Last night I wrote you m great bastevpuforming you of tin; loss of the Alligator. It proves tef bdAogytrue, Bdsset is ahve, and has just arrived, halt drowned, witn eleven of hisLerew, including young. NO. XXIV. SaltuS*’ Midshipmen Brail.sforfl and Begerson, with twerttWffve men are unfortunately droa tied. »he schoo. net whs upset by a whirlwind. She .was at anc hor* ami had her yards and topmasts on clerk, IJpssct’ begs n«o to write you. as he is unable to dfi so by this mail, but vvgdl detail partied lars to you by the next. Ihe Ailiya-, tor lies in 4 water, about cableV length from the shore—Bus set tinnli* she can without much difficulty, be got |fp. I have % takeii every §tep to render the situation of the remainder of the crew as comfor table as possible. Yours with much respect. N. H.-RMOBEJS. To Com J. Ii DhXT. > Charleston 7 i;nes. No Kknunciation. The release of the Hostages op both sides may he so fur auspicious, as it will remove any imped uignt winch Ci. il. .have raised t<j the commencement of a negotiation, in case tors impediment should have been railed. The discussion about boundaries in the Quebec Gazette is a curious one—but it ncithei suij’JVi* ses nor scares us. 1 he4adminis tration is too deeply devoted to Us country, to relinguUly ode atom'.of ivoe right . Whether the 11 rim h m y Cant ahont pressnith,s, or any other pretension the ni. xim, the unchangeable max* im b'f.our negotiations wilf. be Mo’ Renunciation oi the Rights of Am erica. . Enquirer. Extract of a fette Jroni 0. Allen , Esq. Rost Mastci at Providence , R. /. to Gen, Matty Eurtbifiauih in jVcw# York , dated July 4 th, 44 Dfc AR bIR— -1 • -a- • n % ii»‘ ; v # j 4 V We nave eh is moment received the distressing news, that me enemy have burnt the towq of New-13tecifor<i.*J (■ New»Bedford. is a seaport town m Maas clnisetts, about 30 miles from Providence ; the (Uw n contains about jOo no,uses. W ere informed by a gentleman who lately visited titer I late, that theie were a number of large square rigged vessels in Lhe port which i.au been removed a nnis aim a hall abote the town as a place oi safety.—ft i» probable the British have oestioved tne shipping, but it is not UkeJy the) have burnt the town* —— ’X he Legislature of Rhode Island have passed an act, authorising the govtihmtnt to call otu such portion ol ihe militia as may be dee ii.ed necessary i for impiediutc ser vice; raise a emps oi stale voipn tee»s;appropriating a sum not ex ceeding ion thousand dollars from the state treasury for the purpose. The French national bihg L’yli vier, sailed horn New \ork on the sth in St. with dispatches lor France* bn passing Governors islaij I tiie Olivier was saluted irc>m a ort bo iunubus with 2i guns, winch was ah - j*- ■ ! aw 4 ti eu by 18 Iron* the* brig. Ac tv Yorky July- 2. Gen. Cushing has taken command of the 2a military district, and esiub iishtd hi& head quarters at,New London. Qh t.BKC, Jun£ 19. Thp 9th regt. expected here in the Course of- to-morrow ; Consists of 1402 souls — but only 6 sick. Col. Me. Nail states that he can, bring into the field 1050 bayonets Mr. Aihshe, a passenger in the fleet states that Col. Grant, and the remainder of the 70th regt. about 400 find fellows, are at No. b June 23—The 90th regt. excepting a lew invalids, is gone up the Rivet in 7 ranspoits* The wind t-effig nowr fair, they will reach Montreal to day. \\ e may daily expect *o hear of the arrival of British troops from France on the coast of America. At the latest dates from Lake v n tario, the British squadron had a sailed ftoci Kingston.— Phe \ eri* * can squadron hud not then made its appearance on the Lg/te. From Hayti. —The Royal Gazette of Hayti of the 23d of March, recei ved at Baitimore, contains air oltiiul account of the tubing of Fort SuoeM nn l?v storm by the troops of Cris tcpiif. commanded by the Ptn.cc dc ijf/rmv, Minister ot war ana Ma rini- Ifc lioy/i troops were c»m- oi uo battalions of Infantry awiUlwo oi Cavalry ; tkc lo.ticuband oiybfcis fas Uieyiare udku u*- Ure