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these of the WThe was aroused by a cry from thq mast-head of “ A sail k&z ’MI !*[. 1 he sail proved to be a British frigate, She sent a gang of ruffians on board* and in spite of remonstrance, in define* of right, they dragged po?r James Brown n iore dead than alive in to their boat. Thev with many a bloody lash comp el - led him to work and fight their battles. He toiled and- fought, and trusted that a day would come when he * might es* tape from h.s task-masters add regain his native land. Or»ce he jumped over board, in the hope of finding protection in a neutral country : he reached Ik shore, but be fore he could even dry h,s clothes he was again m the power of his enslavers* ‘ .. His labor was redoubled, scoffs, scorns and scourges were multiplied and his manly spirit veas sinking under its bur den when the news reached him that the Unked States had declared w*r against Great, Britain :— tk 1 lien so help me Heaven*” raid the captive, “ H ever l raise my ann against my country or my countrymen. lam in your pow er,” said he to the British captain ; *• 1 have been your ulave for years, and you wav dispose of me as you wili, but neith er punishment nor privation shall ever uidure me again to work or fight, under the Bag of the declared enemy of my country” This declaration was firmly adhered to in defiance of threats and blows. ■ He was at length landed, as aprisoner of war. in l ngUnd. that country for which he hao for six years been com ,spelled to work r.nd fight ; he was landed j without a shilling in his pocket, and, ma nacled like a (don, he was marched to Dartmoor prison, and there confined. Eor mouths h; lived in jail and the sen sibilities of his nature often wounded his heart when he pictured the distress of his v i|e and the sorrows of his poor j old mother, whose age almost precluded the hope of hi* ever again folding her to his bosom* Sometimes the beams of hope would irradiate his path when he would hear of the victories of his brave country men, and he frouiditfng to con tribute* more than his pray ers to their success, iXc hoped to be exchanged : one car* tet ftame then another, but as those that w ere taken in fight were first ex 4ha»ge<t, our poor sailor was still left to dy-h m captivity. At length a rant or was confirmed, tne peace was ratified, and many a heart in Dartmoor prison beat high Vntlv-Jby r but hone, no not one beat more tumultuously than did the heart of Brown.—His imagination revel led m delight. He shook hands with all hts messmates. He was to be restored again to freedom, to his country :—again to feel the fond, tne heart-warm pres sure of a wife’s embrace, and on his ben ded knee again to receive the blessing of mother * How inscrutable are the ways of Provi dence l Brown was destined never again to taste the sweets of freedom, never again to see his natiVe land, nor those ,w wdvuv. Ula‘ BwlvU S.WVJW vfl* P YT44~ • il flUUttin WrCfe W«m in pula* £ml&sa:>^ Werc stirring up the Crec f iotj<*■ ; - yMic English have now their a*>cr^ Creeks. * * *Thc English troup* which were ed for Europe, ere counter ordered, are to remain in Canada. The English are impres&mg our men pit Gibraltar. They have murdered about 50 A ioans in cold blood at Dartmoor, X I ,*5 « Peace and good wiß amoljg *&s&.’ the desire of cvefiry good mai| ,• hut the English government will ft|ot let the world be at Peace ,* it will not practise good will ; and while it impresses our peaceful citizens bn the high English agents m the Mississippi de clare that the war is not at an end, that they have orders to continue it; and an infamous miscreant, whose merit with the English governmeni is his crimes, is selected to set the Creeks upon our defenceless fr mticrs. If ihe coalesced powers are treated as they were treated in 1754, 1796, &c. the English government will apologise for impressment , and withdraw her savages— put if they should be as successful as in i 8 13 —Look out free people of America— you will have another struggle for your independence*— Aurora. THE CREEK*COUNTP.Y. * ‘ ts: - }*■;• Mobile i June 3, The. fiew tract of country, &cuiq& to the Mississippi territory, by the treaty entered into between General Jackson and the Creek Indians, is settling very fast. About two hundred miles art added to the eastern frontier of the terri-- tory ; and the additional district is pro bably from one hundred to one hundred and fifty trules wide. Difficulties and dissentions of coarse must exist where a number of strangers, all anxious to ac quire property, are fortuitously thrown together ; and no little illblood is gener ated by contest concerning the bounda ries of lands, to which none of them can have any legal claim. None of these new settlers are hearer probably to the 9eat of the territorial government than three hundred miles, sirJ some of theitt cannot be hss than 500. The law, therefore# has hardly begun to operate. Indeed, no country is yet established to embrace the newly acquired territory. The evil ol their distance from the seat oi government Will, however, Soon be remedied : for as the population east of Pearl river, including that of Madison county on the Teimesseef, will very shortly oumumper that on the west of Pear! river, the seat of government for the Mississippi state must be establish ed at St Stephens, or some other scite on the Tomoigby. A good deal of irritation yet exists .in the Creek nation, The peace and war parties are still at variance, and some American settlers have been killed. General Games is in the Cree k country, and has sent a force accompanied by some friendly Indians to arrest the murderers# t The Spaniards are no less alarmed than the Americans, and it is &4<l that the intercourse between Pensacola and ! Apalachicola is in a great measure cut off. There is at the latter place a large body of Indians and Negroes, well sup plied with every thing uecessary for War— ls at. Jnt * THE HUMAnFrIFLEMAN. During the attack on New-Orieans on the ever memorable Bth of January last, a British officer having advanced at the head of his column too near our lines, though yet at some distance, was i meditating a retreat; when his atten tion was arrested by the sight of a rifie ■ presented at him whilst the unemployed fingers Os the militiaman who presented it,beckoned him to come in. Be hesi tated—but only for a moment: he came in and surrendered himself a prisoner <T to the Tennessean, who with such face tious humanity had thus saved kis life. On expressing his & ha ving surrendered to *6 foe, he was asked why he did not escape, as his antagonist was at such a considera ble distance from him. Much mortified he replied— ** I had no alternative ; for I have been told these d~d Yankee ri flemen can pick a squirrels eye out as far \ as they can see it.* 1 ’[ h r as* Ins. - The receipts at the custom-house in New-York, we understand, will amount to two imillonr of dollars for the months of May and June, and probably comiuue at a million s month throughout the year. At this proportion, £he. wholg „ receipt of the United Stales within the tyear must be thirty or forty millions* Columbian* •- ‘^.&**«**: (x.y.) & * ’‘-4%M k npKKIKEBII A gentkman dirtily wm/ffi%sj£* | informs that the United States Treasny Notes pas* currently at par amo.vg hh majesty’ssubjects at that place. At Boston U is otherwise ! „ Philadelphia, June 29. ; We are informed by an intelligent 1 j?assew||r oh hoard thy ship Aievander 1 arrived Yesterday at this* port from La Rochelle* which she left on the 18th of May* that war was not ‘j yet declared at the ume of her depar ture by the allies against France. , A negotiation waft, depending between Napoleon and the Emperor of Austria* It was feared by many thtt on the part ot the Austrians »t wat only meant to amuse, but should it turn out to be the jj case, it was generally believed that thcl French emperor would, as soon as by discovered u, lose no time in acting of fensively, A large army was assem bled at Chambery, to invade the king* dom of Italy, and co-operate with Murat if an arrangement with Austria should not take place. It was expected that the Italians [ who hate the Austrians] ? would immediately join the standard of Napoleon. The people of the interior oi Frar.ee are generally in favor of the present government j those of the sea ports are «yer>e to it, but their influence does not extend very far into the coun try. The consulution is not generally liked / it is expected that it will not pass without amendments. v ■/ The republican party is still strong in France- The national guards of some departments are federating as in 179!*, and some of the newspapers reprobate the measure as tending to revive the aggitation of the early periods of the revolution. There are those* likewise, who think otherwise, and that the gov ernment is not displeased at being thus supported. It is thought that if war takes place Switzerland will remain neutral. Out of 25 cantons, 12 only have voted for war, and there constitution requires the votes of three fourths of the cantons be fore war can be declared. We observe with pleasure that one of the Parts papers observes that the credit of the government of the United States stands higher than that of any other froiver in the worlds and quotes as an instance of the fact, the price of Louisiana 6 per cents, which were then at 95. General Marmbnt has taken the com mand of the Spanish troops on the French frontier, and has issued a pro clamation to the people of France, in which he declares that he is going to enter in that country to deliver the brave Bordelais, and head the partisans oi the house of Bourbon. _ I r NOTICE* ‘ 1 Nine months after date application : For SALE. l-i Tut subscriber offers for sale hi*) plantations sUuntdi «m the mau\t road leading from Athens to Watkins* vilk, about two miles'ainl % hfcsf fruntthe former,, containing 650 acres—a.fcand •jiotoe frame dwelling house, nearly r?e w> thereon* an# ill the improvetnehis<ar«! very excellent, A further descriptauv is deemed unnecessary, as any ;, pr* ‘iifu Jy I# ’ ■ REUBEN HI..L® Chtrk cranty, July 13, 1015. ;• 7 *• •-><«— / . GEORGIA, < OgUibtrpe County, Personally appeared before me, am ac. ting Magistrate for the said comity f James Apperson, who being duly sworn sayeth Shat he was in possession of 4 promissory note on B. Blanton for bundled k thirty given afiout the sth of May last, made payable one day after date, which note is eiuicr sto« ten* lost or mislaid so that cannot find it. *’••.’•• V ;- r : 5 JAMES A?PEItSON. Sworn fb and subscribed ; ! before me this lSihday of July, IBIS. : ;:,dr ’ ; Re«,J. Davis, J P. I do hereby caution all persons from trading for the above described note* JAMES APP£ RSON* notice. •••■ The will attend at the fol lowing times k places, of whi<\h ad con cerned will take notice*—At Jeff as son on the 31st Jq’y—at Madison on,the 3d of August,—at Lexington on ;he 7th of August—& at Watkinsvilte the sth of August, ofj.. Sf ■’%&<: X’ ■ ‘ . •’ J , JAS. MERIWF/I HER, V & W ;S‘ , Col. Rev. sth Geo. 13 July, 1815* - >n.miw,■!■ 1 GEORGIA, Jasper county, Wherea John \V. Compton has applied to me far letters of d^missiaa on the estar aof Siappy, deceased. .These a»e therefore \o cite and admonish all dnd singular the ; kindred and’ creditors of said deceased, to file :b*J r objections, if any they have, within the time gmcriheti by law, otherwise said'ieuers will i# grwnied. : ’ Given nntier my hand this 6th dfy of July, ROBERT ttOUET, C. €. O; zfr'tyL , NOTICE. NINE months from Uhe date here of application will be a u*de to the honorable Inferior court *, of Franks lin co an tv, Tor leavti to sell *he real estate of Joseph Shin, lue of said, county, deceased ; fur ti e benefit of the heirs and creditors. (. ,■ $ Edmund King. Jut iV 7* k Atiinliu orator:. J2th« |Bl^ % ; T y.H|j Cft v/ hi—■<* li'ni—w mT’ Georgia, jackson count* . SUPERIOR. COO RT, . “ ‘/• h - The petition of David Rogers**!*, son md heir of Thoman Rogers, deceased, en his own right, and JUtnes M. C* Montgomery and Thomas Hyde, guar* dians of the persons and esti >tcs of .Mary* Rogers &> John M Rogers, also crj ham* and heirs of tie said Tho mas Hirers, de-. cased-*~3Utd that an o rigmsJ bond? given to the court of ordinary of Jack son county, for the perfor manee c.f ttu* duties of guardian to I>; ivid Rogers, Thomas S* Rogers, Mary Rogers and Johi\ 4 H* Rogers, orphans of the sai<T Thomas Rogers, cieceast and, by Daniel Johnson and Martha his wife, which bond was signed by Daa del Johr.son, Thomas Johnson and Johi i H ample n t a , jeopy of which with an af&4 uvit of loss is herewith filed, and yi pray the establishment of the said copy in lieu of the original* - On friction of John M. Dooly, attor ney for the petitioners,: i t is ordered that a copy ©f this petition amd order be published once a month for -six months in one of the public gazettes of this stato, and that unless sufficient cause i* sbewtu the said copy v ili be; established in lieu of the original*. , , Truly copied from the Minatej, Terffi r EDWARD ADAMS, Cleric. , fe’ . ‘ $ M SHERIFF’* On [U first Tuesday in Septymber next, f 4 the town of Lsjmgion, Oglethorpe ccw'Jjt Hitt be sold, V)i>hin the usual hours*, the i following property, to wit \ One negro girl by thf .name of A~ manda, levied an as the property of Jidmo nd Green at the instance of J, fc A, Abercrpynhic on tht foreclosure til a/ * i y>’ Conditions cash. __ j p. COMTTON^ I r ;4jl ; .< Y Skenff. -%gd \ | July sth> I*l3* ? j
