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” FOR SALE. 1
35 Tracis ofL and ?
LYING in Edgefield, Barnwell, O
rangeburg, Abbeville, Union, Green
ville and Pendleton district, in this state,
containing together about 25 982. For
price, terms and furthei particulars,
apply to M,'. Le Roy Hammond. Sur
veyor at this place, or to the subscri
ber. Such of them as may not be dis
posed of by private sale, before the Ist
day of October next, will on the first
Monday in December following, be
sold to the highest bidder at Edgefield
Court-House, by public Auction. In
disputable titles will be made to the
purchasers and terms made known in
due time.
CHARLES GOODWIN,
Attorney at Law.
Town Creek Mills , S. C. >
July 5, 1806. 5
’ BLANKS
of every description executed at
tkis office, with neatness and
dispatch.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
On the frst 7'uesday in September next ,
at Lincoln Court House, between the
usual hours
Will be Sold,
ONE dark bay horse, and one
roan filley, and saddle and bridle, ta
ken as the property of Samuel Jeter,
to satisfy an execution in favor of Hen
ry Jinnings, vs. Samuel Thomas and
Garland Jeter.
ALSO,
1821-2 Acres of Land on Sa
vannah river, joining Henry Ware and
Robert Leverett, taken as the property
of William Fuqua, to satisfy two exe
cutions in favor of Robert and James
Ware, vs. William Fuqua, and Fd
mond Samuel. Also, two other exe
cutions in favor of Robert and Janies
Ware, against William Fuqua. Re
turned to me by the constable.
Conditions, Cash.
John Stovall, d. s. l. c.
July 26. !
bHF^T^SALK
Gn the first Tuesday in September next, ac
the Court-house in IVarren county be
tween the usual hours ,
Will be Sold,
ONE note of hand for eighty
dollars, gave by Peter Cbaslin to David
Newsom ; the above note executed as
the property of David Newsom, to sa
tisfy an execution in favor of the admin
istrators of Geo. Walker, for the use
of Di’.niel Daniie^.
ALSO,
200 Acres of land in the coun
ty of Warren, lying on Ogechce, ad
joining Ledbetter, taken as the property
of John Robertson, at the instance of
Wm. Martin.
ALSO,
One sorrel horse taken as the
property of Martin Hays,at the instance
of David Newsom, the above horse
pointed out by Henry Williams, jun.
Conditions Cash.
Jeremiah Beall, s. w. c.
August 2, 1806. 2
SHERIFF’S SALE.
On the frst Tuesday in September next,
at the Court House in Waynesborcugh,
Burke county, at the usual hours,
Will be Sold,
ONE Hundred acres of land,
# 7 !
tn Burke county, on Boggy Gut, with
one good Saw mill on it, formerly
known by the n ime of Fenn’s mills,
adjoining lands of Walton and the wi
dow Matthews, and sold as the proper
ty of Henry Hughes, at the instance of
Isaiah Carter.
—ALSO—
Two negroes, a Negro man
by the name of Peter, and a boy by the
name of Dave, and sixty acres of land,
more or less, whereon Peter Wynn
now resides, in Burke county, lying on
the l oad leading from Wayncsborough
to Wriglitsborough—taken as the pro
perty of Peter Wynn, at the instance
of Isaiah Carter.
Gross Scruggs, S. B. C.
July 26. 1—
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JOSI AH ST URGES.
Augusta, June 3d, ISO 6. 50
TO RENT,
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ry. For terms apply to
DONALD M‘IVER.
June 7, 1806. ts. SO
TOR THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
NO. VIII.
To the Members comfiosing the Ainth
Congress of the United States.
<« Appearances justify suspicion; and when
“ the safety of a nation is at stake, suspicion
“is a just ground of enquiry.” Junius.
Gentlemen*
I AM irresistably impelled to address
you—Asa freeman, I claim the right, and the
yet unimpaired liberty of the press gives me
the means. Mark well what this letter
contains. You have more withdrawn your
selves from the confidence of the people than
any congress since Mr Jefferson's election.—
Secrecy and indecision have directed your pro
ceedings. The blush of indignation mantles
the cheek, when we reflect on what has been
attempted, what has been done, and what has
ta’led respecting our foreign relations in the
king session you have been in. If there were
a s riot adhesion to tire contrite prayer in the
f’hrif-'ar. creed that we have done those things
which we ought not to have done, and have left
uiuione those things which ought to have been done,
your last sitting has manifested it. To you we
have dehva’ed ’■nose great |w»«. .t
ts, pile serve peace At home and tespcct
f r „m a i, r m his extensive contiritm. Con
fhc ing l >eal interests ask the first, and a com
bined agricultural and general commercial pro
perty demand the last. Those are the main
objects of congressional legislation. The idea
of cons lidadon has been done away. The state
assemblies still retain the command of those
regulations ha" c-une more home to us. They
are interdie’ed fr m interfering with any mea
sures which may affect those two great fede
ral views. The duties of state government are
confined to local concerns-
Y nr superior wisdom is to harmonize and
manage 7 he general affairs of the Union. Let
us see how i. has been displayed on the subject
a luded to. When you met, the nation was
a ive. Insult, injury < r wrong stared us in the
fa e from every quarter. The three great
maritime powers of Europe (I consider Hol
land identified with France) was before your
bar and that of public opinion. The president
felt the flame He told you and the nation so.
He named Spain specifically ; pointed directly,
though not nominally at England, and he was
the mildest towards France As the session
progressed it is thought the administration
changed its tone. The causes for this we
cannot find cut as yet. Let the president
stand firm on the correctness of his own mea
sures, or he censured for them if wrong, let
your conduc’ have been what it may—Dilem
ma and perplex Lies attend your proceedings,
and a division of sentiment amongst the repub
lican party become at last evident. The re
mains cf he federal republican phalanx cool
ly watched the movements of their political an
tagonists, a id occasionally smiled at the blun
ders they sa.v them committing. When how
ever ‘he con’est came to a point, the last join
ed that division of Mr. Jdfersons friends who
proposed the most manly and correct line of
conduct to have been pursued. Until the in
junction cf secrecy is removed we cannot
• know- all that you have done. We can how
ever tell all what you have not and ought to
have done. The injunction of secrecy might
have been right I blame its long continuance
during the session and non removal when you
adjourned. Those steps have created great
dissatisfaction and gloomy apprehensions It
is plain now that mere Spanish territorial dis
putes were not the sole object of your secret
deliberation By that limited impression the
people were lulled to sleep That was not
right. I have read somewhere a casuistical
expression ‘■ of keeping the promise to the ear
and breaking it to the sense." —W as this the plan
of that family? To make us believe one thing
was doing when a very different one was
transacting, was nor the frank conduct of men
with republican souls. It may be said that its
continuance was necessary, and its removal
might have been dangerous I cannot believe
either. In a country and under an adminis
tration which owes so much to public opinion,
■ the public ought not to be dreaded. They
would not when wise measures were pursuing.
There can be only one solid ground for secret
measures with us in time of peace. To pre
vent injury resulting to a pending negotiation,
I the doors must be considered as shut against
foreign powers, knowing what congress is
about and not against the people. The nego
cia.ion could not have been affected by the re
. m val the last day of the session. Long be
fore any news could have reached Europe the
real business must have been over. The batt;e
1 cf Auserlitz mav have settled it one wav, or
[ the victory off Trafalgar another; perhaps
■ bo*h mav contribute to keep things in sta’uquo
• You ought not to have refused the publica
i ! catio-i of the president’s message ; you ought
to have given your constituents all the infor
. mation you could, and have afforded them an
opponunity of judging for themselves. You
made the trifling appropriation of $ 150,000
foradditional y fortifying all the ports and har
bors of the United States. You refused to
augment our land forces, although our limits
| are nearly doubled, and thousands of people
t passed under your government and protection,
. neither speaking our language, professing onr
religion, nor reconciled to our policy. It is
true, you have voted g 250,000 to build 50
gun boats, and have sparingly appropriated
jg 20,000 subject to th« president’* discretion,
SATURDAY* AUGUST 16, 1806.
to equip, officer and man them. When built,
will the last sum send them to sea? How long
will it keep them in service? You have also
authorized the president to call out 100,000
militia, and have applied 2 000 0(30 of dollars
to defray the expense. This sounds well; but
you have published the skeleton of the general
militia returns laid before you, which ought
never to have been done until it was complete.
—lt was the best ground for the report cf
the select committee in the house cf represen
tatives, the severest sarcasm on our means of
defence, and will make us laughed at by all
military men. the grand total which if
all l have seen, I will just extract the following,
referingthe curiousto the returns themselves:
Privates 4rC,095 Waggon Master j
State Engeniers 1 General j
Commissary generals 2 Forage Master") j
Pay -mastfer General J General J
Physician General I Farriers to the") c j
ApotUudiry General 1 Dragoons )
Musicians ** 10,579 Saddlers to ditto SO
Grenadiers,") Pioneers 245
rank St file j * ' Catawba warriors7 q
Dragoons 17,675 in South-Carolira J
Depu y Adjutant 7 Light Infantry, 7
General 3 rank and file, j
With such returns before you, how could
you adjourn, ami leave your country in the de
fenceless state it is ? They shew the disorgan
ized condition of the force you have solely re
lied on, and our unprepared state, which in
vites insult and attack. Why was the report
of the select committee in the house of repre
sentatives negatived before these returns wer*
made by the president which was not com
municated by him until the 11th April ?
You cannot on any safe principle justify the
vote of two millions of dollars to buy the Flori
da* of Spain, and the money to go by an indi
rect channel into the coffers of France. Her
“ Eagle.eyed adversary” will view it in the
shape of a loan, but which, whatever may be
thought, cannot be asserted till all your secret
deliberations are made known to 11s. All that
I will now say on this measure, is, that money
is emphatically the sinews of war. France
wants it peculiarly on account of having little
or no foreign commerce, and her extensive war
like operations.
The ratification of the Tripolitan treaty, by
which we violated our plighted Christian faith
to a Mussulman Prince, and pa d our money
to a cruel enemy (contrary to the opinion of
our best officers on the Mediterranran service)
was the act of the treaty making power But
tke house of representatives completed the ig
nomv of the transaction by the singular vme
to the fugi ive prince, of §2,400, in lieu of a
sovereignty half conquered, and that could
have been secured to him ; and with it hi*
gratitude, friendship and interest ; beside*
high respectability in those seas. The only
reason given in favor of the treaty, appears
completely to have failed. Our fellow-citizens,
captives in the place, were not in the state of
danger Lear represented. Eaton proves the
truth of the r:al transaction. If we doubt
which to believe, Eaton’s native state has re
cognized and rewarded his merit. You have
given Irma sword, and created an American
Derne, to perpetate his zeal, services and fame,
in the land that gave birth to Hannibal.
Why were the high sentiments of the pre
sident as to Spain not sustained by you? Why
were the steps against Great Britain began in
both houses, when the president did name her,
and that one of our ablest statesman was nego
tiating a settlement of differences with her ?
Why did they afi fa ; l except Nicholson’s reso
lutions ? Why have they crossed the ocean in a
lame state—non effective until 15th November
next ? The act prdicated on them, is of so im
portant a nature, as will induce me to devote
the whole of my next letter to you. Why were
it so difficult to inhibit the forced trade with the
revoked slaves of St. Dorningo ? and why did
you by limiting 'he duration of the act, and the
way in Which it ir, passed, justify the right of
trading with them without the consent of
France? The president has not arraigned the
conduct of that government; her national ves
sels have seldom injured our commerce. As
to her authorised cruisers who have plundered,
her functionaries here have shewn a disposi
tion to do what is right. lam aware (hat she
is now in comparison, tc eak on the ocean ; but
all powerful on land". Our commerce it
highly beneficial to her ; our carrying trade
•till more so. In short, she knows our
value, if we could make ourselves respect
ed. Why then encourage the revoherc?
Your proceedings and the conduct of the
administration are inexplicable. The presi
dent found he nad been two explicit with Spain
at first, and he then receded ; or he v. as wil
ling to have gone on, and you would not se
cond him ? Why and how did he recede ?
Why were General Juneau’s two strong letters
respecting the St. Domingo trade unanswered ?
Did he write any others protective of Spanish
claims ? The language of those letters, if used
in support of Spain, ought not to have been
born with, because we have just demands
against her. The St. Domingo trade wa*
wrong, against the consent of France, whose
colony it is.
Besides Nicholson's Biistes Plaister, it appears
a fatal posset was preparing for England, in
the shape of Gregg’s Resolutions. They struck
at her vital existence as a nation, in the pre
sent contest. Site can alone maintain it by
her manufacture, commerce and colonies ; by
them she acquires that wealth which supports
her navies and armies, and bears her up against
such unequal fares m is against fcsr ; swor.*r