Columbian centinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 18??-????, August 30, 1806, Image 2

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FOREIGN NEWS. NKW-YORK, AUG. 2. By the ship Oliver Ellsworth, Capt. Bennet, arrived at this port last evening, wehaVe been put in possession of Lon don dates to the 18th of June, and Liv erpool to the 20th. Jsy passengers in this vessel, we learn, that the most prevalent opinion was, that a peace would take place between G. Britain and France in the course of the summer, as pacific overtures from Bonaparte were under considera tion. Lord Selkirk, appointed ambassador to the U. States, nad taken leave of his government, to depart immediately for his voyage. 'Flic enteresting trial of Lord Mel ville has terminated in a manner agree ably to the expectation of all classes of men, and verifies the truth of the adage, “ that laws are cobwebs, in which little flics are caught, but the great break through.” Throughout the trial, his lordship is said to have acquitted him self with dignity and firmness, and as soon as the acquittal was pronounced, he bowed and retired. His friends pres sed round him, all eager to ester him their warm congratulations, and an ex press was immediately sent oft’ to Scot land with the intelligence. The following are the divisions on the different charges. On the fu st ar ticle, charging him with applying 10,- 0001. of the public money to his own use, previous to January, 1786 : Not guilty 120, guilty 15. On the 2d article, charging him with permitting Alex. Trotter to apply sums of the public money to his own use, and conniving at such fraudulent ap plication : Aot guilty 79, guilty 57. On the 3d article, charging him with permitting Alex. Trotter to draw pub lic money from the bank, and place it in tbs hands of his hankers, in his own name and at bis own disposal: JVot guilty 84, guilty 53. On the 4th article, charging him with similar connivance in respect of public money placed by said Trotter in the hands of Mark Sprat for the purpose •f private emolument: Not guilty unanimously. On the sth article, charging him with the same as in the first article, only laying the act subsequent to January, Aot guilty 131, guilty 4. On the 6th article, charging him with receiving public money from Alex. Trotter, and applying it to his own use, and in participating with said 1 rotter in the profit made of the public money: Aot guilty 86, guilty 47. On the 7th article, charging him with receiving 22,0001. of the public money, without interest, from Alexan der Trotter: JYot guilty 82, guilty 51. On the Bth article, charging him with receiving from Alex. Trotter, 22,0001. of the public money, for which the de fendant was to pay interest:, Aot guilty 100, guilty 30. On the 9th article, charging that while the said Alexander Trotter trans acted the business of '.lie defendant as his agent, he the said Trotter was, from time to time in advance to the said Viscount Melville in that respect, to the amount of from 10,000 to 20,0001. which sums was partly taken from the public money, and partly from a mix ed fund of public and private money: Not guilty 119, guilty 16. On the 10th and last article, charg ing him with making at divers times, between 1782 and 1784, and between 1784 and 1786, 27,0001. of the public money, and converting the same to his private use: Not guilty 123, guilty 12. 1 he Lord Chancellor then infermed the defendant, that he was acquitted of all the charges , and the court broke up. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York, Cumberland and Cambridge, and his Highness the Duke of Glouces ter, generally voted, not guilty ; and their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Clarence, Kent and Sussex, generally guilty, exetpt on the-4th article, on which all were unanimous for an ac quittal. In the House of Commons, Mr. Wil berforce, after a few prefatory observa tions, moved that an humble address be presented to his Majesty, beseech ing that he may be graciously pleased to adopt such measures as to him may seem meet to induce America, and the powers of Europe, to unite with Eng land in a resolution to abolish the trade in Slaves. The Swedes arc busied in construe- ting works along the river Pene, which | divides Swedish Pomerania from Pi us- j sian Pomerania—and the Prussians j who crowd the opposite bank, do not of fer the least impediment. At Stral sund the fortifications are completed, and amilitiatothe number of 5000 men, been organized to assist in the defence of the place. The archduke Charles has induced the organization of volunteer corps in Vienna, to the number of 20,000 men, and has encouraged similar associations in all the other cities of the empire. It is confidently stated, that the levy en masse and volunteers, now occasionally assembling and training in Hungary, Bohemia, Austria, &c. amount to be tween four and five millions of men; while the most extraordinary and suc cessful exertions are making to rein force the army. A letter from Rot terdam which announces these mea sures, adds, that theyberame the sub ject of a strong remonstrance on the part of M. Rouchefoucault, and an en quiry as to the occasion of them, to which Count Stadion replied, that they were considered necessary for the pur pose of internal defence. The French continued to the date of the last accounts from the Inn, to be unremittingly employed in strengthen ing Branau. Three thousand of the neighbouring peasantry had for three weeks been engaged on the works. HAGUE, June 10. The following is a copy of the pro clamation which was r«iwd this day to the military, and announced to the peo ple: “ Louis Napoleon, by the Grace ol Geo and the Constitutional Law of the State, King of Holland, to all who shall sec and read this, greeting ! Make known to all and every one, that We, with Ike approbation of his majesty the Emperor and King Napoleon, our il lustrious brother, have accepted and do accept the Royal dignity of Holland, in conformity to the wish of the country, with the constitutional laws, and with the treaty presented us to-day, and the reciprocal ratifications by the Deputies of the Dutch nation. On our accession to the throne, it shall be our most sa cred care to be alive to the interests of our people—it shall be our constant wish to give them incessant and man ifold instances of our love and of our solicitude; to that end maintaining the liberties of all our subjects, and their rights and continually employing our selves to their welfare. The indepen dence ol the Kingdom is guaranteed by his majesty the Emperor and King, the Constitutional Laws, with our firm will, serve no less for every one as a pledge to the creditors of the State, to personal security, and to liberty of con science. Conformably to this declara tion, we have decreed and do decree as follows I. Our ministers of the Marine and Finances, appointed this day, shall im mediately enter upon their functions— the other ministers shall continue in the discharge of their functions till further orders. 11. All the Constituted Authorities, i civil and military, shall continue in their functions till further orders, or till oth er appointments shall take place. 111. The Constitutional Laws of the State, with the treaty concluded at Pa ris, on the 24tb of May, 1806, between his Majesty the Emperor and King and the Batavian Republic, with the present decree, shall be immediately announced in the most public manner. We accordingly charge and com mand, that the present be proclaimed and posted up every where in all pub lic places, charging those to whom it belongs to take care that the contents of the same be strictly observed. Given at Paris, June 5, 1806, being the first year of our reign. LOUIS. On behalf of the King, VERHEUL. In consequence of this Proclamation, a discharge of the artillery in the Cow Camp took place, and the flags were hoisted on the rower of the great Church and on the Observatory of the Hotel, in the Inner Court. PHILADELPHIA, August 4. The following statement to which we call the attention of our readers, is pub lished at the request of the supercargo of the Orion : Ship Orion, Arnold, sailed from the Isle of France, May 2,1806 At 6 r. m. parted with the pilot, and immediately after observed a sail in chase of us. Supposing it to be one of the British ships of war cruising on this station, and not wishing to be detained hauled close by the wind being light, she came up with us, and fired four shots : we im mediately hove to } after which they fir- I ed several vollies of small arms in to us, j which fortunately did no harm. They ! then hailed us, and ordered the captain onboard with his log book and papers, at the same time using the most abusive expressions. When capt. Arnold got •along side, he was told to return, as they had sent their boat on board of us, with a lieutenant and pursur ; who rumma ged the ship’s hold, and by far exceed ed their captain in abuse. They axatn ined the ship’s papers, and then order ed the captain and supercargo on board their ship, (which proved to be the Bri tish frigate La Psyche, capt. ) the latter to receive five dozen at the gang way, for quizzing his majesty's officers, as they termed it. On arriving on board the supercargo was shown the main mast ; and after much abuse was, with the captain, ordered below on the gun deck ; where we were obliged to stand a considerable while half leg deep in water, the frigate having carried her lee guns underwater during the chase —at length we heard some one say, “ you sir jumpuphert, God damn you!” Supposing they meant the sailors,, we stood still, although urged by the Gen try to ascend-—until we heard a thunder ing voice pronounce, “ I mean those damn’d Yankee rascals.” When on deck, we were asked, “ how we dare runaway from his majesty’s ship,” and il we did not, “ know it was the duty of every Yankee rascal to lower his top sails when in sight of the British Hag “ The captain enquired particularly of of his lieutenant whether his shot had kil led any of the damn'd XEB&r.s ; and on j being answered in the negative said, he was sorry for it ; and wished that a car.- non-shot had taken off' the head of that damn’d infernal Yankee scoundrel, pointing to capt. Arnold. Our papers were then returned by j the lieutenant, telling us their captain ! considered us too contemptible to ad j mitusto his presence, although at the j time he was standing by us, andthreat ! ening what he would do with us if ever | we gave his majesty's shift another chase of ninety miles, or attempted to quit his officers. FOR TH£ COLUMBIAN CEMTINEI. NO. IX. To the Editor oj the Columbian Centinel. SIR, I WILL now proceed with my remarks on the letter of the Southern ern Citizen. W hen he speaks of peace opperating measures, and that ought not to be accompanied by an expres sion of want of confidence in the Eng lish government, preparations of war and violence which would be absurd and inconsistent, let him recollect these measures are of his own creating.— We were then at peace and are per haps 50 still. II there be any inconsis tency and absurdity , they must be in his proposition, not mine. I should not have thus stained my paper had he not used them. Have I recommended vio lence? Is preparation war? He has in troduced the dagger and the oiive I branch; let him reconcile them. I have a confidence in the present minis try of England. I wish our govern ment to continue to deserve not, only their confidence and high respect, but those of all nations ; they can only do it by taking proper means. The prin ciple of being just to all, and the pow er of supporting it against all. His next sentence is so inconceivably severe on the government, that I will not repeat it at large. He shews him self a very dangerous friend, if lie be one. I cannot make out whether it is the language of a friend or a foe.— YV hat cabinet does he mean, the one composed of the responsible officers of the administration, or the back door one, complained of by Mr. John Randolph? When congress, not our administra tion, will let us know what they have done, and who the real cabinet is com posed of, he and I may not differ. Se crecy and hesitation have prevailed.— They are the parents of distrust and an ‘‘ infelicity” of conduct. They produce the numerous offspring before enume rated by him, “ which return to the womb like those of satan and sin, and devour the vitals of their parent.” De bility, blind confidence and abject servil ity next ensue. Iron handed tyranny completes the scene. The frankness and firmness I have recommended can produce no such unnatural and misshap en offspring. Strength, manly confi dence, high minded independence, and godlike liberty, will spring from them. Let the want of candor and fair dealing, and not its boast, fall where it ought. The dishonorable attitude in which I think the government have placed the United States in, surely does not com jjort with the opt a' an,! hold fount I wanted lhe administration to assume, by the event at New-York. Let ir.v opinions speak for themselves, to those of my countrymen who may think them worthy of attention. Some, and those the most important (if any are so) mav I fear be too late, hut not having been on a watch-tower, and those reminds we had, not being; permitted to give the challenge, both they and ourselves-fnay feel the surprize certainly without blame and equally so to our loss. Have I re commended double and uncandid ad vances to England, in order to have an adjustment of differences on mutual terms? Have I advised that Mr. Mon roe should be bo wing at the court of St. James’ and with full cordiality, with a whig cabinet ''so singular a thing in that country since the ascension of the pie sent Monarch on the throne) composed principally of men who boldly vindicat ed our resistance and gloried in our in dependence ? I say, have I ed that the honied accents of friendship and conciliation should be on Ins lip* whilst our government at heme were taking the irritating war waging and peace breaking measures I have pour trayed ? I wished to avoid the Pax qutritur in bdlo if possible, and said, which I repeat, we can better command and preserve peace by being prepared for war, not by inclination, but by na tional means, produced hy a cordial union ot state and federal counsels I proposed the last—What advances have I urged to be made to England, or j wished not to be made to Spain . I value one as adistantthe other asanear neigh bor. Reparation and indemnity are due by both. I wish them consummated. The difficulty is howto attain them from one without throwing ourselves into the aims ol the other, and particularly those of the ally of the last. A treaty with an independent Spanish Monarchy I should not dread. If the nation shud ders at being affianced by an honora ble commercial union, on secure and reciprocal stipulations with our former parent, is that a reason, are we yet in the estimation of our government, or our own come to that degraded state that we must become the kept mistress of France, to be enjoyed and repudiated at pleasure ? Pause, reflect 1 every gen uine American who reads this. I am charged with not admitting into serious consideration a rupture with England, because I do think that inte rest—the whig principles of their pre sent ministry, her forlorn condition and loss of weight on the continent of Eu rope, give a strong guarantee of a dis position and necessity to do us justice. I wish her not driven to desperation, to put forth all hey powers for self pre servation. This 'Continent can tell what the love of Independence anti a desire of obtaining a rank amongst the nations of the earth produced. As great exertions, with greater means, will be made to preserve independent power, and a Nation from annihilation, as to acquire and condense the one and create the other. 1 deprecate causes of rupture from a source at present lit tle expected, and by means calculated to inflame or disguise, sooth or corrode, and to invite or repel hostile measures and terms of peace as they make their appearance on tne political P/iumsmza goria now exhibiting. Time will un fold to our astonished eyes which are to prevail. r l he spirit ol Machiavel is next rais ed in my breast, to produce a double effect by contrary means, artfully devis ed. II lam by these eocjiresiions meant to be thought disposed to lessen or im pair the real rights of my country for j those of JJritain, it is as false in fact as the doctrine itself is weak in argument. Terror and complacency, alarm and confidence are not with me correlative terms, no more than good and evil; — right and wrong are convertible ones. I leave to more subtile politicians to reconcile them ; to those who it is sus pected did use intrigue and gold with one power and her ally, who had flatly and tenaciously denied adjustment, af ter high words without preparation, and unnecessary and irritating measures against another, with whom apparently the most placid and mild negotiations were going cn to reconcile existing dif ferences. A Southern Planter, South-Cat o/hiu, August 17th, 18U6. Notice is hereby given, THAI after the expiration of nine months, from the date hereof, an application will be made for the divi sion of the estate of Elizabeth Chad wick, late of Richmond county dec. by tiie heirs es suki dec. 7 '/tomas Evorhip/mm. July 12, ISO 6. ' 55