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GEORGIA EXPRESS.
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ATHENS, AUGUST 27.
McJJrs. Editors,
By inferring tlie annexed extract
from the Savannah Mufeum you
tIH oblige a fubicriber. The mer
its, talents and influence of Major
Houfton are fo generally and jultly
appreciated in the diftrict in which
he lives, that it is to he hoped, a
correfpcnding influence will prevail
with us to give him cur lupport at
the next election. Thomas Spal
ding, Efq. who it was generally be
lieved intended to offer as a candi
date, has declined offering as fucL
Mefjrs. Stymcur & IVoolhopter.
James E. Houstoun, Efq. is a
candidate a” the approaching elec
t’on to reprefent this flare in the
Congrefs of the United States. In
this diftrict where Major Houftoun
refides, and ifi belt known, any ob •
fervarions recommendatory of him,
would be utTneceliary—But to the
citizens of Georgi , who may not be
intin itely er perfonally known to
that gentleman, you are requefted
to announce m your paper, that Ma
jor Houfton is and decided republi
can, and endowed with talents cal
culated to render him eminently
fer vice able as a politician—That Ivc
is intelligent-—converfant with cur
local or ftate matters; and poff. fifed
of qualifications which greatlv enti
tle Him to their notice and fuffrage**
A Friend to Merit
Augufl 12.
MefTrs. M c Donnell (A Harris,
Pleafe give the following one in
fertion in .your paper, and tranfrnit
your account to vie fubferiber in
Lexington fer pa* ffipnt—
TO THE PUBLIC.
Take core , and dent keep [stake* hi
your bofom or they will bite.
WHE PEAS a certain Captain
Garland T. Watkins, did on the e
veningof the 16th in ft. borrow’ my
horle, faddle and bridle, aiid pro*-
mi fed on his word and honor to re
turn them early next morning—and
whereas it appears he forgot to com
ply wiu his promife, I lent a young
lan to'where he was to rtqu ft him
to fend my ho ••c home, which lie
refufed to do. In the afternoon of
the,fame day, I went with three men
to make, a demand of mv property,
when I founi this heroic Captain on
the Angling fnore with his Dulci
nea by his fide ready formed in bat
tle array, with his deftroying engine
in his hand, which he cocked and
pre onted at my breaft, and two pif
tolsdying on the cheft.. This hero
came roaring and bellowing to the
door, the found of his voice like
that of the roaring lion when he goes
about feekir.g whom he may de
vour, fwearing he would take my
life and keep my property. But
this ispof #rKrdid~Qh the even
ingAfthe fame day thb noble capt.
t jfl’on of Mars—
trfis Goliah—tnat were yfcu to hear
him converfe he would try to make
you believe he coufd cut of
Napoleon at the head of i hundred
thoufand veteran troops wurh twenty
five men as fpirited as himfeif—-this
fame Varnor did on the evening of
that day—l bhrfh to an fiver, I reel
tor the young maVs callous feelings
—but it is a notorious faeft he went
before John \\ l icon, Efq. and there
on the holy evangelift, or an ‘up
lifted hand, did take and fubfenbe
an oath to bind me to keep the
pecce. Lord lay not this little
oath to the voting rvrfs charpe, as
ne lometimes gets *nco fits of insan
ity through the vapours of the rr
fiuvin, and perhaps he wanted rO
keep me ronflnea until he could
run my horle effi.
Accordingly John Walton, Efq.
iTued a warrant to take m-, and I
went before him for trial—l wiih I
could lave the young man’s feelings
(if he has. any) for if my recollec
tion Serves nie,- when he took and
fubferibed an oath as juftice of the
peace, he was to do juftice to the
poor as well as to the rich—to the
enemy zi well as the friend—to the
juft as .well as the unjuit—-and try
all cauls’ that came before him
without partiality, favour or affec
tion to either party.
But I have reafon to believe that
from force animality or pique he
had again ft me, it is a faft he refuf
ed fonte as refpectabte characters as
any in the county of Oglethorpe
from being my bail; and did write a
mittlinus, and ordered the Sheriff
to put me in gaol, at the fame thdt
thejfe were a number of refpcftable
characters waiting to fign a bond of
any fum h*s Honor would pleafe to
mention:—lt is z pity that malice
and ambition fticmid ever lead any
man fo far from the pith of refti*
tude and his oath. Accordingly
the fheriff took me, and this fame
John Walton, Efq, did admit me to
bail without bringing me out by a
writ of habeas corpos. If the an
nals of mankind can produce a fee ns?
of more bafenefs arid depravity of
heart, I leave a candid public to
iudoe. •• *
o
Thufc who are not acquainted
with me may perhaps confider me
to be a turbulent, .bullying kind of
a man and very dangerous; burl
I will.-endeavor to fausfy them on
that head—l am three feet and a
chew of tobacco high—finder
made—*-near fifty 3 ears cf age—in
my prime I weighed near ninety
five, but marrying in rny old age
and my companion bearing me
three fine fons, I fuppofe at this
time near eighty would be my neat
weight. ’ : •*
This is the kind .of a man that. th : s
noble warrior Capt. Garland T.
Watkins is treating in the manner
defcribt.d—that the very grafshop
pets and ffbgs in and about angling
fhore hide their hea s in the grafts
and deep holes of the water at the
found of his roaring, when he foams
at the mouth i k'e the wild boar of
the defart of Arabia.
GEORGE PASCHAL.
Lexington , Auguft 24, 1808.
, . LONDON, June 13.
French papers, of a day later
than thole from which we gave ex
ttaftsin our laft, have been receiv
ed. They contain intelligence from
Madrid to the 16th ult. Accord
ing to this, .Murat is as fully con
firmed in his *:hority as if he en
joyed by i npefcriptible right.—
From the eighth, to the date of the
lateft accounts, he was daily em
ployed in receiving the homage
and fubmiflion *of the different
Spanifia councils, epoftituted au
thorises, military corps, and cccle
fiaftical bodies, as well as the feli
citations of the foreign minifters to
the court of Spain, on the new and
happy order of things. It is added
that perft& tranquility prevails in
Catalonia, Arragbn,Valencia, Gren
ada, Eftramadura, 2nd the coafts of
St. Andero and Caftile. Nothing,
however, is faid of the ftate of As
turias or Galiacia—and from this
filence we may fairly infer that the
tranquility'is at lead net univerfd.
LIVERPOOL, June iS.
1 fie prelent fituation or Spun is
uill the great objeft of political m
t ere ft in this country ; but thouph
the reports which reach us from
different parts of the Spanilh terri
tory increcfe in number and Impor
tance ever* day, there is yet a great
deficiencyof authentic and fa:;Fac
tory information on this very inrer
efting fubie<ft.
The lubftanco of the lateft in'd
jigencc which has been received is,
that all the northern and feme of
the weftern provinces of Spain are
in the higheft ftate of ferment and
diffansfadion, in conftquence of
the attempts of Bonaparte to im
pole anew government on the
country, independent of the popu
lar will : that in ail thele diftricts
the people are ripe 5 for a revolt,
and in many of them, are in a ftate
of aftua] in furred ion. In thefe lat
ter provinces, it is added, Jaige bo
dies of men -are already organized,*
provided wi-h the means of warfare,’
2nd commanded by leading men of
ch ‘•after and rank. ‘ fn oppofition,
However, to all thefe ftatemems,
‘Mich it muff; be confcffed, reft
bn it fly on indireift and uncertain
communications, it is pb(Lively af
firmed jn the Moniteur, that all the
provinces of Spain, which are (ex
cept two) diftihftlyenumerated, are
in? ftate of the moft perfe6k tran
qiiiiliry, and that all the conftituted
authorities, a$ well as almoft all the
feadirg men of Spain,* have quietly?
acquideed in the new order of
things. The two provinces of Gal
lic aar.d Afturias are omitted in the
lift, from which it Efficiently
plain, that with refpeft to rhem, at
Laft, the accounts which have
reached us arc well founded.
Such is the balance of evidence
ns far as refpe£h'the public accounts
which have been brought forward
or. -eth ficler., and when We recol
3t<ft the number, fituation and means
of the malcontents, and compare
them with the irnmenfe mafs of
force which Bonaparte is preparing
to bring againft them, we are afraid
thar any man muft confult hlswifli
-s rather than his judgment, who
entertains any very fanguine hopes
of tffrftual refiftance.
MADRID, May 15. ‘
Hi; imperial highnejs , the Grand
Luke of Berg, , daily receives the con
gratulations and homages of the au
thorities and nobles of the kingdom. —
On the cjth inf. was prefented to the
generals, the king’s houfehcld, the
Spanifh and EFalloon body guards, the
infantry , cavalry and invalids of the
gerrtfon cf Madrid, the adjutant cf
the place, and the royal corps of ar
tillery 4 *’
Or the .10 th the grandees of Spain,
the council of Caftile, the council of
the inqitifttion, the council of the Indies
the council of the orders , the city of
Madrid with the cornyidor at its
head, thefecreiar 1 of ftate, the fecre
tayy of favor an* juftice, the fecreta
rips cj the war and marine depart ,-
mens, the fecretary for Tpanijh and
Indian domains , the affembly of the
order cf Charles 111. headed by the
tc.tr; arch, the major demos for the
week, the gentlemen of the chamber ,
the central junto, the marine corps.
On the 11 th, the apofiolical nuncio ,
M. Gravina, the charge d'affaires of
France , Aujiria, Saxony, andjbe U r
nited States, M. Le Baron Slrongon
of , minifter plenipotentiary from Ruf
fin, and M. Verheul, in the fame ca
pacity f row Holland.
On the 1 2th the pages, the dir ellor s
cf the lottery , the bifhops of Aibarr.a
cin, Nicaragua and Fcragino, the
ojfcer: cf the court of juftice for Ca:*
tile.
Of 14 th * cccFj.afftc Eye: -ft
crs iri d;e name cf their comsnunities- 9
the general ~ id fuperFrs of the religi
ous order cf charitable ufes, f ihe
chapel r yaf A:
On the i § tb the order of St ‘token
°f Jerujalem , havF.g and n Franw c),
lieut. general of the com ni, a!
its head. .....
the crpiajn general of. Caiah da.
has written to the junta off ate, that
be had publijhed in the province u v hr
his order s the proclamation* which le
had received, aijd. that they Lftf:
duced the mod happy e feels. Ihe
moft perfefl tranquillity p*'eve Ain
Catalonia . Government has reechoed
ftmtlar intelligence fronrthe provinces
of Arragon, Valencia , Grenada, and
Eftramadura, tbecoafts of St. Ande
ro and Caftile. ■ Dfaro di Madrid.
.2
St. LOUIS, July isi
To-morrow the tral of the In
dians for murder comes. *We un~
derftand they will have cbimftl
appointed to defend them. Their
friends and relatives in this place,
have held feveral councils with the
Governor and Genet T Clark. bem r
ing mercy for the r ‘prits.
One of M‘C’eUand’s bargrs air? •
ved here a fevy days ago from the
Mahavillage, (up the Miffouri,)
laden with fur and peltry. The
mafter of the barge Informs us, that
the liickarees nave .built ano
ther village on the other fide of the
river, furreunded with ftrorg pick
ets, with caves’ made at Tome du
rance, as a place of retreat for their
women and children, during an at
tack. They arc determined to pre
vent the Americans afeendirg die
river, and are extremely infqlent.
It. is fuppqfed the agents of the
North Weft Company are their
abettors. It is. thought that
Mahas killed Mrffrs. Ghoteau and
M c Clel!and v hunters fometime ago;
Their conduft lately has been fiomc
wliat hoftile.
On Monday laft a trial of a nevy
invent? and Gun Carriage for artillery
of every fize and defenpfien was
exhibited at the Navy Yard in the
city of Washington, and v/e are hap
py to fay that the good opinion
formed by judges bn fight of the
model was fully juftiffed, jpo the
great fatisfaftion of all the fpefta.,
tors, among whom were feveral of,
the moft .experienced officers in the
femes of the United States. This
carriage is admired for rs finpli
city ■, for the great favbgs ifi point
of expence and offafety, and for
facility in praftice, for which it is
remarkable. Indeed it is the only
one we have ever feen, that can.
make the barbett or complete cov
ering battery as formidable to the
enemy as thofe with exposing em
brafures.- The inventor, Mr.
James He 13 an of this,cjtv, and the
fecretary of the Navy Ms great cre
dit for his penetration and patron
age in this inftance.— Nat. hit.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
WILL BE SOLD
At the Court-Houfe in Clarke county,
cn the fir ft Tuefday in September
next, between the hours of ten and
three , the following property, viz r
OnF yellow-bay Horfe, eight
or.nine years old, together with z
°addle ad Hridle, executed as the
property of William” Wright to
fati'Fy an execution in favour of
Buckner Harris.
Conditions Cnfii.
JOSEPH BROWN, D.S.
Augufi 3, 1808.
