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T ORFOfi**rNov. i*j
f on Saturday laft arrived in
Hampton Roads, his B. M. armed
fchoontr Rapid, in i\ days from
Barbados, wi:fi difpatches from
Admiral Cochrane, fo the Britifh
Coniul and Mr. E fkine. As the
fchoonrr was leaving Barbadoes a
Britifh 80 gun Blip had arrived
there d’irrft from England, and a
94 was momently expefted * for
the purpofe it was conje&ured, of
attacking Martinique and the other
French Caribean Blinds, which are
declared in a Hate of blockade by
the Britifh.
PROCLAMATION.
By the hon. fir Alexander Cochrane
K. B. Rear A imiralof th* Red,
and commander in chief of his
inaj'fly’s (hips and vefTc-Is em
ploye J , and to be employed at
Barbadoes, the Leeward Iflands,
&c. &c.
Whereas an intimation has been
received from the right honorable
lord vifcount Caftlereagh, one of his
tnaj lly’s principal lecretaries of
Hue, that the ftri&efl naval ti!'o k<
zde is to be dUbiifhcd over the
French leewa and Carribbt-an Iflands.
The frv ral captains, commander?,
and commanding, officers under my
orders, are hereby atthorifed and
dir- <sl and, to flop all neutral vdLls
leflined for any of the ports of the
lid Iflands * and if they fnall ap
earto be ignorant of the exigence
of rhe bloc lead **, and have no ene
my’s property on board* the maflcrs
of fuch neutral vefiels fhall be ap
prized thereof, and warned not to
proceed to fuch ports, and a notice
written to that effeft upon or more
of the principal fhip papers.
But if a neutral vrff.l lhall ap
pear to have been fo warned, or to
be tube wife i formed of the exig
ence of the blockade, or to have
faded from her 1 ft clearing port,
afer it may be reafonably fuppofed
that this notification migjit have
been made pubL: there, and vet be
found attempt i g, or intending to
enb'reuher of the ports of the laid
Iflinds, fuch vdfd Hull be frized
and fenc into port, for legal adjudi
cation. And w-ch refpedt to neu
tral veflels coming out of the faid
ports, having any colonial produce,
goods, or merchandize on bvard,
v appearing to have been laden af er
knowledge of the blockade—fuch
veffds fh ill in like manner be fc.z
cd and lent in for legal a judication.
G ven on board ihc Belled]*,
Cariifle Bay, Barbadoes, O&ober
14, iBo3.
Alexander Cochrane.
By command of the rear admiral,
John S. Tracy.
CHARLES! UH, December 1.
Accounts received this morning from
A'Tataug'as mention the arrival at that
fori of -a jcbooner in 28 days from
St. I.ucar, bringing Spanijb dates to
the 2>d October*
the reports by this arrival are y that
General Cuejla had completely fur
rounded king fofeph id 30,000 French
troops —that toe latter had offered to
capitulate upon certain terms, which
were refufed j and it was JTid that
nothing floort of an unconditional fur
render would be accepted.
ihe French in Barcelona were atfo
clofely invefled , and it was expected
could net hold out.
The deputies from the different pro
vinces had off mb led at Mad. id, and
fornted a provifional government, at
the head of wFcb they tad placed the
count Florida Blanca .
Iheje accounts had excited tbs weft
Extravagant demonf rations ny
{ Matanzas —-7 he colors were taken
from the flipping and koified on the
boufe tops, and many of the inhabi
tants, as afubfiitute , hung out their
bed linen, (Ac. A procefficn paraded
the flreets, carrying branches of trees,
(Ac while the air refounded with the
cry of Five la Ferdinand!
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
1 ‘■■■ u *■*■■■**■*■•’ ■■■■■ii"** ■ •■vamra* ■ 1
ATHENS, DECEMBER. 17.
The two deedi ms made in Ccn
grefs are important, in every point
of light in which they can ot con
templated. In the Senate it has
been determined by a majority of
twenty-five to fix, not to repeal the
embargo * and in the Houfe it has
been determined by a maj jrity of
eighty-four to twenty-one, to pro
hibit the admiffion of Britifh and
French public or private veflels in
to the .ports of the United States,
o.r the importation of goods, wares,
or merchandize, the growth, pro
duce, or manufacture of the domi
nions of the laid powers j and as
preliminary to, or confcquent on,
this determination, it has been like
wife decided that the “ United
States cannot, without a facrifice of
their rights, honor and indepen
dence, fubmit to the late cdi&s of
Great Britain and France *” and
that iC meafures ought to be imme
diately taken far placing the coun
try in a more complete Hate of de
fence.”
Thofe votes decide unequivocal
ly the difpofition of the government
in all its branches, and prove its
determination to maintain the ground
it has already taken, or to occupy
much higher ground a3 circumftan
ces may require.
The vote .of the Senate fhews
that, notwithftanding the torrent of
decradinn which has flowed for a
year paft againft the embargo, the
policy which originally dilated it
L Hill approved by fourteen dates
cut of leventccn * and the vote of
the Houfe {hews that the reprefen
tatives of the people, fo far from
bring appalled by the crific, have
acquired new confidence in the mea
fu es of rtfiflance adopted by the
government. This is abundantly
proved by the relative votes on this
occaflon, and on the impofition of
the embargo, which in the Senate
was paffed by a vote of 22 to 6, and
in the Houfe by a vote of 82 to 44.
The importance of the Congfef
fional proceedings prevents our di
lating on this fubjtd ; bur we ven
ture to predict chat thefe votes,
with the overwhelming majority gi
ven to Mr. Madifon, will be found
to be the harbingers of a greater
unanimity than h?s been experienc
ed flnee the era of the new govern
ment. Nat. Intel, of Dec. 5.
In the Senate nothing material
has been done theie two days paft.
The Houfe of Representatives
are yet engaged on rhe report of the
committee on our Foreign Relati
ons.—lbid of Dec , 7.
The bill author! fing the Frefi
dent to employ twelve additional
revenue cutters, paffed the houfe
on the 9.11 infl. —Ayes 90 Noes 26.
On the 25th ult. a motion was
made in the aflembly of New-Jer
fey, to inftrud their Senators and
n quell their Reprefentativcs to life
their endeavors to procure, a repeal
of the adls laying an embargo, and
rejcdled—Ayes 17 —Nays 22.
When refulutions were agreed to,
expreHlng a full fn tfis
adminiftration * an abhorrence of
aggrefiions committed on our love
rcignty, and declaring, that whether
they were <e called on to endure
privations rtfairing from the erab-o
go, non-intercourfr, or war,” they
would <c prefer either, or ail, to the
difpraceful and degrading condition
of tribute.”
Milledgeville, December 15.
L&H evening the High Court of
Impeachment, psffcd lenience on
Echols, Sims, & Flournoy* Echols
is difquafned during life from hold
ing any office cf honor or profi:—
Sims for chirty years, and Flournoy
fur twenty. They (land committed
until they pay into the trealury ore
thoufand eight hundred dollars.—
It is believed that as iron as this
laft rcquifiiion is complied with,
fuits wnl be inflituted againft them
and their lecuricies for the recovery
of their bond; —which are for thirty
thoufand dollars each.
The following addrefs to the Prefdent
of the United States, has been a
greed to by both branches of the
Legiflature of the State cf Georgia.
Sir,
The Leg’flaturc of the State of
Georgia, the immediate organs of
the Tubiic Will, think proper, at
rhis all important period of time, to
add efs you. It is fer fiblr, fL, that
while the great powers of Europe
are involved in a contefl, alnv ft
unexampled in magnitude, confe
qnencesand duration—that the peo
ple of*thefe fhorcs although happi
ly fituated at a diflance from the
feene of carnage, yet being largely
engaged in the purfuit of com
merce, muftof neceffit’ fuff r great
privations from the want of a vent
for the produce of a country f. rede,
extenflve and inhabited aim’ (V rx
cluflvely by agricultures. B’u r fir,
the citizens of this (tare, ftrong in
their Independence, and proud of
their government—full ha]>py that
a me afu re has been adopted which
they conceive to be at once pacific
and manly—they will never wifh to
fee the lives and property of their
brethren expofed to the infuit or
rapacLy of a foreign power—and
fhiuld this mea fure fail to produce
the defireif r ffeft immediately, they
will cheerfully fubmit to its contin
uance j if on ‘the other hand, our
prefent embarrafifments fliouid e
ventuate in a war, they will, in pro
portion to their number and refour
ces, give zealous aid to the govern
ment, of their choice—confident
that from the judicious management
of the public funds, and the cafy
preflfure of taxation hitherto, a con
flict, could be maintained to every
advantage, which pecuniary means
would bring in fupport of a people,
patriotic and brave.
You, Sir, when retired to the
peaceful walks of life, will not be an
infe Able fpeftator ; you will exult
in the future prosperity of your
country —)r mourn in cafe an ail
w.L Providence flnuld fee fit to
afiLct it by any public calamity.—-
The real Fiends to thefe Rates will
feel forry that they are deprived of
the benefit cf your counfels—you
will carry with you their bleffings,
and unfeigned regret will follow
you to the grave.
EMB 4RGO.—The Circuit Court
of the United States, commenced a fpe
dal ftffion in this town, on lajl Tburf
day, for the trial of Frederick, Job ,
and John Hoxie — Prefent # the hon.
Brockholji Livingjlon, one of the judg
es of the Supreme Court of the U. S.
and the hen, Elijah Paint} judge of
~A dijlt ill court of Her mont.
cdprt were occupied in vmpanneUmg
thk jury and other preparatory mfi
nefs, till Saturday evening. ICn
Monday morning, Frederick Hoxie
was talL'd-t&lbj.bjr* stud a number of
wit ruffes were examined on the part
of the government, when the council
the prifoner fated, that they had
feveral witnejfes , but fleould decline
taking up the time cf ihe court in their
examination, as they conceived it whol
ly mineceffary. Col. Harrington 0-
pened the cauje and recapitulated the
evidence on ihe part of government
The hon. Samuel Hitchcock and Dani
el Ferrand , Ejqs. f'poke irF behalf of ,
the prifonersyand the diflritl attorney!
made Ac clfingplea. Judge Living
(ion tb’-n r/fe, and in a clear, cone tie,
energetic and profoundly eloquent aU
dr efs to the jury , expounded the law,
and defined the crime of treafon * \in
the coutje ef which , he cited many
precedents ; comp fifing the opinions \of
the mod uifiingiiifatd Judges in / ng
land and America, in woich opinions
the murt perfectiy coincided, to fivcov,
that no [ingle aSI in opposition to, dr
in e 1 a (ion 0; law, however violent cr‘
flagrant, where the objebd is private
gain, can be confined into levying
a aga- : t;fl the U>r and States -r~tbe
off-race fit up in thwdlblment ,7
Ihe jury retired about half pa ft II
o'clock at night and in a jew moments
returned with their verdict —NO F
GUILTY.
On Tuefday morning, the Tfif rW
Attorney entered a Nolle Profequi
on the other indictments , and tk\ court
adjourned without delay.
Vermont paper.
Ex trait—to the Editor of thq Balti
more iVbig.
WA ■ HIN G T N , D’k• I.
(f The ref ult of this day's pi? feed
ings in Cong; - * Ifi I th ; . !• fo f
trig to ihe r. a tonal char abler cep ip
dependence 01-ffir*
haflen to info? n you of it and make
no apology for fo doing.
<( Mr. Bar well fp kc for fome
time in a lrhfibk-, a g..*rner<tacive
manner, in reply tootle remarks of
Qjincy and Rand'c-L ; or. the Hate
or our foreign i> i : c ns. The
queftion was f Shall the
firft relolut. i • .c ommittee
pals? and it > . and without
one and flenting . ; Jn the fe
cond refolution the-. a; ibirie talk
by Mr. Dana an : tUm-.h Ip", ana
the yeas and nays v*c eaneJ t b/;
Dana—The refill: u? 3 rh.. 9 6 vo
ted for and 26 agiilfi its p<db
}. Randolph in the, ! nii.< *ity . i’ •.
bfl: refoludon paffii una'"monjly. --
The tenfptr of dp iioufc as ex
pc died is, hr ward
It is now well appertained, i bat ihf
Yazoo Claimants {have loca, t one
tboffandfamilies, jp'on what they are .
pieejed to cal they territory, flfihjs
information canes tbrdugffacbannel
•which Laves tittle doubt cf it j
t icity.— Sa v. |E v Led ge r.
Asa proof of the increafing value
of our interkr cun try, we give'the
following fa\thirteen acres of the
public land Mere lately fold at audit on,
at Cincinnati for 10,794 . dollars.
The entire (ales of ihe public landsf
flnee the opening cf the public offices, j
will be fund by the next return to net]
fix millions of dollars, at more than
two dollars an acre, and more than
two thirds if this fan has keen paid
by the pur chefers
PHhen we tor flier that the averag
ed receipts are equal to the entire ex- j
penfe for the civil UfL and that we*
have yet near five hundred millions of
acres for fate, as our population ad
vances, tvs cannot but rejoice at cur
