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Waikinfville —E. B. Jenkins, efq.
and M.r. Edward B >nd.
Lexington —Pott Matter, &'Capt.
W atkins.
Oglethorpe —Mr. Samuel Shields,
and William Lumpkins, Efq.
Walnut Grove—Mr. Lee Atkins.
Goofe pond —Mr. H. T. Woody.
Greencsbcro > —Capt. T. Dawfon.
Sparta —Doftor W. Terrell.
War rent on —P 0 ft - M aft e r.
I owe i ten — ir oft *M*•! tr.
Milledgevtlle- —Thomas Mounger
and James Bozeman, Efqrs.
Eatcnton— Chi iftopher B Strong,
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Elberton —Col. Wm. Chiflom.
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Do&. Watkins.
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ler.
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Doftor Smelt.
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Sanderjville— Mr, Wm. M‘Mur
ray.
Savannah —Mr. H. H. Moun
ter, and Mr. A. W. Scribner.
BaWLING GREEN
JOCKET CLU3 RACES ,
w ILL commence on the laft
Wednesday in February next, and
continue three days.
The fir ft day’s running, three
miles and repeat, for a purfc of 300
dollars.
Second day’s running, two miles
and repeat, for a purfe of 200 dol
lars.
Third day’s running, one mile
and repeat, for the entrance money,
and overplus cf the lubfcrlption.
Each day free for any horfe,
mare, or gelding en the Continent,
carrying weights as follows :
Three years old, 90 pounds
four years, :oo pounds—five years,
no pounds—fix years 120 pounds
—aged horiirs, 130 pounds. Thrte
pounds allowed to mare* and geld
ings.
By srd-r tf the PRESIDENT.
Oglethorpe, Dec. 23.
GEORG iix a... “ _ RJ™
MANY ,HALL RUW TO AND F ?.O, AND KNOWLtDG? SKALL SI IKCItJASIB,
From Colvin’s Monitor.
THE WAR KEY.
i he time has at length found * ,n ,,
when the good old fpiric offevenfy
fix begins to grace t. „• columns of
our republican prints, and the geni
us cf freedom to enkindle on the
ficred altar or liberty in all quarters
of the union. Yes, \vc will be free !
we will be united ! and difappoinc
the malice of our enemies, notwith
ttanding their deep concerted pianr,
and dark machinations. The vir
tuous and the good, the patriotic
and the philanthropise will unite,!
and fofter the fair boon from Hea
ven, gtven to us as an inalienable
right, and gjorioufly fupporttd by
our fathers, in all the changes inci
dent to time, even unto the preftnt
heur. Neither the miniois cf
kings, nor me fordid tools of joy il
and arbitrary power, fhad prevail
again ft the free born foes of Colum
bia, and thofe attached to the hrp
pinefs and welfare of their f Mow
men. The daftardly and piratical
nations who have wantonly murder
ed cur citizens, and bafely robbed
them of their property, Ihall loon
be taught to fed an injured nation’s
vengeance', and atone, in fomt de
cree, for their multiform crimes and
cruckiea committed, inhums ;iy
committed, by the bafe end barba
rous foe, Their cries have at
length reached Heaven, and God in
his mercy, is about to give us am
ple remuneration for the many
wrongs perpetrated by their nefari
ous hands. Thofe vile and incen
diary nerxfpapers, fet up and chc
rifhed by our enemies, ftiall not
much longer di/gracc the land j by
their foul and malicious I'ts, calcu
lated to divide seel er.fbve us.—-
Their agents ihall be’ the firft that
lhall fed our vengeance 5 we know
the principals, and the men employ
ed to Ratter potion and rebellion
through the land. Our caufe is
too good to defpair of the continued
fmilesjof Hcavc.n? sod we have yet
undivided, a phalanx cf warriors
reared in the fchool cf freedom,
ready to lead our armies to victory
and to glory, Several of our old
and experienced generals, who no
bly led us to victory in the revolu
tionary war, and who are now ho
norably ferving, at this all impor
tant crifis, in the great councils of
the nation, are ftiil as willing, and
as able to carry us through the dif
ficulty of the, times, and to lead our
troops to lftih deeds of renown !—■
Citizens ! every where, and in all
parts of our beloved country, con
tinue to rally round the conftituted
authority thereof, ar.d more and
more difplay that martial fpirit fo
peculiar to Americans, when juftly
roufed m defence of their injured
rights. Let no earthly confidera
tion alienate your minds from the
noble -fire now enkindling in all
part3 cf the union, nor ceafe to give
zeft to your determined refolucions,
till ycu have had ample jufticedone
you againft all your enemies. That
as freemen you will live free } as
freemen you will die free in the
fupport of thofe privileges which
conflitute the equal right of go-
verning for and of pro--
g'tiling -‘.r.h the inbuftry of your
own *.>: t.* ?.il part* of the globe,
f r te ?.o < on iitturbed, whether you
cnooie tv travel by land or by wa
ter.
A PATRIOT AMERICAN.
Fiom the Button Chronicle.
War xti , h England.— -If we were
®t war with Great Britain, we ftiould
take Canada ar<u Nova-Scoria j this
would, poc only materially weaken
our enemy but would greatly add
to the power and revenue of ch* U.
Starts. I: would render rhe Weft-
I. id'a Ifiand* wholly, far.d Britain in
a grct’C measure) dependent on the
IJ. States for their timber and
fpsru ;it would give us all the ffke
r es cf Newfoundland, and would
inrreafe the dependence cf Britain
open m, for wheat, naval ftorcs,
put and pearl allies, and furs.
if re were at war with Great-
Britain, we ftiould have trade with
all the world, the Britifh ifiandsand
dependencies only excepted. This
trade world be amply fiiflirient for
the exportation of ad our furplus
produd's a: high prices. There
doub hTs would be fume of our
veftl h captured, but we ftiould be
well remunerated for their lofs, by
the irrreafed pr• s v hich would be
obtained by thofe which go
in fafety ; arid when v/e take into
cor, fide radon that England would
have no arfenal or naval dock yard
within 3000 miles of cur ccaft ; thit
foe is a- v ar with mutt of the powers
of Europe that we may Have a con
fiderable ravv, which may be fpec
diiy increaled; when v/e rcflrdt on
thele circumftance?, we may pre-
Inr'e the capture* that would be
made by the cruisers of EriiSln
would not be numerous.
If we xvere at war with Grect-
Britain, the numerous pr vate ftftps
of war, that would be fitted out by
companies, and individuals, would
give buftnefs ro the various artizar.s
employed in naval equipments,
would give great profits to rhe ow n
ers ar.d crews, would fupply the
country with Britifh products, and
would greatly annoy the enemy.
Our manufactures would multi
ply znd thrive.
The fortifications cf ourfprrs, &
cur navy, would fecurc cur
coafts from infulr.
But above all, vre ftiould force
Great Britain to do us juft ire ; vre
ftiould raife our national reputation,
even with her ; we ftiould wipe
away the ftain on cur national cha
radler which the long and patient
endurance of the wrongs fhc has
done us, has placed upon ic we
fhould rid ourfdves of a few eld to
fits who now infeft us ; and ftiould
become an united, brave, and hap
py people. ’76.
FOREIGN NEWS.
On the 24th ult. arrived ar New-
York the Britifh Packet Princefs
Amelia, Morftm, from
via Bermuda, having left England
on the Bth of December ; a*.J the
ftiip Philipfburg, Lcftingwalk from
Liverpool and Cork. If hr. latter
left Liverpool on thr 27 b of No -
vember, and Cork on the i 2th of
December.
By rrlT’s London panrrs
to the* 3d and O rk pipers to tl o
Bth of December have been re
ceived. Mr. Purvianee, paft r- >
g"r in rhe Phi!piburg, is the bea
cr of dftpstch. s to our government.
i*wo ‘Bir.fh regiments of caved -
ry failed from Falmouth for SpsG
on the odh of December. On rh ?
24th of Nov. the Lavinia faihd
from England with the Spanifti de -
puties, and i,500,cc0 dollars cm
board.
The accounts-of military ope ra
tions in Spain an? cortfufrd.* Of
tho r e, however, received, the ft !-
lowing is a comprekerfive fketch.
Cn the 2d of December the fol -
lowing bulletin wis publiihed at
London :
(< It appears by difpitches receiv
ed from Coiunna, dated the 2 2d,
and from San Vincente de la Bur-,
quern, dated the 19th ult. that rhe
account of Gen, Blake being ,-] e ,
Laced is cor.firmed. He was en
gaged in continual a Lions from rhe
4tr till the 13th. On the 1 ith the
Auftrians having hern worfted in
the left, the French got po§effiom
of a height which covered the toad
on which they re:rested,* :>?.d tlw*
were thrown into great copjuiWn,
and Gen. Blake retued Cos Eevr.o- ’
fo j but a French column appear
ing upon thi:i road from Benges, he
recreated by Solo to San Vincente
de la Barquera. There upon the
iych, !\? had colJe£brd near 20,000
of his troops, and the Marquis dc
la Romsna had taken the command,
and they would foon be in aft ate
of advance ogam.
4< The French had occupied St.
Andero and Sr. Antonia*—-che for
mer on the i£.h, and the latter on
the 29th. But by the exertion* of
Gen Leith, ail the proviftcns, am
munition and ftores fmt by this
country had been .removed.
“ It appears that parr of the ar
my at Eftremadura, had been de
feated near Burgos by the French;
but there are no accounts of their
having advanced beyond if. Gen.
Moore arrived on the 10th at Sala
manca—General BErd was at Af
torgo.”
The following letter d-ted Ports
mouth, December i, gives a ftate
inent of fubfcqi er.t events:
“ This afternoon, at 3 o'clock,
the Bonne Citoyenne (loop of war,
arrived from Corunna, fra/n whence
flic failed on Saturday la ft, bring
ing account* from Gen. Blake’s ar
my up to the 24th ult.
f( The ciifpaechcs ftie has bro’t
will be found to rtlatc to feveral
rh- ft dreadful ba ties between the *
armies of Marftui N y and Gen.
Biike. The Marquis Rorr.tea’s
troops (from the Baltic) by ad
vancing too Ar ahead of General
Blake’s army, were fe ye rely de
feated i one of the n-g'meets of
Catalonia has been cur to pieces.
ct The fighting on both rides was
moft obftma:** ar.d defperaie. Too
Marquis of Rotnana’s rav’ih*” w* 1
preftrved. Jo the Ijft atr-jck, Blafeo
(No. 40.