Georgia express. (Athens, Ga.) 1811-1813, March 06, 1812, Image 2

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‘iae f.'hw'ng are the Huffs that voire drank at the cs'bration of the LA mojihenean So:.tty on the 19 th ult: 1. t'ht 19 hof Ftbrua y, 160 j, the dav that gave ex ft ne to c.r Demofthe.iean Society—mav ma ny an annual return of it ft and the Society in a flour Ih.cg (hate, aui be accompanied by lendmenu of graiitudc towards its 01 gu al foun der s. 2, F ar.klin Colfi g , oo’ alma mater —-from our he a. ts do w? wfh her profpenty, ad hope that her Tons will always piove Vruiity or her. O.atory—May th * powerful en gine ever be wielded by Amcira-.s in the caole of virru ,pa nothin and reditude, and never b prcfti tilted to the puipcY uof vice, tr>:a lon and fi-juft ice. 4. DsrnoiLh'enes-—who { n the language of the O ao; o >ne da ) sffj rdtu, by his el. quince, am';ic impregnable for- re is . r the 1 oer ties of hi* country againfl: rhe arto of Pftdip, than all irs armies. 5. Tit Prtfh —t ic g r and foun tain of informabo! —M-iy i: irte itfclf from the flu kies e f paity, and become the ft ter of truth to th Aiuncai PepubfiY— Ameiicus Cato , fed tndjis arnica veritas 6 Cut? —Went a Ca.ahne in the cha n£trr ->l * Burr to ar \ k Again the chenflitc m(Vtu turn of our country, wul out the pat-1: - sfm of many an A merit an y uth luccelsiiidy luvt-kc Heaven f r the siiantleof Cuen , to defeat the in fernal attt mpt. 7. American gtnius. Is not the Angle fpecunen, iheSieam Boar, a fuflinent proof i.t what it 1, a .and a fuflii ic.nt pic |c of whi- i will b- ? Our c'rum ?n country —Where 13 the keri lufH -c- ■■ r.o dtfc v r her future deft ices ? Is not Al that is am.able, ail that is .übfime in the hun an h.ra6br, dt ‘.lined to lv e h< wed -:er ex ended theatre ? Ejio pet}."tu t. 6 Hit ltd e of Gfurgi;.— l ef fined n timr, from the nature of her produftlcis, rr* held afi ft rare rankutn-ug hei filT*s.—fiu.i roc her fons niake he- quail vrr I•• 61.1. blr bv their i.'tiit fic aid 1 ur&. y alia nmenrs ? 10. Ihe Village of Ather.*— the Mount-Peli.tr -f theSomlun. States—Mav ti become as mu’ ii famed lvr he (cat <>l hm atu* as it is for being th. fra*’ of health. 11. l he me mory -f W T .fh g ton. D the traditions *sf the ia vage, or the records of thr Civi- Yz w rid, fu'ivfli his q 2 ?• Mao histxampfi be the Cynofure u the Idi gg nei anon of an ur , to lead M in on ro deeds of u>-, par o fm and ifiHul-cU. Deus n§ kiSy bare on a fait 12. ii viimiory c>f Franklin— the lel - augo- lag*, wtio, by his phd 1- phi g u-, ad p *li* la] a bdi v Eripuit Ccelo fulmen , Jctp trunique iyrannii. 13 iM ralu/ and f lence—may thrv g- hand ad hand, and greatly ab’ und in our laud. 14. James Madif n. The enemies cf fr edorn sic endr av'..<rir.g ow rk his downfall—be G nius .1 Libert. ft*ll hovers the dt if hues of A trierka —rna - fli- h- an the ir.a tu na- ins of tra-tors. 15 The V . c P-- fiient of he U m.d State*—hr tia g own grey in re lervice of his country —nar he not in his old ag become the dupe of imprftors. The Genius 01’ L.brrtv—ma fli •foon eit dt he? ft .daid > e vcr, (. all of the habitat - y be... I‘he militia f .;• United S ares —may they b; oways w.lli. g tic fend cur rights wbe ever invadid, wirii the Liny-- ■; Vrir wn h ,-uftuar and the heroes • ’76. Duke ct decor:w ejt pro pat’ ia mori : i.w F .i.i .>? “or country—Do thole and any o h r nation on the • a ura’)!- g Sr undnftand be'ter h w j m \ th — u'hi cum dulci V > > U - f'iilik V By Vir Patnizy Vi .■ ‘hi grov;- 1 g ■% • ?, e if r j and an i wife. tiy Air Fojler lhe Prefi lent a;d Pr• 1i- fl ,r:> ■•{ F < k.io C .iifge —may the I ili.inor; fl rnrifh under rlifir diet 6l inn, ad produce men fan-, u i h t r >/i rue & kamirg. By Air Gaines Ffie Untied St co: mav wt lo gb. permitted t lam r a u Here where a Aladifon in council great, (Vitb bon eft jilts the chair of Ji.ite : Here w ere a Clinton, vet*ran chief appears Aa . aned in honor as advanc'd in years . Here where Monroe, to greatnfs born. Hi.) conn try's hopes and bright eft days a on: Here where the PEOPLE rule , fu~ prone o'er ; If Grnni what they plcafe , and what they plcafe recall: Woere Learning , Genius, Emulation meet, The abode of Blift , and Freedom's lajt ret) eat By Mt A file y. J fi-ih MrJgs, l;e Pn fidenc o! Prankim College. G DVi’R \ T OR GP HR Y TO THE Leg I L-iTURb FVI A: SAC HUSJiTTS. Gen l men of the hen ate. and erf toe tl-u.fi of RspreJeniativeS i. bring - hi. ia.lv anm>unc ed, that tnc India s complain,, c they cannot receive their uluai fupplie* of g iocls, by realon of cue Non I npj an on Act,” and that thev arc not u> b- purchafed within the United 5 ates, I lubmt to your confide ration whether : is nt meumbent 00 this (U:tj to u ! the means in its power for cnabh-'g the national govern ment o r.l; fuperior to lut han hu mi ut g cir .umllame. In 1775, ivivn ou war with G eai-B-itam cernnv t:d, and when unmediate f. piecedmg, a Non Importation Act nid ceen fir.duly carried in-o iff ct, tin: liiteof Msflfichufets ap j ortmntd on ncr town*, respective ly to be tanuia<sturd by t ieiii, the arucles ot clothing for their pro portion of rbe army which befirg cd B it on, fi&ed the prices and qua 11vs of tnoie arucle, and taty were duly lupplied within a Hurt period. Frius, before we had arrived at the thr- fh >ld of independence, & when we were in aa cxiiault ed itaie, bv the antecedent, voUn ta r v and patriotic lauifi e ©f our commerce, between thirteen a.d fourteen thoufand cloth coats were manufactured, made and delivered into our mag. zut within a ftw m -nths fr rn ‘.e dare of the re l'olvr, whit.ii fi it communicated the rrqc fi 1 n. 1. re -fix years have fince e laplni, dun* g 1 tventy-aine of which w a/e c j ycd peace and prolpe rrvj a cl nave incrtafed in num bers, nu ura6tnres, wealth and le t urc ~ cue muft fanguine 1 Xi eclat.ui.s Ad branches of this government ha cdc lari and .nnr tspimon, and I cwnccive 01 me rnufl lolid [>rinci pli *, ha, is a ai.*)., we are in ch. dim or every other, for the t.t ff is, conveuiencics fie ma\y ot uxu es 1 li e. Lv* us xiwt thu, a: this critical period, admit any cbibu&ion, that we rave the power to remove, to cklccuragr or retard the national exertions foraffrrting and maintain ing our righsi; and above all, let u* convince Great- Bdrain, that we can ond will be indt prude t of her for every article of commerce, whilft fh-■ continues to b the uflen fible friend, but implacable f e of our profpenty, g ivn . ment, union and independence. B’ cali.ng on the Lihab’ ants of this ft atr, and < ffsrirg them rea f-nabie pricis, there % x fi % nodtmbt in m i mind o\ our ability to iup niv every article of c o *1 g wh ch miy be wanted our prupori on of triiops tiiar may bo rqtmed Cl ear ry on a deft 1 five, or me nn {1 vig yrous (ff .fi /c ’Har, ad at the lame rime every article want'd fur the Indur s. B it if this fhould appear in any degree a doub ul po n , ann t the we Ithy end maru aeff- i g ftaces or Mafraclvuleits, Nt-u Y ;k Sl P nn iylvan a, and th’ le v. rrh oi the lai t r, eff ft the cbj 6t ? I'hr qui Ition requires n ft a mo ment t gve a prompt ad affirma tive an!wcr. 1 he Si 1 gill art then, having a thorough kn.wttcge if the relourres o? t s < omrr.nnv/ealih —v>f *er ab lic-v and lu r difp r fi ion to draw thtm orth in Inch an im portant octafi •*, kavo nothn g v.t ceffaty to be aedto on th s fuhj dt. E. GEKKY. THE EARTHQUAKE! To fadsfy t;e minds of th fe perlcnr. wno may fed chfrotisof receiving inf ftuati* n rrlid-c to the great aid alarmig Phenomenon which has v fi *di ui courts y, inc folio.wing t t-r -t t.i 1< f bidt is of. fvred the publit, i oromuriicated to us by a gtntif ma vh . an • 0 t ( terday Miornu g rom the W ft rn Count r* : Char left on limes. u The la-'*r Ean. qu kc ha.i tx tendtd through a gnat portion or ©ur Uc ion, a; cl ha;, in many pia es, bet n actt.idtd with the mo it por tentous appearance* It ranged from Alexandria, m Virgim:, thro* the interior of *har S an y thence flriking the Ono River, and run oiig in numerous veins through’ ut th-; i -.riiar.a, Fcuncfthe, aod the In duu Nation*. What was the rx adf direAion of the veirq whim were nuniGOu-, it is aim tl trip l fible exadtl t it ae j the one wn*ch was actf-nipanieci with the greateft i jury, appeared <0 pr -on-d n a dui coude from W. f> E. rr.a k g with dreadful impr fti , o.c couo try through which 1 proceeded.— I'he writer had an opp rtumry of i teing the n.jurits made on the M iliifippi, wnere thev were not only in (t cxtei five, bo muft lev ere —he was deicencfi that river, and when about ic6 m [vs fr*rn the confluence cf the Ohio, a: abour 2 o*clock in the morning of the 16 h December, feveral ill cks of an Earthquake wcie felt— he appear ance of the weather had hern for leveial dais alarming, and we had every indication of lev ere rains. I was generally rt mark/d that the af ptTt cf tne heavenly bodies was fin guiar, the c; met was u. uiuall, \\< z ., and the Wtfti rr h 12 n verv ow ing. The banks of the M fliffipp have been lu ken in man. pia.es for hundreds cf acres, the i rd . t the river was corflanciy ag. su d, tne \ cry boweL of die , t.< -ap peared to fed -the fev rity f. t e Ifiocki, and from r.um r- us fi ts flicks and ft nes ‘At.e tj ct u *..,0 the air at icaft 50 fee . “It extended diredlly on the ri ve 1 i.;3v u , i ./y. t*) 1- s .r<.Cl f;" 10 of the ‘Ghp-, lc uai boa s wtrr jftroyed to rn the falling i n , f ‘M bar k i much which f.. r ß ! ag s had bern w rih and into the ] an i marred a. thr bottom, was raiß 1 e i yec, though” violent were , fh > k, few mate rial injures werpl h ft n v —1 he g e ate ft: part of chon 1 pr v'dror a'dy occurred in the wifj.B dt and uwft uninhabited par s s ‘ •fu t > have extibded us I the M Ifiili o ; , a ; m ft to its fnurce I aid mr rg 1 * id cue large- tnfiutatyl fto: ms. A Lmi'lvdlc and E.x.B jcsgto:;, i K;utu k•, the inhabit-■ ams werre itiu- h niariiurd, but no i ;.B jores of moment were Inflamed I The inhabitants in the d’ffrrentß fmail Hllcgfs, bordering the M flii'.B fippi, we l much alarmed, arc. ft ,]1 in every dircft>;n. V:rv few fives were 1 ft, and thofe mfliy upon the ware s. It is lingular, tl a- ui mn -v pla es, tie co on ? 40 rn 1 s ba k Tjom the rive*-, wa* ie;.finfi. of n ihocks, when h t re lrnme. d.aieiy in its vicinitry felt them iL verclv Whi’ft, at the !am a few nixies higher or lower, the whole cuu ry on the river ks, and for unheard of c fiances Da k, was link n •■■■ h violence. This proves troo th.- fh ticks were pares/, that the Earn quake ran in vein ; winch thu* ap’ arentiv the nioft fe-. vr-je, are really iefs injur ficus than a goner2l convu fi j . I r.dted, from every CHcumfhnce attendi: g this phenomenon, much lefs da geri* to be apprehended fr- m n, :han is g ■ eraily imagined. On the M!- lift’- !>', the hfl fh < k was ft 1r t the - D u-anotr, thus niaku g its c*o. muam e txafftlv one week j m whi- rv Ipace of ume, were felt, up wards of three hundred Ih ks, nia iy or w'dch were violent en ugh to have fill.tered co attorns rue fi ir-ft ed fi s, but the fen fible in jor-es which foil wed, were uy no rr.f ;i - ; r/-*7.m-;'nlurat</.** bU KG j a EX PREbb. “ATHEfis, MARCH 6. — - ■■ - Viriutts rumors have been v.. iy circufated for a few days p.ift of nrgoma i 3ns on the tapis ff - our Government and the B mill rri -ifter. Thefr rumors have even Hi med bod\ a. and f- im, fo far as to c t fig a f the pe ul ar ka u r c3 of an ideui ar angement had uift ally bt<n mace the iubj 6t of negor a acii. We have every reafon to be 1-eve ihat there is no foundation whatever fer theft? ephemeral re* p ritj and mat theft* never was a urrc hope iefs profpedk of an ac- CMiirrjndaticn with G r ea B : ain ai prefenc. A 'at. Intel. The P cfi lent ot the U. S'a*cs har, wc Earn, approved of qmrii 1 f *: r gadier Genera! fames ■HGiktnfon cf ad the charges ailenged egi 1..! h m, v. 4 caufed Ids fwurd. tu bi re u ned f o h m. —ibid IVe are infer men by the Poll MaE ter and by mo (her reipeblvble citizen of cifhsvMle , ihat the communication pMtjhed in our page 7. giving an *tC, cunt of the Earthquake in Hun combe, is a g refs mtjreprefentatitm , ana that no fv.ch man as 1 John C. Eduards’ (a name ftgned to the piece) was over known in that place. he f2 mep *. >ft -j iaii zc ;ok pa [fed off 4 m -n yi- e faced, coax upon ihe Re gift er, making’ at a jingle dafh of the pen. a widow an 2 thirteen orpoans by throw ing a tat l ay lorn his belly in the hunciv. b-! Earthquake, and m iking a fo a Volcano occaftoa ths overflow of ?9® acres ot >icb bottom land, to the g cat injury of the earners l I If