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GEORGIA EXPRESS.
* ATHENS7M?AYT7
T/c E we prepared for WAR? —
This qae.fi ion is by wary filed — but
without exception, is this quefinnajk
ed bv every individual inimical to tbs
government. IbU qusfiitn is fifed
too by ft) me -who heir ti e appellation
of KederaMt — but who are in fail
(launch friends to ibis country. This
qu ‘ r y cinbe e fitly anfvered — f e a y e
pncared fer War — the P&OELE
of theft U.filed States have ban prg
■pored for tVnr with the “ Mifhefs
of ibt Ocean” ever fires they /hook
off her iron ‘ eke — for, jo fan us our
j nt ‘psytdev.ee was acknowledged, to
fan did Britain commence her jyfiem
of pillage, robbery, opprejfion, and
hi,ary. If the imprejfmsnt'of near
i 7000 of cur fellow citizens , and the
rstami.i? them in bonds?? >ro r e cruel
<#> v_
than Algerine f every, is not deemed
Juffttieni esufe for War, agiinji that
perfidious nation-—ths his attempt to
Jlfjcr our Union thro’ the agency of J
Henry and others— the procuring the
agency if te'k, of drafon, of Hng
rar, and a hefi of other perfumed
sn Tenants, tvs-it id be fvjfiaent cafe
for us to wage H-’ar
am's fafl anchor'd iff “ . But, Jay
fame -adf acre , we have rot the re
Jounces wherewith to fupporl a V ar.
IVe deny the afijeriion — the rapidity
with which the Lean of Eleven Mil
lien (if Dollars has been fubjcribedff r ,
gives the Lie dir eft, to the bale infin
uaticn lbs valor of our country*,
men -mil-teach Britain, and ‘■nor hire
tings in this country* that a Nation of
Freemen have the rejvur.ees and the
(curate within tbemfelves, to defend
their rig' its, .and to chaffs tbs info
tense op lyrards
a ’j'JK 9 2b_Sb sr-.r :
IVE vcifb ths Pub, c ta fen well the
arguments o- thofewbo are ad on
iates isr an Uiiance with Britain ;
and to prufe attentively, the fol
low: 17 farcafic ( though jwtjphil.
} :on that ill fared country. It
is taken from an Irifh Paver :
A PROS PE ROW COUNTRY-
E .s wiiere fwi.ilioni arc po>r,
&n(j Hundreds rich—where tho(-
reap who do not fow— where U
berry is founded and Opprefilon tri
umphan -—where Religion is taught
Und Vice pra6tifed—where Self-h
---tered is the rule of conduct——‘where
7 monopoly is fan£lioned— where ia-
is the fuprems Jaw—-where
Men trafiL on men—-where Pcrfe
codon is the portion of the juft.—
In fine, a Prosperous Country, is that
T*-here Corruption is the Order of
th Day—and where a Man is el-
Wmed only in proportion to his
Wealth and nfereft.
HE txYi M.
THE following paragraphs confirm us
in cur belief that we have (till
fome f cares of Brr fh p> <***d A
g in this country, endeavoring
to fife A the fame ends which Henry
failed to accompli fh At a time
. like the prefent. inch language (hould
not us tolerated Such darmg
threats are mi only highly improper,
but, in cur opinion, they amount to
High Deafen againfi the confiitUied
cuto rities—and ought to be fun
ified in the mofi exemplary manner:
Ft m the B ft n R perrory.
lf we eleft aft rang legiflaiure of
representatives cppojed to war, it vft
Jhew /v w decidedly the meafure is and /
approved. IVe cannot Jpeak in alou
der voice, but by reporting to force.
If ‘f: peg!elf this chance — we mu ft
endure the calamities of war cr fift
the tn ‘"’dates cf cur conftuutsu aiiiho’
fittest! Y FORCE.”
From the N Y Evening Pofi.
i{ Mr. Clay and bis IVefern bre
thren may make light cf our being laid
in afhes, followed by a fight to Ken
tucky end Ohio, rut we jhall take the
liberty to think for ourfelves, as ■well
as to ft el for cw-felves, to deliberate
for ourfehes, and to determine for
ou-filves. IVe tell them plainly we
wdl not go ?o war; we will not a
ban don ear cities’, we will not take
flight to the wf ward. And now, let
them cr* their pswer over us as
foon as they pleaf
Mr* two
THE ljaN.
IVe ar happy to fiats that tbs fub
jeriptions to the Loan, aulhorifed by
the Con greys at their prefsnt fejftci,
a win ted- durin? the two days the
o ‘
bocks were open viz. on tbs firfi and
feepnd days of May, to about (six
Millions of Dollars l\o dcubt there,
fire remains that in fie curfe of a
fe w weeks the whole ft*ck in the mar
ket-wul be taken up-, at lead be:ore
it is wanted for the currrent expendi
ture We do not Jee upn what ground
feme sf the federal prints fi loudly ex
ult at what they ic’ in Tag fai urg cf
the Lean Without propping to ana
hze the motive which -would inducg
exult*, zon at fucb a circumfiance. bd
it really occurred, -we deny that there
has been any failure Ha l net a cent
of the loan been fitbfc- ibed the ref ult
would only have proved that monied
men could obtain more than 6 per cent
per annum for their mincy. Federal-,
if r thoula recoil eft that their attempts ,
during the admimfirathns of IVafh
ington and ldams, to borrow money
at b per cent proved whisky abortive
—-fo much fi that not ada far was e
ver fubferibed under an al cvOborifing
a hex of five milti ns- oi u.i-'V-s at fix
p*r rent IVhen the General Govern
meat is compelled to to loans a
eg per etc to obi via money, we
will acknowledge that the federal tils
will -save re Jon to exult (admitting,
isr argument's fake, fucb a er be a
fit fubjeff cr exultation) -j.. ■ the < re
dit of the National Goierarnsnl u>i
der a Republican Admin', fira ton, is
red iced as low ay it flood curing’the
piricd to which we have already re
fenced, when to fave the government
fern abfohtle difgrace, a r-ec,u'fe was
had ti loans at eight pe” cent Com
pari font are J'aid to be odious, but.
contempli'ing the amount of fuhfcrip
tinns t > the prsfent lean, we certainly
Jed feme gratification at the ref ult,
when wc compare it with the utter in
ability of any adminifiralv v.. before
this day, to borrn v a cent front indi
vidua Is at an of 6 per cent
When we have more room to [pare, we
Jbail again advert to this fubjetd
Na . Intel
By a gentleman who came Baffin
ger in the Southern Stage, we are in
form and hat ths the Aids of the uov
ernor hid ■>curved from Augufitne to
St Mary's a few days find Ifi fiat
Governor Mitchell ogam difpatcbed
them back, on what errand was not
known
lb; Garrifon of St. Auguflinefai
lle and out and m de an attack on the
Patriots, but the United States troops
interfered, and were the means of pre
venting any bhodjhed, and they agatu
returned to the Fort.
Sav. Muftura.
A letter from 4 gentleman p fief
finer the beft fource of informanon,-
to another in this env, arrived by
laft fouthern mail, flues, tha he
had recendv been s. A <guftirre, and
tnat there was yctadiftant probabil
ity of Airieri an troops b-i .g em
ployed IB that quin r.
Sav. Elepubuaa.
Tue Londc.a Sun of the I.3th ult.
ftatrs rhac the R? it lln fnga-e
had juft arneed fr >m oft Cnobu'g,
an i informed that the American
fio ps cf wer Hornet and Wafp
vr re lying in that harbor when (he
it ft if. lhe Wafp let New Yo.k
on the 9>:h of Mar h.— lb.
Ye tier day mining, arrived within
Sandy Hotk , the Jhip iVhampea, enpt
Cvukhn in 45 days from Amfierdaw,
with a valuable car go of drv goods
and gm ibis is on; cf the jkips
that was ffqncfired At Amfierdam by
the Trench three years ago-, raid was
recently refiored by order of the Em
peror. i\ Y M. Adv.
Washington City, Mav 14,
Toe 1i v of K*:pici'entanves
refit rday pa IT and a refciution dirctft
-1 the Speaker of the Houfe to re
quVt rie attendance ot eacn mem
ber of the Houle in ns feat forth
wich.
The prcbnr t/ifii in cur affairs
eshioTi a curious phenomenon. —-
The hab tual friends of peace, thob
who view prace as among toe firtt
oi hi (fi ‘g?, and who to fiders
mu. h of tin liberty and happmefs
Of nations 2s dependent upon u, arc
for war; while thofe who have in
fiiVcd on the expediency of an oc
tal! >nal, if n t tr. q icnt recurrence
o war, arc now the itout advocates
cf peace.
Char lest n,
The mip Ikitart, Capt. Bunker,
in 29 days from Liverpool, bound
t -avannah, p iled the bai on Sa
turday evtru g >aft. She failed A
p ! 17. T > the politenefs of caf)t„
Bunker, ar 1 the attention of Mr.
Burns, branch pilot, who boarded
the Bei afi in.the offing, we are in
debted f. ra London evening paper
(ne Star) the 14th ©f April,
fifreen da.s later than bad been be
f T-r received.
The mo l important news which
lib arrival fumdocs i. ti e great
jcnciry of provifions which rx-ifj
in E , c , ’e r ) : a *d die fear* of famine
which apoear to be entcnained by
ne people ©f that country. The
government ltfelf lemb to partici
pate in the alarm, for in a debate in
he houfe of commons on the 13m
uk. the iu :je£t is noticed wun tvi
denf marks nr anxiety.
The w?.r in the Eeninfula Is pro
feru’ed with vig r. The out work*
of B d*j .‘Z have. b*en carried by
ftorm, with imall lb Is to the btfi*g
ers, and it was expebtc J that the
place mufr foon fall.
The fubjed of the orders in coun
cil has been again incidentally no
ticed in parliament—the mtrufters
adhere to them as pertwic! ufly as
ever, notwitliftandirg the numerous
petitions ag'-.iaft them.
London, April 14.
We mention.'tl ytfterday the ar
rivil of a g ntleman from Libeau,
who had feen before he left that
place, a copy of the Ruftiaa decla
ration of war againft France, the
fact of war having been declared is
m ntioßcd in feverai private letters.
One received by a meft rcfptdabie
houfe in the. city from another of
equal ch2iafter in the Baltic fay* :
vVe have a Jcclara.ton ©f war in
our poff.ffi >n.”
** Gottenbu*gh, April 6.
An Au fit ;an Courier has arrived
here, and will proceed in he next
packet with important dilpat-’ .es
for London. He is detuned at pre
fent waiting for further advices r.om
biockholm; but will proceed for
England oy the full packet which
mav (a 1 after ii h advice may be
braugv nithcr. F is conjectured
that Auftria ha* t ft .-red to mediate
feetween Rui'fia led F an e, ar. 1 ’ ro
ufe her influence wi h England to
put a flop to hoftilitir‘s, on c. ndlri
o s which are fuppof, and to be ad van
tageous to ail pnr ies.’*
ARMY AP'POINTMENT3.
Some of the late armv app cf
ments hrve been honorablv j-c i
cious We could emmier a
number of inflan r es. Ttn n- Tbs
fitas Pinkney* cf South Cvultna to
be Major-General is • uii.i ly nit !i.
This genrlernan (lands high on t!ie
roll of honor, — Hr is'brotr.er o ’he
cfiimablf Charles Cos if worth Pinkney* ;
and unices the lolditr, the ftatelman,
the IchoLr and the gtntlema l-
The appointment of Gov. HtJ! to
command at Detroit 11 alfb judi
cious. Hr :s peculiarly acquainted
with the frontiers—Th** annals of
the Revolution a ter ft to hts talent*
and coinage; snd in war and brace
he enjoyed the conlidence of tVr.ih
ington. The appointment n Wil
liam North, to be Adjutant-Gene a),
1 iq sally. Gen. N. is ana ive of
Majfacbufetts and brother of
North >( Augufia His prg- bon
came rom Ireland V fettled
in North Yarmouth n Maine ; and
hi: fa her commanded Fort Frederick
in that d-ftriCl when the General
was born-—The failure of tip fa
mous houfe of VV. and A in Befioit
(with whom the funds of many wi
ll tws and orphans were plafcd as in
a bank) 1 jured the family of the
G neral, and changed hi* profpc'fls.
He remained no apprentice to a
merchant in this town, until lhe re
volutionary War commenced—ln
tins he engaged—was an <ff t in
Craft's arnlFr —afterwards a Cap
tain in Jack/m’s regiment, and fub
lequrnrly u: Aid-de-caiwp to Baron
Steuben, the great difciplinirian or
tile American army. Aboir 17 G(S
he commanded as a field . at
Fort independence in this harbor
Hr mariird toon after, and lettlcd
in th? interior of New York. Me
was Adjutant-General ot Adams's
(landing *iinr ; ©a* for a long ;mc
a nr tober of the L g fi. tir;
of Now York. and frequently
SpeaK-Ti A the Houfe. Ht is a
farmer, a federaldt, a man oi (halt
integrity, and a foldter.
Boficn Ccntihel.
DU D , fuddenly en riday lad,
Mr VV 1 L LIA M vA.M LY, fin of
this courty
NO! ICE.
ALLpeifmi arc hereby raud
oned againft harbnring or trad 1”.3
with tilv wife Ei.ZHb*‘ , n Rmnn, aa
ihi t as left niv bed and board with
out anr juft caufr, and as I
am determined not to pay any debt
fh? may have contracted, na
to the date hereof, or that (h? may
contrail hereafter.
HUGH ROUIN.
Mav 26.
1 “ ~ .p.
NOTICE.
NINE months after date applica
tion wiii be made to the honorable
the inferior court of Jackfon coun
ty for leave to fell 567 a< res of land,
lyi gin the countv aforefaid, on r ne
waters /j( the Muioerry E x t 1 .e
Oconee, being Cnt rr*ai tfi c of
Thomas Wadlwofth, dec. for cne
benefi of the iieirs and creditors of
laid deccafed.
BEN J. WALLS, A3hs
Adic.inijlraior .
®Bober 10, ion.