Georgia express. (Athens, Ga.) 1811-1813, June 19, 1812, Image 2

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:• accident of birth* tor lie is unan imoofiy confiJcrt and to be a covjard 2nd is a jot. The place vva* tlwiys heretofore given to the oUleft ad miral on the lift—but the prince regent preferred hi* royal brother, railing him ever the heads of many gallant men. William* Henry is a libertine and an ignoramus. For twenty years paft He has lived m open communication with the fa mous aftrefs, Mrs. Jtrden, or as Cobbct calls her, “ Mother Jcrdtn Her conduct for fevcral years, ex cept in liie cxifting connection, has reprefented as highly prudent and correct; though before its commencement (lie was laid to be the m ft complete wanton that ever lived, and to have boafted of enter taining three royal brother*. She has ten children by the prince ; five ions and five daughters, whole edu cation fhe has carefully attended to. She has been treated with great rtf pe£t by xhznobihty of England, hav ing prefided at fcveral fealts her paramour gave to fomt of the heft blood of the land, lords and laides. In the early part of their connection this drunken prince permitted her to play e:i the ft age, and raoie than ail, was mean enough pcrfonnslly to receive her wages from the mana ger*, (about 400 dollars a nigh ) and appropriated them to his own privy purfe. A few months ago he left his old companion and com rnenced fortune hunter ; he paid h s addrefti's to f *eral of the wealthieft petirflV* in England, & was indig nantly r- je#ed, but we are told that he has lately found one (0 mu h dazzled with the “Iplendid alliance” as to proftitute her perfonand give up her property to this infamous debauchee, in exchange for it.-—• The princes and prince fits of Eng land, by the royal marriage acl, paf fed the nth year of the reign of the prefent king, may contra# mat rimonial alliances, even without the confent of the king provided they give the privy council twelve months notice of their intention, Sz previous to rh time fo appointed, both huufes of parliament do not declare their di(approbation of the propofrd union.—William Henry was bom in >7*s - On the whole there are fourteen princes and princ* IT-, fons and daughters of the prelent king, be fufs tome in umbi ances of hi* bro thers and fiftr'S.—The reft of the fens are as pr oft gate, tho’ not yet qun-. f :am- U‘, a* tne three eldrft. Edward Guelph is a general in th; t> : e nad a ommand fome yea • <in Nova Scotia and refi deci a cot fiderablc time in Canada. Hu cxcu lion ir Vermont, where, we are told, he fuffered a kicking from a taylor, is familiar to mod of our readers. Prince Adolphus was legally married to lady Augufta Mur ray, fi ft at Rome and afterwards in England, but he put her awa , on a prop* fitiun from his “ royal father” to pay h<s debts. Thefe princes and princefies coft the nation more than Five Millions of Dollars a year. W have converted with an in telligent gen deman, now in this ci ty, who arrived a: New Y >rk in the fhip Hbernia, which left Ire land aboir 60 days ago. He ftates the fuffrnngs of the po ;rer claffts of people in that country to b very great, from the verv high pric ei of provifi >m. Potatoes, witch i:i ordinary times, fell at 3 . to 61. per bufhel. and which, lari year, wert never h ? ! an 10 a e nr w frlliig -i fix fallings! an-.: ali other food in proportion. No re- lie/, m undetTand, can be expect ed from their prefent fi intifn, from their own crop?; in le s than five munths. Ev Ledger. COMMUNICATED. JVhat fhall we ao for blankets, if Cong refs do not take ff Ibe refir ittitns oh commerce f ’lhe Englifh (a Stars and runners fay we mu ft di without fuels articles, as no country can furnifio them hut h.tig land. Let us tcuc an item of this as Dean Swift/'aid IVe (hall (hew theftg gentry that we are mi a> fo great a lofs as they imagined An ingenious foidier of the army ef the United States has given proof a mounting to demonftration, that we fijall feel no privation, if we (hould never import another bale frevn her mxaw-ia clones Mr Elk .* Cbb is the inventor and patentee ef this new mode of making blankets by the aid of machinery ; a (ample of the manufacture has been exhibited before Cong rejs. and ha* i hope, generally, met their approbation. A plan is new forming to ft. this ufeful difeo very into immediate operation, andit is contemplated that oy tbe fou'th day of July, (a day dear to every real American) this manufactory, with the labor of four hands, I will completely finijh 25 pair cj blankets of an excel lent quality, every day ; a faving of labor beyond the comprebeujUn of any but thefe be;i acquainted with the ad vantages of machinery. Mr ( obb defirves well of his coun try ; he has buffered perfecution from his friends tn his native flats, Ver mont at one period being called e lu natic , for expreffing his mind en the fubjcCt of his invention, which induc ed him to engage in the fervite ef bis country as m private foidier, that at his hours of lei jure he might purfue a favorite objett the P reft dent of the United States , who has ever been the friend and patron of bis countrymen's ingenuity, has been pleafed -o exprefs bis approbation, upon a Jam pi'. #/ one of the blankets bailing been fhe <vn to him. National In'dligencer. From the Georgia Argus. The letter from whic rhe follow ing is an extra# was addrefled to the Editor, enclofing the lub joined refoludons—-by a gentle man at St Mary's, May 22. ff The advantages and inducements bolden out to Volunteers are certainly great —and as to the ultimate fuccefs of the caufe I have not the fmallefl doubt —! he objett of the con diluted authority of the Patriot Camp is to colletl and organize with the it aft pof fible delay—the number of men con ceived uecejffary ; as every prepara tion for attack on the to wn of iuguf tine has been made-- and men alone wanting to in fur e fuccefs It is fup pofed the government will be fabvtri ed in Lefts than ten days after the ar mies are jewed—the one before Auguf tine at this time , is eflimated at about 250 mend* BY thn Conflitu ed Authority of Faft Florida—Co). VS m. Craig in tne Chair. w HEREAS, the time has ar rived when by efficient exertions, tho* for a Jhort time, the people of Eaft Florida can fecure to themf elves their lives, liberty, and property, for which they are no w contending againft a cor rupt and tyrannical government—lt is ordered , That an additional force to cer.fid of five Hundred men, be rayed and organized. Where as numerous bodies of men have offered themf elves to ctmpofe a part of the Patriotic Army—lt is ordered, That dol Craig, VI r. J H. MUntojb, Ar, Kings by ana Gen. Harris, in conjunction with the Com mander in Chief, be ewthorijed to raife and organize the jorce above mention ed, in Juch manner as may be raft conducive to the welfare tf the cauje 1< lotv *d, 7 hat toe corftiluted au thority pledge the unlocated lands of Ed ft Florida, and ail property of then enemies, that is cr may be cap tured in their poffejfisn. or conjis caied as funds, for the pay andfubftjlence of the army, and meeting ihe exigencies of the government. Re -jiycci, That as the petple of Eaft Flor ida have declared themfelves free and independent, they pledge their lives, their fortunes andfacred honor, not to lay do wn the Jword untilfucb full end entire freedom and indepen dence is completely fecured —and that, confiding in the a sis of the United States by their commijioner, they rely upon their ultimate aid andprdie sl ion. Atttif—-WM. CRAIG, Chairman, DAN i'. DEL ANY, Sec. Mr7 2, 18 sa. The committee appointed by the conftiiuted authority to raife and or gsn’zc a rrgiment of infancy, in pur (‘nance of ‘heir refolutions of the 2d lnftai t, RFPORT— That the regiment be fiy led, the id Florida Regiment, and ccnfift cf eight companies, to be officered with one col onel, one lieutenant colonel, two ma jors, eight captains , fixteen lieute nants \ and sight enfigns—that each company con ft ft of one captain, two lieutenants, one erftign and ftxty five men, including non commifjtonea ojft cers and mu [mans —That the officers and men fhall bring their arms and engage to ferve until one month after th # result ion of St Augufline, unltfs Jooner dtjcharged by proper authority. That the officers and men be entitled, and fijall receive in lieu of pay, a bounty of lands in Eaft FUrida, iz the proportion as follows, viz—To the colonel 3000 acres —to the lieutenant colonel 2500 —to a major 2000 —to a captain 1500 —to a jubaltcrn ioco— and to each man 500 acres— That ary man that fhall recruit mere than 20 nun, that fkall pafs mjpeclum, fhall be entitled to and receive 25 acres for each man fo pa (fed —'That any one that may raife a company fhall be entitled to a cemnvffivn of captain, and may recommend bii fubclterns ‘The captain of the company firft brought to th* place of tht renaez 1 :us ana infpecied, fhall be lieutenant cola nel—the captain of the id company Js brought and inf pc tied fhall be firjl major—the captain of the ft company fo brought and injpetied (hall be id major—the other captains fhall take rank according as their companies may be inf petted—That tbs place of ren dezvous and inffetticn be at col. Afio ley's on Si. Marx's River. Signed J. H MAN TOSH, June 10, Chairman. Glericus uncertainty of the Law, —A peilon being lately indiCled for forgery, in Briftol, in England, a cafe io dear that the at, ufed plea ded guiFy, the indittment was of Inch a length a* to occupy fo many (kin* of parchment as to meafure fifty five feet in length , and to occu py leven hours in reading ! Thank Heaven, this sa perfettion in the fcicnce of the law, to winch unen lightened Americans have not jee arrived. The Copartnership of Abner Crow, Lewis Lam, kin & co. in the HATTING BUSINESS, i* diflblved by mutual conlcn*. June 2.—4 U GLORGIA EXPRKS S. A THENS, i UNE 19 WE wou and cal the attention of our readers, particularly the you.h ful part of them, the p>cce in the firft page of this ds'-'s Exprefs, headed t( Princely Triumvirate ” — they will there fee a full length por - taic g( iidnfh Rovalty. The cor ruption and ‘ porrflioa pra# fed un rLr ail M oc. i s, cana.jt be tois> often irr.j'relied os their minds—:he hidden thing* of Royalty cannot be too often exhibited b. fore them —- It will give them a better idea H Kings and Lords, and force upon them 2 more ardent l ive for the cx celiencies of our happy government —as the writer fay, c f it will make them more zral uicitizrnsj 6e bet ter Republicans.” in fact, a fre-< queot recurrence to Inch FACTS as thefe, will carry coavicLon to the minds of our youth, and of our oid men too, of fhe fee ret defigns cf thole, who have iong endeavor ed, and are fhlS endeavoring, to get us In ugly moored along fide of <l Britain's fait anchor'd :11\” EVERY arrival from England, furniihss rrHh evidences of t >e mi serable condition of that ill-fared nation. What they call the lower clajfes of the People (but who, in .caility are the main pillars in any ■government, Manufacturer, Me chanic* and Agricultural#) are in the utmoft diftreft. The hive been driven bv hunger and eppreffort to ads of defpcrauon. S’ mv Ma ha/adtonea they have demoliJhed by violence—ethers they have let fire to, and entirely confirmed ! ! Wftac will the reader think, when he is informed, that at the very time when thefe flawed Mechanics are commi ring thefe n u > -ges, thr <uh the impuiles of hunger 61 cppr?jfio>i\ —the vcnfcl Parliament of that dc-j baled government art /pprr p anngj near three millions cf dollars (t ds ptfident of his ftit rd falarv) c fa tisfy the debauchery and voly c>.u oufnefs of the Prince Regent, and that (or a few years only ? uchjis ihe fact 1 I—Thefe cru.h- arc U ffi— cl c mli ft rung, we fiiouid prc.imte, to immoveably fix, our eternal tn-, mrv to T* rants, and their advo cai > s —For, —— (C If thefe fail, ‘The pillar'd Firmament is rottennefs, 1 And Earth's bcije is built on ftubbii , John Randolph, m h| Haufe of R-prefenrauves of th* U. Srate*, on ihe 30th uk. introduced the following reiniurion: Rev ived, That under exiftir.g cir cumfiances. it would be inexpedient to i enter into a IVar wetb England Mr. Randolph prefaced this Tory Rffolution with a Speech of an hour and an half in length—and it is pro bable would have continued much longer to infult the IToufe with nis Anti-American Dofcrincs, had he net been called to order, and com pelled, without further tantalizing, to read his disgraceful refolution.— The Houle refufed to confider it, or to fulT r ic to he on the table—72 to 37. —La us Deo ! SINCE thr aiiival ©f the Hor net, and the prompt rejection of Randolph's Bridih refolution, we arc in higher fpoftg than ever, as it refp ccs a declaration of naragainft E gland. France hns not, as yet, done usthacjufticc which we have a right to expect, and which we have demanded at her hands. This is no cxcule for Britifh aggiefliion*; ‘ nor can it be a pica way ne fhuuld