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About Georgia express. (Athens, Ga.) 1811-1813 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1812)
premies, th p’ thblc ex ; ft*nre of w h h ve cannot believe. W save aiitady decayed our rea ier* oo Ic ig with the rav.ngi of this bed lamite, It ‘here be anv who can imtgir him not bereaved of his intrllefts, let ihem rcid with m r ired <xe ‘ration, the aiore abomi nable pr ‘du£h >n. Wfi.lft we thu* give vent to rhe feeii.gs lo niturally er,cited by the produftitn which i9 the text of our remarks, we cannot forbear con trailing civ fpirir which it breathes \virh that v/hi h squares the condueb of the molt honrable member* of the federal party. Although they were opp Ted to the g-neral courfe of our adminiftration, and to the p dicy of war, whdft rhey believed there was ample juftifi ation for it, fi ‘d'ng hit the conftiturfd authori- have decided in favor of that m. in the true Ipint of mag rai!mi r v, they have rallied round the (landard of America. Their fcrli gi are identsfi 4 with thofe of their cuntryj having no intrreft and lit ft from its welfare, they have no tiding of hoftility hoftile to its op rar.tnns. W * (fc uid be warning in avjnr, if we omitted the cx p (Tim of our brlief that fu h is tU go .eral fenciment of thr Fede ral party. The exceptions we have n. ed to rhis * ifpoft ion pr*svc nmLg but ihr *“xct*!s> jf iafurate f.dlv, which parrv venom fonie lirnrj produces ir thofe wh a*e in feft dby its on.—iY. Intel. R^ftoration of ho CT-faneake Sea nen —-The American tars who w‘re forcibly wtefled >'rom the Che fa - peake by the Britifb frigate Leopardi weig ufiored /# that vcfjel on Satur day lafi, in the harbor of fipjlon.— 7k y were conduced tn heard the Cb'/apeak’ by lieutenant Stmpfon, the B itijh officer and received at the gangway by lieutenant IVilkinfon of the t.befitpeake, with the following r ninent addrefs: — ‘ SIR —t sm commanded by Com modore Bainbridg? to receive theft two imerican eamen , on the vey deck from which they we*'e wantonly takes in time of peeue oy a vejfti of your nation of fuperior for ce ** ‘Aidfhivman Saunders confuted the mm to commodore BainHidge up on the quarter deck — the codin'dor? received lhint with ihefe appropriate and iruly Imerican ebjeivations ; * My L {[) ‘ —/ am glad to fee you. From this deck you werg taken by firiti/h Utrage —tor your return is it you owe gratitude to the govern went of your country Your country now offers to you an opportunity to re venge your wrongs : and I cannot and ibt but what you will be defr ous of domg jo on board of this vixy {hip J tru/f the fag that flies on board of her, /ball glorioufly defend you. in fu ture.” Three cheers were given by a name reus company of citizens and ftamen, ajpmbled to witnefs the mterefling tran/acJioH. —B ft Cnroni le. ADMINISTRATORS SALE. Jg ecable to an order of the bon the in/crier court of Jackjon county. H tl! be Sold at the con t heufe of Jcii county , on the Iyb day of September next, A u 170 a res of land, lying in Majflon c un r y, unimproved $ bring he wholr of the real eftarc of T r -mas T. Btnactr, dec.—r<*v be ftud fir the brut ft of the heirs and creditors of faid decrafed. THOMAS HYDE, CORNELIUS ;vi CAR THY fc. Adminifl raters, m Jttiy p, I*l a. ftrtgiyvit •••rr.yffluwM. wm-.-jeagat Njri^OKGiA £.X PRESS. “ATHFNs7AUGUsf>4 “ “ I be galled Jade winces.” IT is reported, that finre the ap pearance of the laft Exprefa, capt. Clavton has become quite tranquif and wijhes that he had neither faid or done any thing ab- ut the late pub lic arir ns in thii paper. Peradvel - the uarx efted Challenge from RUST ICUS has operated as an Emetic on hi* delicate frame. RUMORb a*ve ireuUted, that might, with the credulous , operate to ihc difad vantage of tne Junior Editor of this Paper, with refpeft to the late attempt, made on his perfon y by Cap'. Clayi n. If the ftacemcnt given in rhe laft Exprel* is not coneft, the friends of Capr. C'lavron, or the Capcam himlflf, art invfred to reftify it —referving to ourfftves the liberty of Comm S ‘mr of thole who pr paga r Falft Reports are not unknown—and if th v perfift in their Rafcality, their names (hall be expofed. HEROISM!—axEMPLirfED! Cap, CLAY lON, to •oa ■ etl and p ?ove his courage in thefc cri deal tim*s — a!/tempis to beat a man w 10 is a Crip pie i Hr an aft of which a Well Man is gudiv—he, however, is brought to bed wi h alSilappoint ment. ]he Wf l 1 literally .alls on him to ir fl ft chaft-iement where ( f any where);t sjuftly due. The Capram (as vrr) refutes. Is not this Htroifm —Ex.*m and fi and ? WOUI I) g or - brave mzn fxh rt oihers, w.rh all ns Elo quen e, to do tbat> vhich hr ■ m fclf is afraid t> undcr-aki ?—We think not. Pray, in wnat point of view, shen, will Captain Clavtoa ftrtnd, in rhreyes of a!! confiderate and patriotic citizens, when his conduct on the two la r e diafi* n this County, and on the 4MI of July !aft, is aken lerioufly into coidi de ration i’ A Wag obln ro the other day, that hcixp fted Captain Clayton would romr out, at laft, in matters generally , as he ha3 larelv done m i inr - courage , at the little end of the Horn. We Iv'pe we a.e not ar- C ‘un able (fhould prove tru") for the triie expr (Hors of thole wh may p. ff s both wit and fore fgbt. WE ihouid i ke to be Soeftators at the next feat of Courtge hr performed by on r Athenian Bragga docio , fo we wg o ave .hw lu piemr felicity of gu**r.g to our rea ders a juft Fortran of tne achieve ment. The words, geft.ulations aoc arfttudfs of our Her*—O, ye G -ds ! what an irurreft.ug iprfta cir it mult be Faith, and by my ftioul, lavs Pat, vou ruay well lav uai, to the end f the world, and after O. <{ H w a*-e mighty fallen p WE may be accufed of or it may , by feme y be Jc;d that we a t njing the dodrtue of Recrminati on Be that as it nay—we acknow ledge our regard for tee public op mi on—we rmjb to deal fairly—and we hope others will da unto us y as they would we fbouid do unto them. Where any individual is aggrieved through the me tiun of the Prefs, be flail meet with redrefs, on a proper ap plication. When we tranfeend the du ties of our ftatiorii tbofe who feel the mfelves injured y can feck their re compence a without reforting to that mbft udirus of all appeals —thi club law However, toty ought rather to feek a milder regimen , a ben they mufrkuowy that tfu r laurels are as Itable to fa e, as were tbofe ob tained by Punchinello. But to the foini.—Among the many other glarfrg Falfehooa* which have been circulated , flnee the recour.tre between the noble White Captain and the ju nior Editor of this paper , there is one which out Herods all the refl. Ihe lafl gaffs of an expiring criminal are generally tbo mojt Ipalmodit —this may account for the envulfive threes of certain individuals among us 7 be report to which we allude , is this — it is jaid by 1 mebodv, that fuch a one toll) h m, that fuch a one laid, that he was told that Maj MITCHELL was judged of having had a hand in writing the pieces which are now ap pearing in the Exprefs, over the fig nature of kufiicus— than this report, n thing is farther from the TRU'IHt If tbofe who feel them/elves mmedi *’• l v tr> fte will call on either of the they can be 11 nor eivru, by the Pefofltiens of eke Editors, and the Author. Since Capt. Clay ten dc clues demanding ike Author m pro pria perl* this will he a gl- nous opportvn y/#r him to gam. through •which be him elf a uas Ta to feek. For the way ef the wicked is dt*rk ntfs-y they know not on what they fumble ftfj* Withrhr .’uhjfftv.f the ren cou tie i>e?w*. n Capr. Clayton and the Jurroi F.Hitoi t.f this paper, we have new DONE —unlrfs, indeed, we are again provoked, in juft fi car on • f ourfelvea, to relume u— -1 bi, rre fondly hope will not be the i ate. SINCE the Declaration of War, on; P< vareers have captured, ar.d brr yg -• int** port, nearly one hun drto Bi 1 fli vtfTrli—the intrepidi ty, ps*-fevers te and couragr of this Cpt les ot force alone, will foon tt aih our frtmi rhat we are no lon ger to trifled *’ih. IVITH Col I‘ray’s reafens for declining to ft and as a candidate fer ihe next Cengrejs we ere perfetlly fatisficd — and we have no doubt the Republicans of this fate will duly appreciate , and fleuid an effortuui ty reward this noble difplay of re *. Pvt r<> . There is little doubt but that be would have been eleifed 7 he man who foregoes the gratificati on 0/ being dubbed an Honorable Mem ber of Congrefs . or of the Ltgiflature y and prefers the “ Tented Held ” in defence of his country, is a Patriot in deed , and in truth. n has been frequently urged, that there were none among us who would take fide with England in the preftni CGKteji. Qur Readers will -pay par ticular attention to the article in the fir ji page of this day's Exfrejs,head ed “ I REASON—and fee if there is not an open Declaration against us Y ts, there is. And there are men in T HIS State too . who. if they DARED, would go as great lengths as this infuriated zealot — but, thank God, the number it fmail I tat we have among us, mrn of this defeription, we cannot uniform conduft of certain Editors , picvinus to a Declaration of War, is t! confirmation flrong as proofs frem Holy Writ” IVe trufl thefe ?entry will continue fteeifafl at leaf until the War is over. (Fe wifi not to fee them back eur. At the fame time, tt is not improper, that the PEOPLE fhould have an eye to fitch Political fVtether cocks. THERE id a fmali miftake” in the fiift paragraph, under the E-J ditorial head in our laft. We have? there noted, that the National Faft\ will be attended, See. It is not a { “ Faft” that has been recommended! by the P.cfi knt cf the L T . States. ■ He fas tecommendfd that Thurs day next be obferred as a day of; Public Humiliation and Prayer . Iffr A Cerrefpondent fuggefts te the Editors of Almanacs me puty. in them the Report of the Csamittee :f Foreign Relations.—™ ■ j Tob would give almoft every ciu- | Z;S3 aluminous view of the Caufes which have com pel lad a r?eacefu! nation to re fort to War again fi; is old andinyeteratc enemy. The ci tizens would frequently read it, aid be invigorated to steady, perfe vering, aftivc profccution cf he id uhties. GOOD NEfVS. Zanesville, July 22. Glory ! Gloiy ! c j the Voluuieers of O.d ; anti the Tippacaaoe boys, who havr ft ft plantea.the AmerLan Sa iii Canada. We ars tappy to announce ihe glorious news that Gen. Hull and fcis army have lanced fafe in Cana da, 'kh litile or no oppefitionj and taken p ifrfllon o’ tne u wn of 3s. d v/ich, tvo miles b*low Detroit, on on the 3Lt gofh fide. [The General loon after his ar rival diked a Proclamation to the inhabitants, in a friendly snd able nunr.er, affuring th-m of his pro tection in calc cf their remaining neutral—they no foonrr received his proclamation than they fl ** kcd to the American flam ard in bodies of 50 10 60 together.] Niw York, July 2S. Yeftcrday afterwuon, the Pdot Boat Thor , returned to thu port from a cru.ze of ccn days off the codL In the Sound the Thorn fell in with snd bearded the bng Felix cape. Cornwall, in 82 days from Galway, for this port, and obtain ed from capt. C. a London paper (the Star) cf the evening of tae 17th of Ju. e, which the editors of the Mercantile Advertiser were po litely favored with, and from which we have made the following ex tracts : LONDON, June 17. H*USE i f COMMON , ORDERS IN LOJNIIL. Mi. Broughman mved that an humble addreis fee prsfentrd to his R >yal Highnels the Prince Regent, ftaiing that the Houle had enquired into the diftreiLd ftate of the Ma nufafturersof the country; that the relul: of the enquiry had induced them to believe that it was chi*fly •vYißgto the Orders in Council ot looj and 1808—that at the tame time that they allure his R. High nefs of their defire that the maritime rights of the country faould be maintained unimpaired, they re commended ths revocation of thole orders as injurious to the country, and an unjuft infringement of the rights of neutral powers. [Whitbread, Ponfonby, Canning, anu Brougham fpoke in favor of their repeal, which we are inclined to beuevc will Toon take place. Melancholy.—— The Uolted States* brig NAU 1 1LLUS has been cap tured by the Englifli fquadron, that chafed tne Conftitution. Commo dore BrooKe returned capt. Crane hi* iword, in cenfcquence of hie ccnctft in the engagement.
