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’ t. V.) ATHENS, geoxgxa: publishsd iy M*DONNELL fc? GAINES, V.Y WILLIAM HULL 3riya dier General and Commander in Ch ; ef of the North Weftem Army of the United States. \ PROCLAMATION. Inhabitants if Canada ! \f rihirtv years of ppace and pr-fp-rity, the United Starrs have been driven to arms. The injuri ous aggre ffinns, the infulm and m dig--irif s of Great-Bntain have once irir-T left rhrm no hicernati e but ana At refiftance or unconditional fuhmiffion. The army under my rommand hi* invaded your coincry, arid the ftaadard of Uion now waves over the territory of Canada. To the peaceable, unoffending in habitant, it brings neither danger nor diffi ulty. I come to fi .and ene miffs, not to make them. I come to protect, not to injure you. Separated by art immenfe ocean and an extenfive wilderntfs from G. Britain, ysu have no participation in her councils, no intereft in her conduit—you have felt her tyranny, you %en her injuftxe—-but I do not alk you to ave-.ge th t one or red refs the other. The U. Srn are fufficiently powerful to affj and every fecurity confident With their rights and your expectations. Ite ri der you the invaluable bb ffi: gs of civil, political and religious liberty, and their neoff ry reful , mtitvidu al and general prafperity. That li berty which gave decifion to our councils and energy to our conduft in a ftruggle for independence, and which conducted us lately anU tri umphantly through the ftormy pe riod of the revolution—that liber ty which has railed us to an elevated rank among the nations of the and which afforded us a greater mca fur of peace and fecurity, of wealth and improvement, than ever ftll to ‘the lot of any country. h the name of mv country, and bv the authority of government, I promife you protection to ytur p< r* f< ns, property and rig its. Remain at your homes* pur lot your peaceful and cuftomary avocations—raiie not yr*ur hands again ft your brethren. Many ef your fathers fought for the frr doin anu independence we now erj >y. Being children, theiefore, of the fame heritage, the arrival of an army of friends tmift be hailed bv you with a cordial welcome.— You will be emancipated from ty ranny and opprefiion, and rvftored to the dignified ftation of freemen. H*d I any doubt of eventual fuc cels, If might afk your affiftanct— but Ido not. I come pre pared for every contingency —I have a force that will look down all oppficion; and that force is but the vanguard cf a much greater. If, contrary to your own interefts aad the juft expectation of my country, y> u ihould* take parr in the apprcathii g contcft, you will be caniidered and treated as enemies, and the horrors and calamities of war will (talk be fore you. If the barbarous and la vage policy of G eac-Bruim be pur fued, and the lavages let looic to murder our citizens and butcher oar women and children, this war will k\ a war of extermination. Ihe fit ft ftroke of the tawmanawk, uc GEORGIA EXPRESS. MJLY SMALL IVV TO AMO FLO, AWO KMOWLIOOI SMALL MX INCRXASB9.” fi A attempt wirh the knife, w ii be the fignaiof one i dicrimi nae Leae of ddolatior,, No white man fou: and fighting by th of an Indian w.b be rak- n pnlonei; i - deft uft on will be his lot. If the didatfs of reafon, dut , julbee and humanity, cannot prevent the employment of a for e which ref pe£U no rights, hi knows no wrong, it will be prevented by a frveie a id rrlenthfs Lftem of retalaion I doubt n t tour courage and Arm or is—l will not ak.-uot ywur a ach ment to liberty. If you te-drr your (ervu.es voluntarily rh-v w.ll beat;- copied readily. The U. Suits of fer you peace, liberty and fecurcy, your choice lies between thrle and war—flavery and drfbuc ion— Choofe then, but uhoLe wil L— and may He who knows the juft?.:* of our caufe, and wnohvlds in H s hand the fate of nations, guide you to a refills the mult compatible wirn your rigrs ana intereft, and happinefs. By the General, A P. HULL, Captain ef th i jib U S. regiment of Infantry end A \id de Camp. Head Qjas er.v, Saudwicn, July 12, 18 12. Letters of the 14 k July fay, the Canadian m line arc deferti g from M. dden in large parties—fixty in one body, on receiving the procla mation, reported taemleivcs to the General, a..d then retired to their farms. “ The American flag waving otf b >th flds of the river, has afton iflied the natives, and they are re tiring to their villages, and holding councils to advde ail the Indians to remam neutral. The General hal primmed us a r p to Maiden, after whicn we lhati detach a final! par.y to our fr.cuds at Micnil.mackijac, and I hope puiju* uu maren down Lake Eric, through icv.ral plcafant flue liuu fettle meats. “ Tne General is determined to adacie riig aufly to his proclama tion, and hold (acred all the pro perty of individuals. The citizens of Canada (for I already hail the pcniniuia of the Lakes as a Race) appear lattsfied with our v.fit. “ The hofpitality of our new ac quaint! ces has already regaled lome of us with as fitie cyder as was ever made in New- England. The Gar rifon at Maiden is doubtlels well fupplied, and they are fending HF, by the Qjeen Cnarlotte, down the Lake, luch (lores as will be unne ccffary to their immediate defence.*’ GENERAL ORDERS. Head Quarters, Bofcn, Juty njt, 1112. Having been aucaonicd by the Pre fide nt of the United States to accept the fF >* of any company or compan es of Vulunterrs, either of Infantry, Cavalry or Anilery, who may’ organize ‘themLives fr the fcrvice of the U Led States, in conformity with the aft of Cangrefs of February 6th, 1812, and the fupplemcntary aft of July 6.hinfl. I nerrbv give n tce to all fuch Americans as poflosa fuffi-icntdc- gree of patriotifm and nvlrary ar dor, at this intereftmg <. r As, to vo lunteer the r crvices in defen eof their country —that as foon as a fuf ficient number of able bodied ci i zrns, (hall eiT/ciate anu fubfenbe their names to an enrolment, in conformity to the be fore men tinned afti, with fuitable < harafters as of fi er.s, and (hall to me at Aibanv, date of New Y ;rk, a co py vA fheir enlift rn., with the naen s ■ f the conrn fli > ed and non comm Binned < muficians hi privates their frr vices will be ac cep'ed; and the i ffi ers will be conl rn fn red bv the Prefid -nt of tne Unufd Sta es, and the nam-com rci Pi ned ffi ers and privates, when aiied m'.o Irrvice, will be armed and q upped at the expenlc of the United States] and will retain their arms when difeharged from fcrvice. A company mull con flit of une cap tain, one firft lieutenant, onr fecund li utrnant, one enfign, four fer jeants, four corporals, two nmli i ans, and not lefs than flxty fix pri vates. When a lufficient number of fuch companies are farmed, they will be organized into battalions, re giments, brigades and div fins. H DEARBORN, Major General United iitales* Army. From the Fittsfiad Sun of July 25. THE VOICI r f jOH N ADA ’4 >. Ihe following extra A of a letter from the late Prejiient of tne U States , Mr Adams, to bilk an ah IV.uJm, ij<l of this town, is defer mug the rejpeStful confiaeration of e very dif pagi nate American, the original is left at th)s ojjiee for the inf pelt iou. of anf po /on : Quimcy, July b, 1812. “ DEAR SIR, “ I have received the favor of your letter of the iSch of laft month, which has revived the recollcftion of our former a q uintancc in France, England and H >ila id, as wed as in leveral parts of our own country. ** I think with you that it is the duty of every con.fi leratt mr Ito fupporc the national auth irh es, in wnofc hands loever, tney may oe ; thougi I will not lay whatever their mcaiures may be. “ To your allufi n to the war, I have nothing to fay, but that it is with furprife that I hear it pronounc ed, not only by newspapers, but by perfoos in auciierity, ecci fufttcai and civil, and political and md ary, that it is an unjuft and uaacctJLry war: that the declaradou of it was altogether unexpefted, &c. “ H>wit is p *ffi >le that a facial or moral creature can fay that the war is unjufl , is to me utterly tn eomprrhenflblc. ‘f How it can be faid to be un neceflary, is very m fterioui. I have thought it bota juft a.d ne cefTary for five or fix year*. “ H>w it can be unexpected is another wonder. I have expeftrd it more than five a ‘.d twenty years, and have had gr< at reafon to be thankful that it has been paftponed (o long. I faw luen afp ru *a tnc Britilh xfiands, waen 1 refuea in FRIDAY, AUGUST iS, 181a. France, in H Hand, and in England LfeK, that I expefted ana r her war much fooner thi'i it has happened. I was fo im rr(T and with the idea, that I ffxprf ff and t Lord Lanfdownc formerly Loid Shelburne, an ap preherfi n that hisLorbfh p would live long en ugh to be obliged to make and that I (h“uld live lirg rn gh to fee another p< ace made, bftwren Grrar Brrama and thr U. States of America. His Lordflup dd not live to {r.ake h pi-a; e, and I (h ill not probably live ro fee f j but I have lived tt fee the war r at muft be followed by a peace, it the war is not eternal. <c Our agricultural focictks may not be fo much regaided, buL the great inre-eft of agriculture will not br dirnin.ifhrd by ihe war. Manu faclurrs will be promoted. f< The minift- r a*” S:. Peterfburg will be informed of your opi i\ .n of the utility of fome bulhels ofbi bman whea j not kiln dried.** Speech of Mr Caution—in the Fed erai caucus held at the f-nt of £<?- vernment March sth,5 th , 1801, immediately after the acc-Ji-s of Mr. J'ffeifn to the Prejidmiy of the Unred States M . Caution rofe lioig im.t la e this *ll n-biy jn the imtnaicJ aj. plaufe b ftuwfd on the psiriotic ftn; m*“n<r (paidunrhe word, whcfi the poverty ef languagt cointds me to ufe) of ourdift igu flutd pre fidelity who having nurru r ed in the old (’ hool properly appreci ates the importance of powet aad their irfigu.fi ance rght. li* true, trat ihufc wlit ;ii> p?>*vrrful are always r g it. [applauje] 1 con- th‘a afLmbly on tne ap p’aufe they btftow on tnia lcrai ment, Crecaufe it (hows theif reaii nefs, at a proper cr fi*, ro refort, if ne efifa y, to the ultima ratio Yegn\r. % But though this be our pui poir, and our true intereft, let us, my honorable riends, ptufr, and f.ri oufl rtfl ft on our proper cou L, ere we rake that ftrp, which, o -ce taken, can never be retraced. Our (Length though mighty once, i* nowfmall; our numners few, feat ured a*.d dfmayedi and fmall as t ! irv are, every day It (Tens them.— However, therefore the proud ipi nt of our chief may prompt, how ever our hearts may dtflrc tht fh >rtffft road to power, that road is lull of perils; nay is ambufn-cl with deftruftion. In the open fields of baffle, even in the days of our bead ed (Length, we have been fairly va.iquilhed. Here I may fpc-k rhe truth, wirheut injury to our caufe. In other circumftances I know too well my duty. Why then, nty friends, purftie nirafures that will and muft be ia*al ? Has life loft its that we are of il ? Has defpa;r taken its cndlela abode in oui nearts ? Nf', my friends, let us aft with wifd m—let us profit by our mourn ful experience. Wnen the govern ment was ours, what availed our m ghry armaments ? Not with End ing tic thunder of nur cannon, and the fli.-naces af our legion*, tne na tions put tnern j#wn Inc voice (Nm. 214,