Georgia express. (Athens, Ga.) 1811-1813, November 20, 1812, Image 3

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xeots of mttUYa towards the de rrf) e of the iSi\ itinst frontin'.—- The refute! was founded n a novel and unfortunate cx&ofiinn of the previfions Off the cohft.tuti n rda ting to the miliri*. The ©crHp.>n denecs which will be beforey u, con taiw the requ'.fite information on the iubprA. It is obvious, that if the authority of the United States to calt into ftrvice and command the militia for the public defencr, anE* thus (i nitrated, ever, in a ftate of war, and of courfe under apprenen fio s- of tnvafion preceding war ; they arc nor one nation fur the pur pote moft of ail requiring it; aad that the public fafety may have no other rciourcf, than in thofc iarg? ad permanent military tftabhlh meats which are forbidden by the principles of our flee government, and *ga*nft toe nec< ffi.v of which the miliua were meant to be a ccn< iftitutknal bulwark. On the co:lt, and cn the ocean, the war has been as fuccetefo! as dreumfiances, mfeparab.e from -t& early ftages c* uld pronsife. Our public fhips and private cru fers bv their adtmty, and, where there was occafion, by their in Tepidity, have made the enemy fend die of the dif ference between a reciprocity of captures, aad the long confinement cf them to tnetr fide. Our trade, with Hi tie exception, has fatei? reached our poru i having, n ma n favored in c by the cru fe puriued by a squadron of our fri gs * , under tne command ofcoiu tfi *dore And mthe ib ft* ice in r/hicn fk li and bravery were more particularly tried with tic., it? of the enemy, tar American fi g had an aufpicious triumph.— Tie frigae Coqftituauu, . ..oqn onanded by capt, Hull, aTer a c vie and fhort engage me. •_, iom.-Hely ddteoied a;d captured <* B fh fri gate j gain? g iur that officer aad ad on b -aro a praile which cannot be too liberally bHlowcd ; not merely for the vi&wry actually a chieved, but for that pruropt and cool exertion of comrnaading va lent • which, giving to toursge its higheft character, and to the tor-e applied its full efFtft, prove and that forte ct/Uid have been done in a con red requiring more. Anxious toab:.ge die evils from which a flare of war cannot be ex empt, I loft no time after it was de clared, in conveying to the Briufh government the teirns on winch us prog re!* might be arreftrd, without a ait;. &; i t delays ut a formai and fi a! paerfiv ation. And e?u: charge O*. ffTres a London was, at tne fam time, authoi zd ta agree (o a- armiftice founded upon them. — Tnete trims required ,hat the or* dt;s m toun< fi lhouid be repealed as thev affi&cd tne United Staip, without a revival o blockades vio lating acknowledged rules j that there fhould be an mrmdiate dif charge of American teamen fr* m Br fh fhip*, and a flop toimprtfT oicms from American fliips, with an undeiife&h&g that an cxclufiun cf the ZP ot €ach nanon f |om the fhips or'S&e other, fh mid be ft p jlated i ano the armiftice fh *uid be improved into a definitive and compfCi.enfive adjuftment of de pending controverfirs. Although a repeal of the order fulceptibte of explanrcions meeting the views of this govern men*, had taken place before thsi pacific advance was com municated to that of Great B itain, the advance was declined, fretn an avowed repugnance tbafulpe; fi nof Ithe practice of irnprcffm fti, dufi- g Mhc aud without any mu tflatmn that the arraagernest pro p'ded.wuh rclp'ift o icatnen would be ac Whether the lubfe quent -communications from this governme n , affording an occafi n for re-coi fidenVg the fubjett, on the part of Great Britain, will be vkwed in a more favorsblc light, or received in a mere accommodating fpirir, remains yet to be known. — li would be unwife to relax our me.iiurts, in an? refped, on a pre* fumption of fuch a refult. The (iocumencft fiim the D-part menr of Staiej which tn rhis (übjt6V ? wiil give a view aifo of the prep fi ionsf. r aa armiflice, whitia have been received here, one of them from the autfeciridts a Hali fax \K Canada, rhe from the. iih g vernment iifelf, thro* av'miral Warren; and of the grounds upon which neither of them cupld be accepted [ ‘to be concluded in our next ] uiaUHcxiA KXrKtibS. ~ATHENfVNf VKMBFR 20 Whits Jtoi.KTSR, li q is e )e£tcO to fid t sc vacancy oci afion ed by rr fignaiibh of j iiah Me g , L r q. Iu the fir ft pag of th ! s paper will be found refolvei ;f the L<g fig ure of IXem flee. Would not me a doptica of fimilar .nes b> Lr g>ft4iur: be prt? o £hec o? goou ? MILLIDGtVILLE, N V. tB. The LegiJLiture have this day a dopted a memorial to the Csngrefs of the Untied Slates, fiating in a Jdm Jf wanly tone, the r.ecejfiy of immediate ly occupying tafi FivttJa by meri can orces *Ve iruji toat cur mem b :rs in that body wul ufe their u mvjl influence i* have that etjedt <flitted as j puddly as pcjfible. The koufe again took up by far a grapbSy iht iepe>tt of the committee ef the whole, on the bill to alleviate the condition ot Debtors the \ft /eftion being rtad. Mr. Lumpkin offered a bill in lieu of the Repot t, <t the fame being ready on the quefluv to agree thereto, it was negatived — Teas 26 Nays 46. £ be.fubjlitnte of end by Mr Lumpxin, Ter the bill before the houje was, that there .be a complete Jujpcn fun of law as to the officers and fold: 4Ts who now are , or bcreaftei may be called into the jervice of their country, and ib at on all other delfts where pro periy had been levied on cy the pr. por officer , it fbculd be valued cy ioree free holders on ea*b at the price it mghc have fold for m tajh at the time the dtbi became due ; and if it did not Jell fer t hree f curies (j its va lue it reverted to the owner , ana the peueeding was flayed 12 mouths ] /in. 2,3.4, 5 and €tbjeihons of the report, tnclujive were then Je verally agreed to by the houje. The N York Columbian flutes that a rumor was in circulation in that city on the -24 th October, of “a Je cond attack being made by general Smith, of the U States army J on the Britijh at gjicenflon Some late European accounts fta r c the Ruffians to be retreating from the victorious French army. Th** U. S. fi .op of warWafp, lieut, B ddle, has been captured by th- B fn (h.pof war, the Pointers, 74 guns, and lent mtoß imuda— but it is laid that commodore Ro cr-r, re abated by rgc Igrge Britijh 64/ DIFD', on his wav to M Hedge* vili . rrv ihddenly, Cul. Reter Randolph, an inhabitant of this coun v* ■ ChaRLE T N, O&. 19. To the Public.-*-V he edit r wilh irgti eo buk in I'ome bufi rls nac wilJ.rquire* ieis of h'S perl .nal at temion, and ena’ple him to icfi .e out oi the tit?, with his family, in the months, and aifo to have an opportunity of collediltßg his nu merous deb s, which have accumu lated to fuch a degree as to require i.is immediate at tc** n, > ff-s for fair th? eftabi ihmerit of the City & Car lina Gazettes. Nocir* ucuftart csbut vh*#fc above ftated could have induced him to take this ftrp, and to quit a bufin.-.is in which he has received fo liberal a fupjr>rr, in an enervate of patro nage before unprecedented u Cnar leSt *w, and ftdl connr u- s, having received fixty new iubferi* bers to the <4 City'* an* upwards of onr hundred to thr <l Carolina Ga tstte** fiHCe the fi ft of July laft, a.d at r.e time have thefe papers ftoud mgher in the public eftmia tiun than at the preftnt. Hu eftabl.fmncnt will be fold on a credit ot onr, two, three and four years, ano po£T fitea given on the Bril of January next. Undoubted tecuritv and mUrcft w.il be requir ed. F*r furiher particulars apply by letter dirt &ed to the fubfcnbsr, a. this 1 ffi e E. S. THOMAS. Qjji e of the City & Carolina Ga zeties, Oil 19. ii£ P. o. i ae • and o- .r Jpedliully re quefts n.s republican brethren of the ti pe througn t'.e u.iioo, to give the ab. ve article a place in vhcir reiprd ivr pap. rs. GEOhijiA,} by John Smith Clark county. $ clerk of the Cuurt, of 0> dir,ary forJaid county. Wi iLREAIS D. C /le applies for letters oi Ohm ffi.m as t r executor of the lail will and ufiaractK of Wiiiiani Finch, dc cc i j. t is •* to cite and admonifti ail and fif gular the kindred ad cicdi- Qi tti cne laid to fi!e tneir iftKint in air effi e within tinny da. s from this aate, or letters of di’.rr. ffi -n w li be granted at Ja p.ua y .ourt next. Given under my hand this 13th .day of November, 1812 JOHN SMI I H, C.C O. BRuUUHT to the J *iL OF Oglethorpe an thr 13-h inft. an Ar;u.an Negro M*n about 22 < i 23 ears of age, has in a cotton fii . • and overalls and a ft iprd veft ; la,s ne belonged to Wm M-’ntgo mery, who i ved m the Cher, kec Nanon; he tails himlcif JOHN. WM. STRONG, Jailor. Nov. 18, 1812. NOTICE. On the 2 1 ft day of November next, will be sold, at the plantation of Samuel Hag gard, deceajed, in JackJoa county, P M. ART of the perfona) property of laid deceafcd, confiil ng ot one mare and coit, 61 iumc other ftock Twelve months credit will be g ven the purchater uond With approved fecunty. JESSE BENNET, THuMA EhRY, Q&cber x S1 4* 4 wuivrs. EMCV r )f<s SALE. dgretabie to an order of the Inferior Court of Clark county, at the court houje of Jaid county, WILL BE ‘hOLD on theflrjf luejday in January next • A of iand wh:re 11 Hr .ry M 4 Cov rrfiJed at the nnaf or his deceate, con ram! g 242 acres, {j’ e wdow’s dowry exceprrd) j inr.g Harvey near the Appala hec rivtr, being the whole of the real tffaie ef laid dccealed. Th* place is well improved, an excellent dwell rg home and other out houfes, aieige peach orchard. Corfidrrable cre dir wdl be given, the purr hater giv ing bond with approved lrcuritv.— To be lid for r.he benefit ’it he heirs and credifois of Uid deer a <d. NEELEY M‘COY, JOiiN M‘COY, Kx: tutors. September 25, ISI2. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. Agreeable to an ord*r of the honor a w ble Court of Ordinary if Clark county, WILL BE SOLD, on the flrfl IHiefday in December next , at IVatkinfville, within the ujual hours, 262 a re* of land, more or Ids, on the middie fork cf the Oevnic ri-er, joining it iv ifig the real •"llare o< Lunsford Era wich, dec. and loid for the of the hetrs 2nd creditors of fa and t cesied. A credit ofowr'lve mi mhs will be given, and bond and void Iccurit) requ red. ROBERT TRAWrUC, Adratnrflratet, September 0, sßil. COLLECTOR’* SALE Will beJold, ta ihe hvgioeit bidder , on Saturday the ißth of November next, between the hours of te an l three a*clock, at the Court Hw/t in WecttinfoillM the following p oper ty, or as much thereof as will fa~ tisfy the tax due thereon for the year i3; t, and cofls: 150 acres, granted to Car.p, j’ i L Hawthorn, Walh.ngton coun ty, K sz creek, third quslitv, lc\ ied en 19 tSie property of Areficluj Pay/ tax 75 rents. aifo, 202 1-2 aero, third granted to Martin, Wiikinfon c ;un cy, Sandy creek, levied on as ht. property of Alien Prior—tax 87 1-2 cents. also, lOb acres, third quality, granted to >v.a:', joins Corutl us, F cousty, Sicphens creek, levied on ajt the property of Ph-ll'p Brow..—• acx D 3 56 1-4 cents. aifo, 100 acres, third qoe’iry, granted to Wiiiiamfon, joins M ( Cree, C.ark county, Wild Cat creek, levied on as the'prcpercy of Taplcy Short—* tax 65 cents. 202 1 2 acres, 3d qualify, g ant ed to Wnght, Jonr* coursrv } C m miffioners creek, levied on as t e property of William Wright— ctx 87 r-2 cents. •v. ico acres, fecond quality, g mt ed to Freeman, joins Selma Cia* k county, Appaia- hee, levied on thr prop-tty of Charles LLrncd—* ux 87 i 2 cents. aifo, 133 acres, jouii W/ttcher, Ran dolph count , creek, lev ed <n as the property o f Bmjamm net —tax D. 4 50, Terms 4 aih. W. C D *BB r VS,- T. C. C. Q s September 25 1814,