Georgia express. (Athens, Ga.) 1811-1813, December 11, 1812, Image 2

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tk< Bhifh thatV7!*ck might bed# ft r o •g-r.ilal t< us feel ings l*he prop ft i*ns prrfcntcd br me, however on the 14 h of Angjft and 12th xnft. arc aiftin gu ;h*b!e by a diverfit* in :.hr fob lfo*ce as well as in the m~*de of the objrft which they cm'ua r i j as by the former, the and fcon imiance of p r *£tice of impr*fFnrnt wa3 to be im mediate, and topic cede ‘he pro hVhirory law of the United S a cs relative to the employment of Bn tifh foamert 5 whj-n by the la;err bn*h the f- meafures are deferred to take effect fi nulcaneoufl hereafter. Having rude a prec fe tender of fw~h law, and exh'bited the iriftruc tims which warranted it to your Lordfhip, I have learnt with fur prife that it does not appear to your Lour flu p that I am authorized to propoff any foer fie plan on the fuhjeft of impr (Tn w. ifh di hp? that the ovet'J~es made by me may again be tak"n inc* c o fi de ra: ion by his Britannic M j If *8 government j and as 1 foav* town this afternoon for the United States that it will authorife foroc agent to proceed thither and ad >p: them as a feafis for reconciliation between the two nintries, an event fo devoutly to be w* fhed. I have the honor to be, my L*rd, your m fl obedient humble fe: v’c. ('S e -’) lON \. RUSSELL. IJn*i Lord Cafllereagb i£c Mr. Ru sell to Mr. Monroe. [!’■ ‘' j On board the Lark, 7 tk Nov. 1812. S ; r, I have the honor to inform you tha I am now p>.fnig the Na r'ws, and expreb to land :n New Y >rk this day. I con cive it my duty 10 repair ro the feat of government, and (hall fet off as foon as I can ob tain my bgg*ge. In the mean tiov- I am ferry to inform you, that the fecond proportion for an arm f ti<'* was rrj <*Aed Ike rh fi ft, and a vigorous prolecuif >n of the war ap pears to be the only hosoi&bl; al ternative left us. I have the honor to be, with great confideration and refpcift fi., your very obedient fervanr, TON A. HUS SELL. Hen. James Monroe , c. {? c. The following Remofftrance, repnrted by Mr. Charlton , and una n y\ a fly concurred in by both B a--ches of our Leg figure, is con vincing proof of the pairiotifin of that b >dv, and th#ir JlGlicirude for thr general wea! — Georgia Argus To the Senators and Peprefenta'tves of the State of Georgia in the Con grejs of the United States, GENTLEMEN, The General A/Tembly of the State of Georgia, beg leave through you gentlemen, to remonftrate a gaivift the trade now carried on with Spain and Portugal u&der the fanc tion and authority of law, ad for thefe obvious rrafotu j that Spain and P .tugal arc aliks of Great s'Lain, occupied bv her troops, & as much dependent upon the pow er and i.fl icnce of Great Bn am, as if they were component (edtions of he’ Empire or colonies thereof. In feedmg therefore the armies of En gland in Spam and P .rtugal, *. r \ a>'i other pretended neutral power, Fin alliance with, or, dependent up © the energies of Britain, ‘is indiredlv lupporrn g that govern in’ n*-, ->r (applying i with th- means [. ■ th"rwde to be obtai *•] of pretra&ieg ? hr j*/fl and n ? iLry war in which cu- r public s now engaged to a . iod fi -ixt,;; a.d at the /acne tune, txhibm. g to the world, the curious foeer&cle of oqc b r li gernt fir aiding the eft rts of the opp fi g belligerent, inc trade to thtle adies cf Great Britain, is not, and tannut be coun tenan-'fd, or tolerated, by that por tiop, and it mav be added that n verwhelming m j rity of the cifi 7. -ns of thefe Un t-d Stater, who iiave lupp r ed ana will coatirsue co fupport our national gnveraflrent in this ficond ‘in'cft with the Laugh rv and oppi ASm-mar h) of En gand. i tie propk f rh s (late, are k iown to be Z’ dr ufl devoted to the republican 1 fti uttons of rheir country, as w* 11 as to them prrfcnt rulers and admiadlran- n ; and are prepared at all hazard* co faerfice their lives and their fortunes ; n the prefent conrtft with the cnerav.— Bur, the Ltg iU ore of Georgia w nild again b g Lave to elk thro* yon, gervlrmen, of w*>.a: thefe eff.rts wdl be oppoicd by avarici ous fpecuiatnrs fuppl-i g fheftarv ing armies of E- giand, in the Sp?.n ifli Pf ‘itifula. Would not the Bri tdh government la-rifi e her pof fcfT; >ns on this continent, if per mitted to manna n its ground in Spam and P rtugal, thr -ugh the fat ilinei* of a commercial mtercourfe bctAfen thr ft countries, 23d Uni ted Anvr ca. Thr Gcnr ral AfTembly of Geor gia cannei'her ompo-hend or ac cede to the policy which fufftrs that intercourfe. In its efiGits it operates ex; luf: r!y t the ruin rif the inteiior ag culruralifls, 2nd of all the pttrio-L ,a mro and plant ers of toe Umtcd Sta'es, who will not, or, are no and Tpofrd >0 confent to the txp’ r .s'icn of rice, fl jur, gra ; r>, or oht r h cad fluffs and pra v.fii.ts, to the countries occu pe l b< B 1 fa aimirs j and can only be promoter of the views and i tnrefts of a clafs ->f ("peculators, with whom al! formi of gvcrn raem are the and who arc ever r ady to rrt fl their fortunes upon rh~: u'-ns of jufticc, and the nation. Wth h*fc before you, g ntbmen, emanating from this luurce, yru are hereby rcqiuftrcj, for, and in bthalf of thu Stare, (if Georgia, to remo* fl* ate aga nft any winch has, or ma ; be ta k’ a to legalize the intrreourfe re ferred co j and alfo to ufe your beft exerti'-ns to inhib t ir, by an ad of Csjcgrefs of th’ Uaurd itcaces. The following extraff of a letter to the editor , from an cjficer of ref fetlabiliy, at Point Petre dated lid Nsv contains important in formation which may be relied on. Georgia Argus. “ Col. Smith Laves us this mim ing for h s camp to make arrange ments for the comu g florm, he tells me, in three weeks at farthtft, we may expedt to br ordered on to the walls of St. Auguftme, if not in a fonnigh : this infurma'vion he de rives and receives by * Saturday’s mail from fources not but to be re lied on j hr appears not to doubt but that we (hall receive fuch or dns, and wttr.in the period above menrioned j he drew a plan of St. AugufLnr, (h wfd us the plan of attack, if he commenced, that would be adopted, winch he drew and ex plained to us, and which I (hall at tempt to delineate to you in my next. “ C >l. Smith pointed oat the m ft vulnerable pods, (hewed us vvcitie we fh.uld have to aft, which I will point to you alfo in my next, bv ref< ren r—f u ffi e it for the pre i’ r ‘, \r (ha. have to aiff, the offi ccis aiid men will be picked and fp’e&ed for the different pnih.— C i. Ch-ambers informed me this mi**ping that he txpefled Col. Pinckney on in e : ghr isr ten days at who, he exprded will bnr.g a’ leaft a regicnent of regu Tars. We had the plcafure of fee ing a fl op of war fF the bar the orher day, the fame rha v fi cd Sa vaanah j Ihc a b'at out found l'ng the bar. which as foon ay a gun boat fthonner cummanded by capr. Hulbrrt, went our c* prevent the (hip’s comin g over the bar, retreat ed to the fh p, who carried Ameri cta colors and a fignal for a pilot. The guo-boat proceeded out to the bar and gave the B;ic;fh an oppor tunity of attack, had (he been (0 in clined ; but (lie made to fea imme diately, rhough not without an at tempt on the part of capr. Hulberr, to impede her prog re is j hr fi ed 2 32 pour.dfrs at her, which was plainly fern from the point, though without efFe&, I was on board capt. Huiben’a bat the next day ; hi* m f ormed me that had it r.ot bee.s for the chop of the fea, he chinks one of hi* fin s would have reach ed heti ihe has not been heard fmce.” From Lake Ontario. On Sunday the ILh of Nov. thq fqu.dron under Can. Chauncy, confififtsng cf the brlj Onecia and fevco fchooners, mounting in a!) 44 guns, failed, and chafed into King lion Bay the Royal George a. and feheouer Sincoei 2nd after a fevers cannonade from the Fort, thr fi-et returned with the lofsofne Raman killed the enemy, and fweral wounded on board one e-f Ame rican fehooners, by the buft r*g (and a gun. The fLe r brought inti* sa:kct’s Harbor two pr zrs, mer chant vc/Lis, on board of one of which was capt. B o k, nephew if tnc late gen B'oik Tne fi ec faded aga:n on Friday eight iaft, la purfuTc of ihe Duke of Giouccfter and Prince Regent, Briufh aimed vefleis.— ’L'ht War. Northern Army. Thclar ft intelligence from Platf- is, that an immediate aua k is intended upon Lower Ca ada. A letter fn*cn an offi er, dated at Plaiifburgh, the 12th Nov. which we have feen, fa*s, “ We are r® march immediately, without bag g*g or tents, and every tuiag we carry will be on cur backs, sad the Heavens and a blanket our only covering, till we take winter quar ters by foue of arms. Our force is 6 or 7006, all in high fpirits.— Montreal, *s s expr<?ted ; will be our fift place of attack. "-r-lhid. Batavia , Nov 3. From Bla k Rmk we learn, that an expedition was fitting our lift week, by t>ur brave fadors, to take his majefty’s armed (hip Charlotte, while Ihe lay at Fort Erie > but that, €t one of the Brinish partv in America” went aerofs the lake and informed the enemy of the failcrs” plan, when file immediately cleared out. We underftand that the gen tleman has finer been apprehend ed arid is now m fate keeping. Rtp Adv. New-Lijbou , (O JOB 30. Laft 1” hum ja y w e*k acb fin of the United Stares anlkry of abnui 36 pieces, fonit h , 9*, and iß>, pafled thrt ugh this town, on their way co Woofter, to join the army under Gen. Harrif©n, efcorted bv two companies of Peuufylvavia Fo luKteers j on Friday follow u.g tn-'et regimeftf* of iafactry 11 feur trop •f korfe, with fixty baggage wa^. gCSL* ( y g . K t. < -k’ (<: J gaiie fir ni PyinhUa a) near this town, and ©r> Eft they ft u- k their tenta ara m* rh ed throi gh here to join the a* my under g'r-e.al Harrilcw. The rc tnaindtr is dadv *'xp<-iftyd on with feme morv art‘llvr. 1 hey w*re all in gc.cd hcaith, armed, 3 and made a handfotr.e and w&rl’ke ap peal in c, aod above ail, they ap peared, witht.ut exception, to a rr mated wirh a high degree of par ilotifm, indignant at their coun.ij’s wrong?. Vermont Non-Intercourfs Lam. The houfc of representatives of Vermont have paffed a bill f r a ncm-inre rcourfe between that ft ate and Canada. Is er.afts, that frc,m and after the of the bill, i.o perfon fhall be allowed to pafs thro s or from this fate into Canada, under any pretence whatever j n9r pafs thro or come into iknt fiate frem Canada without a permit from the styer nor, or fome perfon by him ap pointed. Any violation of this law fubjf As the violator to a fine, not exceeding one thoufand dollars, or confirtement to hard labor in tke fiiatf prikrs, sot exceeding (even years, either 01 botfe, as the court 1 ra’ think preper. The bill add enatfts, that if any perfon fosil be driving horfes, cattle, or cenveving any property towards Canada, fo as to create a reaforable fufpkion that the fome is intended for Canada, he (hall be liable to be apprehended without a warrant, and detained © reaienabic time t© procure a war rant. Perfons coming frem Cana da a*-e allowed tog. diredt to r he Rea ! ?ft perfon autbcrTfed to give 2 j pcrmiftioi i.—fVar paper. Louisville , Ken. Off. 22. Arrived at this place, ycfLdiy ij morai: g, ca their return home from the city of gca. Wm. Clarke, and the difti-re nr L than 4 hiefs who accompanied him to vi lit the Prt fident. Wc are infermed, the Irdians are anuch plcafed with their treatmenr* and generally dilpoied 50 embark in tlif \fii wither without perm (lion of the gerera'gv vtri ment j rh* Q- fug3 parncularly, ard fbe Seux are hvghlv exaffetaied ‘ft the Ii ft ans who dcftrr?yed M f . Bu* Li. ’t 4 property or rhr P arle de Chu^..—w Tie Sacks, F- x*s and I wa’s are allv much cfoplealcd. W* have redfoa to believe, gen. Clarke wftl [n®t eppofe their w lhfrs-—indrctf ound p®iicy m the prelent critiraf pofture rrqmrcs it. Their men caoa; t he oppofinon be pei fiftd m, they will join the catmy. A r fw York, Nov. 19. By the Steam Boat—-In for mar® if f is juft received, from commodore ! Ciiauacey, on Lake On?ar;o, that the fl cilia ueTer his command hav® % captured a nuiaber of Britifh mer chafit vtfi fo, lent them into our parts. We have full hope -hat| every pubfic vcftVl on rhe lake will icon be in e&r p ft’ fli >n. From Sc. D'-ming^.—Gaptainr Lyan who arrived at this port *h:s rooming, in ti days f xcm St. Do m'ngo,-infoross rhat there had breo a hard fought battle between ?he # armies of Petren and C riftephe*© fewdavs before he failed, in which the latter was defeated with cor fide-# ralde lo!s. After the battle C;<r:f tophe was killed by one of Gs aid dc camps, at a meeting of hit * ffi cers.