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ATHENS, ceoxcha: pv**i*hs *y ALIXANDER M'DGNNELL*
From the Richmond Fnquirer #/
Ma*'cb io.
The ferrc'av of the R iffi m le
gs ion was in *’ is citv vcfteidiy, on
his wav ft m Wafhingn n, c : j c
ttre fav* to the c cm / fi et in he
Br . He wa red on the governor
ytfirrea morning.
1 hr reader ran form a conj flurc
jr* well as ourfrlyes, of the 6tj bes
< f thb v fi-. Bo r the m ft plfluft
3 If iupo fi ion which wc can form,
is ;har 2 prop? finn is to be made
to the B.in(h fo r an arrms
rite, until he rein < f he rrg ri
al or.s at St. LVtf fb g can be af
cerrairy and.
We have fa id above, by way of
h p th fi , that rhr r g iarior wli
f - “♦ =r S'. [\ re ft) •g, if G rat
& ‘ ~h fh uld a cept 0/ the- n rd.a
to W- ha r r afjn to believe
tha* thr too fin for a n?fdia
i
f: o fi ft ram :;*m Grea r B uain,
thro- g i ‘d Ca- N arc at St. PetM'l- ■
bo p. Of c ur!e it cannot lad to
I r>r v her approbation.
It is a! c laid, -J at Mr. Brrh - -,
fo m 1 r- niul general f Great
T fir', is dailv exp- tied *-* New-
T -ik with Imp r*ar,'dilp*tchcs.
Frem the Inveftigattf.
The Ruffi n McdidtUu appear* rm
U* to he fa git w.ih m l h,rf ard
rt; h r o tur c untrv, if accepted b.’
cur Government, fiat we cannot
fo;h :ir ag sir to raife our voice a
g>ai> ft W- have before gi en it
as our opinion, t? at 11 is intended
to d< Iv and then by de fea* u con
templa*-d operations agt ft Cana
da We ft *! re am thrt ‘•pinion
aid a e ti e nv-re cm fi m<d in it
fi ce, wr fi and w? are not al r.e in
ur t j blue <f is bav g nigi
pared with the cnrrnv. B<< ©r the
l>ke •f f c r , C r } we will a’ prcleat
pu: rhi* view < f the fur j 6,1 our of
the q 1 ft ,a >d require what pur
ple a med a r can a-; her in the
prelaw jh ft *re of ft r beewe a
thi-s coun ry and K gianc ; and if
one fh uld hr ih c ght nr* ft rv,
whet r the Errurr >r or R- fti: 11
c*l ufatedl for the important fUuon.
Oui G -ivrfnmf! t hat already
c ne fo n u< h to avoid wa , p Tor
t rs dr- !ara*ion, and to reft re
pae fie, that uVs it home
trevigu of humttoe tle only
r # manci'g r-ghr, 1 r wtu h it b w
r • ‘ds, w<s can fee R'* y
ft atn rfta or. The bufi. tfs ot a
tn “)% t > procure peace j
a-d big h>m h h?.s f ghc on
h* fi c, if U be neofT.ry to relax
fo i"* and g, with a view to ho g ert
ao: ITI g ” 1 G r n; Br ta*n vv fh -
r% |.ta e upon equable ferns,
it. re than tf.a* been long fi e
tff red h?*r. Bu , tf } as we luipe6f,
f t nas come to the crafty ton/u
---fi >n of eh q j fii • g f me of her
rra - u juft and ur.real© ablr pte
t<ffi i, win a vew to indu rus
t mec her med? ration wirhane
q 1 r n .. ! t rel xation on our pare:
Trc w uld i-fk c,ur G vrrtment
svhi’ h of i*f light* nr gj aiiv • 6n
t -d 1 f ha? not alrtaa brr u re
-1 qii fn and ? r C anlwrr truft b“
n>ne, out the iwi.ur/ ot
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
“xaar shall avm t ani fao, an* samiaoi shall is in cue ah a. 1#
oar Teamen from imp-t fTment !
I hen we would <k, it ir is in cun
tcrnpla i.n, t rehnqu fh either in
wh )c or in parr, this laft reraa'ning
hope of the onl* free people on
earth ? If not, where is the
fit'-, or the ufe for a mediator ? -■■■ -
Woat < an he hay to our cnemv, that
we have not already laid ? O r ,
w herein can he < oncihate her ?
B u , it will be ha and, the eft j <®t is to
concilia * us. Gracious G 0 ! Af
ter a 1 our b-ggirg for *>eace, after
recordo g our ddgrace in a pubhc
law, in which we proclaim to the
worid, that ii England w U only
truke peace with us, our C untry
fl) *ll no letngrr bear the proud cha
racter of an zff ium f<*r he oppeef
hed < f all nations, arc we to be in
!ulted( bv. toe m’ k-ry of a media -
tor, to perfuadr ns to Ra*ke pea ?
T he tri; k is too barefaced, to take
with the m ft i.nexpfr-enced no
vi<e ; the cloven foot of Britain too
palpable, to impofc even upon a
child; ard yer, that anxiety for
peace, which unfortunately pervades
every department of our govern
ment, we ftar will betray it mts the
fatal inare.
But it s nor alone the t'sin ufe-
It fT ‘ft of :h s tha lav*
if i.able to the luhpieiqns we have
h n ed at ; tSt relative fi uation of
thr prop fed mediator towards the
iwo natif iis, renders sr upon every
pr n : nle of I und poii y totally in
adm ffi >i'\ A “ arorought ro
ooh-t v. an exadt .mparruli: j”
can wr rxprcl Oie who is Ic'gu <4
wi h aft the Id crowned h?'ads in
Eur pe, againft he very pnnciples
in which our g ;rernmenc is found
ed, to oblerv-e an impartiality ne
tw-en us, and any one of them ?
M ft aifurrdlv no r . But m >rc ef
peciaiiy wh nthf Keg f E gland
who s the fu fi z r a Alexander,
ard thr 1 ft go ir f all t.t’s politic 1
s ore of the parti***
v?e oiignt no*, r: *r cannot ex or (ft
him to be governed bv tiia* j ft e
q-iipoife, wh.ch cor-ft tutes imi ar
ciailic^’. ‘ He would no doobc ferj
htrr.fr If nv rr fi ml/ b und by rhe
zr o bs of the convendon of P I
n; z, than bv any obi g . inn h s fi
tuation as mediator, coub lay a m
under. Sh old however this rea
finnirg be dremrd inadequate, let
recent events fupclv rs dv ft ie.ncy.
Has n it th s very Emperor of Ruf
fin, who n’ w fo kindly ft ’ hi*
mediation, between us and Great
B i a q f akeu a decided parr -g* nft
ui fi e w have been at war wPh
that natioi ? Let his wh fte naval
force thr wu into her hands, anf wcr
the qu ft n. Vhe had nor w fhed
to ftrt her a m agai ft her
enrm cs, and ag-vaft us among the
rrft, he w ul 1, if he *ere ob,
to part w;th hi> navy, have c ma
m'tied it to rhr rare of fotre pnwrr
of let- marl one flrerg h i but har
ing nu ;e Comrn ncaruie with her,
te *hetc t re chuftr to throw that
pa t of his ft re g o which he cou and
not ufe h'mltl; into her nand*.—
H- s . trcaini”, therefore, n <t q tal
fi if r the , ffi euf ruth inter be
t>vern ui a;*d ntr.
W’ a e forrv thus *0 d’fFrr in 0yu.i0.4
yu.io.4 w*ih man) wo*\ay ivt 4 übi-
cans, for whofe judgment and pat
ri ‘ifm, we K ave me ng;ft r r - ch;
bu: on a fuf jrft !ke m-s, the pro
priety or impropriety of which can
only be trftrd b fu ure and and ftant
confi queners, the imprr edbon of
t ur na ure has de reed that wr fhail
and iff j and w< of no rtmedy
for rhf evil, if t s one, but that ii
berafi ■, without which, fociety
would be rather a< urfe ihan a bl AT
ii g, and the ber*fus of which we
hope alwa l s to b as ready to give,
as to receive. I hev havt gvm
rhnr opinion for, ard we *g,u ft
the prupofrd mediation. 1 neir
realcws are known to thernftlvrs,
e-tirs are founded fi ft, n rhr k f ’ w >
that thr furrtwed end ued
tnmmed ult ma um ©1 < ur Govern
m nt, tr m whi n wc ca- n t rc edc,
nor m nbii h we oare ret relax, n
k o?vr* to me en< m ; her accept
ance of the very fimple and rafv
terms therein coniame 1, nuk s
pea e j hrr refu’al to a cept, is to
demand the charier of rur ram nal
foverr g-iy and independence-;
whu h, with or wuhcu'thc a u of a
mediator we *a> r.evcr lurrend-*r j
a.*d therefore, fuch media-nr, zp
pi art it ur, to lay the leaft, uni c
erffary. And fecondly. If the
caie were ntherwifr, if the kind if
fi es of a third pfrb-n were requi
fi r, we cannat think a <* Do'pet”
fu clolflv (onr.f £tcd with the t; e
itk a.s Alexander it, ra f i be tlv pro
per pert mu. A impartial p>.bhc
will decide whether we are rignt r
wrong.
GENERAL ORDERS.
ADJUTANT CINERAI’s < FFICE.
fVeffing?on Cay , fvterck 19 I£j 3.
the frontic ot the United
States will be div;d> and into rine mi'-
Is arv ciift; <fts, as h Hows, viz :
Mi Ifachuleit* & Ntw-Hampfhire
N 1.
Rhode fflmd Sc Connetfticut No. 2
New Y rk fr/m the La to
the hig lands, and the
ft e< 1 Nrw-Jcrfey, No. J.
rc-onfy Ivama, (com itfc eaf
tern limit ro the All- gt
ry M unrain*, and De
h vare, N 4.
Mir viand £ V ginia,
The two Carolißas and
G orgia, No. 6.
Th* iia.it of Tenneffe,
L u fwoa, and the Mif
fiffippi territory, No. 7.
K c.tu kv, Ot.io and the
g ivernments
errhe 1 itiia. a, Illinois,
Mff u;is and Michigan* No. 3
Pc ;- ivaoia, fiom he Al
ii ghany M untains to ir*
wrftcni limit Nf w Yotk
n r f h nf the htgi.Und*,
ard V 1 mont, No. 9
To each uf ihefe and ftriifts will
aftigned a commanding t ffi er of
the armv nf th* U ited Staus, a.id
a competent ft sff.
The fuilowir g rules are preferib
ed wrh regard tfi militia draf r/:
ift. AU m iitia and tachmtnts in
the (ervH.e of the U uted S ates,
nrtuft be made u drr tne r> q > fi ion
ot feme uffi rr of the U uted St a rs
(rtguiariy authorized lu make fu-h
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, xlij.
requifition) on the ex-curive iu
t nty of the Rate, or f the erri
t ry, from which the detachment*
Ih.dl Ur diawn.
2d. In thefe rrqu fi o?.s fh *ll be
expo IT and the number of privates*
nnn-remai ffi ircd -.nd ci mm ffi >O
- IHi ns, requited; which (hall
be in the lame proportions to each
©ifur, as cbta>n in the rrgular ar
mv. The loofer method of re
qu ring rrg rn a s 01 brigades, w.il
b< dilfommucd.
ji. So li on as one hundred pri
va es, e ght n n-comm (finned* a ‘d
fi e comu ffi -nrd cfficrrs, fh-il
have Urrn 01 gain zed as a company,
uncirr any r< q fi lon asafotflaid,
thrv will be inuftertd, infpcdled,
and tcceivfd into ihe fervic* of the
Gnncd S ates, and upon the roll*
*‘-d reports made in conftquence
the e( ?, ley wdl be entitled to pay,
rc < . A d,
4 h. ?a; ment will br made thre/
tiic ugidcntal pav mailrr in all
ca r es in which thr corps (lull be
t vgiiiizrd as a reg'nicnt ; and ir all
cans in w-hir h ii Hull (all fh*rt of
the numoc-T we t fihry to that organ
iza i.i>, by the pay maftcr a. cotn
p-anyirg the array or divifijo to
w hie.:’ u m y belong.
by V’ der af the Secretary of iVar
T. H Cuhing,
Adjutant Gincral.
Unprecedented Campaign —Uoon
a ;*r< ui o\.mmttion of nc RufTue
B lit* ns, tne difpatchr* of the
prince Ku'ufi ft* and ruy lord Ca:h
carr, it af?p. ass that the lol's of the
Kreiu h Grand Army in the late
Cftfpprgn in R'.ftia, commencit g
r!\e 14 h of Auguft, and down to
De rni >rr 31, 1812, amounts to
4 673,048, k lied, w unded and ta
ken palmier* ! The pieces of *r
tjll'ry taken fr m tr.e French 2Z,-
770! I'he dtf;*t of X rxr-s wi*
a nv re fh*m bat.ic t© a cieftat i.ke
this.— Aurora.
Spring Rockets.—On Saturday
afternoon, we unde.'(land, Mr. Beach
the inventor of the Spring Rocker,
made trial at B ft on of cempofi i
on, in the prefen**c of com Rod
gers and capr. Hull, and othei*, to
aaeriain the greateft range his roc
ket! could be ipade to perform, a.id
we 21c happy to ftare, that he fuc
cerdtd in throwirg one of 6 pound
weight the great and fiance of turo
th-.>uiar;d yards, which is fi/e hun
dred yards more than the celrbra
ted Cong eve Rocket of 12 poun<!s
weight ! The cvlinJcrs of Beat-**
Rocket* are ma ie of iron, and ter
m nating at the head with a cone 12
inches in length, which mav be
charged with gape ihor, m fk.*c
balls or combuiLble suatrer, arc ca
panle of doing murn ex *t ution—-
fprmgs alfo are at a- hed f o rhr-n
when the object >s to fi - fh-pping,
vhi h can. ot fail to have the de
ft, ed tfF'bt. Wc wlfk him all that
-
inent winch ins inveniion
merits. — Bcjl. Gaz.
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