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Georgia & Carolina Gazette. Volume i."| TER M S OF THE GEORGIA fc? CAROLINA GAZETTE. 1. Price to Subscribers, three dollars per annum, half in ad vance. 2. Advertisements for the fird insertion feventy* five cents per square, and fifty cents for tav h continuation. 3 \dvertifements will not be infer ted unless previously paid for. N. B. Gentlemen who have been Jo obliging as to obtain Sub feribers for this Paper , will con fer an additional favor by for warding a flatement of the names to the Editors as focn as conveni ent. Frcm the National Intelligencer ■ - .^ THAT a fall ion who have f long proclaimed their inveterate b ftility to the present admin; ft ation, should avail themfelvcs A every opportunity to ernbar r:kit in its operations, and dc itrov ns popularity, is no more rh ii might be expected ; bur at the fame t me it was presumed hv many tha: on Joins occasions American feelings would have a prepond* ranee >ve r those exci ted by the demon of fa A ion. — Un'f rtiinatdy, however, this not to be the case. A : . a proof of which, witness the bale and illiberal attacks on the Prdnlent, in consequence of the depredations recently commit ted on our commerce ; and like wife in consequence of a report that our negoci’ation with Spain had been broken off. Altho’ the defenfive measures vinch have been adopted by the Executive to prevent a repetition of those outrages which have been committed on our coajl &c •ur harbors, are well known, although the report of Mr. - 1 aroe’s leaving Madrid, with it accompli flung the object of his m ffion, may be withou foundation, still the 11 opposition pavers” ave applied the epitnet pujillanimous to the administrati on and nave charged them with a i * mention to facrifice the ‘l-v eil interefls of their country, *"■> order to avoid a war, thro’ fe .r : hat it might render them unpopular. A brief review, however, of the measures which been pursued by the admi nistration, as refpefts our exter ; bncerns will, I trufl, be •fHc rnt to convince every can d and unprejudiced per lon, rush far from evincing a pu ji animous ciifpofition, they have on aU occasions supported with honor and dignity tne American character. No sooner had Mr. Je.Ter lon b.( n placed at the head of go vernment, than it was determ ti ed haft fe one of he Barbary power:- who, notwiihiUir ling PE I ERSBURG : — (Georgia) —Printed by BURKE & M'DONNELL. the tribute which had been paid him by the two former adrru ■ ftrations, was,committing de- p r cdations on our commerce *vith a view, no doubt to extort a greater sum from government than was ftipulaied by treaty. The adminiitration, however, nobly refufed the demands of these pirates, and to the affoiiifhinent of Europe as well as of the Bar bary powers, an American iqua dron soon made its appearance in the Mediterranean, and al though accident threw one of our frigates into the hands of the Balhaw, yet our commerce in chat sea has been amply proted ed, and we have every reason to believe from the impoffng force v hich we now have in the Me iterranean that this leafon will rm nate the war, a ! d that too n a manner worthy of our nati <nai character. In the fall of 1802, the Spa rr sh Intendant at New Orleans efufed our citizens the right of deposit at that pore, contrary to an article of the treaty cf 1795. Tins unjufliiiable act <- iicd much agitation amongst our ci tizens, and altho* the party in opposition were for an immedi ate declaration of war, the Presi dent, supported by the republi cans, was determined to try the cfFtft cf ncgociation, before the nation were plunged into a war. Tht important acquifitkn o f Lou tftana is well known to have been the result of this pacific meaiurc. Spain soon after this event be gan to evince an unfriendly dis p(;fition towaids the Umttd Stares. This probably may have have proceeded from jealousy, excited by our obtaining so large and valuable a province as Lou iffana which she had so recently been obliged to recede to France, and which Hie always con due red as the key to the Floridas and to Mexico, and which Tie by no means was desirous of feeing in the poffefiion of a young and enterprising nation. Be this however as it may, it is under stood that soon after the ccfiion of Louiiiana to the United States, his Catholic majesty refufed to ratify the convention ot 1802, and likewise disputed our right to Welt Florida, which our go vernment contend is a part of Louisiana. For the purpose of obtaining an amicable adjustment ot those important points in controvert, a citizen of known patriotism , firmnefs and talents was d*- puted by the executive to the court of Spain. What has been the re sult of this mi Ton is not as yet fully afeertained —if it has been unfucceiTful, as is reported, let m ask with what propriety can n executive be cenfurrd ? Is it xt an evidence of the frmnefs, i(;t only of the aomiitittran n but likewise of lh • rn n Ter whom they fcledltd for th ne gec ation, and a proof bE v; it t;ia r . illc v v i:I n-v c 1 aoanuen t u o A T U R I) A TANARUS, October 5, ISOS. pdf rignts, however desirous S they may be to preserve peace ? I It the negociauon has been real- . iv broken off, through the ob duracy and mjoffice of Spain, | tne executive can do no more man repreienc the fame to Con grels (who will assemble in a lh ore time) and there can be no doubt but that their patriotism will induce them co make i'm mediate provision tor enforcing our claims bv a.n appeal to arms , should the honor and dignity it the nation render iuch legaffative interference indilpenfibly tie ceffary, CATO. • P LYMO Ur H, Augu ff 3 1. The emancipation of our la captive brethren t rom the chain of Tilpoline slavery, is laid u have been accelerated by toe fuc cei of an expedition projected and executed by William Eaton, efq. late coniul of the Unoed States at Tunis. Hr left Ami - rica fome time finer, fariflioned by government, and witii a (mail number of Volunteers, collefted in the Mediterranean, landed in Egypt, where he join ed the expelled buffi aw of Trl poli, then in exile there. His genius is laid to have stimulated the ex-hafhaw to raile a force to recover the throne of Tripoli; of which Mr Eaton was ap pointed generahflimo. The re'ghtng prince is fai l to have had strong force at Dt-rna (a peff near the frontier, of Tnpoli, to- 1 wards Egypt, and fmiated about 6co miles to the caff ward of the ] city of Tripoli; but between j which and Ocrnu lies the Bar ca :) This force, it seems, was attacked by the troops under general Eaton : the event of the battle is not fully disclosed, though said to be in favor of the chriftian general, who had taken fy iffr ffion of Derna and Baquere : The cons quence is laid to have been an e ffer of peace by tne reigning bafhaw, and the con clufnn of a treaty with him, by consul general Lear, who went from Malta to Tripoli, to ne- 1 gociate it; and by which our captive fellow- citizens, so long held in Gaveiy, have been re- * leafed, on terms which have been 1 Bated to be highly honorable to the United States, but we think, not without ransom, as a cir curriftance of that kind would not have been omitted in the iirff account. Whether with or without ranfem, the event is pe culiarly grateful. It is added, that cur naval force had not commenced operations nre.ift Tripol, previous to the treaty. General Eaton- I'he public ire anxious to learn fome par- 1 t cuiars of theircountryman, who i has recCady acquired so much ; rame in Africa. Wt ir.r erffr.nd ; u is a r.a ivu of di vveffen. part • ffi > c **l •- f,U y 1 •i 1 I* | • n*.: ’ * ‘ )l vH :> i vd’ v 5 i 1)1 Eißlv/. / .A 1 ■ * . -f • > aV’. !• t* T*"! *1 !’ O’ ‘ ’ l ’•’ 7‘ f r 1 i • Vermont. He was educated on the savings of his pay as a sol dier in the revolutionary army ac Dartmouth college ; and gradu ated about the year 1793. He was a captain in the United Stares’ service, at General St. Clair’s defeat near the Miami, where he fignahfed his courage, Preficicn? Washington appoint ed him consul to Tunis, where he difeharged his duty with zeai and ability.—When the expell ed bafhaw of Tripoli, (Sadi H \- net Caramanei) applied to the United States, through commo dore Morns, for aftiftancc in re covering the throne usurped by* ’lls brother: and prom ding on 11s part, would the United States advance 50,000 dollars, 2 n,oco laud of arms, &rc. and co-op. - rate with their fleet, he would ooccf fsful,makc an advantageous eace with the United States— • •1 correspondence on the fubjeefc passed between the secretary of late, (Mr. Madison) and Mr. Eaton, who made known his projeff. The projeft was af terwards fandlioned by govern ment ; ar.*d Mr. Eaton conmiif fiuned to co-operate with the ex lied bafliaw. * Theconfequc i •: is now known. . BALTIMORE, September ix. OFFICIAL. Preliminaries of peace witrj Tripoli were signed on the c.d day of June last, on the fame day captain Bainbridne, the of fleers and crev/ of the late fr>g ate Philadelphia, were liberated. I'he following ‘is an extradl of a letter from Rod gers, to the Secretary of the N. vv, dated U. S. ship Constitution. June 8, 1805. cc Ihe Bafliaw, conlcioos diat by a continuance of his obffmacy his town would fall a facrifice to our forces, in the com fe of :fiis summer, propofrd to us terms of peace, wliicii left us no in tereff or motive in not acceding to them, as he acknowledged that he felt sensible our effErcs would be fufficient to reduce his town, and oblige him tort-cue to the -mountains. — i'.us ac knowledgment at once pre Si ded the polHbility of acquiring any honor by our arms ; but in deed the* reverfc, as i: - >uh] have been persecuting a.i cuet ly, who, in anticipation of our ven geance, by his own acknow- Icdginent, lek- himlelf more than half vanquished, and who per haps in ids lavage pciturbauon, might have carried his rest ce ment to the facrifice of -jog of our unfortunate country m.n, whom coance had thrown in Ins Ccmmdore Herron owing to the debilitated fate of his c- nj, itu* Aon , c.; as ccr.jti a:nsJ ro re r/n to: e nos she fnmdron 10 Cn t* I- • . . fl . , G * / /; /* AA P I -4. .it I [Number r3.