The Patriot and commercial advertiser. (Savannah, Ga.) 1806-1807, July 16, 1807, Image 3

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ban exhibited for crnfim.-s, putf.iir.g the even tenor cf honest industry; tegardiefs of that illusive glory which is oniy to he obtained at the expence of happiocts; ans iom only for that solid renown, which springs from an undeviatir.g eourfe of jus tice and virtup; too simple forthe inftdious arts of courtly intrigues, and too re fined for the exertion of liwl.fs power; they might have flattered themselves with the hope, that they fhmilit efcapc the ravages of thofc c mflifts which have desolated the old continent. America his everv thing to hope from peace, and every thing to deprecate from wir. But her growing commerce and riling prolperify, rheriflt and by the genisl warmth cf free dom, were objcft-to > tempting to the ra pacious eye of a power who arrogates to hcrfelf the exc'ufive dominion of the fcas. From the moment when our independence was est tbiilhed, Great Bitain regarded with malignant jealousy, the progress cf a u it'on whom ilie had once held iia bondage F,-mn that rnument until the present, ihe has waged an open or concealed war a gainst our indifouta'de rights. It would be ftiperfliio'is tod axil on the various crimes which she has committed avalnft (he law of nations; but it may not beim o'oper to enumerate a few more pro minent than the reft,which marks the spirit which has pervaded her who'e conduft.— She ha i occupied ports within our territo ry, which ought to have been furrendcred bytreatv;flie has en'argedtite iawofcontra band, tieyoul the moft liberal c mftruftion of the law of nations; flic has seized our vet Tels laden wi-h provitlons; file has in vented anew f.’ftcm of blockade, which extends not merely to Angle ports aftual'y inveftel, but to” whole countries, with whom flit might be at war; fits hastnidi fied, restrained and enlarged the rights of neutrals according to her interert or ca price, while her c turts of admiralty have carried ber edtfts into rigid execu i >n; ihe has denied to neutral n items the meant T tihle right to reexport to a bebgireiit power the comnio li ici which they have fairly purchase l fro u a colony of heft ijc power; and ftie has bloekded our puts aid itnprefle If amen from our vcflels, within iu‘ 1 ivvftd jur.fdiftion Bit atrn-i o s as these aifts miy Gem, they are i tCg rufi'ant wiien cornu -e i with t'c ft grant outrage laxly corn,n.red on the frig x Chesaptake. The m -.ft hu.able fy-ophsnt of Grca: Britain h s ti ver yet alTertcd her right to feircli .a flop war be ngtn to a neural na ion. A veflei of this eferipti-n is as sacred as the t -r itori i felt. —lt’ fl<g is a paffpnrt throughout the worhl -an 1 an infillt ofF- ei ta it is a diiect attack up on the fovereigntv of the state to which u belongs A eondufthket is ca'i neither be defended nor oalliated. aud it is u-cef ary to meet the ap roaching conflift wit.n the dccihon beco.ning freeman. Whi'ewea efcntihl -of toe • vils xv ich murt xf.lt from war we arc prepared to , encounter th mi> clef-nee of our dear rt rights We arc confident that but one sen timent pervades the American I'eop'c—& th t, However they m.y -'e divided s to points of domertic p ‘ey, toy are artu t ed hy ones ul in repel ing the aggrefli ns of a foreign p wcr. ti remain f . ihc w.fdam of the c mftitn ed authorities to dirert with effic cy, the energies of the nation. It is our part to declare to you and to the world, that we are prepared to fup ’ port, with O’lr lives and fortunes, the g > vernment of our choice against every power upon earth. Signed l) . and r the CtJftn ."r-, .SPENCER ROANE, Chairman. (Ttj!) Th, Rj c ite Sec’y , From the Charitpon Courier. (A Public Meeting was held yeflerdiy in the Ci cahsr Chur.h, cgrer ahlv to ad journment, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee appointed on the 3<i inrt. to rcpoit their opinion of the tneafurei r.ecelTiry to be pnrfued, on the extraordinary and unprecedented occur rence which had called the citizens toge ther. Never, perhaps, in fa large a popu lar meeting, w,.s there more refpedlaoility of character ,or more unanimity of fenti tnent ; every ptrfon present f.vv the dan gerous ciifi* to which i r country has been precioitated by lawless volruce, and every one felt that ardour of patriotjfm which yields the consideration ot prrfoa al feelings and party prejudices, to (he love of country aud ttie ge >eral >n;erert Sc dignity of the nation. The spirit f mo deration sndgiod f nIV which p-tfi ci o- Ter the in .cling, was as hon irao e t > he <i tizens at canducive ■<> the gr* it purports for which t icy were convened The lol iowi nr refold ions wrrt the result of the de iherati ins of t emeviog’] At ana ‘-touched mee-iag <f the citizens of Charlefto i, a nnmerou and m )ft re fipertan'c ff.- nhlv was held a;-the Circular C'urc'i wien the following fentimants and refiluti ms, hin ed by the Committee afSpotrted for the purpose of draughting tile fa ne, were unanintoufly approved and agreed to. Wliilfl we mournfully dep'ore the fate of our fellow-citizens, who were recently fliueiitered on tv-art! the Chefufak ?, our minds are filled wuh emotion* unutterably indignant. The long and patient forbear ance of our g ivernment, under rei’crated Wrongs, we af ribs (fir we know the fpi- I fit of out countrymen) to a Terro rs desire to prefe; ve tlrat Peace which was so nobly Won by our Anccftors; and wlii.'fl we ap preciate the motives, we belisVe that there • a point beyond which intuited Ireemen lannot go, without ptoftratrng their wa lonor, and the and gtit y of the r country. When the j tft ao J honorable neutralrty of our beloved country has been repcated y invaded by a nation who orolefs to be Ml terms of amity with us; w enourvari rus appllcatio. s for Ct s iftiuii have not I inly terminated unfutcefvu y but have ‘cen follow and bv niore aggravated out ages; when,Goa iy tu’ fovere'gntv &na i- Mial iodeptndeuce have been wautoulynt tekedonourown thprcsrf'a moO in our h w- Mrurs, by a people, in the very a<st of re eiving from us the hospitality and com orts of friendly and cvilired intercourse, t becomes us as a free sr.d independent < ■tuple, if we mean to preserve our ranre a- j tßCßgthe n->tion of thy c-.rth, t ) resen t, | and by manly And efficient rncafures to pu u:fli the infjlent agg clfisn. The crisis fcm. a’ length to have arrle j when the spirit of the American ru • non, which hit lung repose I in peace, irinfr be called um i to avenge its wound j rd honor. The late Heteftable aok de- J mands iniperinutly, a firm refill me, and Will Juftifv a figin.l and excmp'ary revenge therefore resolved. Thatthe pub'ic fentimt iu of this city is in ttti’fjn with that of on. - fc-l'ow-citizeus of Norfolk, as expretTed in their refilutio is of the > tth of June t .ft. That the c 11 1 and unjuftifitble aft of hoftilitv enm nitte ! on our Psa :e by the J Britilli lit ip otwir Lnta-rl, —which ap. ! pears to have beeo premeditated and ua. j authorifed, loudly ile nands imm-’diate re | ptration, and will juftify the g ivernment (if it fit ill in its wtfiiom deem t proper) in refirting immediately to arms, and for this purpose, in calling forth the utmofl cn eigies of the nation Resolved, Tiu; the ind'gna-'on excited by tue la e event, pervade, all ci-tflcs of this rommitnity : [.- param mat to al lne.il and Iclfiih cotnideratioiis, and that we will be ready (and do hereby fitemn'y pledge our lives and fortunes) to f'pport t.ie io --vernpient of our country in all fnch mi-a iures.asin its wifdomit may adopt to obtain Tt' l !. complete and honorable reparation . Re so veil, IT. at the pretences, by which if has bee 1 attempted to juftify, or to ex -lifethis aft, >s imfoundc l; as by the law of nations there existed no right to demand the I amen w it) were fbd to be mutineers, and that u icier the Oonftitution and laws of our couu ry their farreuder was fir rid den, Resolved, That until the conflituted an tho-ities of our cou itrv fha'l b ive decided 01 this all momentous fuhjel, we wilt bold that man its enemy who lireft'y or indireft y alTord, toaiy Britilli v .(T 1 ot war, any fuce ur or comfort ; and we in- v *te our fellow cti the pt’ots of this port, to co-operate w.th us inth'S *ica *- by witbbold cg tli“ir profetfiinil fe-vices from any of liteveffcls cf war of the Briblh nation. Resolved, That as a teftim my of oh’ deep regret, aid as a resp. ft u! tribute to the mem >ry of the u'lfjrtima.e ft*amcn who were ft iiig‘ite"ef on hoard the C ie apes e we wi 1 w ar acr pe on the 1 ft rm for the space of ten days ; and we rec ‘in en ! , to >ur fell iw citizens, generally to unite with us in this aft. Ref dved. Tint the G ivernor of the State, be requested to dire ft the militia prompt lv to arm and equ p hernfelves, an t to ‘ e prep red to obey the call of the General G v -nment; —ard. further, to applv as in ich of the e titingent fund, under his di r dtion as he thinks may be conveniently fpar.'d, to moun 1 n t avetling carriages the heavy ordnance of thiscitv j Resolved, That -i committee be appoint j ed t > call on the citizens of th s S*ate to fu forth? in aid of the fun is re ’o sue to carry the also e r f.t stlons i t > cfT ft. Resolved, That a copy of thefcßrfilu* t'oi he tr - nf'lifted to the Prefidc tof the U’ifed 'Rates,to the Vfa,- rot'thr B roug ! t of Nortrdk. and to our fcltosv ci izens of Geurge-town and Beaufort and , e.iera’ly by vmblica i m, to the chiz< us of every Dia tnft of the fiti'e Resolved, That a committee of twenty one mem! e-s be appointed to carry the a bnve'efolutions intoefFeft. And that Ma jor John Ward. G neral P nekney, l.ang den Ch-ve , J dm Blake, Major Robertson, Dr. David Ramfay,Ci 1. Roprr, M j. Rouse, Major Pinckney, Thomas I.ce, Pc er Fre neau, Thomas So tic f.,d J ,fn Jobnfon,jr Felix Warlcy,J din Dawfm,General Wash ington, Colonel Rutledge, Robert Howard, ICeziing 1,. Simons, J l,u S or ev Sc Simon Magwood.conftitute the committee for the above purpose. The thanks of the afltmhly were itnani moufly tendered to the members f the for mer commit tce for their exertions, and for their well digested rtTwltitions. Aifo tothe Chairman of the meeting the hke thinks were tendered for the fpiii.-ei difeharge of the.duties of his office. (•-.igned) JOHN WARD. ( Rest) J. B. Want, Secricurj. SKETCH Os the Proceedings of the Meet ing ot the Citizens, held on the Bth instant, to receive the re port of their committee. The Rev. Dr. Gallagher tA jedte! to the resolution which requeued the gsvern ■r of the flare to hold the Militia in readiness, and to have the nervy artillery mounted on travelling carriages, etc. as interfering with the Executive authority, and utmecef f*ry. Col. Rut'eJge was in favor of the R.f >- lurion as far as it went, but thought it did notgo far enough. He withed the rofvu tto.i to he amended by adding a requefi to have all the Militia properly armed and j equipped, Gill Pinckney nppofed this amendment, j If they attempted too much, nothing j wou'd oe done;—there was heavy ordnance | 1 1 u 1 carriages would be wanted to convey | the guns to the mofl proper places to j aim y the enemy—it w s therefore urgent j to have carriages immediately provided— this the. governor might provide for, out, of the contingent fund. The CvmftriV.tr General of the ftite oh- | f reed, that there w s money fitificient in | the Treafurv to meet every cad for the de fence of the harbour, but it cottU not be drawn but by appropriations. This was an unfeaf nah'e time for t’ c convening of thelegill ture. “The contingent fund was alone a’ tli d.fpof 1 of the Executive, and the ulacc- un'x ie n'ed mufl he iiiconfide* rable- He wa- in favour of confining the ref lurio ito the ot jciSts enumerated in the ] report- . Mr. IV Loughton Smith was in favor or the resolution as reported. In such large alTcm d:es i’ was difficult properly to di gefl prnpofuinns l‘c meetu.g on Fti day were aware of thi , and bad referred it to a laigeaml rcfpedla de committee to fpealc their feuiiiuents—th.i temper was r j no left honorable to the meeting than their ! J'”' 1 ' 1 *•* <V:ts honorable to the comm , c , j Pr rrru: -ho had alnr vs g veil pledges o j their fidelity ami patriotism ciutd Cos >0 j otlicrwifc tlian foeak the genu ne fen’ - \ the pc-ph.; hctha.sk,-a .!, cmn | mmee.&aflnred them they 1 ad f .L,r.,; r ,. I patedhi;hcmpft ordiaUy aff-nted tnthe r— pori. He diiT rcd fr >m the Rev.Oef'em ! 00 emery, news it became ill peon! ‘ | to tuggefi meafnres to the eieni ive Who | would aAt with more er.rg.’ after they h 1! ! heard the puM'c voice. Hr ••’* sorry anv : ‘•‘hicultv had been Air ed ihuu’ ru ds: ; there could he no want of money to dc I ‘ nfl r, w country—every man who had a dollar in hia pocket W 01H cheeif Ity ad vitire it on fnch an oceafio-; —!-t the e >!• veils he called upon, and n 11c wil’ refufe H*. for one, was ready to f t iheetampl , and comriiiute his propnrtt-m. He re comm ended to C.d. R. to wotlidraw’ his a mendmrut. Ilr. /) Xanrfny lad ‘h- a mendme it had t een confidere’ in the committee and n gatived Col R. with drew a par. but fubmitt dt! e rem.ondrr to a vote, and on takv g ihe .jutfli n it wn loft j ‘H* rcfolution at repotted wi th co a re and to. The report hung gone t'-rou-h r qneftion arofeon fi ling up the blank with the names of the comm 1 tee. wine,’ the coni mutee had recommend and to consist of se ven members. .Mr U r . X.',up:'y T:ru h was of opini n that a large comthittre ong’ i t’ he an pointed, and m./ved that it co fill of al members, wl'icts'w agreed to to wit. the forme, member” :nd tilt ther ei'ix ‘n*. He t’ en o’ fe-ved i, ,t at it had been fair! 1 e contingent fund would not r. ach a I t o o’ jetftt just votet, it would Hr prope to resort to a teit in ad permanent fund, ‘lie pockets o the people; every mean At uild be ados od ‘■ fortify anti cu rd the town and ha tut frttm ,ipgr ffi n I we c nld not ihr wg am e bom , of 800 wt. at our enems, w ■ mV t at any ra'i sre at them b ids lit vv euourh *0 ch ft f cir temerity, flmild they {f ray fit.— M e m ved flat the com i te r - <mo w<* ed. i r 0 ■ e(.i"V to ra 1 on her x ns of the state to’ a ( sci .t n in -id . f rhe c nti y ntiun 1, to carry the ref Ives Into ful'tfteift; bis propoftt n ■ \a una’ im .uf ly agieed so. Ihe tba tks of t ■* m-eting we r the v ted to t t c mm t te and the chairman and the man ; ,-dj urned in j thegreatift arm .ny; every mem'-er pre fern inf'rrc I with b't oae fnmimrnt - W-rorimple rep rati n f r the ini'g. i.y ofTered to our fovcrcigut) ..nd indepen dence, Norfolk, June 30. YePerHay af eht non we were gratified with the iig'tt of four Gun Boats, tq lipped and under wav for ihe defence of the Narrows, in cale any at. tempt flioulr! be made to enter this h;jibt>ur by the 3 itifld. 100 much praise cannot be given to die (pint and patriot llmofthe Captains and Seamen of the port on this occalion. On Sunday evening only a De’ pu'atiori Fom the Cominittet waited on Capt. Decatur, with a req left that the Gun-Boats might be prepared (or ad ott At this time no rigging was o ver head, no fails bent, no arms ! or amrnui ition on board, but j inch was hi persevering labor ’ of, and ardent exertion of our teamen, that at four o’clock they failed, ready viclu'dled, manned, and in every refped prepared tor action, and under a Commander who will never dc taken all aback , or lhut his eyes at the fjuail. Capt. Davis, arrived at Phi ladelphia on the 28. ii uli from Lifjort, spoke, on the 19 h tilt, the (hip Hazard, i'6 days j Irorn Atnlltrdain —the captain j of which informed him, there j had been a dreadful engage- ! merit between ibe Ruffians and j : French, on the 2d of May, m j which the latter were defeated j Bonaparte had lolt art arm, | & was otiict wife bad;y wound- j cd. On the foregoing, the edi tor of the American Daily Ad vertiser, remarks —‘‘that (he | | ate It advices of the French j Grand Army, were to the 23d j of April—ft orn Amlterdam,on | the Bth of (via;, —and (torn ! London, the 16th- The Haz i ard mult have failed about the 20th of May, and conlequent |y bungs intelligence from the Continent of Europe, ten days later than has been heretofore received.” Charleston Paper. PATRIOT. V *;■ S’ * W !• •* .5. ,y > * * y >V. q, ,y s tr.lN\-.dll , July 10, ISO - We are autWifcd to afTurc th- p .bit'* < it the paragraph in the Virginia G; zet H.iiin * hat f die ot fli • g'-an-t jury v'c,e <!i3 n ft-l t.prefnt Oeu. •Wilkit.f n ft,r high * f' ,M v; 't alt tgether crrotieolta. Tin’ . that seven of thit hodv. under in ‘St ‘ h t hr hid too long concealed I is (rt royr.ry of t. e treaf.m of Anv Burr, were lup if-.’ to or-l'eot him for m fu rti „ of tp fu ; hut the ntli-r nine wr- o flninn, h.t he a arte I p url’ntly and and fer-edy to-tlv t'urpofe t.-f getting f.?me ft e !.-•- dr of the conspiracy into his power, an of duelling their m chinatiout. ; ad tha. It’s nte iti.int in die wdi*' e afT-ir l-a !; n. tonl ‘wen bee from guilt but highly -i patriotic, & pr i fewortliy. —Pirghiia Argut The c’ti/ens of ‘Tump'ori fnvt? j b-vn threaten, and with i at-n.-k I bfiiti th’ h’-vkadinjc sqmd on, j tinl ->a svnti rfs provision* are ob ! t.vnrd ns ti-ti;tl * Th- FJ vii ‘to- j tv .iw are carting Ha’U ant! n>ak*n? j c.iruidg s. to bi<l h.-tn v-lconc.’ j Petersburg hi publican. I OH ‘RI Esro.sr, July T o. A Uiici iiuii) RKiunond, ! d'ted (he tft July, roentioi s tlidt, in con eq ience of an of” ! fur from h* Ex. cut.ive Coun I cil of V’lrgi oa, to the Federal ! 1 f ourt, apartments ha I been j prepared in the Peni e-rrirv to ! which Col. Burr, had b en that j j day removed— Apartment* were also h ing up fay ili e recep j tion of Jonathan Dayton, ! ! the other petfons agamit whom j ’ Ihe Grand Jury had found bills J , lor high tieafon. I The Fiedeticklb irgh He j ruldol Friday ilie 26th ulr.(fares I that on the preceding dav, a | gentleman pair and through that ; town, charged wi;h diTatctv. s from the P efidenc of the U. States to ihe fed-ral Attorney at Richmond, who observed, that “ the difclojure of the ands p m dies would ajloaijh me world, A Butcher in the city, has, we underhand, entered into a contraD with government, for iuppiying o tr tioops and ves 1 (els in the Well Indies, with 1 Beef, &c. from Sou.h'Ainei” ica : For this purpolie he has lent out 20 butchers, and two perfonsconveifant mine fak ing bulinefs ; and g overnment, j we hear, has allotted an exten live t ad of land near M onte viedo, wi h a view to facilitate the important object of this ar rangement. Thelrifh ptovi fion irade will be aIF ted by the fuccels of this plan ; but it will, on the other hand, rt rider us independent of the A men can markets. London Paper, j LONDON, May 12. It is beyond a doubt we be j lieve that col. Crauford’s expe j dilion is gone againlt Lima.— i Vv e fear that the Idle minilters ! have afcied in this expedition as 1 they did in that to Co.iltantr nopb, fentan inadequate force. Lima is Itrong, and is not to be taken by a coup de main.— It is lix or (even miles from the sea (ide, and from the port of Cailoa. The whole amount J of col. Cranford s force does not exceed 500® men. Thai the late minnters have to leaf tered our military to rce is molt reprehenlible. II they wJiied to make a permanent iuipiclnon upon South Amdca, wny uiti thev not lend col. Lraulord to the river Piaie l They dtvid; our force in Incha manner a. to render it improbable that a 1 ny real good can be pioduced I any whciw-Five thoufaud men [ info the Sooth Seas— ’ ’!({ men in Alex* ,and ou (.! it riot ha \y ■ fjo r woo and u not aI To have been ‘•’ore calculated to have at a h. ‘1 Hnliia tons Would it not iave proved to her ihat our o! - letls were not iel.lifh, had we •in ted thefotces lent to Lima o'd to Alexandria, difpatchcd ” ro thr B - tic, and landed tt in Poland ? I’ is iiif-re where the ’•ea Itm-.gle is to take place. It is l><- e wheie ilir greatelt m rellian is to he made upon i Bonapatte. I* i the-e where luc j C( '* s w °nl Ihe moil important. l s is titere vvhere a vihlosy gait;* lei would do ilie moll towards | a t lining the great objects of 1 w .r, atni eurhi g th _■ ambition i and :>o v.’- () | Fiance. I w. s | to Polrf and. iherefore, that ( ,ur j views an , |f jrts fh.ni cl have j been f rincipa iy diieeied. M l.ether the enors of the j 1 3 e “’capa tie tnioiliry can he j r ‘paired we know not. The j Via tic has been open all ihe ! winter, but no a man has been I lent to join the Ruffians, and i “ eve r afctiviiy d< prefeiit | minilters may use, the 1,...tie ; u U<n which the fate of me j Continent is in ail ptoliahility to depend, wi I be lough; with” I out •"> to operation or ain f •nice having been sft icku y ihis country. But “the uieirT • were engrolled by the ca.hoiic j courelliuii and Scotch |.-w, be comi not attend to ihe t.onti r ice hr i were too much oc” cu ie.i m h .allo g the uiitid oi their own king to think of iein fnccots to any other. Since the oegimnnj of March, the Ruffian a< my under tiiem riets of gen. riemnngfen, iias been reirboiceu writ 85,000 <nem— Copenhagen Gazette of frli of May. Marine jnielli fence. S=■ ■ „ PORT OF SAVA.VM \.L P R hiy -.'ti Schr Mary-Ann; Hn on t. Th ov>*’ Union, i'uluid, i<lew|>r n, ( V. c) *'TA - ‘-Vs. . / y 1 hS s >■, tin K Vi i T isrlive he w It be iuf.nmU of fnnething liitc e.t.ur; t him t>\ *p.,i .mg to iu fom- Jt< r.H . T.r Pit rro*. Administrator’s Sate. On t‘ie s-2d day of August next, WILL rfR S ‘•,!), At tie house occupied by the Siibou i a\ A X Jtc LL the prrfonal orooer'v of Clarke Brown, dec. confiding of .-ne silver Watch —one pai of pucka pi.'toir-- onc iho.-gim and carioncli Ixn • ..• .1 . j trunk ami one larger trunk, y.’i i articles ot w uring appai el. Conditions C. ih. .Vi Olici \N vp . i,S. July 13. 1 > t.ls 50 Do 7 rs kicjo ird^ •>. g ven .0 am person V V appreh aiding <1 negro man called DICK, about five t-cet high, and about 21 v trs <>i . g •, is a likely country horn fellow He escaped Iron! rile custo ;v of tit • Subscriber, on lit*’ 2|s or A. prt! i.tv., near (.’rooked Bin r Bridge, mv person proving sad I 1 ’ gro to be liarooiirt'd by a while er.->oti or persons, shall receive ONib HU vJI) tKl> t) H.LA.iS, J'jSliPil CHEW'S, 1) S. .C. St. Mary e yen- it. 6i ftf) NOTICE. Subscriber forbids all persons, from t ois date, to give any credit on Ins account, without:! written order from Inn'. J. A. M JttfilC’K. 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