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ARGUS.
“Here TRUTHunlicent’d rei.ags,
sitij dnre accost e'en lings themselves,
...Or rulers of the free."
'MfLLLTJGEVlU.E:
iussu.tr aYaS.ch 27, J siu
—4**V—
1 The Supciidr Court forthe
county of Baldwin, at which
Juvige Carnes prefided, •adjourn
ed yeftejjday after a week’s fef-
fioil. During the term fcveral
important decisions were made,
and net among the lead thofe
which we conceive render void
the Road Laws, Patrole Laws,
Sc :. ' On Friday the Grand Ju
ry were difeharged, previous to
which, however, they; through
theirforeman handed in the fol
lowing requeft, &c. ‘"and on
Monday the Judge/had the or
der which accompanies it enter
ed on the minutes.
GEORGIA, Baldwin county.
The Grand Jury rcquefl his
honor the Judge to appoint three
coininiffioners to examine into
• the funds of the county, & to re
port fpecially to tlienext Grand
juiyfor their infpe&ion. The
Ju y has not any thing of im-
. portance to prefent as a gviev-
1 ance.
Cadwnlladcr Raines; Foreman.
The Court ■ took into con-
• f:hration the recommendation
and presentment* of the Grand
Jury on the fubjeft of the ap
pointment of c-ommflioners to
examine into the funds of the
county &c. and thereupon np-
• pointed Auguflin Harris, Sam
uel Cunningham and Francis
•fvnith Efqrs. as commitlioners
to examine into the date of the
county funds, and they or a ma
jority of them are hereby requir
ed to afeertain thefituation of the
fa id funds and report the refult
“•o' their enquiries on thejubjeft
•to the Grand Jury at the enfuing
•term.
d nd it is further Ordered,
That the Clerk of this Court
make out a certified copy of
the above for each commiOion-
cr, and that the Sheriff lerve the
lasnc on the faid comritiflioners
Y'fpeftively within twenty days
after the adjournment of -this
X' urt.
A true exfraft from the minutes,
26ih March, 1810.
TIIO.H KENAN, C/L
* 11 this cafe the Grand Jury
burly requefted the Judge to
appoint commiifioners to exam
ine the funds of the county ;—
and we contend, that although
his honor has, in taking order
upon this rcquefl, added “pro-
fentment,” no fuch inference
can diredly or indirectly be
made. We make thefe remarks,
becaufe we are well aware that
there are ceitain ambitious men
in this county, who are not fatis-
ficj with any mm who ads con-
traiy to their w ifhes, nor are they
Satisfied with any ad which is
not made fubfervient to their
cvpti e. They have been anxi
ous that thelnferiorCourt (Iiould
be prefented, and it this exprel-
fton fhoulcl pafs unnoticed, how-
ever lar it might be from the
intention of his honor, they may
p-rvert the fair and candid re
quell of the Grand Jury, into a
pri fentmcnt of the county offi
cevs ,'lh"i> by including the^Judi-
ct*s or (tie laf rior Court. 4 -—AYt
contend that fuel) aninfenne
would be unjufi,unfair, and un
candid !
The Washington City papers
brought by the Athens mail are
as late as the Kith Marqh~from
whi< h we lelecl ft-veral impor-
t '-iti artit.lt-s ol inleliigeii :c—the
following article, confirms the
information contained in the
letter of Capt. Cobb, publiihedj
in the lad Argus.
The Secretary of State has re
ceived from Mr. Pinkney a private
letter of the +th January, detailing
the particulars of a long conference
at the foreign office with Lord Wel-
lefiy. This letter explicitly dates
that the Dritifh miniflerdid not at
tempt to vindicate Mr. Jackfon ;
on the contrary, he admitted that he
w.i6 in the wrong, that lie mud re
turn and that a fucceffor would b.»
font out to the United States.
* Nat. Intel.
We have-rei.eived files of various
London prints to the 1 tdeh of Janua
ry inchifive, from which wc have
extracted a few articles of intelli
gence in addition to thofe already
given, which embrace almolt all the
news of importance they -contain
If thefe papers he taken as indica
tive of the opinion entertained in
England of the conduct of Mr.
Jacklor., no doubt can be entertained
montd Their con Juft has not only! Mr. Giles alio prefented a return
been applauded by their friends-, 1 from the department of War, of all
its correftnefs is flamptcd by the! our military munitions, &c together
approbation, if not of their enemies, with a correfp mdence with the Se-
i at fi ll of thofe 'who are molt inter- cretavy of War, on the fubjeft of the
efted in demonftrating its errorr In
ufitig this language we mean to con
vey no rcproaCb on the Britilh mitiif
try. On the contrary, we hope
that the magnanimity, that admits
its agent to have done wrong, is the
prt-curfor of milder feelings and
more-liberal and enlightened views
towards this country } feelings and
views, which, if entertained by the
new Englifh miinftry,' cannot fail to
ifTue in the happy adjullment of our
difFereuces. ib.
CONGRESS.
IN SEN. 1TB.
March I?.
The bill to prevent the ifTuing of
fea letters, except to certain veffels,
was read a thihl time as amended,
and paffed.
■MR. I.IUB’s RPSOLUTIONS.
Mr. Leib remarked that he had
fulvnitted the refolutions upon the
table of tlie Senate under a convic
of its'.general reprobation. Indeed } rion, that rlie honor ami interell of
the Courier is the only . print' vre ! -the nation required filch a courfe of
have feen that justifies it, arid that ; meafures. He believed'that it was
only partially. Yv e have made two 1 time to have done with-a war of
intevefting extuflf from the Morn
ing Chronicle* and Bells Weekly
Meffi-riger, and fliall in our trext pa
per, give other extrnfts.ferving to
fhew the light in which the fubjeft
is'Vitfwed.
Neither the letters or papers re
ceived from England confirm the
previous information that Mr. Can
ning had been appointed ' to the
place of Firit Lord of the Admiral
ty. From this filence it muft be
inferred that the infot mat ion hr un
founded:
It is proper to add, that the lalcft
information rccived in England
| words, and -with what had been
termed gafeonade; that the cup of
expedients Jiad been drained to the
lafl dregs, and that a new mode of
warfare became indifpenfible to vin-
dica e-ifwr Jior.or and aflert our rights,
-His iw.preflionti were, that a deter
mined altitude alone could refiue us
from the oppfeflbv’s wrong awaken
a fettle of jultice, Or lead to that ne-
cefTiry alternative, which an injured
nation is fometimes tbliged to re-
fort to, to avoid greater-calamity.
- He faid, that he was no friend to
•bills.
Mr. Giles prefented the memorial
of the-Legiflature of the Orleans ter
ritory, -reinonflrating on the incon
veniences which have been the con-
' fcquences of their fyttem of govern
ment, and praying to be admitted in
to the union. Referred to MefTrs.
Giles, Bradley, Crawford, Goodrich
and Gregg.
Mr. Bayard ln\i\ upon the table the
following vefolution :
Rcfolved, That the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury of the
ISih of Dec. 1790, and alto the re
port of the Secretary of the Treasury
of the 2d of March, 1809, on the
fubjeft of a national bank, be refer
red to a feleft committee, and that
the committee have leave to report
by bill or otlrerivife.
The bill providing for taking the
third cenfusof the inhabitants of the
IJ. S. was read a third time, aild
palled as amended.
■March 1 3.
•Mr. Bayard's motion made yeller-
dnv was taken up and agreed to ; and
McTE's. Bayard, Crawford, Ander-
fon, Smith, (Md.) and Frankl-hi, ap
pointed a committee accordingly.
The Senate took up for confider-
ation the amendments reported fome
time ago by a feleft committee to
the bill for the improvement of the
United States, by public roads and
canals--and difagreed to the fame
The bill -therefore is reftored to its
priftine flare.
The further confiderarion thereof
was.pollponed till to-mo:row.
House of representatives.
March 12.
Mr. Randolph, from Virginia, Bp-
war, that peace was the firft'wifh of
his heart—but that lie could not ! P eare d and took his feat
confent to preferve it by a proflitu- I March IS.
of December, when Mr. Giles’s . rion of tlie attributes of freemen ‘ ARMY OF THEX'rtlTED states.
refolutions had palled the Senate, lufult, robbery and murder cried Mr. Neivtsii Hated that he had
but had not been afted upon by tlie aloud tor julfice or for ‘vengeance, been unanimoufly direfted by ihe
Houfe of Reprefentatives. m. knd duty required of him the aid of committee, to wliftm was referred
~ r "■ ^ j his fedbie efforts' to refeue' the na- ,-the report rtf fhe Secretary of War
We learn thaf a veitel is in the t:o:i front degradation. j on the ltute of the army of die U.
Bay of Chefapeake, which left Lon- ; He remarked, that ine refolutions j S. to offer the -fcUmving refolutions:
the 12ih of January. The : were direfted agshvit one of the bel- I - Refolvtd, That the cdrfimittec to
lin, charged with difpatches-to ' ligerents only, and lie would alfign i whom has been referred the'report
don
captain
the Secretary of. State, has anived his reafons for the difedmination,
at Baltimore,-but left them on board and'why he had Teit-fted G. Britain
his vclTcl. ^ _ j far thetr objeft. It had'be'en sdinit-
\Ve further k-r.rn that letters arc ted that v/e had a right tochoofe r ur
received in this City from Morlaix, enemy, and G. Brirain was felecled.
in France, as late as -the I ltii of j Becaufe flte was firit in the career
January, which (Lite that Mr Pow- of maritime defpotifm, mid had ex-
ell, bearing difpatchcs to General erciled it with unrelenting feverity.
Armftrong, had pafled through that j ;Bccaufe fiie (lands alone in tlie im-
place to Paris, having received pafT- ' prefsment of our cirirens, and
ports for tlt.it purpoie. ilooms them to ignominious punilli-
We continue our feleft ions'from 1 mem, or compels then! to fight her
the late Britilh papers. The frrit | battles.
article fubjoiticd is front the Courier, I Becaufe the national'honor had
a d< cidcdiy minilteria!’ print, which, : been vitally woun'dcd'tn tlie attack
it will be^ teen, pointedly condemns ! upon our Hag—and,
the conduft of Mr. Jackion, dcclar- j Becaufe the has heaped outrage
that he mutt'have been aware upon aggYvliion, Arid has imbrued
her hands in the innocent biood of
our citizens.
Since tlie refoluiions'wcrc offered,
of tlie improbability of Mr. Eiftnne
having exhibited his inftruftions t<*
the Secretary of State, and that had
he believed the Secretary had. feen
of -the Secretary of War, made in
obedience to a refdlution of rhe
Houle of the 2£d January, 1810,
be inftrufted to enquire into the
caufe or caufes of tire great Inortali-
ty in that detachment of the army
of the U. States ordered for the
defence of New-Orleans ; and that
the colmmittee be authorifed to fend
for perfons and papers. ,
The refolurioii was agreed to
without oppolition.
AUJOUIIN went of congress.
Mr. Al'fte called for the confi-
dcratioti of his refolution to adjourn
on the 2d'day of April.
"Mi. Love moved to amend it by
ftriking out the fectud day arid infert-
ing the fourth Monday.
Mr. IV. Aljlon moved to pofl-
pcr.e it till Monday next
moved to poflpone it
he believed the Secretary had: feen t' he tunlier remarked, the al'peftofj Mr Wins moved to poflj
mem, full he could not but feel that j tilings feemed to be fomewhat varied, | fill the firit Monday in April,
any recurrence to that circumRance ! arid a hope is entertained, from the | Meffis. Love, W. A If ton,
mil'll nA? An e\C »V. » A * 1 • • 1 ■ r \ '
l , Nelfon
cou.i iioi. oe o the ;e »(l utility in i advifes received, thv.t a change of at- j and Sifrilie advocated a poftpone-
the negncif.tion entrufied to him. titude may be rendered unnecdTjry, ment, becaufe the houfe had not yet
HOw liunnliatmg mull the-fed- ‘ ‘ ‘
ings ol thole men in this country
now be, who have fo devotedly ad
vocated tlie comluft of Mr. Jack-
foil. They have told us of the nice
honor of the Britith government, of
its indignant fpirit at infult, and
foretold, with confidence, its reient
iner.t. Deferring the tanners of
their own government, they have
placed them tel ves under a foreign
ikandard. How woeful the dif.-.p
pointment of all theirliwpea! flow
gaiimg ti.e rsfleftion, that in pane-
gyrifiug the Britilli goverutnent they
have been heapir.g coals of fire on
thetr own heads, and, out of their,
own rntn-ths, -condemning them-
fetvcj. I hefe remarks ought not.
to be taken a» applicable to the grea’
body of the federal party-; they ap
ply exclufivcly to a ’few ambitious
inen, whole objeft is power, atKl
who’-.n ine ardor of thetr purfuit
untorfunately too olten dilreguard
Jte mentis ufed by them. The
feelings of the great m.tfs of tile
fcdcralitls wote pure, until they per
verted them, and there was the ut-
mott unanimity, until they dcltruy-
ed it.
How diff-rent the feelings of
thole who adniimUer our govetn-
and that under prefent circutr.(lances been able to aft on the fubjeft of our
lucli change is inexpedient and may foreign relations, and were in daily
prove injurious. However fcepfical | expectation of information which
he might be on this fubjeft, he' had would entble t'hsm to aft conclufive-
no with to embarlafs the admiriiftra-
tron in its negociations—but bn the
contrary he wiwed to give full fcopc
to any efforts for an amicable adjuit-
inent of our differences. He withed
not to throw in a cloud to intercept
tli.it glimpfe which was fuppofed to
be breaking in upon us. His enmi
ties, he faid, were national, and
Would ceale with the caufe of excite
ment. Under thefe imprefftons, tmd
in deference to the judgment of po
litical us well as perfonal fliem’.s, to
Whofe opinions he was always ready
to retider a willing homage, he faid,
that he would withdraw the refolu-
!y—that there were many important
fubjefts before the Houle to be de
cided before adjournment, & which
it would be iinpodibleto get through
within fo lhort a time—that it would
produce no good now to adopt the
refolution, and would do injury by
creating confufion, the refult of tire
anxiety of each member to'ha-ve-that
fubjeft firlt decided in which he
felt molt interelled.
Mr. M'K.e uppofed tire poftpone-
ment, becaufe if the argument of
the prefure ofbiifinefs was allowed,
it would hold equally good againlt
adjournment at any time, and Con
tions, rclervrng to himlelf the right i grefs would be always in feffion ;
to renew them under other circuni- he faid that living the day for ad-
dances. journmeiit would greately accelerate
Mr. Giles from the committee to , buftnefs, and no doi.be all neceff.ry
whom v-as referred the mefi.tgc of bulinefi could be done in the time
the Brefident of the U. S. ol the 3d i nientiot.ed in the refolution. Mr.
January, reported a bill appropriating ' Livermore was againlt poltponemcnt
a turn ol money for procuring niutti. becanle he could not conceive why
tions ol war, and for other purpofes • - — - - - -
—and a bill for the ellablKliment of
•t quarter quitter's department. Tltcfe
bills were fcverallv pafled to a f-.-cot.d
■reading.
i i
the feffion would lie prolonged; lie
had heard on all hands that good
news had been received from Eu
rope, and lie conceived therefore
Cougrpfs li*d twilling to do but to
adjourn as ipcedily as pr.ffible, a
thus put an end to the non in:*-
courfc law.
The motion for pofiponenic.i-
till the 2d Monday in April, \ va
decided by Yeas and Nays and lo((.
Tlie further confideration of -,1 H \
refolution was then poflppn C! j tl -
Moiiilav next. Ayes 71.
March U.
Mr Stanford faid that as he i R .
tended, when the Poll-Office bill
came under confideration, to move
to difeontinue the exprefs mail to
New-Orleans, via Athens, Georgiy
or at lead a part of it, he wiffi^d ; 0 *
obtain an account of the eipence of
it, which was enormous. He be
lieved it 1. ad cod more than 100,000
dollars finre its eftabliflunent, and he
proceeds fi om it had been little ct
nothing in comparifon. He moved
a refolution calling upon the Poll-
mailer-genera 1 for an account of the
cxpence and proceeds of the mail
from Walhingbon to New-Orleans.
This morion, after fome conver- j
f.ition between MefTrs. Shctfv-r,
Taylor, Rhea, of T. Taylor, Stan- I
ford, Lyon, W. Alfton, Bibb, and
Clay, was fubllanturily agreed to.
•March 15.
•COMMERCIAL BILL.
Mr Macon made the following re
port, which was ordered to be print.
ed :
“ The conferees on the part of the
two Houfes on the difagreeing votes
on the bill « refpedling commercial
intercourfe between the TT. S. and
Great Britain and France-and for o-
tlier perpofes” have met, and thofe
on the part of the Houfe of Repre-
for.ratives report, That they have met
the conferees on the: part of the Se
nate, and that they have not agreed
on any modification of the bill, nor
have either agreedto recede.
“ T)id“confer«es on the part of the
Senate made a propofliion to infert,
in the room of the -1'eftions flricken
out, the following : “ Be it further
enaftfd, that the Prefident of the
U States be and he hereby is author-
ifi-d to employ the public armed vef-
felsof the Unherd States in convoy
ing tlie merchant veflels of the Uni
ted States, wholly owned by a citi
zen or citizens thereof and laden
witli cargoes' wholly -the property of
a-citiceuor citizens of the United
States, and to iffue infhuftions
which (ha'll be conformable to the
iaws tuid -nfages of nations, for the
government of the (hips which may
be employed in convoying fuch mer
chant veffels.” To which thecon-
fereeson the part of the HouPe difa-
greed.
“ The conferees on the part of the
Hcale of Reprefentatives made the
following propofition : To permit
Bririfli merchant veffels to import
into the United States Britilh pro
duce and manufaftures, but not to
export any article whatever ; to per
mit French merchant veffels to im.
port into the United States, French
produce and manufaftures, but not
to-export any article whatever ; to
retain the 10th and I3ih feftions ;
and to explain tlie 12th feftion
touching tlie ^penalties and forfeit
ures under the embargo aft. To
which the conferees on the part of
(lie Senate difagreed.”
NEW-YORK, March 11-
Tlie fhip Atlantic left Cadiz
on the 20th of Jan. By her we
learn verbally, that a battle was
foaght the beginning ot Jan. in
which the Spanifh army was
dtfperled by the French. That
a large French army was ap
proaching Andaluffa ; That the
Supreme Junta had ordered
apartments at Cadiz where they
were expefted about the firft of
Feb. T hat the Spanifh (hips of
war at Cadiz were bending fail,
and in other refpefts preparing
lor fea.
It was reported at Cadiz, that
there was a ferious infurreftion,
in the fouth of France, that the
leaders of it had folicited niar-
fhal Maflena to become their
commanker in chief j and that,
this ftate of things was comnm -
nicated to lord Coliingwood,
probably for the purpofe of
foliating his aid in furthering
their views.
Captain Pitfd informs the
editors ol the £1. York Gazette,
