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heinsr converted into dollars.
WASHINGTON CITY, August 9.
The republican citizens of Philadelphia
have agreed to support Joseph Clay, as
their Representative inCongrefs.
adults and eleven children were
interred in the different burial grounds in
the City and Liberties of Philadelphia,
during the 24. hours ending the 4th init.
at noon, and four adults and fix children
on the sth, and two adults and eight chil
dren on the 6'h.
Ycderday arrived the Frigate Essex,
Capt. Ba inbridge.
In the Official Gazette of St. Domin
ffoof the 14th July, (of which a regular
series to that date is received at the office
of the Mercantile Adverrifer) the gene
ral in chief orders, that from the 19th
day of July, all vellels, French as well
as foreign, at the time of clearance from
a ny ports of the colony, (hall pay a ton
nage duty of 80 centimes per ton, to be
appropriated for repairing the wharves,
&c. of the (aid ports, which are at pre
sent in a ruinous condition ; vessels in
ballad to pay half that sum.
An arrette iffaed previous to the above
or'dcrs, that the condition required of a
jefiJcnt merchant, previous to his aiding
as consignee to foreign vessels, lhall be a
jclhlencc of fix months in a permanent
habitation, after having eftablilhed a house
of commerce in the colony. This dispo
sition applies only to foreigners. French
citizens are domiciliated from the moment
of their arrival.
Mr. Pichon has, we are informed,
received orders from France to colled! the
votes of the French citizens residing in
the United States on the question of the
re eleftion of the First Consul for life ;
and reglfters are opened to that purpose
in the French consular offices in the Unit
ed States.
The republican citizens of Delaware
have agreed to support Ceefar A. Rodney,
as Representative to Congress. We are
convinced that a majority of the citizens
of this state are republican. It becomes
them to refeue their political character
from the cloud thrown over it by the vi
olent and diforganifing conducd of their
present representative.
NORFOLK, August 10.
Capt. Dale, arrived at Alexandria from
Aax-Cayes, brings the difagreeablc in
telligence of the death of Mr. Dan
dridge, the American Consul at that
place.
Capt. Hipkins, twelve days from Tor
tola, informs, that the day before he fail
ed, the liland of Tortola was declared a
Free Port.
Capt. Davis, arrived on Sunday, from
Cape Francois, informs, that on the 20th
July, every white inhabitant of the Is
land of Tortuga, were murdered by the
negroes. The moment the information
was received at the Cape, two frigates
full of troops were dispatched from that
place to quell the infurredtion.
FREDERICKSBURG, August 6.
Arrived at this port on the id instant,
capt. Hill, cf the Atlantic, n days
from St. Johns (Antigua) and 8 from St.
Thomas’s—To whole politeness we are
indebted for the following interesting ar-
The Windward Illands have been giv
en up by the Englilh, (agreeable to trea
ty) on the 21 ft ult. The French were not
in a situation to take pofteffion of Marti
nique, as some apprehensions. are enter
tained as to the good demeanor of the ne
groes of that island.
The Danes have laid heavy duties on
exportations; and exaft very extravagant
charges,
Augitfi io.
Esfrafi of a letter from an officer on hoard
the Chesapeake frigate, to a gentleman
in this town, dated.
** Before Gibraltar, June 21,
“ Our frigate is clearly refitted and
fill proceed on its cruize in a few hours ;
11 is hourly expedled here, that the Em
j petor of Morocco and the Tunisians will
declare war with the United States. A
from Ma: fellies, which arrived here
night, brings news that seven Tunifi
[ crullers engaged the American frigate
I a few days ago, and that the Bof-
I * oil loft in the adlion a number of men
I Jn l several officers, and that they dis-
I ’nailed two of the enemy, and (battered
I we rest very much ; this is generally be
-1 leVf d, It is also reported that the Moors
I arc fitting out two frigates in Tangiers
{ °* 36 and 28 guns, with great expediti
j fi—wc lhall be off the port where these
I lye, some time to-morrow, and
| toald they venture out, I hope to give
I * oaa better account of them. The Alge-
I tln ' s have taken several British merchant-
I a (hip of the line and one frigate,
left this place in consequence for Algiers
a few days ago. We are called to get
under way, so is the vessel that will carry
this, so adieu, &c.”
On Saturday last was committed to the
jail of this town, a man named Newel
Walton, charged with having in possessi
on three Lafcars or Malayans, with in
tent to convey them to Georgia, to fell
for slaves, they were clandestinely con.
veyed from Baltimore, at which port they
arrived, and had got near 30 miles to the
southward of this place, when they were
overtaken and brought back.
WILMINGTON, (n. c.) Aug, 5.
The schooner Dispatch, capt. Spain,
arrived here on Monday last from St.
Kitts, via. St. Thomas, ten days from
the latter port, bringing information that
a few days before his leaving St. Kitts,
accounts had been received ihere, and ge
nerally credited, that 5000 colored peo
ple had been transported from Guadaloupe
to the mines of Peru, A Guineaman had )
arrived at Baffetterre, Guadaloupe, and
fold her Haves there* An infurreftion
had been attempted at Martinique, but
checked, and fix of the leaders of it exe
cuted. A French corvette had arrived at
St. Pierre’s, Martinique, which preceded
the fleet three days, with 10,000 troops
on board.
CHARLESTON, Auguji it.
On the 15th ult. about 5 minutes be
fore 11 p, m. a (hock of an earthquake
was felt at Fort Royal, in the iHand of
Martinique; and on the i6fh, 10 mi
nutes before 9 a. m. there was another
mod violent (hock, which latted two
minutes ; several stone walls were levelled
to the ground, and one or two men were
killed, and several badly wounded; a
(hip of war, several leagues from the land,
felt it very severely ; the (hipping in the
harbor sustained no injury.
The corporation of this city have di
rected that an account of the deaths there
in, for the month of July, in the present
year, (hould be published. From the
llatement made by the marshal, it appears
that 27 whites and 37 blacks died in the
course of that month; among the whites
were one seamen and two transient persons.
On comparing the month of July of the
years 1800 and 1801 with the fame month
in the present year, the rcfults arc, that
in 1800 the deaths were 111, of which
71 were white and 40 blacks; twenty
three of these numbers were cases of the
yellow fever. In 1801 the total of deaths
was the fame, 111, viz. 57 whites and
54. blacks, ten of tfhich were cases of the
yellow fever. In the month of July in
the present year, no case of the yellow
fever appeared.
From the census taken by the marshal
of the diftrift, it appears, that the in
habitants of this city, including the neck,
amounted last year to 20,578, viz. 10,
659 whites and 9,819 blacks.
A letter from Bourdeaux, dated June
3, received at Philadelphia, informs,
that the Eaft-lndia and China trade, is
to be free to every French citizen; and
that it is made almost certain, that fo
reigners will be immediately put under
the fame reftriftions, with refpedt to the
French colonial trade, as before the re
volution.
By the ACHve, lately arrived at New-
York, from Canton, have been received
a few likenefl'es of the illustrious Gen.
Wathington, executed on glass in a su
perb and masterly style by an eminent
Chinese artist. The resemblance is striking,
and the manner approaches to Stuart’s hap
piest efforts.
AUGUSTA, Aug. 21.
DIED, at Frederickfburg, in Virginia,
on the z Ift July, Gen. Lewis Little
page, in the 54th year of his age. He
was appointed firft confidential Secretary
in the Council of Stanillaus Augustus,
late King of Poland, in March, 1786,
and continued in that office until the sub
version of that unhappy empire.
No. 111.
Fellow-Citizens,
If they who are actuated by a regard
to the public good should carry the day
at the approaching eleftion, and honest
disinterested men (hould generally be chos
en to represent us in the next alfembly,
the important question will come honestly
before them, What course will the public
good require them to pursue in disposing of
the land lately purchafod of the Indians ?
It may perhaps be ufeful to examine a
little the different plans that have been
proposed. The three which have been
mostly mentioned are 1. To g*.ve it away
in equal proportion to all the present ci
tizens of this State, zdly To fell it for
what it is worth and bring the monies
into the treasury for the common benefit
of the citizens, or 3d!/ To apply it to
discharge outstanding land warrants, and
other similar obligations of the state,
by which they mean the four following
descriptions of public paper now in cir
culation, viz, the mile square warrants
to the state troops—-the old bounty war
rants which yet remain outstanding—the
headright warrants formerly given to the
citizens, and which have never b«n ser
ved, —and the audited certificates and o
ther certificates of state debt. Os thefc
four kinds of obligations as they are call
ed, the person who is pofleffed of either
of them, of course thinks the one he has
is the firft and strongest obligation upon
the state, and that it must by all means
be immediately provided for, if the others
are not. The holders of audited certifi
cates, &c. fay their debt was firft con
traded, they are in pofleffion of the old
est obligation, and that upon all principles
of just ice, according to the rules of all
courts, in payment of old debts, the olJ
eft debt is entitled to the preference, the
firft debt should have the firft payment.
The holders of old land warrants fay,
that theirs is an adual order in their fa
vor that so much land Hi all be surveyed
for them out of any vacant land that can
be found, and that now vacant land is to
be found, their warrants ought not to
be obftruded and defeated.
The holders of the mile square bounties
to the state troops fay, that theirs is a
promise made lince any of the rest, as it
forms the latest obligation so it ought to
be most frefh in the recolledion of those
who gave it, and be firft paid. To thefc
last it is often observed, that theirs ne
ver was a complete and equitable obliga
tion against the state, that when they
plead superior right they ought at least to
be able to (hew equal equity; that they
never did in truth perform the services
which were the real and equitable condi
tion of their receiving the bounty ; they
were volunteers who were to carry war
into the Indian country,, the only allow
ance for which by the contrail was to be
a mile square of the lands thus conquered;
that as they never did carry the war into
the Indian country and conquer lands,
the firft contract in the spirit of it entirely
failed, and the individuals concerned,
conscious of it, came forward with a
tition to the assembly two years after
wards, stating that they had been out on
duty and performed services for which
they could obtain no corrpenfation, and
praying equitable payment might be made
them, their petition was granted and
they received their payment. It is true
the {peculators have tried to weave in
some provision for their mile square war.
rants which they conflicted as a part of
the tools of their trade, but the spirit of
the contrafl was destroyed, it became a
nudum paStum paper for which no con
sideration had been received, and not ca
pable of being plead in equity to the as
sembly.
It is further to be observed that this
land was only to be given to the persons
who performed the fcrvice, that the state
was aware of the mifehief of making them
the fubjeft of speculation, so that an in
dividual might purchase them up for a
small value, and thus engross a million of
acres contrary to the spirit of all our laws
from the firft settlement of Georgia. The
promise was therefore specially confined
to the person who performed the service.
Further to prove the fame thing, an ex
press clause was introduced, that in case
he was dead his widow or children might
receive it, by which it clearly appears
that it was not intended to extend it to
any other persons, or to make it a fubjeft
of speculation. As to all warrants, eve
ry person who has been long in the state
knows, that ninety-nine out of a hundred
of them are counterfeits. Though the
soldiers and citizens who were here in the
time of the war were but few in number,
and could not have received bounties e
nough to cover one million acres, fix
million have been laid in the county of
Montgomery only, and in the fame pro
portion in the other counties, and yet
the old land warrants now in circulation
seem to be as numerous and plenty as ever.
The fame observations apply with equal
force to audited certificates, and are ano
ther proof of the ravages which speculators
and unfaithful servants have made upon us,
and of the justice of the remarks in the
' former part of these observations. There
is reason to believe that the old o‘Brien
and Wade certificates, the rattle-snake
and indigo paper money, and even the old
continental bills, upon the principles of
equity and conscience, conftituteas strong
an obligation against the state, and have
as many honest cases among them, as
either of the above descriptions. What
ever the state thinks proper to do on thefc
fubje&s Should be refy maturely weighed,
and adopted with great caution, and
no means in a hurry under the pressure of
this particular occasion.
A CITIZEN.
For the information of the pood citizens
of South-Carolina and Georgia, and
especially those whom it does more imme
diately concern .*
WHEREAS it has beep re prefect
cd to me by divers persons of re
fpeft ability, that George Latham, haa
been offering for fa'e certain lands m
Barnwell, (formerly Orangeburg) diftritff,
ttate of South-Carolina, originally grant*
ed to William Minor and,George La
tham, Ido hereby caution and forward
all persons against: purchasing said land
of him, or any part or parcel thereof,
as he can have no possible right or title
to said land, or any part of it; said land
being already fold, and regularly con
veyed, under a power of attorney from,
him (said Latham) to William Minor,
fen. (the underwritten) both the power
of attorney and conveyance appear on
the records of Orangeburg diftrid, psicr
to any other conveyance on record
live to said lands —dp also inform,
1 have given Mr. * Latham credit in
his account, for vnt half of what I
fold the lands for-jalfo, that Mr, La
tham did, on the 19th of December,
1794, acknowledgeSmy right to fell the.
said lands, by drawing out his account of
falesof said lands, (wearing to the just
ness of it, and id'uing attachment against:
my property in Augusta, in order to compel'
payment, although Ihc balance was con
fidcrably in my favor, and he of courts
caff in his fait—alfo, that after thefa
tranfadions in Augusta, he proceeded to
Philadelphia, and fold said lands to a Mr.
Robert Shaw , merchant there, and rccciv
cd payment from him. Should he a I (Ft'
this publication, attempt to fell those
lands over again, I hereby forwarn all
persons from purchaffng fail lands of
him. If it (hould be slkcd why he does
not account with me in South Carolina',-
where I reside, it may be anfwcrcd, bc
caufe he has not honeffy enough to ac
count with me for money I paid for hifn
into the Treasury, and the other state of
fices, which was to entitle him to one
Half said lands, 836 15 4 sterling,
exclusive of many years intcrelf, and o
thet monies, &c.
WILLIAM MINOR.
Augujl 19
NOTICE.
'T’HOSE who are desirous of
withdrawing their names Iroin
the AUGUSTA JOCKEY CLU3 , will
plcafe give notice to the Secretary in
writing, three months previous to the
commencement of the Races, which will
commence the last Wcdnefday in Febru
ary 1805, agreeable to a role entered
into by the Augusta Jockey Club- , lm l
NICHOLAS FOX, Sec*ry. jl
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Atmy Vendue Store, THUVMORNING ,
oh 10 oJXfck,
willWe sold,
AN except DRAUGHT
HORSE/ \
J/B. WILKINSON, AucVr.
GEORGIA, Hancock county,
By Myles Green, clerk of the court
of ordinary for said county •
WHEREAS Arthur Herring has ap
plied to me for letters of admbti~
firaiion on the e/Lite andf 4 ejfels cf Daniel
Herring, late of \Uisjjfiunty, dec.
THESE are thatford to cite and admo
nijh all and finmtar the kindred and cre
ditors of theJtttd akeajed, to be and ap
pear at myMfice within the time a-bwed
by law, iwhzw cause , if any they have, why
[aid letters Jhould not be granted.
GIVEN under my hand at office, this
sijl day of July 1802,
M. GREEN, c. c. o. /
GEORGIA, Warren County.
By Septimus Weatherby, clerk of
the court of Ordinary for said county.
WHEREAS Thomas Hutchins has
VV applied toyne for Uuers of ad
minijlration on thmjlate/and cfficls of
John Hutchins, late pAtlgs county, dec,
THESE are therefore to cite and ad
monijh all and ftnjulag the kindred and
creditors of said deftafed, to be and appear
before the court of ordinary to be held for
said county onjru jirfl Monday in Olivier
next , or within thirty days from this injt.
to shew cause, if any they have, why said
letters jhould not be granted,
GIVEN under my hand at cjffi:e t f*
this sth day oj Augujl, 1802.
S, WEATHERBY, c. c,