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I ire ffilps an( * ent t 0 l^ c ma * ne » w ich the intention, it was supposed, of 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,