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Lumber of boats went out in pursuit of.
I the Serpent; that the Serpent sooti t
led upon hi? pursuers; and that they. wii :
[meat diflniculty, succeeded in reaching
I Two thousand dollars had
I been offered for his
\ftper.
I yeghd and ruin of Chur dins. —ln a
Ijatc Liverpool paper, it is mentioned a
L serious tnd remarkable fact, “that
■Within the last seventy years, many o
■the finest ancient Churches in G eat Hri
I tain, in consequence of constant neglect,
I have suddenly fallen down in utter ruin.
lln support of the truth of this remark, the
[editor adduces the foilo ing Jinstancts.
LAbout the year 1750, the large Par. 7
[church of Whitechurch, in Snropshire,
I instantaneously fell on a Sunday, between
[the morning and evening service. In the
Lear 1786 part of the great nave, andu.,
Lliole of the curious and magnificieat
ftont of Herefor Cathedral gave way, and
Ki a moment became a heap of ruins. In
pesame yearvthe Parish Church
|if St. Chad* fP Shrewsbury, also sud
denly feH down. In the following year,
Ife Church of Banbury, one of the larg
■cst in the kingdom, shared the same tale;
End the newspapers-of 1800 informed us
■of the sudden and complete ruin of the
■beautiful Church of Chelmsford, in e.-sex.
[in 1809, the steeple of St. Nicholas
[Church, Liverpool, fell on the Sabbath,
whilst the congragation were assembling
Ifoixmorning service, and killed and maim
ed a jgreat number!”
I DR. FRANKLIN S LETTERS.
I William Temple Franklin, his grand- 1
[son, has lately published in 4to a second
[volume of Dr. Franklin’s private curres-
Ipondence, <§fc. from Jo to ’9O. The fol
[fowing truly characteristic extracts are
[from a letter to Mr. Jordan, of London,
Mated May 18th, 1817, when the doctor
Las verging towards eighty.
[ “Yougive me joy in telling me that you ,
are upon the pinnacle of content ;
—One means of becoming content
with one’s situation, is the compar
ing it with a worse. Thus, when 1 con
suler how many terrible diseases the hu
[man body is liable to, I comfort myself
[that only three inouraole ones have fallen
■to my share, viz. the gout, the stone, and
■old age, and that these have not yet de- !
Iprived me of ray natural cheerfulness, .
■my delight in books, and enjoyments in
[social conversation.
I “la n glad to hear that Mr. Fitzmau-
Iriceis married, and has an amiable 'ady
■ami children. It is a better plan than he
■once proposed to Mrs. Wright tomak*
■him a wax-work wife to sit at the head of
Ihis table. For after all, wedlock is the
■mtaral state of man. A batchelor is not
Bcoiuplete human being. He is like the
Baifof a pair of scisors, which has not yet
Bound its fellow, and therefore not half so
Iseful as they might be together.”
Interesting original anec
! dotes.
I The following interesting Anecdotes,
■ere communicated'to the editor of the
■hiladelphia True American, by a gen
lleman who was in England at the time
If their occurrence; Since the peace,
Ire have received many flattering testi-
Bionials of a change of popular teeling
Bn Britain, in regard to our com try and
Boontrymen; and these constitute not
Blhe least.
LOOK AT THIS,
j At an annual meeting of a Bible Socic-
Ityin England, during the late war* the
■ Rev. Dr. Romeynfwas present, and with
I several speakers addressed the assembly.
I When Dr. R. informed the audience that
■ he was an American, yet, notwithstand
-1 itig the hostility between the two coun-
I fries, felicitated himself that he could
I meet Englishmen, engaged in an inter-
I «sting enterprize; with the atfcction of
I charity and Christian love, he was hissed,
Bind rudelv interruoted, especially when
lie alluded to his native country.
■ NOW LOOK AT THIS.
I Very recently the Queen of England
IWd a levee, when the foreign minister,
|iad distinguished officers were received.
Ilrom sixty to one hundred thousand pco-
Isa went up to witness the cavalcade,-
Bliich was numerous and magnifi Sent.
■The Russian, Spanish anil other foreign
l)limsters proceeded in most splendid
lirr&ges, attended by many out-riders,
lb. Thus far the procession was recei
led by the populace without the mani-
of any other p;.gsion than that of
At length, however, Mr.
■John Q. Adams, Minister of the United
■'fates, arrived in a neat plain carriage,
■ attended by one out-rider, and one foot
■ taw. At the moment he was descrirni-
I Bl ted in the line by the populace, twen
:l tythousand hats flew into the air; and
I obstreperous voices greeted th<
I distinguished American statesman and
1 WCtttor. After his carriage passed.
T we procession advanced without notice
I the populace, until the arrival of
I Princess Chat lotte, who was receiv-
I c d with loud cheers. So much for the
I ®ar treaty of Ghent.
Petersburgh Intelli.
1 Vine MONTHS after date applica-
I tion will be made to thehon. the in*
■ srior court of Warren county, for leave
■l° se R the real estate of James Parham
■ cc. for the benefit of the heirs and ere
■mtors of said dec.
I Edmund Parham, adm’r.
I July as. ‘ m9m
I
AUGUSTA, bEP I 0.
AT the first blush of the affair w«
should have quashed the little bickering
between the Editors of the Republican
and ourselves, in relation to Sir Gie
gor’s expedition; but we were first anxi
ous to know whether the statement, at
Which they took the offence, in all its
bearings, was correctly reported by u .
Our piper was just going to press whei
toe info ination in question was con.
municated—and since the attack of the
Republican, we deemed it prudent to
refer again to our informant,to ascertain
if we had, in the hurry of the moment,
inadvertantly reported any part of tin
statement erroneously—for on tins point
alone were we assailable.—We should
have said that tne expedition was princi
pally, not entirely composed of men.
whose object in embarking in the enter
prise, was solely bounded by plunder
and rapacity. In every other particular,
however, we reported the information as
we received it. Now, the Editors of the
Republican, if they are to be considered
as a party concerned , can have the name
of the informant; but not without.
Our opinion of the expedition of “ citi~
ze\i'‘* McGreg .r remains toe same as
heretofore—and it will continue so, until
we receive stronger proofs of the contra
ry, than the mere ipse dixit of the Re
publican. Our opinion shall never be
guided by a man vvliq could with un
blushing effrontery traduce and vilify the
oliicial characters and reputation of two
of the most virtuous, sagacious, patri
otic and useful statesmen, that ever orna
mented our State or National Councils.
We shall not again condescend to no
tice the Editors of the Republican. They
have endeavored to drag us, unnecessa
rily, into a controversy, for which we are
in nowise qualified—and we well know
the direction they would give it. Not
having been educated within the purlieus
of a fish-market, we feel no disposition
to enter into a contest, whe-c even
victory would disgrace us,
* Another but for the unwary.
——
Late from Amelia. —A letter,. dated
the 19th inst. from a pentleman on the
sea-board to the Executive of Georgia,
observes— 4 Our Indian frontier has be
come tranquil, most of the inhabitants
having returned to their settlements.
Gen. M*Gregor’s cause seems icss popu
lar than he expected; the inhabitants
within his jurisdiction yield sullen ac
quiescence to ids autnority. His follow
ers drop off by desertion and death to
an alai ming degree. Seventeen have al
ready died, ami forty are on the sick re
port. Commodore Taylor, of the Bue
nos Ayres squadron, arrived at Amelia a
few davs ago in a brig of lo guns, but
brought no reinforcements. One t third
of the cargo of a French vessel recently
captured, has been condemned ”
Georgia Journal.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
LONGITUDE.
Messrs. Editors. —The loilowing is a
..opy of a letter to a gentleman in Savan
iah:—
••Snip ' Vallace , lat . 33 50, Inn. 68 22, May
11, 1817.
“By calculation we have made 12 deg.
35 min. difference of longitude. The
Doctor’s* machine corre-ponds exactly—
.md.l have not tiie least doubt of its ac
i curacy, and itcertainiy is the long sought
for thing.”
“J. St^bkney.”
I * Doctor Hall, of of Savannah, sailed
in May last, for England, with an i»-
1 strumeut, to claim tue emoluments and
* honors of a discovery o* longitude; but,
1 though he may obtain these, the merit 1
f the disco*ery of tie theory, is uaque
* rionably due to Doctor. Joel Abbott , <1
e Georgia, member elected of the l ! th con
✓ress. For marly twenty years the wri
ter of this lias occasionally corresponded
_ .vith him on this very intere-ting disco
very. I have now before me his memoir
on the subject, printed n Philadelphia
'* in 1814, entitled “An Essay on the cen
e mdinfluence of Magnet is m.” Ihe au
b -hor conceives that he has discovered, in
5 * the laws of Magnetism, a native principle,
by which, with proper mechanical inge
nuity, longitude may be di>cov£red
This principle he has definedjinhis the®'
• r 4, • t
' '• '.*2 ' SgSfU f •
ry of Magnetism , whitK explains the laws
of magnetic motion, impressed by nature
—itever explained for conceived before.
Perhaps further cofninunicutipns on this
subject may be submitted to you. I will
now only add, that doctor Abbott believes
that be oi initially conceived amt explain
i d a law o .nature impressed on magnets,
which fixes permanently a meridional
attracts e government to magnetic bodies
as polarity itself, that when a magnet is
formed and suspended so as to obey all
ts attractive powers of government, it
ili obey not only a polar, but a meridi
onal influence, and accommodate itself to
tne infinite conceived meridians of the
earth, as it accommodates itself to the po
les of the earth. Z.
Exluact vj a Letter.
Gibraltar, .June 25,
There is a report to-day, that theft
exists an insurrection in Spain—say, ai
eville, heeded by the Priesthood, ii
consequence of a tax having been levied
very recently on the Church property.
All the troops round Cadi/- have been
inarched into the town to prevent corn
notion extending.” We know that a
fax on church property has been one of
the Ways and Wcaus instituted to t..
a revenue in Spain. Bos. Hen.
SPANiSri^AWEHICA.
Cap*. Ihidom, who arrived yesterday
in 1G days from Laguira, which is in the
possession of the Royalists, informs that
they had taken part of tire island of
-»f Margaretta; but had lost a great
•natty men; and General Monllo had
sent for all the insurgents that could bj
iitained, to attack the sick and wound
ed, but only one could be spared. A sefc.
wider Danish colors, had arrived from
Cumana, with male and female prison
ers; among the latter was said to be a
female, who was sentenced to have her
inns amputated for being caught nuking
a revolutionary colour, *
It is now rumored that the simp of
war Ontario will n t proceed otahey>ori
ginal destination, the object of which, it
is said, was to make enquiry into the
circumstances of the seizure and con
fine em,oy the royal Spaniards., on the
island of Juan Fernandez, of Mr. Uar
vell, our tons I. and Mr. Blanco, our
vice-consul, in Chili.
The recent success of the Buenos Ay
rean army under general St. Martin,
and the consequent establishment of the
patriot authority in Chili, hM been'fol
lowed by the restoration of yVe*e persons
to liberty, with many other distinguished
prisoners, objects of royal Spanish fear
and persecution—amongst whom is the
venerable father of general 1. M. dk, Car
rera.
This agreeable intellige ceia derived
by the ship General Scott, captain J»n-
KiNa, lately arrived froih Valparaiso—by
which it is probable the government has
received the particulars relating to the
transaction from the persona lyno were
the objects of violence. If so, it super
cedes the necessity of the talked of ex
pedition.
Mr. Blanco took charge of the Monte
zuma, one of the prizes of commodore
Pouter, taken in the' Pacific; and for
tliatact of friendship to the Amerioan',
has had his house razed to the ground,
bus family ruined, and himself'thrown
into confinement. How much encour
agement we have to live in good fellow- ,
ship with the adored petticoat emtyfoiri
t ia! Bait. Pat, 2 id August.
From the Edinburgh Jl nlhly Maga
zine.
BONAPARTE’S HlKE—by himilelf.
In our last iNo. we inserted at |etjgth
the interesting publication of M. San tint,
on the subject of the Ostracism of N,apo-
I icon by the European legitimates; and
I we exposed the fraud which was attemp
ted to be commuted by the publication
I of some pretented memoirs, said to have
I arrived in an unknown manner from St.
1 Helena. Our curiosity on tbe subject
land a desire to gratify that of our rea-
I tiers led us subsequently to seek an in-
I •erview with M. Santini, which having
I ootained, we learn from him many ad-
Jditiona. particulars of the treatment of
I nis master, which we forbear, the
I present, to publish. But, in our proper
I jusmess, as purveyors of literary inte.lli-
I gence, we think it proper to state that
I the rumour is not fabulous which des-
I scribes Napoleon as being engaged in
I writing Memoirs of hi* o.vn Life and
I l imes. SVe collected from M. Santini,
I that, if the work in cjuestion ever es-
I capes the Argus eyesol Napoleon’s goal-
I ers, and if it be not part of the legiti-
I mate policy to prevent its appearance,
lit will be more exfjjpsive in bulk than
I nas hitherto been supposed. It was fi-
I nished down to the end of the Egyptian
I expeilition when M. Santini left St. He-
I leua—but its connected progress was
I suspended at that era by the impediments
’ I which, it is said have been opposed to
I the procuring of printed documents from
i I France and England, particularly of a
j ,ctof the author’s military bulletins, and
.I of the Moniteur. As far as it is written,
11 every year makes a large manuscript
. I volume, and it may be expected, if it
i-1 ever be allowed to appear, to extend to
. I EIGHT OB TEN PRINTED VOLUMES IN
. 1 quarto. Napoleon, who it seems does
. 1 lot chose to run the hazard of being fi
ll I ed as by the Gentries who are stationed
.. I within a certain range of his wretched
-1 <abitation, nor to ride out attended by a
-1 mrt of subaltern gaoler or turnkey, in
>-1 general keeps the house, and chiefly ew
ploys liim.splfln writing or dictating these
memoirs to M. Las Casas. M. <d© Mor
tholou, o r Marshal Bertrand.
, ?| ,r * Dupont de Nemours the celebrated
H 'doaopher and statesman who latel
to * Powder-Mills neat Wilming
lo ', Del. was the father of the Messrs.
whoseventeen years ago, driven
; 1 om Prince by their political opinions,
brought with them them of making-un
powder m all it* perfection which the
latest discoveries in chemistry and ex
pensive practical experience had given to
that country. At that time, not a mill
was to be found on this creek, not a free
was >et cut; and now, the unparalleled
ndusiry of Messrs. Duponts his erected
two powder-mills which produce powder
acknowledged to be of a quality equal to
tne best in the world; a cotton manufac
twy,a wool manufactory, and a tanning
establishment, conducted according to
the latest chemical process, by which a
hide is tanned as well and as thoroughly
in two mouths, as it used to be in ten
years.
•* e understand the president of the U.
states visited the whole ol tl'ese exten
sive works, where he was astonished to
lind three hundred people, and villages
of the workmen of Messrs. Dupont, on
ground where only 17 years ago, nature
reigned in all its rude beauties. —Boston
Daily Advertiser.
Extract from the India Missionary.
burning a leper.
Extract of a letter from brother Wtl-
Miun Cary, jun. dated Cutwas, Septem
ber 7, 1812. 1
“ Last week I witnessed the burning
d a poor leper. \ pit ahout ten cubit*
."'as dug and a fire placed at the bottom
ol it. I'he poor man rolled himself into
it, hut instantly on feeling the tire, beg
ged to be taken out, and struggled hard
or that purpose. Ills mother and sistei
however thrust him in agin: and thus «
man who to all appearance might have
survived some years longer, was cruell>
burnt to death. 1 find that the practice
is not uncommon in these parts*’ The
practice of diseased persons, and especi
ally those heavily afflicted with the lepro
sy, drowning themselves is very common,
and is recommended in the writings of
the Hindoos. The poor wretch died with
the notion that thus purifying his body
in the fire, he should receive a happy
transmigration into a healthful body
whereas if he had died by the disease,
he would after four births, have appear
ed on earth a. leper again.
Herculean strength. -—lsaac Dapev
one of the city porters, and late a ser
geant in the I3tb regiment of U. State;
infantry, yesterday morning wheeled up
on hi* handbarrow, up Fulton street pier
and arros the head or the slip, a dis
tance of 114 paces, on the common pave
mem, an iron pile driver weighing mo
thousand seven hundred pounds-—JV 1
paper.
Mr. Kean, the celebrated Tragedian,
in Dublin, at the last dates, wher
'ie was engaged to perform 12 nights to
four thousand dollars and a clear beqefit
This is no proof of p< verty in Dublin. t
DI! D, at his seat in Pendleton Dis
trict, (S. C) on the 11th ult. Major Gei.
Pickens, one among the mos
distinguished characters of the revolu
tion,
Diei>, at Rockaway, Long-Island, (N.
Y ) on Saturday night. Mr, Holman,Ga
gedian, late manager of the Charleston
Theatre. Columbian 2 5th alt.
COMMUNICATED.
The mournful intelligence of the
death of Peter Early, having reached
Warrington, while the Superior Couit
was in Session, the Judge and Member*
of the Bar held a meeting, at Buikbal
tor’s Tavern, when the following Reso
lutions were adopted.
: Resolved , That the Members of the
Bar of the Middle Circuit, feeling the
diath of the late Peteu Early, as a
plblic calamity, will wear crape on the
left arm, for file space of thirty days in
testimony of their respect for the charac
ter of him, who was eminent as a lawyer,
faithful as a politician, and enlightened
an a statesman.
Resolved , That Col. John H. Mont
gomery, be requested to prcnounce an
Oration on the melancholy occasion at
tie next Superior Court for the County
of Burke.
NOTICE.
A LL the Heirs of the Estate of Sa
/ *.* hah Pettegrove, deceased, are
requested to come forward and receive
their legacy.
WADDEL ALLEN, Jldm’r.
•September 6 ts
Fur bale,
A N excellent HOUSE WENCH,
/jL middle aged—Apply at this Office.,
September G ts
Siteam hoat Company of Georgia.
Augusta, Sept ./tb, 181,.
NOTICE is Hereby Given to th«
Stockholders of the STEAM
BOAT COMPANY OF GEORGIA,
that an Instalment of ten per cent on
the Capital of the said Company, will be
payable on the seventh day of October
next.
By Order of the Hoard of Directors.
AUGUSTUS BRUX, Cashier.
\ September 6 . ts
■V ; -
V. England Itum.
40 Bbig. nevy-England rum,
Just Received, and for Sale by
BEACH & THOMAS. ,
September 6 lawn ,
TOTH E PUBUCr
_ «
Mr. Se Cog, *
Painter, Decorator, and Jfar
nisher, *
LATELY ARRIVED !N THIS O|TV.
TAKES the liberty respectfully to
offer his services in his Line of
Business.
He Paints, Decorates Appartments
and Furniture, in the modern taste, and
in ehgant style—-He is also a Sign Pain*
ter, with any emblems required, either
gild or ornamented with vjgnetes. He
willpaintChairs and Stores in ahamfame
manner, us well as Varnish defferent
vletals,. He is also acquainted with
the art of Glazing—and flatters himself
to prove a taithful and pleasing work*
nun to such as may honor him with
'heir custom—Apply at the house of P,
Msnakd, Ksq. Broad-Street.
Septeraper 6 ts
Georgia, Richmond County,
By Isaac Herbert. Clerk ot the Court
ot (Ordinary for said county.
\\ T HERE AS Harrison Bury,has ap* *
Tv pi ed for letters of auininistra*
tion on the estate and effects of Jesse
otevvart, late ol s<iid county deceased.
1 hese are therefore to cite and ad tit o*
nisli all and singular the kindred and
creditors of said deceased, to file their
objections in my office (if any they have)
within the time prescribed by law, oth
erwise letters of ad ministration,will be
granted to him.
Given under my hand and seal at of.
*i e in the city ol Augusta, this bth day
>1 September, 1817.
ISAAC HERBERT, Clerk.
f lhe Warren ton Academy
JEL be opened tm thefliat Mon-
V V day in January next, under the
superintejidnnce of instructors who will
come indisputably recommended for a
'hlity and morality.—Terms of tution
will be the same as is usual in other regu
lar seminaries.
tientqel Boarding can be had on mode
rate terms. The healthiness and salubrity
ol the situation, together with a variety
d other considerations, it rs hoped wiU
e inducements to parents and guardians'
(oselect diis institution for the educatimt
ol youth.
By order of the Board.
Thomas Gibson Scc’ry, *
August a. mlD&wtf
Guardian’s Sale.
1A pursnanceot an order obtained from
the Honorable the Court of Ordinary
.1 Columbia County— Will be sold to the
•nghest bidder, on the Ist Tuesday in Oc
tober next, at Columbia Court-Houam all
the lands belonging to the estate of jSbplr
flay, deceased, for the benefit of the hejr»
ol said estate; consisting of about 1200
acres, and including a valuable sett bf
Merchant Mills on Little River. Briclt
Distillery, Brick DWelling House,* Two
■'tory Store House, a large Granary, and
a number of other Out Buildings, too te
dious to enumerate, The Land general
ly is of good quality, and will be surveyed
ami sold in lots of about 200 or 250 acres
inn lot. One lot will include the MiiUi
Houses, &c.
Ihe Establishment at Raysville (to %
man of enterprise) would be an elligible
one, for it is believed to be the most advan
tageous situation for Mills and a Store of
any m the up country. A farther descrip*
tion of the property is deemed unnecessa- v
ry, as it is presumed that pontons unac
quainted with the situation^and who
'vould have any idea of purchasing, will
view it for themselves previous to tlio
sale.
lire Terms (in part) will be one third
in hand, and the balance in equal instal
ments at one and two years, with appro
ved personal security, and a mortgage on
the property—The Terms will father bo
m»de known on the day of sale.
WILLIAM BARNETT, Guardian
fur the Minors of Jos. Hay , due.
July *8 Uytds
Administrators Tftle.
tVill be Sold at Goshen , on Saturday the
iWi ts October next all thk property
of George McDowell, deceased, vizi
One Cow and Yearling, and
some Household and Kitchen JKurqiture.
Credit until the Ist day of next, \
Property sold for the benefit bffthe cred
itors of said deceased. T
John M‘Dowell, AlnCr,
> September 6 <•' \b'
" 1 ,f • ♦ —«■—
Administrator's halo.
A GREEABLE to in order of the
.A honorable thi Court of Ordinal v of
Columbia county, will be sold a(Lincoln
f court-house on the firAt Tuesday in No
, vc roller next, a tract ofland containing
, 137 acres, on Soap creek, Lineal n-coun*
e ty, belonging to the estate of Elijah
i \they, dec.—Sold for the benAfjt of the ‘
leira and creditors of said deceased—
Terms mode known on the jiqy.
Archibald Heggie, adm'r.
September tk tdc
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