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■ . i.ort-assoctakd ia c*Uo, should
B - j- (er fj.veral years had elapsed, and
H Vad navigated various seas, wo fortu
■ T 'Vh- live/to meet each other again in
■ when it was in his power to renew
conversation about the Bounty,
-Matitv the curiosity and interest
■ 1-h * e had so long cherished in com
■ , The Topaz in which he sailed was
■fj alU l owned in this place by James &
■•n-iiiias H- Perkins, Esqrs. and crossed
■ t South Pacific Ocean (1808) in search
for seals. Being in the re
of Pitcairn's Island, according to
HCteret’s account, he determined to vi
■lhoping that it might furnish him
■itii she animals which were the objects
voyage. As he approached the
■land, lie was surprised to see smoke
■cepding from it, as Carteret had said
Kas uninhabited. With increased cu
■ibitv he lowered a boat into the water,
Kl embarked in it for the shore. He
K.; very soaa met by a double canoe,
■nde in the manner of the Otaheitaus,
■ i; j carrying several young men, who
■hid him in English at a distance.
■ ‘jtjey seemed not to be willing to come
■ (l ,;fiP;ir. to him till they had ascertained
I p he was. He answered, and told
he was an American from Boston.
■Th they did not immeclia ely under
■ great earnestness they,« dd,
■ are an American; you come from
■ America; where is America? Is it in
■ ireland?’
■ oCapt. Folger thinking that he should
I goouest make himself intelligible to them
I by finding out their origin and country,
I as they spoke English, enquired, 4 Who
■ are )our’ — 4 We are Englishmen.’—
a Where were you born?’— 4 On that isl
■ s/ul which you see.’ — 4 How then are
I you Englishmen, if you were bom on
I that island, which the English do not
inland never possessed?’— 4 We are
1 Englishmen because our father was an
I Englishman.’— 44 Who is your father?’—
I With a very interesting simplicity, they
I u-we red, 4 Aleck.’ — 4 Who is Meek?’
I (Don’t you know Aleck.’—Hovv should
■ /know Aleck?’—* 4 AVell then did } r ou
■not know captain Bligh, of the Bounty?’
■ At this question, Eolger told me that the
I whole story immediately burst upon his
I mind, and produced such a shock of
I mingled feelings, surprise, wonder and
I pleasure, not tube described. Hiscuri-
I osity, which had been already excited
I so much on this subject, was revived,
I and he made' as many enquiries of them
I as the situation in winch they were would
I permit. They informed him that A*
I leek was the only, one of the Bounty’s
I crew who remained alive on the island;
I they made him acquainted with some of
| the most important points in their histo-
I rvj and with every sentence increased
I still more his desire to visit the estab-
I Ikhineut and learn (ho whole. Not
I knowing whether it would he proper and
■ safe to land without giving notice, as the
I fears of the surviving mutineer might be
I awakened in regard to the object of the
I visit, he requested the young men to go
land tell Aleck, that the master of the
■ ship desired very much to see him, and
I would supply him with any thing which
Ile had on board. The canoe carried the
I message, ijut returned without Aleck,
apology for his not appear
ing, and an invitation for Captain Fol-
Iger to come on shore. The invitation
I was not immediately accepted, but the
I young men were sent again for Aleck,
[ to desire him to come on board the ship,
and to give him assurances of the friend
| ly and honest intentions of the master.
They returned, however, again without
Aleck, said that the women were fearful
foij Ids* safety, and would notallow him
to expose himself or them by leaving
their beloved island. The young men
pledged themselves to captain Folger
that he had nothing to apprehend if he
should land, that the islanders wanted
extremely to see him, tj* that they would
furnish him with any supplies which their
village afforded.
After this ncgociation, Folger deter
mined to go on shore, and as he lauded
he \yas met by Aleck and his family, and
welcomed with every demonstration
of joy and good will, They escorted
liLi from the shore to the house of their
patriarch, where every luxury they had
before him, and offered with the
most affectionate courtesy.
I' 4 * 4 He, whom the youths in the canoe,
with such juvenile and characteristic
simplicity., had called Aleck, and who
" as Alexander Smith, now began the nar
rative, the most important parts of which
have already been detailed. It will be
sufficient for me to introduce here such
particulars only as have not been meu
lioaed, but are well fitted to give additi
onal interest to the general outline, by a
lew touches upon the minute features.
44 Smith said, and upon this point Cap
tain Folger was very explicit in his inqui
ry at the time as walrus in his account
°1 it to me, that they lived under Chris
tian’s government several years after
they landed; that during the whole peri
od enjoyed tolerable harmony; that
Christian became sickl|hd died a natural
ocafA; and that it wasfefter this when the
ritaheitan men joincdJb a conspiracy &
‘ k >‘ied the English houands of the Ota
j: f !,an woman, and \vWg by the widows
-died in turn on the following night.—
‘"mth was thus the only man left upon
l,! e island. The -atfcemit by Lieutenant:
itzmaarice, as he professed to receive
from the second mate of the Topaz, is,
».at Christian insane, and threw
mus-df frsn the rocks into the sea. The
- arterlj say that he was
* z Q
shot dead w!uic/dlggii.g in tire field, bv
an Oiahedan man, whose wife lie seized
for his own use. Neither of these ac
counts are true, .'fs I am at liberty to af
firm, from the authority of capiain Folger,
" hose information must lie much more
direct and worthy of confidence than that
of the second mate, of Fitzmuurice, or of
the reviewers. The last arc evidently
desirous of throwing as much shade as
possible upon the character of Christian.”
IM lULi 1 I"
AUGUSTA, S£PT v a4.
From the Savannah Hepublican.
It will he seen by the accounts in this
day’s paper, that a contest has at last
taken place between, the patriots on Ame
lia Island, commanded by col. Irvine, <§•
governor Coppinger’s forces. The re
sult of the battle, however, was not
known when the mail left St. Mary’s.—
We may, therefore, momently expect to
hear something from that quarter. Gen
eral MacGregor, with his family, was
on board the brig Lenvich, lying near the
bar. A schooner with men, and muni
tions of war from New-Orleans, bound to
Amelia, was taken possession of by the
United States’ brig Saranac on the 10th
instant—A Spanish vessel from the coast
of Africa, with a cargo of gold dust, ivo
ry and slaves was captured by the Mor
giaua’s boats, a few days ago, off the bar.
Another, French brig has also been
sent in for adjudication.
Battle at Amelia Island.
TO THE EDITORS.
44 St. Mary's , September 13, 1817.
44 It is now nearly dark, ami I have
been diverted from commencing to write
sooner by a battle at Amelia. It com
menced at 4 p. m". and still continues
The Spaniards commenced the attack
with two gun-bdats, that came the inland
passage; and they have now two pieces
of artillery on MClure’s If ill. On the
part of the patriots are the fort, (which
can bring only two eighteen pounders to
bear on the enemy,) the brig ftt. Joseph
of ten guns, ami two block-houses, with
two six pounders, which keep up an in
cessant fire. The Murgiana lies in a po
sition to knock the town down should
the Patriots be driven out; she lias not
yet fired a gun. It is now dark, yours &c.
44 P. S. Just as I finished the above,
the firing has ceased, and it is supposed
(hat. the Spaniards will storm the lines to
night.”
Editors’ Correspondence.
44 St. Mary's, September 12.1817.
44 Perhaps there is no epithet more
prostituted than that of Patriot. A bank
rupt in property and reputation persuades
one or two mercenary characters, to fit
out a vessel lor him, which he fills with a
crew, consisting of all nations and colors,
and under a commission, of God knows <
who, robs every vessel that he dares to
do with impunity, dubs himself a Patriot
captain of a Patriot privateer. A body 1
of men, raised in the United States for
the purpose of carrying on a piratical
warfare, and, that its supporters might
make live hundred percent for their adr
vances, are sent to invade an unoffending
people in amity with (lie United States,
and they are called Patriots.
44 According to the true definition of
the word Patriot, the men who turn out
and endeavor to drive from their coun
try those who have unjustly invaded it,
have surety a better claim to that title
than their invaders. Allow me then,
hereafter to designate the people of Flo
rida, and their enemies, as compared
with each other, the Patriots of Florida,
ami the invaders from—from New-York,
Baltimore, Charleston and Savannah.
•( 1 will now assure you, Messrs. Edi
tors, that not one inhabitant of the pro
vince is, at this time, favorable to the in
vaders —or rather let me assure you,
that the Patriots are united to a man—
while, to use your own language, there
has been, in the wig-wam of the invaders,
great confusion. General MacGregor,
Colonels Posey, and Parker, Captains
Lynch, Beverly, House, and many oth
ers. have abandoned the business in dis
gust. One of these gentlemen informed
me, that he meant to get a certificate,
from a notary, of the day that lie left
them—and assured me, that there was
not a man of honor left at Fernandina. —
But, Messrs. Editors, were 1 to tell you
all that I heard from these gentlemen of
the shameful deceit, which has been prac
tised on them by the persons who origin
ated the expedition; and of their opini
ons of the characters and intentions cl
(hose who yet remain at Fernandina, I
think you would increase your esteem
for (he gentlemen who. abandoned (his
nefarious expedition as soon ns they saw
their error, and could not be persuaded
to say ©ne word hereafter, in favor ol
those who continue it.
44 \ small detachment, twenty five in
number, of the Patriot militia ™
’ Wednesday last, to the skins off.:: •, tl .
nina, where a skirmish took plate. The
lorce ol the invaders consist, for the
most part, of that unthinking cla-s of
people, sailors, who havebeen sent here,
from different parts of the United States,
with golden expectations—several of
those poor fellows wore killed and more
voundecl. The invaders, not satisfied
With theglory of driving back this hand
‘al of Patriots, boldly sentan armed brig
a mile up the river, and, after pluiule
nng all they cou’d carry off, burnt down
a handsome two story dwelling house,
together with all the buildings on the
plantation, ol an unfortunate old and in
offensive man.
‘•Mr. Jared Irwin, of Pennsylvania,
has now the command at Feruamlina? It
is,however, said, that Mr. Hubbart. late
ly the sherff of New-York, has much in
fluence there in the direction of affairs.
1 ins gentleman lately arrived in a vessel
which he owns, called the Morgiana, and
1 which he has since armed and manned,
with arms and men brought from Ncw-
York in other vessels—and she now
forms the principle strength of Fernan
dina. lam told, he says, that he has
not resigned his office as sheriff, and in
tends to return and resume the duties of
his office. If this gentleman can recon
cile it to his conscience, or to the rules
of common decency, to make war upon a
people who have never injured him, and
while he professes to be an officer of the
United States, is it possible that the state
government of New-York, will view his
conduct as if he had been only making a
little excurcion for pleasure or pastime?
“Another French brig was carried last
Wednesday into Fernaudina by a Car
thagenian privateer; with a crew picked
up at St. Domingo. It is impossible to
anticipate what will be the fate of this
brig.—When the first French brig was
carried into the port of Fernandina, a
council of the chief officers was conven
ed by general M‘Gregor, and it was de
clared by the general, colonels Posey and
Parker, and almost unanimously, that
the privateer, which had been commiss
ioned by the general, was positively or
dered not to interfere with any neutral
vessel—an overruling party, however,
insisted that a part of her cargo was
Spanish, and that it should be condem
ned. The judge of admiralty having left
them shortly after the capture of this
brig, five persons were put in commision
to fill his office—Colonel Irwin, who was
one of them, was made president. The
vessel was shamefully pillaged while in
port, and a third of the cargo was con
demned as Spanish property —a part of
which, as will probably be proven in
some of our courts, was as much French
property as the vessel herself. The jur
ies consul will judge of the property of
this ephemerick upstart power of one or
two hundred adventurers, pressing a
territory of a few acres of land, the lit
tle town of Fernandina, attacking the
commerce and adjudicating on the ves
sels of old and acknowledged nations.—
Colonel Irwin was lately charged, by an
officer of respectability, of the injustice
of condeming this property, and more
particularly as a part of it was actually
French, and after the opinion which had
been given by the general, &c. when he
replied, “they must always favour those
who came to support their cause.”—l
have the officer’s permission to mention
this fact.”
Constitution of Mississippi.—A plan
of a constitution for the new state of
Mississippi, lias been reported by Mr.
Fondexter. Its limits are as follows—
“ Beginning at the river Mississippi at
the point where the southern boundary
line at the state of Tennessee strikes the
same, thence east along the said bound
ary line to the Tennessee river, thence
up the same to the mouth of Bear Creek;
thence by a direct line to the northwest
corner of the county of Washington—
thence due south to the Gulph ofMexico
—thence westwardly including all the
islands within six leagues of the shore,
to the most eastern junction of Pearl ri
ver with Lake Borgue—thence up said
river, to the SI degree of ir rth latitude;
thence west along the said degree of lat
itude to the Mississippi river; thence up
the same to the beginning.” —Baltimore
patriot, September 9,
Philadelphia, September 8.
Ship Christopher Gore, from Holland
now below, with passengers, is in a most
wretched condition from sickness.—
When she sailed from Amsterdam she
had 260 passengers on board, who had
been several weeks living in the streets
of Amsterdam, like Lazaroni. They
were shipped by the civil authority of
Amsterdam, most of them in a state of
sickness. Forty-nine adults were thrown
over-board duringtlie passage, including
tiie mate and one seaman. We under
stand that other vessels freighted with
these miserable creatures were soon to
sail for this port.
ARTIFICIAL WINDPIPE.
A gentleman was nearly suffocated by
inflammation of the upper part of the
windpipe (cytianche lanynthe) and the
operation of bronchotomy, or division of
the tube, was performed close dpwn to
the breast bone. A silver tube was
troduced through the vound, ai d he im
mediately breathed ’ > freedom. Such
however was the nh’gmtude of the ori
ginal obstruction in tiie windpipe, that
lie has now breathed three months thro
the silver pipe, and there is, as yet, no
vnp"ar3r\c'' < e . paf«agc b*
H $ m
' 1 : h <*‘*• 1 ttfbc g!% c» Kim vm v
- • mile mieahincfs. He oats, drinks and
'! «t;ep.s ns well as in perfect health, but
■ | voice and speech arc gone.
’ —-*<a> j'j'JJ/J’JJ’SJJJ
MARRIED, on Thursday evenim*-last,
by the iievM. SlnuUick Coker, Ed
ju-nd Smith, of (his city, to Miss Pnis
ciu.A K. Treadwell, ot; Jefferson
county.
COMMUNICATED.
DIED, on Sunday evening last, in the
seventeenth year ol her age, after a nain
jul illness of three weeks, mlssCauolikk
Elizabeth Smelt, daughter of Doctor
Dennis Smelt.
By the death of this amiable young Ju
ly, a large circle of connections & friends
are left to deplore the immutability of
ter res tin 1 enjoyments. A few days ago,
she ornamented every sphere of*life in
which she moved—now—“ the place that
hath known her, shall know her no more.”
Meek and unassuming in her deportment.
her acquaintances esteemed her; mild
and affectionate towards her friends,
those friends admired and loved her.—
To her parents what a bereavement! the
only surviving child of four, apparently
spared by Heaven, to soothe their bo
soms, to enliven home, to cheer and
comfort their remaining days—this child,
Heaven in its unerring wisdom lias re
moved. But O, what gain for her! The
realms ol bliss have received thy beloved
and exemplary Caroline; mourning pa
rents, and her pore spirit now exults in
the presence of her Redeemer.
During her illness, the Christian char
acter shone with unsullied lustre.—No
murmur escaped her lips; no impatience
was*manifested; every breath seemed
prayer, every whisper praise, to that Savi
our whose sufferings lor her she remem
bered with a fervor of gratitude, calcu
lated to inspire every w itness with a de
sire to imitate her zeal and devotion, and
to experience the benign effects of that
religion, which could impart such peace,
and give a lortaste of endless felicity.—
Departed Caroline! long may tby solemn
and interesting exhortations to those who
surrounded thy dying couch, be cher
ished in their memories, and when the
hour ol death draws nigh, may a peace
like thine pervade their bosoms, and
their immortal souls, finally rise like
thine, to dwell for ever with the Father
of Mercies J
Samuel W. Miller, aged 27 years, a
man highly esteemed by all who knew
him.
Watches, ,
AND
Plated Ware.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
has just hkcbived, and r»u saLk,
M his Store , between Micou’s and Er
win’s.
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES,
—VIZ
PATEN TJ Lever Watches, Jewel
led and Gold Faced
Plain do. do. silver cased
Plain silver do. capped and jewelled
Gobi Watch Chains, Seals and Keys
of every description •
Soup Lad ley
Table, T ea, and Desert Spoons, of the 1
latest fashion
Ladies’ Jewelry of every description
Siver Tea Setts
Plated do.
Castors, of the latest & most approved
fashion
Decanter Stands
Plated Candle Sticks, very elegant
Gilt Watch Chains, Seals and Keys,
by the dozen or single
A few ORGANS for families
•Silver Thimbles and Bodkins.
All of which will be sold on the most
reasonable terms by the Subscriber.
FREDERICK STOY.
September 24 /
Sheriff’s Sale.
Will be Sold,
On the Ist Tuesday in November next,
, at tbe Court-House in Warrenton,
Warren County, between the usual
hours.
All that Tract or Lot of Land,
lying and being in said county, on
White’s Creek, conveyed to the said
Guthree by Reuben Mageehec, and E
phraim Mageehce, administrators of Na
than Davis, deceased.
—also —
Another Tract or Lot of Laud
on Big Brier Creek, containing 2jo
acres, conveyed to fie said Guthree, by
William White.
—ALSO—
Another parcel of Land adjoin
ing, containing 50 acres, conveyed by
David Wheeler, of Wilkinson County,
levied on (he above tracts of Land to
satisfy an execution issued out of the
Superior Court of Worreji County, in fa
vor of Johnson and Kunzie, vs. Abner
Guthree, Fi. Fa.
•—also—
-50 .Acres of Land, granted to
James Nipper, on M*C’air.» Creek, being
part of 159 acre survey, levied on and
returned to me by Thomas Rivers, con
dab’. I—Conditions 1 —Conditions Cash.
Abner T?os;crs, Sh’ff.
«opC ?4 1 ts
• j mm
JVa? Ktcf.lVtn, AJ.’D i l .a Sitb
i 1311 EA P.
Prime Inverness & Dundee Bag.
gi«#
Fancy Chairs
Dost Spanish Hegars, &c.
•—jf-tSO—
AN ELEGANT,
Family Horse,
Kcw-York Built GVK
I. c. WINTER,
.it M'Lawd # Haiti
Comptin^-Uuuse .
_SepL_24 c
Administrators’ Hale.
WILL be soitl .11 the NEW CIT7
AUCTION, o» Saturday the
4th October next, at 10 o'clock,
70 Barrels Newark
Cider,
liy order of the Judges of the Court of
Ordinary, being perishable, for the bene
fit of the heirs and creditors of Sainifel *
Brant, deceased.
l)avi<lM‘Kinney,7 j ,
James Johnson, >
September 24. tdt
GEORGIA, Jones County.
A T a Meeting of the Inferior Court of
said county, on the Petition of \
William Prior, praying the benefit of
the laws of insolvency.—On motion of
James Smith, attorney for the applicant.
It is Ordered , That all and singular,
the creditors of the said Wm. Prior, bo
and they are hereby notified that the said
Inferior Court will convene at Clinton,
on the 27th day of November next to
hear the application of said William
Prior, for the benefit of thetnsolvent Jaw,
when upon his delivering up bona fide ail
his estate, for the benefit of |iis credit
ors, he will be discharged according to
law, unless cause should then and there
be shewn to ihe contrary. As witness
our hands as Justices of the Inferior
Court of said county, this 15th day of
Sept. 1817.
Boh’t. Cunningham, j. i. c.
K. J. Bower, j. i. c.
Jonathan Parish, j. i. c.
Sept. 24 lawktn
■ ■■ ■ - - , -
Eschealor’a Hale.
Will be Sold at Lincoln Court-House,
on the Ist Tuesday in October next—
say the 7th of said month, the per
sonal property belonging to the estate
of Thus. Peacock, alien, late of said
county, deceased, consisting of
A tolerable Assortment of Dry
Goods, and one Gold Watch, with other
articles too tedious to enumerate—The.
sale will continue from day to day until
the said Goods and other property arc
sold—Terms of the above sale—
Money to be paid before the Goods and ■
other property are changed out of the
session of the Escheator. '
W in. Harper, Escheator.
September ts
(Juorgia, Richmond County.
By Isaac Herbert, Clerk of the Court
of Ordinary for said county.
WTTTHEREAS Margaret Sandwich has
j y applied for letters of adminis
tration on the estate and effects of Tho
mas Sandwich, late of said county, dec.
These are therefore to cite and ad mo*
nish 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 administration will be
granted to her.
Given under my hand and seal at of
lice in the city of Augusta, inis 24th day
of September, 1817. hM ,
ISAAC HERBERT, Clerk.
——— - ■■ - ---
GEORGIA, Richmond County. •'<? ’
By Isaac Herbert, Clerk of the Court of
Ordinary for the comity of Richmond,
in the state of Georgia.
WHEREAS Thomas Sloan and Mar
tha M 4 l)ade, have applied to have es
tablished a certain unsigned paper, pur
porting to be the last will and testament
of Thomas M*l)adc, late of said county,
deceased.
Now Therefore, These arc to cite and
admonish, all and singular, the kindred
and creditors of the said deceased, to
file their objections in my office (if
any they have) within the time prescri
bed by law, otherwise letters of adminis
tration, with the said p. per as a will an
nexed, will be granted to them.
Given under my hand and seal at of
fice, in the city of Augusta, this 24th day
of September, 1817.
ISAAC HERBERT, Cl’k.
GEORGIA* Warren C ounty.
WHEREAS Abner Darden and Da
vid Darden, has applied to me
for letters of administration on the es
tate and effects of Jacob Harden, late of /
said county, deceased. -f' !
* These are therefore tp cite and ndmo -
nish, all and singular, the kindred and
creditors of the said deceased, to be and
appear at my office vnthin the time limi
ted by law, to file their objections (if any
they have) otherwise letters will issue
accordingly.
Given under my hand at office, tins
12th Sent. 1817. *
JORN TORRENCE* c. c.«