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Nothing is said of the army* when jt
wiH retire, nor whither. It is’ now 6in
the evening.
Official i eport of Arminan, colonel of ffie
regiment of Estrainadura.
After having marched very near IS
leagues, I overtook the perverse ./Mina,
who received me with his columns form
ed. 1 anstantiy attacked him, but found
myself engaged with a division of ttie
enemy who came determined to die
slaughtering, i ordered the cavalry of
lleoverde, of six hundred horses, to ad
vance j but that corps fell back upon the
infantry in the utmost disorder, and com
pletely breaking their lines, and dying,
notwithstanding the greatest efforts of
the chiefs and officers to restrain them.
Notwithstanding all that, i routed them
completely, after an action of 3 hours
and a hall. .Soon after came up the pro
vincial infantry of Ceiragonda and i al
ansingo, to complete their route, and
pursue the wretches, who,have taken tiie
road to Venado. The little cavalry of
these last corps is entirely on foot, and
this deprives me of the opportunity to
exterminate the enemy. I hope to de
serve from your excellency a fresh sup
ply of two hundred horses, in order, with
this reinforcement, to finish with this
rabble.
BENE TO JRMINJN.
Addressed to Don .Afanuel .Maria de
• Torre#.
From Catoncc they gay as follows, to
wit:— '
, We are surrounded with disquiet, Ar-
V'minan having overtaken the rebel Mina
at Peotelas, and given him battle; but at
the first fire hit cavalry broke and gave
way, and he remained with three hun
dred men of the regiment of Estramadu
ra, so that the two armies closed with
each other, and about two hundred and
upwards fell on each side. We are as
sured that Arminan is in pursuit of him,
with the forces he had behind; but it is
said that Mina has passed Uedionda, as
I far as Espirdec Santo.
New -Orleans, July 19, 1817.
The Mexican private armed schr
Hotspur, commanded by lieat. Rapp,
of the United States’ navy, and owned
in this city, has returned from a cruise
in the Gulf of Mexico.
. The Hotspur had a very severe en
gagement near the Havanna, with tlu
Gassidorc, Spanish government, bug
(late the Chasseur of Baltimore) ami
was beaten off with the loss of twenty
five men killed and all her standing and
running rigging shot away.
The Hotspur came to ah anchor at
the Baliz,e, where hlic landed 16 of the
wounded officers and men, who were in
a dreadful state, She will have to pro
ceed to Galvestown to refit, the Spanish
consul here having determined to seize
her.”
AUGUST 30.
We have been favoured with an Ha-
I vana paper of the 13 th inst. It contains
I a report of an action at Xalapa, where the
R insurgents were repulsed with loss. Mina
I is described as flying from place to place
I in the province of San Luis de Potosi,
I and having about 400 ill mounted follow-
I ers. These rf.counts however are much
I confused, and seem entitled to no great
I credit.
, ° ,r •*
J Extract of a letter from a gentleman at
Natchitoches, to hie friend in Natches,
| dated Aug. 20.
I “The mail is left open a few minutes
I for me to say to you, that col. Perry, maj.
I Gordon, and 35 men with them, were at-
I tacked on their way to this place, at the
two Cow-pens, near Labahie, by three
hundred Spaniards; 27 were killed the
remainder badly wounded and piisoners
■ except two. Perry and Gordon are a
| the killed. J/ina had had a hard
I fight, but beat back the royalists whoat
■ tacked him, and proceeded on tojoin gen.
■ Vitoria; This account is brought from
I the Comanches by the »S'trothdrs, who
I have just arrived. * They bring an arw-
I ful of despatches, which the Indians took
I from the expresses, and brought to the
I nation. They are all in the hands el
I Bullard, who is translating them for the
I -Alexandriapaper. You will hear fin-the;
I next.— -Natch Jut.
I Assize of Bread
■ K tor October, 1817.
■ average price of Superfine Flour
■, *8 ascertained not to exceed 10 dol
, I lri Pv’r barrel of 196 pounds.
. I Agreeably to the directions of an Or
- I <llla nce, entitled “an Ordinance forthe
* I S sulation Wheat Bread, passed on
'I y e June, 1714.”—The Weight of
c ■ ua ve9 for the present month must be
I 6 i-4 Cents Loaf, 1 pound,
Cents Loaf, 2 pounds.
’ ■u° f i Which al ! Baker 3 and Sellers of
•£* I reiu * are required to take due notice.
‘I„. D. Ckike, CVk. c.c.
■e ■ October 4. .
ie Hi *J AVfi appointed Alexander M‘Kin
d- HiJ: * r f attorney during mv absence
It- H Augusta. E. G. THOMPSON,
a., ■ September S. t s
v,t HiJ?* avu authorised to
f i£ C A Ca K- J i MES BART °N,a can
I" Bllet urn Receiver of Tax
0m j Igi
'4t *' V •*. ■ « - *W \
AUGUSTA, our. 11.
Southern. Exports.
The lollowing is a correct and com
pariiive estimate of the numerical and
merchantable value of EXPORTS from
Charleston, (S. C.) and Savannah. (G )
—commencing Ist October, 1816, and
ending Ist June, 1817. The result, we
think, satisfactorily settles the question
oi COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE, in filVOr
ol the State of Georgia ; as it gives her
a balance ot 821,610, in the short space
of eight months—during which period,
we believe, no fortuitous circumstance
interfered to lessen or interrupt the com
mercial or agricultural capabilities of ei
ther State. It may be well to observe,
that a large proportion of the Exports
from Savannah was furnished thro- the
medium ol the Augusta market.
A Comparative Statement of the
value ot Exports from Charleston and
Savannah, between-the Ist of October,
1816, and Ist June, 1817:
From Savannah.
84738 Bales Upland Cotton,
at 880 p. bale, g 6770040
8796 Do. Sea-Island do.
at SI2O p. ditto, 1055520
9807 Barrels Rice, a 825 p. bbl. 245175
3042 Hhds, Tobacco, gIOO 304200
88383935
From Charleston.
69019 Bal.-s Upland
Cotton a SBO 85521520
15274 Do. Sea-Isl
and, a g 120 1592880
42401 Barrels Rice,
a 52.3 p. bbl. 1060025
1879 Hhds. Tobac
co, a SIOO 187900 8362325
Balance in favour of Savannah, 821,610
Exports to G. Britain, fson Savannah.
bags Upland Cotton, 40958—ditto
Sea-Island, 8262—Barrels Rice, 5244
finds. i'obacco, 60. '>
Exports to G. Britain from Charleston.
Bags Upliind Cotton; 30542—ditto
Sea-Island, 12062-—Barrels Rice, 12700
—llluls. Tobacco, 92.
Slave Trade.
The Grand Jury of Putnam county
have noticed in a proper- manner the
repeated and shameful infractions of the
Penal Code, by the introduction of
slaves into this state, contrary to its pro
visions. This illegal traflic, they learn,
has introduced into the state within a
year or two past, according to the best
computation, 20,000 slaved!
As a remedy of this flagrant abuse of
our laws, they earnestly recommend to
the next Legislature, the propriety of
making it the special and principal, if
not the only duty of a certain number of
officers, to search out and prosecute for
in tract ions or evasions of those provisi
ons : ot authorizing any three freehold
ers, with a justice of the peace, to require
any person appearing with a parcel of
slaves, under such circumstances as to
warrant a well grounded presumption
that they were illegally introduced into
this state, to make such shewing as will
remove this presumption, by the produc
tion of a certificate signed by a certain
number of freeholders, and countersigned
and scaled by the clerk of the county in
this state, from which the slaves may be
said to be brought, setting forth that they
have not been introduced contrary to law:
jf making it criminal to purchase slaves
illegally introduced; of making them
subject to be seized anil sold any time
within five years, for the benefit of the
public, or tiie informers: and of enact
ing such other provisions on the subject,
u 6 the greater experience and informati
on of the legislature may suggest.
“Trifles tie'll as air.”
Caraboo's and Bug-a-Boo's.
It is really ungrateful that so many of
our Editors should abuse the Ciraboos
and Bug-a-boos, that have so seasonably
furnished them with such ample materials
for the exercise of their wit and ingenui
ty. What would they have done to a
rtiuse their readers during this dull and
piping time of peace, had not those ac
commodating subjects, roused tiieir tor
pid intellects to action ? Their penetrat
ing minds had long ago turned the arcana
of political and domestic economy in
side out— Kind every thing of science and
art, had been beaten until it became no
longer malleable. At that critical peri
od, when intellect was thus threatened
with actual starvation, for want of “ fond
to feed on,” behold! the Caraboos and
Bug-a-boos appear—but, alas, the litera
ry hawks pounce upon them without mer
cy, instead of blessing their stars for the
timely supply afforded them—and which
gives them a subject, it appears, not
■ too contemptible for the exercise of their
superior faculties—a subject which has
1 _ ■«»,
■ j Jfi f iTiSfci
sieved them from all thehorrors of sus- j
Bended animation! O, ingratitude,’thou
hast a slings u
i( Barna, let the gals alone ,
Caraboo! Caraboo! is reiterated by
every print in the Union. It is truly
laughable to read the different and ludic
rous effects which the magic influence of
a this name has produced among our conn
s' trymen. .Miss C. it appears, is in Phi-
I j hidelphia.—lt is too mortifying to the te-
I nacity of Jonathan’s discrimination, that
I the same shallow artifice which duped
t dis 'm Bull should dupe him also. This
patriotic tenacity has arranged the whole
artillery of the press against the Phila*
ladolphians. The sympathetic, whim
per, and beg them not to he imposed
■ upon—for a laugh from the other side of
the Atlantic would disorder their tangi
-1 ble^ nerves—the witty , have already put
| their risible faculties into motion, and
1 Itedheffer we understand has offered one
! ot them a handsome douceur, if he will
1 set as a model for a few hours to enable
him to discover the action and re-action
of the risible nerve, as he considers it a
1 l° n ? wished.for desideratum in perpetual
i motion. And to wind up this eventful
history, the Satirists threaten to lasli the
Philadelphians naked thro* the world if
■ they dont mind their own business, and
let Miss Caraboo alone 1
There is a vein of Poetic pleasantry in j
the following effusion, which will do
no discredit to the age of sixteen.
FOR THE CHRONICLE.
The Little Waist’s Defence .
i tN defence of her sex,sure a woman miy speak
Pray what is it now, that you men would be
i as?
Do. you think that we mind each occasion you
seek,
To laugh at our dress, little waist, 8c all that*
No, do’n* sir’s believe it, such nonsense must
hill.
Convinced when we look but a moment about
us.
That whether we’re large waist, of-no waist at
all.
\ou can’l for the life of your sttuls do with
out tis.
, ’Tis silly to sport with our fancies and dress,
Since we can subdue you whenever w« please;
For surely we’ve joower, you all must confess,
To nuke you ask pardon for that on your
knees.
Then prithee, dear sir’s,leave our dresses alone:
, *Tia the whim of the day, and we’ll have it,
i don’t doubt us;
So give o’er your jesting ar d candidly own.
You cant for the life of you, men, live with,
oui us.
That women have I believe you well
know,
But pray do not force us to put tnem in use }
For if you but once give them freedom to go,
You’ll find it quite hard to stop their abuse
besides, look at home on the dress of your
selves,
With your Waterloo long-tails all swinging
about us;
But I’J tell you again, 0 ye confident elves.
You can’t for the life of your souls live with
out US.
T HE FLO RUMS.
Information derived from a very re
spectable source and on which we arc
satisfied to rely, induces us to believe
tli.it the Floridas, in less than six months
wi.l be under the government of the U
nited States.—We will at least hazard a
conjecture, that a treaty between Spain
and the United States will be submitted
to the senate, in the early part of the
next session of congress; for their con
sideration, ceding that province to this
government. If this should be the case
and the price fixed uponbejiue millons,
: we think the nation will be satisfied,
1 particularly if that sum be carried to the
■credit side of the account against Spain
! for spoliations on our commerce.
National Register.
> We learn from a respectable source,
1 that Mr. Pinkney, our minister at the
court of St. Petersburg, finding the,cli
mate of Russia unfavourable to his health
lias determined to return to the United
(S'tates, ami may be expected to arrive
here before the close of the present year,
f as he will leave Russia before the winter
! commences.—Fed. Gaz. ,
1 A letter from Fort Claiborne, in the
Alabama territory, states, that Corn.
• which was planted in February last, had
ripened by the middle of July, and was
■ then planted for a crop.
The Fist .Election in the New State
> of Mississippi took place in the first
■ of the present month. David
■ Holmes is elected Governor of the
• State, and George Poindexter Re
• presentative to Congress. There fcp
-1 pears to have been no opposition to either
I of these gentlemen.
1 It is incorrectly stated, we observe, in
• a western paper, and copied into others
• that might have been supposed to have
! better information, that “a man named
i Tench Ringgold” is placed at the head
t of the War Department, he being ap
: pointed first clerk in the place of Mr.
i George Graham. The worthy gentle- 1
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man whole samcTs io rudely treated,
holds no office of any description under
the government,and Mr. Graham is still
the acting secretary of war.
National Intelligencer*
> COMMUNICATED.
Died, on Thursday evening last, Mrs.
Elizabeth Walker, in the S2d year of
her age, consort of Mr. John S. Walker,
of this place. Mrs. Walker possessed
in an eminent degree, those useful and
amiable qualities which give her sex a
decided influence in society—in the con
stant exercise of them she devoted her
life, fcslie has ceased from her labors,
but her works remain behind her, a mon
ument of her goodness. A husband and
lw« children are left behind to feel the
deprivation of an affectionate wife and
tender mother.
Just Published)
And for Sale at the Chronicle and
Guxtlte Office,
THE GEORGIA. # SOUTH
CAUOUNA
ALMJINAC,
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LOUD
18 18.
•., ■ *
covtAnnsc,
Besides the usual matter of an Alman
ac, some valuable “ secrets in Arts, and
Sciences.”
October 11
J. W. Bridges,
—-—IS HO Hr sncßiyiNG - .
AND OPENING,
win Extensive Assortment,
CONSISTING OF, ,
.British, French, India, and Do
mestic
DRY GOODS.
—A L 8 o—■
A General Assortment of
Hardware and Cut
lery. :
LIKEWISE
A Complete Supph) of
GROCERIES.
His Stock is extensive and complete,
and will be ottered at wholesale and re
tail, on his “ usual low and accommoda
ting terms.” ' , - ;
Bills on New- York.
October 11 ts
Bills on New York
For sale by
N. L. J. Sturges.
Ociober 11. ts
Bills on New York
For sale at the store of JV, L. &
J. Sturges j by
Beers & Sturges. •
October I*l • 'if
40 Dollars Reward
RUNAWAY from the subscriber, liv
ing in Burke county, on the wa
ters of Brier Creek, on the 6th of Octo
ber.
TWO LIKELY
Negro Fellows,
wMarch , an outlandish fellow,
about 25 years of age, about 6 feet high,
of a very dark colour, with the lower
part of his cars cut oft’ as a mark in his
country, had on when he runaway a suit
of homespun clothes, he speaks good En
glish.
Alack, a country born, about
26 or 27 years old, about 5 feet 8 or 10
inches high, stout made, has a lump on
his right jaw, caused by the flash of a
gun; had on when he ranaway a yellow
suit of negro cloth. Any person or per
sons apprehending and confining them
in any jail within this i-tate, so as I get
them again, shall receive the above re
ward, or 20 Dollars for each; and all
reasonable expences paid if delivered to
the subscriber, at his plantation in Burke
county.
Win. Iverson.
October 11 spt
NOTICE,
NOW in Richmond Jail, NED, (he
has called himself Whalebone) be-,
longs to the estate of general Read of Sa
vannah, he is about 47 or 48 years of
age, his complexion is very black,is chun
key and well made fellow.
PETER, who says he belongs toWra.
Meneale near Lincoln court-house; he *
is about 20 years of age, about 5 feet 2
or 3 inches high, somewhat of a down
look and of a yellowish cast, thick and
well set fellow. The owners are reques
ted to come forward, prove their proper
ty, pay charges and take them away.
A. Rhodes, jt. D. Sh’ff.
October Its
T’fce Subscribers, 1
ARE DAILY RECEIVING,
lARGET qVANTITIBS OF
Gao D % I
DIRECT PROM EUROPE. 4
WlftCH they can and will sell «•
low as any other house in the state
that are regular dealers; and will give
the highest price for COTTON andoth
er Produce. Customers will be prompt-
I V attended to, and their favours grate*
1 ally received by
A. Envin, Groce kt Co.
October 11 ts
Notice.*
THE SUBSCRIBER, ,
Has taken a Stand a few doors above
captain Ketchums, North side, upper
end of Broad-Street,
WHERE HE WILL TRANSACT
Commission Busi
ness.
And Expects a Supply of
groceries,
SHORTLY.
Which will be disposed of low for cash.
Isaac La Roche.
October 11 %■ ts
subscriber has associated Mr.
JL Wii.u\m Booker ia his business, ,
which will be conducted in Altai c under
the firm of George Hudson 8e co.
George HudsoKk
October 11 ts
G. Hudson, Co.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED , '
Per the schooners Three -Sisters, and
Young -Sea Horse, from New-York.
•—•in Extensive Assortment of—
% British, French & India
DRY GOODS,
Cutlery , Hardware,
-A N 1)
Groceries.
CROCKERY,
—A N D— -a
Glass Ware,
Which they are determined to
sell on accommodating terms by the
Package, Piece or otherwise, as may
suit purchasers. - J
October 11 ts
Clerk Wanted.'
A YOUNG man of respectable con.
nexions who can come w ell recom
mended, and none else need apply, may
hear of a situation in a dry good store—.
Apply to the printers. Oct.l i—-nt
Attention 130 th District Company
YOU are hereby commanded to be at
Ihe usual parade ground of the com*
pany, THls DAY at 3 o’clock, ». m. ar*
med and equiped agreeable to law, for
the purpose of attending a DRILL PA#
RARE.—By order of the Captain.
WILLIAM C. WARE, 0.8.
October 11.
NOTICE. —There Wifi be an Elec
tion held at Columbia court-house
on Monday the 27th of October, (instant)
for a Clerk of the Interior Court, t® fill
the vacancy of Anderson Crawford, esq.
deceased.
W. L. KENNON,j.i.c.
W. MAGUUDRR,j.U.
JOHN FOSTER, j.i.e.
J. T. ALLEN, j.i.e.
October 11. tde
i Gkokgia, > Clerk’s Office of the
Warren con’ty. £ Court of Ordinary.
WHEREAS Amos Travis and Wm.
Albritton have applied for Let
ters of Administration on the estate of
capt. John Travis, late of said county
deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admo
monish all and singular the kindred and
creditors of said deceased to be and ap
pear at my office, within the time pre
scribed by law to shew cause (ts any they
have) why said letters should not be
granted. Given under my hsnd, at of
fice, this 6th day of October, 1817.
John Torrence, c.c.o.
20 Dollars Reward^
RUN AWAY from the subscriber,
on the night of the 27th of Sept,
last, a negro fellow by the name of PE
TER, about*26 or 27 years of age,' stout
made, of a yellowish complexion, and
has a down look when spoken to-—took
with him when he went away a new fur
hat and checked ginghams ' coat, his o
ther cloathing not recollected.—Any
person apprehending the above named
fellow, and delivering him to the on Lit-*'
tie river, Columbia county, near (layo
ville, or who will lodge him in jail and*
give me information, so that I can get
him, shall receive the above reward and
all reasonable expenses.
N.B.—lt is probable he may have a
pass.
Oct. 8 *otp JOIIKM. WEST