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* AVGUSTA, »fco."*o“''
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have before us a lengthy coimnu
nication, ad.iressed to the w female Be
nevolent Society” of Augusta, Under
standing that the annual ‘meeting of this
Institution is near at band, and that it’s,
dissolution is apprehended, in conse
quence oi some harsh and illiberal re
flections, uncharitably cast upon it, the
■writer, notwithstanding, solemnly ad
jures the society, by every Christian prin
ciple, to persevere in their work of well
doing. He tells them, in the language
of f'ltlij that a'Consciousness of duty is
their best rewvfd; and that the abuse of
a cnantrt.ile institution is no argument
its usefulness—-but, if it were
avA,., blessing we enjoy might be with-’
heni from ds. regret, indeed, thet
■ounhiriita will not enable us to give the
C'limnurilcmion entire—but we hope suf
ficieM I rs been said, to induce the au.i
•li'c and lovely objects of it’s solicitude,
to “tattr the cross"’ a little longer, for the
heno* and glory of Hm. whose heavenly
p : cepu they are endeavoring to exein
plify.
* Financial budget f nr 1817.
Y*o have only had time io arparge
porlani document:—
OEVEStTIS.
The net revenue arising from du
ties on imports and tonnage, inter,
nart duties, direct fax, publie lands,
p stage and jiiridm al receipts, du
r< g die year 1815, amounted to
£*9.6>2,85* 2
A« d liiHi which accrued from the
■»me sour es. during (he year 1816,
au.pu ted »056.7*3,57t* ¥7
It i» ascertained (hat the gross a
<n.>un( ol duties on merchandize and,
tonnage, width have accrued during
the tboee fl'‘si quarter* of the pre
sent year, exceed 17,000,000; and
tb it :he revenue arising from inter-,
ral duties and from the public lands,
du 'og t|»e same period; exceed that
of he corresponding quarters of the
yea* fsifl, j
r s he balance in the treasury, on the
first day of January, 1817 exclusive
Os 5t6,685,287 39 o. in Treasury
notes. o( every description, amounted
to 11.295.5Q* 80.
The payments In the Treasury, du
ring the three tlrst quarters of the
yea**. are estimated to umouut to
27,99.7,98* I*.
•A.td ihe paymentsinto the treasn
l*V, during the. fourth quarter, from
ihe ■»me sources, are estimated at
£,936.000.
iWkog ihe to*al amount esfima
ted to be received into the treasury,
during the year 1817, amount to
;«3,07fr,084 t*
Whmh, idiKd to the sum in (he
treasury, on the Is' day of January
last, make* the aggregate amount us
**.871,577 00.
The application of (his sum. Tor
1817, to civil, diplomat!. , and mis
cellaneous expenses, a* dmilitary and
naval services, flu, is estimated to
B .710,002 96.—During the fourth
qu.uier ending Ist January, 1818, it
is estimated that the payments will
amount (o 23.060 —Making the ag
grega e amount of 238.370,002 88—
litavi«>g, on that day. (exclusive of
eight millions, 268*,697 and 75 ets.
in Treasury notes, which are in a
train of sell lenient, in order to he,
eai.>-ellcd,}a balance in the treasury
of 6,001,575 88.
Os ihe aggregate amount of the:
piddie d« i>t, there will remain unre
d. cmcd. on the first January, 1616,
298,8*9 096 M.
The issue, us treasury notes, under
the «• acts ofcongress, amount
ed to g36.i33.70* -Of.which there
h;i h*en caucedrd, 216,57*,*31- •
JV<>w in (he treasury, exclusive of
t »ir estimated interest, 8,6*3.400
T/‘av<ng outstanding, an . estimated,
trv.ime of 635,953—This amonn' he
i • ettavertible ddo the funded debl,,
at being .<hove par. it is supposed it
w.il be appropriated to that purpose.
* The amount-of sales exhibited by
theland office in the state of Missis-:
sip pi. and in ihe Alabama Territory,
Is estimated at $1.12*, 00 81—
Fr>'« the proceeds of which Geor
gia aas received 68B,**i S3—And
thero has been transferred to (he.
* ■ e, by the commissioners of (be U.
8a es, u.'def the act compromising
tuc Zaeco Claims, 18*,515 9*..--
s'iog Mill due to the State, i
) 3 73, which it ready to be )
paid.
Amount oF&Swlppi Stock aWar- i
ded by commissioners, g*,278,43*-- I
Deduct amount received inta the 1
treasury, *3l,l2o—Which leaves, on 1
lhis account, outstanding, 3,7*7,31*, |
which it is supposed will ho received 1
into, or paid from, the treasury, du- {
ring the two succeeding years, out of ,
the proceeds of the sales of public ,
lands. '■ , j
The 'detachment under the command ,
of brig.gen. Glascock, at Fort Hawkins,
took up their line of march on Sunday
last, to'co-operate with the U. States’
troops against the hostile Indians. Pre
vious to their departure, Gen. Gaines
arrived at fort Hawkins, and was
welly pleased with their “ military as
pect,” that he issued a complimentary
(General Order on the occasion. The
General, it is said, intends visiting the
troops at Point Petre, before he returns
to the Indian nation. This circumstance,
has induced the belief that the power o‘
the Seminoles is not so formidable as was
at first apprehended.
Mil LED ORVILLE, DCC. 16.
Undid n JVews.
Copy of a letter from major general
Kdinurid P. Gaines, to his excellency
Governor Rabun, (received by express
yesterday morning, dated “ Head Quar
ters, Fort /Scott, December 2, 1817.
Si*-— I have the honor to acknowl
edge the recciptof your excellency's let
ter of the 20th of last month—’The de
tachment of miiitia i have no doubt will
derive In due time to enable me to put an
end to the little war in this quarter, in
die course of this or the next month.
tl ith a view to as'certian the strength
«t the hostile Indians in the vicinity oT
Fowl Town, and to reconnoitre Ihe'ad
jacent country, 1 a few days past detach
ed lieut. col. Arbuckie with 300 men— ;
ihe lieut. col. reports, that a party of
Indians had placed themselves in a
swamp, out of which about,6o wairiors
approached him, and with a
commenced a brisk fire upon the detach
ment—They returned the fire in a spir
ited manner—lt continued not mon
than 15 or 20 minutes before tne Indians
were silenced and forced \to retire into
the swamp, with a loss which lieutV col. J
Arbuckie estimates at from 0 to 8 kVI
cd, and a much greater number wound
ed—We had 1 man killed and 2 wound
ed—The enemy have since succeeded in
an allair in which the real savage charac-'
ter has been fully exhibited—A large
party termed an ambuscade on the 30th
uit. upon the Appalachacola river, a mile
below the junction of the Flint ami Chat-'
ahoncliic, attacked one of our detach
ments'in a boat ascending near shore,
and killed, wounded and took the great- ’
er paitot the detachment, consisting of
*0 men, commanded by lieutenant It. i
W. Scvtt- -There were also on board :
the boat, killed or taken, 7 women, the
wives of the soldiers; 6 men only esca- ,
ped,4of whom wounded—They report
that the strength of the current at the
point of attack,liad obliged the licuten- (
ant to keep Ids boat near the shore. That 1
the Indians had formed along the liank
ol tlw river and were not discovered un
til their tire commenced—ln the first i
volley of Which lieut. Scott and his most
active men fell—The Lieut, and his par- i
ty hud been sent from this place some
days before to assist urcjor Mirhleirburg
in ascending the. river with three ves
sels laden with military supplies brought .
Irom Fort J/ontgomery *md JTohile.
The major it seems, deemed it proper to
retain only about 20 men oftthe party,
and in therr place put a like number ot ,
sick, with the women and some regimen- .
tal clothing- -The boat thus.laden, was
unfortunately detached alone for this
—ltisdueto major .Vuhlenburg to
observe, that at the time he detached
the'boot, I have reason to believe he was
not apprised of any recent acts ofhostil
itv having taken place in that quarter—
It appears, however, by A letter; from
Lieut. Scott, received about tliO hour in
which he was attacked, that he had been
warned ofthe danger which awaited him: ,
I must therefore conclude, that he felt it
(ohe his duty to proceed—Jfhether he
had received from major Jf/uhlenhurg a i
fiositive order to this effect, I have not i
yet learned—Upon the receipt of Lieut;
Scott’s letter, 1 had two boats filled up' ]
with covers of plank, port-holes, &c. for
defence, and detachedithem under capt. 1
Clinch with a subaltern officer and 40
men with an ord£r to secure the move- 4 .
ment of Lieut. Scott, and then to assist,
major Muhlenburg. The detachment em- 1
harked late-in the evening of the 30th »
alt. and must have passed the scene of
action (15 miles below this place) «t J
night,and 7 hours after the affair had
terminated. I have not yet hoard from I
captain Clinch—l shall immediately
strengthen the detachment under major
Muhlenburg with another boat secured;
•gainst the enemy’* fire. He will there- a
lure movemp safely by keeping near the, I
middle of (he river, which with his vea-: 1
sels and force ,is quite practicable. I, (
’hall moreover, take a position with my
principal force near the Junction of the c
riversat the line of demarcation between I
the United States and Spain, and shall
attack any force near that place, or that S
may attempt to intercept our vessels oi J
supplies below.
The wounded men who made their es S
cape concur in the opinion that they had S
*een upwards ofsoo warriors, (supposed
:t° he hostile,) &i different places in the 1
*
♦• , , ' iff ' V
nttft, ketow the point of attack; of the
forte engage J they differ «n opinion; blit
all agree toe number wcß eery consider
able; extending about oue hundred and
fifty yards along the shore at the edge of
a swamp, in a thick woods. .
1 am assured by the friendly chiefs
that theltostile warriors of the town on
the Chatahoochie have been for some
time past moving off down the rivfer to
join the Seminole*. Those now remain
ing on that river are believed to be well
disposed. One of the new settlers there
however has keen recently killed; but it
has been already proven, fh4t the per
petrator of this act, (together with most
of the Warriors of this town (High Town)
belonged to and have joined the hostile
party. The friendly chief in the neigh
borhood promptly dispatched a party in
pursuit of the offender, who made -his
escape towards the Mickasukee town.
Onishaws and several other friendly
chiefs have tendered to me their warri
ors, to go against the Setrvinoles. I have
promised to give them notice of the time
that may be fixed on for my departure,
and then to accept of their services.
The enclosed paper contains the sub
stance of what 1 have said to the chiefs
who have visited me; several of whom re-,
side south of the Apalachacola.
The chiefs were desirous I should
communicate to them my views and
wishes. 1 felt authorised to say but til
de, and deemed it necessary in what I
should say, to counteract the erroneous
impressions by which they have been,
misled by pretended British agents.
I have the honor to be, most respectful
ly, your obedient servant,
E. P. Gaines.
His Exc. Governor Rabun.
The session of the Legislature is draw
ing rapidly to a dose. The House of
Representatives passed late last evening
'the Tax Act, a section of which imposes
on the notes of unchartered banks a tax
of two and a half per cent, on the amount
in circulation ; and subjects the branch
'les of the U. S. bank in this state to the
same tax paid by (he banks chartered bv
the -Legislature, viz. thirty-one and a
quarter cents on every hundred dollars
of the capital stock. The taxes in gen
eral remain aa heretofore, with the ex
ception of the fifty per centum to reim
burse the direct tax, which is not con
tinued.
Fifteenth Congress.
The following committees have been ap
pointed by the speaker of the House
of Representatives:—
Committee of Ways and Means.
Messrs. Lowndes, Smith, of Md. Bur-,
well, Pitkin, Abbott,. Sergeant ant
Trimble.
Os Elections —Messrs. Taylor, Ty-.‘
ler, .Merrill, Shaw, Boss, Whitham ant •
Strong.
Os commerce and manufactures —
Messrs. Newton, Seybert, Jfcfosely, Ir
ving, .M-Lane, Crawford and Kinsey. *
(ts claims —. Messrs. Williams of N.
C. Rich, Bateman, Jtf‘Coy, Huntington,
Schuyler and Walker of Ky.
Os the. J)istnct of Columbia —. Messrs.
Herbert, .Miller, Peter, Boden, Stroth
er, Claiborne, and Cobb. ,
On theipnblic lands — Messrs. Robert
son, of Louisville, Anderson, Os Ken
tucky, .Merrer, Campbell, Hendricks,
Terry and Jtfarr. '
On. the post-office "Und^post-roads—
Messrs. Ingham, Blount, fcarber ofOhio,
Townsend, Nelson of .Mass. Colston,
and Terrell.
On pensions andmevolutionary claims.
Messrs. Rhea, Wilkin, Boggles, W. P.
JV/aclay, Hun wood, Ellicott and Owen.
On public expenditures — Messrs.
Desha, Anderson of Pa. Garnett, Cush-'
man, Culbreth, Hunter, and Holmes o
Con.
On the judiciary— Messrs. Nelson of
Va. Hopkinson, Spencer, Edwards, Bee- <
cher, Livermore and Hale.
On accounts—vVessrs. Little, Bennet
and Allen of .Mass.
Os revival and unfinished business—«
Messrs. Savage, Whiteside and Wes
terlo. ' ,
On private lard claims— Messrs. Her
rick, Heister, Pindall, Hogg and Tomp-
Kill 9*
Committees of investigation into ex
penditures, &c.
for'the department of state—Messrs.'
Forsyth, Hasbrouck and Scudder.
For the treasury—JMessrs. Lowndes,
Allen of Va. and JMarchand.
For the department of war— Messrs.
Johnson of Ky. Tucker-of 8. Carolina,
and Harkimer.
For the Navy department—. Messrs.
Pleasants, Stoors and Sampson.
Pbr the general post-office—. Messrs.
Ingham, Hubbard-and Huntington.
For the public buildings— Messrs
Tucker of Va. Drake and Orr.
On so much of the Presidents message
as relates to foreign affairs—J/essrs.
Forsyth, Holmes of Muss Barbour of
Va. Robertson of Lou. Porter, Orr and
Goodwyn.
On military affuitjp—.Messrs. Johnston
of Ky. Bloomfield, Reed, T. M. Ne'sou,
Nesbit, Forney and Gage.
On the militia—. Messrs. Harrison,
Smyth of V*. Quarles, Williams often.
Jones, Linn and .Horton.
On naval affairs—. Messrs. Pleasants,
Snsbee, Wendover, Parrott, Ringgold,
“ wage and Schuyler.
’°dian affai.s—.Messrs. Southard.
Williams of N. X. Murray, Slocumb,
> ' ' *»-
, V
l&flfer, Ritlic rds and Tkrf; **"
On internal improvement-—. Messrs
Tucker of Va. Tahnadgte, Ingham,Storrs,
Claggett, Robertson or Ky. and Letvis;
* Respecting Amelia-Island—.Messrs!
.Middleton* Smith, (Jpliant, Sawyer,Bali,
.Mumford and Cook.
On (he public buildings— Messrs. Par
ris,’ Bassett, Bellinger, Taylor, Forsyth,
i Crafts and Folger.
Respecting the surviving revolutiona
ry Patriots—. Messr s -. Bloomfield, Reed.
Stuart, Rhea, Smith of «Md. Wallace
and Hall.
Particulars of the* late West-lb
' dia Hurricane.
The editors of the .Mercantile Adver
tiser have been favored with the loan ql
Bermuda papers'to the 22<folt. brought
by the Antoinette. Extracts follow:
DF.RMUMA, NoV. 22.
We are enabled to give the following
particulars of the hurricane in the West
Indies on the 21st October, from Antigua
and St. Vincents and by private
1 letters from Barbadoes and Trinidad.
Dominique—Provision grounds on tfie
plantations totally destroyed, and great
damage done to the different buildings
throughout the island. This colony had
not yet recovered from the disastrous
effects of the hurricane of September.
1816. His Excellency Charles Win.
: Maxwell, G. B. Governor, #c, #c. issu
ed a proclamation on the 29th October,
1 permitting the importation, for the peri-
l ’ od of six months, in foreign vessels of
? all nations and descriptions, (these are
the words of the proclamation) of flour,
bread, biscuit, rice, beans, peas, oats,
torn, corn meal, live stock, horses,
, mules, horned cattle, roots, and fruits pf
all kiods-, boards, planks, scantling,
■ shingles, staves, heading, and hoop-, and :
! permission is given for the vessels im
i porting such articles, or any of thorn, to’
i take away sugar and coffee to the value ,
of one third part of the articles so im
puted, and otaim and molasses for the
■ remainder. V
Martinique—This colony was made a
scene of desolation and misery from the.
i destructive effects of the hurricane. Thrs
* wind commenced blowing furiously at
0 o’clock in the morning, and continued -
- to increase in violence rill 4 o’clock in’
the afternoon, during which time the ram
■ tell in torrents. Devastation exhausted
itself throughout tire country; and, at a
: moderate calculation, it is affirmed, the
planters alone-are sufferers to the extent:
01 35,000,000 livres. The government*
have adopted measures to soften the;
. pressure of theae evds on ‘this class of
inhabitants, by opening the port (for one’
year it is stated) to aleniations, for the:
importations of provisions 'ofigyery kind,
and free exportation of every 'descrip
tion of produce. Many lives were lost.
. Forty or fifty vessefswere driven to tea
from St. Pierres: some without-ballast,
and others without provisions -or water;
no tidings had subsequently been heard
of them. -.Many hulls of weasels, how
? ever,-have since been-seen in those spas;
and some surviving hands were taken
off the wreck of an American-vessel as
she was*drifting to leeward past the bay,
the day following the gale. Some ves
* se * B which arrived from the southward,
, were.put under requisition by the gov
: ernment, and despatched in quest of the
vessels that were driven off, to afford
requisite assistance to all those they
might fall in with- At Fort Roval not
withstanding the advantageous nature of
u»e Basin, ad the ships there, and prop
erty afloat, were driven ashore and in
vo.ved in complete havoc. The French
men of war were wrecked in the bav;
and a transport from France foundered
to Windward, and with the exception of
a few bands, every soul on board perish-
St. Lucia—At this island, the*govern>-
ment house, militarybarracks, and hos>-
pital, were blown down, llie governor,
< (Gen. Seymour) his lady and child, and
rnaj. Burdett, his lady and family, are
said to have many oth
er officers and soldiers; and about 150
< were wounded in this dreadful war of
the elements. The destruction of prop
* erty was immense. A gentleman who
arrived at Antigua, in a vessel which
passed by St. Lucia after the gale, states
that they could see no houses Utaudine
bn that island. b
St. Vincents—The tempest was pre-
early dawn, by a violent swell
tram the n. w. which was followed by a
ga e from that quarter, attended with a
deluge of rain and an obscure sky. Four
schooners and a sloop Were driven on the
beach; a ship, a brig, five schooners, and
other craft, rode out the storm. Two
schooners were driven ashore at Caltia
qua, and one sloop broke her cable and
stood to ‘sea.
Barbadoes—Very little damage done
on, the land—About 14 or 15 vessels
were driven ashore, and fire of them are
said to have been lost—None of them
belonged to Bermuda—Ready assistance
whs. afforded the distressed vessels, by (
h. m. ship Seamander, and the brig Chil- ’
Grenada—A letter from Trinidad to
the editor es this paper briefijr stys s
“ news has been received to-day, (Oc
tober 26,) that there has been a hurri
cane at Grenada, which has destroyed
half the town; and also at <St. Vincent a
terrible gale, in which seven vessels i
were lost—la Grenada the planters have t
suffered severely, for some estates have
been injured to the amount of man v thou
sand pounds.” " {
r’ J W * Wx
- .. ?
C4r £ne Poetieai Effusion of a ,„ Ut h
esteemed correspondent, » unaVoidS I
laid over until our next. uab v I
Married, at Silver Bluff, «n W-.r; I
ncsday evening the llth inst. by j!u* I
7/card, Esq. Mr. Richard W, Rams. ° I
to Miss .Barbara R. W ood, diinr'i- ** M
tsar.*- 1 —•■'■tes I
Cotton, 31 aß3cfa. I
T 41 Social '£JL I
requested to attend at theffi ®
ims Evening; ;*nd on Tuesday Even.n *
next, at / o clock. —By Order] ° I
C. A. Crawford, S ec \,
December 20. ’ C ?’ I
p On < hristma, day, i rarawli J
ately alter morning service. ih#> p„ .
the Roman Catholic Church will be JIS I
*or ooe year. I
NOTiniT* S
Co. of Savannah, put in the Post- i
umce of that place, a letter directed to I
the subscribers, containing the follow ing I
bills, amounting to 2000 dollars, V |* ; J? I
** 29, Letter A, Bank of Georgia,favor i
of J, Gumming, 24th October. 4
. o, * Ridfi
196, Letter B, Planter’s bank i 1
James Bilbo, Ist Decern. II
,q. l 7» Si CO 00 I
Jqo’ a’ - - " ‘ 1(10 M §
jog £ • - ‘ 4 «ooo
199 A * ' ’ 10000 I
19‘j. T ' m * 100 w ■
■IRT n " - ‘ 100 00 I
irr’ n * ' " 100 W
1»8, H, 100 «B
isl- a ' * - 100 00
J!”’ a ‘ ‘ 10° fQO
Jo,’ ** ’ - - 100‘00 I
192 B ' ' ’ 100 T, °
!q!’ ?’ ’ ‘ ’ I
IQ. D 100 00
jyt, Ji, - - . 100 no I
Jon’ Ht PGerard » •' 50 00
’ 50 00 I
195, A, - . v - 50 00 I
iQfi a 50 00 I
196’ B’ ‘ * ' 51,00
197 « ‘ ‘ ' 50 00 I
iyz, u, . - . 5000
Alsoj one not recollected, - 50 00 ■
■ 82,000 00
▼Vhich letter nas either tniscatried or
been taken out of the Post-( Iffice in this I
place, by some tme unauthorized. All I
persons are therefore requested to stop 8
any of the above bills if offered, and give ||
such information to thesubscriber as may S
be in their power. The letter also con
tained a Note given by John Howard to
J. W. Devereaux for 51,200 due the Ist;
November last.
J. J B. Howard.
December 20. ts I
8100 Reward. I
LOST by the subscriber a Red Mo- I
rottco Pocket book, containing One I
thousand and Seyenteen Dollars and 50 S
cents, in notes of the following descripk I
tion i*—6 or 7 bills of SIOO on the hank *
of the United States, dated Philadelphia;
‘;ne of one hundred on the bank of Au- I
gusta; two or lout fifty dollar bills, one
on the State bank of North-Carolina,and 1
several small bills, some Newbern,C«tpe-
Fear and Dickinson; there were also S 5 I
dollars in ten arid five dollar bills. West
ern money,one dated Dayton, Ohio, one
Cincinnati; also a2O dollar bill on the 1
Elkton bank of Maryland, (counterfeit)
The Pocket book had the name of the |
subscriber written in several places. — J
The above reward will be given to whor I
ever will return the said book and mo- |
ney to the owner, or give information.l
that he gets it. I
B. Y. Marye.
December 20. c I
Sugar <Sj* Rum. I
PRIME wVuscovad(»>Sugar in |
New England Rum m do. I
for sale by
Butler & Murray, |
Upper end of Broad -street, ophite -j
Dickinson’s new building.
December 20. gw
Found, I
A POCKET BOOK containing a I
small sura of money; the owner
can have jt by proving property and psy'
ing for this advertisement, by applying te
Bigelow & Hand. J
December 20 ts I
JAKEN LP
IN Broad-street, Augusta, on Satins'* 1
day morning last, about half »» h«ur
before day lights a Bay jHTorse, with Saifr
die and Bridle on, he haa lost his. teHk I
eye, and low in flesh. The owner *n%»-
quested to call at the
prove property, p«y espqqcq and feto. I
him away, ’ 1$
December n
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