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* AVGUSTA, »fco."*o“'' -g— ~~~-~—""—" 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 < ■Of :• i‘l I