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Jive* to Ur who understand* than.
I see yrtn have return’d fair maid,
After the Wotid’rous pranks you’ve play’d
In a.I our country towns unci places;
Making the wild clodhoppers stare
A t your crrjnfttinh irkka while there,
And ogling at their sun-burnt faces.
Beside, yon had a chosen few
Hangers on of dandy breed; who
Danc’d attendance at •, our levee heirs ;
Bat these were merely kept for them,
Mere sumnu r fi‘s— 'that you well know
Would not have staid in clouds or
showers.
And you were flutter’d too, T ween—
Thinking yourself a fairy queen,
Till thought was almost reality ;
Tor who could hoasl of twenty b« aux
Who swore as many buckish oaths—
YttfAin* she was Bail mortality.
TV< re they admir’d for intellect ?
Or ki p 1 to buz/—till yotiM reject
1 hem for those who’d oiler better ?
Tor these are coquettes arts lissaid,
And though your plans have been well laid
They'll fail, tor me you ne’er shall
fetter.
SENTIO.
Selected for the Chronicle.
Os the delicate amatory we do not know a
finer specimen than this, one ol the
early productions of S. T. Coleridge.
One kiss, dear maid, I said and sighed;
Your scorn the little booti denied :
Ah, why refuse the blameless bliss?
Can danger hi' k within a kiss ?
Yon i icwless wanderer of the vale,
The spi it of the western gale,
At morning’s prime, at evening’s close.
Inhales the sweetness of the tore.
And hovers o'er the uninjured bloom.
Sighing back the sod perfumes
Vigor to the Zephyrs wing.
Her nectar breathing kisses fling;
And he, the glitter of the dew.
Scatters on the rosea hue.
Too well those blooming lips disclose
The triumphs of the opening rose.
0 fair! G graceful"? bid them prove
As passive to the breath cf love.
Jn smother’d accents soft and low,
1 hear the gently whisper’d po :
The whisper’d no—how little meant!
Sweet falsehood, that endears consent!
Tor on those lovely lips the while.
Dawns the sweet relenting smile,
That tempts, with feign’d dissuasion coy.
The gentle violence of joy.
SHOX TOE CHARLESTON MKRCUUT.
Mr. Editor —Should the following Son
net, addressed by Mr. Iloscoe taliis Book
on parting with them, which I selected,
be deemed worthy of a place in yom us<
ful paper, you will confei a favour be gi'
ingthem publicity. A SUBSCRIBE*
January B'h, 1822.
to M.r pocks.
As one, who, destined from his friends to
part,
Regiels his loss, hut hopes ere whin
To share their converse and enjoy then
snide.
And icinpers xs he may, affliction’s dart;
Tims !■ v’d associates, chief ol elder art,
Teachers of wisdom, who could once be
guile
|ly tedious hours, and lighten every
toil—
s "ow resign yon ; nor with fainting heart,
Tor pass a fe w short years or days, or
hours,
And happier seasons may their dawn un
fold,
And all y«nr sacred fellowship restore ;
B hen fret d from earth, unlimited its pow
ers.
Mind shall with mind direct commu
nion hold,
And kindred spirits meet to part no
more.
THE ILIUE % CURIOUS
«* ADDITIONS."
To the frock's of Alexander Pope, Esq.
Printed, Dublin,\ 77 6.
Mr. GAY’S EPITAPH.
Jiy Mr. POPE.
Afrell then ! poor Gay lies under ground,
So there's an end of honest Jack : .
So little justice here he found,
’Tis ten to one he’ll ne’er come Back.
Jjord CGNINOSBV’s EPITAPH,
Uy Mr, POPE.
Here lies Lord Conningsby—be civil ;
The rest God knows —so does the Devil,
EPIGRAM.
Py JM.-. POPR.
JZngrcn’d on the Collar nj n Pog, which I
gttf'e to his Uoval Highness.
I am hit highness’ dug at Kcw ;
Pray tell me, Su, w hose dog are you ?
Occasioned by an Invitation to Court
la the lines that y >u sent, are the Muses
and Graces;
. v You have the nine in your wit, and three
* in your faces.
You say A’s a wit, for what ?
F«tr wricsj- ? mo—for writing not.
A -FA Avi.Vl ENT, attribu'ed fit, some to
Mr Pcpt nnd by others to .Mr Congreve
Jl hat however been seen in the ham! writing
t>f the firmer.
M’Ual are the falling tills, the pe-udatu
shades,
The morning bow’rs, the evening colo
nades.
But soft recesses for th* uneasy mind
To sigh unheard m, to the passing wind!
So the struck d.-er, in some sequester’d
part,
Vifs do wa to die (the arrow in his heart)
k. i
To the ingenious Jfr Metre, Author of (he ts
celebrated Worm Powder ti
hi
How niuch, egregious Moore, are we
Deceiv'd by shows-and forms ! tl
Whaie’cr we think, w hate’tr we see, *
A I human race are Worms. p
Man is a very Worm by birth, |,
Proud reptile *, vile and vain, n
A while he crawls upon the eitth,
Tlien shrinks to earth again*
• Mr. Pope look this hint from Homer: •<
« o son of Tydeus cease !be wise and r
see 1
“ How vast the difT’rence of the gods and 1
tbcc * f
«« Distance immense ! between the pow’rs 1
that shine c
«• Above, •lernn), deathless, and divine,
“ And mortal man ! a wretch of humble
birth, . , i ,
« a short-liv’d reptile in the dust of
earth ” ...
Sec Apollo's speech to Diomede, book xv
That woman is a Worm, we find,
E’er since our grannam’s evil -,
She first convers’d with her own kind, '
The ancient Worm, the devil. J
The fops are painted butterflies,
That flutter for a day ; '
Firs' from a Worm they took their rise, i
Then in a Worm decay.
The learn’d themselves we Book-worms j
name, i
The blockhead is a Slow-worlh; ,
The nymph, whose heart is all on flame, ,
Is aptly term’d a Glow-worm. i
The flatterer an ear-wig grows,
Some Worms suit all conditions;
Misers are Muck-worms, silk worms beaux,
And Death-watches physicians.
That statesmen have a Worm, is seen
By all their winding play :
Their conscience is a Worm within.
That gnaws them night and day.
All! Moore ! thy skill were wcllemploy’d
And greater gain would rise,
If thou could’st make the courtier void
The worm that never dies.
0 learned friend of Ah.cf.urch lane,
Who sett’st our entrails free.
Vain is thy art. thy powder vain,
Since Worms shall eat ev’n thee.
Thou onlycan’st our fate adjourn,
Some few short years ; no more :
Ev’n Button’s wits to worms shall turn,
Who maggots were before.
“ The project of Mr. Walworth, in
Congress, of abridging the rations of li
quor to the soldiers of the Army, or in
the language of seamen, of stopping their
grog, is one that is no doubt well design
ed on his part, but seems to be one of
very doubtful benefit. A soldier without
spirits, is certainly a very good for-notli
mg soldier ; and the ration of rum thai
he draws per day, is not enough to make
him drunk, far less to keep him so. If
he belongs to a marching regiment, the
ration is nothing too much ; if be is on
extra service it is not enough, and if he
is in garrison, it is his past-time to tipple
it with his fellows.
If a poor fellow is to be drawn up be
fore a court martial, he wants a draught
n> embolden him—if he expects to be
nmished, he takes a little inspiration to
uippnrt his despondency, and when the
unishment is inflicted, the very surgeon
t the regiment prescribes the drops,
lint he mny not sink under it.
If the ration were reduced or abolish
(1, the soldier would go to the Sutler
nd get his fill—lie would have to pm
iore for his taste; but satisfy it lie would
Mis pay would always be mortgaged— '
die Sutler would grow rich and the s d
dier, nothing the soberer for the change, i
would be always poor. <
If Mr. Walworth’s attempt succeeds,
.ue favourite song of Gen. Wolfe (mon
knowing in these matters than Mr. W.) !
would no more be sung in camps or gu;
1 isons. A soldiers character was fully be i
fore the General when he cheered the .
Song,”
“ W’hy stands the glass around ?
For shame —you take no care my boys ; ■
Why stands the glass around ?
Let mirth & wine abound”—&c. &c.
Char, Met-
Singular Intermarriage. —A Mr. Hard- ,
wood, bad two daughters by his first wife, ,
the eldest of whom was warned to aMr ,
John Coshick. This Coslnck had a daugb
ter by his first wife, whom old Hardwood 1
married, and by her he had a son. There
fore, John Cosliick’s second wife, could say 1
as follows:
My father- is my son,- and I’m my mother's j
mother i i
My sister is my da .ghter — l’m grandaughter 1
to my brother. i
Charleston Courier - •
Ingenious Anagram —The following A
nagrm on the known Bibliographer, Wil
liam Gluts, may claim a place among the
first productions of this-class- It was writ
ten by Oldys himself, and w r as found by Iti#
executors, in one of his manuscripts:—
IV O.
In word and Wild. I AMa friend to you,
And one friend OLD IS worth an b.in
dred new. lb.
Curious Breach *f Promise of Marriage.
’.Vedneadav afernoon an occurrence of ra
ther an extraordinary nature took place in i
Lambeth Marsh, Ayoungcouple who bad i
been attached to each other for some time, i
weie to have been that day married at I
Christ’s Church —Si matters had gone so
far, that the girl had left her place, pur
chased a wedding-ring, and her friendsharl i
prepared a feast for the occasion. The
bride-groom paid a visit to his affianced
wife early in the morning, and under some
pretence obtained the wedding ring for a i
moment, and then managed to leave the i
house unperceived. This created no alarm,
but he did not return. At length it became
too late to have the ceremony celebrated
1 hat -day, and great apprehensions were
enter'anted for the young man’s safety,
whilst the young woman was ready to sins,
with grief and disappointment. At length
it was suggested to go inquest of him, and
after a laborious search, be was found by
the girl and her brother in a public-house
close by, playing at skittles with his bro
ther and a number of other men. A scene
of mutual recrimination then took place,
and 1 he poor girl went into bj sterics, whilst
her faithless lover made a precipitate rc
.w
* *
real, <o avoid the vengeance of her bro
il. However,hittela'.ive, who remained
lehind, iook up the cudgels in Ids defence. |
on! the two ni'er, instantly proceeded t«> i
he little field, rca' the Coburg Theatre, ■
where, after an obs mate contest, victor)
proclaimed for the fair sex It was alter
aa ds discovered, that the worthlessfei-
I. w had pawned the ring, and spent the m -
ney which he got for it — London paper.
A laughable circumstance took place
last week near the market place in this
town. As a soldier was carrying the d.n
nera belonging to his mess from he ba
kcr’s, one of his companions coining be
hind him cailcd out “Attention/” when
this well disciplined soldier dropped Ins
hands, and at the same time the dinners
of his unfortunate comrades.
Shr Chron.
Indian A flairs.
Nsw-Yonic, Jan. 15.
Debates in Congress —The reader will
find tie ow, some interesting extrac s from
the He bates in Congress, on the Hill f>r
mak'ng a partial appropriation—or, as Mr.
Colden said, on tho Presidential election.
The render may fancy it tipon either ques
tion as he pleases.' In the course of his
remarks. Mr Gilmer said, “The amount
limited by /aw,for presents sent to Indians,
va»$15.(;00; but it would be found that
in 1818, there were distributed, in pre
sents to them, the sum of $ 150,000 in mo
ney, ami $165,000 in goods, making an
aggregate of $295,000.” The constitu
tion of the United Stales says, “no mon.-y
shall he drawn from the Treasury, but in
conseipicnce of appropriations made by
law ” Now according to the statement of
Mr. Gilmer, (says the I). m<«cvalic Press,)
instead of $ 15,000, $195,000 have been
drawn from the Treasury. Such asser
tions communicn’ed from the lips of a rep
resentative of the people are well calcula
ted to excite jealousy, if not alarm. It is
due to the people that the truth of such
assertions be denied, or that the facts be
explained or inquired into.
Mr. Randolph, from whom we have
h' ard but little of late years, appears to he
makingas much music as ever. There is
more truth than elegance in his reply to
Mr. Buchaunan, who seemed to have so
much confidence in Mr. Jefferson’s ad
ministration, that he did not believe a
cent was unnecessarily expended during
that time. “ I cannot go so tar,” said Mr
Randolph. “ There were too many hun
gry mouths to be fillad under all adminis
trations; to*> many dogs that were ready
to cal duty bread and duty pudding.”
Com, Advertiser .
From the .A’. K. Commercial Advertiser .
CONGRESS,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SECRETARY OF WAR
The following remarks were, made by
Mr. Gilmer, in the House of Representa
tives, on the 10th inst. on the resolution
for information concerning the Indian De
partment. It is a pretty severe attack up
on the Secretary.
Mr. Gilmer hoped the amendment w omd
succeed, though he was nut himself desi
i ous of the information called for by the j
resolution Mr. G. proceeded to remark
on the course which this subject had ta
ken, and incidentally on the merits of the
question which iiad been several days un
der debate at considerable length—of
which it is practicable to give the sub
stance only. It seemed to him that some
gentlemen were too eager to identify the
personal character of the Secretary with
questions befiore the House, and taking
up their defence before any one thought
ot making an attack. In the particular
case before the House, Mr. G. conlcsssc.;
hut the Secretary of War did not possess
iis confidence; though he believed him to
he in tilt general discharge of his duty an
able and enlightened ofiicer ; and he be
heved that officer drew much 100 largely
tin (he confidence of this House, if be pre
sumed it would justify him in the course
lie had adopted in regard to the excess of
expenditure above the appropriation. It
iiad it indeed been argued that an appro
priation law is not the authority for ex
pending money; he admitted that if an
army is authorized, you give power to en
list so many soldiers ; that if contracts can
not bo made on terms as cheap as were
anticipated when the law passed , it was
competent for the Secretary to make up
the deficiency, but this was not an analo
gous case, as those expenses were not au
thorized by any law. If any Secretary ex
pended more money than he was authori
zed to do, it should be at bis peal, and
on his own responsibility. This was the
great question ; and he f<r one would not
admit that any Secretary should dare—he
would use this strong language—should
dare to place his construction above the
construction of this House, and substitute
his discretion for law. Mr. G contended
further that it was in the power of the Sec
re’ary of War to have prevented a large
portion of this unauthorized expenditure
li was well known that not only immense
numbers of the Indians attended at the A
genciea to receive their annuities, hut that
they came attended by their women and
children, who all assembled and remained
lor many days for the purpose of being
fed at the expense of the United Slates.
This expense tit least the Secretary could
have controlled—timely orders to his sub
agents would have prevented it, by di
recting that rations should not be issued
to hose swarms of savages at the public
expense, as had been the practice hereto
fore. Such an order would have sent the
Indians home, and the expense would
have been avoided. Another curtailmem
of expenditure, Mr. G. presumed mif(ht
have been made in tlie article of presents
There »as an existing statute which ex
pressly foibid that the cost of presents to
the Indian tribes should exceed 15,000
dollars —there was no discretion left in the
case to the Executive ; and Mr. G. would
always protest against the exercise of any
discretion which should transcend the dis
bursement authorized Suppose it should
be discovered that the Secretary of War,
in the great discretionary power contend
ed for by some gentlemen, should have
thought proper to expend for presents he
sum of 50,000 dollars, instead of 15,000
and Mr- G thought it highly probably that
it would turn out so; for it had been sta
ted by one gentleman, (Mr. Buchanan,)
that 40,000 dollars was expended ir. trans
porting annuities, but tliis musb certainly
die an error, and he presumed it was for
•
presents, Mr. C was of opinion, also, 11
fiat the expenditure for the Indian IK- i
paitment miarht have been reduced in the
supply ofagriculturalimplt-ments, plosglts
&c. which was furnished and he went on
“to shew might have been reduced without ■
producing any hardship or inconvenience
to the tribes to whom they were sent iit or,
he observed, these implements betiehlea
only that class amongst the Indians which
were wealthy, and were calculated onh
io encourage an aristocracy amongst them;
while the great body of the tribes, poor
and miserable, and suifering, derived no
good whatevei from the donation, but
iluse things were not known perhaps to
the Secretary of War, to this man d tow
ering genius, to which so much homage
was paid. Gt nius he might have, and had,
Mr G. said, but for his part, he would
much prefer a little plain practical com
mnn sense to all the powers of imagination
which had, been ascribed to the Secretar)
of War. It was net his object, however,
Mr. G. said, to assail or defend any Secre
(a,y—he spoke only of facta a.id princi
ples. As to the resolution before (he
House, he had no idea that the information
it called for would change his opinion on
this subject. He was satisfied that money
had been expended which was not audio
rized, and no confidence would induce
him to justify such dereliction in a public
< fricer—be would give no such confidence.
The people, Mr. G. said, placed a special
confidence in the representatives in mat
ters of appropriation —it was unlike mat
ters of ordinary legislation—and lie had to
learn that confidence was transftiable.
Front the Daily J\"at Intel. 21s/. inst
Expenditures of the War De
partment.
The following is the letter of the Secre
tary for the War Department, to the
House of Representatives—elicited by the
resolutions calling on him for information
relative to the expenditures in the Indian
Department.
Depatitwhnt orWar,
January 15, 1822.
Sir:—The Secretary of War, to whom
was referred the resolution of the House
of Representatives of the 10th instant,
“ directing that the Secretary of War com
municate to that House a statement (so
far as the same may be in his power to
make) of the items of all the expenditures
made and expenses incurred in the Indian
Department during (he years 1820 and
1821, together with abstracts of the esti
mates furnished for said years by the In
dian agents, upon which funds Irave. been
advanced, or expenses incurred ; and, also,
a statement of the several amounts to
which their respective expenditures were
limited by the instruct ions of said Secreta
ry,” has the honor to enclose herewith a
statement of the Second Auditor, marked
A, showing “ the expenditures made, and
expenses incurred in the Indian Depart
partment, for the years 1820 and 1821,”
as tar as the actual expenditures can be as
cert-iined from the vouchers received.—
Statement marked B, con anting “abstracts
of the estimates furnished for said years h)
the Indian agents, upon which funds were
advanced, or expenses incurred,” and doc
uments marked U, containing a circular of
the 19th March, 1821, to the superintend
, ents and agents, by which will be seen
“the several amounts to which their re
spective expenditures were limited,” to
gether with an estimate of the arrearages
of the Indian department at the termination
’ of the last year, and (he general regula
tions which have been adopted to control
the expenditures of that Department.
The estimates on which advances were
made are necessarily , imperfi ct for the
year 1820, asthe regulation changing the
mode of making advances to agents and
superintendents was adopted on the 19lh
February of that year. Before that period,
the disbursements of the Indian Depart
ment were made without estimates, prin
cipally on drafts drawn on this department
by the agents and superin endents, care
being taken in accepting the drafts not to
exceed the sum allotted to each, without
satisfactory explanation This mode of
of covering the disbursements of the In
dian department was, however, found to
be defective, as it gives no previous check
over die disbursements, and exposed the
government to fraud in disposing of drafts
on it, by the igen’s, without accounting for
the premium which they might obtain.—
It is not, however, known that any fraud
i of the kind has been committed, but it
was a strong objection to the mode of mak
ing disbursements, that it was liable to
abuse. Under the system adopted, if ri
gidly enforced, the possibility of such
frauds is excluded.
Believing it to be within the intention
of the resolution, 1 have annexed to the
copy of the circular to the superintend,
ents and agents, of the 19th March,
last, which contains the amount to which
their respective expenditures were limit
ed, copies of various other circulars which
had been at different limes adopted in or.
dor to introduce economy aod accounta.
bilily, and thereby diminish the expend!-
tore of the Indian Department- In addi
tion to these, special instructions, apoli
cable to the peculiar state of each agency,
have, with the same view, at various limes,
been given to the different agents. On
account of its amount, and liability to a
buse, the expenditure which particularly
claimed the attention of this Department
was that on account of rations issued to
Indians. Not long after the commence
ment of the present administration of this
Department, the circulars in relation to is
suing rations, copies of which accompany
this report, were issued to the agents and
superintendents. It is believed, that the
regulations which they contain, have had
a very happy effee’ in preventing impo
sitionson the government and-dirolnishing
the disbursements of the Indian Depart
ment.
By referring to the accompanying doc
uments, it will appear that the aggregate
amount allotted to the agents and super
intendents, under the circular of March
last, is $79,500, leaving a balance of
■520,500 to meet such general charges
against the appropriation as belonged to
no particular agency, such as the debts
which might be brought against it in the
settlement of former accounts of expen
ditures for the expenses of rations issued
to the Indians through the commissary of
provisions, of visits of Indians to the seat
of government, general expense under
•he Indian act of 1802, transportation of
1 annuities, &/C. The sum allotted to these
various objects has proved insufficient.—
Even with the addition of the balance, of
the appropriation ot me ia« > car, u
not been suflicitru to meet tiie debtsans
mg ft om the settlement of old accounu.-
U was believed, when the estimates of the
Nst year were made that the balance of
the appropriation of the preceding yeai,
with such credits as might be brought ti
the Indian appropriation horn the settle
n.ent of old accounts, would be sufficient ,
to cover the debts. Such, however, has
not proved to be the fact, as will appear
by reference to lire statement ot the St
corn! Auditor of the Treasury, which ac
companies this report- It is proper to re
mark that debts witoh have been brought
against the Indian appropriation in the las'
and preceding years, have risen principal
ly out of the settlement of the accounts
of army contractors, under coniuictsmade
before the establishment of the present
system of supplying the army with pro
visions, which commenced on the Ist of
June, iSI'J. The amount of rations ibsu r i
cd to Indians could not, under the old
system, be ascertained till the contractor
rendered his accounts for settlement, on
which the provisions issued to 1 idians
were charged to the proper appropriation,
and the appropiiation for tae Indian De-
Sartment for the year was thus liable to
e affected by the disbursements ol for
mer yeas-
As the accounts of (he former army
contractors have been all audited, ami as
the pormpt settlement of accounts tin
der the present system of supply ing the
army with provisions, prevents the accu
mulation of outstanding claims, it is be
lieved that the appropriations for the In ii
dian Department will not hereafter be
affected materially by the settlement of
outstanding accounts; but as balances re
main due the United States, in several
cases, on account of subsistence fur the
recovery of which suits have been ins'itut
ed against the contractors, it may occur
chat awards may be marie in their favor on
items chargeable to the Indian Depart
ment, which, on settlement by the ac
counting officers, have been decided to be
inadmissible, in such cases the appro
priation for the Indian Department will
be charged, and the subsistence credited
with the amount.
lu conclusion, it tray not he improper
to stale, that, although $ r ;00,000 has been
the amount of the annual current appro
priations for the Indian Department, trom
the termination of the late war till last
year, yet the disbursements considerably
exceeded that sum previous to the year
1820, the difference being made up from
time to lime by appropriations for ar
rearages The acting Secretary of War,
Mr. Graham, estimated the disbursements
of the Indian Department ai $250,000, ui
the year 1817. In his letter to the Com
mittee of Ways and Mean* of the 4th of
January of that year, he stales: “ The ex
penses of the Indian Department have
been at $200,000; it is, however, recom
mended that this estimate should be in
creased, so as to make a permanent an
nual appropriation for this object, of
$25l;000 at least The circumscribed
limits oi most of the Indian tribes east
of the Mississippi and Ilinois rivers hav
ing rendered their dependence upon the
1 chase for subsistence more precarious,
has produced a more frequent intercourse
between those Indians and the agents of
of the United States, ami a consequent
increase of the issue of rations and of
■ presents to them. 11 In addition to these
1 causes, the number and importance of
the treatiesjwhich have been held with the
• Indiana since the la'e war, the increase
1 of the annuities, and extension of the
1 ftontier, have tended very much to in
■ crease ihe disbursements of the Indian
I Department. Believing it, however, to be
the intention of Congress that the rxpen
! ditures should not exceed $200,000 per
: annum, efficient measures were adopted
shortly after the commencement of the
1 present administration of this Department,
1 to reduce the amount of«the expenditure
■ within that sum.
Acting on the same principle after the
• reduction ofythc appropriation of the last
: session to SIOO,OOO for the expenses of
! the Department, every effort was made to
• reduce the disbursement within the a
mount appropriated, which could be
made without deranging the system esta
blished under existing laws The conse
• qnence has been a very considerable re
duction in tht disbursements, but it has
not been practicable to bring the expend!
1 ture within the appropriation. Though
measures were taken immediately after
■ the passage of the act making the ap-
propriation, yet at points so remote as
■ those at which most of the agencies art
■ fixed, nearly one half of the year hail
elapsed before any considerable dirainu
’ tion could be effected in the rale ofexpeif
1 diture authorised by previous appropria
tions, by w hich time (the previous expen
-1 diture being at the rate of $200,U00 per
annum,) the appropriation was nearly ex
haiistcd, and the expenses of the Depart
> ment have been accumulating against the*
Government without Uie means of meet
ing them.
All which is respectfully submitted.
J, C. CALHOUN.
Hon Pnriir P Bauouh,
Speaker of the House oj Representatives.
Mackerel,
'U© BARRELS No 3, MACKEREL
LANDING FROM 110 AT VJGILENT,
Jlnd ■will lc Sold on moderate terms, if ta
ken from the Wharf,
—IN STORE
-40 Hhds St 30 Barrels Philadelphia Whis
key,
15 Tons Iron,
100 Barrels Baltimore Flour,
20 Boxes Loaf Sugar,
20 Sides Bridle Leather,
1,000 Feet White Pine Plank,
For Sale by
M‘Gpan& Gordon.
Jan. 28 ,2t
s3* Messrs. Gabriel Clark
and C. Crump, are employed to superin
tend and carry on the BRICK BUSINESS
of the estate of Lindsey Coleman, deceased
and from their long experience and know
ledge of the business, it is hoped they
will give general satisfaction and despatch
to all work. A constant supply of all ma
terials, are and will be kept
B. H Warren,
Administrator of the estate,
January 24. ——— 4 t
imm&WMo V
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, H
Coursing, seems to be a favorite si,', Bk|
ject foe all our wits; and indeed, there
is none whose features have from the first f *
origin of our language, been so much d; s . I 3
torted. The “ dive" of the Deer; ifip. ■■}
“ earthing” of the Fox; and the “ hmhrf' 1
of the Boar, have all along, horn therm,* I
of Nimrod, down, been favorite subject,!,
wi.h most classes of people.
In latter days however, we havevenbir.lt
cd to use the metaphor, somewhat mo^t ;
violently ;■ —but still, w-e hope, without in.tn
jury to the signification of the word.—l'ojl*
instance: The flight befwien falcons;thjH
race between grey-hounds 5 and the “ train, Pia
ing for the Presidency.”
Now, after all this, what will people it;
think of Hamburg and Augus’aj— but as a
strife between a nag and a nice-AarM—l
But if we should tell them, that our mer-K
chauts put houses on truckles to meettlieK
upper country wagons; and (hat a town.-.,,,*
the South Carolina side, (called AE/W/jm*
BURGH,J to be built by a Georgian, P,
situated beyond Hamburg, and at iI.JfV
forks of the Martin town and the Ji-lge %
field Roads : “ Wbat would Mother Grui. *'l
dy say to this ?”
We regret to mention, that on Wetlars. -
day night last, the dwelling of Col! Whir, r,
ner, of Hamburg, S. C was burnt totfiejP
ground. We understand however, tlutf
I the furniture was saved
We learn from Mr. Forsyth’s friendsSL
that it is probable he will return I’m Ml;
Spain, during the ensuing summer, cr -Sjji
1 fall; and we are advised to say. that kefc
; will at all events, be a candidate for By,
Congress at lbs election in October r.e. K/
The Prospectus of “ a Religious a*
> Literary paper,” entitle!, ‘‘7/iefW®
’ Visitor or Welcome Guest for tSVwnMfc
. Evening has been received and will aJf-
pear in our next.
V*
'■ Last night, at the Theatre, an East India * -
. Juggler, after the fashion of his caste,
• made three swords, (or three blades plat
ed aside) to slide a foot or so, down till,
t throat, and in the direction of the lutes'!'!;,
■ nal Canal. k
5 P.
’ Now, we have all along, perceived*
i certain fondness among some of our you*
* countrymen, towards corsettes, and s :
f ened cravats; and without presuming 1 .
recommend, we would suggest the pit
. priety of adopting this other method b,
! reason of its cheapness.
' In our next we will give an acconm
1 these people “ Bazeegurs, P mcl p
' ree, Kunjuia or Nuts, as they are sep.
r rately recognized.”
g
Savannah. Jan. 26, 1822,
j OUR MAI'KET—The transactions;'
our market the last, few days have b-t
p more general than for some weeks pro
it ous ' . 1
f Cotton—There has been considers!!-
H stir in cotton during tin- past week;
sales of fair and inferior qualities
„ which the transactions have been pi'
_ pally confined,) were very consider ah;
I. Some sales of strictly prime Upland.'
_ square bales have been n.aile sa higl' "
s 17$, and in round bales at 17$; burn
L little can be obtained even at that pru
I, In Sea Isiamls there has been no ahf
r tion; some particular marks, we bell
( _ l ave been sold a shade higher than
s q>r Ration, but such quantities are v
l seldom to be met witli. We quote
; j Sea Islands 25 a 30
Upland, prime 16 a 17. J
r fair 16 a 1C Jr
inferior 14 als j
Barging—Sales at 35 a 38 reins -
r Rice—Has been in good requevt^ditv:-
tire week, and considerable sales li->*
been made of prime al $3; tine 2 r -0;..u:-
nor 2|.
FEoun—The transactions have been f.
tremely limited; the stock on lurid larp
and importation considerable.
<a!es have been made a! a $7.
Cohn—ls in brisk demand and i.upp
ing, the quantity in market being Vi:
small, and the importation iuconsrclerab- _
1 file iasi cargo sule was made at 75 cen ! ’' (
Whiskey—Dull—sales at 3-1 a 3d la
quantity in market ver) large.
Bum—N. E has declined since our It;
quotations, rhe importation having ky
-* considerable We now quote it a- '■!,
45 cents, dull.
Gin —Country, 43 a 45 cents, drill'
Sugars —New-Orleans, old cro;>, see' -.
and in fair demand; sale of prime at $h
' St. Croix 10 a 11. A lot of 1'32 Tihds L
. new crop, New-Orleans of good quail*
was sold at public sale on Thursday, |
$9 51‘-; very little new cop in market.
Coffee —Sales of prime green Ifa-"’
j at 28, cents, very little in market; St- ff
! miugo 25 a 26; Porto Rico 275; the i
t pollution considerable.
J FiiKiGirrs—Without variation.’-—foil
verpool i a Id; New. York 5-8 a 3-4 ciwq-.
Republican*
Commerce of Savannah, —During the y
ending, Ist of October, 1821, thei
tcred at the Custom House ' n Savanq
32,580 tons of Foreign, and 70,190 tqrs
Domestic Shipping of the ft)Uo\vU-t,
’ criptions:—
I From Foreign Farts. —€ 4 ships, 3,6 bh"
49 schrs,and Id sloops-
Cpnattv.ise. —9s ships, 100 bi gs, :
schoor ers, SI sloops.
TUrj vuh’.ft of F.xpoi'ts of Staple Fcoi
tions, du'.-ing the same period, were
To F ,reign ports. 5,885, j 'IJiS
C oast 2,6Jb.0> • -1
$3,485,0(.'. 1