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CARNOT.
I have particularly known Carnot
when he was a member ol the
French government; my vocation
called me every week near him.—
I have, therefore, been able to judge
him. I have seen him in his cabi
net, form, direct, and conduct, four
teen armies at once, amounting to
about one million anda ball of men
and traced the attacks and defen
ces of each army. It is to him that
France is indebted lor the organi
zation of those armies which hava
awed and conquered the despots ol
Europe. I have seen Carnot a la
borious, active, good, and bounti
ful man, of easy access to every bo
dy, without ostentation, without
luxury. No man ever loved civil
and religious liberty more than he
did. He cherished his country;
his only ambition was to render
France free and happy ; had he
chosen, he might many times have
been what has since h en Bona
parte ; but their views were very
different; the one did all for him
self and his family, the other all for
his country. Ilis disinterested
conduct contrasted strongly with
that of those French bloodsuckers,
who, under the cloak of Republi
canism, have amassed great riches
at the expense of the people, whom
they have ruined and subjected.
Carnot lived and died without
fortune ; a great part of his income
was emploved in acts of benevo-j
lence, generally in favor of the de-’
fenders ofliis country.
I tv">'e seen him give 25 Louis j
( $120) the only money he had at
his disposal, to the widow of an
officer who had been killed in the
army of Sombre and Meuse, and I
whom he had never known or seen.■
Ilis talents with regard to milita- j
vy genius,his writings, his discour
ses, his defence of Antwerp, need
no eulogium ; posterity will appre
ciate them ; the time will come
when it will hardly he believed that
Carnot died exiled by the govern
ment of his country : and, notwith
standing all his enemies, the ty
rants of Europe and their satel
lites have said of him, and may yet
say, the vile conduct of his country
men in Spain, who, after having a
thousand times sworn to live free
or die, now not only humble them
selves under a tyrant, but moreo
ver render themselves instruments
of despotism in subjecting a nation
who has not provoked them ; their
conduct l say will prove to posteri
ty whether they or Carnot were
friends to mankind.
The name of Carnot is, perhaps,
the only French name which de
serves to be ranked with those of
the illustrious Romans and Ameri
cans who have honored their coun
trv by their talents and their patri
otism.
The enemies of Carnot will, per
haps, accuse me of partiality or of
animosity. But they must know
that Carnot never did any thing
for me ; that I never had any- busi
ness with Bonaparte or the Bour
bons ; that 1 am neither exiled nor
proscribed : but that I came to this
country to enjoy liberty, and that I
am the bearer of the best testimo
nies from ray counts men and from
my government. It is true that I
belonged to the armies of the
French Republic till the moment
when I saw their liberty annulled
by an usurper. Mav they finally
know that, thanks to God, I am not
French. S.
British Cotton Manufactures. —
We lately gave an account from
authentic documents of the wool
en manufactures carried on in
Great Britain. From the same
source, we have ascertained that
about 240,000 hands, or persons
chiefly children, are employed in
the spinning of cotton thread.—
‘i hese manufacture as much thread
by power of water or steam, and
the application of the new impro
ved machinery, as could have been
done by 28 millions eight hundred
thousand persons bv the finger on
lv. Comparatively there are hut
few consumers of this immense
production ia Great Britain. It is
taken by about 100 millions, Rus
sians, Poles, Germans and others,
in thread, and by about 150 mill
ions'of the inhabitants of North
and South America, Asia, &c. be
sides home use, and consumption
of the colonies in every quater Cal
culations have been made, by which
it appears that the improved power
of Mnchinarv in Great Britain
alone, has in the last 40 years in
creased to such a point that it now
executes or produces as much of
formed fashioned material, as
could have been done formerly by
mere manual labour of 250 millions
of adult labourers, in the prepara
tion of wool, cotton, silk lace, iron,
copper, lead wood and other raw
materials. N. 2 . Eve. Post.
iNvdcu tuteUfflnuc*
By arrivals at New York and
Charleston, London dates to the
evening of the 9th September in
clusive, have been received. Paris
papers of the 6th received in Lon
don contained no advice of the an
ticipated attack on Cadiz ; the gen
eral opinion among the French offi
cers appears to be that the capture
of the place would not he that tri
fling enterprise which they had re
presented. One letter from an offi
cer says : “ Gould we fight, victory
is ours, hut the position of Cadiz
is unassailable ; marshes and water
surround it; we see no enemy;
some wandering hands infest our
flanks and rear, hover around, and
cut off our stragglers, but retreat
the moment our troops approach
and only intercept our communica
tions.”—Paris papers of the sth
contain a dispatch from Gen Guil
leminot giving an account of the
preparations making to attack the
Trocadero, and the papers of the
6th contain another received by
Telegraph dated at Sante Marie,
31st Aug. giving an account of the
fall of the Trocadero, and stating
that the Spaniards had 150 killed
and 250 wounded and lost 900 pri
soners and more than 50 pieces ot
cannon—Portugal is said to have
joined the cause of the French and
to have sent a naval force to assist
in the siege of Cadiz Rear Ad
miral Hamelin, had thrown up his
command of the French blockading
squadron without leave, and Rear
Admiral Baron du Peeve had left
Paris for the purpose of taking
the command of it.—Nothing is
said in any of the accounts respect
ing Mina. Pampeluna and St. Se
bastian still held out.
Advices from Rante and Corfu,
contained in letters from Trieste
of the 21st ult mention that the
Turkish fleet in that neighborhood
was in a state of great insubordina
tion, and that the plague prevailed
onboard many' of the ships. That
of the Greeks maintained a posi
tion favorable for an attack, but
their naval commander had deter
mined to delay it, until disease and
mutinous spirit of the sailors had
weakened the Turkish fleet in a
still greater degree.
Freemasonry. —The following no
tification has been issued by the
Grand Lodge of Ireland, on the
subject of the late Act of Parlia
ment.
“ l he Grand Lodge ot the An
cient and Honorable Society of
Free and Accepted Masons of Ire
land, having taken int o its most se
rious consideration the Act of Par
liament recently passed and reflec
ting that Freemasons have inva
riable professed unbounded allegi
ance to their Sovereign, fidelity to
the Government, and obedience to
the laws : and considering also
that the strictness of Masonic Se
crecy forbids the Members of our
Order from giving publicity to any
of our Usages, and consecjuenth
that under the New Act, our Mem
bers might possibly, if they contin
ued to meef.be placed in the dis
agreeable alternative of cither ap
pearing contumacious to the Ma
gistracy on the one hand, or guilty
of a breach of Masonic duty on the
other. The Grand Lodge, there
fore, under the sanction, and with
consent and approbation of his
Grace the Duke ot Lei us er, Grand
Master of Masons in Ireland, du
ly considering the peculiar situa
tion in which the Order is placed ;
Orders and directs that after the
expiration of 14 days Irom the pas
sing of the said Act that is to sav,
after the Ist day of August 1823,
all Lodges and Assemblies of Free
masons, in Ireland shall cease to
meet as Freemasons, until again
called together by the authority of
the Grand Master, whenever the
Legislature, in its wisdom, may
think it expedient tn repeal said
Act, or so to modify the same as I
that the meeting of our ancient.
Peaceful and Benevolent Institu
tion in Ireland, may be placed un
der similar circumstances as those
of the Fremasons of England. —
Signed by Order.
J. WILLI AM HOUT. Sec.
LATEST I KOM PERU.
By an arrival at New-York., ac
counts from Callao have been re
ceived to the 19th of June. The
royalist troops to tire number of
7000 men, under Canterac and
Valdez, entered Lima the 18th
June, without oppositton. The
Patriots having retreated lor Cal
lao with the most valuable part of
their property, as soon as they as
certained that Canterac was ap
proaching the city. A demand was
made hv the royalists on Lima, for
5300,000, a quantity of duck, cloth
and arms for their troops ‘The
money and clothing were furnish
ed. On the 25th the Royalists
made an attack on Callao, but were
defeated with some loss.
I he Congress of Peru was about
leaving Callao for Huanchaco
which place was to he considered
the seat of the patriot government
during the stav of the Spanish
troops in Lima. The body had
been in secret session some davs
j
when the Cora sailed, which caused
great anxiety among the people.
The Patriots were fitting out an
other expedition to reinforce Gen.
St. Cruz at Arica.—Gen. Sucre,
of the Colombian service, had been
appointed General in Chief at Cal
lao during the absence of the Con
gress.
The Legislature of Tennessee have
adopted a resolution, introduced by
Mr. Grundy, instructing their Sena
tors and Representatives in Conpress
not to attend a Congressional Caucus
for the purpose of nominating a can
didate for the Presidency.
T.te Cotton Market in New- 2~ork
is still good—new’ is quoted at 184
a 19, with a diminished stock. Os
Rice there was none in market; the
ast sales were made at 475.
Accounts from Mobile of the 16th
ult. state that one third, at least of
the Cotton in that state was de
stroyed by rot.
A vineyard of Mr. Eichelber
ger, in York, Penn, contains 10
acres covered with vines of Lisbon,
white and other grapes. He will
make 40 barrels of wine this sea
son, and he intends to extend his
vineyard to 20 acres next year.
A dud. —ln Charleston Harbour,
at Fort Johnson, on Monday, Oc
tober 6, at 12 o’clock precisely, a
Duel was fought between Edward
P. Simons, Esq. Warden of the city
and Mr. Gilbert C. Geddes, son of
the Intendant. Four shots were
fired without effect. On the sth
round, Mr. Geddes was slightly
wounded in one thigh, and grazed
on the other, and Mr. Simons shot
through the abdomen, seriously, if
not mortally, by Mr. Geddes, who
had reserved his fire untd alter he
was wounded himself. The whole
was conducted according to estab
lished usage, in presence of be
tween a dozen and twenty persons
in the enclosure ; and a number
without—the printer’s boarding
crews looking out and bringing up
the news. The parties had return
ed to town and lay weltering in the
bed of honour.
Commercial Advertiser.
Delaware Ejection. —The Fede
ral Candidate for Governor, Sam
uel Paynter, is elected by a ma
joritv of 300 votes ever David liaz
zard Esq.
M•. Long's horse Henry who ran
against Eclipse for the great purse has
been beat in Maryland by Mr. Harris
on’s bay filly Janet, 3 years old. The
heats were three miles—Time—first
heat sin. 55s.—second siu. sGs—third
6m. 2s.
Governor Clinton and Bcnj. Wright,
Esq. ami some other scientific gentle
men arc now in New Jersey, traver
sing and examining the route of the
contemplated canal, which is to con
nect the waters of the Delaware with
tlie Hudson.
Anew paper, to be entitled the
“ Washington Sentinel,” is about ma
king its appearance at the seat of gov
ernment. We undcJsland it will ad
vocate tike claims of Mr. Clay for the
Presidency,
itAW&iira i
WeilncsiL\\, Nov Vi.
On Thursday the 7tli inst. the Election look
place at Milledgeville by both brandies of the
Legislature for Governor for the next two
years, and on counting oul the votes it apprur
ed tii it Col. GEORGE M. TKOI i* was alerted
hy it majority ol lour votes over t'apt. Mat
thew Talbot. Much interest was lclt in this
election, and we are sorrv to say that | ukkty
feeling raped much higher than we had antici
pated. We hope, however, thut the choice the
legislature has made will fulfil the wishes of
the people. As to the politieal course to be
pursued by the Governor of Georgia, we doubt
not it would have been the same il the election
had terminated otherwise. This parly spirit,
then, that is raging so high, being the offspring
of prejudice ought to he abandoned on both
sides.
Before the present Governor’s term of office
expires, we hope the Constitution uill have
been so altered as to give ihe choice of his suc
cessor to the people. Notices have been re
ceived in both houses, of motions for commit
tees to prepare a hill having that for itsol.jt ct;
and it passed this session (as no doubt it will)
let it be made the Shiboleth to a seat in either
branch at the not election. W hen ever) thing
else fails, this will probably have the desired
; effect.
At 12 o'clock on Wednesday, the Governor
transmitted to both houses the follovvtug
Executive Department, Geo. £
Milledgeville, 3th Nov. 1523.}
fellow Citizens of the StvSSt,
and of the House of Representatives:
The period has again arrived, when
it becomes my duty, to lay before you,
as the immediate representatives of
the people,an account of the past year’s
administration of the government,with
such views of future measures, as I
conceive would promote the prosperity
of the state.
As directed by the last Legislature
their resolution of the 29th November,
1822, urging the dividing line between
the state of Alabama and Georgia, to
be run in compliance with the arti
cles of agreement and cession of the
24th April, 1802, has been communi
cated to tlte President of the United
States, and to the Executive of the
state of Alabama. Owing probably
to the contemplated treaty with the
Cherokee Indians not having been
concluded as was then anticipated, no
measures have been adopted bv the
general government upon the subject;
the proceedings of the Legislature of
the state of Alabama respecting it,
are herewith communicated.
Upon application to the President,
the commission for receiving the
claims against the. Greek Nation o ’
Indians, under the treaty of 1821, w as
kept open, under the syperintemlance
of Stephen Pleasantson, Esq. till the
first day of August last. The further
sum of fifteen hundred and ninety -
eight dollars lias been allowed the first
and second instalments of which be
ing S*39 20 lias been received, which,
together with £35,495 44, previous
ly received, amounts to £36,134 64,
the whole amount received on account
of the claims. Out of which the sum
of £2B, 295 21 v has been paid to dif
ferent claimants—leaving a balance
of £7,839 43|, which is deposited in
the Branch of the Darien Bank at this
place, subject to tiie order of the Exe
cutive. Besides these, other claims
of the same description have been re
cently allowed, amounting to the fur
ther sum of £9,558 60, the two first
instalments of which, amounting to
£3,823 44, were yesterday received
in a di aft on the Branch Bank of the
U. S. at Savannah.
Upon the application of the Legis
lature of this state, an appropriation
was made by Congress, at toe last ses
sion, for the purchase of certain reser
vations of land taken by heads of In
dian families, under different treaties
heretofore concluded with the Creek
and Cherokee Nations of Ind ians.
Duncan G. Campbell and James
Meriwether, Esqs. commissioners ap
pointed by the President to treat with
the Cherokees for a cession of territo
ry, were also instructed to negotiate
the purchase of all reservations taken
within the limits of Georgia. By the
letter of the commissioners, which is
now submitted to you, you will per
ceive how far they have proceeded in
the discharge of their duty. The ori
ginal conveyances which they have ta
ken, I transmit to the House of Itepre
aentatives, they having reached me
yesterday, I have not been able to have
them copied. In relation to these, it
is probable von may consider some le
gislation necessary. I would suggest
the propriety ot their being registered
as original titles, a:.u of soi>.w . B
sion being made, whereby ti • ‘ B
be admitted in evidence, fu p ; “'a’B
ol their being cal’ed in (jiu stinr. ‘ S
1 had indulged a hope that a 3
gentlemen would have sucxeH , 3
tike more important business i| .! : "B
appointments, in obtaining a cw ‘B
of territory from the Cherokee \ 3
Deriving their appaintmeW a (
do from the United States, they 3
not amendable to the authority^3
Georgia, and have therefore mad* .'3
report of their proceeding, j t f ■
be remembered however, that uni E
the authority of the Legislature
commissioners have been her!*,r 3
appointed with instructions to act(|i ■
puny the United States commit7l
ers, and to negotiate the adjmtiß
of citizens, claims, arising uiu!e r fl
several treaties of Augusta, lu/’B
and Philadelphia. The state c ,! I
missioners have very recently letur B
ed and reported a total failure in (1,, ■
business of their mission, ‘i'hcir Cos I
respondence with the General £ Vi , B
cil of the Nation, will be found in
journal of their proceedings, wlflch Isl
send to the House of Representative; I
In the same journal will also be found 3
a part of the correspondence w| l ; r i, I
passed between the Council and th> B
commissioners on the part of the fu,. 1
tel States. By reference to thbj 011 ,1
lial, you will have a v iew of the st -.I
ing and prospects ot our citizens in 3
regard to their claims,and of fl le t . I
position which is made to the estvi.l
sion of our settlements. Durin; the|
four years that I have filled the Exe-1
cutive chair, 1 have lost no opportuni-1
ty of furthering the attainment of t',iK I
two objects. Being about to retire, I
abate nothing in my con vi ct ion sos our
rights, and the policy of urging them.
Difficulties have already increase
and will continue to increase bv de
lay.
The correspondence with the Sec
retary of War upon these subjects, u
lieie\\ith submitted.
Under an act of the Inst Legislature,
. directing that the dividends upon tig
bank stock heretofore set apart for tit
endowment of County Academics, is
well as all other monies in the Treat,
ury, which have arisen from the sale
of confiscated reverted property and
escheated estates, should be divided
among the several counties in the
state, until each county should have
received the sum of two thousat.ddol
lars, including the amount alreadv
received in cash or confiscated proper
ty, at one eighth of the amount given
for the same, 1 have cause*/ an esti
mate to be made of the sums subject
to distribution under this act, and
of the amounts heretofore received bv
several of the counties, and fimliag
that the whole sum subject to distri
bution at the time, would not give
more than about five hundred dollffi
to those that had received nothing,and
make np that sum to those that had
1 received less than five hundred dol
lars, I have drawn accordingly in their
’ lavor, as far as applications have heet
• made for such sums as they v ere res
pectively entitled to under the rule of
distribution.
The sum of twelve thousand dollars
denominated the Poor school Fuud,
directed by an act of the last session,
tobe distributed among the different
counties, in proportion to the number
of poor children which should be re
turned in conformity to the secoini
section of the said net, lias not been
touched in consequence of the returns
of the number of children not having
been made to the Executive, as requir
ed by said act, for without, no jn? !
distribution could be made. A sched
ule of such returns as have been receiv
ed is herewith transmitted, showing
the number in the counties, whichhave
made returns,
Three thousand copies of Prince*
Digest have been neatly piinteil, “ f i
hound and delivered agreeably to c Oll
tract, apart distributed pursuant
an act of the Legislature, passed l- !
December 1809, and the remain®* 1
reserved for the future disposition 1
the Legislature.
The cominisioners of the Savanna *
river between Augusta and Fctcr
burg, have in compliance with a i' C!t !
lution of the last Legislature, deposi
ted in the Branch of the State lb®
in Washington, the unexpended ’*
ance of money appropriated lot' 1,
section of the river.
I am constrained to inform you ! l -
I have not, during iny admiuistra* 1011,
been able to select a suitable•clu ,l > ‘* f
ter, who would accept the a lT"'!
ment of Givi l and Topographical 1
gineer. There have been. n<d” ‘
standing, several applications
for the appointment by gentleH> eM J
respectable character and dam -
but not of experienced kuov k”
which 1 deem an iiidispensibb’ r ._
quisite in the person on wl'Oin *
conferred. lam still of the o P‘ n .
which l had the honor of sugg esl ,jj
to the last Legislature, that it
be advisable to unite with the * ,
of North Carolina in procuring
services of Mr. Fulton.