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% VT occasion to publish. We had
esterday an opportunity to glance
■ u “ e yc over a few pages of it, in
we saw enough to confirm
‘the fir st impression that no such
document was ever before presen
ted to Congress, Sat. hit.
Extract front the- Memorial.
“ I regret to have it to say to
your honorable body, that, both
the state of my health, and the
want of time, absolutely compel
tue, most reluctantly, to close this
iovestigation of Mr. Crawford’s
rjelltimed statement against me—
It) this situation I beg leave to re
fer yoo for further facts of which ‘
1 might under more favourable cir
cumstances fairly and successfully
avail myself, to a few of the pub
lications with die signature of ‘ A.
U,” herewith transmitted.
“ Avowing myself the author of
these publications and (with the
exception of a few unimportant
typographical errors, and a mere
inaccuracy in regard to the time of
icertain report being made,) re-as
sertingbefore your honorable ho
tly and the nation, that the facts
they allege are substantially true, I
da most respectfully solicit that!
thev may be taken as a part of,;
and be printed with this commu-j
ideation. j
“In order to strengthen my
claim to this indulgence, combin
ing all the rights of defence, of;
accusation and of asking for inves
tigation, which can entitle me, as a,
ritizen of the United States, or an
officer of their gov eminent, to ap-,
pear before your honorable body I
do expressly state
“ Ist. That the Hon. Wm. H.!
Crawford, Sec’ry. of the Treasury
has mismanaged the National
Funds. 1
“2d. That he has received a*
large amount of uncurrent notes,;
from certain banks, in partdis-l
charge: of their debts to die U. l
States, contrary to the resolution of i
Congress of 1816. <
“3d. That, being called on bv
a resolution of the House of Rep
resentatives, to state the amount of
uncurrent notes which he received
from those banks, he has mis-sta
ted it, by making it less than it re
ally was.
“4th, That he lias, in his report
to the House, misrepresented the
abligations of those banks, or some
one of them, at least, and predica
ted thereon an indefensible excuse
for his conduct, in receiving those 1
uncurrent notes.
“sth, That he has acted illegal-!
lv in a variety of instances, by ma-1
ling, and continuing deposites of
public money, in certain local banks
without making report thereof to
congress according to law.
“6th, 7 hat he has in several in
stances withheld information and
letters called for by the House,
and which it was his duty to have
communicated.
“ His oath— -let it speak for it
self.
“For specifications oft! ese state
ments, I offer the publications with
the signature of‘A.l3.’ above men
tioned, and this communication. —
And for proof, I offer that which
they respectfully refer to.
“ All this I do defensively ; for
if the lacts stated be true, no ra
tional man can doubt, that they
must weaken, at least, the force of
Mr- Crawford's statement against
me.
. will not charge him with bad
intentions, in any of these acts. —
1 13 more properly the duty ol
o, hers to inquire into, and judge ol
. t matter. Ido not ask for an
u ’estigatioa of his conduct. Such
a request ought more naturally,to
. looked for from him. But 1
will say, that if, being an officer of
He same government under ‘which
holds his oflice, I have willfully
; ,nd maliciously miarepsenteri him
! n tllC3 ‘x loregoing allegations, it
ls a misdemeanor that would prove
j n . e Ul *worthy of the office 1 hold.
ln vite him, or any of his friends,
,f> make this charge against me
p edging myself to waive all notice
with all the disadvantages ol
* sen ce, to submit to an mvestiga-
V.° n thereof, bv eithe , or by both
k ouses of Con gress; and to abide
>’ the decision thereupon. If this
sh°fl° b *t* 0n ' s declined, I trust we
a luVe no more canting about
k* plot.” As to myself, 1
? r not the consequences of unv
investigation, for 1 enow 1 shall
able,.whatever may Ire tire re*
b to justify myself to the nation.
, aR never having obtained
• h Y the slightest sacrifice
t oi independence, I never will owe
! the h °lding of one to reluctant for
i bearance or the courtesy of my en
emies. I will only add, that, if
any attempt should hereafter he
made meanly to take advantage of
my absence, by those who have
forborne to attack me when l could
have had an opportunity of defen
ding myself, 1 must lug of your
honorable body, and the nation, to
suspend your opinions, and to he
assured that there shall be no
avoidable delay in vindicating my
self. I have, in reserve, much
j matter of defensive accusation, and
should most certainly have invited
your attention to the report con
cerning the receiver of public mo
neys at Huntsville and other mat
ters of not less importance,had time
permitted.”
April 23,1824.
1 he following Message from the
President of the United States, by
i Everett, his private Secretary
was received, read, and ordered to
lie on the table.:—
lathe House of Representatives ;
in conformity w ith a resolution
j °f the House of Representatives ofj
yesterday, i have received a copy
j the Proceedings of the Commit
i tee to whom was reterred a com
munication from N inian Edwards,
lately appointed Minister Plenipo
tentiary to Mexico, in which it is
decided, that his attendance in this
City, for the purpose of being ex-j
amined, by the Committee, on*
matters contained in the said com- !
munication, was requisite. As
soon as i was apprized that such a
communication had been made to
the House anticipating that the at
tendance of Mr. Edwards might be
desired, for the purpose stated, I
thought it proper that he should
he infotmed thereof, and instruc
ted not to proceed in his mission,
but to await such call as might be
made on him, either bv the House
or its Committee, and in conse
quence, a letter was addressed to
him to that effect, by the Secretary
of State. JAMES'MONROE.
The N. Y. Spectator, in speaking of
the meeting held in the Park, for the
purpose of expressing the public sen
timent with regard to the removal of
I)e Witt Clinton from the office of
Canal Commissioner, says: “Never
before was such a public meeting wit
nessed in New-York, both in point of
: numbers and respectability ; and we
■ question much whether such a meeting
j has ever been w itnessed before in
■ America. We make the most inode
! rate calculation when we say, there
were from five to eight thousand peo
ple assembled ; and when the proceed
i ings were ended, and the meeting de
| elated adjourned, our citizens were
still pouring into the Bark, almost in
1 solid columns, from every quarter —all j
j anxious to testify their respect for the
great man, whom a few factionists,
“feeling power and forgetting right,”
■ have attempted to sacrifice, without
cause, upon the unhallowed altar of
party spirit ami personal hatred. The
■ venerable Col. Few, (one of the Con
vention which framed Constitution
;of the United States,) was called to
j the chair.
The meeting was addressed by Col. i
i Haines, alter which resolutions were
adapted, of which the following are
‘extracts:—They were carried by ac
j clamation, and but one solitary no was
•| heard.
Resolved, That we consider the re
moval of l)c W lit l linton as Canal
Commissioner, and his. consequent re- j
moval as President of the Board of |
Canal Coinissiouers, by the late joint
resolution f the. Senate and Assembly
of the state of New-York, as an act
degrading to the character ol the state,
a violation ol justice, and an outrage
on public opinion.
Resolved, That we consider l)c \\ itt
’ Clinton pre-eminently usetul to the
are in which lie lives, ami that loi 14
years of public service in the prosecu
tion of the Great Western and North
ern Canals, without salary or reward,
be is richly entitled to the gratitude
of the people of the state of New-York
to the gratitude of the nation at
large, since they are national works;
ind to the gratitude of posterity
since they benefit all future genera
tions. , .
Resolved, That the resolutions by
which De Wilt Clinton lias been re
moved from the office of Canal Gom
, missionin', and President of the Board
of Canal Commissioners, has in no
vx ay diminished our confidence m Ins
capacity an I integrity, nor lessened
our respect for bis public and private
life. ~
From llir Savannah Onorgian-
I have made some enquiries of what
will be the probable expense ol open*
in-r ;v canal between the Savannah and
• bmccliec Rivers, and it is conjectur-
O
ed that U can be accomplished by one
hundred negroes in twelve months.—
Admitting, however, that eighteen
months would be required, the follow
ing would bo something like an estim
ate ot the expenses.—The hire of a
negro, including subsistence, may be
stateu at . <) cents per day.for five hun
dred and fifty days, say §175 each.—
I he expense ot labour and subsisist
onee would amount to 827,500. Al
lowing 82,500 for contingencies, the
whole would amount to about 830,
000.
It might be found interesting to Sa
vannah, and to the inhabitants in the
vicinity of Ogeechee River, to have
the canal opened from the source of
Kbcnc/.er creeks ; in this, however, I
may not be correct. This canal would
certainly draw from the vicinity of
tlie ()geechce river, a considerable
portion of the cotton, which is now
sent to Augusta, and bring it direct
to Savannah. It would also save much
expense to the planters, in sending
their produce direct to this market.
‘l'he navigation of the Ogeechee, as
far up as Louisville, has already been
much improved by the exertions of
one individual, Mr. Silly,and it would
require but a little more labuur, to
make it navigable for small steam
boats. I here leave this subject for
the investigation of those who are bet
ter qualified to bring its objects into
operation. A
An unfortunate accident occur
red on Monday afternoon, which
deprived society of a useful and
promising member. Mr. Douglas,
who resided on the Louisville road
a short distance from town, whilst
handling a pistol, to prove that no
danger was to be apprehended from
its being loaded, of which he had
been warned by a friend, applied it
to to his side, pulled the trigger,
and lodged the contents (several
buckshot) in his bowels. He ex
pired in about fifteen minutes—
another warning to those who in
cautiously use fire-arms without a
knowledge of their contents. Ib.
The St. Louis Enquirer of March
23, says “ An express has just ar
rived from the Council Bluffs,
bringing information derived
from Brazo, an Agent of Messrs.
B. Pratte & Cos. the French com
pany trading on the Upper Missou
ri, that five men of their party
have been killed and robbed of
about 1,500 dollars worth of mer
chandize, by either the Arikarees
or the Tanctonees. From the
same source we receive a confir
mation of the report, which had
before reached us by way of St. Pe
ters, that one of Mr. Tilton’s par
tv at the Mandan villages, had
been killed at his door.”
Murder. —A foul murder was
committed at Fitchburg, in Wor
cester County, on Saturday night
last, the circumstances attending
which, as related by the W orcester
Spy, were of a most shocking char
acter, the most important of which
follow:—A man named Abel
French, and his wife not having
for several vears lived happily to
gether, some time since separated
and she went to keep house with a
cousin of her husband, named Abel
French jun. whose wife had also
left him. Ihe elder French’sjeal
ousy of his wife induced him to go
to his cousin’s house on Friday
evening last, where he had made
some discoveries which confirmed
his suspicions. On Saturday night
he went again, armed with a butch
er’s knife, and finding his wife and
cousin asleep together, commenced
his horrid purpose by attempting
to cut her throat, but striking hei
too high, her jaw bone received the
blow which probably saved her life.
The younger French being roused,
seized the elder, when a struggle
ensued between them, in which the
elder stabbed the younger so fatal
ly that he fell and immediately ex
pired. The woman is likely to re
cover.—Salem Gaz.
Baltimore, April 19.
A distressing accident occurred
on Sunday evening, on board the
Steam Boat Eagle, while off North
Point. The Eagle, Capt. Weems,
was on her first trip this season
from Annapolis to Baltimore, and
about six o’clock in the afternoon,
when entering the mouth ot the ri
ver, her boiler burst —by which
one of the passengers, name un
known, a soldier recently dischar
ged from Fort Severn, was killed,
and four others much scalded. Ihe
whole crew of the Eagle, including
Capt. Weems, were more or less
injured. Three of the passengejs
ortunatelv escaped without hurt.
The explosion set the Eagl<? on
fire, but, by the exertions and pres
ence of mind of those on board, it
w'as happily extinguished. The
son ot Captain Weems, a youth of
twelve or thirteen years, was liter
ally blown through the skv-light
from the cabin, and yet without any
serious iujury.
We understand, (says the Na
tional Gazette) that the” Royal Go
vernment of Spain has appointed
the Duke de Alcudta ambassador
to the United States of America.
This nobleman is, we believe, the
Duke of San Fernando, who has
been Prime Minister of Spain, and
a moderate Constitutionalist.
Small Pox in Settt-Tork. —The
City Inspector of New-York re
ports the Death of 100 persons for
the week ending on the 10th itist.
twenty-two of which died of small
pox, and during the week ending
the 17th inst. seventeen deaths by
the same disease.
A letter from a gentleman in
Park county Indiana, contains the
following information : “It was
told me yesterday, that there had
just been discovered in this coun
ty, an extensive body of Gold and
Silver Ore, on land belonging to the
government. The individuals who
made this fortunate discoverv,
have departed for the purpose of
entering the land, (at the Land Of
fice.”) — Mat. Intel.
Fire at St. Johns JVew-Brunswick.
This devoted spot has again been
visited by a very destructive fire
by which forty stores and dwelling
houses were laid in ashes. The
destruction of property is estima
ted at 8200,000 very little of which
was insured.
Work. —There is nothing
calculated to put down piracy equal
to prompt punishment. An arrival
at Boston from St. Croix, brings
intelligence from St. Thomas to
the 30th of March, by which we
learn, that “ on the 24th ult. in Sail
Hock Passage, an American brig
and a Spanish schooner, were boar
ded by an open boat, full of pirates,
and all hands murdered, except a
bov who saved his life by swim
ming, being near Porto Rico. He
reached land and gave information.
Ihe next day the pirates began to
circulate the monev robbed from
the vessels, in Porto Rico, were ap
prehended, confessed their guilt,
and seven were hanged.”
This promptness must produce a
good effect, and it is high time that
piracy should be effectually check
ed.—Nat. Adv.
Jtfaval Action. —The sloop David,
Captain Osborne, left Havana, on the
10th of April, and arrived here yester
day. We learn from the morning pa
pers, that the David was embargoed at
Havana seven days, in consequence
of an action fought off Matanzas be
tween the Colombian fleet, consisting
of two Corvettes and a brig, and the
Spanish sloop of war, Ceres, of 28
guns, (built by Mr. Eckford, of this
city,) on the 6th of April. The battle
lasted one hour. The commander of
the Ceres was killed the first broad
side. ‘l’he patriots captured three
heavy ships and eight drogers, and
disappeared with their fleet immedi
ately after the action. A frigate,
sloop of war, a brig and schooner, sail
ed from Havana in pursuit of them on
the 9th, when the embargo was taken
off, but it was not believed they would
fall in witli them. It was supposed
that the patriot fleet would stop at
Key West to repair. There were
between 50 and 40 killed and wound
ed on board the Ceres. A number
jumped overboard from the Ceres ,aiul
swam ashore, and were taken up and
put in the Moro Castle tor leaving the
vessel. The vessels captured weie
part of a fleet of eight sail which left
Havana on the 3d iust. lor Spain; o
of them sailed in the morning, and the
other three a few hours afterwards. —
Several of them were large ships, and
most of them were armed. The suc
cessful Colombian vessels, arc suppos
ed to be the Bolivar and Boyaca, cor
vettes, ami a brig formerly the British
gun brig Mosquito.
From the Darien Gazette.
Cotton Sails.—l have been favored
with a sample of cotton 9ail-cloth, or
canvass, which for beauty and strength
exceeds any thing of the kind 1 have
ever beheld, and as I know from tong
experience, that one suit ot cot ion
sails will out last two of Russia or any
other canvass now in use, I would
struiiglv recommend all shiy owners
to give it a fair trial. I have sailed
“i board Portuguese, Spanish,Maltese
Sicilian and Greek vessels—none of
which had any other but cotton saih
and generally, all their small runnin;
rigging was of cotton: and as fc.
people in the world can be more eco
nomical in their mercantile arrange
ments, than those I have named—it,
may be considered as one evidence at
least ot their durability and cheapness.
The sample which is sent to me is
from a suit of sails on board the sclir.
Atlantic—she sailed last week for
Phi 1 ad el phi a .—Ed it or.
Augusta. Cotton market.—May 8.
The demand experienced for the nrticle
throughout the week lias subsided, and “ond
lots of cotton have been bought on more fa
vourable terms. Hoal prime will command
15 1-Q—Good fair 14 1-2 to 14 3-4.
“MACON
Wholesale Prices Current.
Flour bbl 810 c. to 8 c.
Whiskey gal 50
Rum .lain. do. 1 12$ 125
Do. W. I. do. 1
Gin do. 62$
Molasses do. 40
Sugar brown lb. 11$ 12
Do. loaf do. 22 23
Coffee do. 25
Bacon do. 12$
Iron do. 6
Nails cut do. 10
Shot do. 12 12$
Lead do. 10 11
Powder keg 9,1 75
Castings lb. 8
Pork prime do. 10
Salt bush. 1 25
Mackerel No. 3, bbl 850
Tobacco lb. 16
Rice do. 5
bagging yd. 31
Administrator’s Sale.
WILL be sold at the Court House
in Sandersville, on the first
Tuesday in August next, one tract of
land containing 211 acres, .more or
less, lying in Washington county ; be
ing the property of Josiah Yasser, late
of Twiggs county, deceased, and sold
for the benefis of the heirs and credit
ors of said dec’d. Terms made known
on the day of sale.
WILLIAM PERRY, Adm’r.
de bonis non.
May 12, 1824. 60d8
Guardian’s Sale.
AGREEABLE to an order of the
Honorable, the Inferior Court of
the county of Jefferson, when sitting
for Ordinary purposes, will be sold, in
the town of Forsyth, Monroe county,
On the first Tuesday in August next,
One Lot of land, known by No. 128,
in the s<h dist. of said county. Sold
for the benefit of VV illiam H. (Connel
ly, a minor. Littleberry liostick,
Guardian.
May 12, 1824. t.lsH
Georgia—Bibb Covmty.
Superior Court, March Term, 1824.
Timothy Matthews, Admr. ■
de bonis non of John D.f Rule
Williams deceased, vs. Nisi.
George A. Brown.
ON the petition *f Timothy Mat
thews, administrator de bonis non
ot John I). Williams dec’d stating that
George A* Brown made and executed
to said J. D. Williams in his life time,
a deed conveying to him 843 $ acres
of laud, which original deed is lost,and
that he has filed in the Clerk's Ofllce
of this Court, a true copy thereof,pray
ing the same to be established. On
motion of James Smith, his Council,
! it is thereupon
| ORDERED, That said copy deed
be established at the next tprm of this
Court, in lieu of said lost oigina 1, ac
cording to the statute in such cases
made and provided, unless causes
should then and there be shewn to the
contrary: And, it is further ordered,
! that this rule be published once a
month for six months,previously there
j to, in one of the public Gazettes of this
State.
True extract from the Minutes.
NICHOLAS W. WELLS, CVlc.
March 10, 1824. in6tn
lOtt SALtt
BY the subscriber, an excellent
MILL CRANK.
C. L. HOLMES.
Fort Hawkin?, April 7. tl 3
GEORGIA—BIBB COUNTY.
Superior Court, March Term, 1824.
‘The Governor, on the .
information of So- f o p
lumon Groce,x s. C Cl * A ’
Wm. C. Sellars. ’
IT appearing to the Court by the re*
turn of the Sheriff, that the
ant is not to be found in the county ol
Bibb. On motion it is
ORDERED, That the said defeud
ant appear at the next term of the Su
perior court, to be held in and for the
county of Bibb, on the second Monday
in September next, then and there to
answer to the said case. And that
service be perfected by a publication
of this rule in one of the public (in
zettes of this state, once a month hr
three months.
True copy from the minutes.
N. W. WELLS, CPk.
March 17, nr3jn