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0:1 BUnVINO A PACKET OF
LETTERS.
•lei lea t is lovfi, null lile s enchanted spri
Oilinpe* luirn, rainbow like, ol mules
lilld t ‘Mrs ;
Vi i!li Ire mining hand do I unloose the
string,
‘?K.n*d ii,and the records of ray youth
ful years.
’Vrt u by preserve memorials of a dream,
100 hitler asvrot U> breathe of aught but
pain.’
V. ‘ty court fond memory for a fitful gleam
til is i, that cannot bloom again.’
Tito thoughts end feeling these sad relic,
bring
Lack mi my heart, l would not now re
call :
Shire rentier ties around its pulses cling,
Shall spells less hallowed hold them -till
in thrall ? \
Can ivi'h,-red hopes that never came to
flower,
ftln'c • ‘it affections long and dearly
tried !
Love tn.it lias lived through many a stor
my nour
Thro” i .id ill, —and lira* and
change defied 1
JViisli eacii record that might wake a
thought
‘Jlint would be treason to a faith like
this.'—
Why should the spectres of past joys hi
brought
To fling their shadows o'er my present
bliss !
Ofe!,— ere we pmt forever, —let foe pay
.\lt fond tribute to the sainted dead;
Jlouro •• -r rinse wrecks of passions earlier
day.
With ars ns wild as onrt: ! used to shed
W tiMt gentle words are flashing on my ye
U hat-tender truths in every line 1 trace.’
Cult less ions—penned with rainy a deep
sigh,—
f£Hupes—like the dove —with but one res
ting place.’
How many a feeling, long—too long—re
prest,
Like ntnmm flowers, here opened out
at last!
llovv rnoiy n vision of the lonely breast,
Its cherished radiance ou these leaves
hath cast ,
And ye. pale violets, w hose sweet breath
hath driven
Back on my soul the dreams I fain would
quell ;
To whose faint perfume such wild power
is giv tn,
To call up visions—only loved too well;
Ye too me t perish !—Wherefore now’ di
vide
Tributes of love—first offerings of the j
heart;
Gifts, —mat 4 long have slumbered side by j
side ;
Tokens of feeling uevgr rartnt to part I 1
A long farewell;—sweet
adieu 1
Yes, ye shall be companions to the'last: .
-6o perish atl that would revive anevy.
Tut fruitless memories of ,he laded past/
But lo ! the flames are curling styiftly round
Kaeh fairer vestage of my yonthtul years
Page after page that seal thing blase hath
found,
Even whilst I strive to trace theta tlirou’
my tears
The Hindoo widow, in affection strong,
Dies by her lord, and keeps her taith un
broken
Thus perish all which to those wrecks be
long,
The living memory—with the lifeless- to
k'‘n .’
ffomaa&aar*
Prom the Sew York Enquirer.
In the dearth of intelligence froniEu
rope, accounts from Asia, however scan
\s. will be received with pleasure. By
Vne arrival of the brig Ceres, (’apt.
iaoule from Smyrna, we have received,
through the eastern mail of yesterday,
-eur files of Smyrna papers to th lstNov.
iiidusi’ i. The principal items of news,
Vs hie ! eporl of a battle fought before
Cbutnl t abou! the 19t!i of Oct. ’I here
js no -uiuMon to u in our papers ; but if
the a :c)uut which teaci euSiny-ii , as
uccu.aU, the next rival from i.tig
li.nd v.i.i gie usthe (ictads. There ap
p nis to be lens conmiente m the Turks
tli ui fonneiK. i ic Grand Yiser will
probably lose his iiead, by the indication
giver out. Hie Porte, we should suppose
would no t readdy embrace negotiations,
but if tne Chumls battle is authentic,
the Kusian cabinet will resume its foi mer
lntn'jnty demeanour. The success ol the
Rusd.i.n? arms, on the northern side of
the Balaam, will be the only thing that
will rouse the oth r iretains of Europe.
The fall of \ arna has nn.de a great
“impressiou upon tlie Turks >1 all ranks
and condition. They me a- are ot me
dangers Which menace their country,
4, it not a Wntrtcur —not a w ord of coni*
; Hint falls from them. It appears cer
tain, says the Courier dr Smyrna, that
the negotiations for peace wi* be re
newed, and that the Porte will he willing
ti vnJ plccipctcutuuics to a general
canineirce.
The ‘Turkish Divan was in session nb
>uost every day, the Reis Elfendi fre
quently went to the cauip, at Hamid,
to confer witu tlie Grand Seignior.—
About 10,000 men were stationed there,
of which 1,500 were cavalry in the most
complete state of discipline.
The fall of Varna will probably he
the destruction.of the Grand Vizor.
The property and effects of that minis
ter had been already confiscated by a
th'crce of the Sultan. His harem w hich
w is situated in the palace Runout King,
rtjion the canal, has been transferred tu
Nutehuek W |*nga.
Commercial letters from AlexandHn.
in IS.typt, dated on the 80tl Sept, sene,
V'tut the crop of cult,in fit t UU, will a
i remit u> 05,000 bales. Tlie most of it
will be sent to Trieste and England.
Tlie following items are copied from
a slip, sent us by our attentive corres-
} indents of the Boston Patriot.
Rostov, Jan. 12.
totes! /nil Smyrna. —By the arri
v and at this port of the brig Ceres, Caps.
iconic, from .-Minina. which she left
iv. I, Mr. TooliiF lias received tile
1’ nut .t do Smyrna of that date.
'apt. Swoule states that a severe bat tie
w is so ight rhout Oct. It) at Shnmla,- in
i Uich t!> - Turks were defeated with tin
.Vs of o.vut SO.OtW men. Annexed
rre tr.vsriatious of tlie printin'*! items of
inieiligeuce intiic only upper received.
Coiistu.iSnople, (h % 22.—The sub*
fee Porte has not officially published
,■ details tis the fall of Varna. Titcie ,
irn nor that i'< fall was occasioned ,
r - treachery of J* ssuf Phclki, bribed ■
• i A •>i.;*s. Th s ttp.rt is without 1
foundation. The garrison of Varna
yielded only to superior force. Had it
not been for the false movements of the
Grand Visir, and the consequent des
truction ofhi.s army which lef’ the gar
rison unsupported, Varna would have
yet held out. Public opinion is loud a
gainst the Grand Visir, and a Capidgi
liaehi has been sent to Adrianople.—
The object of this mission is not known.
The Russians have purchased Varnn
at an innnensa loss, and in despite of all
the losses that the Turks hat e experien
ced, the Russian bulletin*, ms well as
the prisoners in Constantinople, many
of whom are officers of distinction, show
that t he campaign has cost the Emperor
great sacrifices.
Great activity prevails in the Turkish
ministry. Firmans have been given to
four loaded Austrian Vessels, to pass in
to the Black Sea; audit was expected,
that shortly after, the entrance into this
Sea would he granted to all vessels who
might wish it.
The most complete order continued
to prevail at Constantinople.
Zante, Oct. it!.—The Garrison of the
castle which defends the entrance of the
Gulf of Lapante will not listen to terms
of capitulation. It has determined on
a vigorous defence, and the French for
ces are making preparations for a siege,
after the evacuation of the Peninsula is
completed. The war has thus began
nnd Heaven knows where it will end.
It is siiii that Admiral Uigney has done
all in his power to prevent the com
mencement of hostilities, but now the
roar of cannon must be heard, rather
than the quiet voice of negotiation.
Cape of Good Hope. —A War has rag
ed between two i>f the native chiefs in the
interior.—One of them brought into ac
tion 25,000 or 30,000 men and exter
minated his enemy’s forces and burned
their towns. The Brinish dreading he
might advance against their settlements,
have sent a deputation to propitiate him
or learn his real intentions. They now
detain, two of his ambassadors. The
whole English regular force, only 600
men has been marched forward. Some
are for using measures of intimidation,
and some are'f.ir persevering in concili
atory efforts.
From Colombia. —Capt. Treby, of the
Athenian, (arrived at New-Yot k,) which
left Carthagena on the !Bffi tilt, brings
information that General Obando had
placed himself at the head of the Peo
ple of Pupayan, in open rebellion against
the Government; had had two engage
ment with the troops of the Republic
und beaten them at both. The Pres
ident had, however, sent a force to Bogo
ta to subdue the rebels, the result not
heard The Peruvians had commenced
hostilities,and troops had been ordered to
inarch from different points of Colum
bia for the South. It was thought that
the war with Pern would be of short
duration, as Bolivar had expressed bis
determination to send such force against
the Peruvians, as will at once crush
them.
Genera] Santander, with several of
of his adherents, concerned in the late
conspiracy, who had been to banish
ment, arrived Carthagena some days be
fore Captain T’s departure. Their pas
sages were taken on beard of ah Eng
lish brig, foifLiverpodl; but two days be
fore she was ready for sea, an express
arrived from Bogota, with Orders that
Santander should not he embarked, but
kept a close prisoner in the Castle of
Boco Chico, where lie now is.
Captain Treby brought Bogota pa
pers to Dec. 7. bolivar left Bogota oil
the 30th Nov. to “ to annihilate the fac
tions in l'opayan.” It is supposed by
the Gaceta de Colombia and By the Dic
tator, that the present disturbance there
is only a ramification of the conspiracy
for which Santander was condemned;
and this is probably the reason of the
counter-orders which reached tbirth,i
cena when t! - i were about to em
bark. ii -ii b iv!** the capital, Bo
livar had i-vied a b r-c for the re-or
ganization of the Co- i. of Justice, and
had made si veral a, puiutmenls, among
which we notice that of J. Olnieda, as
Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Jose
Maria Salazar is appointed an Associ
ate Justices of die Supreme Court, un
der the nev organization.
Tlie Bogota Gazette contains the
messageof Genera! Sucre. President of
the Republic of Bolivia to the Congress,
which met early in August.
Journal us Commerce.
St. Domingo. —Captain Tburber, at
Providence, from St. Domingo, states
that a part of the Island was in a state
of great excitement and convulsion, in
consequence of a repot t shit llte Span
ish tleet, under command of Com. I a
borde, was coming to take possession of
; the eastern or Spanish part of the Is
land—and the Spaniards, wishing and
anticipating the event, had throw u every
description of business iuto a deranged
state. Their neglect in procuring ma
hogany and brnigingit to market,made
it very scarce, and difficult to he proc.u
red. When Captain Thurbcr left, tlie
excitement had in some degree subsided.
Pet. Intelligent r.
coraxiraiss.
PETER FRANCISCO.
Mr. Wolf, from the Committee on Re
volutionary Claims, made the follow ing
report on the case of Peter Francisco;
which was read, and laid on the table i
“ The Committee on Revolutionary
Claims, to whom was referred the peti
tion and documents of Peter Francisco,
a soldier of the Revolution, have duly
considered the same, and submit the fol
lowing report;
“ The Petitioner, after enumerating
his services and suffering during the
War ol the Revolution, and setting forth
his pi t sent helpless and embarrassed si
tuation, solicits Congress to make some
provisions for him against poverty and
want, as his declining years and strength
rentier him incapable of straggling n
gaiiist adverse fortune.
“ That, from the statement exhibited
by the petitioner himself, and the docu
ments and papers accompanying his pe
tition, tc ail of which the committee are
disposed to give full credence, it appears
that Peter Francisco, the petitioner,
served his country with a patriotic zeal
and fidelity, performed prodigies of val
or, and displayed a degree of chivalrous,
heroic bravery ami courage tardy equal-
led, ami perhaps neitr excelled, by the
transactions of any other individual simi
larly circumstanced in the History of the
Revolution.
“ That, in the course of his military
career, he received several severe, but
honorable wounds, the consequences of
some of which are felt by him at this
time, and arc the remote though prima
ry cause, of his present helpless and dis
abled condition.
“ Your Committee cannot but regard
that so many brave and meritorious sol
diers of the revolution, have, in their ad
vanced age, been overtaken by the chill
ing hand of poverty; obliged to spend
the little remnant of their existence in
penury and want; and that some mdre
ample provision, a provision more pro
portional to individual'merit, had net
long since been made by Congress, than
that which the pension laws afford. But,
whatever may be the feelings anil re
grets of your Committee, in reference to
the case now under eotisidu, ation, they
are not aware that this Government has
ever adopted the principle of grunting
gratuities or bounties to individuals lor
services performed during the war of the
Revolution, however meritorious, other
wise than in the shape of pensions.—
Mr. Fiancisco now receives a pension
fn m the United States, and if further
> relief can be granted at all, it can only
be done, in the opinion of this Commit*
, tee, by increasing that pension, which
: falls exclusively within the province ol
the .‘■standing Committee of this House,
■ on Military Pensions.
“ The Committee bring of opinion
that it does not fall within their compe
tency to decide on the propriety of mat -
ing the provision asked for, but that the
decision of that question might, possibly,
be entertained by another Committee ol
this House, beg leave to offer the follow
ing resolution :
“ Resolved, That the Committee on
Revolutionary Claims he discharged
J from the further consideration of the
j petition and documents of Peter Fran
cisco.”
[At the time of the presentation of the
petition of this gallant and decayed sol
dier. by Mr. Randolph, of Virginia, e
promised our readers to give it to them
at length, if we should be able to obtain
a copy of it; having obtained the copy,
we now redeem our pledge.]
To the Honorable Members of the House
of Representatives and Senate, assem
bled in the Congress of the United
States:
The petition of Peter Francisco re
spectfully represents : That he entered
the military service of the United States,
in tlie year 1777 ; was in the batiks of
Brandywine and Germantown, and be
longed to Gen. Wa vnc’s command wb< n
the British post at Stony Point was car
ried hy assault. On that occasion, he
was the second man who mounted the
parapet of the enemy, killed the soldier’
at the Hag staff, and received a danger
ous wound from a bayonet. He aided,
i to the best of Iris powers, in the gallant
defence of Mud Isl-amd fort, conducted
by General Smith, now a member ol
; the Senate ; and was wounded severely
in the thigh, by a musket ball, at tire
battle at Monmouth, the painful effect
of which he often suffers, in his present
advanced age. lie was present in va
, r'.ot.s skirmishes itr ”.!w vfomity o! New
; York and Philadelphia, while under the
command of that excellent r.tle officer.
Colonel Daniel Morgan ; and alter winds
travelled to the ritate of Virginia, where
he became a volunteer m a corps com
manded bv Colonel William Mays, de
ceased, and had a share in the first bat
tle of Camden. fought on the 10th of
An, ust, 1780. In that action, he res
cued Col. Mays from death, by killing
the British officer who was about to take
hi; life, and protected himself from the
j attack of a dragoon soldier, by transfix
ing bim with a bayonet, and killing him
on the spot; he then mounted the horse
oi hi* adversary, escaped through the
British ranks by personating a tory; fell
in with Ins commanding officer, who
was exhausted by fatigue, and mounted
him on the captured horse, whereby he
i made good his retreat to a place oI safe
tv.
Your petitioner again returned to
Virginia. mri early in tlie year 17111, he
entered ihe cavalry service as a volun
teer, in a troop commanded by Captain
Thomas Watkins. This troop was at
tached. by order of General Greene to
Colonel Washington’s regiment, and
fought under the command of that in
trepid officer, at the battle of Guilford,
o>i tlie 15th March, in the year last men
tioned. Your petitioner received a se
vere wound from a bayonet in this ac
tion, but avenged himself bay killing four
of the nvmy with his sabre, in the pre
senCe of Col. M ashington and of the
officers belonging to Captain Watkms*
troop, the Lieutenant of which was Phi
lemon Holcombe, who has since held the
rank ot Colonel in the military cavalry
of Virginia. His certificate of the fact
last stated is herewith exhibited.
In the succeeding Summer, accident
threw your petitions into the way of a
straggling party belonging to Colonel
Tariton’s corps, then an their match
through the county of Amelia to Prince
Edward Court House, where they ex
pected to destroy a large dej osit of pub
lic stores. The party had left Tarlion's
line of r.nrch for tlie purposes of plun
der, when they arrived at the house of a
.Mr. Ward, where thfy found your peti
tioner ; and one of them demanded his
watch and shoe buckles, which were of
silver, lie refused to deliver them, and,
while the British soldier stooped to lake
them from his shoes, your petitioner,
who was destitute of arms, seized the
hilt of his sword, drew it from the scab
hard, and dispa tolled him by a blow.—
He killed two others, and frightened oil’
tlie rest of the party, amounting in num
ber to six, by inducing on them a belief
that some American troops were ap
proaching to his assistance.
Your petitioner has thus specifically
enumerated his personal services render
ed to the United States in the war of
independence, by no means with a view
to their ostentatious display, but at the
instance, and by the advifec of many re
spectable and intelligent characters,
whose opinion it is, that he has a just
claim on the gratitude, and even on tlie
bounty of bis Country* lie submits his
case to the National Legislature, and so
licits some provision against poverty,
and want, while his declining years and
strength render him incapable of strug
gling against adverse fortune.
PETER FRANCISCO
The tSlioliftg resolution moved by i
Mr. Omen off he Cth instant, came up
for cim.sitle.4iou, was read and adopted:
Resolved, [That the President of’ the
Uniteddtatelbe requested to cause to he
communicant! to this House such infor
mation as mW be in possesssion of the
Government,not heretofore communi
cated, in relation to the claims of Geor
gia, embrace), or intended to Ire embra
ced, in the piovtsions of the Treaty of
1821, held ;j. the Indian Springs, with
the Creek Irßians, and any information
in hivpossession, in relation to the claims
of the said nation of Indians, for such
surplus, it there should he any,, of the
sum stipulated in said Treaty us an in
detnnity to Georgia.
Mr. Moore, of Alabama, moved the
following; whit)) lies ou the table one
day.
Resolved, That the Secretary ol the
War Departmentbe directed to furnish
this liouSe with any report hy any com
manding General ttf tire Army during
the year 1820, on He subject ot the im
provement, better rg,miration, disci
pline, and regulation (’ tire Militia of
tlie United States, ulijch may not have
been heretofore furiuMied and published
in eouiiexion with tlrir subject.
Mr. Sprague moved the following:
which lies on the table one day.
Resolved , That the Secretary of War
be directed to inform this House w hat
beneficial effects, :1 any, have arisen, or
ate likely to arise, Irom the daily use of
spirituous liquors by the army; and
whether tlte cot..sequences of that prac
tice have not bei n, and wiij not be in
jurious ; and particularly of its inlltt
euce upon the health, moiuis, and dis
cipline of the soldiers.
Mr. Weems moved the following;
Resulted, That the Committee on the
Public Lauds be instructed to inquire
into the expediency of appropriating so
much of the public lands, or of the pro
ceeds of the contract lor the payment ot
the public debt) for the advancement of
Common Schools in the thirteen old
States equivalent to what litis been
granted to those States that have been
introduced into the Union since the a
dopticn of the pi esent Government, so
as to equalize the advantages to each
and all the States ; seeing that the a
foresaid lands have been acquired as a
common property, by the joint expen
diture of the bicod and treasure of the
whole Union.
This resolution was laid on the table.
“Ir Wilde moved the following,
which lies on the table one day.
Resolved, That the Secretary of War
be instructed to lay before this Home
copies of any compacts or agreements
made between the Cree ard Cherokee
tribes of Indians, under the direction,
or with the assent of the United States,
fst blisliingthe boundary lines of their
respective hunting ground within the
limits of the State ot Georgia prior to
the year 1781 : and also copies of any.’
correspondence between the War De
partment and the Agent for Indian Af
rairs touching the same, which has not
heretofore been communicated.
(ivurgui Claims. — The House then
went into Committee ot tiie \1 hole on
the State ot the Union, Mr. Condict in
ti e chair, anil resumed the consideration
of the motion of Mr. Thompson i to re
v rse the report of the Indian Commit
tee, oil the subject of tile Georgia
Claims.
Mr. Wilde concluded his remarks in
favor oft!.a motion.
He vvas was followed by Mr. McT.ean
(Chairman of the Indian Committee)
in opposition to it.
Messrs. Sutherland, Owen, Gilmer
and IC st s, successively took the floor,in
support of the Georgia Claimants, “hen
the question was taken, (a little before 4
o’clock,) arid decided in the negative—
ayes 66, noes 74.
8o the motion was rejected in Com
mittee.
Tne Committee having risen and re
ported.
Mr. Thompson renewed his motion in
the House; whereupon, on his motion.
Tlie House adjourned.
Mist of thk IJ. States.
Philadelphia, Jan. t, 1829.
Sir :—I have the honor to submit the
report of the general transactions of the
Mint during the last year.
The coinage executed w ithin that pe
riod, as exhibited in the Treasurer's
statement herew itli transmitted, amounts
to 1,741,382 21 consisting of 6,196,983
pieces of coin, viz.
Os Gold, 28,02'J pieces, 8140,140 00
Os Stiver, 3,302,200 “ I.SjS.eOOOO
Os Copper, 9,1.65,52 4 “ 25,666 31
6,196,853 51,741,*83 24
Os the amount of gold coined w ithin
the past year, about 46,000 dollars were
received from Notth Carolina being
moie than twofold the value of the re
ceipts from that quarter in any previous
year. The proportion received from
Mexico, South America, and the West
Indies, may be stated at 60,000 dollars,
aiul that from Africa .-.t 13,000 dollars;
leaving about 21,000 doll r*>, derived
from source, not ascertained.
Os the amount qf silver coined within
the last year, more than two thirds have
been received jrom the Bank of the U- I
nited States. Tlie whole coinage, il I
may be noticed; though greater than the j
average amount of the last seven years, I
has been much less than that of • 827 : a j
result obviously associated with the high j
rate of foreign exchange, prevailing du
ring a great part of the year, in conse
quence of w hich, silver has been in de
mand at a premium, for the purpose of
exportation, under most of the forms in
which it usnelly comes to the Mint.—
This state ot things has, however, re
cently changed in a very sensible degree
and the ordinary current of supply i< no
longer diverted from our Vaults. Tlie
amount of silver deposited within the
last month exceed* the average monthly
coinage of any year hitherto &c.
SAM I, MOORE.
Postage. —The Speaker laid before
the House a letter from the Postmaster
General, transmitting a statement of the
nett amount of postage accruing at each
Post Office in the United States, for
one year ending 31st March, 1828, and
shewing the nett amount in each State
and Territory; which letter and state
ment were laid on the table, and two
thousand extra copies thereof ordered to
be printed.
The following is a recapitulation of
the statement referred to, showing the
nett amount of pr.stfegk which acc> uet! in
each State nud Territory:
Ncw-York, 202,875 08
Maine, 20,997 Os
N. Hampshire 11,082 76
Vermont, 11,072 05
Massachusetts 101.855 58
Rhode Island, 14,979 82
Connecticut, 82,840 45
New-Jersey, 17,511 65
Pennsylvania, 137,729 89
Delaware, 4,92 2 09
Maty land, 61,022 71
Ohio, 35.473 55
Alich. Territory, 2.385 10
District of Colombia* 11,681 50
Canada & King. Mails 6,122 85
Virginia, 73,400 74
North-Oarolina, £8,289 77
froutb-Caiolina, 15,1 43 09
Georgia, 54,005 91
Kentucky, 26,702 75
Tennessee, 21,945 53
Alabama. 17,106 11
Mississippi, 10,461 £5
Louisiana, 23,393 60
Indiana, 7,905 00
Illinois, 3,099 C 4
Missouri, 8,551 52
Ark. Territory, 1,195 46
Flor. Territory, 3,802 78
Gr. total, 51,053,20 f 31
COMMUNICATED.
In compliance with your wishes I will
give you a hasty sketch of some of the
objects which afforded me interest dur
ing my late trip north. Your own
knowledge of the great stage route from
Augusta to Fayetteville renders it un
necessary so say much of the dreary
waste of country through which the
traveller must day after day wend his
course, with but little to interest, except
the occasional sound of the driver’s
trumpet, to remind the relays to he in
preparation, and give notice to the host
to have in readiness the passengers usu
al repast, of hot corn bread, sweet po
tatos and bacon. The bridge across the
Congaree River at Columbia is decided
ly the best specimen of this description,
of architecture south of tire Potomac,
and reflects much credit to Colombia
and to our sister State South Carolilia.
After leaving Columbia, [ saw nothing
but pine barren until we readied the an
cient town ot Camden, rendered inter
esting by the association it calls to mind
of the times that “ tried men’s souls.”
I felt much curiosity to see the battle
ground, where fell the brave DeKalb,
but time would only allow us to visit the
neat monument erected to his memory
(in the yard fronting a church built
within the last three years in a very
chaste and classic style,) and the an
cient building so well known as the head
quarters of Lord Cornwallis.
In Fayettville I noticed some indica
tions of commercial prosperity, although
tjie business season had passed. Cotton,
flour, flax seed, feathers and bees-wax,
form her principal articles of trade.—
She has also a cotton manufactory of
some magnitude. I took the route
through Raleigh, for the sole object (a*
tlio Norfolk road is much better) of be
ing enabled to see the Statute of Wash
ington, nor vvas I disappointed; and
when viewing this sp'lendid structure,
executed by that great Master Canova,
I could not but admire the motives
which influenced the gentleman (a dis
tinguished citizen O’ North Carolina,
to you well known) to whom I under
stand belongs much merit in the con
ception and prosecution of this object,
which has redounded so highly to the
honor of North Carolina. After leav
ing Raleigh, I met with but little to at
tract until we began to ascend the Poto
mac and pass in ful view of Mount Ver
non, once the residence of Washington.
A fellow passenger and myself w ere de
sirous to lie landed, und visit the spot
where rest his mortal remains, but we
could not effect the object. No true
American can pass this spot without
wishing to do homage to the memory of
this truly gte.rt man. As nty arrival ~t
Washington city vvas at a season when
but little was doing, I felt no great de
sire to tarry.
You are so well acquainted with the 1
principal cities north, a minute descrip
tion is needless.
Among the many indications of pub
lic spirit which appear in Baltimore, 1
was much pleased with the spacious and
well regulated establishment of Bar
nnm’s, and I believe all who have been
entertained here, will agree in pronounc
ing it one of the first Public Houses in
America. Baltimore may well be proud
of her monuments, her Cathedrals, her
Exchange, and her City Springs, all of
which speak much in her praise.
Os Philadelphia and her r.oble Insti
tutions I could tell you much. Her
clean streets,herFair-inmtnt water works
and her many chaste public edifices,
oblige the stranger to acquiesce in the
compliment paid her by Lafayette, that
this is truly the beaKtiful city of Phila
delphia. We left Philadelphia at six
o’clock in the rooming, and at six
o'clock in the afternoon, I found mvself
safely landed in the great city of Go
tham. New Yotk is the centre of at
traction, and here I met with acquaint
ances and friends I little expected to
see. Her immense resources and great
natural advantages, strike the eye very
forcibly and all must admit that New
York will continue to he the greatest
commercial metropolis of this country.
This city contains a more mixed popu
lation than any I have visited, and there
seemed to be much life and activity a
mong all classes. While seated in a po
sition which afforded me a fine view of
the concourse which constantly thro', ls ,
Broadway, I could but reflect, “ j n
few years, where are they ?” Having
completed my business, I joi'.ied a party
of acquaintances on hoard a splendid
Steam Boat beund t,) Albany—where
we arrived early i r, tho evening of the
same dab,and had an opportunity to pro
menade through sonic of the principal
streets of this ancient city. Albany
presents the appearance of improvement
and prosperity, and no strunner can vis
it li"f wharves and see her basin tilled
with canal beats, laden with the rich
products of tho west, without being
convinced of the immense advantage
arising from tbe internal improvements
of this great State, and how much she
owes to those who conceived and toiled
to complete them. Albany is a great
thoroughfare for travellers, and /fter
ascending the Hudson thus far thev
*c ttcr in every direction. Having ac
cented the invitation ol a mar friet.d to
spend a few weeks in the LeatilWul vil
lage of Pittsfield, situated near tue cen
tre of tlie county of Berkshire, Muss,
known for its romantic scenery and
as leing the birth place of Miss foedg
wick, whose literary productions stand
so high, 1 joined a party for Lebanon
Springs, which lay on my route, imping
to arrive before a distinguished peisou
age who we unde.stood was there should
have left. This was no less than tie
now Gov. Van Ruren, and as he is so
great a favorite in Georgia, we felt a
more than common interest to see him,
and if a favorable opportunity should
present to pay him ounrespects —but in
this we w ere disappointed. To a person
residing south of the Potomac,the scene
ry about Lebanon, and as you cross the
mountain to Pittsfield, is highly inter
esting and very extensive. I parted
w ith my fellow travellers, two of whom
accompanied me from Geogia, nt Le
banon, thinking I should remain but a
short time in Pittsfield, to fulfil my pro
mise and pay my respects to some near
friends, when it was my intention to
hav e extended my tour to the western
part of New York; hut an introduction
toher highly cultivated and refined so
ciety, and a wish to v isit the various and
extensive manufactories, and the litera
ry institutions of Berkshire, caused me
to pass a few weeks with much satisfac
tion. I think a visit to the splendid Pon
toosuc (Woollen) manufactory in Berk
shire county, would well repay our en
terprising fellow’ citizens in Georgia,
who are about establishing a similar con
cern. Her machinery surpasses any
thing of the kind 1 ever saw, and has
been pronounced both bv Americans
and Europeans, (well qualified to judge)
not to be surpassed in this or any other
country.
SHERIFFS* SAXEsT
IWZOTCS.CS SALES.
“WW 7 J LI. be ‘old on the first Tuesday
W * in March next, at the Court
house in Forsyth, Monroe County, the
following property, to wit:
One negro woman, Jfida 20 or 25
years old, levied on to satisfy sundry
small fi fas in favor of John YV. Carter
Hiul others vs. Archibald Johnson—levy
made by a constable.
1014 acres of land, being the east half
of lot No. 14, in the stii district of said
county, levied on to satisfy a smell fi fa
in fuvor of E. Y\ aue vs. J. D. Wilson,
administrator. See. und Robert C. Dale,
Executor, &. levy made by a constable.
One road waggon and two yoke of
oxen all levied on as the properly of
James Mills and Nail McMullen to satis
fy a ft fa in favour of Reuben Brown vs.
said Mills and McMullen.
acres of land. No. 75 in the 12th
district of said county, whereon Jehu
Evans lives, also, 3 negroes, Peter 15,
David 11, and Ned 9 years old, all levi
ed on us the property of John Evans to
satLfv a fi fa in favor of Charles Allen
Vo. said Evans.
One negro man Tutt 20 years old, le
vied on as the property of Lewis Brown
to satisfy two li fas one in favor of Sam
uel Reid and the other in favor of Wil
liam S. Mellen for the use of Coddard
&, Murdock vs said Brown.
Five negroes to wit: Moses a Man
Viney a Woman,Mariah a girl Hardy &.
Stephen boys all levied on as tlie pro
perty of Heili G. Watson to satisfy 2 fi
fas, I in favor of A. Low A Cos. and the
other in favor of Adam Carson vs Seth
G. Watson and Jacob Watson.
The lease on fifty acres of land being
25 or 30 acres, cleared, whereon John
StamlM-d p.ow lives, in the 14th district
of Monroe County ; also one grey mare,
10 barrels of corn, and one stack of fod
der, all levied on as the property of
John Standard o satisfy a fi fa favor of
Garrett Hardeman.
One negro woman, Peggy, 17 or 13
years old levied on as the property of
V\ illiam Wilder deceased, to satisfy sun
dry small fi fas in favor of B. Crawford
vs. J. A’ L. Wilder, Exeutors.
One Negro woman 32 years old, na
med Milly, levied on as tlie property of
James Hannigai., to sanslj sundry ft fas
in favor of John R. Cargall.
One negro woman 35 or 40 years old,
two trunks, 1 chest, 2 beds and bedsteds
1 slab, 1 table. 25 barrels of corn and 1
stack of fodde ail levied on as the pro
perty of George Fahiness to satisfy a ft
f i in favor of Jesse Thomas vs said Ca
biness and Samuel W. Langston secu
rity on appeal.
A. COCHRAN, Sheriff.
At the same place, on the first Tuesday
m April next;
Two negro men, Starling about 22
years old, and Daniel 15 years old, ta
ken as the property of Isaac Welch to
satisfy a Mortgage fi fa in favor of Jas.
Wilder and Charles Y. Caldwell vs.
Isaac Welch.
Tw o negroes, Sally a w oman 45, ami
Emetine a girl 7 years old taken as the
property of Henry Wood to satisfy a
Mortgage fi fa in favor of John and
William Kelly vs. H enry \\ ood proper- 1
ty poiuted out in mortgage fi fas.
JOHN REDDING, J). S.
VJPBC2J CA.LE3,
WILL he sold at the Court House
in Thoinaston, Upson county,
on the first Tuesday in March next;
One improved lot iv, Thomason, No.
23, in the South we t back square. 6ne
yoke of oxeu and cart, and one black
Indian popcy, saddle and bridle, taken
as the [.roperty of John Tucker, to sat
isfy three f, fas, one in favor of Thouias
Vnttler vs. John Tucker, one in favor of
Hardy Crawford vs. said Tucker, the
other in (avorof VV. If. Sc E- P. Hayer
vs. said Tucker—property pointed out
bv defendant.
One negt'o boy nampd EUick, al>out
17 years old. levied on as the property
oflsham Stephens to satisfy tliree fi fas
issued from a Justices Court in favor of
Josiah Dixon, administrator on the es
tate of John Harwell, deceased, vs. In
inon Stephen* and lshaui Stephens, al
so, to satisfy four distress warrants in fa
vor of Jesse 1,. Owen, adn.’r. vs. Ishain
Stephens and Alexander Caden—levy
made and relumed by a constable.
One bay Filly, one sorrel Filly, one
sideboard, one folding table, one pine
do. one sugar chest, two beds ami furn
iture, twelve barrels of corn, more or
less, two cows and calves, all levied on
as the property of Hiram Adair, to satis
fy two fi fas, one in favor of Thomas &
Smith, tiro other in favor of Lucius L.
\\ ittich vs. said Adair.
Tilf'S. FLEWEUJX
lISrS Gk&XiES,
£7 ILL bo void ou the first Tus
w w iii Maiuh next, at the Ct>u,f.
Loose in Macon, Bib'.; roontv ;
Nine bales of cotton marked J E j, v>
led ou usthe property of Geo. Why.
field to satisfy two fi f> ill l.ivour ot J-
D. &A. Chapman h* site ns/ 0 | j-, au .
&• Cleave);.ud—piopu. tv pointed out tv
J. D. Chapman.
One negtoboy murttl Jim ie\ P - rs
old, levied on as ti e property of j„| „
.41. tH:elmaO to satisfy stmbyfi j,,
favour of R. C. Heist bearci, aiulotfi.
ers vs said Shtlman, property point/,|
out hy defendant and levied on an,
turned to me by a constable.
One fifth pait of iar.d iot No, 45 in
tlrd Uh district of originaallv Houston
now Bibb-county, containing one filth
202jJ acres of land, more or less, and tlie
interest of M. \V. Allen, levied on is Ins
property to satisfy sundry fi fas in finer
of John Gaddis for die use ol Charles
Conniley vs said M. W. j Allen nr,d 1,.
Allen, Iqvy made and returned to me by
a constable.
101 J of land more or less being the
undivided half cl lot No. 203 in tb, fifii,
district of originally Houston, mu, |vilrt>
county, it being the interest of Millv
I arecloth in said lot, levied on as lit,■
property to satisfy sundry fi fas in favor
of Rawls &, Clayton vs said Miiiv.J'';<;c
oloth Executrix, in her own light on i|„
Estate of F. Fnreclolli deceased an,l
others, levy made and returned to me by
a constable.
117 j nore6 of land more or less Ns.
not known adjoining lands of Lewis
Foy whereon Thomas M. Grant n>
lives in the >itil distiiet of original!'’
Houston, now Bibb county levied on a,
the prvpetty ol Thomas M. Grant m sa
tisfy sundry ft fas in favour of William
Wellborn vs said Grant levy made and
returned to ina by a constable.
One iot of land, No. 144, in the fol
district of fonperly Houston, now Bibb,
together with James Hoy’s bond for ti
tles to Peter M. (lurry for said lam], le
vied on ns Curry's property, to satisfy
sundry fi fas in favor ot Kei e Fitzpa
trick.
4 negroes, Jeffry 45 years old. Le;:thv
30, John 12, and Mery 10, all h vied on
as the property of John M. Shelmen. tc
satisfy sundry h fas, one in fav, r i.fDa
venport Lawson, one lor John Kiikpa
triik, anti one in favor B Goddard
for the use of If. &E. I* - . Heyer, pro
perly pointed out by defendant.
40 acres of land improved, where l.a
viuia Hawkins formerly lived, levied on
as Iter property to satisfy a fi fa in favor
of Barker, Wiilirtan &: Cos. vs said L -
vinia and John Bnehannon, property
pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney.
202 1-2 acres, known as lot No. 271.
in the 13th district of originally Monroe’
now Bibb, it being the lot w heiton V. i
ley Dorman formerly lived, levied on
tlie property of George Cavinder, to sa
tisfy sundry fi fas in favor of James H.
Kirkpatrick, property pointed out by
plaintiffs property.
2 negroes, Willis 12 years, and Dick a
boy 18 years, levied on as the prof ertv
of John Loving, to satisfy sundry fi las
in favor of Burton Hepburn N Cos. ;.iul
others, vs. said Loving, property pointed
out bv defendant*
The interest of Williamson Fniith in
lot No. 8, in the 43d square ot the town
H'Macon, vviih improvements, where on
said Smith lives, levied on as In* pro
perty, to satisfy a fi fa in ffivor of Kim
berly &. Chisholm, vs. said Sri ilk and
Janies 11. Rodgers, property pointed out
by Rodgers.
One negro woman named Nutty, 23
or 24 years old, levied on as the proper*
ty of Wm Bivins, to satisfy a li la in (a-
Nor of Littleton Atkison, property point
ed out by plaintiff.
! nqgro woman named Rachel, 25 or
26 years old, levied on as the property
o! Joel Bushin, to ratisly sundry fi fas in
favor of John Bowls claimant and othci
vs. said Rnshin, property pointed rat by
John C. Rodgers.
SUENCER RH EV. Sbjf.
HOUSZCTC E/IjLHS.
*1 m the town ot Ferry, Houston
county, on the first Tuesday in Match
next, the following property :
202 J acres pine lund, No. -.43, in the
sth district Houston county, with a good
grist mill thtreon, levied 011 to sa.istv
a fi fa in favor of the fct.te vs. John
Cain.
2024 acres of pine land, No. 40 in
the Btli district of said county, levied on
as the property of Bryant hledge, to
satisfy a li fa in favor of Beptimus
Wetherby vs. said Pledge.
2024 acres of pine land, No. 50, in
the loth district of said cotmtv, levied
on as the property of Uhinens Oliver,
to satisfy sundry fi las in favor of Joel
Joiner and others vs. said Oliver.
Two fractions Nos. 21 and 22. in tlie
twelfth district of sard county, contaie
ing forty nine and a half acres each, le
vied on as the property of William Bur
kina to satisfy a li fa in favor of Enoch
Shivers vs. William Perkins and Sam
uel Calhoun—levy made and letuynuf
to me by a constable.
One yell..** negro boy t*v f f*c name
of George, commonly called Doc. !< \i
kd on as tlie property of Alexander J.
Roberson, to satisfy sundry fi fas in fa
vor of James N. Bethune v. Henry \\.
Raley vs. Alexander J. Roberson, It
vy made and returned by a constable.
lOlj acres ofland half of No. 92 in
the f2th district of said county, levied on
as the property of John Bynum tosati
I'y a fi fa in favor of Isaac W. Mitchell
vs. John Bynum.
JOSEPH MIMiG Shff.
BTOTXCZ.
ALL person* indebted tn Stephen
Justice, late of Bibb count), de
ceased. are requested to make iutrm di
ate payment, and those that have claire
against him me requested to preset ll
them duly authenticated.
APPLETON JUSTICE, Ailm'r.
Jan, qn. 47-f’W
KANVB T 3.
A QUANTITY received for sale hr
A. ELLIS, BUOTWELL fc Cos.
Jan. 80. 182!). 47 -w
MOftcS. XWMKIZiXXIU’S
SECOND performance will take
place ou Monday night w ben a great
variety of new enteitainncnt* will I'”
presented—The exhibition to cosciude
with a plendid display of Chinese views
] or Piric and jHydraulic TranspaK re
January PI It t‘. 4 I