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THE A SURY DEPART M E N TANARUS, February 21, 1807. S:r.—l have the honor to transmit here with a statement of goods, wares -and mer chandize exported from the United States riming one year prior to the first day of Oct. 1805, and amounting to 101,536,903 dollars. The goods, wares and merchandize of domes tic growth, or manufacture, included in this statement, are estimated at £41,253,727 And those of foreign growth or manufacture at CO.-8f.2j6 101,536,963 The experts from Savannah, which may he estimated at 2,250,030 dollars, and consists almost together of domestic produce, not be ing included in this statement, die total amount of exports for that year, may he estimated at near 104 millions of dollars, of which about 43 millions and a half consisted of articles of domestic growth or manufacture. Tin foreign goods may be divided into three classes, viz, Ist. Articles, on the importation of which no duty had been collected, they being free of duty by the laws of the United States, and amount ing to 2,383,510 2d. Articles liable to duty, and which were, on re-exportation thereof, entitled to drawback, 49,334,739 3d. Articles liable to duty but \vi|ich were not, on re-expor tation thereof, entitled to draw baCX, 8,564,387 60.283,235 The duties collected on the importation of the articles of the third class, and which not be ing paid by consumers within the United States, are derived directly from the carrying- trade, amount to 1,227,535 dollars, exclusively of the additional duties, which constitute the Mediter ranean fund. It appears by the additional statement (A) that the articles of domestic growth, or manu facture, exported during the period aforesaid, may be arranged under the following heads, viz. Produce of the .lea, £, 5,116.000 Forest, 4,861,000 Agriculture, 30,125,000 Add for Savannah, 2,250,090 r 2-375,000 Manufactures, 2,707,000 Uncertain, 445,000 43,504,000 I have the honor to be, 8c c. ALBERT GALLATIN. The hon. Speaker of the House of Representatives. DESCRIPTION OF BERLIN. Extract cf a letter dated December 21. The departure of his majesty for Warsaw, deprives us, for seme days, of news it will soon.be the more interesting. I profit of this moment of stagnation, to give you some de tails of the present state of the city of Berlin. This capital of the Prussian monarchy is a ve ry strong proof of what can be done by a great genius, in a country where nature is sparing oi her favors. This genius may, for some in stants, produce extraordinary things—it may excite the admiration of the universe, by for cing nature to do wonders on an ungrateful soil, the enemy to evert kind of industry ; ku; as soon as it ceases to exist, this same nature, w ild and savage, resumes her empire. She stifles the foreign plants which have been for ced to flourish a day on her soil, and she des troys speedily, every thing which gives it the appearance of life and prosperity. If nothing proves better the genius of the great Frederick, than what he lias done at Ber ing, nothing proves more sensibly also, that e very thing there was forced, and that after him, every tiling has degenerated. Berlin is built in a kind of a desart; the en virons are nothing but a barren sand. Never theless, this city offers to the eyes of strangers a considerable number of handsome edifices ; long, wide and straight streets, ornamented by handsome houses. The Sr rise, thenumerous arms of which enliven every quarter, has a number of elegant and solid bridges over it. B uriin possesses besides, fabrics and manufac tures, very flourishing. The fine arts have c ven here distinguished themselves and display their productions. Nevertheless, every thing, this day, proves that these riches were facti tious ; they present to the eye of the observer a great deal of splendor in appearance ; but they have little solidity—like those ephemeral flowers which dazzle for a moment in the sun, but are too weak to resist the first shower. At this day, the manufactories are deserted in spite of the extreme security, which reigns throughout. Yhe streets of Berlin are filled with paupers and beggars, which prefer steal ing -to working. The greater part of the own ers of these sumptuous houses, which strike all eyes, are burthened with debts ; their fur niture wants richness and taste. There is ve ry little furniture of mahogany ; and if you find glasses in the apartments, they are of four, five or six ]>ieees. The noblesse, which compose a part of the population of Berlin, are generally poor. If you except some families, and some bankers, all the fortunes are moderate ; nevertheless, the women are extremely fond of dress, and spend considerable stuns on it. Not one public square is decorated with a fountain ; hut pumps arc distributed in all the -Streets,at equal diotonccs, on the right and left. The streets are in general furnished with side pavements ; but these are cut off at each ; separation of the houses, and often in a man ner more multiplied by small deep gutters dug with a spade, which serve to let off the water ; and which, joined to the steps of all the houses which advance on the side pavements, form, during the night, so many neck break ers, very dangerous for the foot-travellers, not withstanding the light of the lamps. The streets are very dirty in winter ; the dirt is icmoved very rarely, and when it is, they content themselves with placing it in lit tle heaps, at small distances from each other ; and when an unfortunate foot passenger hits his foot too forcibly against the steps of a house, or makes a false step in meeting with one of the gutters, if for an instant, he escapes a fall, it is only to go further to fall on one of those heaps of dirt or mud. Some of the bridges on the Spree arc of stone, others of wood ; and they open in the middle to let the batteaus pass, which have ve ry tall masts. There is but one play-house in Berlin ; the architecture of which is good, and the interior agreeable. They there exhibit comedies and comic operas, of Germany ; the music of which is very good. This building stands single, like the Odeon, at Paris ; it is situated in the handsomest part of the city, arid is pla ced between two churches equally beautiful ; one for the Catholics, and the other for the Protestants. There is another handsome building called the Opera, which is only used for public leasts and masquerades, during the carnival. The French have established work-shops there for the service oi the army. Ihe ground plot of Berlin is very large; the inhabitants pretend that it is six leagues found ; but many of the suburbs resemble the plain of Grcncllc, rather than parts of a great city ; there are many streets, even in the interior, which arc not paved. Nouiishment and the necessaries of life arc very dear in Berlin; wood costs as much there as at Paris. Among the arts which flourish at Berlin, wc distinguish watch-making. We here meet with many handsome clocks; there is one in the pa lace of Gharlottcnburgh, which performs a mi litary fanfurade, in which we distinguish the different sounds of the horn, clarinet, tymbal, £cc. The city of Potsdam appears very beautiful to travellers who pass through it; but if it is examined in detail, wc will be surprised to find that it is little more than the surface of a pic ture. ’1 he houses have beautiful fronts, anda grand appearance ; but the interiors do not an swer to them; at every step, we sec at the windows of a palace, a woman covered with rags. Frederick the great, who constructed nearly all the houses in this city, was able to give them an imposing architecture; but it was beyond his force to make them be inhab ited by people, the riches end case of whom answered to the magnificence of their dwell ings. In one word, the city of Berlin, and its envi rons, form a very poor country ; the land of which is sandy and sierile. This country has no commerce that is proper to it, not- cannot have any, seeing that it produces nothing for the utility of others, from whom, on the con trary, it is obliged to purchase every thing it lias occasion for. As to the military force of Prussia, events have proved that it was an imposing phantom, rather than a reality. The Prussian troops, composed of soldiers drawn from all countries, were kept together by severe discipline ; bad ly paid, badly fed, and badly clothed ; there could be counted in it but few real soldiers devoted to the country. Frederick the great performed memorable prodigies with this ar my ; but he exists no longer, and miracles have ceased, £cc. MY MOTHER. All ! who is Ihe, whose pensive face, - The foft maternal smile adorning, And mild blue eye, frill bids me trace The promise bright oflife’sgay morning i When once a gem of beauty rare, She flione, unrival’d by another ; Meek, nmdeft, wise, as (he was fair, In youth’s sweet morn — such was mt mother. The duteous daughter, faithful friend— 3he tender wife—foft, mild, forbearing j Still did her polifit’d presence lend A charm to life—ah ! how endearing. Still {hrinking from the public view, In all the pride of youthful beauty, No chiidifh third for fame (he knew, But flrew’d with flowers the path of duty* And oft, when fate’s unerring dart, Death to a mother’s hopes has given ; Still did (he teach her breaking heart, t Suhiniflion to the w ill of Heaven. O ! thou great power, whom well I know, Os every earthly good the donor ; Still shield her future life from wot, And fned the choicest bleflings on her* O 1 grant a daughter’s fervent prayer, One only boon, I ask no other : That fliil thro’ life, each circling year, With every joy may bless my mother* And when tlifcfe fragile mortal ties, The awful word of fate (hull sever, O 1 may her children spotless rife, To dwdl with her in bias forever. TEUCIA, PHILADELPHIA, March 4. Extract of a letter from a gentleman of respect ability at Washington, (A/.lss. Terr.') Jan. 28. “ As I suppose that you will be solicitous to hear the state of public affairs here, I take up my pen to inform you that Col. Burr has been here about a fortnight. His approach gave much alarm, and that alarm has been general ly been kept up by successive rumours. It does not appear certain, however, that more than 40 or 50 persons accompanied him, and no arms of moment have been found. There are persons, however, of good observation, who think he has 300 strangers here of his party. The general assertion, which is made by them, is that their object was to settle the Wishita lands bought of Bastrop, and certainly many of them are persons from whom one should more readily expect a project of this kind than any military enterprise. “ Many depositions have been taken, hut no thing of moment has come out, except indeed that a Mr. But', r of Kentucky, did last week apply to an acquaintance in Natchez to buy tip a quantity of guns for Mr. Burr. Comfort iy ler speaks of emigration only. Mr. Blanner hasset ami Mr. D. Floyd are not yet examined. [ “ Col. Burr is recognized to appear at the supreme court next Monday and take his trial. “ The attorney general, however, is of opi nion that the court can take no cognizance of the offence. It was not one of the superior courts existing here when the act of Congress giving federal jurisdiction to the territorial courts was passed ; and is indeed only a court of errors and appeals, except in civil cases where a special jury is required. On thi. ground he has declined acting, or at least not acted on an application from the collector at fort Stoddert relative to the offences under the revenue laws.” AUGUSTA, March 12. On Saturday monvng the 28th ultimo, wc were v isited with a thunder storm of unusual severity for this season of the year. At an early hour the rain began to fall, and continued pour ing in one incessant torrent through the day, and vve believe that more water was seldom or ever known to fall here in the same space of time. The creeks and water-courses were* suddenly raised, and many bridges and iniinß dams were carried away—and before the wa ters had fallen to their usual stand, another storm of rain came on, which, though less vio lent, was oi longer continuance than the for mer. The water-courses were again raised, and considerable additional injury was done to the mill-dams and bridges.* Savannah vivar has not for some time before, we believe, been so high as it was on Sunday and Monday last. The river plantations, and particularly those on Beech-Island, were overflowed; and vve have been told, that many cattle and hogs were drowned. A waggoner, attempting to cross Ray’s creek, about two miles above this place, had two of his horses drowned, and his load destroyed. Another attempting Keg- Creek, in Columbia county, lost horses; and in Lincoln a small boy and ho scs were drowned, in attempting to ford a creek there. Two men with a waggon attempted to pass Ray’s bridge on little river. After pas sing that part of the bridge which was immedi ately over the main stream, the bridge unfortu nately broke, and they fell almost forty feet, among rocks and stones, one of the men was killed instantly ; the other was so much bruis ed that he died soon after. Two of the horses were killed; the others much hurt, and the Waggon broken to pieces. The bridge over B ier creek, on the Savannah road, wc under stand, is entirely gone. Neither the stage or Savannah mail, which ought to have arrived on Sunday last, had reach ed this place when our paper went to press.— Neither the Northern, Western or Petersburg mails could he taken on from this place at the regular periods. A Mayor, in the eastern part cf Eiffland, brought himself into the notice of government, in the last war, by his unwearied attention to the soldiers landed from the continent. The duke of P , who was in office at that time, returned his worship thanks for Iris attention in his official capacity by letter. His worship immediately went to London to return his grace thanks in person. His grace introduced him at court, and gave him also an invitation to dinner at Burlington house. Soon after dinner was over, the butler announced that a person wanted to sec the mayor of . The mayor, in a very appropriate manner, informed his grace, that it was his son, who wanted to speak with him; that his son was a fine grow - ing lad, had never been in London before, and had a great desire to see the duke ; that if his grace would have the goodness to let his son look in at the door and see him, lie should con ceive it an additional favour bestowed on him from government. The duke with that good humour which always attaches his character, desired that the youth might be immediately ordered in.—The mayor begged that he might speak with Iris son first to give him seme instruc tion, as he was not used to such high company. His worship immediately went into the anti room to his son, ami informed him of his grace’s condescension ; “but” said his worship, (in the true Eastern style,) “ you must he very cau tious what you say ; and if the duke speaks to you, you must say your Grace.” “So I will, father,” was the youth’s reply. The lad was immediately introduced, and his grace asked him to take a glass. The boy still had his eyes on the duke. The mayor said, why do .’t you sav your grace? The lad, looking the duke full in the face, instantly began with, “ Sanctify, we bcseccii thee, O, I_®rd; these thy creaiujes to our use,” Uu Savannah, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, ISOT. A gentleman who arrived here from Wash ington city on Tu.esday last, states, that the Treaty between the United States c and Great- Britain had reached that place before he leli it, and that the President had detained the senate in consequence thereof. A letter from \\ ash ington, received by the last mail, also mentions the arrival of the treaty. Wc understand, that on Thursday last, Col. Burr crossed the liver tit Scot’s ferry, about 25 miles from Augusta, on Ins way, not to Mcxii o or Nov.-Orleans, but to Washington City, flc was escorted by a troop of horse.— dugusta Chronicle of March 14. The ship Western Track r,from Philadelphia to Liverpool, was boarded on the sth January, oft'Cork, by a French privateer of 18 gur , full of men, and suffered to proceed. This i ’ a satisfactory evidence, says the Philadelphia C,jz, la , that Ainct.can vessels,/.’ ,uial vit j Eng lish ports, will not be molested, whatever may be their late when coming from a British port, loaded with British manufactures. Wc arc happy in being able (o stale, from undoubted authority, that the four principal British merchants in Hamburgh, who were ar rested by the french on entering dial city, have been set at liberty, the sc,,ls taken off their effects, and the guards drawn from their hous es ; and that all property, not bona-hde own ed by persons residing in England, was res pected.—'l lie embargo, however, continued in force on the 19th of December on till ves sels in that port; and no .American vessels would be permitted to sail, notwithstanding tbo application of our consul there, until the French , minister should receive an from tho Emperor Napoleon, to a rct|HHfanee front the senate ot Hamburg respeSß^i neutrals A'. Y. Gazette. • i Colfjfficl Williams, commandant of the corps lof engfifcers, arrived in Charleston on Thurs day last, mr the purpose of making arrange ments for fortifying the harbor of that place.’ Mauiiif.d, at the scat of the honorable Peter Early, G-reene County, on Thursday tile sth “It. Charles Matthews, esq. of Elbert, in Miss Lucy Eaui.y, of Greene county, young est daughter of the late Joel Ear ly , esq. of that county. Burke county, Mr. Samvei. Hugo, to Miss Nancy Jones, of that county. Died, at Bedford, on i lmrsdav the slh inst. Mr. John Rhoads, of that place, in the ,:o'h year of his age. ington, \\ ilkcs County, Miss Caroline So phia Rf.hf.cca fliLLiiousK, daughter of (he late David Hillhouse, esq. in tho 6th year of her age. JUG USTJ THICK CUR TIWT. 1 obacco S 5 50 to 6, scarce. Salt 8 tH-2 cents Com Meal £ flP< r bushel. PORT OF SAVANNAH. ARRIVED. Brig Fame, Ham, New-York Ex'erin.ajr, Borldus, — , Philadelphia Schooner Cat™ Ann, Hughelf’ New-\^k CLEARED. Ship Herfchell, Parrot, Liverpool Brig Industry, Wheeler, St, ('mi* Saily, Borland, W-fMndi- Lovely I.af, Wheeler, New-York Schooner Hiram, Ryan, •( rinidnd James, Adams, Martinique Agenoria, Drifcoll. Baltimore Lively, Davis, * Guadeloupe Capt. Howland, arrived at Chariefton from Lift,on, on the 3d of February, in lat. 22. 50 lon. 35. 42. pad J a fleet of 250 tail of Britilh merchantmen, (leering to the weft. February C, fell in wish 117 fail more, fioni Cork for Barbadoes—was boarded Ly.ftLui of war. February 20, in lat. 25. 47. 1011. OS. Sr spoke brig Industry, homeward bound to Newport, iron* Aiicant, 29 days out. Same day, spoke fliip Folly, l days from Norfolk, bound to Jamaica. iWauli 3, in lat 32. 11. ton. 74. spoke brig Port Ann, 4 days out from Turk’s Bland, bound to Baltimore. Capt. Sears, alio arrived at Charleston, oIT St. Croix, was boarded by a Ilritiih frigate, and informed, that the French ami Spanilh privateers in the Weft-ludie* were capturing American veflel. irom Britilh ports. Union Society. THE members of the Union Society are ilelired to meet at the Ci'y-I tall, on Monday the 6th day of April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, it being the quarterly meeting preparatory to the Ar.niverlary. PETER S. LAFFITTF, Secr’y. tTp Thole persons who are delirous cf joining thiv institution, will take notice, that agreeable ro toe rules, unless application is made at the above period, they will not be admitted at the annual meeting. March 19...24... City Assessments, Tho Mayor, MflCjAnfley and Mr. .Staclchoufe aro appointed by CouiWl a committee, to receive and re port on any application* which may be made for tho corredion of error* in tbeir assessments by perform ) who entered appeals in fcafon. Such application* will j be received and confideied, at any time before the'tOtl* . instant. 9 A. ij. RO£ C* C. Mauk 13,.,24... *