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mor'uls, wis corrrLr. 1 fay so ‘ now. But did I fay the whole information contained in them, w : -h ‘he coloring, was true ? Gentlemen will bear me witneh that I laid I d;d not believe the fafts .'oold be proved •, out that there was ground enough to jus tify the going, into an enquiry. New dsiothe information allu ded to. 1 received no informa tion myftlf from New-Yurk— The in.ormation ra ne to a gen tleman on this floor. Was it for me to bring this information before the hotife. Other gen tlemen had the fame information. I have said these things as a rea son for not being two j recipi titr. Such conduct will look as if we were influenced bv im proper mo ‘.vet. In what l have laid I by no t .cans mean to give a lanclion to tl.e n e.noiials. Mr. Mumford. On the ift of February l appl ed to the col- Ictflor of New-York. He de i laiccf he dl l not ki ow the real clrllrnaticn of the Lea ruler fhehaii cleared out for Ja<q’.ie ce). ihe 2d February, the L.eandcr faded Iru'u the watering place at Sta ten lflrnd. Her Animation was the common lubjeft of conver faiian. Some luppof.'d it was to one place, and fume to ano ther ; but it was generally con jcdlurcd to be a Biitilh expedi tio.. Jt was common conversa tion that Miranda had brought with him a credit on Gnat Bri tain, and 1 have fmee been in formed he drew a bill on one of the la r e Britilh adminillration. Shortly after I heard of the proiecutiow; but I never ima gined the au.r.i ultra.ion had any thing to do with the expedition. Mr. Quncy said, in the re marks he had offered ne had on ly meant to lay there had been ‘an extraordinary equipment and arming in fie ha dor of Ntw- Yoi k. He ud not mean to pledge hniilelf as to the know ledge oi the dcitmacicn, or to the tnher tadt, whether there was time for (he adminiltration to have prevented it; [Mr. jaekfon. The geu.h r\ n did lay io ] Mr. Such Is my irn prclTion ui piclcnt, but l am nor certu.n of it. Since I role, 1 have underltood that after th s info, maiion w.is received, an •aiteuip was made by the tx-cu t.ve io Hop the vtflcl. In ma king the lemarks I have cfFcred. 1 v.id not mean to criminate the adminiltration. If my wo ds bore luch a meaning, 1 withdraw them. £udi was not my inten tion. Mr. Buluv'i Lid, ti c rremc rials referred to two fubjrds. On the firll, the memorulilL iLcr that the? have been indift tci for an t./Ttnre, and re; refem terrain tafls, whi>:h they lay art: in thrir favor—they lay the io chdl.ocnt is tiejeiiding—this is beg in the c;ile. That while tl.ele taCts it tiuin (o he triedbt- I, re a tribun. i of where the whole benefit ol evidence n av be made ufeofrirher in jus t fitation or tkflruilion of tl.e charges, that the memorialifts lhouid resort to a petition of his nature on tlte Lft day of the les flon, is inofl ex.raordin.iry ; and for the hotife to undertake to de cide a queflton now peudir g be foie a touri ai>d jury, beLie whom any wttm lies may b j sum -11 01 ed, would be Hill more ex traordinary. Tne o her lubjeil relates to the conduct of the juogtt m th.s paiticular cale. ll when 1 his calc lnall be ultimace- Iv decided, the trem. rulitls shall think thcmlclves aggrieved, it will be time enough to come forwA.d with their complaint. Air. k<rly. Ihe meinorials have b- tn presented at a time a> and under cireumltan cs so cx traori.inary, a* in my opinion, to call tor, at the hands of this huulc, lo:nettling more than is Contained in the motion of the gentleman from Kentucky. Tiidc peculiam.es of time and circunutanTC have been already I.o, iced by diflertiH gent’rmen, that they cannot ffcane the attention of any. I (hall not, therefore, detain the honfe with any arguments, or with a de tail of them. I rife for the purpose of offering a refutation which I thir.k the occufion calls for, and in favor of which 1 hope the gentleman from Kentucky will withdraw hi* motion. Mr. Early then offend the following reft!mion : R solved, That the charges contained in the memorials of S. G- Ogden and William Smith are, in the opinion of this house, unsupported by any evidence vv'iich io the lealt degree criminates the executive government of this country— that the said memorials appear to have been presented at a time and under cir tnmftances, insidiously calculated to ex cite unjust suspicions in the minds of the good people of this nation aj/aii.il tht txifting adminillration of the general go. vernment—and ihat it would be highly improper in this house to take any dtp which might influence or pitjudiee a cause now depending in ?. legal tribunal of the U. S.—Therefore, resolved, that the said memorials be hy the clerk of this house returned to those from whom they came. Mr. I.yon withdrew his motion. Mr. Clark said this resolution was fufeeptibk o( deriCoo, He litd no ob jf-Cti >n to the latter part of it, but he did r.ot v. ilh to give a hally decision on the former, as he was not acquainted with ail the circutnttances referred to. He would therefore move to flrike out the btlt part ol thr resolution. Mr. Smilie. We arc now to give a vote whether thefr charges are true or not. Believing them to be untrue, I shall vote agamlt the motion to strike out. Mr. Clark. Ido not believe they are true. But it is not proper to condemn a cause unheard. These men think thtmtelvis aggrieved—they set forth certain charges, and we at once give our opinion that they arc falfe. 1 can iut-t a, rceto this course. O Vlr. Liana. These memorials contain a iatement of certain fatts in the nature ot allegations againll certain officers in tlis government. V, hentver allegations of this kind are made, Inch language oight to be ufetl as is bed adapted to c.nvvy tiie ideas of the petitioners. Th;fe memorials contain two things, li the firtt place, they charge the execu tive ut the United States with a particr [ut ion in Miianda’s expedition. As to tliis charge, l am fully sensible of tbe itipropucty of the house interfering. Under a law of the United States the equipment of a veil'd agair.lt a power with which we arc at peace is coniidcred a. a miidcmeaucr punilhcd by tine and inipnfjnnient ; and if general Miranda milled these men under a belief that the pufidcnl or leerctary ofitate did coun tenance, though in iact they did not, • his enterprize, they may, if found gud tv by a jury, avail themfeives of this circumitauci, in mitigation of their line and impnfonment. It dots not b come i hia tioufe by any declaration to give an opinion on tins point either one way or another. On tne other point relative to the conduct of the judge, i am not so iati. fied relative to the course to be per illed. Is not every man accused entitled to a fair trial ? and if the charges are true, and the man guilty, and yet the judge lias erred-—he has abused bis an thority. I will not fay perversely, but he has not pursued tne uiuai course of adminillering criminal justice. As to this part of the memorial, therefore, 1 am willing it ihould lie on the table ; while I am perfe&ly ready as to that part which rctpeCts the executive to re j .if it. Mr. jf/cKimJer. I wifli to be infor med„ofthe correfintfs of niy impref&on l halt he mover of the memorial prayed it Ihould he printed. Before tbe house give their confcnt to pubiilh such a volu minous piece of calumny, I Ihould be glad to hear fome reason aiTigned for it. At firlt hlufh, as has been reprelented by the gentleman from New-York, this ap pears to be an unjuil and unearned at’ tempt to obtain the interference of this h- life. 1 Ihould be glad gentlemen w >u and show us any csfe in wiiic i it would be rij;ht for this house to interfere while it is Ctrvn juice. Mr. Alexander concluded with fug grfting a modification of the motion ot Mr. Lariy, which he afterwards with drew. Mr. Cari likewise withdrew his a incndmrnt. Mr. Maftrrt. It is the firft time le ver heard ot a dcfcnd int under an indict ment tor a public off.nce, petitioning the Hi prefrntatives of the people to inter fere and arrelt him from public justice. It is a kind of imputation on this home. The petitioner is accufcd of a breach of the law, and is called on to answer th’ t accusation before the proper forum ; it does not belong to this house to inter fere with that tribunal; the contl tution has set apart and defined tbe different powers. The memorialitU attempt to criminate the adminillration* The adminitiration are not on a trial before this house. If the diflrkd judge in the course of the ex amination and trial, ads corruptly, there ia a proper time and manner of bringing him conifitutionally before this houte.— We ought not to countenance the defen dants endeavors to calf an odium on the court before wham the trial is depending and the petition ought to be dismissed, in ftrongcr language than is cxprciTcd in the refolutioti. Mr. ‘J. Randolph asked for a division ■if .lu- Vfolmion down to. the word Mr Clark said he really felt for the dignity of the house—he had no he fit at i on to fay that the petition was unsup ported hy e Jence. But the journals would show that this was not the firft iinftance that (i-nilar petitions had been i aided upon. Tae petitioners thought Hnemfelvtj injured, and had a right to | call for redress. In order to get rid ol this difficulty he moved the previous queltion. Mr. yack/on, alked the yeas and nays, which were taken on the previous ques tion, “ (hall the main question be now put,”—Yeas 74 —Nayß 15. The queltion was then taken on a. greeing to the firft member of the resolu tion—Yeas 75. —Nays 8. The yeas and nays on the second mem. ber of the resolution were—Yeas 70 — Nays 13. The house were unanimous in their vote on the third member of their reso lution. The yeas and nays on the last member of the resolution were—Yeas 71 —Nays 4 When the whole resolution was a greed to —Ayes 65 . In COUNCIL, Savannah, i(ah I*o6. WHEREAS the Election of Al dermen for the several Wards in this city, will take place on Monday, the 7<.h day of July next, Rrfolved, That the following peifons be, and they are hereby appointed ma nagers to fuperinteud the election of A1 dermen—viz s Willian H. Spencer, T For Oglethorpe Peter Shick, J. George L. Cope. J Waid John Caig, 1 Johu Camming, 1 For Franklin. John Shick, J Joseph Rice, “l Frederick Herb, >■ For Decker. Uaac Minis, J Oliver Sturgfs, J Motes Sheftall, For Heathcotc. Jos. E. White, J Edward Stebbins, J John W. Shaffer, l For Darby. John Gardiner, J John Lrickell, J Nichol Turnbull, l For Percival. James Johntton, jun: J James B Read, J John Bacon, For Reynolds. John Miller, J William A, Moore, f John Y. White, > For Anson. Wm. I. Spencer, ) Edward Swarbreck, J George Millen, For Warren. I'. M. Woodbridgt, J John Tebeau, J Robert Moore, f For Washington. George Meyers. J Edward White, J f W. Rodman, i For Green and P. I). Woolhopter, J Columbia. Frederick Shaffer, John Cooper, For Liberty and Asa Hoxey, Elbert. And that the following be the places tor holding ihe elections. Oglethorpe Ward, at Andrew’s meeting house. Franklin ditto, at the Baptist church. Decker ditto, at the Market house. Hcatbcote ditto at the Presbyterian church. Darby ditto, at the Exchange. Percival ditto, at the Com Choufe. Reynolds ditto, at the Filature. Anson ditto, at Mr. Frederick Longs. Warren ditto, at the Markerhoute. Washington ditto, at Mr. B. Shaffer’s vacant house. Gieen and Columbia ditto, at the Me thodift Meeting house. Liberty and Elbert ditto, at the Roman Catholic Church. Ordered, That the foregoing be pub lilhed in the Gazettes of this city. Exit acl from the Minutes . j. F. iioiles, c. c. June 20 8j Notice: is Hereby Given, TU\ r the fallowing lots, viz. Columbia IVar t —No. 8,11 C eene 6, 11, 12 Elbert Ward —No. 27, Will be fold, on Thursday the 26th inll. at the Court-houle, in this city be tween the hours of io and 3 o’clock, for arrtars of rent. By order of Council. CHRLLS COPE, C. M. June 16. 84. A. Scribner , Cos. RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and the public in general, that they have received by the latelt arrivals from New-York, A Complete ufortment of BOOTS AND SHOES', Os the frj! quality. With a variety of other articles, which they offer low forcafh, at their (lore on the Bay, opposite the Exchange, and next de>or to Dr. Berthelot. £May 3°- 97 AO NAVE NT URE ! THIS elegant retreat, about foui miles from Savannah, on WaiTaw river, is offered on a lease for fix or seven years, for the benefit of the heir, a mi nor, on terms that will suit those incli ned to possess so valuabl a piece of ground, as well calculated for health as for pleasure and profit. Apply to arm. STEPHENS, l .. A. TURNBULL, 5 ° Augatl 9 * Fiom the London Monthly Magazine. TO THE EDITORS. I request you to publish in your Jour nal the following cefcriptton of a ntwly Jifcovered island in the South Sea, which was fieen by captain Sowle, in the Ame rican ship Palmyra, of Providence, (r. 1.) on tl.e iO’.h of November, iB O2 . As the weather was fine that day at noon, he had an observation of the fun’s altitude, by v. i:b the latitude is accu rately afeertained ; and as he took his departure from Christmas Island, and a gentle wellerly wind, it is fcarcelj p o f. lible there can be an error in the ongi tude, even of two or three miles. This island lies out of the track o moil navigators, who pass either from Ameri ca to Asia, or from Asia to Atmrica ; and till lately English whalers havt been prohibited fifhing in that quarter, which accounts for its not having been fen be fore ; it is however probable that there are ftveral other islands in the faae di rection. Capt. Sowle thinks he raffed one the day before, as he saw nany birds, and immagiaed he heard bre&ers; but the weather being very bazj, he could not either fee rocks or land. 1 am, fir, your’s, See. WILLIAM JACOB. Palmyra island is iituate in lat. s*, 42, N. and in long. 163, 23, W. from Lon don ; it is about three leagues in extent; there are two lagoons on it in the weft ernruoff of which are twenty fathoms of water, with a fine Tandy bot*om. It is veiy dangerous to approach the western part of the island, on account of the coral rocks which are jiff below the fur face of the water, and extend to the Alliance of three or four leagues from the shore. The eastern part terminates in a deep reef ol coral, over which the sea breaks with considerable force. On the north-weft fide there is good anchoring ground, about three quarters of a mile from the breakers, in 18 fath oms water, on a coral bottom. There are no inhabitants on the island nor any frefh water found; but cocoa nuts ot a large lize are in jreat abund ance : and iifli of various kinds, and in large shoals, surrounded the land. A great quantity of drift-wood lay on the beach, which enabled those who land ed to afeertain that the rife of the tide was about eighteen inches. RICHMOND, {Fir.) June 9. Yelterday departed tliis life, after a few days indifpofiiion, the aged and vene rable Chancellor of Virginia. a bout 10 o’clock, the tolling bell proclai med the melancholly truth, that the foul of this legal v teran lia l taken its depar ture forever—and although the event was hourly expected, it seems to have ltruck. a damp into every department of our fa ciety. To his country at large, the loss of this great man must be a fourcc ‘of se vere and bitter regret, we view him in public or private, for in either situation, his equal was rarely to be met. with—For very many years he filled the dignified office of Chancellor of this slate, with great honor to himlelf and laftiag bene fit to his country. His great perferve ance, and unabated ardor, in difc'iarging the important duties of his Ration ; bis inflexible and incorruptible integrity, ren dered him utterly incapable of permitting any other consideration to prevail in his bread, over the sacred regard everjdue to justice. His great excellency as a judge, and his exuniive legal science, are too well known to be recorded here,, or ever to be doubted. Asa politician let it be remembered, as adding luftre to the cause he espoused, that he was a republi can. When all the efforts of legal tyran uy were employed to overthrow the li berti sos Ins country, he’ flood forth as one of its defenders ; and while his co-o peration 111 favor of the revolution was bold, firm, and vigorous, it was eminently uieful He has ever been diftmguilhed by his intrepid and manly opposition to the eucroactii.ients of tyranny ; and when the attempt was made to bind the genius of the nation in the tetter sos despot fm, his condutl evinced that he devoutly wiflied its force might be (battered againlt the i’acred armor of that virtue, and new born freedom, which it boasted to de. ftroy. When the dawa of the revoluti. on firft broke forth in hi3 native llate, he was among the moil hardy to hail its rife aud bless its progress. The venerable WYTHE was indeed a patriot. In private life, his conduCt was truly laudable ; it was spent in the pra&ice of social virtues, and in the en joyment of much domestic felicity. Al though rigidly tt-operate in his habits of life, he delighted io the company of a few feleCl friends ; and no man ever pos felled a higher charader in private life. Simple and unaffumiug in his manners, with a gooduefs of heart which fraud and cunning too J'uccefs ttfly made the dupes of their artifice , He was elteemed and beloved by all who had the happinefsof a personal acquaintance—Wit, he never aimed at, beeaufe he did not possess it ; he had a turn ot mind too lofty for hu mour ; and though he did not ‘‘ set the table in a roar,” or dazzle with the ra diance of fancy, he diftufed around his hospitable manlion, the mild champs of good humour and unassuming gentleness. In literature, he was in fome things not unlike Johnson he admired nothing so much as the display of a keen diferimi nation of human characters, a just appre henfiou of the principles of modern ac tion, and that vigorous common leiifc, which is the molt happily applicable to the conduct of human life ; he delighted tn the refinement, the subtleties, the al>- ftra ions, th; ass. ctions of ancient The ra’u-e ; and in companion with thrfi; dtfo*Te.l toe grossness of modern talte, and common affairs, He seemed to think learning and feience of little value, except so far as they could be mace subservient to the purposes of living life fully and happily with the world upon its own terms. His favorite science taught him to look down with contempt upon all sublunary and modern things, and to fit life to literature and philoso phy, and not literature and philosophy to life. He was fond of deep research and indefatigable iuduftry, and to the service of his country he devoted his whole life. A fliort period before his death, he acknowledged his belief in the holy law, and added to his other quali fications that of a sincere chriitian. Such is the man which death ha: rob bed us of. May they who fucceedL him emulate the virtues of their iilus. triou* piedectff ir. The following is the order of peaces, fion which took place for the interment of George Wythe, late judge of .he htgn court of chancery for the Rich mond diftrid. A funeral oration was delivered at the capitol, in the hall of the house of de legates, yesterday, at four o’clock r w. by William Mumford, elq ; after which, the procelfion commenced in the follow. ■ mg order ; 1 The Clergymen and Orator of the day. THE CORPSE. PiiyfK ians. %e Executors and Relations cf the de ceased. The Judges. Members of t ie Bar. The Officers of the High Court of Chancery. The Governor and Counci. Other Officers of Governmert. The Mayor, Aldermen and Cctnmoß Council of the city of Riehmoid. Citizens. FINAL NOTICE. TO the Citizens of Sa vannah, and the in habitants of the four Dif irirts of Chatham Count}'-. That executions are mak ing out every day, againit all thole that are in arrears for taxes, due some time pah, for 1804 and 1805 ; and they are also informed, that the taxes paid in office, are one haif less, than when executions are placed in the hands of the Sheriffof Chat ham County for col.etlion* as the law direfts. PETER DXVEAUX, Tax C C.C. Tar Col’('B'r , s Office, , 16 ih ‘June, 1806. >l NOT I C £. YY/HEREAS a certain traift W of. Land of tour hundred and thirty acres, joining the Or phan Houle Plantation, is ad vertised tor sale by the Deputy- Sheriff of Chatham County, lev ied on as the property of Eman uel Rengill. Now this is to cau tion ail perldns agatnft purchas ing the laid tra&, as Emanuel Kcngill owns buc one undivided fifth part of said land, (in righc of his wife.) NOBLE JONES.- Frederica , May 17 85 MARSHAL’S SALES. WILL BE SOLD on the frU Tuesday in July next, at the C.urt-houfe in Savanna!;, be twe:n tbe bouts of 11 and 5 o'clock. AN unexpired lease of Loc No 10, Wilmington Ty muitr, Darby Ward, with nye buddings thereod, the property joins Mr. John Gardiner. ALSO, An unexpired lease of lot no, 3, Heatncoat Tyching Decker Ward, where Mr. Smith rcTides. ALSO, Eleven NEGROES, VIZ. Nancy, Patrick, John, Oiivcr, Peter, George, Minfy, Moiiy, Cnarlotte, Lizette, and Hager. The above leized and ratten in execution as the property of Smith, Sons and Andeifon, to fatisfy a judgment obtained by Thomas and James Swords of New-Yoik. BEN. WALL, m and o May 30 81 c? 1 Any person having in their pof* fefiion a tame Deer, act tUcir own, will ob.ige the owner by giving iofnrmauofc kere*f iethe Printer*. May 6.