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Georgia Republican,
STATE INTELLIGENCER.
BY ~LtON and MOkStL.
SAVANNAH, August 12* ISO3*
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Fcr tile Georgia Republican.
Mejfrs. Lyon id Morse ,
Your developement of the Yazoo buftftefs,
fever at weeks ago, introduces the name of a
rtian concerned in that princely tranfakftion,
now offering himfelf a Candidate for mem
ber of Congrcls.
His friends think a denial or exculpation
of the allegation again!! him, ought to pre
cede his elcdiioii; and as time for this, may
be necessary : they mean to excuse his ser
vices, and elett Mr. Joseph Bryan to Cun
grefs this time. In the mean time, adigefl
and full exculpation, and elucidation, of a
lubjccl full of abomination, and meriting
execration to the latest generation, are ex
ported from the SkiJaway plantation, for
the information of the nation.
VOTER.
European Politics.
George 3d, in his capacity of eleiftor of
Hanover, has issued his proclamation, Hat
ing that he lhallobierve the ftriCteft neutra
lity in the war between Englau . and France.
But as they may receive a visit from the
French, in consequence of their connection
with England, he has sent his dearly beloved
son, the Duke of Cambridge, to lhare their
fortune, and commands the magitlrates to
take a lift of all the inhabitants, ana to
make them solemnly promise to defend their
country, whenever, and tor as long, as it
(hall be thought neediary. He has the
utnioll reliance on their loyalty and courage,
butifanyofthem flee in time of danger, they
tliall, without hope of pardon, be cut otf
from all they possess in Hanover, and ail
inheritance therein, Query, WhatifDuky,
should be among the fait to desert, (a fail
ing of his family) and Query, what if “ our y *
authority (hould happen to cease.
Intelligence from the Hague to May 24,
fays it is not their government which has or
dered the airelt of Britilh fubjeCta in the
Batavian Republic, but the French and in
the name of the French government ; that
the magistrates remonstrated against the aid,
as contrary to the laws of nations, but were
told that the laws of Buonaparte were the
laws of nations—:\nd no other : That fe
deral Engiilh merchants, from the fail's of
Frankfort and Leipzig having taken France
or Lolland in their return, are among the
imprisoned : that Buonaparte’* plan is to
exclude England from the continent, for
which purpose he has offered to fubffdize
Denmark and Sweden . That the roads
to Germany are croudvd with Britilh aud
their fugitives, feme of whom had reftded
1:1 Holland during the lad: war, but donot
think proper to trull themselves in the hands
of Buonaparte in thy present—that Buona
parte had confifcated ail the Britilh proper
ty in Holland, in the name of the French
Republic—and that the consequence of all
this, was 3 total llagnation of trade, public
auid private embarrassments.
The Fnglifti papers abuse Buonaparte in
the severest terms for confining Englilh
fubjecls and confifcating their property in
order to indemnify the owners of lliips cap
tured before the declaration of war. They
add that Britilh fubjedts are to be ranfomea ,
until the objedl is accomplished. They
attempt tojuftify hoftiluics before a decla
ration of war ; and fay that in a contrary
Buonaparte iias invented a law to
iuit his own purpoles. We queilion the
iouuducfs of tius politico.
A committee of the stock exchange have
reported that upon strict inquiry, they
that no member of that liouiie was implicated
in the fraud of the sth May, (that of forg
ing a note in the name oLHawkcftmrv,
I Hating the amicable conchyjm of the ne
gotiation) but that perfonsOTyond their
authority, have appeared in an unfavorable
light, and that they have communicated the
rduit cf their oaquime* to the Lord AT:jcr.
|dt a meeting of the j u venue Lite- j
RARV bOCIETY, iui tit) SsUgUJt, j
1603,
RHolv<d,
That the thanks of the society, be re
turned Vr. Moriecai, for his eloquent and
ingenious Oration in commemoration of the
Amiiverfary. a..d copy of it berequeft
td for publication.
Kef iV’cd,
That the Oration be publilhcd m the
two Gazettes of our city (
GtLNfL EMLn,
I rife to deliver, in conformity to your
appointment, a dffcourfe adapted to the
event for the celebration of which we have
now aflembled. lam duly fen dole of the
honor which you have, by that appointment,
conferred upon me—The novelty of the
occasion, as well as a sonfcioufnef# of inex
perience, confrere ,to fill :rry mind with emo
tions of diffidence \et they art, in ome
measure, repressed from the knowledge 1
have of your candor, by which, I am per
fudcd, you will be induce a to tfraxe every
due allowance for my deficiencies.
Encouraged by this con fide rat ion, I fltaff
proceed to take a view of the ends for the
attainment for which the juvenile Literary
Society wa9 founded, aud which societies of
this nature, are, fu eminently calculated to
produce} a knowledge of these ends must
insure is the approval of e very judicious
perfen, and will, in itildf, form the higheit
panegyrick, which can pofnbly he bellowed
upon the members of the inflection.
The (lift and moil obvious end, is im
provement i:i eloquence, one of wnich is of
tae inoil desirable nature, aud which can
not tail to meet witn the approbation o f eve
ry tightened mind ; for of ad the liberal
arts eloquence is t ;c. moil utriul, of ah ac
compliihments the moil / elegant, a id or all
acquirements the moil honorable: Each of
j theie pontious, I (hall endeavour to deimm
-1 rate m taeif order.
Fir'll, then, with refpedt to its utility, no
person, I presume, can entertain a doubt. It
is ui.-ful in all countries, Sc in every walk of
hie. But here, where merit is one,if not the
only road to efnee, where isthedoorsoftruit,
of honor, and of pi\>!it, are equally open to
all, where the humbled citizen may be de
pute ito legislate for his country, and to
guard her fa even and inalienable rights, tdo
quenee must be particularly ufeful.
V r e rind, indeed, as might be expected,
that it has been in republics, that thegfeateff
orators havefiouriffied. Toe immortal Tally ,
tho’ he unfortunately furvivdd for a ihort
fpaee, the liberty of his country, washer or
nament as an orator before Ihe was en(laved,
Pericles, to whom the origin of true eloquence j
has been aicribed, lived in the time of the
commonwealth.
That species of oratory for which he was
diftinguiffie , has been Weil deferibed by the
philoi’ophic biographer, * who observes,
that 4 ‘ he acquci-ed not onl\ r a.u elevation ox
fentfment, with a loftinefs aud purity of
ilile far above that of ail former public spea
kers, buta co 1 poled gravity of countenance,
a clear and even tone of voice, an easy
deportment, and a degree of mental iirmnefs
which no vehemence of oratory could dii
turb.
Demosthenes affords a further proof or
my aiTertion ; for Athens “ mother of arts
and eloquence,” • was not yet ihe victim of
Macedonian ambition, but (till enjoyed the
ineflimable bLffing of freedom, when he
composed those orations from winch he has
derived Ueathkfs celebrity ; which, have,
thro’ revolving and lucceffive ages, attracted
the unqualiileid admiration of inardumli and
which have been pronounced by a learned
writer, tube, in hisopinlou, ; ‘‘the moil per
fect of all human productions ”
If it were necessary to add another in
ftanee, I woitld direct your attention to the
’ Cungrefs of the United States. It is there
that our own countrymen, upon fubjedts of
equal dignity and importance, have display
ed the powers of pe iuaiioii, in a degree not
inferior to that of the Athenian orator him
felt. This is a ciicumftance ti uly honora
ble to our country, a c.rcu:nilance upon
which we, as Americans, may reasonably
pride ourselves, s..d upon which I beg
leave to offer you my sincere felicitations.
But, to return to my proper fubjecls. It
is here, for the rtalons i liave merllioncd, that
eloquence is particuiarlyufetui.
I have likewise alferted that it is the moil
elegant of all aeccmpiifhmems. And to this
title it alfurediy has a claim. For there is
no art more ornamenting to the pofleffor ;
none which reflects upon character a brigh
ter Litre. Can there be a more elegant, a
more exalted, or more c.elightful ipeCtacle,
than that of an orator, who at once, enter
tains the eye, with the gracefulneis of ins
gesture the ear, with the hannony of his
voice,, and tlie intellect with the force of his
rcafoning ; yvho irrefulahly seizes and com
mands our attention, mules every noble paf
iion and excites every elevated sentiment of
the foul ; who prefeats to the imagination
the molt beautiful images, and to the un
derstanding the fcundeil and moll profound
a gumentation. \ iewing oratory in this
light, I think we may affirm, with strict
juilice, that there is no embellishment so
elegant.
It is too, a* I have already observed, the
motl honorable ot all acquirements, The
principal causes which entitle it to this ap
pellation, are the many eminent talents that
are requiiite in order to attain it, and the
dignified purposes to which it may be ap
plied. For eloquence, to adopt the lan
guage of an ingenious writer f “ is a great
exertion of the human powers. It is the art
of being periuative and commanding ; the
art of not plcaiiag the fancy merely, but of
Ypeaking both to the uuderftanding and the
heart, oi intereding to the hearers to such a
degree as to seize and carry them along with
* Plutarth mi* Percies, f Mdio,
3 B’lir.
I Hu*** 1
us, ard to leave themygith a strong and deep
ImD.eC.on of heard. *
from this defection of oratory, which
ir, et pa illy just and beauriful, we may form
tome, tho not adequate idea of
me powers tuat necessary, in order to
attain it ; and ma# fafely conclu ! e that it
requires great abiftfclkMrUiiited to the great
er application, and confequeutly be
llow the highest honor upon the person who
poffeifes it, even though it be not in a very
tranfeendant degree.
It follows then, uhrrifes eloquence is so ufe
ful, clegihit and honv an institution by
which it may be mull assuredly,
be entitled to the highett degree of corn
men atioth And that debating societies
fiave is tendency to promote such improve
ment, ii in my opinion, obvious.
The rules of lhetoric, it is tuue, are to be
rou’nd m books, but, by those rules alone,
without the aid of practice, we can no more
acquire the arts of persuasion, than c can
the arts of painting or music, by barely flu
dying heir principles. These rules may
certainly afilft us, but it is gbiolutely necef
lary that they fnould be combined with
practice. lor without inch combination,
it is in nomble to arrive at excellence.
Tne communication of our thoughts,
vwith ♦case and elegance, is an ef.ential requi
iite of oratory. But this requiiite is only
to be acquired by long a id frequent exerci
ies in tne arts of computing and fpe<.king.
Debating societies not only afford us fre
quent opportunity :,but by roufingemulat ion,
itimulate uo to the eXercife of these arts.
They must therefore have a tendency to
wards improving as in eloquence
This then is owe of tiic ends which the
Juvenile l iterary Society, is calculated to
promote. —-Through a pleafiug path (he
conducts us to this truly important object.
Another, and no lets important end to
be attained by this laudable ellablifhment,
is a general advancement in knowledge. And
that this toe, 13 an end of the moll detiru
ble nature no one will pretend to doubt.
The enlargement of the underilanding,
by the attainment of truth, ought to be one
of the prime objects of mr lives :— j -Fcr it
is the indifpenliblc duty of every reafonabie
creature, to improve tv.e bounties heaven
—or, in other words, to ‘ameliorate those fa
culties with which he iias been endued Dy
tlie munificence of his cieator. It i n a du
ty which lie owes not only to himfelf, but
to his friends and ius country. Every mean
therefore, by which such objecl can be pro
moted, or its attainment accelerated, mutt oe
highly ufeful. And that Literary Societies af
ford ittch a mean,wilii'wircely, I prefume,be
doubted. I fh.ill, however, endeavour to
make it maniftft.
! In order to gain aright conception of
things, it is effkntialiy necessary that we
fhouid di-veil ourselves of prejudice, a>d
guided only by the love of truth, seek every
information by which *be mav be attained.
We fhou.d not content ourselves with a mere
fide glance, or diflant profperit ; but exa
mine the iubjcils of oar enquiries in every
point of view. -► e must place them, if I
may so express myfelf, in alt the varieties of
politiou, and survey them in all their differ
ent relations Thiis it is, that we tliall ac
quire Current ideas 01, a..d, thereby, be ena
bled to reason and, judge refpeclifig them
with the greatefi degree of certitude ; on
the contrary, by a luperficiai examination :
our knowledge will reicmbic that of the
traveller, who has battened through every
clime with the rapidfiy ora courier, with
out itopping to enquire into, or to make
innervations, either on its government,
manners, foil or productions.
But as the faculties ei man are finite, as
his views are limited, the sale object will not
itrike every mind m the cAme and in all ito
various lights. Some will be impressed bv
it m one way, and fome in another. To
prove this we need only converfc With differ
ent perfous upon the tame topic. For we
lhall karcely nod two whole ideas upon it
are precilcly similar. Hence arifea an im
portant advantage from the mutual com
munication of ideas ; and from debates upon
uieiul quelticus—And ns ace we may inter
that polemic societies afford a nrean by
which our knowledge may be enlarged.
Moreover, iocietics of this nature have !
maiideitfy, a tendency to excite emulation i
wnich leads to indent;y and a vigorous exer
tion of our powers, two things that are ab
folutcly ncceilary in order toarrive at truth
—for truth is not to be attained without
labour.
“ We are born,” to express rnyfclf in
the words of the sagacious Locke, with
faculties almost capable of any thing, such
at ieait, as would carry us much farther than
can be eafdy imagined, but it is only
the exercise of tbefi. iacul ies that gives us
lkill or ability in any thing, an,: leads us lo
vvai da peifection.”
This is a truth which I wish-to impress
ltronglyon your minds. It deserves to be en
graven in indelibk characters on the memori-s
of all who arc emulons of iinprovmeiit & all
who are ambitious of arriving at the ium
mit of excellence. It (hould be the motto
of the fUvdeat. He thould always bear it
in hi mind It would-animate his labors
and revive his drooping rcfiliations. If
fortified with this principle, neither dußcul
ties, nor intricacies would deter him from
his puriuiu. They would only serve to
redouble ids attention.
And to convince us of the nectffity and
force of cxercife, which is equally necessary
for the mipd and body, we need only take
a vi\y oFthe immense difference between an
llleterate, & a well-educated man, between
an uninformed and a well informed mind.
Was it not for the similarity of form and
features, one would scarcely fiq.pofe that
they were beings of the lame natuie. Yet
this wide difference ha*, ia probability,
proceeded from tbiscaule A one, that, the one
lias had his intellectual faculties improved
and iireogthened by contiuual excicife,
while the'other’s have been- fuffered to re
tnayi in a ffate of &.9f*td***& Motivation.
That the one by reading tad fluffy, avail
ing himfelf of the experience of past ages,
has lharpeneff and ameliorated all his mental
energies, whilil the other, by a procedure
diametrically oppohte, has blunted the pow
ers of his foul, and loft that tone of mind
which is neediary for mental exertion, an *
confcquently improvement. Hence it :na r
be true that many whose names are no lon
ger remembered, who have funk into end
less obfeurity, and many who now exhibit
not the flight ell indication of genius, may
have possessed, to speak on the animated
Janguage of the poet “ the heart once preg
nant with celestial fire, hands that the rod
of empire might have swayed.” *
Now, as debating societies, by executing
emulation, lead to a vLo.ous exertion ot
our powers, they must, for that reaUm. be
highly ufeftlh Ir.dce ■ notiiing can be
more admirably cdcul ued to excite a ge
nerous ardor, to beget mduftry and applica
tion, and to elicit the latent sparks of su
perior ability, which he often hid in the bo
som unti kindled by collision.
Opposition quickens aud awakes the dor
mant powers of the foul. In the clash of
* minds, the ardor, the etheria/fire of genius,
sis infa//ib/y e/icited. The heaven/y spark,
I caught by ambition, is communicated from
bread to bread,and spreads with the irre -
fiflable rapidity of lightning.
Hence, if eftablifhmcuts of this nature,
were piocli:clive of tliat eftecl alone, they
still would be entitled to the higheit praite ;
this would dill be eminently ufeful—Upon
this head.the language of penegyric might
beexhauded without apprehending the ini
putation of pimfufenefs-
Another good effefl derived from lite
rary societies is* that they render otfr re
searches upon abftrui'e fubjedl* far more
pleafiug than they would othervvife be, if
pursued in private, without an aim t(> the
immediate display of our knowledge. For
such is the nature of theic two great fouices
l of iliuitrious attions, emulation, and com-
| petition, that they mfufe into the mind
! such a degree of enthusiasm, and cxeci e so
(lively anintered for the aequifition of its
I object, a., to ivndc‘ every mean egreeable
j by which <1 may be acquired.
I And it is principally, from their opera
jtior. upwin these two principles, implanted in
our breads for the wiled purpofts, that lke
ra’ v societies derite their great utility.
Upon the whole, this very refperitful and
laudiabie inftitution,is calculated to improve
us in eloquence* to enlarge our knowledge,
j ilrengthen our reason, and render our litc
jrary pursuits doubly plcXling. Through
in avenue strewed withffowers, ihe conducts
us to the hallowed temple of feiencc. Or,
if I may be permitted to change tlie rneta
iphor, file adds a zefl to the “Pierian Spring”
; whereby we drink of its sacred waters with
[more than dual pleasure.
j finch are the ends for which this society
) was eltabliihed, alt be vend a doubt defend
ing’ of the highed commendation and each,
of iff fuffieieut to inspire us with the mod
enthusiastic Zeal for its support.
There is another conlideration not un
worthy of our attention, which has been
touched upon bv a late president, in an a.l
drefs to the iocittv, I rneaii that by fre
quently meeting, in our usual manner, to
difeufs u feful queflions, habits of intimacy
will be formed between members, which
may eventually terminate in friendfhip, that
may prove a perennial source of fiuisfadiou.
This is a conlideration w hich certainly merits ■
notice ; for there is not a more choice or
valuable blefling than a real friend
Having thus pointed out tlie ends which
this, as well as debating focietes in general,
have a tendency to produce, and having
expatiated upon each of these ends, and
ihewn their eminent utility, little inor •
remains for me to do. I beg leave, liow
evc, to make a few further obiervations.
ink I would remark, that there art
inft;totH)ii3 similar to ours in almost every
state in the union, and in many parts of
Europe, particularly Great-Britain, 2:
country which has been produdtive of wri
ters of the greatcfl eminence. Authors
too, of the moil ditlinguifhed talents, have
been members of such inflitatious. Wilpefis
‘U me, Robert foil s Lord Kai.r.s, aud along
lift o: names who have by their productions
done honour to human nat ike.
The reason of making these remarks 1
need not express, it is no doubt manifelt.
1 (hall now draw to a conclusion—l hope
and trull, it is mneceffary to export you
to he zealous in support of an institution so
laudable, so pregnant with benefit ; as its
utihty must, in my opinion, be fitflicient
to inspire you with the molt ardent dvfue
for its preservation. At any rate, if the
perception of its advantages is incapable off
producing this effect, all that I could fay
would, 1 am persuaded, be ufelela.
But I feel allured you wiil give it every
aid in your power.
Should we now from the Want of fuffici
ent zeal, fuffer it to and expire,
(hould we contribute, by neglect, to blail
the fair child of our laudable ambition, it
would inevitably reflect upon us a degree of
difgface, while, on the’ other hand, its
continuance must redound to our honor.
Permit me now to conclude with the !
wifli, in which I am fare you Will all cor
dially join, that at ‘teach fuccctding anniver
sary the Juvenile Literary Society, the
beauteous offspring of our hopes, may he
found improved and prosperous, that (he
may quickly progrtfs to maturity, and long
remain an honorable monument *f the
thirit which the young men of Georgia
have for the attainment of ufeful knowledge.
* Gray.
Difcription of Louisiana concluded.
But to return to Louisiana.—The great
efi objection to this fine country is, the dif
ficulty of access to it. There is no river
of any consequence, or port or harbor for
(hips or vcflels, to the weft, ‘from- the mouths
of the Mississippi to the ofcpe where the
well boundary of CO r.m Mr, ’
confequeutly the only way to and tren* ihe’
ocean, mult be thraugb the ciann*:l o the
Miftiifippi, upas far as tlie Rouge, or Red
►river, and thence up along that river to tliar
highland in the Appalufa country, or Ne
catoches, where the firll highland fit for ex- -
teniive fcttlements is to be found. From
the Balife or middle mouth of the Midi flip
pi, which is the finp channel, up to the city
of Ne\* Orleans, it is about one hundred
milts ; from New’ Orleans, to Manchac,
at the mouth of the Ibberville, which is the
northern extremity of the island it is about
one hundred miles more. From thence up
the Mifiiflippi to the mouth of the river
Rouge, it is about two hundred miles fui
thtr, and from the mouth of the river Rouge
to tlie tiril highland, it is cbnjetlured can
iiol be m ich fho. t of another hundred miles.
Finis you have betivceen four and five hun
dred miles to afeend rivers with rapid cur
rents, before you can step on the high
grounds or country of Louisiana, fit for an
ex ten live cultivation. Tiiis will evtr be a
great objection to that country, and it is not
improbable that when the full consul of
France and his dounfeliors, came to be ac
quainted with the difficulty of Colonifing
tnk fine country not very generally known
which is, that the whole ot the islands on
disposed to give it up to America.
There B anothercircumftancc at.ending
this fine country, not very generally known
which is, that the tirhole of the lands on the
weft fide of the Mississippi, except a flip of
one plantation deep,oppofitepartoftheifland
of New-Orleans, and the lettlement at thr H
Point Coupee, is a low funkeu country, al-
Uiofl as far up as the Ohio ; great part of
it is covered lot near four months in the
year, with water from twenty to thirty feet
deep, and extending nearly thirty miles
back, from the edge of the river—vvniie, on
the contrary, on the east llde, except heri:
and there a few low places, is a high bold
country. It is aero Is, there low ‘'round?
on the weft fide, principally, that the vast
quantity of surplus waters., which flow in
to the Miffifliippi above, arc difeharged ;
| the channel of that river alone, which is up
|on an average hot more than three-fourths
jof a mile wide, could not vent tlie
i fiftieth part of those lurpius waters, if it
was not conveyed over thTc low grounds
through ten thou fund channels, towards
Lake Barratia and other* Lakes, on the
North-Coast of the Gulph of Mexico and
ot. Barnard’s Bay, and others towards the
confines of Mexico, which makes al the
country to tlie weft and south of the
Mississippi, a low unhabitable country for
many hundred miles up and what is vvorfe,
the labour of man cannot prevent it.
It appears to me, therefore, that the ri
ver Mifiiflippi is a rairably calculated to
■.mm a barrier or boundary qf the Ame
rican empire , and the immense tradt of
country newly acquired may long remain
a waftc, which will prevent any other na
tion from ever approaching the United
States in that quarter, and may, by a judi
cious arrangement with the southern Ind
ians, be allotted to them for hunting
giound3, in lieu of the countries they now
possess in the heart o. the United States.
Lenturies will pass away before the outlines
of the United States will be filled up by a
piogrelfire population and before it can be
wife or politic in the American govern
ment for iettlemeuts to be made to the weft
of the Mississippi.
Before 1 conclude, I have only to add,
that both lides ot the Mississippi after tou
enter the river, is a low marffiy
full of (mail lakes, Sc c. for about feverify
miles up, there the country on both fide 6
begins to rife on the banks of the river, so
as to admit of final! fettiements four or five
hundred yards deep vom the margin of the
river. when you go upas far as what it
called trie Engiifh Turn, nine miles below
! New-Orleans, the lauds are higher and ex
tend farther back trom the river, and ca
both ftdes are fine sugar plantations, under
high cultivation,
The lands Oil the iiland and the oppoiite
ihore, continue to rile and to encreaie in
breajt.n above New-Orlejsns ail the way to’
tne Ibbervilie. Fhegrcateft part of which,
is covered with sugar and cotton planta
tions, on the river, but I believe no where*
exceeds one plantation deep, before yon,
come into low grounds, which are coveredS
with water when the i iver is up.
When you pass the Ibbervilie you fee
no more plantations on the weft fide, all is
iow sunken land. But on the east it is a
high sane country, with fettled plantation*
continually 1 welling as you advance, all the.
way from Manchack up to Baton Rouge,
and from i tnte to Tbompfon's creek t
and from Thompson’s creek up to tlie line*
it is a charming high country.
Nearly opposite this part of the country,
the French settlement “of Point Coupee,
j about ten leagues in length, on the w e ft
| liqc, vvnich like the fetilement* below V.®.
j the fame lide, extend only one plantation
i deep from the ba k of* the river Ail
| above Point Coupee, for hundreds of miTei
l on the margin, is, as already observed
a low sunken country.
Up towards the mouths cf the Ohio and
MiffitTippi, the country is high, on both
i sides of the river Miffdfppi ; v and it will
ever he easy and pra&icabie to- go across in
to Louisiana ir. these latitudes when the
government of the United States ‘hall think,
proper to permit it. ‘
PORT of SAVANNAH.
MARINE REGISTER..
ENTERED.
Schooner’ Many, Euefiera, Jercmie.
CLEARED.
SJoap Ranger, Rjtu, Chsukftpni