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SATURDAY MORJ'SI.YG, December 20,1817.
‘A’e are authorised to say that the account
‘which has appeared in several of our papers
relating to the expense attending the sur
vqv by our commissioners for settling the
n. tv. boundaries, is grossly erroneous, as
nothing like that sum has been expended ;
but on the that such a system of
economy haVlen introduced as to secure
the completion of them, and other expenses
of the board, at a very moderate rate of ex
penditure.—Boston Gazette.
The new state of Mississippi is believed
fToe the first political community, which
( do abolished the laws against usury.
v. .
On Monday last, bis excellency Charles
Ridgely of Hampton, was re-elected gov
ernor of the state of Maryland for the en
suing year. Yesterday, Daniel Murray,
John E. Howard, jr. Henry A. Callis, John
Stoops and Arnold E. Jones, esq’rs. were
elected the council to the governor.
Balt. Fed. Gazette, 10th inst.
Extract of a letter from the postmaster at Or
leans, to the postmaster at New-York, dated Ist
November.
** On the 29th of September one bundle
of letters postmarked “ New-York, A us;.
15,” and numbered 1, containing 53 of 25
cents, was received at this office via fort
Stoddart,since which the remaining bundle
continues missing. On the 4th of October
following another bundle ot letters post
marked September 10, and numbered 1,
containing lof 2 7 cents and 47 of 25 cents
was likewise received separately, the other
bundle being still due. On the 20th of Oc
tober following, a number of letters from
different places, done up in a very irregu
lar manner, without any way-bill accompa
nying them, came to hand; among them
>i£re
1 of 25 cents, postmarked N. York, Sept. 10
3 27 do do do
2 50 do do do
1 100 do do do
1 102 do do do
All apparently untouched, but correspond
ing with the date (Sept. 10,) of the bundles
previously received. The strangeness of
the circumstance of receiving single letters
from your office in this way, done up with
letters from Baltimore, Washington City,
&c. has excited a suspicion of the bundle
having been opened, and it induces me to
ask you for a list of the dates of the way
bills sent from your office for Ncvv-Orleans,
during the months of August and Septem
ber.
By the the ship Ann, Croker, from Liver
pool, we have received our regular files ot
London and Liverpool papers to the 15th
of October.
The ship Goudies, O’Neil, has arrived in
the Clyde from Charleston.
The ship Amphion, Goodrich, is adver
tised in the Glasgow Chronicle of the 7th
Oct. for Charleston. At Port Glasgou%for
Nfew-York, the double, decked brig Eunice,
How, to sail middle of Oct.
Advertised in the iLiverpool Courier of
Oct. 15 :—Ship Dawn, Colfer, for Savan
nah ; ship Phocion, Congar, for Wilming
ton, n. e.; ship Carolina-ann, Reeves, for
N. York; Camillus, Howland, for Charles
ton ; ship Lothair, Foster, for Norfolk ;
schr. Galatia, Jackson, for Philadelphia or
Baltimore. A*. I'. Eve. Post.
An article from Brussels, dated Sept. 29,
gays —“ tlie troops of the right wins; of the
army of occupation, which extends from the
Muese to the North Sea, are now composed
as follows :—i’lie Russian corps amounts to
23,400, including all the persons belonging
to the troops. The British corps consists
of 23,200 men, of whom it is supposed that
20,000 are really military. The Danes,
Saxons, and Hanoverians, make together a
corps of about 12,000 men, including all the
persons attached to the troops. Every re
giment of infantry has two field pieces com
pletely equipped,beside* a large parjt iti(re
werve ; and Lite British corps has besides a
numerous horse artillery. Ihe commander
of the Hussion corps bus contracted in
those provider# lor a quantity of accoutre
ment*/ 1
CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON DEC. lU.
Yesterday was the day of Resolutions. —
There passed the house of representatives
in that short sitting; besdes resolutions of
inferior importance, no less than fifteen ol
high consequence to the Union ; all with
out opposition. After a bill to repeal the
internal taxes, reported by mr. Loundes
from the committee to which that subject
of the president’s message had been refer
red, bad been read twice, referred to a com
mittee of the whole, and ordered to be
printed. Mr. Johnson, of Ken. brought
forward a string of no less than eight res
olutions on the subject of military affairs,
all of them conducing to the effectuation
ff a permanent military establishment in
this country.
Most of the matter embraced in these
resolutions was from time to time brought
in one shape or other before the house, but
was not brought to maturity, owing to the
scantiness of time. They were yesterday
brought forward in their incipient stages
in the following several resolutions :
Ist. A resolution to make provision by
law fortbe widows of soldiers of the regular
army, who were killed in battle or died in
the service.
£d. To provide for disbanded officers of
the army, who Served ini the late w ar by do
nations of land.
sd. To establish threeadditional military
academies—one in the vicinity of fort
Dearborn in S. Carolina—another at New
port in Kentucky—and a third near Har
per’s Ferry. One third of the cadets to bo i
the sons of officers and soldiers who died
in the service of the United States in the
late war.
4th. To organize by law a corps of inva
lids, to consist of 1000 men.
sth. To provide by law for the repeal of
so much of the act of congress of the 6th of
July 1812 as authorises additional pay and
emoluments to brevet ranks in the army of
the United States.
6th. That the military peace establish
ment of the United States shall consist of
8000 men including the corps of invalids.
Provided that the corps of engineers, the
general staff and the ordnance department
shall be retained as at present established.
—Provided also that no part of the army
shall be disbanded in consequence of said
reduction ; but the same shall be effected
by permitting vacancies as they occur to re
main,
7th. That it is expedient to provide by
aw for one additional ration for each of the
commissioned officers of the army of the U.
States.
Bth. That the committee on military af
airs be instructed to report rules embrac
ing the objects of the foregoing resolutions.
These resolutions were on mqfion of mr.
Johnson referred to a committee of the
whole house, made the order of the day
or Monday, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Tucker then offered the following
resolution, which was agreed to.
Resolved, That the president be required
to lay before the house an account of what
roads were made over the union—what
roads were in progress —in what parts par
ticularly, and how far they were executed.
Several other resolutions were then pro
posed, by different members.
Resolved, That the secretary of war be
desired to lay before the house an account
of the number of warrants issued under any
laws for military bounty lands—of the
quantity of land included in those warrants
—and of the quantity that will be necessa
ry to satisfy the claims under those laws.
Resolved, That the committee of com-
merce and manufactures be directed to en
quire into the expediency of providing by
law for apprehending and securing loreign
seamen, deserting from foreign vessels in
our ports, contrary to their engagements to
serve on board such vessels.
Resolved, That it is expedient to pro
vide by law that all minors who were regu
larly enlisted in the army of the U. States
during the late war, had served 12 months,
and were honorably discharged, shall be
entitled to claim bounty in lands, or in mo
ney, by way of commutation for it.
Resolved, That the committee on public
lands be instructed to enquire into the ex
pediency of exempting from taxation the
military bounty lands in the Illinois teritorv.
Resolved, That the committee of ways
and means do enquire into the expediency
of repealing the law laying a duty on salt
granting a bounty on pickled fish exported,
and allowances to certain vesstds employed
in the fisheries.
Resolved, That the judiciary committee
he instructed to enquire whether any, and
lif any, w hat alterations arc necessary in
the judiciary.
THANKSGIVING.
“ PItAISK THU LOUD Foil Ills GOODNESS.”
Every person, whatever may be his situ
ation and circumstances in life, has mani
fold reasons to “ praise the Lord for his
goodness and so far is affliction from
removing these reasons, or even from ren
dering nugatory the incentives to thank
fulness, that the heart generally becomes
most alive to gratitude after being deprived
of ordinary consolations. Still the duty is
most imperative when most is given to en
joy—and what season of the revolving
year displays so abundantly tha beneficence
ol our Heavenly Father, as the -present ?
In autumn he emphatically crowns the year
with his goodness—and on what year has
lie dealt out to his creatures the good
things of diis life with a more bountiful
hand ?
A short time only has elapsed since the
divine hand was heavy upon us, although
we then had enjoyments unspeakably su
perior to our deserts.—Our submission was
tried under just chastisements, and we too
generally murmured. But now the clouds
of heaven, notwithstanding our perverse
ness, have dropped down fatness ; and we
may reasonably consider it as a trial of our
gratitude.
National blessings require a general ex
pression of grateful praise. Such thanks
giving are we now called upon, by proper
authority, jointly to offer unto God. Nor
do the abundant fiTiits of the earth afford
the only motive for this autumn’s oblation.
—Peace, general health, a season still fa
vorable, the progress of improvement and
| knowledge, and the continuance of unri
j vailed civil and religious liberty, come in
for an important share.
But let it excite in us the liveliest inter
est and praise, that the great temporal gifts
received, are but emblems of more, durable
riches, which also have been showered on
various parts of our land, and of the world.
Streams have descended making glad the
city of our God. That cause wlirh shall
finally prevail, has been rapidlv extending.
He whose right it is to rule, is subduing the
rebellious before him ; and will continue to
subdue, till tlie kingdoois of this world be
come the kingdoms of our God and of his
Christ. Let us then “ ofTer unto God
thanksgiving.” Catskill Her.
IIATTON GARDEN.
A Dog turned Highway Robber. —Mrs.
Knight and another lady gave information
of being robbed by a dog in the following
singular manner:—She stated, that she anil
ler sister were returning about 6 o’clock
the preceding evening from St. Pancras
Church towards the Battle bridge; a shag
gy dog resembling a drover’s dog, unaccom
lanied by any person, jumped suddenly up
Vom the road side, and laying hold of the
Reticule she had iu her hand with his teeth,
forcibly snatched it from her, and crossing
off the road made his escape ; her reticule
contained a pound note, a sovereign, 18s in
silver, a silver thimble, a pair of silver
spectacles, and several other articles.—-
Tiie constable stated, that a clog answering
the same description attacked a poor wo
man on Saturday evening, near the Veterin
ary College, and robbed her of a bundle
containing two shirts, some ban I kerchiefs,
and other things, with which he ran away,
and that the poor woman was so frightened,
that it had near cost her her life. There
were several other charges made against
the same dog, who is supposed to have been
trained up to the business, and that his
master must be at some place not far dis
tant. The officers undertook to be on the
alert to apprehend this depredatorj or else to
shoot him. London paper.
Flli>M A CALCUTTA PAPfcH.
February 17, was launched at Bombav,
the Melville of 74 guns, built for the service
of his majesty. The ceremony of naming
the ship was performed by lady Nightin
gale. There have been built in that presi
dency, for the service of the crown, four
ships 0f74 guns, five frigates,and four brigs,
two of 18 and two of 10 guns.
lVurm Comforts. —A gentleman observ
ing to his friend, he wondered how he kept
himself warm this cold winter, was answer
ed, “that he contrived to do it very well—
that he had a small house, and a good fire —
that he had a daughter who kept him in a
perpetual fever, and a very fat wife.
Lord Amherst has delivered to the prince
regent the letter from Bonaparte, with
which he was charged.
WASHINGTON, Dr.OKMUKR 11.
The late Mississippi territory is now
one of the slates us the Union: (he enrolled
iresolution fur that purpose having passed
the house of reproltiiUtives yesterday, and
lieatt ‘igned by tint speaker.
Jiif Last Night’s Mail.
INDIAN NEWS.
MILLEDGEVILLE, DEC. 16.
Copy of a letter from major general Edmund /’.
Caines to his excellency governor ltabvn, ( re
ceived by express yestei day morningJ dated
“ He ad-quarters, fort Scott, Dec. 2, 1817.
“Sir — i have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your excellency’s letter of
the 20th of last month. The detachment
of militia I have no doubt will arrive in due
time to enable me to put an end to the little
war in this quarter, in the course of this or
the next month.
With a view to ascertain the strength of
the hostile Indians in the vicinity of Fowl
town,ami to reconnoitre the adjacent coun
try, Ia few days past, detached lieut. col.
Arbuckle with 300 men. The lieut. col.
reports, that a party of Indians had placed
themselves in a swamp, out of which about
60 warriors approached him, and with a
war-hoop commenced a brisk fire upon the
detachment.—They returned the lire in a
spirited manner.
It continued not more than 15 or 20 min
utes before the Indians were silenced and
forced to retire into the swamp, with a loss
which lieut. col. Arbuckle estimates at
from 6to 8 killed,and a much greater num
ber wounded* We had one man killed
and two wounded. The eremy have since
succeeded in an affair in which the real sav
age character lias been fully exhibited.
v"’ large party formed an nbuscade on the
50th ultimo, upon the Appalachacola river
a mile below the junction of the Fiint and
Chattahoochie, attacked one of our detach
ments in a boat ascending near shore, and
killed, wounded and took the greater pari
of the detachment, consisting of 40 men,
commanded by lieut. R. W. Scott. There
were also on board the boat, killed or taken,
7 women the wives of soldiers; six men
wives of soldiers ; six men only escaped, 4
of whom wounded. They report that the
strength of the current at tiie point of at
tack, had obliged the lieut. to keep his brat
near the shore. That the Indians had form
ed along the bank of the river and were not
discovered until their lire commenced. In
the first volley of which lieut. Scott and his
most active men fell. The lieut. and his
party had been sent from this place some
days before to assist major Midden burg in
ascending the river with three vessels laden
with military supplies brought from For*
Montgomery and Mobile.
The major it seems, deemed it proper to
retain only about 20 men of the party, and
in their place put a like number bf sick,
with the women and some reglfnental cloth
ing. The boat thus laden, was unfortunate
ly detached alone for this place, it is due
to major Muldenburg to observe, that at the
time he detached the boat, I have reason
to believe he was not apprised of any recent
acts of hostility having taken place in tins
quarter—lt appears, however, by a letter
frofm lieut. Scott, received about the hour in
which he was attacked, that he had been
warned of the danger which awaited him;
I must therefore conclude, that he felt it to
be his duty to proceed.
Whether he had received from major
Muldenburg a positive order to this effect,
I have not yet learned. Upon the receipt
of lieut. Scott’s letter I had two boats fitted
up with covers of plank, port-holes, See. for
defence, and detached them under captain
Clinch with a subaltern officer and 40 men,
with an order to secure the movement of
lieut. Scott, and then to assist maj.Mulden
burg. This detachment embarked late in
the evening of the 30th ult. and must hate
passed the scene of action (15 miles below
this place) at night, and 7 hours after the
allair had terminated. I have not yet heard
from captain Clinch—l shall immediately
strengthen the detachment under major
Muldenburg with another boat secured a
gainst the enemy’s fire. He w ill therefore
move up safely by keeping near the middle
of the river, which with his vessels force
is quite practicable. I shall moreover, take
a position with my principal force, near the
junction of the rivers at the line of demar
kation between the United States & Spain,
and shall attack any force near that place
or that may attempt to intercept our ves
sels, or supplies below.
The wounded men who made their es
cape concur in the opinion that they had
seen upwards of 500 warriors (supposed
to be hostile,) at different places in the
river, below the point of attack ; of the
force engaged, they differ in opinion •
but all agree the number w'as very consul
erable ; extending about one hundred and
fifty yards along the shore at the edge of a
swamp, in a thick woods.
1 am assured by the friendly chiefs that
the hostile wai riurnof the town on the I’hat
talioocbie have been for some time past mo
ving oil*down the river to join the Heniin
nles. Those now remaining on that river
art*believed to be well deposed. Oncol
toe new settlers there, however, lias
recently killed ; but it has been *1,2
proved, that the perpetrator of this acU
gether with most of the warriors of tk
tow n (High-town,) belonged to gnd
joined the hostile party. The f,i e j
chief in the neighborhood promptly (l
patched a party in pursuit of the ofte nd
who made his escape tow ards theMi c ff a ’
kce town. Onishays and several off!
Inendly chiefs have tendered tonietl, -
services with their warriors, to „ ! M
Mmoles. I JHI
them notice of the time that may be fifr
on for my departure, and then to accent,
their services. 1 *
The enclosed paper contains the sob
stance of what I have said to thethiefs -j.
have visited me; several of whom n£u
south of the Apaiachacola.
The chiefs were desirous I should coir
municate to them niv views and wishes. {
felt authorised to say but little, and deem
eti it necessary in what 1 should say, t
counteract the erroneous impressions lw
which they have been misled by pretende
British agents.
I have tiie honor to he, most respectful?
your obedient servant.
E. F. G AINES
Hi* vr. governor Rabun.
Pott of Sabannalj.
High Pater day— 6/t. 45m P .
ARRIVED,
Govern;e Totter Dallas, Smith, commander,
from st. Mary’s. The Dallas left at. Marc’s „
W ednesilay evening last, at which time affairs at
the South remained in Statu quo The I), board
ei. on the /th instant, the brig’ Elsinore I.arc Sal
m.-.s, with a full cargo of salt, bound for Amelia
?J V/ ? tlu : br, £ Patriota, commodore
lay lor. On the 10th spoke schooner Sally Bow
ers, tor Wilmington,’ x.r. with naval stores am
united States’ troops for st. Mary’s.
I he United States’ schooner Lynx, arrived at
st. Mary’s on Tuesday last from New-York Two
square rigged vessels were at that time off tie
bar, supposed to be the frigate Join Adams and
brig Enterprise. The Lynx captured on Wed
nesday morning a brig, inst. Andrews sound,
prize to the Morgiana. She had on board pre
vious to tiie Lynx taking possession of her 165
slaves which had been landed, but whether on
t he American side or at Amelia it was not known.
• lie brig came up last evening and anchored at
Five Fathom Hole. Republican.
Hoop General Washington, Campbell. Charles.
ton, 2 days, to Nichols, Dobson & Hills, con
signees—with an assorted cargo to W. Gaston,
L. Baldwin & co. Isaac Cohen. Carnoclian &
Mitchell, F. 11. Welman, P. Drege & co. J. Bogie
&. co. G. Tufts, Campbell &. Cumming, J B.Du
merlier. Passengers, mr. True belt ‘and famih
inessrs. Hall, Kellogg, .Tcnlcins, and makers.
CLEARED,
schr. Hunter, Fowler, Darien —the master.
The ship Rebecca, Niino, from Liverpool
bound to Darien, (Geo.) was wrecked on the
north breakers off Dobov on Saturday last—she
is totally lost. * Republican.
J essels up for this port,
At Charleston, 18th inst. steam-boat Charles
ton, to start precisely at 11 o’clock, same clay;
sloop Adeline, Bradley, to sail immediately.
Arrivals from this port.
brig Penelope, Toby, from this port, arrived
at Holmes’ Ilole; on the 4th inst. 11 days, bound
to Thomastpwn.
< ?I AULT'S TON, Dec. 13.—X0 arrivals at this
port yesterday.
Cleared, sciirs. Gen. Macomb, Wright, Bald
mare ; Anchovy, Marston, M atari/.as.
. 1’ ALTtMOtiE, Dec. 12.—Arrived, brig Fed
eral George, Field, Boston; schrs. Walton Gray,
Seaburv, Charleston, 7 days ; Hero, Travers, N.
York, iO.
Cleared,’ship Fa, Rudd, Bordeaux; brig Nim
rod, Prince, Boston.
ALEXANDRIA, Dee 11.—Ar. sloop Traveller,
11 days from New Bedford. Without the Capes,
experienced boisterous weather, within, calm
or head wind ; schr. Eliza Ann, Wilson. 10 days
from New York. Saw nothing bound up.
Cleared, brig Susan, Woodbury, Bostoti; schr.
Cornelia, Pearce, Plymouth, Mass.
NORFOLK, Dec. 10.—Ar. brig Richmond
Turner, Boston, 9 days ; sclir. Rising States
Wynant, N. York, 3 day s, bound to Richmond
sloops Howard J antes,Onrraway, 30 days front
the Bay of Honduras, and 20 from Havana; Bet
sey, Pink ham, Nantucket, 10 days.
In Hampton roads, ship George Watson. Fos
ter, Liverpool, 63 days, with salt, bound unt
river ; brig Adams, Adams, Liverpool, via Cork
55 days fr. the latter, salt and slate, bound to
Richmond. Spoke, 25th ult. a brigfr. N .London;
for Surinam, 15 days out; 26th, sch. Luce, fr-
Boston for Port-au-prince, 5 days out.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11 —Arrived schr.
Calypso, Caswell, 7 davs from Charleston ; sloop
Hone, Wilson, 11 days from St. Maty’s.
Cleared, ship America, Kldridge, ®tavia *
brigs Caroline, Slnplcy. Martinique? Klizahetfi,
Bell. st. Croix; sch’rs Minerva, Whitton, Boston;
Sally, Richards, Norfolk; sloops I’nion, Barnard,
Nantucket; Tripler, Somers, New-York.
NEW-YORK, Dec. 10.—Arrived, brig Hippo
menes, Waring, Curacoa, 20 days ; sebr. l.mdy,
Whittlesy, N. Orleans, 14 Br. schr. F.nterpru ,
Bmcc, Liverpool. N S. 13.
Cleared, brigs W.n, Henrv, Morv, St. Cmt.
Mary, Daman, Blakely; sloop Illinois, bate!.
Port an Prince-
BOSTON, Dec. f?--Ar. English brig Srt|
Bridge, Demarara, 22 days, rum and n.ols^r
Sloop Sally, Martin, Marblehead, mow***
coffee, sugar and cocoa. .
Cleared, ship Globe, Paine, Havana:
Manchester, Pierce, Gibraltar t
ton. Africa ; Adriatic, Sanger.
Wliiton. Havana ; schr. Industry, Matson,
fax ; Here, Brier, Yarmouth, *. ■ f
Below —brig Confidence, Jefferdl, ■“ l “-
Martinique, with molasses, Ike.
SALEM, De. 6 -Cleared, brig Wadii'tf'*’
I W hltllrs. *
The steam Iniul MnaafliusetU, V *!• j|
Vailed from tlii . port >eterU*>, deatmro o
j Carolina, or Mobil’