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Columbian ja&ujmun, M"U SAVANNAH GAZETTE. ‘luifTF.D Asn rmtusin.n on thk bay, lit jlflC HA EL J. KAPPEL & CO. terms TuitY papkb....§B .payable in advance. cocntiit PAPKR, issued cn Tuesday, Thursday, rind Saturday, (containing all the news and new advertisements of the daily paper) J*jj per an num—payable in advance. r 1 .'u - - ■ ■■ - ■ - ....... . ... sjvj.r.yjiir, 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’