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COSAM EMIR BARTLETT— EDITOR.] THE aVASNAH aSERCFinr. tv ‘! be published every day, in Savannah, Geo. j ‘-*9 tne business season, and three times a the summer months, at Eight Dollars in advance. * j ’ 2IIE ARC*ITS tvu be comped from the Daily Papers, and pub ’ l‘j nirprv Saturday morning, at Four Dolkrs l" hf - n Sor Three if paid in advance, p-*’ ; ‘ ;) r ' fr tfsrments will be published in both pa - cents per square of 14 lines for thefrst ItTS'tinned1 tTS 'tinned 37 rents for each continuation. tn< en’ dll Communications respecting the business Ofi*’ must be addrtssed to the Ed i*or,post Ecffgs of land and negroes by Administrators, v l c .goTS or Guardians, are required by law, to £ eld on the first Tuesday in the month, between • ’ Unrc often o’clock in the forenoon and three ?Ke afternoon, at the Court-House of the Conn {! i n which the oroperty is wtuated Notice of these sales must be given in a public Gazette siztu davs previous to the day of sale. ! Notice of the sale of personal property must be given in like manner, jorixj days previous to the S v I JS T otiee” to s he debtors and creditors of an estate, fliust be p"blished for forty days. Notice that ap;lication will be made to the Court ©f Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be pub lished jour months. MACON SALES Ap THE reserve lands, the town LOTS, AND tiie bridge, ‘TT’TLL commence on Wednesday the first day VY of next October, and will continue from j dav to day, with the exception of the first Mon- • day and Tuesday of that month. We shall then expose to sale in Macon, to the highest bidder, in conformity with a late act of the G eneral Assem bly • All the town lots not heretofore disposed of; ceing upwards of one hundred in number; pn the western side of the river : among them are twelve ; adjoining the river, and a few other choice lots for j business'! The residue are in more retired situa- ‘ tions,and generally afford good building sites in a pleasant and growing part, o? the town. Forty-two gaidening lots of 10 and 20 acres each; laid out from Ito 11-2 miles distant from the town in two ranges around the Western Com mon. Also, twenty eight lots on the Eastern side: that is to say, 4 cf twenty, 8 of ten acres, and 10 of cne acre each These last include the place some times known cs Newtown; and will be sold, sub ject to certain leases from the United States, to expire next January. The residue of the lands in the two reserves, are laid out in tracts of 100 acres, and fractional parts of such tracts. Os these, the uplands will be next offered; the last numbers first; beginning with those on the western side. On Wednesday the22d of October next, at 11 ©’clock A. M. will be offered at the place of the other sales the BRIDGE AT MACON, Together with one acre of land on the eastern side of the Ocmulgee river, as one of the butments; and the privilege of using so much of Fifth or Bridge street on the western bank as may be ne cessary for the other hutment of the Bridge. On Thursday the 23d of October, we shall pro ceed to sell the swamp and bottom lands within the Reserves, those on the Western side first ; and continue from day to dav until completed. The particular numbers that will be sold on each day cannot be specified ; but it is intended to put up the several kinds and descriptions in the order here mentioned. The Reserves are generally well watered and Contain several good mill seats. The area of the whole cannot be exactly know n until the platting is completed; but twenty-one thousand acres is the estimated quantity contained in both Reserves tnd the adjoining fractions, exclusive of the town •urreys. Perhaps no body of land of the same extent can be found that embraces a greater va riety in its surface, soil and timber. Situated just in that region where the pine of the low er country changes to the oak and hickory of the upper : it includes both these growths, and soils in most of their varieties; in some portions entire, in others interspersed or blended. Tracts o. very hilly land, ©? shut which i3 qui + e level, or gently undulating, may be had of almost every quality ; cither of oak and hickory, or pine, or river lands ; and several cf these kinds occasionally united ; m tracts of 10f’ acres and fractions of various sizes, adapted tc most of the purposes for which land is wanted. From the pressure of the times ; and more es pecially from the quantity of lands and towui lots, that will have been lately in the market, these must unavoidedly sell low. And, lying at the head of navigation, immediately around the third town of the fctate in population and trade, thera is every reasonable prospect of their soon rising in value. s Purchasers have now an opportunity, and appa parently the last that will soon offer, of obtaining cn cheap and very indulgent terms of payment, choice situations for residence, for trade - or for farming. TERMS OF SALE. Purchasers of lands and lots are to pay the Com missioners on the day of the purchase, one fifth part of the purchase money in Cash or current bills of chartered banks of this State ; and the re 6‘duem four equal annual instalments. No secu rity inill Ijg leqnired. Ihe Bridge will be sold on ! he same terms ;ex • cept that the purchaser will be required to give O'aid with two or more approved sureties for the payment of tne four subsequent annual instal ments. W. N HARMON, ) C. B. STRONG, s Comm'rs. O. H. PRINCE, ) Macon , July 5, lfe23. tFE The Editors of the Charleston City Ga- Wtte,the Tuscaloosa Mirror, and of the several public Gazettes in this state, will publish the fore going weekly, nine weeks, in their respective pa jk > I r ?\ ail< f forward their accounts to MARMA RPKE J. SLADE, Esq. Clerk of the Commission 's, in such time as to Teach him by the Ist of No vember. 3 ul y 14 22—-us - - COMMENCEMENT. FRANKLIN COLLEGE, > THt nivereity Georgia, 23d June, 1823. ( . final Examination of the present Senior ,u, ass , ln i. niS Institution, will take plane on Mon jP’ 7th July- The examination of the Fresh •n Ulass, on Wednesday the 30th, and of the •'Paomore Class, on Thursday the 31st of the h'nf lnr T‘ th - Dll Friday, the Ist of August, the the M n 88 wi ? be examined, and on Saturday On sit can fiidates for admission into College, will kj k* *4n r< E a commencement Sermon ol e delivered in the Presbyterian Church in rneef nS ’°m Monday the hoard of Trustees will of th ’ T ° n Tuesday, the sth, a part of the members in Cos 1 Unior Dlass attached to the two Societies Po’ itil ? G WI U deliver Orations of their own com- Wit iJV. ° n Wednesday the 6thday of August. ©c< a8 ; nn 10 annua ! commencement. During the Clavtnn ’ an orat ‘on wall be deliv -red by Judge t u S °ii by Ju< % e . Berrien > as . Repie- Societies” Demostkeman and Phi Kappa * ASBURY HULL, iulv 4 err ctary of Lniversity of Georgia. ’ 18 THE ARGUS. j WE ONES DA Y M ORNING, JUL Y 23, 13237 We congratulate the Republican on its appear ance in anew, neat and handsome dress, and doubt notbift the improvement in outward style, will add to its already well-earned and extensive popularity with the people. The Republican from its long and consistent course in the support of the fundamental principles of our government, merits and deservedly enjoys, the confidence of the community to a great extent. And although during the heat of political excitement, it has been our fortune (perhaps we should say misfortune) to differ with that press in regard to many measures of expediency, and even sometimes in regard to points of doctrine, yet we have never failed to award to its editors due credit for the indepen dence, boldness and zeal, with which they have ’ advocated many of the best interests of our coun try. We sincerely hope the Editor may enjoy | the full reward of a long course of honest and per , severing industry. “” “” S 1 1,1 Georgia must manufacture for herself; her agri cultural interests are depressed to that extent that she must resort to strong measures for their relief. They are depressed, not by the Tariff— by oppressive laws of the General Government— but by the unwise policy pursued by Georgia her self. She has been too exclusive in her views— | her labor has not been sufficiently diffusive and expansive ; her whole energies have been wasted upon Cotton—cotton—cotton—nothing but cot ton—until the cultivation of that article has been pushed to an imprudent extent. There has been more made than could be sold at a profit; the mar ket is glutted with the article, and the price has gradually fallen from 30 to 7 cents; and it must j still continneto fall, if the supply is not shortened. With this prospect befor us, what is Georgia to do? Shall she still go on in the old way, wasting her resources upon Cotton, endeavoring to encrease the quantity as the value diminishes ? Not so. She must change the course of her industry; she must withdraw a large portion of her labor and capital from the cultivation of cotton and direct them in to new channels. The cultivation of cotton has been carried too far ; the business is overdone ; make less, and that little will bring a better price. It is not the schemes of the manufacturers ; it is not the Tariff, which has lowered the price of cotton—but it is that uncalculating spirit of speculation an; mg the cotton-growers themselves, which has pushed the business to an unwarranted extent. They have planted cotton—nothing but cotton—and depended upon ollftr states for their supply of bread, meat, and horses! until cotton has almost become valueless, and they have nei ther money not credit to buy provisions ! It is the ruinous effects of this policy, which is now press ing so heavily upon Georgia People may talk about the usurpations of Congress, the cupidity of the manufacturers, and the Tariff; but it is all nonse The people have made cotton, sold it for little, that little they have expended in sliow^ and luxury, and run in debt for their meat and their bread. Why, we have been told by a very intelligent gentleman in the up-country, who has taken note of these matters, that the people of Georgia cannot, at this moment, be in debt to the hog and horse drovers of Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio, to a much less amount than half a mil lion of dollars. People of Georgia, it is this unwise and impru dent policy, which has introduced distress into every class of your society, and poverty into your most splendid dwellings. You must change your system. You must diminish your cotton planta tions, and increase the size of your cornfields and potato patches. You must cease to run in debt for foreign luxuries ; you. must dress in horiie j spun, and learn to live on hominy till you can ’ raise your own hogs. Your Resolutions against the Tariff, your threats to secede from the Union j will neither pav your debts nor raise the price of your cotton. If the value of Broadcloth should rise in consequence of the Tariff, learn to do with out it, and lose no time in setting up manufactories among yourselves. It is by these means that you can most certainly avert any evils which may be dreaded from the operations of the Tariff, and overrule the machinations of the wicked [if such you persist in styling the friends of the American System] to your great and permanent good. We take the Editorial Article, which appeared in the Georgia Journal of the 14th, and alter it so that it may correspond with the facts of the case. 11 Treason.—ls the manufacturers, for the pur* pose of promoting their interests, hold a conven tion or congress at Harrisburg or elsewhere—it is all well. Because their objects were all pro fessedly peaceable, and the meeting of citizens on peaceful purposes is not unconstitutional. u Now sec how circumstances alter cases ! If the Southern States, for the avowed purpose of taking “ an attitude of open resistance to the laws of the country,” for the purpose of severing the Union and stirring up a civil war, hold a congress at Wal terborongh, or elsewhere—it is TREASON ! and the instigators, aiders and abettors of such a mea sure, for such declared purposes, deserve the doom of traitors ! Witness the Colleton Address, the writings in the Charleston Mercury, and the Sou thron. “If the ofFranklin College get’together and prate about the Tariff, the operations of which they understand as little as they know of the motion- >’ the man in the moon—it is all non sense. Because these lads had better be kept at their sttudies.” Murk now how circumstances alter cases ! Another Rattle-Snake was killed in our city yesterday morning. SAVANNAH SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1828. Health of Savannah. —We state for the infor mation of our absent that the health of Savannah continues uninterrupted. The weather has been remarkably fine, the o cter gen erally ranging from 75 to 86, with pleasant show ers and refreshing breezes. We hear of no cases j of fever ; and (saving the Doctors) our citizens en joy fine spirits, and evince a disposition to “ keep cool” in spite of the Tariff. Neither the Dengue ’ fever, nor the Walterborough mania, has yet cross ed the Savannah. Inveigling Slaves. —David Brown, a free man of color, was on Monday last, brought up before a Court of Magistrates of this city, consisting of Justices Beers, Russell, and Sheflal, charged with an attempt to inveigle away out of the State, a fe male slave named Sarah, the property of Robert Taylor. As the number of slaves whict have been inveigled away during the present season, lias j been such as to excite considerable alarm, and as this was the first detection, the case excited con siderable interest. The charge was most clearly proven. Brown was steward on board the ship Macon;*he enticed the girl to go on board the vessel ; promised to convey her to New York ; se creted her in the rim, under the ladies’ cabin on Saturday night ; the vessel was to have sailed on Sunday morning, but was prevented by head winds ; tbe girl was discovered by Captain Porter, who gave immediate notice to her owners. The Court, after mature deliberation, found the prisoner guilty, and proceeded in the following charge and sentence : “ David Brown—after a fair and impartial trial, you have been found guilty of the crime which is charged against you. The Court, in deciding on the evidence submitted to them, have weighed every part with mature deliberation, and are sor~y j to say, that no circumstance has been elicited * > make your guilt in the least doubtful, to extenue ii j or mitigate it. “ The crime of which you are convicted, vlule : of frequent occurrence in this port, is concealed i by many secret measures on the part of those con cerned in it, that but now and then a discovery I follows it—Plans for inveigling away slaves are laid with so much adroitness, that we are inclined to believe there is a system matured which de mands the most active efforts on the part of ma gistrater and” citizens to destroy. In your case the Court is restricted hy law, to the infliction of a punishment, altogether inadequate to the crime of which you have been convicted—and you have reason to rejoice that a law less sanguinary than that under which, in several instances capital punishments have followed a similar offence, is resorted to in your punishment. “ The punishment now adapted by our laws to the offence of which you have been convicted is mild, we fear too mild, to have in its infliction the effect we desire. The Court, however, hopes that tue example which will be made in your punish ment, if it do not entirely deter others from the commission of the same crime, will at least be a salutary check and a warning somewhat fearful. “ It is considered and ordered by the Court, that you, David Brown, be remanded hence, to the jail of Chatham county, and there remain un til it be the pleasure of the Governor of the State of Georgia to send a sufficient guard to conduct you to the Penitentiary of this State, where you are to remain, at hard labour, for and during the term of one year—to commence from the day of, your reception at the said penitentiary.” N mmmrnn ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■■■■■■ We have received the first number of anew paper, published at Beaufort, S C. by M. J. Kap pel, Esq. entitled ‘ The Beaufort Gazette.” It is neatly printed, and the editorial articles evince considerable talent and ingenuity. It is a strong Jackson and anti-Tarilf paper. The last Georgia Journal says that “in the Chat , tahoclne region, rich land can be obtained, it is said so rich, so very rich—that, as we are credibly informed, a man one evening, after using an iron hand-spike, usually called a crow-bar, stuck one end of it in the ground and left it; and in the morning when he returned to his work, lo and behold, the crow-bar was covered with ten-penny nails that had sprouted out during one single night ” —Fact ‘pon honor. It was stated in the Boston Recorder a short time since, that the journeymen printers of that ancient city, as a body, were much given to vice and intemperance. This charge is repelled by the Typographical Society with great spirit, and said to be a base slander. CO MOTfICATED. THE COLLETON CREED. I believe in the perfectability of my own judge ment—l believe in the infallibility of Governors, and State Legislatures ; and in the total depravi j ty of the President, the Congress and the Federal judiciary, j I believe that the Northern Manufacturers, the Farmers of the middle and western States, and the Horse, Hog and Mule dealers of Kentucky,are the most avaricious and unprincipled of the hu- Iman race, and have leagued together to rob and impoverish the South by a tax on British broad cloths and other articles of prime necessity. ! 1 believe that the Tariff was originated by the j Devil; and that the whole catalogue of colonial wrongs, as enumerated in the Declaration of In dependence, were gracious favors, compared with i the present duties on certain Articles of foreign merchandize. I be 1 ieve in the virtue of resistance, open and unqualified, to the laws of the Union, and that the time is, “ noio ” I believe that no civil or military officer is bound by his oath to maintain and support the Constitu- j tion of the United States, after the same shall, in j his opinion, have been violated by Congress, or so ; declared to have been, by the citizens of Colleton, at Walterboro assembled. I believe tWfct the 10th section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States is an in- f terpolation, clandestinely introduced by the ene’ j mies of State Rights ; and if not, that it is wholly j inoperative; as it is absurd to talk of the so ve i reignty of States which are expressly (not u con structively ) forbidden to make war, treaties or alliances to coin money or emit bills of credit— lay duties on imports or tonnage—maintain in time of peace even a corporal s guard of troops, or put a gun on board an old canoe—to enter into any agreement or contract with another State , or with a foreign power— or to do any thing else which a sovereign State ought of right to do. I believe that South Carolina would be perfectly justifiable to free herself at any moment from such degradation, even at the risk of civil butch ery and national anarchy I believe that Colleton, with the neighboring Districts on the coast, are capable of resisting successfully the whole military and naval force of the Union; but in case Gen. Jackson should be elected President before a separation is effected, and thereby become obligated to enforce the in fernal Tariff act, he might give us some trouble in the event of wdiich, an alliance with our old Parent over the water, would fiecome a matter of prudence, perhaps, as it has long been of choice, with certain political foxes among us. j I believe that the Union of the States has rob bed South Carolina of many millions of dollars ; that without its shackles her staples would ad vance ffifty per cent—and she would speedily be come a great nation, worthy the superior genius I of her sons, her vast territory and immense popu lation. I believe “ prudence to be a rascally virtue”— and that the non-consumption, homespun, econo mical system which our more western brethren are disposed to adopt, is a cowardly business, un worthy the spirit of “ our native rattlesnake,” which, failing to strike its enemy, nobly destroys itself! Lastly, I believe that George McDuffie and James Hamilton, Jr. are the wisest, most tempe rate and most disinterested Statesmen in the Union ; and that they never envied Henry Clay, and others, their superior talents, eloquence, in fluence, or station. The Albany Chronicle gives an account of a great Administration meeting in Whitesboro, O neida County, N. Y. at which about one thousand persons were present. After assembling in the Court house, the company were compelled to ad journ to the Presbyterian meeting house. Dele gates were appointed to the Utica Convention.an elector for the district was nominated ; and a vote of thanks to Mr. Storrs, the Representative in Congress from that district, was passed. A letter from a gentleman on board the U. S. ship of the line Delaware, to a friend in Norfolk, dated Mahon, 24th April, 1828, says—“ The Por poise, schr. sailed yesterday on a cruize in the Ar chipelago. The frigate Java, and sloop of war \\ alren, will follow her in a few days. The pi rates in the Archipeiago have sworn vengeance a gainst the Porpoise, and it is said, have fitted out a much superior force, to conquer her or die. The spirits of the officers of the Porpoise, are quite an i imated, and I feel confident that should they meet them, the result will be worthy America’s sons. The Southern Patriot states that, twenty-two thousand dollars of the first instalment of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company’s Stock, subscribed in March last, have been loaned upon a security of State and undoubted local Bank Stock, at par, at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, for a few months, or until the country be surveyed, and the funds wanted for the prosecution of the work, which will not probably be before December next! We learn a further sum of twelve thousand dol i lars may be had upon the same terms. Commercially important. —The official Gazette of Martinique, of the 11th of June, contains a roy al ordinance, abolishing the 12 per cent export duly, heretofore paid by foreign vessels trading to that Island. ! Counterfeit Coin. —The New York papers of the 10th inst. state that within s short time, a per son has .arrived from England with a quantity of composition sovereigns, which are so ingeniously fabricated, that he has succeeded in palming off a good many, upon different brokers in that cTity. Their appearance is perfectiy good, but they are found to fall short in weight about penney weights. v,.* A Connecticut paper says that seventeen broth ers named, Camp, by one mother, met at Royal ton, Vermont, on the sth of June, for the first time in twenty three years. This was areal Camp meeting. A French Journalist, noticing Irving’s Life oj Columbus, remarks, as a singular circumstance* that a North American as narrated the subjection of the Southern Continent, from documents fur nished by the Spaniards, who knew not how to use them. Great Despatch. —lt is noticed in a New York paper of the 10th inst. that the workmen were placing the roof on the Bowery Theatre, erected on the ruins of the one so lately destroyed. The building is an immense pile, and the time occupied in removing the ruins of the old Theatre was greater probably than that spent in thu3 far con structing the new one. Electric Phenomenon. —The remark in a New Haven paper, that the electric fluid, in its recent discharge on the Tontine Hotel in that place, might have been attracted by a Volume of heat and steam from the kitchen chimney, notwithstanding the immediate vicinity of iron conductors, appears to us to be not altogether improbable, from a sugges tion made yesterday afternoon, by a plain, unsci entific citizen. He is the proprieter of a lime kiln in Stanton street, which was burning on Tuesday last, and struck by the lightning in a thunder storm and the kiln with 600 bushels of lime destroyed. As the top of the kiln was rather below the surface of the street, and a number of two story houses within 2 or 300 feet of it, some surprise was expres sed at their escape, while the humble vault receiv ed the discharge. The proprieter remarked, that it astonished him very much, and he could account for the fact only by supposing that the stream of heat and vapour, which probably rose some dis tance higher, than the houses, had attracted the lightning ; and that if he ever repaired his works, or carried on the business again, he would never have a lime kiln with out a lightning rod for its pro tection. We have heard of numerous instances where the heat of new mown hay has been supposed to attract the lightning to barns containing it, which have been struck and burnt. But we pretend not to be sufficiently versed in this interesting branch of natural philosophy, to decide on the correctness of this theory or principle, although we cannot but term it of consequence enough to merit the con sideration of such as may be interested in the case. Another remarkable fact, which may be account ed for on the foregoing theory, is that a steamboat while in motion has never been known to be struck with lightning, notwithstanding the ron about its machinery. The hot vapour ascend ing to the higher regions of the atmosphere, forms a conductor at some distance ehind the boat,which has advanced without the sphere of attraction, be fore the electric fluid descends. It is remarkable that the philosophic mind of Chancellor Livingston anticipated such a result, before the fact had been ascertained by an experience of many years. i N Y. Statesman. From the Macon Telegraph. Military Court.— The Court Martial for the investigation of certain charges pre ferred by Brig. Gen. Rutherford, against Lieut Col. Reuben J. Crews of Upson, has been sitting in this place since the first inst. and naay probably continue sopie weeks longer. The nature of the charge we un oerstand is, disobedience of orders, and un officer-like conduct The Court is com posed ot Brig. Gen. Wellborn, president; Colonels Darrah, Rush, Beall,’ Redding, Watson, Henrv, Lieut. Col. Slitter, Ma jors Wright, McCarter, Cowles, and Cap tains Halloway, and Danelly, besides two or three supernumaries. Upwards of forty witnesses have been summoned—about one fourth of whom have given in their evi dence. The novelty of a trial of this sort, and the taking down all the evidence in writing, necessarily produce considerabe delay Tracy, judge advocate; Strong, counsel for prosecution; Cuthbert and Campbell for defendant, N. Barker, re corder. The Season.—Accounts from all parts of the country are favorable for the pros pects of an abundant harvest. Good sea sons for a week or two longer, will place the corn crops beyond the danger of drought, and make the staff of life plenti ful and cheap. The price of Corn has al ready fallen—present price in this market, 62 to 75 cents per bushel. Columbus Georgia, July 12. The sales ot the Lots in, and the reser ved lands near and adjoining this place, commenced on Tuesday last, according to appointment, and aie now going on very briskly. Seventy Lots have been sold, at the average price of 366 69; th© highest price eiven lor any lot is $1400; the low est is $93. Many persons from distant sections of the country are attending the sales, and it is presumed that all the lots will be sold at a good price. Enquirer, MURDER. Some time last week a Mr. Redner, re turning to this place from a visit to Mont gomery, Alabama, having arrived within about thirty miles of Columbus, was attack ed ly an Indian and a Negroe, and most cruelly beat to death with a hatchet. The perpetrators of this foul di ed were pursued hy a large number of the Creeks, and have been overtaken and brought to justice. They were condemned by the Chefst of the Nation to suffer death, and were to have been executed on Thursday last, by the infliction of blows upon their heads with the same hatchet they used in depri. ving the innocent subject of this item of his life—this is the law of their nation. The murderers confessed having killed him for the purpose of “getting his money. ” We understand that Mr. Render had been on a visit to his family, with whom we drop the tear of sorrow for their unex pected loss. ib, ■ ■ The season continues dry and the river low, the weather, for two or three days past, has been remarkably cool and plea sant for July, indicative of there liavjng been rain and hail to the north and west of us—our city continues remarkably healihy. Our steam boat communication with the sea hoard is entirely intercepted lor the present. VVe are happy to learn, however, that the crops to the westward are promising a rich harvest In this vicinity, and below Augusta, we understand that rain is much wanted. Augusta Cons iiutionalist. From the Baltimore Com. Chronicle. Extensive Robbery and prompt apprehen sion us the Robbers. On Saturday afternoon about 3 o’clock, Messrs. Ross and Riggs* two of our most efficient police officers, received advices that on the night previous, at 11 o’clock, the locked room of the dwelling of his Ex cellency the Chevalier Hutcens, the minis ter near the United States from the Ne therlands at Washington, had been opened by three of his servants, and plate and jew ellery of great value, and money to the amount of S3OO, taken therefrom. The officers above named, with their usual promptness and sagacity, at once delibera ted and decided on the course most proper to be pursued ; and at half past six, (in three and a half hours from the time they received the information ) had two of the culprits in custody, and probably nearly alt of the valuable effects of which ihey had purloined their master. Mr. Ross having taken a different direction, Mr. Riggs took the York road, and about four miles from the city, at a tavern, caught the three in a roam, napping , but one of them succeeded in making his escape. Their names are Francois Auguste Michaud, aged 26; Fer dinand Michand, aged 25 ; aud Jean Da vid Guerraz, aged 22 ; the second one es caped ; but will probably be apprehended his stature is about 5 feet 6 inches. The property found in their possession consists of three boxes of jewellery, a trunk of sil ver plate, (among which areßo table spoons and several packages which have not been opened,) and sl3l in notes principally of the Georgetown Bank; all of which have been ch posited in the Mechanics’ Bank, of this city, and a detailed list of the articles may be seen at the office of Colonel Shep pard, the committing magistrate. Great credit is certainly due to Messrs. Ross and Riggs, for their activity in this as well as iu many other instances; and in whatever light the public may estimate their services, they will enjoy the pleasure of having done their duty. [No. 9— Vol. 1.