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TERMS, —$3 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE,] BY BURRITT & MEACHAM. THE GEORGIA STATESMAN Is published weekly at the Seat ol Govern ment, opposite the State-House Square, at Three Dollars per ann. in advance, or Four Dollars if not paid in six month?. N. B. Sal-s of land and negroes, by Ad ministrators, Executors, or Guardians, arc required by law, to be held on the first Tues day in the month, between the hours of ti n in the forenoon, and three in the afternoon, at the court house of the county in which the property is situate. Notice of these sales must be given in a public Gazette SIXTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property must be given in like manner, FORTY days previous to the day of sate. Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate must be published for FORTY days. Notice that application will made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must he published for NINE MONTHS. All L ettees must ee POST PAID. From the London Magazine. J\'arrative of the Loss of the Kent. (Concluded from our last.) When it is remembered that the •leeks were crowded with between six and seven hundred persons just snatched from the fear of death, it might have been easily supposed that the extremity of the danger would have instantly dissolved all ties of affection, duty, and discipline, and that nothing would have occur red to the mind but ideas of self preservation. Had this been the ease, the weak would have been sa crificed to the strong, women to men, children to both; anti the scene exhibited would have been a horrible and ferocious scramble for life, v\ inch in most instances, would have been defeated in its purpose ; or it might have been supposed that the supe rior officers, taking advantage of ■ heir command, would have used it in order to secure their own safety. Again, in the case of the way being given to the weak, and security being offered first to those who were least able to arrive at it by their own ex ertions, the opportunity might have been seized with indecent haste or with ill-feigned hypocrisy. Let uv turn to the narrative and be instruct ed. While Capt Cobb, Col. Fearon, and Maj. Macgrcgor of the 31st Re giment, were consulting together, as Ihe brig \ue approaching us, on the nee- sary preparations for getting out the boats, kc. one of the officers asketl Major M. in what ord< r it was • lit* need the < ffic'TS should move off ? to which the other replied, “■ CM course the funeral order which in juction was instantly confirmed by Col. Fearon, who said, “ Most un doubtedly the juniors first—but see that any man is cut down who pre sume- to enter the boats before the means of escape are presented to the women and children.’ To prevent the rush to the boats, as they were being lowered, which, from certain symptoms of impatience ma ifested both, by soldiers and sail efts, there was reason, to fear, some of the military officers were stationed over them with drawn swords. But from tiie firm determination which these exhibited, and the great sub ordination observed, with few excep tions, by the troops, this proper pre caution was afterwards rendered un necessary. Arrangements having been consid erately made by Capt. Cobb for placing in the first boat, previous to letting it down, ail (he ladies, and as many ot the soldier’s wives as it could safely contain, they hurriedly wrampt themselves up in whatever article of clothing could be most con venicntly found; and I think about two, or half past two o’clock, a most mounful procession advarced from the after-cabins to the star-board cuddy port, outside of which the cutter was suspended. Scarelv a word was heard—not a scream was uttered—even the infants ceased to cry, as if conscious of the unspoken ind unspeakable anguish that was at that instant rending the hearts ol ihoir parting parents—nor was the silence of voices in any way broken except in one or two case?, where the holies plaintively entreated to be left behind with their husbands. But on being assured thut every moment’s delay might occasion the sacrifice of a human life, they successively suf fered themselves to be torn from the tender embrace, and with the forti tude which never fails to character ise and adorn their sex on occasions oi overwhelming trial, were {’lave,-, without a murmur, in the boat, which was immediately lowered into a sea so tempestuous, as to leave us only " to hope against hope” that it should live in it tor a single moment. Twice tue cry was heard from those on the chains that tlie boat was swamping But He who enabled the Apostle Tc tor to walk on the lace of the deep and was graciously attending to the «i!ent but earnest aspirations oftho.-c on board, had decreed its safety. Although Capt Cobb had‘used every precaution to diminish the dan ger of the bo.it s descent, and for (his purpose stationed a man with an axe tocut away the tackle from cither extremity, should the slightest diffi culty occur in unhooking it; yet the peril attending the whole operation, which can only he adequately esti mated by nautical men, had very nearly proved fatal to its numerous inmates. After one or two unsuccessful at tempts to place (he little frail bark fairly upon the surface of the water, the command was at length given to unhook; the tackle at the stern was, in consequence, immediately cleared; but the ropes at the bow having got foul, the sailor there found it impos sible to obey the order. In vain was the axe applied to (lie entangled tackle. The moment was incon ceivably critical; as the boat, which necessarily followed the motion of the ship, was gradually rising out of the water, and must, in another in stant, have been hanging perpendic ularly by (he bow, and its helpless pas engers launched into the deep, had not a most providential wave suddenly struck and lifted up th stern, so as to enable the seamen to disengage the tackle ; and the boat being dexterously cleared from the ship, was seen, after a little while, from the poop, battling with the bil lows ; now raised, in its progress to the brig, like a speck on their sum mit, and then disappearing for several seconds, as if engulphed “ in the hor rid vale” between them. The Cambria having prudently lain to at some distance from the Kent, lest she should be involved in her explosion, or exposed to the lire from our guns, which being all shot ted, afterwards went off as the flames successively reached them, the men had a considerable way to row ; and the success of this first experiment seeming to be the measure of our hiture hopes, the movement of this precious boat—incalculably precious without doubt, to the agonised Uus bands and fathers immediately con nected with it —were watched with intense anxiety by all on board. The better to balance the boat in the ra ging sea through which it had to pa-- and to enable the seamen to ply their oars, the women and children were stowed promiscuously under the seats ; and consequently exposed to the ri-k of being drowned by the continual dashing of the sera}’ over their beads, ■»% itiefi so tilled the boat during the passage, that before their arrival at the brig, the poor !' males wore sitting up to the breast in wa ter, and their children kept with the greatest difficulty above it. The boat arrived safe and returned. ’1 he ieelings of oppressive delight, gratitude, and praise, experienced by Use married officers and soldiers, on being assured of the comparative safety of their wives and chihlr .. (says the author,) was such as to render them, for a little while, totally insensible either to the stoim that beat upon them, or to the active and gathering volcano that threatened every instant to explode under their feel. The removal of the women and children was continued. It not being possible for the boats, after the fir-' trip, to come alongside, a plan wi adopted for lowering them down by ropes from the stern, or tying them two and two together. From the heaving ot the ship, and from th extreme difficulty in dropping then at the instant the boat was under neath, many of the poor creatures were unavoidably plunged repeated ly under water. No woman w r as lost by this process ; but the sacrifice of children w as deplorable, who expired under the violent means which only' reduced their parents to exhaustion or insensibility. Orders were at 1 ngth given that a certain portion of the soldiers should be admitted into each of (ho boats alung with the females; several of whom, in their eagerness to take advantage of this permission (and not before ) (brew themselves overboard am a ere drowned. One poor fellc -f this number, a very respectabl mu,, bad actually reached the bo. and was raising his band to lay hold on tin gunwale, when the bow cf the boat, by a sudden pitch, struck him on the head, and lie instantly went down Amid the conflicting feelings and dispositions manifested by the nu merous actors in this melancholy drama, many affecting proofs were elicited of parental and filial afl’ec lion, or of disinterested friendship, that seemed to shed a momentary halo around the gloomy scene. Two or three soldiers, to relieve the wives of a part cf their families, sprang into the water with their chil dren, and perished in their endeavors to save them. One young lady, win iiad resolutely refused to quit her father, whose sense of duty kept him .t his post, was near falling a sacri fice to her filial devotion, not having ’•een picked up by those in the boats until she had sunk five or six times. Hap tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere moreni, parccre subject!? ct debcliare superbos.—Virgil. MILLEDGEVJLLE, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, iffiJC. Another individual, who was reduced to the frightful alternative of losing his wife or his children, hastily de cided in favor of his duty to the for mer. His wife was accordingly sav and, but his four children, alas ! were left to perish. A tine fellow, a soldier, who had neither wife nor child of his own, but who evinced the great est solicitude for the safety of those in others, insisted on having three children lashed to him, w ith whom he plunged into the water; not being able to reach the boat, he was again drawn into the ship with his charge, but not before two of the children had expired One man fell down the hatchway into the flames, and anoth er had his back so completely broken as to have been observed quite dou bled tailing overboard. The numer ous spectacles ot individual loss and suffering w ere not confined to the entrance upon the perilous voyage between the two ships. One man, who fell bctw'ecn the boat and brig, had iiis head literally crushed to pieces ; and some others were lost in their attempts to ascend the sides of the Cambria. As the day was rapidly drawing to a close, and the flames were spread ing, it became necessary to facilitate (lie means ot passing from the ships into the boats. With this view a rope was suspended from the ex tremity of the spanker-boom, along which the men were recommended to creep, and thence slide down by the rope. By this place the greatest number seem to have removed, thoughwith much inconvenience and very serious risk : from (he great swell ol the sea, and the constant 1 leaving ot the ship, it was impossi ble for the boats to preserve their "tation for a moment, so that the person upon the rope was dashed about, and much bruised, before he could find the boat, and frequently w l l flungeJ into tlio wpter throe or tour, or even five times. This pro cess presented appalling difficulties only the landsmen ; the sailors ap pear to have effected their escape without much trouble or danger. Their desertion of the ship and sub ■'<‘l,lll ait unwillingness to return to the rescue of the landsmen, is the only blot upon (his fine story. Many el tim soldiers, alarmed at the danger throw themselves out of the stern windows, j refering the more preca rious chance of reaching the boats by swimming. W hen the greater part of the men had been disposed of, The gradual removal of the offi cers was commenced, and was mark ed by a discipline the most rigid, and an intrepidity the most exemplary : none appe ring to be influenced by a vain and ostentatious bravery, which in cases of extreme peril, affords rather a preventive proof of secret i.midity, than ot fortitude ; nor’any betraying an unmanly or unsoldier lik<‘ impatience to quit the ship ; but wiih the becoming deportment of men neither paralysed hv, nor pro fanely insensib! ■ to tbc accumulating ‘•ang rs that encompassed them, t ~ progr- ssively departed in the different boats with their soldiers ; they who happened to proceed first, h-nving behind them an example of coolness, that could not be unprofi table to those who followed. But the finest illustration of their conduct was displayed in that eftheir chief, whose ability and invincible presence oi mind, under tlic compli cated responsibility and anxiety of a commander, husband, and father, were eminently calculated, through out this disti and day, to inspire all others with composure and fortitude. Never for a moment did Col. Fearon seem to forget the authority with which his Soveri ign had invested him ; nor did any of his officers, as far as my observation went, cease to remember the relative situations in which they were severally placed. 1 Even in the gloomiest moments of Fiat dark season, when the dissolu tion of every cart lily di; Unction seem ed near at hand, the decision atilf 1 confidence with which orders were sued on the one hand, and the promtitude and respect with which they were obeyed on the other, af ford the bust proofs of (be stability ot the weil-connccted system of dis cipline established in the 31st Regi ment, and the most unquestionable ground for the high and flattering commendation which His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief has been pleased to bestow upon it. The writer speaks most favorably ul the stale of feeling among the soldiers. Under the circumstances, i he two following anecdotes are high ly creditable. Every individual was desired to tie a rope round his waist : \Vhile the people were busily oc cupied in adopt, ig this recommen dation, 1 was surprised, I iiau al most said amused, by the singular delicacy of one of the Irish recruits, who, in searching for a rope in one of the cabins, called out to me that he could find none except the cor dage belonginojsio an officer’s cot, and wished to knowjw bother there would be any harm in his appropriat ing it to kis own use. Again * — As an agreeable proof too, of the subordination and good feeling that govc.xed the poor soldiers in the midst ot their sufferings, I ought to state that towards evening, when the melancholy groups who were pas sively seated on tiie poop, exhausted by previous fatigue, anxiety, and tasting, were loginning to experience the pain of intolerable thirst, a box of oranges was accidentally discov ered by some of the men, who, with a degree of mingled consideration respect, and affection, • that could hardly have been expected at such a moment, refused to partake of the grateful beverage, until they had of fered a share of it to their officers. As the sun was setting, and dark ness appro: c!ied, a singular change took place in the feelings of those men who remained. The natural impatience t<>depart, which, howev r subdued, had in the course of the day agitated their hearts, gradually, changed into an extreme reluctance to leave the ship. Towards evening it was with the utmost difficulty that the men could be prevailed upon to brave tlie dangers of the descent and the passage to the brig ; so that the officers and leaders, who had felt it at first their duty to exhibit a back wardness in departing, and who had expressed publicly their determina tion to remain till the last, found it necessary to show an example of a w illingness to go. The author dc serbes bis own decent in detail ; the description will give a very lively notion of the difficulty and danger— difficulty and danger, which we re peat. would have been comparatively light to a German gymnast. From thi Savannah Georgian. The Altamaha and Savannah Canal TO THE CITIZEN’S OF SAVANNAH. Several rc-p ctable individuals having intimated to me, that it is the general wish of the citizens to par ticipate ~i tlie constructions of the v .mui, ii irvai me .ziiuunnna arid Savannah Rivers ; and being tearful that 1 shall not Lie able w ith my own resources to aocomplmh it as expe ditiously a-; a company, 1 have thought proper to exhibit to your views, the report of Col. Clinton, and the 1- grants betwi ■ n the Ogecchee and Savannah, and the Ogeechee : and Altainaha Rivers it I am not deceived in the en lightened views of the citizens on this subject, which is so intimately connected, w ith their further pros perity, i cannot doubt but that they will embrace the project, and pre vent Northern Capitalists from mo nopolising it; and if they do not, 1 flatter myself that they will cordially support me m so laudable an under taking. J2BEN. JENCKES. February 1 ttli, 1626. REPORT OF COI.. CLINTON. To Erenezer JEkckes, Esq. fcin :—The examinations made between the Ogeechce and Savan nah Rivers, for the purpose of as certaining the practicability of ef fecting an inland water communica tion, lias resulted favorably to the project; and from my reconnoisanco I am convinced that it is practicable to extend the Canal to the Altainaha River, at a moderate cost in com parison to the benefits which will re sult from its consummation. —I was early in the preliminary investiga tions impressed with the importance of locating the Canal on lands s.tu,,- led above the highest freshets. This impression has been confirmed from witnessing the effort i.r..riuc<><i ;>y heavy , and reiterated rains on the streams, and urface of the < luunlry: —To accomplish this location, 1 en countered difficulties of the most perplexing character, from the con tradictory statements of the inhabi tants, and from tHe deceptions aris ing from the sameness oi' the lands. To obviate them, I had several straight lines run from the bend iu the Louijville Turnpike, near the eight mile stone to the Ogccchee River, an angle of 8. 46 deg. YV. intersects with Jones Luke in the distance of seven miles and forty eight chains, S. 61 \\ r . with Kicb hghters Lake in eight miles and fifty live chains. And it is eight miles and ten chains to Blue Lake The distance from the same point to Pipemakers Bridge on the Augus ta road is four miles and sixty chains. An elevated location for the Canal is obtained by ecu prising either of the three points named on Ogeechee, and on the Savannah, at the place already mentioned; or ending at ih" upper part of the City of Savannah The Canal will he amply supplied with water, from the united streams ol the little Ogecchee, and Pipe makers creek, except in dry seasons. Phis deficiency can he remedied by introducing an auxiliary feeder from the great Ogeechee River; a Canal (>• feet on flic bottom) will have to he constructed on its margin, for a short distance above the confluence ot Small creel:; a jutty w ill have to be constructed at the head of the feeder, anjJ a dam 20 feet long at •be mouth oft he creek. The feeder will be continued from Leper’s old mill, and after passing by Mr. John Powers, it will enter the valley of the Little Ogeechee, in the distance of throe and a half miles. The feeder must bo protected with guard gates, at the jutty and at the oid mill. Many intelligent persons have ex pressed to me their fears of the Ca red passing through beds of quick sands ; 1 have, however, satisfied myself from repeated horcings, that there is nothing to bo be apprehend ed from that source, where it has been detected, it can be secured at a small increase of cxpence, as the excavations in those places is shal low. I recommend the following di mensions to he adopted in the con structions of your Canal. The bottom to be 33 feet—The interior slopes in compact soils, to lie an angle of 33 deg. 10 min. with the horizon In loose or collapsing soils, to be an angle of 25 deg. 01 min. with the horizon. The exterior slopes to be an angle of 33 and g. 40 min. w ith the horizon. The berrnc, or spoil bank to be 7 feet wide. The tow bank to bo 12 feet wide. The banks to be 7 feet high. The Locks to be Iff feet w ide, and 90 feet long. The feeders on bottom to be C :cct,and to slope similar to the Ca nal I also recommend. That the Lifts and Guard Locks to l>»" constructed of Black Cypress, or Pine timbers. That th piles to be of Live Oak or Pine. That*the culverts to be built of ' *■» A 4 Lo a.*- Jvwttvil r*t v» Ire always immersed in water. The bridges to be built of heart June, and the carriage way to be supported with triangular trusses, and with vertical and lateral braces. The Canal to have a declination on the bottom, of one inch per mile, and the banks to be sodded with Bermuda grass. I have made my estimate of (be probable cost of the Canal from the above dimensions and plan. The more fully to elucidate the re port, l have considered it under the following heads. 1 A description of. the line be tween the Ogeechee and Savannah Rivers. 11. The reconnoisance between i the Ogecchee and Altamaha Rivers. 111. Estimate of the Ogecchee and Savannah River Canal, and (lie probable cost of the whole lino. IV. The utility of the Canal be tween the Savannah and Altamaha Rivers. The country was scientifically ex amined, between Jones Lake and Pipemakers bridge, on the Augusta road. The elevation of (lie ground was ascertained, and the soil tested, at the distance of every 12 rods. Phe spring tide rises 5 feet, and the neap tides 33 inches in Jones’ Lake. The tide at the Augusta road only rises and falls six inches when the River is low. ’file tides rise opposite to the City of Savannah 6 feet. The distance from Jones’ Lake to Pipemakers Bridge, is 12 1-4 miles, and the whole length from River to River, is 14 miles. The distance from Jones’ Lake to the upper end of the City of Savan nah, is 16 miles. Mrs. Fryars swamp is twenty-four inches below the level, and is sixty rods long. The Little Ogccchee is 96 rods—Habersham’s is forty-four rods—Gum or M’Leans, is thirty-six rods—Raspberry thirty-six rods— Curvoises backwater is two feet be low, anil eighty-four rods long. It the Canal should end at the City of Savannah, it will have to cross Pipe makers and several minor swamps. The line also passes through sev ral bay flats, and ditches will have to be opened from them to conduct their waters to the nearest culvert. The general character of the soil is a tenacious clay, impervious to the agitations of the water; but there is places where the banks will have to bo secured with brick walls. The elevation of the Little Ogce choe swamp at the crossing place is eight feet and eight inches. [OR «4 IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTHS. [NO. XII.—VOL. I. The plan 1 recommend, is that 3 dams, in connexion with a mound of earth, be placed in (he valley of the Little Ogecchee. The dams to be raised at an average height of seven feet. and the mound twelve feet. There is to be also, sluices placed iu the side dams to regulate to the height of water in the pond. The ends of the Canal to be pro tected w ith guard locks, and bridges to be built across the dams for the tow’ horses to travel on. By adopting this plan, the lockage towards the Ogeechee to obtain live feet water during low tides, will be fifteen feet and eight inches; and at Pipcmaker’s Creek thirteen feet"; and at the City of Savannah, in low t ides, 17 feet 2 inches. 2. The country between the Ogec chee and Altamaha Rivers, is simi lar to the line surveyed between the Ogeechee and Savannah, except that the surface of the country is apparently more even ; the swamps and flats fewer, and the soil better calculated to resist the washings of water. The distance in a straight line from any elligihle point on the Altu maha River, and varying thirty miles from the month of the Ohoopic to Fort Argyle, is from forty-five to fifty miles. The country w ill have (obc scien tifically examined before any decis ion can be formed of which is the most advantageous point to leave the Altamaha River. The Canal will he supplied with water to the Great Ogecchee, and from Beards and Taylor’s creek, and the Little and Great Canuouchce Rivers, and if there should lie a de ficiency of water, a feeder can he taken in from the Great Ohoopic. This hist stream can be turned into Beard’s creek at the Jenckesborough ford in the distance of 12 miles. The country intervening bctw’ecn the Altamaha, and the sand ridges, de scends gradually towards the Ocean; and the Ohoopic has been known frequently in freshets to have flowed over into the head branches of Wa termelon and Muskmelon creeks ; and the Ohoopic at the Cowford, must be several feet higher than Beard’." creek at the Jenckesborough ford; it' the feeder is constructed, it in- iG feet on the bottom. It w ill ot’ great usefulness to the peopk n the < Mioopie, as it will save more than 30miles of River naviga tion; and il will pass through a dis trict well timbered, which undoubt edly will make it profitable. 3. The more fully to elucidate the estimate, 1 have divided it into two sections.—The first 1 term the Southern, and comprises the line be tween tlie Peg and Little Ogeechee Rivers ; the second I designate the Northern, and consists of the lino intervening between the Savannah and Little Ogeechee Rivers. The length of the Southern sec lion is three miles and ninety-two rods. The length of the Northern section including the ! attic ()geechec swamp and Pipemaker’s creek to its conflu ence wlt 1 1 the Savannah River, is !0 mil esiiiid 36 drains. Southern Seel ion — Estimate. Section No. 1. 50,953 cut ie yard;; it 121-2 cts. $030912 1-2 3,270 ciil ic yards ut 10 cents, 327 60 Section No. 2. 21,021 cubic yards at 10 cents, 2-102 40 Section No. 3. 26,431 cubic yards at 12 1-2 cts. 3310 121-2 Section No. 4. 23,233 cubic yards at 10 cents, 2328 30 Section No. 5. 5,950 cubic yards at 10 cents, 595 23,181 cubic yards at 13 cts. 3013 92 0,632 cubic yards at 20 cts. 1126 40 Culvert 350 00 Section No. 6. 22,512 cubic yards at 13 cts. 2926 56 11,467 cubic yards at 10 cts. 1146 70 5632 cubic yards at 20 cts. 1126 40 Removing (i ts and deepening Jones’s Lake 1000 Three miles grubbing at S9OO 2400 fifteen feet eight inches of lock age ut $ 100 per foot, C2GG 66 $31,039 19 10 percent, for contingencies, 3468 90 $33,158 09 Little Ogeechee Swamp. Mound 15 ft. top, interior slope 21 inches to 1 foot perpendieu ] lor, exterior 18 incite.-, to 1 ft.' 21120 cub yds at 15 cts $3168 00 2360 cub yds at 20 cts 472 00 Sheet piles 294 00 $3934 00 Centre P.-rn Pi'es S2OO 00 Iron bolts 70 00 Foundation 42 00 Frame of dam, planl.ing Scnpron 238 00 •Sheet piles 60 00 Securing ends of dam to mound 50 00 Levelling bottom for dam 100 00 Carpenters and laborers work & contingenccs 500 00 $5194 90 Side' Dams. With waste gates and sluices, gates equipoised with weights and moved with an iron wrench working in an iron ketch secu red to the gate S6O 00 Gates, chains and weights 80 00 and supportmggntes 12 00 Piles 1"6 00