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inffi tori train of thought, from the reported intention of applications to the ensuing l legislature for charters for a stew bank in-Savannah, another in Augusta and one in Darietf. It must, it is true, be left to their wis dom to discriminate between these applicants, and they no doubt will keep in view, that there are now three banks in Savannah, two chartered and one private bank in Augusta; and on investigation it may turn out, that the amount of their paper in circulation, is fully ade quate to all the business which may rationally be ex pected to flow through those respectable cities; while the claims of Darien arc founded on another basis and supported by the immutable principles of right and jus tice. In the spirit of candor let our disinterested fel low citizens examine the subject. Ail the produce made to the. sovhward of the ridge which divides the northern waters of the Alatamaha from the Ogechee river, ought, in the nature of things, to find its way by a water conveyance to the ocean. This section of country embraces not only a moiety of the state, but comprises some of the best lands in it, which furnish the two important staples, cotton and rice. Darien, sit uated at the foot of the most important of these waters and accessible to the ocean, is their natural depot. The important question therefore occurs, whether those who live in this large tract of country are to be com pelled by artificial regulations to make Darien only a de pot or a mart for their future trade? Unless she is granted the necessary mercantile facilities, w hich other cities in the. state enjoy, she must remain only a place of depo sit, and everv planter connected wutb the Alatamaha and its tributary streams, must not only he burthened with the expense and risk of transporting his produce down the rivers, but also the inland navigation to Sa vannah; fqr to that place it must go to seek a purchaser: Merchants enjoying the advantages derived from banks in that city and basking in the sunshine of their favor, will not be inclined to run the risk of bringing their capi tal to Darien and lose the interest of it there while un employed. This mode of doing business w ill be limit ed and do away competition, and can only be done by a few houses of large capital, as many of the up-country sellers of cotton have already experienced, and who to get rid of the encreased expense, have found it prudent to sell in Darien at a reduced price rather than to go to Savannah, where the article w-as selling much higher. I present the following questions to the consideration of the just and honorable feelings of the state at large, with an open avowal that nothing invidious is intended against either Savannah or Augusta. Whence the jus tice of compelling the citizens of one ball of the slate to transport their produce to the extreme verge of the other half, to find a market? Why are they to be com pelled to give to one or two cities, with which they are not connected by local circumstances, those advantages to which another is entitled? Why shall tine enterprize and property of one town, designed by nature to be the mart of the southern and western parts of the state, be sacrificed to those on the northern part? A rich and fertile country surrounds Darien; she is accessible to all the southern counties and is the place to which they can bring their cotton with the greatest safety and the least expense—and it now- rests with the legislature to put her on a footing with Savannah and Augusta, to enable her merchants to buy the produce brought to their door, and this can only be done by giving her an independent bank. COMMON SENSE. In a note delivered, on the 12th of June last, by the cabinet of Madrid, to the high allied powers, the king of Spain pledges himself to follow a lenient policy to re concile the colonies now in a state of revolution. His words are these, “1. A general amnesty for all the insurgents as soon as they have submitted. “2. Admission of Americans, endowed with the pro per qualifications, to all employments, in common with the European Spaniards. “3. A commercial regulation of these provinces with foreign states upon free principles, and conformable with the present political situation of these countries and of Europe. “4. A sincere disposition on the part of his catholic majesty to promote all the measures which in the course ofthe negotiations may be proposed to him by the high allies and shall be compatible with his rights and digni ty.” Supposing the allied sovereigns to guarantee such terms as Spain may be willing to grant and the colon ies to accept, by what other measures than that of in vading her European dominions will they be enabled to compel her to keep her faith? and is it reasonable to believe that they w ould raise armies and incur the expenses of a war, in order to force the Spanish king to act justly tow ards the South Americans, while they carelessly view his European subjects degraded by laws as oppressive as those of Draco and far more un reasonable? The allies, except England, have no inte rest in the quarrel; and she must, from commercial as well as political motives, wish to see the colonies eman cipated. From sad experience, the colonists themselves will treat ail offers from Ferdinand as stratagems to effect their destruction. They will say, he will, when lie finds our forces disorganized and ourselves destitute of arms, recommence the work of death, executing us as traitors Jcr having dared to assert our rights and op pose his will. We cannot rely o.ithc faith of his securi ties, w-ho are the natural enemies of freedom; but, if we could, what inducement now remains for submission? The enjoyment of our property? The wild beasts pos ses, or the torch has destroyed, it. Our homes? Deso lation has swept them. Our religion 3 Its altars have been profaned, and the temples of the God of Peace converted into charnel houses by a ruthless soldiery. Are we to look for repose in our families? Where are they’ The sword has reached them: they but live in our memories, to urge us to revenge, and, by victor}-, put a repetition of our wrongs out ol the power of fo reigners forever. There is nothing left us hut an ig nominious end, or vengeance and liberty. Indeed, the injuries which both parties have inflict ed on each other cannot but have excited feelings of the most acrimonious kind and given rise to a mutual distrust of all promises and pactions. Foreign media tion is nugatory. Hut one alternative remains to the ting of Spain: either to reduce his Trans-Atlantic pro vinces by the sword or acknowledge their indepen dei£NSUlNG SESSION of CONGRESS. To such of our readers as are desirious of conjectur ing what prominent subjects may engage the attention of congress at the ensuing session, the following re marks, copied from the National Intelligencer, will not be altogether unacceptible: “Propositions which have been discussed at farmer Bessions, and rejected, will in all likelihood be revived. Among these are the highly important questions re aper .TXT internal an uniform f**v ‘< v.iii't t rii *’ ‘ ctc>'t*ras of js.vs*, and | >i < n for the future—anlMSw|fe®d we trust will not be overlooked, or again kHBm proposition for indemnify tug, out of our those who 10-. t their all during the late tin-] ilcst ruction of their property, in itjJ having been engaged in the service of the “We have no doubt, that among the new subjects of discussion at the present session, \vill be, in one shape or other, the merits ofthe Dank ofthe United States. It is not likely tliat xvhat has occupied so much public at tention, will escape the notice of congress; though it does not appear probable to us that any thing will be found requiring l their intervention. Connected with this question, perhaps some discussion may take place on the practicability of adjusting the exchange between sections of the country, by means of a government pa per. We incline to believe, how ever, that this subject w ill not present itself to congress, as some seem to have supposed it might; in the shape of a direct proposition. “Ihe late laws respecting the collection ofthe re venue having been in operation long enough to test their utility, and try the advantages and defects of the sy stem, it is not improbable some amendments may be to them. There is a very general impression that the laws for preventing the importation of slaves require amendment; and we hope they will receive it if they do. “There is every probability that, at the next session, two of the present territories of the United States, Missouri and Alabama, will be authorised to form con stitutions of state government, prepai.*tory to their ad mission into the union. They are said to have the re quisite numbers; and sound policy recommends that, as soon as possible, they shall be allowed to govern them selves. The territorial governments are always ex crescences on our sy r stem. “Os those matters which are connected with the fo reign policy of the United States, we cannot, without the necessary’ materials on which to form an opinion, speak with any certainity. Every thing we hear, how ever, leads us to hope that the state of our foreign re lations is generally’ satisfactory , and, where it is least so, is likely to improve. “To the message of the president at the opening of the session however, we must look for information of the highest interest on this head, and on many others. That document will probably disclose for example, the nature and aspect of our commercial negociation with Great-Britain; the state of our relations with Spain; the report of our commissioners lately returned from Bue nos Ay r res, and the views of the executive thereon, Bic. Much is also to be communicated respecting the pro gress and termination of the Seminole war; respecting the progress of the commissioners under the treaty of Ghent; rt specting the progress of the exploration of our western territory, and of the establishment of posts on that frontier; and respecting other prudential mea sures, which have entered largely into the policy of the present administration. “Upon the whole, we expect an animated and useful session, characterise drather by efficient action than by’ prolonged debate.” ELECTION RETURNS. ST. 1 TE LEG l SLA TUL'E. The first name afkereuch of the counties is senator— tiie others representatives. Jta'divin —Fleming Grantluml,* Francis Smith, Tom linson Fort.* Bulloch —Samuel S. Lockhart, John Burnet. Burke —James Whitehead,* Alexander M. Allen,* John W hitehead, James Welch.* Bryan —John Vanbrackle, Thomas H. Harden. Camdevr— Joseph Thomas,* Hugh Brown, William Cone.* Chatham —Alfred Cuthbert, Frederick S. Fell, Moses Sheftall,* Edward U. Tatnall.* Clarke — Thomas Mitchell, White Rossetcr, James M. Burton,* Farter.* t ohnnbiu —John Foster, William B. Tankcrsly, Wil m.iil MT.ruder,* Archy Avery . Effingham —Jesse Scruggs,* Ilermon Elkins.* Elbert —Wiley Thompson, Beverly Allen, John A. Heard, James Morrison.* Franklin —Benjamin Cleveland, James Blair, • Anderson,* Samuel Shannon.* Glynn —James Piles, JVilliam Turner.* * lreene • —Oliver Porter, Thomas J. Moore, Thomas Stocks, Robert Rea. Hancock -—Eppes Brown, John Abercrombie, Edward B. Brooking, Isaac Birdsong.* Jackson —Hugh Montgomery, James Cochran, James Liddell,* David Witt. Jasper —Jarrel Beasley, John Martin,* John Rivers,* Asa Kagan, John Robertson. Jefferson —Homer Y. Milton,* William 11. Jackson, John Al‘Donald.* Jones —John S. Zachry,* John Bayne, Abner Wimber ly, Hardy Herbert,* Thomas White. Lincoln —Micajah Henley, Thomas M’Murray,* Wil liam Dowsing, jun.* Eaurens —l)aid Biackshear, L. C. Pius, (tie between George Linder* and Hardy Griffin.*) Liberty —John Stephens,* JohnE. Fraser,* Daniel M. Stewart.* . ALuh.son. —Samuel Groves, Nathan Willeford,* James Ware. ATJntosh —Allen B. Powell, James Spalding,* William R. M‘lntosh. Mm itrf ornery —Nathaniel It. Mitchell, David Chambers.* .Morgan —William Gill,* Charles Mathews, Hiram Itou L. Bandy , Nathaniel Allen.* Oiglethorpe —George Hudspeth, John Townsend, Geo. R. Gilmore,* Burwell Pope. Pulaski —Thomas H. Harris, Elisha Farnell,* Samuel Robison.* Putnam —William E. Adams,* Henry Branham, Irby Hudson, Benjamin ‘Williams, E. S. Shorter.* Richmond- —Valent me Walker, Holland M‘Ty re,* Geo. Walton, A. Rhodes, sen.* Sc riven —James Blackmon, Roger M'Kinnay, Thomas Cohling. Twigrs —Ezekiel Wimberly, Roger Lawson, Robert Glenn,* Moses Fort.* ft i, > ren —Elisha Hurt,* Edwin Baker, Jack S. Daven port,* John Lewis.* Washington —Thomas B. Rutherford,* John Moore, Thomas Pace,* Joab Pinson.* tkayne —Pliny Sheffield,* James B. Stewart.* ftilkes —Matthew T'albot, Thomas Wootten, Magers Henderson,*!'. Wingfield, J. J. Wellborn.* , ff ilkinson —John Hatcher, John T. Fairchild, Joseph Ross,* * New members. SUMMARY. Mr. John Forsyte has openly offered himself a can didate for the office ol senator from this state. Savannah river is now so low that boats cannot as cend nearer than twenty miles to Augusta. From Connecticut six republicanrepresentativeshave been elected — Henry W. Edwards, James Stevens, JoN.vTh.iN O. Moseley, Gideon Tom unbox, John Ross, and Elisha Phelps. Os them Moseley only is a mem ber of the present congress. , W iilaud 11 all and George Read, republicans, have been elected in Delaware to represent that state in the lower house of congress. The tobacco crop in Tennessee is said to be very promising, and a greater quantity of land under this culture than was last year. Good quality tobacco is ex pec Led to command there five dollars per hundred pounds. , The New-F.ngland papers assert that Spanish dollars , hear in that quarter a premium of EioH-rper cent. The l vast quantities of them required for our East-Indian l trade is assigned as the cause of their high price. Pfh quafcer and founder duration, is said to he with the view of making Brunswick, n. horns was completed, at the Jity, in twenty days. It is two She is to be command ed by captain John D. Henley. The United States’ frigate United States, captain Crane, arrived at Gibraltar on the 26th of August for provisions, and was to sail again on the 28th of the same month, to rejoin our squadron on the Barbary coast. A German journal says, “it is affirmed that the holy alliance is ripe for a more intimate union of the Euro pean powers, and that a kind of republic between the independent powers will be formed.” The project is supported by the emperor of Russia. Markets at Havana, September 30.—Coffee, white, 28 dollars; green, 30. Sugar, white, 12 to 12 dollars 50 cents; brown and muscovado, 9. Flour, 17 to 19 dollars. Beef, 18 to 20. Rice, 9to 9 50. Pitch, sto 5 50. Tar, 375t0 4. Boards, 23 a 24. Scantling, 30. By Last Night’* Mail. Six democrats and three federalists have been elect ed from Maryland to congress. The number of midshipmen now in the American na vy are stated at three hundred and sixty-two. From Gibraltar it is reported, that seventeen thousand Spanish troops, commanded by general O’Donnell, were to be embarked from the peninsula for South-America. We doubt it. * Flour at Cadiz, on the 30th of August, was selling at ten dollars. By a vessel arrived at New-York, from the Spanish main, several patriot vessels are reported as having made an attack on and bombarded the town of Laguira, during the whole night, but w ere beaten off with con siderable loss. General Robert Swartwout is appointed by the pre sident, to be navy agent at New-York, vice J. Bullus, deceased. Cadwallader D. Colden, esq. the present mayor of the city of New-York, is spoken of as the new secretary of the navy. Thursday, 17th November inst, is appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania as a day of thanksgiving and pray er, throughout that stale. The governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts has issued his proclamation, appointing’ Thursday, the 3d day of December next, to be observed as a day of thanksgiving and praise in that state. Prices at Augusta, October 23.—Cotton, per lb. new, 29 a 291 cents; tobacco, 8 a 9; dour, per bl. new , §lO a 12; corn, per bushel, §2. The sale of public lands here, during the past week, amounted to more than seven hundred thousand dollars; a larger sum than the entire sale held at tins place last year —16 townships have been, and 14 are yet to be sold. — Georgia Journal, October 27. We have intelligence from the Florida posts on the east of the Appalachicola, in the occupancy of our troops, to tiie sth instant, l'he hostile Indians, amounting, it was supposed to about 1000 warriors, who had not come in, were in a state of starvation—many had died of hun ger. A woman arrived at St. Marks the first of this month, with intimations from some of the principal out ly mg Chiefs of a wish to surrender, prov ided their lives were spared, and tiie little remaining property they had left, of which the friendly Indians are inclined ! f o rifle them, should be secured. These dispositions have been humanely’ encouraged by the commanding j officer of the post; and little doubt is entertained that there will soon be a final termination of the Scminolean war, w hich has existed on our borders, and with many acts of cruelty , for nearly two years past. General Gaines,has transferred liis head-quarters from Forl- Hawkins to St. Mary’s.— ib. John Forsy th, William Terrell, John A. Cutlibert, Jo el Crawford, Thomas V\ . Cobb and Joel Abbott, have been elected to represent this state, in the 16th con gress of the United States. — ib. COMMODORE PERRY AND CAPTAiN HEATH. The unfortunate dispute between these tw o gentle men has been the subject of various comments, and has excited considerable interest throughout the union.— Commodore Perry conceiving that an atonement was necessary for having, in a moment of forgetfulness, rais ed his hand to an officer holding a commission under tne government, afforded captain Heath the satisfaction lie required. The meeting took place yesterday 1 , on the Jersey shore, w hen commodore Perry receiv ed the fire of cap tain Heath, without injury—reserving his lire, and re fusing, at the same time, to exercise said right; ami cap tain Heath, satisfied at tins gallant and magnanimous atonement, the partk'Asepamed—end thus honorably terminated this unpleasant difference, which, we trust, will hereafter be buried in oblivion. We have received several documents relative to this transaction, from which it appears, that commodore Perry, has conducted himself in the most honorable manner in this ass air, and justified the favorable opinion entertained of his gallantry and good conduct. — New- York National Advocate, 20th instant. Extract from the preliminary agreements between com modore Decatur, on the part of captain Perry, and lieutenant Desha, on the part of Captain Heath, dated Philadelphia, 14 th October, 1818. The parties accordingly met on Monday, the 19th in stant, at 12 o’clock, on the Jersey shore of the Hudson, where captain Perry received the fire of captain Heath without returning itj when Commodore Decatur imme diately stepped forward and declared, that commodore Perry had come to the ground with a determination not to return the tire of captain Heath, in proof of which he read a letter from commodore Ferry to him, which he had written, soliciting him to become his friend, and, therefore, he presumed the party aggrieved was satisfi ed. Captain Heath having expressed his acquiescence in tliis opinion, and that the injury he had received from captain Perry was atoned for, the parties return ed to the city. We do hereby 1 certify that the foregoing is a correct statement. Stephen Decatur. R. M. Desha. FROM LIVERPOOL. PHILADELPHIA, October 22. By the ship Jane, Bancroft, arrived yesterday morn ing, in 38 day s from Liverpool, the editors of the Free man’s Journal have received Liverpool papers to the Bth September. Mr Bonnin, a passenger, informed us verbally, that the queen of England hail a relapse of her disorder, was dangerously l iff, and was not expected to recover. The Manchester spinners still continued refractory 1 . A cjecree of the French government had ordered the enrolment of eighty thousand men from the different departments, from which forty thousand were to he detailed for active service, and distributed among the eighty-six French legions. The corps of sir James Lucas Yeo the British naval force on I.akc Champlain 1 up war) v\ as landed at Portsmouth from rii-an Is, froiii Mi-vana. Sir Ja’iu i ’ O’ .(!,'< Ilm L’.i eiiui: -••> I*. ‘ excess of the last quarter, over that of the preceding was upwards of a million and a liMf. Lord Castlereagh had left England to attend the con- 1 gross at Aix-la-Chapelle. Aft eg its conclusion/ th- veieigns of Russia, Austria and Prussia intend to Naples add Rome. llie brother ofthe first, the gradH duke Michael, had arrived in England from Ireland. HI Accounts from Ceylon, v ia Madras, had been at Lloyd’s, and posted up, containing the lame ntable (Bj formation, that general Brownrigg, commander of British forces in Ceylon, with the whole of his stajfll was surrounded in a mud fort in the interior, by Canilians, and all communication cut off. A detcchW ment of the 83d regiment had been cut to pieces. His majesty’s ship Minden had arrived at. Madras from Cey lon, to take off board troops for bis relief. Liverpool, September 4. Bonaparte.—A weekly paper contains the following paragraph; “We have it from the highest authority, that it is the declared purpose of the emperor Alexan der, the moment the congress commences its sitting at Aix-la-Chapelle, to insist on Bonaparte’s being allowed to return to Europe, and either to live in England as a prisoner of war, on his parole; or, should our govern ment refuse its assent to ;liis proposition, to insist upon his removal forthwith from the baiT” ,■ rock upon which lie is at present confined.” * 1 Is appears to be now certain, that the congress of A vereigns will not assemble at Aix-la Chapelle, till tlh 27th of September. September 5. The following is the business of the week: 9U sea islands, 39 3d, good and fair, to 3s sd, tine; 6 bags 3s lid; 10 good fair, stained, 2s; 445 Orleans, middling, 20d; middling fair, a 20$ii —good fair, a id —very good, 22 a 23d; 130 fair Tennessee, 19 jd; 1/89 , boweds, 20d, middling, to 20|d a 20£d, fair—good fair J 20jfd—good 21d, and a few, very fine, 22d; 281 Per- I nams, 2s lsd, middling—2s 2d, good. J 0 k; i t >’ t 0 fy 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLO m 1 Died, in Savannah, on the 21st ult. Mrs. Euzv C. Ay. J dehson, wife of Mr. George Anderson. F.ulogy on her ’ is needless: In the hearts of her surviving re laijjons and acquaintances it is written in characters effaceable only by death. Died, in Worcestershire, England, the right honora ble (and celebrated) Warren Hastings, late governor general of Bengal. Jffiarme PORT OF DARIEnT” ARRIVED. J Schooner Magnet, Gray, 15 day s from with a full cargo of grocers, dry goods, &c.—to JameA FL Giekie, consignee, Hall, Cook Ik Cos. H. ll&rfojJH Thomas Spauldingand WilliamCarnochan. Passe Mm s. M‘Gregor, Schofield, Scllick, Gardner, Mallard 1 and Gbitch. J Sch’r Bright Phoebus, Smith, New-York, 13 day s— J with an assorted cargo—to Baker 8c Welman. I Sloop Paulina Julia, Field, New-York, todays—witbJ merchandise—to A. Kimberly. J'asscngerx, Mr. 1!. Snutl* and family, Messrs. Kimberly, Gennis, Clark, Strong* Damery, Ferguson, C. Smith, W. Smith, J. Smith, jl Wolt, E. Fosdick, K. B. Fosdick, Wing, Mercer, Poll ter, and W-. Demill. I Sloop Linnet, Bowman, New-York, 13 day s—lumber—l to Hail, Cooke Si Cos, On the 24th ult. spoke the brigl Venus, of Rhode-Island bound to Havana, with the lojgp of both masts. On the 26th the L. made Sapelo bar ana spoke the Revenue Cutter, captain Jackson in seven fathoms water. Sloop Independence, Paine, Savannah, 3 days—with dry goods, navy bread and beef—to Hart 8i Cos. Sloop Union, Salowitch, Savannah, 7 days —assorted cargo—to C. Champaigne. Sloop Return, Shaw, from the islands, with shells. The sloop Sparrow, Treat, was to sail from New-i York on the 25th ult. for this port. A A SCHOOL. THE parents and guardians of children residing in’ Darien ahd its vicinity are requested to attend a meeting at the church in this town on THURSDAY NEXT, at eleven o’clock, for the purpose of taking in. to consideration the propriety o* engaging a compe-J tent teacher. As greai inconvenience, nay injury, ban been experienced by the y outh of this place from waul of a seminary of education within their reach, it is hqjß ed and expected that adults interested will gcncfH Lend. nov 2 A meeting of Society vfl lY held ‘Fills EV ftljK iseiy at y urn at Mr. King’s new so Mr. llolzemlorf’i^H YOUNG, Darien and St. Mary’s Packet. W| JL *TMIF. fast sailing boat LADY’ WAKI)fl| n JL will leave Darien every Monday, with thl riptide, for St. Mary’s, whence she will ni ~— Wednesday. The Lady Wardle has a comfortable cabin, and Hj well known as one of the swiftest boats in this country! Apply at the Bar of Mr. Win. B. Holzendorf’s Taverfl nov 2 2 J rpilE M A ONE'S (/jji JL captain for the above porS <v'LrJl\- ()n I sth November. F(jS hi board, or to JAMES H GIEKIE fl Has just received, per schooner Magnet, from Nerw-Yo&m and offers for sale on moderate terms t MB PIPES Naples Brandy Ditto Holland Gin Barrels country ditto Ditto Apple Brandy I Quarter casks Teneriff Wine Chests hy son and hyson -skin Tea Cannisters imperial ditto ditto Bags and tierces Coffee KSmjm Ditto Pimento and black Pepper Boxes Chocolate ! Kegs Gunpowder Ditto sweet scented Tobacco Casks Goshen Cheese Whole and half barrels Shad Ditto ditto Mackerel Barrels Mt nbad n Fish R.c/rels and kms Salmo’ ioa! .o,d luiiij. ’ - 1 ’;.s v. : . to. 1 , 1