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FROM BUENOS AYRES. Extract of a letter dated Buenos Ayres, 26 th August, communicated for the Maryland Cen sor. “The 13th day of this month were put into close confinement Mr. Manuelde Sarratea, Juan Pedro Aguirre, Miguel Yrigoyen, and a brother of Dosa], with many others. It is said that Ola ban ieta, an intimate friend of the Director Pucr rydon, disclosed the plan formed by those per sons of embarking the director, after taking him by surprise while at his country seat, and send ing him to some of the islands of Parana. All these persons, although the most respectable in this country, are kept in irons; but the general opinion is, that all this proceeding is only a pre text for ruining them. Cossio is the judge ap pointed bygovernment for the trial, yet after six days of the most rigorous confinement, not one witness has been examined. The war of the Portuguese with the Orientals, under the com mand of general Artigas* goes on with much rancor on both sides, and heroic bravery on the part of the Patriots. The Portoguese are cer tainly superior by water, but not by land; for their military parties, if any number not exceeding 200 men; never return when they dare move from Montevideo and Colonia. These foreign troops pillage, without distinction, the property of the natives of Buenos Ayres, and that of the Orien tal Banda. The inhabitants of the province of Cornentas returned under gen. Artigas’ authority as soon as the fears of the expedi tion from Buenos Ayres were over. The pro vince of Sapta Fee remains independent of Bu enos Ayres: its governor, Vera, has been dis missed by the people, on suspicion of connec tion with the director, Puerydoit. Chili is per fectly quiet, but the inhabitants are dissatisfied with the execution of the Carreras and that of the lawyer Rodriguez, who was shot in the act of be big escorted to exile. Jose Miguel Carrera has issued a manifesto from Montevideo, wherein he complains of the execution of his broth ers, and attributes this outrage to San Martin, Puerrydon and O’fliggins. The Patriot army seems to he encreasing for the expedition against l.ima. A loan of 500,000 dollars is asked here for this puspose. The speedy departure of this prevents me from sending you a manifesto I from this government, to justify the arrest of the persons mentioned, and whose fate has been miti gated by the unanimous clamors of the people. It is a token of their speedy liberation.” .Extract of another letter , communicated for the Censor , dated Buenos Ayres, Aug. 18. “ I fear you will be much disappointed in the expected infofmution to be derived from the pa pers published in this city; they generally con tain (the Journal of congress excepted) only the extracts froxn European and other papers, and very little cT a domestic nature, civil and govern rm nt appointments excepted; however, 1 will endeavor/ to accomplish your wish, and will fa cilitate Mom good hands such information as may be interesting of the current events. “ SanJ Martin has arrived in safety at Mend*, a to ‘ ig for an K Curacoa, NHcmbcr 21. ■ o learn by the George Washington, 4 days P 1 Margaritta, that on the 14th inst. a despatch . receiv ed by admiral Biion from lord Coch- I staling that his tordohip had arrived at the ptigos, (a small island to windward of Marga te) with lour vessels under his command, and Hii Gregor Mac G regor sailed from England Hi same time with his lordship, with 3000 the Independents of Venezuela.— : Bp h on the receipt of this news at Mar jH^B.iscbarge of art'dlery from the |Hh of war, followed by the ringing of announced the welcome tidings to Lord Cochrane's Hag slit]a 4 guns, had been struck by lightning previous to her arrived at Tcstigos, He foremast somewhat injured. retort's squadron lying at Bampatar, consisted frigate pierced for 30guns, but only mount-! 22, two brigs of 18 guns each, four schooners | each, and about 20 sail of fcluchas of was destined for secret expedi- inerrt fan. mlmr hu! “hiell Was taken : ‘ 1; - . ;2’ ’v ‘■’* <. y-j’ “•'/ * ■ - . * ,* ‘v* ■ V’ ‘ \ • ’ -. The Mowing Is an extract of a letter from a gentle-1 man on board of the United Suites frigate Guerriere, ! which lately carried out our minister to Russia, to a member of Congress. Elsineur, ( DenmarkJ Aug. 31, 1818. “The Guerrierc arrived here yesterday; pas sage thirty-five days from Boston, and seven from! Isle of Wight, where wc anchored three day on account of the ill health of the female part of our company. Our ship excited the curiosity of the English to a degree beyond my ability to de scribe. From morning till night our decks were covered with visitors, among whom were all the nobility of the island, and a great many from London and Ireland, who usually resort to the island at this season of the year for their health.— It might be supposed that the Franklin had satis fied their desire to see an American man of war, but it seems to have had the contrary effect. I believe about every person of distinction in the port, civil and military, made us a visit; and admirals or post captains, to conceal their curi osity from us, came as strangers, and left us in cog.—one of these, whom we afterwards recog nized on shore, finding himself detected, very fa miliarly entered into a description of the excel lencies and defects he had noticed in the ship, but finally concluded with the frank acknowledg ment that she was the best frigate he ever saw. “It was very amusing to witness the itching desire of the people to learn our origin, the part of England whence our ancestors emigrated, their endeavors to trace our kindred of the same name, their regrets that nations so closely allied should have been at war, Sec. See. but not a word about impressing seaman. “The Isle of Wight is about 5 leagues from the main land, is very fertile, and thickly settled, but contains no objects of curiosity except some remains of antiquity. Among these is a castle in the center of the island, in which Charles I. was taken, and the window is now open through ! which he attempted an escape, a short time be j fore he was taken to London to be executed. ! The most rare object in the castle is a well 260 feet deep. There is a church near it built in the 11th century. “Mr, Campbell .has some little business with the Court of Denmark, which detains us a day or two, after which we proceed to Petersburg. “Elsinem is a large sea-port town well fortifi ed, and was the residence, you well know, of Shakspeare’s Hamlet. The castle of that Prince, now in ruins, is about 3 miles from the shore.” ■■■ A correspondent who has seen Williams* mo tion to reduce the army, and who was contempo raneously reminded of the defective organization of the militia of the United States, suggests that the latter should, in the order of things, be made efficient, before the former is made inefficient. Perhaps our correspondent is right. We hope, w hatever happens, that the present session will not pass over without an attempt to give unifor mity to the organization of the militia, and to im part to it a character of energy and precision.— Nat. Intel. Dec. 11. The pirates who arrived in the United Ulocy of war Hornet, were indicted by Boston, on the r~lh inst. and ■.! ‘<< (>:> Jill’ i m M WF Jk ■ft mm • , v ” ~’v : ||||W i ■■■ i W V j&ftft ‘ 1 i. i 1 • *noi yet bn. ■:; made anuniinted wit lar raiiM , <.;'U'<- f.iihm , but from a \ eumstaiu t ■ we a,, indue* and to bedew, t be found in a decided opposition to the by the whites and half breeds in the This, they no doubt think their w isest policy; and, lindeed, viewing them as cultivators of the soil, pind closely approximating to the habits of civil ized life, we cannot blame them for wishing to remain w here they are—wc are persuaded, how ever, that the bulk of the nation are willing to sell—and if the government will pursue the right measures the time is not very distant. The fact is, we cannot do w ithout the counntry, and must have it at some firice. We arc gratified to hear that the treaty is left open—that the Indians ex press the highest approbation of the liberal offers of the government, and will, no doubt, eventual ly accede to them. THE MILITIA. In pursuance of a resolution of the senate, at its last session, requiring from the department of war statements of the strength and organization of the militia of the United States, and of the militia laws of the several states, a report has been transmitted to that body, by Mr. secretary Calhoun, from the adjutant general of the Unit ed States. We are sorry to find, from the re port, that the returns arc generally very defec tive k w here returns are received, but that in sonm cases ho “returns at all lum: been war department; although letten^^^^ ress ‘ cd, specially requestiiww:ctu#m J To dc made, and the request was lime to those w ho had failed to attend From Vermont, from Delaware, fronwP**m4£ia, from Tennessee, from Indiana, from Mississip pi, and from Michigan and Alabama terri tories, mo returns have been received. From Maryland and South Carolina, returns have been received of the militia laws, but not of the strength of the militia; from Virginia, the strength of the militia has been returned, but not the militia laws. From Louisiana, Illinois, and Missouri, the effec tive strength, but not the organization of the mi- AUi is returned. “Letters have been received,” I says the adjutant and iktpector general, “from! “the adjutants general of South-Carolina, Mary land, Mississippi, and Delaware, stating that it “is not in their power to report the organization “and strength of the militia of their states, con formably to the resolution. The adjutant gen “eral of Virginia reports, that their militia laws “are so distributed through the several acts of as sembly, that a digest cannot readily be made.” From such defectMK materials, it is obvious that much valuable iTOrmation cannot be glean ed. Wc have official evidence, indeed, that the militia system is wretchedly defective; but that wc knew too well before. The returns made to the department of war, loose as they are, exhibit the following result: Massachusetts, * 70,736 New-llampshifc, 25,794 Rhode-Island, , * 8,350 Connecticut, S’ t 20,573 Vermont, yno return New-York, \ / 112,586 Nevv-Jersey, ) y 35,169 f 118,018 Delaware, \ / no return Maryland, 1 > no return North-CiaclJfi, 50,387 South-Car®, no return Georgia^/no return Kentucky, 52,745 Ohio/ 61,938 TcunessceX > no return Louisiana, 9,894 Jhdiana, > V no return Mississippi, { \ no return Illinois, v \ 2,123 Missouri territory, ** 6,502 Michigan terriitay, no returns Alabama territq*’, no returns From such data aCthe above facts present, the militia of the states Aom which the returns are wanting; may be estimated at 150,000; Nvhich, with the returns that are received, will make the total upwards of We are quite su*bif Ihe returns were awWecise as (hev tmU the numbers enisled in the be foumLcon,siderably a ujXmKP—jVat. STERN BA^KS. Extract of a lelter froki a gentleman in\)hxo , to his eorees/iondefn'in Pmloddjihia, dated Nov. 12, 1818. V “You will no doujjLhaVe heard, to hand, the of the part of banksjCWugh not per haps, thatJiCy owcjyJie U bank g7S(),OOQjr Sir, it islßrictly true, and Faunot be demedffjTthe hypotheftted junto, witjj sctoUtrs. The bankmat Cincinnati, vflT “The M|ami Exporting ConXaiay,” “Farmers and Me-’ chahves,” and have all made a ‘Stand. The ■moral govertiment in sel ling land in the Ohio, had given direc tions to the IcHjd-ofliccV) r*f all -f; ; ‘1 ‘ i!u: i rum h bank, at present —io that COTvpletely suspended, so far as respects orations of that bank. Every body seems to jew tify the conduct of the directors of the banks, and it is very probable those of Chilicofl will soon follow their example—in fact, no doubt, if the branch there attempts to maH a press upon the state banks, it will be done! j ■ New- York, December 15. A letter from Curacoa, dated November 20, says—“A fleet of small vessels sailed from here a forprtght ago, under convoy of a Dutch brig of them the Dutch schooner Harmo ny. The day after their depahme, they fell in with two Independent cut off’ and captured two Spanish vessels, nlew up a Spanish >rt'med brig, took possession oftfceHar monvydiid sent her up to Margarita. AV etere of the fate of the remainder but are led to believe they ThelSrttJi frigate EurydJce has of the robbeT**, and our adopt all possible mcasur(uTJlßkt|sjrrthe schooner, and to receive ample ssmsfactiduTor t|iis violation of our flag. T+it privateers belong to’ Baltimore, and tlgcfr owners arc merchants there.” CAUTION. There arc in circulation ten dollar bank notes, said to be of the state bank of New-York, dated 1815. The Stranger’s Guide of 1818, in enume rating the banks of New-York, makes no men tion of such a bank. —Char Times. IMPORTANT. Extract of a letter from an official source at Washington, to a gentleman in JYorfolk', dated Tuesday, Decem ber 8. “1 add this to my letter of yesterday, to inform you, that the commercial treaty made between this Coun try and England, by Messrs. (dallaUa and Hush, has been received here. Rv It we are restored to the right of fishing, as established by the treaty of 1783; and our western boundaries are extended to th® 1 .K: ic Ocean, miming as far north as lat. 41}, in vy.ueh the mouth and course of tire Columbia River are included. Our boundary in that dhcetion, was the Mississippi, previous to this arrangement. The West-liulia trade, they would not allow us, but we should be well satisfied to carry two points out of three —may it always be the case*. 1 his ime Licence is certain.” FROM RIO JANEIRO. Rv the arrival of the brig James Murdoch, at New- York, advices from Rio Janeiro to the 4?h of October have been received. A passenger in her states, that Artigas, with 800 troops, had been successful in several late skirmishes with the Portuguese; and about the Ist of September, distant about three leagues from the Portuguese lines at Monte Viedo, he had an engagement with them, in which he took 200 horses, and from fifty to sixty prisoners, and lost but one ma . News had just reached Monte Viedo from Chili,'that the patriots had had several engagements on the coast of Chili, and had been successful in every instance. From the Milledgeville Journo'. REPORT Os the State Commissioners to the Executive, relative to the Boundary between this State and the Creek Indians. William Rabun, governor, etc. of the State of Georgia. Sin —The honorable Wilson Lumpkin, United States* commissioner for determining the lines of the Creek lands, treated for b v general Mitchell in January of the present year, having notified us, that he should leave MilledgeviUe on the 20th ult. for the purpose of visit ing the southern tract, and designating the boundary between that part of the state and the Indians, we ac companied him to Fort-I law kins. The route by Fort- Hawk ins was adopted, that he might obtain necessary explanation from the agent, arrange the attendance of the Indian commissioners, an interpreter and a military escort. These dispositions being effected, we left Fert- Hawkins for Hartford, which place we reached on Monday, 23d ult. and were there detained until Friday, the Indian deputation not presenting themselves to ac company ns before that time. Receiving no intelli gence from our escort, it was resolved to pursue our course down the Ocmulgee without them, leaving direc tions for them to follow us, Wc crossed the river about twenty-seven nnlcs below Hartford, piloted by major Cothran, a gentleman minutely acquainted with the country we were about investigating. Progressing about eight miles further down, brought us to a creek, which the Indians had been accustomed to call tlio Al-ca-sak-a-li-kie, and on which the whites, who explor ed the country some years back, appear to have des stowed the name of Bighouse creek. T his stream, its position, bearings, length and direction of its prongs, and indeed in most of its localities and natural circumstances, presents a striking corn spondence with ||||e signification of its Indian name,* tl.emap forward the war department, and wi h the agent’s dcs- considermle crock, above ISlackshea, ’j road,” versawith the United States* commissioner, particularly, in bis com. munication to the exectjtigfr of Georgia, under date February 3d, 1818. these coincidences, and an accumulation of from the most re spectable sources that this creek, had been commonly myifflffned by the Indians'as Aiie Al-ca-sak-a-U-kic, lett in our own mind’s of this being the identical crock contemplated in the treat)’, yet it was judged eligible to accompany the Indian commissioners to the one, which they were instructed to designate, on thi present occasion. They at length conducted us to a water course, about five miles below Placl shear’s presenting more the appearance of a gully, or H>anch, than a considerable creek, and bearing so umch thejuyer, that a line passing by its head vnustin from ten to twelve miles bc.oiv I •!)■•<! ‘ I, and ml": ‘ a line W hBQHHBV i-kv, !,.■'•! cm* ii j • ie: hd> i<a* i >:< cmal ’ ‘ - “fM ’■-"d r- ■jlv rejected, oh coucern irned to tho lich we pre . a friendly :aiselves to ur proceed dings of the measuring :ct line, pro pter the ne vas run and i-sak-a-li-kie ast, the dis thc river t this point, that the In proteetion, provisions forty miles irospect of imissioners, ne attempt id, until ho ire its coni i ne measure, presents no impediment to the pro ceedings of the legislature respecting the land com promised, us part of the line is determined and the situ ation of the ivhole, can be exhibited on the map with sufficient accuracy. We have the honor to be, with high esteem, your excellence’s most obedient, etc. Wh. Green, _ . . Hez. Lucky, 5 state comvnmonere. * Al-ca-sa-ka-li-kie signifies, we are informed, “a ket. tic boiling in a crcck”—and the creek called by the whites, Bighousk, has several springs, rising from lime stone cavities, nearly circular, which emitting torrent>k of gas, present a striking resemblance to a large kettle in a state of ebullition. The trusfbiaiof at the Church cn^M^HtflilfcDAy^LNiT—to which meet ing the. are invited to attend, as business of hud before them. The will designated by of To Merchants. A young man, who can give good recommendations, wishes for a situation as CLEItK in a store. Has been in a store about tw o years. line addressed to N. N. and left akikjsoffice, or of Mr. Anson Kim berly, will meet With attention., dec 28 —*■ m—lo VCOU.YTIfI^CIIOOL. A. LIBERAL salary per annum will be given to any gentleman capable, in every respect, to take charge of a small country school. Application to be made by the Brunswick mail to William Bcrrie, esq. Little Satilla Neck,