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it- a very short time, become more valuable than
any bank stock in tne United States:”
The terms of subscription are liberal—not
more than one-thild of the amount subscribed,
will be required in any one year.— IVin yaw In
telligencer, 6 th mutant.
We learn that on Monday last, the Bth instant,
that Pensacola was delivered to the Spaniards;
that the American troops took up the line of
march tor tort Montgomery immediately after
—that the American citizens, who had located
themselves in Penracola, had one month allowed
the m by the .Spanish government to remove their
goods, etc. in case they did not conclude to re
main in the province.— Mobile Gazette , 15 th inst.
Sale of African Slaves.
On Tuesday, the 4th of May next,
Will he sold, in the town of Milledgeville, at public
sale, to the highest bidder,
“II RTWEE.N thirty and forty prime African SLAVES,
-1 # who have been taken possession of by the slate of
Georgia in consequence of their having been introduc
ed contrary to the laws of this state and of the United
States. Indisputable titles will he made, and prompt
payment required.
By order of the Governor,
CHARLES WILLIAMSON, agent.
march 8 l 20
—'tt
Liveh r stables.
TIIE undersigned have opened, in the city of Darien,
a commodious Livery Stable for the accommoda
tion of travellers and others. The best provender is
furnished in abundance, and white grooms, careful and
steady, constantly attend. One of then? is a skilful far
rier, and foxes, nicks, trims and bobs horses in the most
approved manner. From the arrangements already
made, the proprietors feel confident that in no estab
lishment of the kind in the United States will horses he
better provided or more diligently attended. Profes
sions being however resorted to by the good and the
bad are no evidence of truth or falsehood. Experience
is the test, and a fair trial is all that is solicited by
JOHN COURTS.
JOHN ROUGH TON.
N. B. John Courts will commence running the ac
commodation line of Stages between Darien and Mil
ledgeville about the Ist of November ensuing,
march 15 21
In Chambers, March 6/A/1819.
Present James Troup, mayor, Scott Cray-. 11. Harford,
Armand Lelils, lLc. Grovcnncr/and Calvin Baker,
esquires. f
It vi onlerrM %y the the same, that all
male person /L/,<!n of Darien, and liable to
road dufffyy on of the 13th and
20th second Saturdays, at 8
o’cloctT, npoyerly provided with instruments, that is to
say, w \xfm Awe or a ye, to work on reels and com
mons oraail city, ami all persons negating to attend
to the terms ofjlhs ordinance, shall forfelLthe sum of
two dollars for such neglect.
march B—*3o ‘ JAS. BL KNETT, Wfci*
Notice
IS hereby given that the firm of Bullen & Young was
dissolved on the 18th ultimo. All persons having de
mands against said firm will present them immediately,
and those indebted make payment to
* ‘ JOHN BULLEN.
march 8 —r
One Hundred Dollars’ 1 reward.
STOLEN from the subscriber’s plantation, on Wil
liamson’s swamp, on Sunday, the 10th day of Janu
ary, a negro boy child, about two years and an half old,
named ISHAM; having thick lips, the under lip not so
thick as the upper one, his eye lashes are long and curl
ed, which give him a pert and lively look, well grown
for his age, a scar on the upper part of his breast, about
the size of a six and a quarter cent piece, occasioned by
an ulcer.—The above reward will be paid to any person
who will deliver the said boy to me in Lxfuisville, or
give such information that I can obtain him, and all rea
sonable expences will he paid besides. 1 will also pay
two hundred dollars for the apprehension and.prosecu
tion to conviction, of the villain or villains—
ed there are two concerned, one a nkey, set,
dark skin man, riding a likely dark or brown bay nrsc;
the other riding a likely bay mare. Any information
on the subject, will be thankfully received. \
JACOB BEAL.
Louisville, January 19 n 20.
\ GllAN})
\ SavannahSMrtrch 5, *lßl9.
ITNFA reports havbfg 1 been receive and by
Ligorifriami llacostyf.jwlrtf argsoliciting 1 contriltyitions
fronytne'/tliLs st:/e, for the ttfirpose, as it is
from cajpi/ity among- the
Tnrirt: ,ftn)rl/ol(oxye'ak/fitafmg allowedftorthe 1 said l.igo
rio anJ trutnLrf-meir repre-
Hwaived, That tld* C.raHd notice to
the Jtveral lodgepnmder of this Grand
that thc/Taid Ligorio
tled to masonjc charity, until opinion of the
Grand Lodge of this state shall/iaJSe been communicat
ed. ytlj;tract t from the minutes,
T. N. MOKElV grand sec’ry.
march 1.5 21
Notice.
ON the first Monday in May next will he sold in the
town of Brunswick, Glynn county, five hundred
and fifty LOTS in said town, being for default of an ex
tra tax, laid by the commissioners for the years 1815,
16, IT and 18, agreeable to an act passed in November,
1814. 1. ABRAHAMS, t. c.
Mmnrurickf March Ist, 1819. \ 21
1 ’ ‘ 11 “ *
Notice. “
ON the first Tuesday in May next, will be sold in the
town of Brunswick, Glynn county, ninety LO TS,
in the town of Frederica, being for default of an extra
tax, laid bv the commissioners for the years 1815, 16,
17 and 18, agrceableto anact passed in November, 1814.
I. ABRAHAMS, r. c.
Erunsxvick,.March Ist, 1819 ‘ 21
State of Georgia —Tattnall County.
“Bv James Perry, clerk of the court of ordinary for said
county.
WHEREAS, Mrs. Polly Jones applies for letters of
administration on the estate ot Matthew Junes,
deceased, late of the county of Tattnall. —
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and sin
gular, the kindred, and creditors of the said deceased,
to file their objections, (if any they have,) in my office,
within the time prescribed by law, others ise a letter of
administration w ill be granted.
and sea), this ninth clay of March,
■ - - *_ !
DARIEN,
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1819.
Erkatcm.—ln the Citizen, of last week, instead of
“over element,” read over one element.
We are requested to announce captain Demere a
candidate for major, at the ensuing election inthiscoun
ty, vice major liarrison, promoted.
Fon THE DARIKX GAZETTE,
Messrs. Editors —ln your last week’s paper, T point
ed out the leading objects of the late active speculation
in the stock of the Darien bank, and 1 shall now offer to
my fellow-citizens my view of the probable consequen
ces likely to attend it; to which 1 invite their serious
attention. An agency from this hank established in
Savannah will, in due time, result in a branch, not only
there but also in Augusta. These branches will soon
come in for a share of the business done in those two
places, as they will have all the support of those con
nected with the stock: Competition in business will in
crease and the facility of discounts’ will in
duce speculation; especially as many of the persons
engaged in the present stock, are men of a hold and
enterprising character: independent of regular mer
cantile pursuits, speculations of a colateral nature mav
invite as well their attention as their funds; while the
expectations of profit may suggest schemes, which the
ingenuity of afew devise to get money out of the many.
V ith such active talents in a majority of the stockhold
ers, are we to believe that the business of these branch
es will be circumscribed within any reasonable bounds?
and, if the issues are as extensive as the demands, it will
follow as a consequence that the mother-bank must
keep in the vaults of these two branches a very Jargc
proportion of her specie, otherwise they would be lia
ble to be run on by the other institutions, and dishonor
ed: the blame of which would rest solely on her. By
the 12th section of the charter, “the notes issued by
any of its offices of discount and deposit shall he made
payable at said offices.” This more than probable sur
mise, and the reasoning on it, is so plain that I think all
disinterested men will draw but one conclusion, which
is, that the two branches in Savannah and Augusta will
soon do all the business, while they leave the mother-bank
and her other sickly offspring to linger under the con
taminating touch oi the first and leading principle of
this speculation.
1 have already seated that, though private interest is
the basis of banks, public utility is the object: I am also
free to .confess that, as a stockholder, if I was only to
consult my own interest, 1 should sav the greater the
dividends, so would be my pouts on the stock: But as
the public good is presumed to he connected with this
institution, let me ask il that was not a leading motive
to induce the legislature to grant this charter? Was it
not intended to make Darien a place of commercial con
sequence, and thereby benefit the interests of the south
ern and western parts of the state? Was it not used as
an irresistable argument that Savannah had three banks,
and Augusta one, and that these banks had been indi
rectly a source of opulence to those two cities? that
Darien, on every principle of justice, was entitled to
one, to give correspondent advantages to the other
half of the state? I say, were, not these the strong rea
sons which ultimately carried this bank charter through?
Keeping in view our previous allusions, let us enquire how
the intentions of the legislature are to he carried into
effect? As one individual, I do not hesitate to say, that
this can only he done by keeping the funds of this in
stitution on the waters of the Alutamaha and her tribu
tary streams. True it is that the stock, at first, will not
be so profitable, but that is no reason why the object
for which it was originally created should he defeated:
the primary end must ever be kept in view, as a polar
star to guide its future course. Let its march towards
prosperity be gradual—let a character for prudence,
justice and liberality be first established—let a constant
and superintending care direct its friends to the chan
nel through which they ought to flow: the result of
such a line of conduct will induce mercantile men to
apply to themselves the rule adopted by Mahomet, “of
going to the mountain, as he found, when he called, it
would not come to him.” They will come and sit down
under the wings of this hank and identify their interests
with Darien: finding that here they can obtain hank
facilities, they will become the purchasers of our pro
duce and export it direct, and the course of trade w ill
induce them to import as w ell to suit our wants, as the
means of in part paying for their purchases. The mer
chants in the interior will soon discover that it is to
their interest to deal w ith the first importer, while, at
the same time, they have the option of cither exchang
ing with him their cottons or selling them for the mo
ney of this hank. They already know that a water con
veyance of their merchandize is an immense saving of
expense, and they w ill soon prefer buying in Darien
and using the navigation of the Alatamaha,’ to going to
Savannah or Augusta, from w hence their supplies must
be hauled over land at a great charge. This change in
the course of .trade will enable them to supply their
customers, at a cheaper rate, w ith a greater profit to
themselves. Through the mother-hank and its branch
es to the westward, they will obtain the facilities they
require to meet the demands that may arise between
the period of their purchases and that of receiving pay
ments and getting them to market. There is yet ano
ther beneficial result which will be produced by confin
ing the business of this bank to the southern and west
ern parts of the state, which is, that its paper will tra
vel wide off from both Savannah and Augusta, and form
a course of circulation for itself: it will take such a di
rection that its return will he at remote periods, and
thereby enable the institution to enlarge the sphere of
its utility on the the most sure and solid grounds. The
brief view- which 1 have taken of this subject, I trust,
Messrs, editars, is sufficient to induce those interested
in the prosperity of this section of country to delibe
rate seriously, 1 shall make hut a few observations
more; one of which is, that at the present period it is
certainly all important that this bank should be free
from the suspicion of either stock-jobbing or specula
tion, at least that the predominant interest should lie so.
Asa primary step, this can in a degree be effected by
a judicious selection of directors: the quarter of voca
tion ought not to standard, hut the enquiry
should be as to qualifications and principles. In those
who stand high for character, integrity, sound judg
ment and attention to business, you have a pledge for
their future good conduct. All who are not specula
ting stockholders will remember that this bank charter
is different from any other in the state, and that any de
ficiency or loss by the management of the bank falls on
them. By the 15th section, “ilie persons and property
of the stockholders shall he pledged and hound in pro
portion 1o the amount of the value of shares that each
individual may hold, for the ultimate redemption of the
bills,” etc.. The directors, by the 7th rule of the 9th
section, are liable for anv mismanagement, but this re-
I sponsibility becomes nugatory, if any such director is on
ly worth as much as qualities him for a seat: the stock
holders in fact become the security of such a one. My
j object, Messrs, editors, in giving you my views of this
; important subject, is to promote the public good and
. set on foot an enquiry into the true interest of this insti
tution as connected with Darien and the w estern parts
of tiie state. I have not designedly said any thing which
can, or ought to, hear hard on the feelings of any honest
man, and I again invite a union among the upright and
j honorable part of the community, so as discountenance
[speculation and support the true interests of this sec-
- _ A Uil'l/.EN.
WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. |
Darien, March 15, 1819.
Cotton, sea-island, per lb. ------ 50 a52
I)o. upland do 22 a 24
Rice, 5 50 a 5 75
Corn, per bushel, 1 00 a 1 12 £
Flour, Phil’a, per barrel, .... 12 al2 50
Sugar, Georgia, per cwt 12 00 a 14 00 1
Molasses, Georgia, per gallon, 60 a 62 J
Rum, Darien, 4tli proof, do. - - - 1 37£ a 1 43f
Rum New-England, 73 I
Ditto, Jam. -, 1 45 a 1 50
Brandy, Cognac, per gallon, - - - 250a 275
Whiskey, per gallon, - - 65 a7O
Gin, Holland, per gallon, 1 25 a 1 50 1
Sugar, Muscovado, per cwt. ----- 15 J a 17 I
Coffee, per lb. 35 a 37£
Tea, per lb. 1 40 a 45
Bacon, Georgia, lb ---18 a 20
Pork, per bl. - - - - 26 a 28
Tobacco, leaf, per cwt. ------ none
Soup, per lh 12 a 13
Candles, northern mould, ------ 19 a2l j
Ditto Georgia ditto, ------- 23 a27 j
Iron, per cwt. 4 a 7 I
Steel, ditto, - -- -- - 9aloj
Lead, bar, 10 a 12 j
Powder; keg, - -- -- -- -- ..8a 10
Shot, cwt. ----------- 10 all
Ranging Timber, per 1000 feet, - - 800a10 00
Scantling, ----- ditto - - 14 00 a 15 00 I
Boards, pitch pine - - ditto - - 22 00 a23 00 j
Ditto, white ditto - - - ditto - - 25 00 a3O 00
Staves, W. O. per 1000, 20 00
Ditto, R. O. ditto none
Shingles, - - ditto ----- 350 a450
Advance on British Goods.
Woollens, * 50
Cottons, - -- -- -- -- - - -45 aSO
•
On the 4th February, a Spanish sloop of war went
out from the Havana for the purpose of capfuring a pa
triot brig which hau had appeared of the Moro castle.
An engagement took place within sight of the town,
which lasted two hours, when the smoke clear
ed away, and the sloop of war war was seen jogging off
with the buccaneer. Four days after nothing had been
heard of them, which led the people at Havana to be
lieve the Spanish Venus, after dancing the fandango,
had knocked under to the patriot Mars.
The New-York Evening Post mentions a report,
that general Jackson, on his return from that place to
Washington City, would resign his military commission
in order that he might be appointed governor of Flo
rida. Wc have no objection to such an appointment;
because it is our opinion his services in those provinces
during the late war with England have a greater claim
on the gratitude of the nation than the services of any
man living; but while we thus willingly bear testimony
to his virtues, far, far, be from our thoughts she wish
that his usurpation of the congressional powers, liis dis
obedience of orders, and mockery of trials (when life
and death were pending) should be fofgotten. Let
even handed juatice deal’out his meed, and while she
crowns his virtues, reprehend his errors. The sena
torial chamber will, we trust, act impartially, and leave
to future generations the memento, that the shortest
road to imperishable fame is defined by the limits of
the constitution.
The legislature of Massachusetts closed their winter
session on the 20th nit. after passing 90 acts. Among
the number is an act, making highway robbery with in
tent to kill, or maim with a dangerous weapon, a crime
punishable with death.
The seventy-four gun ship, building at Washington
City, was launched on the 2s inst. and, in honor of
the district, named the COLUMBIA.
The state of New -York, according to the annual re
port of tiie commissary general, possesses one hundred
and twenty-two pieces of iron ordnance, one hundred
and twelve of brass, and twenty-seven thousand one
hundred an forty-eight muskets.
h: consequence of a communication respecting red
.W", published in the New-York Gazette of the 2.3d ult.
a suit iias been commenced by Jacob Barker against the
editors for damages, estimating them at fifty thousand
dollars.
II if Last Night's Mail.
The Ga. Journal, of the 9th inst. contains the report of
the committee appointed by the governor, in conformi
ty with a resolution of the last legislature of Georgia,
to ascertain the true head or source of the St. Mary’s
river. This document proves that the northern branch
of that river is the larger stream, and that it rises not in
nor traverses the Oket'onoke swamp, which is consid
erably below-the elevation of the banks of the river
The line of debarkation between Georgia and East Flo
rida, as settled by Ellirott and the Spanish deputation,
is likewise acknowledged by the commissioners to be
the true boundary.
The president of the United States is said to have set
out from Washington, 6th instant, on his tour to the
south.
.inrtfs squadron lost. —By the arrival of a brig on the
sth instant, at New-York, in 35 days from Carthagena,
intelligence (Spanish of course) has been received that
Aurv’s squadron, consisting of six or seven sail, were
all driven ashore at Old Providence, about the Bth of
December, in a hurricane; and that only a few pieces of
cannon were saved. The number of lives lost was un
knotvn. The Spaniards, it is said, were fitting out an
expedition to capture the survivors.
Letters received at New-York via Curracoa from Mar
garetta and St. Thomas mention the arrival 0f2500 Eng
lish troops, commanded by a colonel English, at the
Oronoke, for the patriot service; and that admiral Brion
was at Margaretta, which port commodore Jolly, w ith
eight sail, had left on a secret expedition.
J'rices at Liverpool, January I.—Cotton, uplands, Is
4jd a Is 8d; New-Orleans, Is 5d a Is 9jd; sea-island 2s
Sd a3s 8d; do. stained, Is 7d uls 11 j—all brisk. Rice
44s a 4(s—dull.
CONGRESS.
From the National Intelligencer—March 3.
The senate were principally occupied, yesterday, ir
discussing of private hills, of which we arc not able to
obtain an account for tins day’s paper.
Between the senate and house of representatives,
yesterday, the bjll for the admission of Missouri terri
tory in the union, w-as rejected. The house refused,
by a majority of tw o votes, to concur in the amendment
of the senate, for expunging the restriction on slavery
in the new state. The senate adhered to its amend
ment, and the house to its disagreement. The bill fell
through of course. This decision, however, does not
affect the hill for erectinga new territorial government
in the southern part of tiie Missouri territory.
In like manner was lost, by a disagreement respecting
amendments, the bill supplementary to the act prohi
biting the importation of slaves.
From the same of March 4.
The congress of the United States adjourned last eve
ning, beyond w hich their constitutional term of sen ice
did not permit them to extend the session. The list of
the law s passed at the present session which w e shall
publish, will shew what has been done. For the pre
sent we must content ourselves with stating some of the
most prominent proceedings.
First in importance, it may be mentioned that the hill
which had passed the senate, changing the mode of dis
posing of the public lands, did not pass. It was debated
a short time yesterday, in the house of representatives,
put aside by an accidental interruption of
•i :V'L
spired, so shew that somewhere about two thirds of thd
house were in favor of the principle of the bul, and that
it would have passed had time been allowcu for a pro
per discussion of it, which was vehemently denied, and
with some reason too, by the opponents ot the bill. In
deed too many propositions of real importance have,
for the same reason, slept out their existence.
The bill authorizing the establishment of a provisional
government for Florida, in the event ot the ratification
of the treaty of cession by Spain, has become a law-.
The bill fixing the day, (the second Monday in No*
vember,) for the meeting of the next congress, w hich
had passed the senate, failed in the house of representa*
tives, being indefinitely postponed, on the motion ot Mr.
Barbour.
The bill concerning invalid pensioners, and the bill
establishing additional post routes, have become laws.
The act to amend the act incorporating the subscrib
ers to the bank ot the United States, has become a law.
The bill in addition to the acts prohibiting the impor
tation of slaves into the United States, was not, as we
had supposed, lost, in consequence of a disagreement
between tiie two houses respecting the amendments.
It has become a law , and is perhaps the most interesting
to the national character of any act passed during the
present session.
That act authorizes the president to direct the armed
vessels of the United States, to intercept on the coast
of Africa or elsewhere, any vessels engaged in the slave
trade, and bring them into the United States. It pro
vides for the allowance of twenty-five dollars for every
slave brought into the United States, under circum
stances justify ing the belief of an intention to introduce
them illegally into the U. S.—and of fifty dollars for each
slave discovered to have been illegally introduced into
the United States. The slaves, when thus captured on
the ocean, or discovered in our country, to be held in
trust by the United States, until they can be transport
ed back to Africa, &c.
ifE JlDarinc JMd?. jtfK
PORT OF DARIEN.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Ann, Modern, Havana—6 days—with cof
fee, sugar and molasses—to Wm. Carnochan, and James
11. Giekie 8c Cos. ow ners.
Schooner Bright Phoebus, Smith, Turtle River,
3 days—corn and cotton—to James 11. Giekie & Cos.
The wrecker sloop Prince Maurice, Bradford,
Bahama Key, 3 days—with sugar, coffee and wine,
shipped by John Smith, an inhabitant of that island.
GCj’Such is the report givefi one of the editors of the
Darien Gazette by a Mr. Ilulse, who came in the vessel.
But we have information from a creditable source, that
leads us to suspect the property to have been taken from
a Spanish v essel, captured by the piratical schooner
Hornet, commanded by a buccaneer named Beatty.—
This pirate burned the Spanish brig at the west end of
the Grand Bahama, after the cargo had been landed at
the plantation and placed under the care of the above
mentioned Smith, w ho knows the colonial laws too w ell
to dare to send any articles saved from wrecks to the
United States, and also that no American vessel is al
lowed to wreck on the Bahama banks, winch are Eng
lish territory. Besides, as he is not a commercial man
but a planter, he could have no inducement to prefer
an American market to Nassau. But, if the property
in question were even saved from the ocean, the send
ing of it to an American port for sale, before undergo
ing legal adjudication, is a species of dishonesty w hich
should be discountenanced by every honest man, and of
which no honorable one would he guilty. A Mr. Van
Allen, formerly commander of the Viper, (which was
captured by the Buenos Ayrean brig of w ar San Martin,
for cruising w ithout regular papers) arrived in the
Prince Maurice. Mr. Ilulse was one of his officers.
Sloop Matthew, Cummings, St. Mary’s, 2 days—
furniture—to George Atkinson and John Dexter.
Norfolk, Snowden, Charleston, 2 days—an as
sorted cargo—to Sawyer 8c Herring.
Collector, Caswell, Savannah, 2 days—with an
assorted cargo—to Sawyer 8c Herring, Baker 8c Wel
man, C. Thayer, B. King 8c Cos. and others.
For Liverpool
% TANARUS/F E fast-saHmg lJfmsh ship LORD WEL
JULINGTON, jlfitchcll, master, will sail on
ind amLireathcr permitting. For freight
or ftf^jdp^nav-ing excellent accommodations, apply to
W w / JAMR,S H. GIEKIE 8c CO.
march 15 — 21
n For Havana. ~
fpjt FflllF* staunch fast-sailing’ schooner ANN,
j/r r captain Modern, intended as a regular
rfader, haSungtwo thirds of her cargo engaged J
Sail ilk eight day s. For freight or puß
sage, having aomfortkble accommodations,
the board, or H
fAMES H. GEIKIE 8c CO.®
FiiJt'ijeerrmi Jht ahove vessel, and for sale , V
piyfne white and brown Sugar
10 bags nalfne Coffee,
march 15* w 21
WHISKEY, FLO Ult, FORE. ’
A®© ban^fWhiskey,
* 80 dfuf Flour,
Pork,
1 F cases Hats,
ji lo hogsheads Molasses,
\Vi4n#i general assortment of Groceries, Hardware,
and Tin ware, for sale by ANSON KIMBELY.
inarch 8 h 20
The subscribers
HAVE JUsV RECEIVED, AND tffFER FOR SALE}
as barmSsßye Whisl^ey
4 Goshtnl Butter
lyH/oxes PruuteK
—-ffmFXo cont?& Sweetmeats
jf JLs hogsh/ads v. o. Sugars
ft 5 casks best London Poster
V/ 5 barrels Mackerel \
a/resh assortment of SugaKPlumbs
Vtrunk fine men’s Shoes. N,
/ GAL DRY, CHAMP AVNE, 8c Cos.
march 15 1-
For sale
A two story HOUSE, situated in one of the pleasant
est parts of Darien, and at present occupied had
Charles F. Sibbald, esq. comprising as
establishment as any in the city. The house
s,\ rooms; and has attached to it a comfortable mHHH
servants’ apartments, a stable, sow l-house,
a Well of most excellent water, F<.r
lars and terms apply to J
march 15—21
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