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After which, on a subsequent day, when some
other witnesses were examined, it appeared there
was a material variance, on a particular fact, be
tween their evidence and that of colonel Butler;
and it was mentioned to Mr. Eaton, by the chair
man, that the probability was, that the colonel
had been mistaken as to that fact, and advised
him to mention the circumstance to him, that if
on reflection, he should think he had fallen into
an error, he might be able to correct him. This
information was given to colonel Butler, as Mr.
Eaton afterwards stated, and the colonel sent
word, by Mr. Eaton, that he had on reflection,
discovered his mistake, and desired the commit
tee to altar his deposition; but Mr. Eaton was re
quested to inform the colonel that he must at
tend to it himself; that it could not be done in his
absence, and on the suggestion of another per
son.
It is true that Mr. Burrill did state to the offi
cer examined, that he would write out his depo
sition in a fairer hand, and he would be| called,
upon to sign it. But it is a fact equally true, and
which should have been stated in colqnd But
ler’s last deposition, that those officers left the
city before time was given for the depositions to
be made out, and remained absent until near \he
close of the session, and after the report .and
documents were printed. It was not to have been
expected that, after the fairness, as well as the
kindness of that committee towards colonel But
ler, as it regarded his testimony; that he would,
on his oath, afterwards have indulged himself in
any reflections on that committee; nioi;e especial
ly when it is considered (if the stricturclbe true,
and it is believed they were written* under his
eye) that he was mistaken in another! fket That
was stated by him—that of the governorlof Ten
nessee being in Nashville when general 3ackson
called out and organized the volunteers. There is
no disposition felt to injure the feelings of colonel
Butler, but he should not have invited discus
sion on a subject of such delicacy to himself.
But, to silence forever all clamor on the sub
ject of the depositions, and to remove every
doubt from the minds of the most suspicious, they
are referred to the original depositions themselves
on file in the office of the secretary of the sen
ate, and in the very words used by them, and
written by Mr. Burrill, and examined and ap
proved by the witnesses themselves. And, if
the trouble be taken to compare the original de
positions with the printed copies, it will be found
that not a single alteration was made but those
of a verbal nature, except in the deposition of
general Gibson, in two paragraphs, which were
made by himself, and at his own request, and
with his own hand, in the presence of Mr. Bur
rill and the chairman, and after his deposition
was in the hands of the printer.
£ To be continued . J
Just received
f3©®D bushels N. C. Corn
A few barrels Whiskey
Ditto ditto Pork and Flour
Cases domestic Goods
Ditto first quality Hats and Hoots
for sale by C, lIIA\ER.
april 12 ■— 25
To Lumber-C
for the Darien Steam Mill ten thou
s f sand PINE LOGS, either round, flat or square,
say so much per thousand feet, under 30 feet long, from
30 to 40 feet, and from 40 to 60 feet long.
None of the timber will be wanted cut until Novem
ber next, or delivered until January.
Any person’wishing to contract for 1000 or more logs
per year, for due or more years, will please apply to the
subscriber. 1 ROSWELL KING,
april 12 125
1 Lumber.
THE subscriber has for sale from eighty to one hun
dred thousand feet of 1 and 1$ inch Boards, Scant
ling and Plaffli, and has every reason to expect a large
supply during the summer. Orders for particular des
criptions of Lumber will be promptly attended to, and
notice given when it is ready for delivery. To prevent
the least delay of vessels sent for cargoes, Mr. R. L.
Holcombe who resides near my Lpmber l aid will be
always ready to attend to the wishes of purchasers.
ARCHIBALD FLARK.
St. Mary’s, fGa.J March 27, 181 V- c 25
Georgia —Mclntosh county.
By James Burnett, clerk of the court of ordinary, for
the county and state aforesaid. I I
“M WTHEREAS, Mary Ann Oneal has this aM|
▼ ? plication for letters of administration, stat?
and effects of Mary Woodruff, deceased.
These ai’e, therefore, to cite and admonisV, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of the saw deceas
ed, to file their objections (if any they liavft) in my
office, on or before the first Monday in July nex\ other
wise letters of administration will be granted hei,
I Given under my hand and seal this 7th day of April,
r 1819. JAMES BURNETT, c.\.o.
april 12 25
■
Georgia —Wayne county.
By P. Bryan, clerk of the court of ordinary, for th*
county and state aforesaid.
WHEREAS, Rigdon Brown and Harriet Burney
apply for letters of administration on the estate
of Meshack Burney, deceased.
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,
on or before the 12th May, otherwise letters of adminis
tration will be granted the applicant.
Given under my hand and seal of office this 12th day
f April, 1819. P. BRYAN, c. c. o.
april 12
Notice.
THE undersigned intending to leave Darien for a
ihort iais appointed Mr. John pod,<, and Mr.
DARIEN ;
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1819.
(£/* Persons in arrears for subscription to the Darien
Gazette are requested to make payment to Messrs. Kappel
& Bart let in Suvannuh, or to the proprietors in Darien.
(O’ Various interpretations, and many of them un
warranted, being given to the correctional notice insert
ed in our last number, we think it proper to state, that
our observations were confined to that part of our cor
respondent’s article, which represented Mr. Jenkins as
coming to town in company with colonel Hopkins and
his father, and not extended to any subsequent or preced
ing act which may have been imputed to Mr. Jenkins,
whose anivalonly was mentioned byourauthor. Others,
we are told, consider the notice in question as the joint
apology of the editors and their correspondent. Such
are assured that the gentleman who furnished the ac
count of the fatal affair was not privy to the correction
we made, nor in Darien at the time it appeared; and,
for ourselves, we have merely to say, that no apology
was either asked for or offered. We found that an inac
curacy had crept into our columns, and thought it a duty
we owed to ourselves, as well asto the community, whose
servants we are, to correct it; and feel confident, our cor
respondent’s regard for truth will never allow him to let j
an error, how trifling soever it may be, pass from him,
while the means of rectifying it are in his power.
SUMMARY.
Farmers’ Magazine. —Proposals for anew periodical
work, to bear the following title, have been issued by
Calvin Jones, M. D. member of the North Carolina ag
ricultural society and of the college of physicians and
surgeons of the New-York University. The Magazine,
if the plan proposed be closely followed, will be an ac
quisition highly beneficial to the yeomanry of the south
ern states.
Georgia Advertiser. —The first number of anew pa
per, bearing the preceding adjunct, printed thrice a
week in Augusta, at six dollars per annum, and edited
by Mr. T. S. Hannon, we have received; andbelieve that,
if the tract pointed out in the inceptive address be pur
sued, the will be useful to society
and highly creditable to the editor.
Alabama Courier. —The first number of this weekly pa
per, published at—Claiborne, (A. TANARUS.) appeared on the
19th ultimo. It i*on a good sheet with neat type, and
bids fair to be respectable.
General'Jack sou. —The legislatures of Mississippi and
Pennsylvania have passed resolutions approving his con
duct in the Floridas; but the senate of Louisiana have
refused presenting him with a sword.
The Great Mail, between Philadelphia and Baltimore,
is now transported by steam.
Map of South Carolina. —The governor of that state
has engaged two gentlemen to ,ap of South-
Carolina by the Ist of January idertaking
we should be happy to find immitated the legisla
ture of Georgia.
Stephen Van Ransselaer has been elected regent of
the New-York univerity.
Claims against Spain. —A Providence paper remarks,
that the five millions appropriated by the late treaty
will not pay twenty-five per cent of the amount of spo
liations committed by Spain upon our commerce.
General Gaines , with his lady, lieutenant colonel Clinch,
major Glasscll, lieut. Burch and lieutenant M’llvane ar
rived on the 6th inst. in Savannah, from Amelia island.
Lieutenant MTlvane had in charge prisoners under
sentence of hard labor, and was bound to Norfolk in the
schooner Philadelphia, but touched at Savannah to land
the general and suit.
The steam ship Savannah arrived, from New-York, at
the port whose name she bears, on the 6th inst. The
Georgian remarks, “Her appearance inspires instant
confidence in her security. It is evident that her wheels
can be unshipped in a few minutes, so as to place her
precisely in the condition of any other vessel, in case of
a storm or roiyh sea. Our city will be indebted to the
enterprise of her owners for the tumCrS of first crossing
the Atlantic Ocean in a vessel propelled by steam,”
The Venezuelian brig of xvar Orinoco, commanded bv
one Vincient de Bauille, has been proclaimed by admiral
Brion a pirate, and all armed vessels bearing Venezue
lian commissions are commanded to arrest, detain and
convey her to San Juan Greiga, that Bauille may receive
the punishment due to his crimes.
Banks of JVerv- York. —lt is rumored that one of the
banks of that city has received thirty thousand dollars in
counterfeit money, and that another discovered a deficit
of one hundred thousand. Cheering prospects for stock
holders!
Don Vincent Pazos has, it is said, just completed an
interesting and faithful account of his native country,
Peru. He is said to be a man of education and genius.
Hall’s improved llijles, which are loaded in the breech,
have been recommended, by the board of officers in
Washington City, as preferable for the public service
to those now in use.
literary. —Rogers, author of the exquisite little poem
entitled the Pleasures of .Memory, has written another
called Human life ; and Campbell who has melodiously
and sulflimely warbled the Pleasures of Hope, and feel
ingly bewailed the massacre at Wyoming, in Pennsyl
vania, by the British and Indians, has laid a production
before the world under the name of fjjplected Beauties of
British Poetry, \uith the lives of the critical disserta
tions, S/c. Both works have reachW America, and will
shortly be republished by Moses Thomas, of Philadel
phia.
Chili. —The patriot army in that country consisted,
at the latest dates, of six thousand infantry and seven
teen hundred cavalry, well provided for and equipped.
Fifteen hundred vtterads were to have joined them
JVom Buenos Ayre* the spring.
■b’ the wanton murder of an Indian belonging to the
tribe, the harmony which subsisted between the ci
tizens of the Missouri territory and the adjacent Indians
since the peace with Britain, is likely to be interrupted.
The Indian dogs, it seems, had been in the habit of at
tacking the hogs of the settlers, not, however, with the
approbation of the Indians, who uniformly called them
off as speedily as possible. A blacksmith of the name
of James Thompson, in the employment of a gentleman
residing on Salt River, had frequently sworn vengeance
against the Indians for the instinctive ferocity of their
dogs; and on hearing his employer’s hogs one day assail
ed, took his gun and sallied out. An Indian was using
his utmost exertions to restrain the dogs; but notwith
standing the disposition evinced by him to keep his an
imals placable, the brutal blacksmith shot him through
the heart. The savages murmured and threatened, and
the settlers to appease them, promised that the murder
er should be brought to punishment, but no attempt be
>ig made to take cognizance of the deed, and he being
permitted to leave the settlement unmolested, the In
d*ns appeared determined to retaliate, and shanriJßfter
find at two men, working in the woods,
on< however, with the loss of four fingers.
bitatts of Salt River were in the utmost consternatioff,
exporting every moment to be attacked.
Bouiparte —By the latest advices was represented as
unwek. An attempt to effect his escape from St. Hele
na time ago, made much stir in the English papers.
The Lftidon Morning Post contains the following par
ticulars Relative to it. To what credit the statement is
entitled, ye are unable to say.
‘‘An Atiterican vessel, apparently dismasted, andother
wise injured, but purposely damaged to avoid suspicion,
Helena, r<^
interior. It bad for some time previous been deemed
expedient to have a daily view of Bonaparte, by a person
appointed for that particular duty—his medical atten
dant, however, now caused it to be notified, that the
precarious state of tlie emperor’s health was such, as to
render it necessary that lie should remain perfectly quiet
at home, unannoyed by any personal inspection. In this
feigned state of indisposition, the wily Napoleon secret
ly quitted his bed-room about midnight; by means the
most artful, he actually passed the guard, and eluding
the v igilance of no less t han seven centinels, succeeded
in reaching the beach. This was a juncture of high in
terest indeed. The means of escape which the ex-em
peror was led so confidently to expect, were, however,
not yet perfect. It had been concerted, that a certain
signal should be given by him on his arrival at the beach.
The signal was duly given, by hoisting a lantern at the
end of a walking stick; but the boat which was to receive
him, not having yet sufficiently approached the shore,
a single centinel, (of whose station on the beach Bona
parte had not been apprized) on perceiving the light
came up, and with a fidelity equal to his resolution,
seized the once great captain, whose very name had
been the terror of millions. He instantly forced him to
the guard-house, from whence he was conveyed back to
Longwood, where, it is scarcely necessary to add, he
has ever since been watched with increased vigilance,
though not treated personally with any, the slightest de
gree of rigor.”
Latest from Britain. —By the arrival of the ship Ho
mer at Charleston, in 36 days from Greenock, Glasgow
dates have been received to Februay 23, on which day
sea-islands sold in that city at 2s 3d to 3s 3d, and uplands
15dto 16d. On the 20th of the same month, sea-islands
were quoted at Liverpool at 2s 4d to 3s Id—but sales
were with difficulty effected.
Nothing of importance had occurred in Europe.
Charles IV. ex-king of Spain, died at Rome on the 20th
of January, after twenty-four hours illness, having sur
vived his wife only a fortnight. May not the cardinals
have sent him to heaven, as he could no longer be ser
viceable upon earth? An alteration in the regimen and
diet of the king of England had been ordered, in conse
quence of his having hurt his leg, by stumbling over a
chair. His only exercise was wheeling about in a gar
den chair; and serious apprehensions were entertained
that his dissolution was fast approaching. The murrain
appears tobe as destructive among the royal beasts of Eu
ropeas it is in Chester county, (Penn.) among the cattle.
The wife ami daughter of Joseph Bonaparte were to
leave Europe for America during the present spring.
The chief, and prime minister of the deistical sect
known for many years by their courage and successes in
Arabia, commonly called Wechabites, having been cap
tured by the son of the pacha of Egypt, were brought in
chains to Constantinople, Dec. 16, and led through the
streets in barbarous triumph—then sent to prison, and,!
after being put to the torture, beheaded in the sultan’s
presence. During thi ee days their headless bodies were
exposed, and finally delivered up to be torn in pieces by
the populace.
Accounts from Ceylon state, that the Malabar chief
who aspired to the crown of Candy, and his prime mi
nister, have been taken prisoners.
The celebrated orator and eccentric statesman, John
Randolph, of Virginia, it is said has, at the solicitation
of a number of gentlemen inhabiting his district, con
sented to be a candidate at the next congressional elec
tion.
Avery considerable cession of land has been acquired
to Georgia, under the late treaty concluded with the
Cherokee Indians. Wp understand that Wilson Lum
kins, esq. has been instructed, iu order to ascertain its
limits, to run the line mentioned in the treaty, from the
point where the Unicori turnpike intersects the Blue
ridge, to the nearest main source of the Chestatee, and
to lay off the reservations within this state. — Georgia
Journal, March 30.
WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.
Darien, April 12, 1819.
Cotton, sea-island, per lb. - * - - • . 47 aSO
Do. upland do. * . 19 a2l
Kice, 5 50 a 5 75
Corn, per bushel, 1 00 a 1 124
Flour, Phil’a, per barrel, .... 12 al2 s(f
Sugar, Georgia, per cwt. - - - -1200a 14 00
Molasses, Georgia, per gallon, - - - - - 52 a 56£
Rum, Darien, 4th proof, do. ... 1 37$ a 1 43^
Rum New-England, 73
Ditto, Jam. 1 45 a 1 50
Brandy, Cognac, per gallon, ... 250a 275
Whiskey, per gallon, 65 a 70
Gin, Holland, per gallon 1 25 a 1 50
Sugar, Muscovado, per cwt. 12 a 16
Coffee, per lb 35 a 37^
Tea, per lb. 1 40 a 45
Bacon, Georgia, lb. - -- -- -- -- 18 a2O
Pork, per bl. 26 a 28
Tobacco, leaf, per cwt. ------ none
Soap, per lb 12 a 13
Candles, northern mould, 19 a 21
Ditto Georgia ditto, 23 a27
Iron, per cwt. - -- -- -- -- - 4 a 7
Steel, ditto, 9a 10
Lead, bar, 10 a 12
Powder, keg, 8a 10
Shot, cwt. ----------- 10 all
Ranging Timber, per 1000 feet, - -800a 10 00
Scantling, ----- ditto - - 14 00 a 15 00
Boards, pitch pine - - ditto - - 22 00 a23 00
Ditto, white ditto - - - ditto - - 25 00 a3O 00
Staves, W. O. per 1000, - -- -- -- 20 00
Ditto, R. O. ditto none
Shingles, - - ditto - -- - - 350a4 50
Advance on British Goods.
Woollens, 50
Cottons, ------------ 45 aSO
drj> JTCarint setoa. JfjL
PORT OF DARIEN.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Arts &. Sciences, Nelson, Edenton, (N. C.)
7 days—with corn—to the master.
Sloop Rambler, Fox,New-York, 15 days—with corn—
to the master.
Steam-boat company’s freighting boats Nos. 1 and 2,
with 600 bales of cotton, from Milledgeville, in 16 days.
Boat Nancy, with 140 bales cotton, from Hartford, in
16 days.
A flat, with 202 bales of cotton, from Twiggs county,
in 20 days.
NEW BEACON.
Superintendamt’s Office,
Port of Darien, April 10, 1819.
Proposals will be received at the office of the superin
tendant, for erecting’ immediately a beacon, on Wolf Is
land, of the following materials, dimensions and descrip
tion: The height of the building to be fifty five feet, fif-’
teen of which will be a basement story, at right angles
with the base; the remaining forty feet to be a pyramid,
terminating at a point at the top. The outside to be
weatherboarded with one inch Georgia pine, without
sap, and planed. The timber composing the frame to
be an octagon king-post, sixty feet long; the diameter
at its base two feet, and continue that size for thirty feetJ
and then diminish gradually to eight
the oil Is, diagonal pieccs^uwjwo^jEA^dMkdlHHHH
al cross pieces lo be seven inches by twelve
and morticed through the king-post. The hips for riijfl
pyramid, to be fourteen inches by eight inches at tlWi
base, and seven inches by four inches at the top, th e
backs to be bevelled to a point, f> range with the
The principal rafters to be ten inches by seven incheflM
the bottom, and four inches by four inches at the top.
lower purlins to be eight inches by six inches, the upper
seven inches by five inches, secured to the principals with
good iron bolts. The lower king-post braces to be seven
inchegby nine inches, the upper to be five inches by eight
. inches.
Thestepsto bein four flights, and to traverse the build
ing in a diagonal direction to the window which is to be
as near the top as possible. There is to be a strong
batten door in the basement storv, three feet by six feet
six inches. On the outside of the building, at the
tance of ten feet all round, there is to be a curb, strong-1
ly framed with ranging timber one foot square, to be’
connected in the centre,and at each angle with the cills
of the basement story with ranging timber of the same
dimensions. There are also to be braces from each ex
terior angle and in the centre of the plates, to be footed
into the said curb, to support the building. On the
top of the king-post to be fixed a new’ cask, in height
five feet and diameter in proportion. The hips to be
secured from the weather bv boards, nailed to each oth
er, six inches wide, and laid upon the weather boards.
The plan of the building can be seen at the custom-house.
WM. It. MMNTOSH,
[2s] superintendant.
LIST OF LETTERS,
Remaining in the Post-Office at Darien, March 31,1819.
(JjM’ersons wishing letters from this list, will ask for
advertised letters.
A.
Capt. Milton Andrews George Atkinson, esq.
B.
Calvin Baker William Bowen
Mr. Joseph Buncroft Geo. Baillie, 3
John J. Baker Capt. Rigdon Brown
S. G. Bourgaux John J. liurke
James Burnett Thomas Bassit
Franklin Briggs, 2 Geo. A. Bowds
John Buskett Mrs. Ellen Burnet
Nathaniel Ball Mrs. Levina Bandy, 2
John Buskcl Mrs. Birdin
William Browne
C.
Capt. James Colbert Francis A. Coffin, 2
Jonathan C. Crane, 3 Henry Clark
John Cope Geo. Carwell, 2
W r m. Caps Benjamin B. Crane
Edward Cousfer Capt. Jacob Carson
Charles M. Cooper John Casameyer
Philip Cutter Henry S. Cutter
Robt. Copeland Madam Colvet
Henry Capun
D.
Geo. Dunham President, Directors, Bank
Samuel Durpey Darien
James Dobsen Capt. Beverly Deggs
Jaby Dowling John Duncan
E.
E. Early Peter Evines
F.
Leonard Famuel Charles Fracies
Major A. B. Fannin Leonard Farwell
Thomas Fox Wm. H. Farnham
James Fair Weather John G. Frost
Lester Fenton
G
Messrs. J. H.Giekic& Cos. 2 Capt. Elizur Goodrich
A. Gard, 2 Thomas M. Golikcly
James Grant John R. Grayson
James Goven Mrs. Frances GraysoD
Capt. F. Greison Miss I.ydia Gibbs
Francis Gibbie
H.
Henry Harford, 2 Gedon Hoxse
John Hood Moses Hart
Col. John L. Hopkins Peter Hood
Andrew Hamilton Elna Hoyt
Lawrence Hillyer Wm. Jas. Hazzard
Ausborn Haynes Haytore
John Harris, 2 Miss Huxley
Major Wm. Hayard Miss Maty J. Hazzard
J •
Ann Jones John Jenkins, 2
Eliza Jones Francis Jobson
Charles Joyner Patisan Jarrett
K.
Samuel Kinsley, 3 Messrs. B. King & Cos.
Anson Kimberly Mrs. Catharine King
James Kendrick, 3
L.
Robert Lee, 2 Thomas Loyd
Joseph Lourcy Capt. P.de Chartief
Robert Layman Zacharia Lamar
Hughes & Duncan Mrs. Lowe
Jacob Lawrence Miss Sarah E. Lard |
W'm. Lantbard I
M <1
John M‘Cranc John M'Nish
Villars Mervills Geo. W. Murry |
Thomas Meruy, 2 John M‘Clure j
James Miller Thomas Meseen ’
Bennit Myatt Thomas Miller, 3 /
Miss Sarah G. M'Call Wm. I. M‘lntosh
David Milligan Mrs. M‘Kay
John M'Kinne Sarah G. A. M‘Donald
Richard C. Morse
N. _
A. G. Norris, 2 Lieut. Thomas N. Nlwell 2
Lewis S. Nobles Clabon Nobles A
Norman Northrop ‘mKI
°. i>
John Orme Samuel Owings ■ I
P. f
Major Wm. Page James Philips |
C. E. Putnam David Pierce
A. M. de Marie Poirice Charles Porquet
R.
Jacob Rocn Mrs. Eliza Rentz
John Rodgers Benj. Rolrick
Justice Robbins Richard Ratleff
S.
Thomas Steward Samuel Shearman
S. Scofield Robert Sallett
Francis Sanaa Thomas Stew art
Elvira Stule Daniel St. John
B. S. Sanchez M. C. Sherlock
Henry Smith Peter Sanderson
Charles Smith Stillwell
Jerred Smith Mrs. Mary Scott, 2
T. _JI
R. Turner Capt. Thomas Talln^^|H
Tuder Tucker John Teasdale
Wm. 11. Tuten Mary Tally
Capt. Jobe Tison Mrs. CIory’Dj^HHBHHBSR
Lindsey Tod
v.
t <p’ Thomas Verm) Ue
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