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ARTICLES. (per g°* g T ° c
Cotton, sea-island, 25 .27
- ■-, upland,
Rice, cwt. 225 275
Corn, bush 60 65
flour, Philadelphia, bbl. 650 7
Sugar, Georgia, cwt. 11 12 50
■■ ■■ , Muscovado, ——— 12 50 ,14 00
Lump, —— 22 0 0 23 00
Molasses, Georgia, gal. 34 37
—— , Havana, . . 36 40
Rum, Darien,4th pf. 115 118
Brandy, Cognac, 225 250
■ Imitation, 00 00
Wine, Madeira, 4 00
_ . Plorpt .
’, Ditto,’ doz. 700 10 00
Gin, Holland, gal. 115 125
Whiskey, 48 50
Coffee, green, lb. 33
. i—. 2d quality 32
Tea, 1 12 1 50
Bacon, ‘ 10 12
Pork, bl. 14 00 20 00
Beef, mess, 16 00
Tobacco, leaf, cwt. 500 700
Soap, lb. 12 „ o 15
Candles, northern, —— 22 25
———spermaceti,
Iron, cwt. SJI 6i
Steel, 12 15
Lead, bar, lb. t# I 11
Powder, keg 700 .9 00
Shot, ilfcwt. 111 50 12 00
Ranging TimM| 1 IMm 810 j 10 00
Scantling, —■— 14 00 18 00
BocrdA pitch 20 00
’ ——, white pine,” 16 00 18 00
Staves, white oak, —— 19 00 20 00
—, red oak,
Shingles, 1000 350 400
Advance on British Goods.
Woollens, 50
. Cottons, .45 a 50
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We learn from a passenger in the
James Monroe , who left France the
latter part of October, that a mercan
tile house in Bordeaux, had received a
letter from Madrid, dated the sth Oc
tober, stating, that the Flofidas had
been ceded by the Cortes, to the Uni
ted States. This information was an
nounced in a Paris paper of the 21st.
JVWe- York Crarettc-. 1 sth u(t*
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
By far the most important act pass
ed at the late session of the Legisla
ture, is that amending the Pencil Code.
The alterations made in the law are
such as appear to have been indispensa
ble, and we trust they will prove salu
tary. For the satisfaction of our read
ers we have published entire the amen
datory act. }
Milledgeville South. Recorder.
AN ACT,
To alter and Amend the Penal Code of this
stale passed the 20th day of Dec. 1817.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
pnd House of Representatives of the
‘State of Georgia, in General Assem
bly met, That all crimes and misde
meanors which were recognised by the
criminal laws in force in this Statq
previous to the passage of an act on
the 19th December, 1816, entitled an
act to reform the Penal Code of this
State, and to adapt the to the
Penitentiary system, hnd which crimes
and misdemeanors by an act entitled
an act, to amend the Penal Code of
tl.is State, passed the 20th day of De r
cember, 1817, Were punished by con
finement in the Penitentiary, for a pe
riod of time not exceeding four years,
shall in future be punished by fine and
imprisonment in some jail of said State
at the discretion of the court, or in
such manner as was pointed out for
the punishment of such offences by the
criminal laws in force in this State,
previous to the passage of said act of
the 19th day of December, 1816:
And, in all cases where the''said acts
of 1816 and 1817, or either of them,
created any new offences not recognis
ed by the criminal laws in force in this
State, previous to the passage of said
acts of 1816 and 1817,and which new of-,
fences, created by the acts last aforesaid,
or either of them, were punished with
death, shall not in future be punished
by the death of the offender, but by
confinement in the Penitentiary, at
hard labor, for a period of time not
less than seven years; and in all other
cases of new created offences by the
said acts of 1816 and 1817, or either of
them, or offences not recognised by the
common law, where the punishment
by said acts or either of them was
confinement in the Penitentiary or
other punishment not affecting life,
shall in future be punished by a con
finement in the Penitentiary for a pe
riod of time not less than four years,
or by fine and imprisonment, in the
common jail in some county in this
State, at the discretion of the court;
and in all other cases, where punish
ments are inflicted by the Penal Code
now in force in this State, and not here
in before provided for, shall be punish
ed by fine or by fine and imprisonment
in the common jail in some county in
this State, at the discretion of the court
—and in cases where fines are directed
to be assessed by the court, by the Pe
nal Code now in. force in this State,
where Penitentiary punishment is now
inflicted, the said fines shall continue to
be so assessed by the said court, in
cases where Penitentiary punishment
is, or may by this act be inflicted.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the superintendance of the Peni
tentiary shall be vested in three inspec
tors, with all the powers heretofore
vested in that body, and with authority
to employ the necessary number of as
assistarit keepers and guard, hot ex
ceeding the number heretofore pro
vided by law, the said inspectors to
be appointed annually by joint ballot
of both branches of the Legislature,
to hold their appointments till their
successors are appointed; and the in
spectors so appointed, shall be entitled
to four dollars per day each, for every
day’s actual service performed by
them— Provided , such demands do not
amount in the aggregate, when applied
to the whole board, to more than fifty
six dollars per month.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That all laws or parts of laws repug
nant to this act, be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
The following letter, addressed to one of
our Members of Congress, contains infor
mation of interest to many of our citizens
who were soldiers in .the late war—for
their benefit it is published.
Sir —ln compliance with my pro
mise of yesterday, I herewith give you
the information you desire relative to
lands lying in Illinois, belonging tq
non-residents.
The military bounty lands in the
hands of the patentee, are, by act of
Congress, exempt from taxation *for
three years from the date of the hb<-
tice; but that exemption does not ex
tend to the purchaser. Those lands,
as well as all others in this State are,
for the purpose of taxation, divided in
to Ist, pd and 3d rate. The first class
is subject to an annual tax of $3 20,
the quarter sectior—the second class,
g 2 40; and the third class, gl 60. —
Where the title is acquired previous
to the first day of August, in any year,
a tax is payable for that year. The
proprietor must list his land on or be
fore that day, with the Auditor of Pub
11c Accounts, giving under oath, a
statement, both of the quant%; and
quality, and the tax according to such
list is required to be paid on or before
the first day of the succeeding Octo
ber. A failure to make the proper
entry for taxation, or to pay the tax
agreeably to the law, subjects the lands
to a triple tax. If the lands have been
entered, and the failure is confined to
the payment, the forfeiture is then re
gulated by the description given by the
proprietor; but if there be no entry
made except that which the Auditor
is required by law to make from infor
mation, the rule of the office is, to en
ter it in ail such cases as first rate.
If the lands are then sold to raise
the tax, the proprietor is allowed two
years from the day of sale to redeem.
The redemption .is the amount paid,
together with 100 per cent, and the
cost of sale, which must be paid to the
Auditor of Public Accounts, for the
use of the purchaser. Deeds convey
ing titles must be recqwled ifi the coun
ty within which the'land lies, within
one year from the date thereof.
I have the honor to be, very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
DANIEL POPE COOK.
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday , Dec. 19.
Mr. Eustice submitted for consider
ation the following resolution;
Resolved, By the Senate and House
of Representatives, in Congress as
sembled, and it is hereby declared, that
the -- day of— next epsuing, the
State of Missouri snail be admitted in
to the Union upon ah equal footing
with the original Statqs,-in all respects
whatsoever: Tp a t so much
of the 26th section of-the 3d article in
the Constitution of said State, present
ed to Congress at the present session,
as makes it the duty of the Legisla
ture to pass such laws as shall be ne
cessary to “prevent free negroes and
mulattoes from cemipg to, and settling
m, this State, under any pretext whatso
ever,” shall, on,or before that day, have
been expunged therefrom.
The resolution was read twice, and
was then, on motion of Mr. Eustis,
ordered to lie on the table for one day.
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, submitted
for consideration the following resolu
tions, which, also, from their nature,
lie on the table one day of course:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be instructed to state to this
house, so far as he has information, the
number and tonnage of the French
ships which have arrived, and are ex
pected to arrive in the course of the
present year, in the river St. Mary’s,
since the first of July last: whether
their cargoes are intended for the con
sumption of the United States, and to
be introduced within the territories of
the same, in evasion of the revenue
laws, and what further provision he
deems necessary to be made by law for
the more effectual collection of the
revenue on the Southern frontier,
Resolved , That the Secretary of the
Treasury be instructed to prepare and
lay before this house, a statement,
showing the number and tonnage of
American and British vessels which
have cleared from the ports of the U.
States, for any port ip the West-Indies,
the Bahama Islands, tmd Bermuda, in
the years 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, and
1820; distinguishing those in the last
year which have cleared before the
30th day of September, and those
which have cleared since that date.
SENATE.
Wednesday , Dec. 20.
Mr. Holmes, of Maine, submitted
the following resolution:
Resolved , That the committee of
Finance be instructed to enquire what
alterations may be made in the com
pensation to officers of the customs.
BANK OF THE U. STATES.
Mr. Sandford, from the committee
on Finance, to which was referred the
petition of the President and Directors
of the Bank of the United States, re
ported the following bill, which recei
ved the first reading:
Be it enacted , Cs*c. That it shall be
lawful for the Directors of the Bank of
the United States to appoint an Agent
and a Register, and that all bills and
notes of the said corporation, issued
after the first of such A
gent and Register, shall be signed by
the Agent, and countersigned by the
Register; that surh bills and notes
shall have the like for#te and effect as
the bills and notes of the said corpora
tion which are now signed by the Pre
sident, and countersigned by the Cash
ier thereof; and that, as often as an
Agent or a Register of the said corpo
ration shall be appointed, no note or
bill, signed by an Agent, or counter
signed by a Register, shall be issued
until public notice of the appointment
of such Agent or Register- shall have
been previously given, for ten days in
two gazettes, printed at the city of
Washington.
[ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That, if any President, Director or
; Cashier, or other officer, or servant of
the Bank of the United States, or at',
j any of its offices, shall fraudulently,
j convert to his own use any money, bill,
I note, security for money, evidence of
debt, or other effects whatever, belong- ;
| ing to the said Bank, such person shall, j
upon due conviction, be punished by!
imprisonment, not exceeding three 1
years, and by standing in a pillory not
more than three times in opeq day, in
some public place, during one hour at
a time, which standing’ in a pillory,
when inflicted more than qnce, shall
be on different days.
Mr. Holmes, of Mississippi, from
the committee on that subject, report
ed a bill for the better regulation of
the trade with Indiatyxibes; which wasy
read the first time. AM
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Edwards of N. C. from the
committee on Revolutionary Pensions,
reported a bill in addition to the seve
ral acts making provision for ebrtain
persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States, during
the Revolutionary war-—which was
twice read.
[The object of the bill is to provide
for the case of persons who, owing to
disability, cannot appear in open court,
to take the necessary oaths.]]
The bill was laid on the table, for
the purpose of being printed for beuer
examination, before it should be order
ed to a third reading.
In noticing the resolution offered in
the House of Representatives yester
day, by Mr. Eusiis, of Massachusetts,
relative to the prospective admission of
Missouri into the Union, it was stated
that the resolution was, on the sugges
tion of Mr. E. laid on the table for one
day. The difficulty of understanding
even the current business of the house,
from the position of the Reporter’s
boxes, led us into an error in this res
pect. It was with a view of calling it
up at a remoter day, that the resoh e
was laid on the table. Mr. Barbour
suggested that a particular day should
be assigned for its consideration—say
the first week in January. To this,
Mr. Eustis assented; but, on the sug
gestion of Mr. Lowndes, that the house
might then be thin, and that on such a
question, it ought to be full, the mo
tion for a particular day was dispensed
with; and, under present circumstan
ces, it is not probable that the resolve
will be acted upon before the second
week in January 2 I*f Dec.
from the Northern Budget.
DESCRIPTION OF FLORIDA.
The bay of Pensacola, on the west
ern margin, on which stands the town
of Pensacola, affords the only safe apd
commodious harbor for shipping, south
of Charleston, which is easy of access,
and at the same time capable of being
easily and securely fortified. This bay
would be of the greatest consequence
to the United States, on account of as-.
fording a naval depot, in the Gulf of
Mexico, to protect the immense trade
that is carried on there, and also for the
convenience of ship-]building, on ac
tount of the facility of obtaining live oak
and other timber in the vicipity, which
would save a great expense in the
transportation of timber. This bay is
30 miles long, and about six bioad, and
communicates with the sea by a nar
row channel of about one mile in width.
It is completely interlocked by St.
Rose Island, on the one side, and the
main land on the other, which wijl
shield all vessels in the bay against any
danger from gales or high sea. The
channel, or entrance into the bay, afr
fords twenty-four feet of water, at all
times, over the bar, which is about the
depth of water our 74’s draw; and is
so distinctly laid down on every map
or chart of that coast, that a stranger
cannot mistake it, even without a pilot,
which renders it safer, in that particu
lar, than any in the United States. As
the bay is completely protected from
all storms and gales from the sea, and
the water sufficiently deep for vessels
of any size several miles above the
trnvn to Pensacola, the whole Ameri
can navy could ride it) it with the
greatest safety and security. Nearly
opposite the town is an excellent scite
forjU navy-yard, high,dry and healthful;
directly on the margin of the bay,
where the great depth of water is more
than forty feet, and the shore very bold.
Another circumstance, which ren
ders this bay of great importance as a
harbor, is, that it can be more easily
and securely guarded by fortifications,
in case of war, against the attack of an
enemy by sea, than almost any other.
One fort, on the main land, (San Ca'r
los de Barancas,) now commands the
channel into the bay* but to repder it
doubly secure, another can conveni
ently be built on St. Rose Island, where
one formerly stood, and which was
blown up and demolished by the Bri
tish in 1814, when General Jackson
first took Pensacola.
The acquisition of the Piaiidj
in another point of b,e 0 f
importance to the United Sia le
; canal comthiinication can t>i
I opened directly across Cape i
which will not only shorten thedj
1 from New-York to Pensacola, J
i or New-Orleans, many hundred
• hut will also make a vast s?,vj
! time and expense; and what is, (j ;
i inipartapee, it will add safety to
dition of transportation to or fro
of those places which is n o \y
Cape-Flovida, exceedingly chin*,
A canal can be, opened by two,
ent routes, each possessing adva,
and disadvantages so distinct fi 0t
another, that it will require an at,
survey to ascertain which is ih e
eUlible. The one is up the fiv,
Mil which affords a depth cf
ten feet water, to lake St. G ;
distance of l IQ miles; thencev
borough river, four milts, (w|,j
now the-only obstruction to a ii e
navigation by this route from
Ocean, to the Gulf of Mexjco;)j
down the Hillsborough river to
tu Sanco, or Tampa bay. Tt*
tance of this is but little mon
half of that of the otjiel:; but it
be necessary to cut the canal \
the whole-distance, through ai
country. J'~\
This route labors under- one
vantage, which can never be rent
It lias not a good bay, or harbor,
ther end of it. which is not tl*
with the other—that having a
harbor at both, particularly S
Sancto bay, in the Gulf of M
where a good harbor is most w
and, in addition to good harbor,
its vicinity, considerable excellent
Spiritu Sancto, or as it is somi
called Hiiisborough bay, affords;
cellent harbor for vessels not dr
more than 15 feet water, nearly a
and secure from storms, as that o
and will probably been
place of considerable consequer
a commercial point of yiew,evt
canal be not opened through this
—but in case one is, it will becc
greater importance, and a tow:
soon be reafeclo on its margin, i
will be a convenient stopping pi:
the inland route to New-Orleans
sides this and Pensacola, there i
one other bay, (St. Josephs,) so
whole American shore in the
of'Mexico, which affords even a:
able harbor for the smallest vessr
From the
Os the North Western Region he
UNITED STATES.
We were yesterday gratified vi l *’
few minutes conversation with
J. R. Bell, who arrived in this cijP u
Tuesday, from Cape Giiaideaffil
Missouri,'which place he left o|E§
13th October last. The infonii||
derived from him was so interest,**!]
us, that we believe our readers *P
be pleased with some account ofiii
Captain Bell was second in raif|g
an exploring expedition, undcifß
command of Major Long, theoliii
of wbich were topographical anqMj
entific information respecting the®!
wilderness of country which stre|Njj
from the Council Bluffs, on tln Sti
souri, to the foot of the E°cky 41
tains, of which so little is yet kiH
The expedition being wholly paci#|
its objects, consisted of some t|M
‘soldiers only, and the
and artists, besides the two
ready mentioned: Lieut. Graliainjjp
Swift, Dr. Say, Dr. James, and
Seymour and Peale, designers ||j
painters. N
The expedition sat out fi’oi'ilp
Council Bluffs on the 6th of Jut*
recting their course first to the Pa l m
villages, on a fork of the La F|u
distant about one hundred and t
miles from the Council Bluffs;®
thence proceeded to the Rocky ’'!|S
tains, distant about four-hundred i|m
from the Pawnee villages. The®
val is a rolling prairie countrjjM
course destitute of hills and.’wooH
that the mountains are visible at®
distance of one hundred and v-ja|
miles. Time has not yet allo'vjja|
calculation of the observations, ||j
were made as accurately as cirtW
stances would allow, but it is supp4|M
the greatest height of the ridge
not exceed the elevation of four ijjyi
sand feet above the base of the w|l|
tain.
The expedition separated into®
parties, near the point on the Ark™
designated on the maps as F ; |g]
block-house.
The one party, under the conn™
of Maj. Long, proceeded thence®
a view to strike the head-quarte®
Red river. But, it appears then®
which we have are very defective™
courses of the rivers being wholly™
jectpral, and often entirely fabulo®
The expedition . did .not attain tin™
ject sought, because it w r as not tffl
found where it. is laid down ii'ra
maps, and fell upon the waters P>H
Canadian folk of the Arkansas, ‘’if
it pursued, and terminated its to-ffl