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ARTICLES. PKrt g c .| g c I
Cotton, sea-island, —— 26
upland, 14 14£
Rice, cwt. 225 275
Corn, bush 54 60
Flour, Philadelphia, bbl. 6
. , Baltimore 6 6 50
Sugar, Georgia, cwt. 11 12 50
——, New-Orleans, 800 900
——Loaf, 23 00 25 00
Molasses, Georgia, gal. 34 37
■ - Havana, ——4 o 45
Rum, Darien, 4th pf. 1 00 1 10
Brandy, Cognac, 2 2 25
Wine, Madeira, 4 00
—, Malaga, 1,20 1 25
• , Claret,
Gin, Holland, gal. 115 125
Whiskey, 45 48
Coffee, green, lb. 33
Tea, 150 200
Bacon, , 10 12
Pork, bl. 11 00 17 00
Beef, mess, —_ 16 00
Tobacco, leaf, cwt. 500 700
2 , manufact’d 16 00 23 00
Soap, lb. 12 15
Candles, northern, 22 25
Iron, cwt’. 5£ 6f
Steel, 12 15
Lead, bar, lb. 10 11
Powder, keg 700 900
Shot, cwt.’ 12 50 13 00
Ranging Timber, 10001 810 10 00
Scantling, 14 00 18 00
Boards, pitch pine, 14 15 00
Staves, whit? oak, 19 00 20 00
Shingles, |looo| 350 400
Advance on British Goods.
Woollens, 50
Cottons, - - - - - -45 aSO
STOCK.
Darien Bank Stock, par, or jg6s per
share—sales.
State Bank of Georgia, gBS per share.
Planters* Bank, 72 do.
United States’ Bank, par.
PRICES AT SAVANNAH, January 23.
Cotton, sea-islaend, 28 a 30 cents.
Do. upland, 15a15J
Bacon, per lb. 6 a 10
Corn, per bushel, 45 a 50
Flour, northern, §5 a 5 50
Do. country, 3$ a 4 50
Rice, hundred lb. 2§ a 3 00
AT AUGUSTA, January 20.
Cotton, 14J a 14f cents.
Corn, 50
Flour, ‘ S5
Price of American Produce at Liverpool,
Nov. 20.-Rice, pr. cwt. in bond, 16 a 20s; Cot
ton, bowed, Georgia, 9 a 1 lds; Sea-Island,
ordinary and stained, lid a Is Id; Middling
and fine, Is. ld± a2s; New-Orleans, 9$ a lid;
Tennessee, 9d a 10d; Flour, none. Ave
rage price of WheA, 11th Nov. 58s. 2d.
Ofengress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday , January 12.
The proceedings which occupied
the House of Representatives this day,
were of an unsual nature, and the sit
ting was protracted beyond the usual
hour. It is not practicable to give, at
so late an hour, any intelligent accouut
of what passed: and, indeed, were the
proceedings accurately reported, they
were so complicated, that few but ve
teran legislors would understand them.
We mean, however to give an ab
stract of the proceedings, shortly.—
For this time our readers must needs
be content with the following plain ac
count of the subject of six hours de
bate and voting—the yeas and nays be
ing called several times.
On the Journal of the preceding
day being read, which is always pre- *
liminary to proceeding to business, a
member remarked on the phraseolo
gy of a part of it. That part states
the presentation of three memorials
from the Legislature of Missouri, re
specting the public lands and other
matters. It was remarked, that it had
been heretofore the uniform practice,
in announcing a memorial from a State
Legislature, to state it on the Journal
as being from the Legislature of the
State of Maryland, Virginia; &c.; and,
such being the caption of these me
morials from the Legislature of Mis-
souri, it was suggested that the Jour
nal ought to have conformed to it; and
a motion was made to insert the words
“the State of” before the word “Mis
souri.” And out of this, motion grew
the debate and subsequent proceed
ings, which consumed the day.
The reader‘will be able to compre
hend, that this motion allowed of allu
sions to the present condition of Mis
souri, had for the display of the feel
ings of members on that subject,
which gave to the business, an interest
which does not belong to mere ques
tions of order.
It is necessary to state another cir-
had a bearing on the
whole day’s .business. It appeared
that the clerk, who makes up the Jour
nal, had originally written in thi Jour-
nal the words now proposed to be in- i
serted. By the rules pf the house, it
i3 made the duty of the Speaker to re
| vise and correct the Journal of each
day’s proceedings, previously to its be
ing read in the house. In the perform
ance of that duty the Speaker had
erased the words now proposed to be
inserted, with a view, as he stated from
the chair, to prevent the. entry on the
Journal from being such as to be ca
pable of being construed as either as
suming for granted, or denying what
has been the subject of great differ
ence of opinion in the House, that Mis-
sodfi is now a State. The Journal,
however, as lie jfoded, was subject to
the pleasure House, and open
to any altercation it should think pro
per to make.
The question on the motion for a
mending the Journal, as above stated,
Avas taken by yeas and nays; and there
were Yeas 76, Nays 76. The House
being equally divided, the Speaker vo
ted in the negative; and the motion to
amend the Journal was thus rejected.
Another motion was made to amend
the Journal, by inserting, before the
word “Missouri,” the words “territory
of.”—This motion was negatived by
Yeas and Nays, 150 to 4.
Other motions succeeded, and nu-
merous questions of order; motions to
adjourn were repeatedly negatived;
but at length, the contention respect
ing the Journal was ended by an ad
journment, which, it is understood,
prevents a renewal of the controversy,
as the Journal can only be amended on
the day on which it is read, unless a
proposition for its amendment shall be
actually under consideration at the
time of adjournment on that day,
which was not the case when the house
adjourned this day.
From the Philadelphia Gazette of Jan. 3.
To the Congress of the United States ,
now assembled at Washington.
Gentlemen,
When the bill chartering the Bank
of the United States was under debate
in your body, much fear was expressed
lest it should place the means and the
power in twenty-five Directors, to con
trol the destinies of this happy coun
try. This idea was however consider
ed as chimerical by the’ majority.—
What, then would have been said of
the man who had dared the opinion,
that the bill, as it passed, contained the
seeds of concentrating all this power
in a single individual? At least he
would have been considered as starting
an extreme case, with the view to de
feat the passage of the bill. How,
then, ought you to start, even in your
slumbers, where you learn, and learn
truly, that this extreme case has al
ready happened?
It is boldly asserted that Mr. Gheves,
(the President) by his own, and the in
dustry of his friends, is already, in two
short years,’ provided with as many
proxies, as gives the power to put
whom he pleases in the direction—
hence the common talk among the
stockholders of this city:—That there
is no use in selecting proper charac
ters to form a ticket, or in voting at all,
for Mr. Gheves has the power, and he
will exercise ft, of putting in whom he
pleases—He has made the ticket.
This being the case, one man has
the power to make the direction for
the mother Bank—that direction ap
points the directors and cashiers of all
its branches—the whole may be his
creatures—the cashiers and clerks of
the mother Bank, and of the Branches,
must do or understand it, when their
interest to do, as he wishes, or lose
their places—hence, through them
and the president and directors of the
he may always collect as
many proxies as will give him the ma
jority of the whole number of votes,
and thus perpetuate the power in him
self—for every one knows, who knows
anything of monied institutions, the
influence and di
rectors of Banks ha|t ever the socie
ties where they reside.
The five directors appointed by the
government, can be of no avail as a
check to this power—they are but a
very small minority, three only at the
seat of the Bank, the remaining two
must be of distant’pi aces, and can sel
dom attend.
Asa further, and no trifling means
of monopolizing this power, let it be
remembered that this individual has
thus the uncontrolled power over a
capital of thirty-five millions of mo
ney, besides deposites.
\Vitll4his mighty power, what may
not a bad man do—he may make the
government crouch to his views—ruin
the prosperity of our beloved country,
and swallow up our liberties.
Is this not frightful —and is it not
true? Mistaken measures, even with
honest intentions, may, with such pow
er, seriously injure’ a whole communi
ty, and prostrate thousands—and this
has been already done. Look at the
western and other parts of the country,
and see to what a deplorable, crippled
and distressed stale they have been
brought from the summit of prospe-j
rity, within the last two years, by- a too j
rapid curtailing of discounts, until
there is little ov nothing left to discount )
wicked in its effects; because not call-]
ed sot by the necessities of the Bank;,as
injurious to the interest of the govern- j
ment and stockholders, as it has pro- j
yed ruinous to those parts of the j
country which have thus been depri
ved of a sound circulating medium, j
If these, and a hundred otherjevils ]
have been the effect of improper and !
unnecessary measures, pursued with
good-intentions; what may not be done
by a bad and ambitious man, possess
ing the means and the power this char- j
ter puts within his reach, and operating 1
with a sole view’ to bis own aggran
dizement? A man who when he lays
a plan, never loses sight of it, but
makes every thing yield to its attain
ment? A man who pursues his vic
tim with unrelenting malignancy, des
troying the innocent to gratify a Satan
ic and unforgiving disposition? A man
who pursues the object of his ven
geance to destruction, after that object
has been pronounced innocent by a jury
of his own appointing?
A man who, while he pretends to
have but one voice among his col
leagues, never suffers any other than
his own to prevail; who, bloated with
conceit of his own mighty talents, be
lieves he understands every thing bet
ter than any body else—hence, while
he pretends to ask the opinion of others,
determines to foilow none but his own,
and pursues them wkh the stubborness
of death, until his point is gained. ‘
It is happy for our coumty that the
present head of‘the Bank is not such a
%nan. God forbid that he should be;
lor if he was, they say his talents are
equal to the task.
But we must acknowledge, and to
the disgrace of human nature acknow
ledge it, that there has been such men
—and we know, that what has been,
may be again.
Therefore it is the sacred duty, as it
ought to be the anxious wish of every
man in Gongress, immediately to put a
bar to this consuming power, as far as
in them lies.
“In the bill now before them for a
mendments to the charter, at the re
quest of the Bank, let there be amend
ments attaeqed to the following effect,
and no serious danger can ever be ap
prehended from a monopoly of votes
—or let there be a separate law for
this purpose—if too late for the a
mendments asked for by the Bank.
Ist. That no individual body, cor
porate, Bcc. shall be entitled to more
than thirty votes in their own right,
and in the right of proxy.
2d. That no president, cashier, de
puty cashier, or other officer of the
mother Bank, or its branches, clerks
of these branches, or other persons be
longing to the mother Bank, or its
brandies, shall be entitled to vote any
proxies, or oil other shares but on those
bona fide belonging to himself, and
which stand on the books of the Bank
in his name.
This much you are called on to do,
and without delay. The Executive
ought, by special message, to call on
you to do it. Circumstances may place
you at the mercy of the Bank, with
out this preventative—our liberties re
quire it. The measure will no doubt
be popular—the stockholders will like
it. Mr. Cheves, and his friends, as
Americans, cannot but approve it—nor
can they be displeased with it, for in it
there is nothing personal—and it cer
tainly will be approved by all your
FELLOW CITIZENS.
From the N. York Mer. Adv. of January 11.
FROM INDIA.
The ship Juno, has arrived below
from Calcutta, whence she sailed on
the 15th August last. We are indebt
ed to captain Doak, and the passen
gers, for the. following intelligence;
The ship Marcellus, Aborn, of Bos
ton, from Holland, was stranded on
Saugar Island, on the 13th of May,
owing to the incompetency and intem
perance of the pilot. Captain Aborn,
after going to Calcutta, returned to the
ship with the consignee and the gentle
men appointed to survey her. It be
ing determined that the ship would not
be worth the expense of an attempt to
get her off", cifpt. Aborn remained to
strip her and ship the materials to town
by a brig which had been procured for
the purpose. The specie and cargo
had been previously carried to town.—
Before the shipment was completed, ;
the violence of the wind obliged the
brig to run up with the third officer
and part of the crew, leaving captain
Aborn, his hrst and second officers,
and 5 men on the Island. It was some
days before the) had an opportunity to
get to town, and a number of them had
then the symptoms of the jungle fe
ver, of which capt. Aborn died on the
21st of June; Mr. Lyman, Ist officer,
on the Ist of July; Wm. Edgecomb,
of Marblehead, seaman, on the 19th
of .Tune; Albert Benson, seamen, on
ship, remained dangerously ill for I
some time, but eventually recovered.
The hull and materials of the Marcel
! Gerry, 2d * officer, and three of the
i crew have returned in the Juno. The
! pilot who lost the Marcelius had been
j tried by a Court of Inquiry, and dis
missed from the Company’s service—
j His name is Rutter. j
11 Wao ‘ Cly b|ClUy 111 vaICUUMj till i
I Were b'ft sick ” ‘°
I ‘, ‘ _
The Rev. Mr. Judson, one of the
American missionaries, with his fami
ly, arrived in Calcutta about the 15th
August, from Ruhgoon, which place
he was obliged to leave on account c;*.’
a war being about to take place be
tween the king of Pegu and the Sia
mese.
The U. St. frigate Congress had
been expected at Calcutta, with trea
sure, from Manilla, in consequence of
advices from the latter place. The
last advices from her stated that she
was refitting at Pulo-Oar, and was ex
pected to return to Canton.
The b*ig Nelly, at Calcutta, from
the Isle of Fi ance, reported having
seen the Bale of Cotton Rock ; they
report the latitude of it to be 5, 45, N.
and the longitude, by a lunar observa
tion, 86, 49, E. which is nearly 4 deg.
w. and 30 miles N. of its supposed si
tuation; and, if correct, will, in some
theasure, account for its not having
been found by the number of vessels
which have lately been cruising for
it.
The loss of vessels and property has
been greater in the Bay of Bengal, in
May, June and July last, than ever was
known before—the most part were
country and British ships; we learn of
no American vessels. A violent gale
was experienced by several vessels,
which returned with great loss, that
sailed in company with the brig Otter,
of Boston, from Calcutta.
On the 14th November, the Jun,o
hove too, about two miles to wind
ward of St. Helena; and in about 20
after was hoarder! by a boat
-From the flag ship Vigo, 74, Rear Ad
miral Lambert, and very politely treat
ed. The ship was permitted to ap
proach the Roads by signal from the
flagship, and in half an hour the Vi
go’s boats came alongside with water
from the shore, and supplied it free of
expense. It being late in the day, and
the ship a considerable distance from
the land, could not procure any veget
ables or refreshments from the shore,
- ■•— -
and which were rather scarce. Was
informed that two American ships
passed the Island the preceding day—
supposed to be the Clay of Boston,
and thQ, Caroline, of Salem. Captain
Doak was informed by the officers of
the Vigo, that the Emperor Napoleon
was in perfect health—that he receiv
ed no company, but kept himself en
tirely secluded, even from the Gover
nor. The new palace, at Longwood,
was so far completed as to enable the
Emperor to live in it. It is said to be
a magnificent building, and beautifully
situated.
General Bertrand and his lady, still
remain with Bonaparte. The Russian
and Austrian commissioners left- St.
Helena some time since, and no fo
reign officer remains but a F'rench no
bleman. Bonaparte has not consented
to see a single person since Lord Am
herst was admitted to an audience; the
nature of that interview had not trans-
pired at the Island.
A lady of some rank, lately return
ing from India, had endeavored to get
introduced to him, and for this purpose
a splendid Ball was given her by the
Governor, to which Napoleon was invi
ted; but he took no notice of the invi
tation. Lord Somerset, in returning
from his command at the Cape, had
also solicited an audience, but Bona
parte refused to see him. It was ob
served he had now kept hipiself so en
tirely secluded for such a length of
time that h 0 was seldom the subject of
conversation, and was hardly thought
of by those on the Island; and the
latest news they get from him is via
England. H,is health was good.—•
The story reported some time since, of
a ship, apparently dismasted, having
appeared off the Island, under suspi
cious circumstances, had no founda
tion in truth. A schponer had been
signalled often from the heights*for
upwards of a fortnight, and by her su
perior Sailing, she eluded the station
brigs which were frequently in chase
of her. It is most probable she was
a Patriot privateer, watching for Span
ish Indiamen. There are about 2,000
inhabitants on the Island at present.—
The number of troops is about 2,000,
who occupy the several stations all a
round and over the Island. A frigate
had lately touched at the h,j 5
Buenos-Ayics,fpi Lffgkinc!,
ed that the’'vessel despatch, :i
Sheriff, ot - his Majesty's
I machc, to ekploi *, the n% Ui
vered continent, had reui tTiC
large quantity ot seal skii !S ,
the coast, which she had fol! 0 ,
for a considerable extent in .
S. Longitudes not recollects
ther vossel had been dispat; i,,
FURTHER FROM Till
From the National Gazetj
I A friend has kindly sent u$
bet es the Garrac.cas Gazen ; ,
j 6th December, which coma;.,
mistice Signed on the 2ot!u:
tween the chiefs, and other i :
documents. We proceed t t
substance of the armistice,
amble runs thus:—“The g m
of Spain and Columbia, dt
compromising the different
exist between the two coum
considering that the first and
portant step towards this ly
summation is a reciprocals
of arms, for the purpose of a
planation and understanding
greed to appoint commission
pulate and determine an ami
The Ist article stipulates;
srion of all hostilities.
The 2d, the term of six n
its duration, with the factiit
longing it while the negociati
were to be set on foot remain
ished, or a hope of their tend
isted.
The 3d article prescribes
troops of both parties shall c
the position which they; occt
date of notice given of the a:
territorial limits are to cot
same, and are particularly di
The 4th article provides fi
position of the severaj gueriJj
! which be found beyon*
of demavhatipn. Should thfl
to disband #dftnn the limits M
ty to which they were oppose*
not to be enlisted by that pan*
The sth article allots a I
post of observation to the *
-within the line corresponding
the army of Columbia. I
The 6th article containsasa
to a similar effect.
The 7th article prescribes J
sation of all hostilities by
end of the term of thirty days!
ratification, in the America®
and of ninety days in the Euvl
Tha Bth article opens a free!
nication for the purposes of J
and traffic in provisions and ij|
dise, between the respective®
of the parties.
The 9th stipulates that the
port of Maracaibo shall be free
munication with the inhabitaa
interior, and for the egress an
of the agents or commissions!
the government of Columbia
to Spain or to foreign coumri
those whom it may receive,
trading vessels are to be adm
as foreign, artd to pay duties.
The 10th article prescribe
freedom for Carthagena.
The 11th specifies that the
motive and object of the armi
ing the negotiation of peace,
sioners for the purpose shall
rocally appointed with safe cm
The 12th provides that it
failure of that negociation, f
notice shall be given by the ps
ing to break the armistice.
The 13th determines that
ol hostility, will be understoo
petration of any military exp
gainst any part of the territor
party, and that no troofis an
embarked by any squadron <J
vessels that may be at I
The 14th stipulates that*
nent treaty shall be made be®
parties, to abstain thereafter,®
a renewal of the war, from fl
ties and practices not cons®
the modern law of nations a®
mane maxims of civilization. 1
ty to this effect w&s made afl
on the night of the 26th Nov®
The 15th and last article raj
for the ratification of the Tre®
60 hours, &c.
FnOM TIJE CAKAICAS'GAX®
Extract of a letter from Gene®
Conde de Carthageiia®
Carache, •A t' l ’- ®
“My esteemed friend, Pin®
just arrived from the town ■
Ana, where I yesterday pass®
the most joyful days of my ®
company of general Bolivar , ®
ous officers pf his suite, who®
braced with the heartiest go®
All were content, \vc ate tog®
enthusiasm and fraternity coi®
further. Bolivar came alon®
officers, confident in mutual®
and friendship; and I cause®
escort which had accompa’.'i®
retire. Neither you nor an®
conceive hov. interesting wa s ®
view, or how great the cord®