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BirTH r.reN.—lvn ATOPT If 0»DEN # MU
Congress of tUe United States.
!N SENATE.
'I hu nitty, December 10.
IV Ikree till 'yesterday pa**etl by tiie
M'mt liuusc were brought u;< <6
The seritc relumed the consideration of
fie motion of the 5< 1 ‘ inst. reque'tin- a
-.-nj.y of the correspondence relative ■ <i the
• •'ssioo -if the Florida* to the United States;
n-i tu ition ol Mr Barbour, the further
ron.idera’inn tl.crerif was postponed to
t rs day »icr weeks.
rSo.iir <4i«ervation» were made on this
■sut-j-et,between Mr Barbour, Mr Jilin.-on,
.r.n i othets- from which We gather that the
cnrrespoi. 4 -ice between ♦ lie secretary ot
«t i!e uni the Spanish minister is at .1:1
end. 01 nearly so; and that it is probable
it will he laid before congress shortly,
without any request of the executive to
that clfrrt.’ It was oil that giound, that
the postponement of Mr Johnson s motion
took plan"]
Two or mree bills received tVir second
'reading and references.
The’hill more effectually to provide for
the punishment of certain crioies against
the United States, v;us taken up, an<l on
r.iotion of Mr Baggett, i; was referred to
the committee on tiie judiciary.
foe bill to authorize the srtllrir.ent of
the account of Janies VV tide,'.vas consider-
*d, and ordered to he eiigrosred for a third
'leading.
I'll* bill for the relief Of-major general
John Staik was resumed, and on motion ol
Iir ' Ir ‘ and enphana of the militia, was read the
third time; and, after a unit ion by -Mr De '
Mr Kit on, the furllie
iR-id-iilion there
of was postponed to Wednesday nest.
A report was received from ‘lie secretary « f
the treasury on the memorial ol the go
vernors of the New-Vmk hospital,relative'
to distressed A seamen relieved
by that institution:.-nd ! nnep >rt was read,
and on motion (it Mr King, referred to the
com in it tee on minin' rrcand mai.iifactur -
And alter postponing to leture
or two private hilt*,.
Toe sente adjourned.
HOl.SF. OF RF.i’HF.SKNTATlVF.S.
The speaker laid before the house a i m
part from‘he acting secretary of the n.i-
,vy, transmitting additional documents in
relation to the iiavy pension fund, which
wn rclerrcd to the naval commit
tee.
The committee on pns*-nfiiees and post
roads were instructed to inquire into the
expediency.
On motion til Mr I’indali, of establish
ing a post road from Morgantown bv way
of llarn's Mills and Shinstoi; to Clarks-
bmg in Virginia.
1 In motion of Mr Scott, it was
tlesolred, That the committee on public
lands be instructed to inquire into the ex
pediency ol extending the provisions of the
fifth section of the act of congress
■of the twelfth of April, one thousand
eight hundred and fourteen, entitled
‘•An act for the final .adjustment of land
tillesin the state of I.uuidana and territory
ol Missouri,”tothe inhabitants oi that por
tion of Howard county, in the .Missouri
territory, lying north ot the Missouri river,
•and west of the county r.f St. Charles.
On motionof Mr .?. S. Smith, it was
Resolved, That the secretary of thetreasury
•be, instructed to lay before the house a
statement of the progress that has been
,niade under an act of congress of the 3d
of March, lb 17, entitled “An act to set
apart, and dispose of certain public land
for the encouragement of the cultivation c
the vine and the olive," whether lour
townships, of six miles square each, have
been laid off and reserved for the purpose
aforesaid; and whetherany agent or agents,
acting for tiie French emigrants, have con
tracted for said lands, aiul on what terms:
and whether such agent or agci.ts are now
residing on said laud; together with the
dumber of French emigrants that have
made settlements on said reservation, and
the progress that has been made ill the
•culture of the vine and olive.
On motion of Mr Storrs. it was
Resolved, That the president or the
‘United States he requested to lay before
this house copies of any correspondent
'■between the governor ol the state of Ueor-
:gia and major genera! Andrew Jackson,
•relative to the arrest or other proceeding'
.against captain Obcd Wright, which may
have been transmitted to any ol the exec
utive departments of the United States.
On motion of Mr Campbell, it was
Resolved, That a select committee be
appointed to report a hill for taking the
fourth census or enumeration of the inha-
jbitants of the United States.
On motion of Mr hrvin. it was
Hesolin'd, That the judiciary committee
be instructed to inquire if any and what
amendments are necessary in the “copy
right laws," in relation to suits brought 111
Tie courts of the United States between
•citizens of the same state.
Mr VL Moore offered the following mo-
Ti«n:
Resolved. That the committee an milita
ry affairs be instructed to inquire into the
expediency of granting a bounty in land to
tiie soldiers who enlisted twelve men tils
previous to the late war, ami who served
out tneperiods of their enlistments and
pro, .ired ;heir honorable discharges; end
if. the heirs and legal representatives of
•th.is , having so enlisted, who were killed
in U.ittlo or died iu the service of their
•con .try
Ami on tiie question of adopting the re-
rsoluuon. it was decided in -the negative.
The bouse toon resumed tiie -considera
tion of the resolution, submitted by Mr.
.Snukinw, on the 7*1. in-t. which was auien-
tdnd loxeld as follows, and adopted:
Jlesr*v:i, That the secretory of thr *cd, and. nut being able ta perceive that
any good would grow oflt of this bill, if
passed, he moved that the committee rise;
private, ot land* northwest of the river
Ohio, ami purchase money nf which lias not
been 'aliy paid; the respective years in
which such sales have taken place; the cre
dits given nn such sales; the sums wiiich
have been paid thereon: those which are
now due, and ihe periods at which they be
came so; whether any instalments are yet
to fall due, and to what amount: Also
what descriptions if paper have been recei
red; and what is now receivable in p iy
merit for said lands.
The engrossed bill, concerning widow
to recommit too bill, which was negatived
ayes 67, noes 77, the bill was pa'sed and
sent to the senate for concurrence.
The house resolved itself into a cointr.it
tee of the whole, Mr. Nelson in the i ln
on tiie bill, reported at the iast »ess:
“fur the admission of Cadets into tiie mil
itary academy;” [directing that in ail a|
plications for the admission of Cadets in 1 ,
the military academy at West Point, a pr
liTrare shall be given to the sons of ofli
cers anti soldiers who were killed in bat
tie, or who died in the military service u
the United State* in the late war; and that
a lurther preference shall be given to tlio
least able t« educate themselves, and best
qualified for the military profession.]
Mr. Smith, of Md‘ moved to amend the
hill by striking wit the last clause, direct
ing“a further ‘‘preferreticc to he given to
those least able to “educate themselves
and best qualified (or the “inillitary pro
l-ssion,” remarking that he saw no reason
fur the preference, and until he beaid
something convincing in favor of the di
crimination, he should remain of opinion
tli.it it ought to he stricken Irom the bill
Ac.
Mr.Strothcr addressed the committee
at considerable length, in opposition to
me object of the bill, urging chiefly that it
was sanctioning a preference of a particu
lar profession, and thus creating a privi
leged order in the community; that it was
virtually declaring an unnecessary jeal
ousy of the discretion now vested in the
war department implying au opinion tha
it was not exercised properly; and would
moreover preclude it from selecting the
most fit and most worthy; and was per-
0,l<: verting the true object of the institution
which was established for the general ben
efit, etc.
Messrs. Harrison and Johnson of Ky.
repli.d to the objections of Messrs Smith
and Strother; stating that the bill had b*-en
icpoited in pursuance of a resolutio
adopted on the motion of a late distin
guished member of tfii6 l.ousc (Mr. Robert
son, of Louisiana); that the provisions ol
the bill appeared to he required by the
original purpose of the institution; that
instead oi creating an aristocracy, it vvouid
tend to counteract any such thing as tli
objects to be selected were Irom that class
of the community whose pecuniary cir
cumstances repressed any tendency to
werdsundue influence, Ac. ij‘c.
The question on Mr. Smith’s motion
was decided in the negative.
Mr. Taylor observed, that, notwithstan
ding what had been said in defence of tlii
bill, its effect was certainly to create >
privileged order in the country, that
though the selection proposed might bi
expedient and laudable to a certain extent,
tiiere was no doubt that the department
now vested with the selection vvou.d keep
in view, as Isras was proper, the principle
proposed: but it vvouid in his opinion be
highly improper fur congress by a formal
act to sanction sueii a distinct.on. In
lieu therefore of the provisions at present
proposed by the bill, ire moved the follow
ing, as a substitute. “ That Cadets shall
hereafter be admitted into the military
icaderoyat W est Point, from the respec
tive sti.tes and territories, and from the
district of Columbia in proportion to tiie
militia returns thereof.”
Mr. Harrison again protested against
the assertion that this bill fostered a par
ticular order of men." it might as well be
said that the charitable appropriations for
Sunday schools established a privileged
order;—it was 110 such thing—the hill pro
posed a benefit to he bestow ed chiefly on
ilu* poor descendants of those vv ho had
served their country, etc.
Mr. Taylor replied, that if there were
Sunday schools to he paid for out of tin-
public treasury, as this academy was paid
ioi, jie 'lioujd object, as lie did now, to its
expenditure for a particular class: lie
should wish, in such a case, the benefit to
be general, as lie did in this.
Mr Southard combatted the idea that
this drill went to establish any aristocracy;
it would have the contrary effort, by giv
ing to the poor their portion of the benefits
of an institution now confined chiefly to
the rich,-who sent their *ons there to be
educated tree of expcnce, etc.
Mr. Harrison reiterated his objections
to the amendment, and observed in ad-
titii.n to what he had submitted already,
hat the design of tiiis bill was really to
get r.d of a practical aristocracy, instead
>f creating one—for it was a fact, he be
lieved, that no son of a soldier, (by tiie
in lie meant not also to include officers,)
had ever yet been educated at the militaij
academy. Mr. U. then stat-. d, that it Mr.
I'avlor-s amendment should prevail, he
would move to add the Following: “And
that in ail eases the preference be given to
those whose parents arc least able to edu-
ate them:" and intimated that he should
beu move an additional section requiring
cadets to remain ot toe academy until the
e of Co years.
Mr. Cla-v prefaced the motion he rose to
make, by observing, 1a reply to the eppon-
nts of the bill, that it was a new tiring to
hear of an aristocracy ol the poor: lie
boul.l not be sorry to see something like
uth an aristocracy, but be did not think
me bill would be pioductive ol that or anv
doer valuable elf. rt. Believing that lilt
election might be very well left with tin
secretary of war, in whom it was now ves-
repnrt progress, and then let the house get
rid ill the whole subject. .
This mnfion'prevailcd, and, the hill be
ing reported to the house, the committee
was refused leave to sit again; and the bill
was laid on the table.
The house adjourned.
IN SENATE.
Friday, December 11
Mr. Tail, from Georgia, appeared to
day and took his seat.
"Mr. Tait presented the memorial of tl
legislature of the territory of Alabama, pe
turning fur permission to form a constitu
turn and state government, and to be ad
milled into the union on an equal footing
with the original states; which meraoria
was referred to a select committee, coni
posed of Messrs.Tait, Morrow. Williams
■ f Mississippi, Edwards, and \V illiams, ot
Tennessee, with instructions to brio
;n a bill pursuant to the prayer ot the me
.norial.
Mr. Eppcs, from the committee on I
nance, reported the bill from the house
epresentatives,making a partial appropri 1
lion for the military service for 1819. and
the hdl was then read the third tune, and
passed by general consent
The engrossed bill to settle the account
nf James Wilde, was read the third tim
passed and sent to the other house, and
The senate adjourned to Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Williams made a favorable report
on the petition of colonel Isaac Clark, ar
coinpanied by a bill for the relief of coin
nel Clark,and the officers and soldiers un
der his cmnmind at the time of making an
inroad into the country of the enemy dar
ng the late war; which was twice read
mil committed.
Mr. Poinilexter made a report, recom
mending the rejection of the prayer ot the
petition of the general assembly nf tli
'tale of Illinois, respecting the settlers on
certain public lands in tiie district ol
•Shawneetown; which was concurred in.
Mr. Poindexter also reported a bill ex
planatory of the act “for the final adjust
ment of land titles in the stale ol Lous>
ana ami territory of Missouri;” which was
twice read and committed.
On motion of Mr. Williams, 0! Con
necticut, the committee on pensions and
revolutionary claims were instructed to
enquire inio the expediency ot p’oviding
by law for the pay ment ol pensions,w hen the
pensioner, by reason ol ins.nity or other
cause, is legally incapable of perlonniir
the acts necessary to entitle him to receive
the same.
On motion of Mr. Robertson the proper
committee were instructed to enquire into
llie expediency of establishing a direct
post road from Lexington, Eeutucky, by
way of the Burnt Tavern, to Lancaster,
Kentucky.
On motion of Mr. Barber, the commit
tee on public lands were instructed to en
quire into the expediency of procuring the
field notes and plats of "the reserved sec-
iions within the Ohio company’s purchase,
On motion of Mr. Walker, of North
Carolina, the committee on post offices
were instructed to enquire iuto the expe-
liency of establishing a post road from
Haywood c»urt house, by Waynesville,
North Carolina, to Houstonville, South
Carolina.
On motion of Mr. Simkins, the commit
tee on tiie subject of revolutionary p n
ions were instructed to enquire how lar it
nay he expedient to amend the law, pass
ed during the first session of the fifteenth
emigre;*, granting pensions to revulutiona-
•y officers and soldiers, so as to prevent
muds in the reception of pensions by pre
tended agents, of, and in the names of,
tensioners, who shall have died, alter hav
ng, once, or oftener, received their pen
nons.
REDUCTION OF TIIF. ARMY.
Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, after
ecalling the recollection of the house to
the fact, that, at the session before the hist,
lie had proposed a resolution for the re
luctiou of the army, announced his inten
tion to renew that proposition. He yet
thought tiie measure necessary. In all tree
countries that standing armies are danger
ous to liberty, was a truth generally 3(1-
tted, and in this country particularly,
solemnly recognize d. In this belief, lie
hail grown up; in tins belief he bad lived,
iis opinion as to the expediency of ie-
icing our presenlmilitarj force, remained
.•altered by the tlieevents which had elap
sed since he before suggested it—lie might
y, lie added, it had been confirmed.—
He had not thought proper at the last ses-
on to introduce this resolution. He had
waited in the hiqie that some gentleman
better qualified to sustain it should make
be motion: in that hope, he had so far wai
ted at the present session. No one having
mlertaken what he now conceived his
duty, he moved,
“That the committee on military af
fairs he instructed to enquire into the cx-
pediency of renucing the army ol the Uni
ted Stales.”
Mr. W. not wishing to hurry the motion,
it was at his request, ordered to lie on the
table.
The bill for authorizing thesetlement of
the accounts ol James \\ ilde, and the re
solve tor a survey of the coast oi North
Carolina, etc. were received from the sen-
W.vsfiiVGTOv City, Dee. 12.
TIIF. M1UTU.
In puruuance of a resolution of the sen
ate, at its’fast session, requiring lr*>m the
department of war statements of the
strength and organization n r the militia ot-
the U. States, end of the militia laws <>!
the several states, a report has been trans
mitted t’ tliat body by Mr. Secretary Cal
hnun, from the adjutant general nf the U
States. We are sorry to find, from the re
port, that the returns are generally very
defective, where returns are received, but
tliat in some cases no returns at all hav*
been received at the war department; al
though letters were, addressed, -peciallv
requesting returns to be made, and the re
quest was made a second time to those who
had failed to attend to it in the first in
stance. From Vermont, from Delaware,
from Georgia, from Tennessee, from Indi
ana, from Mississippi, and from Michigan
and Alabama territories, no returns have
been received. From Maryland and S. Car
olina, returns have been received of the
militia laws, fiut not of the 'trengtli of the
militia; from Virginia, the strength of the
11 ilitia has been returned, hut not the
militia laws. From Louisiana, Illinois
and Missouri, the effective strength, Lu
nut the organization of tiie iniiiiia. is re
turned. “Letters have been received,
says the adjutant and inspector general
“from the adjutants general nl'S. Caio'in
“Maryland, Mississippi amt Delaware, st
“ting that it is not in their power to repm
“the organization and strength of the mill
“tm of thcii states,comforinahly to there
“olution. The adjutant general of Vi
“ginia reports, that their militia Uws 11
“so distributed through the several acts «t
“assembly, that a digest cannot readily
“made.”
From sucli defective materials, it is ob
vious that much valuable information can
not be gleaned. We have official evidence
indeed, that the militia system is wretch
ediy defective; but that we knew too well
before.
The returns made to the department o
war, loose as they are, exhibit the follow
ing result:
Massachusetts, 70.736
New-Hampshire, 25,794
Khnde-I.riand, 8,550
Connecticut, 20.575
Vermont, No return
New-York, 112,586
New-Jersey, 35,169
Pennsylvania, 118,018
Delaware, No return
Miry land, Noietum
Virginia, 85.7.>8
Nin th Carolina, 50,587
South Carolina. No return
Georgia. No return
Kentucky, 52.745
Ohio, 61,938
Tennessee, No return
Louisiana, 9.894
Indiana, No return
Mississippi, No i“tjrii
Illinois, 2,113
Missouri Territory, 6,502
Michigan Territory, No return
Alabama Territory, No return
From such data as tiie above facts pre
sent, the militia of the states from w inch
the returns are wanting, may be estimated
at 150,000; which, with the returns that
are received; will make the total upwards
nf 800,000. We are quite sure, il the re
turns were as precise as they might I)
that the numbers enrolled iu the militia
wauld be found considerably to exceed a
million.—JVaf. Intel.
The Steam-boat arrived here from De
troit, on Thursday morning last, with 66
passengers, and freight. On her passage
up she had 136 passengers, and the nett
proceeds of her last trip are said to exceed
2000 dollars!—Buffalo Journal.
ate, twica read and committed.
The bill authorizing the distribution of
a sum of money among the representatives
uf the late commodore Edward Treble,
etc. passed through a committee of the
wlmle. [The object ot (hi* bill (*as ex
plained by Mr. Pleasants. Il is to allow
the U'Ual proportion ot prize money for the
urig Syren, captured for a breach ol block
ade by our squadron off' Tripoli in 18U4,
and at that time into the seivice of the
United Skates, but subsequently sold at a
reduced pnee.l 'X lie bill was without
opposition, ordered to be engrossed, lor a
toird reading; a id
The house adjourned te> Monday.
From the Georgia Journal, 15.'a intt.
REPORT
Of the State Commissioners to the Executive, re
lative to the Boundary between ibis State and
the Creek Indians.
iniliam Iiabun, Governor, £$c. of the State of
Georgia.
Sin—The honorable Wilson Lumpkin,
United States commissioner Tor deter
mining the lines of the Creek lands, treat
ed for by genera! Mitchell, in January u
the present year, having notified us, that
he should leave Milledgeville on the 20th
ult‘ for the purpose of visiting the south-
ru tract, and designating the boundary
between that part of the state and the In
dians, we accompanied him to Furt-IIaw-
kins. The route by Fort-Hawkius was
adopted, that be inigirt obtain necessary
explanation from tiie agent, arrange tne
attendance of tne Indian commissioners,
an in'erpreterand a military escort. These
dispositions being effected, we left F’oi t-
Hawkins for Hartford, which place we
reached nn Monday 23d lilt, ami were there
letained until Friday, the Indian deputa
tion not presenting themselves to accom
pany us before that time. Receiving no
intelligence from our escort, it was resolv
ed to jiursue our course down the Ocniul-
gee.without them, leaving directions fur
them to follow us. We crossed the river
about 27 mites below Hartford, piloted by
major Cothran, a gentleman minutely ac
quainted with the country we were about
investigating. Progressing about 8 miles
further down, brought us to a creek, which
the Indians bad been accustomed to cJi
the Al-ca-sak-a-li-kie, and on which t .e
whites, who explored the country some
years back.appeared to have bestowed the
name of Biguouse creek. This stream,
from its position, bearings, length and di-
rection'ot its piongs, and indeed in mo t
I it* localities and natural circui istanres,
presents a striking correspondence with
the signification of it* Indian name,* the
• Al-ca sa-ka h*ie, signifies, *»e are informed,
-a ketlie bo.In.g in a creek"—and theercek call-
• d b) Ilu whiles, Higiiurax, has several spring?,
1 is.n;: lr n. timesione cavities, ntarly circular,
ub cl. nr.bating torrents of gas, present a striking
le.iu.blaiice to a large kettle in a sU'.e of ebub-
IU.ll.
imp forir arded from the war (lcjTMlment,
anil with the ageiit's description, “the
first considerable creek, abore Black shear’s
read.” given in conversation with the
United States commissioner, anil still
more particularly in his communication to
the executive nfiGeorgin, nnder date Fe
bruary 3d, 1818. Though these enjnei-
dvnees, and an accumulation ol evidence
derived from the most respectable sources,
tint this creek, had been commonly men
tioned by the Indian* os the Al-ca-sak-a-
li-Lie, left no doubt in our own minds of
this being tiie identical crcrk contemplated
in the treaty, yet it was judged eligible
to arrnnipai!y the Indian commissioners
to the one, which tliev were instructed to
designate, on the present occasion. They
at length conducted us to a sma'l water
course, about 5 miVs belmv Blackslicar’t
road, presenting more the jip|ioarencc of
a gully, or branch-, Ilian a considerable
erre L. and bearing so imicli down the riv
er, that a line passing by its head must in
tersect the Ocmulgce from 10 to 12 milet
below the before mentioned road, and in
formed us that this was the Al-va-sak-a-
li-kie. A* a line passing by any point ol
this creek would completely defeat the ob
jects ot the purchase, and its position flat
ly contravened the agent's criterion of
‘•the first considerable creek above BlackJ*
shear's load,” and had nothing to vustaijs
it, but the assertion ot two Indians, it was
necessarily rejected, and alter a careful
examination and research concerning the
intermediate water-courses, wc return
to the real Al-ca-sak-ll li-kie. The morn
ing on vvhi' h we prepared to ascend this
creek, the Indians took a friendly leave,
alledging they should subject themselves
to severe punishment, if they countenanc
ed our proceilings by their presence. We
traced the windings of the cicek to its
head, distant from the mouth, measuring
along the course about 20, and in a direct
line, probably about 1-1 or 15 mile*. Af
ter the neres-aiy preparations were made,*!
the line was run and effectually marked
from the .head of Al-ca-sak-a-li-kie to the
Ocmulgce—the course north 33 east, the
Hist nice nine & a fourth miles, striking
the river about 18 miles below Hartford—
ut this point, cons deiing the remarkable
circumstance that the Indian guard, which
was pcomised lor on: piotcetiun, had not
made their appearance, that our provi
sions were nearly exhausted, and that in
30 or 40 miles of our toute, there was
no reasonable |iros|iect of meeting with wa-
1 1, the United Slates’ commissioner, with
our concurrence, determined to postpone
alien-.;,ting the residue ol the line for a
-tltn t period. urlil. he cenlil make «r-
r nigements, which must ensure its com
pletion.
Tnis measure, presents no impediment
to the proct ediiq s el It" legislalirercs-
p< cling tiie I-.im 1 1 ntnpioinisi'd, as /.art oi
the line is determined and the situation of
liie u'hote, can In* exhibited on the map
with Milliei nl aci lirai *.
We have the honor to he with high
esteem, your cxrrii> n<y's ino-1 obedient,
etc. Wm. Grekn, >
.. , >• iblate Comm rs
Hi:z Lucky, \
THE REPUBLICAN.
MONDAY EVENING, licccj
1 21, 1818
Gor. ItAJiU.V AMI CAW. J.iCKSOX.
The following' resolution was offered in the
house of representatives, on the 10th hist, by Mr,
Storrs:
Resoh^ed, That the Preddent cf 1 fie United
S ates he requested to lay before this house copies
f any correspondence between the governor of
the S'.ue of Georgia, anti maj. gen Andrew Jack-
son. relative to the arrest or other proceedings
against capt Obed Wright, which may have been
rantmiued to any of the executive departments
of the United S ates.
Cotton is quoted at Augusta on the I6lh iost»
at 24 cents.
IMPOUTAXT.
The following is an extract of a letter, from an
official source at Washington, to a gentleman ia
Norfolk, under date of the 8th instant:
I add this to my letter of yesterday, to inform
you, that the commercial treaty made between
this country and England, by Messrs fiallatin and
leush, has been received here. By it we are res
tored tothe right ofiidiing, as established-by the
Treaty of 17&b and our Western boundaries are
extended to the Pacific Ocean, running as far
north as lat.4l$, in which the moutii ard course
of the Columbia river are included. Our bounda-
thut direction, was tiie Mississippi, previous
to this arrangement.
The Wesl-lndia t:adc, they would not allow
but we diould be well satisfied to carry tw<*
points out of three—may it always be tliQ case.
This intelligence is certain.”
LATEST FROM THE HAV AX A. ■
b. act of a letter received at the office of tSie
Charleston Times, dated Havana, Dec. 5.
“I have no time to send papers—they contain
nothing new. American produce is Phil
adelphia flour R’.6; rice, 12; lard 28; beef 16a life
codfi.h 5$; boards 28; Startling jV; plank 45;
hoops 40; shocks and headings, la 2, hills on
the United States, 2 per cent.
“Ilrown box sugar 17 reals; muscovado 18; white
i a 24; Cv ff'ee £27 a 28; molasses 14 reals.
FROM RIO J.1.YEIUO.
By the brig JTines Murdoch, capt. Bartlirvg,from
Rio Janeiro, we ieam tiiat the Patriot troops un
der gen. Atlign have had several fkirmishes with
the Portuguese forces n ar Mor.teviedo, in whicli
the former gained trifling auvanlagcs. Mr.
W. L. Dickson, of Philadelphia, supercargo of the
James Murdoch, is the bearer of dispatches for
government, from Thomas Sumpter, jun. Ameri
can minister at Kio Janeiro.—ATGuz. 11 thin*;,
BJaYic of KEjsrrm ky.
We are happy ,o be enabled to state, that spo-
cie payments have been resumed by this instiux-
u- I'i e causes which led. to the ruspension,are
1 veiled in mystery. The ostensible reasonsg*-
i out of (Uort, are the d^nanti* for tpccie by the
ited States* bank, and by brokers, who are
culaiing in that article. But reasons, perhaps
more plausible, have been {panted by others; and
of which we shall say nothing, except tiiat they
do not impeach tfu ab.lity of tiie bank to meet her
engagements. T he fair, liberal and accommodat
ing conduct of the branch of the United State**
bank on this occasion, is MifHcient we think to
convince any candid and reasonable'person, that
she has nei’htr caused the susptnston» by de
mands which justice required her to make, nor
been actuated by hostility to the local institution.