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P^I^ttlllEPUJJUGAN. fujOifi/lTCh A. FELL, orrr rutman. '4iur ur*l, jf,nu*T—<.i>l*t«», iii,' ru X'iiT. yjTAHiz. in jnrjNCE. t(ry*u. *m »■;> wrw aDvaarnawtat* imu ' «rrt! tro»r it oini, oxrr«£D Foreign Intelligence. Londo*., Not. 2D. £fl6f -ffefs of the Congress of" Sovereigns. The deliberations of theoongres at Aiz- Ii-Chtpi llc have terminated; and we now present the graiiii MScial result—the last protocol and declarations of the Allied Sovereigns or their ministers, towards whicIruTl their consultations tended, and with the signature of' which their assem- My is-lin&llj broken up, and its itlnStrious m*mbe:s dispersed. •These documents are interesting in point of form, as they erbibit the completion' of the work which has tons; attracted so much attention; but .otherwise-theireontentsstre modestly ex pressed. ‘With die pattutl-good which is likely to -flow from the conferences at .Ais 4a-Chapelle,-there is certainly as lit-, -tie general'evil united as ever did result, -or ever can result, from the meetings of -persons w ho possess, we tpay say conjoint ly, millions of men at their command.— Of-die lour documents published by con- -jjitos, the fir* is an acknowledgement of the four Allied powers, of the tianquil stale of France—of her fulfilment of all heresiiting engagements—of the adequa cy of the pledges which she oilers for their completion, and the consequent ac knowledgement ol the propriety of with drawn nit the army of occupation. The -Irii:- of France is then invited to make one of the congress. This invitation is in the second document accepted, in his •Sovereign’* name, by his mioister, the duke of Richelieu, whose signature is, of course, affixed to the two ensuing acts, ■which have relation to the general inter est »f Europe. The Sovereigns, in the protocol and declaration, both dated Nov. 15, hint at the probability of future con- I ere nee* lor the good of -Europe; but de- dare, in all their dealing* with each other end in their decisions ott the appeals of -those powers which take no part in the quintuple alliance, they will be governed -only by the laws of nations. DECLARATION of the ALUED SOVEREIGNS. “Now, that the pacification of Europe lis acsuin.plislieil, by the resolution of with- • drawing the foreign troops from the branch territory; and now that there is an tend of those measures of precaution which •deplorable events had rendered necessary -the ministers and plenipotentiaries of Klu-ir majesties the Emperor of Austria, thinking of France, the king of Great Bri- Usiu, the king af Prussia, and tlie Emge- >rar of all the Russia*, having received ■order* from their sovereign* to make iknown to all the courts of Europe the ij esults of their meeting at Aix-la-Cha- ipellc, and, vvitliAhat view,to publish the following declaration:—The convention Of the Dth of October, which definitively regulated the execution of the engage ments agreed to in the treaty of peace ol November 20,1815, is considered, by the sovereigns who concurred therein, as the accomplishment of the work of peace, and as the completion of the political system destined to ensue its solidity- The inti mate unrun established among the mon- arvhs, who are joint parties to this system by their own principles no less than by the interests of their people, oilers to Europe the most sacred pledge of its future tran- •quiJitjr. The object of this union is -as simple as it is great and salutary. It does nut tend to any new political combination —to any change in the relations sanction ed by existing treaties. Calm and con sistent in its proceedings, it has bo other •object ihau the maintenance of peace and tin- security of those transactions on which the peace was founded and consoli dated. The sovereigns, In forming this august union,have regarded, as its lamla- aaeutal basis, their invariable resolution never to depart, either among themselves <ir iu their relations with other states, from the strictest observation of the prin ciples ot tha right of natiuns; principles which, in their application to a state of permanent peace, can alone effectually guarantee the independence of each gov ernment and the stability ol the general association. Faithful to these principles, the sovereigns will maintain them equally in those meetings at which they may be personally present, or in those which shall take place among their min isters; whether it shall be thejr ol* ject to discuss in common tbeir own in terests, or whether they shall take cog- nizancc of questions in which other gov ernments shall formally claim their inter ference. The same spirit which 'Vill di rect theircouncils and reign in their diplo matic communications shall preside also at these meetings; and the repose of the world shall be constantly their motive and their end. It is with such sentiments that the sovereigns have consummated the work to which they were called. They will not cease to labor for its confirmation and perfection. They solemnly acknowl edge, that their duties towards God, and the people whoa they govern, make it peremptory on them to give to the world a* (ar as is in their power, an example of justice, of concord, and of moderation; pappy in the power of consecratiag, from henceforth, all their efforts to the protec tion of the acts of peace, to the increase of the internal prosperity of their states, and to the awakening ot those sentintents oi religion and morality, whose empire has been but too much enfeebled by the mis- . fortune of the times. - ALcJa-Ckapellc, AeremJir IS, 1818. SlETTEKNlCfl. HARDENBERG. BtUURUEU. -BERNSTORF. CASltifcREAGtt. NESSELRODE. WELLINGTON. CAFO MSTR1A." from the ~ouJan C.urirr, N*v. 16 PULAR EXPEDITION. The following "is un extract of an inter esting letter received by a gentleman it Montrose; from on board the'Dorothea; Ane of the'vessels lately returned from an vii successful attempt to penetrate to the north pole: “On the 26th of June we again came anchor in Fair Haven, which is situated be tween two islands called Vagel Sang and Clover Cliff. On those, and the neighbor ing islands, we discovered numerous herbs of rein deer; and in running iu for tire an chorage, immence numbers of sea-horses were seen lyingon the ice, huddled togvth er, and at the distance much resembling 1 group of cattle. We succeeded in killing several, some of which were of prodigious size; for instance one which we cut up was found to weigh twenty hundred weight.— These animals are seen every where near the land, on the ice, as well as in the sea: and are found in the bays (which are nu merous all along the coast,) lying on the beach, sometimes to the amout of several hundreds-. To a stranger they present the most forbidding and ugly aspect imagina ble. W.ben much annoyed by shot, they assemble their forces—surround the boat, as if determined to retaliate; thirty, forty, or more, will appear in every direction, and almost at the same moment, and so near, that the muzzle of your musket will often reach their heads; they now make a hissing, barking kind of noise; and no sooner receive your fire than they beceme apparently fu rious, roll about, decend probably for i minute, wheu they re-appeur with immense numbers,and seem proportionably bolder in their assaults. “Several of our oars were snapped in two, or otherwise broken by them. In their upper jaw are two tusks of great size which seem as if intended by nature to form the principle means of defence, as well against the attacks of their enemies as to raise and support their huge carcasses when they el ev&te themselves from the sea to the ice these tusks are of the purest ivory, and when they have attained their full growth, are of considerable value.—Their hidesare very thick, and of the toughest texture: but the are coarse, anil fit only, for placiug on the rigging of ships to prevent chafing When brought on board their bodies emit ted a most intolerable stench; to get rid of which, as soon as they were skinned, the carcase was thrown overboard. The rein deer of Spitzeubergen, of which we pro cured a plentiful supply, do not, I think, differ essentially from the deer of England except that, as the autumn advances, they begin to cast tbfir summer coat, and dur- ingthe winter month*, become perfectly white, even in the end of June their winter coat was but beginning to fall otf, and many of those we killed were still nearly white We also saw many white 'bears, but only succeded in killing one. We continued at anchbr in Fair.-Haven about 7 or 8 days, during which time, we (the two ships) suc ceeded ia killing about 45 or 50 deer, the weight of which averaged at least 120 pounds. We again put to sea; hoping that ax the season was now more a.dvanced, we should be able to penetrate towards the north. Having discovered some partial opeoing in the ice, We forced our way in: and on this occasion we gained the highest northern latitude we were destined to reach viz. 8 32. The Courtmourning Dress of the offi cers ol the British army, on the death of the Queen, is black crape over the orna mental part of the cap or hat, the sword knot and the left arm; a black crape scarf over the right sholder; black'waistcoat, breeches, stockings and buckles. A part of the King’s Jewels, it is said, have been missing since last June. No discovery in relation to them lias yet-been made. Among die articles are, “The George, diamond sword, and invaluable button and loop.” The fact that they were missing was not made public until since the death of the Queen. Paris, September SO, Mr. Wagner, mechanician and' clock- maker, of our city, has just- finished an horizontal clock which had been ordered by an inhabitant of New-Orlean*. The dial has seven feet diameter; the machinery is very well executed and very simple in its :ffects. The bell which weighs 2,000 pounds, has been castatNeufechatel, near Rouen. It bears the following inscription in French and English: “Brave Louisian ians 1 - this bell, the n^me of which is Victo ry, liasbeen cast in commemoration of the glorious 8th of January 1815.” The clock is already packed up, and the whole will 'shortly be sent to Louisiana. IMPORTANT DOCTMENT. Prom the Nen-Yorlc, Commercial Ath. January 14. An attentive correspondent at Washing ton has kindly torwaided to us a short re port in relation to navy agents, accompa nied with the names of the present agents, and a statement of the monies due to the United States from agents who are no lun ger in office. This is a highly important document. It shows that there is now due from former agents, some of whom are dead the enormous sum of more than seven hundred thousand dollars: It shows, that there is due from the late agent in this ci ty, including forty thousand dollars re ceived a few days before his death, up wards of two hundred thousand dollars:- If ahows, that the security exacted from -the navy agents is totally inaufiicientfor the immense sums committed to their care:— It shows, that there has been a culpable neglect on the part of some of the execu tive officers of government in omitting ta compel the agents to a frequent settlement of their accounts as required by law. It shows the necessity, ou the part of con- greet, oi applying a prompt aud efficient corrective to abuses of this nature, from whatever quarters, to enforce^payment from the delinquents) and to guard effec tually against future delinquency. For the exposure contained in this docu ment, the public are indebted to a resolu tion introduced Into the house bj general Talmadge, one of the representatives from this state. To the intelligence and fideli ty of the same gentleman, the-public were also lately indebted far the exposure of gross abases in relation to the navy pension fund■ REPORT Of the committee on naval affairs, on th: resolu tion cocerning navy agents, accompanying “a bill concerning navy agents." January 5,1819. Read, and with the bill committed to a committee at the whole house to-inorrow. The committee on naval affairs, to whom was referred a resolution “directing them to inquire into the expediency of increas ing the amount of the security to be hereafter required from navy agents, and also of requiring security to a greater amount from those now in office, have had the same under consideration, and REPORT: Names. Place of residence. Ba'anee due U .. t t .. a 098 Daniel Ludlow, Daniel Hedinger, Wm Smith,'sen. Wm. Smith & Co. Samuel Brown, New-Yorlr. Norfolk, Vi. Charleston, a. c. Ditto, Boston, 69 27* 18 211 1,421 641 862 5« 1,527 031 3,030 73| for 64* 271 61 30 The committee find, upon examination: that mostof the bonds givenby navy agents no# in office, are in the' sum of 220,000 with two sureties: in some few instances, the sum is less, and the number of sureties smaller, and in one or two cases, the num ber larger.' The committee/refer to document anuexed to this report, marked A, giving the names of agents qow in office, their places of residence, amount ol bond, and number of surities. The committee also refer toa document annexedto this re port, marked B, giving a list of the names of agents now out of office, against whom balauces stand charged in favor of the pub lie, with the amount of those ballances Jj'c. The amount of bonds given with the number of surities as heretofore directed by law, has been at tne discretion of the president- The committee think that from the large suras of money continually pass sing-through the hands of those officers, it will be proper to fix by the law, the min imum amount of the bond, with the num ber of sureties to be given by each, before entering upon the duties of his office; and that after a stated period, those agents at present in office shall conform to the same rule by giving new bonds with the requisite number of sureties; to effect these objects, the committee herewith report a bill. Navy Department, Dee. 21«, 1818. Sir—In compliance with the request of the naval committee of the house of repre sentations, under date of the 9th inst have the honor to transmit to you, here with, a list of the navy agents now in of fice, marked A, which designates their residence, ihe amount of boud given by each, and the names of (heir respective sure tics. „ Also, an abstract statement, marked B, containing the names of former agents, and the amount ot balances due by tueni to the United States, and with which they stand charged on the books of the fourth auditor ance ' of the treasury. The losses will eventually be consider* bly upon the two last naval agencies at Norfolk. The precise state of the accounts of the late navy agent at New- York can not at present, be ascertained. The returns from navy agents are made every three months, by a special requsition from this department, dated 21st Novem ber, 1817, addressed to the agents respec tively, in the form of a circular. I have liouor to be, with great respect, sir, your most obedient serbant, J. C. Calhoun, acting sec’ry navy. Hon. James Feasants jr. chiarman naval committee, house of representatives. A. Names of the Navy Agents of the United States, where situated, the amount of their bonds; and the number and names of the surities to each. John L. Storer, Portland, D M—a- mount of bond, 30,000 dollars—surities, Seth Storer, Joseph Storer. Henry SLangdon, Portsmouth, N H— 20,000—sureties—John Langdon, jr. Ed ward Cutis. Amos Biuney, Boston; Mass.—20,000 dollars—sureties, Jacob Rhuades, Joseph N Howe, Eben. Larkin, Julrn Binney. Constant Taber, Newport, RI—20,000 dollars—surety, James Fenner. Joseph Hull, Middletown, Ct 10,000 dollars—sureties, Canfield Gillet, Wm Thompson, Samuel I. Andrews, James Lewis. Robert Swartwout, New-York—10,000 dollars—sureties, John Swartwout, Wm Irving. George Harrison, Philadelphia—20,000 dollars—surety, Charles Francis. James Riddle,Newcastle, Del.—20,000 dollars—surety, George Reed. James Beatty, Baltimore, Md—20,000 dollars—suteties, Nathan Levering, Geo. Williams. Joshua Potts, Wilmington, N C—20,000 dollars—sureties, Hanson Kelly, Aaron Lazarus, Richard Bradley. Archibald S Bulloch, Savannah, Ga 10,000 dollars—sureties, John H. Morel, Thomas Bourkc. Jeremiah Brown, Newbern, N C— 0,000—surety, William Hollister. Miles King, Norfolk, Va.—20,000 dol lars—sureties, Robert C. Jennings, John Hodges. James Morrison, Lexington, Keg.— 20,000 dollars—sureties, Charles Wilkins, Lewis Sanders. John Morgan, Hartford, Ct—20,000 dollars—surety, Moses Tryon, jr. John Robertson, Charleston, S. C— 20,000 dollars—sureties, Richard Cun ningham. Stephen Shrewsbury, Frederick Kohn. >r John Randall, Annapolis, Md—10,000 dollars—suteties, Joliu Muir, John John- John K. Smith, New-Orleans—20,000 dollari—sureties, William Hawkins, DA Smith. (B.) A list of Navy Agents, who are now out of service, exhibiting the balances due from each, as appears by the books of this office, and those of the accountant of the navy/ Archibld Campbell, Baltimore, William Crafts, Charleston, s. c Samuel Storer, Portland, Me. John Reckman, Ntw.York, Theodk armistead, Norfolk, Va. 241,217 31 % John It Pawn, Ditto, 151,433 95 Nathaniel Ingraham and Son. Charleston, s c. 21,649 95 John Strieker, Baltimore, SO John Bullus, New York, 560,141 91ft acxjBKs. * Transferred from the accountant’s office, to 6nt comptroller of the treasury. 20th January, 1316 f Ditto 20th January, 1816 4 Ditto 28th July, 1810. 4 Ditto 20th January, 1810. 1 Ditto 20th January, 1310. I Ditto 9th March, 1810. •• Ditto 28th July, 1810. These balances having been transferred from the books of the accountant of the navy, to the books ol the register of the treasury, previous to the establishment ol this office, their final result can only be known by a reference to the register’s of fice. ff To this balance of must be added this sum credit ed by him, in his accounts on file, in this office, under exami nation, received for the sale of the United States’ brig Tom- Bowline, 560,141 94 6,388 00 Leaving a balance against him of £298,071 57 As no account,of his expenditures from 1st July, 1818, to the day of his death (the Utter end of September following), has been received, the actual balance against him cannot be ascertained. His expendi tures tor that period, judging from those of the two preceding quarters, will proba bly amount to about 130,000 dollars, to which may be added the last remittance made him ot 40,000 dollars, and by him received, a few hours previous to his death, no part of which, it is presumed, has been expended. By a regulation of the treasury depart ment, adopted the 21st No-ember, 1817, the agents were required to transmit their accounts for settlement quarterly. This regulation has been generally complied with by the agents sioce that period. Treasury Department Fourth Auditor's Office, V&th Dec. 1818. Const. Freeman, Ath Auditor. UNCLE SAM. When the venerable old gentleman whom we familiarly call Unde Sam, after having been many times robbed and shot at on the highway, was at last desperately engaged iu a bloody rencounter with John Bull, the members of his family, in gener al, turned out most zealous \o Lis assist- But Caleb, the valiant, incontin ently declared that Mr. Bull as “the But ware of our religion,” and of course had aright to rob and shoot whomever lie pleas ed, ami that Uncle Sam was a scounrire.l and a murderer for making resistance, and Mr. Bull would soon give him such a drubbing as would bring him on his mar/ row-bones.—All this the old gentleman bore with great patience, and merely re monstrated against such undutifulness and ingratitude. Now there was a compact by which ail the members of his family were bound to furnish Uncle Sam with whatever he needed: aud begining at last to see the bottom of his purse, and being in great want of a new pair of pistols, he reminded Caleb of 6aid obligation, and required his compliance.—Whereat, see ing the old gentleman nearly exhausted, he was more insolent and scrurrilous than before, and told him to his face, he was a liar, for that there was no such compact, and that he would not trust him with a cent, nor lend him a trigger, and calling him a robber, audaciously exclaimed, “let every high-waymanfind his ownpistolsj” aud not content with this, he called a caucus at Hartford, to persuade others to follow his graceless example, and unite with him in maltreating and resisting bis benefactor; aud immediately went to great cost in providing bis servants with laced coats, and swords and pistols and ammu nition, and spent much time in teaching them to fence and fire at a mark; and at the same time was endeavouring to curry favor with John Bull, by telling how he had, stood up for and assisted him, while he had, to his utmost, resisted aud abused Unde Sam. It was shrewdly suspected that bad the old gentleman been unfortu nate in the contest, the said Caleb would forthwith have joined «Vr. Bull with all his servants whom he had thus been train ing. Bat Unde Sam, all Caleb’s resis tance notwithstanding, fought it out and beat Johnny Bull, till lie roared out pro mised never to attempt to rob, or shoot at him again. When peace and quietness was thus re stored, and Caleb found that the old gen tleman had gained reputation among all his neighbors for strength and magnani mity, he became as supple and fawning as a spaniel that has just been whipped, and cringed to, and bowed down to the earth'before Jemmy the'head clerk, whom he had just abused even more outrageous ly than iiehad Unde Sam himself. The old gentleman ever disposed to for get and forgive, suffered Caleb’s conduct to be passed over in silence.—Whereat be tvas greatly encouraged, and gathering effrontery from forgiveness, and finding the debts be had incurred in arming and instructing his servants, begining to Sang heavy on his back, what does he do but trump up an account against the old gen tleman and cap tfle climax of impudence and insofer.ee, by actually making a demand for the expense of the laced vests, swords anil-pistols for his servants, as well as for his time and trouble in training them. This was enough to try the saint-like patience of Unde Sam himself, and rising with indignation he exclaims— “Caleb, thou shalt not receive from me the wages of eniquity—“let every high-waymanfind his own pistols.”—American Advocate. va. jOHNSON’S'iii c nojv ah T. It is about two years since Mr- Thomas issued proposals to publish an American edition of Johnson’s dictionary, including all hiS'Selections and authorities, together with his history of the English language and an Englisli grammar. It was further proposed to improve the American edition by affixing to each word I father’s prounci- a'tion. To give a choice to subscribers it was proposed by .Mr. Thomas to print two sizes, the oae quarto and the other octavo. At the time these proposals were issued, an edition of Johnson was printing iu London, and tram that revised copy the American edition was to be printed. Price 20 dollars. £ucharetbe outliuss of the proposals made by Mr. Thomas. There seldom have bct-ii proposals issued more welcome or moie wanted. Any person wishing for a complete copy of Johnson’s Dictionary had either to import it or wait until chance enabled him to purchase one. When an opportunity of purchasing b copy presented itself; there were so many persons desirous to purchase it that tifc copy was sure to sell at pn extravagant price. We waited ourselves for near tw& years Defore an opportunity to purchase b copy of Johnson presented itself, and then', fora Folio copy of London edition, 1775, second hand, we paid 41 dollars,more than twice the sum asked for the American edition, which has the superiority ot com bining pronunciation with all the advan tages of the English copies. Mr. Thomas has just published the second volume ftvo and the first vol. 4to of the proposed dic tionary, and we find its execution to be in all respects equal aud in some respects su perior to wliat was promised. Wo have been induced to this notice of Mr. Thomas’* edition ig/the hope of exciting public attention, which we are satisfied would ensure public patronage to a work which promises to he as creditable as it will certainly be beneficial to the nation—a work the expenses of which to the publish er will be at least 20,0000 dollars.—Vmo Press. New-York, Jan. 19 th Col. Trumbull’s painting of the Decla ration of Independence is now exhibiting in Philadelphia, in the same room where, more than 40 years ago, that most impor tant subject was considered and adopted. Joseph Bonaparte arrived in this city on Friday last, and took apartments at the Mechanic Hall. Capt. David Deacon, of the U. S. navy, has recently taken the command of the Lake Erie station. Ail English newspaper estimates the property of the late Queen of England, in money and jewels, to be worth five million* of p aunds sterling, Salem, (Mass.) Jan. 6. This week was seen at the toll house on Beverly Bridge, a full grown Aloairus, known by naturalists under the name DU omedea. Its wings spread above eleven fi-ef. which is the common measure of the largest. It seldom flies at great height, but can*pas^ -at a great distauce, and sel dom has any other prey than it 'seizes on the top of the water, or the flying fish that often rises out of the water. This bird lutd been robbed of its wing feathers, by which lie maintains his flight. 1^ was tak en off the Cape of Good Hope by a hook. An American sloop of war, supposed to be the Erie, anchored in Hampton roads last Sunday.—Ba t. Patriot, 19th inst. _ We received yesterday from our correspondent via St Jago de Cuba, a file of Kingston papers— but their date* have been anticipated—Charlatan City Gas. 25:A n»<. Beware of Irtcndto iet /—An attempt was made on Sunday night, or yesterday morning, to set fire to die house occupied by Thomas S. Grimke, esq. in St. Michael’s alley. The tire was thrust under the covering of the house, about three feet from tiie ground, but was fortunately discovered before it burst into a flame—ib. ’theatrical—Mr. Cleary, e native of our city, and who baa been performing in the higher walks of tragedy at Drury-Lane, for the last two years, has lately returned to bis native country, with the view of prosecuting his profession.— We understand he will appear before the Charles, ton audience during the present season. Of Mr. C.’s talenis for the stage, we cannot speak from personal observation; but fame awards to him no common portion ot merit.—ib. Twenty dollars’ reward. Ranaway from the employment ofBobert Leckie, at the United States' Arsenal, near Augusta, an indented apprentice to the Stone cutting busi ness,'of the name of PHILIP ROONEY, about 30 years of age, about 5 feet 7 inches high, black hair, and his nose flattened liy a quarrel in Rich, mond, v'Va.) He is an Irishman by birth; and has been some time in the service of the North West company—be works with bis left hand. AU per sons are: hereby cautioned against harboring or employing said runaway, under penalty of the law. The above reward Jand all reasonable char ge*, will be paid for apprehending and delivering said apprentice to the subscriber, or to Robert Leckie, in Washington or Richmond. James Colvin, For It. Leckie, at the U. S. Arsenal, near Augusta, (C7 The editors ot the Savannah Republican, and the Milledgexille Journal, will please insert the above one month, and forward their accounts to the office of the Augusta Chronicle. Augusta, jan 20 ar .21 Information Wanted. Any person who will give information res pecting Mr. PatbIcx D Bocaax, who left Savan nah in October 1818, will confer an obligation on his brother Richard Bourke, by directing a few lines to the editor of die Sasatwh Republican. jan 22—as*—18 Georgia—-Liberty county. By Elijah Baker, cletk of the coart of ordinary for the county of Liberty. Wbereus, William Hochstrasser applies for let ter* of administration on the goads and chattels; rights and credits, which were of John Molick, late of fee said county, deceased, as next of kin. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased to file their objections (if any they have) in my office an or before the first Monday in March next, otherwise letters cf adpuniatntioq will be granted unto the said applicant. Given undir my hand uid s.al, (his 24th day of January, in the year of our Lordeigbieea hun dred and nineteen, and in the forty-third year of . American independence. CLS] E BAKER,< to Xc i jan 2T
