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38S* ss# r- V* SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN .VRElHWWK H. FELL, rJTT Minn*. ■Jlitily paper country g6, per amtam. imnt in auvsbck. .Ifj'AD Kcwt and new Advertisements appear in 'bath paper*—and siopt br -arifcr oniy-XJ) From the ZivcrpiwlAdvjrtUtr, »>fiy l.f _ An association l*»s,it is eniil, been'form* fitj,in th„* university of Berlin, consisting of students, who have resolved never ,to ..fight duels. W The test accounts from Spain state that 'it is not expected (hat the expedition pre paring at Cadiz c»u sail b-furetfli^iddle of August. ■ The greatest dissaflBction prevailed among Wie troops wliff it is said, receive neither -pay nor clothing.—» icfc! An examination was guuu; on, by utdefof the government, with regard to the sf» ( officer* biiongingto the expedition. T r « pretended object of the inquiry was, to discover such vl them as may have been , initiated in the mysteries of freemasonry, 'With a view to tlleir dismissal Irom the service, llut it was generally believed that the real purpose of the investigation fVas'iii -detect, if possible, those among them who have breume members of a po- ■litical society, which, it is alleged, spreads, w iJt-U in Spain, and bus been joined by a 'number of the officers of the army. Fiom thp distress occasioned by the stagnation of commerce,and other causes, discontent; •Shews itself among all claries. The trade -of Bilbo*, in'particular, has fallen so com pletely into decay, that grass grows on the quays. . Mr. Have, from the tank of England, apprized the gentlemen of the stock ex- .change, on Tuesday, tint il there should, be a loan contracted for this, year, excheq uer bills for onefourtli the amount of any subscription that individuals may make will be taken at a premium of 20s. From this hypothetical communication, the cap itatists, who well known the necessities ul tlie chancellor of the exchequer, infer the certaoity of a loan. The offer of « premi ' am on a certain amount of ttje exchequer bills now afloat, is, of course, intended to buoy up their value, preparatory to a fresh •issue. From the first report of the finance committee, just published, it appears that the income for the current year is calcu- lattfd at 154,000,090 exclusive of the ad ditional pr-manent burthens which may arise out of the- provision to be made for the supplies of the present year, or the measure which may be resorted to for re ducing the amount ol the unfunded debt. An actual deficiency is consequently anti cipate d, to the amount, at least, of 113,779,862. But the committee, ptirsu ant to the system which has been pursued of late years only, in stating the public ac 'Counts, consider the income of the sink ing fund as a part of the revenue, and thus contrive to shew an excess in the receipts, 'to the amount of fl,783,785, which they state to be applicable to the extinction of the public debt. As the committee do sot suggest ariy means of raising the in •come, or reducing the'expenditure, we are not aware of any benefit that can result from their labors. If the practicability of either rcsourse is hopeless under existing circumstances, the committee, should have tiro idly stated the fact; and having done to, it might also have been expected that they would have given some epinion as to the only remaining alternative, that of go ing on borrowing in a time of peace, or of, at once, transferring from the sink ing to the consolidated fund a sum .sufficient to cover the deficit in the reve nue. The following letter, received by Messrs. Carson, Dennison and Pany, of this town contains 1 some further particulars, in addi tion to. what we have given in our last page, under the head of foreign intelligence, of the duels which have recently taken place at Gibraltar between the British and Ame rican officers; Gishactar, April 5. ‘•Some of the American squadron has ■been here these few days, and has insult ed some of the officers of the 64th regi ment, and sent challenges, and two duels ■wore fought on the neutral ground the day "before yesterday. In the first, a captain ■of the 64th was wounded in the thigh, at the third shot; lie is doing very well, how ever. The next affair was between ano ther American officer and a captain Jahn- son,of same regiment, who wounded Alic American the second shot, but ■ slightly, and tagain struck him, on the fourth shot, an the groin, and it -«» reported that he is-since dead. Ano tther duel took place in Su George’s.Cave, ■yesterday, at 4 o’clock, between captain 4)ixon, of .same regiment, with another American captain, and wounded the Arne- 'mean the Erst sliot, on the head} the guard came to takp them prisoners, aad the American endeavoring to get away from the guard, being weak with loss of blond, fell and cut his face. Notwithstanding the duel, captain Dixon borrowed a horse from a gentleman, and mounted the Ame rican on it, and proceeded with him all the way to Ragged Staff, where the Ame rican boat lay. The guard at that place were going to stop him, but captain Dixon told the guard to take him and letthe Arne Gen. Qt-vercmt has'arrived }n tMslpWu! and chartered.a number of vessels for the conveyance of {we fine regiments he has raised in-Irelandto South Ame rica. u - -• Wttg We rejoice to find that the malignant fever which lately prevailed here it great ly on the decline. v Accounts from Madrid of the 6th ot last month, state that the plague continues to make great ravages in the kingdom of Mo rocco. The number of deaths which take place at Fez amounts to 150-xlaily! A letter of the 1st alt. from Gibraltar, says—‘-There have been no less than three duels this day between the officers of the 64th regiment, and the officers of the Ame rican loop of war Erie. Recording to re port, two of the others-belonging to the United States are dead, and one of the offi cers of tlie 64th is severely, but not .dan gerously wounded. The' dispute arose between the purser of the United States’ rigate, which has since sailed, and a lieu :ei*ot of the 64th regiment. The officers of the C4th were put under atrest by the r rnander in chief, and when challenge! 1 their opponents, stated this circum stance.” ’. London, April 28. From the late extensive sales of stock, and the immense sums o( money at pres ent employed, it is believed that (he loan if such a measure is resorted to, will taken on rather favourable terms. The *" ,m lists at present in the city are the slock" exchange, Mr. Rothschild, Messrs, Reid,’ Irving Jf Co. and Sir John Jackson C We believe a fourth list is in agitation. The committee .on finance have presen ted a second report, which relates to the ting but together with their owaeii-f «*eepbe!ow the horizon, where fie temato 'fpum'f- army estimates for the current year. They commence by congratulating the stale ol affairs in Europe continued to preserve such an appearance of tranquility, as per mitted the withdrawing of toe army ot oc cuputicn from France.—This inea>ure had necessarily led to a great diminution of the military lorce of this country; a num tier of men, equal in amount to the whol army returned from France having beei either reduced, or placed under orders .’or reduction. Of the home force voted in the estimates of last year, a reduction of 9,401 rank and file has taken place, which, in addition to those reduced after evacuating France, will ultimately effect a diminu tion uf force amounting to 34,118, officers mid men. The amount of redactions ac- | ually affected last year, amounts to 26,042. The total number of men estimated for the service of the present year, exclusively of loose to be employed in India, amounts to 69,“94 men. We have mentioned iftove, the actual eduction which took place in the course of last year, ft will be gratifying, how ever, to state, the aggregate of reduction', made in the last two years, which amount to 55.802, officers, nou-comniissioaed offi vers and privates. The total sum to be voted for the ordi nary services of the army for 1819, a- muuuts to 6,582, 802/. 12s. 3d. London, April 29. ■Mr. Ihcledon—After an absence of years from the British stage, Mr. IncTedon last night resumed his professional duties before a London audience at the Surrey theatre, in the character of Steady, in the favorite musical farce of the Quaker. The reception.-which this old favourite of the public met with on his reappearance, must have proved truly gratifying to his feelings. The house was thronged with an audience of the highest respectability, who on his entre greeted him with three district rounds if applause. cal strength, and a probable anticipation of the objects to be effected bytfeem. The writer is, however, erroneous-in supposing that the United States have entered into any stipulation concerning the.indepei deuce’oLBactios Ayres. The American treaty'for receiving the Floridas, which has Wen laid before the senate, is wholly silent'on the subject; and their treaties by the constitution, never contain any se- cret articles; _i “The naval force which is to be-sent the South-Seas is to be doubled, and it therefore -toconsist of two line of battle ship* and two frigates, which are to carry as inari£ troops as possible, and to sail soon asTliey can be got ready. Twenty thousand men are to be embarked in the transports, as well thoso belonging to the Peninsula, as those already arrived er still expected from England* and France.— They are "destined for the Itiver Plate, to occupy Monte Video, and attack Buenos Ayres in conjunction with the Portuguese, if that can be brought about, and for which Olivenza and its territory, occupiud 1803, is to be restored to them. The ces sion of the Floridas will not bring any mo ney into die public treasury, because the 5,000,OOOof dollars are to be paid to- the creditors of Spain in the United States: the-principal advantage which Spain ob tains by this cession is the engagement on the’part of the United States not to ac knowledge nor favor the independence of Buenos Ayres. The funds for fitting out the expeditions are, in the first place, the 15,000,000 of francs, which France has paid to the Spanish government, for the purpose of dividing among the Spanish subjects who have claims in France, aud which the Icing keeps under the denomi nation of a forced loan, recognising the respective individuals as creditors ot the state. In the second place, it is expected to obtain the whole or part of the 20,000,000 francs, which France is to pay to Spain as her share in the contribution imposed by the Allied Powers in 1815. This mont-j is deposited; but France refuses to delive it up Until Spain shall have paid the French subjects who have suffered by the seizures undconfiscations of their property in Spain during the war: king Ferdinand has pro mised to pay, but has not yet dune it, there being no money in the treasury. In the third place, we rely principally on the funds of the board of merchants, who have taken charge of tlie whole management of the expeditions, on condition of their hav-’ mg the absolute control of every thing, without any interference on the part of the ministry ol war; this has beeu .granted through necessity, and for their lemunera- tion, 3 percent, on the whole produce of this custom house has been assigned to them. We hope.tiiat these combined re sources will furnish us with the means of dispatching all these expeditions.” According to the Liverpool bill of mor tality just published for the last year, the total number ol deaths was 3652. births 4432, and of marriages 1576; being an in crease on the preceding year in births ol 117, of marriages 57, and* in deaths 280. Notwithstanding the severe eastivardl. winds and morning frosts which have late ly prevailed, the wheats on strqng-and low lands never looked better; those on light and sandy soils, begin to look yellow anil sickly. Such, however, are the favorable prospects of the ensuing harvest, and the probable decline of gram, that the far mers in .various districts are still impor? tuning the legislature to protect (heir in terest by importation duties on grain. Br rlidlimore gave notice in the house of commons, on Tuesday the 27th April, that on Thursday he should move a resolu tion expressive of the opinion ol the house, that the duty on salt should be reduced. The prince regent lias purchased the palace at Newmarket, which is to undergo a complete renovation, under the direction of Mr. Nash. Executions at Lancaster.—Henry En- fwlstfe, aged 56, John Kav; Sf, John Clark, 26, John Horseman Drake, 32, William Smith. 17, and Henry Moncrief, 22, suf fered the aivful sentence of tlie law at Lan caster, on Saturday woek, for forging notes. * The emperor and empress of Austria ar rived at Rome on the 2d uit. under salutes of artillery. They were received at the Quirinal I’alace, by the Fopc, and conduct ed by Cardinal Gousalvi to the apartments prepared for them. His Holiness would not suffer the emperor to kiss his hand; but embraced.him at the moment he was going to shew him that mat k of respect. None rican go. as he had given his woid of honor I of the Bonaparte family now at Rome have that he s>4tu! J not be stopped. The sloop I been presented to tne emperor. ■of war is, moved this nioring to Algiers— I The princess of Wales,it is said, will vis- 1 remain gvmtlemen, your very obedient (it Rome, before the departure of the ein- huinble servant, “WtLW.ist Kennedt.” The celebrated ship Isabella, which Imre the flag pi capt. Ross, in the late voy- x*e to the polar regions, sailed lately from fl jil,for America, with 200 English pas- -tet^gers, men women and children. The emigration from" that port is most prodi gious, and is continually increasing. They -are of all descriptions, but chiefly person* ■who possess a little property. The loss «f so many valuable citizens, in this sea- ton »f national ulfficzu/, cannot easily be e^Unuited, ! pei or of Austria. A slight shock of an earthquake was felt op the 10th at Landshut and Augsburg. - Frankfort papers ol the 17th ult. state, that, on the evening ot the 2d ult. a fire broke out in the town of Hitskimmel, in Hungary, which destroyed the barracks, two churches, and 600 dwelling houses. The fallowing extract of a letter, dated Cadiz, March 29, is more explicit thaD any recently received fronr that quarter concerning the-expeditions, and is believ ed to present a correct view of the suurcea whence the funds are to be supplied for fit- IA'TliRESTLY& LETTER. Me are indebted to a gentleman of this place for permission ta lay before our rea ders a copy of the following letter receiv ed by him from an officer on board the U. States’ ship Ontario, a native of this place. This letter will we douht not be iea<t with interest by ercry one; it is replete with ood sense, and evinces that the writer, ho left this place an inexperienced youth few years ago, has made good use of his time—fFiiichester, Vir. Gazette. Copy of a letter from on officer on board die U- Staies' ship Ontario, to his friendinthis < !ace, da- tedUS. ship Ontario, Annapolis, April-5th, 1819. “Once more my dear sir, I have safelv returned to “the iand of the free anti the home of the brave.” Nineteen months have rapidly passed away since I took leave of my dear country for a cruise in the Picific ocean. When 1 look back it appeal s but a day—yet dur ing that day I have sailed in all my zigzag rambles over nearly fifty thousand'(rules ot old Neptune’s empire. The many strange places 1 have seen, and the great variety of interesting objects presented to the eye, may in some degree account for the appa rent rapidity o! old Time’s flight—but it is nevertheless a melancholy truth, that as our years increase in number, they seetn gfeatly to decrease in length. I wish very much for an opportunity to write you from the Pacific, but met with none that presented a reasonable prospect of your ever getting the letter—I could there have givenyou much interesting news f you feel, as I presume every American does, interested in the great cause now pending in South America. The period of our arrival in Chili was perhaps the most eventful one in the his tory of that country since the conquest— but as you have loug since been made ac quainted through the medium of newspa pers with the important occurrences of that day, I shall not here trouble you with a repexition of them,but,pursuing the intention with which I sat down, shall pro ceed to give you a sketch of the move ments of the Ontario durtng her absence from the United States. In doingso (sh ill make, piincipally, plain extracts from my journal—and avoid as much as possibleen tering info particulars, which would per haps "tire more than ainu»e you. I must here, however observe, that should you feel no selish for (lie dry remarks of a sailor’s journal, the pipers are in your hands and may easily be committed to the flames. The first port we put into was Rio Jane- rio, (Brazil) where we spent about ten days refitting, etc. etc. Thence directed our course towards Cape Horn—we pass ed that dreadful point of terrors about the 1st of January, 1818. I have never been in a clime so boisterous and disagreable as that aboutthe Cape—rains and storms pte- vail most incessantly—the sea rolling in mountain waves; your tiembling bark une moment soars among the clouds, and the next sinks sw.tily between the foaming bil lows as if nevertoiise again. It was mid summer when we passed it, and consequently wehad almost continual <Jay-ligiil—die sun making but a small ed only five hoars and a half, left us twilight in his absence, which had the wea ther been clear; would have been equal to : the. full moon. The weather was not so cold as We bad expected to find it, even at that season, -in so high a latitude as -60 degrees south—the mercury stood at from 40 to 45 degrees <if Fahrenheit’s ther mometer. After beffeting the storms fur 55 days, during which we lost one man over board, and carried away some ot our light spars, we cast anchor in the bay of Valpa raiso, (Chili.) Valparaiso i s a small, i| I contrived, dirty town, stuck against the.side of a red clay hill that scarce affords herbage fur a goat. The housesare generally very small,mean ly built, with brick floors and tile roofs— its population is from lour to five thousand souls—they are very easy intheirmanners and hospitable to strangers. After a stay there of sis weeks, wo Bailed for Lima, (Peru) where we arrived in twelve days— we gave the vice king of Peru the first in formation of the defeat of his army at the famous battle of Maypo, which so humbled the haughty Castillian that he not only re ceived us with a degree ot respect which he is not only in the habit of paying for eigners but at the request of captain B. lie gave us an order addressed to the commo dore of his squadron off" Valparaiso, to per mit all the American merchant vessels then in that port’to proceed to sea without interruption. This very important order rendered it necessary for the Ontario to' return immediately to Valparaiso, as tnere were five valuable vessels then preparing to sail for China. Captain B. consented to take on board a commissioner frum the vice king to negociatoaivith the Chili go vernment for an exchange of prisoners, and to act himself in the capacity of me diator. Onourreturn to Valparaiso, I had the pleasure to accompany those gentle• men to Santiago, (the capital, about one hundred miles in the interior.) Ou our arrival in the suburbs, we were met by an officer of distinction at the head ot a corps of dragoons, which paid captain B. military houors, and escorted us to quarters that had been prepared for captain B. and most splendidly fitted up by order of the su preme director. During our slay there,, our table was every day supplied-in the most sumptuous manner—tlie richest wines, fruits and delicacies of every description were crowded upon it in the greatest pro fusion*—in short, every respect and atten tion was paid us, and we were suffered to to be at no expense whatever. In con sideration, I suppose, of thre, the servants, who were also government property, felt’ themselvesat liberty to purloin every thing they could lay their bands on, and they certainly availed themselves of every op portunity to exercise that right—one of soldiers of the guard of honor that escor ted us back to the port, stole iny swutd. paulettcand chapeau de bras, which had en given him to carry. Santiago is a handsome, regular and ell built city—has from thirty to foity thousand inhabitants—it. lias.several very ich churches, and some other elegant pub ic buddings, particularly a mint, which I Ihink is not surpassed, if equalled, by any- building on the whole continent of Ameri- ;it is loui hundred and eighty feet in out, two stories high, and every ivay large i dun proportion, tind is built of every fine white free stone. We spent six Jays in the city—no arrangement for bschangeof prisoners could be agreed On our return to the port ive immedi ately put to sea for the river Columbia, (N. \V. coast) touching at Lima to land the Spanish commissioner. On the 9th ol August we anchored off the entrance of that river. I he bar being too intricate and dangetous for a vessel of the Ontario’:; draft of water to pass in, we manned three boats with fifty well armed seamen and rowed up the river to the establ.sjiment founded there by a Mr. Aster, of New Fork, but then it; the possession of the Brit ish N. W. company—you may recollect that this post wa3 taken from Mr. Astor during the late war with England; by the treaty of Ghent, it must he restored to us, and I understood it has been actually given up, since we left there the United States’ Agent appointed to receive it. It is situated oil what is called point George, about 18 miles from the entrance of the river, consists of one largo frame iiouse five or six small ones, some store houses, shops, ^'ct. Around the whole is a strong high picket to protect them from the Indi aiis, who are sometimes disposed to be troublesome. Twenty five whites, the same number of Sandwich Islanders, with three six pounders, constiutca the whole force of the settlement. Captain Biddle was not authorised by his instructions to haul down the English flag and place in its stead the American stripes, who however took formal possession of the country on both sides the river, in die name and on the behaifdf the United States, with all the ceremony usual on such occasions. \V, passed the night uncomfortable enough in our boats, which we ancho r ed near an In dian vitiage. The Indians came amongst us in considerable numbers with great fa miliarity, were very merry and friendly, offering us their dried salmon to eat.— The first enquires were whether we were kingGeerges’ men or Boston men; and be ing told Boston men, they repeated sever- tiines “Boston men Kiosk,” which signi fies good; so you see they understand at least one part of the policy of civilized na tions. The greater part of the men weie entirely naked, and the women were as lit tle covereJ as the most realized laws of de cency would admit ofl They havein com mon, flat heads and distorted features; the latter is no doubt, caused by tlie operation of flattening the head, which is done by confining it, in infancy, between two boards, and keeping it in thatsituation till, as the head grows, it assumes the admired form. Take them “all in all” they are, in my opinion, the mnstill looking, dirty, dis- ustiug objects of the human race, and hope never to “look upon their like again.” The country as far u we coarfd see,bears no prospect of cultivation." Tlie natives lire by -Ashing and hunting. "1 he English raise some cattle, and. receive flour and.., .salt provision twice a year from Canada by a way of cape Horn. • Ou the morning of the 20th, the sea broke so heavy on the bar that we were all very- near being drowned in attempting to get on board our ship. I think 1 never was so near the verge of eternity before; for my boat in which there was twenty men, was half full of water when I got alongside.— We however got all safe on board, weigh-, ed aur aochor and a press of sail stood ". away to the southward; five diys after we came to an anchor in the bay of Montery Californa* The Spaniards have there a small fortress, with a garrison perhaps of fifty men; who are placed there, they say, entirely for the protection for some two ur three religious missions established in the vicinity lor tiie purpose of converting the wild children of the forest to the catl oltc faith—but I am inclined to thiuk that their object is not quite so humaue and disinter ested as they would wish one to believe; for where mild persuasion, (wnich is, I think, the only weapon that should ever be used in such cases) fails to effect the pur pose, they do nut hesitate to use the most arbitrary and unfeeling means to accom plish it; as an evidence of this I mentioned . _ the following -circumstance. Rambling in the woods une day with a gun in search ufi partridges (winch by the by ara there very* plenty) I fell tn with two Iudianswhower« employed cutting wood, with each a heavy pair of irons on his legs; I asked them in Spanish (for you must knew I have learn; to make myself understood in that lan-- gunge) why they were in irous; they said they had attempted to run away aud re turn to their nation in tho interior, aud were caught and shackled as I saw. [ ad vised them to beat offtheir disgraceful fes ters with their axe, and snowed them howl it might be done; tiiew looked so signifi cant at each other, that I am convinced they had never thought of such a thing be* fore, but ! have no doubt they very so«a followed my advice. As the Spanish force U much too smalt, to cape with the Indians in thejiold, they 1 ' have upopted the fulluwiug singular strat agem to keep them under, which- hus had so far, the desired effect. The priests collect all the young females and put them into a strong budding erected for that pur pose, where they are.taught to spin, weave, _ sow, &ect. They are strictly guarded and never suffered to leave their prison, until the holy father gives them away tn mar- „ riage, iu which time he always stipulates for the female children that may make their appearance on tlie stage of file. By thus keeping the women in their power the men are restrained from acts of vio lence. As Montera and Virginia lay in the same paraded uf latitude, the climate and pro ductions of course ought not tu be very different;—wlu-xt. and all fruits of Virgin-*’ ia are there in the highest perfection- . We remained but a few days to refresh our selves, lay in a supply of wood, water, &ete and on the 23d of October, anchored lor . the third time in the harbor of Lima. * (to be continued). EASTERN PIGS The publichas recently seen accounts of hogs killed, in Massachusetts, very remark able for their early and rapid growth—*-o much so, tnatbeiug killed at one year old, some ot them weighed 400, and ail averag ed considerable more than a pound a d ry for every day they had lived. Five of these pigs arrived to day by the Harriot, captain Lewis, from Boston—hav ing been selected uydistinguished agricul turists of that state for Mr. Skjnner, tho editor of the Jimerican Farmer, who, we understand, has imported them fur the ex press purpose of dissemminating the breed in this am) the neighbouring status. They aie two of the Byfield, and three «f Byfield. Bedford and Bakefield breeds, in " the degrees of one half Byfield, one quar-. ter Bedford and one quarter.Bakewell.— . They may undoubtedly be regard as a val uable acquisition to the breeders ot live stock and the lovers of good' bacon. Oo« peculiarity about them, is an uncommon thickness and transparency uf skin.—Salt. Pat- Lexington, Ken. May 26. BAJFK A FF.1 UtS. It will be seen by an article in our pa per to-day, that the banks in the western country are doing themselves much credit hy the -coarse they arc pursuing. The most praiseworthy determinations have been adopted, in some cases to persist an specie payments, and in others to .esutae ‘ them. At Cincinnati the Farmers’, and Mecnanics’bank, which was supposed" t* be one of the most doubtful iir Ohio, w redeeming its notes with coin; and several others in that state have lately adopfedf^e same laudihle practice. A c. .ventibn uf : deputies from tiie principal banks in ■ our own state, whose example will befolfcwed by all the others, have determined "ijiat they wili not suspend, but will venture on new emissions of paper without it, forithb purpose of giving all the relief in their phvrc er to the embarrassments of the cmiimtBii- tv, in any way the least exceptionable. \Ve hope these favorable indications and efforts will not prove illusory and inefficient, l he Kentucky banks, which have struggled so . lung and successfully against the efforts of the times, will surely not give up the con test and saspend, it a time when the banks of Ohio are beginning to resume specie payments. Much hbwever in this start, ‘ a must depend on the course of the United States’branches. If their course be liber- •: al to their debtors, they will stiff be the means of relief to the country. In that. last Argus, there was a suggestion, that this directors of tlie branch here had been in-vT— ~. strutted to call in 25 cents on all -theif * ~ debts. We have heard nothing ofaqcjt on* y ders, and presume tfiattkfe remocs’ „
