About Savannah daily republican. (Savannah, Ga.) 1818-1824 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1819)
r. ■ ,.?SBSSWSSS=5!^ S A-iV « jga—codS-tbt g6-n«'«™-“ .- r 'A retue W AnrAHUt. i C.WC UK I7/£ FOU-TC YA. •-Vli ■''following 1 decree, by thahnn. Rich- !-».<) Wters, judge of the -Awtrrot court •>! ’•tue United States for thia district, wifl-te • read with "rest interest and -*v!r»f.rctK>fi >a*y e»*ry one who detests the"praS.3ces it < condemn*. and is desirous that -«Ur conu- i fry shall'stand forth in opjnsftion to the . puaCKV and atrocities bv whici; the eccau his b*en ravaged or.der thettssuraeU flag of the South American •’Patriots, if the • vessels captured adder Hfi* guise, and Uj ;ii-.UicaI vessels -themte-ves could -brougtitJttider the trilwwal of our vigu and urtiiousjjdiciarT, and foreign natil k :H!I kli«%r,"ihit'it ViII c-mdeimi all Wl : libilof asstyre-nace-vioti.e the laws ul na- ' turn; tr.j-v y/fiVcvpnt the American ch»r- -r. 'nr.of-wery imputation of sanctioning Im: the desperado-:* that have aal- iiod tvotii the pnrts bf this nation. Ljtions. t’l-.e.principles upon which this decision! F[- x| ie jj u is /..nu'led.arc those which will, no dmiht, r^ r Ct)lfllll | 4 i'lie .«? r'hit: d, and ad-niUod in all the a •nru-voith) United State*.— Philadelphia Zliiiotl. District court nf the U. States for the -sa-tero district ol PeiK.ajIvania: 15 it in *aMi«t, consul of his Catholic •'•.», .]-■»!y, Ferdinand VI I, on neh.dl ol % .n- •is, owners, f's—The brigantine Fortum, gud cargo. DECURE. The b-igantih" F-utvn, belonging to c insish ■.ulijf'is in amity "with the United •Si,,lei. with a Spaiiisli cargo, on her law fa' titx'hosi' >vho <enry our ntttiouai char acter andunexi.inpled success in -our re publican aiid htj'hly estimable form of vernmeat, the opportunity of uucaiidiSty generalizing tbe foul propensities of colpa- tile individual**Into stumson our national reputation.’ although those *vh» are guilty of such unworthy and oase crimes and mis demeanors, are, os in all civilized nations they should be,-auhjected tofunishmeutby our laws, (which it defective- in any cas- will no doubt be made inure perfect,) atih are held in merited detestation by the great body of our citizens. It is the duu ni those to whom the execution of our laws ,~ • oui suit ted, to correct these onuses, u punisiiihg the perpetrators, ltid renderiu, their enormities unwofitaule to tl.r.n, U_ oring their plunder to those-whu lix-.fc ed by their depredation*. Such un stable misbehaviour becomes ui sari J boundless, and spreads-itself in ilio-is and indiscrmilnate Cftreer, m acts of piracy, murder, and rubbery committed on the prisons and property even ufnur own citizens, as weir as tho*. ■d all countries who navigate the sea-, 'emphatically styled the high raid of nc- v-v.tgc from i .'.vatm to Cadiz, wa » c.iptu • ■I .1 ml tliljf, l«l i day of A|u i laitoir Si V:.ac..iVt“, ao-l torcibly t-.ka ii from h * pttS- x asiaii of lia ( r coninaoder, rapt O one, by •li -i aripcil va?s d taid to i>? i privi 1 •Acr ca»- -L-! tin- Juiii d Fores:, coi in*£«*dv it a §. fifcspt. Wils'un, aSititc.'imaii, AM vhji- a real nr p -elandedS ig tulle*! tii.it <d F.e'lt-'ti'ibiic i f Bueno* Ay is, on- of the eynited provinces ol South Ann: ■ A first and second prize master aud crew -were put nil board, aud the Spanish boatswain nr exrgoraaster, and the conk. f wre suiti-.red tub - ••main on hoard the bug T' u Fat turns was ordered fur the island of M ir* :fctt i, snd rvhen arrived otf the coast id that Island, the second prize master or jitafsy iitm-d ii«-r.ry Davis, a citizen of tue TT H ( e d States, with tnuse called the prize new, revolted and confined Edward Jlaik the •Hedgedfirst prize-master,glso c citizen of the United Cit . tea. llie des tination ol the captured vessel was ebatig- •«*d, and after various ineffectual attempts t. reach some nf the Windward Isisuds, she was navigated in the coast ol North America, <•> wit, the United States, for tin purpose - f smugsling die cargo into some port nr place in the United Stales. Bui u. vIt^ to circumstances detailed inflic dc- pnsitruis taken, and li'ed in this cause, tin- j ♦'(li'Jtu'ii was brought into the purtof Fhii-1 1 teiphla, ami libedwl by the Spanish coil- ] sal mi behalf of the Spanish owners, in restoration to thlem,Under the allegations „r (he c ipfure being piralically a>id unlaw fully made by unauthorized captors, and Ijtliat the capturing vessels, be the fact of legal authority, otherwise, what it may, 5-vvss fitf-d and furnished within the limits -»>' the U::iied.£>tates, to wif, at Baltimore, •in the district of Msryland. It is al*o propounded, that the uliedged second prize mister and the crew on board the Fortu- li ■, alter her capture, revolting, as before *.V d, are pervliarly t'i be considered as* pi.- ites, an I amenable to punishment s: aoch, under the law of unions, agreeably; to a late act of the congress of the Uniteo Slates. It appear* clearly to me, that the Julia sic Forest ua-4 arrived, armed ,»iul niannef! .from a cruise in in* port of Baltimore: where she dischaiged her nu n and lay f •; a considerahlc time. Wic there prepared for another cruise, and shipped under new articles, a sot of hand*, to Hie number ol S!) or 90 and some officers, among whom Were Bark and Davis. Amo-ig those •liand, or crew were a considerable num- i>..r of American citizens,and so far as i: appears, ftw or hone of the new crew were among those who had arrived with the Ju lia de Forest .-it Baltimore. Whether she .added or not to her armament, Us cs not clearly appear. But it is in proof, that she there shipped men who were resident Ame- ricM citizens, ami took in water, iSj’o. for a ii9j months cruise. Independently of other allegations In a libel, 1 consider this latter circumstance eu(Scient to authorize a court o! the Unit ed St.-tes to decline the capture illegal, as it regards the laws uf the UuiUd States, •ml the Fortune having been brought with in thejuiisdiction ol this court, tain war ranted in restoring the vessel and cargo to tiie Spanish owners thereof. The law on this subj.-ct is now so clcar- Jy arttlvd by the decisions of our courts, U- tii original and supreme, that it is unne cessary to cite inuiy authorities or enter into minute di»ca>sion un the legal branch «>l the case.* The outfit nod furnishing in a j ,rt of (he Unite.I States render all acts o! hostility ami d*predation, on the. property o| subjects o! a power in amity, commuted f v an jriri-d vessel, thus fitted and furnlsh- e"l, violations of the oeut ality of tile Unit ed Stairs, and unlawful as it regards lit.- laws of ili.? United States, and the laws ol nations recognized therein. It is a dvsg. ace to the Character ol Ame rican citizens, tiios to prostitute them- v. lvctfni nefarious acts of robery arid plun der, under the mask of assisting the Spa nish patriots uf South America, as those are termed whose cause many of our delu- iied or vitiated.citizens eject to espouse; when in fact they are pursuing selfidi and sordid-objects,fur their ptirate emolument. enos Ayres flig, or even the fleg or commission ol u liuiiuu ackiiowleog'.-) Iiy our xove. ament to be sovereign and m- depeikdent, would not j-istily, tc our law.-; any acts o' capture or dtpredafim, ceu - nutted on the high sc-j-, by an ■ snued ves- velfitted .Hid furnished in any e. ourpOrt , :thef wholly or parlial.y, on the properly or persons ol tbesubjeotsofa puwerin ami ty with ns. Such-fitting and fariiislinig. would be « breach of our law, even if th. whole of the otlicers and crew were su-,- jt-ctsofa foreign natron, originally belong- rig to, >ind arriving, i:i the v i,cl thus fur- lishell,ei|uipi>ed m-fitted- But itisliijili- !y tiin-.iiial in our citizens to engage • u' board such vessel, or utheiwise to commit' hostilities ag-iiust a friendly power under any. pretext- Whatever may be tue wishes •jjf piivate citizens, they must await the di - tm initiation of our constituted authorities. It has been well observed, that it woufi! oo a solecism in a government at peace, to permit its citizens, or any of them, to wage v/ar, and especially against a nation in amity. The engagement of men wit-.' are transient, if uf the same nation'with' Ihovn of the armed ship arriving in our ports, has been by some of cur laws permit ted; buttlie eniistmeutorshipping citizens of the United States, for warfare against a nation in amity, is unwarrantable ami illegal in every point ufariew: nor, indeed, can an armed foreign belligerent ship, lawfully increase the numbernfher etjuip- page, with men of any nation or country, in our ports, for ho-tile purposes against those with whom we are at peace, fducii less is it legal or justifiable, tofit or lurnid: been' added another enj, which no fo:e- sightcould perceive—-the dilflcul t : •? r«»u It- ingto- the mercantile distm-ts of mis coun- try, in cinsequence.of the great and sud den commercill embariassmeiits through-, but ali th? Kurnpean oations connected in trade with tfie United States. The cd'cct of these unfavorable circuit, s’tances has, however, been found lets pre jltdicial-to tlie revenue than might have /.cea •rftpcctvtl. Sueii is the good faith i. nich characterises-the American people, >iid more especially in all transactions viih theirgavr-rinaent, that the slrougesi -lesir* has been, every where, manifested jy the publicdebtor, to fulfil their engage ments to the nation. Hence, the receipts mrathe treasury during the preseat year, though they have fallen shurtoftheamouut which ought to have been paid, have ne vertheless exceeded the general eT.pecta- non. From the Customs alone; the nett su'n paid into itie treasury during the last burner falls .-ary n tlie snort of six millions i>f dollars:—f jce.-ding, by one niillom six hundred thousand dollars, the amount re- eiv- d from the same source (luring the preceeJtng quarter. Yet in nu instance hits any seventy been resorted to in the collection. The indulgence granted has, indeed, been considerable; but, in eveiy rase where further time was allowed tm- litional security has been obtained. I- may be worthy of inquiry, however, ci.i,- isdei iwg that the proceed* of the customs constitute (lie-principal pxrt ot- fhe. public revenue, how lar it is prudent to cu.-iiiuue to a-iu lo me precariousuess to which they must always iie exposed by the fluctuations hi our foreign commerce the uncertainty .( collection which must necessarily result bum tue credit system which now prevails *l the custom houses.. From the Public Lands the receipts havi- Secn highly satislactory. It was in this nrancli of the revenue that the greatest tai ling off was anticipated, owing to the dis ordered stale of the currency in the prm cipal part of the Western country. But, in proportion to the difiiculty which was ap* prehended, has been the care employed to obviate it. And if, in tnis imports - branch of the national income, the receipts nave not only not fallen short, but have ex ceeded the general expectation, it/a in a great measure, lo be attributed to the ar raugements made by the secretary uf tin: treasury for facilitating the means ol pay ment by the purchasers ol lands, i'lus ai comtnodaiion he has been able to alibi'd with, safety to the public. Am! moreover, the measures adopted forthat purpose haw hada’beneficial elf'ect upon the money con cerns of those parts of the union included ivilip'n their operation; and, while they have tended to bring them to a sounder state, l:if-y have mitigated the e’vils to which they naii exposed the whole Western country the vessel, or engage a whole crew, fora The nett sum paid intothe treasury dur new cruise for such purposes iu any ol our ports; as appears to lwve been tin- case with the Julia de Forest, at Bdti- mo.-e. I therefore adjudge, order and decree, that the brigantine Portumi, her tackle, apparel and tin nilnre,an-l the cargo where with she was lade t, (or tin- proceeds of any part thereof directed tube sold oy an in- •erloculory o-<lcrof this court,) at the time "flier arrival in the putt ol Philadelphia, except such part, or lire proceed* thereof, is l shall direct to be paid as salvage lo those rightfully entitled thereto, be restor ed to the Spanish owner or owners thereof, or to the p.-rson or persona lawfully au thorized on his dr Iheir behalf to receive the same, on payment of all costs »nd charges legally accruing in this suit, or any wise lawfully incurred in relation thereto. (Signed) lticu-UiD PzrzHS. 27th, lt>!9. __ the lastquarter, from the Public land exceeded one million one hundred, thous and dollars; besides a largp amount ol Mis sissippi stock received for lands iu Missis sippi and Alabama. Thc’tvhnle of the nett receipts into the treasury for the half year ending on f he ;>0!h June last, n>av be staled as follows: From the Customs, Public ua:oU, Miscellaneous gourdes, 810, n.ooo ,-293.000 927,000 • Crancii. 369. IWheaton. 253. Sd.I)*!!»3. i3?.169,, " _ 'e ^ ' ~4 % l Total, S 13,530,900 In the present conjuncture of cur aH’air*. any conjunctures respecling the futui.- {ale of the revenue must be, necessarily, uncertain. It is hoped, however, that th" cause* which now aill-ct it su unfavorably will not increase- If this hope be well founded, it is probable that the receipt: from the customs, durteg the whole of Ph- vear 1319, will approach the sum estiuiat -d by the secretary, whilo those from the cublic lands nave already almost doubled the aiiio-int estimated for the whole year, ind will, j.e. haps, g" on at nearly the satin rata during, the current six monfhs. I:, i- ed, Ui ire seems reason to believe that, ml withstanding all tiie adverse circum stances before alluded to. the revenue r, • reived into the treasury during the pi esc o' >eac will be sufficient to defray the who!, xpenditure of the year, besides paying l! jli the- puliltc debt, which, by the cued tiuns of the respective loans, is now ic deemable. Sufiie observations have been mxde, u. tly appreciated, that its six pe: various papers of the U. State*, rc«pevtm ; fork, cren in these time*, cannot b? the payment of the Louisiana stock.— These observation* have nad om the National Intelligencer, 6th in«t. We hsve‘tu-day given, to jn article fro.-a neighboring print, a place hi our column. -not more consniruous tiian it deseives. ; ii-iiin the importance of ilia lactsit dis- Io cs, and the entire reliance which we believe may be placed on their authenti city. it is highly satisfactory to find, that the revenue ot the country has not been affect ed, iu the manner many .apprehend rd it would he, by the embarrassment* ol the c-immeici.h world. It is not less to find that the credit of the government i« so cent. ibtaineil at its par value; and that the por tion of it* slock, which the law* oblige the commissioners of the Siuking Fund to redeem, tlir i i?-held abroad, i* eagerly re invested in other etocks of th* United States. There is one fart of some importance, not mentioned in lids Expose, which is corn :, tly reported, ami we presume is true; that the bank uf the Untied SUtca has as sumed the payment of that portion ot the Louisiana debt* redeemable in tha nett month; and that the foreign holders have cheerfully consented that the payment, f v me bank, of the amount of the stock held by (hem, shall be deferred fur three year*, the back paying them the same rate of inter est as they have heretofore received from the governnunt. The effect of tin* me.v *me wnl be,toieave this amonnt to be em ployed in the aul of commerce here, in stead ol sending it abroad to redeem the Louisiana stock: which is almost altogeth er held hv foreigners. It is supposed it will have the further de*irable<-tfect of en abling the bank of the United estates to re discount a portion of the amount of the loans which they have drawn in by curtail since the 1st day ul October last. THE FLV.EVCES, PUBLIC DEBT, lie From the National Xtesuenger of Friday. It was foreseen by the secretary of the treasu-y, and frankly stated by him to con gress, at the commencement of the list ses sion, that the pressure which would be pro duced upon the community by the dim-ini- tion of the circulating medium (a diminu tion essential to the restuiationof a metal lic currency) nould h&ve an injury as ef- r.en-nt. w holly to the policy of that measure it: lii preseut circumstances of the country- I is not, however, the circuama-ic** ot trs- country, nor even the state ot the treasury, that the commissioner* of toe .-unking funi. luve to regard. They are required, tn law, to apjdy to the extinsui*hmeni ot thf public debt ten millions or dollars annual ly, (or so ir.ucli of tint sum as the cnn li lions of the loans and the price* of st ick will permit,) whatever may be the state 01 the country, or of the treasury: and all the public moneys in the treasury, e*crp r six hundred thousand dollars, arc placed at their disposal for that purpose. Iu ad dition to these ten millions, they are au thorised to apply whatever other money, may ri main in the tieainry, beyond two millions of dollars, after lit thr appropria tions made by law are disen-nged. Now, tn* public debt can be -xtinguish- ed Oy the commissioner* of the sinking luad only in two ways—by purchase, end by redemption. The price uf stocks being above the price limited oy law, they coaid not be purchased; and the Louisiana debt, ueuig the only one of tprhich any part wa» redeemable, it, of course, presented itself as the proper object on which to a apply Uie meat,* at the disposal ot the commis sioner*. By the terms of the Louisiana convention, the ledeinption of this debt was to begiu on the 31st of October, 1818; and it was to be discharged in annual in stalments nt not leas than three millions ol dollars each. The debt then amounted to cenrly ten millions of dollars; aud although the convention would have been satisfied by the payment of one thio't th* provis- wlikA zctjuirell the com missioneia to apply a» much of the ten millions, and ‘of any moneys in the- treasu ry exceeding the appropriations by two millions of dollars, as, by the conditions -if the loan, could be applied, would not nave been satisfied with that sum. The payment of at least one half of the debt be came, therefore, obligatory upon them. The instalment of the Luuiriaria debt which the commissioners determined to po v off in Dot. last, amounted to SJ,9",9jd: of which, 83,701.800 was owned in Europe! The instalment payably next month i S2;088,0&i;' of which, nearly the same proportion is owned aDroatl. The whole sum, however, is payable in the United •States. And. t* a part should be With drawn from the country by the fhre:;n owners, whatever * inconvenience may be produced by the transfer is chargeable to the law which permitted foreigner* to own the debt, and which prescribed the time of payment—and dot to the secretary of the tieasuary, who pays only what the law en joins. Respecting the pecuniary embarrass merits which the. measure m question is supposed to have brought upon the coun try, it may not be amiss to offer one obser vation. Nu charge was ever more unfoun ded than that which attribute* to the sec retary of the treasuai-y an iifeifierence to rite state of the times. It will be seen, by die records of congress, that he in ire ti.no once presented to the view of the Icgisl.i tuce the pressure upon the community:— and, during the whole of his administra tion of the ifiTatrs of llie treasuary, h.s en deavor has been to alleviate the distress. His conduct towards the public debtors, tu wards tite bank of tiie United States, and towards the state banks, affords abundant idence of the fact. As it respected t. payment of the debt, his duty was iiiip-ia- vo. All that hollas done, was enjoined by the laws. But, if any jirevious prepa ration were necessary, has there been no cause of blame elsewhere? Have the re trenchments, required for the oc Vision, been made by the community itself? Tin- Louisiana convention lias been sixteen years upon the statute book, ’t ofosi, therefore, have been known to‘every -on , that the first instalment of the Louisiana debt was payable on the 21st of O:tuber, 1813. It was equally well known,'.na: •dtis iiisla.moiitcould nbtbeless than three iiitiliotis of dollars. And, it was known, by the report of *he secretary of the trea suary, made to congress nearly a year be fore the instalment wa* payable, that i! would amount to neatly five millions of dollars. The measure, therefore, has no: join: upon the community by surprise. And, if due preparation has not been mad- to meet it. it is to themselves alex.v that they must charge t*.e consrq it nces. It is probable, that no great evils have resulted, or will result, from these pay ments. As far a3 respects that prirt uf the debt which be.niigcri to American citizens, tiie effect has been to disengage so much •I the moooygd capital of the country which was belore locked up in a loan t*- the government, ami to make, it active for other purposes. Anil, as to "tiie foreign part of the debt, tiie inconvenience which was anticipated from withdrawing so large a sum from the country has not occurred. Fite amount of the public debt of the Uni ted States owned abroad, was, on the Is; ol Jinuary 1819, only five hundred thou sand dollars less than the amount on the 1st of January, 1818. Whence it may b- inferred, (hat ot the g3,701,800 paid off oo th* 21st of October, ISIS, three millions •if dollars were re-inwsted in American stocks belore the close of the year. File reduction of the public debt has al ways been a primary object with ll-e re publican party. The s. me policy is still adhered to. And to those who regard it is essential to the purity c-f oer political •ystem, it will be gratifying to know, that, wring the administration of Mr. Monro*. ,n.ire than twentyfive millions of the pub lic debt have been extinguished. • This instalment is r-.lueed below three mil- by the purchases heretofore mxcle of the Louisiana debt, by the commissioner* of the siua. i.nr fund. THE BOVXDAir LIME. Th? Plat-burg Republican of Aug. 28, says, that the observations of the astrono ner. appointed this year by (he U. States -•fix iiporith- nortii-bn line of bounriaty attween the U. States and Canada, agree with those of last year, that the military works at Rouse’* Point, are north of lati- e 43, and consequently within the British dominions. Th.-. Boston Centinel states, in confirmation of the above, that letters from Vermont say. that it isgeuer- «liy understood the line has fallen a mile a id a half southward of Roust’* Point. “ffo^driviy Wore CumYna, while his iropp* attacked it in. the rear.; df wa* thought the Spaniards- would feign an attack upon Margaretts, jii order to draw flriwi frotit Cumana. The Spaniards had laid an cm,, uargo at Porto Cavello and Laguira.—sifj From St. Salvador.— 1 Capt. Allen, arrived yesterday in 41 days passage,’ in,] forma that there had been no privateers ed] the coast for *ome time,—A Porrugnes convoy sailed for L<5boa on the 16th July? About 1000 troops had einbarxed for St| Catherines, a :ike number from Pernatnbu l co, and a much larger force from Rio, kail sailed for the same destination, for wiiutl object was not known, but suppused tol join the troops at Monte Video against] Buenos Ayres. j Loud complaints were made in Brazil] against the Americans, for being concern-J ed in the privateers which harrass' theirl trade, and against our government far saf-l faring prize* to come into our port*.—iS. 1 Dftp.oit, Aug. 15. b’. -TEBItlTOhy OF Jilt:!i IG.hr. The commerce of this count . , Lae n!If others, ha* kept pace with the facilities of •; trade and inducements tn enterprise. l-'rtnii the fime- that this enuu: y was coded to the Unit-.d States, in 1794, to i the corr.invncement of the late war with! Great Britain, its co amerce ivas quite oirM cnnsideiable, bents* confined to the fur - trade and supp'y mg nf a small gaRason at i Detroit. Since tie peace of 1813, ii.liat ' been last increasing, i'lie events i.P-'ibja war called th? public attention to this ic^ gion, and it wt* found to possess as gi -at facilities tor the enjoyment oBSan ieia-.il'i eominfrcc as any section or the United (States. The establishment nf several mi. litery pasts, the in reusing emigration, aie the principal c uses nf the prosperity ot ] trade. A ji.'nfualile common e is now c: r:eu on from tins territory tisll (he coun tries bordering on the lakes Eric, Huron, and Michigan, which is li.-nost entir ly monopoLzod by euterpriziug adventu from the eastern stut- 8. Merchants ap ply themselves with E'lropi-a.-i m istly li nn the city of New-Vork, win. It it.- transported by water Irmn tBuff..i ; hat the mere .intile interest is uiu;li un- •.-aired, .ntiil t!ie rev nue ot tiie United Sr-tte* ueli outlet! by an illicit trade winch is constantly carried on with Lie ncig-.buf- iii" province ofT'ppcr Cinada. The annual importations for the fur trade may be c-tiunt- <1 at Sloll-'iOO. Th* exports including furs and pcilucs, are mu- h graat-r. The ro sLng trade carried on with t!:C -rates ol Ohio, l*mnsy!vania and N.-tv- York, consists of domestic produ. e salt, pork, bee-, H-.ur, c-un, butter,c I ltd, wtii-kry, etc. ivni h -r : truffit- citlrr, apple*, f;-<h, etc. hud pa chased by 1 the government lur th-- . n - adtp;,.,, troops.—Large quaot:ti<— ot iui> arc also 'annually transported io Bnff.io lor the Albany and N. York market* The t-rntory is divided m n two collec tion districts; those ol Detroit and Michi- limackinac; to each of which districts fhero is a poi t of entry of the same name. Tbo Coasting trade is principally lo inected with the district of Detroit; at tvkici. there entered, during the year 1818,3,501 flour; 2.843 bis sail: 1.943 whiskey; 888 do purX, 295 do fish; 693 firkins bolter; 5.062 bush, corn; 1,042 head beef cattle; 1,435 lit hugs. Tiiere were also cleared from this same port, during tiie same year, bound |iinni- jially t,i llie military stations upon this lakes Huron and Michigan, 2,024 obis, flour; 1,262 do salt; 753 do cider; 1,478 do fish; 105 iio pork; 394 do beef; 453 do. whiskey; 153 firkin* butter; 1,280 oushels corn. The shipping otvr:- d by the citi zens of this territory is about 600 tons. The vessels are from' 10 to 60 tons bur then. The commercial advantage of this ter ritory are obvious from its situation in re lation lo the surrounding lakes, and t h: rising importance of this and the more i„ terim-countries. Tiie healthy and navi-'’ gable character of its waters, the encoer-. agements to enterp il.;, and the tucreas- 1 iog population induce the belief this will soo.i become un important coAtinercial section of the union. Cincinnati, August 24. A treaty was held at E Ivrardsville, stale Nf.w-Yohs. Sept, 4. Front A'rw Orleans.—(Jspt. Miner, of the ship Reherca Ann, has politely favor ed ns with a file of New Oilcans papers to the 12th u!t inclusive. We are glad to state that no more disasters by the gale of the 28th July had been beard of, and does not sppesr that the storm was so vL- lem on the s»a coast a* was feared. Tiie only allusion tbe poperejgive iu it it in the follotrinc article: Baliae. July 91.—The brigs Sally Dans, Mary-Ann, snd a snip outward bound, have lust their anchors, and are on shore. The gale was *?ry sevore Irota N. N. E. to 9. S. K. for 24 hours; no other damage done. The Light flouts, building on Frank’s Island, received no injury. All the mad* <!u» at Nsw-Orleani Oil the 11 th, had arrived. j It was confirmed that all the crew of the U. 3 schoonerFuebraud were lost.—Jdtr. ddo. of Illinois, on the C-ti inst. between From the Spanish Main—We learn of captain Quereau, who arrived yesterday in It day* from Curacoa that a vessel hail arrived there from the Main, with intelli gene* that adin. Brior: had taken posses sion of Barcelona without opposition.-— He had landed a force of 1400 men. It waj expected be troultS jc»b tpsr* (jii Uhoteau and col. Stfiveoson, cmuinisviim- ers appointed on the part of the United States, and the civil and military chiefs ot" the Kickapoo tribemf Indians. It result ed in a purchase ol that tract of country generally termed the Singamo. The buuruiary commences at the mouth of the Illinois river, and runs easivvardlv, bv tiie old purchase lines, to tiie N. VV. corner of the second Kickapoo purchr-sc: thence* north-eastward ly, by theold purcimse lines* to the line dividing the Indian ar.d Illinois, states; thence north to the Kankakee ri ver; thence down that river to the Illinois; then.:* down the Illinois to the place of beginning. This tiactis estimates to coe tain upwards of ten inil 1 ions ol acre*, a great quantity of which is first rate land. Neatly 300 families had squatted or. thu, l,-.hrt before the purchase, which was a strong inducement to the Indians (o leavfe the country. They have obtained a treat ol land extending Irotn the river Osage it. La Pomme, and s.-iih to the heads of White river. They will thus become the near neighbors of their old enemus the Lherukets, with whom, until lately, they have been at war for mors than 200 years. —fnquititor. Ten Dollars’ Reward, Will be paid to any person pnxlu.ng evidence against any person or persons harboring a mulatto woman named CHARLOTTE, who raru**y o« the 6th inst.; or five dollars will be paid for her bein^ lodged in the gaol of Savannah, or brought to the subscriber, three miU» from town, wiih all reasonable expences paid. There is no need of a particular dtscripiion, as she is well known in the city of Savannah, which place she was seei^ on SundayJast All masters of t’esstls are cau* tionerl against carring her ofi*. as they will be desk' with according to law. 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