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At a meeting •of the Democraiib Mem
56is of -.CSwigress, in the Chamber of the
House of ltept’esbntauyes of the Unite*'
Junes, Februwy 14, 1324, the following
'resolutions .wci’U-unanimously adopted.
Resolved, As the sense of this' meeting,
that •-; __
V.U. H. CRAWFORD,
of Georgia, be rec.munenricd to the peojee
of the Hutted Styes as a proper Candidate
for the office of President, and
- AUiRtW OAlA.ATt.V,
'OrFennsyivania, for the office of Vice l’re
hitlent, of the Uuitfcd Stales, for lout years
htdetit,
iVotO tho'4th of March
1325
TUESDAY fiVONING, kUr 11, 1324.
Toe loliowinggetdfetrteri were yesterday elect.
l|d Directors of the Steam Bout Company of Geor
fil l, for the year ensuing•
Ftr Subunit ah,
Thomas'Butler* John Gumming,
S. C. Dunning, J. tVilcns,
* C Dunham, D. Ponce,
tVm.Tuytor, J. M'Hcnry,
B Mitchell, ’It. Isaac,
‘a Burroughs.
For Augusta.
A. M'K'.-nzifi, Stephen Hill*.
* In place of J. Penlield, who declined.
EDWARDS t* CRAWFORD,
Having laid before our readers the address or
Jjr. Edwards, we deem it no; more than fair to
pre-.*nt them with the tallowing explanatory let-
ter of the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed
by lltat officer to the second Committee of Inves-
, tigation, at the last session of Congress, in reply
.to a call on him,
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury
to the Committee of Investigation.
Treasury DEPAttTMKNtfeFeb. 24 1823
S*R s In reply tv> your Idtter of the 10th
fest: enclosing a resolution of the House of
"fe presehtatives* of the . 6th of the samt
month, and requesting the communication
of any information, not already communi
Cited, as may be in possession of t e De
partment, I nave the honor to observe, th. t,
■ when the Bank of the United States wen.
Snin operation, an effort tvas made to sim
plify the operations of the Treasury, thro*
th- instrumentality of that institution. T
give tu this effort the gieatest efficiency,
it was agreed, that the Bank should ha*e
tire selection, not only of the State Banks in
which the public money should be deposit
cd, in places where i. had established no
.office, but of those whose notes should be
received on account of the revenue; and
that all money, so deposited, should be en-
tci i-d to the credit of the U, Stales, in trust
•fotothe Treasurer of the United States, It
was*further agreed, thpt the Treasurer
^might draw upon the Bank, at any place
wi-.-re the punlic money was deposited,
-Whether there were any public money at such
place or not; with the understanding, now
ever, that reasonable notice should be given
to the bank, when it was intended to draw
jor any considerable amount bey nd the sum
on deposit e at such place*
. This project was generally carried into
effect, in the course of 1817, after the state
banks had resumed specie payments. The
notes ot all such banks, in the western
elates, were received by the Lane Officers*
and deposited as specie, in the offices of the
.Bank of the Vcited States, and in the state
banks, employed as offices of deposite.
: This plan of simplifying the operations
‘of the Treasury, was, in the course of 1818,
interrupted, on the one hand, by the com
plaints of the state banks, employed as offi
ces of deposite, that the Bank o( the United
States acted oppressively and capriciously
towards them, by subjecting them to all
the inconvehiencies incident to the relation
they held and depriving them of most of
the advantages which they had a right to
'expect from that relation; and, on the other,
by those of-the Bank of the United States,
alleging that the state banks were desirous
of appropriating to themselves all the ad
vantages of their situation,, without bearing
p,ny part of the burdens imposed upon it by
its charter? or by the arrangement made
With the Treasury, one of the most onerous
p which was the itnplied obligation it had
uh yryed of guarantying not only the solven
cy of those banks, while they were employ
ee as offices, but aiso ol the other state
banks, whose notes were received on ac
ta .tint of the revenue This state ol colli,
ly-'n and irritatiort c ntinued increasing un
til the it *ymn of 1818, when the Bank no*
iified the Department that it could no long
<er execute its arrangement, without sacri
ficing the essential interest of the institu-
tibn At the same time, it declared its de
termination to receive from the land offi
pers nothing but its own notes, and the cur
Tent coin of tire Union, except as special
deposite Shortly after this determination,
t many of the western banks stopped pay
mem.
. The experience of the Bank , had* about
•iki* period, led to the conviction, that it
Vio's impracticable to,k«cp its notes in cir
culation In the western states, and orders
/were, consequently, issued, in the course
of the autumn, or.in th'e early part of 1819,
forbidding its western offices td issue their
notes; even on a deposite of specie. The
fhnermination which it had formed in rela
iron to payments on account of the public
fends, Was* therefore, practically, a deter
mination to receive nothing but current
g. id and silver coin, which was nearly as
difficult to be obtained, iti the Western states,
as the notes of the Bank of the United
States. At thjs time, there witty,, due the
United States, nearly twenty millions of
dollars, by the .purebakers of the public
lands, a great putt of which debt Had been
contracted during thp suspension ,of *pe$a
jpsyinoms, hud in the feats 1917 apd i&fff,
tyltett the noted of rientV all tiro Western
Banks were i . ccivablc.in payment U .*«
'iiirnlfejt, upon i^he slightest refieetton, tin
• his determination of the Bank would groat
ly fetHjce the receipts into the Treasury
from that important branch of the public
rcVn ue ; but that cnnstlcraiinn would not,
alone h ive been sufficient to have induced
the Executive Department to have assurtr
edthe responsibility of the-measure, which
was, with gicat deliberation, adopted upon
the obcasion
To have permitted the distress and ruin
in which the purchasers of tlre public lends
would have boen involved, by the refusal
to receive from them any thing In payment
but the current coin of the Union, aftd notes
or the Bank ot the United States, under
stifch circumstances, without an effort by
the Executive Department to avert th&m,
would have excited feelings in a large and
meritorious body of citizens, which no
prudent government,even it despotic, could
have seen with indifference It is confi
deni!y believed that, if no Such effort had
beet, made, the Executive Department of
the Government would have been charged
with the most shameful imbecility ♦and that
the Treasury Department would havcheCn
loaded with the public execration. If an
effort was to be made to afford relief, the
alternative presented was *o continue to re
ceive the notes of the few banks in the West
which still continued to pay specie; and en
ter teem to the credit of the Treasurer, in
the offices Ol the bank) as special deposite;
or to deposite them in state banks, upon
conditions which would make it their in
terest to return them into circulation as
soon as practicable, on account of the go
vernment. In the first case, tHcy would
have accumulated in those offices, without
the possibility of being put again into cir*
dilation on account of the government, as
those offices would have had no inducement
to mnkt exertions to convert them into spe
cie, or transfer the amount, by the pur
chase of bills of exchange upon New Or
leans, or upon the Atlantic cities. To ef
fect either of these operations, it was man
ifest that the employment of the state banks
was indispensible. The arrangements
proposed, weie maturely considered, and
adopted with the a probation of the Presi
dent, who was fully sensible of the impor
ance of the Crisis which had arrived.
'I he inducements which were offered to
those banks to resume and continue specie
payments, and to transfer the excess of the
public revenue collected in the Western
states, beyond the expenditure, to places
where it could be expended, were believed
to be both justifiable anfd sufficient to en
sure success; and the result has proven
that nothing was necessary to the most
complete success, but the want of integrity
in those wlro hau the direction in some of
those* institutions.* Against this, contia
gency, the Department availed itself of all
me means within ilB reach, and confided in
the representations of gentlemen who occu
pfed high and responsible stations in the
public councils, whose judgment and intug
rity were considcd unquestionable, Land
whose] means of information excluded al
most tne possibility of mistake. Notwith
standing the want of integrity which has
been manifested by the directors of several
of those banks which have failed, it is still
confidently believed, tlrai, after making a
libera! allowance for any loss which possi
hly may occur by the Farmers and Mech
anics’ Bank of Lincinati, the Banks of Vm
cennes, Edwardsville, and Missouri, the
benefits which have resulted from those ar
rangements will greatly preponderate over
such loss*
It is impossible to state whether any loss
will eventually be sustained by the govern
ment from either of those banks. N > ap
prehension is entertained of loss from any
other. The Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank
of Cincinnati is therefore, the only one in
which public money has been deposited,
where the Bank of the Unite d States hud
established an office, from which there is
any danger of loss.
That bank, in a very short time aft r it
resumed specie payments, in conformity
with its agreement with the Tteasury D'.--
partment, stopped payment, and has never
made ahy return, or answered any of the
demands which have been made upon it
for information. The impression, in rela-
ion to it, has, therefore, been very unfavora
ble. A suit has been brought against it in
{he Federal Court, for the amount of pub
lie money in its possession, which has not
yet been decided.
The arrangements made with the Far
mers and Merchants’ Bank of Cincinnati,'
the Bank of Chillicnthe, and the branch of
th. Bunk of By nlucky, at Louisville, where
offices oi the Bank o! the U. S. had been
established, by which the public money
rollecttd at the Land Ofliices in the vicinity
of those banks were deposited in them ;
were not communicated to Congress at the
next session alter their date, from mere
inadvertence to the provi&sion of the char
ter to. which the resolution refers. They
were, however, matters of general notorie
ty, not only in the Western Stales, but in
he other parts the Union. Omissions of
this nature hove frequently occurred in the
Departments and it is presumed, will occur
hereafter, with officers the most attentive.—-
The natoriety, however, which attended
these arrangements with the banks, it
presumed, will natisly the committee that
there was neither a wish op intention to
withhold from Congress the fact of such
deposites, and the reason upon which the
measure is founded.
The papers which art; herewith transmit
ted support the views presented in this
letter
I remain,, with respect, your obedient
servant.
WM.H CRAWFORD.
The Hon. J®hn W Campbkm,
Chairman of the Select Committee
• Tnis is proven by the fact that the Banks . ol
Hiuois; of Madison/ awl of Cplunfbne, have fulfil
led,their eiiKaifetuynis with fidelity, and bV.!
continue lo tuliii them; nnd that ihe Rank r<i
(Jliificotliv, fait life hy fuifijied its engagements, ui,
l«i>B a» they exwtedia
Safe J-Vbw tlo Richmond r.ijptWr,
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rOLlTif: ' L *1 H KltS - -H \RD TIMES.
Tariff'Dill—Whence the Derivation of the -flight
to pas* itF^r . .
The Tariff Schemers tell us, by way of com-
mendati^k to the bill, and consolation to our
selves; UtiWAhe tariir bill is also borrowed from G.
Rri'ain The funding and banking Schemes have
been, before borrowed! and now the monopoli*
ingy manufacturing scheme U proposed lo be bbr.
rowed. 1 would respectfully ask the tariff, sche
mtrs, what other Biheme, the British government
I-** left to lend f I know of none worth the hmtu
ti«n of these gemlemeni except iheir colonising,
and contributory systems. The contributory
system, I believe, is brought to a higher state of
perfection in G. Britain, thanin any other coun
try in the whole world—I mean by the contribu •
tory system, the art of etting money out of the
pockets of the many, and putting it in the pock
et* of the few. In G Britain this art ha9 arrive';
to perfect consumatiun—I do not know whether,
the tariff schemers have ever thought of Hi but I
will now remind them, tlmt in borrowing ttie
funding, banking, and manufacturing schemes,the
contributory system, is consequently borrowed
with them. Tne contributory system is an cssen
tial appendage to the borr iwed schemes It al-
fords the means which are indispensable to their
execution. I wo»ld ask them, in what the nctual
difference between the government of the United
States, and that of Great Britain will consist, after
the practical administration of the one, shall he
borrowed from the practical administration of the
other f I would ask them, what has become of air
their own lofty political pretensions heretofore
assumed? What has become of the sublimated
doc rine of man’s capac-ty to govern himself?—
What of the illuminations of the whole world by>
the brilliancy of our own political inventions?—
What of the promised amelioration of the degra-
ded political condition of man throughout the
A'hole world? What of a thousand other illumin
ations Irom the wonderful inventions of our own
fundamental laws? I would most emnhaticslly ask
are these humble imitators, the same aspiring,
chiralrou- koighis, who, only one little month be
fore, mounted each Upon his hobby, armed cupa.
pie, resolved to take the Grand Turk by the ban.’,
in defiance of d| the legitimates of Europe!!—
Forbid it,common sense! 1 Forbid it, on eonsis
tency!! Under what circumstances too, an- these
destruc Ive schemes to be transferred from the
•me government,nud transfused into the other?
(Jan the- justification be found in any analogy, be
tween either the objects, or the ftontji' ions of the
wo government* ? The object of the British go
ernment is to legislate for the benefit of the fe -
The whole number of the receivers of the con
tributions in G. Britain, is less than the whole
number of paupers cooped up in poor houses.—
1'hfe If. StatcB profess to legislate for the benefv
of the many; or-in other words to do justice to ail,
l’i is is all hat ever is desired by the many, or
could ever be for their benefit _ Justice U the
illy righteous object of all legitimate govern
ments. The condition too of the two coumries
in relation to the foundation of the tariff scheme,
is directly contrasted Great Britain imports
breadstuff*—the United States export brendstuff's
I- any analogy to be found here ? it is upon this
circumstance tn the condition of .G Britain, that
her whole monopolising scheme it bottomed- In
consequence of requiting more brea-lstofT, fur
her ov. n internal consumption, in years of ordina
ry productions, than her agriculture produces; she
is enabled to lsy the foundation of her mon ipo.
Using system in agviculture; ind she has according
ly done it. Her first object in her monopolising
S-, stem was, the encouragement of agriculture —
For that purpose she has prohibited tne introduc
tion of foreign grain until the price of wheat in
G. Britain, shall be 80 shillings sterling per quar
ter of 8 buvhels, This measure so fur protects
British agriculture against foreign competition—
G B generally requiring more breads'uffa for in
ternal consumption, than her agriculture produ
ces, this provision is an operative encouragement
The relative prices of wheat in G. B. and the U
S. during the last year, affords an exemplification
of its practical effects The U. S. raising every
year more breiidsluffs than they can consume,
could not, by the same means, afford any encour
agement to agriculture.
The prohibition of foreign grain; would be alto
gethtr inoperative in the U. 3. because, none
comes here, without the prohibition. Notwith
standing this contrasted condition of the two
countries, these humble imitators have determm
ed to assimilate their schemes to the British mo
del. They have proposed to pm 25 cents duty
per bushel.on foreign wheat This imitative con
trivance, would'be inoperative, except in the on
ly case in which it would be injurious'to agricul
ture That would be, in a case of scarcity ap
proaching to famine. In that case, 25 cents boun
ty wo Id be more beneficial to tftc Atlantic farmer
than 25 cents duty; because the farmer consumes
relatively more grain in conducting his business,
than any other description of persons. The far.
mere remote from commerce, would not he affect
ed by the duty in any way. This proportion would
be tidiculous, if there were not mischief and in
suit in it. With those two ingredients, i’ is con
temptible hence it is seen - that the effects of
the same measure in these two countries, place-1
in contrasted conditions, must also oe contrasted,
Why then this affectation of imitation,at a moment
too, when G.. B is herself ashamed of the folly
snd mischief other own monopolising system ?—
llut upon this subject, there is matter of higher
consideration—are the powers of the two govern
men's assimilated ? The British government as
sens the claim to omnipotent powers—powerH
O'er all the persons and properties of all British
subjects. The government of the U, States as.
serfs, that all rights and powers are originally with
the people; ana that governments are rounded up
on man’s consent t That the legitimate rights t and
powers of all governments are derived aoiely from
that portion of the natural rights of man, which
he has consented to give up tor the purposes of
government. The question then arises—is the
right of property a natural right? lfso,did man ever
consent to give up the whole of his natural right
pf property to government? or did he agree to give
so much thereof only, as was sufficient to pay ail
the necessary officers and agents of government,
an adequate compensation for their services? The
fir si q H.siion involves the inquiry, respecting the
origin and foundation ol the right of property. If
it be a natural right, it must necessarily be coe.
»al with the creation of man; and, therefore, must
be looked for in the principles of his creation
The sacred historian tells us in tnbetunce, that af
ter six. days’ labor, God created the world; ano on
die sixth day he made one man out of the clay he
had created;but Goii finding it was not good for
man to be alone, thiew him into a sound sl-.-ep;
and during his agreeable repose, took out one of
his ribs; »nd metamorphosed it into a woman.
This, according to the aforesaid, account, it the
foundation of the sexual system of the universe;
ati hough the developenu nt of its effects was post
poned for some time thereafter But, as Die sa
cred historian has omi ted to tell us, Irow the rib
w s replact il; us our own anatomical observations
inlorm us, that there are now as many ribs on one
side of a man, as on ihe other, and the same num
ber on each side of a woman, as a man; all urran.
ged in like order, and symmetry; as such an ope
ration u inscrutable to our finite perceptions; and
it would be dilfioult tor us finite mortals to com*
prehend, how the fib could have been replaced
dter its metamorphosis into a woman; and as
moreover, the sacred historian has altogether
omitted, to tell us, whether or not; the sume modus
operundi was observed in the creation of all Other
creatures, and things jiscme sceptical minds might
raise some doubt, whether the sacred • historian
might not Himself nave been misinformed upon
Uese points, through a tradition of nearly twenty
fi ! e hundred years, of barbarity, superstition, ig
norance and fable; and whether some of,the most
.iiaterrtd acts in reliitiori to ihe principles of out-
creation, might riot Have beeu forgotten during bo
ji period; 13«r«it to
«lx" f, a>gctb*r foftatu pimples .of i«tWl W
Hon In Slating m> premises 1 shall discord evei-
thing which js not hnown, and may be doubt ;
slid rt-ly upon nothing, but. what is known, an.
cannot be doubted. , .
It is then known, that man exists; and, then
fore; must have been created That liis'.ixiHtene
is founded, arid continued upon the sexual ay-
tem That the love of the sexes is one paMMtft
Implanted hy God in the human heart x That it i <
the strongest of all human passions. Besides man,
it is known, tnat a vast variety of animals and oth
er things were created, and eXiat in the world;
and that the whole of them were created upon the
sexual system under various modifications. The'
uniformity and universality of this principle, would
•ecm to demonstrate, that God acta by general,
not by partial laws Man Was. also created with
appetites; and opacities for enjoyments; and
there w< re ats'< many good things created, and
set before him for his etyoymem. God in his in
finite goodness and bounty blessed man with an
annate scuse of right and wrong; and with a right
of property, as the necessary means for hia en
joyment This right, wm to be determined by
this innate sense To ensure man’s enjoyment,
God implante . ,in him the love Of property Thn>
passion would stimulate m»n to acquire property;
and is the foumla.ion of his Industry in m qnisi
tion According to, these imposts, und prutci
pies, in a state of nature, whilst all things w< re in
common, if ope man tooktu lnm > Ifany particul .r
thing, and by his own labor itndcrtd it more con
venieut for his own use,, it was admitted by the
universal consent of all thereat of mankind, that
the thing thus taken and improved became his
property .—That he had a right to it, as the pro
cbeds of his own labor* and, that it would be
T « at.-, spent: tdV wfthlt houfi n " I
.-henunco truly extraordinary. " ’-I
About ttv.o months ago the f 9 ]| , .
telte tleolnWd Itself inti? jfeivrtent 6f pi
bnd; It tinly recognizes it«„!VlisMoti aT ;„ 1 *1
rt-l flag, with a white star in the u Dn i '1
per, is now mounted on the point ,.?, 0N |
B«)\ig|tinVillc hamed Point Venus. vHfll
uhodeTsland, '
We stated that the cl ction of Mr .
as Governotf of Rhode Island, against
Martin, un Adams candidate, ap,;.i, e
republican ticket, with l^lr Fenner
beyond doubt that Rhode Island
The senior editor of the royal America! ■ I
his »mihl tone of insolence and diet!!’’ ‘ n l
declared that we had stated what ,va' s >
—that no Adams ticket was run.
the following from a handbill rec4i,i.p^P7|
rect from Rhode island: ^
VOICE OF RHODE ISL)nd.
The feople’sTi ur R’ piiblicanPrnx^L^
Freeman of Rhode Island! '
vote m ihe H n James Fenner, \Ll uu )
Brown, and I-liti R. Waterman, wffiS
your votes for Win. H. .Crawford, a dud
li->t, f»r President! If you vote for the W*?‘i
W .eel, r Martin, Jesse Tour,ell?fc
Dntee Arnold, and tjtose associated with I
tbe-u. » , ■-l urrl your votes lor th Q u nn
Cun Quincy -'dams, the CiVMt „,‘
wrong for any other indiviuuafeo deprive him oil Suite mm. il ilv’ >f your choice', Inn
it Hence it is seen, that the right of property, j president!!! Choose ye between them
is the right of nature-that itis_ihe gift of God to Ihe people have chosen, and thev ‘h'
man jn his original creation- The origin of pro
perty, therefore, is in nature—and i hat the foumta -
lion of (his right when brought into practice, and
ascertained by man's innate sense of right and
wrong, is occupancy and labor. Hence the Men
v^tion of man’s individual natural right to the pro-
cet ds of his own labor. When man entered into
the social compact, and agreed to form a govern
ment, did he consent to give up to tiie govern
ment this natural right to the whole proceeds ol
his labor, or did he consem to give up so. much
only, as might be found tircessary to pay the gov
ermcntal licensed agents, compensations for their
services ? Certainly mutt in Ida individual charac
ter, never intended to strip himself of his natural
right to the whole ol he proceeds of iiis own la
bor, nor did government, want the whole for any
bencficiul, legitimate object. When man then
went into a state of government, he retained his
natural right over the whole of the proceeds of
his own labor; except so much thereof as would
- itfice to pay all the governmental officers ami
agents. So far from .nan's giving up to govern
ment, his natural right to the whole of hW proper
ty ; that he consented to give up the smallest part
(hereof, that could suffice, for governmental pur
poses—dial smallest part too w as given tip in con',
liberation of an implied agreement on the part ol
the government, to secure t > man in his individual
character the enjoyment of all the res!; a his own
individual pleasure. So far then from the govern,
tnenl’s possessing the rightful control over this
surplus of individual property* it stands pledged
to secure the individual in his own exclusive en.
joyment of it- The constitution of the U. S. con
firms this doctrine in every lino of it, which relates
to the subject. The two words compensation,
and service, are invariably couple t throughout ttu
whole of that valuable and disregarded insiru
me A. Whence then the derivaton of the gov
ernmental right, to take irom one man the surplus
of the proceeds of bis own labor, and give i to
another ? Neither rendering public Service; amt
both being equally entitled to the protection of
the government in the enjoyment of all their indr
vidual rights No legitimate government, still
lets the government of the U. States; being a go
vernment of chartered, limited powers, has any
right whatever to intermeddle with the surplus
proceeds of man’s labor, after paying the public
contributions; and'any encroachment upon thib
sacred guarantee to the individual by government,
is a palpable and unjustifiable usurpation But,
the rapacious hand of government, “feeling pow
er, and forgetting right,-” has at all times seised
upon this surplus ofthe proceeds of labor, for the
accomplishment of its capricious, profligate, and
mischievous schemas Instead of the government
otihe.U, S. acting in the independent spirit of
its own political V intelligence, asserting, and
proclaiming to the world, tbfagreat principle, and
thus Irrevocably fixing this boundary limit for the
protection of individual rights, against govern
mental encroachment*, it has servilely borrowed
i rom G. B the worst of her political schemes for
the unprincipled usurpation up»n this right; and
non? worse, than the monopolising Tariff bill,
now proposed to be borrowed.
I! then the government of the V. S. possesses
not the right to take the surplus proceeds of the
labor of one mao/an.i give them to another, or if
such right be even questionable, whilst the wrong
amongst individuals is unquestionable; and if the
provisions of the bill should tend to produce this
effect directly nr indirectly; still more, if they
should tend to increase our relative dependence
upon foreign nations, as will he demonstrated
hereafter, it ought to drop from the hands of Its
contrivers, ana supporters; however enamoured
they may heretofore have been of their own delu
sive anticipations of its beneficial effects upon so
ciety. Tnis sub icct, involving, as I conceive, the
most interesting enquiries, respecting the rightful
basis of all legitimate governments; and having,
for the most obvious reasons, heretofore received
but little attention from'he political economists,
may be hereafter resumed; provided it should
please God, to grant me the small portion ofliealht,
which would suffice for that purpose.
WM. B. GILES.
Wigwam, Amelia county, Va.
March 20,1824. ' '
not chosen the Adams candidate. WhicUf
us has spoken what is false? L^t ik e .
decide —A*, r. Aat AdV. *** 1
The afeamb'itr Commerce, from Charleston
for Hamburg, burst her boiler on Sstunky j„{
and was compelled to stop at Beaufort, ho Inis,
ry was sustained by the passengers or cargo. J *
, The subscriptions to the new College about to I
be established in Connecticut, amounted in Hut
Ibid to #28,000, in Middletown to #^0,tKK>,andiit ■
New HaVen tu #20,000
Capt. Josxvr 6 MActfur.nanw, ofthe U, 8. Navy, I
died at Philadelphia the 28|hult. in the thirty* I
sixth year of hia age.
FREE SCHOOL.
ij3“ The annual examination pf the pupilaVll
the Free'School, will tsk place on Thursday fal
13th inst. at 10 o’clock, A II.—The Patrom dl
Me institution; und the public generally, are real
pectfully invited to attend.
By order of ihe Boaftlr
/ , ' .1. BARRON, Sec’iy.
t’OHT OF SAVANNAH.
tniMVKU, ,,
Brig Morgiarfa', Rluntd i d- Havre, 42 days, to I
'Jobiwoh, Hills & £<>, -V I
Steamboat Maid of Or'efcps, from Hamhur. otl
Charlcs'on—Stopped 'o iahd passengers I
Hxiow—A Spanish {trig; pt ize to the Colon-1
l)ian sebr Lt Center.'a-.
City Marshal’s ftale—\ ontmueci J
On the frit Tuesday in .tune next. • I
W ILL be sold in from ofthe court house,
tween the usual hours of 10 1 and 3 P i|
die fofinwitig property, if- the tinea are juft psitl
Itcforn that day. I
Fhoae two small butldings on the west half oil
lot letter H. situated in'that part of tbe city for. I
tierly called St. Gall, now Oglethorpe wardboui).l
ded E by Laurel it S by-lot letter- F, west by il
lane and N by Zubly.st. levied upon as the prop-1
erty of Mis Mary : Garnett to satisfy two fines itthl
posed by the Mayor.and Aldermen of the city of I
Savannah upon her intertaing negroes on Sunday
F M. STONE cu.
may JJ 110
City Marshal’s Sales—-Continied, i
On the Jint Tuesday in June, next, [
€TTILL be sold in front of tlie court House to I
W tween 10 and 3 o’clock, the follow!' gprp* |
perty, if the taxes are not paid before that dav. f
Lot No 11, and building^ Franklin ward, 60 k; I
90 feet, bounded east by lot No 12, south by Bij'
arj St. west by lot No 10 and north hy a lane,it,
vied upon as the property of the estate of Thai
E Ljoyd, .to satisfy the city tax of said ettate /of j
the year 1823; amount tax g42 75 and cost |
Also, one building on the southeast enraerof
lot letter A Darby ward, levied upon as the pro*
perty of Jas W Cannon, to satisfy his city tax,fot I
the year 1823; amount tax #>7 81 and cost.
Also, lot No 21, and buildings, Warren sard;
60 by 90 feet, bounded east by Pjice St. south by
Congress St. west by lot No 22 and liorthby St.
Julian St. levied upon as th op ro perty of Joseph I
A Scott, to satisfy his city tax for the year Hwfj
amount tax #11 69 and cost.
Also, one ocg o woman named named Dors* I
levied on as the property of Samuel RuwelUj I
satisfy his qjty taxes for the years 1820, 1821,18a I
and 1823, amount Tax #41 31 and costs ,
F M STONE, ox.
may 11 110 L
Qtahette —A letter, dated Otphcite, the
I3th of May Iasi, contains the following
state m eh t—-
“The Isle of Otaheite is now so different
from what it was in the time of Capt. Cook,
in 1767, that it is impossible for me to give'
you a complete idea in so short a letter,
written in all haste. Tiie Missionaries have
totally changsd the direction of the morals
arid customs of the inhabitants. Idolatry
exists no longer; Christianity is generally
adopted ; . The women now behave with ex
traordinary reserve, they no longer go on
board the ships, and even on land it it im
possible to form with them the least connex
ion, the least attachment., Marriages are
contracted as in Europe—even the king at
present can have but pne wife. The prac
tice <.T destroying children and human sacri
fices, no longor take place. Almost ail the
inhabitants can write and read; they all have
religious books written in. their language,
and printed in the Island.
Sixty six magnifipent churches have been
buijt, and twice a week the people go in
great devotion'to hear the preacher. Indi
viduals are often seer, taking notes with pen
cil -and paper of the most* interesting pas
sages of the sermon.
The Missionaries yearly convoke at Pa-
paro ihe'ivhole of the population^ which a-
,mounts to 7000 souls. This assembly is at
present holdcn. ' There is now a discussion
going on respecting a new code of laws, and
the principal Chiefs of the nation aecend the
W
Sheriff’s Sales,
On the fret Tuesday in June : next I
ILL be sold at the court house in Ricebow I
between the usual hours, 1
A Negro Boy named Ceasar, levied on as tnt i
property ofthe estate ofBenj. Fuller, to satisfy * I
fi fa, fssued on the foreclosure of a mortgage m I
favpr of John Giradeau. _ . , I
. One Negro named Agrippa, levied on ast”'
property of the estate of .Benj. Fuller, to samiy*
n, fa. issused on tiie foreclosure of a mortgage»
favor of Wm. T. Girardeau.
E.WAY,8.i.e.
march 31 75 . -j.
Sheriff’s Sale.
On the first Tuesday in June next, I
W ILL be sold before the Criurt House,« |
Effingham county, between the usual non
of sale. . .. i
Four Negroes, viz: Daniel, Major, Celia ®
Elcy, levied on to satisfy the foteelosureo
mortgage, M’Kmzey 8t Ponec, assignees oi r.’i 1
Welmun vs. Guiliord Dudley.
THOS.ELKINS^eJ«^*
aprii 2 ^ 77 . .
" Sherm’s bales V ontinued.
On the first Tuesday inJunenext.
W ILL be soli? before the court house in
^ an county, between the hours ot 10*
A moiety, or third part of ^
land on Ogeeche neck, called LiBcoJphCon
60 acres, bounded by salt marsh, and 1np^ “j
lands, levied on as the property' ot
Henry Austin,by. virtue of an executiot)
ofthe administrator of John Winn, properly P»
ted out by the defendant, . m
One tract of land in Bryan County,
the name of Palermo, boundaries ur i kl ’°* nroP ci*
! i me of levy—the same pointed out; as to
ty pf-Richard T. Keating, tosansty l'b e! \ e (Ju ,»
may i . W3 1