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,f Vote, from ALL the Comtles, (THIRTY-NINE) for Six Member* to representJhe Stole of Georgia «« the 15th Congress of the United State#. 'Sfc- Id J & ?! 4, & 'h? p ■ . o 5- P- 8 • 1 b ' o o * I b 4 ft * ^ b 4 g *5 fc. '9 5. STATE LEGISLATURE. *1 M i r' : J* > a * A ■ .- - - - A _ T'/utotA, Richmond., Columbia, Hancock, JLincoln, .Burke,. TTUkeo, Greene, Elbert, Warren, Oglethorpe, J-fferson, WaMfungton, Baldwin, ' Putnam, Clarke, Morgan, JJbcrty, EmmCusl, Jackson, Jritper, Jonee, Eulatki, 'Bmgffo, Wilkinson, Htilioeh, Cnnulen, Frank) n, G'if it‘i, Mailisoe, Jaoutgj'icry Seri veil, ■Te'fair, Vatnipf, H'tiyje, fUauvens, ■Jigfregatr. 27 55l 72 1 30 141 1 7 125 101J 46 433 1 66 3 00 6 00 00 28 | 00 28 12 35 37 00 2^ 00 121 2 7 144 00 95 68 12J 210 1 158 00 ,i 7t 79 * 8 5 13 43 13 52 00 74 28 00 00 14# 256 306 8 -146 507 122 477 413 44 391 8 80 3 469 313 262 252 305 385 277 113 9) 258 177 101 230 602 209 122 350 472 15 446 196 172 27 65 1 330 244 415 187 447 163 526 i 183 29 61 96 41 5 32 2j4 : 9^9 303 115 234 111 28 1 131 355 58 215 13 44 12 536 259 827 294 457 459 556 442 153 452 298 198 324 n ii 477’ 286 282 83 483 479 19 441 325 490 100 8 119 3UJ- 490 548 16 679 542 299 583 25 354 80 491 99 13 23f, 476 357 209 247 54 i 164 493 64 395 413 69 94 n 239' 359 224 424 48“ 415 17o 332 5)7 532 - 224 322 166 34 295: 207 254 117 123 226 34 313 371 171 305 7 100 8 437 : 461 264 397 1 ,6 74 208 73 441 35 69 184 14 109 347 491 -235 167 247 207 191 162 353 213 168 88 61 12 553 676 456 462 335 549 250 421 -84 712 , 498 22 7 63 45 296 - 139 157 617 2 >9 206 315 183 146 111 111 227 12 loi 723 573 393 735 494 540 282' 466 377 6.34 416 21 83 54 16- 13 1 12 .84 1 76 1 5! 91 9 51 00 <>0 ; 30 00 115 4 93 4 00 16 1 117 131 00 97 756 306 606 723 616 5i 699 19 51 16 11 707 2 79 1060 625 722 1019 259 133 4-66 109 830 298 108 718 10 71 352 747 431 672 373 340 345 316 524 406 295 690 81 93 210 384 91 105 219 83 205 111 144 117 102 135 U K > 446 534 325 185 308 239 229 141 558 212 181 186 23 33 103 201 300 340 75 68 348 28 1.51 211 83 203 19 104 6 5 62 35 33 1 31 00 23 *30 8 G2 60 21 00 57 36 55 67 1 95 50 41 21 o 95 00 o4 7 50 4 356 434 142 691 142 520 110 195 80 30 525 45 12 23 32 00 4 09 00 o3 00 35 00 9 00 260 175 115 337 109 23 274 ir 14 89 28 392 11 36 S3 97 113 2 114 25 77 31 18 J 34 6) 2 2 00 1 21 35 83 12 79 C4 56 27 46 104 51 74 3 33 119 91 118 21' 8 118 10 67 35 9 76 3 10 79 101 152 57 71 23 125 93 159 21 99 12 1 50 09 00 0o 90 00 90 00 00 00 90 85 4-' 90 53 210 410 115 96 116 395 250 275 150 131 399 M 210 91 1018 10629 9527 j 8323 8238 | 8138 7384 | 7141 | 7091 I 6714 j 6550 | 63o9 | 2435 j 1712 Senator—Charlton.\ Reps.—Way ne,<Harden, Fell. Senator—Vnj. Reps—Vunbrnckel. Senator—Tfowlan. Rep.—Wi9tnbaker. 6'enator—Hopkinfc- Reps.—MTntosh, Powell. Senator—.IValker. Refos.—Walton, Glascock. Senator—Byne. Peps.—Uto, Emanuel, Jones. Senaio-—Talbot. Reps.—Weffiorn, Pope, Henderson. Senator—Early. Reps.-wtocks,-.Browning, Ray. Senator—Burke. R.ps.—Carrol, Morrison, Kennedy. Senr.toi—Newsom. Reps.—Ryan, Williams, Gray, iSenator—Hudsperth. Reps.—Parks, stokes, l^ckie. Senator—Fitrnnig. Reps.—VVliitaker, Low. Senator—Cullens. Reps. — Hopson, Moore, Huckium. Senatw—Laitrar. Reps.—Smith, Craiitland. Senator—Reed. Reps.—Hudson, iliixnis, ilr.tuham. Senator—Mitchell. Jieps.—Morton, fiossatcr, Moore. Senator—Hogg. Reps. —Cooke, Cannon, Duice. Senator—Kell. Reps.—P, rad well, Frazier. SeficUoi—S.vuin. Rep.— iVhidrion. Seiator-—Montgomery. Reps.—Coeliran, Matthews, Mitt. Senaio i—Haas'ey. ih.-pt.—Hagan, Walker, Parks. Senator—J Y .je. Reps.—Bay ne, Lee, W imberly. Senator—ll.u-ris. Rep.—Lanier. Senator—Wnnoi riy. Reas.—Lawson, Hodgu§. Senator—Batcher. Rep.—Cuijicpper. Senator—Lockhcart. Rep.—Burnett. Senator—Hardee. Reps.—Brown, Atkinson. Senator—Cleveland. Reps.—Alien, Blair, Bush. Senator—Piles. Rep.—Plies. Seiuuor—Sorrell. Rep. —Groves. Senator—Milcheil. Rep.—Crat. Senator—Blackman. Reps.—Oliver, Pollock. Senator—Griffin. Rep.—.Fletcher Senator—Hardin. Rep.—Johnson. Senator—Knight. Rep.—-Shefffi Id. Senator—Blaeksheart. —Wood. SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN. =prr Tuesday Evening, October 29, 1816. cungkessional'elec tion. Above will be found the complete election re turns from all tile counties, for six Members to Congress. It appears that the fuilowinggentle- raenhave been chosen to represent this State in the 15th Congress of the United States. "WILLIAM TERRELL JOEL CRAWFORD JOEL ABBOTT Z A DOCK. COOK j THOMAS W. COBB JOHN FORSYTH TJive first are new member*. It is said, that Mr. Crawford has intimated his intention of leaving the War Department—and that it lias been offered to Mr. Clay; but he de clined accepting it* never on the principles of the cimstiuuioii, or those walls which constancy and valor defend of republicanism, as piofessed by the great body ed, all are ruins, the flames at the same time of the people. destroyed Cat thay.e and Corinth—and the re- With these pretensions, a ml with I his charae- volution of empires has consigned them to uls ter, Matthew McAllister is rcspecltully named liviou—The fail of states and calamities of na tions, have destroyed Lika and Carthage, a change of masters or the adoption of a new po- AlpS and were victorious on the plains below-, both committed an ffi ror which laid toe f or , iV j. tion of their ruin. Hannibal in not marc ,m the gates of koine after the battle ( ,f Ch .oe,’ and Boiiaparte in marching to Moscow. an j from the two last eafises alone can anv SUc u comparison be drawn. The last great strord» made by Hannibal was on ti e plains of 2a?na agonist Sripio surnamed Africartu.;a sallant amiable general; the result of this battle |t<| l0 ihe final destruction of Carthage and ended the second Funic war. The battle of Zama is so tenovned in history for acts of heroism and extraordinary v ; . a * well as for the important changes it prmlui 4 that we were at no little pains in endeuVoriu- ascertain precisely where the battle ,, was fought. Polybuis describes the field •is being three days march from CarthifgJ we consider how numerous Hannibal’s of what discordant materials it was ci,a (11 ‘ ,7 ’ the heavy cavalry and elephants—It i- , t hie to conclude that the army on le, n fi a ' thage could not have marched more t: i,.,,-, V miles a dav. ’- ri c: -’ °‘/Ra a • "leu as a candidate for tiie Senate ol the United States. Many Citizens of the East. In our paper of yesterday morning, it was in advertently stated'ss a fact, that foreign vessels, entering the waters of the United States, pay but 50 cents per ton. On further information liticai system may place that country into hands less barbarous—and while Rome is stripped ol its splendor and power without a Regains" or a Scipio, Cartilage its fallen rival may mice more rear its head, and if the Barbarv states become a we find this to have been an error. Previous province of a civilized power, Carthage from its to the act of July, 1S12, or, as some have termed it, the double duty act, foreign vessels paid 50 cents per ton tonnage duty, and 50 per ton light money. The act above mentioned laid an addi tional duty on the tour,age of foreign vessels of one dollar and a half: a id the construction giv en to tiie law of the last session of congress con commanding position and great commercial ad vantages, wiii once more become the first city in Africa. Dido landed on the coast of Africa 800 Years before the Christian iEra, and with a feu fol lowers established a colony which even flourish ed prior to her death—As she had created no tinues this duty, which, we understand, is now form of government, but simply administered levied and collected from foreign vessels, except laws which she herself had enacted, the people those coining immediately under treaty stipula- 0)1 her death, whose numbers had augmented tious: so that the Spanish duty is a set off (being greatly by emigration, assembled and anopted a the same in amount) against the duties exacted government ot a mixed nature, divided the pow- from them in our own ports. It need scarcely er between tiie nobles and the plebeans. and be hinted, that the United States are no gainers strange as it w ould appear this form of govern- TT c . , . , ,, .. by this arrangement, inasmuch as tiie tonnage ment existed unimpaired for seven hundred Mr. huger, a federalist,hap been out-polled by ,/p Spanish vessels entering our waters bears no years. Civil wars then eomruencedand popular proportion to the tonnage of Americans entering commotions changed the leatures ot the repub- those of Spain and her dependencies. The same lie, which were increased by entangling alli- remark indeed may be applied fo the ports of ^nces. The Carthagenians first commenced other nations, except Great Britain.—J\‘ut. hit. with the people ot Bnetica—they thru assisted Gctoi/er l9. Xerxes, fought with Agathocles in Africa, with Py mis in Sicily, and finally gave rise to tiie first Mr. Erv in, a dem oerr. t. for representative to C on - -gress from South-Carolina. It will be recollect ed that the former gentleman wfis a strenuous opponent to the Compensation Hill. TOR THE SAVANNAH SEPFBLIOAN. It being now reduced to a certainty, that this District, (will not have a representative in the next Congress of the United States, it is nothing but fair and just, that we should at least be in dulged with a Senator. If the western members grant us this favor, we shall consider it as an adequate atonement, for the rejection of our re presentative. If it is asked, who is our man? We can only say, that we have many tried and approve^ patriots, each of whom, w ould he de serving of the confidence of the people, and the legislature. The names of several citizens have gone abroad, and among them that of Matthew' M J Allister, esq. It are his pretensions; "honest, is he capable, is he faithful to tiie con- General Ripley passed through Washington a few days ago on ins way to New-Orleans, w here he is to take "tiie command. We know of no officer to whom that important station could better be senger. Late arrivals from Cadiz, mention not'ing of lord Exmouth’s squadron. Mr. Mead was still confined-in prison. Runic war. magnitude, affording of the cavalry, and well known 11 w.os feral in ac .r.s assign cd.- B eg ulus, one of the most illustrious captains of the age defeated the Carthagenians in several contests, and at length got possession of Tunis. Georgetown (n. c.) ,1/c.s- which even at that period w as a tow n of some note—The Carthagenians finding him so near to their city and with a victorious army—attempt ed to effect a peace. Regulus, although anxious to return to Rome and superintend his little farm, still proposed terms so harsh and inadmis sible that the Carthagenians relying on tiie jus tice of their cause and tiie strength of their city, refused to accede to the terms proposed—This It would appear that ihe Marquis of Anglesea, who iost a leg at the battle of Waterloo, is al low’d! to ride into the houses he visits. AtUx- . ” . . I - j . hndge-house, says a London paper, he rode un was the first eirorot llegulus. it led to his de»- s i q ‘l» „ the night oi steps and into the hail, and turougn iruction, and laid the iounnation ol a long aid LkfSE! , nr£ tl.pSuciH.Ute.btoocly war. Contrary to flu- eeiK-r.il cxpecta- tion the Uartr.agt'uians resumed the contest, and the Romans and-took Regulus prisoner. stitution?” He is all this, and moreover, has The fires in the woods in New-Hampshire and with success—part of their forces commanded filled many important stations, m all of which Maiue we re partially extinguished by a rain on bv a Lacedemonian, called Xautippus, defeated he has uniformly displayed integrity, talents, t | )e 5t |, i nstan t * r - - - 1 v ’ fidelity and love of country. Notwithstanding lu the dry weather the latter part of Septem- the aspersions against lmn as a ’lazoo man, it ber the woods were on lire between Puttsourgh can be easily proven,and satisfactorily too, m a ami Ticouderoga, and great damage was sustain- Cuurt of Justice, that he had no participation ed.—hostonpaper. in - the fraud, bribery and corrjiption of the From the JJemocratic Press. SKETCHES OF THE BARBARY STATES. No. III. We have observed that the kingdom of Tunis The Romans on receiving the intelligence re cruited their forces, and were in their turn suc cessful. The first Punic war continued for twenty-four years. The Romans w ere no long er the advocates of moderation, the “piping times of peace” had passed and ambition receiv ed new impulse and direction. The capture of Sardinia and the infraction of the treaty w ith the Carthagenians laid the foundation of the se cond Puiiic war. It is impossible to look at the ruins of Car Scipio left Sicily and !a ( , ... Cape Bon, which lays south east of ( . , 4 across the bay, tiie distance betw.-»,. * f cap es in a direct line is not more ha, miles, vet in a circuitous march from (V 'l to Cape Carthage, w hich includes i' <> i‘ ,! , !• that spacious bay, die distance ca mvo than forty miles. Supnosing that tin* a S'-inio took op its line of march from ( . i‘ ■ ( the moment the Carthagenian forte; move—they must have met about hr,if wayj— heavy sand prevented both power- from inarch. — vu the borders of the bay—the xrmy ,,r ss'f, passed in the interior behind tb* , .i-> , i : .; a .n Mamelif. and .must have encountered the .f Hannibal near a place called this day , / t ’ wan; it i.-> here where I have every reason m w . lieve the battle of Zama was f.,u> ;* at ( w*.- celebrated fora spring of water so cu i, T ';iat it supplied Carthage by means of a iwii e aqueduct ol forty miies in exter.t, tip j-jj., c ( which exist at present. 1'he adran*;- • water contiecteH with a plain of con room fur’i.a . ■ ■) both T-art-e? must have been the spot where bath gene; xl, deavored to fix upon. Hannibal was anxious to avoid t!,i.bafd?!,yj de manded an interview cf .Scipio forth ■ p i 0 f concluding a peace. His eloquence Ini* -.v without effect and he made h.s xi; i ,< : .tr - uu.t hi- 1 accustomed v igour fflLd abiiitv a;;d th, r .. r . ro c.ided with t!.e most discoura riug difi vs he did not forget that he ha d or.caner. ! o:. : e banks of'1'acinus, at Trebja, T'.r,.-j> -.,er,e and Canuea. 1 lass w as a decisive and iix. d cn;.’e t- etl battle. Polybius at a loss V.o toiumi.iei.il most, avers that tiie action was paint n r by the steady valor of the Romans r tu iy . culiar merit of Scipio, and seems ui think r Hannibal’s plans displayed the mo.-t skill :J judgment. The forces of Hannibal weiec. i up in three divisions, the fii st was corn, i A mercenaries, Gauls, Mauritanians, and natives of tiie Balearic Islands, the secoii*'-u- vision were Carthagenians, a body on which in whole reliance was placed: The third divi-;; was .he reserve, and the worst part of the arm calieii tiie Bruttii: the whole front was coverel by eighty elephants. Scipio reviewing atten tively these arrangements of Hannibal maileror- resp,oiling dispositions—the army which he brought w ith him from Sicily did .not exceri thirty-five thousand men, but they w ere pi ked troops, and on his arrival the African prime Massamssa joined him with a heavy bm!y t , cavalry, sothjjt both armies might have <-«>'!- •' ed of fifty thousand men on each side. Ha; -i j. placed great dependence on bis eh p - - Since Regulus defeated the Carthage: i.n.-. ing to their confining the operations ami r.; meuts of these annuals in a small s;-.*-e"7 had been particularly careful to select i -j 5 plain for their battles; and tl.ese plr..;,- s;- rJ - merous in the north of Africa where i^er.re but few trees. Scipio formed his ir.fi '•} ir, '° a piialanx similar .to the Macedonia;.• ‘ p ' sufficient room to each soldier towiel and suit Id, and if necessary, to close there riu»i ami allow sufficient space for tiie eh-p -i 1 *' ' pass through w ithout doing much dattiasr*-— plan rendered their operations weak a:.u i.-- cient. Hannibal had no very distinguish'' - ecais under liim. The right wing ot army w’a» commanded by Laelius, and t!>f by Massanissa, the centre was headed by -‘‘r 1 in person. The attack was commenced k v 1:1 Romans, and on the very onset the elephant' 1,3 which Hannibal r d abominable speculation; and that he got rid of it, as soon as he was reimbursed his expences in 'effecting tlaat object. These expences amount ed to two or three thousand dollars. Ourpatriot governor general Jackson, long after the epoch of the speculation, conferred on Mat thew M‘AUister, the high and important offiee of is the most interesting among the regencies in Judge of this District, which appointment was consequence of its high rank in antiquity.— thage without thinking of Hannibal—this asso- afterwards confirmed by the unanimous vote of Within nine miles of tiie city of Tunis and on ciation of ideas will never be separated—everv the legislature. Matthew M‘AtIiste.r and Mr. the margin of the most noble bay in the world broken colonade or mouldering tower reminds us Monroe under the administration of Washing- are the remains of the once migtity Carthage—• of this the greatest hero of antiquity. We have ton, were contemporaneously appointed district its scite and ruins are yet perfect, and at this often been led to compare Bonaparte with Iian- atjornje#. day gives a dear and coinprehenaive idea of its nibal—their characters and operations diffused He corresponded with Mr. Jefferson when situation and extent, and correspor.s with the in equal ratio with their tpnes. One sunnount- secretary of state on important principles of description given of it by the most accredited ed w ith inexhaustible strength of character and national law; and at the request of the General historians. fertility of invention—tiie difficulties arising - Government forwarded, (without compensation) These ruins seldom fail to excite the highest from circumscribed resources—the other with copies of the tlicial, executive and legislative departments, ot Cartilage, tne various struggles and revolu- and a treasury adequate to ali its from the archives of this state. tiifaj it has witnessed, the illustrious characters palled by danger, undismayed by lie has been attorney-general, a member of it has produced—its wars—its tyrants, its tn- supported by unconquerable ambition, gained vic- the convention, and of the general assembly of pie walls and demolished towers all combine to tory after victory with a rapidity which had no this state; and he has filled other subordinate awaken recollections of history—to mark the parallel in history. Hannibal ci ossed the sea in offices. During the war, he was mayor of this progress ot time sweeping indiscriminately in. “is little bark, passed trackless mountains bar- & city, and manifested a zeal and patriotism, its course nations, countries and cities. The ren plains, aud conquered barbarians w ith bar- wiifch obtained the thanks of council. mind traces with cupidity the great events con- barians. The invention of gunpowder alone has . nected with the rise, decline and fall of this created the greatest distinction and distance be- Living among us since 1784, from the earli w rat period of his manhood, who can doubt his great republic. Its foundation by the exile Di- tween their operations. Hannibal, however, had attachments for this district, or his knowledge do, the love oi Eneas, terror to the Romans— not the genius of Ceasar nor the feartes# Uash- of “its interests?” He has how advanced to a Punic wars, field of Zama, Goths and Vandals, ing spirit of Alexander—Bouaparte has both. period of life when ambition ceases to influence the light Moors and its present possessors, all HaunibaL, could destroy, but could not organize the mind, but those who know him believe, that appear as dreams, the events of twenty-five cen- empires. Bouaparte did both with with equal no citizen possesses greater firmness of charuc- turies pass the eye with the rapidity and impres- facility—Hannibal was cold and unfeeling witli- ter, *»ore integrity, or sounder republican prin- sionof a noble fiction. We look in vain for out the least spirit of magnanimity; Bonaparte ciples.—He may have differed with some of his those temples in which great spirits dwelled, waa equally repulsive but by no means aesti- tfcuf&crttic friends on men and measures, but those schools in wffich great genius presided, tutpof a liberal djspositiea. jfctk crowed the great reliance, n P laCetl c , ... lriven back by the light infantry, am) tare* rigiit w ing of Hannibai’s army into conftm on " before they had time to rally and recover their p sition they were furiously attacked by .--a at the head of the cavalry and driven on f* field: The battle then became general,tlid^ thagenians fought with great valor, bo' poorly supported by the mercenaries. L ae t had routed the ( arthagenian cavalry on the - —Hannibal saw the confusion but coulu aW no remedy—lie placed himself at the hca<- 1 third lix^ and charged the Roma .s v;T ^l v . tliiscreated a tempoparyderangemei t <;t -- tmops who fell back in the rear. Nil ' ' . changed the order of the battle and finin'. u j army into one entire line with which ne .1 desperate effort and while valientiy eig J both sides, Lealius with his horse came I rear of the Carthagenians. Hannibal himself attacked ill front by Scipio, am) un .J rear and Hanks by Massanissa and Lealn 13 ' -J tained foralongtime a horrible carnage a’ 1 r |: j ly was-compelfed to. fly with a few horse- 1 J finished the great contest in which the J genians lost forty thousand mfflkilRd) -^1 ed and prisoners—and thus dnded the J n •* .. i i-c, .ndCarlMJ Punic war. Hannibal left Africa, and obtained a peace on such conditions asie ruin. Departed this life, on the 4ffi insf I his age, Mr. Geokoe Di’Vhan, a native of New " • New Jersey. If promising genius and taM of manners, integrity and strict morality, ui of a character, are endearing, in him they and he was justly endeared. The decrees scrutable, though always rigl^conaigneJ ^ p. young man, in the bloom of his days, to Xtt -- uR-' & hoped, to a biased Immortality.