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SAVANNAH R EPUBLICAN.
. FREDERICK 8. FELL if CO.
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• GEORGIA LEGISLATURE-
7^ SENATE' • |,
,i '. Wednesday, tiSth November.
Mr. Ryan, from (hr committee appoint
ed toiiiquifeinto the practicability un<! «■
iie«licncyof<lis|)osiu^«if the territory.I#tr-
ly acquired from the Creek. an«l Cherokee
jndians, reported, that it is not expedient
at the present-eessjou of the IcgigUture
to make any disposition of said territory,
for the following: reasons, viz.
<• 1st. 'flic line between the lands ac
quired by. general Jackson of the Creek
Indians and East Florida* has not" been
ascertained and defined.
2d. •Your committee understand that a
farther acquisition is about to be obtained
of the Creek Indians, agreeably to a me
morial and i emonstraneq of the last legis
lature. . |
3d. The lines of tljc territory lately ac
quired of the Cherokee Indians, arc not as
certained and run, nor lids the treaty last
alluded to been ratified. 1 a . .
Your committee are aware however, of
the propriety of disposing of the land .and
settling of the territory jn question, as
soon as practicsbie-thvy therefore recom
mend the following; resolution.
Resolved, That his excellency the gov
ernor be requested on receiving informa
tion of the ratification of the treaties for
the different territories lately ceded by the
Creek and Cherokee Indians, or either of
tliQm, and of the time when cither of the
lines between the lands latclv acquired of
the Creek Indians and East Ploi ida,.or tin-
line between the lands lately acquired of
the Cherokee Indians, and the Creek or
Cherokee Indians, is to be run, to appoint
fit and proper persons, not exceeding
three, toatteml to the running of said lines
and to ascertain the true head- of the 6*
Mary’s in behalf of the state ot Georgia
nnd see that, the said several lines are run
azreeablyto the true intent and meaning
of said‘treaties—or that lie take such other
measures as in his judgement will best
te the interest of the state and the
t disposition and settlement of said
teritory.” , Which rt?jmrt was ordered to
lie on the table.
Mr. Hudspeth, from the committee ap
pointed to examine the peni tentiary, repor
ted the following statement, together with
an account, courrent fur the past year,
made by the commissioners who are super
[intending the erection of said building:
“Atdthe last session of the general as
scmbly a sum of money was appropriated
,which was atVtat time deemed sufficient to
omplebJ4iut -part-of■the edifice .then un-
erthe haitiUtafv-the- workmen, and also
lie workshops) and it was fully expected
e whtfle would have been finished before
is titae. The commissioners have to re
, et, that notwithstanding their expecta
ions and exertions, they have been disap
minted in both of these particulars, which
hey may think attributable to the extraor
Hilary rise of labour and materials, particu
;rly lumber and brick, and the difficulty of
ilkiiiing a sufficient quantity of the latter
the excessively wet summer we have
ately witnessed. The account current for
Se preceding year will shew thedisbursc-
ients which have been Viadc, and point
at to your honorable body the nccesi
r of a further appropriation for complet
|g that part of the work, which they have
ie strongest assurances'shall be done in
fght or ten weeks. What will be neces-
[ry for that purpose cannot be ascertained
itli certainty. The commissioners are of
(inton that, the further sum of ten thou
Inti dollars will be sufficient to cover all
cessary charges, and this sum they feel
infident the legislature will not hesitate
grant, when they recollect it remains
ler tlie.immediate controul of the gov-
or. Tlfe commissioners suggest toy mu
iorable-body, the propriety of immedi
:Ij erecting the surrounding wall cun
plated in the original plan. It will
much to the appearance of the build
I, and is' n|piost absolutely necessary to
entire security of the convicts; who can
be more securely guarded by a much
number of men than at present.—
wall, in their opinion, need not be so
naive, as was contemplated. Instead
closing jour acres as was first design-
n enclosure leaving a space of forty
on all sides, between the wall and the
"IngS, w$0Td answer, all purposes, and
considerable expcncc. TJtc- sum re*
te for that object will not tliey bc-
) exceed twenty thousand dollars.—
commisaio ier« caijoot dose this re-
without calling theattentiou of the Ie-
ure to the propriety of commencing
iroceediiig witlr the other wing of the
ing agreeable to the original plan, as a
if that vying was intended for the re
in of fetnale 'convicts. Being in the
; of peace and plenty, and possessing
hope your
funds, they confidently hope your
ble body wifi deem the present time
favorable to the erection of that part
will add'&o much to the elegance of
ifice. Indeed, it isabsolutcly neces-
o the full completion of a system,
1 from the jiudabte and humane ino-
at is
I its adoption, cannot fail
Elite state." Which report
ypr _ ?» u*vu i vjiuri
J, was referred to die coinuuUee
from the joint eom-
[on t!nTstate of the republic, to whom
1 the several resolutions from
[ North-Carolina* New-Jersey,
*' pToMowing resolutions, to
Thtet H is. inexpedient to
lie constitution of tiie United
l. - * ng’ represea-
. "Mkt-
‘atires in the congress of the United Slates;
and also, its it regards the mode of appoint
ing cJ ectorsof presideutaqd vice-president
of the Uni'-ul States, in the manner pro
posed by the general assembly of North-
Carolina*.'
“Resolved. That-the amendment to the
constitution of the United States, propos
ed by tliegcnera.l a«seinb!yof the eommon-
weafth of Kentucky in the following words
—“No law varying the compensation <>l
the member? of the congres^of the United
"Suites,-shall: take effect until the time for
which the members of the house of repre
sentatives of that congress,-by which the
l:tv* was rassed shall have’expired,” meets
tiie cordial approbation of the representa
tives ol the freemen of Georgia.
“Rrniilved, -That our senators in con
gress be instructed, and our representa
tives he requested to use. their best endea
vors to obtain such an amendment to the
constitution of the United States*’—which
report.was ordered to lie on the table
Mr. Blackshear. reported a bill for dis
posing of all such i egroesas have been or
may be imported into this state in viola
tiou of an act of the United States prohi
biting the importation of slaves—and
Mi-. Culhbert reported u bill to prevent
the emancipation of slaves, and the tnigra
lion of free persons of color into this state
Free Schools.—To-day the followingrc
port onfxee schools has been made in the se
riate, and to the credit of tlmt body: it was
Unanimously adopted by that branch of the
legislature. We trust it will receive t!
concurrence of the house of represents
tives, by a vote-not less honorable to the
slatc.
“ i*|ie committee who were appointed to
inquire into, and to report the expediency
of originating a system for the establish
ment and support of free schools ill this
state—submit the following sentiments on
(hat subject:
“As the legitimate end of government
is the good of the governed, those who are
entrusted with the sovereign powers of the
state, are under the most sacred obliga
tions to consult and promote the general
welfare. It becomes then, a question of
primary importance, what policy is best
calculated to secure this object? Arbitra
ry governments consult only their own se
culity, which depends upon tiie ignorance
of their subjects, and the restraints they
are thereby enabled to impose upon them
But it is the peculiar felicity offiee in
stitutions, that their safety is not incom
patible with the rights of the community
Instituted by the people, their foundations
rest upon “public sentiment, and the
more pure and enlightened is the public
judgment, tiie greater the perfection of the
institution, and the stronger is the interest
which binds together the various parts.—
A general diffusion of knowledge, then, is
of the highest importance, and should en
gage the first attention of every free govern
ment. In this groat work, colleges ami
academies may not be dispensed with; but
without a more comprehensive system of
education, the public wants would not be
supplied. The children of the wealthy
will find opportunities Of education' some
where, but there is a large proportion of the
community whose means are limited, and
Whose minds must forever remain unculti
vated, unless they recejve the paternal care
of the government. These it is the pe
culiar province of the legislature to foste
and 'patronize. Thus nurtured and pro
tected, the most valuable resources of the
country will be found iql»v minds and mn
rals of its citizens: For when duly cultivat
ed, and judiciously called ^nto action
In
that from tiie tranquil anil prosperous state of the
country, and the flouri-lung condition of the Co
rnices of Georgia, thv presrnt is the propitious
nomciit for ci'miptucicg the (treat- work of the
improvement of ihlrrml navigation.
Mr Culhbert presented petitions from the
Ste&m-ltnat Company, from the. Union Society,
from the Free-Schooi Society,- and from the Asy-
mm, of Savannah, wlp=h were severally read and
referred to select commi'tei r. .
Frtduy,2let Nsreinb-r.
The bill authorising the trustees of the L'niver-
.-ity of Georgia to execute a deed for the sale ol
land to Henry Hardee,and-tt.e bill to prevent boat
Hands and other Savannah river, from
walocking in prodn'cf.-were severally read the
tliird time ahd"pasted!,,,»**) ». - .ya
Mr. Ityan introduced a hill, similar to the oni
idojittil in 18t5, aVid WJpr jected at tin
last session, altering- the second Vectinn of the se
cond article of the coostituli-iu, to as to elect the
governor by the people..
Sitlnnf'ii/f. 22J A’ovemAtr.
The senate went into committer of the wi-.ole
on the *• II to vest the apppintineut of commis
sioners of academies, ver.d;e master;, lpmber mea
surers, and notaries public in certain persons-
on the bill to amend tire act extending the juri ;
diction of tiie state over its unlucuted territorj
on the billto vest in the corporation of Darien oni
third part of the lots of land in said town belong
ing to the county of Mlntosh—- and «n the hill re
specli-.gtheimportatios of slaves—and havinggone
through the same, the further consideration theie-
of tvi;s postponed for the present, and the saiu
bills ordered to lie on the table.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Jlorday, 17th November
The house concurred in the resolution from the
senate relative to the pay of the militia of thi:
state called into the service of the United States
and of those who, funtished waggons and team:
during the late war.
The bill amendatory of the law to alter so much
of the act regulating the general elections as relate-
to their being held at the cm/rt-houses in each
county—the bill to alter the time of holding th-
superior and inferior courts of Twiggs—the b'l
prohibiting boat hands on thf Savannah river from
trafficking in produce—thebli permitting (he Da
rien volunteers to muster in said town, except oi
days of general inspection—the bill to authoriz.
the Jnferiorcourt of Greene to levy an extra tac
tile billto amend the act incurpo-iting the Unaro.
Turnpike Company—and tiie bi.’. for the relief of
Sosialt Stewart, were severally read the third tim
ahd passed.
Mr E Harden’s resolution relative to the pay
ment of taxes, by non-residents, was taken up anc
-.greed to.
MrCuthbert reported a bill to establish the mode
of supplying vacancies in the board of trustees of
•he university of Georgia. •
Friday, November 21.
Mr Kennon from the committee appmned, re
ported a bill to regulate the interest of money in
iliU state, to repeal the-eaisting laws on the sub
ject of usury, and to compel executors, arimmiv
i-ators and guardians to' put the funds of minors
out at interest.
Mr Matt-X reported ff-bill to compensate gram
aid pettit jurors—and M- Bradwell, from the se
ret committee appointed, reported a bill to form
a now county out of » part of Greene, Hancock
'Varren. Wilkes and Oglethrope.
t he house passed, b/ a small nv-j -rity, the bit
to divorce and seperate Tabitha D. Napier ami
Thomas Napier her husband.. «
. Saturday, 22d Novembe
Mr A. Pope, agreeably to notice moved for the
appointment of a committee to ascertain whether
my, and .f any, who of the issuer: of change-bills
have failed to make returns thereof, or pay the pen
ally agreeably to law.
Mr. Wingfield from the eotnmitte appointed, to
ascertain whether any of the counties of this state
have neglected to pay to 40 per centum, common
lv called the direct tax, imposed by the general
assembly—and if any, what course would be ex
pedient for the. legislature 1 to adopt in order to
collect the same, reported a bill ■ to compel the
next tax-collec*or of Chatham county to collect
and pay oversold tax for tiie years 1815 and 1816
Mr. Ragan, reported a .bilj ta repeal the third
litison o! the Penal Clide—arid Mr. Cuthberi, t
bill to increase tiie active capital of the Universi
of Georgia. ' ' -. *
Mr. tlum laid on the table a resolution relative
•he pay of absent members.
Mr .Heard moved tliav “so much of the gover
nor’s communication as recommends that the sur-
-lus funds of the state should be invested in bank
Slock, be referred to the committe on finance”
which was agreed to.
GENERAL J. M. DE CARRERA.
Policy of Bnenot Ayres—Condition of Chili, lie
Ii w.ll be gratifying tq. lus friends to know, that
.etters have been receuty received from this dis
tinguished assener of South American freedom.—
- >> die last accounts up to tite iatter end of June,
lie remained at Montevideo: Tlis dignified deport
ment, and the extraordinary zeal be displayed for
the emancipation of ,Chili| inspired all who wit.
uessed tliem with con’ljdetipc mliis patriotism, and
esteem for his private worih, liey'numeroos triends
are amongst the most active apd, niflueMmi advo
cates for' the recognition of the independence ol
Chili by the United States; in. fact, tiie weight of
character and representations of General Cahheiia
contributed, in the most powerful manner, to dif
fuse amongst us a knowledge of, and a general
anxiety about the lute of Instate country. An evi-
lence of the strong and favorable impression.- he
made in this country, is to be found in the fact,
'.hat notwithstanding the unfortunate issue - f his
expedition, his character remains unimpaired in
public estimation. In the public opinion he has
lK-eu acquitted, even in. the teeth of exparie testi-
mwn against him, w hile that Judas, Lavatsse, is
haught of only to be execrated.
Jn tue moist of Caureiia’s prosecution and ex
clusion from his friends and country, for whose
freedom we have seen him labour so incessently,
none have ever called in question, hisfidelity to the
pirrioi cause—an exile, abiding for personal safety
under die protection of the open enemies of the
patriots, lus honor remains untarnished and un
uspeettd as when in the zenith of his power and
nflatnce. ", -
Wk l-.t in this country, the fatorite policy of bis
heart was to establish and preserve Chili, indepen
dent of all other provinces and countries, bolding
and husbanding her own resources, and regulated
and governed by a pure republican system; but
uniting, as occasion might require, with other
rowers for defence against ifie cummon enemy.—
ie was avowedly jealous of the preponderating
inilueuce of tiie city of Buenos Ay res, to which
Chili bears at present the servile relation of a trib
utary provu-ce—supporting her armies, subserv
ing her schemes, and deriving through her their
supplies of foreign merchandize, on winch she pays
to Buenos Ay res enormous duties. Chili is said
lu be under great obligations to Buenos Ayres fur
expelling the royalists from her territory—so are
we under obligations to Trance, and oilier powers,
for assistance during the resolution; but arc we,
therefore, to submit to the influence of there na
tions m the direction of uur ualionai aflatrs? 1. is
true, as it is honorable to us, that the sentiment ol
graulude has still a most powerful effect upun our
icclatgs and opinions to wards these nations; we
rcctnc from llum, with epeu arms, the victims
of despotism, who seek protection and comfort a-
mongs! us. Out this is not like the infip-ji.ee ex
ercised by Buenos Ayres over Chili, and which
it has been theaCAnnEXA policy to resist and throw
oil.—It would ill become this government tu imi
tate n.e corrupt government of England, by liav-
ing recourse to underhand or tiolcni interference
in tbeiittmal concerns of other nations.—Yet such
the well known predilection and fondness of
CAanxHAi for bis country and its institutions, and
lus own correct views on the subject of govern
ment, that the prevalence of his mhucnce »rd pc-
l.cy in South America could nut fail to be consid
ered as the harbinger of the most advantageous
results to us in our future relations with that cuun-
they are equal to any erne _
peace, they constitute the great fund of ci
vil improvement; giving tone and eificien
cy to the government in every department.
In war, they animate and sustain the phy
steal energies of the state, produejug wU
dotn in design, union in effort, and success
in execution. A vicious and unenlightened
.state of society must necessarily give rise
to a weak and depraved government, for
the stream will retain the qualities ot the
fountain. But a moral and enlightened
community, with intelligence to discern,
ami virtue to appreciate, the invaluable
nlessings of a government of equal laws,
will ever be found the firmest palladium
of the purity anti safety of the republic.
“Iullueiiccd by these considerations, and
anxious to promote the general welfare,
your eotnmitte cannot but recommend to
the immediate attention of the legislature,
the great wo k of public education. All
practical men know that time will be re
quired to digest and mature sjcIi a scheme
as may ensure success. Tite active ope
ration, therefore, of a system necessarily
so extensive in detail, will not be expect
ed in the commencement. But tite foun
dation cannot be too soon laid, in the cre
ation of a fund adequate to the probable
exigencies of tiie establishment.
‘•Your committee, therefore, may be per
inittcd to hope, that the house of represen
tatives^ whose prerogative it is to originate
all bills making monied appropriations,
will bestow upon this subject, the atten
tion its great importance demands; and
therebv aiford to the senate an opportunity
of a cordial co-operation .with them, in the
necessary preparations for the commence
ment of a system promising so much pul»-
lic usefulness. It is then, Kesolved, That
this subject merits the attention of the le
gislature, and that it is cxprdcut tu create
4_funti by law for the future establishment
and support of free schools throughout this
state.
Thursday, 20.-A November.
Air Cuthberi, from the co.- mi tue on internal
improvement, made tiie following report, which
was rcatiand ordered to- lie on tire table:
“Whereas, in an agr.cutlural and commercial
->Ute, it is of the first murxut and deepest concern
to open and improve those great highways of na
ture, t, navigab.e streams—and as the state ot
Georgia is penetrated anu intersect! J by the'no
blest rivets, susceptible ofextensive improvement
—and a, works of this kind can be can red on on-
> under legislative sanction, and with the aid ol
ie state: Therefore,
Betelvcd that it is the sense cf this legbhture,
that it is a matter of tiie highest imputUuCcio
open and improve the mU-nol navigau.n ot this j.
state.* try. The decided partiality and hospitality tv
Utsebaed, that it ie the sense of tifij legtilature, tended by him, wdicn
zens of America, is poof of what we aor^pce.-r-
OfTers, which might have tempted a man of lets
honor and firmness, were .made to him at Buenos
"Ayres, to send- him here as ambassador; but lie
promptly refused wliaf might hsve been construed
into *n acquiescence in the policy. pursued by-
Buenos Ayres against the sovereignly of his Coun
try. Hence he was thrown again into confine
ment, and made his escape to Montevideo, where
General Lxcoa, the Portuguese commander, ap
preciating his virtues and respectability of cturac-
ier, generondy offered him an asy lum from his po
litical enemies', and enemies to the liber.ics of his
country.—Balt Patriit, IXlf/i inst.
Fvcm the National Advocate, fiO'A instant.
The following is a translation of tluxcredential
presented by Mr. Tyler to the government of
Cape Henry, (Cape Francois:)
To all uinm these p resents shat come greeting:'
I certif»V that Septimcs Ttler, esq. lias been
appointed by the President of the United States to
reside at Cape Francois, in the Island of St. Do
mingo, in the capacity- nfeommercia! agent, with
the full powers, privileges and emoluments there
unto belonging. In testimony whereof, I, James
Monroe, Secretary of State ot the United States,
have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
tite department of State.
Done at the'City of Washington, 18th Decem
ber, 181i> Ja*ns Moxkue
A company of United States’ troops embarked
\ eslerday on board the schr. Patsy, and sailed for
it Mary’s-This is a part of the force mentioned
•ii our paper of Monday last, as having been or-
iji-edto rendezvous at Point Petre. Col. Bank
bead, who will take command of tiie corps, when
assembled, also embarked in the Patsy.— Charles
ton City Gazette, "tilth instant.
MELANCHOLY ACC1DENT.
Thomas l.oroiiTox Smith, esq. of this city, fellby
.iccident from the third story of Jehu Jones’ house,
in Broad-street, at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon
—he expired at lOo'clock last evening. His death
is universally lamented.—Charleston Fat. 27th inti.
It appears, by the Auroia, that 82 vessels and
t.ieir cargoes, which have been illegally captured
by Spain, were owned in Philadelphia alone—lists
of them are filed in the office cf the department
•f State.
RANK OF TIIE UNITED STATES.
The following list of the Branches of the Bank
of the United States now in operation may not be
unacceptable to the public,' who have not before
iad them in one view. Offices of discount and
deposit arc in operation at
Portsmouth, New-Hampshire.
Boston, Massachusetts.
Providence, Uhode-island.
Middletown, Connecticut.
New York, New-York.
Baltimore, Maryland.
Washington, District of Columbia.
Richmond, Virginia.
Norfolk, Virginia.
- harlrston, Soufh-Carolina.
Savannah, Georgia
New-Orleans, Louisaiana.
Cincinnati. Oh.o.
Lexington, Kentucky.
Branches have been also established at Louisville
,n Kentucky, Chilicothe in Ohio, Pittsburg in Penn
lvania, Fayetteville in North Carolina, and Au-
guttata Georgia, which are not yet but soon will
be in operation.—Nat. Intel. 20th inst.
Mobile, October 24.
We communicate, with much pleasure, the ar
rival of the schooner Rapid, Martin, master, from
Philadelphia, bringing many passengers, w ho are
on their way to the location of land, made by the
agent of the French Emigration Company. At
tiie head of these emigrants, are the '•eLhrated
general count Clause! and count Lefebvre Des-
•touttes. They have the highest idea of otir ter
ritory, and indulge the highest hopes of agricul
tural success. They have the best wishes of our
citizens with them.—Gazette.
j^FSt; Stephexs, October 25.
It is aMuisning to witness the number of strang
ers and raRtgrants which every day crowd our
streets from all parts of the United States—Fusi
ness is increasing beyond a parallel, and, we are
informed that goods are vended at wholesale low
er titan they can be procured in Nnv-Orleans, ol
which there are perhaps, more on hand than an)
place in tiie Territor/, and large additional quan
tities shiped, and expected every hour. We are
-nld that some large Capitalists are about to make
establishments here who wdl be able to supply a.)
-lie up country demands on the most accommo-
daing terms — I. alcyon.
SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN
Saturday Evening, November 29, 1817.
(£/• Advertisements ltft ever to day shall be at-
ended tu in our next.
Appointments by the Legislature.
Abxsh Hammoxd, Secretary of State.
-Geoiige R. Clattox, Treasurer.
James Bozemax, Comptroller-General.
Daniel Stubges, Siiri eyur-Gentral.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
A sketch ot the proceedings of this body will be
found in this day’s paper. The joint committee
to whom was referred the practicability and expe.
diency of disposing of the territory lately acquir
ed from the Creek and Cherokee Indians have re
ported, that, it is impracticable and inexpedient to
make any disposal of the lands during die pres
ent session; and recommend to the governor, to
appoint fit and proper persons not exceeding three,
to attend, on the pari of Georgia to tiie running
the different boundary lines; and to ascertain the
true head of the St. Mary’s river; and to take such
steps as will ensure the earliest disposition ofiteid
territory. A res- lution lias passed the Senate ap.
proprialing SloO.ObO for the improvement of the
internal navigation of the State—out of which sum
S2'J,000 to be appropriated for clearing the
Szvanrwh river—^20,COO for the Oconee
—420,000 for the Ocniulges,—g4,000 for the
Aitauiaha—at-.d §5.00 for the Ogcchee. A neat
■tnd elegant report has been made in Senate on the
subject of the establishment and support of Free
Schools in this State. It is from tiie pen ot Mr.
Elliott, from Liberty. The bill introduced i;.U> the
House ot Representatives to amend the act incor
porating tiie Fire and Marine Insurance Compa
ny of Savannah, lias been negatived. The com.
miltce appoin.td to enquire into the expediency
of taxing tiie Branches ot the United States Bank
in this State, Iaivc reported, “ihat they have had
the subject under consideration, and aie of opin
ion said Banks ought to be taxed; hut conceive it
unnecessary to pass a special law- for that purpose,
as any tax winch the LegLLture may deem proper
to be levie-d on said Banks, can be inserted in the
tax act, winch will be passed the present session,
to raise a tax for the support of Government for
the year 1318—A hill has passed the low er house
l o amend the 4th section of -.lie 2d article of the
constitution. The alteration contemplated by
this bill is, to authorise the president ot the Senate
(incase of the deatu or resignation of the Gover
nor) to exercise tiie executive f unctions till a suc
cessor be appointed and qualified—and in case of
fusil to-serve, to empower the speaker of the.
house of represetiUtii es to discharge tite dotiw
of Governor, Sec.—The bill to repeal the 2d sec
tion of the aet incorporating the Bank of thtxState
ofGeorgia haspassed both’ houses.
It givey iu great pleasure t-» find, tiud, the Legb.
laturc have turned their attention to internal im
provements, which have so .long been neglected -
There is nothing that will tend more effectually to
increase and secure tiie prosperity of a state, than
the formation of roads and canals for the accbm.
ino.-iation of the traveller, and to open convenient
communications With tiie various parts of tiie State,
by which commerce, agriculture and manufactures
will be extended and improved. Let the reader
cast his eye on Sturgca* .Map, and he will be able to
form a judgment of the value and importance of
internal improvements in Georgia. The spirit of
our legislature is Or—md is worthy of a free and
great people, ^joet them but persevere and we
may conceivedtMunuch this state will be bene
fited and iaiproraxbcfore 20 years.
Of general Gaines, and his contemplated rjperfi*
tion against the Florida Indians, (the Ga. J Carnal
of the 25th inst) says, nothing has been Heard since
our last. The drafted militia front tins state, des
tined to co-operate in the enterprise, will rendez-.
vous at Fort Hawkins on Monday next, and be
marched from thence without delay. General
Thojus Glascock has been appointed by the go
vernor to command them.
A further requisition of Jive hundred men, to hg
detailed (from general Floyd’s division in the lowetf
part of the state) and held in readiness for active
service, has just been made on our executive by
the general government. Whether tills additional
force, for the immediate* organization, of which or
ders have been given, is intended to co-operate ,
with general Gaines in chastising the neighboring
hostile Indians, or to aid in the accomplishment of
some ulterior object, of.deep interest tq Georgia,.
subsequent events will, probably, soon deteft
mine. >
SHIP NEWS.
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PORT OF SAVANNAH. }
ARRIVED,
Ship Susan, Winslow, Boston, 10 days—to
Johnston & Hills,consignees—witli an assorted car
go of rum, essence of spruce, sugar, raisins, beef,
cheese, butter, candles, salmon, herring, soup, ap
ples, potatoes, paper, shoes and towdoih— to J.
Hatlelle, A. Fox, J. Stone and order. Passengers
rev E B. Caldwell and lady, rev. D. S. Butrick,
Miss Fay, Mrs Roach, Messrs Uynex, M'Clennen,
juti, Folsom, Woodward and Tucker.
Ship Niagara, Lombard, • Portsmouth (x. a.) 7
Jays—to John Thomas, consignee —with a cargo
of salt, furniture, bricks and hay—to Benjamin F.
Edes and the master.
Brig Lydia, Nichols, Boston, 10 days—with as
sorted cargo of rufn, wine, sugar, tea, pepper, beef,
salmon, cheese, soap, candles, iron, niuls, hollow-
ware, <kc—to John W. Read.
Schooner Hal, Cowell, New-York, 5 days—to E.
Ilar'.ndge, consignee—with an assorted cargo, to
I K. Tctli, .Gumming & Moorhead, 8. U. Dunning,
tV. T. Williams, F. Marston, L. Mason, W. Butler
& Co. P. Stovall fa Go-. W. Alford, M. J. Kappcll,
K. King, John Davidson, I>. Ue Witt, and M.os.J.
Malone & Co. Passengers, Mr. De Wilt (of Darien)
and seven others.
CLEARED,
Schooner Favorite, Farriu, Baltimore,
Sloop Mary, Bolles, lticeborough.
SAILED,
The revenue cutter Dallas, Smith, this morn*
ing on a cruize.-.
VESSELS OF FOR THIS FORT.
At Philadelphia, i'Otb instant—ships Magnet*
Garwood; Kensington, Silliman.
Bauds of the Balize, October It.
Arrived, brig Favorite, Lagan, Cam’y; schooner
Celrste, M’Nulty from the bar where she was
aground; Oct 12, schr Hiram, Peck, Savannah;
13 brig Alliance, Golvcr, London; schr. Lively,.
Smith, Port au Prince, with 8 passengers.
Sailed, Oct. 0 brig Francis, Goldsmith, New-
York; sloop St Jacques, Janes, Guadaloupe.
The brig Alliance spoke, September 23, long.
53, w. lat. 20 3 j, n. schr. John London, 38 days
out from Dublin, for New-Orleans, with 17 passen
gers.
The Suffolk is afloat and reloading.
Port of Charleston, November 27. <1
Arrived, ship Morning Star, Bishop, New-Yorfc.
4 days, with sugars, dry-goods, specie, fac.
Ship Gomet, Center, New-York, 4 days, with dry
goods, produce, &c.
Sclir. Louisa, Johnson, New-York, 4 days, with
crockery, copper nail,, canvas, wine, fac.
Schr Commerce, Hatch, Falmouth, Mass. 9 ds.
with lumber, potatoes, apples, fac. On Sunday
last, to the northward of llutieras, spoke schre
Mary, from Penobscot bound to Savannah.
Scbr. Renown, Eldridgc, Providence, 9 days,
with rum, potatoes furniture, apples, cider, fac.
Scltrs. Two-Friends, Davis,Georgetown, I day,
with rice; Industry, 2 days from Santee, (inland)
with rice; Santee, 3 cays from Saulce, with rice
and cotton; sloops F.xprcss, Hammett, New-York,
4 days, with dry goods, produce, fac; Eagle, Stin
son. Portland, 12 days, witli boards.-mm, bricks.
Ueb.w last evening, ship Montesquieu, M-Levan
from Philadelphia; schr. Enterprise, Pease, put
hack, bound to Wilmingtun; a schooner from
Georgetown; two other schooners unknown
Chared, French brig Venus, Deslandes, Havre..
® Port of Baltimore, Acvcmber 20.
Arrived, sloop Hiram, Evans, 4 days from New-
York, general cargo; sclir. Leo, Bates, 12 day*
from Boston, salt. Cleared, schr. Dispatch Pac
ket, Norris, Salem; brig Criterion, Jenks, Lisbon;
ketch Caty Maria, -Brown, Norfolk;
Port of Philadelphia, Aovemier 20.
Arrived, schr Enterprise, Uanling, 40 days from
Bristol, England, with tin plates, theet copper,
glassware, boitles pewterware, brass, earthenware
ironmongery, blankets, white and black lead, and
bar iron %
Schr Josephine, Kitts, 15 days from Laguira,
with coffee, cocoa, cotton, indigo, hides, horns
and fruit.
Cleared, ship Corotr.wdel, Day, Antwerp; brigs
Margaret, Manning Portsmouth; Only Son, Hath
away, Alexandria; Betsey, Virgin, Boston; schrs.
Molly, Somers, Richmond; Three Sisters. Pollard,
Tappahannock. Below ship Stranger, Whitney,
from St. Petersburg!!.
Port of A'em-York, November 19.
Arrived, ship Minerva, Allen, 82 days from Isle
of France, with sugar, coffee and pepper, sailed
the 16 h August, in company with abip Acastus,
Burnham, for Boston, and parted co next day.
Left brig Chance, Blackler, of and'l'rom Boston,
uncen snip Frances Henrict^p, Clark, cf and front
New-York, just arrived; a schooner of and from
Boston, had just arrived at. Bourbon. September
23, off Cape of Good Hope, 1st 3735. a. Ion 1830,
r.. ! poke brig Ocean, Ward,, treom New-York for
Batavia, all well. Get. 16. lat °3 57. R. Ion 23 30, _
w brig Fairy, Scbor. 6ti days from New.Y.itk'for-'
Muscat, ail well, had been becalmed J5 days.
November 3, lat 19 17, Ion 58 55, was brought to
and hoarded, after a chase of six hours, by an here
maphroiute brig, under French colors, strongly
manned and armed, (formerly the ‘ Unified StaKi*
brig Flambeau) a Live full rigged brig in company
likewise armed. The captain of the hermaphro. •
dite brig came on board with a, boat’s*rew,- amv;
ed, and took away out stern'and _ kedge anchors,
staling that.neces.ity competed him hodo»o,ha»«
ing lost all his anchor;; and gay *“
