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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS.
YintT ftMIOV.
IX SEHATX—J/Hf If.
. The senate having proceeded to eonsi
der the bill foul the other house to eo
crease the duties on iron in bars and bolts,
iron in pigs, castings, nails and allum:—A
motion was made to amend the bill by
staking oat “one dollar,'” bring the rate
of duty per MO weight, on iron in bars
and bolts, manufactured without rolling,
and decided as fuilowst
YEA#—Messrs. Barb<j»r, Daggett,
Eppes,Fiomentin,OaiiUrdJB<iId.«borough,
Johnson, Kins, Leake, Matron, Morrill,
Otis, Smith, Stokes, Storer,Tait, Taylor,
’Williams, «C Mis*. Williams, afTenn.—
19. '
'AYS—Messrs. Burriil, Crittenden,
Dickerson, Horsey, limiter, Lacock.
Morrow, Noble, Itobert*, Kurglrs, San-
. ford, Talbot, Tichenor, Van Dyke, Wil
son—13. <-
Audtlie words“seventy-five cents*’ were
inserted in lieu of “one dollar” thus strick
en out.
The bill as amended was ordered 16 a
third reading; and
The senate adjourned.
HOUSE or REFKKSEICT ATI VIS.
Friday, April 17.
The hots* then took up the amendment,
of ilii* senate to the bill to enforce neu
tr.dity.
Tne house, on motion of Mr. Forsyth
disagreed t-> that amendment of the senate
much proponed to .continue in force *v
much of the art of 1797 as makes it pun-
i-nubl* uy. the courts of the United States,
lor a tiliZ"ti lo take, out »f the limit* oj
. t)u United Mates, a cmnmisaiou to arise
ag.-unst a»y foreigu power in amity witli
ft.e United Stales.
> The remainder of tho amendments ol
tlie senate were agreed to by the huuse
and were little more than verbal, with the
exception o' two:—one of which proposed
to punish tlie delivery of commissions Irom
a fm eign government, to vessels, etc. with
in thy United-Stales; the other was the re
jection bv the senate of the section incor
porated in the bill in this house, on the
motion ol Mr. Clay. This section was
SUted bv Mr. Forsyth to be wholly unne
cessary,'since the decision of the suprem-
.court in the case of Turner and others,
O .M..I.L 4 Ijmmi mm alM.SUli«Ssl.
Intelligencer j part# ot which Mr. F. raad
to the huuse. '
' flie bill from the senate concerning tan
nage and discriminating duties, was re-
pm-ted by Mr. Seytiert, from the commit
tee at commerce and manufactures, with
out amendment, and the bill eid-'red to a
third reading.
Various other business was done, which
we hate not an nppot-tunity of recording,
as the house bad a rece.,8 lor an hour and a
hall at sun art, and sat late in the night, on
tlie post road and other bills.
h.m lit .Yiuitna'Ialtngrneer,iBlA inti.
Ill Site haste of putting the daily paper
t'> pi ess yesterday, in error occurred in
slating Mr Lewis’ proposition to amend
the constitution; the 4th paragraph ol
which tne reader will pleasa correct, •• as
to' r ad .as fol lows:
' “IV; Vacancies occasioned by death,
re-t&liatiwn or removal from office in the
judiciary, nr the heads ol departments,
during the recess of congress, shall be fill
ed by the president, subject to the approv
al or rejection of congress at their next
tension.
“V. Tlie heads of departments shall be
amenable to congress lor all appointments
luvie by them: and, to prevent improper
n'CoiuiMeiidatious to office, whenever any
per.un in office shall be convicted of any
crime, misdemeanor, or be dismissed lioin
office lor neglect of duty, the uame of the
peison so couvicted or dismissed, with tlie
name or names of those .who recommended
’ bin, to ofiite, shall be advertised fur six
month's .in some newspaper in every state
ami territory of t he United States, in which
there shall Ik- a printing office.”
New-Yurk. April 14.
Extract of a letter dated St. Thomas, 11 th
M -r.-h, lu a commercial house in this
city. .•
, accounts from the Msinera te the
1st inst. Several battles, fought near Ca-
.with varied success on eitlier side,
and ultimately, terminating in lavor of the
kind's troops*, i a-1 canard a momentary
jv rplexity among the inhabitants of Car
acas rioI Laguira; but confidence was
%ii on restoring, and the embargo that had
been laid «n all .ripping a fortnight pre-
lion*, was taken oft'.” »
A msterdam Market.—The cargo of tea,
of toe ship Ami & Hope, ut Providence,
wi. sold at Amsterdam on die 3th Febru-
erv at ta- ; following price:—Singlo, 29} a
S31 st;Tonkav.SII a 52}; hyson skin-30}
» 39 it ays-'ii 65 a .73}; young hyson 54} a
69; imoeiist 77} a 78}. . .
U e are iudeoted to a commercial house
for the following, price current, received
last evening by the schooner Dash.—Daily
Advertiser.
Frier* Current at Malaga, Feb. 14.
, jj^oBTs—Groin, wheat,- hard, per fa-
.Sega £3 50 a 4 25; soft, S a $ 50; barley,
’ foreign 3 2>; Indian corn S 25 a 50; beans
2 75 a 3; • ice 7 55 a 7 35j hides B. A. per
1). Ida 16 cents; provisions, batter 25;
bed SOi *»■•' ft a » 59 per Hj fifo 4 • 4 V
qti ; pitch 2 a 2 US pcr.U; t/assfl, per
I'ipe 80 « 85 per M; hkd sad bi in piopor-
tion. • • . ’ . . • ’
Kxpobts—Fruits, raisins and Muscatel,
box £3; do do lialf box', 1 40; sun, bl 615;
Laxia 5 50; figs,2 25; do frail 2 50; al-
munda, Jordan, bl 39-,do soft shell, frpil 6:
grapes, jar 3; wine, dry, butt 75 a 9tl; do
qr cask. 18 50 a 22 50; tweet, bill, 75 a
"90; ddqr cask 18 50 ft *2 50.
Flour is dull—tlie high duty prevents its
selling oa equal terms with wheat. The
riuratr is completely drained of fruit-—-
Wino abundant at our quotations.
FROM JAMAICA.
By the British brig Woodman, from Ja
maica, wu have received Kingston papers
to the 14th of March.—lb.
Kingston, March 8.
By the Antonio we learn that the La
Pique Create, capt. M'KelJar, tailed from
Campeachy for La Vera Orpft, on the 12tb
ultimo. '
We also learn by the tame conveyance
that the Spanish frigate Iphigenia, which
had sailed from La Vera Crw for the Ha
vana and Cadiz, put into Campeachy on
the 2d ult leaky, and landed shecre to thej
amount of three millions ol -dollars; she
was afterwards condemned as not sea-wor
thy,and the specie, it was expected, would
be put on board the Pique frigate, to be
shipped to Europe, via this island, on the
return of that vessel from La Vera Cruz
Official accounts received at Campeachy
from La Vera Cruz state, that the insur
gents had been completely subdued; their
last strong hold, the fort St. Gregoria har
ing been captured by the royalists, and the
whole of the garrison made prisoners. In
consequence of which the communication
with Mexico was entirely open, and vast
quantities of bullion hid arrived from that
city, which was intended to be shipped on
noard tire Pique, on her arrival at La Vera
Crus.
By the British brig Governor Woodford
from Trinidad, we received the Trinidad
Conrant and Commercial Gazette to the
7th March.—ib.
A proclamation of the governor of Trin
idad, dated the 4tli March, repeals the old
law whiefi restricted the shipment of silver
toilers from the island of Trinidad, and
declares that henceforth '‘1110 shipment of
•diver dollars for all lawful purposes on
board of vessel* ileparting from this island
is exempt from any local restriction.”
The proclamation also state* that in fu
ture strangers and non-reaidents who have
nut been in the island over SO days may
leave it on giving two days notice ol then-
intention instead of twenty-one, as has
heretofore been the practice.
Gne of our latest London papsrs, in no
ticingi the advance of rotten, remarks as
follows—“When we cunsider tire extent
and importance ol cottoh manufacture,
that it employs nearly ten times as many
individuals as any of our other manufac
tures—that the annual amount ef sale* in
it is from 40 millions to.30 millions ster
ling, it will tie found that there can be no
■ore certain mark of the revival of our
trade and manufactures than the great rise
which has lately taken place in the raw
material. If that rise was occasioned hr a
dirounition of the aupply, nothing «*>'• be
inferred from it aa proving that the manu
factures were again busily employed, and
(he workman receiving bis wages. But
the trpth i», that the cause of the rise in the
price of cotton is, net that there is a smaller
supply of the article in the market, but
that there is a great increase in the demaud.
And with this all tlie accounts from the
manufacturing towns correspond. Every
mill and loom is again at work, and the
workman receiving his wages.”
A detachment of the 66th regiment hail
gone from Chatham to embark at Graves
end for St. Helena.
American Stock* in London, Feb 28.-
per cents 72}; old 6 per cent 97; new loans
6 per cents 104};7 per cents 110} a 111
bank shares 341, nominal, no demand.
Frtm a Lender. Price Currml ef frb. 34.
Tlie following official letter aeu at real
the important question of projected addi
tional duty on Timber of our colonies in
North America, and also gives a pledge
that no alteration is contemplated rathe
duty on timber from foreign states.
UJie tf committee ef Friray CturtlJur Trade
H'tutehaU, 3WA February IbiS.
Sir—I am directed by the lords of the
committee of privy council for tiade to ac
quaint you, for the information of the com
mittee of the shipowners society un whose
belulf you have addressed a memorial to
their lordship*, respecting the duties on
umhrr, that upo.i a lull consideration ot
all tlie circumstances of the case, ami
mure particularly with reference to the
act 5j Ueo. i, cliau. 86, (by which tim-
oer from the British North American colo
nies is exempted from the daty till the
25th March, l >.20,) it is not at present the
intention of bis majesty’s government to
submit to parliament any alteration of the
law, as it nomjtends, in respect to the im
portation of timber, whether from our ewn
colonies or from foreign states.
I am to add that, under these circum
stances, the fords of the committee do not
think it necessary to give the members of
the Ship Owner’s Society the trouble of
attending their lordship* as proposed by
your letter ol the 90th December last, on
this subject. Tsomas Laos.
J. B. Ruckle, esq.
MOST CALAMITOUS FIRE.
London, February 26.
Friday week, thu large cotton mill of
Mr. T. Atkinson, at- Cclnebri4ge, near
Huddersfield, was discover' d to be on fire,
and though every exertion was usid to ex
tinguish the fames, it was burnt to tlie
ground. The manner in which this awful
disaster took place, is related as follows,
ny a boy, ten years of age, who was the in-
>truincut of so calamitous an event:—He
says, that about 3 o'clock, he was sent in
to the card room’ (which U on the ground
door), with a lighted candle to fetch some
rovings and. in taking, them, tomer'fooaa
cotton lying near, caught fire. He ran up
stain to rater* those st werk, aid then to
.r-wc.-. 4. • . ui.m
the PjM*
er safetv; tint hniliug. Atb .tottnic heat
and smoked he^aii; (Wended,' and whvn
he tame io Iho'iUir*; under wlikh ,!ie S ‘‘ 1 '
was,' «wn, and ruH*d to,
the bottom. T|a 6*VdWb4oo^n*«wed h
from the door) and some, vt .them were
dragged dowrtsthe remainder, it IS ►Oppos
ed, were so terrified, that tbdy rau.-back in -
to the miif,' and 4 tf5« instantly «u®«ated
as a ladder wm,placed to a‘Window at the
opposite end of, the mill, to which it was
thought they would flee,for anfety (and
near which place.fourteen were alterwards
found) but the smoke and flames issued
out-with soch violence, as precluded all
possibility of assistance; nor could any
thing be heard ol them, although every
exertion waa maile to stimulate them to ap-
» roach tlie windsw. After thi«, no idea
could be formed what point tne poor chil
dren had fled to; as the floor gave way, and
all, in an instant, was one vulurae of fire.
Fifteen bodies were found, and a number
of person* are employed in searching for
the re»t.—.ManthttUt Gazette, Feb. 21.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
,To attempt to save any part of the pro
perty in toe mill, seemed an hopeless el-
fort, and. thy attention of - the persons as
sembled Was wholly directed to rescuing
the persons within, who were all girl*,
from the fate th-l a Waited them. With
this view, a ladder was placed against a
small wiudow at the end of tho factory,
near the manager’s house,and at the great
est distance from the place where the bi
lled first appeared; But everyendeavor to
iaduce tlie children to approach the lad
der proved uunvailiug- On breakiug the
window, a dense column of suiuke, which
.-uoii burst iutoaflawo, issued irom. tne
opening; and it ii prqbuhle, that helm e this
Iranian effort lo rescue the children wa»
made, tlie suffocating iniluciice ol the ig.
mted cotton, had terminated their suffer
mgs. ?
A heart-rending scene bow took place
without, such as a paieut who had wjtness
td the dcStiuction of hi* child witnout be
mg able to afford him any reliel, can only
i(..nriMvp- l/'rDt-y-r * 1 ell' 1 "*- unlimited by
a glimmrniig oHiope, were made to ascer
tain the place where the poor .children
might have liv'd, and to rescu: them Iron,
the flainctjjtot III the midst ol these exer
tiur.s the roof and floor toll in, and hope
rate way to despair. In less than half all
hour tlie entire building, all the iiiachiuc'-y
and every article «! the stock was destroy
ed. From a c.mibioation of uiiiortuiute
circumstances, this bra was more like an
explosiou, or the conbugralioii ot stubble,
tliau the destruction ol a substantial build
ing. Not a vestige ot property was saved
in the mills; hut the counting-house aim
ware-house, being protected by a strong
main wall, were preserved.
When every ilung combustible wa* con
sumed, diligent search was made lor the
remains of thuchilib an, *ud bltecn ol them
were found in til* course ui the day, ti.e
twootliers have dnubiies* beeicreuucnl to
ishes. By this calamity about eighty per-
sunsare thrown out of employment. Ac tne
.time thu fire broke out twenty-six persons
were at work in the null, of whom nine es
caped aud seventeen perished.—Leri's
.Mercury.
Extract of a letter from a merchant of respect
ability in Liverpool, to his correspondent in
Bostou, dated February 6.
“The principal ubject of this letter is
to guard you against any transactions in
East India cotton. Its importation iulo
this cuntry depends on an act ol parlia
ment 52yeara old, the 6 Geo. S, chap. 52,
sec. 20,. which has been suspended lor 2c
years, by a general act that expired six
months after the war; and the old act is
probably only left in force by its having es
caped tne Attention of government, il l,
obviously as contrary to British policy to
permit your citizens to be carrier* of iin
tish colonial produce fur the supply of ou
manufactories, as it would be to peruu
them to supply our population with Jamai
ca rum and sugar iu the suiue way, or a* it
would be fur yuur government to permit
our vessels to carry ou the traue from N.
Orleans to Boston. 1 therefore consider
it my duty,, as deputy chairman of tin
East India associat.un uf this port, lo bring
the subject before the last monthly- meet
ing of the'cuonnittee, and a memorial is
now preparing to government, praying the
repeal ef tlie section of the act above men
tioned. I have no doubt it will be repeal
ed, aad that many of tlie shipments of E
India cotton making at your port will,
therefore, have to go to Francs.”
! tO gO 1
From , Calcutta paper* received by Mr.
• 'Tepliff of Boston.
An insurrection has broken out in tomc
•f the districts of Geylon, in which a Mr.
Wilson, assistant resident at Badula, lias
been murdered. 8ir Robert Urownrigg.
the governor, has declared tho disturbed
districts under martial law.
Calcutta, December 13.
The cholera morbus ha* raged with vio
lence in the centre division of the army.
The total loss amounted by tlie latest ac
r.onnts to six officers, 173 Europeaas, 36.-
Seapoys. Of the camp followers no cei
reel account can de given.
/to* If QtTCrr.mtnl Oaactte Krtraerdiwery.
Accoants may daily be expected of a
decisive blow being strack against thr
Pindarees now assembled in the neighbor
hood of. Serfage—general Marshall and
cotunei'Adim* mere advancing upon them,
and according'to the latest inturmatioii,
within a short distance of their positions.
From our attentive correspondent at
Gibraltar, we .have received toe following
itema oYiattliigeace, underdate ef Februa
ry 28th. .: ■
-' “The Russian squadron, consisting of
five 74’s anil-three 44’a ftnder,the command
of admiral Mr |l«r, in the Dresden, arriv-
«d at Cadiz, os tk* filst iftst. tPabruaiy.)
TIZ: — • W ' *
+.1 i)reideal,- ,* 74 capt. Turnepsky,
W Nortu-Adisr, 74 Hamilton,
El Nsptuno,. • ,74 — Mosaat,
El Tronchswaititit. U funltrem,
F.I Lubeck, .. . 74 -~-«tep*nof,
El Mercurio, 44 * NotiUkol,
El Patricia, '44 *— Tolonbial,
El Astrogele, 44 Kody,
“This fleet is said-to be the same the
English seised at Lisbon, io 1811,'and
^ava up afforwahfo opoa toe rupture be
tween France and -Rusaia—and it is raid
that England pays futit out of the 400,000/
•he is to give Spain, for abolishing the slave
trade. There were no troops, aud trans
port* are ready to take the suamen back
by way of the Black Sea.
*► A gentleman who is here from Cadiz,
since the.arrival ol the Russians, states a
fact somewhat flattering to onr national
character: Oa their arrival in the bay ot
Cadiz, the admiral'* *hip saluted tlie
town, and on the following day, (which-
waa Washington’s birth day) every ship
fired a full round. It was avowed to have
ueen fiied in honor of that occasion, aad
wss nut answered by the Spaniards. _
“What special service the Spaniards
mean to send this fleet upou or how they
are to fit it out :n tlie Ueggerly state ol their
exchequer, time 9lily can determine;—uo-
boily here, Know*.
r ‘*Our squadron is still aloft—I brlteve at
Sjracu-e: bu' commodore Chauncey is
looked for every day, ou his way home, and
it is said the Vraiikliu will accompany him
thus lar.”
file writer in another letter observes—
“The king of Spain has made Cadiz a
port of deposit, similar to Marseilles, upon
paying, it 1* said, 2 per cent. 1 don’t
kn*uw yet when it is going into operation,
aud am ignorant c- several important par-
ftcul r* that are uecessary to cuablc me to
lay tlie subject clearly before you. 1 have
-eeu that part of tlie order which pro
claims Cadiz to be one of the iuleuded
pin t*, hut it ia contingent upon a Urill pre
scribed by acotumerual tribunal, which we
have not seen.”—Augusta Herald, 17th
instant.
The “letter from Washington,” said to
be written by lord SsxKina, presents us
until well drawn portraits of aoueuf our dis
tinguished countrymen. They aicall ori
ginal diaoiuga, except that oi our worthy
duel'magistrate, which husevideully takeu
from tlie galieiy ol portrait* iu tlie “Utu-
Tl*U Sex "—Augusta Chronicle, April ~.
TRADE of NEit-ORLEANS.
The; following is an extract Irom a com
parative statement uf tlie increase ot prin
cipal articles of produce which have coiue
lo mat ma. ket during toe last three years
Frjtiueuene. lolS 1816. 1817
Uacon fit bum9 ( out.
Bulter, bl» .4iid kcjp
LOlURI, bale*
- urn, biulitls
t-'n.-ur, barren
M .Ursct. gallons
l*oi A. burirb
dugai-, iiog*he»2*
i Uti,, g-llunv
1 np.-.ccu, hl.d*.
iVneat burl.cli
.V l.nk«), gaLoift
6 ,oU»
l-y.ooo
7 Siam
5-u,two
8.C00
1S.U00
150,oho
5,UUO
1j,UW
*00
65,too
Ij.ccO
ys.'wo
18,000
l.SUO
65.00c
140,01 U
IkU.U-cO
Uou.ooo 1,000,0U>
0.700 ., o:.ooo
tb.uOO
S.-o,OcO
7,300
150.UU0 23o,uOS
30,000
400,oOo
.8 out/
05,ooo
350,(Wo
tiensrel tttrazx, of the United States’
army, lias arrived in this city. He is un
ins way ti> New-Orleuus, ami will sail iu a
few days in the Missouri, captain Hail—
We observe that his ueck is still affected
by the dangerous wound luceived Irom toe
enemy at Niagara.—Balt. Pair.mi.
The following are the names of the coun
ties in the Albuauia territory, all ot which
are to bt organised and represented this
year: Baldwin, Blount, Cutaco, Conecuh;
balls*ba, Clark, Dallas, Franklin, Marion
l'uskaloosa, Lawrence, Lauderdale, Lime
stone, Madison, Mobile, Marengo, Mon
roe, Montgomery, alielby.—Fhiie. Frank■
lin Gazette. -
ELOPEMENT.
Washington, (Pa.) April 6,1818.
It is due to society, to publish the fol
lowing flagrant breach ot the laws ol Gud
and man; and it is hoped that the editors
of newspapers in the United States, who
wish well to morality aud the peace and
coinfort of society, will (lissemiuale tht
iiilormatioii by giving it an insertion in
their papers.
On Thursday night, ths 2d of April, iast.
between the hours of nine aud ten o’clock,
Samuel Herriotl elopt-d from this town in
company with Lydia Brice, toe wife ot Mr.
l'nomas Brice, a icsprctable merchant of
this borough, lierriott had been taken
into the tainily ot Mr. Brice, lo whom he
was related, about six ycurs ago, in the
capacity of a etorekerpei, r.nd has lived,
we believe, in his fatally, the greater part,
if not the whole of that period, lie came
poor to Mr. Brice, and was treated by him
with the greatest kindness and friendship.
About three years ago, Mr. Brice took hint
into partnership, and generously allowed
min tlie halt ur the profits uf the store, al
though he had not a single dollar to put
into toe stock. The partnership continued
-i .till a few week* back, when it expired
uy its own limitation. During all this
tune lierriott was treateil by Mr. Brice
latiier as a son, than as a distant relation-
But mark the base ingratitude with which
he repaid hi* friendship. Like a Serpent,
he stuug his frieftd in the most vital and
under part- He insinuated himself into
the affections of his wife—the partner of
his bed—toe- mother of his beloved child,
and robbed him of her who was as dear to
him ss his own life.
But flagrant and enormous as the guilt
of Herriott mot' have been, we arr per
suaded that iu tht progress and accom
plishment of this base and criminal trans
action, the partner of his guilt bore her full
share. Treated, uniformly, by her hus
band with tenderness and affection—plen
tifully supplied, by him, with every neces
sary and comfort of life—his happiness
waa bound np in her’*; yet regardless of
CTsrygoud principle, sba has hirst asan-
der the-tendertst tie*, and dciUrled hj*
and his beloved child for an unprincipled
paramour.. .
-That society may be put on their guAil, *
and-.prevented/rum aflunling this guilty
pair any countenancc.or protection, is to* *
sole object of (his publication) and for this *
purpose it is thought proner to give the fol«>
Iu wing description of their persoost Herrl-».
Mt ia about SS.yean bldj- - fair and ilnMhnr
made, probably 5 ifeet 11 rnchei high, fair
countenance, and rath-T a -down look; hue
has lost one foi«'tooth’iirhil'Under jawg;
alow and mitd in liis^ahnef- of - conversat:
tion. Lydia Brice, Whose maiden nam%
was Cook, ia a woman above the tnidlq.
size—lias a placid and agreeable counter
n nice, with something ot a pensive cast}
•he ia about 29 years of age—and v bajt
greatly aggravates her crime, has left.aft
affectionate daughter in Iter tyith year.—
Her character, untill this base transaction,
stood fair, and to their moot intimate
friends and acquaintances, herself and:
husband appeared to live happily and con-*"
tented ly since their marriage, which took-
place nearly l2year*ago. _ ,-j
Any information- respecting the afore-'
said Herriott, to that he may bft brought
to puuisliment, communicated to Thomas*
Brice, merchant, Washington county Pi«*
or to John Henderson, merchant uf th6T
city of Baltimore, his authorised age£t,-
will be thauktolty received.—(Jmsette. ■
The non arrivals of numerous vessels ax-v
peeled at this port from Eurdpe, is owing
probably to. the very rapid current which
has been setting to tlie southward and west
ward tor three weeks past' We learn front.
various manners that tony never knew such
a current along this coast. The cause of it
probably is the melting of large bodies of
snow, together witli tlie late prevalence of
N. E, w inds.—.Yeia-1 ark paper, April 15.
General James Wilkinson, has been
appointed by the governor of Louisiknia r
Quarantine master for the port of
Orleans.-.Various/ lntelligeneer I7/Ai>ut.
SPANISH RELA TION% [
We understand, that the question'dis
cussed in thu committee at foreign .rela
tions, whether if should be recorameuded to
congress to authorise lire president to take
and occupy tire Florida* until our claims
on Spain weiV adjusted, was decided >ft
the negative us loltow*:—Yeas, Mr* For
ay to, ui Georgia; Mr. Uobtoaou, Louisiana.
Na.i s, Mr. Holmes, uf Massachusetts; Mr.
Barbour, uf Virginia; Mr. Tailinedge, and
Mr. Porter, of New-Yurk. Mr. Mills, of
Mass, absent.—Balt. Fat.
savannah republican.
Tuesday Eveuing, April 28, 1818.
CITIZENS, LOOK OUT!
An attempt was nude this morning to. firs the
citj; but was discovered before it bad done snj
injury. There is not a doubt but that we bars
amongst us a gang of incendiaries. The jnsy or of
our town has now in bis possession (be anmbusti.
ole matlci i (coals of fire wrapped up hi cottoa
and malthas attached thereto) which Was throws
into the stable of Mr. Thomas Vlaik. at th* west
end of the city, early thu morning. The police
ore on toe alert—cuuncil bat been summoned te
meet this eveuing to devise proper measures for
the protection ot the city, and if possible, to ap
prehend and bring to punishment, the'pcrpetrt.
tors of such diabolical attempts.
UNION SOCIETF.
On Thursday hut, the Umax Seem* o* Ossft.
a ia celebrated their airri usuiB Aanysasiat —•
They at'cmbled, at the usual hour, at therr room
,a toe Academy, and at 13 o’clock formed a pro.
cession, and, preceded by the youths educated by
their bounty, repaired to the Presbyterian Church,
• here prayers wire read and a most excellent
and appropriate discourse delivered by the rever
end Mr. Kouecz The Society then returned to
their place of meeting, and, after going through
the usual buiines* of. tlie day, sat dowplo a plen.
litul dinner. The day dated with that harmofr/
and sociability which ever distinguish cordial and
benevolent hearts. Tire following. gentlemen,
were chosen officers fur (tie ensuing year:—
Jt05 Kvarsa, FmiJent.
Janas liras >, Ticr.-Pmticnt.
Janos Morrison, Secretary.
S C ScrenK, 1
Lowsa Masos, 5 1
[?jt cat savannas asruausANj
TO COUNCIL.
From my long silence, gentlemen, you way
luve supposed, that tire breath of mortality liaffV-
froaen the purple current in my veins—that un
der to* sepulchral mound. I reposed, alike unauft-
scious of praise or censure;—4 am '.till hlw- -
ever, in tlie land of toe living: —my heart yet throbs^
though its tendrils are blighted:—my soul yel flies
ti.rough its terrestrial space, though toe mildew
of sorrow bangs heavily on its pinions. Old ago
is the winter of life—it “is dark and unlovely;”—
but doubly so when tire tear that is shed flows for
the death of a favorite child. Rebecca, earliest
pledge of her father’s love, the base ef his hope*
has descended to the tomb. Tea! cold is the heart
that beat with filial devotion;—the scul that thrill-
eel with rapture, that soared nn the wings of geni
us, tost melted into pity,—lias forsaken itaearthly
abode, tojoinin heaven its kindred spirits. But
there if, ia remembrance, one consolation te her
aged •ire—a —— toe grief of her' hoary
mother. Though her face was fids as toe liliy,
though her eye was bright as the cloudless tun,
ri .'rng from toe waves of toe ssa^tohe was deaf te
the voice of flattery:—the ablibred the coxcomb
aad buffoon, toe libertine and drunkard. She re
vered religion and served her G*d:~3bc is now with
Shad her father repine at her happiness?
Alas' he is human, subject If the antipathies amt
affections implanted in his kind, j Nature must
have its course—grief its -scasen^r-but bis soul
will uot always be tot prey of parental anguish.
It iaoot mete Hat he should spam st reason. Th*
dawn of peace and joy win yet—will toon
-break upon him. Than wiliTe redeem the
pledge he lias given to the public. Their
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