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towards them can be only those ofvcngeance.
Thu fate ol‘ Porlier and Lacy must be ever
present to their minds while Ferdinand is on
the throne. It appears evident to us, then,
that the Spanish Revolution is yet in an iu-
cipieut stage. The meeting ol the Cortes
will produce important events ; the elements
of discord between them and Fcrd.nand ex-
1st in full force—for tli y can never harmo
nise with a monarch to whose fears alone
they are indebted for their existence, and to
whose good will they owe nothing but im
prisonment and torture. The assemblage
of the States’ General of France led to tnc
fall of Louis XVI, and if justice has not
untilely lost its influence in the. affairs of
men, with how much more propriety may
we anticipate a similar result from the meet
ing of the Cortes of Spain. Humanity wept
over the fate of the good and amiable Louis,
but none would lament the fall of Ferdinand.
American Watchman.
SPANISH CONSTITUTION.
The following Sketch of the Constit ution of
Spain of 1812, so often referred to in the
addresses, 4‘C. of the National Army, we
find in vol. I, page 133, of Niles' Re
gister.
“ Spain belongs to the Spaniards, and
uot to any particular family. The nation
alone can establish fundamental laws.—
The Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman re
ligion, to the exclusion of every oilier, is
the one that the nation docs and will pro
fess. The form of her government is
that of an hereditary monarchy. The
Cortes will enact the laws, and the king
cause them to be executed. They enjoy
the right of citizens who have been born
of Spanish parents, as also foreigners
who have married Spaniards, or are come
with a capital to get themselves natural
ized, or to trade in the country, or to
teach some useful art. Citizens alone
can be preferred to the municipal offices
The rights of citizens are forfeited bv
long absence from the kingdom, and by
undergoing afflictive and disgraceful pun
ishments.
The king's person is inviolable and sa
cred, be has power of sanctioning the
laws enacted by the Cortes; can declare
war and make peace ; is to appoint all ci
vil and military oificers, out of a list of
individuals proposed by the council of
State ; conducts diplomatic affairs, watch
es over the application of the public
funds, &.C.
Restraints on the Regal Power.
The King caunot oppose the meeting
of the Cortes, at the periods or under
the circumstances pointed out by the
constitution, uor restrain the freedom of
their deliberations when met, nor sus
pend them, &lc. and such as shall advise
him to do so, shall be held - ,J treated
as traitors. He cannot undertake a jour
ney, marry, alienate any thing, abdicate
the crown, lay ou taxes, nor exchange
any town, city, &ic. without the previous
consent of the Cortes.
Ferdinand VII. is acknowledged by
tile Cortes, King of Spain ; and upon his
demise, his legitimate descendants. The
settlement of the succession, the Cortes
appear to have reserved to themselves.
The King is a minor until he shall
have completed his 18th year.
The King’s eldest son is styled Prince
«f Asturias, and as such will, when 14
years old, swear before the Cortes, that
he will observe the constitutional laws,
and he faithful to the King. During the
fitter's minority, a regency shall he es
tablished, which will take care that he
be brought up in conformity to the plan
•adopted by the Cortes. The regency
will be presided by the queen mother, if
alive, and composed of the two oldest de
puties of the permanent deputation of the
Cortes, which deputies shall continue
the w hole year in function ; and of two
councillors of state according to their
seniority. The Cortes will grant a year
ly sum suffleient fur the maintenance of
the King and his family, and also country
seats for his amusement, &c.
i he King’s sons may be appointed to
all offices, except those of judges or de
puties of the Cortes. They cannot leave
the kingdom w ithout the consent of the
latter.
1 here will he eight Secretaries of
State, two of whom for North and South
America. They should be responsible
for the transactions in their respective
departments, anil the Cortes will deter
mine what appointments they are to re-
oeive.
A council of stale will be established,
composed of forty members, four of whom
to be grandees of known ineritand vitue ;
lour to belong to the clergy, out of whom
two bishops; twelve Americans, and the
others to be taken from among the de
serving of the other professions.
1 lie councillors of state are to be ap
pointed by the king, out of a candidates
proposed by the Cortes. The latter to
he convened every year on the tirst of
larch, k to continue sitting three months
unless the session should he prolonged
upon the king’s demand, or for some very
uigent reason ; but in no case for a longer
henn than one month.
. ^ to the election of the delegates to
ie Cortes, it is to be managed as directed
v the constitution, (the dispostions re
live thereto, being very much detailed,
?" ( turned, with great judgment and a
laudable foresight.)
here will be one deputy for every
souls.
i ^ * le King will open the Cortes, or, in
I* name, the president of the deputation;
Uc 1 ">u*t be permanent tc enforce the
. cation of the constitutional laws of
e Spanish monarchy.”
in 'ustitution of the Spanish Cortes
frepst' ent l ‘ tnes > was looked upon as the
0 f v l,u ' m °*t august political assembly
ritv U |°P e ' restored in its original pu-
in th * * °P er ation will he instantaneous
acter* r r^ eneri 't*°n of the national cliar-
f ro °. ®P ft in. Composed of deputies
a ° r ders of the State, nobility,
S3 > and citizens, it was a full and free
representation of the Spanish’ people.—
Its powers supreme in the nation, the
King possessing less authority than even
the monarch of England, was merely the
executive agent of the Cortes. The
essential prerogatives of levying taxes,
declaring war, and concluding peace,
belonged to the Cortes. Not even mo
ney could he coined unless by tln ir au
thority ; and no law rou!J pass without
the approbation of every member of the
Cortes. 1 he Kings, at their coronation,
received the crown in a kneeling pos
ture, from the hands ol the Justiza ol the
Cortes—while each member took (ac
cording to Robertson,) the following
oath : “ We, who are each of us as goodas
yott, and more powerful, promise to sup
port you. provided you maintain our
rights and liberties—if not, not." Such
hos tile institution of t he Cortes, at the
period of the union ot Castile and Aira-
gon. As time progressed, the encroach
ments and usurpations of the Kings, aid-
ed by the gradual decay of the moral en
ergies of the people, as well as the pow-
erlul influence of monkish superstition
and bigotry, tended considerably to im
pair its authority. What it now is, we
suppose the National Authorities ofSpain
will soon proclaim Pet. Ini.
RECORDER.
MII.LEDGF.VILLE, Tuesday, May lt>.
tC/“ As we stated in our last number, all
hope of the ratification of the treaty with
Spain is at an end. The negociatiun with
her Minister has been broken off, and on tile
4th instant, (of which date we have a letter
from Washington, giving information not to
be doubted) a message from the President
was daily expected, recommending the taking
possession of the Floridas. This our readers
may rest assured, was the true state of things
at the date above named—Both houses of
Congress had agreed to adjourn on the 1 jth
instant, yesterday.
(£/* The House of Representatives, (as
will be seen by their proceedings under the
proper head) have passed the hill regulating
duties on imports—that bill so oppressive to
the agricultural interest—so iniquitous, be
cause unequal, in its operation, taxing many
for the profit of n few ! The title is a misno
mer ; it should have been styled, “ a bill to
compel agricull urists to pay tribu'e to manu
facturers.” If in its progress the bill be not
stopped by the non-concurrence of tile Se
nate or the veto of the President, the plan
ters of cotton will indeed be in a bad way.
While tile arliqjes of clothing, very few of
which wc manufacture, will be dealer, the
price oi' our cotton will be reduced, and the
revenue for the support of government, here
tofore derived from imports, must be raised
by direct taxation. With what conscience
can they talk of laying direct taxes, in addi
tion to the heavy indirect taxation for the
benefit of manufacturers, while our ability to
pay the one or the other is, by their own act,
diminished ?
C7» At the late sitting of the Circuit
Court of tile United States in this place.
John Jenny, charged with piracy, was tried
and acquitted. A youth of the name of
Turner, convicted of robbing the public
mail, was sentenced to eight years imprison
ment in the Penitentiary—an arrangement
for his confinement there having been made
with the Governor by the Officers of the U-
nited States. This lad Turner, who appears
to be not more than 13 years old, after his
commitment for the mail robbery, had broke
jail in company with another prisoner; they
stole horses, and in South Carolina robbed
and murdered a traveller, for which the com
panion of Turner was sonic time past exe
cuted—few ofliis age, have been so “ deeply
steeped in crime,” as Ibis wretched youth.
During the sitting of the Court, some excite
ment was produce:! by a report, that a prosecu
tion against Gen. D. B. Mitchell, and William
Bowen, for the unlawful introduction into the
United States of Africans, was about to take
place. How that business was disposed of, will
be seen by the subjoined copy of a letter from
the District Attorney to the Governor:
Milledoevillf., May 10, 1820.
His Excellency John Clark,
Governor of the State of Georgia.
Sir : I have the honor to inform you, that
upon the receipt of the original affidavits and
other documents yesterday from you, in the
case of general Mitchell and William Bowen,
for the illegal introduction of Africans into
this state, I placed the same before tin* Judg-
es of the sixth Circuit Court now in this
place, at chambers, and required of them
process to compel the attendance of the ac
cused, to answer to a bill of indictment to be.
prefered against them. The Judges have
this morning delivered their joint opinion in
open court on that application ; which opin
ion so delivered by them was in substance as
follows:
That the Judges have had under conside
ration a motion at chambers, made by the
District Attorney, that David B. Mitchell,
Esq. and William Bowen, lie required to en
ter into recognizances to appear and answer
to a prossecution for certain offeitces alledg-
ed to have been committed against the pro
visions of the act of March 2d, 1807, prohi
biting the introduction of slaves into the U-
nited States, and tiiat upon examining the
several clauses of that jet, under which the
testimony submitted is supposed to tiring the
ease, they entertain very serious doubts whe
ther the offences alledgetl can be punished
under any one of those clauses, and as the a-
lueuilatory act of 1318, was passed after the
uffuh.0 is Sapp.,,,:d to have been committed,
ot course it cannot lie prosecuted tinder Unit
last act. Hut even if the ease could be bro’t
within the provisions of the net of I8U7, it is
'cry clear, that it is now too late to institute
he prosecution; for the offence is charged
to have been committed in the month of
March, 1813,* so that more than two years
nave elapsed sinee Its commission. Offen
ces committed under the net of 1813, ni.-y
be prosecuted within five years, but this pro-
' tsion does nut extend to offences commuted
against the -.ct of 1807 ; since the only clau
ses of the latter act which can touch the sup
posed ca»e, are repealed by tile ret of I HIM,
and the repealing clause in saving the penal
ties incurred under the clauses repealed,
makes no alteration as to the limitation pre
scribed by the general latv, to proHsecutions
lor offences committed against the act of
1807—
We therefore think it nugatory and even
illegal to institute prosecutions at this laic
tlay, for offences committed against those
clauses of the act ot 18U7, w hich stand now
repealed. We consider the 32d sec. of the
act commonly called the crime act, as even
prohibitory on this point.
In consequence of this decision of the,
court, I deem it proper for me to return to
yon the original afininvits and papers, with
which you furnished me yesterday, and have
therefore done *n. As I’intend leaving Mil-
ledgeville immediately, any further commu
nications which you may deem it proper to
make to me, may be forwarded to Savannah
to iny address.
F have the honor to remain, sir, your ob’t
servant,
(Signed) RICH!) W. HABERSHAM,
District .illorney.
"There is obviously a mistake, either by the
Court, or by the District Attorney in copying
their opinion, as to this Jute. Tlio affidavits
have reference to two offences, both committed
between October 1817, and January 1818.
After the opinion of the Court (as express
ed in Mr. Habersham’s letter) had been pro
nounced, the Grand Jury, who were present,
were requested to retire to their room, und
ascertain whether they had .any present
ments to make. In a short tin.e they re
turned into Court with the following:
The Grand Jury of the sixth Circuit Court
of tile United States for the district of Geor
gia, while they declare that they do not think
it necessary at this time to eiiter into any
extensive general presentments, desire at
tlie same time that it should be distinctly
understood that they do not wish to east a
shade on the character of any public ser
vant. They still feel it their duty Instate
there has bum a flagrant violation of the
laws of the United States in the introduction
of a number of African negroes into this
state; that the perpetrators of this crime
liHvejiot been brought to justice, and that it
now appears from the operation of a law of
the United States, limiting the time at which
prosecutions in sueh cases should commence,
all hope of justice in this case is at an end.
Whether the fault in the present instance
is in the law or its execution we do not pre
tend to determine ; hot we confess that vve
feel indiguautut the violation of a law, whose
object is to preserve from shame tiie cha
racter'of our country ; and we do think the
subject highly worthy the attention of Con
gress, as well as the head" of department of
the United States Government.
We request that tile above presentment
be published in tiie papers of Milledgeville,
uuu in tiie National Intelligencer.
Jeti.t Howard, Foreman.
J. Canntk, Z. Lamar,
John William, S. Grant!and,
Tomlinson Fort, Tiomas Foard,
John Lwat, Chs. Williamson,
Sol. litlton, 7'. Dixon,
Wm. .1/ <grader, Wins. Rutherford,
John Abercrombie, Hints Holt,
Geo. Moore, Ifni. II. Crenshaw,
Simon Whitaker, James Rousseau.
May It), 1820.
Ordered, by the Court, that the present
ment of the Grami Jury be entered on the
minutes, and that the District Attorney be
furnished with a copy.
Extract font the minutes, May 10, 1820.
(Signed) GEO. GLEN,Clerk.
(£/“* Wc are desired to state, that tiie pub
lic Commencement at Athens, will take
place on the 21st of June next. A notice of
this article by all the papers of the State, is
requested.
Our country man Deny. West, the greatest
historical painter known, died in Loudon ou
the 10th of March.
The great Election, which is to decide
whether. Daniel D. Tompkins (tiie Vice
President) or Dewitt Clinton (at present
Governor) shall fill the Magisterial chair of
the State of New York, for the next term,
took place last week. The contest has been
animated and keen. As far as the returns
are received it appears probolile that the for
mer has succeed. .!. He obtained a majority
in the city of New York of Oii! votes ; in
Rockland county, of 029 ; in Westchester
and Richmond counties, of more than 100
votes in each.
It is reported, that, in Suffolk county, he
received a majority of l;!00 votes.
We shall give the whole result when we
receive it.
This Ejection acquires a general interest,
when it is considered that, on the election
of Air. Tompkins, and his acceptance of the
office of Governor, the office of Vice Pre
sident of the United States becomes va
cant. In that event, the President pro tem.
of the Senate (now Mr. Gaillaro, of S.
Carolina) exercises, until the next Election
in coarse, the functions of Vice President of
the United States. If it so happens, thia
will he the second time that this honor has
devolved outlie same individual.—.Vat. hit.
Tiie Ship Atlantic, arrived at New-York
the 1st instant, in 42 days from Liverpool,
liriqgs London papers to the lath March,
two days later than vve have yet had. The
following paragraph, from the Commercial
Advertiser, is the most, important addition
which this arrival affords to our former stock
of information :
“ The situation of Ireland has become
alarming, and the government have at last
found that it is no time for temporizing, or
for half way measures. Tiie Dublin Even
ing Post ofMareli 7, says that not only hors",
foot, but cannon have been dispatched to
the west. The entire rounty of Clare has
been put, by proclamation, under the peace-
preservation act, anil a detachment of flying
artillery lias been despatched to the county
of Galway. Five thousand additional troops
were to be sent to G.Jway on the 7th.—
Ilibbotidism had begun to rear its head in
the couutv of Westmeath.’’
NoRroj.it, May 1.
*V e have received information, the authen
ticity of which cannot be questioned, that
"I t Provisional Gocernment of tht Consti
tutionalists at Isht (the head quarters,) have
inthiir Gmctfi FORMALLY ACKNOW
LEDGED TEE INDEPENDENCE OF
SOUTH AMERICA !”
It is true that Ibis act is liable to a recon
sideration v\ In n the iiatiunul government
I shall bn established; nevertheless the fact is
suliicient to convince us that a further prose
cution of llie war in South America is uot
the wish of the people of Spain ; und that
the government will ho influenced in future
by the wishes of the people there can now be
no doubt.—We are even ready to believe,
that if the Constitutionalists are disposed to
make terms with Ferdinand at all, one of
the stipulations w ill be thcacknowlcdgmentof
the independence of South Ainon can colo
nies.
IVe can also state, positively, that orders
have been-given at Madrid to dismiss all the
transports so long employed at Cadiz. Thus
is all idea of the expedition to South Ame
rica ojicialty abandoned.—Herald.
Extract of a letter to a gentleman in Wash
ington City, dated
U. S. Ship Franklin, )
New-York, April 26, 1820. )
u With great pleasure 1 announce to yon
onr arrival here on yesterday, after a passage
ol 18 days f.oni Gibraltar, leaving the com
mand oi the station under Capt. Brown.
“ On our passage, we touched at Tcne-
riffe, Porto Praya, in the Island of St. Jago,
and thence ran through all the windward W
India Islands. We spoke an American ship
oil the south point of St. Domingo, which
gave us the melancholy intelligence of Coin.
Decatur s death. In gelling under way from
Porto Praya about 8 P. M. ou the 2.11I1 tilt,
two Batteries commenced afire on us, and
continued it until wc were out ufgumJiot.—
The vessel sustained no damage, except a
shot through the fore-tnp-sail. The Com
modore immediately called u council of war
and it was determined to attack the town
on the next morning. We accordingly made
all preparation, but unfortunately fur us, die
wind increased to a gale, und the ship drifted
to leeward uflhe Port. On next morning a
boat came along side, with a letter from tile
Com ul, slating that the officers and men en
gaged in making the assault, had been con-
lined. This was not tnought a sufficient sa
tisfaction, and we continued to beat to wind
ward during tile day, with the hope of get
ting up, and obtaining ample satisluction for
the insult offered to our flag ; hut, the wind
increasing, and but little probability of beat
ing up for several days, induced the Com
modore to bear away. It appears to have
been an intentional mistake on lire part of
the governor, who had, previously to our ar
rival, ordered his oificers to lire into any A-
merican vessel that should attempt to leave
the Port without his permission. This or
der, he had neglected to countermand, and
it is hardly possible for him to have forgot
ten it. The order seems to have originated
from several privateers having been there,
under American colors, which cannot justi
fy his conduct.”
New-York, April 25.
Steam ship Robert Fulton.—A little after
9 o’clock ye terday morning, the fine sleam-
sli p Hubert Fulton left tins port lor New-
Orleans, to touch at Havana. A great num
ber of ladies and gentlemen had been invited
by the pionrietors on an excursion to Sandy
Hunk, am! the steam-boat Connecticut ae-
compitniedtbe ship to return with the. party.
The morning was fine—the ship made an
elegant appearance as she. moved rapidly in
to the North Rivet, passing near the L 1 . 8.
ship Frankiin. Thousands of spectators co
ed tiie battery and wharves in the vici
nity.
The Robert Fuiion is a splendid evidence
of the advance of ship-building, and is pro
bably .as fine a vessel as ever left the port.—
Her accommodations are spacious & splen
did, and we must sincerely hope that suc
cess may attend her, and her enterprising
proprietors meet their reward.—Columbian.
Letters from Aux Cayes mention, that
President Boyer has co npletely quelled the
insurrection occasioned by the revolt of Gen.
Gomaz. All his followers had been dis
lodged from the mountains, and the general
himself uad disappeared, and it was suppos
ed that he had drowned himself. President
Boyer, in his proclamation, declares the in
surrection at an end. Although tranquility
\vasresfored,it was believed tint a new war
would soon again break out between the ri
val black Chiefs Boyer it Chrislophe. Boy
er lias an army of about 25,000 men, regu-
I rly officered and disciplined, w ho are ea
ger to take the field. The finances of this
chief are also in a flourishing state.
[.V. Y. Gaz.]
Sr. Louts, (Miss.) April 1.
Illumination.—The town was i)!”>nina1ed
on Thursday evening according to the notice
given by the Board of Trustees. It vvaseu-
tirely general, the whole town not present
ing above four or five instances ofexci iitiou.
To these no sort of molestation was off red,
and the evening' passed off without a single
occurrence to interrupt the. harmony of the
town, or to mar the festivity of the scene.—
Among the names which appeared in trans
parencies were those of tiie “ Light Sena
tors," and “Fifteen Representatives" from
the non-slavt -holding states, who supported
the rights of Missouri at the risk of their own
personal popularity. Mr. Ijanman's name
occurred most frequently—Some were in fa
vor of burning the eliigy of an adversary Se
nator* in retaliation for the indignity offered
to him at Hartford: but the iJca vvus dis
couraged, and it was not dune. “ Our faith
ful dihgate," Mr. Scott, was duly noticed.—
To enumerate all our friends from the South
and West who deserve the gratitude of Mis
souri, would be to repeat the list of their
names as published last week.
Among the transparencies was noticed at
I)r. Heely’s a beautiful representation of the
American Eagle, from the beak the words—
“ Missouri and no restriction.” Underneath
was the Irish harp, and the motto “ Erin go
Bragh.—St. Louis Enquirer.
* Air. Kino.
The following prophecy, as stated in an
article from Westphalia,‘is remarkable. It
is from the Memoirs of Mons. de Ileillan,
published in the last century.
“ In former times the court of France sent
for the famous Necromancer, Lucca Gaurico
from Florence, to inform the Queen Catlie
rinede Medicis, as to the future fule, power,
and succession of the Kingdom. Gaurico’s
talents had raised him high in the public es
timation ; and it was diilicult to persuade
tiie magician to undertake the journey, but
a large sum prompted him to undertake it,
to satisfy .the curiosity of the queen.—His
arrival was kept a profound secret, except to
her majesty anil her confidants, lie endea
vored to. dissuade the queen from lier pur
pose, and not disturb the spirits. But all
was unavailing—no peril could be imagined
of sufficient force to turn her intention of
pursuing tliu dark Hook of futurity*. He
was therefore conducted into an apartment
ol the Louvre, where he was to call lortli
the appearance ol ghosts ! at midnight the
queen proceeded in silence, net oinpunied by
one lady only and her first chamberlain, to
the uwftil looking hall of the knight. Her
companions had to stop in the antichamber.
“ Alone she walked into the magic circles
w ith ,a firm and almost supernatural courage.
Again the artist made an effort to dissuade
her not to meddle w ilh unkiiow n spirits; but,
said she, “ words are of no avail—it is deeds
I want of you, therefore begin.” lie then
» ’ m tklll. 1IC illVlJ
told her that the kings who were to succeed
1 :r would appear, each in bis turn, seated
pun a throne ; the duration of their reign
would be indicated by the time they conti
nued seated, and if they should full front the
throne, they would come to their death by
violence. The apartment shook, and at the
moment a throne appeared in the centre of
‘be room ! The same was ascended by the
usbaud of the Queen, Henry the Second
did not sit long before lie suddenly fell.—
since proved that
ircuinstanees have, since proved that the
host was light, as the king accidentally
reived a wound, of which he died. After
lis appeared Francis the Second, eldest son
the king, but he loo, soon fell and disap-
1 ored ; and so appeared a long line of suc-
•ssious, the one sitting longer than the
■hers, and disappearing as fate would have,
'hen a person of small stature ascended the
throne with apparent pain, the queen called
out. “ This is the little Bcanwis!" which
somew hat discomfited the necromancer.—
The figure did not continue long on the
throne, and then fell suddenly. Alter Louis
XIII. and Xit . had been men, the queen
yas again exhorted by the magician to de
ist fiom further inquiries into the. eerrels of
he invisible wot Id, and to bp satisfied with
' hat site bad learned, fearing that she would
mil be able to support the scenes w hich would
be exposed to her. But she was not to be
driven jroin her purpose, and expressed her
determination to see the end. Then came a
king who d.d not long possess the throne;
and after him came the last, und with Inin
such terrific noises and shakings of the w alls,
mt the Queen fainted !”
The German editor remarks, that the n-
bove memoir was published at Leipsig in
the year 1780, seventy years before the
French revolution, and is now in possession
ol the editor of the Mindcn Sunday’s Ga
zette.
Kingston, (J amaica) March7.
By the Sapphire, from Caogres, we have
information that the American frigate Mace
donian arrived at Panama from l.iina the
latter end of January, and brought 500,000
duiiurs on account of Spanish merchants.—
The British frigate Andromache w as lying at
Cahto w Iten the Macedonian was taking in
the nionej ,and the Spanish merchants wish
ed to ship it in her ; but Captain Sheriff
having orders not to receive Spanish proper
ty ou hoard his ship, it was shipped in tiie
Macedonian, as a matter of necessity.
By the arrival of the Spanish brig Vcntu-
.osa at Panama from San Bias, witn 150,000
dollars, intelligence wasrecoived of the Span
ish merchant ship La B byina being there,
and, for want of a ship of war, she was tak
ing in specie to the amount of 800,000 dol
lars, and was to sail in 14 days after till! Ven-
luniHu. By the last advices from Panama,
she had been 50 days out, and no intelligence
having been received of her, it was supposed
he h id been captured by one of Lord Coch
rane’s cruizers, which were left to blockade
Guayaquil, to which port La itliynm was
bound on her passrge from Panama.
The merchants at Panama bad requested
the Captain of Hie Macedonian to take the
specie out of La Rliyma, in case she should
fall in witll her.
Nf.w York, April 25.
The. U. S. ship of the line Franklin,Com
modore Stewart, arrived at this port yester
day, and anchored oil’the Battery hi the af
ternoon—crew nil well. She sailed from
Gibraltar on the Sd of March. Touched at
Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, and left there nil A-
inericnn brig—Kan down the Trades, and
touened at Port a Praya, Cnpede Verds, and
le‘*‘ 1 —
Al.EKANDlHA.Majr *.
Sentence of death!—but the first time, ina
numburofycii.-s,we witnessed,on Salmdajr
last, in the Circuit Court lor the Distiict of
Columbia, the awftilscnteneeofa fellow mor
tal sentenced to death. Judge Cranch, alter
a most impressive admonition, pri nnunetd
tile science of the court and the law, on
William Davis, lately convicted ol the mur
der of John Potter, and on Richard Lull, for
breaking open and stealing from th* store of
Messrs. Cook and Clare sundry goods. The
time of their execution is not yet fixed on.
At like same time John Reeves was sentenc
ed to receive thirty nine lashes, and pay a fine
of twenty dollar*, for aiding and assisting
Hull in the perpetration of his villainy.
Jin excellent French cement, for all kinds
of out-door painting. •
Tnkp ns much lime ns is usual in ma
king a half bushel white-wash, nnd let it
be mixed in a half bushel, or pail, nearly
full of water; in this, put two pounds
und n lull of brown sugnr, and three
pounds of salt; mix them well together,
nnd the cement is completed.
A little lamp black, yellow ochre or
otl.er coloring commodity may be intro
duced to change the color of the cement,
to please the f. mey of those who use it.—
The above cement has been used with
great success in France, nnd in this coun
try, and is particularly recommended as
a protection against lire. It becomes
very hard and glossy, and is said to b*
inure durable than the best kind of [taint.
WHALES.
The Kew-York Mercantile Adcrliscr
says, “ For the last ten days large shoals
of Spermaceti Whales hav e been seen near
the Long Island coast and in the neigh
borhood of Sandy Hook. On Wednesday
last, a kirge sperm whale grounded near
the point of Sandy llook, and in tho
course of the last week, eight or nine
w ere seen inside of the Hook. One of
the pilot boats is preparing to start on a
cruise, equipped for catching whales.
At the April town meeting at Spring-
field (Mass.) it was voted to request the
■Selectmen to POST UP, according to
lore, the names of all common drunkards.
Surveyor-General's Office, Geo: )
18th May, 1820. (
To the citizens of this State claiming luiul surveyed
under hend-rights, or howdy Il’amnUs:
B Y an art of the Genera! Assembly of this
State, passed on the 14>tli day of December
1818, your lands will “ revert to, and become
the property of the state, nnd be subject, kc.
txc.” If not passed into grants previous to the
lOtll day of December, of the present year.
from a belief that nine tenths of those most
concerned ure unanprlsed of the existence of
such an act, 1 am induced to give this public no
tice. DANIKL STURGBS,
Surveyor-General.
The different Editors of pnpers in this State,
Hfe desired to give the above two insertions.
May 12 14—2t
.VOTIVE THIS!
W ild, bo let to the lowest bidder at ten
o'clock, on Saturday,the2tlth instant, at
tiie lower end of Wayne street, the building a
Bridge across Fishing creek. The terms will b*
made known at the time and place oi letting.
By order of the Board,
FR. JETER, Sec’ry.
Milledgeville, May 15, 1820, 14
For Sale,
A Lot of handsome
YUW.VlTUWYs.
Persons wishing to purchase cun see the same
by calling at Mrs. Hi i i's in this place.
Milledgeville, May 10. 14
STOP THE RUNAWAY!
The Subscriber will give
Ten Dollars to any person
that will apprehend k de
liver to him in Eatonton or
to Messrs. Mel iuss it Holt
^r. in Augusta, a Negro Ftl-
i lTUrtltai | ow i,y the
gale Gucrricre, sloops of war Peacock and
Spark, were at Gibraltar. The Peacock
was at Algiers on the 20lh January, at which
time the. plague had entirely subsided. The
Algerines had not a single armed vessel at
sea, nor were any tilling out in tin: port. Mr.
Sluder remained there, in good health.
The Franklin lias brought despatches from
our Minister at Madrid.
Niw-York, April 28.
The Election t< r ninnted last evening
after an active and s irited contest. The
returns have not been all received : but
from the canvas already had, we are war
ranted in saying that there is a majority
fur ftaniel L). Tompkins of about seven
hundred votes, being the first time that
Tompkins ever received a majority in
the city of Now-Yurk.—Nat. Adv.
Enquiries having been repeatedly made of
us respecting the authenticity of the reports
in circulation of an interruption of the inte.r-
course between our government and the
Spanish Envoy Extraordinary, we think it
proper to say we have heard nothing confir
matory of these reports; and that, from all
we can learn, they are, to say the least of
them, premature—Nat. hit.
Singular Circumstance.—On Saturday
morning, a man, who was tolerably well
dressed, and ol sober appearance, called
at the Police Office, and requested the
Magistrates to grant him a permit to go
to the Penitentiary ; stating that he was
a shoe-maker by trade, and that he could
obtain no work, and wanted the means
of support. This reqncrt was granted.
f.’>. I’. Com. Adv.]
Norfolk, April 24.
The Columbus 74 got under way on
Saturday last, in Hampton Roads, -and
dropped down to Lynhaven Bay, where
Bledsoe.
about ■ 30 or
inches high,
'«• a scar on his throat : he has an old puss
given him by Mr. Bledsoe while lie owned him,'
Unit he p.isses with. The above reward will be
iveil, uud all reasonable expenses paid.
WM. WILKINS,
Acent of Me.La ws k Holt.
F.ntonton, May 13, 1820. 14 tf
uroppeu uuwu to uy nnaven Day, where *' nsn w 1,1 ne P a| d at the Penitent
she anchored, and from whence she will “ ftW hui,dre<1 weight of TALLOW,
sail in a day or two for the Mediterra- »•— •» C. M’CARTY, r
-- *», — .... u IfJlIlTJVFT T
eft there, 18 dys since, an American schoon- . ’
r—made the Iulaml of Martinique, and formerly the property of Mr. Jesse
ame tnmugh tho Mona Passage. The fri- « ‘"twell, * 9 a wry black fellow, at
rale Gucrricre. Ninons of war IW„ck- 1 years of age, about 6 feet « or 10 in
Sheriff's Sale.
W ILL bo sold to the highest bidder on the
first. Tuesday in July next, between the
usual hours of sale, at Tattnall eourl-liouse, the
following NEGROES, viz Jim and his wife
Violet, and Delilah her child ; Diana 25 years
old; Maya boy 12 years old ; Billy 10 years
old; Tom 12 years old; Cburlutte 9 years old •
Gyrus, child ; Grace (1 year, old ; Jordan 14
years old; Hercules, II years old; Rachel 10
years old ; Harriet, a Mulatto girl, lo years old
Taken us the property of James A. Tippins, se
curity, to satisfy sundry executions in favor of
the state against the tax collectors of Tattuall
county. also,
287 1-2 acres of land joining Daniel Brinsou,
on tue Altamaha, grunted to William Duvie.
345 acres of land, more or less, joining Joshua
Dasher, und John Mobly, on the Altamaha—
granted to Sami. McKullock.
800 acres pine land, more or less, joining
Benjamin Stripling, granted to Jacob Watts —
l he above lauds all lying iu the county of Tatt
nall, and taken as the property of Lodowick
Bird, to satisfy two executions in favor of Jo
shua Kemp and Reuben Naiie, property point-
ed out by Joahua Kemp.
Terms, cash.
J. B. STRIPLING, D . ..
May 1(1.
PENITENTIARY WORK.
rrUILORlNG done in the newest fashion, an
X in the best manner. Broad Cloth Coal
made for five dollnrs ; Pantaloons of the sami
or Cassunere, for one dollar and fifty cents.
Summer Coats tor three dollars—Pauteloni
one dollar nnd twenty-five cents. All otlu
wo * business at the same rates.
PLANK and SCANTLING to bo sold for on
dollar and Mty cents per hundred
The public are respectfully informed thi
they can get any of our articles ou very accon
inodating term:. C„,h will be given for all ll
Coal that can be delivered in the Penitentiary
ILF Cash will he paid at the Penitentiary f<
lew hundred weight nf tat i/iw
May 10.
14—3
Lancaster, April 21.
Fishermen s Luck.—Wc art) inftirtncfl
that on Friday hist, 4.800 fine Shad were
Cgught at one haul, at one of the fisbe-
Ties at Mr. John Fdliolt’s Island, in the
Susquehanna, near Middletown.
ATTENTION!
XT Those disposed to form a Volunt*
,nflin,l T> ar ® requested to at«
at Mr. T. Biuen’s Hotel To-Munoiv ere.hig.
I7ihmst. at 8 o’clock. May lit
Job-Printing, * „
Executed with neatness and dispatch, at t|
Recorder Office.
