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he dining room. Upon examining the
body of Mr. G. it was found thutthe fluid
had passed down his right side, singing
his hair and eye-brows, and tearing
the skin from his right breast, several
parts of his right leg, and scorching his
stocking.
BRITISH~DEBT.
yiiere have been laid before Parlia
ment "a statement of the British National
Debt from the 1st Feb. 178G, to the 5th
of Jan. 1821. Tbe results are calcula
ted to alarm every government which
studies eitravagance more than Econo
my. In 1786, the total Debt amounted
to £ 239,693,000—In 1821, it was
1,249,273,368—having in the course of
37 years, increased more than five fold.
The greatest increase was in the year
1814 ; when the debt contracted amount
ed to the enormous sum of 106,130,807
pounds sterling. The interest annually
paid upon this Debt is of course a very
oppressive tax upon the industry ofllie na
tion. How can the English people es
cape very serious embarrassments, when
so heavy a tax is to he annually paid ?
Or when will it be possible for them to
cast off this mountain of debt ? It is not
the civil list of Great-Britain, great as it is,
which has brought this loan upon them—
but it is their expensive wars, and the es-
tablishinels which have grown out of
them ; their navy, theiv army, &c. &c.
If we would escape such a detestable
burden, we must avoid the wild career ol
extravagance which G. Britain has run.
We must avoid wild projects in a state of
peace—we must avoid all wars, which are
not imposed on us by an imperious re
gard to the sacred rights and honor of I he
country. Had Great-Britain been aide
to remain at peace during halfthe period
only, when she has been wasting her
blood and treasure in war, h is hardly
possible to conceive the prosperity to
which she might have attained! How
many arts she might have improved.—
How many new branches of industry
might she have struck out! How main
roads might she have formed ! How ma
ny canals dug ! Her industry would
have increased in an astonishing ratio,
while the cxpences of transporting its
fruits might have been reduced compara
tively very low. Her people would not
have been cursed by such heavy taxes.
Ilcr poor rates would not have grown to
such a frightful dimension. Her land
would not have been burdened by the
groans of her paupers, or deserted by a
suffering population.—Compiler.
[vROSt Tlir, PHILADELPHIA GAZETTE ]
lu a Bremen paper of the 9tli of May
last, received by the Sally Ann at this
port, we noticed the following advertise
ment of a new work, written by Lewis
Bonaparte, late king of Holland.
“ History of the British Parliament,
since its institution in the year 1234, un
til 1798, together with Magna Charta,
.-Hid observations by the Emperor Napo
leon, in his own hand writing; by Lewis
Bonaparte, late King of Holland.
“ In England the republic is conceal
ed under the form of monarchy.”—Mon
tesquieu.
“ Wc know the compiler already from
his former productions as a skilful author.
His history of the English parliament is
doubtless a masterpiece of historical re
presentation, faithfulness and accuracy ;
' and it is not only the hitherto unknown
sources which were at his disposal, hut
liis natural talent for introducing the his
tory with spirit and an uninterrupted in
terest, that gave him a great preference
over many of the older historians. A
peculiar interest attaches itselt to this
work by the ingenious and sensible re
marks of Napoleon Bonaparte in his own
hand writing, which are interwoven, with
n con a tant application to the present state
of things. At this day, when the eyes
of the world are fixed on the parliament
of England and on constitutions general
ly, this important publication certainly
merits particular attention. 1 he an
nexed magna charter, will prove an
highly acceptable addition to the rea
der.”
The Boston Daily Advertiser has publish
ed extracts of a letter (dated 2d January)
from the celebrated Mrs. .Anne Grant, to a
friend in the vicinity of Boston—of which
the following is a part :
“ Your country is like Virgil’s fame en
larging while we look at it, till we arc over
whelmed by its magnitude. While we,
bound in our watery girdle, and sinking un
der the debts in which our valor and genero
sity have involved us, have no other sources
jj-oin which to support our consequence but
our intellectual wealth—tile legacies left us
by the glorious hards and sages of the olden
time, and the new crop of poetic laurels that
are springing daily up with unequalled vigor
and freshness. Of these we have been per
haps too vain, and too ready to wonder that
the Bellos Lettres lias not been suddenly and
successfully cultivated among the stumps
and Indian cornfields of recent settlements,
pv amidst till the effervescence of politics and
j c -islation in a new born empire. This
-round of superiority seems fast receding,
»• , _ . are now bv abundant candor atoning
and w- •vrro* , ance. Could you believe
«»
American genius, and, with the exception of
Scott ^incomparable novels, they » »otli-
f„g ,o much read, praised, and adm.'red as
the Sketch Book and Knickerbocker, which
all reading people here have now discnw^
ed to be a treasure of wit, humor, and souni,
reasoning, and keen, yet good humored, sa
tire The style too is allowed to be all fault
less excellence—totally free of the_ gallicisms
anil meretricious ornaments winch occurred
too frequently in former trans atlantic pro
ductions. The purity of its anglic.sm far ex-
reeds what is frequent among ourselves. -
This with the impression left by some ele-
cint minded Americans who have visited us
within the last few years, have brought a-
hout a wonderful revolution in public opun-
in favor of our grand-children of the new
confluent M r . Mackenzie, (Henry) who is
still the most lively person 1 m-t w-th, and
deed he often due*. He talked nf America i
as a most in ignifleent and wonderful coun
try, and expressed his admiration of the late
works.”
As Hie season is now commencing which
entries off Ihoosands, young and old, vvilli
the dysentery in adnlis, and summer com
plaint in children, it is Imped that those
afflicted with these complaints will not for
get that Myrtle-hmy wax lias performed
many cures wlieneviry other remedy has
failed. The medicine is cheap and simple.;
and, if it does no good, it will do no harm,
it can he obtained in most of our apothecary
shops.—Pittsburgh Gazette.
AllLLKDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, Auousv 21.
Should the weather lie favourable,
we shall have an opportunity of witnessing
on Monday next, an Eclipse of the Sun, grea
ter than will occur in several years. It will
commence a little before seven o'clock in
the. morning, and continue near three hours—
the greatest obscuration of the Sun will take
place about a quarter past eight o’clock.
O’ The improvements now making on the
streets of Millcdgeville, (which heretofore have
been too much neglected) arc such as do much
credit to the Corporation, taking into view
the limited means they possess. The general
lienlth of the town was never bettor at this sea
son, and is perhaps equal to that of any city or
village in the union. Within the last year ma
ny worthy mechanics have been added to our
population. In numbers as well as iu charac
ter, this useful cla«3 of citizens forms a high
ly respectable portion of our community.
A destructive IVhirl-urind was expe
rienced upon the suburbs of Neiv-Orleans
on the 13th ult. which destroyed a number
of buildings, and many valuable lives. The
loss of property is estimated at jJ CO,000.
.Messrs. Grantland S,- Ormc—The references
made in some recent political discussions to
the “ Vaaoo Speculation"—“ Yazoo fraud,”
&e. have excited no small degree of curiosity
?.rA t'e-ire of information respecting that im
portant portion of our slutc history. After
some research, I have not been able to discover
any generally known and accessible source
from which such information can bo derived —
Any person, therefore, possessing the requisite
acquaintance with the Yazoo scheme, who will
through the public papers, furnish a clear, im
partial, and succinct developeincnt of its nn-
turc, object, and progress, will probably “ do
the stale some service,” nnd certainly confer a
favor oa many of his fellow citizens, ns well as
oi, ENQUIRER.
FOR TItK SOUTHERN RECORDER.
TO THE TEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
No. I.
I have read, fellow-citizens, with great, at
tentinn, the numbers of “ the Trio”—and
have waited until they have brought their se
ries to a close, with a view to ascertain their
real motives and objects—and if the result
had been a conviction that the writers were
actuated by an honest zeal, prompting them
to point out what they deemed to be the po
litical aberration of the present republican
majority, from the. fold of the true republi
can faith—I should have respected their ho
nesty and remained silent. But convinced
as l am, from a dispassionate examination of
thuir essays, that they have assumed the
garb of an austere regard to principle, not
for the purposes of reformation, but as a co
ver for a slandbrous attack on many of the
most prominent men of the republican party,
with a view to give a comparative elevation
to the political character of a favorite, and
thereby to prepare the way for his future ad
vancement ; I will not pay to hypocrisy,
that deference which is due only to honest
errors, hut will strip them of their disguise,
and exhibit them to tile public in their real
characters.
That I am not mistaken in the real object
of these writers. I might with confidence ap
peal to the conviction of every intelligent and
candid reader of their numbers. Their zeal
and anxiety to prove what they consider the
political degeneracy of the present majority,
is not greater than their art in attempting to
involve in that imputation, eicry prominent
member of that majority, one only excepted.
[Tpnn this excepted favorite, they attempt
to turn the eye of the public, as the only
hope of reformation—but with how much
justice and regard to the truth of facts, ]
shall hereafter consider.
If additional proof were necessary to ex
pose the real object of “ the Trio,” the par
ticular time which they have selected, to pro
nounce their anathemas against the sins and
backsliding* ol the republican party, will
furnish that which is most satisfactory. If
we examine the list of political transgressi
ons which they have presented, and which
in their opinion, are so heinous as to sink the
perpetrators to the same level of iniquity, with
the authors of the Alien and Sedition Laws;
we shall find that not one of them lias been
committed try the present administration
cept making the appropriation to complete
the Cumberland road, and to mark its con
tinuation to the Missouri. And this had the
express support of the very man, whom these
imprudent writers have represented ns the
only prop of democratic republican princi
ples in the present administration. With
this single exception, the whole list, bank,
tariff, and all, belong to the history of the
preceding administration. Where was their
zeal for the faith during that period, nnd
why should it he so excited at this moment
when these abominations are of such remote
origin nnd long duration? The key to the
Whole mystery will lie found by casting our
eyes towards approaching event" ” ‘
.t f2nvi»rn(ir taken nl;i
Our state
efcctron for Governor takes place about the
close of the present year—-and that for the
next President of the United States, three
years hence—and “ the Trio” hope that the
republicans of this state will not support tin-
present Governor, if it can be established
that the man to whom ho is so much oppos
ed, is the only hope of the republican party.
Should the Governor not be re-elected, they
suppose the state will be secured in Mr.
Crawford’s interest; a support which Ire will
however little he nr.y deserve if. Here you
e the true motive which lias, at this junc
ture, tempted “ the Trio” to take the field.—
It has impelled them on with such ardor in
their slanderous career against those whom
they deem unfavorable to their views, that to
destroy tlb-ir characters, they have assailed
not only that ol’lhe present Chief Magistrate
and his immediate predecessor, hut of the re
publican party generally. But blinded as
they evidently are try flicirzeal, it is still
strange that they were not startled at the
conclusion to w hich their principles of ortho
doxy led—and deterred from fixing that as
a standard of correct principles, which in its
application involves the condemnation of all
republicans, not excepting from the common
entence, him whose interests they are so
anxious to promote. For it will he necessa-
y to make but a very slight examination of
the charges of political degeneracy which
they have so solemnly pronounced against
tile present republican majority, connected
with their assertion, that Mr. Crawford is
the only hope of democratic principles in the
cabinet, to shew the dangerous ground they
are treading. Let us hearken to the char
“The Constitution of the United States,
(say thf.se austere reformers) has been con
strued into a cob-web, And those of the states
have been pared dnwn to more corporate
charters, conferring but little more power
than is enjoyed by many cities created un
der their protection. The rights, the sove
reignty, nnd the dignity of tile slates des
troyed by the unlimited, uncontroled and
overwhelming supremacy of the general go
vernment, whose sphere of action has hern
extended from a point, to an incomprehensi
ble magnitude. Over the rights of the peo
ple themselves hangs a dark and portentous
cloud for a long time artfully concealed "
Such is the charge, embracing many speci
fications, which ‘ the Trio” make against
the present administration and republican
party—which stripped of its verhage a-
mnunts to a charge of a deliberate, system
atic usurpation of the rights of the people
and the states.
Among the specifications we find the
tablishment of the national Bank, (lie laying
tariff of duties on foreign manufactures, Ibi
appropriation of money for internal improve
ments, and the rejection by the Senate, at
the last and preceding sessions, of M ittheiv
Lyon’s petition to have refunded a fin
dieted on him under the Sedition Law. All
these measures “ the Trip” affirm to be un
constitutional, and that that they involve tli
same principles of construction with the A-
lien and Sedition Laws, and the attempted
restriction upon Missouri. Surli are the
lending charges they exhibit against the re
publican party.
However conclusive they may consider
their proof of surli grave charges, the vindi
cation of the present administration is easy
nnd obvious—nnd must have been already
anticipated. Even “the Trio.” I presume
will not charge the administration with the
rejection of Mr. Lyon’s petition. The Se
nate alone is responsible for whatever then
may he of criminality in that; which doubt
less will cause them much uneasiness when
they learn, that it is the opinion of surli can
did and profound rensoners as “ the Trio,”
that their guilt is not less aggravated than
that of those, who enacted tlie Sedition
Law. Those shallow republican Senator:
who opposed the petition in their great sim
plicify, no doubt thought the vote perfectly
innocent, nnd had not the remotest suspici
on, that in giving it, they became involved in
all the original sin of the Sedition Law itself.
So it has turned out, however under the ve
rv ingenious and logical reasoning of “ the
Trio.” As the administration, however,
cannot, even by the most libf.kas, construe
tion, be implicated, with the Senate in this
charge, the.y stand extricated from the whole
catalogue, except as already stated, the of
fence of assenting to the appropriation to
complete the Cumberland road. As they
have no defence to make to this v barge they
must plead guilty. It is impossible to treat
with gravity, such boldness Aif accusations,
pported by such impotence of proof. Who
would suppose, when reading the solemn
charges of usurpation on the rights of 111
states and the people, drawn up by these ail
venturous slanderers,against the administr
tion, that they would prove so utterly desti
lute of foundation ? But admitting their
reasoning as to principles to be correct—
their censure ought not to fall on the present
administration, but nn those nf Mr. Jefferson
and Mr. Madison—the weight of whose au
tliority they have laboured so much to bring
in aid of their accusations. By a recurrence
to facts, it will lie found, that no one distill
guished member of the republican party, no
even Mr. Calhoun, who seems to he the oh
jert of the special hatred of “ the Trio,” is
more deeply implicated in the measures d
nouncud by them, than the two distinguish
ed ex-presidents just mentioned. In which
of these measures have they not been parti
ceps criminis, if any guilt belongs to them
Firstoftlie Bank — The .act inco; ‘orating the
existing Bank of the United States, hears on
the face of it,recorded proof of Mr. Madison’:
approval—vend the aets authorizing the ex
tension of Branches of the old Bank to the
territories, and punishing the counterfeiting
of its notes, (thusenlarging and protecting its
operations) hear the same proof of Mr. Jef
ferson’s approval. As to the Tariff, “ till 1
Trio” themselves admit that Mr. Jefferson
has recently expressed his approbation of
giving encouragement to domestic manufa
lores by protecting duties—and who isigr.o
rant that it has long been a favorite mcasuri
with Mr. Madison ? To the present Tariff,
he gave his constitutional sanction, and as
long ago as 1794. he moved on Mr. Jeffr
son’s report, a series of resolutions in favor
of protecting by duties, our commercial and
manufacturing interests. This it should b
particularly observed by “ the Trio,” was
before lie moved bis famous resolutions i
the Legislature of Virginia, and before ll
possession of that power, to whose corrupt
mg influence they ascribe tbe degeneracy of
the party. Nor are these statesmen the less
involved in tbe accusation of appropriate
mon.cy for internal improvements. Mr. Ma
dison repeatedly gave his assent and appro
bntion to hills making such appropriations a
various periods during his administration.-
Mr. Jefferson gave bis assent, while Pres:
dent, to the art appropriating twrnty-fiv
thousand dollars to open the Canal of Ca
rondelet, and for the first appropriation fo
(he Cumberland road : the very road for
completing which, under 1 he binding faith
nf existing contracts, “ the Trio” denounce
Mr. Monroe. Tims by examining the his
tory of those measures, upon which they re
lyto sustain their accusation of usurpation
on the rights of the states and the prop!
it is incontestibly apparent that, if they fur
nish any proof at all, it is much stronger a
gainst the administrations of Mr. Jefferson
and Mr. Madison, than that of Mr. Monroe,
ARISTIDES.
«n of man over oilier Animals, is established
and maintained by superior intelligence;—
nd the relative influence of individuals and
nf nations, is principally attributable to the
dvances which they have made in intellec
tual improvement, and to the acquisition of
liberal and useful knowledge. The nations
of antiquity which have acted the most eon-
piciious parts in the great drama of the
world, have been indebted for their ncliiev-
tneiits to mental rather than to corporeal
prowess;—and those distinguished person
ages who have towered in gigantic height
above the subjected multitude, have gather
ed their most verdant wreaths in the field of
intellectual labor. Nor is tile fact different
iu relation to modern times. The real glory
of Franee and England is, at this day, less de
pendent on their fleets and armies, than on
those venerable institutions of leal oing which
insure growth and vigor to youthful talents,
and excite flic admiration of surrounding na
tions.
In our own country, most things which
are either intrinsically or relatively excellent,
are in a state of progression :—but in many
particulars wc have nut ns yet arrived at na
tional manhood. The science of govern
ment is probably belter understood, mid its
principles more accurately defined, than u-
ny other; hut in those institutions which are
requisite to a truly liberal and classical edu
cation, we full far short of the perfection at
tained by many of the nations of the old
world. VVe. lime few if any literary estab
lishments which, as it respects funds, libra-
ies, apparatus, professorships, or the course
of studios prescribed and pursued, can corn-
arc with those of a secondary order in Eu-
iipo. tYc are far from acknowledging by
these remarks, I lint we deserve to lie trent-
d with that literary contempt which has been
liberally awarded iis by a host of transallan-
ic writers. With as little ofthc spirit of na
tional partiality or antipathy asactuates most
bosoms, we are induced to believe, that there
is no deficiency either in our genius, institu
tions or attainments, which is not the result
•four recent organization, or the freedom
of our constitution. Perhaps manycenlu-
ies may elapse, and much treasure must
certainly lie expended, before an Edinburgh
or an Oxford can he reared upon the West-
rn Continent. While we look forward with
cheering hope, we are bound to pursue
lliose measures which will hasten our eleva
tion to the highest point of national improve
ment.
The appropriations which have already
been made for the support of literary insti
tutions of different ranks in our country—
rolleges, academies and common schools—
are by no means proportionate to our nati
onal wealth, or adequate to the exigencies of
our increasing population. The features of
an illiberal and contracted policy are too . i-
sibly impressed upon many acts of Iwpslad-
on which have for their avowed and ostensi
ble object tile promotion of literature, sei
ence and the liberal arts. But it is not ye
too late to rectify former errors; and ajud
eious nnd decisive step tit This crisis, may
place till the States in the Union on elevated
ground, and secure their institutions of learn
ing against a liability to future embarrass
ment. It is only to give to the vast resourc
es now at our disposal a proper destination,
and, in one century our country may be as
fit
st, "c ' .K„ mVst elonuent and pleasant, sate Crawford’s interest; a support which lie tvdl A profound Philosopher has n
withmea good wbilgthe other daj, as ir,- certainly. r.qv^ >» approaching contest, that •• knowledge Is power.” The
FROM THE MISSIONARY.
A profound Philosopher has^ remarked
domini-
distinguished for learning at for freedom.
This may be the favored spot where the hu
man mind shall attain its tallest growth, and
produce its richest fruit.
In these remarks we have had our eye up
on a “ Report, relative to appropriations of
Public Land for the purposes of Education
made to the Senate of Maryland, January
30, 1821." The Resolutions appended to
the Report, have already been the subject of
some discussion, and will, doubtless, hereof
ter excite a more deep and general interest.
The first resolution asserts, That each of the
United States has an equul right to partici
pate in the benefit of the public lands, the Com
mon pruptrty of the Union—and the second,
That the Stales in whose favor Congress have
not made appropriations of land for the pur
poses of education, arc entitled to such appro
priations as trill correspond, in a just propor
tion, with those heretofore made in favor of the
other states.'” The two remaining resoluti
ons make it the duty of his Excellency the
Governor of Maryland In transmit copies of
this report, fee. to each of their Senators arid
Representatives in Congress, requesting
them to lay the same before their respective
Houses—and likewise, to the Governors of
the several states, soliciting them to comma
nicalefiaid documents to their respective le
gislatures for their co-operation. A decisi
on must he made hy t he general and state
governments upon the important points con
tained in these resolutions. By the Legisla
ture of Nevv-Ynrk they have already been
■juried—and hy those of Virginia and Con
necticut they have been adopted. For the
final decision wo feet a deep solicitude, as it
consequences will affect the remotest parts
of our country, and extend to the latest iifj-H
of our national existence. tVe confidently
believe that a more important question of
internal policy never called for the calm and
dispassionate investigation of our country
nd strange to tell, it has as yet excited less
interest and speculation in the State of Geor
gia, than the comparatively trivial inquiry
AVIio shall he our next Governor ?—or even
who shall be elected a County Representa
tive !
AVe are thoroughly convinced of the cor
rectnesB of the sentiments advanced in the
Report and Resolutions referred to above.—
It is a well known fact, that several of tIn
old States wliicii engaged in the Itevoluti
onary AVar, embraced within their nomina
limits vast tracts of waste and unapproprial
ed land-*. The charters nf at least/«j>tates
extended vvestwardlv to the Pacific ocean
and others far beyond their present territo
rial boundaries. A ques'iori arose before
the termination of that war which establish
ed our independence, whether the right of
property in these lands should be vested in
the United Slates, or in the individual slat
which claimed them by their charters. In
process of time this question was definitiv
ly settled. The jurisdiction oxer this terri
lory was acquired by the united effort of all
the State*;—and it was tu “The United
States” that Great Britain, hy the treaty
of peace in 1783, relinquished all i laim to the
government, property and territorial rights
of the same, and every part thereof.” The
claims of individual states were one after n-
notlier relinquished, till tile United States ac
quired n title “ unquestioned and unquesti
onable,” to all the public lands ns far west
as tlie Mississippi. Louisiana was purchas
ed of France for fifteen millions of dollars,
and tills sum, as well as the whole amount
which has been expended to extinguish Indi
an claims, was furnished by the Treasury of
the United States. The facts are matter of
public history, and establish the common in
th "
bean by the common force—and so far as ft
ashcen made hy cessions from individual
States, it lias hern upon (he ground express
ly stipulated in most of tin* acts or deeds of
cession, that till lands should he “ consider
ed,'' to use tlie words of the act passed for
that purpose, by the state which made the
largest cession, “ m u common fund, for the
use and beneft of the stales as have become, or
shall become, members of the confederation or
federal alliance of said states, according to
their usual respective proportions in the gene
ral charge and expenditure, and shall faith
fully and bona fide be disposed of for that pur
pose, and for no other use orputpose whatso
ever.”
So far as these lands have been sold, and
tlie proceeds received into the public trea
sury, and indeed, so far as their avails have
been appropriated for national and not for
stale purposes, so far have all the states en
joyed a just and proportionable share of the
benefit. But from this common fund, largu
appropriations have been mude (or the sup
port of colleges, academics and common
schools, in some of the states and not in o-
tlicrs. It was perfectly natural for Congress
in organizing a new State or Territory, to
make certain reservations for the purposes
mentioned above: but to its it nppvars
strange indeed, that it never occurred to our
national government, that they were apply
ing the joint property of all the states to the
exclusive benefit of individual states;—and
that the principles of equity and justice re
quired a proportionate appropriation in fa
vor of all the members of the Union. It is
of no avail to say, that the public lands de
voted to the promotion of learning were em
braced within the geographical limits of the
several states and territories in whose favor
the appropriations were made. The exclu
sive title to these lands was vested in the U.
States, and it was an express stipulation,
that they should be considered as a common
fund for the use and benefit of ull the mem
tiers of Ihe compact, both new and old.—
Nearly thirty millions of dollars Imv
been given, from the national fund, to right
slates and two territories for the promotion
of learning, while sixteen states,which are e-
qual proprietors of the public lands, and
which consequently have an equal right t
their proportionate share, have received no
appropriation for literary institutions whate
ver. To equalize the operation of This sys
tem, already commenced, these states ought
to receii e between eighteen and nineteen mil
lions of dollars. Rising two millions and a
half would fall to the share of the state nl
Georgia. This estimate of the sums yet doe
to tlie excluded states, is founded on the
number of acres which they respectively
contain, a principle of calculation expressly
recognized in the appropriations already
made.
Congress ought not to hesitate to perform
this act ofjustice towards those states which
have as yet derived no individual benefit from
the sale of public lands—which have from
this quarter no literary fund for the use nnd
glory of ages yet unborn. The tiuapprnpri
ated lands belonging to the United States
were estimated in 1813, at Four Hundred
Millions ol ncres, which, at a moderate cal
culation, were worth eight hundred millions
ol dollars. A very small proportion of tins,
would extinguish the claims in question.
This subject will probably be referred to
the Legislature of our State during the next
session,and it appears to us highly important,
that it should he made the topic of free and
liberal discussion. The editors of newspa
pers may do much to enlighten the publt.
mind, and prepare the way for the tiiuinph
ofjustice by the establishment of our claim
as a state upon a fair nnd equitable propor
tion of the common property of the Union.
AVe confidently hope that His Excellency
the Governor, will make this business an ob-
frotn public nuticft« fi® lias carried with
him the warmest acknowledgments of hie
constituents, for his past services, and
the deepest regret for the lo»s of the tal*
ents and integrity which the public have
sustained. It is scarcely necessary to
say that we allude to Col. Georoe M.
Tnorr, the firm, and, as we believe, un»
deviating Republican.—Georgian.
LATEST FROM NArOLF.ON.
Private letters from St Helena, of th*
26th of April, have reached London.—
The Ex-F,mperor had not entirely reco
vered from the serious indisposition un
der which lie l\ad laboured for some time-
past, & scarcely ever left his new house.
It will be perceived that this account:,
is two days later than that published front
an arrival at Charleston, S. C.
% t
In the Ways and Means for the current
year offered by the British Chancellor nf tim
Exchequer, is an item of half a million ster
ling, paid by France as the last instalment of
the 125,000,000 francs, which she was amerc
ed in, in 1815, to remunerate Great-Britain
for tho expence of the war occasioned by tha
return of Buonaparte from Elba. It appears
that the large sum (we believe fifteen hun
dred millions of francs) which France was
compelled to pay to the Allied Powers, be
sides the expense of the Army of Occupa
tion, has nearly all been paid by her, without
any sensible distress being experienced by
her citizens.—Boston Centinel.
Died, oh Friday evening last, at nn advanc
ed age, Moj. Francis Hoi kin, one of the most
respectable citizens of Baldwin county
fcOMMONicvrr.n.]
Died in Ibis place, on Friday, the 10th inst.
John P. Gordon, Boot Maker, after no illi ess
of seven days. The place of bis nativity is ui—
known, being blit partially acquainted in tho
town.
sM*®**m**u**aamm*i
AVr. are authorized to announces
VVilAam Bivins,’Esq. a candidate to re
present Baldwin county in the Representa
tive branch at the ensuing election.
August 91.
11J’ He are authorized to nnioiunce Major
Amos Young, of this county, a candidate tor
h seat in the Representative branch of the Le
gislature at the ensuing election.
August 21 28
Practice
T he
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profcssiofeil
due them i
WASHBURN."
RF.Wl&fNCES.
iss, WCo.—Surannah.
Cutter—Darien.
ANor.n McKinsiry—Augusta.
uddino At Washburn—Milledgeville.
Montgomery, (Ala.) July 20. 28—01.
PENITENTIARY. 10th August, 1821.
VOR SALE,
W AGGON, Ox, and llorsc Carts, Waggon
'Harness nnd Bridles, Carriage Braces^
Men’s Best calfskin Shoes, common and negro
Shoes, Windsor Chairs, Bedsteads, Cribs, Ta
bles, Slabs, Spinning Wheels, Clock Rieh.nmi
Sufes, a quantity of well mnde Cigars, Cast-
steel and common Axes, a larcc quantity oC
Window Sash, and can repair Carriai cs and
harness, do all kinds of
lMttckamLVs Work,
furnish Mill Irons at a short notice Also, con
tinue the TAYI.ORING BUSINESS, with
neatness and dispatch.
[28—4t] PHILIP COOK, P. K.
ji:ct of prominent recommendation to tlie
ensuing Legislature, and that such measures
will be adopted as will insure to Georgia
and the other excluded states an equal par
ticipation in tlie hlessiogs which result from
a liberal and judicious disposition of the pub
lie funds. Should the principles expressed
in the Resolutions of tho General Assembly
of Maryland be supported, and the conlem
plated appropriations for tiie establishment
of schools, academies nnd colleges he
obtained, we venture to affirm, that no na
tion under heaven would be more liberall)
and permanently furnished with the means
of intellectual culture—and we may, with
out the aid of inspiration, safely predict, that
the salutary influence of this measure would
continue to operate till the. pillars of our po
litical system shall fall, and the last vestige
of our national existence be blotted out for
ever.
ECLIPSE oFTHE SUN.
'Lite following description of the E-
clipse of the Sun, which will take place
on Monday, 27lh August instant, is from
Fisher’s Almanack, calculated for th
rncrcdianofNew-Haven : —
Beginning - - - - 7li. 42 l-2m. A. M.
Middle 8h. Mlm.
End tOh. 25 1 2m.
Duration - - - * Sh. 43m.
Digits eclipsed, 3 deg. 10m. on Sun’s
South Limb
The centre ofthe penumbra will strike
the earth at 8 hours 32 minutes, on lat.
29, N. long 117, \V. from Greenwich,
near the coast of California, and will cross
the northern partmf the Spanish Domin
ions, the states oflLouisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama h Georgia—after which, it will
pass down the Atlantic Ocean, and will
leave the earth at 20 minutes past noon,
in 23 1-2 S. lot. sind 6 1-2 E. long, about
midway between St. Helena & the Cape
of Good Hope. The Sun will lie cen
trally eclipsed on the meredian at 10b.
22 min. in lat. 14d. 43m. N. long 43d.
27m. \Y.
This is a larger eclipse than has hap
pened since the year 1811, or will hap
pen for some years to come. It will af
ford a very favorable opportunity of de
termining the long, of places throughout
the United States.—A‘. Haven Herald.
As indiscriminate as is the abuse which
is dealt out to the various candidates for
popular favor, we are gratified to see
that at least one has thus far escaped the
animadversions of his opponents. In the
whole course of his long career nnd ar
duous duties ns a member ofthe Nation
al Legislature, before and during the
most perilous periods of the late war,
that one was alike true to himself, to the
state which he represented, and the par-
500 Dollars Keward.
R AN AWAY from tbes
subscriber, about tho
1st of October last, a darlc
mulatto fellow named
„ WILLI!
live or six and t
6 or 5 inches
tive, a carjj
servant.
on his forlhcad nWvc near half an
inch long, n bush^lieniPot hair, possesses good
umlerstnitdin'iffYnd is rather inclined to be for
ward ; his two upper fore-teeth are rather wido
apart, lie was raised by Col. VVm. Palk, of N.
Carolina It is presumed he has been carried
away to Tennessee or Alabama, or furnished
with a free pass to make his escape, by soma
white man. The above reward of five hundred
dollars will be paid for the said negro on deli
very to me.
ROBERT W. ALSTON.
Sparta, Geo August 15. 28—3t.
On these points the Report is, in our estiina
tiort, very conclusive, “ So far, therefore, as
the acquisition of public lands hasbeeu made
hy purchase, it has tie’en at the common ex
CAUTION.
A LL persons are hereby cautioned against
trading fora note of hand given hy tha
subscriber to Beunet A. Ferrell, for twenty
dollars, as it was fraudulently obtained, and I
uni determined not to nay tbe same.
JAMES HOI.DERNESS.
Fort Hawkins, Aug 16, 1821. 28 3t*
L LOLL T AX LYLY,
CLINTON, GEORGIA.
T lHE subscriber begs leave to inform the pub-
iic, that lie has tuken the Oluoe Taverw
formerly occupied by Messrs. I'lewellen and
Bruster, for a term of years. Tlw Globe Tu-
vern is situated immediately io fiont ot tho
Court-house, convenient to business. The sub
scriber's unremitted exertions will be used to
give satisfaction to those who uiay be pleased
to favor him with a call His stables are large
and good. They shall always be well furnish
ed with provender, and tbe best of Ostlers.—
All favors wilt be thankfully received and ac
knowledged.
FREDERICK SIMS.
Clinton, August 19. 28— 3ra.
/ v EOltGIA, Baldwin county.
vlff VV liercas Isaac Copeland applies for let
ters of administration on the estate of John P.
Gordon, late of this county dee d ;
These arc therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of said
dee d, to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, and shew cause (if any)
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this I8tb day of Au
gust, 1821.
THOMAS H. KENAN, CUc.
August 21.
sfttVmvimVcatorftata.
W ILL BE SOLD, at the hoase of Brow*
Livermun, dee d, in th? 2<Hh district of
Early county,on Friday, theZCIb October next,
terest of all flic States in the public lands.— ty 0 f „hich he was a faithful and efficient
member. As hi* repeated appointments
to the highest offices were gratifying to
the pride, and beneficial to the beat in-
pense—so far as it has been by w»r, it has terest of the sttte j so in his retirement
All the personal Property
of said dec'd, consisting of on* small Mare,
one small Waggon, one Jersey do. Cattle,
Hogs, kc. Household and Kitchen Furniture,
several Rlfie guns, and many other article* dt*
plantation utensil*, ke.
ROBERT JACK SO!)
August 10,
.rPnT” ,
BLANK
DeeAs, Bec\a**iYtm8, Tktt
cuttans, O&muta, Soft,
foit 3ju,£*a? the recorder oncer.