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T’jIK Georgian. i i — ■rr '-I*-" . uv -IRfl.ll‘g.UJK-31-11 ITHMftUKD lit JOH.Y M. HJRJYE?. 0 At 1.1 fAFRN, RIGHT liGllAKR—rOUNTRY rai’RM, rtv* noi.iiftft i»r.a A>iN.t>A?»m.f: i* advasi r g J" .W nm and m ?o advertitenumli afifirar in hnth fnil"4i —nilil ihfi/ hu onler only. i'J) i'rvm the Phlludelfthia Jlurura t Jama y 1*4. ft. A\WCTvea\\ Uv‘\hV\A\ch. COMI’LKTE DESTRUCTION OP HfR ||OY \l* PLOTILM IN TllJi APURR. Extract from t.ie dispatch o< the republican na val Convnandor, Antonio J>ia*, oji theAptifc to Oonera! Vw.t. On hoard t/n• hmbtlbk', at anchor in .Ifrieiitu, vV#t>. 7, 1819—9f/i year. On se.it.it—According tn your iirili-rs, I made s.'iil with the force under my com mand on Hie 39.1 oil. i anchored in the Apuerita, where I dolei'Riined tOHivuit the approach of the enemy in order to bring them to action with advnutugc, by com hining my operntinjtj vtith there of the land force*, in ca-e (he enemy ihnuM attempt any enttrprixe with his cavalry on the mnin Jnrid. At six, in the morn ingtffthe 40th, the cue y made his up pcarancu at l)ie tnnulli of the Cayman creek, where ihc lieut. of the repuhtioao nave, Joseph Bravo, with three (lachoraa, ftlfil been stutiimcd.— rhii office;, iti con- fnrinity with bis orders, coioinuniljatcil to me the enodiy'n approach, and muted his divisisn towards Santa Catherine. Early in Ike morning of the 3(lth, I took a new position at the miiutll of the Apure in or der hi cimeeal our fiirec from the enrmy anil thusindueeil him to engage. At tie- yen u’cluek he appeared in line of battle ahead, anil as 1 > x| eclcd the action siipn begun.—The mamsuvren of our Until la, and our well directed and steady tire, loon threw his line into disorder uiiil he hauled nflTnr the river Oitosen; where alter having made some repairs, lie soon after returned, null the action wits renewed. In order to profit by the opportunity thus •o much desired, I made the signal for boardingalong the whole line, and the movements id our flotilla were executed with nn effect and a celerity that cannot be too much admired, in spile uf the tre mendous noise of heavy and small arms made by the enemy. Mot, the enemy’s flutilla, us sunn as nor first success was perceived no longer waited to decide the action bv combat; they, as if by signal, .pin their vessels high and dry upon the beach, and lauded their whole crews. Tliis rendered it necessary for me In di vide mv force in order to attack 1 eui, as the posit ion enabled me to do it front and flank—for thin purpose I ordered captain Castclli, to make a landing at a r * their pictures, Co, books, *as not npulonsly especially since tbe‘ev#ht of (he 4th inst. (hat I cannot doubt it Will sffinil you plea sure to make known to your TMjnw-Oiti- zens, how much 1 leel all theylakve done fur me on that occasion. Absent myself from my house, they collected by a spun taneous movement on thirst appearance of the lire, whirh thedkiinbatled with united courage and pQpgCjbince, anil, when they found it was impmsihle to ex tinguish it, exerted thrinselvqjj^aavc all the flames Imd not devoured arrival and mine. All the furniture, statuoi money, plate, gold, jew« anil in short every thingdll) consumed, has been, iiimF delivered into the handsnSf the people of my house. In the mghfeorthe fire, anil during the next day, there was brought to me, hy laboring inm, drawers, in which I have found the proper tjmntity of pieces of money anil medals of gold, and valua ble jewels, which might have been taken with impunity. This event has proved to me how much the inhabitants of Borden- tmvn appreciate the interest 1 havivalwnvs felt fur them) and shows that men. in ge neral, are good, when they have not been perverted in their vontli, hy a bail educa tion; when they maintain tneir dignity as men, and feel that true greatness is in the will and depends upon ourselves. ' I cannot omit, on this occasion, to re pent, what l have said so often, that the Americans are, without contradiction, the most happy people I have known, still mote happy, if they understand well their happiness I prny you nut to doubt of my sincere regard.—— Vours, tkc. JOS. COMI’TE DIC 8URVILLIERS.’ charge of the stranger and bring him with j them, which they declined; he then made) the same request uf the waggoner with equal ill success. Before he had finally disposed of him, he was obliged toleave the stranger for a short time with one of the waggoners. It appears that immedi ately as the gentleman’s back was turned the stranger rushed into the wnntls and has not since been discovered. If, as it is not improbable, the person who attempted to exchange the mare, he the same man who presented the forged check, bis pocket is full of money, and lie can soon procure another horse; but we earnestly Impe that nur fellow-citizens, particularly about Dorchester, and indeed along the several roads, will he on the alert in endeavoring to bring the offender tn justice. No doubt n handsome reward would be given to any individual who sltuuld be so iortu nate as to apprehend him. CON*<J\Y£ftft. AvoesTA, Jan. 22. On Snlurdav evening Inst, at about eight o’clock, Mr. Thomas Hancock, of Edge- field District, in south Carolina, who lived about HI miles from this place, avus shot through the bend us he ivas preparing for licit and instantly killed. From circum- st incus which .have since been disclosed it appears that this bloody deed was contri ved and executed by Iavo negro fellows belonging to the deceased, one of Avlmm made a IVce confc'.sisnu of the particulars relative to it, which, as they were un folded at the magistrates’ court hy whom the offenders Avere tried, appeared as follows: That tme mined Ephraim, witli- I.ctter from n friend to the F.ditor, dated Richmond, Jan. 14,1820, Dear Sir— According to your request and my pro mise, I give you the folloiving as the iicavs of the day. You have heard no doubt of the defalcation of the treasurer, it is as certained that the deficit amounts to 101,■ 800 dollars, at the end of the last fiscal vcnr, which ivas the lit of October last. \Vhat has been the disposition of the pub lic money since that period no one can ft-II: You knoiv that from the 1st of Oct. the whole revenue of the commonwealth has been, nr ought to have been paid into the treasury; and if the treasurer lias made as free ivifli this money ns lie has with that which was previously in his hands, it. will take several years to restore our finances tn their farmer condition.— To-morrow the committee will report, and ive shill see the true slate of things, since the 1st of October. A resolution has this day passed the house of delegates, directing the auditor to sie the register of the land uflice lor 10.0*0 dollars, being the amount ufhis bond, forfeited for malfeasance, in uflice. I beieie that if his election avus uoav to talcd place he would go out of office. They sav here that the order of the day is “tu clear the deck.” Indeed it is the Drama til 'Turn out ”—Pet. Ini. 15III inst. A Rat.— William Fraser, employed for a liipuber of years as book-keeper in the Farmers’ bank of this town, by .some re- cent'iniseanduct, has occasioned a loss to fitviiriihle section with fifty cassu- doresj and that brave officer mtitlo such an impression hy this unexpected move ment, that with the effect mi the enemy's front, the victory nils soon decided. Tite force of the enemy, aviis composed of nine ftecheras and one taludora, aa itli 2"ill men of the land force on board; the. greatest part of them of the Vurinlias battalion. The advantages derived from this ac tion, ate attested by 80 of the enemy kil led; and the capture of the whole flotilla; one six inch hmvitzer, five brass guns of tAvn and three pounds, four pnderaros, with their swivels: six hundred cartridges of the Calibres of the cannon, five thou sand musket cartridges; some drums, Jour chests nails; and the whole of the official cnm'apnmlcneu of the. commandant ol the royal expedition, aaIio aviis a Span iard, »ml fell itA the action—on ntm were found the orders of the governor of Var- iuhas. On our part it is worthy of remark, that we lost not une man, and wounded I Lieutenant colonel Penn, is in pursuit ortho fugitives—imd there is no probabil ity that pile will eacape. Officers and troops have fulfilled their duty tu the liberty of tiic.ii* country, Uml preserve you many vein s. ANTONIO DIAZ. out any previous of preconcerted design I lh(lt , institution, we learn of about 13.000 to de-troy h s master, _ had been m-1 ,| ( , Ulrs ., This circumstance should have drrecd 10 do it by the adv.ee of one, na-; b(M ., men ti„„ e d some days ago, but that med Catn who ci.nc to him about 8 o’clock imiri . ( |j a , e | v upon the disappearance of and told him tut a a particular spot, a : p„ u , r tbm! were hundreds of rumours few'yards l.ou, the house, a gun sto.nl ren- W|t| , „ n)llll y shapes, ami we found dy loaded and prepared and he direct- it i,„ pnss i b , e to K et at (he truth. What yd him to get ,t and kill his muster He wo lmwe above stated may be relied upon, uiniediately went ns advised by Sum VVt wo#W „\ iMy have withheld the name In,.,., the gnu at the designated spot, took I 0 f ^ le nB5 . nller ncrnllnt , )f hi , , ormcr ami Avalked d.reetly into the piazza, & in society; hut justice clatmetl ns Ins nhisterAyns stooping down near the jt , l4t it ^,,; u|(| b , U J _ UI1(1 we fer . fire-place he shut l.„n through the head v , (tlv peav, that Sum brief paragraph may AA m-l, tati !y kdl;" 1 luut He then ton- ; ^ fllB uf hj , 1 v *m1 oil a litlle UiHtmice. ami Concealed the ne rtious. Uiiil* Alter the Fin i era) of his master, he in- j formed one of the other uejrrnes that it was •According 1 to a written statement of his own, which we have seen, tie statin * hat lie had “fraudulently, unlawfully, and w ithout the know, ledge of any human being,” taken from the bank 22 or 23,00t) tlolhys.—-Tlie bank have h.s bond with good security for 10,000.—-ib. ho that committed the diabolical act, and he added on his examination, that his con science condemned Rim so much that he could not run off* or conccaj his guilt, or Hum's agency in procuring the gun,load ing ami directing its emplnvinent.— The court uml jury, satisfied of the guilt of the off*enders, condemned them both to 111U , „ , . . .• . 0 4| be executed, San be burnt, Ephraim,..' I'"l"’.'. t f bn bung-whirl, sentences arc to be car-1 ? 'SOtntles abnye the set led pads ried into effect no Friday next, near the ®Jr^i. d U ° r . place where the murder was committed, i P™ 1 ' 1 *"*’ ,^ e | r ! ne | e0 . r l» c, " l ; ,nil ' ul :. at nn what i- called the Five Notch Ron,I, in " mt p, ! st ’ " ,,d ^ St. Louis, M. T, Dec. 8. Arkansas.—Prom the United States mil- Etlgefieltl district—The distress of a guil ty conscience av.-is the instrumental cause ofbiiiiging tn light this act of villainy. An all-wise Providence has placed conscience in the ItiTiist of every intelligent being, as l, ni i a faithful jmlgp uf moral conduct,—the 3 "' L guilty cannot evade its sentence, So mtifire can silence its admonitions. He who cannot fly li mn himself,cunnot escape the bitter torment Avhiclt is tlie insepara ble attendant on transgression.—Advt. Ev.icrjtrm.v of a.m- fkily.ixdo ny 't'ttfc' KOY.IUSI'S. Official ilisputcli „f liencra, Pubs to tlic Vice. PksuIa-IW iff AlAV SAllAC, Siu-^l this moment received nn offici al communication t:wn tile cnmniatnliint of the IVontierof S.m Foiu.iiitlo, iiiform- ing me of the evacuation of that place by the enemy on the night of the loth in stant. He marched immediately to that place, and found a quantity of powder, 10.000 nails for naval service, a ton of wrought iron,‘and the stores generally full of-alt provisions, ahd grain of every description. The precipitation of the enemy’s retreat is conspicuous in his not taking even time to burn the place; the only damage which they effected oil shore being to throw the artillery into the riveri hut Hie works are in perfect preservation, notwithstanding they have long before established mines to blow them up. They also burnt the best vessel which they had. I have d (ached several par ties, ill order tn ascertain the direction of the enemy’s flight, and shall in due time apprize yap of the result of my operations. J. A. P.YKZ. Aeliaguiu, 20th Oct. 1819. Translation of a letter trom the Count de !tur- vilticrs (Joseph Bmupsrie) nn Ihc subject of the loss uf hi* house bv fire: Poikt Uhbuzk, Jan. 3, 1820. i HV/Vosi Sierciien, Ksy. ‘ Ju.lgv and Juttice of the JY-afe, * BortleHtovm. Sin,— ■ You have shown so much interest for me since 1 have been in this country, and From dm Chnrlrotou Courier, 24di lost. The forgery committed in tlijs place a leiv days ago, lias caused a considerable sensation in our community, and to assist as far us tuny be in our power in endeavor ing tu discover the criminal, wc shall briefly relate the circumstances which have come to otir knuAyleilge, connected vvith the transaction: A person ahonl 5 feet 8 inches high, calling himself /fugnu, Tuesday, the 18th inst. presented a check ut the planters’ nnd Mechanics’ Hank, for S238U 50 cts. drawn in the name uf a very respectable merchant of mtr city. The forgery Avas well executed, • lie check was paid, and the forger has hi therto escaped detection; but suspicion is strongly excited by another event Avhicli occurred the same day. A stranger, ilia peculiar dress, Avent in the morning to one ot the livery stuhlcs in tOAvn, ami hir ed a mare to go, as he said, as far as the Four Mile House. Immediately after the tiiAve, at which it Avas supposed the check 'vas paid, the aanie person, in a different dress tram Avhat he Imd worn in the morn ing, came anil took the mare, which he Avas to return it; an hour or tAvo; he how ever pushed on to within a few miles of Dorchester, when he exchanged the mare with some waggoners whom lie met, for » horse of less value, and 5 dollars. The waggoners were in the act of harnessing the mare, when a gentleman came up and immediately knew her, ns he hail been desirous ot purchasing her from her owner, who would not part with her on any consideration. The stranger had not yet set out, and the gentleman, confident from the facts within his own knowledge, that a I'rauil had been committed, imme diately seized both him and the mare. The gentleman then requested three gentle- tatti who were pssaiug to town to take a Avar has been avoided between the Clie- nkoes and the Osages. The public recollect that some Os age cliiels came to -St. Louis this summer to complain of the infraction of the trea ty made under the suspires of Goveru- or Clark, in October, 1818. The com plaint was that the Clierokecs had not re stored some prisoners, and had recently stolen forty horses, and the Osiges came to appeal to the United States, as the gua rantee of the treaty. As both parlies hunted in the neighbor hood^ ot Major Bradford’s post, he took cognizance ol the affair, and appointe.l a day for the delivery of the prisoners at It is p.-ist. On the day appointed the Usages came to receive the prisoners; the (,’hernkees came also, but came without their charge. They made excuses, which Imd no effect upon the major. He gave them a peremp tory order tn bring in the prisoners in ten days. On the eigth day they ivere all brought ill but two, alleged to be aick. Sixteen horses were also restored. Thus a Avar has been prevented betAVeen these tribes, and the government has appeared under the honorable character of. impar tial arbitrator of their difficulties. Harrishurg, (Penn.) Jan. 8 The com mittee appointed to investigate the con duct nt tlie Governor, commenced their proceedings in the. afternoon of Tuesday last, in the Chamber of the House of Re presentatives; a considerable crowd at tended to Avitness the same. The per sons subpecned to give evidence Avere nearly all present, »u that it is expected the investigation will proceed with all due diligence. Charles S Cox, esi|. attends as counsel for the petitioners; assisted by Mr, John Binds, editor uf the Democrat ic Press. Ott the night of the 5th inst. three men, a father and two sons, by name of LeAvis, in attempting to cross 'the Susquehanna river about ti miles above Harrisburg dur ing the snow storm, the ice and sniiAv be came so thick, that their canoe got fast, and being unable to make either shore, tine iff the sons attempted to wade it, and, _ , ... lucceeileil in getting safe ashore; the fa-. ‘“rtunately s»at,1 fro,,, the hue fi re . ’her*-mfthat remained in the canoe Avere I d j OaniUel EvaRs. found frozen to death the next morniug. jan ^ * u *^' th * IN SENATE. Munhij, January 17. THE MISSOURI QUESTION. The Senate resumed the consideration of the admission of the state of Maine in to the Union, as proposed to be amended by the annexation of Missouri. And tlie said proposed amendment being under consideration.— Mr. Edwards offered an amendment, having in vie, the principle of compro mise (bv exclusion of slavery from the other territories of the United States)— but subsequently withdrew it to give an opportunity fur the fallowing motion, Mr. Roberts, moved to add to the n- mendment, (whereby Missouri is propo sed tube admitted tn forma Constitution,) the following prov'so: “ Prodded, That the further introduc tion into said State of persoAis to be held t« slavery, or involuntary servitude, shall be absolutely and irrevocably prohibited.” This motion was supported at length by Mr. Roberts imposed, by Mr. Elliott, uml supported by Mr. Mertll. And then the Senate adjourned. Tuesday, Jan. 18. Due or two reports, on private claims, were made, and others, previously made, concurred in. Agreeably tn notice given, Mr Thomas asked and obtained leave tu bring in the following bill, Avhicli was read and passed tu the second reading. A HILL to prohibit the introduction of Slavery into the territories of the United States north initl ivest of tlie contempla ted state of Missouri. Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Mates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sixth article of the ordinance of Con gress, passed un the thirteenth day of July, flue thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, for the government of the territory of the United States, nortli-ivcst uf the river Ohio, shall, to all intents and purpuses, be deemed and held apni,cable to, and shall have full force and effect in and over, all tlie territory belonging to the United States ivhich lies west and north of a line beginning at a point on the parallel or north latitude thirty degrees and thirty minutes, tvhere the said paral lel crosses the western boundary line of the United States; thence, running east, along that parallel of latitude, to a point ivliere the said parallel is intersected by a meridian line passing through the in -'dle of the mouth of the Kansas river, where the same empties into the Missouri river; thence, from the point aforesaid, north, a- lotig the said meridian line, to (he inter section of the parallel of latitude which passes through tlie rapids of the fiver lies Moines, making the said line to corres pond with the Indian boundary line; thence, east, from the point of intersec tion last aforesaid, along the said parallel of latitude; to the middle of tin- channel of tlie main fork of the said river ties Moines; thence, down and along the middle of the main channel of the said river des Moines to the mouth uf the same, w here it emp ties into the Mississippi river; tlil-nce due east, to th middle of the main channel ol the Mississippi river; thence, up and following the course of the Mississippi l iver, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to its source; and thence, due north, to the northern boundary of the U. Stales. The Senate then, resumed the conside ration of the bill for Hie admission of Maine into the Union, as proposed tu be amended by the super-addition of provi sions for tlie admission of Missouri. The proposition, of Mr. Roberts, for annexing n certain condition to (he admission of Missouri, being under consideration— Mr: Merril concluded the speech which he yesterday began, in favor of ihe res triction. It being late before Mr. M. concluded, the. Senate then adjourned, on motion nt Mr. Walker, of Georgia, who it is presumed, will next take the Hour in this Debate. HOUSE OP REPKESENTATIVE9. The Speaker laid before the Huuse a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the payments made at the Treasury for the year 1319. The Speaker laid before the House also a report of the Secretary of War of the contingent expellees iff the military es tablishment during the yenr 1819 These reports were ordered to lie ontlie table ami be printed. - — Femule Heroism—At a recent alarm of nrc in this town a young wuman, from the impulse of the moment, seized n tea kettle ot Avater from the fire-place, ran to the top ol the house- and proceeded down die roof to the eaves, laid down upon the gutter and reaching over, poured the ket- cle of water deliberately upon the fire, just kindling under the eaves, and cffectu - ally checked its progress. She was assist ed into the house again, bv tvvo persuns 'vim had repaired to the roof with buckets ol Avater; her furtitude having in a decree forsaken her, on a view of her peril ous situation. Through the exertions of an individual, a premium has been obtain ed and presented to her for this act of he roism.—Boston paper. Just Received, By the Brig ALMIRA, A FRESH SUPPLY OF BOOTS k SHOES, ftAYAuVNAW. THURSDAY MORNING, Jxaoxai 27. FOB THE CF.OllCIAN* THE REMOVAL OF THE MARKET. Be not over-host j)—there it no legal authority for it. I attended the meeting of lot anil lease holders to express an opinion nn this sub. ject. A chairman and secretary had been appointed, and the Mayor l understood had opened the business by 9nyiiig, that Council were desirous of ascertaining the opinions of those most interested before deciding upon so weighty a measure—an nld inhabitant nnd member of the bar was then closing some observations, which 1 understood were pointed altogether to- Avarils its policy. He was succeeded by a young gentle man ivho said, that before censiilerntions ol policy or convenience were gone into, he thought an examination should be made of the Right-which the City Councilor this meeting had to alter the scite of the market. He stated concisely but clearly the reasons which induced him to think thnt this right rested only with the Gene ral Assembly uf the State. This Avas ground which seemed to give Avay under the advocates of the measure, if one might judge by the confusion which it created and the hasty way in which it xvas answered. This vvas first done by another legal gentleman, avIiu stated that lie Imd taken much pains as it hail beep his duty tn do, to examine the laws in re lation to the city authority, and he assert ed that Council had the undoubted right to make the removal in question, as every man might ascertain by consulting the charter. This speaker was succeeded by the present Mayor, whose worth anil pub lic spirit are generally known, but on this occasion, altlio’ learned in the,.law lie certainly spoke rather nntlioughteilly, as we say. He also mentioned, that is it was his duty to do, he had carefully ex amined the laws on the subject, and he had nn hesitation in asserting that the Council had the power questioned He . farther said that the law which the young- ; Gentleman quoted (which was that April 7, t7(>3) nail now no existence; it was not even to he found among the laws autho- j r ‘ sc (l to be compiled, viz: Marbory and Crawford—The Book ivbich his young friend used (VVatkin’s Digest) would not be permitted to be read in Court. Tins | young Barrister made no reply in farther i 8u PP 01 ’t of hi* position, and I would have ; concluded he was wrong, but for an ex pression of his countenance that said as j plainly as tongue could sny “I have sug gested the point, Imve given my opinion, and shall leave the settlement of it to the | elder part of the meeting.” Not a man, I however, altlio’ a number who should have been well informed on The subject, at tempted to entrench upon the ground l.e hail broken; notwithstanding this point seemed to he thus settled, it was not so, ( tn "’J satisfaction, thinks I to myself i’ll ; examine lor myself. So nn my way home II called at the office of my good friends, John Doe and Richard Rue, and finding the latter at home requested he won id lend Inc their Laws of the State—tn he short he sent them tu my room, anil what pray do you think has b en the result of my investigation. Why, that the young ' Banister was correct in his opinion, and of course that tlie present Mayor, the late Mayor autl all the Aldermen were w rong. J\ow, therefore, I do hereby assert. 1. That the act of incorporation or as it was called tlie charter, does not give the City Coun cil nr the people of Savannah the right of alter ing the Market. 2. That no other Act of Assembly has given them tins power, that is to be found among the laws published, 3. That the Act of 1763 fixed the Market in F.llis’ square from that time henceforth. ’ 4. That tliis Act of 4763 is still in force, so far as regards the Market, and will he until ah lereil or repealed by the General Assembly. 5. And lastly, that no one can controul the first or second assertions by publishing any law that will support them. h EXPORTS From the port of Charleston, for the twelv months, ending on the 30th of September, 181! Foreign ports Coastwise Total In addition to ? •ar^e assortment of the Coastwise ■» Total Amount total value of export S. /. Cotton f//). Cotton 9,865 bales 8u,a80 bales 1^,668 do 9865 91,248 Iiice Tobacco 51.702 bbls. 6ti6 hlids. 12,594 do 66 do — —■ . ___ 64,206 752