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DAILY PAl'KHf :
COUNTRY P.VPKRJ
: EIUHT DCLLAUS.
: FIVE DOLI.AItH.
Alt Advcrtuomcat* tippaar in both papera.
FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. la.
iJy c.ptiiti 8i»»n, of Iho »loo ( i John Chmallor.iir-
,iveJ yesterday, wo iCcoivtJ Iho Cluululua papers of
Xlic preceding day*
Pt)»T0rncE Report,—Wc have received from our
friends in Washington, copies of tlw Reports or the Se
cretaries of War and the Navy, and of the Postmaster
General. As tho Post Office Department is ono most
intimately connected with tho business of tho people,
nnd as it has been more porseverinply assailed than any
•other, we have inserted the lattor entire in our subsequent
cpturnns, lly this Report it will bo seen that tho trans~
portation of the Mail in coaehos, at this time, amounts
<o 6,507,818 miles in one year; and on tho 1st of Janua
ry nest it will bo increased to (1,785,810 mild*. The
whole yearly transportation of tho mutt, in coaches, aul-
hies, and on horscbach, amounts to about 18,700,000
arift*
UoHCitr.M—Nothing of intportotrce was transacted
4h either House on Wednesday so’nnight. Mr. Ellis,
of Mississippi, informed the Senate of the death of his
colleague, and tho usual resolution, to wear crupo was
adopted, lit tho House, after rending tho proceeding'
«>f Tuesday, Mr. ComJicl, of N. J. moved that the stun-
•ling Committees of tho Ilcuso bo appointed. The
Speaker having stated (hath o would not ho prepared to
Announce the Committees beforo Monday, and some
conversation arising, the resolution was 'aid pn the
table.
The follow ing Portuguese Consuls have been appoint
ed by tho President, in addition to those ulrcudy un«
flpunccdJohn P. Calhordarv, Esq. of Wilmington,
NorjJi Carolina j Walter do Lacy, Esq. of Norfolk,
fir Virginia} Reno Godard, Esq. .yf Charleston,for
Shuth Carolina ; and Elias Reed, Esq. of Savannah,
4> Georgia.
The rate at which tho late Message of iho Prcsidenl
Bas been transmitted to most parts of the Union, is truly
jJ^rcpdi;ffi9d f August* it was received in forty-
eight hour* from Washington. This is at the rate of
li |.3 miles per hour. From Augusta, it was forwarded
by Mr. Shannon to Millcdgoville—the first 2-1 miles in
fij minutes, and to Warrenton, 43 miles in 2 hours and
lT) minutes. It reached Millcdgcville at tho rate of 18
miles per hour from Washington. Hi tween Washing
ton and Uallimoro it was carried at tho rate of ttvsufr/-
j'.ur miles an hour, by moans of relays of horses at short
distances. To Philadelphia it was forwarded in 9 1-1
fr-jiirs, 187 miles. When it is recollected that ull thi*
tv .s accomplished by tho voluntary oxer ions of the
mail contractors, they certainly will receive the thank*-
pf the community a ho hare been benefited by Ibcin.
The sailing of the packet ship Silas Richards, Cup?.
II i'.drcgc, from New-York tor LivcrjHJul, was, at tin
request of the government, and by tho consent of
the passengers, deferred frotn tho 8th to the 'Jih inst. in
order to cnablo her to carry out the President’s Mes
sage, which reached that city onrly on tho morning
rtf the 9lh. It is singular that Uapt. Iluldregc Imp
Juen the first to deliver in England the several Messa-
ges for nine successive years; four times in the ship j To the President of the l?
Robert Fulton, and live tinips in the Silr.3 Richards. St a : I have the honor to
fl appears by one of our latu English papers, that the
trading Duke of Hrunswick, taking tho Emperor Paul
mill Fredench William I. for hU models, has chaUerig-
«4 tho King ofBngland. It will be recoil octal, that on
former occasions, that cartels of defiance were sent by
fTin Majesty of Russia to George Iff., and by him of
Prussia tci Gcorgo II. It is suggested ihut it would m-oner "'
itot he amiss if t he Holy Alliance were to constitute it- j q 4 ,|
Tho of tho Philadelphia Natioual Gazette, has
received tho Smyrna Courier of tho 20lh September.—
It represents tho conditions or pcaco between Russia
ami Turkey, as thn extinction of Turkish independence.
In Now-York. on tho 7th hist. 60 shares U. States
Uuuk Stock, wera aoU at 126 8-4, 60 •hpcoaat U0,
and 10 shares at 120 1-2. Tho aftbmuon papers of thfl.
flili, quote 126 3-8 a 123 1*3.
Letters from lluvuiut, of tliu 21th ult. recciv&l’at
New-York, state that business was dul^ uud that sutu
ral important failures had taken place.
Tho first twq pieces of Calico over munufiictured in-
England, (suys tho Cilnsgow Herald,) were sold on the
25th ol September, 1778, by Thomas Duxbuiv, of
lllackburn, for JE6 0 8. Thu same quantity, nnd of the
same dcrcription, would now command about 6s (id or
6s cash, & not more. Such is the chango that has been
effected in tho manufacturing interests in tho shott pe
riod of 38 years l
Nothing of iiupottui-cu was traiisuled In Council
yesterday.
Vhujima Convention.—On Tuesday und
Wednesday of lust week, tho Convention was
ongaged in discussing tho organization of the
Executive Department. Tho Resolution, be
fore adopted, against tho election of tho Go-
vernor by the people, was sustained on a se
cond vote, it was also determined to abolish
tho Executive Council ; and no proposition
wns offered to substitute an advisory council.
The Convention now holds its sessions, by
invitation of the House of Delegates, in tho
Hull of that body, after tho hour of 1*4 o’clock
Mr. Monroe is stated to bo iii very feeble
health, arising from n severe cubit which had
prostrated his strength ; but it was hoped ho
Would bo able to resume tho chair on Friday
last. *
The London Courier states that “ notwith
standing nil the efforts made to disguise and
conceal the fact, suspended industry is every
where resuming its occupations, and all the
groat interests of the country wear the usnoel
of prosperity.” Tho following article lrofu
the Manchester Chronicle, copied into the
latest Liverpool papers received in this coun
try gives a different picture of tho stuto of
trade at least in that place :
We regret to state that tho slight improve
ment which wo noticed iu our .last nnd previ
ous papers, have this week given way to an
tinpearanco of u directly opposite character.
The market on Tuesday wus most discour
aging to our manufacturers and merchants,
ami tho obinpluints iu consequence have boon
loud and general. During the. latter part of
the week, there 1ms been a slight revival in
the demand for some descriptions of goods ;
but tho prices are such as will scarcely remu
nerate the manufacturers. The buyers who
frequent the market are sparing in their or
ders, they being afraid to do business to tin
extent more than will-supply their present
wants. The calico-printers in general have
little or nothing-to do; nnd tho liistain trade
is, if possible, in a st ii: more discouraging
state, the prices being such as to cause a
considerable sacrifice tto nmiuifiicturcrs. The
only article which meets with satisfactory
sale, is twist for exportation, for which, we
understand, there is an improved domuud.
REPORT OF THE POST MASTER GE
NERAL.
Post Omen Departmrnt, >
24fA November« 182'). >
United States:
submit thcfiil low
ing report of tho state of this Department.
The General Post Offipo was established
July 26, 177ft. There wfpt then but o.io line
of posts, extending from Falmouth, in Now
England, to Savannah, in Georgia; nnd the
Postmaster General was authorized to esta
blish such cross posts us he should think
nlont, on tho 1st of July, 1823. 5 Tha amount
exhibited by tho books of tho Department on
tlmt day, is 8610,394; from which it appears
that the sum of 8284,281), of old balances, was
.estimated, to bo either desperate, or of so un
certain a cliaructor, as that no reliance could
be had upon any part of it: and it is believed,
front ©nomination, thatthis estimate did uot
essentially vary from what will prove to have
been the actual amount of losses from 1789
to 1928.
To llio abovo amount of 5231,289
Muat be milled thin aum, duo (or pontages
prior to July 1,1828, which is since found
52,235
4,300
5310,830
511,080
lo hu desperate,
Counter fail money found on hand $2,031
Nates of broken Banks !,U72
Making together the total amount of loss
es by bad debts and biul money,
lYhieli sum, deducted from tho above
mentioned balance of
Leaves the actual balance, on tho 1st of
Jolv, 1829, • $230,850
The (ructions in tliisstatcment being omitted.
The amount of money# on hand, and due from Post
Masters, meltuiitut judgments obtained on old accounts,
wns reported by tho Into Postmaster General to be, oif
the 1st .lay of July, 1827, • $370,033 37
He also reported an excess of expendi
tures beyond tho amount of receipts for the
jcur ending tliu 1st of July, 1828,of 37,023 27
Leaving n tinhmco of moneys on hand
and due from Postmasters, including .judg
ments obt lined on old account*, on the 1st
of July, 1328, of §332,103 10
Tliu amount of postage*
from July 1,1828, to July 1,
1820,1* fotiiiil tabu $1,707,418 42
The expenditures of the
Department, for tho same
period, nto ns follows:
Cottipem>a-
tion to post-
31 asters $330,237 23
Transporta
tion ofthe Mail),133,610 21
Incidental ex
penses 69,219 08
Slmwiujr, in the amount of
expenditures from Julv 1,
1828, to July 1, 182!),’ an
evens* hcyoiul the amount
of revenue, mlmitling that
every rent of postage of Iho
last year shall bo collected,
of
Add amount
of bad debts,
ns before men
tioned, of $22,233 50
Ami amount
of bad money 4,300 33
— 1,782,132 67
Leavitt•» the true balance of available
fiiinls at the disposwl ofthe Department, i»;i
tho 1st of July, 1829,Mvideil no farther
losses shall Go sustained iu tho collection,
viz t
CtiFh mihmuitu $136,418 CO
Halaoee* due from Post-
Masters and others. 31, 160 '21
$530,849 07
It appears, therefore, (lint tho funtD of (ho
Department, Buffered u diminution, from Jit-
1, 18*28, to July 1,1829, of 8101,CT 09.
In tb s H result, nil the collect ions math? of
former debtm, ns wall ns till losses nseortuiued
within the year, arc comprehended.
The expense for transporting tho mail, by
reason of (lie incrcsed facilities contracted
for, before the commencement of tho present,
year, from January 1, to July 1,1829, exceed
ed the expense for transportation during the
corresponding period of the preceding year,
807,903 : ami tho expenditures of the De
ni rfmerit for tho same period, being tho fin-t
inlfoftlio current year, htul there been no in
crease of postages, would have exceeded ito
revenue
self itju mi Auti-Ducliing Asvocia’jon.
i* As cedars beaten with continual storms,
So great men flourish ; and do imitate
Unskilful statuaries, who suppose,
lh forming a Colossus, if they make lum
Straddle enough, strut, and look big, and g ipe,
Their work is goodly j
Yet they differ not from those Colovsic statues
Which, with heroic farms without o’erspruad,
Within arc nought but mortar, (lint nnd!eid. H
Natjonai. Fixancm,—Tho bulanco in the Treasury
tuber, 1782, tho Postmaster General
: was required, by Act of Congress, to cause
i tho mail to bu carried once ti week to all tho
i Post Offices ; and by* tho sumo Act ho wns
j authorized to make ’provision for tho Irons-
I mission of newspapers by mail.
| When tho Federal Government was organ-
• ized under t he present Constitution, in 1789,
; tho Post Office establishment wns revised unci
i perpetuated. There were then, and to tho
I close of 1790, ouly seventy-five Post Offices
jin the C/iuted Nfutes: And the extent of
tlio 1st of January. 1829, ana S3,«V2,193 SI I I>ost '*'« CllUeil Httttcs, ill 17!)0,
GO* •■’30 nn ' amounted to 18*.»intlcB: Nenv,
Estimated receipts during the ycur, 34,602,230 00
Expenditures far tho year,
Leaving a balance on the 1st ofJan:i
vy, 1830, gf
.... the number
of Post Ollieos is eight thousaml and four,
and tho Post. Rornls ninotinl to 115,090 miles.
Tho lirat line of mail conches in tho United
30,374,403 HI
30,181,593 00
' ’ {States, was established iu pursuauco of an
4,409,870 81
Fuxsion*.—A statement frtuit the Pension Office
presents tlio number of 12,201 Revolutionary Pension
ers, and 3,794 invalid Pensioners. Of die firmer 401,
att.l ofthe latter 41, have died during the year.
The Columbia Tuhsscoiio of Saturday last, says ...... ’ .... . . ,
(■ VoslorJay Mr. Sliulla Iva. Iioanl villiuUnii[.iiinl ilw ' J ‘ !! r . J 1 ". Rp U ! l ' 1 ! ,10,nlul m <:i, " ullc ' ! ''
bar ofthe Senate, in relation to bis memorial concern-
Act of Congress, passed vSoptemhor 7, 1783,
extending from Portsmouth, in Now lluinp-
shire, to Savamtnli, in Georgia. The trnns-
port-ition of’ tho mail in conches amounts, nt
this tints, to 0,507,813 miles in one year, and
from tho first tiny of January next.,‘it will he
increased to 0,785,810 miles. Tho whole
fng the fifty thousand dollars granted him by the
laluro, to aid him in building Hamburg; and the report
of iho committco on that memorial was recommitted,
with the proposition of Mr. Shull/.”
Tho Correspondent of the New-York Evening Post,
at Washington, writes on tho 5th instant—Tho Vrosi-
ikifit’s health is good. As fur as I can judge from the
cursory view of the stuto of things which I have hei-o
enabled to take since my arrival hero, I see nothing lo
authori/o those anticipations of 11 a long and stormy ses
sion,” &c. which I have read in sumo of the pa
pers. The wailings of tho Intelligence^ had prepared
mo to look far a gloomy aspect oftho city, in consequence
of tho bloody pnoKenirrioN of last snmmcN Hut I
find now bouses building, new' shops opened, and the
city quite as hustling aud thriving as I recollect to have
ft^en it.
'flic Bogota Gozetu Extraordinary, of the 29th S.-p-
timber, contains a notice of tho presentation of Mr.
Moore, and rumarkH on iho address delivered by him on
that occasion .—“This exprosMon of tho sentiments of
the government and people of the United States, by
their organ, Mr. Moore, must bo grateful to Colmulda
ami the Liberator. It buing the constant desire of iho
gpvcrmncut of our republic to manifest a sincere friend
ship towards all the states of America, and not to inter-
Hire in any manner with the internal affairs of other na
tions, it mustbo highly satisfactory to witness from ihe
government of that republic, which hns preceded us in
the career ofindependnnee, the profession of sentiments
similar toHioso -which form nur own policy.”
Resolutions have been offered in tho Senate of South
Carolina, to tho effect that the Representatives of that
State iu Congress ho requested, pnd the Senators in
structed lo oppose iho -renewal of iho !J, S. Ihnk ;
That in tlm event of its rc-incorporatioanot lo permit any
private Stockholders in that institution, and the ehy
make it itiatiomll ono; That in the ovum of tlm incor
poration of any persons for Bunking privileges ull the
citizens ofthe United States, bo putnnnnvqunl footing,
in subscribing for the stock of tho mime ; and that iho
CommittQO on Finnneo be instructed to report oil the
propriety of iho establishment of a National Hunk, ex
cluding private Hlocj,holders, and the best meanx of rf-
frrtihffjim objjeer
sulkii’H, uiul on horseback, tuuouuts to about
1B,700,0(N) miles.
Tliu wholu amount of pnstag*'*, (iho only source of
revenue to the Department,) from 1789 to July I, IR29,
The wholuoxpensv* ofthe Dnpnrtmnnl,
during the same peri.Nl, were na follows:
Compensation to Post-
Masters $7,829,923
Incidental expenses 896,91,7
Trails portation of die Muit 10,052,613
$26,411,496
24,779,405
$1,663,091
$1,103,063
17,3-18
AH,(ISO
Leaving an aggregate amount ofi-evenuo,
of
Tho Revenue of iho Department is ac
counted fur, us fallow* :
Aiunupt of th« severul puynieiils into tliu
Treasury from 1779 to 1828
Amount ofthe losses in the transmission
of moneys during I he same period
Halailoe, ns exhibited-oil the books of the
Department, on the 1st of July, 18JJ
$1,662,091
From this Btatqmcnt it npponrs that the
Department has always been sustaimed by its
own resources, and that no money 1ms, tit any
titno, been drawn from the Treasury for ihe
transportation ofthe Mails: but that it has
contributed to tliu revenue oftho Govern
ment.
The sums paid into the Treasury’ hv the
different Post Master Generals arc us follows;
11 v Timothy Pickering, from December,
179.1, to March, 179.5, . $17,490
Hy JnHcjdi lliibi:r*buin, from June, 1793
to SupIcmlMr, 1801, 363,310
Hy Gideon Granger, front December,
1801, to December, 1813, 291,679
Hy Itclurii J. Meigs, from Mnrcli, 1814,
to June, 1621, • 387,209
Hy .1.dm M‘Lean, from Julv, 1823, to
December, 1828, . 13,460
$1,103,003
$71,714
$-211,5(1 M
- $101,236 03
tliis lino to Now Orleans by steam,
bouts. «o soon as tho means ofthe Department
wmjilstUy, and tho public interest shall ro-
(Hiiruit. Togivo creator utility to this im.
E ruvanenti a weekly lino of coaches will also
li catablUhcd 'at tho saino time ffoitt lln-
rpuce, iii Alabama, (wliora it will connect with
tho lino from Huntsville,; to ltolivar, in Ton.
Ucssoo, nt which puint it will form a conjuncw
tion with tho lino from Naslivillo to Horn.
** Such improvements nroidBo provided in
tho transportation oftho mail tliroiioli Indian-
a, Illinois, and Missouri, as that tho lines of
stages tliroo times a wook betwepn Louisville,
in Kentucky, and St. Louis, in Missouri, will
connoct tho corrospondenco nnd tho travel-
linj[in n period of two days loss than tho time
now occupied ; aud continue tho line to Fay
ette, beyond tho centre of Missouri, within
tho saino timo Which is now allowed for
ruuchtnn St. Louis. A weekly lino ot sta-
t-os will also go into operation on tho first of
January next, from Fayetto to Independence,
near tho western boundary oftliat State.
These, with oilier improvements provided
for by tho contracts which havo just boon
made, will add «77,002 miles to tho annual
transportation oftho mail in stages.
Notwithstanding tho increased expense
which tlicso additional services would require,
the new contracts have buun made, including
idl the improvements,* for $19,10537 per
annpn) less than the sum pnid undertlie expi
ring contracts, for the transportation of tho
mail in that section. Tho advputagouus terms
of tlieso contracts will effect a saving to tho
Department of about twonty.flvo per cent, in
proportion to tho services to bo performed.
On entering tho Department, my attention
was, at an onrly day, drawn to tho manner in
which its ftimls wore received and disbursed.
Circumstances transpired nt tho very thres
hold of this inquiry, which indicated a loose
ness nnd irresponsibility entirely incompati
ble with that system which ought to charac
terise every branch of tho public Borneo,—
Moneys had been advanced to different per.
sons contrary to law ; nnd persons in tho iin.
mediate 'deployment ofthe Department, who
recoivo stipulated salaries, defined and appro
priated by law, had rocoivod moneys in ad
vance from tho funds oftho Department, lie-
yond tho allowances so provided, and which
had not 'been Appropriated. There stands at
this day, on tile hooks of tho Department, a
balance of $2,1IU 10, for moneys formerly
advanced out of tliu funds ofthe Department,
beyond the compensation provided hy law,
to different officers and Clerks, who had been
employed, but who have loll tho service: the
greater part of which will probably never ho
collected. A considerable number of nc-
eotmts stand open against other individuals,
for moneys advanced, some of whom arc now
unknown to tho Department. An act of
Congress, of April 21, 180(1, appropriated
$11,400 for repairing tho road from Athens
on tin) route to New Orleans, and 80,00(1 for
I lie road butwoen Naslivillo and Nutehus, to
hu expanded under tho direction oftho l’rcsi
dent, who designated the Postmaster Ocnor.
ill to carry theTawintnoflhet. The moneys up'
proi.iiato(l were mingled with tliogoncral tunas
ofthe Department, out of which tho expen
ses of the rojid were defrayed ; nnd there are
now standing on the hooks oftho office a bal
ance of 81,403 07 ogninot tho first, and a.
gainst the ether or these roads a balance of
81,040 03; making together, the sum of 83,-
352 32, on account of money's advanced by
tliu Department, and for which it is still ac
Tho two CJglit Houses lately erected otr
Block Island, will bo lighted,on nnd.nfter the
10th of Dec. 18211. Tlioy ale situated at tho
N. W. Point oftho Island, distant front oaqli
othor about 30 feet, and hear N. and S. of
each othor—tlio'Point extending into the sea,
a course nearly N. 3 E. so far as to render it
uuBato tor vesHels of the greatest burthen to
cross it witlan two miles oftho Lights—-from
which Lights Montauk Point Light. House
- • ■” • •” Point Judith Light
so Of postages, would have oxrecilcd itu cuull ;..(,;„ u3 ou mac |, Inon oy in hand, though
, iuc§(18.68i,tH l tml tor the u.^counts nrigintitctl twonty-tlircc veiir.-
1 heaotunlexcess ofexponthturo,flow- These tacts evinced a radical tiofocl
y**ur.
ever, owing lo tho inernuse ot revenue, for
tho Imlfwar ending July 1, 1829, ttmouuts to
hut ft 19,778 fw.
When l outored upon tho dull ns nf the De
partment; on.tho (itli of April hwM found 1 ho
contrarta )md boon inndo, ami the res-
lonsibilities ofthe Department incurred, for
lie whole of tho current year, and from ono
to four years in prospect, in the most expen
sive sections oftho country. It appeared ne
cessary, therefore, to direct the energies of
tho Department principally to the great ob
ject of sustaining its operations, in the en
gagements which it hml already contracted,
ay its own resources. This could ho effected
only hy enforcing a strict observance of the
law on tho part of the Postmasters, in pre
venting, so far ns practicable, all uhusos, and
in account ing regularly and promptly for all
tlic moneys coining into their hands ; by
guarding against all further increase of ox-
t ieiice,except incuses absolutely demanded
iv thn public interest; and by instituting such
checks and responsibilities* in tho mode of
transacting tho business oftho Department,
uh to secure more effectually a proper appli
cation of its funds, and. to prevent, m nil ca
ses, a diversion of tuty part of thorn from their
legitimate objects.
To correct abuses in the privilege of frank
ing, which laid prevailed to a considerable
extent, and to prevent others, which were be
ginning to show themselves, it was thought
expedient to issue a circular to Postmasters,
calling their speeiul attention to the subject,
and enjoining renewed vigilance and energy
on their part. This circular, hearing, data
the 18tli of May lust, has not been without
its effect. The postages accounted for by
Postmasters arc accumulating in an increas
ed ratio, which promises advantageous results.
The proceeds of postages for the quarter cud-
ding Juno »t0, 1820, exceed tho amount for
30,000 DOLLARS.
UNION CANAL LOTTERY
O'? PENNSYLVANIA, CLASH NO. XIV.
\MTAQ drawn yesterday 17th inst in Phila-
▼ T dolphin, and will be received hero on
the SGtli UiHt. 00 Numbers—0 drawn ballots.
SCHEME;
K.: HOCKS, on ouiy iiuiui
; ami tiie S. W. part of Block Island S. J
\V. 3 \V. CHRIST. ELLEltY,
Col. aud Sup. Light House, Newport.
A French paper! (lo-Costitutiono!,) states
that tho manufacturers of Eibeuf and Lou-
viers have discovered and udopted a mode of
preparing woollen cloths without oil, or any
description of grease—thus rendering the
mammicture more cleanly, wholesome, and
economical. Tho Constitutioncl adds, that
tlm cloth prepared according to this new pro
cess, is as soil, aud in every respect as good
as that upon tho old system.
Festus Stebbins has recovered $1!V0 of
Trunias Sweet, in Sprin^Held, for injuries
sustained by himself and wife by the careless
upsetting of a stage in June 1828. The in
jury to Mr. N's shoulder is considered incur-
able ; nnd so also is Airs. S’s arm, which was
broken. Tito amount awarded would have
been greater, had it not appeared, that the
incurability ofthe hurts was owing to tho cm
ployment of a quack.
An unsocial IIonsE.—A Coachman in
England wns lately kissing his favorite horse
when tho animal bit off his under-lip, and
swallowed it.
A lady in Franco shot herself throuht the
bond with a pistol, on the 14th of October.
A new work entitled “ Tales of my Time,'
by tho authoress of” Blue Stocking Hall,” lias
just made its appearance in England.
Statue op Pitt.—The statuo of Pitt for
the city of London, it) lust completed by
Chantry, lit is twelve feet high, and in modern
costume, over which is thrown a largo
robe, fastened round ono shoulder, leaving the
right arm free. It is of bronze—a line, clear,
solid cast.
Salt.— 1 Tho quantity of Salt manufactured
this year in B iritstuble,is estimated at 393,(537
bushels.
Paiuiicide.—A man norned Peck lies been
found guilty at Wilkosburre, Pa. of parricide.
“Pray, AIxssSophia, what aroyoumakingl’*
said Dr. •, to ncertain young lady,\yho was
at work upon a garment of a certain description,
A Sophy-covcring, Doctor,” was tho reply
1 prize of
$30,000
2 do
10,000
2 do
5,000
1 do
4,210
1(1 do
1,000
10 do
000
10 do
500
10 do
400
10 do
ilOO
28 do
800
51 do
100
And others of smaller denomination amount
ing to
§379,760.
Tickets, : : : : t 810 (10
Halves,' : : : : : 0 („
Quarters, : : : t : 2 50
Orders in this splendid scheme attended to at
LUTHERS
dee 18 Lottery Exchange OJficr.
MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF SAVAKHAK.
I ligli Water at Tybutt, 0 29, || AtSuvantiuh 1 59.
but so far as tho examination lias proceeded,
it uromiscs a proportionate increase.
The contracts'for transporting the mail in
tho States of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ten
nessee, Alabama, Mississippi, ttnd'Louisiatm,
and the Territory of Arkansas, constituting
one sect ion, will expire with tho current year.
The rapid increase of population aud of busi
ness in those sections of country, requir
ed considerable improvements in the frequen
cy, the celerity, and the mode of transporting,
the mail on the loading routes, for which pro
vision has been made iu tho renewal of the
contracts.
The mail communication between Now Or
leans and thn sent of the General Government,
by way of Mobile and Montgomery, in Alaba
ma, and Augusta, in Georgia, will from tho
commencement of tho ensuing year, bo ef
fected three times a week, affording comfort
able conveyance for travellers, and the whole
trip performed in tho period of two weeks,
each way, through the capituls'of Virginia,
North Carolina,Eolith Carolina,'and Georgia.
Linos of four-horso post coaches will also
bo established, ffoin tho llrst day of January
next, to run tliroo times a wook, both ways,
between Naslivillo and Memphis, in Tennes
see. This improvement was doomed impor
tant to keep up a regular and cortnin inter
course between tho Western Ntates nnd New
Orleans—Memphis being a point on tho Mis
sissippi to which steamboats can coiuofat all
Making togutlicr, thn foregning sum of
The balance, of 9541 ,«80, exhibited bv tho
hooks of tins Department, on the 1st of‘July,
18i.1), covers all tho hula rices due (torn Dost
Masters and others, of every description,
which have been accumulating for forty years,
including those ofthe most, doubtful, mid ma
ny of a desperate character. The Report of
the lute Postmaster General exhibited a bnl
•Mice of 105 10, us tho amount of ava il rr . ....
able funds, ut tiie disposition of thy Depart- j seasons ofthe ycur: it being contemplated to
ears
infect
in t he system of financial operations of the
Department.
It appeared that n’l Ilia funds of the De
partment were received nnd disbursed by one
of tiie Assistants, while the Postmaster Gene
ral was held responsible in law, tor llteir pro
per application. The Assistant had it iu bis
power ut all times to withdraw, or furnish for
the use of others, the funds of tho Depart
ment, to a large amount, without the knowl
edge of its head,or of any other person attach
ed to it. There was no check upon any such
transactions, nor any thing connected with
the system calculated to bring them to light.
The Assistant made deposltes of part of the
funds in different banks, subject to fils indi
vidual checks; mid retained a part in his own
hands, but to what amount is not shewn by
any document or record in tiio Department.
On the change ofthe system, there was found
in nn iron coder, in his possession, the sum of
819,870 89, consisting of 819 09.} in specie,
and 819,857 70J in bank notes, certificates,
and chocks. Of this emn, 8*2,(383 70 were
found to be counterfeit, and $1,072 02 were
in notes of broken banks, and of no value.—
A part of tl. remainder is of very doubtfhl
clwmctcr. Such us wus not ascertained to
bo good, 1ms been sent to the different Ntates
from which it issued, for the purpose of deter
mining its value, and rendering it available;
hut what proportion of Jt will bo found worth
less or depreciated, is not yet leurned.
Tho necessity of an entirei change in the
modo of conducting this business, was most
obvious,
Directions luivo been given, that the money
appropriated by law lbr tho payment of sala
ries, shall never bo united with tlio funds of
the Department,but that it shall be drawn by
an agent appointnd for that purpose, nnd ap
plied directly to the object for which it is np-
a riated; so that tho persons receiving it
have no accounts opened oi\ the books
of the Department. This will effectually pre
vent advances and over-payments on that
head in future.
It wns important to devise a system by
which no moneys should be received or dis
bursed, or in any manner come within the
control of any one individual; but that all
moneys should be paid into tho Department
by certificates of deposits in banks, and tlmt
nothing could bo drawn from such dejiosites,
not oven by the head of the Department, with
out tlio signature of two distinct officers of the
Department, each acting independently ofthe
othor, and both certitying to the correctness
of tho aet. Also, that tho transfer of moneys
from Postmasters to Contractors, should be
subject to the same guard, and require, in like
manner, tho investigation and signature of
two distinct officers of tlio Department. It
was likewise necessary that the system should
embrace a rule which would require Postmas
ters to account properly for tho proceeds of
their offices, anil present an accumulation of
postage in their hands. This has been done;
and it is behoved that tho-moneys of this De
partment arc now as oflbctuolly protected as
tlioso of any othor Department in the Govern
ment.
Tho observance of the system which has
been adopted will require additional labor, but
it is deemed essential to tho security und
prosperity of this Department,
I have tho honor to he, with great regard
Your obedient servant,
W. T, BARRY.
ARRIVED,
Sloop John Chevalier, Sisson, Charleston:
10 hours to J W Long. Mdzoto J B Iku-
bert, J M’Kunzie & Co. R R Boyd, It Slab-
crsbani, A Foster Jr. E Reed, U Malone.
Sloop George Washington, Hewitt, Hey
ward's mill. I0a tierces Rice to P DeVillers.
DEPARTED*
Ship Jitlus Ctesar, M‘Mul!e», Liverpool.
Ship Florian, Harrison, New York,
Brig Stranger, Hull, Havana,
Brig Pandora, Ewell, St. Barts.
Scar. Frances, Sturges, New York.
” Meridian, M'Nuuiar.i, Baltimore.
” , Philadelphia, Raymond, Nebcni,N.c.
” Mary Adams, Riberon, Turtle River.
Sloop Express, Curtin, Alexandria.
“ Othello, M’Auloy, Ognthvs, «. u,
Ship Porcival, Forrest, for this port was
entered for loading at Liverpool 2d ult.
Sloop William, Luce, up ut Charleston for
this port and Darien, with dmpatch.
ruoM ovn connEspoNhunts,
Offices of theCourier, Mercury and Gazette,
Charleston, Dee. 15—P. M.
Sjilcntlitl Christinas Presents!
$273/760?
T iik union canal lottery,
C'liiss No 14, drew in I’liiliiilelnliin on
tlio 17ll> instant, nnd tlio result will lie re
ceived here on tho 2(lth instant. Tho follow
ing; arc some of tiie Prizes in this truly splen
did scheme:—
30,000 DOLLARS
10,000 DOLLARS
10,000 dollars
5,000 DOLLARS
5,000 DOLLARS
4,210 DOLLARS
1,000 DOLLARS
1,000 DOLLARS
1,000 DOLLARS
1,000 DOLLARS
1,000 DOLLARS
10 of 000 Dollars
10 of 500 Dollars
10 of 500 Dollars
1,000 DOLLAR!)
1,000 DOLLARS
1,000 DOLLARS
1,000 DOLLARS
1,000 DOLLARS
10 of 300 Dollars
'M of 200 Dollars
51 of 100 Dollars
Together with prizes of inferior denomina
tion, amounting in tliu wholu to more than a
QUARTER UFA MILLION OF DOLLS.
Yates & M'liltyro, Managers—00 numbers
—0 drawn ballots—all lube determined in onu
day.
Tickets, only'810 00 I
Ilqives, 5 (X) |
(fcjr- Orders in tho abovo and all tho pope-
lur Lotteries received at tiie
ESTABLISHED OFFICE,
Bull-slroet, next to Eppingew. dec 17
Quarters, 82 50
Spnnish Solars,
Just received per sloop John Chevalier,
50,000 Spanish Segurs,Silva brand
5 crates of Crockery, containing bltio
painted Ewers and Basins, und bundled Lou
don Teas
For sale by J. B. HERBERT. ,
deejs ; ;4
Porter, Ale and Cluunpaignc.
A CASKS Pori or, in pint bottles
I fi: (I do. pale Ah*, iti.uuurt do.
0 eases simrUling Cnampuignc
Landing from ship Macon and tor sule low
by S. II. FAY &(*().
dee 13 *21—li
Foil LIVERPOOL,
The first rate Philadelphia ship
ALLEGHANY,
Potts, master,
Will commence loading this day,
and will be despatched in 12 days. For freight
of UK) bales, apply to
WM. GASTON,
dec 18 21—p
Missing,
P IVE bales Cotton from the .Steam Boat
Company’s boats, marked 1,131 314-
139 106—140 290—154 303—109 306.
ALSO, ^
From Lamar's boats one marked II 78 377,
and two bales marked with a diamond.
Any person having the saino in possession,
will please give notice to
KETCIIUM & BURROUGHS,
dee 18 21—p
Five Dollars Reward,
I S offered for tho recovery of a Jib, sold by
the subscribers at their sale on Jackson’s
wharf, on the 14th inst. It wus entrusted to
a Drayman to be carried on board tho ship
Franklin, und has not boon delivered there,
dee 18 PI1ILBRICK & BAKER.
To Hire*,
O N a Cotton plantation on (ho 1st of Jan*
nary, 4 Negroes. Inquire at tho office
21—p
uary, 4 Negroes,
of the Georgian,
dec 18
The Subscriber
I S now engaged in making a six oared Canon
Boat, which ho would bo glad to finish to
order—also ono of four oars, und a paddling
Canoe—Hu also offers for sule a superior
Ducking Boat, of two Oars. Apply ut the
lower end of Congress street to
F. E. TEBEAU.
doc 18 21—p
Sugar.
■j fiC III IDS. St. Croix Sugar, landing front
J. Ship Macon
60 pieces twine Bagging superior
quality
For sale by GEO. GORDON,
doc* 18 21—p
Landing,
QA BBLS. Northern Gin
OvJ 20 do. do. Whiskey
20 do. do. Rum
100 do. Potatoes
20 do. Apples
20 firkins Goshen Butter
20 half hbbls. Fulton Market Beef
10 do. do. Buckwheat Flour
For sale by COHEN & MILLER
tine 18
Albany Alt! and Demijohns.
BBLS Fidlor and Taylor’s Douhlti
Ale—and Demijohns of 1, l und $
gallons.
Landing from brig Frances nnd for sale by
dec 4 JQIIN BENTLEY.
Cheosc and Butter.
| /k CASKS 1st quality Cliecso und
I v 12 firkins choice Goshen Butter
Landing from ship Florinn nnd for sole by
dec 8 JOHN BENTLEY.
St. Croix Sugar.
QA LARGE liliils prime St. Croix Sugars,
DU for mile liy
HALL, Hi (AFTER & TUI’PER.
(lee 1
Canal Flour rind Negro Shoes.
C DDLS. C.'nniil Flour, (KX) pairs Ncirru
iJVr Shoes, for sale low, lauding from sclir.
Oregon. J. STONE,
dec 5
WliitteiuoreVs Cotton Cartls.
!}A BOXES No. 10 Carda
flO;
for i
doe 7
ff | JIUAUO MU. IV Vlliuq
i" " Landing from ship Mount Vernon uml
r sule by J. STONE.
Corn Allouf.
il’fc BUSHELS now Com will bo
*%.F sold low if applied for immedi
ately by PALMES & LEE,
dee 9
Exchange Dock.
Ilnlf Barrels No. 1 Mackerel.
K A HALF Barrels No. 1 Mackerel
J” Just received und tor sale hv
JOHN BENTLEY.
dee 8
Couihs.
A FINE assortment of Dressing, line teeth
and pocket Combs, of superior qualities.
Just received and for sale by
LAY &. HENDRICKSON,
dec ‘3
Madeira Wine*.
rjlIIE sttliBcrilii'r will sell at reduced prices,
A Madeira Wine, of tlio must approved
brands ill Pipes, halves, quarter Casks anil
eighths.
doc 1
J. F. HENRY.
Potatoes.
QAD RBI.S. wliito Potatoes, suitable fur
m UU Plantin''. For sale by
A, BASSETT.
doe 7
Canal Flour.
O WHOLE nnd 10 half barrels, landing
JL £d tVom sclir Excel, for sale bv
nov IU) TAFT & P.\DKLF0UD.
Liverpool Salt.
Q Pti'k TONS, received por Br. barque
—0.17 Agnes & Ann, fbrsalo by
AND’W. LOW as. CO.
■lee 15 IS—j>
Codfish.
5 I4AA XillS. first quality Codfish, just
.vrtJU received and for sale by
dec 7 a; BAS«f:rr.'