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MILLEDGBVILLK.
TUBSb.VY, JANUARY 6, 1818.
t d yet been molested by them There is
■rhaps any flag so much respected in that
our’9. .... o i
Ian is ft Jmerica.—The Spanish brig Santa |
ltd, f,oin Lima for Cadiz, laden with 850,000
keie, 50 tons of copper, 175 tons of cocoa,
p,a| e s cotton, and 16 sacks of Peruvian bark,
been captured by the patriot privateer Tup-
,oro, and sent to Buenos Ayres. This is the
a privateer that some time ago captured the
ton. a rich Spanish Indiaman—her officers and
1 are chief! v composed of persons from the U-
id States. .
i’e have details of the late successes of the
Kots in the provinces of Venezuela. Bolivar
tars that the forces of Murillo, bv repeated dc-
S, ^’c.are reduced to a mere skeleton, and in-
ites his intention of immediately attacking
[he account of the discomfiture of the royal
ral at Margaretta is most honorable to the
t pie of that-little island, lie was completely
ten; and many of his army of murderers there
hd a grave.
IVe have been favored with Gibraltar papers| annv. Our baggage is very extensive—upward
he 23d of October, which furo'i-h some fi
Georgia Troop*.—On the 27tli ult. the detuch-
mentof militia under the command of Hen. Glas
cock crossed Ocmulgee river, near Hartford, ami
immediately commenced their march for Cheehaw
village, (on the west side of Flint river, about 05
miles from Hartford,) where General Gaines
is expected soon to join them with the troops
lately detached from Gen. Hopkins’ brigade, and
the late requisition of cavalry. Cheehaw village
is friendly, ami it is said can furnish two hun
dred ami fifty warriors. Two pieces of artille
ry, 0 pounders, under the command ofCapt. Mel
vin, accompany the detachment. Supplies are said
to be scarce, having only rations enough for ten or
twelve days. The contractor has failed at length
absolutely, ami Lieut. Kieser, of the U. S. army,
has been appointed by Gen. Gaines, agent lor the
general government, llis lands are supposed tn
bs limited. A letter from a gentleman in the ar-
mv says “ that general Glascock has been very
anxious and active to hasten the movements of the
The editors of the Quarterly Review employ
the following resplendently beautiful metaphor
to illustrate the nature of the power which the
English hold in India: “ England launched on
the scene of India, seems to resemble one of her
own vessels traversing the mighty sea that washes
that continent. The billows are brignt, the skies
cloudless, and all ucean appears to crouch beneath
the meteor flag with willing submission. But
while a superficial observer feels only the conta
gion of the general delight and gaiety, the reflec
tions of a deeper spirit grave even to seriousness.
The apparent loveliness and insignificance ol the
proud vessel amidst such a world ol waters—the
immeasurable expanse around the unsounded se
crets of the abyss below ; the quivering sensibili
ty of the boundless element to influences uncon-
trolable by man, its vast power magnified by im
agination to immensity; the very repose and qui-
LETTER3
Remaining in the Post-Office, Spurta, Jim. 1,1818.
L EONiRD Abercrombie, Owen Alford.
B.—Samuel Beall, Mosely Brewster, Rich
ard Baugh, Archer Baugh, James Uugly, Thom
as Brantly, William C. Barkesdale, Mrs. Mary
Brooks, Miss Eliza Brewer.
C—William Choice, William M. Craig, New
ton Cooper, Jesse Cage, Joliu B. Childers, Wil
liam Curton.
D—Thomas Duke, Samuel M. Dtvercux, Otis
Dyer, Jonathan Davis.
E 8c F—-Thomas L. EJ wards, Singleton Frank
lin, Truett Foster, L. Flournoy, Benjamin A.
Ferrell.
G.—Silas and Jephtha Grace, Morton Gray,
Farris Goare, Michael Gravbill, John Giles, Lew
is Griffin, William Greene.
riher of fifty waggons, thirteen of which are loaded for
( tiodavs of the b.te Revolution at Algiers.!
len fie ja issaries surrounded the palace of
Dev. he called to hi * assistance the officers of
artillery and navy, but they declined inter-
fing. The Dey then demanded ol the janissa-
what they wanted ; they re; lied,” an imli-
|ual from within.” Anxious to |ee->erve his
bv anv sacrifice, he oil'ered to double the pay
[the whole corps; but this was rejected, and
person loudly called for. His firmness now
[souk him, and he had recourse to poison ; it*
eration, however, was not sufficiently quick.
t the janissaries entering, seized and bound
i and conducted him to tne spot appropriated
public executions, where they strangled him. I
y then rjuietly returned to their homes ; alii
passed iu about au hour from their first al
ibiing.
_fhe public opinion was much in favor of the
Hy Dey Ali Cogia—the ministers of his prede-
■sors have been banished, into the interior, and
■ir property confiscated. It is stated that the
Kerine squadron, consisting of a polacre, cor-
jtte, three brigs, and two schooners sailed on
28th of Sept, supposed with an intention of
t iisirig off Cape St. Vincents, for vessels under
ussian and Hamburg flags; and there was lit-
doubt of their having the plague on board
[he plague continued at Algiers, the daily num-
kr of deaths being about 50—sometimes more
[ had spread to several villages in the interi-
Mercantile Advertiser.
et of such mysterious strength, and.'notthe least, I , H .-Thomas liooton, Susa. Hopkins, Christo-
the recollection that beneath this smiling surface fe fe“" , . I ..!i!. ,Wn “ l ' How,c > Dorlast “ 1
lie ingulphed the remains ol navies which once
displayed their banners as gallantly and as pros
perously as ourselves—such considerations as
these, excite a sentiment in a high degree solemn,
prof ound and affecting.”
the troops at Fort Scott, and those of this detach
pient with ammunition entirely. In crossing the
waggons over the river, one very heavy loaded
sunk, fhe current was deep and swift, and the
banks very steep. It was dangerous and difficult
to save, nothing however was lost, though its con
tents injured. In this artair Major W. of Bald
win, really distinguished himself.”
Amelia-Island taken.—A letter under date
of J (Person, Cainden county, Dec. 23, to a gen
tleman m Savannah, says, “This day at 12 o’
clock. Amelia-Island was taken possession of by
the United States’ troops—and, 1 am iu hopes,
that the Floridas will, within a short time, be un
der the same flag.”
County Officer*.—At an election held iu this
place yesterday the following appointments were
made—Thomas Trapp, Sheriff; Tlio. H. Kenan,
Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts ; John
Works, Receiver of 'Fax Returns ; Jones,
Collector, and Alexander Greene, Coroner.
The legislature of South-Carolina has concur
red in an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, proposed by the legislature of Ken
tucky, which requires that no congress, hereafter
DOMESTIC.
Governor Galusha, of Vermont, appointed the
1 lth December to be observed as a day of public
thanksgiving. “ Tiie being of a God,” says the
governor " is written as with a sunbeam on the
face of nature. The heavens bear the impress
of his lingers, and the earth the footsteps of llis
power. The rise and fall of kings and kingdoms,
empires and republics, nations and individuals,
are but llis smiles and his frowns. On those wc
live, at these we die. The sacred scriptures are a
display of Ids perfections, the signet of his sove
reignty, and history of his love. Hence to dis
pute his existence, completes tlm climax of folly ;
to refuse him reverence and honor, the height of
presumption. To withhold from him obedience
and affection, is the extreme of ingratitude.”
Toshew the immense quantity of provisions, &c.
(says a writer in the N. Y. Com. Advertiser,) con
sumed iu Connecticut, at Thanksgiving, l send
you a calculation, made as accurate as possible,
calculating the number of inhabitants and the
number ol families in the state, which 1 think is
not far from being correct :—geese 50,000 ; tur-
kies 5,500 ; chickens 65,000 ; ducks 3,000; beef
and pork 25,000 lbs. ; potatoes 12,000 bushels ;
turnips 14,000; beets4,000; oiiions5,000 ; cheese
luff, William Hudson <.jp Co.!
I. J.—Benjamin Iszel, Benjamin Jordan 2,
Thomas Jones, Andrew Jeter.
K. —David Kendall, Mrs. Martha Kjennon.
L. —John S. Law, James Wall Ledbetter, Ro
bert Lette, Dr. Joshua L’Acie, Mrs. Maria Lee.
M. —Janies Mitchell, George Marshall, James
M. Massey, Henry Mitchell, Dewry Murfee,
John T. Macon, Daniel M’Kinuey, Joiin M’Kiu-
ney.
P.—Alvin Presscoat, Charles Price, Major
Peace, Michael Peck 2, William Paylor, John
Pullen.
R. —A. B. Ridley 2, Joseph Reid, Samuel Reid,
Littleton Reese.
S. —Horace Smith, James Swint, James StelJ,
Thomas Shepherd, Benjamin Sandford,P. Stovall,
E. Smith, Miss Frances Smith.
T. —Elizabeth Thorp, Janies B. Thomas 2, Ra
chael Turner, Henry T. Thompson, Stephen
Thurman.
AV.—Joseph Wood, Elijah Worthen, William
J. Wutson.
SIMON ROGERS, p. M.
half make anv law, fixing the cmiqa-nsation of the! •»*. 5 ;ppie sauce 12,000 gall.; cranberry
. . . . .. . ... 1 (In 1 nfin Pii rniiLi it nips r. -M H III • atinlo
members, w hich shall take effect until after the
election of a new congress.
A shock of an Earthquake was felt in Pendle
ton, S. C. on the night of the 10th ult. A gen
tleman at Gai nesville, in this state, in a letter to
the editors of the Pendlet >n Messenger, states,
Distinguished instance of Intrepidity and Iln-
unity.—On the 12th ult. as the packet Maria,) that a similar shock was felt there about the same
iptain Gardner, was on her passage from Provi
nce to Newport, a lad by name of Thurston
litts, fell from the bowsprit of the packet, which
as then going at the rate of about eight miles an
time, which lasted about thirty seconds.
do. 1,000. Pumpkin pies 520,000; apple pies
100,000 ; other pies and puddings 52,000; wine
150 gall.; brandy 150; gin 120; rum 1,000;
cider and whiskey COO. Which would take 650
hluls. of strained pumpkin ; 81 do. of molasses ;
4060 lbs. ginger ; 7000 lbs. alspice ; 86,666 lbs.
flour; 43,333 lbs. butter or lard ; 327 lihds. of
’j milk of 100 galls, each ; 1000 nutmegs; 50 lbs.
cinnamon ; 43,500 dozen eggs—all which would
weigh about 501 tons,&would cost about £114,000.
The Legislature of North-Carolina has appro
priated two hundred and fiftv dollars pqr annum,
fur, and being unable to swim, would inevitably! for live years,for the education of the son of Col.
e been drowned had not Gen. William V. Forsvthe, and a sword is to lie presented to him,
bbs instantly leaned overboard, and at the i in mi -
jit haz r I of bis own life succeeded in preser-
bg that of the boy. Owing to the rapidity of
i vessel, he was at a cmuiderble distance
by the governor, iu behalf of the state.
An act passed the legislature of South-Carnli-
na. increasing the salaries of the governor and all
; packet when Gen. Gibbs readied him ; and the Judges of that state, hereafter to be elected,
ng much chilled, (the weather being extrernely I from 82372 to 5$ 3500 per annum.
Id.) was twice carried under by the weight of
e boy and his own clothes, before the boat,' Morris Goldsmith, of Charleston, has, by a spe-
hich was put off for the purpose, could reach | cial appointment of John Eppinger, U States’
em. They were both nearly exhausted, and I marshal for this state, seized at St. Alary’s, prize
lobably could not have kept above water a min- property to the amount of 150,000 dollars,
je longer. j
[Rare are such instances of courage and luiman-l
seldom, indeed are united in one person,
Ich great virtues, with such great fortune ; and
le finest feelings of the heart, with the noblest
Jaring of the soul. Gen. Gibbs saw an unlbrtu-
A paper printed at St. Louis, in the Missouri
territory,announces " that living Mammoths have
lately' been seen near tire Rocky Mountain
Compensation of Congress.—The house of
The documents respecting affairs at Amelia
Island and Galvezton were yesterday transmitted
to the house of representatives by the president.
Consisting of a voluminous compilation of cor
respondence from officers of government and
others in the neighborhood of those depots, the
papers were not lead, but ordered to be printed.
They shall be laid before our readers as early
as practicable. They afford, in a more authentic
shape, judging from a hasty glance at them, infor
mation of nearly the same as that already receiv
ed by the public through the medium of the news
papers.—JVutional Intelligencer.
! ite being in distress; not his brother ; not his ) representatives, it appears, have refused to con
tend ; no. a stranger; yet that stranger was ! siuer a motion made by Mr. Bassett, to fix the
s fellow citizen ; poor, indeed, in fortune ; but I compensation of the members, until further pro-
listence was still, to him existence. In at-jvided by law, as itwasiu 1813—i. e. at six dol-
mpting to rescue him, his own life might be lars per day. At present there is tin law on the
icrificed ; there was but one instant to decide, subject, and it is probable that a higher per diem
md the heart decided. He saw him struggling
fcr life ; fearless of danger he plunged into the
will be fixed upon.
The late famous compensation law was rather
F ver; he beat down the waves; he glided through) objected to on account of its manner than for the
le water, which almost froze as he glided ; het amount of compensation which it allowed.—Eve-
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Darien
to another in Savannah, dated 29th ultimo:—
“ On Friday evening, 26th, about 7 o’clock, gen.
Gaines and suite arrived iu our town ; as soon as
it was known, the Darien volunteer guards and
citizens assembled, and about 9 o’clock, he was
saluted with 21 guns, from a piece of artillery
drawn in front of his lodgings : soon after which
he was escorted by the volunteer company to the
whart where he embarked on board captain Lu-
vel’s boat for Amelia-Island. llis stay there, I
understand, will be very short. He received an
invitation to a public ball, on Wednesday even
ing next; at which time, it was understood he
was to return. His horses were left here.”
llEFUN 1)1 N G OF INTERN AL DUTIES'
V GREEABLY to the act of Congress of De
cember 23d, 1817, duties on licenses for pe*
riods extending the 31st of December, 1817, and
for stamps not used, arc to be refunded by tho
respective collectors ; provided the stamps shall
be'returned previous to the first day of May, 1818.
HINES HOLT, collector
of the 6th collection (list, of Georgia,
January 5, 1818.
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packed and saved him. Benumbed, and almost
;hausted, he is but saved himself. The picture
[sublime ; even stoicism, itself, cannot view it
lth composure. General Gibbs merits the ad-
Iration and love of his fellow men ; and what
well merits, he unboundedly possesses. Such
f picture of undaunted humanity, would, at all
t ines, be a splendid associate in the gallery of
iumphant patriotism.
; Florida.—It is again stated, (savs Mr. Nilc-s,)
>at Spain has authorized a sale of the Floridas to
le United States for 86,000,000. This is six
lilhon times more than they are worth to Fer-
Inand, though they will be of great value to us.
| is also said, that the British minister has by or-
er of Ids government, remonstrated against any
Irchase of this country being made by us. VVe
Irdly suppose this latter report to have any foun-
ktion—Great Brita'* has no business to” inter
ne, and we think will hardly have the impru-
ence to do it.
ry reflecting man believed that that was insuffi
cient to command the talents of any gentleman
who had business of bis own to attend to—and
to induce him to leave his family to transact the
a flairs ol the nation. It could not have been au
bject to one in a hundred of those of the people
who were fitted to the performance of the inter
esting duties of a member of congress. A res
pectable mechanic would not leave his workshop
for it, milch less would an extensive merchant
or manufacturer, or practising attorney, &c. quit
his employment for it. If such went to congress,
it was not the expected compensation that led
them there. They were influenced by other con
siderations—-those of patriotsm, or of ambition,
or by desires to gain a public character that
might be of use to them thereafter. If a man
lives at Washington as a gentleman should do—
it he receives his friends there as he would do at
bis own house, and incurs his proportion of the
numerous extra expenditures to which his situa
tion renders him liable, a very small part of the
1500 dollars per annum heretofore allowed would
[The U. S. Circuit Court, has been specially! be lelt for the support of bis wife and family at
pnvened in Philadelphia, for the trial of a num-j homo—though his business there might go to ruin
prof British officers, who stand committed on a
[charge of misdemeanor, in violating the neutral
jjlations of the United States with the Spanish
To Correspondents.
The petition of “ John Doe and Richard Roe,
practicing attornies in the Ocmulgee circuit,” is
inadmissible from a variety of causes.
Married, in this county, on the 30th ult. bv Mr.
Robert Wynn, Mr. Julia Redding to Miss Martha
W. Dozier.
NOTICE.
B ROUGHT to the Jail of Baldwin county, on
the 23d inst. a Negro woman named SALLY,
who says she belongs to George Smith, of Han
cock county. FRED. SANFORD,jailor.
Milledgeville, Dec. 27.
FOIl SALE—LOW FOR CASH,
V SECOND handed COACIIEEand harness;
also, a new CARAVAN and harness, fit for
travelling—Enquire of
JAMES AV. GOODMAN.
•J/illedgcville, December 29.
from his [absence
It is thought that ten dollars per day may be
_______ r fixed upon as the amount of compensation that
lonies in South-America ; and fur the trial of) will be voted for. The sum is a reasonable one
rtain pc sons on charges of obstructing the de-1 —the least that we can do is to support a man
|ty marshals in the execution of process for mi- j and his (amity, in moderation, for his public ser-
la fines, under sentences of courts martial.” I vices. Cheap legislatots shouL: be as carefully
avoided as cheap school-masters. But their com-
t is stated in the Kentucky papers, that a man i pensation ought never to be so great as to make
Frankfort, recently murdered his wife, and)' 1 811 ol) .i ect worth contending fin, —vYi/es’ Ileg.
' small children, alter which he completed hi, 1
i destruction. This tragical event is said to)
re been occasioned by same pecuniary cmbnr-l
Tstpcul. i
Another f re at St. Johns.—On the morning of
the 2!st Noiember, a second fire broke out at St
Johns, which nearly destroyed the remainder ol!
that trulv unfortunate town.
rpi
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EAGLE TAVERN,
Sl'ARTA.
HE subscribers beg leave to inform the pub
ic that they have purchased that well known
establishment the EAGLE TAVERN, formerly
occupied by Mr. AA’ru. G. Springer. Possessing
locally every advantage to be found in similar es
tablishnients in the up-country, provided with tho
best the market affords, trusty and attentive ser
vants, and an umleviating determination to please
they are flattered with the hope of giving entire
atisfaction to their regular boarders and occa-
“ Oft have \vc seen a flower whose beauteous form
Ami grateful fragrance yielded sweet delight,
Fondly we thought it ours—a sudden storm
Swept it all lovely, blooming ftnm our sight.”
Departed this life on the 2d instant, Miss Nan
cy K. Pettit, second daughter of Major John
Petit, of Columbia county.
Died, on the 23d ult. at New-Orleans, W. C. C.
Claiborne, late governor of Louisiana, and recent
ly chosen senator in congress. At the same siunal visitors.
dace, a few weeks ago, Charles G. Boerstler, late-) THOM AS S. MAKTIV,
y a lieutenant-coluncl in the U. States’ army. Q ^ CHAS. ABEttCttOMBIB, Jr.
On the evening of the 23d ult. iu Cincinnatti,' ”P ar ^ a » December 1,, 'KG.
Ohio, Miss Elvira Cooper. The time and man-1
tier of this young lady’s decease, were peculiarly
awful and affecting. It was to have been her
wedding night; she had retired to her room to
dress, apparently in good health, and in less than
fifteen minutes she was discovered to be a corpse
by her sister, who entered the room to assist her
in dressing. By this time the friends had began
to assemble to witness the nuptial ceremony ; but
alas ! how changed the scene.—She was a woman
of delicate frame, and it is supposed her sudden
death was occasioned by fainting in a cold room :
that Iter blood chilled and stagnated before any
relief could be afforded. It is probable if any
person had been in the room with her. she might
nave be^n relieved..
w
NOTICE.
JILL be sold on Tuesday the 20th January
next, at the late residence of John Forest,
deceased, near Licknor’s creek, Jones county*, a
good AA'aggon and Team, a small stock of Cattle;
and Hogs, about 6000 weight of seed Cotton, a
netv set of Blacksmith’s Tools, household and
kitchen Furniture and plantation utensils, <kc. &.c.
SARAH FOREST, adm’x.
December 5,1817.
All persons having demaqds against the above
mentioned estate are required to bring them for
ward legally authenticated within the time pi e-
senbed by law, and those indebted to make im-
I mediate payment.
SARAH FOREST, adm’x .