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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. American Monthly Magazine <Sj* Critical RevieiO BY BIG LOW &. HOLLEY, NE'Y-YOUK. rnNIIE American Monthly Magazine and Crit ic ical Review, contains Reviews of Foreign and Domestic Publications of general interest ; Extracts from the British Magazines, and glean ings from other Foreign Miscellanies, Religious Intelligence : Information in Science, Litera ture, and the Arts : A summary view of Public Affairs, Foreign and Domestic : An outline of Congressional Debates : A Digest of local occur rences of moment: A monthly catalogue of Mar riages and Deaths throughout the Union : A list of Appointments and Removals by the National and State Executives : Statistics, Sfc. This work is wholly unionnected with either Religious or Political controversy. Conditions.—I. The American Monthly Mag azine and Critical Review contains 80 pages, oc tavo, double columns, every month of the size and in the style of the London Monthly Maga zine, forming Two handsome Volumes yearly. II. The price is Five Dollars per annum, pay able, by Subscribers after the publication of the first number, in advance. The first number was issued on the first of May, 1817. The numbers will be forwarded to distant subscribers, by mail, as at mice, the safest and most expeditious meth od of conveyance. A number will be issued at the beginning of each following month. 3t January 1. Subscriptions will be taken at the office of the Reflector where specimens of the work can be seen. 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 t ! 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 .