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m •JTjE’mS; JT.ItJf. rHESUAY MOHNINU, MARTI! 10,1818 imurders.—A family from the westward, ,..jg of two men, a woman and child, emi- rto the Alabama territory, were, on the lat- t of week before last, attacked by a party j at the Whitewater creek, sixteen miles ; Mitchell, and all murdered except one sn, who was slightly wounded. The J, we understand, was robbed of consi- le quantity of money. Two parties of fly Indians, consisting of twenty-five men iare employed to scour the road from the ,cy to Fort Mitchell ; consequently there is Sanger now apprehended in travelling thro' palion titan there was some mouths ago. [letter from a gentleman at the Creek Agency editor, dated the 5th inst. says “ the Ten- >troops passed by Fort Mitchell on Monday n their march for Head-Quarters.” j Banks.—Subscription books have been ; for the establishment of two new Banks a, with a capital of one million of dol- They are to be entitled “ the Far- and Mechanics Bank of Augusta,” and | Merchants’ Bank.” The shares in the lat- j understand, have all been taken up. Sub ^rs were not restricted to any amount of The shares iu the Farmer’s and Me- Bank are thus proportioned : 8000,000 rn, and 8250,000 for country subscribers ; ce, (8150,000,) for the state, if she may : proper to charter the institution, lndiriif- iibsCriptions limited to one hundred shares, [amount for the city is taken up.—Chronicle. limed iately after the murder of Dykes family, Vayae county, most of the inhabitants expos- lo Indian depredations removed to thickly peo- U settlements for Safety. Six men who neg- led to follow this prudent|example, associated mselves for mutual safety in one house, about rteen miles below the bridge on the Great Sa- On the 14th ult. five of them went but for i purpose of calling up some swine, but they 1 not got out of sight of the house before ah buscade of Indians fired on, and killed four khem, Joseph Stafford, and three brothers nam- [Osteens. John Moore escaped to the house, Ich the savages had fortunately, not the cour- lto assail; otherwise every soul must have i destroyed .—Savannah Republican. The legislature of New-York has passed a alution to remove the remains of the gallant aeral Montgomery, who fell at Quebec, and f lh Re buried near the spot where he received nortal wound, undistinguished by ar.y monu- _t. A committee was appointed to provide means of removing those remains to St. Ill’s Church in the city of New-York, to be sited near the#monument erected in that l to his memory. ! committee appointed by the legislature of ,inia to inquire what progress has been made i the monument designed to the memory of kneral Washington, have made their report. f ppeart, that from inattention in making coi tions, only 8,100 dollars have been subscribed. : committee recommend that the books re- i open until the 15th December next. (question has been at length taken i n the house preaentatives on the principle of the bill to lishan uniform system of bankruptcy ; and Majority of seven votes appealed against strik- [ out tne first section of the bill, which would ■ been equivalent to the rejection of it. This sure has stood the shock of the first encoun- it remains to be seen, whether its strength jto be frittered away in skirmishes respecting i details. It has unquestionably gained friends [the debate; and if it wa# supported even by l the representatives of the commercial districts, should not doubt its passage.—Nat. Intel. e bill for the relief of Major General Arthur \ Clair (granting him g pension of 720 dollars jm) yesterday finally passed the senate, eloquent debate.—ib. man by the name of F.vans, clad in a Buf- i dress from head to foot, armed with a brace s, a rifle and two dogs, has commenced estrian tour from the state of Newhamp- i New-Orleans, by way of the Lakes and i northern territories. His appearance on the kd is said to be a great annoyance to women, aldreri and horses. avannah, Feb. 5.—It is a singular circum- ice that the ashes of General Nathaniel [eene, deposited in the grave yard of this city, ould not be discovered by any inscription, to s eye of a stranger. The spot, even, where he s is unknown to our inhabitants, excepting ew revolutionary patriots whom the hand of pe has spared, to be, as it were, guides to the pulchre of a man, who stood, in the American s, next to the immortal Washington, and who ■ be justly termed the savior of the southern es. It it with the highest feeling of pleasure vever, that we can announce to our fellow zens, that ample atonement is about to be de for the apathy and indifference of former A number of spirited individuals are opening a subscription* on which their jies will be prominent, for the purpose of ob- ning a sum adequate to the erection of a monu- int over the remains of a hero who was, in Brage and patriotism, inferior to no warrior I his age. The information contained in the following article, extracted from the New York Evening Post, was written by the late Gouverneur Mor ris, and furnished for publication in 1807, when the claim of Beaumarenais was first presented to congress. No man then living was probaly so conversant with the fncts detailed. “ Beaumarchais—In the revolutionary war, America received supplies of clothing and inilita ry stores from Mr. Beaumarchais. It was notn- rious that this gentleman was incapable of fur nishing them Irom his own resources; it was believed, therefore, that he derived his means from the royal treasury. Afterwards, when Mr. Franklin, the American minister, settled, our ac counts with monsieur de Vergennes, the’United States were charged under three distinct heads, loans, subsidies, and free gift. The pay ments were pointed out, except that of 1,000,000 given in 1776; and when Mr. Franklin desired to know what had become of that money, he was told, that being a gift no explanation was neces sary. Mr. Franklin was or appeared to be sat isfied. Before that settlement, however, I*Ir. Beaumarchais, who had an agent in America, pressed for payment of supplies furnished, and obtained from congress bills for two million two hundred thousand livres on their ministers in Europe, who by the bye, had no means of pay ment. Mr. Gerard, the French minister at Phil adelphia, (brother to Mr. Rayneval, a secretary in the count de Vergennes’ office) patronized, Mr. de Beaumarchais’ demand, which, however was represented by sonic of the public servants in Europe, as wholly unfounded, and a mere scheme to put money in the pockets of individuals. There was much opposition, therefore in con gress. The resolution was carried, on the prin ciple, that America, having received the supplies, ought to pay for them : That, to say the court furnished funds, was an assertion without proof; and the claim being made with the privity and countenance of the French minister, it was to be presumed, agreeable to his superiors ; Finally, that as the American minister in Paris, would liar, ly accept the bills before he was assured of means to pay them, the court could, if they pleas ed, Set matters right there. These bills made afterwards a serious deduc tion from a subsidy of six millions, granted by the king^ for carrying on the war. When mon sieur de la Luzerne, the successor of monsicor Gerard, learnt that the subsidy had been antici pated in that manner, he expressed dissatisfac tion in strong terms, and desired, that if Mr. Beaumarchais made any more claims he might he referred for payment to the French court. The claim slept for a long time, and as it seem ed pretty clear that the-million unaccounted for had been fingered by Mr. Beaumarchais, it was natural to press for a disclosure, in order that it might be charged to him here, in the settlement of his accounts; but Mr. Franklin, conceiving perhaps that the circumstance was not important, made the settlement above mentioned, Perhaps he could obtain no other. Perhaps he did not feel himself in a condition to insist that the al leged gift should not appear in the account, till the application of it was disclosed—Perhaps the old gentleman thought it most prudent to let the article stand open for elucidation as time might afford. Two reasons may be assigned for secrecy— The on# of a public nature, certainly had weight. France had affected a strict neutrality previous to the treaty by which our independence was ac knowledged, and had occasionally given assuran ces to that effect; and even at lord Stormont’s instigation, ha-1 seized goods and embargoed vessels destined to this country. On these occa sions, Beaumarchais made strong represents tions, claiming his rights as a citizen, and com plaining of the injOry to his property. These which were not calculated for lord Stormont’s inspection, proved a little too much. Persons who understood the French government, knew that such remonstrances would not have been hazarded by any one, not previously sure of pro tection. If, however, after so many assurances, it had been acknowledged that this vcryMr.Beau- marchais was employed by the ministry to send out these very goods at the king’s expense, Jit would have furnished the British government with the proof they wanted. The second was perhaps the efficient reason though of a private nature. Perhaps the French minister, good naturedly, wished that America, in prosperity, should refund to the king’s sub jects what had been granted by his majesty’s bounty in our adverse condition, and he might not be unwilling that Mr. Rayneval, an old and able servant, should share a handsome sum with Mr. Beaumarchais. After the king was dethroned, the American minister in France was so fortunate as to ob-' tain a copy of Mr. Beaumarchais’ receipt. Now as the French government formerly alleged the free gift of a million ; and as the receipt of Mr. Beaumarchais has been since given to shew how that million was disposed of, it seems no more than reasonable'at this time, when they demand payment for Mr. Beaumarchais, that they should prove the million in question was applied to our use in some other way.” COLONIZATION. « It has been said that the scheme of colonizing Africa is idle, visionary, and impracticable; these are the common objections made to every thing novel, more especially, if the measure is important in its various bearings and rela tions. The abolition of thr slave frade was ori ginally met by objections of the same kind, and yet we have seep united Europe adopting h poli cy originally denounced as visionary and im practicable. But what is there extravagant or even hypothetical in the project now proposed for adoption ? Is it incredible that the Africans are by nature capable of governing themselves ; This i|to fly in the face.of all history, and to de clare tnat no such country as Carthage ever ex isted ; that Hannibal never thuudered at the gates of Ropie—It is to deny the most brilliant period of Roman history itself, and to represent the character of Scipio Africanus as a hero of romance ! But it is said that the present race of Africans have degenerated from their ances- NOT1CE. A N election will be held at the court house .... — °- J — in the town of Milledgeville, on Saturday the 21 at instant, for the purpose of electing a Justice of the Inferior Court, for the county of Baldwin, in the place of Williams Rutherford, who refuses to qualify. sas. Fleming, Y • ' fh. jetf.r, I Justices of the jxs. o. watson, r luferiorCourt. ROB’t WYNN. J tors—sohave ( the Romans the conquerors of Afri ca—so have tlie Greeks. This is the very reason why a large and comprehensive philanthropy should labour for the improvement of this degra ded race. Why we should endeavor to plant in those gloomy deserts the bright and blooming rose of civilization. But the question does not stop here—it is not less a dictate of philanthro py than of justice ; it is a debt that we Owe to that unhappy species for the injuries that we have done them. It is an unquestionable fact that the European monarchs would lend their as sistance to promote a plan so fraught with be nevolence. The independence of the Africans would be placed on the joint guarantee of all the monarchs who constitute holy league*. Alexan der, the mouth piece of this confederacy, has de clared, that he will exert all his influence in fa vor of the blacks. Under how much more favor able auspices would a colony of this kind be es tablished in Africa, than the first attempt to plant a colony in the country that we inhabit! A handful of persecuted men sought amongst the ferocious Indians that liberty of conscience that th’Cy inert*denied in their native land ; they were abandoned by their native country and thrown away as out-casts. Yet this little colony has from that time been expanding, until they have monopolized a continent, destined hereafter, by the blessing ol Divine providence, to fill an im portant rank in the history of nations. It has been said indeed, that these savages can never be reclaimed—with what complacency do we at tempt to monopolize all human intellect to our selves ! Our ancestors, our own ancestors were savages once—they perpetrated acts of enormity sufficient almost to raise a blush On the cheeks of an' African—and it was said by the Romans when they reduced England to a Colony, that the savages of Britain were incapable of being taught the arts of civilization. And yet these very savages have lived in their posterity to see the day when they are able to teach their former masters all the blessings of freedom, of liters ture and of law. With such examples before our eyes,can this scheme be deemed impracticable; and shall we in so doing, turn our backs on our ancestors ? Shall we say that all history is false f The mere dream of a Poet, who conjures «p his phantoms to “ strut and fret their hour upon the stage and then to expire !” 0« this point we have not the shadow of a shade of an objection. It is a mere chimera, raised to obstruct the designs of such enlarged benevolence—it is mountain of fog, that appears dark, dreary, dis consolate, and impassable, when viewed in pros pect ; but as we approach, it becomes radiant with solar beams, rolls away in majestic masses the wind, and leaves a large extended, beautiful plain, twinkling with the gems of morn, and in vitingly its verdure, the weary and night foun dered traveller to continue on his journey. To that glorious band who have volunteered their services, on this occasion, we can only say pass a guardian angel will direct your.footsteps. Baltimore Telegraph. AUCTION. W ILL be sold at Reid and Holt’s Coffee house on Monday evening next, at 6 o’clock, an elegant assortment of Jewelry, con sisting of gentlemen’s first rate patent lever Watches, gold and silver, gold repeating Watch es, do. plain do. plain silver English Watches of various descriptions, ladies’gold lever Watches, do. plain gold do. do. chains, seals and keys, an elegant assortment of pearl ear-rings, and pins in sets, head ornaments, bracelets, finger rings, musical seals, silver spectacles, do. thimbles, do. pencil cases, &c. &c. Also a few elegant clocks. BOWER & GREENE, auct’s. March 10 1818. w NOTICE. ILL be sold at the court house in Eatort- ton on the thirteenth day of April, all the personal property belonging to the estate of Thomas Evans, dec’d, consisting of a complete Stock of DRV GOODS & GROCERIES, HOUSEHOLD # KITCHEN FURNI TURE—The sale to continue from day to day, until completed—Terms of sale made known on the day of sale. All persons indebted to said estate, will make irtmediate payment—those who have demands will reader in their accounts proper! v authentica ted. MARTHA EVANS, ad’x. WM. S. MORGAN, ad’r. March 2, 1818, NOTICE. N INE months after date, application will be made to the Court'of Ordinary, of Morgan county, for leave to sell the real estate of Wil liam B. Walls, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said estate, MATHEW COCHRAM, ad’r. March 2, 1817. GEORGIA, BALDWIN INFERIOR COURT, Sitting for ordinary purposes, March 2,1818. U PON the application of Sarah Millinder, administratrix of the estate of William Millinder dec’d, to be dismissed from said ad ministration :—It is ordered, that after six months public notice hereof, has been given, in one of the Gazettes of this state, the ad ministratrix will be dismissed, unless cause to the contrary be shewn, at the next term of this court, after the expiration of said notice, to which all concerned will please pay attention. Takeu from the minutes of said court. ABNER LOCKE,clerk. WAGGONS WANTED. T HE subscribers living in Madison, Morgan county having on hand in said county, near two hundred bales of cotton, which they want in market early in April, will give the highest prices for hauling, cither to Augusta or Mil led geville. S. W. A* R. PE ARM AN. March 2,1818. .. ADMINISTRATOR’S SA:LE, W ILL be sold on Friday the twenty-fourth day of April n ext, at the late residence of Daniel Kingrey, late of Wilkinson county, deceased, the personal property of said deceased, consisting of horses, cattle, hogs and geese, house-hold and kitchen furniture, plantation tools, &c. Sic. Terms will be made known on the day of sale. WILLIAM BRUNER, adm’r. March 3rd 1818. A letter frotn Fayetteville, dated 23d ult. says —“ We have been busy all day yesterday and today examining three men, who have been committing robberies in the town, and who have, for some months, been preparing keys to enter the Cape Fear bank. One ot the three turns out to be Gray, the man who robbed the Charleston bank a few years ago; another by the name of MOore; and a third, John B. Stubbs, who has turned state’s evidence against the others; In the course of his examination, he gave the whole his tory of Gray’s robbing the Charleston bank, as acknowledged by Gray himself. They are all sntlg in jail, waiting our superior court, which sits the last of April. Steam-boat Alabama.—Thursday last Was jroud day for the citizens of this place. The a ; love named boat agreeably to previous notice was prepared to be launched at 12 o’clock, and notwithstanding some unavoidable delay on ac count of the unforeseen effect of the rise of the river on the alluvial bank, she moved majesti cilly into her proper element in the presence of an unusual circle of spectators, among whom were his excellency the governor, and legislature of this territory. The Alabama of St. Stephens is a superb specimen of naval architecture ; her tonnage about 230 tons, built staunch and strong of the best materials, a large proportion of the timber being black mulberry, the balance indue proportions of the best while oak, sassafras and pine and the bottom plank three inch white oak of the best quality. -In strength and beauty she will vie with any vessel of the same tonnage that ever has been built in the U. S.—Halcyon, Feb. Russian sqttadrdn.—An arrival at N. Y. re ports, that the Russian fleet of fifty sail, with Spanish troops on board destined for Buenos Ay res, was spoken oft’ the Western Islands, (Azo res) about the last of December. The number of fifty, however, must include Spanish trans ports, as only ten or twelve ships were loaned to Spain by Alexander. No account of their sailing lias yet reached this country, so that the forego ing news may be incorrect. As to the part thus taken by Russia, it is, to say the least of it, an odious one, and not calculated to add to the fame of the emperor. Alexander the deliverer if he should succeed in assisting to put down those struggling for their freedom must change his title to that of the enslaver. RUNAWAY NEGROES. B ROUGHT to Baldwin goal on the 18th inst. a negro man, by the name of Sam, bclong- to Bennett Terrell of Wilkinson county; al so a negro woman, by the name of Amy, who belongs to Randolph Jackson ; the owners aro requested to come forward, pay expenses, and take them away. F. SANFORD, Goaler. January 19. SHERIFF’S SALE. W ILL be sold at the Court-House in Baton- ton, Putnam county, on the first Tuesday in April next, between the usual hours, one large bay HORSE, levied on as the property of Wm. S. Kendrick, to satisfy an execution in favor of Robert Bledsoe, surviving copartner vs. Wm. S. Keildcick, property pointed out by Wm. Brown, and levied by B.J. Harvey, former deputy sheriff', and returned to me. WM. VARNER, Sheriff. February 23, 1818. DOCTORS GLENN & COOK, H AVING associated themselves'in the prac tice of Medicine, tender their profession al services to their friends, and the public gene rally. Their shop is kept in the house formerly occupied by J. Crawford, esq. as an office. Milledgeville, Feb. 19, 1818. ' Fraud in Cotton.*— Seven bags of cotton were opened in Charleston, a few weeks ago, and found to contain each, about 150 lbs. of cotton in seed in the centre. The author of the fraud is a farmer of Pendleton district. The Legislature of Alabama has passed an act to establish a Bank at St. Stephens. Died, a few weeks since, Col. Peterson Good win, a representative in congress from Virginia. In Putnam county, on the 2d inst. Master Jolm Wesley Kcnnon,son of the Rev. C. Kennon M It. H. B. Petteway is informed, that the power of attorney which he put in the hands of Hardy Robinson to collect, is uncol lected. He can obtain it by applying at the office of the Reflector. February 28, 1818. T HE friends and relations of Mr. David Sid- well, deceased, are invited to attend his funeral, at the house of David Sidwell in Mor gan county, on the 1st Sunday in April next. %• During iny absence I have appointed Itob’t Rutherford and James Rousseau, Esquires, my Attornies. Persons having any demands will call upon them for settlement. WM. ROBERTSON, Milledgeville, March I.