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of property, as ;f* liavcbc.cn inform- ,deans so great as might have been add that the injury is confined to the n, or upper powder works; the Hagtev longing to the same proprietors, which tl v erected, and are of superior inipor- e entirely escaped.—ffalchman. Feh.3.—According to letters that have ived here from I’ensacola, it appears po 1 1 is current there, and fully believed otorious Woodbine is really among the and another person also, (a red coat) e is not mentioned, but who is culled perhaps the. famous Nichols, of procla- emory. These worthies are said to -e of two schooners, armed and man- fiftv men each, besides fifty negroes cavalry; the latter «re no doubt made remnant of the slaves who escaped egro fort previous to its capture, aug- number since by the runaways from as and Georgia. These have for some had their head quarters on the river where Arburthnut, who is supposed to e person as Woodbine also lives. The -e, if in reality it exists ns mentioned, presumed to be composed of Spanish from Amelia, or of private adventurers t nest of buccaneers, New Providence, ir object can be, however, is difficult ve; that they can seriously hope, at the handful of wretched Indians and ne- contend against the power of the Uni- s, it is impossible to believe. Perhaps, they have flattered themselves that the line would prove a safeguard, and that shelter they might carry on their sys- ibbery and murder with impunity. Tor 's our government is in this respect, they inly be disappointed : Congress is now and no doubt, before this time, s gone forth that will hurl destruction nil their associates. The names of the rdercd Scott, and his unfortunate coin- will nut be long unrevenged. ct of- a letter from Dr. Jtflin Sibley to II. Robinson, of Nate lies, dated Natch- Jan. SO.—“ Some traders lately arrived m the Hietan Indians,and say, that about onths ago, a party of these Indians, witl eat chief, L'hcwawa, fell in with some ’s not far from St. Antonio; they fought ewawa was killed ; and, as these tiaders nation, (less than a month ago) 4000 war ere assembled, to go against St. Antonio, d they would i evenge the death of their r all perish : that they would not leave a ive, or a house standing; at St. Antonio, his side of the river Grand ; that the y which was once a prairie should be again king occurrence.—To the sympathy (says rfolk Beacon,) which we yesterday ex in the bercavincnt of an amiable family, d by the death of Mr. William M. Rice, e to add our sincere regret for an event to a wound I of time could CO^GaESS. given increased poignancy pit but the oblivious hand of -ugl s. Wednesday night, about nine o’clock, number of gentlemen who had assembled Magnien’s, in Portsmouth, to otter their etice with the family, and assist in the last ce to their deceased friend, were sitting djoining apartment, the chimney took fire, a few minutes, burst in the room where the HOUSE OK REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, March 10. Internal Improvement.—The House went in to a committee of the whole, Mr. Herbert in the chair, on the bill from the Senate making ap propriations for repairing and keeping in repair certain roads, from Fort Hawkins to Fort St. Stephens, and from Columbia in Tenns.->ee, by the Choctaw Agency, to Madisonville, Louisiana. Mr. II. Nelson spoke a short time in opposi*- tion to the bill, viewing it as a part of a system of encroachment on state rights. Mr. Robertson, of Louisiana, supported the bill against Mr. Nelson’s objections, and on its own merits. He supported it also on the ground that, in this instance, i:o autharity but the united States could nuke the road, since if passed over a tract of country to which the Indian title is not yet extinguished, and over which the juris diction of the United States is not disputed. Mr. Forsyth and Mr. Poindexter also sup ported the b.ll on the same grounds, and Mr. Nelson replied. No amendment having been proposed to tiiis bill the committee proceeded to me consideration of another bill. [Letter from a gentleman at Washington City to the editor of the Alexandria Gazette, dated March 20 .J The amendment to the bill for maintaining in violate t!ie neutrality of the U. States, by pre venting aimed vessels from going out of port without giving security for their good behavior, proposed by Mr. Clay just beiore the rising of the committee ami the adjournment of the House- on Wednesday afternoon was discussed yester day, and was to this effect: tnat “ neither the persons nor the property of persons sailing under the flag of any colony, district, or people in ami ty with the Lulled Mates, should be subject tu the penalties attached to piracy in the courts of the United States, for or on account of tiie government of the United States having omitted *.o acknowledge tue sovereignty and independ ence of sucli colony, district or people.” A long train uf discussion ensued on this, not that in general any great difference of opinion ex's is ted as to the principle of putting those persons on an equal footing with others; out to the word ing of it some exceptions were made by Mr. Lowndes. Gen. Smith however, maintained it to be in a high degree mischievous and detrimen tal to commerce, by rendering the transit of coin- mo.ities ami shipping insecure. The amend ment however was carried. In tiie course of the discussion, nn expression feli from Mr. Forsyth, to which mo3t of those who heard it annexed a considerable share of im portance. In the course of an' argumentative skirmish between Mr. Clay and Mr. Forsyth, the latter happened to make use oi the words respon sible government. Mr. Clay wisiied to have a definition of the meaning ot the word responsi ble in that application, ana asked in a pointedly significant manner, whether Mr. Forsyth consi dered the government of the beloved Ferdinand as a responsible government: to which Mr. For syth replied that he did consider the Spanish go vernment a responsible one, and that lie hoped to prove to the honorable speaker, before the end uf the session that it was so. The speaker ex pressed his satisfaction at this information, not in words, but by a nod uf assent and a look of pleasure and approbation. People are apt to find in mysterious givings out, often more than they who utter them are aware of, and 1 perhaps may have fallen into that error.—If I have not, liow- Tlir.SIJAY MOUSING, APHII, 7. to oonnr.sroNDF.KTS. A religious communication from a friend in Oglethorpe, will be given in our next. The “ Senior Batchelor” is received. We arc afraid his 1 communication, if published, ivbuld not aid him much in his attempt to dispose of the ap pellation. The excessive prolixity of “ The Ghost in the Cupola,’is not atoned for by any merit in his piece. “ His reasons are as two grains of wheat in two bushels of chatf; you shall seek them all day ere yuu find them, and when you have, they are not ifrorth the search.” had retired to rest. The violence with which 1 ? vcl > Mr - Forsyth meant that lie expected dur- efed was such as to force out the front of se in the third story, which caused the f the roof on the north side to fall in. cks from the chimney were driven with iolence through the room, that one which the wife of the deceased and her daughter in a bed in one corner, shocked them y. A female friend also, who was in the om, was considerably bruised. The fire scattered through the room, communica- the furniture and the house in many places, a few minutes a scene of the utmost hor- ued. The corpse was moved to a neigh- ouse, df but for the exertions of the gentle- rst present, and a number of citizens who rawn to their assistance by the cry of fire, use of Col. M. and doubtless the whole adjoining it, would have been consumed, h much of the furniture was saved, many were lost. chez, March 5—Passed this place on Sun- t, one hunured and twenty soldiers of col. y’s regiment of U. S. artillery ; they are ed for Appalachicola, tu act with general u in tbe Seniinolian , war. Another coin ed er the command of Captain Peter, of tie regiment passed here 12 or 15 days ago same destination. ing the present session to lay before the house a proposition for a War with Spain—and this was the interpretation put upon Ins words by mhst of those who were present. Our readers will recollect the report we publish ed, some weeks ago, of the committee of Elec tion of the H. of R. in the case of the contested Election of Gen. Herrick, a Member from Ohio. That report came up last week, and was decided after an able debate of two days, in favor of the right of the sitting member, by agreeing to the repurt of the committee. The principle involv ed in this discussion is of more than common interest; and the decision which has taken place has not put it at rest. When we consider that the question involved the rights of three or four other members to their seats and that there is always in socn cases an insensible bias opera ting on the House in favor of the sitting mem ber, the decision of the question, by so lean a majority as three votes, in favor of the right of the member, may be considered as a decision against the principle on which that right was sustained. Less personal merit than that of the Member whose seat w as contested, would be sufficient to influence more than twice three votes on a doubt ful question. These remarks are not made under the im pression that the decision was not a just one ; on that point it is not our business to express an opinion. We have made this suggestion, that, under the view we have taken of tiie decision, no citizen may hereafter subject his right to a seat in the Legislative body to be jeopardized by holding an office under the United States, how ever unimportant—be it only that of a Postmas Mail Rubbers.—It is supposed that all the per sons who were concerned in robbing the mail on the 11th instant, have been arrested, and the principal part of the money taken recovered, file post-master general -states that the amount of ban|t notes, post notes, bills of exchange and checks saved, is about ninety .thousand dollars. “ As soon as the mutilated fragments of the ad dresses and envelopes can be arranged with their proper contents, tlifv will be forwarded by mail as originally designed. A descriptive schedule of the whole will be immediately published, and transmitted to the several sections of the United States, for the information of those concerned.” It appears that the whole plan was formed in Phi ladelphia, and was to have been executed on the other side of the Stisquehannah ; but when the men arrived there, they concluded to cross the river, as there would be less danger in their get ting to Baltimore undiscovered than to Philadel phia. After the detection of tw<> men at the latter place, the third immediately embarked onboard a steam-boat for Philadelphia, where, on his arri val, there was, a meeting held with those concern ed in the plot, and money distributed amon u them for the purpose of exchanging. Two men succeeded in passing between four and five hun dred dollars before they,were detected. On the following day the principal and four others were taken, and committed for trial. The people here are all elated at the prospect of h war with Spain. It is,reported here that the chevalier Onis is preparing to depart: and I have heard it whispered that the United States’ troops have been ordered to enter and take possession of the Floridas.-—Alexandria Gazette, History of Congress.—Messrs. Gales Sc Sea ton, edito 's’of the National Intelligencer, have issued proposals for publishing by subscription, “ A History of the Congress oi the United States, including the proceedings, votes, anil debates (as far as preserved) in the senate and house of re presentatives, fro i the commencement of the first session of the first congress in 178(>, to the end of the second session of the fourteenth con gress iu 1817 j and afterwards to be continued. A HORRIBLE PICTURE ! IT there had been no other motive for the sup pression of the Amelia expedition, a sufficient reason would be found, in putting a stop to the importation of Africans, and the measure would have done equal honor to the head and heart of our chief magistrate. Have the wise and virtu ous of our own country enacted laws, only for the purpose of having them violated ? Arc abo lition societies daily established in the different sections uf our republic in mere mockery ? Oi are we in earnest, in desiring to put an end to this traffic, so odious in the sight uf God and man f Are proofs wanting ? We refer to tiie records of Savannah. W ill it be credited, that a regular chain of posts is established from the head of St. Mary’s river to the upper country, and through the Indian nation, by .means of which, these emaciated wrectlies are hurried apd transferred .to every part of the country. The woodsmen of the country, oordering on the river St. Mary’s, ride like so many Arabs, loaded with slaves, ready lor market. Pursuit is useless, they pdsli through uninhabited parts, known only to themselves ; and with a spirit of euterprize fitted for belter purposes, elude all search. If ready for forming a caravan, an Indian alarm is created, that the woods may be less frequented ; If pursued in Georgia, they escape into Florida. .What will the humane say, when told of the horrors of these miserable Africans f One small schooner of about60tons, contained 130 souls; they were almost packed into a small space, be tween a floor laid over water casks and the deck —not near three feet—insufficient for them to act upright—and so close that chafing against each other, their bones pierced the skin, and be came galled and ulcerated by the motion of the vessel—their food a very stinted allowance, con sisted of rotten rice, in a state of fermentation, and so, warm as to comfort their frozen hands— numbers died of liungar, cold and misery—while others crawled about, a sort of living anatomies, dragged, naked and shivering, in this (to them) cold climate and season from their “prison house” obituary:. Died, in this place, oh Monday night, the 30th ultimb, Mr. JOSHUA TOULM AX, a student of the Mi Hedge villa Academy, and son of Judge Toulnian of the Alabama ter ritory. He was permitted to rise, like the aun, enough above his horizon to'give anticipations of the splendor of his meridian elevation, when the “ dark cIquu of de.;tii passed over lus face, and wrapt him forever from our view.** “ From life’s bright scenes, in life’s bright morning tom, lamented youth, thy early grave we mourn ; Far from lov’d home, from mends and kindred dear, In blest repose, thy ashes slumber here.” , On the same evening, of a lingering illness, Captain JOHN DANELLY, merchant of this place. He died amidst the fuirfest prospects of mioccss in life, and wall ihfc sincere regret of all who knew him. On the 27th ult on Cumberland kland, General Henry Lee, of Virginia. He was a diatinj^nshed officer oi the revolution,,and rtiany vearS a member of congress. . . look, actAin. T HE subscriber now calls on- those indebted to him, for-the last time. He intended to have sued indiscriminately at last February Court; but that intention was changed, under a sincere wish, that a further indulgence of‘six months would have superceded the painful ne cessity of culling in the aid of the law, to ob tain, what injustice, he ought long since to have received ; in that hope' he has been disappointed, to a considerable extent. To those therefore, who have promptly discharged their respective dues, he tenders his sincere thanks, and those yet in arrears are positively notified, that unless they make paymeuit by the 25th day of June next, they will be sued.—He Cannot pay his debts without he can collect what is due him ; he must sue,or be sued, and self defence is the first law of nature. This notice is positively the last notice- Jacob p. turner. Sparta, April 1, 1818. NOTICE. A N election will be held at the Court house, in the town of Milledgeville, on Saturday the 25th of April, for a Justice of the Inferior Court of Baldwin county, in place of William# Rutherford, who refuses to qualify. James Fleming, ? - Fit. JETER, J April 6,1818. N NOTICE. INE months after date, application will lift _ made, to the honorable the Inferior Court of Putuain county, when sitting as a Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell the real estate of Thomas" VVi Scott, dec’d. sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. •rnoxlAs kilpAtrick, adm’r. in right of his wife. March 24, 1818. l li-TY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN away frbm the subscribers, on the night of the 30th ult. three negro men,-to wit Andrew, Ned and Buck or Bill.- Andrew is a stout young fellow,about 20 years of age, 6 tcet high,, dark ci irt- plected,iind Weighs about 180. , Ned 1 Is about 22 years old, .5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, very trim end well made, and has very long whiskers.— lie was brought from Virginia last winter and sold to us by Wmv Anderson, speculator. Buck or Bill is a lad about 17 years old, well grown, has two large scars or scalded places on the back of his head,-which show very plain when bare headed. Had on when he went away a dcss- coat of coarse brown cloth and-a new pair of gray pantaloons. He was purchased some years ago ot Barney Riley in the Creek nation. These fellows are all supposed to be together, and will endeavor to go either to the state of Virginia, or the Creek nation. The above reward will bo given for their apprehension so that the subscri bers can get them again. ;• SANFORD & LUMSDEN. Near Milledgeville. April 1,1818. SHERIFF’S SALE. ILL be sold at the Court-House in the town of Monticelio on the first Tuesday in ext, between the usUat hours of sale,202 1-2 f Land, known by Lot No. 174, in the (strict of originally Baldwin, now Jasper , levied op as the property of White Rossi- . satisfy an execution in favor of Pleasant I at a country store or tavern—for one moment r vs. said Rossiter, property pointed out by alter the commencement oi the term tor which aine, plaintiff's attorney. .Conditions, cash. I,e ,s elected. National Intelligencer. MARTIN COCHRAN, Dept. Sll'if. rch 26,-1818. SHERIFF’S SALE. ILL be sold at the Court-House,in Eaton- ton, Putnam county, on t! a first Tuesday . next, between the usual hours; one large OI18&, levied on as the property of Witit drick, to satisfy an execution in favor of Bledsoe, surviving copartner vs. Win. S. ick, property pointed out by Wm. Brown, fled by B,J. Harvey, former deputy sheriff, turned to me. uary 23, 1818. VVM. VARNER, Sheriff. and hurried oft"on long and painful journies, to sa- tatisfy the cupidity ot unfeeling adventurers. Put ting aside the agonies of the body, what tortures of mind have these afflicted sons of Africa not undergone ! Wlienjthese unhapy sufterers were recaptured by the Saranic, the commonest sailors on board, touched with the tenderest sympathy, divided amongst them, their clothes, and every aid that circumstances made possible, was hu-! Hector, Lewis. Jeff,'Quash, Friday, Joel) Betty, . ... i- i. a- w, --‘ - *• " ” • “ 1 1,1 Hec SHERIFF’S SALES. , ;r O N the first Saturday alter the first.Tuesday in May next, will be exposed to public sale, at the market-house in the town of St. MarV’s, between the hours of 10 and 3 o’clock of"that day,, the following negro slaves, viz. February, Pleasant, Pleasant, Peggy, Sally, Mary,' Lydia, Ben, Clary, Sarah, Jack, Francis, Rosaline, Cla ry, York, Kate, Elsey, Mira, David, Ritter, Jack, Judge, Lucy, Bcttv, Harriet, Nanny, Sam, Jim* William, Sepio, Pliebe, Dider, Matilda, Amelia, Richard, Moses, Crccy, Sirus, Lucy, George, Lambert, Sucky, Chany, George, Willis, Lucy, Jacob, Oen, York, Betty, Kate, Lucretia, Vilet, Collen, York, Bill, Nancy, Aggy, Jimmy,,Simon, Jim,Doll,Charles, Dunus, Jim, Charlotte, Julett, What a sight! Clary,Eady, Kane, Jinny, Ned, Sarah, Bet, 1 has Ferr.andina exhibited ! “ This cradle of-tor, Mary, Bob, Rose, Drister. John, Aron, Dean*' inanely afforded by the officers, has Ferr.andina exhibited ! “ 1 liberty,” as some would persuade the public-—| na, Penny, Riner, Edmund, Dapliny, Judge, Die, PHYSIO. T HE public are informed that I have finally located myself in this village, as a practi tioner of Medicine—Applications made at capt. Glovei’S shall be attended to, with that punctu ality, which the nature of my profession requires. JOHN G. SLAPPY. Monticcllo, Geo. Feb. 18, 1818. PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. D R. WHITE respectfully tenders his profes sional services to the inhabitants of Mil ledgeville and its vicinity. He may be found a< bis. resilience third door above Major Howard’s. March 30., , when privateer sailors have led about, and sold I Peggy, Isaac, Bill,'Judy, Lydia, Sue, Quack?, their shares of the spoil to the’highest bidder. Sucky, York, Nat, Kitty, Sirus, Abram, Dapliny, a j Molly, Paul, George, Beck,Deen, Brandy, N*rm, a | Lucy, Caroline, John, Smith, Silvyi John; Min- YVhat a specimen of government I .What proof of connection with Mexico and Venezuela -four ill Hum an execution —that forbid this traffic in the new government. | go. Being one hundred-and twenty But has the President been informed of all this ? iber, levied under and by- virtue of Can we suppose that the ‘public officers have]formed'on the foreclosure of a .mortgage-Edward been silent spectators of all these horrors-?i The ; F. Tatnall, administrator John Hamilton, vs. partial publication of these reports answer 1 sticli j Jarrtos - W’illiamson,'to satisfy • said, mortgage intcrogation—this is but a faint picture of this j and cost Among the above named Negroes, monstrous trade. All that has been written and j there are carpenters, seamstresses, washers, said on the subject of barbarity and-cruelty, is | house servants, &c.—I can recommend a number vet extant, whenever it is tolerated, and ' man J of those negroes tu be of the mast value of any when he made a trade of his fellow, like th# by-j negroes in this state, rena, bccjiuq.cs “ the fullest of the fell.” Htv-annah Republican. Conditions, «a.sh. 1 • ' . ISAAC BAILY, S. St. Mary’s, 2d Mar«h, 1818.