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5ES1MV MORNING, MAY 12. lion which has recently taken place in i, has resulted in the re-election of fclcott, and the election of republicans kr,council, and two-thirds of the house Itatbes. Governor Knight has been jovernor of the state of Rhode-Island. kusetts, Enoch Lincoln, esq. is elected (congress in the place of the lion. A. fccently appointed fudge of the District laine. In Virginia, General John Pe- Icted tocongress from the district late- kted by Colonel P. Goodwin, deceased. I movements.—A detachment of the 4 th M infantry, under the command Col. Lrched from Ualeigh, N. C. on the 20th ed for our southern frontier. A Nor- notices the arrival of a company of in- hat place on the 16th inst. under Maj. hey were to embark in a few days for i and proceed from thence to join the ler general Jackson. Major Dinkins t eighty regulars, left Fayetteville, N. C. kh ult. for the south. General Itipley | at Baltimore a few weeks since, for General Scott is now in N. York. r • College.—A college has been recent- in Baltimore, denominated Asbury Mid is entirely under the control of alist society. Its professed object is ktion of youth, and young men who died to preach the gospel. A greatrc- [religion has taken place in that city. of five hundred had made a public kn in a few weeks. FOR THE REFLECTOR. lines,—Living as 1 do in a remote part |uuutry, and having but little intercourse busy world, some of the reasons upon he opinions are bottomed which I would [refute, may have escaped me ; and the flection which I have been able to give to ijcct, may, for the want of better informa- tve led me to improper or unsound con- I allude to a subject which, 1 observe |0cnrgia newspapers, has excited the wit i spleen of many—the propriety of crying Ihat system of paper change, which the re lation of our country has introduced.— summits principally used by the enemies Irther continuation of this system, are —That the bills are sometimes issued by i without solid capital, by which strangers eived ; and that they sometimes become Jpired and torn that they are troublesome pliojr, and small sums are lost by which keris profitted at the expense of‘the last i and although there may be other minor Ions sometimes urged, 1 recollect none en- lo serious refutation. I would say to the ks making the first objection, that if you been injured in this way it has been your suit ; that unless you are able to judge cor- [of the value of the article which is oflfer- you in exchange for your property, you put a bad chance in society at any rate, as band other means are daily practised by (you may be equally loser. And if you are 'tent to the management of your own busi- lyou have nothing to do wlien a suspicious inown bill is presented, but to reject it.— lis no more difficulty in determining —.hat lu will or will not take, than there could be lars or bank bills were presented in their and because counterfeits of these are lilies circulated to the injury of the ignor- lunweary, it would be blind policy to re- lem altogether. The value of every man's Ishould stand upon the opinion we have of pvency of the maker; and there is surely »ter difficulty in determining the solvency [maker of a note of fifty cents than the nui- one for fifty dollars. That in the present if the scarcity of specie, it would be ex- |y difficult to do the business of a small ! or neighborhood without some substitute lall specie, none will deny, and if it is per- I in any mail’s power to defend himself a- ‘ a loss by change bills, then I can see no i why they are not a very good sub-tilute. as been said indeed, that the time has ar- vhen this species of change shoi’bJ give i a more effective one, and although l will [to the truth of the proposition,That silver e is better than paper—yet the fact of the ky of change of the better kind will tell It we are not yet perpared to refuse all other, gradual introduction of specie, when we ansact business with facility without occa- ly using paper change, [t will vanish of J, for all will give preference to the silver. (I conclude, that the paper change might Ireat propriety, be left to stand upon its merits, and needs not the great display o! Jtism and disinterestedness which are mak- jsomc quarters against it. No one will re- predit for his opposition to change bills on kt of his great desire to promote the pnb- rf. So long then as men are left entirely exercise of their own wills upon the sub- pd are perfecty able to guard against in- [themsclves, I should hold it not inconsist- the public good or private advantage, be hills supply the place they were iutend- kitnout endeavoring to prejudice the com- [by low invidious slanders, or argument- “upon specious pretences, without regain or soundness of deduction. The evil bciety is ripe for the changfc, will readil percitibly vanish. SLUIBO. * lohoochc, April 15,1818.' The Weather.—The following is an extract of a letter from a gentleman in Riceborough, to his friend in Savannah, dated Riceborough, April 28. •* 1 will give you a sketch or the late unexpect ed cold, which has proved completely destruc tive to our promising crops. After a shower, with some hail, on Friday, Kith ultimo, the weather on Saturday v as fair, but a little too cool —on Sunday morning, it was cloudy, the wind from southwest by west, with the appearance of approaching rain ; about 10 o’clock in the morn ing, the wind west to northwest and blew a gale, the cold encreasing every hour j and, on Mon day morning, hail again returned to complete winter, except Wednesday might, which was cloudy, we had severe frost and thick ice every morning up to Saturday. On Friday morning it freezed, while l >.asin the act of washing, when the sun was fully half an hour high. The article of cotton seed was enquired for in every direc tion, and it was the general opinion theie was not enough to replant the crops, but the planters have been attentive to the wants of their neighbors, and have liberally spared and divided seed ; and, at this late period, bur crops are again planted, with a hope, at least, that we may make some cotton, and secure seed for another year. To the credit of our country, hot a bushel of seed have been sold.” [We have been informed that the fanners in the western part ot the slate, escaped in a great measure, the destructive iufiueuoe of the lute Irosts, in consequence of toe backwardness of their crops.J By the laie treaty with the Creek Indians, Georgia win acquire upwards of two millions of acres of land, wmea, together with the tracts ot country obtained last summer from the C’liero- kees, will give to that state a country as exten sive us the state ot Connecticut, it is now the settled pohcy ol the geneiai government to re move as soon as possible ail the tribes ol Indians will) reside on tile east, to tiie west of the Mis sissippi. It is believed the Cheroke.es will soon yield to the wishes ot the L. States, and that in a few years, the whole of the Cherokee country will form another great accession to the jurisdic tional limits ot Georgia.—dVurthern paper. More Tires.—Since our last notice of the fre quent fires which have taken place in our city, wehuve now to record two more attempts, one on Friday evening last, in Franklin ward, a little above tiie market—the other yesterday morning, at the we.-t end of the town. ‘ Both of them how ever, were discovered and put out, without much damage. Although every exertion has been made on the part of the police, aided by the cit izens generally, an one has as yet been detected. Eight or nine eisons were arrested this mornin- on suspicion audc-iumitted to goal for examina tion.—Suvanuu.i Republican. We learn, that, a deputation of Indians, from some of the tribes, went in to St. Augustine, on last Monday week, with an interpreter, for tiie purpose of ascertaining, from the governor wheth er it was ins wish, or rdvisable for them, to take up arms against the white inhabitants, and at tack tiie frontier or not ;—and whethoi they should oppose the forces uoJer general Jackson. Tne governor returned for answer, that it was nis decided w ish, that tiiey should not take up arms, or make the least resistance to any of tiie Uni ted States’ troops, should they even enter their towns. He requested them to return home, anil adhere to his advice, and enjoined on them the ne cessity of giving up, forthwith, tiie negroes that are with them, who have either been stolen or runaway I rum their owners, in Georgia and else where.—Tne number of fugitives with tiie In- cians are supposed to be between two and three hundred.—-Provisions are scarce and high in Au gustine and the inhabitants of that place are ap prehensive of a visit from general Jackson.—ib. Internal Improvement.—This favorite subject is again brought under our notice, by the rapid rise which lias taken place on the value of pro perty at the town of Haywood, (N. C.) This place is laid off at the confluence of Haw &. Deep rivers, in Chatham, aniLbeing asituated near the rich western counties, is supposed to bid fair for becoming one of the principal commercial towns j of tiie state. Five hundred per cent, is not short I of the sum of increase which the discerning eye id speculation has given tor the property in and about Haywood, ami certainly more profit than that has been realized on sales elsewhere on our waters. All this is owing to the active interest which the state has taken in lending her aid to wards promoting internal navigation. The effects are obvious. The people perceivin' the opening of the waters is, in effect, bringing Ihe Atlantic to the very foot of our Mountains, and that the streams which have hitherto only given fecundi ty to the soil, may he made to convey the rich products of that soil to market. The great won der is, not that our fellow-citizens have at length opened their eyes, hut that they have kept them so long shut. The newly established town of Milton,on Dan river, flourishes almost with any example in this or any other state. Property which a year ago would mrt have sold for 1500 dollars, will now command 15,000. Lots on the main street, sell tor 100 dollars a loot front. A new town is establishing at the Eagle Falls, on Dan river, 35 miles above Danville, to be cal led Jackson.—Ualeigh Star. The Morulas.—M om our correspondent at St. Jfanfs, April 22.—By captain Thomas Brooks, who tais day arrived from Kingston, Jam. after a passage of 1G days, information has been receiv ed here that immediately before his sailing from that place, the packet from England had arrived which brought news that Spain had ceded the Flo- ridas to the Russians; that this account in Ja maica was generally believed, and that the Rus- •>ian fleet was hourly expected to take possession ■ f the country. If this news is true, which we have no great eason to disbelieve, we may shortly expect dif- icultics. I hope our government will never suf- r Spain to cede the Floridas to any foreign na tion, to subject this country to inconvenience. especially as Spain has already received the equi valent from the United States; or, we have on her demands for ten times the amount the Flori das arc worth, for spoliations on our commerce. Independent of the dangerous neighbors we should have in Alexander, with his Cossacks of the Don, (although lie belongs to the peace suciety of Mas sachusetts.) \Ye have trouble enough with the savages who remain near us, at present ; and if it has taken us so long to quiet two or three thou sand of them, how would we dispose of sixteen or seventeen thousand Tartars from Siberia ? It behoves this government ut once - to take posses sion of the Floridas, and prevent a nation, so powerful a§ Russia is, occupying them previous. Her czur’s sfceptre already sways over one third of the earth inhabited.—Sav. Museum. Congressional.—On Saturday the 18th a mo tion was made in the House ol Representatives, by General Harrison, of Ohio, thaj when the House adjourned it should adjourn to meet at 11 o’clock on the next day. Mr. Terry, of Connec ticut, objected to this, and said, that, whatever might he the consequence to him, he would not obey the order of the House to meet, for the transaction of business, on the Sabbath, a proce dure equally opposed by his habits and liis prin ciples. General Harrison replied, that, although lie could not pretend to he as well acquainted with the scriptures as the gentleman from Con necticut, lie must have entirely misunderstood the principles of the Christian religion if the proposition he had made could notoe defended upon that ground alone. It would be recollected, that lie had suc^. sled this course when die bill for the relief ot the venerable revolutionary pat riot Stark was under discussion this morning,and had proposed to dpvote the Sunday’s session ex clusively to business of that description. The bill long since reported, for the relief of the wid ows and orphans of the officers and soldiers who fell in the late war was not acted upon ; the pen sion bill had been suspended in the Senate, from tiie want of time to examine it; and, Mr. H. said, that a great number of individuals would suffer the calamities of extreme poverty if these bills were not passed. Mr. II said he was not willing to restrain the conscience ot any persop ; the gentleman from Connecticut might, if he pleased, absent himself from the House ; but, for my part, aid Mr. II. I cannot conceive that a more acceptable sacrifice can be offered to Hea ven on the Sabbath, than that which vvould dry up tiie tears of the widow and the orphan, and provide the means of comfort and support lor the aged and maimed soldiers, who have spent their vigor and shed their blond in defence of the liberty of their country'. This was his religion ; and he hoped the motion would prevail.—A at. Int. Extracts of a letter from a Lady in Washing ton, Feb. 19.—“ On Wednesday we were at Mrs. Monroe’s drawing room.—It was immensely crowded, so much so, that tne ladies, who were all superbly dressed, did not appear to much ad vantage. Mrs. Monroe is an exceedingly ele gant woman :—She was in a splended lama dress, the border round the bottom embroidered with gold half a yard in depth, and thickly spangled ; her head dress of the same, with a brilliant gold sprig in front. “ flie grand saloon, or drawing room, is circu lar ; the furniture and paper crimson and gold ; the curtains and chairs, crimson silk, elegantly wrought in orange silk, with gilt cornice and Iringe to correspond.—The chair frames are mas sy gilt. In the centre is suspended an elegant chandelier”—The fire place is marble, the man tle supported bv two figures carved.--The fire geer, bronze.—The gilding, pier glasses, marble and gilt tables are correspondingly elegant. An other room is furnished with yellow paper, cur tains, chairs, Ac. with a very elegant piano. —In the centre stands a very handsome marble table. The next room is green and gold. The fourth, which is the dining room, is stone colored paper, ornamented with silver The four were opened the first levee day.—Iialt. Tel. 20th ult. M ditar if Appointments.—The following ap pointments have been made by the president with the consent of the Senate, under the act just pas sed, fur reducing; the staff'of the army. Briga dier general William Gumming, quarter master general; colonel George Gibson, commissary general; Joseph Lovell, surgeon general ; Tobias Watkins and J. G. Bronaugli, assistant surgeons general ; S. A. Storrow and II. H. Winder,judge advocates, and l)r. Gave Jones, chaplain and pro fessor at the military academy.—«Yaf. hit. Whitney's Cotton Gin.—The work effected by this ingenious piece of mechanism, with which the people of the Southern States are very famil iar, attended by three hundred men, is stated by one of the Nothern papers, to be equal to tint of three hundred thousand persons in the old way uf pickiug Gutton ! From the east, from the west, from the north and from the south, we have nothing of novelty to present oui readers. In other words, every thing like the advancing season, is tranquil and serene. The flowers already begin to put forth their blossoms— “ Spring hang:, her infant blossoms on tiie trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze”— While the munificence of the Deity is thus unfol ding in his works—while we shall so soon be en veloped with such boundless variety of beauty and of fragrance—while the mild and genial suns are preparing to warm into life and maturity the future treasures of autumn,—shall we complain that no novelty is presented | True, this is no novelty—the mercies of our heavenly Father are as old as the creation we inhabit. When we com plain of want of novelty we confess that we are weary of such persevering benevolence. “Could great men thunder (says Shakespeare) as Jove himself does, Jove would ne’er be quiet.” How mercitul was our Creator in denying us the en joyment of our wishes !—This is beautifully il lustrated in one of th ( e first satires of Juvenal, l'cacnd Kepublicaij. Population of thepvorld.—Europe, as is sup* posed, contains an hundred and eighty millions ; Asia, including Australasia and F.dynesia, live hundred mill his; Africa fifty millions; and A- merica thirty five millions. By a late census, the population of {lie city of London is estimated at 1,120,900 souls. ll is with no unaffected sensibility that we are com pelled to commit toou»’obituary the nameof col Geo. Ar- mistead who departed this life on the 25th ult. At a very early period of his life , he manifested an attachment to arms, and at the age of 15 years he entered the service of iiis country. At this early period he gave decisive evidence of Ins intrepidity in our conflicts with our Indi an enemies. Ills bravery soon attracted the notice of his superior officers, and he was employed in all the desperate enterpnzes in those perilous conflicts. lie rose by slow and painful advances to his late station in the army.— “ Mis early youth was bred to warlike pains. His soul imped'd him to the martial plains." At a time when every heart was agitated Ibr the salvation of Baltimore-—’when the haughty anil insulting foe, flush ed with the conquest and conflagration of Washington, anticipated the destruction of this city—when the fl »g of St. George swept in proud defiance the waters of the Che sapeake—wlien the bursting thunders of the descending bombs were heard over Fort M'Henry,—who did not feel and tremble at the crisis ! At this alarming moment who did not feel for the fate of col. Armistead and his.gadant band, who were doomed for 24 hours to abide those ex ploding musses of descending iron, in silence and in so litude. Tills was the season in which we fell and ac know ledged the merits of the brave ; Baltimore was preserv ed, and the pround flag of St. George wa9 withdrawn from our waters. The name of Arrnistead was enrolled among the foremost of our deliverers, and our fellow-cit izens testified tfieir sense of lus important services, by a superb service of s lver plate which they presented. Colonel Armistead was a rigid disciplinarian ; but he mingled w.ih all the rigor of m iit^ry service the urbani ty and politeness of a gentleman. All these qualifies were rendered still more endearing by the relations of private life; he was a tender husband, an affectionate father* and as a friend constant and sincere. The hero of fort M’Henry died a Christian ; he receiv ed the sacrament and added his dying testimony, that his hope of salvation rested on the sufferings of his Redeem er. How interesting is the Christian hero in the hour of dissolution ! That spirit which while residing among us was bailed as our protector in the hour of danger, is in the hour of death conducted by the angel of mercy to the arms of its redeemer.—fki». republican. General Thomas Posey died suddenly at Sliawnoe- town, Indiana, a few weeks since. Among the number of revolutionary heroes who have passed the inexorable , bourne, none were more deserving tiie tear «f regret, than governor P. As a patriot, he was warmly devoted to his country ; as a soldier, brave and enterprising; as a Christian, pious and resigned. General Posey served during the revolutionary war in the armies ot ins couiv- try, and distinguished h;mself particularly at the assault of Stoney Point, under the command of the gallant Wayne, being the first man who mounted the walls. He has since held a number of honorable and important ap pointments in the civil list of the United buttes. He was senator in congress for some time, from the state of Louisiana, and after wards the territorial‘governor of In diana. At the tune of h.s death, he held the office of In dian agent.—Few men hate passed so useful and so blame less a life.—iiEiiALU. ABNER LOCKE, R ESPECTFULLY inf rms the public, that i lie continues to receive and collect, upon don tion, loan or purchase, Antiquites and Curi osities, JVatual and Artificial and solicits patron age. Milledgcville, May 12,1818. GEORGIA, BALDWIN COUNTY. W HEREAS Nancy Moore applies lo me for letters of administration on the estate and effects of Jesse Moore, iate of this county, deceased : These are therefore to cite and admo nish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to fie and appear at a court of or dinary,,to fie held in and for the county of Bald win, on the first .Monday in July next, then and there to shew cause (if any they have) why said letters should not be granted. Given under mv hand at office in Milledgeville, this 4th Mav, 1818. ABNER LOCKE, cl’k." GEORGIA, BALDWIN COUNTY. W HEREAS Arthur Danelly, sen’r. applies to ine for letters of administration on the estate and effects of John Danelly, late of this county, deceased : These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at a court of ordinary, to fie held in and for the coun ty of Baldwin,ou the first Monday in July next, then and there to shew cause (if any they have) why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office in Milledgeville, this 5th May, 1818. ABNER LOCKE, cl’k. NOTICE. V LL persons are hereby cautioned against trading for two notes of hand for g27 50 each, given by the subscriber to Hugh Denard, due four months after date, and if not punctual ly paid to draw interest from the date, given the 6th day of April, 1818; as the consideration for which they were given has failed, and lam de termined not to pay them, unless compelled by law. JOHN FRART. May 5. NOTICE. A LL persons who have any demands against the estate of Daniel Kengrey, late of Wil kinson, deceased, are hereby required to bring tfieir accounts duly authenticated—and those in debted to said estate are requested to make im mediate payment. v illiam bruner, adm’r. May 4, 1818. NEW DRUG STORE. T HE subscriber has just received a large and elegant assortment of fresh DRUGS, and f ermine Patent Medicines, Paints 8. Dye Stuffs* ‘erfuTiery, Hair Powder, Trusses, &c. He ex pects in a few days, a large addition of Drugs, Pocket Instruments, Tooth Drawers Ike. and will sell low for cash. Thompson bird. Milledgeville, May 4, 1818. P. S. A liberal pi ice will be given for well dried sound Ginseng, Seneka and Virginia Snake root. . WATCH ES. Ac. • T IIE subscriber has for sale, an assortment of good plain silyer Watches, Chains, Seals, Keys, &c. t. reic. Milledgeville, May 5,1818, «.