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Tf"Viere are tTiree weekly journals or newspa
pers published in the city, which have an exten
sive circulation through the United Provinces.
They all advocate the principles of liberty and
republican forms of government, as none other
would suit the public taste. The year before
' la.-t, it is true, one of the papers ventured to ad
vocate the restoration of the Incas of Peru with
a limited monarchy, but it was badly received.—
No proposition for the restoration of hereditary
power of any kind, as far as I could learn, will
be seriously listened to for a moment, by tbe peo
ple Kven the ordinary language had changed,
They speak of “ tbe state,” *• the people,” the
public.” “ country,” and use other terms, as in
the United States, implying the interest that each
man takes in what appertains to the community
The first principle constantly inculcated is ” that
all power rightfully emanates from the people.”
This, and similar dogmas, form a part ot the ed
ucation of children, taught at the same time with
their catechism. It is natural, that the passion
for free government should be continually in
creasing. A fact mav be mentioned to show the
solid advancement they have made, which is,
that the number of votes taken at their election-
increases every year. In becoming habituated to
this peaceful and orderly mode ot exercising tlfcii
rijrht of choosing those who are to be invested
with authority, the tumultuous ami irregular re
moval. bv a kind of general oratory or acclama
tion, of those who have been chosen, will gradu
ally cease.
Rather than disturb the order of society, they
will endure with patience, until the time arrives
for effecting a regular and constitutional change.
Since the election of the present dire, tor, none
of these tumults, before so frequent, haveoccui-
red. These tumults have seldom been attended
with bloodshed ; yet they produce great confu
sion and disorder, and give rise to habits of in
subordination, at the same time that they are ru
inous to the character of a nation.
The vice royalty of Buenos Vyres differed from
the rest in one important particular. It contain
ed no nobility, or, if any, very few. This may
be regarded as a favorable circumstance in their
society, knottier favorable feature, very neces-
sarv to the successful administration of their af
fairs. is the conduct of many individuals who
have filled the highest office of slate, in descend
ing from that dignified situation, t > inferior pi* ts,
ami discharging their duties with alacrity. Thu*
we behold general A. Batcarcc, who was former
ly director.acting a- second in command to coin-
nel Sail Martin. Colonel Alvarez, also a direc
tor at one period, now serving in the stall’, unilei
the chief of that department. General A-cuen-
ega. and generil Rondeau, once elected to the
chair of state, is at present employed in a minor
office. There are others who have occupied the
same elevated post, who have retired to the sta
tion of private citizens
tlie lands of tlie United Stales west of the Mis
sissippi ; which was twice read and committed
Mr. Linn, of New-.leisey,offered the follow
ing resolution : *• Resolved, that the committee
appointed on so much of the message of the Pre
sident of the United States as relates to the un
lawful introduction of slaves into the U. State
be in trnrted to enquire into the expedh ncy
passing a law prohibiting the migration or trans
portation of slaves or servants of color from any
tate to any other part of the United States, in
cases where, by the laws of such state, such trans
portation is prohibited ; and that they have leave
to report by bill or otherwise ” Negatived.
cs of San Marios and Pensacola, when they were | arid a part of his flute, and some articles
attacked} and to complete the measure of in-[ value belonging to the vessel, which they t
suits, that has been taken by violence, which his j from an Indian canoe. The Ottawas, w'h 0
epori
a bi a
majesty had offered in the pending negotiations \ the only Indians who have made anv’report
to cede to the United States in an honorable man-1 the subject, state that the Potawatainies, ‘ '
r., that it seems to have been preferred to
. me it by violence, rather than to acquire it from
of! the general friendship of the king. These extra
ordinary circumstances have, induced his majesty
to take the resolution, that it is incompatible with
t e dignity of his exalted character to continue
negotiations, till an affair has been settled and
terminated in a suitable manner, which take* the
precedence of ail other points in dispute between
tbe two governments, and which from its impor
tance is calculated essentially to change, in their
whole extent, the political relations between the
two countries.
At the same time, to give a proof of the peace
able and moderate sentiments which characteriz
ed the conduct of the Spanish government, 1
must acquaint your excellency, that his majesty
reign Affairs, to the Ambassador l'leninotentiary has, in charging me to communicate to his minis-jbert Reid, dec. all the personal property of
of the United States of America,and which con-|ler at \\ ashington, the declared rupture of the [deceased ; and on the first Tuesday in
negotiations, lias likewise commanded me to in-lruary in the
I form him, that if the government of the United
FOREIGN.
SPUN AND flit! I KITED STATES.
Hamburg. Oct. I.—We have received the fid
lowing document, the importance of which ren
ders it worthy of public attention. It is the note
lately presented by the Spanish Minister lor Po
of whom reside near the fatal spot, carried
very article of value they could lay tlieir h°
on : that one party, loaded with the spoil c
gone down the Illinois, and another in the* 1
Ron of the Wabash. This statement is <-„!.!
rated by the fact that the Potawatainies linm i
quarter were previously in the habit of visitin'
al most daily, and not one of them has since a
his appearance at this post.
1 have tlie honor to be, most respectfully v
obedient servant, -' J
DANIEL n,VKER,maj.U.S a
Major-general Macomb.
tains the protest against the occupation of a |
of the territory of Florida.
“ Sir—In tlie depai tment confided to me, dis-j States had given or should give the only satisfac-
agreeable accounts continue to be received con- tion winch circumstances admit of, and which
renting the nature and circumstances of the late 1 his majesty may expect from the justice and pro-
events in Florida, and (he ho-tile proceedings of jbity of that government, he mav in this case con*
tlie American general Jackson, and the troops tinue the negotiations begun without applying to
under hi-command, in the territory of those pro-i his majesty for new orders to authorize him to
cilices which belong to Ids majesty. Besides tlie
facts to which I invited tlie attention of your ex
cellency in my notes of the (26th of July, anil of
tlie (itb and lltb of this month, I have now be
fore me the copy of a capitulation, which it ap
pears, followed the hnstili'ies committed bv tlut
general against the fortress of I’ensarola. and ir:
consequence of which the Spanish garrison has
'leeii conveyed to (lie Havana. In mv preceding
limes, 1 had tbe li uin- to inform vour excellency,
dial notwithstanding the particular character of
violence which seemed to mark the actions and
operations of general Jackson,-inre bis first en-
iinice into Florida. His majesty, although wil-
i* i to consider these procee 'digs ns the arbitra
ry acts of the said general, was convinced that the
government "f t ie United States would no longer
delay to disapprove them, as soon as tliev came
to its knowledge, and tha : proper orders would
immediately be given, not mdv for the evacua
tion of the teri it rv invaded, but also for the re
paration if the damage occasioned, and fo the
restoration of the property taken, which belong
ed as well to his majesty, and Spanish subjects,
as also to strangers who lived there under the
protection "I his majesty’s government.
It c u'd tint he presumed without offence to
t !| e integrity of the American government, that
the e would be anv delav in giving satisfaction to
j a friendly power, anil to all civilized nations tbi
I'UTNAM COUNTY
sday
town of Katontnn, five lit,,
I' .. 4l,„ 1 11 a. C ' . . ,uvl
j testimony of respect fur those principles oil vvhici
The general cajncitiei of the United Provinces "»e maintenaiire of social order depends. It was
for national defence are also important in many pro'-'Uiw' aflli. t.on that his majesty learnt
re-pert,. Tbe nature and extent of the country V.""', !' ie M,b T | " nt , r ‘T rt of h,s " , "." ster nf
alloid the inhabitants numerous advantages over ( ungton. tli it a- the lust excesses of general
an invading annv. Tlie ease with which tlieir ; ,ack *"" 111,1 been disapproved, he had not
herds of cattle may be driven to distant places, ! »\> cimtniue bis arts of violence, and do-
bi \ oiul the reai h of an enei.iv, and the rapid . S'dale.l witn hre amUwoiclI every tiling upon the
nu'o oments which the troops of the country can I f ’l' a,l 's , > territory, w lieu he met with u» resistance
make, from the ample supply of horses and mules, I wl . 1 l, "" or P ri,,scn <” *■>'»« small
are circumstances of great consequence in a mil-! SWrtsons whirl) were attacked in the midst of
it ii \ view. Even the towns not fortifu d, from j P e , ac , e b - v » numerous bodv . of troops, tn gene-
the manner in which they are built, and from the r . al tcrnt ", r - v ,,f h,s majesty was attacked in
construction of tlieir houses, furnish powerful tUe revo 1 ting manner. the fort.esses and de
means of defence, a- the British army under ge- P ,,N al ' ms havi ‘ b, ' e " ,ake " l,v 1 ,r<e - * lle
neral Whitlock experienced in their attack on
Buenos Ayres.
1 am sensible that in the course of these state
ments and remarks, some iron curac’es and errors
must have occurred, but they have been uninten
tional. i have only to add, that tire reception of
the commissioners at Buenos Ayres, by tiie chief
wa- friendly and flattering.
From every class they met with a cordial wel
come. The people in general appeared to be very
much attached to the Amei iran rhar,'icier, and to
the government and citizens of the United States.
Should any thing further occur it shall be made
the subject of a future paper.
] have tlie honor to be, with great respect, your
nui-t obedient servant.
C. A. RODNEY
< ’ongrcsxional Proceedings.
continue them.
Your excellency’s most ifi voted servant,
JOSEPH PlZAllRO.
Madrid, August 29, 1018.
Treaty fur the evacuation of France.—Tlie so
vereigns assembled at the congress at A ix-la-Oha-
pelle, nave entered into a convention that the al
lied troops shall be withdrawn from France on
the 30th of vVnvetnber uit. The following are
tlie articles :
Art. 1. The troops composing the army of oc
cupation shall be withdraw n from the French ter
ritory bv the 3l)tli of November next, or sootier,
if possible.
Art. 2. The strong places and foi tresses which
the said troops now occupy, shall be surrender
ed to commissioners named for that purpose bv
his most Christian majesty, in the state in which
they were at the lime of the occupation, conform-
aolv to the 9th article of the convention conclud
ed in execution of the fltli article of the treaty of
Vivember 20. 181.5.
Art. 3. The sum destined to provide for tlie,
pay, the equipment, and the clothing of the troops
of the army of occupation, shall be paid in all ca
ses, till the 30fth of .November next, on the same
footing on wliicli it lias existed since the 1st of
December. 181T.
Art. -1. All the pecuniary arrangements between
France and tbe allied power having been regula
ted and settled, the sum remaining to be paid by
France, to complete the execution of the 4th ar
ticle of the ‘reaty of .Vovember, 1815, is definite
ly fixed at 205 millions of francs.
Vrt. .5. Of this sum, the amount of 100 millions
of effective value shall be paid by an inscription of
rentes on the great bonk of (lie public debt of
France, bearing interest from the 22d of Septem
ber, 1318. The said inscription shall be receiv
ed at tbe rate of the funds on the 5tli Oct. 1818.
Ait. 6. Tlie remaining 16.1 millions shall be
paid by 9 monthly instalments, commencing with
the 6rh of January next, by draughts on the hous
es of Hope it Co. and Baring, Brothers & Co. In
isoiis made prisoners, and then sent out of tlm I the same manner the inscriptions of the rentes,
provinces, wlieie his uiaje-tv has ordered them mentioned in the above article, shall be deliver-
to serve. Nay, subjects of powers in friend-hip) eil to commissioners of the couits of Austria,
w.th his majesty have been executed upon Spa-i Hi eat-Biitain, Prussia, and Russia, by the roval
nisli ground, and this art of barbarity cloaked j treasury of France, at the epoch of the complete
with judicial forms, which, in that situation, and and definitive evacuation of the French territory.
negroes. Pold for the benefit of the heirsofsa
Robert Uoi J.—Terms made known on the da
of sale. November 17th 1818.
JAMES LAVE,
adm’r in right of hi 8 ,
" un ntu,
guardian of the children of Robert Reii|, ( | M !
•A*- B. The sale of the land is postponed un
further notice.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE,
’VdJTILL be sold at Madison, Morgan count
V y u" 1st Tuesday in January next, one hr
lot of land, it being part of lot No. 242, in fl
4th district of Baldwin now Morgan county a
joining the lands of Warren Jordan and oth*
situate and lying on the waters of Su->ar tree
nearly half of it cleared, under a feme, a co
fiu table log him -e, brick chimney, with all new
sary out buildings, well calculated fin- a sr
family. The terms of sale will be twelve ninnli
credit; the purchaser giving bond with two a
proved freehold securities. Sold by urderoftl
honorable Court of Ordinary.
DKUKY ROGERS, ailm'r
October 26.
SENATE.
Tuesday a December I.
M r. Forsyth laid on the table the following re
solution : •’ Resolved, that the committee on Fi-
Hum c be instructed to enquire into tlie expedien
cy if prohibiting the exportation of the gold and
silver ami copper coins of the U. States.”
Department of State* 1st lire. 1818.
The secretary of -late, to whom has been re
ferred the resolution of ihe Senate, of the 2.4th
ulti no, requesting information not heretofore
communicated, relative Uithe restitution of slaves,
conformably to tbe first article, of tlie late treats
of n ace between tbe United States and Great
B itiin, lias tlie honor of reporting to tlie Presi
dent of the United States, that the difference of
construction given by tlie two governments to
that part id the 1st article of the treaty, and the
claim of the citizens of the United States to in
demnity for slaves carried away contrary to its
stipulations, form one of the subjects of negotia
tion n w pending in England ; which negotiation
iia ominenced towards the close of the month
ol Au ist, no report of its progress has yet been
re, ci d at this department, from the plenipoten-
tiariis, to whom, on the part of the l . States,
•it ha- been committed.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Monday, December 7.
Occupation of Florida.— Mr. Johnson, of Lou.
laid on the table the following resolution : ” Re
solved, 'that the committee oil military affairs be
instructed to enquire into the expediency of pas
sing a law authorising the President of the Unit
ed States to take provisional possession of East
FI irida, or of such part of it as he mav deem
essential, now or hereafter, to control the Indians,
and to prevent them from committing hostilities
against the citizens of the U. States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENT VTIVES.
'Tuesday. December 1.
The following gentlemen were announced to-
dav as the committee of enquiry into the con
duct of the Bank of the Unite 1 States : Messrs.
Spencer, Lowndes, 1’Lane, Bryan and Tyler
Mr. Poindexter, from the committee Pit the
public lands, rep >rted a bill to prohibit tbe Choc
taw tribe of Indians from settling or hunting on
in those circumstances, can only he considered
as a refinement of cruelty. It cannot be douot-
ed but these excesses are known to the govern
ment at Washington ; and it does not yet appear
that orders are given to put an end to them, m
give to the Spanish government the only satisfac
tion which they admit of. In this situation his
hi je-tv con-iders it to be due to our dignity and
that of the people whom be governs, to order me.
it tlie same time that l again mo-1 solemnly pro
test against all t at lias been done by gen’l lack-
so.i, from the day tli it he set his foot oil the terri
tory ol Florida, to add further that your excel-
eticv will lie pleased to inform vour government
that the king i- of opinion, that from the nature
of the said injuries, and really hostile proceed
ings, the course of tlie negotiations pending be
tween tlie two powers is an i niu-t remain inter-
runted and broken oil’, till the government of the
United States has marked the conduct of general
Jack-on in a manner suitable to its honor, and
which, it seems, can be no other than to disap
prove of the exce-ses committed ; to give orders
to place things on the same footing as they
Art. 7■ At tlie saoie epoch, the commissioners
of the slid courts shall deliver to the roval trea
sury of France, the six obligations not vet dis
charged, which shall remain in tlieir hand's, of the
15 obligations, delivered conformably to die se-
>nd article of the convention concluded for the
ADM IN i STRATI)R'S SALK.
Wf he sold on the premises, in Morn
f T county, on the first Tuesday in Janua
next, between the usual hours of sale, one lot
Land vvbeieon the subscriber now lives. Mo
than half the above lot is cleaicd and unilereu
fence, nearly one thousand hearing peach tie
a comfortable dwelling house with several c
bins, and well watered : it being part of the rtt
estate of Andrew Brown, deceased, sold forth
benefit of the heirs of said deceased. Term
made known on the day of saie, but at least lial
cash in hand.
JOS Era morrow, ail'mr,
in right of liisvvifc.
FALL Sc WINTER GOODS,
I 'M IE subscribers, in addition to their forma-
. stock, have just received an extensive sup
ply of seasonable GOODS. Country merchants
and Indian traders may find it advantageous to
call, as they can be supplied on the most accnni-
miniating terms. Also 50 boxes Bloom Raisins,
lObbls. Rye Whiskey, Linseed Oil and Paints.
It. B. HOLCOMBE At CO.
Milledgeville, Oct. 26.
ST<)1‘ THE VILLAIN.
RUNAWAY from tlie subseti'
ber, living in Putnam county,
Georgia, a likely young mulatto
negro fellow—he passes bv va.i*
ous names when runaway—his
$1_ proper name is Dick, his bead is
“ n ~" destitute of an ear,having been
cut off by the Indians fur sled-
ingahorse. He took away with him a highly
locution of the 4th article of the 20th of sVow fil ^ lu ‘' 1 aml ve, 7 exce!ll - ,, ; t ' rifle gun, which he
Hole—anv person apprehending ami securing
1815. The said commissioners shall at the same
time deliver the inscriptions of 17 millions of
i entrs, created in virtue of tbe 8th article of the
said convention.
\rt. 8. The present convention shall be ratifi
ed, and tlie ratifications exchanged at Aix-la-Cha-
pelle, in the course of 15 days, or sooner, if pos
sible, in the faith of which the respective pleni
potentiaries have herewith signed tlieir names
and affixed to it their seals and arms, this 17th
of October, 1818.
DOMESTIC.
before the invasion ; and to inflict an appropriate
punishment on the author of so many disorders.
it is extremely disagreeable to his majesty to
be compelled to this declaration, which is a more
necessary consequence of the nature of the affair,
tlvin an act ol his royal will, whose wishes and
endeavors have always been directed to making
an equitable arrangement of tlie matters in de
bate between the two governments; but the
whole impartial world will equally recognise in
the present state of things tlie impropriety that
must ensue, it negotiations, which suppose a
state of perfect political friendship, were to be
continued at a time when sucli great insults have
been offered without piovocation. The occupa
tion of the larger and better part nf Florida in
1810, bv the United States, who deprived bis
majesty, during bis captivity, of a country of
which he was in peaceable possession, under pre-
tc!.' e>, which if they bad been even well found
ed, ought never to have been enforced bv violence
—and the late improper attack on Aii'ieiia Island,
were facts ot tlie same nature and temlenc , e-
quallv unjust in tlieir principle, and equally pro
tested against on the part of Spain, but as they
were less offensive in tlieir kind, and under tlie
circumstances bis majesty believed at tbe same
time tli-t lie gave proofs of bis moderation, that
ie might wait for satisfaction on these points till
the definitive arrangement of the points in dis
pute, which it is expected would soon take place.
I’lie same is not the case in the present instance.
Pile American has no claim, either founded or
unfounded, to the territory which general Jack-
son has attacked—no real or pretended revolu
tion of the inhabitants could serve as a pretext ;
■m previous attack by robbers, which is alledged
as a reason for the unjust seizure of Amelia isl
and ; the Spanish flag was flying on t'ue fortress*
Wreck of the Hercules.—The following let
ter, containing the melancholy information of the
were I wreck of the Hercules, captain Church, was re
ceived, a few days since, by express through the
interior of the territory :
” Fort Dearborn, Chicago, Oct. 13, 1818.
“Sir,—I have to communicate the painful in
telligence of the loss of the schooner Hercules,
with every person on board. She -ailed from
this port on the evening of tlie 2d inst. and was
wrecked near tbe head of the lake, during one
of the most dreadful gales of wind w ithin the re
collection of the oldest inhabitants of this coun
try. It came on early on the morning of the 3d.
and continued to rage, with unremitting violence
until the evening of the 4th, when it, in some
measure, subsided, and the lake became more
calm. But r.o information of the schooner could
be obtained until the evening of the 9th, when
her untimely fate was communicated by a party
of Ottawa Indians from Grand river, and con
firmed by tlie production of several articles tliev
bail picked up oil their way, known to have be
longed to her, together with a scale, recollected
as the property of Lt. Eveletli, of the corps of
engineers, the only passenger on board. On tbe
morning of the 10th 1 detacln-d Lt. Dean, in com
pany with Mr. Dean, agent fur the contractor at
this post, in search of the dead bodies, and to
obtain if possible a more circumstantial account
ot the. melancholy event. Tncy returned last
evening, and report that they found tha remains
of one of the unfortunate sufferers only, and that
in a situation not to be identified ; that tiie sliure
was literally strewed with the fragments of the
ve-sel, from 12 to 15 miles in length; that the
mainmast must lime been cut away during the
gale, and remained entire; and tlie foremast
broken iq several pieces. But no information
could be gained of the hull, nor could they reco
ver any of the lost property, except an old uni
form coat of Lt. Eveleth’s, two handkerchiefs,
lie above described villain, will do an act of jus
tice, for which they shall he well rewarded ; by
LEO. AUEllCUOMUIE.
Novembers.
Ware-House ^Commission Business.
SAWYER § UliltRLVG,
H AVING made large additions to tlieir es
tablishment, tender their services in (lie •-
hove line. They assure their friends that strict
attention and punctuality shall be observedinall
business entrusted to tlieir charge. T hey keep
large supplies of GROCERIES ix, Ft'RNlTlTm
for sale at the Savannah prices.
Darien, October 20.
JUST' RECEIVED.
'IpWENTY Bags prime green Coffee, 25dimi'
jolins Holland Gin, 25 ditto Cogniac Bran
dy, (1st quality) 36 doz. Madeira Wine,30kegs
Crackers, 290 lbs. soft shell Almonds, 10 boxes
fresh Muscatel Raisins, Loaf and LumpSugse*
8 bbls. Mackarel, Cheese of prime quality—> n “
in sto'-e, Lisbon and Fayall Wine, Mustard,
Chocolate, Candles, Pepper, Long Cork Claret,
Sweet Oil and Port Wine, Porter and Janiaicf
Rum. O’m. Duwett-
November 50, 1818.
P. STOVALL k CO.
V RE now receiving a large and general
soi tment of SEASONABLE Gl)OI>^A ult ’
ed principally to tlie country trade, fhry re
spectfully invite country merchants to cal' k" 1
examine them, they being bought, very cheap
tbe package, at auction sales in New-Ym k. I®*)
will continue to receive frequent supplies ftp®
one of the firm now in that place, whose attention
is entirely devoted to the business ot buying
A liberal time will be given if required, t»pu |lC ’
tuai persons, Augusta, 26 Nov. 181“'
NOTICE.
O N Thursday the 3lst day ot December net *
will be Hired and Routed, for one yeaf»
Madison, Morgan county, the negroes anil l* ni
belonging to the orphans of major J. E- j
Also, the laud in Washington will he rentn *
Lebanon, on Tuesday tiie 12th of January Hex •
It. Utuunt, ) ujuJims.
Nov. 50,1818.] IF. D. Toi ler,) h
FOR SALE—A BARGAIN.
NK Tract of LAND, 2d district, M i!k' ns0rl
county, No, 106;containing202 l-2»c re *
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