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Th* Farmer’s Bank rtf Virgin
ia bas recently received 1,50.000
dollars in specie from the Boston
banks. Money will seek its abode
where the property is to command
it.
Mr. Holman has purchased a
lot of ground in Richmond, for
the erection of a theatre, to be
completed as soon as pr.Tible.
The governor’s Garden, as it is
called, which was directed to be
fold by an act of the lad aflembly,
was actually fold on Wednef.iay
lift, for more than 50,000 dollars.
The whole garden is but one acre.
Bellville, the feat of Mr. John
Bel!, near this city, containing a
bout twenty acres, and, perhaps,
the mod elegant honfein Virginia,
was yefterd ( y foM for .51*, 000 dol
lars. —Richmond Eh *uircr,
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THE NelFs.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 11.
Ot the l.ih instant, an at'rmpt was nui.fi* to
jfpv the t-vvr> bv*somt- ineen'liarv—the buiniiri's
now fy-pctmir by inr Thomas T.-n*ll and tfi.r.tm
Joe! .\bbt*, m*re selected as Being l>* st calcu
lated tr -m their situation, and ib*- combustible
materials within them. to produce a general
C “iH'igration—and the manner of commuilcut
imr ‘he ft irne, evinc and an experienced and tho
rough vdia.ny in .he pelpetra'or. \ con! of
fire rdlcd no i.i a had of nicked cot ten, was
p’ -’Ced in a parcel, if fivsh tig'ht-w.ind shat ig.-,
aid the whole adbisted in such a way. as to
p • •.! ice their hoi rible effect almut the hour of
midnight..
Fellow -citizens, do rSot tile freauent nccur
rence* ofnre, which I*ve taken place tv ;•... miy
l>v accident, and this still more alai J g m.
stance of design, create in you no disposition
to provide against its fatal ravage ? A moderate
tea* taking place in our town at an unusual
hour, provided the wind should be the leas’
*y i. w'tii - oMsimeit bevoiul a <loi.hr. Kverv
’ ’ < H — l lliU iVS’ , \
no one acts; Like. bnviUirrt.il then*. Audi o{
the approach or’ Phillip, project plans ■ re
sistance arul defence, bin none have energy
enough to carry ttiein imo effect ; while
thus tlicv confernd, the victor came like the*
whirlwind of Heaven!
It has been demonstrated bv long cxpn i: nee
that, immod ■rate use ot whiskey, makes a man
thievish—and excess in any other sti ong drink,
a brute*
New-Castle, June 8, 1816.
Slß—Your nofs of to-day by
Capt Owen IT. Kenan, is before
me—having acknowle ged your
innocence ot the charges to be in
ferred by try publication in the
AugulTa Chronicle, of the 20th
March las:. under ‘he signature ot
4t A Friend to the Army.” find
Having fihcc been completely un
decfivei,on the Object of your
having paid out bills of the Banks
of Georgetown and Alexandria to
an officer coder orders for a dis
tant tfoft. ft rental. s for mi to re
lieve you from the charge of in con
fntency, and to a {To re you that l
intended nothing like a challenge
in the conclusion of my pi.plication
in the fame paper, under date of
the 3d ult. (under the fa ne signa
ture) of which you carnplain And
with the exception of the juflifica*
*\ >n due to inyfelf, the lalfc publi
cation referred to, Was intended as
a prompt acknowledgement to the
feelings of an injured man, with a
fmcere* desire, that whatever preju
dices might have been excited a
gain! you by the original publica
tion, ihould befpeeddy obliterated.
You are at liberty.. Sir, to make
fach use ofthe above note, as will
mhi likely promote the object in
view.
I am, sir, yours, &c.
W. JONES.
treat. John H. Mallory, }
Pay maker 7th Infantry. 5
S U M M A U V.
ihc French police it laid to main
tain no less tnan 22,000 fpiea and in
formers.
lhe taxes, legal and illegal, levied
by the government of I?ranee and the
police, on the newfpapa-8 of Paris, rt
mjo it to the enormous Him ofonemil
iicn five hundred and Curty thou land
francs per annum. J
rhf court of the Brnjula has ofhcial
iY intimated its detern anation to the
papil government, not'rohllow the el
tshhfhment of the Jest us within the
Portuguese dominions.
Si mptoms. Whenever the national
guatd j are called upon ;to “ reltoie the
Public tranquility” in F< ance, which is
iteqaently “ diiturbed./’ they always
refufe to aft again ft the people. The
.ri-colored flag is often 0 on waving ih
places appropriated 10 the whi'e ensign.
bi the f-iefence of the king, the people
111 u?, ixve it roi t and muttering, add,
tit Rome The cry of hive /’ m[>e rur
i? freq lentiy heard c> Though tkur
m.iy be m reafok to hope that this f'ergh:
f v,H iwiK T.ately i tii ve tbtrnje/vc cj ihtir
chains ; apfe/v* very cer'aiti that thty
wear them with reluftance.
jHR LAW. Important regulation !
A berlwi journal announces, that in
future, t lie ti. lets of Mr; M r£ .
Mds> fhuli be .fupprefl” <1 m the play
bills. Ihe aclrtflVs au* to be defignt
ed by the title af fhau ; for
instance, in die bill announcing the [day
of 01 HE! to, which whs petformed ori
th 3d of fviarc.a, Desdemona is perfon
afod by, worn a 1 S.hiok
?; >* It is thus that the law is fftt by
evew one, and in every thing done in
regal goyarnrnents. a man ‘an hard
!y rra..i.,(,t the most coov'viou bofioefa
of hi**, * nhort feeling the iestraint of
his f'vtjreign tie is always wa'ched
and veal ’ ting ; Lis inouors are always
emtnri { rl and restrained, and even
his tiiouj lit can scarcely be called free 5
Tiiis Regulation of the Theatre ip of
no othc * conk quence than to lliew that
royalty i ttempis to rule every hiug,
hdwev-i contemptible it may be. What
would -re the people of the United
I cn'atm,. , .link of fueh rellr.iir.ts ? what
j would we do, if compelled to ch ain
j p.-'fipo* fo< liberty to viut a friend, or
attend to bufincf.r ten or fifteen miles
| f om OH r dcmicil ? We hardly exaft
so muclt ,>f our negro fl.svea ;bm so
cial orb? r is restored,” and “ Europe
is free l 1 ’
: ; gunpowder’
A ne • mile of manufadfuring gun
powder lias been invented in France ;
thegrai is are lpherical, of th. size of
swan lhkt, well glazed, and conipofi-d
of cop.oeiitric c ; tiie advantages
wb- ch it pefi lies over com,no.; pun.
powder, are, that the manufaftye ut it ‘
is much cheaper, and that it burn'; a?
lead fix rimes more rapidly than com
mon nq’'vder.
ix ,? iie and dangerous pracncdi
: now prevails of purring final!
crackers under the wafer of blank
or anoMyrnous letters. When Fie
letter Is opened, the cracker ex
plodes, with coii/iderable ncife.
1 ins psaefice is noticed because and
citizen is at this time blind in one
eye, ih consequence of injury re- i
cetved from the e.xjSJofion’of one
oithdfe crackers,
GERMAN PROPHET
Germany is occupied m attending
to the sombre predictions of John
Adams Muller, who (ince the year
Ibbt, ap ( earu (and we believe httmelf )
to have foretold the wars, &c which
have fn.ee that period taken piace on
the continent of Europe, it feemi chat
at the age of 13 lie knew all the B.ble
by heart , when he was 19 his father
died, but Was refiored to life for four
year* in consequence of his prayers !
had millions given him by an invifi
b:e spirit ; foretold events in person
to sovereigns, Nc ; the downfall of Bo
naparte, and the battle of Waterloo,
with, particulars, were correftly fore
told by him. (Much like a inhale !
NEWS.)
A Theatre is soon to be erected
in Savannah ; over 30,000 dollars j
were fubferibed in a few days ; i
and the city council, have made a !
profent of a fm.dl Got of gfc’ufid
and fublcribed 4,000 doiiara to
wards the building.
Reuben IVale announces to the
public that the “ Muleum will he
hereafter lighted by means of
CARBURETTED TIVIIRO6EN GAS,
1 without the ailiilence of any oil,
exhibiting the extraor inarv spec
tacle ot what may emphatically be
called a fountain of light.
11. JR Cff/tJtLrON,
h/<*>kiel ilaiTiss, in Jus \ ivortisrmont t•• his
1. I lor ciiizviis, l.avnijf ilcvi.iictt * far i-oni (he
| pit us of recfitiKU 1 ; uiul ohm u-il s.. t;ir on ilic j
j mm.vJs ot calming jml abu.-i', 1 think him mikl ;
! *'F p'otc so voi ‘, far hoiuaUi mr notnv, iliut I j
shoiihl trrai n Witt, silv.ni cinitcrn|ii, vv... u nut j
that Hc XKWS max circulate hc'.o.ul mi at- |
, fjimintenor , for, his arrow of ni..ic''. .I ‘lice i
1 only shot, in tils’ ncupibovlioot l 1 !,.■ ii--.il j
“r :•■. s n.m roai A* in, it vvvalil i’iiJ sMo 1 ill Ins j
.oil odf(l 01 ].<•>, I'tl as it I'niy re ‘all rieip.ltx i
lioi iis ti,a ;r ‘lOl acfj'iain nl with mr U- 11 -v.
! 11 1 1 ilia, part of nix trieiuls ami
j k*i -e.ii/ ii--, M- I;w e.l know some i 1 iiie
| 1 nos j./o. ~ik it tea'll iv sol t.-e eases In: has re
j w . u'<l u>. ,
j As to his Cost •n; • .r. R i .SivOlh of *iml
j - .10, 1:1 >.t .le! 1,- iI or. >e, tin, s ore Cool- j
, ‘ ‘ r ‘ *••'> ■ K 1 ; •/oiifii!, whirlt ,ltcl not hold |
; • “ ‘! “ Virnista, sill I Ido |
; n ‘ 1 ‘ ‘*■. ’ svv e -be reason trial lie-got
tv a ut me Ins spiiniig !
’ -;t> 1 . i .1 1! < : -\\.rds ; somdinie ulu r lie . 1
I ,J ’ 11 ■ ■ .(• ■■ii. die- graiiello jii slot tin I
, 1 > couple of Ins in iglib.mr’s
i' 1 !* u 1 was at vaf-iajiCe- wMli, l 1 ivtulr
| :>-■( k in Imn c <>! my own k’uorrle.ige, 1 knew .
1 ‘.l o “ aft r, lid 1 do s.ippose he
,1” (’ 1 1 ■ a(e 1e 1 evmii -1 not as- ,Si h i'll in
j '"'i.l>,;liiv ~:(• CC oil Ins neigtiboliis ai. he
! c ‘.el ‘ter 1 / a.- e.-asp-nw ala . popular;!\,
■* -* !'c!! s".ed’ u, LOl. tins cotton, which suit,
Inr. ‘1 .1, : ii.it s.iyr and ‘cr*Timat< il a-lus cast.
* - sale Mat t e jdtaM;s ‘ 0 mill b aud ule nt, 1
base no (l. ’ibt that a ini* *b. r r.fyou wdl reel- :
le. (, h..t 1 aelve'i 11 /,. <t it at the Louti'y ;COUfl
i lioti-.. ;o ii , *io'.iy i -(< my reasons for s.ii.ng
and i. i':Cigioye e<*ii(M'S to ctOTl’ aad purch
ase, Mm * W. or iel allow ehem a-iibw al rlisCoilll..
j !■'!!, ‘to my broii'cr being- u CrcdiU.r of limit,
is a prsiiivt-untruth, he was not at that time,
iv-iUK i’ is nr iiihv, iintess lie ttaj got some 01
my t rs that have .not yet con. to my know l
‘l V- ■ \''o;i>. v Uucsatrng-hint to purchase
• •'/ ‘-hing lor .ue, I ir-ut jliu j Mrs. it.-e.ksal
■’ ’> -’ ; ‘j s she did not, and so far from Mr. liar.
‘ is-’ be lit vinj/’ u tc* be HtVfmdi’f-m sale at ‘luu
*ime. tna.. lie even sent Iris dae'.'iitei’ (ALs .
.’ igioon to Mrs. Pr<c*ks ; uesinng her to
hm. Mi. most vaiimbleJlnugs, particularly the
j I ne: in mt are, and net ie> me sell Lheni as she
. ail w ori ■ u so hard to g'e e them, as soon ua
M. Hougiiton wasoonc, Mrs. 1i.,,.01<s told me
o; it, i told her not to do so at any rate, but let
hem go, Unit die Lend would puiv.de.
I rue llr. Il.uriis did buj’ in some tilings
aril gun his nmt with stetirity, bs otlie is, at. !
j n,e ai the ‘iti.e h<- gave Ins note, Hut l.e
| d.tliii.i w..i,l die’ ptoperty, tliat he was s-.rn
j - <Jl ’ “ s Brooks.md iiie: c!nldre:i and bought it
J 0,1 tomr acc rjiit, d/sired l would maS:;; lise of
j Ilia note as Olliers, and wh. never l.cmdd make
. it convenient, lon lid pay mm fortt ? I'm yv-Jucli
ii ti.anke<tdi.ni. \ f\v day s after til sA. Suiion*
j !<ad me tai lnwi’ h a e>. ka or a'a to ihe a
j tiiouni oi’ <So dollars not having die mone y I
j w-.s obliged to auh.iiit to the rtgor of the law
; 1! fore i icit home, i put Mr. JL.itiss’ not. m
, <.anub ot AM ■ . Miirphey, dcail'iitw him if
ni, i..Hilly soon id want any ii.iiigbr.fy;, Iretur
; ,l B .to. to ict in m soil. , hut io make us:: of
Inal nob in proviilifii; for dn in, however 1 re
-1 .mii'il in a few days, my liui.iiy had need u
, *'* : "".d n . v ah.- * ’Cc, ami Murpe. had not le
■cu .1-e note; Ih*w, ver Air. ‘! upily died slior - !
iv .dlc'f'Vards, anil ok note felt into , the A'.- i
mi-.is l ato'V hands, 1 lidvhi v,, •„ a : 1.- j
s. .e.e tq get lioi'i *.! <>: !. -.imi iij jure given it j
up .o liiae He has in,: smet. 11 n.d o *i ke; i
strife aoo-'t it in tu- cnu.cn Ini’ the minist.i- !
would iw.t listen to him I imu hirn !,. sliomu !
‘B property h<- pttrchafccd at any time,
atiel sti.. mil itlln so, v.. nli liendoses io tai.i,
and stil. :i d.ssati.-fied. Ine rest of liie
notes made by die-sale, l let. n.y cn ditors in.\e
nn.i'edia; iy, say • ‘i, . jr s M. Tailiol, V\ . (Jor*
belt, VV >t ai.inK, U. MoJlniay and min is.
. sto .\H.;p ay note, lie > arm omy house
early ill the nioriiingon the day of sale, and says
ni me, ti.ere was some nice Jffcifihrs .vriiji ci-.il,
hat lie wink, not i li, .1 iiewas in r.r, place, I
.toldo'iii that I as obliged to sell all ! had to i
i a..se i,. .ne v,or the property would !a sold far
me : sayr. he, 1 n.y note for tliirH
-.i bars, nhir 1 ’ you may pass off, mil I wilt take
tie ll* de l s (s.,y four) and a .>u\e,uiid piggs in
s curi'y, and it y oti can pay the note oli by next j
Christmas. I oh.n-el Murphev’s ad.mV. the*
sue note or the amount ot ■•(,’ and keep die J
-t as ne baiy.am was, he said no, lie would i
l.avc the mock, I jold him that if lie was so de- !
M niii.ie-l, he inns keep the ea He as Murphev j
iiad to cm m possession, hut as to'the sow and j
s.io.i'.:, -M'liplic) had n.\er hatl the.’ii in pus-I
was;**!, nor ted them at all, and he should not !
lu-ze tlun. The cade lie sold for dodoliais,
wn ictt overpaid Murplu j \ note.
As o wlml he sue s Covington told him, 1 be*
’ eve it is as palpable an uni ruth as he ever in
vented, for I never have yet Sworn out of Jail,
,ior n.o< dmy property, itpr my pep-on in an:
irtft i* -ftp (.Aty 9 nor tttcvjflt* justice,
~ * ‘ ‘‘ f ’ y ‘o I was on a large .‘.rale if
harming’ and under heavy rei.rs, s..y 7or 800
lollars. through the act of I'rovidence m ti,.
course ol n s months of that year, I los t fom
teeii head oi valuable horses and three negroes
u course, you may suppose, los t my crops, b ; -
vmg out three hoi s* s left, f,, ihe fear 17PP,
iie nionth of.fmu, I petitioned to the Covert
or lor relief, stating- that f leit tny self utirbie to
satisty mycirditu; s unless they would take nv
property, he received an attested list 0 f
property, appointed a commissioner, who sold
tne same ant paid it to the creditors, at this 1
time Covington was h * ween 8 and 9 years of j
age so thi; tam satisfied that he knew little or *
nothing concenimgthe matter.
As to tuc plantation tiial Imu now living on i
| ands ner-ro hov, I Tarry, to Nathaniel
Rau >y tjr-ri full c “isi lea: mu, w itli the prop
erty in secun v,ntKl have tv, .since (when I had
•any trtd.i will) it) been under rent ; so
that Mr. ifarriss wall nil Ins L-.w-Icnowteilge,
ninsp'ii thyofii linn fall short of being a good
com sellor, wihui he toils you, that a Alan’s r<n
t ing ..in his land disjuikstss/i Inin ’ and ‘iis as.
sert ons educe ruing the trunsaetiuiis of'tins hit
smess like the rent of Ins vain a • wrtioiitt.
Mr, H: .mss certamlv must have forgot i|c
g’otnl il.il Ovlv;Cv, *he that fiiw* in j'li a (.:■ .r.t
■ “iwhiot thvn-u *um ■• ’hiii as it don’t hrcmne
m -Jn.ii aiiy man of,m-.- feelings,’ even to tell
tiie truth, io mv tcllow-citi/.riis’cr
d.sa.lvaiitage, unless C'llilpelled in a cmtrt of
j‘ is r iccnr liono - J theretoi-f refer you to Air.
Haiviss* creditors, ask them what lie lias and no
With ’hat mass ot property that he had in An.
go sta, ti:.,’ da y .e lag it ("iv’i'd their dm ;
tiupui'Cu. the r a ms theivut his general chu*
reel r, and a ii.t u.,., the reason lira’ ins Imuse
was sorts Min, led night ~f crridil w.th dill, rent
ni'ib.; come into tins neigl|J)oiiiij.;d and a-k
Ins IJiack-Mtiuii’s, S'wi” miAus, Carp/ntcrb,
ALI let’ , I).stiller’., t. a:n r’s,; Overset *’s Ike,
a’ i.l m 1... 1. ms ia- g I .hors mgi a. . a|, v. hat ia the
t natter that thcr.- i.i st.rh an ado’ about irno,
i 1 a'!;er, tui’ead, nails, toll spiiMis, cotton and
l.d> tli, and wha’ Uilicre , n that sis gate n
mi tinged a id thrown ouotiu- creek t alia
B- ll; A t that 1..S lmisi.’s n aue iii!,l tail's
:tt\ arid oli, and I vckon it vou could suj)
cuo ■ • *i'.hii’ •, pom AI,. Haiu'i, ml, toi .nertf of
\ .ig'usia, can'd tell you soiin ihjiig ahoiivtit.
I rlends and fellow cili/ei.:, 1 doii’texftecFlo
11 oi.iney mi ..in more on tins head, the reason
J - * a,M |!1 fir't place conscious ol mv ina
i’ lily to d.le. ss the public, in die.second pirn o
I hay.■ not money to .spmv . pay for pi imnig,
t.n i am poor, and have got ten children io
so port niitofiny own labor, except vvma l hire
, —m\ four eldv'st children heing females,
i Hie public’ss,ineia Inyial
SAMi. CROOK3.
1.77 lb JhlnO , ll’ilki )
county. Georgia. y
m< ( iNsI.LV “
JNVORIVIG the public, that he
fv.fs commenced the practice of .e*
diciiie, in conjunction with Dr Ab
bot-—-at whose houl’e he may ai
any time be found,
june i.f. 3 t
*
!. 20 Dollars Reward.
. RAN AWAY from the fub*
f’Jiibcr on the iothinft. two negro
fq:!ows i one, by name, Torn, and
about 20 years of years old ; the
other, by name, Bob, and about
32 years old. The oldtffi of these
two negroes has a downcast look,
thick upper lip, answers pertly
v\hen spoken to, and,is about five
feet ten or eleven inches high ; had
or, when he went away, an old
sAvan’s ■ down waiff-coat. Flit;
younger! is a fine looking fellow,
upwards of 180 pounds in weight;
his eyes iuli, and he has a cheerful
appearence. 0- These negroes, it
is bejicvcd, are making for St
John’s, in Florida, or, perhaps,
Virginia. Ten dollars will he giv
en for the apprehanfion of either of
them, or twenty/tor both, either
delivered to thejfu'bfcfibtr, living
in Lincoln county, or lodged in
j.nl so as to be obtained, fhc old •
a fellow can read tolerable well.
h r l.tHb.K U/EIiKSITMCEP.,
N- B. Ihe Augusta Gazelte and
Miliedgeville Journal will give the
above advertifernent a place in their
ctdumns twice, and forward their
accounts to the News office for
jettjen.ent.
MUR THEATRE.
7 he Grand Romantic Dra
ma of A REEL LINO, G r,
7 IJE GREAT BANDIT\
is now in re he arse 1 by the
Thesf/an Society, and will be
speedily produced. The re
ception this Play has hitherto
received in New-York, Phila
d< fphia, B.c ; the excellence
of its monl; the pleasure that
an enlightened and liberal au
dience may receive, have been
principal motives in stimulate
>ng the ‘Thespians to the ar
duous office 1 1 attempting h>,
exhibition. (j^T-It is more than
};robabic this Tragedy will
dose the performances for
this bummer.
June 14.