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SAVANNAH
TUUUSn\Y FANNING, AUGUST 12,1824.
Tim pay of a po9t captain in the Colom
biau navy is S140 per month, equal jo that
of a colonel in the army. Masters aotl
commanders receive 100; Lieutenants of
the line of battle ships 45; do of ft igates 40;
midshipmon 12; although they rank as ca
dets; first boatswains 30, and sailors of the
first class &
HOARD OF HEALTH.
The Hoard is still enabled to state to its Pel-
low citiaens, the continued prevalence uf health
in the city otSavannah.
Jlepjvt of death in Savannah, for the vxek end
ing the lef A August, IS 24.
■Died of Fever, 1, aged Si—non resident.
Do •Consumpt ion 1, aged 44—at the hospi
tal. Total 2.
My Older of the Chairman,
I. It. rEFFT.Sec’ry.
• A Kttmati recently from New York.
Savannah, 1 till August, 1824.
TO THE EDITOR.
JJstr.net of a letter dated Madison Springs,
August 8;h 1824.
I have just returned from the commence-
ment at Athens, where for a few days the
streets and houses were crowded with the
beauty and fashion and tha most splendid
equipages of Georgia—where the grShtt
men of the nation met together to talk over
the affuis of Stale, and to make arrange
ments for the ensuing year’s political cam
paigo. The assemblage was immense; and
a universal disposition seems to be manifes
ted to cherish the Cmll.g** from which so
much good is expected. Exberience thu-
far promises to fulfil the hope# of its most
ardent and sanguine admirers. Mr Wal
kee of Athens, and Doctor Terrell of Han.
cock, were elected to fill th*. vacancies in
the college trust otlcasinWd by the resigna
tion of Mr. Clayton of Miliedgeville. and
by the dead) of the much lamented M. Up*
9on of Oglethorpe.
• Mr. Cubb has signified that he will not
bj'.a candidate for Congress at the ensuing
election. There is however no danger that
the vacancy which will be occasioned by
this circumstance will remain unfilled, as
M .j.»r Merriwfther • of Clark, and Judge
Longstreet of Greene County, very prompt-
ly imve tendered their services for the dis
charge of the duties of the appointment—
>Ve live in a happy country, where the
highest offices in the gift ’of tin* people are
always *0 readily filled, notwithstanding
the arduous duties appertaining to them are
&» burthensome to the incumbents. In fact
■it is apprehended that there are not quite
offices enough in Georgia, to satisfy those
■tv to are willing to take them; and tha
the' e may be some disturbance in the wig-
tvam on tha. account. It is thought that
the vacancy which will occur frr the Judge
in the district where Judge Longs reet
Q .w acts is wished to be occupied by at
lpust. two gentlemen of high standing in the
State.
As to the Senatorial election not mor.h
wa* -a.d about it, and nothing determined
Spoil in regard to it, at Athens.
The West are willing that it should be
jPi-fl by the choice of the East; and as far
q* ! mold judge Mr. Charles Harris seem
ed 'u unile the good wishes of the greatest
number of all parties for the appointment;
Governor Troup was at Athens, and
{Saems to be in the fifll enjoyment of the
good opinions ot the people. I heard noth
ing about a Jackson ticket, nor do I appre
hend that any such thing will be seriously
attempted.
Having no time to say more, I am res
pectfully your friend, fisc.
A Post office has been established in
Crawford County, (Ga.) at the Ichacconna,
on the Federal road—Captain L. Lawshe,
J?. M; ‘
The Supreme Court ef Errors of Con
jjrcticut, have lately decided lhat an die-
gitnnatejchild may inherit from its mother.
[For the Republican.]
INTERNAL IMPRC>VEMENT,
LETTER HI. >
To Gov. Gso. M. I ttbvp,
In again bringing forward the subject of
the Brunswick Canal I must state to you
that should the state determine >o cut the
canal that Brunswick will in time take a
large share of 'Unde from Charleston, S.-Ci
as Brunswick must by the advantages de
rived from the Canal rise rapidly into com
mercial importance: She will receive the
entire commerce of the Altumaha, Ocmul
gee, Oconee and their tributaries She will
also by constructing a few tievy short Ca
nals receive the commerce uf me G eat and
Little Satilla rivers the sea board of Cam
den county and coast of East Florida, and
will in consequence become an extensive
nart for S .uthern produce. The Great
■ri ills contain* on it- hanks some of the
finest swamp lands in Georgia and a vast
quantity of u too, the lands are equally as
uch as those on the Savannah and Almma
iia.and equally as well suited to the cul-
tuieof cm ton and rice and by not being so
nuch subjected ’o freshets the crops are
more certain. Consequently the lands are
more valuable* This part of our country
ts* be sure is at this time very obscure, but
the day is not far distant when it will be
come conspicuous, by the large plantations
that will be I cated there: at this time there
are but few, the principal of which is owned
by a merchant of Charleston. The distance
from the several points above quoted to Sa
vannah, not being much greater than that of
Charleston outside, and the inland passage
is considered equally or more hazardous
than the passage outside, to vessels em
ployed in the coasting trade,in consequence
f he st* ep banks of the narrow salt ware*
iverg, and the passage outside is on an a-
•erage, completer’ in one third of the space
»f time, which causes the greater part of
me principal planters at this time to ship
their produce to Charleston instead.of Sa
vannah. If the canal to unite the Almma.
ha with Turtle river be cut, Brunswick
must monopolise this trade, and I am au
■hnrised to say that should the state cut
the Brunswick Canal; that the citizens • f
Camden and Glynn Counties, will at their
own cost, cut the nece-sary canals to unite
the Great and Little Satilla riVei wilh Tur
tle river, so as H> have a safe and short paa
sage fo> fl u bo. turned and steam bn»ts.
In my several letters I have used every
caution to avoid all kinds of exageration,
knowing that nothing is more disgusting in
a writer than to make wilful misrepresen
tations, and knowing that it would be bel
ter to fall within the limits «fany supposed
estimation, rather than expand it beyond
probability: having written deliberately on
der these impressions, I am confident all
my assertions can be supported by incon
tesfible facts. My object in writing not
being interest, but a mere wish to enlighten
your mind respecting interna! improve
ments on objects, which I am certain is not
personally known to you, 1 will for the
present, dismiss the farther discussion of
the Brunswick Canal, and turn my views to
the subject of cutting a canal to unite the St
Mary’s with Suwanee river, and will pro
duce facts that will exhibit the easy prac
ticability of having a steam boat navigation,
with the Gulf of Mexico, by ussending the
St# Many’s and descending the Suwapee,
the writer having a personal know-,
ledge of the country and soil through
which the canal is intended to pass. If this
project be ever completed, it will not. only
be deeply interesting to the people of this
state, but will be hailed as a happy epoch
in our history, by all the maritime Stares
in the Union. As the subject is too pro
lix for the present letter, it will be defered
for another, .
A GEORGIAN.
LATEST AND IMPORTANT FROM
the Pacific «ia the isthmus.
The schr Ardent, Capt BossierC, arrived
at this port on Saturday night, in 22 days
from Pot to Bello. \Ve learn verbally from coiinuenee
Captain B. that about the last of May, news
reached Panama, that,owing to the disuf
feet ion of the Peruvians, Gen. Bolivar had
embarked most of his army on board the
Peruvian and Colombian Navy at Guaya
quil, and retired to Truxillo, leaving a Pe
ruvian Colonel in command of the garrison.
Shortly after leaving Guayaquil, indeed,
before he lost sight of the plum, he had the
mortification ot seeing the Peruvian Hag
hauled down, and the Spanish colours
hoisted* A short time after, news was re
ceived of the abolition of the Constitutional
Government of Spain; upon the receipt of
winch most of the Spaniah troops in Peru
refused to acknowledge the abtolute go
vernment of the king. Availing himself
of this circumstance, Bolivar immediately
returned to Guayaquil, and was joined by
a great number f Spanish troops, as also
by the faction in Peru, who had before op-
posed him, on the ground, (as was said by
them.) that he had c»me not for the purpose
of assisting them butmf conquering iff the
name of Colombia. He had taken posses
sion of Guayaquil, and was’ marching on,
with every prospect of bringing the war to
a -peetly close. On thfe 26th of J me a re
inforcement of between 2 and 3000 troops
from Culombia had passedChagies on their
Way to Panama, toembatk from Peru', tak
ing'with them a great quantity of arms,
amunition and cordage &c far the navy.
A report prevailed throughout the country,
that a treaty of alliance had been formed be*
tween Colombia and Hayti, in which the
latte agrees to furnish 4000 troops com
pletely armed for the assistance of the for.
mer. and which were daily expected. On
the 24jh June, the French brig of wa> Ga
zelle arrived ntChagres from Martinique,
bringing an agent from the French Govern
ment to rpside at Panama, who had been
well received.
On the 3d July, capt B. left, offChagres,
the Colombian frigateColumbia.Com. Chit-
ty, and 6 Or 8 other vessels Of war, which
hud brought the above mentioned rein
forcements to Chagres. No American ves
sels were left at Panama. An English
brig l name unknown, had just arrived from
Cail f". \t Guayaquil; shin Ten Plant, of
New York and several other American ves-
Is, taking in freight for Gibraltar.*—Mar
kets were very unsteady, owing to the un
settled state of the country No prices
could be quoted with certainty.—Jlmer
proprietor hse made every exertion to ac-
oomnxidate his numerous customers, und
has succeeded as far as could be expected,
coiisjderiiig the very short time since he
commenced his establishment.
it tens erected. A valuable dog yiLu
chained in pile of the tan-} aids,
ed in the morning by a man who entrwf
water Op to his breast in save hirui.k!
Storm at Philadelphia.—On Thursday
night, 29tli ult. a fall of rain was experien
ced in the city and vicinity of Philadelphia,
'which caused extensive damage to streets,
bridges, mill dams, <!j*c.6tc. The Philadel
phia papers furnish the following details:—
From every quarter, we hear reiterated
accounts of losses. In a smaINtream, tri
butary to the Schuylkill, atjjw miles above
the city, three milfdaiiis are swept away ;
and it is probable that not one in ten ot the
dams near thecity are Irf whole.
The bridges at Flat Rook,winch has been
destroyed, was unde going repairs Mr
Wernwag,the contractor,must lose consid
erably by this accident, as ho had just erec
ted two arches to support the old bridge,
and two days, work more would have se
cured them—the whole was swept away.
We are informed that much property was
injur ed and lost in Muylandville. We have
heard that a single individual there states
his loss at upwards of 840U0.
In Mongnmery and Bucks counties, the
mads are much injured, end mill-dams »nd
fences swept away, A* far as we have been
able to gather information, the same mis
fortunes have befallen the people ot Dela
ware and Chester counties. New Jersey .as
also suffered in mill-dams, fences, hay ar\d
roads:
In thecity. several foundation* of houses
recently iaulihave been destroyed, and hun
dreds of cellars are nemly or quite, lull of
water. The advijif which the NewY ik
editors lately gavel/ieirfellowcitizens, will
not be amiss to our neighbors; let the water
be pumped oat of y ir cellars us soon as
possible; it mtly, by remaining, generate
disease.
We h tve heard that Poole’s bridge, a
small bridge at Frankfort,and Gray’ For
ry bridge, were all carried uwuy as also
several houses. Two cows jn the Northern
Lib9rties were drowned. One min escaped
with his family from a sui,ill tenement,
leaving his trilling furniture which with his
house and a trunk containing 170 dollars
were swept .iff by the current.’
We understood that a I .ss of upwards of
85,000 has been sustained by injury done
to the Factory and its contents in German
town.
The stone bridge on the Lancaster road
about three miles from the city, was tie
strayed.
animal had been buffeting the IW?
ring the whole night, and was nead*
.inlisted, We learn that two biicW,
tween, Frankfort and Holmesbim.
beeu swept away. *>
From ti e MHledgevillc Recorder.
Executive Uepatment, Georgia
„ Mhijrtgerilje, lf.lhStuch,ififl
Sir—You will.perceive by the cnii J
resolutions*, passed by the Leo
this State on tne 29th NovemU.
their anxious desire, that the dltftLs
between Georgia and Alabama »h 0 ll
run. In the expressing of this desir f J
Legislature of Alabama ha,ve ctincur<
1 ask the favor of the President to L
the accomplishment of this object i
cause me t-. be notified, when the Gotl
meot. of the l 1 States are prepared fur iJ
With high consideration and rein.,. I
G. M TK&pl
The President of the Unite.! Stales. 1
Executive Department Georgia
Miln-dgevillc, 17th March, Itjil
Gentlemen—I have this dayeuclun
the P esident of (he U. States, twoie,
tinna passed by the Legislature ol d,,.
—IheJhst .it their session of 1822,.hr*
erai t> >t of 1823 requesting the atttJ
of tho Gene- nl gove nmenf to the runni
and walking of die line between thisStu
and Alabama—You will oblige mebv cj
o| gating with the President, to bring f
this desireable event—Alabama hat I
notified of the measures taken for |U
onmplishnient of this object, and *|*J
been Invifed to act in the rotofert with]
Yit y Respectfully, G. M TROUPJ
SenaioiBund R |wevaluative* iVnmGe Djiil
in Congress, Washington. F
(Par Department. July 18,1823.
To HisK*. tie-- vl Ti"UV>. Georgia;
Sir.—I ani in- tructed by the PresilJ
of the U. States in answer f'6 JoUr letis
the 17t i March last, transmitting
tions passed by the Legislotute of GeoJ
relutive to the running and <naikingib«d
viding line between that Stale amUfiM
ma. to inform you that he has given
tention to the resolutions. ’
The Co 'Ventinu- bm ween the U Sj|
and Georgia of the 24th April, 1802, i
no provision that the line shall be ruJ
the United States, and as the LcgislJ
of Alabam.i has expressed no desire tlJ
-hould be run by the United8tates.it ii
lived that any line which might be ruuj
marked under their authority would
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ANJI-
CIPATED.
A Providence paper informs us, that
“the Hun. Wheeler Martin, a candidate
for elector of President a-eended the stee
ple of the First Baptist M eting House in
(hat town, and from a scaffold on the out
side, at the height »f one hundred t nd fifty
feet above the ground, proclaimed John
Quincy Adams as the next President of
the United States The friends of Mr. A.
it seems, take a high stand, and -he hon
curable judge afterwards observed, that no
one in that town ever spoke higher of his
cand date than he hau on that occasion.”
GETTYSBURG. Penn. July 2!
Faithfulness of the dog—To the many
instances of faithfulness in this affectionate
nirnal. we think one which happened near
Jiis place on Monday mornipg last, is well
worth adding:
MrMatthias Ornd . fi* of Menallen town-
hip, was crossing a field, about a quarter
f a mile distant from his house, when he
was attacked by a very vicioua bull. The
animal raised him with his horns, and
th ew him, he supposes, about 15or 16 feet
upon a fence;and as he was falling, was
cau ht by the bull, and presed aginst the
fence by'his horns.—In this situation lie
was held until he found his strength gradm
ally weakening—and was nearly exhausted
whe’n his dog, who had heard his first cry
came running from the house, one-fourth
ofa mile distant, to his assistance, and im
mediately attacked the animal, and reliev
ed his master from this dreadful situation.
Mr 0. has received but one serious wound,
which is very deep otc in t e thigh, where
the animal first struck him. In all proba
bility, bad it not been for the watchfulness
and speed of his faithful dog, he must soon
have been deprived of life.
Jfii Jiff air of Honor in the Land of Stea
dy Habits—We have an account of an af
fair of honor, said in the Bridgeport Cour
ier, to have tak :n place in Newtown.
(Conn.) between two - young bloods,” who,
after firing at each other without effect.ac-
cused the seconds of charging the pistols
with powder only, and" agreed to deride
the matter with theii fists. The ring was
formed and a furious set to commenced,
which was kept tip with great spirit, in
which much scientifir/<rcfn» was exhibited
and many knock dovOnaigumertts were ad
vanced, until by tin- rules of pugilistic law,
one of the champious declared himself sat
isfied with the punishment received* and
humbly implored the fa. givness of hi} hon
orable antagonist. This new mode of *e
tling a dispute; not appearing to the civil
authorities of Conncctiout to be strictly
conformable to> the “laws of honor,” tbev
The French corvette La Bonile, of 22
guns, Capt. Fremenville,.in 50 days from
JWst, arrived at Norfolk on the 1st inst.
Having on board His Excellency the Baron
die Mareuil, Minister Plenipotentiary from
the Court of Versailles to the government
of the United States—his lady and four
children; also, Mr. Ladorie, Secretary of
Legation, the Count D^ Gaunay, and Mr.
V. De Soutague, attached to the Legation.
Ills Excellency, and suite, left Norfolk on
trie morning of the 2d in the steam boat
Pbterjibbrgjb, for the seat of government*
French JVaval force in the Pacific.—
Notwithstanding the late assertion of the
French minister, that there was only two
French vessels of war on the Brazilian
coast, it appears by late accounts f> om Rio
Janeiro, that they have one,ship **f 80 t>un»,
1 of 74, 1 of 64, 6 of 44.3 of 28, and 3 of
18 guns.
We learn by the Weyhioutb.from Tam'
pico, that the transportation of property in
the interior had become very hazardous, in
consequence of the numerous banditti who
infest the country. They frequently rob
bed the muleteers of their load, and then
offered to ransom them. The markets were
dull and overstocked with every species of
produce^
are stated to have immediately taken mea
•ures «to bring ail the parties concerned
to answer for their conduct before the civil
tribunal; but they immediately put in prac
tice the bid maxim of tin* P-et—that—
“H' -who fights antlrnm away,
“May live to fight another day”
MACON,- August 4.
The Indian Springs—These springs,
situate in Monroe county, at e fast increas-
..tA.i,. ..j ■ .t
,y r , ... . . be obligatory, unless dune bv cudmi
W^lenrn that a .nan was drowned spates interested. Should *td!
nasen* be bad, and Congress think
to make an appropriation for ihe mj
ofrunnitigand ma-king the line,
d-nt would veiy cheerfully comply
the request oF the Legislature ol Ge
1 have the honor to be. Sir. your
nb’t servant,
J C. CALHOll
Executive department, Geoygu;J
Milledgeviii., l7th JaiiuSry. I'
Sir—I am requested by tha. Li j»i
ofGeorgia, to call your attention tolls
niug of the line between this State ai
State of Alabama.
If you are . clothed with the nec
power s on your part, you will be p
to inform mo when it Will sujtyourci
ience to carry them into effect.
On receipt or this informnfioh, I
lose no time in notifying the Presiili
the U. 8. that llie object may be finall]
complished by the-parties in conCeri:
Yery re^pectfaUy.yourob’t ser*'
ing in.celebrity, and webelieve justify the
liiuh character they have attained for thejr
efficacy in various diseases. In addition
to this, the healthiness of the situation, ren
der them an object of attention to those
who can afford to spend thesummer months
in ease and recreation. They have been
resorted to at this season much more than
at any former one.—About two weeks since
a census of the visitors then present was
faker.,and they amounted to more than
500 ; and two or three dny* after it Was
euppoeed they had increased to 709. The
Fab Mount dam yesterday, while collect
ingdrift wood.
Trout the scene of havoc and destruction
which presented itself on the borders of
Cohocksink creek, in the Northen Liber
ties, “fire and water” appeared to have
been “in i uin reconciled.”
The water rose in that creek, four feet
higher than is recollected by the oldest in
habitants in the neighborhood. It was nine
inches deep on the Tower floor of a house
occupied by a Mr Wiiite, and his family
were apprized of (he circumstance by the.
neighbours early this morning,haying rested
in confidence of their being secure from tho
Hood. The house is an ancient one, having
been built before the war of the revolu/ion,
and during the conflict was fired by the En
glish; it was afterwards repaired, as many
others inthe vicinity of our city have been,
which were burnt by order of the British.
We measured the height of the water
mark left on the wall in the lower room^of
Messrs. Craig & Co.’s cotton factory, and
found it four feet above the floor. The
machinery was nearly covered with It, and
about 40 bales of cotton goods were damag
ed; the dye bouse belonging to the factory
was inundated, and most of the dye sniffs
destroyed; much of the fencing along the
creeks was swept away.
At the bridge over the creek on Second
street, the water rose to about four feet, a
bove the crown of the arch.
At the bridge over St John street, there
wet•• fifteen or twenty loads of lumber,
casks, privies. <5fc. together with the plank
work of the brill ae swept from its pier at
Beaver street, A family residing in a email
brick house, near B *aver and Third-streets,
were taken from the window .f their bed
chamber about 2 o’clock this j^F.-iduyjmor
ning, at which time the fresh was at its
height. i . ,
Along third street, near the bridge, a-
bove Beaver-street, the foot way is gone for
about 200 feet, and the road, at the bridge
ne.ir George-street, is washed away to the
cr jwn of the arch, about half way across
the street. On the part remaining, are two
large pieces of timber, wliigh formed a part
iif a dam owned by. Mr,Turner Camuc, and
which was carried from its bed on Fourth-
street. The Bark house of M- Wilson was
carried off. and the cellar of Mr, William
Gray.grocer* corner of Third and Franklin-
streets, was filled with water; it contained
groceries, which were principally lost. The
house of M' Gray.is elevated to the regula
ted height of toe distret. ‘ In St. John st.
at the corner of Beaver-st. the water was
eight.inohes above the pavement, wihch ab
so is placed according to the regulated
height of the district. The cellar of Mr
Benner, grocer, was filled, and all the gro
ceries in it destroyed. All the tannera and
other manufacture) s along the creek Bus
tained damage, some of them we appre
hend to a large amount.- In George-stfeot,
near Third, we saw a large stone, with its
shaft attached, (such 1 as are u?ed for grind
ing ba- k) Which had been removed a con
siderablo distance from the house m which
G, M TROll
His Excellency lareal Pickins, Gi.verdorct
Alabama, Cahawba.
Executive Department Georgit)
Milled}*' :vdle, 19tli \la-c|i, l!j
Sir—I wrote you on the 17|Ji Jj*
lakt in conformity with the direct
the' Legislature ofa this state, contains
sundry resolutions, passed at theirsph
of 1822 and 1823, and having for Ai
i ec the running and marking hf the
►etween tlw states of Georgia and Aid
—The President of the U. H. ims
cently writtpo to, mid the anxious si
tude of the Legislature of Georgia f" :
accomplishment of the object,nmde b
to him—He is requested moreover, "
tifv itic when (be general govjai'nrtionj
find it convenient to attend to it"
desireable to have the co ojteralioo o
state of Alabama, that the work,
completed, shall be satisfactory l° ! "
parties concerned.
Very respeclfnlly, your oh’». '"* r ‘ J
G.M.TB0«
HisRx.Gov Pickins, Calm,, us, Aiaua®
Executive Department.
Cahawba, March 26th, H
, Sir—I have t his moment received J
letter dated the 19th inst. on tlie»#l
running the boundary line betwW'
States of Georgia and Alabama.
To your former letter on the
ject, I regret that my answer was»M
ubly delayed for a longertime d , ‘‘ n ri
have wished, being detained at m )' re l
at that period, and npt obtaining
immediately on its arrival here- , I
I also regret that no provision j 11
made by the Legislature of H> 19
whereby the state can be re|>rese
the extension of the line question.
[ am not apprized of any serious P
difficulty attending the operation,;
matter cf such permrtne nt
would seem to be indispensably » .
to a final and satisfactory SB 1
the work, tfrat thestate^sbould W .
I hope that no serious igconveni ^
be experienced,should tho- matte