Savannah republican. (Savannah, Ga.) 1824-1829, August 31, 1824, Image 2

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—..... i ■ ■ — — —— ■■—■■ -■- FUt'.DEIMljK n FELL, CIlY (>Hi!t'l’SU HAVANA A. I fVKSD'Y I VKNIN(.. 31, I8?4. (ton urn t*rA»n*.i wnratacA* y Jf*From the .V. T. G,mmHinl Advertise^ honor k present you a similar evidence of ' *.-• . mi *• i ,.i*i moh.lt ivlun ti/tih that Uiiiiii V«'Ui Juar 12.] M. DhFAYKt TR v The //is. o) iciil {Society — We gave a “It suit L. ui.iy ait/ • «i.oIa*hUl* into mountains.’’ ' A letter w i Icuin k familiar, and playfulsty fo, , „ to the tdivLrof the li.e.ubnoan, has been Con-]very b ief > < onot, |h»Eevetung # vT 'he via^ struwl by ••MuUoMtc fc'Mmo so unprovoked it ••! I .a I'ayet'ie lo tlio .Navy Yatl but Attack upon M.>j Merase.uer, and Judge Long h*l m-ttber Uioe »._or room «0 con. p! e te It is perhaps due to tlie.'e gentlemen to state that th-’only motive Willi the writer*.Was to in* '.U-Uf^vr-Bv—..i. j f orrn the editor of the Republican, of the pnliti- LA FaYEI IFi’S.ftlUTU-IMu ’ cal newest Athens; and tlmt it was riot even, re- The bit.* mb of Savannah in common with queAte( i :o published In tltat font). The wri- jtltoir telU.w eoiintrymen throughout, the Union, j ,,. ra f .)„ t letter, sofsr from intending to injure frell i.g anxious to manifest their sincerejjvspect j t j le feelings, mr standing, of either oft hn^ gen- (hr the disinterested virtue and patrWwsm ofltl emenT hold* them both in high estimation , tiuir tifstinguis' ed National Guest, GENER AL ^ hopes to see them elected to Congress The 1VI.A F.ME IT E, at present on a visit to tl»e , j ns ' n)IIk tinn that the writer is s restless though Unitbd Sfgti s, convened yesterday, tb< 30th nf Apgtiat, with a view of demonstrating *heir affec tion for that illustrious ggtnot-yfcol J'iknShkll mint a surviving oflicerof the Revolution, being called to the Chair, and Xatusmim. P. Bosn, 1taq appointed Srcrctatv, the following resolu tions warn unanimously adopted:— Hecofoetl That W* Raul I)’ to a, G' Mp- i>«, t C, Wats*, and Mosss IUbbuit K qS 'be and are hereby appointed a c mmi'tee to * make the necessary •m-rHng'.'inen'i,•commemora tive of the Uipth-Uayof (Jen la Fare te, and thutthoy ho Hiithorised »o wait upon sune sui table person and request him in betoalfof the eitiz • ns of Savannah, to deliver, an address* on V eilgesyluv next, 1-t Stspi at iS.o clock,'lit re nu.-nib.unc.- oftlte gallant and distinguish'd ser- viqes-of Gen J a Fay ette rendered in our revo- ln'iuoaHr contest with Giest Britain , uitnlved, That the citizens and military in con-1- , he a d they ar- hi rthy invited to Unite Jii t'.-rmi ig a procession, to accnmpany the ora tor to the place at liicb Abe address it to be dc ive.ed. That the thaiika of this meeting be -. .tend ed to the Chairman ami Secretary, for ti.eir ..ttendance to their respective duties /iWo’recf, ’that the proceedings sot! resdu- tio. i ot this meet i r, be published jnn SIIKLLM AN, Chairman. N. P. BOND. Bi-c’y The Committee appointed by the Citizens to fnaki- arrangements for celebrating the Mirth d } of <ur illustrious National Gm st, General L FAYKTTF., tile friend and supporter of A- irerican rights during the Revolutionary War, repei t the foil- wing arrangements A procession will be formed ToMoanow the fir si of September, at the Exchange, at 11 o’, cl.mk, at which hour the Exchange bell will be rung, and from thence proceed to the Theatre Esemtedby a Camps',y ofU. S. Artillery u dcr th 1 Command of t ixot .Mowaos, when at 13 o’clock ai. Oration suited Vo the citation wilj b« d- livered hy T V : HI.TON, Esq. Tin first 'ter of Boxes is reserved exclusively for tl e ladies, the three front sea's, in the pit are assigned to the escorting corf>* » the residue cf »!,«• Tlitstr>* for the Citizens. 'The Exchange will be illuminated in the Evening. • W>W C. .V vf viB, ' f GEO MIIA.EN, IS v AC IEI.YON, W I. BEE, MOSES HERBERT, Committee of arrangements ‘defunct politician,” is in sit probability,quite as applicable to “Fiat JusUciaw”«s to m y one else, iherclot e no fuither notice will be taken 1 of it. CHANGE BILLS. JJy the following correspondence between th * .airman of-the Meeting of Citizens on Friday, last, and the Prerident of ' he Bank State of i.eorgia, it will beaeen that the wishes ot the p- opW pare been promptly complied with by that institution, Savannah 30th Au$. 1824. Sts—The enclosed resolutions of the C'tizpn* a] meeting held at the Exchange on the 27th inMani. 1 attt directed 'o lay befiwe you#—you . will percieve • hat by these resolutions, they hava determined to set their faces against any intlivid- tiai’s paper, issued for small amounts, that maj| au[>|iose to be intended for small change This determination, bsa pu a check to the circulation of the Hills issued by Job T, Holies—in conge- iqiience of a hicli, many diffi ulties arise in ob taining the means to pass through the market and at tbe Groceries; this, therefore, calls for aid from some source; and it is believed that, that source is the Banks in ibis city I must re- 4}mi st that you, as the htad of one of these in- atiutions, will convene as esrly as practicable, the directors thereof, and give the citizens such aid A'' may be in y >ur power. and agreeable to their resolution on thatsubject. I am with due respect, you is, Ac. MUSKS SWEPT ALL, Chair an of the Citizens. ToWw.B Boti.ocn P.sa Pi B. k tale of G orgia. , Ka<£ nz Tiis Stats •fGaoraiA, ? Savon ah 3u<A Angtut, : 8.’4 > 8in—I have just received yonr letter ol to-day, enclosuig the proceeding of the Citizens of Sa- ■vanuah, assembled at the Exchange, on the 37th insi. Measures have been adopted to comply With the request of our fellow-citizens, to ofai. tain, if practicable,from the Augusta And Dari ei Banks, (whicli Banks issue chsngemilli) an amount of change-bills, equal to the relief of the Community —I will further add that the calls at the Da> a for specie change^ have been readily complied with lam very respectfiilly, Your obedient servant, W. B BULLOCH, Pres't To Moszs SaxrTAtt, Esq. Chairman of the Citizens, Savannah, By s letter from a gentleman at Porto tCabello,,dated the £3d day of July, to his t'iiend in this city," we are med that 4Ja.pt. Samuel G. PEtOT,of 'he C .foimbisn Navy aoil;forui>'fly : pj| this city, ins been aopuioted Comm dote ot slf the Naval (For the Republican ) Mn. Fnrroa I enclos you the following'extract from the /•American Fuftner,"-for th.' h-nefit of those mothers, wh.- arc, or may he afflicted with the distressing complaint alluded to,—my wife has been twice subject to the snme, and in bntn cases derived speedy and effect ual relief from the application PHILANTHROPES To prevent the female breast from Gather- Communicated by a mother. Sir—You are a husband and a father, and I g’eatly mistake yidir character, if it would not give you particular satisfaction, to communicate in the Farmer, any means of mitigating the soffrin^s which Mothers expdiience. in endeavMnrin»‘«ogiveto their infants fmm their oum’ breasts, their must congenial and healthful sustenance. There is perhaps in the catalogue nf human pains, none more acote than thorfe which are ex perienced from the gathering of th** female breast, in time of givi "g suck—pains whifch ton often drive the devoted mother with heartfelt -elurtance. n* consign to a st atige b.«som, the beloved off-prin^of t-er dearest aff*ctions, therein relinguishing the must in teresting or all her maternal cares of duties, and losjng the effect nf the most endearing associates, provided by nature, hetwpen mother and child,, But the faithful wife and the tender mother, only can under stand, for the alone can Ikhl the nameless pleasure of impai ting to her child in help less infancy, its chief pleasures, it* only nourishment.— N >ne else therefore can estimate the privation. It is tor them and thrirbeneft I send you a retn dv which l know by etperieuce to be eff-ctAal To prevent Hie female breast from gather ing- or to cure tliem after they hare igttfh- ered. To the yellow of«tne egg, add one table •pnun'fuil of brt^wn sugar, one of honey, and one of Mim, a simll tea spoonful of powdered alum* and as much of rosin,- this mixture should be put into a pewter ves sel and mixed weli together, then put over a slow fire and stirred all the time with the finge *-until it conies to a consistence that will spread easily, f 1 - .» A plaster of this spread over the breast before the child is put to them, will prevent thejr gathering, or should a flS^er at any time Tallin them, a, plaster of this salve should immediately prevent gathering-— should mutter be formed before the appli cation of rhe salve, th? breas* should be kept covered with a thick brow-, paper n>ade wet with ram, and the salve over the diseased part only; when it breaks, there -Jutuld be n ten< kept in it, and the salve spread on lint, the salve side next the ni cer—the child should be taken from the breast as. soon as matter is discovered which may be dune wiihout.the least, dan ger of losing the use of the breast, (which is too often the case by the- -kin cleaving to the bniiev,)— after the cure is made t e child may be allowed to sack, the milk will soun return. , the account of the day’s trnnsa tions. Ob landing it tip* foot ofCourtland-street, lie repaired immediately to bis room, at the City Hall, where he was waited upon by llt-votpnd Clergy of ti e Ciiy—the Officer* nf the Mil tia—oy several Societies, by a t.eat number ofcidividnal C tizens and by Strangers who continue to flock to the city for the purpose of .btaining a sight of the man who commands sqgreat a portion of oh tne.' the, Idvfe and veneratioi, of the American people. A 1 two o’clock the General descended to the font of the Hail, where a» eeahly. to the previous ausngemenN,. IV. Hosnck, Piesident.of tlu* Historical Society, wtas waiting in his carriage to cn 1 due* him to the Uooms of the Society at the N *w York Institution. Several thousand people Were Collected together, and such was the anxie ty to rush forward and have a fair view of the General, that it was iliffi mlt for the car riage to.mdvp. The cropx! also continued, cheering all the w*y, from the City Hall to the Institution. The Society’s rooms,' to gether with the apartments of the Li<era ry *.nd Philosophical Society, which was also thown open, were erowdetl' with 1a» dies and gentlemen—those who are mem bers, anil those who are nnt. Tite G'* iei al was conducted to the chair, (p esenti-d to Ihe Society by tbe late Gov eTeu'r Morris, on*l once'the seat nf the on fortunate Lnui- XVI) by !)•' Il ism k and Geo. Philip Van (Joint land. ()ver the chair, and decorated with revolutionary emblpins, was hung the portrait nf the G m painted for the late Gen. Stevens, in 1784. Thus was an opportunity.afforded the au dience of gazing at once upifq the young and rhivnl ous warrior of our re oluti m, and upon the same man, who, hy forty years ha>d aervin* since,has ripened into a good age, of wi-dom and of honors, with, out ever by a single act tarnishing the bright escutcheon of is fume. TMe minutes of the extaa meeting held on Tuesday were then read- including the resolutions by which the Marquis and his son melitb rship With tliut cobtenod upon y. u illu-trious SirV. gi«; ; > •May ybu emulate hia talents and hi» irtues*and may the same undaunted spit it which (ed him tooff'r his life al the alter of freedom, animate toe boaom of the eon in the samegl.'irious cause. To which the following reply was tnedes ••Sir—I hannoi find words jdequate to the feelings which lexpi riches at this mo ment. “Permit me to dfeg of you to present to the members of this Society, the homage of my profound respect and gratitude, for the unexpected honor at this lime conferred up AM I o’clock this morhiog, also*' Aide* • iaions, w e they remained s'ealina^ nd mao Wallin and Messrs biaata and West,j procure ,| 34 (5 3 „ kin8 , o„ the , „ h * f () “ adepu'iftion t ciioilie Common Council of “ the C.iv of Hudson, wen* introduced tii :he Ma qiiis, nod presemed a similar in % i a- ■ ion, o which he replied that it would give him great pleasuri; to comply with the request of (he CHiZ'-ns <>f Hudson; and on f-1» return Irom U stnti, should he take Al ban^ in his way, h<- would wake it his duty, if possible, to vipt t'-at city. "he gentlemen of the bar, the large and .* It must not be made too hot te bear your finger in \ t On Kpt, th keep the salve alive. GOLD! on were eleced honorary members, and copies of the Society’s transactions dirhet- ed to be presented to him. I) . Hossck then rose, and in un impressive manner, addressed the Mivnni* us foll.>wst— • General La Fayette—-In complianye with the unanimous •esolutions of the Nhw Yttrk Historical Sricie’y, I have the grati- fii ntion to announce t you your election -is an hnnnrary member of this institution, ami to present to'you a copy nf their trans. actions, *• In annnucirig to you the resolution nf this Society, pdf tail; toe to observe that it was the exclusive object in the - forma-ion of ihis institution to collect, preserve, and record the materials appertaining to the history of our. stnti- and country <* A Along tbo*e. none nave b en so pre cious as those relating to the revolution, in which you bore, n memorable 'rid ilistio- giiishejl part,and to whorntutider P. ovidepce, ourc uintry is signally indebted for its in- dependence, and the prosperi|y and sue cess that have followed in its. train. •'lu tbe name pl tt.is ir. fi'utinn, l also tender to you their cnpgratulatiitns upon your safe arrival, which afford* you the-op- port unity to witness the happy condition of that pounjry in whose behalf the swmd of your youth was drawn, and personally to bear your testimony to the blessings which have follow-d the achievroetit* that have been accomplished by the united ef- r orts of a Washington, anil his illustrious companions in arms.. General, my bosom glows at I he associations which the-e even's brings to nor ecullection, and efrnry heart in this assembly throbs with inexpressible emotions at the sight of the hero who this d ry enters their hall; and, confers a lasting honor upon the sittings of 'his Society. “ Long, long, 8ir, may you live to enjoy the homage *oju-,tly due, and spontaneous ly offer mI from the Heart* of a free and gratefully people, fnr the sei viresyou h ive Antlered to this nation, to the world to lib erty, and to the ever memorable establi h •i ent f the only exnmtd'e on par<he a pwe unmiceed republican form of government • The sune histone page that r.Vord uic* . I he General and his son then visited the Academy of Arts, and some otlie r apart uients id the Institution, when he irttuned to the carriage, and was s.-Curtcd to his loti glug*—not by a troop of horse—but by “the People.” Jfr* In the evening the General save a dip nhr tp Captain Hthlgers und tin- N tval (ft fleers on this station—aftai Which he totle out and made.seveial'ralls. In the coil se ef 'he afiernnon, the floo. Henry W. Edw»>(ls,, (jS'e»iattit of the US) nd James A. Hillhou.e, E q wee iutfh du ed to the Maiqtiis—they liavin been delegated by the Corpora'i.m df N' w ilt- ven th invite him to visit that city. %' -j rf ABB7VAL OF GEN. DEABBOPN^ I’ll, B --Ot. P.l|lttdiu„„ ,| f.,0 171i, says— Y stenlavtitS P M.the leleg 1 „„|^■ ic signals; at tlu* outer Light House, hn ^ nmtnced in the Bav the ship Plato, f. Lisbon, with His Excellency Gen Heni-v DkAiiborn on hoard, 9 o'clock, P. Jli — Arriv»d, Hup PUt 0 B kt t, til Phil .delphia.fioin Li-bn d July K; Passengeis Gen. Dearborn’ f iuiily md suite, and the Chev llei D’Kio’ unera f.L Moro Po-1ugueae" Consul lor N " Yn k i ‘y child, and servant. J„ » 27. hit 37 33 long. 38. Waabnaidt-dbyiim O’ven Glemtiiwer fiigate, from Sierra^Lc. one fm England—reported no news siuc« the defeat of Gen. M'Carthy.” cannTbals. , Joseph Price, ol .1 Hitn gt n Del. hss arrive at Boston in the Sultana, from London, and f Ur . nished the Correspondent of tlie New York Ga.” zette with the following*— He shipped on board the Gen. Gates, ( ,f B stun, on the 7th of August, 1821, foetid oh a scaling voyage, and s-.iled from Ho. bai t Town, Van Dieman's Land, the pin, <>M the Stjq lie, \v|h five others, (John Ro! siter, of London; J tim s Webster .md WmJ Uawson, > f Nev Lumlnii; -and WiIIuq Smith and J.imes We«t,botli of New Y r>, I weae landed on the Coast of New Zidmuf in a Wh .le boat, with a quantity <f pr 0v |* espectable clus- of F>.:nch resident*, an*. they if. - taken ity the natives between io and 11 o’, jock at night, who set fire to their hut-, and consumed all their skins add provisions cioainitig, not knowing th H j r use; tied the* hands bellirid them, , id they were marched .to Lonkihg-glpia B.y, a dinar ce df upwards of 150 miles, du ifg which time they had nothing to eat but roasted fi»h, weich the natives subsist ( tp. ** the (hence they we e marched to $urceB or that station; [ Extract of a letter dated Jlruba, 16lh \Tu ‘ ly, 1824. Every person in this island is busily em ploved in digging for gold, so that,they ca -i pot be It id for any other employment No doubt you will be surprised when I info'-th you one oiece off pure, gold bu* been found, weighing 32 lb. S oz and many pieces weighing fro >‘14 to 161b. (h Vvp seen sev. eral pieces of the later weight myself. The sch*»‘ine' that left yesterdLy has up wards nf 100 lb. on board THOS D. JONES. Extract of a letter from an American gen tlemanat Curaooa. July 22 * T he above extract is y.nHs -ly confii mod; for since I have been in this Inland, scat'ce 5 weeks, upwards nfg150.000 ib value of pure vi-giri gold, 24 • arrats, have come up from Aruba . Tin* Government of this place have no ticed it, and proclamations are in circiih tjnn to prevent speculation, aid other regu latinos, respecting this'moxt valuable ac- quisition. The piece of 321b- weight is here) and appear* perfectly pure and ductile ail lead. » • v Thu Dutch Gove'Pmept will have the exclusive beri^fi' d have taken ineasureii 1 to secure it.—Phil. Gaz. r^cWds these event*, will also ins'etibe in g ddet capitals the fmmory*l names of WASH INGTON, s D d LA FAYfiTTE ” General Li Fiveiie thereupon rose and replied a* follows:— “ Ni — With the must lively gratitude J receive th<- honor which the Historical So ciety of N Yo k have conferred by electing me (me nf heir members. . “ Permit me also tliankfully to acknowl- • edge the fl -itering manner in which you • are pleased fo annouce this mark of their benevolence,. ’ “ The U. States, Sir, are the, first ntfioi) on the reco-ds of history, who 'mve foun ded their constitutions,upoti an honest in vesttgation, and clear definition of their na- tnrul md, social rights^ '• Nor cah we doubt, bnt that, notwith standing the combinations made else where by despotism and aristocracy against tliore racred rights nf mankind, immense major ifie«, in other countries shall not in vain •bserve the happiness and prosperity a free, virtuous, anrLenHghtened people,” The oresident of the Society negt ail- dressed VI George Washington La Fay. ette as follows;— • George Washington La Fayette^In n'ccn d mce wito the reMiluHoh of the New ther clakse , moieties,amt individuals have paid tlmirrespect* >o theGencal today at hia apartment in the Cily .Hotel and City Hull. V To-morrow morning, G. ti Lit Guyette II''pave this city for B *inn, by land He will be escorted to Byram River by • cm ps nf Cavalry and the Hprse Art ill- ty of Capt. Storin',’ troop, which will rendt Z you* to-morrow morning fn- ! tin- p irpose in font of Washington Hall. B mdway, at 6 o’clock orecisely. The Officers of A till • ry i d Infin/ y, mounted, will ace. mp-iny (he General to th»- bounduties of the Oily { and it is probable that the jiVriotic citizens of Connecticut and M -sachuseets will provide an escoit for the whole distance. Geo. Waslii ,»t«n La Favetfe- left t)»> city last earning in the J itiibs Kent, On a •.hurt visit to ihy seat of Gt»td' Lewfs, at Kedhook* but. will return in the boat to- morii'W ino-nitig. -moti enough to accumpa ny his father m B 'sioe. T' *• General wi.I proceed to Boston in a carr age furnished by the Oiirpo atino, mI in addiHo i to hi* sou and Secretary, Col. D. V Gulden will fir ui part of hr- suite. The G hirril wil also be accompanied to Bost-i hy^the Committee nf om Co eati >n» cu stating of Alderman Wyckoft* A'Sistaut Al- dpringn Hong, and AWle.iijei- Z uri-kicaiid Doughty. , Messrs. Martino) & ft-.e, umbrella manu facturers of this Cify, have mad • a‘supeih umbrella, to be presented to the M qui* i- a token of their respect f"t hi* cffaractei arid services. It is one of the patent kind, the »haft <4 beautiful curl maple, and moun ted witli fine ivory md go d. It is not the intrinsic value of-itch presents that con stitutes -their worjli but the.f elings oi the heart that nrnmtit. Item Departure of Gen La Fayette — V rah 'W ■ !*(,■'.’*>»' bid*:i in die for the tlepttr- fire f this distinguished individual for the Eastern States t. tnnriow forenoon. He. will take His mute by laud, through the towns immediately on die Sound to New H tven, and will be. shorted by a ,trmr/nf Cavalry to Harlem Bridge. All ffiteis compttaiiig the v.rious military cinp- nf ‘Ins city, together with thpse of rhe U. S. At'oiy and Navy, arh invited to join the escoi t on Horseback. It is also particularly desired that all classes of citizen* who may nave i; in their power, will join in the procession. A company 'of A tillery, under the coin mand ofCaptaip Storms, have votunte.ed • eii service* and will l< ave this city with fom pieces of ariillery, to tfwait "die Arrival of the Gen. at H rse Neck, wliere a salute will bn fired fmm the celebrated Hill, call ed Putnam’s Heights, rendered-famous by 'he. inaaterly e«cape of M >j r Geheral Put tram, during the Kevoluti nary War. A*. F. Daily Ado'. ’ 6th ult Bat tly B iy, upwards of 200 miles funh-r, From the Nate found a fiib" <1 savage*, cun- statipg of bi:> ivet 700 ii il 800 who took them before thn K Ig atin Q'teen,andslmrt. Iviiftri Rositei was tilde 1 d 0 b>- kil'ed. They -wd linn to a ,tiee knocked him "a the lie *ri with rlnb», « ut ft - his heatj and buried it—thp body-«a* '•.Hail'd in «’ kind I .ven iinilei groiiod after Whicli it hi it- vnuretl by thesecann b ls; par(. fw'ith, oWever,the iiuiai i .g fir wpie Wiyi • o pR'» -ke nf or starve, nth having atY. thing else ffe'etl them* Th-y_ oe * lieu h a tree anti guarded by ab"u> fif • en of l»e **• vagesw Thr Second day V\ b-tei w.n. kill ed, roasted and devoured; t.-e 3d day Raw- son and *iie 4 0 tiny,* Smith, boifi -|i,1 ed thb same fati* On devouiing the bodte.- of the-i* men, the hands were assigned '*> lie (jfoeen, and the feet to the Kiug, and hii -objects took ca>e <f die truck. On lie 5th day it was under>tood West wast' be killed but ihe_evening previous a he., j squall rose from'the east with rain, ttiun- j de> and lightning, which figlneued «ti-> sa- vages; they set up a yell apd >an awny <«-. ward* the w -af. Price and West u i d each ther. and went towards the b • b* •vhere they found the whale boat. (' ng been brought round hy the -avai>>. ) -4* a d oar*, and without provisions and « ret, eVubarkeil left the Island. After b.‘i i- ot y»a litre* days they w-re,taken up |, v tlfej b ig Magusry, Capt White, and land tl at Sidney, New S'Uth Wifos th - I0f No/ vembe, whence Pric obtained j^ssa;;.' fo the Isle, of F ance, thence to Luud» - We-i ’waa left sick in the Hospital at Sid- ney. - \ r x From the B-istf" Dab. Advertiser A'iy.17. F dm Cot onbia — We are indebted to M r-iplifffo , fil of the C .;|stl uba il, published a* B ohi to Ju'v ]. A i»» assed the w ouses of tliy L gijljilotd and .was signed ny <hi- Vice P> ed'fotU oa lie 18th June, for I tyr g a direct tax mi ill be ci'iz ns of the, R-public ft einlMicl gf ry. individual of both s 'X,;*, apd r.iper* y of erery de«ciptiop. E'ery perm 'is required to pay A eon/fitRi ion oftw« o»K n a,quarter nf a (f illar; and every persorlJ who' 1 pos-essea a capital ufuf'y dollar* «n(l o » e, is required to pay two rials forvtim fifi v dollaraubovfe »hat sum. Ecclesiastics, | igiiteou* institutions, uncY cni|gerdtJ^rtA and persons of every description, except I tlie buildings of cliurches.antl*a few other I kinds of property, are subject to tbe tit.— Pdrsmis to value the property of the ,cnn-i 1 footers iire to be appointed by the execu tive, and a Iso.collectors, wbo aVe to receive, three per ci#nt, on the amount which they pay over to The treasury. The collert"fi| are to receive tlie tax from tlie persons hie, without «ny regard t-d privilege, any opposition is. made, they are aul ed to seize property and sell it. -Thu H| e.nnsideied an extraordinary cnntHbttiiMl the proceed^ of which are applied bv iMI executive to the expenses of the war;‘Ml tube levied.withing 20 days from the l>"'l licatjou uf the decree, and is not to m |ef | fe e witji the ordinary taxes. York Historical Society, i have aleo thei Ar wy 1 Iniellic-encCr LA FAYETTE. We understand c ut the venernble Ten? of Washington ha- been offered, by M Cn-tis, to Col. Howard;and the State 80c 1 ety of the Cincion ui, uf Maryland, to !>•■ used on the reception of Gm.TiA Fayette *• * .11.1(1 itnoie. It must Jo- peculi n ly grutj- Tying to those veterans' of the Revolution to meet t'heir illu-trinus comrade in arm* under the canopy uf Dim t-ey so much loved. What affecting recollections are attached to this ancient canva>, from the heights of Dorchester to the surrender of York -Town. The vetpran relic,ot the he roic time is in good preservation,.though it, has witnessed, the events yf 4ip#t;1y; half a Century, and. will be packed in the same fore —the'shine number of us in comp an || portmhhteaqs in which it Was carried du- The war* between the Sioux, ChipPftfl ring the Warof the Revotution. Mr Cu* and Sacs and F«x nations, are carned'l now with great firceness. Neither wish to bo hostile to the whitetfWj.J utigovernalifo passjpns'nf tf|a ,W^ r j P'..ul infesting this river will, [ fear, rendr I comuiQuicatiuo uuaafe for small pm .. j tis considers himself, as holding this das military memorial of the great Chief it trust for thie N ition, a id mean* hat it shall descend a9 an heir-loom in th® American Extract, of a letter from Muj. Thomas H/j dle.'of the U • S A'niy, to the Pay 11 ’'I ter-Maste 1 Ghnerhl'. dated Trairir» I Chierij July 14,1824. ... “ThreeTiaya .ig<\ in descehding h' 1 ? nfoe. on lhi«a«jtern shore of Lakr riOW I Fell upon the camp, df four whiteata 1 ) "J I found killed and scalped, by. I tbinwl Chipp.'way IniTiaus- I had .* place where they were kiljed. iwo daw