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w *-' *■ r ■.« 1'UEDBtUCK S. FELL, Cll'T PRINTER. SAVANNAH tale had never been told .so* Well before, Some «f them seemed to have never vis» ted the spot since they came with theswprd of their youth, and looked around as if it were ditficu.lt to realize what they saw. Standards waved on many a well known height; they also heard martial music and the sound of arms , hut they were not stg nals for bloodshed. They sought in vaio for the hostile ship in the beautiful bay on their left} where they had looked Font the en trenchment across their gunharrels into the eyes of their enemies, they were now irivi- _ _ ted by the shout of friends. The ruins of 't niton have been brought into this market Charleston had been rebuilt, and there was . . . •( n i no enemy’s standard on Beacon Hill. Un -du.iox the present week from Burke coun- J,/ ot) ferrile fields lay smiling id tv, and soul IjM ftcenlsi. peace $ and objects their nged eyes could descry were calculated to make them re- licet deeply bn the changes time had pro duced. S \ rf'tnxV EVENING, S.CTKMhKn it, 1824. ■ > ':ilAT(tAMrt'E, , *to.Mo«0'RCAibuB¥tALt, ? "iioV, Esq Mull appear in our next. NEW COTTON.—Three loads of new of their country. Ira Ray cite had cnmeldirectedto pay his,expense's Ct)‘ the road; home again t<> tVlk'of old times, and the but \vc hear that no Inti-keeper would ac- Samuel Prioleau has been elected Inten ded of Charleston. The B. <d II. in Charleston, reported 4 new cases yellow fever on thc-rth inst. and S o* the 8ih. Z'Vh n Peril.—Tlv the arrival at Charles* ♦mi nl the tirig Kmeline, in 9.5 days from »:.irth'iM»enn, we learn that the expedition for Peiu via Chngres and Panama, was tb vail in 3 tlaysi At the latest accounts from •.’•wu. Lima still remained in possesession ef.ih'i* Ki'valisls. The armies of Bolivnr r.:.il Csntvntq wore within 40 leagues of i -ich n'htv, in the ‘amts state a< for several month* before. Bolivar, it was supposed tvii’ed lit re iofocements from Colombia. Colombia.—By llie same arrivul we learn that the Supreme Congress at Bogo ta. h .U pts.ctl a decree empowering Amer ican anjl English merchants to transact Their own business, they paying the same Lives, rates ike. as Colombian subjects. A Spanish brig from Philadelphia for fl.ivatiai With a cargo of flour, powder. &e. :nrived at Carthag^na 2 day-. bcfme the J5 oelioe failed, prize to the Colombian sell' Zdime, Cap!. Lumini. of (he From Gibraltar—Capt Gifford b ig Minerva, arrived Otc;/urits fioin Gibraltar He repot tstpat 2 Spatrisli itemed on the 30th -from Havana—They hud an engagement neaVUib taller, with a Jleunos Ayreun privateer, which they beat oil with veiy little damage to theoisolves. A. U. S- schr.li.itl just arrived at Gibraltar —-Iter name wc did not learn. Capt. G. t»ss informed by intelligent persons at Gib- rniter, thrift Spain.was in a veiy unsettled state, vid items ofa revoluiiouhi that court* Iry Was daily expected. MOVEMENTS OF LA tAVETTfi. A correspondent of she New Vork Gaily Advertiser, gives the following account of til-' visit ofGliN L\ FaYETTE, to Ul'NKER’j llir.i. ccpt of any compensation General Lafayette lias accepted an invi tation from the 'volunteer companies of Norfolk and Richmond, to dine with them ai York town op the 19th of October next, which is the anniversary of the capture ol Cornwallis. , MOUNT VERNON. - —The Alexandria Herald states that the plain, but neat and romantic mansion ami sepulchre of our illustrious Washington, will have under go he a thorough repair against the arrival of the n Mttion'a Guest" in the District. Finm the. Boston Gazette. (t Is rumoured in our entiles, that the Minister of his Christian Majesty has re ceived Orders not to extend any civility to the Marquis Db La Payette* now in this . , . > ... c oontiyiit U also slaietl, that the Frencli e Iheyoungmen, i r.nr.ed. worea xlow ltm , ^ j|( havo not the eve and a flush in the check which, -j ,J ^ , 0 Uic Marquis.- Bunker Hill had teen bet-ire mtheirliithers; I ^ ,u V v for they recalled again and again the tales BALTIMORE September 3. they had heard at the family fire-s-de and ■ M oU*n. rejoiced that their s.res had been w,th War- ( ^ th# ghip „ rf|vi , 3{J tl .,y s f r „ m fj. I vet pool, we have received Miroilgli the pn sembly, and heard names farnilliur histories both of the stateand war. Eustis, the Governor, was there ; Brooks is an ofti cerot the Revolution; Dearborn was at Bunker’s Hill Others I saw in imagin ation—here were the stops of Putnam ns he led the van. The same generous hut lion hearted hero that Trumbull paints him on his canvass—who would rush like a tor rent where men wooltl stop to shudder; who David-like would beards wild beast in his demand then ri-k his life to save the, blood of a friend wlm had taken up arms against him—on this spot it was that he called out to hi« soldiers:" Spare that rrinn ! I love him like a brother!” Yours, 8tc. POSTSCRIPT. Prepsrattons'm - making to pay still fur ther honours to La Fayette, not only in the towns further eiist.tldiher lie has at length determined to proceed, but in Boston, also Foi Monday is to be a grand and splendid parade on the Common of lit c i «*gfment* of militia, and the artillery companies ofU" run and with Putnam. ••twas grimed to rnanv among the a- | ill>iwwClf fl pa8S(!nger who left her lathe " ,e ' bay, a lile rtf the London Morning Clironi cle to the 23d ultimo, inclusive—three days later than our previous dates—At this lure hour wc have only time for a glance at the contents of the papers. The Chronicle of the 22d remarks that" there is no doobt discussions are now pending respecting South America, but it is expected they will terminate in on arrangement, which all the powers will adopt, England as well as the iloly Alliance.” Viixele, it seems, is not yet firmly sea ted in the ministerial chair of France, nod Chateaubriand is, ns wc have beiore seen, making that kind of opposition, which we, in this country have called nppugnation. The coceerns of France, Spain, nod in deed, of nil Europe, are evidently in a tot tering condition Toe latest Madtid Gazpttcs, referring to Smith American affairs, cal) upon Eu rope to “open its eyes,” and assume •< a tone calculated to inspire awe,”and adds,” it is time to put an end to so many extruva- inces. 4 * at N. York brings vSa em.Lyno, Dan vers. Charlestown, ea led , -,, |e Morn ; chronicle of the 2.5d July, r to the 22tlJu!y. I? ut the governor to be revtc*e.! by Gen itl nl | osi<ill tn ” Ur Tariff laws, siys-md nish merchant shins i !' .L, ' r 'n ' • • cours^England and roost of (he other pow- inso inercnanisnips.^inpij an j c0 || a ,,„ n f„ r t |, e commissioned I . ... . „ K ~ . . i . .1 , icrs will lay on cotinlervailing dulim officers to be prepared at the-governor’s The Ei/lish papers, wax-wam, on the mii qtie, to whieh maoy pul.c officers, and , a , 0;)9Ure , lf ' H , no venan troops to other persons of distinction ire to be Ad., Ll<6 t l.o German- papers say it is a re- ' - ■ I cognition ol'ihc policy of the Holy Alliance, A correspondent ofthe Charleston Con- in i-xlenso: the London ministerial papers rier, says—“Gen. La FAYETfR oppears to protest against the conclusion. Alter all, feel deeply the sympaties which lie excites While speaking with him, I mentioned Col. Huger, anti thp name appeared elec tricallv to penelrafe his heart. “Sir,” said he « 1 saw that genlleman only ten minutes in mu life—but (nlacing his hand on Id*. , , , , heart)fWtfftemyew9i,tm 9 afflictions"^* ratl ' e '- aggravated than otherwise. “This is a diRy.of comparative leisure! , Chronicle. for the General, who, t understand; is tu; [1‘he Florida, Wilson, at Philadelphia, pat only one dinner, whereas, yesterday he brings same dates as the Belvideri, but the sending of Hanoverian instead ol Brit ish troops, seems to be a contemptible sub tei fugc. * * <Jo the 23d, South American stock had advanced considerably. 1 lie distress of Ireland seems to have *• 1 he whole cavalcade, preceded by the Ttnhfary, n, ve i towards Breed’s Hill, so cel t) ated.i- >; scene of >ur earliest pitch ed bailie—if so H .piay be called. I find, however, that | cannot reli -quisli (he name by which that fi-ld is known all over the world, but must retain the misnomer and Mill call it Bunker Hill. •' i opce visited the spot alone ; and e- veil, then the place seemrd inhabited by something i had not found in the valiies be low, although it was on the quiet evening of air undistinguished summer’s day when even grey headed men were not thinking of the revolution, aqd the place was deserted by all but a few swallows that were skim- nung over the grave* of the alaio. But now the reference to former times was di rect and.plain,-though the contrast of the •cene.was no less striking. Our gaiety v 8ub|jul(-d as we rose nearer and nearer to (het-summit, and the stillness of the throngs piovided how, much feeling the occasion bad inspired. W’hat a differeptpicure had recollection and reality to present to those memory hrid ought to do with the scene! Aud such there were.-**-The old men had tin onged from the surrounding country to be present on this occasion.-The cry "had ■he n After a rest of forty years—the cry h d been once more— 11 To Bunker Hill !" To Bunker Hill f” And,they had come— they l-ad not forgotten the call, though it was sounded in a different tone from old times—they had not forgotten the,Way, al though it was not now marked with the hurry of dread and the fleeting feet of lit tlechildren—and whpn the throng9 clus tered round the summit, and stood in si. fence at the tomb of V\ arren, the sparks of war that kindled in their eyes, showed they bad not forgotten the place, How they cast their looks about them!—There was the old breast work—Tere was the rail fence filled with new hay—l’herc stood my In other; yonder is my father's grave. With tremulous hands they uncovered their beads ; and their sitver locks lay upon their •hoqldiers—the venerable ornament.of ma- ny a distant village : the patriarchal crown f «l many a New 'England parish. Their T---ble feet Were placed again Where ’heir y<-tit!.ful steps had stood in track* of bio d. 4 l’he graves of their enerbies weri be tore bem; md around them their sons, Krand-children.uod their people, cal ling them the defenders and the presgj, vers Wa« a guest at four nr five. ’ If there be such a thing os lulling with kindness, f think-in all .probability he will not .live to reach Charleston. To give you an idea of his surprize at the reception he has met with in this country, it is said that while in the harbor of New York, he mad" earnest enquires about the cheapest lodgings he could obtain in that city.” * BOSTON, Aug. 30. On SatuVday Gt n. Laf&yette received a great number of citizens, who were presen ted to him at the State House. He after wards went to Med fil'd, wheie he was re ceived with demonstrations < f respect Inn the'citizens, aud dined with the late Gov. Brn.ks. Yesterday the General attended public worship at .the church in Battle-street, where he had expressed an earnest desire to attend, consequence of having formerly worshiped there, in the days of the late Dr. Cooper. An ingenious and eloquent dis course, extremely appropriate to the nc. casion, and to the present tone of public feeling, was delivered by_ the Rev. Mr. Palfrey. In the afternoon the .General made a visit to the late President Adams in Quincy. On Monday on the Boston Common more splendid military review was to take place than has ever been witnessed in this country. Seten or eight thousand troops wereto be no pnrade, all the officers »f which amounted to about eight hun dred were to (line together.. Tables Were to be exterded across the Common, a dis tance of something like a jialf a mife. On Thfursday General La Payejte. was. to leave Boston for Lynn, Salem, Newbu- ryport, and Pcrtsmooth, and return on Thursday on which day he is expected to leave Boston for Hartford arid then for New York. We understand he dines with the New Yo k Cincinnati Society on .Mon day the 6th September. Great preparations are making to celebrate his return by .a splendid Ball tube given at Castle Garden where 5000 persons may be easily accom modated. In Philadelphia, agreably to a proclama tion of the Mayor, there will bfe a general illumination on his arrival.- THt Committee which'accompanied the. General from New-Vork .to Boston, was the papers furnish no extracts/] RIO DE JANElRO.v-Thebrig Ccrvan tes, just arrived in this harbor from that port, came in thtf Capes on Sunday eve ning last, passed 2 brigs standing nut, the Northern provinces in great disquiet. Pernambuco had bfcen declared in a state of rigorous blockade forabiiut Smooths, when the Emperor issued a decree,, recalling the blockading ships,but before the arrival, ac counts were received of an action, between the Imperialists and anti Imperialists, at Pernambuco, in which the former had been defeated, which, with the teport of an ac tion between a schr from Pernambuco, and one of His Majesty’s brigs resulted unfa vorably to the latter, determining the Gov ernment at Ri<i Janeiro, to continue thp blockade, of Pernambuco with all its naval iorce, to" which destination Lord Cochrane with his squadron was to sail in a few days. ib. Him? Did he not degree of il|,4 , . titi wHteH rendered 'm,„i and afterwards anchored the ship near San |v impt obable, tat ho could have been .Jit Pcd ro, that they cut ottthe head of the Cap- ciently in the possession of his senses! fain and stuck it on a pole on the shore; enable him to give his approbation topi that the trunks and bedding of the. ship paper, said tobe his last will and teshtne, was taketl ashore, and that the new Capt, Vuestion 2d, Did the deceased when Juan was wearing the white hat and trow- made |iia cross to the will, appear in a ers of the Cuptnin : and that they also took of lethargy? or from his state of mind, the boat belonging to i he Narrator’s launch.” «* »>>» *s ■ W09 on Crairfori Meet ng —A meeting held in Courtland, Lawrence county, the 31st tilt, of the friends of Wm. II. Craw ford for President, and Albert Gallatin, for Vice President. John Liegh Townes, was called to the Chair, and David Ligon, ap pointed Secretary. Sundry resolutions were adopted, approving of the nomination of Mr Crawford and Gallatin, and also ap proving of the. Electoral Ticket, reconi mended at Tuscaloosa. Mobile Com. Reg. ,J\Teu< 'Orleans.—AVe are indebted 'to Capt. Vincent for New (V leans papers of the 19 and 20th inst.—The yellow fever prevails in that citv, the’ not to very alarm ing degree yet. The Board of Health have NEW COTTON —We yeaterday saw 37 bales of the new crop of Cot Ion, from the plantation of R.$tMOLRTOR,E»q. at States- burg, packed in hundsotne -qoarc bales, in a new description of bagging, from India, Which appears to be well adopted for the purpose. The staple of the Cotton is long, and the color very handsome- Forty bajes more of the same crop are expected ill the course ol a few days—Ch. Courier. recommended strangers to leave the city On the !8tti there were 9 interments, on- did you witness the paper said to ktA ly 3 of which are reported us yellow fever, will of Dearks ? Rucstinn 5tit. D' 1 you believe upon jwJ oath. Unit the deceased was, at the timeT" ■taking his mark of sound tnind and cig. ble of making u disposition of his proprrtt] Green 11 Duke being eworn, answers t •. follnu’s: To 1st Interrogator This deponent wa- on the twentieth <!ij of October last sent fur by Mordccai 8m! tall, Esquire, whom < his d< pnqent acconl .partied to the Ifouse of Ge> < i d Dearks, previou -ly was informed by said SJheflillJ tha' Dei. kshad reques'. d him tn drawl, will and he.iVished 1 would wiliiem 1 when (Ve arrived In the room where ti-wi lay, Mr Sheftall put the will into this dj ponehts liatid null requested lie would ed it (to the said Dearks) which this deponent did. This deponent then asked the said Dearks if he wished to give Mi Sheftall hit property, he thd snid Dearks answered Ves, lie was then raised up in h!s bed, and mide his mark to the wijl wltncsn-d Ijv thit dc< pnrieht This deponent fu> (her statest\ut. he considered the said Dearks hi Ue m* tremely dcbiliiatMl and very ill/ Wilde ponent was not in the house of said Dfil on the twentieth of said month wh-.n made hi* will, more than five or -ix in utes, and if was, as nearly as tbntdfepo .fl Documents accompanying MOUDEC.W SUKF IWLI, Senior’s ADDRESS , To the' Inhabitants of Chatham Cotmty. (Continued.) GEORGIA, In the numb of God, Amen. ( Gem! Dearks of tlie City of Snvannah in the State ul'oresaid, shop keeper, being weak of body, but of sound mind and mem ory and understanding and knowing, that is allotted for all men to die,but being sure and certain of the resurrection ot the dead, do hereby make this my lust will and tes tament in (lie following manner and form, that is to snyi 1 recommend my soul to my creator, hoping that it may be found ncc ?Mrg C o|,ecJ S about the hour'.-f two P Arid it moo tha niiihiith nf this ilimnit dangerous illness at the time you read will to him, did you not suppose, n r you not now upoti your oatk believethatu wounld at tnanfftfie. have made Ms m«|3 any jiaper, (tohdtever might have benl import) up m" the importunity or apnv I tiuu of any person, who accidently have been present? Question 3d. Did not the decease. Hie time you were requested to be i< ness to his will, or when you. saw him, i pear lobe totally incapable of making)! just disposal of his property which «, man. ought to do in his last moments? Question 4th. Wad the paper purr ing to be the will of the dettMuned, read,., explained to him? Anil under what pj^l cular circumstance* did lie make his era to the same? Did behold the pen liim w / J# Question 5th. At what hour of tkd|.‘| i.l tuil.i.icu IliA nnnfir anid In I,. By an arrivalet Philadelphia the editors of the American have received from their correspondents at Kingston, Jamaica pa pers to the 5Mi August inclusive. The British schr Union arrived at Port Royal on the 4th from Omoa and Cape An tonio, witlrM pirates on board. Nine Spaniards had been arraigned for piracy and murder before the Surrey Arsi'/e Court on the 4th August, and would be tri ed n ,lhe succeeding Monday. We do not recollect to have seen before the following particulars of (lie shocking murder and piracy committed upou the British barque Shannon, captain Peart, on her passage from Cainpeachy to La Guay ra. The Shannon being armed offered re sistance, fired into the piratical vessel, and killed one ofher crew. The pirate imme diately, boarded, and instantly murdered the Captain and crew. Narration of the crew of the launch Ca- son, and more particularly that of the Mu- latto‘'Carthagena,"alias "Cavenero,” who arrived from the Bar of San Pedro on the evening of the. ftth inst. Ca'mekohy, June 23,1824. “That on the 18th of May, off the Bar of San Pedro, Y.tlafan, owned by Senor Mo las, under command of Juab el Valenciano, second in command known by the name of Ran)oil, with the cut sace, with a comple- iqent nfSG into, Mie gun, (an 8 pounder) and 40 muskets and blunderbussos; that a countryman of Carthegena's told him that ort the Tuesday precetfi ig. in 7 fathoms water, in front of the Lagoon (trfTernirtos) table in his sight, it is my will that my dy may be buried in a Christian like ner.as to wordily uftiiirs.which St hasp’ ed Gt.d to bless mu with, I give and be queath unto Mmducai Sheftall, Senior the whole of my estate real and personal, con sisting of money in cash, books ot accounts uncollected, with every thing contained in iny shop, and eve.iy other species of proper ty whatever here to wit, in Savannah, in Georgia, or clswhere. And I do hereby ap. point the said Mordecai Seftall, Sen*' , my sole execulor of this my last will and testa ment, In witness whereof 1 have hereun to set my hand andseal this twentieth day ot October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, and in the thirtieth year of the American Indcpen dunce. his GERED H DERKS. - . mark. Signed, Sealed, published and declared as and his'last will and testament in my presence and who have subscribed the same in his presence. G. R DUKE. Georgia—Before the Honorable the Court of Ordinary ot Chatham County, per sonally appeared Green R. Duke, the sub scribing witness to the foregoing last will and testament of Gered Dearks, derti’d who being duly sworn, saitli that he was present and did see the said testator, sign, seal pub lish and declare the same to be and contain his last will utul testament,and that he was ofjsnurul min at the time, to the best of his deponents belief, and, that he subscribed his name as witness thereto at the tirrie ip the presence,and at the' request of the, tes tator. Sworn itt open Court. And it was the opibion of this deponent i| the.time from the rationality of (tie nnsir of said Dearks, to the. question anew by him, that lie was as much in his sensei as sick mct\ usually are who are verj ill. This deponent was not intimate vm said Dearks, and carnot say what w»» usual intellectual -tatc of the mind frtj said Dearks either in health or sicknm. To t'>e 2d. Answered in the first as filj ly as this deponent know^,as to the secoi part of the 2d interrogatory 1 cannotjudj-i To the 3d. Answered us the second. To the 4th. Answe'Ctl as tho third ci| cept the letter part which respects l making his mark, which he did and ht!l the peb whdn it Was pot in his hand hi* 1 self. V To the 5tli. This deponent has anawql it fully in the first adit was about 2 o’cls A. M To the 6th. This deponent cannol lili upon himself to swear whether he Deri was of sane mind or not,"* but having swered the question wliiph I put to rationally, I thought'him' at that time, • have his sense- as I have stated in the fa question answered. Sworn to before me this”) 27th Novenibei, 1805. vR. M. 1 James Algei, i too j Interrogatories exhibited. T6 ——— Lpwi, did vou see Ge« SATURDAY, 9th Nov, 1805 The Court of 1 Ordinary, • Met according to adjournment. Present their Honors Reward Telfnir, Joiip U. Williamson, James Alger In the case ot the will of Gered Dearks presented to this Court, the escheator^in terposed a claim and the Court not being ready at this time to take the examinations necessary in this case. It is ordered that all and every witness tobp examined may have their depositions taken before any one of the Judges of this Court jeduced. to writing and returned to the Clerk to be read it the trial, Provided that twodayB be given to the adverse party of the time and plape wheu and where the said examinations are to be taken. By consetof nll parties it is ordered, that the property ol the deceased Gered Dearie* as per inventory rendered, be Bold after ten days notice under the direction of the Clerk of this Court, and the nett proceeds together with an account of sales bo brought into Court. . Extract from the Minutes. 9lh September,.1824. SAM’LM. BOND, Clerk. Interrogatories exhibited to Green li Duke. Question 1st By whom were you rc quested to be a witness to the paper purpor ting to be the last Willtjnd testament of Go red Dearks deceased, and wlint waariits aU 1st. At what tjoie Dearks deceased,, previous to the da'# the paper said to be his will? 2d Were you not in the house »'« days before his death at the request of Mi decai Sheftali, Esq. ami what was the vernation or the conduct of the said decai Sheftall, and his father Levi Sliefu Esq. at that time ? Sd. Are you of opinion that the decer ed w«9 sape and capable of making a on the day which you saw him. ‘To the first interrogatories this tlepnij saitli he saw Mr Dearks ho believes on| (onlay or Sunday. To the second lie saith: He was in the he use of the deceaseiM one or other of the days above named, heard no conversation pass more than Sheftall the elder calling the deceased his name, but the deceased made m> 1 gwer, that then deponent left the htfyM Roarks and knows of his own knoivM nothing more. To the third he saith, that from the ‘J pearancc of the deceased, he supposed» at that time incapable. Sworn <o before uO . Ibis 2?'h Nov.*1805. (John Din’I. R Wm Smith. 11 e o c. U 27 Nov. I® 03, James Alger, j i c ccj The Bnclieator, 1 vt• | The staMiabmvntofa pa- S CAM5AT. per purporting to be the ' »ill ot’Oered Oearka dec. J Interrogatories exhibited to Voct • Parker. < Question 1st. Were you acquainteu , Gn ed Dearks dcc’d? 9.tf*Did you attend him as Physic^*