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VOL. 111 , . PUBLISHED WEEELTjI„ ! »ii * * * ‘. • ‘W’ v v i ’ iir JOtf.V HODGE. • CONDITIONS. * lit The Annual Subscription will be if hues collars, half in advance? . “ , f 14 „ *■ ; .. . # ; 0 f} t > . 2d/ IStibscribers living out of the State will pay the whole subscription upon the delivery of the Erst number. 3.-W K j SdlPl?rfJ}tions will he received for less . than png, y&ar; anfl no paper shall dis - ’ contimf6d until arrearages arc paid. ’4th* Advcftfsemdms will be inserted at the Customary rates. ; : - *• I'CT* Letters addressed to the E»i t*or must he post paid* ‘\. ’ Prom the New York Spec tat >r.’ Impo/ tan Report —Wo have the sure to p eie V* to our readers tjie Re port of ! c jo rtt Committee of the ‘ two Kotu e of our S att Legislature; on t s.dyet tof ‘ lie Qiast \Yptern Canal —• 1 l’/f’ re com mends Hie* Adoption of r» • sto carry the plan into effect, ;• * . in part, the rpode of :n TTrig'tiv it’ cfe»sq.Ty means. t GHti.K c:\N-\L.- £The foil wit g iif.poitaot Report, on the svi'liu.c! of (li?*a Can-tl,.we ti, ‘ ‘ .and, was drawn by Col Jacob’ R. Van a member of \s st nihly from Columbia. We have no douiL it will be read with great inte* re * tli,oi! ; .hout the State-] “/i'he joint committee on that part of olfc Lxc« llency the Governor’s Speech* •which relates to canals and reads, re po : T <‘t they have taken into considera tio;. the numerous memorials, from the cities and counties, villages, and towns, in this site, which evince on the part of the petitioners, and memoralists, (a --m minting to several thousands iu num ber J great aukiety, that the improve ment of the internal navigation oi this ■State, should engage the early aiUntipp. ‘ot tr,e Legislature; and that vigoibus measures should be adopted for its com pletion. \ f he committe have tnvesti gated the the mbject with patience, care and at tention ; and have examined the piun and surveys of the rout, fi om the Hud son Rivet to Lake En<» which were madw under the direction 6! the Com tmsMoners heretofore appointed for thatv purpose ; they have hud the benefit of explanations, from gentlemen of prose& , atonal skill and ability, .vho performed the urveys : from all which they do not hesitate to express a decided opinion,, not only, twat the navigation by nutans of canals and Jocks, can be improved and con pVted between the Hudson and Lake £>ie; but that tne expense wilfbe so moderate, as*tin»t funds can be provi ded, without imposing severe or.unrea conablc*biirthens on the The beneficial result* to arise from the compretion of this navigations carl scarce ly he calculated by the most sanguine of its advocates ; a country capable of sustaining as dense a proportion, as any ‘section of the globe, embracing many ‘millions ol acres will pour its produc tions and itsj wealth, into the heart of commercial emporium; diffusing., blessings of re very description, to every part of this great and important sla t ; connecting the interest of this, and the states to the i north-western section oi the Union, intimately, as to v promise- ja stability, to that system of government established by us; ami on which all| must rely, for the po itical prosperity ai}jd happiness of the United “ States > f l s \ The comnyittee view the improvement tto the navigation between ; the tide wa - ters of the Hudson and Lake Champlain as an object ‘of great public importance and although they have not been able to rOltect afiy information, on which they can- rtfy with perfect confidence, as to the aidount of expense to be incur red, yet the* are persuaded, that the improvement] is entirely pfacticabiejand ought to clairit the early attention of the government or its agents. • The mums now at the disposal of the Legislature, afid which the committee, proper to appropriate for those objects arc Mftici cnuo ccmfnence, andsucccss-i ‘ATHENS Altt£N>% 2llUßanAr, APRIL 25, 1816 fully prosecute* for several years, those important improvements ,* and they entertain a full and perfect conviction- wisdom and p+triotiSnfl of future Legislatures will foster and cherish the undertaking, and furnish such addition al sources of revenue as may be suffi cient to complete the said works— Tliese sources of re venue; as the bene fits to result from the navigation gradu ally unfold will be found in the opinion of the co nmittee, in the increased value of the real estate within the .t. A commercial cities* the, (towns an>:.'villages, and, generally that p ot bf tne.country in the vicinity of which the and Canals shall .pass* The • propor tions in which each section f the coun try ou/jiu to contribute to the com pie tion ol .the objects committed to the con ideration of ybur co nmtr.ee de pend on various considerations ,w uqh cannot ai inis period be so. <li oncMy pejrceived .as to enable the committee t> do equal justice to each ; part, > . .which they • p*vrsaade -'themselves wtil m tune, be disclosed so; fully to ; the Comhusstoners to be appointed to su perintend and complete uie work, a . to eiiabia,.on their . ecommenckuibrufuture Legis'atin e l -. to raise the. r* qaisi *;e, addi tional funds, on principles of strict jus and impartiality. fne revenue proposed ppw to be ap propriated, Consists of dfoCe so i suit to be manufactured within th District of this state —a tax of w \ nilL on the dollar oh bank .toek^in l eu of having tne,same a.seCed a re net -w al property of indiv duals—a cer.a.M sum out of the proceeds of au ~.-m n», ties within this m > ier uc • u on official sea.s and those issuing > n the comts of record ‘wuhm this, siatt — ’ a tax on steain-boat passengers, to tie I Vial with tiie consent of the propri - tors—tiie proceeds to arise, from the sale of centr a tracts of land in tne wes tern part of nb state—certain sun, to be raised by lottery—and tae proceeds o moderate did reasonable tolls, art. the work pro.res e.->, all which-to be pledg.d ■it appropriated fir t r: n iai redemption and extinguishment of uie principal and i.meres; of money to be borrowed oil die cycdii there*-!- -s; ys--- :■•■>/> • y he committee regret ;tut they ,huv.* not setn able to procure the report heretofore prepared by toe surveyors a ,and returned by them to the Codunis s.iouers heretofore app tiled,, as t.*e'y are nfoi mud they wbuid have afforded your committee and the legislature tut ter%ncaiis of forming a correct o. 1 non ot this important subject, than tno&k presented. They, however beg lea e to present statements made by tne gen tleman thus employed, which sufficient ly support those made to, and opinions farmed by the committee, from which it is rendered pt oba ,ie* that the Expense df completing me s»aid navigation, for nearly 2 thirds of tne whole distance from tiie Hudson to Lake Lrle, wll not exceed # 5U0,000- dpiiars ; ire tide rut $ it highly piobubiC, ui.u as no greater - ob tractions tfX> w, in any other parts of the route, respecting which ho est.mates have been funds ied, than those for which a distinct view is presented—who expence will not to? completing the whole n vigation on both routs ex ceed six null ons of dollars. Tnty navV prepared a BtH, which they have and recir ed their Chairman to ask leave to pre sent. v ‘ 1 he following is an extract of a letter trom ah officer on board our squadron m the Mediterranean to his friend in this city United, States*frigate United States- Malaga Roads , January l, 1816. We sailed frond Gibraltar a few days after the date of my last, and ai rived here on the 26th December. We shall leave this place in a lew days for Car thagena, ior the put pose of receiving In answer from the bpanisiT r governmcnt re lative to the detention of the Algerine brig* which I believe we stipulated to restore to the dey of Algiers- if . c he is not given up, I hope our govern mem will act spiritedly on the occasion and chas tise them for their presumption.— From wfiat 1 have seen of the sh character, I hold it in the utmost con tempt. Vye -find it difficult, to obtain a place of deposit for our stoiesj jjpp ; anef the only plausible reason they could giVfe firfrhot iiiiinr»edij|tely :■>!’ UtfAi'g jis ‘rif'.'SV- u l an;i ‘■ c sal a r of su ® p saifctioiied «b>’ t«<?’Kr;gi!Sh*’ The Spaniards are a bigotted priest-ri3clen and pusillanimous set- Their/coops are little better t,hah a gang of robbers Sc assassins Many of them would steal the life of their fellow man lor a paltry dollar or a decent coat. It is extremely dangerous to traverse the : streets of a Spanlsu town after sunset— a man ? s life is in continual jeopardy. From the neglected‘state of the forti fications at all the bpabish towns I am induced to believe that their government :ts in a deep decline. Our force would be sufficient to lay nearly all their towns ion the Mediterranean coast under contribution. It is rumored here fbut c on v/hat authority 1 know not J t; at a war with the United States is expected • I heard it rumored at the American consul’s table a few days ago that the king of Spain was to be shortly allied to one oj the Portuguese royal family and to receive for his condeccnsion FORTY millions of dollars GeneaH Ballasreros Castaiios are sentenced to serve as com* sn*- n soldiers in the Spanish army, many other distinguished characters are equal ly persecuted by the royal authority they are to be sent to Ceuta, a Spanish iortiiicd town on the Barbary shore , near the, entrance of the Straits! I have not found a second America yet. 1 have seen some handsome Spanish ladies, and an innumerable quantity of ugly ones,; hut none tike the fair ot Co s inb.a. Eutopean manners are very and» tieiem from our’s ; and modesty ‘has long since been banished from society here jj deggaxs are as thick as hail stoAes < v.d poverty, stares you in the face at c\cr) corner*— Nat, Int. From the Charleston Southern Patriot) • April 4 iS!S. FROM FRANCE. By the arrival of the brig Commerce, am iViesservey, in fifty days from’ Bordeaux, we have lecfejved*ouv files of French papers—Paris dates are to the ‘ “t;., , v u ty the iQih of Febua »y. W e discover no NEWS in these legitimate prints. Private advices fur id h u. with the only informauon of any .liic l tsl. V: i ,* • y Vd.understandthat two Fretich offi cer s w ho ;ought under Bonaparte in the battle oi VV a ter 100, have come passen gers m the Comemerc. The following is an extrac’ofa letter irqm an American gentinian to lus coffespondent in this city, dated. bordeaui, Ztti : Fcbuary . 1816. “Public opinion has undergone a great Ac i.ge here. Ihe English‘are now execiat and ‘hroughout all France* I can not wi; it you all that is passing here. Ihe pubnc mind is highly agitated, uiiests .are going on every day the pri sons aie fuif of victims. How all this is to end every ond asks —and no one can foieiel. II it is to finish in ‘smother revolution, we pray it may pass off vvith < m any more bjood shed. Our u iiow citizens in America do ndt know how happy they are under a free tons i tution. 1 hey> as well as tneiy insttutions nave become the admiration of Eu rope. /I he partisans of the Bourbons are our enemies, but the great majority of the natiort'are partial to America 1 * *. % % General Mounier, one of the peers, was found dead in his bed, on the Ist February. A grand dinner was given on the sth Febuary in the gallery ° the I.ouvre—the table was orna mented with the names of Rtnand, Du questiin, Roland, Bayard, Henry lVih. Si Louss, Francis the Ist Louis XlVth t urrenue, Sully and Comie. Even in the gallery oi the Louver ! The scene above ail others that exhibits the degra* nations of Erance 1 • i h& scene of her i spol aied arts, .her violated pride i— J I nese people have had the audacity toj u dinner— while the whole French nation are groaniug under comnbutiQm,. In Naptz the Canine Ivladnes l prevails to a great degree* The mayor of that city has issued an ordnance command ing ail have killed vround- •’ * ‘ - - ‘■-■"y-s- * *. ‘” ■* 1 f\‘ - J ■ -f . ■ V •’ ... GAZETTE. ed “ suspecting dogs** to pass their wea- I pons through burning cinders* to rub them with sand and oil them* - . The “Constitutional** ofthe 3d Feb. j contradicts the accounts of the disturb ances at Lyonsf but admits that some half dozen individuals who attempted “to seduce the military*’ were arrested and imprisoned* This, of course, was no , disturbance* j The Frankfort Journal states that the j duke of Otranto, minister plenipotenti j ary & envoy extraordinary from France, ’ has received his letters of departure [ from Dresden. : I Ahe archduchess Maria Louisa, has discharged several French persons* em ; ployed in her household—on account of improper conduct. Cambacei’es left Paris 3d Febuary, at .5 o clock in the morning with a secretary and two servants* English uniforms are no longer seen in Paris* All the fficers ofthe aimy oi the duke ol Wellington, who still remain iu the capital have put on the garb ot citizens, and are now confound* td with the lest of its population Ail the soldiers have been sent to their des* tin alien . Markets at Bordeauz —Cotton, Geor gia siren staple, 1/0 a 205 f } Louisiahtl,’ 180 a 215, Georgia long staple 325 a 360, and declining.- Rice, Carolina 24 a2B t dull tobacco, Richmond 115 a 150. t very scarce Sugar, white clayed, 140 165 f ; Biown do 100 a 130 ; Mus covados, 85 a 120. Eixpor4s— Brandy, j 4ih proof on boards 595 a 616 f, per 50 veils. Claret good cargo, do 480 a 550. s Exchange on London, 24 f pe* 1 sterl. ~the United States no variations# Spanish dollars worth 5 f 24 c. , rhe dethronement of Loufs XVlfitfi. JThis report is very plainly contradicted by the very source trom winch .it was said to have originated— {See the New Tork head) . k .; , „ IS french gentleman recently front rranee attached lo Louis the lgrh, on hearing this report, obseyed, “There is more reason, to fear than to hope ; but l .never rejo.ee at an event while ignorant o'i the cvnsiquencel”. New Turk Gazett. v;v ■ I A Swiss paper of the 12th of jan* uary gives the-following notices of some well known Frenchman. “M. De La Fayette has retired to his estates > ■ .‘-General Andreo S3 y lives in the vtcmity of Paris. He i s said to be oc cupied in revising his Memoirs oh* Ggypt, which acquired hi™ considerable celebrity as a writer. ) Ahe Ex Director Barras has retired to the south otWanCe. He re- appeared in tlie capital after the re-accession of Bonaparte; but almost immediately quitted it, without having obtained any th mg from him. , Nothitig certain is knmv n as to mar- SiialJVUssena, It is believed (hath® means to take a voyage across th» ■ v 1 * , v “ Marshal Soult is at Amand, \ n n * department of the 1 arn. His b»*s*Jv €rw has received the floss of bt ; Louis, and is one of the bmveri* o&rcers in the army. Vejt ;‘yVt* rs> Aial Suchet lives in the country without any command. 79 a “ Lefeb > re P e *nouettesi tfrid Marshal Oroucby have been able to escape all the researches that have been made for them. * Marshal Grouchy is at present in Philadelphia, and, it is said, recti’ ‘ the hospitality df tftany distingu /** families- —[Editor Charleston P js , h * <S patriot .] m J jouthern. List of the tfiembers « vention, now living, who olt ? e i . ,n --death of Louis 16:’ ‘ J' oted ** the bon, Cambaderes, P ‘” ~ . t - an >- Lecapentier. Po- , e n OUC ’ “•-f-aveigDac, rere, Richard Carn ° t I1 Bar ’ Albitte, O rh ‘„ / ‘ ( l u,re ’ ,a H‘en, Gaios,’ / h C t ’ A " dre D “ mont ’ I Barras, Mer-’in ,|„ n b ud au ’ Vernon, .111 de Douay, qumette.jean de Bry, anion, Gamier, Lakanal* Granet £“ b . 0 ‘ a Dubus> Milhaud Foucher, ItSSSI ‘ Me2L ‘ nt: ’ del* ed’m V^ e y ?aaid gHave lately arriv. ed ta New-rork— ATcw T»rk Gazette . NO. IX