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MT JOHN HODGE*
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January 10.
THE COMPILATION L W
* The House resumed the
dion of the bll to repeal the act ch »ng
log the mode of compensation of the
Senators Delegate and Representatives
in Congress* * ‘
Witt thrife or four hour# further de
*>a te, the question Vfwsi,|sut on tilting tht
fclank (Tor tne ftuure daily compensa,
cion of the with nine dollars
nnd negatived- . &; *
V’»»e question* was taken on filling
tjje bhnk with eight dollars, and neg»4-
%ved ss follows :
for tbe motion 40
Against it 90
The question Was then V»:en on fil
ling the blank with six dollars ('the old
4p>mpensationy and decided in the dfv
(native by the following vote.
For tho motion
Against it , A , *4
So it was determined bjj the com
jfcnittee subject to the regulation of the
-house that the compcn at ton be reduced
Ad its old rate of six dollars a day. |
Scrtoe other* amendments were pro
posed, adopted or rejected-
A niotmi* w-iq then .made to amend .-
Ahe.foll by stuateg Out -the r bo.fo MU,
and insertin'; in Ucu thereof two sec
-Aious the ©no absolutely and simply tec
feaiirg the cermpem aticn I*m , the
ether-requiring that tbe re hall Be de
ducted from the atuor.nt received ky
jeach member during tne past and pce
oentse* ion of Centre* wall the xv.duht
over and above what he would hare re
drived under the present compensation
wf six dollar* per day v
Before this uetkion wqs decided* the
% ommittee rose, repotted progressing
;«Luitied leave to sit sgaiju.
Kew.-s<*rk, san Ctli
Extract of a letter from ‘* aotVirer of the -
4 oavy. dated C iferttiler-Jibn >ld vecnor
fith it it. r«)t.eiv?d the Ckaijn
• dty* . r ; f r ’
Generalßop the
%T Gibraltar, has shewn ns grc*i atten
tion ; indeed our very handsome and
.HScicnt &qq.: % d oa cAimands respect
writer ever u appear* it consists
«p ~ j
- -
Jafa v 44
Volted States 9 44
Von sic lation, ‘ f .') 15
Ontario, 15
trie,
- I eacock fl -
Spa; ky ■ :< • .iry - 14
] ii/Oi’aet. - v 12
** Our affairs are unsettled with \ Ai-
Ifriers, and until that business be arran
«ed, it is not probable the force here
will be diminished, Algiers shews
©narks ot British Vengtnce but the dey
is a remarkable man. He possesses
intrepidity, firmness of character, anti
(industry, and» with the e3 l eptiO&of Ift 6
dlret is as formidable as cvei, and of*
Che spring, will bt more so We pro
ceed up the Mediterranean in .a few
ia**- . * -
We aresory to learn, by a gentleman
tately from Nashville, that Gen-Jackson
lias been instructed to remove all intru
ders that have settled on'-any pubitc
lands on the north side ot of i enneasec
tiver ; that these instruciias include ail
©e tiers in the Big Bend, which was late
ly purchased from the Chickqiaw ln.U
fins ; garni that the General intends,
Chough reluctantly, to remove the 1 set
jjgrs immediately. > -
JguqtsViiie Hepublicip*
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ATHENS GAZETTE.
ATHENS; $ H&RSDAX FEBRUARY «. 1817
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Thomas I,ee tnqTwat this Hay iina
rimmisly elected President of the 3ute
B ink of this city in the ptace of John
*1 F&be>. resigned —Charleston South
ern Patriot, i6th tnst % .
Remarkable Meteor. The Gaiette of
Dusseidorf *rv*ak* of a reniarkaole
meteor ~* 4 On the Itth, ultimo at nine
o’clock in the ev<-tHog, a Urge mass of
iron fell in one of the streets of oar ci
ty : this m iss when pool, watfhard* h r
it was easily broken, and enacted a sul
p s >uieons smell Meteors of this kind
are very rare here-',
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Clinton, January *J
Messrs* Grant lands
Perhaps he following may not a*
m ss to in ert in your useful paper* as a
w.irning topersdns shooting near houses
Yesterday morning a truly affectmrr
scene.took place about three mile*? from
th«s town ; a youn< csniplv* >f. the dam
of Henrv Packard. and hit w fe. were o *.
their w.>y to the Wj'jter/i country* an.i
sioop-rl at a friend h bou e for the flight’
The following morning* his WHe w »t
imo the y trd ro make the necessary pre«
pa rati ns to start, waen a young man o
vthe name ol C >rhey who lived at an a
join ng plantation, was shooirrig w *
his ride at turd * missed hi* m « j*k
melancholy to rtlate the hall struct M»A»
Pickard in the shoulder, entered an'!’
fpdged'm the .oppesite shout Ur. when
terminated her existence in a few h ok
—what makes this unfortunate mivne
more ting* she was about i£ or lei
years of_ag* 4 and wa »iu red only 5 -
6
True as the Scripture s«.ys. ifcan*s bfe’e s spin,
The pi. . :nt naoment is the life of man, T r j
on • /./ fa-t-id-r-j »5
Trie C vaaa m La v, asT
W .4
uiny under ta the
vrf; artH
it is ap-ire&e -.'fU 1 tiX sosm :
bt i /as *n ia r«
Le rs ap di t:i’ ck
&frii vJ\T>
(| ic-suori #4 .‘Lifesaoa tu« su;i
j -£t, no. tat popi-ntu v;>
Mktjtkte mi&mvzmmon her
atier ai tea didiff.. per dk*ti;
wuteh. iiJiiom receded bucL>i*cy”
votes* less man & third a£ the
*;hiknunb *r of :hc t|oa and
v;as ttterefore negaaved
It h not easy iu saj tiOV tljis
♦/utter fall be adj i leiin
tiie riou ,e of
£4*. it Deluded ihai on ifej*
subj ect, vv i;u5fST ole fore the
popular b inch s£ the
lure Uu* i £ *4iiy adopt, wti al
m dicerui:uy receive the cop--
currenee of tnc 6enaie*
’ Front the News^Litter.
M*. SADLhR’S , a vLOONWTes
afternoon* Mr* Saddler. |]Uur. Sc
Mr Livingston a young genUeman.
connected »vith a mercaaule house it*
this city, ascended with h,i» balloon
from Kxhmund in the pre
sence of ap immeanse muttitmde ol
spccikars. the »rial travellei-a Con
.mued to watte tpeir hats and flags as
song as they contniued visiole, whicn
v not uiore than ive m nates when
entered a dark cloudy clos
e i upon taem, and they were seen! no
•f*«. c- ~’ r * . u :
An account has just reached town*
(4 uciQCiv K •) that the intripid Ms -
.t. descended m i'lcknevm nog, noa>
<\de.»derry, oeiwcen tnc hours of 4 and
a *estcri.ty afternoca a distauce
o? iiejrly 3U idlUcs. V?
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HUMOR.
From the Georgia Joumii*
gentlemen, ;*_ N ;
l v a*n sorry you ara no‘. in the habit
qi
Station of tfee great literary discoveries,
and the rapid progress of * learning.
- which are daily taking place in the
world*
If by sending jfou the following. I ran
awaken in the press ho 4*r y'atd for thp
fine arts, what ,a source of interest will
he opened to your numerous rralcrs f
l hope you will consider.this, and this
alone, to be my object, and not, as nay
he iltberally insinuated* to puff in o no
tice an obscure school at the expenct
of public taste and comfort- x
HOLLV SPUING \CAI)F,MIf
At an examination of pupils of
this institution, conducted before a
joint hoard of the visitors and com
sioners thereof—Present; Ichabod ilot
tlehead, esq. Major Fiizgig Thickscull
* and Mr; Sheesweed Fogbraiii
The principal of the Academy, the
7?ev. jedediah Fuddlenoddlt, iniormtd
the board of examiners, that tie should ‘
present his school for their examination
arranged in four classes—.\Vhereupon’
the board proceeded to the duties of
the»r oßicc 40 the examination ol tne
ms. Jass, and after following them
through the eleitienury principles of
Chronology, and 1 their application to
‘Micient Mnd .modern History, fbilnd ?
them very expert and extremely cor- \
reel > It was interesting iathe highest ;
legrtje to witness the mastery of their !
genius over the great and complicated ,
vena of Pick vVhittington and* his ]
*at ml the riveted possession of .the
;«»cid ats connected with the history of j
P’u&c, and the melancholy and j
Set |dg recital of her va iiortu its* In r
his (skss, Peter idle <Md banurty Care- ]
;ics» xdelled* , -v I
f c second class displayed • qvtal k U i
vnd Leu racy a the studies UP’J * wvea ‘
tbvv ■vcrc'* examined , several .n tne j
class could speU in two sylaiLs w ch J
great case, with only the bare as stance *
of h, mg the lasi syllable spelled ior
t iepi the word pr.ouoj.accd —-J ;in
duroicy and
distinguished themselves,
IW third’"class acquitted’ the
in a most astonishing minner* and be
yond all expectation—nearly ‘half die
could repeat their letters »y\hear ,
all knew them, and one cottid say them
backwards—‘Tommy Smart an/ Billy
Wheedle greatly too!;. lead in this
depot tinea t :
But it was in tfie fourth cla~s that the
g t cate.t admiration and wonder were
I exceed fa gratification and interest &m
’ r erior U di»crijiuonwr.s produced .when
the meinbertk of the Class, with but ;
one or pwo exceptions, evinced beyond
all coikradic ion, that they r.ouid t .U
when jneir books were vrrang side up
wards ai> . this exhibition wa> obviofcj
ly demonstrated not tw be the effect of
accident in the pupil or trick in the
master but was the result of close and
attentive considers ion, and what is
stilt tiiore n'ceed;hie, 4tiey have not been
eag4ged ih this branch of their educa
aunt more ..than six iSj^atftaj— Little
£nui?.c took tfce lead, bat the
rest pi her ciass did themselves gee a
creak
Published hj erdcrof the Maori*
LONG SPEECH?.
Dayid Hartly,a member af parliament
in though destitute af. any per
sonal recommendations of manner/
possessed some talent, with uaVuilied
probity, added to indafatigabie perse
verance and labar. .in parliamt t, the
intolerable lengthy when increased by
the, and illness of his speeches rendered
mm an absolute nuisance, even .to his
own Irieads- His rising always opera
ted like a dinner bell. . One day that he
had thus wearied.out thin patience of
his audience j having nearly cleared
* very full house,, which was reduced
from three hundred, to eighty persons,
half asleep j just at the time when he
was expected to close, he unexpectedly
moved tn&t the Riot Act should be
read, as 0 document necessary to eluci
date or to prove, some of his foregoing
assertions. Burke, who. sat close by
mm, and who wishing to speak to the
question under discussion, had .open
.bursting with impatience for more than
an hour aud a uali, hading Imnscif »o
cruelly disappointed* bounced up, ex
;«uumngj, JJg i;i« a« i ngr ini
,, -*■ « ’ «»- V- f ‘l, O'.’ tTw ‘*
friend rbe riot ,rt \ to what puro sal
d*»* vcJii ‘ffc thit th • mob is already
completely dispersed V*
Dl6< y?l!»! fQ!f
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Bittle of Mew Orleans.
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('Fro n a history of the AV tr m thA
i- Sou’hern .frontier J
On tile • h .we were inform and that
thf enemy intended s iortly to lHaclc
our I«H’ S ; evrrv thin,* indeed aii'ioun*
eed such * d~t^ r m muon ; bat w w«-e
i» doub* d r tack>%vhe left
IbvUik oul l >e feigned or real or wn ■
ther t.ie eti-nsv woui l not di***c» >is
principal fore** against General M >« irto
oil the right bank* Ifui in tht au- -. >n
of the *th it e*jden* » »*r ne
■ghemjr’s design wxt to «t -ok 1 ck> .m's
lines an t attempt to ii jrtm). (in
f” bough at so threat a durance w©
touid ndt disAincuy *ee whit wi pas
sing in the enemy!* cauirs* p rt
that a great number mt * v ?at
\yoy*»,eiv'eAV >unng to m ure somemmg
very itnw.eldy, which to concluded u>
lie artillery* vV th the assistance of a
telescope in the up..»er apa»’timpr ts
head quarters* we perceived soldiers >1
Laramie's p| mu’o i» .mw in m am§
facmes, while otners vr-re worker, oa
pieces of wood which we l.;d
nidti be C ilimx »addcr**’ •
The picket guards lira'the wood had
moreover been i-Vcrea ed and statumVd
near each oilier, Others of the’ staff
were seen riding donut tlie fields of
Laronde’s ftieuvunu's x» \ Cn.il nett’a
plantations and stopping at the different
po-ts u> give orders* Tiivnlir un. h 7. a
shoi;*ly ~alicr night Uif, we d>.’ u * if>
ht-aid jnr o n work m the enemy*4. dif
ferent a.uu* ics; the strokes of h itni
mer gu ‘v an ie of pr-. pa; a ion M and re
fpiiUffcd WttUUi our iries ; ivd in#
out p»s a «.« <r,|fc&d Uj- that the unc.n/
b rd*t.>t thew baucriea ms
guar4» re r,;-enf:.>rc?d •vi set
probabi w ji % v.rvf ) z ire v the n ro
,r»c:ivs iT tii< tro »p>. Ii oar carp all
was coiapjsur ; this -%^ii U's w .’e or
dered t® d;reV their suiAiterns to ‘•#
’ ready a civ: b v.s gn.il. a dftne tronp
passed .he ught ticnind the orcat work
relieving .c-aca other *ic asi in tlly* Kr»
ery one waited lor day wiiu an* e f
and hut w.th lhtre
enpject itg tq i»e v.goron, y aUapkwd> h
-snowing tiia; »he enedif aad then li* >.n
twc-lvb to b tteti t* jusand b ifonets t«.
bring mio action ues:ar» two thousand
sailor and soiuemiimes , .#
A little before iav-bieak, our out uojH
tame in without no se, hafuig perce vc4
the enemy kiv'jving fjrward in great
force. .J
At last tlie dawn oi day di covered tt>
us the enemy occupying tw j*l i.,di of
the space between the wood and the Mis«
sissippv lmnieduicly a Congreve Hock
et went crFf from the wood* in directiois
of the river* J his was the signal for the
attack* At the same instant* me twelve
pounder of •, whose . gun
ueis had perceiVcu me enemy's move*
ment. dtsenarged a snot* On this *ti
his iroeps gave tniee cneers* firmed m
close column of about sixty en in front
m very good ordei* and advanced heaf«.
If ; iii tne dircctLoh of battery No. 7. th»
men shoulaeimg nu-aets, and 4ii car*
eying ifscines* aud some wun ladders.
4 cioud of A ckets preceded them, and
Coiuiiiutd t \lad m showers during n©
wnole attack <t
riattti ics Nos. 6, 7 and eignt, now
opened an incessant fire on the comma
wnicn continued to advance in pretty
good Older until a few minutes, me
musketry mi uie troops of i ruuosee b.
iLcumcky joined meir are with that of
the artillery ocgau to m ke an impres*
siwii on it wnicn .uj« iAi*ew r 'it iniucin
ius.ou. it wa» at that m naeut there
was heard tha, Cbu>tani roiling hre«
wimse tremciidous liJise resemoicd
floats ol Uiu.ider. Cot some ume ui©
oniish oiti ers sUvceeded v Kh am mating
tlie couiagOoi ike y tr *ops, mu niak*
ing tn&m advance, oohqutng to me .elt
to av >.d via are of No. 7, t.od
WHICH 4 t aupljj. ipea-J ,iiC CJ
iS2A% Ms##od doira vraotc
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