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don. Itis probabkfthat hisTnissian Ma jesty has been urged by Bonaparte to come to sor.e final resolution upon this subject, far the Moniteur contains an artic 1 > commenting upon the extraordi nary situation which England and Prus sia stand, the former bring actually at war, and the latter anxious to avoid it. Mr. pinckney, who has been selec ted by the President of the United States to enter into a discussion with the British Government respecting the mu tual causes of complaint subsisting be tween the two Countries, arrival at Liv erpool on Thursday. We have no doubt that there is every disposition on the part of his Majesty’s Ministers to redress an) -real grievances of which the American government may have to complain ; but Ibcy will not, on the other hand, we are convinced, com promise the dignity or sacrifice the in terests of this country, to the clamour of a Party in America, whose object ev idently is to obtain from this Country theHnosl degrading concessions, or to j provoke a war. June 24. We last night received Dutch papers to the 22d Lust, and this morning the Hamburg rafiil due on Wednesday ar rived. The former are filled with ac counts of the arrival of .their Majesties the new King and Queen of Holland at the Hague. They arrived there on the evening of the 17th, and took up their residence at (the house in the Wood; they w'erc attended by a large body of cavalry, and the road through which . they passed was lined with troops, all French. COLUMBIAN CENTINEL. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. MARRIED , on Tuesday evening last, by the Rev. J. Garvin, Mr. Amos .Yeiv- I ton, to Miss Harriot Bond, both of , this City. At an Election held on Monday last, for a Representative in Congress, to fill the vacancy oc asiontd by the resigna tion of Mr. Bryan—the votes in this county were For Doctor Smelt 187 . George M. Troup 45 Buckner Harris l Columbia County. Smelt- 109 ----- Troup 19 IVilkes County. Smelt • 291 Troup 51 Harris 5 Jefferson County. Troup 155 Smelt 7 Harris 2 Warren County. Smelt 293 Troup 50 Edwin Mounger , Esq. has been ap pointed Collector of the port of Savan nah, in the room of Thomas Johnson, removed. George R. Clayton, Esq* appointed Treasurer of the State, in the room of Edwin Mounger, appointed Collector of the port of Savannah. MR. RANDOLPH, THE following statement was fur nished by the Comptroller-general and Treasurer, upon a call of the House of Representatives at the last extra session of the General Assembly. As it con tains information which is much want ed in our Country, you are requested •to publish it in your useful paper. It will be found, that the different items composing the State Debt, amount in the aggregate, to nearly a million of dollars (exclusive of bounties due to the State troops) the whole of which was contracted under circumstances, which ought to create a sacred duty on the part of the State, to pay it. lam well apprised that, in almost every part of the State, the people have been led to believe, (by the deceptive arts of office hunters) that this debt is very small, and that the public faith is not concern ed in redeeming any part of it. If men are disposed to act and think for them selves, the following sketch will be suf ficient to excite enquiry on this impor tant subject. Copy of the abstract furnished by the Comptroller-general and Treasurer, upon a call of the House of Representatives, at May Session, 1806. Audited Certificates. Contracts for the payment of revolutionary services and supplies, furnished during the late war, and for the state troops, exclusive of dels. cts. their bounties) 4/1,588 53 1-4 Funded Certificates . Being such part of audit ed certificates, as were bro’t in and funded, bearing inter est agreeable to law. 166,547 94 The interest on the last mentioned sum, exceeds, 216,547 94 (By an after statement, it appeared to be, "240,547 94) Governor’s Warrants. About half of this sum is called warrants of anticipa tion, issued in 1789 to David Hillhouse, as contractor for the state ; tire ballance stands on the same footing as warrants now issued by the executive. 70,239 25 President and S/ieaker’s Warrants, Issued to members of for mer legislatures, and not yet discharged, '13,731311-2 Gratuitous Certificates, Issued to officers of the Georgia line, 22,337 77 Paper medium at the scale of depreciation, 11,968 85 State emission by Treasu rer, at scale of depreciation, 224 50 President of conventions warrants, 68 _ 972,254 10 State troop bounties, 406,070 acres. ICP The different Printers in the State are requested to Jivbtish the above for the information of their countrymen. Charleston, August 23. The Gale. —For Chree or four weeks past, we had expetienced an almost un interupted series of W. and S. W. winds until Sunday evening last, when the wind shifted round to the N. E. and and continued vibrating between that point and S. E. for two or thee clays, though moderate. On Wednesday night an unusual roaring was heard from the bar, occasioned bya heavy swell breaking upon it, which indicated an approaching storm. On Thursday the wind continued fresh, at N. N. E. and in the night it blew with increased strength : yesterday morning the wind remained in about the same quarter, and in the course of the forenoon in creased to a complete gale, accompani ed with a considerable fall of rain, and in almost every respect resembling the first approaches of that tremendous gale experienced on this coast in the month ofSepiember 1804. Precautionary steps were taken by our sea-faring brethren in securing their vessels at the wharves : and it gives us pleasure to state that lit tle or no damage had been received by them when our paper went to press last evening, although the gale continu ed with little or no abatement. The ship Halcyon, capt. Manley, with a cargo on board for Havanna, be longing to Mr. F. Depau, and riding at anchor in Poor-man Hole, we are sor ry to state drifted from her anchors and went ashore on Jame’s Island. But it i 3 expected she may be got off. The ship Hofie, capt. Hunt, from Philadelphia, belonging to Messrs. Kirk and Lukens, with a cargo of flour, goods, See. also drifted from her anchorage, in the river; and is ashore on James Island. The ship Arctic, capt Collins, lying at quarantine, with a cargo of hides, tal low and cocoa, from Montevideo, and belonging to Philadelphia, als» drifted from her anchorarge, and went ashore on the reef off Fort Johnson, where there is every probability of her being lost. The Revenue-Cutter schooner Eagle, capt. Payne, drove from her anchorage in Cooper-river, and is ashore on James’ Island. A number of trees were blown down in the different streets of the city ; but we have heard of no lives being lost. The storm will undoubtedly be very detrimental on the crops of our plan ters which had before suffered consider ably from too much rain. Extract of a letterfrom the Parish of St. Johns, Berkley, dated Saturday eve ning, 23 d inst. to a gentleman in charleston . “ I am very sorry that I am obliged to give you the disagreeable information of the damage your crop has sustained from the violent storm of wind we had yesterday, and the last night. Yester day, about 10 o’clock, the wind increas ed to a hurricane, and continued to blow so till about the same hour at night, when it abated a little.—lt has laid al most all the cotton flat with the ground and broke abundance of it off just above the ground, the surface of which is nearly half covered with blossoms and pods ; I think from appearances, at least one half the cotton is destroyed by it. The rice appears to he in a worse (Ad dition than the cotton, all the ears that are just shot out, and not shed the blos soms, are blasted ; —That which is a lit tle elder, the grains are whiped off very much and bruised. That which hail not shot out will do very well I hope. As two thirds ol'our crop was in the first atage, a; above described I fear we may lose that much of our rice. Ido not think our misfortune is singular.” BOSTON, August 4. GEA E RAL MIR A A DA. Extract of a letter from an Officer on board the Leander, dated Trinidad Ju ly 18. “ It is reported that Sir John Boriase Warren has arrived at Barbadoes. His intention in coming to the West Indies, is to join and assist General Miranda : he is said to have brought dispatches to General Boyer, at Barbadoes, Comman der in Chief in the West-Indies, author ising and requesting him to render eve ry possible assistance in prosecuting the expedition. kS Every thing now presents a pros pect of certain success. A few short days will resolve my future happiness and prosperity. Should we succeed, and l survive my present anticipations, though sanguine, will not, I trust, prove chimerical; if we fail, my life, I expect will pay the forfeit. Should fortune frown on mankind and deny success to the noble endeavors of General Miran da, life or death will be equally indiffer ent to me : for 1 never could return to my native country, to bare the humilli ating scoffs and sneers (perhaps) of all my friends. While the warm breath of life flows through my bosom—while yet there is the most distant prospect of success, I will preserve the glorious phantom, and resign my life in the cause of Lioerty. “ \esterday information was receiv ed from the Main, that Don Pedro Min to, the General’s particular and most in fluential friend had assembled an army of fifteen thousand men, and was ad vancing towards Carracas ; that the ene mies of liberty few in number, were re treating with equal speed. General Minto begs that no delay or procrastina tion may take place; he requests that we come and join hjpi immediately— says he has'every |b*ng prepared and only waits our fK:i t “ Our depbfflti£pf place, I days ; f should be happy it was to morrow— We shall be joined here by a considera ble re-inforcement. Our forces, that is military, will consist of about fifteen hundred men, including officers ; a small part of which we obtainedat Bar badoes, the remainder at this place. We are in momentary expectation of the arrival of two frigates from Barba does ; this I believe is all that detains us at present.” AUGUSTA TRICE-CURRENT. Cotton . . . , 18 1-2 to 19 Tobacco . . . . §3 50 to 62 1-2 Hlour g 7 to 8 bl. Corn Meal , . . . 62 1-2 cents . Salt % l to l 25 Rees-wax .' 12 1-2 Hogs Lard . . . . 10 to 12 1-2 Tallow . . , , ..121 -2 NOTICE. ALL persons having any demands againstt he estate of Rebecca Smith, late of Columbia county dec. afe requested to render them in within the time allowed by law, and all persons indebted to the Same, to make imme diate payment. Thomas 11. Flint, Ex’r. September 6, 1806. 7 NOTICE* WHEREAS my wife Elizabeth Hargrove has left my bed and board without any just cause; this is therefore to forvvarn all persons from trusting or harboring her on my ac count, as I am determined to pay no debts of her own contracting from this date. JM Harg rove. IVaynesboro' , Burke county , > September 3 , 1806. 5 Notice is hereby given, THAT after the expiration of nine months, from the date hereof, an application will be made for the divi sion of the estate of Elizabeth Chad wick, late of Richmond county dec. by the heirs ©f said dec. Thomas F ve, ring ha m. July 12, 1806. 55 BLANK SHERIFFS TITLES For Sale a' this Office. SHERIFF S SALT , J Ct: the first- Tuesday in Cdcbcr w.i c,t the Court-House in Warren county, a t the usual hours, Will be Sold, 450 ACRES of land, one oth er tract of one hundred acres with a good Dwelling House, and all necessa ry out.buildings, with a very consider able clearing and in good order for cul tivation, situate and lying on both sides of Ogechee ; taken as the property of Samuel Alexander, at the instance of Mary Griffith, Administratrix, rt-sold at the risk of the former purchaser, he not having complied with the conditions of the former sale. ALSO, 200 acres of land with a o;c > od Griss Mill, lying and being on Sweet- Water, originally granted to Elijah • Bragg, known by the name of Embree’s Mill; taken as the property of Martin Hayes, at the instance of David New . som—the above property pointed out : by the defendant. s Conditions, Cash. I Jeremiah Beall, S. IF. C. > August 30. 6 k J I cannot deny the Invitation. > SEVERAL gentlemen have, recently, - made application to open in my house, * ; NIGHT-SCHOOL ' DANCING: ■ I have determined to do so ; —and by permission of Mr. G. F. Randolph, will lodge, in his office, a subscription paper, with my terms for tuition where every gentleman may see, who wishes to become a subscriber, and affix his name. There ought to be six or seven couplets, at least, for the coun try-dance ; and when either of those numbers are complete, I will inform the gentlemen, Sc commence teaching. W. SPENCER. Augusta, 16th August, 1806. 4 NOTICE. 1 r Co-partnership of Geo : Smith - X Houston and Jacques Cortelyou, * -tolling under the Arm «f George S. ifotiiton, id Co. expired on the 13th inst. All persons having any demands against said firm, are desired to pre sent them for settlement, and those in debted said firm, are desired to make immediate payment to Ge#: Smith Houston, who has taken Frederick Stoy, from Philadelphia, in Co-partnership with him, and will continue to carry on the Clock and Watch making busi ness, in all its various branches, at the usual place, under the firm of GEO: S. HOUSTON, &Co. From Mr. F. Stoy’s talents as an arti zan, having been accustomed to man ufacture and repair, repeating, hori zontal, patent and plain Watches and Clocks, the subscriber hopes to merit continuance of past favors, which it will be the ambition of their united at tention to merit. Those Time Keep ers which have been rectified, correct ed or repaired, at said shop, and which have not performed satisfactorily, shall be amended to the best of our skill. / Geo: S. Houston. May 24, 1806. <, 48 LOST, ON Saturday the 19th instant, be tween Mr. Willborns and Little River, on the road leading from Augus ta, to Washington, a Red Morocco pocket book , containing sundry letters, among them, one to Governor Milledge, and one to George F. Randolph, likewise two notes of hand, given by Chatten D. Scrog gins to Claudius Magn.m, with sundry other papers—any person leaving the same at Col. Willis’s in Washington, or at this office, shall be generously rewarded. July 26. 1— TO RENT, AN eligible stand for business, at present occupied by Mr. Grego ry. For terms apply to DONALD MTVER. June 7, 1806. ts. 50 BI ANK3 of every description executed at this office*, with neatness and dispatch.