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1 flic opposition that has been Made to contri- 1
, !• itions for the support of Ministers of the Gospel
bus been justified on tie ground that Chris* and j
his apostle* made no wch claim for themselves. ;
The different circumstances under which they
i ippeared, and the widely different state of socie- ,
Ity end of the world at'that time, furnish conolu- •
sive reasons for their conduct in this respect,
without invalidating the principle for which we
contend. Their object was to promulgate and to
found anew religion; to subvert long established
opinions and prejudices. In effecting this they
bad to contend with the perverse obstinaejf and
unrelenting persecution of the Jews, and with a
world involved in the darkness and ignorance of
heathen idolatry. They were accounted as im
posters, as aiming to “ turn the world upside ‘
down,” and to render undeserving of regard what
had before been deemed sacred. The civil au
thority exerted its power against them, and in
stead‘of countenance and support they received
stripes, imprisonment and death. Under such
circumstances how useless would it have been to
have claimed any thing from the people either on
the score of justice or generosity. It was a part
of the plan of salvation that the Saviour should
appear in the depths of humiliation. Had it been
necessary, he could have appeared in the trium
phant style of a conqueror, and have subjected
. the guilty world he visited, with all its power, to
‘ his control. He was not dependant, and when
ever occasion required, wrought miracles for his
support and that of his apostles and disciples.
No inference can therefore be justly drawn from
the example of the Saviour and his apostles, op
posed to the support of the preachers of the Gos
pel, more especially when the directions of Scrip
ture upon this subject are repeated and explicit.
Many passages to this effect might be quoted, but
it is needless to refer to any more than the con
cluding remark of St. Paul when giving instruc
tion upon this point, “Even so hath the I.ord or
dained, that they which preach the Gospel should
live of the Gospel.”
The secular concerns in which the ministers of
the Gospel are often compelled to engage for the
support of themselves and their families, are by
r.o means favourable to the extension of the Re
deemer’s kingdom. The days of miracles are
passed. It is perfectly vain to suppose, that a
person of common talents, occupied intensely
through the week either at his farm or his mer
chandise, can generally be ['repared on the Sab
bath “ rightly to divide the word of truth”—“to
provide beaten oil for the sanctuary, and give
each his portion in due season.” We might as
well expect that our Missionaries would be qual
ified without auy previous study to preach to an
Indian or an African, a Hottentot or a Kamska
dale. Much good, we will readily grant, has
been done by clergymen thus necessarily employ
ed. Tlmir lives, their conduct, and conversation,
have frequently spread a salutary influence around
them—and their preaching too, has often been
owned and blessed by the Great Head of the
Church. But as God works by means iu the sal
vation of souls, and as these means consist
principally in faithfully declaring his word, we
may with propriety ask, how much more good
might be done if the Ministry could devote them
selves continually to the work ? Many other du
ties devolve on them besides appearing for one
hour in the pulpit on the Sabbath, and then retir
ing to the world. To visit the siek—to comfort
the afflicted—to become acquainted with the
spiritual wants of his people—to instruct the ig
norant—to warn, reprove and rebuke as occasion
may require, form no inconsiderable part of the
arduous labour incumbent on a Minister. It is a
common, though true saying, that “ example
speaks louder than words.” If, then, a Minister
of the Gospel appear as anxious as the people of j
the world, “ what he shall eat, or what he shall j
drink, or wherewithal he shall be clothed”—if
he aspire to posts of honour or profit—or if he
make his worldly avocations an excuse for not
attending to his official duties, it will he asked,
“ what does he more than others, wherein does
he differ from us.” No one can mingle in the con
cerns of the world, without being involved in
care, perplexity and trouble. He who should he
thus engaged, through the week, would be ill
prepared on the Sabbath for the important duties
of a Minister of the Gospel, one principal duty
of whom it would be, to raise not only’ his own
mind, hut the minds of his hearers above the
grovelling and debasing cares of this world, and
to wean their affections from earth and earthly
things.
That the peace, happiness and good order of
society are eminently promoted by the dissemi
nation ot moral and religious instruction will be
admitted by all who possess any respect for
either. If virtue in the people is indispensable to
the existence of a republican government, every
necessary effort should be made for its inculcation
and preservation. Throw off the restraints of re
ligion, and laws would become powerless and in
efficacious. in order to extend the influence of
moral and religions principles there musl be a class
of men whose professional duty it should be to en
force and defend them. Patriotism ought then
to prompt all who are not governed ty higher
motives, to contribute to maintain the Preacher
ol the Gospel. It would be idle to expect that
men of talents and education would devote them
selves to this employment with no prospect before
them than that of mere subsistence. When such
a wide field of enterprise and exertion is before
the youth of our country, and in which there is 1
almost a moral ceitainty of success, it cannot be
expected that they would choose a profession |
which would entail poverty upon them for life,
and subject them to a dependance upon the cha
rity of the world. The want of an adequate sup-’
port is one of the causes why our country is not
better supplied with Preachers of the Gospel, and
to this it is owing that so few young men of edu
cation enter into the clerical profession. While
the professions of Law and of Medicine are
full to overflowing, the number of those is small
who become Ministers from zeal for the glory of
God and the salvation of souls.
The indifference that is felt upon this subject
tends to keep religion in its present low and de-l
pressed situation. Many, we are sensible, ore
withheld by scruples of conscience from doing
any thing for the support df I’reachers of the Gos
pel, many from the predominating influence of
avarice, ami many from an inveterate enmity to
the cause of religion. But we look forward with
fond anticipation to anew and better state of
things. Means are now in operation, which will
accelerate this period. It is the purpose of God
to save sinners through the instrumentality of
preaching ; “ the gold, and the silver, and all the
possessions of the world are his,” the hearts of all
men are in his hands, and he can tprn them as
the rivers of water are turned. The boast of infi
delity, to the possession of superiour talents, and
| more science, will he destroyed ; the opposers of
Christianity will be silenced and abashed, and the
Minister of the Gospel will receive that attention
and respect that is due to his character and sa
cred office.
AGENTS.
Leonard Perkins, Milledgeville, vice Rev. B.
Gildersleeve.
George Inskeep, Esq. P. M. Elberton.
William Barrow, Esq. P. M. Madison, Morgan.
W. B. Coleman, Esq. P. M. Dublin, Laurens.
Foreign and Domestick Intelligence.
Boston, Dec. 26.
Landing of the Fathers. —On the 22d instant,
was celebrated at Plymouth the Two Hundredth
anniversary of the landing of our Fathers. In the
great want of publick social festivals, which exists
in our country, and the extreme insignificance of
the occasions of many that are observed, it was
extremely gratifying to behold the great concourse
from all the neighbouring, and several of the re
moter towns,which assembled at Plymouth on this
truly memorable anniversary. Every effort was
made by ‘he citizens of Plymouth to accommo
date the great assemblage of strangers, and to add
by their hospitality, to the enjoyments -of the
huppy celebration. The weather, though cold,
was highly favourable, not only on the day of
celebration, but on the days preceding and fol
lowing it ; so that not only ilid the festivities and
solemnities experience no interruption, but the
visiters were enabled to come and return without
any inconvenience.
‘Fhe morning of the 22d was ushered in with
military salutes. About 11, the procession under
‘he escort of the Standish Guards, moved to the
Church, where, after devotional exercises by the
Rev. President Kirkland, and appropriate hymn,
an Oration was pronounced by Mr. Webster,
which, for gravity of sentiment, richness and va
riety of illustration, originality of thought, tender
ness of feeling, chasteness of style and power of
delivery, was, in every respect, equal to that
gentleman’s reputation, and filled the crowded
audience with alternate emotions of sympathy,
delight and admiration. After a most eloquent
and affecting expression of the general feelings
which the occasion excites, Mr. W. passed to a
consideration of the causes, which led to the eini
eration of the pilgrims, and illustrated with great
learning and discrimination, the difference be
tween the colonial establishments of England in
North America, and all other colonies, whether
the ancient Grecian and Roman, or the modern
European establishments in the West Indies or
in Asia. He passed in rapid review the principal
events of the century which has elapsed, and hav
ing referred to Mr. Burke’s beautiful apostrophe
to Lord Bathurst, alluded himself to the venera
ble statesman in our neighbourhood, in a strain of
eulogy as noble as it was just, and which we can
not but pronounce as beautiful, as pathetick, and
more exalted for the character and actions it cel
ebrated, even than that of Mr. Burke on Lord Ba
thurst. “ O fortunate Setter, qni turn virtutis
Horuerum prseconem invtneris —’’[happy old
man, who has found Homer the eulogist of your
virtue.*] Mr. Webster’s remarks on the nature
and qualities of a free government, and on the
institutions by which they have been preserved
and cherished in New England, were in the grav
est strain of political wisdom. The passage in
which he alluded to the Slat'e Trade, as still car
ried on from some places in N. England, the sol
emn adjuration in which he called on the Minis
ters of the Gospel to bear witness against thistraf
[ tick and on the tribunals of law to drag to justice
j the miscreants who pursue it, was in a style of
| ti rrifick eloquence ; and if a spark of the.primi
tive N. England character remains, this appeal
will have the effect of rousing the community
against this shameless insult on their character and
their laws. We have long enough made ourselves
the scorn of all high-minded men at the south, by
the empty zeal with which we declaim against
the existence of slavery amongst them, while we
sit still and see vessel after vessel fitted out from
our own ports for the coast of Africa; and while,
to use the words of Mr. Webster, we hear the din
of the hammers and see the smoke of the furna
ces that are forging the manacles and fetters,
which are to be employed in this infernal piracy.
We will not attempt even to allude to all the
more striking parts of Mr. Webster’s address ; it
would he but another mode of analyzing its whole
contents, for there was nothing in it that was not
either grave, or ingenious, or pathetick, or sub
lime, or learned, as the varying tenor of the dis
course required ; and we will only add the hope,
that he will lose no time in giving it to the pub
lick, to which it belongs.
At the pnhlick dinner, a pertinent address was
made bv Judge Davis, to the President and mem
bers of the Pilgrim Society, on behalf of the Mas
sachusetts Historical Society ; to which the Rev.
Mr. Kendall, on the part of the Pilgrim Society,
mode an appropriate reply. A similar address
on behalf of the American Antiquarian Society,
was made by the Hon. Levi Lincoln, of Worces
ter, to which an answer was returned by Alden
Bradford, Esq. Among the many pertinent
toasts which were drank, the following, sent by
Judge Thomas, the President of the Pilgrim So
ciety, who was prevented by sickness from joining
in the celebration of the day, was received with
great applause by the company : “ The creed of
our Forefathers, Law, Liberty and Religion ; may
their posterity, in their zeal for the two first, not
expunge the “ third arlicle."\
The festivities of the day were succeeded by a
ball in the evening ; and the feelings excited in
the minds of all by the combined solemnities and
rejoicings of the occasion, were those of enthusi
asm for the characters of our Fathers, veneration
for their exalted virtues, tender recollection of
their trials and hardships, and heart-felt gratitude
to Divine Providence for his goodness to them
and their children.
* In the debates in the Convention, at the close
of the Speech of the venerable President Adams, .
in which he combatted, with equal weight of ar
gument and character, the project of some of the j
younger members of the Convention relative to 1
the organization of the Senate, a gentleman whis
pered to his neighbour in the words of Cicero de
Senectute : “ Maximus respublicas ab adolescen
ti'sus labefactas, a senibus susteittatus et restitu
tas reperietis.’’--[You will find that the greatest
Republicks have been rendered insecure by youth,
and sustained and restored by the aged.]
t It ought to be observed, that about the same
hour that this toast was drank at Plymouth, the
vole was taken iu the Convention at Boston, after
<#ff able and eloquent debate of two or three days,
on a motion to abolish the 3d article from the
Constitution (providing for the mpport of publick
worship by law) and decided in the negative by
a majority of 60.
OHIO vs. UNITED STATES’ BANK.
It will be in the recollection of our readers,(hat
last year the state of Ohio imposed and forcibly
collected a tax of 100,000 upon the branches of
the U. S. Bank in that state. The bank sought
the protection of the government, and the Circuit
Court issued a processor attachment against the
auditor of the state and his agent, for having in
violation of an injunction issued from that court
to restrain them, proceeded to the collection of!
the mongy. The money is still in state treasuary, i
and a committee of their legislature, now in ses- j
sioti, have made a long report recommending the i
return of the money to the United States bank
provided it will pay all the costs and expenses, J
and leave the state ! ! They also recommend that |
the United States’ Bank should he deprived of the
benefit f the courts and jails of the state, and I
should be disabled from recording in any court or
office of registiy, any deeds, mortgages, or trusts j
executed by individuals to it ; thus virtually,
though not expressly outlawing the bank. The
Circuit Court of the Doited States is sitting at Ibis
moment in Columbus,’ and the rule being made
absolute for the attachment against Osborne and
Harper, (the auditor and his agent) if the legisla
ture hold out in their project, Judge Podd can
not'recede and must imprison the state officers,
and thus the State and the United States will be
completely at i=sue.— N. V. Am.
From the Kentucky Argus.
Fatal Accident. —ln the latter part of Novem
ber last, a traveller put up fer the night at the
tavern of William Hodges, in Franklin, Simpson
county, on the road from Nashville to Lexington.
About the usual bed time he started up stairs,
with the bar-keeper, for the purpose of going to
bed. When they arrived at the stairs the bar
keeper stepped back for the purpose of leaving a
flute he held in his hand, and shutting the bar
door; but the stranger went forward up the
stairs. The stairs led into a small entry’ or pas
sage, from which one door led into his bed room,
and an open door way, on the opposite side,
which had never been closed, the house being un
finished, led through the outer wall into the open
air. From what cause it is impossible to imagine ;
but the stranger took the latter door way, fell to
the ground, and in about an hour and a half died.
No wounds or bruises were discovered on him ;
but a considerable quantity of blood ran out at
his mouth, and it was the opinion of Dr. Johnson,
who was called immediately, that he broke some
blood vessel and bled to death inwardly.
In his saddlebags was found a considerable
quantity of clothing, principally domestick, and
in his pocket hook about sll3, but no papers.
Some of his clothes were wrapped in a newspa
per printed at Pendleton, in South Carolina, with
the name of Moses Terrill written on it as a sub
scriber. A letter was found in his vest pocket
directed to Green Brazleton, which was probably
his name. He was apparently about thirty years
of age.
These particulars were furnished ns by a gen
tleman who was present, assisted in carrying the
stranger into the house, and attended on him un
til he died. He also assures us that every possi
ble attention was paid to him, and that he was
decently interred at a meeting house near Frank
lin.
His money, horse and clothes, are in the pos
session of Mr. Hodges, and will be delivered to
any person having a right to them.
TO TVHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
From the National Intelligeneer.
The Postmaster General issued, some two or
three years ago, to all Deputy Postmasters, a
standing order, to give notice to the printer there
of of any newspaper which should remain in their
offices, respectively, uncalled for. or not taken
up, by the person to whom it should be address
ed, and to state whether the person refused to
receive the paper, or was dead, had reinovejd,
j and if so, where to. This order, we believe, has
! been generally observed by the gentle.men to
! whom it was given, but, having reason to believe
| that it was in some instances neglected, we prom
j ised, in the course of last summer, if any case of
: such neglect should come to our knowledge, to
! lay it before the Postmaster General,in order that
! the delinquent might be dealt with accordingly.
| Such an instance of neghvet having occurred at a
i distant post office not lung since, and the fact be
ing established to'the satisfaction of the Postmas-
I ter General, we have the pleasure to state,
j that he immediately dismissed the offender from
’ office. We deem it proper to mention the fact,
, for the information of publishers as well as post
masters, and as an assurance that information of
similar misconduct, from any quarter, will be
promptly attended to by the Postmaster General,
j VVe take this opportunity to offer our thanks to
! those gentlemen of the Post Office establishment,
I in various parts of the country, who have, in nu
j merous instances, given us the information refer
red to above, and for other good offices, in pre
venting the miscairiage of our paper, Sic.
SPJW*.
Tlie sanction of the king to the law pronounc
ing the abolition of monastick orders was register
ed in an extraordinary sitting of the cortes on the
23d ult. and couriers extraordinary had been sent
into al! the provinces, with orders to the magis
trates to take possession of the suppressed con
vents. It was not without considerable reluc
tance that the king gave his assent to the bill for
the suppression of the Monastick Orders. He de
clared, on its first presentation, that it was con
trary to his conscience, and positively refused his
sanction. The ministers however repaired to his
majesty in a body', and tendered (heir resignations,
in the event of his deeming it proper to persist in
his intention. This spirited intimation immedi
ately removed the king’s scruples, and the bill
passed in the usual form. The delay which took
place in the king’s assent to this measure is ascri
bed to remonstrances from the court of Rome. A
report recommending the unqualified exclusion
of foreign manufactures and products, having met
with great opposition, was referred back to the
united committee of finance and commerce. A
committee had reported in favour of conferring
estates, yielding a rental of 80,000 reals, on gene
rals Riego and Quiroga ; and estates of 40.000
reals a year, on several other officers, who had
I been instrumental in liberating the country from
the yoke of despotism. With regard to Riego
and Quiroga, it is farther proposed that the king
should be requested to honour them with Castilian
titles of nobility. The bill relative to the publick
education has undergone a partial discussion, and
several of its clauses been approved. A bill has
been introduced for punishing with death, as trai
tors, all persons conspiring directly, and de facto ,
to subvert the existing constitution.
The English Discovery ships. —Few partial
lars of their highly interesting voyage have
yet transpired, the officers ami crew of the Hecla
confining themselves to casual observations, un
til their commander shall have |aid his journal
before the lords of the admiralty. We under
stand, however, that Lieut. Parry entered by
Lancaster Sound, proceeded over Capt. Ross's
special chart of land, and reached, in the paral
lel of 74 or 75, 114 or 115 vyest, about 550 miles
farther than Capt floss assarted the nlar sea, to
be navigable. In SO, the ships fell in with islands,
which continued successively till they reached
the extreme westerly point of one in 115, where
winter overtook them. They wintered in a snug
hay in Lancaster Sound, and did not get clear of
the ice till the 15th of August this year. From
October till February, or for about one hundred
days, they were in darkness; but with abundance
of wholesome provisions, and other requisite com
forts, they passed the time very agreeably. The
crew were amused with games of every kind, and
occasionally they acted play* for mutual enter
tainment. On the breaking up of the ice this
season, attempts were made to proceed westerly,
but immense barriers of ice from the polar sea to
tqe northward shut up all hope of succeeding in
the parallel of 74; and before they could return
to the eastward and renew the attempt in a lower
latitude, the navigable season, which is confined
to August and a few days in September, offered
no reasonable chance of succeeding thi year; in
dependent of which, provisions would not have
held out in so precarious and dangerous a navi
gation for the winter, and the time they would
certainly have been frozen up. The existence of
a polar sea, to the westward of Hearn’s river, is
incontestibly established; and experience has
taught these hardy navigators, that, in the month
of August such a powerful radiation from the land
takes place, as to render a channel sufficient to
demonstrate the certainty of the existence of a
northern passage, and that a practicable one, but
not open to any possible commercial purposes.
In 90, the compass was useless on board—the at
traction of the needle was extreme. The crews
of the vessel have conducted themselves as be
came men in such a momentous situation. They
have been particularly healthy, and returned to
England with the loss of only one man, and that
from a casualty ; which is a high tribute to the
discipline and care of the officers commanding,
with the thermometer of Falir. 55 deg. below ze
ro, where the breath of every one, in his sleeping
place, formed a sheet of ice over his head in the
morning. The ships have been out for about
eighteen months, having sailed from Sheerness on
the 18th of May, 1819. Sunday last the com
mander, officers, seamen and marines of his rna
jesty’s ships employed on discovery in the Arctick
regions, returned publick thanks to Almighty
God,in the church of St. Mary-le-Strand, London,
for the many mercies received during their peril
ous undertaking, and for their safe return to their
native land. [ London pap.
Cotton. —Our cotton market may be consider
ed unusually dull, and prices giving way since our
last, particularly for inferiour cottons. The dul
ness of the market may be attributed in part to
the wet,disagreeable weather, but more to the late
accounts from Europe, which are up to the 23d
November. Inferiour and mixed lots from 12 to
13 1-2—prime, 14 a 14 1-2 —the latter price
paid for square bales only.— Aug. Chr. 251 ft ult.
From the late Census, the entire population of
Richmond county is estimated at 8,733. This
statement, we think must be erroneous—for, if
we are not mistaken, Augusta, alone, in 1810,
contained nearly 5,000 souls. Chronicle.
An American lady in London, in a letter to a
friend in this city, dated October 1820, thus de
scribes a Dandy Lord :
“ 1 was in Hyde-Park on Sunday. It was
crowded with fashion. I.ord Petershaw is the
blood of the day. He is the most complete show
1 ever saw. He wears large mustachios, a beard
or tuft upon his chin, very high collar to his shirt,
a black cravat tied in a large bow where the ruf
fles should be, a white dress resembling a carter’s
frock, and over that a black jemmy coat, almost
off his shoulders, with his coat sleeves turned half
way up his arms, his wristband covering his hands.
He wears a very small hat, with a very low
crown, and a small rim, just to cover the top of
his head, and a boquel before him completes this
object. —He has a little footman, in white livery,
by his side. He bawls out “ how are .you,” so
loud you can hear him almost over the Park.
His face is as yellow as a pumpkin. He attracts
general attention, and whenever he stops, he is
surrounded.”
Five millions of the inhabitants of the United
States are said to be devoted to agriculture.
The city of Rome, once the proud mistress of
the world, contains at present, about ninety
thousand inhabitant*; its population decreases
near 10,000rinnually.
It ia said the force of gun-powder is increased
in a threefold degree by mixing it with the saw
dust #f soft wood.
In the silk mill at Manchester in England there
are 26.588 wheels and 17,746 diurnal movements,
and the whole is actuated by one great water
wheel which goes round three times in a minute,
each time it goes round 73,723 yards of silk are
twisted,so that in 24 hours 218,504,960 yards are
executed.
The cotton manufactory at Waltham near Bos
ton is one of the largest in the U. States. They
consume about 400.000 lbs. of cotton annually,
and 200 looms are kept in constant operation by
water
The Season. —At Bangor, Maine, the of
Monday the 18th ult. was the coldest ever expe
rienced there. The thermometer on the high
ground stood at 26 degrees, and near the water at
30 3-4 degrees below O. At HaJlowell, Maine, on
Tuesday morning succeeding, it stood at 26 de
grees below Zero, and nearly as low on the fol
lowing Thursday.
Bonaparte. —“ The following is an extract of a
letter just received from St. Helena, by a geutle
man in Edinburgh :
“ Watching Bony, is now a very amusing oc
cupation. I lately saw the gentleman riding out,
having Marshall Bertrand, on a white horse, in
front. He and lady Bertrand were together.
Count Montholon and a retinue in the re..:. He
is uncommonly gross, and odiously puffed out in
I the face. He goes out much oftener now than
ever, but occupies mm hos his time in writing. I
know he was lately i. enpied in writing criti
cisms upon the Generals of antiquity. He takes
great delight in a small garden that he has fitted,
or rather laid out, like a London citizen, who is
desirous of having multrum in parvo, ‘here are
lakes, fivers, woods, grottos, &o. all in miniature.
This place is his sanctum—and an unfortunate j
cow, that by son.e chance got into it, was shot by
Bonaparte himself for the sacrilege. No one
whatever, is permitted to go out of James-town
without a pass from the adjutant General—nor is
any one permitted to go on board a ship in the
harbour without one.—The thermometer in the
hottest summer days is seldom above 73 deg.—in
town it is often at 90, or upwards, but eeuerally
from 82 to 85—at present it is generally about
60 to 63.”
Gree.nesiiorough, January 20.
Fire ; —On Wednesday morning last, about
five o’clock,our citizens weir aroused by the alar
ming cry of fire, which was soon discovered to he
the house occupied by Mrs. Early ; fortunately it
was a cairn morning, and the iveather had been
for several days previous rainy ; had it not been
for these circumstances, several of the citizens
must have suffered severely from that devouring
element, as there are no necessary implements in
the place to check its dreadful ravages.
It is evident that the act was perpetrated by
some incendiary. Mrs. Early had been absent
for several days previous. Her loss is estimated
at between three and four thousand dollars.
We had supposed that the Missouri subject
would have been again taken up yesterday, and
finally disposed of in some shape or other. But,
that the debate on the subject of the army might
not he unseasonably interrupted, Mr. Eustace
contented himself with calling up his motion, m3
having it referred to a committee of the whole on
the state of the Union, which disposition of it
places it in his power to move at any time the
consideration of it.—The same course was then
taken with the resolution from the senate, on the
same subject, which contains an exception, the
nature of which all attentive readers will recollect
of any part of the constitution, if there be any
part of the constitution of Missouri, which-is con
trary to the constitution of the United States.
VVe have for some time thought, that the pre
sent session of Congress will be productive of few
measures of a leading character. There may be
some reduction of the army ; some modification
of the expenditure for the increase of the navy;
the usual appropriation acts, and an act for a
loan, of a greater or less amount, must puss ; -but
there will be few other laws passed of a general
nature. The passage of some of the bills depend
ing, and those, in our view, the most desirable,
is rendered hopeless by the agitation of this un
fortunate question respecting Missouri. With
re peet to others, the sentiment of congress is so
nearly equally divided, that an indisposition to
legislate at all, though that feeling should be limit
ed to very few, may incline the scale against the
measures proposed. That there is such an indi -
position, arising from the apprehensions of over
much legislation, has been, we think, apparent
during the session; and the procrastination of a
decision on the Missouri subject has had no ten
dency to l sstn it. [Nat. Ini. \sth ult.
It gives us pleasure to state, that all the mem
bers of Congress who have been confined by in
disposition, one or two of whom have been dan
gerously ill, are on the recovery, being pronoun
ced,oat of danger. Among the latter was Mr.
Over preet of South Carolina, who was severely
wounded on the head by jumping from a carriage
on the horses ruining off. i'o.
MARRIED ,
InKingswood, N.J. Mr. Nathaniel Bißenhotise,
aged 17, to Miss Sarah Taylor, aged 13!
In Boston, Mr. John Milk, to Miss Eliza Wa
ter—a pretty weak concern.
PRICES CURRENT AT AUGUSTA.
Corrected every week from the Georgia Advertiser.
January 27.
Cotton, [Upland] 11 to 14 3-1
Flour, $6 to 8
Corn, 50
Tallow, 13
Beeswax, 28 to 30
Bctter, [country] 12 1-2 to 3i 1-4
Bacon, 8 to 10
Candles, [Tallow] 20
Do. [Sperm.] 50
Whiskey, 45 to 50
Brandy, [Peach] 75
Do. [Apple] 45
Do. [French] 2
Rum, [Jamaica] 1 25
Do. [N. E] 45
Gin, [Holland] 112 12
Do. [Northern] 50
Molasses, 35 to 45
Sugar, [Muscov.] 10 to 12 1-2
Do. [Refined] 25
Coefee, [Green,] 31 to 32
Cotton Bagging, 22 to 23
Iron, [Hus. & Sire,] 5 1-2 to 6
Do. [Eng. & Arne.] 4 1-2 to 5
Steel, [German] 17 to 20
Do. [Blistered] 12 1-2
Salt, 60 wholesale 68 to 70 retail
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New Cotton Ware-House,
AUGUSTA.
ADAM HUTCHINSONadopts this method of
informing his friends in the country, that he
has just completed anew and safe W areiiouse,
at the upper end of Broad street, on the south
side, which is now ready for the reception of
Cotton ; and the strictest attention will be paid
to all business entrusted to his care.
He has now, and will continue to keep on
hand, a general and extensive assortment of
CHOICE GROCERIES,
Which will be disposed of oil accommodating
terms. Jan. 17 37tf
Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in March
next, at the Court house in Madison
County, between the usual hours of sale, the fol
lowing property, to wit:
One hundred and thirty acres of
Land, more or less, levied on as the property of
John Murrow and Woodson Murrow to satisfy
sundry executions in favour of John Jenkins and
others, and pointed out by said Jenkins, levied
on and returned to me by Andrew Millican, Con
stable.
Also—The fifth part of two hun
dred acres of Land lying on the waters of South
Broad River, the same being one undivided moie
ty of said land ; levied on by virtue of an execu
tion, Francis A. llaney vs. John K. Pryor, levied
on and returned to me by J. Johns, Constable.
Also —One Wagon, levied on by
virtue of an execution, Evans Long for the use of
Thomas B. Stubbs vs. William Lokey and I'etr
Smith, pointed out by Benjamin Lokey.
Also—One Shaving Box, two
razors, one grindstone, one trunk and one tool
chest, sold as the properly of Joshua Johnston,
an insolvent debtor, for the benefit of his Credi
tors. Conditions Cash.
JOHN SCOTT, Sheriff.
Jan. 19, 1821.
Law Office.
WILLIAM F. STEELE, Attorney and Coun
sellor at Law, havingyhrerf himself perma
nently at Eatonton, Putnam county, Georgia, re
! spectfully tenders his professional services to his
! friends and the publick—and any business com
mitted to him will meet witli prompt and faithful
attention. He practices in thu several Courts of
Ocmulgee circuit, and in adjoining counties,
where the courts do not interfere with those of
the said circuit.
Jan. 24,,1821. 4w36
Planters’ Hotel.
AUGUSTA.
THE subscriber has taken the Planters’ Hotel,
lately occupied by Cosby Dickinson, Esq.
situated between Reynolds and M’Cartney streets,
and fronting Jones street. This establishment is
the largest and best adapted for the comfortable
accommodation of travellers, of any in the state.
There are rooms fitted up, and will be reserved
or the accommodation of families.
Planters, Northern and Southern Merchants,
who may he pleased to patronize the proprietor,
will find convenience from being in the neigh
bourhood of the great Cotton Mart from the up
per country. SI'ASLF.S, in all respects suita
ble to the extent of the establishment, are pro
vided. JOHN MILLER.
Augusta, Geo. Oct. 7, 1820. is3m2l
