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AyZ’s. March ’2\, V^.V
■tZ liberal patronage already ex
■ Led to “The Mkssengek/’ u.th
A Zeocral public* interest that seems
WZ excited, i-i peculiarly flattering
V t he Editor. The only return he
An ,„ake, will be to make the most
■udicious selections from such per,(Mi
lled works as he may be able to obtain,
Snd intersperse them with such p.eces
A f origin:'! matter as occasions may
A-equire.
M Communications on subjects of m-
Aerest, couched in language neither
Aersonal nor abusive, will be tlmnk-
KuUy received. The Editor will inva-
Aiably be the judge of what ought to
■ be, and what ought nut to be admitted
■ into his columns.
; from the North American Review.
! MISSOURI RIVER.
I We now see the Missouri stretch
ling far to the north and west, not a
I tributary, but in itself a principal
I and mightv river ; not ot secondary
I or doubtful magnitude, hut beyond
doubt the largest river of the known
world. The Platte, the Arkansa,
and other tributaries of this prodi
! gious stream, would in the old con
tinent be rivers of the first rate
magnitude. These, with the Ohio
and other eastern branches, drew
off the waters of a tract of country
now familiarly designated as the
‘valey of the Mississippi.’ To
ears accustomed to associate with
the term valley the idea of ‘ 4 a low
ground between hills,” in which a
few shepherds might feed their
flocks, or a few tenements might
find shelter from the wind and
storm, this name, first applied to
the country of the mississippi, we
believe, by Volney, sounds singu
iarly huge. Here is a valley, in
whose fertile shades there repose
more inhabitants than the United
States contained at the beginning
of the revolution. A valley, over
which two thirds oi me continent
of Europe might be spread out, and
hardlv suffice to cover it.
We have spoken of the Missouri
as the largest river known upon the
face of the globe. V\ e shall be
understood of coarse as including
the part of the Mississippi, which
is below its confluence, and of
which the Missouri is undoubted
ly the true continuation. Accord
ing to the best authorities, the Mis
souri brings into the common chan
nels four times as much water as
the Mississippi , it is at least twice
as long, and same of its principal
branches are even longer than the
last named stream. — Ihe length of
this majestic river from its remote
sources in the Kockv mountains, to
its outlet in the Gulf of Mexico, is
between four and five thousandJ
miles. During three thousand
miles of this course its apparent
size is hardlv diminished, and even
at the M main villages Mr. Breck
enridge informs us, that its full
channel appeared to him not less
brOad or maji * ic than that of the
Mississippi, at Xew-Orleans. Still
higher up, it receives tributary
branches, which might compare
with the D.mubc or Indus in mag
nitude. We know of no oilier riv
er which draws from such an extent
V's country or connects together
climates so remote and dissimilar.
1 he Amazon, formerly accounted
the chief of streams, hardly ex
ceeds three quarters of the length
<>! the Missouri. The Macquarrie
Mew Holland, which from its
size and distance from the sea in
die direction of its course, was a
few years since imagined to exceed
Ml other rivers in extent, has since
been “ ridden down into bogs and
morasses.” There remains but
one stream which, for the palm of
superiority, may hereafter come
into competition with the Missouri,
and this is ihe Niger.
In the Legislature of Maryland,
’ to abolish imprisonment for
debt has been rejected.
Pit atcs.-~- Capt. Granger, at New
York, from Matan/as; informs,
.hat two vessels, supposed Ameri
can, h id been captured by pirates
16 miles to the westward of that
place, i lie crews were tied in the
rigging, the vessels set on fire and
all burnt together !! Capt, G. also
informs that Matanzas swarmed
with pirates. A few clays previous
to his sailing they attacked the
Americans on the King’s Dock,
with stones £cc; a number were
driven into the River, and others
seriously hurt. Capt. Culver, of
the schr. Wm. & Henry, of New
York, was nearly killed, by a stone
thrown from the Custom House.—
Cap Jains Garner and Blinn, were
also wounded. Three piratical
vessels were cruizing between point
Yeacos and Havana.
Georgia Patriot.
Cuba—Great Btitain. —Much in
terest prevails in consequence of
the rumor, that England is about
to occupy Cuba. Our correspon
dent at Washington (who derives
his information from the first autho
rity) has authorised us to sav that
the rumor of England being about
to take possession of Cuba is en
tirely groundless—and that so far
frsm it, Mr. Cannings it is said,
has made an official communication
to the government of the United
States, that the British government
■would consider itself disgraced were
it to avail itself of the present condi
tion of Spain, to aggrandise herself
by the dismemberment of the Spanish
territories. Richmond Enquirer.
SHIP JVRE CK. —Th e Sch ooner
Information, of New oik, Jesseva
Anderson, master, on the morning
of the 10th of February, in a gale
of wind to the Southward of Cape
Roman, had her dead lights stove
in and filled with water, when she
capsized—four of the crew namely,
the master, f). R. Anderson, Daniel
Austin and a black bov,were taken
off the wreck same day—-(/ V bay
died soon after, and ‘John Rutledge
about 40 years of age, perished on
board the Information) by the Scar.
Maid of the Mill , Walker master, ol
Philadelphia; The next day, the
three survivors were put on hoard
the Btig Eleanor , and arrived at
Smithville, North Carolina, on the
15th February; The Information
was from Lockwood's Folly, North
Carolina, loaded with timber and
shingles, bound to this port. There
is no doubt that the wreck ot a
Schr< noticed in the Courier ot
1 hui'S'Juy last, as having been seen
bv Captain Brand, of the smack
Reindeer, was the Information , as
her mainmast was secured by an
iron hoop. Chariest. City Gaz.
We have been told that the In
dians at the eastward prognosticate
great freshets during the approach
ing spring, from the circumstance
of the beavers having built their
houses one story higher than com
mon last fall. This they consider
an invariable forerunner of great
freshets. N. T.paper ,
Piracy-^ The brig Two Brother's,
of Nevvburyport, Anthony Knapp
master, was captured by a Spanish
schooner, with a crew ot 15 men,
off the Morne Rouge, south side of
St. Domingo, on the 22d of De
cember. The captain and crew, 7
in number, were driven by the pi
rates into the brig’s small boat,
without any thing but the cloaths
they had on. Fortunately they
reached the shore in safety, after
being five hours in the boat, and
went alongside the llaytian sloop
of war Concord, Col. Murrette, who
treated them handsomely, and gave
Capt. Knapp a passport and a letter
to the captain of the port ofjac
quemel, where he and his crew ar
rived on the 28th December. The
mate, Mr. Jos. Bowc, and 4 of the
crew proceeded thence to Aux
Caves to get a passage to the Uni
ted States there being no American
vessels at Jacquctnel, and Mr. R.
has arrived at this port in the sc hr.
p co . Norfolk Herald.
A man named O’Bannan publicly
and solemnly notifies the Bank of
Kentucky, that if they do not take
the depreciated currency of the state
in payment of their demands on him
they shall never get a dollar of prin
cipal or interest; am! at the same
time he informs all executioners of
the law that, if they attempt to serve
any process on his person, he will,
as “ soon thereafter as he can , put a
PERIOD TO THEIR EARTHLY CAREER-”
Another Amo u rn Tide —lt is sta*
ted that Mr. J. Robinson, of this
city, has now-in press an original
work, which if certain distant inti
mations, which have been made ma\
be depended upon, will he likely to
prove a feather in the cap of out
growing literatuie. It is said to he
founded upon certain events of the
Revolutionary War. Balt. Pat.
The house of Mr. Robert Walkup
in Mecklenburv, N. C. was consu
med by fire on the night of the 7th
inst. and “ live persons, principally
young men, (four of them his own
children,) and a son of 11. lluey,
were entirely consumed in the
flames, as they lay up stairs! The
house caught fire by accident, Mr.
Willium Flinn, brother to the late
Rev. Dr. Flinn of Charleston, es
caped bv jumping out of the end
window, but unfortunately broke
his thighs.” Sav. Pep.
Pirates Captured. —An arrival at
Baltimore on the 20th inst. from
Jamaica, brings intelligence of the
capture of a piratical schooner and
felucca, off the south side of Cuba,
by the Br. sloop ol war Tvne.
Thirty of the pirates were lulled
and seventeen taken prisoners.
The commissioners of the great
Western Canal, have reported in
favor of constructing a basic at the
termination of it at Albany, which
will cost about 100,COO dollars. It
is to he so constructed as to enable
transhipments to be made between
canal and river craft, uithojt the
cost and delay ol cartage and
storage.
We learn that the adventurous
Sea Captain, who was employed in
constructing a sm all boat lor the
purpose of going to Europe, is an
applicant for the light ship, now
building for a station in our Oiling.
Mis failing to get this command,
v ill induce him to proceed alone,
across the Atlantic.
J\etv Vin k Gazette.
Sealing and Whaling. — A compa
ny is forming at Cincinati, Ohio,
for fitting out from that place a Seal
ing and Whaling expedition to the
Pacific and Indian Oceans. The
plan of the voyage is to build two
vessels, each 3JO tons burden, and
a tender of 70 or SO ions. Tile ex
pense of the outfit is estimated at
80,000 dollars* and the company
has the privilege of extending it to
1 JO.OOO dollars. The time of sail
ing (if the stock be subscribed) is
limited to the spring of 1824. Adv.
A proclamation of the governor .
general ol the Danish West India |
islands, Dated St. Croix, Dec. 24th,
gives notice, that Indian Corn and
Corn Meal imported into that Is
land, are exempt from duty for the
space of four months’ from that date;
for which, and for whatever other
provisions imported, but more es
pecially Indian Corn Meal, deliver- 1
ed by special consent ol govern-1
ment to the planters, the govern- j
ment holds itself responsible for
the ready and immediate payment.
Mer Adv.
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ICT Should any of our Subscribers
not receive their Papers, they will
please direct us where to send them.
Executive Department, Georgia.
Milledgeville, 27th Feb. 1823.
The subjoined letter from the lion.
John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War,
is ordered to be published once iu
each of the Gazettes of this State, for
the information of those whom it may
concern.
The instructions heretofore publish
ed, from the Department of W ar, for
taking evidence in support of claims,
before the .Superior, Inferior,or Courts
of ordinary, in term time, must be
pursued.
The testimony thus taken, and new
claims, should there be any exhibited,
to be forwarded by the c.aimants to
the War Department.
Attest, E. Sec’y.
Department of War. ?
13th February, 1823 )
Sir—Your letter of the 14th ult.
with its enclosures, has been received.
The subject of a further extinguish
ment of the Indian title to lands
within the State of Georgia, has been
submitted to Congress, by the Presi
dent: and he has agreed to keep open
the time for the reception f claims
under the lute treaty with the Creek
Indians, until the first day of August
next, extending the privilege tkus al
lowed, as well to those whose claims
were rejected by the I ate Commission
er, uii account of insufficiency or in
formality of proof only, as to those
who have not yet exhibited their
claims. Those exhibited before tiic
Ist January last, will be attended to,
as soon as the President is released
from the duties incident to the session
of Congress.
I have the honor to be your obedient
servant, J. C. CaLHOUN.
fits Ex. John Clark,
Governor ot Georgia.
? •**
AVibb Counts. $ iß’3.
WE, the Grattd Jury, would re
turn our thanks to his honor Judge
Shorter for the expedition with
which he has dispatched the busi
ness of the county —and his polite
ness to heir Bodt during the pre
sent term —and they would also
present their acknowledgements to
the solicitor general, for the prompt
ness and assiduity with which he
has discharged the duties of his
office.
AL E X'U. ME RI WE Ttl ER,
Foreman.
Tssachar Rates, Charles McArdel
James Fitzgerald, Henry Williams,
John 11. Beard, Charles Ingraham
Thomas House, ll ardy Unrrel,
l.eicis Fuy, Ruldtid Bivins,
Redden Rutland, J.A. Hudson,
‘l'homas Bates, Win. Cummings,
Geo. B. tVudlow, jyathan Brady,
Henry Audolf, Claihorn Bateman,
Janies Henderson, Jonathan Wilder,
Burnell Bullock, John J)ougla>s
wjbc- amracura
Wires Current.
8 C 8 C
Flour, bill. 13 0 0 0
Whisker, gal. 58 GO
Uuui,(Jaui.) do. 160
do. W. 1. do. 1
Gin, do. c, “> qS *
Molasses, do. 5O
brown lb. 11 13
and *. Loaf lb. 22
Coffee, do. 30 32
bacon, lb. 18
Iron, do. 7\
Nails do. 12|
Shot do. 1*
Powder keg. 11
Pice lb. 5}
Castings do. 10
Pork, pume, do. 22
l)o. Mess do. 28
Salt bush. 1 50
Mackerel bid. 11 15
The Subscriber \v?zs \eavc
to inform the citizens of Clinton and
New Town, and their vicinities, that
he carries on the v iking business, and
will supply both places with
mrxJi'jj
AND
at such stated periods as may suit
their convenience. lie hopes by as
siduity and a competent knowledge of
the business, to obtain the greater part
of public patronage.
ROBERT AD JIMS.
N. B. Orders will be furnished at
short notice and on liberal terms.
March 21st 1 3t
Robertson Granberrx
Are now opening, at the house form
erly occupied by 11. K. Smith Esq. an
assortment of
GOODS
AMONG WHICH ARP.
Superfine Black and Blue cloths,
Kerseymeres,Calicoes, Muslins,
Vestings, &c.
With an assortment of Getlemens
and boys Beaver, Roaram aiid Wool
hats.
STRAW RO.NWF.TS
OF THE LATEST FASHION.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
SHOES, &gc. &c.
All of which will be sold low for
Cash.
March 21st 1 ts
NOTICE.
VLL persons indebted to the sub
scriber for the year 1822, are re
quested to come forward and settle
Uifir notes and accounts by the first
of April or they will be placed in the
hands of officers for collection’
A. MER IIVETHER.
March 21 1 ts
If. COLEMAN
O KSPECTFULLY informs his
p. ft friends and the publick that he
continues his house for the reception,
of Boarders and Travellers, aiid by
his strict attention to business, flatters
himself to believe he can give satisfac
tion to all who may be disposed to call
on him. His Bar is at all times fur
nished with the
HE ST OV LIQUORS,
His Stables with the best of Proven
der and with faithful and attentive
Hostlers.—lie only solicits from the
nubiick that part of patronage which
his attention to business, and to the
comfort of his customers may entitle
him to. The above house is situated at
mrw wmrx r*
On the east side of the Oakmulgee ri
ver, near Macon.
N. B. Families canbe accomodated
with private looms.
March 21st I—ts.1 —ts.
TO Ul,\T.
a ..ywA s'vovw. uovsv.,
Apply to J. STONE*
Marali 21st 1 ts
\\. SLAV GUT EU Co.’
NFORM their friends and the pub-
S lie that they have settled on the
south side of the Oakmulgee river in
the town oUMacox, where all kinds
of iron work, including Mill, Waggon
and gigg irons, repairs on guns and
gun-locks, &c. will be done with neat
ness and strength.
CAST STEEL
ate also kept on hand, which they of
fer low for Cash.
March 21st 1— ts
GEORGIA,
.K'lfcvson Countv.
H ERE A S Charles Logue ap 1 -
v T plies for letters of administra
tion on ihe estate of William Logue
deceased;
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of said dec’d.
to be and appear at my office, with
in the time prescribed- by law, to
shew cause (if any) why said let
ters should not be granted.
Given under my hand this 3d
March 1823.
JOHN G. BOSTICK, n . c. c. o.
March 21 1 30d
Jefferson County.
‘VMT HERE AS Rachel Berton anti
e v William S. Becton applies to
me for letters of administration on the
estate of Samuel S. Becton, late of
said county dec’d.
These are therefore, to cite and ad
monish all, and singular the kindred
and creditors of said deceased to be
and appear at my office, within the
time prescribed by law, to shew cause,
if any, why said letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand this 3d day of
March, 1823.
JOHN G. B JSTICK, and. c. c. o.
March 21st I—3od1 —30d
NOTICE.
months after date appliea
1_ nI tion w ill be made to the honorable
court of Ordinary of Warren County,
for leave to sell *
Owe tract containing 259
acres of land, being lot no. 166 in the
sixth district of Early County—
One other tract, containing
450 acres in Warren county, adjoin
ing lands of Little Bryant and others.
One other tract, in Warren
county adjoining the beforementioried
tract.
ALSO—
’ V \n o Xegroes, \iz. .Marga*
ret, a woman, and Anthony a man—all
being the real estate of Samuel Allen
late of said county dec’d. and to be
sold for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors ofsaiil dec’ll.
S. ALLEN', Anyrdi.
March 20th 1823. iu9ui
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Writs, Sheriff’s Deeds,
common do.
Sheriff’s \>i\\s of Sale,
Juror’s Summons,
Justice's do.
do. Executions,
Subpoenas, Gamuts, &:e.
Vor sale at this office.