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] as t, that The .Messenger will be pub
lished every Monday evening.
Littlcberry Covenah, of IJurke
County, (Geo.) passed through this
place “a few days ago on his return
from Florida, in company with another
centleman, and relates that on the
27th ult. they were stopped by a Semi
nole Chief at an Indian town about fifty
miles from St. Marks, and detained
until the 28tli, about 12 o’clock at
jjjrrht they made their escape with an
Indian pilot, who informed them it
was rather troublesome times there for
white people. About l o’clock P.M.
on the Ist March, they found two men
with their throats recently cut—one
bleeding when they found him. On
going to a group of Indians at a short
distance, they saw one tied and in
custody of a Chief, who said lie had!
committed the murder, and should be
carried to .St. Marks and given up.
The travellers petitioned for leave to
kill him, but the Chief would not grant
it. The cause of this mischievous con
duct was understood to be that they
wanted a part of Florida ceded to them.
Extract of a Letter from Capt. J.
Burkhart, Commanding the Brig
Clio, to the Editor of the Philadel
phia Gazette.
The Brig Clio sailed from Bucpos
Ayres on the 15th, and left the mel
on the 10th January, since when we
have experienced heavy gales on the
coast from the N. W. and cold and
disagreeable weather.
The government of Buenos Ayres)
secies to be established on correct and j
liberal principles, affording protection j
to individual safety and property.;
Confidence in the wisdom of its mens j
vivjjs has inatiiftsted itself „ I road V by!
the rapid-increase of domestic nidus-!
try, am! almost unlimited commerce!
which she enjoys with all the world.]
The port, although spacious, was
crowded with vessels, displaying the !
flags of those nations to which they
respectively belong. The valuable
and assorted cargoes thus introduced,
created a commercial rivalship never
before experienced at Buenos Ayres.
Since the establishment of the inde
pendence of Buenos Ayres, the tide of
emigration has flowed with great ra
pidity, and it has become the residence
of some of the first arti/.ans and me
chanics of the old and new world.
The United States! the only nation
that has recognised she Independence
of Buenos Ayres! is held bv the Go
vernment and the people in great esti
mation, and they very much approve
of the princ iples of their Constitution,
indeed in some of (he acts of govern
Went, they have approached as near
as possible to tiie spirit of that
instrument.
It appears to he the policy and in
terest of the government of Buenos
Ayres a l ’ well as that of the United
States, that th rt re should be a perfect
Understanding betwe en them, as their
interest in a commercial point of view
are nearly the same, especially if
founded on principles of reciprocity-,
advantages might result highly advan
tageous to both countries; hence the j
appointment of a Minister by the
government of the United States to
Buenos Ayres might tend to piomotc
m's important object.
appropriate present to John Q. Mams,
A lew days since, an enormous
0I) I'isn, weighing eighth-four
pounds, was caught by some Mar
'‘vhend Fishermen. On its being
Glided, it was at once agreed to
p ltStut it to John Quincy Adams,
- an appropriate testimonial of the
Beatitude of Fishermen for his
aide and triumphant defence
° / ,le American right to the Fish
!j' Us , 111 the negotiations of Ghent,
c fi ll was accordingly frozen
/ di great care, in order to preserve
incased in a box of ice, and
‘■insmitted, with a letter from the
((> die lion. Secretary of
Salem Gazette .
CO.\GUft%S.
Second Session ol the 17th Can Teas.
Thursday, February 2 7.
IN SUN A ATS.
Mr. King of N. V. submitted the
following resolution for consideration:
li i solved, l hat the t onnnissioner of
the General Land Office be, ar.d lie is
hereby instructed and directed to pre
pare and lay before the Senate at the
beginning of their next session, maps
of the several states of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Ala
bama, and Louisiana, and of the terri
tories of Michigan, Arkansas, and
Florida, which maps shall contain
plats of the public land, within the
aforesaid states and territories, which
before tiie first clay of the year 1823,
] had been surveyed under the authority
|of the United States—marking upon
; the maps aforesaid the land, the Indian
ititle to which, at the date aforesaid,
I remained to bes old; stating, likewise,
the computed number acres which, at
j the date aforesaid, had been surren
dered to the United States, under any
law passed for the relief of the purcha
sers ot public land, together with a
statement of the amount of debt, at
(he date aforesaid, due to the United
States from the purchasers of public
land, within the respective states and
territories aforesaid.
A number ot bills heretofore recei
ved from the House of Representative*
iand referred to Committees, were re
i
i ported to the Senate,
j The resolution submitted yesterday
by Mr. Smith of Smith Carolina, in re
lation to pensioners, was taken up and
agreed to.
A letter was communicated by the
President to the Senate from the Sec
retary of the Treasury, transmitting
the annual reports of the several
Banks in the District of Columbia,
The President also communicated
to the donate, the following letter
from the Secret; • v ol State:
To the President of the Senate of the
United States.
JIEI’AR'i'MEXT OF # STATE.
Washington, 27th February, 1323.
Sir : 1 have the honor of transmit
ting herewith, a supplementary- return
to the Digest of tiie accounts of the
Manufacturing Establishments, and
tlieir Manufactures, which iias been
reported to Congress, in pursuance of
liu-ir joint resolution, ot 30til Mar ill
last. The imperfection of these returns
ha been owing to various* causes—
among which a principal one was, (he
iinv. iliingm ss ot manufacturers tiiem-
M'lvcs, r. give ijie information required
for making the return. Tiie inadc- {
ouateness ol the compensation allowed
iiv law, for the performance of the
sen ice, has also been a subject of
complaint, by many of the Marshals,
and of their Assistant.-.
The supplementary return now
made, is of omissions which occurred
in making the Digest, under the direc
tion ot tnis Department, and which,
should have been included in the
printed Digest. A statement is added
of the several counties and districts
from which no returns have been
received.
I am with great respect, sir, your
very humble and obedient servant.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
On motion of Mr. Talbot, the Senate
resolved to meet tins evening at 6
o’clock—and then, about 4 o’clock,
adjourned for a recess.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Hemphill, from the Committee
to which was referred the memorial of
several hanking institutions and insu
rance companies in the State of South
Carolina, and a memorial of the Presi
dent and Directors of the Bank of the
United States, praying for certain
laws in relation to the Bank, and for
certain alterations in their charter,
made a long report thereon, conclu
ding with a resolution that the Com
mittee be instructed to prepare and
bring in a bill in relation to the Bank
of the United States; which was read
and ordered to lie on the table.
The following bills were receiv and
from the Senate:
A bill to establish an Armory on the
western waters —
A hill “ to enable the holders of
French, British, and Spanish titles to
lands within the state of Louisiana,
u | IM h has not been recognised as valid
bv the government of the l nited States
lo institute proceeding to try the vali
dity thereof, and for other purposes.”
These bills were read and committed.
‘I he Speaker laid before the house a
letter from the Secretary of the Trea
sury, transmitting statements from the
Commissioner ol the General Land
Office, in relation to the operations of
the several Lund Offices, under the
provisions ol the 2d Match 18i-l, foi
the relief of purchasers of Public
Lands, prior to the Ist July 1820,
which was read, and ordered to lie on
the tank*:
The Il’buse on motion of Mr. F.
loimson, es,dved itself into a commit*
tee ot tin* whole on the state of the
Union, Mr. Dili in the chair, on the
bill making provision frr the repair of
the General Post Office building, re
pair ol the Engine House, Engine, Ac.
attached thereto: having gflne thraiigh
me bill without debate, the Committee
then rose, and toe lull was then ordered
to be engrossed fir a third reading.
The House then again resolved itself
into a Committee Iff - the whole on the
state of the Union, Mr. Conflict in the
Chair.
File Committee took up the bill,
amending and supplementary to tin
acts “ for ascertaining claims and
titles to land in the territory of Flo
rida,” and to provide for tie* survey
and disposal of the Public Land in
Florida.
Mr. Ranklin moved to amend it,
by inserting the following words.
‘‘Treaty of Versailles, of 1783,
between the British and Spanish
Governments.”
Mr. Hamilton moved to amend
this amendment, as follows, “ or
which were good and valid by the
law of n itions.”
Mr. Ranklin and Mr. Hernandez
earnestly opposed this amendment
of Mr. Hamilton's who as warmly
supported it.
Finally, the question was taken on
agreeing to it, and determined in
the negative.
The amendment of IVJr. Ranklin
w-as then agreed to.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, from the
select Committee appointed to en
quire who committed the act of
suppressing certain passages of
documents transmitted t<s the
House, made a report in relation
.hereto, recommending that the
committee be discharged from the
further consideration of the in
quiry committed to it ; which re
port and resolution were read and
ordered to he on the table.
The engrossed hill to amend the
act to establish : Territorial Gov
ernment in the Territory''of! Flori
da, and for other purposes, was
read a third lime, passed and sent
to the Senate.
The House took up ihe amend
ments of the Senate to the hill sup
plementary to the acts grnntingnen
sidns to the soldiers of the Revo
lution, and agreed to all of them
with the exception of the amend
ment which proposes a rcducann
of 20 per cent, from the amount of
all the Revolutionary Pensions!
On the question of concurring in
this amendment, a short debate
arose, in which Messrs. \V-,ght,
Cocke, and Allen of Masachmctls,
strenuously and feelingly opposed
the amendment; Mr. I’arrelly also
made some remarks against it, and
Mr. E dwards, of North Carolina,
spoke in support ofthe amendnent.
Mr. Williams, of North Caro
lina, moved so to amend the amend
ment as to make it provide simply,
that, from Sept, next the pensions of
the officers shall be reduced to the
amount allowed to the soldiers.
Mr. Golden, not wishing to con
sume time, arguing this amend
ment, would merely ask the yeas
and nays on the question, hut the
call was r.ot sustained.
A motion was then unsuccessfully
made to postpone the subject until
to morrow.
Mr. Rhea oppoosed, at some
length, the. proposition to reduce
the pensions. When he finished—
Mr. Tracy observed, that he be
lieved the question was fully under
stood by the house, and as an inter
minable debate might arise, he
moved the previous question.
The call was sustained by the
House—ayes 79 ; and
The previous question (viz:
Shall the main question now be
pnt ? ) was accordingly put, aid
carried.
The effect of the previous ques
tion is, to supercede all interme
diate or pending motions, amend
ments, Btc. and bring up the main
question on the original proposition
—this, of course, was on concurring
with the Senate in their amendment:
and the question was taken on con
curring, and decided in the negative
by yeas and nays, as follows yeas
56, nays 102.
So the amendment was disagreed
to.
The Speaker communicated a
letter from the Secretary of State,
transmitting a supplement to the
Digest of Manufacturers printed in
pursuance of an act for taking the
fourth census of the United States ;
which was read and ordered to lie
on the table.
EVEXIXG Ct TTTXG.
At 7 o’clock the House resumed
its sitting.
The engrossed bill “ to establish
an additional land office in the ter
ritory ol Michigan/’ and “ bill to
discontinue certain post routes, and
to establish others,” were read a
third time, passed, and sent to the
Senate tor concurrence.
On motion of Mr. Rhea, all the
orders of the day preceding a bill
concerning Invalid pensions were
suspended. The House then re
solved itself into a Committee of
tiie Whole on the state of the Union,
Mr. Lathrop in ihe Chair, and took
up the said bill. The Committee
went through the bill, and repot ced
it with amendments. The House
having concurred in the amend
ments of the Committee, the bill
was ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading.
On motion of Mr. Plumer of N.
Hampshire, the House went into a
committee of ihe whole cn the state
of the Union, Mr. Ball in the chair,
and took up the bill to carry into
effect the ninth article of the treaty
concluded between the U. States
and Spain, on the 22d of February,
1819. ‘1 he bill being reported in
the House, the amendments were
concurred in ; and being engrossed,
w-as ordered to a third reading,
passed, and was sent to the Senate
ior concurrence.
The engrossed bills for the re
lief of James Royal, a bill for the
relief of the legal representatives of
Jacintha Vidal, Thomas Thompson,
and Margaret I hompson, were
each read a third time, passed, and
sent to the Senate for concurrence.
[Previous to the leading of these
last bills, ituns ascertained that
the Senate had adjourned , and, on
the question being put to the Spea
ker, it appeared to be his opinion
that no bill, now passed, could, tin
der the rule, be sent to the Senate.]
A third bill, (for the relief of
the legal representatives of Wirt.
T. Niinmo,) being about to he
read a third time, it appeared that
a quorum of the Members was not
present; and the House adjourned
at 11 o'clock.
Messrs. Bliss & V* bite of New-York
will soon publish anew national novel,
entitled the*’ Wilderness or Bradock’s
Times, a tale of the West.”
A Canine Police Officer.
Tiie following extraordinary in
stance of sagacity was the subject
of much conversation at Paris du
ring last summer ; —A gentleman
followed by his dog, went to Vaux
hall; the gendarmes at the door
refused to allow the dog to follow
hjs master. Some dispute ensued,
and the officer came up. lie found
the visitor pleading with all his el
oquence for permission to be atten
ded bv bis old and faithful friend.
“ All I can do” said the officer,“ is
to take care of your dog till you
leave this place ; you will find him
safe on your return.” The gentle
man reluctantly left his dog, and
entered among the gay company.
Pickpockets are as dexterous in
Paris as in London, and, he was
robbed of his watch. He went out
and complained to the officer. “ I
have been robbed,” said he “ and
the misfoitune was occasioned by
your refusal to let my dog follow
me. Had the dog been with me
my property would have been safe.”
The officer ordered the police to
make search for the depredator, but
the person who had been robbed
said he had not the least doubt his
dog would be able to detect the
thief. The officer was incredulous
upon that point, but permitted the
dog to go with his master. The
animaldashed among the company
and followed a dandy, whose air
and appearance entitled him at
least to the respect due to a Duke.
The gentleman who had lost his
watch pointed out the person to
the police. “It is impossible that
elegant man could commit the
crime/ said the gendarme : “ I am
certain my dog is not mistaken,”
replied the owner of the watch;
‘‘ he has traced the property.” The
police arrested the party, he was
searched, and eight watches found
in his possession. They were laid
upon the floor of a room, and the
dog sagaciously selected his mas
ter’s watch from the rest. Ihe in
itials of the owner were on the case
I he pickpot ket proved to lie a no
torious offender, and was senten
ced to five \ ears imprisonment by
the Paris Tribunal.
French Paper.
Qff* 1 .Ha Rev. E. Tat.rot will
preact? at K'fc Hawkins next Sab
bath (6th inst.)
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Boat iSVws.
ARRIVED
This day Boat MACON from
Darien, with a full cargo to
P. WILTBERGER Jr.
March 31.
b'JUA* JHAWSMtirg
V rices Cvmeut.
80 8 C
Flour, bbl. 13 0 0 0
Whiskey, gal. 58 60
Rum,(Jam.) ilo. I 50
do. \Y. I. do. 1
Gin, do. (j 5 68
Molasses, do. 6^
Sugar, brown lb. 11 13
do. Loaf lb.
Coffee, do. 30 32
Bacon, lb. 18
Iron, do. 7J
Nails do. 12{
Shot do. 13
Powder keg. 11
Rice lb. 5}
Castings do. Id
Pork, prime; do. 22
Do. Mess do. 28
Salt basil. 1 50
Mackerel bbl. 11 15
mrw&wno
J|3 ANAW AV from
ill, the Subscriber
on tbc niglif of the J 6th
instant a Mulatto
Woman by the name
Ol
SYLVIA, ‘
About five feet, fivte or six inches
high, thick lips, rather slow of
speech, and fi e voice, long visage
and prettv artful, she is about thirty
years of age —had on when she
went away a blue striped N. Home
spun frock. Also, her son about
nine or ten vears old, named
XWLXiiY,
A very bright Mulatto, with
grey eyes, had on a dark woolen
homespun coat, black and white
striped pantaloons, and good boot
tees.
A generous reward will be giv en
and all reasonable expences pud
to any person delivering them to
me, or securing them in Jail, so
that I may get them again. Per
haps she was taken away bv so lie
villain or villains, or joined the
negroes of some people moving to
the Western country, there were
some passed Brier Creek on that
evening.
One hundred dollars reward will
be given for apprehending them
with the negroes, so that the may
be brought to conviction. Svi.ia
and her son were brought from
Newbern, N. C. in 1815, by ; ames
R. Bryant. She was Once owned
by a Mr. Jarvis in that place.
•)u\m Vu/s‘on.
Chickesaw Ford, Brier Creek.
Jefferson County, Ga.
Twenty-four miles from Augusta.
March 31 2———
A Convenient House,
In a central situation in New Town,
well calculated for a
VamiW and Stove.
Applv to
* P. WILTBERGER, Jun’r.
March 3lst 2 It.
JUST received and lor sale low for
Cash,
8000 U)s. Wime Bacon.
PETER WILTBERGER, Jun’r.
March 31 2—l
WOTXCE.
* IMIE Subscriber informs the Crrt
-8 ZENS of Ji! BB COUNTY that kis
books being now open, he is ready to
receive tlieir returns of taxable prop
erty. Ik* will be found at the store
of ( apt. A. Meriwether when not ab
sent on his official duty.
Jonathan el. Hudson, R T. R.
March 31 2-—ts
JOB-PRINTING
Neatly executed at this Office.