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4wSS ■ 4Kp y Qjl 5f !££•& ,Vio\u'a\, .March 31, \S2.V j | [ -y. \\ e forgot to mention in our ] 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.) . v .. i...- --■,—. _ 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.