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• aii. approved on the following* ‘l' n ! ’| JV the Colombian Generals Vlaiiqae and Padilla- Its princi pal provisions art that Morales and .jj t [ loS e attached to him are to the country, and that they , m , to he considered prisoners of war until exchanged. Morales l. icl been sent to Cuba, and the j.gjt were to he taken at the ex iise of the Colombian Governor meat. General Pacz had gone from Ca ractas to summon Porto Cavello, now the last hold of the Royalists, to surrender- In consequence of this decisive intelligence, illuminations at La- Guavra and Caraccas had taken place,and were to continue for three days. Thus after an arduous contest ol upwards of twelve years, has Co lombia overcome her oppressors and established for herself an hon orable name among the Nations. Her struggle has been similar, and even harder than that of the U. States in the establishment of our Independence. May the result be cquallv propitious to her happiness and glory. RECOGNITION of independence. A preliminary treaty of peace has been concluded between the Spanish government and that of Huenos Ayres, on the footing of an independent nation, which may be considered the first step to the pa cification of South America. The articles of the treatv were first an nounced at a meeting of American citizens engaged in celebrating the Fourth of Juli/at Buenos Ayres—a dav auspicious to republicanism anu independence. The convention j agreed upon provides, for the im mediate cessation of hostilities, in which the Spanish forces in Peru are to be included. As soon as it shall be ratified by the representa tives of the republic of Buenos Ay res, it is further provided that the latter shall negociate with the gov ernments of Chili, Peru, and the othei provinces of the Rio tie la Mata for their joining in the same. V project of a law is published Mth the treatv, which is important, isshewing the temper of the re mblicansof the south, in regard to lie question at issue between Spain md France, and contains a proviso iffording to the Cortes, a spe fc.es of assistance of which they itand peculiarly in want. The pro let is signed bv Rivadivia, minis ler of foreign relations,and declares, liat as “ the war which Louis the ■Bth is preparing to make against lie Spanish nation, is directly and Irincipallv against the principle re lognized by the first article of the luv of the 10th March, 1822, the Iwvernment is authorized in case ■he said aggression be realized, to Regociate that, after the celebration Rt the definitive treaty of peace and Riendship \vith his Catholic Ma- Rsty,on the basis of the law of the loth June, preliminary to which is lie convention of the 4th of July I the present jear, there be vo id between the American states ■e cognized as independent in con- Iquence of the said definitive trea ■’ * or the support of the indepen- Ince ol Spain under the represen |tive system, the same sum of ■ ent Y millions of dollars, which B>r the destruction thereof, the ■lumbers of Paris, in the month ■ March last, have voted to their eminent.” Another project of ■ * a 'v, proposes that the army in ■uu, called the division of the An lp, shall be considered as part ■ the permanent army of the pro ■ncei Georgian. ■ The Royal Gold Coast Gazette, ■*cit ed at the Boston Patriot Of ■ ,Vcs a melancholy detail of ■ c J nur der and piracy committed the American brig Edward— ■ lcr .ipy had passed the African [ l*P e fhiee Points the hands mur ■iia the captain while asleep at ■ stein of the vessel by stabbing V 1 1 lr °wing him overboard. — H” ‘ then made a division of the ■K- P .u rty and settled the vessel, ‘ K ! sun k with so much rapidity ■ compelled to aban- ■ ll their bloody treasures to es- I ‘'*th their lives. Three mon uve been arrested and are I tii-' V ltwa 'ting the sentence of jus ■e. is reported to have I T' 1 ill at - V Weßtou l hc 3Uth ult. atiweiws, .Months, Sept. 29, \S23. £ (&* Otiing to an alteration in the arrival ami departure of the mail, The \l*ss(*iger will in future be pub lished on Wednesday instead of Mon day. Next Monday our election comes on for a Senator and Representative. C A NDID AT F.S SV mill'. TIMOTHY MAT FUR WS, Esq. CHARLES BULLOCK. Representative. On. S. M. INGERSOL. c. w. RAINES, Esq. STEPHEN WILLIAMS, Esq. IQ” The following section is to be found in the Militia Law of 1818: Sec. XXXVII. VII officers whilst on duty, and nny juilitini called to musters or parades,or lo cou-ts martial, or to courts of inquiry, hav ing to pass over toll bridges, ferries, or through turnpike gates, shall pass toll free, going to and returning from such mu.-ter, parade, or court as aforesaid.” \V c will only ask, if ferriage was not demanded of, and paid bv almost every militiaman who was obliged to cross the river to muster in Macon on Sat urday last, and at a former muster ? —and if such exactions were not un lawful r We understand a murder was com mitted a few days since in Pulaski county, on a Mr. Haddock. Our in formant says: Haddock was in conver sation with a Mr. Briant, who was a candidate for the Legislature.—Had dock told him that he never had voted for him, and he expected he never should; on which a quarrel ensued, and Briant beat his antagonist very severely. A short time afterwards a Mr Rouse and Haddock quarrelled, and Rouse beat him; he died that night. N\ e understand that Rouse is confi ned in jail, and that Briant has made his escape. Since that time, in a riot in Twiggs county, a Mr. Johnston struck a man by the name of Mosely with the bol ter of a Jersey-waggon, knocked him down, and beat him very severely ; af ster which, Mosely got hold of the bol ster and gave Johston a blow with it, which produced instant death. At the date of our information, Mose ly had been before the proper authority two or three days, but no decision was made as to what should be done with him. Another Murder has lately been committed in DeKalb county, of which we have not heard the particulars. Daniel Sturges, Esq. Surveyor Ge neral of this State, died in Milledge ville on the 17th inst. Benjamin H. Sturges, his son, has been appointed, to that oftice by the Executive. Presentments of the Grand Jury at the iSuperior Court, Bibb county, Sept. term, 1823. We the Grand Jurors of the county of Bibb, view with deep concern, the want of public funds wherewith to build a court-house utid jail ; the great necessity that such buildings should be immediately prepared for the public use; the total absence of any means within the reach of the county to obtain this object, without resorting to such enormous taxation mi the few inhabitants of this small county as would operate as an oppres sion, and drive our citizens to more fortunate counties, as well as prevent the emigration of those that might oth erwise be disposed to settle here. MS e are compelled by an act of the legis lature to set our public buildings in the town of Macon, with tour acres of land as the site on which to build our court-house and jail ; and all the mo nies arising from the sales ol lots in said town, go directly to the State, while in other counties west ol the Oakmulgce, the Inferior courts have had the privilege of selecting the sites: for their public buildings, selling lots for a county town, and receiving the profits arising from the increased val ue of the land and lots. ‘I here are but few counties in the state that have been compelled by acts of the Legis lature to place their public buildings in particular towns ; and these lew have been amply compensated by the state for that restriction, and enabled to erect suiiatdc publick buildings without resorting to taxation. W e therefore earnestly solicit the best exertions of the members from our county in the ensuing session ol the general assembly, to engage the atten tion of the legislature, and urge them to grant us relief by bestowing the tents of the reserve lands and publick property in the county, o; such a num ber of lots in the town of Macon, as will enable the inferior court to raise ample funds for the erecting of publick buildings in said county. We return our thanks to his honor, Judge Shorter, for his assiduous at tention to the <1 uties of his office, and the steady administration of jus tice during the presen tterm : Wo also approve of the prompt attention of the Solicitor General, McDonald, to the duties of his office; and feel thankful for his aid and co-operation with this body in their endeavours to suppress vice and immorality. We request that the Clerk of this Court, serve our Senator and Repre sentative elected from this countv, each with a copy of the above present ment. We request that these presentments’ be published in the Messenger and Georgia Journal. TIMOTHY MATTHEWS, Foreman. John W. Griffin, .Fumes H. Rogers, Daniel Wardsworth, Archibald Darrngh, Thomas Tatum, Moses Pettis, sen. George It. Bryan, Frederick Holmes, Henry Bell, Irwin Bullock, Moses Pettis, Jun. Josejdi Childs, John Jones, Randal Me wart, Spencer Riley Thomas Moody, Leonard Sons, Isaac Phillips Robert Coleman, Harrison Smith Extract from the minutes of the Su perior Court of Bibb cdunty, at Sep tember term, 1823. N. W. WELLS, Clerk. A load of prime Cottlon was sold a few days ago in Augusta at IGA. A letter published iu the Savannah Republican says “There will not be half crops of cotton made in the coun ties south of Bryan. The caterpillers have very generally made their ap pearance. COMMUNICATED. TO FLOKIO. Alas, alas, poor Florio, What makes you sigh in sorrow so, Women may sometimes cruel prove But trust I only meant to try your love. Return and now no more despair, Nor he your bosom filled with care, For since you write such poetry, I cannot keep from loving thee. And maugre reason, you may hope, Nor let your spirits longer droop ; And when at length old age shall come, You’ll find a calm and happy home. Return and the beautiful rose you may gather, In spite ot the wind and the weather, For who is there so cold and chill, That would again treat you so ill. The thorn it shall not wound your hand, As you are the prettiest poet of the land ; And I w ill not he like Barbara Allen cruel, Fos that w ould be adding fire to fuel* And since you would not injure me, But always kind and tender be, Mv thanks to tree are surely due, As one who will always prove true. But ah, with wiial woful pain I read In that good pV. e which you have That womankind you think is frail, Alas, l cried, what can him ail. But this I can for once forgive, As twas m a moment of mental grief, So once again, i say, return, Nor e’er my proffered favors spurn. M* * * * Tranposition of words admissible in Poetry. University of Georgia. —At the late meeting of the Trustees of this insti tution, several important changes were made in its arrangements. Dr. Hen ry Jackson, who has heretofore had charge of the department of Natural Philosophy and chemistry, now de votes his attention to that of Natural Philosophy, in addition to this, he delivers lectures on Botany, which students may attend or not as they [think proper. A separate professor [ ship of Chemistry has been established, i in which James Jackson officiates. — Mr. Church attends to Elementary Mathematics and Astronomy as here tofore. It is in contemplation to re establish the professorship of Langua ges, and to place in it a man who will teach something more than the mere conjugation of Greek and Latin verbs. The President’s duties remain un changed. Journal. A few days since a large New- Foundland i)og, having been du ly levied upon in this place, was sold at constable’s t for twenty dollars. This is the first case of the kind we recollect to have heard of.—Whether Cats are not equally liable to execution, might perhaps be a legal question worthy of grave dis cussion. Those of the W hit tington breed would probably sell well where rats were plenty, and many persons would gladly perhaps see even the rats themselves dispo sed of, bv execution or otherwise. Aug. Chron. An affair of forgery was recently tried iu the city of New-York, in w hich it appeared, from the opening of the case, that the wife of a person named. Weir had aided and assisted a Mr. Colburn, iu counterfeiting her hus band’s check on a bank for 8800 which they obtained and fled with, the hus scy leaving her children behind. The wretches were arrested, and 8755 of the money recovered—and, though a presentment had been made against the woman, the testimony of her hus band was not received, as s!.e might be a party to the matter ; and so her partner was acquitted. On the evening of the sth inst. a Cross was raised on Brovklyn heights, dedicated by the ladies ot New-York to the cause of the Greeks. It measured twenty feet, and has on it the following in scription, u Sacred to the cause of the Greeks.” Gen. Swift, who superintended the planting of the cross, made some patriotic obser vations to the persons assembled, after which Dr. Mitchell, advan ced and delivered a very appropri ate address, which he closed as fol lows : “To the Ladies who have caus ed this proud Monument to he prepared for erection, greater praise is due than any I have heretofore bestowed on the milder sex. “ To the scientific and distin-! guished gentleman, mv excellent I friend, through whom the offering! is presented, I offer my express ions of felicitation, that he should have been thus highly honored.— May the object it contemplates be in its attainment.” HUMOR —M. M. Neali, Esq. editor of live New’-"York National Advocate, in reply to the charge that he is “a British born subject,” gives the following humorous account of his birth, education, fcc. “ 1 was horn long after the peace, in Water-st.at Philadelphia,in a yel low house, up two pair of stairs, fac ing the water, on a hot July day. I emigrated earlv to New-York, went to school to old Latham, in Garden street, opposite the church, who used to make us sing, “ when the rosy morn appearing.” Half my political companions in arms, I mean pen*, were classmates at the same school. We all rode the old white goat, Billy Warner, belong ing to the stables in New-street, and went down in shoals to Coffee House Slip, to eat molasses with a straw out of the hogsheads. lam Englishman ! Poh !” AMERICAN LITERATURE. Two volumes of a work published at Edinburg, entitled the “ Coronal ,” consisting almost entirely of Ameri can productions, and the proof sheet of a third (which will be published next year,) devoted exclusively to our literature, have been received at New- York. In the third volume it is said that Washington Irvine, will again appear in the prose department; and the poetical productions of Mr. Brooks, (the author of “ Florio,”) Duct. Percival, and a poem entitled “ Ontwa,” with numerous fugitive pie ces from Newspapers, Magazines, &c. w ill complete it. An advertisement in the Lan cacter Gazette announces the per petration of a most daring robbery, which was committed on the night tot’ the 29th ult. Marietta, Pa. by three villains who seized the Cash ier of Marietta and Susquehanna trading Company,on the back porch ot the banking house, and presen ting three pistols to his breast to enforce silence, dragged him into the hank and compelled him to un lock the vault, from which they took out and carried away all the books and promissory notes and other valuable papers belonging to to the bank, and a large quantity of bank paper. One ot the villains held the Cashier with a pistol to his breast, until his two comrades had sufficient time to escape with their plunder, and then made his escape. The villains were well diguised and masked and spoke only in the German language. ‘The trustees of the Bank offer a reward of One Thousand Dol lars for the apprehension and con viction of the villains. Latest from Europe. London and Liverpool papers have been received to the 30th and 31st July. ‘The following is a summary of the most important intelligence con tained in them, respecting the war in Spain. The affairs of Spain have taken a new aspect and tlie Spanish character brea ks out with all its original bright ness. The French army are scatter ed through her territory and are now a prey to the Guerilla system, which they have so much occasion to dread, w hile the Cortes, safe in the Isla, pur sue the even (tenor of their way with dignity and resolution. In one in-! stance, a party made its appearance within 25 miles of Madrid ; the Empe cinado is spoken of with dread and ter ror wherever he appears; and Mina, the indefatigable Mina, so often de feated and destroyed, is, it is said, again in the rear of Moncey w ith,9ooo men. The news from Galica is amply con firmed. The French were repulsed in all their attacks on Corunna with great slaughter. The attack commenced on the 15th of July with 500 men (so the account states) and lasted till the 19th, when the French made a hasty retreat, and left their heavy artillery and conside rable baggage and munitions of war to the victors. The Spaniards were pre paring a force of 1200 men to pursue and annoy their retreat, while Sir Rob ert Wilson was to embark for Vigo to hasten the movement of a much larger force iu that quarter for the same pur pose. The London Run of the 28th says, “ We are just enabled to give the most positive assurances that our govern ment lias received no such information as was announced in the Courier of Saturday last, respecting the alleged intention of the French government to withdraw their army to the Ebro ; and that, on the contrary, the statement in question is believed to be a gross fa brication.” Whether the Duke d’Angouleme chooses to retire beyond the Ebro or not, at the present moment, is nor of much importance. It is quite proba ble, from the course of present events, that he will lose the only good excuse for that measure, the improbability of reconciling the discord existing among the Royalists, who will perhaps have the pleasure of accompanying him in his flight before the victorious Consti tutionalists. Intelligence from Cadiz of the date of the 14th of July, states that the ut most determination prevailed among all classes to defend the Constitution to the last. There were in the Isla 22,000 troops, and the city full of mi litia and volunteers. An order had just been issued by the Governor of Cadiz for every inhabitant to provide himself with six months provisions. Mina. —Ar. article dated Baris, Ju ly 28, says—“ The latest information announces that Mina with 9000 men, is marching from Upper Catalonia, by which means he may again get in the rear of our army, and cause some con fusion on the frontiers.” Sorties continue to be made from Seu d'Urgel; on the 16th and 19th, brisk actions took place, in which a number on both sides were killed and wounded, but no important result fol lowed. A convent in Madrid was set fire to on Sunday the 2tith July, in three places while the Duke d’Angouleme was at Mass. The perpetrators were not discovered, though many arrests had taken place. It is mentioned as certain, that the Duke of Angouleine will leave Mad rid in a few days. General St. Priest passed through here yesterday on his way to the Duke’s head quarters. — There must be some very important communications to make to require such a messenger. I ■ II ■ ■! ■ ■■ I ‘ ■-■II ■ (jfj* A Communication on lying, fyr. lias been received, but is unavoidably post poned until next week. .AtU\uuisVv\tors Si\\e. ON Monday, the 10th day of No vember next, will be sold at the late residence of George Wilson, late of Bibb county, dec’d. The \)evsmuv\ property of said deceased,consistingofHousehold and Kitchen Furniture, Farming uten sils, one Horse, some Hogs, Cattle, Corn anti Fodder, and other articles too tedious to mention. Terms made known on the day of Sale. JAMES PEARSON, Adm’r Sept. 26th, 1823. tds—2B SViev'ifTs Sale. ON the first Tuesday in November next, will be sold at the house of Maj. John Keener, the appointed place of holding Court for Bibb county —between the usual hours of sale— the following property, viz. 330 acres of land more nr less, it being the plantation on which Leonard. Sims now lives, well improved—to- S;ether with one Saw and Grist Mill, ying on Swilt Creek, and in formerly Twiggs, now Libb county, the Nos. not known—aL levied on as the pro perty of said Leonard Sims, to satisfy two li las in tavor of Charles Bullock, administrator on the estate of Wm. W. Dawson, deceased. Terms cash. EDMUND C. BEARD, Sh’tt. Sept. 29, 1823. tds3B YUi.WIY G. KOSS, BAS removed his Stock of Goods to the store lately occupied by Robertson & Granberry, Fort Hawkins, Sept 22.