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• „.. c bottom .'Bp, entirely lost. The
; ‘ rl vWB of three vessels v\ etc lost,
;;; one English.
The destruction ol property was
and was not confined to the
** wall was washed
‘ 1 :".w| much of the roads destroy-
J,hc houses were very much m
• ‘ I i,v the torrents of water rushing
tU valleys. No estimation ol
• he danwsje had been made, but it was ,
opinion it coUld not tall short ol a]
■ idlion of dollars. The tide rose se
“a iv"i higher than usual.
A i extract of a letter from La
Guaera of the 25th of August says
_o'J'lie siege of Puerto Cabello,
is about being forcibly renewed.—
Cicmrtd Paez is already on his
na\ to resume hostilities, and will
he followed to-morrow by the gal
lant battalion of grenadiers, 1240
strong. The 64 gun ship is mo
mently expected from Maigariita,
in company with the frigate Veoe
/.uclla, and sloop cf war Boyaca
lo join the 20 gun bark Charles,
latelv arrived here from England
for the Colombian str\ice; the
Pichincha and the Bolivar daily
looked for from leeward. This for
midable squadron will proceed
forthwith to the blockade of Puer
to Cabello.”
wmlraKtinEX if 8 2
Wec\i.esi\a\, Oct. 2 1 .\ \*23.
INDIAN TREATY.
In our last number we published
an extract from one ol the articles
of the Treaty latelv concluded w ith
the Florida Indians, defining the
limits of the country allotted to
them on the Peninsula. There
was a small nor or omission how
ever ri ihe publication, which we
deem it unessential at this time to
correct, as the following summary
will afford to our fellow citizens
generally, all the information de
sirable as to the disposition made
of the Indians in our territory.—
‘The Florida Indians bv the terms
of the Treaty agreed on, will be
confined in future to a district of
country commencing at a point
five miles north of Ok\ humpv, ar.d
terminating south wjthin five miles
of Charlotte river ; and limited
east and west sons not to approach
nearer eitht r the Atlantic ocean, or
the waters of the Gulf of Mexico,
than fifteen miles.
The objects of the Treaty were
to concentr ate the various tribes of
wandering Indians now scattered
over the whole Territory of Flori
da. To commence the work of
their gradual civilization, and to
open the wilderness of a frontier
territory, which it was of national
importance to populate, to the er.-
terprize of our American citizens.
‘The objects have been accomplish
ed and on terms, it is believed, re
garding alike the future comfort
and welfare of the aborigines of the
s oil, as well as the v ital interests of
tae territory of Florida. We may
now encourage a hope of seeing
ibis younger member of the Ameri
•an family speedily assuming that
station in the Union to which she
is destined. All apprehensions ol
Indian aggressions have been re
moved j Florida is now open to
the enterprise of a civilized popu
lation, and the salubrity of its cli
mate, the richness of its soil, and
value of its productions, are all
fledges of its future wealth and
prosperity.— E. Florida Herald.
• ,V ‘ ‘"luJoniMt- part of the crop of Tobnrco
’j 1 “\Hitia ami Marvloinlis said to have heen
‘a ‘• l oved, l,y early frosts.
!'■ ri. * has hoen elected a Senator
l'’ “oeress for the ensuin'; sis years, by the
i’ ll' 1 lie ■*’ °* 1 ennessee—he v> as opposed by
• ’ ‘j'lbitiis Un former Senator, over whom
u icj a majority of lit votes.
T Norfolk, Oct. 6.
Fie St>m Packet A’ew-York Strati
’ | l, e New-York left New-York
f ‘” 1 Imrsdav last for this port, and
■trived off the Capes on Saturday
‘tier.uon, but owing to the extreme
•Wjintiss of the weather was unable
discover land, and, in standing in
‘*orlnnately struck upon a sand bar
111 makes out from Gape Henry,
•mill half a mile to the southward of
’-bt-house, and, although close in
and i l ie main land, suck was the den
■’ ‘d ibe atmosphere, tbe.sliore could •
I he perceived. She struck, about
11 oxlock in flic morning. There
were about 30 passengers on board the
New-York, who are all safe. The
have all been lauded in good or
dcr* Herald.
The pew crop of Cotton, says the
Huntsville Alabamian of the 9th
ult. opens very handsomely. It is
thaught that the merchants w ill
prefer shipping Cotton to the Fast,
to buying Exchange at the present
nigh rate. Eastern funds are from
28 to o 4 per cent, advance on the
common currency of that place.
i he exports lrom Mobile during
the year past up to the 30th of Sep*
lember were of Cotton 44,434 bales
Lumber, 612,100 feet staves,
439,149 —exports of Cotton last
\e;>r 45,423 bales—ln 1818 the ex
port fi om Mobile as but 7000 bales,
since which it has been gradually
increasing.
Yesterday n deputation waited on
(omniodore Rogers, with an imita
tion to join the Canal celebration at
Albany, hut being in the act of getting
under weigh, he was unable to accept
the invitation. Tiie gallant Commo
dore, however, expressed bis great
pleasure at the completion of this Na
tional internal improvement, and
took a bottle, filled it himself with the
element of the ocean—sealed it with
a naval button, which the hero of Lake
Erie (Ferry) wore during the battle,
and requested Mr. Cohlen to present
it to the Canal Commissioners, and
mingle the water of the Atlantic with
those of the Lakes.
A\ Y. Spectator.
The United States schr. Shark,
Lieut. Comdt. Stephens, sailed yes
terday morning for Key West, ha
i vingon board Com. Rodgers, with
t Doctors W ashington, Harris and
Hoffman. Dr. Marshall, who has
lor some time been out of health, is
| now so ill in this city, as to pre
sent him iiom going out on the
mission.
GRAND CANAL CELEBRATION
New-Yoiik, October 10.—Agreea
bly to previous arrangements, the en
trance of the first boat from the Great
W estern Canal of this state into the
Hudson, was celebrated at Albany on
Wednesday, the Bth irisi.- with every
demonstration of joy that the interest
in” occasion might be expected to call
forth. The morning of the day was
ushered in by the ringing of the bells
of the churches, and a discharge of
cannon from the heights in the neigh
bourhood of the city.
‘l'he Governor and most of the prin
cipal state officers attended. The
military were peraded and received a
committee who had been sent from
New-Yoi k to assist in the celebration.
At 12 o,clock, the elegant Canal Boat,
she Dewitt Clinton, appeared, with
colours flying, ami superbly ornamen
ted, on board of which were she Can
al Commissioners, and other distin
guished persons : and followed by
four other boats, tilled with ladies and
gentlemen of the first respectability.
On the arrival of the Dewitt Clinton,
the New-York Committee were invi
ted on board, and the ceremony of lav
ing the top-stone of the Canal was
performed by the Grand Chapter of
the state of New-Yoi k agreeably to
the rules of Masonry. It bore an in
scription of the names of the Canal
Commissioners, Chief Engineer, &c.
This ceremony living completed,
Dr. Samuel L. Mitcbill, of the New-
York committee, poured into the ( a
nal a bottle of water from the Pacific
Ocean, and another from the Atlantic
Ocean ; and thereupon made an ad
dress suited to the novel and inter
esting occasion.
The Lock was then opened, and the
boat De Witt Clinton passed through
it. towed by twelve full manned bar
ges, under the command of Captain
Center, of the steam boat Chancellor
Livingston, and ( aptain l. Wiswall,
of the steam b,oat Richmond, and the
others often masters of Albany pack
ets. At the moment of her passing
into the Hudson, she was saluted by
a general discharge of artilery, and
the lively huzzas of thousands of per
sons who witnessed the spectacle.
Much feeling was excited by the fact
of she Boat being piloted into the river
bv Captain Daggett, who is now ei gli •
tv-four years of age, and who acted as
pilot to the French fleet under Count
de Grasse,in the war of Independence,
when it anchored before Y ork lown,
previously to the capture of Lord
Cornwallis and the army under his
command. The boat was then towed
through the basin, into the North Gi
ver ; aud as she passed the steam boats,
which were all elegantly dressed for
the occasion, and were crowded with
spectators, she was saluted in success
ion from each steam boat and a line
of sloops with the most enthusiastic
cheers. , . ,
The Canal Commissioners, the i
Common Council of the city of Albany
and the delegation from the city of
New- York, were then conducted to a
pavilion erected in front of the capi
tal, where the proceedings of the oc
casion commenced by a fervent, ap
pi opi iate, and most eloquent pravr b\
the Revd. l)r. Chester. A congratu
latory address was then made to the
Canal Commissioners by the lion.
C harles h. Cmlley, mayor of the citv
ol Albany ; and a reply by the lion.
Dewitt Clinton,president of the Hoard
of Commissioners. 7’liis was succeed
ed by an address lrom the delegation
bom New-York, by their chairman
NV illiam Ifayard, Ksq. and an answer
on behalf of the citizens of Albany, by
William James, F.so.
Prom tin tendon Timm.
CHEAT AMERICAN CAN U,.
This great work, which was be
gun in 1817, and w ill be completed
next year, is the longest canal in
existence, and though upon a small
scale as to breadth and depth, is
vve believe, in point of pecuniary
outlay, the greatest work of the
kind ever executed. It is 353 miles
in length, 40 feet wide at the sur
face of the water, 28 at the bottom,
and four feet deep, and will cost
about five millions of dollars (1,100
000/.) or3,OtiO/. per mile on an av
erage such a vast undertaking, com
pleted in the short period of seven
years, by a state (New York) with
1,368,000 inhabitants, affords a
striking proof of energy and enter
prise generated by free institutions.
It is a.work worth a thousand Es
iminis and Versailleses,because it
creates wealth, while these only
consume it ; and it is a monument
of public spirit and rational pros
perity, while these are only monu
ments ol idle magnificence, vain
glory, and despotic oppression.—
When shall we see the inhabitants
of a small province ol any* of the
torpid and priest-ridden •monar
chies of continental Europe execute
such a work by their own spontane
ous act, and with their unassisted
resources ?
The canal, which extends from
Black Rock, at the east end of Lake
Erie, to Albany on the Hudson,
will tender this river, the chief—
almost the sole outlet, and N. \ r ork
the great emporium of a fertile
country extending along the lakes,
much larger than the British isles,
and fast filling up with inhabitants.
Proceeding eastward from the Lake
Erie, the canal rises 48 feet, and
front the summit’s let el falls 601
feet to the Hudson, making an ag
gregate rise and fall of 649 feet,
which is effected by 77 locks. Two
levels or teaches extend over 65
and 70 miles without lockage, a
circumstance perhaps without a
parallel, except in China. ‘1 here
were 238 miles finished last au
tumn, and much of the rest was in
a very advanced state. The stim
ulus it gives to improvement is al
ready seen in the villages and
towns which are springing up with
astonishing rapidity along its whole
course. Passage-boats and liat
teaux already ply on the parts com
pleted. Ibe former, which are
generally of a size to carry ninety
passengers, travel at the rate of 100
miles in twenty-four hours, and the
charge is about 1 £ or 2d. per mile.
When the work is completed, it is
thought the price of carriage from
Lake Erie to the Hudson will he
reduced at least four fifths—an al
teration that will confer anew va
lue on many heavy articles of ag
ricultural produce, which will not
at present bear the expense of trans
portation to market. It is not dif
ficult to see that this canal, with the
other connecting Lake Champlain
and the Hudson, will even have a
certain political effect on our Ame
rican possessions. These two ca
nals afford a much readier channel
than the St. Lawrence for the ex
portation of wood, flour, and other
articles, from the Canadian as well
as the American side of the lakes,
with this farther advantage, that
they are shut by ice only’ three
months and a half, whereas the St.
Lawrence is shut nearly six months
in the year. T hey will therefore
connect the Canadians more closely
with the Americans by the ties of
mutual intercourse and interest,and
they will even render the former
in some measure dependent on the
latter, for a market for their pro
duce.
National works arc called great
or little by comparison ; and to give
a just idea of the enterprise dis
played by the state of New York in
this instance, we shall state the di
mensions and cost of some other
great works of the same kind.
The celebrated canal of Langue-
doc is 152 miles long and six feet
deep, has 100 locks ; it has its sum
mit level 639 feet above the sea,
iost 13,000,000 litres (equal to
650,000/.]and was finished in fifteen
years.
The Forth and Clyde canal is 35
miles long, was originally seven feet
deep,has3V locks,rises to the height
ol 156 feet above the sea, cost 300,-
000/. and was finished in 22 years.
Ihe Caledonian canal is 21,1
miles long [exclusive of the locks,]
is to he 20 feet deep, has 22 locks,
rises 63 leet above the sea, w ill cost
950,000/. and will be finished in 20
t ears from the time it commenced |
[1804.]
1 he American canal, though its
length rendeis it more extensive,
has a much smaller section than any
ol these; but the English canals,
meant for tracking vessels only, are
about the same size on an average,
as the American, being generally
from three to five leet deep, accor
ding to Mr. Phillips. In countries
like England and the United States
where canals are made at the ex
pense of private individuals, the
work will of course be conducted
on business principles, and the di
mensions will be such as to yield
the proprietors the largest returns
on their capitals. Particular canals j
made on this plan may not answer
what are called “ great national ’
purposes,” so well as others of a |
larger size ; but from the superior
vigilance of private interest, tbev
are generally better planned, and
more economically conducted. Be
sides, like all works which increase
the general wealth, they have a
[principle of re-production within
j themselves; and hence England,
j where the Government gives noth-
J ing but protection to the private
speculator, has seven times as many
canals as France, where the Gov
ernment has lavished millions upon
inland navigation.— The rule of the
American state government is good.
V\ hen they think fit to encourage
public works, the state advances
I one-third, providing that privat;
.individuals come forward to ad
i vance the remainder.— I he state is
thus saved lrom embarking in im
practitable projects, and has the
aid of the ei onomv and foresight
which private individuals exercise
l in managing their own concerns—
!W e are sorry to see England lay
out its treasures in improving Be
denock and Lochaber; but every
one is aware, that had the Ameri
can rule heen acted upon here, the
Caledonian canal would never have
existed. In all such undertakings,
conducted by private persons, pro
fit or utility is the guiding principle:
but vv here monarchs put their hands
to public works, something is al
ways given to magnificence and os
tentation to say nothing of the pro
fusion and pecolation. The old
Spanish government which was dis
tinguished above every other in
Europe for wild schemes and child
ish inconstancy, projected a canal
inthe basin of the Douro, 500 miles
long, and 9 feet deep, and which,
among other pieces of ostentatious
extravagance, was to he carried
down a declivity,we may sav a pre
cipice, of 3000 feet in the space ofi
three leagues. After one seventh !
of the work was completed, at an
expense of 400,000/. it fell into ne
glect, or rather, vve mav presume
was deserted for some other scheme
equally wild, but more novel, as ’
children tired of their play things, i
Had it been carried through, the :
trade upon it would never have paid !
one-third ol the sum necessary to
keep it in repair, and so dilapida- ,
tion would have heen its fate under 1
any circumstances. But the money
w’asted on this fraction of the work
il laid out by private individuals,
acting upon rational views of self
interest would have completed a
canal on the American scale, which
would have sufficed for the real
wants ot the country, promoted im
provements, and furnished funds to
support itself.
By a letter from Pineville, S. C.
ol the 13th inst. we learn that par
ties which went out from that place
on Tuesday and Wednesday last,
have succeeded in completely break
ing up the remainder of the bandit
ti which have so long infested that
neighborhood. “Some of the par
ty who went out Wednesday, (says
the writer) came up with two men
and three women. One of the
men tired on John Ravene, hut
without effect,and made his escape.
I hey took one fellow and the wen
ches, and vve have them now in
confinement in this place. One of
the women, having a man’s cloak
on, was fired upo , and 1 am sor
ry to sav was wounded—her chance
of recovery is doubttui. On Tues
day, when the party was routed,
they left a child about .three years
old in the camp, and a chance shot
struck it in the back of the head,
and it has since died. The le’b w
taken and the woman wounded
(who is the wife of Joe) belong tn
Dr. Raoul; a girl, the mistress of
joe, belongs to Mr Ballard; and
the other woman,the wife of Ander
son who was killed, belongs to Mr.
Bates ‘Two of the most desperate,,
and one woman, are not yet taken.
“ A Court of Magistrates was
sitting for the trial of those ,aken
and others suspected. An acting
committee of the Association are
very active gaining information.”
Savannah Pep.
\ a\ Ye sY V’ o ve\ iit\ ,\ e\\ s.
Lonilou papers to the evening ol tlietilh mnl
f.ivPi pool to the Hth September, inehmive have
heen received at New-York by the arrival of
the packet ship.l no. Wells,Cupt. Mi .ri
The accounts from Spain by this arm and fur
nish very little additional intelligence, Hie
general ihipression appears to lie that the Cor
tes \\ ill reject all the overtures that have been
made to them by the French government. The
fleet before Cadiz had been reinforced, but no
I accounts of any active operations had heen re
| reived. No change of iffbirs is noticed in
t'ntalonia. The nc vs troio Greece is of n
| more cheeriiiJ character. Accounts from
| Zante ol the iiilli .Lily, *iv-> an ucc< tint of an
I important battle betu cen ti c Greek tioops un
dertlie command of O Iwi o , Nicetas anil
Coloctroni, and the TurkMi army oi.tlie plains
of St. I.uc, in which the A irks were defeated
i\ ith irreiil carnage, and sought safety in flight,
b avin; behind them 2,(40 killed and ir)o pris
oners ; (lieif wounded amounted 3,fiXl. ffhe
whole ol their artilcry and ammunition, their
provisions, a number of camels anil horses
remain in the hands of the conquerors. The
Greeks say they never made so valuable a
capture. Gen. Nicetas, surname ! Turcophagos
particularly distinguished himself; with he. own
hand lie killed twelve Turks. Among the pris
oners were Bekir Pacha, mid seventeen Beys
of Ro media. 5,/r. Repub.
DIED—At the resilience of Dr. Collins, ill
Twiggs County, on the Iflth in ♦. THOMAS I.
PACE, aged 13 years, son of iVGj. Tims. Pace
ot Washington county.
SUevWV’s S-At*
4 &N the first Tuesday i December
V V next, will he old at the house
of Maj. John Keener, the anpointed
place of holding Court for Llibh ■ ounty
—between the usual hours of sale, the
following property, viz.
Two hundred two and a half acres
of land known by Got No. 226 in the
4th dist. formerly Houston, now Bibb
county adjoining No. 223 au‘l 227.
Levied on as the property of Charles
Langford to satisfy a fi IV hi iavor of
Henry Boling vs. said Langford.
Ai.so—2o2J acres of Land known
by No. 110 in the 4th dist. formerly
Houston, hut now Bibb county ad
joining No. 109 and 111—Levied on
as the property of Benjamin I) -vane to
satisfy a li fa in favor of Stephen Cork
er, vs. said Devane.
Also—2o2£ acres of land known by
No. 35 in the 4th dist. formerly Hous
ton, now Bibb county, adjoining lands
of Janies Fitzgerald anil others, taken
as the property of Joseph Jones to sat
isfy a h fa in favor of James Cleghom
vs. said Jones.— Levied on and return
ed to me by Jeremiah Baugh constable.
Also—2o2£ acres of land, known
by No. 40, in the 4th dist. formerly
Houston, now Bibb county —adjoining
No. 39 and Daniel Hughs,—taken as
| the property of Reuben Hightower to
I satisfy sundry fi fas in favor of Woodly
& Bell and others.—Levied on and
returned to me by Jeremiah Baugh
constable.
Also —2o2J acres of land, whereon
M'iley Dorman now lives, known hy
No. 271 in the 13th district, formerly
‘Monroe, now Bibb county, adjoining
; lots No. 240 and 274—taken as the
I property of George Cavender, to satis
,fy sundry fi fas in favor of James 11.
. Kirkpartrick, vs. said Cavender. —Le-
vied on and returned to iue by Jere
miah Baugh, constable.
Also— Three Negroes,viz: Harri
et, a woman about 28 years old, Nelly
a woman about 24 or 25 years old and
Harriet her child about 2 years old,
all levied on as the property of John
McMurriap to satisfy two li fas in fa •
Ivor of William C. Phillips and Angus
McLeod vs. said McMurrian.
Terms of Sale— Cash.
EDMUND C. BEARD, Shff.
October 28th, 1823. tds—32
Georgia--Aeffevsow Coimt\ -
Vl7 HERE AS Robert Fleming ap-
V v plies to me for letters of admin
istration on the estate of A'lin Powell,
late of said county deceased. —These
are therefore, to cite and admonish all,
ami 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 band this 23d day
of October 1 323.
R. SHELMAN, c. c. o.
*6w—32