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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