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| ,; es are not yet found. The cap-
| L ! s xv |f e her child, and the ser-
r a “* • ! . ver e obliged to be thrown
I 1 ” £rd in .he surf with a rope
B’ vt | fast round their waists, and
Cubitunslrlv reached the shore in
lifetv, but much bruised.
| Ship Veruana, capt. drowned m
| h Ship Aurora of Valparaiso, lost
dl hands. ( .
American brig Clarion, Captain
Crocker, of Boston. The captain,
mpercargo, and chief mate are in*,-
n Jte acquaintances ot mine ; they
vlV ing made several voyages to thig
alice Her bottom alone remains
k tween two rocks, capsized, which
lvas sold today at vendue lor SJSG
as she lies. She was a beautiful
, rig brought out here for sale
,ad not diposed of more than half
, er cargo— The captain was offer
•d 7000 dollars for her the day be
fore the gale. .
brig Carmen, of Valparaiso. I
saw this vessel stove into a thous
and pieces, in the twinkling of an
eV e all hands lost.
Brig Echo of Liverpool, arrived
a few days before the gale, as did
the Lion, American Indiaman.—
Full cargo of dry goods and hard-
Wiire —was bound to Lima —cargo
fcaved, but damaged—lost all hands.
Brig La Ria, of Valparaiso com
manded by capt. Bailey of Boston.
Schr. Betsey, of Valparaiso, be
longing to an English merchant. —
His house is situated in front of
the rocks, where she cam. on shore
io that she came before his owndoor
and in an instant went to pieces.—
One man lost.
Ch'di state schooner Forturvata, 1
gun—ashore and bilged.
Engli h cutter Emma, bilged—
under Chili colours.
Almost every vessel in the bay
has suffered ; some having lost their
spars, and others with their sterns
stove. Boats, launches, oars, &cc.
strew the beach from one end of the
hay to the other.
Several of the roads fronting the
bay have been washed away ; and
the houses which have escaped de
struction, are little better than those
which have been destroyed.
State vs. Isaac Ento-—lndictment.
Humphreys Circuit Court. —The
defendant in this cause, was in
dicted for contracting matrimony
with the daughter of a respectable
Farmer, of Humphreys county, un
der the age of sixteen years, with
out the consent of her lather.—
From the evidence, it appeared
that the defendant had been em
ployed by the father of the girl,
as a distiller—That in the absence
of the lather, and during the indis
position of the mother, the defen
dant had procured the daughter to
agree to marriage with him—that
on the father’s return, he got some
item of what was going on, called
on the defendant and daughter, for
explanation, and to know if there
was any matrimonial scheme on
hand ; which they denied—the fa
ther discharged the defendant from
his employment—shortly after his
discharge the daughter met the
defendant, bv appointment, some
short distance from her father’s
house, in the night time, and they
went oil'together and were married
—the girl was about 15 \ tars and
10 months old.
It was objected by the delendant’s
council that the offence was not in
dictable at common law, and that
the statute of Philip and Mary was
tiot in force in this country : but the
objection was overruled by the
court. The defendant although
ably defended, was found guilty
*md fined SSO, and ordered into
custody, until the fine and cost were
paid. Afterwards some exertions
were made to have the the fine or
judgement lessened but the court
refused to do so.
\ole.~~ It appears that for the
.move oilence a man may be im
piisoncd live years.
Clarksville ( T.) Il’atcliman.
l- e gul decision. —The Supreme
Court of Rhode Island has recent*
V decided, that the benefit of the
insolvent act of 1756, heretofore
obtained by a debtor; will not avail
mm against the demands of his
c, ‘uiiors. 1 Ills decision is in ae
*ordance with the judgement of
**e Supreme Court of the U. S.
**S*“nst the insolvent systems of the
* Cs pectiv e states, and is an addi
l('tKd argument in favor of the es
‘l'dishment of a system of Bank-
[ u P tc Y by Con gress, which it is to
\ C °P c d will not be delayed beyond
l ‘ ,e Session. Prov. Pat .
WVtUu'sdtiN, ,Vo\. 5, \B‘23.
IHE LEGISLATURE.
YY e have learned from Milledgevillc
that a number of the members of both
houses of the Legislature assembled in
their respective f Numbers on Monday,
and took tin* oath prescribed by the
Constitution. Yesterday they proceed
ed to the election of President of the
Senate and Speaker of the House
of Representative*—Mr. Stocks was
chosen to fill the former office, and
Hen. Adains, the latter.—The Gover
nor will be elected on Thursday.
Ours is an elective government. Out
riders are chosen by the voice of the
people. Much power is necessarily
placed in the hands of certain indi
viduals: hut those individuals derive
that power, either directly or indirect
ly from the people. It is therefore
necessary that the people should have
light. The more enlightened the
minds of those from whom this power
emanates, the less probabilty there is
of its being abused.
Now when any number of persons
are before the public as candidates for
an office, particularly if it is an impor-.
tnnt one, it behoves the publick to in
form themselves as well as possible, of
the merits an I demerits of each can
didate. And when the jurisdiction of
the office sought far embraces so large
an extent of” country as the United
States, there is no other mode of ob
taining this information so convenient
as that of public newspapers. It is to
the newspapers that the people have to
look for the past conduct and the pre
sent opinions and sentiments of each
candidate, flow lamentable it is, then,
that there is so little candour and ve
racity among the editors of those news
papers ! They, like other men, suffer
their prejudices to rdb them ot their
political honesty, and set them like
wolves, to devouring the well-earned
fame of those who may happen to
place themselves in opposition to their
friend. Instead of representing a
candidate to the people in a fair anil
honest light, if they are attached to
him they will tell you of his virtues,
his talents, and other claims to office ;
and roundly deny, or endeavour to
spread a veil over his faults : and it
they are his enemies, they will leave
no means untried to sink him in the
estimation of the people. They will
take every opportunity of abusing him;
and what is still more unmanly, they
seldom leave his friends without then
share. .
VYe have seen more ot tins spirit in
the present Presidential question than
in any instance that has heretofore
come to our knowledge ; and particu
larly as relates to Mr. Crawford. YY e
are told that he is a Federalist, lie is a
Radical, he has suppressed the docu
ments of his office when called for, he
is an enemy to all internal improve
ment, to all naval increase, he has
squandered the public money among
broken banks : and every vote he lias
ever ,r iven in Congress that rs thought
not to meet tire decided approbation of
the people, is now brought up and at
tributed to the worst of motives. And
even Iris best votes are attributed to
bad motives. The Congressional jour
nals have been searched to ascertain
whether lie did not vote against the
declaration of war in 1812, but there,
to their great disappointment, thev met
with the mortifying proof of Ins being
in favor of it. But did they stop
here? No! the subject of the war was
one of too much importance for them
to remain silent upon ; and being vex
ed that he did not give a bad vote on
it, they, (shame to tell !) came out an<
said Mr. Crawford would have voted
against it, but that he was afraid to
do it! 0 degrading spirit of persecu
tion ! Ih.w thou hast led thy votaries
astray from the path ot honesty and
Ve if some of those editors happen to
have a personal difference with any
gentleman who is friendly to Mr. C.
views, they think it is a good subject
for an editorial , in which, by *
ting this adversary with Mr.ftjjjri.
ihev will gradually slide into a stia
of abuse of him and all his riem • (
How mean, how pitiful ‘ n
V new Post Office was established
Bibb county, and a commission of Tost
Master was forwarded from the Gene
ral Post Office to .Inmn wh° had not
yet located himself in that county,
and we were promptly. and ,s * M
through the immediate influence oi
Crawford, when the probability was,
of Algiers —rf>r at uaw
ams or Mr. Calhoun.
YVlten the people know that those
persons have thus forfeited all claims
to veracity on this subject, we pre
sume these sayings will only pass for
what they aie worth.
POLITICAL CONSISTENCY.
YY hat will those say, who charge
Mr. Crawford with being a Federalist,
because he joined with others in an
Address of approbation to President
Adams in relation to his conduct to
wards France in 1793, when they read
the following Letter of Gen. Washing
ton to Mr. Adams, written about the
same time, on accepting the appoint
ment tendered to him of Commander
in Chief of the Armies of the United
States? They will not surely charge
tlieFather of” his country with Federal
ism, and if they did not they must
abandon their charges against Mr.
Crawford, or bid adieu to consisten
cy. Raleigh Register.
Mount Vernon , July 13, 1798.
Dear Sir:—l had the honor, on
the evening of the, 11th instant, to
receive from the hand of the Sec
ratary of War, your favor of the
7th, announcing that you had, with
the advice and consent of the Sen
ate, appointed me Lieut. General
and Commander in Chief of all the
armies raised, or to be raised, for
the service of the United Suites.
I cannot express how greatlv af
fected lam at this new proof of
public confidence, and the highly
flattering manner in which you
have been pleased to make the
communication. At the same time,
I must not conceal from you my
earnest wish that the choice had
fallen on a man less declined in
years and better qualified to en
counter the usual vicissitudes of
war.
You know, sir, what, calculations
I had made relative to the probable
course of events, on my retiring
from office, and the determination
I had consoled myself with, of
closing the remnant of my days in
my present peaceful abode : you
i will, therefore, he at no loss to
1 conceive and appreciate the sensa
tions I must have experienced, to
j bring myself to any conclusion that
j would pledge me, at so late a peri
: od of mv life, to leave scenes I sin
cerely love,to entei upon the bound
less field ol action, incessant troub
le, and high responsibility.
It is not possible for me to re
main ignorant of, or indifferent to,
recent transactions.
The conduct of the Directory of
France towards our country ; their
insidious hostility to its govern
ment i their various .practices to
withdraw the affections of thepeo
ple from it; the evident tendency
oftheir acts, and those of their
agents, to countenance and invig
orate opposition: their disregard
of solemn treaties and the laws of
nations; their war upon our defence
less commerce ; their treatment of
our Ministers of peace ; and their
demands, amounting to tribute ;
could not fail to excite in me cor
responding sentiments with those
mv countrymen have so generally
expressed, in their affectionate ad
dresses to you. Believe me, sir,
no one can more cordially approve
of the wise and prudent measures
of your administration. They
ought to inspire universal confi
dence ; and will, no doubt, com
bined with the state of things, call
from Congress such laws and means
as will enable you to meet the full
extent of the crisis.
Satisfied, therefore, that you
have sincerely wished and endeav
ored to avert war, and exhausted,
to the last drop, the cup of recon
ciliation, we can, with pure hearts,
appeal to Heaven for the justice of,
our cause, and may confidently
trust the final result to that kind
Providence, who has heretofore,
and so often, signally’ favored the
people of the United States.
flunking in this manner, and
feeling how incumbent it is upon
every person of every description,
to contribute at all times to his
country's welfare, espctially in a
moment like the present, when eve
ry thing we hold dear and sacred
is so seriously threatened, 1 have
finally determined to accept the
commission of Commander in Chief
of the Armies of the United States,
with this reserve only that I shall
not he called into the field until the
Army is in a situation to require
my presence, nr it becomes indis
pensable by urgency of circumstan-
CCS*
In making this reservation, I
beg it may he understood, that l
do not mean to withhold any as
sistance to arrange and organize
the Army which you think I can
afford. I take the liberty also to
mention, that I must decline hav
ing my acceptance considered as
drawing after it any immediate
charge upon the public ; or that l
can receive any emoluments annex
ed to the appointment before enter
ing into a situation to incur ex
pense.
The Secretary of war being anx
ious to return to the Seat of Gov
ernment, I have detained him no
longer than was necessary to a full
cominunicaton upon the several
points he had in charge.
With great respect and consider
ation, I have the honor to be, dear
Sir, your most obedient humble
servant.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
To John Adams, President of the U. S.
The Hon. Henry W. Edwards,is
appointed by the Governor of Con
necticut, to fill the vacancy in the
Senate of the United States, occa
sioned by the death of the Hon.
Elijah Boardman.
Mr. Crawford. —Letters have
been received from the friends of
Mr. Secretary Crawford at Bar
boursville. He continued serious
ly indisposed, hut was able at times
to sit up. Mr. Jefferson arrived
at Mr. Barbour’s on a visit to Mr.
Crawford, on the 14th inst.
The Chilian government has
declared every one born within the
teritorv of the republic ; every one
who treads the soil of the Repub
lic ; and all who have hitherto been
slaves —to be free and entitled to
the rights of citizens.
Little Rock, (Ark.) Aug 19.
Cherokees and Usages. —VVe learn
from a gentleman who arrived yes
terday from the Cherokee Nation,
that new difficulties had broken out
between these Indians. A partv
of the former, while hunting in the
neighborhood of Red River, are
said to have been attacked by a
party of the latter, who killed some
of their men. Tiek-a-Toke , the
Chief of the Cherokee party, dis
patched a runner to his nation, to
procure a reinforcement ; and a
party started from the nation last
week, to render him assistance.
Gazette.
A nciv Post Office Regulation. —
The Postmaster-General (the bet
ter to secure the payment of News
paper postage,) has instructed the
postmasters throughout the Union
to require a quarterly return on
oath from evert publisher of a news
paper (or of the person employed
in this particular service) of the
number of papers mailed in their
rsspective offices, and the Post
masters are directed in all cases to
receive one quarter’s payment in
advance, and to apprise the pub
lishers, of all newspapers not ta
ken out of their offices. It is cal
culated that this simple regulation
will augment the Post Office Reve
nue 850,000 per annum.
The new novel from the pen of
Mr. Cooper, author of the Spy, en
titled the “ Pilot” has been delayed
in consequence of the sickness of
the author and a part of his family.
The first volume and nearly 100
pages on the second were printed
in the early part of this summer.—
Mr. Cooper is now on the recov
ery.
Revolt. —lt is stated, in a letter
received from St. Thomas, that
the revolt at Demarara was of a ve
ry serious character. It was re
ported that, on the 22d of August,
an action took place, in the east part
of the island, between the provin
cial troops and 200 xvcll armed ne
groes, when the blacks were defeat
ed and dispersed, with the loss of
150 killed. Y\ r e should not be sur
prised, says the Advocate, if the
Haydens were at the bottom of
this insurrection, and furnished
the blacks with arms. These move
ments should be narrowly watched
by all interested in this species of
property.
A Roman Republican useful to
terminate his epistle, even to a
great prince, by the uncivil and
rude imperative vale [adieu]; in
modern republicks we have fallen
into much more amiable and deco
rous habits, and have at last arri
ved at such a degree of exquisite
and cunning perfection to this
point, a-s scarcely to leave any
thing to the genius of
About a century ago we were y'ar
frost obedient — ln process of time
we became your most humble and
most obedient — aud to-day, xce have
the honour to be your most obedi
ent and your most humble ser
vants.
DIED—In Macon, on the Ist instant, Mr
Chaunrty Clark, aged 23 ■ a native of Weth
ersfield, Conn. His iuneral was attended with
the honors of Masonry, and by a large con
course of citizens. Mr. C. came among us a
stranger, a tew months since—hut a short resi
dence was sufficient to insure him general es
teem—and bv bis untimely death the public
nave to lament the loss ol a promisin'* and
worthy citizen.
In Macon, on the 4th inst. Mrs. Roxana K.
Inttes, aged 25—widow of Mr. Fsacliar Bales,
(uhose death wns noticed in the Messenger
two weeks since,) and a native of Woodstock,
t onn. She has !>lt an orphan son aged fifteen
months. Mrs. Bates had long been a member
ot the l resbyterian church, and her exemplary
Ide, and the calm composure with which she
met the K ingot I errors fullytcsted the sincer
ity ot her profession. By her many virtues she
was endeared to all who became, acquainted
with lipi and her distant friends can have the
consoling reflection that death to her was gain,
and that strangers mourn her departed worth.
Departed this transitory life on the 24th ult.
in Jones county, Robert Mathews, son of Col
!in W Alexander, Esq. aged 21 months.
i. &. S. STOAT',,
BAVE jast received from Savannali
. and Providence, and aie now
opening in Macon and New Town the
following Goods—viz:
Jamaica and N. E. Rum
Cog. Brandy, Northern Gin
Malaga and Current YY'ine
Brow n and Loaf Sugar
Coffee, Chocolate
Dupont’s Powder, Shot, Lead
Brown and Shaving Soap, Candles
Spanish Segars, Tobacco
Muscatel Raisins
Writing Taper
Nails assorted
Dry Fish, Cheese
Spice, Ginger, Copperas, &c.
Domestic Goods—consisting of
Sattinetts, Plaids, Checks
Furniture Checks
Bleached Shirtings
Brown do.
A large assortment of Shoes and
Boots of all kinds
Men’s lamb’s wool half Hose, white
and mixed
Ladies’ worsted Stockings
Do. Cotton do.
Men’s Buckskin Gloves
Do Beaver do.
Fur and YY 00l Hats
Leghorn and Straw Bonnets
Broadcloths, Calicoes, Cambricks
Muslins, Cravats
Flag and German Handkerchiefs
Point and Duffle Blankets
Red, YYhite, and Yellow Flannel.
Also, an assortment of Cutlery and
Crockery YY'are, Medicines, Perfume
ry &c. together with many other arti
cles, and with their former stock make
a general assortment, which they will
sell very low for Cash.
Nov. 5, 1823. S3
Wanted,
a®® BUSHELS OF
COYUX.
Apply at this Office immediately.
November sth. 33 ts
.'AdnYuustvatov’s Sa\e.
ILL be sold in the Town of
▼ ▼ Macon, on the first Tuesday
in January next,
Twenty oi\tf Negroes be
longing to the estate of William W.
Dawson, deceased, consisting of Men,
Women, oys, Girls, and Children.—
Sold under the authority of the Court
of Ordinary o! Bibb county, for the
benefit of the creditors of said estate.
Terms made known on the day of
Sale.
Charles Bullock, 1 df bonia
Martha K. Dawson, j
November stli, 1823. tds33
THE Legislature of this State hav
ing enacted that the house of John
Keener shall be the place of holding
Superior and Inferior courts, and oth
er public business for Bibb county, un
til the Justices of the Inferior Court
shall have’selected a place for that pur
pose, and give public notice thereof —
And believing that the building now
on the lot in the town of Macon, de
signed for a court-house, See. will be
sufficient to accommodate said court—
It is therefore
ORDERED, that from and after the
tertth day of December next the before
mentioned lot in the town ot Macon,
shall be the place of holding Superior
and Inferior courts, and doing other
public business, and that the same be
published in one of the public Gazette
of this State.
JOHN DAVIS, J. L C.
c. W. RAINES, J. 1. C.
M. ROBERTSON. J. I C
November 3, 1823.