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/ Miscellany,
rf&IE NEXT PRESIDENT.
IfeOM THE EASTERN ARGUS,
Re/ueftionjs so frequently
Bf “ who is to be our next Pre-
BBt ?” that it is quite time this
* fliouid be brought before
.* Riblic for contiderrtion. Men
#lhink it of more importance to
t Ate local and private views ra
genera! good of the
W a Northern , a
W?’ President, ac
f. m or interests
ling as the,r Cod
|to be promoted-^^L
ieflintes of the countr^^B^^ n
lined to such men i'he iSHftL
I has proved to us that he hij?
Wt.gnprejudice j or attachments,
i feels as an American—and as
American is disposed to ad on
moft important services to the
r :ounty, and who is the moft ca
pable of rendering all such as are
required in the Pprefidential chair
—whether he relides at the North
or the South iet him be fele&td.—*
Such a man in the opinion offhe *
writher of this article is James j
Monroe —and although he resides \
in Virginia, his arrangements for ■
expeiiing the enemy from fvlaffi !
eeufetts, when contrasted with thole
o( Governor Strong, are calculated
ur-hitivee ail opposition of a local
nature.
MAINE.
* ‘ *i n ■ i “ * -V” *
Mahlon Dickerson, Esq late of
Philadelphia, and formerly Adju’t
Gene ral of the state of Penniylva
nia, has been elected Governor of .
New Jersey. The federalifts made
no jippofition.
(furious wager. —One morning
last week, a gentleman at a coffee
house in London, laid a wager of
twenty guineas with a friend pre
sent, that he would walk the length
of Broker’s row, Moorfields, Lon
don, without being asked to walk
into one of the shops. He then
offered the fame wager, which was
likewise accepted, that immediately
after the firft being detirmined, he
would walk the fame ground over
again, and receive an invitation
from every broker to refpeCt his
\® er , he assumed the appearance
of a tax-gatherer, with his moroc
co-backed book open Jn his left
hand, in his right a pert, and ink
bottle suspended at his left bread ;
rare and uncommon as is the ap
pearance of such a character in
England, and curious as John Bull
-confeffedly is, yet was he shunned
tike one inlefted, and the wager
won by him beyond dispute. He
ibip resumed his own dress and
‘clqra&er, and Tallying through the
row, with a yqung lady under his
arm, his attentions to whom be
spoke a recent or intended trip to
the altar, he received rather a prel
nng invitation to walk in from eve
r sy “ hero of the chips,” and the
I wager was again determined in his
I favor. —London payer.
THE FRIEND AND MONITOR.
WASHINGTON, (Geo.) FRIDAY,, DECEMBER 15, 1815.
A WELD’S TRAVELS.
In the 2d vol. of the Weekly Regis
ter, under the head of “ Travel
lers in America,” fever&l persons
were pretty severely teihed for
the falfity of their narrations, as
jifell as their want of candor and
liberality. Among them was
Mr. Weld ; and we are happy
from his own pen, to juftify what
-we said of his work.
From the* Boston Palladium . —I-
saac Weld, jun’r author of a book
called Travels through America,
having made a number of illiberal
remarks and misltarenients refped
ing the country, wrote the follow
ing cbfervations on a leaf of his
book by way of confeflion and ex
cuse.
“ This book -was firft published
in the year 1729, -nd I have trow
for the firlt t*;ne iince that periodJ
it through.. Excepting rt!e
lines I find nb par t
two 5 C itridly cor
-1 do not
red ; but tg
pallages which i regret
written, because tney bear thJHßgy
peara-ate of ilfiberaiity fcoyt
petng property qualified. I have”
marked moft ot them. J Remem -
ber, with great plealure, ffie time I
Ipent in America, and ffiould be
glad to vilit thv country again.—
It is extremely to be that
our younger clays, in geh*^| ? are
devoteu to travelling, whetTr-Mr
judgments are not uiaturedynorour
knowledge ot mankind extensive.
I flipuid now vmte a very different
book Irom the lame notes, from
the lame materials. As to the style
I find it carelels in the extreme ;
but in fad I never correded toe
manufeript. I was so unadvised to
make it a present to the pubulfier,
Stockdale ; and he, impatient to
get his profit, font it to preis with
all its errors, without affording me
any notice, until the copies were so
multiplied that the emendations
would have probably been little, or
not at ail regarded by the public.
He has reaped a great hafvelt from
the sale of it; and excepting a few
impreflions of the firft edition, I
have not had a copy to present to a
friend, without purchale. Ihe A
mericans, I have been informed,
are diffatisfied with this work; yet
I belifive very few of them have
read it. There are but three or
four pages in all, that can offend,
and I -certainly wilh I had never
written those; indeed I sometimes
regret having ever written the book.
The, sale has been much beyond
its deserts, and I find the work has
been tranllated into French, Ger
man and Italian ; so that, much as
t wiffi to re-model or correct, it now
would be a futile talk. As there
is a probability, I untier Hand, that
this copy may reach America, I
have written these few remarks in
it, not without a wilh that those
who have known me in America
may perchance read them. I am
not loft, as many would fuppole, to
a sense of what there is really great
and good in America, and much
there is, undoubtedly, to admire &
to love. V
I. WELD, jun’r.
“january , 18.1s,
Statement of the valuation of Lands, Lots, with their improvements,
Dwelling honfes and Slaves, within the several counties of the State
of Georgia, -as revised and fettled by the Board of Principal Afief
fors, *nd the amount ©f the quota of each, at the rate of 33 cents
sh evarv too dollars valuation •’
DISTRICTS • Valuation as revised Amount of Aik.-. v of
’ and a nd fettled by the Board the quota of the the quotaof each
COUNTIES. of Principal ‘IT (Tors tax M- diftrief
f_ j____ - - 1’ ‘ ** 1 ,m,m *’ ■ 1
First District. i Dolls. Cts Dolls Cts. Dolls* Cts
Chatham, - - ! 7,278.949 44 24,020 53
Bryan, * - - G05.G86 78 1,998 76 6
Liberty, - - 1,669,432 5,509 12 6
iVHntofli,')
3,521,178 41 11,619 55
Camden, r
Wayne, j - A’ : \ 7 f:
Effingham, 402,652 27 RS2B 75 /
Bulloch, - - 272,941 >B7 970 70 /
Tatnall, - - 211,925 80 699 35
Emanuel, 130,080 4 429 26 46,563 3
Second District. I
Scriven, - - 1,095,702 91 1 3,615 82 V
Burke, - - 2,505,845 72 8/269 29
Richmond, - 2,620,390 5 00 7 8,647 29
Jeffeiion, - 1,196,186.43 6 3,947 42
Walhington, - - 1,408,091 53 5 4,646 71
Montgomery, -|< 160,015 00 1,196 42 30,322 95
Thmd district, ! I
-Cfcrufftbiaf 2,756,390 25
Warren, - • K 495,176 87 5 4,934 81
ydancock, • - 2,650,941 42 8,748 ll
■iLne - - 2,466,516 11 8,139 60 30,917 88
\ 1,348/224 00 6,087 96
Elbert, - 00 10,7*49 (5
Wilkes, 00 3,3.58 00
Lincoln, , 1,041 49
ivladifon, 90 34,152 5.1
Franklin, ‘ 88j,23u
Fifth District. .
Oglethorpe, 2,353,723 00 7^ 66
Clark,.,.- - 1,275.065 00 ; 4,207 71
Jacktbn, ■ - - 1,1.58,420 00 3,822 78 6
Morgan, - - 1,668,977 94 5,507.62 2 21,203
Sixth District.
Laurens, - - 833,398 26 - 2,750 22
Pulaski, - - 622.466. 48 2,054 14
Wiikinlon, - - 583,219 92 1,926 73
Telfair, - - 167,987 42 554 3 6
Twiggs, - - 844,677 67 2,887 44
Baldwin, - • 1,982,812 77 6,543 33
‘Jones, - - 2,135,539 28 7,047 28
Putnam, - - 2,212,787 97 7>3 02 21 ’
Jasper, - - 1,964,869 16 6,483 7 .3.7 483 78
ob* The valuations of property of the State of Georgia fubjehl to the Dtrehl Tax, a
mount to 57 7*6,77 i dollars and 16 cents , of -which , confderaUy msre than one half
is raifedon the valuations of Jlaves■ > . _
Arrival of our Squadron.
We are happy to announce the
arrival of the United States’ Squa
dron, under the command of com.
William Bainbridge, from the Me
diterranean, at Newport, Rhode-
Illand. From gentlemen who have
visited the ships lince they returned
froth the coast of Barbary, we are
informed they do honor to the
Commodore, the officers of the
fleet; and the country ; for the per
fection of their equipments, clean
liness, health, difeipline, lubordin
ation of the crews and general ap
pearance. The indefatigable ex
ertions of the meritorious and able
officer on whom *the government
confered the cooitnand of the lar
gefl fleet ever fitted ; out in this
country, to render this force effi
cient and refpeCtable, defefves the
highest prailes of the nation -
There never was an equal nuinber
of ships, which ever floated the o
cean, better fitted, better manned,
difeiplined and prepared for actual
service.
The Independence, the firjft fe
venrv-four which bore iC the star
* >1
spangled flag” of the union ; built,
completely equipped for sea, and
commanded by com. Bainbridge,
is considered by the belt judges, as
the moft efficient ship of her plafs
that ever floated. She is represent
ed as ftiff, works like a pilot boar,
out fails every veflel Alphas fallen
in with ; and exceeds in every par
ticular, the moft sanguine expecta
tions of her commander.
Although the combined squad
rons have not had an opportunity
to distinguish themselves in battle,
the exercise of the’otficers and Tea
men, practice in naval taftics, fail
ing and manceuvering in fleet, and
experience which the. young offi
cers will have acquired, will be of
vital importance to die VJ. States.
The information which will thus
have been diftufed, is worth dou
ble the expence of the expedition.
This display of our naval resour
ces, our strength on the ocean, the
rapidity with which the fleet was
sent into the Mediterranean, will
moft powerfully tend to render our
•.character as a nation refpectabie,
and gives security to our marine,
1 he United States r.ni Ccnftel-
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