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Volume I.] PUBLISHED (WEEKLY) By JOHN K M CHaRLTON. . Price , Three Dalian per annum — Payable half in advance. f*y—gtaH'il* - a-r*wWIMWWMWi / 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- [No 49.