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■kthat In- tbe lirtle stren^h Rbeca|b:of4al>*t’n ¥ , it . concinsiv-ly demon- Kte impregnable solidity of ■ederal system ■enures taken by the e*- Kcfo frustrate the plan t r ■tinr the Spanish possessions R|,order., rtostlorcibly dls ■ *.. justice and nice sense o. ■ VVhi’e Spain is nitn-.i ----■ nur frontier with invasion, ■ferineother indications oi ■L against us, our govern ■ instead of imiteting her • ■ actively endeavoring to ■’her colonies from the un ■ ;,;,! inroads of our people ■((induct presents a phenom ■„ race in the history of na ■ a;to render it deserving ■jous attention and reflecti- there a government ol the ■orid that would have pnrsu” ■u a course , that superior ■ : . passion of revenge, ■ have denied itself so pre occasion of permitting £ ;ion of a deadly hlow at B tC r of it# menu ? We this course will be duly ■ciated, and that it will be ■remembered, among the nu~ ■li, and illustrious instances ■jenanimity and justice ■(have already marked our ■ant of time preveuts us from ■ng, as they merit, many of ■ucceeding members of the ■age. Hut we cannot retrain ■ mingling our congratulati ■kh those of tiie nation (may ■tadtl, of the who!* civilized ■)omhetwo following re” ■neodationß of the President. ■ him humanity will exult at ■peedy arrival of the period ■ the unoffending inhabitants ■fries shall no longer be drag ■lo oar shores in violation et ■trongest principles of justice, ■llfguage is that of absolute Hiience on this topic—for no never will the repre jßiivis of the American peo ■who possess this power, se ■te before they shall have ■cistd it to the full extent of ■Constitution. The day on act shall be done, will ■ proud one fur ihe cause of ■'inky. ■it interesting as this subject sinks in importance wiiu is nest noticed. Bt)( greatest objects of a ■ibiican government ought ■be the diffufion of that ■fledge among the people ■hcari alone pieferve it, ■ the tlevelopernent of thoic ■m! reiouvees on which ■comfort of the citizen and ■firength of the nation dc. ■b Other governments ■ fought glory from the ■ a y of external power. Be ■ r pride to acquire it by ■ell and spirited exertions ■ur own domellic fields of ■prise 3c induitry. Hence ■ y alue of education and in ■ improvements ; a value ■hich no mind can assign ■ s * On these the column Bur glory is dedined here- B r to red; and on their mo, Btion it will depend whetli- BOiall (tand eretf amidst Bconvulfiont that I'unound B r whether its prodratc and Bken fragments shall only Bdaim to future times that B er ica was once fiee. Cail B [ his the rhapsody of en_ Bhafm. It is the language ■ reason. Never was the B c of truth more correttiy Buffed than in the words of ■ deficient. “ By thele o, ■ions, new channels of Btnunication will be open. Between the dates; the lines Separation will dtlappear, B r interelts will be identified Btneir union cemented by ■ an d iniidoluble ties.” ■ct ofa letter from Gibral ■ > dated September 10, re- B ,v ed at Washington. I s Portugjese have cap. tured five sail of cm*, zeis, one Algeiinc, ( he schoon er presented to the Dry by thle United States) on board of which were 40 of their own people, two Tunisians and two Tripolitans, one of whom was admiral Lis le.” patriotT S-IVANNAD , Jan. i> 1807. Bv the last Mad L.rvi Shes- V*’nt, Ksq, received ins appoint as United States’ silent lor the state of Georgia. DUEL. A Duel was fought on Tuefdav, the i6:h inlfant, op posite the High Shoals of the Apalachia, between Gen. John Clark and William H. Craw ford, E(q.; in which the latter received a wound in his left arm.—l.ouifville Gaz. Br a gentleman from Au* gufia, we have information of an event almost unparalleled : ■#•* A Mr. Whitmore, a na tive of Thompion (Con.) who lately arrived horn the Noith ward, after disposing of proper ty to a ccnfidcrable amount, put up at a public houi'e in Augusta—he wps miffing ieve ral days and afterwards found in the cellar of his landlord, murdered in an inhuman and ferocious manner, —his trunk was broken open, and his mo ney taken out. The offend ers, ten in number, are laid to be fafcly lodged in jail- The ship Titus, Cushing, of Sc for this port from Botirdeaux, was captured on Monday last by a Biitish ship of war, insight of Cape Henlopen light-house, after she had taken a pilot on board. The pilot and passenger?, 1 7 in number, were afterwards put on board a pilot b at, wivch was blown ashore in, the late gale of Wednesda) ; in Lewistown creek where they all landed in s-.ifi.-tv. Ptiiladtl. pop- Extract efa letter from Trinidad, dated November 14, received at Baltimore. “ Miranda is here with his ar my, in the most deplorable condi tion. They have hardly bread to eat.—after his attack on the Main, he proceeded to Barba” does, but was fearful to land, the shore beinglined with sheriff's waiting to lay hold of him for debts contracted thfere. He im mediately left that and arrived here a few days ago; in consequence of which a meeting of merchan ts and others petion ed the government to compel him to leave the place. They have not however, been succss ful. The governor has pledged himself that he would carrv sn no offensive operations wbtie here, unless instructed so to do by his court. He is execrated by his own followers. 1 really p .y a number oi those young men whom he has so shamefully deceived. Thus ends this great expedition, and thus I trust will end every expedition that has for its object the revolutionizing and ransacking of any country. — Miranda is so much in debt, and so many people ready to lay hold of him, should an opportunity offer, that I think he will uever leave this Island.” Extract of a letter received at Bal timore by a gentleman, from his friend , dated, Amsterdam, Oc tober 28, 1805. “ Since I wrote you last, strange events have occurred—. the war is terminated in its cam naencemcnt! The first serious ac tion that has been fought, has de cided, not the campaign onlr, but the fate of a kingdom; and by the last accounts the Blenipo’a are at Berlin, for the purpose of negocH mg pM’ e; The Prussi an arm'/ * s destroyed, and what will be ihe result, heaven aloue knows* I shall endeavor to scrape together a few papers for thi, conveyance—and in the mean while, have only to add, that commerce is completely at a stand again, every person looking 10 a general peace,* fur mystli 1 do not think such an event likely— or if it does take place, I cannot think it will prove durable— l look to another coalition, a coa lition more powerful than any of the former, from each of the par ties having ieltthe scourge ofihe gigantic power that now domi neers upon the couLtieut.” A peep into P'uturitij- Thomas Tollman, Elq. of Greenelborough, in this (late, lias made a calculation of ail the Eciiptes of the Sun and Moon which will happen for one hundred years to come, ending with 1905: and has therein reduced the mean to the true times, by lour Equa tions; and also reduced the Sun’s mean didance from the Nodes tc* the true, for each time. In this period there will be four hundred and (our Eciiptes of the Sun 3c Moon. The notab'e Eclipre of June lalt, will re:urn five times with in this period, with (ome va riations.each time, as refpecls the earth generally, but more as relates to any particular place. Rutland Her.] Brigade Orders, December i5, I Sod. r T -, lIE Brigadier-General, agrec- JL able io the power vested in him by law, has thought proper tn appoint Greene R. Duke, Esq. late Adjutant to th* Chatham Re giment, Brigade Inspector, with the rank of Major—and Nathaniel Greene J'utherfoi and, Esq. of the city of Savannah, Brigade Q.uar ter-Mas'er, for the fiist Brigade of the first Division of the Geor gia Militia—of which app int mentsthey will take due notice, and act accordingly, from the date hereof. By order of Gen. Floyd, Archibald Clark, 14 ts Aid de-camp. Brigade Orders, December 22; IROfi* THE Brigadier-General deem” mg it expedient to fill, with out delay, ihe vacancy occasion ed in the Chatham Regiment 1 y the resignation ol Col. Shad—Or ders an Election to be held at the Courriiou.se in the city of Savan nah, on Monday the second day of February next ensuing, for the purpose oi electing a Colonel to fill -aid v. leaner. The Brigadier-General further orders, that the commanding offi cers of the respective Battalions throughout the first Brigade of the first Division of the Georgia Mi litia, will cause all vacancies that do or may exist, of Officers of the Line under their respective commands to be filled as soon as possible, and that they require tnc commanding officers of the respective Companies to use all due vigilance in enforcing a striet obedience to the Patrol and Mili tia Law, and in disciplining and inspecting the sufficiency or tiie Arms and Accoutrements of tiie men under their command; and punish indiscriminately, every ne gleet of duty, or disobedience to order that may occur, as tiie law directs. By order of Gen■ Floyd. Archibald Clark, 14 ts Aid-'ie-Cmnp. GEORGIA, By his Excellency JARED IR WIN, Governor 8t Command er in Chief of the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof. A PROCLAMATION. HAVING arranged and cast up the votes of such counties as have made return of the election! held on Monday the first day of December instant for a person to represent this State in the House of Representatives of the United States, agreeably to a tion of the Tth of November last and it appearing that William W. Bibb has the highest number of votes, I have thought fit to issue this my proclamation, notifying tiie same in order that the Said William W. Bibb, may signify the acceptance or refusal of his appointment, and adduce such proofs ofhis being eligible ths?re tor, as are by law required. Given under my bund, and the Great >**eal of the State at the btate-House in Louisville, this twenty-fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand * eight hundred and six, and oi ihe Independence of the United States of America the thiriv-fitst. JARED IRWIN. By the Governor, Bor : MaßßUry*, Secretary of Slate. DISTRICT court. DISTRICT of GEORGIA; In the Admiralty. The President cf the United States to the Marshal of the said district, greeting; WHEREAS, a Libel hath been filed this dav against the Bri£ called “ The Sally,” now riding at anchor in the river Sa vannah, whereof George Wilson is. Or late was, Master, by William Thompson and Seth Knowles, late Mariners on hoard said brig, for the non-payment of wages due the said Mariners, tor service.? by them performed:.— N-w therefore, you the said Marshal are hereby commanded to cite and admonish, and these are therefore to cite and admonish the Masters, Owners, & ail others contented, who have or pretend to have, any right, title, interest, property, claim or de mand in die said Vessel, to be and appear before the honorable the Judge of the said Court, on the 12tli day in January next, at 11 o’clock, a. ai. at a special Court oi Admiralty, to be held at tiie Court-1 louse m Savannah, in the said District, toshew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the Libellants should not be granted. nit ness the honorable William Stephens, Judge of the Dis trict Court of said Distinct, this Ist day of December, i 805. T. U. I\ Charlton, Proctor Jur Libellants. 14 4t ~ NO l ICTG ~ NlNEmonshs after date, ap plication will be made to tiie Justices of tiie inferior Court, for leave to sell the iialfiot No. 3, Ist Tithing, Anson Ward, belonging to the estate of James Whiteheld, deceased, lor the benefit of the heirs. Th. WHITEFIELD, Ex'r. Jon. J , 1807. 14 1 ampin THE i>UBSCRIBEt<7~ H A VIN G one of ihe Stores ill Messrs. Taylor & Scar 6rough's stone building, on their Wharf, winch is very safe against lire or plunder, will receive Pro duce, or any kind of GOODS 011 Storage, at a reasonable rate. He will also purchase or sell on Com mission, observing the must faith - iul and punctual attention to such instructions as lie may receive from those who may lavour iian with their orders. He u constantly supplied witn SALT & CORN. ROBERT MACKIE. Jan. 1, 1807. 14 2t CHAMBERS, Hid Dec. iSOd. Present their Honours, William Smith, John H. Morel, J ames Algek, A. S. Bulloch. THE justices of the Peace of Chatham county, are re quested to meet the Justices of the Inferior Court on Monday, the 4th day ol January next, in conformity to law, for the pur. pose ©{'electing a Receiver of Tax Returns, and a Collector of Tux * es, tor the year 1807. Ordered, That the above be published twice in two of the Ci ty Gazettes. Extract from the minutes, J AS. BULLOCH, Cik. .Sheriffs Sales. OJ the fir st I ueulay in telr u a r** next, at the Court-Rouse >n this city between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock , Will be Sold, A LL that Farm lor, con* taining 45 acte?, Car penter 1 y thing, Decker watd, No. 3. —A L S O A negro wench named Mira, by viltuc of an execution Jbhnloq and Robenlon vs. John Love executor of Eliza Whitfield. —A L S O— -3 forty five acre lots, with the improvements thereon at present occupied by Dr. KoL lock and formerly the proper ty of l)r. Teiard two miles from Savannah on the <’reat Ogechee road bounded* by lands of the Mils Minis’s, lands formerly belonging to the e s. tate of Robert Woodhoule, In dependence Hill, late belong* ing to the es-tate of Scheuber & other.*-, one negro man nam ed August, and one negro wo man named Nanny, with her two children; taken under fuudry Executions, as the pto perty of James Mcintolh. T. ROBERTSON, S. C. C, J an * *• tq im theatre” By Permission. Mr. BANKS RESPECTFULLY inform, the Ladies St Gentlemen, ot Savannah and its Environs, that, on account of the Holidays tiie Performance* is necessarily postponed untin Monday even ing, the sth hist, when will be presented, A Differ ration on Hobbies—~* by Mr. Love. VIZ. A Statesman’s Hobbv—A Cour* tic's H obi* Jr —A Fidd.'eiT Hobby—a Sold lei’s Hobby •—n Lady’s li bbv—a Manager’s Hobby, & his own Mutiny. After which, the GRAND sEUDIFOCU’X, OR 7 Mysteries of Mechanism. Composing a collection of Rich and Comic Figure*. An Italian Scaramouch Will dance a Fandango, 6l swal low his own head. Song— Satire upon all Trades— by Mr. Love. Comedy of the VINTNER in Tin SUDD;;. Mixum (the Vintner) Mr. Banks v '2ard, Mr, Love,* Mrs. Mixum, Mrs. Banks. The Grand Italian Tuntoccine t By the wonderful group of arti ficial Comedians, three feet and a half high, possessing, tile tx act movements of Life. The Comic Opera of THE POOR SOLDIER. Ccmit Song — Paddy's Wedding The whole to conclude with a beautiful representation of the BOMBARDING OF TKI; POLI. Being in honor of the Brave Cdi lumbian Tars who fell io that gloritous action—ln front, an ex act movement of the Sea, with the approach of ihe American Frigates and Gun-Boats, attend ed with Cannonading—Ou the back grouhd, a Rich Piece ©f Machinery, representing The Town of Tripoli. The particulars will be seen in the Bill* of the day. B3F* Ti OKETs to be ha<l af the 1 heatre from 10 to 12 a. n. and from 2 to 5 p. ii. *** Price of admittance Or.e Dollar—Children half price.