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Camhttt "i&ajctie.; ? ^pVA^iTi_ 3. .. I ttdiaa^eys, K % Miixedgeville, Jan. 31. Copy of a letter from Geo. Gaines to ibe Executive, (received by express) dated, 1 Ik. ad-Quarters, Hartford, Georgia, January, 28, 1 8 1 S.v ? ; ?T iint tWiw rf.rwy^ ? V^r1 from William Harris, Esq. o i T eifctir, con taining the painful imeligence of th<^ mas sacre of Mr. Daniel Dikes and his family, by a pftrty of Indiana, the Jit Tilla, 4o miles from Telfair court-house. ~-Mr. Har ris adds, that there was reason to appre hend, some other families have fallen near the residence of Mr* Dikes, I have order ed a detachment of Cavalry to that frontier, A detachment of Col. VVimberly'i Regi tnentofluianuy will be acnt|down the Flint on the Indian side, toVuds the Big Bend, with orders tQ reconnoitre the country, and aireator Attack any patties found in that quarter# J , 1 have the h v ior to be Scc? , EDMUND P. GAINES. < Afaj. GefL Commanding. ? v Hi9 Excellency Wixi.iam Ramix. Copy of a letter from Gen. Mitchell, agent nr Indian Affairs, to Governor Rabun, dated* Creek Agenay, January 28, 1818. Dear Sim? I hive but oarely time to an Vkh the Creeks on the 22d instant, by whic|i fhey have ceded to the United. States, for th* 'use' of Georgia, two considerable tracts Of land. The one lying to the east side of * **nC' 1? ^ rUn IXmi What ^ U8UI^ t The creek referred to em pti^McrUie Oc^ mulgee some wher.* near the Big Bend, and ?oot^far above B ^ k ahnarV road, but hoW far the headofkextends is uncertain although from its size, being considerable, it must of course throw the line considera bly above its mouth. Theotilfer tracts lies between t lie Ul,co,fou,lut,chie^ the Appa fachi? and Chatahouchic, and h said to he Of considerable extent and value. The price stipulated for tlie two tracts is one hiindted and twenty thousand dollars. I expect to leave this for "Georgia the JUtt fair day, and will then have tlie plea sure of presenting for your consideration, an exposition of tacts ^ond c iir umstauc l s, attending the present atate of affairs in the Crock Nation, upon which you can rcty, for, I perceive by the public papers, tlufl. as waual, false impres*pns are entertained, and conjecture taken tor real facts. - pcct, your very obedient servant, D. B. MITCHELL, Jigtnt 1^4. His exe'y Gov. Eabun. *>??> A lAtcr of recent date >fromrNashville, I Tennessee, mentions that G en. Jackson was about to leave that place to take conw ?aand of th* forces engaged against the hos- * tile Creek and Seminollnndians; and that a thousahd Tennessee troops were expect ed about the aame tq?e to march to. the fcene bt Indians warare, to act under tlie ordopsOf thgir favorite commander.? Herald . The legislature of Tennessee have pas* ?g any officp staffer five years. I MR^itfAMS TO MR.ONIS. Don J*uU de Oni^^nvoy Extraordinary) and AlinUtter JFbnlJtotentiary, from m ff frllim Ml of State, ,26th Dec. 18 IT. President of J . , r immediate ft JjKtentiorf, 'vumM Ibf the that the |m[ this persqft? WU ujaler a sentence ofatt)te?| nal at CaAfe, condemning him to pay ft se cond time, a sum of money, which, by vir t\*e of a prior decree of the same tribunal, he had already paid into tlie royal treasury. This feet has never been denied or con ipplptf it ' j>rw*d to thorn by the attestations and ecr K iiacatea of their own officers. - ' ?V-\ ; It W^atohave been presumed that, up on the first moment that sach a fact Was emphntiualljapreeented to your government, $ V n^ef would instancy have issued from r: 1 it Tor tha<discliarge (Olr. Meade from i^Jlis imi>nsou6)$Bk^,The Pr^bienUtgWt# that ufrer so many and such npjrent tepST] , 3 Oeuraiiuns ip his behalf bjr thelfafatster of tile United States at M^dri4, it should yet be necessary to address this call upon the fWot common principle of justice to you. ^ | am instructed by him to aayf that in re newing thias, demand for Mr. Meade's in > mediate liberation^he confidently expects ft will nntbe in vain. I pray you* sir, to arocpt the asttiraec c. of my vu y tlistinguishe<l con8!d?:racion. JOHN qADASipL MR. ONtS TO MR. ADAMS, [ TKANSUATION. }. 1'/it ch'vaticr D'frt J.uin I)r On?, to Me . Sf< rc'arti of Si ulr rOcci\cd yb>n iv>tc ?!. ted the 20th ?filus month, in whic'.i, oy order of the President, you couiuiuiucate to uic what, appears to have taken pjai e in Spain, in the case of a law-suit against Kit ha id W Meade, a citizen of these states, in order that 1 should make the necessary i-epresen tcr, and solicit his release from confine ment. V \ . ' In compUancc with * the wishes of the | President, aud youi-s, sir, I shall, with great pleasure, make this request in fav*>rfcl Mr. Meade, although I am not informed ofthe details ol the suit instituted against him, nor of those which hare produced his confine- J ment.. ** ^ Confiding in the just intentions of the King, and his high consideration for the U. Stales, I must hope that his Majesty will attend efficaciously to this request, and use his authority in having justice promptly done to Mr. Meade, that the laws may be observed with the strictest impartiality and uo motive or pretext left to doubt of the immaculate (accndrada) purity which has^ ever been acknowledged as the particular attribute ofthe Spanish Magistracy. 1 re new my respects to you, sir, and pray God " to preserve you many years. > Washington City, Dec. 29, 1817. LUIS DE ON1S* Translated lor the Com. Advertiser. PROCLAMATION. Simon Bouvak, Sv/ireme Chief of the Jit - public qf Penezulay to the Soldier* of tHeLiberatins Ar.ni/. ??A IH 'SOLDIERS !? Yef?ri!?y was a day of the deepest sorrow for my heart. The crime* of conspii acy and treason against our country, and $he desertion irom her banners, brought General Piar to be exe CUted. A law till and just court pronoun ced the sentence upon tins unfortunate ci tisen ; wtvn, inebi iaied with the f;?Tors~ of foiiunt, atid in order to sati&ly bis boun le^sambiuon, attempted to bury iiis covin* try in her own t urns. ,Gen.'Piar had in deed done ini|>uriani service* to the repub lie i but he was amjdy i\ Warded by bcr, although his whole course of conduct had been remarked as factious. There wa? nothing lef^o be wished for by a general, who had attained the high-;. *cit rank in thf army* The secotfd tmnor able post in this > Republic being vacant, owing to the separation of ( Ventral Mart* no, vas ocn to be conferred on him* be fore his rebellion. But tins General, Who aspiring only to thb supreme command, | formed the most attrocious plan I hat .a wicked soul may conceive. Piai '? designs embraced not only a civil war, but anafchy and the most inhuman buche ry and sacri* | fice of his brothel s and oompamen* in ? ? . arms ! I ^ 1*? 'm * '*'1^^^^' * ~ ' l v V- *? V S I ? Soldiers? You know it vcty well. Our, motto is, Liberty % Equality aiid Indepen dence. Has not human kind recovered its rights through our Arms I Have they not Vuken the chums of slavery I lias not the odious differences of classes and co lors been ior ever abolished ? < Has not the national property^ been divided between you I Are not foi tune, science and glory awaiting you ? Arc not your merits re corded With profusion, or* Ic st wiili ju. lice I What then did Gen. Pisr wish for f Are you not free, equal, indepeit ppy anil honored Could Piar ince greater blessing* for you. No, no, certainly no. Piar was with his own hands digging the grave of our Republic, there to tajry the livea, the wealth, the in* nocence, the well-being, antf the honors and glory of the brave defcmfereof Vene zuela, as well of their chiklren, wives and ^arents Hearen Was viewed with horrof this par* rir.kle ; and did not permit that a man, who in such a manner offended the deity, and human kmd, should IShger prufanc the earth, that ought ntiftto su Her him to exist a moment, after his Nefarious deeds. Hea ven itself delivered him to be ty the laws. 8old?Cve,(k>d watches your welfare, arid this government. Which it your pa rent, is constantly for your happi* ness. Your leader, who h is always been your companion in arm*, and who, always at your hrari, haiihinai with you in ill perils, dangefr, miseries, and in your tri umphs, trust* in you. Truat then in liim; J being assured, that you are mora loVed and endeared to him than if he^Wei* your own parent or child. Head -Quarters at Augotlura, October 17th 1 8 17 ? and of the Independence 7th, (Signed) HOLlVAR? Five liuSdrM and tlufty-ctHit thousand two hniuftecl and Severn p<K?uj* k * ' *r# floor Jsrfcn imp^KtdjprO t (? Liverpool from the UuitdiW| ,1st of January, 1317, to thC I i>e? r?ft!?'e statue j,?a*K 3r \ VaHIOUS ITEMS. I Interesting ex. met frcrrt BelV 9 ?.ottdilt <? Mets&ugtr* ^TJtir relation* v?ith l?*vc comt so important, or at least In a p? o$;rct? of becoming so, thai we shaAl d*fer out ccfltdera lions of them lo an v opportunity when wccaodiscu?s them by iii,wiseWea. Mr. Monroe is a man of great tu .V.HI *IK' activity, and hi* movements arc noi out an ol ?jcct. We think tht point oi ferervce will be, the affairs of Spanish L ^ dependence. We couociv* that we feet as strongly as tuny one, ior the iruc glory of this country ; but it always lias been our opinion, and we know it personally to be that of one of the greatest statesmen Canada, See. ate not worth what they would eventually coat fcnglar.di and that the true point of wi&om would be to make the best baigain we could Cor them to the United Stales. Cio they must ; unci it is better to Lt them go, before another debt of ei^ht hundred millions be added to this count! y." Mobilry Dec. 6. PRODUCE IN THE IXTXIUOU. Cotton, tnc staple of our territory, has already been brought to markdv>; some, very tine has defended the Tomhigbce. Our streets tor most ol the last week have bcdi crowded ?un tibur-horsc waggons from tiw Chiceaawhay settlement, wnicu aWs given an air of buauiebsto oui towu sim ilar 10 the northern cities. W e hope that more attention will be paid to roads in the interior in future. The citizen* of tin* place may depend upon considerabtc increase 01 busipcbb, in a ratio pi o^oruoi.^d to tue im provement ol the road. IMPROVEMENT. ? W c arc happy to hear grangers from the upper country express their astonish ment and satisfaction at tlic very git at im provement of Mobile in a lew months. Those who have only been absent three m^ntus, -declare that it ib not the sarn^ as the nuiuocr of workmen will admit ol. We think we bpeak within bounds when we say that 30 mechanics whoae trades "are connected With the erection of buildings, would reccixe immediate employ at high* Wages. Many more drays would receive <3R?*taot employ ; un{l we know no article tha? is so much wanting a ? good servants. We think there are as many merchants as can do business to advantage. Lawyers we??ave eiio.ign 1: A good physician and Surgeon We tliiuk would do Well; mil do sincerely hope we shall soon have an tlM#l igen Minister of the Gos/jt7, ~ Among other disadvantages thc^ we la bor under hi uot ijft^ing a delegate in cuh gresa> . is the: nou passage ot * law establish ing a maritime court a*. M >l)4io scarcely a clay-fU^stnere is not soine" necessity for a count n&VTftg maritime jurisdiction. From the annual ve port from the Depart ment of State to Con*rc*M respecting pa tents, it appears that >t he nuniix r issued during the year l#17 was upwards of 170v - lor improvements hi almost every dcaerip-' tion o; machinery and. manufactures. v I }fut. Int. J*\ q. 3. Extract to 4be editor of the Baltimore Pa . , tr.ot, datM Washing ton, Jan.:, o. ? U ift reported that advices have been re ceived at the War Department from .\me<^i h i Isiand, that a Spanish fleet has left St. Augustine with 2,000 troops on boaVd. VVncthor tUofce troop* arc to be 'employed \ ? against the Americans at Amelia is yet to \m ascertained \ or whether' the govern* iilcnt of the United States intends to hold 1 that post longer than a Spanish force suffi cient to hoid it is sent to occupy it, is not kirfjwn out ol doois. IMPORTANT* + Extract Ol a letter 'from a person of th* highest respectability in London* to mi fneud in Philadelphia, dated Dec. 5th. 181 r.*f' The British Government has at length agreed, at. the request of the Allied pow ers of Europe, to become the mediator be tween Spain ai4 hcl Colonic. ?? ? 'jKwj- .?Mk jfffltitivt Mortality is stated in the Dclewarc Gaxetc, th^ftie ship April, I i, apt. ? ? Whkh lately arrived at New Castle, si w tied* t Amsterdam A/even ttu ndted Bwth passengers ; and tluu, cm ber arrival intAe Dclewarc, she had . lost J toe hundred by disease- Among; the sur vivors are many poor orphans, wlio have ; lost both parents On the voyage, and who are left in the most destitute and miserable cularly mentioned, coiwisung of live chil dren, the youngest or whom is not three yeara old. > M Were I in a desert;* says Sterne, won Uf find out w herewith in it to Call forth my affections. If 1 could not do better, 1 would fatten them upon tome sweet myr tle, or seek some malancholy ry press- to [ Connect mvs'tf |o^^ 1, wen Id court their | shade, Ina jptttHicfll k'mdiy lor thpir I \ d etection. 1 would ctWe im n uHc npoh '.tlinnsp and swear tlitjy were the ipvlirnt {i^sea tiytrngiiout the deseit. *t? tlieir leaves withered, I would teach rnyscjf to and when t|jey rejoiced^ I would Ate with thenw A fcspecuuble character, after fuv \v* long ti ^uiWHfci-ihe ?a> world at Parit, ^ -u? at length coinpvlietl to live man obscv>r# retreat in that city, the victim of severe and uutoivseiu nusfwiv.ncs. lie w^a ?o indigent, that he subsisted only on an al lowance from the parish, Kverv week a Quantity of bread w is sent to him snffteTnt >ior his suppoi t ; and yet, at length, he do ?m.mded more. ? On this the Curate ?.nt tcf him ? he \n ?mt. * Do you live alone ?' said I the curate. * With 'whom, sir,' answered 1 Uie unfortunate man, 4 is it posafrte 1 I should live? I am wretched.? You se? 1 that I am, since I thus solicit charity, and | am abandoned by all the world/ 4 Butt I sir,* conimued the curate* 4if you live - alone, why do you ask for more bread than \ sufficient for yourself? The other wat u . 'tc disconcerted, and at last, with great ^ "tuMcc, confessed that he had a dog. I?** 'rate did not drop the subject- Uc. 1 he c , to observe that be w as only tVft desired i. . ^ ^cadthat belonged to tlio dittribiuer ^ Was absolutely necessary poor, and th. \ divpose ci hia dog. 5 Ah> tliat he shouiu ? pcor man, weeping sir, exclaimed - 4o?> WljiO is there then 4 and if 1 loose m> ^ood pastor, inciting tj? me %v < "se, and pi vine it to Into i tears, took his pu. Hhisis?mine* uini, 4 take this, sir,* saic this 1 can give jfoiiai . . ' ? I i ? ???????????? . the 2Cd. i)IEB. ? At Philadelphia on 56th instx't Dr. Caspar VVtatAji, in t >tomy year of his age* late professor of an. ^4 in the university of Pennsylvania and [ si dent 01 the American Philosophical bo ciety. " - f Tuition. MISS LLIZAlBETli K. k I.. CAR. ' PENTEft respectfully infoltn their frkmls ami (he public, that they purpose opelifng A SCHOOL FOK TllKTVITlON OF youKg LA 1)11:* am> small noii*s, at their mother's house, upper end of Broad-street, oh the firat Mwu day in March. Their terms will b? , For O rthograpKy^ ^ - per qr. Heading and W ritin^f 6 l: , Grammar add Arithmetic 6;j :? - v Plain a?Ki Ornamental Needle Work in cluded with the addition of 50 cent*. They hope bf their assiduity and tttTCtt- ? tion to merit the favour of those who ma/ employ them* /> /V ^ &C7* For the act ommodation of Pupil* from the Country, boarding and lodging may be had on reasonable term* at Mr. H? H orion's, two doors below the school. =:=^bruaryrt4- v y 1 - - 1 ? <v. ?* ?r -i Lost, \ ' -? On the 6th last , between Beaver Cuofcy (on the Rocky monnt road) and Camden, * ttuaU JieJ Morocco Pocket IiooAy contain' ingonegioo notoon Jackey Perry let Hutfh Bird, given on the 31a* of last Mat ch 1817, and due on the 'istU Dec# ? 1818 thefe was credit on the note Sort* January ..ifU a, krjfc40, and ft small Me morandum. Toe finder by lodging h at Mr. Brown's or Dougia ss's wiij fcccive -* Itoentt w reward.? Tlic payment of the noto ? ;^T' f Pebi?*ry, *4 ? 96? ? *" ^ *1 .III yl I ' ? I ? ?? > JStra^y cd o r stolen From the subscriber, about tl?c 3d inst. * lar^e BnoWu HOR>E, about sixteen hand* high, twelve or fourteen years old? one or both of his hind feet white, a small 4tar in his forehead? is low hi ftesh, trots ano pace# very Woil. Perhaps he ha* a few saddle marks. W nocver delivers the Add hora* to the subscriber siimll receive ample satis* 'faction. Nicholas Welsh. "February 14 - - i - i - 1 r - - ? - Tt t^tt ? *? ~ ' ? | ? T~f" n e>v rooms'/ Ju$t Received from Boston and for sale by E.fN.tVpjLUM8, at the stand formerly occupied by P. Thorn ton, Oil Broad-strdet, one <kor below ;\, the market ? Which with their H Wf mcr Stock, will comprise a very general aaportn?4nt Both rou Tow* a?d Country j* ? Among which are?^merteaui English, India, and French (foods, wholesale and reui|. t: ^ V A small assortment nf Hardware, Crockery ware by the crate, bandsomelf assorted, and by the smaller quantity, Leafier alp Morocco Slippery, by th? case of 100 pair each, Mens coarse Shoes, i Cotton Batts by ihf box, containing ISO each, Indies fine Straw Hats and Bonnets, Men's fti4ahe?Wo6l flats, Also, a general assortment of GROCERIES,.' A moa^whicj) are,. Rum by t^^hhd^or ferenf kinds, MulAea Wine, Afe in bottle^ Sugar and ColUte, Hvson H^in Tea wftow* sale and retail, Figs hy the bpx,Che&e by 1 the cask, Mackarel by tl?e barrell, smoakerf Herrings, Codtiah and Irish Potatoes ; boap and handles by the box, Nutrfiegs by ? tho ponwd Powder and shof, t ?rt Nails assort <*K by t lie cask ; a few hundred thousand jc twaddle Tack*, ass.. rtf:dsiiei*--and ma : j,y art ivies t<x> t?r<ii*#n.H to eniuiu rale, rii winch wiU he sold ?>n lei m?s wovthy the attertv>*i of nH.rh.inls or others wbo n*u/ y plcw : to c:i!l. ? I't'lirv.r.ry 1 i 96 ? tf JOU:, Cxccj'.cd neatly aui pu*xt -ily.