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v' Mrom the Savannah Hejiubitcun. & ? AN ADUBEWrf - , tTb the Citizens and Inhabitants of ? \ the United Slates. never a pleisand office a ' r? jfcr it is revolting to Um pride of chfcr ?ctert and man generally possesses a spirit of independence wjiich for huU the huinllbtion, Jfcre times, io which ince to ask for charity Id be lafa Aside; from the ina ctive nature of the occasion which ands it, /and in which diffidence be croiirable ; ? And it is in-! such times, . when the finer feelings \>f our nature become predominate, Ud stifle coldblooded calculations. .Most trtrty is the prcse.it occaaion dt ?fb? character; an&.WO^with ' jant feelings ?f ?rief, declare in/>aj<0 reSTPC* ^ : *" H ?| (L :Mt unforeseen, wkle-spfe&d^ incalculably calamitous.? The t, 4he most populous, Knd the lilt fiart of Havannah lias, m hours, become a. naked and ain ? iimi_ Me: n^r im ^ ,x. w U| aune9 ; >*wm untie tely stood splendid^edifbe*, "filled Hh raerchai&iae^ fend all the ^ro inions, of taste and elegance, are tiow smoking ruins : and the ghastly points >i\nd turrets of naked and tot Krtte walls. : here a^few hours 'since, we be lli the active hunt of business, Xvith smiling <yiintenanc*s, indica content and cheerfulness, we the gloom of despondency, rl iIaaiumm ' ?' " ??. ef and jdei 'e? who have taken Flic [? lace f the crowd which lately thronged streets, havfT imwt. amide 2 J?V the ?^mej?,choij oor BBL a*- "msM ^1?/^ ?333m t*M, aD<l 81 aredL^^P jmmi my years or ""-srouriug ele Such was its fSf nwiy wa* ie entranced ; they sto*d ap-J and ail the aohtt cakulationsl n?w collected were failed. ho-?thongl?t thctasetVes soon found their hopes he flames seizing on theis, ?and stores; involving ?4?^M?on rain. NehWr tance from the origin of the fire, ' Ktrenctli of walls, not the style seemed to be any* seen-; b Samm progressed with which '/Miad? pfeft^riete ? <h?% exertion;' .Atfndredll uC . 1 - ia 'w' ???? to , ^ v?uf their Hfitftawinre dselvH* ; Hint e fire only mocked their weakr It has fallen tojhe lot of .very few glen to Iks ihc wlmessea % of ancti ft1, calamity; or one which lias been; productive irf sowdancholy a result* ?c^ 6f **vaatatlun is laid opetl are us, which entirely roars den ittori, ami sjckefta the ioart to told it. ;^ T?^fiv6 * a faithful t delineation i Would require a language not fitted) for ordinary occasion*) no* could 4l? pencil, with it# usual coloring, tray with sofflctenrtf uth, the l?or of a catastrophe which has dis jd all that was regular and beau tiful h?to shapeless and terrific forma* # jjf^Let na no tonfjpr aim to lwtrflow the feeling hy the expression of sen* t intents wNted to prodoce com miser a tHHi ; hut let real or heartfelt *ympa.- j ?th> I* excited from a short detail of jpi? 1 ucholy and lainetahle truths* Hire are not dealing in fiction ; nor! f& ours a talc of romance. ..Viosfi g)adiy would we wish it were, hut W<* ait^brced to behold ?>u every P aide of us a desolated ?pirture, which piM {Aims its trAtti* & * Itkli h.is never feud its similitude iu this country* ??* v*** ' i? ? More than *80 \uJuies, of wWh , many wete threa storyy Imiltlbf lmck, aud supposed to be entirely fire-proof, besides stables and other out-htiusefc, have been totally des . TVith^ the destruction of bouses^ and toe property contained in them* the loss is "moderately calculated at [four millions of dollars. ' To this immense sum we must add the yet greater toss which must arise from % derangement of aH the ordin ary -courses of business ; and the dis memberment of the links which unit led its various ramifications. . Hundreds, who were lately bade* ing in the sunshine of prosperity, are uo\v in hopeless |?enury ; many are shritorless, and iJQrany did m,t save, a change of clothing, or an article of furniture. Under the pressure oi so dire a qalamity, we test give Utterance to feeling, and claim the sympathy of the more fortunate. We daim it with great justice, and shallacknow- . ledge it with gratitude. Savannah! has never refused its benevolence \ to the distresses of its sfeter towns, and indeed it has l^enr" always mar ked for its distinguished and active Swfcs* y ? Vi, ^ 'Sj- " A&t >^&ikWe ntft then, with justice, asft (or belief from those 'who Have want ed and received help *in time of need?" Shall we ask in vain? ? WiH succour he refused to the many dis tressed. wretched and forlorn fami lies, wandering without a home and bereft of the common' meatos oT . sus tenance ? v 'Wnl nqt >he purges ' oSf the tfch , awl the good he united' to eleviate ?heir s 1 1 ft'er i n gs ; ami will not public < institutions-, and corporate bodies, each and all, chf^rfelfy^ jmd with alacrity, contribute to create a fund by which our city may regaftr a pro don of Jts beauty> and the distresses* of its citizens we partly alleviated?, We are wire we shall not appeal In vain ; and through the medium of' one of our inhabitant's, ffc. J. White, opcopytnga high place in the confidence abA good opinion of his ed bis s^^oes fb?ajounie^^^^^ ty, we att confident of exciting Ufa' commisseration of our counti^orttK . andof making or. r appeal successful. | THOS. V. P. HfARLTON.' Mayor of 8a, Savannah* Jan- ify itoUX BjSfe Shuitee SleamrBiwt r^jmoy, madfe th* tit st trial of tie* Micbuifry oti Tilery lust. >;fce staVfcd fcom 8i*it?rVwhnrf^ and in M mimtfe* ar rived oppoeite 8uftt*aifti Is)#hd? befog it the'Me or about f8 mifps jier hour, : tflie d^aw* lea* than tlir*e frei water, and conceit* exp<%1a<intis [are entertained, that should the Rtv* efrg continue n*vfj*able, ahe, will be able to reach Granby WilHow# difficul ty ; for which plart, We nndetratand, she will depart with a Tow Hoi^t in ftor 8 i*y&^Carotina Gdx.Jan.%** msr . ? ?'?*>-+- - '<'? Ihmthe boston CenttneU Jan. IS. Bta rfgood felingB.?Vt e >ari| from Portland that a meeting of the Member of tfie Convention df Maine ? without distinction of party? held in that place, it Waa oifeiiiifiously rt ?blved, to recomraettd to tire electors, to mipport the Horn WiHinm King, as firtt Governor of the- filiate of Maine ; a& thai a committee, con sisting of the Hon. Mr, PatTfa, of PofUaml, Vtr* Thactaer, of Saco, Hon. Mr, Campbell, of Harrington, Mr. Johnson, ofBeHastf and Mr. Wingate, of Bath, walled ott, and acquainted tf?e .General of tl?e vole, and requested him to be a Candidate for the office:? ami we fiirthrrleam, thnt< General King, In ana we $ con sented to become a Candidate on Uie sale condition, of bein^ " the Gov ernor of tfcii State, and not of a putty.*' We announce their pri> v with i^iasure, an a #ro$no4 I'ic llio felicity, prosperity, liarmo !* ny and goo d government of the frir Daughter of Massachusetts adoptitt | into the gieat Federal Family. I' ? , > v From thr Columbia TelcMcofic, . The letter front \W ashin^tan^ ! which we this day publish, will be | fqond \erv interesting.? It la l'nm> the pen of JOSEPH J^EVAIU^ Esq. We published the sentiments of E. 61MKINS, Esq. a few w?ks ago. Tliese letters liave been com municated to the Editor in a friend ly correspondence ; am! although not authorized to give publicity to the : names of either of 1he writers, we .deem it v necessary^ not onlyv to give the spirited sentiweuts they contain, but also the high sources from which they come. . >.A ^;'A EXTRAQT OF A LETTER TO THE tin - > TQR, V Washington tyty, January 15, 1820w " The Spanish business is at a stand, and nothing is, paid concerting it a* present. ^ Indeed, t?ve;y other impor tant sdbject, seems fp be loraplfetety. absorbed in nie very interesting ones tion respecting the admission of Mis sourv^Htto th^imion bf states* A Wit passed (lie House of Reiwesentatives ?lor <iie_ad|nifiston of Maine as a uew state, y fn tire Senate* an amendment was 'moved, t heoi >j r ctof Avh ic b wastto yoke Missouri VYjthJVlniTie inth'e same bi11#: and authorize tlieir- introduction into the union on ecpial terms-v Thi? s^ave occasion for a detiale w hich Inst - ed t^vodays^; aud yesterday, atnlnte hour, the question wa? decided by yeas and nays-, in fa Ar of the pro-, position, &$ to is. Tile principal r^eslion, whether M issouri shall %r< Sdrtiitfed unconditionally, is ye* he debated and settled. Mt\ Ki?VJ> (of New-York) Ijaa be*tiv elected to the Senate, almost unanimously^ f Mid airived in thte city, is I have heard, yesterday/ Me is expected to take a decided part in favor of re striction. Mr, Pinckney (of Mary*, land) oft tfie contrary, is decidedly opposed to : that measure. it 4s ex |>ected that he wiH display s;veat (foWers of ofktory and argmnent, when the question is debated in thfe L-fcW*. iv !? <WBSfBSmSBS -for two days past, from the ^desire antf curiosity generally felt to hetor, him Speak on a subject of so nnrfctV importance and interest ; and it \yi\\ fjfrobahly he still more crowded on Mohday and Tuesday Wext. TWe ^vent is very are various. I ioclinfe to believe t^M* the qtiertloh in the Senate wtff bedocwM in Mr of unConditiotivJ al ndmissio^jpl that it will be^ otherwise dmiltd Hi tW House of Representatives! ^he crw^*5Mfe] fy\* bijJjLlA: c^HemieaiW'fatal to the petfcr a nd^safrty m.\ tkfc; south^ -ftnMtatfR, and Hie states formed fromij the country acquired by the porc^w rif Lwibianat^s well agMissouri, and other port Urns of our eropjre ly ing westward. '? ^ rU \3. A There are profound and crafty politicians, wh6 move tiro secAt springs ?} of i irt*on, \ aodhave dis tant,? but- great objects io view.~ There are others who avail /them selve^of the dfagaston preheated of tendering themselves popular* V by indulging h i the common cant *nd slang of the duty ; and declaim with all the fuency And insolent* of field preacher*, againaSr slavery and trad ing iii hitman flesh. Some are sin cere, but not well informed, especi ally in relation to\the probable ultir mate results of the measures they favor. A very large proportion df the peog|p of thf non-slaveliolding states have never examined the sub ject at all, or but superficial ly., Tliey are either impelled by their preju dices, or dup4d by policy, or elsfc pushed on by bigots and fanatics, to join in the new cfy of " Popery and the church is in- danger !" Authors by trade, am! krfMers of every size and degree, have been busy, and eager to distinguish themselves ?.} some literary achievement in the crusade, against modern Salicet*, 'the holers of daves; *1 Few of these have ever ronsidej - < <1, nor are thqy at all disposal, at present, to consider the political con sequences that are likely to flow from their misguided prejudices, aud mis taken zeal. This apple of discord thrown amongst the states, is intend doubtless, -to -produce -division, hostility, aud finally a disunion of the states, unless a certain political party can again become dominant, and again sway the sceptre, which has been so long departed from J udah. Tlie policy ot that party, it is be lieved, is to seize the present occa sion) and take- advantage of the sen satious that have been excited ; the fermeut which prevails, and the feuds engendered by this unfortunate question, is to divide the people in order to rule then*. The public mind to the north aud east, lias been ao charged \y ith the electric spirk of reform and regeneration, that it real ly seems ns if Hie salvation of their souls and bodies both depended on the renunciation of the right of claim ing auy proi>erty in slaves, by their brfechf ren of the south ami west ; and a practice which has existed for more than a century and has been com mon to almost all tbe American peo ^>te ; fitful lights wfiich have been constantly claimed ami exercised* antj which have never been till of late disputed* must all at once Ik* yielded tip and forever renounced* without hesitation. and without auy regNardtt^consequencCs. Hut l^trnst, the people will a-> wafcen ere long froifi this delirium, shake off the animal magnetism, which suhjeots the mi Jo the will of others of more anient or more ac tive nundsi and look beyond .' tWt narrow boundary :to w hich their v iew s ^re at present limited; by their spi ritualized |>olitical teachers, anjJ Waders, ,^he resolutions entered irtto. ami the instruction* given' 10 their representatives in rongress will doubtless luive great influence* ^nd produce effects, which I verily belies, w iH hereafter he deeply re lented of. ' Hpiose who r<ilc<ilate on etnetglng To honor and power, amidst the tn* miflt and cnnftisjon which is expected to ensue, "may find themftelves wefut Jy <Wivert. The nroKen, tond the $alh$rin]? tempest subside in a peaceful calm. Or* if the volcano must explode, and cover the sufrounding region* with a lava of UlpofU tfiosfyvrtm/have contributed fo^excite the secret firea, and: hasten the catastrophe, may, notu ithstand \n% the renfotevratod may $ot? teive, the safe distance at which f ey stand from the scene of desol* m and hoiror, chance to fe*1, liniat ahisHify, the wide wasting effects of that ruin into which %.y hsve4abor-? ed to plunge the coutitry . They Can not possibly escape nnharmeil in the |gpn#niV calamity. though thfy may Ihave .the sad consolation of being [the last devoured. ?< Thus* even hfihritd justice will Commend the in gredients of thfc poisoned din l ice to their owif^jpa** 1 have heen led to these reflections, faun a persuasion that the fixed oIk ject of *he advocates for the power claimed of imposing conditions on hew Mates, upon tlrair admission inr to the union, and of the doctrines avowed in support. flf fuch claim, is a general ana comnftte emancipation in alt the states. *Ji is yet too early to mah^an open declaration of ihfc design; hut there are stich awful squintings thai way* tliat it ia little! | to he doubted, that there are few men of party feelincp, or wlio hojie tp rise to rink and distinction in the j^nerAgovernioent hy destroying the influences the slave-holding states, wjjo limit their views shori of that olnect.^A man must hate a very ] slight acquaintance with the world, and very little knowledge of the men of it, Especially those who do the busfnean of it in i. public fife, who would mueh credit tlioafe who profess to Ik actuated in tlys question by the canting, Hypocritical, and puiitajii 'c*l motives, which are often assigned a a the ruling principle by *bich they are govetned. The most m??chiev mis "and dangerous designs are some - ^ times. dis^iS&d under the siirciou* cloak of .aancjn.v? *nd a wcruptjlous adherence, to conscientious punctilios. l T&iese Scruples easily relax who 11 ft question of interest nft'ects tljem seives; 4iut so w lien it affect* otters. 1 sincerely deprecate the discord arid hostile tee lilies which this con troversy has engendered," and will give hirth to. I deprecate still more *he infinite. train of evils amf mise ries to \rhich it may lead, and atu not uithout apprehensions that it may rend in pieces the bands of federal union, and tumble down the firmest fabric of government that has ever yet l>een raised on earth. 1 might ? be more easily consoled under these sorrowful impressions, if I did not fee] tin: mqst |>erfect conviction, that the claiui contended <4>r on the part of the Congress of 4hc United Htates, aUd the doctrines insisted on in sup pertrtliereof, are. unfounded;, pot warranted by a fair aud just con struction of the constitution, by the prineipleaof *he federal nr the custom*, jiahits, and practises of the people for w hose security . . and welfare the compact wag formed* There aie others who no doubt ieei an equal conviction, in direct oppo snati vrew <ji ure suujeci, examine it coolly, op theorectical prince les, and deride upon it as an affair of poetical justice an&^dnvenience, as it regards themselves, . wjiltont per- , plexing their judgment ^ith tl>e for mer and jnvseift constitution of the country^ where the slave population is almost equal .to that of'JVeentfn ; or the considerations w hich operated on the tottrtWT>T tine farmers of the general government, in jvlation to this state things, when thie c%>: k stitution was add^uVr and the Rele gates of tire atftea in wfeich. shivery^ >vas established} absented to that conatitntioiK" - J . ? i ? ? ? of the United States. ? Mi^ Calhoun, Secretary at War, has mac|* a report to C5ohgre*s of the present strength of the Army ; by which it Appeal* that, irehidtag the Ktogineer Department, Ordinance; Departmfot, and excluding Cadets, (he a^pyttate are ;-*-T otkl of Com pussioueU Oflfcers?jfi27 5 Kon-Com^ f^Grand totaj, 8184, The strength of the Northern Division is stated at 4083 j o t the Southern, at 3930. ? Tbe Edilor offlie Ampricnn K?f tracr-hVs nttrcbafcrd, for tWA}:r\''>1? iiiral Society of South-Carolina. 100 lbs. of smiI cotton, imported from f??oUi-Amqric?, l>y ColnneTTtifMl^a Tenant, who haa consented to setST the Italanoe of the importation. t?i lie fold at Cbarlestort. Souttarn Plan ters will tbns have an opportunity of Ittertaining whether imported seed ma> not resist the roh,** s<iggcstud "by Cencrnl Troup, of Georgia. ' i fatrifit. ? I'if '^Ilariog the session ?, o# the .JOd*. ? gates frotn the Northern, Middle, Southern, atol Westcrir Districts of the United States, assembled in the Capitol* for tlie formaticn of a Na tional Fbarttu?copc5ia, Dr. Bamriel Bakeiy Bnltomore, Drs. Terrell and Abbot, of Georgia, took -their ?eat*. " ' < ? ^ Having decided on the several ar* ficles of the Meteria Medic, a andNm preparations and oompotmds ed official, 'the Convention ap pointed Dr. Jacob Bigelow, of Bo?* tort, Dr. Eli Ives, of Newhaven, 5'* !^,nan of Ner.Y ?rk? Dr. Thomas I\ flewson, of Phila delphia, and Drl Elijah De Butts, of Baltimore, a committee to arrange and prepare t lie same for the press. The Convention terminated its sit tings on th4 8th instant jj-vW ' t National Intelligencer. fjiterary . ? Proposals have been issued for the publication of the poe-j tical works of John BrumbuU , X. L J), consistfttaof Mc Ungal, The Progress of JJiitlnegs, and various other pieces. The work h to be handsomely printed on a superfine vellum p&f>er, a tflve dollars fot two volumes. Vat*