be could not vote to reducc a mail of the
army in the present posture of our a?r
fairs. Even if the army were to be re
duced, he did uot know that he should
vote again u th item of appropriation,
as it might vrt be necessary to have
such an appropriation, let the force
of the army be greater or less. In
relation to all expenditures already
authorized by law, he thought the
house should go on and make the ap
propriations: in relation to the items of
appropriation not previously authorized
by law, such as that for fortifications,
&c. the house was at full liberty to use
a discretion, Sec.
Mr. Cannon spoke at some length in
favour of the proposed amendment and
of course in favour of arresting the re
cruiting of the army. He denied the '
necessity of maintaining the army in its '
present force, and did not see any indi
cations, from any quarter, of a cnange
in our present attitude, to require its
maintenance.
Mr. Williams, of N. C. also spoke to
the same effect as Mr. C. at some length,
and concluded by a motion that the com
mittee rise, with the express view of
laying this bill on the table, in order to
take up the proposition to reduce the
army.
The question on this motion was de
rided in the negative by no large ma- .
jority.
The question on Mr. Foot's motion |
was then decided in the negative by a
dccidtd majority.
And the item of appropriation for J
bounties, Sec. lor the recruiting servicc
was agreed to.
The other appropriations in the bill
were then agreed to, until the house
came to the appropriation for fortifica
tions; for which object the committee i
of ways and means propose the sum of j
800,000 dollars.
Mr. Smith, of Md. explained the
views of the war department, and of the
committee of ways and means, on this
subject. The officers having charge
of that branch of the service had recom
mended the appropriation of a consith - 1
rably larger amount, as being necessary
under existing contracts; but the com
mittee of ways and maens was of opin
ion that a part of the proposed amount
might be dispensed with, without great
prejudice to the service, and had so re
ported.
This debate gave rise to some brief
debate which had not termmatad when
a motion was made for the committee
to rise, (about four o'clock,) and agreed
to, and the hous adjourned.
vTetliiestlay, ^arrh 22.
TO READERS AND CORRE
SPON DENTS.
The Editor would avail himself of the
present opportunity of Idling it he dis
tinctly understood, that he neither wish
es nor intends that his paper shall he
made a vehiele to minister to the had
passions of the world. Nothing could be
more offensive to his readers, he is well
assured, and he knows nothing would
be more repugnant to his own feelings,
than to sec the columns of the Recorder
become channels for personal invectivc.
The editor is well convinced that it pro
motes the cause of sound morality, as
? well as favours the cultivation of the
generous affections, while undressing
the better, not to irritate or arouse the
worst parts of our nature. lie wishes to
give offence to no one, but feels himself
constrained to make these remarks un
der existing circumstances.
Amator Pan lap's rcmaiks tame to
hand rather out of season.
Charlotte Tasty was icccivcd too late
for insertion this week.
An interview is requested with Alexis
Suicide.'? William Thomson, of this
county, on Saturday morning last, put
a period to his existence by discharging
the contents of a loaded pistol into his
throat, lie survived but a few minutes
after the honid deed. It is supposed
that he had formed the resolution of
committing this rash act some months
previous, from the circumstancc of his
having refused to retain a lawyer at the
last term of the court in this county, to
plead to several writs which were re
turned against him.
Washington, March 10.
The budget of the coinmittcc of lor
cign rt latioub in the house ol represen
tatives, ii at length opened
Wc arc presented witn t proposition
to tane immediate possession of the Flo
ridas, and to establish a temporary go
vernment therein. 1 his proposition goes
a little beyond the recomme*?d ttion ol
the president in hi* message to congi ess,
and falls considerably short of the views
I
of at least some of the statesmen in con
gress. The president recommended the
authorizing a contingent occupation of
that territory: some of our leading po
liticians are for occupying Texas on the
west, as well ss Florida, on the south.
We rather approve the intermediate
course proposed by the committee of
foreign relations; not desiring, on the
one hand, to pass the territorial limits
designated by the treaty; and believing,
on the other, that the dilatoi iness of the
Spanish governmen , ascertained since
the date of the president's message, jus
tifies a more peremptory course than is
recommended in that document.
The report and bill were referred to
a committee of the whole on the state
of the Union, and may therefore be cal
led up at any time; and, it is presumed,
will be acted on at an early day.
There was yesterday transmitted to
congress by the president a report of
the secretary of stale, transmitting a
numbet of do> uments exhibiting the
latest accounts from our minister a Ma
drid- They shed iittlc auditiotia< light,
however, on the state of oy r relations
with Spain.
Our Affairs with S/iain.
The following extract ol .< pi ivite let
ter, from a highly respectable source,
wnich we have had an opportunity of
perusing, gives us inure satisfactory in
formation on the subject of our relations
with Spain than is disclosed by tue 01
ficial documents on the suoj ci.
A'ut Intel.
Extract of a letter datrd Cadiz, I)cc 17, 1819.
We have nothing new here. Mi. For
syth has been pressing thin government
very hard about gen. Vives, and it has
a* last (in order to quiet Mr. F) Ik en
determined that he shall go; but I know
positively, from a person wno has it
from Vives himself, that he goes to Far
, is, from thence to London^ and that he
I has no idea of leaving Europe, until it is
i known what our government has done, ;
I and means to do. Thus you sec, if our ,
j people wait lor explanations trom this j
! court, they inay wait, and the busine>.s
Will be protracted by pretended new ne
gotiations for twenty years longer. If
our government will act with energy,
all will go tight It is ridiculous to talk
ol England assisting this country; th? y
are on as bad, or, if possible on wor^e
terms with Spain titan ourse.ves. Be
sides, England cannot, and feels no dis
position to quarrel witn us. Site wishes,
it is true to get us in a war with Spain,
but that is merely to get a cover or piea
for acknowledging the independence of
Suuin America, or forcing Spain to ad
mit her mediation, securing to herself
. liiC commerce exclusively lor twenty
| Owl ?"'?ntrj' but ? ?! ?
due: to puisue-?-to do justice to them
selves, and not meddle, directly 01 in
directly either wiib ngland or France,
? ? ? ? ?
We have nothing to do with Euro
pean politics, and ought never to allow
them to uieudle in our i, flairs. All
things here continue to remain in the
s^nte state of confusion; and, t :ough
Lozano Torres is not in the ministry, he
has as much or more influence than
ever. "
The bill authorizing the people of the
Missouri territory to form a constitu
tion and state government, and for ihe
admission of the same into ihe Union on
an e(jual footing with the original states,
(without the proposed i tsuiriion,) hav
ing rertived the signature or the prcsi
dent of the United S.atcs, has become
a law.
The people of the Missouri territory
are thus relieved from a state of sus
pense in w! ich the people of the Unit
ed States jjenerally have hugely parti
cipated. It wouid he unjust not to say,
that, through the whole business, at the
present session as well ab the last, their
delagatc, Mr. Scott, has displayed a
z^al and discretion which rn'itlc him to
the thanks and confidcncc of his consti
tuents. .Vat. Intel.
STATUE OF WASHINGTON.
We have been favoured with the pe
rusal of a letter, written by Jonathan
Kussell, Ksrj. of Massachusetts, (late
United S?atrs' minister to Sweden) and
addressed to the honorable Nathaniel
Mncon, on the subject of the statue of
Washington. This ^reat work* to ho
horahlc a proof of the patriotism and
public spirit of North Carolina, and
which has excited such general atten
tion, it will be recollected, is under the
hands of that celebrated sculptor the
the marquis Canova, and is now nearly
finished. We are highly gratified at the
favourable re| ort which Mr. Kusscll
gives of the taste and correctness dis,
played by the celebrated artist. Wc
very much regret that we have not the
liberty of publishing this truly interest
ing and gtatifving letter. To the clas
sic scholar and man of taste, it wouid
prove a rich repast? to all it would be
highly interesting as conveying a clear
and distinct account of one of the great
est monuments ot art, destined to coin
memoiatc one of the greatest men the
world has witnessed.
? The marble employed in the exe
cution ot the work (we aie told,) like
him it is destined to commemorate, is
without a tingie spot." Jiahig/t Star.
Captain William*, of the brig Union, i
arrived at Wiscass>eti, in 133 days from i
St. Petersburg, lias brought despatches I
from George W. Campbell, our minis- i
ter at Russia, for government) and de
posited them in the post office at Wia- <
cassett. i
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Columbia, (S. C) March 7.
PUBLIC WORK*.
We announce with much pleasure,
that since th. first meeting of the board
of public works, at Cand's Ford, on the
24th January, most of the plana of the v
works for this year, there determined on,
have been put into operation. Contracts
have been made, and the work coinineu
ced at the following point:
Broad river.? Col. Nisoitt has under
taken the canal at id locks at Lockhart's
shoals. The work is commenced and
his force rapidly ener casing.
Mr. M'Kensie has contracted for the
lockage at the Bull sluice and for the
Columbi* canal and basin. His force is
a respec table on?-, and considerable im*
predion has already been made on this
work.
Huluda. ? Mr. Dyer, ?hh a good force
continues t ??- wo. k on tWe Saluda canal, |
wl.ich i> n- ai lv completed
Mr. K be ! as undertaken the works
at DrchrS la: is, fifteen iniles above Co
lumbia, aad has phced a strong force
on the work.
Cotigarce and Smnfee.?' Col. Middlf
ton superintends the clearing of the
Coitgaree and Santee, and we under
stai.d has most of his force engaged.
H'atcrrc. ? Col. Nixon has underta
ken this river below Grove's shoals,
eight mil s above Camden. He has a
considerable force already employed.
Pedee. ? Geueral Williams continues
the operations on this river, with a force,
which, it is expected, will finisn it this
year.
Edisto. ? Contracts ate in full opera
tion, with competent .forces, on Lower
1 Edisto, under coi. Johston, on South
E -isto, under Mr. Hr-ad, an l on North
I Edisto, under Mr. Williamson.
| Catawba. ? General Davie and 'he as
i sisunt engineer are examining this ri
! v ?t, and a strong forca of stone masons,*
blasters, See. arc expected from the
1 north, to commence ii.e work in Aprii. j
Ch lrtettonRoad.? Thegeneral t ..urse
; ol this road has been determined. It has |
{ be?.n examined ftoin Columbia ierry, to
i a point h? low lluckabuck Swamp; ar.d
? a con: i act ><? made tor ihat part of the
: road, with Mr. Anderson, who is expect
ed to b' gtii the work in a few days, and
| finish it by the middle of July, when his
j fore ? Will be removal to the road from
! Columbia to Spring Hill, during the
; autumnal months.
The president of the board and the
f -T- --F r.rr tttm^^OITinTn? ITilSt V-^Zi
mrncsEuck Swamp, and will soon
reach Charleston; when it is hoped that
a foice will be engaged to commence
the work below.
Baltimore, March 2.
This morning John F. Ferguson,
William Murphy, Thomas O'Brian.
Charles Weaver, Isaac M'Allister, John
Jackson, and Isaac Denny- convicted of
piracy committtd on board of La Irre
sistiblc privateer, which they ran away
with from Margarita, were brought be
fore his honor judge Bland, who, after a
short but impressive address, pronounc
ed upon them the sentence of Death.
They were conducted hark to jail,'thtre
to await the execution of their sentence.
We trust the detection of crime in this
instance, and the impending punish
ment which will soon consign to the
grave the guilty agents, will have tin
effect of deterring others from similar
outrages; and, in the result, rescue our
country from the stigma which such
transactions have had a tendency to fix
upon it.
Mui'ch 4.
Last night nineteen criminals made
their escape lroin Baltimore county jail,
and at the time our paper went to press
but one of them hud been takert. It was
reported that the pirates were among
them, but it is not so. We do not wish
to cast censure, but really there appears
a g:cat want of proper vigilance some
where. Patriot.
" The Rubble." ? Under this appro
priate head, the Cincinnati (Jazette
states, that " the Silver Mine Companys'
stock has risen to 100 dollars for 10 dol
lars paid!"
Execution.? -The Negro man Albro,
convicted of the murder of Mr. Thomas
Dcliessclinc, on Dewees' Island, was
executed in Christ Church Parish, on
Saturday the 4th inst. He died penitent,
acknowledging his guilt and the justice
of his sentence.
A. negro house, on the plantation of
Mr. John Partridge, a few miles below
this place, was struck by lightning on
Tuesday night, the 7th inst. and set on
fire; and four negroes, who were sleep
ing in the house, and who are supposed
to have been stunned by the lightning,
were entirely consumed before any as
sistance could be given them.
S. C. State Gax.
Niagara, (Fpper Canada), Feb. 17.
We are informed that, a few days
sincc, one of the Six Nation Indians, at
the Grand River, shot a black woman;
?fter wliicn he invited thrre of hi* Iriends
to the house, made them all drunk, and
km fire to the house and consumed them.
The Indiana were holding a council, and
the result is not yet known. It is stated,
as most probable, the monster who com
mitted this savage act will be shot.
COLONEL KING.
In an exculpatory article in relation
to this officer, the Metropolitan, a new
paper primed at Georgetown, Disuict
of Columbia* thus remarks-? u \Vc have
not seen the papers containing the evi
dence in colonel King's case; yet it is
enough that, like commodore Barron,
he has been suspended for five years,
without pay or emolument. That the
service has lost a valuable officer, every
man who knew him will assert. The
soldier who was shot, it appears, bad
deserted, and was found asleep by a ser
geant and his party; they awoke him
and told him to prepar* for death; they
bore the order in ttieir hands; he im
plored for mercy, and prayed that he
mi^ht be taken to camp; the sergeant
-showed his orders; the unhappy man
still pleaded, stili implored for metcy ?
the deadly weapon was levelled ? it mis
sed fire. Here, indeed, was an interval
where mercy might have extended her
self, at least until he could have been
taken to camp; but the sergeant was in
exorable ? the unhappy wretch pleaded
in vain ? the muske. was again present
eel ? the second attempt ended his exist
ence and his miseries together. The
sergeant went back to camp, and colonel
King wrote an order for him to receive
thiri\ dollars for the apprehension of,
and killing , a deserter.
The mention of the facts makes us turn
with horror from the subject; there was
something so cold, so bloody in the con
duct of the sergeant, that we cannot
help feeling indignant; let us recollect,
however, t!'a' such an order may have
been india/im*ible to the welfare <jf the
army" See. 1 1 I
The Fine Arts. ? Captain Collin, of
the ship Telegraph, arrived here
from Liverpool, lias brought out with
him the specimens of bank notes, pre
sented by Perkins and Fairraau to
the bank of England. They are beau
tifully executed, and so superior to
any other plan offered by the London
artists and engravers, that there is lit
tle doubt but that they will be adopt
ed by the Commissioners. Mean
while, those gentlemen will be well
paid for their genius and invention.
It will be remembered, that Messrs.
T"ntrt rra- tn?4-P?>i wm? to I .on
don, under an engagement with Mr.
Bagot,the British Minister, who was
much impressed With the superior
style of their bank note engraving.
It will be flattering to the genius of
our country, in despite ? f British
prejudice and British talent, if the
works of those gentlemen should be
adopted. As we have rivalled Eu
rope in the productions of the pencil,
by the works of West, Trumbull,
Copely, Alston, Leslie, and Newton;
, we now bid fair to exceed them in
the art engraving, not only for su
perior execution, but superior des
patch. It is to be hoped that more
attention will be paid among us to
the encouragement of the line arts,&
that the saloon of the academy, and
the gallery of the rotunda, will not
long remain in their present desert
ed state. We have in this city a few
matchless pictures: the Ariadne, and
Marius, of Vamlclyn, are exquisite
productions. The latter, at the ex
hibition of Ihe Louvre, received the
gold medal. Napoleon was much
struck with Marius sitting on the
ruins of Carthage, and expressed in
warm commendation his ailmiration
of the talent of the painter. Little
did he dream of a similar late! The
walls of the academy of fine arts are
embellished with the works of West,
Trumbull, Waldo, Jarvis, and a
number of exquisite paintings pre
sented by friends of the academy;
and there is reason to befieve that
the next spring exhibition will be
honourable to the talents of our ar
tists, and offer a rich treat to the lo
vers of ta??te and genius. American.
FOREIGN ARTICLES.
A most furious insurrection is
stated to have broken out at Smyrna.
Much blood has been shed on the
occasion. The palace of the Pacha
was stormed, and he himself escaped
with great difficulty.
The President's message had been
published in most of the London pa*
pcrs, and was regarded as an aule
state paper. In remarking upon it
the editor of the Courier sa>s: ?? It
is sttfisfactory to learn from this do
cument, that the United Slates* go
vernment is actively aud sincerely
cooperating in putting dow n the slave
trade."
The Price Regent has appointed
Anthony Barclay, Esq. to be H. B.
Majesty's Commissioner for earth
ing into effect the 6th and 7th arti
cles of the treaty nf Ghent, \ice John
Ogilvjr, Rs<]. deceased.
The Theatre at Birmingham, was
burnt to the {prouud on the night of
the 6th January.
Admiral Lambert was going out
hs commander in chief at St. iltlena,
in the room of Rear Admiral i'tam
pin.
On the 12th January, prince Tal
leyrand was confined by indisposi
tion. The ex-director Harms was
at the point of death.
Marshal Soult was introduced to
Louis XVIII, who restored to him
his baton as a marshal of Frail' e.
The king of France has granted a
pardon to general Lavalette.
(jeii. Savary has been tried before
theCotincil of War at Pari*, and ac
quitted of the charges which had been
preferred against him.
The Arch-duchess of Parma, (the
late empress Maria-Louisa) was said
to be dangerously ill.
The King of England den J. ? By
the ship Meteor, arrived at Charles
ton on the 1 1th inst. in 28 days from
Liverpool, accounts are received of
the death of the King of England
and the Duke oi Kent. The Prince
Reget waf. proclaimed Kiug wit'i the
usual solemnities. Sumo distur
bances in the County of Gal?vay,
I Ireland, had taken place on receipt
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in the treasury department.
At his residence in All Saints Parish,
on the* 9th inst. in the 36<h year of his
nge, Maj. Jotefih Al*l')tiy a native of this
state. He removed t<? South Carolina
some years since, and succrdcd to the
management, of a rice plantation, in the
most humble sphere. With practice ins
knowledge of planting increase d. and in
a few years he had not only become skil
ful as u planrei , hut was desrrvcdlv rank
ed among the most successful firmer* in
that district.
At camp Missouri, near Council
Blufl's. on the 25th of December ;a?>t,
captain Thomas M Nredy of the Stn in
fantry of the United States' army.
At New Orleans, on the 4th u.t. Don
FcH/ir Fat to, consul of Spain, formerly
secretary of the Spanish legation at
J\MF.S & \nd?*rs<>n McWunc gave unto the
subscriber sometime m the month of May,
1818, :t bond for the sum of four hundred do<
lars, due one day alter (lute, which bon i I
have either lost or mislaid, so thai I can*
tint 6nd it at present. Therr is .? credit on
the bond, October 22d, ltild, for one liuiidrrd
and t went v -five dollar*, and anotter'cre til in
January, 182;, for Or t Ween four and five dol
lars, which stdl leaves a balance unpaid. I do
therefore forewarn ihe said Jatms k \nd?*r*on
Mebane from paying the said balanc e to *ny
person but ni) self, as I have never rad-d >r
aSiigned the said bond to any jK-rsun what
ever.
Washington.
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NOTICE.
Jost'pli \riustrong.
Hack Creek, Orange County,
March 21, ib2l>,
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