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THE FREE PRESS.
TIjesdayTqctober 30, 1821.
We congratulate our agricultural bre
thren on the prospect of an advance in
the price of flour. It -will be seen, by an
article below, that the demand for this
valuable stapie has bben much increased.
Whatever may be the cause, (whether the
failure of the harvest in England, or the
probability of a war on the continent,) we
trust the effect will be permanent. It
.affords us pleasure to see the hardy and
industrious cultivators of the earth re
garded for their toil.
* The Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal of
the 25th, states that Flour-was then sell
ing in that city at glo per barrel.
T he Baltimore Patriot of Monday says :
“Flour was at about g8 on Saturday.
Wheat brisk atgl 80 per bushel—as was
Whiskey at 43 cents per gallon. To-day,
Monday, the wagon price of Flour is about
50 per barrel.”
In the commencement of our editorial
duties, we prescribed to ourselves a rule
of conduct, by which we intended to be
governed. We gave a pledge that our
paper should never become the vehicle of
scurrility, and that its columns should
never be prostituted to the low purpose
of traducing those with whom we might
differ in opinion. In thus avowing an
adherence to the rules of decorum, we
entertained a hope that, if incidentally in
volved in controversy, a similar conduct
would actuate those to whom we might
be opposed. From the principles thus
laid down for our guidance we feel con
scious of not having departed. The Vir
ginia Monitor shall not, therefore, tempt
us, by its jymrile. and unmeaning rejoin
e from the path of pro
wade through the miry
has precipitated itself,
ain have troubled the
ur time, did not the
lemanly conclusion of
ned in the last Monitor
courtesy, something
mmon attention; the pre
ceding part being entirely too erudite and
profoundly logical for our humble com
prehension.
The editor hopes we will excuse him,
when he gives it as his opinion that, in
our statement of the number of deaths,
w e 1,1 stretched the truth” Most unques
tionably, we shall excuse him. As we
freely allow to all the indulgence of their
peculiarities, and as he appears to be
particularly fond of indulging in low in
sinuation and foul invective, far be it
from us to molest him in the exercise of
his honorable vocation.
Having the concurrent testimony of
many respectable persons, as to the cor
rectness of our statement, we consider it
quite unnecessary to attempt to convince
the editor of the Monitor of what he ap
pears determined not to believe, and of
which it is entirely unimportant whether
he is a believer or not. When called up
on, in the language of decency, to give
our proofs, they are at hand. The editor
of that valuable print may, therefore, take
back his beautiful idea of “ stretching the
truth” and reserve it as a death-blow to
the next unfortunate wight on whom he
may find it necessary to exercise his all
powerful literary cudgel. For our part,
we crouch beneath the stroke, and only
beg that he will be charitable enough to
spare us, in which case we will willingly
yield to him all the advantages to be ac
quired, and all the glory to be gained, by
the use of such low and contemptible
xibaldry.
IMPORTANT !—FLOUR !
PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 24.
We yesterday quoted Flour as current
at six dollars per bbl. To-day it is im
possible to fix any price on that article.
During the night past, no less than six
expresses arrived in this city from New
York; the ostensible object of which ap
peared to be the purchase of Flour. There
was such a rush in the market for this ar
ticle, at an early hour, as alarmed the
Factors, and we understand but few sales
were made.
The New York market was drained
yesterday by a passenger, who left the
ship Hercules, capt. Law, from Liverpool,
60 miles from the land, and was in New
York nearly the whole of the day incog.
REVOLUTION AT GTTAYNA.
A few clays previous to the sailing of
the Fenelon, just arrived at Boston, news
reached Pernambuco of a revolution at
Guay an a, about twelve leagues to the
northward of Pernambuco. A brigade
was immediately dispatched to that place
to join the Guaynians, and after them a
battalion called the Cassadores were sent,
who took part with the revolutionists.
The people were in great confusion.
From Pernambuco.—Captain Philips
writes to his owners in Philadelphia, un
der date of Sept. 16th, that the Revolu
tionists, 10,000 strong, were within nine
miles of Pernambuco—and adds, “ it is
something curious that these people wont
differ in a political point of view, but the
natives here imagine they can manage
their own affairs without the aid of Eu
ropeans—they are for the King and Con
stitution. There are not ten Spanish dol
lars in the place, and as for gold, it has
disappeared altogether.”
A PIRATE CAUGHT.
BALTIMORE, OCT. 22.
Capt. Gardner, of the sc’n’r Walter, ar
rived here yesterday from St. Barts, re
ports that a ship, formerly the U. S. brig
Prometheus, commanded by a French
man named Du Bois, a noted pirate, an
chored at the Five Islands a short time
before the sailing of the Walter. The
Governor of St. Barts, having received
the intelligence, requested the assistance
of Com. Chaytor, of the Independence,
in the Buenos Ayrean service, to bring
her into port. Accompanied by a Swe
dish sch’r, with a guard on board, they
proceeded on board the pirate, when she
was carried without resistance, the crew,
with the exception of two, having desert
ed their vessel at the approach. Du Bois
made his escape and could not be traced.
PENSACOLA, SEPT. 22.
Before Mr. Mitchell pronounced the
opinion of the court on the question of
jurisdiction, (in the case of the Heirs of
Vidal vs. John Innerarity,) Governor
Jackson made several remarks worthy of
himself, and which deserve to be record
ed ; but the following is so perfectly cha
racteristic, that we should be inexcusable
in withholding it from our readers : He
said, “ I am clothed with powers that no
one under a republic ought to possess,
and which I trust will never again be giv
en to any man—nothing will afford me
more happiness than to learn that Con
gress, in its wisdom, shall have distribu
ted them properly, and in such manner as
is consonant to our earliest and dearest
impressions. Yet as I hold these powers
by the authority of an act of Congress,
and commissions from the President of
the United States, it therefore becomes
my imperious duty to discharge the sa
cred trust reposed in me, according to
my best abilities; even though the pro
per exercise of the powers given, might
involve me in heavy personal responsi
bilities. It has been my fortune to be
thus circumstanced on other occasions in
my various relationships as a public ser
vant, yet I never have, and never will,
shrink from the discharge of my public
duties from any apprehension of person
al responsibility.”—\_Floridian.
LEXINGTON, (kY.) OCT. 8.
General Bernard, of the United States’
Corps of Engineers, Col. Totten, Capt.
Poussin, and other gentlemen of the same
corps, passed through Lexington, on their
way to Louisville, in the course of last
week, for the purpose of making a sur
vey of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
An appropriation was made by Congress,
session before last, on motion of some one
of the western members (Col. Johnson or
Mr.'Clay) to defray the expenses of the
survey of the western waters, with a view
to the improvement of the navigation of
those streams, by government; and we
fondly indulge the hope, that this inte
resting subject will, ere long, engage the
serious attention of Congress. The vast
extent of the western country, its increas
ing population, and its importance in a
national point of view, give us claims to
the consideration of Congress which
ought not to be overlooked. The Presi
dent has selected the most distinguished
engineers in the country to perform the
duty prescribed by the act above referred
to, and their report on the subject will
present the actual condition of the Ohio
from Louisville to its mouth, and of the
Mississippi from St. Louis to the Gulf of
Mexico—pointing out the various ob
structions and impediments to naviga
tion, including plans of improvement,
and probably an estimate of expense, &c.
From the talents of those gentlemen, the
view which will be presented to them,
cannot fail to be highly interesting. The
western states ought to unite their efforts
in a cause which so vitally interests them,
and endeavor to procure a portion of the
public revenue for the accomplishment of
an object of far greater utility to the whole
union, than many others upon which
much public money has been expended.
[Reporter.
*Fhe Late Occurrences in Florida.
WASHINGTON CITY, OCT. 27.
By the southern mail of Wednesday,
we received from our correspondent at
Pensacola, a copy of the subjoined Pro
clamation, by which it seems that Gov
ernor Jackson has found himself under
the necessity of ordering certain Spanish
officers to leave the territory within four
days.—[Acf. Intel.
PROCLAMATION,
By Major General Andrew Jackson, Gov
ernor of the Provinces of the Floridas,
exercising the flowers of the Captain
General and of the Intenclant of the
Island of Cuba, over the said provin
ces, and of the Governors of the said
provinces respectively :
Whereas, by the seventh article of the
treaty concluded between the U. States
and Spain, on the 22d of February, 1819,
and duly ratified, it was stipulated that
the “ Officers and troops of his Catholic
Majesty in the territories hereby ceded
to the United States, shall be withdrawn,
and possession of the places occupied by
them shall be given within six months
after the ratification of this treaty, or
sooner if possibleAnd whereas, it
has this day been made known to me,
that the following officers of his Catholic.
Majesty, to wit: Marcos deVilliers, Ber
nardo Prieto, Louis Gayarre, Civilo Le
sassier, Arnaldo Guillimard, Carlos de
Villiers, Pedro de Vegas, and Mariano
Latady, and who, according to the said
seventh article, ought to have withdrawn
from the said ceded territory with the
troops of his Catholic Majesty, have,
without permission of the existing au
thorities, contrary to the said seventh ar
ticle, remained in this city and its vici
nity; and whereas it has been made
known to me, that the said officers, acting
in a distinct body, independent of, and
disavowing even a temporary allegiance
to the government of the United States,
as existing in the Floridas, have been
engaged in stirring up disaffection there
to, and in sowing discontent in the minds
of the good people of this said province:
and whereas it appears that they are the
authors of the following false, scanda
lous, and indecent publication:
“ In speaking of Col. Callava’s appear
ance before Gen. Jackson, II. B. ought to
have stated, that none of the interrogato
ries and highly offensive accusations of
the General were faithfully interpreted
to Col. Callava, any more than the replies
of the latter to the former. It was, there
fore, out of the power of our chief, not
knowing what was said to him, to make
the auditory understand how innocent he
was of the foul charges with which his
unsullied honor was endeavored to be
stained.
“ Such, in sum, are the observations we
had to make on the statement of H. B. and
we hope that he and the public will be
convinced that we acted from no princi
ple of pusillanimity; that, if, on the one
hand, we shuddered at the -violent proceed
ings exercised against our superior—we
knew also what was due to a government
which is on the most friendly footing
with our own. We are, &c. Sec.
“ THE SPANISH OFFICERS,
“ Resident in this place.”
And whereas the said publication is
calculated to excite resistance to the ex
isting government of the Floridas, and to
disturb the harmony, peace, and good or
der of the same, as well as to weaken the
allegiance enjoined by my proclamation,
heretofore published, and entirely incom
patible with any privileges which could
have been extended to the said officers,
even if permission had been expressly
given them to remain in said province,
and, under existing circumstances, a gross
abuse of the lenity and indulgence hereto
fore extended to them :
This is, therefore, to make known to
the said officers to withdraw themselves,
as they ought heretofore to have done,
from-the Floridas, agreeably to the said
seventh article, on or before the third day
of October next; after which day, if
they, or any of them, shall be found with
in the Floridas, all officers, civil and mi
litary, are hereby required to arrest and
secure them, so that they may be brought
before me, to be dealt with according to
law, for the contempt and disobedience
of this my proclamation.
Given at Pensacola, this 29th day of
September, one thousand eight hun
dred and twenty-one, and of the in
dependence of the United States the
forty-sixth.
ANDREW JACKSON,
Governor of the Floridas, Ihfc. itfe.
By order of the Governor :
GEO. WALTfiN,
Secretary of West Florida.
Thanksgiving.—The Governor of Mas
sachusetts has appointed Thursday the
sixth day of December, to be observed as
a Day of Thanksgiving. The Governor
of New York has appointed the twelfth
of December; the Governor of Ohio the
twenty-second of November, and the Gov
ernors of New-Hampshire and Maine the
twenty-ninth of November, to be setapart
for the sarne object.
POSTSCRIPT.
ANOTHER MAIL ROBBERY.
We learn, from the Baltimore Patriot
of Saturday, that the Mail was robbed on
Friday morning-, near Elkton, by a person
who had taken a passage in the mail
wagon. T he driver was seriously wound
ed by a blow on the back part of the head,
before aware of it, and was immediately
tied in the wagon, which was driven into
adjoining field, where the mail bags were*
cut open and rifled.
A reward of §200 is offered by the*
Postmaster of Baltimore for the appre
hension of the robber.
Some suspicious persons have been ar
rested in Wilmington, (Del.); the result
of their examination is not known.
All the open letters and packages have
been transmitted to the General Post Of
fice.
CHARLESTON, OCT. 17.
The U. S. brig Enterprize, Capt. Kear<
ney, and schr. Porpoise, Lieut. Ramage,
sailed from Pensacola, the former on the
20th ult. in pursuit of piratical vessels,
which had recently committed depreda
tions in that neighborhood.
The beautiful Hat, manufactured by
the Miss Hedges of Suffolk county, and
purchased at the late Agricultural Fair1,
by Gen. Eogardus, at the request of seve
ral gentlemen, has been presented by Gen.
B. to the consort of the first Magistrate
of this state.—N. Y. Mer. Adv.
The Commercial Advertiser of New
York states that Major General Brown
was attacked, on the 17th instant, just as
he was on the point of departing for the
seat of government, with a severe para
lytic stroke,which deprived him of speech
and his right side and limbs of all sense
and motion. On the next day, however,
such symptoms of amendment had taken
place as to give hopes of his recovery,
though not an early one.
ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 26.
We understand the faculty have con
curred in a report to the mayor, that the
town is in as healthy a state as usual at
this season of the year; and that no case
of malignant or dangerous fever had oc
curred for several days. Some have re
turned to their former dwellings, and the
neighboring country has, in a great mea
sure, renewed its intercourse.
Since writing the above, the mayor has
issued his proclamation, announcing the
restoration of the town to its uSual health.
Early Snow.—There was a fall of snow
at Portland, (Maine,) on the 19th instant.
At Hallowell it fell to the depth of seven
inches. There was also snow at Salem,
Mass.
DIED,
On Thursday last, after a short illness*
Mr. Daniel Fairman, of this place.
On Saturday last, Mrs. Mima Jett,
also of this place.
WEEKLY ALMANAC.
OCT. & NOV.
1821.
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NOTICE.
THE subscriber would earnestly en*
treat all persons having accounts
due the concern of Morgan & Shutt, to
come forward and settle the same, which
would supersede the disagreeable neces
sity of causing payment by law. Failing
so to do, however, motives of no minor
importance will necessarily compel me to
the measure.
FURTHER.
As it is my determination to bring my
business to a close as early as possible,
the remaining stock of Goods will be sold
on terms highly accommodating to pur
chasers, which comprehends many valu
able and useful articles, well adapted to
the present and approaching season.
JOEL MORGAN.
October 30
TAILORING.
THE subscriber hereby informs his
friends, and the public generally,
that he has commenced the above busi
ness in the house lately in the occupancy
of Mr. Smithers, where he is determined
to carry it on in all its branches in a style?’
that will merit encouragement.
URIAH A. NORRIS.
Harpers-Ferry, Oct. 30.
N. B.'—A few first rate JOURNEY
MEN are wanted by the subscriber, tp
whom liberal wages will be given.
U. A, NS