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Housr. or R1«:r>iu=.sENTA'rivEs.
_ January 15.
. U. 8. Bank.——'l'he committee appointed to ex-
amine into the concerns of the National Bank,
made along Report, giving a history of the inan-
agement of this institution since the stock was
subscribed for, to the present time; the reading
of which occupied a considerable time. Of this
report, 2500 copies were ordered to be printed.
The following extracts concludes this report.
“ It) speaking, therefore of the vidlatioiis of
the jzrovisions of the charter, the committee wish
to be urriderstoodas not expressing any opinion
whether such violations would causea forfeiture
entire, we therefore can give only the cor.
sion of this able report, which is as follows : 3»
among the savages, with whom he had identi
himself, by acting as their agent, exciting ll
to the war, aiding, abetting, and supplying iii
with the means of carryingjt on. I?.r.I..- _
bristcr was taken in their actual 7,}
leader and commrinder oftheir fort. :. . ,
as well as by aiding, abetting, corn;:,;.in;_r__."._
supplying them, he was also identified with
savages. Agreeably to these principles ofme}
ofnations, the committee are fully ofopinion,t
Gen. Jackson, a commander of the army,
the right to exercise upon them the law of rat
atioii, without the intervention ofa court mar
However cautiously this rule should be exert
“ Alexander Arbutlrnot was taken as a rest - l
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_L~n~.:etl States, without the approbatioii of such
execution by the President. '
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1 .l».—r.sr;}rotl, I hat this House disapproves the
seiztire oi. the posts of St. Marks and Pensaco.
la, and ttictor‘tt'ess of Barrancas, contrary to or-
ders a.r.t: in violation of the constitution,
Rcsotvetl, That the same committee be also
iqptrwictcri to prepare and repoj~t 3, bill pm-
.c;r.~tt..rg the march of the at-my'of’lhc United
..tat_es_. or any corps thereof, into any foreign
E cI'r1=.ot'y without the previous authority of Cori-
ggresjxvcxcept it be in the case of fresh pursriit of
la defeated enemy of the United States, taking re.
fuge within such foreign territory. —
Having submitted this motion, Mr. C, proceed.
d to speak in support of those branches of his
or not. They present the facts, and the House
will determine whether under those facts, it be
or be not expedient to ‘direct the issuing a scire
facias to ascertain whether the violations are such
as to cause a dissolution of the corporation.
The committee then are of opinion, that
the provisions of the charter of the Batik of the
‘United States have been violated in the following
instances.
1. In purchasing two millions of public debt,
in order to substitue them for two other millions
of similar debt, which it had contracted to sell, or
had sold in Europe, and which t‘he Secretaryof
the Treasury claimed the right of rerleenihig-._
The facts on this subject, and the views of the‘
transaction entertained by thejcommittec, have
been already given. _
2. In not requiring the frilfiltnent of the en-
"-:ager-uent made by the stockholders on subscri-
oing, to pay the 2d and 3d instalments on the
stock, in coin and funded debt. The facts on
this point are fully before the house, and they
establish, beyond all doubt, lst, that the Direct-
ors of the Bank agreed to receive and did receive
what they degmcd an equivalent for coin in checks
upon, and the notes of the Bank and other Banks
stipposecl to pay specie. This substitution of a-
ny e_qutvt-ilent whatever, for the specific things
required by the charter, was in itself a departure
A from its provisions ; but 2d, the notes, and checks
thus received were not, in all cases, equivalent to
cotmliecause there was not specie enough to meet
rli.-am in the batik; 3d, that notes of individuals
were tlisconnterl and taken in lieu of the - in
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ed, and desirable as mercy always is, rvhcnmv
can be exercised with safety, this godlike vi
has its bounds, beyond which, its exercise w
be a perversion of justice : and, it is presui
that the repeated murders which had been c
niitted upon our citizens, the many bloody tr-
ies of their crueltiesI.‘ound at Mickasuky,*
their persisting in hostility against the r'e;-;:'
warnings and threats, which had been held oi
them, bor'e conviction to the mind of Gen. It ‘ti
son, that the exercise of tIie~__l_aw7of retalim.
had become necessary to the fuftiiie safety of
fellow-citizens. ..{.|' "
if But he _chos-e to submit the case to the im-
tigation and decision of a court martial, comp’:
ed of distinguished officers, by wliorn Alexa
Arht_ithnot was Cf".1ClGInl1C(ltO be hung, wt
sentence was confirmed and executed. By-’
same tribunal, Robert C. Anibrister was, in ‘
first instance, condemned to be shot; btit, .'t'~
reconsideration, they changed the sentenc, i
that of corporal punishment, and confinetneiitfl
hard labor. The reconsitleration was disappjn
ved by Gen. Jackson, and the first sentence qli
firmed and accepted. On the last point the c/
niittee are of opirrioti, that" it would lravetfér
more .':.orre~;:t. for Gen. Jackson, after sub
the -;:a-.~e to "tr court martial, not only to e
t.h.3. facts as toihis guilt, but to determine t 13:?‘
ishment to be inflicted, to‘ have acqriie 8" ‘W
their final and only legal decision as a. ‘-II‘
But, in this, the committee are satis <1 5'11?‘
Gen. Jackson did not transcend the p '_
ranted by the law of retali:.'.ion-tlie, ‘-
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. ' to establish the facts which justifidlt5 ’~{l’l’llj
vi. Autl though the principlett-'1 n3U‘_7“"‘_
V. olved in this war, would lia:é€tUU‘0“15‘i"f
|Ix~J\.uHU\4D clllu LU nu‘. ‘
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W“: ‘"7’ ' f the whole of the 2d and St. . .
'r1“‘°‘m.‘.5 Hi he'l‘i1t?i1 iiotes are Yet unpaid ' '”’f—‘3“5i"e 5'¢‘91‘lf1C3i CV6“ Ofihe l“”"3°“'l
mSmh‘hJlflt-fi'ifif§‘ dividends to stockholders who 0‘ ‘mt’ Y“ ‘he Commute‘ idem“ lrtf
.l < - - ‘ - - - ' 9 -.
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41 not completed their instalments, the provi- mm A I ‘ f9l1Cliai10“~ti‘d1lW° . . ‘ ,.
/f . - - . . .- j._ upon r -~ !one- and that 1 -‘ Pblecl l3 W
sicns of the charter in tnat respect were \1C a . . . ’ -. 9 . ;
ted lectrit, V- - ‘ed an exarnjfc in _lU5W«°-"‘!
‘ Under this <2 stibject,:'tlit. committee
4. Bv the 'u<lr--es of the first and second elec- _ .
' J b can discover :11 inerr‘Ys.ippla\ist‘, ‘emf;
V hour and a half.
~terd-ay in the Senate, on the question of voting a
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r . . j ,. _ run confession, and the evidence prr-.;l~td, g°_u7
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jpropcsiiion which he had not already touched
upon. Mr. C. spoke abouttwo hours.
He was followed, on the opposite side, by Mr.
Holtnes, of_ Massachusetts, who had only conclu-
ded one braircl'_i.o.“tliis subject; when having giv-
enfyay at the request of a member-—
. I lie committee agreed to rise ; and leave be-
trig gryen to set again, the amendment moved in
jconimntec was ordered to be printed.
_../an/. tu.—-Mr. Holmes resumed the thread of
his speech which he yesterday commenced, in
='uppo_rt of the proceedings of Geneial Jackson ;
and, in concluding which, be occupied about an
VVASI-iiiccrrorv, Jan. 21.
The debate on the subject of the Seminole
.VVar will probably occupy several days, as three
have been occupied, and but four or live mem-
lflers have been heard on the subject. VVhether
it be the intrinsic interest of the subject. or that
'it is the mostinteresting subject which has come
under debate, during the present session, we shall
not decide, but we have never on any occasion
seen the floor and gallary of the House of Rep-
resentatives so crowded.
Dec. 22.-—An animated debate took place yes-
specific appropriation of $100,000 for the con-
struction and repairs of military roads. The
question came up on the military item bill, which
‘rad proviously given rise to so much discussion
in the House of Representatives, and which the
Senate have decided to retain, by the casting vote
of the President. I I
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Foreign A.I‘lL1Ci€S.,
By late arrivals, London papers are received
at New-York to the 10th, and Paris papers to the
13th December.
' ‘he 2‘emalns of the Queen of England were
interred on the 2d Dec. with great pump. The
l~‘rt.nch cout't went into mourning for 21 days for
the Queen.
The coninie-rdril distress was great in France.
‘on allowing many persons to give more than
tirry votes each, under the pretence of their
being attorneys for persons in whose names
~h;rres then stood, when those judges, the direct-
srs, and officers of the bank,'perfectly well knew
«(hat those shares belonged to the persons 0iT\.
ing to vote upon them as attorneys. The. facts
in 1"<spoct of this violation are in possession of
the lrouse, and establish it beyond the reach of
doubt.
The committee are of opinion that no other
instance of a violati‘on of the charter has been es-
tablished. In closing this report of a most la-
borious iuvestigation, the committe observe, that
whatever difi"erence of opitiion can exist among
them as to the results and inferences to be drawn
from the facts stated, they unanimously concur
in giving, to the preceding statement of facts and
abstracts of documents, their sanction. They
have not reconimcndedtlie adoption of any mea-
sures to correct the many evils and mischief they
have depicted. ttxcepting that of the bill before
_ mentioned, because, by the provisions of the
charter, the Secretary of the Treasury has full
power to apply a prompt and adequate remedv,
whenever the situation of the I)‘-.1l)l~Z sh'r‘.ll require
3 am], from the meal-
little that desert
.. Axe 5-dtion, from slit:
culable benefits re.
faithful and distingu. 9:
son and the officers air." =
his conimand, in termina
war, are of opinion that .
‘tlianks of ti’}4:l.l‘--C()\lnl.l‘y.
7*‘./It r/izlv filacc, ‘ more =2 . .. . , .. ‘
found in the council house of the kiizg, aid in an
arfjacrmt /rouse, u/z=wai'd.9 of 300 old sca[}ts of al.’
ages and sexes were found ;
the _/iublic square, a red [role was erected, c‘r(t=tUI2i’(.f
wit/i seal/zs, known by the /lair to /rave belotrgcra’ to
tire cornjzarzioiis of Lirut. Scott.’] -
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Zlfomlay, January 18. ‘
The following resolution, offered by Mr. Ed
wards, after some observations, was agreed to
without a division : 1
Resolved, That the President of the U. State».
be requested to cause any information, not alrea-
dy communicated, to be laid before this ljlousej
whether Amelia Island, St. Marks, and Pe:»rs:—i
cola, yet remain in the possession of the ‘quite.
States, and, if so, by what laws the iiilialtitaiit
vices of C00. hill‘ 1
and in the centre of 9,
‘vloney was very 5"-arce, and said to be worth 3
-. -—~—..-at-.._,_, _
conceivetwhat sort of ‘skins they were made of,
their own being wholly of that description. Of
bread or grain they knew not the use; and on
being induced to put some of the former into
their _mouths, after masticattng it for some time,
spat it out again as tasteless. Their ownfond,
it appears, was chiefly fish and blubber. They
had never seen any timber, and were quite ignor-
ant of itsrproperties ; so that one of them, on
i5°‘“§ 3b0'dl'<h and seeing a must laid upon tlie.
decks attempted to take'”it up in his hands, as if
be conceived it to be devoid of weight. Another
El thfgm, on being taken into the cabin, and shown
is ace in a mirror,‘ started back “lllt surprise,
and Collld “Of: Ul1l11'c1lter1'epeate(l assurances and
experiments, ‘be convinced that there was not
some one. behind the mirror. They appe;,,~e(] to
have no idea ofa God ora future state - nor do-’
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they seem from what we can learn, to have any
enemies, but supposed themselves sole monarchs
of the universe.” — :
‘It is reported here. that since our discovery‘
:h'P_3a an American vessel has entered B-.»fiin’s
~ Watts, and It penetrated into J:-tines Lan-
caster-s Straits where it found a depth 100 fath-
pms, it continued its course with great hopes. it,
.15 Said, of succeeding in the attempt 10.5,,“ mm-
that strait, a passage into B‘ehring’s S.,.aits
Earthquake in ICc‘ltZ72d,.._Acc0un,b from CO_
penhagen, state, that a violent shock of an earth.
‘ ‘fquake, which lasted ten minutes, was experien-
ced in Iceland. It was attended with anoise rm A
der ground as of a dreadful cracking, and i11‘1Ti}e ..
dlatcll’ aflel‘. there was an eruption from Ht-clai
The sea was in a state ofd:-eadful commotion. This ‘
volcano is situated in the S0llTl1€I‘llpE|l‘l'-fCif'{lic
isle, about a league and a quarter fr-om'.11,e.,‘,:a
It was in 469:} that this eruption caused mos’, ca:
lamity—so violent were they, that the cin(]e,.5
were scattered at a distance of thirty leagues L.
vcr the island. The latest eruptions took place
bef‘V“e“_ l_730 and 1784: and were preceded by
"“"Y Smklftg phenomina. A noise was heard
‘I ' '. __ r wt —.
ie earth gaped wide meteors appea;-Cd m we
direction of the volcano-—a flame soon followed
with smoke, fromiwlrich issued glob-5 qf fire
the stones were discharged to a great (list:-nee,
and, lastly. the lava flowed out in tO1'l(‘.11‘s». from
1004- to 1766, Iceland has experienced sixty three
volcanic eruptions. - . . ii.-
S . Paris, Duo. 13,
prces are now at so low a price in Eng-lam]
tliatthe merchants have determined to 1'6-(;}'lit;t‘f
them to India; 22,000 lbs of nutmrags and Clot.
have been cleared at the (o“USIOf1’1-l)(.»I,l-pg fo. p _. ,
bay. 1
An inhabitant at Sim:
English colony will wit’
cause the climate is so
of twenty who arrive,ej
Agrecably to a for-mil
Minister, :1 great number
r-nrolled themselves in tlr
1 pg: :;;T‘i‘tl’. per month.‘
i The contagious fcicl‘ which had so long pre-
»l.'l..J at I iv:-irnnnl. a11\Cn‘.1,; \"" "WM '31’ "r “Te I ‘
litngton with me magnincent instgna or the
Order of the Holy Ghost, estimated at the value
of 500,000 francs.
.- LoNi)or>i, Dec. 9..
he captain of a band of robbers, named Pe-
ter Maris, was lately executed at Lubeck. This
fellow has, for more than 20 years, been the ter-
ror of all Germany. During the French revolu-
tion, he has frequently pushed forward his troops
as far as the frontiers of Prance and Italy. He
was a man of extraordinary daring, and was liter-
ally covered with wounds.
The public have been officially informed that
the plague extends its ravages upon the coast of
,t.he Metlirerraoean and the Adriatic. A letter
from Tunis of the lst Nov. says--“ The plague
having commenced its annual ravages, trade is
?
thereof are governed ; whether articles imporrt
ed therein from foreign countries are subject to t .
ny and what duties and by what laws ; and wltétlj
er the said dutiesare collected and how ; whetdl
er vessels arriving in the United States from Ptvnl
sacola and Amelia Island, and in Pensacola "r
Amelia Island from the United States, respet
ively, are considered and treated as vessels fro
foreign countries. _
T/re Seminole War.--The order of the day.
the report of the committee on military affa
respecting the Seminole war, being announced
it. And if, after the stockholders have become
acquainted with the mismanagement of the in-
stitution, they shall adopt no means to prevent
its continuance, or the directors themselves shall
persist in a course of conduct requiring correc-
tion, the committee cannot entertain a doubt that
the salutary power lodged in the Treasury De-
partment will be exerted, as occasion may re-
quire, and with reference to the best interest of
the United States.
It is due to the ollicers of the Bank at Phila-
delphia to state, that every facility in their power
vas rendered in explaining the books, and assist-
ing the researches of the committee.
[The bill_,accompariying« this report‘, (saysgtlie L
Register) rjel-.itcs only to voting for director s, and
provides tha-‘ “ if any person shall r..~f‘{er to the
judges of such elections, more than thirty votes
in the whole, iticlrrrlirig those offered in his owir
right, and those offered by him as ageiit for any
others, the said judges ofthe election,’ shalt re-
quire an oath from such pct‘Sm).ti1'.ti he has 720
interest, (iirewly or z'mr'in=czr’y, in the shares which
he shall vote at the election, as attorney fOt'\Otll-
ers; that those shares are, to‘the best of his
knowledge and belief, truly, and in good faith,
' owned by the person or persons in whose name
they now stand--that if any person shall swear
falsely, he shall be punished for wilful and cor-
rupt purjury, &c.]
whole on‘the state of the Union, to whom it t
report was committed, Mr. Pitkin in the chai=..:-
‘ The report of the military committee a
read through, concluding with the following 1
olution : " _'
RBs0l176(l, That the House of Represrsiitzt-tivi
of the United States disapprovcs the proc-.~,c.tlm;;i
in the trial and execution of Alexander At'1.u'.2»
not and Robert C. Ambrister. '
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, took the flu-3':
of the report ; and having spoken .,S0m6 ‘xi-*0‘: i
support of the resolution immetli—a7t:ely before ti
House, he was proceeding to the other question
arising out of the Seminole war when-—
It was decided by the chair,tliat the discussirl
must be confined to the question immediately bi-
fore the House.
After a good deal of conversation on the que-
tion of the order of proceeding in this case, i
which Messrs. Smyth, Cobb, Clay, Poindextd,
Tallmadge and Rhea took part, and in which it
general disposition was manifested that the w hte
subject should be discussed, and the cli'fferet_*,e
of opinion was only as to the modes of getug
at it, to obviate all difficulty on the subject--‘-«-
Mr. Cobb moved to amend the resolution H-
fore the committee, by inserting, after the w d
‘ Resolved,’ the following matter.
“ That thercoi'iimittee on military ::,l'f'.»irs be \-
structed to prepare and report a bill to ' 5
House, prohibiting, in time of peace, or in t c
of war with any Indian tribe or ._tribes only if:
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Seminole PVar, E9'c—-Tlie majority of the Mill-
tary Committee, who reported on 'I‘hursri2.ry in
favor of Censuring the conduct of Gen. Jackson,
were
Mr. T. M. Nelson, of Virginia,
Gen. Reed, of Maryland,
Mr. l-luntington, of Connecticut, and
M r. Stewart, of Nortli-Carolina. ‘
The minority who advocated the report afr-
jzrovingtlie General’s conduct, were
Col. Riclrartl M. John.-on, of Kentucky,
Major George Peter, of Mai'ylantl, and
Mr. T. Gage. of Massachusetts. .
The Report of the former, we published in our
*3. st; that of the latter is too lengthy to publish
‘ victims ; the C_hristians, as well as the Jews, pre-
The House then went into committee of re .;
execution of any captive, taken by t. e army o be
paralized. From two to three hundred persons
;lie daily, but as yet Mahometans are the only
serve themselves by means of precautions, which
the Alcoraii prohibits Mussulmen from using.
We are obliged to keep ourselves shut up, the
contagion being communicated not only by con-
t-.i_ct, but by communications with persons aHlict-
yd‘):
./lrrlic E.r/iedizion.-—'I‘lie following particulars
respecting the newly discovered race of Esqui-
niaux were communicated by Sir John Ross ;
“ The Discovery ships had been lying adjoin-
“pig the land, between lat. 76, and 77, fastened to
‘P. iceberg, for two or three days, and had just
l .lrover.l off, when to their great surprise they saw
l ~l-me person coming down from the interior to-
,*.yltrr'tls the shore, in sledges drawn by dogs. Cur
C" ns~.tr_vmcn immediately put back, but on land-
irrg, t1reiiati\‘es‘.,fjetl towartl'-2-the interior. In or-
Cu if possi3;i.ie‘,‘-‘- to open a communication with
t't'.i‘:~.~., an Etfquiniaux, on board the expedition,
. 1.;-up off after them ; and about three miles over
l lid ice, succeeded in this object, when he found
he jar-as able to make himself imperfectly tinder-
stood by them, and also to comprehend their
meaning.
*’-]On the first introduction taking place, the na-
tives inquired whether their visitors came from
. the Sun or the Moon ? The Esquimaux toldthem
nl:itlier,; but from a large country a ‘great. dis-
tance from the south. They said this was im-
possible, as there was nothing to the southward
but uninhabitable ice. It was with great difficul-
_ty_ they couldbe convinced of their error, or led
to regard our countrymen in any other light than
as beings from some other planet. On being ta-
most surprize at every thing they saw. They
could not for -some time be persuaded that the
ships were not animals, and possessed the power
of speaking; and when told that they were of
the nature of houses, intimated that could not be
since the former went backwards and forwards
while houses are stationary. They repeatedly
ken on board the vessels, they manifested the ut- _
gents of South America,‘
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Letters from Constant}:
the Tartar lior'drs of the (.‘~.=.i
ders ofa l3ey,have taken up arms flg1tiliI’il.ili-‘Q Rr,..~;»
sians. and invaded a part of Georgia.
A Calcutta paper says, by an arrival from in,-
Pcrsian Gulph, they learn that the province of
Iiliorasari has thrown off the allegiance of the
King of Persia, who is preparing to riiarch ;._.
gauist it. W
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Bosrorv, Jun. 21.
Franz the Isle of Illa;/.——Capt. Alien, arrived
here yesterday in brig Joseph. inform:, that on
the 30th November‘, 21 large ship under linglish
colors came into the harbor and ancirored A,-
hout sunset, she boarded the Joseph with nine-
kets. pistols, swords, 8:c.——drovc the captaiii and
crew down the forecastle and placed a guard over
theI‘n——tlien went into the cabin, and plundered
the captain of considerable cash, all of his best
clothes, and those of the inate,and depar'ted_
taking along with them all the brig’s boats, to pre-
vent communication with the shore. She then
served all the American vessels in port at the
time, (viz. Charles, Cadmus, and Boston.) in the
same manner, taking all their boats; and for
reosons mentioned, while on board the Joseph,
the captain and two men of the Cadmus came
on board not knowing the character of those on
board, and were driven down forward. Just be-
fore leaving, one of the men fired a pistol down
the forecastle and killed a young man by the name
of Clark, of schr. Cadmus. The bandit‘-.i then
went on shore, and comniencetl plundering the
inhabitants, who had fled to the,mountains. They
compelled the mate of the Cadnius to march in
front, and while marching, shot him in the leg.
After plundering to their satisfaction, they 1'‘;-
turned on board. boasting of having obtained 18-
000 dollars. On the lst December she fired,
hoisted Artegas’ colors and steered to sea.
[Capt Rice, of the Cadmus, arrived at Salem,
says they robbed him of 5189 in cash. 8000 se-
gars, compelled the mate and two of his men to
go ashore with them ; ordered the mate into the
one ofwhich slightly wounded him. They plun-
dered the inhabitants of every thing. VVhile a-
shore, thcy qtl'<l!'t'ellt‘(l with themselves, and three
ofthe pirates were killed. One ofthe men inform‘.-
ed that they had been’ out from Baltimore four
months, and had put their officers out ; but had
more probably murdered them.]
~ * Ni-iw-Yoirx, Jan. 25.“
Capt. Soper, of the schooner Price, informed
his squadron of four vessels.
-sent in a few prizes of small value..‘~j‘1_‘_t~7was saidti
The was ivaitiiig for reinforcements to--{mac ade-
scent upon the Main. 'Col. Irwin,wli W. as.late-
ly distinguished at Amelia lsla r ‘ V" at Old
hagidled the clothes of the crews, and could not
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Providence onthe 20th Septein
guard-house, and fired 3 pistols into the ‘i'oom,'%'.-,,f".
that Com. Aury remained at Old Providence with I }
He had recently, '
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