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*fBE AMKCICAJf A L -Y m A G E OF TEH AC A, TOMPKINS COUNTY, ff. V'ftoyEMBJiri 3 4 3 1 S#*5 M x f a x t tSh^Tles X ic& o f s B P B I S C T F U L I ^ ioforms tlfo toha- bit ant 9 o f Banhp and ifo vicinity, that he w ill open an offic© aerie deacon HezekUvU Clark^Sf o n the lStliTnst^when those vvho may favour him with a call in his profes sion, wiU be aftemledie with promptness & alacrity and hopes, from h is knowledge o f 'th e profession* and the undivided atten- tionhe w IU tlevote to his business, to roer- it a share of the public patronage, Danby, November 8tli, 1819, i t , • , - f t l S S O l V T l O X •T # l B E XpfiaT’tnersliip iierelofore .» jn g between the subscribers, is this day, bytnnlual eonaent^diasolved,— m P, S. All persons widebf&I to 4he Into firm, are requested to make itnmwliatc payment -to GrorgelJudley, and savecost.' All,kintlsofG rain receivedin payment, G E O R G E D U D L E Y . ' „ , - 1 WARD D U D L E Y . ’Ctiyuttj. Nov. sd, 1819. TRACED or stolei», a n the night 0? ■ m m o f ahout a oqntaidh j/fal ftritft tbre© jfeetran«l * stripe o f wUHetn his forehead. W hoever -will return said horso tolsaac Chase, o r tho owner (L Tooker) o f Lud- lowvUleT wtilhe hancisometyrewarded. ■ j$ft«di*,;$ifo n r m t ,— TTT~. ‘\~'7 r - V/.' ■T:~~ W XTffiKIlE A S roy wife haslcft my bed Y ;T . iHidhoard, without any just cfttise o r provocation* XiH-persena are hereby fftr| L id h a H w in g o r trusting her oti my aft- ^CQWtf, aw' J wiR pay pe debts o t, her epn^ tracting after tliis date, ' p R t N C E p U F U E X , panby', November 1819. 1 . 'Nov.;,adt-r3w - V a l u a b l t e F a r i n g p Q R S A L E , :: ■ ■* OBTAINING 3W * e m o f land, part is pleasattfllys&uated, wit lift two nfflis oT the l i n a g e Of Ithaca, a n d is of excellent quality, It w ill be soli! ©heap* and on o long credit. * F 'o r term s,' apply 4o tlije the subscriber, who h atithorwsed to sell said farm- * BEN JOHNSON, Ife f it , June 9 . 13i9. . «93 m AN AWAY .from IBS subscriber oil (b e 7th inst. on indented apprentice bylhe name of I r a Jlliller. about i 9 years old) 5 fcet C inches high ; dark©ompIex- io n } h a d on , dark colored pantaloons, and dark colored coat. All persons are for bid twrboringor trusting said apprentice ; and the ■hows s liU apprchension, but no charges paid, JQRSON BRIG H T , Vanb&NovemUr 10th, 1819. 3w 118 C* oy . T o m p lfflns’ X e t t e v , « •••• • .• J. f - ■ ■ . . ‘ ToArchihskI MfJiityre^Bsq^ Cmpirokr > o f , - - the State o f Neio-York. (Continued,) The surest test, however, one which in* Bontroyertibly proves the1act,~and f at the same time give a partial estimate of the loss sustained, is by a comparison o f'the report o f 9d April, 181S, in which you ox* peessly stat e, tlmt, “ uccordt^1 to vouch- era returned and JihA in y o u r ^office,” I had expended tinder the act 12IU June, 1 8 1 2 , ----- $t5Sr,Sn> m Butupon'atiiniestigation' of all your statements of my accounts up to Vhe final audit of 2Ttb August, ‘ '« v 1319, and by extracting there from aHitems bearing date subse-‘ . •quent to 12th June, 1812, (the - >passageofAhe bill,) and previous ------------ to die 3d of April, ..inclusive, (the __ date of the report,) excepting such ' as conclusiyely appear to be ex-' penditure* under other appropri ations, I cannot discov’er that you have allowed and passed to my Credit more than 100,150 The difference, amounting to ^55,f23‘b5 at least, h»a been wholly lost ;to we. . i t must have happeped at that time* Pftd could have occurred from nwother cause ib a n tlie one to which IHmvewacribed if. • But tbisishynonieam the e x t c n t o f w 1 o » ; other losses <were speeified* and t believe satisfactorily explaini^l, which had been oecasiom^l^tlmiieaih,a!>«eneb, faib sire o r miseonduet o f Individuals^aod by casualties detailed i « the memorthda fur. imhedxto the chairman o f thoedtemitree, whichyon saw And Had the preoediflg amount o f vouchers demonstrated to have been lost while in ypur posscssion, whieh you rcfused ro. credit me at my solicitation, been admit- tcd.| had (he amount drawn from the treasury by the subordinatt agettfg o f the government and charged to my account been oreditcff) and thehem i o f my count auspended bvvoti as advawees.or re upon my zeal and activity,' as the chief magistrate o f a state which was' the prin cipal IhCatre of war. Mr. Monroe, then seeieiary of ivar, iiiuier date o f the 15tli September, 481&, wrote -itA follows :— “ Jfteneral Macotnb, at Plattsburgh, is in danger droiii a superior force tnarehing agiiiqstliim, and general Brown is alike exposed to imminent danger. It is in the power of your state to make an exertion Ihat iyill not only save those armies, but mediately such a force in eaCli quarterns the exigency w a y require, and hurry i f { to the scene o f action? •! do go in- Ltoany detail, because you are too wet! ac quainted with all tlifc circumstance* mer iting attention to requifo it. Gen, Izard is marching to the aid o f Gen. Brown* hut qs he takes SacketVHarbqr in Jhe route* aniT~depehds on a conveyauce tlience by water, there?is much uncertainty in- his movements. *1 wish your measures .to be taken indejiendently o f all calculations on him, since the expense attending them count *as nothing compared with t he 'Salvation of and o f the post o f Sieket’s rhor. wbieh must also claim your at- fiv-enii^s o r t‘the north p ir tjiM trinugnlsr pi«» of Iftti^ bcruBded i)tt the ioutfr hythe sodth Brte o f Wnl losjlft. sftewntwi*, chA'ftyftW 8%bw«y wj“«wg|ifoni horoii SoathartPsr til M\i tom i of Brj-aen, in n northweiterly direction, to C ^b’- & BenfedicU* Mills, ir,3thetoWn eflfifoton, on the north by Thomns M‘- Elhehy'’s lanJ, ,(in<l o n tbe weit by one *cre of Janu. belonging to salil Thomas M*Elheny—will be sold Rt public renilue. nt the houle of Thomal M'Elbeny, m «flii tovcngf Dryden. On the twenty-third day of P«c«mhfr «*ext, a t2 o ,clockF. M. Bated November 16’ 18ia*“ THOM l \ S M El.TIENY, ) Adoymstrft- 118 Cw 10HJJ MtEldlE.Y, j tort BY virtue of several exeouboos to me delivered, against the real and personal, property of Henry Tailor. I shall expose f o r sate a l l lias right and (ltte to one feun- dh*ed and forty-ftve acres o f landau 4et uo^- SB, in Lansing, now in (he possession of *ai<1 faylor, on the 30th dav of Decent )H*r next, at oc® o’clock in flic afternoon, nt the Hotel m the village o f Ithaca. Dd- ted Nov. l5l]i,4819 ___ „ __ — N1COLL HALSEY, Sh’ff. by S. CR a HY, Dcp’iy Slfff. 3Jie. l l S —tds* \ jeeted wjtfiouf sufficient rcittom (a pnrt of which, amounting to S?l»702 ^ 1 ,1 hud withdrawn on the passage o f the law, at your request, or to facilitate the settle ment o f certain accounts in your ©(Bee,) been allowed mej the final audit and set. tiement of my aeconnts, instead c t alial- ance against me,* would have exhibited me as a .creditor oftbestate o f $ 2 2 ^ 4 1 5 , as will appear hy (hi certificate aid'aceoimt To the eommissioncrs and the joint committee, {always in your .peejKUior,} I also exposed the difficulties oiidtrwhich I bad labored on aocount o f j?©rter*S^^Tol- unfeers, n*isetfupon my sole TMponsibiti- jy« ip,opposition to tbo deolarcd Will of the legislature; w oorps of brave and patriotic men, whore achievements .reflec ted lustre tipoo iho -state andcountry* and contrihnted in no small dcgreie to.8iiVe the gallant armyof Ni»gara. Besides the accounts a w l vouchers ren tered hy me to ttic state* another, Iabori- ‘oss aceonnt, comprising an immrniie vol ume o f uhstraets and votiehers o f ngents, officers jaad eitiaens cmjdoyed in'the «om- plicated and exiemive militia operations of 1812* exceeding in amount S#00,080, was' rendered io the Pniteil States. - .The letter \of Mr, JLear^taifting'tno^nal, aaditrof: my account with.thc gencbKlgo^rnment,^ the account ittclL were often exhibited ro yon, to ihe couimi isionpr^and lo tlie joi'nt -commrttec. - I lic haIsnc4; expended by me in the campaign o f that yem* ia. the de fence o f tfto frontiers of this. ^atc,. was much more ‘than I had receiv<uh iadepen< dentofthe various payments and expen ditures, the vouchers for which could not tenlionJ, Coiemporeneims with -this pressing .ap plication fronNhe depftrtmOntof waft, aftd within a J ew ^ |y 8 # & e h otheiyJ repeiy- ;cd tbewnosturfteotappeftlsforassist ■from the cominiitec of •qajp^spjt.Ilew*' Yojk 8c gea.Lewisin thBSoutb,from gCu- cral* .Miioers arul Airtcpmh at the m Ohd from gencrel Brown in the wekt, ^ ‘ .General Lcwis. tliea commanding o f * Id* contmucicatioti id me at that perjodj statesW** p rivate informa- tion from Halifax from a souro© to be r*K lird on, leavcslUtle doubt o f a formidable ' exppdition, eonsisiing of 15,000 men, be- ingon its way from Etigland, destined to act agaiast'thisoity,0 he. Ac, And in a ‘letter shortly thereafter, lie -says, “ Be lieving that the city Of New-Ydrk is menaced with invasion and tliat the surest army has, so far, done ks dirty,* and Imff I* blessed with the smiles of Providence, hvt imtfi it can receive ejfitient aid} there is reason toft% fo r its ultimate safety. ’ * Venerable and patwotjC'cit^ens_ai3a, sjaclf i cbl, Rutgers, col, Willet, gov. Wolcott, fylr. Kis and others, animated me to the gieatost effon The latter gentleman in the interview With me ivj peculiaily impressive: He said that “ihe tin had arrived when every good citizen was boo® to put his call at the requisition of got eminent] that he was ready tb do this; that the people i istJioldjnej acquainted lum with the diffiqulties nn(|q]rwh'kh| X had struggled for the two preceding yfears j thftj various instances m which I had been already! .compelled to acj wtthout law or legislative indcmJ nity, and urged, that if I should oncfe mpfe ex.J ert myself to riieet alt the emergencies and peJ cUniary difficulties, with which we were piessedJj merms of averting that calamity is to l r e _ „ preparedfor-it, I tAke theliberty o f call- Upej^nalpiabfeforihe‘wlioIe Ing hn. your excellency for on additional -military force, to ~consistof9,450 infantry, and 1,050 artiUerisfs.” . The coinmittec o f defence in a letter df the saine period,stated as follo.ws : . i( T h e commitee of defence having re ceived y o u r . excellency’s letter, advising thefti o f yotir intenliohof calling info im mediate service i»,C09 militia for the-Uo- he collected and arranged in season. ' intlic year 18X4, the aspect Of publie af- Talre in t Wsqnarter o f tiM; union was truly alarming. Our eastei n , hreilire'n,hy a momentary ittfatuationdf party seal, not only witlilield tlicir support.bmtlireatoned aerious resistance to the constitutional arm :* a well appointed and veteraii army, aid.eij hy a «trong aaval force* vvaspressiog ftlSSO TfVTlOJST OF fA I l TJfERStltP; f i t H E cmpartnersTiTp ^5T Mock & Sefc 1 rin g , ift the Trinting and Book-Sell ing Business, is this ffay hy mutual eon- senf dissolved. The hHsiness Will he eo»- fluued fsy E. AIack, who wi» Settle all Remands against the firm, and to whom an iiKlebted will make payment. Bated Ithitoa, November i0lh,*X8t?. - •. _ ' :■ a p c t h N ’R - s e a m s r :’' r'B tit^o g ^ e U SaJe. , upon our ChamidaSttfrftntier v xfieBfttaido ftcru, litdated oft lot No. ienstitech,jm i«e towif bf . ejLqj ijaruor, troni anotticr comuifteu land ^ . >. muh, anlj hawsd armament ? the lately^jvictori* out but new* suffering army oftl% j^ra, was pehit t t p # - |r«rt..Erle, forces i,n that quarter ; fo e city q f Niew‘ York was menaced with anyasinn: the Capitol sraoaking in rnins ^ iiftd to give the to the gloomyaspect o f our alfairs^and add to the-difBeultyef their rcdeiftptmndhenatioh- At that momentous and trying crisis, I had an by ■ameepii^ . tyfogfromHieeare*' foe:hfomire| Rreiiried ihejflattering offcr* which was ^mftde' to ifte”% the oationid, cabinet, and continued ift thestatioi! wliere my Iocal|eXpericneeand asiieoiations to my country, . At tlifs^ihftereatin^pcri^ri^ ftppeai- ftd to foftualfom^Ovftfofofe|il javigoroas^xetdionrks^ lie-imporlaBec of thiseityafihe comnier- eiai emporium o f agreftt portion o f the G- nitcd States, its peeuliar exposure fo Jlt* lack, and the -calamitous consequences which wodd result -to the honour, (ho prosperity, aWlHe finances of ftie cburi* fry* In case a successful attempt should be made tfponit, ave unanimously of opinion* that the contemplated call o f the militia ought fo embrace at least 20,090 men.-ft- The fate o f XYaslrington onglit to redouble our exertions, and to teach us not ta com* •mil the destiny, o f :ih»t;ptaee to hazimd; life expense wilt hear no proportion to the otyeel toherucwmplishedJ* General Macomb, in lris dispatch from Plattsburgh of the same date says, “ It is now •ascertained beyond a dftuht* that Jhe enrtoy~wiH march for this post with his , whoie force this morning. ^ , « ftlucli is at stake at tins place and aid IsactuwHy wattted, as the garrison is small •and the enemy in considerable force ; un der aR-ikese* cireuinstanees* your exert- leney, I am sure, will not hesitate- to af- ford us all the assistance in your power/* Ami general Moors, in his tetter b y tiie same messengyr, after representing in ihe most earnest and patrioiie mannw*, (he •dangers o f tliecoqntry and his willingness todevote himseif (ft. its protection, adds, K the exposed situation o f this frontier .and the alarms sooftonrepeated, havediseoor- aged many of jho eitixcus from takingjup arms as i.hey woukl otherwise have ' TheftltaftHon o f tbearm^efNiagara was equally ci'itical, nor were tlie^aiqieals of gftnerai Brown for relief less urgent : af- ter stating the emergency,<J will it not lie possible, hepsk^dr^ for yon to inerease general Poriet’s,corps, and that promptly? I have found general Porter a brave and efficient Oificei: la the midst of danger, his ftixnd is calm and collected, and ism,; iv hat i^thejruinof an individuafcoijiparj ed to the safety oftbe republic,? if yqu are rainedi you will ha\ e the consolation of enjoying tha gratitude of your fellow-eitjzens; hut yon hnis^l trust to the magnanimity and justice of your] f country, you must transcend the law, you musr gave this city and state from the dangers\ with . which they are meiAced; you tfthst rrun yotfrselg j i f | t . becomes necessary, and I ninige yba nw :hpner that I will support you iu whatever yoj •dd/ft , • ’ . ‘i- : ’ Gndersachekcumstancos jivas determined to /forego the honor Jllr* JSfadison intended forjaq *tosacrifice myowuhealfoancl thecoajfojrt of m | lamily^ to foe. jpafaraonftt dlity /of serving nii •country, ihfoafopKere where-liquid h^iftore ®i3 ; Ja l, arid offer myself a idcfon fof^its safety if it| Lffooftldhftnece^sa^. foles^foaftfolty. day wifoputissi^tdnce in- ibttfflaey ifrowi foe natioa ' govemriifot,! iatonght ihtofoe Aeffo rit varir /poinm/ofRs^^r, nearly fiimiatmti ftieri, < arm ^ ^ A e q u ippea; ftmiured die toBj expense, Ond embarrassineiit) of commandii! :4werity'thoii^(fof foenHojiePlKm nnd at ’'same time administered the goV^nment of * tl state. ; In Jess than sixty days, wjiriifohe muiona credit was a t its lowest pointof depressipa, \vl jh e payment,,even Of the Interest, Of its nc , could not he provided for, I raised 'for foe puhl service upwards of a nullidn of doRafoiri tiurrei . money, and made myself, by specific coriiractv, fonsetts having refused to lend any,pecuE aid in atteihpting’lo dislodge him from jier‘terri-‘] :tory, I informed general ifouboiirti, that* 4* drafts on me for one hundred and f if tj thowtond dollars, for that purpose, would'be pmd atd^hU jj -thirty thousand dollars were advanced to Cofa.; njfel Jessupto aecomplish fee enlistmejd o fa <*-i giraentiuConnecticut: eighty thousand dolW* ^ r ft ^ 3 .? - fti ^ ^ were advanced for *fta«nfnrtnry<afe jiiqaftient alivays to be relied upon ; these arelare qualifications* and therefore it is that I desire (hat all militia Foree may lie Continued Under his eominatid,”--Antl in a lettei, o f date a few days subseqtient, he •■says*-- <c I was gratified b y tiie receipt o f yours c /foe 13th inst Colonel Yates,* your aid, will remain With us, and we will try to make most of the ampl? powers with which you have clothed him I rejoice that you h aveitm contemplation to con/ vene the Legislature at an, eprly period. We have heen amused and disgraced too long; Strong measures are necessary to save the sink ing honours of th e nation. M y gallant little •Colonel J U Yates wasftne of ray aids during the .................................................................. ■“ •. Mon- war, and was deapatchsif^in con^quenceof Mr roe’s 1»tter, to call out th* ftniktia in aid of KCrtfewtl Brown, and it was mrilfer this requisition th«t Swift an«l Bans’ corps were Ordered into service. Both thow gallant ofE-ers fell m trait campaign It is dot the lettit Trtortifying-cifcumst*neaf-of-thMft-tniniwc- tiun«,that my charge for colonel Take-’ expenses in this important serVice/remains to this day one of the tospended i tems^f niy_account, • , ■ , t _ arms belonging to-the United States at Spring fiqld,the workmen of whicli had ‘ receivctl “ pay foraltmgperiocl, and were on the ore mutiny: twenty-five lliousaml dollars were *sei Jo the Military Academy at West JPoiqt, to e\ bleJheJadeteTol^eirat'fitCterefiTufoon^ session*, for which they were wholly unprovxd with fniidsytenJhonsarid dollarswere apprpprj ted to provide fortlie hospitals, in some of whii fee sick and wounded were languishing whlir fee ordinary necessaries arid comforts, of a: establishments ; Jhe sum of one hnndreu thori** ^and dollars* was also advanced to the New-Jejk sey militia, who had stepped forwarAiii ?the •fence ofNew-York; five thousand dollars to iq the defence of New-Orlearis: onehtindcMfe sand dollars to rescue foe gallant army Of Niagai ra from:fomifie arid'dishatidinent, and theresM|#_ •has been received by foe palfiotic officers aftf soldiers o f the militia of this state, who served Id that campaign, and by fee-staff departments at- . Jached tofeem. ( : c ^ I T - ’ I have foeproud satisfaction to Say, foal its foe whole e.tpenditure Offeree milfiens of dollars^! never permitted a follow officer, cftizefi or solditt, Johepaidin depredated eurrenQr’ o f anykinfo*-. Jn order to relieve the prisoners 'df-Porta^j^ volunteers, and New-York militia,.whos'ere tfo* en iri the meaaorable sortie from Fort Frie, awl •sent by fee enemy round to Boston in,an incle ment season oftbe year, I obtained, specie, and despatched an“agent with it Jo that place, in or- Rer to provide for tlieir co'infort and conven ience jn getting home, wi thout imposition or sacrl- fice drom depreciated currency. In addition tw •all these exertions, and at thereqy.est of the war dept^kfent, ! made frequent and -expensive, Lu* fefospensably necessa^yjournies, ipyve?y part -of the frontier^ wifoofficers and spite, • wfio.se,ftx- • .peuses were borne by me. • . . YQn.fiave compelled me to ‘ enter aflto these, jdkafls^afofohJUiaglft qppedt: ojentatjous were ■they not forceduponme tor tfieitijustice I have sustained at yqtir hands. It would be a false del icacy in me, under the t placed, to refrain from reviving foe recollection <of circumstances so closely connected with fog merits of fee present controversy j and In doing this, Irely upon thatmagnanimous caridonvwufli whichmy feubw-diixens have bees^aofosfotoed tdfoewfoy' ceftdufo'-' /. •; *• “. '• - • ■ . The loans of irioper wrhifo Labfoihgd . &&i .wifoifijhqre periods, the go> ernment: would amjriy^nble Jo pay arid 3 eheve me from foy V®£> ^6ftit¥e^onsability ; instead of which, I was Jel|- uttfothe year 48l7,liabloJo^teseretion and-iWf pnsonment for these iirimense sums, and fff which I have never, toBus'irioiftent^recelyed foe - smallest indemnity, either. from jh e nationalbf Jhe state government. - ; (To be emtinwcL) , ■ ■ , . (fcj* TilO b l'j persons, who arc desirO{il I o f diemg msti ueted lu Saered Ajusie, afo informed that Mr. BfEft/ii jwST opein hfo sehool next Friday evening, iit tho Acade m y , at G By owler d f the Cofemittce- i V A JV’d?,22d ,lS lb. /y ,1-
