(CHARLESTON Friday Morning, Dec. 19, 1817) El Telegrafo de las Floridas.--An attentive correspondent at St. Marys, forwarded to us by the last mail, the first number of a weekly newspaper, under the above title, printed in Spanish at Amelia Island.--It announces a meeting of the Representatives of the Floridas, under a discharge of artillery, on the 1st inst.--when Col. IRWIN was elected President of that body, and steps were taken for the complete organization of the new republican government.--The paper abounds in editorial remarks upon the future destinies of the Republic of Florida, and with sentiments of contempt and detestation for the government of Spain.--Its object is to furnish a record of passing events in that island, and with interesting extracts from American and foreign papers.

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