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- -,v • conßmcd to efteft the Indian title, of ttf Tub- ■ jest the United States to the cxpcncc bf txl tingutffiing the fame. Andprovided al/i t jrhat the lowed price tis ail lands granted or fold .vithiti the ceded territory (hail be the fame, as (hail be eitablilhcdby Congrcfs for the lands of the United States. Andprovi dtdnt!vtrihfUfs% Thit the people redding in find thre, (oath of French Broad and Hoi-, ft >n and wed of Big Pigeon riven, provided for bv the confutation of the date ofTennef lee, (hall be fecarei in their rtfpeftive rights of occupying and pre-emption and (hall re- | ceive titles for such quantities as they may refpeftivaly claim, including their improve, ments not exceeding fu hundred and forty acres each, nor exceeding the quantities they have heretofore claimed refpeftively, accor ding to their conditional lines where such have bren established at a price not less than one dollar per acre. And provided further. That nothing herein contained (hall be con. ftrued to enable any person or persons until authorised by the legiflatore of the date of Team (Tee to locate any warrant issued under the authority of the (late of North-Carolina within the limits of the lands reserved to the Cherokee Indians by the fifth feftion of the aft of fatd state, entitled “ An aft for open ing the land office for the redemption of fpc cie and other certificates and difeharging the arrears due to the army," pasted in the year cnc thousand seven hundred and eighty three. Sec. 3. And be it farther enaditd , That if the territory herein before ceded to the (bite of Tenndfee (hall contain a fufficicnt quantity ofland fit for cultivation according to the true intent and mcar-in* of the ori ginal ail of ceflion including the lands with in the limits reserved by the date of North. Carolina, to the Cherokee India:to per il ft all exiting legal claims charged thereon, by the conditions contained in this aft of ccflbn, Congrcfs will hereafter pro vide by law tor periefting such as cannot be located jo * l * c oforefaid, out of the . lands tying weft or fouth of the befuje <Jcn.fi bed line. NATHI. MACON, Speaker of the House of Sepnfentat'vvet, S. SMITH, ? ref dent of the Senate , pro tcm. Approved, April x 3, iBo6. TH; JEFFERSON* AN ACT M*K*g appropriations for theJupport of go. ■vt rument for the year one thousand eight hundred and fx, BE it enaded bp the Senate and House of Reprcfcntatives of the United States of America in Congress ajfembled , That for the expenditure of the civil lift, in thepre fent year, including the contingent expences , of the fcveral departments ami officers; for the camprofation of the fcveral loan officers ■and their clerks, and for books and (la non ary for the fame ; for the payment of annui ty and grant*; for the support ot the mint citahli(limcnt • for the expences of iruercourfe with foreign nations ; foi the support of light houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers; for the defraying the cxpenccs of surveying the public lands in the tetritorics of Indiana, and Miffiflippi r and for fatisfying certain mifccllsneous claims) the following sums be, and the fame hereby arc rcfpcftively ap propriated; that is to fay; For comnenfations granted by law to the ■members of the Senate and House of Repre prefentntives, their officers and attendants, estimated for a feflion of four months and a hail cotinnancc, two hundred thaufand five hundred and -eighty-live dollars. For the cxpcnce of firewood, ftatinnary, printing, and all other contingent expences of the two Hcufcs of Congreis, thirty.two thousand dollars. » For ail contingent expences, of the libra ry, and librarian’s allowance for the year one thousand eight hundred and fix, four hundred and fifty dollars. For comprnfation to the Prcfidcnt and Vicc-Trefident of the United States, thirty th 'ufand dollars. For conjpenfatbn to the fecretaty of (late, clerks and perfens employed in that depart ment, including the Cum of twelve hundred 1 * dollars the compenfittior to his clerks, in addition ro the sum allowed by the aft of se cond March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.nine, twelve thousand five hun dred'and sixty dollar. 0 . For the incidental and contingent expen ces of the said departments, four thousand two hundred dollais. For printing and diftributirg copies of the laws of the fir ft fcfiion of the ninth Congrcfs, . and printing the laws in news-papers, eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For special messengers charged with dif patchcs, two thousand dollars. For coropenfation to the secretary of the treasury, clerks end persons employed in his cfli :r, including those engager! on the bufinef* belonging to the late office of th# commission er ol the revenue, twelve thousand three hun dred dollars, I For the expence of transiting foreign !an. I guages, allowance to the person employed in receiving and trarfmtfting p-ffports and sea. letter-*, Hat ternary amt printing, one thousand dollars. For compensation to the comptroller of the treasury, clerks, »nd persons employed in hia office, twelve thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven dollars and eight cents. For expencc of stationary, printing, and incidental and contingent expences of the comptroller’s office, eight hundred dollars. For compensation to the auditor of the treasury, clerks, and persons employed in his office, twelve thousand two hundred and twenty dollars and nincty-threc cents. i m "** "'For expence of lUttonary, printing ar -d incidental and contingent expences in the of fice of the auditor *f the treasury, five hun dred dollar*. For compensation to the treafurcr, clerks, and persons employed in his office, fix thou sand two hundred and twenty (even dollars and fortyfive cents. For the expeoce of stationary, printing and incidental and contingent expences in the trcifurer's office, three hundred dollars. For compensation to the register of the treasury, clerks, and persons employed in his office, sixteen thousand and fifty-two dol lars. For exocnce of stationary and printing in the registers office, (including books tor the public (lock, and for the arrangement of the marine papers,) two thousand eight hundred dollars. For compensation to *I»« secretary d the { commidioners of the finking fund, two hun dred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the clerks employed for the purpose of making drafts of the fcvtral surveys of lard in the territory ol the U. S. north.well of the river Ohio, & in keeping the books of the trealury in relation to the sales oflands at the fcvcral land offices, three thousand four hundred dollars. For fuel and other contingent expences of the treasury department, four thousand dol. lars. For defraying the expences incident to the 1 Hating and printing the public accounts for the year iBos, one thousand tw o hundred dollars. For purchasing hooks, maps, and charts, for the use of the treasury department, four hundred dollars. For compensation to a fuperintendant em ployed tofecuri the buildings and records of the treasury, during the year one thousand eight hundred and fix, including theexpehce of two watchmen, and tor the repair of ffio. fire buckets- lanthern®. atA »*lier incidental expences, one thousand fivaghuu dred debars. 'VR For compensation to the secretary oPwiy, cleiks, and persons employed in his office, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dol. lars. For the ex pence ot furl, stationary, prin. ting, and other contingent expencts cf the office of the secretary of war, one thousand dollars. For compensation to the accountant of the war department, clerks, and persons employ ed in his office, ten thousand nine hundred and ten dollars, (To he Continued.) FRANKFORT, July r 3. Among the numerous reports which every day gives birth to, is one, that ’the nobles of the Ruffian court have attempted to treat the emperor Alexander, as his father was treated ; but that the emperor defended him fell'with the gfeateft courage, until his guards cams to his affiftspee.—The rebels were ap prehended, and loft their heads. FROM THE MAIN, July 19. We find the following outlines of the new Germanic constitution in the Journals of Franconia. A Federation is to he formed between the Arch Chancellor, Bavaria, Wirtcmburgh, Baden, Htfle Cafiel, and Darmftadf, under the proteflion of :hc French Emperor. The Arch Chancellor is tobe put in poffirffion of the City of Frank fort, where the Federative States are to as semble in furore. Cardinal Fefch is ro pre fidc ia, the affcirbiics of the Federative States; the affairs of which are to be managed by the Elpfloral Arch Chancellor, in conjunfHon with a resident deputy ap pointed by the French Emperor. Baden Htffc Cafl-l, and Darmftadt, are each to aflame a legal title ; and lastly there is to be a King of Weftphal'a. Some small vii. Eutftembcrg, Octtcngm, Hohenzol lern, Yfcnbcrg, Arenberg, and S.dm Saltn,-' are to be preserved, while others are to r come under the jurifdiftion of the Electoral r Arch. Chancellor. . , 1 According to the pending Concordat the I following important reforms arc proposed: An Eccleftiaftical Ccnflitutinn, confifteut with the spirit of the times, A freedom of thinking, and liberty of confcicncc in Ger many, without All Ecclcfiaftics and Arch-BHhops, to be fubjeft to the oath I of allegiance to their lawful foverign*, and I to sign an acknowledgement cf the invalidity j of all mandats', dec. not fanftioned by the fovereign* The abolition of all cloisters and religious orders still subsisting, the Brothers and Sifters of charity excepted. The eftab lilhmert of schools and seminaries. The reduction of the number cf religions ccre montes-*-puhlic proceflnns—-Saints’ days. The abolition of contraverfia! sermons. General permiffiun to eat Hefti. A total abolition of celibacy and pilgrimages. The removal of various obstacles so the j union of Protcftants, and the legalization ! of all their marriager. * , PARIS, July 24. The Jesuits have been ordered to quit the city of Naples in 24 hours, and the kingdom as expedmoufty as pcffible. It is believed they will retire to Russia, the rule of their order not permitting them to fettle in any of the Catholic Rates, not even in thofc of the Holy Father, LONDON, July 26. It has been lately announced that the ra ins of two great cities have bcen.difcovered, in the Ruffian empire, of which there arc no accounts in hillory ; one of them is in the . IQc of Jamaica, in the black sea ; the ether In a diftrift of Siberia. A manufeript, dog out of Herculaneum, haslatcly been unrolled, and found to be the fragment of a latin poem in hexameter, containing nearly 70 verses. They relate to the battle of Aftium, and as is supposed, to the death of Cleopatra,. The manufeript is written in unical letters, and is expefted to prove the poem of Varus the friend of Horace and Virgil. July 31. A letter received by the Thalia from Ben gal, dated March 15, fays—“ Holkar poll lively tefofes the fulfilment of the Treaty, j and is now io nnmcnfe force on the borders j of the Seik country. We mult now put up { with the iofults or commence the war imme- J diatcly—The New Loans have totally fail. | cd.” The Thalia, last from St. Helena, con firms the raport of the expedition under Sir Home Popham having failed for the Rio de h Plata. Three hundred of the St, Hclana corps had volunteered in it; but no account had bren received frem Sir H. Popham since he had failed from that island. July 31. 1 The. finances of Holland appear to be in a deplorable, Hate. August i. Sir Richard Mufgravc has been removed from the office which he held in the Cultom houle of Dublin. August 2, Lord Luderdale, accompanied by Mr. Ccdard, has jutt left London lor Pans, to aft as negotiator lor peace between France and England. Previoully to his Lordihip’s departure, he had a long conference with Loid Grenville, which laded till half pall three o'r-lnck. , AuCpsr 5. It is now pretty well known, that Lieut. ‘ Gen. Simcce is to he the fucctflbr 10 ioid Lake in the East Indies. We have received Hamburgh papers of ihe j6(li ulr. being a day later tbaathofe brought by the mail. They contain symptoms of ap proaching hostilities between Pruflia and Swe den. Letters brot* by the Lisbon mail, which arrived on Saturday, contain the extraordi nary intelligence, that Bonaparte had requi red of the King of Spain, to receive an Am. bafiador from the new-created king of Na. pies. It is also said to have been infilled, that his Catholic Majesty Ihuuld agree to the dethroning <jf his own-daughter, the Queen of Etruria, and that he (hould further ccn font to the incorporation of four of his pro vinces with the kingdom of France, viz. Catalonia, Arragon, Navarre, and Biscay, thereby making the river Ebro boundary be tween France and Spain, indead cl the Py renees.—The court of Madrid is represented as having made strong remonftranccs against fiich unjyftifiable prctfnficns j; but, ih con- ' fcquence of *Lem, it is said, that Govern ment Paper had funk at Cadiz to 50 per cent, difeount. ' " August fi. We stated yesterday, and cn the bed all thority, that M, D’Cubril bad, in'figning the preliminary treaty with France, gone beyond his indruftkms. We can now add, that the terms are Co ignominious and disadvantageous to Ruflia, that it is thought by some diplomatics, the emperor Alexander will probably hesitate to ratify them. In the mean time, Napoleon afts as if the definitive treaty was signed. On the very day that D’Oubril signed ihe prelimi nary treaty, it was intimated to the Aus trian amhaffador, that his mader mud im mediately abdicate the crown he has so long worn as head of the German empire, and cor.fine himfelf in future to fuels matters us concern his ownhoufe. NEW-YORK, September 16, The fomefs ofOaeta has at length fur ren dered after a defence which will make no inconfidctahle figure in the hillory of the time. The garrison fudained a continual ' fire of eleven days with open trenches, du ring which time 8co ; ooo lbs. ofpowder was coufumed by the besiegers. September 17 • 1 he following interetting extraft is from an American gentleman, of whose intelli gence and correftnefs we have a personal knowledge, dated Nantz August 1, “ It is reported on the authority of pri vate letters from T-iris, that the Preliminary Treaty with England is aftually finned; , and some datements go so far as to speak of tlie articles. Among a variety of others I hive heard that France cedes to England the Ides of France and all claim to her poflrflion in the Ead Indies, the Cape of Good Hope, Hanover, &c. ■ ■ “ England cedes to France, Gibraltar, Malta, and rclinquiflies forever the trade of the Mediterranean. I mention these as mere reports ; but no doubt exists of the principal articles being mutually agreed upon and that both parties are fetioufiy bent on ma king Peace.” A letter from Naples of the 17th Jelr, inferred in one of our Jjft French papers contains the following account: “ On the id July 6000 Eoglifh disem barked at the gulph of St. Euphemia, in Calabria. They were attacked on the 4/h by the general ofdivifion Rcgnier with ihe Polilh regiment and the forty-fecond of the line who were warmly repulsed.—Gen. Compere, grievously wounded & 300 Poles, were made prisoners. The Englilh having • teen joined by » ieiiifcrcrrrtent'cf tic* «nd by three or 4000 Calabrian im ui c crit ? committed the enor of advancing, and quit* ted the protection of tfccir veflels. With-n a league of Cofenza, they u«c fimouL attacked by the general ot diviiicn Verdier at the head of 10,000 Infantry and aoco cavalry. The Englifo were beaten, p Ut to the route, and at the moment cf v/iitiL, 1800 EnglUh prifeners have arrived at head quarters—General Verdict is in pursuit <f the fugitives. On the other hand general Rcgnter having marched to Cotton* has given up ui pillage the village de LittoU ■5OO Calabrian revolters have been rut m the fvvotd.” * September 18. FRANCE AND ENGLAND. The following extraft ot a letter g[ V c s too much ground t* apprehend that p fa(c has actually beep figred; between thefegov. etnments. *1 he le»ter is dated the iftot An", gnft, and was written by an intelligent g en " deman at Nanty, who, from bis pe C «lj ar situation, tnuft necessarily receive the earlielt intelligence of so important an event: 4t React is made. It is not yet *Jficialli announced ; but,from good authority J know tt nunsJigned tivo days ago.” Another letter dates “ that no pregrefs has been made in the negotiation with Spain, in ronfcquence ot the impediments cf France —the lattft ‘Dittoing the United States iuUA a jealous eye. Six months may (hew many ftrarge events.’* BALTIMORE, September 16. From the Merchants' Coffee-Hou/e Books, ARRIVED, Brig Sally, Glavarry, bound from this port to St. Jagr—On the 25.1 v August, in lat. 26, long. 68, difeovered a Jargffijip under jury niafts, which (hewed a Ti^nalrf (liftrefs—bore away for her— fhc proved to he the French 80 gun (hip L’Ec le—fem his boat with tire mate and two hands on board, whom they detained, and sent the boat hack manned wjth their own men, and tetk cut the remainder rs the Sallj’3 crew, except the captain and the rook, giving orders to keep the brig by the (hip, which they did until yesterday at n o’clock, when they difraif. fed her off Patuxent, and retained theNtv- Yoik brigs and Boh on fchocncrs. KNOXVILLE, (Ten.) September 13. ■ExtraS. of a litter , dated Fort. Adams, dtp 25, lBq6, to a gattUman in this place, “ Nine hundred S’aniflv ttccpshave crcC. fed the Sabine rivet, ardercamj ed wiiliin ten or twelve miles of Natchitoches. Cel. Cuihing sent Maj. Porter todemand ofthem their intentions, enticing which he was an fwtred, that they intended to eiefl aferten that fpi r, and that they intended to hate pc PtCicn of Natchitoches and the Red rirer. Co), Cnfliirg has ordered Cel. Kii gftury ,to match withihreecompanics frem this place to Natchitoches with all pcffible fjeed. Go. veroot Claijhcrre. h?s ordeicd the militia ot the Territory of Orleans to join the regular troopsat Natchltcthvsin mediately. Abcut ibree bnrdrcd Spaniards have intercepted, tome diPence up Red liver, the party up, pointed by government to explore it, & c. hiiged them to turn back.” CHARLESTON, Sepiemfcw 22. We urdtrftand that a letter has hem re ceived in this city, from the Mifiifl ppi Ter. ritcry, by Saturday’s Mail, (fating, that the Spaniards have Tent about 400 men up the Bed Riter in Lcuiljana, in order to in tercept the party which was feet up that li ver by order iff our government. ThcA ircrican party was detached by Cc-I. Free.-, man, and does not ccnfift of more than 50 inin,—-Thefe advices funher (fate, that 1 j rapid, was the march of the Spaniards, that at the hut accounts, they were within three d.M. s march, of the American detachment, «nu at the Caddo ■•village, (where they halt ed) they cut down rhs American flag, offer ving they would dcltroy or drive the American Troops. The n.hocrrr Anrznn frrtn ar rived at New Yoik, left that place on the 241 b of August, Next morning was board, edby lieutenant Boyd, of the Britilh armed (hip Gipfey, who informed that about the 13th ot August, he went into Coro to a(k perrmfiton ot general Miranda to repair his Ichocner ; that a day or IWO after, captain Thoropfon cf the Lcardrr, put in for water with foms of his people at the watering place, wjihin a few miles rs Coro, whem they were attacked by the SpaniatJs, rrd captain Thompfcn ard 74 rs his men killer. The Spaniards immediately retreated to ihs maintains. Lieutenant Boyd rdded thnt though Miranda had only between three "tid tour hundred men, and was furroursded by frem two to four theufand, he had never been attacked but ncvershelefs, he judged it prudent to abandon the advantages he had obtained, and arcrvdinglr '■mbarked his . troops in (benight cf the i6rh cf August, in search of a mere eligible fl nation. hiihigh I'cgftf* THE DEATH OF PINES. Since the fall of 1802, a deadly difcr.fe has been spreading among the Pine trees rt South,Carolina. This year it appears tozfl with the mod powerful clFefls—many planta tiens having loft all their Tawing and iencif;f timber, and thousands of acres coring*” < to each other, present nothing but a d:es- r >' waste. The canfes of the di.'safe h*vs i.et been afeertained.