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BY AUTHORITY.
[PUBLIC ACTS ]
* AN ACT for her to amend Hie several
acts reladve to the Treasury, War,
and Navy Depart men »
Re iteiactod by the Seriate and House
of Represenlalivi s of the United S'ales
of America in Congress assembled. Tn
(lit geeond section of 'he act, entitle I
•• An act mak'mir alterations in the Tie -
gory and aar Departments,” paused the
eighth day of May, seventeen hundred
and ninety-two; Iho second section of the
get, i milled « An ad to alter a«d amend
the several acs for the establishment and
regn'aiion of the Treasury, War, mid Na
vy Depar imnls,” passed the sixteenth
day of July, seventeen hundred and nine
ty-ei)'lil; and the seventh section of the
an, rnt it led “An act to provide fnr the
prompt settlement of public accounts,”
pass, d the third day of starch, eighteen
hundred and seventeen, be, and hereby
are, repi aied, from ami after the thirtieth
day of June, eighteen hundred and twen
ty two.
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted,
TJ> I, on the day and year last aforesaid,
all moneys which mat remain in the hands
of the Treasurer of the United Slates, as
*g<-n: of 'lie War and Navy Dt partments,
(hall, under the direction of the Secreta
ries of those Departments, respectively,
be repaid into the Treasury, and carried
to the credit of the proper Department
Upon the books of the Treasury,
Sec 3. And be it further enacted,
, That all moneys appropriated for the use
of the War and Navy Departments,shall,
from and after the day and year last u
forcsaiil, b>‘ drawn from the Treasury by
wan aids of the Secretary of the Treasu
ry,upon the requisitions of the Secreit
rhsH those Departments, respectively,
countersigned by the Second Comptrol
-1 let of the 'l ii asury, and registered by the
proper Auditor
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That so much of the said act of the third
day of March, eighteen hundred and se
venteen, as is repugnant to the foregoing
[irovisions, he, and is hereby, repealed,
fom and after the thirtieth day us June,
eighteen hundred and twenty-two.
PHILIP P. BARBOUR-
I Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN OAILLAHD,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
JAMES MONROE,
Washington, May 7, 1822—Approved,
AN ACT fixing the compensation of the
Commissioner of the Public Buildings.
Re it enae'ed by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United Stales
rot America in Congress assembled, That
instead of the salary of two thousand dol
lars, h« rejofore allowed by law to the
Commissioner of the Public D Hidings,
there shall henceforth be allowed to the
ssid Commiskimwßr, a salary of one thou
sand five hundred dollars a year, to be
paid quarterly, out of any moneys in the
Treasury, not < therwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That,
the said Commissioner ahull give bond
with one or more sufficient sureties, in
such sum ami formas the President of
the United States shall direct, for the
faithful discharge of the duties of Ins of
fice : Provided, That there shall not be
placed in Ins hand, at any one time, a
sum exceeding the penalty of the bond.
Sec- 3. Ami be it further enacted, That
the third section of the act, entitled “ An
set making an appropriation for enclosing
and improving the public squ re near the
Capitol, and to abolish the office of Com
missioners of the Public Buildings, and
of Superintendent, and for the appoint
ment of one Commissioner for the Public
Buildings,*' approved the twenty ninth
day*«f April, A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and sixteen, which said section
fixed the salary of tite said Commissioner
at two thousand dollars, be, and the same
is hereby, repealed,
Washington, Mat 7, lß22—Approved.
AN ACT to provide for annuities to the
Ottawa*, Pottawatamies, Klckapoos,
Choctaws Kaskaskius, to Mushalatuhbe,
and to carry into effect the treaty of Sa
gauaw. ,
Rf. it enacted by the Senate and House ,
of Representatives of the United States of f
Amer.ca in Congress assembled, That, t
for carrying into effect a treaty concluded ,
at Chicago, on the twenty-ninth day of Au
gust one thousand eight hundred and
twenty one, the following sums, to be paid
out of any moneys in the Treasury, not ]
otherwise appropriated, be, and the same J
are hereby, appropriated, for the payment
of the annuity in said treaty, to be paid
to the following Indian tribes, that is to
say ; to the Oliawas a permanent annuity
of one thousand dollars, annually ; to the r
said tribe of Indians, one thousand five n
hundred dollais, annually, fur, ten years, 51
in support of a blacksmith, teacher, and a '
person to instruct the Ottawa# in agricul
ture, and for the purchase of cattle and
farming utensils; to the Pottawatamies,
five thousand dollars, annually, for twenty "
years, and a further sum of one thousand 1
dollars to the said tribe of Indians, stipu- s
lale.i in said treaty, to be applied by the *'
Pres dent, annually, in support of a black «
smith and teacher for them ;to the Kick d
apoo of Indians, two thousand dol- n
Jars annually, for fifteen years, stipulated h
to be paid to the said tribe by the treaty I
WxoncrcSedat Edwardsville, in the slate of
sand eight hundred and nineteen, and to
continue go appropriated so long as the
said treaties shall be in force.
For carrying into effect certain stipula
tions contained in the treaty ot the six
teenth November, one thousand eight
hundred and five, with the Choctaw na
' (ion, and for the annual gratuity to said
nation, allowed under previous treaties,
for which no appropriation has heretofore
, been made, annually, two thousand four
hundred dollars,
! For the annuity to Mushalatubbee, pro
vided for in the treaty concluded widi
the Choctaw nation, October eighteenth,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty,
sod to carry into effect the stipulation of
said treaty, relative to light horse, annual
ly, seven hundred and fifty dollars
For annuity secured to the Kaskaskias
tribe by the treat) of the thirteentu Au
gust, one thousand hundred ami
three, for widen no appropriation has heie
lofore been made, annually, five hundred
dollars.
For carrying into effect the stipulation
contained in the treaty concluded at Sa
ganaw, twenty fourth September, one
thousand eight hundred and nineteen, re
lative to the employment of a blacksmith,
a u! persons to aid in agriculture, &c. 8;c.
and for which no appropriation has here
tofore been made, the annual sum of two
I thousand dollars,
Washington, May 7, 1822—Approved.
AN ACT explanatory of an act for the re
i lief ol sundry citizens of Baltimore.
IJ ■ it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United Slates
of America in Congress assembled, That
the act, entitled “ An act for the relief ol
sundry citizens of Baltimore,” shall be-8o
construed as to refer to a copy of esti
mates verified at Baltimore by Thorndike
Chase and John Snyder, on the twenty
eighth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty, instead of the
twentieth day ot February aforesaid.
Washington, May 7, 1822—Approved.
THE IIJIHE jf CUJiIOVS
Scene in the House of Representatives,
April 23, on the amendment to the
clause prohibiting (he payment of mo
ney to defaulters, (ill the sum in which
they may be indebted to the govern
ment shall be cancelled.
Mr Nelson of Va said that he rose to
vindicate our chief magistrate. It has
been rumored about, that this provision
was directed against him, as public de
faulter He did not believe there was any
such intention in those who moved or vot
ed for it, hut such was the report; and
he exhibited documents from the Treasu
ry Department, showing that it was
groundless ;in fact that the nation is in
debt to Mr. Monroe Mr. N. having call
ed for the reading of certain letters, and
the reading having commenced, Mr. S te
venson of Va. suggested to his colleague
1 to dispense with the fill liter rending. He
was sure there was no such design in a
dopting this proviso, as his colleague sup
posed ; nor had he ever heard such a thing
insinuated
Mr. Camurkleno never heard of it.
Several voices cried out at once, 1 never
heard of it.
Mr. Woodson —1 am authorized to say
for this part of the House that they never
heard it.
Mr. Abciikr would ask lus Hon. col
league over the way, (Mr. Stevenson,) if
it was not proper that the papers should
be read, since the subject had been men
tioned ; although his Hon colleague (Mr.
Nelson,) had been betrayed into an indis
cretion by the ardour of his friendship for
the very distinguished person who filled
the office of executive.
Mr. Stevenson had not the slightest ob
jection to go into the inquiry—but he had
made the suggestion to his colleague be
cause he thought no-body wished for ex
animation. They all scouted the idea us
the President being a defaulter
Rich. Enq.
Hydrophobia. —The Boston Evening Ga
zette after remarking that several mad
(legs had lately made their appearance in
Philadelphia, adds “ Should any person
be bitten, it will afford an opportunity for
tde curious among the physicians, to put
to tlie test, the preventive remedy for the
Hydrophobia, (so successful in Russia)
which has been communicated by Mr.
Middleton, the American Minister Pleni
potcnliary at St. Pctei&burgli to some
Gentlemen of Science in the United
Statej. If the poison lias taken, it first
makes its appearance it is said underneath
the tongue, and may be extracted by a
lancet or otherwise, before it is reabsorb
ed in the system, this member therefor,
is subjected to the most scrutinising ex
amination every 12 hours for about 20
daysin succession, and if mi alarming ap
pearance is preceptible under the tongue,
the danger of the disease is considered to
be at an end. By extracting giubu.es,
should any such appear, it is contended,
(hat ihe hydrophobic principle is entire
ly eradicated ” — w Vorfulk Beacon-
AGRICULTURAL.
“ And he Clave it for his opinion, that
whoever cotdd make two ears of corn or
two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of
ground where only one grew before, woxdd de
serve better of mankind, and do more essen
tial service to his country, than the whole
race of politicians put together."— Sw 11 r.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
Proceedings of the Agricultu
ral Society of Albemarle. ,
Muscat. May 6, 1822.
A communication from P. Minor was ,
read, detailing an experiment of a new ,
mode of raising corn. For Mr. M. a pre- ,
mium of g3O in a piece of silver plate. |
To the Agricultural Society of Albemarle 1
Apuil J, 1822. 1
The following account of an experi- s
ment in the oulture of Indian Com. with ,
the certified result of its production is ,
submitted to the Society, with a claim for f
the premium offered by their resolution 1
us the Ist Nov. 1819, for the greatest pro- .
duction and beat quality of Indian Corn, i
made upon not less than two acres of high t
land. f
This experiment was made upon an un- g
f even piece of ground, ( 0 f gsavelly loam,)
- laying between two hills, and compre
0 hendmg a slide of eaca.—A part of it was
e several years ago occupied by a stable and
the necessary lot around it, where horses
. and nyilch cows were confined during the
winter- In the autumn of 18l6i|h|e sta
t ble was removed, and the lot anoTOe*kd
i- jacent land, to the amount of 3 acres, and
1 more, was broken up and in the year 1820
i, < ultivated in tobacco without any manure
e being applied, except 1 bushel of Plaister
r "f paris, sown broad caat a- before the
bibs weiemade. 'l'he crop ot tobacco was
. verygieat. The ground after the tobac
r c« was cut, remained untouched during
i, the winter. On the 2d and 3d days of
, March, 1821, it wag broken up with iwo
f ploughs, that is, one which cut very wide.
- was tint run, and another more narrow
followed in the same furrow, breaking the
s Und-about ten inches deep.
1 15ih of April, laid off the ground in
rooms of 7 feet apart with a large plough;
toe plough running twice to widen and
1 deepen the furrow. These furrows were
ilien filled even full with coarse half rotten
1 straw and chaff from trie barn yard. It
‘ required 40 loads ol about 50 bushels each
” to go over two acres in this way. But
from the circumstance of my extending
* the experiment over a greatei space than
‘ two acres, and the distance of die barn
yard, and one cart only being employed,
’ the manuring was not completed m less
than ten tlays, all which time the manure
" remained exposed in the furrows.
26th of April—the manuring being
completed, a list "-as formed upm each
. side of it, and the corn immediately sown
’ thickly in the furrows left by forming
* these lists—making in fact a double row
» ofacorn with the manure between. Tin.
corn was covered with the hoe.—-Near
two bushels were used, which was per
haps five limes more than necessary, but
it was done to ensure the crop and avoid
’ the trouble and risk of replanting; I pro
cured the corn from Mr. John Uodgers ol
' this county, and called it the red Cobb.—
It is remarkable for shelling out more than
' any other kind I have seen—and was in-
I troduced, I understand, into this country
i several years ago by Mr. Crayton Peyton
* of Buck island. On the 29ih of April an
excessively hard ram fell which washed
'* up a great deal of Corn. This waste
e planted the sth of May, and the damages
<>f the rain, iu some respects, repaired
1 Many of the lists were washed over, and
the manure to a considerable extent en
tirely removed.
3 18lh and 19th of May. Worked the
i cultivators between the rows running
. three limes, and wed die corn, leaving it
j to stand from 12 to 20 inches, according
. to the looks of the corn and the strength
1 of the land. The lists remained untouch-i
, ed, except to destroy any grass or weeds
s on then with the hue, Upon accurate
, measurement afterwards through the lot
. in various directions 1 found tiie distance
1 of the stalks averaged 17 inches apart
. which gives about %C 0 stalks per acre.
. On the 29th planted the whole lot thickly
- in pumpkins under the impression that
they would benefit the crop by preserving
. moisture.
> June 15th, ploughed with shovel
ploughs and wed and suckered the corn;
* the fists still remained untouched, ex
r cept to scrape off the grass and weeds,
of which very little ever appeared.
Aug. 12th, cut the the tops from eve
ry other row to admit sun and air. This
. was an experiment from which I could see
f no benefit or injury, except dial it ad
-1 milted the pumpkins to start, which from
this tinre grew rapidly, but very few of
them ripened before the frost*
Between the 25th of Aug. and 2d of I
Sept, the blade fodder was pulled and the
other half of the tops was exceedingly
great. But I did not ascertain the exact
amount, and on the 18th of October, tin- [
der the inspection of James Hippeto Si
Albert G. Quarles, I measured the crop
from two acres, which had been previ- I
ously laid off by Col. Wm. Woods. The I
produce was 94 bushels of shelled corn I
per acre, as the accompanying certificates
of those gentlemen will shew.
I deem it proper to state, that this
mode of cultivating corn is not original (
with m°. I recollect an account some j
years ago ina newspaper, that some pc'. I
sons to the northward, (perhaps in the I
state of Delaware) had by an exactly si- I
milar process made 20 barrels of corn I
per acre upon p.mr land. The name and j
particu'ar residence of the person I can- I
not remember, but the process and cuiti J
livation was exactly what I followed. The J
readintr this account induced me in the I
year 1819 to make some experiments tip- j
on the plan mentioned, with a view to I
test the relative advantage of this, and I
the common mode cf planting in single I
drills of six feet by two I did it with
great care and attention, and now take
the liberty to present the society with the I
result as extracted from my diary of that j
year. j
| I
Extract. I
Octobfu 14, 1819- I
Memorandum of the result of a new made I ]
of planting Corn. j 1
In the early part of M-iy last planted I 1
the flat piece of ground above my shop I *
in corn, in drills of six feet apart, with j
the stalksjthinnrd to IS.inches I (
except fen rows through thu mid- 1
die, which were prepared and planted as I }
follow: I '
Deep furrow's were run,with a two horse J t
plough at 7 feet apart for the ten rows,!
and the plough made to return in each to I j,
make them wider and deeper, four of I Q
these furrows were filled even full, after I r
being somewhat trodden, with the richest { 0
stable dung, four were filled with half rot- J 0
ten chaffupon which cattle had been win- I g
tered, and two were filled with dry im. I j
rotted wheat straw. A list was then form-Ip,
ed upon each furrow by running a large I a
plough once on each side of it; amldou-jb
ble rows of corn planted'in the furrows I
left by forming The corn was 1
thinned to the same dfstance as the adjoin I j,
ing single rows, viz: 18 inches, and was I m
all cuh ivated alike except that the lists | w
containing the manure were left uotowch- j c ,
ed, unless to pull out any weeds, that j o j
sprung up The rows were all of he same j
length, and the quality of the land the I l
same. On this day gathered one single j m
row, and one double row of each kind of I«■
manure—the measurement, weight, &c J e ,
of each is shown in the following tabular I th
statement; I, •
I hi
f? s f
3 • • p 2.
m c c *£ 7k
. "*? -n g zr
'J3 - 2 r*
E 2 3
rr • 2
m rn '
, wJkJLL ( lwob “; 'b.
272 217 lie:s and
the common , yo
nnepeck.
way. *
2d A double i li’J., ’
row manured c , n ..... nushels
with stable 542 , >s ° and two 154
dung, pecks
4th. A double
' r 0W K rr ed 520 382 4 bushel.- '6B
with half rot
ton chaff.
4lh* A~ double
row manured 4go 376 4 bushels
1 wi h dry wheat &.2p,ck;>
| straw.
Three sac ts may be noticed as r marks
i ble in this experiment. Ist. The t.x
tieme shortness of the crop. 2nd That
♦he production was somewhat in an inverse
ratio to the number of stalks, and 3d
■ That the row manured with dry wheal
i straw, produced the most. To those
i who remember the excessive drought of
, the year 1819, which was unpreceden 1 ed
i in this part of Vitginia, there will he nc
difficulty in accounting for the shortness
of the crop —Ami perhaps the same
cause will go far lo explain the 2d circum
stance, as a crowded crop is generally ob
served to suffer most in dry seasons. The
' inert asedproduction from the dry whea
straw I shall not here attempt to account
for. but rather suggest and recommend
to the entei prizing members of our socie
ty, the propriety of making further expe
ments in this mode of culture with a view,
more fully to establish the fact. If a double
crop can be raised by the applica
tion in tltis way of dry straw, (which my
experiment demonstrated) won id it not.
be both an economy of labor and a means
of further improving mu- lands, to pursue
this method to a more or less extent up
on ajl our Farms } Half the quantity of
land, at d about half the cultivation only,
would be necessary to make the same
crop; and an article thereby turned, to
profitable account, which at present, on
many farms, is in a great measure wasted.
We might indeed select level spots con
venient and near to our straw yards, and
make them permanent corn lots to the
great releif of our hill sides, which tak
ing into account the washing occasioned
by summer tillage, is more exhausted by
corn, than by all the other preps of a
rotation put together
J J. MINOR.
I TTunrnrrmmin— ■ Miwmir tt~t
FOREIGN,
From the Washington City Gazette, Jlfay 28
SPAIN.
j MEMORIAL retd to the Cortes in the
Public Sitting of the 23d March, by the
j Secretary for the Despatch of Foreign
j Affairs.
j I have the honor and the great plea
sure of informing the Cortes of the king-
I dom, that the political relations of Spain
I with Foreign Powers, continue in gene
j ral in an amicable state.
I The ratifications of the treaty of ami* \
I for adjusting differences and limits, con
cluded on the 22d of February, 1819, be
-1 tween his Majesty and the United States,
were exchanged on the 22d of February,
1821. In conformity with ttie stipulation
in article 4 of the said treaty, the King has
I appointed the Spanish Commission of
Limits, which in corcert with thatcho
j sen by the government of the United
I States, is to trace out the divisional line
between the territories of the two Powers,
j The Spanish commissioners charged to ex
ecute the delivery of East and West F'o
rida, within the term fixed by article 7 of
the Treaty, have experienced some vex
j ationson the part of the American au'ho-
I rities appointed by those provinces. The
King trusts that the the U
rutt-d States will readily give the sail sfac
tion which has been asked, for a proceed
ing so little conformable to the relations
ot fr endship existing between the two
Poweis; and will thus confirm the hopes
conceived by his Majesty, that the con
elusion of the last tnaty will draw close
[the bonds of friennship which unite the
[ wo nations.
We continue in peace with the Barba
ry Governments. ’The Regency of Al
giers has recently renewed its ancient
pretensions, and the Dey has urgently de
inanded, by a letter addressed immediate
iy t° his Majesty, the million and a half
of dollars which he claims to be due him
from Spain. A squadron of the national
fleet has been ordered lo Algiers, which,
accompanied by a part cf the naval force
cf the Netherlands, cruising in (he Medi
terraneun, may be expected to oontiibute
lo the happy issue ot the amicable settle
ment which the Spanish Government has
proposed to the Dey. His Majesty hopes
that the Regency of Algiers will not re
ject a course which justice dictates, and
which the mutual convenience of both
Governments recommend
AVith respect tq the internal dissensions
of which tlie Empire of Morocco is the
thea.re, his Majesty proposed lo ohseive
the most perfect neutrality, without favor
ing either of the two contending parties
which, with alternate success, combat for
the government of the country. 1
The government of the Swiss Cantons 1
have offered no opposition to the decree
of the Cortes, for disbanding the Swiss '
legimenls in the service of Spain, with- 11
r ' h f I ter . n * ** xei ' ky the capitulation c
of 18j4 having expired. The Helvetic c
government energetically claims the in- f
.iemnifications stipulated by 'he said con-
Ll V* n ["’” r the individuals disbanded, e
rnd his Majesty’s government expects to '
nmg i Ins transaction to a conc.usion sa
is»actory to both p&pties s
Our Minister at the Court of Russia, has d
»een recognized by his Imperial Males "
y; the diplomatic relations of Spam, "
vith Russia ape thus established; and we K
mutinue good harmony with the cabinet '
•I St. Feterabiirgb. 11
The insalubiity of the climate of Sierra "
.cone has rendered it necessary to re- ?.
j ove the . Spaniards, members of the mix- hl
, c “ rnn ' l f lu " which was there establish-
d,fc for the purpose of watching over /
he treaty relative to the slave trade; but 0
ns majesty influenced by the feelings of
“ humanity, and religiously scrupulous in
the fulfilment of bis extracts, lias autho
rised our minis.er in London to treat with
the British government in concert with
the Portuguese representative at that
court, repecting the removal of the mix
'd commission to a more salubrious spot,
in order that the security of the coramis
sioners may be combined with the im
portant duty they have to discharge.
1 Political institutions, analogous to
those which happily prevail in Spain, be
ing adopted ii» Portugal, it might be hop
ed that the time hal arrived tor putting
an end tojthe differences which have ex
isted between the two nations- His ma
jesty has however, *with much regret,
seen from the proceedings of the Point*
guese government, that his desire for
drawing closer the mutual intedftsls of the
two powers, and forming the most cordial
friendship with the Portuguese Monar
, chi. do not appear from ih • c> nducl o(
the Portuguese govern;, en and the evei ts
which have so unfortunately occurred, to
, have been met by corresponding scnli
ments
When it was ascertained at the Court
e of llio (aneiio, that the. constitution ivrrn
-1 *i y he dej uiit st'{the Coness-sen.bled
,1 in Lisbon had been sworn to in Poring.'i,
and when tlit* King had also taken bo
,{• oath to (hat constitution, that moment
was chosen by the Pmtuguese gi vein
-0 meet for consummating its aggiession a
gait,st the Spanish provinces »f llio dejjti
Plata, by putting in motion the spring o!
i- anartlnl policy, in ordertha! the inhabit
ants of the said provinces, asst milled in
e M ■ nte Video, should resolve, as in fact,
they did r» solve, to separate from .the
t Spanish Monarchy, ami incorporate thein
r] selves with Portugal. To remove all oh
.. s'liclcs from the meditated plan, mea
sures were taken for solemnly rocogniz
-, ing the independence cf the insurgent
e government of Buenos Ayres, aid apio
intse was made, that an agent chosen by
y Buenos Ayres, should be acknowledged
it. in Lisbon
s As soon ns the court removed from llio
; Jam rinat Lisbon, and the government ol
the King protes’ed energetically to the
f government of his most faithful majesty
, against so extraordinary and unexpected a
; proceeding, and flattered itself that, that
a government would disapprove the pro
n ceeding which had been sdoj. ed on this
delicate point, not only from a conviction
-of the injustice and nullity of such mea
:l sums, but in order to put itself on a le
e ve! witli the police which other powers
- have adopted relative to the emanoipa
-1 tionfrom Spain, pretended by the insur
y gem governments of our ultramarine pro
a vinces: notwithstanding sncli just consi
deration, his Majesty has seen these wtT
founded hopes vanish, since the govern
ment of Portugal far from sadsfying the
complaints and representations of Spain,
excites apprehensions by the spacious re
ply with which it attempts to defend the
transactions in Brazil.
The s lemn declaration of his most
Fait Id'n! Majesty, that th re exists no
treaty hetwven Spain and Portugal, sup
posing that lhoS“ previously in force fell
; by the French invasion, is a circumstance
which also demands the serious attention
of government. In consequence of tha*
1 declaration the Portuguese government
lias disregarded some articles of treaties
to which we have referred in support of
the demands made for the delivery of se
, ditiouft refugees injhat kingdom & thefac
tions Barca and Oiceron have been order
ed to be set at liberty in consequence of
the recent resolution adopted by the
Court of Lisbon.
Notwithstanding the state of our rela
tions with Portugal, ids Majesty docs not
doubt tlia) the friendly intercourse which
continues to be maintained with the go
vernment of Portugal, will tend to settle
the impending differences in a conciliato
ry manner. The King cannot persuade
himself that the reciprocal interest of
both Powers to draw'closer the ties of
friendship and good will, can be over
looked; especially when the utility of a
firm and cordial union in the liberal prin
ciples proclaimed by both nations is evi
dent; and equally so the prudence of not
putting to the test what tire dignity and
decorum of the Spanish nation might de
mand, whose call would be answered with
the decision and heroism which belong to
it-
Our relations of friendship and good i
harmony with the Court of France have i
not suffered the slightest alteration. The ;
yellow fever, which last year afflicted i
some of the provinces of Spain, and «
more particularly' Catalonia, induced the !
trencli Government to pl.ee a military 1
cordon of health on the frontier, which, i
although it occasional some irregularities i
in the communications and mercantile re- f
iations between the two countries, afford- i
cd no ground tor complaint, considering
the right w hich belongs to every nation’,
above all things, to attend toils own pre
servation. It appeared natural .however,
hat the cordon should he renam'd,
when it was known that the con
tagion had ceased This has not been
done ; perhaps from an apprehension dut
die disease might re-apptar: but various
representations liave been mode on this
poim to the French Government, and our
Minister at Paris has been instructed to
demand explanation on the subject.
•he Government of his Majesty being
informed that seme Spaniards, whose im
potent attempts «o subvert the cons itu
tional system had experienced he d.sas
trous result which was to be expected
rom such scenes, hail laken refuge in
France, solicited and obtained from his
Most Christian Majesty that these fac
tious persons should be sent into the in
■rk°is ,n different points.—
• he French Government asked, in return,
that measures of reciprocity should be
adopted in Spain, and that we should or
der to withdraw' from our frontier a few in
dividuals of that nation; who excited ap
prehensions in France His Majesty wa?
pleased to accede to this demand, found
ed as u was on principles of mutual cun
vemence.
The late events in Navarre attracted
some seditious Snaniards >o our frontiers,
Joubtless with the view of assisting the
movements of the factious His majesty
immediately transmitted orders to our
Plenipotentiary at Paris, that he should
lemand the removal of those persons
mo the interior and the French Go
'ernmentgave the orders which were ,
Jesjred. His Majesty has also ordered <
us Minister in France to state to Ihe Go- i
eminent of his Most Christian Majesty, i
“* e ‘*°P es he succouis will not be as- 1
erded to the factious refugees in that t
ountry, and that means will be adopted t
or preventing the introduction into Spain
of arms or ammunititm of Wap i B
tor the supply of tin; sedit J
buse which has hem nv.de r II W
Frencu Journals of
at she press to attack our w i„. IB
Hons, and to give an U jifavorabl e I 'H
events in Spam, has also been m*JB
ject ot representation to the Fre 'Pi
vernmenl. The government
ed to lake the subject im u c o , ls d ‘B|
but in general has excused i, Se
adopting energetic measures again, B
abuses, by staii. g that the c " 'B
winch it exeicists is chiefly Ln'B
hai ,s , nt * e “> to restrain -JB
, lion which the censois and iournflß
France feel at the gross fSB
' iy given to French public function'll
the periodical papers of Spain. lli
To terminate the Sequent
which have arisen between the 188
population of Spam and France*!
i siom d chiefly by disputes about’Jß t
a, tS; and losetile ilic UOuVnfnV j
• non of the limits between the twrßn
ms the French Government
ed out the necessity of fixing :
■ the respective buimdari. s by
engineers appointed expressly CB
, purpose. Toe demarcation of thtcßii
ot the rive, Iteus has been veiifiti|SK|
boundary with respect to the protj-.8 1
The melancholy result which ).,■£
tended the efforts made in the
of Naples and Sardinia for
constitutional sy stem' which liad
there proclaimed, I.as reduc-tl ottr-iB
liens with Uiose i’owus to a
We continue to maintain a good
standing with*the Court of H
Holiness lias acceded to several ...B
lions ot the .Spanish Government,
our political institutions render iVvB
sary to make others of a similar
and necessary to llic welfare ot i,Bl
lion, are. the subject of active c*. its
cations between the two cabinets, BJi
Such, in substance, is the state ofßa
political relations with foreign po*»BS
The attention of his Majesty is
and will ever he directed, to preserßi
the Spanish nation the inestimaiifelßl
ing of peace; to main tain if in
which it is entitled among batio*
repeated proofs of heroism; ami'iinHi
known, that while he will religioislill
sped the right of oilier powers, k'B!
never permit his rights, n»r the
institutions which form "the happii«®|
all Spaniards, intimately united witirß
consi itutioT.al Kmg, to bo violated. ||£
FRANCISCO MARI INEZ DELARIB
Madrid, A! arch 1, 1822, p
MEXICO. b.
FftOM THE KEXTUCKV fOMMKSXAT ! LU
Extract <f a letter from a Gentleman hai L
ico, to his br.ther in Franklin GmL
Ken. dated JE
Cl TV OF MEXICO, JAN. 8, liJg
“ It is now a year since i have iuß
certain opportunity of writing to tlirlflH
ted States, being in the service of tißlj
public of I have been neatßd
that time un rna>ch and hard duty,M
have travel led over the greater pa»|
this beautiful country. lam sorrjftd
for want of time, 1 cannot send you n ijjfc
of my journal, which would probably,-iS
you a better idea of the country ibnß
geography of it you have read. O.iß
25th of August, I left the piuvinctiß
Texas on hoard un armed schooner uiß
same name, in company with Gettffl
Treipalacies and suit, for Camf/oB
where we arrived on the 28 h of Octbtß
and’but a few day «fte*r its inhabiiantiiiilH
declared in favor of idependence. Oil
landing we were received as filends,»
all the military honors were paid lilt; («
eral which were due to his rank. iB
that place we proceeded by land to 'B
Cruz a distance of five hundred wB
through a very fertile but hilly coiiHirfl
which had previously declared indepetiil
cnee; many beautiful rivers empty intß
the gulf on the coast, the. banks of same <■
which are densely inhabited by mdhtlj
and Spaniards ; 1 ascended the liver tB
basco about twenty leagues : the suiftj
that part of the country through wl.iej
th»s river runs, is more productive liia
any in Mexico ;it produces’fhe sugarcsnt l
coffee, and the flints of every other cl J
mate ; the forest trees are chiefjy logv : ‘iM
mahogany, and Spanish cedar. The p B
pie living on the banks of the river <B
not veiy healthy ; whilst ascending B
could scarcely hear myself speak, o.v|®
to Ihe chattering of the parrots ami B
keys. On tile 12. hof November, we>Bj
rived a the large city of Vera Cruz, wtef
is well fortified by a strong atone wall A;
fenckd by a quantity of heavy' artillery:
is situated immediately on the siit.tv, >.
the distance ofone mile from which, intr f
s.-a, stands a castle of immense streilg 1 '
« iiicli is at present in the possession oi Mo
Royalists, notwithstanding its prosittf'j 9
to the city ; when hostilities commenced;
ilie interior, the wealthy Europeans s"
royalists fled to Vera C uz.to which
they were y.uisued by the republican sU (
my w liich besieged it, and being unabf.
■o defend the city against the Oeiiogtnlb
they abandoned it, and to k possession
ilie castle, carrying with tliem the grrsL
er part of the artillery and all the specif
and other valuables in the city; noai*.qd
tempt# have been made to icducictl.e ca**
lie in r will any be made, as the cry wcum
Sustain immense injury if a bombardment
should be commenced; as soon.a*
ports can he obtained to convey iheP’J 1 '
alists in the castle, with their property. w
Spain, it is said by some it will be tvacw-j
ed ; others think they only wait the anva*
of reinforcement that they may co-opwW
in an attempt to subdue the republic*
and re-establish the provincial goven*
-•rent. —It is rumored that troops arew
'he way from England, who are to aid'*
an effort to effect those objects, but it*
mere report, for we receive no news lid®
authenticated.
On the 2.5 th of November we arrivedat
the great city of Mexico, distant from \ e ‘
ra Cruz about three hundred miles. •
main road leading from one of these chid
to die other is the best I ever tiavellsw
although the country through winch '•
passes is the most mountainous I ever be'
lield. Mexico is surrounded by mount ainuM
some of which are covered with* snow s ip
the year; they afford a grand and spld'f
did prospect from the city, where
dens are’ covered with ffowers and oinerf*
vegetable productions at ail seasons of *hsPo
year. 1 have ate ripe peaches in l * w y|
niorning at the foot ol a mountain, amlittfS
the evening, after having passed the .'noun- {
tain, have seen orchards in bloom -1
T'his country produces all the fruits £> r