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, For llio City vnptr. (twin* a Fi*** IMlrrs |« r mp
imm, payable iu.nUvHiice, or Fix iJolluw* ii u«l |* JU, l
/the end of lie year. , s _,
* / For the f ount"/ pnprr, (ow.e n week.) fltur Hmlurs |»n
J / annum, payable in advance, or i our Dollars, it i»* paftl
/ before tli** eml of the yt'iir* ...
Any unl«'i iron, m responsible Rubscrllwr t*» duronlimif
his paper will he complied with ou a st 11l um ut oi fluct*,
nad not before. »
Jdvirtisemenls will bo inserted lit the folluwnl-/ rmr :
For il«r* fir*( insertion, per square, Sixtv-two and a ball
rents; for earl* RUbsequeut, taccrifvf, iimriiinii, t**»vty
ihrrewut three quarter cenlx: In «U c’.hur 1-1'
, refills* per square.
When nn advertisement is sent, without n speciVntioii
in wriline of the number of iuserlions, " v It be publinheiJ
until oi dr red out, < burned u f..i«.io -ly. ♦
{Sah I *’ of land and negroes, by Aunnni 1 oops Kxeculors.
or tiuardians, are required, by l.iw, to be held on Ibe fitM
Tuesday in the irionib, lj» tvveea tin* boms of i.■•» in ibe
lorenohn and three in ti e nftenioon, at tin* court b>.nsf of
ilntkonmty in which flu* properly i- siliMte \oiire of
this. saleH nnisl bo j*lve;i in t. pitblo . .l/ello SI\TV da;,s
pi evions (o Ilif* day of sale
of 11.0 sole ot | orsonal jirnj orty inn*-! ho Pivcnin
like nminior, I-1 Ilf. I Vihiy* prevail • i ib»: < ,m| ah*.
isnliee to the ih*Mor s * and erediti fs* of an . slide must be
pidili lnMl for I OttTV dav-.
jMntb elliHt npplicalion v. ill In* made to the Cmirf of Ord):
I ary for ler,a to sell hind, must be pn hslied tor ,M AF
MUS I .IS.
LKTTKHS, (on budnesß) must be post-paid -or Hay
may not meet with tuu niton.
f)~f In ibis paper tin* Lawr- of tin* Ibilled States are
| nidisla d.
m. «rw.-wuri mm ■%>«**■». m —» w--s»u wirn-TP-j.im- r •ty*.**
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v BY AGTHoU!') V.
[l-UUIIC Ad'.]
An Actcmibliiigtlieelaiuiants to 1 mils with
in tin- limit r ol’ I lie State of Missoni i mu!,
Territory of Arkansas to institute pm i
cculings 10 icy llie validly of then |
Claims. *
lie il end tied In/ the Senate and IVmsc of
Jirprruciifntires of the I’ni/cd Staten uj
hnerUd in a-ui’iiili/rd, 'I lial i;
shall he lawful for any jimmi or pi-c-aiii.s,
or 1111• ii- legal i'i’():esi'iilaiivi‘s. diiiming
laiuU, Iciienienls, or in ihm
part of (lit; late province of I.miisiana u'l.irh
is now inciinieil uilliin tin- S■ at.- of ,%ii
souri, l»3' virtue of any I 'rencii or spani.>li
(-rant, (tinccssioii, warran!, or oi ji-f oi
vey, legally made, grnnteil, or i>siteil, fe
lon- tin- ten ii day i>f Aiarcl), mu- thmisainl
eight hundred and fmiv.l.y the propei aotlio
i ities, (onny person or persons resilient inWii
province of I .miis’nna, tit the dan- tin rci-f,
or on or 1-efnre tin; tentli il iy of Alaicii, one
thousand eight limulred and four, and \- lildi!
\ras j p.uMeel( d or secured by liu* treaty la--
itVeeti me United States of Aon-ilia ami tin
I'reneh repnblie, of tin- t .ini tli ii;,v of
April, one lliousnnd eight limulred ami I
linee, and who Ii mipln liave lieen pcrii i'i-'
ed into a complete title, under and in eon !
Infinity l ( i tin- laws, usages, and custom--, oi I
tin,- govi rinneiil under wlildt tin-same m i j
had not tin' sovereignly of llie!
country been irauslei red to the United j
States, in each and every sue Ii ease, it .mi, dl j
< 11 111 in iy l/r Li win! iuf Sill’ll j) fTSi'll ' 1 |u.‘i-|
* sons, or tin ii legal representativ. s, to pie-1
soiit*.i petition to tile District Court of tiie]
slate of Missouri, setting I'..nil, folly, plain-1
iy. and substantially, the nature ol bis, In r,
or their claim to the lands, tenements, nr
hereditaments, and pailieubnlv slniing the
dale of I he grant, concession, wart ant, or or
der of survey, tinder which they claim, the
iln me or names ol any per.-a.a or persons
claiming the same or ally | •!«« (hereof by aj
different title limn that of the peotiomay
or holding possession of any pal thereof I
otherwise linm In- llie b ase oi pennis>ion
of llie and, alsoj if the Coio i!
States l>e interested on account "I tin- lands
within lie limits of such claim, not claimed
by any other person than the petitioner;; :
also, lh: ipiantity claimed, and the Imnnila
lie. tin-root, when the same may havi !«■. i i
d. signaled by hounda it-s ; by w limn issued, ;
and whellter lli*said claim lias been sub- |
mined to tlte esr.iiiin.iti'-n (>f either oi {i-c
trihunals wiiieii nave be. a constimi, d in
law for tin! adjustment ol^'land titles jo the!:
present limits of the Stale of Mi.-somi, ami ■
by them reported on nntavorat.de, or r> - ,
coimnondi-d for couth aiati ui; ju-tying, at
-said petition that, the validity ofsuHt title, ,
or claim, may be inquired into and decided t:
by the said conn ; and tin said conn isj -
v hereby million,-.ed and c.-quiii -i to lioid am: i •
exercise jmi lection of very petition, pie- c
M'uted jo conformity with the provisions oi s
tliis ;»«r, and to hear -ml determine tile
s un.-, on tin- olition in-cast no answer or ,
answers be lb I af.er due i i ice; or on tin- ,
petiiii'.i, ai- i die answer or ans .v, i s ~r
|ht*om • r persons interested in |.iev«-oroi-,- !
any < luint from being i-.stablidi- d ; and tb. ;
Answer of tin* Dr-ariet Attorney of tin- (
I niled .s|.ites # wln're he may have iil.-o an |
atiswCf, according to the ev- c.ne w'hich ,
sliail he adduced by tin p. thinner, l>\ , o> i;
person interested tu preventing tiie deriK- ,
of tin- court in favor of the title of tin* peti-’ ,
tinner or petitioners, and by the I Hied -
Stales, in conformity wit it the princij lesot ,
juslicr, and according to the laws and or
dinances ol t!u> government under which :
the claim originated, and the copy of such
petition, with a citation to any adverse pos
sessor, claimant, slTail be served on sik ii
possessor or claimem in the ordinary legal
in inner ot serving sucli process iu the- Stale
of Missouri, at least fifteen day s before the
lerti|*if the District <\>uit of tiie United
Stales, to with a the same is made return
able, and, in like manner, on the District
Attorney ot the I nitecl Slates, where the
government is interested in the defence;
and it shall be the duty of the United .States'
Attorney for the District in which the mi it
shall b.-instituted, in ail cases where the
United Stales arelnterested on account of
the public domain, to take notice of oach
petition filed under the provisions of this
act, in llie said district, and to make de
fence, on all just and proper occasions, in'
beljall of tiie public interest.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That 1
every petition which shall be presented uu-;
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kr tli.* .: ‘i.n-.si of this art. shall be con
ducted according in the titles of a court
of equity, except that the answer of
the District Attorney of the I oiled States
sliail not be required to lie verified by his
oath, and tiled, without any continuance,
unless for cause shown; and the said Court
shall have*fpll power and authority to hear
and deiennirft? ail questions -arising in said
cause, relative to tiie title of the claimants,
tii j extern,locality, and boundaries of the
said claim, or other matters connected
therewith, lit and proper to be heard and
determined; and, by a final decree, to set
lb; and deletmine the question of the validi
ty of tiie title, according to the law ofTa-l
lions; the stipulations of any treaty, and
proceedings under the same: tiie several j
acts of Congress in relation thereto; and |
the laws and ordinances of’ihe government j
from which it is alleged to have been fieri-1
ved ; and all oilier questions properly arts- (
in;; between tilt claimants and the United
Slates : which decree* shall, in till cases, re
fer to treaty, law, [or] ordinance, under
whit h it is confirmed or decreed against;
and tiie Court may, at its discretion, order
disputed.,facts to be found by a Jury, ae
cordiugilo the regulations and practice of j
the said Court, when directing issues in
Chancery before the same (Joint; and, in
till eases, tin-parly agau; t whom the Jndg 1
ment ur deereenf (lie said Distiiet Court!
may ire finally given, shall be entitled loan j
appeal, within one year from tin- time ol os j
leiniliinn, lii the .'•Upn-Uie Court el lie;
I llit(‘d s, the ikridull of w to. >i (/Ini! 1 ]
shall In-final and eoneha.iee hetvv* 11 lb.- 1
panics; iiid,should no appeal In- .■ken.
tiie jiidgnn nl nr decree es die said ! ■ i-.li i t ;
('oiirt shall, in like inaiinei, be final and j
conclusive.
And h; ii further enacted. That
the eviilei ! e v, huh ii-el-ived by
the difU-n-nt ti io-.miils i*di have hei-ncin. |
I slituled and ,-jp linti-il by law to ren-ive !
such ev idea re, :, i. - i to \ i port t lie same to the j
I .■*-{•«■ ri•! -v oil: ■ i'retiMirt, or to the < oill- j
mission- ;• -a l oe (i -ii--i ai . .and < »ii:ee, upon ;
all i hi;a;.. pi esenled 1 . them, respective!-.. |
sli.il) he 11 (, ived at- i fid mil led jo evKli-ne,- j
(of or a- .'ios! tia*' I oiled Slides, in all I; i.il-. ;
under this act, \\ hen l!u- j «-rs<>u testin ing i.
dead, or beyond tiie ii-neh of the (’niirl’s
prpei .-.s; to - ih-. r with ;-Ue!) other testimony
us it may he in tire po-.vei of the petit: n
<*r, llie person s»r persons iiileresti-d in tin*
ilcl'-nec- made a-j.iinsl i-staldisliiiig tiny
claim, or the United Mules’ Allonu yy'lo
produce, un I v. I.i. h shall he admissible, ae- \
eofilio-; to the t oles of evidemi, ami tin -
piim.ydes oi law.
>oi. I. , lud in it further rnccted. That, i
in a!i eases iu uhieh evidence shall lie ot ;
fei’eil by the petitioner, which has not been j
M-e.eiv i 1 by either ol the Iri hi) tails const i til- '
led by l ie; for lh.it purpose, it shall he the
duly ol the ailoroey of the United Stales
i fiu the distiiet m w hieli the suit !,, i! ticiu
j -:t ilii t ci!, or any person iuti re .u I m the i!c
fenne may examine, or efiuto b<- ovtn.iin
|eil, tiie witnesM-s, wlu-lher cxanii..ed in
court, oi l-y commission under the amlioii
!i v lliereol; an-! il shall be the d-itv ol ioej
■ - (umaissiooi-i ofihe (iem-ial {.and Ollieej
ol il." I I'ited -iides, nr the 10-t-ju-r ol any :
Luublic records udi-> p.u.,0 i t —j
jot the records ami evidence ol the different •
trihunals which have been cm, itatu! bv
I law for tin* ;idi islmcnt of mini titles in ;‘.jis-|
I sum i, as held by 1 ram e, upon the apphc.i-;
! lion <<i any person or person . v. hose claim 1
to lands lias been rejected by mi fi tribunals, j
or either ol them, or on tin* application of
an\ person ii.i-irsie.l. or bv ibe alliance!
ol l!u- t titled >( -les lor tli-,- nistiict ol dtis-1
sonri, to tin m.di copies oi siieli evidoiiee, j -
certified imm ■“ nis eiiicia! siguatuie, vvi.iil
ilm seal ot i !..-■( tli i iio tninexcd, if their be i
a si id ol - thee.
Sec. ■■/.. / /-<• its .:\'f r enacted,'fUm.
tty eciim to lands, teneiin-nls or heredita- j
mi nts within i!:e purview .1 this act, w hich ! -
shall not be iuiueiii by peti.ion before llie
smi courts, within two ye is liom the pass
ing of litis a* .;-i* w Inch, itlter-ei.ig In ought i
hiioru the - aid courts’, shad, on account of
li.e neglect or delay of tin- claimant, n il be i
p.o ei uted lo a final dee!- -m wi J.iu three 1
.i-.1i;,, s!i.ill !'i forever b.ii-a .i, both at law i
1 ol ((piity, anl no oilier action, at e.-m- •
: Mi.«» i.ivv, v-r pioveuiiiy sin tqifiiv, sli ill i I
ever tli.-realier be sustained in any court M
whatever, in u lati.ii to said claims.
See b. \ttd il further rn • 'led, Tli.il 1 ■
upon I!- •fm.l d- eision ofanv el, dim prose-j <
cuted .-mil. ibis net, in lavi rol the ehiim ■ i
;>tu or chili-..ants, it slmH and may be tavv-j
!ul I'm such i iaiinttit! in demand, and re-!'
ci ive (rom the eleik ol the is uit iu which j
such final decision is had, a may of tiie dc- j;
cree i :- hotier, nr tin ir la .or, under itieji
■ ibi. ial s'; miture of the eh rk, and the seal \ -
of the court, il any seal belong to it, and tie- i
ivi-r the s um- to the surveyor of public ;.
lands i.-r be* state-cl Mis mini, who shall. 1
tltete.ipon, cause the land ..peeifird in snol ! 1
dm ■ie.lo be sin v eyed, til tin- expense eff t!>e !!
party : and duplicate plats, and certificates} i
ol the survey, so made, to be returned into ■
|U- ; , eg..,. ~|U . of which shall remain in said !
clime, and llu.-olher, aulhemicated by the t
aitestaiion iind otiki.i! signature of the sot- ! i
v eyor of pul lie lands, i hall be ileliu red, on j 1
demand, to the party interested then-in, and i
the same being presented to tin- ('oinmis-1 1
sinner of the (•eneral I .and Ofiiee. in Wash-1
iitgVn City, shall entitle the party interest- j
ed to ti patei* from the {’resident of the I
! idled h’ttili s.
See. 7- \nd be it farther enacted, That’
in each and every case in which anv claim,
tided under the provisions of this act, sliail
be finally decided against the claimant, and
in each and every ease iu which anv Haim j
cognizable, under the terms of this act,!
shall be barred by virtue of the provisions
contained therein, the land specified in such
claim shall, fiuthwiihjbe held and taken as
a part of the public lands of the United
Slates, subject to the same disposition as
any other public laud in the same distrie.t.
See. 8. And be it further enacted. That
the Clerk of said Court shall, ami he is
hereby, directed, when any petition of
| claim is filed, under the provisions of thl*
j act, belore any proceedings thereon, to re
-1 quire good and sufficient security for all
'icost and charges which may accrue thercifh
iii [i.dii C 4!.., ’ ill*' same to a fi.wl —it,,
and the District A tturncy, L’l.ci k, Marshal, I
attending witnesses, and jurors, sliallseve-l
rally by allowed such fees for their services'
and attendance as may be allowed by law i
for the like’services and attendance in tbe j.
District Court of the state of Missouri, toj
be paid by the j tatty calling for such Service |
or attendance, except wheie the petitioner !
or petitioner!# fail to prosctfnto his, her, or
their suit,''or claim to a final decree, or to
obtain a final decree in bis, her, or their
favor, or where any sneb title or claim may
have been presented to the Commissioner
or the Register and Receiver, acting as
Commissioners, for the examination of titles
and claims to land in*said district, and by
them has been reported unfavorably on, in
all of which cases, all cost, charges, and
j expenses of such prosecutions, shall be paid
Iby the petitioner or petitioners; that the
Clerk of the Court,in which the final decree
/hall In’ had, shall be allowed (trie dollar
and fifty cents for the ollichil copy of socli
final decree ; that the Surveyor of Public
Lands shall be allow’d one dollar for each I
ot the official certificates required ol him,
and the keeper of theiecords and evidence.
| taken urnh'r funner wets of Congress, for
I the adjustment of hind titles, shall heaifow
jed at the rated/ ten cents for every hundred
I words contained in any sin it tv ill ten evi
dence i I their claim, to be paid by die party
■ apj !c o.g therefor,
j cec. [). ,4iuJbe. it liter toiaelrd, That
it shall be die duly of die Attniaiev of the
j i iiited State* for die district id which the
oils atuiiori/ii'd bv tin, act shall be insti
iuled, in every ci:.- ■ e. here the decision is
je.ainsl the I ailed M ... q pud the claim
| exceeds one thousand acres, lo make out
I • d tiai’.smil, lo the A nonary Cenernl ot
die idled duties, a statement containing
; Ibe (acts id the case, and lie points of law
j <m which the same was den led, and if the
1 Ati < i’li y Ceneia.l shall in of opinion diat
j die dec Ison ol die district .ai.irl was errorir
| ons, it shall In l hi. duty indirect an appeal
to he made lo the snprtine court of the
1 1 idled Stales, and to iq pair lor, and pro
!-• cine, tin; said appeal intlt.it omit ; and it
b ill be the further duty (f die district at
i iorney to observe the in>lniciions given to
him by the attorney geneial in that respect.
Sec. I -I. Andhr it Jni /.lee (‘mult ,/, 'I hat
it snail be die duty of dir marshal of the
s'ate of •In ::oin i, by Inin..'lt or depute, to
attend die said court while in .session, and
to execute all process to him cliieclcd by
| the con; I, under lid ; act,
I »*ec. .1 I. //n.i' heit furl’:; / enacted, Tlr.t,
I if. in any case, it should so happen dial tin
i Lons, tenements, oi here- itamenls, decreed
| to any claimant, tinder tin; provisions o!
j this act, shall have h.vn (old by the Unit; :i
I States, or otherwise dis j. used of, or it die
j same shall not have been liereteiore located,
in cacti and every .such case, it shall and
may be la whd for dm party interested to
enter, idler the same shall have been of'-Ted
at public sale, die like quantity oflmsd, in
parrels, conlorinai !e to sectional divisions
and subdivisions, in any land office in the
stale of Missouri; and, if it should se Imp
pen, that, in mailing such entries, there
I should remain in the bands of the i nlerer a
j iV.„ ft. ■mil V M ess ol acres, i; f less (illieaet
; dial; tin* .smallest sectional divisions .anlho
j rizeu by law (o be s* Id, it sliall and mar
be law lit! fertile parly interested to enter,
lin virtue ot such fractional excess, the
, quantity of one halt quarter set lion, upon
I paying one dollar and I went y-live cents lot
e.n n acre t out.lined in such half quarter
section,.over and above the fractional ex
cess i.i which he may he entitled by such
confirmation.
h’ e, Id. /In;!lie it f);rfh< r rnnrfrd, That,
for the purpose of ciinying into effect the
provisions ol this act, the judge of the dis
trict coait for die stale ol iMi isomi shall
hold bis sessions at die (allowing places, viz;
at the town of hd. Louis, in the county of
at. Louis, on die third Monday of S piiau-l
her next : al dm tow n ol' St. <J( nevievin j
the county of'M Vi- a.-.ieve, on die third
Monday of Dec, tuber next; and at the!
: nvii of Jackson, in the , . ~ of (I,ape!
(.iiiardeaii, on ll.e lliird Monday of Apid
in-xt ; lie shall appoint his own clerks; and, 1
after the first and each of tin* said sessions. !
h’-* shall thereafter sit, upon his own ad- i
join aments, nt die places aforesaid, until all
dm business before him sli ill be completed,
• tiie time limited by this act shall have I
expired, of w dm h said adjournments. and
dn; time of iiohliog the special sessions,
ifmvs, id. public notice sliall be given at I
each of die places aforesaid, -and at such
otiier places, io dm slate of Missouri, as lie
shall direct: Proeidvd, That, at either of
the places afore-.in!, die court may t ike
cogni/.ance ami pai- fiction of any ch.iin
wiih ii the limit- ol the stale: Prov
/ao ■. ,a'th.il, if there"-'sinnild be mu
(>• : • m defeiulii g " ■ linst tb° c*firm:i;;
ot socli claim, In sorb ci;s-.i the trial, in case j
In* sliall request the same, shall be had id ;
that place nemr;i the residence of sue!) er- 1
son defending against such ronlinnaii.m : 1
Provided, That none ofibe piuvisi.r.s i a i ’
this act shall be applied io a claim ol the!'
r«j rcseniatives or assignee; i t Jacques ■
(’lntnorgan, deceased, lying between the 1
Missouri and Mississippi rivers, and cover t
ing pails ofilie counties of St. Charles and •
Lincoln, in the slate of Missouri.
S*ee. 13. ylnd hr it tort.'n r nwetfd. Thru 1
tile district jußge.for the state of Missouri
sliall, wbile in tin; discharge of die duties 1
imposed by ibis act, be allowed at tin* rale ■
oi eight hundred dollars per aiimnn, in ad- *
onion to his salary as distiiet judge for the I
slate of Missouri, which shall be iu full for ;
hiSaservices. &
See. 11. Andnr it further cnaetrd. That I
all the provisions of this tier sliall extend to, ]
and be applicable to, the territory of Ar- 1
kansas; and, fop the purpose of finally i
setlling and adjusting the tides and claims '
to lands derived from dm French and Span- i
I isii governments, respectively, the superior i
' court for the territory of Arkansas, shall i
have, hold, and exercise, jurisdiction in all <
cases, in the same manner, and under the ;
same restrictions and regulations, in all re- >
spects, as by this act is given to the Ois- t
Irict Court for the Stale of Missouri ; and i
the Judges for the Superior Court, Clet k of <
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c. i ... -.ift. d;Ji,*uiui District Attorney
ul the I lift’d Mules for die said T> nitory, ;
j shall, severally’, perform the same duties,
I and have the same powers in relation to the
i claims to land "presented and prosecuted in
Laid Court, in the Territory of Arkftbhas,
,as is li?rein fi'rovadci with regard to the?ti
I ties and claims to land presented and prosv
; cnteil iii the District ( port f.r the Stale of
Missonii, and the Judge#‘of said Superior
Court, tin; Clerk, Marshal, and District
Attorney, sliall, each, severally, retviVe
the same fees, (;moinni#.ts, and compensa
tion for thir services, a» is in tills act pro
\ i led. iu regard to the District Judge, Clerk,
Marshal,and District Attorney, in the&atc
of .Missouri; and dm said Court slndl com
mence its first session on die first Monday
in October next, at Little Rock, in dm
Territory of Arkansas; and, afterwards,
-hall sit upon its own adjournments tit die
place aforesaid, until all the business before
it shall be completed, or the lime limited
by this act shall have expired; of which
public notice shall be given, us is provided
I in this act, in relation to (he District < 'onn
of die State of Missouri: Provided, That
in all eases of a decree against the United
States, for a greater quantity of land titan
live hundred acres, in the Superior Court
of Arkansas, it shall be the duly of die At
torney of die United Slates, to transmit to
tin; Attorney (Lateral of die United Stales,
us soon us mey be, a like statement of the
facts anil points of'luw iu die case, as is re
quired of the Di-trict Attorney ol Missouri,
and the same right of appeal, from the de
cisions of the* Court in Arkansas, shall be
allowed lo each party, that are prescribed
in relation to decisions in the District Court
of Missouri.
fee. 15. An 1 hr it further enacted, That
none of lilt; provisions of the fourteenth sec
lien .shall extend io claims of a larger a
mount than one league square.
iIL.VRV ( LAV,
Spc.tkc • of li»t* Übiw cjfrti'presiMilallvos
JOHN (. ViLLARD,
ol {ln* f. l].:l(», 1-I*o triiiporc*
Washington, May 2bth, J-l: Aj)|>r«>v*-o.
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INTIiODI !.TUiiV STANZALS I ()
vSIHL'HONS.
I rani the Projector* a Poo;n, l*y Josrpb Kve.
L AN TO 2d.
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Connnrrcial noxt in turn,
Auvl <*!l ili«? inMiuttiuns l mt tft.-.u;
Ijiffthi-wiili !i are in ail ul .vat concern,
,\i »l •• i’ ifi iit-tr miMiit-at 1«> the «•;;i(c 5
U • lelnar’s l»Ubir.. -b well 10 c..a!ciaj laic;
Jur muclt, all govern.a« t»N, sliouitl these regard,
A'ifl hy their W iMlomwcil 10 regulstt*—
I'ur iluiiein niotloni »:;itious most have crrM;
And ill lhereby ll:e stale uml fa ople belli have hir’d.
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What hath not ingenuity < untrl\f .l
'!* • in*, lioiuu*, in motlei 11 mao’s iol f
To what p. rtertion have the arts n/nveti f
> lie feiont. s:\viih what pe) lection Iraughi .•*
IVlint win tiers chytso sity lor man hath wrought?
Anti of the arts, tii" first great agent steam t
\ t'f, folly linllt ivept eoual juice, and hrom. lit
A DUnitThuhuiee, which lull sure we deem
1J a innUe the proffered good evani'-ii like a dream.
I hao'.'tio improvement the whole emmtry smile-;
1 T'll iy. uiuvoiilctl, crowns onrlicldsj
1 It*. I. liuralinan with more advaota; »• toils j
I its Inn 1 ft more nhumlant harvest yields.
Hi tii'p-r,rents, thearlut l eticrv.ie!d> :
iM.t e perfect every manufactory ;
I. .1 v .in l>i*raiiy cattles fancy Imil l
i' - .r lo ! 1 mharrussmem ! —perplexity |
f, i."a In tli.v’.ui.'e! midst pomp, and show, and luxurv !
70.
iVhencoh the evil ? in the gone hy time
?.ly itiemoiv D lis in * 'iwasnol always so—
tor in my halcyon days of youthful prime,
With levs of hustle, hut a .eimuther /t .u,
liinV inlcrconrse with man, went on 1 irowj— ,
I : ■ rule, was then, a.just equivalent
l-'or servic v-a*aJ i r ne,oi‘l.i It. or low,
hooked for a centum prefil on a cent.
Nor sought a boon to: ain, wh re Shty ha I nothing lent.
71.
l-'oim* useful occoj ;*f on tdl employed—
V.'t ,i|tlj, or a coni}.; n-nee, ns now , was sontrld,'
I *ut Miaghl hy other menus and we et ioyt d
A* are all thin; ■ with approhaiion lVan*,*i;i;
’. was the re*nil ■ f iialnsirv and time :.i
IMental .-11111 phy irttl employ—none y ;ve—
N’ooe ashed for eyed it—each one as he ought, ;
V. otihl thtily stnnct! io:f from hisearnlnpssine;
Ami husband means inyonili, tli i aseand ugctu brave.
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KOll TIIJ| (11IKOMCM2 & ADVEUTIfErt.
TO MISS
On her request iii" the. author to ter tie a
ji op I irnl vifttsi on.
When beauty command* in. to aw ihenthe lyre,
( )t cold must the heart he which will not obey,
Am i dull Ik) llte striiqfs .die eannoi in>pire.
Which wime not lo m -ic vv!iui she li>is to the lay.
I’or the bright enchantments that aroint.' her t.il He,
!• rent lit* poet and '.ml have ihch* s" 1 r-tesf rains won 5
. v-m • i;tlne>v itsed by a glance iVom her eve,
U ; 1- lie lil.i: the x .iilc-y ;•«. the ' earn of the Kin. 1 '
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i'iri, holy, ecu beruM* enn iiever ~ i-t*Ti, ' > ,
str;*in t!mt is pie isino' from a heart that i« dead j ! 1
r nwal on 1 ) joy b> bur lot ■ in U
One whose fondest hopes ferevt r have lied.— ! •
One who in the g.iiety aid fervour cf youth.
Never dreaming of trouble** 1 •..«•.*< t’hen -ifar, j
Have his heart ;•» the ad-irof !n* .n»y. in sooih
And swore love wa his luoim and beauty l.is star.—
And who when he »i* w’d life’s wid** l efore him,
I. m’S.M proudly to that star and rail’d ii his own— J
but sigh’d when it sunk— cloud c.-.i.ie oVr him, i
Ami found he must battle with the billow s alone. *
Then lady, oh spare him and let him e iinp'tdn,
X * 1 sorrow allow him lo awal.vn the toov
i'l'ii lyre that no mine shall sound .1 gi.j.; strain,
.\oi eon south ula* ! any heart but hi- n« u,
A TuL'.VU GI.OIv •!IAN’. «
CO.MMITN I GAT ED.
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Messrs. Editors Georgian, Savannah.
t in; rsTA, ior 11 j n'lY. L 8 J 1.
k’U’s: I’l’oiVssing niysi'lf an advocate for
justice am! equal lights, 1 li*< I it my duly lo
aikjfcss you ns editors of “ the (»eorginn,“ J
op(m the subject of my lute admonitions, in
imily to my adopted son, “Old Snvn:ioilli.
■ • lien tiie presses of our country deflate ;
i-< m the ir-u* reptil-licnn exercise of the (
liu ral meaning of the constitution, 1 ask, v
i.- tl'.ci’c not thin .-a - 1 -einliiig somewhere in c
the vortex of ambition and human depravi- >i
ty, which may at some future clay, trom (
accumulating customs, undermine the glo- \
rions fabric of our devoted government ? t
-Ift!t is the literal meaning ol’iln; iVeednm p
ol die press ? Surely there must he muclt d
meaning attached to ihis phrase, else why | n
should die founders of our constitution have i t!
placed such a dK>iib!>; em)i!iasis upon the <r
article alluding to the “ Freedom of t.ie
Pressr* The presses tbenfore, in my j
humble estimation, are (in principle) public ;1
property —tiicy belong to tin* nation, under (1
certain restrictions, agreeable to the literal ,
meaning ol the constitution. And are these r.
restrictions to be consum'd to private in!f-i -
feats ? Sliall we snli’or ourselves allured
into a state of false security, until thedign'r- (
ty ol the press shall be lust at last in tire
contracted milk und water admonitions,
against the evils of society, and thereby be
come so many cloaks for the private ambi
tion and depravity of human nature ? Let c
us not deceive ourselves, nor close our un- s
dcrstandings against energetic suggestion*, v
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which may expose the domcific ignorance
and fanaticisms a!’the present times, instead
of reverting our minds back to the puritan
ag*>, when .man wks less ostentatious, and
Its* disposed* by 'intrigue and stratagem to ,
(hceiye his fellow man.
11 The universe is the magnificent temple
>“ of ifi great tiuthor,-and man is ordaitled
“ by his power* and qnalific.'gions, the high
“ priest of hauife, to celebrate di dne ser
“ vice in the temple of the universe; let
“ him then, aspiring to the dignity' of his
“ station, assisted by the writings* >f mo
“ dqrn anthors, devote his noblest powers
“ to tiie investigation of the laws of nature,
“ ami evince thaLlie is hot in vain given
“ atiilily, to be w iser than the fowls ofhea
“ yen, and to have more iiudcrstahilrng than
‘f the beasts which perish. Shall the peo-
I pie surrender their original dignity and be
come imperceptibly by degrees the minions
of minions ?
I do contend, the presses of our country
ought to be examined well, to the end that
they sustain their original parity, as created
in the tenor of the constitution, and expunge
all nattering self-interested policies, which
may sometimes he adopted by those editors
who will assume the authority of suppress
ing all energetic communications on our
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domestic evils i;i society, from a fear of
offending some one, and thereby loosou
subscriber, or some political supporters and
intriguers.
Although this communication is address
ed to you, gentlemen,as editors, yet it is not
my meaning to convey any pointed remarks
on your press, further than to express my
sentiments generally, to all editors, reserv
ing to my accustomed candour, the right of
asking why my late reply to “ Old Savan
nah,” who appeared in yt*ur columns a
gainst me, was not published in your paper
agreeable to my last will and testament to
my adopted son ? [ have always understood
it customary for the press first giving place
to any production that might draw a reply
from an opposite quarter, to he equally
open to the other party, and i ..should con
ceive this course but just and clearly within
the letter of civility, until such editor might
wish to decline die use of ids types, and give
notin' at any stage of the controversy, lh.it
the n rqumdant’s reply must exonerate him
from a further complianqp with the requests
id' the parlit sa
One object *>f this communication is to
i excite, if possible, some more able pen, upon
the all-important subject of investigating the
present policies ofonr public printing estab
lishments ; for which purpose I claim as'
much right to make lids suggestion, as the
late writers in the (leoigian to request “in
formation from all parts of the state, in any
manner most agreeable,” upon the subject
of goose-quill canals. What is an editor,
hut a public organ, through wiiose types
every citizen has an undoubted right to
breath his sentiments among his fellow citi
zens, without such editor being impeachable
by the public, as accessary to any commu
nication, unless attached to his own editorial
department of the paper ? Permit me to
suggest furthermore, to my countrymen,the
propriety of appointing an uncontuminuted
committee, agreeable to lit e fashion of the
present times, to survey the political light
iiouses of our country —1 moan the printing
establishments; and thereby endeavor to
ascertain, if possible, how.many, and their
localities, gre at this day lobe found, upon
which we can depend—as the tin ad libera
ted descendants or proselytes of the fixed
lights of Washington, Franklin and com
pany. And also the number of revolving
lights, based upon the pivot of selfinterest, 1
like so many wind mills turning to every
politic:,l breeze round the compass most
impregnated with the odoriferous perfumes ■
from the golden ifowls at the fountain.
If it should be found that the revolving j
lights, have already become so numerous as
to obscure the fixed lights ; j ask my bro- ■
tiier messmates of the American crew, if
there is not eminent danger, from the gain- 1
( ring storms in the political horizon, of our 1
brave and long skilled patriotic commander, 1
becoming at last confined at the helm of f
stale, by the mutineers on board, and our 1
good old Republican Ship being drawn im
perceptibly by the bewitching suck, into i
(lie gulf of ambition, which together with 1
self interested lee-way, may capse her to - 1
st: ike at last upon the mud shoals of dupli- <
city, and be swallowed up in seas of muddy
ink ? lint even in sneli a dilemma, my <
brave comrades, “ don’t let ns give up the 1
ship,” altlMiugh vve have lost our good old s
maiibinasls,* h*t us rig jury-masts and keep '
her afloat as long as possible. «
, ' MISS AUGUSTA, a
Tl>t her atlarnr // . It. Dacia. ;i
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*iiaucock, \Vas!:lii;.tou, 1 ami uiLers. .
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FItO.M THD IRISH OR-ißli VKil. i
Hanged or not Hanged, or Hrcvincial j
veracity.
Sin: A paper, called the Limerick Chro- .
nide, which was received iugbc county of |
Cork, on tin; 1 Otii of April, stating that 1 ,
was hanged on tluit day, which was the
cause of great grientnd other inconvenience
to my relations, the O’.'Sullhans, in that
County—now, this is to request that your '
Worship would be so good as to allow me '
to say, contrary to any thing that the Lim
erick Chronicle may allege to tlint effect, ,J
that * am not hanged, nor was not hanged, [
upon that (lay ; for i am still alive and well,
thank God—though tire Chronicle was so 1
good ns to give my dying declarations.
Now, sir, further to prove that lam alive, ; *-
I beg your pardon to slate tiiat the paper, j
as I am told, which gave an account of my | ;
execution at tiro o'clock, was printed eleven i'
the same day, and this, i think, is full con-1 L
Urination of the 1«»?; of my being alive, see-j 1
ieg tluit tlie gentlemen of the Co/oniric ! ’
newspiqjer could not know at eleven what 1
took place at two.
So. tii , your liimti.lt* servant to command,
THOMAS O’SULLIVAN. L
Coin.tv Ciaol, Lhu-. t itle April IF*4. I•;
•Nota Bene, my first cousin,Morty () . t
(Jcut .into mourning, and Judy, my aunt’s r
sister, was murthered with ine grief. See!(
what comes of false news, sir. V : v
ROBINSON CRUSOE.
ft was in Dampier’s last voyage that he
discovered Alexander Sellcrik (the oriainui
Robinson Crusoe of De Foe.) on the hie C
Juan Fernandez. This individual w j. l
born at Largo, in the county of Fife, Scot
land ; and previdus to his remaining on n c
island, had been master of the Cinc ie
Ports, under Captain Stradiing. R f . v ( s
considered the most hble and intrepid sea.
man among the free-booters. Tim orca
sion of his being left ashore was. a quart, 1
with ids Captain, and the sheltered state. >'
the vessel. After a few days, however he
was desirous of returning, but Stradline rc
fusqd la .take him on board. Thus just
alone and desolate, he sat night after nFlu
and day after day, watching tiie periodical
return of the Bucaneers; sometimes with a
gnmmeringof hope, but more frequently
abandoning hihiseij to the agony of despair
and never satisfying the cravings of nature
til! compelled by extreme hunger ; bat man
is the creature of habit, and Selkirk, after I
seven or eight months, became accustomed
to the solitude, and shook off his ntelan- *
choly. - *
lie built himself* two hats of pimento
trees, with grass and covered
with goals’ skins. These stored with
all the wealth lie possessed, viz: hisclotltes,
bedding, musket, some powder and ball, a
kettle and knife, several books, u 1110110 i
whidi was the Ilitdc, find bis nautical in- i
slriiments. In bis larger imt he lived ami
slcpU: frequently employing himself in
reading and prayer, and occasionally giving i
vent to the fulness of bis heart by singing
psalms, so that he afterwards observed, that
he was abetter Christian during his solitary
retreat from tiie world, than he ever had
been before, or be feared ever should be '
again. The smaller hut was reserved for
cooking and other purposes! Amomshis
amusements to while away (lie dreary hotiif,
was cutting his name on trees, with the date
of his landing, and the duration .ofliis.crn
finement; looking forward to-the lime when
fl might possibly meet the eye of a country
man, perhaps, after Ids.remains had moul
dered into Bust.
He was at first much annoyed by cats
and rats, which had from time to time run
away from the ships that touched at die
island, and become very numerous. The
rats gnawed his feet and clothes, while he
was sleeping; but the cals became domes
ticated, and soon delivered him from the i
more destructive vermin. He had also
tamed some young kids, and taught them
a number of tricks for bis diversion, fre
quently singing and dancing with them and
his cats. His principal f> od was goat’s
flesh, and Cray fish, dressed in various ways
according to his taste. W hen bis powder
failed, lie bunted the goats down I y speed
of foot; for bis ample mode of living, uiili
tiie continual exercise of 1 mining, had ren
dered him ania®rig!y s .yifi in passing
through woods, and agile in diming the
bills and rocks. On one occasion, how
ever, while pursuing the animal with great
eagerness, he caught bis game on the brink
of a steep precipice, concealed Horn his
view by tangled bushes, so that be fell Iroin
the height, and whs so much injured as to
lay, as he supposed, for 24 lion s, without
sense or motion. On reviving he found the j
goat lying dead beneath him. This ani- !
dent confined him nearly a fortnight to his i
hut. A circumstance something similar in
its nature, hut more mal in the result, oc
curred about fifteen years since, on 11 mi- ;
inhabited island in the Sonlli Seas. A Flip
was wrecked, and only two individuals
escaped; one of them an African, the other
ait Englishman, still living, at present an *
officer in the royal navy, and employed iu "
a situation of considerable scientific impor- |
lance. These two lived tolerably condor- ;1
table for the first twelve months; but short-
ly after this, being engaged mi hunting, the H
African fell from a great height and wasp
literally dashed to pieces. We have heard |
this narration from the lips of the survivor,
who remained a considerable time after tins / ”
melancholy event, on the island, lonely and
sad, till happily relieved by the casual ar
rival of a whaler.
But, to return to Selkirk. He had kept
a regular account of the number of goals be
had killed, which amounted to 500, lie had
(caught many nitifru, marking them on the ;.
ear, and then restoring them to liberty. — k
The insipidness of his meals, without bread r
and salt, was at first a great inconvonince,
but Dumpier having, in a former voyage,
sowed some turnips, they now produced J
very abundantly, spreading over several i
acres of ground : he had also a piealilul j
.supply' of cabbage, from the cabbage palm; ;
and these being well seasoned, with niu ■
fruit of the pimento, soon gave a relish l<’ g
bis food. His clothes and shoes were I
speedily worn out. To remedy the first I
defect, he made a coat and cap ol I
skins, and shirts from linen lie had with |
him, using a nail byway of a needle, ana |
tiie ravellings of a worsted stocking 1 11 I
thread ; but he was compelled to §0 wild I
bare feet, and the soles got, in time, so haul D
to enable him to ascend tiie sharp rock-.-
without material inconvenience.
During his confinement, he had scon sc- j
veral sbijis pass die island ; but only two, I
which were Spaniards, came to an anchor ;
but he preferred the risk of.Mying unheeded I
and alone, to surrendering house!) into th' ,|r
power; dreading that they would either pat I
iiim to death or send him as a slave to tin- 1 ■
mines. The Spaniards, liowever, disco
vered, pursued and shot at him ; but h® ■
escaped by climbing n thick tree, at t! |L j
foot of which several of them stopped.
This extraordinary man, was wc!i known ■
to Dampier; hut in his first coming ( ! I
board, bud so forgotten his language te.Ji ■ H
could scarcely understand him. Leoi, .- |
articulat’d half tiie .syllables ol most uoi l • ■
that he uttered. Some liquor was oflereu Jj
him which he refused, liaving bm-n so - B
accustomed to water. He was received m Bj
board tiie Duke, and afterwauls serve; a; H
ipale in that ship, during the v.-v 1 el \ ■ H
then about thirty years of age. 1 lie Du.> H
returned to England at the hegnmiu- 1
Oct. 1710, and the profits of this voyati |
were estimated at gfl“0,0k v .’. I