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LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES PASSED AT |
THE FIRST SESSION OP THE TWENTIETH (
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Public —No. 37- <
AV ACT lo continue Iho Mint «l the City of (
Philadelphia, and for oilier purposes. t
lie it enacted by the. Senate and House (
of Representatives of the United States of j
America in Congress assembled, That the
act, entitled “An act concerning the Mint,” ,
approved March the third, one thousand ,
eight hundred and one, be, and the same ,
hereby is, revived and continued in force |
and operation, until otherwise provided by j
law.
Sec. 2. And be. it further enacted, That,
for the purpose of securing a due conformi
ty in weight of the coins of the United i
Slates, to the provisions of the ninth section
of the acl, passed the second of April, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-taro, 1
entitled “An act establishing a Mint, i*d '
regulating ihe coins of the United States,” '
the brass troy pound weight procured by *;
the Minister of the United States, at Lon
don, in the year one thousand eight hun- n
dred and twenty seven, for the use of the c
Mint, and now in the custody of the Direc
tor thereof, shall be the standard troy pound I
of the Mint of the United States, conforma
bly to which the coinage thereof shall be h
regulated. "
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That *
it shall be (lie duty of the director of the s
Mint to procure, and safely to keep, a sc
ries of standard weights, corresponding to •'
the aforesaid troy pound, consisting of an 0
one pound weight, and the requisite subdi- 11
visions and multiples thereof, from the hun- 0
dredth part of a grain to twenty-five pounds; I
and that the troy weight ordinarily employ- *
cd in the transactions of the Mint shall be
regulated according to the above standards, I
at least once in every year, under bis in- 1
spection; and their accuracy tested annual
ly in the presence of the Assay Commis- 1
sinners, on the day of the annual assay. 1
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, 1
when silver bullion, brought to the Mint *
for coinage, is found lo require the opera- 1
tion of the test, the expense of the materials
employed in the process, together with a
reasonable allowance for the wastage ne
cessarily arising therefrom, to be deteririn* '
ed by the Melter and Refiner of the Mint, 1
with the approbation of the Director, shall
be retained from such deposite, and ac
counted for by the Treasurer of the Mint
to the Treasury of the United States.
Sec, 5. And be it further enacted. That,
when silver bullion, brought to the Mint for
coinage, shall be found to contain a propor
tion of gold, the separation thereof, shall be
effected at the expense of the party interest
ed herein: Provided nevertheless, That,
when the proportion of gold is such that it
c»nn H he separated advantageously, it shall
he lawful, with the consent of the owner,
or, in Ids absence, at the discretion of the
Director, to coin the same as an ordinary
deposite of silver.
Sec. 6. \nd be it further enacted, That
the Director of the Mint may employ the
requisite number us Clerks, at a compcnsa- 1
tion not exceeding in the whole the sum of
seventeen hundred dollars, and such number
of workmen and assistants as the business
of the Mint shall, from time to time, require.
Sec. 7- Anrf he it further enacted, That
it shall be lawful for the Director of the
Mint to re. ve, and cause to be assayed,
bullion not intended fur coinage, and lo
cause certificates to be given of the fineness
thereof, by such officer as he shall desig
nate for that purpose, at such rates of
charge, to be paid by the owner of said
bullion,and under such regulations, as the
said Director may, from time lo time, es
tablish. A. STKVLNSON,
Speaker of (he House of Representatives.
S. SMITH,
Pre.idmit of Ibe Srimtc. pro tempore.
Approved—lffth May, 1828.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Public—No. 38.
AN ACT further •*> re'ululn processes iu the
Courts of the United Rtntes.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States if
America in Congress assembled, That the
forms of tn-soe process, except the style,
and the forms, and modes of proceeding in
suits in the Courts of the United Stales,
held in those States admitted into the Union
since the twenty-ninth day of September,
in the year seventeen hundred and eigbty
nine, in those of common law, shall be the
same in each of the said States, respective
ly, as are not used in the highest Court of
original and general jurisdiction of the
same, in proceeding in equity, according to
the principles, rules, and usages, which be
long to Courts of equity, and in those of
admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, accor
ding to the principles, roles and usages,
which belong lo courts of admiralty, as
contra-distinguished from courts of com
mon law, except so far as may have been
otherwise provided for by acts of Con
gress; subject, however, to such alterations
and additions, as the said courts of the
United States respectively shall, in their
discretion, deem expedient, or to such reg
ulations as the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted S<ates shall think proper, from time to
.time, by rules, to prescribe any circuit or 1
district court concerning (be same. I
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That, I
in any one of the United States, where •
judgments are a Hen upon the property of '
she defendant, and where, by the laws of i
-such State, defendants are entitled in the ;
courts thereof, to an imparlance of one t
term or more, defendants, in actions in the t
-courts of the United States, holden in such i
State, shall be entitled to an imparlance of
<ooe term
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That,
writs of execution and other final process
issued on judgments and decrees, rendered
in any of the courts of the United States,
and the proceedings thereupon shall be
the same, except their style, in each State,
respectively, as are now used in the courts
of such state, saving to the courts of the
United States in those States in which
there are not courts of equity, with the or
dinary equity jurisdiction, the power of
prescribing the mode of executing their
decrees in equity by roles of court: Pro
vided, however, that it shall be in the
power of the courts, if they see fit in their
discretion, by rules of court, so far to alter
final process in said courts os to conform
the same to any change which may be
adopted by the Legislatures of the respect
ive States for the stale courts.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That,
nothing in this act contained sluill he con
strued to extend to any court of the Uni
ted Slates now established, or which may
hereafter be established, in the State of
Louisiana.
Approved—l9th May, 1828.
Public—No. 39.
AN ACT to authorise the building of Light
houses, and for other purposes.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled , That the
Secretary of the Tieasury be, and he is
hereby empowered to provide, by contract,
for building Light-houses and Light-vessels,
and erecting Beacons, and placing Buoys,
on the following sites and shoals, to wit:
In the State of Maine, a Light-house at
Dice’s head.
In the Slate of Massachusetts, a Light
house on Nobsque Point; one on the Point
of Flats, at the entrance of Edgartown
Harbor a Light-house on Dumpling Hock,
south of the mouth of Aponeganset River.
In the State of Rhode Island, a Light
house on Nayat Point; and two Pyramids
or Spindles, to wit: one on a reef of rocks,
under water, opposite to Pawtuxet, and one
on a reef of rocks, opposite the Punham
Rock, in the northern part of Narraganset
Bay.
In the State of Connecticut, a Beacon
light on or near the Spindle Rock, at the
mouth of Black Rock harbor.
In the State of New York, two small
Light-houses, to wit; one on the flats, two
miles north of Kinder Hook, upper lan
ding culled the Drowned Lands, and one
on the point of the island on the west side
of the channel, opposite the lower landing.
A light house at a proper site, at or near
Portland, on Lake Erie.
In the Stale of Maryland, two Light
houses: one on Little Watt’s Island, at the
southeastern extremity of Tangier Sound;
and the other on Clay Island, at the north
ernmost extremity of the same Sound; and
a Beacon-light, or small Light-house on
Point Lookout, in the Chesapeake Bay.
In the State of Virginia, u Light house
on Smith’s Point, at the mouth of the Poto
mac, in the Chesapeake P»«y.
In the State of North Carolina, a Light
vessel, to be substituted for the Light-house
heretofore directed to be built at the Point
of Marsh, at the mouth of Neuse River.
A Beacon-light, or small Light-house,
at a proper site on Pamptiro Point; and
one at the south entrance of Roanoke Mar
shes.
In the State of Alabama, a Light-house
at or near Choctaw Point, in Mobile Bay;
and an Iron Spindle on Send Island, on the
outer bar of Mobife Bay.
In the Territory of Michigan, two Light
houses; one at Otter Creek Point, at the
head of Lake Erie, and the other on the
island of Bois Blanc, near Michilimaci
nac.
In the Territory of Florida, a Light
house at the mouth of St. John’s river.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the following sums of money be appropria
ted and paid out of any moneys in the
Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for
the purpose of carrying the provision of
this act into effect, viz;
For building a Light house on Dice’s
Head, five thousand dollars.
For the Light-house on Nobsque Point,
three thousand dollars; and for the Pier
and Light-house at the entrance of F.dgar
town harbour, five thousand five hundred
dollars.
For a Light house on Dumpling Rock,
four thousand dollars.
For a Light house on Nayat Point, three
'housand five hundred dollars; and for two
Pyramids or Spindles, in Narraganset Bay,
two thousand dollars.
For a Rencon-light on nr near Spindle
Rock, at the mouth of Block Rock harbor,
si* thousand two hundred dollars.
For two small Light-houses in Hudson
river, eight thousand dollars.
For a Light-house at or near Portland,
on Lake Erie, five thousand dollars; one
thousand dollars for removing obstructions
in order to make the light of the Light
house at the mouth of (lenesee river, on
Lake Ontario, visible at a distance.
For erecting a Tower and placing a Bell
thereon with machinery, near the Light
house on Pool’s Island, Chesapeake Bay,
two thousand eight hundred dollars.
For the Light-house on Little Watt’s
Island, six thousand five hundred dollars;
and for that on Clay Island, six thousand
five hundred dollars; and for • Beacon
light, or small Light-house, on Point Look
Out, four thousand five hundred dollars.
For the Light-house, on Smith’s Point,
seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For a Beacon-light, or light-house, on
Pamptico Point, five thousand dollars; and
for one at the entrance of Roanoke Marshes,
five thousand dollars; For a light-vessel, to
be placed at or near the Point of Marsh
Shoal, at or near the mouth of Neuse Ri
ver, six thousand five hundred dollars; this
sum to be in addition to the sum already |
appropriated for building a light-house at
the Point of Marsh, at the mouth of the said
river, for which light-house the light vessel
is substituted.
Fora light-house at Otter Creek Point,
five thousand dcllars.
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For one on Boil Blanc, five thousand doi- *
lari. v
For one at St. John’s River, six thousand f|
five hundred dollars; and Cor one on Choc
taw Point, six thousand five hundred dol- tl
lars.
For placing four buoys in Hudson River, {J
on the following sites: One on a reef of tt
rocks opposite Van Wee’s point; one on a t,
reef of rocks north of Constitution Point; v
one on a reef of rocks, the south point of o'
Conner’s Hook island; and one on a wreck Jf
of a vessel sunk in Havmtraw Bay, three S(
hundred dollars. e
For placing two Buoys near the chan- tc
nel, to the eastward of the Pea Fateh, in *<
the river Delaware, viz: one on the north- o|
east point of the Pea Patch, and one on a 0 ,
small shoal in the passage, four hundred Jr
dollars. u
For Spindles or Monuments, and Buoys, l>
to render the navigation of Kennebec bay
and river safe, fifteen hundred dollars. a ,
For placing a buoy on Killpond bar, in tc
Buzzard’s Bay, sixty dollars.
For placing twenty Buoys, at proper S
sites, on the river Teche, in the State of
Louisiana, two thousand six hundred dol
lars. fa
For an Iron Spindle, on Sand Island, a
on the bar of Mobile Bay, six hundred dol
lars. ,‘j
For five buoys, in the channel, between t(
Key West and the Islands to the westward tl
of it and the main, leading from the Gulf tl
Stream to the Bay of Mexico, seven hun- P
dred dollars. "
For two buoys at Ike mouth of St. John’s ()
river, territory of Florida, one hundred and w
sixty dollars. s<
Sec. 3. And he. it further enacted, That *
the said Secretary beempowered as afore- 11
said, and that the following sums be appro
priated and paid as aforesaid, for the pur- b
poses hereafter desigrated, viz: a
To build a lighthouse, at a proper *
site, near St. Marks Harbor, in Florida,
the sum of six thousand dollars. p
To build a lighthouse on a ledge of a
rocks, called the While’s Back, in the bar in
hor of Portsmouth, h the State of New P
Hampshire, eight theusand dollars, in ad-
dition to a former ippropriation for that e
object. 'i
To build a light-house near the mouth of tl
Duck Creek, adjoining Delaware Bay, the p
sum of four thousand dollars. j
Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That, t
from and after the presage of this act, the ‘
Secretary of the Tieasury he, and he is o
hereby, authorized snd empowered to re- I
gulate and fix (he salaries of the respective 9
Keepers of light- houses, in such manner as ;
he shall deem just and proper: Provided, t
The whole sum allowed shall not exceed 1
an average of four hundred dollars to each c
1 Keeper. ‘
Sec. 5. And he it further enacted , That ,
the sum of five thousand two hundred i
dollars be, and the same is hereby, appro- '
priated, out of any money in the Tieasury 1
not otherwise appropriated, in addition to i
the sums heretofore appropriated, to pay j
the salaries to the several Keepers of the <
, light-houses within (he United States; to be
j applied under the direction of the Secretary 1
of the Treasury, in conformity to the au- '
tlfority in him vested by the third section ,
I of this act.
Approved, May 23, 1328. I
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 1
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| President of the United States of America,
’ To all and singular, to whom these pre- (
seats shall come, greeting: 1
. Whereas, a Treaty between the United !
. States of America and (he Cherokee Na- i
. lion of Indians, Westof the Mississippi, was i
. made and concluded at the City of Wash- '
ington, on the sixth day of May, in the 1
, year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- j
dred and twenty-eight, by Jambs Barbour, !
[ Secretary of War, being specially author- i
. ized therefor by the President of the Uni- 1
, ted Slates, and certain Chiefs and Head
r Men of the said nation of Indians, on the ,
f part, and in behalf of, said nation; which
Treaty is in the words following, to wit:
, ARTICLES OF A CONVENTION, concluded
al the City of IVathington this sixth day of
May in the year of ouf Lord one thousand
’ eight hundred and twenty eight, between 1
r James Harbour, Secretary of ff'ar, being es
- pee tally authorised therefor by the President
] of the United States, and the undersigned,
Chiefs and\Head Men of the Cherokee Motion
of Indians, tVesl of the. Mississippi, they being 1
5 duly authorised and empowered by their Ma- '
lion. 1
e WHEREAS,it being the anxious desire of 1
, the Government of the United States to secure 1
to the Cherokee Nation of Indians, as well those
’ now living within the limits of the Territory
of Arkansas, as those of their friends and bro
e thers who reside in States East of the Mississippi,
, and who may wish to join their brothers of the
West, o permanent home, and which shall, un
-1 dcr the most solemn guarantee of the United
Slate*, be, and remain, theirs forever—a home
that shall never, in all future time, ho emhar
, rassed by having extended around it the lines,
t or placed over it the juiiidiction of a Terri to
s ry or State, nor be pressed upon by the exten
sion, in any way, of any of the limits of any ex
isting Territory or State; and, Whereas, the
1 present location of the Chcrokces in Arkansas
being unfavorable to their present repose, and
I tending, as the past demonstrates, to their fu- 1
. lure degradation and misery; and the Chero
keesfeeing anxious to avoid such consequences,
’ and yet not questioning their right to their '
lands in Arkansas, as secured to them by Trea- 1
* ty, and resting also upon the pledges given '
; them by the President of the United States, and '
| the Secretary of War, of March, 1318, and Bth '
October, 1321, in regard to the outlet to the
West, and as may be seen on referring to the 1
‘ records of the War Department, still being anx
ious to secure a permanent heme, and to free 1
i themselves, and their posterity, from an embar- t
rassing connexion with the Territory of Ar- <
t kansas, and guard themselves from such con- ’
nexious iu future; and Whereas, it being f
important, not to the Cherokecs only, but also t
i to the Choctaws, and in regard also to the <
question which may be agitated in the future, c
respecting the location of the latter, as well as I
the former, within the limits of the Territory i
or State of Arkansas, as the case may be, and t
their removal therefrom; and to avoid the f
cost which may attend negotiations to rid the S
Territory or State of Arkansas whenever it 1
may become a State, of either, or both of those C
Tribes, the parlies hereto do hereby conclude t
the followin' Articles, viz: \
Art. 1. The Western boundary of Arkansas e
; shall be, and the same is, hereby defined, viz- tl
j A line shall bo ran, commencing on Red River, a
it the pomt where the Ealtera Choctaw line
strikes said River, and run due North with
said line lo the River Arkanaa*, 'hence in a di- ;
reel line to the South Weal corner of Missouri.,
Art. 2. The United State* agree to possess
the Cherobees, and lo guarantee it to them
: orever, and that guarantee is hereby solemnly
pledged, of Seven Million* of acre* of land, to
be bounded as follows, viz: Commencing at
that point on Arkansas River where the Eas
tern Choctaw boundary line »trikes said Ri
ver, and running thence with the Western line
jf Arkansas, as defined in the foregoing article,
to the South-West, corner of Missouri, and
[hence with the Western boundary line of Mis
ieuri, till it crosses the waters of Neasho, gen
erally called Grand River, thence due West
to a point from which a due South course will
strike the present North-West corner of Ar
zaasas Territory, thence continuing due South,
jn and with this present Western boundary line
jf the Territory to the main branch of Arkan
ias River, thence down said River lo its junc
tion with the Canadian River, and thence up and
between the said Rivers Arkansas and Canadi
in lo a point at which a line running North and
South from River to River, will give the
iforesaid Seven Millions of acres. In addition
to the Seven Millions of acres thus provided
[or and bounded, the United States further
guarantee to the Cherokee Natiou a perpetual
Juliet, West, and a free and unmolested use of
ill the Country lying West ol the Western
boundary of the above described limits, and as
far West as the sovereignty of the Untied States,
and their right of soil extend.
Art. 3. The United States agree to have the
lines of the above cession run without delay,
tay not later than the first of October nest, and
to remove, immediately after the running ol
the Eastern line from the Arkansas River to
the South-West corner of Missouri, all white
persons from the West lo the East of said line,
und also all others, should there he any there,
who may be unacceptable to the Chcrokees, so
that no obstacles arising out of the presence of a
while population or a population of any other
sort, shall exist to annoy the Cherokees—and
also to keep all such from the West of said liue
in future.
Art. 4. The United States moreover agree
to appoint suitable persons whose duty it shall
be, in conjunction with the Agent, to value
all such improvements as the Chenkeca may
abandon in their removal from their present
homes to the District of Country as ceded in
'he second Article of this agreement, and to
pay for the same immediately after the assess
ment is made and the amount ascertained. It
is further agreed, that the property and im
provements connected with the agency, shall
be sold under the direction of the Agent, and
ihc proceeds of the same applied to aid in the
erection, in the country to which the Chern
'tees are going, of a Grist, and Saw Mill, for
their use. The aforesaid property and im
provements are thus defined: Commence at
the Arkansas River opposite William Stiunetts,
and run due North one mile, thence duo East
to a point from which a due South lino to the
Arkansas River would include the Chalybeate,
or Mineral Spring, attached to, or near the
present residence of the Agent, and thence up
said River (Arkansas) to the place of beginning.
Art 0. It is further agreed, that the United
States, in consideration of the inconvenience
and trouble attending the removal, and oh ac
count of the reduced value of a great portion
of the lands herein ceded to the Cherokees, as
compared with that of those in Arkansas which
were made theirs by the treaty of 1817, and con
vention of 1819, will pay to the Cherokees, im
mediately after their removal, which shall be
within fourteen months of the date of this agree
ment, the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars; also
an annuity, for three years, of Two Thousand
Dollars, towards defraying the cost and trou
ble which may attend upon going after and re
covering their slock which may stray into the
Territory in quest of the .pastures from which
they may bo driven—also, Eight Thousand Se
ven Hundred and Sixty Dollars, for spoliations
committed on them, (the Cherokees,) which
sum will be in full of all demands of the kind up
'o this date, ns well those against the Osages, as
those against citizens of the United States—this
being the amount of the claims for said spolia
lions, as rendered by the Cherokees, and which
arc believed to he correctly and fairly stated.
Also, One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars for
the use of Thomas Graves, a Cherokee Chief,
for losses sustained in his property, and for per
sonal suffering endured by him when confined
as a prisoner, on a criminal, but false accusa
tion; also, Five Hundred Dollars for the use
of George Guess, another Cherokee, for the
great benefits he has conferred upon the Chero
kee people, in the beneficial results which they
are now experiencing from the use of the Al
phabet discovered by him, to whom also, in con
sideration of his relinquishing a valuable saline,
the privilege is hereby given to locate and oc
cupy another saline on Lee's Creek. It is fur
ther agreed by the United States, to pay Two
Thousand Dollars, annually, to the Cherokees,
for ten years, to be expended under the direc
tion of the President of die United States in the
education of their children, in their own coun
try, in letters and the mechanic arts; also, One
Thousand Dollars towards the purchase of s
Printing Press and Types to aid the Cherokees
in the progress of education, and to benefit and
enlighten them as a people, in their own, and
our language. It is agreed further, that the
expense incurred other than that paid by the
United States iu the erection of the buildings
and improvements, so far as that may have beer
paid by the benovolent society who have been,
and yet are, engaged in instructing the Chero'
koe children, shall bo paid to the Society, it he
ing the understanding that the amount shall b<
expended in tho erection of other buildings ami
improvements, for like purposes, in the coun
try herein ceded to the Cherokees. The Uni.
ted State* relinquish their claim due by th(
Cherokees to tho late United States Factory,
provided the same does not exceed three thou
sand five hundred dollars.
Art. 6. It is moreover agreed, by the United
States, whenever the Cherokees may desire
it, to give them a set of plain laws, suited to
their condition—also, when they may wish tc
lay off their lands, and own them individually,
a surveyor shall be sent to make the surveys
at the cost of the United States,
Art. 7. The Chiefs and Head Men of the
Cherokee Nation, aforesaid, for and iu consid
eration of the foregoing stipulations and pro
visions, do hereby agree, in the name and be
half of their Natiou, to give up, and they dc
hereby surrender, to the United States, and
agree to leave tho same within fourteen
month*, as herein before stipulated, all the
laeds to which they are entitled in Arkansas,
and which were secured to them by the Trea
ty of Blh January, 1817, and the Conven
tion of the 271 h February, 1819.
Art. 8. The Cherokee Nation, West of the
Mississippi having, by this agreement, freed
themselves from the harassing and ruinous
effects consequent upon a location, amidst a
white population, and secured to themselves
and their posterity, under the solemn sanc
tion of the guarantee of the United States, as
contained in this agreement, a large extent
of unembarrassed country; and that their
Brothers yet remaining in the States may be
induced to joiu them and enjoy the repose and
blessings of such a state in the future, it is
further agreed, on the part of the United
States, that to each Head of a Cherokee fami
ly now residing within the Chartered limits of
Georgia, or of either of the States East of
the Mississippi, who may desire to remove
West, shall be given, on enrolling himself for
emigration, a good Rifle, a Blanket, and Ket
tle, and five pounds of Tobacco; (and to each
member of his family one Blanket.) also, a just
compensation for the property he may Jan
don, to be assessed by persons to be appom .
i by the President of the United States. J
cost of the emigration of all such shall also
1 borne by the United State, and good andsuit
able ways opened, and provisions procured tor
their comfort, accommodation, and support, 5
the way, and provisions for twelve months alter
their arrival at the Agency; and to each
or head of a family, it he take along with n
four persons, shall be paid immediately ou ms
arriving at the Agency and reporting himtell
and his family, or folioweis, as emigrants and ,
permanent settlers, in addition to the ab ° ve >
provided he and they shall have emigrated from
within the Chartered limits of the State of (rear
gut, the sum of Fifty Dollars, and this sum in
proportion to any greater or less number that
may accompany him from within the aforesaid
Chartered limits of the State of Georgia-
Art. 9. It is understood aud agreed by the
parties to this Convention, that a Tract of Cam",
two miles wide, and six miles long, shall be.
and the same is hereby reserved for the use ana
benefit of the United States, for the accommoda
tion of the military force which is now, of which
may hereafter be, stationed at Fort Gibson, on
the Neasho, or Grand River, to commence on
said River halt a mile below the aforesaid r ort,
an 3 to run thence due East two miles, thence
Northwardly six mile’s, to n point which shall
be two miles distant from the River aforesaid,
thence due West to the said River, and down
it to the place of beginning.. Aad the Chero
kecs agree that the United States shall have
and possess the right of establishing a road
through their country for the purpose of having
a free and unmolested way to and from said
Fort.
Art. 10. It is agreed that Captain James
, Rogers, in consideration of his having lost a
horse in the service of the United States, and
for services rendered by him to the United
States, shat I be paid, in full ter the above, and
, all other claims lor losses and services, the
! sum of Five Hundred Dollars.
Art. 11. This Treaty to be binding on the
I contracting parties so soon as it is ratified by
, the President of the United Slatei, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
, Done at the place, and on the day and year
above written. ~ ,
JAMES BARBOUR. [L.b.]
Chiefs of the Delegation:
BLACK FOX, his * mark, [L.S.I
THOMAS GRAVES, hisX mark, [U. S.
♦GEORGE GUESS, [L. 8.
♦THOMAS MAW, fL. S.
♦GEO. MARVIS. ,L. S.|
♦JOHi* LOONEY, L. 9.1
JOHN ROGERS, [L. S.]
J. W.FLAWEY, of Del. [L.S.]
Witnesses:
THO. L. M’KENNEY,
. J AMES ROGERS, Interpreter.
. D. KURTZ,
H. MILLER,
THOMAS MURRAY.
[ D. BROWN, See'rp Ch. Delegation.
, PIERYE PIERYA,
; E. W. DUVAL, U. S. Ag't.Scc,
j Now, therefore, be it known, that I, John
) Quincy Adams, President of the United
* States of America, having seen and consid
-1 ered the said Treaty, do, in pursuance of
B the advice and consent of the Senate, as
i expressed by their resolution of the twenty
s third instant, accept, ratify, and confirm
* the same, and every clause and article
* thereof, with the following Proviso:
“Provided, nevertheless, that the said
. Convention shall not be so construed as to
0 extend the Northern Boundary of the ‘Per
-1 petual Outlet West,* provided for and guar
’ anteed in the second article of said Con-
B venlion, North of the thirty-sixth degree of
l, North latitude, or so as to interfere with
- the lauds assigned, or to he assigned, West
s of the Mississippi River, to the Creek in
-11 dians who have emigrated, or may emi-
l ’ grate, from the Stales of Georgia and Ala
|g bama, under the provisions of any Treaty
or Treaties heretofore concluded between
h the United Slates and the Creek tribe of
Indians; and provided further, That no
jf thing in the said Convention shall be con
,* strued to cede or assign to the Cherokees
j any lands heretofore ceded or assigned to
- any tribe or tribes of Indians, by any Trea
« ty now existing and in force, with any such
0 tribe or tribes.”
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal
? of (he United Stales to be hereunto affixed,
having signed the same with my hand.
Done at the City of Washington, this
|* twenty eighth day of May, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand eight
[l. s.] hundred and twenty-eight, ami of the
0 Independence of the United States
'» the fifty-second.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
6 By the President:
1 11. CLAY, Secretary of State.
j
, 9 Department op War, )
d 31sf May, 1828. \
d To the Hon. Henry Clay,
e Secretary of State:
* Sir: I have the honor to transmit, here
in with, the acceptance of the terms, by the
i, Cherokees, upon which the recent Con
>* vention with them was ratified. You will
have the goodness to cause the same to be
* attached to the Treaty, and published with
it.
i- I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
ie your obed’t serv’t.
'• SAM’L L. SOUTHARD.
i-
(1 Council Room, Williamson’s Hotel, J
e Washington, May 31st, 1828. 5
0 To the Secretary of War,
0 Washington City:
£ Sir; The undersigned, Chiefs of the
Cherokee Nation, W. of the Mississippi, for
e and in behalf of said Nation, hereby agree
1* to, and accept of, the terms upon which
[■ the Senate of the United States ratified the
Convention, concluded at Washington on
d the sixth day of May, 1828, between the
n United States and said Nation,
e In testimony whereof, they hereunto sub-
s > scribe their names and affix their seals.
l * THOMAS GRAVES, his * [l. S.;
l * GEORGE MAW, his X mark, [L. S.
GF.ORQE GUESS, bis X mark, L. S, -
e THOMAS MARVIS, his X mark, L. S.
d JOHN ROGERS, {L. S.'
s Signed and Sealed )
a in the presence of)
is THOMAS MURRAY,
JAMES ROGERS, Interpreter.
s E. VV. DUVAL, U. S. Agent, Sic.
it —■''
p * Written by the signers in their language,
e and in the characters now in use among them,
J as discovered by Geo. Guess,
s ———
1 LONDON, May s.
f Repeal of the Test and Coporation
f Acts — The following is the form of decla
l ration to be made in the lieu of the sacra
mental lest; the passages in Italics are the
, amendments introduced by thp House of
t Lords;
“I. A. 8. do solemnly and sincerely,
in the presence of God , profess , testify
and declare , upon the true faith of a
Christian, that 1 will never exercise any
power, authority or influence which I may
possess by virtue of the office of
to injure or weaken
the Protestant Church as it is by law es
tablished in England , or to disturb the
said Church, or the Bishops and Clergy
of the said Church in the possession of any
rights or privileges to which such Church
or the Bishops and Clergy are or may be
by law entitled.
The Lords’ amendments on the Test
Law Repeal Bill were agreed to last night
in the House of Commons. It seemed to
be very generally fell that the Act was not
improved by being amended, but that it
would be better to take it with the small J
quantity of intolerance which it contained,
than to risk its fate by sending it back to
the Lords. Mr. Croker foretold that the
Bill, when passed in its present shape, will |
require another Act of Indemnity.
We see some of the London Papers are
calling on the King to interpose his vote to j I
prevent the passing into o law of the Bill, I j
which has .passed through both Houses with ||
such large majorities. The idea that the ■
King would be so excessively absurd, is no I
doubt chimerical enough; but it is another I
indication of the state of/eeling among the I
very small parly which is at all events de- I
termined to maintain intolerance in England. I
The Duke of Wellington said in the I
House of Lords, that he would consent to the I
appointment of a committee,‘with a view I
of having a fair inquiry into the depres- I
sion of the wool trade, but by no means with I
an intention to follow up the inquiry by I
raising the duty on that article. His opin
ion was, that the Noble Lord (Malmesbu
ry) would be satisfied with the inquiry, and
would see that depression was not to be re
moved by an additional duty? It is biped,
therefore, that Ministers will oppose .this
absurd attempt to injure the manufactures jit
of the country.
Conway the Tragedian. —The Phila
delphia Mercury states that the unfortunate
Conway was a natural son of the late Duke
of Devonshire, and that he received a first
rate education at Oxford. After alluding
to his forsaking the stage for the study of
theology, the Mercury adds—
More dissatisfied with himself than ever,
lie soon regretted a decision so utterly at
war with his taste, talents, judgement, and
feelings. But it was too late to go back,
. and to go on impossible. Here his mind
f lost its balance. The eyes of the world
i were on him—if he now relinquished reli
. gion he would be condemned as fickle, or
i censured as wanting piety. Derision, scorn,
> misery, and miscarriage stared him in the
face. The ocean was before him; it open
-1 ed an asylum; and in sublime frenzy lie I
i dashed himself amidst its foaming billows. I
. There is nothing more terribly sublime in I
- nature. j
Conway was the intimate friend and fa- 1
f vorite correspondent of Madam Piozzi—or
i Mrs. Thrale—the magnet, and the magnns I
t Apollo of Dr. Johnson, and contemporary J
- wits. She esteemed him very highly; and |
- when eighty seven years old, continued u M
- correspond with him on every subject.— |
/ She also sent him her portrait !! ! and a I
i very superb gold watch! Speaking of the I
f letters, ray friend observes—“ The mode I
. and substance of the letters on the whole ex- I
- ceed those of any I had ever seen, especially I
3 for taste, freedom, elegance and originality." I
j Among other tokens of the extreme love I
. which Mrs. Piozzi bore the ill-fated, and I
i highly gifted Conway, she sent him a lei- I
ter written by herself, when she was only R
I five years of age , as a literary curiosity. R
• Every thing about poor Conway was of I
s a peculiar and "extraordinary nature! He I
9 was a natural son of the Duke of Devon- S
t shire , a prince of the blook royal! The IB
s favorite and beloved friend of the great 1
3 charmer of the great Doctor Johnson! An| I
actor, a priest, a poet, a genius—and a. j
suicide!
[The Mercury is mistaken in one rc- B
spect—the Duke ©f Devonshire is not oin
the blood royal, but he is the head of onefl
of the most ancient families of England.” *
N. V. Morn. Courier. 1
—»©fl©«—
The proposition that Georgia must be-H
e come a manufacturing State, is every day II
- making itself more evident to rejecting®
1 individuals, in every section of the country.■
e If the people of the North can afford toil
i purchase our cotton, pay the expenses oil!
transportation from the plantation, say i»I -!
, the middle and upper counties, to the man m
ufactory, which must amount to a charge ||
of about 30 per cent, on the raw material) I
and transport their fabrics back again 108
Georgia, and still find a profit in their trans-B
actions, it would seem evident that oar#
own citizens could manufacture the santfil
articles, and bring them into market in H
e fair competition with their Northern neigh- j j
r hours. We have every means, and every ||
£ inducement, for becoming a manufacWf' ■
i ing people. Our agricultural interests 3 '*-B
* greatly depressed; provisions are plenty n
t and cheap; labour is cheap; we have'l )c ||l
i raw materia! at our own doors; water po*' fl
er in the greatest abundance; enterpris'H
- and capital are not lacking. Nothing, in-H
deed, is wanting, but an effort on thepaj'fl
of distinguished individuals, to direct their' 1
capital and enterprise to the most profit 3 ' I
ble pursuits. It is the opinion of ma") Jr
enlightened individuals, with whom
have conversed, that the planter who
ploys a large force in the cultivation of co j'B
ton, must be constantly sinking his capi' al B
fa other words, a gang of slaves cannot, bfl
a great deal, earn their support, pay l^B
, tear and wear of a plantation,
, bringing into view the interest on the capf'B
tal,) when employed entirely in the cu l ' B
vation of cotton. Let a planter
his force exclusively in this branch of a? r ‘B
i culture, and he will shortly become bank*
- rupt; and the larger his force, the soon?' I
■ will be the result. Yet, at present, cottofj
; is the great staple' of our country, the 0n.,1
f article from the plantation which wiH cc3; l
mand tbe cash. !