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Chronicle AMU Georgia (iaxelte. EDITED HI JOSEPH VALLENCE BEVAN.. PUBLISHED EVEHT Monday $ Thursday. pivx dollars per amnum, payable im ADVAMCE.—COITMTIIT PAPER, OSCE A WEEK, THREE DOIXABS PEB AKSBM, PAYABLE , ALSO IM AIIVASCB. <(l4v%%wvvvvwv vv ' vv ' vVX ’ vvvi,vvvv ' vvVVVV \huled Stated LittNva. BY AUTHORITY. [PUBLIC ACT ] AN ACT for ascertaining claims anil titles to land within lift territories of Flori da. Be it enacted by the Semite and U h:sc of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, I list, for the purpose of ascertaining the claims and titles to lands within the territory of Flo, ida, as acquired by the treaty of the twenty second of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, there shall he appointed, by the President of the U nited States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, tlircfe Commission ers, who shall ri ceive, as compensation for the duties enjoined hy the provisions of this act, two thousand dollars each, to he paid quar miy. front the Treasury ; who shall open ait office for the adjudi cation if claims, at P nsacola, in the territory of W-'»t Florida, and St. Au gustine, in Beat Florida, under the rules, regulations, and conditions, hereinafter prescribed. Sec 2. And be-it-further enacted. That jt ahull he tin duty of said Goium ssionera to appoint u suitable nnd well qualified Secretary, who shall record, in a well bound hoi It, all and every their ac's and proceedings .the claims admitted, with those rejected, and the reason of their Bdniismon or ri'jt.clion. He shall receive, os a ooiripeuEaiion for his services, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollats, to be paid quaiterl), from the Treasury.— Jh* ah II he. acquainted with the Spanish language i and, before entering on a dis charge of the do ies of his ofllc., shall take anil subscribe an oath, before some 1 authority competent to administer it, that he will well and truly and faithfully dis charge the duties assigned him,and trans late all papers that may be required of him by the Commissioners; bee. J. Ahd be it further enacted, That aa'nl Commissioners, previously to outer, htg on a-iliacliurge of the duties assigned them, shall, before the Judge of he. Ter ri tonal court at Pensacola, or some o the'- aothoiity in his absence, competent to administer it, lakc^ an oath faithfully to discharge the duties of their offices, And shall commence and hold their ses * Atons on or before the first Monday of July next, at Pensacola, and on the first * Monday of January thereafter, at St. Augustine; for the ascertaining and de tet muting of all claims to land within the said territories; notice of which shall be given, hy said Commissioners, in some newspaper printed at each place, or, if - there he no newspaper, at the most pub lie places in said cities, respectively, of the time at which their session* wil) com UK-nee, requiring all persons to bring for ward their cla-ms, wi*h evidence neccssa •ty to support them. Hie session a 1 St Augustine shall tenuina e on the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, when said commissioners shall forward to the Secretary of the Treasury, to be submitted to Congress, a ■detail of all they have done, and deliver over to tliesurv yurallllti archives,docu me ts, and papers, that may he in thcr poss-ai-ion. See 4 And bo it further enacted, Thai every person, ortho heirs or representa tives of such persons claiming tide o lands under any patent, grant, conces sion, order of survey, dated previous to ~Uie twenty-fourth day of January, one I th usand eight hundred and eighteen, Which were valid under the Spanish go I Veuifient, or by the law of nations, and which aicnot rejected by the treaty red ing th.- territory <>f Eas* an- 1 West Flo rida to the United Slates, shall file, before the commissioners, his, her, or their claim, Setting forth, particularly, its situation, and boundaries, if to he aucer tained; with the drraigumint of title, Where they are not the grantees, or ori ginal claimants, which shall be recorded by the Secretary, and who, for his said services, shall he entitled to demand from the claiman strn cents for each hundred Words contained in said papers, so re corded; he shall be entitled tu twenty fine cents for each subpoena issued: Pro vided. That if the amoun’ so received ahull exceed one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, which is hereby declar ed lite compensation fur Ins services, the excess “hall be reported to the Column srofters, and be subject io their rtisposi lion, and said Commissioners shall pro ceed to examine and determine on tire validity of sai l patents, grants, conces- Aions, and orders of survey, agreably to the laws and ordinances heretofore exist ing of the governments making the grants respectively, having due regard, ir all Spanish claims to the conditions and sti pulations contained in the eigh’h article of a treaty concluded at Wahsington, be tween his Catholic Majesty and the Unit ed States on the twenty-second of Ft. hruary, one thousand eight hundred and , nineteen; hrn at»y claim not filed previous to the thirty-first day of May, one thou sand eight hundred and twenty-three, •ball be deemed and lie Id to be void and Os none »fleet Provided nevertheless And be it further enacted, That in all Claims submitted to (he decision of the Commissioners, where the same land, or Anypait thereof, is claimed by title* ema nating both from the British and Spanish So> ty umems, the commissioners shah not ecide the same, but aliali report all such cases, with an abstrsetof the evidence, to the Secretary of the Treasury.* sM And be it further enacted, That . the Commissioners shall have power to inquire into the justice and validity of the Claims filed with them; and shall be, and a r e hereby, authorized to administer , oaths, to compel the attendance ts wit n eases, by subpoenas issued by the Secre tary, and the adduction of such testimo ny as may be wanted; they shall have ac cess to all papers and records of a public nature relative to shy land titles within said provinces, and to make transcrips thereof. They shall examine into claims arising under patent*, grants, concession*, and orders of survey, where the survey has been actually made previous to the twenty-fourth January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, whether they are founded upon conditions, and how far those conditions have been complied with; and if derived from the British go vernment, how far they have been consi de:cd valid utuh-r the Spanish govern ment; and if satisfied that said claims be correct, and valid, shall give confirma lion to their.; Provided, That such confir mation shall only operate as a release of any interest which the United Stales may have, and shall not be considered as affect ing the rights of third persons: and pro vided that they shall not have power io confirm any claim or part thereof where the amount claimed is undefined m quan tity, or shall ixceed one thousand acres; * but in all such cases shall report the testi mony,with their opinions, to the Secretary , of the Treasury, tube laid before Con : gress for their deteimination. Every S witness attending under any processfrom ' the Commissioners shall be allowed one dollars day, and one dollar for every . twenty miles travel; to be paid bv die par- I I v summoning him: Provided, nevertheless. Thai the Commission, i s shall not act on, or lake into consideration, any British I grant, patent, warrant, or order of stir- Ivey, but those which are bona fide claim ed and owned by citizens ol the United States, and which have never been com , pensated fir by the British government. S* c. 6 And be it furdier enacted, That there shall be appointed, by the Pre&i ’ dent of the United Stales, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a surveyor, who shall possess the power and anlhuiiiy, and i eceive the same salary, as by law appertains to the surveyor south of the Stale of Tennessee; but his duties ! shall not commence until the commission ers shall have examined and decided ur on the claims in West Florida, who shall thereupon luinish the surveyor with a list of those admitted, and he shall thereupon proceed to survey the country,taking care to have surveyed, and marked, and laid down upon a general plan, to be kept in his office, the metes and bounds of the cla ms so admitted; causing the same to he surveyed at the expense of the claim ants, the price whereof shall be the same as is paid for surveying the public lands; but nq surveyor shall charge for any line except such as may be actually run, nor for any line not necessary to be run. He shall appoint a suitable number ol depu- C ties, and shall fix and determine their fee*: Provided, • list the whole cost ot survey shall not exceecd four dollars a mile: Jlnil provided, also, * hut none other * than township lines shall be run where the land is deemed fit for cultivation, said su vi vor shall reside at such place as the President of the U- Stales may direct, and shall keep his office there, and may charge the following fees, viz: for re ' cording the plat and svrvtys of private claims made by any of his deputies, twen ty-five cents for each mile contained in, the boundary of such survey, and twen ly-five cents for any copy certified from the books of bis office. PHILIP P. BARBOUR- Speaker of the House of lt< preseutatives. JOHN UAILLAKD, President of the Senate, pro tempore. Washington, May 8, 1822—Approved, JAMBS MONROE. I IG s. Fr m the Savuimah Republican, J)fai/ 28- liaVesi from TiiiglaoA. Fhe fine, fast sailing ship Emily, Cap tain Rabcock, arrived at this port last e vening in the short passage of 27 days from Liverpool. By diis arrival the edi tor of the Republican has received Lon don papers to the evening of the 2Glh of April and Liverpool to the 27th. The Emily has performed her voyage in the short time of 27 day s. We have sicn commercial letters of the 28th April, which stale that the cotton market had met with no change since the lust accounts. * The bill to open the West India ports w«« still before the House of Commons. There appears to be very little doubt of its passing that body. Hostilities had not yet commenced be tween Russia and Turkey. The accounts are very contradictory as to the situation of affairs between these two powe; s. Ihe I ond-in Courier ofthe 26th of April states that letters from St- Petersburg"ha I been '•eceived, which caused the exchange and and the 6 per cent slock to rise, both of which arc tolerable sure indications of tin public opinion in favor of peace. The Morning phronicle, on the other hand says, there is no doubt hostilities must shortly take place. The .Minister from the Republic of Co lombia, at Paris, haSj it appears, required the formal recognition of the indepen dence of that slate, offering “ full liber ■y, safety,tolerance, and reciprocity, to all nations whose governments shall iecog nize that ot Colombia,” and declaring that their ports shall remain closed against those nations who do not admit that re cognition. A meeting has been held by the mer chants, ship owners, &c. of Loudon, for the purpose of presenting a represents tion to government on the expediency of permitting the ships belonging to the Re publics of Colombia, Buenos Ayres, Chi'i, Ac. to he admitted into British ports ; (when conning direct from their respec live countries, and laden with tne product , thereof) in the same manner as the ships I of the United Slates and Brazil. , The Liverpool Mercury warmly advo- I cates the American Congress for recog • nizing the independence of the South r American provinces, and recommends En - gland to follow the example i Letters from Russia say. that the first t army assembled on the Fruth, and readv i to lakt the field, consists of 280,000 men, , of which a large'proporiihnis-da-vairy, and of dragoons alone, 26,000. It is said to hire been shown by experience, that this description of troop* has always been e minently serviceable in tbe wars with tin Turks—The same letters state tbe park fit artillery to consist of 500 pieces «>f jumnon At Kaiega, the great depot of frms for South Russia, immense quantities of military stores of all kinds sre collect ed. The Emperor of Russia has ordered no less than 578 civil officers, employed in the province of Siberia, to be removed, punished, or reprimanded, for monopoly peculation, embezzlement, and other of fences. Accounts from Frankfort state, that news had been received at Odessa that the Turkish government is fortifying Con stantinople—Above 10,000 men are era ployed on these works. The Maiquis of Hastings has been ap pointed Ambassador to Austria. 'i be Spanish Cortes were engaged on the 14th of April ind.Scussirg ‘he futur. commercial relations between Portugal a d Brazil- Not one word about South American affairs. It is stated that the late note of the Ue.s Effendi to the English and Austrian Ambassadors, was a forgery to depress the funds Instibordi' ation anddiscontentstul man ifest themselves in Fiance, and the ter rors of the Bomb.>ns of revolutionary movements, is evinced by numerous ar rests of individuals, espionage, violation of correspondence, concealment of Intel ligence, and tyranny over the press It seems that Ali Pacha is not dead, not withstanding his head has been sent to Constantinople, and fixed on tlu poitals of the seraglio. There have been some disturbances in Mad; id. Many outrages were committed by thu troops in garriso'i there, on the 12th April. They ran in armed detach meats, through the principal streets, in suiting the inhabitants, and (homing “ Rie go forever! IKa'.h to the Servilcaoi Na varre !’* A private letter from Madrid, of Ist of April slates that the. French Minister in that Capital was preparing to audit ; and that the Spanish Mims ertotlie Court cf France had actually quitted Paris. 'I his report, however, is contradicted in the journal des Debates. A misunderstanding is suid'to have ta ken place between the courts ot Austria and Naples, arising Lorn the conduct of the hitler government towan s some ot its disaffected subjects. Letters fr..ni Lisbon announce that Bra zil has declared ilse.f independent, and that the Prince Regent has been nonuii ated Emperor. The last Irish papers say. >hat above se venty stand of arms ofall kinds, have been given up to the gentlemen of the County of Cork where the peasantry are return ing to their labor The Liverpool papers notice the arri val of the bonoiable John Randolph. Tlig foreign Journals are full of accounts of preparstions for tiie reception of the King of England, in various pans ot the Continent. DISASTROUS f The Packet Ship Albion which sailed from New-York on the Ist of April l >st, for Liverpool, was lost on the 23d of April, on ihe coast of Ireland, near the old head ot Kinsale- The following is a list of pas sengers who went out in the Albi'ui. Messrs Chahen and Graves, of Paris ; Mr. Le Mercier, of New Orleans: Mrs Gamier & Son, and Mrs. Pye, of Ne.u- York ; Miss Powell, of Canada ; Major Gough, of the Br Aimv; Wm. Proctor. Wm H. Dwight and G. VV. Baynnr, ot New-York ; Philotine Delpia and Victor Molissent, of Paris; G H. Clark and lady, of Albany ; Colone 1 Prevost; A. M Fish er, of Yale College ; G. Hill; John Gorre, N- Carolina; Wm. Ovcrliart, of Pennsyl vania, and two geatlenien fiumthe north ward, All the passengers perished but one, and of the ciew only six were saved. These clung to the quarter deck which was washed ashore under an immense high cliff, and were preserved by the ex ertions of the people present. Capt. Wil liams is among the drowned We copy the following particulars from the Liver pool Mercury, relating to this distressing and Melancholy occurrence Londoh, April In the House of Commons last nigh.. Sir John Newport brought forward his promised motion on the State of I-eland The debate on tins important subject was highly interesting and will beyond a doubt le productive of the most beneficial ef fects. he causes of the present melan choly state of the Sister Kingdom, were ably depicted by the Hon Mover, who at the conclusion of his speech, moved a siring of resolutions for a full enquiry into the siate of Ireland, with a view to he adoption of a system of remedial measures Mr. Goulburn assured tiie House that tbe whole subject was undergoing the most serious consideration of Government; he moved the previous question. Mr. Rice addressed the House at considerable length and w r as followed by Mr Charles Giast in a most eloquent argumentative and statesmanlike speech, in winch he stated the causes of the present state of society,iu Ireland, under the heads of the tithe system, the police, the magistracy', and education Mr. F.llis, of Dublin, made a few observations k announced his belief that the present disturbances were, without any excepdon carried on exclu sively by the Catholics of Ireland. Mr Plunkett in strongterms repelledthe charge. Mr. Peel shortly addressed the House and Sir John Newport replied He said that after the explanations which had been giv. n, and the responsibility which bad been undertaken by several Members of bis Majesty’s Government, and more es pecially the pledge given by bis Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Plunkett) to institute some inquiry, be should not fed himself warranted in pressing the question to a division. Russia and Turkey. Amongst the numerous contradictory re ports relatiie to these countries, J?*r s papers of Saturday contains two which de serve record for their improbability'. One is, that Ali Pechaisnot really dead, thoughdvis head, it was said, bad bean sent to Constantinople, but that lie hul cun ningly escaped to Mahon —an old soldier, decorated with a magnificicnt turban, hav ing been decapitated in mistake for Ali! The other is, that Lord Berresford, who it is said had been residing at Rennes, had set out for Brest to embark to England, where he was to take command of 20,000 men, how to be employed we «re apt told. The following, from the Courier argues a pacific measures between Turks and Hus- r sians--but,ihc only confirmation ol it on a which we wou.d rely, would be either ihe concession of the former to the wishes of the latter, or the withdrawing by Al exander of his numerous troops from their present menacing positions. “ Des patches have been received from Vienna of the 11th iiist- which announce the de- ( arture of M. de Talischeff from that city The precise object of his mission, it may be supposed, had not transpired; but e nough was known to create the most con fident belief that his return to St. Pctcis burgh was connected with pacific proposi lions This was ihe general persuasion io Vienna, and is strongly expressed insev i-ral of the letters from tliai capital. 1 lie same confidence in the ultimate mainten ance oi peace, is conveyedin letie s wiuc.. arrived yesterday from St. Pelersburgh.— Under the auspices of the mediating pow ers, concessions will be mutually made for the attainment of that most deshab.e ob. ject '1 bosi- on the part cf Turkey may be wrong Iroin her feais or her necessi ties; but, on the part of Russia, we be lieve they will proceed from asinceie dt> sire which is felt by the emperor Alexan der not t» derange the harmony of a sys tem, in the construction of w hich he so zealously co-'-perated. Turkey.— news from Constantino ple received at Belgrade on the 28tu March was of the 2(Jtli- Every thing was in the greatest fermentation, had an msur rectionol tiie Janissaries had exerted still greater consternation among the inhabi tants. The Sultan, in consequence ol the preparations for wai, which is continued with the greatest activity, had also order ed a press of sailors, which was alrea>l\ carried with great rigor, and without ics ■ ect to persons. Some or as of die Jams saries, who hud been ordered for the sea service, have positively refused; their threats and vociferations soon exerted the fury of the other ortas and they proceed ed to acts of violence towards their ofli cers. The new Aga of the Janissaries, la cly appointed by the Sultan was the first victim of tin ir rage. His predecessor, who was discharged on account of the- dis orders which look place on the arrival of the liCid cf A‘i Pacha, was immediately reinstated in that important post The Janissaries, after having murdered their chief, dispersed about the streets of Con s antinople, and gave loose, without re straint, to their hatred of the Christians. All they met in the streets, of whatever nation ; were massacred. Constantinople is now as light at night ns in the day-time, on account of the fires ofbivouacls, whicli fill the city and the environs. This great city resembles a vast camp, and the hopes of njaking war upon the accursed Ghanos (the Russians) and of enriching them selves by pillage, excites in all Musselmen extraordinary joy and enthusiasm Their religions zeal, which has been ra her less vehement for some years p-st, has now resumed all ils impetuosity, and the peo ple are more fanatical than ever. The most contradictory accounts are cir culated respecting the Creek and Turkish fleets. Some letters still continue toal li m tluil there has been a naval action in v. liich the Greeks were victors Others assert tha nothing is yet decided ; lastly, there are letters whicli pretend that "the Turkish fleet has returned to the Archipe lago. AVe expect, wi'h impatience, the news from * ; t. Pelersburgh, It is so;- posed that the manifesto of R.iss'- " idsoon appear. Prom the Savannah Georgian. Sir Hudson Lowe has been created a Knight Commander of the honorable ord -r of the Baih No doubt foi his generous and humane conduct at S' Helena The Courier of the 20lh April contains the Report in full of the Committee on Foreign \ flairs, recommending the recog nition of the South American governments. The editor remarks only, “ The report is of considerable length, but worthy of pe rusal ” The report adverse to the repeal of ihe American restriction laws is also promised. In Holland, petitions have been present ed to States General from the landowners fir relief to tbe agricultural interest. The distress is attributed, as in England, to an over-abundance. The Danish government hare ffiven fur ther contradiction to the accounts of a ces sion of territory to Great Britain It is added that the inhabitants have a great an tipathy to tiie English, and that even some individuals f hat nation have been insult ed in the s rc-ts At the King’s Levee on the 19.1 i, Ills Majesty received the compliments of the foreign ministers; and among the rest the American. W De Brodun. M D was pi sented to offer his Medical on Coughs and Prevention against I) dine. In the Spanish Cortes on the 4th April, the representation of Rlego renouncing the pension of 80,000 rea's assigned to him by a firmer Cortes css read, and a resolution that as the grant was a testimo ny of national gratituse it could not be returned- The proprietors of the John Bull news paper have been found guilty, a-1 a ver dict of 500 pounds damages given against them for a libel on Mr. A deiman Wailh man, whom they had charged with receiv ing stolen goods. Tbe veteran singer InCledon, took his final leave of the stage at the English Ope ra House on the 19th April. The house was filled to suffocation Ii was affirmed at Frankfort, that the King of England and the Archdutchess Maria Louisa were expected to be in Vien na towards the end of the month of May What will the political gossips say to this ? Is another royal marriage on the tapis ? In Ireland outrages continued to be committed, but not to any considerable extent. The Portuguese Tariff is to be reform ed conformably to the Treaty of Com merce wi:h Great Britain. The Buenos Avrtan corvette Heroine, of 2o guns and 134 men, has been captur ed by the Portuguese frigate Perola, and ca»rif'd into Lisbon. GUMM^CIA^ MARKETS. Savaxxah, May 29. % TON.—Since our last report con» slderable business has been done in Up lands, which have gone off principally at 14 a though limited, has been commensurate with (he stock, which is light-vit is jelling at all prices, from 24 a 30, and sometimes 1 upwards when the qualities and marks ,■ are appproved. _ * Georgian. I Markets of the last Week. Charleston, May 27.T822, • COTTONS—There has been a good deal done in Upland Cotton the past week; the great bulk ot the sates was made at aooui 15 cents* Some superior lots have brought 16 and very fine 16.!.?» inferior Cottons are sold as low as 12 a 13 The number of vessels now in port keeps the market active. Sea-Isluuds are in little request and partial sales are made at the old prices of 24 to 30 very fine at some cents above that quotation RICE—A prime parcel of Rice brought S 3 and 18 cents on Saturday. Superior qualities would reaiil) commanded 3 and an eighth. Ihe average prices are from 2 50 to 275 for inferior to good. . FLOUR- Smalt sales for consumption are making at 7 25 a 7 07 1-2 —there is no demand for export. CORN varies, as to quality, from 87 1 2 to 94. The sales are steady bm not large NAVAL S !ORES— Tar, Wilmington, 1 50 a 1 75 ; Georgetown, 1 37 ; Turpen tine, Wilmington soft, 2 30 a 2 75; George town, do. 2 25; Pitch, 11-2; Rosin, 1 12 a 1 75. LUMBER —Pitch pine Boards, 15 a 16 ; clear white do. 25 a 27. SPIUI l 'S.—Jiruudy, I 60 a 175; IVhis kse, 33 in hods. utKi 34 n> bids ; Gin,9 o evs; I Rum, 1 i 2 a 1 18; -V England do 40 a 42, COFFEE —Sak s at 29 cents for middl lug; very little prime in the market is of fered for the current pi ices—Prims green would readily bring SO a 31 SUGAR—The demand f>r Sugar has de creased, and prices of inferior qualities have gone down Fine Muscovudues are scarce and would bring 11 to 12 ; second quality is 81 2 9 12; Havana brown 8 a 9: fine whiles, 15 a 16. MOLASSES —in very little request; large suits could not be made but at a sa crifice. Havana may bt quoted at 29 to 30 in small quantities; Orleans 27 1-2 scarce S ’ LT —A cargo sale of Liverpool was made early in the week at 42 cents—fur a northern market. The imports have been very heavy lately—Turks Island, none afloat 6;), IRON—In limited demand at 4 50 a 4 75. The demand for Seasonable Dry Goods continues very limited—the amount of sales during the season is lull 50 per cent short of those made during the Spring of 1821. Mercury. From the Savannah Republican, May 29. BY THE SHIP EMILY. C CIRCULAR J Liverpool, April 27. The demand for cotton this week, has been good, and the sales amounting to 9750 bales, have been ail to the dealers and consumers, except about poo up lands taken for export i.f * ,,e Continent Owing howev*- l ° the heavy imports, holders have .been more desirous to sell, & the market may be considered an ’-Btb lower wee k. W'e quote ordinary iq,- l-.nis Baߣ 1; fair 8| a 9.1, good fair a 9i«l, good 9|d; line 10d; very choice lOjd. Sea-islands, ordinary and stained 9 a 12£d; middling Is Ida Is 2sd; good Is 3d .< la sd; fine Is 6d als 100. The import here this year, up to yesterday, is 140,000 bales, and the sales in Hie same time, amount to 148,000. The quantity however that appears to have been accu inulating in the ports of the United Stales, and the consequent prospect of considerable supplies coming forward have certainly lessened the expectation of any material a Ivance here, and holders ap pear more willing to sell of late. We may perhaps have no change of moment for the pr< s-.ait, until a belter idea can be formed as to the extent of the imports (or the season Should the crons have been larger than we were led to believe some months ago, it will cln ck the advance that might otherwise have been looked for. MAURY LATHAM & Co. The Liverpool Mercury of the 26th giv> s th,- following prices, viz : Cotton. —Bowed G orgia, 8 a 10jd; N Orleans Bjd a Is; VV. India 8 a9^l; Bar badoes 9 a 9|d ; Detrtarara 91 a Is ; Per nambuco Hi u la ; Maranham 10J a lid ; Bahia Id a lid; Sea Islands good to floe Is .i I a Is 101; ordinary to middling lUd a I2i I ; Surat 6$ a8 .; Bengal 5} a 7d. Tobacco —James River, leaf, 2J a 7d : stemmed 3 a 7d ; Ken. and Geo leaf 2a 4d —vft ifcWßyMif win mm Mrmsa». -amt -an* mk>» . THE BARE CUJiliWi From the Western Carolinian. tlw Indian Princess. “ F u fl many a gem of purest ray serene, The liark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is bom to blush un seen. And waste its sweetness in the desert air.” In th i vicissitudes of human life, it seems to be tbe prerogative of no one to be suppremely blest or perhaps none to be completely miserable. A succession of prosperity and adversity, of sunshine and sorrow, is the inheritance of all, and constitutes the picture of human life. - We find sometimes when the bitter blasts of adversity assail, misfortune with her attendant tiam of evils may follow, and wretchedness and despair implant a sor row in tiie heart which no art can south and which for a time may baffle the efforts of friendships to remove. Yet amidst the gloom and darkness of despair, a ray of light, a gleam of pleasure will break in upon the sufferer, to whisper peace to his mind, and lull to sleep the tumult of his bosom. Yet I believe there are some strokes of calamity that fix an impression on the heart which neither time nor art can remove, and which make us feel the impo'ance of consolation. Trte truth of this belie*" is strongly confirmed by an affecting little story which I heard during an excursion to the south, in the lalj of 1821: It was the story of Emily , the hapless Indian maid, and her-tragical fate. The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened; 1 shall but give them in the manner in w liich they were related. Emily was the descendant of the great M'Cilvray, king of the Creeks u ,, J was that daring and Chief, the prophet Francis; 0 - a-, r, I better known in the British- Bmic ,. gadier General Hillis-ha-ad-ro the h. I pid leader of the Seminole i.~v 0 .1 years her life had been a, dream of nil sure, and “ hope with fairy gleam' ,l chantment threw o’er distant d ; .vs ’’ kJ strange and unexpected are ofieminl the vissitudesof iinman life. Th e . 1 of war, which hud tor sometime ’k lowering to tiie wes', now burst forth T' torrent—a distingHinhed American J cer, high in command, about this \]„ perhaps with more spirit than prudent made a sudden attack on an Indian t „„' upon the Georgia frontier. This s, e ,J to be a signal for general hos tifi torch of war was now lighted up an J the Creeks and Semimdes, irumWr ! rapine, the tomaha* k and scalping w followed in its desolating train. °A> I | critical moment an appeal was made tail bravery avid patriotism of the Georgiy a detachment under Gen. Glascock media ely ordered out, and march k scene of action,- it was in the eferly of 1818. Fired by military pride c sense of duty,) on n» U**», a vouiigw of worth and •talents, generously v£ leered his service to liis country, aids paired with the army, as a gentlemsjv lunteer, to Ihc enemy's country, Ueturning from a scouting |'.aitv» sliort lime afterwards, Ins defeated anffdispcrsad,’ and in die I,,’’ and confusion of fight, he was' sep.-liy from his party and became ,en ang-led u morass, where lie was found and CHi-.g! pi iscner before their leader. lUllis-U;: jo received hint with a degree of sail exultation that was expressive of lib* racier. Uecent disaster.had added at* fold force to ids vindictive and cruelb , position, and he determined to disc'll his vengeance upon die unhappy now in his possession, to the farljjtii extreme of human suffering. Young it was a stranger tofu he was brave to an excess; yethe.tw shuddered with an involuntary fediv, honor, at the prospect before him, j contrasted his former enviable utaira his present miserable condition, ft i 'ea of his mother, broken, neglected and forsaken, jit« ing doom to the grave—his help!e>lit sisters too, forlorn, destitute and k tected, all ruslied at once upon'hi traded mind;— liis soul sickened: ad the man died within him. To die, tm, , Uie dawn of his manhood;—to be cuif 1 in the vivacity and vigor of life, front'. pleasures of the world, before lie lad j tasted its sweets, was a cruel, kb; thought;—But to die, iinpivpncd i, was, “ las bhtsliitig sins” thick upon !i —to be tortured, racked, and ccirsm by the hellisli,insatiate fury ofmercilesi vages; Oh! it was refinement upon cruel —the very idea of it was tenfold addin to the common pangs of ordinary tin The shouts of the savage multitude ar« edhim at length from his gloomy rcS lion; for his hour was even now cent For a moment he felt the most cxqti pang of which the human heart ui eeptible;~a moment more, and all utci rtri«,| feelings of his soul had I into aca m and silent 111 vt,wpence he approached the stake, as a-iamb k the slaughter. At this all important ment a female, young, beautiful and parcntly of superior birth, now approf ed—“ a shew of mercy on her count) mice there was, and an air of irmocw m her look.” lie had observed her 1 fore; a glimpse of her nowanconscios excited an emotion in his breast, hektt not of what;—a gleam of hope del) through his soul; —he entirely fixett gaze upon her as lus last, feeble hop- 1 , hope.—“ Angel she was that did preset him;” for just at that important c;ia when his fate was suspended itpot thread, and his life “the poor pe sioner of a single moment.” Emily, i the pure spirit of Christian mercy, tire herself before her father, and in all t! eloquence of sorrow begged and limb ed him to spare the life of the unlnpa youth. She told him in the pure strain« artless love, that the young officer« dear to her; that she had loved him lira the first, &. would continue to do so uni the great Spirit bore her hence. Sites*' his image was entwined around herhea his life was her life:—in mercy to hers? she implored her father to spans his b/l or involve them *n one common ruin. J appeal like this was even too great -I savage (o withstand.—Francis, as I fl said before, was stern, vindictive ai d■ el; be was obstinate and selfish, imi-B ble in bis purpose, and persecuting (jP to the fartlierest extremity in his e-- lies.- vet be was not entirely destitut tin fine feelings of a father, For ot an.l perhaps the only time in his life, suffered bis purpose to be shaken. 1 bid Ins I'.inly rise; he told her to I him, he- was Iters —do what site wo,, witli him.—hut lie told her to it in c nit slie was the descendant of King M‘d' ray, t lie dangh-erof Gen- Hd is ha-da. Mie conflict of feeling which p rva ' the death of our young hero at this t ment it would be in vain to describe, t" made a letble effort (for his setups " f overcome with flte sudden express his gratitude to liis noble i.’ l J tri-ss; but rdie heeded him not Fe»da of a recurrence of her father’s sanguinary disposition, she told him gone—delay might be fatal— again come, when he would vt to speak; till then she tol l him w lin ® sometimes of Kmily, the Indian road, was a needless caution, for young was generous as he was brave. the conduct of a safe guide lie himself next morning in the Aiw’j. camp, to die astonishment of the "W army. . About this time the war was p l ' o ed with vigour on th« one side, sisted with firmness and address 1(1 other, by the consummate abffitie* ente.rprize of Francis. Under his l tion the Seminole war hid been ried on with .infinite address; anti so as he continued their leader, it s "* out a formidable app. arace; out m 11J fell die hope and the pride <*i the Sn* tribe. The fate of 'his Chief is known, for savage as he was, it deep impression in the public mind. 1 Jpl who did not condemn lb-- act as 311 1 J J v»tion upon the usages of war, a; o■ t violation of the laws of nations, J liged to lament the. stern policy v.'tvf' 1 ’ « tated such u measure. By ihe of one man, Uambly, the jcelebrab Vm mlnole trader, and the corns tvattce n officers of the American flotilla r •,*' was decoyed by the shew oi Kng‘- 1J
