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of
. and remain unsold, so ns |o enable purchasers
o procure small tracts, at reduced prices.
Resolved, Tint she committee on public
mitti be further instiuctoJJtq inquire into the
.expediency ot' nu lioriztng' pei’spii*, who hive
purchased lands at the 'gi'.vtirmiicut price,'to
fitter a certain quantity tit' barren and unpro
ductive land, that in ly be in the vicinity of
their tracts, on which tluiy may reside, at re
duced prices.
Unsolved, That thu committed on public
lauds !io im'.ructe 1 to inquire into the expedi
ency *if mi'ihori/. n j pure!: .set's of public lands,
to enter forty acre tract's.
Thursday, December 14.
Mr. Tomlinson, from the committee oil com
merce, reported -a hill-authorizing the importa
tion of brandy in small casks.
On motion of Mr. Buchanans
Resolved, That the presaieiit of tilO United
S i c*s lie requtMtod to furnish to this house any
reformation, in his possession, which, in his o-
paiiim, may lie coviiiuilicatud without dotri-
meiit :o lit!! public service, concerning tlm na-
tircof'tiio stipulations contained in the “treaty
of leam* and perpetual frkmdsliip,—tlm con
vent ‘Hi respacting contingents, tuid the special
convea'ioti and compae',” which was conclud-
e i .*n 1 signed at Panama on the 15tli of July
las». • • ' ■
ft .* .olvu.l, Til it tlm pruiitlcnt of the United
St it•*a lie reque.red •<» coaim niicato to ibis
!i*iw uy inform itio.i in his paasessiou rela-
tivo to tliij OiTm.znioii, proceedings and ad-
iounimant of tlm congress lately held at IVna-
m i, which, in Jiisopinion, may be eotmmicuted
without detriment to lliu public. •
Ou^ii.Tion of Mr. Vinton:
Resolved, That the committee on the ter-i-
to,r, he instructed to 'inquire into the expeili-
• ncy of formula a territorial! government with
in the country lying north of the state of Mi
st > •;, u.l liotweeu the Mississippi and lakes .8u-
p;*r or and Michigan.
<) i mot mi o'f Air. Bartlett:
i{eso!iod, That the ccmmittec on the libra
ry lie iutructoJ to in juirti into the expediency
of adop ’tig measures to procure from, the dif-
fe-en' public offices in England, copies of such
documents and pape;s, as nr ay he of vaLte in
relation to :hu history of our country.
On motion of .Mr. Wards*
Resolved, That the committee on military
pens'oin ho instructed to inquire into the expe
diency of providing by law, that, whenever, in
tluMvVn'oa of tha' secretary of war, the public
good mid the dispensation of justice shall
require the suspension of the pay of any pen
sion, that certified copies of the documents or
rep;-.-rotations made against the continuance
of he pensioner on the roll, shall bo fini shed
to him, mid that he shall be allowed the oppor-
tiitwy of showing his continued right to the
pennon; and that the'said committee do also
inquire into the expediency of applying the
s me rule of proceeding to all inefficient claims
for pensions, and that in all casus, when any
pensioner shall have been suspended, and af
terwards restored, that lie shall have been en
tiled to the pension during the period of such
suspension.
On motion of Mr. Phelps:
Uc.solvc'l, That the committee of ways and*
mentis he instructed to inquire into the expedi
ency of levying :t specific duty upon each square
yard of imported woollen clo'dts, to be graduat
ed by ihu number of threads contained in a
squ ire inch or yard thereof, instead of the pre
sent <trl valorem duty.
On motion of Mr. Gurley:
' Unsolved, That tho committee on public
lands lie instructed to inquire imo the expedi
ency of reducing tho minimum price of public
lends that, havo been or nny hereafter be offer-
e I at public sale, and not disposed of, and so
to grnduatq the prices at ouch subsequent sale,
as to effect tint object. '
Resolved, That the same committee be in
structed to inquire into the expediency of au
thorising such persons as were entitled ton
right of pre-emption, under the provision of
the act of the 12th April, 1814, in the purchase
of public lands, to enter the samo with tlm re
gisters anti receivers of,tho land offices in their
respective districts, at any time before tho same
sh ill bo offered at public sale: . .
The following resolution, offered las! session
bv Mr. Bartlett, wa$ called up for considera
tion, and by him modified, aficr which it was
amended by Mr.,M‘Coy, and agreed to.
.Resolved, That the committee of the whole
house bo discharged front the further conside
ration of the claims of the state of Massachu
setts for military services rendered during the
lato war; that the same be relcrrcd to tho se
• crotary of war, and that ho ho instructed to re*
port to this house, what items and what a
mount of claims are within tlm principles and
rules which havo been applied to the adjust
meat of claims of other states for militia scr
vices during the late war.
* Friday, December 15
On motion of Mr. Cook:
Resolved, That tho committee on public
lands be instructed to inquire into ihc expedi
ency of authorizing tho scvoral states that have
bec.u admitted into the union, with a condition
iu tiio several acts for their admission, that tho
lands thereafter to be sold by tho United States
within their limits respectively, shall not be
taxed for fivo years uftcr such sales, to rescind
the said condition.
Mr. Mitchell of South Carolina introduced
the following:
Resolved, .That the secretary of the trensu
rybe directed to inform tilts hoUsc of the a
mount and description of merchandize annual*
ly shipped from each of the United^ States U
the West India islands, other than 'those be
longing to tho government of Great Britain,
from iho 30th September, 1815, to the 30th
September,. 1826, and the annual amount
the imports or importation into each of tho
nited States from the aforesaid islands, for the
above period; which lies upon tho table.
Mr. M'Lcanof Ohio introduced the follow*
in? v - ,
. Resolved, That the secretary of war be „di;
rectcd to,‘ communicate to this house, any/in
formation in his department, not heretofore
communicated, in relation to (he disposition
the several Indian tribes within the United
States, to emigrate west of the Mississippi; and
wh*.icrthoio arenity'obstaclcs to their remov
al known to the department, and* if so, his o-
pinioii as fij the method best calculated to o-
vercomo them, and .whether the teachers of
schools now in operation among them, arc fa
vorable to the policy of their*removal, ami
whether, in tho event of un appropriation be
ing made to defray the expenso of such rcaiov-
:i la nil settlement, there arc any reasons to au
thorize the belief, that they will co-operate in
the measure; which lies, upon the table.
Mr, White of Florida introduced the fol
lowing:
• Resolved, Tim* the secretary of war he di
rected to communicate to this house what pro
gress has been in ado in the projection of the
plans and estimates of fortifications for the de
fence of Pensacola Bay, and the navy, yard
and depot established there; when they are
expected to ho completed,, avid' what has pre
vented their completion at the time suggested
,by the report; from that department during the
last session; and, also, to report whether the
public interests would bo greatly promoted by
tin appropriation for materials preparatory to
tho commencement of the contemplated works
at this session of congress; which lies upon the
table.
The resolution, laid yesterday on tho table
by Mr. Buchanan, requesting the president of
tho United States to furnish any information
concerning the uqturu of the stipulations con
tained in the treaty, concluded and signed at
Panama, the Uth July last, was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Buchanan the following
resolution, offered by Mr. Bartlett yesterday,
was-taken up, and, aft.r some discussion, was
again read an I passed:
Resolved, That the committee of the whole
I.ousobo discharged trow the further conside
ration of the hill authorizing the payment of
Massachusetts for services in the late war, and
that it he referred to the secretary of war, and
that he lie instructed to report to tiiis house,
what amount of the said claim may be allowed
and paid upon, the principles and rules lhat
have been applied lo the claims of other states
for military services in the late war, and also,
if tiny, parts of the said claim arc disallowed, to
state the reason for which the samo are rcject-
IN SENATE,
Thursday, December 14.
The following, submitted by Mr. Kane, was
agreed to:
Resolved, That the committee on the judi-
ary he instructed to inquire into the expedi-
nev of so extending ihc* provisions of the acts
" congress regulating processes in tho courts
the United States, as.to render them appli
cable to the courts of the United States, held
states admitted into the union since the
:tr 17S9.
The bill introduced yesterday, by Mr. Dic
kerson, to provide for a division of a portion of
tlic public revenue among the several states,
according to ratio, was read a second time, and
referred to a select committee, consisting of
Messrs. Dickerson, Rowan, White, Woodbu-
, Bell, Branch, and Holmes.
Mr. Benton, having obtained leave, intro-
cod tho following bills, which wore read and
passed to a second reading:
A bill.to graduate the price of the public
londs, and to cede the refuse to the states iu
hich they lie;
A bill to authorize tho president of the Unit-
_ . States to cause the reserved salt springs in
the state of Missouri, to be exposed to public
tie; and ,
A bill to authorize the president of the Unit-
Stales to dispose of certain load, the pro
perty of tho Unitod States, in tho spite of Mis-
uFi. , :. Friday, December 15.
The following resolutions, submitted yester
day, woro severally considered and agreed to:
O n motion of Mr. White:
Itosolvcd, That tho committee on the judi
ciary bo instructed to inquire into the proprie
ty of so amending the judicial system of the
United States,' as to extend.tho same equally to
all the states in the union.
On motion of Mr. Hendricks:
Resolved, Tltat the select committee on
roads and canals bo instructed to inquire into
tho expediency of an appropriation for the
completion and repair of certain roads in the
territory of Florida, viz; from Georgia to New
Smyrna; from Pensacola to St. Augustine; and
from Coldrain to Tampa Bay,
On motion of Mr. Noble:
Resolved, That the committee on public
laws be instructed to inquire into tho expedi
ency of continuing in force for one year from
and after tho fourth July next, the provisions of
nil uct entitled “An act to provide for the ex
tinguishment of the debt duo to the United
States by the purchasers of public lands, ap
proved May 18, 1824, and ihe provisions of
tho act entitled “An act explanatory of an act
entitled ‘An act to provide for tho extinguish
ment of tho debt due to the United States by
purchasers of public lands,’ ” approved May
26, 1824, and, also, tho act entitled “An act
making. further provision for the extinguish
ment of the debt due to the United States by
the purchasers of public lands,” approved 4th
May, 1826.
VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND.
New York, December 14.
By the packet ship William Thompson,
captain Maxwell, wc lnve received copious
files of London papers to the 14th November,
and- Liverpool of the 16th, inclusive.
Tim author of Wavcrly has returned to Eng
land—-having procured a variety of important
documents at Paris, to illustrate his Life of
.Napoleon. He has moreover two new novels
in a forward state, in one of them, the scene
lies in Ireland, mid embraces an interesting pe
riod of legendary history. The other will fur
ther illustrate the manners of Scotland, and is
entitled “The Chronicles of Cannongate.”—
The two latter will be published shortly.
Speaking of the convention ot Bucharest,
and tho result of the conferences betweeu the
Russian and Turkish commissioners at Acker-
mann, the Journal des Defeats (Chateaubri
and’s paper) savs: *
“Whatever the policy of certain powers may
say, humanity rejoices at seeing the Wullacbi-
aris and Moldavians tit last restored to an or
der of thitigs, which, if not perfect, is at least
legal, regular, and. susceptible el amelioration.
They may be henceforth considered as nations
aeuiu become tributary, and vassals, but not
absolutely subject, as they had formerly stipu
lated,, when putting themselves under Turkish
protection.
The article concerning Sorvia (all the do-
(lu
0(1
od
We regret to state, that Colonel Cnoott.vN,
in a momentary paroxysm if insanity, made an
attempt ou his own life, at Judd’s Hotel, in
Philadelphia, pn the- 26th October. Fortu
nately tho wound lie inflicted was insufficient
to produce death, and he is considered- out of
danger.—Nat. Journal. . ,.
THE DUKE OF YORK.
A letter received by the Editor of
tho New York Statesman, montions that
this personage is near his end. Ilis complaint
is the Dropsy, from which relief is, in his case,
hut temporary. It is said to be the opinion of
his physicians that lie Will not live until Christ
mas. If these reports should prove correct,
Ins Royal Highndfs will never ascend tho
Throne, nor will Ills uncalled for path against
tho emancipation of the Roman Cutholics, op-
of erate to their prejudice.
tjiils of which our correspondent does not guar
antee) is very important; for, iu the first in
stancy, it evidently places Servia under the
protection of Russia, and exempts the Austrian
cabinet in future entirely from the trouble.—
The influence of Austria will, consequently,
not oxtend beyond the Danube and tho seu.
In (lie second place, this article will proba
bly serve for a model to tho propositions which
the Christian powers may make to Turkey on
the subject of Greece, to speak more modest
ly, on account of the Greeks in the l’elopoue-
sus, and in tho Archipelago.
■ The following is said to be the article above
spoken of, concerning Servia: “Art. V. The
advantages promised to tho Servians, Ly the
eighth articlo of the treaty ol' Bucharest shall
bo given to them in the course of a year, after*
tho signing of the present convention. These
advantages, as ihe'deputics require them, are,
the levying of the. taxes and ground*: emu once
for ail; tlfo return of the districts (some villages)
detached from Servia; freedom uf trade; per
mission to travel with their own passports;
freedom of religion and the administration ot
justice; tho admin.s:rat.on of estates, situated
in Servia, belonging to Turkish owners, but
vwith tho obligation to give an account of tho
produce; the establishment of schools and
printing offices; the exclusion of Turks from
Sorvia, except garrisons in the fortresses, See.
“Every offier demand to be made by tho
Servians, which is not incompatible with the
duty of good subjects to the sultan, shall he
granted by the Porte.”
Finally, tho stipulations which -concern tho
freedom of commerce and of navigation, al
though they are in fact advantageous to the
prosperity of Turkey, aro still very humiliat
ing to tho savage pride of the possessors of the
Dardanelles. Moreover, all the clauses of the
additional convention are of such a nature as
to require long conferences to bo put into ex
ecution, and to be likely to pro'vo productive
of dissensions and quarrels with people of such
a temper us the Turks are known to be distin
guished by.
Affairs of the Greeks.—Accounts have beeu
received from Marseilles, of lord Cochrane’s
having‘effected the purchaso of a small frigate
in that port for the service of Greece, for tho
sum of twelve thousand pounds. This, with
captain Hasting’s steam-vessel, and the frigate
from Now York, will give a new character to
tho Greek naval force. [A letier from Cowes
slates, that the Grcokfrigato Hope, from New
York, was spoken 22b October, lut 40, Ion.
03 1-2.]
A letter from Alexandria, dated 27lb Sep
tember, statos that a third expedition had been
despatched by tho pacha 6 .ho Moi ca. It is
said tp consist of fifty ships, partly transports
with troops on boards, and the remainder sloops
of war. If this should prove correct, tho poor
Greeks may havo to struggle for some time*.—
Bit; it is next to impossible to form nny opinion
with regard to tho real state of afi'uirs. For in
stance, in direct contradiction to tho above,
tho latest Greek Journal of Hydra says: “ We
are assured that Ibrahim pacha is preparing to
embark, with ajl tho forces which aro remain
ing to him, and returns to Egypt, on account
of tho scarcity of provisions and warlike equip
ments which ho has felt at tho thoulrc of war;
but it is also reported that the real causo of his
retreat, is an order from his fatltor, in conse
quence of the serious troubles which agitate E-
gypt.
In the Oriental Spectator 6f tho 29th Sep
tember, is an article representing the cause of
Grceco to bo in a hopeless state, and accusing
the correspondents of the Greek committco of
concealing the truth, in order to protract an
unavailing struggle, to tho injury of all par
ties.
Tho London papers are still engaged in dis
cussing tho affairs of tho Greok committee, tho
conduct of the Greek doputics, and that of Ri*
cardos. The Courier of tho 14th dcclares t
that as tho controversy now stands, and until
Luriotles can clear up some of his own con
duct, the explanations of the Ricardos amount
to an honorablo and triumphant vindication.—
A Mr. Barton was about to bring Luriotlos,
one of the Greek deputies, beforo a court of
justico, in consequence of some charges brought
against him in. the reply of tho latter to Mr.
Ricardo.
The following is an extract from n letter
from Mr. Orlando, one of tho Greek deputies,
to a member of. parliament in London,* dated
Marseilles, October 31:
“Tito news front Greece is, in every re
spect, of a more favorablo nature thin hereto
fore. Loiters, which I received yesterday,
bearing date tho 29th of September, state, that
the Turkish fleet were at Mytilenc; thaTof
tho Greeks at Samos, which placo the former
have attempted to possess themselves of, but
have been repulsed.”
The sufferings if tht Greeks.—Wo. copy
the following extract from a letter to the edi
tor of the Moaning Herald, written at Geneva,
because of the interesting extracts, from the
Greek chicftians, which are unquestionably au
thentic. It will bo seen that their languago
corresponds with' tho statements of professor
Everett’s letter published by us on Tuesday.
Roally, we should think a cargo of provisions
might easily lie obtained here, aod sent out for
the relief of these suffering heroes, and their
starving families.' They deserve all that wo
can do for them. Who will take the lead!
Xou.havc heard of. Mr. Eynard, and his
praise-worthy efforts in behalf of tho Greeks.
I yesterday paid a visit to this gentleman,, who.
is at the hftt ! of a committee formed here for
tho purpose of aiding the unfortunate Chris
tians of the East in their struggle for emanci
pation. M. Eynard has already subscribed
several thousand pounds to tho cause, and de
votes the whole of his time to this subject. He
was kind enough to show inc the several let
ters which he has received within those few
days from tho leading chiefs, with all of whom
ho is in correspondence. As these aro of a
very recent date, October 4, (new style) I
subjoin one or two extracts. Nikitas, after ex
pressing his gratitude for tho exertions of the
committee in Europe, says:—We no longer
fear the Egyptians, nor their disciplined troops;
but while wo arc fighting them, we ask our
Christian brethren of Europe for bread for our
wivos and children, and the old men who- have
retired . to the mountains.—Tho Ephors of
Sparta observe, “Fresh attacks haw been
made on Maina; ahd Ibrahim has been repuls
ed threo times—he, will be so always, but pro
cure us food for our wives and children, who
havo subsistod upon roots since every tiling has
been destroyed by our cruel enen^s.” In
addition to tho above deplorable picture, it is
an undoubted fact, that from a thousand to
twelve hundred families are encamped in tho
open air outside tho walls of Napoli di Roma
nia, in a state of the most indescribable distress.
The Gazette Universclle, of Augsburgh, and
the Observateur Aurichien, contains news from
Constantinople up to the lCth and 18th Octo
ber. The first of these papers announces that
tho envoys of France, Austria, and Prussia
waited.instructions from their courts, to sec'ond
he confidential measures of Mr. Stratford Can
ning in favor of the Greeks. M. do Minzin-
ky will take a share in the proceedings as soon
as the ultiihutum is completed. We learn from
ho O scrvateur, that tho Greek patriarch
tely deposed has been* exiled to the island of
Cyprus. His successor, Ayas Angelos, bishop
of Belgrade, elected by the clergy, lias been
recognized as such by the Ottoman Porte.
Constantinople, October 17.—The news
om Egypt, which the Porte has just receiv
ed, are most disastrous. The universal com
mercial embarrassment is now felt in that
country, and has hud such an elfuct on the fin
ancial resources of the v eeroy, hat he ha* de
clared himself quito incapable of supporting
his son, Ibrahim pacha,, as lie had formerly
done; at tlm same time, the people and the
troops evince the greatest antipathy to the Eu
ropean war. These reasons have prevented
tho departure of the now expedition for the
Morca. Tho sultan is much displeased at th.s,
and has expressed himself according to Ned-
chcb effendi, the agent of the v>ccroy. In that
it appears that the sultan and tiic viceroy arc
not on tho best terms. Some pretend to per
ceive the effects of this misunderstanding in
the late movements of Ibrahim pacha.
Tho envoy of Persia, Dand-Agn, publishes
daily the most favorable news respecting the*
Persians. They are up to the 12th Septem
ber. He announces among other things, hough
not at all likely, that desertion has been very
general among tho Cossacks. Our envoy from
tho sovereign of Ruckaria arrived here oo the
4th with presents for "the grand soignor. In
return, he received next morning a valuable
pelisse, which ho wore on the occasion of pay
ing his respects to tho Ottoman ministers.—
Ilis suite consisted of six grandees of Bucharia
and a great number of domestics; lie is going
to Mecca, and wished, before commencing his
pilgrimage, to pay his respects to the sultan, as
a caliph.
London, November 13.
A sudden rise in the value of the bonds of
the Greek government took place on Satur
day afternoon, in cunsequonce of a report that
ajl the European powers had united to compel
Turkey to recognize tho independence of
Grfcecc. Wo presume that this report must
Imvft nriurinatarl in’ nn nrlirlr* fmm
in consequence of some of the allies g,,:.
way. At this critical moment a reserved c-
ty of the royal African corps opened on^l
enemy a destructive fire of rockets, grape ••
cannistcr, from two field pieces, which dilk
finite execution.
The Aslmntees immediately fled in
rcctions, leaving the king’s camp equipage j
which was found the head of the late
Charles McCarthy) on the field. Their
in killed, wounded, and prisoners, is cstini.
at five thousand men. The loss of the fo.
commanded by lieutenant colonel Pardon j
mounts to about pight hundred killed and’t,
thousand wounded. Of the African corps o
ly two men have been wounded.
It was reported, at the date of tho last a
count, that the Aslmntce king, who comnan
ed in the battle, (and who is tho brother toij
king, who was opposed to tho late sir Ch
M'Carthy,) had received two wounds.
The Etoilc contradicts tho report that p
cal agents were about to embark from Brest J
all the stntcs of Spanish America. Connj
only had been sent to two, Colombia and Hit
xico, and these consuls derived their authoi
from no higher souvee than the French adt
ral on tho American station. <
The bishop Chevereaux, of Bordeaux, (
bishop of Boston,) has been 'elevated to i
peerage.
Letters front Batavia, of the 13th July, j
that the insurrection which has broken out]
the Moluccas begins to assume' an alari
character, and that all the Dutch author!
were hastening to quite those islands.
From the Augusta Chronicle.
Our readers will be much gratified by a j
rusal of the following letter, from the See
tary of War to Governor Troup, which
been laid by his Excellbucy befote tiio Let.
laiurc. It fully confirms what wo havcW
tofore expressed; that tho General Goven
meat has no inclination to infringe upon 4
rights of Goorgia; that in forming the Na
Treaty it was actuated by a desire to do justd
to, and satisfy both parties; that it conW
plated, as fur as practicable', tho cession 6ft!
the Creek land within our limits, and that i
were confident, if that object was not effeetd
thereby, that it would take measures, as eat
as possible, to put tis in.o possession of whi
ever portion, might still remain uncedod, Tj
believe that the Representatives of turn,
threo of the States—all entirely unintcrer.J
in the matter—would combine, in opposite
to their oath, for no other purpose than
tonly to crush a single sister State, is idle, pre
postcrous and unnatural,, as such an objccti
totally inconsistent with tho general motives!
mankind. It now appears that the Genet
Government has contemplated* the grntificatlc
of all our wishes, and it must be a Aiurce of n
grotto any reasonable mind lhat the inconsidr
rate rashness of Governor Troup should ha*,
prevented it from doing so in a manner i
consistent with its wishes, t.nd the rcspcctali
ty of our State.
have originated in’ an article from Constunti
uople, it}'the Gazette Universellc, of Augsburg,
which wc find copied into the Quotidienne,
stating, “that tho envoys of France, Austria,
and Prussia, waited instructions from their
courts, to second tho confidential measures of
Mr. Stratford Canning in favor of tho Greeks.”
Tho siimu articlo adds, that M. Minzinky will
take a share in the proceedings as soon as tho
ultimatum is completed.
'London, Novemlier 14.
Despatches have been received at tho colo
nial office from tho west coast of Africa, with
intelligence of an engagement which had taken
place between the Ashanteos and tho force
commanded by lieutenant colonel Purdon.
It appers that, on tho 7th of August lost, tho
Ashautecs, amounting to twcnty-fjve thousand,
had advanced to the villago of Doodcwan, a-
bout twenty-four miles from tho British Accra,
where they were met by eleven thousand men,
commanded by lieutenant colonel Purdon, and
composed of tho troops of Accatoo, king of A-
quimboo; Adonoqua, king of Aquasim; Dunqua,
tho queen of Akim; Cudjoe Chceboo, king of
Assin; the king of Tufil, and many other ca-
bossers and captains from different parts of the
coast, with the whole of the British, Dutch and
Danish Accras, divided into five brigades and
two strong cotps of observation to protect-and
flank.
At half past nine o’clock the. attack was
commenced by the Ashanteos, in a most ira*
posing and determined mannor. * They were
met half-way by the united forces^ under the
command of lieutenant colonel Pufdon. The
battle lasted an hour, when a pause took place,
The Secretary of War to Gov. Tray.
DEPARTMENT OF WAR t
27th Nov. 1826 |
Sir,. A long and distressing illness has pit
vented me from replying to your lettter of :k
Gilt ult. Since my partial recovery, I liar
submitted it to the President, by whdmli
instructed to say, that you appear to labour«
der a most serious mistake in supposing
the lust Treaty with the Creeks lias affeett
in any manner, tho boundary of Gcorgia.-
Tltcre is not a tittle in the Trei.ty that hast!
moat distant allusion to that object, nor for ot
moment would a discussion havo bceiFadmitte
thereon, as it lies entirely out c-f the compotwt
of the General Government. In unxipusi;
wishing to embrace all their lands within tl
limits of Georgia every cflbrt was made to i
duce them to agree to a clauso to that effect,!
so many words. They peremptorily refuse;
on the ground of their ignorance* of the dins
tion of that line. Hnd the dividing line h
tween Georgia and Alabama been establishes
I think it highly probable that we should Inf
succeeded in obtaining their relinquishment-
the more especially as I perceived, that eve
by the line run by the Government Conim*
sioners, to which it is understood unoflici:' 1
—tho Alabama Commissioners* disputed;
there is less than 200,000 acres of Indian kn
it is matter of regret, that any difficulty shod
havo occurred between Georgia and'Abid
in fixing their dividing I ne, as tho Preside:
had designed, the moment tho lino had be*
established,, to open afresh negotiation f
the Creeks, for tho purpose of procuring* 1
fragment of land, such lino might liavo w
theirs within the limits of Georgia,without'
tering at all into tho morit of the controvert
between Goorgia arid Alabatfta, your Excclk
cy must at once perceive that the original 6
culty to an entire cession continues to imp
our course: and the first instant that it skill 1
removed will bo the one which the Execute
will embrace to carry into effect, by fresh 11
gotiation, if practicable the entire cession.
I havo tho honor to bo, Sir you obcd:«
‘servant, > .*> 0
JAMES BARBOUH
His excellency G. III. Troup,
Governor of George
Unparraleled. fecundity.—Dr. 0. F. L
dock, a respectable physician of Fort Cov:
ton, Franklin county, N. Y. gives io 1
Franklin Telegraph, an account of an cif
ordinary *birth of fivo children at one f J
front the'samo mother—three daughters
two sons. Four of them ‘ were alive, but
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by about 3 months hut they wore perfff;
formed and well shaped. • Tho average w' el
was about two pounds, and there was not in
difference in the size.—--Their parents b 1 '
emigrated from Ireland, and arrived in l
Country in August lost. This is rcn<k'
more remarkable by the fact that the mo' 11
of these flvo was delivered of two chib-
on tho 29th of last February—making in
whole seven children in nine months. .
last were bora on the 25th November l8- lv