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Il< i .Jy rurrcndered by the parties, who
tc4f *td that money.
/, great majority of the perlons who c aio
the lands not furrendt rtd,h jve signed the pro
pntions of compromise, hereunto j
(H), by which they offer to relmqtiifh thrir
c. irr.s, provided that the United States fbd
p.y them at the rate of twenty-five cents
p-r acre, for the no ninal quantities of Ian 1 ,
t.aimed bv th m; which after making the
proper deduaions for lands, which have been
l'urren cred, should make a grois sum, ot
t out dollars, with intrreft from
the year iho6 ; piovidcd, ,however, in.it ih<
principal and interrft, in *H not txceco th’
proceeds vs tt.olr *ivt million of at ns, in thr
teiritcrv, whicn fha.l *ultirnaioi-y be luid foi
the highest price.
The commiflioners think those proportions
inadmifliaie, and without pretending to
affirm, that the legislature of the (late of
Georgia was competent to make the derision,
they feel no'hefication, in declaring ic as th'ir
opinion, that under all the ctrcumftanccs which
may efFcdk the case, as they have come wifhir
their knowledge, and as herein ftaied, the
title of the claimants cannot be supported.
But thev, neverth-kfs, helieveahat the in
tcreft of the United States, the tranquility
of those who may hereafter inhauit that ter
ritory, and various equitable confederations,
which may be urge 1 in favor of moll of the
present claimants, render rt expedient to enter
into a compromise on reaibnable tern s.
Under that impreiTjo , a plan is refpe#-
fully fuomitted to the consideration of Coh
erers, which, although it dors not give a full
indemnity to every claimant, it believed, from
such information as his been received, to
give, in the aggregate, nearly as much as h*s
been paid in the whole, by ail ahe prdent
claimants.
As it is underflood and generally agreed,
that the five millions of acres reserved by
the agreement with Georgia, constitute the
fund from which the indemnity is to be paid,
it is of pri nary importance in-order to guard
againlt any depreciation,that the nominal ‘fum
in money,which may be offered as an indemnity
iliojld not exceed what the fund may be
thought amply fufficient to dilcharge. Tne
probable a.nount of the annual laics and the
price affixed-to the land by Congress, furnifh
the only data by wh ch that hum can be
determined. The com rtiffioners have fup
poled that the tales could not reasonably be
cftirrur.ed to yield more dim hrec or four
hundred thoufimd dollars, annually and
although it has beers.prelti ned thatii opening
a land office, the price of land will, at pretent
be fixed ac two dollars, per acre ; .they have
believed that it would be improper to alfuine
t e payment of any fun out of the proceeds
of the lands, wh.ch would bind Congrds no;
to reduce the price hereafter, if other consider
ations shall render that reduction expedients
It is after diving considered the fubjed rn
th it point of view, that the commissioners
have been induced to submit the folkrwina
proportions as the basts of a co m pro m he.
ill That so much of five milfiorvs of
acres as lhah remain after having f.tisfiad
the claims of set tiers and others, not recog
r zed by the ag-etment with Georgia, which
fi .ii be confirmed by the United States, b?
aopiopriated for the pur;o e o’ Unifying and
quieting the claims of the -prrions who de
rive their claims from an act ot in-Hate o’
Georgia, passed on the 7th dav of January/
1795 i for which purpoie, the leveral com
pames or claimants under xhole Companies
shall be permitted to locate the quantity of’
land abated to them, any part of the
territory they .claim, to which the Indian title
has not yet been extirjguifiied ; provided
h wever, xh it the whole ihall be located in no
m< re than ftxVafU i and provided alio, that
length of the territory claimed by the parties
refpeCfivcly, and fhiii net hive a greater pro
portionate front on the rivers, than the whole
territory thus claimed.
ad. That the claimants mar,meverthck-fs.-
receive in lieu of the laid lan is, certificates
bearing in ter est from the ill of January
to the amount of 2,500,000 dollars,
or, *t their option, certificates without inrerefi
t > the amount of 5,000,000 of **oll*rs
* meh certificates fhakl, fin either .case, he
‘} i’d (principal and juteeeft) ‘Out of the
proceeds of the files of the public lands in
•h*? eiritory of the United States, abeve’
11 er.eioned, nex* cnluing the completion of
paymcut <>t 1,150,000 dollars to br
* v -; ; - v to the ifate of Geergia ; and (hall
at; receivable in payment for the lands;
P* **’ * -'<ed rn the territory, as soon a? the
pa. n-iit to Geoigia fhail have b*en co.n
----- shat tke lands or certificates fhail be
ip*<o. v.o: ea amongst the levcial companies’
*•; Tt c tofiowWig manner, that is to lay—int
pr<-|>ot of each company, exclusively o ?
(fc iC's which- mav have been lurrendered,
w every jqq dollars cr acres w&ich
(hrll be allowed in the whole, be as fcl*
leweth.
For the Upper MifTifTippi compa
ny, cxrlufivrly ot cifzens 35
For rhr T e nefVe do. Ho, 60
Forth'GeorgiaiVlifulfippido. do. 155’
For the Georgia do do. not
exceeding * 2 5
For citizens’ rights not exceeding 25
s©o
4th. That every original grant, dee \ or
nthtr evidence of claim, fro n whi-.h th**
companies or claimants derive, or pretend to
; erive, their relpcS;v.e claims, (lull l be ex hi
bited-to the feercury of (late, within £ twe v< -
month, and thete recorded at the exptnle of;
he parties ; and at n Serfs thus worded, fhali,
never after be ad misted or confiderrd as
evidence in any of the courts of the United
states, against any other granr foil rhe
date f Georgia or from the United Stams.
s?h. That af'er all the xlaims fkall have;
**een exhibited, the lands or certifk ares
dotted to each company, hull he appor
tioned in proportion to the quantity o* laud,
supposed to be contained within the reUro
:ive claims, amongst X he leveral claimants
tin her each company, by .commiffioncrs
ihili a!fj have power to decide, in confor
mity to the principles of law and equity,
on ull conflicting claims widun each cempam.
6th. That each claimant lhail be allow
ed to have the benefit of thde terms, for;
the amount of hi* ciaim thus aferriamed,.
and to receive, at his option, his propor
tion either of lan of cer ideates be at mg.
1 mere(l, or of certificates without interell.
Ail which is refpeftfully lubmited.
JAME S MADISON,
ALBERT GALLATIN,
LEVI LINCOLN.
i-DOCU M E N T S
.ACCOM PA K\l N G fK
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS,
CHI THE
.GEORGIA MISSISSIPPI territory.
Ceded 1 0 the United Elates,
(M.
Near Natchez, November .5, 180/2.
sir,
I HAVE row the honor to reply
more particularly to your letter of the 26th
of July 1 all, and to iay before you such in
mrnruti *n as I h ive b er enabled to.colled,
in relation to the various objects of -your
enquiries.
In conformity to your Teqoefl, the claim- ;
ants of lands (of the defer;pnon you men
tioned) were invited by public a Ivcrnfrmen* ■
“ to file, prior to the fir it day of November,
“ before the proper county officers, ;(the
u clerks of the counry cour s) the particular
ts authority and extent of their respective
w claims, and the claim of title derived, to
“T:e prtfem dam/ ants, from the original
> tilled .
1 had fhtienvd rnyfelf that the acquiescence
with this invitation would have be- n inch as
• 0 have afforded ground for accurate eiVimutes.
But, from various causes, the returns are not
so general as I had wiffied. Some few
‘lamvants, whole titles 1 have real On to
believe aie fully and legally executed, have
omitted to ftatr them..; either through inat
tention or from an -unaccommodating drfpo
pofi ion ; and there are lome others who have
avoided exhibit’ng ihtir claims (probably)
from an unwillingness to expose their weak
riefs, and a fair produce by a report, -which
lome designing charredlers circulated with :
in juftry, that the cal! for tides was inrendeJ
to -work their immtdiite injury. Havirg
piemiicd thus muvh wirh a view to apprize
t you that the return of claims which accom
pany this letter is no: complete, (tj; I wrli
proved to notice your enquiries in the order
you hive placed them,
1 ft. 44 With refped to the extent sf territory,
dxirh on ‘the Mississippi and the MobJe.
\vl ich has bcen rdinq ufiled by rhe Indians.”
Until the boundary fine between the the
United States and the Choctaw indiansfhaj]
have been ‘retraced plainly marked, (a
work which 1 understand will ffiartlv be exe
cuted under the direction of general Wilkin
son) the quantity of land to which the Indian
claim has been extinguffbed -cannot t>e cor--
rcclly ascertained. But from the bdft in for
mation in my pcfleiTion, I do conjecture chat
chore may be on the Mi Hi dip pi, two rhoufond
five hundred square miles, or about one miHion
fix hundred thousand acres, which compre
hend the C4n;nries Jefic; ion, Adams,, Wiikin
-0.1, and Ciaiborne.
On .the Muhiie Ido also conjecture, with
out pretending to accuracy, there may be’
about four fhoufand fix hundred square miles,
or near three fnifiions oi acresj which corn
pole the county Waftimotou*
The g eater part o’ the land on the Mi£
fifiq pi above al.uded to, is fertile and well
adapted to cultivation—of three millions of]
acres oa the Mwbdw, there arc foppofed to l
be near two Millions o’ pine barrens, little o r
which is iufcrpnble of culture; T he balar.ct
is la:d to be good land, and I am informeo
hat mud of it mav be cultivated to advantage
A (mail map of the frttltd coumry adjoin
ing the W iTilTtppi, (marked numb'r 1) and
a map of the land in Wafbington countv.
ro which the Indian claim has been excin
guifhed, (marked number 2) are he-ewitl.
enciofed.
2d. 4t With reflect t the claims recogniz
e l bv the fecona article of agreemeo
with Georgia/*
i will dafs these claims under three dif
tinCt heads :
1 ft. Grv ts ro persons who were fet
tle s wuhin the ceded tenitory, on the
27th of October, 1795, legally a (uLy
executed prior 10 chit and y, by the former
feriirfh government of Well Florida.
Tnc packet marked (A) contain* all the
cLfs of < bis.d* feription which have been filed
2d Grants to perions who were actual
fettk n within the ceded territory, on tl e
3.7U1 October, 1795, legally and fully exe
• cured prior to that day, by the govern
menc of Spain. This Ipecies ot tide are
kiutneious. The packet marked (13) con-
tains ail which have lxen filed.
t iaims of ptrions woo were fertlers
within trie territory .on the 27 h of October,
1 795 <ieuved fro ft cXtual iurvv.ys or let
abments made under .the law of Georgia,
pa ft if Feb nary 7, f7S 5, commonly calle
tht?bou. mn Aa, The p.icket (C) cent mis
culm;) us tfns cLis widen h -ve ot dd b.cd.
Few o; t tore clajjiu*ts to have
made aftualTu* vey* : it would have been
utiufe to.ha.ve uoae lo during the txiitance
of Spaiidh government, dut they rel :
upon tile fettiemtms which they formed
by a verbal per rhi o 1 from the then.exift
ing government and the invitation-held
outi>y the ikoit 01 in the Bour
bun Act.
Among titles recogniz'd in the agreement
of compromise with Georgia, there wi 1 arilc
a few vwuch ciuiii, vvi 44 iai ds claimed b}~
dfticre.it peri >ns under Briidh and Spanilh
titles, who w at boiii Ittiitrs in the . territory.
on the 27th Odiooer, 1795/’ 1 his will bt
iound to hive been occaiioned by o .c ot two
cauies ihe Bntith piopnetor aid eitht l
not rtfide in the territory, or being pideat
had no complied with the conditions of his
patent at the time of re granting by xht
opaniffi govcruiue. u
J have endeavored ro irform myfclf as to
the manner in whi h grants were made and
completed, undr t.c B itdh sad Spa nub
governmt nts.
‘Under the B itifh .government, grants
were iometimes iffiued by the k.ng himfelf,
cur more frcqien ly iv his reprefenutivt,
rhe governor or Wed Fonda. Fiac formei
tide was contorted tor i<>me fignai fefvices
rendered by an ind vidual ; the iir:tr ut.e,
which was the molt ulaat, was obtained in
he following manner. The applicant fen
land preient-d a pennon to the governor and
council of Weil: Florid,, and upon the peti
rion being granted, order of the governor
10 the furveyor*general of the province was
made, w hich was called the warrant of furveyj
a hen the iurvev was completed, and return
ed to the inert tary’s office, die patent ifTued, ii
frequently happened, that by celay in the
office, occafioiKd By various circu r-stances,
and in fome ahftances, by reafbn of the Span
-1 ifh conquest of Florida, those persons who
had obtained warrants, and paid the price of
f rveving, never acquired a complete patent.
I have procured a copy of a Britiffi patent,
which -is herewith endofed, marked (A 1 )
; - The manner of obtaining titles u der the
Spanilh government, was frnilar to the last
tnode of Bmifh graft's. The applicant for
. hnd, applied by pefition to the Spanish gov
ernor genera! *© Louisiana, or the governor
at Natchez. If.the petition was granted, an
order in writing wa given to the lurveyor
general (which was called the warrant) to
survey and put the petitioner in pofifcffion of
1 certain quantity of land (which is named.)
On the return of the forveyto the office
of the secretary for the province cf Louisiana,
at-Orleans, a formal patent with the plat ami
certificate of survey prefixed, was ifkied and
signed by the govenaot genera! of the pro
vince ofUoui£ana. In this cafo aifo, delay
in the intermediate fleps Sometimes prevented
perlons who had procured warrants of lurvey,
and were in complete pofteffion of the land,
from obtaining perfect patents. A ccpy of a
pesz iou, warrant of survey, and Span sh pa-
.is herewith enclosed, marked(A 2 j
(To he continued.J
LONDON, March 30.
The difference < hi ween France end Algiers
have terminated in a manner , which it cannot hi
is highly creditable to the government *j
France. The Fir ft Tjonful, with a becoming /pt•
rit , prompt\y trcfxfed to become tributary to tbt
Dm* bn to*ftyvence of which) the Piratical Chief
.thought proper to desist from bis or,juft demand.
I France has thus afforded § meft admirable exatn
*!e which, hr tbs trtdir cf r.: L_ A ■-m
hope will be followed by all the . .• j>
:rsof Europe.
SFCOND EDITTOff,
Courier Odice, London, Tue day M irch 2
IVeflop the press to fay, the per cent. (. -
oh hav- fallen as tow as to 6 *' r and. left cj
>2. The belief in this iity is, th t TANARUS/ , ,
j inevitable. A bye bo it and Me fencer a „
irmedy a d[ome d'eilively boftile news,
dig to report . 7/ is fliilmoft firm'y a [jested i
the city, that Mr . Pitt is inf ant ly caving t.:..
Air. B>unzer } prose for of chemifiry in P.on?r
has proved by experiments that 3J- -.bs. of
may be bf nned by dfolvin \ 1 lb. of ex bone* :
vid advijes the making of nutritious fonpt I*c i
bones only. Every paund of ox bone widyi Id,
beside the jelly , lb of fat. He thinks that (rap
jufeient fer 1 j people may be made with S pounds
of the jelly, {obtainedfrom 2 lbs of bones Jj. lb cf
Parley mecl, 6 lbs • cf potatoes, 1 onion , K or te/r
ounces of fait. He rec mwenar, likewise ,
addition of j pices and various cid nary bet bs a*,**
loots • Eond. pap.
NORFOLK, May 12.
The United States frigate Cnefa peake, Cast-
James Barron, authored tn the Roads yest day ,
37 fays front G; bra bar.
jo L,t(ife for a term 0/years.
VALUABLE radt ol 0..., hickory and
i." - *A ricc lands within Si ven miics oi S%anad
equal in quality to any lands m the Co.incy
oi Chateau.. For terms apply to
Francis Lourvoifie.
——
To E itrUCci,
£sf POSSESION GIVEN IMMEDIATELY,
r 6*2 ORE formerly occupied by Mr.LU
I Ha ru, near the Ex ha ige.
April 11. p. iL MITCHELL .
The Subscribers,
INFORM the .inhabitants of
County, that they intend ptactiling.
physic coo jointly*
M. Burke,
jf s/hu ff. yen kins,
April 29, 1807.. (6uf.)
.sughks.
F\Q it salsa few barrels of St. Croix’s
dugars find quality, on board tbe
fchaoner Chance, at Hunters <6* MiniPs
wharf.—Apply to capt. Atotesbury on
board. Match 17. . ft
Notice is Neteoy Given.
THA I tae iublcrit)ers nave been duly ap
pointed /Ufignees of the eltare ejects of Richard’
■ ['ayne, junior, and B njamin S ms, ut Savannah ard’
I oU£}iita, -in tks diitriat G*. .r^ia— nil
prions indebted o tne laid and Smus a e
he es- .e fcq retieci to ni >kc immediate and
aii tho'.e wlj Dave 4ny of t&eii effedts, are rtq s.red to
uelufir iive <ame -o
D retd Reid, j of Augusta,
V bom as Gardner, J> or
• William Boy I, of Char left on.
February 14, 1803. (4^
NOTICE.
THE fubferibet is under the neeeflity of leaving
•avannah for a few werks, in purluit of health, an 4
has appointed Mr. Georpre Pitcher his agent, whe
will -conduct his business during his ablence.
J. ARNOLD.
April 14. 56.
I OR S ALE
A TRACT §f Land e ntaing 500 acres ot
there a bents , Prime Cotton and Rice Land
situated in Liberty t entity near Riceborcugb ;
Enquire at tbe huffion Store Commerce Row, of
/. M. MONNOX.
April 1803.
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate ®f Joht,
M’Colough deceased are rtquefted to come ferwarr
and make immediate .payment or else all Not* ana
accounts will be placed /n the hands of an Attorney,*
tor recovery.
MARY M‘CULLOUGH, Adm ix.
Notice.
ALL persons having demands againfl the efface a y
William ‘hepard. late of Liberty county, deceaf
<d, are rcqneited r 0 render them proper!v atteded’
those indebted, to make immediate payment, to
John Jones, AdnT*;’
Liberty County, Eth April. : 80 3 55
WASHINGTON HOTEL.
Mock Turtle will be ready This and ever
day at Eleven o’clock.
Familes supplied with scups in the
Highest pcrfe&ion.
Beefstakes and Oysters at acy hour whets
called for*
THE B est on. New Philadelphia*
Baltimore and IVafhingtwn will ho regu
larly taken at the Wajkingtore Cogeoikufc akf
N*cl.