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his law. Provided, said company shall
fail for two years at any tune, after
the year eighteen hundred and thir
ty-one, to keep open said canal, and
in a situation to he navigated by
boats carrying twenty tons burthen,
or to keep in order and good condi
tion said rail-way.
AN ACT,
Amcnditory of an Act passed on the
9th June, 1825, to dispose of and
distribute the lands lately acquired
by the United States, for the use
of Georgia, of the Creek Nation
of Indians, by a treaty made and
concluded at the Indian Spring:
on the 12th day of February 1825.
Sec. 1. He it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
State of Georgia in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted, by the au
thority of the same, That the words
, " Immediately preceeding the pas
sage of this Act” in the Act passed
the ninth day of June 1825, be and
the same arc hereby repealed, and
the first day of September one thous
and eight hundred and twenty-six be
adopted in lieu thereof.
Sec. 2. lie it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That it shall be
the duty of Justices of the Inferior
Court of the respective counties ol
tin's State, or a Majority of them to
cause the above Section to be car
ried into effect.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the persons appointed by the
Inferior Courts to carry into effect
the provisions of this amendatory
act, shall insert in the oaths laid
down in the hofore recited act the
words “the first daySeptembcr 1828 ’
instead of the words “ the passing of
this act” Wherever the latter occurs.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That all men of like residence who
have been wounded and disabled
ii the late War with Great Britain,
or the Indians, shall be entitled to
one additional draw other than they
are allowed by the provisions of the
before recited act, in consequence
of said wound and disability, and the
persons appointed to carry this act
into effect shall administer the fol
lowing Oath to said persons, to wit :
“ I do solemly swear (or affirm) that
f was wounded in the late Wars with
Great Britain and the Indians by
which wound lain disabled,” instead
of the Oath prescribed in said scc
tion.
Sec. 5. Be it-further enacted, That
all illigitimatc children shall be consid
ered and placed on the same footing
with orphan children under the pro
visions of this act and shall he enti
tled to a draw or draws in like man
ner.
Sec. G. Be it further enacted, That
nothing herein contained shall he so
construed as to interfere with the
rights of persons who have given in
their names for chances in the con
templated Land Lottery, and that so
much of tire before recited Act as
militates against this Act, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
—gaiii
FOREIGN.
Buenos Ayres, (Jet. 12, 1825. —The
House of Representatives has pas
sed the following decree :
Art. 1. The right of every man
to worship his Creator according to
his conscience, shall be inviolable.
Art. 2 The religious liberty guar
rant ied by the preceding article, shall
be subject to the requirements of
morals, public order, and the exist
ing laws, of the country.
The Editor of the Argus remarks,
that this law will constituc an epoch
in the history of their social improve
ment.
By the brig Merced, which arrived
at Ndw York on Friday from Cadiz,
papers to the 19th Nov. have been
received. The following are ex
tracts :
Cadiz, Nov. 15.—Extract of a
private letter from Trieste, dated
the 4th inst. :—“ Missolonghi sus
tains and defends itself valiantly.
Several Austrian vessels have been
taken by the Greeks. The brig Sev
ere, one oi our best vessels, on her
return from Smyrna with thirty Tur
kish passengers, fell in with an arm
ed Greek vessel. An engagement
ensued, in which she was captured,
the crew put to the sword, and the
brig sunk. Only three of the Turk
ish passengers were preserved, in
the hope of obtaining a large ran
som for them.”
Gibraltar, Oct. 27.—Yesterday
nine Spanish merchant vessels were
captured by the Colombian cruisers,
one alone escaped, and owed her
salvation to our batteries; which
were opened upon the privateers.
It is no longer possible to bear these
repeated captures.
Nov. 10. —The ship Governor
Strong, Captain Daniel Coffin, w hich
arrived herefrom Marseilles, with a
cargo of w ine and oil, for N.Orleans,
parted her cable in a gale, and w ent
ashore near the Castle of San Felipe.
It is supposed that she has experien
ced some damage.
We have received the most disas
l rous accounts of a famine whice per
vails in Barbary to such an extent,
that the wretched inhabitants of
Tangier drop down dead in t he street*
.4 wnhvrrint inn has been opened here
TREATY BETWEEN COLUM
BIA AND MEXICO.
Treaty of perjw tual union, league, and con
federation, between Colombia and Mex
ico, published at the City of Mexico, on
the 20th of September, 1 925. ITransla
tedforthe National Journal.]
The government of the republic of
of Colombia on the one part, and
that of Mexico on the other, sincere
ly desirous of terminating the evils
oft he present war, into which they
have been forced by the King of
Spain, and having determined to em
ploy their whole naval and land for
ces in defence of their liberty, and
anxious also that this league should
he general among all the States of
Spanish America, that they may con
tribute their united strength and re
sources to maintain the common
cause of their independence, have
appointed Plenipotentiaries, who
have concluded the following treaty
of union, league, and confederation :
Art. 1. The Republics of Colom
bia and Mexico unite, league, and
confedertf, forever, in peace and
war, to maintain with their naval and
land forces, as far as circumstances
may permit, their independence of
Spain and all other foreign dominion;
and, after the recognition of their in
dependence, to accure their mutual
prosperity, harmony, and good intel
ligence, both among their people and
citizens, and the States with which
they may institute relations.
Art. 2. The Republics of Colom
bia and Mexico, therefore, enter in
to, and mutually form, a perpetual
compact of alliance, and firm and
constant friendship, for their com
mon defence, obliging themselves to
aid each other, and mutually repel
any attack or invasion, that may, in
any manner, menace the security of
tlivir independence and liberty, affect
their interests or disturb their peace;
provided, that in the last case, re
quisition be made by one or other of
the two governments legally estab
lished.
Art. 3. To effect the objects of
the preceding article, the contract
ing parties promise to aid each oth
er, with the amount of land forces
that may be fixed upon by special
conventions, as the circumstances
may demand, and during the contin
uance of the occasion.
Art. 4. The Military Navy of
both contracting parlies, shall also
be in fulfilment ofthe preceding con
vention.
Art. 5. In cases where aid is
suddenly required, each party shall
operate against the enemy with all
its disposohle forces within the terri
tories ofthe other, iftime be allowed
for concert between both govern
ments. But the party thus operat
ing shall observe the laws and ordi
nances of the State, as far as cir
cumstances may permit, and shall re
spect and obey its government.—
The expenses thus incurred shall he
fixed by separate conventions, and
paid one year after the conclusion of
the present war.
Art. G. The contracting parties
oblige themselves to furnish whatev
er assistance they may be able, to the
military and mercantile vessels arri
ving at the ports of each other, from
distress or other cause; and they
shall have power to repair, refit, pro
vision, arm, and increase their arma
ment and crews, so as to be able to
continue their voyages or cruizes, at
the expense ofthe State or individ
uals to whom they may belong.
Art. 7. To avoid abuses by arm
ed privateers, of the commerce of
the state and that of neutrals, the
contracting parties agree to extend
the jurisdiction of the maritime
courts of each other, to their priva
teers and prizes, indifferently, when
they cannot readily ascertain their
port of departure, and abuses shall
be suspected, of the commerce of
neutral nations.
Art. 8. The contracting parties
mutually guaranty to each other the
integrity of their respective territo
ries as they existed before the pres
ent war ; recognizing, also, as part of
this territory, what was not included
in the vice-royalties of Mexico and
New Grenada, but is now a compo
nent part of it.
Art. 9. The component parts of
the territory ofboth parties shall be
defined and recognized.
Art. 10. If internal quiet should
unfortunately be disturbed, in the
territory of either party, by disorder
ly men and enemies of legal govern
ment, the contracting parties engage
to make common cause against them,
until order and the empire of law be
re-established. Their forces shall
be furnished, as provided by articles
2 and 3.
Art. 11. All persons taking arms
against either government, legally
established, and fleeing from justice,
if found within the territory of either
contracting party, shall be delivered
up, t® be tried by the government
against which the offence has been
committed. Deserters from the ar
my and navy are included in this ar
ticle.
Art. 12. To strengthen the bonds
of future union between the two
states, and to prevent every inter
ruption of their friendship and good
intelligence, a Congress shall be for
med, to which each party shall send
two plenipotentiaries commissioned
in the same form and manner as are ob
served towards ministers of equal
Art. lG.lloth parties oblige tb
selves to solicit the other
Spanish States of America
into this compact of perpetual . ,
league and confederation.
Art. 14. As soon as this important
purpose shall have been attained, a
general Congress of the American
States shall assemble, composed of
th r plenipotentiaries. Its object
will be to confirm and establish inti
mate relations between the whole
and each one ofthe Slates; it will
serve as a council on great occasions;
a point of union in common danger :
a faithful interpreter of public trea
ties, in cases of misunderstanding;
and as an arbitrator and conciliator
of disputes and differences.
A rt.ls.- The Isthmus of Panama
being an integral part of Columbia,
and the most suitable point for the
meeting of the Congress, this repub
lic promises to furnish to plenipoten
tiaries ofthe Congress all the facili
ties demanded by hospitality among
a kindred people, and by the sacred
character of ambassadors.
Art. 16. Mexico agrees to the
same obligation, if ever, by the acci
dents of war, or the consent of a ma
jority of the States, the Congress
should meet within her jurisdiction.
Art. 17. This compact of perpe
tual union, league and confederation
shall not, in any wise, affect the ex
ercise ofthe national sovereignty of
either contracting party, in regard to
its laws and form of government, or
its foreign relations. Rut the parties
hind themsleves, positively, not to
accede to any demand of indemnity,
tribute or impost, from Spain, for
the loss of her former supremacy
over these countries, or from any
other nation in her name. They also
agree not enter into any treaty, with
Spain, or to any other nation, to the
prejudice of their independence ; but
to maintain, at all times, their mutu
al interest with the dignity and ener
gy proper to free, independent,friend
ly and confederate states.
Art. 18. Provides for the time of
ratification of this treaty.
The foregoing treaty has been du
ly ratified.
Gavdaioi'pe Victoria.
By the President:
LUCAS ALAMA.
From the London Journals of October 11.
The St ret Correspondence of
Madame do Maintenon and the Prin
cess des Ursins, from the original
MSS. in the possession of the Duke
de Choiseul, Bvo. w ill very soon ap
pear.
Next month will be published a
translation of La Motte Fouque’s
charming romance,the Magick Ring;
a work which came out King before
Ivanhoe, and is said to rival that
chefd' avre’s delineation of tourna
ments, tilts, and all the life of chiv
alry.
Part IT. of Dr. Kitchiner’s Econ
omy of the Eyes, and Treatise on
Telescopes, being the result of thir
ty years’ experiment, is preparing
for publication.
A book is said to have just appear
ed in London, without title page, de
signation or printer's name, consist
ing entirely of a list of men notorious
about town for running in debt and
not paying ; or as the phrase among
them is, not caring who suffers. —The
first number contains 4,000 of such
names, greatly to the annoyance of
many, who may perhaps he thus
shamed into honesty. It is threat
ened to be continued periodically.
LAFAYETTE.
From the Journal de Paris, Oct, 10.
The following is a detailed ac
count of what passed at Rouen, dur
ing the short Stay of Gen. Lafayette
in that city, on bis way from Havre
to his scat of La Grange, where lie
is at present :
“It was on Friday evening that
General Lafayette arrived in the an
cient capital of Normandy, which the
English have called the Manchester
of France. It was soon known upon
the Exchange, and in all the city,
that the guest of the American na
tion was to dine with the Hon. M.
Cabanon, who had always been elec
ted Deputy ofthe lower Seine,whilst
his fellow-citizens could elect candi
dates of their own choice. At Koti
en, as at Havre, M. Lafayette was
accompanied by bis family and ids
friends. At 5 o’clock they sat down
to dinner ; one health only was drank;
it was that of the defender, the ve
teran of liberty in the tw o w orlds.
Towards 8 in the evening, a great
number of citizens and females re
paired to the rue des Crosne, w here
the house of M Cabanon is situated,
and notwithstanding the crowd,
which increased every minute, above
all, when they perceived M. Lafay
ette at the balcony,the greatest tran
quility reigned in the rue de Crosne
and its environs, and a serenade giv
en to the General was heard with
perfect silence.—Between the sym
phonies, acclamations were raised in
honour of Gen. Lafayette ; it was
then, that.unpcrccived by the crowd,
there arrived at the same time, by
the two opposite extremities ofthe
rue de Crosne, a detachment of the
Guardc Royaleand a detachment of
the gendermerie. The Garde Roy
ale, in this instance, as in others,con
ducted itself w ith a moderation and
• .by the gendarmerie.
.ii order to disperse peacc
,cns whose meeting had oc
casioned no disturbance, treated
them as rioters, and cnarged. Sud
denly the women and children ut
tered cries of terror —every one was
seized with a panic, but the orders
given to the gendarmerie were so
precise that they nevertheless con
tinued their march. Many females
were thrown down and murdered ;
a manufacturer of Rouen, 70 years
of age, and many other persons, re
ceived wounds more or less severe
and the w hole assembly was put to
llight by the sabres and bayonets
of the gendarmes, who arrested ma
ny individuals. Before their arrival,
all had passed at Rouen as at Havre;
but it was expedient at Rouen to in
terpose the police and an armed
force: from this all the mischief has
arisen. This observation is unan
swerable ; and, nevertheless, the
authorities of Rouen, seeing, as it
must be taken, the necessity, insert
ed in the journal of the Prefecture,
a' note, in which it said that the
“ citizens groaned to see the tran
quility menaced by by the presence
of a man whose sad celebrity con
nects itself with the most disastrous
period of the Revolution."
Notwithstanding the order which
had been given to the inn-keepers
to let out horses to no one, M. La
fayette left Rouen early the follow
ing Saturday, escorted three leagues
from the city, bv a numerous and
brilliant cavalcade, proud of having
received his congratulations and fare
well. It is thought that M. Lafay
ette will come to Paris at the end of
the week.
Departure of La Fayette from the
United States.
The editor ofthe Irishman, a Jour
nal conducted with great ability, at
Belfast, in Ireland, has copied the
proceedings at Washington on this
occasion, in September last, accom
panying them with these remarks:
“ Wo this day give to our readers
one of the most interesting scenes
which can be laid before the human
mind—the departure and farewell
Aildress of the greatest Republic the
world ever saw, to that Veteran He
ro, whose sword was one of the first
in the field to assert her freedom.
The address of Mr. Adams is a chaste
and beautiful composition; a triumph
ant recapitulation of the glories ol
liberty—and the reply of the old Sol
dier is characterized by all the fire
of youth and wisdom of old age.
The Irishman feels no small pleasure
in being the first Journal to give
these immortal productions to the
people of Ireland.”
Domestic.
Front the National Journal.
GUV. TROUP’S MESSAGE.
It must, indeed, be equally a source
of wonder and concern to every se
date and intelligent citizen, that
neither time nor reflection, nor yet
the calm dignity which has marked
the conduct of the President of the
United States, in reference to this
unhappy controversy, lias had the
effect of correcting that warmth of
spirit and tone which so strongly
characterized the addres&of Gover
nor Troup, delivered at the special
session of the Georgia Legislature,
during the last summer.—The same
ardent temper, the same impetuos
ity of feeling and phrase, the same
disregard of personal and political
respect mark both the Messages
which have been delivered on this
important topic.
If greavauces exist, the path to
redress lies through argument,
carefully digested, and discreetly
applied—not through the opposite
path which is shunned alike by rea
son and courtesy. Few persons will
ho induced to believe that in the
government of tho United States any
prejudice exists detrimental to the
wishes or interests of Georgia, much
less any settlei! purpose to disregard
or injure them. They who form a
different conclusion look through a
misty or deceitful lens, and must
ultimately surrender their errors to
the convictions ofgreater experience
and more correct observation. What
ever excitement exists in connection
with this subject, is to be attributed
exclusively to the undue heat which
prevades the compositions of Gov
Troup; and which is no less abund
ant iu this last than in his formercom
munications on the subject of the
Creek Treaty. In referring the
whole of this subject to Congress,
the President has giventhe most un
equivocal proof that without being
driven from his correct course by
tho violence which characterized the
official publications of Governor
Troup, he is determined to keep
steadily in view the interests of truth
and justice, and to afford no pretext
for an accusation that he has either
given new cause of offence to Geor
gia, or forgotten for a moment the in
terests of the citizens of that state,
the propriety of his own course, or
the dignity and duties of his sta
tion.
From the Nationol Intelligencer, 22d inst.
TO THE EDITORS.
Gentlemen.—l observe by your
paper of this morning, that you have
published, no doubt reluctantly, the
' • ' » -»■ . i
ers who procured the late Creek
Treaty, after having introduced it to
your readers by repeated notifications
The Commissioners lament the
examinations into the circumstances
attending the formation of the Trea
ty, and, as I have no doubt, with a
sincerity as great as their feeling ap
pears to be sensitive on the occa
sion. They complain of supposed
usurpations of authority or power
on the part of General Gaines and
myself, in relation to themselves,
which I am confident will, in
time, be considered as without foun
dation. Under present circumstan
ces—the affair in question being be
fore the highest tribunals ofthe coun
try—every dictate of propriety and
duty forbids that I should enter into
a full discussion of them in the news
papers, I am, however at liberty to
say, at present, if l have aught of
discernment, of truth, or of honor in
me, I pledge them to niv friends, and
to that virtuous public who have ta
ken so lively an interest in the mat
ters in question, that there is not a
single position worthy of notice in the
labored reply ofthe Commissioners,
whether it relates to the conduct of
the Indian Agent, to the circumstan
ces attending the circumstances of
the Treaty, the conduct ofthe Com
missioners, or that of General Gaines
and myself, which is not fairly met,
and fully refuted, by the reports
which are now before the govern
ment, sustained as they are by the
mass ofevidence accompanying them.
That evidence is such as 1 ain bound
to believe has been satisfactory to
the exalted authorities under which
I have, without solicitation on my
part, acted; such as I confidently
trust will be satisfactory to an en
lightened People and their Repre
sentatives ; and such as I believe
would be satisfactory in a Court of
Justice.
The Commissioners, have, for a
long time, labored with zeal and abi
lity, in an unrelenting persecution of
an honest man struggling with ad
versity, against a host of powerful
and able enemies. In a fair trial,
brought on chiefly by the assertions
of the Commissioners, facts have
been elicited, by an absolute necessity,
and established, which implicate,
the Commissioners themselves! —
They have been reported upon by
men who, so far from being interest
ed in the matters they have acted
on, were personally unknown to any
one ofthe parties. They are to he
decided by the highest tribunals ; it
is either too late, or too soon, for
those to complain of imputations,
who, by their own accusations a
gainst others, have themselves cre
ated the fatal necessity which ha#
caused those disclosures. Thus it
stands at present: The Commission
ers, on the one hand, have, under
their own signatures, resting alone
on their own veracities, vindicated
themselves in matters in which they
arc deeply interested. On the other,
officers devoid of any earthly interest
whatever, in the same atfairs, or the
welfare of any of the parties el imi
nated, have made reports of facts
and circumstances, based on the strong
est testimony, which the Commission
ers appear to think are calculated to
do them a serious injury. Thus, am
I compelled, and am willing to leave
them for the present, remarking,
that it is singular they should com
plain of the government’s not hav
ing furnished them with copies of all
the reports hearing on them, when
fill! copies of all such were forward
ed from this place to them in Octo
ber. Their defence too, which bears
date on the 12th of November, at
Milledgeville, it cannot be shewn,
was not made public at that place
until the evening of the 29th of the
same month, seventeen days after its
date, and a long time after the mail,
in its due course, must have placed
them in possession of tho reports
with which they affect to be unac
quainted.
Tho insinuation that ruy course has
been influenced by “ partizan zeal,”
is unworthy a serious refutation. 1
know not what partizan zeal the
Commissioners would attribute to
me, unless they agree with his Ex
cellency the Governor of Georgia,
who has indicated, on tho part of
General Gaines and myself, a wish to
favor the {lection of his opponent
Governor Clark. The Commission
ers know that this could not have
been the fact; for they are aware
that two of the three men most deep
ly affected by my reports, are not
only the political, but the personal
friends of Gov. Clark, and are his
brothers-in-law! Had I been dispos
ed to depart from my duty, as an
Agent of tho General Government
by becoming the partizan of Gen.
Clark, is it reasonable io suppose
that I should have commenced and
ended my career, as his friend, by
making disclosures calculated to af
fect, in a serious manner, men who
arc known to be bis political and
personal friends and nearest con
nexions.
Should it become necessary, 1
pledge myself to furnish a connected
history of the whole Georgia con
troversy, as soon as I can do so w ith
propriety and without a breach of
duty; together with a free exposi
tion of certain extraordinary pro
ceedings connected therewith, of the
present moment.
T. P. ANDREWS.
IL.-mil.i'r °1 1825
(Fromthe Winchester (\'a.) Kepubltean )
President and Governor's Messages.
—We had time last week only to
glance at a few of the topics embra
ced in the President’s Message, and
to speak of it as a document of prac
tical purpose. It goes the whole
longth on the subject of Internal Im
provement. The right of the Gen
eral government to appropriate mon
ey to this object has been settled up
on solemn argument in the halls ol'
Congress, and is in perfect harmony
with the view sos the Executive. It
is therefore a matter of great regret,
that our Governor has deemed it
wise and prudent to recommend in
structions to our Representatives in
Congres on this subject to protest
against a power now in exercise al
ter mature deliberation, and again
open up a discussion pregnant with
the most unhappy feelings. All the
improvements contemplated by Con
gress run South, and are directly ad
vancing our interests. The great
National Road to New-Orleans will
certainly pass through the greater
portion of our state. The transpor
tation of the Mail—the exchange of
commodities by inland intercourse—
and the facility of conveying ainuni
lion and marching armies during a
state of war, are objects of general
welfare, which must strike the com
mon sense of every man. If the
General government cannot appro
priate money to advance these ob
jects, it is not worth a button. It is
iu vain that the moral, intellectual
and physical force of the nation, is
concentrated in the “ union of the
states,” if that union is to he palsied
in the exercise of powers indispen
sable to its very existence. It is a
suicidal act that we are committing,
when we take from the union the ve
ry sources of its sustenance and pro
tection Create and encourage, by
roads and canals, a vast internal com
merce, give, in like manner, facility
to the interchange ofthe sympathies
and sentiments of the different and
distant portions of our country ; and
you have a hold upon all the ties that
can possibly hind human beings to
gether. It is iu vain to talk of union,
when it will no longer advance our
interests. Even the social and do
mestic circles become iiptical with
out this charm. Interest is the
great adamantine chain which is to
bind these states together, and the
links of this chain are the groat ob
jects of internal improvement con
templated by the general govern
ment.
Whilst we say all this, we are the
champions too of state rights—but
let them be rights. We would stick
le for the ninth part of a hair, when
one ofthe rights ol the states came
in question. But we have no cabal
istic terms in our political creed.—
To our quondan-quasi friends of the
Enquirer, this is all heresy : it may
savour so to our true and trusty
friends of the Whig But if this be
heresy then arc we heretics.
BIG SPRING.
A writer in the Pensacola Gazette is
engaged in describing the natural
curiosities of West Florida. His
account of the remarkable spring
described below will be read with
interest :
“ At twelve miles distance from
Tallahasse, is the Big Spring, the
source ofthe Wakulla river. This cel
ebrated fountain is one of the great
est natural curiosities in the United
States. Ascending the river about
one mile below its sourcc.it became
so much obstructed by the flags and
river weeds, that it was with great
difficulty that a boat could be pro
pelled up the stream ; suddenly this
immense spring breaks upon the
eye. It is nearly one mile in breadth,
and of a circular form. The water
is almost as transparent as air itself.
It is an unfathomable depth, which
gives the water a dec]) blup tint, sim
ilar in appearance to the water in the
gull stream. It is said that a plumb
has drawn dojvn 250 fathoms of line
without finding any bottom. The
water is highly impregnated with de
composed limestone, which gives it
that extremely transparent appear
ance, which can only be accounted
for by supposing that water impreg
nated with calcareous substances,
has much less refractive powers for
light, than water in a state of purity.
The temperature of the water is ve
ry low; even in the warmest wcath
,er it has an icy coldness. It has
however a nauseous taste, by being
highly impregnated w ith the sulphu
ret of lime. On the northern side
of this spring, a beautiful hammock
rises gently from the water; this is
the scitc of a former English Factory
for the Indian trade, while this coun
try was under the British Crown, and
afterwards the residence ofthe cele
brated Ambristcr, w ho was executed
during the Seminole campaign. This
fountain is fed from subterraneous
sources which gush from the bowels
ofthe earth with incredible force,
rising in the centre with the veloci
ty of boiling water. Some idea may
be formed ofthe power with which
it gushes from the earth, by its dis
playing a column of water ot more
than two hundred and fifty fathoms
in height, and removing w ith vio
lence the water on the surface. This
spring is about twelve miles from
fort St. Marks, and about twenty
from the ocean.