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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preceeding the pas sage of this Act” in the Act passed the ninth day of June 1825, be and the same arc hereby repealed, and the first day of September one thous and eight hundred and twenty-six be adopted in lieu thereof.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.