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Accompanying’ the Prcshlc tit's Message, &c.
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Thi Secretary *f State to th>: minister
T ‘iir. , Uyfa' tie Neuviile, mpo# extraortliirtry add
minister plenipotentiary from trance..
tTiu/iiiigton \7th .1/IirrA, *1819.
Sir—By the rfi* th article of (jie treaty
Jtlfely concluded between the United Statesl
aiid Spain, all grants of land made by the
liitorot" Spain, or his letrium'te auflv>ri*tes,
’ tri FToriia, befc» the 2«b of Jamwar, 1818.
are <v;tifrmed f >rt certain coinii; lops; eh
those nnt'ie aftjit * hit elate arc declared null
- arid void
shall be held null; die conditions of the said
grants not having been' performed by. the
grantees. .Migrants .made before that date,
by his majesty, or by his legitimate author
ities, the conditions of which shall bare been
performed by the grantees, accojxling to the
tenor of the respective grants, and none oth
er, shall be confirmed and acknowledged as
valid.
M. de NeuVUle’s particular attention is
requested to the difference between ,the two
projected articles, bccar.se it will recoil par
ticularly to his remeinbraiiccthepoint upon
which the discussion concerning this arti
cle turned, lly turning to’ the written nie-
tionsofthe legislature ‘ heretofore passed,
and which may. be passed at the present
session, of a public and general nature, ex
cluding such as are local or private, or have
been repealed—an appendix to-be added
which shall contain the constitution of, the
U. S.a cs, andof this state,as amended—al
io thft statute of frauds and prejurics passed
in the reign ofeCharles the second, and the
acts relating to writs of- Habits Corpus.]
Amendatory of the laws regulating the
internal police of the penitentiary.
For organising a court of common pleas
and of oyer and terminer of the city of Sa
vannah. ,
- To amend an act, entitled an act
to amend the 3d section of ah act
entitled an act pointing out the duty of she-
this article could not be varied Irom whit
was contained in the chevalier’s project, as
the object of the last clause therein Was
merely to save the honor and dignity of the
sovereignty df his Catholic majesty.’-!
It was ihelTobserved by Mr. Adams, that
the honor and dignity olhis Catholic majes-
”S.’.—» , ~ . f .. Ity 1 would he -saved by recognizing the grants
... >»nce liwscpnc-i’S'.'m of t. ; prior ttthe 24th of January, as “valid to the
mo'.ir has b>orewatri,. hat c-Lainc extent’as they were binding on his
grants, msdepv thg kmg of Spa n, „ majesty,” ahd*.c agreed to accept
morandum drawn by Mr. de Neuviile him- j riffs in seiiing lands under execution, pass-
self Oflli is di3Cit&ion, he will perceive he I ed 22d December, 1308.' [Allows the she-
has noted that Mr. de Onis insn-ted,, ‘-that riff of Jackson county to ajvertiso his sales
- f i W’B Standing, in act,
a. i,Utiiei ■» ' -'‘Y' ‘‘ jm , ‘ , [ possession of their grants, and having act
. treaty.m.-htded among.mqspd.xlirt.d to.be l „artialscitle.nenisupon.uem,i
ahsolta t-’y mill an<l void. Mr. <W Onis him
self, in answer to a note froin ml. 'has t-ea-
dily dccl red that such was his undemand
ing. ri-Ycin the friendly p?nta.kcn by v6u,
{:• concert with Mr.dc Onis, iiujiiaiiegot.fo-
tiorr. rod ’’-ert- t-pprizb-? of all the dream-
in actual
actu
ally made partial settlements upon mein,hut
who had beep prevented, by tae e .tpaoitiina-
rv circumstances in which i'pain hud been sit
uated; and tiie revolutions in Europe,
from fulfilling all the conditions ct
the grants, that it Would be very harsh
to leave these persons liable to a for-
. stances atteudimt it: and Hr,.;,-to request ^ which n&Sin rigor, be
th;t you wowM exacted from them, but winch v£j cer-
vour impressions on Uu.- subjaff. particular- wou w be, if tney had remained
ly in relation to the absolute n«llsty-of those ' - -
pi :- ts, and, ns far as" you think proper, the
fonts-hi connection . with this transaction,
r the Spanish dominion. It will be
well remembered by Mr. Ue Neuviile how
earnestly he insisted upon tills equitable
suggestion, and how strongiyhe disclaimed
for Mr. Onis, every Wish or intention to
cover, by a provision for such persons, any
fraudulent grants. Arid it was then observ
ed by Mr. de Neuviile, that the dateassum
ed, of’24th January,of 1813, was not suili-
'ient forguardir.g against fraudulent grants,
b rouse they might be easily antedated. It
v.-a? with refefenebt o'these suggestions oi
Mr. de Neuviile, afterwards again stcriuyus-
ly oi rad. by Mr. de Onis, that the article
was fit ally modified as it now stands in the
treaty, declaring all grants subsequent to
24th January, iai 8, ■ absolutely null, ana
those of prior date valid to the sun re. extent
only that they would have treen bunding upon
the king, but allowing to i>o>. ujide grantees,
in afituai possession, and haying commen
ced seuicthents, but who hud been preven-
. . . tid by the late circumstances of the Span-
ysill those persons who took;purtj directly or isb nation, and the revolutions in . urope,
^lulireellv; iny the transaction, I nave the " '
which you have mentioned tb'md in cbnver-
' satidn, . .. .,
I pray you, sir. t6 accept the. ?.*sui£r.ccof
rny diftinguished consideration. ,
John Q. Aiiams.
- TV mUkmr of Trvce to the 'Shat&ff of Stole.
[tUSVUTlOV.] ;
J^jution'ofri'uare in the tbaievl State*.
1819.
Sin—I was very sure,, ftnd'tou were of
'•permit -hi
uriciprihess or. the s-.ib-
^reelarilion.cf Mr. Onis,
luinVcei r- tl uo'iWiporlrflice; howeve!', as
> .eiwtr-.-tiu ocjse the3B*:st:ike of date
shotou h i rfc»l) that titb fact retahihg from
“tiit- trei»t?‘thmt!d he well 'cstiblisbcthandby
;j-,riHrs to declare'to "yriii, Sh the most
'forms! qjjuy.cjjtint it has'bceiv'undevstobil,
ahvmvs u:u!ti3 f .ood, byyqa^jr the minister
of .Spain,- K>*d» I will add, Hy myself, tint the
throb great grants offend misde to the duke
of Alagorif to the coipnt of Punoh Hostni,
-and-to'Mr. Vargas,Veve’bTthe number of
those annulled. l ..:. i..
The date of {lie 24th'of Jamufiy was pro-
i,posed -and accepted in the ooillplsie persu ,t-
-fliou, on one part and the dther, that these
three great grants were subsequent to it.
I will add, sir, because it is the extract
and pure truth, that,having been charged
by Mr. Onis, during his illness, to discuss
•with you several article's of the treaty; par
ticularly the eighth article, you consented
to the drawing up of this article more in con-
Tormity with the deshe of the Spanish min
ister, only on the admission, as a fact be
yond doubt, th3t the three principal grams
were and remained null, arid as not having
taken place. Mr. Onis has not ceaseo thus
"to understand it. He has explained him
self upon it frankly and loyally, as well since
•as before the trentfr; The mistake of date,
If it exists, can, then, give birth to no diffi
culty whatever r.t Madrid. The gcod faith
"of Mr. Onis, that of his government, are
guarantees too Strong to render any other
explanations necessary. Between govern
ments. as between individuals, the same laws
. ,bf honor ana probity govern transactions.—
The convention exists only by the conyen-
\jorr, •.I cicfcre, riv. in. this case the simple
btatenier.l oti.lv-foci will be sufficient to
fcect'fy thp iaiit-d,.
Ip nnsvrt' i-:. > sir* Immediately, the letter
tyliich vqu.tnrl t o > riic boner to write to me,
I oiv.biUa'.; v.a-much pb .usure this new op-
ihorter.ity to assure you of tlie high const-
Herf.tion with which 1 have the honor to be,
Ice.
. C; Htc< df. NeuviU-E.
Vi*. .Vr. Mami, Sec return of State. v
in any newspaper in'the western circuit, or
iu one of those primed in' Miiiedgevilie.J
To amend an act entitled an act to amend
the penal code of this state, passed on the
20th of December, 18If.
[The punishment of Voluntary man
slaughter, shall be confinement and hard
labor, or solitude in the penitentiary, for the
times prescribed in the 7lh section of the 4th
division 6F the penal code; and in all cases
of edinmitment to the penitentiary, labor
and soiitiiSe shall compose a part of tiie
punishment. When any person may be
convicted of any offeuce that may subject
him or her to confinement*!! the penitentia
ry, it shall be the duty of the judge presid
ing, by his sentence to order the convict in
to custody, and also to require that such
convict within a reasonable lime to be lim
ited in such sentence, shall, udder a suita
ble guard, be conveyed to flic penitentiary.]
To alter and amend an ari; entitled an aec'
to alter so much of an act to regulate the
general elections in tins' stats, and to ap
point the time of the meeting of the gene
ral assembly, s.v for as requires all general
elections to be held at the place of holding
the Superior courts, Sic. &c. [Rt-peah the
act requiring the general elections of Jack
son county to be heid at each of the battalion
muster grounds.]
To relieve certain persons who arc in de
fault as change bill issuers, herein mention
ed,' from the periahies incurred by iiie acts
of 1816 and 1817. [Relieves Mark Don
ald Clark and Mathosoii on payment of 20
per cent, ori £350, and 8 per cent', interest
from the time the penalty was incurred.]
To amend the judiciary of tiiis state, so
land on Wolflsland, for the purpose of crec
ting a Light-House.
To add a part of Appling to Tclfair county.
To change the names ofeertain persons
therein mentioned. .
To aut horizc the. justices of the inferior
court of Jones county, to levy an extra tax.
To incorporate the trustees of Laurens
county academy.
To repeal the 4th and 10th sections of an
act organizing the counties of Walton,
Gwinnett, Hal! antLHabershara, Sec.
Amendatory oflan act for the more foil
anti complete establishment of a public scat
of learning in this s*ate. [Relates to Rich
mond academy only.] -
To amend the act amending and consoli
dating the several acts for the government
of the town of Milledgviile.
To amend the 8th section of an act regu
lating roads in the county of Glynn.
for the relief of the cityr council of Augus-
to and other Change bill issuers therein
mentioned.
To alter and amend the act incorporating
the Protestant ^Episcopal society oi Augus
ta.
To organize the county of Rabun,
Incorporating the villiage of Riceboro’
Appropriating monies for the political
year 1320.
To establish a ferry over the Oc-ifiee ri
ver at the place called TfamcPs ferry.
For the relief of William Williams.
To secure to John Coleby the privilege
of running a line of Stages from Madison,' in
Morgan county, via Greensborough to Pow-
elton.
To incorporate the wharf company of
Augulta.
Tc alter and fix the time of holding the
Superior and Inferior courts in the several
judicial circuits, and to add Madison io tiie j
northern, Bullock to the eastern,aim Colum-j
bia to the middle circuit. I
•To organize the coufhies of Early, Irwin j
and Ajiliug.
To legalize Brentbigh Bed good, and to
aljange her name to that of MartJra Uram-
bigh Wynne.
To incorporate, the axe and firemett of
the cityof St. Mary’s. . ,
» To ^uthorizie the justices-cFthe inferior
conrt of Oglethorpe county, to levy cn extra
tax. ; i i '
To authorize the-justices of the inferior
courts of the counties of' Gwinnett, Hall,
Walton & Habersham, tb.levy an-txira tax.
To make valid the proceedings of the
commissioners of Jefferson, (*r.nidcn cohnty,
and to'repeal an act-pas.sed 19th Deccpiber
1818, reiative to the same.
To alter and define the line dividing Jack-
son and Gwinnett counties, and to,alter the
line dividing Gwinnett and Hail,
Amendatory of the laws now in force ex
tending the powers of the commissioners of
Greensborough. •
To amend the act passed 12th Dec. 1809,
to regu late the town of Eato nton. .•
To repeal an act to compel clerks to kc^p
their offices at ijr .within one mile oftho
court-houses of die respective counties, so
feras respects Montgomery.
To amhprize the Inferior court of Han
cock county, to levy an extra tax.
kivjuirMiji:
MONDAY EVE\f^(i, DF.O. 2r, 1819
A sloop, loaried vitli cannon and other nuific
tions of war, wliich are destined to our Sonthero
frontier, arrived hete on Frid;t\ lust in 15 Uounl
from I rov.—J\' ¥ Com . idv. 14Viiust.
Fromtlie Kal. Intelligencer, 17th iiist.
FWjiAT'Isil.o
, There were several»statements accompanying*
the Annual report of the Secretaiy of tin; Treu-
|sury; from which the following facts are comlens-
; eJ: ’
I The amounts of gross Kevcimet from duties on
_ i imports, tonnage, passports, and clearances, ba.
il o establish a ferry over th- river Alta- j aitd of the expenses ,»f :*di!ection for die t«>ur last
far; as respects justices bt the peace.— the county of Jefferson.
[Makes it lawful for every justice oi fhe .To raise a tax for. the support of govern
from •'fulfilling ttU the condilions - i' their
grams, time taxasiAli frMwah, It is need-
less to observe; that, as tliesc' incidents do
not apply tp cithdr oithe grams to Alagori,
Pnnon Kostro, cr Vargas, neither oi" tnose
graiiis is confirmed by the tenor of the ar
ticle as it stands, anti that it is perieedy im
material, in that respect, whether they were
daiedbefove or after the 24th January, 1818,
it being admitted on ail sides, that these
grants were not binding upon tiie king,.con
formably to the Spanish laws. The terms
of the article accord precisely with the in
tentions of all the parties to the negociation
and flie signature of the treaty. .If tiie
dates of the grants arc subsequent to 24tii
January, 18 i8, they are annulled by the
date; if prior to that date, they are null be
cause not inciudt® among the mriur grams
confirmed.
[ To be continued.)
peace, on application of any non-resident of
the county or state, for any civil process,’ to
require a deposite or Security for payment
of the costs.]
To regulate and establish an Uniform
practice in justices’ coifrts. [This act, as
the title implies, requires that the proceed
ings in justices’ courts be Uniform through
out the state. Tile first tetm to be coiisi
tiered the appearance term, when the case
sfiai! be-docketed, anil on the defendant lad
ing to appear, judgment.shall be enlrifed by
default as in the superior court, and at the
second term, unless "there is a sufficient
shewing, judgment shail be entered up,
"but' flic party shslI ltir enlitTeti to ' appeal
agreeable to the judiciary law. Jus
tices of the peace have power, in all cases
of debt or liquidated demand, to give judg-
bb,.--rvaf on* on-thc eighth article of the treaty
ofthe 2M Fch. tKi't. fr,tween the l'. States
arid Sps h, suhatlittw ;o Mr. do Neuviile; l4tli
July, 1819. v .
It will be reeoVfcctcd by Mr. de Neuvffie,
Ihat, on '.be isshof February last, Mr.de
•tJisis.hcingtonfincd to his house by indispo
sition, Mr. dc Nenviiio, at his feqtfest, had
% converilatmn with' Mr. Adams, in which
were discussed the project of a treaty which
had beau delivered, on the 9th'6f February,
oy Mr. de Gnisto Mr Adams, and the coun-
fer-project SetVt_ by Mr. Adams to Mr. dc
G'lis, on the lith of tiie saute month. .
The nitith article of tlilc project of Sir.,
Gnis waS in '<Scse words:
_ “All the grants of lancf made bf his' Ca
tholic majesty, or by his legitimate authori
ties; in : the aforesaid territories, of tlfe two
ilorkia^aritldthcraUjhrch his majesty cedes
t<5 the United States’, shall be confirmed and'
' fcHutowibdgdS' as- vididy excepting* tftbse
S intsji’hich rri.ay have Been made after the
JaTriihty of fast yeaf, t& dito tliat-the
it-propti-nE were made fof tbd Cession'of
fhoBC.^rovindesy which - shaJt 1 be field null
fc iftfeidbrayba the gratftecs; ilof.SaVfog
dcferipliet^ o'di tho' dtmdkibha df tho%eCs-
From tile MilledgeviUe Journal, Dec. 21
LIST OP ACTS
Passed by the legislature of Georgia, at their ses
sion in 1619.
An act to alter and amend an act entitled
ah Act to impose an additional tax on ped
lars and other itinerant trailers, passed the
10ill December, 1817. [It is required by
this act. that every pedlar or itinerant trader
shall obt.mi from the clerk oi the inferior
court, a license for that purpose in each
county where he may wish to vend articles,
for which he #hall pay S600, one hail for
county purposes, the oilier half lor the use
ofthe state; and that there shall be a license
for every waggon, cart or oilier rehicio,j
To provide for the irking and recording of
th evidence given in ail trials for capital offen
ce's,and a! so in ail other cases where tiie pmey
convicted may be sentenced to confinement
in the penitentiary, [h is made the duty of
the judge of the superior court presiding iu
such cases. ’.6 take or cause to be taken down
in writing a memorandum of the testimony
ofall witnesses who may testify, which, in
the event of conviction and sentence, shali
be approved by the court, and ordered to
be recorded. In all cases of application for
pardon or reprieve, a certified copy cff such
evidence tbaccompany the pplication.]
To altc* anciSmend the 4th and 5th sec
tions of the 3d article of the constitution.—
[Tiiis.act being repassed, perfects the alter
ation of the constitution as relates to the
election of justices of the inferior court.]
T6 regulafe'the salaries df the public offi
cers of this state. [The salary of governor
S3000'per annum:—Judges ofthe Superior
court 2100 each—treasurer 1500—comp
troller general 1000—secretary ofjjtate 250,
(and tees)—surveyor general 500—attorney
and solSciiorsj general 22.7 each.' The fees
of county officers increased 25 per cent .on
iriliat they were previous 1 to the actofl'8l8.j
Amendatory and revisory of aii a<*; passei!
tfeceinber,' IS 18, to dispose ofand uistribut.
the late cession of land' obtained from the
CrveFaQd Cherokee natiobs orIbdiiuis.'etc:
elirJ j. .. ;
ffSSt&Aag the’fehAjpfa digfefli or mehvi-
al of the laws of Geoirgidt £GurihgjJreneXt
-ear, : f 1820)' ,rive. taws'Vif msp state’ to b'c f
ligdstod and printed uridey-thc direfitir^' '
Hu«
wept for any sum under S30, exclusive qf ry to and amendatory cfan act prescribing
i.- - the ntodeofmanumittingslaves, and to pre
vent the fntiire migration of free persons of
color thereto, etc.
To alter an amend the laws heretofore
passed fixing the site of the public buildings
in Laurens county.
To increase the fire company of Augus-
■HiLii
intercut.^ ' -
To legalize fold make valid the returns
for draws in the present contemplated land
lottery, which have been received by the in
ferior courts in this state. [Returns for
draws, received by a member of the inferior
court, made valid.]
For the relief of persons who were entitl
ed to draw or draws in the land lottery, &c,
&c. passed 15tjt December, 1818. [All
persons duly cntitlftl to a draw oi draws in
the land lottery, who shall on or before the
31st day of May next, go before the inferior
court of their county, or any justice of the
same out of court, and take the oath prescrib
ed by said act, shall receive from such court
or justice (paying 25 cents for each draw
or draws) a certificate of the same, which
being transmitted to the governor, he shall
cause the same to be entered on the list of
names returned to him from the district
where such person or pen-tins resided, which
will entitle to draw or draws as fully as if
their"names had been taken in the first in
stance.]
To alter the mode of electing a clerk of
the market for the city of Savannah.
To compensate the collector of Brum
wick, for his exertions in seizing and deliver
ing up to the state, certain Africans illegal
ly introduced.
To regulate the admission of evidence in
certain cases, in the several courts of law
and equity in this state, and to provide for
the recording of conveyances of personal
property’. [Beside other provisions, this
act inakes bills of sale for persona! proper
ty,Executed after its passage, if duly record
ed, valid in courts of law.]
To carry into effect the 4th and 5th sec
tions of the 3d article of the constitution.—
[Any person elected to fill tiie vacancy of a
justice of the inferior court or justice of the
peace, shall continue in office only for the
time for which his predecessor was elect
ed.]
Appr-ipiiating the fines and forfeitures
arising ti-un criminal prosecutions in Mor
gan, Greene and Wilkes, to the use of the
Academies of said counties.
Making a donation of S5000 to the Sa
vannah Poor House and Hospital
To change the name of Seney Crtimbley
to Scnev Mitchell, &c.
More effectually to provide for the col
lection of the funds arising from the ffrlcs
of escheated property and to apply tiie same
to bt-iary purposes. ,
.To divorce and- separate Abner Glore and
NancyGiore* (' \
To appoint cdnnjissioifers for the town of
(Mbllorysviile, and to incorporate the same.
To authorize the justices of the. inferior
court Of Mrtlkinsbn county, to transcribe the
records lit" bound books, &c,
ltiaha at the place called Linder's fi rry.
To convey to the commissioners of Mil-
iedgeville, the square in said town, known
as a reserve for public uses.
For cho tfoiief of Benj. Cole and Iixum
W ebb. •
To repeal an act for the better regula
tion ofthe town of Poweltcn, kc.
To authorize the judge to hold an extra
session ofthe court in Pulaski county.
To repeal so much ofthe 32d section of
the act to amend the road laws as'.respects
ment for the political year 1820. [The tax
es the same as last year except that issuers
of unchartered notes arc taxed thirty-one
and a quarter cents on every hundred dollar
issued by them and in circulation.)
To ameni\ an act id render navigable that
part ofthe Oconee river, situated between
the mouth of Fishing creek, m Baldwin
county and Hudson’s Ford. '
Toadd a partdfElbert^pdFranklin coun
ties to the county df Madison.
To create the office of topographical and
cfril engineer in and for this state.
- To alter andanrend an act passed in 1817
to incorporate the town of Carnesviiie.
Amendatory of an act tor the more full
and complete .establishment of a public scat
oftearuing inthis state.
To alter and amend an act supplementa-
* To'resfin Augustin Lewis,a legacy lift l- r'wpr. r - . • •
fiiinbv hisfotfi'er.- ; . •'. V ,., <g • Fo ^ the ^fof JohnRnfe. ^
' V To authbriac tfic justices'*of the...mfertoi; j. .Tor autliorize tfir. xiforices of the mferior
gesreti anti printed unaef-tisq.'directionpt fpOrt-oTGljmh epuhty, to levyjarfextra foxi jd«iftof L|ncola(S»ujitjf,'Urf&vyaa extra tax,
if gjV^ftKil^iljiiudifig aii’ ^ Td cede jurUdicftbn H fiTO’oorcs ofjif needed'!*^ '*
To make adequate compensation to
Archibald Clark, collector of the port of St.
Mary’s, anti the revenue officers under him,
for the seizure df five African negroes.
To repeal an act passed 18th December,
181S, (so far as respects Jefferson" County)
relating to roads and bridges in Richmond
and Jcft'erspn comities.
To pardon Jonathan Evers, of Effingham
county. -
To remove the academy in Camden coun
ty from Sfi. Mary’s to the town of Jefferson.
To incorporate the trustees of Oemulgee
academy in Twiggs county.
To repeal an act to regulate the elections
of Glynn county, £cc.
For the relief of Betsey Stewart and Ly
dia Wilkinson.
To keep open that .part of Broad river com
monly called the Middle river._
To divorce and separate William and
Jane Whitfield.
For fhe relief of Wrfi. G. Springer.
To legalize certain deeds made by John
Brown, president of the university of Gcor
gia.
To authorize the justices ofthe inferior
court of Montgomery county, to levy and
Ollect an extra tax.
To establish a certain Ferry therein men
tioned. -
To incorporate the Sunbury female asy
lum.
Incorporating the Wilkes agricultural
society.
To authorize the military o?lfeers in Jack-
soil county, to consolidate the two regiments
therein, and to lay off the buitaiions and
company districts.
T.o authorize the justices of the interior
court of Morgan county,-io levy and collect
)0fextra taxon said county, for the purpose
of building a jail.
To incorporate the Augusta female asy
lum.
To shithprize the justices of the infe.nor
court of Wilkes county, to ieVy an extra
taxw ... *
F.or the relief of Catherine McMu rphy.
To appoint commissioners for Washing
ton county academy, and to make them a
body corporate. i. ,
To amentrthe act qf 18jfs amendatory of
fHe i—efa New-York, after a lingering illness,
toCofpdr&ihg'ihe'toWn “H" — InSor^ Mrs, M^.M.Gdwsx. wi-'
dqw of the late Frajteis M'Gowaii.-;
•Louisville. ^
, To aihcniran act ^stablishihga Fefrjforer
thd Aftanialia at Fort Barrin^tqm
successive years, for which retcims arc fully madt>
up, were as ioLJcw:
Gt'osn. Erptviscs.
In the year 1815, 36,771,l>3B 09 465,015 53
18]6, 28,300,473 <>6 816,573 50
1817, 18,269,535 01 744,810 66
1818, 22,574,673 63 ,746,422 15
Fi’htracj,M»^ the last .column from Jie hist, will
shew the i.ett amount of the revenue for the same
yeurs respectiv ely.
'file Tonnage employed in Foreign trade, ap-’
pears, from the rcconis of the Treasury, to have
been in successive years :ts stated in the iinst co
lumn below, and the Proportion of Foreig n Ton
nage to the whole amounr of Tonnage employed
in the foreign trade, was as stated in tiie second
column: ,
Tonnage. Proportion of fot'eign,
In jlie year 1815, 917.22> 23.6 to HX)
IS 16, 1,136,694 22.8 to 100
1817, 992,556 - 24.4 to 193
.. 1813, 916,514 17.6 to 1-30
The tot'd amount of sales c*f iPubbc Land NortJi
West of Oilier from tiii opening ofthe ollices to
the 33th Sept 1616, was 21,545,79? 45. The a-
mQtint of such sales Cior.i 1st Oct. 1818, to the 30th
Sept. 1819, was £ 1,939,658 34.
Tiie. total aujount of sales of Public Lands at the
dfhees in Miss sstpjji and A&bcriia, from the opeu-
ini^.of the others to the 1sth^Octoher, 1818, wa#
g7,950,661; and the amount i^r&ilesYroiH that date
to the 80th Sept. 1819, was 9,7)5,889. ' ^
The balance out-standing’ of tl^e; treasury ithtes
TiKSued during and just after .the: war) is only
§181,121.
We dp not before recollect to have seen a state*
ment of the amount of claims awarded by the Com-
uiissioners appointed under Jie-Rct for a compro
mise and settlement of Vhzoo cl;i)ms; for which a>
momit stock was issued, receivable in payment for
Public Lands in the then Mississippi territory.—
The awards were follow:
To individuals claiming under the Upper Mis
sissippi company, 35j,0»*uO v
I’cnnessee company, 531,426 05
Georgia Mississippi company, 1,412,134 96
Cicorga company, 1,837. >4J 95
Citizens* rights^ 10l,.»47 16
Dolls. 4^32,151 12
v CnAHLF.sTo*r, Dec. 25.
From JTava'xa.—||y the schr Alary Ann, Hillard,
we yesterday i cceived from a fdendJy correspon
dent, a file of Havana papers to the 17th inst.—f
They furnish no poliiical neWs. Market prices,
llec. 1.3. Rice dolls. 6, dull sale; flour 20, m de
mand; codec 22 cents.— Courier.
Robbery.—A Spaniard wte caught in the cabin .
of the pcaket ship Franklin, cap ., Hoyt, on Thurs- f
day night last. He had taken off his shoes, in the
hope of depredating with impunity, but the Mate
of the ship fortunately heard and seized upon him.
He was committed to the custody of tiie City*
Guard, and we presume since been committed
to jail A long knife, faise keys, and other dmilar
implements, were found upon hiim.—ib.
From .4 'ew-O, !ean*>—Ry the bng Arethusa, capf.
Leslie, arrived yesterday in 10 days from New-Orv
au?, jxipers of that place to tiie 9:h inst. have
beet-' received—nothing new. ThefoOowing pi-i
ces a”e taken fi-oru a Frice current of the 24th ults
lotton, 1st qual.20 cts; 2d do. 13; 3d do. 15; Hour,
superfine 2nd fine, bl. 10 dolls; sugar, per cut. new
crop, dolls; tobacco, country corrot, 50 cts. per
carrot.—City Gaze:te.
Latest f:r>m France.—The French ship Virginie,
cant. Boufdrav, arrived last evening in 42 ds, I'mm
H:Utc. Letters tc tiie 11th Sov. received !>y this
vessel, state, that nothing of general interest had
transpired. The markets were rathe*r gloomy— •'
Cotton, Georgia uplands, wart at-38 a 39 sou g and
New-Grleans do at 42 do. Purchasers would not
come forward, in expectation of large supplies.— J
Rice had also sustained a fail.—ib.
New-Outkans, Nov. 28.
On Friday last, John Desfaigues, the captain of
the Picaroon captured some time ago bv c »ptain*
Loomis, of the revenue cutter* was convicted ofj
piracy in the District Court of the United State*
for this district. - \
Yesterday all the crew, (except one, who waft
too unwell to by brought into court) were coij^
victed of tiie sa ne offence’ before: the same tribu
nal.
C.iPT. TjfO^ClS.9. B.JSS. v :»
The trial qf capt. B. came on in the U. S. circuit
court on Thursday hist, before Judge Livingston,*
on a charge of piracy committed under the dag o£
.irti?as. -It was the opinion of the court tiiat capt*
B. and otigers, acting unefer. these commissions,
woulii-be protected bv them,,and that tlies*• rire
gularities were not for the court to inquire into.—
The prisoner, therefore, could not be considered,
guilty of piracy. He was pronou nced not guilty,
and the cause of course did not go before the ju
ry.—Y V Gazette, l§tA inst. ^
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