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(rum llie trade. The tuUi fc.Us L:'t Week
amounted to 8000 ha.:»-;at><>'it jNOU wans
Upland*, at7 9-4 to JOd ; principal part at
• S-X to t 9-4.
THE TROPPAU CIRCULAR.
We copy from the National Intelli
gencer an authenticated copy of the cir
cular, addressed by the Holy'Alhcs to
foreign courts on the affairs of Naples.
We hare no room to-day for an analysis
of the contents of this extraordinary and
luf.cnou* paper.—But the following Ar
gument of Lord Grey in the House of
Lords on the 19th Feb. is a complete an
swer to its insidious propositions
"To what purpose was it to state and
establish declarations, upon abstract prin
ciples, fit only for the discussion ot
scholars, which statements could be of
no use to mankind at large ? But admit
ting the possibility of exception, and es
pecially so in reference to the case of
riaples, it noulJ he admitted that the
case ought to prove the strongest neces
sity lor interference. The danger pro
posed should be real and not imaginary
—one that in case ot the diended altera
tion taking place, rendered the security
of neighboring Slates obviously hazard
ous one that threatened innovation and
overthrow to contiguous Governments—
such as where inducements were held
out by one Slate to the subjects of ano
ther to embrace disaffection and rebel
lion—where offers of aid, and seduction
to fraternization were hacked by prom
ises of assistance. The case, in short,
foranysuch national interference ought
to be" laid in the most satisfactory rea
sons of necessity. But such n monstrous
nssumption had never been set up by the
most unprincipled ambition, ns the right
of interfering with the national arrange
ments of civil government in anr conn-
Irv, because the alterations of that par-
tabular government were likely lobe fol-
Jowed, as an example, by tho people of
ether States wishing to reform the incor
rectness or abuses of their governments.
So monstrous a principle hail never been
promulgated or countenanced by any
passage in any writer on national law,
nor had been assumed by the most w an
ton and insolent ambition. Here was n
case in which no danger was threatened
to other States—a people quietly opera
ting a very needful change in their go
vernment—the civil authoritiescm|doy-
ed in the constitutional exercise of their
fuuclious—the power of the monarchy
undergoing limitation, instead of being
leit at large in the moit bestial dominion
The disaster was so sudden nnd «ude-| A BILL,
cisive that no opportunity was afforded T«.be entitled An Act, to d.-pose of and .list
li. iv. 'll J buta the lunds lately Required l\) (I* "nit
for obtaining provision*. All that l»uW States l'or tin use of Georgia, I.f the Cre
be found, was a few oranges and some
plantains, that floated within their reach.
These were carefully divided and ap
propriated with the strictest justice and
economy. On the third day the weather
moderated, nnd continued to blow fresh
at limes until the 2dth, when Mr. Wey-
gent died. On the morning, and until
the middle of this day, the weather was
calm ; hut towards night the clouds be
gan to gather in the cast and passed over
to the S. The threatening aspect of the
sky foreboded a stormy night. Capt. V.
addressed his afflicted fellow sufferers,
and informed them that they could have
hut little hope of seeing another day, and
requested them once more to kneel
down, nnd unitedly to commend them
selves to that God who spared them so
long, and into w hose presence they were
so rapidly hastening. Although they
had tiecome so weak, that, for most of
the day, they were unable to sit cn the
spar, ('apt. V. relates that after tlrey rose
from prayer, they fell a degree of
strength that seemed to inspire fresh
courage, lie immediately told the crew
that he now felt a strong confidence that
the approaching storm would prove the
means of their deliverance, by driviti"
some ve«se! out of her course. And
such rpirii was imparted to them that
they immediately sung a livmn, in which
were these remarkable words.
Ye fearful saints fresh courage take,
The rloutLs, you so much dread,
Are big with mercy, and w ill break,
With blessings on your head.
After this they passed a tempestuous
d distressing night, hat after day
break, they espied a brig to westward,
landing towards them. Herr again their
fears arose, lest they should not lie dis
covered by the brig. But in a few mo
ments they saw u man running up the
main-top with a spy glars, and no
language can describe the feelings ot
these mi-erjible sufferers, w hen they as
certained, beyond a doubt, tlut the brig
aw and w as bearing down for them.
It proved, as lias been stated in a for
mer paper, to be the brig btatira, Capt.
Batten, bound from N. Orleans to New-
Yoi k. And it is due to the humane Capt.
and his crew to state no act of friendship
was omitted, which their severe suffer
ings demanded or their exhausted condi
tion admitted. Such of the crew ns be
longed to this place, h .vo returned in
succession from the hospital in Nen-
of personal authority, as mqfiil he pro- j l** e »o many messengers Irom the),
ved to have been the case, by the icij threshold of i..c eternal wuriti. H lule
reflecting on the incidents that attended
this rein.ukahle deliverance, let those
who are disposed to call in question the
agency of a particular Brovidence, sol
emnly pause—and let Infidelity he dumb.
Well may these emaciated sufferers, sup
ported even beyond their hopes amidst
the dangers und protracted fury of the
waves, rescued, also, from the monsters
of the deep that thronged the wreck with
unceasing vigilance—well may they ex
claim, “ not a sparrow falleth to the
ground without the notice of our Hea
venly Father.* 4
ddUtri-
d
k
low, by the lowest degradation and mis
ery to which the people were reduced.
That circumstances such as these should
be deemed to convey the right of inter
fering with the rights of nations, and
violating the principle of sovereignty,
the right of the Monarch, independent
of all other powers, to make alterations
in the political arrangements of the coun
try over which he had to rule, was more
than could have been expected fiom
their domineering and unprincipled am
bition."
Had this Holy Alliance then existed,
end that instinctive terror of the “ revo
lutionary spirit” been then in opera
tion, might it not with equal propriety,
have interfered, when the Swiss threw
off the Austrian yoke 1 when the Eng
lish people achieved their revolution of
1068 ? when the U. States declared
themselves free and independent
The Troppau circular is as cowardly
a* it is unprincipled. Why do they bring
their whole force to bear upon a feeble
state like Naples ? Why did they not
Commence the attack upon Spain, w ho
commenced this recent scries of revolu
tions ?—Enquirer.
LOSS Or THE SCHOO.VHK 1X17. IBETIf.
Midpixtown, (Can.) April 12.
Among those calamitous events inci
dent to a sea-faring life, few occurrences
have excited, more generally, the atten
tion nnd commiseration of the - public,
than the lass of the srlir. Elizabeth,
Cap!. Vail, bound from .Matanzas for
Savannah.—She was freighted with cof
fee and sugar, something less than two
third* her burthen, and sailed on (he
13th of February. For the three first
days, the weather was good, aud every
thing promised a favorable voyage. On
(he-night of the loth, the winJ began
blowing from the S. S. W. and continued
to increase until it blew a gale. While
running under short sail, at the rate of
About 0 knots, sbe was struck with a hea
vy squall, broached to, aud upset, and
almost immediately filled. This hap
pened about tour o’clock in the morning
of the sixteenth, lat. 29, 34}, Ion. about
78, 30. The crew, consisting of four
Seamen, besides the Captain nnd Mate.
The passengers were Mr. Francis Sage,
of Middletown, Mr. C. Weygent.olT'enn-
n lvauia, and Mr. White, of St. Johns,
Cuba. Capt. V. was in the act of going
to assnt the man at the helm, when the
squall .struck tier, having in Ins hand the
crotch-rope. He was thrown over, and,
remained in this situation until after
ffuy-break, maintaining his hold, with the
qtmost difficulty, for two hours, when the
Itiate, (who, having gained the main rig
ging and lashed to the main chains,)
hearing bit cry out, threw him a rope,
which Capt. V. fastened round lie* bnJy,
nnd was drawn to the main chains, which
the passengers had by this lime reached,
the vessel still lying on her beam ends.
About 4 or <5 hours after she ::p;ct, they
succeeded ie fitting away the lanyards,
when the masts both unstopped, nnd she
immediately righted. On the 18th they
I ished the top-mast athwart the quarter
tail, on which they placed themselves,
to procure some respite from the fury of
the' wave*. Mr, White died on the night
U ibe Kith, eod Mr. Sage on thp 17th.—
PENITENTIARIES.
Men do not always accurately distin
guish betw een the real principles of a
system nnd its abuses. We confess, that
Penitentiaries in most places have been
erroneously conducted ; hut is this anv
reason why the whole system should lie
brought into descreditSome have e
yen talked of cancelling the whole ; and
again resorting to the bloody code of
Draco ! A committee of the l ist Con
gress has made a most injudicious Report
upon this subject.—The legi-l.itorei of
Pennsylvania and of New-Ycrk have an
ted with more justice ; in unravelling
the causes of abuse, nnd trying to avoid
them. The Report on the Auburn State
Prison of New-York, the net* of tho last
Pennsylvania Legislature and Mr. Li
vingston's Report to the Assembly of
Louisiana, are evidence of the dawning
light upon this subject. No Penitentia
ry can succeed wpII, w hich is not so con
structed a« to answer these purposes ;
1st, of making the convicts sleep alone :
you must not mix together the young and
the old the comparatively good and bad,
the hesitating and the hardened offender,
but you must keep them at night nnd on
the Sabbath as much apart as possible ;
2d. You must moreover make the dark
and solitary cell* an indispensable por
tion of their puni-hment Add to these
precautions, that they shall lie punished
as soon as they misbehave, shall see few
or 110 strangers, shall serve out all or
nearly all their time, and he made to
work when they are put to it ; with as
much tenderness as is consistent w ith the
strict rules ofdiriplinc, and you avoid
most of the errors into which these in
stitutions have fallen. You would scarce
ly ever see a convict returned for a it-
Cund offence.—borne I'conoini-ts wi-h tu
convert it into a muney-makiug machine
—there lies cue great mistake. You
ought to force the convict to work, turn
a certain portion of Ins time to account ;
and prevent his work from being wasted,
or sacrificed ; but the making or saving
of money is only n subordinate rnn*iiP
elation. The great object is punish
ment—punishment that is certain to lie
inflicted, and effective in preventing
crimes as far as possible. The gallows
is certainly cheaper. It costs the sucie-1 tions of the Surveyor General ; also, all
Males lor the u«e ul Georgia,
."i.ilioiiot Indians, liyu treaty nude siuJ cun-
I lulled at the Indian Spring, on the Sit, day of
January, eighteen hundred aud twenty one.
§ 1. lie it enacted hy the Senutc and
House of Hepnsintatii.il of Ike State of
Georgia iti General Assembly met, and by
the authority of the same it is hereby en
acted. That the territory acquired of the
Creek Nation of Indians by the United
States, for the use of Georgia, ns describ
ed in articles of a treaty, entered into, &
concluded, between Commissioners on
the part of the United States, and chiefs,
headmen and warriors ol the Creek Na
tion of Indians, at the Indian Spring, on
the aigth day of January, eighteen hun
dred and twenty-one, siiall form, arul he
divided into five counties, as follows, to
wit: All that pint of said territory whilffi
lies south of a lino commencing on the
Ocmulgee river, opposite the town of
Hartford, and running due west to the
Flint river, shall form one county, to be
called Dooley.
All that part of said territory lying be
tween a line commencing on the Ocinul-
gee river opposite Fort llawkin*. and
running due west to Flint river, and the
lino first above described, shall form one
other county, to he called Houston.
All that part of said territory lying be
tween the last mentioned line, and u line
commencing at the Seven Islands, on the
Ocmulgee river, and running due west
to the Flint river, shall farm one other
county, to bo called Monroe.
All that part of said territory which
lies west of a line beginning at the cen
tre of the last mentioned line, nnJ run
ning due north to the Chatahoochie, shall
form one other county to be called Fay
ette.
And all that part of-aid territory which
lies cast of the I wt mentioned line to form
one oilier county, to lie called Henry.
§ 2. Anil he it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That each of the
counties herein before laid out and des
cribed, shall be divided into districts ot
nine miles square, as near as practicable,
live district lines running parallel to Hie
lines dividing counties, and crossed by
other lines at right angles ; and said dis
tricts so laid out, shall tic again subdivid
ed bv lines to be run in like directions
into square tracts, containing each, two
hundred two and a half acres, maiked
and tin inhered according to the '(dan
heretofore pursued under the itstiuc-
turns of the Surveyor General.
Ami he is further enaeted, That
actional parts ot surveys which
may be created by the divisions and sub-
divisions aforesaid, shall he reserved for
public uses, to he disponed of as a future
legislature may direct.
§ 4. And be it further enacted. That a
number of Surveyors,equal to the num
ber of districts, shall he appointed by
joint ballot of the legislature in one ge
neral ticket; and the person having the
highest number of votes, shall be enti
tled to the first choice of districts, ami in
the sama order, agreeably to the num
ber of votes each Surveyor may receive;
nnd in case of a tie between any number
of Surveyors, their preference in choice
shall be derided by lot in presence of the
Surveyor General.
§ 6. And be it further enacted. That
ten persons shall be appointed by joint
ballot of the legislature, neither of w horn
shall be a District Surveyor, to run anil
plainly mark the several district it county
lines hereinbefore directed, who-c duties
shall he apportioned by tlu; Surveyor
General, as nearly equal as practicable.
§ 6. And be it further enacted, That
no ticket shall he counted unless it con-
taiu* ns many names as there are dis
tricts ; and any person elected a Survey
or who shall be found deficient in the
qualities necessary to a due execution of
Itis duties, shall he considered as forfeit
ing his bond, nnd himself and sccuufica
shall he immediately liable therefor.
§ 7. And he it farther enacted, That
the Surveyors respectively, shall give
bond ia the *um of ten thousand dollars,
to the Governor and his success >rs in of
fice, with such security ns lie, or a ma
jority of the J us! ices of the Inferior court,
in which such Surveyor may reside,
shall approve, conditioned for the faith
ful performance of the duties required
of them by this irt, which bond shall be
deposited in the Executive otlicp.
^ 8. And be it further enaeted, That
it shall be llie duty of the Surveyors ap
pointed in pursuance of this net, to make
the Surveys of the counties and districts,
to which they may lie appointed, ni their
own proper person, to mark, or cause to
he marked | lainly and distinctly upon
trees, if practicable, otlicrw ite on slakes,
all lines which they may he required to
run for the purpose of making the sur
veys of their respective counties and
districts, immediately upon being re
quired so tu do by the Surveyor Gene
ral, to cau-e all such lines to be meas
ured with all possible exactness, with a
half chain, containing thirty-three feet,
dividoil into fifty equal links, w hich shall
be adjusted by the Surveyor General, ac
cording to the standard in Ins office ; to
take a- accurately as possible the mean
ders of all watercourses which-hall
form natural boundaries to any of the
survey* ; to note in field hooks to be
kept by them respectively, the names of
Hie corners and station trees w hich he
marked and numbered under the direc-
(v less to punish in that way ; hut (hi
puni-hment is so uncertain that it deter*
less from the commission of crimes ; nnd
there crimes cost ws a great m my more
live* and a greater wa«!e nnd insecurity
of property. To lay nut then ns much
money, upon these Benitentiaries us will
make them effective, is in fact the truest
Econemy to the whole Society-
• [Euf wVer.]
rivers, creeks and other water courses
winch may he touched upon or crossed,
in runring any of the lines aforesaid :
transcripts iff wbichfiehl books, after be
ing compared with the original* by the
Surveyor General, and certified and sign
ed on every png#by the Surveyor retur
ning the same, shall lie deposited in the
Snrvevor General’* office, and become a
record : and said District Surveyors shall
make a return of their surveys and works
within ninety days from the lime they
are notified to enter upon the discharge
of their duties, containing a map of their
district, in which shall lie correctly re
presented and numbered all lots anil
fractions ol said district, nnd waters
therein delineated as the Surveyor Ge
neral may direct ; and also return at the
same time a detacher) plat of each lot
and fraction which said district may con
tain, certified and signed bv such sur
veyor ; which pints shall be tiled among
the records of tins Surveyor General's
office, and from w hich copies shall he ta
ken to be annexed to grants ; and said
Surveyor shall conform to such instruc
tions us they may receive from time to
time, from tlie Purveyor General during
their continuance in office : I’rortdcd,
1 lie same do not militate against this
act.
j 9. And be it farther enacted, That
the District Surveyors to be appointed
by this act, shall receive dollars,
for every mile that shall be actually run
or surveyed, as a full compensation for
the duties required of them by this act,
out of which they shall defray the whole
of the expenses incident to their offices ;
and hi* Excellency the Governor, i*
hereby authorised and required to issue
liis Warrant on the Treasury, in favor
of each and every Surveyor, upon his be
ing called into service, to llie amount of
hundred dollars, ts enable luui
with the lass delay to enter upon his du
ties ; nnd the balance to winch such
Surveyor may he entitled, shall he paid
him in like manner, upon his producing
a certificate from the Surveyor-General,
setting forth a perforinauce of llie work,
and the amount due.
§ 10. And be it further enacted, That
the Surveyors vvlm may he appointed to
run County ami District lines, shall re
ceive dollars for each unle they
may run and survey, as a fill compensa
tion for their service, out of which all in
cidental expenses shall he paid ; and the
Governor is required to issue his War
rant on the Treasurer, in favor of each
of-aid Surveyors, for the sum of
hundred dollars, upon their being called
into service, and in like manner to pay
any balance which (nay he due, when
the work is completed, and Hie Survey
or-General shall certify the same.
§ 11. And be it further enacted. That
the Territory acquired as aforesaid, shall
be disposed of and distributed, m the fol
lowing manner, to wit •—After the s.,r- ,
veying is completed and morns m:Jc
thereof, his Excellency the Governor,
shall cause tickets to he made out,
whereby all the numbers of Lots in the
different Districts intended to he drawn
for, shall be represented, which tickets
shall be put into u wheel and constitute
prizes. The following shall he the de
scription and qutdificotion of persons en
titled to give in their names for a dtaw
or draws, under this act : every male
white person of eighteen years ami up
wards, being a citizen ot' the United
States, and an inhabitant of this state,
three yuurs, immediately preceding the
passage of this act, including such ns
have been absent on lawful business,
shall be entitled to one draw : That all
officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary
Wur, who are indigent and invalid, nnd
who fought in behalf of the United States
during the period of the Revolution, and
were not at any time disaffected to the
cause of independence, shall be entitled
to two draws, extra of those to which bv
this act they may be otherwise entitled
to ; and should any such officer or sol
dier have been n fortunate drawer in ei
ther of the Land Lotteries heretofore
drawn, in Hint case lie shall have one
additional draw, and be excepted from
that part of the oath herein prescribed,
requiring persons to swear that they
have not been fortunate drawers in ei
ther of the previous Lotteries of this
State—hut siiall nevertheless make oath
to the qualifications required by this net :
All widows and orphans, whose husband*
and fathers were killed or died in Hie
service of the Country in the late Wars
against Great-Britain or the Indians,
shall be entitled to a draw, extra uf that
otherwise allowed by this act to widows
and orphans ; Every male person of like
description haring a wife or legitimate
mule chfiJ or children under the age of
eighteen years, or un married child or
children, •linll have two draws ; all wid
ows with like rc-iJence shall be entitled
to otic draw ; all families of orphans re
sident as aforesaid, under the age of
twenty-one years, except such as may he
entitled in their own right to a draw or
draws, whose father is dead, shall have
one draw. All families of orphan* con
sisting of more than two, who have nei
ther father nor mother living, shall have
two draws ; hut if not exceeding two,
then such orphan or orph.ui- shall he en
titled to one draw, to be given in in the
ronnty where the eldest resides, or
where the guardian of the eldest resides:
Provided nevertheless. That the person or
person* who drew a prize or prizes in the
late land lotteries shall he excepted from
any participation in the present lottery,
except families of orphans, consi-ting of
more than one, and except nl-o married
men or head- of families a* above descri
bed, who drew hut one prize, in which
ln*t case, they shall he entitled to one
draw ; and except also such other per
son* a- arc herein excepted . Provided
also, that the citizens of this state who
came under this act a* above contempla
ted. and wlm were legally dialled in the
late war nuffn-t Great-III Haiti ortho In
dians, and r< fused to serve a tour of du
ty tidier in person or by substitute,
hull nut he entitled to the provisions of
Hi,* act at above contemplated, nor any
of those who evaded a draft by removal
or otherw ise. Inca-c any land it drawn
by miners, the grant shall issue accor
dingly tipor. pay ment of the uitinl fees, j
£ | J And be it farther enacted, '1 bat |
lists of persons entitled to draw* under
tin* act shall be made out by tuch per
son* as the Inferior court of each county
may appoint, (not exceeding two to each
battalion) within one month from (he
time of their appointments ; and the In
ferior cout ts of the several counties in
this state are hereby required to make
such appointments, nnd direct the at
tendance of the person* so appointed, in
each captain’s district for the taking in
the names of persons entitled to draws as
aforesaid, ten days-notice of such attend
ance being first given—the names of per
sons entitled shall be entered by the re
ceivers in a book to be kept for that pur
pose, a transcript of which hook, fairly
made out, shall he transmitted to his Ex
cellency the Governor, and the original
deposited with the clerk of the .Superior
court in the respective counties ; and
the persons so appointed, shall, before
they enter upon their duties, take k sub
scribe the following oath I ——, do
solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not
receive or register any name, except the
person giving in shall first take the oath
prescribed by this act—so hclpnie God!”
Which oath any justice of the Inferior
court i* hereby required to administer,
Ai the person or persons taking in names
as aforesaid, shall administer to all appli
cants for draws, other than widows, guar
dians or next friends of orphans, revolu
tionary officers and soldiers who are in
digent and invalid, and those who have
served a campaign in the late Indian war,
and whose residence ha* not been three
years in this state, the following oath, to
wit: " 1 do solemnly swear (or nf-
tirm) that 1 am a citizen of the United
States, and have resided in this state
three years immediately preceding the
passing of this net, and have not during
any part of that time, resided upon the
Creek or Cherokee lands, or beyond the
jurisdictional limits of (Ins state, and am
now an inhabitant of this district—Hint I
was eighteen years of age at the lime erf
the passing of this act—that I have (or
have not) a wife and child or children—
Hut I have not given in tny name for any
draw or draws in the present contempla
ted land lottery in any other part of this
state—that 1 have not drawn a tract of
land in Hie former lotteries in my indivi
dual capacity, or as an individual orphan,
and that 1 did not directly or indirec fly
evade the scrricc of tin* stale or ol the
United States in any of llie bale wars car
ried on against Grcat-Britain or the In.
mans,” and all guardians or next friends
of orphans shall take the following oath,
—•* And that the orphan or family of or
phans whom 1 now return is (or arc) en
titled to a draw or draws under this act,
to the best of my knowledge, so help me
God !" k revolutionary officers and sol
diers shall take the following oath in ad
dition to the one prescribed to white
males “ 1 do further swear that I was
an offic r (or soldier) during the revo
lutionary war, that 1 was engaged in the
service of the U. Slates, and at no pe
riod disaffected to the cause of Indepen
dence, and that I am in indigent circum
stances.” The following oath shall be
administered to all widows—“ I do so
lemnly swear (or affirm) 1 ;un a widow,
that I have resided the three last venrs
in this state, except absent on l.fivful bu
siness, and am now resident in tliis dis
trict, that 1 hare not put in my name for
a draw io the present lottery in any o-
ther part of the state, nnd that I have
not drawn land in the former lotteries to
Hie best of my knowledge and belief, so
help me God.”
§ 13. And be if further enacted. That
immediately after Iff* passage of this act,
his Excellency the Governor shall cause
the outlines thereof to he published in
such of Hie public Gazettes of this state
a* lie may think proper, and shall re
quire all persons entitled to draws to give
in their names to the person* authorized
to receive them, anil said persons taking
in sai l names shall receive twenty-five
cents from each of said applicants.
§ It And be it further enacted, That as
soon as said lists arc made out and re
turned, his Excellency the Governor, for
the purpose of carrying the lottery into
effect, shall cause the names of persons
entitled to draws together, with other
designating remarks of residence, Arc. to
be placed on tickets as nearly similar as
possible, which sh ill be deposited in one
w heel, nod the prizes or tickets of the
like discriptinn, shall be deposited in a-
notlier wheel, which prizes shall consist
of all square lots in said territory not
herein reserved—and from each wheel
as nearly ut the same time as may be, a
ticket shall be draw n nnd delivered to the
superintending managers, and soon until
the whole number of prizes are drawn
nut, and said managers siiall make due
k particular entry of the names so drawn
out, and the prizes corresponding there
with, said names nnd prizes being first
thoroughly mixed in their respective
wheels—and his Excellency the Govern
or i* required to give three w eeks notice
of the commencement of the drawing.
§ 15. And be it further enaeted, That
in case the appointment of any Survey
or may become vacant by death, resigna
tion, or otherwise, his Excellency the
Governor is required to till said vacan
cy, and in rase any Surveyor shall he
found incompetent, his office may be va
cated, and Ins vacancy filled in like man
ner.
( Iff. And be it further enacted, That
the .Surveyor.* to bo appointed in pursu
ance of this act, shall, before they enter
upon their duties, take and subscribe the
following oath : “ I do solemnly
•wear (or affirm) that I will well and
faithfully, to the best of my skill and
bihty, discharge the duties which may be
required of me as Surveyor in the terri
tory lately acquired, so help uie God”-—
which oath the Surveyor-General is re .,
quired to administer. The oath to be
administered to chammen by the respec
tive Surveyors shall be as follows “ |
do solemnly swear (or affirm) that to the
best of my skill and judgment, I will
measure all lines on which I may be em
ploy cd as chain-carrier, as accurately
and with as little deviation from the
course pointed out by the Surveyor as
possible, and give a true account of the
same to the Surveyor, so help me God
and similar oaths shall be administered
by the said Surveyors to all axe-meo and
markers.
§ 17. And be it further enacted, That
all persons who may draw lands under
this art, shall be entitled to receive,
grants for the same, conveying fee sim-
pie titles on paying into the treasury of
this state the sum of dollars for.
each tract so drawn and granted ; and a.
ny person drawing, and failing to take
out his grant within two years from Hie
date of said draw, shall forfeit the land so
drawn, and the same shall revert to the
State.
§ 18. And be it further enacted, That
all return* made, contrary to the true in
tent and meaning of this act, are declar
ed fraudulent; and any grant issued up
on such fraudulent return, is declared
void ; and the question of fraud may be
tried by scire facias, setting forth the
circumstances specially, and the land
when condemned, shall belong one half
to the state and the other half to the in
former.
§ 19. And he it further enacted, Thai
the Eols Number in each Dis
trict shall he reserved to the State, to be
disposed of ns a future Legislature may
direct; nnd there shall be a further re
serve of nil Epts, the whole or any part
of which may lie between the Federal
road, and in the Fork of the Ocmolgce
and the first Creek crossed by said road.
§ 20. And be it further enacted, That
all reserves which are recognized in the
treaty aforesaid,shall be exempt from the
operation of this law, and that the Sur
veyors within whose districts they mnv
fall shall make fractions adjoining thereto,
if the making of square tracts is found to.
be impracticable.
The following remarks upon the Bio-
graphy of the Signers to the Declaration
of Independence, now in the course of
publication bv Jo->rrit M. Sx.votksoa
of Philadelphia, are copied from the
rart Folio.
Mr. Sanderson proposes to give the
lives of those filly -six illustrious indivi
duals who signed and promulgated the
Declaration of our Independence. They
were all distinguished men ; and de
serve the honor of having their memory
transmitted to the latest posterity, in a
work devoted exclusively to that pur
pose. The book before us, is the first
of a series, which wc most ardently hope
will be completed, in a manner, as excel
lent ns that in which the great enterprise
has been commenced. YVe have alrea
dy the facsimile of the autography of
each subscriber : a beautiful vignette ti
tle-page ; an introduction to the whole
work ; the biography of John Hancock;
and a portrait of his person, engraved
by J. It. Longacrc, in the very best style,.
The engraving and printing have been
executed with accuracy and elegance.—
We venture to compare the “ line copy"
of this work, with any thing of the kind
produced fay the London artists ; and af
firm, that Gilpin, (the paper maker,)
Lougucru and Maxwell, wonld not suffer
by the comparison. The biography of
the President of Congress in 1776, is
written in a classical manner ; and might
serve n* a model for the memoirs which
are to follow. It is not prolix ; it de
scends to nothing trivial ; and is far from
the common fault of attributing all the
glory of the American Revolution, to one
distinguished in-troment in i*. It was so
interesting to us, that, having begun to
read it, it was impossible to close (he
volume until we came, with regret, to
the close. We really have no fault to
find w ith this sketch of the life of our
countryman, whose fame will de*errei)Iy
be as lasting as civil liberty. The sama
unqualified praise cannot be given to the
Introduction. Y’ct, as we have not room
to criticise it minutely at present ; it is
but justice to state, that Mr. Sanderson
writes with animation, perspicuity, sua
vity, and good sense. It is a pity, that
an author, so capable of doing honor to
the history and belles letters of his coun
try, should not have become more gen
erally known. His adventurous spirit,
however, aims at magnificent things ;
and, possibly, he is unw filing to be known
as the author of any work, inferior in
magnitude end national importance, to
the one with w hich he has commenced his
literary career ; and on which wc are
credibly informed, he has staked the
wliolc of his pecuniary resources. If
wc w ill havo any hooks of American Bio
graphy, History, and Literature, this un
dertaking of Mr. Sanderson ought to ho
liberally encouraged by the learned and
affluent of our country.
A vast number of adventurers are
bounj to Florida, to make or try to make
their fortunes. Pensacola, it is sup
posed, will become the most important
harbor oo the coast,- both for the sale and
shipment of American produce. It is
more convenient than New-Orleans for
a number of reasons, and at the same
time is one of the most healthy situation*
on the gulph of Mexico. Com. Rogers,
it ii surmised, will be made the Kjvat
Commander on that station, to reside at
Pensacola.—Boston Gax.
Fun ADZLriua, April !£•
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
yesterday morning sentenced Frederick
