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fcinec then there ha* been * p*>od d*'™- 1 "' 1 (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