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UO.Va L'IVXS \'A AX ALV6T.
PRIMED AND PUHUSHED UY
\V SLt.I AM J. ItUNCK.
Conditions, tec.
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u hi ■ n, |)f yuWle in ativ.i.'c
jr l > ,v rar paper. <**« • wi " t - Tll,ec i>«ii« r » p» r i
annum. in mWance.
5- r \o dimonti I m-!!ill to lh.il effect ure fiver
-tml a; 1 arrearages I \ 11>.
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ia | l} „f personal n.iif be tcivi-i. m l»k.; mun
U. KO it I’ i il;.ya v inuii lolUe d.:y ol »*!"•
K trttli-- .I,’l.tors ..lit rr>..lit.T» of an catalc nmllljß
I .r FORTY ,luyf. ,
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Inf Jjjrd Myron*
Not « ilrinn wnsl.anril. mil h fmn'ral
A. hi a corn, to Hi.- rampnru wo Jiurrmd
•Not i> aiiai. r dmoin r.f.l lil) farewell »»•«»
O'er the grave where ..or hero we hur.eJ.
\Ve t.on.-.l him .Urltiy n-t d** ll ofiiight.
The «miU with our buy on
!iy the liioonbu/
And lim luuUrn dimly bur
So uselein coffin confined l»
W »r in •heel nor in shruUil \v
Itai ho lay like u- warrior I »kin
With his martini dioak s*round
ii\im jiiid nhorl 'vi ir thy prayers ’
A. I v%« spoke not <• word of »uitu
We sMsHdfft»lly jjii/cd on the face
And \vn Uiuriy Uiuiiglilol llic mo.
We thoughti H i wu hnllow’d his nai
And imodlh'd down his lonely pillow
'i hat the ioe uml ihn ilniuger would u
And we faraway on the billow 1
*’ f ;
I they’ll talk of ll»' > that’s
And o’ei hit void nahck u, (.raid bun ;
Ism ii /ihuijv he'll if. hi il tiiey lot uun sleep
lu lh. ;ruvc IV,I ie a Linton has lain him.
Jinl half of our heavy t- h wasdune,
Whvii she dm k told lilt; li.'Ur fur retiring;
Ami we heard »v llu: dihlnnl an I niliduin gun,
’Mmt the foe v. ns sullenly firing.
Slowly Mill undly we Inid him down.
L'ri in iho field of Ins fame fresh mid gory ;
We cnived nut u line, we rnimd ihilh slmh*,
lUil wo left him uloue with his glory.
[Lonilun paper.
A Paris iiaper lu. - nslws t'ie ftillovving re
jiiarkalilc tmecd.tit;.—About one hundreil
years aoo, a man aged eighteen, was con
(lonineil to llm gallics lor u te luindred years
an*i ii day. I lie man lias sult.ied in lull
toe sentence of dm law, and lias now re
turned to Lyons in France, where, claim
ing an estate b longing to his tatnily, the
p»oprietor, Mr. Uertholnn, who had tliouglil
his purchase very I'nr and safe, agreed hy
the advice of his lawyer, to settle the con
tentions matter, hy giving the real jiropi ie
tor 4,.100/sterling, (nearly 220,000,] —Tliis
v. niderCul old man, at (he age of 118, has
I uclv otli-red Ins to a woman, and is
shortly to he married.
/lints t > the L.idics. — vVords are the bo
dy aid dress,uf thought; and the woman
(hat simpers and Smiles when she should
resent the culpable freodmp of speech in a
bold man, renders* (jneslioilable the purity
of herself The woman Hint depreciates her
husband, still more depijfeiates herself—
for if a woman would have the world res
pect her husband, she ought to-set the ex
ample ; a good woman’s prospect ofhuppi-
In i *s with u good man, reaches into eterni-
A goose is very generally Recounted an
exce dingly stupid creatine, and the pro
vn hi d . xjo cssion, “ as slUjiid as a goose,”
is (requently used to denote the extreme of
slop.day. Fuat every goose is not ex
tre nely stupid, however, the following oc
currence, which lately took place on a farm!
at the head of this country, will testily.)
A haughty dunghill cork took a particular!
antipathy to a very fine goose, the guardi-j
an of a numerous brood, and, accordingly,l
wher ‘ver and whenever they met, the cork
immediately set upon his antagonist. The
goose, who had little chance with the nim
ble and sharp heels ol his opponent, and
who had accordingly suffered severely in
various rencontres, got s > exasperated a
giuist lus assailant, that one day, during a
s vere combat, he grasped the neck of ids
Lie with his hill, and dragging hinfalongbv
nuin force, he plunged him mto an a ,join
ing p nd, keeping his iiead, in spite of eve
ry effort, under water, and where tne cock
would have been drowned, had not a ser
vant, who ha 1 witnessed the proceeding,
rescue.l the btimhied fie. From hit d..v
I nward the g.mse received no further trou
ble from his enemy.— (Casgow Courier.
- OQO-
A lady at sea h i g toll o| delicate ap
prehensions in a gale f wind, cried out,
among other preltv exclamations. “ We
shall all go in the ho' tom, mercy on us how
iiy he ail swims!” /minds madam, never
1 mi , (sud i sailor,) you can never go to the
botto n wiulc your iiead swims!
- oTU
,III E 'ape. —A Uaililf clapping a man on
the so miller, said. “ 1 arrest vou sir, for a
horse.” ,V iy, thou coxcomb," replies the
ma i, 11 toou cans i not oe such a sud ; look
at me again, what likeness can vou see ! I’ll
sh . v the horsea (ricii, however,** and »i\
ing hi u n «u Iden kw k, aid a well applie,
blow, left him in tlie kennel, and ran off.
Official Papery.
NEGOTIATIOVj WITH FRANCE.
7b the House of Representatives of the Uni
‘ted States:
I transmit, herewith, to the House, a re
, port (roni the Secretary of State, with co
pies ot the correspondence wnth the govern
-1 incut of France, rei|uested by the icsolution
of tiie House, of the 2(ith of May fast.
JAMES MONROE.
Washington, Dec. 23, 1824.
HkI’AUTMKNT of Statk,
I Can king ton, Dec. 23, 1824.
1 ho Secretary id' State, to whom has been
referred a resolution 6f the House of Repre
sentatives, of the 26th of May last, request
ing that the President of the United Suites
would lay before that House, at the then
next session, as early as the public interest
would permit, the correspondence which
might be held with the government of Fnance
prior to that time, on the subject of injuries
sustained by citi/.eiis of the United States,
since the year 1806, has the honor of report
ing to the President, copies of the documents
requested hy that resolution.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Adams f No. 1 ,)
■ ti. •lUldiii, dated /1 purl,null' oj'\
; state, WaAnn \tou, 13//i August, !
| ‘1 1 i ve hn.l the honor < .l ret eiving yt ?i i
(despatches No. 1 and l\ the latter" hudh
{ t 11 * lOt!. of Jnne. Mr. Gallatin arriT-'j'fS
within-, fin,;!- ,at Ne» York, ut. tlm Ii p.
(that month.
. i i *%
I. !»»••'• with, copies (■: .m* ;
■-' I, ; mill (. bet.\v. , ti|,<, ’OuT Nl, I
'non lh Cii-jr-. d’Affaires, of l-Y A •
1 Hus Depart lent, on vo ; ,o s .-r.i-'Y’, ' ■**
ui'.te.esli.ig to the relationsbtM
count! <es. ■ f > v l
“ u '-h regard to the > ’ui.■ it’sT note of the!
jti lii o{ Ju! \ the Pi '.mi. lent received with;
j great sa ■ l.< liou, the i-bUui. ;.i, dos the Vi. '
jc!”intd( ' hau-11.01,1 nd, to ihe '' iiuior audj
dnlity •villi wli., h Mr. Uallati- hay perform-j
poll), mties of this oflieial station in F'-anc-, !
, * l! I - ’pusai to .’ lew the ncgotia ion, j...
a''M 1 d tin- well toutided claims ol our eiti 1
/.ens upon the Kronen government, in con
ae.ed.on with a claim, on the part of Fra ice, ■
to special privileges in ilie ports of I,■misi
ana, which, after a very full discussion, had,
in t..e views of this government, been proved
utterly groundless, could neither be accep
ted, nor considered as evidence ol the same
conciliatory spirit. The claims of our citi
zens are for mere j notice. They are for re
paration of unquestionable wrongs, for in
demnity or restitution of property taken
trom them, or destroyed, without shadow or
color ot right. The claim under the Bth
ntide ot the Louidana convention, has
nothing to rest upon, but a forced construc
tioo of the terms of (he stipulation, which
the American government considered, as
totahy without foundation. These are ele
ments not be. coupled together in the same
negotiation, and, while we yet trust to the
iinal sense of justice to France, for the ad
justment of I lie righteous claims of our citi
zens, we still hope that their unquestionable
character will, ultimately, secure to them u
consideration unincumbered with other dis
cussions. You will, respectfully, make this
representation to the Viscount de Chatcau
bi taml, with the assurance of the readiness
ot this government to discuss the question
upon the Louisiana convention fun her, if
desired by France, but ot our final convic
tion that it is not be blended with the claims
ol our ctizons lor mere justice.”
Count de Menou to Mr. Adams.
Legation ok France to the U, S.
; Washington, July H, 1823.
His Excellency the Count de Chateau
briiiml, in announcing to me that Mr. Gal
latin was about to leave France, expresses
j his regret at his departure, in such terms,
! that I should do him (injustice, were I not
'|tu use his own expressions: “ My corres-j
'pomlence with this minister,” he remarks. to,
me, “ has caused me to appreciate his tal
ents, his ability, and Ids attachment to the
j system of friendship that unites the two
-Ipowers. It is with regret that 1 suspend my]
I communications with him.”
1 I esteem my sell happy, sir, in conveying
1 to you such sentiments towards the Repre
sentative of the United States, in France,
• and I should have thought that 1 had hut i.n
--’ perfectly apprehended the design of the Vis
count de Chateaubriand, had I neglected to
1 communicate them to the federal govern
ment.
I The minister for foreign affairs reminds
line also, on this occasion, that Mr. Gallatin,
•jhaving frequently laid before him claims of
D Americans against the French government,
|he had Ttown himself disposed to enter up-
M.n a general negotiation, in which they
jsiould he compi,-hehded with claims Jf
‘j French citiz nis against the federal govern
■jment, at the same time, with the airan»e
iineni relative to the execution offs; Btti
' article id the treaty ct L nnsi .na. The ol>-
1 jecl ol ios excellency w ,s, to arrive at *
' speedy ami Iric ully disposition ol ail dilli
ijjiities that subsist between two pow
ers, well assured that France and the Uni
-1 ted States would o-' found to have tlie same
1 views ol justice ami conciliation.
His excellency regre s that Mr Galla
. tin, who, he says, “ has convinced him how
l I ‘using and advantageous i'is to negotiate
i-ha st itesm in, who exhibits eundor and
hilitv in his discussions,” did not r-veire
frotn his government, during Ins stiv in
France, the necessary powers for this dou
ble negotiation. Hut lie informs me, that
the government of his Majesty remains al
. ways disposed to open it, cither with Mr.
Gallatin, should he return with these pow
. ers, or with Mr. Sheldon, if the federal
. government should think proper to confer
them on him.
, f greatly desire, sir, to see these propo
sitions acceded to by the federal govern
ment, and to be able to reply to his excel
lency, as he expresses his wish Unit an ar
rangement, polling an efW to every sub
ject of discussion, might soon be expected.
I pray the i£e?retary of State to receive
the renewed assurance of my high consi
-1 deration.
Ihe Charge tßAffuq-es of France, near
United States* MENOU.
The Hon. Secn/elary of State.
Mr. Jldam&o Vaunt I)e. Menou.
DEPARTMENT OF StATK,
Washington, 1 2th Aug. 1824.,
Sir; Your letter of the 11 th of lust
been submitted to the conside
,r^|^>3e , ’ resi(,e, ‘ t of the U. States,
directed to express the high
s * ie lls *he Ull ‘ r ' lie| '
Wxcelle,, 7 t,,e Viscount de
CwSfllrbriand lias noticed in his corres
d.'nu- with vj, tli . op »rary absence
I'd M*. Gallatin .To France',’ md rhi terms
I'ega'o, and»st . i with which h noti
dialacte- ai I com or; if that inin
lu ,l "' 1 ' ;S l«i‘<rc of !he President
Mf' P n,,: i,! 1 ' the good undo stand-
U;r. ! iu ml States ai d
• ’ >jM’l ,-,'c mo-• g! itiliod r ~oj by the tes
;■'>!*! f>r lat oi his M 7st Christian Majesty’s
fV, -Vi-rir.mnt t, (he goal tait.li ami ability
iith which the minister of the U. States at
his court >rmeu his official duties.
I V\ ith regard to th. assurance of llisEx- 1
jcelluncy Uie Viscount de Chateaubriand's
aiispiisition to finer upon negotiation with
tjrilUatl, h »« the event of his return to
II 'am. , or v ith ir. ‘dieldon, during his ah !
, '•'"■ce.i..>• »• - lie ci ■> ns of cri/eiis of.
■ ; oe 1,1. Ste e, o the g .v v r imeui of France,'
i a connection with . arrangement con- 1
|ceu»ing the 8(1. ar'iclt if the Louisiana tread
PJ • i am directed to observe that those sub*
jecis rest upon grounds so totally different,
thauthe government of tne United teiates
cannot consent to connect them together in
negotiation.
Ihe claims of the citizens of the U.
•States upon the French government, have
been of many years standing ; often repre
sented by successive miuistois of the Uni
ted Slates, and particularly by Mr. Galla
tin, during a residence of seven years, with
a perspicuity ot statement, and a force of
evidence, widen could leave to the govern
ment ot the United Slates no desire but
(bat they should have been received with
friendly a'lenrtoo, and no regret bu;
that they should have proved inetllctual.
1 lie justice ot thejgf claims his never been
denied by tfgd-,while the United
States are
adjustment, sinls|Sfa >ills f uxcful claims
ot the subjects nltions, have been
freely admitted ami liquidated.
A long and has al
ready taken place between the two govern
incuts, in relation to the claim of France,
under the Bth article of the Louisiana con
vention ; the result of which lias been a
thorough conviction on the part of the A
merican Government, that the claim has no
foundation in the Treaty whatever. The
• reasons tor this conviction have been so ful
ly set forth in the dis;us>ion, that it was
not anticipated a further examination of it
would be thought desirable. As a subject
ot discussion, however, the American Gov
ernment are willing to resume it, whenever
it may suit the views ot Prince, to present
further considerations relating to it ; but,
while convinced that the claim is entirely
• without foundation, they cannot place it on
1 a looting ot concurrent negotiation with
claims ot their citizens, the justice of which
(is so unequivocal, that they have not even
1 been made the subject of denial.
From the attention which his Excellency
the Viscount de Chateaubriand has intitftat-
P«‘l his willingness to give to the considera
'jtion of these claims, the President imlul
jges the hope that they will be taken into
! view upon their own merits: and in that
' hope the representative of tne United States
1 at Paris, will, at an early day, be instruct
’ ed to present them again, to the undivided
' and conditional sense of the justice of
1 France.
I pray you, sir, to accept the renewed as
surance ot my distinguished consideration.
! JOHN QJINOY A JAMS,
> The C ount De Menou,
Charge d' Affaires from France.
Extract of a letter (No. 4) Jrotn the Secre
f tanj of State , to Mr. lira urn, dated
Department of State,
Washington, Attg. 14,1824.
i “ The subject which has first claimed the
- attention ot the President, has been the re
k Sul Lot your cerrosp milence with the Vis
• count de Chateaubriand, in relation to the
- claims of numerous citizens of the Uuited
- States upon the justice of the French Gov
e eminent.
“ i enclose, herewith, a copy of the re
port of the Committee of Foreign Relations
v of the Mouse of Representatives upon seve
erA petitions addressed to that body at theii
1 lasi session, by some of those claimants ;aiu
-a resolution of the House, adopted there
ii upon.
“ The President has deliberately consid
i( ered the purport of M. de Chateaubriand’s
answer to your note of the 28lh April, upon
-. this subject; and he desires that you will
- renew, with earnestness, the application for
n indemnity to our citizens, for claims notori
r ously just, and resting upon the same prin
ciple with others which have been admitted
i- and adjusted by the government of France.”
“ In the note of the Viscount de Uhateau
- briand to you, of 7th May, it is said, that he
■ is authorized 'o declare, a negotiation will
he opened with you, upon the American
1. claims, if this negotiation should include
e French claims, and particularly the arrange*
- ments to be concluded concerning the exe
cution of the Bth article of the Louisiana
r treaty.” w ' f
“ You are authorized, in reply, to dfecla. t,
that any just claims which Subjects of
France may have upon the goVeriimentfot
the United States, w ill readily be'included
in the negotiation ; and to stipida\e any
suitable provision for the examination, ad-
I justment, and satisfaction of them.” ,
t “ But the question relating to the eighth
- article of the Louisiana treaty is not only of
.la different character—it cannot be blended
I I with that of indemnity for individual claims,
f, w ithout a sacrifice, on the part of the United
T States, of a principle of right. The negotia-|
■|tion for indemnity presupposes that wrong)
bhasbem done; that milemirty ought m be-'
• mad'- ; anil the object if any tre: ;y stipula •
•;lion ■ oncerniqg it can ..aly be, to ascertain 1
■|What is justly due, and o make provi ion'
Ur tlu. payment of it. fiy consenting to n :
■ nect with such a negotiation -hat relating to 1
• the Bth article of the Loui-iana n/veim. , ,
■ the United States would abandon tin; ocT
’ '‘ipi* upon which the whole discussion con-j
cerning it depends. The sit.n.Tiion ot the;
’parties to th ■: aegillation would bCT unequal. 1
she United States,asking reparation lor ad
knitted wrong, are told that France will not)
1 discuss it. with them, unless they will first
renounce their own sense of right, to ail.ni
and iH-cu.,s with it, a claim, the justice of
J which, they have cons anti y dctn.',l.”
j " The government of dv United 'bates is :
[>ri- -ar 1 .mew the disc E-jsioii wit .that
ol France, relating to the Bth aytidc <
•• L.a.i.siana (• ~it it jy uio.tnc.; wm ■• nu ~
h i destred, and by which, taffy. »liaU r-<?i bet
. understood to admit that France nus any
'< claim under it whatever ”
1 (To be Continued.)
• From the National Journal, 7th ins I.
1 CONVENTION.
BETWEEN THE UNITED-STATES AND, RUSSIA.
Approved by the Senate, Jan. 5, 182 J.
, Art. I. It is agreed that, in any part of the
■■ great ocean, commonly culled the Pacific
. Ore n,or South Sea, the. respective ciiizens,
or subjects, ol the high contracting powers,
i shall be neither disturbed nor'restrained e’uii
er in navigation, or m fishing, or in the pow
er ol resorting to he coasts upon points w hich
, "my not already be occupied, tor the purpose
I of trading with the natives, saving always toe
restrictions and conditions determined by
. the follow ing articles :
i Art. 11. With the view of preventing the
rights id navigation and of fishing, exercised
upon the great ocean by the citizens and sub
jecis ot the high contracting powers from be
coming the pretext for an illicit trade, it is
’ agreed that the citizens of the United States
shall not resort to any point where there is
a Russian establishment, without the per-
mission ot the GovernoV or Commander;
[ and that reciprocally, the subjects of Rus
sia snail not resort without permission to any
establishment ol the United States upon the
| Northwest Coast.
Art. Ilf. It is moreover agreed, that
hereafter there shall not be formed, by the
citizens of the United States, or under the
‘ authority of the United States, apy establish
ment upon the Northwest Coast of America,
’ nor in any of the Islands adjacent to the
north ot fitly four degrees and forty minutes
1 ot north latitude, and that in the same man*
1 ner there shall be none formed by Russian
1 subjects or under the authority of Russia
1 south of the same parallel.
Art. IV. It is nevertheless understood
' that during a term of ten years, counting
’ from the signature of the present convention,
the ships of both powers, or which belong to
their citizens or subjects respectively, may
‘I reciprocally fretfient, without any hindrance
1 whatever, die interior seas, gulfs, harbours,
s and creeks, upon the coast mentioned in the
. preceding article, for the purpose of fishing
"j. and trading with the natives of the country.
Art, V—All spirituous liquors, fire arms,
other arms, powder and munitions of war
of every kind, are always excepted from
this same commerce, permitted by the pre
ceding article ; And the two power s engage
reciprocally neither to sell nor suffer them
tube sold, to the natives, by their respec
tive citizens and subjects, nor by any person
who may be under their authority, it is
likewise stipulated that this restriction shall
never afford a pretext, nor be advanced in
any case, to authorise either search oi de
e tention of the vessel, seizure of the mer
i- chamlize, or in tine any measure of con
straint whatever towards the merchants or
P the crews who may carry on this commerce ;
t ) the high contracting powers reciprocally re
serving to themselves to determine upon the
penalties to be incurred, and to inflict the
• - punishments in case of the contravention of
is this article by their respective citizens m
;-i -objects.
ir 1 art. VI. When this convention shall
ill have been duly ratified by the President ol
j.'ithe U. States, with the advice and consent
|of the Senate, on the one part, and on the
- other by his Majesty the Emperor of all the
s Russias, the ratifications shall be exchang
-0 ed at Washington, in the space of ten
1 months from the date below, or sooner it
r possible.
In faith whereof the respective Pleni
potentiaries have signed this conven
' tion, and thereto affixed the seals of
their arms. Done at St. Peters
burgh, the 7th (loth) April, of the
c . year of grace one thousand eight
1 hundred and twenty-four,
a Le'Compte Chas I)e Nesselrode, (L S)
0 Henry Middleton, (L S)
* - Pierre De Politica, (L S)
? Congress.
. . SECOND SESSION.
j
t 4 January 13,1825.
t *
• IN SENATE.
’ The following message was received from
the President of the United States, by
x Mr. his Secretary :
f To the Senate of the United SUilQyr
1 In compliance with twi*dilutions of the
( Senate, the first of the 21stJmd the second of f
| the 23d December last, Jquesting informa
. tion respecting the injurift which have been
r |su9tair&d by our cUizeosa-by piratical de-
V .tier,: ■' *■' % ,< i
therewith, and rerthestlnalso information oi
hum been adopted for
;< l- suj of pi ■~ and wbc’h ■■.
|fhe-»>;»snio?i of ih Executive, >r will • ■ m
,!ne< >‘S" ■!v to adept other mean® ■ the *-»t •
<.uinplisiutiei’.t o' the object; and, in that
I event, vhatothe means i will be most ;ui
vis ible to reen to, I herewith transmit a •
.'port from the Secretary ot Slate, • ■ ; v : .
J wise a report (corn the Secretary of the Nv *
vy, with the documents referred to in c, r h,
j On the. very important questions sab
: netted to tl ( Executive, as to the nedassuy
! ol recurrng to other more effect md m ,nv.
lor the suppression of a practice so destrui
i 1 ive of tbc 1 1 res and properl y of our citizer
>l have to* observe that three expedients oc
'em one by the pursuit of the . lender! '■>.
j'he settled as »ll as die unsettled parts ol
;t : i>l'*ni! It">-tt* whence .theylssue anotl •••
! 1 1 y ■ isal on the property f c in) bi.
tants: ,■ id . Uiiid, by Tnc blockade > tin
ports of those islands. U will oe obvious
that neither of these measures can be re
sorted to, in a spirit of amity with Spain,
otherwise than in a firm belief, tltat neither
the government of Spain, nor the govern
ment of either of the islands, has the power
to suppress that atrocious practice, and that
the United Slates interpose their aid for the
'accomplishment of an objecfwhich is of
equal importance to them as well as to us.
Acting on this principle, the facts which
justify this proceeding being universally
known and felt, by all engaged in commerce
in that sea, it may fairly bo presumed, that
neither will the government of Spain, nor
the government of either of these islands,
complain of a resort to either of those mea
sures, or to all of them, should such resort be
necessary. It is, therefore, suggested, that
a power commensurate with cither resource
be granted to the Executive, to be exercised
according to his discretion, and as circum
stances may imperiously require. It is ho
ped that the manifestation of policy so deci
sive-will produce the happiest result; that
it will rid these seas and this hemisphere of
this practice. This hope is strengthened by
the belief, that the government of Spain and
the government of (he islands, particularly
of Cuba, whose chief is known here, will
; faithfully co-operate in such gieasares as
may be necessary for the accomplishment
of this very important object. To secure
, such co-operation, will be the earnest desire,
, and, of c urse, the zealous and perseverinn
effort of the Executive.
JAMES MONROE. V
. Washington, 13 Ih Tanuary, 1825.
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Murder in Kentucky. —We publish
i ed a short time since, an account of (lie
l murder of Mr. Baker, of Notches. The
Danville, Ky. Olive Branch, of Dec. 3. con-
I tains (he following ;
r “ Isaac Desha, apprehended for the jnur
’ dec of Francis Baker, has been comnAted
\ to jail by an examining court, to awaiWhis
trial at the next term of the Fleming Cir-
Jcuit.
I “ A bill for a change of Venue in the case
of I. Desha, from Fleming to Harrison coun
r ty, passed the House of Representatives,
’was sent to the senate, and passed with
a amendments ; on its return to the House/
|.lconsiderable opposition was made to the r
, Bill in its amended form, which it was '
. thought might jeopardize its passage at all.”
. On the subject of this Bill, we publish the
, following extract of a letter from a member
. of the Senate of the United States, to a
j!brother of the deceased Francis Baker, Esq,
J dated Washington, Dec. 28th.
[I “ I received your letter by the mail of .
-j!this day, and immediately called on "U gen
. tleman of high respectability from the State
. of Kentucky, from whom I learned thatthe
. law of which you speak, has really passed
both branches of the Legislature— that the
. design of it is to save the lift of as great a
monster <ts now lives -and that there is much
e j reason to fear that Justice will be overpower-
Jed l»jfamily influenced — Com. ddv.
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>j The debt of the City of New-York. is
(stated, in a report from the Comptroller to
!lithe Corporation, tobe 5D46,072 ( J7.
•I 1 The debt of Baltimore, as exhibited in a
itlcoramunication from the Mayor to the Citv *
e Councils, is 464,32 b 20.