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Cuba, in extent tittle greater than one of
our largest States, furnishes exports equal
in value to two thirds of the exports of the
wholq twenty-four. Florida, is capable of
producing nearly all the articles of Cuba,
and -hence its immense value may be easily
estimated. A - million and a half of oranges
are gathered in St. Augustine and its vicinity.
The rice lands of Florida equal those of
Carolina, which sell at $a00 an acre, while
those of Florida sell at 3 or 4 dollars ; and
S 000,000 might be saved by it to the U.
States in tobacco and segars now imported
from abroad. Wine & silk ofthe best might
be produced as easily as at Bordeaux, Lan
guedoc or Valencia, not to mention the
staples of indigo, sea Island cotton, sugar,
&c.~~Phil. D. Adv.
until the subject is ablated again ; no polite gentle
man will use the gaze fared to a lady in places
where they are publicly congregated, at a less .dis
tance than seven limes his length, unless, he squints,
(when the direction of his eyes is so equivocal, tl'.iit
it cannot offend, whatever the distance,) excepting
when the lady is veiled, when she will very naturally
ppose he is admiring the qualify of the veil.
A very active interest in the event of the next
Presidential election, seems to be already in opera
tion in the northern states, and tfie papers there
abound with accusations and retort, arising out of
the questions connected with it; but.every thing
indicates a determination of popular sentiment in
favour of two candidates only, Mr. Adams and Gen,
Jackson. On this point, the southern section of the
U. States appears to be firmly settled, and opposition
to the Gene al’s election, sufficient-to disturb the
prevailing tranquillity, need not be expected.
The male Creoles of Jamaica have been
long celebrated as expert swimmers and
divers, but we were not before apprized
that the females also are adepts in the art,
as will appear in the following paragraph,
from a Kingston paper of the 24th ultimo :
A melancholy accident happened at Black
river, lately. A iad of colour had gone into
the river to bathe, (which was coming rapid
ly down occasioned by the late heavy and
continued rains,) and was observed to be in
danger, whtn his mother Miss Mary Cole,
plunged' into the water, and in the attempt
to suVe her son, she lo t her life. A Coro
ner’s Inquest was held on the body on Sun
day; When a verdict was returned, “ that the
deceased accidentally drowned in the
Bl utk' liver.in attempting to save (lie life
ofher soo; who whs in danger of drowning
time.” The life of the young man
Jacob Yaz, wps preserved by the praise
^.Hy exertions' of Mr. John B. Wells
[hi8 servant, a young negro man named
)d. The rapidity of the current
Rented the possibility of saving Mis
Irq although she was known to be a good
summer. Several persons were very ac
in their attempts to help the deceased
was an old inhabitant, and much res
i There have been'6 persons drown
parish during the present month.
~ of a Sijcmriofe.—In the ye?r
Smith, of, liadley,
Syc-
oot so as his
Mr. Randolph, formerly Governor of
Virginia, now Commissioner on the part of
the United States, to settle the boundary be
tween this State and the Territory of Flori
da, reached this place on Thursday last.—
Mr. Spalding is the Commissioner on the
part of this State. They will proceed forth
with to the discharge of their duties.
Georgia Journal, 6th inst.
be no doubt but that the vote of North, Ca
rolina will he given to General Jackson at
the next Presidential Election, unless by
some unforeseen contingency, he should he
cast out as a caiH;
entirely blighted
ate, or his prospects be
ewhere *, and there is
1781, Mr
J»roughC
"atrlOfe
finger,
houses
Joso^r
Ho
it out in the earth dear bis
ire it liVed and flourishod.wH»
on the 12th inst. and *ound
__ iUniHr, that what was only a riding-
"stir <c $5 years ago. was now a tree 94;feet
in height, and four feet in diameter about a
fro< from the ground, where it was chopped
<tr. —llamv. Gaz. f
A civil insult.—“ What is the reason,” said;
Ja very fair qlain Icdy to a very pretty one,
that I cannot dress my hair so becomingly
as vour’s. though I trv all possible ways ?”
“ Tis easily explained.” replied the proud
1A beauty; “ don’t you see that I^[ji.ust m
curls to the form of my countenangs,; whilst
your’s always turn away from thejface, wh ch
is very ugly.”
The Legislature of Alabama have at last
acted in a decisive manner with regard to the
territory acquired by the old Treaty—but
under present circumstances, we cannot
give her that credit which would have bedh
•her due had she come forward with her pre
sent doctrines during the long and doubtful
conflict in which Georgia so zealously con
tended against the acts and wiles of perverse
ooliticians, for principles and rights. We
therefore think we do not wrong her, in say-
iug, she has been extremely backward in
not advancing- her pretensions to rights
which were early claimed by Gporgia. in
which she was alike interested, until suc
cess had been ensured by the efforts of
another.
The select committee to whom was re
ferred the question arising from the late
Indian treaties, made a report taking a full
and correct view of the subject. They
state that “ after a diligent examination of
the Treaty of the Indian Springs they find
nothing on the face of it to impeach its
validity—but on the contrary have found
those marks of authenticity wh ch usually
attend all treaties between the U. S. and
Indian tribes.” \ law has been passed,
and approved by thg Governor, extendiig
the civil and criminal jurisdiction of Ala
bama over all that territory within her lim
its, to which she was ent-tled by the old
Treaty, and attaching it to tin county of
-\uta: a. Another law has also been pass
ed to prevent the Indians from hunting,
ping or fishing on any lands in the state
which the Indian title has been extin
guished and prescribing penalties for those
who shall be found violating the same.
Copies of the above mentioned laws have
been transmitted to the Indian agent.
The bearing of this latter law appears to
be to aid the former by compelling the In
dians to abandon the latelv acquired territo
ry.—Macon Mess.
not, at this time, the remotest probability of
cither’s happening.—II r est. Car.
Public SentijnM.—The Senate of Ala
bama, previous to the adjournment of the
Legislature, unanimously, and the House of
Representatives, with only ten dissenting
voices, adopted the following resolution :—
Resolved, bv the Senate of the State of Ala
bama, That they believe General Andrew
Jackson to be an intelligent citizenr-an
honest man—a genuine republican—a pure
and incorruptible statesman—and that the
decided wish of a large majority of the peo-
pie of Alabama is that he may at the next
Presidential Election be fairly and constitu
tionally elevated to the highest office in the
gift of the people.
The Eighth or January has been cel
ebratedin an appropriate manner in almost
every section of the country, not even ex
cepting many parts of New England—
showing that whilethe most unprincipled
efforts have been made to obliterate the
fame of General Jackson frbm the memory,
it has been the more deeply impressed on
the grateful hearts of his countrymen. We
shall advert to another circumstance of omi
nous gratulation to the friends of reform, as
it has been the cause of severe heart-burning
to the servile adherents of a corrupt Execu
tive—and a substantial spoke was on that
dav put into the great pol'tical wheel, whose
quadrennial revolution will bring John Q.
A dams and Henry Clay to the earth in the
Spring of 1829, to receive the future scorn
and contempt of thoir countrymen, in defi
ance of whose will they usurped the ascen
dant.—Vir. Jackson Republican.
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Athens. Fefo. 9, 1827-
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' We have! received several numbers of a paper
established in"*"Charleston, (S. C.) entitled “ The
-Charleston Observer,” principally devoted to Reli-
. giou- and. Moral Subjects, and conducted with much
; ahjlity, as might be expected from the reputation of
. the editor; and we ask pardon for having so long
I omitted to notice it, which was overlooked in a pres-
aiue,of other affairs.—We now invite attention to an
f ''•dvertisement in this paper relative to it. From the
^ g£ and qua,itit) r of matter it contains, the expenses
» \ m ;t be great, which only, a liberal .patronage can
sa..sfy; and from the spirit that is abroad in this
neighbourhood, it would not be unreasonable to ex
pect from it a valuable accession to its support.
that Helicon of newspapers, the Post-office,
rccf ' lV0t l the following document, written in
^X^^PPand so delicate and fair, that we think ’twould
■pe joy to possess that hand.
T Mr. Shaw—By re-publishing the following adver
tisement from some paper in which I have seen it,
yon may do a kindness to many, and will at least.
Oblige one .. Female.
WANTED—A few young men to surround the
•door on Sabbath, after service, to stare at the
they come out.
1 B. Impudence is the only qualification required
Jf WeH, my lads, there you hay it! and there we
■. * would have left it, had not an impertinent chap, who
\ aometimes lias the ‘ freedom of the office,’ got an
j inkflug of the matter, a.iri posed us in the following
^dialogue, which we relate in the hope that the ofiend-
’ lair will whisper a feint tbatmay help us through
difficulty.— ■ k
\4fbf.; How could a lady know a young
,
lils eyes? aye,
. jj '
■ md pray what js she doing with her be
an»—We’ll change th®, subject if you please
r*. w« 'Veil? are not our ladies very likely to at-
; admiring glance ?
y! we presume they will not deny
ea. *
W jfp. Then do not those rascally veils compel so
‘ inteqpe an effort of vision, that it often gives an air
of impudence to what is really an irresistible emo
tion?
£. Why, to tell fkfr truth, veils are disagreeable
ornaments; they savour mudh of affectation, and
give the/air an unfair advantage.
After some further discussion, it was agreed, that
AN ACT to define the liability ofindorsors
of promissory notes Sc other instruments
and to plac“ them upon the same footing
with securities.
Re it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Georgia in
General Assembly met, and it is hereby en
acted by the authority of the same, That from
and after the passage of this act, the pne
tice heretofore required of making a demand
of the maker of promissory notes and other
instruments for the payment and perform
ance of the sarnie, and then giving notice of
ucli demand within a reasonable time to
the indorsers of said promissoiy notes find
other instruments, shall cease and become
entirely unnecessary to bind said indorsers,
and that whenever any person whatever in
dorses a promissory note or other instrument
he shall bd held taken and considered as
security to the same, and be in all respects
bound as security until said promissory note
or other instrument is oaid off and dischar
ged, and shall be liable to be sued in the
same action with the principal or maker of
said promissory notes or other instruments,
any law, practice or usage to the contrary
vithstanding : Provided always, That
nothing herem*Contained shall extend to any
promissory notes which shall be given for
the purpose of negotiation or intended to be
negotiated at any chartered, Bank, or
which may be deposited *n any chartered
p ank for collection: And provided also,
That nothing contained in this act shall be so
construed as to prevent the indorser from
defining his liability in indorsement.
Sect .2. And be it further enacted, That
any security or indorser may, whenever he
thinks proper, after the note or instrument
becomes due, require the holder to proceed
to collect the same, and if he shquld not pro
ceed to do so within three months, the in
dorser or security shall be no longer liable.
Assented to Dec. / 26, 1826. i
w . ' -3r-- 7 5F ’* ■'
Pdftlics of North Carolina.—We learn
from R aleigh, through various channels,
that, on the subjects of general politics,
there appears, from conversations among
members of assembly, and other persons oT
intelligence and distinction from various
quarters, to be more unity of sentiment in
the state, than has before existed for fifteen
or twenty years. On the subject of the
next Presidential Election, there does not
seem tdrjie division enough to excite much
conversation. There are a number of high
ly respectable members in the legislature,
politically friendly to Messrs. Adams and
Clay ; but the great mass are the other way
of thinking; and we suspect, that there can
. ' . V • ' " '' v
Mr. Crump, a candidate for Congress
from the District of Virginia formerly repre
sented by Mf.‘‘Randolph. Has declined an
election for tbi pri-pose of giving the un
divided suppqri of that district to Mr. Ran
dolph, as Beprer ent;itiv«3 in Congress. In
givinsr.a notificatiorj of this, fact to the elec
tors, Mr. C. says, “ I would not be under
■tood as carding any reflection upon the
legislature, who arotvery competent to make
a judicious disposition of ail subjects *jn-
terestinar to our state, nor upon the objeepof
their choice on the present occasion, whom
I have, for 5,0 years, esteemed it a piece o**
personal »?ood fortune to number among my
friends—butT'feimply to point out the part
which duty, unenlightened by consultation
with a humjin being, tells me, it becomes
me to act. VActuated by the same principles.
with infinitely less ability ter maintain them;
aiming to accomplish the same objects, with
infinitely less power of talents and acquire
ments to arlvanee^them ; 'and upheld by the.
same body of t^ehholders. with infinitely less
claim upon their confidence, I owe it to the
sincerity of my professed attachment to
those principles and objects, to unite with
you in summoning Mr. Randolph again to
that station from which he was withdrawn
by the legislature.” p
We understand that Mr. Secretary Clay
has takon the publishing of the Laws from
the Now-Hampshire Patriot, the most able
and undeviating republican paper in New-
subject, he then caused an inquisition to be
held in other offices, to ferret out the wretch
who had dared to breathe that this illegal
fee had beeri giv6n to purchase the Kings,
of New-York. Such a general panic has
not been felt by the “ palace guqrds,” since
th$ Bladcnsburg races,—-nor will there be
more alarm in the “ white house,” on the
eve of the 4th of March, 1829, than was
spread through the list of suspected Clerks.
Not content with a general purgation and
special promises, never to offend in this par
ticular, several have called on the “ Heir
Apparent,” at his own room, to protest
their innocence and remove suspicions.
We contrast this conduct by the state
ment of a fact. When Mr. Calhoun was se
cretary of War, one of his clerks was in the
habit of communicating with a membet of
Congress about the business of the depart
ment ; in consequence of which, several
calls were made.
A friend of the Secretary called to see
him, and mentioned the fact; and said he
knew the' name of the Clerk*. If you do,
said Mr. Calhoun, I do not desire to know
it; the duties of my department are various
and difficult; but, as a servant of the public
my whole conduct is subject to the inves
tigation of Congress, and I have nothing to
fear from a disclosure.
Such are th'e facts—an intelligent public
can be at no loss to form their own opinions
upon them.—U. S. Telegraph.
THE SENATOR FROM MISSOURI.
There is no State in this Union in which
so large a proportion of the public money
is expended as in Missouri. The Army
the Indians, and the Lead Mines, give a fed
eral influence almost equal to that which
hangs, as an incubus, upon this devoted
District; and it reflects no little credit on our
adopted State, that her Legislature have
soared above the powerful exertions made to
control her choice of Senator.. The represen
tatives of the people have obeyed the will
of their constituents, and have , given the
coalition a further earnest that the. ba’-dy
sons of the western forest are the true re
presentatives of those brave men who pledg
ed their lives, their fortunes, and their sa
cred honour in the cause of liberty.—Ibid.
are in conformity to the estimates submitted ,
from the several Departments. Very few ^
subjects, however, have been decided on by .
the committee, which involve any thing like >
new principles; and there are several of
that description referred to them.
The bill appropriating 20,000 , dollars for
the relief of the sufferer* by the fire in Alex- ,
andria, having passed both Houses of -Co*,
gress, was the same day, anrqjled, si^#,
sent to the Treasury; and a draft for the
amount transmitted to the Mayor ol that
city. A Subscription was sot on foot by
the members of Congress wl^ffiad on con
stitutional grounds oppose^^ns bill by p,
which seven hundred dollars were jmsed 4
and transmitted for the relief of the sunerers;
the corporation of W ashington have voted
one thousand dollars; that of Georgetow n
five hundred dollars ; the Bank of Washing
ton three hundred’dollars, and several hand-
sefrle private donations have been receivcdj
for the same praiseworthy object. Ik
Erigland. and which circulates about four
thousand copies weekly—and conferred the
same upon a comparatively obscure Journal
recently establi Heel at Goncord for the ap
parent purpose o 'supporting and defending
the present administration, circulating only
about om: thousand copie s. Was the pub
lic good consulted in making this transfer,
or was it done to pun ; sh one Edito** forKis
honesty and independence, and reward an
other for his wise servility ?
American Statesman.
Senator.—The Virginia (Jackson) Re
publican, in speaking of the'senatorial elec
tion in that state, says.—
“ Mr. Tyler has declared, in a facetious
conversation, that if the administration de
sire his election over Mr. Randolph, they
would find they were “ swapping the d—l
for a icitch,” and we hazard nothing in say
ing, that Mr. Tyler decidedly prefers the
election of Gen- Jackson to J. Q. Adams
for the next president, of which the public
may expect shortly to be assured from the
best authority. We again repeat our grati
fication, at the imposing array of Virginia
against the Adams dynasty. Virginia is
Virginia still—if her arms divide and con
tend, it is on the question, who shall do
most for the Republic. Gen. Smyth’s
speech on this occasion, if published, will
congeal the blood of some people about the
Palace.”
CONGRESS.—In Senate, on Tuesday
23d instant, Mr. Berrien from the committee
on the judiciary, to whom was referred the
^opy of a convention between the U. States
and Great Britain, for the final settlement
and liquidation of certain claims of indem
nitv of citizens of the United States, which
had arisen under the first article of the
Treaty of Ghent, reported a bill for the ap
oointment of a commission, to meet in the
^itv of Washington on the 10th of July
next, for the purpose of deciding upon the
justice of the several claims which may be
o’-esented. and of distributing among them
the sum which may be awarded to them re
iTpnrtively.
AYr. Reed, of Mississippi, offered the fol
lowing resolutions, which he prefaced with
some remarks: •
Resolved, That the Secretary of War be
directed to report to the Senate the number
of white persons, as near as may be, resident
upon the Territories occupied by the Chicka
saw and Choctaw tribes of Indians, dis
tinguishing the number in each, respective
ly y and if in his power, the pursuit of each
of such individuals, mechanical, or of the
chase : and also the number, as near as may
be, of the half breeds or mixed blooded In
dians belonging to the said tribes, respec
tively.
Resolved, That the Secretary of War be
further directed to report to the Senate whe
ther he has any knowledge, from evidence
in his department, of any interfetesee
the part of such white persons, either d?
or indirect, in the late negotiations feeid wi'
the said tribes, to prevent them from making
a cession of their lands, or any part thereof,
to the United States ; and whether any fur
ther provisions, and if any, what further pro
vision is necessary to be made by law for
the removal of such white persons from the
territories occupied, by the said Chickasaw
and Choctaw tribes of Indians.
Resolved, That the Secretary of War be
further directed to report to the Senate whe
ther, from any information in his possession
the missionaries and teachers of schools a-
mon„g the said Chickasaw and Choctaw
tribes, have used their influence with the
said tribes, to prevent a cession of their
lands, or any part thereof, to the United
States ; and also to dissuade the said tribes
from emigrating to the west of the Missis
sippi.
JOHN A. KING’S ACCOUNT.
We have several times alluded to an in
cident, which we now conceive it to be our
to state explicitly, that the people may
understand the manner in which affairs are
managed at Washington. No sooner did
Mr. Clay learn that Mr. Blair had introdu
ced his resolution, calling for John A. King’s
account, than he fleiv into a violent rage,
and declared that the Clerk who had dis
closed the fact should be dismissed.
It is unnecessary for us to say, that moqt
of the Clerks are poor; many of them have
families ; and all, Math scarce an exception,
are dependant tipon- their salaries for their
daily bread. IHsmission, to most, would
be disgrace and ruin. Determined to make
them feel his power, Mr. Clay called them
before him ; and having caused Kis, own
particular department to purge; themselves
of the heinous offence of speaking on this
'-V ' k. . ■ ■ f f , -fft .
England according to the late conve
with Great Britain^ agrees to jpAy iff^aj
faction of the claims under the first articil
the Treaty at Ghent, twelve hundred
four thousand nine hundred and sixty dol
lars, in current money of the'United States..
The half of this sum has already bejen re
ceived at Washington—the other hall* >$$11
be paid on tlio first of August in the present
year.
The Mobile Register of the 18th. inst.
states. New Orleans papers to the 11
were received yesterday. They contain in
telligence from Natchitoches of a revo’ution
in Texas. On the 10th ult. the united for
ces of JYacogdothes and Ayeh Bayou Had
declared.the province of Texas Free ao£
Independent of the United States of Mexico,
and hoisted a flag in Nacogdoches with Jl\p,
words “Liberty and Independence” oh it*-
It is said that a few days previous, six Iri-i
dian Chiefs, in that vicinity, held a coun^l
cil, and promised to assist—and 201 Indi
ans, principally jCherokees, had actually
jo>ned the hew party.* The new repqljjjfl
had been christened ‘ Republic of Free
and- their flag consists of a strj^
ofthe
hit©;
A letter from Washington, says that “ the
Bill for the relief 6f the Revolutionary offi
cers may be regarded as lost—and its fate
is-attributed to the indiscretion of those who
would not forego the opportunity of making
speeches on the occasion.” The subject
was too good a one for display, to be lost,
and Mr. Burgess, the mover is an orator,
so that it was quite impossible, no doubt, to
prevent said speeches, even though made’in
the first instance at the expence of the peo
ple in general, and in the second, the soldiers
of the revolution, who depended upon the
discretion of their friends. But what is all this
to your true speech maker, compared with
the display of solid columns in the news
paper at home, and the character of a great
man in every ale house on the road ?
L * Sav. Georgian.
Wc learn from the National Journal, that
there arc many important subjects yet pend
ing before the Committee of Ways and
Means; and that the actual labours of that
committee for the session have not yet been
very greatly diminished. Some of the ap
propriation bills have been reported, which
and white, e
tween the red'a^f
counts, received afr^atcKitoches^
a treaty entered into between - the insurj
and twenty tbrde 1 fribes of Indians,
tional Congress is to assemble at Nac-
chcs on the 1 st Mo aday in F ebruaty. 4* f
———— j
On the intelligent^ of some recent iitov&nents in
South America, almost all the papers in the union
have concurred In pronouncing Bolivar, the hero of
its emancipation, a traitor! We hope the defence of
him contained, in the following article, may prove
well founded.
Nothing has givrcius more pain than the
attempt, particula$£Hin this country, to'
throw a shade of suspicion over the charac-
terand views of Bolivar. Ws can pardon
it the more readily in our Countrymen, as it
has arisen from a^ praiseworthy spirit, jeal
ousy of power uncontrolled, and the charac- 1\
teristic national vigilance which sleeps not,
when their rights as freemen are in jeopardy.
—Certain it is that this Patriot’s powers
are greater than in Common hands would be
consistent with the interests of Liberty, and
the necessity of such powers is a subject of
extreme regret evei to Bolivar himself.
But we have been in the habit of looking be
yond the powers themselves to those caus
es, which have rendered their investment in
some proper individual, necessary and in
dispensable to the welfare of the country.
Those causes are briefty. these : The situa
tion of South America is and has been very
different from that in which we found our
selves at the commencement of our revolu
tion—They have been less united, were less
intelligent—were diatinguished for less pub-
J ~ virtue-—and on ali the great principles of
govbqnnent yrhich gffided the infant career,
andfin^lj^fcqmgj^ec theliherty bfthis coun
try, were, as toanypraciidal knowledge, in
a state of utter ignoraneqi Government
must have reference to the condition of the
people. They must be schooled in a prac
tical knowledge of their inferior rights and
duties, before they are capable of the high
est efforts of freemen—self-government.
The South Americans have, therefore, been
fortunate in finding an individual, of whose
virtue and wisdom they have entertained
such exalted sentiments, as they have of
Bolivar. This is no doubt the secret cause
which impels him, amid* cares, suspicions,^!
and dangers, to continue “ the insurporta-
ble burden of the Magistracy.” Bolivar can •
have no other object than the fame to be ob
tained from the imperishable liberties of his
native country. This his exertions have
been mainly instrumental in establishing ;
and his grateful countrymen are not blind
to the claims of confidence which his servi
ces have created. When has his ardent
zeal been cool—where has his untiring ex
ertions ceased 1 Such has been the ardor of
his patriotism and love of liberty, that he
has not been content with establishing the
“ rights of man” in his own native region
of the South American continent, but "has
traversed the mountainous district of Gren
ada, surmounted the snows of the Andes,
reposed beneath the deep shadow of the
lofty pumborazo, breathed the dusty air
of the Desert of Atacama; and emerging
from the shade of the .wilderness into the
delightful plains of the West, has pre^-ntdd ,
the bright charter of Liberty in one' hand,
and the avenging sword in the other, flash
ing confusion in the" face of Despotism'.
Peru and Chili have smiled with renovated
beauty beneath the light of freedom ; and
Spain has wept with tears of bitter remorse
the infatuated policy, which Jias tom from
her crown its richest and brightest jewels;
All this has been the result of the activity