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Vs® 4m 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. B t' > Athens. Fefo. 9, 1827- \ ' 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