Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 54, Richmond, Wayne County, 2 April 1825 — Page 4
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Resolutions have been unanimously pas4e(j by the legislature of New-York, approving of the administration of our late tcueraWe Chief Magistrate. The Par ton papers state that twentyone flat-boats left that place and neighborhood, between Saturday and Tuesday moruinc$ lsti bound for New-Orleans. The following i given as a tolerably correct estimate of their loading: 7,500 bids, flour, 700 do. pork, 250 do. whiskey, 30 do. linseed oil, 70 kesjs tobacco, averaging 170 jf,;. each; 350 do. lard, 100 do. butter, 18,000 lbs. bacon, &c. John M'Affec was executed at Dayton, cn Monday last, pursuant to the sentence cf the court, for the murder of his wife.
From the Baltimore Patriot. President .Monroe's accounts. Among the papers communicated to the committee of congress, to whom was referred the president's message relative to his accounts, km a document containing a detailed statement of his transactions with the government frm the commencement of his public life. This expose shows satisfactorily to cur minds that Mr. Monroe has just claims on the government; and we have no doubt but those claims will be promptly and properly attended to. The document take up seven columns and a half of the National Intelligencer, and is therefore too long for our columns at the present moment. In the mean time we make the folding extract to show the unceremonious manner in which the feelings of Mr. Monroe have been handled. Extract of a statement f President Monroe to the committee. "Having presented, above, a view of my claims on the government, in my several . --i.v e to Europe, I have now to invite o f ... ?! . ..i.'i. cover : . . . . . r" v ; ,i l Ac fr-.m the - t ; 7:'m, to f !o- pr'nl ir.n', r ir..trtim 1 nn lift, in which rvc -;'v inter' st. ;. iuwtipatec. -.uiil.i turnout rigour. There i rio occurrence which mav not he sifted lo the bottom. by authentic and original documents, or by living testimony. Let both be appealed to. All my books and paper hank and others are open to your inspection, and in questions ofdoubt, if there any. I t those of the opposite party be rt far red to. "I am induced to invite this inquiry by rea-o; which appear to me to he conclusive. Daring the two last sessions of con pns. ronirnittf.es were appointed to invests ite the s ,le of public lots, in this city, by Colonel Line, late superintendant of public huildn g, to whom the business had been committed. The chairman of those C' rmri.Ures occupied himself, in each seso;, hv a;i investigation of mv conduct, not a a purchaser of public lots, for i had r.ver purcha-ed any, but in the disbursement of the furniture fund, and in other transactions of a private tiutuceto which tr.e power of the committee did not extend. Although apprised of this irregular proceeli:.g, ar.d of its object, I nevertheless regarded it. I was aware that errone0Us "nj)resiions might be formed, and susfmion excited by it. to m) piejudice, but still this was a mortification which I could avoid, and was doomed to suffer. Knowing the ground on which I stood, in the discharge ofmypuldic duties, a? to intention at least, I consoled unselfwith the rellection that it could onl) be temporary. A message was at length sent to me by the chairman of the committee, to inquire ;hether I would attend the committee, to g'e such explanations as might be required on those points; or, if I should decline the invitation to attend, whether I would fclve the explanations, in writing, in anwerto a letter which he might address to nj?, for the purpose. My reply was exPhi it, that I would neither attend the committee noransw eranv letter which he might pJress to me, on the points to which he ,la'l extended his investigation; that if the committee wished explanation, touching arJ part of my public conduct, they must set it through congress, and before the jWion, where I was willing and prepared J them. , With what afterwards ocurred,you are well acquainted. It is for e reasons that I invite your attention ; lis subject, aiv " .r s..nuirv to be exteude'
ioltv011 PRfrtiiiiity. before my retirement, to give all the explanations which any case may require." J Washington, March 10. 1 he Inaugural address of the President has had the most happy effect upon all parties. The sentiments it avows are so truly national, and in such perfect unison with public opinion throughout the country, that so far as we have? seen, with the ex eeption of two newspapers, the National Intelligencer of this city, and the Colum bian Observer of Philadelphia, both of which preserved an entire silence on the subject, it has met with the most unqualified approbation not onlv from th irwwdi.
ate friends and advocates of the President, ; but from those also who were prepared to ; find in it something obi ertinmihlr Tim
has his first public act destroyed all foundation for an opposition to his administration; it has shown that his friends were not mistaken in their views of the rrreat nrincinles
by which he would be governed; and has convinced those who had opposed his ele ! vation, that their objections to him were j! groundless. What may not be expected ' from such an honorable termination to a'j contest which had continued so long, and -j produced so great an excitement througli- i
out the Union? JXat. Journal.
Few acts of Congress can be of more general interest than that which we now publish, consolidating and rem ulding the legal provisions for the regulation of the Post Office Department. Every man who reads a newspaper, or writes a letter, is interested in this bill which is but one of the several evidences of the business character of the late congress. The new provision are not many, but there are some, Members of Congress, for
example, are to enjoy the privilege ofj! franking for sixty days, (instead of thirty,) ji
pre eumg ana following eacn session oi Congress. Printers are expressly author ised to send printed or w ritten notes of their acc. tints to their subscribers, instead of being prosecuted therefor, as has been attempted. The p Ok-l ineni for roih ry and embezzh ient of letter.-" is made omei at proportionate to th magnitude and eiK..iity of the oifencc, not speak of the pun hment devised for undue curioslt, or 'prying into aretl-r's hu : r c ' I'lw. : . -.- imposed l,j the law, wincii, we rattier susp t, w ill make many Postmaster feel to see .r'xis ptl.-e 1- .-:f .
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by said chiefs, so that the whole of v nuity may remain in the nation, and vided amongst them." (See acts, 16th congress, page 37) This missionary mania disorders thing; it despoils us of our property our reputation: it corrupts the public and the principles of morality it inh. poison into domestic life, destroying i virtues and perverting the best afTecth of our wives and children it debases ali the ruler and the ruled, the civilized at the savage. American Eagle The twelve million loan. The Actin Secretary of the Treasury has given ne tice that books will be open at the Treasv rv of the United States, and at the sever Loan offices, on the first day of April ne?and continue open until October follow ir for receiving subscriptions to the anion of twelve milious of dollars of the Six p cent. Stock of 1 023. agreeably to the pr visions of a law of-Congress, of the 3d ins W'lich authorizes, upon a subscription this Stock, and a surrender of the cert; cates of the stock so subscribed, the iss:. to the subscribers new certificates equ.'i amount to the stock subscribed, hear interest not exceeding four and a half cent, per annum, payable quarterly fi the 31st December next. No part of Stock can be redeemed bv the govemme befiro Dec. 31, 1823, and, not more thai, one-half before Dec. 31, 18 29. The subscriptions may be made by the proprietors of the Stock of 1813. either in person, or by their attornevs, duly authorised t subscribe and transfer it to the United Slates.
We understand that a T ty, Concluded at the India? Springs, fourteenth of February, 1825, between the United States and the Creek nation of Indians, was yesterday ratified by the President. By this Treaty, the Creek Indians agree to cede to the United States ail the lands K ing within the boundary of the State of Georgia, occupied by said nation, or to which STid nation a claim; and, also, all rtu-f !,i-,d whiui ihey now occupy, or to which they have title or claim, lying north and west of a line to be run from the first principal falls upon the Chatauhoache Rivei above Cowetau town, to Oefuskee ''J To -:, ujM.ri the Tallapoosa, thence to the Falls oftheCoosau River, at or near a place called the Hickory Ground.
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other pro 'ion, rso Post rn .t r i3 nereaftor to be contrai. .. .. c- ..cerr.ed incarringany mail. Tiiis. also, is certainly a very proper regulation. S'd, Intel. Choctaw annuity. Our national government, in order to secure the Indians against the superior cunning and frauds of civilized men, provided, very wisely, that no individual should be allowed to purchase their lands reserv ing that privilege exclusively to the government. But ihe wit and wisdom of our rulers was not a match for the ingenuity of the clergy. Though the lands were safe from the missionary grasp, the money and the annuities, paid by government for their purchases, were left to the free disposal of the Indians,
and have been eagerly seized !v the land!
pirates of our country. I shall refer hut to a single instance stupeuduous for its magnitude, and alarming to the nation itself, from the bearing it must have upon the peace of the Indian tribes. Bv a treaty with the Choctaw Indians, our government bound itself to pay that tribe 6,000 dollars a year for 1G years, and 5,000 dollars for an additional year. The missionaries at Elliot persuaded the Indian chiefs to make over the whole of this annuity, amounting to one hundred and one thousand dollars, to them! It seems that the tribe disapproved of the conduct of their chiefs: but there was no remedy the missionaries had obtained the grant, and refused to relinquish it. The discontents increased so alarmingly, that government was obliged to interfere, and actually made provision for paving the annuity tw ice over. The incredible weakness of government, (for all governments are weak when encountered by superstition,) in thus suffering itself to be cheated, robbed, swindled, should not be proclaimed without the best of proof: that we have, in a treaty concluded with the Choctaw tribe, article viii. "To remove any discontent which may have arisen in the Choctaw nation, in consequence of 6,000 dollars of their annuityhaving been appropriated granted to the missionaries annually for 1 6 years, by some of the chiefs, for the support of schools, the commissioners of the United States oblige themselves on the part of the said stales. ' npart an additional tract of good
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I he demand (or domestics especn.-hy, was so brisk, that it i? said some ofour principal houses were nearly emptW d of goods. This is but the commencement of a better state of things. In a few weeks the Schuylkill will be navigable to Mount Carbon, and then we shall have as much coal a can possibly bedeviled. The difficulties of navigation have been all that has prevented tbf working of the coal mines by individuals. These are now removed, and individual capital and enterprise will there find profitable employment. In the year 182G, or at furthest in" 1827, the Union Canal will be completed, and will open to us an extensive trade with the country on the Susquehanna. About the same time the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal will he finished, and greately increase our trade with Maryland and Virginia. O ily "let us alone" for about twenty years. Leave us to the enjoyment of peace for that period. Save us Irorn monopolies and the needless multiplication of corporations: save us from unnecessary restrictions, and too much legislation: from contrivances to grow rich without labor, and
to pay debts without money. Save us from j
these evils, and altera reasonable lapse oi time, all will be right again. Gaz.
r.. siime a mock clergyman, gave out the 133d psalm, long metre, which was sur g to a variety of tu es, but chietly "auld Grimes i'dead.'' lie also " read a portion of scriptirre from the 109th psalm, from the 8th to t fie 16th verse." What are a religious and m-iral community to think of this awful profanation of Almighty God? Pittsburgh M rcury. The first export of wool from England for two centuries, took place in December last; fifty hags of coarse wool were exported to this country ; the export of wool has been prohibited for two hundred vears tu England, until the last session of Parliament, when a bill was passed allowing the export of wool on the payment of a duty of one penny per pound; under t hi - act the above export took place. Am. Farmer From th- N,itn;il G;izj-tle. Mexico. Tne first Congress of the Mex'can Union, under the new constitution, was assembled in the mo th of January. The two branches the Senate and Moure oi l nioM- ntatu w !: doni, 1 .-
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New YotiK, March 12. During the 48 hours ending at 12 o'clock last night, no less than 83 vessels arrived at this port from sea many of them ships of the largest class, and all with valuable cargoes. The constant influx of property to this market, excites the astonishment of even those who have been most extravagant in their calculations as to the rapid growth and prosperity of this city.
Police Court. On Wednesday, Samuel Cartwright was brought to the bar on complaint of Solomon Twist, constable for being a common drunkard. It was stated by the complainant and his witnesses, that Cartwright was a habitual drunkard and abused his wife when under the influence of liquor. It was added that on a late occasion he was not only abusive to his wife and child, but destroyed the furniture of the house, and committed other outrages. Cartwright, in defence, said, that although he was a hard labouring man, yet his wife as if hs rras a iaau of
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Feb.) oi,- ; v . - '-This m5t gloriwos Uios the same elTt'et for our inch pt-!.denrf the affair of Saratoga produced fio i-. u hie United State. The natioi s f 1 rope will now be convinced that Spain has no longer any resources for the object of subduing us.. Throughout the vast xtent of America, the flag of Spain floats oil the walls of Callao and S. Juan de Ulua alone, and it will soon disappear entirely." A subscription has been opened in Mexico for the relief of the Spanish Constitutionalists in England.
AUGUST ELECTION.
CANDIDATES for governor. Isaac Bhu kfud, Janu s B. Kay. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. John II. Thompson, Samuel Milroy, Eliha Harrison. SENATOR FOR UNION A'D FAYETTE. Ross Smiley, M u ii M. Kayf REPRESENTATIVE FOR FAYETTE. Newton ( 'lay poi I. SHERIFF FOR UNION. Asa Cooper, 11. il. Brandenburg, William E. Elkin, Saml. H. Jem -h gs, George Newland, Thomas MrMeans.
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THE NOTED HORSE PROUD AMERICAN, 'ITTTILL, the ensiiinf? scmsoii, st onl the three fait rV days in each week at the stable of IVijiiel Ha ul, in Richmond ; :ud (he balance of the time at the stable of the subscriber on F.IUhorn. For terms and pedigree ?ee biH. DANIEL CLARK. 3.1 month 25, 1825. 53 CHEST' R BALL, WILL stand th ensuing keason, at Newport, at Jueoh Grave's, and at the stable of Joho C. Kihby in Richmond. For times and rates see hill. WILLIAM WAY. March 25, 1 625. 53 NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of JONATHAN L. OR VK decea?nl, are h. r, In requested to eoiue forward and make immediate payment. And all persons hating claim against said estate are required to present ibem, legalfy autlu . ticated fcr settlement, within one year I nun I In! date. LYMA ORAVn, Executrix. I JACOU GitAVE, Executor. 3d month 3Ut, 1C25. 5fr3t