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nrc'imstancc imhr rhkh the principil stales of llmope .ro cndeivorirr to remrn to a metallic currency Tor a century pat, tne currency ol" these sttc has been r;o:tlv iucreasCvl uy the employment of p i;ii'r, founded it is tar:, oiiiin liiy u; j;i ;v ni'jtlhc l);s. Duriiij; the 1 a twenty yea s, t'ns pa'vr has ceav:d M be t .i . r'i'). i a -;: rie ; and, as :v) s.'St n itic ciVirt- has !ecn in ;!c to prc-VC.-.l c ;rv.'ve hs,;.js, it has bcooinc

r'lu :! int. wd cini..,rpj.:ntl v, d-j-.ire-ci it M. X Kwhhaarhn- this depv;

' c. Mio r t;u producion of those can.n-! r the lands w Inch have been survcy-tr-s, V is b -s. vm!, have :i re rapid-s l'ir! district of Tcrre Haute, bely ii.cn -a- - U Hum taw of countries ! 'lu townships and fractional town- . ' ,.v . .1,: ,,.

V. a i.:;t.u:'.c ci: rcr.cv !.;" heen i pvvrv l. 'Tin first c Cor is t!ut ate sctious'r mnvh' bv t!; f.i to re tln la a nn:ta ne ear r ry, fill !)C repi-esM-Mm . !.'. ; i oi every tOCOVietVji. It f r;'s;cu that O.w currency t a: til t'un v other ar t .'!! must deprei iate in value. The ' Tns of t'.ls appreciation of moiv.'y v. id h- fi-t tnariifcstf?d iii those states hv the fall of iho price oi ail nrlicles n'h'c! r ;Mof be exoortcil. In the as-; of these measures, the nvice ! e ti able articb-s vi I also u ,rt?d, bv tV: r i.durt.ioo i:i the circ v cmp! ov e in c fiV cti't t ! ci r ex it is even p"I :b!e tirH tlxc r t i -j 1 i v f'f V tan rr .-.o'.e articles i b? di'tti;;; hcd. Wloisi th i -.'ion nfihe. rurrencv is p:i anV ih t pr. v v I van-in , t!r: rantifiictiver u ill I t i.:.. ....... l. : cani; in :'o iucmv a"- j i,. h f. r,r v' h U i ,n',,p.. ''in. rh mere a iii ao-!-c upT1' r" 1 1 1 r ! 'e.v ;vl of the i i : it nv.'-Mt. v tiri o.t oi f!' t . of re ndIt r v n or .bable I t i:t the mteres i too 'V l.i ft!' v .'ir;! Lie r;-y fl v sea r i pvmv v.i!! incessant. Under vc.h cmcimstanccs lo'tis wi'l .ivt b-1 tor toe.Rfe !P-:r;nrv. Xo'k will be deiao 'ed for the n-os. u'o:i of cntei rr'' by v.-hrch th.e n A,irr-V ,,no.fies f f t he cimmimif, will b. - j crease '1. ( To b n c o 71 i h: r d . ) T v 20, lc;o. ii tae KK uio Uu n tins district T'cr" so murh-virtue an;" repumican- ); wny were Lo.p.e ot them so ;!etiv(,- enrteed i:i (M-'pashiir am '.v,r:i tio-.vit tend to nische V r.tc. edicts r,f Hank v?" c!o scnte of their een- tU lumcs :p' 'ar in tavor of the re sole. - t'. -i rewiring ( ; m. T tv! for voting , c'r d-.l ; r? A'.d why did they ; i'itt-v.oL to p is a censure on the Ucu- ; r d Aiov ; K r.iv a 1 i)i i.imrs al this place s pla n .-at hert de, when it? vcll known t, trev have ahvavs pursued that jh ih y ? " Oon. Am fx, of Trt-TT m Hsoo, votee. ;.r uitt censunn iica. I avior. .t iN i.' A i k'i ! i Ij te S ' J . The f llonbi e'lt'.v. v' 1 e c.uidid uvs t)ecle':t.r.M c htld e.t the tjrst Monday irr 'V er it new : roft CO SCRF. "S u::u FN V. NT SON. 5 r a te i sars i. 4 r i r r e . f;v: . . c sn.T iv.x, 1U) F.KT S VlUiUS, JOSK; H WARNKR, THOMA II. IiL AKF. S'tRrirF k"X enrsrr. v w.iNTiF. j n?: dl.i:y, jo ;n 11. !) i'.nnon, jo. in im:ck,:h, saufi. pari?, JOHN SCOTT, and JAMES NAHM. COt' V T'r COM 1.' v " T r; y F. R 5 . JOHN OKLF.TKKi:, JOSEPH M'CLUKE. It will be i .V cried tYrevt the f dhvwhy -ytr ets fro.n the PreId .ait's Pre 1 on tti.ri. th t the Lards t-f v h it is r;.l!ed tire " A ::- f':trcKr:r'' ve to he brought inte market the c:.. i',,r; rrdnmn. At thee t i'es the a'-ientprrlst i. ill lave an op--v-u:Vitv cf selecting from as rieb a both of 1 md, and in is t-.:;e a ehtnatr as the 1're.ted States :i:Trd, aluaUhy and pleatant resilience. T'ae Late law of Concuss, which we p thlish to-d iv, m "U sb v tle a Ive.ntat -i teviis i;i wh-eh thf,se v ; c:i" 'nc't ilti'i;l : and th . o nrth' t'olv vem nii;rte fre.i the North -'.ml I". tst, will f nd vi th-'.t p rt o th 4 t"art we.u !i Tes "in this vt -'da I'eoas better eel iptee! tlu ir constioi: "s t- v in any part o: the c ntrv wt t of Oaio. 44 At I) lawave. in Ohio, on the first iWondays in Am and October net, for the sale of t' latids which have been surveyed in tie? ilistt ict of Pel;m are, heine; 45 townships and fi actional townihpH " At Pi pib in Oliio, on the fits' !oudiv in September next, lor the lialeofthe lands which 5m e ben su. veyed in the district cf Pi jua, btinb

tov.Tiohips and fractional town-

(ships. i "At Brookvillc, in Indiana, on the first Monday in October next, for the lands which have been surveyed in the district of Urookvillc, being 36 townships and fractional townships." At JetFeraonvillc, in Indiana, on the first Monday in' August next, for the lands la'cly surveyed in the dis trict of Jeffersonvillc, beini; 27 townships and fractional townships." " At Tcrre Haute, in Indiana, on tllc r'rst Monday in September next, &,,m 4 At lldwardsvillc, in Illinois, on the first inonday in October next, for the lands iatclv surveved in the disU ict of Ivhvaulsvillc, being 33 township and it actional townst ips " u At Arkansas, in the territory of A-kaosas, on l lie first Mondays of Aurut and October next, for the lan Is surveyed in the district of Arkansas, bcin;;53 township and fractional townships." c At Jackson, in Missouri, on the srro,u Monday in September next, i'r me nnas surveyed m tne District of ('ape Girardeau, being thirty-five townships and fractional townships."" " At Franklin, in Missouri, on the first Monday in November next, for the L:m d i in the ?J Hilary Itounlv tract ( north of t'va Missouri river.) which r,uu t i t be (itstnbuted to soldiers, ne!i;ir c iK nuartcr sections and "'.-, ..j lru( tin ts, too small or too ianre for bou;.tv lots.' 44 At C'ahaba. in Alabama, on the

fifir;t Mundav in November next, for

; tie' lots in the towns of Claiborne and an 1 -''son, and tor townships 12 ana 17 m vanc 0, r.nd for township 13 in :.n?, 19, which were advertised l-u not ofiered for sale in March, bS JO " cck and no iom;cr ; and each sale eill commence, with the lowest num o r oi oi or section, lownsnip ano I lii.V MUM J ' t . V I III tWlLAItll Oil IIIV'l ical order. The lands reserved bv I law for the use of schools, or for othcr purposes, will, as usual, be icserv ed from sale." AN ACT ! Making further provision for the sale of tin Public Lands. He it enacted bu the Senate and House of RefircstHfafivcs of the Utii ted Stages o J'slm erica in Congress as semblvd That from and after the first day of ru!y next, ail the public lands of the United States, the sale of which is, or may be, authorized by law, shall, when offered at public sale, to the highest bidder, be ottered in half quarter sections ; and, hen offered at privatc sa!C( may be purchased, .. . . . ... J , . , at the optioti of the purchaser, cither hi entrie sections, half sections, quarter sections, or half quarter sections ; and in every case of the division of a quarter section, the line for the division thereof shall run north and spilth, and the corners and contents of half quarter sections, which may thereafter be sold, shall be ascertained in the ma iner, and on the princii pics, diicctcd and prescribed by the second section of an act. entitled 44 An act concerning the mode of suivey-ing-the public lands of the United Statf ," passed on the eleventh day o! Ft binary, ehtcen hundred and five ; and fractional sections, con taming one hundred and sixty acres, or upwards sh.albiniike manner, as neatly as practicable be subdivided into half quaiter sections, under such uilcs and regulations as mav be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury ; but fractional sections, containing less than one hundred and sixty acres, shall not be dixided, but shall be sold entire ? Provided, That this section shall not be construed to alter any special provision made by law for the sale of land in town lots. Sec. "2. i?id be itfurtfur exacted That credit shall not be allowed for the purchase money on the sale of any ol the public, lands which shall be sol 1 after the first day of July next. but every purchaser of land sold at public sale thereafter, shall on the day of purchase, make complete payment the tfor ; and the purchaser at prix ate sale shall produce to the register ol the land office, a receipt from the Treasurer of the United States, or from the receiver of public moneys ol the district, tor the amount of the put chase money on any tract, before he s! all enter the same at the lane otVtc" ; and if any prrson, bcincr tin .behest bidder, at nubile sale, for . tract of land, shall fail to make pay ment therefor, on the day on vvhicl e same was purchased, the tract sh-iH be arain ollVteJ at public salt v. the next (by of ale, and such per son shad not be capable ofecommti hff purchaser of that or any other M art ofTTed at such public sales. cc. " J'td be it further enacted f iiat, from and aft r the first day o:

July next, the price at which the pub

he lands shall be ottered for sale, shall be one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre ; and at every public sale, the highest bidder, who shall make payment as aforesaid, shall be t:ie purchaser ; but no lands shall be sold, either at public or privatc sale, for u less price than one dollar and twentyfive cents an acre ; and all the public kinds which shall have been offered at public sale before the first day of July next, and which shall then remain unsold, as well as the lands that shall thereafter be offered at public sale, according to law, and remain unsold at th close of such public sale, shall 1 subject to be sold at private s:le, L, entry at the land office, at one doiiai and twenty-five cents an acre, to be paid at the time of making such cntr as aforesaid, with the exception, however, ot the lands xvhich may have reverted to the United S'ates, for failure in payment, and of the heretofore reserved sections for future disposal cf Congress, in the states of Ohio and Indiana, which shall be offeied at public sale, as hereinafter directed. Sec. 4. stand be it further enacted, That, on lands which have rexcrtcd, or which shall hereafter revert and become forfeited to the United States for failure in any manner to make payment, shall, after the first day of July next, be subject to entry at private sale, nor until the same shall have been first offered to the highest bidder at public sale ; and all such lands which shall have reverted before the said first day of July next, and xvhich shall then belong to the United States, together with the sections, and parts of sections, heretofore reserved for the future dispoi al of Congress, xvhich shall, at the time aforesaid, remain unsold, shall be o fie red at public sale to the highest bidder, who shall make payment, therefor, in half quarter sections, at the land ofiicc for the respective districts on such day or days as shall, by proclamation of the President of the Uunitcd tates, be designated lor that purpose ; and all lands which shall rercrt and be come forfeited for failure of payment after the said first day of July next, shall be offered, in like manner, at public sale, at such time or times as the president shall, by his proclamation, designate for the purpose : Previdedy that no such lands shall be sold at any public sales hereby authorized for a less price than one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, nor on any other terms than that of cash payment ; and all the lands offered at such public sales, and which shall remain unsold at the close thereof, shall be subject to entry at privatc sale, in the same manner, and at the same price, with the other lands sold at privatc sale at the respective land offices. Sec. 5. And be it further enaccd, fhat the several public sales author ized by this act, shall, respectively. be kept open for two weeks, and no longer; and the Registers of the Land Ofiicc, and the Receivers of public monev, khall each, respectively, be entitled to five dollars for each day's attendance thereon. Sec. 6 And be it further C7:vctcd1 That, in every case hereafter, where two or more persons shall apply for the purchase, at private sale, of the same tract, at the same time, the Re gister shall determine the preference, by forthwith offering to the highest bidder. II. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Rep. JOHN OAILI.AR1), President of the Senate, pro tern. Washington, April 24, 1S20. Approved, JAMES MONROE. REJECTION OF THE SPANISH TREATY. "Washington City, April 23. We have been informed from a source on w hich we can rely, that in consequence of an adherence of the Spanish cabinet to thecxtensivegrants ofTlorida lands assigned to the Duke de Alatana ar.d Rurcn Rostro, not having been relinquished in tl-c treaty of xvhich (Jen ives, is the bearer to our government and which we arc told had been signed bv l'erdinand, that the President of the Uni'eil Sates has not only rejecttd the Treaty but also refused to re. civc (ico Vives as the minister from Sjuain These facts arc expected o be communicated to Comrrcs3 forthwith. C. Gazette. Enquiries bavinp; been repeatedly made of lis respecting the Mithcn'icity of the rcpoits in circulation of an interruption of the intercom se between our government and the Spanish Envoy Extraordinary, vc think it proper to say we have heard nothing confirmatory of these reports; and that, from all we can learn, they arc, to say the least of them, fircviature. .Vat. Int. Several of the Members of the House of Representatives have ob

tained leave of absence, and somcf The bill f r clothing the r.rry to uhavp nlrrrtr n tir i.rrl !,ninv "I iiic ' nicstic. lriaT.ufr.c t';!i? iris hct i :.na--r. d

circumstance would seem to indicate the expectation of a protracted sesaion of Conors. ib. wasiiixctc::. Ami. 2?. The bill for ;;icrtas,;i' ceita.a i l the hites on go eds imported from furt'g'i ov.ntnes, cnnouiM.iy called the '1 er.!i ridi, o-X'ipks the :it-ntton c f the II ".. Representatives ; the b'.il fe.r re.'ul.tthe n..,(!o f puing these ('e.uics, hh.tt is, req'r.t lag the (Uuks on ac nsh: rah'.e prt.-n e,t th imported artx'es .e:iccfe,rth to be paid in eesli,) ivn. e n put u-'t!e for the present, m oia'.ert how cf tin il decision in th;t H. on the

1 ur:!lm'J K' 1 cur in?l;-:iGa thatste,:n-br;'.t, uhtic the

r.iriT It'i I ti t!i ' TTi-uv.. ,.f iej)resentatives ,u me present i-cs-e.or. is tate in the Senate, however, is cu-h-. ly nuitfer of coujeeture. We begin te. htuht whether the other hill, for ciuu ue.tg the nioue r.f collecting the hr-pOtt V iaties v;b be conclus:velv acted on i.t die jiresent sessien in either Il'-ose. THE TARIFF. Tise bill to rcguV.te- the Tariff cf du ties on Imports ;mu1 tonnage lues :.i ler.gih passed, m the Ilouse ol Kenreseiitatix t s, th.et ordeal which usuallx trits cnchilaborious iit ir.r of ir.-rc tlr.n nine hour. J V. I VI IV- t Ii Ifi lilt. III USV. .VI It I t the bill was last reht ( relercd te la e.. grossed ano read a third tnue, hy a de eiih d a te, aiid is cf course, at that staa, v. hi.di precludes further an;' irnnect, in the Iloaseiii which it orivhiated. ib. I.OCISVILI.F, KY. ?IAV 10 S:'Virr Jla'd Morn;. During the I ias -veek th'-s place Wits vlsitedbv two verx se ere real storms : t.K oae on be.j.cue. evening last, was accompanied bv cenva"iera!)le x ir.d, xlu;!i has done r.uu daiiiai'-e to tne s-n ! I !"!! th n If! ' f, 11 :re:eit iLn appropriat'o:t i five thous:.nd dol lars h".s i.jeeii i.iade by Coe.e;! e f ee mi-.-'ni.e; a survey, te.!ps :.nd chartef ibe O.iio and MibMssipp,-, f- ooi the Fel: this place, to the H dize, for t!ie puq;osof faciliiating and asecrt;.iii;.i.i; the ,4.: .-a practicable'" mede cjf iuaprox ii.;: the navi gation of those rivers. Also, tour thrusand f.ve handled dollars fur making ,t survey of ihe water courses tribe.ta-y and west of the Mississippi, and tuos tributary to the sanie river and r.oith west of the Ohio. ib. A LEX A N Dill A, ATRIL 26. The trial ol ll'itli.m Unvix for the murder of Pambt rt Putter, came on before the citcuit court of tins district on Monday last, and, alter a tedious investigation before a ciowdcd audience, and considerable argument bv ihc attornits the jury lclircd be tween 4 and 5 o'clock, and ir. about a haif an hour returned a v relict of wilful murder ! Jon s-, for the com -monxveaU'n Maaon and Pendall tenths prisoner. Smith Davis, has been convicted before the Circuit Coin t of the V. at NcwJTork of an attempt o rob the mail. The testimony was so positive,' that the jury jravc their verdict with-i out reunng nom tiuir sejits. Cin. Inquisitor. It is stated that Commodore DECATUR was in the 41st year of his ae. One of the old sailors, at hi, funeral, said, The mainmast cf the navy is I'jst " ib.

GROCj5!4I2s-i, The subscribtr has just received fr-jm XE Jl'-OIx LF.AXS an shscrtner.: r r GROCERIES.

ConrJsling of the following Articles :

Best Green Coffee, Imperial, ) HvsoncS- y TE TEAS. Young Hyson, j Chocolate. Jjoaf and Brown Sugar, jMadeira, Tcnerifle, Slicrrv,; Port &' Claret, Wines. Cogniac Biandy, Jatna'b'a spirits. !New Hngiaiul Hum, Holland Cin, Porter, iSIohtsFrs, llaiins ; Cimajnnn, JCuimrjxs, Alraonds,

All of which will he sold low for C. IS If. AViLMAM BUBTC IT. MAY UK 1820. tfio iY. sill ivhn haje lew:? sfand!it accounts, arc carnally rc queried to call and close their accounts inimvdialcli;. Vm.B.

i.i the mo .te, f-S to v .1)1 the i'-n

" the.t tre sur.e ear. be pr cervti at t c ante ft-irex r.s ivm! ot ihr s:in.t k i i htv ; '.re Lr't n urih fcuris. lav.rvr cv.z r v to ir.e cxpvi.ic M cf transpcrt-fe n. 'F!;e 1 .lit N t: ;ual Intell gtnccr 5( ggests the nee -sky of a r.gio cccr.i u y, n-ooi a d rtuie.ty tht re w iii 'nt a deficiency r.f reveieae tee fe;vcr: I ) v:r, .vliicli ni'ii be suppli d by n r'urti'a )t t!it an.'.'T.t cf the Sh .hint: V u-.i'l, by hr;;:s, cr b y ir.urcM tax: ticu." A le.ige numb rof the not Ci ;.' '.arable n.erchantsi.f Nslivi;le, Tt i.i hue iMii.ed the n.t rrhants : -J u us poi o seen a. n liar;tu;:e to m n is r I el s (.0 not ;'jrrer to j ( ." w t the u:i.-i : c et freight hi ' ' d C:rrei;t bank notes f the state of T u s- e. ": d. I-rgal A; iVuunirnt T!c Lgisoi I': ns :v;u; a i.-s pess-u a i I. aw, nioviuiitL! lor the aninvi- f m nt of pciSH.al at.d nvi otate tai.ei i'r debt, an.! prohibiting t- e sIe rf t.ucli pronertv lor itss than tw id t f its appraise d veduc. Tl:el 'v is limited to oi.e e ai S dm aiii.n uuo is t.ot extench al 'o inv oe nis v men co"?r ciu a'.o r Aiu'U-:' ne?;t. -'71 1. 9, .0m m w t . , B m - . (. ' i x. 1 til . 1 ii I it '' 1 1 N , MI'.-RY KL A I. K. T IT T . - T f Tf y f in conjurcuon. 1.. t..e t ;.mcs 'in, Dubr.i are! Pike . ai d li. the- up' tiuc Ch'int (.'i i ot then, v :. . at all times be i- iuul in tbt-ir ( Din at Vashinv;:on, except e'.uem.; the m's i.u r.f courts. A'i orders iir-d rt,XVJ. VA.'Vl.VG xvili be reunclu ily etttnCc.'. ; Was:!Zt n, A:-ii iC 20 y!l' iQH The sub:-r. ibe r havir op ucd t"0 floors above Mi .n's Store, fu rs for sale a onaut .. of CWL ' (ill., by the ba.iel or oli w m ("inn9 lVincn ! hnvc !: viler ( 7 . ee ! M m IB rr Dried . tjp!e$) Tclatco f V. and o'.hc: a ticks :nl : C.wr jv in c. jiso GRiyitToyns Wm TIli.i-SD.'.l L. rincew a, M:v t2 1H2". 3w i 1 iiai I1, ,v f . i rp?III. is to io cxarr: ah pe's r.s frr.n t a:!inf; -.vithmv wife Fl-.R-MLLA PII Li.iJ S, as I am t'etvrntiite f! not to pay anv dt bts i iicr conti uetini; unless c o p( , bv iav. -e she has left my bed : ne beard without ny just cause or r.:,voc..:o:i. JO. N PHILLIPS. Sfiringfcld. Posey cy. la j siprd 2irh 1820. 5 2t3r V J I I I I V J lifui.i.a, Kur.x (' nutv TT,,. .,iyi To-v'nsH J KV:N Ul' bv i . K:,(.x cn V'To xv'.t: . sen's crc k. a hi Vht s v ?.I h.t.r ) ears eld, bdife e. P . .uu - . : tail, s iddle-mark--1. a m. 11 whit'- t on the left sale f her i.eck hr. percf ; ableApt iscd te f 40 by Jaceib Ihmc ike 'cf William V A C (.) Ttt Win. (;AMI.LF, J. Th IT. T. Fe!). 20 i :0. 19--s s s s s s s s s s , V s s s s s s s s s s s s V s s V s shad, Mack end, Dried Herring, Pepper ; Allspice, Ginger, Ailum, Indigo. Co)peja5, Spani?li Brown. Spanish Whiting, "White Lead, ground in oil. Spirits of Turpentine, Logwood, Iron, Cut Xai!-? assorted. T? t , ( .1 1 1 nai!. Tra-'e Ch.ains, ?tlt!tard, Spaniit Cigar?, snuff, Salt IYln P.iw der. leud, anil shot, . IV imto, e,