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Of. the said lands sold, W it;OnsideAtAti. part WE'..e Con-
veyed - under extended PEredits, which in the - vi'
cissitudes and fluctuations in . the . value of lands,
and of their produce, became oppressively burdensome to
the purchasers. It can never be the interest or the po-
licy of the nation to wring from its oivn citizens the
reasonable profits 'of their 'industry and .enterprize, by'
holding them to the rigorous import' of disastront engage-
ments. In March, 1821, a debt of twenty-two millions
of dollars,• due by putthasers of the public lands, had
accumulated, which- they 'were unable to pay. An act
of Congress,. of the 2d of March, 382,1, came to their re-
lief, and has been succeeded by others,. the latest being
the Act of the 4th of May, 1826, the indulgent provisions
of which expired on the 4th of July last. The effect of
these laws has been to reduce the debt from the purL-
chasers, to a remaining balance of about .four millions
three hundred thousand dollara due ; more then three.:
fifths of which are for lands within the State of Ala-
bama I recommend to• Congress the revival and con-
tinuance for a further term, of the 'beneficieut accommoda-
tions to the public debtors, of that statute; sad submit
to their consideration, in the same spirit -of equity, the
.remission, under proper discrimations, of the forfeitares of
partial payments on account of purchase of the public
lands, so far as to allow of their ,application to other pay-•
ments. •

There are various other 'subjects of deep • interest to
, the Union, which- have herethfore ,been reeoul.
I mended to the consideration of Congress, as well by any
predecessors as, under the impression of the duties de--
volvieg upon me, by myself. Among these are -the debt
rather of justice tnan gratitude to the serving war-
riors of the Revolutionary war ; the extension of the
, Judicial Administration of the Federal Government, to
those extensive and important members of the Union,
which, hexing risen into existence since the organiza-
tion of the present Judiesary establishment, now eon -
stitute at least one third of its territory, power, and pis:
pulation ; the formation of a inore effective and uni-
form system for the' government of the ltiilitia. trial 'the
melioration, in some form or modification, of the di-
versified and often oppressive codes relating to Insol-
vency. Amidst the multiplicity of topic; Of great na-
tior.al concernment which • may recommend.- themselves
to the calm and patriotic deliberations of the Legisla-.
ture, it may suffice to say, that al! these, and other mea-
sures which may receive their sanction, my hearty co-
operation will be given, conformably to the duties enjoined
upon me, and und under the sense of all she obliations pre-
scribed by the constitution.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Washington, December 4, 1827.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.

(From the New York Stcitesmen of Friday Dec. 7, 1827.)
This long and interesting document appears to be
spoken of by all parties with -a due degree of modera-
tion. It is perhaps less exceptionable,: both in muter. and
manner, than :any of its predecessors., For aught we cats
discover from a cursory perusal, it presents a- fair view of our
foreign relations and tqe domestic state of the country. Both
are as prosperous, as the public had reason to anticipate
There is one ideaiu the paragraph relating to our claim upon
the French Government, which appeared-to us somewhat de
ficient in spirit and firmness. The President remarks, that
" the gallant and honourable spirit, which has at all times
been the pride and glory of France, will- not ultimately
permit the demands of innoeent ,sutkrers to be extin-
guished in the mere consciousness of the power to re-
ject them."

This is a handsome appeal to the justice and
magnanimity of the French government; but ought the
United States of America to concede to any foreign
state the " consciousness of the ponier to -reject "
equitable claims? With the domestic condition of the
country and its great interests, every citizen has reason to
he satisfied. Of some of the leading topics embraced
in the Message, we 8611 hereafter take occasion to speak.

DAPARTURE of the RUSSIAM AMBAS-
SADOR FROM CONSTANTINOPLE.

S'UN-OFFICE, Half-past Four.

It is confidently *reported on 'Change, that an
Express had arrived from Vienna, stating that
the Russian Ambassador left Constantinople on
the 4th Dec. for Odessa, and that the English
and French would leave in a few days.

FOUR o'CLOCK--CLOSING PRICES.
Consols, 84 i; Mexican, 45,1; Colon Ibian, 261 7.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TA TTERSALL'S.—DEc. SI .
The betti4 was not very brisk this day, and the odds
closed thus :--

DER/il".
15 to 2 agat Mr. Thornhill's Merchant
10 to 1 agst Hon. E. Petre's The Colonel (taken;
12 to I aget Duke of Rutland's Sorcery colt
16 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Druid
20 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Johanna Southeote colt
20 to 1 agat Mr. Thornhill's Shoveller colt
22 to I agst Lord Exeter's Folly colt
22 to 1 aget Sir J. Shelley's An;v colt
24 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Mat iner
25 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Omen (taken)
25 to 1 agst Lord Grosvenor's Finesse colt
25 to 1 'agst Lord Grosveoer's Larissa colt
50 to 1 agst Sir J. Shelley's 13arnardo (taken)
4GO to 200 the field agst 111erehatit, Colonel, Sorcery, and
Druid (taken)