Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-10-02

clamation, directing sales public lands
to be held at Shawaneetown, as follows
On the first Monday of December next,
Townships to 4, in range E. of the Sd prin-
cipal meridian.
Townships to 6, in range 2, do.
OF, do. 3, do.
to Z, do. 4, do.
On the first Monday of February next,
Townships to Z in ranges 5 and L. Of the
Sd principal meridian.
Townships to Z, in range 7 e. do.
to 5, do do.
On the first Monday of April next,
Townships l to 5, in ranges 9, TO- and II, E. of
the Sd principal meridian.
Townships l 10 +, in range IA, w. of the ID
principal meridian.
Townships 2 to 7, in range Is, do.
5 TOT, do. u, do.
Except such lands as have been, or shall be
reserved by law, for schools or for other pur-
poses. The lands shall be offered in regular
numerical order, commencing with the lowest
number of section, township, and range and
each sale shall continue three weeks, and no
longer.
The editors of the Shawaneetown and
kaskaskia papers are mistaken in saying
that the above lands include those of the
Sangamo. The lands of that fine por-
ton of the state have not been surveyed.
A destructive fire took place in Mays
Vile on the morning of the 4th ult.
About IL houses, principally small
frame buildings, were destroyed. The
whole loss is estimated at about S 1000,
but it is thought the appearance of the
town will be ultimately improved by it.
Colonel Nathan Towson, of the az
my, and one 81 the most distinguished
officers in the late war, has been ap-
pointed Paymaster General of the army,
in the place of Robert Brent, Esq. re-
signed on account of i'll health.
Lorenzo Dow has returned from Eu-
rope, and has been preaching lately in
Rhode Island.
Paul Allen, Esq. is preparing for the
press Biography of the Signers to the
Declaration of independence, accompa-
MED with plates: to which will be an
nexed, history Of the proceedings of
congress during the passage of the law,
and the declaration itself, with fac smile
engravings of the signatures. 1t is to be
comprised in ten numbers, of $50 pages
each, at the price of $3.50 per No. or
half volume.
The young ladies of Montgomery
courty, New-York, have offered a gold
mounted hair watch-chain, as a premium
for the best essay on agriculture.
A 1aftnr frn,,, port Dr,,, nc who
the defeat of M'Gregor at Porto Bello,
to the intoxicated state of his own troops,
and the detection of one of his officers,
who deserted his standard and conducted
the enemy into the town.
The London papers mention that the
printing establishment of Messrs. Bens-
ley * Son, in London, had been destroy
ed by fire. Whole loss estimated at
one hundred and thirty thousand pounds
sterling. Only thirty thousand pounds
sterling was insured.
The votes in Maine on the question of
separation from Massachusetts were,
For separation, 1901
Againstit, 1882
The third Monday of September was
appointed for the election of members of
a convention to frame constitution, who
are to meet for that purpose at Portland,
on the second Monday of October.
The convention of Alabama completed
the constitution of that state on the Cd of
September. The first election for state
officers was to take place ON the third
Monday, and following day, in Scptem-
Der; and the first session of the legisla-
ture to be held at Huntsville on the first
Monday in October. VIM. w. Bibb, the
territorial governor, is candidate for that
office under the state constitution; and
Henry Chambers and John Crowell are
candidates for Representatives to con-
gress.
Col. H. H. Bryan is elected to con-
gress, in the 9Th district of Tennessee,
instead of Robert Mack, as stated in the
Spectator of the 18th ut.
The Hon. Jonathan Russell, late min
lister from the United States to Sweden,
arrived at Boston on the 18th August.
LOSS OF THE UNITED STATES SCHR.
FIREBRAND.
1t is stated in the New Orleans Gazette
of the 4th Aug. that commodore Patter-
son mad received by a despatch boat
from the bay Of St. Louis, letters from
an officer announcing the loss of the
Firebrand, near the Pass Of Christiana,
In dreadful hurricane during the night
Of the 2lst of July. Of AS persons on
hoard the Firebrand, it is supposed that