Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-08-03

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| IA men. Her cap!aiuis Elisha ID. Brown.
She sailed from Baltimore on the 27th
March; has Buenos Ayrean com o,tSs,un.
No. ~, dated oath June, 1918, TO cruise
Tor one year, aud sigaed h, Jose Iriroyen
and Juan Martin Pueyredom. The 'riEre
sailed from Laguira on the 9Th March,
WIN cargo OF coffee, cocoa and indigo.
SALES OF PUBLIC LANDS.
III NTSvILLE, july Son Monda, ,asf
'he LEICESTER of the land Otiice in this place
commenced offering for sale, portion Of
me public lands, lying In the co1niies of
Biount and 81. Clair, on The road leadiuy
from Tins 10 The Falls of Tuskaloosa.--
The lands now Offering are OF an Interior
quality, being mostly mountain land in
!erspcrsed with AN occasional tract suira-
Ole Tor cultivation, or a tavern stand on
The road. And even these few tracts ii is
generally supposed, will be bid Oft alta
very low price, owing probably 10 The
scarcity OF honey of any kind, more
particularly such as will be received 10
payment OF lands by the government.
The rule adoptei by The Treasury de-
partment, making no mouey receivable az
The land Offices except specie, or The notes
uf such banks as pay specie, begins 10
operate with great severity upon the peo-
pie OF this country. Many slua'tprS on
public lands, who had made some in-
piovemenis al an early period, aud WHO
had carefully selected The best current
paper and land II up, for The purchase Of
'hrlr farms, now experience much neon
veHiehce AND some loss, IN exchanging il
Tor such As will he received. A rruort
having gained circulation that the State
l,.,.t
measure adopted by the Nash,,ile and
Fayetteville Banks, much ad,iltiupal en-
DarrassmeOt X experienced by c0mnIcr-
clal men, and all confidence M HE parpr
currency OF the country appears 10 be lost
by The people al large IRep.
The CONTENTION,
ltWiil be seen BY a reference 10 thP pro-
cee0inSs al the Convention Yesterday,
lhat doubt exists IN ina, hudN on lie
expectancy OF accepting The propositions
made 10 the people ut 1tis Territory. con
'alned IN The 9th section of ihr aci of Con-
grcss auiitorisIng them Ia torn corSiiiu-
ION and state gogennleui From The
TASTY vIe", which we nave been able TO
take OF tins subject, we are inclined to
lie cpinOn, that the ordiuaoce OF Con-
gfess 81 1887, taken together Hnh tie ar
ticies OF ceSsInu aut agp--J,.eui. iyeIwepn
thesiaie oil Georgia anu tilr unired States.
entered mto,op iho iith April 1902. puts
IL oh' oil The power OF Ihls convention 10
FORM Constitution ri State Government.
"iiicii would be accepted by Congress.
Without recognizing the title OF the e.. $
10 the vacant and nnapproprIated lands nr
Tins Territory aud stipuIatinu Thai smell,
lands as we'll as the lands purchased of
Government should be free from taxation.
Tor The space OF five years thereafter.-Ve
would be understood 10 say, that II The
law OF Congress autbOrislng The peopIe OF
this territory 10 form 4 constitution and
stale government, should be deemed inv
iDe ieast ambiguous on subject at this
Importance, The ordinance and articles of
ceSSion, above referred 10 ,rouid govern.
In The 4ih article OF the ordinance OF
1877, we find this clause. "Phe Lc.lsla-
" iaiure of those districts or new States
(mednug the states that should he carved
out OF the \. w. Territory north Of the
Ohlo) shall never interfere vita ihe pri.
" mary disposal of the soil, bv ,ne United
States III Congress assembled, nor viii,
" any regulations Congress may tind me-
ceSsary for securing tue Htle III such sod,
10 The bona tide purchasers. No tar
Shoftbe imposed on tHhfs The property If The
" Dmied States and an no case siiaH nom re-
'''t" pfCp' tStUIS Oe tdEeG N1gNsr tGGlL
" Sidents."
aud IN the arti leg Of eession and agree
meni between Tie Slate of Georgia and
the United States, the principles contain
ed III The ordinance OF 1887 are reco2nlz.
ed.
ART. I. Sec. 9th. That she territory
thus coded sIail form state and be al
mltied az such into the Unon, as suOn AS
III shall contain SiNiN thousand free inb;,h-
ilanlS, or al an earlier period II Congress
Shall think VI eXpcdlcnt, and in lie same
manner as Is provided IN the ordinance Of
Congress OF the 18Th of Juiy 1897, Tor the
government OF the western territory Of
ile United States, which ordinance shalt.
ia all ITS parts extend 10 The TERRITORY CON
famed III Tie present act of cessiuu, thai
articles only excepted which f,rbif.s
slavery. ~.
NASHVILLE, July l3.-The Alabama
Republican contains a list Of the men,-
bers of The convention for forming state
constitution, now ~ session az huntsville.
and of the proceedings IN organizing =.
Judge Walker Of Huntsville. was chusew
president. and Messrs. CLAY, Pickens,,
Bibb, OF Limestone, King, Fay tor, Hitch
cock, Murphy, Chambers, HDpkius, SAT-
told, Philips, Watkins, Hughes, Bibb of
Montgomery, and Ellis, were selected 10
draft d constitution.
Pretty EieciimreriBg PHT!
VlScyNHEs, July 3.--Fue Presldcut's Tom.
westward ,hd5 probably terminated We ave
assured he altered his course, being advised
that important business required hIs presence
~ Washington City.
Accompanied by General JACKSON and his
nil Aral tU.f ln no fs.I A fri