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mishing had taken place. Several had
been killed, and others wounded. At
the last accounts, the weayers in Glas-
gov and Paisley had generally returned
to their looms, as the want of leaders de-
prived them of all confidence, and the
power of the military pointed out to them
the hopelessness of their cause.
On the 9Th, a crowd assembled at
Greenock, to witness the arrival OF
prisoners who were broughtin from Pals
ley, at in the afternoon, by the Port
elias gov volunteers. When the yolun-
teers were returning, they began to in
suit and pelt them with stones and mud.
The volunteers fired shot, which on
ly exasperated them the more. The
party were then obliged to fire in earnest,
and continued running fire till they got
out Of Cartsdike. Nine of the wounded
were taken to the hospital, of whom four
had died, and the rest dangerous; five
more were killed in the town. TEventy
in all 7vere killed and wounded. They
tore down the iron railing of house,
and, with the arms thus Procured, hre-
ceded by hiher, in the evening set off
to attack Port GlaSgo7v--but, after pro-
ceeding to the house of Mr.. Gemnell,
the mob returned. They broke open
the doors of the bridewell, and set at
liberty the radical prisoners, but none
others. Next morning all was quiet
though lurking parties were seen about
the outskirts.
Accounts from Madrid were to the
26th of March. A royal ordinance OF
the 22nd fixes the convocation of the
Cortes for the 9th of July; they will
consist of l40 members for the PENN
sula, and so deputies for America, Sc
lected from the Americans residing in
Spain. A private letter states" Ter
ror is general. The revolution or death
is the order Of the day. We are not
without fears for the lives of the most
august personages."
None of the foreign ministers at Ma
drid had congratulated the King on his
acceptance of the constitution, who wait
for instructions from their Courts-the
American minister alone excepted, who
did not wait for orders Gaz. de France.
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TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MADISON COUNTY.


MADISON COUNTY.
GENTLEMEN-As a citizen ofthe coun-
ty, interested in its prosperity and growth,
and alive, in common with every other
inhabitant, to any occurrence which
may be turned to its advantage, ] shall
presume to address you.
l have no disposition to inquire into
all the acts of your administration yet
there is one which imperiously claims
nay attention, and imperiously demands
yours; and in relation to that, l shall
speak in the language of candor and sin
cerity.
The fact is admitted, that the county is
not only now unable to erect its public
buildings, but that it will probably con-
tinue in that situation for many years to
come: indeed its poverty is too glarng
to be denied; and although the taxes col
lected for the last year exceed $4,000,
yet this sum has long since been ex-
hausted, and the county is now in debt
several hundreds of dollars.
This situation Of things has constantly
been urged as reason against COM
menc;ng any Improvement in relation to
the public buildings; and that it would
be oppressive and unjust to resort to a
tax on the people, to raise revenue for
such objects, and particularly SO at sl,s
present period.
] am disposed to admit the truth OF
your position, and the business of the in
fercnces to DC drawn from it; but it
would to my mind be a paradox, that
you should wish to avoid, or delay, the
acceptance of proposition to erect the
public buildings, without expense to the
county, and to receive Herewith large
and valuable donation of land, for the be-
nefit of its inhabitants. That such pro-
position has been made, the records of
your court fully testify, backed by the
offer of ample security to carry it into
effect. Let me ask you, fin that propo-
position there was any thing illegal, or
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sons, not being citizens Of any OF the
states aforesaid, to be commissioners,
and, in case of the death or resignation
of any of them, to appoint other and like
persons in their place, who shall have
power carefully to examine the country,
between Wheeling in the state OF Vlr-
ginia, and point on the lett bank OF the
Mississippi river, to be chosen by SAID
commissioners, between St. Louis and
the mouth of the Illinois river, and to lay
out road from Wheeling aforesaid, to
the point so to be chosen on the lett bank
of the river Mississippi; the said road
to be on straight line, or as nearly so
as, having due regard to the condition
and situation of the ground and water
courses over which the same shall be
laid out, shall be deemed expedient and
practicable. And said commissioners
shall have power to employ able survey
ors, chainbcarers, and other necessary
assistants, in laying out said road; and
SO much of the lands of the United States
as may be included within the same,
shall be, and is hereby, reserved and ex-
copied from the sales of the public
lands. The said road to be eighty feet
wide, and designated by marked trees,
stakes, or other conspicuous monuments,
at the distance of every quarter OF a mile,
and at every angle of deviation from a
straight line. And the said commission
ers shall cause to be made, and deliver
ed to the President of the United States,
an accurate plan of said road, SO laid
out by them as aforesaid, with written
report of their proceedings, describing
therein the state lines crossed, and the
marks, monuments, courses, and dlstan-
ces, by which the said road shall be de-.
describing, also, the water
courses, and the nature and quality OF
the ground over which the same shall be
laid out; they shall, moreover, divide
said road into sections of not more than
ten, nor less than five, miles long, no.
ticing the materials that may be used in
and giving an estimate of the
expense of making, each section of the
road aforesaid.
Sec. Q. Ind be it further enacted,
That the commissioners, surveyors,
and other necessary assis-
tants. to be appointed in pursuance of
this act, shall severally take an oath, or
faithfully and diligently to
perform their respective duties, and shall
receive, in full compensation for their
services and expenses, each commits
soner six dollars, each surveyor three
dollars, and each other necessary as
sistant one dollar, for each day in which
hey shall be necessarily employed in
he service aforesaid: Provided always,
md it is hereby enacted and declared,
That nothing in this act contained, or
hat shall be done in pursuance thereof,
shall be deemed or construed to imply
my obligation on the part of the United
States, to make, or to defray the expense
# making, the road hereby authorized to
'e laid ont, or of any part thereof.
Sec. 3. .dnd be il further enacted,
That ten thousand dollars, to be paid
tut of any money in the Treasury, not
otherwise appropriated, be, and are here
", appropriated to defray the expense
If laying out the road aforesaid.
Washington, May Is, 1920. Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
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IAN ACT to authorize the appointment Of
Commissioners to lay out the road therein
mentioned.
Whereas, by the continuation of the
Cumberland road from Wheeling, in
the state Of Virginia, through the states
of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, the lands
of the United States may become more
valuable
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of REPRESENTATIVE ofMe United States
of .America in Congress assembled,
That the President OF the United States
be, and he is hereby, authorized to APP
point three impartial and judicious per.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-06-13

AN ACT for the relief of persons holding
confirmed INDICATED claims for lands in the
state of Illinois.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of REPRESENTATIVES Of the United States
of america in Congress assembled,
That all persons lawfully holding con-
frmed INDICATED claims for land within
the tract reserved by the third section of
the act entitled An act confirming GER
tain claims to land in the Illinois terri
tory, and providing for their location"
passed the sixteenth day Of April, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and
fourteen, be allowed until the first day Of
November, one thousand eight hundred
and twenty, to register the same; and
the said claims shall be receivable in
payment for public lands within the said
reserved tract, conformably with the
provisions of the said act, and Of the act
entitled can act making further pro-
vision for settling claims to land in the
territory Of Illinois" passed the twenty
sixth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixteen, at any time before
the first day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty.
Washington, May Is, 1920. Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
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The following new post roads in this
state have been established by an act of
congress:
From Kaskaskia, by the Irish Settlement,
Covington, Carlyle, and Perrysyille, to Wanda
LA.
From Illinois Saline, in Gallatin, to Golconda.
From York, by Aurora, to Terre Haute.
From Montgomery, by Brownsville, and
Gill's Ferry, to jackson, in Missouri territory.
The mail from Cape Grardeau to Salem,
Kentucky, shall pass by America.
From Carmi, by Mount Vernon, to Carlyle.
From Carmi to Wayne Court House and
Jefferson Court House.
From Palmyra, by Wayne Court House, JEFF
ferson Court House, and Covington, to Belle
velle.
From America to Jonesborough.
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SlEpl.AsD?pAnORo
EDWARDsvILLE. JUNE 10, 1920.

Three acts of Congress, interesting to
the people of this state, will be found in
the preceding columns.
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NEW-YoRK, NAY Is.
The fast sailing ship Hector, captain
Gillender, arrived last evening, in 80
days from Liverpool, Capt. G. has
favored the editors Of the Mercantile
Advertiser with Liverpool papers to the
18th, and London to the 10th Of April,
inclusive ), also, Lloyd's Lists to the 9Th.
Some further disturbances had taken
place at Glasgow, Paisley, Greenock,
sc. iAtno time, since the beginning of
Radioalisn,, had there been such gene
rat ahhrehension from that quarter.
Serious alarms existed at Manchester,
and troops were ordered there to prevent
an expected riot.
At Glasgow, Paisley, and all the
neighboring country, for IL miles round,
placards were placed On the walls, ad-
dressed to the people Of England, Ire
land, and Scotland, calling upon them
to come forward Immediately, and effect
by force revolution in the government,
and enioining the manufacturers to alb
stain from work from tie LIST of April.
All the weavers and other workmen in
Glasgow, Paisley, and the neighboring
country, Immediately struck work, and
the streets.w covered with crowds of
the idle and disconnected. The magis-
trates of Glasgow had offered reward
OF 5ool and the government further re-
ward of 5ool. for the authors or printers
OF these inilammatory papers. The
troops were in motion, and some Skin
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-08-21
Declaration of independence,

Which shall be, in all respects, .4mer'
can. All the necessary materials shall be
manufactured in this country. and express
y tor this publication. The designs, The
engravings shall be the work of American
Wrists the publication throughout shall az
;ord evidence OF what our citizens haze done
IN politics and cor do in art.
From the arrangements made, and the
DISPOSITIONS manifested by the artists, it is
confidently expected that this engraving will
be, when finished, splendid aud truly ma
tional publication The Publisher thinks he
can promise tbatit shall! be ready to deliver
10 Subscribers in February next, at TEN
dollars each copy, to be paid on delivery.
The eugrayings will be accompanied by a
pamphlet, containing the official documents
connected with the publication as authori-
ties, aid list Of the Subscribers Names.
It's contemplated TO have few copies
printed on paper prepared to carry colors,
to have the shields accurately tinctured in
the modern style and the plants, sc. color
ed by one of our most approved water CO.
lorers. The price OF those superb copies
will be THIRTEEN dollars each. AS no
more of those copies will be printed than
shall be subscribed for, gentlemen who
wish for them, are requested to add the
word "colored' to their subscription.
JOHN BiNNS,
Chesaut-street, Philadelphia.
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dancing, and some little music; allwhen
combined together, might render chill
dren able to present themselves to any
academies. colleges. or semina,.ies, as
an introduction to their general edaca-.
ton.
Mr.. P. will only add, that he has re-
sided fourteen years IN Charleston sc.
where he has had the honor of being
successfully employed in teaching the
above languages. and fencing. to gen
tlfmen of the first responsibility. the
most eminent practitioners at the bar.
professors of the dead languages, aud
the most respectable French families
residing in that city,.
He therefore refers the public or
testimonials of bis capacity and charac-
ter, to list Cleft at Mr.. Fieury's Coa-
fectionary Shop. King street) of the
respectable persons by whom ne has
had the honor of being employed III
Georgetown, and likewise in Washing
ton city.
Mr.. p. may be seen at any time at
Mr.. FLEURY'S Confectionery Store,
on King street.
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The
Declaration of independence.

kXTE have 10 authentic copy$of this most
w important state paper, the very basis
that supports the proud column Of American
liberty none, at least, on which the eye OF
taste can rest, for a moment, with satlstac-
ton. Why have we not
The English nation, still proud Of their
MAGMA CHAR IA, though every provi-
sionIt contains has been lramped upon by
the bold ambition oftheir rulers, have pub
Ished edition after edition Of this instrument,
each more splendid than its predecessor
Sir William Blackstone has collated and
commented on this fine copy o! Magma
Charta has been excelled by later specimens
of art, and the fac-similes of the seals and
slgnatu. eshave made every reader OF taste
ia Great Britain acquainted, in some de-
gree, not merely with the state otknowiedge
and of art at the period in question, but with
the literary attachments, also, OF King John,
King Henry, and their g Barons bold"
Surely the Declaration of American indie
pendence is, at least, as well entitled to the
decorations of art as the Magma Charta OF
England and if the fac similes OF the sig
natures of the patriots who signed 1T were
published in America, it would serve to gra-
tify a curiosity, al least as laudabe as that
which calls Tor limitations CT the correspon-
dents of jn1ius OF Of the arIstocracy that
wrested the english Charter from the reuc-
can't monarchs OF the day.
We are firmly persuaded that the more
the principles of our Declaration of lndepen-
fence are spread out before the eyes OF ths
world, the more they will be admired, by
oreign nations as well as our own and eve
ry innocent and honest device that may serve
70 attract attention toward them, viii serve.
,lso, to promote the great cause of public IL
,erty. Such an embeIlishe edition as will
repderit an ornament to an apartment, will
have tendency to spread the kn ,wledgp of
its contents, among those who would other
wise have turned their thoughts but lightly
towards the subject. Such an edition will
serve 10 place it continually under the eye
# man, woman, and child in famIy--it
viii associate the pleasurahle ideas Of ele-
sance and ornament with the history of the
transaction itself and famiiarize those
principles which form, or ought to form, the
very bond and cement of political socicty.-
Nor is it of small moment that such an edi
ton, well executed will serve as specimen
pf the state of the Fine Arts amongst us al
he present day. Actuated by these views,
the subscriber proposes to publish
A SPLENDID EDITION
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and well digested experiments, embracing
the whole range. OF domestic AM rural eco
no1ny, such as cannot fail, il GUS observed,
10 be highly beneficial 10 your Interests
The great object OF this society Is, to pro
mote agriculture, and thereby advance the
prosperity not of themselves individually,
but Of their fellow citizens generally. They
believe they Gannottmoye etfect,iaily, IN this
early stage of their organization, promote
their object, than by recommending this pa
per TO YOUR perusa. They therefore take
the liberty TO recommend the American Far
mer as highly worthy of your attention. BY
order of the Board Of Managers.
]. j. CHAPPELL,
Vice President presiding.
Extract from the proceedings Of the Agri-
cultural Society OF Albemare, Virginia, at
their last meeting, May 8, 1920.
6 In order more generally to disseminate
the Agricultural Intelligence and improve.
ments made throughout The United States,
the Society resolve TO present each OF It's
members with the first volume of the Atne-
rican Farmer. edited at Baltimore, by John
S. Skinner, Esq. .'P1 MINOR, Sec'y."
All gentlemen who feel an interest in the
circulation of Journal devoted to the OBJ
iects, and conducted on the plan here de-
scribed, are requested TO transmit the name
of subscribers--but Grin all cases the ms
neg mast be RENTED before the paper can be
sent. Ii will, however, be returned in any
case, where the subscriber, on view OF the
paper, not being satisfied, may think proper
to return it TO the editor within three weeks
An allowance of ten per cent. will be made
when claimed. on all monies received i0r,
and RENTED to the editor.
few Of the first volume, either in sheets
or we'll bound, with a copious Index, remain
on hand for sale.
Notes Of the Banks of North and South
Carolina, Georgia and Virginia, generally,
will be received al par.
GT All communications to be addressed
to JOHN S. SKINNER,
June 90. 1890. Bait1iRor6
P. S.-For alleditors in the United States,
who may have the goodness to e We the pre-
ceding notice few 1veekiy insertions, the
editor OF the Farmer will be glad to tran
sact any business they may have in baIii-
more, or 10 return their good Offices in any
other way in his power. dim
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1-P Notice.

/ ANTIQUITIES arising from the natu,,
A. oilhe following wora, the publisher bs,
been compelled TO remove to Philadelrk;,
tor the better execution OF bis plan. TIs
editorial departn "nt has in consequence f.i-
len into other hands. Elr. ALIENS preser,
engagement rendering itimpossible to suDer
intend it in another city. The Giends and
relations of the different signrrs 10 The Deri,
ration Of independence are therefore recue..
ed TO direct their fayors 70 the publisher 81
443, Market-street, Philadelphia.
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Printers have been looking at, and all g..
press their unqualified appreciation olt.
Your Pfess is better made than one ".
have from Rlthyen's mandatory. Its. il
fact, an excellent machine, as powerful a
the Columbian, and to be preferred for il
lightncss and simplicity.
d. &C. BRUCE,
Mr.. A. Ramage. If December l6
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70 PRINTERS.
ADAM R.a.M3GE
I'd RESPECTFULLY informs the trade that
HI he continues to manufacture the
Screw and Ruthyen
Screw and lSuthven
PRINTING PRESSES.

The former, its present improved Stale,
with iron beds, SC. he has obtained patent
for. The estimation III which IBIS press is
held, is perhaps best sbe;Rn by the demand
forit-neariy Goo being IN use OF his make !;
aud every exertion shall still be made TO
render it as complete as possible
0rAli otherariicies 10 his line, as usual.
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TIC. DOWDEN.
SAMUEL K. KRAMER.
JOHN Il. SlCKLES.
ANDREW l.. STITCHER.
SAMUEL ROSWELL.
PHILLIP MILLER.
JESSE f. CAVlT.
STEPHEN BADGER.
To Adam Ramage


Ne1u- York, July 8. 1919
Dear Sir-l have for tome time past been
threatening to write to you, to let you know
how well | am pleased with the Ruhyen
Press, improved and made by you but a
variety Of circumstances have prevented it.
have had it in constant operation three
months during winch time nearly all the
printers of this city, and number of our
most ingenious mechanics, have called to ey-
anime it. They have pronounced it as com
plete in every respect, as any machinery
they have ever seen.
The following is the idea have it.
No Printing Press has ever been construct
ed, on which more or hotter work can be
done in given time.
The exertionof working it is no more than
healthy exercise for boy of 5 years Of age.
q have boy of that age to work on mine. J
1t is well made, the different parts admra-
bly, proportioned. and not more liable than
other Rresseste get out of repair.
| am, YOU respectfully,
d. FANSHAW.
Mr.. A. Ramage.
.Neu,- York, .4pril 25, 1918.
Sir-The Ruthven Press arrived safe, ano
is in successful operation. Many Of our
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Tar.
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dancing, and some little music: all when
together. might render chill
dlen able to present themselves tosany
academies, colleges, or seminaries, as
an introduotlon to their general educa-
ton.
Mr.. P. will only add, that lie has re
sided fourteen years ia Charleston Sc.
Where he has had the honor Of being
successfully employed in teaching the
above languages. and fencing. to gen
tlemen OF the first responsibility, the
most eminent practitioners at the bar,
professors of the dead languages, and
the most respectable French families
residing in that city.
He therefore refers the public for
testimonials of his capacity and charae-
ter, to list Cleft at Mr.. Fieury's Con-
dictionary Shop. King-street) of the
respectable persons by whom re has
had the honor of being employed in
Georgetown, and likewise in Washing
ton city.
Mr.. p. may be seen at any time at
Afr. FLEURY'S Confectionery Store,
on King street.
AuruSt