Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-09-03
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snry, has arrived at Washington, and en-
tered Oh the duties Of his office.
The Western Lumlnary states, thu
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, a pious lady e,
lately deceased in Bourbon county, KY.
provided 10y will, tor The emancipation Of
her slaves, said 10 be about 40 in num-
Der.
The Managers of the American Colo
Dization Society have determined to dis
patch vessel with emigrants and sup
plies to Liberia, early in Seplcn ber.--
All Auxiliary Institutions, Clergyman
who have taken up collections TO aid the
African cause, and the charitable
tbroug hout the land, are respectfully and
earnestly Invited TO TRANSMIT, to Richard
Smith, Esq. Treasurer of the Board,
Washington, such donations as they may
have in hand, or find it possible to obtain.
BY calculation and estimate, General
Lafayette, when he returns to France,
will have tray eiIed, from the time be left
his native soil for This country last sum-
mer, to the day of his return, between
si> zen a.d eighteen thousand miles =
He has bot had days sickness in the
whole period.
General La(ayette's claims under the
late law oil Indemnify for conGscated pro-
pery during the French revolution,
amount, it is said, to six hundred thou
sand francs. Should he receive that
sum, OF which there is little reason to
doubt, as he comes within every princi-
pie oil The provision, il will make con-
siderable addition 10 the donations OF this
country, and render the decline Of his life
almost as ailluent as the commencement,
Of it. Il is understood that he does not
go to France for permanent residence
there, but intends to return again 10 the
United States.
The French, English, and Americans,
have each squadron in the Pacific
Ocean: The American, com manded by
Com. Hull, is composed OF the United
States, A; Peacock, l8; and Macedo-
nian schooner. The Brush, command
ed by Com. Mailing, is composed OF the
Cambridge, Of 80 guns; Bfilon. As;
Tartar, 40; Mersey, Is; and Fly, l8.-
The French, commanded by Admiral
Rosane, is composed OF the Marie The
reese t.igate, and the Diligenlc, and Le-
naecir corvettes.
Cap ain Leilwlch, Of Russelville, Ky.
in behslfof an association formed for that
purpose, has obtained from the govern
ment OF Mexico, a grant OF between 6
and millions of acres, in the province
Of Texas; it consists of land coded away
by the United States in exchange for the
Floridas, and lies along the borders OF
Louislana.-Onc of the conditions Of tbs
grant is, tina, certain number OF settlers
shall be obtained, with an exemption
from taxation for five years.
The Dey Of Algiers has resoried to a
singular mode Of conquering the love of
celibacy, by ordaining that every bache-
lor OF more than twenty years OF age,
shall receive at least once day, 10 pub.
lie, sound fogying. fe
The Great Shih.-The Canadian Cou-
rant states, that upwards Of 800 men are
now engaged in loading this enormous
vessel, and ten horses are employed in
raising the logs with the assistance OF
pulley and ,ackel, from the ships side.
1t is rather novel spectacle to witness
so many horses al work on a ships deck,
the same as if they were laboring in the
field. Parties of pleasure in pilot boats
visit this vessel from Quebec, almost
every day.
We boast much Of our improvements
in New York, (says the Commercial Ad-
vertiser) But when we compare the
population and business of the two
places, those OF the present season in