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NO. 25.l

rEEsTH e9sgREss.
tPUBLIc-Nu, IS
ACT to confirm the Rrpnrts Of the
ommlssionrrs for ascertaining Claims
nd Titles to Lands in West, Florida.
nd for nih"r purposes.
Je it enacted Jy the Sendts and House Of
a,reseatd'tues IF Ire United States of 4.
Ca m Congress assembled, That all the
~t 'si"us made by the commissioners, an.
, 'Hted {" ascertain claims and titles 10
IA tie District OF West Florida, mad.
Ryot ut claimants To isnds and lots in
90 Dls,n!ct, contained IN the reports. o.
''1i"ns. and abstracts, VI the Commissions
s. which have been Transmitted 10 the
'crrtary Of the Treasury, according 10
Z y. be. aad the ssme sau,e are herrby
'un6rrned.
SEC. 2. Ind be II .fa,!hsr enacted, Tina,
= tht fepdrls, abstracts, and uplniuDs,
de and forwarded by the ,ws commits.
i1aers IN said Districts, subsequently 10
ne first day If january eighteen hundred
I'd twenty-five, The period at which tia,
lard expired by law, be, aud thu same
e hereby. r~rcngpisrj az valid, and con.
ned AS aforesaid ; aud the sid Com
'Sslon"'s, aud thell Secretary, shall be
'lhlcd 10 ceiri the same compensation
they we're authorized 10 demand b,
y, pvl"t t" that day, up To- the time Al
hieh Ihe Receiver and Rrgister took
'oss"ss,on oftiIsir ,ecarjs, 10 uAedience Il
= act Of ihr third day Of March. -ish.
en- hundred and twenty-five, entitled
An act tor aserrtaining claims and title.
. lands IN the territory of Florida" &c.
Sec. 8 Ind be IL further enacted, Tina,
.hs Spanish claims consaiued in sprcia
'rliofts, from one TO thirty, reported in o.
10 the fourth section OF an act OF
nngress, approved May eighth, eighteen
f.'dred and Twenty-Five, entitled, " Al
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From the Lexington Whie.l

Character o(the opposIi0n.AIt has been
aseertained that the opposition in Congress
do not oppose the Administration hecau use
its measares are wrong, but agreeable to|
40 understanding that il mas. be pull
dopn." That Mr.. Adams must not be re-
elected; but room must be made for Il
%t'sorIte who is to distribute the Ioayps and
[hsh.s among hi, followers. A noted Sci
nator from the West, in con,ersing with
an editor in Washington City, urged himI
TO come out and oppose THE Admini.tra. !
ton. The editor said he saw nothing tol
Eoppose i; thai he thought all The mea,ures|
thus far we're right. The Senator r%rjoin-|
ed that "hsy must be put down, Ufths I'D
nnnistrnfion acre as pure as the Angels all
Pie right hand Of God, they ,ciH be putt
{doird." This conversation actually took
place. and Can be s~ubstaniialed. Il cor
responds very much with the course pur
Sued IN the Senate by the opposition, inl
consequence OF which, the public busi-|
ness suffered 30 much ; the Bankrupt Law,
Judiciary law, and many ether highly i'm
spori"nt bills, both Of a public and private
character, were lost. What immens, 1
m'schlefa little faction can innlct on a great
E%Hation.
TO Printers.-The proprietor nf tn
.hetropohtan, a weekly paper, published
lat Georgetown, District Of Columbia, b. !
ing about to embark for Mexica, offers hrl
establishment for sale. To an Industrious
|and Intelligent young man, he says, the
establishment offers Inducements rarely 10
he met with.
MI. Charles King, having purchased;
from his late partner, Mr.. Johnston Vet-s
his interest in the New York Anne /
r'can, has become sole Editor and propnt-9
ior OF that highly respectable journal
900
Caucus King Caucus seems to BE- com-l
ing into fashion again, Notwithstanding the \
fatality which attended his efforts to ~ssr''t
Mr.. Crawford, and the excavations heapedl
on HIN, 50 lately as 1924, by large majorI-i
ties of the people. We should not be sur
prisrd, If during the mex, legislative Can't
paign, his influence was employed by most
OF the States in the Misunderstanding som'
which so lately assisted in %dethroning him
AT no period, was consistency so little rel
garded.
Ata Caucus of the New Hampshire Lei
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THE FRESHET.

I The late Freshet has been more e.n.,.
ard mischie'ous than ne bad At frs,
sculatrd. W. present a sketch fran'
Correspondent of the injuries it had dnn"
Son the waters of the Dan aud R,an"L
In addition To the article from the L.yn"'
burg paprf, We have the most eloomv ~
counts from the upper pats of the Jan.
sri'er OF the devastation which it b,s ,
among the mills, the wheat. r. "'
.and tobacco of the low grounds-1be d. !"
Ittnore papers state that the Patap,co No.
scalcnfablt damaS-lto the farmers and mill.
1ers nearly all the milldams swept AVA,
some that had mithstood the foods Of bai'
7 century. Rich. Eng.
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III" O. al = dis ouul, VII -
Mating. Many Of ,hrm Imagined IL f'sa'
hi""-"p ""aid b' delay ed awhile, M
fli'hn What actually turned our. TgsF
have htrD BIT. however. 'a'l
Alter lie nolicr of The failure v,o
Pup IA lhr window, the grand mover NI'Fa
par, -iI'i continued Ia make his '''''a
|'nee at ihr theatre, pubic places. Az nt'e4
FRY other place where he had been 80. "
toned I" be seen. On a question h.,"
|pn' |" 'i''n one day, respecting TIE .,I,l5l
jC'mPany, he said, in blo1en Er,a
mat he might ltsnmr operations. ..,."l
IN zee '7ee', f'oo mont. pr'hops t,co t"p')
mot ee'ic'n t9ieh. He is gonr, honsr-
and IT IS said hr has no gone emptr h,aa
|rd. Such an example as this, il, T.. 10
hoped vii not "nly mend the mallm,. ~
the Nrw York Legislature III future. b.
be a warning for all those o,er tb, r, -"
try, To avoid the same species of cor,",
>"'"i
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Communicated.
II FRESHE'r

" The turbid. vide extending stream all fo,m,n.
/ cStcned TO bid defiance" rT1i" "
y The crops on the Southern border "A
I the State, were never more luKnriapt and
promising than they were this Sprino
Rams were regular and abundant, and al
{ nature put on her ~ii'rliest green. But 6,
the Gath aud 25th ult. a number of JarL|
looking clouds were seen on each IA,
hanging on the mouRtains-nnd on the a6ti
. the Dan and Staunion rivers commenced
rising, and in about eighteen or twenty
hours, they arose about twenty-five feet a
: bo'e common water-thereby inupdslinp
the first and second low grounds, cnrryinp|
1 off the wheat and destroying the muctI
Charger crops af corn and tobacco, TN |
eloss OF the two last articles is insaleulable /
aThe corn ten Or eleven feet high, Was near |
NY all under water, and the mud asd srdi |
'nrDt deposited in the shoot aud bud mrs
Rcausr il to rot. The tobacco is hteralI,
buried in sediment, 1.-THE river beirg unl.I
tally muddy and that which Is able still Il,
rrar its dssncbrd leaves, is 80 soft, sohbpd |
and saturated with water, that the heat OF
the sun must immediately destroy il.
cant tell What Will be the loss below m,
confluence of Dan and Staunlon but lnal|
OF The Farmers above must be immense I
Urn" tobacco crop alone must fail BY nod
Hess than Two thousand hogshrads. yhtI
"t+at htiog swept of, aud ;he corn DE-.
Estr"ye ri, there is no reliance nov for bread
!%slufis; hut on the highlands-and should
these taIs-hos nauy must safer.
I WhrD, sirs, W. consider bow e~atIerin. |
were the prospects of our Farmers : thpi |
fields ofcorn ofgteen, laxurian. growth
their tobacco crops regular and growing
Iof fnely-and every thing btspeakine
prosperity, we can but discover auothertE
lfOrclble instance of the unttrtainty oil
human ertnts." 10.
The Missing Ship.-The Crisis, Capt.
TAIN V%andyke, from London for Newt
York, was spoken with IN the CAD oil
March, in lat. as, 30, long. 81, 60 out 50
days. She has now been cut $50 DAYS.
The June term Of the Circuit Count OF
Harrison county, Kentucky, commenced
PTS session on Monday the 18th instant
PThe trial Of Isaac Il. Desha is To tax,
|place At this term. MIR. F.. Ball, of MAJ
son County, one Of the principal witnesses
|of the Communicable, in the case of
Desna, Was drowned on Friday the 9Th in.
slant.
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BIZ AUTHORITY,

or u UsiTrp STATES, PASSED AT
THE TIhsV SESSION 90 THE NINE.
yEEsTH e9suREss.
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DOMESTIC,

1t ~ believed the following article, iron
the Cape Fear Recorder, will bp pcrus.,
with intersst by every lover of fine writing
TO JOHN RANDOLPH, ESQ.
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A late English paper states that a new
novel, entitled :" William Douglass or the
Exiles," was on the eve Of pub
Report speaks very fayorabiy Of
The work, AZ possessing great historical in.
%iercsi, and exhibiting a vivid portrait Of
the religious spirit OF the timrs. II is said
that the period which the author has Sc
,lected is during the rsign of Charles the
second, and his SUCCESSOR period abound
ing with the most important lessoas in
Dorals, politics, and religion.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1826-02-25
TlgE NOVELIST.
REVIEW.

FROM THE NEW YORK coNNERcIAL ADVERTISER.
we left our heroes and hcrolnes in the rnyi-
rons Of the French camp, envclopcd in 4 thick
log out OF their reckoning, and under brisk
fire Of mIskrtry Fortunately, however, the
French could see no better than thrm,clve, =
and by tracing for a time the track o. a cannon
ball that had Just before been lrt of from the
fort. 50 low as to bound along for some distance
upon the earth, the whole party reached the gar
ri>on in safety, and the daughters were once
unr, folded IN the arms of an atfccionatc father
We are now introduced to Col. Munro, who is
represented as a hardy oh Scot, veteran Of tn.
old school, stern ndntleXblr in the discharge Of
his duty--warm- hearted and atiectionatc in his
family.
The two succeeding chapters relate chiefly
to scenes Of a soldiers life ia camp and garrison
and the negotiation, between MontcaIm and
Munro for a surrender OF the fortress. During
a short arnistce, Howard. or Duncan as he
Is sometimes called. finds anopporunity Of max
M known his wishes, IN regard to the hand Of
the Colonel's daughter. and his consent l., rra-
Oily ohtalned-though the ardent lover is placed
IN an awkward situation for moment. by lind
ing that the father supposed the dark eyed,
graceful and di~nified Cora. was the object Of
his affections, instead Of the gcntlor Alice An
explanation ensues, in which the old veteran
chances at his own private history. Crossed in
love in his youth, by hard hearted parents, h"
afterwards married Creole Of the West In
dies. Of whom Cora was born His wife dyin.
ne returned to Scotland, after twenty years al
sonce, an" found the object Of his affections truc
- her pightrd love. and they are nIalricsi, and
The ipvrI Mise is the fruit of this union, but
her mothcr OH not survive her birth Rnt IL ~
turn 70 tn" EnlIa.y operations. The author trl-
lows thc w"ll kroNl, history of The criminal in
ACTIVITY of Goa. Webb. h> which thc brave band
Of MN1ro were So sliced. even 20 the letter
OF Wch;, dIrrctin, his surrcni'y With i,ll in
to TN h'nnds y y .trAio. il shoe, il We, m
muattted 70 A:..pln. and the II III, h., )ranl,
terms Of caFtnation. IN tic N.Y.. h,Il4vj,-
tn" agreement 10 The "rpi:sat:rA. aud pa.
M th' morning II the S..r.r,lcr NJ 1trru i,
represented taking solitary WALK to n.a
bore Of the lakes for meditation. when an In
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by rushing upon the assassin and Selling the ri
tlc 1t proves to be the double traitor Ma@ua,
who is dissatisfied with the capitulation. because
the Elurons, with whom he is now reconcilcd.
and acting as chief, can have neither sea- Is nor
plumber. 4 long dialogue ensuc,, which,
think is rather out Of keeping, because, under
such circumstances the French General would
have attempted to stand and reason with the
reyengriul chief.
The morning arrives, and the surrender takes
place. And here, in describing the unutcrablc
horrors Of tie massacre which followed which
hat, been 50 often described hv American hiso-
rans, and which so deeply furnished the fame
of Montcclm, our author ha, again put forth his
strength. The picture is appalling. and drawn
with d mastery hand but it probably does not
eXaggerate the tale, for how could it? Carver
was an eye witness, and Bclknap wrote from
contemporary testimony; and all unite in the
:. deep damnaton Of the trcacherous and
bloody decd. The result is. that Cora and Alice,
and poor David the singer. fall again into the
hands of the remorSclrss Huron by whom they
are carried away into barbarian captivity Here
ceases the first volume.
The second volume opens after an interval
Of three days, when the di,consolatr father and
lover came to look for the fair captves. attend
ed by lIavk-rvr and the two faithful and he
satisfied themselves that the dan9htrrs have
been carried off. the next object is to get upon
their track, or trail ia task which is soon &C
comp>Led by the native skill, or instinct. of the
Indians As the trail indicated the direction.
the party rcsols ed. after Hawk eye and the Mo
hicans had held aconncil fire, 10 gain upon them
by running down the Lake in canoe
Here follows a gloWing description of the
running fight upon the lake, which i, too long
t. he inserted.
Landing At suitable point. the pursuit j. con
tinucd over land and the trad soon discovered
| itimltclv the horses are found loose in the
woods, and on the following tlay they arrive in
the nclEhborhool Of a large beaver sediment
and dam, near which poor D;Ni il found Ii,
@ulord a an En;lIan, and in d dcpor:tl.l plight
David, ii seems. had hce. considered hl the
Indians half an hG, '.ri,i wa, cons. 4urntly
treated with al Che indulgence which suld@.~
are accustomed to show to those Who lat1a IN
der i Stat" Of mental alienation From Ba..I
all the particulars which ;'Iutcd to the cal..i,r>
were so0u ascrr;ainrd Ilev bad been r., "t..d
kin!iv; Eut -lnee their arriy4 N tl;t u"!gh:, y
hood, the l!i>nnrr, bad Lrtn >rpa!".tci .ilc.. IL,
la- retained ~ Magma, ac,! Or. rt l.. +. l!,.
among a wandering tribe a. Delau res " ll~e.
camp was at no great distance ron, that IL H..
liurons, and both within t,'n nilc> \; ~ spot
upon which tf;r pur~Hrr- then ,l3n,! II. ;:i
ht been absent Itin1.u., N-tr,l::I iur t,,o
ti1-.
Fans io@ the acccrrl lj>hm ii: Of th,ir enter
.fr.sy ~" -pcct' datcl.i:lts' 10 ~. u;,,i ar
r"'.,'. .r""t> r4s}c iJr carry nv thrn ~ Seer.
ton. II w ~ .~>n..ie> the Ir''l;n 1, .ui-c II
David, is painted by Chln4ac ,orl,, and th,i>
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WILLIAM r. PITNAN,

GOLD AND SItvER-SMIrH, No. 80, Westminster-St
TILL continueshe above business, in all its various
- branches, whrrehc.will be happy to receive com
mands from his friends aud the public generally, and
pledges himself that noaius shall be spared to give
tire satisfaction respects prices, workmanship and
punctuaty.
ALSO, he has recently received from New-York and
Boston, and repenshed his store with, handsome as
sortnen of the most fashionable Fancy Goods, among
which are elegan. Britannia Tea-Pots, Sugar Bowls
and Cream Pots; jet and cream coloured Wine Wait
and Tea Trays, in sets SINGLE Looking Glasses
and Hearth Brushes Clusters Silver Watches !;
Watch Chains and Ribbons; Gold Keys, and real
Fillgreo Earnings and Breaches; paste, pearl and
diamond set Finger Rings, Ornaments and Lockes ;
Necklaces and Bracelets; Coral Cut Glass and Wax
Beads; Pocket Books; Castor ana Castors Stands; 4;
clothes, hair, eeh shaving and shoe Brushes "a fine
assortment Of Rogers Pen-Knves and Razors Britain
and Platna Table and TEASPOONS, Shutters and
Trays; RetIcues and Work Baskets fine ivo y Combs;
pocke and dressing ditto, and small Shell Combs, and
and very Wallets low.
ALSO, a large assortment Of Plated and Gilt Work,
together with variety Of other articles, of late mpora
tion all of which will be sold for very small advance.
Particular attention paid to repairing and job work.
0Ii- Cash paid for old Gold and Silver.
Iulv x
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Deaths.

In this town, on tuesday morning, Benjamin
Turpn, Esq. in his 6 ith year.
On the same morning, Sarah Ann, daughter OF
Mr.. John Il. Carpenter, aged IA.
Yesterday morning, Elizabeth Anthony, daugh'
ter Of Mr.. Daniel Hayiord, Jr. in the Sd year o.
her age.
On Thursday morning last, Mrs. Mary Bow ers.
aged years.
On Saturday last, Henry James, son ofMr. Rich
ard Eddy, aged years and months.
la Warren, on the 7th inst. Mr.. Ezekiel Will
boar, Of Olneyville in the 23th year Of his age.
Ia Newport, on Monday last, Ann, daughter o.
Capt. James Barker, in her 9TH year.
Ia Klllingly (Con) on Friday week, after short
lness, Mrs. Anu A. Soaldlng, consort of Mr. Simon
jpalding, aged al years.
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On Monday next our citizens will offer proper
testimonials Of respect to the memories of the two
illustrious Americans who have SO recently and SO
sngulsrly departed this life. For particular de-
scrption Of the exercises of the day we refer our
readers to another column. In this place it be-
comes us to remark, that an EulOsy will he deliver.
ed by JOSEPH L. TILLINGHAsT, Esq. and we hes-
tate not to say that it will abound with all the i'm
passoned and cha'te eloquence, for which that gen.
tleman is distinguished.
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CIRCUS.---We doubt not that our citi-
zens will be gratiied to learn that Mr..
Samuel McCracken, recently known in Al
bany, Hartford and New-York, as con-
ductor of Circus, has obtained license
from the municipal authority Of this town,
to establish Que of these interesting and a
greeabie places of amusement.
Mr.. McCracken brings with him ample
credentials to satisfy the public of his en-
tire capacity to conduct Circus, and all
that Is wanted to establish his credit as a
gentleman. It has been our fortune, in
the course of our way-farings and ram
blings, to witness the performances super
intended by him in Albany, Hartford, &c.
and we take pleasure in saying that he has
always managed his different concerns to
the satisfaction of the public, and the en-
tire credit Of himself.
1t is believed that a wealthy and flourish
ing community like ours, a community COM
posed of the intelligent and fashionable,
will cheerfully second the undertaking of
Mr.. M'Cracken, and by their patronage
and cheerful cooperation with his views,
assure him, that his enterprise will be
crowned with abundant success.
Appended to the Circus will be riding
school, where our youth will be taught
equestrian exercises, and acquire know
ledge of that art which is 30 essential to
the soldier and the traveller.
Equestrian feats are certainly among
the most interesting known to us, for as
they develop the noble and docile quail
ties of the Horse, they teach US that man,
the Lord Of Creation, possesses the art of
controlling the whole Of the animal world,
and by the operations Of his expansive
mind, can impart intelligence to those no.
BILE animals, which are too often ranked
among the lowly ofthe brutes Of creation.
This community has long needed Circus,
and we are assured Mr. M'Cracken will be
encouraged.
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GRAND CARAVAN.

A FULL grown African LION and LIONEsS,
N will be exhibited in one cage for few day.
only.
The LION is now II years old, weighs upwards OF
600 pounds and II feet IN length. He Is much
larger than any othor that has been exhbitsd on
this continent, much that he has often been eacd
10Y good judges) the MAMMOTH LION. His form
is expressive Of generous nobeness-a striking figure,
bold and confident look proud and stately gait, and
voice tstribe. His stature not unproportoned and
overgrown like that Of the Elephant, his shape
clumsy, but compact and we'll proportioned moIn
of strength md agility and it is sufficient but TO SEQ
him to be convinced of his superior force. His large
head surrounded by dreadful name; all those muscles
that appear under the skin, swelling with the slightest
exertion, and the great breadth Of his paws, with the
thickness Of his limbs, plainly evnce that no other am
NAL Of the forest is capable of opposing him.
The LIONESS, though not as large and formidable
in appearance the mae, is finely proportiohod, and
is thought to possess much agility any of her spc
cies.
THE AFRICAN LEopARD.-This animal Is beauli-
fully spotted and is celebrated in Natural History as
the most beautiful Of the species. 1t Is native Of
Senegal. Ii has uIuch beautiful coat than the
est Of s Species and the spots are smaller and dspo-
sed more clusters II is quite doce, and will suffer
its keeper to handle it,
A LARGE SOUTH-AMERICAN TIGER.
The TIGER is smallor than the Lion, and does not
partakc Of his noble aud generous disposition, IN the
least degree the contrary. he Is fierce, cruel and
ravenous in the extreme The Tiger will not hesitate
swim large rivers the purpose cf attack
ing herds Of cattle the opposite shore nor will 1t be
deferred from its purpose BY formidable enclosures
Also, several animals oil the MONKEY SPECIES.
Gj-Good music will attend
*.*Place OF exhibition Of Munro's Coffee House,
from % O'Clock, A. NJ. to 6, p. M
Admttancc 2J cents hildroh under 2 years Of
age, ~ I-2 cents. July /.
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u We lament to state on the authority Of let
ter received in this town, bv last nights mail that
the Secretary of STATE has been severely indisposed
since he left Washington, and fears are entertain
q that he will not be able to return to his duties
at the seat of government. His complaints are
supposed to he pulmonary and his physicians fear
they have already assumed the character of con-
frmed consumption. We sincerely hope the wri-
tor Of the letter, has, in the funess of his anxiety
for the welfare of his friend suffered himself to be
lead astray ny unnecessary approximations. ana
that he has fancied the settlement of disease on
the constitution ofthe Secretary, which does not
exist. Mr.. Adams, when passing through town
the last week, communicated similar intelligence
to town.mau of ours. hut did not indulge in any
apprebensions, as TO the loss of his invaluable
Secretary. lie thought that few weeks retire
ment would renovate him and that the pure air Of
the western mouutans would not only invigorate
but confirm his health.
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CLk ,itkD,
Brig Polly & Eliza. DAVIS, Westport.

sDWe are sorry to notice that there is
much dissatisfaction expressed by the pub
lie, in relation to the manner in which the
procession for Monday next has been ar
ranged. 1t is fact, that by some strange
fatality the students Of Brown University,
have been allowed precedence in the
procession oyer the Major General and
suite---the second officer in the State ! (!
We are satisfied, however, that the Com
mlttee had no idea of offering any disre-
spect to the Major General and staff, but
we are assured that if the arrangement be
not altered, that officer will not attend.
We hope that this affair will be properly
arranged, and that the solemnities of the
day will not be interrupted by the iLdul-
gence of acrimonious feelings.