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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-09
INTERESTING

NEW foRK, Feb o. Mr. woodhouse the s,,r..
veyor general of The British customs has ,r,iv,d
IN this city from New Brunswick. We understand
thst This gentleman was sent out from London TO
regulate all the British custom houses io North
America and the British West India I,Iands he
has visited Halifax, ST. John, and ST. Andrew.
ana VIII proceed hence to Barbadoes II gives ny
pleasure 10 state that he has addressed letter 10
me collector OF Halifax, giving il as his opinion
mat he mad put an Interpretation upon that part OF
Inc late colonial trade act, which relate s 20 The in
ereourse OF this country with the colonies no, IN
tended by the British government, and recommend.
ing MIN not TO enforce the act according to bis
construction, until he should receive further adj
vices from England
captain freeman, Of the brig Trident. arrived at
Mobile, from Porto Rico, informs that French
ship from the coast Of Africa had arrived with
cargo OF slaves, the first mate and part of the crew
having uutined and murdered the captain sppercar-
go and second mate. The slaves were sold before
these circumstances leaked out The mate, ON
nndIng his conduct was known, made his escape
In the boat, but the crew were apprehended and
confined. The ship was bound to ST. Thomas, and
nad been given up to her consigDee, and sailed for
that place The misfonunes of men engaged in this
aoomInaoe traffic, are not calculated 10 excite the
sympaihies Of any one.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-09

french SPoiidtious. The late Commissioned
acting under the Spanish Treaty rejected claims
amounting 10 several millions of dollars. In
wards ct three hundred aud .ftfy American YES.
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shall be paid to the Chiefs of fic Creek MAJ
ton, to be divided among the Chiefs ant
Warriors of said nation, and that the SAM
be done under the direction of the Secreta
ry of War, in full council of the natio
convened upon notice for that purpose.
For the payment of the permanent annu
ity to the Greek nation. provided for "
the fourth article Of the said treaty, the sun
of twenty thousand dollars.
For the payment of the sum to the frieids
and followers of General M'lntosh, stiprla-
ted for in the ninth article of the said treity,
one hundred Thousand dollars.
For the payment Of the sum to the Greek
nation, stipulated for by the supplemental
article to the said treaty, thirty thou'and
dollars.
For carrying into effect the stpulatiols of
the sixth, seventh, eighth, teeth, eleventh,
and sixteenth articles, anei to drfray all 9TH
cr expenses attending the faithful execution
of the provisions of said treaty, one huntred
and twenty thousand dollars.
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker of the House OF Representatives.
JOHN G. CALHOUN,
Vice President ofthc United States, and
President Of the Senate.
ArrnoyEn-MAY 22,HS26.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-07-13
Eprn1le--No. s. ]

AN ACT to fix the times and places Of holding
the District Courts of the United States, i'll the
Districts Of Alabama.
BE il c,,acted dy the Senate and House Of
Representatives If tie Taned States Of n
mericc in CONGRESS- GssembleG, That the
District Courts in the Districts of Alabama
shall hereafter be holden at the times and
places, and in the manner herein provided
for, any law to the contrary notwithstand-
ing; that is to say: At Huntsville, in and for
the northern District of Alabama, on the
first Monday of March. and the first Mon
day of October; at Mobile, in and for the
southern District, on the first Monday in
NAV, and on the second Monday in October,
in each year, Propided, That for the final
disposition of causes commenced III, and
pending in the District Court, now held at
Cahawba, in said southern District, there
shall be Court held at said place, at the
times now fixed by law, and after Judgment
in said sases, final process thereon may be
issued from, and made returnable to, the said
Court, to be held at Mobile, in which Court
all further proceedings thereon shall be had.
SEC. ,. .44d be il fgrthcr enacted, That
all causes and proceedings, Of every descrip-
tion, commenced or depending in either of
said Courts, shall be continued and rcturna-
BILE to said Courts, to be held according to
the provisions OF this act, and proceeded
with in due form of law
JOHN w TAYLOR,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives
JOHN c. CALHOUN,
Yice-Presilcnt Of the United States and
President of the Senate.
ArpRovED--May %. 1926.
JOIN QUINCY ADAMS.
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yHE WILMING OMAN
AND
DELAWARE ADVERTISER.
Thursday, July l3, 1896.
DEATH OF TIE; JEFFERSON.
JEFFERSON rs NO MORE.

1t is with feelings We want words to de-
scribe, that we announce to the public, the
decease of the author of the Declaration of
Independence The patriot, the statesman,
the sage, is no more He expired at Mon
ticello, on the 4M Of July, 1926, Just fifty
years from that, first 4th of July, which will
ever live in the annals Of America, and which
owes SO much of its Immortality to the match
less production Of his genius and patriotism.
1t pleased kind Providence to crafty an
ardent wish expresscdby him, few days
before his death, thar lie should live to wit
ness the Jubilee Of his eountry's nativity ;
and his expiring momeIts passed amidst the
grateful aspirations which were simultane-
ously flowing from the lips and hearts OF
millions, who were repcng in his name
unconscious Of the mourning which was tc
follow If any thing COLD add to the i'm.
pressive character Of a, event which ha:
deprived the nation Of on, of its greatest be.
nefactors, it is this extraordinary coinci
deace, which unites his name by a double
tic with the anniversary Of cur country. Ii
alter times, SO long as that anniversary shal
be observed. the name of JEFFERSON will be
identified with this life AMI his death have
both given to it additional titles to our ven
Grafton. He has descended to the tomb like
: great compecrs, Washington and Frank.
lin, full of years, and followed by the sor.
rowing hearts Of lis countymen.
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MONTICELLO, June "a, 1926


Respected Sr--The kind invitation re-
ceived from you, OH the part of the citizens
OF the City of Washington, to be present
with them at their celebration OF the Fittieth
Anniversary of American independence, as
one OF the surviving sisners of an instrumeh.
pregnant with our own fate and the fate OF
the world, is most hattering to myself, and
heightened by the honourable accompani-
ment proposed for the comfort of such
journey. ltadds sensibly to the sutferings
OF sickness, to be deprived by it of personal
participation in the rejoicinss of that day
but acquiesence is duty under circumstan-
ccs not placed among those we are permit
ed to control | should, JUDGED, with Pecu-
llar delight, have met and exchanged there
congratulations, personally, with the small
band, the remnant Of that host of worthies
who joined with us ON that day, in the bold
and doubtful election we were to make for, r,onr
country, between submission and the sword
and to have enjoyed with them the console !.
tory fact that our fellow citizens, after hall
a century of experience md prosperity, con
time to approve the choice we made.-Ma?
it be to the world, what believe it will h"
to some parts sooner, to others later, oul
finally to all ) the signal OF arousing men @
burst the chains under which monAlsh lgho
rance and superstition had persuaded them
to bind themselves, and to assume the Hless'
lngs and security OF lf-governnent. nc
| form which we have substituted restores th9
tree right to the unbounded xsrcise OF re"
son and freedom of opinion. All eyes are
pened or opening to the rights of man. ne
general spread of the lights d science ma
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-07-13
TPuB1.Ic-No. 84.1

AN ACT making appropriations to carry into ef-
feet the Treaty concluded between the Uni
ted States and the Creek nation, ratified the
twenty second of April, eighteen hundred and
twenty-six.
Bel it enacted By the Senate and House Of
Rehreseataffves ofMe United States Of H.
merica in Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and the same are hereby
appropriated, out of any money not other
wise appropriated, to carry into effect the
treaty concluded between the United States
and the Greek nation, on the twenty fourth
OF January eighteen hundred and twenty-six
and ratlhed on the twenty of April,
elhteen hundred and twenty six, that is to
say: For the payment of the sum to the
Chiefs and Warriors of the Creek nation.
stipulated in the third article of the said
treaty, in addition to an unexpended balance
of one hundred and seventy thousand dol
lars, appropriated. by the act of the third of
March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five.
and which is hereby directed to be used for
the purpose of this act, forty seven thousand
six hundred dollars, both of which sums
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trate. and obtained warrant against his son
for assault--took constable with MN, anu
set off with other horses in pursuit-hrst
offering hundred guineas reward, it his son
was apprehended before he crossed the Dor
der. 1t appeared, however, in the sequel,
the youthful pair attained the object OF their
wishes, and also -soothed the angry passions
of the father, on the following day, they all
returned together in seeming good humour,
The old gentleman is Martin Stapleton, Esq
of Myton Hall, in the county OF fork'-
The name of the young lady is Miss john
son, from Bath.
Uestmoreland Gazette.
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lPuBLIc-No. 1921

AN ACT granting certain Grounds in the City
Of Detroit to the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen,
and Freemen Of that City.
BeNenacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United StatsS Of Il.
nscrica in Congress assembled, That all
the right and claim of the United States in
and to the public grounds within the limits
of the City of Detroit heretofore occupied
for military purposes, excepting as herciu-
after provided, be, and the same are hereby
granted to, and vested in the Mayor, Re
corder, Aldermen, and Freemen of the city.
for the use of said Freemen: PropMed,
there be reserved and excepted from this
grant the following lots: one lot upon which
the public store house is situated, bounded
one hundred and fifty feet 10 front upon JEFF
ferson avenue, and extending the same width
to the channel of the river; one other lot,
upon which the public arsenal is situate,
containing one hundred and fifty feet front
upon Jefferson avenue, and extending the
same width, by parallel lines, al right angles
with sale, avenue, in northwestern course,
TWO hundred feet; and one other lot, upon
which the building occupied by the military
store keeperis situate, containing one hum
dred and twenty-five feet in front upon JEFF
ferson avenue, and extended back, in a north
western direction BY parallel lines, at right
angles with that avenue, two hundred feet:
.4nd provided clso, That the grant express.
ed in this act shall not take effect, until the
said Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Free
men, in their corporate capacity, shall have
secured to the United States sum ct mo-
ney, to be expended under the direction Of
the Secretary Of War, sufficient for the erec-
tion of magazine, at place without the
limits of the city to be designated by the War
Department
JOHN W. TAYLOR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN C. CALHOUN,
Vice-Presdent of the United States, and
President Of the Senate.
ArrRovED--AIay 20, 1926.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
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commenced the practice of the law 1850
and continued scdulously engaged in his rr,' pro
fession until 1774, when his reputation rior for
talents. independence and Roman enersn av,
caused the public to demand his seryicss,,.
and since that period, his history has bpsn
blended with that Of his country. and I.
known in some measure to all. 1t would 10
at this moment impossible to give even - =
scanty chronicle of his services. This mus,
be left to his biographer, who will have an
ample field for his labours-the materials
for monument more durable than brass la
all at hand for the workman.
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fPCBLIc--No. 49,

AN ACT authorizing certain soldiers in the late |
war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by !
them, and to locate others in lieu thereof.
Be it enacted BY the Senate and House ofI
Representatives ofthe United States of H.
nerica in Congress assembled, That it
shall and may be lawful for any soldiers in
the late war, or their heirs, to whom bounty
lands have been patented, OF may hereafter
be patented, in the Territory of Arkansas,
and which land is unfit for cultivation, and
who have removed, or shall hereafter re-
move, to the said Territory, with view to
actual settlement on the lands by them drawn
lin all such cases where it shall be made to
appear, in such manner as the Commission
er of the General Land Office shall direct,
to the satisfaction Of the Register and Re
ceiyer OF the proper district. that the land
patented to them is unfit for cultivation, and
on the surrender ofthe patent to them grant
ed, accompanied with such release of their
interest as the Commissioner of the General
Land office shall prescribe, such soldier or
his heirs, may locate and enter with the Re-
gister of the Land Office for the proper dis.
trict, in the Territory Of Arkansas, accord
ing to the sectional and divisional lines, the
like quantity on any Of the inappropriate
public lands in the military district in SAID
Territory; and upon each entry and location
being made, it shah be the duty of the Re-
gister to issue to the person SO locating, a
certificate specifying the quarter or half sec
ton of land so located aud entered; and it
shall be the duty of the Commissioner Of
the General Land Office, if he is satisfied
such certificate was fairly obtained, to issue
patent for the lands so located, whenever
the certificate aforesaid shall be presented
to him for that purpose: ProUided, That be-
fore such certificate of location shall be
granted, the applicant shall satisfy the Re-
gister and Receiver that his interest in the
land originally patented by him, has not been
divested, either by his own acts, or by the
operation of law, for taxes or otherwise.
.dnd hrovided also. That such surrender
and relocation shall be made on or before
the first day OF January, eighteen hundred
and thirty. But, if said interest shall have
been divested in either mode above mention
ed, no title shall be acquired to the land sub
sequently patented.
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker of the House Of Representative
]. C. CALHOUN,
Yice-President of the United States, AM
President of the Senate.
ArrnovED-AIay %, 1896.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-07-13

A German paper gives the following an
ecdote, which it is asserted was the subject
of general conversation at Vienna, at the
time of the late illness of the Emperor:
Josegh II. Immediately after he was pro-
claimed Emperor, repaired to Presburgh, in
Hungary, and there learning that there was
a nun Of st Ursula, who predicted future e.
vents, he went to the Convent, and request
ed to see the prophecies. The Superior re-
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SuEer&Rf7n-T city of Benares is well
known as tie greatest seat OF Ilindoo learn
ing, and is esteemed as holy city by the
Hindoos, who conceive that a person dying
there is certain Of paradise In consequence
Of late eclipse, which was visible there, a
great concoursc Of Hindoos assembled at the
Mooncckurnika Ghaut, for the purpose of
bathing, according to the custom in such ca
scs, on which occasion, We learn by the Hur
K ,ru, the crowd was SO great that forty one
persons were squeezed to death.
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LAWS or TKKE UNION.
DV AUTHORITY.

PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
NINETEENTH CONGRESS.
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Itees.--1'he largest tree in England
seems it is said to be on the estate OF Lady
Stourton, in Yorkshire, which, in 1916, was
nearly SO feet in height, 4s feet in circum-
ference, at yard from the surface, and 78
feet in circumference, when measured close
to the ground.-But this is nothing compar-
ell with the circumference of the great ches-
nut tree on Mount Etna, in Sicily, which
measures within the hollow of the trunk a
bout 2ol feet.
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The Turks have the same notion as the
machinery breakers. Some years ago print
er went to Constantinople and set up his
cases and press. The Prime Vizier hear
Ing Of his arrival, ordered him to be arrest
ed. The unfortunate man of letters was
charged with a serious offence. He was told
that $4,000 clerks lived every day by multi
plying copies Of public and private docu-
mcnts, and consequently, that multiplying
copies by the art Of printing. would deprive
all those persons OF bread. The printing
press and letters were thrown, by the gov
eminent, into the Bosphorus, and the print
er narrowly escaped the bowstripg.
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BLESSINGS qfa Cart IF EquHy.-Th-re
is Single "a ment in the report Of the En-
elish ChanceS commissioners, which speaks
volul es. l. is, that there are thirty-nine
millions sterling Of property >about 10000
COO dollars Undecided and locked up by
that Court, !;pm the use Of any party what
ever We'll, indeed, may Mr.. Hume call
such court cf eqaiy, a curse to the coun
Try.
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Hrcnianeum MSS--The London pa
pers mention that the uhroling, decipheling,
and printing OF the long lost treasures of this
buried city. are proceeded in with unusual
spirit and diligence. We observe that the
following, among others, are in press, and
will shortly be published: two treatises on
Rhetoric, and one on Ethics, by Philodemus
two on Nature by Epicures-one on Pro-
violence, by chrysippus-onc by Camiscus,
and one BY Pulostratus. Philodemus as
clibes to rheophrastus the treatise on Poll
ties which has hitherto been attributed to
Aristotle.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-07-13

Il !I1fc aoia--A tiseraceful exhibition re-
Gently took place in Brighton market, when
man led a very 'tdy'-looking woman up to
one Of The stalls with halter round erneck,
and offered hcf for sale. A purchaser was
soon found whp bnugt her for sos. which he
paid and went off with his bargain amid the
snecrs and laughter OF the mob, but not be-
fore til. transaction was regularly entered
by the clerh inthe market book, and the toll
Of IS. paid. He also paid Is for the halter,
and another shilling to the man who per-
formed the office Of auctioneer. We under
stand that they were country people, and
that the woman had two children BY her hus-
band, one of whom he consents to keep, aud
the othcrhe throws III as a make weight to
the bargain.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-07-13

On Tuesday last, a carriage drove up to
the Crown Inn, at Penrith, in which were
lady ana gentleman, evidently Fastening on
the wings OF love to the Paphian village,
called Gretna Green.-At this critical mo-
ment, an elderly gentleman stepped out of
the Inn, and welcomed their arrival with
great cordiality. and they all retired to the
parlour with apparent satisfaction. But here,
however, the scene changed; for the old
gentleman, who was the father OF the bride
groom, made the lady prisoner, and dcclar-
ed his intention of staying further proceed
ngs, but "Love laughs at Locksmths,, >, and
al! other kind of impediments, for the young
gentleman privately ordered horses to his
carriage, and upon signal being given that
"all was right" he made an overAowing at
tack upon his old dad, who now, by the
chance of war, became prisoner in his turn,
the waiter most dexterously picked up the
young lady, and bore her in triumph to the
carrage-the bridegroom then let go hi.
prisoner, and made a kind of a hop step and
jump into the carriage also, but closely pur.
sued by his father; and here the affair be-
came truly interesting-son shouting to the
post-boy to "go it." the father vociferatine
counter orders but the lads cracked theil
whips, and away flew as good horses ase.
yer winged lover to the Temple of Hymen
| The old man Immediately went to a masis
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piled that there vas no such person il the
house, but Joseph II. insisted and demanded
that all the nuns should appear before nm.
When they were in his presence, the empe-
ror, from information which he had receiv-
ed, soon discovered the person he sought.
He took her aside, and demanded OF her how
many years his reign would last. The nun
endeavoured all in her power to be excused
from answering the question, but Joseph m
sisted OH being obeyed. She perceived that
resistance would be useless, asked the En-
peror for his pencil, penknlfe, and piece
of paper. She cut the pencil, sharpening
the point we'll, and began to mark strokes
upon the paper. At the tenth, the point OF
the pencil broke, and the nun said ten gears.
The Emperor observed that this period
was too short to accomplish the regeneration
which he had projected in Earope, and wish
ed to know the duration of the reign OF his
successor. The nun cut the pencil anew,
and began to make marks. AT the second,
the pencil broke. Joseph remarked that his
successor would not be able to accomplish IN
two years the project of regeneration which
he should have begun, there will not be e.
ven time, to get engaged in it. He then de-
manded how long would be the duration OF
the second reign after his. The pencil
marked SO strokes, and then broke. He at
last said, Joseph may accomplish something
important, if he has the talents necessary to
follow my plan; in truth, l envy his lot
This S3d wear expired at the end of the year
1925. Tie recollection Of this anecdotc
served to exaggerate the danger OF the En-
peror's illness. Unfortunately for the story,
the Emperor recovered.
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TIL: J. RANDOLPH"

The following are the last public letters
written by John Adams and Thomas Jeffer-
son. They were respectively addressed to
the Mayor Of Washington City, in answer to
his letter inviting them to favour that City
with their presence on the occasion of the
celebration of the fftieth Anniversary of A.
merican independence =