Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-23

aatarees was concluded between gen Atkinson
and maj. o Fslon, and many chiefs of this tribe, at
the Lower Mandan village, on the Both of June,
1925, aud has been ratified by the senate and APP
proved of by the president. 1t provides for
friendly intercourse between the parties; the Be
lantse-eteas acknowledge the supremacy and claim
the of the United States; it is promised
that they shall be kindly treated; none but Ameri
Can citizens, duly authorized, are to trade with
them; they 10 appreh-nd all others, deliver them
to the United States agents; depredations by either
party forbidden, and the OF redress agreed
upon, in case of wrongs committed by either; and
the tribe Is not aid assist any tribe or band OF
Indians not in amiy with the U. States (: This is
the whole substance of the treaty. 1t il signed,
among others, by ShanI-a-bat-say -esee, the " off
chief, E-re-ah-rel, the chief who makes the road.
Nah bucL-sho- ol-oe-an, the one that carries the
snake. Sc.
! n treaty, with the same provisions, was con-
cluded with the Ricaia Indians the 18th July,
and has been appo owed aud ratifedby the presiden,
and senate.
| PUBLIC LANDS.-From statement recent
~ laid before the house OF Representative es it APP
pears, that the whole amount OF money paid by
individuals into the several land Offices Of the
! United States, and which became forfeited, is
1851 ,0i4 33. The account commences in 1857
and ends With 1924. The greatest amount for
ieiied in any one year was $40, 696, in 1919; in
the years OF 1921, 1922 and 1929, only So, 1876, in
| 1924, S43 $50; chiefly in Ohio. The aggregate
oreitures in the several states, in round numbers
| have been as follows In Ohio POT 900; Indiana
&c, 500; Illinois is 600; Missouri 3 600 Ai-s-sp-
| pi 76 ,0Oo-Alabama IS, 000-Michigan ZOO The
| foheitureso on sales at New York in 1887 and al
Pit,sburG in 1896, amounted to 200 dollars.
British Weights and Measures BY late act
| of Parliament, an improved and uniform standard
1 4 -
| Grea, Britain, and in all The colonies on The first
day the present year, called the imperial standard
| The imperial yard, foot, and inch, remain the
same as by the old standard The imperial troy
and oirdupois weights also the same as The
| old weights.
| The imperial bu~hel is one quart larger than the
old bushel, and contains 50 lbs. OF avordupois dis
titled wafer
| The imperial gallon is one pin, and one gill and
a hale a.e~--i-- I'D wine f,alian anJ half
a gill less than the old ale gallon.
! All bargains must have reference to the impe.
rial weights and measures, or they will not be
! legal.
| The annuneiation made by Mr.. S. Canning TO
the Ottoman Porte, that England had determined
to observe strict neutrality in the concs, betw cen
| the Turks and Greeks bad occasioned much lisu,av
in the Greek Councils. One of the Greek papers, in
noticing it, exclams: '' Is it come to his? When
all the Greeks massacred, will the Franks and
the diplomatic Christians at Constantinople, cele-
brate TIE Deuni?'
e" The world IS i'll hear with some astonishment
tina, the only French Officers. who s-e now ,akine
an active part in the war in the .Morea, are those
in the ranks of the Manelukes! The old officers of
the Republic and the Empire engaged in the holy
cause OF monarchy and religionn' Paris PaDer.
We have received our file Of the Mexican pa
per, the aguiia -aeric0na-a journal of superior
cast-for the month of december. 1t continues 10 in
culcate the necessity ofrendering Cuba independent.
and bears fresh testimony to the happy influence of
Mr.. Foinsetis' counSe!s and hospitality upon the
spirit and forms of Mexican society. 1t ridicules
the iiaytien President Boyer's convention with
France, as slavish and foolish. Nut Ga-