Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-04-20
M1LLEpeEy1LIE. (Geo.l April )

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MMLEDGEvILLE, Geo. April 5.
The So Surveyors who some time
since were elected in the several coun-
ties, assembled at this place on Monday
last, in pursuance of the proclamation of
the Governor, to proceed to the survey
of the territory now in the occupancy of
the Cherokee Indians. The following
is the section of the act of the last ses-
sion, in obedience to which they have
been ordered out.
"Sec. And be ii further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That on the LIST
day of April next ensuing. the Govern
o. is hereby required to order out the
district surveyors for completing the sur
Heys of said territory, with as little delay
as possible, and when the survey shall be
completed, and returns thereof made in
conformity with the provisions of said
act, it shall be the duty of the Governor,
in case he shall deem it for the interest
of the State, to cause the Lottery Com
missioners to assemble at Milledgeville to
commence the drawing of the Lottery as
contemplated by this act
The Lottery act reserves TO the Indi-
ans the possession of their improvements,
and of the entire tracts on which such
Improvements are made provides that,
"No grant shall issue for any tract or
tracts ofland upon which said Indian res
licences may be, until said Indian or In
dams, or their descendants shall have "a
bandoned the same in manner and form
as herein pointed out nor shall the
drawer or drawers of any such lot or lots,
be subject to pay taxes for the same until
they are entitled to obtain a grant or
grants for the same, under the provisions
aforesaid, and any person or persons,
who may be the "Reminiscences of such
lot or lots, upon which such residences
may be located, who shall by threats,
menaces, or violence, remove or attempt
to remove, any Indian, or descendant Of
an Indian therefrom, or who, either in
person, or by agent, shall take or at
tempt to take possession of any lot of
land, on which Improvements be, shall
forfeit their right to a grant or grants for
the same, and such lot or lots shall revert
to the State"
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Mr.. Lovewell, of Roxbury, Mass in a
letter to the editor of the New England Far
mer, states that his orchards have suffered
more by the last severe winter, than in any
other, for II years. He thinks the growth
of last year entirely destroyed.
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Considerable feeling was aroused in the
House of Representatives by the presentation
of a memorial from England by Mr. Mer-
Ger, praying Congress to aid the American
Colonization Society, as an efiectual means
Of suppressing the Slave trade. 1T was re-
garded by some Of the speakers, as an i'm
pertinent interference in our domestic con-
Germs. In consequence of the excitement,
Mr.. Mercer withdrew The petition though
only because he saw would not do the good
he expected. The memorial he thought re-
spectlul, and contained no Objectionable allu
sion TO domestic slavery.
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Gov. HAMILTON, of South Carolina, ii |
IS said has been elected recently a lieuten-
ant Of a Militia company, and that he has
issued commission from himself as Govern
or TO himself as Lieutenant This is doubt !
less intended as a show Of war. The titles Of
the Governor and Lieutenant strung togeth-
er, are somewhat amusing: His eXcellencv
James Hamilton, jun. Governor of the
State Of South CaroIipa, Commander in
Chief Of the Army and Navy, and Lieuten-
ant in the - Battalion, -Reg't Of the Mill
tia Of the Commonwealth.
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Mr. Moore Of Alabama, stated in an adj
dress to his constituents, that Senator Bib
Of Kentucky, would have voted against Van
Buren's appointment as minister to Eng
land, had he been in his seat This being
called in question by the Globe, Mr.. Moore
addressed a note to Mr. Bibb, 10 which the
latter replied that Mr. Moore's statement TO
his constituents was substantially correct
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The next general conference Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, will convene al