_ _ ,i,p Washington, P. Reporter, Feb.
rirCUTIOS OF WM. CRAWFORD.
it (iiv light on Friday morning last, the
iUi,.»ti«et appeared to he thronged with
„.ci the public houses the night hc
1 Jemre gener.dly ful'. nr 10 uVh.ek,
M the strift opposite the court hmise,
I tin- sheriff’s office was literally packed
ill ut spectators—'.t half after It o’clock,
„f military formed a hollow square
,,'ite the door of the sheriff's office.-
VZ the square thus formed, was brought
"l" ,1 drawn hy a span of hor-es—into
'bo’s of the sled was then placed a cuf
in_|,| a few minutes, \V in. Crawford, the
malefactor, made his appearance, iinerell
il, a white muslin shroud, w hile cap and
,,l k hat, supported hy a man under each
"(|1 be was seated in his sled, alongside
ofhis cuffi", supported hy Mr. John Wolfe,
uho had made the coffin. The attending
(l, i men and physicians look post imme
djati iv behind the sled—then the coroner,
\|r Johnson, and the deputy sheriff, Mr
}{,,licit M’C lei land next the constables
lh their lung staves, sheriff’s officer on
horseback in front of the military. In this
ordcf the procession moved dow n main
"net to the lower end, and up the soutli
v,-,t side of Callow s Hill to the head of a
j.dl.iw, forming a kind of ampilbeatre,
alien: the gallows w as erected, on the right
of the old Brownsville road, about half a
mile from the prison, and in full i iew of the
south side of the main street, and tin
whole, south side of the borough— around
the gallows rite sheriff had previously for
med a guard, leaving all open area of about
too feet square—in this the profession hal
ted. On the way from the prison to Iho
place ol execution, the culprit appeared to
be entirely unconcerned, cat a part of an
apple, ami surveyed the attending crowd
wall a keen scintillating eye. He remark
ed to Mr. Wolfe that he had acquired u
fortune of £40,000, w hich tlin/ had tried to
j.„lthim of, and now wanted his life.—they
were welcome to it-—he was us ready to
die as they were to hang him—his life was
all they could get. The day was clear,
and the situ shone out pleasant anti w arm,
which he appeared to enjoy, and occasion
ally turned his face up to the spectators
Jroin the windows Ins countenance was
unmoved, hold, and bespeaking a heart
nnchangeabltt—his complexion was fine
said florid, although he had, we are told,
not taken more than one small portion of
spiiitr that morning, and eat no breakfast.
On halting under the scaffold Iho malefac
tor viewed the erection w ith as much con
stancy, indifference or amotion, as a pliilo
•nipher of the sect of Zeno could have done.
The Rev. Henry Furlong gave nut a hymn
commencing with the following words,
wliirh was sung
Wlieii rising Irwin the uni <>t ilentli.
The Rev. Thomas Huge read the f,|st
psalm, and the Rev. Charles Wheeler do
sed the services, with a prayerto the throne
of the most high Uod, in a very fervent and
.supplicating manner, for the poor human
being who was then about to be put to
death. Crawford remained unmoved or
n fleeted. On being asked if he wished his
time prolonged to the last mi note, he an
swered, no 1 Said he i would rather die
in one minute, than live ten hours longer
J wish to have it over—1 do not want to
keep Tinny Robeson here, waiting with
his waggon, l warttto he taken home this
night to my own house, where my neigh
J.ors ran call in and see inu once mure; I
have had no peace of mind for ltt years,
and I wish to leave this wicked world. If
I was worth £100,000,1 bet a guinea my
children would have robbed rm- of it, and
then brought me to this ignominious death.
If I was to he shot, I would think nothing
uf it but tn he murdered upon that g il
Invvr., (casting bis eyes upon it) is what I
Ji.ite il is more than I expected or dc- j
sir.e, and what the name of C raw ford ne
ver wiisjiroiight to, or any ol the rare.”—i
The sheritVthen told him, Air. Craw ford, if;
you wish the longest time allowed in the;
Warrant, you shall have il. lie sternly re
pin'd no I do not. wish to he detained,” 1
and drank a glass of beer. W hen taken up j
on a scalfuld, uud seated upon a stool, ras-‘
ting bis eyes around over the uinlliliidc,
he said, it appears they are determined to 1
hang un—they may do il I am ready to
die at any moment.” The sliei ill'thi'ii read
the warrant under which he acted, and to
which the w ord murder was cited, Craw
ford agvmi spoke and said, I am no mur
derer if I had got a lair trial. I Would not
la here to sillier an ignominious death—it
ij what none of my name or kindred were
brought to before. The witnesses .against
tne were bribed to perjure themselves and
flier jury we weak, misled, ignorant men,
and did not do me justice, or 1 would now
fie at home but, i hope soon to aj pear
before a mere just judge than any t hrive
ever been before in Washington county.”
The Rev. Charles Wheeler, in an ild nd
gentle tune of voice, put tin; folio wing
question to him, Mr. Crawford are you
willing to forgive your enemies, particular
ty your own family To this Crawford
replied,turning his face round to the left,'
yoii are no father confessor, mind your
own business, and let mine alone, (toil
flay foigive them, I wont die with a lie in
my mouth I am no hypocrite, nor will 1
make a blowing horn of myself.” The
‘crgy turn took ifn ir n .ivi* m mm, aim M il
tin* scaffold. Sheriff officer,assisted !>y his
deputy, Mr. M’C'lrilaml, placed him for
ward under tire, ai m of the gallows, in his
proper position lie took the sheriff's hand
•nid l.id hint farewell, blessed him and
thanked him for his kind attention. At
ten ininuti s before one o’clock, the sheriff
adjusted the noose round his neck, ami in
fixing it properly; Crawford said, Sir,
you art choking iiu," these were iiis last I
words. In a few seconds, the sheriff turned
from tin prisoner, lifted a hatchet, raised
hi hand, and with one Mow cut the rope
that supported the. platform, Crawford
swung in the air, he raised first the left hand
a'id then tliij right attempting to grasp hi
neck, with his right lie then caught the
slack rope, and Loth hands gently inclined
t-mvai his sides, and he hung without the
slightest struggle or exertion, excepting a
contraction of one shoulder, then tin- oth
er, and hcai ing one long and strong con
vulsion of the hreast; in 5 minutes his pulse
J*as gone, and in 7 lie was apparently dead,
he held a white Jiaiidkerrnief in his left
hand during the whole time.
While hanging he hied a little from the
r‘Sht nostril, and there appeared a slight
discharge of water from his eyes—from the
■waisuig of the hands in a natural manner, it
l> ^ydent the neck joints were not disloca
111 Ihe tall from the scaffold, in 43
fuiimtes he was lowered "into his coffin,
♦ureijnp and W;*. o£by (Viii f tion» pf tii«
executor, who had attended there hy pre
vious arrangement lor the purpose of ta
king his corpse home to hi- own house.
There is great credit due the sheriff ofi‘
eer for Ins dignified, collected and firm <1.
portment, throughout the r\ hole try ing ant
awful scene. The spectators present vvci.
estimated at from six to seven tlmusauo
who dispersed in a civil and orderly nun.
ner, and he it rcincmhci ed, as a credit ti
the county, that there was not one viola
lion ol the public peace, or law, or d. eo
rum in the whole multitude, a few cases in
intoxiralion excepted.
U HI FF SKETCH
Ol the life of WII.I.IWI CKVWKORIt, vvol,
was exei'uled at H H-hingtnii, on IheV'JIst
fur the minder of his-on llrurv t'ravv
lunl. Compiled trom the mwraiive ol Id
lift*.
W I Tifil A M a AW I* (I) was horn in
the parish of Killealy, near linnishillen, Ire
land, in 1748, and spent his youth partly
in labor and ill attending fairs, horse races,
fee. in betting, gambling, ami in the sports
usual on such occasions, lie traces his
first guilt to lust and avarice and warns
youth against seductive pleasures. He en
listed in his youth in the Itntish service,
and came over to America in the slop, r,..
giment ol infantry, and was at thehattlcof
(.Quebec, in vv hit'll general Montgomery vv as
killed, and Arnold repelled. He was also
in tlieli itlle of Three Rivers and after
partaking in the various events ol Crown
Point, Ticonderoga, fsc. fee. was finally
made prisoner at Saratoga under (jcncrnl
Uurguyue. Crawford was taken to Albe
marle, in Virginia, a prisoner. Here he
and lit) others effected their escape, by o
vei'|wivvering 1 lie sentinel, and obliging him
to act as a guide. After some time lie was I
recaptured, and conveyed to Martinshurgli
|ail. h l oin this jail lie effected his escape, I
hy practising upon the affections of the jai
lor n daughter whom lie married. Having
renounced the llritish service, anti rectmei
led himself to his wile’s family and friends,
he was appointed deputy sherilfand keep,
end the jail, hy his father-in law. lie
kept the jail three years, and remaint d in
Martinshurgli two years, working as a ma
son, itiid required some real property in
.'lartinsburgh. At the expiration of this
time, he r< tumid to his nlii allegiance, and
wais suspected nl being engaged in a cor
respondence with the times. On the in
lormatinn of his fathcr-in-In tv and wile,
who w ere strongly attached to the A liter-
ic in eause, ha was arrested and confined
in Berkeley jail, hut there Icing no proof:
against him, and they not being able to 1
extort his secret from him, he was releas
ed
In consequence of these proceedings, lie
separated from his wife, and left with her'
two children, lie married another wife
with the consent of her parents, who knew
that his first wife was living. With this
latter wile anil her children, lie lived ier>
imeoniiditahly. There appears to have
been on the mind Of (.'raw-lord, a continual
apprehension of their having designs upon
his life, lie accuses Henry of a design to
shoot him in the woods, and with a variety
ol vexatious proceedings towards him
calling him names, insulting his old gn
heirs, fee.
Fuller these circumstances, he resolved
not to sutler any hut friends to come to his
house and he accordingly warned Henry
not to come, as lie considered him an em
issary o| his mother, who had deceived
him, and was not his lawful wife. Henry
still persisted in coming and at the time
ol the fmlick, came there with a view of
plaguing him ill the middle of his least.—
During that day when there ivas no one in
the house, Henry came in, fell upon his fa
ther, knocked him down, and broke a chair
our him. Soon after, raw ford loaded
his gnu with slugs and shut Henry as lie
sat upon a log in front of the house,
Crawford appears to have been a man of
strong and ungovernable passions. lie
describes himself as having i■ v> <1 happy
with his ‘irat and only I twful wile and to
have paid attention at that time to the
forma of religion, hut acknowledges hiinsi If
in ver to have been mule'- its influence or
power lie stated that lie dies without
liar, hut without hope. 1 die like a sol
dier, hut dare not die like a saint.” His
second marriage appears to have been the
Iruitlu! sourer of all Ins miseries—for hr
drsei ilies his intercourse w it li his family as a
continued .series of contention anil warfare,
ol drunkenness, abuse ami pilfering.
[.\h entry.
.W triers.—We are already aware that an
outiage was committed on the American
ice ou.sid at Algiers, by dragging him
from Ins horse, and heating him tmmerei
luily, which was neither provoked, nor
can he justified. Our advices from France
detail particulars of the afiaii, w hich seems
to have been pi cm dilated, and requires the
prompt interference of government. It
will sometimes happen in the {turbary
States, that Consuls of impetuous temper,
unwilling to submit to the acknowledged
customs and ceremonies of the court,
draw upon themselves occasional insults;
these, however, are ol a personal natmej
and should lie adjusted m tin- best manner,
and corresponding with the standing and
temper of the agent. It cannot he expec
ted that the government is to he cotnpro
inilted in every dispute which the Consul
may have with the indiv idual or individuals
administering the govei nnient. But it
must he recollected that when these Bar
hary Bowers meditate hostilities against
any nation, an indication of their int■•ulion
is manifested by some insult, on the person
of the Consul, and their mode of issuing a
manifesto corresponds with the genius mid
disposition of the people—it is by making an
exorbitant demand ol' mooey from the eon- j
sul, and on refusal imprisoning him or, I
when the. Treaty prohibits tribute, heating
the Consul, or eommittiug some indignity
upon him. W hen these events happen,
civilized powers must immediately consi
der the insult in a national point of view,
and seek redress accordingly. If this is
not promptly done, no man in his senses
will consent to be tile representatiic of his 1
country, and to sulfer indignities which can
not lie resented and properly punished K
our experience in Barbary affairs have
taught us that policy and principle always
reipiire from us a prompt and effective,
punishment for all premeditated insults;
and we think the government must lie sa
ti-died from explanations, that the outrage
committed on the person of the American
Vice Consul at Algiers on the il.Sd of Au
gust last, not only commits the national
reputation, hut was Unprovoked and un
paralleled. lie was drugged from his
[sony, Cthclly beaten by the guards of
one of the Agna, and on remonstrating with
hr; l)ey, lit; received additional insult.
"he character uf the Vue 'imimiI, w Iki is
nephew of Air. Shuler, is represented to
ic UimiMially mild and inofli'iisivc, and the
ull age therefore can ic* vv ith it a conviction
•iat then was something more than pcr
nnal intended.
There arc several ciumnstaucr* which
earl to. the opinion that the Algol intshave
"u ohicetion In a little tpiaircl with us,
and whenever they arc mi disposed, they
must he met more than half way, or the
lii-l indications of war may he in the form
ol several American captures, and the con
sermcot slavery ol niir citi/.ens.
The natural arrogance of those barbari
an* has been much more excited bv recent
events ill the i.rvanl, when the interfer
ence of the cooferh rncy called Holy Alli
am e, has prevented the dismemberment of
I’m key, aorl acliiig always under the de
lusimi that the power of hristemloni can
be at rested or controlled hy the infallible
spirit of their prophet, they attribute an r
vent to siiptunatural inlluenee, which is
tin* mere result ot jealousy and disHcutinu
among the sovereigns of Kumpe, and in
deed, the protection which some of the
great powers afford to the Algerno n, jtisli
fit s them in their bigot led notions, and ur
ges them to insult a nation, which is nci
tlicr to hr* controlled hy F.urope, nor
shackled hy the Holy Alliance. Hilling
the preceding summer, the Hey of Algiers
w isliiug to have one of his vessels of w or
disengaged from his sipiadrnn, placed un
der the cmiimand id'the Turkish Captain
l'aeha, and, ol coin se, hey olid the reach of
a tributary and subordinate chief, iiiilui ed
tile French government, hy a simulated
hill ot sale, lo claim that vessel, a schooner
ol IK guns, as hr longing lo them, and actu
ally sent her to Algiers under the French
Hag and one of the Algi l ine frigate s has
In en lately repaired thoroughly at Toulon,
and srtil over hy that disinterested govern
incut. Then* is also at Algiers, a line lii
gate, belonging to Alalnmn d Ah, nl’Kgvpt,
repaired hy the Knglhh, and scnMlurc’iiu
drr the charge ol all Knglish cnininaiider
ami crew. AVr thus peril ivi how ellectu
■dly and cosily are the proofs of protec
tion and confidence which the llnlv Alii
uih'c is uftnidiiig tin* Algetinis. Winn the
American nation feels the effect of this iu
tcrl'errnec, no time should he losl in pro
viug that we are not miller such influence.
The course which our gov eminent will
pursue in this iiflnk, ill In- to institute such
enquii ics, noil (lelmmil -au-li redress, as the
natiii*i of the case warrants. An aililitiou
al vessel or two ill the Iteighhorliood of
Algiers, in the mean time, can do no
harm.
The northern powers have an agent or
officer, who tiny tall Iiik/ih tin i;< ill nil ih.i
I'o.'l.tvlnli,r, who visits .Morocco, Algiers,
Tunis, and Tripoli, biennially, and who is
furnished vvilh a brig ol War for that pur
pose. JI is duty is to ascertain the state of
the i listing relations, adjust all disputes,
settle iti(ft •mice and accounts of consuls,
and adopt such measures as the national
interest may rcipiiic, and make a ill tailed
I'epml mi the affairs at each regency. ANT
require sueii an agent oeeusinnally to visit
all tin regencies, and particularly at pre
sent, to decide In lore the llierling of oil
gl'es.s, vvhcjher there may he a di-quiSHtion
to quarrel with us at Algiers heeatise, if
•'ll. mil fori i- in the jMt'ditf rrancan uiiisl lie
augmented. (.V. J. .Yal. .hlv.
Fnnn Iht l.nnilnn John Hull, Jan. rj.
AA'e think war hetween France and
Spain inevitable, if either power acts con
sistently "ilti its own avowed principles.
AVar, unless certain eonei ssiuns al e III nil'
hy tin- Spanish Jacobins—w as tieIrrmiued
upon hy the lough ss of the Continental
Powers. Those rnnccrsioiis comprise the
system, and eimsequeiitly the abettors ol
it who, without the iisurpeil power they
now possess, must stand nil the fooling of
tiaitors and malefactors. Such men can
not lie expected to vacillate between an
attempt to retain that power which is at
present sovereign—and ttie altiiu.ifive ol
the gallows!—They are neither in a tem
per nnr in a situation to hesitate upon
Sill'll a question. AVar, lliru, is inevliable
—if it depend upon their answer to the
manifesto put forth hy France. Our daily
papers have huen fighting manfully, witii
their missions from rcorrespondents, and
their own speculations upon the terms and
I'harai'li'i'olVihis state paper, as if the pas
sions and feelings of a country were poiir
Irayed ill any duiumcut it might lie ne
cessary to send forth lo the world. Word
it as you please, in plain imgljsh or in
plain French, it tells tile Span sli rebels,
that, rf they do not retrace their steps,
France will at least attempt to make
thrill do so. Tiny ean’l I In-v won’t
do it and war, we. again repeat, is lucvi
tablc.
The polity of the war is another ques
tion, and this being ol all abstract nature i.,
fairly open to spin illative discussion.—AS e
slioul I certainly he disposed to declare a
gainst it—not upon any ol the grounds set
up hy those ‘lovers of peace’ who would
fraternise with the diseiples of Uohespiei le
to “let loose the dogs of war” upon civil
and domestic lili—not because we ac
knowledge the principle that the internal
affairs ol a country are never to he suhjei I
to external interference, hut because vve
are firmly persuaded that die Spanish Ha
dic.als, if left to themselves. Would, hy
their tyranny and abuse of power, speedily
fail under llu M ugennec of their country
men whilst the public -pint and sense of
common danger ext ited by hostile invasion,
will, on the cuntr iy, give them a stimu
lus, and at Icait a lemporary accession of
power, to prolong tin r reign of tyianny
and terror over the Spanish people.
Washixurnn, March It.—The follow
ing is an extract of a letter from a gentle
man, dated Alvarado, J,th January,
llixii, to his-friend in Washington City
“The famous Sault Anna, and all his
party, a re now closely In siege, <1 in the city
of Vera. Cruz. A new Congress has hern
insttiit'd, wlm are now proceeili g to form
a constitution, with a perfect leciprorai
Understanding, and the whole country ex
cept only Vera Cruz, which will he in the
hands of the llmperor in a few days, is
in a state of perfect trainpiillity."
[.Vat. Int.
W e arc very glad to hear that Judge 1,1
vixu«ston, of the Supieme Court, who
had tieen seriously ill in this city, is conva
lescent.
It is expected that the Si in i.mc Cot trr
will adjourn idmiil Saturday next.
The Charleston newspaper-, inform us
of the decease. at that ity, of .1 ndge Wit..
I t.UM P. V*x Nr.si, of the State of Sort
A .Ilk, who went tn Hie Sotilli mi tile hcutfil
of his health, lie has, during hi* life
j til let! a l'n.i»idcraMe spare in the puhltr eve.
IIV At riMMtITV.
in n 111 ,.j
1 At T tn revive him! <<mtin.ir it. force
reitHln ail. I nr HiljiMnn.it „f
cl.lhll', in tlm Territory nl Miehh;ni.
Or it untried by lln St ante and ffnisr nf
j Urf>n»utlutun tij the l .n'ttd Sit; to
mtrit.a, in Con/firtt a.trrmbitd. That tin
art, entitle.1 art In rev e the pmvc.s
nl the t '....mils,a ti>i ascertaining an.I
deciding mi claims tn latnl in the <1.strict
nl Detroit, and fur settling tin claims tn
laud at (tree.i Hay, and I’rai. .e du i'hicn,
I in the Territory of Michigan,” approved
May tile eleveu.li, one thniitvand eight hull
dri ll ..ml twenty, shall he, nod the one is
hereby, revived, and shall fill .fit. m u. fo.ee
ill.Ill the licit day ot November ..ext mid
it shall he the doty ot the said commis
sioners, as soon thereafter as may he, tn
forw ard their report, as is reipiired by the
seeonil seetioo of said net, to the Seeretli
ry of the Treasury, to lie by him laid hr
fore ('.i.igres- at its next session.
See. .Ind be it fttrlhtr mu ted That
the second section of the act, entitled I
An act to authorize the granting of pa
tent* fur land, according to the surveys
that have been made, and In grant dona
lion rights In certain claimant* of land in
tile It.-Incl of Detroit, and for other pur
puses,” approved April twenty third, one
thousand eight hundred and Iwelve, shall
he so eol.st. ni as to eiuhn.ee all persons
win. have elaiu.s ca.nl'n tiled heli.w Milk
Itiver I*.nut, and the lower end ul |,ake
St. lair.
S. e. S. .Ind lit it further minted, That
patents shall, and they are hereby directed
to, lie issued, in the inode pointed out l.y
law in other eases, to parsons vr hose claims
In lands, town or village Inis, have been
leg.daily tiled with tile ('..minis ,inner* ap
pointed by tin net, entitled An act to re
vive the powers o| tin ('oii.l.iissioners for
ascertaining and dci tiling on claims to land
in the District oiD'timl, and li.r settling
the claim* to land at (ircen llay, and Ptai
tie ilu t.'hieii, in the Territory of Michi
gan,” passed on tlie eleventh day of May,
one thousand eight lulu.he.I and twenty,
aim w nini' lami* an- enniaineil m the i••
port transmitted to tin- Si'crctary of the
Treasury, anil which have been reported
favorably oil by said (omiiunsiomi s and
-iicli ^ler'miiH ate hereby rnnlirine.il in their
elation, agreeably to any surveys In 11 to
nne made, or the hues and houndarii a es
tablished bv tin claimants reHpectivelv
/hoen/ei/, That such eimlirinatmn shall
only annuuit to a relinquishment forever,
ou tile pan el the I nil! il States, ami that
not more than mx hundred and forty acres
shall he eoidirnusl, by Millie of any tun
••lain) nor shall more In: runlirmrd, in any
ease, than the quantity claimed nor sliail
any claim extend, hi w idth, more than for
ty, nor in depth, more than eighty, ar
pents nor to land, heretulniT, and now,
reserved by the United Slates for public
Uses.
Sit. 4. ,.hui lie it further nwrtiil, That,
wherever it shall appear to the snul Cum
missiouera that any claimant to land, or a
town or village lot, ul lirr.en Hay or 1’rai
rie du (Illicit, cannot establish Ins, her,
or their, claim to the ime, in consequence
ol his, her, 01 their, removal then from by
any ollieer of the I iiitcd States’army, it
shall he the duty of the said omiiiissuin
i fS to issue, a certiorate to such person or
P'isons, for any trai l of laud, or village
lot, which may have been occupied by
Inm, her, or tin in, alter such removal, not
exceeding, in im.mlitv, that oriL'inallv
claimed mi which certificates patents
shall issue, as in nl her cam s hit'll claims
shall lie, in all nllier respects, subject In
the re-ti ie|inns mill |irm isinus of the lluril
si l l mn nf I Ills act.
See a. .Iml hr il Jn it III r enitrltd, That
every |iersiui, w lm, mi (lie first day nf July,
one tlimiH.iiul right hundred anil I ivelve,
wish resident nl (ireeii lias, I’r.iii le (In
Cun n, nr within Ihecounty of Michrlimar
kinaw, and who, nn the said day,neeiijiied
and cultivated, nr necupicd a tract nf land
u Ill' ll Imil previously lieeil rullivated, hy
ai'l ncciip.int, lying williin either nf said
Il leiiii ills, and w |in has eunliiiueil to sub
mit In the authority of the I idled Slates,
nr In the legal representatives nf every
‘.'ll h person, shall lie ruilliniieil III the
trai t so m i iipiei] and cultivated and the
said Ciiiiiinissiiiners, in adjudicating on
claims to land embraced hy this act, are
authorized In lake into their fouxideriition
I he ci ideure and fads ridli clcd aijil re
pnrli'd In tlll'IU hy Ihc Agents nf Use tii
led Stales, pursuant In the firm isinus nf
the ad of the eleventh ol May, ,me 11 u ill
-and eight limidred and twenty, ns well as
siicli oilier and further evideni i and testi
mony as may or shall lie exhibited la lore
them by tlie claimants, to support their
claims: And the Register nf the I.and of
(iie at In (mil is authorised and remitted
lo reci ive and record all noln esanil claims
In I.unis provided lor hy this act, and
which shall lie rxhihiit'd to him on or lie
lore the first d iV ol October next J’rovi
ilnt. hoirerrr, '1 hat no person shall lie con
finned in 'a greater ipianiity than six hun
dred (mu forty acres nor shall any tract,
i.n cor,firmed, exceed eighty arpents from
front lo rear and it shall he the duly of
the Surveyor General of the United Stales,
und« r the direction of the Secretary of the
Tri'i.suiy, to cause the land emd'inni d hy
tills act III lie surveyed, at till' expi use ol
the claimants, respectively, plats id which
shall lie returned, as in nltier paw t, and
patents therefor shall he granted to the s»
vend claimants, in Hu: manner prescribed
hy law
Sec. fi. Jlnd he it further ermrttd, That
till: Secretary of tin Treasury sli dl he,
and he is hereby, authorized lo allow lo
the former agent, and to each of tlie per
sons w hose duty it is made to carry this
law into effect, such sum, in addition to
tin: sum allowed hy the fust recited act, as
he may deem just and reasonable.
Appr >ved V, ..Mu "'mi, I v!i -'I, i' '.Ax
VgvU'Y l\m\ Vrt'Y V
Jj HWM fttnrfnr .title til the llreu eri/, u
tpimififij nf V*rrh r and Urn-, that cannot hi
yiir/i>r *cff in qualify. Thr t a miner drink will
h- Lit'i fr/i d tnkti/i throHirfi Ihc hof oundh
(trdtr* f'roip distance noil he attend'd to n ilh
/irom/iHli'dr. It II.I I.I.M 1)1 TTY.
March 14. i‘2 a'hrif
.u>\\ yui.vn.vu
I', rent ltd in thr neitlmt 11111111110-, mid on III,
I most modnylt linnt, ol t1- Iijj'n <J'!hi
I in;t -linn
^»t>STat»aia»a*%_
War \w Y\.\vrn\\e
Our Fnndnii dales arc broit;ht down In
the 1st of February. 'Pu re can be little
doubt but tli.it (In: II i tn< n| war bin hurst
loilb, ami tli.cl the Spaniard are oner
none flj'htiny in cl. (jriire of (In n roustitii
iniiul ticcitmii, ami in fact far their ita
lioiial nnli'11« lalenei The King of Fraiice,
III llil speech In till: (luUllluT Of llrpu
lies, nay >1
I hate done every II iny to insure the
senility nl my subjects, ami in jiicm i\e
s|'itiu Iroin tbe ex In me on ,loi tune the
mbit n il mu null nliirli the pinpo'.itiniu,
seiil lo Alm!rid, liave been rejected, lean
bill” In pcs ol peace.
I have iirderi'd (he recall of my Minis
ler, and uiie hundred thousand Firiirhmcfi,
r i 111 11; 11 ill ed by a I'miee of my Family,
ulmin U delight* tny lieai t In cull my Hon,
and invoke tlit* (toil ol St. l,oiiis to prr.
(i be I In line of Spain lo a grandson of
Henry to preserve llml line kingdom
Imm ruin, mid lo reconcile her to F.iu ope."
n regret that we have not today loom
for further extracts. This, however, is the
Mibxlitiirr nl the intelligence. (lod speed
the cause ot Idhel ty May 11tu late pre.
pared by the ili spils of F.urope for Spain,
to* burled with tenfold vengeance outlie
beads uf ils projectors
JUicUun.
I'd .MOHKdll’, Si/In.March <24,
Tin ,ul»st rilier will sell at nuclimj at lOt»’
t lock,
70 liaj;s prime CoHee,
7 IiIiiIh prime relailinn Molasses,
hints Iiiowii Sunar,
.10 Imxes excellent mould ('smiles,
A few twixes superior Si zars,
A lew leii’lels Heuuloe Malaga Wine,
40 ll.s Tliretul, fce. k,c. Llv.
\r.so
A Hue, paving llovne.
UK HARD I'OI.I.Vnr.,
.March 21. .lutlujiu/r
NEW "(iO(M)S.
<1. II. Norvcll fc W. H. Murpn,
An: now recelvisn IWun Sew Vnrk mill 1‘liila
ilelpliis, a gem nil assortment nl
Itritish, French, India and Da
incut ic I toad.a,
Wliicli lltC\ will “i’ll v erv low for rnsli They
keep ton. toady on linml, a ^cnci.d usiurt
ilipnl ul
(Hi (HE ItJES.
March 21. 33 III if
toil BALK,
120,000 ♦Its mi e trimmed nnd well
v*wM\\A uaro.w
A 1 *0, k UK Nil I V or
l \sYrA.V YiiYY’x \Y
Ull.I.IAM 111 HO
Mnrrh 2! wtlw 31
VM)W in Tlte Press, at the Virginian
X ^1 llii i*.iiimI m ill hr rend) hy Monday nr*m 1,
I *r nii nnd di-1 illnit ion, «t| KrlmU k .Nurlli
iindiiritnr AtkH'Oh* Honk store*, *In .Iffn
honun .lddr> In tlir Ch r^y of ullfih nomum
I in ii tin tin t nihil SlaltM, on the Theoloicirul
Unin,u* of tlir honorable l.inunnel •'nndin
born:, hy JOILN I CAHKLL.
U frier, It!4 rr.nts
V H A portion of the above honk will he
pint I in Un* hand nl thr Itrv. John Jlafly to
distribute among IIiom- mini O i nl tl*e gn*pi I
HOW at tlii* pin* r, Mi Will iirrrpt oi l! ropy,or
placed at •hi*' nl f11*• Hunk Stores, it thought
io.nst tidvlsalde, Ini iIiomj that will call lor nor
J. I
March 41.
ciuriiisAit.
Sill—Tlir Society (in thin erty) for tlir
I hum fin nut mo of tin llramily boelrims
o f thr ,\t Itjlltt S. I JEM at rontmurd in Un
Jhcolo.yrftl II i i/n/gt njHuron I.Mani rl. Swk
itiAMftiih, rnoti'inplwtr publishing a ]New
Monthly M \/,l A I devoted exrlii-ivrly to
iln* iiiln r (t- ul Ike .Vnr Church in the failed
Statf t«» hr entitled
T Y\e evi-JevwHaYeiu
Tlii* work will hr i «urd in Montlhy Num*
her-, ink'h containing .12 ortavo page**, neatly
lilehrd in culniirrd printed na ern, at the inu
drrat* price lit fin, Doltum per nno tim One
Ihilliu* 1 v hr pai(| nil tlir in ript of tlir first
number onr Dollar nt tlir expiration nt *ij
months and Mir Dollar at tlir end nt the
yrnr,urroiiipanicd with tlir MlipuluU d advance
lor tin- (oilowing year, hy thu*c who wi*h
their mb* ript i< 11.3 emit iimrd All r< nut hi nee it
liml nwnnniiHntious imist hr post paid.
1 lie up* 1 inlrildufirr of t ed, tonal and hj
pOtfraplueat dep 'fliricnt bring a-signed to the
siibxeribri*, (t .<•tddor and publisher of the
llalt ijhn l.viamnry) all Irttri 11111M hr iiddrr>
•rd him, at his oilier, Mo. l!<*7, II illitttn
il'cet, \rw York, win it: thi s v\ill hr prompt
y ntteml' 'I I".
A» the lii s-t unrulier will be issued in M.l t
i/erl, nml iniiurdhitrly forwnnleii to Hiihseri
her*, you will oblige me liy Hsrtrliiiniiig, n
mum n |iim:ticuhli:, the nnmher nml mimes, ol
those 10 your m ighhot Imoil, w ho will heroine
|iiitr«ii*i <>t the work, nml iiilnrm me of the
same with nil enoienieiit s|,eei|.
I'll- |>iiiilint' ol the Jlpintilyp%t Erplaiuril,
will he cotiiiiieneeil nt the -nine time; eight
jmi'i-s ol whiili will he stitched w till ill the ro
ver ol cm li nnmher of the Miaaiunary," cnl
i iih.ti il to he honml nefinrately.
I n.tm'tin, for. w ith resjn-el nml nffeetion,
lour Brother in the .New fhnreh
s wind, uoouvvuuxh.
,Yi ir York i hnttry I">, IKg.'t.
Soli-rri|itions to the a hove, work will he re
rereived nt the ollii e of the l''!rginimi, nt tlie
Book Store- of llehnls t. .North, nml lleetor
Atkissnn, I.) nchhurg nml liy Dr.J.l. Culietl,
Bedford. March 21. wts ltd
.\ust Yw^\\h\uu\,
4 NO for sale at the Honk Stores in this
j place. Hint at Hu* office of the Ncwvf.rt
trr, an I',,sit} on tin* existence of the Devil,
liy Fnc-thinkcr. It is expected that in the
eonr-i of a short time, an l.-'ity on Itie Due*
time of the Trinity, vx tli lie published.
^March 21. It* 3.1
f I till', annual meeting of the Storkhold
1 ersolthe I.YNf'IIBI IMS TOf .1,-HIUDfSF.
COMPtNY will take place lit the Franklin
Hotel, in the town ol l.ymlilinrg. on Wnlnes
,hn the 2i>lh i(i*t. for the purpose of fleeting
i President and ten Directors for the ensiling
year. U'. \V NUKVl'M,, Trcasiin r
r Mm oh 21 2t
JJ* WESU
i I HU ’•ubAcritwr nlT.-r* by wlio|p»,i|e nf
I ret ill, ut hi* »lnr<. three tluiir* above th#
Virninui Haul., HO e*Uimivi: muniment of
(ill»c KR IKS,
*vnjn uni! ii /nr. Till• rulLOWivo
SI Oni,,
Mu-i tiv.nl.i, i tt i Ii 1 It u
Dili in,, j C5 Vj vl «1 1VO.
mill l.niil,
ml, J
it'iui.. -i ill r, f 1'1.'
mu) II 1
I’liuie <ireen, um)
Supi i iur .1 h ,i t iifTer,
did Mmleini,
'I eneiille,
WINES.
Hi> iiimI .uveal Malaga,
mul i hull e tIi| Purl J
J.llllllitTI, J
rs-e HUM
Cognut llruu.le,
I'i-.1 i ll Bluntly,
(.III,
Mnla,*e,,
S|uttu. mul Mould t,
(iilii'e r,
I'ejiviu,
Airier,
Hiilt|i«ln
lire e,
llill.ill,,
I*' *t lliismut mul
.imuiiiii Cigna,,
l'lnvilnr mill Shut,
I'IhuIh niiiI I'uin In
Slime W me,
('llII keiy,
A a*'1 l.iverpoo! iliniiii> H'nre,
•J'm Seek, i.iverfiii.il Suit, mni
'.’11,(11111 t uiniI, tluenri
cits i„ niiiRi i.i.
Mtirrli SI. \\2w 9a
yuing wan* w\\n
iltorit under ,i cnmoimiiflve ili.illicsis, noil
ivixhes in Iran I lor liix licalth, in desirous
<>l engaging ill some collecting hlisilirhxj
a moderate compensation only is ill he ri
quireil. For other partirnlnra, enquire of
Mr. II. I>. Fulmer, ol Hei t I reek, Illicit*
iiiglnmi, oi llev. John Fairly, of I.yorli
hutg. __ March Si. hum*
.\vUWfvn
I N ..t (lie rigjigiintiiiii of
FiqiU u John II I'lcu-nlils, nil I lie mem
hen and oti cfl who feel iutricstcd in the «eU
hue ol Ihe eol! jinny, me iiiirlietihyrly rennet■
ed to nltend nt u v an trl ionise oh S>• turduy
ew ning new. lor u.e purpnxi of mirgMIiiaillz
die company and eleelini; nit errs
an' ak i n,i r.itisr.
Mnreli 21. :t,j jj
TIM SI SAI.K.
I)FHS| ANT lo u trust ileed made hy
Alt tilnio Mucker to me, lor (lit1 |>nrjiohes
therein expressed, and duly leeoriled in ||i«
olio rnl die county iaiurt ol Amherst, I shall,
oil Monday die g|id ilny il April. expoxa s!
j'tthhe. sale, form h, ul Mllrinr Fox'* tavern,
in the eoiuily ol Amherst, .tilde motion ihrco
children, John, llnliel nitd n i hild iiiiiiiiiicd
or *o Iiinny ol linn, us will lie sufficient
Miti'ty the purpo e- ol flu* Ini I The mile of
die nhove mentioned |n qierly Hill certainly
take j>1 nri-, ns llo deed nntlioi i-e.i il, hnlluir
il Is |ir. .eiit or not I he title i iiidlxptitnlda„
hut I hull only iunity itch as i« veiled ill
me hy dm trust deed
JAMF.1I I.WI’KIN
Mnreh 21. .'clu ids
TvU*\ Svv\v.
1 v it die of a deed of trust executed to
I) the adiserilien liy VMItluni Uniilly, dated
tlie Nth day ol Aim a It, In.*.', mid duly admit
led to record ill the oDire ol the county court
ol Irmiklin, tor the jiurpose ol ei tiling I ho
payment ot n certain sum ol money due tin
sis, I ii ’lull f. t o ive shnll, on It nine dny
Ihe 'till liny of \pril next, If lair, ii lint ||M;
nexl fair dny thcrenfler, Jiroceeii In fell, Oil
the premium, hy way of jiuhlie unction, for
ready money,
The tract of lajvr
ill aid deed mentioned, lying (III die waters
ol hlilillltoil l'iwT,idioilt five miles aliove Mails
lord, containing loti m res, l«c llic same, morn
or le and hounded liy Ihe lands ol Tlioinux
lleiuioii, John Oiler mill odiea>, lieing (he
same l'r.n.l id I,mol conveyed hy Sluidrio k
brown lo I Iioiiih i .Sleivarl, mid hy txfcwnrt to
the .aid i 111 h in Jiinillry. J he title i. holirv
i d to lie iindoiililed, hut w e shall convey surli
as I- vested III ox. Till, T lit slliKfi
Man Ii I a t,j,
timjht sa iiic.
|)Y virtue of a deed of tru texeeutidhy
I Tliuuins Harmon to the milix iiliur-, da
ted the day of IN;! I, and duly
admitted to record in the office of Ihe county
court of Franklin, for the pmtpnsc of securing
tlie jiayment n| h certain sum of money dun
Davis, rrrTin tv. Co we shall, on (lie Itli day
ol April nexl, if fair, if not the next (air day
(lidrafter, proceed to *ell, on the jieeiiii-er,
hy way ol jnddii auction,to tlie highest hid
der, for ready money,
cuvtuiu vwc\ t>V WitA*
in said deed mentioned, l\ing nil the mhIhc*
ol Staunton river,fmirnille above 1 tail's lord;
containing too acres, he the same, more or
le s, and hounded hy the lands of it IDixnt
Bradley, John finelmiii, jr. and others, Min ing
tlie same I,and conveyed to tlie -aid Mnrmoit
hy I*n» id Fagan, hv deed of record m tin;
clerk's offic e of liie eoiintv court of Franklin,
tie shall i llllti')' Midi title as i. vested ill na
ml no other. Till) IIIUSTKE^,
March 21. wtds JW
•S' V)\ U’ Y,
BY virtue of a of trust erervfcd tb
l/n Buhner i tiers, on the 11 th of Mftrrh, 1822,
hi/ Archibald /lolling jr. and of record in the.
clerk's office of the ronvfi/ court of Campbell, for
purposes in said deed mentioned, will he sold to
the hit!heal bidrr at the door of.I V II. Caync**
a or linn room in the town of T ynehbMrg, on
'Thursday the Wk of April nert,
T\wi W»\\t)w\nK 8\uvyh,
Viz Solomon. Charles, Edmond, Nancy, Hilly,
limy, John a, Mott, Mar.ha, Crista, Tom,
Daniel, Nelly, Sally,and dor., with the in ere a
of the females f avy mner the date nfthidtrd
or sgrh pent thereof or will he sufficie nt to sa
tisfy the prorisionx of tin trust, tins /troperty i*
ra/unld* and writ worth the nltr nliun of pe rson*
disposed to purchase, ih• tr- den« 1/ill tutict i,
such title only us is rested in them as mu I
though t>|/' in lined to he good, the trims wad
known on Ike day of Sale.
If IEEIJM U EVE LEY,
11 M. V Me.ilJJSTEft
March 21 w 3w ‘2‘j
Ten \W»‘\a\*8 UfewavA.
RUNAWAY from the ;uhscrihrr on the
17ll> inst. ii negro wnmnii mimed ChMt
K I’.Y, shout i!t* nr SO yenrs of age. She had
on \vlieil she left me, a yellow .limit'd dress,
a ml nlso hud with lior, a IiIim Moll dress, she
also took with her, her lied and Inuiding. She
is u small Idaek wnmim. alioiit five feet lour
inches high. The uhnvo reward will he gi\ign
to any jiersoit. w ho \v ill ocure her in j: il or
deliver her to llcnry Meredith, nr to the sith
st riher ill Lvuchhurg.
March 21 St STUTIll.N HIMiJUAl