Tin: ct.vu;
Tv ; .!, wraiW, Vy
- . a , , ft ft 1 f f. V A
. iry,r.e t'me tad tlac f bis etn.s-
I 1.. i . .
piua, it 4 associates, aoa taeir
VtrWtand cpetatioo at lb ubi t.m.
tskca ! corisscttoa With til txless
rai-Tutude el - the sacrifice, aathorixes
; l J J'iri ., lP collar pT M-
U ki4 u idfttN, aad na I-.LJ-W ti
Mt M U vpuoa af the LUm, Ur a4
"ra are pJ. .l(hriTMn4, o4 ea
, t-r wtcru-d three tMr (wane
...i muhin Cor aaih ofkttam
.til loft nrm t ta tUM nut M
tint hostility ta th growing West and
in aiare-woiding Sooth, m a aubudia
ry and powerful mod to fur curtailing
and abridging the territorial extent U
Loaisisnxi and, ia that abridgement,
forestalling end preventing the xj
tence of five or oil eUv-be4diQg state
ia tha goeth tod Weft qssrter of th
Uaion. These.' Messrs. Editors, msy
appear to bo bold assertion; bat they
aro oot more, bold , (baa trie, dot more
into' than can bt proved. .Tbe eerre.
pondenc itself, cotnoiontcatcd by Pre
ideat Monro to Coirrrs, and prin
ted by its rd,' will prove ia direct
tern,' and ia mnltiplied ' passages, the
hole charge f hootil.rj to, Mexican
independence, aad'bumeroa facts of
general notoriety, will furnish tht pec
suasive evidence and violent presiimp
tiopa, which anthero the belief of all
that is asserted of the Sooth aid West.
Wita respect t the individual who
was " the author of thia sacrifice, do an
imadversion upon hint ia' intended or
i ovus-moleted. He is no longer aa ob-
v""lj!ct of political attack - He is dune.
4iKi uonej ivirever,, wiui puouc auair.
tie belong to the clasa of actors who
wt done acting. who have left the
bt.ge,aud "whose feelings should be
inspected.; Of coitrse, ibis essay if pot
gainst Aim, but against bis ivorkt tt
a -ek to undo, not hit tharacfer, but a
. a. Is Mtika, tirta cTu fcii
c-a r.zacci ia lE0S,aa4 inoa etpc
5'Uoc frora L&eUur.t. atkler TdcUo,
Fjtt, Len t, he ti catertf tSa Juttf-
M Vpiurj and rtptatedlj kUteJ
the belicC.4&4 forces the onKto.l the ttaadard of IftdepeoJenc. It vai
fVwo I Sc. JUnm " Smm-l r
wtMrnai Mjr m h-rJ Vf rW
- the tommn nattwi f AiMrwmi ntn
jtnl, rutpMl ad forukl form, km te
i to uu 3apyl t, o ft Mftllf
: ia vtdek lb ! nwhmimi
tuxl mm- M-t)t Uwa ia tK dvtoetwd
orof wei.l w(prP. .-.
m omtni titml kre not of ctMrwtftr
ret d fnrjMle, to W Jaeft oe k4
, .). rUcrrcUw0ubjtorUtin(
rrbUn iolcrctt to lb We, nd treat
,r la iinrart informtioo to wy rmler.
rctwr to tUr diMMfuWrMiK af (Im alley
UliuKivpi hi Ult, betwf ia koblcM
were tarrviMtored, Mid tva bMdrrd lhx
ir aulr of lemtory vera ceded a
umrrHga, aa4 ijtf hv tka Mibataaat aa4
i,t lb ntticial document aad Si(oniic
KHMleata wluua led taclat amptwiaaa aa4
ju MMrifloa. I'heta doewmaut arc oa-
td inaceeawUla ia tK aHt of Uta pnv-k-t
n packed avar M uttotal tthranr,
te have the tnritaerc a4 Moctv taaar
olnattoav to Jiaoovcr and tlmim
, union sti er aonteat ara.maM- kjMa
-h MWkpaper publicauoa, auali a twr
j th pubiia,, kha beat Oilorwad aiUMUt
remain igittttsai of tba aearat kwtcjrj and
n iiiriat ot aaajotauxm, mut renuia o
inted with lb aaatiaaal and pulitioal vtewt
e oegniaioc, uaa led to lUa moat roa
i aaoriliea i Sauooai territory to iwa Uw
.. Mi m Hiiwwimi MuiitfKj ku aver e
d. TKe bubit jniad, tor 4h firat rtnM,lutce of. hii'iDork, and no reference to
ao he MigMeaea vpoa um w, putiua.
pmU iU aee, aad wilt ana urttU iatlipw
,nd aatotuihtucttt, Utat thlf great tardia af
ere Mrriturjr indiatolubljr ertnncoU ktelf
he amnsementa of Ferdinand tua aereath,
wrva domiukHi over Meik and wttb
j icnei and opcratiotia at im mm wi iv
jui.u, W prevent Uie expanaioa of lafe
Z ruues, to the writ t the Miawattppt
wUicn it no abed, or mtuar tn tmig
"c...i. hiri mi now bruuKttt ta litfht. e-
, the frit x this double eooaeitoot and if
. lurrelv mitLiken In our eetimntt' of
a-ra euiiracloc, tl know'ade ot thia act
AoaOM tfrrt ikaro. air. Cnmtr oil, -, t a
Jeaar) of anoaty miles aride,aa)f on one s a
of the Cmth, and half on ih oU . ; he
propoerd it to be too hui f 1 oni tea u.iica
in lenrth, tUat M to tar, (r- a Uia mouth
the Culwrado, ia UtitaJe 2 , to ktitodo S3,
on tit aaino nver, giving to the doaeit au
area of two thousand aquare mk-a. Toe
Colorado ti more thao half way between the
R-d i: vrr and the Bo del Norte, tod k!
t4- acU or motif ei, aUa.II: be Turther
made than shall be neceaaanr to shew.
that this piect of kit tcorkougltf lobe
undone that the pmetrt booudary line
or i ween the United .States and Mexico,
was conceived and established br Mr.
Adams, in. a spirit of htiattlitv to Meti
un totlep ndence,. and to the south
qqarter .of the Union; that the
prrma'teotvcootinatnce of this line ia
fftano-hf .' .t ilK' 'ttaiauitiaaaf ("a .vwaa'ta tatia
,ieand ,nrfBh. fulnr. r. r.d h.
t the Owe of the aaerutee, ana w iuw i . " . r- - ' j
nivenal deaira wlueh tolt, 10 renoaaeaehif bMb, feaOire tllM boundary AO be
(eaatrful rejio a-hadi thee. o arantonly I bantlOiieil, lltl JftOthef to be eStabliah-
.euiyaaja . .-a " ri-ted bv anticabi eereement. wh ch shall
Hcuott of the eutira valley of confortn to the localities of the country.
tiaaiaaiopi ' t hia uagainaant vaiie wa, , j.ed to. the convenience of each,
and givey to neither a position; and a
foothold wiitya the natural boandartea,
and Tipon jthe. bauks of the great rivers
ot the oifcer "is...
V To. prove ' and enionstrates. these
tmporuot: positions, I anait . havoTf
v.noa. to the head wtn f eery atream
nioi it, to the aumniit ridge ot etery moan
Imteitclose 4 Uvkm, and oustot ! w,
t hi all a boi deri awl duavaewoa. h all
wl ad r.t, wok alt a fcantawa,
i ud fl.MKla. '- No loin fr ioouW aaff
,ay otut ot k.. Not aft lush ot neeou woum
t, not a drop of iu .be. dah, Uurfe io copioas" and multiplied ?
foreign power.; I ho A'aerwaa pwuo I ...
A,a fr-nrr ika a4tlmaAf ia nrracnnti
a. iAaak'twk ira
( should ha. and a exeerauona, loua
cep, purtua the negotiator woo aia.namber
who detoiitd arial aittcyt two
nobletwert,ad w,Aq're milee t
at territory, ao benadieuonv hrrreat
aiting.thwkea "W the head, and ereJ the
.t of Ue Aiuerlean fiHtt, who abalt rat
a to in aawral powaaora aaii to araaun
tracts, front the diplomatto cottespon
lence of ouc mioiater in Spain, which,
ai tt)iagh ' comtnunicated ; to f Congress
without the instructions which warrant?
ed thi nirWiU utill be aoiTicicnt Id shew.
that the- idea of tbis;cesaun of territory
originated wtin the. Auirtcan uegotia
ea wh cb has been suggcaiea i' "'
Western wawry-io
o 15: S.ti,ir -nd-Utrfnir to j3paniKioitry.A the meana of form
ic 4eK.rt between. thUv Statesami
n.'anq
session
Une of Spain', by the florid! treaty tand toby;ootri)utine ellctu-
$lie beginnlnorf ogag ; W tW'" w pu-e.u
. T v w. . w..x:" . I .unlit rin i runurvf fhn Hnnrilth iln.
liiiniojj over-the Mexicaa tefiitory.
Air; Ge'V Efving, a geutleniao. of
theftortb tst,. wasat tnat tinie. u
wates roiniMer W opain, ana these o-
Mexico by rrlendl nego' 'g. uewri oeiween: uie.u. owes ana
for amnl iuiyateot,r the Mico, .kcp.ng helrhab.tant8,at
l ofthat partof ihe vAlUTpl' P." preventing the. cotnuiutticaUon of
,iopi. which waa rtded to rPWcn tJesirOia one to th other,
it to do, the most er'mu attention
leVVestefn people.J'rhe - volunta-
;e9ion of. thi p extensive,, beautiful
i f.ril ririnu. bv which the Valley
he Mississippi was -tlismethbered,
I of its iioblest rivers4 surrendered,
icrrhorial xtet diminished above
( huftdreti thousand square 4' a
ign power brought yithiQ the nattt
boundariea of the -United States,
I placed uponthe banks of the Jit-
Vigatioo' to and from , the sea, was
tainly the most - wonderful sacrifice
national interest? which thefannals
mconquered countries have ever V
ted. it was made irt favor of . Fer
nd the: Seventh, King of Spain, a
ch, wl6 neither for personal qoa
, good, intentions, or just or gene
s action, waa entitled to any bene-
nee from the United States.' .The
ion oraa made to thia Kill?, and for
benefit of himself and his heirs.
:h habnilr. in the progress; Of, Jtu
i affaire it gneedilv devolved iipoO
ew-born Republic of Mexico., Such
triace oi termonea uu,i
!eply and vitally injurious to , the
lates. and sn little desirable' to ttad
ent possessor,- who seems to emit
?Dortunitv toffraht ittwar, :vvould
comprehensible and unaccountable,
uut a ktiowletlge ot tne uipiomauc
espondence whicb .leu to' tne ces
and a recollection of the views
I policy- of the American; Sji!tary
;ateunder whose auspc. tne sa'
ce waa consummated. v. Therea
;ol thia eorresnoudence." and are-
ction of the plicy and,. views ofj
aaams, unveils the mystery ot mta
?ndou sacrifice, and ' establishes
truth "of the otherwise incredible
that this cession of the US. ter-
rJ f as made to the King of Spain,
11 bostile felinga to thejndepen
" of .Mexico, throuj.'s subserviency i
Spanish King, and to aid him in
-fving his dominion over the Mcxi-
by.euttin; them oH", and keeping
a t a vast distance from the repub
1 population of the United States.
' Correspondence itself prove t'is;
-rcDmstantuI and persuasive evi
A drawn' from the known charac
1!a policy of the Americao Secrctji-
feituWa .were 'comium?ate by" ki
that hs
to: the Bnauish aecretarvi but
had insU uctions ttf wet mot all def vf -
few thaf liV made, is sufficiently proV
etl by the fenotyo futt, that Mr, Erying
was neither recailfd nor censured,; for
OhlBUrJ;tS,n8tr10nJ.e"pr0TOaaiaTlrt
' aJ ' J ' , i J a .1. .
th)ii,;upon iffi wnureoi me.negoua
tiob 'at JWntlf mi, U frag transterreu to
Adams with ''boa lui de Oilis in perstm,
& that the offer of the desart was not on
ly renewed by Mr Adams, but to much
ereater txient than by Mr rving, and
, . ' n : ' . .1. I f I i .
actuany estaonaneu eu agrcu to up'
oiv Mr. Adams' proposition..Vv(;;?
i M he cnrrpnnnilftnce between the ne
gotiattit at Madrid, as communicated to
Congress, opens abruptly, wttri a letter
from Mr. Er vma: to Don rizarro. da
ted Madrid, 4uly,Sd, 1818. The, se
cond paragraph is "in these words;;
T1ie only aecurity wh'wh occurs to me as
thca front the Lower M aalrpi, that
danger ta ' lexico vu epprebended.j
aad tks noat atrtnaoas eSort af Spaniah
policy ' was directed to avoid tU J
guarmtttof poutttion, the aecarity
moat .coiBiaon and best Know amoe
Uie crowned heads of Europe, was the
oh taeoght ef by the Spaaiah aniniatcrs,
aan) for this they were wittier U ftit
Florida ta the U. S hot as this was a
atep which ae American sninister could
veatare epon as aniversal execration
woold have overwhelmed aay 8ecrttary
of Sjatt, r ntinisterof the U. States,
who snoold have gaaraateed Mexico to
Ferdinand the Seveitk.and his succes
sors, when she ' was atreggUog for her
mdetirbdeBce, and a - the potat of a-
cbievinglt, adiJ'errtst saade of action.
another form of rearaatee, a security ol
a new kind, had to be adopted, by those
who were willior t assore the hpaniah
domiaton ever Mexico, but dared, not
do it by 'an open and palpable act
Hence the Idea ef the dttari, u sub
stiiate to the gumranlet i ;
On the 19th Jaly, the Spanish Seer
tary jof State, makea the ftlowing an
rarer to3!r. Ervin' proposah ;.i '
. 5 Too are pleased to point out in your note.
aa a mode of aut Uinr the quest ionof boundaries
more certain this that of any guarattee. the e.
ubliahnscnt of a deeart of thirt learurt he
tween the frontier of Louisiana and that of
the 8najK-possession,' Ahhourti bis Wa
jesty ha a due respect for the eood faith and
itrict pnnetuaUty of the American- govern
ment, yet he does oof pereeire any aecurity
preferable to the staramei nr tost were
would He any dtfr-SMity iir eonneetinf the
one with the others aud with h view to avoid
disarreemsnU on the frontiers in stipulating
the erjiblishmeat of swob a deaart, provided
both gorernments could agree on the requi
site measures for preventing this intermedia.
ry des-trt from being eoaTrrted into a rallying
pouH for atventtirrrs and oaiiui u, wnerr
they might tereJae their pernic.Ous activity
in disturbing the peace of his MHjesty's ao
mmions, as weU aa tnoae ot toe united states
. But the principle difficulty still sub
stats," namelyt that elihoui the establish
mentOfthM deaart murutbe eoMatdarea ci
pedient, yet we may not agree on the. exact
line of division, keeping in view the nehta of
each party to the territory weat of the M
aitsippi,k to tliat. Which ought to afford to his
Majesty In that .quarter, an equivalent, lor
the two Florida, which are proposed to be
ceded to the United State, m consideration
of such equivalent- If I rightly comprehend
yoar verbal eommunicntiun, rebuive to the
establishment of this intermediary dc-ssrt, 1
persuade myself, that the vndersUnding
is, that the 30 leajrues intended m be coin
prehended w it. Will be fined to the eastward.
of the Bay of San Bernard."
To thia Mr. Krviitg replies, ..under
date jot tite 24 h jo y: ; y -k-
Referring to a suggestion, made br m)
last note, as well as in our two previous eon-
rerencea, respecting a deasrt ot &J leagues
between - the confines of Louisiana and Uie
Spanish nossessio'ts, as a bet er aecunty th
a ptisrantee, your Excellency in pleased to
inform me. that tlio hia Mtcsy thinK tha
no aecu it m better than a guarantee; ye, he
Baa no ooieowon uiw un una niwiu ue aa-
ded to the then and though the princip
dimculty remains, that Is to ssy, where the
desait shall be establishedr your Ecellenc
invites me to put my sairrestioe In the slurx-
qf a formal proposal. 1 org leave to remind
youf excellency, that hi my note of the 9th 1
have said that this plan of a desart, is the on
IV kind of security which occurs 'Oms ' it
was not tuen my imcmiun, nur van h ue us,
to add thTs to any other kind ot securityi nor
was it my intention to offer this, but upon the
supposition, that his Majesty's gmemment
would consent to tne vtirnvm aa tne western
limit of Louisiana.". "Mygovera
meat will Jiever consent to rtve any ruaran
tee to his Majesty of any part of hn jioaaes-
sionsj hut 1 will undertake, on its part, to
stipulate, that a dessrt shall be placed between
bia possessions and those or tne un.e.i
9tatta.7.i..' rasx hn the - t,rafc
appeared to, be objcetiensble' to his Majwtty'i
ttorernmeot without a guarantee, such as ii
r -it. r . i wt . . - . . ...
impossioie iuw uie y . a. to give, t pruppsru
to substitute for it, what 1 consider as brt'er
fa psie a barrier between its possessions
sncl those Of the U. a. , l now propose, then.
that the dessrt which is to form this barrier,
be of thirty learufts breadthsthat is,
leagues on the right bank, and 15 leagues on
the left bank of the Ctbrath, and eitending
in length from the mou'h of that river as higi
ud towards its source as the 33d decree o
latitude, " If Spain should oot consider it ne
eessary.that the dessrt sliouM be as broad as
30 esgues, she may diroin'th it on her own
side of that river, as much as she may judge
fit. ' Wilbia the dessrt, no persons -slisll be
admitted to settle or establish themselves, and
each party may establish military posts, on hs
Crd K.rn t-c, fv-tkieg C ttr tJ dn rwi e the etoct vtjl itt aal'maj
ftui rrtr SO the a.-; UrTtui y&ix af the SacnoS aukh ttk liory o aM.oas rceevxi
brad hcrwea WriaJe twl al U.'i by th Vol r sjch aa ?, tototJ i la (ire iWr
ahoneai Lo to thesawthtwisnsl aoiat of r- caatieft, not to k& SMjuaJ'tmon, Ccir
bead eaT the rr Art I ma a, between the d to shaw ta amaur U aifiocag wsat
aamo oVfasa of tougitude 101 aad has hewsi dofte,-gecir,f harX wtat hs aea
hence loJowvtg tho owtras af the riaer Ae. throw a away-at eosst wiiUia tLe If,, tiaate
tmais to its suvrco la latrtude 41 sionhi soape af the srruaieat h i wt tl.t the act
thence fbaewiag Uo saate nrar.cl of tati. sooM to he endo, arts licvne t rouj-h has
rode 41 ts the sen. And st ia furhef sgreod. U ty ts) the paroea wbsa H concerns,
that os tpaidsh eenlemoat shail ho ssade cm aad that k was intaaded to be w tsA it ac'.uil
aey part of and jud or Aj-kansee svvom, ear ly s, a measure eesrauA!y uJtrwiit to both
Oft say of tho waarrs Aowwg lax the saw a, of them, lhus Ut 1 1 aud no further. The
or 00 any east ef the c&aia ef t4rv Woa eU m now al.ewaitheev.lt wry uf
tains hevween tho tatitiades St awd it iachs-' ee wiTI be aejtt attendrd tot hut as tKia S
sirely, and that tho ftavigstio of said rivers aay has roe ftut M a suOicieat tcnh fur ens
beWigexOuavely ts lh U. I. tore, -, 1 paper, IshsH reserve, f r the aest auu.Scr,
The, h rat thi'ig whwsk strikes the iaairnna- tho facts oavd teasont Uich will shrw that
lioa s reaxliar Uj proooaxtten of Mr. Adams, the preaawt hovn lrr tne kwr 1 the V.
is the weasderful 04 alsssxl vmrneasurabia ttatea and Mexico, is injuria to both of
difference between the stato of the aagoti. thomt thai its con';m re be frenght
taaa as st an ta, e at Siadnd, and fmed st with uisssiroos r- ; , ui.ee to litem aothi
Wsshingtow, bstwoen the Butt which Don that it cmht u- - ' .. .:,)ned at once, and a
there, and theamra wttch V.f. new c ti'.'. - .tj, to be rrei po in
,at
snett s
are r;t ners!
' or r t
'5t t
t' 5 f
' J I
t J I
C
; ' !
S'.
the : r t of Iriendahip and gid neighbor
hood, tvUptcd to the localities of the ootintry,
and to the oonvooieoce ef the two reputlica
aVNKtUCAXUS.
St Louis, July 80, IK9. . - - .J
mmm .-
Sm 5icinei The metlical 'Jour
nal intimates that forty fivo drops of
laurlanant ia a aovereirn- sptJtine. a
i.-utcl from the water of the Red I gainst Sea Sicknestt and we have only
t, and tu valley of tho Misainippi by to say; that if it be true, the tliacoverer
.h.''! ZXZkZI . w f h remedy ahould. and will be im
JJ'LXZ1 -oriaU llerey.,wh. first found-oat
hieeted ta the localit oa thai the circulation of the vital fluid, fit Jen
. . 7 ' . a . . a a . is Sjioiv Saisnvje vjuvw arc as v.' ' ui cm i' t it 9
r!5 TT a:r! .h UA?ht um"k,n4 P""" moral effects produced by .:. -'1
.VSSrvIm T1 "P event, which nave filled the frre.
stilt
River.
the
tented, but objected to the locality oa the the circulation of the vital fluid, & Jen
lanraaa, ana rt
eassof the Ssn
west of the
is about two hundi
bine,, so that if Mr. Erving had agreed to
plaoe the dessrt where Don Pixarre wuhed
H to he, it still would have been far beyond
all the waters of the Ked Riser, entirely be
yond the valley of the Mississippi,, and on
ground to which. 8pin bad some color of
claim aa wel. a ourselves.) Mr. Adams of
feme dessrt of elereo derrees of latitude in
width, irons 31 to 41 degrees, shout seven
hundred and eighty miles on a straight lino,
snd upwards of 3000 miles in length on its
essiern border, following the Sabine from
its mouth to hs head, thence to the Red Ri
rer, thence up tho Red River to the l'JO'h
degree of longitude, thence north to the
Arkansas, thence' up thw Arkansas to its
source in the Rocky ilouniainn in its great
es breadth from the mouth of the Ro del
Vorteto thebme, nine hu.idrrd milest its
nniiu n .vrsdth about 500 miles, and pre
smtinj ares of about two hundred thous
nds.'iwe miles, 'he rrestest psrtofit taken
out of the valley of the Mississippi, upon this
waters
the aoknowlcdared limits but
witliia ih natural bouudaries of the United
States?:,: '; " .- . ; .
huch an offer ass too tempting to be fur
ther discussed or even subjected to the cas
ualties of delay. The daisy ot a raw days
c
t r
eior,:!i t . A : . L. I '
frrrtU..l a...C.g UT.:.
with womea t u r ' - ' . .
la mure tomwo 1
Hast e cs! '; 1
risj is benr'...! tj t
tneuivt:,rr. -row? t
more cu.au.oa amorz r..
tJZ5 to 45 amorig wc xea. from tha
atof5toS3. It It a r - trka'Ja fsct.
1 hat the two aexea aprr r to reerva
the difference of their tea
ita.ia the choice of mo
tion, 'to which they h
Thaa, oton choae cutt.r
and lire armsi women cli
suffocstion. N The most 1 -
sesof saicidr atnn wn...
uasy and aofortunare attat'
muflg men, ilissppotnted sn.l
reverse of fortune. Misery
a prrtty nearly equal number of suiciJes
in both sexes. About lull the eudJea
deaths are predated by apoplexy. It'
has been observed, that from 18iK to
1113, there was a math gre&ter. num!ec
of Apoplexies, than from ISIS to 1113.
la.thrauiRerence to th- atti uted to tho
1 ; 5
i .a
1 re
tat,
iJe
t '.nied. '
t t if
t, ...le ta mo
Jue becomes
frora the
a a a
nrrt ana r..a
t t f destruc
e resource,
: i-stroraenta
f 'isott aol
- ,te can-
-e. jeal-
-ts, 4' '
-1 and
t rou
witKin ih. Mknohvt,t t.m... hut I ' r" '7Z " I7J maae ouriD? ws mtntBtrauon oenkin
miL'ht luaard itt so Don Onis, who wss then
4ICK I" OCU Ud UlaUUlC 0 tUCna 9 mnj OH 1 fp:- AMla kirn utU
Moesshimself. empjoyod the ansn Jf rf yeMpw.ria onl hinvwho
JVtuvi:lt. (ho French Ambassador at Wash-
mon, to close the negotiatioiw for him.
He did sf but not witliout obtaining from the
resdy compliance of Mr. Adams, two altera
tioits to the turther prejudice of the United
ta esi first, that the Suanurds should be
tl red the priviletre of navijrstiiv the Red
liver and the Arkansas to their mouths In
tho Mississippi, end tha . Mississippt nd Ba.
bine o their mouth in the aeai secondlv,
tiut the di-ssrt should extend to tho bead of
the Arkanaas in bti ude 41 inatead of 41,
making it one degree, or nearly seventy,
miles lonirrr than Mr Adsmahsd at first pro.
posrd Iliua modified, the article was a.
greed to, all the terms ot the treaty were
imtneauueiy aojuntra, ana inn treaty etgncn
by Mr, Adams on the part of the United
States, and hy uon oms oa the part of Spain
Upon this narrative ot tacts, supported by
precise quotations from authentic documents.
rest the arrtinjeot, ths. U e present boun
dary line between the Voited States and
Mexico, wsa projected and established from
hostile motives to Mexican indmendenee.
through subserviency to Spain, and ta aid ber
in preserving her dominion over that superb
: OS I AMM tudi'mH WtlM Hmu-I. tinm tha. lutniiia. AT
possible to be stipulated under present cir- Keeniug off intruders or settlers of any kind."
cumstancet; that of . 50 leagues- desart,
which t mentioned itt my two last conversa
tions! and, in fact, this kind of msterial secu
rity, io ttansaclKnis between two great na.
t'wns. oturht.aocordinir to my apprehension.
si way to have the preference over the other
kind' of stipulations! for tho such stipulations
should .be most religiously ; ooserreo, even
io the extreme oases wherein, by the uni-et
sal practice of nations. they are deviated
from. or. altocrether dispensed withr yet,io
Uie still greater extremity of war, they cease
to be binding, of course, and cannot be re-
ncwed but alter the war, and then the induce
ment to renew them may have rested, whe-e-ss,the
material security of which ispeslr, !
wsys remains. Wsr does not cultivatedc-M. .,
but it makes themt however, these snd other
important considerations' belonging ' )
subiect, will be duly deli', luted on t y
Majesty's government. I csn only say,
my suggestion should be adopted, 1 tL
ready to put it i 'o form, kc.H n--
To understand what ts mi-ant I v
word " atrunVi" to be found ... a .
of. thirty 'league between the settle,
raenta nf Louisiana and New Mexico,
it is necessary to remember, that at the
pci iud of this proposition, all South. A
rnerira and Mexico were io a state of
revolution, and making eCorts- to burst
tl.3 Laa.s toun j' them, td cld
' -if rt' . ., '- . r -,
' litis letter from Mr. brvme was the
last of the negotiation at Madrid. Mr.
Adams, Secretary of 8tate, became
seized at this .time with the desire
Conclude' thi. Florida, treaty, himself,
and.in, consequence, the negotiations
. r 2 t a-.i:jT- a--i.
were ira,nsiern:ii jrora aixuriu to yi ssn
itiitton, and carried on directly beiwee
the Secretary vf State and the resident
Spanish Minister, Uon Luis da Onisr
Aftervtwo or three perliminary notes,
t' e poaitioh and breadth of the 'desart
.'.1 Leintlie main point, Mr. Adams,
l t' C da? of Feb. TJ19, delivered
uon in a i . t aruuea, s
.Lii
. be
uri
l rt.
l'n ad S an i. le .'
liOttuaary, coihmunit.
tut, by the Secretary
' is ed t'.iat the
1. ' , . . ' '-d Sta
ri-.-i of Sp.v ,
n' i t the i.' rt
Guil'of !)':"!
river, to tl"i
the eastern i
river to bel, i :"
western bsi
JVetttrn
fdo-
were both mere 8clolista and nostrum
mungrra, compared with tlie illustrlou
Qrenville, to whom is ascribed the hea
en-ib ru tliacovery we have jost men
tinned .The man who can cure i pre
tent sea sickness, has already squared
the' circle! ,Ve had rather be that man
i ha a to have found out the longitude.
Indeed it strikes a that oain and disease
ol all sorts (except perchance the Jpn.;'
Evil and the malady ef disappointed of
fice seeking) are a good as banished
from tha world, if Dr. Qrenville has re-
allx intentti m care for Sea Sickness j
for we ahould like to know what a man
cutdi not care, who had wrestled suit
crssfully with that villainous " monster
of the deep.". Didst 'ever take a sea
voyage, gentle readery If thou hat,
thou art ready to agree witn as ia im
a a'a& a a S
among men and women, ts l.C.O far.
men, and 627 Jor women
". --' ''.' Londo'X Curler. . -A
rooAhU-r-Xh an interrtar to-. j.
not a hundred miles distant, a rtr '
society, having become infcttl "v, 'uh
the anti-masonic mania whic'i r-- : in
nittay places with intemperate . ..I re
solved that it was their solemn ar.J re
ligiuUl duty to cxcommtimrste their
Pastor, for the'itscrufi-:.' s.a v f I
sworn , fidelity to. the vi.'.':
Tha-fAitlifaLmcsBrnrr of Christ ti-;
cended th pulpit wLidi he hs.l sislU
Bed br a pious and isc- I C.acharrs of
Earochial duties for t!.' .y jers ct' un
rokeo teal,' to take an atecticrsfa
farewell of his people. After hsv'u i
a, a . ,-- i s a a a m
aimuca io uie c-tri win en Tsaa.cc .1
not, set thyself down aad be contented,
ss a. hishlv favored mortall albeit thou
hast had small pox, plague, leprosy and
fever of every ; type mentioned in
the books, " and of every colour of the
rainbow, -black, scarlet,
die and' dllfuse the holy spirit tf n? Ii
gion io her native simplicity- fus. I
and!endearing associations which h
nirea turn to. nis uocx 'ana t:.at a
t ..j
sea Sick, tltat has th proper insight of
human calamity. ' tie who nas neiu oi
head over the ship' aide, to square cer
tain unsettled account ' ..with hi
stomach. -While. the ereea and. yel
loW" wave Kuded bv hi niddr and be
wildered vision, till it seems to the sof
ferer one vast ocean of nausea, ot bile
snd of death! lie who has' lain io bis
uirtb sweattnc: ia all the agonies-of
teo thousand aggregated Qualms, tilt
h would. feet sratefat to any- kind-
hearted aailor that would thrnw him o
board, ha seen mat sail or ontr nitajoe
consolation of raw put k 'and molasses
lie who Us seen and leu ail tnisr has
the right to ay he knwsdmetbtngl
But let no other "man, presume for one
moment to auppoe tliat he has any ac
quaintance with snbidiiary troubiea. 'lit
way have. been the galnee, or under the
tortures vl tlte iunnisuion luy, he may
have been baog d and brought baik to
."5 had conscientiously acquitted l itrnelf.
ITHtit t the sight or Heaven, of every r n l
i!?4s7 r an( religious obligation towan1 t.
counin, by interposing a vast wilderness tol life by a gdlvamc battery, hut he has
.i.... ... i:K. i.:-kl. t .a.:........ :i
known nowing oi gcuuviz aiuivuuu, u
he never was sea sick ' V e once doubt
ed the supremacy of this ocwu maiady
over th blue dev.ls, but there is oo sort
-tn.
. ta I
the nortlier'uno it j . i ot tne .wa cr-;ree ti o j lace in an cawy inienara io enngnten
latitude, and voiJ it s..ile tb -' W, er ,Up r? "plaupon the secret biatoty and hid
! ' Sua t.,t
t..vucc due north to
a of the .13d drtree oi
shut out the lights of republicsnisin, which
might otherwise bresk. into that bemgmed
region, from the approximation of American
svniements totno west ot the Missiasippi.
All this wsa bsd enough, bat another and a
darkw vie w be tn.icactloa remains io be
tskn. f. It was not enough to injur Mexico,
but the same opportunty must b embrsced
to injure the West and th Sooth.' Of thia the
proof is not like tho otlier, under the hands
and signature of the parties, buHho ftm.
the plact, the nej ttiator, his asssetoft, their
tccuputitn at the time, and the useless mar-
wimu of the artari. so tar beyond wh-1 Sua
rixarru ion huu iur mi aiaanu, auu iu oav
tVon within the Valley of the Mississippi, iesd
irresistibly to the conclusion that a desire o
diminish the extent of the, west, and in that
diminution i to prevent, the' birth of four or
five slave-holding states, wss a subsidiary .and
. t .. ' .!...! . . a . .
powcnui nitiiivr io coihiuchiik nvaaiiiu to
make such an extrsordinsry cession. This is
sn inference, but it is an ralVrence renuliing
naturally and irresistibly trom the premises.
The, tfwc of this cession wss the winter of
1810 y, when the Missoun question was. in
foil best, and alt the restnetionist were
clamorous for preventing ihn spread of slave
ry oeyouo we ansniainpii . me wace was
VVutiHigron City, where these restriction-!!
were then assembled trom ail quarter of the
Unwnt the nnvttutvr wss Mr, John Q. Adsms,
their political and personal frieodi bis ass.
rooter were the enemies of the acquisition of
Loulsisns, one of whom ( Mr. Otis) then decla
red, that he wished it wss separated from the
rest of , the Union by a lake ss impassabhs ss
the burning one which divides Hesven from
Hell; snd another of them ( Mr. R. King) ex
pressed bis wish. thstH might remsia forever
the haunt and harbor of wolves and tiger the
tccupautn oi uieso associates at mat umo wss
to establish the latitude of 3d SO, aa tlie line,
north of which alsvery should not be admitted
b tbe treaty having ceded nearly the whole of
Lotiisisna fmth of that line to the King of S pain,
to remain a desert, the whole object of
the restrict ionitts wss then ;accomplihed.
.slavery was excluded from IMilslana, nsriA
of a cert ..in I ne by ttmprunlte, south of it by
a fiin-ciii'fr of the territory o a foreign pow
, the B... -I area comprehended in Miasouri,
' ' an' i and the Western ball' of Louisiana
ilyt "ted. :. ;"" ; ::-.'; .
liu it i no part cf the Intention of thi
nn; i ve'l i ';on the swamse of Mr. Adams
it c in . He Is now tlirown
ej-"- I sta,;e, nevermore q mount
ti I i it. ' VI l.t is personal to bim rsn have
!ace in an eswy tmonaed to enhgnten
of com paiisouior t he former. 1 a ktldi-
Uon : to its iwn suDsunu ve anu peculiar
' i .a. m
horror, inciuuts too laitep aua wore
too, for sea sickness produces devil ef
all colour,, blue, black, sod purple.
It is in short tv combination of alt the
ill that M fleh U heir ! to," Let bim
who disputes as, double Cape tlatteras
ia a gale oi wina. t Jct mm lie puaei
ting io his birih, for tiays, and nights
aodv weeks, till v the exhaustion nl
nature throw over him a btluland di
tempered bleep, tit which he, dream ai
one moment that he is the' identical San
cho Panxa of Cervantes, & actually loss
log in blanket by blackguards, ami
at tbe next, that he has become a. top
which schoolboy is in th act ot spin
i.iii!! Let him hnillv escace the nerili
of a saltwater purgatory and go ashore
alive, and find lor a week attertie is op
on dry land, such ati inveterate vertigo
in his head.' that after tinditssinz. he
wait for the bed to come rouhd again
before he eet in! ; But faozh! our head
swims so now,' that we can't hold pen
strait, twndei journal. ? . Fh
Madneit and Suicide:Tht late M
Monihyon left a considerable sum of
money to be expended by tbe lioyai in
titutf of France, io premiums. Some
of these premiums have for their objects
the encouragement nl virtue, and out
ers, the promotion of knowledge. ..The
subject lately given out for competition.
was a treatise oo the s tat i sties oi mau ness,
udden deaths and suicide. ; A great
many psners ,were presented, but the
examintrr thought only- one worthy t.
narticular notice. - ibttwutnor oi, tnis
essay was a M: FaWet.--The investig
t ions ef this seatlemaafurniehed the (ol
lowing results Tlie Dumber of persons
afflicted with madness. i xne third
greater among women than among mea
Men Ufa stncl with oiMnsss, most Irt
so far as was In his power iu ccst Iu- '
sion, le most devoutly prayed t! r.t O.i J
would continue to bless the mr ..era t i
(he parish, and, through hia inCniie mer
cy, mole their keatli ai $njl cs fAcaV
ktads.J3oiton Jiuliet in, ;; v i Vv;
From the Baltimore Minerva and tmersldV
Tht Virginia Game Cock L was ia .
theyear 18 , that I was bound f -r the
Havana, in the Brig Evening Star, wlien
we h'J lost sight ot the capes, tliat
large eagle litbuon our yard arm. Ti,.?
I" . . . B . .
aatlnrS afptDa- Mm. Im Inm rim'i on' I '
after dark, wheo otie of the men, t;.:.;i : j i
a large bag with him, went eut tp n the ifr
yard, ana succeeded in- Cins;ii :j u over r-
- a M.H.tea s . . a.:.: . ... i a
aaaaa aau sia itt in cvrui. un uitiii". hhii ivw "
in 2 the bag at one end Secured hia un- ' '
til the following 'morning, when lie we
taken from the Dug; Sc hi wiru,'r: e !, t
& trimmed in such a manner, a ta ' -vent
Lis escape. -lie was always I. "
well by (he men in the fure castle, aul '
a laat hlfa,, tnita. a-tn'nAaii.a.tArt ant y
naasa Kiruv lavuiue vi sue cEiiiai:;.
He played a great many tricks ta t! :
grcBtrannQyartf .ti h?- pigs act hv&idff
(at a'nv thin? in the nnrs' mess ha w,i-iii!.l ' '
have, if he took a likin r ta itt ha tvsa tha '
tenor tf hia bnstly cucpatjians ta sttt ,
a degree, that if a pig shored Lis sf oal
on the Quarter deh, ho was sur'ti) .
wn tha tthnla liOD-" i n r.im.l.f' vprtl
much pleased the captsin.fur when t' r
sr let irose on board s;.;, tiiey era ver - J
ry troublesome. i ' t
kht Hat alter re arrivei ti liavata '
af a
tha stntAin Witik evrra! more Amt?ri
LDIIB i t VVVJK IJIft, 1LF 11 II V C llkaisB
sptirt.'; Tbe captain bet Severn! times."
a a. - ..i.iti. i at - . a. i . s a - - r- m .
uui invariaui y luati ai ieir:ui no .-.erets,
to bet five huedred dollars, tliat he had
r '- -w ' - e a .a a
virtnnia game coca oa ouaru. ta c ,
avfinlit kill anv i"nrk nn tha laland f tf -
v -----
Ma.aa Ii M aa, n a Mrtnn a t .n ... ; -c ff, : I , a
. v, va . s. ..v .aawwvv.. .wnvaa t hwu . af .
pucneu ior uie ligatj wiucu waa io col.
Iliro dlalVsi ail rot , AfrTifflir-lty. sttn
iiiitw, waif mivi ssvvviuiii.ms y sm '
tail HIV wiSf OM oaw v,iii,iii ya
-i - J I a ' -t
lutv viiu.arjvi -sit auu tv'UDta tu taictu) ,
to go snack,jina throw inf to make
tho bet . I be cajuaioftua weot uuut i ,
. . .1... A ...Ja.il MBv...aa Im . !. . . . . ' .
IV tno met ii-an vojjia.oo in 1119 imi i.
and, told them cf the hclx. advi
sing theta to bet. on the . yiri..;!','
L U'KV vw..f .. ...v. a.aa.avvM ,v a. au aaa '
slake or two.'.. The captain tr.ct rj.
turned oil board, and had th .'
. t t, . ..ll ... f r ...
iMiiiuicu na buva. vuviaii lie iui '
ad his feather about his neck, - whiclj
are called the cow-leathers on a chicK ,
en, in consoquence ff their letting them
fall when they are beaten, bras is t rs '
ed, cowed, lie then had a litt'.j x.zry
trur.ned oil'lii wings, end io Cnj, C.s
nred liitn in such a manner that t'
lew c i J have told it wasai t ',
lie wc 'sen cooped and put up ; 1
atiowa.a. e.soastowhctbiai- -. i
th comit.g battle.; .-- " . -
The new epread all over V -i
and many flocked tQ teethe f 'A !
.ween the Virginia 'end Epaakh ot' '
and bet were mad to consiJcrtlla c
r.ount. yibn the ef tstils c: . .J