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I .MEIUC.1. 'Jlie following account of the extent and pojxJaUon ol the Kntrliik Sianili and I'orttiirueie dominion in Amer ica, compared with thoae of the United States, U taken . 'from one of Mr. Darby bt lectures In PbilwWpliU.on Geography wk! Jlirtory, n epitome ofwlikji has ap peared in the Democratic I'ri as : , , (Ah. r. . The imill tracu ciaJnecT by dchrriirk and the "Netherlands, aod the uncultivated wastes of Russia, deserve little attention. Jiutuan Amer lea lies between the headi of the Columbia' and Frozen Ocean, the Chippewa Mountains and Bebrine's Straits 1,160,000 square nules.rop- iihtlonT lfcOOO 'whuesT 1 90,000 WiiiMrItiim America, alUhe northern part of the continent east ol theitus.ian terruonea ana nonn oi me United Statei, the lilahds of Jamaica, the' Baha ,maii the Virgin Islands, Trinidad, and parts of Yucatan and Honduras, covering auperfices of 3,660,000 square miles. The lecturer, from ac IujI view, estimates the Canadas at 1,000,000 of people; the whole Indian population of Uritiah America at 350,000; in the West-Indies and Yucatan, 60,000 whites and 540,000 negroes ; the entire population of all British America, 1,850,000.- -The United Slain extend Over 2,200,000 square miles, peopled by 8,000,000 of whites, 2(00.000 of colored people, and 200,000 Indians x awrreirate DODulation 10,200.000. SianUh America runs through 86 degrees of latitude, winding; along the coast or the lVthc Ocean about 7,000 miles; the whole extending over ,230,000 aquare miles, with a population of 18,000,000. Of this population, 10,000,000 ' T 1 A . J wf. t.lf exnj in ixor.n-Amenca ana me tvcifiuuu Islands, the residue in South-America. Mr. D. t bv calculates the Indians In South America at 7.200,000, and aU other casts at 10 800.000. P ''merica runs through 36 degrees of lautude, containmg30OO,OOO square miles, and 0,000,000 of inhabitants more than the half of them being Indians, from whom but a small por tion of the soil has been .taken. Mr. Darby then g. .ye the lol lowing summary: trite Minn Runian America ... 1,160,000 British America . . , . 2,660,000 Spi.ish America ... 5,250,000 United Statea . . . .' . 2,200,000 Poit)ijfucc America - 3,000,000 Swedish, Danish, Dutch, oienn and French America, J It-w Negroes in St Domingo, 10,000 IH8ABITAXTI. 200,000 l,850,tXX) 18,000,000 10,000,000 6,000,000 598,000 700,000 Total, 14,496,300 57,318,000 According to the data assumed, Mr. Darby concludes the population of America, if taken nationally, might thus be classed : EnjrHah attd white of ibe United State, 9)00,000 Entire ohurk population on the continent. anil inlands of all America, 9,000,000 Indians in all America 10,800,000 Spaniards and their white Creoles, 10,000,000 Portuguese and their white Creoles, 3,000,000 All other whites, ' 58,000 UXAllfi PIT. A Let was made in Khode-I&land, on the lite election, "of a Cake of Gingerbread of the following dimensions, viz J ten leci long, two feet, two inches wide, and two inches thick, containingr.y Mw Icetjour tnenct, board measure. The losers Lcinc pretty well satisfied of the election of General Gibbs, thf rake was Inked bv William Barstow, of thia town, and was exhibited at the junction of Pavrtuxet , and , High itrcet, opposite the store of James Snow, jun. on Saturday eve ning,, the 21st instant. " Its appearance was elegant, being handsomely figured, and dres sed with box. It-ur as i thecutjnto pi & a ' ana, vncn aoout to ue eaten, u waagrccu by all the Yankee host which attended, that there rvat no party mw as to eating. the gin gerbread i and each . one,with a slice under nis arm, cxciaimcu, ocucr gingrruicau w never eaten. A. 7. paper. The following curious advertiicment appeared in a Con cord, N. It. paper: . ' Whereas 1. Daniel Clay, through mis representation, was induced to poat ray wife Rtioda, in the papers now beg leave to in form the public, that I have again taken her to wife, alter settling all our domestic broils in an amicable manner: so that every thing-, as usual, goes on like clock work.' Divorced, like scissors rent in twain, Kach mourned the rivet out : 'ow whet and riveted again, They'll make the old ahcars cut.J ItEPOUT On the expediency of granting public Land for the tufiport if Education. I TM1 SWAT 'r TBI VXITCS ITATX, rtianif 9, 1821. Mr. 776M, from the Committee on Public Lands, being instructed to enquire into the jus tice and expediency of granting land for the pur. poses of education, within the limits of the old states, corresponding with the appropriations which have been made for the same object with. in the limits of the new states Reported: That under the laws of the United Slates, lands have been granted for the purposes of education in the states of Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, and Alabama, in the proportion of one thirty-sixth part tf all the public lands within the state, with the addition of two townships, or fortr-six thousand and eighty acres in each state, and to Louisiana an addition. Total population, 37,318,000 Mr. Darby estimates the nett arable lands of America at 10,000,000 of square miles, with a population of less than lour to a square mile feu row- covers about 3,000,000 square miles, and is inhabited bv 1 80.000.000 of people. If Amer ica was peopled in the same proportion, it would contain 6201OO000O, or more than thirteen timet its nreent number. Six hundred millions of people t ii ten millions of square miles, would be onlv 60 to a square uiilc a proportion exceeded in n.ir. counties in' Pennsylvania, NewYorK Nev Jhsey, and Connecticut. Euro embraces about one-tenth of the hab itahle u'.obe . so that if the whole surface was a . peopled equal to the mean rate of Europe, there would exist 1,800.000,000 of inhabitants on our -globe i tnore than double its presenjt number. ' From the National Intelligencer. ,f.VECXV LITERATURE. I An ; association has recently been formed in the' city of New-York, but intended to embrace ".The American Academy qf Language and liellet - Lettvt- Its chief objeetr as announced in- a printed address, which we haye seen, islo1t har nonize and determine the) English Language; bttt-4t-will also, according to its discretion and means, embrace every branch of "useful and ele- gant Ltterahire, nd especiallv whatever relates - to our Qwn country. i he obiect of the associa tion is certainly praiseworthy and interestintr ; and v hether it shall ultimately accomplish all its purposes, or no rt must be productive of advan tage to American Literature. The following are the orh-ers ot the Association : The Honorable John Qeinpy Adams, President. s IloWBrotkholBt yvingstoii N. 't'js - Hon. illiam Lowndes, S. C. j " i Tilliam S. Cardell, Esq. Corresponding Secretary. Itiiv. Alexander Mc Leod, Recording Secretary. JoIuvSteams, M. D. Treasurer. . corxRSLix)n8. Hon. James Kent, Chancellor vfihe State, of N. York. Damd Wcbiter, Esq. Boston. . ,Tt in. Kev.J. C.ltrownell, L.L.D. Bishop of Connecticut Eev. John M. MaSon, D.. I. N. Y. Joacoh Uopk.nsorvEaq. late member of Congress, K.J V, Si J)U Ponceau-. L. L, D. Phil John Augustine Smith, JM. a President of William x ."and Jlaryn:qoMtge,-;Va - : . t ; - : ; Hoftrohn-1 Taylw ww.." ll 1 "m i.- . . . ... T- nun. njenry. vay, ivcntucKy. svstem, and which will vest in them when the ndiun title shall have been extinguished, and t c whole of the lands are surveyed, will be exhibit ed with sufficient accuracy Tor all practical pur poses by the annexed estimate of the Commis sioner of the General Land Office, and is a part of this', report The Committee also remark, that by an act of the 18th of April, 1816, a do nation of two uundred thousand acres of land was made to the state of Tennessee, for the use of two colleges, and academies in each county in the state, to be established by the legislature thereof, and sixhundred and forty acres in each six miles square, where it was practicable, for the use ot schools d and that a township, or twenty three thousand aTid fortv acres, was, ou the 3d of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen, granted by the United States to the Connecticut Asylum for the education of deaf and dumb persons. lhe lands thus granted to the states for the above purposes arc not subject to taxation by the state government) and can only be settled in the manner pointed out by the states in which they lier :lf, therefore, correspondent quantities for the purposes of education are to be granted to all the old states, (under which term the commit tee believe all states will be included which have not received donations of land for that purpose,) it would seem that the states and territories which now contain public land would hare excessive proportion of their -superfices taken up with such donations, leaving but a small part of Iheland lnelichubjecn6mUor tlemcnt, except at the will of other sovereign states. In receiving donations of land for. the purposes oLpromming educ in the states, in which they have been granted," in"flie6plnion"T)f the Committee, a consideration has been render ed therefor on the part of those states, by the in creased value which the population and improve ment tof the state gave to the unsold public lands, and by the compact not to tax lhe land 'of lhe UniteJjState or ffntil the lapse of five years thereafte J. 3! 'Tfoe land,; thereforegranted to some of the ne w states, for the purposes of educatiou, tlvough distinguished in common parlance by the name or aomzr(p,were, in tact, sates bottomed up n valuable considerations) in which the .new states surrendered tbrir rigM ot sovereignty, over the remaining public lands, and gave Aip the whole amount which might have been received in tax es before such lands were SW and for five years thereafter. " ? " ' ., - lation of each ; and that justice would require an equivalent from the United States io the states and territories which cootiin puUic lands, If It should be deemed advisable to make the dona Uon to the old states recommended in this re port and they are of opinion that. In that event, It will be entirely just to subject ta taxation, bv suck state or territory, all lands sold by the Uni ted States therein, from and after the day on which they may be sold. " - INTELLIGENCE. He comet, the herald of a noUjr world, V" News from all nations lunab'ring at bin back, al township, or twenty-three thousand and fort) creavj -fire tyawuty--wVikli Wti4 jtetin Rach ol the above states bjrttie operation of thnprC tHedmom hare followed the example of that LATE AXI) LMPORT.iXT XEWS. Hie - elegant fast aaiUnp ship jiartha, Capt. feketch Icy, arrived yesterday from Liverpool, hence alie sailed on Sunday, the 25th March.' ' Th'6 editors of the Mer cantile Advertiser have received by this arrival London papers to the evehingof the' l&J.'and Liverpool papers and commercial aJrloes'to the evening of the 24th of March. Tlicy runushmtteh interesting' mtelfigencc. LOXfJOJC, MAUCH 22. Italy. An express from Paris, received on Saturday last, announces, the intelligence of an insurrection of two regiments at Alassandria, in the Piedmontcse territories. On the 10th inst. the insurrection took place ; it appears that it was not intended to break forth before the 15th, but that the progress of events had hastened it. Cen. Carignan and Gen. Giflenza were dispatch ed to quell the insurgents : but instead of so do ing, they joined the rebels, and at the head of 25,000 troops (for all the garrisons of Piedmont bad followed the example of that of Alassandria) were marching upon Milan, where it was expect ed they would arrive on the 1 5th inst. The fol lowing is the official bulletin issued by the gov ernment, announcing this important inielligenCe : " BULLETIN. " parts, march 15. It has been impossible for the government longer to conceal the events a ' unn, ot which it received information by telegraphic dispatch. It was on the 10th that the garrison of Alassandria, 10,000 strong, pro claimed the Spanish constitution. At this news the King of Sardinia wished to march the troops at I urin, but they refused, crving The Consti tution of the Cortes for ever! The Prince of Carignan and the General Giflenza were sent to Alassandria, but on their arrival there, cried The Constitution of the Cortes for ever !' and placed themselves at the head of the movement. In this crisis the King of Sardinia thought to'cahn the ferment by offering to grant the French char ier t but It-to bee refuted - All'the garrison 5 1, 1' .Wak-a Monroe,' John.-Jay, Charles C'oteswortli Tintk, .The committee arVtherefore of ohinion. thht I Jis iiiexpedienf tcrgratrt lands to the extent con lem'pta,td: in the resolution : but that It is just enable extentVon the amount "of sales pf public r'uf tf-ktjw isaye-naf VecetVed 1he;:aiI xf : len:eraI'gQv of Alassandria. We have certain information that the Prince of Carignan and General Giflen za, at the head of 25,000 men, have marched for Milan, and it is believed that they will enter that city this day the 15th of March." 1 he cry ol the ncdmontese troops is not only that of " Vive la Const iiution," but also that of " Death to the Austrians.' At Milan all was ready to receive the constitutional Sardinian troops, and the Austaian authority was completely overthrown there. Many officers of the Imrje- rial army had been arrested for refusing to march, and manifesting a revolutionary disposition. No doubt was enteitained that Genoa, Tuscany,'and i lie ecclesiastical btates, would be revolutionized in the course of a few days. The flews o the insurrection in Piedmont had produced, as might be expected, a great sensation in Paris. An express arrived in London on Tuesday from Paris, bringing the following interesting in "BULLETIN. . "faris, March 17. "The King of Sardinia" has abdicated in favor of the Prince of Carignan,' and he has set out with the Queen for Nice, where he will embark for the .'island of Sardinia. The constitution of the cortes has been generally proclaimed, and the rrince of Carignan, with the Federative arv myMch;;thcr movements against the Austrians. This news is powtive. - It isnnounced that there has.i)ecn a battlcrar RieUrnhe-9tlrof-Marcb T-tharthe Neapolitans attacked the Imperial army, which was defeated ; and that General Pepe Was killed. This is not official, but it is not the less certain. A report has been mentioned on 'Changei of . a chest, containing funds from Mr. Rolbchild for the Austrian army, havine been seized bv a de- Hachment of the Sardinian army, which is march ing against ine Austrian. The private letters from Paris, of the same date as the, above " a battle has taken place, and that it ended in 1ao:the great JUimber -of- prisoners haveqfelicih-This account is nbt given as official, but it is made up frorh the accounts obtained in various quarters. The Neapolitans attacked the Austrians unex pectedly. The killed and wounded are estim ted from 2 to 5O00Vand the lifisoriers are equally numerous. Gen. Pepe is said to have fallen in the erigagement. ;11ic abdkatiohj)f the. King of Sardinia is a fact, publicly announced The con stitution similar to that of Naples , has been de- j dared every where, Wd Prince Carignan has sworn to it. The army M Piedmont amounts to 1 betivien 30 and 40,000 men. ;; ; - Ruia Jroohs assemble the field. Tbe::ahbU!ou idrprlscd to see ihoitly that court openly avou Its views on Turkey tnd Persia. The Kmpcror Alexander, it U said, hat bcen'recalled to St. Pc- ' tersburg by nhe Senat i, from rnotlvc of the, greatest urgency. . Pa LpVthe Poles begin to think that, in the present crUli, they may require something more than the" nominal independence granted them by the Congress of Vienna. y j,):1?"0' MARCH 21. ' , .In the Gazette of. last night, there apMaredv a copy of General Orders, prohibiting all liritiih officers from engaging in either side in the Ital- ian wars, and re" calling those-who may be already employed on pain'of losing their commission In v the English seMcc. ; Sir Hobert Wilson has offered his services to the NeaDdliUns T -'I he r rench Government have declared to the King. and Government of Spain, 44 that they will not in any way interfcrv,vjlii the caDiUtuIional - system established in that country and that the French territory shall. not be made Use of by any power whatever for tbe purpose of hostility, xr witha view to disturb the order established by an independent nation for the management of its own local concctn$.l , . LOKUOW, MARCH 22. It was last night very confidently. rumored that insurrectionary niovcmentv had taken place in 1 lanover and Prussia, l he report was circulated in quarters ;so':respcctablc that wo cannot let it pass unnoticed.-Globe. . r riftll, MARCH 19. Private accounts from Nsples announce that the preparations for defence are going on with re doubled activity. Fresh troops march daily to tbe frontiers. The garrison, of Palermo, and oth er troops drafted from Sicily, on being landed at Naples, were immediately, marched towards Foodi. , . FRANKfORT, MARCH 13. It is reported that the riew 'sovereign of Hesse intends to feive immediately a constitution to his dominions, modeled on that of Bavaria. Naftlct, 26A VA. " Government has issued orders to our ships of war to cruize against Aus- trian ships of war, and to capture, 'and bring into port all merchant' vessels under the Imperial Brutteliy March 1 We learn from Mentz that several hundreds of young Germans, partic ularly students of the universities, finding it im possible to pass the frontiers of Iomba'rdy in or der to proceed to Naples, have descended the Rhine with the view of embarking in Holland. The. letter which contains this news also states, that in general, the German youth are full of en thusiasm for the Neapolitans, and that a great number of cerks,.from different parts of Germa ny, who were employed in houses established in ttaly", have abandoned commerce in order to en er ioto tie military service of NaplesT . ! a:. From the Liverpool Mercufy, March 23. 'Italv The congratulations of the friends of freedom are now the introduction of every con versation, and may therefore claim the first place in our political comments. We do, indeed, most sincerely congratulate our readers on tbe open ing events of that war in Italy, which was begun in the spirit of proud and oppressive' despotism, but which already wears a brightening aspect in favor of the insulted and oppressed.1 -The rev olutiofr in Kedraont may be considered decisive of i the fate'of ithe Austrian invasion! It" is the signal for other revolutions, not only in Italy, but in every part of Europe, where despotic Princes have deceived their people. l The reports qfsuch revolutions are already numerous, and although we would not mislead the expectations of the earnest votaries of liberty, even by pointing sour ces of hope. i yet we are ready to acknowledge that we willingly lend our confidence to many of these reports. We are convinced that the pub lic mind throughout Europe is ripe for those ra tional; peaceable, and determined changes, which have;bccome absolutely necessary for the well being .of: the great civilized portion-of the hu- I man race. I he people of Europe will no long er bend under despotic rule ; j they win no longer mai ntam 'iervile'armies they will no longer on press pthejratiofor the ambition of their monarchs, nor be oppressed themselves, for the avarice and corruptlonof tyrants and their min isters: eare-thcrefore)repared:to believe that the insurrectionary movements, which arc statecTin some of the London papers to be rap idly taking place, from Warsaw in Poland, to Lycatoto that even the advanced guard of the AustriaFar my may he more willing to revolt to the Neapo litans, than to attack them. The sehtiment of. emancipation from systems of misrule, which no longer deserve the name of governments, is in deed univertally-prevalentFaJ display itself whenever an occasion is offered for correct -that-a victory as -been . oicTlifhe Neapolitans over the Austrians, the sentiment to which, we have alluded will burst forth on all sides, and we may expect to bear of such an effec tual revolution in Prussia and the North or Ger many, as may set at defiance all the attempts ol the arbitrary sovereigns of that enlightened por- -tion of Europe to repress it. The celebrated an swer of the haughty and perverse Monarch oi Austria to the Professors of Science at Laybcn, is become a watch word among .the best inform ed tnen throughout the continent. : Aer ' who has had the audacity to declare himself an enitriv tn tnMvUAtrtn -xnA ft fftlfv tO COnfeSS thai vivuy w PiivnivvuimMv " - j Jctine inte ' N." 5-. i v amonhese
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