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Acrordinj; to the U"i;c of nations, and
tSj nv. niniH admitted principle
that dintwtry gives the rigjht of dominion
and soil, subject, however, Mo the pclU
pancy of tn natWeii'th right , of the
crown of ' KnIjnd to- her colonies la
Amerlcs, J to grsnt lheni, by her let
ters patent, to the lords proprietor!, tec ,
. - nit never ieen vouweu. ,
' V , When the colonies threw it their si
lefweo id. tbU.crtfwnV end established
'M,hirtndependeiice, the rights which
: were held by , Englend, whether derived
canieTie'fTerr in The respective StateveKh
rliiming nd holding according to the
-Umiia of aheir.oti(rinaL.cJurieri; jrjd by
the iTeaty wbTcrjcdoiTudctfttie sfarof tffe-
i(evoiutkn the pocra or uovernment
and the tight ol to, which bad previous
ly beeninOreat Uritaio, passed djinit!ve
l'j to these Siatei; endaa independent
aovereijnties, (hey were fully competent
to regulate all the relations wjiich were
to exiat between them and the Datives
within their resptciive. limits
It became necessary, however, in- the
establishment of the Federal Government
for. the States to give. up part of their
rights as Independent sovereignties, for
the mutual advantage of all. Hut, in the
tonceivion of those rights, it never could
ttave been intended -that the right of soil
or the power in any way to control the
aoil of any of the States, was given to the
General Government, nor can such pow
er be considered as incidental to any of
the general powers expressly granted )
' neither can it be implied' by the r most
ffrttitZiiimtiirtWi'ttat 'rtnrtd flf ew
arise which, in the opinion of your
Committee would justify the Governmeul
in the exercise of such power, without
the. previous consent of the State -or
Stitrs, If, therefore, the United States
have exercised this power to the injury
of anv of the Stiles, it ia but aheer justice
wr.jut hf4bld reimbu ia wn-4n tH
losses consequent upon her own wroagful
act.
It my be contended that, under the
treaty mAing power, and that part of the
Ci'ii'uiion which makes all treaties the
ufirme w of the lnrt, ihis power miht
be tldimed. We derm i' a tutTirient an
Mrr 10 this io v. that the Federal Gov-
ernmc-nt hat included herself from such
construction, by thei application to the
Statei to cr te to the m thrir western ler
ritorv, &c. and by their accrftiance of suc h
f resforr-bnt morresprrtsHy in
jngjase or .uejorgtatnejre the Aiwvern
, SBH.Moeraiion.ine surplus terrnnrv oi mat
- .. 5'te- There could have been no neces
led in the Government, for such applica-
tion to the statea. nor l.r their acta ol
,.,.. cet,IW.j .loiuthem&.Qpejcl;fouM have j;rnin their digreeroent to th Kenate'a amend-
been obtained by rrary with the difl'trcntm
tiihfct rr Hiding on those tandt. . affirmative., by y?terf 89 tottt andjjie ap.
h Government is now theonly pftwer ,ppri- j5o
hlcVca txtingulshjhe Jndhn titl
linda. wlffiaOT! h
; liever however, that this power reults"
more from her solemn guarantee of iro"
lection to the Indians, and the obligations
flrta f nrliana at r aa is rvrta Kv raatai tn laa.
wi.h no rnhf rlotrrr, and the acquiescence
nf.h-iSt.fin tW ifHiU. .h- f.nm
anv thing to be found In the Federal Con
stiiu-ion t for all powers delegated to the
G. ucral Government, by the States were
with a view to external operations, and
noi internal. The treat making pow
er, therclore, could only huvt been inten
ded to regulate our relations ith foreign ,
... . .) .. 4 ..t.U 1 1 1 . . 1 . a
aiding within the limits of any of jheiambitionS ladder. The history of Henry j
States. j Clay and 'Martin Tan JJarenr afford a re
This 'brings your committee to the! mark jble coincidence of facta. Henry
Consideration of (he second proposition : jClay had to grapple with hard fate in his
"That thcGoernment is bound to exiin-'earlier days, and was opposed by the witb
goish the Indian-; title to lands within 1 ering hand of poverty.
North Carolina, and that i haa been her j Me wa by a single incident introduced
"policy to doto.'r But your-XIwHnUjcc-tnJtbejpp
would here premise, '.hat this is an oblica ;ond soon attained its honors. Tie is self
to dispose OMhe soil, or in-an way . to
alter the tenure bv which the Indians hold
title
rivhrctrif baretTpossestorrw - uso
tuary right.
fruct
To show the obligation the Govern
meut is under to extinguish those Cher
" " " ikce Ctalmsv we beg leave to Tefcr to the
treaties of Hopewell and Hotaton, an ex-
trac from which is here given t .
fi Extract ram the Treaty tf Hopevel AW 1 785.
selves, apa tneir respe live trioes nnt
t-mkstni: wVwfjytefeitt 4be Xberokeet
-to be 'un4W'fiHret-M4hh:
Sta'ei of America, and of no other sove
reign whatever" '
Treaty offloliton, concluded July, 1791 Extract.
Art 3d- The underijj;hed chiefs and
warriors, for themselves and all parts of
the Cherokee nation, do acknowledge
themselves, and all parts of the Cherokee
nation, to" be under the protection of the
United States of America, nd of no other
.sovereign whatsoever f and tfiey also Slip
ijUte ttyt ihe.said CjierQke nation, will
not hold any trtaty wi.ft anv foreign twiw-
r. individual State J or with individuals of
Laws have elso 'been passed by C6n
cress P'obioitin'g the Durchaw nf lanit.
from Indiws by any State or inditidual,
r it- ?.' 1..-, '---.ir- .
It, therefore, doe eppesr to your corn;
mitfe, that the United State sre virtual-
ly bound to extinguish those titles ; or, In
other word, to relieve North Carolina of
a burden she has imposed upon her by
"$olehnlij guarantying to the Cherokee
nation art those Unda not cedrd by the
treaty at Iblttoii,'' fce, (see Tib of
i Wre:j,. an. oy pronmunj in. inoni
Irnm ttmmitns : itn mnm Sf r ne nowflf
' r -"-" , r; , And v nkte m eHeM as tbe morning star,
whateveri except themselves. And, to ... - . -.
prove that the C-uvemment has recognised Tomlenrb loka downo the tilent grave, .
toft obligation, It li oniy.necev' v rr'W'bettbe torn of Unr calm rfpowi i.
fer la what has beeri her e-eneral Dolicf And lor? ahafl the hard calTeetiori waiwi
upon, tfeaUAahJttij -and her p6lic:y,dA.;
mdnttribla" from the - different- treaties
made br her lor iho above purposes.
-Jt may-be objtctedVUut, bMhe.pay
m- - a - . a
meni 01 tins moncr, we openine vofxr m
L-.C. . L l.J- f- 1-
diim. and that thit act ma be referred
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10 ai a preceucnu in, aniwcr, wo wouicj
iar. that North Croltna porchaied from
Indiana who were citizen, declared ao by
the act of the Government end not froro
Indiana in their national capacity. , (
.From every view your ComnHtet
have oeen able to lake of this aubjeci
iney aro irrc-miu.y orouRni IO ino o.-
chttion that North-Carolina ahould e
reimburaed, for all the diflicultiea in nl
caae, bate rraulted from the improper
exerciae of power on the part of this
Oovernrnenr. ..She KranteJ the aiil of
North Carolina to those Indiana dirHsel
;o take reservei. Sec t about fiy did
take which injured North CaraltiH to
the amount of thirty two thounid -crea
of l4nd' 'h-rl00v ChCe 0f,h"
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tiona were a part of- the coneioeritioft
giveo to the Indians in the extingaiih
ment of their litles as a nation ; and this
forms a strong reason why North Carolina
should be indemnified ; fur, it will be re
nirr rw - tpvA - iit.ir.ip.4UMi
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collected that the Ir.flian title to a large
Suantity of lands within the limits of
ieorgia, was extineuiihed at the tame
H m't ; Tibdnhiff 1 V nw Statev were
bound, bv special contract, to do to.
Tnoie reservations, therefore,' were. giv
en in the fulfilment of that obligation.
Reserves Were also taken In Georgia, un
der the same treat ; but appropriations
have been made by Congress for their
extinguishment.
In conclusion, your Committee deem
it riue 10 themselves to sv ttm it it
should be consirirred that North Carolina
na
bei
has nut a siriclly legal claim, it cannot
doubt
fie
J,Qaro!in.4
n -.a. mi,w tnrln
uX : 'nd fronHSirTsVIocinTe;-!
ask leave trt repon a bill.
Thj w 4; lon Wn 0n thc njm5on Mr c.n
i0IJ( ttatttic Hou'cof ltep.reiittivft recede
fftf
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Martin Van Rurcn and Henry Coy.
TheL UhoJe lsUnd htsrtr tJu,,e
marks, that "it is worthy of remem
orancc, tor it snows tnai no matter now
tor it
obscure the individual may be, no matter
if likr Uvron t mid, he be
" Born in a Kitclten, and in a garret bred,"
if he direct 11 TafenT towards' the accom
plishmrnt of useful and proper purposes,
he my in the end triumph over all op
.Al.iAn A K lk. klKu, l.ll Aft
diplomatists., of the 'age. Martin tan
ffureh, was once a poor, friendless bov.
- I I has ben-tbe-atc.buec.t . of his nwn 1
ifame; he has triumphed over his foes,
snd is now in possession of the first hon
ors of the nation.
Mr, Monroe if Gen- Lafayette Jt is sta
ted in the ifrtW, a very respectable liter-.
ary perionic,ti, puousnea m rniioeipnis,
' 11 nun ,h xulhnrit nf nrivate lellfr
MyM)aiue.JWIimi
Gen. Lafavette, upon receiving the infor
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maiion 'of Ex President Mowrjespf cunt -ary
embarr ;asm tSe
at Washington a power of aitbrney to sell
,his Florida'lands, and pay all Mr. Mon
roe's debts with instructions, in case of
Mr. M'a -declining to receive the booh, to
pioceed notwithstanding, and effect the
object. Mr. Monroe hat declined the of
fer entirety, and has cancelled the, power
of attorney and here the matter rests.
These facts the Ariel states without any
doubt di their truttw .. . : ... Star. -
?Th tprginia Convention.-JThtWih
clutter 'Virgtniatt, publishes a statement
of the opinions ol the members elected
to the convention, which gives to the
friends of equal representation a certain
majorit .of two, with a probsbility that it
will be increased to ergot. j
ed that thev have a strong equitable . rr..., . . .
Creaca an additional obligation, :"10 commercial -Aavrr.
.'. :- . . . . User, a er KPBlnn innnnror nf Mr.
til the uovrrnineflN-te retm--4a -' - Z-.' --.-rr-r."v--"-
Ml TBI WllTlSf IttOtflUif.
ME'lOUr OF LAI'RA.
The f ik noon diffuses her miUet ray,
' Anil lures m heart at the floats along,
- Prom tt sprightly emileiof the circlet py,
; To oW a tear to tbe momenta gone,
0nc- Be, ibut the charm ia o'er,
FoM,erni e but trnaientre,
; wW M wbe)l , imi, n0more f I
l .. . '" M
eelxear
fcha vuUvitiful once but it past away j
-- V iwcluMM still haur vfaaa-e ahone 1 .
" w
- 9Z3tt'XMiiMmtrurMmMtmrr
' .-,w
afhen tot bUooa aod tha vigor of frame are
' f one
,
A Prkl miafortune can ne'er aubduei
w" wr,,1,' w her weaaj
her mantle around ber threw,
And baJlow'd each thoufbt at it awectly roae.
ef spirit tu tcat-rV would not do
To be ,f , fortes uncial tiedf , ,
Ad the t.,- lhmt blew -
While rxfanding in beaut, rt-coil'd and died I
The review is an rmblrm t f (''e night,' '
Which wrapt in a Veil of eiteiuive gloom j
While aot thro the cloud u the moon't pale
light,
Benignly the raya of relipoo come.
I loved ler and 'n He bu rone away.
Then n (oiace in tracing h acrnet we knew
Vd m.hidl bkl them jn fullneas af ay,
I ;.,TU J will departfrom my aorrowa too!
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1 ! lt .
iicr sprit wii prmiQ n couic not orr
To unmerit d Korn and nr gleet to bow j
8o it bunt ha diaina,' ami a purer air
Capands and eulivens iu beauUea now. ...
It wa on this apot, u the aweet moon threw
Hrr meek, fearfjl beaming, that Hrjt wo met 7
Twaa bare that the tendnla of friendahip grew,
xrkni arouia iny heait tbSf'tit tUMKgW"
Out, oh ! ahe la gone ! and forever gone !
And has It ft me here in a vale of gloom j
To silently aorrow, a lonely one.
Aa 1 onward course to Laura's tomb !
ut a comfort it mine t for tbit bosom kaowa
i"hat there if a joy in the midst of grief 1
Which a holy clm o'er tha tempest throwa,
And offers affliction a kind relief.
l'amouk arrLiox.
D'-Hr tien9M-.Vfa do earnestly
nd entreat the ousted occupants of
Rke.' to ?rihclf ifcMtune fike tnen,
or B"n ,n0 "r them like tbosd very re
spertjDte people the bears, who vrry
the
mVntt(er Wailing for IheZaMftr- Turned
Ut ,ne, are, and they muvh-vTci.:
eeply
sympathised with them, are vexed to see
that they do not retire nith dignity. W
make these remarks, became find
every day some new jeremiad by a dis
charged office), encumbring the columns
of the pi ess.- The world is wide enoueti
1 for industry to thrive in, and better days
win come. -
European JWw. A glance at the pa
pert brought by "he late arrivals, eati&Bes
us ma; mere is conatderable trouble, tn
Europe, end the haste in terminating dis
putes with the Wtbolicv-waa the precur
sor to aaopung measures ol a more im
portant character, relative to Continental
affairs- The sudden return of Lord Gor
don from Paris must hsvr been based
iipn the discovery, that a closer intima
cy existed between France and Russia
thanreat-Britain had any eeasorv to-exi
pect ; and this, io the present posture of
iffmristtt!
France intends even to countenance the
n o
ror,e l H
views of Russia in her designs on the
create ao entire new state
of things in the British Cabinet.
We are happy to perceive that tbe al
lied .Powers ,hye determi
and prevent the further usurpations and
abuse of power of Don Miguel
JV. Y. Couricrht Enq.
- 'w.,.Hs.i. - . , ...H. w
' nuin auoiinisi ration :
ouy 200 hogs, weighing a hunc!rcTWcigtirfme, wet JMeJOicjCLare greatly inaeo;-
tapd a b4lapie cash.u the iw
400 50 of y oung bee ves at market prices
li is highly just that Mr. Clay should turn
his attention to this branch of domestic
industry no man in the country has done
more to increase .the consumption of
porkhngs and fat cattle. Botton Bulletin.
Hail Punch, Toddyy aid let Cream. -Tue'
Mobile Register announces the
arrival of a steam boat at that place, Irom
Tuscaloosa, having on board a barrel of
hail onrt. These convenient little ar
ticles of refrigeration, wereeagerly sought
after by tbe citizens ol MobUe, who soon
convet led them into tbe very palatable
eombinationsj of pnoch toddjjiodike
cream .'';";;':i?"K'1.V'.'
tsosf Tsteittati iifsvit,
INDIAN TAl.k,
frtm the Prttidtnt the United Stake t the
Crttk rti&ana, thrtujh Ctlonet Crtwc'l.
FeitxDS amd r0Tueasi Dy per
mission of the Great Spirit abve, and
tha voice of the people, I hsvt been tosde
President of the United States, end now
spesk to you as your Father snd friend,
snd request you to listen.' - Your, warriors
have known me long. You know I love
my white and red children, and always
apeak with straight, and not with for
ked tongue i that I bare always ioH you'
line truth., , I now tpeak to you, as to my
Qnunrea, in ine language 01 irum, bii.cn.
Your bad menoaemde7wirheafi
sicken, and bleed, fry the murder of one
9( my hhe children-Irj -Georgia. Our
peaceful mother esVtb'naY'becn sfafned
by the blood of the white man, and calls
for the punishment of his. murderers,
whose surrender Is now demanded under
the solemn obligation of the treaty which
vour Chiefs and Warriors in Council
have agrerd to. To prevent the spilling
of more blood, you must surrender th
murderers, and re-store the property they
h.ve taken. To presets peace, you
must comply with your own treaty.
Friends and Brothers, listen j Where
vou now are, you and my white children
are too near to each. other tn live in har
mony and peace. , Your game is destroy
ed, and many of your people will not
work and till the earth. Beyond the
great river Mississippi, where a part of
your nation has gone, your Fa;her.h
provided a country large enough for all
of you, and he advises you to remove to
it. ' There -f our white brothers -will sot
trouble you ; they will have no claim to
the land, and you can live upon it, you
and all your children, aa the graas grows
or the water runs, jn peace and plenty.
It will be yours fo-ever. For the im
prove ments in the country where you
now live, and for all the stock which you
4jtanol lake .tvitb.jou, , yjOijrathej.wi!!
pay you a fair price.
In my talk to you in the' Creek Nation,
many years ago, I told you of this new
country, where you might be preserved
as a great nation, and where your white
brothers would not distu-b you. -In that
country your Father, the President, now
promises to protect you, to feed you and
to shield you from all encroucbrnent.
Where you now live your white brothers
have always claimed, the land beyond tbe
Mississippi belong to the President, and
.forever. -- . " -.TTil'Ttr"
Mf children listen-. - The late murder
of one of my "white" children "In Georgia,
thews you Thar you md they are too near
to each ' other. These bad men - must
now be delivered up, and suffer tbe pen
alties of the law for the blood they have
shed.
- -1 have .seniimiagenL -rt ??! Jour
friend-CLCrowelU;ta
render of the murderers, and to conshlt
witTTy ouupbii T.Ke"sujec t of your'remov '
fng to-the land I-hase-providcd-toroU
West of 1M MtssHsippi; irrtrrder that my
hlt and recTTWldren may live in; peace
and that the land may not be stained with
the blood of my children again. ' I have
instructed Col. Crowell to speak tbe truth
to you, and to assure you that your fatb
ther, the President, will deal fairly and
Justly with you ; and whilst he feels a
Other's love for you, that he advises
your whole nation to go to the place
where he can protect and foster you
Should any incline to remain and come
under the laws of Alabama, land will be
laid off for them, and their families
in fee. ...
- My children, listen. My white children
in Alabama have extended their law over
vour country. If you remove across the
Mississippi, you will be subject 'o your
own laws, and the care of your Father
the President. You will be treated with
kindness, and the lands will be yours.for
ever.,
Friends and'Brotheri, listem -Thw js
at.rtttjghtrrf-j?oe4aa
nation's good, and your u:her.. request!
vou to hear his counse.l.
-ANDREW-JACK
March 23, 1829.
pleasure we announce the arrival of the
JWwftern Packet," the first of a line
which i to be established between Nor
folk and this place. ' To the enterprise
ud public spirit pf the prjopietot.HO.this4.
eTth;.as,it.conuihuieM9eTf
essential manner, tov t.bti cx;mmuipicatio,r
between the -two : places, ana lurnisqet
snother market, affording adyatUages hi
therto unthpugbt of, fer pur produce. "
JVewbern Sentinel.
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A novel incident in legislation is pre
sented in the following statement of facts :
The House of Representatives of -Connecticut,
a few days ago, flatted bill for
the incorporation of Bank in Middlesex
county, by a lote of 02 to 85, and sent it
to tbe Senate for concurrence. In the
afternoon, a committee was appointed
to. wait 00 the Senate. tviA e requett that
the bill he $ituTed which was done. The
bill was then reconsidered in the House,
tniiaiivedbjtyrAi of J $ urT
JUXi: 30, 1220.
FOURTH OF JULY.
, At a meeting of the citizens of Lincoln '
ton, for tha purpose of making arrange
ments for suitable notice of this d-y,
Capt."Mr wss' Called Jo tf.e Chair, and "r'
B H. Boba jt ppoiiited Secre ary, " The 1
object of the meeting having been an
B0UfltU,li'CtU,i TBrMh.Y
appointed Orator, and B J Thomfiiont .
puidenceThe. jnecessaryromml' tees
to copducl-the proceedings of thislday, "
and prepare the toasts, were likewise
W hear much lamentation in the Adams ps- ,
pert, becstiae a few public defaulters, or lary . t
drones have beet turned out of office. It Is '
only a few years since many of tlitst very
"grumbletoniana" were great sticklers for ra.
latitn in oftce. One of them, whore honeyed
harangues have ao charmed the people of a eu
tain district la tbla state, aa to induce them to
continue him in an honorable and responsible rep.
rentative office, a few short years back pro
claimed to th people, in order to ou'at the high
ly reaoectable public servant .whom he unfortu
nately did supplant, that rttatian in tftce waa the
most sacred principle in a Republican country-'
that it was adangeroua practice, 'under a free"
government, to continue men Ion; ia ofiice
be. lie. 1 but when this principle elme to ba '
plesd in opposition to hie re-election, some eight
er Jen yeanilferwardiiit waifburJii
of pofiUcal jtuttce had undergone a ud muta
lion his former declarations had been forgot
ten, and bis darling creed abjured -the princi.
pie of rotation would not do, whenit conflicted
with hi graapings after the loaves and fishes of
office. v
80 it ft with those wba hsrej in the course or
ibe as?ryfw Jicb.H J Jrrffd .Jf,
would introduce into the adminiilrstion of the
government, beenejecled from ofRcej' tbe.v cry
prtcripdtu, whenever the principle which they
themselvea hav advocated, ia made to operate i
to their prejudice. " J'. is a bad rufe "that won't
work both wayaV a-s the alage.' -
nut these frequent and loud complaint which .
are heard from the ejected ofRct-hoMeri and
their friends, are perfectly understood by the
p-eat body of the people, to be. tbe natural, la- .
mcntationa of those "who bsve"rrow lay and .
insolent on 4he public ountyon lojing thf
'Myrsyghave itlitrwrted in idlenm .
and C VAvagancc by thejiard earhIngorthe."3T
daasev of the etMnmttn&wlitJnLZr.'.
them in (he shape ofaxes.&e. . r ;L., .
Of the 8Q0O povt-raastera ia the Uaited States
only about 30J have been removed aod of the---300
or 400 clerks at Washington, four-fifth hoar
in office are frienda of the late administration,
and wriwtteJ.ppposert of (Jen. Jsckson, who
F6"5"Continnes mro W oBee7K-feewlyS aoasi jig
of Ihe moat rancorous, w.b. PIQatjtujfd their of.
ficea to political purposes, whom the PrM'idMtV
jiplaced,and vbo deseed
let whoever might, have heen made PreiidenU
The Cherokee ftetervatitni't learn that
Gen R. M. Sunndere of thia town, and the Rev.
Humphrey Peeey f Macon county, have been
appointed by the President of the United States,
Commisaionera onder an appropriation made
at the last temnn of Congress, for purchasing
such Reaertxjft'ant of Land as are yet claimed
by the Cherokee Indians within the llmiTa" H"
North Carolina. We view this appointment as
peculiarly judicious There being some intri
cate law question connected with these reser
vations, the legal acquirements and practical
experience of Gen. Saunderf (now Att'y. en.
of ttiisttate) will render his appointment panic
ularty appropriate 1 and th? intimate knowledge
whreff the- lie, ftamphrey Posey- posaasta T
the locality of the Cherokee country t hit per
feet acquaintance with the character and dis .
poitiiin of the luchan. and the great C"'j"- .
dence tht-y repose in him, conspire to render ..
his s lection, as proper and judiCKM). Tberria -no
doubt but the sum appropriated, ($20,000)
will be amply aufficient to make the purchase:
to that we now have a certainty that the State
wUl befreed feom these claimt, whose tenrlen
cy hai been greatly to embaWSThe sale of her -Cheelaaa7aT
that interesf.ng portion of her territory, . "l; :
The people of this state view with peculiar
l.,n. Messrs. JJronrA. fonan, and others, whose
indefatigable exertions were mainly instrumen
tal in procuring the above,; aa well as other s?-,
prprktiona which ibcgenetsl vem.rtetas
of late years made for the benefit .the Slate
and those gentlemen are now enjoying an en
viable reward tor their faithful pubhc labors, in
the high renpect ard coiifidence which their tcf
lowitizens of .NQrthJtrolini ch,ej:isbior:tbc-
frVTlSA, iht thiaaubieet of the cnero-
v. lnH. in which the feonle of the Western-.
4pflhwfltw 4iaire0eej an interest, may "
riven in tc-dav's paper the Memorial of ir
Legistore.to'Cmgrws1Wtl)e report of -JiCj.
committee of Indiarf Affairs In Congress"
tubject t which will be found ou our first ana
second pages. -
coMMvaiCAttn. a
-While recently cutting a ditch, on
Jntiquity.-
the plantation of James B. Thomas, tsq
dell county, with the iew of turning the Buffa
lo Sheal Creek a near way into the Catawb
river, for the advantage pf.the low poavU
timber, cut with an axe, was MXPJ;
ered four and five fee below the surface ot tne
earth. This place waa settled by the ancestor,
of the above mentioned family, eighty yesra
aiocej and it ia supposed this Umbea w.s eux
previous to that period, and has nce pecn
ered to that deth by the overflowing "e
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