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SAUSpUlir, HOW AS COUNTY, N. C .TUESDAY, JULY 6, 18S0.
VOL.. XI NO. 626.
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Lit. lixl n W MUMn-a Wm ! mm
ttahil of the UniUtt Smta:
PautJ ul th Firtl Seuitn th 2l C'tng rt.
Aa Act to provide for the filial ienJement of
wna CMimi in iwnu.
BE il enacted by tKe Senate and llcute
c Heftrfeniative$ of the United Sfattt ef
America in Longren attemoiea, i aai u
the claim o titles to land filed before
the HtgUter and Ueieirer of the i-and
Office, vting as Commissioners, in tbe
diatrict of Eat Florid, under the quanti
Xf contained io one Itngue iquare, which
hive been decided and recommended for
confirmation, contained in the reports,
abstract nd opinion, of iftid Register
and Receiver, transmitted to the Secre
tary of Treasury, according to la,
and referred by him to Cohgiess, on tbe
fourteenth diy of January, one thousand
eight hundred end thirty, be, and the
lame are hereby, confirmed, with the ex-
cemion of auch claim! at were tonnrmea
the Spanish Coverrimem, HubseqUfbt
tolbe twenty-tourtn 01 January, one u.wj
land eight hundred and eighteen, which
shall be re eiammed and reported, with
Ihe evidence by Hie Kfgwier n4 Re
eelver, before the next aesnion of Con
gre.ss, to the Secretary of the Treasury,
to be laid before Congress. -
Ssc. 1. Jnd be it further tnacted, That
all i he couflictina Suaniah claims, repor
ted in obedience to the fourth section of
1he act of Congress approved May the
eighth, one thousand eight hundred aod
twenty-two, and recommended lor con-
HmjiinB aa valid titles, be, and the aame
. Ire hertby, corifirmd,-8cj for v the tTti
:tad State have int iitte to xhe same, -r
r -5g And It itjurihtr tnattedt T h at
U'cUtma. derived from tbe lormer Bnt
lah Govtrnment contained in report of
- lheConJTT)itpneMol Eat Florida, or the
Register and. Receiver, actinrj a uch,
who did n'otivltil themselves of the pro
Vision. of.-the reaty- -between Spain"" und
Enpland. tiened at Versaille on the
hundred and eighty three, by -ul
Vrovincei but-w ho i mMd io th with.
5.0'. ?" Pan,!n euthoritit,ndJvave
bn recomtnendeff for conMi ma'tlon by
said Commissioners, or Register and Re
ceiver, acting as such, be, and the ame
ere hereby, confirmed.
Sic 4. AndbtUJurthcter.cttcd, That
si! the remaining claim bkn tuve been
preu-nted according to law, and not final
ly settled upon the aame condition, re
atricuons, and limitations, in every re-
snrf. are nrescribed by the act of
Contrrcs. approved twenty third May,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty
igbt, entitled .'lAn atl iupplcmenlary to
the several act providing lor the kettle
rnent and confirmation of private land
claim in Florida,"
Site 5. Andbeitjurther enacted, Thai
it shall be the duty of (be Register and
Rec river to deliver over all papers relative
to private land clams in East Floiid to
the keeper of the public archives.
Sec. 6- And be it further enacted, That
(11 iWtitr mauaoaAliandlidcvudex this
4 Dient of the rightof the United States to
a sii.j ndt Jcspf clitiely, and hall not
he consttued either as a guarantee of any
luch titles, or in ny manner affecting
the right cf other persons to the aame
anos.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. Thai
somuchofthaClof iwenty-thUd oi jBlay
, one thousand eight Hundred and twenty
tiehu as directed that tho clections of
6rit eciofl of said cu'by'; acctpU0" a
Quantity e'jualjoone league tiwe with
4aiBeiKji9ectivfr gratY(jWm'fHl(ict'
ai4e!ect:ibrf " tc?:seafonariiitu t BOt
claimant -rjf--ater'pnty---hn-
ectioo, but the sid claimant, who have,
or may hereafter select, under the provls
ions of Mid law, any quantity equ'al to the
mount granted it) bodies larger than a
section in the form of any Spanish aurvrj
or plat of survey, ok where jhe sections
re-broBcn by any river, the said land to
elected, or which may 'be 5 elecied, is
hereby confirmed to ai4 claimant and
it tfiall be rbe duty cf tho Sun ejor Gen-
jeral to make a survey and certificate of
ill luch claims, !o return tbe same to the
Commissioner of the General land Office,
and thereupon a patent thai! hsue to the
origlhal graritetVor to his 5tignce,if the
land ha been told or transferred to any
purcnase or decent; -
4 rrarr-jfwf A''r?ywr,f-'ii'ir
tbi iWcaanil .i ha aMaiuU d 4o ihi prc
yorajfctbatta
tnisact, oy tantng quantity equal 19 a
league iquare in lieu of the whole gran,
shall be, and they aro hreby, allowed
the further time of one year, from the
passage of this act, to execute their re
linquishment, and to file tbfir acceptance
of the provision of said law. -
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. Thai
it shall be (he duty of the Registers and
Receiver to restore to tbe claimants the
li le deed, on which they may have final
ly rejected the claims.
A. STEVENSON,
Speaker of the Home of Representatives,
J. C. CAL11U'U,N,
Vice President of tbe United States and
, President of the Senate.
Approved, May 25, 1830.
AMJRF.W JACTC50N.
CMBta 55.
An Act for the distribution of certain books
therein mentioned -x
BR it enacted by the Senate and Joute
oj Rifircientuiivct of the United Statci 0
America in Congren atttmb'ed, That
the copies of (he Diplomatic Correspon
dence of the American Revolution, pub
lisheel In pursuance of a resolution of
Congress of twenty-seventh March, one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen,
Whtcti nsrye been w may hereafter tttt'
ceived at tbe Department of State, be dis
tributed and disposed of in manner fjl
lotting, ta h:
- Tn the Prtsii'ent and V'ice rrestdentof
the United States, one copy eacn; to the
Head of Depaiimeni, five copies ejeh;
to tho Postmaster (ivnei alr the Corn mis
sioner of (he General Lmd Office, and ibe
Superintendent of the Patent Office, oht
copy each; to each Member and Dele
gate ol the present Congress, one copy ;
to the Library of lie Senate, five copies,
to the Library of the House of Keprtscii
tativesf ten copies j to tho Aitotny
eral, tbe Judges. of iihe Supreiue Court.
and cf . tbe aher Court 'ot me United
Sutc, each one copy ; . to cacb Uo-Vcroor,
oJ. a iut or i erntory,. for the p'iUhc
libxa.ry6Lihe StaieilyririMipryiIpnj;
copy 't to the Military Academy at West
Point, and to each incorporated Umvcr-
!!.lj i ... .Uoll ge, .11 ifctottcnhor - An r rqamrt s n
society, and Athci.xjm, one copy ; to
the secretary of ouie, one copy tor each
,0 the Secretary ol the Navy five coptr..
stations j and (0 each person who has
been President of the United States, one
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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That,
ul tne cuuiou of the Journals of the House
ordered to be ptioted by a resolution ot
this House of eighteenth 'lay, one thou
sand cignt hundred and twenty ix, the
copies be distributed 111 the manner fol
lowing, to wits
To the President and Vice President ol
the Tinted States, one copy each ; to the
(leads ol Department, five copies each j
Congress, one opyi to the Li-'
brary of the Senate, five copies i to the
Aitorhey and Postmaster-Acneral, on
copy eaih ; to each Governor of a dtate
or Terntoiy, for the public liorary of the
State or Teiritory, one copy) to tbe
Military Academy at West Point, and to
each incorporated University, College,
Historical or Antiquarian society, and
rttttcT.aramrrieTy
o whhssen-PTtsTdenr ofib rtnte'd
n. . . . '
states, one copyt ana that the residue
rt mala in.tka auuAdiuJSiie Hlrrk ef.tlie
House ofegffiuairttl-o'wfdcs Affaires of the United States
ocdered by the House. . (
Sec. 3. Andbeitjurthe enacted. Thai
tbo books heieby tiiiectte to be distribu
ted be properly prepared lor transmission,
under the direction of the Clerk of the
flousj of Representatives and that they
be forwarded free of postage, by mail, to
thtm, or delivered o' the otdcr. .fit sid
poraonrtmhiCrry of Washington. -
ppnTJcrr
remain after the distribution' aforesaid,
one copy shall be distributed to each new
member of each Congress succeeding tbe
present, until all the copies shall have
been .distributed, with the exception of
twepty-nve, wnicn snail oe retained lor
the Library of Congress. 1 : . - "J
Jtppcoved, May 26,.l830.;;;:ft..il-al'lf;
AiAct, making appi?j,w-iona for cerUio ex-
yenditures on account of the Engineer, On
anotnd Quartermaster's Departments.
BE it enacted by the Senate and ihuie
of Rffireitntativtt f the United State of
America in Congrett auembled, That the
following sums be, and the same ve
hereby, appropriated, to svlt l r
For the f rectkrt cWrt'eiTr-ind the
paechaiCkbi-lend. atXott Crawford Frsk
..9.ytnCi'?t'f 'thotuwd dollar ?
for'thVpayms
IM Jajraj
thStat-of--Malner-isv--huodrdrud
twenty nine dollar end twenty-one cental
for the completion of the barracks at
New London, and for s portico to tbe of
ficera' quartcra, two thousand five hurt
dred dollar for barrack, quarters, hos
pital, and atore-house at Green Bar, fif
irrn thousand dollars ; for completion of
Jefierson Barracks, in the State of Mis
sourl, eight thousand seven hundred and
thirty-five dollars ; for. the erection of a
store house for the Subsistence and Quar
termaster's Department at Baton Rouge
three thousand five hundred dollar ; for
the erection of barrack at Key West and
for ditching, draining, and clearing the
ground required to be used, for military
purposes, fifteen thousaad dollars: for
opening a road from Green Bay to Win
nebago Lake, and thence to Fort Winne
bago, two tbpussnd dollars; for the com
pletton of the military road in the State of
Maine, forty seven thousand four hun
dred and fifty one dollars and seventy-two
cents for the erection of wooden bar
racks for the troop at Fortress Mooroe,
ten thousand two hundred dollars; for
the purchase of five snd i half acrei of
land for the uie of the National Armory
at Springfield, in Massachusetts, two
Usouaand-4 wo JiuftdiweKeTO-fbr-" the
erection of a new fire-proof Arsenal at the
National Armory at Springfield, in Mas
sachusetts, sixteen thousand dollars; for
he national Armory at . IIarpeXFf ry
Yirinia, via: For extending the walla
and embankmenta which convey the wa
ter from the Potomac river to the works,
nine thousand three hundred dollars ; for
erecting a forging shop, till hammer, and
new workshop, six thousand five hundred
dollars ; tor the erection of ten additional i
dwelling houses for the workmen, ten
thousand dollars ; for stating the roof of
the present workshops, three thousand
two hundred dollar ; for the purchase of
five acre of land adjoining the Arsenal at
WitertownMaisachusetts, five hundred
dollars, j rforijho
laooratory -and workshop at West Pint,
tro thousand irve - htmdred'-doll-;- for
the purchase of a Lithographic.-Press, of
i8?tjt-pd jrik,nd, far.ih.e. employment
ot a suitable Lithographer for the "ar
uopaitment,- six hundred dollars! for
oarrack at Fort Grairoit, five thousand
for,c cotutruJ,ionor. new.waj
ee ta'nli f and for Rravelline the'' parade
at- Fort- Delaware- fortyione1' thousand
three hundred and twenty-one dollara and
fourteen cents. .
Approved, May 31, 13M.
nun 69.
An Act providing for the settlement of tbe ac
counts of certain Diplomatic Functionaries.
BE it enacted by the Senate and Haute
f Hefirctentativei of the United State 0
America in Ctngrt$i atembitd, Tnal tne
proper accounting orhcar oi the Treasury
be, and he ia hereby, authorized, under
the direction of the Secretary of State, to
settle the accounts of William B. Law-"
rence, late Chargea des Affaires of the
United States at London 1 of Alexander
If . Everett, late Minister of the United
States to Spain ; and of James Barbour,
Junior, late acting Secretary of Legation
at London) William Radcliff, late Consul
of the United State at Lima, for Dipto-
malic services performed upon the death
of the Charge de Affaires of the United
Consul of the Uoited United Sutei at Kio
de Janeiro, for diplomatic tervices per-
larmccluaon the rctkcmcotof,ihciiafgei
as lor
as the aame shall appear to Hie Secretary
of state to have been sanctioned by in
atructions from the Department of Ste,Tf
or 10 have a just and equitable foundation
. I
in usage
' Approved, May 29, 1330.
,hrtat.ajtapiiatUi
m
tbe slave trade.
BE it enacted H fht Senate and JIatue
unexpended balance bf tnestira w ttmty
thousand-dollar, appropriated by tbe act,
entitled " An Act making an appropriation
for the. suppression of tbe alave'trade,"
approved May twenty' fourth, one thou
sand eight hundred and tweuty-eight, be
re-appropriated to the same object, pur
nam to the let of Congress of the third
of March, one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen. r
Approved, May 31, 1830.
A SCENE FROM THE DELUGE.
: . .,T . . . QfmaH.j - - , . :
Now only the highest summit peeped
out -of -the -water,- Berain, a noble
youth, to whom the fairest of . maids
had aworn eternil truth, had landed
his beloved Zemira on this pinnacle.
Alon, for ill the reet fiacVbeeb a wept off
oy the flood, incy.aiooa in the nqnUPfi
storm-wind rThwa
thcmf-e-thantUr.-bdlowed';;lhovt
thnoijRlow
Gloomy was the darkoes around, on
less when lightnings illuminated the
dismal scene every cloud threatened
destruction from its dark brow, and
every wave rolled caresses along, anJ
seemed yawning for a further prey,
Zemira presacd her lover to her trem
bling heart teari mingled with the
rain drops which trickled down her
pale cheeks she spake with faltVing
voice j There i no hope of aafety
more, tny beloved Semin : we are oa
all aides aurrounded with lowering
death. v 0 desolation ! 0 woe ! You
may ace it climb nearer and nearer,
the deatn which awaits us. Which of
these, billowi is to submerge us
Hold me in thy cold and ahivcring
arms, my beloved! Saonahall I, soon
shalt thouj be no more j swept into the
universal whirlpool of destruction
Now, my God, what a wave approach
es ! it glitter in the lightning it pas
se over us." She apake and aank
-JL-JLA?m-.i -l.tat-
fs fjftil nf nrlrmenf.Hahe riclalm. I
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eo, is mere no aaici, no Fuy '
1 1 -
ui !' H 'w the waves rush, the thun-
dera roar, and the voice of wind tell
of this onatonable ve ngeance. O.God,
ouryear have passed in innocence.
Thou, my Semin, was the moat virtu
ous of youthi.."Voe io me ! th6u hast
adorned my being with a thousand
joys ; but they are fled, they are gone
forever. And thou, who gaveat me
my life, thou too hast beeo torn from
my side ; and my tortured sight had
to behold thee lifting up thy head above
the. waters, and thy arms, for the last
time, ae if to bless the ""Alt are wal-
tqefci7
lonely ana lorsaken world would PC. a
paradise to raef with thee atill by my
Tde."7"p Godteurryears- Iravc b-een
passed to innocence ; is there tvo-pityf
lor tne oumeieas no salvation i .
What says my tormented heart. God
pardon me ! Wei re dying. What is
hutn.a,rj jnnrccni. Vf ffrff 1 f
The youth held-his beloved,-we
shivered in the atorm-wiod, and spake,
" Yes, my beloved, all life is washed
off Irom the earth of this desolation.
My beloved Zemira 1 the coming in.
sunt is our last. Yes, they are fleds
all the hopes of our life that holy
moment when we vowed to each other
inviolable constancy, we have in vain
exulted in j we are dying, But let ua
oot, like outcasts, pine over a common
lot. What is the longeat life, and the
joyfuleat, but a dew drop which hangs
to-day . n the roc k, and. to- morro f
falls into the ocean. Ltft up thy cour
age. Beyond this life there is a blisa
and eternity. Let us" not tremble to
cross the nacrow sea.
.
Courage iha joy rose in the soul of
Zemira, and embellished her counten
ance. She' lilted her hands amid the
tempest, and aaid, 4 Yes, I feel, theae
' 9 1 I
gone
were lately torn irom me : we too, are
Coming .J wc soun1 shall -meet "gato-
gee, my bf loved, ueatn is coming
nearer, onthi rising, stifling blackness
'he waves. 0 ! Semin,- embrace
. s
me t leave me not, tne wave nits me,
I float." , .
I embrace thee, Zemira, said the
youth Leoibraceheeideajirit.h
wetftKS't"v"-
go they apake 1 whire YHeToodTawepT
them away in each others arms.
bird I ever fired at,' aays LorOyroiT,'
" was an eagle on the shore of the
gulph of Lepanto, near Vostizza.; It
was only wounded, and I triedto save
it the eye was so - bright. But it
pineal and died in a few days arid 1
oevef have since, and never will at
trmpt the death; ef aaaihef bird,"
6PEKCH dr MR. M'DUFFIE,
Against the Prohibitory System. '..
: i.Mr. Mi.DUFi'IF. sjid ihtr h en
tirely concurred wi' h V rhairroan of the
Committee oh MiAufat'uiiirl, at to the ex
pediency of providing for the faithful coV-
lection of he revenwwi-but vfferin' vftyf'
,iWr4r.HllJb
presttkal mode of effecting the pbject, he
belted leave to ubaIia-imoclmeut-
which iti h.a preparedjcif Jai.pUrpo,!flw.
I -proposs said 2Unltu v I Ul to .secure
riflicTaVif liODtfif "observance y the r
venue laws, not by arbitrary penalties Inw
posed at the discretion of the officer of
the customs, but by rendering the" law
themiMvcl ao just and moderate and
equitable, that the great temptation to
evade them, which is now held out by the)
high rate of the du'ueil 1U be, In a great
measure, removed. As the amendment.
1 have offered obvlouslv ODen for dusCOS-
ion the policy of th entire system of
prohibition and protection,.! will now pro
ceed to offur ora cnnsidrrstiona to th
committee, which 1 trust they will fi.ii.
not unworthy of their grave ahd solemn
consideration. I shall pass over, with k
bare allusion to them, many of the toplci
which have neen heretofore urged n t hit -floor,
(0 show tho locxpediencf of Vi '
svstem we are cot side rine- The inevi-.
table tendency of this ystem to des'roy
foreign commerce, and eonsiquenrly mir . x
commertial, marine and naval power k;b 'I
been ao lepeatcdly urged and, on a vrry 7
recent occasion, with such, conclusive
proofs and triumphant arguments by my ; : ' -t
iiiiiudJrom NwJforkalr.Ci Mil
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1 hin.i m iAikf i.m akin rr mm Kiininci.
t o. - . i. -j-
Investigation ofthoae abslfict p incites
of political economy to which we hve ad . "
of 1 en, and so vainly appealed for the por,' . .
pose of cons incing the majority of the &L JL1
eipcdiency. anrj injuatice cf th course
they have been pursuing That It 1 N '
equally uni ahd unjust-to attempt td r?.
direct the course of national Industry, by
Government restrictions that individual
sagacity and interest will Infallibly find
out and pursue those employments that
are most profitabU are position" Id
which the enlightened writers on th
clenee of politloal economy. In ever
part of the world,almost unntnaoosty eon4
cur-: J es.aiMt ts atnguursna : stnt.-
trine forwtrleh ve ire ohteB'cng,,--fn'aF:
fdr7thelsJThlf centh
hilo!opher.ianiI.pulitjclecQno
Great urttain $m France, inthe midst of
torn mr vial riiaiou
own Government, hate boldly maintain
ed the folly and injustice of those rtvne
lions. Their's is the disinterested tesU
wy-fHSB4tchene4 wthd, lir,i
for trmhr and 'having hd'too 'rtrTvtr-rrX"
vert- fcsdBm-1 yea that wrror-yhaUzrr?.?
t how enter into anVrgnmeotlfisTBaV
in former discussions of thii subject) Joi
prove to gentlemen Irom other parti of. t
the Uhlon, that the interest of majority ; -
of their own constituent would be better ;
promoted by icdacing-lhe-duUea-ihey ... . ,. ..
have been so anxiotis tolncreas. I will 4
barely state, that I do most sincerely and
conscientiously believe, that, even in those V
parts of the Union for whose exclusive ad- r
vantage the existing high dejtiea hav) ;
been imposed, the Interest of nine men -
are sacrificed wherr that of ne is pro- . '.
ranted by hemKoihing-tarr-brmor-"-
clearly demonstrable, in tny opinion, than .v -.
that even in Massachusetts, and Vermont
and Pennsylvania, the great mass of the ,
community, the amall farmers, and the ,
persons engaged In handicraft m ploy M -:f
menta. are subjected to ohiust end lnieri
ous burthens, to promote the Interest of ., ; ' .
a comnarativelvx small number of larco :
capitalists. But, Sir, it Is now too late 10 V :.
n - mM mUm V.Z..SW vf t I S llKaSr t ft A .. 4- -
me, to altcmpt to school gentlemen Iron)
other part of the Union in what relatei
uUDenecuuatinierest.oi metr own con
stituents. I shall there rare, take it for
granted, that the existing system of corn.
mereisl restriction ha been established .
by the majority of Congress front delib
erate conviction that it is caicolsf td to
promote the interest' of their constitu
ent, and that there js no probability that
! -! A i SVSt -
quettion the right and the power of the'
ma.oi1.tJrtr ome..be
that they hive th indoubiied and exrlu-
ir, ht d d :
ausvu..protnoiv4neir-
est.
How far tbev hive a ri ht to de
cide upon th interest and rights 0 oth
ers, is quite another tieifnn. I shalt a
aume,ihen, js the basil of the remarks I
intend to offer, that the system of prohib
itory duties, which aims atlh uliimato
exclusion of all those articles of foreign
merchatidiiei which the Sosjthem 8ttes
hve an In'r rest In t'mpoti;)'ris the &
cd and" unalterable f'ky ol Congresk." t
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