VOLUME IV.
NEWBERN, N. C. SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1822.
NUMBER 206.
,rto and ruusatD wmklt, r
PASTEUR WATSON, '
$ s per annum half in advance.
(BY
AUTHORITY.)
... CT Reviving and extending me
j;me allowed tor the reuerapwuu m.m
,old for direct taxes, in certain cases.
r t enacted by the Senate and House
L . ntatives of the United Stales
Congress assembled, That
".- I..,rtrtl M
, allowed for the redemption of
t-1- . i i. kam nr may he. sold
h,nj. rttiicu 'j -7
!f,r the non-pa vniciik wi .
ral acls p-tsseu me cwi
oae thousand eigiit nunurea ana
..-. n;..ti .lav nf JMiitmrv. one
th'vjs.i.iJ eight hundred and fifteen, and
l iiic j 1
.fc-fiuh dav ot iarcn, one uiuusanu
,jrhl hundred and sixteen, tor laying and
nWinz a direct tax within the United
Cjt- ,dr aS SJUIC "U,r "ten pui
LucJ for and in behall ol the United
kifs revived and extended for the
term of one vear from the end of the pre
jeat session o'f Congress : provided, That,
1. .o,Lniniinn. infprest .shall bp
on suLii icut"."v.,
at the rate of twenty per centum
annum, on the taxes aforesaid, and
o tii audition of twenty per centum
ff ieible thereon, and the right of re
action hall ensure, as well to the
Jsn and assignees of the land so pur-c-ed
n behalf of the United Mates as
Um 01 initial owners thereof.
I'llILIP P. BAUCOUR,
Spe-iker of the ilcuseol Representatives
I)-MEL 1). TO.MPKLNS,
Vice President of the United States,
and President of the Senate.
Vtehiaston, Feb. 4, 1822.
Approved:
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT to revive and continue in force
an act entitled, An act to provide for
persons who were disabled by known
wnunds received in the Revolutionary-
war."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
cf Representatives of the United States
of America tn Congress assembled, I hai
the act entitled An act to provide for
persons who were disabled by known
wounds received in the Revolutionary
war, passed on the tenth day of April,
ene thousand eiht hundred and six, and
limited as in said act declared, to , the
term of six yeais, and aftei wards revived
and continued in force for and during the
term of six year, by an act, entitled
An act to revive and continue in force
'An act to provide for persons who were
disabled by known wounds received in
the revolutionary war, and for. other pur
poses' passed on the tweniy-fiflh day.of
April, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and twelve, and afterwards re
vived and coi.tinued in force for the term
cf one year, by an act, entitled " An act
ta revive and continue in force an act en
titled An act to provide for persons
who were disabled by known wounds re
ceived in the Revolutionary war," passed
ftn Vi A 1". il. .1 f M .1
mc uucciiiu uoy ui iiay, in me year
cne thousand eight hundred and twenty,
tall be, and the said act is hereby, re
vived and continued in full force and ef-
feet, for and during the term of six years
from and after the passing of this act, and
"001 thence unto the npit session nf (Inn
?ress : Prodded, That any evidence
uich has been taken, to support any
Claim of any person disabled in the Rev
olutionary war, under the authority of the
ct of the fifteenth of May, one thou
nd eiKht hundred and twentv," reviving
-.ununuing in lorce, lor one year
A" act to provide for pers
nrnvide for nersons who werp
'
c,Med bv known wouuds received in 1
l"-Ueclutionary war,' shall be received
ir'J' ctH upon by the Secretary of War,
"Uit'5e same manner as if said act was
a force and had not expired : And
l'lled (lls0m That this act and any '
'n2 coi.talned in the act hereby revived
continued in farce, shall not tie con- i
Kt tfl repeal or make void the fourth 1
ioii of the act. entitled " An act con- i
Ce nin-
invalid pensions." passed the i
r,rJ dy of March, one thousand eight !
8Jaredaad nineteen: and the said fourth 1
JtMri of the said last mentioned act shall '
aa the Same it horphv rWlarpd tn
1
0. Jn.-I
..lu ivj uc iii iuii iui.c aiiu :
wy tbing m lhe wid act tereby
revived and continued in force to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
oec. z. Ana oe ttjurtner enacted, l hat
the right any person now has, or hereaf-
ter may acquire, to receive a pension, in
irt ue of any law of the United States,
shall be construed to commence at the
time of completing his testimony pursu
ant to the act hereby revived and contin
ued in force. '
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the agents for the payment of pensions
to invalid pensioners of the United States,
shall, in future, be required to give bonds,
with two or more sureties, to be approved
by the Secretary of the Department of
war, in such penalty as he shall direct,
for the faithful discharge of the duties
confided in them respectively.
PHILIP P. BARBOUR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DANIEL I). TOlPIvINS,
Vice President of the United Mates, and
President o; the Senate.
Washington, Feb. 4, 1X22.
Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
CONGKKSS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY lG.
Mr. Tucker, of Vir. presented a peti
tion from sundry citizens of Lynchburg,
in Virginia, praying that ('or:i;ress may
not pass a Bankrupt Law the reading
of which was called for by Mr. T. as he
believed it expressed the sense of the
great body of the people in Virginia; and
if was referred to the committee of the'
whole on that subject.
The resolution submitted yesterday by
Mr. Fluvd, requesting of the President
of the United States information whether
any foreign government has made claim
to any part of'the territory of the United
States on the-coast of the Pacific Ocean,
Sec. was read for consideration.
Mr. Floyd observed, that lis- had made
this motion in consequence of understan
ding that a copy of the Russian Ukase
on the subject of her dominions on the
Pacific was in possesion of our govern
ment. The Russian government laid
claim.it appeared, to a considerable por
tion of the territory on that coast which
belonged to the United States in addition
to what she held without dispute. From
a claim so enormous, It would seem that
the Emperor of Russia had forgotten the
cautious policy which had characterised
him heretofore ; and the claim was such
a one as would be resisted bv ativ cour.-
try. He hoped the resolution would be
agreed to.
The resolution was agreed to without
ob'ection.
Mr. Cocke said, the Committee on
Military affairs had obtained, from the
Paymaster General, a statement of the
savin u which would be made in the ex
pense of the military establishment by
the passage of the bill now before the
House for the better organization of the
army which statement, that Jill the mem
bers of the House might be put in pos-session-pf
the information it contained,
he moved to have printed. The mo
tion was agreed to. j
Mr. Cannon, after some remarks ex- j
planatory of his object, and to shew tnat
the papers which he had in view could
be of no service to the government if dei.
tained, and were necessary for the indi
viduals, moved the icilnwing joint reso
lution ; which was iaid on the table for
one day :
Resolved, by the Srnnte and House of
Renrcsentativis, $c. That the Secretary
ol 'State be directed to deliver to such
p-rion or persons, or theii fegat repre
sentatives, any title papers or otherwise,
that may have beeii fiied or deposited in
the office of the Hoard of Commissioners,
which had been- adjudged by said Board
to be invalid, and on which no scrip has
been issued, under the act entitled " An
act providing for the indemnification of
certain claimants of public land in Mis-
sissiwui 1 errnorv, approeu nidiui jim,
.: ; TP t. j I f.L oi.
314, wheneverapplication shall be made,
either by the person filing or depositing
thesamt or such person or persons or
their legal representatives as afoiesaid,
or lhe person making the relinquishment
requited bv said act, and in all cases
where papers were filed in said office, and
no relinquishment made as required by
saiti acl- the said papers shall also be de-
HvereU when applied lor to the persons
n,t,d them, or the person or persons !
holding the title to the same, or his or her
tl,e"r Sa repsentati ves.
Mr. Eusth offered th following reso
lution ; which was agreed to -ayes 58,
noes 44.
Resolved) That the Committee on Mil-
I"--.;"
itary Affairs be instructed to inquire 'in
to the expediency of reducing the nura- !
ber and the compensation of the corps of
Cadets, and whether it is expedient toj
make any alterations irr the laws and rec4
ulations for governing the Military Aead-
emv.
The Speaker laid before the House a
letter from the Comptroller of the Trea
sury, transmitting a list of balances on
the books of the Register, which have
remained unsettled for more than three
r
years prior to Jh? 30th ol September
last ; which was iaid on the table and or
dered to be printed. j
The House then again went into com
mittee (Mr. Taylor in the Chair) on the
Bankrupt Bill. -: ' . V ; j
Mr. Sawyer of N. C. addressed the
House about an hour and an half against
the motion to strike out the first sectioriU
The committee rose on the motion of
Mr. GorUam,. (who iHtimated-an intenj
tion to deliver his opinions on the subj
ject;) and
The House adjourned. .j
BIONDAY, FEB. 18.
Mr. Woodcock laid on the table the
following resolution:
ResrAued, That the Secretary of War
be dhected to lay before this house a
Statement of the number of Cadets edu
cated in the Military Academy who have
remained in the service of the United
States five years; and the number who
have received: commissions and resigned,
or have been discharged from service be
fore the expiration of five years ; also,
the number that have left the . Military
Academy without commissions, and the
amount of money that has beenr paid
each; also, the amount paid to Cadets
between the time of their appointment
and that of being mustered at the Acad
emy, and the time of leaving the Acade-3
my, and the time of receiving commis
sions and entering the service of the Uni
ted States; also the number educated at
Academy who were in service during the
late war ; also, the expense of maintain
ing the officers and instructors of the
Academy each year since 1802; and trie,
expense of amunition which has been fur
nished for the use of the Academy ; and
the soldiers who have been stationed. lat
the Academy for the assistance of the of
ficers and cadets since its establishment ;
and, also, the number of cadets educated
at the Academy since its establishment ;
distinguishing those who are the sons
officers and soldiers -who have fallen in
defence of their country or died in its ser
vice. . " I
Mr. Smith; of Md. from he Committee
of Ways and Means, laid on the table
-certain letteis from the Secretary of the
Navy, transmitting inlormation respec
ting the estimates for repairs and contin
gent expenses of the Navy for 1822;
which was ordered to be printed.
' On motion of Mr. Hardin, it was
, Resolved, That a select committee con
sisting of seVen members of this House,
"be!appointed, whose duty it shail bejto
inquire whether any part of the public
expenditure jean be retrenched without
detriment tojthe public service, and whe
ther there be any offices or appointments
in the government of the United States
' , i
which have become useless and unneces-
sary, and can be dispensed with, and that
the committee have leave to renort bv bill
,
or otherwise. t
THE B VNKRUPT BILL.
.. The House then resolved itself into a
committee of the whole on the unfinished
business of Saturday, (the Bankrupt Bill)
Mr. Tatlor in the chair. j
Mr. Gorliam occupied the floor more
than an hour, in opposition to the motion
to strike lout the first section of the bill,
and was loMbwed by j
Mr. Wood, who spoke on the same
side, and continued the debate until alter
three o'clock ; when
Mr. Fuller took the floor and intimated
his intention to express his views on
subject, but owing- to the lateness of
the
the
hour, moved that the committee rise and
report which was agreed to; and, I
In the House, after granting leave to
the commute to sit again,
, . The House adjourned.
Extract of a letter from a Member of
Congress to his friend in Winchester,.
Kentucky.
"Within) the last sii days, we have
had a great: botheration in the wigwams
of pretenders to the Presidency : at j this
time the names of Candidates for that
office are Lowndes, Calhoun, Craw
ford, Tompkins, Thompson, Clinton,
Kino, and Adams. i
" It is thought that the election will
come to the Congress, in which event w
i i ' !
come to the Congress, in which event
Clay will stand as good a chance ajfanv !
f them" -Revub. Sent. ! '
0( them". Repub. Sent.
LITERARY.
FROM. THE NCW-VORK STATESMAN.
ONTVVA.
Xo those who are accustomjed to at
tribute the dearth of good American poet
ry. to the newness of the country, and
who contend that age, wealth, ipnd litera
ry ease will brine along with vthem the
t refinements of taste and fancv, it niay oc-
casion some surprise to hear olia new po
em, written in the desert, audi under the
huts of the savages," on the shares of Hu
ron and Michigan. Yet such is the ori
gin of " ONTWA, THE SON OPjTHE FOR-
est'?- a pdem recently? published by
Messrs Wiley & Halstead of this city.
We are permitted only to say, that its au
thor is an officer of the American army,
who is fond of, softening: the rifrours of
the camp by the cultivation of elegant
letters, and who appears to be ambitious
of uniting the bay of the scholar with
the laurel of the soldier. I
Of the Illustrations of the ptem, which
are copious and vvritten with a j decree of
chasteness and elegance that we have sel
dom seen equalled. General Cass, Gov
ernor of Michigan Territory is the avow
ed author. This gentleman, Residing in
a new and uncultivated section of the
country, which has ns yet but a sparse
population, and enjoys few of Ithe litera
ry advantages of the more favoured por- -tions
of the United States, has carried
with him genius, science, philosophy, &
taste; and to his exertions fe1 are in
debted for much of our knowlejje of those
extensive regions, which border on the
great western Lake. He h i drawn a
round him a circle of si ientifi and lite
rary gentlemen, who have traversed the
wilderness and endured the gj-eatesfr pri
vations in prosecuting their .favourite
pursuits. -
But to return to the poem. The story
bf-Ontwa is at once simple, natural and.
interesting. It is founded on atr histori
cal fact recorded in v ague terms by some
of '"the early historians of tlie country,
that about the middle the of ITlth century,
the tribe of Indians called the) Lr.ies, : jn-'
habiting the untry around ake Erie,
were subdued and exterminated by the
Iroquois, another tribe from the border's of
Lake Champlain. This account, was
sufficiently authentic to render the inci
dents of the poem probable,! and suffi
ciently indefinite and obscurje to leave
scope for the invention and imagination
of the poet. The outlines ot the story,,
asr embellished by our .authorjore these!:
One of those holy and philanthropic
men, who, soon after this country was
discovered, came our shores, passess
up the chain of Lakes on the northern,
frontier of the United States t liters
Paim or Green Bay dnd thence, by the
assistance of an Indian guide, and avail
ing himself of Fox and Ousicpnsirt rivers',
crosses over to the Mississsip!pi, and arrives-
at the Falls of St. Anthony. They
find Ontwa iitin? motionless on a -rock,
gazing-upon the cataract, w so, after be
ing accosted by the guide in a friendly
manner, and recovering from his trance,,
relates his o a pathetic tale, which is
emphatically one of ' love and murder'
Oniwa, the last of his race, was the
son of Krtsk'askia, chief of tin; Frie tribe,
who resided on the northern shore of the
Lake of tliHt name. His father, warned
bv di earns and omens of tl
e approach
of ah enemy from the east, a ad of Unpen
ding ruin, despatched Ontwa, as a mes
senger, to bid defiance to the foe. He
meets Saranac, chief of the ijoquois, with
an immense army on the s(iuth shore of
Lake Ontario before reachjn? the camp
Of the chief, finds Oneyda, . daughter of
Saranac, asleep in a paradise of woods
Talis in love with her is wounded arid
dragged before the chief as a spy is re
leased, and returns to his own trtbe-j
Kaskaskia rallies his forces and marches
to ISiagra, where he meets the Iroquois
and a destructive battle
lUUIHl
in
which the Eries are exterminated.,' with
the exception of Ontwa,
who is taken
ri destined as a
sacrifice.
intdxicating
her tribe,
Oneyda administers the
draueht to the warriors o
bursts the chains of Ontwa, and escapes
with him, but is overtaken by an enrag
ed chief to whom she was exposed, and
is murdered in the presence of berlover,
who, being left, an outcast id the world,
had wandered to the place where he
was met by a missionary gujde. '
The story is well told, and the inci
dents are natural and interesting. There
is nothing extravagant or outre either in
the olan or execution. The sentiments
-lr ol-l rloll'atti hurt fiatTA nnna
of that artificial refinement! and polish,
. ... . . . . - . j . i 7 -t
which, wouia, oe inconsisxem w, n 'nejm:e imagined morifappa,in2
feelings and manners of the simple un- 1,. riWlSiliDW
wphisticateacbUdrcn cf tbe forest. to the courage, or more huooiiog w , w
The following passage is a part of th
interview between Ontwa and Oneyda.
previous to their flight from the camp of
.,....1WMr.Kaj.we uimn extremely beau
tiful : r n '
"Can Ontwa pant her simple prace-a
Her slender form, and lovely face, '
Which only half its.beaulv showM
So widely loose her dark locks flowd-
J oe tear that dim'd her glist 'ning eyei
W hen jsht?. would bid the wanderer fly
The sinking moon with pleas'd delay,
Glanc d oh her charms a mellow jay.:
A"d j&w,d on neck nd features fair.
I'he d?w, and brighter tear drop th're.
Did Ontwa then alone denart I I
Ah! no, I cried with elfish heart' ;
Sweet blossom of the wild thy hani
nave severed ontwa s captive bands J
tui vainjy uosi mou set him tree, '
When still his heart is bound to thee
the 'osier 'bond no longer holds,
put wreath of love hath stronger foidit
n, thou bright vision of my sleep,
Ere Ont wa eyes had learnt to weep
Thou wliom I t'mvta star fnm heaven,
Or spirit by the blue wave ien.
V hen wrcathme oVr thv morninp restJ
I placed the wild rose on thy breast-l
Kjn wiiuner, now, shall .Ontwa turn ?
His country's fires no longer burn :
Of home and sire and kindred reft.
.. What has the lonely wandeier left a
ii mou, iriipyda, scorn his love,
And send him forth alone to rove Xs
One more extract, and we have donei
It is a description of the death of Oneyda
in the arms of Ontwa :
1
" Her warm blood o'er my bosom gush'di
n iioiii ner wouna me lorreirt rush d
VVrhile vet her eye, with ray intense,
Beam'd forth its dying eloquence :
And ere the smile had left her cheek,
Which still of parting love would speak)
Her soul of snowy hue had flown
And left me in the world alone.' .
The following-is an interesting extract
from Governor Cass's Illustntior. ot
PICTURED ROCKS.
Upon the southern cpast of Lake Sii
perior, about fifty miles from the 'fall o
St Mary's, are the immense preripjtouV
cliffsj called by the voyauers, Le iWtail,1
a'hd the Pictured Rocks." This name
has been given to them, in consequencii
of the different appearance whicli the
present to the traveller, as he passes th ir
base in his canoe. It requires little aid
from the imagination, to discern in therit '
the ostellated tower the tatty dorae
spires and , pinnacles, and every subliifji,
grotesque, or fantastic shape, whh li the
genius of architecture has ever invented
These cliffs ae an unbroken mass if
rocks rising to an elevation of (litre '
hundred feet abavfe the level of the
lake, and stretchinalong the coast for
fifteen miles. Thelvoyageurs neer paU
this coast except in a! profound calm ; arid
the Indians, before1 they make the at
tempt,, offer their accustomed oblalin
to propitiate the favour of their tfauitous
The eye instinctively searches along tin
internal tampart fora siugle place of se
curity: But the search is in vain,
an ; impassible barrier of rock on oijie
side, and an interminable expanse of wa
ter on the other," a .sudden storm upV
on the lake would as inevitably ensuie ie ,
struction tojthe passenger in his trail ca
noe, as if he were on the brink of the cat- "
aract.of Viagra. 'The rock, itself isi tl
sandstone, which is disintregated by the
continued action of the water, with
comparitve facility. The lake is o
deep that these masses, as they are,
torn from the precipice, are concealed
beneatti its waters until they are reduced
to sand. The action of the waves has
undermined every' projecting point ; a. id
there, the immense precipice rests tij on
ashes, and the foundation is nttersec ed
by caverns extending in every direction,
i When we passed this mighty fabric of
nature, the wind was still, and the Like)
calm. But even the slight motion of the
waves, which in the most profound calm
agitates these internal seas, swept throiph
the deep caverns with the iroie pf dis
tant thunder, and djed upon the ear, us
it rolled forward in the dark' recesses, in
accessible to human observation: no sond
more melatncholy or more awful ever vib
rated upon human nerves. It ha kit
an impression, which . neither time 'nor
distance can efface. Resting in a trail
bark canoe upon the limpid waters of the
lake, we seemed almost suspended in air
so pellucid is the element upon which
we floated. In gazing upon the towering
hattlements which impended over us,
arid from which ' the smallest fragment
lou 4 havf destrod.
we ieiu
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