NEW BERN1, N. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1822:'
VOLUME V.
NUMBER 22.
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rStfTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
pASTfjuR WAT SON, j
At $3 Per aUnum ksitf in advance.
(BV AUTHORITY-)
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AN At. W'7 "
pra acts for aa usung me cwmn
l,nJ, and estab Uhing Land offices
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New Orleans.
' Be it enacted by the Senate , and
Vnnxp of ilttwresentalioes of the Uni-
trd State nf America, in Crmres
assembled. That all the claims to iana
iid to be derived from the British or
'Smnisli authorities, reported toi the
C.rnmissionerof the General Land
Otire bv the registers and receiv ers
of the land offices at St. Helena
Curt House, and at Jackson Court
U ie, in the districts east aiiii west
of I'earl river? appointed under! the
fithority of.an act, entitled "Anjact
j .r the. adjusting the clnims to land,
ai.l establishing land offices, in the
(MricJs edit of the Island of New
Orleans," whicli are contained in the
several reportsj of :he registers and
receivers, and which are, in the opin
ia of the registers arid receivers,
vdi-J. agreeabejy to the laws, usage,
zi l cuto;ns, of the said governments,
t, aivi the same are hereby, reCog
tvjM as valitl j and complete titles,
iairi5t any claim on the part of the
United Stats, or right derived from
the fnitpd States. :
$?c. 2. And be it further enacted,
Th-it the claims reported as aforesaid,
aul contained in the several reports
of the said registers and receivers,
founded on orders of survey, requeue s,
permission to settle, or other written
cvi-l.nces of claims derived from the
S.t.mish authorities; which ought, in
th opinion of the registers and re
ceivers, to bej confirmed, ' shall be
cmfirined, in the same manner as" if
ti)? title had been completed : Provid
ti. That the confirmation of all the
Sti'l claims provided for by this act,
sVill amount only to relinquishment
ftwver, on the part of the United
Sate, of any claim whatever to the
tract of land so confirmed or granted.
! Sec. 3 A nd be it further enacted,
That every person, or his or her legal
representative, whose claim is com-1
prised in the lists or registers of claims
.ported by the registers and receiv
er, and the persons embra ed in the
list of actual settlers, or their legal re
present itivei, not having any written
lence of claim reported as afore
ttiil, shall, when it appears by the
si) I reports, or by the said lists, that
I H ind claimed of settled on had
Wi, actually inhabited or cultivated
fcv such person or persons in whose.
f :ht he claims, on or before the fif
teenth day of April, one thousand
f :!it hundred and thirteen, be enti
t! J to a grant of the laud so claimed
r settled on as a donation : Prnvi-
dM, That not more than one tract
la.l be thus granted to any one per
aw, and the sme shall not contain
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o:h than six hundred and forty acres; j ted Stntes of America in Congress as
ivJ tJiat no lancjs shall be thus grain sembled That the President of the
l hich are claimed or recognized by j United States sh ill be, and l)e hereby
preceding .sections of this act, or j is, authorized and requiredijtQ cause
virtue nC a .: i I -i t t- ,1 . 1 j cl a j .
... u v.,,,,, uiiwjii uuuer un f
, entitled
An act for adiutiur 1
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- aim
oinres, in the district east of the.
of New Orleans," approved oil j
uinu.ay of Alarch, .eighteen hun-
i. nineteen : nd provided. t
ni no cl unj Sha be confirni-
w the quantity was not ascer-
',eJ! and report made thereon by
I - renters ,md receivt-rs', prior to
r lAniv-htth Jday of June, one
" ,JSdl,,l eight hundred and twrotyj,
j c-And be it f urth- r enact id,
:!t,.j rejis;ers and receivers of
i ,Jl!ic m inevs cf t!ie aid resnec-
UtMWv-fitth 'daV of June. one
lrr. wrrnt in. rfntti r .
ft. ones, nsi reconiZMl in the
action of this act, an.l the. first
01
tne act Of ih.llllril 1 IV ril !
ih-itaid eight hundred
5.1
5
r.,
v
'teen. h ivt p-.ver to
"- 111) niiir in .(.!. ..II I I
O VjriU Of Ulr?
Dreceoiii!
ihn!l .ratv'd aird survev-
' . - -I 1 . " r
-.iv-, ;o;dirtct tne locution due
and manner of surveying an tne
claims to land recognized by the sec
1 ond, third, and fourth sections of an
act, entitled " An act for adjusting
the claims to land and establishing
land offices, in the districts east ot
the Island of New Orleans," approved
on
k0 hrt (av oi iMarcri. one mous-
and eight hundred and n neteen, hav
ing regard to the laws, usages, and cus
toms, of the Spanish government on
that subject; and having regard, also,
to the mode adapted by the goven
mentof the United' States in survey
ing the claims to land confirmed by
virtue of the second and third sections
rt an act D f Congress, entitled " Yu
act regulating the g
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a ot- tana,
le disposd
t 1 i
nnrl nroviding for
"r.hP lands of the Uiited
States
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, south of the state o :jj eiiuejsee,"
' - .nnmvpf on the. ' third March, -one
thousand eight hundred and three.
And that, in relation to all such cKtims
which may conflict, or many manner
interfere, the s.nd
registers
and
re-
ceivers of public moneys o
the respec
tive districts shallhave po vfer to decide
between the parties, andsftall in tueir
decision be governed by such condi
tional lines or boundaries is mayhve
been agreed on between f!ie . parties,
either verbally on in wiitjng, at. any
time prior to the passage if this act.
Cut, upon the decision of lliose claims
alluded to, which 'may coiillict or in
terfere, and in relation to which the
parties interested have agjeed on no
conditional lines or boundaries as to
the manner of locating thej sime, the
said registers and receivers of the res
pective districts shall make an equal
division of the land ciaimejd, so as to
allow each party his or their improve
rs .''i-j i l LiL 'fi:..
ments; Provided, - Jiowever, - That,j
should it be made appear, io the satis
faction of the register and receiver of
public moneys of the resbecfive dis
tricts, In any such case, that tile sub
sequent seitler had j ob;ruied on the
claim of the former, and H? d made his
establishment after j! having been for?
bid so to do, the said regis ers and re
ceivers of public ' moneys.: shall have
power to decide between j I he parties,
according to the circumstjances of the
case and the principles of justice.
Sec. 3- And be it further enacted,
That patents shall be granted for all
lands confirmed by virtue jpf the pro
visions of this act, in; the sime manner
as patents are grarited fon lands con
firmed under former acts to which
this is a supplement j j
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted
That to every person who sjiiall appear
to be entiiled to a tract of Und, under
mi
the second and third sections of this
act, a certificate shall be granted by
the register and receiver of ihe district
in which the land lies, setting forth the
nature of the claim, and the quantity
allowed; for which certificate tne par
ty in whose favor it issuesshall pay
one dollar, to be divided between the
said receiver and register. I j
Sec. 7 And be it further enacted,
That the President of the United
ti;
Mates be, and he is hereby authoriz
ed to remove the land office from St.
Helena Court Mouse to stjieh other
place within the said districts as he
may deem suitable and convenient.
Approved May 8, 1322.
AN ACT to abolish the United
States' Trading Establishment with
the Jndian Tribes. j
Tie it enacted by the Senate and
'House of ReDresentuticts on the Uni-
me uusinessoi me Limtu oiaies ira-
din houses amon? Indian Ui
to
uerintendent of Indian trade, and of
,7 , ii
the factors, and sub-factors o be set-
tied ; and, tor that purpose, the Pres-
ident is hereby authorized
to se
lect,
from amrvntr thp -Indian
agents, or
others, a competent numberbf fit and
suitable pei sons, to be and appear at
the office of Indian trade in! Jeor?e-
town, in ihn DiUrirt nf tlrdnmhla
and at each ol the trading houses es
taibished among Indian tribes, on or
brfoje the third d;iy of Junefjiext, or
as soon thereafter as can conveniently
be done, to demand and receive of
from the Suneiintendant of Indian
11 1 a 1
actors
tnll.factfirc oil ilia nnAa nr.-
and merchandise, furs. Del tries, evi-
dence of debt, and property) and ef
fects of eveiy kind, which may be hi
their power or possession, by virtue
of their respective offices, arid justly i
and belonging to the
United
States : and tbe said agents, selected
for the purpose aforesaid, shall be fur-
nished with the .copies ol tne last lees, and emoluments, and shall pef
quarterly returns of the said superin- form similar d4jies,lknd possessimi
tendent, factors, and sub-factors as lar powers, with all other Registers
rendered by -them to the Treasury and Receivers of public moneys of the
Department, jand copies of any other .United States appointed by law for
papers in the said Department which, the disposal of the public land and'
will shew what is, or ought to be due shall in all respects, be governed by
and coming tqjthe United States, from the laws of the Urfied States provi
the said office, of Indian trade in ding for the disposal of the miotic
Georgetown, and from each of the
trading houses established among the
Indians
And the persons so selec
ted shall enter, into bond, with good
and sufficient security, .in such sums
as may be required, by the. President of
the United Staltes, for the faithfufdis
charge of the duties enjoined on them
by the provisions of this act. And,
from and after the thirtieth day of
June next, the act of the second of
March, one thousand eight hundred
end eleven,! entitled" An act for es
tablishing trading ; houses with Indian
tribes," shall be continued in force for
the, purposes bnly of enforcing all
j bonds, debts, contracts, demand, and
I ngnis, wnicn may nave arisen, and all
penalties acid punishments which may
have been, oriimy be incurred, under
the provisions of the said act, and for
the settlement m the accounts of t lie
superintendent factors, and Sub-factors,
at the Treasury Department.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted.
Tnat the goodsl wares, and merchan-
1dise, which shajl be delivered over to
the agents of the United States, under
the ! provisions of : this act,shall lie
placed at the disposition of tbe Presi
dent of the United States, subject,
under ; his orders, towards satisfying'
or exunguismng tne treaty oniigations
on the pari of the United States, to
keep up trading houses with the IndL
ans ; also, towards the payment of an
nuities due, or to become due, to In
dian tribes; j also, in making the cus
tomary presents to tribes or individu
als in amityjwijh the United States,
and the surplus,' if any, maybe sold
to the best advantage, - under the or
ders of the, President, and the pro
ceeds paid over to the Treasury of
the United States, j - ;j
Sec 3. And be it further enacted I
That the furs,' peltries, effects and
properly, received Under the first sec
tion of this act, ; shall be sold in the
manner the President may direct
the debts, du and oving shall be col
lected under his orders; and all
mouev received from these sources,
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and all that shall be received from the
Superintendant jof Indian trade, and
from the factors, and sub-factors, shall
be paid over,1 as fast as received, into
fhe Treasury1 of the United States i
Provided, Thatfsuch sums may be re
tained and applied, under the orders
of the President;of the United States,
as may be necessary to defray he ex
penses of carrying this act into effect.!
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted;
That, as soon as may be, after the
commencement pf the next session of
Congress, the President of the United
States shall communicate to Congress
the manner in f. which he shall have
caused this act' to be executed, shew-
ing the amount of rtioneys, furs, pel
tries, and other' effects, and the a
mount and description of goods, wares.
and merchandise, and the actual-cash
value thereof' received from the Su
perintendent iofj Indian Trade, and
each of the factors and sub-factors,
undeV the prcfvisions of this act.
Apphoved-I-Mav 6, 1822.
AN, ACT providing for the disposal
of the Public Lands in the state of
Mississippi; and for the better or
ganization of the land districts in
the states of Alabama and Missippi.
Be it enacted 16y the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States of America in Congress as
sembled, That a) I that tract of coun
try which was ceded ta the United
States, by a treaty w ith the Choctaw
Indians, held oni the eighteenth day
of October, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twen
ty, near Dooke's stand, in the ! state
of Mississippi, be, and the same is
hereby, formed iiito'a land district ;
and for the disposal of the public
lands in tlie said district, a land office
shall be established within the same,
at such convenient place the Presi
dent of the United States may direct
and appoint; and for the said office
a Register and a: Receiver shall be!
MM
appointed by the president, by and
with the adyic
tr. wnu a'.iaii arvriai v vi?r
bond, with security, before entering
. '
on the duties of their respective o-
, in like manner, and for like sum
shall receive similar . compensation,
lands : Provided, Mcever. That the
first sale of the landi within th
tnct aforesaid may be held at sucn
convenient place within the district
west of I'earl nvei as the President of
the Unitbd States niay appoint : A,i
puoHded, also, rhat; ihe Preside,
111 aX 11 M should be necessary, in con
sequence of the establishment of ri
new basis meredian, attach a portion
oft
le land otherwise bt.Iongmu; to thj
district established bv this act to the!
district of. Pearl river. , 7 U
"!
Sec.
That
2.1
the
AlliM !lf Lt flirt Wfr oinz-tnil
President 01 the Uiiited
utuiw,uv, auu tic is iincuy. clUUloriZ"!
tatbe ha S oiwl liA' l.nLU., .1. ':'
cu, jWiieiir ue snan tninK proper, tos
"cause such of the land within - the dis-
.l I. ' I I . I . i I I . ll
tnct created bv this act. or which oi.tv!
H v mf J J f
ueaiacnea 10 uie nistrict ot 1'eail nv-1
er, and which may be surveyed, to be!
exposed to sale, on the same ternrsl
and conditions, and in tliesame man
ner, as all other publrc lands of the U-
nited States, with the exception of sec-! j
tion numbered sixteen, in each town-;
ship which shall be reserved for the use
ot schools; within the same ; and of ;
such other reservaious, as now may,
or ne realtor may, exist, by virtue of ,
an att of cession, treaty, or law of the
United States: and fot the lands sol
sold,! patents shall issue on the terms
and conditions, and-in banner provi-
ded by law in relation to all other pub-
tic janas oi ttie.. Unitecfcfstates.;
. Sec. 3. And be it' further enacted,
That all the lands lying on tlie east
side ot tiie l ombigbee river, in the
state of Mississippi, and to which the
Indian title has been extinguished, be,
after the thirtieth day of October next,
attached to the district established by;
me nrs section 01 tins act, anu. the
f'uuiio minis uicit'iii suaii oe soiu. on
the same terms and conditions and in
the same manner, and patents shall
issue for the lands so sold, agreeably
to theprovisions of the laws for the
disposal' of the public land! of the U
nited Spates, in the state of Mississip
pi, with the exception of section num-
beredi sixteen, in each townshiD.
which shall be reserved for the use of
schoojs within the. same, and of ucht
other jpreservations as now are made,
ormeeafter may be mad, by law.--Aud
it shall be the : duty of thej Regis
ter of the district qf Madison county,
under the direction of the Commis
sioner of the General Land Ollice, to
transfer such books, maps, and rec
ords, or transcripts thereof, to the H-
gister j appointed for the districts es-;
tablishc d by the first section of this
act, a? ma v be necessary to carry iiitt
compljete efiect the piovisions of thfs
section of this act. !
Seel 4. And be it further enacted,
That, from and after fb? tliirtieih day
of October next, such pm of the dis-
tnct edst of Pearl ri ver s as lies within
the state of Mississippi, be attached
-to, and constituted a part of, the dis
trict ol Jackson county ; and the Pre
sident of the United States sfMll cause
the land office to be removed to such
place, within the district of Jajckson
ounty? as established by this act, , as
hemay deem convenient-; and that
part ol the district of Jackson county
which lies within the state of Alaba
ma,, shall be attached "taf and Coi.stt1
tute a part of, the district eastoPeati
river, n Alabama ; and it shall be the
duty ot the register; of the district east
of Pearl river, and the register of the
district? of Jackson County, each, to
transfer to the other sucll books, rec
ords, surveys, or the tranipripts there
of, as shall be necessary to cany into
complete efiect the provisions of this
section
of this act.
A pppBovED May 6, 1 822. 4
WM. R. BELIv
XTAVING a large and convenient
i J. House in the town of ieaufort,
respectfully informs the inhabitants of
Newbern, and us vicinity, that he i
prepared to accommodate 15 or 20
persons with board, land eight or ten
horses; with good stables and proven
der. Duringthesickly months. Beau -
fort will be found a pleasant treat,
in t-rrc:-, iinii m iiiiiiiitiiii v . wmi f iinirp r
fish and game
. r : w- ii-. ; i
BfortJunt 15 1822.
ces
FOREIGNER'S VIEW OF
j LONDON.
It has justly been observed, that
no city in the world can I'aflbrd an idea
of London ; broad and beautiful '
streets, running jo right lines ele
gant and convenient pavements hou
ses equally remarkable for their want
of brnament and singula' cohr (be
ing made out of brick) and above
all, an incalculable number of shops,
which appear to serve rs a general
entrepot for the merchandise of the;
whole world all yive, to the Capital,
qf England an air of grandeur and
S'"'"
originality, of magnificence and sUn
"i '
no where eUe to be
The first thing that struck me, on
going out to walk the morninn afo f
t Htrived, Was the thick smoke w nici
isueil from tne chimneys of the hou
ses, and obs ured tlie iiatiualfy-.nmj
atmosphere of London, 'j'hi? smoke
affected my lungs in a most disagree
able way; but it is an inconvenience,
which the English are not very ready
to acknowledge, for "they are accuse
tonied to it; and, besides, it it 'by na
means so unwholesome a it is, gene
rally imagined. The English' of all
ranks have no other fuel than ; coal.!
Were it injurions to the health, the
rich would doubtless have discontin-.
ued the use ot it. while mnriv hf
economy would have' banished it from ,
the hou.ses of the poor.
I passed through the streets without
knowing whither I was proceeding ? '
every road was alike to me, because
I merely wished to observe, and every i
object; that presented Itself, to my
eyes possessed the charm of novelty.
l rcau tlie names ot streets, examined
the'signs, gazed at the shop windows
! with that air of astonishment whirl!
invariably charaeteiizes a foreigner.
; In less than five minutes'! arrived in
: Piccadilly, pushed and elbowed about
by more than a thousand persons, viio
compelled me to move about more
biislUy than I wished.
J l.e inhabitants of London are a3
j much cockneys as the Parisians aro
j badauds : but to do them justice theV
seldom display their cockneyism,5 ex
cept when engaged in pleisure.
With them buisiress supercedes eve-f
ry thing; and an Englishmaa who',
goes out to transact his bwn affairs
cannot conceive the possibility of
meeting idlers in the streets. From
ten jn the morning till 'three in the
I afternoon, all lutrrv ami Knwlo
; I he,u.nl.ucky man who sallies forth '
merely to gratify his curiosi ty, is iner
cilessly dushed fiom one side' to the
other. Every one endeavor to main- ...
tain his own ground by the aid of his'
elbows, or even his clenched fists, and
as nothing is gained Cy making' apo
logies, the English dispense whh a
civility which thev regard as super
fiuous. A foieigner soon finds it ad-
iyisable to follow the same course, and
if possible- to imitate the uncremoni-
ous mauneis of his neighbors.
At first I vas a little astonished to
find that the English are not quite so
'ridiculous iii London as they are iu ?
'i'aris,and as I proceeded aloncf tried
to find out the cause. 1 fancied it ', '.
was owing to the harmony that re-
vails tlioughout their manners their
city, their customs, their ciimatie tln ir .
laws, and their character. "Every
thing seems to accord admirablv.
jrhe simplicity of their dies corses-', I
ponds with that of their houses ; f JtVir. I
liberality with their wealth ; their
pride with their independence ; their
bustle wilh their thirst of money ; fir
however opulent a Englivhman may
be, he is always endeavoiing to be
come richer; All is in exquisite u- ?
nison ; find taking all, in all, foreign
ers alone are out bf their place in 1
'London.
i . Amidst so many thousand people,
all huryng in different directions, I
experienced the disagreeable sensa- ,
lion of being solitary. Sometimes, :
deceived by a slight remembrance, I
stepped up to a person whose featmes
icuiinucu ioe oi a irieno ; pyt when- ;.
ever I opened my mouth tocongratu
Jate myself on the recontre, the leply,
I can V speak French, was -sure to
banish the illusion and pverwhelm rne
with embarrassment. J .
t J entered a spacious street, which
was not above halfj finished ; the hou- V
ses were magnificent and built in B
?iie oi lastetui untlormitv. J
ftlll rft .ttt nonvn J.C U t. . tl a
rarin trt ... , . , .
Hed Walerk0 p, nJ, L j
not have underin,od himhe
i . .
riiimidiii mm v rfiiHi i i i n iuu'
I second time. The English
luve
tpul tiplied beyond calculation tucmeti
; A