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Mr. Justice Bayley-- You have your rule; there is no necessity to read over any further passages. The rule was accordingly granted.

SPAIN.

There is a report of some discontents or disorders in Spain, caused by a set of persons who call themselves "defenders of the faith." From their appellation, we presume that some of the priests are at the bottom of the affair.

Gen Riego, being presented with a sword by the municipality of Saragossa, said "this sword shall be employed in defending, even to death, the liberty of Spain."

The Spanish ambassador, at the court of London, has exhibited, on a late occasion, the most superb train of carriages, harness and horses ever seen in England. The ornaments on the horses were so massy, that one of them, while standing still, could not sustain the weight and fell.

TWO SICILIES.

The British papers publish an account, as from an officer of the squadron in the bay of Naples, relating to the manner of the king's embarkation for Leghorn, on his way to Laybach. If it is true, it is evident that he stole away from his people-that he was received by the British boats from a subterraneous passage--that, when in the boat, "he resembled a man delivered from death"--that, when he reached the British ship, he exclaimed, actually jumping for joy, “mea casa, mea casa"-my house, my house. We are not sufficiently advised of the facts to understand this story.

Naples, Jan. 9. We have already made known the encouragement which we have received from various parts of Europe, either by political writings or by plans of campaigns for the defence of our territory. Offers of another description have been made to us from England.

A private individual of that kingdom, Mr. Davin, has written to government, mentioning that he is ready to furnish, at a reasonable price, and payable in two years, seven vessels of war, provided with necessaries and munitions, and ready to receive men and provisions.

Another Englishman, lieut. col. Ryves, assistantquarter-master-general, offers to raise and bring to Naples before three months, a corps of auxiliary English troops, composed of three squadrons of hussars, two companies of horse artillery, ten companies of infantry, and six companies of foot chasseurs--in all 2,000 men, equipped and armed, and ready to engage for three years, or longer, if required, who will be selected from the soldiers discharged at the time of the peace. We do not know whether our government will accept of these of

fers.

GERMANY.

In Saxony, which prides herself on being the the cradle of the protestant religion, the Catholic clergy, it appears, prohibit intermarriages with protestants, unless they engage to educate their children in the Catholic religion; and the priests have even gone the length of declaring marriages celebrated by the protestant clergy, null and void, and the parties guilty of the mortal sin of adultery! The university of Leipsic has taken the alarm at the illegal interference of the Catholic clergy, and resolved to bring the subject under the cognizance of the diet.

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representation of Schiller's Don Carlos. He chose the moment when the marquis Posa is killed on the stage by a shot through the gate of the prison.He had taken upon himself to discharge the pistol, and fell according to the directions in the part of Posa, without uttering a syllable.

RUSSIA.

In the year 1818 there were born in the whole Russian empire, in the parishes of the Greek religion, 1,431,548 children, (67,158 fewer than in the year 1817) The number of deaths was 875,007, (being 46,446 more than in the year 1817). Among the deaths of the male sex there were 679 persons above 100 years of age; 219 above 105, 116 above 110; 66 above 125; 5 above 130; one attained the age of 140; and one even 145 years. The number of marriages was 333,399, being 3,670 fewer than in 1817.

EGYPT.

Cleopatra's needle, This celebrated monument of antiquity has been presented to the king of England by the pacha of Egypt. It is intended to be set up in Waterloo place, opposite Carlton palace. The weight of the column is about 200 tons, the diameter of the pedestal seven feet. This magnificent column was obtained through the influence of S. Briggs, Esq. the British resident at Grand Cairo, with the pacha of Egypt.

EAST INDIES.

It is stated that the cholera morbus has committed great ravages at Manilla, and that the priests induced the people to believe that the complaint was owing to the strangers there; on which the miserable wretches, in the night, massacred up. wards of thirty respectable persons. Among them one American named Wilson. The American consul escaped by secreting himself. They also killed We have a long account of a number of Chinese. this tragical event.

The British detached a large force from Bembay under Sir Charles Colville, against the Emirs of Sinde, because-most probably, as their country had not been much cursed with the footsteps of Europeans, it was rich and the people happy. Subsequent accounts say, that, after five days hard fighting, the ravager gained a complete victory, and it was thought that the country might come under the protection of the British, by which we are always to understand that misery reigns.

The Dutch, after having been often defeated at Palembang, offered 10,000 dollars for the head of the sultan, the "legitimate sovereign." Surely this case will command the attention of the holy allies at Laybach!!!

SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.

Illegitimacy. Since the death of Tamahamaha, king of the Sandwich Islands, there has been a desperate battle fought for the right of succession to It terminated in the dethronement of the young prince, son of the king; the queen mother reigns in his stead.

the crown.

CUBA.

The Herculina, captain Gaza, (or Gantz,) arrived at Havana on the 13th ult. with three hundred and ninety slaves, from the coast of Africa. How many of these are for the Florida "market?"

HAYTI.

President Boyer is making powerful exertions to restore the public tranquility. Other chiefs of dis. order have been seized and shot. The president has prorogued the house of representatives, in consequence of the necessity of his presence in the north.

SOUTH AMERICA.

night of the 5th Nov. in a gallant manner, by the It appears that lord Cochrane has not effected boats of the Chilian squadron, commanded by lord any thing decisive against Peru. Much complaint Cochrane in person. It was reported that the Ameriis made of the encouragement which he affords to can frigate Macedonian, and British frigate AndroAmerican seamen to desert their ships. Captain mache, were considerably injured by the fire from Downes, of the Macedonian frigate, has been of im- the batteries at the time. The crew of a boat that portant service in preventing abuses of this sort, was sent on shore from the Macedonian, the mornas well as in assisting such masters of vessels as had ing after the action, were [partly] murdered by the their crews reduced from this cause. Another ac- populace of Callao, on suspicion that the frigate had count says that Cochrane had behaved well in re-assisted lord Cochrane in the capture of the Esme. gard to some vessels on the Peruvian coast, though it was known that many of them were covering Spanish property.

ralda. The city of Guayaquil revolutionized in fa-
vor of the Patriots on the 9th October, as soon as
they had heard of San Martin's arrival in Peru. /
It was reported at Buenos Ayres that a revolution
ty, and that they had possession of Conception.
These reports were however vague and contradic-

By the arrival of a vessel at New York we have the following interesting details from South Ame-had broken out in Chili, headed by the Carrera par

rica

tory.

The Spanish legation, sent out by the king after the establishment of the constitution, arrived at Buenos Ayres on the 4th Dec. and left it in a precipitate manner in the night of the 5th, without effecting any thing, the Buenos Ayrean government insisting, as a base of any nogociation, that they should acknowledge their independence.

• Commodore Hardy had lately left Buenos Ayres in the Creole frigate, for Montevideo, whence he was to sail in the Superb 74, accompanied by the Creole, for the Pacific Ocean, in the latter part of January. The Owen Glendower frigate, capt. Spencer, sailed from Montevideo in December, for the Pacific. A French squadron, composed of a 74 and one or two frigates, went round the Cape some time before, which was assigned as a reason for com. Hardy's going. The British sloop of war A pirate, under a flag as of Artigas, lately comSlaney remained at Buenos Ayres to afford pro-mitted some outrageous felonies on boarding the tection to the British commerce.

brig Copernican. It is time that these things were stopped. There were some ladies on board the C. who were plundered as meanly as the British plundered the poor French women when flying for their lives from the murderous blacks of St. Domingo, some years ago.

POSTCRIPT.

Most of the deputies elected by the province of Buenos Ayres for the congress to be held at Cordova in January, (in virtue of the treaty with Santa Fe, concluded in November,) had refused to go, alleging, as an excuse, the danger to which they were personally exposed from the caprice of the populace! It was not supposed that any thing ef lectual would be done in the congress, towards forming a general government.-Each province managed its own affairs in its own way. Paraguaying interesting particulars. still kept up her system of non-intercourse with the rest.-Artigas had claimed,some months before, an asylum with the governor of that province (Frincia) for himself and a few followers, which was granted him in a generous and liberal manner. He had been completely beaten by the Portuguese, and lastly, by Ramirez, governor of Entre Rios, and it was generally supposed that his political career was at an end.

Since the preceding articles were arranged, an arrival at Boston furnishes us with London dates of the 19th of Feb. from which we gather the follow

GREAT BRITAIN. On the 12th of February, in the house of lords, lord Roselyn, in alluding to the affairs of Austria and Naples, said "that the conduct of the "holy alliance," as it regarded the step they had taken with Naples, was not exceeded in the history of Bonaparte. That most extraordinary act of violence, he thought, might produce the most serious effects on the peace of Europe, and of the world." Earl Gray rose to express "his horror and detestation, at the blood thirsty and infamous conduct of the allied sovereigns."

The governor of Buenos Ayres, Rodriguez, was absent in the interior, prosecuting a war against the Indians, who had become very troublesome, Much debate took place on this subject. The and caused great alarm.-They had lately commit-earl of Liverpool, in his speech, said that the goted some horrid excesses, plundering towns, carry-vernment did not intend to take any hostile steps ing off women, &c. It was supposed that they but his manner was so cautious as not to commit were instigated by Carrera and other discontented the ministry to any line of measures in relation to anarchists. the designs of the holy alliance to put down the people of Naples.

The queen's case has occupied much of the attention of the house of commons. for an address to restore her name to the liturgy A proposition was negatived-178 for it, 298 against it. The an nuity bill in her favor has passed. There was much warm sparring about reform. Lord Castlereagh said that "he was never disposed to support the principle of annual parliaments and universal suffrage," at which there was a great laugh. Sir J. Newport said, "it was true that the noble lord had

The public tranquility of Buenos Ayres had not been disturbed since the bloody revolution of the beginning of October; but several persons had lately been arrested on suspicion of secretly conspiring against the government. It was reported that Ramirez, with a considerable force, was on his way towards Buenos Ayres, determined to arrange its internal affairs so as to meet the views of the provinces. The prospects for the future were far from flattering-the government paper was at an enormous discount-the value of property much reduced, and the cultivation of the country greatly ne-in one part of his life voted for reform, and had glected.

The last news from Chili was to the 5th of December. San Martin, with his army, was at Ancon on the 9th of November, a little north of Lima. He was to invest Lima by land, while lord Cochrane blockaded it by sea. The Spanish frigate Esmeralda was cut out of the harbor of Callao on the

never voted for it after he came into office."
A general discharge of workmen from all the
dock-yards is spoken of; the decreased number at
Portsmouth, it is supposed, will exceed fifteen hun-
dred. The naval force to be kept up is 80 sail of
the line, with a suitable propertion of frigates and
sloops.

Stocks-Feb. 20. 3 per cent. consols 72 1-8 3-4. Cotton-Liverpool, Feb. 22: Uplands 73 to 93; Orleans 8 to 11; Tennessees 7 to 8. The prices are declining, though the demand seems steady. SPAIN. On the 4th, 5th and 6th of Feb. Madrid appears to have been in a very disordered state. The people were in a great ferment-the king was personally insulted, and there was an affray between his body guards and the populace, in which some lives were lost. The dismission of these guards had been insisted upon, and the requisition was complied with. The municipality had declared the person of the king "sacred and inviolable."

"The king enters largely into a detail of the extreme kindness of his reception by the emperors. His majesty adds, that he has nothing of interest to communicate as to political affairs, but that the reunion of the Italian princes leaves room to hope, with the Divine assistance, for the adoption of e better system in the affairs of Italy, and confirmation of the tranquility of Europe."

General Pepe, on the 29th, under the title of the order of the day, congratulates the national guard, both horse and foot:

"If the chances of war," says he, "should lead the enemy into your neighborhood, remember that the Neapolitans have more than once defended their fine country, and that Saragossa, which does not contain the tythe of the population of Naples, resisted for a long period the attacks of two powerful French armies."

Sicily still refuses to send deputies to the parliament. A smothered dissatisfaction prevails in the island.

Preclamation of the municipality of Madrid, ad dressed to the people-"Citizens of the heroic city of Madrid-Nothing can be done amidst agitation. The laws have no force but in tranquility. Your complaints are just, and will not fail to be attended to. Does the municipalty deserve your confidence? Yes, for it is your work. Be, therefore, without anxiety. You wish the constitution; it is that which all good citizens wish, in spite of the factious. The constitution speaks order, submission to the laws, and confidence in authority. The magistrates of The U. 8. ship Hornet has sailed for Havana, the capital of Spain watch and labor for your welfare. Blame them if they do not fulfil the hopes and to proceed to Pensacola, carrying out desyou have conceived; but wait, and watch their con-patches and persons appertaining to the cession of duct. The municipality will never belie itself. It the Floridas. swears it to you by the constitution, which it will maintain until death.

CHRONICLE.

The Florida commissioners.Hugh Lawson White, of Tennessee, William King, of Maine, and John W. Green, of Virginia, are appointed commissioners under the 11th article of the treaty of amity, settlement and limits, between the United States and Spain, concluded at Washington, 22d Feb. 1819.

(Signed) Francisco Ferdanandez de Ibara. PORTUGAL. The cortes are proceeding quietly. They have elected a regency of five of their own members, and appointed the various ministers of The mail. There was an attempt to rob the mail the interior, finances, war, foreign affairs and marine The regency is to govern in the name of the from Philadelphia to Baltimore, on Wednesday king; and if he or any of the royal family should night between 9 and 10 o'clock, near Bush. The return, they must agree to support the constitution. driver was fired at, and the ball went through the OF AUSTRIA AND NAPLES. On the 28th and 29th of cover of his waggon. He designed to have returnJan. 40,000 Austrians crossed the Po to advance ed the shot, but his pistol would not go off-and upon Naples in three divisions. In case of resist.he drove on without further interruption. Some ance, they are to be immediately followed by 80,000 other fellows are resolved to be bung-that seems A Laybach nearly certain. Mail robberies have been committed men-soldiers of the "holy alliance!" article of Feb. 2, says "his majesty, the king of at Richmond, Va. by a siave who was accustomed to Naples has addressed a proclamation to the inhabi-perform certain menial services in the office. The tants of the Two Sicilies, in which he orders the impractice of employing blacks is to be discontinued. The man being a slave, and no evidence against mediate dissolution of the parliament. He also calls on them to receive the Austrians as friends, and him, except his own confession, has been dischargpromises, on his return, to give them a constitu- ed. tion."

The intended invasion of Naples appears to be fully relied upon as certain. The Austrian flotilla in the Adriatic, is to co-operate with the army. Advices of these movements have been sent from Laybach to Naples.

"Affair of Lagaudette." We noticed in our last a horrible murder committed at Norfolk. The deceased was named Lagaudette--the supposed murderers Manuel Philip Garcia and J Garcia CastilHe says lano. The former has made a confession. that the blow was struck while he was asleep by the latter, &c. but he seems to have had some share in the matter. The quarrel is given as con

It is stated on the receipt of despatches, that the Austrian minister at London, on the 17th of Feb. had an immediate audience with lord Castlereagh.cerning a girl; that Lagaudette was paying some

A Liverpool paper of Feb. 22, says--Advices, attentions to. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, dated the 30th ult. were received on Saturday last Washington, Murch 31, 1821. from Naples. The sittings of the parliament were Notice is hereby given to all whom it may conto close on the following day, but the prorogation, which was to be made by the prince regent in per-cern, that a communication has been received at son, was not expected to be for a longer period this department, from the baron Hyde de Neuville, than to the middle of March. Meantime the depu- envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary ties would all remain in Naples, to assist by their from France, that all extraordinary duties upon counsel, should any emergency occur to place the vessels of the United States, imposed by the ordisafety or the tranquility of the country in danger.nance of his most christian majesty on the 26 of JuIntense anxiety existed in all ranks of the commu-ly last, will be remitted, and all obligations given for the payment of such duties, will be cancelled nity on the deliberation at Laybach. Naples, Jan 31.-The official journal gives the for all vessels of the United States which entered the ports of France before the 12th of Dec. last. following account of a letter from the king:

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NEW SERIES. No. 7-VoL. VIII.] BALTIMORE, APRIL 14, 1821.

[No. 7-VOL.XX. WHOLE NO. 501

THE PAST—THE PRESENT-FOR THE FUTURE.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY H. XILES, AT $5 PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.

During the next week, every subscriber to THE MAILS. It is always disagreeable to complain the REGISTER who has neglected his payments, when we cannot fix the seat of the thing that vexes will be notified of the amount due and requested us; and much less prescribe a remedy. It seems to to remit it, at the risk, and, if he pleases, even at us, however, as if irregularities in the mails through the cost, too, of the editor by mail; except such sub-remote parts of our country, were periodical- somescribers as reside at a few places where personal times for a month, perhaps, we do not hear of a applications will be made to them by our friends; failure of our paper, and then complaints come and the latter will be earnestly entreated to urge tumbling in by dozens for two or three months a settlement of the accounts which have been sent following, to our great loss and detriment; for our to them. subscribers, worn out and disgusted, withdraw It is always with sincere regret that we say any their subscriptions. It is not a pleasant thing for a thing about money matters in this paper, unless gentleman to send a messenger ten or twelve miles simply to notify our readers of the expiration of to a post office, for the special purpose of getting the editorial year; but the business of collecting his letters and papers, to be told, after all this trouour dues has been so much neglected, or rather ble, that the mail has not arrived for two or three procrastinated, from a knowledge of the state of weeks, as the case may be: and this often happens. the times, that self-defence directly demands an at- We have now a letter from a very respectable tention to it. gentleman, who, for the convenience of his neighThe distinguished support given to this publica.bors, holds the commission of deputy postmaster tion, and the promptitude which many exhibit in at a village in the western parts of North Carolina. always keeping their accounts in advance, merits and receives the unfeigned gratitude of the editor. It is to these that he was indebted for preservation from predicted "ruin," when he had the temerity to assail the swindling paper-system--and it is only the continuance of such conduct that can cause this paper to maintain its present standing and activity. Though a man may be as poor as Lazarus, he can possess an independent soul; but the opportunity to manifest it may be lost, in the more important consideration of the ways and means to obtain a support for the body.

So long as the editor owns a press, it shall be kept free from passion and party- it never shall be knowingly used for the purpose of exalting one man or set of men, or for depressing another, or for the promotion of any local or sectional interest whatsoever-it shall never be encumbered by the advisements of bashaw-like persons on any subject, and the truth shall be told, when it is needful to speak it: but its life and spirit must flag under pecuniary difficulties, and especially so when it is not rightful or reasonable that such difficulties should exist and he trusts that his intelligent and thinking readers, whom it concerns, will take this matter into their consideration-and do unto the editor as they would be done unto to. A small simultaneous effort in these, would render a greater service than any individual, not acquainted with the nature of our situation, can apprehend.

Population-1820. The late census gives to the state of Pennsylvania an aggregate population of 1,046,844. Our estimate in 1816, was that the amount would be 1,080,121; over-calculated 33,277. Pretty well for a guess!

He notifies us, that the two subscribers which we had at his office reluctantly decline their subscriptions to the Register, because the "post riders, instead of arriving weekly, according to contract, make their appearance there in two, three, and once in six weeks, as suits their fancy." These things ought to be made known to the postmaster general promptly-and if, after a knowledge of them, they are suffered to exist, they should be proclaimed to the public. There is a great deal of dirty work going on, and it becomes every honest man to lend his aid to stop it. "The era of good feelings" is doing more harm to our country than the old contending parties ever produced. "Vigi lance is the condition" that best keeps people to the performance of their duty. We believe that the postmaster general, if advised of these things, will do the utmost that is in his power to prevent them, and for this purpose we have sent him the letter just above referred to.

THE U. S. LOAN of four millions, bearing an inte rest of 5 per cent. has been taken by the bank of the United States at 5 per cent. premium.

THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST. In our last paper we mentioned, that flour, if manufactured 100 miles from Baltimore, and to be transported by land carriage to that market, was not worth any thing more than the freight and charges. The farmers in the western country, as to their surplus of bread stuffs, are equally in a state of suffering. It was not long since that we heard of a person, in a fit of desperation, destroying his boat load of flour at New-Orleans. We have a letter before us from a gentleman in Ohio, who thus details an adventure to that city: Last summer he sent a boat, laden with nearly 400 bbls of flour and some of whiskey, to NewOrleans the former remained unsold until it became sour, and, when the sales were made, it was KENTUCKY. The exact amount of the population ascertained that the whole product of the cargo of this state is now given at 564,317, nearly 1,000 was three hundred and nine dollars, not yet remore than before reported: Of these 2,759 are free ceived-but out of which, when received,the owner people of color and 126,732 slaves--a greater num- has to pay for the boat, and "the things that vere ber than we had anticipated. The persons engaged necessary about it;"so it appears probable, that in agriculture are returned at 132,161; in manufac-if he had burnt his flour on the banks of the Ohio, tures 11,779; in commerce 1,617. instead of sending it to New-Orleans, he might

In 1810 the population of Pennsylvania was 810,091-gain 236,753, at the rate of about 29 per cent. in ten years.

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have saved money! This gentleman, we are sorry It is stated that the president of the United to say, feels the necessity of a home market, and we States has fixed the salary of the governor of Flotrust will assist us in endeavoring to convince others rida at 5000 dollars per annum, for the time being that it is indispensable to national prosperity. He-the same amount as was paid to the governor of has some shrewd remarks about bankers that do Louisiana, when similarly situated. We heartily not pay their debts, shavers "and other villains”- wish that gen. Jackson was already installed and at and "thanks God" that he never had a hand in get. his post. He would prevent an immense quantity ting up any of them, though he has suffered much of smuggling, slave trading and other vile busifrom their effects-as every honest man has done. nesses from being carried on. It is also to be wished that several small armed vessels were appointed to cruise along the coast. After a territorial govern ment has been a short time in operation, under the charge of a man like Jackson, the necessity of such a sharp look out will be lessened.

FLORIDA. Among the petitions presented to congress during the late session, was one from the convention in Alabama that assembled to form a constitution and state government, from which the following is an extract

A COMPLIMENT FROM IRELAND. The "Irishman," a newspaper, noticing the election of a governor in one of the United States, remarks—

"That nature seems to have connected the state of Alabama and that part of Florida which lies along its southern boundary by the strongest ties of common interest. In this part of Florida is situated the "The voting by ballot is the grand secret by seaport which must probably become the empo- which bad and corrupt governments can be easily rium of the commerce of at least all that portion of and speedily controlled: it is also the important the state which lies south of the chain of mountains secret by which revolution may be prevented, and dividing the waters of the Tennessee river from the public feeling gratified, without struggle or those of Mobile bay. The nature of the soil and convulsion. This, with the mighty auxiliary of a climate of that part of the state of Alabama, which free press,* may set at defiance all the acts of the Hes contiguous to Florida, affords reasonable ground most insidious and corrupt government; with such to calculate that it will soon contain a numerous means in the power of the people, ministers like and wealthy population, whose wants and industry ours would cease to laugh at the pretensions of a will require and employ an extensive and valuable suffering people, or to reply to their supplications trade with other parts of the world. The rivers with the bayonet or the gallows. We would not which afford the most easy and direct route for this see a secret influence stronger than the throne ittrade all discharge themselves into the ocean thro' self, exposing the latter to the contempt of the this part of Florida. This portion of country, con- people, and perpetuating their own ascendancy by sisting of a slip of sea-coast, whose mean breadth the degradation of their sovereign. America, as does not exceed fifty miles, intervenes between long as her free spirit can preserve the valuable the ocean and the state of Alabama for fully two-institutions she now enjoys, may always flatter her. thirds of its extent from east to west. This part self with being the most powerful and the happiof Florida is, by all accounts, represented to be al-est nation of the universe-powerful in her inte most throughout of a very barren soil, and to afford grity, and happy in the consciousness of her inde scarcely any resource for the support of a popula-pendence." tion, except from the profits of commerce at a few points advantageously situated for that purpose; while it is, by its position and nature, intimately connected with the state of Alabama. It seems, by the same circumstances, to be distinctly seperat. ed from any other portion of country. The territory of East Florida appears, of itself, sufficiently extensive to form a state. The settlements of East and West Florida, separated from each other, (as they must probably always be,) by a long and narrow line of desart, or very thinly inhabited country, In his annual report of 19th December, 1819, the can scarcely ever be united, to their mutual con- secretary says, (speaking of the business of the venience and satisfaction, for the purpose of com-year 1820), "after paying the interest and reimmon government and defence, or for any of the objects of the political association of a state." The memorialists proceed to state that they had learned that the Floridas were ceded, at which, af. ter expressing themselves to be highly gratified, they respectfully asked that all that part of the ceded territory which lies west of the Appalachicola river might be annexed to the state of Alabama. They urge the importance of closely uniting the people of the state with those of Pensacola, and dwell upon the inconveniences that might exist if they should be governed by different laws.

Any person who will look at the map will readily believe that the prayer of the memorialists is not only reasonable but also expedient; and the probability is, when things are settled down, that the country in question will be added to Alabamawhich will render the Florida acquisition more com. pact and easier to be managed, and add exceeding ly to the importance of the state of Alabama without any apparent disadvantage in other respects.

THE SINKING FUND. In reviewing our documents, we find a report of the commissioners of the sinking fund, which was read and ordered to lie on the table of the house of representatives, on the 7th of February last. We did not expect to receive much satisfaction in this report—(«blessed are they who expect nothing!") yet we were induced to look it over, just to see how its results tallied with the financial calculations of the secretary of the treasury and the committee of ways and means.

bursement of the public debt, and redeeming the
remainder of the Louisiana stock, about $2,500,000
of the sinking fund will remain without application, if
the price of the stocks should continue above the
prices at which the commissioners of the sinking
fund are authorized to purchase*"-that is, at par
for the 6 per cents. &c. And the committee of
ways and means, in their report which was read
on the 14th of April, 1820, have the following
statement as to the sinking fund for that year:
Payable by the treasury thereout-
"Annual appropriation,
10,000,000

2,216.462 77

Residue of the Louisiana stock, redeemable
this year,
Six per cent. stock

Reimbursement of the deferred stock
Interest on the funded debt payable this

year,

80,000 00 603,196 94 4,911,843 00

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