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. O' second March. <>»« thousand eight
Cadied »'«i '*e“l-v ***** ,1,uu",n‘l hn
^"yor^compensation to the Metsenger «• '"I**
... in full of all allettlMM, h>e hundred
“®r,wentT five dollar..
"tr conipents.inn 'o'ha Fifth Auditor »
111* Treasure, two thousand two hunilred and
“%f ro"*iWi*««w» '*> "*- C'*-*k* *•
of the filth Auditor, per act of twentieth ot A
• i.ril one thousand eight hundred and eiglune*,
U,eo thousand ei^ht titsndred and stem y five
‘‘"vTcompen.itie.. to the Clerkt in said "ftice
nrracmf twenty ....hot May. one Iho-sand
, jehl hundred ami I« ruty «mr. two thousand
v-vri. hundred and •*»*«'.* **• dollar. , anil
,1.0 for addilinual sal r, o. one Clerk per
act of setodH of March, on- Ihou.rn i eight
hundred and !»*«<> on' ht,Mt,re*1 """
f‘ For 'coinpens uion*to the messenger in sail!
.'tru e, in full of all allowances, five hundred
and luenty five dollars.
i or eompensat on to the Treasurer of the
foiled Stairs, two thousand two hundred and
fifty doll*r«.
For om icnsati m to the Clerks m the ..Hire |
of the I rcaeiirer of ihe l/’nited Ivates per an ,
pftwentieth of April, one Ihousaml eight hun ;
■lied anil eighteen, thren thonsaml nun hun
e eH and tliiriv veven dollars a d fifiv cents. •
r„r rnnineiisatioU to the Cleik in said office, I
pnr lit of twenty tilth of May. one thousnua
eight hundred und twenty fotur, five hundred
duller*
For compensation In the Mexs nger m sa-d
e(Bi:e, in full of *11 Rllowiincex, five hundred
end twenty five ilodai*
far erimpenretion to the Itri'iv'er of tin
Treasury, tea thousand too hundred entl fifty
dollar*. . n.
for comgenielion to Clrrk* III the oil *• nl
the H girter of'he f reafctirv ■ per a, I «>ftwen
lieth ■!< April, eighteen hundred end eighteen
thousand seven hundred and nit* two
dallar. and fifty reo'» : «"■' *•* ndrliunnal
s alary of lour clerks p ■ act ol**cond ol M .rrdi 1
eighteen Iniinlied and twenty seven, til lieu
died dollars.
Fm compensation to the M'ssenget in sai l
oSine mul tdmg the allowances ol stamp,ng
vhip's register>. in foil of "II alloteiince*
eight hundred and silty two dollars and filly
cents. , _ . . ,
For compensation to the Cfnimtsstoncr ol
«h,. General L»ud ,ffiee, In J thousand two
hundred and fifty dollais.
F or coinpan* it m i t" the f lei ks ill llir (Jen
rial Land <HBce, per art of .ecnnd nl Mareli
eighteen hundr 'd and twenty seven fourteen
thousand ft** liund.sd and eiglity***eii dol
lar* and fifty cents.
For compensation »n Ihe Messenger* m said
"Hire, i« lull of all alluhaiier*. s ven hundred
and eighty icten dollar, mid fif y rents.
For compensation to ihe Secretary of the
l”oinini**loiier» 0! ilia Sinl- ng Food, one him
(Irrd Mod eighty 9 ven dullail and fifty rents.
For allowance to the per ou employed in
i eimnittmg passport- and sen letter* i lor ea
|,c„ eiof Iran*la mg foreign languages in Hi.
rftii euf the Secretary o' the Trr Surv ; lor
,,V nnurv, tort, printing, hook . an I all other
incidental and contingent expense* in H e T,ea
^,ry Department, an I the several nUi,«
tlieri in, including the eipenSea of stall'll.- and
y> in' ing t1 e puli ic "ccounl* for I he sea one
l ntufitnd eight Gii(isirs d and twenty nine, and
fur ndverti-iug Trrasury n dices in relation to
the reimlriineinent of i main portion* of Hie
p ildic ilelrt, at in rel lion revn'ti onary claims
ajnd -i Hie act ol the fifteenth ol M iy, one tliou
rand eight hundred anti twenty t ight, thirty
.me thmieand two hundred and sixty two did
Ian anH f»l v « rntd.
l or all in anre to the Stipe, inlenilenl and
four watchmen employed lor the ierurity ol
the Stair and l>e..»nry buildings; and ;or the
reimiri nl engine* mid bucket*, one thousand
fur bund nl and twenty five dollars
for cnmjienSHti in t" Hie derrelaiy of War,
t'.iur Ihont.uil five hundred dollars. I
For compensation to the Tiers* in the ofii e |
«f Hie Secretary of War. per act ol Iwrnlirlh
of April, one thousand right hundred and eigli
ren thirteen tlmusand tluee hundred and fitly
dollars.
For one Clerk in the bureau of Indian Af
furs, per art of second of March, one thousand
eight' hundred and twenty seven, seven hun
dred anil fifty dollar-.
For m m pun sat ion to the Mem-ngni in
laid office, in full of all allow ances, seven
hundred and eighty aeven dollar* amt filly
fin'*
l or contingent expenx#* of (ha office of Sec
retarv of War, two thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars.
For c unpensiition to the Clerks in the office
of the Paymaster General, per act of twentieth
of April, one iliousand eight hundred and eigh
••en, two thousand nine hundred and twenty
live dollar*.
For compenialion to the M*«»anger in said
y(fice, in fiillut all alio sauce* live hundred and
twenty five dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, two
hundred and twenty five dollai*
F ir compenialion to the Clerk* in Ihe office
of ilie Comui'isiary lienernl of Purchase*, per
act of the twenty sixth of May, or.n thnurtnd
eight hundred and twenty foil,, two thou.and
*ix hundred and twenty fivo dollars.
For compensation to the Me»*engei in said
office, in lull of all a'lowanccs fivu liuuririd
amt twenty five dollars.
F'.ir contingent •(pomes of said office, six
hundred and twenty two dollar* hint fifty
cent*.
For rotnpens tiion to the Clerk* in the office
of the Adjutant General, per act of liven imh
of April, one tliouiund eight hunilreil anil eigh
teen, one thousand >ix hundred and twelve
dollar* and fitly cents : and one Clerk per act
nf*econdof March, one Ihotumi I eight hun
dre.l and twenty seven, sil hundred dollar* n
For contingent expense* of tsuid office, elg'i
K«*r.. i i-oil I* is if t ii iloihirs.
For compensation lo the Clerks in Ihe office
of the Commissary General of Subsistence, pet
act of the twenty-sixty o! May, one fhonsind
eight hundred and twenly-lour, one thousand
git hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents ;
one Clerk, per ad of second of March, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, nix
fi limited dollars.
For contingent espensea-of said office one
thousand nine bundled nnd filly dollars.
For roinpeiisation to the clerks in the office
of the Chief Ehgincar, per act of twenty sixth
of May, one thousand eight hundred and twen
tv four one thousand s x hundred and twelve
d dims and fitly csnls; and one Clerk, per act
of second March,one thousand right bundled
mid twenty seven, six hund-ed dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, in
cluding two hundred and fifty dollars for
nriearagC! of funner years, one thousand dol
lars.
For compensation to the Clerks in the Ord
nance Office, per act of twentieth of April, one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen, two
thousand twu hundred and twelve dollars and
fifty cents.
F'or contingent expenses af laid office, six
hundred dollar*.
F'or compenxalion to the Clerk in the office
of the Surgeon General, per act of twenly-silih
df May, °>>o thousand eight hundred and twen
. four, eight hundred and sixty two dollars
and fifty cm'*- , . , „
yltr coiHifJeni expenses of saul office, Iwo
hundred and forty five dollars.
I or compensation lo the clerks in the of
fi Q{ ||)e Quartermaster General, one thou
sand six hundred and twelve dollars and fifty
cents. , . . __
for contingent expenses of said o«:e,
four buoifetd auJ ***cd!j Juila.l »nutf >
«*»«». „ • , .
Fur compensation to the SiCfitif) •*
N«vy. foui «i a.,,and i»« Immlrad dollar*.
r or ciitn(>maat*'’0 •** * he Cirika in Ineof*
fire oflhe Secretary ofthuNnv,, per aci of
twentieth of April, <uie liiouMiwI i ighi hundred
and rdgliteen, b»e ihourand »e*e» ImnUred dol
lar,
Foi c mpfnioii°n to the t If ik in ««id
■ per act of tweulv atiih ol May, wire thousand
eight hundred and iwen V lour, inrn hundred
and fi ty dm la » ; and «l»o, »ne (Ink, per a, i
of tecoml id March, one tlmu.and right Inin
died and twenty ■ ten, term hundred and fifty
tiol 'Ri i.
f or ewnpenautinn to the nn »«enger« in aanl
oflicr, in full 9f aliuwaiicef, *e*en hundred and
e.ghty seven diillrt and filly c»*m*
Foi contl' gfnl ri|i»iiM’» of said office, tWO
two fhunsan 1 two hundred and fitly dollars.
F«»» t mpt*n»aMJu to the Commissioners of
llie fluvy lioard, seven thousand right hundred
am! seventy five dollar*
For compensation to the Secretary of the
Con;min oners of ttic Navy Board, one thou
•An.i five hundred dollars.
f oi compensation to the Clerks in !W office
ol i Commissioners of the N'tv* Board,
p**r Hfi ht twentieth r*f April, o» \ thousand
eiipil humin'd Hid eighteen, rw*» 'outand mi
hondred and * i v two dollait ai.rt fitly cents ;
h'hI for additional salary to ore clerk, per act
of second of M-(»ch, one thousand eight hnn
drtd anti ■ nf v seven, o»:a thousand and fifty
dollars
I or compensation to the tderks amt a n»
mfttt in said idli« e, per act of twenty tilth of
M**y one thousand eight tinn lred and twenty
tour t hi if* hoiitand dollais.
For < ompeift »t ion to ll>8 Mrt iit^r in ••*]
office, to full of all allowances, five liimdred
n.J twenty five dollar*,
l or contingent ripmiet of said office,
fhoutuod tin re hundred and fifty did ars
for allow am c to the Superintendent and
four wit cbinfu employed for the security of
the War Mud N *vy buildings am* for inriden
at and contingent rxpensrs, including oil, fuel,
andlet, labor, repairing pump* and window*
I I whitewashing hall* mid pitting. I,
for expense of lamps, aadexhn to watchmen
tor S.itdiuiii day, ooa ihoaiai.d ei^ht bundled
and forty two dollars mu! fifty cents.
Fur compensation to the Poitmaster General,
four thousand five hundred dollais.
Fur compensation to the two Assistant P *st
mailers Grneriit, three thou and seven bundled
and fitly doMars
Fur ciinipenvatinii to the Ociks in the oflic
of tin* I**» tin,lit r General, pur act of twentieth
of April, one I hotuaud right hiltulred and eigh*
tr#it, seventeen thousand and twenty five dul
I ars.
For comp nsation to tin* Glerks in said nfficr
per net *>f t e twenty fciithtf May, one thou
sand eight hwmli ed «n 1 t v i nly I nr, Innr thou
sand two .niudred d d|Mr* : I >r clerk*, per act
of second March, one thousand eight hundred
and twenty *ev«*n. four thousand eight hundred
dodn *; and lor choks p r net of the twenty
fourth of May, one thousand eight him.lieu
and twenty eight, five thousand dollars.
For rotapeiiHHtmu to 'he Messenger nml two
« -istnot" in utid office, m fh|| of all allowances,
one thousand and is fit v dollar*
For t !»*• coii'i'h lion of the new building fu
•h- Patent nffi.-c and Pod office, six ihmi mid
two llurd'e i »iid I Wi nry two do I hi s and li teen
cents.
For Contingent expenses of »a'd office, four
thoukind u»n| hundred umi filly ilollai*.
For r< pniii of the P t office, one thousnud
and thirty seven <1 dims mm I eighty cents.
For compensation m he Surveyor General
in Ohio, India/ a nml Michigan, one thousand
five hundred dollars.
For comp mmtioo to flic cbok* in the office
of • aid Sum yor, one fhutisaud five hiiiulied
and * -veiitv five miliars.
for c hi mutation in the Surveyor •oulli
o( l' l.ii. Sin-, <»n*j thousand fiv%• hundred did
Imi «.
F r twmtpetisalinn to the clerks in the oilier
ol md Smveyor, one thousand two hundred
and seventy five dollars.
For Compensation to the Suiveynrio llliuoi.s
Miisoun mid Aikunsas, one ihuu.-ntud fiv<* him
tired dollars t
For compensation to the clerk* m tho ofiice
of said Surveyor, one thousand five hundred
dollars
For coin »ensalion to the Surveyor in Ala
buna, one thousand five hundred dollar*.
I or i nntp< nsation to the clerks n the office
of said Surveyor, one thousand one hundred
and twenty five dollars.
For compensation to the Surveyor hi Finn
da, "tit* thomand five bundled dollais.
For CO Iipensatiori to the clerks in the office
of said Sutveyor, one thousand five hundred
dollars
For extra clerk hire in the office of the Sur
veyor south «>f Tennessee, two thousand
dollais
For extra cl-rk hue in the office of the Snr
eeyor hi I loinis. Missnuti, and Arkansas, two
Ih'Hisand doltais.
For copying the township plats midfield
note* in the office of the cmitmhsioner of the
Gem ini |,and ofiice, of’flte surveys in the
State of Alabama, tho original* having lieeiJ
destroyed by fi e in tlie office of the Surveyor,
four thousand dollar*
For mm privation to tho commissioner of
tlie Public buddings in Washington ci y, one
ihntis.iiul five bundled dollar*.
For compensation to the Officers and Clerk
of the Mint, seven thousand two humlnd dol
lars.
l or compensjti »n to the person* employ
cii in the different operations of the Mint, sev
en thousand eight hundred nml twenty five
dollars.
ror incidental nml contingent expenses nml
repairs ; cost ol imuhincii ; lor allowance for
wntnge in gold am) silver coinage of I he
Mint, seven thousand sis hundred and forty
dollars
For extending the Mint establishment, and
increasing is elliciency anil security, by pur
chasing the nece sary lot or lots of ground and
erecting thereon suitable buildings, by the
Director thereof, according to a plan to bi
first approved hy the President of the United
Stales, and procuring such additional machinery
as may tie requisite, one hundtetl anil twenty
thousand dollars : not to exceed in the whole
the sura hereby appropriate <1.
For compensation to the Governor, Judges
and Secretary of the Michigan Territory, five
thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent eipt-n.es of the Michigan
Territory, two hundred and sixty two dollars
and filly cents.
For compensation and mileage to the Mttin
.tiers of the Legislative Council, pay of the of
c -rs of the Council, find, stationary, printing
of the law sand journals, induing the sum ol
sixteen hundred and thirty five dollars for ar
rearages, seven thousand right hundred and
fifty dollars.
For compensation to the Governor, Judges
and Secretary of the Arkansas Territory, in
cluding the additional compensation to the
Judges under.the act ol the twenty , s-sth of
Miy, one tl ottsaiid eight hundred and twenty
four, and for salary of one Judge appointed
under the act of the seventeenth of Apri|, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, from
the seventeenth of May, to the thirty first of
December, one thousand eight hundred mid
twenty eight, ten thousand one hundred and
Seventeen dollars and twenty five cents.
For contingent etpens. s of said Territory
two hundred and sixty two dollars ami fitly
cents. 1
For pay and mileage of the members of the
two branches ot I ho Legislature of said Ter
ri ory, including the incidental eipe„5rgof
the Legislature, per act of twenty tuunhof
M'y, one thousand eig'-i hundred and twenty
eight, ill thousand one Jinodrtd and shirty
doilai s.
For compensation to tl * Governor. Judges
and Secretary of tht Florida Territory, in
chid.iik additional compensation to the Judges
uitdei the act ol the twenty third of May, one
thousand ei^hl hundimi and twenty eight, ele
ven thousand five honored and t vcuiy five
dollars.
For the contingent expenses of the Florida
territory, tw o huu .rid and sixty I wo dollars
and illy cents.
For compensation and mileage to the Mein
; b* rs of the Legislative Council of said Terri
tory, lor the fes'iuti ending the twenty-fourth
' November,eighteen hundied and twenty eight,
pay nf • •tlicsrs and servants of the Council,
fuel, stationary printing and transportation of
I the liiws, incluiti g the sum of two thousand
| one hundred doin'* for publishing a revised
[ rode of all the lav i s Florida, authorised hy
an net of the Legu ative Council, seven thou
sand thirty-two dollars.
For compensation to the Chief Justice, the
Associate Judges, of the Foiled States, inclu
ding (he Chief Justice and Associate Judges of
the District of Columbia ; and, also, for addi
tional com palliation to the District Judge for
tha District of Missouri, under the art of the
twenty-sixth of May, o.ie thousand eight
hundied and twenty lout, fifty nine thousand
si * hundred dollars.
For Compensation to the Attorney General
of the Foiled Slates, two thousand sis hundred
and twenty five dollars.
For compensation to the Clerk in the office
of the Attorney General, six hundred dollars.
For compensation to the Reporter ol Hie de
cisions of the Supreme Court, seven hundred
and fifty dollars
J or compensation to the District Attorney g
and Marshals, ns granted hy law, including
these in the several Territories, eight thousand
five hundied and seventy five dollars.
For defraying the expenei s of the Supreme.
( ire uit, and District Courts of the U oiled State*,
including the District of Columbia ; also for
jurors and witnesses, in aid «»f the funds aris
ing from fines, penalties, and forfeitures, in
curred hi the year one thousand eight hundred
and twenty nine, and preceding years ; and
for di fraying the expense* of pr isecutious for
ofi'Aiice* committed against the United States,
and Id- the safe kee; ing of prisoners, one
hundiml and twelve thou-an 1 live hundred doi
lacs.
Ir-.r the salary of llie Mar hal of the North
ern DiKtnct of the State of Alabama, for flic
\ear eighteen hundred an I twen'y four, and
eighteen hundred and twenty live, tinea hun
dred dollars.
I of the payment of sundry pension* grant
ed by the late and presi nt (tovnrnnieiits, tw< Ive
hundred ami thirty fiiedollais and fifty cents
For the support and matntontincC of light
houses, tin*tinR lights, beacons, buoys, and
atnkenges, including the purchase of oil, keep
ci s’sal.it ies. n pa i s, and »inpr<iveinanfs, and
cnuti ’gent .1 primes, one hundred and thirty
four thousand f un iiuudted and scveu’y three
(! dlai .
For bnn v 8 to be phi fed on proper sites on
ti e north and south sides oi New Inlet, near
Fedt ral Point, in North Carolina, one hundred
and silty dilbtr«.
I or placing el ven buoys on proper sites nt
tlie entrance of the Mississippi river, in Lou
isiana, being tha bilanceofa fornrer appro
ptiaturn for that object cai i ied to the surplus
fund on the thirty fii f of December las', three
hundred mi I thirty five rlollaii and forty cents. !
For the repair of Provincetou harbor, three 1
thousand five hundred dollars, being a former !
appropiiation for that objei t carried to the i
surplus food on the twentieth of May, one I
thousand right bundled and twenty eigh‘.
For erecting a beacon near the mouth of
Bass river, between the towns of Y rum illi
and Dennis, one tlmuvan I dollars, being h for
mer appropriation for that object, which will
be cat i ied to the unpins fund in March, one
thousand eight bundled and twenty nine.
For surveying the public lands nf the United
State*, in addition to the unexpended lmlane
• »f forty thousand six hundred and iliirtv eight
dollars and forty nine cents, seventy five thou
sand dollars.
For surveying private land claims in Florida
ten thousand dollars
For stationary anti hooks f.»r the offices
nf Cornniisiiouei * of loans, twelve hundred
dollars.
For the salaries of the keepers of public
archives in Florida, semi Imudred and fifty
dollars
For the pnyiiH'nt of balances due to officer*
of tlie old internal revenue and direct tax, be- i
hi.’ the balance o a fonn r appiopiintimi for
that hjm:t cairi' d to the »utplus hind on the
thirty first December, one thousand eight bun
dled and twenty seven, five thousand nine lm
d d and fifteen dollars and eighty cents.
For the salai ies of Registers ami Receivers
of Land offices where there are uu salc6, one
thousand dollars.
For allowance to the Law Agent, Assistant
Counsel and District Attorney, under the act
supplementary In the several ads providing
tor the settlement of private land claims in
Florida tinted twenty third of May, one thou
sand eight hundred and twenty eight, including
contingencies, eight thou and dollars.
l or the discharge of such miscellaneous
claims against the Uni'ed States, not otherwise
provided for, as shall he ascertained and ad*
mi*’« d in doe course nf settlement at the Trea
•uiry, tvs elve thousand dollars.
For the salai ies of the Ministers at London,
I'.tiii, Madrid. St. Petersburg, Mexico, and
Colt tnbia ; for outfit and salary nt a Minister
or salary of a Charge d’AlTairs to the King of
the Ne herlands. for the salaries of the<'ha ge
del Affairs at Stockholm, Demnaik, Lisbon,
Bra7.iL Buenos Ayrej,ani! Peru ; for outfit of a
Charge ilex Affmsat Peru; for the salaries of
the Secretaries nf Legation ; and for the con
tingent expenses of all the missions abroad,
one hundred and five thousand eight hundred
, and seventy five dollars.
F >r discharging the expense of taking tho
fifth enumeration of the inhabitants of the F
nited State*, three hundred and lil'.y thousand
.dollais.
For the relief and protection of districted
American seamen in foreign countries, thirteen
thousand seven bundled and fifty dollars
For expenses of intercourse with the Barba
ry Powers, ten thousind dollais.
tor the salai ies of t he agents of claims at
1 London and Paris, three thousand dollars.
For tb»* compensation nf two agents appoin
ted under the act of the sevenh enth of April,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight,
from the ninth of May, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty eight, to five thirty fust of
December, one thousand eight bundled and
twenty nine, including the c nlingent expenses
incidental to the agency, twenty tiioasaml eight
hundred and ten dollars and forty luur
cents.
For compensation fo the Marshals of the
States of Ohio, | Indiana, Illinois Mi-souii,
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, him! ol the
Territories of Michigan, Arkansas ami Florida,
the siip» of eight hundred nod fifty dollars; for
making return lo the I .V|i*i tmi lit ol Stale of
the number of non freeholders in tiieir respec
tive States and Territories according to the
resolution of the Senate passed the twenty fifth
ot April, eighteen hundred ami twenty eight.
Sec. 2. And kbit further enacted, That the ?utn
of three thousand one hundred ami sixteen
Hollars and ninteen cents he appropriated to
pay certain inhabitants of the late province of
West Ffroiida. now cilixtns of Louisiana or
Mississippi, the claims that have been passed
by the accounting officers of the Treasury
Department, under the act ofthe eighteenth
of April, one thousand eight hundred and four
teen.
Sec 3 And be it further enacted, That inaddi
Hit o.i to the sum of four hundred and sixty
live thouiand uh.e hundred and uiilcty eight
•lollara, apptopriaied by tbe'act of the tilth of
January, eighteen hundred and twenty nine,
entitled “ An Act making a| prupiialioiis fui the
support nfUo*i fume 111 lor the Dial quanerof
j the year eighteen liundred and twenty nine,"
; fur compensation to jenatufs and meinbera of
the llmie Hepreaentatiura, their ofiiceis and
I f'lerki, for I be contingent eipeuiea ol bulb
lioniei of Chngren. there be, and hereby n »p
prupiialed lot the a ibjicti afurriaid, the ium
j of fitly I hunt and dollars, and Ilia raid turna,
reapectively. may be applied to the laid ob
jecia in any part ol the year eighteen hundred
and twenty nine, ai the public aelvice thall re
quire, any thing in taij aitio the contrary
| not wiihilandnig
j r-l.c 4 Ami ite it furth'r enacted,T\<*< ihe aav
eral lutnt lieieby appropriated ahall he paid
out ofany money in tin* Treasury hot olliar
i wine nppropt iated
I Afpriota.D, 2d March, IH29
L " *
DOMESTIC
From ihe Massachusetts Journal.
J'he affair of Fori Mahon. — A fri *nd lias In
voied tin with tin* following copy of a commu
nication from Capt Downes, of the Java, to
Mr. Brown, our Minister at Paris, relative to
the occurrences at Port Mahon, m the Inland of
Minorca.
United State*! Frigate Java, )
Toulon, March IMh. 1829 )
Sir—Having i*rn in the Tool >u newspaper
what purports to he an account of the affray
that occurred at Mahon, between the Fienrh
nml American sailors, on the evening of Die
Ifi h of February, in which L♦. Mesnard of the
French brig I'mine, was killed, and this account
being altogether incorrect, and calculated to re
fled discredit on Die character of the Ameri
can officers, then at Mahon, I have thought it
a duty | owed iny«rlf a-, well as the service in
general, lo give you a statement of the circnni
stances as they have come lo my knowledge, I
and I can with confidence appeal to the Go
vernment of Minorca, and other authorities of’j
Mahon, (a* f*r ms they are acquainted with the I
< Irc'imstance?) for the correctnrs* of my state- <
inent. I slu uld not make this reference, was
it‘not that in the account published in the
French paper, il is stated, these events have
raised against them, film Americans) the indig
nation of the Mahdiies. and the inhabitants of
V ill* Carlos, (George Town) who assured the
authorities of the country thnt in no instance
were the Fienrh the aggressors.
On the 25th of Jan last, about one hundred
men he'onging to the Java were onshore. Du
ring the evening Ihere was a fight between
♦ hern and the French snilnrs belonging to the
C irve'fe Poinone, and be gFaune, in which se
veral of toy men were severely wounded, and
two of ♦ hem dangerously so.—Upon that occa
sion the fi ivernor of Minorcn issued an order
dated 26ih Jan 1829. (addressed lo the Con
su's ) with a request Dial they woild com muni
cat * Dm <sfi mh to the commanders of public ves
sels in part. directing I hut nil s -amen on short'
should tefire on hoard at sunset- In compli
Hitc.e with that order, the American seamen were
kept on hoard their ships until the 13th !• eh u
nry, when I tihfaitied Die consent of the Go
vernor for f hem to visit the sho'e during Die
eight succeeding da\s The French on the
contrary appeared to take no notice of Die or.
der, hut their seamen continued to visit the
*hnre. constantly at night, and generally armed
with swords. Within a w. el; ruim quent to Die
affray of the 25th January, above Dluded to. at
111v request, (made through our Consul, Mr.
T.ndico,) li e Governor of .Minorca proposed to
the Kiench Consul, residing M Mahon, with a
»i«*w to prevent the sailors of different nations
fiom meeting on shore, that the French sailors
should he allowed a certain numb r of davs
(«hv ten) to visit the shore, nn ! that afterwards
tin* American* should come on vhore, and 60
mi alternately. The Governor informed me
that the French Consul decliui d making any
m»rh arrangement, to which circuni*!Alice we
must «t tribute the unfortunate affair of the 15th
Feb. last.
I will now state the circumstances of the
rn<e. confining myself «o the evening of the
I5in Feb. I.ieut. Mesnard, with several of his
men. had taken into custody n man belonging :
to this ship, and whs dragging him along Castle j
street, (the general place of resort for s il »rs) ;
with the dec hired object of taking him before j
the Governor, hut f .r what purpose I have not
been able to learn ; the nail was severely
beaten, and his cries of murder brought several
of his shipmates to his rescue, and in the affiay
which en tied, the French Lieutenant received
a blow on bis head, which fractured his scull
and terminated his existence
A man belonging to the Java \vn« passing
peaceably along the street, (in Georgetown) n
lone, when lie was mei bv several French sail
ors, one of whom drew his sword, and run him
through the body, of whh h w und lie died the
following morning ; the poor fellow states that
the at tack was entirely unexpected, ns they
did not speak to him ; several other men be
longing to the Java, were foot d alone and hor
ribly mangled by tie F»ench sailors. I am
happy to say, however, that only one has died
of his wounds.
The excitement against the officers and crew
of the Java at this place is very great, and I
ain sorry to sny, that this hostile spirit does not j
appear lo be confined to the seamen, but ex-j
tends to the officer*. I however do not believe ^
that the stipi ribr officers are so illiberal, a* to
charge to the officers of the Java the acts com
milled by a parcel of ri tons, drunken sailors
on chore, where the officers of course were not
with them, and consequently could not prevent
the ri> t. The only circumstance which could
lead me lo suppose that this hostile feeling ex
tended to the superior 'officers i; the fact, that
the French commanding officer in this port, did
not, upon n»y arrival send a boat to inquire il I
was in want of any thing, and with an offer of
hi- services, which is always customary even in
n foreign port. In this instance, (to say the
lc.«*o.) it bears an unfriendly aspect.
If a French Frigate were to nrr ve in one of
our ports, when we had some 20 slop* of war
lying, and should remain there ten days, and
the American officers should fake no notice
whatever of her, during that time, I ask what
would tlie French say 1 This is precisely mv
j si'nation here.
I am given lo understand that it would not
be prudent to allow my officers to land at Tou
lon. aj it is ruora than probable that they would
he assassinated,
I make this statement *o yon under the im
| pression that you would receive a cninmiinica
: (Ion on i he subject of the affray at Mahon, from
the French government, anti that my statement
may he acrep' able to you.
I am now wailing the arrivnl of our agent, '
Mr. M’Call, I shall sail for Mahon immediate
i ly upon hi* arrivnl.
1 will mention also, that two men belonging !
to the Java were identified as having been pre
sent when the French Lieut. wa* killed, and
i having been demanded ot me by the Governor,
1 were given up to the civil authorities.
I have the liouor to b* . ftc.
(Signed,) JOHN DOWNES. 1
To his Excellency James Brou n, Envoy Ex
traordinary, &.c. kc. Aic at Paris.
j From the Tnsealuosa Intelligencer, May 8.
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STORM.
H’v have never witnessed a mire furious
and destructive st..rjn of hail, wind and tain,
I than the one by which Tuscaloosa was visted
i on last Saturday evening. Indeed, we have j
conversed with many, young and old, and all
concur in saying they never, before, in this
or any oilier country, by land or sea, beheld
the like If the earth with all the heavenly
bodies, was swung loose from ita orldt, the j
elements could not eshibit more futy, violence ]
and commotion. ^>ighl had not come on, anil i
jei il wai impossible to see halfway across
iiii<y be truly mid, '* the wind routed and the
turf cuts tumbled Iron* the hill* 1 lie hail
•lone* were not *o lui ge assume we have
heard described ; but lhe quantity that fell
in twenty minute* ii. unprecedented lhe
ground was coveted with hnilin an average
ueplh of four inche*; and in place* it wa* din
ted together in large bodi»t. Iron *even to nine
feet deep. It came fit st from the north, but
veeied round with great rapidity to the oast
and south, destroying every thing before it.
j Oil the north side of Mr. Ewing's tavern not a
pane of glass, nor even a piece as large as a
dollar wa* left tn the sash i the damage dune
to the southeastern part ol the building win
i little lets. Mr. Kwmg'loss, however uhi not
more complete than that of nil neighbors. All
tender vegetation within the range of the
storm was destroyed. The lowest is disrobed
o( ii8 verdure, and the ground is as thickly co
vered with green leaves as in autumn it i»
with the fellow. The tree* ot the orchard
have lost their fruit, their leaves and even their
smaller bouirhs In the fields and gardens
I every tiling that had peeped above the surface
; has been beaten into the earth. 1 he injury to
wheat crops, ILc. is irreparable.
l he extent of the hail storm lias not, we un
iinders'and, been very wide, having been as
had or worse here than elsewhere ; though the
wind ha* done extensive injury ill prostrating
the timber and fences.
From the i\tw York Evonivg Post.
Among the passengers its the Caledonia on
Monday, whs Mr. Sparks, who, having com
pleted his historical researches iu Europe,
has returned to this country alter au absence
of nearly a year and a halt He has been ex
ceedingly fortunate in obtaining access to
documents cannected with the period of the
American ((evolution, whether deposited in
the public archives or in the possession of pri
vate persons. The utni"St courtesy and libe
rality has been shown him by the public lunc
tionaries both in England and France in sub
mitting to his inspection, and permitting him
to c pv tier diplomatir and other papers in
their keeping, as not wishing to keep hack
the truth of history, and as degimus of aff >rd
ing every facility to the lahuis of a learned
and able man who had no < tuer object in view
than 'hat of giving a fair and impartial record
of important events. The materia s discovered
by Mr. Spaiks in Paris, were, we nndeis and,
much more important than he expected to
meet with. They throw great light, nut on
ly on our relations with the French govern
ment at that critical pe» iod of our history, but
with the courts ot Itv* other European nations.
They show, moreover, llm beginning and pro
gress of tlio'e negotiations, direct and indi
rect', by which a final settlement was effected
between this country and Great Britain. On
this point, we understand, the inlormaftoo they
aff-rd is particularly full and interesting. The
confiih'iitia! letters also of Hie French Ministers
in this country to their own Government, the r
accounts of pas mg events, of the >tate of pub
lic feeling m our country, of tne chaiacleis of
our public men, and the plans proposed ami
discussed by them «t different stages of the
war nl the revolution, are exceedingly minute
and vtFuaLJ-*.—The instructions ol t ie British
government to its officers her* , and the military
correspondence relating to the Amei ican cam
paigns, throw impoitant light on the dispogi
lions oftiieir government towards the colonies,
and on the operations und plans or the British,
armies The whole mass of materials thus
collet* ed will set many event* connected with
ur revolutionary struggle in a new* point of view
und will enable Mr. Sparks to wri e its history
w ith more authenticity and imp • r«ialily ih • n
lias yet been done. The po* ihutnou* papers
of General Washington with his'orical an 1 ex
planatory notes by Mr. Sparks, to he published
m Loudon by Muriay.
“ Vie xout/ of the transirressoi is hanl."
Jacob K. Bowyer, of l( a.ling, Penn, has
been brought to tii »l on a charge of passing
forged Bank hills, and has been found guilty.
A givnt number of witnesses were examined at
the trial; and the burthen of the testimony on
behalf ot the commonwealth whs such as to
lliow hevond a reasonable doubt, that the pri
oner had been extendvely engaged in the traffic
of spurious bank paper. One or two persons
(accomplices,) testified that they Imd received
considerable lots of such paper from him, at a
given discount, for which they paid in good i
money or gave their notes. In these traosac- j
hons, ihe article den t in, whs termed “ Lottery i
IHckets " Truly it “ kept the word ol promise
lo the ear, hut broke it to the hupp," as this ill- \
fated man will have expeiieticed. On the part
uftlie defence, tiie mass of testimony produced |
was conclusive, as to the previous standing atid
respectability of the prisoner. He was indeed
hilt a lew years since, one of the most infl en
lial men and respectable merchants of Head
ing. In 1821, the executive of Pennsylvania,
offered him the responsible situation of Auc
1 ioneer in Philadelphia. But reverses in trade
threw him into difficulties—and ha listened » >
tha voice of the tempter ! It is melancholy lo |
reflect on the fate of such a man : And t» pet- ,
c» ive that no degree of respectability—no re- j
gard for kindred, name or character, is suffici-1
ent, in the absence of firm moral rectitude,and I
in the moment of temptation, to preserve a man i
from the paths of guilt and infamy.
mm atoaaiR*
PKNTIST,
KF.SPECTFL'LI.Y informs ihe citizens of I
Lynchburg and ils vicinity, that, encour
aged hy (ho patronage here.nfore received, he
w ill he ready to praciicc in the line ol his pro
fession in all its various branches, at the Frank
lin Hotel, on the 18'h nt June next, where lie
will rema n but a short lime.
Ladies and Gentlemen wailed upon at llieir
bon es if requesied.
N. B. L K iper purposes selling the porce
lain composition teeth, invented hy hint, being
rar preferable lo all corruptible artificial teeth
for beauty and durability, as they are not infe
rior to anv ever invented.
May 21. 4'if80
S^AOK HIKE, a negro woman w ho can cook,
wash, spin, iic VV. OWENS.
May 21. If
PL IlSL AN 1 to a decree of the Snpeiior
court of Chancery, for the Lynchburg
Distiict, rendered on the 30lh day of October.
1828, in the case ol Miller against tlivers. The
undersigned Mat dial of Ihe said court, will sell
at auction, on the premises, for cash, on Tues
day 23d of June, 182D.il fair, if not.the next fair
day thereafter, a tract of land in Bedford coun
ty, lying on Enoch's Creek, containing three
hundred and fitly five acres, li will he sold sub
ject lo the dower pi \\ m. Kitcr* s w utew.
T. A. HOLCOMBE, M
May 25. iftds
worn. CAVvlHwVii,
7?y a double cylinder Carding Machine
ftTOHE subscriber respectfully informs Ihe
Ci public that he has purchased the Mnchine
formerly owned by Messrs. Holmes and Brew
ster. and will card' wool this season, at the old
stand, for the usual prices. Tiie Machine hav
ing uudergone a thorough repair, the subscri
ber feels justified in saying he will he able to
card wool in the best manner and at Ihe short
est notice. AMASA \V. HOLMES.
25- 6til
itaiYiSjJIP ©!!&»
150 G ALLONS winter attained Lamp
Apply fo
,, W H MIDDLETON.
-May 11.
_ITBMs*^
PROSCRIPTION LI^No.-r
" Off icith hit head—So much fur Rtcekit i
William Pierce Ims been ,p,H);llU.,l *
ter in «ne city ofTroy, vice h.unnel Gal. **
veil. 1 ftino
Ciiancey Ives is also appointed no.m,
for the village 0f LaotinUngh, vie,. ( alvm n *r
ker, removed. ‘ "*r
J oiepli Wadsworth i, likewise
posimnsler forthelown ol Pnisiown
P. Delree«t, removed. ’ Jacob
We understand the postmaster at it.
town, (\1 I.) lias been removed. aS*fj.
Asa Child, Esq. of .Norwich, has i,,,,
pointed by ihe President of the Cnised s,. "p
District Allorney in the place of Nathan s
Esq removed. The office is supposed ,
woilh $I5(K.I per annum. u
Col. Aaron Ogden, of Elisabethtown j.
pointed Assistant Collector lor Jersey (it *P
the place of John Con,tin removed. The* i"1
ry of this office is worth $li 00. ,a a‘
David Eilzrandolph, Postmaster at v
Brunswick, N. J. removed,—to make w.'/r'
Win. Myer, a Jucktcn Editor. * fur
Gov. Van Ness of Vermont, has |,e(.n
pointed Minister to Spain, vice Mr. Eierett "P‘
moved. >,f'
Baient Goes has been appointed P05|n„,.
of Kinderhook, vice Dr. Vandyke removed C|"
L E TI ER ER 0SI If A SIIJAG To \
•• WASHINGTON. Ma* 16|
"Gentlemen,—The grand Jury Who have r B,<
the case of Dr. Watkins before' them, |,HV. 1
I greed upon a presentment, which »av’|„„)
| fore the court, and on which a bill jg t0 u
I draw a, to be submitted to the Grand Jurv "
I halily on Monday. The presentment ' '
I effect, that Dr, Watkins by false represent.
I lions to thtt Navy Department, induced ir,„
departinent to make a requisition upon .a*
Treasury Department, on which Dr. Walk *
made drafts on Mr. Paulding, in iiis
character, and for his private use. %V|ieth
the bill founded on this presentment will ba
such hs the Grand Jury will find, is, I bel,eve°
in the opinion of his counsel, very doubtful »'
also whether arty trial will mite place. Tf.
affidavit of Amos Kendall imputed to Dr \yB,.
kins forgery and fraud, and as the presentment
does not bear out any such imputation, ||,ere
appears to tie a general impression liete, i|,,„
Mr. Kendall has not only rendered hinneli
liahlej^) a set ions charge, but that he
stature chance of being himself the still
ject of an indictment, iliis impression i,
I understand, founded on something dropped
from the counsel of Dr. Watkins. It is
sible, at present, to determine the precise as.
pe. t which this matter will assume.—Should it
be decided by the verdict of a Jury that moral
and legal guilt attaches to Dr, Watkins h'„
friends Uhnugh they must feel astonishment
and pity, must condemn iiis conduct, and re
gard its punishment al just. But I am certain
thar bis counsel are of the opinion that he has
not been guilty of any violatind of his official'
trust, and that the piesentment, which is the re.
suit entirely of exparle examination, will |m an*
fulled when the facts and circumstances to be
brought forward or. the other side, shall In.
stiliin tied to the .liny and 'lie world. The
Doctor still continue* in confin *nienl, and will
probably, until the result shall be determin
ed.
" You have seen it announc'd in the papers
that Mr. Woodbury has refused the mission
to Spain. Governor Van N.ss, of Vermont,
who is now in the cits, has been spoken offer
that elation. I am told that Mr. Wuodbu'yis
dissatisfied, and that his dissatisfaction was nut
concealed in the Ictler in which he declined
the offer. He expected to have been one of the
Cabinet, and this expectation was made known
to the President either in the letter, or at the
lime the letter was '■eat!, and elicited an ex
pression which it would be mortifying to Mr.
Woodbury to publish. There is a wl.isper
here thar if Mr. Woodbury could have obtain
ed the mission, with the understanding that he
should return in two years, he would have
inkeii it In (hat event, Mr. Isaac Hill, tlw
editor comptroller, who has had his eye far
some time past on the Senate of the United
States was In have been sent here front New
Hampshire, to serve mil the remaining Hvo
years of Mr. Woodbury’s lime, at the end of
that time, he was to have retired, to make
room for Mr. ’’oodbury again. But it was
insisted on as a sine qua non that Mr. \V.
should remain abroad lour yeais,aud this stipu*
union terminated the matter.
’■ Mr. Vtiii Bureu has taken the bouse lately
occupied by Alt. f lay, but does not go into it
until August Notwithstanding all that has
been averted to shew that there is no tliffer
eitce in the cabinet, you may re-t assured that
the apple of discord lias been thrown into it.
There tinty nut, for some time, be any effects
which can bring the fact home to the convic
tion of the people, hut it is not, on that ae.cuunl
the legs,true. K time will come when the public
must lie convinced that there ate two parties in
the cabinet, suspicious of each other, and fre
quently corning in conflict. At present, I will
only say that Mr. Van Boren d* sires lo bring
the old Crawford adherents into place, in pre
ference (o nil others, but he cannot carry tins
point, since it most be known to you that Mr.
Ingham was no stranger do the A. B. charges
against Mr. Crawlortl, and Ihnt General Jack
son himself was hostile to that gentleman."
[U. S. Gazelle
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May 18. _
’dr ffiSAimatAsr*
DENTIST,
TRi F.SPECTFULLV informs the inhabitant*
of Lynchburg and its vicinity, dial he lo«
tnken a room on the main street, opposi’e the
Virginia Bank, and over Messrs. Miller 1st Boh.
erts’ Store, wherfcthosg desirous of hi* service*
will please lo call
May 21.