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Ulsfield, Twixsva'j, Ytliruax 11, 1825. Vo. XXi Wo; PUBLISHED BY PlhNEHAS ALLKX. 50 fBH JSS. J3I AOrAHC IMPQK T.1.YT IF TfWh.

Madrid. dec. 7. In my last. I mentioned the American minister having sent rfl his rvecrrtary.

at a short notice, ith despatches to aslnnu the cause now comes out. The King, in his isdom, formally demand of the United States ton-rail the recognition of the independence of the several imV-tieiKlcut SpanS'i countries in A meric i. tinder jibin. tu case of refusal of issuing Royal i evoking the cession of the Florid, is." Ltndn f.afi. IT.e American Secretary of Legation above nl lulled to, Mr.

Appleton, passed through London for I.ierwl where, says a Loudon paper, he has embarked for New-York. without allowing time for that moral and inicllectu-al imirovemcnt, for which thrv appear to be naturally eminently susceptililf, j'o guayd against this ev il, so fatal to the race, there ought to be the strong-eat and the most Solemn assurance, that the country given them, should Im theirs, as a permanent homo for themselves and their posterity, ithout being disturbed by the encroachments of our citizens. To such assurance, if there sluadd be added a system by wlhcli the government, without destroying their independence, would gradually unite the several tribes under a simple but enlightened system of government mid laws, formed on jMie principles of our own, and to which, as their own people would par- takr in it, they under the contcmpla'rd improvement, at no distant day, become prepared- I'he arrangemen's, which have been proposed, would prove to the Indians and their posterity a' permanent blessing. It is believed that, if they1 could be assured that peace and friendship would be -maintained among the several trilres, that th advantage of education which they nOv enjoy would be extended to them, that they should have a per- it) uet and solemn guarantee for their possessions, and receive tne countenance and aid of the govern- ment for the gradual extension of its privileges to them, there would be, among all the tribes, a disposition to accord with the vx-wsof the government. Ihe re are now, in most ot the tribes, krell educated, sober, and reflecting individuals, who are afflicted atf the present cond'tior.

of the Indians, and despondent at their future prospect. Under the opt ratioii of existing causes, they behold the certain degradation, misery, nr.d even the final annihilation ot their race. and, no doubt, would gladly embrace any ar- rangement which would promise td ilevate them iif the scale of civilization, andarrest the destruction which now awa.ts them. It is conceived, that one of the most cheap, certain, and desirable modes of fleeting the object in view, would be for Congres io rstahlish fixed principle, (itch a have been suggested, as the basis of the proposed arrangement, and to authorize the President to at some suitable pom, all of the well informed, intelligent, and influential individuals of the tribes to be affected bv it, in order to explain to them thg views of tho government, and to pledge the faith of The nation tn the arrangement tiiat might be adopted. Should such prim ipjes be established by Congress, and the President be vested with suitable authority td Con--vene the indivyduajs a piopocd, and suitable prn-v isron be inaiVto meet the expense, great conhdenco is felt, that a basis of a system might be laid, which in a few would entirely effect the object in view, to the mutual benefit the government and the Indian, and which, in its operations, would effectually arrest the calamitous course of events tn which they must he subject, 'Without a radical changes in the present system.

Should it be thought adv liable to call such a convention, at one of the means of effecting the object in view, an additional appropriation of 30.000 dollars will be requiredmahiiiQ ui the whole 125.000 dollars to be appropuated. All of whk.li is respectfully submitted, J. C. CALHOUN. REPORT UPON INDIANS.

Department of War. 24 th January 1823. 7j thr Prrsidmt tf the Vnitrd State In obedience to your instructions, directing a statement of the imniesrif the Indian tribe now remaining within the limits of the different state and ler-mruies, the innnher of each trdie, and the ijuantity of land claimed by c.uh also, an estimate of the a mi nt of appropriation necessary to commence the woik of moving the Indians beyond the Mississippi, tube laid In 1. ne, you 1 herewith en lose a reort fiom UoU Thomas McEennev, to whom is assigned the fhiirge of the dice of Indian ATurii, which contains all of the infurniiitinn reijui red, except the estimate ol the sum that will be necessary to be appropriated to com mince the removal. In 1 inning rite estimate teqnitvd, itjvillbe necessary to take a summary new of tlie-4 number and Hisuuui of the several tribis to be removed, and to toi a plan, in detail, for their removal, It appears, by the report enclosed, that there are, iu the several states and ten hours, not including the jMUiion i.f Michigan teriitory west nf Lake Mic.lii-g.m.

and nnitii ot the slate nf Illinois, about 97.000 ludiai.s, and that they occupy about 77,000,000 of acres of land. The arrangement for the removal, it is presumed, i not intended to compit-liend the" small remnant of tribes in M-dne, Massachusetts, I'onncciicut, Khode Island, Ynginia.and Smith Caiolin.t, Amount to 3.023. To tuese also may be added the teni-nants ot ti li maining in LouisiaiiA, amounting to 1.613. as they are each ol them so few in iiuuiImt, that, it is believed, very little expense or difficult) ill be found in their rivmovi.l, making together 336. whit li.

snhsi rafted trom Hid 97,000, the entire iiuuiber in the slates and lernt.irii to be feuiovcd. Of these, time are residing in the northern parts of the states of Luham. Illinois, in the peninsula of, Michigan, and New-York, mi hiding tne Otto was Ohiii, about 13.1 40, hid) 1 would rc-spet tJ.iUv suggest might lie removed with advan-t, ge to rl.e, counti of Lk Michigan, and north t.f the slate of Ilium. '1 he ilimale ami the nuluix- of Ilf country are imu mots- favorable to In hi'j'ts, than that west of the Mississippi; In v. hidl-auav tie add il.

that the Indians in NVw-ork haie a e' tie mi nt-at (J i en iy, and exhih.t wmr dhtphsiunn ike it pi rmam id one and that Uh? Iiuh ITS'-reP-rced to in luili.ma, 1 Him is. in the penmsid of himind Ohio; will lind ii coontiv sigii-led. kuulred tribes, with wlinni t'i niav be readily asm i itel. Tnese ira mu, wi'h the gt eater 1 il.tv with whielf'tliev i nuld be colln-'td in that pm turn of the country, i ompared with th it of i west of the Mississippi, form a strong mducemeot to give it the pieferemr. Ndnuhlthe pi opo-nimn InNih.pted, the liK-ians in tjnestion niight be pi nh.aPv chib cted, as if lei nine nn ess'sry, li mu tore to tune, to eTsmguisli ibe Im'i title in Indiana.

Illinois, and Michigan, a itliont mint nog aoV additional expense oilier tii what is usually incidental to such extinguishment 7 Deducting, then, the- Lillians residing in the northwestern parts of Indiana, 1'lmois, Mirlngan, and New-York, with thr Oita tn )hio, a moo Ming to 13.130, fit.ni 92.6(4 wnl Lne bdt 79.514 It is proper to add. that a late treaty with the ill l--iv 92 664 PORTRAIT OF LAFAYETTE. Thfs portrait, from tlie pencil ol SHEitHl, pre sented by the artist to at on Tuesday for public examination, in the Rotunda of the Capitol. It i jt full length, its large us life, and in all the essentials of likeness, expression, character. and colouring, is in our opinion, the lct portrait we have ever seen.

Its fidelity to the venerable original is, indeed, mtt admirable, shrtfer is an ania of eminence in-Paris, wn i being a man withal of private worth, talents, and Mitral plinci-jiles, he is often a g'Kst at La Grange, tor vnk These waits, affording him ample oppor tunity of study ing the illustrious unhi mual, whom he gieatly eneraies, have enabled him to prothu with so much truth, tills tii i pliant specim-. ol hi skill. We I ra-e lieeu informed that greatest painter, pel haps, F.orope at lest at the lit ad i his priifissimi in France was abut to undertake a portrait of General Lafav kttk, but, on iewmg the por-tiait execultd he. abandoned ius purpose, Jespaii ing, lie said, to equal its vruiftnltnce the origin, 1. It is ties portrel which M.

has, in such indon to ms, presented to Congress, and it is a present evetyxwav worthy of the artisfTthe distinguished ornrinal, and the elevated 'xvly to which it has tx.cn tendcied. JnleU. XSOM THE UTICA AZWTxT'FF Fire. A tire broke out about 3 ha tins no nlng the store and "dwelling occupied In' M. Qtiuin, on the corner of Genesee and Water slrtct.

which wm destroyed, together with twosmnl houses on CJnesee street, occupied Mis. Csltler and Air. Flood, and two or ilr small bu-l on a ter-street. The tire h.ul made mu li gu-ss lx-foie it was discovered that it wa with wii bidimltv the family of Mr. linn made 'their escape.

ILs good and furniture were all lost. ther west, as they have evinced a strong disposition to prevent the settlement of the whites to the1 west of them. It is probable that this arrangement could be effected bv an appropriation of a few thousand dollars, say five thousand, for the expense of holding the treaty. Nor is it believed that there will be any difficulty in inducing the Ih inkeshaws, Weas. Shaw ucet.

Kick a pons, and 1) lawurcs, to occupy a position that may lie assigned to them, west of tile state of Missouri, or that the operation will lx attended wuh any great expense. The kindred tribes in the states of Ouioand indjaua, including the Vy-andoits, the Senecas, and tmt Miamies and Eel Rivera. ill those states, and the Kaskaskiat, in Illinois, it is believed, might he induced, wiilumt much d'lffl culty, to join them, after those ies.ding in Missouri hit fixed in their new position west of that stafe. Of the sum that will be necessary for tins purpise, it is difficult to form an estimate. These tribes -mount to 3(hJ.

The eXH-nse of extinguishing the.r title to the lands occupied by them, wilt probatdv be high, in comparison with he price which ha been usually given for lands in that quarter, as they (par-liculailv the Indians in Ohio) have made some advances in civiliz iinin, and considerable improvements on their lands. The better course would be, to remove tlsem gradually, commencing with those tribes which aie most disiosed tn leave- their present settlements, amt if this arrangement should be adopted, an appropriation of would be sufficient to commence with. It may, however, be proper to remark, that these trills together with those in New-York, have indi cated a disosi'inn to jiin the Cherbkeesoii the Ai ansas, and that a deputation nf the former, with a deputation from those Yherokees, are now on their -wav to the Seat nf (inv eminent, in order to make arrarig-uiint tq carry the proposed union into i fleet. Should it lei aCCompUshed, it would vary lit arrangement, Wiich has been suggested nla-tion in tht ni, but will not probably materially ui) It only remains row to consider the removal of the Indians in Florida, and the four Southern tnlxs re silling in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mii-sippir Il i iH-lieved that immediate measures mednt be takt ii won icy ird to the Indians in I lorida. IL" the treaty of the 1.3th Si ptemVr.

132.V. they ceiled ihe whole of the Northern portion of 1'huuia, with the exieplliMi of a few small reservations, ami have had ail tteil them the Southern p.ITt of the penin-Siill and it is probible that ini in otivirnienc will he fell, many year, either by the inhabitant ot la, or the Indians, under the present arrange-men he four Hthii ti dies, two of them, the Clieroket-iiid t'liof t.tvvs, have already iallotted to then. ti ai't oTTatiHUry West of the Mississipjii. That which is Ik-cii aTlruyl othe latter, islxliev ed to he siilficientlv ample the while nation, slvpuli they emigrite; and, if an arrangement, wlii is believed not to he tmprat cmild be oic lietjv-en them and the Chickasaw, ho are their neighbors, and of siindir babds ami disposi insqa. it would be suflicient for toe accommiKlation of buji- A suflicient ciMintrv should be reserved to the Went of the Cherokee on the Aikausas, a a means of exchange with those who rem lin on the East.

To the Creeks might lie a'lnPed a com tr) ui des ami prov ides for their ri mov ami that i etween the Arkansas and the Canadian river, whiih ilit-v inny alsi) be defuetid trom the ttiimlxr. for NortheribBoundary of the Choctaw pos- whose frmm .,1 prov imoii onplit to le made. They session in that quarter. There is now xndmg with istiin.ted "CO. which, deducted from 79.514.

i Creeks neg'aiationunder the tnpriiion will le.iv 58,314 to lie U'niai ml wist of the stale ol the ist si-sion. with a prospect, that the portion ot that nation which resides witlibvthe limits of Uepr-gi nni' he induced, with the coiisent of the nation, io cede the country' which, thev occupy, for apportion of the one which it is proponed toNajlot for the nation, on the west- of tlie "Mississippi. SS uld the treaty, prove succes-ful. it stipulations will provide foe the means of carrying it into effect, which will render anV ad litiooal provision, at pres Prom the Button Statetman, February 8. PUBLIC CALAMITY.

I Sunday morning. His Excellency WILLIAM EUS died at hi Winter Residence nl tin city-The melancholy event was announced ro the inhabitants by the tolling of the bell, and the' discharge, of minute guns at the forts in the harbor. By this lamented event the duties of the ChicF Magistracy have devolved ton Hi HonnrLt.Gov. Marcus Moktor, who, we trust, will tread, witU iquat steps, the path marked out bv the' great ami good example of the deceased. Mr.

Morton ha oecii more and more beloved and tesperted in proportion as hr lias become known as Lieutenant Go-ernor. As acting Governor, Ins first sad duty, yesterday, was to transmit to both braiu he ot the Legislature, by Mr. Secretary Bakgs, the following MESSAGE Gentlemcnif the Senate, and Gi nilvmtn tf the House of Befiresentdtires It has becointoxniy painful duty to' announce to yoit the afflicting dispensation of Providence which hv bereaved this Commonwealth of its vcucrable Chief Magistrate. A't about seven olor yesterday morning Uis Excellency William EustIa, departed tins hfo at his lodgings in this city, alteKit confinement by ihivihscaso which proved mortal, of five day only. JYhdu we deeply deplore ttii grgat and unex-ted public calamity, let renienibcrThat it becomes us to submit with humility to ihekyt of Providence, which, though dark and insert.

taolt to are directed by infinite and unerring wisdom. it i respectfully recommended to you to determine in wiiat manner you will pav the last sad tribute of respect a venerated Chief Magistrate of this Common wealth and to tbe memory of a man, who fiorn his early youth has never ceased by hs tuients, In public ertice and his uniform devotion to tie great interests of freedom and humanity! not only to be entitled to the respect and afkcuotfof hit fellow citizens, but to deserve of his Country and of the human race. I'o the d.bCliai'ge of the official duties hich this melancholy eveul ha devolved on in, I can only roin.se msteadkf the wtodoni and experience of him whose loss i fiiost sincerely lament, to bring at anxious sobruudti and an honest and earnest endeavor to piomote the public welfare. MARCUS MORTON. Council-Cbamiek 1825.

ITEMS OF NEWS. The whole number rf l.u'.a: in I IT. Jar ascertained, is and they clain t' 34 .258 acres of bind. No less than 149 private petjrons have lu en presented to the gislature the present session. C'ol, gr.

committee of the Legislature of Maine has reported in favor of an additional grant of RJ090 per annum to lbwcloin CnVege, foi the supjiort if a new Professcrshipr Modem Lan go igrs, and the erection of a hapel. Ac. The annual income of this College is 9690. Expenses Jmiortant Jnvrntifin. The editor of the N.

Evening Post is rerrived from a cori-p indent an engraving with the rh-scnpt'o i of a new Printing Machine, invented by Mr, Miller. o( Bridge street, Imndno. It is si in inniion hv th-power of noe mm, no with the attendance of fin. if boys, two to l.iv on, and two to remove the p-per. Can woife off 2'JOO onprcssinns'iier hour.

The Pitis'vnrg Gazette states that the dSslei-u section of Grand of New -York will be finished next summer in nmii ijqiti.m of which e-sent the citizens of New Yoi are 1 iihliog new Steam lioits to extend tin ir cn-nmeri to the ari oils pat on Lake Ki ie, ind even I inning irons jK'rtation lines to coiuI-k it lorotl mtettor if tin adjoining stales. Two new s'-, in are at in -nt On the sto. at near lh.dalo and tne a-gen-ts of a romp no. now emplmed the unfinished sect ion of the canal, rricmli visited this pi ice to make arrangements for placing a branch ol tour line of trai spin t-iion ig.as on the mute between Erie and P.itsburg, in tne ex, 'tv tvtiWn, by tnoi northwest is snpplv it und our wesei iicig'to, axis lrom tne its cf New Y'rk, at a ehe perraie than we can pro cut them ftom Plidadelp'na. The unrulier of death in the city of N'v-York.

dunr.g the last year, cc inling the ar-cn iTit, is 4, "11 licing COO no te than in Li Tot bv consumptions weteJli; tv ine said! pox. 394, fit which 113 wire it. luted tfopl 1 be greatest numlu-r uf Jt hs in hi.v iaie t'i us 416, which was in the month of August. The number of death of nieii was worn u.foT boss, 1-04; girls, 1006. lktwctn the, ages of 1 ami '2 that died was 2, 39 being itim i than one half of the hole n.milxr.

V7ir hr. The Worcester Spy states that four persons have recenlfy tiied With this loitlii-o nr disease in tiie town of ldotigt-is, and that there ate nhout Jortv more sick with it'in the hosp t.d of 1) niglns, Uxbridge, and Burnlvilie, three tour ot whom it feared Caniint ft lom the im conduct of ome pet sons, it is also feared that the disease will nut be stopped Jy any oilier mean tb hv a uuivers vacillation. The following inrreijible s'oey appears ui nAfo it-pilier, Yt. piper of the Mr, Ainsworth, of Brookfield, in this stated killed a cow In December last, four years old! ml on dressing the animal, the butcher came in contvet with, and Ctu illy took from the cow a calf weighing kOO lbs. The hide of the calf weighed 30 lbs and bore evident marks of having shed its coat.

The cow was excellent beef, and had TO lbs. of lough tallow. A house wAshumtin Ogdcnsburgh, Y. oi the -34tli ult. and Samuel OLonner, the occupant, perished the flames.

The numier of convicts received into the ere State prison, from July 3 to the 7th ult. was 73, of 'Urin 53 remain in prison. Missouri and tel rrtory of Arkansas, should the v-ii of the Department be adopted. Of these, there are etiin ted to rrsnle in thr st.itrsof North Carolina. Tcnnes-ee.

53.635, Consisting of I hero-kres, Crek. Choctaws, and Chickasaw anil claiming about 33.373.176 sens, including ihe claim of thr i 1'rroki t-s. North Carolina 3,082 in O-hin, r.ml ni (lie southerp'and middle parts ot Indiana nr.d I Hit ois, consisting of W'yandotts, Nhawncrs, Sell CIS, Delaw ai Kask iskiis, and Miami and Eil rivet jctio in Florida, cons sling of Seminole and remnants of other tribrs mid the remainder in Missouri and Alknnsas. consisting of Delawares. K-.

moo, tshawnet WVss. low ay Pialiktshaws, Chriokees, Qinipaws, and Usages. 'I he nest subject of ciaisuferation will lie, to ac-q'Uir sutncient tract of country west of the stair of M.ssmii i and termoryof Aiki'isus, in order to ist tbbsh pel maiieiit setllriiiruts in that quarter, of trim- which are proposed tube iemoed. he cifuritry between the Red liver and the Aikans ts, lias alreadv bn vlhutrd to the Choctaws, under the tieaiy t-l the.loth ol October, 1320. 1 he rmin trji nonliof the river Arkansas, ami immediately west nf the state of Missouri, i In Id almost entirely by the and the lv'inzas.

1 he principal settlement of the former being mi the Osage river, not tar west of the western Ivounilarv of Missouri and the Liter, on the Missouri river, near Cow Island, There is a band ot 'he Usages situated on the Ycr-tligiis, a braurltof the Arkansas Governor Clark has been already instructed to take measures to re-move them from the Verdigris, ttv join the other bands on the Osage rivdr. To carry this object into ell', rt, and to extinguish tne title of the Usages upon the Arkansas anal in the state of Misswun and also to extinguish the title of the Rauzas to vitjhever tract of country niav be necessary toef-frtTthe views.of the government, will be the fiist object of expenditure; and would tequire an appropriation, it is believed, of not lews than 30.000. After this is effected, the neTt will be, to allot a portion of the country to each of the tribes, and to commence the vvork of removal. The former could be effected by vesting in the President discretionary power io nuke the location and the latter, by commencing with the removal of the Ch'erokees, Pian-keshaws. Weas, hhawnees.

Kick a poos, and Dela ware, who now occupy different tract of country, lying in the northwestern portion of the Arkansas territory, and the sou Ui western jioction of the state of Missouri. It is believed that the Cherokees, to whom has been allotted a couutry lying between the Atkansas and White rivers, will very readily agree to remov ing their eastern boumlaiy farther west, on the con sidcratiou that, for the lands thereby ceded, they may Lave assigned to them- an equal quantity far ent, unnecessary. It will be proper to open ne communication with the (hemkeev Choctaws, and Chickasaw, for the purpose of explaining the'Tiew of the government, and inducing them to remove-hevond the Mississippi, on the principles and conditions 'which niav he proposed to the other triles. It is knovfri, that there are many individuals of each of the tribes, who are desirous of settling west of the Mississippi, and, should it be thought ud'isa thcic can be no dojht, that if bv appropriation, the means Were afforded the goverli-nient nf hcariugjhi ir ex(nse, they would emigrate, tihonld it lie though? that the enccnragruvent 4 such emigration in tlvsirahje. the sum of 40.06'0 ilollars, nt least, would Ixv required to be appropuated for this object, to he applied under the discretion of the 1residrnt of the United States.

The several sums hich have been recommended to be appropriated, if the projwised arrangement shmild be adopted, a mount to 95,000 dollars. The appropriation may tie made tither general or secific, as may be considered most advisable. I cannot, however. Conclude, without rematking, that no arrangement ought to he made which docs not regard the interest nf the Indians, as well as our own, and that, to protect the interest of the former, decisive measures ought to be adopted to prevent the hostility, which must almost necessarily take place, if left to themselves, among tribes has. tily brought together, of discordant rharacter, and many of which are actuated'1 by feelings far from being friendly towards each other.

But the prest rv ation ot peace between them will not alone be sufficient to render their condition as eligible in their new situation, as it is in their present. Almost a) of the tribes proposed to be affected by the arrangement, are more or less advanced in the arts of civi lized life, and there is scarcely one of them which have not the establishment ot schools in the nation, affording at once the means of moral, refigious. and intellectual improvement. These school have been established, for the most part, by religious societies, with the countenance and aid of the government, and, on every principle of humjmity, the continuance of similar advantages of education ought Io he extended to them in their new residence. There is another point which appears Io be indispensable to be guarded, in ordet to render the condition of this race less afflicting.

One of the greatest evils to which they are subject, is that incessant pressure of our which forc them from scat to seat. The above message, in both House, was com-mitteifAo a joint committee of seven. On tbe part of the benate, the Hoiv president and the Hon-Messrs. Adams and Keyes and ri the part of tha House, the Hon. Sjreakcr and Messrs.

inn, Bassett and lloit, cohijnfied the cbmmittee. 1 hi committee, after consultation, made the following REPORT It having pleased Di-ine Providence to remove, hy death. His late Excellency William Ettstis, Esq. from the head of tins Commonwealth, and this e-vent having been announced to the two branches of the Legislature, by. His Honor the Lt, Gevja(noer and Cum it a ider in Chief.