I prevented me from hearing what they were.
. . they resistccl my utmost eifiitts. I knocked vio-
' - lently and repeatedly, but to no purpose. * home
hand! and dress were marked with blood, and he
V voluntarily.
- for support.
‘ sky looked black and thrcatening—-the sea had a
‘ and wave from side to side.
‘again, expecting to behold the entire spectuval
I thing, but I could only distinguish the words‘ tnlll‘.-
‘ Wliis reach: -‘ Icontinuetl on the watch for a cqns_id_-
~e_it2ilale-tim,e,'
ciing. The day 'pr‘ovet'l awretched and fearful
one to me, for I momentarily expected that some
terrible afiray would occur on board, and that I
would be implicated in it. I gazed upon the sur-
rounding sea almost without intermission, ar-
dgmly hoping; that some boat might approach
near enough to afford me an opportunity of quit-
ting; the horrid and dangerous abode to‘ which I
was imprisoned. _ A .
It was Ang::t'stofi"s watch on deck till mid-
flight ; and as I did not. wish to have any coni-
municatitm with him, 1. rcmalllctl bclow. At
iwcive o’r;lttcl-L, Morvalden got up and relieved
him, and he came down-to the cabin, and soon af-
ter retired to his birth. Believing, from this at‘-
rangemcnt. that they had no hostile intentions, I
lay down in bed with composure, and fell asleep.
It was not lnngr; before the noise overhead awak-
ed me.’ I started up, and listened intently. The
sound appeared to be that of two persons scuffiing
.t0gv:'ther, lur a succession of irregular footsteps.
bcui ilic deck, and I could hear violent blows giv-
en at intervals. I got out of my birth: imd 3"‘
tn-red the cabin, vi here I found Marietta standing
alone with a lamp in her hand. ~ Do you beat
that,’ cried I. ‘ Hear what .3’ returned she; * I
had a dreadful dream—-—I am all trembling.’ ‘ Is
Ancgerstoff below 3’ tlcmai-ided I. ‘ I\lO—-Y639 I
mean,’ said Marietta. ‘\Vhy do you ask that ?—
He went up stairs.’ ‘ Your husband anti be are
fighting. VVe most part them instantly.’ * flow
can that be .7’ answered Marietta; ‘ Angerstoffis
asleep.’ 5 Asleep l Didn’t you say he went’ up
stairs?’ ‘ I don't know,’ returned she, ‘ I am
hardly atvakc yr;-.t—Let us listen a moment.’
Every thing was still for a few secotids; then
a voice sliricked out, ‘ Ah that knife! You are
murdering me! Draw it out! No help! Are you
donc 2 Now-—-DOW-—n0W !’—A heavy body fell
suddenly along the deck, and some words were
spokenin a faint tone, but the roaring of the sea
I mshetl up the cabin Stairs and tried to push
opeti the -folding doors at the head of them, but
one is killed.’ cried I. ‘ The person who barred
ll|(_§5e doors on the outside is guilty.’ ‘ I know
nothing of that,’ ‘rctut-ncd - Marietta. '* We can't
be of any use now.--Come here again !---How
dreadfully quiet it is.--My God ! a drop of blood
has fallen through the sky-light.--VVhat faces
are you looking down upon us ?——But this lamp
is going out.——-I am gettting dizzy. Do you hear
these bells ringing .7 and strange voices-—--’
The cabin doors were suddenly btirstopcu,and
ATl§;,‘ei‘stt)lf next moment appeared before us, cry-
ingput. Mortalden has fallen overboard.--'l‘lirow
a rope to him l——B.e will be drowned.’ His
had a frightful look of horror and confusion.—-
‘ You are a murderer l’ exclaimed I, almost in
‘.How do you know that :” said he,
staggering back; ‘ I am sure you never saw-—’
‘ Hush, hush.‘ cried Marietta to him; I are you
mad ?--Speak again I-——-'vVhat frightens you ?--
Vvhy don't you run and help Morvaldc_n?'--—-
‘ Has any thing happened to iuim 3’ inquired An-
gerstolf, with a gaze of cotistei nation. * You loltl
tis he had fallen overboard,’ returned Marietta.
‘ Must my I1_~.lSbttl’l(l. pet-ish?’—-‘ Give me some
walt':i"lo-‘wash my hands, said Angerstolf, grow-
ing deadly pale, and catching hold of the table-
I now"hastent:d upon deck, but Morvaltlen was
not there. I then went to the side of the vessel,
and put my hands on the gunwale_ while I lean-
ed oval‘ and looked downwards. On takingtheiu
off, Ifotind thetn marked wiah blood. I grew
sick at heart, and began-to identify myself with
Angerstolf the murderer. The sea, the beacon,
and the sky, appeared ofa sanguine hue; and I.
thought, I heard the dying exclumations of Mor-
valdcn sounding a hundred fathom below me, and
Gchoetl through the c-.tteros of the deep. I ad-
vanced to the cabin door, intending to descend
the stairs. but found that some one had fastent-.-cl
it firmlyon the inside. I felt convinced that I
was intentionally shut out, and a cold shtidder—
ing pervaded my frame. I covered my face with
my liands, not daring to look around ; for it
seemed as if I was excluded front the company of
the living. and doomed to be the associate of the
spirits of drowned and murdered men. After a
little time I began to walk hastily backwards and
forwards, but the light of the lantern happened
to flash on a stream of blood that ran along the
deck, and I could notsummon up resolution to
pass the spot where it was a second time. Tire
fierceness in itssound and motions-—and the wind
swept over its bosom with melancholy sighs.
Eve,-y,1,i,,g uas sombre and ominous, andl
looked in vain forsome object that would, by its
supthing aspect, removethe dark impressions
which crowded upon my mind.
W/'hilc standing near the bows ofthe vessel. I
saw a lmntl andarm rise slowly behind the stern,
I‘started back as
-far as I could go in horrible affright, and looked
figure of which I supposed they formed a part.
But nothing more was visible. I struck my eyes
till the light flashed from them, in hopes that
my senses had been imposed tipon by distemper-
ed vision-—h.;wever it was in vain, for the hand
still motioned me to advance, and I rushed for-
wards with wild desperation, and caught hold of
it. Iwas pulled alonga little way, notwithstand-
ing the resistance I made, and soon discovered
a man stretched along the stern cable, and cling-
ing to it in a convulsive manner. It was Morval-
(lr-it. He raised his head feebly, and said some-
Clc:l‘e(l--OVt:l‘l)0al'(.l--l'€8CltC(l this rope—tei'rible
death.’ I stretchedjout my arms to support him»
but at that moment the vessel plunged violently,
and he was shaken offthe cable, and dropped a-
niong the waves. He floated for an instant, and
than disapp-eat ed under the keel.
I SCIZCCI the first rope I could find, and tht-ew.___.
one end of it over the stern, and likewise flung
some planks into the sea, thinkin,-t; that the unfor-
lunutt: Morvalden might still retain strength e-
nough to catch hold of them if they came within
but at last abandoned all hopes‘_-hf.
at’ lg"lllTi1,_al'l(I tnade anotlaein attempt to get‘;
ii.to .tlie;cal)iit-—.tlie Cl0t)I'S,,\‘ll.t‘,l‘€_l‘l0W unfasten-'
an-d: 'I-.u'pun-:d~-gtltein. without ‘any difiicult_y.&-
l His torpid look,”Buslt’ed countenance, and uneasy
respiration, ‘convinced me that he had taken a
large quantity of ardent spirits. Marietta wasitt
derer appeared less terrible than'the frightful sol-
itat iness ofthe deck, and I lay down upon a bencli,
determining to spend then‘ remainder of the night‘
there. The lamp that hung from the roof soon
went out, and left me in total darkness. Imagina-
tion began to conjure up a thousantl appalling
forms, and the voice of Angeistoff, speaking in
his sleep, filled my cars at intervals—-‘ Hoist up
the beacon l--the lamps won’t lJtil‘n--l‘.Ol'l‘ll)le 3--
they contain blood instead of oil.--15 that a boat
coming l—Yes, yes, I hear the‘ oars.-—Why is
that corpse so long of sinking ?—-—lf_it doesen’t go
down soon they'll find me out—-How terribly the
wind blows l-— VVe are driving ashore--See I see l
Mort-aldcn is swimming after us——how hewrithes
in the water l’--Marietta now rushed from her
room, with alight in her hand, and seizing An»
gerstoff by the arm, tried to awake him._ He
soot‘. rose up with chattering teeth and shivering
limbs, and was on the point of speaking, but she
birth, and lay down in it.
(CONCLUSION xi-1x1‘ WEEK.)
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MONTPELIER, Vt. Jan. 7.
./I Catamount.—An animal of the cat species,
ofenormous size, was killed on the -29th Dec. in
Roxbury. It had been pursued by five gentle-
men of that town, under the expectation of over-
takittga bear. -The party,armed with three inns-
kets, live balls,broken pieces of chain, and some
buck shot, occompanied with three faithful dogs,
pursued the tract about six miles, when they 0
vertook the dogs at the foot of a tree, upon a limb
of which, about 40 feet from the ground, sat a
most frightful and ferocious animal, with the na-
ture and name of which, not one in the company
was acquainted. A short consultation was held-—
two armed themselves with clubs. while the re-
maind er handled the mtiskets, firmly resolved on
‘ victory or death I’ Five shots were fired—-ex-
pending the balls, and five links of chain--with
no other effect than to wound and iiiritate the
high-niinded.and terrific enemy. -As a last re-
sort, while the animal was waving her tail, dart-
ing vengeance from llcl‘ fiery eye-balls,and threat-
ening destruction from her extended jaws, one of
the party loaded very heavily with powder and
buck-shot, and lodged the fatal contents in the ve-
ry ‘ mouth of the enemy.’ She instantly ran
down the tree about twenty l't*.t'<:‘t’,"‘-leaped to the
ground, and retreated with strides, some fifteen
or twenty feet at a jump, about seventy rods,
where she fought the dogs with her forepaws un-
til overtaken by the men. Unable any further to
retreat,.a second discharge of a musket in her
mouth, settled the contest, and gave to the intre-
pid hunters a ‘glorious victory.’ The animal is
a female, and tile largest, we believe, ever killed
in this part ofthecotintry. It measures seven
‘feet in length, th_ree feet in height, and weighs‘
118 pounds. The victors draw a bounty of $20
from the county. ‘
On the first settlement of this state, a few of
these animals were killed by the hunters. But
natives of this state. This one is probably a dc-
serter from ‘ His Majesty’s dominions in Lower
Canada.’ Be that as it may, whether a dcserter
or a spy, presenting the ‘ form and visage’ ofa
foe, he was compelled, like all our eneuiies, to
yield to yttnkec prowess.
11?" . _
A Di-:"t'itot'r, Dec. 28.
Executz'a72.—Yesterda_v Kc tau-kah and Ke-wa-
bis kim, the Indians who were sentenced to death
at the last lTe[)l:.‘lnl.)t:l' session of our supreme
court, the former tor the murder of Doct “Int.
8. Madison, and the latter for the murder of
Charles Ulrick, "were, agreeably to llicit‘ sentence.
hung by their necks uittil they ,werc, dead. For
several weeks past they appeared very anxious to
obtain presents, of tobacco, pipes, Sic. none of
which they used. butcaticfully laid them aside as
an offering to the Great Spirit on the day oftheir
death. They had contrived a sort ofdrum, by
drawing a piece of leather over _the vessel that
contained their drink, and often engaged in their
solemn death dance. On the night previous to
their execution, they continued their death dance
till morning. They l1a..l been presented. among
other things, with some red paint--with this they
painted on the wall of their cell numerous fig-
ures of men, qutidrupcds, reptiles, $t.c.—.on their
blankets were also painted many figures-among
the rest, anplndian, hanging by the neck, was ob-
served. From the jail they were taken to the
Episcopal Church,where an appropriate discourse
was delivered to the assemblage by_ ii-'lt.'. J. S.
Hudson, (one of the members ofthe Mission fam-
i|y)...They appeared throughout the ‘whole of
the solemn preparatory steps to be perfectly col
lected—-they walked firmly to the gallows, and
previously tofascending to the drop, shook haiids
with several of the gentlemen who stood near
them. They aSCel)(lt:(ltl1e steps ofthe drop in a
manner peculiarly firm--after which they asked
through the interpreter, the pardon of the sur-
rounding spectators, forthe crime-they had com-
mitted. They then shook handsand gazed for a
a few minutes on the assetnblagcand on the heav-
ens, when -thcir caps were drawn. over their faces,
and they were launched into eternity.
. a-1011
NEW-YORK, Jan. 18.
J1,-1-i-palqft/ie Sliark.---The U. S schr. Shark,
M. C. Perry,cnnimander, arrived yesterday, from
a cruize of 162 days among the, Canaries, Cape
dc Vcrds, Coastof Africaaitd last from the West
Indies, and has been 150 duysat sea. Left Sier-
ra Leone Nov. lst—Colonists all well. The slave
trade is .still ‘carried on with great activity under
Frenclt, Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch Flags.
The mortality had been very great on the Coast
of Africa ; during the last year upwards of two
'tliil‘ds of the white I.1uropean and American em-
'i’<fsnts had died. Mr. ‘Winn and wife, Rev. Mr.
Andrtis,and 6 ofthe blacks died in Julyyand Aug.
"The Shtt_ri_< boarded a great many Guine-amen
on the cdas_t,"_. some of which she detained some
time‘,jone'-i9ftl1c.m a‘French sclir. of 78 tons,with
1-53-fslaves-oii board—-but not an American was to
b§,.;lt'c’ard._,of, and it was pretty well ascertained
‘;'t‘h'aiifiiere'are no American citizens at present en-
-;ga-g_e_d'-in -thtpttjafic. The British brig of war
"rst thing Isaw on goiiig‘bclo_w, was Angcffl‘
' ,1 _
:-
"_S_lna-pp_er'boat'tled l0 slave vessels in the motith of
riod.
her own apartment. Even the presence of a mttr- '.
prevented him, and he staggered away to his
few, ifany, are are to be found at the present day,
stoli’ streteltetl along the floor,‘ and fast aslee, uly, which it was supposetl would carry away it-_ A
least .6000" ‘slaves ; and the M yrmidion had exa-
-mined a number of other vessels in the same'pe-
In the beginning of Augufib there were 5
vessels under the French flag, waiting for slaves,
atfthe-mouth of the G-allinas; and about the end
of‘Octobt.-r, four other vessels, under the same
flag, came to anchor offthe Bar, and were prepa-
ring to send their cargoes on short: for slaves.
It was estimated at Sierra I.eon':, that 50,000
slaves had been sent from the Coast within the
last 12 mot-iths. , .
Capt.Perry informs, itivas reported at Havana,
that the Ente_t-prize, Captain Kearney, had cap-
turcd a piratical boat oil‘ Cape Antonio, landed,
atid burnt their hut.-.
an-j
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_ NORFOLK, Jan. to.
Mot'c Pz'racy.—-'l‘lie schr. Planet, Dennison,
arrived at the Batlize 2lst Dec. in l3 days from
St. Thotnas-——()n the l6'h, off Cape Antonio, was
boarded by two piratical schooners of 15 to ‘20
men each. which robbed the captain ofall the mo-
ney he had on board, about $5800, 38 bags of cof-
fee, 40 boxes of cider, took all the clothing and
l)lankcl5 belonging to the‘ captain and mate, and
flogged the captain severely, to extort from him
where the balance of the money was concealed.
‘Capt. Dennison also informed Captain Saunders,
that these pit-ates had previouslycapttired the ship
Liverpool Packet, (ofl’urtsmout_h,) Capt. Kicker,
front Rio Janeiro, bound to I-Itivana,,from which
they robbed sixty thousand dollars, and took a
boy front the ship to fill water cask: for their use.
The boy they afterwards put on board the Planet.
When the Planet nose in sight, coming round
the Cape, the piratescut the cables of the ship
and let her go, after putting on board the crew
of the English brig Alexander, (of Gi'cenock,)
which they had captured and burnt some days
previous. and the captain and steward of which,
they had murdered.
CHARLESTON. Jan. 4.
./Wore Pirates taken.-—VVe are gratified to learn
that the British men of war in the West Indies
are at last following the laudable example set
them by the cruizers of the United States. Capt.
M’Lcllan, ol’ the ship Liverpool, from Turks ls-
land, informs that on the 23:! tilt. H. B. M. schr.
Speedwell, Licut. Grcary, captured in Turks I-
slandfassage. a piratical schooner, and brought
her into that port. The same day, a British man
of war brig arrived there, having on board, in.
irons, fifty piratical privateersmen. which she
had taken a short time previous, on board an ar-
med vessel in the vicinity of Santa Martha.—A‘-
nother man of war brig had passed through the
Passage about a week previous, witha number of
these bttccanecrs—-both vessels being on their
way to Jamaica with the prisoners.
By an arrival from Port au Prince, we learn
that the Spanish refugee privateers in the vicini.
ty of Santa Martha, were capturing all American
vessels they fell in with. The U. S. schr. Gram-
pus, Liettt. Gregory, sailed 22d ult. toprotect the
trade in that qI\ai‘tei‘.—-Su'vamzu/1 Georgian.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 10.
\’Ve have Havana papers to the 1st inst. Thc
U. S. brig Elllel‘py‘l2C,”l.lt:|lI. Kearney, had bro
ken up t‘nepiratical establishment at Cape Anto-
nio. Most ofthe crew of the Enterpiize were
landed, but the pirates lied on their approach -
Alarge supply of provisions, &c. was taken and
their huts burnt.
A vessel vvhich had been fitted out at the Reg-
las, supposed for piraiical purposes. had been
stopped at the Moro, and the captain imprisoned
for a few (lays. .
2
RICHMOND, Jan. 12.
Seldom have the inhabitants of:Virginia been
pres».-med with a more trtigical sceneithan was
witnessed in l’vlet'klenbtirg. James Hunt, his 3
daughters, one 18, one I2, and the other 8 years
old, and a negro buy about 13, were all the per-
sons belotigitig to the family. Mr. Hunt, having
gone to Richmond, left his daughters and the ne-
gro boy at home. On 'I’liursday evening the l3ih
of Dec. the eldest daughter chastised the boy for
some misconduct. A! the usual hour the girls
went to bed. A short time before day they caus-
ed the boy to make a fire.and again wont to sleep.
but they slept the sleep of death, for the boy, ir-
ritated by the cltastisement lately receivtd, and
iastigatetl by a diabolical desire for revenge, as
soon as be perceived them ll"<lll(]lIIl,l')UI‘l'il)ly mur-
dercd them all, by beating out their brains» with
an axe. He then took whatever -he imagined val-
uablc to him,and set fire to (‘he house, which was
entirely consumed. Several persons who saw the
fire, hastened to the spot, and got the girls out ;
but they were so deformed by the fire, that nobo-
man beings evci presented a more ltoi-rible ap.
pearance.' Upon taking up the boy, he confessed
every circtimstaiice. A Coroner’s jury, upon
examining into the case. called him before them,
when he stated every circumstance ag:~—..-eably to’
his .':-rmcr confessions. He is now in jail——;1nd,no
doubt,ample justice will be rendered to one whose
youthful villanies have brcn so exccrable. '
.—°§¢-—
Franz the Natiaziai Ad-vacate,
l\’IA'nuMomr.-—A curious circumstance lately
occurred 0'l the subject of this holy state. A
couple engaged tltemselvcs . to be married ; the
day was fixed ; the company invited ; the ring.
the parson, the cake, and all the other occasional
comforts were prepared: the bride antl bride-
groom, (lt‘cssc(l and perlumed, were seated near
the fire, billing and cooing. Every thing was
ready ; when lo! and behold ! just as the person
said those ominotts woids, , love, honor and obey,‘
the fickle bridegroom changed his mind, and re-
fused to marry. In vain were the prayers and
entreatics of "_"..itds urged ; in vain tha tears and
anger ufthe bttde cxbtbttetl ; the gay l.utltario
was inexorable. Here sat the bride overwhelm-
ed with grief; there the iced plumb cake and cor-
dial, untouched ; while reason and argument were
thrown_ away upon the obstinate loser. At length,
the friends of the lady became enraged, and at
two o'clock in the morning, were about beating.
the bridegroom into a compliance with his en-
gagement ; when he made his escape, and. the
next morning swore the peace against those guests
who had attempted IOMIl‘)l_lII1p him into matrimo-
ny, when these facts leaked out, and the ‘parties
were bound over. - -
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"CONGRESS. -
. House or R.et=iti-:sicm~a.'nvtt:s, Jan. ii_
_ ‘The resolution suliniitled some time ago i, .-
Mr. Walworth, directing the committeefoti tV!Illf-
tary Affaii's to inquire into‘ the exptttlienc ._ ‘.-
changing the component parts ofthe ration toytlfe
"soldiers, so as to omit or reduce the quantity of
spirituous liquors it contains, was agreed to,
Military .r1/ifira/zriatians.-...'l he order of the
day being an_nouncetl,- Mr, Blitler moved to p,,;,,_
pone the luither consideration ofthe bill for ma.
king partial appropriations for the support of the
army. Ste. for the year 1822. Resolutions had
been passed, calling upon the ‘Secrets:-v ofwar
for certain information, the want of which had iv-
en rise to a» great deal of dtbatc, and occasybacd
an unnecessary consumption of time‘. It was no
offence to the officer in qucstioti to have asked for‘
fut-therinformatinn. Let it be rtc. i,-ed, said he _
doubtless the secretary can fully justily his course’
It is very probable that he made every effort wiih:
in his power to bring the cxpenditude within the
appropriation. and would p,.ovc_ji by me facts
which are to be reportetfto the llOllsr:,. '1°j,,_. db
bate, Mr. B. said._ had involved the genius and
character of that ofiicer rather than the merits (if
the qttestirn before the house ; and all (lifficuh
respecting it might have been prevented by
ing the inlrtrmation first, and tlt.-hating the sub;
ject aftei-wai'ds. Mr. Coldctt supported the mo-
tion for postponement l.)LC‘clll=C the further discus.
sion of it at present could tend to no beneficial
purpose. \Vith regard to the debate which had
alreatly taken place, Mr. C. said, ifa,-iy one had
heard it without knowing the subject, he mi N
have supposed the house was sitting in caucufol
the subject of the l’residential Election, discus“
sing the merits of the candidates. The who].
and sole point of controversy for several days ha‘;
been, whether the Secretary of \-Var had givt-ii
(0 the house such information as will authorize it
in the exercise of a sound discretion, in votin '
the appropriation which has been asked. ]1‘i{,;,,
were the true point, what need for travelling; ovciv
our history, &c. and taking so wide a range" in-his
debate 2 The Secretary of VVar ltotve,.e,. ‘Md
shewn every disposition to afford the H,,,,’,,, 2,”
the information in his power. and ifthis bill were
postponed, he presumed the House would 1)
Tuesday receive the information for which it 1,-“Ii
a.~:kcd.--Mr. Buchanan was opposed to this posit.-
ponement.--l*‘or what purpose, be asked, was um
subject to be poslpoticd ? It was said, to ;,,;q,,;,.,,
additional information. VVhat information said
he, have you already? You have precist jnf0,._
mation from the Secretary of War as to an the
objects of the expenditure, and he has told you
that it is impossible to give you Voflchey-S shew‘
ing the special manner in which ever
expenditure is applied. This, it would occur to
every one, would be titterly impossibl,-, bewust.
unless the Secretary was more fortunate ihan an I
body else, he could not have vouchers and re’-
ceipts for the expt-ntliture, before the expendilme
was made. In a general \~1'ew, men. the House.
had all the informatior,-,«liicli could be expected -
and it could not have it in detail until the iitfnrmaf.
tion was obtained by the Secretary. M,._ Cam
hav-
bielvns W3 "01 5° “¢"'iF€lY__Sa’lisficd uith tiiai...,- ’
lormationbcfore the House as the gentlt-main from‘ '
Pennsylvania appeared to be’, He pas pL.,3,,aded
that the Secretary of'VVar t.-,5 able, and PC,.fec,,Y
disposed, to give other information which might
be acceptable. It would-, he tl1t)ti_Q_‘ht, be dcc}_,,._
rous in this House to itself as well as to the St.-.
cretary of VVar to postpone this qztestiott until he
should lay before the House the informaiim, Cay,
led for by its res'olutir.-ns. Mr, 3,,,;,h‘ Uf Md_ ‘.8.
viewtrtl the course ‘it-hich the bi” nmv bdore the
committee ofthe whole had taken in tbcct>mmit-
tee of Vv'ays and i\‘Ieu_liS. No mention had been
made, he said, to the Committee of vvays ,,,,,_i
M eanshy the Secretary or \«\,_;]|'‘ ofanv dcfi”-, in
the Indian Dt-rpartment for tliolast yezit:.—'[‘},¢y
therefore, could not he piwcparcd i_oj3i,,e,,,fm.ma_'
tion respecting it. [Here Mr. Sqpcakcr called
the attention of the house to the qtiestion--wliich
was no more than a question of po,,,p°n.£_mum
and admitted, according to the practice of the
House, of no discussion on the merits of the sub-
ject proposed to be postponed. During the it hole
of to».day’s .proccotling, (ht: Speak”, e,,dca,.m.L_d
to keep gentlemen ttiihin the rule. but apparent-
ll’ in ‘'’—'in-] Ml“ Smmlt h9“’t“’¢l‘s Silbttiltted to
the decision of the chair, saying, as in, 53, dcwn,
that he had supposed the gentleman from New
York (Mr. Colden) would have been obliged to
him to set him right as to facts.
‘Further debate took place. Mr. Gilmer said,
by referring to the abstracts of expenditure in the
Department of “far for the years 18l8 and 1319,
the House would probably see the necessity of
exploring further into the subject. The amount
limited by law for presents to Indians was 315’ ooo; 5
but it wouldbe found that, in l8l8, there were dis-
tributed in prescntsto them the sum of$1S0,00o
in m0“¢’)’a and $l_65.000 in goods, making; an as;.
gregate of ‘$285,000. If there was such a pal-
pablc excess beyond the "provisions of the law in.
that year, he thought it liighly properto obtain
information how great was the excess or tiny]-,.,_.;
year. The question for postponement was can i-
ed.-—Ayes 89. _
Jan. I4.-Mr. Colden presented a memorial
from sundry citi7.ens~of New York, advebe to tire
establishment ofan uniform system of l3ankr‘upi..
cy ; and a similar memorial was presente'd by Mr.
Gotham, from inhabitants of Boston.
P145/{C I-071d-S‘.—-VII‘. Nelson, of Md. after ad-
verting to the ll‘tipt)t‘[:,|i-cc of the 5,,i,j,,c; of the
motion which he had laid on the zablc some days
ago, proposiiig‘ the appointment of a committee?
to c-insider the expecliz-n<:y of m-.tking.appropria-
tions of public Lands for the purposes of Educa,
U09 I" U76 Old Slates, and to the fact that it had
' vv‘ _ u I
rccelvetl the apprtiliullun of several states, and’
th'et~cfore was entitled to the serious attention of
this house, moved that the house ‘should now pm.
cecd to the eonsiclcratinn ofthat mn'ion. I
M13 Gfaham Oppohed the resolution. He thn’t
it would be unjust to adopt it. The new s'atcs had
not received any thing as a donation, \Vhen the
inhabitants moved totlie west, the allotment t-fa
P°"l°" 0f 151091 lo!‘ the purpose of schooling their
children was held out to them‘ as an inducement
I0 Cmlgfilte. It became a part of the considci a-
tion of their settlement in the uilderness; and
was rather at matter ol'put-cltusg on their part, than
of gift on the part of the United States. But,
1‘-'hatt:\'c:' might be their title, the states had none
y stim of .'_.
Norwalk Chronicler