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ACCOMMOD _ TS.
To sail from E. D. Hoyt’s Landing at Nor-
wallc, for Peck-Slip, .N'ew-l’orlc._ .
HE,Nor\valk Line of Packets, Citizen,
Sabina, and Mecltanic, have coninieuced
on their Winter Arrangement, and one o( the
above vessels will leave N0fW'<1lk and 1\9“"
York every Tuesday and Saturday through
the season. For freight or passage apply to
the Captains on board, or at the store 0!
Nov. 24. E.D. Hora‘ $2 So‘-.\'S-
A BARGAIN, _
se wishing to move to the Slate of 01:20.
For the _ _ _
- OR sale, or exchange for pio-
perty in the country or city,
a valuable Farm, lying in tilt
.. state of Ohio, and bordering on
e Ohio river, about 9250 miles below Pitts-
burgh and 10 miles above Lctart Rapids. 10
the above fartn is 400 acres of first rate land
with a good dwelling house, a large improve-
merit, a young and growing orchard of apple
and peach trees. The above is under good
fence, and in a good state of cultivation.-
This is universally allowed to be one_of the
healthiest situations in the stateof Ohio, and
is in the midst of a very flourishing neighbor-
hood. For further pai't'IC,l.1lal‘5 mflulfe “f}lle
subscriber, at the store of‘~Parrott and Kirk,
Sherwood’s Bridge, in the town of Greenwich,
Conn, EZEKIEL M. KNAPP.
Sept. 24th, 1323. SW
, FOR SALE.
ON reasonable terms,that val-
uable and pleasant situation
, known by the name of “ The
Village,” lying about a mile from the Old
VVell, in Norwalk, and consisting of? large
Dwelling-Houses, a large Pottery, Q kilns for
burning lVar'e, a good Store and Barn, with
other buildings, and 9.0_acres of Land. For
further particulars inquire of
BENJ. Isxacs.
Sfitf
Norwalk, Nov. 8, 18523.
FOR SALE,
FARM, lying in Greenwich,
Conn. containing about 100
- ' acres ofland, with a good House
and Burn standing thereon ; well proportion-
ed for plow, pasture, meadow, and tiinber,to-
gether with S orchards, one of which is graft-
ed fruit. Said farm is situated mi the road
from Stanwich to North-east, about 8 miles
from the landing. Any person wishing to
purchase, would do well to call ontlie sub-
scriber, living on the premises. If not sold
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before, it will be sold at public vcndue on the
29th of February next, at 9. o'clock, P. M.
V SILAS SUTHERLAND.
Greenwich, Jan. 7tli,18°.Z4. “
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T "HE article here enumerated must not be
considered as adding one more number
to the already extensive catalogue ofadvertis-
ed Medicines ; it is in fact an important im-
provement only, in a well known composition.
The Embrocation contains 3 of the most
valuable articles to be tnet within the whole
eircle of Medicine, never before employed in
any other Opodeldoc, in addition to the other
ingredient usually made use ofin the hard kind
and will be found of?) times its strength and
effect. The money will be cheerfully refund
ed to those who, after having used one bottle,
may think differently.
The Hon. Samuel L. Mitchell, M. D. LL.
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4 D. one ofthe first Medical Professors in the
state of New-York, has given a certificate in
its favour——-such authority you willnotdispute.
Certificates also from several respectable
citizens are annexed to the directions, who
have received the greatest benefit from the
‘ Improved Liquid Opodeldoc,’ when they had
previously used the hard kind to no purpose.
' This article is asserted to be a sovereign
remedy in Bruises, Sprains, Gout, Rheuma-
tism, CI‘3.[I'Ip,'nullll)i10SS, stiffness ofthe neck or
joints,slight burns, fresh wounds,chilblains,$Lc.
‘Forthe use ofhorses and cattle in these
cases, it may belconsidered as inestimable.’
' ‘ As the whole family ofinaiikind are liable
to these casualties, no prudent person should
be without it bottle ofit in their house.’
It is prepared by J. P. Wliitwell, whose
name is impressed on each bottle, without
which it is not genuine.————-N. B. Incas-
es of acute Gout and Rheum-atism,a tea spoon-
ful on going to bed, taken inwardly, in a wine
glass of cold water, has in conjunction with
the external application ofit, performed some
most extraordinary cur‘es.
AROMATIC SNUFF.
Also may be had, that valuable and popular
' article, AROhIATlC SNUFF, recommended by
Doctor Waterhouse, which Snulfis so cele-
brated throughout the American continent, in
cases of catarrh and head-aclie, and which
possesses that desirable property of sensibly
stimulating the spirits without subsequent de-
pression. The above valuable Medicines
may be had of Benjamin Isaacs, at Norwalk,
and Knapp 8; Hoyt, Stamford.
’ November, 11, 189.3. 37 ly
The Clix-istian lllmanack,
For l89.4—(Astronomical Calculations for the
‘meridian of New-York)—Ju5; .-ec’d and for
P. PRICE.
More New Goods.
WILLIAM J. STREET,
HAS received during the past week, in ad-
dition to his former Stock of DryGoods,
the following articles, which will be offered to
the public at the very lowest market prices :
Super blue, black, drab and mixt Cloths ;
common blue and black do.§ fine black, blue,
mixt and striped Cassinieres; Pelisse Cloths,
assorted ;blue and black mixt Sattinets; Car-
oline Stripes‘ and Plaids; Tartan Plaids:
super (lurk Calicoes; Furniture Calicoes;
green Baize; red, white, yellow and green
Flanuels; black Boinbazettes,a handsome as-
sortment; plain, scarlet, and hordered Cassi-
inere Shawls; white, blue and lilach border-
ed do. do. ; cashmere Hdkfs. and cassiiiiere
Poiitts ; merino Shawls; (lark imitation do.;
ll-4 Rose anti 4 Point Blankets; drab and
olive Lion-skin coating; drab Kersey ; drab
and olive Velvet-cord ; black and col’dTabby
Velvets ;‘ silk do. ; superior India Levantiue;
Siuchews and Sarsnets; green, blue, dark,
pink, and straw—col’d Florences; plaid, silk
and velveteen Hdkfs. ; black, white and green
French Crape ; green Gauze ; black Canton
Crape; Carnbric, Book, and Jackonet Mus-
lins ; fig’d Jaconet and Swiss Muslins; geri-
tlemenls and ladies’ worsted Hose; gentle-
:uen’s mixtworsted Socks; mixt and white
lamb’s wool do. ; laitlivs’ kid, beaver and cas-
tor Gloves; lined kid do. ; buckskin Mittens;
gcntleuieifs beaver and \Voodstock Gloves;
cotton imitation Plaids; domestic and import-
ed Glngharns; Irish Linen and Lawn: silk
and cotton Flaggs; German do. ; black Can-
ton and plaid silk I-Idkls. ; fine and common
Shirtings; domestic Muslins, some at 9 cts a
yard ; Checks, very cheap; Bed-Tickings, a
large assortment; Ribbons; black and white
Thule Lace ; batted cotton; cotton yarn ; sus-
penders; elzistics ; umbrellas, $:.c. $t.c.
GROCERIES.-—St.Croix aiitl NewRum,
Cogniac Brandy,Hollaud and American Gin,
Cider Brandy, Hyson-skin and Soucliong
Tea, Loaf, Lump, and Brown Sugars,IVines,
Molasses, Pepper, Alspice, Pearlash, Indigo,
Shot, Tobacco, $z.c. $Lc.
Hard and Hollow l1"J1RE, .S'c.—Pots, Ket-
tles, Frying-Pans, Spiders, (with and witliont
covers,) Knives and Forks, Tea and Table
Spoons, Looking-Glasses, Wrought and Cut
Nails, 7 by 9 and 6 by 8 Glass(by the box or
less) Pins by the pack, Slates and Pencils,
Norfolk and ThumbLatches, Butts $2. Screws,
Pad and Stock Locks, Chest, Trunk and
Cupboard do. HL Hinges, C-an(lle:~ticlts,wo0l
Cards, curry Combs, Bellows, patent Wheel
Heads,Vi0lin Strings, Flax Ropes, Hemp do.
suitable for Well Ropes, and other purposes,
19. 1-2 cts. the lb. Likewisc——A general as-
sortmeiitof blue printed enamelled and cream
colored "Ware.
Norwalk, Dec. 8th, 1823. 48
$1. S. LY NES $3 CO. have recently ad-
‘ ded to their stock of Dry Goods, the
following articles, which were bought cheap
at auction, and will be sold unusually low for
Cash. Super Black, Blue and Mixt Cloths,
Olive ‘and Snuff Brown do. Super and coni-
mou Drab do. a variety of Blue, Black and
Drab Polisse Cloths, Blue and Black Mixt
Satinetts, Superior Blue, Black Mixt Cassi-
ineres, Tartan and Caroline Plaitls, worsted
Camblcts, Sailsbur_vFlannels, super dark Cal-
icocs,Grecn, Rcd,White and Yel|owFlani-iels,
Green and Kid Baize, Bordered and plain
Cassiinere Shawls, Borclered anti plain Scar-
let do. Rose Blankets from 6 4 to 11-4, Oil
Cloths, Drab and Olive Cords and Veltets,
Cotton imitation Plaids, Cotton Fringe, Iii-
dia Levuntine, Sinchews and Lutestriugs,su-
pcrior Sattin Levautine, Green, Blue, Pink,
White and Crimson Florence, Striped and
Plaid do. Black and coloured Canton Crapes,
Black, Green, Pink and White French do.
Swansdown and ValentiaVestings, Bl’k Silk,
do. Gentlemen anti Ladies’ worsted Hose,
Gentlemen’s black and white worsted Socks,
Meu’s mixt and white lambs wool Hose,Cam-
bric, Jackonet and Swiss Muslins, Silk and
Cotton Vclvateen Shawls, a general assort-
nient Merino Shawls, Silk Hose, Furniture
Calicoes, fine and common Shirtings, assort-
ed Giiiips, Kid, Castor and horse skin Gloves,
Ladies’ lined Gloves, a large quantity ofRib-
bands, Ganzly and» Lambs wool IVaistcoats,
Batting Cotton and Cotton Yarn, Silk and
Cotton Flags, Buckskin Mittens andlGloves,
Green Gauze, Domestic and Imported Ging-
hams, Horn and Shell Cotiibs, Irish Linens,
Domestic Mtislins, Linen Diapers,Uuibrellas,
Silk and Cotton Velvets, Domestic and Ini-
ported Checks, Knitting Cotton, Suspenders,
Buttons, Fur Caps, $z.c. $I.c. $Lc.
NEW GOODS.
T HE subscriber having replenished his
stock in trade now offers for sale a good
assortment of Groceries, Crockery, Hard-
Ware, $Lc. The following articles comprise at
art Z-—-
P GROCERIES——Molasses, St. Croix, Ja-
maica and New-England Rum, Holland and
Pierpont Gin,CurrentWine,Cogniac Brandy,
Lump Sugar, N. Orleans and Havana brown
Sugar, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Old Hy-
son and Soushong Teas,Box Raisins,Keg do.
Allum, Copperas, Dye Woods, Alspice and
Pepper, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Chalk, Pipes,
Plug and Paper Tobacco, Soap and Candles,
Chocolate,Coffee, Salt Peter,Brimstone,Gin-
ger, Brooms, Spanish Indigo, do Segars, $Lc.
H ARD-VVARE—Knives and Forks, Jack
and Pen Knives, Shoe Knives, Bread do. Butt
Hinges and Screws, 8d, and 10d, Wrought
Nails, 4d, 6d, 8d, and 10d, Cut Nails, Shoe
Brushes, Scrubbing do. Paper Snuff Boxes,
Table and Tea Spoons, Heel Ball, Rasps and
Shoe Pincers, Ink Powder, Hunt’s Blacking,
Wafers,l3uttons and Pencils, Saw Files, Pad-
locks, Pegging and Awl Hafts, Bellows,Sliav-
ing Soap, $t.c. $i.c.
CROCKERY-——A good assortment of
Crockery, and Glass-Vilare.
Persons wishing any of the above articles
will do well to call and judge for themselves.
Joirn BURRALL.
Norwalk, Nov. 14th, 1823. 88
.n
More New Goods.
D $L S. LYNES $1. CO. have recld by the
' last arrivals from New-York, 40 Pieces
Domestic Muslins, from 8 to 16 cents per yd.;
Ladies’ black Ostrich Feathers, Gentleinen’s
Seal-skin Caps ;Buckskin Mittens $2. Gloves,
Sattinets at 50 cents a yard and rising, an as-
sortment of Gimps, 4-4 domestic Plaids, su-
perfine black Boinbazettes, dark and light
silk Shawls, cotton do. Leghorn Gipsies and
Hats, domestic and imported Checks, i".c.$I.c.
December 222d, 1823.
GROCERIES, CROCKERY, $z.c.
THE subscribers have just received from
New-York, a handsome assortment of
Groceries, Crockery, Hardware and Fruit,
which they will sell as cheap as the cheapest.
The following articles comprise a part oftlieir
assortment:
GROCERIES——Cogniac and common
Brandy, Jamaica, St. Croix, and N. E. Rum,
Holland and Pierpont Gin, Madeira, Port,
Lisbon, Malaga, Currant and Cherry Wines,
Cordials ofall kinds, Ale and Porter, Molas-
ses, (none superior,) Loaf Lump and brown
Sugar, Box and Keg Raisins, iinportcd Cur-
rants, Mace, Citron and Cloves, Carroway
seed, Wheat, Rye and Buckwheat Flour, Old
hyson, Young hyson, hyson skin and sou-
cliong Tea, Alspice,Pepper, Ginger, Nutincgs
and Ciunamoii, ground Nicquaragua wood,
do. Logwood, Coffee,Copperas, Allum, Vine-
gar and Whiskey, VVinter and summer Oil,
Codfisli, Mackeral, pork and bcefHams, soap
and Candles, blown Salt, Rice,Cheese,crack-
ers, Mustard, Indigo, Onions, and a general
assortment of IVest India Frtiit, $"c.
CR 0C’KE.R Y— Consisting of Liverpool,
enamelletl, and cream colored Wa re as _/bllozvs:
Dining Plates, Twifflers, Muffins, Tea setts
and Teas, Coffee pots and Coffees, 4, 2 and 1
qt. and pint and 1-2 pint pitchers, quart, pint
and 1-2 pint bowls, sugar bares, peppers,inus-,
tards, bakers,Chanibers,Ewers basins,$I.c. $Lc.
./Ilso—-Blue and green-edged ware.
GL./1SS- IV./9RE—Quart and plot Decan-
ters, double flint ground bottom Tumblers,
common do. IViue Glasses ofall kinds and si-
zes, Mustards, salts, quart, pint, and 1-92 pim
Bottles, Vinegars, $Lc.
H.flRDIVflRE——Pewter facits, block tin
and iron table and tea Spoons, slate and slate
pencils, siiuffers, wood, saw and rattail files,
gimblets, sad irons and stands,japaned lamps,
candlesticks, trunk, chest, cupboard, and pad
locks, hinges butts and screws, skates, pen and
pocket knives, knives and forks, scissors,
sliezirs, razors, shovel and tongs, stock locks,
curry-combs, spiders, tea kettles, griddles, bel-
lows nails, 10d, 8d, and 4d cut nails, powder
uni shot, Weavers’ brushes, $.'.c.
BAP.'l‘RAM $5 S'1‘REE'I‘.
NEW AND CHEAP S'i‘Ul{E.
EB1y‘.’V'!L‘ZER ST]:.‘VE./V15‘,
ESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the
public in general, that he has just rec’d
from the New-York auctions a handsome and
general assortment of Dry-Goods, Groceries,
Crockery, $I.c. which are offered, at his store
adjoining the bridge, cheaper than they can
he bought in New-York, or elsewhere. The
following are but a part:
Extra super blue and black Clotlisand Cas-
simeres, Sattinetts, Circassians, Bombazines,
Bombuzettes, Angola Cassiinere, white, red
and yellow Flannels, common and superfine
Linens, imported and domestic Shirting and
Sheeting, plain and fig’d inul mu.slins,Jacko-
net nuislins, Book do. Canibric do. fig’d and
plain Lenoes, striped Jacoiiet miislins for la-
dies’ hdkfs. plain and striped Drillings, light
and dark London Calicoes, Canton Crapes,
real India Levantin'e< Silks, Sincliews and
Lutestrings,striped and plaid Silks,black Sat-
in, white and black silk and cotton hose, black
and slate col’d do. Ladies’ and Miss’s sizes,
plaid, fig’d and plain Ribbons, pink and black
Italian Crapes, beaver, kid and silk Gloves,
plaid and plain silk Shawls, an assortment of
Vestings, Gentlemcn’s white and figured Cra-
vats, a large assortment of Domestic Ging-
hams, very cheap, union mixt and domestic
stripe for inen’s wear, olive cord, bed-ticken,
Russia Duck, Diaper, striped Jean, Grand
Durils, brown linen and cotton Holland,black
muslins, Long Lawn, green, pink and white
Florence, Suspenders, silk and cotton flagg
hdkfs. Chintz Calicoes, window paper, Wal-
lace’s superior coat and vest buttons, needles,
pins, combs, a small assortment of Legliorns.
Groceries—St. Croix Rum, Cogniac Bran-
dy, Holland and Baltimore Gin, Madeira and
other VVines, Jamaica and Portland Rum,
Young Hyson, and Hyson Skin Tea, of very
superior quality, lump, loaf, and brown Su-
gars, molasses, paper and plug tobacco, gin-
ger, cofl'ee, box raisins, starch, rice, pepper,
pimento, candles, soap, cinnain .i, mackaboy
snuff, blown salt, $tc. $20. Also, a general
assortment of Crockery.
Norwalk, July 7th, 189.3. 19 I
M. J.STREET hasjust rec’d‘ per Sloop
Orbit, from Albany, a fresh supply of
Lumber, consisting of
50,000 best warranted Shingles,
5,000 feet Mercliaiitable Boards,
10,000 feet Albany Count Boards,
3,000 feet Clap‘Boards, or Siding,
which, together with his former stock, will be
sold at the lowest market prices.
HE NEW TESTAMENT, with the
Classical pronunciation of the proper
names as they stand in the text, by which they
are accented and divided into syllables exact-
ly as they ought to be pronounced, to which
is added an explanatory Key: by IsraelAl-
‘gar, jun. Price 50 cents—Just received aiid_
for sale at the Bookstore$LLibrary. P.PxicE.
LADIES’ SOCKS,
OR sale at the Shoe Store east end ofNew
Block.
apprentice to the Shoe-making business.
' Norwalk,Jan. 5. Witt-. MAYBURY.
OR SALE, 5200 Tons Plaster: .4130
Rock, Turks Islnd, and Hay Salt, ofthe,
first quality. E. D. HOYT $L‘So.\'s.
NUARY 227, 1824.
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Wanted—by the subscriber an’
4.4_._————————"*‘
VOL. VI. NO. 4.3.
C_ONGRESS.
REPORT ofthe Cotntnittee on Foreign Re-
lations, on the petition of Henry Cotheal,
David Cotheal, and Abraham S. Hallett—
January 12, 189z4——Read, and ordered to
lie upon the table. '
That it appears, by the docunients accom-
panying the petition, that the schooner Mos-
quito, Captain Teft, loaded with a cargo, the
property of the petitioners, citizens of the U-
nited States, was captured on a voyage from-
St. Andrews to New-York, by the Spanish
privateer Fortnna, Captain Antonio Peyro, of
Porto Rico. The schooner was carried first
into Aquadilla, a port of the Island of Porto
Rico: where a portion of the Cargo was plun-
dered by the prize crew, and from thence,
with the residue ofthe cargo, she was carried
to St. Johns, in the same Island, and there
condemned as lawful prize to the captors.-—
Froui this decision, ‘an appeal to the superior
tribunal ofthe Island of Cuba'has been made.
The conduct of the captain and crew ofthe
privuteer seems to have been both wanton and
fraudulent. The captain of the schooner was
grossly ill treated; compelled by threats to‘
sign a declaration written on board the priva-
teer, in the Spanish language, of which he is
ignorant, and without receiving such an ex-
planation ofits contents as enabled him to un-
derstand it; after his signature was fixed to
this paper, ofthe contents of which be is still
ignorant, the first occasion that offered was
taken to separate him from the property un-
der his care; he was put on board a vessel
bomid to Curracao.
The mate, who in the captain’s absence,was
the guardian ofthe rights ofthe owners ofthe
vessel and cargo, was detained on board the
schooner from the 17th of Aug. the day she
reached St. Johns, until the 913d of the same
month, and not permitted during that time to
have communication with the shore.
The grounds upon which the vessel and
cargo were condemned, the Committee can-
not state accurately to the House, copies of
the documents in the cause not having been
furnished by the petitioners, as they allege,
because copies could not be procured from
the Spanish authorities in Porto Rico; but, as
far as they are informed, there was no justifi-
able cause of condemnation. The condemna-
tion is stated to have been founded on two cir-
cumstances; that the schooner had no clear-
ance from St. Andrews, and had a gun on
board, not mentioned in her papers. The 1st
was inevitable, as there is said to be no cus-
tom-house at St. Andrews; and the second,
admitting the fact,“-liich isdenied by the own-
ers, was susceptible of satisfactory explana-
tion ; the gun was carried asa defence against
the pirates infesting the seas she was naviga-
ting. As the expectation that the superior
tribunal of Cuba will speedily do justice to the
owners ofthe vessel and cargo may be ration-
ally indulged, l.l'le'COl11l’lllI[C8 are of opinioti,
that it is not expedient to act further on the
subject. (They propose therefore, th'e follow-
ing resolution:
Resolved, That the committee on Foreign
Relations be discharged from the further con-
sideration of the petition of. Henry Cotheal,
David Cotheal, and Abraham S. Hallett, and
that the petitioners have leave to withdraw
their petition, and the documents presented
with it.
Senate, Friday, Jan. 16.—Petitions were
presented and referred,froiii Samuel Kennard
and others, of Md. for indemnity for French‘
spoliations; from Reuben Sharpley, ofN. H.
for indemnity for a vessel captured by a Brit-
ish ship of warin 1815; from sundry citizens
of Hartford, for a further duty on woollens,
fine cottons, and iron, and a duty on sales at
auction—from citizens ofPhiladelpbia,and 192
petitions from N. Jersey, praying a revision of
the tariff and further protection to domestic
manufactures.
The Senate resumed the consideration of
the report ofthe Committee on Public Lands
unfavorable to the petition of Col. Alexander
A. White, who petitions Congress to grant
him the right of pre-emption to a small tract
of public land, which he had settled, on the
west bank ofthe Mississippi river.
Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, moved to re-
verse the report, and in support of this motion
he explained the nature of the claim, and of-
fered his views at some length. It appears,
from his statement,and frotn the papers which
he read, that the petitioner was a distinguish-
ed omccr of the late war; that when disband-
ed in l8l5, being unable topurcliase lands,
and not knowing that the act of Congress,
granting prc-etiiption to settlers on the public
lands in Louisiana, had expired, he settled on
a tract ofland belonging to the U. States, sit-
uate on the Mississippi river, in the Parish of
l‘Vest Baton Rouge, and had built houses,drai-
ned lands, and made considerable improve-
ments thereon; that he had made a public
road and a levee, for near. Smiles in front of
theland, which had reclaimed a considerable
portion of the public lands from the inunda-
tion of the river, and added greatly to the val-
ue ofthe public lands in the vicinity. He pray-
ed 'th'at‘Congress would grant him a donation
or preemption right to the land in question."
Mr. J. said that the committee had reported
against tlie claim, on the ground that the peti-
tioner had settled in violation of the act of
Congress of 1807, contended, that the act al- ,
luded to was passed to meet one or two cases
ofexti'aordiiiai'y character, and" not to prevent
emigration to the VVest, and that Congress
had, in numerous instances since that act pas-
sed, granted the pre-emption right to settlers
inthe newlstates and territories; that sound‘
policy required that the practice should still
he continued ; that it shouldbe the object of
the government to strengthen the most expo-
— s‘ed parts of the Union, by a dense white pop-
ulation; that such a population was particu-
larlyrequired in Louisiana, to protect the
cotintrylagaiiist internal commdtion ‘and ex-
ter.nal'invasion ; and he argued to shew, that
such ‘a course wouldoperate even to the ad'-
vant'age'of the government, in ajpecuniary‘
. point of view, as it would add to't‘he‘value of
the public lands in the neighbourhood. He
complained of the delay on the part of the
government, in not surveying and l_)I'IngIr_lg
into market the public lands in Louisiana, in
consequeiice of which, those who had remov-
ed to that country, had not been afforded an
opportunity of piu“cliasing public lands ; and
the emigration had been repelled from the
country. Mr. J. contended, that, from tho.
circtiinstances he had stated, this was one of
the strongest cases which could occur; that
the petitioner had been an officer of distin-
guished merit; that he had enlisted a compa-
ny of men, and served with great reputation
throughoutthe Creek war‘; that at New-Or-
loans, in an attack on the enemy, he was se-
verely wounded, in consideration of which,
and for his gallant conduct on that occasion,
he was breveited to the rank of a Lieutenant
Colonel. Mr. J. said that, if distinguished
seniors, ifgallantconduct in action,if want is
received in fighting the battles of the country,
give claims upon the favorable consideration
of the government, Col. White was eminent-
ly entitled to that consideration. He conclu-
ded by remarking, that the honourable mem- ’
her who commanded at New Orleans, (allud-
ing to Gen. Jackson,) would be persuaded,
testify to the gallantry and distinguished serv-
ices of Col. White. _
Mr. Jackson confirtned the representation
which had been made of the meritorious cont‘-
duct of Col. White, in the campaign at New-
Orleans, where he was, in the battle of the
23d December, severely wounded; and Mr. J;
observed, that, if gallant conduct, meritorious
services, and severe suffering, entitled any
man to the boon he_ asked for from the govern-
ment no one could have stronger claims than
Col. White, and he for one, should give the
petitioner his vote.
A debate ensued on this subject wliich,from
the number and talents of the gentlemen who
engaged in it, and the earnestness and ability
displayed, rendered it interesting. It was con-
tended against the claim, that the settled po-
licy of the nation, solemnly a ~ pted by Con-
gress, in the passage of an'act, forbidding all
persons from settling down on anyofthe pub-
lic lands; the impropriety of holding out en-
couragement to persons to violate the law by
granting pre-emption to this petitioner who
had, contrary to law, established himself on
the public lands ; that in acting on such a
case the merits ofthe individual (which all ac-
knowledged) ought not to be taken into con-
sideration ; that if the prohibitoryl law was
wrong, it ought to be repealed, but while in
existence it ‘ought to be rigidly enforced, and
not have impunity and eucourageinent held
out to disregard and violate it, $t.c,—,;
The question being taken on Mr. Joliiison’s
motion to reverse the report, the ayes were 11
—-nays 39.. The report of the committee was
then agreed to. .
The bill from the House of Representatives
authorising the commissioners of the sinking
fund to purchase the seven per cent stock of
the United States in the year 1824, was twice
read and referred ; and then
The Senate adjourned to Monday.
House of Represeiitatives, Jan. l6.—The
Speaker laid before the House a letter from
the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a
statement exhibiting the value of the trade
which the U. States held with Greece, Asia
Minor, and Egypt, during the years ending on
the 30th of Sept. 1890, 1891 and 1822.
The bill, authorizing the Commissioners of
the Sinking Fund to purchase the seven per
cent stock of the United States, in the year
1824 ; was read a third time, passed, and sent
to the Senate for concurrence. _
On motion of Mr.McDulfie,the House went
into committee of the whole, on the resolution
by him reported from the select committee,
for amending the Constitution ofthe U.States,
respecting the choice of Electors ofPresident
and Vice President. Mr. McDuffie delivered
at length his views on ‘the measures embraced
in the resolutions, and occupied the floor un-
til 4 o’clock ; when the Committee rose, and
the House adjourned to Monday.
NEW-YORK LEGISLATURE.
Jan. 15.—No business of public importance
was transacted in either house this day. Bills
were passed to raise a tax for building a bridge
across the Genesee river at Rochester, and for
draining the Newtown meadows in Queens
couiity.———Tlie house went into a committee
ofthe whole on a bill appropriating $250 an-
nually for improving the navigable streams
in the county of Steuben—the bill passed, on-
ly 5 voting against it. Mr. Barstow sub-
mitted a declaratory resolution that it is the
right of the members of the house to attend
the meetings of all such committees as were
not directed by the house to hold their delib-
erations in secret. Mr. Hosnicrintroduced
a bill for the relief of widows and orphans,the
main scope of which is that such articles of
household furniture,$z.c. as are by law exempt
from levy by execution or distress for rent,
shall be equally exempt after the death ofthe
posessor, as before, dtiring the minority of
children, either in their hands, or in the hands
of the widow, so long as she shall continue to
live with and provide for them.
Jan. 16.-—In the Assembly, a petition was
presented from the American Insurance Com-
paiiy,iii N.York,for a renewal oftlieir Charter.
A bill was reported by Mr. Wilkeson, from ‘
a select conimittee—granting relief to suffer-
ers on,tlie Niagara frontier, whose property
was destroyedby the enemy in the late war.
-The connnittee ofthe whole, agreed to the
report and resolutions of Mr. M’Clure, from
-the corniiiittee on trade and manufactures.—
The house agreed with the committee of the
whole unanimously.
A message was received from the governor,
transmitting a“:-jtiteaty made with the Stock-
bridge Indians," _ti_'Sept. last.
‘ Mr. Barstowcalleil for the consideratidn of
his resolutievn of yesterday, as to the right of
the members of the house to attend the meet-
ings of select committees. Some debate en-
sued, in which Messrs. Barstow, Crary, Ru-
get and Flagg took part, when on motion of
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