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FOREIGN NEWS. _ '
By an arrival at NewYork on the 17th inst.
from Havre, Paris Papers to the 27th Oct.
inclusive are rec’d.
,_, Letters from Havre, state it was generally
believed in France that negotiations for the
recognition of the Independence of Hayti,
would be renewed. _
A private letter from Constantinople,dated
Sept. 26th, states thatthe combined Turkish
and Egyptian fleets were blockaded by the
Greeks in the ports of Budrouin and Stancho.
The papers say it is now doubtful whether
any of the French troops will be withdrawn
from Spain in January.
Disturbances have occurred in Bilboa.--
Some of the richest merchants and citizens,
had obtained passports to leave the place.
An account fr. Smyrna,statesthat a French
vessel from Salonica, bound to Alexandria,
Egypt, with 5 Turkish passengers, was cap-
tured in August by a Greek corsair, and after
being robbed, and otherwise abused, the crew
were put in the liold-—the vessel scuttled, and
sent adrift. The mate by some means esca-
ped and reached Smyrna, from whence a
French frigate 81. schooner had sailed inquest
ofthe robbers.
, A letter has been received in London from
the Rev. Mr. Colton, written in France, sta-
ting that he has returned from America for
‘the sole purpose‘ of coming to a general and
satisfactory arrangement ,with his creditors.
It is said the legal advisersof Mr. Fauntle-
roy have come to the determination that, un-
less an available deference can be established,
to advise him to plead “Guilty.” It is inti-
mated thatone reason for adopting this course
‘is, that in the progress ofan investigation facts
may transpire which would criminate certain
persons who have had transactions with Mr.F.
S.tv_iN.\'.iii, Dec. 4.
From Port an Prince.—Froin capt. Vicke-
ry,ofthe brig Gov. ‘Hopkins, frorii Port au
Prince, we learn that the repeated reports of
the intended invasion ofthe island offlayti
by the French Government, had created con-
sideraule excitement there. Measures were
taking to put the island in the best possible
state of defence, and a desperate resistance
was intended. Fortifications were erecting
at every exposed point. Martial law had
been proclaimed, and the emigrants from the
United States were compelled to pct;/arm mili-
tary duty immediatel_y on their landin 0‘.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15.
“Fe have received letters and papers from
Port au Prince, Hayti, as late as to the Qtlth
tilt. together with a printed copy ofthe official
documents appertaining tollie late abortive
negotiation between Hayti and France. Vile
find in the Port an Prince Feuille du Com-
nierce,the following consular notice, which
we copy in order to prevent any persons from
emigrating to Hayti with the false hope that
they will be able to leave it when they please.
“ U. 8..-Qgcncy, Port au Prince Nov. 5th.
“Official notice has been received at this
office from the Government of I-layti, that the
most rigorous measures will be put in force a-
gainst vessels detected in carrying away Hay-
tiens or Emigrants, from the Island ; and that
in the event ofthe fact not being discovered
until after the departure of the vessel, the
consignees will be held responsible. The
parties interested will please be governed ac-
cordingly. A.Anztis'ritoNo, U. S. Agent.”
[We have heard it stated, and believe it to
be true, that some colored men who went out
from this port on a trading voyage to Port ati
Prince, with the intention of returning in the
same vessel in which they sailed, were not
permitted to leave the Island. VVhen the
vessel was about to return, they were held in
prison and their baggage taken out..Mer..fldv.]
The Nat. Gazette states, upon the authori-
ty of a correspondent in Hayti, that the most
an industrious man and his wife can earn in a
year, upon the coffee plantations, at the pres-
ei‘.-t rate oftaxes, is $70. This correspondent,
who is an American, then adds :
“ How much, then, emigrants to this couri-
try can be benetitted by their removal from
ours—especially when there is such an insiir-
mountable prejudice against their religion,
and where the inauners, language and cus-
toms are so totally different fom their own-
can bejustly estimated.”
‘Ve learn that some London capitalists have
offered the government of Hayti a loan, at 5
per cent., ofthree millions pounds sterling, in
case that sum would suffice to purchase from
France the recognition of Haytien independ-
ence. It is added that the negotiation with
France, has been or will be’ renewed. The
British frigate Pyramus anchored at Port an
Prince on the 14th tilt.
The official documents, above mentioned,
were published towards the end of October,
with a prefatory address from President Boy-
er, in which the inflexible resolution of resist-
ing all attempts upon the independence of
this island is very strongly expressed. He
states that the most pressing instances were
repeatedly made to him by the French Gov-
ernment to send commissioners to negotiate;
that the first mission which be dispatched was
frustrated by chicane on the part of the
French ministry; and that the last miscarried
“by an incomprehensible fatality which al-
ways diverts the French cabinet from that ad-
justment which itappears always so desirous
to effect; by a system oftergivcrsalion,which
does not allow it, at the moment of conclud-
fzjx- ing,to sanction propositions already admitted;
_ or which causesit to renew pretensions which
it had abandoned.” The scheme oftheFreuch
..Government appears to have been one of es-
pionage and delusion.
BnAziL.——iVe learn thatafter the capture
ofPernainbuco, some ofthe leaders ofthe in-
surrection were executed, and other distin-
guished citizens ofthe place were obliged to
flee to avoid the same fate. The squadron
of Lord Cochrane proceeded from Peruam-
buco to Maranham and Para, to reduce those
places to the authority of the Emperor.
Latest from South ./1merica.—Accounts fr.
Buenos Ayres received in Philadelphia, con-
tain notices of various events ofthe war in
Upper Peru.* It appears tliata battle was
fought on the 12th ofAngust, in whicli the
Royalists proved victorious. The Constitu-
tionalists, however, to the number of 700, re-
treated in good order and occupied a strong
position. Here they were attacked by 300
infantry and 100 cavalry, under the command
ofCol. Valdez, but without success. After
ceeded in capturing Colonel _Valdez and his
whole detachment except the cavalry which
fled in the earlypart ofthe fight.
* The name of Upper Peru is applied to
the mountainous provinces in the‘_N. W. part
ofthe old viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres. It
includes Potosi and other mining dictricts.—
These provinces were formerly attached to
Peru, and hence their name. Bolivar’s army
is more than a thousand miles from this coun-
try. His success will determine its fate.
Colombian Captures.—0n the 1st Nov. the
Colombian schr. Aguila,Capt.Anderson, cap-
’ tured, in sight ofthe Moro Castle, the Spati-
ish corvette Active, a superb ship, American
built, with a very full and rich cargo: 40 of
her crew were landed at Matanzas, and 11
carried to Baltimore. Three days previousto
the capture ofthis corvette, the Aguila took a
Spanish schr. of 1910 tons, with a full cargo of
dry goods, and chased a Spanish brig of war
of 14 guns, which only escaped by getting in
under the guns ofthe Moro Castle. Captain
Anderson has been reinarliably successful in
cutting up the Spanish trade, having captured
within a few days after he sailed fr. Porto Ca-
vello three very rich prizes.
The brig Enterprise, arrived at Providence
on Monday, from Trinidad. On her outward
passage, lat. 80, 83, was boarded by a boat’s
crew armed with cutlasses and knives, from a
brig under the Biienos Ayrean flag,tlie officer
ofwhich demanded some lumber, for which
he would pay. A signal being made for the
boat to return they left the Enterprise with
orders not to make sail till a signal should be
made from their brig. The boat afterwards
returned with a double number of men and
took what they wanted. They lefttlie E.just
as a schr. hove in sight, which they fired upon
and brought too,but after detaining her about
3 hours let her go.
Chptureqf Pirates and their booty-—Tlie
Norfolk papers of Dec. 3131, contain the fol-
lowing gratifying intelligence, communicated
by Capt. Wilcox, of the sloop Macdonough,
who had just arrived from St. Augustine:
“ On the 16th tilt. at miduiglit,whilc on his
passage from St. Marks, to St. Augustine, in
lat. 24, 15, long. 32, capt. \V. was boarded by
a boat from the U. S. schr. Terrier, Lieut.
Com. Paine, and informed that the Terrier
then had in company the French ship Calyp-
so, having on board a cargo of 10,000 bags of
coffee, which she had recaptured five days
previous from the pirates, and was proceed-
ing with her prize to Thompson’s Island.-
The Calypso was captured by pirates on the
S. side ofCuba, near Cape St. Philip, and
when fallen in with by the Terrier, the pirat-
ical crew attempted to make their escape in
the boat, but fortuu:-itcl_v did not succeed ;—
they stated to Lieut. Paine, that a part of the
original crew of the ship had jumped over-
board when they took possession of her, and
that they had put the remainder into a boat
and sent them adrift.
Lieut. Paine furtlierinformcd c:tpt.‘.’v'ilcox
that on the 1st Nov. off Cape St. Autonio,the
Terrier descried an open boat with a number
of men in it,which she gave chase to and cap-
iiired, but tinfortunatcly the pirates (for such
they proved to be,) with the exception of an
old man and a boy, escaped byjumpiug over-
board and swimming to the shore. The two
persons left in the boat stated that they were
only prisoners to the pirates.”
The Slave Tr(ulc.——Iii consequence of the
niodificatiou by the senate of the convention
between the U. States and Great Britain for
the suppression ofthe African slave tradt~,Mr.
Adams, as soon as Congressadjourued last
spring, sent the amended treaty to Mr. Bush,
our minister in London, with instructions to
lay it before the British government, anti to
request its acceptance of the inotlificatious
proposed. A correspondence accordingly took
place between Mr. Bush and l\'Ir.Canniug,tlie
British Secretary of State, on the siibject.-—
’I‘lic British Secretary, tho’ his government
would have preferred the original treaty as
submitted to the Senate, acceded to all the
modifications made in it by that body, except
that which excluded the right of searching
vessels suspected ofslave trading on the coast
of America. Mr. Canning considered that
while this right of search was authorized to
be practised in the “lest Iiidies,the principles
ofequality and mutual confidence required it
to be authorized on the American coast.-—
Willing to ratify the treaty with the restora-
tion of this provision, the British gov’t. sent
an authority to Mr. Addington, its charge of
affairs at Washington, to agree to the instru-
ment with that amendment. 'I‘o this effect
Mr. Addington addressed to Mr. Adams, in
the early part oflast month, a letter. In the
reply of Mr. Adams, he states the unabated
earnestness of our government to accomplish
the entire extinction of the odioustretfic in
slaves,and states that the President would re-
fer the whole subject to the deliberate advise-
ment ofCongress, with whom it now rests.
[./lurora.
./Jrmy ofthe United States.-——The following
information is gathered from the documents
which accompanied the Presideut’s late ines-
sage to Congress.
The whole iuiinber of men enlisted to re-
cruit the army, for the year ending 30th Sept.
1893, was 2.552 .
by the latest return, was 5,779. The aggre-
gate perniitted by law, ifthe tanks were full,
is but 6,138. _
The deaths in the army in the two first
quarters of the year were but 53, and 13 of
them were from consumption.
The expense of the National Armory, in
Springfield, M5. for the year 1823, was 3186.-
824 ; that ofthe Armory at I-Iarper’s Ferry,Va.
was 194,378 dollars.
In the year 18:23, fifteen thousand stand of
arms were distributed amongst the militia of
the several States and Tgrritories, under the
act of 1308, “for arming and equipping the
whole body ofthe militia.”
The iuiinber of Revolutionary Pensioners
is 13,034, thatoflnvalid Pensioners, 3,737, 29.
that ofhalf-pay in lieu ofbounty laud, ££02Z.——
Ofthe first class there died, in the three first
quarters of 1892-1,441; ofthe 2nd class, 73;
of the 3d class,none. The annual amount of
Pensions to the 1st class is $1,337,316, to the
Ed S‘.°.98,0 00, to the 8d $9,976.
The number of Military Bounty Land
Warrantgissued up to the 22nd of Nov.18':24,
is 926,761, covering 4,J.74,6S:?. acres ofland.
a severe conflict, the Constitutionalists sue-I
The aggregate strength of our little army, ‘
“ Pirrsbiiacii, Dec. 4.
The murder in Ifentuchy.-—T|ie public feel-
ing considerable anxiety to -know the grounds
on which Isaac Desha,son ofthe Governor of
Kentucky, was arrested for the ‘murder of
Francis Baker, ofMississippi, as stated in our
last,’ we give the following particulars com-
municated by a gentleman fromMaysville,Ky.
Mr. Baker at Sonic place near Mayslick. Af-
that Mr. Baker was travelling eastward, and
intended calling on Capt. William Beckley,
a relation ofhis living near Washington, he,
Desha, offered to accompany him, to show
him the way to that gentleinan’s_, which offer
was accepted.—Notliing more was seen or
at days afterwards in the woods, covered with.
logs and rubbish, with his throat cut from ear
to ear! The back ofhis head was much brui-
sed,supposed to have been occasioned by the
strokes of a large whip in Desha’s possession,
and the thiniib of his right hand had been cut
-—appareiitly while resisting the kuife’of the
murderer. Desha, we learn, was met near
the place where the murder was committed
by a lad who asserts that his hands 82 clothes
were bloody, and that he was carrying a bri-
dle which was also bloody. The horse of the
deceased was found in the possession of De-
she; and a shirt Deslia had on, on being coin-
pared with Baker’s was found to becf the
same qtiality,with the mark cut out in precise-
ly the same place where Baker’siiaiiie was
written on the other. _
These circumstances, and perhaps a check
for a large amount seen inDesha’s possession,
caused him to be arrested ; and so great was
the excitement in the neighbourhood that the
jail in Fleiniugsburg where he was confined,
had to be guarded to prevent an enraged pop-
ulacc from breaking in, and violently putting
to iiuinc-diate death the man charged with this
atrocious crime.
|_Desha has since been thoroughly examin-
ed and conimitted for trial before the Circuit
Court. The unfortunate Baker was on his
way to New-Jersey to be married.]
\VAsnrNo'roN [Pa.] Dec. 6.
.-‘In act Qflllsll-1l1'l_7/.—Ol'l Friday morning
last, Henry Hall, of Peters township, in this
county, deliberately took a little bound boy, 3
or 4 yeavs old, to a spring near his dwelling-
housc, sat down and placed the boy’s head be-
tween his knees, and with a shoemaker’sknifc
nearly severed his head from his body, cutting
round and round into the bone ! I ! This un-
fortunate beiug, was on the same day, coin-
initted to prison, to await his trial.
./1 Dcsperudo.—On the 11th inst. a soldier
deserted frotn fort Mclienry, but was the next
evening apprehended in Baltimore and escor-
ted to the watcli-house for safe keeping until
morning. Before leaving him however, the
sergeant suggested to the Captain the propri-
ety of examining him, to see if he had any
weapons; he was consequently called imo the
guard room, and in the presence ofthe guard
asl«'.cd iflie had not a dirk,to which he answer-
ed, yes, and upon the pretence of giving it up
drew near to the captain Est. stabbed both him
and the sergeantseverely in the breast,and es-
capcrl, pursued by the guards. One of them
upon coming up with him pricked him in the
back with a bayonet, when he turned round 32
stabbed him 7 times, and again escaped. He
was, however, apprehended next morning.
ALI-lXA1\'DRlA,(D. C.) Dec. 13.
Importatzt Trial.—' ‘be celebrated case of
Clarke, against the Cortporatiou of “lashing-
ton, to recover the amount ofa ticket in the
Grand National Lottery, purchased by the
said Clarke, and which drew the prize of
,~3‘l00,000, occupied the Court the whole of
the last week. The law and the facts were
very minutely examined and canvassed, and
the instructions given by the court to thejury
were remarkable for their perspiciiity.
The jury retired at 9. o’clock on Saturday,
and in three quarters ofan hour returned into
court with a verdict for the plaintiff of 35,000
dollars, to carry interest from the 17th March
1824, till paid,‘ the prize was subject to a dis-
count of 15 per cent. Vile understand that a
motion has been made fora new trial.
The Attorney General of the US. $L'l‘hos.
Swann, Esq. for plaintiff. Gen. \Valter Jones
for defendant.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 7.
A communication from the Governor to
the Legislature of this State, conveys the cor-
respondence between the Bi-.Gov’t E'sLtheSec’ry
of State ofthe United States, in relation to
the negro act of this State—the 3d clause of
which, Mr. illirt, Attorney General, has offi-
cially dcclared in his opinion, to be tincoii-
stitutional. ——“ The Charge (i’Affaii's of
France, has, through the Secretary of State,
Mr. Adams, proposed to the state of Soiitli-
Carolina, to transfer to France, the funds due
to the Legionaries of Luxemburg, for prize
money and services on board the frigate L’In-
dien ; leaving to the Court of France, the ad-
judication aiid settlement of the conflicting
claims ofthe representatives of the original
parties. As, however, itis generally believed
that this debt has been already discharged, I
think that the proposition ofthe Government
ofFrance, though proceeding from the best
motives, and expressed in the most respectful
manner, will be decliiied on our part.
Land ofPromise.—The Concord Register
contains the following extract ofa letter from
a gentleman in the upper part offlockinghain
county, to his friend in Concord. The edi-
tor adds that the man alluded to in the letter
passed through Concord with his family last
week, and confirmed the statement.
‘ Last week, a man. \vho, 7 years ago went
with his family from Maine to Ohio, returned
with them through this town. He had a one
horse wagon. His fainily cotisistetl of ten
persons. He was in good circumstances when
he left Maine; drove business largely in Ohio
—-raised 1500 bushels coin—and when com
was in demand there,could exchange thirteen
bushels of it for a pound of Tea ; but some-
times the traders would not give more for it
than for chips. He had, as usual, much sick-
ness in his family, thdugh he lost none of his
children. The doctor’s bills were answered
by giving up his land and building. When he
left Ohio, he bought a pair of oxen for 400
bushels of corn standing in the field——drove
them 100 miles, and sold them for lsdollars
——travelled with his family 900 miles at an
expense of $90, and was quite rejoiced that
he had got so near home again.’
. , dQNt§RESiS_.
It appears that Desha fell in company with‘ .
ter some conversation, by which he learned .
heard of Mr. Baker, until he was found sever-J
__ §'rAuoiNo_Co.tiinti'i~'i‘i:i:s or The H-oosr:."_
0fElectio)is.-—Slo’an”e, Talia fer ro.1’rI‘ucltei‘,
of S. C.._H.all ofN. C.fitaiidetar,Thoiupscn
"of Ken. aiid”‘M,’iller. ' f l '
’''..Ways and ./}1eans,_--l\CI.,cLaiie of .D,’e_l' _ pg-
hani, Thompson '.ofGeo. A. Steveiisoir,
breleng, M'Dufi'ee, and M’Kiin‘.‘ Ti‘?
Claiiiisj.——Williaiiis ofN. C. McCoy,-Litch-
field, Maison, Whitilesey,Isaacks, $LJ.Wifson,
C'om1'nerce.——Newton, Tomliuson, Abbott,
Durfe, Dwight, Maiigiiui, and Morgan.
Jennings,Slr0ng, Vinton, and Whipple.
Post Office, &c.—J.T.Jolinson, Hooks, Ad-
ams,Stoddard,h1cKean,Alexander,&. Bartley.
District of Colzunbia.-——-Kent, platlaclt,
Findlay, AlexanderGazley, Blt1ir,'I'hoinpsou.
The Jndiciar_y.—Welister, P, P. Barbour,
Pluiner, Buchanan, Brent, Ross, 3:. Buckner.
Pensions and Revolutio nary C'laiin'.s'.-‘—Li t-
tle,Eddy, Allen of’[‘en. Win. Smith, Cul-
PBPPGV. Pluuier ofPenn. and Udree. _,
Public E:r]te'Itdit_ures.— t\I’Arthur, Clarke,
Gist,Sandford, J.Barbonr,Alison 8I.Van\Vyck.
Private Land Cluims.—Cainpbell of'O-hio,
Moore of Alab. Sterling, Garrison, Locke,
Williams ofN. Y. and Markley.
-ll'llln‘Uf!1CluI'cS-—Forward; Condict, Con-
HGI‘, Vvtigltl, CHILI, Marvin, and Mallory.
./?g‘riciI.llurc.——Van Rcnnselaer, Baylies,
Garnet, Harris ofI’enn. Rose, Wliiiman, and
Patterson, of i’ enu.
Indian ./],[]'airs.—Colte, Mitchell of Penn.
Williams of Va. i“tl’Kee, M’Leau of Ohio,
Ten Eyck, and Gatlin.“
./llililarg .xij'airs.——I-Iainiltoii, Mitchell of
Md. M’Arthur, Houston, Vance of Ohio,
Campbell of S. C. and Tatnall.
.N'at'al ./.'lfl"airs.—-Crowniiishield, Fuller,
\Varfield, Carly, Holconibe, Harvey, Bassett.
Foreign ./lfl'rzirs.——I+‘orsytli, Taylor, Stores,’
Triinble, Archer, Farrelly and Poinsett.
Revisal and Uigfinislied 8usincss.—Latli-
rop, Foot of Con. and Tracy.
.f]ccounts.——Allen of Mass. Swan, Letcher.
The Lil2rary.—-A. Smith, Bradley, and
Poiusett. of the House—Dickerson, Elliott,
and Williams, ofthe Senate.
Roads and C'an.als.—Heinphill, Stewart,
Sharpe, Henry, Heikimer, and Rives.
Enrolled Bills —Foot, and Lefiwicli, of the
House——aud Mr. Knight oftlie‘Senatc.
The following Select Committees were ap-
pointed inpursuaiice of resolutions.regarding
the disposition of variotis parts of the Presi-
dent's Message.
A , .- ._ I‘-2, _,
-' house resolve itselfiuto a _t‘0ml‘l1)lle€
.r“5Public I_.ands.—.Raukin, Scott, Garley,
On the 3lt])}7I'e8S'l0l'| Q/' the ./Ifrican Slave
Trade.——Govan, Herrick, Test, Vlayne,
Spaiglit, Eaton, and Herkiiner.
On the services and sucri ices of GenernlLa.
Fag/et.’e.——Rati(lolpli, A. Stevenson, Livings-
ton, Storrs, Mt-Laue, of Delaware, illitcliell,
(Q; llII)(l.fil:lIIll‘l\l]‘r1}-y, rr|lllbji8,IJI‘|()igl|a||), It orsyth’
i c u ie 1‘ angum, an to y.
On Rodds and Canals.-Heinphill,Sharpe,
Stewart, Henry, Mercer, Rives Beecher.
On the establishment ofa .7ii'llilai'y Post at
the mouth. of Columbia Ri't'er.—-Alexander
Smyth, Scott. Mctcalfe, Baylies, McLean, of
Ohio, Jennings, and Houston.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.
On Foreign 1it‘l(llf()Tl.?.——.l3ill hour, Jackson,
Macoii, Elliott, and Mills. ‘
On Fi'na1icc.—-Siititli, King, of N. Y. Ma-
con, I-lolmes, of Maine, and Lowry.
On. Commerce and .ilI(1n-ufaclures.—Dick-
erson, tiiggles, Findlay, Lloyd, of‘i\Iassachu-
setts, and Clayton.
On Jl1ili'tar_i/ .r7_jfiiirs.——Jackson, Benton,
Cliaudler, Taylor, and Joliiisoii, of Ky.
On the .Mililia.—Chandler,Findlay,Knight,
Branch, and Bell.
On A/‘rival .‘l_[}‘airs.—Lloyd, of Mass ‘Vil-
liains, Parrott, Lloyd, of Md. and I-layne.
On. Public Lands.-—-Barton, Thoinas, Ea-
ton. King, of Alah. and Van Dykc.
On Indian .9fi'(tirs.—Bentnn, Johnston, of
Lou. Elliott, Edwards, and Kelly.
On Claims.——Ruggles, Holmes, of Miss.
Palmer, Bell, and M’Ilvane.
On the Judiciri.ry.—-Vaii Buren, Holmes, of
Maine, Talbot, Brown, and Seymour.
On the Post Oflice and Post Roads.--Lam
man, Johnson, Ky. Knight, M’Ilvane, Taylor.
On P1'emiu.ms‘.——Noble, Talbot, Laninan,
Branch, and Cobb.
On the District of Columbia.—Lloyd, of
Md. Barbour, Noble, Eaton, and Parrott.
On ./1ccounls.—-—Seymour, Hayne,Edwards.
t Senate, Jlfonday Dec. 13.—Mr. Johnson, of
Ken. called up the petition of Lewis A. Tar-
ascon and others, presented at the last session,
praying for the opening ofa wagon road from
the river Missouri, north of the river Kaiisas,
to the river Columbia; which was ordered to
lie on the table. -
Mr. Barton submitted the following: Be-
solved, That the committee on Military Af-
fairs inquire into the expediency of establisli-
ing a fort at soirie suitable point on the usual
trading route between the state of Missouri
and the Mexican States, for. the protection of
that commerce.
Resolved, That the committee on Public
Lands inquire into the expediency of expos-
ing to public sale the lead riiines and salines
ofthe United States.
Mr. Holmes, of Me. offered the following:
Resolved, That the committee" on Finance be
instructed to inquire into the expediency of
providing for the more effectual protection of
the revenue of the Eastern frontier ofthe U.
States. The bill “ to abolish iinprison-
ment for debt,” received its second reading ;
and, on motion of Mr. Johnson, of Ky. was
referred to a select committee ofseveu.
l\1r.Van Buren presented, the petition of
Thomas L. Ogden, ofthe city of New York.
praying for compensation for the use ofreal
estate at Sacketts’Harhor during the late war;
which was referred to the comm. ofclaiins.
House of Representatives, Dec. 13.—~The
Speaker laid before the House a a communi-
cation froni the Governor of New York, en-
closing resolutions of the Legislature ofth-at
state, complaining of, and remonstrating a-
gainst the collection oftonnage duties on the
boats and other vessels itavigating the canals
oftliat State; which was laid on the table.
The subject of Revolutionary Pensions,
under the acts ofhlarch 18, title, and t\:lay
1,1820, was referred to a select comm. of 7.
Mr. Floyd gave notice that he should on
Monday move the House to-take up the bill
for the occupation of_the mouth of Columbia
or Oregon river. -
The orders of the day were then called 0-
ver by tlic Speaker, and on calling over the
bill to authorize the building of ten
sloops of war, Mr. Fuller _moved that the
to‘ take
up ‘this‘bill— Ayes, 72,———Noes, 79. .
Seireral other bills" were called up, but there
appeairing no d_i_'spos'it_ion on 't re part of the
- fll8ll]_l)'él"S'I0 act o‘ii"~ any of the orders of the‘
day, a motion‘ for adjournment was agreed to.
Senate, Tuesday, ‘Dec. l0._—-On motion of
Mr.Barboui'—--Resolved, That sd‘inucl_i of the
.l;7§resident’s Message as relates to Foreign Ar.
‘fa'irs,be referred to the Cominittee on Foreign
‘Relations. _ . .,‘-.3, ‘_ A
[The inoiion ofMf."Barbour,it was under-
stood, COn1[)l'el}ell(lS, besides others, that por-
.— tion offlte,,n1essage?«yyliich relates to arrange- .
iiients‘=fo§_,ihe*suppression of piracy and,ofpi-
rates,on tlie~islai,i,d,of Cuba, &‘.c. as well as on
the water.’-_ —.{.l-‘.hi3_,_';“q'I’i:i,estion of reference gave
rise to .sori1e,conyer__sati_oii on the part,-J_,‘of Mr.
Barboiir, iklriltly-I»a;vnféA';;ind~ Mi. Lloyd, of Mass.
whichwas iD,l.¢restiiig‘, as it indicated a strong
desire and dete_ijnii'iiatioii in the Senate to
leave no effort tiiieiiiployed to efl'ectiia_lly pro-
tect our com__merc,e piracy in the \"\’est
India sea._s,.:’a‘ii(l ifl,«8§',ill‘[)Z1l_§, the freebooteis
who now, bf-‘tlie acilities of concealment af-
forded to tliem iugthe island of Cuba, &.t:.prcy_
on our cominerceand commit such atrocities
on those who fall iino their hands. In the
course of the conversation, Mr. Hayne, and
Mr. Lloyd, both intimated an intention they
had respectively formed, to bring the subject
fully before the Senate by special inquiries.]’
The New York ineinorial,on thésubjcct of
Piracy, was presented, oi'(iered.ft'_)‘be printed,
82 referred to the Cum. on Foreign Relations.-
Mr‘. Benton presented the petition of sun-
dry inhabitants of the state of Missouri, on
the subject ofa trade and iiiterconrse between
that state 8.: the Internal Provinces ofhlexico.
[The petition recitcd,tliat a beneficial trade’
had been carried on for some years between
the inhabitants ofthe-two countries, in which
the domestic cottons and other articles had
been carried out fromzthe United States, and
gold, silver, furs, and mules brought back in
return; that the intervening tribes of Indians
presented the only obstacle tothe successful
prosecution ofthe trade upon a large scale ;
that the merchanclise had to be carried thro’
a tract of country inhabited by different tribes
to entey whose territory withoiit a liceuse,u as
penal, under the laws ofthe United States,
and dangerous, unless the consent of -the
tribes was previously obtained : that some
outrages to persons, and repeated ‘“d'cpi'eda-
tions on property, had already been commit-
ted ; and that a total interruption to the coin-
inercial and social intercourse, so happily be-
gan in that quarter between the citizens of
the two Republics, might be-» apprehended,
unless the government of the‘United States
interposed for its protection. The petition,
therefore, prayed--
lst. That the rightof an umnolested pas-
sage for persons and property, upon a desig-
nated route, between the frontiers ofMis:;oiiri
and the internal provinces ofMexico, might
be obtained by treaty stipulations, from the
Indians referred to.
3d. That :1 military post and an Indian A-_
gency niight be established on the Arkansas
River, at the point of the _intersection of that
river, by the proposed route.] '
The petition, upon the motion of Mr. Ben-
ton, was referred to Comm. on Indian Afl"airs.
The Rev. Mr. Mcllvaine, of Georgetown,
was elected Chaplain of the Senate.
In the House.—Tln'ee messages, in writing
were received from the President ofthe Uni-
ted States, viz :
1. Transmitting a reportof the Connois-
sioner of Public. Buildings,giving a statement
of expenditures, and an account of the pro-
gress ofthe Buildings; which was laid on the
table. [By this statement, it appears that
iml, and 35,389 58 on the President’s House.
The interior ofthe Capitol is now fi uished,
with the exception of sonic painting on the
stone work, and the has relief ornaments of
the Rotunda. Ofthe colonnade of the Por-
tico, thirteen colums out of twenty-four have
been worked and set ; the quarrying ofthe
rest is in rapid progress. The south Portico
of the President’s House has been completed
for less than the estimate; the north Portico
remains yet unfiuished.]
9.. Enclosing a report from the same coin-
missioner, accompanied with stateinentsrc--
specting the lots belonging to the U. States In
the city of \Vashington, which have been sold
by the public agents for that purpose. _
3. Transmitting a report from the commis-
sioner ofthe General Land Office, showing
the measures which have been taken under
the provisions of an act “autliorizing ‘the
Presideutofthe United States to enter 1lli()
certain negociations relative to lands located
under Virginia nrilitary lan'd warrants lying
betwccnDudlow’s and Robert’s lines, in Ohio.
Mr. VVright of Ohio, offered the following
resolution, which was agreed to: Resolved,
That the Committee on the Judiciary be in-
strncted to inquire into the propriety of pro-
viding by law that any judicial or any other
civil oflicer of the government ofthe United
States, who shall liercafter engage in figliting
a duel, or in challenging, assisting, or encour-
aging any other person to engage, shall for-
feit the office by him so held, and be over af-
terwards rendered incapable of holding the
like, or other office under the government.
Sc-xnatc, Dec. 15.——The resolution, offered
yesterday by Mr. Brown,of Ohio, provid,H1'.'.
for the appointment ofa coininittee on Roads.
and Canals, was taken up,and on the ques-
tion, Will the Senate‘ agree to this resolution
Mr. Chandler observed, that he was one of’
those who believed that Congress had no
right to legislate on this subject; that it was
in his opinion, unconstitutional; and time-
fore, said he, I have risen barely to raise iny
voice against the resolution, and to express.
my deter inination to vote against it.
‘Mr. Noble said he was sorry to find that
gcntlemau ~ from Maine opposed to the
appointment of a connnittec'.—-
thought the gentleman’s scruples wopld'
havetime enough to operate upon his mind
hereafter. I-le alluded to the circumstance of
the President’s calling the attention of Cun-
gress to the subject, and observed, in relation
to the message, that though he had not the
greatest confidence in every part,yet he was
very well satisfied with his opinion on this
important subject. He should vote for the a-
its general utility, and because he had an eye
to the promotion ofthe general prosperity and
welfare of the country. The question was
then put and carried-—‘-Ayes 18. _
The Senate thcn took-up the consideratiois.
of Executive business; and afterwardsadj.
380,844 65 have been expended on the Cap-
!-le .
dopiiou ofthe resolution, both on account of"
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