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WASHINGTON, CONGRESS, &.c.
Extract ofa letter-‘from the correspondent of
the-New York Spectator, dated Washing-
ton, December B, 1825. ’
“ 'We arrived here in the afteriioon,between
one and two o’t‘-.lot:k_. The 3._PP°""3“°° °f
Washington and the capitol; as we approach
from Baltiniore, has little of inagnificeiice or
lié'auty—-—ihé grandeur of the latter, indeed
can only be seen to advantage on a near ap-
proach '; and when wuhiii its walls, you are
3; once struck with admiration atthe immense
and excellent work that surrounds you. A You
pass on every hand through and among pil-
lars, arches, and passages leading to ofiices,
committee rooms 8:. chambers, and soon you
‘are lost in a beautiful and sublime labyrinth,
which you can feel no disposition to leave.-'-
Every thing which surrounds the capitol is
still unfinished, except perhaps the fence or
paling of iron, which is fixed upon a stone
wall. Trees have been planted adjoiiiiug the
fence, but their selection, and the uianner in
which they are set out, do not accord with my
taste--the trees are mostly of the evergreen
species, small and scrubby, and are placed
very near each oilier--they may make a hand-
some appearance, some centuries henc‘e,\Vhcn
a part shall have died and been heivn down,
and the others shall have attained a tolerable
size-—but the elm and many other of our for-
ests trees are preferable. A great_deal yet
femairis to be done to the grounds in the vi-
ciuity of the capitol, and many iiienibeis of
the present Congress will have to bid adieu
to their ‘political lives before they can have
the satisfaction ofbeholding _them,free qf ex-
pense, in a finished state. ‘Next to the capi
tol,the President's house attracts the attention
of the stranger. It is a noble looking edifice,
ofwliite stone, ofthe kind ofwliich the capi-
tol is built--1 have not yet had the pleasure
of seeing the inside. The police ofthe house-
hold niust be in rather a negligent state, for
the grounds before that front which looks upon
the Tiber, are in a very filthy state ; rriucli re-
sembling a cattle yard. Here, too, everything
appears unfinished—and think it will be a
sonme of much regret to wlioever may be our
president for a dozen years to cotiie, that he
will never feel the satisfaction of seeing every
thing in order about the Presideni’s house.-—
Tlie several offices are convenient, but there
is nothing in their appearance worthy of note;
The walks which are laid out in their imme-
diate vicinity are in good tasie—4but the at-
temptto’ beautify the intervals and grounds
with little evergreens, from 6 to 18 inches in
lieiglit, cannot but excite a smile in a back-
woodsman, You know that much has been
said derogatory to the Tiber"-—I had prepared
myselfto see a diminutive i*iver——'but I “ll:
shockingly disappointed in finding the Tiber
so very diminutive--a dry horse, ofthe Penn-
sylvania breed, would absoltitely exhaust it, 8!.
cause a drought amongthe frogs. It belongs
to consistency and the national‘ cliaracter,
t-hatthe name be altered—it now only reminds
one of the laughable attempts,wliich are made
in our new settlements at the West, to attract
attention to a muddy creek and a collection
of log liiits,by conferring upon the town-' some
high sotiiiditig name ending in opofis.
Last Monday, for the first time in my life,
I witnessed the assembling of the sages of otir
country in the chamber of the -Represeuta-
tives. The scene was imposi'ng—the business
of balloting for Speaker was conducted with
great decorum——ttie manner in which he was
led‘ to the chair, the administering of the oath
to him, and: the silence which pervaded the
house when he expressed his obligations for
the honor conferred upon him—all was ini-
pressive. The ceremony of adrr'1iuisterin'g to
the Members of the new.Congress the usual
oath next followed—-this, one would suppose
would be interesting—yet the rnamier in which
it is performed takes from it riiucli ofthe el-
fect which it should have. The members are
called up by States before the Clerlt’s desk—.
the clerk holds up a sriiall bible towards the
gro-.ip—‘-these who choose lay a hand trpon it,
while others raise an arm. The Speaker then
repeats the oath in a low tone of voice—thc
book is kissed by those who toticli it, while
the others drop their arms and hurry to their
seats. As 1 was" not near enough to hear the
oath, I know not whether it be worded >0 as
to answer both forms ofsweariiig. You wilt
no doubt be surprised to learn that almost all
the members from the New England States
raised their hands, wt.-ile those fr. the Swift-
crn States, without Ibelieve a single excep-
tion, laid their hands upon the good book and
kissed it. I asked an old man who stood tiear
me, the reason of this difference in the form
of swearing, and he attetnpted to accotint for
it by saying that the New England members
were all Presbyterians, and the Southern all
Episcopalians! A few minutes after illi-
rnetnberswere sworn, a shabby looking fellow
taking advantage of the momentary absence
of the door keeper, uiade his way into the
hall, and stalked directly in front of the
Speakei’s seat where he attempted to tell his
business-'-he was iiiiuiediately taken by the
al‘l]l’al1§;l turned to the right about—he reques-
ted-, in very audible terms, that the gciitleineu
would not,_be in a hurry to show him the door
as what lieihad to say would occupy their at-
tention but a few minutes-—he was, however,
deemed out oforde_r, and in a_short; time was
outofdocrs. As there are a great many new
mernbers in tlie'liouse, it is to De hoped that
this example will have its due influence upon
their conduct.
Yesterday I spent an hour or too in the
Senate, aiitl had the satisfztciion of hearing a
brief debate, which arose on it resolutioti sub-
mitted by Mr. Dickerson, of N._J. last Tues-
day, having lor its object the appointment of
a coiiituittce on Manulacturcs,thus separatuig
the two subjects of Commerce and tllariufiic-
tures.. Mr. Holmes first spoke; he was in fa-
vor ofthe resolution, on the ground that the
matters connected with commerce and those
relating to inanufactures, were too nuuierous,
too iinportant,aiid too diversified, to be lo.ugc‘.i'
entrusted to asiugle coiiiriiiitee. I liked his
manner and his langutige—-tlie'first was sedate
and firm, the latter correct, and flowed slowly
and smoothly ; like a deep stream in which
there is no impediment. Mr. Fintllay,ofPa.
followed—hc has a hard knotty ioolgiiigface,
and a sort of sell‘-satisfied look, that is tar fin.
agreeable. He scernedhto tliink"tliat if Coin-
iiierce and Manufactures required each a sep-
erate Coiiiniutec, .r1gr2'cu(ture is also entitled
to one, or, that the subject should be coiinect-
ed with maiitriacrures. Mr. Fitidluy speaks
pretty rapidly, yet it is very evident that he
wants ideas and sonietinies words to express
with elegance, such as he may have. Mr.
Dickerson advocated,in a plain strait-forward
sort of a inanner,his resolution. , He had had
experience as a member of the Committi.-e.of
Commerce and Manufactures, and he had
long since been convinced that the subjects
should be separated, Ste. Mr. D.’s manner
is that of a plain man—h'e does not aim at any
display, and speaks distinctly to the matter in
haHd- Mr. Hayne, of S. C. who is, to ap-
lieatance quite a young irian, spoke in oppo-
sitioti to the resolution—he could not-possibly
conceive how the subjects could be separated
-—they were so intimately connected, that ev-
ery riieasure bearing upon the one, would
more or less affect the other, and the coin-
mittee that had the superintendence of com-
merce, should, in all their proceedings, have
an eye over every interest of the manufactiir-
er, 8z.c. Mr. H. has a good command of
words, and speaks without hesitation, with
much voltibility, and in a good round voice;
yet his mariner is not pleasing-—‘-he constantly
moves his right fore-arm up and down with a
rapid motion,aud when ‘speaking, he has very
much the attitude and jesture ofa man bead
ing nails. Other genzlenien gave their senti-
merits, but I have not titiie to particularize--
the resolution was agreed to. Mr. Johnson.
of Ky. then rose and said, he had a resoltitimi
upon a subject of vast uionieut,and he wished
the Senate would go into the immediate con-
sideration ofit. Mr. Calhoun here told liirn.
that the rules required the resolution to lie on
the table a day, and that it would be out of
order to consider it immediately. .Mr.J. said
he knew that it was not exactly in order, yet
he thought the Senate might gratify him, as
the matter was ofsuch great interest, and he
would move that the immediate consideration
be entered upon. The resolution related to
the Colonel’s favorite subject, the abolishing
of ii-iiprisoument for debt !—‘-‘The motion was
lost. Col. tIolinson’s appearance, language,
and manner, denote the genuine Kentnckiaii
—-arid there is such a plaiiiness and frankness
in his looks, and in everything that he says,
that a stranger cannot but feel an attaclitiieiit
for him from the ruonient that he opens his
lips. '
You can form as correct an opinion as I
can at this place, as totlie views which opera
ted as politicians in the choice of a Speaker.
~receivet'f_ a greater number of votes than either
jMr. M’Letin, or Mr. Stepliensoii-—atid I was
still uiore surprised when I learnt that he re-
ceived this support without being indebted to
the representatives from his own state for iriore
than two votes. New York, laui happy to
say, for once acted conscientiously. Perhaps
not more than three or four refused "their
votes‘ to Mr. Taylor.
UPPER PERU INDEPENDENT.
./ict qfliidcpcndcnce ofthe Province of Upper
Peru. ‘
The sovereign representations of the Prov-
inces of Upper Peru, deeply penetrated with
the m'agni_tu‘de and weight of their responsi
bility, to Heaven and the World, in deciding
the destinies of tli».-.ir constituentsgliave divest-
ed theniselves of all partiality and private
feelings attthe altar of justice, and have ar-
dently itnplored the aid of the Great Archi
tect ofthe Universe in forming a just decision.
Conscious of good faith,justice, moderation,
and careful deliberation on their present reso-
ltition, they declare, in the name and with
authority of their Representatives, that the
happy day has arrived, when Upper Peru has
becotiie liberated from unjust power, from
the tyrannic atid wretched Ferdinand VII.
-and that this fertile region has escaped the
debasiiig relation ofa colony of Spain ; that
it is inipnrtant to its welfare, not to incorpor-
ate itself with any ofthe" co-terniiiious Repub-
lics, out to erect itselfirito a sovereign and
iiidependeut State, in relation to the new as
well as the old world ; that the Provinces of
Upper Peru, firm and unanimous in tlici.
resolution, proclaim to the whole earth, that
ttiey will govern tlieuiseives, under their own
constitution, laws, and authorities, that they
may think most conducive to the prosperity
of the nation, the inviol-able supp-.ri or the
Catholic religion, and the iiiainienance ofthe
sacred rights of honor, life, liberty, equality,
property and security. To carry itito effect
this deterinir-iation, they bind theinseves, tliro’
inis sovereign representation, by their lives,
property and sacred honor.
Hull of Representatives, August 6, 1.395,
GREECE.-—Reccptitm of Com. Rodgers
at .N'a.poIi «ti Romania.——-'1‘lie following is
extracted tioiii a letter of General Roche to
to the Greek Committee of Paris, under date
of Napoli di Romania, September 7, atitl
translated for the NewYork Daily Advertiser:
" The American fleet, consisting of the N,
Carolina of 104, commanded by C0!ii||]()dt)le
Rodgers, frigate Constitution, the Corvette
Ontario, aiidoiie other Corvette, entered this
port on the P2‘ current. I have been on bnnrrl
the Conimodore’s ship to coiigrntulaie hi-min
Ht)’ quality 0l‘.EIIVo) from the Frencii Greek
Coiiiriiittee, on his safe arrival. He received
me with the most boriourahle dis-tine
iiou. The moment alter my arrival on board,
the inembcrs ofthe governuieut came to feli-
citaie him ;the President ofthe Senate, the
Vice President, and many Senators, accom-
panied tlieni; They were received by the
COllll[lf)(lt)l'e with the greatest distiiiciioii. He.
;had prepared a Dcjetiiit-r, where the.» greatest
cordialiiy reigned. Tlie Coiniuudore, in per-
son, sliewed us every part of his supvrb-sliip.
the first gun, the Greek flag was ll0l§ieLI at
the bowsprit, and was not lowered llnlll the
Salute Wzxsfililslleid. The forts rettirned the
salute gtiii for gun. Wlieu Couitii. Rodgers
returned the visit ofthe Greek Governuient,
he was accouipuiiied oy sixty olficers of his
squadron. The Greek troops nitinot-uvered
and filed off before him. The Greeks were
all eiithusiasui ; it was, indeed, a family fete.
The most perfect amity subsists between the
two nations. An American Consul will re-
side at Nupoli di Roiuauia, arid the Commo-
tlore states that he will leave a Corvette on
the Levant station.
Important Success of the Greeks.-—-By an
arrival lioui France last week, we learn that
the siege of Misstiloiiglii, which has been car-
ried oii by Rcscnid Pacha with such persever-
lug ardor, has at length been raised. After 3
fruitless attempts against the place, oti the
27th August this general succeeded in seiz-
ing the Franklin Battery, and in lodging two
of his regiments there. In the mean time the
It surprised me that Mr. Campbell of Ohio, '
garrison ofthe place had dug within the walls
a new fo"s‘s‘e by which they. would be able to
separate th‘etown from the battery_wliich they
saw mena'ced. While Redschid Pacha made
new efforts -,to fill up this last éntrenchmeut,
the Greeks ontheir part prepared a new mine,
and before the former were able to fill up the
fosse they sprang it, blew up the 2 regiments
of the enemy to the numbe'r of 1500 men and
retook the Franklin Battery.
September, Reschid Pacha, whose courage
and constancy the Greeks themselves admire,
presented hirriself at the head of the foremost
ranks of his army, to lend another general as-
sault. Repulsed with considerable loss, he
reappeared next day with all his forces, but
was not ‘more successful. ‘The loss of the
Turks in these two assatilts amotinted to 9.500
men. Profiting by their success, the Greeks
ptirsiied the enemy, wlioraised the seige, and
eticaiiiped the same ‘(lay at the foot of Mount
Calidou.
S ilber Mine n'er'1r C’o‘guiimbo.—A large quan-
tity ofsilver ore, was lately found about 14
leagues from Coquimbd in Chili “on the sur-
face ofthe earth, by a riiuleteer, who made
kiiowuhis good fortune at Coquimbo,and
was offered thirty thousand dollars for what
he had discovered. This discovery led others
to the "spot; and four or five rich mines have
been discovered,(traced from the silver found
on the surface,) which promise to be almost
inexhaustible. One ofthe mines was discov.
ered by Mr. Daniel VV. Frost, an American
merchant, residing at Coquiuibo ; and it was
supposed he would obtaiii a grant to work it,
as the other discoverers had done.
A London paper of Nov. 6th, says—“ The
first meeting under Mr. S. 0 Williams’ Corn-
mission, was held yesterday at Guildhall,
when several creditors attended to prove their
debts. We are happy in being able to state,
from good authority.tliat this failure, which
h’lS excited so rriucli astonislitiicnt and alarm
in the commercial world, is not likely to be
attended with the disastrous effects at first ap-
prelie nded frtimit, but, on the coritrary,that
a very large and speedy division is expt=ct_ed to
be riiade anioiig the creditors, and that a very
slight deficit will ultimately be experienced.’
A book is said to have just appeared in
London, without titlepa ge. designation, or
priuter’s uauie, consisting entirely ofa list of
uieu notoritius about town for running in debt
and not ‘paying ; or‘as the phrase among them
'5: 00' C'ril’lll5{ who su_fl’€7‘3. The first number
contains 4000 of such names, greatly to the
annoyance ofiriany, who may. perhaps be
tlins shamed ihto honesty. It is threatened
:o be continued periodically.
Weallh—procligalzty-—pocerl_y.:__M,3, Long
Wellesley lately died in Euglarid—tlie victim
of an unl’ortunate._ niarriage. When in the
bloom ofyoutli and beauty, and worth no es-
ta~e which y.elded, it is said, the almost iii-
credible annual income of S189 000, she was
wedded to Mr. Long Wellesley, by whom she
had several children. In a few years, by the
course of life he led, he became in~olvent.—-
She retired from fashionable life on a remnant
ofhcr property which was uiiatiacliable,niore
than halftlicincoine ofwliicli she allowed her
husband, who withdrew to the cuntiiient. He
will now lose what she allowed him.
[The marriage between Mr. Wellesley and
Miss Long, took place only in March, 1812,
and at what a rate must the parties have lived
that such an estate was wasted I An account
ofthe marriage is inserted in the second vol
time. of the Register, page 149. It was mag-
nificent and costly beyond example. The
bride’s dress—that is her frock, cost about
3,500 dollars, her boiiuet 750, her veil 1000.
The wedding favors distributed were 800, and
each cost a guinea and a half. The bride’s
necklace cost about $195,000, 81. her ear-rings
were of great value. But her wealth took
WiIl‘.’.S and fit‘-W away. She died poor and her
husband is peunyless. It is ri'ght.j—-.N‘ilcs.
The following statement is made in the Br.
General Ca’mpuell’s account of the capture of
Douabow front the Burmese.
-" During the seige,ihe enemy made several
bold and desperate soities on our lines. In one
of these sortics, a scene at once novel and in-
teresting presented itself in front of both ar-
mies ; seventeen large elephants, each carry-
mg :1 coriipleuieut ofarnied men, and suppor-
ted by at coliiuin of infantry were observed
moving down towards our right flank: I di-
rected the budy guard under Capt. Sneyd, to
charge theui ; and they acquitted ilietnseives
uiost liiiudsomely, mixing boldly with the ele-
phants ; they shot their ridersoff their backs
and fitially drove the whole into the fort.”
The parting scene between the President
andGen.Lafayette is thus noticed by the editor
of the Irishman, a paper printed at Belfast :
“ We this day give to our readers one of
the most interesting scenes which can be laid
before the human inind——t|ie departure and
farewell address of the greatest Republic the
world» ever saw, to that Veteran Hero, whose
sword was one of the first in the field to assert
ner freedom. The address of Mr. Adams is
a chaste and beautiful coinposition——a trium-
pliaut recapitulation ofthe glories of liberty
—-and the reply of the old soldier is charac-
terized by all the fire ol youth and WIs(I0|’Il of
old age. 'I‘lie Irishman feels no small pleas-
ure iti being the first Journal to give these
iinmortal productions totlie people oflrelaud.
On the departure of the Greek Govtmiiiietit ;
he fired a salute 0 f 17 guns. At the firing of ’
From. the Ohio State Journal.
Om-ze-ox '.I‘s.itiii-aioit-it.-—-'1-‘tits '1-‘erritory
bounds tiie vast dotiiiuiou of the United States
on the west. ,Il extends from the ttfltl to the
49th degree oflatitude, and from the 1 t5tli to
the moth parallel of longitude west oi Lou
doti. It is botitideo on the uortli, by a narrow
oclt oflatid, wliicii separates our p0S38SSl0lls
lrotn those of Russia, oti the E. by the Rocky
Mlouiitaiii, on the west by the Pacific, and on
the sotitli by the republic of Mexico. It is
about 6:15 miles in length by 490 in breadth,
and CUIIIJIIIS 375,000 square tniles, wlii--.ti, it
all sufficiently lci‘lllc, would support a popu
-‘altoti oi five or six uiillious. This immense
territory is almost uriknown. For the little
knowledge we possess, we are principally in-
debted to the discoveries ofClark and Lewis,
.vliicli did not extend uiucli further than the
banks of the Columbia River and its tributa-
ties. The name of this river was changed, at
the last sessioti of Congress, into Oregon,
which signifies, in the native Indian laiigiiage,
"the river that flows to the west.” It has four
great braiiclies, by which it is supplied. The
On the 25th of
the Oregon, Lewis bud Clark’s branches,
which are each large rivers 900 miles in
-length, and the Multriomah, or east branch,
which heads in the same mountain with the
Colorado and the Rio del Norte, which empty
into different oceans ; the latter into the At-
the Pacific by the giilfof California. The
0regon,after receiving the Multnomah,which
is I000 miles in length, increases from one to
five miles in breadth, and weds with the Pa-
cific in 46 deg. 15 min. oflatitude. A branch
ofthe Californian Mountains runs parallel
with the sea coast 100 miles distant, in a due
cotirse north and south. The country be-
tween this and the Rocky Mountains is one-
which some ofthe latter are very fertile. The
ground is, for many Iiiiles, . covered with a
beautiful growth of timothy and clover, which
will be seen in the next century covered with
droves ofcattle and sheep, feeding on the lux-
uriant herbage, and belonging to a man in a
state of civilization.’ From the scarcity of
wood, if stone coal does not abound, this
country would be more suitable for a grazing
and a manufacturing than an agricultural
coriiniunity.
One-fourth part ofthis territory, that part
which contains the Oregon harbour, will, at a
future day, enter the Republican confederutzy
as Oregon state ; and the city of Oregon, will
arise on its banks, which shall rival N. York
or Philadelphia in their wealth and popula-
tion. Then the busy hum of commerce and
the shoots of freeriien, shall re-echo from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. The inhab-
itauts oftliis territory, will enjoy a fair share
of the lucrative profits ofthe fur trade, which
is now principally inonnpolized by the British.
Tile)’ 03". also, carry on a profitable trade in
leather or hides, which they may in the same
abundance procure as the republic of Bueuos
Ayres, froui the numerous Books of cattle
which will feed on their plains. The wild
sheep ofthe Rocky Mountain are iutligeuous
in the Oregon territory. The wool is repre-
serited as fine and silky, and capable of being
tnade into the fiiiest of broadcloths. This
might be made a source of profitable manu-
fzitzturc, with other woollen goods, sold on
such terms as to supply the use of those of
European manufacture. There are maiiy
other iudurtcuieuts which will call the atteu
tionof Congress, at the next sessi-oii,~ to this;
territory. A bill was laid over, at the" last
session, authorising a military establisliment
to be established at the mouth of the Oregon
river. This, ifpassed, would have a good ef-
fect in preserving a larger portion of the fur
trade for our citizens, as I stated before.-
This branch is very valuable, and if no other
consideration was in the way, would induce
-Congress to overlook ali local prcjutiices, and
establish it, which will be the fins: grand step
l0W;tl'(.l,llle settling and consequently the civ-
ilizatiou of the couiitry. '
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the silence of the President in his Message,
respecting Commodore P'orter’s services in
the Vlfest Indies.
Piracy, it appears, is, for the present, effect-
ually suppressetl. 'I‘lie compliment to Capt.
Warriiigtoii tiiust be highly flattering to his
pride as an ofiicer, who deserves, we doubt
not, all the praise due to a faithful and skilful
discharge of the duties to which he is called.
It would be disengenuous,as we think it would
be riiijtist, in us, not to say, in this place, that
to Commodore Porter also is due, in our opin-
ion, ifrioi in that of the Public, great credit
for activity and eft'icieucy,in the same service,
previous to his being superseded by the officer
nanied. He suffered every thing but death
in it, persevering until the destroyer stood by
his bed-side; and, in the same service, for an
error ofjudgiuent, acknowledged by his Jud-
ties to have been coininiited with laudable
motives, lie is now enduring suspension from
service under the sentence ofa Court Martial.
'l‘lie Message, however, could, of course, only
iiicltide what has occurred during the presetit
Administration, arid,Commodore Porter hav-
ing been recalled before that Adiuiuistration
coniiueiiced, he has performed no services of
which the President could have occasion to
speak. It is a grateful office for us to say,for
Coiiiiiiodoge Porter, that not only the Court
ofluquiry, in the case 0! this officer, btit the
officers generally who served under him,a ward
him all the credit dtie to iiitrepidity,.iridefati-
gability, and assidoity, in that hazardous anti
disagreable service.”
According to the official Report of the Post
between fifteen 81. 20,000 agents employed in
the operations of the Post Oflice Department.
It was stated in the report of 17th Novem-
ber, l828, that there was'due to the Depart-
Coutractors, oti the 1st July, 1.89.3, three hun-
dred and ninety one Ili0USrlll(.I iiiiieliuiidred
and uiuety-four dollars and fifty-tiiue cents.
And in the same report it was estimated, that
not more than two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars of this sum could be collected. The
progress that has since been made, says the
Post Master General, in adjusting these bal-
ances, goes to coiifirm the accuracy ofthis es-
timate. Thus, there is a certain loss ofiiearly
one hundred and forty-two thousand dollars.
From the Documents laid before Congress.
Table exhibiting the Works projected by the
Board ofE-‘-gineers, which have not been
couinieiiced,aiid the estimates of their cost.
l-st Cl-ass,to be couiuieuced as soon as possible,
Ucsigiiatioii. of Works. Esliimzte q/' Cost.
‘Fort St. Philip, Louisiana, S77,8l0 79
Battery at Bayou Bienvenue, 94,582 30
Fort at Sollcr’sPoint,P2itapsco R. 6735205 44
Fort Toinpkins, New York, 420,826 14
Redoubt in advance of do. 65,162 4+
Fort at Wiiitm’s Point,N.Y. 456,845 51
Fort at Thrug’s Point, N. Y. 47‘l,l8l 55
Fort at Duiupling’s Point, R. I. 579,946 57
Fort at Rose lsluiid, R. 1. 82,411 74
Dyke across “fest Passage, Nara-
gansett Roads, 205,000 00
For the defence ofBoston Harbor-—
Fort oti George’s island, 453.000
Fort at Natittlckel Head, 539.000
Lunctte in advance of do. 79.000
Redoubt, No.92, in advance of do. 39.000
Redoubt, No.1, (on Hog island) 29,000
Dykes across BroadSoundP-us. 140.000
Cutting off the top of Callop. Isl. '2,4'£9 51
Works for the defence ofConauicut
Island, Naragauset Bay, ILL 220.053 43
l ‘ _ .3-i,c_z6,455.' on
north branch, wliicli still bears the name ofl
lantic by the gulfof Mexico, the foruier hitc-
even, bierig a succession of hills and dales, of
The National Intelligencer adverts thus, to ,
‘ltlaster General dated last month there are . , _
L ’ ’ Liniist have been adopted by the Congress of
nieut froiu Postriiasters, late Postinusters and '
throughout the United States,
H fiiaeteenth ttlftmgrrss.
MbNhA'Y, Dec.'l2.—-The Senate was chief’.
ly occupied in choosing its officers for.-the en-
suing two years. . Walter Lowrie, recently a
member of the Senate frorii Pennsylvania
was chosen _Secrétar_y,- by -a nmjo.-iiy, npm’,
the '3d ballot, of five votes. Asbury Dickens
was the next proriiinent candidate. Mountjoy
Bailey was re-elected Sergeant-at-Arnis*;.-,,mi
Henry Time Door-Keeper._ The Rev. Dr.
Statzghton was elected Chaplain.
:.I‘_HF. House was entirely occupied in re-
‘ceiviug petitions’ and resolutions. Among
the former was one fr. the Chamber of Com-
lnerce of Ph iladelphia, praying for an appm-
priation for the erectionofa break-water on
Delaware Bay. Two important resolutions
were offered by Mr. Wicliffe relative to the
power of the Circuit Court_. which have a.
bearing upon some recetit proceedings of that
court in Kentucky. They will be found below.
The resolution offered on Friday by Mr.
Illghami Calling on the President for inform.
atioii in relation to the trials by Court Martial
of Cuminodore Stewart and of Lieutenant
Sands, having been read-
’ Mr.- Mallary, of Vermont, inquired ofthg
tiiover the reasons which rendered it expedi_
entto call for this information; the trial of
Cohiiii. Stewart was over——-he had been hon- ‘
orably acquitted, and h e did not perceiveany
good eiitl to be tinswered by calling up the
subject afresh. '
Mr. Intzhaui observed, in reply, that he
could as~t'1:e the gentleman from Vermont"
that the resolution he had offered had not
been siiggested by any uiifrieudly feelings to.
wards C0flllllO(IOI'6‘ Stewart, or any other
peisou, but a gr.a’t mass oflieavy charges had
been brought against the officer referred to,
and circulated by the public press,witliout any
thing ofthe result ofthe investigation being
ptiblished, except the result ofthe trial. He
had been told that there existed many import-
ant facts, and a great botly of testimony, in
the case, which had never met the public eye.
These doctniients, he felt assured, would be
interesting in themselves, and were ofgreat
interest to the character ofthe accused. The
affair had excited much interest throughout
the country, and he was desirous of having it
better understood.
Mr. Mallory making no further opposition
to the resolution, it was agreed to, rieui. con. '
On motion of Mr. McLean, of Ohio, it was
Resolved, Tliat a memorial and certain
resolutions of the Legislature of the State of’
Ohio, presented to Congress during their last
session, asking a grant ofthe public lands in
the vicinity ofthe -respective lines of canals
constructing in said state, he referred tothe
Coriitiiittee on Roads and Canals ; and that
said committee be instructed to inquire into.
the expediency of granting the same.
On motion of Mr. M’Coy, it was
Resolved, That the Committee ofWayse
and Means be instructed to inquire into the"
expediency ofrepealing the law imposing a
tltity on itiiported salt. ,
On motion ofMr. White, ofFlorida, it was
diency of repealing an act of the Legislative
passing some additional or arnendatory law to
the act ofthe last Congress, better to secure
on the Florida coast.
Mr. Wickliffe, ofKentucl-zy, offer’d the fol-
lowing, which were ordered to be printed :
Resolved, That a Law ought to pass re-
pealing the 25th section ofthe act, entitled
“ An act to establish Judicial Courts of the’
United States :” and to prescribe the mode"
by which the questions referred to in the said
section, when brought into judicial contro-
versy in any of the Courts of the U. States,
may, upon the application of either party, be
original jiirisdictiou thereof, to the Circuit or
District Courts ofthe Utiitcd States, at any
time before a trial upon the merits;
Resolved, That the provisions oftlie find-
scctioii ofthe act of Congre~s, entitled “ Am
act for regulating the processes in the Courts
ofthe United States, and providing compen-
sation for the officers ofthe said Courts, and
for jurors atitl witnesses, do not confer upon
the said Courts the power, by rules and orders
ofcourt, to subject to execution and sale, on
final process, property and estate ofthe de-
fendant, which has not been made subject to
execution by the I8\VS—'0fll'i8 United States,ov.
the laws ol the State in which the judgment
was pronounced ; which laws ofthe state, to
be tirade‘ applicable to courts ofthe U. States,
the United States: And as that power has
been claimed and exercised by some ofthe
,Courts ofthe United States,
Resolved, That a law ought to pass. prescri-
bing tiiore specifically what processes ought
to be used in said Courts. '
TUESDAY, Dec. I-3'.-In Senate.--A me-
morial was-presented froui the merchants of ~.
Baltittiore, praying a repeal ofthat part of
the statute which prohibits _the importation of‘
spiriious llq_ll()iS in casks ofless than 90 gal’ns.
The resolution offered by Mr. Johnson, of
Ky. for the appointuieiit ofa select committee
to inquire into the expediency of abolishing
imprisoniiiciit for debt, was agreed to, after
amending it, by instructing the satire com.
miitce to inquire into the expediency of es-
tablisliing a uniform system of bankruptcy-
[Tlie com-
uiittee afterwards ililllleli under this resolution
Muss. VariDyke,of Del. Hiiyne,ofS.C. Mrlls.
‘of Mass. Benton, of Mo. and Berrien, of Geo.
A resolution was adopted for the appoint-
ment of select committee-on roads 8: canals.
After some ftirtlier business the Senate clo-
sed their doors and proceeded to the consid-
eration ofa rnesstige received frotn the Pres-
ident containing riomiuzitioiis, for C0llfil'lll1l-
tiou, ofa number of officers appointed by the
President during the recess _of Congress, a-
mongst them the iiotniiiatiori of Ruins King.
as Minister to Great Britain. There wits not
in the Message any nomuizition of members
to the Congress of Panama. Runior, how-
ever, assigns to John Sergeant, of Philadel-
phia, the honor of being one of the citizens
fixed on by the President for that trust.
IN THE HoUsr~:.-—'1‘lie resolve offered yes-
ierday. by Mr. Miller, calling for the papers
on Lt. Wolbert’s cour_t inartial, having been
again read, Mr. Miller, being asked the tea-
.on which induced tiiui to offer the resolution,’
replied, that he wished to understand the rea-
Resolved, Thattlie Committee 0t),lll‘e'-Jiis;3:__
uliciary be instructed to inquire into tlie-expel.’ '
Council of Florida on the subject o_fw_recks;.
and further to inquire into the expediency er" ‘
the rights ofthe owners of wrecked property '
removed from the State Tribunals holding. »
consists offll-essrs.‘Johtison, of Ky. Lloyd, of '
son of the dismissal of Lieut. W. from the sera .
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