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From the Sdtiannah Georgiarz.
THE CREEK TREATY.
V The following important letter from Major
‘bierriwetlrer, one of the Comniissioniers who
’ concluded that treaty, now at Washingtoti-,.we
c'opy front the Athens Ceutinel: It colltattfs
information interesting but mortifying to ev-
efy citizen of Georgi.-i,wliose feelings it nrust
paiiifully excite, that the treaty should be now

declared invalid, when the expressed will of

the state is known to be in its favor, upon the
testimony of agents so partial, and whose pas-
sions were so tntich enlisted against the state
and its authorities as to disable them _from

forming a correct judgment, and whose duties
were not to itiquireiiitotlie Treaty, btit into

the conduct of a U. S_. Officer. The ‘colubi

nation oftliese U. S. Officers against the state
may succeed, but the voice of Georgia is the‘
Treaty l the whole Treaty and l-iotliing huttlie
Treaty. Mr. Merritvetlicr says, the Message
referring the Treaty to Congress was to be

tirade on the first January. A letter, howev-
er, ofthe lst, states that it was then expected
“ in a few days.”

“ Washington, 23d Dec. 182-’.".——Froin pa-
pers and do'curri’ents, you are able to obtain
all, and more than all,tlie information Icould

give you on 'iiratters and things in general,’

except on the subject of our ill-fated Treaty
--—I call it ill-fated, from a conviction that the
government is determined on its destruction,
and nothing but the firmness ofthe Seuate,iu
which I have some confidence, can save it-
in the House of Representatives, Ihave no
hope. On otir arrival here, I sotiglit air
early interview with the Secretary ofWar, in
company with Messrs. Cobb, Forsyth, atrd
Tatiiall, with the determination to know the
course they intended to pursue, and to give
him any information he might wish to receive
and which I had in my possession ; but to my
astonishment, I very soon discovered that the
Report of Andrews had produced a decided
opinion against its, and no information or ex-
planation was asked. He was asked upon
what ground the President objected to the
Treaty——the answer was ' that the Chiefs who
signed it were not deemed competent to make
a Treaty,’-—an eiiqtiiry was then made wheth-
er the distribution ofpresetits, or as they have
been called, ‘bribes.’ had any agency in pro-
ducing this opinion, he replied in the negative
and retnarketl that the custom ofthe govern-
ment was too well understood for that to have
any weight.

He informed us that the whole matter would
be laid before Congress. but that the hostile
delegation had proposed yielding to the Chat-
tehoochie River, and wished to know if that
cessiou would satisfy Georgia——-he was an-
swered that our consent to such an arrange-
ment ivould,at once, he admitting the iiivalid-
ity of the Treaty, which we would never ad-
mit. even iftlie wlioleofthe limits ofthe state
were stirrendered, rnirclr less when a valuable
portion ofit on the west side oftliat river was
about to be retained. I took occasion to say
before we parted, that on this subject, I had
nothing to conceal, and should the President
wish an interview, it would afford me great
pleasure to gratify him—he promised to com-
municate what I had said to Mr. Adams, bill
I have heard no more on the subject.”

Indian Treafy.—Tlie President ofthe U
States, with the consent of the Senate, nas
ratified the treaty nrade by William Clark, in
June last, at Saint Louis, with the great and
little Osage tribes oflndians. By this treaty,
these tribes cede and relinquish to the United
States all their lands lying within the state of
Missouri, and territory of Arkansas, and all
lands lying west of said state and Territory,
north anil west ofthe Red River, south ofthe
Kansas River, and east of a line to be drawn
from the head sources of the Kansas, south
wardly thro’ the rock Saline, reserving only
for their own use asniall specified tract lying
within the limits of the country ceded. In
consideration ofthcir cession and relinquisli-
ment, the United States are to pay to these

tribes the sum of $7000 annually, at their vil-
Jage, or at St. Louis. in cash or in articles of

nierchandize at first cost. The U. States are
also bound immediately on the ratification oi
the treaty, to furnish these Tribes with 600
head ofcattle. 600 hogs, 1000 domestic fowls,
10 yoke of oxen, and 8 carts, with such farm

ing utensils as the Superitrteiidant of Indian
Affairs may think necessary. Proper persons
are also to be employed under the direction of
the Presideirt of the United States, to aid
these Tribes in their agricultural affairs. A
Blacksmith is also to be coristairtly provided ;
and comfortable and convenient dwelling hou-
ses are to be built for each ofthe 4 principal
chiefs, at their respective villages. Reserva-
tions ofland are also made for the use ofthe
halfbreeds; and 54 tracts of a trrile square
each, are to be laid off‘ under the direction ol‘
the President of the United States, and sold
for the purpose ofraising a firnd to be applied
to the support ofschools for the edticatioti of
the Osage children, in such a inauiier as the
President may deem most advisable to the
attainment of that end.—.Middtesex Gazette.

From the New York Statesman.

French Spoliations.—- A large and respect-
able iireetiiig ofthe citizens of Philadelphia,
interested in French spoliatir.-ns, was held on
Tuesday evening, when it was unanimously
Resolved :

“ That the ordinary means of negotiation
having failed, it would be wise, prudent and
conformable to former precedents, under air-
alo;-_ous circumstances, to institute a special
mission or embassy to France for the purpose
of detuanding a restitution of the property of
the citizens- of the United States, ofivliictr
they have been forcibly deprived; and further,
that while a special‘ inissioir is in its nature es-
sentially pacific and conciliatory, it would, in
case of failure, have a happy tendency to unite
the American people, and strengthen the ariir
of government, should it ultimately be corti-
pellcd to adopt other measures to vindicate
the rights and honor ofthe country.”

It was also resolved that Daniel W. Cox,
Jacob Ridgway, William Montgomery, John
Inskecp, and Hugh Colhoun be a committee
to draft a memorial to the President of the
United States, in confortiiity to the above re-
.§0Illll0nS, and that the said committee be re-
quested to correspond with those interested in
Freircli spoliations in the other sea ports of
the United States, and to invite their co-ope-
ration in the proposed application to gov’t.

’ The Aurora in speaking of the meeting
says: It was the largest that has been witnes-
s_cd in Philadelphia for sevcralyears, and was

coritlu'ct’ed with so eirtrabrdinary, ‘degree of
unanimity and solemnity. Amoiigthose pres-
ent, were the various classes of sufferers. The
Antwerp claimants, and tliose whose Vessel-S
and cargoes were captured, ‘or rather faith-
lessly s§3i'zed- at the very eriiraiice of St. Se--
bastian's and other ports, by boats sent off for
the express purpose, were very numerous.-—
There were also to be seen many who had
inimetise sums extbrted from them, aino‘uut-
ing in some cases to more than lialftlie value
oftheir property, in order to procure _ an ac-
quittal from the condemnation wliicli had
been held over theiir -in tcrrorem for triotitlis
or years, Many also were there, who, urged
by secret emissurics to compromise, under the
sanction ofllre court, were conrpelleil to give
tip one halfor two thirds, to -preserve the re-
mainder; and last, though not least in nutri-
bers, were seen those who lost both ships and
cargoes by condemnation, after passing thro’
the forms ofa sham trial, and paying enor-
mous charges besides. Some few were pres
ent, whose property was finally acquitted ;—
btit, in these instances, the expenses and long
detention absorbed nearly every thing. As
no occasion has ever occurred in otir corti-
iirercial annals of more diversified injustice
and extortion, than our claims upon France
exhibit, so is it one, in which the best diplo-
matic talents of our cotintry are required to
effect the great pacific object which this meet-
ing appears to have had in view. '
We are glad that the tirercliants of Phila-
delphia have taketr a decisive step an this
subject, and we hope that their example will
be follmved by their fellow snf’ferers in the
other ports. Indemnity has been withheld
quite long enough, and there is certainly no
good reason why it should be withheld any
longer. The French Governnienthas been
sufiiciently indulged in Diplomatic equivoca-
tion, and it is proper, now, that they should
prepare to comply with our just. requisitions.

that cahiiiet altogether, or to wait for their
liquidation upon its voluntary, condtescension,
we should address it in firm tho’ respectful,
langtiage. Time can add nothing to the va-
lidity ofour demands, nor can it furnish any
arguments for reparation which do not at pre-
sent exist; and further postponement will be
but a continuation ofthe original iujury,which
has been serious in most cases, and probably
ruinous in many.
New HAVEN. January 94.
Counteifciter caught .'—On Thtirsday af

ternooo of last week. a well dressed and de-
cent looking man arrived in this city in a one
horse wagon and took lodgings for a day or
two at Mrs. Buck’s Hotel. He had in corri-
pany, his wife, air interesting person, about 17
years of age, and an infant child. On the day
of his arrival. a gentleman passenger in the
stage handed Mr. A.l\’Iorsc,at the stage house,
a letter from a house in Hartford, enclosing ‘rt
ten dollar counterfeit note ofthe Utica Bank,"
and describing the person who passed it. On
Friday morning Mr. Morse riientioned the
circumstance to a gentleman,who itniuetliate-
ly recollected having seen a person ansrverirrg
the description. Inquiry was promptly tiiadu.
which resulted in finding him at ,\1rs. Buck’.~'.
An eye was then had to his moveinents, to
ascertain where he tirade payments; and as
his wagon was undergoing some repairs at
Messrs. Cooke 8:. Son’.-, they were requested
to receive such inouey as he might offer. On
Saturday he called -and paid their bill in a
counterfeit ten dollar note ofthe Utica Bank.
He was immediately arrested, searched, de
tected, and taken before Justice Hunt, where
he plead guilty, and was required to recognise
in the sum of 81000, for his appearance at
the superior court now in session.

The person in question calls himself" Joliu
Peabody, and says lieis from Quebec. He
stated that he had kept a livery stable in Que-
bec, and had been engaged in smuggling teas
and other merchandize into the states; an
r-tnployment well adapted to prepare him for
the circulation ofcoiiiiterfeit money.

When first apprelrentled, he stoutly, and
with a good deal of affected iiitlitference, de
nied the charges ; said he should notjeopard~
ize his liberty by passing or holding counter-
felt money, antl remarked, after some of his
baggage had been searched, that his wife had
a trunk up stairs, and the gentlemen had bet-
ter search that. They took him at his word.
antl in his wife’s trunk they found a small
mahogany trunk, which they also opened and
examined. As they approached the bottom
ofthis, he renrarkctl that that was his wife’s
!!l‘IVflI€ trunk, and he wished they would not
disttirb it. The examiners had the curiosity
to thump on the bottom, and also on the top,
and finding both hollow from the sound, pro
ceeded to break open. The rogue saw him
selfdetected, and immediately acknowledged
the fact. Said he, “ it is of no use to deny,
.;entlemen ; yoti have got nie-—there is I700
dollars of counterfeit money in there.” The
solid wood of the cover was scooped oiit, and
the bills deposited and carefully covered over
with ,1 thin mahogotiy cover, tirade to fit the
top. The bottom was fortned in a similar
manner. On being asked where he obtained
the money, he said he purchased it of a ‘alt.
Page, in Dutiliam. Bedford county, Canada,
il small distance froru Vermont ; that he paid
for it 580 in money, antl a horse; that he had
had it only about six weeks, and had passed
none, except in H;irll'ord anti New Haven ;-—-
tlrat he had been about to throw it all away
several times; that it had been like coals of
fire to him ever since he had had it; that he
deserved to be taken, and he was glad he was
taken; he knew what awaited liiiii ; he must
goio Newgate. _

S The appearance of his wife after his detec-
tion was truly distressing. She__entered the
room with the exclamation, “ what have you
been doing .7” and when told burst itilo tears.
and with agoriized feelings wondered how he
could have such money about him &t.not let her
know it. “then told that he must go to New-
gate, she asked if she could go with liiin.-—
“ What,” said one, “to Newgate.” “ Yes.”
said she, “any where.” And when answered
Nb, her distress was as great as it was appar-
ently unaffected. She said, however, she de-
,served her trouble, for she had leflier parents
and married Peabody against their consent.
,tler youth, interesting appearance, and the.-
distressiug circunrstatices in which she is pla-
ced have excited no little sympathy. As to
Peabody, we doubt whether any reliance can
be placed on his statemnnts. The counterfeit

"Hartford and what he passed here, am--out to
j8l38l:', of the follo-wirrg denoriiinations, viz.
Utica Batik, 510‘ ',Pba3nix. do. N.Y. 10 and

Unless we intend to relinquish our claiiirs on.

bills found on hinr, including the $10 from '

til; ‘Plicenix do; Hart-ford, id, 5, and 2; Frank-
lin lilo. Baltimoij'_e, I00 ; Wilmingtonbt. Bran-
rlywine Bank. Delaware. 20; Geneva Batik,
l0 and 2; Orange cotiiity do. 5; Franklin do.
Providence. RI. 5 ; Agricultural Baiik.Pitts-
field, 5 ;Jerscy Batik, payable at the Ontario
Batik, N. Y. 5; Ontario Bank, 5; Manhattan
Corhpatry, 5; Harrisburg Batik. Penn. 6 ;—
L’-indholtlers do. S. Kingston, R. I. 3 ; Conr-
iriercial Bank, Perth Arnboy, 5; Washington
tlo. \Vesterly, R.I. 3 ;Clienango do. 8 ; Cen-'
tral do. Cherry Valley. 1.

About 3100 of good money was fot_iiid on.
lritti. He was committed for trial.—Journal.

Capt. Freeman ofthe brig Trident, arrived
at this port, from Porto Rico, (Dec. 15th) in-
forms that a French ship from the Coast of
Africa had arrived with a cargo ofslaves, the
first mate anti part of the crew having mutin-
e l and murdered the captain, supercargo and
second tuate. The slaves were sold before
these circumstances leaked out. The male,
on finditrg his coudiict was known, tirade his
escape in the boat, btit the crew were appre-
lieutled and coufiiied. The ship was bound
to St. Thomas, and had been given tip to her
consignee, and saileil for that place. Tliv
misfortunes of men engaged in this aboiriiii-
able traffic are not calculated to «excite the
sympathies of any one.-—Mobile Rev.

./II-Ieroine.-—A few days since,a lady in
this city, whose husband was absent, was in
fornred by her some mere boy, that a man
had just gone up stairs. She directed him in
go and see what he was doing. The child
went, and immediately returned and inl'orrri’d
her that he had seen a niaii’s legs protruding
front under a bed in the garret. The rrrotiwr
seizing a brooinstick, proceecletl to the garret,
and found a stout negro secreted there. He
attempted to escape,bui before he could reach
the outer door of the house, the child locked"
it and gave the key to its mother. The negro
then attempted to wrest the key from her, btit
our undaiiiited heroine played her broonisttck
so effectually tipon his head and back, that he
soon cried for quarters; and assistance lieli-ig
soon obtained, he was secured. All thieves.
who have any regard for their boues,a'.e advi-
sed to avoid that liouse.—.ilIiddlcfoii_m Gaz.

Pennsylvania Ua.naLv.—-In recommending
to the Legislature of Peiinsylvania the con-
struction of canals frotii the Swatara to the
Juniata, and front Pittsburg to the Kiskirnin-
itas, the cost of which is estimated at 8300,-
000. the cotrrtirittee who had the subject nude-t
consideration. remark as follows :-

“These works will be the commencement
ofa state canal to be made by the public. and
to be kept in the hands of the ptiblic, which
will always secure the vital objects nfease fst.
clieapness oftransportatioii. It will gradually
lead to the completion of a water C0l)Ve_'V‘r_lllt‘.t:
from Philadelpliia to the Ohio and Lake Erie,
which when accoinplislied, (with the canal
which is to connect the Rnritarr with the Dial
.tware,) will be preferred to the great Erie-
canal, even by the merchants of tne city ofN
York, in their intercourse with the states of
the west.—Wliethcr the Joni-.-tta or the west
branch route is decided oti, it will be more
than 200 miles shorter from the city of New
York to the Ohio river, tlirougb Philadelphia
and through Pennsylvania, than by the route
ofthe Erie canal.

It may be rerirarked also, that the N. York
ruercliattt, when he enters the canal on the
Atlantic waters,m:iy proceed to the Ohio with-
out the expense and delay of twice unlading,
which on the New York route nitist be en-
countered oir Lake Erie.wlieie also the vessel
will be exposed to contrary winds. The in-
terruption by ice will also be tiiucli longer on
the NewYork than on the Pennsylvania route.
The completion of this great work will place
our state. on the noble eminence she ought to
stand. It will create the greatest inland corti-
nierce, which is enjoyed by any state in the
Union; a commerce which will spring from
the most extensive inland navigation on the
globe ; a navigation which will embrace every
variety of soil and climate, and which will
animate industry and bring into useful activ-
ity countless iiiillioirs worth of coal, iron and
s-ilt;a navigation which will connect the gulph
of Mexico with the great Lakes, and through
the centre of Pennsylvania with the Susque-
hanna, the Delaware and the Atlantic ocean.

The prospect of a speedy completion of the
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal,is very grat-
ifying. In October last, only about 800 men
were employed on this work, but they have
since been increased at a great rate, and the
total force now engaged on the whole line of
the Canal is upwards of 2500. Obstacles
which appeared at first, to tnany, to be insur-
mountable, have been overcome, or are van~
ishing before the powerful exertions of ilie
present spirited contracto rs.—Delaware paper.

National Road.—The three routes propo-
sed for a National Road fr. Washington City
to New Orleans, have now been examined, &.
one of them will probably be selected during
the present session of Congress. The Coin-
irrissioners appointed to examine the Western
route, who recently arrived at New Orleans,
are said to have stated that a road can be corr-
structed to reach that city by land entirely,
thus avoiding the water conriniinication across
Lake Pontchartrain, OI‘ that from Mobile.

A committee of Congress has recommend-
ed, that provision be made for surveying a
road from Detroit tojfort Gratiot, at the out-
let of Lake Huron; a road froiti Detroit to
Saganaiv Bay; and that a reasonable appro-
priation be made to coiniuence the opening
and construction ofthe road from Detroit to
Chicago,as well as a suflicieut sum to coiupletc
the connexion ofthe Detroit and River Raisin
with the Mauuiee and Saiidusky roads.

[.-Herc. fldv.

 

In the first Constitut-nt Assembly of Guate-
mala, in 18223, 8 Indian deputies tooktlieir
seats, of wlroitr two were ecclesiastics. An
Indian was also electetl Senator. The :rib-as
oflndiaus in that Republic fortn more than
half the population. By the cotistituiioir,they
are placed oti an equality, with the descend-
ants of the Spaniards.

At Bengal, about ten thousand boys, and
fifteen htindred girls, are iii a course of educa-
tion under the auspices of the British.

There are said to be now in New South
Wales, upwards of 1%,000 male coovicts,wh'ilc
.:ie fem-ales do not amount to more than as
"many hundreds.

,‘A' _ .‘ ‘- I" -;..,~ ‘ct
 fitttetterttit (vtontircsis. _,
Election of I’i-‘esi'denL—Oo Thtrr.~'deiy,l9th

inst. the comnrittee ofthe House ofRr-.presen-
t-atives to whom was referred the resolutions
proposing air amendment to the conslitlllion
on the subject of the election of President,
&Lc. made a lotig Report accompanied with.
the following Resolution:

Resolved by the Senate and House ofRep-
reseirtatives of the United States of America
in Congress asseiirbled, two thirds of both
houses concurring. That the following amentl
‘merit to the Coristitution of the United States
he proposed to the Legislatures ofthe several
States, which, when ratified by the Legisla-
tures oftlrree fourths of the States, shall be
valid to all intents and purposes, as part of
the Constiitition.

That hereafter the President and Vice
President of the United States shall be cho-
sen by the people ofthe respective States, in
the iiraniier following: Each State shall be
divided by the Legislature thereof into dis-
tricts, equal in number to the whole number
of Senators & Representatives to which such
State may be entitled in the Congress of the
United States ;the said districts to he compo
sed ofcoirtiguous territory, and to contain, as
nearly as may be, an equal number of per-
sons entitled to be ropresentetl undertlie Cori-
stitutioii, and to be laid off for the first time,
imiiretliately after the ratificatioir of this a-
mendtircnt, and afterwards at the Session of
the Legislature. lli.‘XI_8ll\‘uj,)g the rIpp"l'll()ll
uierit of Representatives by the Congress or
lllt‘ Unilctl Slates ; or oftener if deciiied tie-
cessary by the Le;1lSI;tIllf8 ofthe State,buf no
alteration after the first. or after each decen-
nial formation nfdistricls, shall take effect at
the next ensuing election,after such alteration
is tirade. 'l‘lrat onthe first Thursday —ll'Id
succeeding Friday, in the mouth ofAuensl til
the year one thousand eight liuudred and
twenty-eiglit, and on the satire days in every
fourth year thereafter, the citizens trf eac-.~
state who possess the qualifications re-qiiisite
l-arr electors of the most tiirinerotis branch ()i
the State Legislature, shall meet within their
respective districts, and vote tor a President
and Vice President ofthe United States, out-
of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant
of the satire State with himself; and the per-
sou receiving the greatest nuuiher ofvotes for
President, and the one receiving the greatest
iitiiirber of votes for Vice President, in each
district shall be holden to have received one
vote, which fact shall be immediately certified
to the Governor of the State, to ‘each of tire
Senators in Congress from such State, and
to the President ofthe Senate. The Coiigress
of the United States shall be in session on the-
secoiid Monday in October, in the yo-ar our-
thuusaiitl eight Illll"l(II‘t‘.(I and ii.venty-eiglrt,-and
on the same day in every fourth year thereaf
ll‘-r ; and the President ofthe Senate, in thr
presence of the Senate and House ofRcpre-
sentatives, shall open all the certificates and
the votes shall then be counted :—-ilie person
uaviug the greatest nuinber ofvotes for Pres-
ident, sliall be President, ifsuch number be
equal to a majority of the whole number of
votes given ; out if no person have such ma-
jority, then a second election shall he held oti
the first Thursday, and succeeding Friday, in
me tiionth of December then next ensuing.
between the persons having the two highest
niiitibers for the ofiice of Presitleirt, which £7.t‘l
election shall be conducted,ihe result certified,
and the votes counted, in the same manner as
the first, and the person having the greates:
number ofvotes for President, shall be Presi-
dent. Btit if two or riiore persons shall have
received the greatest and equal number of
votes at the 2d election, the House of Repre
sentatives shall choose one of them for Presi
dent, as is now prescribed by the Constitution.

The person having the greatest number of
votes for Vice President, at the first election,
shall be the Vice President, if such titiiiibcr
be equal to a majority ofthe whole number of
votes given ; and ifno person have such ma-
jority, then a secontl election shall take placi-
between the persons having the two highest
nuitibers, on the satne day that the'second
election is field for President ; and the person
having the highest rumber of votes for Vice
Presidentshall be Vice President. But iftwo
or more persons shall have received the great-
est, and air equal nuirrbcr of votes in the sec-
lllld election,ttien the Senate shall choose titre
of them for Vice President. as is now provi-
ded in the Constitution. But when a second
election shall be necessary in the case ofVice
President, and not necessary in the case of
President,tlien the Senate shall choose a Vice
Presitlent from the persons having the two
highest numbers in the first election,as is now
prescribed in the Constitution.”

The reading ofthe report occupied about
air hour and a half. 3000 copies were ordered
to be printed. '

In the Senate, a bill was reported by the
Committee on Naval Affairs, for the estab-
lishment ofa Naval Academy, and the coni-
mittee on Roads and Canals, to whom was
referred the bill to provide for the survey of
the proposed canal and ship channel across
the peninsula ofFlorida, reported the satire
ivitlioutaiiy material ainetidiiieiit, ivitli a re-
port ofthe opinion ofthe committee, and a
long cointnunication from Mr. White, the
Delegate from Florida, on the subject. The
bill supplementary to the act to regulate the
collection of duties on iiriports and tonnage,
gave rise to sortie debate, from which it ap-
peared that a confidential agent had been sent
to Philadelphia, to investigate the facts rela-
tive I‘) the recent custom-house transactiom
in that city.

Monday, January 23.--In the Senate, on
Monday, it petition was presented from suit-
dry agriculturists of Pennsylvania, praying
that such a duty may be laid on foreign ar
dent spirits, as may prevent the importation———
which was referred to the cotir. on agriculture.

The Senate went iirto the coiisideratiou of
the report of the Naval Committee on thel
case OICOIH. Porter. The subject wascalled
up by Mr. Dickerson of New Jersey, who
«mirsidered that the cotutiiittee had inisconcei-
vetl the object ofthe Cointiiodore in making
the application to the Senate-that his object
was not to appeal frotii the decision of flit’-
Court Martial, or the Court of Inquiry, btit to
call the attention of the Senate to those char-
ges and censures contained in the coiirniuni—
cations ofMr. Randall and Mr. lltlountain,
tvhicli, when the subject of the suppression of
piracy was before the Senate at the last Ses-
slur), had produced a strong impression on the
uiinds ofthe ureuibers.—He referred to the
case of General Jackson, as-a precedent, and

contended that 'C.‘-omm. Porter, in calling the

a-ttelntioii of the Senalelo his case had ‘ ‘

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no more then Wll3tGt‘l1t3l‘alJatrltsmltlid,when
acoiirtriitiee of the Senate reporti-ti against
his proceedings, diiritig the Seuririole war.
_‘lVIlr; Hayne defended the report ofthe com.
tniltee, and contended that the object of rm;
application was ofthe tiature ofau appeal ft‘.
the decisions ofthe Courts——a practice whicl;
was injurious to the interests of the service ft:
the discipline ofthe Navy. Mr. Ilayue Spoki-.
with considerable zeal in support ofthe l'€.-port
ofthe COlllll|IIIt!6, but the motion of Mr. D. to
refer tlie_Rr~.po‘rt. with iiistriictions to strain;
out allafter the first paragrapli, which i'ef'er.-.
l0 llle C356 ofC-our. Porter was carried by a
vote ot"l7 to 13,

The bill aiitl -' ' '

H . ioiising the State ofOhto to
se certain lands heretofore appropriated for
We bellelll Ofconnnon schools give rise to a

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lung debate-, was ordered to a Stl reading.

l” ‘he H”.“5e. Mr. Forsytli,from the Com--‘
inittce on Foreign Affairs, to which" the sub-
J";“’ llfld bee" '_"l.‘-""""l, reported a bill to pro-
vtde tor the :lp‘prelieusi.in and delivery ol'de-
setters from French ships in me OHS of

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United States. P

Hr Hauiilton. frorii the Com. on Military
Affairs, made a favourable report relative to
the expediency ofcotrstrticting fortification,
at the entranceofPensacola.lbr the protection
ofthe Navy Yard and Naval Depot establish-
ed at that place.

A message in writing was rec’d from the
President ofthe United States and read an.

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:.l‘()Slllg a Sl«llt‘Ill( tit ofpririiieys paid out ofthe
I rensury of tin: U. States to the late Presi-
dcnt thereof, as curupeusation for his services
in various other offices which he had filled
under the government, and on other accounts‘
and also ofclaiius for allowances made by bill:
upon the G_overuuient which have been al-
lowed; which tiiessage was referred to tho
select cotiiiiiittee on the subject of the tic-
counts between the U. S. and Jas. Monroe

On motion of Mr. Johnson, ofN, Y_ it was

Resolved, ’f'liat the comm. on Commerce
be instructed to examine itito the expediency
vlvlacma Sim buoys on both sides of the
cltarinel from Sandy Hook to N. York tvher-
Wt‘-F llle 5ll0alS frquirc theui, in order to rent.
der the navigation st;-cure at all times . also
. .. . , . ' ’ V
._li..t .par buoys be placed on the Shippinnr
stones, Execution Rocks, and middle ground’
In Long Island Sound. ”

The Judicial bill was then taken up and

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M“ B"'£’.*‘S-. ofR. I. delivered an able speech
'“ f“‘“" "l MT» MerC6r’s motion to recoiiitnit
ilu- bill with instructions so to amemi jg as to
rtisctiarge the Judges of the Supreme Cour;
from attendance on the Circuit Com-is -,nd ,0
provide for the gradual reduction ofu,’e;,- pm.
sent number to 5. After Mr Burgess had
taken his seat, Mr. Kerr of Md. wishing to
address the house on the subject I()Lno|'r?)\v
moved an adjournment. Mr. Webster expi-es:
sed a hope that the gentleman would with.
draw his motion, aiitl suffer the question to be
taken before the house adjourned. Mr Kerr
l‘°“'e""°' l’e"5l5‘l"g in his motion the question’
“'35 “’l“’"*A)"‘«5 33-N.8l, 8:. the house adj
H Tuesday» J0”?! 5’-4 ~In the Senate, Mr.

I “.Y"es “Dill llle .lVaval 4.-ominittee, made 2:
report on the case of Com, Bone,’ amended
according, to the iustructiorrs given yesterday.
The report was concurred in.

In the House, the committee on roads and’
canals was instructed to inquire into the ex-
Pelllency ofsurveying the following described
:~oute,Ii;i_z. The v,-alley oftheAllegany River

rotn . nisburgh in Pennsylvania to Olean
Point in the state of New york‘ from mence
’“ ‘he ""lle.Y 01’ l-lie Clean and Ithna Creeks
"’Lll"e Lakes thence to Little Lake and
following the Valley ofthe Tonneivanta break
to Batavia, in Genessee county, New York
thence on the rtiost eligible route to the Em;
Canal in New York, or stich other route from
the Oleari Point to the Erie canal as shall be:
ruost eligible for the iririting of said wa(er5__
AM’ ‘r deellled ‘“‘lV'5*lllle. to solicit of the
Pellllle Of llle U. States the‘ favor of having
the survey made by one or more of the corps
of Engineers, and to report the resultof such
survey accordingly.

_ The Judicial bill being taken tip, the ques-
tion was taken witliotitfurtlier debate on Mr
Mercer’s resolution to reconiinit, and it was
decided in the negative. Mr. Kerr their dc-
livered his sentiments in favor ofthe bill in a
speech of an hour's length. Mr.Forsytli mo-
ved to amend the bill so as to makeouly sev-
en Circuits in the Union, but which should
include all the States. Mr. Webster opposed
the a -eirdiirent. Mr. Forsyth proceeded to
to explain his amendment and combat the ar-
gnnients of Mr. Webster. .-«fr. \Vebster re-
Pl'_e‘_ls and answered some objections to the
original bill. Mr. Mercer explained, and sta-
ted some facts as to the attendance of the
Judges on their circuit duties, and on those of
the Supreme Court, which he tho’t iucoiirpat-
ible. Mr. Alston spoke in favor of Mr. For-
syth’s amendment. and moved the bill lie on
the table arid the anienduietrt be printed.-
Negatived by a large majority. Mr. Living-
ston replied to Mr. Mercer. Mr. Forsyth a-

lion being then taken on Mr. For.~vtlr’s a-
inemlment it was negatived. Mr. Kreuier
uioved an amendment, which the chair pro-
nountzed otit of order.
Mr. Forsytli thou renewed the motion he
hatl before made in conrtniltee ofthe whole,
viz. to add to the bill, the following proviso :
" Provided, That no finaljudgrrients shall be
proiiounced by the supreme court of the U.
States, affecting the property, or life, or liber-
ty of any citizt.-n ofthe United States, which
shall not be approved by such a unniberofthe
judges thereof’ as shall constitute a majority
ofall the justices of the supreme court, in."
eluding the Cliiel'Josiice.”
Mr. Kreuit-r now moved an adjournment.
It was negative-d—Ayes 77; noes 99. The
qiicstioti being on agreeing to Mr. For.syilr’3
proviso, Mr. Sloane of Ohio, demanded the
prwious question. (the effect of which t...-uia
have been to exclude all amendnients.)-Tlie
House refused to sustain the demand, by the
requisite number of a majority of those pres-
ent. When air adjournment was again moved
by Mr. Kremer, and carried. Ayes 9!, 1\.8t).
January 9.5 and 9.6.--Nutliiug of import-
ance occurred in either house, excelptin-_-, that
the Senate passed the bill to abolish di»-.:rirri-
mating duties on tonnage and iniposts, ..nd
the house passed the Judicial bill. 0: the
‘25lll inatiy "aruendincnts were proposed to the
latter bill and lost by large majorities. I. it as
then irioved to postpone the bill to [He stud
‘doiiday ol'Dec. llhxl-——neg_:tllved I51 In 46-.-
a motionto recomuiit the bill was next in tde
and lost—-144 t.o 46. Tire quesrion was at:
length taken on ordering the bill to athird

gain spoke in opposition to the bill. The qu_es- *