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RE IGIOUS ANNlVERaARlE'+l3z
Jlnierican Bible sociczy.-Tine ioih a_nnl-

versary ofthis society was Gelellmled al1V9“"

York on Tliiirsday last. In the-absence of
the President. Hon. John Jay, the chair was

taken by the ‘Hon-. John Cotton .S'm'i'th,bue of
the Vice Presidents. From the Annual 

port it appeared that the receipts ofthe Soci-

etv during the past year,aiuouuted to 350,070,

being 36578 more than in any preceding year.
The donations of Biblesand Testaments dur-
ing the year amount to l6,547,valtied at 310,-
bit.-»--Duriug the year there have been
primed at the Depository, or are now in the
press 34,950 Bibles, viz. in English, £28,950;
fipauisli, 4000; French, 2000; antl 46,700
*'1‘e.stamenis_. viz. in English , 44,720 ; anti in
French, 2000 ; making a total of Bibles and
Testaments for the present year of 81,000,
whichadded to 451,909, the number statetl in
the Ninth Report, makes a grand_toial olfive
hundred 8; thirty two thousand nine hundred‘
and two Biblts and Testaments, or parts ol
the latter, printed froin the steret3_l.Vl"’ lllafie-‘
pf me Socgery, or otherwise obtained for on

culaiion during the ten years ofthe Society’s
existence.

Some unexpected delay has occurred in the
piiblication of a Pocket Bible, btit the plates
are cor-.1plcterl,aiid an edition of two thousand
copies has been ptit to press.

The total number of Bibles, Testaments,
Etc. issued from the Depository of the Society
during the year ending the 1st‘ inst. is 67,134
copies, which added to 87:’.,9l8 Bibles and
Testaments, and parts of the latter issited in
fnrnier vears, make the whole number issued
n», the Depository, from the commencement
ofthe Il1SllIllllOll,"l40,047. These are exciti-
sire of those 'ISSllt‘(l. by the Kentucky Bible
Society,:iud printed from the Society’s plates.
and of those which have been procured by
auxiliziry societies from other quarters.

Among the copies of the Scriptures issued

 

,_I,ming the past year,there has been a consid-

erable accession to the number of those in
foreign languages, particularly in the Spati-
ish. In foreign languages the copies have

Iieen, Spanish Bibles, 2705 ; French do. 9.053;.

German do. 157; Dutch, 1 : Total Bibles.
$066. Spanish_Testaiueuts, 2681 ; German
(10. 261 ;Portug-iese tlo.1 : Total Testaments,
0043, Total Bibles and Testaments in for-
eign languages, 6009. _

‘Want of Bibles at Home»--Altliougli much
has been done for ftirnisliiiig foreign countries
with the oracles of God, the funds of the Sri-
ciety must be multiplied to supply the wants
o'fa destitute and rapidly increasing popiila-
tion‘ in our own country. A gentleuian inti-
mately acqiiifiiited with the State of Illinois.
and who is Secretary-ofone of the Societies
there, writes, that at a moderate estimate,
one fourth of the lQ,000 families coiuposiiig
the population of that state is uns-.ipplieil- with
the Scriptures. Front the-reports of Bible
Societies, it appears that in Wayne co. Oltio,
654 families have been found destitute of the
Scriptures, although five o_f its towns are yet
nuexploreil; in Brown county, in the saiue
state, 985 families are in a siinil.~ir condition;
in one district of Scott county. Kentucky, out
of 559 persons subject to taxation, 5260 were
found destitute of the Scriptiircs; in another
district, 9.67 otit of400 ; and in another, 9237
out of 569.! In Alabama, in nine ofthe 36
counties of the state, etiibracing the longest
settled, and most highly improved parts of
the state, 2378 faiuilies are tlestitiite of the
Scriptures, while only 9095 familiesin the
same counties were siipplicil. It is estimated
that in the other counties 7134 families are
destititte. In the state ofliidirina, containing
40,000 families, it is estimritedthat not more
than halfhave an entire Bible.

Other factsofa similar character might be
pi-eseiited from other states of the IiVest and
South. But the Western 8:. Southern States
are not the only places at'_Tlicted' with this fairi-
ine of the bread of life. Iiivestigations tltade
tnider the direction of Bible Societies in dif-
ferent parts of the State of New York. dis-
close facts equally painful to every Cliristiaii
heart. From these investigations, it appear.-
'hat in Oswego county one fotirtli part. ofthe.
.t'=tmiii-..-s do not possess an entire copy of the
Holy Scriptures; in nine ofthe towns in Liv-
ingston county, not less than 277 families ; in
Tioga county, 500; and in Allcgliany county,
and some of the adjoining settleinents,atlea,st
one tliniisand families are destitute of the
Bible! The Society ofSt. Lawrence county
found ‘FIG families in the same situation with-
in_‘t"iicir bounds, anti, we are happy to add,
tool; immediate measures for a coinpleie sup-
pfy. These societies in the State of N.Yorlt
have been led tothese iiive's'tigations by the
noble example of their sisterhistitutioii in the
county of Monroe; and-‘each oi them, like
that institution, has resolveil not to cease its
labors until every family within its bounds
shall have a Bible.

./Imerican Tract Soc-i'ct_i/.——'I‘he 1st Anni-
versary ofthe Society was held at N. York
on Wednesday last. It appears from lllr-RP-
port that during the year 185 tracts have been
published, which form near 6 voltiines of4U0
pages each. The Society are in possession
of $2000 sterotype plates, and several editions
have already been published of some of the
Gracts. A considerable number of tracts in
the Spanish-language have been issued and
sent to Mexico and South America. About
831,277 copies have been circulated by the
Society during theyear. The ret*eip's during
the year for ptiblisliing tracts wcr»; 8i0,l58—
It is btlicved that
the sum remaining dtie for the Socicty’s house
ivill iii a few years be liquidated by the rentrif
pan of the bnildiiig unoccupied by the Soci-
ety. The house is 81 feet long and four sto-
ries high.

Jnccdote illustrating the ulitityqf Tracts.

_ .a‘I‘ovi'ar<‘lsthe conclusion of the Iieport, a

”niimbcr of striking anecdotes are related, il-
lustiziiiiig the utility of Tracts. We select
the fiiilowingz

" The tract entitled, ‘ Without Holiness no
man shall seelhe Lord,’ (says the secretary of
one at the most floiirisiiiiig auxiliaries of the
‘Sci-it-.y,) was the evident instrument of the
co.-eersion of an individual, who is pg,-pap,
as bright a trophy oi grace as this sinful world
presents, and is exerting a most salutary and
very extensive irifliicnce, especially by the
siiw-essfcl efforts of his mind and heart for the
rsiiig generation. - He has communicated the
a -count to the in the following language :—
‘This Tract,’ says he, ‘ was read to me by a
l'r,*.=:ic,—wbo felt concerned for my eternal iii-
terest: and ifl am not mistaken with regard

 

.Ili_0“’.ll3:£. ill? Q)’ iwfui "danger, and poiiitirig‘
me to the Saviour for mercy autl eternal life.’
Not long after this-, thesatne Tract was ‘read
at it prayer ineetiiig, and about twelve 'or fit"-
teon were deeply affected, and had no peace
till they found it in esus. From that hour
the spirit of God continued his gracious inflii
euoe, and more than one hundred were made
the hopeful subjects of his sanctifying grace I”

The committee conclude their report with
the following remarks: “ Thus have the com-
mittee related some facts commtiulcated to
them on the best aiitbority, during a few
months, in which the foundations of the So-
ciety liave been laiil. The intelligence of
twenty-eiglit individuals who give good evi-
dence of piety, and attribute their conversion
under God to the inimediate instumentality.
of Reliizious Tracts; and including the fruits
ofa revival ofieligion, occasioned by one of
tlietn one hundred midjifteen, who will bless
God for ever for the agency of Christians in
this work ofmcrcy. One ofthese individuals
never sawthe Bible; one was an Indian of the
“fest; and one has manifested his gratitude
by circulating within half a year more than
50,000 pages ofTracts, for the spiritual ben
efit of others. Dnubiless the Oniiiiscienthliiid
has seen multitudes of instances in which
these. publications have exerted their silent
and salutary effects; which the Day ofJt1tlg-
merit, and the ages of eternity niayalonc re-
veal: but these are a few facts_wliich Divine
Providence has brought to our view" for our
encotiragement in these incipieut~ell'oits. God
has given us these,to inspire our hopes, to an-
imate our praycrs,auti to incite us to persevere
in the work he has committed to _our trust.——

an abiindant harvest hereafter to reward our
lHb0|‘-‘*. if we persevere in their faithful and
devout perforinaiice.

\Vhnt lriend ofJe_sus will notchoose to be a
sliarcr in the toil, and in the glorious rewards?
\Vho will not count it his tiviiege to devote
a portion of his earthly stigistance to such a
Cause ? -‘Vim will corzseut that other hearts
shall glow, anil other lianils be active in this
work. while his min heart is chilled, and his
own hands folded in iiitlifference ?”

The .-Yew I'ori’i: Stiiiday School Union helil
its 10th Anniversary ineetiiig on Tuesi.lay.——
The schools to the number of 60, males and
feriiales. with their teachers——in all niimber—
itig between 5 and 6000—asscmbleil in the
Park at 3.o’i:lock, each st.-Iii-til having an ap-
propriate banner; The is hole; then moved in
ll regular hotly througli Briiiiiltvay to Castle
Garden. The females eiitered first and were
seated on the flight ofsteps in fiont ofthe up-
per terrace ofthe gardi-ii wall. ’I‘lie males
took their station on the broad walk upon the
walls. This was completely covert-:il,auil also
the ri-ofiiftho large saloon which stands on
the wallsiivei the gateway. In front were the
congregation of spectators aiiioiiniing to at
least l0,l’l00. After the whole hail been seat-
ed a prayer was off:-retl by the Rev. Doctor
Blyth ot Ky. after which "rt hymn was sting to
the tune of Old iliiiidrerl in which nearly all
the scholars joined. 'I‘hi- was followed by
one or two ailtlresses anil another hymn, when
the assembly ilispersed.

From the Annual Rt-port it appears that—-

“Thirteen scholars, during the past year,
have given sittistactory cviileuce of a cliaiige
of lieart,effected ilirtiiightlic instru:nentalit_v
ofsabbatlt School iiistructinn, and made an
open profession oftheir faith in Christ.——
‘ Laying outofview all other effects,’ says
the report, ‘ which will undoubtedly be pro-
iliiccd upon the minds nfthose who may never
-.e brought to a saving acquaintance with the
truth, these happy results alone bear the
strongest and most decisive testimony in fu-
vorofthese institutions, and are enough to
animate every one engaged in this einploy-
men! to more humble, ardent, and persever-
ing exertions for their prosperity.
It is already ascertaineil, that since the es_
tahlishmentofSuuday Schools in this city.
1783 iezicliers, while iiistructiiig otliers,_.,have
by that very means been themselves taught
of the Spirit, and ilelivered from the power it
darkness‘ Of the niimberjust inentiouetl, 46
have become pious during ilic past year.

Another fact deserving of remark is, that
forty-tlirec of these teachers have lClI their
employment in these schools, not to go back
to the emptiness and vanity of the world, btii
to devote their renewed entities in the service
oftlieir master in the Gospel mir.istry,several
oi‘ whom have entered upon their labors.

 

From the ./\’utt'onal Intelligenccr.

Frtom LIBEJRIA —-Very late iiitelligaiice,
of a iiiost eiicottraging character, has been
received by the Board of Managers ofthe A-
merican Colonization Society, from the (Jol-
ouy on the African Coast. The best hopes of
its friends are in a fair way to be reallzetl.—
The vessel which lately sailed from Boston
with a number ofeinigrants, arrived ‘in safety
in 3'1» days passage, and all the passengers
were landed in good health, and received as
brothers antl sisters by the other settlers. The
captain ofthe vessel describes it as a delight-
ful place; and the despatches froiu the Colo-
nial Agent afford the strongest .~v'ideiice or
the success of this experiment, and of the
prosperity ofthe Colony. It is probable we
shall ltave it in ourpower to publish,soinewhat
in detail, the accounts froiu the agents of the
Colony.’ Meanwhile, as a part of the inter-
esting information which they furnish may be
tnentioned the destruction of3 slave-factories
by the forces ofthe colony, and an accession
of H6 liberated Afiicaus. New settlements
are forming in the neighborhood of the Cap-
ital,(.\Ionrovia) anti it is with pride that the
friends ofthis enterprise, and the steady and
disinterested labourers for its welfare, behold,
in its present aspect, the elements of a great,
free, Christian, and educated People, on a
coast hitherto enveloped in the thick gloom
ofignorance and overshadowing clouds ofbar-
barism and superstition.
It is with great regret the Board have heard
of the death of Mr. Sessions, their Agent,wl-.ii
accompanied the emigrants from Boston to
Liberia, who was taken ill on the return voy-
age, and died on the 4th ofillarcli, seventeen
days after the departure of the vessel fioin
Liberia. He WJS a zealous and able agent,
and niiicii endeared to the Colopsits who
went out with him. _Al.tliougti the climate of
Africa isuot that ofthe white man, it is grati-
fying to learn that the faithtul Agent oi’ that
Colony, Mr. Ashum, motioned to enjoy good

to ixzy hope. in Jesus, it was the means of

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He has commiinicated these, as an earnest of_
blessings that shall follow ; as the first fruit of

rain the ‘tn!-72d 'Frqn7d‘tn Gtizeife-. .
GREEK FIRESHlP.—-While l)’ll‘.% I"
the liarborgof Milo there came intirthat port
a Spizzioté iiivislon of the Greek fleet_3""""
amongst them were a number offire-sliips.--
Several of the officers of the Uiitario tfifllll
myself visited them and were mticlsgratifieil
by having an opportunity of exainmiug lb'3.53
wonderful engines of destruction. We were
much astonished at the simplicity of their
construction, atid pleased to see, that_ifo_n_ce
fired it would be impossible to _exti_ngutsh
them. The commanders took a great deal of
pains to explain every thing to us {.0118 0‘
them stated that hehad destroyed 2 frigates,
and feels very confident of being successful,
whenever they can attacktlie enemy at-anchor.

They are vessels generally, ofabout 300 to
400 tons biirthen, and uiostly Pelacre brig-
rigged; they were foriiierly inerchantuien,
before the revitlution .; are strong vessels and
mostly sail fast. They have chain slings for
all their yards, and on the yard arms, grapple
or fire hooks, and abox on the lower yard
arms containing combustible matter, which
burns for some considerable time. The chain
slings are fortlie purpose ofkeeping the yards
from falling as long as p0s'sll)l': after the rig
giiig aiitfsails are on the. They have other
fire books on the bowsprit with boxes ofcoiii-
bustibles : there is a train which leads to these
boxes in the yard aruis and bowsprit, which
comiiiunicatcs with them and sets them on
fire; beforotherigging takes fire they are fil-
led with grenades and fire balls.
deck within about tivo feet ofthe water ways,
they have from twelve to fourteen hatcbes;—-
tliese hatches are kept closely shut when they
are approacbingan enemy, so that any fire
lrom them may notcomtnunicate with their
bold ; they have also ports along the outside
which they also keep close shut until they are
about firing the train,when they heave offthe
hatches on deck and open the ports, which
fall down. The flame tlieu has a fair oppor-
tunity of rising out of the hatches and burst-
ing from the sides. -

They have a between-deck fore and aft,
on which they have large cribs, built like doti-
blc birtlis,\vliicli are filled wiih_ light piuc,dip-
petl in tar or turpentine; mixed with this is a
qiiantity of fusbnsh, dipped in the same sub-
stance; t_hey also put on old tarpaulins and
other coiiibustibles, taking care not to have it
-lay too close together. Abreast ofevery deck
hatch they have a barrel offire-balls, $1. close
to it a hatch cut through the between decks,
so as to make a draft from the hole, where
they have nothing l1llli)7lllEts[_

‘The trains are laid tore anti aft in troughs
of two inches wide and three deep, running
in every cirectiou along the deck, which is
CI‘Vl.'.‘l'(‘(I with tar and turpentiiie, as well as
all the basins and carliugs. The train is geri-
eraily fixed from the cabin wiiidoivs, but in
case it should be required, they can set fire to
it from any of the poits along side. Just be-
lore they intend going along siiio ufan enemy
they wet all the sails with spirits turpentine,
and fill the train troughs with powder, all
hands with the exceptiouof the captain get
into the boat aster-ii, which are very fast row-
ing noats, and pull with from 192 to 14 oars,
wliicli is all the crew ofthe fireship ; the boat
carries [W0 siuall guns. \Vlien every thingis
l'G.'tfi_V,ll'lB captain being the only one on board
steers direct for the vessel he intends laying
on board, which he tries to strike about the
torecliaiiis, and does not leave th_e helm until
she is fairly grappled with the enemy: he
then jumps in the boat astern, and fires a pis-
tol iiiio the train, when the vessel is instantly
in a blaze, which it would be impossible to
extinguish. Iain told they btirn about from
one half to three quarters of an hour, before
they sink ; they do not blow up as it has been
generally stated.

C'allao.—The fortress of Callao capitulated
tin lhtt Qfltl of January. It was agreed that
Gen. Rodil and his principal officers should
be conveyed to Gibraltar in the British frigate
Tiirtar, at the expense of the government of
Peru, and that the troops of tho garrisoii
should be set at liberty. ltodil had previous-
ly placed all his money and effects on board
that frigate, and only about the sum of 84000
was found in the treasury. The proposition
for the siirrender, was made by Rodil, after a
great portion ofliis troops had died of starva-
iiou.———.’l4erc. fldv.

From the .tVoi;folk Herald, Qfthc 5th inst. I

On Wednesilay last, aboi.it:3 o’clock, I’..hI.
the dwelling house ofCapt. Wm. Benthall, at
the mouth ofScott’s creek, near Fort Nelson,
was struck bylightning. The electric shalt
entered a wiiidnw iii the second story,over a
tied on which Capt. B. had just thrown him-
seit, with a book to read,-anti literally covered
;iiin with broken glass, and pir:_ces of plaster-
..i.-i tho’ witnotit doing hiiu the least injury.
it tore offthe weather boarding down to the
cellar wall ; passed between the chimiiey
piece and wall in the opposite side ofthe room
and thence descended below the floor in an
oblique direction down thevside ofthe house
to the ground, splintering one of the studs,and
bursting off all the weather boarding in tnat
direction. It knocked olfa part of the bricks
from the top'of the chimney, which it crack-
ed to a coiisiderable distance down——l.)roke 30
or 40 panes ofglass--split :1 large trunk cou-
tainiug bed linen, to pieces, or. partially burnt
the coiiteuts. A large picture hanging in a
lower room hail the gauze burnt off, the glass
broken and the frame split. Perhaps it has
setdoin occiiried that the electric fluid so
completely diffused itselfthrough an inhabit-
ed biaildiiig, doing so much injury to the
iiouse, without "injuring the inmates.

NEW HAVEN, May 10.

Route of the Canal tliro’ the cit_y.—'l'lie Ca-
nal Ctiiiiiiiissioiiers, after a patient hearing of
the claims and propositions of the different
parties on the subyect ofthe Canal route tbro’
the city, on Satiii-day last came to a conclu-
ision, and decided in favour ofthe iiiiddle
route, tlirougli the creek, to enter the harbour
on the east side Long Wharf, the Basin to
be forined from thence to Touiliuson’s wharf.
’I‘liis route, we believe, will meet the general
approbation ofthe citizens, as being nearest
tilt: present seat of btisiiiess, and not more ex-
pensive to the Coiiipany titan either of the
timer routes proposed. Very liberal offers
were made to have it carried both on the
eastern and western routes, the whole of the
iaud being offered in both cases with a very
coiisiderabtc bonus. '1‘-lie advocates of the
creek route, we tinderstand, are to pay for all
tue land not given in, and to remove all the
obstruction: tottie progress of the work.‘

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Friday, May 5.—-In‘ the Senate, the bill
siippleiiientary to the act fbrther to establish
the compensation of officers" of the customs,
and to establisli certain collection districts,
r.-25:; ordered to a third reading, -

In the House, there was a long discussion
on the bill providing for the relinquisliinent
of certain lands sold by the United States in
Ohio, which with the routine btisiness, occu-
pied the whole day. It appears from a reso-
lution introduced by Mr. Stewart, of Penn.
as a report from the committee on Roads and
Canals, that nofreport will be made before the
termination oi‘ the session in relation to the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

Messrs Webster, Livingston anti Wright,
were appointed a committee to confer with a
committee ofthe Senate, on the subject mat-
ter ofthe disagreement of the two houses rel-
ative to the Judiciary bill. .

Saturda_i/, May 0.—ln the Senate. :1 mes-
sage from the House, asking a conference on
the Judiciary Bill, was referred to the Com-
inittee on the Judiciary ca coiiitntiiiication fr.
the Secretary ofWar, with a teport upon the
additional means ofdefence for the Mississip-
pi river,\vas received, and several bills ordered
to a third reading.

The House was principally occupied with
the bill for the erection ofLiglit-houses Light
vessels, &c. which was ordered to be read a
third tiiue oti Monday. The house then re-
solved itselfinto a couiiiiittee of the whole, on
the bills to authorise the represeiitatives ofthe
Marquis de Maison Rogue and the Baron
Baslrop to institute suits against the U.St2ites.
Aftersome discussion ofthe first bill,ihe coin-
inittee rose without coming to any decision,
and the House refused leave to sit again.-—
These two claims involve,we believe,the titles
of-above a iniliuii and a halfacres ofthe rich-
est lands of Louisiana, which cannot be dis-
posed of until valid titles can be given. The
object of the bill is to instiitite suits to try
‘whether the title is vested in the U. States or
in the claiiiiants. These claims have been
before Congress these 12 or 15 years, and
there appears to be ageueral disposition in
Congress to cnine to some decision on the
suhjiact. Mr. Brent has, session after session,
ever since he has been in the house, been iiii-
ivcaried in his efforts to bring Congress to a
determination as to these bills, and during the
present session, he made repeated efforts to
bring the subjects forward. The other mem-
bers from Lviiiisiana have displayed mucn
anxiety. Mr. Livingston is deeply iuteresteil
in the decision as to Bastrup’s claim, having
as he stated, paid for many years, the taxes
on 120,000 acres without being able to receive
the slightest benefit from the land. Mr.Gur—
ley spoke at some length in favor of the bill.
—Among the resolutions offered, was one by
;lIi.Cook relative to the lead mines in Illinois
and illissouri.

./lIandri_iy, May B.——ln the Senate, the Judi
ciary Committee reported that it was inexpe-
dieiit to appoint a committee ofconfeience on
the subject of‘the disagreeing votes ofthe two
Houses on the Judiciary Bill. The proposed
amendment to the Constitution in relation to
the election of President was laid on the table-

In the House the Committee on Naval Af-
fairs, to whom was referred the cominunit.-a-
iion from the Secretary of the Navy, of the
-30th of March last, relative to the expediency
of constructing, at one or rriore of the _Navy
Yards ofthe U. States, a Dry Dock, for re
ceiving, examining, and repairing ships of
war, reported——

That they deem the subject. one of great
importance to the interests of the Nation.-
Ttiey coincide fully with the views ofthe De-
partment, as to the necessity ofthe construc-
tion of Dry Docks, as well for convenience as
economy in the repair and preservation of our
Navy ; but the coininittee are of opinion that
such work cannot, with propriety be commen-
ced, until more accurate iiiformaiion shall be
obtained, of the proper location, extent, and
cost of such docks as our service may require.
They recommend the adoption ofthe fotloiv
ing resolution. .

Resolved, That the President ofthe United
States cause an exaniination and accurate
survey to be made by a sliilful Engineer ofa
site fora Dry Dock at the Navy Y-ards at
Portsinouth,N. H. Charlestowu, Mass. Brook-
lyn, New York, and Gospori, Va. and that
such Engineer be required to state the dimen-
sions necessary for such docks, the advanta-
ges of each ofthe above named places for
such establishment; the objections that apply
to either, with a detailed estimate of the ex-
pense of a suitable site, and of constructing a
dock at each of said places, and that the Pre-
sident be requested to communicate the same
to Congress in the first week of next session.

The bill making appro-priatioii to carry into
effect the Creek '1‘reaty, it as ordered to be
engrossed. _ -

The bill from the Senate to aid certain Iii-
dians to remove to the west ofthe Mississippi,
was also ordered to a 3d reading. Some oli-
jectious being made to this bill, iiIr. Tatnalt,
of Georgia, remarked, that all which had
been done on the subject would be entirely
useless unless it passed. “The il’I’Iiitosh party
now in this city, liavy recently determined to
return home, and take the lives oft} oi their
chiefs, and to excite a war. This he stated
on his own knowledge, and upon his own re-
ponsibility for its correctness. He had been
‘made acquaiiited with the facts, and had cal-
led on the Secretary of War to request that
troops should be employed to prevent the
evils anticipated. But the Secretary, calcu-
lating the great expense, had titotlglit it iuore
prudent to modify the provisions of the bill,so
as to meet the case. It", after this explanation
the House should reject this bill, it would be
with them ; no blame could attach to tutti.
Without the passage of this bill, the M cIii-
tosli party were determined not to fulfil the
provisions of tire treaty. lfthe treaty should
tneii be carried into effect, it must be at the
point of the bayonet. This bill is a part of
the appropriatioirbill, and that measure must
be iiiiperieci wtitioui it. It‘ geiitlertten are
careless as to the consequences of this bill,
uloud must flow. He would add that the illo-
tiitosh party had never consented to this new
treaty. They would have been eternally dis-
graced if tiiey had. He looked at the fourth
section of this bill as not an extension of ad-
vantages to the einigrzitiug party,but as alim-
itatioii. The agent is to be sent two years at’-
ter the conclusions of the treaty, and is to re-
inaiu among the Indians to prevent a civil.
war. He is then to go west ol the Mississippi
to select the lallLlS. The Indians will not eni-
igratc in a,bo:ly; they will go in straggling}

bodies. This was knowii to the‘ ga‘vernrnch'.*;

He had said all he tlzoiiglit necessary, and lie"
was induced to do this train his fear of the
dreadful consequences to be expected from’
the rejection oftbis bill. _ _ A ~, _
The bill to make a fu_i‘tltér approyiriation .
for ten sloops ofwar,-i was ordered to a third
readiiig, _ V '

Tuesday, ;ll,7trj,"9.—The appropriation bill
to carry into effect the Creek Treaty, was pas-
sed in the House of. Representatives, wheii a
l{'°'e5li Sltlttetl by the whole Georgia Delega-
l|0n. was handed in by illr.'Forsyth, and read
ll)’ llle C-lerk. It will be seen that the ques-
tion on the passage of this bill was taken by
“V95 mid 110853. when there appeared 1''? ayes,
-ind only 10 noes; these ten being the seven
represeiitatives from Georgia, and the S from
Alabama. Various other bills‘ were passed.
About 14 private bills were afterwards acted»
on in Committee ofthe whole and ordered to
be engrossed and read a third time to-day.-
Mr. Garnsey made an effort to carry the reso-
lution which was offered by him in March
last, on the subject of a treaty with the Indi-
ans, in the state ofNew York; but a discus-
sion arose, which continued until the expira-
tion of the hour allowed for resolutions, when
the Speaker arrested the progress of debate.

Wednesday, May 10.—In the Senate, the
resoltititiii declining a conference with the kl.
nfRepr.e'sentatives on the Judiciary Bill, was
agreed to by a vote of24 to 13. The ill rel-
ative to the Illinois Canal was l'f‘jeCl8 by the
casting vote of the Vice Presideiit.

In the House of Represeiitatives, a resolu-
tion introduced by Mr. Forsyth, to place the-
Protest ofthe Gen.Dclegation onthejou-rnals,
was agreed to. The bills which were acted
on in Committee on the preceding day were-
passed ; and about sixteen or seventeen other
private bills went through Committee ofthe
Whole, and were ordered to be engrossed,and
read a third time today. The resolution of-
fered by Mr. Gaiiisey, relative to the Indians
in the state of N. York, was finally adopted,
with an amendment. Among the bills orde-
red to a thirdreading to day, is to incorporate’
an Insurance Co. in Georgetown in this Dis-
trict. An ttnsuccessftfl effort was made by
Mr. Burgess, to bring up the bill to provide'
for the stirviring Officers ofthe Army ofthe '
Revolution.

The Banlcrupt Iiilt.-—The follmving is an
extract ofa letter from a" member ofthe Sen-
ate, opposed to this bill, to his friend in New
York, dated Wasliiiigton, May 5.

“Yesterday we laid the Bankrupt Bill upon“
the shelf. It is fast asleep for this session at:
least. Thank God for it-—for, tiiiiler the pre-
tence of favouring the commercial interest, it’
is any thing else beside a boon to the l‘l0llC5I.:
trader; and the 98d section—-(that is f3n!‘»ll_£{Il':
to damn any law that there are 93 sections‘
for the lawyers to graze anil fatten upon) the’
93d section enables any dishonest planter to’
get himself made a bankrupt to clieatyou or‘
any other honest man, by paying you Off with
an oath ; no better titan a ciistoui house oath ;
and not half as good as that, when taken by"
Much is said about the villziiny practi-_
sed under the state insolvent laws-grzmletl‘-‘
_Biit because there are lewd houses in Bztncltet”
street, shall we imitate the Russians, “lm in
Moscow have opened shops for the gratifica-
tion of unnatural lusts. .

Islioiild douhttlie policy, even if we were
the government like England of a Bankrupt
svstém, such as hers, or this now proposed.—-
But when I see and feel and know that it will "
tend only to enlarge the powers of the fr-deral
government antlthe patronage of the Presi-
dent, already too great, and to diminish by’
consequence, the powers of the states, I can-
not agree to it.

Ofihe first (in both its regards) we may tru-
ly say that it has increased, is increasing, and
ought to be and must be diinished, or we must
travel the road that all other nations have gone
before us. .

Ofthe last, (the power ofthe states) that it’
has been diminished, is daily dim7'nisliin2,and
if it be reduced any lower, nothing will be
left for the state governments to do butto ap-
point Senators. The 98rd section enables a.
dishonest planter or farmer, to procure him-
selfto be made a bankrupt in order to wash
out. The next amendment [i. e. alteration}
ofthe law may make him a compul.-o-y bank
riipt; and then the state judiciary will not
have a single case to decide, even between its
oivn citizens, in controversies growing out of
its own laws;anil we shall have, and must
have an army of federal judges even down to
justices ofthe peace, appointed by the Presi-
dent.”

The Aurora states, that a countryman who
was arrested in February last on a charge of
having committed a highway robbery in the
neighborhood ofPhiladelphia, was brought to
trial on Tuesday, when he was not only ac-
quited ofthe charges but proved to be a very.
honest worthy man. ' As the prisoner was 3-.
botit leaving the box, one of the bystandetts
touched by the hardness ofthe case, slipped a.
piece ofmoney into his hand. The praise-
worthy example was promptly followed “by
another and another : and finally the Jury
Called him to them and each contribtiteil his
mite to obliberatei the renieinbrance‘ of the
wrongs he had sustained. Thus in a few initi-
iites this simple and untutored countryman
made more at the bar, than many a shrewd
and learned lawyer does in a twelve month.

FROM EUROPE-1.—-French papers to
March 31st were rec'd at New York on the
14th instant.

It was reported that the Turks made a gen-
eral attackupon Missolonglii on the 23d of
March, by sea and lan'l. and that they were
repulsed, with the lossof several lltfillsflnd
men. It was also said that Col. Serves, who
was in thelmperialguaids under. Nap0lf’3"i
and is now in the service ofthe Pacha of E-
gypt, surrendered at discretion at Tripoltlzfi-.
Affairs at Lisbon were unsettled. The
Queen had refused to see her daughter since. .
her appointment to power. The London P11‘

ported by France and Englauil.

The Duke of Moiitiiioreiicy, fell down (lend:
while at church in Paris, on the 24th Mar :h.,
His funeral was celebrated with fill‘-‘at PU"}l’-'.
The number of private carriages in the train,_
exceeded 900. _ .
Enl1istiu'entswer'e publicly making in Frill"?-B-
for the- Viceroy of Egypt. A number Of Fl’-.
ofiicersieceiuly eiieaeeil for his services “€93.0-
zillolll. to sail from Marseilles. Six arinedi
vessels were fitting out at the same, pln9§- T91:

_tio Viceroy.

 

pers say, the present Regency will be 5“P'- U

in

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