Indiana American, Volume 4, Number 3, Brookville, Franklin County, 15 January 1836 — Page 2

Important from Texas!!

COGRESSIOJiAIi.

FROM TF.X9.

. -v- ! i :n .Mints from San Antonio

were to the 23lh. By an arm al yesterday, we have information two days later from the f nC ir in Texas.

Our informant stales thai a detachment of T.cn. Cos' cavalry, out procuring grain for Che horses, vt re attacked on leTth ult. by a ortfnnVvi:iiK.:iiiil hv them defeated, with

lhe loss of thirty five horses, and fsuiVering in killed and wounded the number of fifty men. The loss of the Texian?, three men slightly wounded. LW detachment of cavalry consis-

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it;u vi i iw.n ...v.., hided, were reinforced by

150 infantry; the parly of Texians employed

in the n-sanlt amounting 10 aoout mc same number. General Austin has been elected Commissioner, together with Messrs. Archer and Wharton,lo the ;ioans, &c. Edward lhir!l:cnn 1, l.r-rn 4 l.-rted 1V the atmV to till ti e

place vacated by Gen. Austin. Gen. Burlis-..-rr i Iliort-lnro ilt t 111, head of the volunteer

13 V I l v - - - army of Texas. General Houston has been appointed by th Griifr.il Councilof the Provisional Gov

ernment of Texas, to the command of the reg

ular armv to be rnised. .A". O. L'moh.

In senvte, Thursday, December 24. In the Senate, December 24th, afler nu

mcrous petitions and resolutions on various

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subjects had been presented ana reierrco, or laid on the table one day,

Mr. Hendricks having introduced the subject by an explanatory speech, submitted the

following resolution, which was read:

ohed, That the committee on the Judi

ciary be instructed to enquire into the expe

diency of hxing by law the time of the com

mencement and close of every session ot Con

gress. Mr. Webster said, the gentleman from Indiana, (Mr. Hendricks.) had slated very correctly the manner n which the 3d of March

had been originally fixed upon as the time lor

adjournment, i he first cdnesdav of March

happened to be on the. 4th day of the month.

and it so happened mat six years lor senators-

and two years for members from the 4th of

March was fixed upon, as the period or term

of their service, by common understanding.

He had no donbt of the authority of Congress to alter the time of adjournment, hut the alterat;on of the present arrangement, so far as regarded fixing a day certain for closing the session, might be a question of expediency. Some of the State Legislatures might in that cause have to change the 'ime of their meet-

L.VTEIt FROM TK.S. ing. He thought the great object ot the gen

The last accounts ft om camp, received by tleman might become at, by fixing an ear-

express at Brazoria, on the 11th, state that on Her period for the commencement of the sesthe morning of the Gth, an attack was made sion: say, the first of September. If a law

on the town of St. Antonio, by the Texian ar- could he passed, which would fix the conven-

my, headed by Capt. MilanC, and alter a hard ing ol both sesrionsat an earlier day. it would fight of 10 ho irs, succeeded in getting no?- in some measure, obviate the great evils re

session of three stone houses, from which posi- s illing from the procrastinated length of the

tion they ha. 1 silenced two or three of the sessions

enemy's cannon, commanding important Mr. Clayton observed that this subject had

points; and when the express left at 4 o'clock been referred to the Judiciary committee at

on the 6th. the fight still continued. The the last session, and although the reference

loss of the enemy could not be ascertained, had been made at a very late period of the

hut during the first 12 hours of the fight, they session, yet it had received, as far as circumoarried ofF all the dead, and when the courier stances permitted, the consideration of the

left, seventeen dead bodies could be counted committee. The greatest difficulty that thi

around one of tne guns that was silenced.

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From lhe .Memvhis Gasette. December 10. LATEST FROM TEXAS

subject presented, had not been referred to by

the senators from Indiana or Massachusetts I and could not be obviated by making the ses

sions commence at an earlier day, because the

constitutions of some of the Mates have pro

Mr. Winston arrived here on Tuesday last, vided that their elections shall be held in No-

having leu sl. Anihonio on tne ultimo, vember. l he committee nau oeen in some

He informs us that Gen. Cos had barricaded doubt how they could consistently with the

that town, and planted cannon upon the provisions in the constitutions of some of the

church, which occupies its square and centre. States, fix an earlier day for the meeting of

and is 300 ft et above its level. Ily this post- Congress, than the first of December, lie

tion, Mr. Winston further states, the Mexi- was in favor of the reference of the subject to cans are enabled to"rake all the streets in the ijic Judiciary Committee, because, said he.

place there being only lour. gentlemen Irom the uillerent Males can give a, Gen. Cos has 800 troops under his com- Us information as to the laws of their respec-

mand atlhat point, while parted tne lexian live States, tixing the period ot their elecarmy, about 200 in number, are in possession tions. lie was not opposed to the injury.

and stationed at some mills, halt a mile ahove ne had only adverted to the diihculties in St. Antonio, and the remainder of it station-hhe way. The resolution was then agreed to.

ed at several advantageous points for the pur- Mosiiay, Dec. 28th, 1835.

poseof cutting oft all recruits to Cos. In the Senate, the following bills were read On the 27th, thelay previous to Mr. A 's ,t. spron.i limc aiul refeircd:

IN SENATE. Tuesday, Dec. 29, 1625. PUBLIC LANDS' SALES DISTRIBUTION. Mr. CLAY rose, and addressed the Chair. Although (said he) I find myself borne down by the severest affliction with which Providence has ever been pleased to visit me, I have thought that my private grief ought not longer To prevent me from attempting, ill as I feel qualified, to discharge my

public duties: And I now rite, in pursuance of the

notice which has been given, to ask leave to introduce a bill to appropriate, for a limited time, the

proceeds of the sales of the public lands of the United States, and for granting land to certain States

1 feel it incumbent on me to make a biief expla

nation of the highly important measure which I

have now the honor to propos-e, Tl e bill, which I

desire to introduce, provides fur the distribution of the prt ceds of the ublic lands in the years 18:53, 24, 6, and 37, among the tw enty-four States of the Union, ar.d conforms substantially to that w hich pasted in 1S3:?. It is therefore of a temporary character; but if it shall be found to have sal

utary operation, it will be in the pow er of a future

Congress to give it an indefinate continuance; and

if otherwise, it will expire by its own term. In

the event of War unfortunately breaking out witli

any foreign power, the bill is to cease and the fund w hich it distributes is to be applied to the prosecu

tion of War. The bill directs that ten per cent, of

the licit proceedsof the public lands, sold w ithin the

limits of the seven new States, shall be first set apart for them, in addition to the five per cent, reserved by their several compacts with the United

Slates; and that the residue of the proceeds, w heth

er from sales made in the States or Territories.

shall be delivered among the twenty-four States, in

proportion to their respectie federal population.

In this respect the bill conforms to that which was

introduced in 1:12. For one, I should have been willing to have allowed the new States 12i instead

of ten per cent; but as that was objected to by the

'resident, in Ins eto Message, ai d has been opposed in other quarters, 1 thought it best to restrict the allowance to the more moderate sum. The

bill also contains large and liberal grants of land to several of the new States, to place them upon an equality with others to which the bountv of Con

gress has bean heretofore extended, and provides

that, when other new States shall be admitted into the Union, they shall receive their share of the common funds.

The nett amount of the sales of the public lands

in theyeir 183H was the sum of $:3,t)l7,G82 55, in

me year is.w was $4,o,ouu UJ, and in the year 185, according to actual receipts in the three firs', quarters anil an estimate ofthe fourth, is 12,222,-

121 lo; making an aggregate, for the three years

of$2I,l!-l4,4tU ;!. lhis aggregate is what the

hill proposes to distribute and pay to the twenty

four States on the hi st day of May 1836, upon the

principles which I have stated. The difference between the estimate made by the Secretary of the

Treasury and that w hich I have olTeied of the product ofthe last quarter of this year, arises from my

having taken, as the probable sum, one third ofthe

total amount of the three first quarters, and the

some other conjectural sum. Deducting from the

nnd communication might not have been opened! I

What industry stimulated, what labor rewarded!

How many youthful minds might have received the

blessings of education pnd knowledge, and beenj

rescued from ignorance, vice, and rum.' now ma-1

ny descendants of Africa might have been transpor- j

tec from a country where tney can not enjoy politi

cal or social equality, to the native land ot their

fathers, where no impeiiimet exists to their attainment of tha highest degree of elevation, intellectual, social and political! Where they might have

been successful instruments, in the hands of God, to spread the religion of his Son, und to lay the foundat ion of civil liberty! Ar.d, Sir, when wc institute a comparison beuvppn u h.it niitrl.t have been eifected. and what has

been ui fact done, with that large amount of na- l

tional treasure, our sensations of regret, on account

of the fate of the bill of Ib'-V.'i, are still keener. In

stead of its being dedicated to the benificent uses

ofthe whole people, and our entire country, it has been an object of scrambling amongst local corpo-

IIVDIAXA LEGISLATURE.

From the Democrat of Jan. b. INDIANA LEGISLATURE. IN SENATE. On Tuesday the usual amount of business dene; but little however of general interest. Among the resolutions adopted, we select i1h following a having as much meaning in it, nm as important in our judgement, to be considered, as any proposed ; It was offered some time since, by Mr. Payne, Senator from Harrison

anu at ine time, laui on tne table: but t i

momiiigcalled up and adopted.

THE POLICY. RcFohvcf, That the committee on Canal and internal improvements be instructed to

encpuire into the expediency, in the further

rations, and locked up m the vaults, or loaned out ,.,,.,:. n nf.vnt.i s nf Internal mr,rr

. rm"- t1 'curia.

by the directors of a few of them, w ho are not un

der the slightest responsibiliiy to the Government or people of the U. S Instead of liberal, enlightened and national purposes.it lias been partially applied to local, limited, and selfish uses. Applied to increase the semi-annual dividends of favorite stockholders in favorite banks! Twenty millions

ot the national treasure, are scatterad in parcels a-

mong petty corporations; and whilst they are growling over the fragments and greedy for more, the Secretaries are b ooding on schemes for squandering the whole. But, although we have lost three precious years, the Secretary of the Treasury tells us that the nrineioal is vet safe, and much food mav he. still

achieved with it. The General Government, by peal in part An act for assessing and collect-

an extraordinary exercise ot Executive power, no mg the revenue, was read a sC'0nd and third

longer allords aid 1 to any new works or internal im- tm3 alid passcd:and fie bill 'to incorporate provement. Although it springs from the Union, ,, ' ,, i -.r- n .. r , L,l rannot surv ive the Union, i no Ion en nW J tllC LwUKVllle and incciintB Rail Road

in any public improvement to perpetuate the exis- company was indchuatcly postponed.

tendeoi tne union, it is uut justice to it to ac-

knowlecge that, with the co-operation of the public

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ana lur me purpose oi raising tne necessary funds in this state, of extending her credit liberally to companies incorporated for these objects, upon the stockholders thereof, securing the stale for such advances of her credit,

by Mortgages ol real estate; and whether this policy ought not to be adopted, in preference to the policy of constructing such works exclusively b) stale means. The Cill to encorporate the Madison Waterand Manufacturing company' was passed.

On Wednesday January G, the bill tore-

spirited State of Maryland, it e fleeted one national mitlee of the whole, spent most of the after.1 l.n..;nirtl,iit t An linnir lint- tin c;.-: f Jr.. I . ... ' i

road having that ten lency. Hut the spirit of im

1 . M. Several bills were passed without

debate. After which, the Senate, m Com.

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form.active, vigorous and enterprising, w anting pe- rcss was madc through two ssctionsofone of cuniary and as well as intelligent direction. The them; when the committee rose, reported pro-

States have undertaken w hat the General Govern- gross, and asked leave to sit ajain, winch was

ment is pi evented from accomplishing. They are granted, and the Senate adjorncd. strengthening the Union by various lines of com-1

munication throw n across and through the nioun- iiyur- Kti n ULSti Ainhb. tains New York has completed one great chain. No internal improvement bill has vet been

Pennsylvania another, bolder in conception and far reported, but it is now being copied, for premore arduous in the execution. Virginiahasasimi- Leiitation to the House, the features of the bill

lar wotk in progress, wormy ui uu ..er enierpri.se . - hppn ,unA l,v ih rnmmu,B

A fourth farther South, where the " . . J

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,,rlir tliR ITn on re. ton onse v nonnnrtPil l.ns v'" U""J mwi mill;, 11 . I jimiu I naip

been projected, and it can certainly be executed man of the committee of Ways and Means with the supplies w hich this bill affords, and per- reported to the House a bill for raising the haps not without them. salaries of the Supreme and Circuit Judge?. The bill passed and these and other similar un- Mr Wn,e( proposed to Jay it or) lhe tabIc dertakings completed, we may indulge the patriot- . . , , . , 1 .. rr,, , . . . ic hope that o.ir Union will be bound by ties and in- whicl1 'ld not P' pvail. The bill being twice terests that render it indissoluble. As the General read, afler a suspension ofthe rule.Mr. Starp

Government withholds all direct agency from these! moved to amend it, so as to provide than In

$1,04 4 ,4U4 .)U, the fifteen per cent, to which the truly national works, and from all new objects of salaries of the Judges commence, from and

seven new states according to .the bill, will he hrst internal improvement, ought it not to yield to the aftcr ti,e lst day 0f April next. Mr. Thomp-

, uuiouiiuii" iu ic, niuru win i oLulcS w iiiii is muiruwii, tut; auitiuut reueivuu irom I r t i . .1 ,

remain for distribution among the twenty-four the public lands? It would thus but execute faith- P" ol iJ" .T " , States ofthe llnion tl.n su n of S 1S.4?Ji (154 21. fulW n trust pvnrpssls crea ted hv the oritrinMl Ao.u proposed by JMr. Stapp, so as to make tlicm

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of North

departure, a report had reached the Texian

forces that a reinforcement'of Mexicans, were

on their way to join Gen. Co. Col. Fan

ning, of Feorgia, a gallant soldier and a skil

ful othcer, was despatched w ith one hunarea

men to meet them and tut them olt.

sum the proportion or Kentucky w ill be of cession, or resulting rrom the treaties of acquisi- commence irom anu alter the nrstoi janunni ,41, of Virginia thesum of 1,581.009 TO. tion. With this ample resource, every desirable ob- 1S3H. which did not nrv.iih Mr. Sami'sn-I

Carolina 988,032 42. and of Pennsvlva- iect of imnrovement. in every nart of our extensive LJ. ii,n ..J..i.i ..i i.. i.;ii.,J

... .TJ.J .i r,., - , J ' , " ... . " UlCIUllllllll li lllH I1UUU1HI. IIU lilt lllll il -,"j,-' . lhe proportion of Indiana, country, may. in due time, be accomplished. Pla- , i i :j , ,i .

nirthe fifteen iwrt. -illh t-w .i f.i ; r . i. aineiiueu, laiu on me tauie, on me m'juonoi.

mi.

The bill to change organization ofthe Ge

neral Post Oilice.

The bill providing for the increase of the

corps of Engineers, and for other persons. The bill to grant the Stale of Missouri a rnrlnin minnlitv of l.lllil fir thp nili noso of ill-

On the 2Dth, the Texian army were to have na, imp,-ovement. ccived a large held piece, with 101 ball. T, , ... f rei:ef0f Sebastian Rutcher

and others, and

recciveu a large neia piece

As soon as they arrived, they designed to as

sault the tow n, 'and from their favorable situation at the mills, it was expected to break down the walls, and storm the town, without even the loss of lives or bloodshed. The brave and intrepid little Texian armv

have bantered Gen. Cos with the odds of four to one, if he would dare march out and give them a fair fight in the open prairie; but the cour.vgeovs General "could not muster courage enough to how fight with his SIX) Spaniards asinst'200 Texians!1.

The republican Mexicans of St. Antonio l arc much enraged at the brutal conduct ofj

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oi wmo ji,ui 4,iiu ch, anil ol Mississippi

U40 And the proportions of all the

States are indicated in a table which

hand, prepared at mv instance in the office? ofthe

Secretary ofthe Senate, and to which any Senator may have access. The ground on which the extra allowance is made to the new States are, first their complaint that all lands sold by the Federal Govern

ment are hve years exempted from State taxation; secondly, that it is to be applied in such manner as

will augment the value of the unsold public lands

wiihin mem; ami, lastly, their recent settlement

It may be recollected that a bill passed both

Houses of Congress, in the session which tcrmina

$958,- ral members of the Confederacy, their common

Huckclberrv. Mr. Wilson, from tl

twenty-four Federal head may address them in the glowing lan- same committee reported it, as the opinion ol I hold in mv Lruaire of the British bard. and the committee, that it is inexpedient at the

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present to raise the salary of the Governor Lieutenant Governor, Speaker and members

Bid harbors open, public ways extend,

Bid temples worthier of the God ascend. Bid the broad arch the dangerous flood contain, The mole projecting break the roaring main. Back to his bounds their subject sea command. And roll obedient rivers through the land. The affair of the public lands was forced upon me.

In the session 18:51-2 a motion from a quarter po

litically unfriendly to me, was made to refer it to

the committee of Manufactures, of which I was a

- . ......pivot, in i-iiv. Cv7?Slvlll II' I ill 111 U.- t IT. . J-li- T ted on the 3d March 1833, for the distribution of I mhct- strenuously opposed the reference. I

Cos, in prostituting female virtue to the licentiousness of his soldiery, for which it is supposed that he cannot possibly ever leave the town.

Houston has been appointed Major-Gcnc-

The bill for the relief of Joseph Ilerrick.

The joint resolution for the supply of Sen

ators with newspapers, was read the second

time and considered as in the Committee of

the Whole," and ordered to a third reading. Mr. Calhoun gave notice that ou to-morrow he would ask leave to introduce the following resolution and bills, viz: A resolution, proposing an amendment to

the onsululion ol tne united estates, providing for a distribution ofthe surplus revenue

among the several Males and 1 erritories, un til the year 1813.

A bill to regulate the depositcs ofthe pub

lic money. A bill to repeal the first and second sec

tions of ''an act to limit the term of office of

certain offices therein named," approved the

the amount received from the public lands, upon the

principles ot that now offered. The President, in his message at the commencement ofthe previous session, had specially invited the attention of Congress to the subject of the public lands; had adver

ted to their liberation from the the nledsre for the

ralof the regular troops, and was, cm the 2Sth 15il) 0f May, 1821), and for other purposes

Nov. recruiting. Rv this time he is with the

main army at St. Antonio. Gen. Austin has resigned his command; Col. Fanning was solicited to take it, but, because his company, who went with him to that country, insisted that he should remain their commander, he derlincd.

remonstrated, I protested, I entreated, I implored

It was in vain that 1 insisted that the Committee

of the Public Lands was the regular standing Com

mittee to winch the reference should be made. It

was in vain that I contended that the Public Lands

and Domestic Manufactures were subjects absolute

of lhe Senate and House of Representative.!

winch report was referred to a select commit"! tee of Messrs. Willett, Evans and Stapp, en the motion of the first named gentleman. f

The bill, heretofore reported to the llouset

from the committee on roads by Mr. Yawterl

providing for a loan of 500,000 for the in

provement of state roads, and pledging t!i

payment ofthe public debt; and had intimated his K '"congruous. 1 he unnatural alhance was order

readiness to concur in any disposal of them which

might appear to Congress most conducive to the

quiet, harmony, and the general interest of the

American people. After such a message, the President's disappro

bation ofthe bill could not have been anticipated.

It was presented to him on the 2d of March, 1833, T . . ,

ii was noi returneu as tne Constitution requires, but was retained by him after the expiration of his

ofiicial term, and until the next session of Congress,

w hich had no power to act upon il. It was under-

After the consideration of Executive busi

ness. The Senate adjourned. In the House of Representatives, the con

sideration of the Message ofthe President of

the United States, transmitting a copy of the Constitution and other documents, originating with a Convention ofthe Territory of Michi-

Powf script.

Since the foregoing was in type, we have received the Cin. Whig of Jan. 11, containing the following: By the New Orleans papers ofthe 2lsl ult. we learn that the Texians and Mexicans have had another fight at the town of San Antonio, in which the Texians again proved trium

phant, lhe attack was made on the 5th

Pec. by the Texian army, headed by Capt

Milane, which resulted in the evacuation of

the town of Gen. Cos. after a seven contest of

36 hours. About sixty ofthe Mexicans were killed, while the Texians had but two orthree killed and twelve wounded. Gen. Cos, with his forces, retired into the Fort, where, it was supposed, he would be compelled to capitulate. Cin. flfug.

Nominations of Judge White. The Whig members of the Legislatures of Georgia, and North Carolina, ar recent meetings at the Capitols of those states, unanimously :i i i 1 - . . J

njiiii.i,ivtju jiiKiE v hite lor the Presidency. The Judge has now been nominated by the states of Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. Cin. Whig.

Mathias, the prophet, i at KinlanJ

gan, with the view to the formation of a State

Government for said territory, was resumed.

1 he question pending was that of reference,

motion hav ing been made to refer the sub

ject to the Committee on the Territories, and

also a motion to refer to the tommittee on

the Judiciary.

Afler considerable debate, in which Messrs Williamsof N. C. Jno. Y. Mason of Va. Whittlesey, Corwin, Howard, Reynolds, and H. Everett, took part, it was referred to the

committee on the Judiciary, but a vote of 113

to II. I The House then took up the motion to reconsider the reference of lhe papers on the Northern boundary line of Ohio to a select committee. Mr. John Quincy Adams oppo

sed the reconsideration at some length. Messrs. Slorer, llond. Lane, and Vinton replied.

The question to reconsider was carried ayes 1 4V TV

IU I , IIWS 4 i. Mr. Hamer then moved to refer the subject to the committee on the Judiciary, which was agreed to.

stood and believed that, in anticipation ofthe nas

sage ofthe bill, the President had prepared objec

tions to it, winch he had intended to return with

Ins negative; but he did not. If the bill had been

returned, there is reason to believe that it would

have passed, notwithstanding those objections. In

the House, it had been carried bv a maioritv of

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more man twojtnrus. And, in the Senate, ai

though there was not that majority on its passage

it was supposed that, in consequence of the paassge

ofthe Compromise Bill, some ofthe Senators who

voted against the Land Bill had changed their views, and would have voted for it upon its return, and others had left the Senate.

There are those who believe that the bill was

unconstitutionally retained by the President, and is now the law of tlie land. But w hether it be so or

not, the General Government holds the public do

main in trust for the common benefit of all the

States: and it is, therefore, competent to provide by

ed by the vote of a majority of the Senate. I felt

that a personal embarrassment was intended me. I

felt the design was to place in my hands a many-

edged instrument, which I could not touch without

being wounded. iNevertheless, I subdued all mv

repugnance, & I engaged assiduously in the task

which had been so unkindly assigned me. This, or

a similar bill, was the offspring of my deliberations.

v hen reported,the report accompanying it was referred by the same majority of the Senate to the ve-

rv Committee on the Public Lands to which I had

unsuccessfully sought to have the subject originally

assigned, for the avowed purpose of obtaining a

counteracting report. But, in spite of all opposition, it passed the Senate at that session. At the next,

both Houses of Longress.

1 confess 1 feel anxious for the fate of this measure, less on account of any agency I have had in

proposing it, as I hope and believe, than from a firm,

sincere, and thorough conviction, that noone meas

ure ev er presented to the councils of the nation w as

fraught with so much unmixed good, and could ex

ert such powerful & enduring influence in the pre

servation ot tlie l. uion itself, and upon some of its

highest interests. If I can be instrumental, in any degree in the adoption of it, I shall enjoy, in that re

tirement into which I hope shortly to enter.a heart-

feeling satisfaction and a lasting consolation. I

shall carry there no regret, no complaints, no re

proaches on my own account.

hen 1 lookback upon my humble origin, left an

law that the trustee shrill mnkn A ;Kf r 1 1,0 orphan too young to have been conscious of a fa-

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nri.ceei s ol the three nnst rp.irc nc oll . r..t.,,o iuire aim hi n.-tKt nu t luowca mo LH,

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f ui i viuuucu v) a iiuuiurous ouspring, in the midst ot

pecuniary embarrassments, without a regular edu-

catton, without fortune, without friends, without patrons, I have reason to be satisfied w ith my public career. I ought to be thankful for the high places Ac honors to w hich I have been called by the favor and partiality of my countrymen, audi am thankful and grateful. And I shall take with me the pleasing consciousness that, in w hatever station I have been placed,!

have earnestly and honeitly labored to justify their confidence by a faithful fearless and zealous dis

charge of my public duties. Pardon these person

al auusions. i niase me motion ot winch notice

has been given. Leave was then granted, and the bill was intro 1 .. .1 . : r i . . . i . ...

iiuci-u, nau una, ruierreu to me (Jommiltc on

Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.

The Senate of the Ohio legislature, have resolved, only eight di-senting,to instruct ikcir members in Congress, and rnjursl those ofthe people,to vote against the ndniiion of Michi-

Ohio,igan into tne Union until (he boundary ques-

boot th ir.th ult. and M nor joined the Mormons'.! tion is settled. Cin. (Jnz.

years among those entitled to the beneficial interest.

The bill makes such a prov ision. And it is very

remarkable, that the sum w hich it proposes to dis

tribute is about the gross surplus, or balance, esti

mated in the I reasury on the lst of January, 1836

When the returns of the last quarter of the year

come in, it w ill probably be found that the surplus

is larger than the sum winch the bill distributes

But if it should not be, there will remain the seven

minions neiu in me isanK oi me united states applicable, as far as it may be received to the service

ofthe ensuing year. Mr. President, I have ever regarded, with feelings of the profoundest regret,the decision which

the President of the United States felt himself induced to make on the bill of 1933. If it had been his pleasure to approve it, the Heads of Departments would not now be taxing their ingenuity to

find out useless objects of expenditure, or objects which may be well postponed to a more distant day.

If the bill had passed, about twenty millions of

dollars would have been, during the three last years, in the hands of the several States, applicable by them to the beneficent purposes ol Internal Improvement, F.ducation, or Colonization. What immense benefits might not have been diffused

throughout the land by the active employment ofi

Handsome New Year's Present. We

learn from the Lexington Intelligencer, that the citizens of Bourbon Co. Ky., presented

Lov. lUORenEM). on the lst mst., with a no

three per cent, fund for its payment, was

Tuesday reported back to the House, by Mrj Evans,Chairman ofthe committee on canall and Internal improvement?, to which it lml

been previously referred, without amenamenii It now stands in the orders ofthe day, for coral

milteeof the hole.

The bill proposing an amendment and ;

extension of seme ofthe privileges ofthe S:;

linnk passed the House on 1 uesday evenii j

Mr. Mason presented on Tuesuav a bill

suppress gaming, providing that an inform iti

shall not be indicted for any participation.

shall be compelled to divulge the name; others engaged with him in gaming. I bill was considered in committee of the wh. on Wednesday. It will probably pass very Httle amendment. During the the House has had under its considerr.tioii:'

Kllhiprt tif ihi' uhntisl.mont of West I'ullli

cademv. Mr. Clark of Washington i

warm advocate of the measure and icpor

on yesterday morning from the comnuUei

military affairs a Joint Resolution, insinu..

our Senators nnd i-nniipstinrr our rcrrcc:

tives in Congress to use their endeavor?;

bolish the institution. On the preset"

of this report, Mr. Morris, reported afthe report of the majority of s;iid commj: in behalf of a minority. Considerable ci:sion originated on the two reports. Mr. CI bcrlain moved to indefinitely postpone

further consideration of the subject:

was negatived, ayes 29, noes 40.

iNlr. Evans proposed to amend by s.

out the resolution from the resolving il-

and to insert one of about the following v nous: that our representatives inC'ongrt-

directed (o use their endeavors, to pltV abuses of privileges, on the pnrt of tlie

Point Academy, and to provide thai .m

of examination of said institution, cen?

two individuals from each slate ofthe u. to report annually to the legislature t respective states. This proposition,!".'"" did not succeed. Mr. Willel then mov ihc indefinite P'l?

ment of the subject. Considerable deb.', rose on the proposition to reconsider. nv

Messrs. lvans, Vawter, Jiiiii"r' Chamberlain participated. Tlie vote v nally reconsidered by ayes 39,nccs 31,' vote then recuningon theinJclinile p ! ment: carred in the affirmative. Ays " 30. Several local bills have been

that large eum

? What new channels of commerce I ment. Ctw. Wh

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niu ui, Mtiyiuii uirce inousanas 7)onn(is! y e

deem this a handsome and substantial compli-' ring the week, but none of a gener.i

definitely acted on.