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2-l lost. The bill then passed as originally, reported. Mr. Walker's-. Preemption Bill for the benefit of the 'Squatters on the Public Lands, came up; and after debate negatived: Yeas 17, Nays 23 The residue of the day was spent in n debate on the hill to regulate the Public Deposites. Adjourned. A Night in the House of Representatives.--The session of June 9th will long he distinguished in the history of our National

legislation for one of the most remarkable displays of fortitude, or rather of obstinacy, ever afforded by any deliberative body. A brief narrative may not form an uninteresting chapter in the history of the times. . It is well known that the only uncontrolled discussion of any important measure before

the House, is usually had in Committee of

the Whole, as it is termed, when the Spea-

Com

the

a call ot the House ordered. The Sergant-at-Arms was employed from half past I to half past 4 in rousing Members from their beds and bringing them to the House in custody, until the number present amounted to 132 eleven more than a quorum. The call was then suspended, and the consideration of the bill proceded with. Mr. Adams moved to amend the bill by stipulating that "nothing in this act shall be construed as an assent by Congress to the article in the Constitution of the said State in re

lation to slavery and the emancipaton of

Slaves." The amendment was advocated by Messrs. Adams, Cushing, Hard, and liriggs, and opposed by Mr. Wise. Negatived: Ayes !V2;NoesC8. Mr. Adams moved that the Committee rise: Arcs 11; Noes G3. Halt

a dozen other amendments, relating to Slave

ry, Judge's Salary, and othc r matter, were successively offered, debated, and rejected. Mr. Wise at length rose, about srven o'clock in the morning, and commenced a violent

phillippic against the course of the majority in pressing this question upon a House, (as he said.)"tierd, sleepy, and drunk." He opposed the. motion to report the bills, and declared that he would speak till 10 o'clock, if necessary ; and then, he contended, the Speaker musr take the Chair, and open the Session for Friday. He accordingly prcservcrcd in his

remarks till II? ox-lock. Here it was contended by the Opposition that "the session of Thursday terminated of necccsity, as it was now 10 o'clock on Friday, when the Speaker should take the (.'hair, and the Journal be read. Mr. Glascock replied that in Legislative as injudicial proceedings the day did not

e.ue mini adjournment. iur. iuason suggested that the Committee should now rise and the bill be made the Special Order for to-day, (Friday:) and so the. discussion be continued. Negatived. Mr. Wise then took up the thread of his discourse, and spoke till past 11 o'clock, when he concluded. Mr. Mckennan

- - ....j cei , . ..o .ccessary io our prosperitv. j above hsgfi water mark, and was such a oi hape. in which they passed. So Michigan in is further obvious, that if Indiana ronstiuet'as occurs but once in 50 years, it wm.U "i

and Arkansas are now virtually States of the tl..-. .rv pvIlikIoI .-nut 1,,;., e.-cinnJ t-nlirelv safe tn rpdnm l i i .. '

ClHon. Adioumed. inf nnlilir imnrnvpnicnl;. nl VtsvTt., lvli.r(SO J1S to make abfilif (l.r ditTcrornu nC . '

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I Legislature, the Whitewater branch of it, j lock S feet left, between the level of the

living partly within our own county, and ap- hitevvater Canal and Cincinnati.

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proacinng wiuuii io miles oi the city,

ker vacate tin- ( hair, calling some other

Member to preside a Chairman of the mittec. While ihe bill is in lid stai

' discussion cannot be arrested bv the Previ

ous Question, nor can the Yeas and Nays be demanded. No stop can be put to the debate, until the Committee shall rise and report. Th'ti, when the bill come directly from the House in its proper capacity, all amendm-iiis, as II as discussion, may be cut ofVat an y moment by the majority, who have simply to second the previous Question, and enforce an immediate vote on the bill as it stands.. Of course, the Committee of the Whole is the state peculiarly favorable to the minority, who abandon it with reluctance until the details of the Dill under consideration

have been settled. In this instance, the consideration in Commitleeof the bill to settle the Northern Boundary of Ohio ami pros ribing to Michigan the terms of admission into the Union, with the bill for tin- admission of Arkansas, was the Special Order of the day. Mr. Hardin moved the prior consideration of the oilier bill for the establishment of the Northern Boundary of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, which had been laid on the table by the casting voto of the Speaker. Mr. Polk decided hat, as the hour for taking up the Special order had arrived, it would require a vote of two thirds to

take up this bill. Mr. Storer appealed, and was sustained by Mr. Vinton; but, after the Speaker had slated his reasons, the House ap peared inclined to sustain him. and Mr. Storer withdrew l:ii appeal. The Michigr-n Bill then t ame tip: ihe pending question being on the amendment by Mr. Vinton, providing that the boundaries of the sev eral States shall be as herein specified, w hether the Mid -

tgan ( omentum accede to it or not. Lane, Vinton, Storer, and Wise spoke in favor of

ihe amendment, and Mesrs. Howard, Adams,! recommit the bill with

1 caret;, Huntsman, and o hers m reply. 1 lie question was taken at a late hour of the evening and the amendment lovt. It had now heroine apparent that the po

litical majority ot the House, satisfied with!

the bill ns it stood, and apj rehending delay and difficulty from its return from the Senate with amendments, were resolved to have the bill reported out of the Committee that night. The minority, dissatisfied with many of its provisions, ished further limcfor discussion and amendment, and were as firmly resolved that the bill should not yet be reported. The majority had no other means of effecting their purpose than by sitting resolutely in their places and voting down every proposition to amend or adjourn, until the Opposition spenk-

Tuksimy, June 1 1th

The Senate spent some time on Mr. Grimdy's Post CKlice bill, which was materially amended. It was finally laid aside; and Mr. Calhoun's Deposite bill taken up. After much debate, the amount to be retained in the Treasury was fixed at five millions. Mr. Wright now moved the re-commitment of the bill, for the purpose of dividing it into two one providing for the distribution of

the Surplus, the other for the regulation of

the Deposites. Carried: Yeas 23; Noes 20.

Mr. White now moved a re-considcration of

oc on re-committing the latter portion:

when, on motion ot Mr. Webster, the Sen-1

': Adjourned. In the House, the joint resolution fixing a day of adjournment was considered and amended so as to read "Saturday the 4th of July."' In this shape it passed, and was returned to the Senate. Several bills supplementary to those admitting Michigan and Arkansas into the Union, were considered and passed to a third reading. No other business was transacted of general interest. Adjourned.

Wednesday, June 14th. In the Senate, a Message was received

from the President accompanying a Corres-

pondence with the British Government on

the subject of our North Eastern Boundary, called for by a resolution. It was referred to

the Committee on foreign Relations.

After a number of bills had been consider

ed in their earlier stages, on motion of Mr.

the oppohad fought

erss should be worn down by fatigue, and thus afford an opportunity for the Committee to rise and report; and this plan they accordingly followed. After various amendments had been ollered unci rejected, Mr. Adams who has been the most thorough supporter of the claims of Michigan throughout stated that he wished to offer an amendment admitting Michigan with

out conditions, and leaving the Boun-

dary question to be settled distinctly, lie said he could not prepare it now, and wished lime. Mr. Thomas, Chairman of the Committee, suggested that he might offer it in the House after the bill was reported. Mr. Adams reported that he would cheerfully do so, if he could be assured that the screws (i. e. the Previous Question) would not be applied to cut off his proposition. Mr. Thomas said

lie could make no pledges for the majority of

inc. House. .Mr. Adams then declined taking the course suggested, but moved that the Committee rise, with leave to sit again. Lost. Mr. Russel moved so to amend the bill as to provide that none but free white male citizens (aliens excluded) should be entitled to vote in the new State: Lost. The Michigan bill was then laid aside, and the bill for the admission of Arkansas taken up. Mr. Phillips of Mass. now moved that the

took the floor, and said he believed all had

been done that could de done by nents of the bill as it stood. They

it manfully. and used every effort to stave off a decision. He moved, therefore, that the Committee rise and report the. two bills, and that the House adjourn over to 10 o'clock on

Saturday morning. The motion prevailed;

and the House, after a sitting of more than

twenty-five hours, adjourned. Friday, June 10th. In the Senate, Mr. Benton introduced bill "to restore the Constitution currency of

bill "to restore the Constitutional currency of

the country;" which was read once, and ordered to a second reading. . . .... O

The bill to increase the Military establishment of the U. States was taken up, and a long debate ensued thereon. The immediate

question was on motion of Mr. Nicholas to

instructions to report it

in a shape precisely similar to that of 1815. This was ultimiately negatived: Yeas 18, Nays 25. The bill regulating the Public Deposites was discussed and partially matured. Adj. Saturday. June 1lth. In the Senate, several petitions were presented praying the recognition of the independence, of Texas. A bill regulating the

sales ot public lands, was made the order of

the day for Tuesday next. A bill to establish a new Land District in the country just ceded by the Cherokee? passed to a second reading.

The bill repealing the fourteenth section of

the U. S. Bank Charter,(which section makes its bills a legal tender for all debts due the Government,) was engrossed for a third reading. The Senate then went into Executive Session. Adjourned.

In the House, the bills for the relief of

Revolutionary and Invalid Pensioners were the special order of the day, and were debated until the adjournment. Monday June 13th. The Senate was mainly engaged in the

discussion ol the Surplus Revenue bill. Sev-

eral Members expressed their opinions thereon; but the plan, for a division of the eventual Surplus was not fully matured. In the Hoi.se, after a great number of private hills had been read and passed, the Michigan and Arkansas hills'carne up as the Special "Order. Mr. Vinton's amendment, declaring that the boundaries as herein recognized shall be regarded as settled, whether agreed to by Michigan or not was negatived: Yeas SI; Nays 103. (Wc remark with surprise the names of several Ohio members amohg the Nays on this division.) Mr. Adams now offered an amendment, in effect recognising the claims of Michigan to the territory in dispute between her and her neighbors, and allowing her a chance to vindicate it. This amendment he supported with his characteristic ability and energy. When he had concluded, the Previous Question was moved and seconded, thus cutting off the amendment and stopping all debate, and ta-

Webster, the joint resolution fixing a day of

adjournment, as amended by the House to

the th oi July next, was considered and

agreed to.

The Deposite Bill came up again the

question being on Mr. White's motion to re

consider the vote by which it had been recommitted with instructions to report it in two separate bills. After a debate between Messrs. White, Wright, Webster, Benton, Calhoun, Black, and Morris, the question was taken and the motion prevailed: Yeas 22, Nays 21. The vote was a clear party one, and the point was carried by Mr. Hendricks voting with the Opposition. Mr. Tipton voted Nay. Mr. M'Kean was not present. Mr.. Wright then moved to amend the instructions; but, on motion of Mr. Webster, the

bill was postponed and made the Special Or

tl er tor to-morrow.

Several other bills were considered, but

none definitively acted upon. The Senate went into Executive business. Adj.

In the House. Mr. Adams moved to amend

the journal of yesterday, with respect to the

enforcement of the Previous Question upon

mm. lie saiu u aiu not correctly state the

grounds upon which be claimed the floor. Refused: Yeas 51; Nays 110.

Ihe House agreed to consider District of

Columbia bills on Friday from 10 to 12 o'clock. A great number of reports on Private bills were acted on. The bill to remove the Land Office at Clinton, Miss, to Jackson, was considered and passed. Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules in order to consider a resolution for taking a recess for the remainder of the session from 2 to half past 3 o lock. Lost GO to 83 not twothirds. A resolution directing the Clerk to supply the Members with certain books and documents was introduced, but thrown over by the inexorable rules. On the motion to suspend: Yeas 91; Nays GO not two-thirds. Mr. Mann now moved that the House take up the Senate's bill ''to define and settle the Northern Boundary of Ohio." Agreed to. Mr. Adams opposed the passage of this bill as at best unnecessary, as its provisions were embodied in the admission bill already passed. Mr. M ann said it was intended to satisfy the scruples of some gentlemen, from Ohio. After some debate, the Previous Question was enforced on a third reading; Yeas 122; Nays 42. The question was then called on its final passage, and, after another debate, the Previous Question was again enforced as before, and the bill passed. The hills from the Senate supplementary to the bills for the admission of Michigan and Arkansas into the Union were read a third time and passed. The bill from the Senate to provide for the ex-ecution of the laws of the United Stales in Michigan was read a third time and passed. The Fortification bill, as reported to the House with amendment'-, was next taken up. A long and desultory debate ensued on things in general and the Fortification policy in particular; but no question was taken, and the House at 8 o'clock Adjourned.

may

lie rendered not less beneficial to ourselves than to the state which constructed it. It is also k nown, that Indiana has connected her public works into a continuous system through the Central or Whitcriver canal, with which the Whitewater is required, bv law, to be uni

ted; and by means of which, the trade of Cincinnati with the interior of Indiana, may not only be maintained, but greatly increased. Our communications with Indiana, would thus be ramified through the whole central

and eastern part of that state, by the cheapest

and most direct . routes, iiesides this, the Whitewater Canal, thr-mgh the northern division of t he Central ('anal, will be united

with the Wabash and Erie Canal, and thence to Michigan city, a work which will.dobutless, be executed as fast as the wants and increasing commerce of the country require. It is thus obvious, that this communicaloin, secondary as it is in length and expense, may be of momentuous importance to the trade and prosperity of our city. Jndeed, it is doubtful, w hether any work, bo short and so little expensive, could be made so eminently useful.

It would in fact, connect the whole syelem of

liuJ'ana internal improvement with the cia of Cincinnati, and place her at once, upon the

vantage ground in respect to commercial exchange with the whole country, from the Mi

ami to the Wabash, and from lake Michigan to the Ohio. It was this consideration that induced the state to bo so careful in requiring

the level of the Whitewater Canal to be kept up in passing through our territory. The same view ol the subject induced the Board

of Internal Improvement, to prepare a bill

tor the Cincinnati nnd Whitewater Canal Company,' which passed the Senate, but,

Irom want of tune, probably, was postponed

in the House. Ihe state, it is understood,

directed asuney of the route, to be made at

the expense of the citizens. Accordingly,

at the suggestion ot the President o( the

Board of Interim! Improvement, Mr. Lapham, resident Engineer on the Miami Canal, made

a survey of such parts of the route as was im

mediately necessary to determine the question of practicability. The report of Mr. Lapham is herewith submitted, and it will be

seen, lh..t the connection is not only pracli

These.

however, are considerations for an Engineer and tlie company hereafter to be tornicd' rather than the Ccmmittee. It has been intimated that this ork will be constructed by the State. Whether it boor not, one thing is clear, that it is of the greatest importance to tlie city, to call the earh

attention oi tlie Legislature to the subject, and so prepare preliminary measures, that it can be early commenced nnd fully completed during the ensuing year. It is understood that, the Indiana Canal Commissioners have directed 35 miles of the Whitewater Canal to be put under contract this season, and they will dobtless complete their work.

at the earliest practicable period. This con

sideration is suruciet to induce fpecdv

efficient measures cn our part. M1CAJAH T. WILLIAMS, EDWARD I). MANSFIELD. Cincinnati, June 22. 1S2G.

and

cable, but has fewer difficulties than were bv

many supposed. IlciDiKC, April 1?, l'-'O.

M. T. Williams, Esq., President of the Board Of Internal Improvement. Dear Sir: The following is the result of my examinations in relation to the Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal. From the levels of the canals terminating at Portsmouth and Cincinnati, I find the average fall in the Ohio river between those places, to he four inches to the mile, and thence I concluded the fall from Cincinnati to N. Bend, to be about 5 feet. - I then commenced a level at North Bend, in front of General Harrison's residence, at a point 5 feet above the high water of 1832, as shown to me by Gen. Harrison; thence crossing the ridge at the lowest point, I find the greatest depths to be 73 45 hundredth feet. The distance at which depth this is maintained, is very short not more than 6 or 8 chains, when the sides of the ridge descend rapidly into a ravine on either side. This level crosses the Miami 10.61 feet above the high water of 1832, as shown to us near the bridge; and the general level of the Miami bottom, is 15.45 below. The best place to cross the river, is about one quarter of a mile below the bridge, a few rods below John Ewing's brick house. The Dry Fork bottom, 12.27 feet below. A Bench near Oury's tavern, 2.42 feet below. We met the Indiana party about a mile above Oury's, at the point where they contemplate recrossing the Whitewater. We joined our level- with theirs on a bench 13.22 below our line, and is marked 15.47 below on their line. From which it appears that the level of the Whitewater Canal about a mile above Oury's tavern, is 2.25 feet above the high water of 1832 at Cincinnati. The level at which we intersected the Whitewater Canal, is 9 feet below Harrison, which is the level of the feeder from Whitewater. I made some examinations and inquiries with a view to keeping up the level 11.25 feet higher, to correspond with the feeder level until we crossed the ridge. The result was, thnt the point of intersection would be extended two and a half miles further up and the expense of crossing the Miami, will be increased, not only in the greater elevation, but the point of crossing would probably have to be extended up to the mouth of Jourdan creek increasing the distance by the bend it would make in the line, nearly 2 miles; together with the expense of a lock, and the saving would be 11.25 feet in depth of excavation through the ridge either one of the above points of difference would be equal to the saving through the ridge. The Indiana party will continue their location on the east side of the river near to the mouth; but from the point of intersection above Oury's, their line will be too low for ours. If the Indiana Board should determine to recross near the mouth of Whitewater, it would be to the interest of the Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal that their level

should be kept up so that the intersection might

Unfortunate, encounter On the 10th instant a Mr. James Heath, of Pleasant Garden, while in a state of intoxication, in the grocery of Mr. Beriah Duffield,of that town, made a violent attack upon him with the avowed intention of taking his life. During

the affray Mr. Duffield availed himself of a knife laying convenient, and thrust it into the breast of his assailant, which terminated his existence in a short time. After a strict investigation before a court

of inquiry, Mr. Duffield was discharged upon

the ground that all he had done was strictly in self defence. The deceased had for some time indulged in intemperate, habits, to the great grief of respectable friends. The latter has been compelled to perform one of the most afflicting acts that can fall to the lot of man; his connexions are of the most respectable and worthy class in society. Propriety forbids us commenting upon this unfortunate occurrence indeed we could not; our sympathies for the afflicted relatives of the parties would disqualify us for the task.

Greencastle Ind. Plough Boy: Mr. Jauden. The New York Journal of Commerce of Saturday says, "We learn that Mr. Jauden, Cashier of the Bank of the United States, has made a negociation for a million and a half sterling, in London, or over seven millions of dollars; and at the last date, had gone to Holland, according to his original design, to make farther negociations.

Success!!! We have understood from authority that can hardly be doubted, that letter was lately received by a gentleman in this District from General McCarty, in which he declares his intention to go for Harrison, and gives it as his opinion that Indiana will give a majority of fire thousand at least.to the 'Farmer of North Bend'-- Star.

Monster Mill. An. Englishman has lately erected on the banks of the River Theiss, in Hungary, a mill, in the form of a colossal man. The head is the dwellinghouse, the eyes serving for windows, and the nose for a double chimney. The machinery is placed in the body. and is set in motion by

a stream of water from canal, in the form of

an immense bottle, which the monster is emptying in his mouth.

Somebody has cheated the United States out of twelve dollars in his dealings at the Charlestown, Mass. Navy Yard, and he has recently enclosed that sum to the Command-

ant, Commodore Downes. If every varlet that cheats Uncle Sam should happen to be-

come inspired with sueh a scruple. the public

r -r - -, , officers would have a multitudinous correspondence on their hands. N. Y. Cour.

A Judicious Prohibition. After this, no

man can become the husband of his grandmother in Massachusetts. Vide de Revised Statute of the Bay State "No man shall marry his grandmother.' We advise them to go still further and prohibit a man from

marrying his uncle N. Y. Transcript.

In digging a pit for a reservoir in Broad street

in the city of Boston, the workmen came quautitv of tar at a depth of fifteen, feet, which

must have been placed there ages ago. It was de-

Deposited among timber, which had been placed as

foundation for buildings, and it looked as fresh

and glossy as if just deposited. On being exposed

to the air, it melted and flowed down, emitting

pungent turpentine odor. Poulson s Adv.

Sugar from Beets. An association of gentlemen in Pennsylvania are making arrangements t kD. Thev i!

sent a gentleman to France to obtain information in relation to the process of manufacturing

take place near the lower print of crossing, as the pursued with great success there;