Indiana Palladium, Volume 4, Number 51, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 27 December 1828 — Page 2

Twentieth Congress: . SECOND ESS ION.

December 10. In the benate, today,

Mr. Silsbee's resolution for an inquiry into (lie expediency of Polishing the existing difference of two and a half per cent, between the duties on imported

goods and the drawbacks allowed, &c,

was agreed to. The memorial from ?jndry inhabifants of Alexandria, containing charges against a Justice of the Peace for the county of Alexandria, and n raying for. his removal, was referred to tie Committee on (he District of Columbia. The bill for graduating the price of public lands, making provisions for actual settlers, Sec. was read a second time

and referred. Mtr. By land was elected Chaplain of the Senate for this session. The several subjects of the President's Message were referred to their appropriate Committees. In the House of Representatives today, several bills were reported from the Committees of Ways and Means, the Territories and Claims, which were read and committed. Various resolutions were then offered. Among others, a resolution was offered by Mr. Weeks, the object of which was to produce a re-in-relitigation of the Tariff Law of the last session, with a view to the reporting of

a bill which would be more acceptable

in its provisions, to those sections of the

Union which regard the existing law as

unconstitutional. It was the intention

of Mr. W eeks to lay his resolution on the tabl i for the present, and he made a

motion to that effect; but Mr. Mallarv

demanded the question for cfonsidera

tion, and Mr. Taylor asked for the Ayes and Noes on that question, which were accordingly ordered. The question on

considering the resolution was- then. put,

after the House had refused to permit

Air Weems to withdraw it, and negativ

cd by a vote of 122 to 51. The House then acted on several bills in Committee

of the whole. The bill to extend the

time for the allowance of drawback, and

the bill to continue the present mode of

supplying the army, were ordered to be engrossed and read a third time torday. The bill to, increase the drawback on sugar refined in the United States was acted on in Committee, and reported without amendment, but its farther consideration was postponed till Monday. 'The bill relative to a Territorial Government in Huron was made the order of the day for Monday. December 11. In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Hayne presented a memorial from the Masters and Commandant of the United States navy, complaining of the impolicy of the laws regulating the pay of the officers of the navy. Mr. Robeins introduced a bill prescribing a mode of commencing, prosecuting, and deciding controversies arising between States; which was read twice and; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Messr. San ford, Rob bins, and; Woodbury, were appointed members of the Joint Library Committee, on the part of the Senate. A special Committee on Roads and Canals was chosen by btollo.

In the House of Representatives, today, a number of resolutions were adopt ed; among others a resolution offered by Mr. Sprague, requiring the Committee on Military Affair. to inquire into the expediency of prohibiting the sale of spirits to the army; and a resolution lelativ to the appropriation of the produce of sales of lands to the purposes of education, by Mr. Vinton. A resolution offered by Mr. Lawrence, referring it to the Post Office Committee to enquire into the expediency of prohibiting the transportation of the mail on the Sabbath day, was laid on the table on motion of Mr.. Barnard, Mr. Bartlett offered a resolution for the printing of

4UUO additional' copies ol the Annual

Treasury Report; which, on motion of

Mr. M'Duffie, was laid on the tableAyes 8 1 , Noes 56. The bills relative to Drawback, ordered to be engrossed on Wednesday, were read a third time and

passed. On motion of Mr. Vance, the

bill to continue the present mode of sun

paying the army was postponed till Monday. A bill to authorize the President

to erect Military Store Houses at New

York and New Orleans, was acted on in Committee, and ordered to be engrossed

and read a third time to-day. A bill re

lative the Northern boundary of Illinois was acted oq in Committee and laid on the table. December 12. The House of Representatives was to-day occupied on Private bills during (he short time it remained in Session. Several resolutions were offered and adopted, but none of them were of public interest. The House ad journed till Monday. December 15. In the Senate, to-day, Mr.bAToN mtrodnr i-i

ed bv the offering of petitions, very few

npw resolutions were offered. The

House then took up the Bill making a

further allowance of drawback on bu

gar refined in the United States, upon

which some discussion took place, which was interrupted before and disposition

of the Bill by a successful motion to ad

Ijouru.

December 16. In the Senate, to-day,

Mr. Noble introduced two bills tor pensioning certain soldiers and widows.

Mr. White's resolution referring it to

the Committee of the Judiciary to digest and report some improvements in the United States Judiciary system, was agreed to. In the House of Representatives, a

great number of resolutions were offer

ed yesterday, among which, one by Mr. Hodges, of Massachusetts, referring to the Committee of Ways and Means to enquire into the expediency of reducing

the duty on Ci'iice, was rejected, by a vote of 70 to 47. Several petitions were presented from the North and East, praying for duties on auction sales. The House then resumed the consideration of the bill allowing an additional drawback on Sugar refined in the United Slates. Some further discussion took place, which terminated in the order for the engrossment of the bill for a third reading this day, by a vote of 117 to 71.

J'at, Journal, Indiana Legislature. December 10. Not many subjects of a general nature have as yet been brought forward in either branch of the legislature. Since the elections have been disposed of, several important matters have been referred to appropriate committees. Amongst those which have been discussed are An alteration in the militia fines On abolishing the; office of circuit prosecutors, and provi-i

Ming for a prosecutor in each couuty.

This however was negatived. The pro

position to postpone the widow's claim

of 100 dollars, till the decedent's debts

ire paid, was also rejected by a large

majority. An additional Standing Com

mittee bas oeen created in the H. R.

styled the Committee of Propositions and Grievances. Several inquiries have been instituted on propositions to

am?nd the probate act, revenue laws,

and the law of descents. Ajoint resolu

tion has paBsed both houses and been

approved by the Gov. giving the canal commissioners time until next Saturday

to make their report.

December 13. But few important sub

jects have been finally acted on in the

Senate. A bill has been reported by

the Judiciary committee, providing for two additional Circuits, and for increas

ing the number of terms in each county,

which will probably pass the Senate-

They have determined, as will be seen

by the proceedingstto grant no divorces,

which wilr it is presumed put an end to

applications of that sort. A joint reso.

ution for the' removal of the Pension

will be acted on as speedily as possible.!

A bill amendatory to the act regulating the election of members ol Congress, which had parsed the House of Representatives, was this day passed in the Senate, with an amendment providing that the next election for Representatives in Congress shall take place in 1 831 and biennially thereafter; so that, if this amendment shall receive the sanction of the other House, members will hereafter be elected the August imme

diately preceding the winter they take

besciged, and "cannon, Scc. forwarded from France to reduce them. The French are suffering for the want of provisions. BUENOS AY RES AND BRAZIL. The treaty of peace between these two governments, has caused great rejoicings among the people of Buenos Ayres. The commissioners who arrived with the news were hailed with loud and repeated vivas. The Brazilian blockade was raised on theSOih Sept. previous to which the

their seats. A bill amendatory ol thelsquadion captured tue ong Jiussar, oi

act relative to crime and punishment has j Baltimore, and burned her to the watei's

been engrossed for a third reading. It edge; and committed some outrages up-

proposes several alterations and amend

mentsto the old law, among which is one

on an English ship. A Brazilian consul

had arrived at Buenos A) re?, and a

authorizing the infliction of stripes.'great number of vcseels from various

The bill providing for additional Cir

cuits, was in committee of the whole

this afternoon, and but little progress

was made, the members disagreeing in the details. The fate of the bill is very

uncertain. Many local and private bills, (perhaps more than usual during the first two weeks of the session) have been passed; and justice requires us to remark that a praiseworthy disposition to dispatch businesses maeifested by the Senate. In the House, on Monday, the Judiciary Committee reported a Bill, declaratory of the powers of Juries. Also a Bill, changing Congressional elections, so as to avail ourselves of the increased

representation, so soon as the census is taken. Mr. Levenworth, Chairman of

the select Committee on the question of

eminent domain, reported a joint resolution, preceded by a preamble of great length, asserting the title of the public lands in the State: 500 copies were or

dered to be printed. The House spent the whole of Monday and Thursday afternoons in Committee of the whole, on the Michigan road bill. No progress

was made toward filling up the blank.

A Bill has passed the House to repeal the law respecting fugitives from labour. The Canal Committee has not yet reported, hid. Journal. 1

port9. A body of Buenos Ayrean troops have had an engagement wln 6ome Chi

lian Indians, which caused a trilling loss on both sides.

William B. Giles has been re-elected Governor of Virginia, without any regular opposition.

TREASURER'S REPORT, Submitted to the legislature on the 3d inst. Amount in the treasurv, December 1,

182

FOREIGN NEWS. GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. There has been a great meeting in the county of Kent on the subject of Catholic emancipation, at which certain measures for the support of the established church were carried by a large majority. Shee, Shiel, Hunt, Cobbett, and man) other prominent liberals were present and addressed the meeting, which was very turbulent. Various movements ol different corps of troop in Ireland are announced. FRANCE. Sixty or eighty clerks employed in the arrival department of the post office at Paris, have been seized by the police,

and all their private letters, &c. taken

possession of by the officers. RUSSIA, TURKKY, &C. Varna has at last fallen into the pos-

Receipts from that time to the 30th Nov. 1 823, inclusive: From the revenue assessed for 1 822, $306 25 1823, 683 34 1824, 323 90

1825, 225 98 182G, 875 10 1327,24,491 81 1823, 2,720 32

$19,153 24

Of appropriation for the Wabash canal there is undrn Judic'y claims not audited Executive kt 44 Prosecutors 44 44 " Adjutant and quarter master generals, Agent for Indiauapolis, Appropriations for improving Laugberv,

1,300 fO 1,400 00 lOOOif 325 Ou , 75 00 100 00 250 00

6,357 34 5,090 67

Total, Which, when paid, would leave in the treasury

The ordinary expanses of the current year may be estimated at $26,000. In addition to what has been received of the revenue of 1828, there will probably yet come into the treasury the sum of 27,000. From former delinquencies there will probably be paid as much as will be left unpaid of the revenue of 1823. There will, therefore, be 6090 67 applicable to such measures beyond the ordinary expenditure, as the legislature shall direct. Respectfully submitted, SAMUEL MERRILL, Treasurer.

a u

From assessments not previously reported to auditor,

Total revenue 29,736 14 Penalties on collectors for default

in payment, From A. Campbel, superintendant French Lick, Fines on persons scrupulous of bearing arms From sales of lots in Indianapolis,

From sales of seminary lands From administrator of B. McAughery, who left no heirs. Interest paid in ad vance on loans of

93 3S

100 00 174 40 4,104 85 8,087 37 23 04

seminar fund;

1,007 40

, mapniy, instead of a plurality of votes, necessary to a choice. Mr. Silsbee gave notice of his intention tn, introduce a Bill for th construction of a Breakwater at Nantucket. In the House of Representatives, tod iy, the resolutions laid on the table on Friday were taken up and agreed tobat the hour having been nearly consuov

will perhaps settle that question for thf

present. A. bill has been engrossed for

a third reading,, and will-, probably pass, br the formation of the county of Cass. A joint resolution .on the subject of the right oflhestRte to-soli within its limits, wiibpassbya large majority. Oa this subject there t some? ditfrrence of opinion, whether it ought to be demanded as a right, or asked a favor. The subject of allowing additional representation to the frontier counties has been agitated, and referred to the Judiciary committee to report by bill or otherwise. Some members have consti

tutional scruples against increasing the representation, except at the times pro- . 'J.. J C Ti

viuu lor new apportionments, i ne fate of the measure is uncertain. Nothing however, but constitutional scruples wilt prevent its adoption, Some bills

and joint resolutions have been passed, for which see proceedings. An effort will be made to amend the militia law. In the House, on Wednesday,. a resolution declaring the legislature had no

power to grant divorces, was argued at great length. The resolution was not

adopted. On Thursday the committee

of vays and means, reported against the

expediency of adopting at present the ad valorem system of taxation, with which the house concurred. The bill

to amend the act concerning the Secre

tary of State, was also lost.. The bill for

the continuation of the Michigan road to

tne Uluo river, was among the orders of the day for this day (Saturday ,)but for want of time not taken up. It will pro-

oaoiy come up in a lew days: the. point on the Ohio is left blank. The canal

commissioners this dav reported a Ion?

anoueianea report; 2000 copies are or dered to be printed. It is expected the

a Printer i each . " S " EUD"C ?"" .P"" ,n a iew

Office frorn Corydon to Indianapolis, session of the Russian-. This event ochasbeen postponed indefinitely, which curred on the 1 1th of October; its fall

is attributed oy some to ireacnery; out it appears that a body of Russian troops succeeded on the 7lu of Oct. in penetrating to the heart of the cily, which was effected by a passage opentid in consequence of the springing of a mine, .and notwithstanding- they were compelled to retire, the Turk& concluded they were no longer safe within the walls and proposed to capitulate. At the period the Russians effected an entry into, the city, a general attack was made by

the troops without, and so great was the

consternation, that Jussul Pacha himself!

was the-nrst to command his followers to lay down their arms without stipula

tion of any kind. The captain Pucha and a few followers, threw themselves into the citade, but were soon made prisoners: or, according to another version, permitted to retire by taking the road to Pravati, or embarking at Bour-

ga.

r rom the accounts of the pusoners it is conjectured that the garrison of Varna,, with the armerLinhabitants, amoun

ted in the beginning to at least 22,000

men; at the time of the surrender, they numbered but 6,000. Choumla is still besieged, and in Little Walachia the Turks have been defeated. The campaign may be said to have closed, but the Russians appear to be making vigorous preparations for the

ensuing season: The sultan having ta

ken the held, he cannot return to the capital, according ta the custom of hi predecessors without bringing peace, Sc hence we may infer that the war will be soon terminated, either by negotiation or the sword. The Allgemeine Zeitung gives a Con

stantinople date of September 25th,

which says, that the porte has given an

answer to the last demand of the pow

ers,, which has been sent to Corfu: and

that notwithstanding the favor of Prov

idence shown to his arms he was willing

to negotiate on the basis mentioned, and

wished to see the ambassadors at Con

stantinople.

rhe new levy in Russia had excited

great enthusiasm.

There has not been that general yield

ing up of the fortresses in the Morea,

Total receipts, 43,321 08 Making in all, 62,474 32 Expenditures during the above period:

For printing for last legislature, and paper, Scc. for present, Contingent enqpcnscs, State library, Expenses of last legislate re: Pav and mileage

of members,

Pav of Clerks. Sc

door-keepers, 1,31 1 00

Several private bills have passed the House. December 17. In the Senate,, no bills of much general importance have been passed since our last publication. Neither the Canal nor the Michigan RoaH

question has, as yet, occupied the attention of the Senate. The report of the Uanal Commissioners was mndp in

benate this day,, and. it is presumed it

Salaries of ajutant Sc quarter roller ireneral Do. of executive officers,

Do. of judiciary, Do. of Prosecutors, Premiums for volf scalps. Expenses of presidential electors, Do. of state prison, House rent for governor, Specific appropriations for state library, For stationary for last le-fn-jl.ttn re.

Special allowances, Making the ordinary expenses of the state, Allowances from seminary funds, Salary of superintendant ar.d books for loan ofiice, Interest paid the president state seminary, Interest on treasurv notes,

Treasurv notes burnt, Salary and allowance to agent Indianapolis, Auditor's per centum, Paid on appropriation for trovernor's house, Do. on road & canal fund, Salary ef agent at Fr. lick, Appropriations for boring, Loans made to sundry pert sons from seminary fund, Leaving a balance in the treasury of

From the Indiana Journal. Mr. Editor: The writer of this ha

spent some days of the last month ex

amining the country on the St. Joseph of Lake Michigan, the Wabash and Kankikee. This country, except tht Kankikee, is embraced in the purchase made this full from the Pottawatamies; and should you think this scrawl worth? a place in your paper, it is at your disposal. We set out from Fort Wayne, a northwesterly direction for the Elk-heart, a large tributary of the St. Joseph of the Lake. The fust twenty mile-i after leaving the Fort, the country is mostly

103 43 covered with a heavy forest of timber:

but a small portion of the soil is of a good quality for faiming. After passiiur

Blue-grass creek, we passed a few miles of country the land of an inferior quali

ty, thinly timbered with oak and hickorv, interspersed with a number of small Lakes, from which flows to the southwest the head branch of the Tippecanoe river ; we then entered the Elk-heart bottom, this bottom is about eight miles wide, soil and timber of the best quality. Elk-heart creek is a fine boatable stream, running north-west, and the depth of the water (above the knees of our horses) affording a sufficiency at the dryest season for all kind of machinery. After crossing this creek we entered the Elkheart prairie about six miles lone and

from two to four wide; soil of best quality. Along ihe south-west maigin ofthift btauiiful prairie flows the Elk-heart creek, on the north bank of which, and in the prairie, is the site of Five Medals village, well known to our soldiers of the late war, as the residence of the Pottawatamie war chief Five Medals; thin creek unites with Ihe S'. Joseph a fewmiles south of the line dividing Indiana, and Michigan Territory, and near this point is also the entrance from the north

2,901 07iof a ,a,g creekrwhich flows-from Pleas-

309 15:l,,t L;uc in Michigan Territory; at tha 75 3sLiunc,ion f these waters is n fine town jsite, possessing the advantage of being surrounded by a country of good landt

iHiu on me tiank ol the Sf. Joseph river, which is a deep boatable etream, affording plenty of water for keel boat navigation frora this point to the Lake at all

SlO,831 8Scasolsf ear distance 75 to 1C0

miles by the river. Twenty miles below the mouth of Elk-heart is the south.ern hend of the Sr. Joseph. At lhi

6j0G3 e0jP,ac: thp American Fur company have

818 58;1M "iHsnmeiu to carry on trade with

me Indian; it is situated on a high dry plain, atinili..g a very handsome and ex-

lC0 00jle,,5lvo sue hr a village; through thij 316 04l),acei tne 'oad, as lately laid oil" from ..- --I.mL Mifillir-in I .. J : I

ioi uu., -"v -,t,v "S"11 " inuiananous passes.

alluding it the advantage of a road south to the Waha.-h, as well as the river north-west to the L ke, at all times navigable, with a good harbour for the iargesi lake vessel?, and a safe bay at its entrance into the Lake, and also a high and beautiful site for a town, on the

25,684 33 margin of the Lake at the mouth of the

river.

26139 tl' the southern bend of the St.

Joseph we travelled west to Lake Mich-

82 55,ga,, the country isdry and beautiful un-

jtil I we arrive within three or four miles 652 50.' l'c L'ke, ricll barrens, and part ...'first 4: I. j. 1 I 1 .

I'll;1"01 ""e uuioereu iano, wirji a Iain

41 00

0,5 10 3&

80 25

2,482,53

400 00

100 00

265 51 699 74

.portion of prairie. We travelled nart of

the distance on the U. States' road. from.

T-v . - ' '

287 16lirou to Chicago; this road, which 0597 crosses the north boundary of Indiana, about thirty miles east of Lake Michi850 00;gan and continues parallel with and 5,850 00jm'ar the north line of Indiana to the

100 00 souinern point of Lake Michigan. The

5Q0 00

16,71)0 00 11,348 01

heretofore stated; some of them were InorV house.

The claims for which the state is at present liable, are as follows: Interest of seminary fund,

Due on contract for gover-

tract of country through which this toad,

pae.-, was purchased from iUc Indians at the treaty of the Wabash, called the ten mile purchase, and is embraced between the north line of Indiana and the

'Kankikee river, and ponds. This tract

$62,474 32;ofland is peihaps surpassed by no other,

for beauty and fertility ol soil. There may be a scarcity of limber after it is settled. It is watered with some spring ri ulet?, and has many beautiful Lakes from a 1-4 to 1 and a 1-2 miles ir circumference, with dry banks, sandy

1,573 59

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