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Ttff Dy . V. Cullcy & V. M. Cole. TerittS $3 YEAR 33t PER CEXT. D1SCOUXT MADE OX ADTAXCE, OR 105 OX HALF YEARLY 1'AYMEXTS. ILAWKETOCEBlDItGM, (I A.) ATTHJMBAY, AUGUST S3, 134.

Xj.qws oe time it. states; BY AUTHORITY. Laws of the united states, passed at the first session of the twenty-third congress.

AN ACT

(Public JVU 43.) granting pensions to certain persons

therein named. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the following persons, the pensions herein granted to them respectively, commencing at the time set against their names severally, and to continue during their natural lives, to wit: Simon Deloach, at the rate of six dollars per month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Levi Strong, at the rate of six dollars per month,

commencing on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. John O'Neil, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Benjamin Goodrich, at the rate of six dollars per month, commencing the first day of January eighteen hundred and thirty-two. William Warren, at the rate of sixteen dollars per month, commencing on the twenty-second of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, three. George Lynch, at the rate of six dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-

one, i Eli Mitchel at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the fourth day of March, one thou-1 sand eight hundred and thirty-four. John G. Warkman, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on tho eleventh day of June eighteen hundred and twenty-nine. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Benjamin Grover, of Pownal, in the State of Vermont, the pension granted to Benjamin Groun,by an act passed tho fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, the same pension having been intended for said Benjamin Grover, to commence at the same time as by said act is provided. JNO. BELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. M. VAN BUREN, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate. Approved, June 30th, 1834. ANDREW JACKSON.

tenth and twelfth clauses of the second section of the act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports, passed July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, be, and the same arc hereby, suspended until the third day of March next. And in tho meain time, that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to inquire, whether it be necessary, to except, any manufactured articles from the operation and effect of those provisions, by reason of the difficulty of ascertaining the duties chargeable upon such articles, and that he make report to Congress, at the commencement of the next session. Approved, June 30th, 1834

(Public JVo. 48. AN ACT for the better organization of the United States "Marine Corps." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, the Marine Corps shall consist of the following officers, non-commissioned ollicers, musicians and privates, viz. one colonel command

ant, one lieutenant colonel, four majors, thirteen captains, twenty first lieutenants, twenty second lieutenants, one adjutant and inspector, one paymaster, one quartermaster, one assistant quartermaster, one Serjeant major, one quartermaster Serjeant, eight corporals, thirty drummers, thirty lifers and one thousand privates. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corps shall, at all times, be subject to, and under the laws and regulations which are, or may hereafter be, established for the better government of the navy, except when detached for service with the army by order of the President of the United Stales. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, shall take the oath prescribed by law, and that all enlistments shall be for the term of four years, during which period marines, so enlisted, shall be, and are hereby, exempt from, all personal arrest for debt or contract. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the

officers of the Marine Corps shall be, m relation to rank, on the same footing as officers of similar

grades in the army : Provided, That no officer of

(PublwNo. 50.) AN ACT concerning naval pensions, and the navy pension fund. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the provisions and benefits of the act of the twenty-eighth of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two entitled 'An act further to extend the pension heretofore granted to the widows of persons killed, and who died in the naval service," be continued for another term of fivo years, to all those widows who have heretofore had the benfit of the same, and the same are hereby, also extended to the widows of officers, seamen and marines, who have died in the naval service since the fir3tday of January, ono thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, or who may die in said service, by reason of disease contracted, or of casualties by drowning or otherwise, or of injuries received while in the line of their duty, and the pensions of such widows shall commence from the

passage of this act: Provided, That every pension hereby granted shall cease on tho death or marriage

of such widow.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there

be reimbursed to the navy pension fund, out of any

five thousand dollars, and shall be allowed three per centum on all moneys received on account of the duties arising on goods, wares and merchandise imported, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels; and the said collector shall also receive, in addition to his other foes and emoluments allowed by law, tho annual sum of two hundred and fifty dollar?, subject however to the limitations provided by law. Section 11. And be it further enacted That tho

President of the United States be, and ho hereby is, authorized to remove the scat of the custom-house of the district of Frenchman's Bay, in the stato of Maine, from its present situation" to the town of Ellsworth, in said district. Approved, 30th June, 1831.

Public J'o. AN ACT for the repair of the Mars Hill military road, in the state of Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houc of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the sum of six thousand

dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for jr,vcr Saint Joseph, the sum of ten thousand dol

uio repair oi .uais mil military road in the state ot j iJ,I-

1 o aid in ope ning tho Territorial road from the village of Clinton, on tho Chicago road, through the countv of Jackson, to tho rrmid of fir.mtt

(Public Jt. rc.) AN ACT to aid in the construction of certain Roida in the Territory of Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep. resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there bo, and hereby ore appropriated, out of any money in tho Trcasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under tho direction of tho Sccreaty of War, in tho Torritoty of Michigan, tho following sums of money, and for the following purposes, to wit: To aid in opening and constructing tho Territorial road between Sheldon's on tho Chicago road, and tho mouth of the river St. JosephV of Lake Michigan, the sum of twenty thousand dollars. To aid in opening and constructing tho Territorial road between Port Lawrence and Adrian, tho sum often thousand dollars. To aid in opening and constructing tho Territorial road between Nilcs and the mouth of tha

? j Maine, which sum shall bo juid out of any money fjin tho Treasury not otherwise impropriated; the

money in the Treasury not otherwise anoronriated stat0 f Maine having, by a resolve approved the

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the cost oi the stock ot theliank of Columbia, here-! cigum uay oi iuarcn, eighteen hundred and thirty-; river, the rum ot eight thousand dollars, tofore purchased by the commissioners of the said j r agreed to assume tho preservation and repair j To aid in opening bridging and contructin a fund, and which now remains unredeemed by the roru a after tho first day of January, eighteen Territorial road from Vistula wcstwardlv, to Tho said bank, together with interest thereon, from the hundred and thirty-five, on condition that tho said i Indiana Stato line, in tho direction of Chicsro. " .1 t ...l." 1. 1 I 1 1 . , a i rnrul Kliil III if hill in n etitn nP.:. 1... .!.. I'. ".!. i . . .. ' . . - t' '

peuuu ui which bam uaiiK ceascu io pay lnicrcsi, i v r. ... m n -uu uu: uuiu-u lcn thousand dollars; Proridt d hotrever, That tho

to the time of the reimbursement, 1

to be made; and at the period of sa

ment, the said stock shall be transferred by the Secretary of the Navy to the Treasury ofthe Unitcd States. Approved, June SOth, 183-1.

lerein directed j States prior to tho first day of January afo aid reimburse- llovidcd, That no toll shall bo received or

(Public No. 51.) AN ACT to establish a port of entry nt Natchez, in Mississippi, and creating certain ports of delivery and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ofAmerca in Congress assembled, That all tho ports, harbors,

snores and waters ot the Mississippi, river, within

the Stale ot Mississippi, be, and they are

res lid :

moneys to bo thus expended shall bo applied upon

ed or collect-

eu for te passage of any wagon or carriage, laden ficult to mak and running princimllv th

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non or military stores belonpm in l ho n ip.

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States, or to any of the states compos'n" this Union. Approved, June 20di, 1S31.

hereby

constituted a collection district, by the name of the

the Marine Corps, shall exercise command over any Natchez district, and a port of entry shall be esnavy yard or vessel of the United State. " tablishcd at Natchez for said district, and a collectSec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the of- or shall be appointed, who shall give the usual bond ficers of tho Marino Corps, shall bo entitled to required of such officers, and be entitled toasala-

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Am:ovi:i, June oOth, ISol.

(Public, No. U.) AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to annex a part of the State of New Jersey to the collection district of New York; to remove the office of collector of Niagara to Lewistovn;tomake Cape

St. Vincent, in the district of Sacketts' harbor, a port of delivery; and out of the districts of Miami and Mississippi, to make two new districts, to be called the districts of Sandusky andTeche, and for other purposes.' . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be paid, annually to the collector of the port of Franklin, in the district of Teche, in lieu of all demands against the Government of the United States for house rent, storage, and so forth, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. Aiteoved, JuncSOlh, 1831.

(Public, Ao. 45.) AN ACT to enable the Secretary of Stats to purchase the papers and books of General Washington. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasu

ry not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of State to purchase tho manuscript papers and a portion of the printed books of General George Washington, the said papers and books to bo deposited and preserved in the Department of State, under the regulations tho Secretary shall prescribe. ArpsovED, June 30th, 1S34.

and receive the same pay, emoluments, and allowances, as are now, or may hereafter be, allowed to officers of similar grades in the infantry of the army, except tho adjutant and inspector, who shall be entitled to tho same pay, emoluments and allowances, as are received by the paymaster of said

corps; and the non-commissioned officers musicians and privates, shall bo entitled to the same pay, rations clothing, and allowances, as they now receive. Sec. C. And be it further enacted. That the

statTof said corps shall be taken from the captains and subalterns of the corps. Sec. 7. And be itfurther enacted, That the commissions of the officers now in the Marine Corps shall not be vacated by this act, and that the Presi

dent of the United States may during the recess of the Senate, first by promotions according to rank and then by selections, appoint the officers hereby authorized, which appointments shall bo submitted to tho Senate, at their next session, for their

advice and consent. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the President be and he is hereby, authorized to prescribe such military regulations for the discipline of tho Marine Corps, as he may, in his judgment deem expedient. Sec. I). Andbeit further enacted, That so much of the fourth section of the act, passed the sixth day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled "An act making further provision for the army of tho United States, and for other purposes," or of any other act as authorizes the President to confer brevet rank on such officers of the army or of tho Marino corps, as shall have served ten years in any one grade, shall be, and the same hereby is repealed ; and so much of the the second section of an act passed the sixteenth of Apil, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled "An act regulating tho pay and emoluments of brevet officers," as may be applicable to the clause herein above repealed, shall be, and the same hereby is, also repealed; Provided, Nothing

herein shall afiect any right already acquired by ten years expired service to bevet rank.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions

of this act be, and the same arc hereby repealed. ArrjiovED, June 30th, 1834.

(Public J"o. 46.) AN ACT authorizing the President of the United States to cause certain roads to be opened in Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum often thousand

dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the President of the United States to cause a road to be opened from Helena, in Arkansas Territory, to the mouth of Cache river; also, a road leading from Jackson, in the county of Lawrence, by Liberty and Fayetteville, in the county of Washington, in the aforesaid Territory, to Fort Smith: And also, That the sum of seven thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of locating and constructing a road from Strong's (a point on the military road from Memphis to Little Rock) by Letchfield in Jackson county, to Batesville, in the Territory of Arkansas. . Approved, June 30th, 1S34. (Public JSo. 47.)

AN ACT to suspend the operations of certain provisoes of "An act to alter and amend the several 'acts imposing duties on imports," approved the

fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re

preventatives of the United States of America in

Congress Assembled, x hat the provisoes of the

(Public No. 49.)

AN ACT to increase and regulate the pay of the

surgeon and assistant surgeon oi the army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re

presentatives of the United States of America in

Congress assembled, 1 hat trom and alter the pas

sing ol this act, no person shall receive the appointment of assistant surgeon in the array of the United States, unless he shall have been examined and approved by an army medical board, to consist of not less than three surgeons or assistant surgeons, who shall be designated for that purpose by the Secretary of War; and no person shall receive tho appointment of surgeon in the army of the

United States, unless he shall have served at least

five years as an assistant surgeon, and unless, also, he shall have been examined by an army medical

board constituted as aforesaid.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the

surgeons in the army of the United States shall be

entitled to receive the pay and emoluments ot a major; and the assistant surgeons who shall have served five years, shall be entitled to receive the pay and emoluments of a captain; and those who shall have served less than five years, the pay and emoluments of a first lieutentant; and that said assistant surgeons shall be entitled to receive the same allowances for forage as they are at present entitled to. Sec. 3. Atid be it further enacted, That every surgeon and assistant surgeon, who shall have served faithfully ten years in these grades, respectively, shall be entitled to receive an increase of rations, per day, equal to the number of rations to which he may be entitled under this act. Approved, June 30th, 1834.

ry of five hundred dollars per annm.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all vessels proceeding to the said port of Natches, from any port or place in foreign countries, shall stop and report her arrival at tlie port of New Orleans; and before such vessel shall proceed on her voyage to the said port of Natchez, it shall be the duty of tho collector of the said port of New Orleans to order on board any such vessel, a customhouse officer, who shall remain on board such vessel until her arrival at the said port of Natchez: and it shall be the duty of such custom-house officer to

take possession and safely keep all the papers belonging to such vessel, having relation to the freight or cargo on board, which papers he shall

deliver to the collector of the poit of Natchez, im

mediately alter his arrival at that port; and any

such vessel, which shall depart from the said port of

Ivew Orleans, without such custom-house olhcer on board, shall be subject to all the pains and panallies provided for by law for a violation of the re

venue laws of the United States.

Sec. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That the ex

penses of the custom-house officer which may be put on board of any such vessel at New Orleans, from tho time of his being put on board until his

return to New Orleans, shall be paid by the owner or owners of such vessel. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That Dorchester, in the State of Massachusetts, be, and tho same is hereby, declared to be a port of delivery. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the port of entry and delivery for the district of Philadelphia, shall be'bounded by the navy yard on the south, and Gunner's run on tho north; any thing in any former law to the contrary notwithstanding. Section G. And be it further enacted, That the town of Camden, in the district of Bridgeton, in the state of New Jersey, shall be a port of delivery, and shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of delivery in the United

States; and there shall be appointed a surveycr of

the customs to reside at said port, who shall also perform tho duties of an inspector, and who shall be entitled to receive the annual salary of one thousand dollars and no more. Section 7. And be itfurther enacted, That tho surveyor of the port of Camden shall be authorized io enrol and license ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, under the re

gulations and provisions of the act entitled "An act to authorize surveyors, under the direction of the Secretary of tho Treasury, to enrol and license

ships and vessels to be employed in tho coasting

trade and fisheries, passed tho eleventh day ot

rebrirrv. eighteen hundred and thirty, as to all

ships and vessels belonging to that part of thodis trict of Bridgetown, which lies northward of Alio way's creek, in the county of Salem.

Section 8. And be it further enacted, That all

the waters, shores, inlets and harbors of Lake Mich

igan, lying south of a point fifty miles north of the mouth of Grand river, on the east side, and the like distance north of the mouth of the Milwauke river on the west side of said lake, shall be, and hereby arc, attached to, and made a part of, the collection district of Detroit, in the Territory of Michigan, any

law to the contrary notwithstanding. Section 9. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirteenth day of September next, all that part of the state of New-Jersey, lying north and east of Elizabethtownand Staten Island, extending eastward as far as the mouth of the Kill Van Kull, where it empties into the bay of New York, with all the waters of the Passaick and Hackensack rivers, shall form a collection district, to be called the district of Newark, of which the town of Newark shall be the port of entry. Section 10. And be it further' enacted, That a collector for the said district shall be appointed, to reside at Newark, who shall give bond with security,

as provided by law, for tho true and faithful per

formance of the duties of his office, in the sum of

(Public jb. rn.) AN ACT authorizing the selection of certain Wabash and Erie Canal lands in the Stato of Ohio. Be it enacted by the Senate ami Hcznc of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in lieu oi lands sold or otherwise disposed of by the United States, within the Stale of Ohio, and which would otherwise become the property of the State of Indiana, in vir

tue of "An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana for the purpose of aidino

such btate in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash river with those of Lake Erie," approved March second, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, the canal commissioners authorized to locate the hnda granted as aforesaid for tho use of the canal within tho State of Ohio, be, and they arc hereby, authoized to select an equal quantity from the alternate sections, which would otherwise belong to the United States in the division under said act, or from the lands recently acquired by

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in the neighborhood near the line of said canal as they shall think proper; and the lands thus selec

ted shall be vested and disposed of for tho use of the canal as other lands appropriated by tho act aforesaid.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted. Th

of selections of lands authorized by tho previous section, and which agreeably to treaty stipulations, may hereafter be sold by tho United States for the benefit of the Indians; a sum equal to the amount for which said lands may have been sold, shall be paid over, by tho Treasurer of the United States, to the commissioners authorized to receive the same, for the use and benefit of said canal. Sec. 3. And be it furtkir enacted, That un

til tho lands granted by the aforesaid ect of

March second, eighteen hundred and twenty-

seven, shall he selected and the selections con

templated by this act shall be made, tho public

lands on and near the line of suid canal and liable

lo the selections aforesaid shall be reserved from

sale.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted That it shall

be the duty of the Commissioner of tho General

Land Ofiice, to furnish said commissioners with a perfect map cf the surveyed lands on and con

tiguous to tho Maumee river within the Slate of

Ohio, including the lands recently purchased from

the Indiam?, careiully notim? thereon the lands

which havo been sold or otherwise disposed of by the United States. ArrnovEi), June 30tb, 1S3J.

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(Public, Jo. T1.) AN ACT to procure a but, in marble

Chief Justice Ellsworth. Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Cow

grcss assembled. That the Joint Commitee of the

two Houses of Congress on the Library be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to contract with a suitable American artist for the execution, in marble, and delivery in the room of the Supreme Court of the United States, a bust of the late Chief Justice Ellsworth. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of carrying this act into effect, there be, and hereby i9, appropriated, eight hundred dollars to bo paid out of any money in tho Treasury not otherwise, appropriated. . ArrsovED, June 30th, 1834.

(Public Yo. 01.) AN ACT to carry into full effect the fourth article of the treaty of the eighth of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, with tho Creek nation of Indians, so far as relates to the elaiina of citi zens of Georgia against Paid Indians, prior to eighteen hundred and two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State of America in Congress assembled, That tho President of tho United States be, and he ia hereby, authorized h cause to be adjusted nnd paid lo full indemnity, out of any money in tho Treasury not otherwise appropriated, all claims of citizens of the Slate of Georgia, under tho fourth article of tho treaty cf the eighth of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, between the United States and tho Creek nation of Indians, which havo not been heretofore adjusted and paid, on the following principles: all claims which have not been heretofore adjusted and paid, founded upon the capture and detention, or detention, or destruction of property by said Indians, prior to tho passgo of tho act regulating in

tercourse Willi Indian tribes, if satisfactorily established, shall be nllowed and paid. Src.'-i. And be it further enacted, That thero shall be an interest oi six per cent, per annum allowed and paid on the amount of all claims which have been or may be adjusted and established tmdcr the provisions of the aforesaid treaty, to bo calculated from the date of tho oiigin of" the claims, respectively, up to the date of the adjustment and establishment of said claims respectively: Provided, however, That the amount which ir.ay bo allowed under the provisions of this act, as interest shall be calculated on tho amount of tho value of the property so taken or destroyed; tin amount of the principal of each claim to bo determined by die value of the property for which it was and ia made, at tho time said propcity waa so taken or destroyed: And provided, also, That tho aggregate amount of tho claims which have been, and ; hereafter may be, paid, shall not exceed tho turn

ot two hundred and fitly thousand dollars. Six. 3. And be it further enacted, That if, on tho adjustment of tho aforesaid claim, tho amount which may be found due, end tho amount already paid, with tho interest to bo calculated us aforesaid, shall exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the President be, and ho i.hereby, authorized to causo a fair and cquiiablo distribution of tho unexpended balnnco of the said

two hundred and fitty thousand dollaia to bo made among tho claimants, in proportion to tho umount which may have been, or thall bo found due to them, respectively: Provided, That tlm principal of the respective claims shall bo first paid. Aitkovep, June 30th, 1S3 i.

(Public JNo. 53.) AN ACT concerning the duty on lead. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That the duty of threo cents a pound on lead in pigs, bars, and sheets, shall be considered as extending to all articles manufactur

ed of lead, the value of which does not exceed double that of the raw material of which it is com-

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poseu, excepting juau manuiaciureu into pipes, and old and scrap lead, which shall pay the same duties as heretofore: Provided, That nothing in this section shall extend to or affect tho present duties on red and white lead, shot, sugar of lead, and litharge. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of tho aforesaid section shall bo subject to the reductions in duties provided for in the act entitled "An act to modify the act of tho fourteenth of Jul', ono thonsand eight hundred and thirty-two, and all other acts imposing duties on imports,'1 passed second March, ono thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. ArrnovED June SOth, 1834.,

RESOLUTION manifesting the rcnsibility of tho two Houses of Congress and of the Nation, on tho occasion of tho decease of Cent ral La l'uyette. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States tf America in Co?igresx assc7iiblcd, That the two Houses of Congress have received with the prnfnundcst sensibility, intelligence of tho death of General La Fayette, tho friend of the United States", tho friend of Washington, and the friend cf liberty.

2. And be itfurther resolved, That tho sacrifi

ces and efforts of this illustrious prison, in the cause of our country, during her struggle for inde

pendence, and the affectionate interest which ho has at all times manifested for the success of her political institutions, claim from the Government and

People of the United States, an expression of condolence for his loss, veneration for his virtues, and gratitude for his services. 3. And be itfurther resolved, That the President of the United States bo requested to address, together with a copy of the 3bovo resolutions, a letter lo George Washington La Fayette, and the other members of hid family, assuring them of tho condolence of this whole Nation in their iircparablo

bereavement. 4. And be itfurther resolved, That the members of tho two Houses of Congress will wear a badge of mourning for thirty days, and that it bo recommended to the People cf tho United States to wear a similar badge for the same period. 5. Andbc itfurther resolved, That tho Halb of tho Houses bo dressed in mourning for tho residue of the session. 0. And be itfurther resolved, That John Quincy Adams bo requested to deliver an Oration on the lifo and character of General La Fuyette, before tho two Houses of Congrcsj at the next session. Approved, June 20th, 1834.