Indiana Palladium, Volume 10, Number 52, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 10 January 1835 — Page 1

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Conscientious Miser. An old Dutchman, named Shumm, who lived in one of l!ie wretched hovels that stand in the rear of Sheriff street, and whose apparent poverty and manifest sufferings from a dreadful case of hernia had long excited the sympathy of his humane neighbor?, died on Friday last of asthma and a complication of other diseases. He wa3 well known to be of a very obstinate and eccentric disposition; and, although he had been 'confined to his bed several weeks, he not only rejected all medical aid, but persisted to the .last in his singular habit of sleeping in the whole of his wardrobe, which consisted chiefly of a pair of breeches, that at some remote era had been constructed of blue velvet, a sailors jacket, and a frieze over-coat; winch all exhibited accumulated proofs of the old man's attachment. ' On Wednesday he sent for Mr. M. Van Duersen,a respecta ble countryman of his, residing in the neighbor hood, who had often given him charitable relief, . .11 - i ttr'ti i and privately requested him to make his Will! To this rentleman's great surprise na bequeathed various suro3 of money, amounting altogether to $3,700, to children and grand-cnildrcn residing at Newark and Albany; and confidentially informed him where this property was deposited. He then narrated to Mr. Van Ducrsen the following remarkable facts in his history : He stated that about 20 years ago he was a por ter to a mercantile house in Hamburgh, and, ha? ing been long in its employ, was frequently cntrus-j ted with considerable sums of money for conveyance to other cstabhshmenfs. In an Hour ol evil intluence he was induced to violate ii!3 trust, anti to abscond to this country with a large sum. ing arrived, he m'ested tne greater part ot it in the purchase of two houses, which adjoined each other, and which, beforo he had effected an insurance on them, were burnt to the ground. Considerinc this a iudscmcnt of heaven upon his dishon esty, he determined to devote the remainder of his life to a severe course of industry and parsimony, with the single object in view of making full restitution to the persons whom he had injured, or to their descendants. He adopted another name, and, with the means he had left, commenced business in this cily as a tobacconist: and although his trade was a retail one, and had again suffered a heavy loss from fire, he had succeeded five years since, in acquiring sufficient property to accomplish his just and elevated purpose. He then, accordingly, sold his stock in trade, and was preparing to transmit the necessary amount to Hamburgh, where the mercantile firm he had defrauded still continues, when he ascertained that it had a branch establishment, or agency counting house, at Philadelphia. Thither lie went, and paid the sum of $14,000; being equivalent to the original sum he had embezzled, with a certain rate of interest. The latter, however, was generously returned to him by a son of one of the partners, and this, together with some surplus money, he has bequeathed as above stated. For the last five years he has lived in utter obscurily and in severe accordance with his long formed habits of parsimony. His executor, Mr. Van Ducr3en, found the above named sum of $3700, principally in doubloons, curiously concealed in a certain private department of the tenacious breeches before specified ; and it was ascertained that the old man's dreadful case of hernia, was a case of something far less objectionable. Tho remainder of his money was found under the patches of his jacket, with the exception of a small sum in shillings and sixpences discovered in an old snuff jar, which seems to have been the depository of his current funds. Police Covrt. A mceli example of long suffering, under tho most sensitive species of injury, al least so considered, by suspectiblo souls, 'was exhlbited, in Court, in the amiable person of John ri i - M M -I IV r TT Trippcts, a neat little chunk of ebony, about five feet nothing in altitude, who came to enter a complaint against Charles R. Loirfcr, a man of larger mould, but as trig a piece of black ivory, as ever brandished a ladle, or skimmed a soup kettle over a galley fire, with the consequential air of a man in authority. The injured one commenced his statement of misery, which, however insufferable, was not muttcrable, by calling the attention of the magistrate to a couple of carving knives, of potential . aspect, glistening in the sunbeam?, that noiselessly disported themselves on the clerk's desk. Then fixing his lobstcr-Iike eyes, "more in sorrow than in anger,' on the shining blades, as if to concentrate his thoughts upon tho painful subject with which they were indisolubly associated, he opened the cause of all his woes, and dilated upon each dire event, with circumstantial particularity, in the following consecutive, affecting, and unsophisticated specimen of African eloquence, which is here set forth, without addition or diminution, for the benefit of the orators of all colors of the rising generation: "May it please yer honor, if so be you be the gentleman, trie flfld Mr. Lowfer, the gentleman what they got in jail, is very good friends, as any body, you see (You understand mc. don't ye?) Well, rny wife went out one evening (You understand me, Judge?) And so I kind a thought sunthin :(Yon understand me?) So I went down to Lowfer's brig (You undorsrtnd mc?) And there I kept a look out, and saw her waiting for him (You understand me?) Well, she did'nt come home that night (You understand that, Judge don't ye?) And the next morning I laid it to her, hut she said "My dear, there's nothing in it; ihere aint, 'pon my honor there aint; I was only having a little sport with Lowfer to make you iealous 3." Well, I believed her, though I once afore caught Lowfer in her room, with his hands on her x- 1 . 1 ) IT r.' iou unuurswuu mui; iimvsomever i torgm her that time, and we made all up, and I asked her to cut my hair (You understand me ?) "Yes, my dear, I will, if you'll jest wait till I go down to my service place, to tell Missus the reason I warnt at home last night," she answered; and I replied to her "Yes, my love, you may go, but you neednt he purlickler about telling the reason (You understand that, Judge, don't ye?) Well, she did'nt come back to cut m hair, and about moonrising, I began to think again (You understand me?) So 1 went to her service place to watch her, and jest as 1 got to the fence, I slanted down like, making my body horizontal perpendicular, like a ladder resting 'ginsta chimney (You understand me?)

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- xjywg - Well, when I got my eye to the right elevator, so as to take sight, 1 peeked clear through a crack in the fence, but she could'nt see me a might coze of themoonshade, for I had the light behind (You understand me?) Wei!, by go!s r.nd my sacred honor, jest at that moment, what do you suppose.

yer honor, she was doom1? Why, she was brushed 1 different aninnls. Mr. L. Handy, one of the bosup in all her Sunday clothes, that I gPen her pait I ton owners who went out in 1833, heads one of the

on, and tvinsr on her Leghorn, to no for to meet Lowfer (You understand me?) Well, I kept mt W-W I crouching down, till I got my knee in the gutter, when she sallied out, and as she made for the brig, I split full liltarter her, till I got down to the wharf, when 1 slackened my pace some to see sart3in if she would be so bad arter what she said in the morning, as to go aboard. Well, Til be danged, if aboard she did'nt go and I really began to suspect that she was a little deceitful (You under stand me?) Well I had nt waited lonj; afore Low fer camo down, and as we aro very good friends J 0 and very sociable, notwithstanding this other little matter atwixt us, he told me all that I had been saying to her in the morning, so that I knew they hid been together during the day. Well I stood talking to him about things in general, for some time, but as he seemed sort of impatient to go on board of the brig where mv wife was, T thought I'd go home (You understand mc?) Well, the next j morning, I told her that, "If I ever caught her there j agam. the Lord mi2ht have mercy on her soul." i This set her a taking on, and crying so, that it ! somehow softened my heart, and" so I forgin her ! again; but Eowter heard that she had got into trouble on his account, and he beinr a spirited sort

Hav-!0fman, was natnrly a little vexed at it, and so

about midnight he come to my house, with these ! two knives in his hands, and swore hv'd rip out mv ! jealous heart (You understand me?) Well, J did'nt like to have it said I had a jealous heart, nor j be ripped up, when I had'nt done him no harm in lentionally, for I always liked him very well (You understand me?) Sol called the watch, and they came and took the knives away from Lowfer, and took him away from me. I don't want you to hurt him, now you have got him, yer honor, for ho is a gentleman what I always respected, but I want you j to keep him from breaking into my house, withsich things as them edge tools in the night. Trippct's story, so far as it related to the knives and threats, was confirmed by the watch, and the cause of them was not contradicted by Lowfer, and the Court extended the broad a?ms of the law over the simplehearted and inoffensive complainant by fining his annoyer .$3,00 and costs, and putting him under bonds to keep the peace towards his "very good friend." Lowfer's captain paid the line, gave the security, and tool; the intriguing rosue to sea with him. Boston Staiesjnan. Directions from the parent to hh son, on hU entering into mercantile business. You arc to give your constant attention at the Counting Room or store (business or no business) during office hours, except you are sent out by Mr. or go by his permission When out on business, finish it with despatch and return immediately. Keep your store in tho most regular and neatest order, especially your desks, books, and files of papers Whatcvcrbasmcssyoumay have on nana exocute it, not in a hurry, but in the best style, instantly without delay. "Procrastination is tho thief of , Innfnf time. Whenever you deliver an article, see that it be charged the first thing you do. It will require your utmost attention and consideration to enable you to execute your duties faithfully and correctly, especially till practice makes business familiar. Tho last and most important: you are inviolaj bly to keep your masters secrets, relate none of 1 - . - - mm his business, not even to vour most intimate lriends. A breach of this injunction would be treason on your p3rt, and the reason will be obvious to you. Mr. will cheerfully grant you every indulgence. Should you want to be absent an hour, or even more, he will not object; but you must be careful never to ask these favors when your presence is necessary in the store. Think it not derogatory to perform any work amongst the goods in the store; lhe exercise will he useful to slrcngthen your muscles and preserve your health. Be careful to improve your h ind writing by copying in the best style, and when you write in a letter, you should do it as if it was to be inspected by all your acquaintance, and you should never write fast. Hunting icild anhnals. Several of our friends having expressed a curiosity to learn how the wild beasts are obtained, that are occasionally introduced among us, we have taken some pains to collect a few facts for tho benefit of our readers generally. The company of individuals owning the very extensive collection at present exhibiting in this city, embraces not more than six or eight persons, who are, however, gentlemen of great intelligence and cnterprize? They have a large amount of capital invested, a portion in animals in this country, and tho remainder in Asia and Africa, where they have many men constantly employed in lhe business of hunting and securing the noblest, as well as the rarest tenants of the forrst. A ship is chartered each fall for the Capo of Good Hope, which is the gathering point for all Africa, and returns in tne succeed! pn nE, laden with the fruit of a year's toil and hardship. Mr. Z. Macomber, one ol the company, who was so successful last year, in importing several animals, never before seen here, isails again in a day or two, in the ship c?usan, tor iho f.?inr .villi lhr nrnsnnrt nf a richer freight in return, than has vet crowned their labors. -7 . jLatc advices from three ot their hunting parues I in the interior of Africa, "ive the most flattering intelligence, and assure the owners that in addition to tho animals usually caught, they will, in the course of the season, be able to send down a Rhinoceros or two, and a Giraffe or Camel Leopard, one of tho most extraordinary quadrupeds in the animal kingdom, both in its form and habits. It partakes of the character of the deer and antelope,! but his nothing of the camel or leopard, which is its English name. Its head is like that of the deer, with a neck of prodigious length, as graceful as that of an Arab steed, and fore legs twice as long as the hind legs. When it stands up, as it docs for hours together, without moving limb or muscle, or even

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'.3jj.r..i. - j, "Sff riMiMtriTT H"Hlir iaVi winking the eyelids, its neck and back form nearly a perpendicular line, and the hoad reaches to the astonishing height of near twenty feet. The hunting parties set off from Cape Town, in the spring, usually about the first of May, and take different directions in the interior, in pursuit of parties of the present season, and Mr. mm, who succeeded some time ago, in capturing the Ciraff sent to England, heads another. The party is small when leaving the coast, consisting of a few American or English persons with their interpreters, who proceed many days' journey into the interior, until they arrive at the settlements of the Dutch, scattered over a large extent of country. Here they increase their force Iky enlisting the hardy boors and their fearless Hotentot slaves, to the number of 40 or 50, and proceed in rough bullock wagons, as fir as ihe face of the country will admit They then sling their arms, baggage, &c. on horses, on which they mount themselves, and

penetrate fir beyond the habitations of men, to the j wisdom of the Legislature. By the estimate of forests roamed by the fiercest and most ferocious j the Engineer who surveyed tho route for the While of the animal race. Four or five months are occu- Water Canal, it appears that the whole cost of conpied in reaching tho hunting ground, during which jstruction of that canal will amount to $1,112,120, time Ihe partv, under the heat of the broiling sun, or $11,1)03 per. mile. The whole distance of the

and deprived of the common necessaries of life, think they have endured all the hardship of which s man is capable; but her1 they find oanier idd to toil, and extreme peril attendant upon physical suffering. Zebras, Qnaggas ;ns, Cans, and similar animals are . ir retreats and run down by ileet i started from their o horses, whose riders when they have cornered the j s beasts in a jungle, entangle them by means of ropes y ! ingeniously noosed and thrown among them but beasts in a jungle, entangle them by means of ropes j ingeniously noosed and thrown among tuem but the lions, tiger?, hyenas, and animals cf tho fiercer class, are seized when young, or caught in large : dens or traps, strongly made of stone for the pur-; pose. The personal encounters with the wild 1 beasts are not untrcquent; generally no hurt ensues, but sometimes two or three of the party are wounded, a leg or an arm is lost, and sometimes a man is horribly crushed and torn in pieces, before his comrades can come to his rescue The parties in the course of six or eiiht weeks, ' are generally able to accomplish their hazardous ! cnterpviz, and with their spoils well secured, set their fices towards the Cape, where they arrive after an absence of about ten months. Letters have been received here from Mr. Handy, when i three months journey into the interior still Mr. ; Macomber expects to make tho long voyage to the Cape of Good llope, and arrive there som. I ,l time before the return of the parties. Pf lioston Traveller. " , i balloon Ascension. iMr. Jv;iKoy, on oaiuroay , last, made a second balloon ascension in this city The weather vas rather uncomfortable from the cold 1 out was withal an exceedingly fair day for the , son. lno heavens clear, and the sun imparting heerfuland almost sor.ng-hke appearance to j season a c every thing around. He ascended nearly perpendicularly, to a great height, jwhen, by entering, at dilierent elevations, dillerent currents ot air, he made half the circuit of the city. He was then wafted gently in a north eastern direction, which course he continued until he was hid from our si"ht behind ihe eastern range of hills. The neatest elevation be attained over the city we j ,houjd es.im.lte lo lnve becn ono milo and ,;ircc .. o ... . o'lartcrs, and ho was o minutes within our view He succccdedjn alighting in a large open ploughed field, 13 miles from the city, and two west of Milford, without sustaining damage either upon his person or apparatus. It is very much regretted that a sufficient quantity of gas was not generated in time to permit Dr. Riddle to accompany Mr. Kirkby in the ex pod ition. The extensive preparations which ihe Doctor had made for scientific experiments and observations, added to his undoubtcdcapacity and praise-worthy enthusiasm, would have rendered his excursion valuable to science, and could not have failed to result in various discoveries of a rare and interesting nature. The ascension wa3 altogether a splendid affair, hut Mr. Kirkby was poorly remunerated fur his trouble, expense, and risk. Citt. Republican Dec. 20. If,,; nnl. Ti nvu. r,f l,o L-n.,vn tl.r. ..c iiium ui uui iuz.cii?', uj.u uiu coiiiiuuaiioii oi iuo Canal to the river, is fully completed. Our common broad horns, the New Orleans flat boat, can betaken from the river, as thev are now nearly evrrv dav. nnd nassed ihrownh l.w-J iiv.iii point upon tho Canal, with great facility. Cm J ' . Rep. Extract from a Sermon of Frugality. The Crc-

ator of the world is infinitely lich and infinitely ! V3nt nutter which abound in the English law books J public lands, should not hare i;r.y olt:ith? lhi(vyn bountiful; and yet in all his provisions he allows ! touching the divine rights of the Crown and tho ! i" their way to do so, and tint they ought u d'sno waste. 4Ho weighed the dust, and measured j ecclesiastical prerogatives which abound in those J tch their' business at the public of.kvs without the waters' when he made the world; and caleula-! Statutes. Our government is widelv different having rc course to tho magistrate before whom ted to a nicety, so much earth, so much air, so much I 'rom which we derive our principal leal ! ilwy were at present, often at great loss of tirno fire, so much water, went to make up such a world lights. Should we not bo careful to select from ; and" inconvenience, to jo, in order to take th'; oaths as this. The first quantity is still here ; and though Mheir labors such portions of their jurisprudence as ; ih-t the law made imperative tu them. The man can gather and scatter, move, mix and unmix. 's applicable lo our liberal institutions, and ns care-! amendme nt of his callea;nie was to, bestow tho

yet he can destroy nothing. The putrifaction of ono ? thing, is a preparation for the being and bloom another. Thus a tree gathers nourishment from of anct its own fdlen leaves when thev are decaved. and something gathers up the fragments that nothing is lost. And when the Son of God was on earth, and about scattering blessings: when with a word went he multiplied five barley loves and two smill fishes a . m a to leed many thousand persons, he could in the Mothers and Daughters. It was a judicious resolution of a father, as well as a most pleasing compliment to his wife, when, on being asked by a friend what he intended to do with his girls, he replied, "I intend to apprentice them to their mother, that they may learn tho art of improving time, and be htted to become like her wives, mothers, heads of families, and useful members of society." Equal ly just, but bitterly painful, was the remark of the V?l rVrf a vn, 'Ijough.lcss, dressy slat - . ia naiu io say u, uui n my gins are iu have a chance ot growing up good for any thing iney must be sent out of the way cf their mother

same manner have provided another meal whenev-i reason 'hat Ins life, Ins property and his character ; 'he vast number ol entries that were yi sij) maue . er the need of his followers required it; but instead arc subject to the requisitions of that law. We are j In some rflkt s three or four thousand tides had of that, he commanded then to gather up the frag- aware of the difficulty which will attend the great ' ' he perfected. Tho payment of fees would inments, that nothing might be lost; thus teaching task which is proposed to be undertaken. It must crease tho salaries in many places, full one thouna tr rnrrnrfl fmnolli.. bo nrfifrrpcs! vr. and it must bo snmnu'hii i r.l,,-,:., cirifl ir fifurn Imndrrd dollars. Il1 COUld llOt

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r.H1 x.uL i.-J..-Jl.' JJU JATUAMY 1, 1SS5. caws., Indiana Sature. v On Wednesday, in the House of Representatives, Mr. Bicgek from a select committee to which was referred, that portion of the Governor's message which relates to the boundaries between this State and the territory of Michigan, made an able and detailed report on this subject, accompanied by joint resolutions, one thousand copies of which wero ordered to he printed. The Speaker laid before the House the Annual Keport of the Commissioners of the Wabash and Erie Canal, accompanied by statements and estimates of State Engineer?. By this report it appears, that thirty-six miles of the canal will bo completed this year, and will cost $132,004 50, or an average cf $12,030 90 per mile. It also states, that there are now completed and under contract, seventy miles of the canal which will be completed during the next vear, and will cost in the whole $035,000, being about the! full amount that has heretofore been appropriated by the Legislature. The Commissioners urge the propriety of lunner appropriations; but lcav the amount to the route from Nettle creek to Lawrence burgh is 7u miles, and will require 5" locks. Consider iblv dis1 i cussion took place on a bill. roDorted hv Air. Shav from tho select committee to which it had been re committed, in amendment of tho cxecution-1 iw, al lowing, in addition to the property now exempt fron execution, an additional bed and beddin, a number of sheep, and the tools of a mechanic, not; exceeding $20 in value. An able and eloquent; defence of the measure was made by Air. Shaw. ! exceeding $20 in value. An able and eloquent; defence ol the measure was made by Mr. Shaw. ! Several other gentlemen participated in the dis-1 cussion. Mr. Comvell moved an amendment, that j the property exempted should vest in the wife of 1 the execution-defendant; when Mr. Smith of F., I moved that the bill and amendments be indefinitely postponed; which motion was under discussion when the House adjourned. In the couise of the d:iy, Mr. Walker reported a bill fur ihe re-location of the countv seat of Divirhnrn r-inn?v iv!?rii nu.l sed to a second readin". On yesterday morning, on leave granted, Mr. Gilgore introduced a resolution, tint a committee be appointed, consisting of two members from each Congressional District, to inquire into thcexpcdi-l ency of abolishing tho present District system of' electing members of congr-o, ami that they miy hereafter lc elected by General Ticket. Mr. Wilei mowd tint the resolution be indefinitely postmncd ; w hen Mr. Smith of Ripley moved to'l ay the nmo on the able; which motion was carried in ihe same affirmative. Mr. Moore, on leave, introduced a bill i to incorDOraf0 ,e Snonrrr XtPmn Mill n,.nm,n,.. i which was read and passed to a second readin". A message from the Senate announced that they j ,i;ld d lhe mciaorij ffOJn lhc n Representatives, relative to a nntof land completion of tho Wabash and Eric canal, ouse of for the and its extension to the Ohio river, or to aid in some other work of improvement affording a line of communication from tho canal to that stream. Ind. Democrat, Jan. 2, Among the most important propositions in rcird to the jurisprudence of tho State, which h is come i ho(W,ilft :Bua L " VU" roUr'Z i " , "V" v v. uo..., ui I I ll- iiUU SI 111 i 1 1 V HI IT the liws." As fr as we r? understand lhc o! j-ct (711 Monday on ibis subject, it j ral Assembly ::tmoiit tho the bill introduced on provides tint the ueneral Assembly ;:imoii't tho Judges of tii'? Supremo Court cs proper persons to analyze and collect all hws and p u ts of laws in tulrs and common 1 tw books, and codifv and arr ange the same in such rn inner, that all the principles and rules opnlicibL to the nnriiro In our State, shall be condensed into as ?aiall a spice as possible, and in a stylo and lanuae so familiar .u.u t-a, :;j.u ii may oe comprehensible by citizens. If this great object can be obtained, i the even at considerable expense, it would bo desirable, for many reasons. As tho common liv nrm- st.-nnV It is as vaguo as if it had never becn written; for it 1 is well known that decisions and rcporis fivor..blo to both sides of most que. ions may be found in the j ponderous shelves of books, which by om Slate j Statutes are recognized as tho rule cf law in this; -"ulu,j - I'any 10 a sun is noi sure ol a inst (country. Ilia party to a suit is not sure of a inst decision, unless he employs a lawyer, who is hadusJ . . i , , - . ------ j triousand laborious, and who must exert that indus- ' 7, , ,,li:"r "u, . anu x nun.ng to Col,r l!f n,iy detached views, opimous and try and labor in searching out, and cxhibitin" to , . i i- .!. ...tomereni reports, diiific'j iiii uiilmiu i,( I ..... i .CP i . . - u4,u mno vt mi.- ui'.iiiiii.uu ui i.n"l!ii .in.

thors. A proper analysis of these immense record, j cd their siluries from on to thre. thov.':r.d didwould enable tho persons who attrmut r.,i:r I lara vrnrlv. Tho next obiect of the T resent bill

lo tho persons who attempt to codify exclude all that ceremonial and irreleour laws, to fully exclude that which is of no other uso than to j imstify,and to show by its daily operations, the "glo - i rious uncertainties ot tho law." I If these great objections can be obviated hv anv rens.mable expenditure, wo are certain that no rafl nPot ,no Treasury would bo more cheerfully honored by the people. It is for lheir benefit that la, 1 he arrangement thould be made. Every citizen should know the law under which he lives, for tho ous; but H3 importance is commensurate with many objections. We understand that the Judiciary Committco aro equally divided on the question, and that Mr. Embree introduced the bill referred to, on his own responsibility, in order to bring it to a mature and deliberate consideration of the Senate. Other States and many writers have acted and wrmcn upon tms subject; but as tho task is Herculean, but small progress Ins yet been made in , ,hJs desirable undertaking, r Ithough NewYork and Louisiana have boldly attempted the cnterprize. MM . a . a lie copy rigiit would tend largely to defray the expenses of the work, and if carefully compiled it would find a market throughout tho Union. Ib.

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!. ra2g.w;-."HW CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. L Senate Dec. 18. Mr. Hendricks, from the committee on toads and canal?, rrpt rtcd a bill making an appropriation for the improvement of tho Wabash: which was read and ordered to a second reading. MrTyler, from thecommittcc on finance of h? session, who were directt d by a r solution of the senate to investigate the condition of tiio Bank of the United States, made a report of great length, the reading of which occupied two hours and a half; :vhich was ordered to bo ptintcd. Tho senate then adjourned until Monday next. Dec. 22. The joint resolution authorizing the sale of the lion end two Imrs presented to the President by the cmpercr of.Moroi -co, was received from the house, and read a first and second lime. Mr. Clay hardly knew to what commim o the subject of a lion and two horses should ho referred; hut after a brief reflection, he moved that it Iw referred to the committee on agriculture. Mr. King, of All. thought the committee of foreign rrhih'im would be more appropriate. The hill was icfeired to the committee on agriculture. Tho social order of the day was then taken up the question l ing upon Mr. Webster's hill fir an appropriation to indemnify citizens of the United States f. r poil ttions committed on American commerce, ley lh l'Vre h previous to 1S00. Mr. Shopley defended the b 11 in a speech of considerable length, in iho eoorso of which he went into a documentary history of tho circumstances connected w ith lite casi. Tho Senate then went into the consideration of executive business. Mr. Clay I r(,IH)rlcu' a hi or nrrnrsr.NTATivi ace. ii. Mr. Chy from hie committee on public hmb rTorlc a 1)1,1 ' aninorizo mc registers anu receivers ot pubic land olhcos to administer oaths connected witnine entry ami sue ot i mos; whkm vv:l, tvv'ce rt'"tJ cntl postponed until Monday wt. Th? balance cf tho day was principally consumed m hscu?s:nga resolution relative to reuniting uso (1,,t'cs on locomotive engine, rail roid car wheeia,u 1,10 bill tocqualize and regulate tho pny of 'fiicers of lh. :irn,y ,nv.vi 1,111 no fitia action was had on cither. Dec. IV. The rmwution rchtivc to remitting duties on locomotive engine?, vVc. was farther tiebated, and finally laid on the table, on motion c-f Mr. Uurgcss, by a voto of a 1211 to fc'O. A joint resolution authorizing the sale of a lion ami two horses, received as a present by the American con j sl at Tangier from the Emperor of Morocco, wan j rcai1 3 third time, amended on tho motion of J. Q. Adams, and passed. The House t.djourncd until Monday. cc' 22. On motion of Mr. Ewing, it was rcsolved that the committee on roads and canals be instructed to inouiru into tho expediency of mak. 'WS an appropii.il ion to procure durable materials tr consti net : bridge on the national road, over tne river ;.ins!i, at i crre liaute, upon an improved plan, not impeding or obstructing the navigation thereof. On motion of Mr. Kinnaid, tho committee on revolutionary pensions, wt re instructed to inquire into tho expediency of estal fishing an agency at Indianapolis, Indiana, fur the payment of pensions. On motion of Mr. Ewii'g, it was resolved thai the committee on military affairs be instructed to inquire into the jut'tict; and expediency of making provision for the widows and orphan of such officers and Foldiris in the s ivico of tho L uited States, as died on the lionticr in hf: late Indian war wi;h Mack Hawk. This diy b' ing specially set ispart for the consideration of a bi to authorize icg';teis and receivers of land l!ici h"U to utithorizu leg teis and receivers ol ia::U cuccs to administer oatlis com i snlo of lhe public, land. inccted with the entry is ml Tho question bring en i lhe engrossment oftbe bill fir a ihird reading. Mr, I'1 moved to strike out tho lines granting comi nensation for ..dininii teiin tho oaths. Mr. M Car- ' ly sd that as the effect of tho (intendment now ! proposed wl be, to impose duties on many o( f i iho registers ol the land other f, at leru'A in his i:a .1 I-...'... . ... 1.1 I.,. omrr new Ui?i;i uiai woum .: . i i j t r o i "pon 'hem, without compensation; he h be won Itl movo . to amend l ie amencmcnt in sm.str.nco to provide that the foes shotiUbo paid by the j;ovesnm; ul. Mr. E uio would undertake to s y, thai there were but few tliic is under the (iovi rem.'it, who already were better paid ilr.n thoa emt !..yd in the land cilices, end whose wbob timi' ih.refom 1 fhould be more ot the disposition el Mm p ul;c. 1 m - t 1 Jjero wero certainly no Ukci n more cagcily fought after, ami none more tcnac:ouy clung 'o, t than those which his colle;;guo ( i.terlauu d a no u'-w. u .u.. . jumuw . turn were inad.qua ely rcmuiicratrd. 1 hey wero t r t r i',ftft !.. ..i. ... .. i.'i. I poo ?ai ines di it jeai, indium mun i 'ou v i.l wcro entitled to fees, which genvrally ir:cie;i?- ! brs yearly. Th I was to provide, that those wif.hing lo ntc ron the - -j i , payment of tho fees, on tho Government, n propo ! Ht he ition to which he could never tigvee, believin:: as did, that there were thousands nt'd tens ef thou- : sands respectable men, who would bo found wi! ! h'ng to undertake tho oflic j and peiformanco ef i the duties for lhc salaries, t. n a son-in-law in a land office, nn owiiau!. lie l. ' i i anu l;c v;ii certain a ia a a a a 'hat ho would not object to tho norluniarce ti ; those additional d duties. Did hs colleague kt:ow . consent to do so. Mr. M'Ca.ty renin u, maimauiing, tint it was not fiir to impede add.tiona duties uponany public officer, without making adequate compensation. Ho knew many di.U.cts ; whem the hbor I oho imposed m consequence ol th.s ret, r .. . Id bo extremely heavy uuu i:n,e op nmtii nine. ipp to IHO buiciuc y. hiiiii II pensc of tho purchasers of the public land. Not sopposmir that there was i.ny nctcFsity or occasion for it. Every public officii was bound to deveto his whole time to the service in which he is engaged. When, therefore, as it was said, tho duties

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