Indiana Republican, Volume 2, Number 69, Madison, Jefferson County, 4 April 1818 — Page 1
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MADISON, (INDIANA) SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1818.
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Letters to the Editor must
mid.
CONGRKSS.
I SEN ATE March 2.
hnr the petitions this day
rd, wa5 one trom vvm.
nd others, of Philadelphia,
r congress to adopt mea-
k the liberation of R. W.
!,an American citizen, ille-
onfined by the government
un.
March. 9. Williams, of Tennessee, the committee to whom
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Jcterred tne Din rcguiaung ay and emoluments of bre-
peers, reported uu; &auk. lit amendment.
motion of Mr. Roberts, it
eked, That the committee lUic lands be itstructcd to e into the expediency of Sing by law f jT the authenn of patents for land, in Manner as that the signature ! president of the United
rr.av not be necessary.
I amendments of the other.
to the amendments of the to the bill concerning cer-
fcrvivinc; otiicers and soldiers
f revolutionary war, were
up : and all having been a-
to, save that which goes to
out certain words, and has ect to permit those who al-
rcccive a nension from any
dual state to avail themselves
P provisions of this act; on
fcstion on concurring with
talamement of the principles
iCMl, the vote stood thus :
Nays 10.
" amendments of the house
all concurred in, the bill
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Jc engrossed resolution of Picker son, proposing an a?'uan to the constitution of
Muted States, for the elec-
yl senators and rcprcsenta. In congress, and electors of
president and vice president in an uniform manner, by districts, throughout the United States, having been read a third time, & the question being, 44 Shall the resolution pass the senate ?" the question was decided as follows : Yeas 20, Nays 13. So, less than two thirds of the senate having voted in the affirmativc, the resolution was rejected. Tuesday , March 10 .Mr. Storer submitted for con. sideration the following resolution : c Resolved, That the committee on the post offices and post roads be instructed to enquire into the
causes which so frequently prevent the due arrival of the public mail." The bill from the other house fixing the compensation of the clerks and officers of the two houses of congress, having been so amended as to increase the salary of the Librarian from iooo to 1500 dollars, and to limit the bill to three years duration, was ordered to a shird reading. llcuse ef Representatives. FRIDAY, MARCH G. On motion of Mr. Harrison, it was Resolved, That the committee on the post offices and pout roads be instructed to enquire into the expediency of establishing in some convenient situation in one of the western states, a branch of the general post office for the purpose of making contracts for the conveyance of the mail, and to cor rect abuses in that department. Mr. Hendricks rose to offer the resolution that follows, and said that perhaps he owed an apology to the house for bringing up the this subject ac so late a day ; that he had intended at an earlier period of the session to have submitted the proposition to the house but, until he had procured the statute of the Legislature of Indiana incorporating the company, he thought it improper to trouble the house with it ; that the statute had recently come to hand; that it incorporated the company named in the resolution with a capital, of 1,000,000 dollars, for the purpose of making a canal round the falls of the Ohio. The importance of this undertaking, said Mr. II. is so intimately connected with the commerce and the general prosperity of the whole western country, is so obvious 6t so generally known, that many remarks on the occasion would seem altogether unnecessary. The interests of Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, above those obstructions, he said, were identified with the success of that work, and the interests of the low countries, and those further west would also, be greatly prompt-
ed by removing ihose obstructions. These falls he said, presented the only obstacle known to the navigation of the Ohio ; the work was deemed very practicable, and one which might speedily'be accomplished. He would present a charter and a more general detail to the committee, when they should be authorised to take the subject into consideration. This subject, he said, was important, also, in a more national point of view. The ordnance and military stores for the extensive countries of the west must pass down the Ohio; from the falls of the Ohio to the Southern bend of lake Michigan, was the nearest and best route for the military stores and supplies destined for Chicago, Michilimackinac, Fort Gratiot, at the outlet cf lake Huron, and other fortifications westwardly to the Mississippi; that a military road between those places presented itself as a measure of the utmost importance, and was a measure which at a future day he should bring before the house. Mr. H. then offered the following resolution which was agreed to : Resolved, That the committee on roads and canals be instructed 10 inquire imu the expediency . of authoring the secretary of the treasury to subscribe, in behalf of the United States, for any num. ber of shares not exceeding 6000, in the Jefferson ville Ohio Canal Company in the State of Indiana. Among the petitions presented to-day was one by Mr. Butler, from maj. gen. John Stark, representing his necessitous circumstances and praying that the bounty of the national government may be extended to him in the decline cf his days, in consideration of his faithful services in the defence of country; which was referred to a select committee. On motion of. Mr. Tompkins, it was Resolved, That the committee on pensions and revolutionary claims be instructed to enquire in to the expediency of extending for five years to the widow and infant children of John Paulding, deceased, one of the incorruptible captors of major Andre, the annual pension heretofore granted to said John Paulding for his distinguishcd merit. On motion of Mr. Morton, it was Resolved, That the committee on so much of the president's message as relates to Roads, Canals, and Seminaries of Learning, be instructed to enquire into the expediency of providing by law for constructing a navigable canal to unite the waters of iVlassacliusetts bay with the waters of Waragansett Bay and Long Islazd Bay, by Taunton river.
Mr. Johnson of Ky. gave no. tice that he should on Monday, ask leave to introduce a bill to authorise the people of Michigan territory to send a delegate to congress. Monday , March 9. Mr. L'i 'voji.v from the committee (-1 Way? ?.rid Means, reported a hi;; for changing the compensation of Rtceiv . 3nd , Registers of the JUaJ O-'-j . which was twice read an;, an mitted. On motion of Mr; Robertson of Louisiana, it was Resolved, That the committee on the post office and post roads be instructed to enquire into the causes of the failure of the mails between the other cities of the U States and New Orleans; and that they further enquire into the expediency of having the mails to and from New-Orleans conveyed in covered carriages. ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. The resolution providing for the adjournment of congress on the 13th day of April next, received its third reading, and passed by a majority of 1 01 to 40. The house then esolved itself into a committee -of the whole, on the report of the committee on thf . cpifstioi oi intcmui improvement. Mr. Cushman delivered a speech, of nearly two hours in length, in favor of the report. Mr. Austin delivered a speech, of equal length, on the other side of the question. Mr. Simkins followed in a speech of half an hour, in favor of the report. When the committee rose, and the house adjourned a little before sis o'clock. v Tuesday, March to. , Mr. Mason, of Mass. from the committee appointed on that subject , made a detailed report on the claims from Massachusetts for expenses incurred in calling out her militia, accompanied by a bill to authorise the settlement and payment of those claims. On motion of Mr Floyd, Resolved, That the president of the United States be requested to lay before this house any information he may possess, which can be communicated without injury to the public good, relative to Augustus Pierce Choteau, Julius Demun, and their company, Robert MKnight, James Baird, and their company ; likewise, J. Harro, captured by the forces of the king of Spain, and confined in the prisons of SanteFe, and that he communtciate any information he may possess relative to the place 'here captured. id a committee was appointed to present the resolution to the rKRN.a IMPROVEMENT. Mr. Johnson of Virg. spoke