Rising Sun Times, Volume 1, Number 28, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 24 May 1834 — Page 2

Twvitfy-Xhiril t'oiigro!.. SEN ATK. MV 2. Mr. Clay, from Ihc Committee on I'uhlic Land, reported a bill appropriating for a limited lime, the proceeds of the sales of public lands to the several States.

Mr. Clay moved that 5000 copies rJ the Report be printed. Mr. Forsyth said, he did riot know whether it was practicable for olitlo -men loexpress their Opinions Yiereaftcr upon the character of ,! ( ,( it could be cVone on t,c bill, he had no wish to t,ay any t,nig ,10v he could toot Vote for the printing and therefore it was that 'ne wished" to hear it read, and he r.ked the yeas anj nays on (lc question. Mr. Clay replied that, undonhlly there Would be ample opportunity to refute flic reasons in the repot l, upon the discussion of the bill. I- ive thousand copies of the message of the President, to which this was an answer, had been printed, and it was but fair that an equal number of this report should be printed for distribution. The bill was similar la that of last session. Mr. Forsyth said, from the explanation given by the gentleman from Kentucky of the bill, it was obvious that no vote hereafter would test the correctness of the doctrines broached in the report it could only be done now. He had not heard it all read, but from what lie heard of it, it was respectful, and the character of the committee from which it came, was a warranty for that. But he held that the tirst part of the report, which had been read, as erroneous, and calculated to make an incorrect impression as to the character of the President of the United States; and if the report were allowed to pass quietly, Mr. F. feared it would be taken for granted that we were of the same opinion. It states that the President ought to have returned the bill, that we might have had an npporlunity to act on it. There was a provision in the constitution tinder which the President would not have done bis duty under the circumstances, by returning it. The bill was presented to 'him on the last day but one of the last session, arid perhaps not before four o'clock in the day; he could scarcely have read the bill through, and all knew how business was tiansacted on the last day of the session, in consequence of the dilatory manner in which business is done, and the disregard of our rules. 1 he President, at such times is obliged to read by proxy, for it is impossible (or him to do Ins duty to the public, by reading all the bills presented to him. lie is obliged to submit minor matters to his cabinet of ficers he uses their eyes and their un dcrstandings, and he is obliged to do so, in compliance with his constitution al duties. Now, to expect the Presi dent to have taken up this hiVJ, examine it, and return his objections to it, in so short a space of time, was ctv unrca sonahlc. If there was any fault at all, it was in Congress. We should provide against this abuse, as it was called, of the executive power. Reference had been made in the report to Mr. Madison, and a contrast instituted between the conduct of the President and that of Mr. Madison on the bonus bill. Rut Mr. F. was satisfied that much more time was given to Mr. Madison in that instance. The single point presented there was a constitutiona'l one alone the message occupied but a single sheet. Rut the gentleman front Kenttu ky says, Mr. Madison sent his objections because his successor could-not act. Mr. F. did not know his opinions on that subject, but he recollected there were some doubts on the subject, and he understood it to be asserted here as correct doctrine, that one President might limit the power of his predecessor. Mr. F. thought ihc successor possessed the same power and light as if he was in lhcc the day before, and therefore he thought the opinion of the committee was wrong. It supposed an interregnum in the Presidential ollice this was wrong, for Mr. F. thought the constitution supposed the Presidency always to exist. In the case of a bill, it was the duty of the successor to examine it, and to act in the same way as the predecessor would have done. He believed it was Mr. Monroe's opinion that a President coming into ollice, had the same right as to bills presented (o him lhat his predecessor possessed. If this .paper went out to the People, it would -iuate a false impression in regaid to this ,logiw of the committee. Mr, Poitidcxter said th President must have known the provisions of this bill several months, perhaps a year before it passed, and he hail then made it the subject of a specific message to mislead the judgments of the people. U was a measure of immense impoitchic to the new State?, and the course

pursued by the president Was ni'list extraordinary; it was not such a. message as he had a right to prt sc.nl, because, we could not origin",,, anv new nicas. ure on it. h- 6hould the new States ask for appropriations rov pUDUc improvements' ;UHi cjucalion, when they sc5 'viieir faces against the measure

which vould effect it. -titer a few further remarks by Mr. Jla,Mr. Forsyth, and Mr. Calhoun, the nvotion to print was agreed to, yeas 32, nays 'J. Mr. Tipton from the Select Committee, reported a bill, w ith an amend ment, tor the admission ot Michigan and Alkansas Territories into the Union. M v 3. The following resolution was submitted by Mr. llendrkks: Rrsolval, That the Committee on Military A flairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an ap propriation to pay tor blankets furnish ed the militia of Michigan, in the late war auainst Llack Haw k and his followers, which blankets were not charged on the company muster rolls and deducted front the pay of the soldiers! ho received the same. j IIOUSFOF UEPR KS FN T ATI V F.S. Tin Rsn.i v, M vv I. Mr. J. Q. Adams, agreeably to no tice, asked leave of the 1 louse to introduce a bill to prohibit the corporations of Georgetown, Alexandria, and Washington, from issuing promissory notes ot any denomination less than ten dollars. Leave being granted, the bill was, on motion of Mr. Adams, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. On motion of Mr. Polk, the House; went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, (Mr. Hubbard in the Chair.) upon the General Appropriation bill. The question being up on Mr. Fool's motion to strike out Great Britain and Russia, and to insert -iglt-cen instead of thirty-six, in the following clause: For the salaries of the Ministers of the United States to Great Britain, Fiance, Spain and Russia, thirty-six thousand dollars. Mr. Chilton rose, amidst loud calls for the question, and spoke at some length against the appropriation for the missions to Fngland and Russia. Mr. Lane said it was not his intention to detain the committee by making a speech, nor would he follow the example of the gentleman from Kentucky, (.Mr. Chilton.) by saying he would not make a speech and then speak a half hour and say nothing about lite subject. It was his object to call the attention of the members of the committee, and particularly those who had taken part in the debate, to the position in which they stand. The bill contains an appropriation for the pay of a Minister to Fngland and Russia. The .motion is to amend by striking it out. Spread the arguments of gentlemen in favor of his motion upon the canvass, and what, said Mr. L. is the picture? It is admitted by all, that such Ministers should be appointed as are called for ir the honor and the best interest of this Government. It is also admitted that before such appointment can be constitutionally made, the appropriation must be granted by this House. To accomplish this object, the same gentlemen, in the same arguments, and in the same breath, urge striking the appropriation from the bill. This, said Mr. L., is the picture as drawn by gentlemen themselves, and he would now call upon the committee, and particularly those who had contributed to the draft, to look upon it if they can w ithout a blush. . One word, said Mr. L., for his honorable and eloquent friend from Pcnns lvania (Mr. -L'inney.) This honorable gentleman has said, he would vote for the appropriation provided he could he assured the President would send the nominations to the Senate duiinsr the present session of Congress. A letter is read from the Secretary of State by the honorable Chairman of Foreign Relations, staling it was the intention of the Piesidentof the United States (o make these nominations during the session. And behold, the gentleman sa)s this is both satisfactory and conclusive to his mind, that the President will wail till after the close of the session, and then make the appointments, without the advice and consent of the Senate. This, to his mind, said Mr. I , was a strange conclusion, even "passing strange." ll brought to his recollection, said Mr. L., the story of a young, artless, but credulous girl. A young gentleman, for whom in the sequel of the story it appeared, she had seine kind and tender thoughts, made her a visit. They walked out in the evening the silence was broken by his saying the moon was full and bright not the least objection to marry you sir, was the ready reply So fond of her lover, so willing lo many, that she took moon for many. So with the

honorable gentleman. He is so fond of opposition. So willing to vote aiiaiust the appropriation, that when the President says he intends to nominate during the session, he is understood to say he trill not. The question was taken, and negatived without a division. MR. CLAY'S I,VM) III LI,. The following is the bill reported to the Senate by Mr. Clay, on the id inst. A bill to appropriate, for a limited time, the proceeds of the sales of the public lands of the United States, and lor granting land lo certain Slate?. Be it enacted, bu the Senate mul House

of Rrprt xi ntutnts f ihc Untied States oj America m Congress assembled, 1 hat from and after the thirty-first day of I K'cemher, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thiity-lwo, there be allowed and paid to each of the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, and Louisiana, over and above w hat each of the said Slates is entitled to by the terms of the compacts entered into between them, respectively, upon their admission into the Union and, the United States, the sum of twelve and a half per centum upon the net amount proceeds of the sales of the public lands which, subsequent to the day aforesaid, shall have been or may be made within the several limits of said States; which said sunt of twelve and a half per centum shall he applied to some object or objects of internal improvement or education within the said States, under the direction of their respective Legislatures: Pro-Ada, That the sum so allowed lo the said States, respectively, shall be in no wise alloc ted or diminished on account of any sums w hich have been heretofore, or shall be hereafter, applied to the construction or continuance of the Cumberland road, but that the disbursements for the said toad shall remain, as heretofore, chargeable on the two per centum fund provided for by compacts with several of the said States. Si:e. '2. And he if further mortal. That, after deducting the said twelve and a half per centum, and what, by the compacts aforesaid, has heretofore been allowed to the States aforesaid. the residue of the net proceeds of all the public lands of the United Stales, wherever situated, which shall have been or may be sold subsequent to the said Ihirty-fcrstday of Dcember, shall be divided anong the twenty-four Slates of the Union, according to their respec tivc federal representative population, as ascertained by the last census, to be applied by the Legislatutes of the said States to such objects of education, internal improvement, colonization of free persons of color or reimbursement of any existing debt contracted for internal improvements, as the said Legislatures may severally designate and authorize: Provided, That nothing here in contained shall be construed lo the prejudice cf future applications for reduction of the price of the public lands, or to the preiudice of apphca tions for a transfer of the public lands, on reasonable terms, lo the States within which they lie, nor lo impair the power of Congress to make such future disposition ol the public lands, or any part thereof, as it may deem expedient Stc. 3. And he il further t Hoc7er,That the said several sums of money for the year one thousand eight hundred and ihirly-three shall be paid at the Treasu ry of the United States on the lust day of January, one thousand eight bundle and thirty-four, and thereafter, half yearly, during the continuance of. this act, to such person or persons as the re spective Legislatures of the said States may authorize and direct. Sec. 1 . Jul he it further enaclcd,Tli this act shall continue and ben force until the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven , 111 Illicit kHtlltS Sllill It,,;.! tl.,l ..I...I become involved in war with any for eign power; ;n which event, from the commencement of Hostilities, this act shall cease aad be no longer in force ivvnlcd,nvrrthcl(ss, lhat if, prior lo the expiration of tins act, any new "Stale or Slates shall be admitted into the Union, the power is reserved of assigning, by law, to such new Slalc or Slates the proportion lo which such Slate or States may be entitled upon the principles of this act, and upon the principles of any ot lhc:ompacts madi as aforesaid with cither of Ihc seven Stales first mentioned. Ski:. 5. AwNtf it further enacted, That until the said (hirty-hrst day of Decent ber, one thousand eight hundred ai thirly-sexen, there shall be animaly ap propriated lor completing the survey of said lands, a sum not less than cigh ty thousand dollars; and the minimum price at which the public lands arc now sold at private sale shall uot be tncrcas ed;and in case the same shall be in creased, by law, w ithin the period

foresaid, so much of this act as provides lhat the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands shall be distributed atnong the several States, shall, from and after the increase of the minimum price thereof, cease and become utterly null and of no effect, any thing in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. G. And be it enacted, That whenever, for two successive years, it shall appear to the Secretary of the Treasury that the net proceeds of the sales

of the public lands within any land district now established, or which may leieaflcr be established by law, shall not be sulucent lo discharge the salars of the officers employed by the nited States within such district, he may discontinue such offices, and the UK contained in such district re muining unsold, shall, in such case, be tnnexed to the adjoining district. Sec . 7. And be it further enacted, I hat there shall be granted to each of the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Missouri, the quantity of live hundred thousand acres of land: to the State of Indiana, one hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred and seventy-two ures; to the State of Illinois, thenly thousand acres; and to the btate of Manama, one hundred thousand acres of land; King w ithin the limits of said Stales, respectively; to be selected in uch manner as the Legislatures there' of" tall direct, and located in parcels, comfortable fo sectional divisions and ubdivisions, of not less than three hunlred and twenty acres in any one lo cation on any public land subicct to ntry at private sale; which said locauons may oe niaae ai any nine wimin 1 - - I . - -.1 live years after the lands of the United States in said States, respectively, shall lave been surveyed and offered at pub ic sale according to existing laws. Sec. 8. Andhc.il further enacted ',That t it - . . . i . . . tl ic lands Herein granted lo Hie Slates tbove named shall not be disposed of at a price less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, until other wise directed by law; and the net pro ceeds of soles of said lands shall be faith fully applied lo objects of internal imirovement w ithin the Slates aforesaid, respectively; namely: roads, bridges, canals, ana improvement ol watercour ses, and draining swamps: and such roads, canals, bridges, and watercour ses, w hen made or improved, shall be free for the transportation of the Uni ted States' mail and munitious of war, inci for the passage of their troops. without the payment ot any toll what ever. .vi i.d lax sym:." The following account of the naviga tion of the Mississippi and Ohio, in early times, will be interesting at this lime. It shews the extent, as also too rapidity of western improements. All who are acquainted with the short pas sage and quich trips, between Pitts burgh and iScw Orleans, at the present time, will be furnished w ith facts and data for a comparison and result the most gratifying, as well as extraordi nary. talcfinan. From the Wheeling Gazette. The steam boat Chief Justice MarII 11 - ' - II . snail, arrivcu nerc on miuuav last, in 15 days and 12 hours from New Or leans, with a full cargo; she was de tained 10 hours al the canal, and 12 hours at Cincinnati. The following exfracl from the Cin cinnati Gazette of January 15th, will be interesting to some of our readers: Arrived on Thursday, the Gib inst., at this port, the elegant barge Cincin nati, Cant. Jonathan Hoi ton, from New Orleans, passage U7 days. Cargo, sugar,molasses, rum, lignumvita, Span ish hides, Sec, to Jacob Laymiller. The Steam noal Lnterprisc Phis is the first steam boat that has ever ascended the Ohio. She arrived al Louisville on the first, sailed thence on the 10th, and came to at this port on the 13th, having made her passage from New Orleans, a distance of 1G00 miles. in 23 running days; (by the aid of her machinery alone, which acts on a singly w heel, placed in the stern,) against the rapid currents of the Mississippi and the Ohio. This is one of the most important facts in the history of this country, and will serve as data of ils future greatness. A range of steam boats from Pittsburgh to New Orleans commencing, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati; Cincinnati and Louisville; Louisville and Smithland, at tqe mouth of Cumberland, or some eligible place on the Mississippi, below the mouth of the Ohio, thence lo Natchez, to New Orleanswill render the transportation ol men and merchandize, as o.-isv. .- cheap, and expeditious on these waters. .is ii is i.y means ot sea vessels on the ocean, and ceilainly far safer! And ...v. ..n.jr ,U euiigraunaie our. rea ders on the prospect that is presented oi such an establishment. Two steam hoats considerably larger than the En tcrpnze, and yet nol loo large for the

purpose, are already nuui ai i ins-

1 T 1 -ll 1 tl.iiburgh, and will no doubt commence tinning in luitumn. Others w ill follow ; the success of the F.nlci prize must give prion- to this business, that will in a very few years, carry it into complete and successful operation. The Knlcrpri.e is a small vessel car rying only 35 tons of cargo, exclusive of her machinery. She has however,very good accom odations, for between 30 and 40 passengers; the ladies' apartment separ ate from the gentlemen's. The price of passage from New Orleans to Cincinnati, Ts 1 30, and thence to Pittsbur: h, S30. The F.nfcrprizc brought an assorted cargo of sugar, lead, &c. She sailed for Pittsburgh on the 17lh,and was expected to arrive there in 15 or 10 days, but we learn from Marietta, that some part of Ihc engine got deranged, which prevented its operation, and it was not until the ilh. that she arrived at that place. She started from Marietta on the morning of the 2Cth, but we have not ct heard of her arrival at Piltsbu rgh. Since the arrival of the sfeam boat, several barges have also arrived here from New Orleans, in a passage of 130 and 1 42 days. We have recorded these facts on the same page, in order to call the attention of the public to the superior merits of the steam boat navigation, fo mark particularly the period when this navigation may be said to have commenced; and to excite if possible, an ardent desire to promote its extension. SO IS A VS. A new paper li;ts recently- been established in Washington city, entitled Ihc "North American.'" It will support Mr. Van Luren for tho next Presidency. The steamboat " Tuscitmra' lately made a trip from New Orleans to Louisville, in feveii days and sixteen hour-;, being thu speediest tripever made between the two place?. An edd lady in (I lourestcr, Massachusetts, aged, seventy 3 ears, lately committed suicide by banging herself. A irold mine has been discovered in Virginia, by a :Mr. Hooker, so rich that a bushel f oro is worth $1000. I We are disposed to think that this Mr. Boulter has been digging after tho Deposites. The number of legal voters in the city of New York, is computed at -10,000. Mr. Ronton has introduced a resolution into the Senate, to change tho value of sold coin at the mint of the United btates, so as to check the exportation of that article, and to restore it to circulation within tho United States." The first printing press in North America. ,o uj. 1.. ...., .. y .inien lav, .11 l.aiiibridge, Mass. The first newspaper printed west of the Allegheny mountains, was the Pittsburgtiazctte, established 111 July, 1 iliO. The number of militia in the U. Slates, ac cording to the latest returns, is 1,346,1 Ifi. His stated that ex-President Adan;s will resign his seat in Congress after the present session, ft is also said that Mr. McDulne will shortly retire to private lite. The Euston Whig nominates the lion. Joint Sergeant, of Pennsylvania-, for President of tho United States, and the lion. Itcnjamiit Watkins Leigh, of Virginia, for Vice President. A reward of jfiOO is offered by tho (Jovcrnor of Florida, and $200 in addition by the citizens of Tallahassee for the apprehension of two runaways, charged with tho murder of J awes lloundtree. A law of Louisiana imposes a fine of $200, upon any person who sells spirituous liquor to a slave. The New York assembly have repealed the law abolishing imprisonment for debt. Mr. Josiah Marchanl, engaged as a watchman about the factories at Pav tucket, has been on that duty for four thousand Foven hundred and forty-live nights, (13 years.) without missing a night or taking a drop of liipior. A destructive fire broke out at Natchitoches, Louisiana, on the 30th nit. Seven or eight !xu3i:s were destroy ed, involx ing a loss of $.50,000. It is stated that the Seminole Indians have taken their departure Ironi Apalaclucola for New Orleans, where they are to be paid the balance due them of the 1 5 years annuity grunted by Congress, amounting to nearly $12,000. Tho City.Council of Detroit have passed a resolution forbidding the licensing of grocers who sell ardent spirits. An individual has undertaken to light the city of New Orleans with gi., and has succeeded in obtaining from the city council a loan of twenty thousand dollars to aid him in the enterprise. The lady of a respectable mechanic of Delaware, Ohio, was" a few days since delivered ol three female children. Two were still born, and the third survived but a short time. The Richmond Compiler slates, that there is no State bank in the Union, better able to meet the demands which may be made upon it, than the Rank of Virginia. It is computed that tho number of minister in the United Slates is one to every thousand persons. A young man by the nanio of Brass, was recently killed and nearly devoured by wolves, near Kingston, Upper Canada. There are L large steam packets on lake Ontario, and there arc 30 on lake Erie, beside 150 schooners. Tho committee oil elections in the House ol Representatives o( the United States, have decided in favor of the right of T. P. Moore ot Kentucky, to the scat occupied by Mr Letcher. A New Orleans paper of tho llth tilt, denies nonexistence of tin- Asiatic Cholera in that city, or that any cases appeared there during th present year. The Maryland Slate Colonization Society have purchased a tract of land at Cpe Palmas, Africa, for a settlement, to which they have given the name of Maryland. It eontains about 4(X) square miles. A lire occurred in Nrir Orleans, on the I fit It tilt., in a building in which there were stored live barrels of gunpowder. Through the intrepidity of one individual, they were removed ,iust in time to prevent an explosion.

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