Vincennes Gazette, Volume 6, Number 10, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 August 1836 — Page 2

Saturday. Aug. 6, 1335.

m. WILLIAM H. KA?.r.lS0M, r (Two. roit vn'i: .'it. m itrxr FRAHCIS CHANGES, r.Ynr )jt&. J. G. Ciipsvis M. O. Clark, HlRAM )fi:Kt, Enoca MiCautt, Milt-ox frii-p, A. Wiun!ii, A. W. Morria, A. S. Wbiti, A. 1. Asnitvi, of Orance County, of Vashi!i.;lo:i of Knox -of Franklin " of JelT.'rson of Wayne of Marion of Tippecanoe M of Lajwrte " A tabular statement of the rotes of Knox county, as polled on Mouduy last. 3 -s - . O - I! I) 13 Judah. c nhioumps Mysrs. &lll II p W U y-j c o Decker. Fu'diam, u -j s a 1 - I c m t: n o - o i: Scett. Counties Daviess, Martin. The Representative elected for Vanderburgh and Warrick counties, is W. T. T. Jones Harrison. For the Senate, Dr. Arza Lee Harrison. Do-vhng and Wines are elected Representatives from Vigo county Harrison. Geo. H. Profit is elected Representative from Pike and Dubois counties Harrison. Briggs and Brown are elected Representatives from Sullivan county Harrison. James Breeze is elected Representative from Daviess county Harrison. We are pleased to hear of the cleetioi of R. D. Owen of New Harmony, f r he is liberal in his politics, although a Van I$urcn man. Result of fhnckciiv. for Representative in Lawrence County, Illinois, two elected. PRECI.N'C IS.

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M-)3rc. JuJah. 515 317

327 72

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J. K. Dubois, 323 E. J. O'Neill, 219 A. Heath. 203 Messrs. Dubois am White men. We learn that John elected to the Senate, C. Riley, Esq. is over Greer, bv a small majority. The following is the result of the election in Crawford county, Illinois. Congress Field, 355 Casey, 194 Senate Greer, 31 G Riley, 222 Jteprcscnt'vL.izoxv, 2!)C K.iichell, 1 7(5 Gill. 73 Mr. Lagow, the Representative elect, is a White man. ...,aa The late election in A'iox coiinh;. When a wise people fail to consult their own judgement and theirown interests in the ballot box, no anxious or uncertain speculation can benefit. The result of this election seems very uselessly to sur prise the heedless, as would the effect of a sudden volcano but we arc not so sur prised, although previously sanguine of a vcrv diifercnt return. We had heard of strange wavering and indifference, which could not well fail to produce some strange conseauences. A want of due concert and vijiiance to save the French vote in this township (which is declaredly for Harrison) had become evident; and a senseless jargon of sound and fury, with a false cry of "dictation" against a few, whose duty it had been rendered bv a Harrison county meeting last fall, to advise their friends. seems have to over come a proper de votion to cherished principles. Why jt that the friends of Harrison cannot con sult together, keup the proper isvi". in view, and act in concert? Why is it that thev cannot display equal zed with the partisans of the office holder? Do we rot hear it made matter of ignorant repreocr, when an upright intelligent man ho supported Jackson, is known to oppof the Van Burcn fchemers, end r

sucu aatierents to impose an idea ol 'dictation" against those who are contending for freedom and equal rights? On Monday the strange scene was witnessed here, of rational men marching up to the pods, declaring themselves "Harrison men" and

depositing tickets containing the names of his opponents! anu now, such votes in old Knox, may be made to blazen the Van Buren cause, and bolster it where the facts are not known! This is only one of the modes "the party" manufacture and mis represent public sentiment and it is for the pub.ie to cor ed the proceeding, The Circular Letter of tlie Correspond ing L omniittee, a'lout winch there wa s much incoherent ranting, previous to t!, election, shall be published in our next, il we can possibly procure one. I nc attention ot the public is particu larly directed to the toHowing section ol the law regulating general elections: tcc. 17. If any person sliull use any threats f irec or violence, or itU:ajt to awe any voter. o as to restrain l.i.n in tlic fn-vJom of choice, or 01-f-r any foe or reward, i.i meat, tit ink, or otherwise in order to persuade anv elector contrary to nis mind, or Khali, on the dav of election, civc anv public treat, or direct any pcisjn to do it on hi tithal!, with a view to obtain ai.y vote or votes fur himself or any other favorite candidate, eey person so offending shall, 011 conviction th.eieef ty presentment or indictment, oe lined 111 anv sum not execedine f.vc hundred dollar, and shall noreover be rendered incapable of holding anv ottice or profit or honor, for the next two yan thereafter. The New York Gazette savs "In the hip Francis Depau, arrived last evening, came passengers, Bishop urutec, ot Indi ana, and nineteen Catholic Leclesiasties, all for the western country. .? pood one. The Globe publishes the increase ol the 1 o.-t Uilice revenue as evincing public confidence in the mail es ta'mshinent, wlun every intelligent man knows and f(h the contrary. Our busi ness, population and intercourse ia every direction, will readily account for the increase of postages; and the amount would be greatly increased if implicit confidence was general. The income of the Vinceunes l'ost Utitee tor the lirst quarter ol 1835, as published in the Globe, was $33( and that of the first quarter of 1830, was $510. Th.' last year's increase and growing improvements are tltogetner in proportion. The General Port Office has been rcorganied by a late act of Congress, and the responsibili: v and settlement of its accounts more cttectuaiiy provided lor. The Postmaster General has now to pre pare to submit his accounts and expenditures, annually to Congress. All this is well enough; but this dep artment so esscntial to tlic p crated bv party ?ople, must cease to oe opspirit, and be placed inl tie direction ol worthy and imnetent officers before it receive 'VK r 'reform." We ar" pleased to r;ce after throe years outcry, that a bill, providing fer new mail r.mtes is at last become a law. The new routes in this state, are not so nurnerous as were embraced in the bid reported ar.il bed fiver in 1831. In this Cor, igressnn nrd two or three routes! 1. which are now cnstofT! Tho-' adopted whi-h pass tnroug.i any of the cuunticsof this district, are an follows: Frc-n Iiiflimaroli, vii Dsn villa, Kaiubol ;e. Iirckvi!le, Monti'rirna, and Newport, to Danvilh, in Illinois. From Danville, in Hcndriiks county, via Nw Maysville. Hainbridje, Poplar sprine, Blakesbur?, and Kussellvi'.le, to ltcy.kviile.in !'3rke countv. From Grec'i. ast'e, in l'utn?m county, via Manhattan, Bowlincr, Green, ami l'oint Com-m-Tcc. to nioomtirld, in Greene county. From Mt. Pleasant, in Martin county, via Sr-ot'and and Cl k's prairie, to Bloomfield. in Green county. Fro;a Rloominctoii. in Munr.ie county, via Hlonmfiell, Fairplay, and New Jerusalem, in Greene countv, Merom in iSiiliivan cour.ty. via Hu-l .onvil'.e, Newtown, E vinn n', in lil.nee:. to VaudaFrom Carlisle, via Busron mi'lf, Ravrley's i!l. to Bcvtiitj Or -en. flay com-ty. Fnm In-, dianapohs, along the Lumber.aud ro.u, to l crre-

"a l- J com, : :dcnt to the Executive of the nation iimt the constitutional power of Congress all government la -ids, we should soon posWe discover the following route is slso-13 grant a tract of three hundred and to interfere in this matter, so far as" this sess a fund equal to that we annually obcstablished. twenty acres of land to citizens of the District is concerned, in .such a way as not ; tain from the United States for this work.

?'rorr New Albany, in Floyd, co.. via Geori;ctiwn, . in-Miry, ft uitown. in Mount i .opec.

Jasper, I'eiersbt-re. Princeton, and Columbia, to(zcns of ol'ner states, it is evident, that on Mount rnei. .o Him. Jlhe same principle, if once admitted, he This route is extended west, and will ;niirht extend the indulgence to three hunaccom .nndate many: but why are we de- j dred and twenty thousand or a million of prived of a direct route hence to Peters- acres!! He might issue his royal proclaburgh, in Pike, and to Bedford, in Law- .rnation. granting donations of a section

rence counties. Trom the Lmisville Journal. TiJSASrHY CirtCULAE. 'Put not your trust in princes.' Has the spirit of the revolution departed from among us, while rainv of tho patriots who achieved it, vet survive and mingle in the councils of the nation?

tlave the sons of that noble race of men, rrcise any control whatever over the - more especially important, because it is who resisted unjust taxation, and by one j "rules and regulations" established by ' setting an example in what must be conunited effort, overthrew the power of the Congress, for the disposal of the public sidured a most dangerous policy, viz: British monarch, and to whose invincible lands: no crowned head in Europe, where ; That of collecting money of the people

valor we are indebted for the freedoom

and independence of our confederated Re- would-be suffered thus to encroach on the (For it is evident that in this process much cfiort. public, degenerated in the lapse of h df constitutional powers of the legislative ' must be lost in paying the tax collector, A bill providing for post routes through a century into the humble instruments of, bodv. But according to the. common slang: as also the officers who shall disburse this' the United States, has become a law, by lawless power, and become the vassals of-of the day, "there, is no danger: Andrew ' money, after much of the sum has beeni which the following routes are established a reckless despot? Have the freemen of Jac'tson may be safelv-.trusted with all pow-j expended in legislating about how, and , in my district, viz: from Mount Pleasant, the United States ceased to hold sacred the er; he wiil not abuse it, and no one will ev- where, the balance shall be applied. Such by Scotland and Clarks Prairie, to Bloomright of suffrage, on the pure and inde- rr attempt to usurp those powers again." a system is evidently a very unfortunate jlield; from Bloomington, Bloomfield, Fairpendent exercises of which their liber- Thus he may veto all bills which do not cor- one for the people of the New States, who j play, Busron mills, t Mcrom, to Ilutsontie.s depend; or have they forgotten the 1 respond exactly with his particular views are now the principal contributors to tho ( ville, Illinois; from Da.nville by New Mayswise lesson taught by the experience of or policy, although sanctioned bv the two public revenue: in-.smueh as they do not ville Brainbridge, Poplar Spring, Blakes-

past ages, that no people can long remain free who are not jealous of their rights, and who do not scrutinize the act" of their public servants with untiring vigilance, and approve them only so far as they square with the great principles of con-. stitutional liberty and the welfarle of the

country? If these inquiries find a nega- out regard to the constitutional check of the session of a large surplus, and it was live response in the hearts of rav coun- Senate; he may effectually control every jdently the safest policy to throw it hack rrynwi, and if The asm Ice of HbnydprrTent of hegor-rhmfnt, s.nd render; among the people, as far practicable,

tniiisiiutted to thcia by their illustrious ancestors, still burns a bright flame to ani-

mate and cherish th ir devotion to the l;ee institutions of which we have so l.mg and so proudly boasted, thej will the motto :l t! O Ki'il ff tKij m-'i.'lrt I'n b" r . 1 in J properly ajnrcciated. In years gone by, rH bevond the memory of those who n. )v ill I hi-h places under the Government of the Union, no Chief Magistrt't, not even Washington the lather ol Ins country, would have dared to usurp legis lative p.. 'vver.-expressly delegated to Congiess; to p.. .eel out the rights of the people in relation to their own eminent domains and by an impartial edict say to one class of men, it is our royal will and pleasure, that "the same indulgence heretofore extended as to the kind of nioney received may be continued for any quantity of land not exceeding three hun-

dred and twen'v acres to each purchaser, well bedanced constitution he may pcrpewho is an actual settler or bone fide resi- trate, and yet, a blind partisan wiil un

dent in the State where the sales arc made,' and as to all others, a new rule is adopted requiring all payments into the Land Oflices to be made by them in gold and silvc.r!! Would such an odious discrimina-

tion in this free country, where the laws for in the constitution? Are yon prepared, 1 representation in Congress was apporare deemed to be equal and have the like at the bidding of a popular chieftain, back- tioned; but my approbation was givei to operation throughout each State of the ed by the patronage and pur e of the the law, because Indiana has embarked

t.onlederacv. Lave been endured, it it had found a place in any law passed by Congress relative to payments into the treasury, on account of the purchase of the public lands? Surely not. No such law could be enforced in a court ot justice, because it woutd be plainly and manilestly unequal, and then lore unconstitutional. Let us suppose that two c t zens ot the L nited States, the one a resident of Indiana and the other of Ky.. enter the Land Office at Vincenncp, and make offers to purchase at private sale three hundred and twenty acres of land, in payment of which they tender the bank ...... i i. i i .. .i i . nines which nave nereioiore oceu receiv-i

edat that ofhee. Such a case might, and.I'EiLow Citizens

in all human probability, will occur, at some one or more of the Land Offices, in the United States: the example will serve

o illustrate the absurdity ol this new ' transactions ot ti.at body, at least solar subject, I rejoice to say, as much unaniipccies of Executive legislation. What" as your immediate ui.eresis are concerned. 1 mity prevailed as might be expected un-

would be the answer of t'.iO Receiver of the public monies to these applicants, ac - cording to the law enacted by .Jndrew Jackson He would be compelled bv his instructions to say "Gentlemen, the lands you desire to locate are subject to entry at private sale, at the minimum

priced the Government, but you have bed; and lrom which illness I have notsuthnot equal rights and privileges here; vou, cientlv recovered to undertake my journey

Mr. A. of Indiana, can cuter the tract of and you have selected, and the Bank j notes you oner will be taken in payment;! but you, Mr. B. of Kentucky, must make! payment in gold and silver, otherwise ; pplieation is rejectee. '1 lie as-! tinished citizen of Kentucky would in ' 'II probability inquire- "ly what author-! ity do you deny iae t'.e rights which youj acknowledge to b-dong to this it;a i who . is now Delore vou: e are both ci. ttcns f the Unit"d States, governed by the I same constitution and 1 iws, and how da vcu give to one of us priv gvs v. hi :li : von deny to the other? The ac-irri n c and in'iu'te.l citizen could receive no other r-?dv. t'-an is to be found in the dic'i. vi '. of the Treasury Circul ir, coming directlyfrom the Pres. i.ent cf the United States, under whose rcsnonsibilitv alone this numiliating distinction is dr wn, without tne i authority of law, and in violation cf the constitution. To Congress is confided

the express power to 'dispose of and make , Eastern and Northern States, (with a few say the least of it, a manifest apathy on all needful i tiles and regulations, respect-; from Pennsylvania and Ohio) catling for; the part of Congress, to vote the neeessaing the territory and other property of the Legislative interference, in order to ab-4-' ry sums for the continuation of this work. United states." But we discover that ish slavery and the tlave trade in the Dis- so much so that I should not be surprised this special grant is unavailing against the ; trict of Columbia; and upon these peti-'if in a year or two that body should wilhomnipotent power of a Chief Magistrate, ' tions, tiio range of debate was of the most hold any appropriation whatever. In that who boldly takes upon himself the ex- extended character, taking into view the event, the State would not be the loser, ercises of this legislative authority, and effect of sucn a measure upon slavery in as she certairly would view it as a violaforms rules and regulations of his own, ' the different states, and ijs operation upon tion of th compact by which it was fur the disposal of the Territory of the .slave-holders, with the direful consequen-. agreed not to tax the lands of the United United States, one week after the adj 'Urn-'ces that would be the necessary result to . States, conditioned that the Government iiient of Congrc-s, where the constitution ' the people of the South, by interfering pay annu.. ly two percent, for the pur-

k- 1 1, T .,,, nrp,.:;- nower thus usiirnj b y M jrr,,Sprtnsjblc despot! If it be state in which it is sold, on conditirps niore tavoraole than are accorded to cm I or halt section to each actual settler or resident of the state in which the land is situated; he might grant pre-emptions to

occupants; or close the laud sales alto-.that of disposing of the surplus revenue;! gether at his own good will and pleasure! 1 important because it is one entirely new i No former President of the United States1 in the annals of legislation, to find in our

dd have been permitted by the free-! ; men of this nation thus to assume high j and important legislative powers, or to extho Government is not purely despotic, 1 Houses of Congres, thereby taking the whole scope of legislation into his own

hands; he may supply defects, or prcsum-;the

cd defects in the existing laws, by Pro-'. elarnalion or Circular Letters from the heads of departments: he may exercise i the power "of appointment to office, with-'

the execution ot the laws uepenuent on his arbitrary will, by the sweaping pow -

er ol removal irom oface; lie may un.tc in his own person the purse and the &aorU of the nation; he rn -y claim the custody ri' flr rittdii tilMf.i,,- t' nl.tf if nincit of "lands, ships, military sto"s, bu'ik rn.es or gold and M.ver;" he may reg '.- late the currency fr. in time to ti.i.e, command the ni'!n: wl ich lij in ai.d lac vaults of the I rt.hury without ret ponwbility, or Kmitadon; he in-y to iou the climax, when he can n longer wHd these enormous powers; wi.cn ace aiti d' bility admonish him of ! i- approjching dissolution, nominate a parasite to sueceed l.im, who is prepared to give an assurance in advance of the pleasure it will all' rd him to "perfect tiie good work which has so gloriously begun" all these startling encroachments, on our free and blushing! v respond, "Sir there is no dangcr!! People of America! aie yeu pre - pared at this early day of the i.e.niblic to raiify tliese consolidated powers in one man, and over turn the checks provided government, to surrender the le. tnua - blc right of suffrage, and bend the knee to Baal; to cast the mantle of ti e present incumbent, on a successor who has prom - hed to perfect the good work cf transforming tins confederated Republic in to a prac.ieal uespousni? Again I say unto you "Put noi your trust in Princes but stand on the watch-towers and protect lrom invasion the citt.-.dei ol the Constitution. VERITAS. tVide Pretest - To the Voters ef the Second Corigreszionul District. At the close of the first session of the 21th Congress.it is my duty, as your represcntati.e to gi.e you some history of the , I regret that I must premise my remaks - by outervnig that, fnna severe and long ; continued indisposition, I have ncen pre vented lrom giving your interests my pero nal attention for more than two and ha f 'months of the latter partot' the session the inostot which tune being conuned to my home, but hone in a few days to be able agani So join my fnnds and constituents. ..Notwithstanding I have thus ocen pre Notwithstanding I have thus been pre--vented from attending my public duties yet 1 believe no private ousmess committed ! to my charge has been neglected, but all applications have uti:i served as far as the nature of tbp tranonctiun would j unit. Congress closed its labors rn the 4th instant, after a most excited session of more man seven uionuis uuration, pasung nearly four hundred acts and joint resolut.ons;dur ling w.uch period many subjects have ' been discussed as important and interesting to the country as ever have been acted upon i by any previous Congress; and none more

so than the all-ab.sorbing subject of aboli-jof tion, which occupied much of the time,

'and engrossed much ol the attention of both Houses during the early part of the session. 1 he attention of Coii'-ress was c: lied to this subject by numerous peti-' lions, emanating principally from the , with thesubiect at this unnronitions neriod. And while almost every one is ready to adto affect tlic lights of private property, yet a very large majority of bo.h branches of Congress were decidedly of opinion that it was inexpedient to act upon the question

at this time, for reasons which will, be; an opportunity during the few visits my found ably set forth in the report of Mr. health permitted me to make to the CapiPincknov. nf South Carolina, as Chair-' to I towards -the close of the session, to

man of the Select Committee to which have this bill taken up out of its order, but pre-emption claims, must iook lor tne reathis subject was referred. I was not successful in my effort. I regret !son 'hy thnr inquiries have not j bef Another subject of the utmost imoor- this disappointment as deeply as any one, -answered The duties devolving on th

tance acted upon at the late session, was treasury millions of money, over and ahove what the most liberal system of nc cessary expenditure might require! but to be disbursed again among the people.! receive any thing !i-e their just proportion in anv division of the fund, simply because ' Old States have the power, and will, exercise it to their own advantage lhc unexampled prosperity ol our tinances (unforeseen by the mot sa- guine patriots of our country) had put us in po-

To eltliat on the firai uay h,g five m.i' I snc-2 Ij c I i January net, cttor retair. Veasury, the br.la part in srch of the Treasury n in t '1 i.e dene tad! li.i,! iau a'; l:te fSeerel.iry i.kiv select, un-J.'r the restriction of the i law; and the rei. binder to !;e deposited in the secral Kutc Treasuries, in ratable i proportions, rce.'.i-'ii.ir to the rcpresentation ol "ttch kta'e i! the Senate and House i of R. pi est nt dives. These deposites are ' to remain in the Slate Treasuries for the use of the Stnt-.-s, without interest, until the wants of t'.e General Government shall require the r rpayrntnt. That the Cnited Stites wid ever enforce the re'funding of this money, I think extremely doubtful, so that in fact it may be consi iered radier as an act for distribution, than of deposite. 1 ins measure received my vote, not because the law is free from objections; on the contrary it has one very exception ja'ile feature for Indiana, viz: It makes little or no provision for the increase of , oar population, since lb30, when the cen sus was taken, under which our present ; in a;i extensive system o: internal 1111- ! prove mcnts, and can advantageously use the fund; and because it is better in th j coffers of the States than in the Tressury of the United States, (and would be j still safer in the pocke:s of the people, if it could be placed there.) and because the law only operates lor one year, when it will expire by its own limitation, unless it is found expedient to re-enact it. The hostilities now waging on the part cf the Seminole and Creek Indians, has necessarily occupied some of the attention of Congress in voting the proper sup plies to iubdue these barbarous aggressors, a history of which has no doubt reached I vou through the public prints; and although j party feelings, and party rancor, entered into almost every subject brought before the House for its action, yet upon this der the circumstances; though some there were, that voted against furnishing even posed frontier. An act passed near the close of the ses sion, appropriating two hundred and fifty thousand dollars lor the continuation ol lilt? UUlilUl l LilUU ill 1UU.U11.1. fT ill) the details of this bill I was by no means sativficd, as it provides that this sum, fter the j furnishing materials for a bridge over Wabash., shall be appliftd to iintsiiing Wabash, shall be appliftd to iintsiiing the greatest continuous portion cf the road. i- or under this restriction, 1 doubt whethi er my immediate constituents will have ! disbursed among them their equal prcporjtion of die iuud, mid what Is equally to 'be regretted, parts of the road, must, from neglect, soon become impassable. Attempts were maue in me iiouse oi uepreseiitatives to remedy this defect, but without success, 'i he majority seemed determined to give us tl;e bill as it can.e from the Senate, or no bill at all. This .obnoxious provision was proposed by one the Senators from Kentucky, who has ; heretofore been not only the advocate, but the champion, ol this important work. In f.ct, many of those who have heretolore be n the warm advocates of the road. have, for some cause or other, become its decided enemies. There is certainly, to pure of a public hiirh way: and by the Slate compelling the payment of taxes for A bill passed the Senate appropriating j fifty thousand dollars for the improvement of the Wabash river, but was not reached in its order in ihe lower Iiouse. I sought because ii that sum could have been 0btaired from the General Government, and joined to the sums appropriated by the States of Indiana and Illinois, it is hoped that it would have been sufficient to accomplish the very desirable object for which the fund is intended. I also j made an effort to obtain a grant of land, to be applied under the joint jurisdiction of Indiana and Illinois, to the Improvement of the navigation of that noble river, but was not so fortunate as to succeed in that burg, and RusseUville to Rockville; from Greencastle, by Manhattan, Bowlinsreen. Point Commerce, to Bloomfield. There I may, possioly, be some slight error in enumeratinj the above named places, as I quote them from memory, not having the law convenient. One other short route

anil wi.h Uie least possible tie la v. 'lect this c !'ject, the law provides

evi-.waa asked for, leading from Washington to Carlisle: but I was unable, at present, I o obtain the wishes of the petitioners.

A law has pitsed granting to the widows or orphans of those that died in ibx service cf the United States, pensions at the late of lnif the monthly pay that the person thu? dyi'tg was entitled to at tlie uue fif l.h. death, for live years. This. lcv lias r. retros-M ctive effect as far back as ll-'l, and ii eludes those engagod in. the n.r ging service during the Black. Hawk campaign; it is for this reason that I have thought proper to advert to it. Thij law also provides for all liko cases that may hereafter occur. A bill passed the. Iiouse of Representative,, but unfortunately fell in the Eena'e, providing pensions for all those enga'CjJ in the Indian and other wars, from the treaty of peace in '63, to the treaty of Gr envillc.in '051 This was a measura in which all the members from the West

f eit a deep solicitude, knowing that very many of the old heroes of the Indian wars ore actually suffering for the want of this small pittance, which i' c& jus'dy due them from the Government. An effort was made to pass a law, granting Jo those townships where the school section ispotr, or otherwise unavaiiabla the privilege of entering other lands ir. lien of them, but unfortunately the bill did not become a law. Some bills were passed to provide payment for horses lost in the service cf lha United States during the Black Hawk war, but from the numerous applications it wu found inexpedient to make special provision for each case, and a bill providing generally for such losses, was reported by th Committee of Claims, but at too late a period of the session to become a law, but will doubtless passjat an early period of th next session. An effort was made on the part of thosa friendly to the rights of the occupant of the public lands, to have rc-cnacted th pre-emption law, which expired in Jun last, but from the numerous frauds committed under the late law, especially in th new land districts, it was found inipossibla to succeed in our wishes. Numerous efforts were also made to reduce the price of public lands, and especially in those districts that have been along time in market, but without success. The old States, fearing for the power they have so long held, and which they have prostituted to tho purpose of enriching their own coffers by the labor and enterprise of the New States still hold out against a reduction in th price of the public lands even to the actual settler, although many of them admit that such a measure would effect the very desirable end of lesseninj the amount of our ubiic revenue. The late difficulies between Ohio ani Michigan, in relation to a disputed pieca of territory claimed by each State, ha been definitely settled by an act of Congress, as also any claim which Mich,V.t may have set up to any part of the territory of Indiana. If indeed, she ever pre tended to such a claim, all have been set tled by Congress defining the bounds of Michigan especially by the act admitting that State into the Union. Arkansas has also been admitted into the Union, so that there arenow 2G States composing th Confederacy. Provisions has been made by law for the payment of a part cf the militia engaged in the Black Hawk war, that has not heretofore been provided for, including some two or three companies from Missouri, and a company commanded by Col. Sigler, of Putnam county, Indiana. An act has also passed reorganizing theGeneral Post Office: this law wes especially necessary to give efficacy to that branch of our Government, as the old law was calculated only for a Department to meet the wants of some fifieen or twenty years back, and consequently badly adapted to the present extended scale cf Post Office duties. The present law will doubtless do much towards preventing abuses, as well as extend the benefits of that office. Another law has been enacted, which was imperiously required by the people of the West, as well as the country generally, viz: An act to reorganize the General Land Office. The immense increase in tha sales of the public lands had so enhanced the business of that office, that the old law was found entirely incompetent in its previsions to meet the immense duties of that department, and to this deficiency some of my friends, who have submitted through me to that department cases of contested v-"",""c"""'"-, u"u" "' "Ulenormous, that it was impossible for hint to do justice to the various inquiries submitted to him. Some of the most ardent friends of Texas, in both Houses of Congress, made aa effort, before the adjournment, to have the independence of that patriotic and afflicted colony acknowledged by the United States, but were unsuccesful; many of th most discreet of both Houses bclievinjj such a step premature; all, however, willing to give an evidence, legitimately within the powers of this Government, to evince to them our sympathies for their sufferings, and our solicitude for tbeir welfare and independence; but at the same time deeming it prudent to wait the final event of their struggle, and their adoption of a regular and established form of government. Your obliged fellow citizen. And obedient servent, JNO. W. DAVIS. Washington City, July 7, 1S3G. f a.Chapter of Steamboat accidents fbr the last eis;ht lcys. Otsego run icto and much injured by the Warrior. Gladiator run into by another boat Jtr.d sunk. Robert Morris, pin into and much injured, by the B. I. Oilman. ,,