Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 1, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 February 1830 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN & GENERAL ADVERTISER

H t.llir 8T0T-T.1 VINCENNES, (1ND.) SATUUDAY, FKBKUARY 13, 1830. Vol. XXI. No. I

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LAWS OF THE UNI TED S I I'ES, ?ASSKl AT THK Fl It S V ShSSlOX OF THKTWKN-TY-FIHST CUNGKKSS. AN AC T to authorize the rxciange of certain lot-. t' Land between the University of Michig tii Territory and Martin Hauin aad others. He it enacted h .i the Senate and House of lie" ferexentativca of the United States )f America i-i tlo.-izrrcss assembled I'liat the I'rustees ot the University of Michigan be. iul ttiey ue hereby authorized to cxciiange with Martin tl.uim and others, the tracts of land designated as river lots, numbered one and two, hi the United States reserve of twelve miles s j i are, xm the Mia ni of Lake Krie, heretofore purchased from the United Sutes, and which, having oeen relitupjiohed by the vr.nl M irtin Maum, under the provisions f tlie act of the st.ccud of larch, one thous tt.d eight hundred and t ve ity-one, for the rebel of the pui r.hasei s of tlie public lands, were afterward selected by the riectet u y of t ie I'tvavm , for the said University, under the provisions of the act of hie twentieth of .vlav, one thousand eight hmubed and treaty-six, entitled "An act co'icei ui'i-T a seminary of le-irmg ri tne Terriio

" (-" .s'ich ot'ier lands as niav he

ilr'Mi : and the President of tne'

CONGRESS. Washington, Jan. 15. In the Senate yesterday, the principal subject of discussion, was the bill making an approprution, of torty thousand dollars for the extinguishment of the Indian titles to lands within the State of Indiana. It was debated as in committee of the Whole, and suppor

ted by Messrs. White, Hendricks, and Liv-

From Dele ware, signed by about 1600 citizens d! the state, praying that no alteration might )e made of the existing laws on the subject. The President presented a communication idopted at a meeting by sundry citizens ol Pennsylvania, remonstating against the exension of jurisdiction over the Indians by the states in which they reside, and the removal jf t..tm beyond the Mississippi. Mr.

ingston, and opposed by Mr. Sprague. Mr. j Sprague presented one of a similhr character

king ol Alabama, made some observations jlrom sundry citizens of the state Maine ; and upon the subject, in the couise of which, be ! one Irom the same state praying Congress to

ry ot UiJ-hiA agreed upon United Si

declared himsell decidedly in favoi of the principle ol the bill, and expressed his approbation 'f the utility and importance of the measure ; uut considering the appropriation proposed to be ol greater magnitude than the occasion might perhaps require, he moved an amendment to reduce the sum to twenty thousand doliais This being agreed to, Mr McKmley moved a further amendment, piohibiting the giving of secret presents or any other valuable consideration to the Chiefs or Head men, with a view to influence their decision in the making of a treaty. This amendment wa3 also agreed to, as in Comoittee; but on a report being made to the Senate after the amendment proposed by Mr. King had been adopted, the question on 'he amendmen of Mr. K'mley was debated at length, and supported by Messrs. McLinley, Frclinghuvs' n, and Foot, and opposed by Messrs. Hendricks, Noble, Ilayne, and Benton, when the bill together with the amendment was laid on the table, and the Senate proceeded to the consideration of Execution business. In ihe House of Representatives, among other Resolutions, was one submitted by Mr. Blair, ol South Carolina, and which was ordered to be laid upon the table, requiring the Secretary of War to furnish a register exhibi ng a list ot the names of all the Cadets admitted into the Academy at West Point Irom its lii st establishment until the present period; an I also the number of applicants rejected, and the States whence they came ; ihe number who graduated and received commissions; the numbers retired or dis missed; the number whose father's or guardians were members of Congress ; the extent or a ount of the allnwunce made to them ;

and what portion of them (if any) were in in

pass a law to abolish slavery inthe districtof

Columbia. The resolution of Mr. l'oote, proposing an inquiry into the expediency of

abolishing the office of Surveyor general, and f suspending the surveys of the public lands until those which are already surveyed shall lave been sold, was resumed as the unfinished business ; -when Mr. Benton took the floor in opposition to the proposed inquiry He vent into an interesting detail of the regular and persevering hostility manifested to the settlement and prosperity ot ihe western country from the adoption of the constitution to the present time ; and in a speech replete with energy, research, argument, and eloquence, demonstated the injurious consequences that must ensure frcm the proposed enquiry, if so far countenanced as to receive a reference to a committee This speech of Mr B is in preparation and will be published as soon as the debate, which will be rc sumed to day shall have been concluded In the House of Representatives, among

numerous petitions presented, were several upon the transmission ol Sunday'malls Ma ny private bills were reported and passed through their prcliminaty stages; after which, McDuflic, from the Committee of Ways aud Means, reported a bill appropriating abiut four millions of dollars for the service of the Navy, during the year 1830. It was read a first and sctoed imc, and referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, introduced a bill to consolidate? the former acts regulating the Post office Department, which was read and made the order for this day. The resolution for the distribution ofthe public lands, was taken into consideration, and Mr. Speight, ol North

digtnt circumstances. It also required other i Carolina, addressed the house un'il near the

information respecting those who had been j conclusion of the alotted hour. He was lotCadets, and who now hold commissions in the lowed by Mr. WicklifVe, who, with a view of

Army; and likewise concerning the Proles-1 terminating the protracted discussion upon

the subject in Us present stage, suggested

the propriety of referring it to the Commit

upon !eing i I vised by the said

Tm-tees i a it --ucii I'xc.i iou;e !i kvu i ie, is hereby authorized i a 1 v n-,vd t:x osne patents in s ich inann.r as may e '.ecess .; u can y this act into full - ttect. A. SIVA'KX ' Speaker of the Uouv. t)f ttemvsent- t.vcs. J. C. CA.alOJX, ice ' "eiiMit of t'ie United States and esd of the Senate, ApraovKU J laaarv ? Vis'). 'I)UKA JACKSON.

sors and other officers ol the Institution. A

communicaM'Mi was received horn the Se cretary ol the Navy, stating that the appro priations for that Department of the public service lor the year 1829, under the head of

tee of the Whole on the state ofthe Union.

Mr Ingersoll moved the previous question

i as the shortest mode of putting an end to the

Pat Aflot, repairs of vessels, S;c, would ! debate; and the motion was upon a division not be suilkient to meet the public exigen-j by yeas and nays, carried by 127 to 59. A cies, in consequence of sums having been j long discussion afterwards ensued upon a drawn in anticipation from the appropriation j question of order in consequence of a request to meet oilier purposes, anil pat tfculaijzing made by Mr. Hammons for a division of the amo ig them the illegal payment of g9bbo by resolution, in order that the sense of the

Th riias Fillehronti, Jr. late Secrctai y of the Navy Hospital Fund, to the Hon Thomas

House might be taken on its branches sep

arately Tht decision of the Speaker in fa-

()lN AC V to extend toe time for locating ccr- , tain donatio as in Arkiovis. . i - . ' enacted . the Sejiate and Ihurc of lief;rr' .'(ii'i (,' ;f the United States of America in

Congress ascniMett, That so muni of an act of Congrei, approved twentv -tourtii of M iv, eighteen Inndred and twentv -ei'U, entitled, " An act to aid the State of Ohi in extending the Miami Canal from l)aton to Lake F.rit, and to jjrant a quantity of land to said State to aid in the confirm tion of Canals, authorized by law; and for making donations of land to certain persons an Arkansas Territory and, also, so mm h of an act approved 6th January, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, entitled. 44 An act restricting the location of certain land claims m tiro Territory of Vrkansas, and for other purposes." as limits the time of locating those donations, be, and the same is hereby continued in force tor the further term of one year, from the twentv -fourth day of May next ; prov ided, that no locations frhall he made within the further tune allowed by this act, which shall not include the actual settlement made by the claimant ptior to the twenty-fourth day of Mav next. Arruov vn January IJ, ISoO. UF.SOLUTION, granting the me of the books in the Library of Congress to the I leads of 1) - pat tmenti, to certain odicers ot Congress, ami to Fx-Presidents ofthe United States Pt si'ved, .; the Senate and lf;use lieiretwtatix'rs ofthe United S.'afes Imerica in Cn-q-rr.v asem!ded That the President ofthe Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, fot the being, be, and they are hereby authorized to grant the use of the books in the Library of Congress, to the Secretary of State, the Secretarv, of the Treasun, the Secretary of War, the Secretary ofthe Navy, the Postmaster General, the. Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk ofthe House of Representatives, the Chaplains of Congress, and any individual when in the Districtof Columbia, who may have been President of the United States ; at the tunes, and on the same terms, conditions and restrictions, as membets of Congress are allowed to use said IkmLs. Ai'PKin ki, January 13, 1S:0

The following is a list ofthe Select Committee appointed on the restitution of Mill uni, relative to the distribution of the proceeds ol the Public Lands: Messrs. Hunt R M Johnson M'vxci-n n N w York, MCo Y, MaU TIM, JJANM Yj nJ Lkw 15.

Newton, for the purchase of about sixty acres; vor ofthe call of Mr Hammons was appeal

of land It concluded by submitting tothej ed from by Mr. liarringer, but sustained on consideration of the House whether a furti-! a division by 107 to 62 Before a final deci-

cr appropriation should not be made uader si0n was made on the question eeneially, an

adjournment took place.

the several heads, in order to enable the department to meet the engagement of the service. The resolution for distribution of the public lands among tlie scvcial States ofthe Union was taken up and discussed- Mr. Pettis, of Missouri, resumed and concluded

Mb.

- rs S, WASHINGTON, JANUARY 20. In the Senate yestuday, among the vai ious

petitions and memorials whicn were pre-

his remarks upon the subject; but the hour j suited, wasoncfiom Maine by Mr. Sprague, having by that period expired, the Debate praying for the abolishment ol slavery m the ceased, when Mr. Speight of North Caroli-: District of Colombia. The debate on Mr. na, was proceeding to address the House. Foot's resolution, proposing an inquiry into The Hill making appropriations for the forti-! the expediency of suspending the surveys o! fication ol the United States, for the year j the public lands, (being the unfir..-led buii1830, was then considered in a Committee of ness of yesteiday,) was commenced by Mr. the Whole House on the state of the Union, Holmes in support ol the resolution. MesMr Cambreleng i a the Cnair, and forward-; Srs. Bat ton Woodbury, Hayne, Sptague and ed through the usual stages; after which ' Livingston, severally followed; Mr. Holmes Mr. Ruchanuan, the Chairman of the Com- in support of the views entertained by these mittee on the Judiciary , spoke upon the sub- gentlemen and the Senate, without deciding

jcci or me proposed extension ot tne number the puestion, adiourncd.

The select committee was subsequent y $.ro? posed to consist of evcn members Mr. Alston from the committee on elections, presented a report on the subject of the contested election of Mr. 1 isher; concluding with tlie following resolutior.: Retolved) 'I hat Silas Wright, Jr. is entitled to a scat in this House, ai number of t ongress, from the 2' si Congressional district of the State of New -York in the placo of (ieorge Fishrr, the sitting member. The House then rcsoivecl itself into a Committee of the whole on the state of ihe Union, Mr. Cambreleng in the Chair, on tho question for the extension ot the Judiciary system. Mr. Strong addicssed the House upon the subject. until near ihe close of tho sitting. Mr. Strong has ti t floor to-day. Washington. Jan. 21. In the Senate ytsterday the bills for the relief of Joel B ingt. ti, Nathn'u K. W ood, v'ndLcwi Schrai k, wei t sevetaoy read the third time and passed Several bills from tho House rcctived their fis reading, and several were read the seconl time and refer led. A long debate ensutd on the resolution submitted by Mr. Foot, proposing an enquiry into the cxf.cdicncy of suspending the r veys of th public lands, in which Messrs. Foot, Benton, and Webster participated Mr. Webster concluded by moving an indefinite postponement ofthe resolution as there was nothing in his opinion, at the present time which called either for the adoption ol ihe resolution or the measure proposed by Mr. Woodbury to hasten the surveys and sales As this debate is too interesting to be abridged, it will be give n in full a soon as prepared After Mr. Benton concluded the Senate adjourned. Mr. McDuiTic, inthe House of Represent tatives, roported from the Con, mittee of Ways and Means, a bill to regulate the ccmpensation of the clerks in the Department of State providing tor the number to be tmployed, and fixing their salaries Arncng other resolutions one was considered presented on a previous day by Mr. Thomson, of (itorgia, directing the Sec retary of War to lay before the House a statement of the number and illustration ol the moral and political condition ot the Indians, within the states ol Maine, Massarhusette Cormecticu , Rhode Island, New Yotk and Pennsylvania. Mr. Storrsi ol N York, piop-.std an amendment, and a shoi t debate took place, in which that gentleman, Mr. Thompson, ol Georgia, and Mr

Hoffman took part. It was however terminated by the resolution being I id upon the table on motion ot Mr. Bcllol 1 er.ntssee,who stated that the important subject involved in it would speedily come beloie the. Houie from the Committee on Indian atTaits. The resolution ol Mr Blair, ol South Carolina, for a minute enquiry relative to the Academy at West Point, was discussed, as was aho the bill for the extension of the judiciary system. Mr. Polk spoke upon tlie latter questien, and Mr. Huntingdon has posses bion of the floor for to day upon it. 73. WASHiNOTotf, Jan. 22. In the Senate, yesteiday. abet the tiansao tionof the usual busmess, the lesolunon submitted by Mr Livingston, proposing to subscribe fora certain number of copies of the documents to be printed by Gales and Seaton, wa read the second time, and, after a short debate, ordered to be engrossed. J hi deNate wasiesumed on the u finished business of the day previous, which was the resolution submitted by Mr. Foot, lor suspending mo sui veys of the public lands, until those al

ready surveys are disposed of Me srs. Bcn ton and Hayne replied at length to the argument of Mr. Webster ; but before Mr. Hayne concluded his remarks, the Senate adjourned over to Monday. In the House of Representatives, aftcra few reports from Standing Committees, among which wis one reported by Mi. Mc-

Uutne, from the Cornwiittce of Ways and

ot the Judges of the Supreme Court rd the A message was received in the House of! r,;'" " ; ,Z o, . V.l V"

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United States, until the adjournment

place. U. S. Tel.

took

;hat he had received from Bolivar, President

f the Republic of Colombia a eold Medal,

1 struck to commemorato the preservation ol Washington, Jan. 16. j tnc Liberator from a recent attempt to asThe Senate did not sit yesterday, having sassinatc him: and that in conformity with

on the preceding day adjourned until Monday ; that provision of the Constitution which pro

next.

In the House of Representatives, Friday being a day assigned for the consideration of private bills, nearly twenty of them were

considered in Committee ot the hole.nd communication excited considerable interest forwarded through their regular stages, throughout the House. Numerous private Upon motion Mr. McDuffic, the use of the I bills were read a third time and nassed; and

hibitcd any of the public functionaries of the United States from accepting presents from Foreign Powers, he submitted its dis

posal to the discretion of Congress. rThe

Hall was granted lor to-day, to the Columbian Institute; an I upon a like motion bv Mr. Archer, a similar privilege was granted to the Colonization Society for Mondry evening. The House then adjouncd, until Monday next. 73. Washington, Jan. 19. In the Senate, yesterday, among the various memorials and petitions presented, were three by Mr Sprague, and one by Mr. Holmes, of Maine, remonstrating against the transportation and opening nf the mails tinthc Sabbath ; and cr.c by Mr. Clayton,

the resolution for the distribution of the pub

lie lands was decided on, in its three remaining branches by yeas and nays. That which went to apply them to the purposes of education was upon a division carried by a majority ol 97 to 85; but the provision extending their application to the object of internal improvement, was rejected by a vote of 94 to 92 The latter part of the question, that the proposed- distribution should be made in proportion to the t eprcscnta ion of the States in the House, and, that the Mlcct Committee should have Uvc to report upon the subject by bill or otherwise, was passed.

Military service during tru current year, tho

House resumed the consideration of Mr. Blair's resolution, published in our paptr of yesterday, on the subject ofthe West Point Academy j the discussion upon which lasted until the expiration ol the hour allotcd for the consideration of resolutions. The engrossed bill to extend the time for locating Virginia bounty lands, was then taken up and passed The special order of the day, the contested election between Mr. Washburn and Mr Ripley, of Maine was taken up, and the debate upon the subject was continued until the hour of adjournment. .

U e arc authrrized to state, that James Mason, late Receiver of Public Moi.cy at Edwardsville, has deposi ed in the Um cd States' Branch Batik at St. Louis, to he creditof the Treasure i, the U. Stares, the sum of th'rty.onc thousand ix hundred and seventy Jive dollars being, as we understand, tne whole of the balance due fioo.hin to tho Government. A copy f the i eificr, of d. tv-nt fti" Dossessionof on cftbcKdftorsof this paper.