Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 March 1830 — Page 1
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WESTERN SUN & GENERAL ABERTIBEIg BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCKNNES, (INI).) SATURDAY, MARCH 87, 1830. Vol. XXI. No. 7.
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LAWS OF THE UNITE ) STATES, MASSED AT TI1E FIRST SF.SS10M OF THE TWEX-TY-b llST CO.VGRESS. AN ACT making appropriations for the Indian Department, for the vcar one thousand eiglit hundred and thirtv. Be it enacted hu the Senate and lfo;:s f Representatives offh Unite I States of America in 'Congress asvwhled That the fallowing su n be anoropriated, to be paid out of any uuaooropriatcd money in the Tvasurv, f ir the Indian Department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and r.irtv," viz: For pay of tie Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Lo usanA the sever il Indian Agents, as authorized by lav, twenty -nine thousand five hundred dollirs. For pay of s ib -agents, as authorized by law, nineteen thousand and fifty dollar. For presents to In bans, us vita lized by the act of one t!i vis in I eight hundred mi two, fifteen thousand lollars.
the waters of the west, and praying the protection of them in their rights and property. The bill making appropriation lor the Naval and Military service of the United States, for the year 1830, were severally read twice and referred. The bill from the House of Representatives, making provision for taking the fifth census, was taken up, and, after a short discussion, was ordered to lie on the table; and the bills granting pensions to Samuel II. Phillips, Paul Hazard, John Mc Crecry, and increasing the pension of George
V Howard, and providing for the relief of
Simeon C. Whitton, were read a third time
and passed; after which, Mr. Grundy occu
pied the floor until the Senate adjourned,
on Mr. Loot s resolution. In the House af Representatives Mr. New
ton, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill, making appropriation for the
erection of Light Houses, and the improve
ment of harbors within the United States;
which passed through the usual stages of
legislation, and was referred to a Committee of the Whole. The House returned the consideration of the resolutions submitted by Mr Condict, for imposing a restriction upon the use of spirituous liquors in the Navy. Mr Chilton, after observing that, in
his opinion, the temperance which required a bounty in its aid, was not to be called temperance, any more than the virtue which required watching, could be termed virtue, moved an amendment, to the effect that the practice of intemperance was equally reprehensible among civilians, a among the military and naval servants of their country The amendment was, upon a division, negatived; and, after a motion by Mr. Pearce for the orevious question, the resolutions were agreed to. The amendment proposed by Mr. Vinton, to append the laws of the States F Georgia and Alabama with respect to the Indians within those States, to the report Fof the Committee on Indian Affairs, of which ten thousand copies had been ordered tobc printed, was neTt taken up; and upon a division by veas and nays, carried, by a vote 94 to 72 The House, then in Committee of the Whole, Mr. Drayton in the chair, resumed the consideration of the bill for the relief of Mrs. Decatur; and Mr. Dorsey concluded his remarks in support of the amendment i'n sed bv hiui, on the preceding day, extending the benefits of the bill to the boats' crews, under the command of Midshipmen Anderson and Dorsev. A debate ensued,
For rav of Induo interpreters and translators
employed at the several soperinte i dencies and which occupied the remainder of the day; agencies, twenty-one thousand 'ivc hundred and Mr Cambreleng and Mr. Hoffman followed
twenty-five dollars
For pay of i an 1 blacks nit'is and their assist mts, employed withia the s loerintca dencies and agencies, in ler treaty orovisions and the orde'." of the Secretary of Va eihten thousand three hundred and forty dill irs. For iron, steel, coal, and other exoeuscs attending tha o;i and blacks nith's shop, five thousand f.uir hundred and twenty mk doU irs. For expense of tr.iasnort itioo and distribution f In ban annuities, nine thousmd nine hundred and fifty nine dollars. For e;vmso of gravis; vis for Indians at the distrio u i of mo tities while on visits of business -vim t!e '1 T rent superintendents, and age. an I w i?n ise ub'ed on business, eleven thous md eight ho l Ire I and nin tv I il irs. F r contin vueies of the Iudi.m Department, twenty thous tod dollars. A. STEVENSON. Speaker of the House of ileor-'vot ui es.
J. U Y'-iv) J N.
Mr. D orsev, and the amendment of the latter gmtle nan was upon a division rejected. Mr HofTnanthen proposed another amendment, including the boat's crew of Midshipman Vnderson; which was adopted, by a vot? of 8 4 to 35. Mr. Pearce subbmittcd an amendment, granting $50,000 of the sum to be appropriated to the nieces of Com. Decatur; but the proposition was rejected. On motion of Mr. Hartley, the Committee rose and reported the bill Mr. Chilton moved to lay the hill and amendments upon the tabic. Mr. 'icker, of S. Carolina, moved to strike ou. the enacting clause, with a view of testing the merits of the bill; to the principles ot which bill, as making a donation mr Mie neHormance of a public duty, he declared bi-nself lecidedly opposed. Mr. Mc Du'Tie supported the bill, and entered into
In the House of Representatives, a message was received from the President of the United States, informing Congress that he had signed the Indian appropriation bill, together with various others of a private nature. A number of petitions and memorials were presented, upon the printing of one of which, submitted by Mr. Uurges, from certain members of the society of Friends, in New England, in behalf of the Indians, a long discussion took place. Messrs. Sterigere, Burges Spencer, of New-York, Lamar, Hell, Good-
enow, Condict, Lumpkin, Thompson, of
Georgia, Hubbard, Chilton, Whittlesey, and Hates, addressed the House upon the subject.
Mr. Stengere renewed a motion which he
had made at the commencement of the debate,
to lay the memorial upon the table; and the
yeas and nays being taken on the call of Mr.
Bates, the proposition was negatived by a vote
of 110 to 64. Mr. Bell moved, as an amend
ment, to print their other memorials which
had been presented upon the same subject,
in oroer to prevent an invidious comparison from beincr made between them.. Mr. Bates
objected to the motion. Mr. Gcodenow continued, and observed that, in the event of the amendment proposed by Mr. Bell being rejected, he should move that the memorial presented from the Friends in Ohio, at their annual meeting, be also printed, with a view of throwing, as the gentleman from RhodeIsland, (Mr. Burges) seemed to consider necessary, more light upon the subject, Mr. Hayne briefly explained the motives which had actuated him in voting to lay the memorial upon the table, and declared his intention to vote against the printing in whatever shape
it might be presented. Mr Craig, of Vir
ginia, adverted to the length of the debate,
and trusted that to prevent its further extension, Mr. Bell would withdraw his amend
ment, and acquiesce in tho printing of so
small a document as that submitted to the
House by Mr. Burges. Mr. Bell, in reply,
referred to the course which the debate had taken, and the invidious distinction which might be made between the different memo
rials, as rendering it necessary fir him to decline acceding to the request of a withdrawal
of his proposition. After a continuedvand
lengthened discussion of the subject, Mr.
Dc V ltt, at 3 o clock, called lor the pretious
question, which was ordered by a vote of 107 ;
and, upon a division, the memorial was direc
ted to be printed, by a vote of 106, the noes not being counted. The remainder of the
sitting was occupied by receiving of petitions,
the greater numbet of which were on the
subject of the transmission of the Sunday
mads On motion of Mr. Lewis the House
adjourned. V$.
planck, proposed to be to the Committer of Ways and Means. Mr. Mallary suggested that it would be more proper to refer it to tho Committee on Manufactures. After some observations from Messrs. Carabreleng, Ramsey, and Hoffman, the Memorial, which was of great length, was, upon the request of tho latter, read to the House. Mr. Martin objected to tho proposed reference of the memorial to the Committee on Manufactures? and moved that it be sent to a Committee of the Whole cn the state of the Union. Mr.
to
rayton said that sending such a memorial
Vice Prcsi lent of the Unite! States and I fu 11 deta'11 or the circumstances of the bril
liant achievement which had not only rescued American citizens from slavery, but redeemed the country from the stain of paying an ignominious tribute, and exalted her character and her glory, throughout the world. H referred, in conclusion, to the effect produced by the name of Com. Decatur, among the Barbarv Powers, when that gallant Commodore went to Algiers, with a force which, compared with the fruitless and dicastcrous expedition of Great Britain, in 1817, under
emcd wholly inadequate name alone intimidated
President of the Senate, !)'UvV J ACKSON. Approved, Fcliruirv ;r, ISJO. AN ACT making approori itions for certain Fortifications fo the year one thousmd eight hundred and thirty. Be it enacted h-i the S-nat an i Th:ctr of Refiresentatiret 'jf the Uni'ed States if .1nrica t-,i Congress aise-nbled. That the ollo.v'me; su ns be, and the sime ire hereby apnronri ited, to
be paid ot any unappropri ited money in the ! ,or(l lxmouth, se Treasury, for certain Fortific-itions vir: ; -ts A HU
. ' the Uev; and a treaty was immediately con-
For Fort Hamilton, eight v -six thousand dol- : cuinen, granting commercial auvamages to
lars.
For Fort Monroe, one ban I red th vis m l dollars.
the United States, which had never been, and which were even now, not granted to
! any other nation Some further discussion
For Fort Calhoun, one hundred thousand dol- ensued, in which Mr. Tucker, of South Car
'ir- Jolina, Mr Storrs, of Mew-York, and Mr.
. v.!L r ir
tor roi uaco.i, m n wrouo.i, Crii of Virginia, took part, the latter wholthousand dollars. t , . ? . . , , , , For Fort at Oak Mind, Xnrth Carolina, six- I ,v "'W& he claim, which he contended, tv thousand doll irs ought not to be admitted. Had the gallant ' For Fortifications it Charleston, South Caro-'and lamented Decatur lived, it was his firm Una, twe r.ty-tive t'no.isan I dollars. j conviction, that the proposed apppropriation For Fort at Mobile Point, Uaovna, ninety , never would have been heard of. Mr. thousand dollars. . . . , Stcrierc followed; and on motion of Mr.
l orl ort J ictson, uoaisiana.ciS!ity-tnet:iou-j IJu the jousc adjourned, sand dollars. I J
For Fortifications at Penscola, m Florida, one hundred and thirtv thousmd dollars. For contingencies of Fortifications, ten thousand dollars.
U. S. Tel.
Washington, March 2.
tn the Senate on Monday, the morning was
For purchase of a site for a Fort at Cockspur i chiefly consumed by a debate on Mr. Barn-
Island, Georgi i, five thousand dollirs
Approved, February ts;o.
CONGRESS. washing ros, March 1.
In Senate, on Saturday last, petitions were presented by Mr. Frclinghuysen and Mr.
Foot, from sundry inhabitants ol New Jcr
ard's motion to call on the Secretary of the
Tavy for information and opinions, touching the expediency of dispensing with the Marine Corps in the Navy Service. The resolution was adopted ; and after receiving some other resolutions, and disposing of sundry memorials, the resolution of Mr. Foot was resumed, and Mr. Grundv continued the remarks
sey and Connecticut, remonstrating against j which he commenced on Saturday, until 3 the removal of the southern Indians beyond o'clock, when the Senate adjourned.
Washington, March 3. In Senate, yesterday, the bill from the
House of Representatives, making provision for taking the fifth census of the United States
was discussed, together with the amendments proposed by the Committee on the Judiciary,
to increase the compensation to Marshals
and their deputies, so as to correspond with the responsibility, labor and importance of the subject, and to secure a faithful performance of the duty. The amendments were ordered to bo engrossed, and the bill read a third time. Mr. Kane presented a petition form the superintendent of the Female Academy in Georgetown, under the direction of the religious order of the Jesuits, praying a donation of public property in the District of Columbia, in aid of that institution. Mr. Hendricks presented a memorial from the Legislature of Indiana, praying for an appropriation to aid in improving the navigation of the Wabash and White rivers. The President of the Sxoate presented three memorials from the blacksmiths and manufacturers of hardware, in the city of Philadelphia, praying a reduction of duty on the materials of their manufacture. Several other memorials, petitions and resolutions were presented, by Messrs. Tyler, King, and Woodbury. Mr. Knight replied to some strictures offered the day previoui by Mr. Grundy, in the course of his speech,
oo thoso who had been engaged in plundering the coast of Africa for slaves, and importing them into this country, which Mr. K. thought reflected on the moral character of Rhode Island ; and Mr. Grundy rejoined, showing that be had neither charged the State of Rhode Island, nor even the people generally, with a want of moral feeling ; he only alluded to those who had trafficked in slaves. M r. Clayton occupied the floor on Mr. Frot's resolution, in reply to Messrt. Grundy, Woodbury, tec, until the usual hour of adjournment ; and before he concluded his remarks, the Senate adjourned. Mr. C. has the floor for to-day. In the House of Representatives, petitions from the States, which, on account of the lateness of the hour to which the sitting extended on the preceding day, bad not been presented, were submitted and referred Various memorials, on the subject of the Indians, were ordered to be printed. Among the petitions was one presented by the Speaker from certain Blacksmiths and other manufacturers, of the city of Philadelphia, on the subject of the tariff, as respects the high duties upon raw materials; the reference of which, was, oo motion of Mr. Ver-
to the Committee on Manufactures, would be like sending sheep to the wolf, considering the report which they had presented to the House. Would they, he asked, prefer sending it to an unbiassed, unprejudiced and impartial committee, or to one which, it might be considered, had alreadjr prejudged the question? He was in favor of referring it to the Committee of the Whole on tho state of the Union. After some observations from Mr. Hoffman, Mr. McDuffie addressed the House in favor of the reference proposed by his colleague, (Mr. Martin,) adverting, in the course of his remarks, to the circumstance of the indignity put upon the Committee of Ways and Means, by the rejection, oo its first reading, of the bill which they had reported, embracing, among other provisions, the subject of the present memorial for the reduction of the duty on bar 8nd rolled
iron, which, at present, paid a duty amounting almost to an utter prohibition. Mr.
Ramsey, Mr. Burges, and Mr. Mallary, likewise spoke upon the subject; and Mr. Ver-
planck replied; after which, the memorial was referred to a Committee of the Whole
on the atate of the Union. The House then
took up the consideration of the resolution proposed by Mr. Vinton, for the printing of
the laws of several of the Southern States, in relation to the Indians within their terri
torial limits, as an appendage to the report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, presented by Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, and previously ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell addressed the House at some length. The question was upon the amendment of Mr. Foster.
of Georgia, as modified, to strike out the ori
ginal resolution, and direct the Clerk of tho House to cause to be printed the original laws of the States extending jurisdiction over the Indian tribes. Mr. Sterigere, after some observations from Mr. Test of Indiana, with respect to the foregoing question, moved that the subject be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs; after some discussioa in which Mr. Everett, of Mass. Mr. Llli worth and Mr. Hoffman participated, Mr. Wilde moved that the resolution, as amended by the motion of Mr. Sterigere, be committed to the Committee on Indian Affairs, with instruction to select and report such, or so much of the laws of the several States, the treaties, and judicial doctrines, as it may be proper to print for the information of the House. Mr Sterigere, adopted the amendment; upon which, Mr. Vinton called for the yeas and nays. They were about to be taken upon the question of agreeing to it, when the hour having expired, the further consideration of the subject was deferred. The bill for the relief of Mrs. Decatur, was taken up, and advocated by Mr Drayton, until the close If the sitting. Previous to tho adjournment of the House, the Speaker submitted several communications from the Public Departments; the principal one of which was, a report from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House requiring such information on the subject of the fortifications on the northern frontiers of the United States, as it might not be inexpedient for the interest of the Nation to publish. Another communication was presented from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the customs. The Hon. Jame W. Ripley
was, on motion of his colleague, Mr Mclntyre, allowed leave of absence on account cf indispositioo. WASHtifOTOH. March 4. In Senate, yesterday, the Preiident tonw rnunicated a remonstrance, from sundry citizens of Pennsylvania, against any interfere enceon the part of Congress, with the existing laws for the opening and transmission of the mail on Sunday ; and Mr. Marks presented a memorial from the same state, praying that so much of the Post Office laws as requires secular labor on Sunday, may he repealed ; and also a petition from 617 ladies of Pittsburgh, praying that Congress may protect the Southern Indisns. Mr. Frelinghuysen presented a petition from a number of the inhabitants of Burlington, New-Jursey, remonstrating against the removal of the Indians to the West. Several other petitions, memorials and resolutions, presented by M essrs. Silsbee, King, Noble, Ellis, FootCh ase, Tyler, and Frelinghuysen ; af'er which, oo motion of Mr. Ellis, the Scr.t proceeded to the consideration of Exeru-o business, which occupied the remainder of the day. In the House cl Representatives, Mr. Powers, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, presented rep t on tho subject of administration of justice -J in the District. Among the billa Trbicfc caraflun-
