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Jao, 29. | j ? ids '
CONGRESSIONAL SIMM A II Y.
In tlic Senate. Mr. Wi'bsti r rcsiim- |
(?(1 his wa.. The bill for the erection I
of* breakwater ?it the mouth oS Del- j
aware Hay. w as taken up. alio e\- I
plained an. I allocated by Mi*. W ood
bory ami Mr. Marks: when it was
post poind, uii motion Mr. Smith, of,
S. C.? to \\ ednesday. ? The process j
bill was taken up. The motion to re
consider the late \ote. ordering it to
a third reading, was lost. Mr. Har
ris's motion to recommit it, occasion
ed a long debate; al'ier which the < e 1 1 -
III the House . __g .
after the usual number of petitions,
111 whic h ?\e observe no diminution
as the session advances, the t.vo res
olutions offered by \hr. Weeins. one
calling on the secretary of war for
inforioation relative to the manner ol
appointing cadets, and tin- other re
quiring from the secretary of the na
\\ information 0:1 the subject of na
vj officers, were taken up and agreed
to. The house, in committee of the
wlnde on the st,it>- of the Union, went
through t'.ie bill making appropria
tions for the military service. 111
which some amendments, offered h\
r. McDnllie, were adopted. The
r>>:iiitlitlee then took It), till- bill III : k
in.; appropriations tor the I ml i in de
p. u- nii-nt, and made some progress in
if. lint rose, without coining to an>
derision upon it. The committee re
ported tin lir-t bill and amendments
t?? tin h'?use.
From die National Journal.
Monday, February IS.
ate adjourned,
([uestiou.
Tut s.lav, February 19.
tn tin* *"> oate, t??o motion to re
commit t !? <* proce s liilt wan consid
ered. Mr. Webster spoke about a?i
hour ami < halt against the bill in its
present lorm. I'lu' bill for the relief
of the (oluuihian college. as amend
ed. was taken uj?, but altera slight
? lisi ussion, feid on tlit' table. A short j
t imc \\ hs spent in the consideration !
of execotive business
In tin* House of Representatives, j
the house again went into committee J
of the \v hole on the state of tin L n ion,
ami took ii |i the bill making an ap
propriation for the Indian depart
ment. On the motion of Mr. Wood*
to strike out that p.rt of the clause
containing the appropriation oI'5(>jmjO
dollars to extinguish the Cherokee
title in Georgia, which runs in the
folk v. ing words ? ? and for aiding the
said ( hern! ccs. and such nlher lu
<li..iH ii s ma) In* si? disposed, to emi
grafir to places west of the Missis op.
pi.M| Mr. \\ nods spoke in fa\or. and .
Mr.lM. Smith and Mr. M< Loan a
g'lin^f the motion, uliitli was then
ncg jt.ved. .Another motion to amend
the sane clause, was made by Mr.
V intoi, who had |0st commenced
soiiie observation* in illtistral ion,
win n. on motion of Mr. Hates, of
Missouri, I In* committee rose ami re
ported progress.
XV '!n?--?!ny, Krt?i inry <U.
In tie Si i .He. Mr. Johnson, of J
kentm ?y . iutr nlured a resolution for
the adj iirnnient of congress on the
8th of . jhil next. The hill for the
constru tiou of a breakwater at the
mouth ? 'the Delaware hay, was dis
cussed. |>nt no fpiestimi w is taken
when tlu senate adjourned.
in tlx House ol liepresentatives,
a memotiai was presented from Coii
dy UagiH. late charge des affaires
at lira/ 1, prating to be heard in de
fence of jiim .. if against the charges
preferred against him of iinpropriet)
in his diplomatic conduct, A motion
was inaif* to consider the resolution
offered s?mie lime since b) .!|\ Floyd,
fixing tin) adjournment nf congress for
the Htli ol \ pri I . hut the house refu
sed to colsidcr it by a vote of 103 to
f?8 I'lm house then resolved itself
into comtiilfee of the whole till the
state of tie Union, and resumed the
considcriiioti of the hill making ap
propriations for the Indian depart
ment. Mr V iutoii spoke at length
in Hupport of the amendment lie offer
ed on the preceding day, to prevent
any Indians north oT 36 30, troin be
ing hi* lit south of that line, and any
Itnlisiiis smith of that line from being
sent north ??F it. He was follow* il by
Me Lumpkin anil Mr. ^ bite; and
on ni ition of Mr. Wilde, the commit
tee then rose and reported progress.
Thursday, February 21.
In the Senate, the process bill was
taken up. Mr. Kowan spoke nearly
three hours in favor of the bill. The
motion to reconsider was then car
ried.
In the House of Representatives*
a resolution was introduced referring
it to the committee on public build
ings. to inquire into the expediency
of refi'sing the use of the hall except
| for legislative purposes. The reso
| lut ion was adopted The house then
I took up the hill making appropria
I tions for certain fortifications. And
the bill making appropriations for
the military service for the year
| 18*29. The amendments made in com
mittee of the whole, in both these bills,
were concurred in by the house, with
the exception id' the ann-mltm lit b>
| which the blank in the clause making
| an appropriation for the military ac
adcni), which on motion of Mr.
MrOutlie, was amended, so as to
take away the sums appropriat* d for
the p.*. \ of adjutant's clerk, quarter
master's clerk, ind quarter master's
sergeant. Mr. (lilmer moved a fur
ther reduction, so as t * take from the
appropriation the sum | o ?sed for
the i ret tmn of new buildt gs and lor
sotu appropri ition.the il < m- ol which
an not speulied. The motion, after
some discussion, was negatived by a
vote of 104 to 84. The two hill* were
then ordered to tie engrossed and read
u third time to-morrow.
Friday, February 2i.
In the Senate, a bill was reported,
from tin* committee on the disti iet of
Columbia, to graduate ami pave t lie
l':Mitisylvaiiia a* enue.after '?* 'Adam's ;
plan, from the capitol to Rock rrei k i
In the II ouse of Kepresentatives, I
VI r. Wilde called up his resolution
requesting information from the pres
ident of the I nited States, on the sub
je( t <if the formation of any new states
within the limits of the old states, lie
staled his purpose to be to obtain in
formation relative to the formation
of a constitution by the Cherokees,
which he regarded as an infraction
of the constitution. The resolution
w is laid on the table. Mr. Chilton
offered a resolution on the subject of t
a mliKtion of t'.e military academy, I
but the hour ha\ing elapsed before lie J
had com luded his observations upon I
the sulij". f. no (picstion was taken '
on its adoption. The hill making ap
propriations lor certain fortifications,
ami the hill making appropriations
for the military ser.ice, were read a
third tune and passed. The house
then took up several private hills in
committee of the whole, and they were
ordei ed t?? a third reading to-morrow.
N <?il c K.
n\ virtue of a deed of trust made to the
''ilMi'ribcrj by John Stroud, to cruro t lie
|?iiv*ii< 'tit <il a en tan hii in of money therein
Mi'"ii|on>''l( will (?,? mi| | tn rlic lushest bidder,
ixioir i ic I'miri IIoiim' i'i 1 1 1 i I .horouifh, on
tiir *2 It It i'.iv ot M i r?- li n?**t, for r?-u<ly money,
a trn< t ill I. and heloncmi; to said Stroud, on
I'lul!'-. ereck, containing '??" acres, adjoinitifj
the lands ol Frank Barber, Jesse Nereis, and
others.
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February ???. l'J? 1w ;
NOTICE.
U^ll. I. he Mold, ut the eoiirt house in Hills* ]
l? irmigh, <?n Monday t lir* 23th inst. a
likely youtitf iirjjro woman with a child about
on<- year old i'licv tire tin prop* rty ol' J. F.
I.. Kirk, and sold for no fault.
i ll'JH i Ill'M'V. Cuardian.
(J T? f ulwe sfile it postponed un
til Monday vj March Court.
r?l03. CLANCY.
Febraary 10. 10 ?
I'll K I'li I SIKH'S NO iTmk .
NECESSITY compels us to attempt a tho
roiiuh eollection of the sums due tin*
Olliee; we have therefore appointed agents to
eall upon those within this county who are
indebted to iim, and an the demands ure gene
rally small, w<' hop** thfy will he promptly
met I'he account* of those at u greater din
tanee will he nad" out and forwarded to them,
with mi earnest request that an early remit
tance may be tuadc.
Dtc. *6. 10?
CAUTION.
The alarming increase of late, of ma
rauders upon the town, bo'h male and
feu. ale. some of whom os:tntively be
W>?.? ' o the very tip ol ton? he ultima
Thuleu\ fashio ? ? r joins the uimt*-* vi?
upon shop Keepers and Iveir
clerk*. There is hardly a day on which
?ontt new device, earh more ingenious
than the last that went b fore it, is not
playe" > ff ir> som< quarter, or upon
somebody. We are told of one that
| was tt, acted or S turday; which, though
simple in it* details, required not a lit*
tie abracry in 'he perloimance
The perpetrator was a young mao,
described to u* as bring apparelled in
?-.* must approved London style, now
the prevailing on. among the cuy?
bc-rtux A (tan ol fcne blue pantaloons,
i>ht and tapering. with straps; black
Velvet west; n^w cmnanii.n colored coat;
w?olrf i hain and gla**; b'a? k ard cr m
son >il?. cra*at; *nd finally a li'tle dug
eared hat, c eked a- r . arricd with an
i'-imi'aMe air ol esfirit . Hi * a* alto*
ci ther " as proper a n>an as on? shall
*t if? a summer's rt-.y.*'
He was, it seems no shopping on
his own individual accoun , he wanted
no gloves, hanckrr- hiels, or broad*
cloth; no, lu wa^ < xe< utmg coromi??
sions for a lat'y, and therefore demand*
ed and st-li ciec such delicate ambles
as la> e, lawns, sanns ann woiked drtssi
es. These, too, wtre to !-e o- the t>tst
qualities and p tterns in marke'. No
vulvar Com roodi ' ics would su i , lie wan*
ted lahrics <>l v ubweb fluent's? the prire
b< inn n conticierauon, so thai the goods
were wort- y to pass muster.
By wny of partly accounting lor his
being cn^a^ed in sucti frminme ? <>m?
missions, and partly enforcing his re
quisitions for the utmost beauty ot t?x
tore, he darkly hinted that they were
ft.r tue in erisin k occasion o' matrimo
ny an'i were disiencd ase yin ? and the
| i-.sue of all was, th&> a score o. a h n
| died dollars wa? run up, and the ^oods,
wth a biil, ordered to the number .md
name ol a hig? ly retpccta de ? i zen, to
bt sent within hall an hoar. I. - <> r?
ncces- ary 'o state iha' a hant some di ?. ss,
* hi. h wa> exumint d hy 'hf , tntlt u an,
??r, ? canvassed J| h a ^reji deal ot'cj?e,
(w s no doub' in subservient* to hi? ul
timate design) 'e|rctcd, icforc ) >siug
tl'C whole purchase, as not exactly cor*
responding with his wishes; and ev rjr
hin^ was close. qjite 'aits>'act<>rilv, as
wen 10 the vendor as to the vendee
YV i hm twenty ntinuics a mes riiKer
was s<-nt, laden with the articles in q^cs*
tioi ; and when about k-ockin^ a: iho
door ol the h >U!?e, was met Irom w ihin
t y he identical gentleman by whom t lie
]>ur?*ha^c hart been made He told dim
lut he w;.s glad he hail been to ptompt;
but that lie had spoken tq the lady, Ind
that she rtcMrtd vrrv much to see too
particular dress no hod left at the etoro
whkh he had just been describing to
her; &nd that the m? s^cn^cr " im^ht
ban i him the things, white he ran and.
brought it so that she mi^ht determino
u p' li her ehoir.e at once, and incltid it
in ?hc bill." The boy could, of coursr ,
have li t hesitation, and went immediate*
|y nit '.he errand.
Hr returned within ten minute*, and
had t<i knock twice, the gentleman not
being so near at hand as before. A ser
vant cainc; he told her that be had
brought the dress which ?he lady had
sent for; she rti<;*wt understand, an 1 said
tne lady had ordered no drc*s; he s.*id
she hart; the servant was puzale-'; the
lady was called and knew ?ieth-n?; of
:h-: matterj the l?t?y wa? positive, (as
well he might be) 1h.1t he had spoken
to the ?cntlcm <11 by whom the ?oods
had been bought, ut that identu al*u >or.
The whole wjs a sort of C<>tn<*dv of
F.. r??r?; b?it t fie my ?t>-ry was presently
'tisnipj'ed by the j- tual gentleman of
'he hon^e; who. hearing 10111c mischief
a loot, made his appearance to inquisc
the cau>c.
Aft r hatnin* parti* lilacs, he stated
? hat n muvng to hts own door ahout
ctt minutes previously, '? met a y^ung
-?an *% In a >sw?*r?d t e dese upturn of
ur beau, wth ao arut'ul ol dry goods,
Ah'tasket' i.im " il Mis. J j'.obs did not
?.ve the ' c ." The reply wa-? 10 th'- ne*
native; and lie had Weill his ?a>. It is .
up;>uK(l that ne bad wat< h <1 the ap
pro -ch ol the boy with the goods, and
en'crcd just wi.hin the dour, winch **a#
nnlo< ked, so as to niret and ah'.iopato
hi ?? as he wa? about k? o? kinvr. Tho
result i?? a !os* to 'h? o?erch ? *? 'h
unless the sharper hoi s a <nj c
pi.ee ol paper call* o * mittimut >?<?
tempt, nc must be on hia 1' ' O *i.
fititrtmm. ?