in, , I, .... ii.T, i iifr ii
wkikiut, n. 10. Mr. 5mti, from the
committee on UoadiaiidCttuabs.uporud the W
totting bill I '
XyAtrrlrlthr Pir Ulent of -W- IWd
Siu be, and Im U hereby uwUVrird to convey to any
wJtf or tv hkh a,iv pwH' ,,v w ,'uf.l,ie MI?
li-it suf completion of any onal w cuwl. wiOuu such
; fir dak a, Mtb part of the public lands of tU Uni-
wd siaui WeOiiirroo
.i h canl or cawJa, aul h lu-ceinary towJrijf pal!,
d;t !un, aqueduct, I x ka, culvert, f-tTlcr dan., wUr,
w.rs or other, worKconneeUd therewith! AH-,
that tic plui or plans of every vch canal, ami the vorl.
J therewith. Vith ita fouto, and tut estimate and
iuncv of virh LniU thrwifh which tlic utfne haH pa,
hll. before tlie cwrtruioii of lire wuw throurli wieli
1 Luvi itrJI be commenced, be laid U fore the .prmkleirt
of the I'nited state tor hi approoauou, aru no uim t i
cf unv ;ir!i Ln;M dull be made until auch proposed
canal or canal be entirely coinplvUd and navigable fur
llejrtJt'lrcjraome)-tf3iio'aAliuiion,
for.. .h-VnitfurJtfWlti'A V...A C V.' !' '
the t 'niu il Slutt rat:- to Si arranged tlie ''': ' r
i onunWrtjud ofHrcn, rtns't n 1 pnuU , f tiv
urd corps c.f tttiop now in tenioe, in ic!t nunncr n
to f irm and complete the rorpi to be r -tallied hi mle
hiuK i tYunct. fclta? h!iif the tern of liirht un'tl'tt-y to
the crjuif attiCon, wd tin cm? of rilkmeii to the
i ifaiitr), ttiul caiim: the aiipenniiiu-rary otrWrs '-com-ni,ici:id
0 Ilium, l private, to be diviliargs I l'ro th
ih-lAe
service.
fc 4. Jid itnkT ertartrtf, Th'i there -H
ono oniiucr rencra'.miui one wuHM:-ca.iip,oin; nrc.-
tor general, wii one tttwrtant aljutant Ktmru, .cvn .wli
aliiu be oue adjulajit rwieral, ono eruarKrroUr general,
Willi u UOtiy aiiuiii uevuiy ijnrw.iryiivn ..t -rtc
may reunirc, to be t&lccti fhm the itIterniof the
biwi wlnHU-w ll tltt datin which htav he re-
ouiri-d of them in th if lartcnawtcr' ibpirurithf, and In
tfie js'tiarUiieiit of Uie comin!ary yeiiend of nhjiirtence,
tnd w ho lu'l receive, aa a cnii)ciiatioi fur their wni-
ic Jifttcn dolLrt kt month in cJditionto their tnoiah!
'. . i .i . i. ......
,av j unl one junge aivH aie, cacn wu uieran w,
um'l c.nfiliiinciiU, of a colonel of cavalry, an hettLwtrc
prrvrihel by bw j there ihall aU b a aymattr jren
rraitwith aabry aht wiuhuitixvd b; Jau,cowwisyry of
inn Iiojk, uIiwk: compeim ttiou Mall nut exceed 2 un
:liot)ch not without iI'ihrc uncut votcc.
Mr. .Vrfjrr,of Viiinia. moved that the !Ioii'c
proceed io the consideration of the lemdution
moved by him, directing the Judiciary committee
t j report certain fact with regard to the juescni
torulition of Misvniri, and their opinio:) of what
leuhlative nicaaurt may be nccch.wry if regsrd
thereto.
. And the OMestion Uint taken by yean and nays
on piov-cedin to the consideration thereof, it was
decided in the lietrativc ) eas 65, Navs 3.
1 he Home then having aain rcaolvcd itself
into a committee of the whole on the bill lor rc
dnciii the Military Peace I staldishmcnt
Mr. Vuthberu delivered hit sentiment inoppo
silion to the biil. Mr. J'itirf in favor of it ;
Mr. .SWA,of Maryland, made oinc explanatory
icniarks ; arttl Mr. Baldwin kpolic at larjjc against
il.e bill. vV'hen
The committee rose, and the IIoue adjourned.
tlfsoay, jan. 16 Mr. f 'a;, (late Sjcakcr,J
;pptrticd thik day, and took bin scat.
The House aL'j-.in resolved itself into a com
miitcc of the whole on the bill for the reduction
of die Army of the United States ; the motion
o Mr. Sihiikiriit, to stiikc out the first section yet
dcpMldin;
Mr. Tiimb'.e delivered his sentiments at much
length ia favor of u reduction, not according to the
pi n projioscd by th hill before the committee,
but one similar to that recommended by the Sc
tretai y of War.
Mr. llrM(l advocated generally, but briefly, a
reduction of the army. ,
Mr. Cocke spoke at considerable length in sup
port ot reduction, and of the, bill under consideration.
Mr. firuth opposed, decidedly a diryjution'of
the present nuuiier nf.th 'my t
Vrvma advocated a reduction generally,
without declaring a preference of any paiticulai
plati.
The speech of Mr. S. terminated the debate on
the main (juesuon ; bu.t
Mr. Lowndes having, as well from what had
fallen from others, as from his own inability to
oie on the subject understandingly until the com
mittee of W-iysand Means had made their reporti
owl e i.ibited to t!e house the true state of the na-
tio.i.'i finances su;i;ested thq proptiety of pot-
ix)itii.' fin bill until that committee should make
their report " '
A desultory conversation followed the sugges
tion, embracing various points, but chiefly touch-
in the best mode of proceeding with the consid-
cr;aiun of the subject, and a little before sunset,
the ipiestion was put on Mr. Simfikin'a motion to
Rtrue out the first section of the bill, (to destroy
it,) and was decided in the negative, by a lirge
majority, only four or five rising in favor of the
motion ; and
The committee rose, reported progress ; and
J he House adjourned.
REDt'CTI)N OF THE AUMV. '
Monday, jak. 22. The house resumed the
consideration of the bill to" reduce thV'Mnitary
Peace liKublUhnient of the .United States.
I;
all u.r centum on the public monic'dwhured by him.
rtorthe ai'imof fifU-en huiKlred dollar per annum t and
two rn'd'itar) atorekeejKirs ti be coinpcivatcil a hereto
fore i one eommitfary jjeneraTof wifwliitf nee, one n irjfroji
J,'rtieraV vb J,r3r wWirfwi UUiu iyr aunuiu,
uml one apaUiccary ,aneral, with a vUry of Mictii bun
i!n J tlollara per suiiium.
Sec. 5. M4 be it fiii !t r riittetrt!, 1 hat tht f ! shull be
to each regiment ot iiif;uitrj,an l to each hattalion of ar
tillery, wie adjutant, one nar; nnuitcr, and one pay
utaArr,one Itirjfcon, and iw uHi.tait wirjfton.
Sec. ). t" H fi nher twirJ, That tlie tjographi
ral engineer, nil Uuir uHsintant, tJtull he dUurgcd
fj-otn the acrvice of the United Statei. ......
Sec. 7. .lid be it fiirih -r mart J, T!i:it the jndj,'e a l-
voeatc fchull keep an ofliee in t!c Citv of a:ni'!;tn,
II rn.iv Imj piertriob -crvf , ll.aS if the M'.m of jdcticc, to nlich the Wlcv.in anwer Jus lcc;
...... Mr. niovtd an amendment, the t)biect
of which was to place the deputy commissaries
and (juartcrmastciH on the rooting on which they
iu iic iuiiiHi iwsiann nunc uui as pnmcuueiow
I i r . I . .a . t. . ..
. . ju.cau oi uui uv w men tiicy fctoou m the ungi
nal bill.
" This motion was ngrecd to,. 5 1 to 47.
i he mi est ion h'u inir been t hen stated on or
dcring the bill, as amended, to be engrossed for
a tnira-Ttamng vwi
Mr. Barbour andv Mr. Mercer addressed . the
House, each at great length ; the first tu favor o
the bill, the latter g..inst it. :: :r.
; The question was then taken on ordering the
. .,WH. to be en?rossea .tor .a..third . radm.;;.;and tie
- cided hy Yfas and Nays j Yeas tOD i Nays 47.
So, the hill was ordered to be engrossed an
read a third time to-morrow, in the followin
shape, as amended. ' y ' '
He it urn tied by Ote Senate and IloUteifiteprtrXntaiivts
yf the United Utateg nf .Jmericu in Cil&M atiemhled.
Mi, irvm unu autr tlic hrst cLiy ot Fay nexj; the Mi
Xkry l'eacc 'Estatelishmcirt- of the United Statf-s shall ro
- hi-it ol six tliouiaiut nc.n-commi.ssioncd officers, musicians,
ami pnvatcs, with a diw pivjrHiKion of field andoropariv
ll,cewaceovihnif t, the-.pi svivt orni.ution of con.pa
.r.ici, ami ii, auch p.oiiiona of artillvry.and infantn at
y:v riejwcxcmof inc. fimcd State sffiftftlirert ; and tlia
lue cvrpsi enweew, as at prjL-sunt ' catabUalicd, 'be re
... .i . - ...i i. u. .... :....,.! ...
and, in aUi.uon m wic cinot which may ; ui.'r,1"-'
him hy the- I'reaident of the I'nilcd States, lie nlu-U k ep
a record of all trial by general court martial, mh repui'l
tin- ih- nions.
Sec. H. .Iirih'itmth rennrt ',1, Tint all ofireri of
the armv, whoc conViuance in eriee is not provKH-u
for by tiiij act, ahall be dweharged from the h rvice of
Utu United Statca, arid tliat to cacli comruiasionod o.'ficrr,
who ahall be diacharged by virtue of thia act, there utitJI
lc paid, in athlition to the pa) aiul emolument to which
he . ill be entitled at the time or hta diaeliurge, Uircc
month pay.
TRKASURV HKPOKT.
The Speaker laid before the House the follow
ing Keport :
Treasury Department,
0lt January, 1821.
The Hon. John . Tavlor,
Speaker of the llouy.- of Keprcsentitivca :
Siu : In obedience to a resolution of the House
of Representatives, of the 4th insl. instructing
the Secretary of the 1 rcasury to report to the
house w a statement of the nvoncy in the Trea
sury on the 1st of January, 1321, together with
" a statement of the money in the hand- of the
4 Treasurer, as Agent for the War and Navy Dc-
" partments,on that day," I have the lumor to
state, that there was in thc I re usury on that day
the Mini of g1 j076,26t 18, and in the hainlaof the
Trcasureras Agent for the War and Navy De
partment, The sum of 8l,050,q78 35 iii' t
tlie War Department, ?5I,J7J anu tor tnc
Nfavy Department, S799,()04 90.
Of the sum of 81)76,271 1 8, in the Treasury
r.ithe Ut of January, 182 1, $500,000 were paid
y the Bank of the United States, on the 30ih of
December, 1820, but which were payable on the
st of January thereafter, and were estimated tn
the receipts into the Treasury for 18 J!. If this
tum be deducted, the amount in the Treasuiy
on that day will be S576.27I 18. If it is consi
dered a part of the receipts of 1 820, the estimated
receipts of. 1821 will be diminished by that
amount. With this explanation, it will not be
material whether it is placed to the credit of the
one or the. other year : the general result of the
two years will be the same.
The receipts of the 4th quarter, with the ex
ception of payments made at Mobile and Xew
Orleans, in the two last weeks of December,
1820, and in the whole month at most of the land
offices, are ascertained to be 84,045,585 99. In
the Annual Report, the receipts of the 4th quar
ter were estimated at 83,430,000 ; the actual re
ceipts, therefore, exceed those that were estima
ted, by S6 15,585 99, and by 8115,585 99, if the
payment made by the Bmk on the 30th of De
cember be deducted from the receipts, of 1820.
II the sumofg6l5,585 99 he added to the sum
of 85,417,830 83, which was stated ip my letter
of the 2 1 st'of December, 1S20, to be the aggre
gate means lor ihe 4th quarter of the year, the
amount at the disposition of the Treasury, in that
C2.076.yi3.12,fjf the Louisiana atock, has hot
been pressed for payment) it-has. been the result
of forbearance mi the part of the holders of that
tod, end of confidence in the faith of the nation,
that such fot beamnce will not operate to their In
jury. The other dcnihtids'njon the I rcasury,
which were estimated as a charge upon It in the
fourlh quarter of the year 1820, mid which renot
embraced In the estimates of the expenditure for
IK2I. and vhcirconslTiiileXlwrrT)fThedcllclt
above stated, will, it is presumed, be demanded of
the Treasury. , ..;'..
It uilliic nerceived tint the unrn in the hand
tof tuc"rreasureri Avstnl oCthpVarandNaey
DcPaitmrntSt exceed the ea'lniate ol them, an
nexed to the estimates of the service of the year
1821. 'These monies are drawn from the agent,
as the demands upon the respective departments
are presented, or requisitions from the cl!sltirs
ing oJlicers of. Ibt: dcparliTjeiXt TCfivvd.
The amount drawn from the agent dcpvn'.ls,ilicre
fore, upon contingencies over which the heads of
those departments have norontrouuand may ex
ceed or fall short of any estimate made by them
for any ritfmite period of -.tinicr,l T ;
It may be proper, also to slate, that, in con
temptation of law, money iinot considered tube
in the Treason' until a warrant is issued hy the
Secretary and receipted by the Treasurer, for the
ums paid by the receiving ofhrers into bank :
but, for the practical purposes of the Treasury,
all sums paid into bank to the credit of the I rea-
surer are considered by him to he in the Treasury.
(icncrally, tlic warrants covering the money rc
ceived on account of the government are issued
quarterly for all sums received dut ing thequartcr.
These warrants are ii3uallr issued about two
months after the expiration of the quarter ; as the
payments made into the banks which arc the de
poftitoricsof the public money arc not ascertained
sooner.
The statements which accompmy this letter
arc explanatory of the views which it presents,
or afford information connected with them, which
it is presumed may be useful.
W.W. II. CUAWFOlm
The report was read, and, with the documents
referred to the committee of Ways and Means
And the house adjourned.
...11. w ill avi . . . I
iw 9 .'ii.... i ... ....... I n-t i ., A,
v ..... ... ,m. i.i. i t;iai..;, iuimecDn
"' 1 ' .i .mine, corps ot ont.
be it,iinvu1.i , I,,.. UM siuu l,rcSii i
quarter, will be augmented to 86,033,416 82.
It is ascertained that the payments from the
Treasury, during that quarter, have amounted to
54,957145 24, which being deducted from the
estimated means of that quarter, will leave in the
Treasury, as already stated, on the 1st day of
January, 1821, the snm of S 1,076,27 I I 8. But,
if the. 8500,000 paid by the Banky be deducted
from the receipts of 1820,. the- balance in the
Treasury, on the !st day of January, 1821, will
be, as lias already been stated, 8576,271 18.
-The ; denands ?p
year 1820, in order to complete the service of that
year and to efiectthe oibjects for which the sevej
ral appropriations wejc made, and which are not
included in the.Jfoiejjoinguni of 84,957,145 24,
amounts to 84.7u7,987'96i 'viz:
' Civil, diplomatic, and miscellaneous, (being the
difference .between the sum ot 81,407,213, 56,
estimated to be paid in the 4th quarter, and the
sum actually paid.) '855,905 20
Public debt . . 2,076,918 15
War Department 665,164 6l
Navy Department 1,1 10000 03
Which leaves an e'lteess of demand hnvond rhe
money in the Treasury, of 3,631,7 1 6 J 1 , and of
L.IIEST MO.U lLWL.LYn.
xoktoi.k. jas. 10th. At a late hour last
niirht, cant. Balpuis, .of the Tobacco Blunt
arrived in llampion Roads in 45 days from Li
vcipool, poliiely furnished us with (Ion's Idvir
tool JJceriiter, of the 2 1st Nov. from the last of
which wc have extracted every thing that ap
peared to us could le interesting to tmr readers.
. The procession at Liverpool, in celebration of
the fate of the biil of p.iii and penult ic announ
ced in the last Li vcipool papers, took place on
the 20th Nov. and is represented to have been
one of the most grand, and best arranged pa
geants ever witnessed. It was conducted with
great harmony and propriety, and without the
smallest accident. Speaking of its magnitude,
t'ue Liverpool Lditor says Of the numleis en
gaged in it, wc cannot speak with certainty it
occupied upwards oi half an hour in passing our
ofliee. The paper also contains accounts of va
rious celebrations in other places on the same
joyous occasion.
Congratulatory Addresses continued to flock
in to tiie Queen from all quarters; and illumina
tions and various oilier demonstrations ot joy for
the triumph which she has obtained over her
persecutors, were daily exhibited. On the sub
ject of the change in the Ministry, spoken of in
the late dates, the Liverpool Kciitor observe
The station widen her Majesty is to occupy at
the coronation, if that event, under existing cir
cumstances, ever takes place, requires to be ad
justed ; but the most important consideration of
all, and that in which the national interests are
most involved, arises out of the inquiry! what
change will the lailure olthc proceedings against
the Queen cxasicuin The Councils, of the tate.
and what alterations are we to look forward loin
the ciiuting adiniiiUtration ? Upon iIuh wtbjecT
no information o! a very specific nature has trans
pired during the past week, though some SJir-
misesiiavc.flecri hazVirdcdhat-LoruCIiyerpobl
and Harrow by will retue, and that they will be
succeeded by some ot the (jiei .iile parly. In
order to all'ord lime for the new arrangement,
it is said that Parliament will merely assemble
as a matter of form on i hUrsday next, and that
a prorogation to the end of January will take
place bctorc they can proceed to iiusmess.
T he Congress at ':'T'Toppau""rtras.:"i)een"" opened
with great splendour. In addition to the bmpe
rours ol Russia and Austria, whose i rrival we have
before announced, the King of Prussia has joined
ihe;qpotenutes,: mA irtoMsadorsf kom toostx ol
the principal, and several of the subordinate
states ol the Continent, have also arrived. The
firs t and second conferences have already been
held, but no authentic lmorma'tiun as to the sub'
jeets which have occupied the. attention of the
august assembly,rtjisyet reached this country.
The mutual retaliatory iestrictiohs oh trade
established bctweei France and the United
btates of Americit have had a tendency todies
troy , the direct communication between those
two coviniries. The cbtiseque.ncqtwill be to open
a trade from the United States to some of the
por if .of 1 Ibllund , Where the principle s of trade
are better understood; " ;
cturncd.
Loul Liverpool itatci" that he Ins received
is Majesty's commands to inform the Queen. 1
that it i not possible for hi majesty, tinder ail
the circumstances, to aitign any of the royal pa.
ace hr the iuccn s residence. Lord Liverpool
ias been further., commanded to inform tins
Queen, Uiat, until Pariian - ashall meet for the
despatch of business, lbs idipwanco which has
... i ' . . ' i 1 1 . .i . a in
nunerm oeen-enjoyeu uy me ueen it ue con
tinned to her ; and that it will then be for ParJi
anient to dctcrmuie the amount of tho fytuio
irov'hioii to be granted to her matcsty.V In pu
annexed paper Lord Liverpool add, wtliat I,o
hwks- it-ma!aiali.Iiiat!jcrtCi-lUiit thUjtfvswer -
m,isti:t be underHto'Ml tt wilhvlrjtting the Lxi-
Ikies which had been previously oflercd for pro-
ciiiiiit a residence in londcu lor the Utteen.
Ytstertiay iir. urougnam una ir uenman
waited ti(xn her majesty, to consult uon what
riirtficrtscpsrshoOTd"T)e
w hen it was deternitned that her tinjesty should
again write to the liarl of' Uvctpool, urging ift
still stronger term, ifm demand which had been
made under hcratrctioa..- . .
This letter was immedlitely- conveyed to the
I'.ail of Live) pool by the Hon. Mr. Xeppel Cra. "
ven ; but up to a latehour lust night no an&wcr
had hern received. y
Wc have received a grc'at mass of Pari pa. ,
pcrs to the 15th inst. No particular niemiouit
made in them ol the King a nealth, but n appears
his majesty perforins all his wonted duiiei, such
as presiding in the Cabinet, and transacting bu
siness wuh his ministers individually. Articles
of intelligence from various places, as Vienna,
l rankloit, Augsburg, and also from Italy, con
cur in staling, that the Austrian 'army collected
in Italy had Received orders to be in readme
for an immediate march southward; and a letter
from Vienna affirms positively that Naples is to
be occupied by Austrian troops, and the old order
of things is to' be re-established. The KnglUh
squadion, under the command of Admiral Moore,
still continues in .the bay of Naples. We re
joice that the people of Naples glow with one
aenument of determined patriotism, and that the
parliament promotes that spirit which prompts
the people to consider liberty more ptecious
than life, in the sitting of the 23d, the Deputy
Pope alluded to the dangers that threatened the
country, and censured the parliament for not
Liking measures auflkiently decisive to repel in
vasions. The Executive was, he said, too remiss
in its proceedings. The fortresses were not pro-
viueu, me troops were neitner wen orgamzeu or
well disciplined. " As for myself," said he,
u at the first cry of war I shall quit this august
assembly to defend Je national liberty, or die.
The Deputy Castagtyi said that all other affairs
bcinir omitted, the attention of parliament ought
to be principally directed to the state of the arny t
and that the uimmandought to bc given to Gen. :.
Wm. I'cpc, whose presence would calm the pub
lic mint), agitated by the apprehensions of a
foreign invasion. The president then spoke and
was listened to with profound attention. In the
course of his speech he said, 44 the justice of our
- .i., ,.., : ... um
uu uuJiiiiiti vui Bciururi iiusucTcr
should dare to fire the first cannon upon a nation
which knows how to respect religiously the
rights of others, would become the Execration
of Europe." He then exhorted them to firm
ness, tranquility and coura-c, as the best secu-
my of their independence. At the close of his
speech all the Deputies rose spontaneously, and
declared that such were the sentiments ot all.
1 he Cortes of Spain have appointed a perma-
mcnt deputation of seven members, three be
ing Americans and four Europeans, to watch
over the affairs of the nation duiing the separa
tion ol the great assembly. 1 heir duties are to
watch over the executive of the laws, for the pur
pose of giving an account to the Cortes, on its
reassembling, of such infractions as may have
been committed, and to convoke a Cortes on the
occasions prescribed by the constitution, such a
the vacancy of ihe-.T hrone, or when the King
shall find himcelfin any extraordinary embarrass
ments. Ills, hence; protable that the session
of the Curies will speedilf . terminate."
THE SPAMW JMLS'E.-
From the Caraccas Gazette.
Extract a letter from Cenei ul JtfmUt. Cunde de tir-
Ingentti-ilatcd t nrocnppA fvr 46,- o"
" My esteemed friend Piflo -
l have just arrived from the town ol aanta
Ana, where I yesterday passed one of the nios:
joyful days of my life, in tiecomiuny of Genera
iJolhar, and various olhcers of his suite, wiiom
we embraced with the heartiest good-will. All
were content : we ate togethei, and entnusia?m
alidfrtehifyuldgoh
alone with his officers confident in mutual goou
faith and friendship ; and I caused a small .escor.
Neither .
. r- ' " f . .L i:.tl.lH nllil '
was tms interne TrPr now great me cotuijuij -regard
that prevailed. We were all wild ,-th
delight, it appearing to ourselves lilce a' dream to
see ourselves there come together as Spaniard
brothers, and friends lleiieve that candour an
sincerity presided at this meeting. . Bolivar wv.
excited to the greatest pitch of joy ; we ert,!
ced a thousand times, and determined, in pvtx
to pe rpetuate the memory of ibVbegimiingi otn
reCQDcuiation, io erect a monumem
whefe we .gave the' first embrace.",
In the Carracc'as paper, there, is another leUe:
of . the same date ot a ilieuteliaht ColyieI - Y0'
Vicente liausaali who writes thjus: 44 1 h'e