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" Mondavi hn. ID. The committee en
Foreign Relations, to whom was referred
v,he various memorials on the subjected"
PiraCy, made a report, accompanied by a
bill for the suppression of piracy in the
AVest Indies n which was twice read, end
made the order of the day for Thursday
next. '' '".: ;v' "' '. ,,-.,
.The committee on Military Affairs, to
whom was referred the bill from ' the
Home of Rcoresentatives -H authorizing
the occunatlon of. the mouth of Oregon
liivtr," wported the ime wiitouUmend-
.la pursuance Brevloui, fiptke, Mr.
iKliif pfj Alabama liked tod obtained
leave to introduce a bill to provide fof the
; compensation of the messengers of the
Electoral vote of the scleral states, which
Jan. 11-The committee on the Jadi
clary, to whom was referred so much of
the President's message as relates to that
'subiect. renorted a bill to provide for the
security of public money in the hands of
Clerks or courts, Attorneys ana Marsnan,
and their deputies) which was passed to
a second reading.
!, The committee on Indian Affairs, re
ported the following bills :-i,:,T-7-7'1
A bill to authorize the President of
erVnhed Statta-to cause a -road to be
marked out from the western frontier of
Missouri to the confines of New Mexico.'
. ' The bill was read and passed to its se
cond reading. - '
The following jesolutlonxpff?r
TfcorWdYThat the committee on Roads
and Canals be instructed to inquire into
the expediency of making an approprta
tibn for the purpose of commencing the
construction of the National Road laid
out and surveyed by authority of the Uni
ted States, between Wheeling, in Virgin
1a, and St. Louis, in the state of Missouri.
The following resolution is offered:
Fetohed, That the committee oh Naval
Affairs be instructed to inquire into the
. expediency of purcbssing irstesm ship
" or vessel of large sire, capable or carry
log a great number of men and boats, to
be employed on the coast or luba and in
- "Nhe Gulf of Mexico, for the suppression
of piracy. ' : ' '. " .
fyn. 12. The following resolution was
taken up and adopted i
Retotvtd, That the committee on the
" Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the
expediency, of prohibiting the Legisla
tures of the Territories of the f. States
from taxing lands held, or claimed by un
confitimnt tVKIah, Ftwaicti, or Spaultn tl
- tlesi and f limiting the- amount of tax
that may bo imposed by such Legisla-
: turns, on other, lands of non-residents,
and of regulating' the time and mode of
redemption or lands sold for such taxes.
HOUSE OF REPRESENIATIYES.
Monday, Jan. 10 The Speaker laid
before the House, a communication, from
. the Department of War, containing a
statement of the contingent expenses of
the Military Establishment for the year
The committee of Ways and Means,
reporTira Diir
iter to import into the United States hia l
work on languagea; at a fate of duty bere
in spatifled which wss read twice and
'committed, and ordered to be printed."'
On motion, it wss
- Hetohtdr That the committee On Roads
and Canals he instructed to inquire into
the expediency .of cutting s Canal from
Lake Ponchartralo, to communicate with
,Uv.Mwslpol at or near the city of New
Orleans." r.s
The following Message Wss received
from the President of the. United States,
laid onthe table and ordered to be printed I
To the House c JUpreteataeaT' 3U.Z.
'"'I should hasten to communicate to you,
. the documents called for. by the resolu
tionof the House of Representatives of f ny e nF" 1 1 ior meuinusion
the 4thinst., relating to the conduct of.f knowledge .raong the rising genera-s..-
r-t Ik v... r tti.-. aa those who are now engag-
vsaiv . a va ss tttvy we a vnsivw
8t.u on the:.P-cinc ocMn;adtt4
public gui,Soutl America
rcommunication might now be made
conMatently with- the public interest, or
wiih justice to the parties concerned. In
consequence of several charges which
have been alfeged gainst'' Commodore
........ Stewart, touching his conduct while -cetn
manning the aquadron ot the U. States,
. on that sea, it has been deemed proper to
suspend him from duty, and to subject
him to trial, on those charges. It apv
pearing, also, that some of )hose charges
ba?e been eorfimunjc'.fed fo the Depart
ment by Mr Prevost, political agent,at
.this time, of the United States at Peru.
rdhereI6lbf nrUitfnai-A y'rei and Cnilt,
end apparently U& his sanction, and that
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t cnargeanayc line wise peen .mane against
7 him, by citizen's of the United States en-
leeii fibhtequallf just and proper thai"-30"' .w m??Jf TK? T
lie should aTtrtid
Ud hereras well to furnish
the eyidence in bis possession, applicsble
to the charges exhibited against Commo
dore Stewart,-as to answer such as have
.been exhibited against himself In this
stage, the publication of these documents
nii-ht tend-to excite prejudices which
plight operate to the injury of both. It
1mnnfnt that the public servants, In
every station, should perform their 'duties I
with fidelity according to me iu....v
of the law, and the, order of the Execu
tive in fulfilment thereof. It is peculiar
ly ao that this should be done by comman
ders of our squadrons, especially on dis
tant seas, and by political agents who rep
tnt the United States with foreign
powers, and for reasons that are obvious,
in both instances. Itisdue their right,
and to the character of the government,
that the ha not censured without just
titite. which cannot be ascertained, unui,
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on view of the charges, they, are nearo
ia their defence, and after a thorough and
irmyMtfarveiirgatforom
that a -communicaiiott .thUaune, at
these documents, would not comport with
the oublic interest, nor with what U due
to the parties concerned. 7rT
" Jan: U. The Speaker laid before V
House a communication from the Treas
ury Department, containing an estimate
of the appropriations required for the
year 1023, amounting to D,owy
which was referred to the comiwtce of
Wavs and Means, and orderei to be
printed. ;
The committee bo Naval Affairs, re
ported a bill providing, an additional
force and other additional meins for the
suppresiw-f-t)iray f-wbick-wasJead
twice, and committed, and ordered to e
orinted.
Thia bill appropriates 500,000 for
the more effectual suppression of piracy.
-W4 !TbeommkteB"BnViyrihd
Cleans, reported a bill " authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to borrow a
sum not exceeding twelve millions, or to
exchange a stock of four and a half per
centum, for a certain stock bearing an in
terest of six per cent, i" which was read
twice and committed, and ordered, with
the report, to be printed." ""
The following resolution was offered,
which Ilea one day on the tablet .. -
froirf, That the President of the
United States be requested to communi
cate to ihis House a statement,' shewing,
as fares it may be in his power, 1st. The
number of persons ihn have been con
victed, since the adoption of the Consii-
Uiiion, of capital offences against the laws
of the United States. 2d. The number
that have been executed. 3d. The num
ber that have been pardoned by the Pres
ident of the United Statea. And, also.
a statement of the number that have been
convicted of each particular offence.
A Penny tavedtanda Pound lo$t. This
r8n 4ogrc or penurious saving,
; ia. visible, in the concerns of , many per-,
sons, who think they are managing much
to their own'advaniaga. J here are many
men of considerable property i tir coun
try,, who have growing families and pre
tend themselves to have some irfluence
in society, who are yet too poor to afford
the sum of three dollari per annum for a
newspaper. Yes ; they are unable to af
ford this paltry sum, for the purpose of
giving to themselves and their rising
families, a knowledge of what is going on
in the world.
And this they call saving
of money t is there
a single newspaper
pretensions to the rank or respectability
hich does not contain many thingv du
ring the year, interesting and instructive.
both ; to young and old f x.ven the money--saving
gentleman himself, who, for the
sake of his three dollars deprives him
self and family of thia means of informs
lion is most likely in the end tbe loser by
ir. If be is a famar, it would. furnish
him with a knowledge of the value, in va
rious markets? of thoe inkles of produce'
in which be' was interested-and also give
him a correct idea of the value of most of
the articles of commece - in which he
might have to deal. , But it ia not on ae-
Count of the s Ifih, consideration of im
mediate gain, that newspapers should be
chiefly encouraged t It is for the diffusion
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.ftf -.f f ,l m MI the People, or the
' I a Ktnta ttieit saaw. aanH kass lk KvrAti.1
things thst are, and bow they happened
thus. Let a family grow up without the
means of information thus afforded, and
they will when turned out into the world,
present the appearance of mere i novices in
its concern., having "all to hear, and all to
learn. But let a reetaMe-newapape
find its way into a family capable of being
Informed and we will see them keeping
pace with the progress or the times, fully
aware of what is doing around themt and
prepared to comprehend most of the
subjects of general interest which may be
presented ta their view. Tblt tn"! who
never resds a newspaper, is as Ignorant
of the affairs of the world In which' he
lives, aslf he did hornearor aee. Jte
knowt that he is here t and he bears by
T ""r "v".aT: . " "
KrvpiUK Hi ..luc uara,
general rumour.
.dependenc.onlyon
JVathyille Whig.
Curitut ThrtA fellow in Boston was
brought up to the police for atealing the
Vy if the jail. - They fumed the joke on
him. Baltimore Patriot.
. V. . : MEXICO. ' j
A Kciv Custom House has recently!
beeu enb!ihed at Old Tampico, alias
Santa Anna de Tampico, alias ampico
do Tar
pulida- The decree directs that
tperience shall have tested the
f the measure, it shall be conduct
Receptoria, dependent directly
t Secretary of the Treasury. The
until
utility
ed as
upon t
differeice between a Keceptoria and a
fuil-wnJ Custom House appeara to
conilXrincipslly in the number of qffi
cere appointed to conduct it J Recep-
toria kavin: only a Collector and the re
auisita Resuquaro, whilst a regular Cut
torn House, in "addition - to tthese has
n ir.miner and appraiser ot goods, and
hi latter Is the treasurer and comptroller.
amnuTiaas fthe name last eHetr br the
lecree to the town) is situated on a Huff
aa the leA bank of the rivet Panuco, about
Tampulidast and within a league of this
place. . Its situation is advantageous for
commerce J vsssels come up close to the
town, and forwarding goods to San
Louis Potosi and the northern provinces.
they enjoy the facility c-f loading them
Immediately on males, which is not the
case in this portC. There is no collector
yet named k this hew port, but vessels
are permitted to make tbelr entry there
and the eoais are despatched oy the col
lector of Aljamira, aaslstcd by the Alcade
of the towol Three or four vessels have
already cot
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ed there.
Letters frpm Mexico assure us that tSe
subiect of tno revision of the Tariff will
be tuken up before thejmojitbjof Janjarxd
A"reflucTion ot tne duties on caucocs ana
other British fabrics may be expected to
take place The British agent In Mexl
co is uncasing tn his efforts to accom
plish this abject. . I fear that nothing wili
be done In favour of our domestic cottons
which areii much demand throughout the
republic, bit which from tbe enormous
duties csnrpt oe tmponeo wttnoui loss.
The supineness of our government in
neglecting to send an intelligent minister
to this republic is really unaccountable j
and the interests of the mercantile
and manufacturing classes in the United
States will be seriously affected thereby
InJTact, the greater part of the advantages
we might have obtained by oar prompt
acknowledgment of tbe independence oi
the republic, will be lost by the dtlay.
Louiduna JtdvtrtUtr,
There can be no doubt tnai the news
from Panama, stating, the defeat of Boll
verrfs a fabrication. This was our opin
ion before, but the following facts, reduce
It to a cei taint y i
Th Panama Gazette avtra. nt t th
of October, announces the receipts b the
Intcndant,! the Extraordinary .(azeueo
tbe Government of ThixiUo, dated the 23d
September prevuwtTbe defeat of Boli
var, according to tbe letter of the Boston
Centinel, took place near Truxillo on the
17th of September. At Truxillo, at the
above date, nearly a week after, so far
from any disastrous intelligence having
been received, the inhabitants were re
joicing for the success of Bolivar, who
was in pursuit - of the enemy at a great
distance from Truxillo.
""Extract bf letteTs from Panama, with-J
in two nap ibic asine icucr irom that
placer receised at Boston , are ailent on
the subject The Boston letter refers to
a previous account, and only pretends to
add some-further particulars.":. The
formefnhcrefore, had i" battle occurred
must have mentioned it. Sav. Georgian.
Gibraltar Nov. 18. The members of
the Regency appointed by the Cortes In
Seville, in June,- UllyTaldei. Citcat. and
ioJfr(who-Ve now in this place, J are.
summonea to present themselves within
40 days In the prison of the Royal Audi
ence of that city, for the purpose of an
swering and clearing themselves from the
charge preferred against them for eccep-j
ting and exercising the sold regency. In
default of their appearance, sentence will
be passed aa if they were present.
.By the last account! from Culcutta,it
aprearsthM th Burmese-AVar- has rrot
proceeded witts the rapidity and good for
rune which have generally attended the
British contests with the native powers or
India, i no Uurmese have lodged them;
sefves on various parts of the north-east
frontier, and have broken into the British
territories, carrying their incursions to the
neighborhood of Daces, distant from Cal
cutta but 170 miles, destroying the value
bte crops of Indigo, and ravaging the
country, one of the richest in the Penin
aula of Hindoston. The Burmese have
taken 'upTposittolii "eTR amob,wiihin the
British territory, which they have strong
ly stocksded. There force there is said
to be t,t)Otfoorjho1riB:
A tradesman 6f New-CastleV England,
had lately a letter returned to him, con
talning "Tonf one 'jpoun'i'"noteV)ilc'h'3'
had remitted by post twenty-two yean ago,
to a person at. Richmond, hut which had
never reached their Intended designaU'oh,
and had, of course, been given up for lost.
Let those who have remitted money by
post in our own country, and never since
heard of it, take comfort from this para
graph. , Who knows but that it may be
returned to them after many years f
. iiiaiMai.jiu..si '""i 'i" iiaaaW'-'1ll)"'wrwwiliiJil'UIJi!!J!1 JJJ"!? I
SaUcburs, iTrtrttars l, less.
Ai publithers of the laws of Congress, We
week give place to the Convention recently eon
eluded, between this nation, and the Emperor
of all the IWuw. The wder, will see that
this convention puts an end to all controversies
about our boundary en the Western Coart ot
America, knd fixes the parallel of fifty-four ae-
greci Tend forty minutes of north latitude, as the
line of scprnwaWbetwewi' W6itei4dW
two couwtries.The pmilege, however, or nan-
inr and tradine on either side of the line, is re-
ciprocally allowed to the etUaeMoTboth naBona,
for the term of ten years from the signature
rJT tha nreient convention. Tbe reader Will
jjjjjp-gjpj tM tteot 0f court
try lying to the south of nfty-four degrees and
forty minutes north latitude, When H is recoftee.
te3 that the same parallel strikes the Atlantic at
a point about midway between New Fwndland
nI Greenland, or considerably north of the two
Canadas. . Our southern boundary on the Fa
eific, was fixed with Spain, by the treaty of 1830,
called the JUrida Trad). .. . v
GOVERNOR CLINTON'S MESSAGE.
We regret that the great length of thia inter-
eating state paper excludea it from a place in
our narrow limits. The statesmanlike view ne
takes of every topic on bich he touches t the
liberal tone jirwhich it is written, andftejKaUt.
ptrtTTRarruitt through the whole, render
peculiarly interesting. How thia accomplialied
statesman towers above such characters as Ens-
tui Root and Martin Van Buren ! !
He eommencet his message by avowing thai
our no2t devout thanks are due to the Author
of aU good, for the signal blessings conferred on
our country. He then refers to the we policy
pursued by the General Government in relation
to certain great 4nteetof the nation. - llooo
ticeain a nartkular manner, toe- thorourh and
comprehensive reorganizaUon which the War
Department has undergone i and speaks of the
Nihrjr, asthe glory aiM paOadiuin of our coun
try. After thus felicitating the Legislature on
the prospefoua condition of the nation as
whole, he turns to bis own state, and in eight
columns, takes a Iumius view of ha internal
concerns, fie enters, at length, on the subject
uf internal improvement i shows what has alrea.
dy been sccompfiihed, and, points out what yet
remains to be done. He states that the income
to the state from tolls, on the Erie aixTCharo
plain canal during the last year, was 2300,000,
and the other sources of Income bt-Ve"'nf to
tk uaufthi g 300,000 more. He predicts, that
during the next year the Income from the
Grand Ca'haVyHI be nearly doubled
...He inlorms tlus Legislature, that the .mimbjf
of chtltlren tauht in the common schoolaof the
state, during tbe last year, eiceeds 400,000. or
more than 1 in 4 of the whole population. - In the
charity schools In the City of New-York, 10,.
383 were educated. : The students in the
corpjrated academies amount to 2683, and in
the colleges to 7tS. The fund for common
schools, he states, at upwards of g 1,739,000,
and its annual income at g98,000; to which
may be added, the intere t on the future sales
of land, and the proceeds of the sales of eschea.
ted riipertyr- llswnnf
i may appear, (he remarks) it is sufficiently obi
flow turn rt ougni io oe augmenteo. iois
state is capable of supporting 14 millions of in
habitants."
In the course f thamessage, the Governor
takes occasion to lay down some of the true
principles of our republican institutions.
restarts, conceiving it to be the sacred duty
of public servants- entrusted with- power-and
authority by the people, W consult me wiiaVt
as U as tlie inttntt of their constituents j it
my earnest desire and shall be my favorite cb-
ject, to recommend that course, and to pursue
that policy which mar prove the mcstgratifrmg
to the community, and the most auspicious to
the great interests of the state."" This VT true
republican doctrine. Will our members
Congress act on this principle when they are
called upon to vote for President r
in speaking of the plan of connecting the
great" Lakes with the "oceanTCovT CRnfon states
a (act, which we believe is new to most of our
reader, thaf the Tat co, not "ordy of New
York, but of the whole United SrsWs, is more
extensive than the ra coast."- Our -sea coast
including- the sinuosities of the great and small
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Days cannot tall short oi 4UU0 miles.
"iKspeitui(f bfthe cKstrowensrthrWe
York canal communications he expresses this
opinion, ," If, as is said, upwards of 3000 houses
have been built in the city of New. York during
'i yar, m highly probable that in fifteen
years its population will be double, and that, in
less than 30 years, it will be the third city in
point of numbers In the civilised world, and the
jrcondv i not .the first, ia point of commerce.
Nor there any danger of a reaction. After
prosperity, they sppear to possess a selfpultl
Pyrg, self-augmenting power,"
voa tub wssTsaa caaousiax.
. VOTING BY PROXY.
Mr, Editor: In your last paper.you
stated that if a voter should lay sick in
eight of the polls, he cannot send in his
vote by proxy. 1 bchtre, s;r,you axe rlgh
in this epit! ;ii. Under our constitution
and laws, it Is necessary mat the vott?
should approach the noils in person, in or-
aet to exercise mis wgo privilege., I his,
however, does not seem to be the prsc
tice In Ashe county. Report says, at the
ate Electoral election in that county, it .
one of the separate elections, that the ben.
uty anenis noi uuiy rcvciTcu mo votes
of , boyTunder age, but, :be urged the1
mends of his side ot the question, where
any of their neighbors were absent, ii
give In votes for such absefit neighbors;
ana tnst ne, me deputy onenn, actually
received, and counted, such votes. I .
make this ststement from good authority;
if ft should turn out untrue, I will take t :
pleasure in contradicting it t on the blSer
handnr true, "remains ; tcTce seeii;
Jielter the splicitorr Gen, for that Di.
ttct, will suffer the wretch to escape pun -
labment, wno nss ttius perjured himself,
and violated the laws of the eowitryV - -
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roa tss wssrsaw cabouiub-.
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A DILEMMA.
Man? of the friends of Mr. Crawford In
this seotion of the country now tell us
that their areoni choice for President, is
General .Jackson. Those of this wav of
thinking, who were Instrumental in the
circulation ef the hand bill signed Jete
Benton are placed In the following dilem-
ma.
At the time the circulated, or Wr
instrumental tn ctrculaUng this hand bill,
they ' believed, either that its contents
wereVr-Hhat-tbeyer OrirTl f
they believed them to beufa, how could
they as honest men, give circulation to
what they believed to be false 1 If, on tbe
other band, they believed them to be true,
bow can they ss honest men new prefer,,
as tbelr second choice, a .msn guilty in
their opinions, of such heinous offences
snd Crimes i
a yaixao to covsistkvct.
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m "'national fin Vnces.
We have not published Mr. Crawford's
annual report on the Cnances of the re-
It is an able document, but us
grest length operates as' a bar io its p
licaiion ...Tbe following remarks on this
interesting and satisfactory state paper,
we have copied .from the last Nutionil
Intelligencer Petertburg Kcfiitb.
The Financei The late annual report
from the treasury department, on the
financial condition and prospects of the
country, is beyond doubt one of the most
interesting documents we have for sever
al years bad an opportunity of spreading
before our-reader. It has the merit of
being comprehensive, without being com
plex, and bf presenting enlarged general
views so lucidly, as to be intelligiUe. to
the plainest capacity.
The pid" a1miWion "ofihr poblie
debt, and the certainty that any- man vo
der eighty may reasonably hope to live to
see his country entirely out of debt, with
out stinting the appropriations for other
objects connected with the public inter
ests, are subjects of great satisfaction, to
all who reflect, that money is power, and
that debt and dependence are inseparable,
'f lne. Ken,nent hereafter to be de
pendent, let it be. onle. due "tvMatjoii;.
and improvement of its own resources,
anijpj. pnjmpiiicdjcor
italistt .. e. baye seen -te the- verge of
wbst a disastrous gutph the gnveroment
wss once brought by being pUc ed si the
mercy of itl credhorf r Jet n hope, tbst
ihe condi'lon in which our country was
then placed, will never recur hut to re
alize that hope, let us extinguish eur
debt. . ,
The review of the fiscal administration
inSejevWm
of Mr. Monroe, presents facta creditable
to his administration, and to the head of
that departmqnt which is charged with it.
Very pearone halt cfthe whole Income
of the General Government has been ap
plied towards the reduction of its debt a
fact; wblchrin" the ease of an Individual,
would be regarded aa e proof of surpri
sing prosperity and uncommon prudence.
During that period, Tnor"thamen mU
tibhi bf dollirt'Have teerj i paid Idfrfir sur
viving end indigent .onkeraand.oldierf
of the revolution. Shew jis he gove01'
mentlhat evef evinced more"suFsYanuall)r
the genuine sort of gratitude-we do not
mrsn gratitude to courtiers, sycophants
and time-servers,' nor even to successful
soldiers and victorious armies, but to those
whose nerves were strong in the contest
for freedom, in tbeir y outh,antwhoe-
old age invites support and consoiiw"
from those whose patrimony of political
and religious freedom they secured by
their servicesT
The same document inform us, that
the average annoalexpendittire ol this
governmenf,"for the IasfeighrWl fT
all-ordinary end aom--extraordmsry .ob;
jects of expense, was but 89,425,000, or
about av doUar e head .for- each indi vlduI
composing thirpeoplei: SKeW Js gw
say we, as economical a! government e"
earthi having any foreign intercourse f
-A redundant revenue of three million
per annum, with the addition ol ten mil
lions more arier'.l833-sn excess equ
to the whole annual amouirt of the ordi
nary expenditure of the government
.;ii W. . k.....M in finance, WIIH