yi -Tf?l 4T A001? T!1T V 'i
HOUSE1 OFCPMMONS. -
! FnWny, ec. 1.
Mr. Tlillmdn presented a bill to explain
the duties of the County Courts, of execu
tors and adrairiistrators. ahd of guardians
in certain cases. f Referred to Messrs.
HillmanGraliamr Garneron, T. W.
Blacided(re. and Williams. Read for the
first time - - : ; ?
William Hill. Esq. on a ballot, was re
elected Secretary of State, . without oppo
sition, for the three next years.
Saturday, Dec. 2.
( The Bill for the better organization of
the, militia of Beaufort County, was a-
On motion of Mr. Hillmari,-Resolved,
that the committee on the Judiciary be
instructed to prepare and report a bill
simplifying the mode of proceeding a
gainst Banks and other Corporations..
. , ; . Monday, Dec. 4.
The bill, (referred to a select commit
tee) to explain the duties of County
rVuirf IvTprntiirs and Guardians. &c.
wis reported by Mr, Hillman, with a
mehdments, and passed its first, reading.
The bill teported by Mr. Iredell, from
the Judiciary committee, allowing addi
tional compensation to the Attorney and
Solicitor ( ieneral passed its first reading.
On a ballot Leonard Martin,, of Pas-
ouotank. was elected Solicitor1 Generall
of the first Judicial Circuit f in place of J.
R. Leigh, resigned. "'; 1
; V Tuesday, Dec. 5. '
Mr. Alston! presented a bill for suspen
ding exeqrun in certain "cases .fsiis pen
din r forJ2 months inx case the plaintiff
refuses to take the current Bank Notes of1
the Stated '" Read the 1st and 2nd time
and ordered t6 be printed.
" Mr. Graham presented a
bill for clean-
inn out the swash at. Oc
aedek. Inlet.
Incorporating a company
. pose. '
or the pur-
Mr. Styron presented a bill i better to
regulate the pilotage at -Ocracock Bar.
Read the first time.
On motioit of Mr. Deberry, the Judi
ciaty committee were . instructed to en
quire into the expediency of passing a
law requiring a master commissioner to
be appointed jby each county court to set
tle the accounts of executors and ad
ministrators : ,
- Mr. Daniel presented a bill author
izing the late jherifi; ir Wayne to collect
arrearages of taxes. i ;
The bill jnakm? it usury to purchase
bills or. promisory notes at an advanced
per cent. passed its first reading.
, On motion of Mr? Iredell,
- liesolved, ' : that the Judiciary com
mittee be instructed to enquire into the
expediency of providing by law that the
quiet possession of a slave for a certain
time shall bar. all adverse claimants.
Mr.- Bateman presented a bill to au
thorize the County Courts to alter the
times and places of holding elections.
Ordered to lie on the table..
J Wednesday, Dec. 6.
On motion of Mr. Mebane, i
Resolved, That the committee of Fi
nance be directed to enquire into the
expediency of applying the surplus m ney
in the Treasury to the payment of the
debt due by the State to the State Bank
for shares. ,f j l.-. '. , "
The (herokee land committee were
instructed to enquire into the expediency
ol reducing the price of said
ahds, and
ni istn provision tor tne iurtner sate
"thereof!;; .:' .:...: - - ;
j Thursday, Dec. 7.
Mr. J. D.Jones, from i the, Icofmittee
appointed on the subject of the insolvent
laws, reported that they rt4ui red Amend
ment ; which repor was cpiicurredi with,
and the same committee wiis instructed to
report a bill on the subject.
Mr. Iredell, from the same committee,
to whom was referred the ,enquiry.e
ther any provision was necessary to pre
vent fraudulent conveyances, reported a
bill prescribing the time within which
mortgages, and deeds and conveyances
in trust, shall be proved and registered,
which passed its 1st reading.
L THE SENATE.
Thursday, Nov. 30.
Mr, Reddick introduced. a Resolution
requiring the Banks to pay specie. This
resolution requires the Banks to pay spe
cie lor their f notes, by the first of July
next ; and if they fail so to do, the holder
of their notes may1 receive 25 per cent,
for so failing, in addition to the principal
sum contained in such note or notes
which shall riot be paid. Referred.
Mr. Holt introduced a Resolution di
recting the Judiciary Committee to en
quire into khe expediency of reducing the
salary of the supreme Court Judges to
two thousand dollars arid that, the com-
mittee be instructed to enquire into the
expediency of laying off two more . judi-
expfiehcj of allowing eacK Jdge of .he
f : M 'j-kiiar tna cum rw rna n innrpn
J dollars fbreacb curt they attend.-. "'i resolution was postponed to Wednesday.' ejkcated ; in said Academy W -M
creed to.. ;r ' .:fi"?te.
&rceu
Mr. Rayhurn presented the petition of
sundry persons of Hay wood, relative to
the Supreme Court. Requesting ' the
reduction of the salaries, of the Judges.
Referred. ' - .
v f ' Saturday, Dec. 2
. . . Mr. Ilogan introduced a bill to repeal,
an act creating a fund for Internal Im
provement, and to establish a board for
the management thereof.' Keierred to a;
committee of the whole, and made the
order of the day for Thursday next, but '
is not yet taken up. " v .
; " , . Monday, Dec; 4.
On motion- of AIrA Leonard, the J udi
ciary Committee were7 instructed to en
quire into the expediency of passing a
law to prevent persons from disposing of
their property clandestinely . ":
Mr. Locke from the Judiciary Com
mittee, made -a report on the petition
from Haywood county j prating a repeal
of the Supreme Court system, and on a
resolution requiring the reduction of the
salaries of the; Supreme Couit Judges
from 2500 to 2000 dollars, concluding
with the following resolution : Resolved,
That the prayer of the said petition be
not allowed, and that it is inexpedient to
reduce the salary of the Judges ipf the
Supreme Court. A division of the ques
tion being called for, the first' part was
agreed to, without a division- the
latter part was carried 34 to 23. Mr
Locke also made a report in favor of di
viding the State into two additional cir
cuits and appointing two additional Judg
es, and allowing $100 for ;, eveiy court
they may attend Made the order of the
day for Wednesday. . The bill for the
purpose was rejected." - (' i i
1 Wednesday Dec. 6. V
The Senate took up the report of the
Judiciary Committee, recommending the
division of the State into two additional
Judicial Circuits, and allowing the Judg
es a salary of $1600 to", be paid half
yearly. .. ' ; .
The resolution being susceptible of di
vision, the sense of the Senate was first
taken on making two additional Judges,
and was negatived 35 votes to 20. A
vote was then taken on the last part of
the resolution, which was also negatived.
I- Thursday, Dec. J.
pilr. Owen from the committee on that
part of the Governor's Message relative
to theTcircu"i'ul? medium of the State,
reported a Bill authorizmg and directing
the Treasurer of the State to issue Trea
sury Notes, which beieg read was refer
red to a committee consisting of Messrs.
Calloway, Owen, Caldweil, Glisson, and
Baker.
CONGRESS.
In THE SENATE.
: ' , Monday, Dec. 3.
Mr. Pinkney appeared to-day and took
his seat.
COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.
'The Senate according to the order of
the day) took up the resolution submitted
by Mr. Hurrill on the l6:h ultimo, to re-
I Anna -tViu enmnpnentmn nf Mpninprs nf
Congress to six dollars a day.
Mr. Johnson, of Ky. observed that he
had no doubt the ultimate fate of this
proposition would be-indefinite postpone
ment. As lie did . not, however, desire
a discussion of the subject at present, he
: would hot make that motion, but would
move its postponement until next Mon
I dav week, the 18th instant; which mo-
tion was agreed to, and tne resolution
was postponed accordingly.
7 PUNISHMENT OF PIRACY.
The resolution submitted by Mr. Bdr
bour, on Friday last, was taken up, and
having been modified by the mover, so
as to direct an enquiry into the expedi
ency of authorizing the President of
United States to!. commute the capital
punishment of piracy by confinement in
penitentiary houses, as he may deem ex-
pcdicid - , ' -;
Mr. Harbour proceeded logiye, at con
siderable length, fiis views in support tf
the object of his motion. ; yentered
into a general defence of the superibri,
of the penitentiary systepi of fjunishment
over the old code, contrasting the mjfci;
ness and good efiects of the one,, Wj
the cruelty, yet ineffectual operation' of
the other maintaining the great sujperi
ority of the former, on the subjett of the
punishment, as well as in its example -on
society and referring to facts and expe
rience in some of the states, Virginia
particularly, compared with the efiects of
the bloody code in England and this
country, to sustain his opinions.
The resolution was agreed to without
objection. . ' ' . :r- '
V CONSTITUTION OF MISSOURI. " V
The Senate, according to the order of
, the day, proceeded to the consideration
of the resolution declaring the admission
of the State of Missouri into the Union,
on an equal footing with the original
0 motion of Mr, Baton, of Tennessee,
w n n nricnpn rvra ri m a trm vAnorrinn rno
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Columbia, also the numoer irom eaci .xixtrat uj u icucrjrum urtgadur Gen.
. l ' , ' ' state and territory in the Lfnion, also the - eroZ : Atkinson?. tcP the Secretary
; ' Monday, Dec 5. " number of cadets now in said Academy , ;- ' , v J of
77,. f; iKp District of Columbia, and from v -L. . -
COMMERCE OP THE BLACK SEA,
Mr. Fuller of Mass. offered for con
sideration the following resolution ; ,
Reunited. That the', committee on
r-. irBm.raA uiimurp mtf
means as mav be necessary, to obtain for.
.M....,... j , ; C , ,
dependencies. .
Mr. F, after remarking on the expe
diency ot attorning to commerce, uuuer
present circumstances, all the facilities
in the power of government to bestow,
went on to say that our commerce with
Russia, it was well knownf twas at pre
sent almost entirely carried on through
the Baltic Sea, which, it was equally well
known, was closed against navigation for
the greater part of the year by the severi
ty of the climate. The Euxine Sea, he
said, afforded much greater facilities, by
means of the rivers which fall into it, for
carrying on the trade with Russia. But,
not having any agent there, we have no
means of procuring the permission to pass
the Straits of the Dardanelles. - From the
information of others, however, Mr; F.
said he tiad no doubt, that the requisite
permission coukfbe obtained by asking
it in a proper form and jmanner. The
free intercourse .With the Euxine would,
he said, be of much advantage to us in
another point of view. At present, al
our commerce with Turkey is cafiied oh
through Snjiyriia. Several ports of the
Derdanelles1, . Mr?.F. said, would be more;
convenient for this purpose than Smyrna.
Upon the whole, he thought it quite ad
visable to have an enquiry made into this
subject through the medium of a commit
tee of the louse. -
Mr. titepens, of Connecticut, said, in
reference to Mr. Fullers intimation that
permission to pass the Straits could be
obtained if asked in a proper manner,
that he presumed the agent who aked it
must go with something in hand, and
su;ested the propriety of ascertaining,
before thev went further, what would be
the cost of this project.
Mr. Rhea susesred that the mover
would perhaps get more directly at his
object by moving at once to nequest the
Executive to send a Minister to Turkey.
.The motion of Mr. Ful er was then a-
, - -
greed to without a division.
Mr. Mercer snbmitted the following :
Resolved, That the President of the
United,States be requested to lay before
this House any correspondence that he
does not deem it inexpedient to disclose,
which may have existed between the Ex
ecutive of the United States and the gov
ernments of any of the maritime powers
of i urope, in relation to the African
slave trade.
The question thereon, being taker;
without debate, was agreed to without
division; and a committee was ordered
to "be appointed to present the same to
the President.
Tuesday, Dec. 5.
On motion of Mr. Starrs, it was
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
TreasuryvDepartment be directed to
communicate to this House the latest re
turn made to that Department of the
general statement of the Bank of the U.
States, -and its offices of discount and
deposite.
On motion, of Mr Simpkins, it was
Resolved, ,That the Secretary of VVar
berequested to lay before this House a
particular statement of the expenses of
the army of the United States, from the
end of the late war till the present year,
including the estimates for 1821, desig
nating the expenditures in each branch
of (the" army for each vear, with such ex
planations as may be necessary to render
the statement clear and exDiicit. Also,
that he lay before this House the amount
of balances, if any have accrued, in each
year, from the moneys appropriated for
the support of the army ; in wnat way
such balances have accrued, and how
they have, been disposed of er appropri
ated. Mr. Cannon moved the adoption of
the following resolution :
Resolved, That the Secretary of War
be directed to lay before this House, as
soon as practicable, a statement shewing
tlie aggregate amount that has been ex
pended on the Military Academy at
West Point, in the State of New-Yorkj
from the establishment of the same to
the present time, in the erection of
buildings, barracks, repairs and materi
als for the same ; also, the aggregate a
mount that has been expended in pay
suosistence, ana doming, 01 the teach-
ers, oflicers, and cadets, that are
tionarv,incIudine articles used in tim
, .
drawing department, books, mathemativ
r:al inntrnmpntt nrintinor onrl ll
J ASSETS
. -
iuuiuicivc w: luauutitu w "t" , ; e0 Elates, ine appoiuiiucii 'u3
tUa Yndipnrvnf nrnvidhifr bv law; suchi:.j a& cuto nr'' tp'rritnrv. thev
the citizens, ot tne unitea amies me .iw!-, ,pjians . if any, of those who
gatiorf) of t,the Euxine Sea -and a partici- defence of their country
pation,of the commerce of its portend, lts service, who have been
nave Deen in saiu Acaaemy, up to the question, but was prevented from doing authorized early in the SDrintr. There
present time ; also, the aggregate, a- so to-day by bodily indisposition. j certainly U notfthe least difficSlty, wi
moun thatf has been expended jjn the Another motion for the committee to proper management of - earning
quarter-masters' department attached to; rise W negatived. ; ,W vieisof g6vert.mem .kto full flict, i
aid msftufon for wood and d.str.but g ; At length, however, after one o two' regard to opening a friendly intercobrse
or
satUCi lUiatC, ll ailMJOriaiirin . eta. mnra ra i9 c tha . ;
s o wtu uiuii, iLiuauid . Liir ijiiiiiiiiiipa mo m 1
u fu ctatM mH iprrirories rpsnect-
. oW- tKp nnmhpr who have re -
' cetved an education ai saiu .tcaueiny
: ln th armv or navy of the Uni -
.- : .I - ,,k WnUc
'aUUUC MHlllVl, siuiv.. j j j
0; and also the number of or-
nave lanen
, or died in
educated in
nlft Aradpnw. or are now cadets in the
j sara and the district, state or territory,
u j frora
Mr. Little wished to correct tne resolu
tion in 6he particular, in which he con
ceived there was a misapprehension. The
mover was certainly -mistaken in i suppo
sing that the teachers or cadets of the
Militiry Academy were clothed by the
government 5 the cadets, Mr. L. stated,
received pay, out of which they clothed
themselves and as it was not the fact
tha either they or the teachers of the
Academy were clothed by the govern
ment, he did not wish such an idea to go
abroad. He hoped, therefore, the, gen
tleman would modify his resolution , by
omitting the call relative to clothing.
Mr. Cannon assented to the modifica
tion proposed by. Mr. Little', and, thus
amended, .
The resolution was agreed to.
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.
The House then, on motion of Mr.
SmitJi, of T C. resumed the considera
tion of the resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution, in rela
tion to the election of Electors of Presi
dent and Vrice President of the United
States and Members of the House of
Representatives.
rFhe question was taken on ordering
the resolution to be engrossed and read a
third -time, and was decided in the affir
mative, by yeas and nays, as follows :
For the resolution, 103
4ainst it, 59
The Speaker announced that the ques
tion was decided in the affirmative, and,
demanding when it as the pleasureof
the'Hcuse to have the resolution read a
third time After some discussion, the
resolution was ordered to be read a third
time to-morrow.
Wednesday, Dec. 6.
Mr. Foot, of N. Y. moved the follow
ing resolution :
Resolved, That the committee on Na
val Affairs be instructed to enquire into
the expediency of repealing so much of
the act for the better government of the
.avy of the United Slates, as authorizes
the infliction of corporal punishment by
stripes or lashes ; and also to provide for
the punishment of any officer or private
in the Navy, who shall send or accept a
challenge to fight a duel, in the same
manner as is provided in the 25th and
2fth articles of the first section of the act
! for establishing rules and articles for the
a .
government of the armies of the United
States
Mr. Smith, of Maryland, moved to
lay the resolution on the, table ; which
motion was agreed to.
The engrossed resolution proposing an
amendment to the const itution of the
United States, with respect to the mode
of election of Representatives to Con
gress and Electors of President and Vice
President of the United States, was read
a third time ; when, after a short debate,
a motion for postponement to Monday
next, was agreed to 1 -
Friday, Dec. 8. 1
MISSOURI.
The House then again resolved itself
into a committee of the whole, Mr. Hill
in' the chair on the resolution declaring
the admission of Missouri into the Union
on anequal footing with the original states.
.Mr. Storrs, of New-York, in a speech
of about an hour's length, assigned the
reasons which would induce him to vote
against the resolution; "
. Mr. P. Barbour, of Virginia, in a
speech of somewhat greater length, de
fended the resolution, and vindicated the
sight of Missouri to the form of admis
sion into the Union. -
When Mr. Barbour concl uded, there
seemed not to be a disposition in any
person to rise.
Mr. Smyth of V a., said he wished to
present his views on the subject, - but he
was not prepared to do so this afternoon..
He therefore asked that the committee
should rise, and ask leave to sit again. .
The committee, however, refused to
rise. .
Mr. Archer, of Va. said, that he, too,
wished to address the House on this
iv.u H.OWJUUUH iu me nouse
and after several ineffectual attemDts a
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And the House adjourned.
BOM THE WESTWARD,
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1 Sir : , I have, the honor to ackni 5
t 'r'-? v T'"cauooi;
i the .17th andlst of June Youf i:
- s t - rauvy of
S Fort Osage, and, in relation to thp
structions - resDecxinff -ane; acmnn-
I . . -1 f : ,f vl(
plaints made by, the Osage deputation
yyasmugiuu, uc ai ucuiariv atten '
ueciio. - i jV-,:.
I left Council Bluffs on the ist jnst
and came down -the . waggon road tKa
Lieutenant Fields - has opened, iritij h
command, v We overtook him on Granct
River, about forty-miles above iu
on the 10th inst. withr bis- wagon, team
and party in 1 good coriditiori -As sf
as I get his report on opening the road;
it shall be forwarded to you, as shall
report, and topographical sketch of ljeut
Talcott, of tlie route across to St. Peter's!
The road is measured from the Bluff,
to Chariton : the distance is
hundred and ' fifty miles ; the distance
across td St. Petersj is estimated at thr
nuuureu. luiies. r rum a oejiet that the
Sac Indians are secretly ; hostile tn ' u
whites, I have deferred having the coun
try across to Rock Island, and PrairT-
j du Chien Vxplore'd for the present.
1 ne ague and lever, has: been preva
ieni ai ine post aoove, ior ine fast two
months, but there is every reason to be
lieve it will soon disappear. Only one
death has occured among the troops, from
the 15th April, to the 1st instant, and
that from a case of the typhus.
The new barracks were in a state of
forwardness on the 1st y indeed most of
the troops were quartered. The rooms
were put up with round logs, and hewn
down without and. within ; the whole of
the infantry and one block of the rifle
ijcuincKs, aic tuvcrcu wjin sningies.
Good brick chimneys were made to most
of the rooms and the residue, no doubt
rumnlptprl hv this tim Tlio
are dry and comfoi table, and will prob
ably last some fifteen years; a - plan of
their construction, and of their defences,
shall be forwarded to you on my arrival
at St. Louis. . v
Our crop surpasses my expectation : of
. L1I J Li .1 I
ui.i 11 u onaii iiu uuuui gaiuci UlUIC llldli
10,000 bushels. From the quantity
gathered and measured, Vom an acre,
which I believe, yielded not more than
an average, we should count on more
than 13,600bushelsi ' The acre alluded
to produced 102 1-2 bushels of shelled
corn, but as it was not quite dry, an al
lowance for shrinking of 22 1-2 per cent
would still give us more than the latter
quantity. 'Our.potatoe crop will not be
as auunuaui as aniicipaiea,. nor will the
P'uuu luiuips, wi- me luiiuer we
shall probably gather four thousand hush
els. and' four to five thousand of the lattpr
nrnmiit rvT turn. 4 K n 1
Grasshoppers appeared in myriads the
last week in August and stripped the
turhips of their leaves ; they were so well
grown, however, as to resuscitate measur
ably? and will give half a crop. .. If these
destructiyel' visitants had made their ap
pearance six weeKs sooner, we should not
have, made one bushel of corn. They
stripped it even at that late period, of
half its leaves. The Pawnee Indians lost
ujcu wnujc crop oy ineir ravages, and l
understand that, at the Earl of Selkirk!
establishment, on Red River, the two
last crops have been entirely destroyed
uj mem. . . , y .. ; ,
If we are not again visited by those in
sects, there is no doubt but we shall be
able, after gathering the next crop, to
subsist ourselves in plentiful abundance
by our own labors We have cut and
preserved two hundred and fifty tons of
hay, which will be sufficient for our hor
ses and cattle.
The Indian tribes on the Missouri con
tinue friendly towards us. Our opportu
nity of judging of their dispositions has
oeen greater the present season than at
any former period. In September there
was assembled at one time, at the
Bluffs, the chiefs and head men of the
three bands of Pawnees, of the Kansas,
of the Mahas, of the Puncas, 5 of the three '
bands of Yanketon Sioux, of the Teton
Sioux, and of the Sione Sioux, residing
above the Great Bend : all of whomLpro-
Jessed to be, and are, no doubt, as friendly
as could be wished. ; It is said that the
Aracaras, who inhabit the country 150
miles below the Mandans, speak lightly
of the coming of the troops ; and the
Iriendly disposition of the Mandans is al
so questioned. In these reports but little
confidence should be placed. For my
own part, I have not the least doubt but
the presence of 400 troops would be quite
sufficient to overawe ihem. and make as
t favorable an impression as could be de
al rea ; aud Wliirh T must hnnp Will DC
with the unber trihVvi
: wnii&i me representatives 01 tneauoc
; mentioned tribes were at the Bluffs, ibe
brigade , was paraded for review, with
two pieces of cannon on the right, supple
plied with horses and mounted artillerist?.