Whole JVb, 40 1. "North-Gttrolinc: Free Press," BY GEORGE HOWARD Is published weekly, at 7 W Dollars and Fifty Cents per year, if paid In ad vanceor, Three Dollars, at the expira tion of the year. For any period less than a year, Twenty-five Cents per month. Subscribers are at liberty to dis continue at any time, on giving notice thereof and paying arrears those resi ding at a distance must invariably pay in advance, or give a responsible reference in this vicinity. Advertisements, not exceeding 16 lines will be inserted at 50 cents the first in sertion, and 25 cents each continuance. Longer ones at that rate for every 16 lines. Advertisements must be marked the number of insertions required, or they will be continued until otherwise ordered. 3-Lettcrs addressed to the Editor must be post paid, or they may not be attended to. VtT SENATE. Tuesday, April 17. The general appropriation bill was taken up, and some discussion took place as to the propriety of the appropriation for the agents for claims in London and Paris, but no motion was made in re gard to them. On motion of Mr. Forsyth, the appropriation of SI, 400, for the salary of the Clerk employed to issue Land Scrip, was reduced to 1, 150. Mr. Poindexter moved an n inendment, the effect of which was to strike out the salary for the Minister at Colombia, and to substitute for it 86,750, for six months' salary, from the 1st of January last, and the expen ses of his return. A long dis cussion took place on this mo tion, after which it was rejected by a vote of 20 to 21. The bill was then reported to the Sen ate, and the amendments made jn the committee of the whole, were severally read and con curred in, with the exception of the amendment allowing $250, 000, instead of $190,000 for the expenses of the United States Courts in the District of Colum bia, in which, after a long de bate, the Senate refused to con cur, by a vote of 15 to 24. Wednesday, lttlh. Mr. Dal las introduced a bill supplemen tary to the act for the punish ment of certain crimes against the United States, which was twice read and referred to the committee on the judiciary. The bill providing for the vac cination of Indians, with a view to prevent the ravages of the small pox among them was. ta ken up; and, after a long dis cussion, the bill underwent some modifications, and was ordered to a third reading, by a vote of 50 to 11. Mr. Forsyth submit ted a motion to reconsider the vote of yesterday, by which the appropriation for the expenses of the United States' Courts was reduced, and it was laid on the table. The bill exempting vessels from Portugal from the operation of the law imposing certain discriminating duties, was considered and ordered to a third reading. Thursday , 19 ih. A message was received from the Presi dent, transmitting printed co pies of each of the Trea ties, concluded with the Indian tribes. The general appropria tion bill was taken up. The amendments already adopted in the committee of the whole be ing under consideration. The amendment increasing the al lowance for contingent expen ses of the Land Office from $9,000 to 813,000 was opposed, Tflrfomiiffft, (Edgecombe County, -JT. aj Tuesday, .May 8, and the question on concur rence in it being taken, it was decided in the affirmative by a vote of 21 to 18. The amend ment striking out the appropri ation for the outfit of a Minister to France Was objected to by Mr. Smith, and a discussion in relation to the expenses-of di plomatic intercourse, in this and former administrations, arose, in which Messrs. Smith, Foot, llayne, Webster, Forsyth and iWangum took part. The dis cussion was broken off by an adjournment. Friday, 20th. A message was received from the Presi dent transmitting the instruc tions and correspondence rela ting to the Colonial Trade, not heretofore communicated. A resolution submitted by Mr. Buckncr, calling upon the Sec retary of the Treasury for cer tain information relative to the public lands, was agreed to. Mr. Hendricks laid on the ta ble a motion to re-consider the vote, ordering to a third read ing, the bill providing for the vaccination of the Indians. The appropriation bill was ta ken up the question being on concurring in the amendment, adopted in the committee of the whole, striking out the appro priation for an outfit of a Min ister to France. The discus sion of this question was conti nued till four o'clock, when the Senate adjourned till Monday. Monday, 2od. Two messa ges were received from the President of the U. States one, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, recom mending the passage of a law making it penal to counterfeit the foreign coins in circulation; and the other, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the pub lic lands, prepared in obedience to the resolution of the 2Gth March last. The motion of Mr. Hendricks for the reconsi deration of the vote, on order ing the bill' providing for ex tending the means of vaccina tion to the Indians to its third reading, was taken up, and the vote was reconsidered. Mr. Frelinghuysen then submitted an amendment, which was a dopted after a short debate; and, on motion of Mr. Grundy, the bill was recommitted, with instructions, to the committee on Indian affairs. The consi deration of the appropriation bill was resumed, and the de bate of Friday was continued by Messrs. Miller, Clayton, Ty ler, Clay, Smith, Holmes, King, Bibb, Sprague, and Forsyth, On taking the question, the a mendment made in committee of the whole was concurred in yeas 23, nays 21. So the ap- outfit of a Minister to France, was stricken out of the bill. After adopting some - amend ments, and rejecting others the Senate adjourned. II. OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tuesday, April 17. Mr. Wickliffe, from the committee on the public lands, made a re port adverse to the views of the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the sale of the public lands, to the res pective States in which they are situated, and adverse to the dis tribution of the proceeds of said sales, recommending a reduc tion of the present price of the public lands, but, iuasmuch as some of the new States favor the course recommended by the Department, the report con cludes with resolutions, author izing the Secretary of the Trea sury to obtain certain informa tion upon the subject, to be sub mitted to Congress next ses sion. Mr. J. Davis, from the committee on privileges, repor ted a detailed order of the pro ceedings for the trial of Gen. Houston, which after some time spent in explanation and discus sion was agreed to. Mr. Davis then offered a resolution direct ing that the trial commence on Friday next at one o'clock which time was afterwards al tered upon the suggestion of air. Clay, by the substitution of to-morrow at 12 o'clock, and the resolution was adopted. the general pension bill was then taken up. Mr. Wickliffe proposed an amendment inclu ding in the provisions of the bill those who defended the western frontier up to the treaty ot tireenville. A spirited dis cussion ensued, when Mr. Dan iel said he had moved this amendment in committee and firmly believed he could de monstrate that the pension included in the amendment, came within the principles on winch the.bill was placed but being unwilling to go into the, argument at this late hour, he moved an adjournment. Onjto the fccnato requesting their this motion the yeas and nays were ordered, and it was car ried yeas 81 , nays 77. Wednesday, 18A. Mr. Plum mer resumed his speech upon the motion to discharge the ju diciary committee from the con- sidcration of the Wiscasset : case, which he continued till the Stanberry. After they were expiration of the hour allotted answered, a question arose on to morning business. Mr. C. j an objection to an interrogatory Johnson offered a resolution , proposed by the counsel of the authorising Gen. Houston to in-jaccused, which was made by troduce counsel upon the floor'Mr Dickson, and was argued to assist in his defence, which ' by that gentleman and the coun was agreed to. Mr. Patton of-Jsel for the accused. The ques fered a resolution directing that tion was taken by yeas and the testimony of the case of j nays, and the objection was w m I If ..I i mm ben. Houston should not be - published in the newspapers du ping the pendency of the trial, which, after a discussion, was withdrawn bv the mover. Gen. Houston was then introduced into the House, attended by Mr. Key, his counsel. He was arraigned by the Speaker. In reply to an interrogatory, the accused denied that he intend ed to commit, or that he believ ed he was committing, any con- - a ' j j temnt towards the House of; I m Representatives, or any breach or us privilege ui uie piiviiego of any of its members. He de nied that the act complained ot constitutes any such contempt or breach of privilege, and is prepared to justify his conduct, so far at least as the rights and privileges of this House and its members arc concerned, by proof. After some additional proceedings, on 'motion of Mr. J. Davis, further proceedings were postponed till lo-morrow at 12 o'clock. A discussion re lative to admitting Gen. Hous ton to bail, took place upon a resolution offered by Mr. Con ner, which was withdrawn, and the House adjourned. 1832, Thursday, 19. Mr. PI u ai mer continued his remarks un til the expiration of the hour allotted to morning business, on the Wiscasset case. Mr. Con ner goffered again the resolution which he withdrew on Wednes day, directing that Gen. Hous ton be discharged from custody upon bail. Mr. T. R. Mitchell moved an amendment discharg ing the accused from custody without bail. This motion was opposed by Mr. Dickson. At the request of Mr. Speight,bv. Mitchell withdrew his amend ment, and the resolution of Mr. Conner was laid on the table for the present. Gen. Houston and his counsel (Mr. Key) were then introduced into the House by the Sergeant at Arms. Af ter being enquired of by the Speaker whether he was ready to proceed with his trial, which he answered in the affirmative, Mr. Coulter, the chairman of the committee of managers on the part of. the House, requested that the Hon. Mr. Stunberry might be sworn. He was ac cordingly sworn by the Speaker. Interrogatories were propound ed on the part of the managers, to which he replied giving a de tailed account of the occurren ces between himself and Gen. Houston. After responding to the questions put by the mana gers, Mr. Key, in behalf of the accused, requested the atten dance of certain members of the Senate as witnesses. A message was accordingly sent attendance. Messrs. Grundv. Buckner, Tipton and Ewing soon afterwards made their ap pearance and took their scats as assigned them on the floor of the House. Certain interroga tories were then propounded on behalf of the accused to Mr. overruled by the Ilouse--ycas 101, nays 82. An objection arose upon a collateral matter involved bv the answer to the interrogatory which had been sustained by the House, which gave rise to a discussion, which continued till nearly 5 o'clock, when the whole subject was postponed until to-morrow. Friday, 20f. -Mr. Plum mer resumed his remarks on the subject of the charges made J o against the Collector of the T- 'port of Wiscasset, but the hour allotted to morning business expired in a few minutes, when the House proceeded to the trial of Gen. Houston. The ques tion pending at the adjourn ment on Thursday was disposed of. Mr. Stanberry continued his testimony, which was arrest ed in several instances by ob jections to its relevancy. Be fore he had concluded his testi mony, the trial was postponed until to-morrow 11 o'clock, and the House adjourned. Saturday, 21 st. The usual morning business was laid aside," in conformity with the vote of the preceding day, for the pur pose of proceeding with the roi. nil jvb 37. trial of Gen. Houston, for breach of privilege. The House sat till 4 o'clock, and considerable progress was made in the trial. The examination of Mr. Stan berry was resumed and conclu ded; and Gen. Vance, of Ohio, and Col. Cave Johnson, of Tennessee, were afterwards re spectively sworn in iheir places in the House, and interrogated. Before, however, the examina tion of the latter was brought to a close, the further prosecution of the case was postponed till 12 o'clock on Monday. Before the rising of the House, the time for the Bank Committee to re port the result of the recent investigation at Philadelphia, was extended to the next week. Monday, 23cZ. A message was received from the President of the United States, transmit ting a report of the Secretary of State, suggesting the propriety of passing a law making it cri minal to counterfeit, within tho limits of the U. States, the coins of foreign nations. On motion, it was referred to the commit tee on the judiciary. Mr. Dray ton offered a resolution provi ding for the enihodying into one act, by the Secretary of War, all the various laws on the subject of the army, which was laid on the table. Mr. Bullard laid before the House certain resolutions of the Le gislature of Louisiana, on the subject of the renevvah of the bank charter, and the construc tion of a ship channel from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico. The House then took up the report on the case of the Wiscasset charges, and after some remarks from Mr. Evans, of Maine, Mr. Plummer resu med his argument in favor of referring the subject to the Treasury Department. On the expiration of the hour, tho House proceeded to the trial of Gen. Houston. The testimony delivered on Saturday by Col. Cave Johnson, of Tennessee, was read over, and that gentle man was further examined by the counsel for the accused, and by various members of the house. SenatorsGrundy, Buck ner, and Tipton, and Mr. Wm. P. Shaw, were then sworn and examined. At 4 o'clock, fur ther proceedings were postpo ned till the next day, and the House then adjourned. G?"At the recent term of the Burke Superior Court, Mrs. Betsey.Sitvers was tried for the inhuman murder and burning of her husband, Charles Silvers, in December last, and found guil ty. The defendant prayed an appeal to the June term of the Supreme Court, which was granted. The deceased was only about 19 years of agc,had been married to the defendant about two years;J'iad one child; had parted from his wife sevc raltimes during their union, on account of want of harmony. The defendant is represented as being several years older than her husband. OjWn perceive by the Sou thern papers that the last num ber of the Southern Review has been issued. It has survived four years, and after struggling in vain to obtain adequate pat ronage, has ceased. to exist.

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