: vol. xxiv. ! ' ' '? ) 3 FRIDAY, '.MARCH, 4 1 , 1823.; - -' - i i i - 'I i t.H. jfr; ; : . ( 5 1 1 Y . X V -';? Is published , every Fkibat, by V ?: V JOSEPH GALES fe: SON, V ' At Three Dollar per annum,; or One l'olla i ..and a Half, for half a year--to be paid iri r advance: ' - J - r : r ADVERTISEMENTS i I Not eceedinjr 16 lines, neatly inserted three I 'ties for 'a dollar; and 25 cents for every i succeeding publication those -of greater 'l.i .1 -i J .! 'nwvrwr. . jcngrn lnuic same prypui uuu. y .-a f -j cIitioxs thankfully received.... Lxttxbs to ' the Editors must oe post-paia. - , - CONGRESS.-. ' ,J-'.l' T ' --SENATE. '1 '0"v . . I The en grossed bill for the preserra f iloh and civilization of the Indian tribes Tithid . the .United States! was read a I third Ximelf pastel and sentf to; the I Jriouse for, concurrence. . i - , 'Hie ensrossed ? bill fou thorizing the I puixhage of the Equestrian Portrait of ! 1 Vashin2ton, by Rembrandt reale j.was E "read a: third timel i ';j ; t'On the uetion, shall this bill pass ? I . Some discussion ensued ; ; Messrs'. I ;Kins;, of, Alabama Macon, Lanman and I Noble opposing the appropriation, which ! was '"supported J)y ; Messrs. Mills and ' Lowrie : it was finally 'decided - in the atnrma:ive,Djfyeas ana nays, as iox- lows v. ; : ' :'. i x A l " : "' - v. ' . - .Yeas .25. T-Xays, 1 8. . ' 1 J . o; the bill passeil, and was sent to the House for concurrence. ' t The Senate then as in committee of the whole, proceeded to the considera L ;tion of the bill fi om the other House for . the . continuation .cf tlie Cumberland .Jtoad. V ; i ; '- ' Mr. Brown (Chairman of the Com jnittee on Roads and Canal s).made a hort speech in support of tlie bill. : A!r. Cobb moved to postpone the bill indefinitely, and delivered his views much at large against thccjmtilution- aljtv of the iower of the 2C"erai cavern - t" snent to construct roads and canals &c Mr.Rugg! calculations the 2 per cent, fund to reimburse the les submitted a-nun.ber of ft lffiS: to shew the snnsciency ou . ... K- Qf7VArfT(mnt nMrnt mav J. amoaqt proposed to be 'granted for tliis gesand plates, which it will contain, andrc " obiect, SiC.' ' :v port such proposals as he may receive, to the i The question was then put on the in- definite, postponement of the bill, and 'decided in tlie negative as follows : Yeasv 19. Navs, 25.. U J On motion of Air; Holiness of Me. (who wished time to examine more par ticularly the statements abd calcula tions submitted by 31 r. Kuggles,) - The Senate adjourned. ' . Thursday, Feb. 24. 'Mr. Dickerson, from the .committee on Commerce ami , iianuiaciures, o whom ,wa9 referred, the bill, entitled . An act declanni the assentot on - I gress to an Act of the General Assem- bly. of Virginia, ; therein mentioned,77 reported it without amenilment. Mr. Dickerson, from the select com mittee to whom was referred thepetiti an of Thomas Cooper, . praying for 'the remission ofa'fine, made a report fayo rable to the petitioner, which was read and onlered to oe priuteu. The Senate resumed, as in commit- I fee of the whole, the bill appropriating rj ju,uuu uoiiars ior u;e l-mcusiuu ui uic fciunberlaad RoadTrora the Ohia t the k'tusM nil u in, a v uui-a v . . I SfAtpi nf Ohm. Indiana. Illinois. I srnd Missouri, into the Union. ' 1 7 1 jjr. noimei oi we. ior uic reasons Which lie submitted, moved to strike Illinois and Missouri from the bill; sol k oI the, appropriation to oe reimourseu State,: accompanied bv a statement ot v to the Treasury out.ofthe fund resery- prg h0 arrived .in the United edfor laying but and niaking roads y n- States' f romioreigrj f countries ruri.ng ' xlerjthedirectiorrof Congress vbj; the theeaf ending SOth Scptcmber; 1824 ; : bevera! acts passed for the admission.of Which was -laul on the table. ' ' the as to connne it to tne lunu growing out uiency ot maxing (jruBiuiuvuic amiu4ici uf the compacts wlth)hib and Indiana hibWonrf .peOT , f T. , . only.: .,.-vr f , On this moticna gqcJdeal of debate took idaceJ in which- Messrs. Holmes I ! N jH Chandler, Ho mes f MissTalbon MacoSeybourha- ? ion,, ana idpyatir jass. took. pan.. 3 f t - The questioa was decided against the I - . . - r t ; Pbotidib, This act lo not take effect Th te bift ras- tlien repoftea tq tlie Se witlioyCamcpdment; and ordered .- 1 amenumcnt,. Djvveas ana nays, as 101- n0USe tieo Resumed the C . twf: .a.T"f . of thebiirDovidingfi;r r 31r.;hevniour men. contormaulv to 1 ?.-'i7. . ' o." ..r l."u jmcu, : Upon this bill a 'Debate afose,; in : im ,hw!h winch Messrs: Wood, Sharpe, P. proviso tolhe biU : ;'( , 4 : -". IiarhourJ IiartlettWilliaiiis, of 1ST. C. - i Musouri to ahr appropriation of the iald f1sacks and Reynolds, too. part , when M'll funds be expressed by actof their rcsiccuve the previous quc-uoa was- required by - I- f XecsUturel- -, ? 2 U - . ; f ' Mr. Wicklifie, and was deqided in'the V . 1 V i f- The; questroas tikenn this; a- affi satire,1 by yeafaijd nays, 6a to 80. , ':' V niendraent wUhout,debate, and decided The ;niam qucstiodtVas JieD put, ,f in the niWtiv ; -, - i v - viz ;Shall the hit (without amendment) i ' catc witiioytamcpd j; roa tmrd reeling.' 43 1 y The Senate next took up the bill au thorising aubscription on behaif of the United States, of 1 500 shares of the ca- pi tal stock of the Delaware and.,CUesa peake Canal. : k- V ;.!' '---.r. ii Mf. Tazewell nim-ed thef adoption of two additional sections to the bill, R emr uracing provisions ior auiiionzmg a suo sc ri ptioh on behal fof the Govern m i en t. of 400 shares of .the capital tock of the uisinai swamp ianai company (wnicn connects .the" waters of the Chesapeake with those of the Albemarle Sound.; . A debate of .considerable' duration fpllowed; on this amendment and on the bil Is i tsel f, i n which Messrs. Brow n , Tazewel , Van Dyke Lo wrie Bran ch, Benton and Smith participated.; . The qiiestion beingtaken on Mr. T's proposition, it was negatived. ' Mr. Macon stated his general obiec- tions to the constitutional right of the Government to pass the bill ; and after some remarks by Mr. Smith, and Mr. Holmes. of Me. the question was taken on Ordering the bill to a third reading, and decided in the aiiirmaiive. Mr. Chandler, trom the Committee on the Militia, to whomwa& referred (lie report of the Secretary of War, to gether with an abstract of infantry tac tics, submitted the followingTesolution. He observed, they had been at creat expense in lurnisnmc me imnua'wun f ' '. t ' i "m I'm.' - arms, and were ofopinion they should be furnished with the means to make use of, them foe, the benefit of th? coun try. It was now too late in the session to bring in a bill for the purpose, and it was the object of the resolution to ob tain sufficient information to act on it at the ensuing: session. Resolved, That the Secretamf War be directed to advertise, for threeijfonths in the National Intelligencer, that he will receive s at any time -before the first day of December next, Sealed proposals for printing 40,000 co pies of an abstract of Infantry Tactics, which was reported to the Senate by the Secretary of War, on the 3d daj Jof February, instant, w the si'2c Qf the work, tlie number of pa senate, in me nrsi wwk w wic ..t a.u K !r! ' i. lie pCUillc Liicu , uv.wn.in iu Committee of the Wiiole, to consider the act authorising the occupation o the Oregon; river. Mr. Benton moved an amendment provitling an additional Paymaster, and extending the time allowed for the offi cers to send in their accounts $ which was agreed to ; and then on account 0 the fp.mnorarv absence of the Chairman LfShp nnmmlttee.V the bill was laid on I tahle. , 1 The hltl as amended, authorizinir'the ,,1Kcr.r;nt;nn in Stork- in .the Chpsa- peake arid Delaware Canal Ciimpariy, was rca(j a third timei passed, and re- turned to the House, i eas iy, Plays HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. : Wedvesday, Feb. 25. Mr. Cassedy, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made are- port unfavorable to the petitron of Mat thexV Wood : which; was laid on the table.'-. " . L -The Speaker laid before the House a com m u nicanou iroio me ijeparimeni vi ..(Tum.! : d.nltn.r;i,n 11 I r nil'Wai L UllkiVU lUIIIMtllll whirh he wished to lie on the table for he present li.H Jlesbhrd. That tne uommitree on Manurac tu res be instmcted to inquire into, -thecxpe I lure ill tne Uapitoi.unucr &uiuiuicrrrguauuiis lj J r j - rht on consideration ibe?nV -it.i r.L ir.Kf cidcd in thnegative; , r,; , - ,g0 the House refused toconsider the resolution ! : r ' - nn rtn nf.Mr. P I Rarfionr. the 11 ittvvi v - - r consideration the 'payment of F0rSy th, Neale,' t AVebstcr,K Alexander, n'ow bV orilcred to betvossM for ; tlM - readin r; jiudV decided. : by: y 05s a h d nays a s fol 1 ow s 2 rZ , Yeas, .IXC: Navs G6. V ' v So the bill was ordered to be : engross ed for a third rtading to-roorrowj , A billromthe Senatefor the pre- servatron and" civilization of the lndian tribes j within 'the' United Stat es, was tiviee read, antT referred to the Cora mltteeon Indian Affairs. t ;Xt. .V V A bill. 'from jfbe Senate, to ,au thorize the, purchase of an Equestrian . P ortrait of GeuVVashington, by j Rembrandt Peale, wa3 received and read . j ; Mr. Webster moved . to refer it "to tlie Com'niitte on the LibrarV which mtioawas n1egatived, ayes54, nqes 60. Mr Fors vth moved its indefinite ppstronement-7-whicli motion was car The House then proceeded to cpnsi . For forts at Cape Fear, $50,000. .Mr. Foot, of Ct. said a few words in opposition to the amendment. the., appropriation. This point was a- Tnon 2: th der the Senate's amendments to tlie ap- ed to build the forts, and the number The hpuseaccordingly. todk.unUheV; , propriation bill for fortifications. t of meii Uo man them $ these fortifica- bill, and after V some 'debate, was ' eu The question being on the first amend r tions were quite as necessary to the grossed for a third reading to-inbrrowv ment of the Senate, iliseriino- the faU protection of rrth-CarpIinaand were ' V . lowing : ' ! i i quit as proper as those of Boston, Pro-1 "For a fort at Beaufort, in N. C. $30,066." vidence,. New-York, or, in the Chesa-1 ir.,&paignt oDservea, in support or ry when a tort was about to be built, the united States, with an amendment, r X ' the ; amendment, .that he was sorry that to fappropnate at least a year before- The;bilt was referred to a coraniittee of the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. hand,, by way of preparation.--Tliis the; whole?-?i,W - ( - " vl t;:. y Foot) had thought ithis dutv to ODnose cnursp. hd nlwflvft bpMi nursnpfl. &e. "- An i enrroashd hilt in m-nCrm ' I, m rr , , J m m - - ........ rv..UWw w vw ' I - "" J liVIUll III LIITT At . J- ' 1 W e. uiai we&ignaicu iur twuiica- ne.couiti-never consent wmie uaupntn connrnung an act 01 tlie Uencral As nd a fort was erected, "either island arid Fort r Washington stared him sembly of Viriihiall lbHnrirDcAtft'tlm tions such as to claim this attention. B,eau- iw t m. v tic.nii m t,v " wyi- auuruuis.au miei 01 greater uepui 01 1 water inan anyocner in tr.e siate, witn i the exception of that of Cape Fear. I understand the depth of water to be IS teet. lhere is now an inland com mu- .evMUv v. v...... , . through the bound, and when the canal, connecting the waters of theNeuse and Newport rivers, which is now opening under the authority of the state," shall uc vuuijjicvcu, a. ucn louimj, ,tu uc i given to ; the inland navigation. and when the Delaware and Chesapeake Ca nal shall be cut. therawill be an inland communication from the Delaware to BeaulTort. This place was a reudez- vous for the nrivateers durinr the war : I there thev brouaht their DrizesJ and f ,wwwlo orv,.T rnn l..,f " c.4 " w" " " " .-"" " the INorth and the feouth. lire occu- pation of this port by an enemy; in time war, wouiu oe a great annoyance 10 our nnoyance 10 our cut off the com- r4f thncrt noVto ot tnose parts commerce, it wouiu mercial communication of the Union. Its harbor would be adL I vantageous to them. y ' . ; Mr. Cocke-opposed the amendment It the statement ot the gentleman trom North-Carolina was correct, if the wa- ters of that state were so shallow, and there Was SO ffreat a danirer "of Storms that no enemy's fleet dare to lie there, there would be little need of fortifica-' tions. Hie House had been told ot a nnu rtrrtnnuPil liolnT. . TliPrf WPrf Yin l i ciirvPVS. nnd thf linilSP V.1S rlled.-nn 1 l.wivrvu " . w v 1 ic r Cc:- f '.niw I dl UIC U lilt otooiuw, !. xiunv, .w I appropriation for this object, wlrlle the delay J1C llau niv. cumv uv. t- v.. w hausc. The information with relation toit had since been submitted (to com- mittees of the Senate and that body had approved the measure. VI The gentle- j man from Tennessee, objects to it as forcing no part of the general systm. But the Secretary of. War expressly says, that 111 does'form a part of ; that j system Lhenth n A H n tI 1 4ikA I ri rlt mi I U UU II U 111 vail, nui ai . Uje ion. UUZHV nut uc ukuii, maw-uu lV at least could be collected for begin ning iU He presumedsome officer could oe SDareu 111 tne course 01 me year. -1 TWf rwf Pnnn. no-rppil with .fhe I seiitlenian last uo,' that if the appropn-1 o-enpral svstem ot fortification, in which lis to bp. wrunir from thp iron rhpt-, ni l uiree ;lases. ;, uc uau hihs w gumc i omer uiai not. a loruiicauon must ce nu thTp snr nn- a.rtminf . cciciaij ui.-Trai iia.a ufudieu mai bu uicul juusi uc gicauy iiiueuieu iur we ot a across inc ijcmttiee nver at Engineer can be spared to perforin the new lights they had discovered; , He tbe jfootof the street leading to the public duty of superintending the building of always felt "humbled when he came be- square infacon.-.-;'flie riaulie' intended the fort. Nolnjury would result from fore this House to -ask any thing for the vVC. ' v Mr; baunders, ot JN. t. spoke. in re- sent ; yet he be' ieved that every gen- feet;; the; height of ;'the piers at 38 feet the . ply. ' The objections now urged, were tlemen -"of the House, (thegentleman wholeilcngth of tlie Bridge at 400 $ and the thp isamp as had been advanced wlren from Tennftsspealvvavs'pTiPiVtpdVwnnld contemplated.widthSSfeet. 4 Stone and tlm- , ation was made, someDoayxwouia oeitais Union four tito snend the money. S- The De-1 parlment uf War .would consider? this! as their duty. 'He had supposed that! the State of'North-parolina would have been one of the last to ask tor tortinca- tion, when the erents of the last war, and the attacks upon the differen t states tt'Ara onailotif 1 finrl rnmnirp!. ' Htlt iisfobjec;rons appjied to the general po-1 icy.' To what point wa9 the force of I the enemy 'directed, but to those where j a Jort was erected ? As many!forts as I there were1 erected, so 'many points I were there to iuute. attack., He wsltrade mightatany timVbc cut efL- - therefore opposel to erecting fortifica-t tions at an, unless at a lew. points where very great 'interests werci5; - poseur ; . - i?.:vv ;V"t. 'Some . fu rther con versat ion iRI f fe i lion took place ind Saunders, between Messrs. Cocke and when. Mry McLane frDel.'iopk:. a ge ? neral yiew of the presen state of tiur system of i"ortificatiojis hich hereon- tended could not now . be abandoned, and the prosecution of - which included the points at w hich these fortsre pro- posed to b? ' built. ; So tar was it frbm being correcf, that the; Ilusc ha information to govern them; that there I peake. There, was no obiection on the score of means, and it was always necessa- MrMcCpy opposed the amendment. lof would le useful. In the former case, unci a uiwi" away oouu,uw ou , can- mates Dy sKiiiui engineers, uongress had made the discovery,' that the tort would.be of. no use ; aiid .as to Fort Washington, it had now been found necessary to build another fort to pro- ici m , i - - ;v ' v i m i , , . Mr. Mangum feltassuredi; tliat any gentleman who would inspect a map of the country must perceive , the necessi- ty of some fortification on the coast of xuruj-arojiua. iie ueneveu iiiat hi- i formation was called for poly because yntl pmpn lifl nnt ilnltr ntfonrlnil that which had been laul bekue the. House. He did not rise to enter into the gene . i . i . . . i i ral argument, but to express his admi- ration nf thp nrim iiIps nvowpil hv sump nf thftrnflpmmi whn rn nhnncwf in fhi mi "fi o- ' ai M ui uuou was so great.that he. could not sufficiently express it. How could he sufficient! v admire the vigilance ot the gentleman admire the Vigilance Ot the gentleman from Tennessee, who with sleepless " i : , 0. r lL eye, ever 6its like an incubus on the Treasury box, holding a drawn svord in his hand. How could he enough fad mire the wise and sage maxims of irentleman from Connecticut. Yet he feared if the House should yield to the argumehts'of those gentlemen that in thft matter nf fnrifirfltinn '4nnt nnlv the Government, but the whole! nation, had been quite in the wrong. In the one case we are told, that not a dol ar h nl will jtiwV. ho onamrl "Tl.;i ' Wnc I N hrnnl Astrirint iti1 .i" it woo. .otititlarl I lb If IJ I 1. Vt-tUV-W LIJVj I. til. IA A V Iff ua 1 . k3 t- ; IU LUUt CS Ullld IIUU. 111. WHICH lllUSC li.CIl'" I tlemen no doubt held it, the govern: on btate which lis had the honor to repre- Its alvvavs PTCPiVtpd ko n. ?Ko,i ew,n an v , uiai mail smm yiiaut iiut aJhtaii fromaho Government more than her due proportion. .He asked if North-1 Carolina - was not efntitled- to some for-1 tifications, whilat tlie South GoveVn- ment was erecting forts in a wilderness 1 so situated, hat even if them, theywouid have to march 100 miles, through mosquitoes and :wild tha Awl nrrirn iiir en r.a ctr to cr ntf nn ww wlv uiu oui oumcvi oujwuu uti;- lt uciuic- iuc uuuai;. lie nuuiu 'uui I weary it with descnbmgthc patnotism which North-Carolifia nad -tiisprayed, ' nor say now cioac 11 nusseu tne union r If" wniilfl that though Congress in the attitude of a Detitioner. r;Mr. Newton Chairman of tlie" Com roittee; of, Comrnewe,) observed: thai all the coasting trade of tlie Unioni and all other trade which passed from Is ortli t6JS0a&vhad ITiat by placing competent (ortificatioos imnn v. wr nrnmonf t rviffl flfiVP immense : projerty. ; The -'sounds on that coast would in case of war. con- ver all. the materials of our manufac- tures from the Southern states, and un less they were defended, our coasting -i were uetaueu estimates' from me - vvarjueranonoi meoui to connrm theacte. of loads of stone that would be requ ir- canal' company yt.;which. was; carriedl ' only observe in conclusion 1 T?rm 4 ".caniv " "v", njp!T ; one. of the oldest .States ml w-- .r.i k- - , it had rarely come before I ,t March until the time of iettbur. v ' ' After" a few more Jcmarks" frdih'' ;srs. Cook'ahd (Spaight, the (jues i was taken on the Senate V amend tfon ment and carried iyes 83; noes Soi ; $y: f- V-; ' y'i:f ): ; . . fyfy rusbT,c Feb ZAi'Y v' ' ;' ' iMr. Call, -of Floiida,t presented the1 cU;of. tlicXegUlatiVeCoun'cit 'of il&l : ri(l, Which.it is necessary shfiuId-unW ' dergo revisioh by tongnessy before they can co.tuto operation. On his motion. they wcrerreceived, and referred to the , committeebn: theudiciarft , committee cf the SyHolc ' fr6m the cotisU ' Friday, Feb25. v . Mr. Cocke;' from the comniittco on Indian - Auairs,' reported the bill froui tlie Senate for the civilization and pre servatlon of the Indian tribes' within the General Assenibly of Araryland r Mr. "CocKe dema tided that It be ta uv vcas ana navs. . wnirii usni- uered. The question Avas then pu V and cided in ' the affirmative.Ycas ,110, . Nayk34.- rvj-ryuvv, ,V V - So the bill was passed 5 its title was itiierru iu rcanjas luijows,; "ah acj confirming the act of the Legislature of Virjrinia. entitled j An aet Infcnfr .... aiiereu 10 . read.ias loiiows i .All act porating the Chesapeake and 0hio-CaV V nal Company, and anact" of tlie Stale ot , 3iaryianu, concerning the. :Same,'-L and then it was Sent to the Senatb; x v.-;-;'-iv; ilr, '-.-' '-.V "; HHH Hfc Subscriber has opehed a House of Entertainment fbf the reception; ef travel lew ana otnen, w tne urns ico&as ia jrranKw 1In countv: irnmediatelv on the Sta?e had eadinjr from italeigli to Iwisburg. 22 miles rom the former and 9 miles from th$'latter . piace ne imorms me puouc inai nc vui d PrePfed f. aU ! l ccommoUte tli may favor him witli their company. : , i ' i- r i T v-tv5 n nrtq5L ' Piace' e imorms ine puouc mat ne.wui n .Franklin co. March 1st 1825; 37-6wT. TU E subscribers have now opened in jr. pars brick Store, opposite; Latta tit M'Farland's, a uc y stock, t of Jlri . Goodi, HardivatTt Cvlleritt Glas iCroc-v-wftreithd , GrocetisW hud in on the best ttrms7 and .wbich they will dispose oflioVforcafcl:;. : LKT is & MYKRS. : Columbia, S. U. Feb. 11,1825. . ; S3-4t. ilions tatheif hich will cairn " . --;, .. V'. " li.VlCUll . XiW, '. ... - - - . ' UnrJ TTCTILL be let at the rost-0ffice m Mtfcon, 'f; .t. t... ' U:j. ..t.ir . itlay the 15th of April next, the buildmff width at common water i estimlted at 250 t her.may be very conTenientlobt allied,- and , . . . - . . . k i r. ....,- - Upper works of approved timber, and to bo " .' ; shingled,' veather-boarded and painted. .Tbo . urertakeriwjllberrequurd tp pie bond r'X' rc if " w - "Tt - sccinitiM must be submitted to the r.nm. mioners by the 8th of Aprill lefteritbr, LasV!,-: :U 1. t t J Iiv,iiim ill h m-wl. hV-. cwtioof the cbmmisiioiiers as tlte' work pro.' ; -. tresses. M'C: Yr ;rf C v a:hki wiuinuuiij Jettuicr, Architects ' art invUed to prepare and f jr . : I . . . the' foot , with accompanying explanations ift . f ! jl ! aoove menuonea umu . i nesaar ine lata or it ? '.'It . ' i "'..'.'.'..''. . . ... f s.. . . im-W . March inclusive. . A premium of $1 GO wiu be ! 4 .' . f U paid for that model which t shall ber adopted as '-L ' ' besV uniting the; propertTescf, cheapness, Vv V. ' I strength durability! and convenience in rpi; - 't r . LUKE J. MORGAN : ; v;S ' , ' CIIAHES BULLOCIL (: V . MORTrllEKR WAIX1S, VCornVr. SAMUEL GIULESPJE, : . MILUAM UIYIfVS, rf,.i ' ' i '- 1 1 It V v .'I-1 4' 4 1 "I s f J

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