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ft I . . -1 1W ' .V 4 - v:. 'V V i i V . V; r t 1.4 ' 4 'vi evrn to i:pcek'Dfcni!ii warded' a 'Against, inert met plUOacrv.-;;v;. , Jc'pTOducitonl joI-ceolus roost be ; , r "Wcctcii In order'topper--with due . r otection the-eVtcbt of rneiicsD in- rrnuhy will very toon atdnith and tur pats all other nitigiisurcra . . HOUSE S O BE PRCS BNT AT VES.. v .1 rV-ilK "Wright called up Cor considera- licn7 a. rctb!utiorta.t?hch he had laid.up on the uble tome1 dTcJ, propQtbe ,th?Vfcp4ntraenrof a'committe tobipg ;in spm ior me protection, recovery inu uiQernniocaiiQn oi vvmcncsn ramcn. ;4r Ivis cc6rdijiKly uken up, agreed to v nd aVomrnittee of " fire. roerobcraj i : ADpITIOKAL ARMYV . 'The Hvtiae; tbeD look up ib order ot ; Mne aaff prmcnwa inct oiu irom ine a. : -JScnate. to raise, an Additional MUitafy . -m :. Mr. Wtifiht mqTe.d o vfiniend Ihe ; Nf" bITfi by adding jthrreto apew'secd'on; "?"'.'.' p.'OTidinc:-that the ufiTrcen" ppinted wiy xirtucof thU act ahall 'rcapectif cly V ,-rtc'Tci their coramiwiona during inch - 7: ' term pojr airihe, President, of the-U." tnea;maJi deem necessary ano u "kahallbe'ijje duty of the President to ditr - chirge.suth ofbecra whertf? er their ser Vice arc no longer aHicd. And that itio .gVtiefalr field or staff oGkei; win V nuy be appointed xinder this act, shall , be en tilled to recrire any pay or cmolu .TnenHimil called mto ac.uWtrice nor '"for any longer time than he shll rc- .mai thereini . ,This amendment iraa carriedi IhtTef . b-injij '69 members rose in fa?or of it. . ,.rMr. Bibb:rxH)Yed Varther to amtnd ."tbe-nilii by adding to the end of the firit section to" the ; words which pro Tile ih 'A after three Cburths the pri rate requisite to comple'c; six regi xncpts bare been enlisted, the commis sioned ifficcrs for the remaining seven rt-cimems shall be appointed unless i .circurotaoccs thall, in the opinion of the President Tender the appointment of officers to the seen regiments, or " any part thereof unnecessary ; in which "eTctit,'he shall deterraine 4f hat part shalt.be appointed." '1 . This amendment1 -was advocated .by essv Smilie and Bibb, and opposed by MuGiundy. Tht qucstictt-wasde- qided in the negatire 66 to 57. , vIr.'Smilic moTcd to add the follow, ing srords to the end of the first stction of vihe bill, "V if in. the opiniohv 6f the Tresidcnt the public aerrice shall re .quire such appointment to be made." - Mr. FindUy. sj'kc io favor of this a mendmrnt and air.'AUton against it. Mr. Troup observed, that if it were . found, somettime hence, that 25 000 men were unnecessary, CongreSs.coald at oncevsay that only certain -part , should be raised. Ihad,iu his opinion, been cmrectly said, ihat if we do no' Vant 23 .COO men, we do not want one man. Can the 'gntlemn' from Penn- I aylvania doubt that 5.000. men will be i wanted for the defence of N. Orleans ? And is itpot ta ed by the Secretary at War that 12 CO men. will be w-mted for :be fortificatioos on 'our sraboardt , T exclusive of the aid to be derived from ' - the" militia, which takes. t 000 out of lhe'25,000 meO And is there a roan who his a knowledge of military affairs, ' who wouldbe willing to sit down bfore the Gibraltar" .f America. Qutbecrwiih ' less than, 20,000 roe? In hU mind, ; 'Sowcveri-the capture of Halifax, would . he more important lhan. Qurbtc, as : from thence may be expected he chief V 4 " attacks upon our commerce ; but riali 1 K ffX.couTd not be takvn until Quebet; was J first secured r He could see no reason for tdoping the amendment lr. Calbcnia voted in'favor of the ;a t ' meodmcntof the gentKman from Geor . Via, ihough hewasin favor of raisiog . V " whole 25,000 men, because he wish r ' ed to carry 'the present measure by as Urge a. vole as possible. He believed ' . . x7o: hng but ' the most energetic course ' - : would answe'r any, purpose. The. news 4 cfthe steps already taken haveno doubt ; paistd over the Atlantic The country ; ' : aius't whom we are takn g measures, 1 Rjay have tiktn her a and. Unanimity and decision tn our councils aldnev c"n ;'; " Vye ;"the xouhtry. lie believed, the ' ' ' 'public seriliroent was With Congress t . but if gf nilemen.will not, in any in- ttaftce sacrifice tbe?r opinions but per C Unkious14nsisiwupon amendment af; vter am'endmcDt to measures broygb' Vrrai4i forvburdeftnee'-we rnich' ' tjbe trced intb.war b. fore we are prepa : . 'V red or u: Weuht either;to subml'.i - -r'mWeanriejEeticd f cJvcaVibatVhe; puWc JienuWmgan : - 8lrr.ady to doubf whether Congress pras ii reahr to earnrti, from the tafdtness ol ' ;ibeir'moTeir.rntfc snouia otea ,n v - (f iherooicd:amndmenia' Or , ; v ;dcrlopweiHfttrther;dcl3y;.;V. f. ' :-, 4 TpUCinD w iiku aj teas qu '" ' Kay i and negatmd 63 to 55. V..1".' , cd; the question Sh?!I the bit. be eb- crowed for a third reading V waa put, aod carried' 50 to 35 Friths, Jarmirw S. ... .f -iV; MrT'Rhea. frora the committee of - :r ;TtU)Qac afind Poit-Rpads, to whom ' tv:t r. forrd thA neliti'mk of several He II :..; . rtota vcisurs p ma itwsto - ntiw aoiwtfn: y- v r -1 -r vautt,.Ujfic.jr Always tjxse5Uei f. 1 1 pruueus cacxpencjiu cu vlYrVansylTOn .MMtce prravcuiucrwiin mc wuh.uiu penfng 4t at thcpos6fiiieon IheJib, bat bV repbrtedthat .IJOVcvrdeslrable there irulstinni for. whichtheVpray'inay be'i that at-this particular crisis." of oun LJtiairk, 11 II r incxucuiriu iu lua& an alterations in inn rcspecv iac repon., was concurred 6 ?vr. -t; : v f': J.Mr. Porter theVhairfnoh of the tbrxi;: mUte;OfT6relgn;ltelanonsi aMV that ir having- been discove:eor)hat-Jhtre' refe some parts of iht bill fo raising a Volonteer Corps, which tequifed icor rectioOiTand which could be bctterdne, by (he com mittec vi ho re ported Jtxh a n in -commtitee of the whole, 'he would tnove.to discharge thr commiiteeAf the whole from1 the further cntiiideritioh of the bill, i iff order to recommitrrr. 4 motiofrto.difeharge ihe commit?. teevof the wHble1 was agreed to, and the. bill recommitted. ' The orderofhe day being called fbr7 the.brll for raisiog ,in additional -force vfaa.taeivop, and Tjad the third tirOei and'therquesiio'n being put " Shall the bill pass its thirds reading V ' " " Mr Shrffey roseand spoke for abpt. three boors against the passage of the' bill, and in favor of -maintaining the country in a atate of peace- After which Mr Rhea said he wish ed to deliver his sentiments on the pas sage of .thebilW but. as ii was late, he moved an adioummt nu ' 'Carried -! 'Saturday, Jan. 4 ' The Speaker laid befre.theH use a communic'atlorifi'om the SretaVy of War, cbntainingan acrount of ths ap plication nd expendilure of monies thit Department for the p.istyci Alo, fr m the same D par mcntan ac cr4jnt of the expenditures, from the con lingent funrf : " And a communication from the"TreasuryTJepanmenr.incon . formitv to the act of 1310, with an ac count of the expences a tending our in tercourse with the B:yhry powers. fv These sev- ral documenis were refer red to the Cymroittce of Ways & Means, and orderrd to b- printed. . . The order of -heday whirh was the bill for raising nn additional military force, was, then taken tip, and Messrs. Rhea,Pi lensl-owiides, Widgcr y, Har per and M'Kim, fokr in fvor of the bill j and Mr. Macon ag-i st the ar rangement of the fjree intended o re raised, but in favor of the g-.neral prin ciple of the b'U. Mandayt January G. 'Mr. Grundy, from the committee of Fo'tigri Relations reported the bill au thorising the President to accept ol vo lunteer' corf, wi'h sundry arnendmcpts, which'was comrnitted.. MrVD. R.' Williams said, by an act of rS08. a Regiment of L'ght Infantry wi 'd r ctedio be rised.' This was con sidered bf the Screury of War as horse artilfery ; bufthe bill ttid not pro vide fr mounting them, die therefore introdaced a bill suppicmetar;to an act for : raising, for a limited time, an additional military force, which was iwice Trad and committed. Mr Ulackledge aaidtt was represent ed to bim as necessary to make some lieratUn in Hie trme rf folding the 1 Uifttnct courts oi mr u. aies. an Jeed, he-knrw thit.it was impossibl- to hold them in a proper menner at pe sent, as they were 'held ai Wilmington, Newbern andXd nton, and not more hah ten days allowed for the purpose. W. therefore proposed the following re solu ion : JfrtolttJ, That a committee be appointed to ensu re Into the expediency ofltenng the f inn of bold i n f; theUinnct Courts of theU States for the District of North-Carelina, and thai the have leave to report by bill or other wise . i MrJ B,1ia1d, it hnd also been repre senred to him, that, at present, the law does not require any security to' be giv en in cases appeal from the Pistrict to the Crcuit Courts. He tbereToro of fered, the followtng resolution i f Jfrtoiveti, That a committee be appointed to enquire iuothe expediency of requ rng teco ritT;tCk be given rn cases of appeal from the District Courts of the U States o the Circuit Onrts, .and ibzt they report by bill or other wisr" ' - . Thj? resolutions were agreed to, and committees of fire Members appointed upon .earn. 1 ' ' The House hen look up the bill for raising additional Miliary Force: which, afr speeches by Messrs. StanH ford. B rd and St w against, and byiMr. ORnWillfams in its favor, finally pasa- ed., . The Y- a & Nays were as follow :. . , YE AS-M essra. Alston Anderson. Archer. Artry. Oaeoo. Hard, Uaxtlett. Bassett. bibb. Hlacsjlcdge. iileecker. Bloimt. Brown. Bur- well. ButteY. Calhoun, uurves. uuy Uochran. Cloptoh. CohdiU Crawford. Davis. Dawson. Des ha) Di nns moor, i Ea'rle.' E molt. . Findley. f3$k; FraTvkOn.lGbolsoa'OoldrCrecn. Gnuy d'y "B. tLatl. O. Hall .Harper Ha wes. Hyne man. Jshnson Keatf King. Latock- LefertT.' little. iivtagi lom." Lowndes.'lAle. Maxwell.' MooreNfCoy. M'Kee; MTCifc. AletcalryMil-' nor; Mjlrfiilj. Morgan. JVtbrmw'laon. f?ew. Newtotu trmsby. Paulding. FickensT Piper, i'ond. Sorter. Quincy Iteed. Ringgold. Rbea. RoaneiKobeps. Sage. Sammons. Seayer. e-" yierSeybert. 8haw. G. Smith. J. Smith. 9uU klrza. Strong. Tal 1 man. .ralliaferro, -Tracy. Troup,1 Turner Van COrtlandtv Williams;' Widgery. Winn. VVright-4.' : 1 ;K. K ) , n ATS-rifesSrs. Bigttptr. fcoyd. recken ridre' ilrigham; Champion.' Chfttenden. Da- enpbri. '.Ely; : fitch. .llufty'Jaxkioni- Key, Ur. LeUis Macon,; M'Bryde.'Alfely.' bold. Pearsonl. Pitkin Hotter.' Itandolph. Kod man. sueyy. amine. aunr?ro. srewwi. bter- r.sWf. Uacon; from tne and featts? reported a bilEmaking' approlri. IL Mr Sevbert called for thi order of the day on thu bill authorisinjr theiurchase of icrd. nirtcef ahd ordnance, storeficequjpage l iiid oCieTaUarter-Tiastera-Qcrea and amaU " TheIfouse havin agi -d-p bill, itesolved itself into a citri arms, y ' take- op-thki or.-. mmiiiee ox me whole: uoon it wheri the bU lavine been read tf foo'ghaff? tK qU,estibn beiris; Upon'; J i' . r Ir.Iairma:nCjTKemtrbihave ed befire lire: CornmitW, fs oe of the first importance. A general report u heretofore Mnaoe'tOy tne tiouse, iounaec b iuc rnenta and facts wkbich: were "cQtnmunieated to the eommittee by 'up SecretarH s oT the ! War and Navy Depaf tmeftttt;ery bosition 'therein assumed; can beainuinedby in controvertable, facta. ,MucV hsfl been aaid about exbence f in my opinion, wten m nafion ! has decided Upon the feat question of, war, ' every minor Truest ion is iberev bsprbcd k obUteratedthis'queslion arhalgainatea eve ry sbeceedin one War thould dnly be en tered -iritorhen considerations qf expence1 t ' : -j cTk ' can pave no innuence on uir uccisiw oum appears lo be the presentv con.ditMn ot this nation. -AVe have determined infaVor'of re'-, sistance to the unwarrantable and qnjust ag-1 gressions of ft rest -Britain onou sovereign rights-we cannot stop, we eaqrtbt dfsw back, unless she recedes and repeals her hostile e-. diets. When' the war is commeticediit must be viewed as an appendage te the war for in- dependence. You'.have atready tasen the previous quesYron on .the subject ; yox bave . ( voted a regular army of 25,000 men, to addi;;i tion to yourpeacc establishment they can not be kept idle ; idleness is the bane, of the 'honorable votdier j to make them eftcient, , you must Mi pplv them with arms, j have ! heard it said on this floor, that a parttif JrhUr militia.the bulwark of the nation, is supplied with coriut alki instead ofjre Mkirlf this "be , ! a truth. O ! fgr Heaven's sake,-apply Vapee dy remedy j you have the' means within' our 'reach : at any rate, make yotir regular j efficient as possible, tfeedl derail ;tokyou again, that we possess 530 operative' iorges, furnaces and bloomeTieS rjowdrr"mHl ; that t he iron which is annually manufactured is incalculable in amount; 'hut 'your, lea'd mines offer a superfluity iof that article that our resources for "saltpetre in the western i states are extensively known, and that lh supplies may be made as abundant as tlys ar ticle is all important. Sir, tor some the amount 'which ! shall re Iquire may seem enormous, It will be well applied; and to gentlemen who feel eneisii ' ness on tne sabject.let them rest easy when , they Are told, that the greater part oc their-1 ticles for which the expenditures are ccn. templated are such as are itnprn$kablfeMi their nature so that if Great Britain., shljll ; proceed to do us justice, and I hope to Oqd she will without forcing us to arrns these supplier will form a stock for the nation? canes of future emergency v t Sir, Twill read to you the estimates which have' been furnished by the proper depart! ments. and will then submit to the commit f-e the several stfms which are necessary toj be voted bv the bill." Mr.Seybert baving'read.theestimktes'-toi wnicn ne auuaea, movea to nu ine nrsi utant. with one million five hundred thousand dol . lars, and the second with four hundred thou. 1 sand dollars, which -motions were agreed to I without a division. The two sections of the I bill then read as f dluvrs :: j M Be it enacted, &c. That Ihe sum f ne i million five hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is'herrby appropriated for the piir chase, under the direction of the President of the U Stales, of ordnance and ordnance stores, camp equipage and1 other quartir-, master's stores for the use of the army of the United States. . That the sum of four hundred thousand dollars' br, and the same is hereby approprt ated for the purchase, under the direction of the Hresrdent of the U. States, of saltpetre & sulphur, for making the' same into powder, and for ordnance and small arms for the use of the navy of theUnited States." The committee rose, the tiouse agreed to the amendments, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time tomorrow. , .-i DISABLED SOLDIERS. f; Mr. Dawson then called up the bill for the relief ot' infirm, superannuated and disabled officers and soldiers ; wich motion being a greed to, the House resolved itself-into a committee of the whole upon it. ' - Mr. Rhea moved to amend the bill, "by a new section, ' providing 'pension' for every non-com missioned officer and sold it-r, who, by reason of having a family, or other good fanaa i rv a jinf Ka aaIa' Sn 1 n t rtrva sf invalids, not exceeding half, the pay pf such non commisMoned officer or aoldier.M v This amendment, after some debate, was negatived and the bill was reported without amendment, and ordered to lie on the table.' ,A message was received from the Presi 3ent of the U SUtesntlosing a report from tHe Director of the Mint for the last year, in' which it is stated that the supply of silver bullion had never before been more abundant. frlian it bad been for the greater part of the . year. STATUTE, OF LIMITATIONS. wOn motion of Mr. Cholson, the House re solved itself into a committee, Mr. Nelson in the cliair, on a report of die committee of cUims on tlie subject of excepting certain claims from the act of limitations. The re port of the committee being read, which con-' eluded with a resolve that -it is inexpedient to open tlie act of limitations -for the claims, in ouestion. , V ' ! M;-." Clay "(the Speaker) hoped the -eenvj mi.Kec wuuia Jiiiagc 10 inis resoiuuon. it appears that the officers of the Jja'ury are of opinion that provision pay be niadVfor this description bf claims without thai dag ger offraitd: Which rhight possibly arise from abul repeal of the Sltatuteot licutatKH,;;tUat ineu. wuoie amount aoesnoi eiceea lmavuv doflarf, and the probaMhw is, .'th at lne .fifth mnf inrift in . t'tm tfnti Wm tn milr scrjled by lhe'goverbinenviur ih'e direction - I of lts accouiftjing oncers ip order .to.exclUde unjust claimsVOVhat areVfAtutes-of liiniU: ' ivn as apmicaDieio nuiviuiai casev j ruie under' Jhjch jndividuais vi:laim,;protectrui wbeuevefrthey chuse toidd siij : and when.' from j he..' lapse oftimej or.ibss of evidence,- acy .wouiu, ne inj ure were, tne -not to use: this advantage.1 But in these staiutes of li- Lnmutee OT .ir ayi i wui neyer be apphea toranouid they be au thorised to'be palcL -'AVhat. saldlr.Clays this' statute of limitations whicbf'whenevcf .c. V-srror aaaea orflisafcuty.vitfrane? msanitvi absence beVond sea;- &c. J lJut wbatr psTtne coursevnicnn maiviauai w.Qqia wfp who fodndVhifij self protected by.a statute of UiiivbVNi I 'v nyuiu muihic iJ Motive of the claim brdUght againatlijin, f tbetlaarf werflCTuat'. if he had been denrivedof 06 eVi- depcebyhydelayvfai Ue lo paias if w pj:oeen pesepiequ .ui t an earlier oay. tie will not hesitateto discharge the. claim, and scorn to-taxeaa vantage or me-statu te. ccc. sv ; 'TThe 'rrslutioh-fecmmendd byltheTe purv: was i. . uvcvi, , i ., irresolu tion onercu ; oy; jm A oia? reomnienatnga provislon'by JawJrorthese claims. after some wujcvuuus ti.ri rr. Axaion, was agreeoio ; I Tbe committee then toofc nb, on motion of jur.uiKuspn.fir&oiuiiqn wnicn naa peen re ferred to U'iem,lireptingkn enquiry into the merits of all cairns rtferreclfto the commit s tee of claims;';6tttbslaDd.iqg -such !ciaims may be barred hy the"st at ute of limitation. ; i After some observations uiayor of this re solution bMrsGhohcn ind Mr Milnorand against it by" Mr.-Bacon, the eommittee rose without takiner a question upon it;and ob- tamed leave io ait againr : (1 ; The Sneaker laid before' the House an adt dress Si resolutions of the LegistaturepJ Ohio, approbatory of the measures of the .General Government-Orderecl 10 Tie on the table. ' MrMfKee, 'from-the committee-tp whobf sras referred t he message of t he-freshen t of the' U.S. transmitting two letters fronvGov'r Harrison, resnecting the affair on the VVabash, fmade a report recommending sundry resolutions mak,n provision for the sutterers in tbar en gagement, as well as for the widows and or phan of those who were killed. The report was committed. , : . ' ;; The fell6wir.g .bills - ';ts;ererea4i.a' 'third time and passed,-vie. an act to enable the Se cretary of the Treasury to decide upon the case of ihe Eliea'Ann, belongmg to Ezekiel' Hub bell ; and an iicr authorising the purchase of ordnance, ordnance stores, camp equipage, and ether quarter -master's stores and small arms ' , VOLUNTEER CORPS. ; On ra6tIon of Sttil:e, the House took up he j order of the 'day, arid went into ra committee on the bill to author se the'Presideut 'brthVij States to accept bf certain volunteer corps A motion was msdc to allow every volunteer who had served Twelve TOonths;bnieavmg the aervce, eighty acres of land-; but this was dis agreed to, on the ground that thossnep who en lered into this service would enter from pavri otic moritcs, and cubt not to be put iipon a Jeve! with "the regular soldiers. The committee rose without gomg through rhe b'll arid obtained leave to sit again. A message was rece .ved from the Senate in- torming the Housefthat the Senate bad agreed to an ineir mmcuamencs to me Dtu to raise an additional military force, except the pr wso in the first section, and ihe th'iee additional sec tions, to which they disagreed , t - 'The proviso disagreed to is in thefdlowing words : . ; ' ' fioviaedrbn&e&r. That commissioned cf. ficers fof six only of the said regiments shall be appomted. until three fourths of - the pn. vates rcqo ite to complete such six reg ments have been enlisted, when the commissioned of ficers for the remaining seven regiments ghajf. be appointed' v The following are the three sections disa greed to : rv- ; , r That the officers who may be appointed in virtue of this act, shall respectively continue in commission during such term only as the .President shall Judge requisite for the public Rervfce ; - and that it shall be lawhil for the. President to discharge the whole or any pait of the troops, which may be raised under the authority cf this act, whenever he shalljudge ne measure consistent with the public vrcl ire. , That no general, field or staff officer, who ay be appointed by virtue of this act, shaft emuled to receive any pay or-emouirrtents uitu ne fcnaii oe canea into actual serc,ndr feb 'ary longer time 'than he shall continue: That in the recess bf the Senate, the ?rc sidtnt ot the Unwed Mates is hereby, autboris ed, to appoint ail or any cf the officers. Other hai the general oncers proner to be aDDoimed r this act, which j appointment,' sha.ll be i itiea xoTne senate acneir next session. etr aavce ana consent." ESTIM iTfiS F6H THE - YEAR X811, Toanded on a Peace Establish) L" .'. , . t reaturv nebartmenUDecZl.lXll; have the honor- to transmit." herewith the estimates of: the anoro- priatiots proposed for theefvice of th6 year 1912 ; also a statement of the re ceipts iid expenditures at the Treasu ry, for (he year ending on the 30th day of Septdmberl8 1 1 - . ; f The af fropriaUohs, as detailed in the estimates, amount, Tin the whole,to six millions! seven hundred and eighty-five vthousaridV eight hundred and sixty five uouars seienty-six cents -: viz. Fottheciylftjt, ' . V' J 638,90 94 For miscellkneous expences, in- ! chrdtng thd additional estimate I;'" k at foot forWian trading houses 339227 42 f For intercounkrwith foreign na- tions, U.V-""-;i ' 142,000 For the MilrtirystafeKshraent, i including 16400 dolls, for the If -Ind.V Deparlment,. . 3,161770 For fue Naval Establishment, in. ffi, 'eluding the mirtne corps n 2,504,669 6Q Tbe. estimaie of the Secretarypf the War 'departmut. is ,catculated on the wholes numbenoX 'troops authorised by IK W ; buf.it doesnot include the perma nent annuiti W cawilhc1lan tiibes, nor the annual pi forliurrtishing arras fbrhe jnilitTa those objects being pqwicd for by frqnarient laws, Theswmihichm ly) expended In tiewr 1 S2forr those objects are riot therefore inaudejd in tlie acrTirecate; abovotatedr v? Iv-lstjndacufrHch' niiroijriai ooyetiientione.U;.are, i; jO-p nageiWhicKwUl aceitt..t-ar'-BF winch sum istpyuaw annually reserved for4he6u 6vernment:i5::St: baiat1ces;if appro- ttJ9 348tct aot wanted tHevjxpenceisbf that year. 1 'Mit iftcornfeof. he .U..StaWlucii -Wy Z crtlejto thdcnd o the year 1812, iatislyin tl?e Objects ttbWbich priatioris have-been' heretofore WPfP&v&tf 5ch loan oi 0 as rnybe ieiuthorised; by Congress. , " St" . uic iuc uviior yi ne, c. P&i&Z .l.BERtCiAtLAT' a, ?P'V0' e Houfe of RfpJefentativ.es fjTbho , ' From IheS 2fati9iia tntemgencer .1 . BILL. ffieibiUlor, racing an-additional mi J "k k martorce .oiwvvmen, -.y cstert! ,y( of Representitives byniajority ofxi ( vote's , Some amendments have been rnirdo bfe HpijUhi require the cuiJcuiTentp oi ipeeiiaie ; ana the biJl has yct to rfceeive-the Executive aomft bation betore it becomes a law. The passSge of ihi bill, it is exnect. ed, will dissipate the cloud of misrepre sentation which has -OVhadowed "-the proceedings of Cohtrress. - Siihrr4nn. and Jealousy pan no longer affect to be- neve mat VQngreiis are nf in earnest After agreeing to raise' 25.000" additioiw - al troops, there cannot remain .a doubt of their employment in war, as soon'aa they can be organized for service ; uu: less a very material cnange should take pace in the! state of ourbreign relati. ons. It si we beKeyo, the sentiment of the nation! that decision ought how tof cha. racterise the ineasures of pur govern ment.J Having, from a love of peacer.. andean indisposition to engage in Euroi pean warfare, been for: firve years past reluctantly content "witn measures of commercial restriction V iand now, per eeivindr that forbearance and re Mi-" strancer havi failed to proenre a respect iui our rigiiw i me rvcfjpic, ineir spirit . rouse by the4ndiitiesthey have wit nessed, louclly nclll orr measures of a stronger chiaracter. ' Congress, acting under the impulseof public sentiment and feeling, and tbf entfation.ot the 'Executive, hatdofitea one mea sure, and. others jjare ! , which, undef present; circimstancesjcarr only be justified by a eterminaUoii ta employ the brcejipvdue sea sprain open,, active jwar. -In ws aspect we.'vietv.the measure, and under this impression an-t nbunce itto our readers as the first war measure. '. .' ' ' -Jv :w ' 'As' to ulterior measures, there isve " ry reason tq believe t : hey will inimetii- ately engage theattentionjot JfJonress p . i)icon,jwill ;see the necessity of proceed- ing in .ineir jpouree, wun energy. nu ois- patch? The svford bejrtg drawn y the scabbard must . Ve-:4hrotitSsid0'. Congress to refuse to foUow UpTihis step, by the adoption otheVjSsjsriy'defen aive or preparatoryaufcsi would b6 to trace back the ground tby have trod. and could ordy leadrtof humihating dc feat or.deradaUoii -sx theeyea ot the f - i U l3ortnetth iregUET: S.;in Ian try ,vsabout 42 j ears 1 agatd ,was. iWfeignbbft He-had;very early felt an attachment.to me Ctrcumstahces ofAhose times rendering thejrjfjiilitlife father business of in dulceUrTddlenleisS' gfhah of : activity. he resigned, an appears to have fixed, jvis attention Upon the theatre of Asia,, wheTeiiariy other Americans had tie- fore adYt aured, and found military hoi)-- brs and eixployments. , . " ' ' , , ;Col. Bojjd tajcd on the coast; of Co omandel, vheritis believed; hje found a fritindly recepton. as all respectable strangers did. from bis qftroesake Hugh Bojd, thevjtrueauthdf. of the celebrated lettioCnmsiv;4;;j, V-UL .. .From MadraS,'tol B9ydf0und.no dif ficulty -reach the .Mahratta countrVv where htaoldiejrjy appearance and raao- ners j opn found service, as tbe phrafre is, r ii I that totintrv.v After making a ftm campaigns, as a snldtej of foriune.ambns S ine yiajirattana, maamg nimseii tnas ter of theirl manners,' military habUs aud t he g eneral tool ic y of t h cou ri t r y ,'d u r i n g which he displayed both intrepidity and military utierus, ne?waa,vcry sopwjqisi'n- guisnea, anu nau " ue commana 01 sex v ral, corps, in succession: t, when- tbs tef of thrsfticteifirsbe edTtWtfif in thleshrS ranis iryfndia'isl des c men)and !a.taiiTn4s. cailedJ vmsuh i the eomrnahder iwsiniiiirrr besy rc; i of, tvrof thre'erfbuKor jBvef thodsll.;Cou aoydd aunsubiO OCe csvalrr lie coimnaiiucu in syei ai v vti.uuf;iiuuavc aiujUjjpi93WM ---- - vsrrterbe has trivennlmnelfedt1 muuary- proii&ion, ana wnen aoouc ItrhetleveobMne a commission, in ihe : st rvice ; prthe ; U. Siates.v The P. j 1 A . -I v ; .'.v . v-.x- "
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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