forged in masses-do. in bars of 458m. (90 lig.) and more, tiplied by the thickness at 10 9 9 at 9 8 8 below Rice, above 26 24 22 20 TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS-1ST SESSION. SENATE. January 14. A resolution yesterday offered by Mr. Ruggles, relative to an appropriation to continue the Cumberland road. west of Zanesville, in Ohio, was the br'dth mul-amended so as to include the state of Indiana, at the request of Mr. Hendricks, and then agreed to. 100 K BB 27f. 50c. 5 15 1-2 of 213 m. incl. to 458 excl. (49 to 90 lig.) 391. 60c. 7 421-2 of less than 213 m. (42 lig.) 551. 10 31 1-4 squares of 22 m. (10 g.) and more upon each surface 271. 50c. 5 15 1-2 15 m. incl. to 22 excl. (7 to 10) do. 39f. 60c. 7 42 1-2 55f. 10 31 1-4 less than 15 m. (7 lig.) do. less than 15 m. (7 lig.) do. Tin cast wire 551. 100 K NB 76f. 14.25 651. 50c. 12 28 1-2 100 K B 65f. 50c. 12 28 1-2 107f. 50c. 19 89 1-8 76t, 14 25 French. 1f. 10c. $cts. 20 23 3-8 64 1-4 84 3-8 1 03 1-3 46 7-8 8 1 50 11 00 14 2 06 1-4 2 621-2 Mr. King offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on Indian affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to enable the president of the United States to cause to be surveyed and parcelled out among the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, so much of the territory of the United States west of the territory of Arkansaw as may be necessary for the permanent residence of each of these tribes; and should such division deprive either of those tribes of any portion of land heretofore secured to them by treaty, to authorise the purchase of such part. [Agreed to on Monday.] Mr. Smith, of Md. offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on roads and canals be considered as one of the standing committees. [Agreed to on Monday.] Among the petitions presented, was one from the society of Friends, in the state of New York, asking the protection of the government for the Indians from injustice and oppression. Mr. Smith, of Md. from the committee on finance, to whom was recommitted the bill to alter the terms of credit on bonds for duties on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, reported a new draft, which was considered in committee of the whole, and on his motion, it was made the order of the day for Monday next. The engrossed bill of the senate "to continue in force an act authorizing the importation and allowance of drawback on brandy in casks of a capacity not less than fifteen gallons," was read the third time, passed, and sent to the house of representatives. The hill making an appropriation to enable the president to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the state of Indiana, was taken up in committee of the whole (the sin provided in the bill being 40,000 dollars.) The sum of $40,000 was objected to, on the ground that it was more than necessary, inasmuch as it was wrong to make presents or use any corrupting means to the Indians, and especially by bribing the chiefs to induce them to treat for the sale of their lands. The motion brought on an animated debate, in which Messrs. White, Sprague, Hendricks, King, Livingston, Frelinghuysen, and Noble took part, and which resulted in reducing the appropriation to $20 000. Mr. Mc Kinley then moved the following as an additional section to the bill: "And be it further enacted. That no secret present, or consideration, shall be offered, or given to the chief, or chiefs, of the tribe or tribes of Indians with which said treaty may be holden." After considerable debate, on the part of Messrs. Mc Kinley, Hendricks, Rowan, Hayne, Benton, Foot, and Barton, the amendment was agreed to-Ayes 24; and then the bill was laid on the table for the present; and the senate spent some time in executive business; and then adjourned to Monday. January 18. Mr. Webster presented the memorial of the South Carolina canal and rail road company, asking congress to subscribe for 2,500 shares of their stock, in a road from Charleston to Hamburg, in the vicinity of Augusta. Mr. W. said it had been confided to his hands from no disrepect towards the gentlemen who were senators from South Carolina, but solely because the petitioners were unwilling to trespass on the reluctance which the honorable senators from Scuth Carolina might be supposed to feel, to present petitions for aid, in cases in which their known opinions, as to the constitutional powers of congress, would oblige them to oppose the prayer of the petitioners. Mr W. also remarked, that while he felt pleasure in presenting the petition, he looked forward, with equal pleasure, to the time, he hoped not distant, when it would be his duty, in conjunction with his colleague, to ask a subscription by congress to the Massachusetts rail road-a contemplated work which if executed, would facilitate intercourse between several states, and be felt in its beneficial effects all the way from the bay of Massachusetts to the mouth of the Ohio. The memorial was then referred to the committee on roads and canals. Many other petitions, &c. were presented, and several bills reported, disposed of. Mr. Barton offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on the public lauds inquire into the expediency of making a grant to the heirs of Robert Fulton, deceased, of a portion of the public lands, bearing some proportion to the great benefits derived by the United States, from his application of steam to the purpose of machinery, stationary as well as locomotive. [Agreed to next day.] A resolution offered on Thursday last, directing the secretary of the senate to furnish each of the judges of the supreme court one copy of the printed executive journal of the senate, was agreed to. The resolution submitted by Mr. Foot, on Tuesday the 29th ult. limiting the sales of public lands to these which have beenoffered at the minimum price, and abolishing the office of survey or general was again taken up for consideration. Mr. Benton, considering the resolution inimical to the growth and prosperity of the west, opposed the resolution at some length. Mr. Holmes, that he might have an opportunity to reply, hoped that the senate would now adjourn. The chair communicated a letter from Mr. Troup stating that a sudden domestic affliction called him to his home, and on motion of Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Troup had leave of absence for the remainder of the session. On motion of Mr. Barton, the senate then adjourned. January 19. The vice president communicated reports from the secretaries of the treasury and of war, shewing the names, &c. of the clerks employed in their respective departments. eral reports received from committees. relative to the expediency of limiting the sale of public Mr. Woodbury, after some explanatory remarks, mov- more rapidly the surveys of public lands." Mr. Foot and Mr. Smith, of Md, spoke in support of the such a modification of the two propositions before the Mr. Sprague, in the course of the debate, suggested senate, as in his opinion would meet the views of both sides. He thought it would be better to frame the resolution so as to combine both inquiries, by giving it the following form: [Mr. S. did not move the modification, as it was not then in order] structed to inquire whether it be expedient to limit for a Resolved, That the committee on public lands be incertain period the sales of the public lands to such lands only as have heretofore been offered for sale and are subjeet to entry at the minimum price. And also whether the office of surveyor general may not be abolished without detriment to the public interest, or whether it be expedient to adopt measures to hasten the sales and extend more rapidly the surveys of the public lands. At the conclusion of Mr. Hayne's remarks, and before any question was taken, the senate adjourned. January 20. Mr. Smith, of Md. offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the secretary of war be, and he is hereby, directed to cause a survey to be made of the harcity for deepening and clearing the said harbor; and furbor of Baltimore, and to report the means adopted by the ther, to report the cost of the machinery used and the annual amount required for effecting the object. passed to a second reading; among them was one, from A number of original bills were reported, read and the committee on public lands "To recompense the heirs of Robert Fulton, deceased." ported the bill from the house of representatives, entiMr. Smith, of Md. from the committee on finance, retled "an act making appropriations for certain arrearges ment; and, on his motion it was forthwith considered in in the naval service for the year 1829, without amendcommittee of the whole, read the third time, passed, and returned to the house of representatives. house of representatives, were severally read and passed Twenty three private bills, received yesterday from the to a second reading, as were other bills which shall be noticed hereafter. The senate then resumed the consideration of the re- suggestion of Mr. Sprague, made yesterday, for the structed to inquire and report the quantity of public Resolved, That the committee on public lands be inlands remaining unsold within each state and territory, The vice president communicating a letter from the the sales of the public lands to such lands only as have and whether it be expedient to limit, for a certain period, secretary of war, enclosing a report of the chief engineer, heretofore been offered for sale, and are now subject to relative to the progress made in opening the Cumberland entry at the minimum price; and also, whether the of road, continued through the state of Indiana, made pur-fice of surveyor general, and some of the land offices, suant to a resolution of the senate of the 12th mstant. [The report states, that 145 sections are under contract, being a distance of 131 miles in the state of Indiana. The road is formed by grubbing the timber to the width of thirty feet through the whole course, and the estimated expense is $36,073 964.) interest; or whether it be expedient to adopt measures to may not be abolished without detriment to the publis hasten the sales, and extend more rapidly the surveys of the public lands. Mr. Webster rose and addressed the senate more than two hours, in reply to certain statements made yester day, and opinions expressed by Mr. Hayne, especially in reference to and in vindication of the course of the general government, and of the New England states, towards the new states of the union, and concluded his speech by moving the indefinite postponement of the whole resolution. Mr. Benton, followed, and spoke in reply to Mr. W. particularly controverting what he had urged in defence of the course of the N. England states towards the new states of the west. After speaking sometime, and remarking that he was not now prepared with the authorities and references necessary to support his statements, not expecting to need them-he yielded to a motion to adjourn; and the senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Huntingdon's name should have appeared among the nays on the question of agreeing to the report of the committee of elections, in Pryor Lea's case. distilled spirits, which now by law constitutes a part of the daily ration; which report was laid upon the table, A message in writing, was received from the president of the United States by Mr. Donelson, his private secretary, as follows: To the senate and house of representatives of the U. S. I. A treaty with the nation of Winnebago Indians, concluded on the 1st August, 1829, at Prairie du Chien, in the territory of Michigan, between general John McNeal, col. Pierre Menard, and Caleb Atwater, esq. commissioners on the part of the United States, and certain chiefs and warriors on the part of the nation of Winnebago Indians. II. A treaty with the United nations of the Chippewa, Ottowa, and Pottawatamie Indians, concluded on the 29th of July, 1829, at Prairie du Chien, between general John Thursday, Jan. 14th. Mr. Wickliffe, from the com- McNeal, col. Pierre Menard, and Caleb Atwater, esq. mittee on retrenchment, reported a bill "to prevent im- commissioners on the part of the United States, and cerproper allowances to the officers and agents of the go-tain chiefs and warriors of the said United nations on the vernment in the settlement of their accounts," which was part of the said nations. twice read and committed. Mr. Blair, of Tennessee, moved the following resolution, which was read. "Resolved, That the secretary of war be required to farnish the house with a register exhibiting the names and number of all the cadets that have been received in to the military academy of the United States, from its first establishment until the present time: also, the names and number of applicants rejected; the states from which they came, respectively; distinguishing between those who have graduated and received commissions, and such as have withdrawn, or have been dismissed from the institution; how many have been in said academy, whose fathers and guardians were members of congress; and how many such are now there; what the monthly pay of the cadets, and whether they are supplied with rations, fuel, quarters, &c. at the public expense, or are furnished by themselves;-stating also, as far as practicable, what portion of them, (if any,) were in circumstances too indigent to be educated on their own means, or those of their parents; the names and number of those graduates now in the army of the United States; also the names and number of the professors, instructors, and all other officers employed in said academy, with their pay and emoluments; adding thereto the entire aggregate expense of instruction, annually; with such remarks as may explain and elucidate the whole." This resolution lies on the table one day, of course. The house resumed the consideration of the resolution proposing a distribution of the public lands among the states, with the amendment of Mr. Martin, when Mr. Pettis concluded his remarks on the subject. Several bills passed by the senate, were received from that body, read and referred to the appropriate committees. The speaker laid before the house, sundry communications, viz: A letter from the secretary of war, accompanied by extracts of such surveys and reports as have been made by officers of the engineer corps, acting in conjunction with officers of the navy, of the waters of the Narragansett bay and the harbor of Newport, in the state of Rhode Island, for the purpose of selecting some place within said state for a naval depot, and one of the principal navy yards of the U. States, called for by the house on the 24th December, ult. which was read and laid on the table. A letter from the secretary of war, transmitting reports of officers of the military establishment, respecting an enquiry into the propriety of discontinuing the use of ardent spirits in the army and navy of the United States, and of allowing an equivalent in money, which was read and laid on the table. III. Articles of agreement between the United States of America and the band of Delaware Indians, upon the Sandusky river, in the state of Ohio, entered into on the 3d of August, 1829, at Little Sandusky, in the state of Ohio, by John McElvain, commissioner on the part of the United States, and certain chiefs on the part of said band of Delaware Indians. I transmit, also, the estimates of appropriation necessary to carry them into effect. ANDREW JACKSON. This message was read, and referred to the committee on ways and means. The house next resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and took up the bill making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and invalid pensioners, making appropriations for certain arrearages in the naval service, for the year 1829, and the bill establishing circuit courts and abridging the jurisdiction of certain districts. The two first named bills were reported to the house and ordered to be engrossed to-morrow. [Passed next day. On the last the committee came to no conclusion. Mr. Buchanan, as chairman of the committee which reported it, spread his views before the committee of the whole in a masterly speech. The house next considered the bill to continue in force an act authorizing certain soldiers in the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof; and tor other purposes, when it was Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. And then the house adjourned. Friday, Jan. 15. Mr. Storrs, from the committee on the census, reported in part a bill to provide for taking the 5th census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, which was read twice, and committed to the committee of the whole on the state of the union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Storrs said that the committee would in a few days report a separate bill on the subject of the ratio of representation, which he should move to refer to the same committee, in order that it might be taken up at the earliest opportunity. Mr. Coulter, from the committee on retrenchment, reported a bill to abolish the board of navy commissioners, and to transfer its duties to the secretary of the navy, and to regulate the office of naval constructor, which was read twice and committed, and made the order of the day for Monday. A bill to continue in force an act entitled an act authorizing certain soldiers of the late war to relinquish certain laud held by them, and to locate others in their stead, and for other purposes, was read a third time and passed. The remainder of the day was occupied in considerA report of the secretary of the navy, made in obedi-ing the claims of individuals, a large number of which ence to an order of the house of representatives, of the were disposed of, when the house adjourned until Mon25th February, 1829, upon the necessity and expediency day. of constituting distilled spirits a part of the rations of midshipmen; and its effects upon the morals and health of the individuals, and upon the discipline and character of the navy, should cach midshipman use the quantity of Monday, Jan. 18. The following members from Virginia, appeared and took their seats to day, viz: Marke Alexander, Philip P. Barbour, J. S. Barbour, and C. F. Mercer. A large number of private bills were reported, after which the house took up the resolution moved by Mr. Hunt on the 17th ult, when Mr. Hunt modified it to read as follows: Resolved, That a select committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of appropriating the nett annual proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states and territories, for the purposes of education and internal improvements; in proportion to the representation of each m the house of representatives; and that the said committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise. The question recurred on the motion made by Mr. Martin on the 17th Dec. ult. to amend the said resolution, by inserting after the word "territories," these words: "the amount and value of public lands given by congress to any state, or to public and private institutions in any state. And, after Mr. Speight, of North Carolina, had delivered his sentiments at large upon the resolution, A motion was made by Mr. Wickliffe, that the said resolution be committed to a committee of the whole house on the state of the union. And pending the question on this motion, The previous question was called for by Mr. Ingersoll, and was demanded by a majority of the members present. The said previous question was then put and decided in the affirmative by yeas and nays-yeas 127-nays 59; so the house decided that the main question be now put: The main question was then stated, that the house do agree to the resolution as herein before recited; when Mr. Hammons called for a division of the question on the said resolution, the division to take place between the words "territories" and the word "for." So the house agreed to this clause of the resolution. A further division on the second member of the said resolution, was then called for by Mr. Buchanan, so as, that the question be taken separately on so much of the said resolution as is contained in these words, "for the purposes of education and internal improvement." A further division of the question on the said second member of the said resolution, was then called for by Mr. Taylor. And then the house adjourned. Tuesday, Jan. 19. William Mc Coy, a representative from Virginia, appeared, was qualified, and took his seat. Mr. Drayton, from the committee on military affairs, reported a bill to regulate the pay and emoluments of the officers of the army of the United States, and for other purposes; which was read and committed. On his motion, it was then ordered, That the committee on military affairs, to which was committed the bill to "regulate the allowance of forage to officers of the army," be discharged from the further consideration thereof. The new bill contains all the provisions of the old one, which was reported by the committee on retrenchment, that are deemed essential by the committee on military affairs.] Mr. Alston, from the committee of elections, to which was referred the memorial of Silas Wright, junr. contesting the election and return of George Fisher, as one of the members of this house for the state of New York, made a report thereon; which report was read, and committed to a committee of the whole house on Tuesday next. The house resumed the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Hunt on the 17th Dec. ult. The question recurred on agreeing to that member or portion thereof, which is contained in the following words, "for the purposes of education”—and decided in the affirmative by The speaker decided that the resolution was suscepti-yeas and nays-yeas 98-nays 84. ble of this division. The question was then put, will the house agree to that From this decision of the speaker, Mr. Barringer ap-member or portion of the said resolution, which is conpealed to the house, and, after some brief debate, on the question-Is the decision of the speaker correct? It passed in the affirmative. The question was then put, will the house agree to the first member of the said resolution, in the following words, viz: Resolved, That a select committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of appropriating the nett annual proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states and territories." tained in the following words: "And internal improvements," and decided in the negative: yeas 92—nay's 94. The question was then put, will the house agree to that member or portion of said resolution, which is contained in the following words: "in proportion to the representation of each in the house of representatives, with leave to report by bill or otherwise?" and decided in the affirmative, by yeas and nays-yeas 117; nays 75. So the 1st, 2nd and 4th members of the said resolution were agreed to by the house, and the 3rd member thereof was rejected. The following message was received from the president of the United States: To the senate and house of representatives: And it was decided as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Armstrong, Arnold, Bai- The resolution agreed to by the house is as follows:ley, Barber, Barringer, Bates, Beekman, Bell, Boc- "Resolved, That a select committee be appointed to kee, Bourst, Broadhead, Buchanan, Burges, Butman, inquire into the expediency of appropriating the nett proCahoon, Chandler, Childs, Chilton, Coleman, Condict, ceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several Conner, Cooper, H. Craig, Crawford, Creighton, jr. states and territories for the purpose of education, in Crowinshield, Deberry, Denny, Dickinson, Dorsey, Dud-proportion to the representation of each in the house of ley, Earll, jr. Ellsworth, G. Evans, J. Evans, E. Eve-representatives; with leave to report by bill or otherwise." rett, H. Everett, Finch, Fisher, Ford, Forward, Fry, Gilmore, Grennell, jr. Hammous, Harvey, Hawkins, Hemphill, Hodges, Hubbard, Hughes, Hunt, Huntington, Ihrie, jr. Ingersoll, Johns, jr. R. M. Johnson, Kendall, Kincaid, P. King, A. King, Lecompte, Leiper, Lent, Letcher, Lyon, Magee, L. Maxwell, McCreery, MeIntire, Miller, Mitchell, Monell, Muhlenburg, Pearce, Pierson, Potter, Powers, Ramsey, Randolph, Reed, Rencher, Richardson, Russel, Scott, Wm. B. Shepherd, A. H. Shepard, Semmes, Sill, Smith, A. Spencer, R. Spencer, Sterigere, Stephens, Strong, Sutherland, Swan, Swift, Taylor, J. Thomson, Tracy, Vance, Verplanck, Vinton, Washington, Weeks, Whittlesey, Wickliffe, Wilson, Wingate, Yancey, Young-113. GENTLEMEN: The accompanying gold medal, commemorative of the delivery of the liberator president of the republic of Colombia, from the daggers of assassins, on the night of the 25th of September last, has been offered for my acceptance by that government. The respect which I entertain, as well for the character of the liberator president, as for the people and government over which he presides, renders this mark of their regard most gratifying to my feelings. But I am prevented from complying with their wishes, by the provision of our constitution, forbidding the acceptance of presents from foreign states by the officers of the United States; and it is therefore placed at the disposal of congress. NAYS-Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Angel, Archer, mate which I have formed of the nature of the services |