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COHOKEBMOy*1, J
T* ESftiv. lice.-’
IN SRX A TE.
’ Mr. Smith, of Maryland, jacsont.’-i a*. I
following memorial, which was °,lU‘ni 1
lf„ pnnled. and referred to the commn!, t
on roads and canals.
To the Senate Sf Home of KeprcsoH'df*
of the U. S. shin Congnesa^mLed.
The Memorial oflho Directors oi tho
11more and Ohio Kail R^d Company,
Rebpectfi lly Sheweto: , .
That vour memorialists arc engager
the construction of a Rail Koa !, w> 11 *
least two setts of tracks, from t.ie ci v i
of Hultunorc to the Ohio river, ni’°"
which they have been actively • |
a little more than one ye*r, nnu *-1Vt j
nearly completed the graduation atui ” n
sonry for about twenty-six nules. incluoing
a» your Memorialists conttdeBtly behevo,
tho moat expensive part of the Ane'
Upon about three mites of this a Rad av
lias been laid dowi. The necessary acts
of I iCorporaiion have been obtained from
the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania an
Virginia, vesting your Memorialists wi.ii
most ample power to conduct the ro~.
through those States and affording to then
overv requisite protection and security.
Stock, to the amount of $3 tHH>,000 has
boon suWibed bv ia***—*. »«»d ‘ha
amount of * 1 ,<* *M*K> by the State of Ma
rvland a-»d c.-y of Baltimore, constituting
a earn** of f *.BtW,(hW upon which 1> per
£ or $000,000 has been received, the
iTfvnts being ali paid upon every share
of stock belonging eitheir to the public or
individual v >ckho!ders.
Tho entire district between the City of
Baltimore and the Ohio river has been ex
amined. and it u *s been most satisfactori
ly ascerta.ned that tjc intermediate couu
trv atibrds suce great facilities for the con
struction of the propo-od road as to render
ite completion not only certainly practica
ble. but far less difficult than w as at first
supposed; and actual location ot its East
on Section has bc**n made, extending
from Baltimore to tho Valley of the Poto
mac, a distance of about sixty-six miles.
> • rug this h ie a route for tho road has been
v :red, which, with the exception of a
r. r* elevation between th** Monocacy
» p wise, has only a single siunmit,
.. <*: - this summit a truck has been
•d - i'sc i'jiv access, as to occasion
! ! v or increase of expense
i f: 3 i •> ration, By pursuing the
V e - o e r tomac, tlie road may be
;v -i i: > i ci -ired, w ithout one addition
v Eastern base of the .Vile
^ f . tin, and w ould then exhibit o
<:»■ .;•>..ut 1S1 miles, with but one
? r * »g stationary power; a re*
s<r •>! in < believed has not been par*
i* ;> this country or in Europo
iron’*.. Ea ieru base of the mountain the
t . con conducted hv •* series of in
c Ip and the aid of stationary cn
t.rabof
tr v •!» , and thence it may be carried by
Y grade i ion adapted to locomotive
\ -, to ’lie Ohioriv* . .
’’ he result cf «ie late improvements in
tv .. -ctionof locomotive engines in
E vpe, and in the application of steam
C *vr m them, fully warrant your memori
alists »a asserting, that upon a well con
slructed rail r-' J the ni -d impiit b" 1 on
veyed wrh regularity arid certji,,.t\* nom
♦he seat of the General Government to the
State of Ohio, in thirty *>x hours, or even
in less 11me, should i. be desirae t. i as
srugers could also he conveyed in the same
tune at one third of ftioex|ieose now incur
red, and pmuduce of all kinds at a pro
portionate reduction in cost.
Ai the time your memosialist* embarked
in this enterprise, they did not hesitate to
believe that so enlightened a body as the
Congress of the United States would ful
ly appreciate the vast importance of the
undertaking, whether considered in refer
ence to its social, HS'commercial, or its po
litical influence upon our country, and they
h kve always looker! with confidence to the
aid of die General Government in carry
ing it into operation.
Believing, as your memorialists do, that i
every section of our country has a deep
end vital interest in this groat work, and
that the countenance and support of the
ISational Legislature would essentially pro
mote its early and successful accomplish
ment, they respectfully ask the attention
of Congress to the subject, and confident
ly hope that a subscription on the part of
th* I 'fSb I $1sIm «l lire Oluvik ul iIhs ,'»rn
pany will be authorized, to such an extent
os m their wisdom may be deemed for the
interest of tlie nation.
Mr. Kane presented resolutions and
memorials front the Legislature ot Illinois, j
on the following subjects, which were re
ferred tp appropriate committees.
i. For a grant of 75,000 dollars in scrip,
receivable in the payment of public lands,
to be applied by the state to the improve
ment of ten am public roads
2. For a^ improvement of certain post
road®.
3. For an appropriation for removing
obstructions in certain rivers.
4. tor a grant of land to complete the
canal between the Illinois river and Lake
Michigan.
5. For a grant of land to aid in improv-f
mg the navigation of rertain rivers.
f r nermissioQ to surrender the un 1
Prr school lands, and select other j
L>od«.
* *n alteration in the mode of uis-!
posing ot the public lands.
1 < lu.- privilege of surven !u:me the
u_> <.i '-md re>erved for the use of ii 1
seminary ofleaimiog,and locating the same j
<ju« jt»ty eLsrt'whvre.
9. For permission to soldi** who own J
unproductive bounty land'iu the stMe, to
locate other land.
10. For compensation to certain citizens
of tlie Mate, who served in the militia, and
i j angers during the late war.
Mr. McKinley presented a memorial
tJ,t» Legislature of Alabama, request
U](? tliat persons who have relinquished
:>!k’ r.rc actual occupants, may be
allowed to purchase the same at the mini
mum price.
'i li * memorial of the merchants and
trad rs of Philadelphia, for a reduction of
iIui.es on teas, was referred to the commit- j
tee on finance.
Mr. Rowan, from the committee on the i
judiciary, reported the bill providing for the j
settlement ui* the claims of certain states, j
for advances during the late v.ur.
Mr. Renton, from the committee on mi
litary atfuirs, reported a bill explanatory ot |
an act to reduce and fix the military peace j
establishment.
Mr. XobtC, on leave, introduced a bill j
further to revive and continue m force the
seven I acts making provision for the ex j
tinguishmeiit ot the debt due tbm purchas-1
er3 of public lands, which was read and
passed to a second reading.
After Executive business, adjourned.
HOUSE.
A great number of petitions were pre
sented ard referred.
Mr. McDuffie, from the committee oi
I v.-nvs and means, reported a bill making an !
appropriation for repairing and fitting out
the Brandywine frigate. Twice read and
committed.
Mr. Hunt, from tho Committee on Pub
; lie Lands, to which the subject was refer
red on tho 15th instant, reported a bill to
| amend an act entitled “an act to extend
the time for locating Virginia Military
Land Warrants, and returning surveys
I thereon to the General Land Office,” np.
1 proved the *2blh Al iy, lS*2f>; which was
[ read twice-and committed.
Mr. Wickliffe, from tho Commit to on
• Retrenchment, reported in part a bill to
[establish a rule for tho computation ol the
' mileage of member* of Congress. and for
I other purposes; which was read and com
| milled.
The Speaker laid before the House a
letter from the 1st Comptroller ol the i roa
*t.:rv, transmitting a list of tne accounts
which have remained unsett'ed, or on
which b dances appear to lmve I eon due
more than 3 year* piior to the 30th Sep
tember, and a fist of disbursing of
floors who have failed to lender their «.c
^ counts within tho tune proscribed bylaw;
which list* were transmitted lo him by the
Lh Vuditor of the Treasury.
On motion of Mr. Drayton, it was
E r dn i, That tin Committee on
Fot-'ign AifairK b# instructed to enquire
i mto the expediency of making corapensa.
,t. : to Antcricun citizens for losses which
i i;* ' -1> ivc sustained in consequence ot
t’,1 g.l seizures, confiscation, .and con
| damnations of tireir property bv France,
! an1 rior to the 33ih September 1S00.
: - • - * ■ ■ 1 ...
Hrsolcedy 'J'liat the Committee on Na
j v».l Affairs be instructed to inquire into
t the ex|»ed:ency of increasing tho pay and
1 ntofumeuts of Captains and Alastcrs
' Commandant in the Naval service of tho
Inited States.
On raotiou of Mr. Test, it was
• Evolved, That the Committee on Inter
nal Improvement be instructed to inquire
into the expediency of causing that part of
the* National Road which lies within the
| S' it.' cf Indiana to be graded and thrown
up, and Bridges, Drains, and Culverts to
I b • built where required, so to put the said
, road m complete order for receiving the
; stone or gravel, arid completing die same
according to the McAdam plan,
f [Mr. '1 'est, in ollermg tlio above, made
' a clear and satisfactory statement of the
purpose of his motion, which lie believed
was no morn than what Congress intended
ill the original appropriation for this ob
ject-]
On motion of Mr. Chilton, the several
lulls and resolutions reported at tho last
session of Congress by tho Committee on
Retrenchments, were recommended to the
Committee on the same subject at the pre
sent se.-sion of Congress.
On motion of Mr. Thompson, of Ohio, j
it was
Resolved, That the Committee on Inter- i
nal Improvements be instructed to inquire j
into the oxpedienev of making an appro,
priation of a portion of tin public lands
lying within the State of Ohio, to aid the
inhabitants of said State in making a per
manent and free road from Pittsburg, in
tl»o *f F*or»nojrtrauiii, through Bpavw.
town, Mew Lisbon, Canton, Wooster,
Mansfield,-, and bo on, as near a
westerly direction as the ground and other
circumstances will admit, to the east line
of the State of Indijna; and also for the j
purpose of making a permanent and free
road from Beavertown, aforesaid, though
Petersburgh and Poland, to the town of
Rivatia, to intersect tho free road alrrndy
nude from Weltsville, on tho Ohio river,
to Cleveland, on Lake Erie.
Speaking ot petitions, it may be as well
to t entiun, that the stream of petitions
against the transportation of the mail on
'•be Sabbath is on the flow, and nia* bo
exported to swell to a prodigious volume j
before the session is half through. Ad
journed.*— .Yd. Intel.
* mMB
Wkoxesdav, Dec. 23.
LV sexjte.
T KK.i. vcsicrday suhinuted bv Mr.
Holmes, in relation to the condition of* the
public deposits m tho State Banks, was
l iken up and agreed to.
Mr. Smith, of Md. dfiered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on i
foreign Relations bo instructed to con- .
?tdor whether any alterations are neces- «
m
sarv to the act, entitled “An act fixing the
compensation of Public- Ministers, and of
Consuls residing on the Coast < f Barbary,
and for other purposes/’ passed on the 1st
day of May, 181CV
'Mr. Barnard presented the petition of
the Distillers of the City of Philadelphia,
to allow a drawback on the exportation of
domestic distilled spirits from foreign mo
lasses. .
Mr. Barton from the Committee on Pub
lic*!.ands, to whom had been referred ti ei
bill to graduate the j rico of the public!
lands, to make provison for actual settlers,!
and to tedo the refuse, upon equitable'
trrms, and for meritorious objects, to the !
States in which they lie, reported it, with- j
out amendment.
'Phe bill providing for too allowance of
interest to certain States therein mentioned, |
on such advances made bv them to the
United States during the late war as have!
been or mav hereafter be refunded to them,
will, the amendments of the Committee on;
the Judiciary to the bill, was taken up in!
Committee of the Whole, when, aficr a!
short debate, it was postponed to Monday j
next. Adjourned.
* gg.n«na
norsE.
TheVdls from the Senate, for the final j
adjustment of private land claims in Mis- j
souri; to provide f >r the payment of jui»
drv citizens of the Territory of At .:aiis-i3]
for trespasses committed on their property
by the (),ngo Indians, in the year 1 MO.
1837, and 1S33—were twice read and
committed.
On motion of Mr. Duncan, it was
Rctofved, That the Committee on In
ternal Improvement he instructed toinquire
info the expediency of opening and imjnov
ing the Cumberland Road, from the \\ os'
ern line of the Slate of Indiana, thio'igh
the State of Illinois to the Mississippi
river, and of making an immediate appro
priation for that purpose.
On motion of Mr. IVltis, ii w is
Rewind, Tlint the Committee on Inter
nal Improvements be instructed to ion i n
into the expediency of providing by !«■' foi
locating, opening, and grading the Cum
borla id road from the Mississippi river ti
the Seat of Government of the Si te c>;
Missouri; and into the expediency ol <•<• is
}T)<r f-i| ;r|®es to he erected, and such ofnoi
imuroveiTHuils *o be made on the said roar;
as will tit it for immediate use.
j (t» motior of Mr. Snvior, i* was
Resoled, Tliat the same Commitfbe
i instructed t-> inquire into the expediency o!
1 making and appropriation to exteod the
! United States road, leading from Nutcln
| toches, in Louisiana. to VV aMiirtg'on, in
1 Arkansas, to the Northern boundary line
; of said Territory.
Mr. Everett moved the following rose tu
I tion. which was read and laid on the table
according to rule, vz:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
I Treasury be directed to communicate to
the House thr monthly returns ot the Rank
i of the United States for the year 1820; »•-’*
.mk j ,,, tivo ot die
House of the *21st instant.
On motion of Mr. Dwight, it was
Resolved, That ike Committee on (ho
Census he instructed to inquire into the
expediency of making provision by law,
fir collecting statistical information, touch
ing the state of Agriculture, Commerce,
and Manufactures, at tlie same time when
i me v ensus is lateen.
On motion of Mr. Dwight, i! was
Resolved, That the Committee on the
Judiciary bo instructed to inquire into the
expediency of increasing the allowance for
travel mid attendance of the Jurors of
the Circuit anti District Courts of the Uni
ted State?.
Mr. Richardson move! the following
Resolution, which was read and ordered
to lie on the table, viz:
Resolved, That a Select Committee he
appointed to consider the expediency of
appropriating a portion of the Revenue ol
the United States to purposes of Educa
tion, to be apportioned among the several
States and Territories, accoiding tu the
ratio of representation.
On motion of .Mr. Cuhoon, it was
Resolved, That the Committee on the
Mihtia be instructed to inquire into the ex
pediency of so nlteting the Militia laws os
to exempt from military duty in tune of
peace, all persons under 21 and over cj
years of age.
On motion of Mr. Carabrcleng, it was
Resolved, That the Committee of Com
merce be instructed to inquire into, and re
port on the past ar.d the present condition
of our navigation; and to recommend such
measures a? may be necessary to enlarge
our commercial marine.
On motion of.Mr. Hoffman, it was
Resolved, That the Committee on Na
val Affairs be‘directed to inquire into the:
expediency of providing for completing the
survey of iho coast of the United States.
On motion of .Mr. Gilmore, it was
Resolved, That the Committee on Inter- \
nal Improvements be instructed to inquire
into the expediency of having an exarnina- •
tion and survey of a route for a road from]
the city of Pittsburgh to the harbor ofi
Presque Isle, on Lake Erie.
On motion of .Mr. Sill, it was
Resolved, That the Committee on Inter
nal Improvements be instructed to inquire
into the expediency of a purvey for a Na
tional Road from some suitable point at or
near Uniontown, on the Cumberland Road,
by the city of Pittsburg, to the harbor of
Presque Isle.
On motion of Mr. Davenport, it was
Resolved, That the Committee on Mili
tary Pensions be instructed to inquire into
'he evpendiency ot amending the 3d sec
:«on of an act of Congress, approved May
loth 1S28, providing for the relief of cer- ,
:ain surviving Officers and Soldier? of the i
Vrmy of the United States Revolution, sol?
is to place tile uoii-?ociHiis;iencd officers, it
musicians, av.i! privates, upon the 3an*o
looting with the officers ttho arc provided
for hy the 1st and 2d sections of said Act.
pitting out of the Brandywine.—On mo
tion of Mr. McDuffie, the House resolved
itself into a Committee of the Whole on
the state of the Union, [Mr. Martin, of1
Sfuutii Carolina, being called to the Chair,]
and took up the bill reported by the Corn
tr.r.’.ce of Ways and Means for making an
appropriation tor fitting for sea the frigate
Brandyw ine. No objection being made to
the bill, the committee rose and reported it
to the House without amendment.
On the question ofordcrir g the bill to be
engrossed lor'a third reading—
Mr. McDuffie [Chaiiman of the Com
mittee cfWoys am! Means] briefly stated
the necessity for this appropriation. 1 he
Ihct was known to every member of ike
House, that the commerce of the.United
States in the Hull ol Mexico and with
South America was subject to piratical
depredations, and also that the political
relations ol the governments of the South
were in such a state as required that the
United Stales should maintain a considera
ble naval force in that sea, I he recent
loss of the Hornet made it almost ir.nn
pensable that another vessel should Lo :m
mediately despatched to supply her place.
For this' purpose this appropriation was
necessary.
The bill was then ordered, new, eon, to
i)G engrossed and read a tmrd time tj-mur
row.
The House then resolved itself into a
Committee of the Whole on the hill au
thorisin'; the accounting ofheers of the
rreasury Department to pay to the State
of Pennsylvania, a debt due that S??aic by
the Cfnted States.
On motion of Mr. McDufiio, it was
Ordered, That when the House adjourns
to-morrow, it will adjourn to meet again
on Monday, the-Sill of the present month.
Adjourned until to-morrow*.
Thursday, Di e. <Jt.
Senate —The resolution yesterday
oflhred by Air. Smith, ol Aid. to inquire
whether derations in the law fcmg the
rorupcnralion of public Ministers itr.d of
\,■oilmi!.■ to ti*c Hurl) *1 v* tetulc^i uic nccibv
j 5arv\ wa:? agreed t?».
.Mr. Hen ton offered the following resolu
1 lion;
Res ' . on Mili
* a r v Affairs lx instructed to inquire into
ri-e expediency of making i n Hppropria
I i tar mounting and equipping a part of
infantry of the Army of the United
j States, for the better defence of the \Y * si -
fern Frontier and tin* protecti *n of the in*
i land trade to .Mexico.
Mr. Marks presented a resolution of the
; Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing
the Delegation ftom that State in Con
cress, to use all Constitutional roenns to
procure for liie .American Colonization
Society the aid and support of the Nation
al (joverunwul; which was read, and laid
on the table.
The following bills were leceived from
thu House of Kepresentatives, read, at.d
passed (o a second reading.
An act authorizing the accounting of
ficers of the 'Treasury Department to pay
to the State of Pennsylvania, a debt due
1 that State by the L mud States.
An net making an appropriation for rc
, pairing and fitting out the Frigate !3raudy
| wine.
j On motion of Mr. Smith, of Maryland,
! this last bill was, by unanimous consent,
! taken up in Committee of tho "Whole, pas
( sed its several readings in the Senate, and
was returned to tin; House of Kcsprescnta
, lives. Adjourned until Monday.
House.—A number of resolutions were
ofibred, and several private bills disposed
of
Mr. Careon moved the. following resolu
tion, viz:
Resolved, That a Select Committee be
appointed to impure into the expediency
of establishing a branch (>t the United
Slates Mint in ilia Gold region of the North
Carolina.
i he resolution being rend, the quoslio i
was put, will the House agree thereto? und
decided iti the negative. So the resolu
tion was rejected.
On motion of Mr. Drayton, if was
Resolved, That the Commit too on Na
val AtKiir* be instructed to inquire into the
expediency of establishing a Nava! Acade
my, for the instruction of junior officer* m
the naval service of the U nited Slate*.
On motion of Mr. Pettis, it was
Resolved, That the Committee on the
Public Lands be instructed to ii quire w:t.
the expediency of providing by l aw fur flu.
graduation of the price of the Public Lands,
according to their quality, of ceding the
refuse lands to the States in which they
he. on equitable terms, and of nv.kinj.
more libera! prevision for the sale of pub
lie lands to actual seders, than now exist,
by law.
And then the Iloiire adjourned until
Monday next, 2i‘h instant.
Tukmi.m December 29.
la toe Senate yesterday Mr. Brown, o!
North Carolina, a pj tor. red, was qualified, i
o;i(i took lus seat. Mioiorials and ficti
tious were presented and referred. Two I
resolutions offered on Thursday were adop {
ted, and others were submitted. Several I
bill." horn toe House ot Representatives
were read the second time and referred.
The bill to grant preemption rights to set
'.cis on the public lands was taken up and
ordered to be recommitted.
I*, lue House ot Representatives, a great
luinoer ot oolitic us were presented ami re- !
cried. various resolutions were then'
offered and adopted. Mr. Hunt of Vor-j
non! tnen moved live consideration of the|
esululion which be bad offered sorne days f
nice on the subject c; iLt? distribution of!
be prooe^feof fho public land* fcr the!
I
purposes of education sad late ral iu>P™
54 “»»« “St t s'^rne '
motion was dec .(.eel j
But as Mr. Martin- ol S.
moved an amendment, was absent, on n
tioxiofMr. SpumiiT the further considera
tion of the rcsclutmn was post| 0.md dl
lo-dav The varions bills " Inch on i hors (
10 nay. 1 f n.rrossed tore,
which, to establish a rule lor l‘,c f® * ;
tion of mileage of members of to g
caused some little discussion, and "J
finally reported to the House with ..mcnc.
ments. Before any decs,on was had upon
this bill, a successful motion to ndjoi.rn
was made by Mr. Wiceliffk, "bo desired
(0 take the Lnse of the House "ben more
members were present, on an «nwncnr ,
adapted in committee, to "Inch be va. ■[
posed.
Mr. NORTON of New 1 oik, on in
troducing tbo petition of Henry l.ovejoy.
tiiU.4 addressed ’he House:
Mr. Speaker: It is made my duty to pre
sent to this House ino memorial of Henry
l.ovejoy, son and heir at law ol Jtthue
Lovejoy, deceased.
As I intend to ask for the reference o»
this memorial to a sclent committee. I must
!>.•.. the indulgence '*! the house while 1
bind iu*< *>7 « f die foots die "« 1 ,n
cluil* .cts upon which I!*!** meinori.J is
| t|.,al i,y f.;,.v <f tint law, Itiuoiniii.
tv was !.n.;‘ct' '• '-he owners of real estate
<bi!\— ,nc! tha o provision ha* yet been
niai'e I* >r the !• of personal property.
•.fJoNl.ua Lovcjov, (lie
>, •••hst, consisted ot
mcrenanmze un< -ohilcl furniture
property, it is trn :ght have been
1 removed beyond . t danger and
probably would v had not this
{nufortueatc man M •• morning,
| when all was Ltd v. **.r o ■<» bat frontier
i line, been railed l>* 1 ■ sthorily to as
1 sist m repelling ih t< at t-ienud tliede
{fence of Unit ill Jnm.i • t. leaving his
1 avtftj flits sole p;otr* t .. of sill th.it was
left behind:—and 1 ;*v ’ her too, to perish
i m the !ie: er .1 n>. . ’ horlly utter the
depmtuiu «d h»*r ia- d, was suddenly
i .admonished of t'-.« : > r approach of the
1 Britt>h army b* f war whoop of (heir
j sarage ally, h i • distracted lady, hoping
to esc,a >e, it J i • ous to carry with her
portion ,f !> u rdrobe, hastily threw
about nor >n such of her apparel as
was nt h.iio while attempting to fl?e
was me! o' threshold of her own door
by this b. ‘ savage ivariors, who wen
at one** ;• ! by her gay attire, nu<!
; ilniost inly began to-disrobe her
Vet, s . ere hei entreaties, and aur'9 her
, andr- i d Mich their effect, that tin
! lea.’ ■ , i hs* hand instantly beat a parley
— hi too |*i to, as tire dagger of an un
see . 1 to in ’ alrcadv readied her heart.
And thus, Sir, after stripping the dea
bndv ot it* vestments, and after plundering
tier 1*011*0 of whatever was valuable
merged the remainder in the general cou
rt igia'i in.
There is no fiction in this. Sir, it is nr
unvarnished state nent of facts, and one
I that in my humble opinion calls loudly fm
the attention, and upon the justice of tins
house.
A bill was yesterday presented in the
(louse of Rrprescntatativcs, from the Ju
diciary Committee, and received its first
and second readings, the provisions of
which, ns far as ivc understand them, meet
very fairly the necessity which invites lofc
iblation on the subject of the organization os
the Judiciary.
The hi'l proposes that the Supreme
Couit shall hereafter consist of a Chief
: Justice and eight Associate Judges, (in
1 stead of six, as at present.J That the
: Seventh Judicial (Tret;it shall herenftet
: consist of the Districts of Ohio, Indian, !i
: huois, ac.d Miss ouri; that the Distric ts o|
lv ' mi i.y an 1 Tennessee shall constitute
, ti,e Eighth Circuit; and the District of Mis,
| sisst;y*i, the Eastern District of Louisina
; a ;d the Southern District of Alabama, shall
I constitute the Nin’h Circuit: that, in ac
j cordnnrc with ! ih urrar.gement, there shall
| he appointed a Seventh Associate Justice,
i ro reside in the Eighth Circuit, and to at
i tend il. it Circuit until otherwise allotted:
.:ya an Eighth Justictice to reside in the
1 Ninth Circuit, until otherwise allotted:
1 Dii't these Judges shall attend and com
i po.-e a part of tho Supremo Court.
i h • details of tho hill of course accord
i w;t!i this new arrangement of Circuits,
•Yu/. Int%
FROM COLOMBIA.
The'Editors of the New York Journal
of i otmntrce hove been favored with a let
I ter from an intelligent American g.mlo*
man m Colombia, of which the l'o!!ov/iur» is
nn extract: °
Mar vc.uao, Nov. 23, 1320.
“^ince Hast wrote you, our politico*
norizo,, |,as not by any means li-ghtened.
I copl». d,, seem to ,hlflk lh;jt tho Con
st.tucnt Congress will be productive of the
result desired, and we senou-l/unprehond
that tiic troubles of Colombo are not yet j
at ar> e,",« "Various rumor* are abroad
uf them doubtless with a slemit.
7'"1, h.t:0D’ hut sufficient to show that in:/
5,huf ,s brewing. Private letters fr .
-amcas intimate with Paez, had r> ,,rr.,
ie i'ou,<J taken° p-.rt in prorru*' - 7
cy»tem, but would leave the o' , r ^
**« own d.viswns, ro- ?
"> P™*«« tl*m i„ (he mal T .°JVe?’’TT «
‘ib. —Two Officer „h, 0
Po>‘o Cabello u V[m at^ a: f‘v*’d
^abe*> b? the way H; Cara
coa, u.ado declaration to-day l>.-.
Prefect, that Pee* lir.d called a n- ^
he rote hies of the fume r place,
•submitted to them a letter frem (•?
.Janets, the Secretary ol \N ar.ee®?
i»rojcct for crowning Doltvar, aad
ing him fo the daughter cl tl.e 1)^
Icons, the ciown to he hereditary »
..use of llolivars death wiihc®’,,'5
descend to the Pule. Alter cij
var has said and done, such a
appears highly improbable, er.d^J
mere fiction. Put it is also iat^
in cast* llolivar’s assuming stipctr^
er. Venezuela is resolved i:j0i
:ion And nil the rircumMrnce*;^
gel her, as I have just obserted,^
latent disturbances. In conserve"
ihc order of government most
the condition o! the country, a pnr.. i
i|'esto has made its appearance here
by forty three persons, the greater '
n bora arc ollicers ot the govern®^
'many mere subalterns, almost
1 than hoys. It contains the toHc„;.<
■ t icier:
1. That me government should I,
i tab baked on a popular, elective
i aei tative basi .
i 2. That Simon Pclivur be Pre
Il!0.
3. That he be clothed with thej,
necessary to enforce respect to ti^j,
lend his own fhnt n\*s
crime* may {.!<’ unptmislic I, and tfc,
| n.uv have liberty to do what marine
^ry to secure public freedom. trar*,
and prosperity.
4. That in case of his dcalh the it
tiori of tim Republic fall provimne*
| the Vice resident during the time*
f-firy. for t he election of a new Pr^
who shall remain in office for the tost
Nation may hereafter decide.
5. That the legislative body t~t
established in such a manner that it',
I never happen after the death of the L|
| ator President for life, any one *boi
nun at usurping the national right* i*
trodncitig factions into the Republic.
Whatever may bo the form of got*
Intent resolved upon, no doubt Boltin
be placed at the licad of it. at.d most^
ably for life. If in spite of all ln« pa
lotions ho aims at more, then it ml
presumed that Venezuela wall srptnK.1
Although Maracayho was tot>
with Venezuela under the Spanish rep
she is really disconnected, both £i<^
ically and politically, She* has iu a
rnerce with her neighbors on tLt a
while her very existence dcjictifla
relations with the South, and hcn,:<j
Me waters arc nil in that direction. 1
ease of a separation it is tu be pmaa
! that » !ie would unite herself'm her si
lion obviously dictates) with Bogotii
the interior towards tha South, raibtri
with the country on the oilier side v
which she hns scarcely a common inh
—Whatever news may occur jwi
expect to hear from me.'’
Prom Cumf>eachy.—P»y the ship II
deinotia, at New York, the Etkti
the Merchantile Adveitiser have real
t'ampcachy papers, which armour*:!
the State of Yucatan has formallydtrld
in favor of n consolidation of all the^i
I tf Mexico; the establishment «f n(tVJ
(jJovi rimient, tw exercise n gcaend fob
and the abolition of the present
vcrrmientp. This act was agreed id
die civil and military authorities, »ri a
n on need hy a proclamation of die
Inted at Yucatan, Nov. 9. 'Pliey ; »<c.
•hire* that they will not submit ro ti.- *
rliontv of any (iovernor who will nu^1
carry injj this object into efiect.
! Georgia and the Chtrohce JndiauA
the Legislature of (tcorgia, lliebtH*!
tend the laws of the 8tnte over the teni
m the occupancy of the Cherokee*,**
add it to certain counties, beingll»*p
order of the day, w as taken up in On®
tee of the w hole, on the lllb mutant I
amendment was offered to the tith wfl?
postponing the extension of the
• he 1st of June next, and lost on
:nn. A good deal of debate wasch*
Mr. Snorter otliired *n nmendmenti
was adopted, of some length, going'**
the late harsh ordinances of the (
Council, and prote«:t such Indian***'*
u ish to emigrate, to sell or to treat, tzi
punish those exercising nrbitrary L
Vny jiersou or persons preventing J
from exercising their right of*tl!»fe
grating or retreating ftr cet^ion o> *
to be guilty ofl\:gh misde^^ *tIt
i*hcd in tlK. Vcr;rren(ia ‘
punishing lo^nnsb death frfaI1fofi3*
•:ets, to ^rjfJer death. That parfof^
sccti^n, taxing full blooded liid ar*. *
•nrken out. After a long debits**^
Lst section, the hill was reported
Mouse with ihe amendments, uod**£
taken up jfy sections. An atusx^
was again otJered, to postpone thf o?*5
tion until tfvo first of Jnre, acd
; veas TO, and nays K The til! *» *
parsed without t.ny dissenting vokc*.
Sat. It
Oti Saturday night, .)nrin" the tbf
snowstorm, tho dwi-V.ing housecSa*;
,acy on ,ilfc roaJ
•>.uti pme to CV rro|Sioo, waa ******
bgh’mng, ao»> ^rce of hii children if i
•y killed, l
q '‘r-thrr attempt to. Hob the •dito ^
* u *<lay night ta>i, two attempt* *£,t 5 .
' * stop the AVetkru MaiLSiafC. ^
’Ida |»1 >ce and Harrisburg,
tempt ivss tnbdu I'a^i ot .M^
the second a!.out cue mile hnst of^
Oiii-town. Tho first atyeiBpt *#* ^
jhy three o.eo, arid the seto’jJ kf ^
I'Each time the dri’.or, who was
phduls, fred upon them, which so ^
he home j tiiat they ran oil ar.*i h’1
. r->* 1 -.r 1 • ^ ^ ‘f' (•