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Mr. Allen, of Massachusetts, from the Committee of Accounts, reported unfavorably upon the petition of the Executors of the last will and testament of the late William Findley, deceased; which, on motion of Mr. A. was ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. Rochester submitted the follow ing resolution: Resolved, That the committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to in quire into the expediency of providing bv law for the improvement of the nav igation of the Hudson river, so as to open a free communication and direct intercourse for vessels of all descrip tions with the internal canal naviga tion of the state of New York. Mr. Edwards of N. C called for the question of consideration; which was decided in the affirmative. ] On the question of agreeing to the resolution, Mr, Rochester made a few remarks in support of it, and Mr. Ed wards of N C in opposition to it; when the resolution was adopted. Mr. Gorham presented the fol lowing resolution, which lies on the ta ble one dav of course : Resolved. That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this house a copy of the judicial proceedings in the U. States* Court for the District of Louisiana, in the case of the French slave ship La Pensee; together with a copy of such parts as he may not deem inexpedient to disclose, and of the correspondence ! of the Executive of the United States with the government of France, in relation thereto, Mr. Moore of Alab, laid on ;the table the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to lay before this house a statement, shewing the amount of public money for which John Brahan, late receiver of public moneys at the land of fice at Huntsville, wa9 indebted to the go vernment at the time he was dismissed from office; the amount of public money in the hands of said receiver, at the end of each quarter of every year, from the 1st of January, 1817, till the time of his dis mission; all information obtained or re ceived by the said secretary, as to the use the said receiver made of id money ; copies of all letters and instructions from the Department to the said receiver, with in the same period; all correspondence in the possession of the Department, and oth er information obtained by the secretary therot in relation to any improper conduct, violation of official trust, or omission of duty on the part of said receiver; together with a statement, of the time at which the Secretary was first notified, or had reason to suspect such improper conduct,violation of official trust; or omission of duty; the measures adopted to recover said money, it any; the time when they were com menced; what agent was employed tor that purpose; what he accomplished; the compensation allowed him for the same ; if any mortgage cr deed of trust on land has been given, and what land; the price at which was originally sold by the gov ernment; whether, in the opinion of the said Secretary, the valuation ot the land has depreciated, and, if so, whether ma king all due allowance for such deprecia tion, the said debt is well secured fo the government; who are the said receivers se curities; in what sura bound; and wbat proceedings have been instituted against them. Mr. Newton gave notice that he should, on Friday next, move for the consideration of the bill to establish the compensation of the officers of the cus toms, &.C, Mr. F* Johnson, from the Commitee on the Post Office and Post Roads, re ported a bill further to regulate the Post Office Department; which was read twice and committed. Mr. Scott moved that the house take up for consideration the bill to provide for paying to the state of Missouri three per cent arising from the sales of the public lands within the same,which was agreed to. The question thereupon was, whether the house would recede from their disa greement to the amendment of the Se nate. The recession was advocated by Mr. Rankin, and opposed by Mr. Tay lor and Mr, Butler, and after a few fur ther remarks by Mr. Gilmer, and Mr. Cook, the question was taken, and the house refused to recede from their dis agreement, and by a subsequent vote a greed to adhere to the amendment they had previously adopted. * Mr Cook gave notice that he would on to-morrow move tor the considera tion of the report of the Select Com mittee appointed on the subject ot the western land offices, &.c. A message was received from the Pre sident of the United States, communi cating information, called tor by a reso lution of the House, in respect to claims that may have been made by a foreign power to the territory on the Pacific O cean, west of the United States, which, on motion of Mr. Cocke, was ordered to be laid on the table. The following bills from the Senate were respectively read twice, aud refer red to their appropriate committees, viz, A bill for the relief of the legal repre sentatives of John Donnelson, Thomas Carr, and others; a hill to authorize the building of light houses therein named, and for other purposes; a bill to repeal the 14th section of the act to reduce and fix the military peace esaablishment of the United States, passed the second day of March, 1821; a bill to authorize and empower the corporation of the city of Washington, in the District of Colum bia, to drain the low’ grounds on or near the public reservations, and to improve and ornament certain parts of such re serv&tions, and a bill for the relief of the legal representatives of Greenberry H. Murphey. A bill from the Senate to perfect cer tain locations of the public lands in the state of Missouri, was read a third time and passed. An engrossed resolution providing for the security of the public mail by the adoption of Imlay’s plan therefor, was read a third time and passed. The House then went into a commit tee of the whole on the 6tate of the U nion, (Mr. Nelson, of Va. in the chairj on the bill in addition to the act to re duce and fix the military peace estab lishment. The question recurred upon striking out the second section of the bill, which was carried—and, on motion of Mr. Smith of Md. the third section was also stricken out. Mr. Smith, of Md. also moved to strike out that part of the fourth section which provided to reduce the Quarter master General to the rank of a Colo nel; and, after a few^e marks by the mo- j ver, the question was taken, and the mo tion was negatived. Mr. Tracy moved to strike out the subsequent part of the same section, which provides for the abolition of the offices of two Quartermasters, and the question being taken thereon, it was car ried. Mr. Woodcock, after a number of ap propriate remarks, submitted the fol lowing amendment as a second section to the bill: Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the President of the United States, to cause to be consolidated and arranged the com panies and regiments ofinfantry and ar tillery, so as to form four regiments of infantry, consisting of ten companies each, and two regiments of artillery, consisting of ten companies each, with the necessary regimental staff to each regiment and to cause the surplus or snpernumary officers, non commission ed officers, and musicians, to be dismis sed from service, fromaBd after the day of-next. A general discussion ensued upon the amendment, which extended to the ge neral policy of the present military es tablishment of the country; and in which the amendment proposing to reduce &, consolidate was supported by Messrs. Woodcock, Cannon, Gilmer, Wright, and Rhe^, and opposed by Messrs. Poin sett, Wood, McDuffie, Cook, Tatnall, and Eustis; when the question was ta ken, and the amendment negatived— ayes 62, noes 95* Mr Eust’6 moved to strike out the 6th section of the bill; in relation to medi cines, surgical instruments, and other medical and hospital supplies; and the question thereon was taken without de bate, and carried without division* The subsequent sections of the bill, to the 10th inclusive, after having sustain ed a variety of modifications and amend ments in their details, were agreed to. Mr. Poinsette moved tosirikeout the 11th section which provides for dischar ging Jhe supernumerary officers and en listed men of the ordnance department; but the motion was negatived. The 11th and 12th sections, (being the residue of the bill,) having been gone through with, and the blanks tilled, The House adjourned. IN SENATE. Thursday, April 18. Mr. Morrell submitted the following re solution for consideration ' Resolved That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of passing a general law, re quiring all persons who are authorized to receive or disburse the public moneys, be fore they commense such service, to enter into bonds, with gocd and sufficient sure ties, in a suitable surn, conditioned for the faithful perfoimance of their duty; and, also, that all public officers who are authorized to make contracts with individ uals, shall require such contractors to en ter into like bonds, with like suretits, conditioned as above, previous to their re ce'ving any advance of public money; with such other provisions, as may be necessary to secure the public property, when in the hands of public agents. The bill from the house of Representa tives to alter the times ot holding courts in the western District of Virginia, and for other purposes, passed through a com mittee of the whole and was ordered to be read a third time. The Senate took up, in committee of the whole, Mr. Dickerson in the chair, the bill from the house of Representatives making appropriations for the support of j government for the year 1822; and pro ceeded to consider the amendments report ed thereto by the Committee on Finance. Amongst the amendments reported to the bill by the committee was the following: : “For surveying the public lands in 1821, forty thousand dollars.” I This amendment was intended to cover one half of an amount of expense incurred by the survey of a tract of country in Il linois, which the Surveyor General can* strued his instructions from the Commis sioner ot the General Land Office to re quire, but which, it appears, was not con templated by those instructions; and a long debate followed on the propriety ot mak ing payment for it in whole, in part, or at all, at this time. The appropriation was opposed by Messrs. Holmes of Maine, Macon, Bar bour. Chandler and Morril; and it was ear nestlyj supported by Messrs. Edwards, Benton, Johnson of Kentucky, Lloyd and Barton, who also advocated the propiiety and equity of allowing the whole sum of 80,ooo dollars- Mr, Lowrie spoke against I appropriating the whgie sum, but would agree to 40,coo though he questioned the strict propriety of go g even a9 far a& that at this time. In t end. The amendment wa agreed to. The next amen ment proposed to make an appropriation ot l5,ooo dollars* to carry into effect the 4t • article of the trea ty with Spain, which rnvides for running the line between the United States and the Spanish territory After some explan on from Mr. Holmes of Me* to show the propriety of the ap propriation, notwilh anding the political changes that have occurred in Mexico— the amendment was agreed to, nem con. The two next amendments reported by the commmittee, went, first, to reduce to 1200 dollars the appropriation of 2000 dollars for William Lambert, who was em ployed under a r* sol tion ot Congress to make observ lions to certain the longi tude ot the Capitol, euminary to the es tablishment of a first me"dian 'or the na tion; and secondly, o increase the appro priation for JFilliam Flliot who assisted in the observations, from 5oo to 600 dol lars After some discussion of the first of these amendments, in which Messrs. King of N. Y Pleasants, Holmes of Me. and Barbour took part, the amendment was negatived; ayes 13, nces i5; and that which added to Mr* Elliot’s compensation was agreed to. The nest amendment reported to the bill was one which went to extend to the military appropriation bill, already passed the provision .ttached to the present bill prohibiting payment of salary being made to any oifirer while his public accounts shall remain unsettled. On this question, an extensive debate took place. The principle of the provi sion was advocated by Messis Holmes of Me. and Morril as expedient, equitable &. proper, though they admitted it would at first operate very hardly on many indivi duals Messrs. Johnson ol Ky. and John son of Lou. opposed the provision because it was impolitic, as it would drive men from office of tbe most upright and virtuous i characters; because men otten appeared indebted to tbe government who proved, on a settlement of accounts, to have mo ney due to them by the government; that the settlement of accounts was often sus pended for the want of further proof or for some explanation; that its effect would be to make misfortune criminal, &c 4*c Mr, Barbour, who concurred in these views op posed the provision on the further ground, that it ought, it proper at all, to be a se parate act, and not <orm a part of an »p propnation bill which was intended simp'y to provide for paying sums which other laws had authorized, &c. and he intimated j an intention to more to expunge it altoge- , tber. The debate on both sides took a pretty wide scope; but before the question was taken on the amendment, The bill was hid on the table; and The Senate spent some time on Execn tivy business; and then Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr* Kent, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred a bill from the Senate, to authorize the cor poration of the city of Washing on to drain the low grounds and to ornament certain parts of the public reservations in the said city, reported the same without amend ment, which on motion of Mr. K was or dered to lie on the table. Mr. Gorham’s resolution, laid on the ta ble yesterday, calling lor information re specting the Flench ship La Pensee, was taken up, and adopted. The. resolution submitted yesterday by Mr. Moore, of Alabama, calling lor infor mation respecting cert, in transactions in the Huntsville Land Office, was also laken up, and after a few remarks by Mr. Moore the same was adopted Mr. Floyd laid tbe following resolution on the table. ^ . . .. Resolved, That the President of the U nited States be requested to cause to be communicated to this House, it not injuri ous to the public good, any letter or com j munication, which may have been recei j ! ved from Jonathan Bussell, Esq one ofthe j I ministers of the United Stales, who conclu- 1 i ded the treaty of Ghent, after the signature | of that treaty, and which was written in conformity to the indications contained in said minister’s letter dated at Ghent, 25th December, 1814. | On motion of Mr Thompson, it was I ResoVed, That the Committee on tbe Post Office and Post Roads be instructed I to enquire into the expediency of esta blishing a post Road from Lawrencevdle, , in the county of Gwinett, or from Monti cello in tbe county of Jasper, to the stand ing Peach Tree, in the county of Fayette, in the state of Georgia. Mr. Rich laid on the table th* following resolution : Resolved, That the 69th section of the rules and orders of the Hou«e be expunged. and the following substituted in lieu there of, to wit: Exclusive of the ‘‘ committee of the whole on the state of the Union,” there shall be three committees ot the whole House, to wit : one on hills and other sub* jects of a public or general nature; one on private or local bills; and one on subjects of a local or private nature, upon which , unfavorable reports shall have been made by a committee. And when a subject, shall have been referred to a committee ot i the whole, it shall be assigned to the ap ; propriate committee by the Speaker, and unless otherwise specially ordered, shall be entered on the calendar for the next succeeding day. The House having resolved itself into either ot the said committees, the several subjects referred to it shall be announced by the Chairman in the order in which they stand upon the calendar; and any number may, in the discretion of the com mittee, be considered at the same sitting. But no subject shall be considered, except on the motion of a member, seconded by a majority of the committee. Provided that the house may specially resolve itself into a committee of the whole, upon any subject, which a committee shall previously have refused to consider Mr. Van Wyck moved to take up the motion to print 5000 extra copies of the re* port of the Committee of Retrenchment, but the motion was negatived, ayes 69, Mr. Wright moved that thfe House pro ceed to the consideration of the bill in re lation to the escape of fugitives, slaves &c.; but, the question being put, Mr. W s motion was negatived. The bill from the Senate to ascertain claims and titles to land in the territory of Florida, was twice read and referred. The House then proceeded to the con sideration of the bill in addition to an act to reduce and fix the Military Peace Es tablishment. . ORDERS OF THE DAY. The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, (Mr. Condict in the chair,) on the bill making further ap propriations for the military service of the United States for the year 1822, and for o ther purposes* And after some time spent thereon, the House adjourned. ' THE G-AZETTE.~ TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1822. 1 - —-- J. ■ - | The magistrate’s bill now pending before ! Congress, I trust will be rejected by that ho norable body. Jt is only calculated to increase litigation, and to throw a vast deal of business into the hands of two classes of men, who i think have sufficient already. Considerable discussion has taken place in the City of Wash • jngton, respecting its merits, and like all ques tions of a pecuniary character, there are advo cates pro and con. Some writers there seem to think that it is designed rather for what they singularly and emphatically term trading jus tices. What sort of persons they are, 1 am at a loss to conjecture. Surely they cannot al lude to gentlemen, who are in the commission of the peace, and are vested with the highly responsible functions of administering justice. If justice is to be made a trade of, then indeed is this District truly, in the language of the ec centric and eloquent Randolph, a non de cnpt territory.” In every portioa of the civil ized globe, where laws are understood and de fined, the fountain of justice is preserved pure and uncontaminated, and so far from being a shop of trade, the office of justice is the tem ple of science, integrity and morality. From what source the lexicographers on the other sideoi the Potomac derivetnat new term, I have not been able to collect. But 1 am inclined to think that they are words of new invention, that possibly the practice of administering jus. tice there.may have given risetotheappellation. The bill to be sure seems to halt along the floor of Congress rather awkardly. It is possible that our enlightened legislators may be a little shy of giving their assent to the bill, lest they might acquire the nick-name of the indoctum parliamentum or lack.learning parliament.— The sophistry which has been used to prove that the bill does not invade the constitutional right of a trial by jury, affords complete evi dence of the feebleness of the advocate, or the badness of his cause. It is a veil which has been cast over the attempt to deprive this por tion of the union of an inestimable and saored right, but it is of so thin a guaze, that it is die. sipeted by the smallest whisper ot sound reason* The measnre may with strict propriety bc termed odious, when it is introduced in a so iemn manner, into the highest seats of legisla tion. The constitution of the United States, which on this subject is so plain and lucid that he who runneth may read, is assailed in the most barefaced and outrageous manner. That statesman who asserts to the contrary, and jus tifies himself by the example of State laws for vindicating the enactment oi this law, shews that he possesses less regard for patriotism, than popularity. He differs essentially from the great Lord Mansfield, who declared in the case of \Vilkes—“ l wish popularity, but it is that popularity which, follows; not that which is run after. It is that popnlarity which sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means.” A. The mutineers brought into Boston by the Ruby, from the Cape de Verds, have been de livered to the U. S. Marshal, and committed to jail to await examination. Duels—The Boston Centinel, in noticing the late duel at Port Mahon, in which Midship man Worthington was killed, says, “We have seen other letters from Port Mahon, not only authenticating this fact, but stating further, that two other meetings took place on the same day, between the Midshipmen engaged in the affair which caused the death of young Worth ington. One of them was settled without the exposure of life, and the other after exchang ing one fire, which proved ineffectual. A fourth meeting was expected, but one of the parties was arrested, and is to be tried by a Court Martial. An English paper states, that in the town ol Barnstaple, the bellman went a bout the town, informing the inhabitants that beet was selling at one penny half penny a. pound, anji fine mutton at two pence which was reported to be prime.— This exhibits a state of market which cor responds with the period of Charles the Second. Tbe Jannissaries at Constantinople are said to have refused to repair to the army, and that the Porte has been compelled to let them remain; in consequence, a part of the Asiatic tioopshave marched to fight the Greeks, who were making rapid head* way in Thessaly, The first session of the ne w Cortes wasj opened at Madrid, on the 3d of ityarch, by the King in person, who delivered a short address which was answered by Riego who had been chosen President* It is said in the Loudon Courier that Dr. Errick Bollman, died at Jamaica on tbe 10th Dec. last, on bis return from South Aimtc*. Account* from Berlin, include the cir. cumstance that the Persians continued u wage war against tbe Turks. 0 A footman in the service ot the R0yti family at Paris, has petitioned tbe Cham, ber of Deputies to know why the Kin? bad dismissed hint. * • A box of ripe Strawberries was sold fa Boston market on Wednesday during snow storm, for eight dollars- Cucu®* bers upwards of eight inches in length fresh from the vines, were exhibited the same day. By a private letter received fro® . friend on board tbe U. S- ship Franklin we have the pleasing intelligence of \[1 safe arrival of that beautiful ship at iL Janeiro, on tbe 7th ot Dec last, and to sail on tbe 9th for Valparaiso, Coni Stewart availing himself of tbe bestopl portunity of doubling Cape Horn- All were well on board when this letter written, with the exception of Mr. Smith 1 the purser's steward. [AT. F. Daily Ji^ j Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Jin. H ttgua, to his correspondent at St. Eusla* * tia, dated March 6,1822. “i am obliged by your offer of provision! * but 1 have a large parcel of meal in store i and our Planters are unfortunately not hu situation to purchase largely, having no ' means of payment, owing to the crop ha- j ving failed* I am ol opinion that we shall 1 have a direct intercourse with America by 1 the first of June; and 1 think there is ootr $ more than sufficient provision at market. 1 Washington, April 19. jj The bill “further to regulate the post I i office Department,” which was report.)! ed in the House of Representatives on J Wednesday last, and is now depending there, provides, among other things, as^ follows: That all post roads shall be < discontinued, on which the nett proceeds of postages do not amount to one third of the expense of conveying the same, except those which lead to seats of go. vernment, or between seats of govern* meat of the several states or territories or to or between seats of justice; that no postmaster shall frank or receive free of postage, any letter or package, except $ on business relating to his office; that oo , post master shall be concerned in any coo* I tract tor carrying the mail; that any po«t«i master shall be forthwith removed from of-f fice who shall fail to render bis account)'* within fory tdays, or pay drafts on him by a the General Post Office tor moneys due by $ him to the office; th.t no allowance for 1 clerk-hire in post offices shall hereafter be } made, unless sanctioned by the Poatmas- i ter General; that the commissions hereaf»! | ter to be allowed, per quarter, to postmas- $ | ters, shall be as follows: On any sum not ; exceeding one hundred dollars, twenty* ;S ’ five per cent; on any sum not exceeding.' two thousand three hundred dollars ever ' and above the first hundred dollars, twenly per cent; and on any sum above the first 1 two thousand three hundred dollars, eight 1 per cent; that the following postages be] hereafter charged, viz: on every single let* 1 ter conveyed by mail for any distance not j exceeding 20 miles, 6i cents; for any dis* ^ lance over zU miles, and not exceeding 60 miles, 10 cents; for any distance over 60'4 miles, and not exceeding 120 miles, Hi f cents; for any distance over 120 miles, and 1 not exceeding 240 miles, 181 cents; foranf distance over 240 miles, and not exceeding 400 miles, 20 cents; for anv distance over 400 miles, and not exceeding 740 miles; ; 25 cents; and for any distance above 740 miles, 31 i cents; and for every double let* ter, double those rates, and lor every triple litter, triple those rates; and for every quad* j ruple letter, quadruple those rates; and lor j every letter or package weighing one ouuce [ avoirdupois weight, single postage for e* very quarter of an ounce, and in that pro* j portion lor all greater weights: and the pos* 9 tage to be charged on newspapers shall be, f for any distance not exceeding 60 miles, 1 r cent: for any distance not over 60 miles, and not exceeding 300 miles, 14 cents; k for any distance over 300 miles 2 cents; * provided the pottage to be charged oc a i single newspaper from any one place to a* ; nother in the same state or territory, shall j not exceed 1 cent; and the postage to be charged on magazines or pamphlets shall be, lor any distance not exceeding 50 mil** , 14 cents per sheet; for any distance over 60 miles, and not exceeding 150 miles, 2 cents per sheet; for any distance over 160 miles, and not exceeding 3oo miles, 24 cents; tor any distance over Soo miles, and not ex*/ ceeding Soo miles, 3 cents; and for any distance exceeding 5oo miles, 34 cents; that no publisher or printer of a new6pap*r shall be entitled-to receive, free of postag* more than 5o newspapers, nor more than 6 from any one state; that no officer of tn* government shall frank or receive free ot postage any letters other than those relx* ting to the business of bis office. Washington April 20, William P. Duvall* of Kentucky, rt* cently judge ot the United States' Court in East Florida, has been appointed by the President, with the consent of the Se* nate, to be Governor of the Territory w Florida. « Of the documents yesterday transroifted to Congress, by the President connected with recent occurrences in Florida,'ll* most important is a letter from the Secre* taiy of State to Don Juaquin d’Anduag** Minister of Spain, giving a definitive ans wer to bis complaints against the pro ceedings of General Jackson, whilst Gov ernor of Florida. The letter is of sticu length, that we shall not be able immedi ately to publish it. Meanwhile, we Prc' sent our readers with the following, wine are the concluding paragraphs of the w * -ter, and which afford information of t'1 destination of the Macedonian which lately sailed from Boston: [AV, /*• “The delays of the Captain Generf Cuba* with regard to the fulfilment of Royal order transmitted to him by coi Forbes, were so extraordinary, and, UP0*' any just principle, so unaccountable, to? the Minister ot the United States in Spam was, by letters from this Department, 0