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List of rfcts passed during the First
Session of the Eighteenth Congress.
An act appropriating a certain sum
oftnoney for the relief of Daniel D.
Tompkins.
Authorizing the Secretary ol the
Treasury to furnish, for the use of the
Territory of Arkansas, an abstract of
the military bounty lands lying within
the same.
An net supplementary to the act,
entitled “ An act for the relief of per
sons impriso ted for debt,”
An act for the relief of Jeremiah
Manning, of New Jersey.
An act concerning discriminating
duties of tonnage and import.
An act making a partial appropria
tion for the year 182-1.
An act for the relief <*f William
Martlet and John Stearns, owners of
the schooners Angler, and Nathaniel
Tarver, owner of the schooner Harmo
ny, and others.
An act for the relief of certain dis
tillers within the county of Berks, in
the state of Pennsylvania.
An act further extending the term
ofhalf pay pensions to tiic widows
and children of officers, seamen, and
marines, who died in the public ser
vice.
An act authorizing the commission
ers of the sinking fund to purchase the
seven per cent, stock of the United
Mates in the year one thousand eight
hundred and twenty-four.
An act to authorize (he surveying
anil making a road from a point oppo
site to Memphis, in the state of Ten
nessee, to Little Rock, in the territory
of Arkansas.
An act to revive and continue in
force an act, entitle.l “An act for fix
ing the compensations of the Secreta
ry of the Senate and Clerk of the
House of Representatives,of the clerks
employed in their offices, and of the
Librarian.
An act for the relief of the legal re
presentatives of John Michael, de
ceased.
An act to authorize the laying out
and opening certain public roads in
the territory of Florida.
An act to regulate the surveying of
public and private l*ml claims in the
southern part of the state of Alaba
ma.
An act to authorise the issuing of
letters patent to Samuel Brown.
An act to extend the time limited
for the settlement of private land
claims in {he territory of Florida.
To repeal in part an act, entitled
“An act to lessen the compensation
for Marsha is, Clerks, and Attorneys,
in the cases therein mentioned.”
An act making appropriations for
the military service of the U. States
for the year 1824.
An act for the better organization
of the district courts of the United
States w ithin the state of Alabama.
An act to define the boundary line
■between the Kdwardsville and Spring
field land districts, in the state of Il
linois.
An act to change the terms of the
District Court of the United States,
for the Kentucky District.
To authorise the employing of cer
tain assistants in;the General Laud
Office.
An act making appropriations for
the support of Government, for the
year 1824.
An act to amend an act, entitled
“ An act for the establishment of a
Turnpike Company in the county of
Alexandria, in the District of Colum
bia.”
An act extending the term of pen
sions grunted to persons disabled, and
to the widows, &c. qfehose who iiu\e
been slain, or who have died in conse
quence of wounds or casualties receiv
ed while in the line of their duty, on
board the piivate armed ships of the
United States, during the late war.
An act confirming certain acts of
James Miller, as Governor of the Ter
ritory of Arkansas, and for other pur
poses.
An act to change the terms of the
C-iicuit and Districts Courts of the U.
States, in the State of Ohio, and one of
the terms of the Circuit Court in Ken
tucky.
An act giving the consent and sanc
tion of Congress to a certain act of the
Legislative Council of the Territory
of Florida. w .
An act to alter the times of holding
the District Court of the United States
for the District of Illinois.
An act making appropriations for
the support of the Navy of the United
States for the year 1824.
An act supplementary to the act,
entitled “ An act supplementary to
tfie act, entitled “An act for the re
lief of persons imprisoned for debt.”
An act to repeal an act, approved
the third March, 1823, entitled, “ An
act lor the relief of John B. llo^an.”
’ An act authorizing the executors
ol John B. Mcbane to collect certain
taxes.
An act mailing appropriations for
certain fortifications of the U. States
for the year 1824.
An act to alter the times of holding
the Circuit Court for the District ot
Missouri.
i An act to procure necessary sur
veys, plans, and estimates, upon the
subject of roads and canals.
An act rewarding the officers and
crews of two gigs, or small boats, un
der tL command of Lieutenant Fran
cis 11. Gregory, of the United States’
Navy.
An act for the relief of Joseph Wood
of Ohio.
An act for enclosing the burial
ground ofChrist Church, \N ashington
Parish.
An act for the relief of Celesfin
Moreau, of Louisiana.
An act for the relief of the legal
representatives of Joseph C. Boyd.
An act for the relief of Napier,
Rapelve, and Bennett, and Petray and
Yiel.
An act for the relief of Noah Smith
of Maine.
An act for the relief of Alfred
Moore and Sterling Orgain, assignees
of Moris Linsay.
An act for the relief of the legal
representatives of Firman Le Sieur.
An act for the relief ot Charles
Gwynn, of Baltimore.
An act for the relief of Elijah Aan
Syckel, of Philadelphia.
An act to authorize the settlement
of the accounts of Benjamin Lincoln,
and others.
An act declaring the consent of
Congress to certain acts of the state of
Alabama.
An act altering the times of holding
the courts in the District of Colum
bia.
An act releasinn the owners of the
ship (Jen. Jackson from the payment
ot certain duties.
An act authorizing the issuing of
certain debentures to Barnard Thooft.
An act for the relief of the legal
representatives of Samuel Mims, de
ceased.
An act for the relief of the repre
sentatives of Elijah Brush.
. An act to provide for repaying to
Rezaleel Wells, a certain sutr. of mo
ney by him eroueously paid into the
Treasury.
An act to provide for the extinguish
ment of the debt due to the United
States, by the purchasers of public
lands.
An act providing for the appoint
ment of an Agent to the Ossage Indians
West of the Missouri, &c.
An act to compensate William
Cocke for certain military services
rendered the United States during
the late war, and for the reliet oi John
T. Johnson.
An act making an appropriation for
the payment of the claims of Daniel
D. Tomkins late Governor of the state
of Nevv-York against the United
States.
An act granting a tract of land to
the parish of West Baton Rogue, on
certain conditions,
To enable the President to hold
treaties with certain Indian tribes, and
for other purposes.
For the relief of Ilezekiali Langley
and Benjamin M. Belt.
An act making further appropria
tions for the military service of the U.
States, for the year 1824, and for other
purposes.
An act appropriating a sum of money
to Benjamin Huffman, of the state of
Indiana.
An act making appropriations to
carry into effect certain Indian trea
ties.
To allow the bounty to vessels em
ployed in the cod fisheries, in certain
cases.
An act making appropriations for
deepening the channel leading into
tke harbor of Presque Isle, and for re
pairing Plymouth Beach.
Concerning pre-emption rights in
the territory of Arkansas.
To fix the Western boundary line
of the territory of Arkansas, and for
other purposes.
An act making an appropriation to
wards the extinguishment of the Qua
uapaw title to lands in the territory of
Arkansas.
An act authorizing the employment
of additional clerks, and certain mes
sengers, and assistants, and other
persons, in the several Departments.
To allow a salary to the Collectors
of the Districts of Nantucket and
Pensacola, and to abolish the otlicc of
Surveyor of the District of Pensacola.
An act to confer certain powers on
the Lexy Court of the county of Alex
andria, in the District of Columbia,and
for other purposes.
An act further to regulate the in
spection of flour in the county of Alcx
aml ria.
An act to authorize masters of ves
sels, in certain cases, to clear out ei
ther at the custom house of Petersburg
or that of Richmond.
For the relief of certain Distillers in
the United States.
i att to amend an art, entitled
“An act to omenfl an act for the esta
blishment of a Territorial Govern
ment of Florida, and for other purpo
ses.”
An act granting donations of land
to certain actual settlers in the terri
tory of Florida.
To authorize the State of Indiana
to open a canal through the Public
■Lands, to connect the navigation ol
the rivers Wabanh and Miami.
An act authorizing an examination
and survey of the Harbor -of Charles
ton, in S. Carolina, and of St. Mary's
in Georgia, and of the coast of Uorids
and for other purposes.
An act to alter the Judicial Dis
tricts of Virginia, and for other purpo
ses.
An act for altering the time for hold
ing the Circuit court ot the U. States
torthe fourth circuit in the Maryland
District.
An act granting to the counties or
parishes of each state and territory ot
the United States in which the public
lands are situated, the right ot pre
emption to quarter sections of land,
for seats of justice within the same.
An act to establish an additional
Land Office in tlie State of Missouri.
An act to provide for the sale of
lands conveyed to tiie United States
in certain cases, and for other pur
poses.
An act enabling the claimants to
lands within the limits of Missouri,
and Territory of Arkansas, te institute
proceedings to try’ the validity ot their
claims.
An act providing for the disposition
of three several tracts of land in Tus
carawas County in the state of Ohio,
and for ther purposes.
An act supplementary to the seva
ral acts providing for ascertaining and
adjusting the titles and claims to land
in the St. Helena and Jackson Court
House Land Districts.
An act explanatory of an act, enti
tled ‘ An act to provide for the extin
guishment of the debts due to the U.
States, by the purchasers of the pub
lands;’ approved on the eighteenth
day of May, 1824’
An act to allow further time to com
plete the issuing and locating of Mili
tary Land warrants.
An act making an appropriate for
the use of the Library of Congress and
for furnishing rooms in the Capitol.
An act to authorize the building ol
Light Houses, Light-vessels and Bea
cons, therein mentioned, and for other
purposes.
An act to authorize the President
to exchange five arpens of land, on the
south side of the public lot and Baton
Rogue for an equal quantity of land
on the north side of said lot.
An act to regulate the mode of prac
tice in the Courts of the United States
for the District of Louisiana.
An act supplementary to “ An act
providing for the examination of ti
tles to land in that part of the State
of Louisiana situated between the
Rio Honda and the Sabine river.
An act supplementary to an act
passed on the thirteenth day of June
1812 entitled “ An act making further
provisions for settling the claims to’
iand in the Territory of Missouri.”
An act granting certain lots of
ground to the Corporation of the city
of Mobile, and to certain individuals of
said city.
An act in further addition to “An
act to establish an uniform Rule of
Naturalization,aud to repeal the acts
heretofore passed on that subject.”
An act explanatory of an act, enti
tled “ An act for the relief of the of
ficers, volunteers, and other persons,
engaged in the late campaign against
the .Seminole Indians, passed the 4th
of May 1824.
An act to authorize the President
of the United States to enter into cer
tain negotiations relative to lands lo
cated under Virginia Military Land
Warrants, lying between Ludlovvs’s
and Roberts lines, in the State of
Ohio.
An act to authorize the surveying
and makiugof a road from a point in
Northwestern boundary, of the State
of Ohio near thd foot of the Rapids of
the Miami of Lake Erie, to Detroit
in the Territory of Michigan.
An act to revive and extend th#
term of certain pensions w hich have
expired by limitation.
An act to regulate the fees of the
Registers of Wills, in the several coun
ties within the District of Columbia.
An act to authorize the Secretary
of the Treasury to exchange a stock,
bearing an interest of four and a-hulf
per cent, for certain stocks bearing an
interest of six per cent.
An act granting privileges over the
reservations and commons in said
.town.
An act reserving to the Wyandot
Tribe of Indians a certain tract of
land, in lieu of a reservation made to
them by treaty.
Aiqact supplementary to the act
“to incorporate the inhabitants of the
City of Washington,” passed the 15th
of May 1820 and tor other purposes.
An act for the relief of the corpo.
raiion*6f tlie tbuixh of SI. Anne, fit.<l
to authorize the extension of Lamed
street, in the town of Detroit.
An act for the relief of John H.
Howland ot New-York.
An act for the relief of the legal
representatives of Thomas Robinson,
deceased.
An act granting a tract of land to
the inhabitants of the parish of Point
Coupee, on certain conditions.
An act for the relief of Alexander
Scott late Collector id’ Pensacola.
An act to authorize the issuing of
letiers patent to Nathaniel Sylvester.
An act for the relief of certain
persons who have pnid duties on
certain goods imported into Cas
tine.
An act for the relief of the legal
representatives of Charles Brad
ford.
An act for the relief of James,
Jehu, and Nathaniel Brooks and
the representatives of either of
them,
An act for the relief of Daniel
Carroll of Duddington and others.
For the relief of the Aclmieistra
torofjohn B. Fanning deceased,
late a Purser in the Navy of the
United States.
An act for the relief of the legal
representatives of Fry anil Spal
ding.
An act for the relief of Morris
Goldsmith and Anthony Rode
rick.
For the relief of William Hall,an
invalid soldier of the Revolutionary
army.
An act for the relief of the legal
representatives of John Louder
tnan.
An act supplementary to an act
entitled “An act, authorizing the
Executors of John B. jVlebane to
collect certain arrears of tax.”
An act for the relief of the heirs
of Miguel Eslava.
An act for the relief of Dean
Weymouth and Zachaviah Bun
ker.
An act to authoize the issuing a
register to the brig William,of New
York.
An act to amend the several acts
imposing duties on imports.
An act providing for a grant of
land for the seat of government in
in the territory of Florida, and for
other purposes.
An act supplementary to an act
approved on the third day ol March
1819 entitled ‘An act providing
for the correction of errors in ma
king entries of land at the land of
fices.
An act to improve the naviga
tion of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers.
An act to authorize the creation
of stock to an amount not exceed
ing five millions of dollars, to pro
vide for the awards of the Com
missioners under the Treaty with
Spain, of the twenty second of Feb
ruary, 182 0.
An act changing the mode of
surveying the public lands, on any
river, lake,bayou, or water course.
An act for the relief of the rep
resentatives of John Donnelson,
Stephen Heard, and others.
An act for the relief of the as
signees and legal representatives of
John H. Piatt.
An act to alter the times of hol
ding the Circuit and District Courts
of the United States for the District
of South Carolina.
Ads were passed fi>r llte relic f the following
persons. —Thomas W. Bacot , Charles M Col
lier, Loudon Case, Brintcell Bobbins William
Kendall Jacob Babbitt, Carnet Fountain Alex
ander McNair Samuel Wharton Barham J'uu
las Capt. Thomas Stamford Thaddeus May
hew. Ainusa Stetson Hanson Kelly Col. Will
iam Duane William N. Lurie Alvin Bronson
Nathaniel Jones, Soloman Sibley, Henry
Lightner, W illiam T. Nimmo, David Beard,
David Cooper F.lliott Rucker, Charles Hum
phrey George B. B. Govel Stephen Brace Jo
seph Wheaton, Josian Hook, jr. David Hillin,
Samuel Hong, Mnreon Duval, John Wilmot,
Lemuel Arm*, William Blagrovc, Joseph Mu
reehal, Thomas W illiani“, Frederick I’erley,
Joshua Bennett. Hubert Blean, Robert Broth
erton, Archibald Clark, Isaac Collyerand oth
ers. Benjamin Desobry, Jonas Duncan, Joseph
Firman nnrt others, Robert S. Foreman. Ma
tnrin Guichol, Mary It Hawkins, Benjamin
King, J. M. C. Montgomery, Hugh McCulloch
Jacob Slough, Joseph Smith, of Alexandria,
John Topp, Dean Weymouth, John K. Car
ter, Edward Evans, John S. Maflit, Lundic
Richardson. Bobeit Strain. J Ottramare, Sa
muel Cleveland jr. the Columbian Institute,
George Fisher, Arthur H. Henly, John Holli
day, Samuel White, Joseph M. White, and
W iliium Davidson.
Resolutions.
Resolutions providing a place of
deposite for the portrait of Columbus
and directing the diatribation of cer
tain copies ol the Declaration of Inde
pendence, now in the Department of
State.
Resolution in relation to an inten
ded visit of the Marquis de La Fay
ette to the United States.
The White Mountains of New
Hampshire, the highest in the United
.‘“'Pi* ftrhaj*, a ■
Mountains, are beginning 1,, 8
the attention of travellers’ an* ‘“B
ures are about being taken
road to Mount Washington uk t ? n ß
said to exceed the highest Dirt, 1 ? B
Alleghanies and the green M U
in Vermont, by 2,500 feet.”
Washington is more than’ aav■ “jB
higher than Ben Nevis, the B
mountain in Great Britain,
2500 leet higher than Snowdl B
of about equal altitude with M t
pus, of Classic fame. The , la JB
which I have mentioned it H
pretty well established by custo^'B
will doubtless superseded rai| ter ’ , "B
musical Indian title of Agiococn >'‘KE
It. is surrounded by five lowerntikß
bearing the names of Adams, JdlWsß
Madison, Monroe, and Pleasant. j'B
last name seems to be a sort of ) 0ci( B
tennis, till another presidential e ; B
tion. The highest point of Mount \B
is nearly 2000 feet below the limitß
perpetual snow, which in our
is probably about 8000 feet. Tliereß
however, a great quantity of snow r B
maining upon it till the month of ]„|B
and in dry seasons a small
might be found, in shady creviceß
throughout the year, bat as thesuß
tiler had been rainy, we found none fl
any place. ‘I lie most proper time
ascending the White Mountains Sf
early in July. In August, scirctlvß
day passes in which the summitsß
not enveloped in a dense fog, and trß
vellers are sometimes obliged to
more than a week, for weather
cienily clear to discover the natli” ■§
Here cloudless regions calm thtjotl Isl
Bid mortal cares he still ;
Can passions wayward well contril H
And rectify the will. H
“ Here midst some vast expanse,thtmufli
Which swelling virtue fires, H
Forgets that earth it leaves behind, SB
And to its heaven aspires. H
Boston pipt, H
“ I will see you paid.”—A casnvjl
recently decided in EnglandbjdiicH
a debt of 122/. 18s. was recovered ol
a man, who casually, in conver-a;io|
said you need not be afraid to tru|
Mr. Frost —I’ll see you paid. Ty|
fendant, it seems, only intended t|
convey the idea, that he would at tl|
monev paid as soon as his fiiendcoul|
get it. Bat he was legally boned b|
the word see, and had to pay it. |
Pike pishing. —ln the latterpatH
of the winter of 1791 ’2, twome|
in Enfield, in the upper pan |
Keene county, New Haropshiifl
were crossing one of the numercjfl
ponds in that state, in pursuit of|
moose. One of them being thirst*
and perceiving a hole, whichson|
fishetnten hail cut through theic|
for the purpose oi fishing, stc©“|
down anil inserted his bead nthfl
hole to drink. A hungry pike,orS
as they are called, pickerel, la-nn™
near, and seeing what he supposed
a fine baity made bold to snip at
the man’s nose, which happened,
unfortunately for him, to lx un
commonly red, and ot unusual di
mensions. The terrified huntsman
suddenly throwing back his head
drew out a pike, which weighs
three pounds four ounces.
Singular Suicide. —M. B nt ‘ io ”
let, the son of the philosopher and
that name, was a young man dsu
perior talents ; his friends enter
tained high expectations of his fu
ture success ; but neither the ran’
to which his father had attained,
his own brilliant prospects, “ s
literary society anil amu*ero tn *
of Paris, could secure him
that ennui and weariness of 1
which at last became insupp ol
ble. He locked himself up > *
small room, and closing the
tores and crevices lighted a ar .
of charcoal, and seated Limst .
fore a table on which he “
seconds watch, with pen, mb
paper. He then noted d° vn ,
exactness; the hour when tin. 1
coal was lighted, the f* rst 5 f
tions produced, and the prog l1 ’
the delirum, till the writing c
confuswl and illegible, 11,1
was found dead upon the fi° or ’
Cahawba.
The State vs. J Land s P[ cvh^ n .
The public soles, which /of
ced last week, will close this • f
On Thursday last one ol that
persons denominated land spe . jV jng
was arrested! on a charge .„t
received a bank bill of the n,TI
one hundred dollars,as ‘ *" lh 1
not to bid against a settler “ ‘ ,j o jj
cd to purchase a trnct ot lan* . j IIH I
mg his residence, ou which a
made some improvements.*- j- o , e
lenghthy and full investita
a justice of the peace, and ’ |rge
ination of several witness. t |, £
appeared to be substantia -’ t |, e
testimony adduced on the (jut
defendant in effect coriborating