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Tuesday, Jan. \82T.
BY MYRON BARTLET.
..VoVurae \.; ..‘..X6; U.
[ cej- The Telegraph is published weekly
i Macon, Ga.—Office on Cherry Street, near
L c public Square.
[terms.—Three Dollars per annum, if
hid in advance, or Four Dollars at the end
v fa year. Distant subscribers must in all
isos pay in advance.
Advertisements inserted at the usual
' rates.
FACTORAGE.
THE aubicribers continue to trans
act FACTORAGE and COMMIS
SION BUSINESS in SAVANNAH.
f All produce consigned to them, .will be
t insured against fire, after it goes into
tre without any charge to the owner. Storage on
btton will be eight and a half cents per bale for the
£t week, and six cents for each succeeding week;
It if it remains a month, twenty-five cents only will
i charged forthe month, and twelve and a half cents
t e.cb succeeding mon'h. T BlmxE *
aoBwnher 1* ®otf I *
FACTORAGE
AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
iflE undersigned, having formed a connexion in
. ||, e Factorage and Commission Business, in Sa-
nnab, under the firm of STILF.S & FANNIN,
mler their services to their friends and the public.
v BENJAMIN ED. STILES,
A. B. FANNIN.
[Their Counting Room is on Hunter’s tvharf.
|gj> The Augusta Chronicle, Milledgeville Journal,
order, and Patriot, and the Macon Telegraph,
■ill insert the above once a week for three weeks,
|id forward their bills to the office of the Savannah
epublicaiij’ dec 19——3t 3
CLINTON ACADEMY.
ptflE subscribers, graduates of Amhcrst'nnd Cam
bridge Colleges, have engaged with theTrus-
lesofthis Institution, to open a School in the Ars
eniy building, on the firsjt Monday in Jan-ary next,
[s soon as practicable, the services of a Lady, quail-
fed to instruct in the higher branches of female cdu-
Elion, will be engaged.
[The course of instruction and prices of tuition will
> as follow— ... per Quarter.
Rending and Spelling • • • - $5.00
English Grammar, Arithmetic, Geo-
grapy and Writing ... • > .,',$600
Rhetoric, Logic, Chronology, His-
$7 50
(lietonc, Logic, Chronology, His
tory, Book-Keeping, and Geogra
phy with the use of.the Globes, • •
Mathematics, Natural and Mental
Philosophy, Latin and Greek Lan
guages, together with Composi
tion and Speaking, - • - - - - $8 00
Map Drawiug, Painting and Music, • $12 00
| Board dan be procured on reasonable terms.
\ References.—Rev. S. B. Howe, and C. W. Rock-
|ell. Savannah—IJdward Tracy, esq. Macon—or the
istecs of the Academy. ' ...
C. B .ELLIOTT.
JOSEPH GOFFE.
I Gtfn/on, Jones Count)/, Ga. December 16—4t—8»
JAMBS F2NIGAN,
COACH, HOUSE, SIGN,
and
ORNAMENTAL PAINTER,
IV.Sl’F.CTFTLLY informs thc.cltizens of Macon
i, and its vicinity, that he executes PAINTING
j OILS, so far ns ’it relates to Houses, Coaches,
f hairs, and Signs, with quickness and fidelity; and
lc will be grateful for a share of their patronage. • v
MASONIC APRONS, &c. &c. designed and
Inishcd, with promptness and elegance,.
dec 20 2m—9
A TEACHER WANTED.
CLASSICAL SCHOLAR, who can come well
recommended, will meet w ith liberal cncour-
lenient, by taking charge of a Private School, in
exington, Oglethorpe county, Georgia.
.T.N, POULLAIN,
CHARLES BAILEY,
dee 12 Gt 7 PARIS PACE.
EDUCATION.
1HE Henry Academy, nt MaeJonough, (Henry
. county,) will go into operation Ob Monday the
filh of January, 1827.' The Trustees have procured
! Rector, (lie'Rev. James GamIii.e, formerly teacher
' the Academy at Church Hill, S. C. Under the
bstructioly of this gentleman, Students will be prepar-
si to enter any College which parents or guurdians
pay select. In the Female Department an Instruc
ts has been obtained who has the confidence of the
Board, and has evinced herself well qualified to teach
Jc essential branches df education.
■ The Trustees finttcr themselves that tlie welHttiown
laith of tins village, the' moral and religious charac-
|r of its citizens, and the established reputation of the
[cicncei generally’, nt 87.- Reference niav be mado
Mhe President of Franklin Coll *”
lult, of Augusta.
[dec 2i? Jt
liege, and’tjicB. Wm.
JOHN WOOD,
THOMAS C. RUPLE,
JACOB ^STOKES,
WILLIAM.IIARDIN,
A.MASA SPENCER,
. JOHN I.OVEJOY, •
THOMAS C. BENNING.
board of physicians
Of the State of Georgia7; *
IJ.1HE following extracts from the Bylaxvs adopted
WL by the Board at their first meeting, aro made
Phlic, lor the information of candidates who may in
Ilure apply for License to practice Medicine, &’c.
I* 1 *. Applicants for examination shall bo require d'to
[rite and present a Thesis on some medical subject,
M hand the,same to the Dean on dr before each an-
M •B^iUgofthe Boar&.
|'-d, The Board will require of each candidate a
knowledge of Chemistry, Anatomy, Mute-
t-'Iedica, Physiology. Surgery, Midwifery, and the
ncory and Practice of Medicine, and will nol grant a
pnse to any candidate who is. materially deficient
l*"y»fthqsebranbKis.
I”"* In future, applicants Iiaving Diplomas, shall he
fR^hd to send them to this Board tor examination,
p that In no case shall a temporary or permanent
e qcgranted .upon the testimony of a member of
oard, or any other individual, witliout the Di-
I*!*’' A re-examination will be grjnted by the Board
I„2;i Wme J * es,ioB > I® rejected applicants, on the <o/<
Ev ■"!{ ?‘ ut *4® second examination be held pub-
ffinutei *™ e *l ucs B oa * and answen recorded on the
I™ or ^ er °f examination will be so conducted, as
with the first name aneotted, and pro-
kv .S2? eric# "y> ""til the list is gone tlirough, and if
Lf is absent, when his presence is required
IhuLi "Oard; the next named shall be presented
Pttomof thel^i** 16 nM,C 0 absent placedat thf
I Applicants are notified, that letters addressed to me
Ogtethorpe county, postpaid, request
Vof tn n ? u ’ e ’ enrolled, with their residence, and ti-
°* Thesis, will be duly attended to.
Irnn.ru » ALEX. M. JONE8, M. D.
[ ° f SMo/Gcrgia.
SELECTIONS.
BACHELORS.
The witty editor of the Boston Lounger
makes the following jatiral remarks upon the
project for laying an additional tax upon Bach
elors:
“Bachelors must be taxed doubtless; but the
deuce of it is, have the wretches got sufficient
cash, credit or friends, to pay the.exaction!—
The wholo vagabond race of them are eter
nally whining about poverty, until people are
worn to death witli their querulousncss. Would
it not be bettor to havo them publicly whipped
and ‘branded! Or, (as tboy continuo to burn
up widows in India,) suppose we have an an
nual bonfire of bachelors! This last project
would bo agreeable to ancient singlo ladies.
“Since tbo last 29th of February, the in
crease of bachelors in this city lias been so
considerable as to excite the most lively appre
hensions in the bosoms of the fair. Tho num
ber of those infatuated young men, in propor
tion to those actually married or-mortgaged,
was ascertained at the time of taking tho cen
sus, to be something like the quantity of rotten
lemons in a fresh box, which is much more
than enough to affect the comfort of society.—
If bachelors will be so intolerably wilful as to
shrink from entering into the married state,
maugre tho goodness of tho times and the en
couragement of tho fair, it is but reasonable
they should bo numbered and taxed liko dogs.
Mr. Slocum’s plan of'filling tho public treasu
ry, by picking tho pockets of tho pennyless,
strikes us as peculiarly ingenious. YVo pray
that it may bo carried into immediate opera
tion, before the crippled and mcatyo rate of
Benedicts shall have time to crawl off to a
more congenial climate.”
Improvement on the Cli«rw<-yAftcr the nu
merous patents and premiums for improved
churns, it may seem difficult to find any thing
worthy of attention; I, however, have never
met xvitirtlio following, which, as it is simple
and useful, may possibly be an acceptable hint
to some of your readers in the country. Lot
tho dasher of an ordinary churn with holes
in it, have a second dasher placed above it, on
tho same handle, about four inches distance;
a couplo of pins will hold it to its place while
in use. Tiiis second dasher having no' holes,
tho cream which passes through tho lowpr one
strikes against it, and produces a groat agita
tion, which saves much timo- in churning.—
New York Times.
THE COLOUR OF CATTLE.
A writer in the New England Farmor, un
der (Jie signature of Agricola, attributes much
importance to tho colour of cattle:—“Having
been for some years a considerable traveller
in New England, I have noticed that the best
farmers always have the best cattle. Where
you find, as in YVorccster county, large-barns,
strong walls, square lots, great crops of rowen,
huge wood piles, fat horses, well painted hou
ses, nnd all tlie ordinary indications of plenty
and independence; you invariably find red or
broum oxen and cows. Selections from his
calves, for three or four years, of red, brown,
or brindlc, by any farmer,-will soon teach him
the value of the expedient: a bright red* is to
be preferred; but next to this, tho brown, and
then tho mixture of both, (tho brindlc,) which
Is an excellent hardy colour for working oxen.
No purchaser of oxen or cows overlooks the
article of colour.”
Great Feast at Moscow.—The St. Petcrs-
burgli Jonmal of thcvllth inst contains a min
ute nnd curious account of a Grand Feast, giv
en to the populace of Moscow, on the 28th
September: ,-r
“Moscow Sept. 29.—Yesterday the rejoi
cings and festivities for tho people, in the large
square called Devitchiepole; took place in the
centre of which a handsome tent was erected
for their Majesties and the imperial Families.
There were galleries for the'spectators, tents
for tho bands of music, fountains of rod and
white wine, theatres, air balloons, &f, &c.;
also 240 tables, each 10 fathoms in length, ill
tliecojntre.of each waia'sheop roasted whole,
tho horns gilt the head silvered, and the body
covered with red Damask; on each side a
vase, containing two barrels of beer, a sugar
ed cake in the form of a flower pot with roses,
a birch treo loaded witli apples, a dish contain
ing 30 roast fowls, 4 geese, and 4 ducks,'with
a gilt fowl at tho top; then a vase containing
2 barrels of mead, an oak loaded witli plqms,
two hams, a vessel containing two barrels of
beer,'a birch tree bearing pears, a dish of jelly,
a small oak treo bcariug apples, a piece of
boiled meat weighing 60 lbs. On'cach table
there word 190 xvliito loaves, and 40 .white
rolls. Tito crowd began to arrive at day
break, and tho carriages at 9 o’clock. Tlie
Emperor, on horseback, followed tho carriage
of tho Empresses, who arrived at noon, and
wore received with the,loudest acclamations;
after going round tho square they went into
thoir tent, on which a standard xvas hoisted;
at this signal the people approached tho tables,
and the diversions began, It is calculated that
about two hundred thousand persons were in
the square. There were distributed among
tho people, 240 sheep, 480 Sugar cakfc>,t£s ma
ny, piocos - of boiled-meat of GO lb. each, and
dishes gf jolly; 7i200 fowls, 1,000 geese,
1,000 ducks, roasted ; 46,000 apples, as many
plums and pears; 4,000 barrels of boor; do
of mead ,-2,420 do. . of. xvino; 2,490 white
loaves; 9,600 small whito joax cs, and as many
Definition of a Woman—A wickea old
Greek writer’gave tho followim; very singular
definition: VWomau U au Biiuud delighting
in finery.”.
Definition of a Lady's Album.—An instru-
ment.of torture invented by some cruel fair one
to rack the brains of her male acquaintance.
New .York Military Academy.—The pre
liminary arrangements for the establishment
of this institution aro rapidly progressing. It
•will, wo understand, have loss of.the military
cast than Mr. Patridge’s Academy. Gymnas
tics will be introduced.
Head Dresses.—A. quaint writer observes
that “tho most elegant women in the most
classical times, adorned their heads with orna
ments which raised them so high, us to leave
it a mattor of doubt whether .tlie head was a
E art of the body,' or tho body a part of tlie
cad.
BRITISH NORTH AMERIC A.
The New York Albion asserts, that “not
content with opening canals, erecting fortifica
tions and resorting to various other measures
for the internal advancement of the country,
his majesty’s ministers now contemplate, the
most importabt changes in the form and sys
tem of tlie local government of the British
North American provinces. Couceiving that
the welfare of these fine provinces would be pro
moted, if placed under one general, vigorous
and effective government, they have formed the
plan of uniting them into one confederate system.
“Each province will still retain its own lo
cal government and two legislative bodies as
they at present exist, witli some modifications;
but it will be required to send a certain num
ber of delegates to tlie place of general govern
ment to enact laws for tho whole. At the
head of this grand confederation will be placed
some distinguished individual appointed by the
crown.” Some speak of Halifax as the seat
of.the general go.vernmcut, others of Quebec,
others of Montreal.
SUGAR CANE. ‘
From the Edit Florida (St. Augustine) Herald. -
Wo published in our last paper an article
from an Alabama paper, respecting the cotton
growth of that state. In that article it is re
commended to chango tho staple to that of su
gar, and in this such experiments have been
made as are deemed sufficient to provo that tho
canc can be cultivated there to greater advan
tage to the country. Experiments have been
made os far north as South Carolina.
Considering tlie vast advantage of tlie sugar
culture over tdl other articles of domestic pro
duct, we havo been somewhat surprised, that
more serious attention has not been bestowed
upon it; but in the United States it is as diffi
cult to pe^suado the people to look to thoir truo
interests as it would be to make the people in
England believe that they could exist indepen
dent of her manufacturing establishments. But
that the southern states will finally bo com
pelled to resort to other means of subsistence
than that producod by cotton, wo have no
doubt. Tho fluctuations in tho price of this
articlo, have been ruinous to so many, that it
behooves the southern planter to save himself,
from tho consequences of a continued culture
of it.
Whilp the southern planters therefore, per
sist in striving against hope, what will bo the
did thereof. YVith the obligation resting up
on them to sustain and furnish employment for
a largo number of dependents, and without a-
ny adequate returns for the expohditurcwhich
humanity ond'necessity force upon them, tho
result most inevitably be minus.
The picture would bo inglorious to Ameri
can enterprize, were the materials drawn from
tho present condition and future prospects of
tlie southern planters; there can be so easy a
transition from one staple to another. The
consumption of sugar in tho United States is
about equal to the export of cotton. As long
thcroforo' as the price of cotton is nominal, is
it not folly to persist in cultivating it, when a
staple can be so easily introduced that will-find
a steady homo market! . In 1814 the consump
tion of sugar was,Estimated by Mr. Pitkin at
about seventy millions of pounds.*
- Let the planter;then sum up the account,
and see whether it xvould not be better for him
to abandon his worn out lands and settle upon
that which is calculated to reward his toils by
changing tho cottou for sugar cane.
* To this estimate there may be added an annual
consumption of from ten to fifteen millions of gallons
of molasses and rum, the produce of the sugar cane.
CONGRESS.
Florida Canal.—Tho surveyors directed
by lieutenant Scarlc, have gone abroad to com
plete the survey of tiiis interesting subject of
intornal improvement. They traverso the
country between tho St. John’s ami St. Maiy’s,
and then return and strike across the country
until they roach tlio summit level, whero they
will ho rnet by tho party from the Gulf side,
under the direction of-lieutenant Swift. YVe
hope congress will havo a speedy report from
them. Thc.weathor is fiae, and every thing
favors the enterprise.—ib. \ ■*- <! . .<<••'
YVe are informed that governor Troup has
appointed Thomas Spafding, esq. of Darien, a
commissioner on the part of the state of Geor
gia, to unite with Mr. Thomas M. Rudolph,
tho United States’. commissioner, in running
tho line between this stiito and Florida., Mr.
S. is notion his way to Milledgeville, from
which it*is expected ho will proceed immedi
ately to Tallahassee.—ib. .
Commerce of Savannah.—Thero are now-
in thopprt of Savannah this day,eighty-four ves
sels, consisting of twenty-seven ships, three bar
ques, sixteen brigs, sixteen schooners,luid twen
ty-two sloops; out of which number there are
two ships, three barques, and four brigs, that are
English ; two ships ami two brigs French; and
twenty-three ships, ten brigs, sixteen schoo
ners, and twenty-two sloops American.
■■fr&g . Savannah Republican.
IN SENATE,
• Tuesday, December 19.
Mr. Holmes offored tho following:
Resolved, That tho committee on tho judi
ciary bo instructed to inquire into tho expedi
ency of altering the laws, so ay to authorize
suits for debts assigned to the United States,
to bo prosecuted in tho courts of the United
States.
Mr. Ilayno, from tho select cpmmittco*fo
whom tlie bill “to establish a’uniform system
of bankruptcy throughout the United States,"
had been referred, reported the bill, with sun
dry amendments; which, on his motion, by re
quest of the committee, was postponed and
made tho order of tho day for Tuesday next.
Wednesday, December 20.
Mr. Harrison, in pursuanco of notico given
yesterday, usked leave and introduced a full
giving furtlior compensation to officers com
manding companies in tho service of tho Unit
ed States; which was read twice, and referred
to the committoe on military affairs.
[This hill provides that each captain’, whilst
in actual command of a company, shall receive
on ration per day, in addition to the present
allowance, and ten dollars por month, in addi
tion to tho present pay.]
Mr. Hayno, in pursuance of notice given
yesterday, asked leave and introduced a bill
authorizing tho erection of a' marine hospital
for sick and disabled seamen near Charjesioif,
South Carolina; which was road twjce and re
ferred to tho committee on commerce.
A message was received from the president
of the United States, communicating extracts of
letters from o.ur ministers in London, respect
ing tho trado between tho United States and
the colonies of England.
Tho following was submitted by Mr. Smith
of Maryland:
Resolved, That tlie committee op post of
fices and post roads be instructed to inquiro in
to tho justice and expediency of allowing distri
buting postmasters a specific sum for elerk-hiro,
in casos where the gross amount of their coin-
missions does not exceed fifteen hundred dol
lars per annum; also, whother it would not ho
proper, to allow them compensation fur the dis
tribution, as well as for the dolivory of free
letters, or to change tho prescut system, so as
to allow for distribution, in lieu of delivery of
free letters.
The following was suhmittod by Mr. King:
Resolved, Tliat the commyteo on commerce
bo instructed to .inquire into the expediency of
erecting a custom-house at Mobilo in tho state
of Alabama.
On motic.t of Mr. Rugglcs, tho following re
solution, pffered by Mr. Rowati, and tho a-
mendments to it, proposed yostorday, were ta
ken up for consideration:
Resolved, Tliat tho cominittco on military
affairs bo instructed to inquiro into tho expedi
ency of authorizing the secretary of war to ap
point one or more commissioners to examine
the Horse Shoo Bend, on Licking rivor, injtlio
state of Kentucky, and thelands adjacent to tho
canal vfrhicli the Louisville and Portland canal
company are now cutting around tho Falls of
tho Ohio rivor, UNtliat state, and report tho
.practicability of establishing an armorv of the
United States similar to the one at ilarper’s
Ferry, at each of those places respectively, and
their respective advantages and facilities for
such establishments. - v/
Mr. King then moved the following amend
ment: ’ V; ; ,.
Also, Shoal Creek, in’ the county of Laud
erdale, in tho state of Alabama; which was ar
greet! to.
Mr. Cobb thon moved tlie following as an
additional nmondment to tho amendment:
Also, tho Falls of tho Chattahoochie in the
state of Georgia; which was agreed to.
Mrl Rowan remarked, that tlie subject had
taken a very unexpected course. Ho was not
anxious to. press it at present. One year henco
would probably do as well. lie would there
fore rnovo that his resolution; with the amend
ments, should now be laid on tho table.
This motion wqs carried.
. Friday, December 22.
Mr. Marks submitted a resolution referring
(he [cport.of the board of engineers, in rela
tion "to iho establishment of a' natioual armory
in the west, to the military committee.
Mr. Noble gave notice, that topiorrow he
would ask leave to introduce a bill for .’he con
tinuation of the Cumberland roa.il.
Mr. Johnson of Kentucky, from the select
committee to wborit was referred tho bill to a-
bolisli imprisonment for dobt, reported, the
same with some aiu-.-n.lmc-iils.
The bill for tho relief of Francis Earcho of
Louisiana, was passed, and sent to tho house
of rcpro-'t-nlatiu''.
The bill for tho tolief of lieutenant Isaac
M‘Kecvur, of tlic navy, providing for tho set
tlement of Ills accounjs in relation to certain
extraordinary qStpbn»cs incurred by-him forthe
capture of two vessels, which were subsequent
ly restored to tho owners, by a judgment of
the United States’ district court, was taken up,
and after some explanation by Mr. Haync, it
was ordered to a third readings*.. . —
Tlie senate then went into executive busi
ness, and wiieit tlie doors were opened; thoy ad
journed to ’l uesil.iy next.
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES,
Tuesday, December 19.
Mr, Everett, from the committee on the li
brary, reported a resolution concerning-the^de-.
signs for painting intended for tho Rotundoi of
the Capitol; which was laid on tho table and
ordered to be printed.
On motion of Mr. Drayton:
Resolved, That the committee on tho judi
ciary bo instructed to inquire into tho expedi
ency of establishing a uniform system, of bank
ruptcy, throughout the United States. ’
On motion of Mr. Cook: ' -
Resolved, That tho committee on roads and
canals bo yistrjtctcd to inquire into tho expedi
ency of granting to the stato of Illinois, the
lead made at the Foyer river mines, which, un-
dor existing laws, is payable to the United
States, for the purpose of aiding the said stato
in opening a canal in Lake Michigan, and the
Illinois river;—-and also, of granting such other
aid as may be necessary to the accomplishment -
of tliat objoct. . .jft
On motion of Mr. YVorthington:
Resolved, Tliat the committee on post-of
fices and post roads be instructed to inquiro
whether additional compensation ought to ho
allowed to distributing postmasters, whore the
gross' amount of their commissions docs not
exceed fificen ‘hundred dollars annually; and
also, whether they ought to receive compensa
tion for the distribution of free lottors.
On motion of Mr. Mitchell of South Caro
lina: , J
Resolved, That the; committee on naval af
fairs bo instaicted to inquire into tho expedi
ency uf passing an act to apprdpriatc, annually,
the sum of five hundred thousand dollars to tho
gradual increase of tho navy, from and after
the first day of January, 1827.
Tho following resolution'was offered by Mr.
Moorp:
Resolved, That tho secretary of war be di
rected to communicate to this house, tlio num
ber of topographical and civil engineers, sur
veyors, and other individuals comprising tiiat
corps, and by them employed; in what states
they have been employed and the particular
objects to which their attention has been di
rected since tho passage of tho “act of con
gress of 1824, appropriating thirty thousand
dollars, to procure tho necessary surveys, plans
and estimates; upon the subject of roads and
canals,” and, if any, what rules havo been a-
dopted By tho department, in relation to ob
jects claimiqg priority in their accomplishment,
contemplated by snid act, and tho amount '
winch has boon expended in carrying its pro
visions 'into effect. , '
Mr. Sloano, from the committee on military
affairs, asked the house to discharge the said
committee from iho further consideration ofabill
relative to iho claims of tlio Georgia militia,
and to refer it to a select cotnmittvc. ‘>
Tito speaker laid before the house, the fol
lowing communications:
Ono front tho secretary of the treasury, rela
tive to the' importation of wodP on sheepskius;
which was referred to tjic committee ou manu
factures, and ordered to be printed.
One from tho secretary of war, accompani
ed by a report on a system of cavalry tactics;
d field artillery; which was referred to tho
“imittee on tho militia,
no from tho same department; a report
of tho chief engineer on tlio subjoct of the na
tional road from the right bank of tho Ohio
river, &c. which was referred to tho commit
tee on roads and canals.
Friday, December 22.
Mr. Taylor of Y'arginia presented tho peti
tion of sundry inhabitants of Fredericksburg
and Falmouth, in Virginia, praying for tlio
establishment of a marine hospital at the form
er place.
Mr. YVilson of Penn, presented a ihemorial
from tho officers of the Into war, asking that a‘
portion of tlio public lauds be appropriated to
thoir uso individually.
Mr. Beooher of Ohio presented tho memo
rial of sundry inhabitants of the stato of Ohio,
praying for a change in the location of tho na
tional road now making through tliat stato.
, And Mr. M’Lcan of Ohio presented a re
monstrance of sundry inhabitants of Franklin
and Licking counlies, in tho stale of 'Ohio, a-
gainst changing tho proseut location of tho na
tional road now making through that stato.
On motion of Mr. YVcems of Maryland, it
was , ’ £.
Resolvod, That the committee on tho judi
ciary bo intruded to inquire <nto tlio expedi
ency of ainending the laws of naturalization
heretofore passed on that subject, so that whon
any person shall make application to bo admit-
cd a citizen of tho United States, and shall
provo Yo the satisfaction of a judge or judges,
of the district Or county court of -tho stato
wherein he resides, on tho oath, or aflivniaiioii
oif at least two witnesses, that ho has been a
resjdcnt, within tho limits and utider the juris- , s
diction of tho United States, for at least live
years preceding tho time of such application,
and also' tho placo or places where tlio appli
cant has resided for at least fire ye ns us afore
said, shall bo deemed a citizen of tlie Uuitcd
States, and entitled! upon takingtlio usual oath
of allegiance and paying the legal costs, to re
ceive a certificate of naturalization, although
he may have omitted from ignoranco or impro
per information, or from being a minor, to havo
entered his name as a candidate for naturali
zation; and whether any other and what altera
tions may be aecassanr in tlie existing laws oa
tho subject ofiianirniizution.
On motionofMr. Mitchell of Maryland, it
was / , •. • ,
Resolved, That the,several memorials from,
tho captains of tho army of tho United States,
(now on tho.filos of the house) asking an aug
mentation of thoir pay, bo referred to the com
mittee on military affairs.
On motion of Mr. Barney of Maryland,
Resolved, ’that the committee of ways and
means bo instructed!® Inquire into tlie expedi-