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®rlr CONGRESS. SENATE/ Thursday, Jan. 29. Tho Finn. Charles £, Uthllnj, elected n Senator from tlie Slap*. of Ncw-Yoik, ply tho vacancy occasioned by tho resignation ol the lion. Martin Van Bartn, appeared, was qualified, find took Ins seat. Various pe titions'worn presented, aiming which was one by Mr. IVebitcr, (turn a number of citizens of Boston, muons; ratine against the Tariff law <if the last session Or Congress. Tho' bill releasing the lien nf'the United States on a certain jraet ofl.iirf in Anne Arundel County, M rrvl.ni'K Which was conveyed to tho Trustees of, .fir >i u 11 Zion Merlin-.’ House in said State; the''hill to allow further time to complete the issuing and locating of miitirv land warrants; flic hill authorisng the paymeut to the State of Louisiana, of five per centum of tho nett pro ceeds of the salt's of tho public lands in that State; and the bill authorising a subscription on the part of the Uni'cd States, to the stock of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company, were savorallv-rnad tin. third time and passed. A considetahle discussion grew out of the pro- posi'intl of Mr. Branch, to incorporate in the hill authorizing the relinquishment of the 1G:h section of land granted to the State of Mssissip- pi for the use of schools, and the location of other lands in lien thereof, a provision makaig propriety of furthet legislation on tho subject. Mr. Gilmer remarked, that after the ample discussion which tho subject before the com mittee had received, he should cnnieut’biitiself wi It stating one or two facts connected with it, and adding a few necessary comments. The first question, said Mr. Gilmer, which presented itself for determination was, to whom the unexpended balance of the 230,000 dollars belonged, after satisfying the Georgia claim ants. lie had no doubt hot that it belonged, toitlie United States. When, however, he ad mitted this, he wished it to be understood, that according to his interpretation of the contract between the l/tiitcd States, Georgia, and the Creeks ; all parties supposed, that when that contract was'faithfolly executed, there would most probably he no balance whatever. Mr. Gilmer said, that this matter would ho better understood by a knowledge of the cir cumstances under which that contract was en tered' into. In 1821, Commissioners on the part of the United States, proceeded to make a treaty with the Creek Indians, for tho extin guishment of their title to lands in Georgia, in pursuance of ,nn appropriation of money spe cially made by Congress for that purpose. That according to instructions given to those Com missioners by tho War Department, (and here he wished the Chairman oftlio Committee on Indian Affairs, to correct him if ho were in an error,) they were not to exceed 10 cents per acte'in a similar donation to the old Stales foi simil ir price forilmso they shoo'd acquire efthe Creeks, purposes. In this debate, Messrs. Branch, Benton, Barton, llr.ndriehs, and Noble, par ticipated.; but before nuv question was taken, the Sni'i'e Went in'o roiisi,lc.„iion ofoxerutive business; after which, it adjourned. Friday, Jan. 30. M t . SH.il/ce presented the /Milton of Rich ard D. Tinier, praying indemnity for spolin- lions eommi'ied by tho French prior to 1800; tftid .Mr. Wiilty presented th« petuionof Aron Boiler, praying for (•.•pension for Revolutionary services ; both of which were, wi bout regard, referred to the appropriate commutes. The report of the Committee tin the Judiciary, ad verse to the petition of P. A. Guesticr, of Baltimore, was concurred in, nod the report of the Committed on claims, adverse to the pe tition ef Hickman Jk'hnstm, Guardian of Julia mid Eliza Sellers, was laid on tho table. Mr. Marl's presumed certain resolutions of tho Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their Senators and requesting their Representatives to procure, if practicable, the passage of a I iw to abolish slavery In the District of Go)um- b at ui-sneh manner as muv bo cousisiont with the r-ights nf individuals, mid the constitution of tjio United States; which resolutions were ! rd on •(.>> table. After the consideration of E’t rii:. business, the Senate adjourned over «x Mtmdrfv next. .-* fc ■ HO/'E OF^ REFlffeSENTATlVES. • Friday Jan. 30. Gr<rr i i Cia'e i and Treaty with Chcrokees. ■Tim fcdloiviui: *nswage in writing was receiv ed from :!i • Prosit 1 •'lit of the United Stales: 7V> t\e K !JjHse of Representatives of the United Slates. Washington, 30ib Jan. 1S29. Iii h’aijdiiince with i lesohiiion of the House of K epttssotiWmo* of the 13di inst. requesting information uf tbs* measures taken in Execution Of ilifi.art of :•!'• 9t!i M]>y Inst, making an ap propriation fu>- carrying! into effect tho articles uf agaicmcni and cession of 24th A|iril, 1802, he'tMuyrp the State of Georgia and die United S'at/iy jindddso in execution ofcertain provis ion? of the irc.ity. of May last, with the Chero kee Indians, I transmit to the Houso a report from the secretary of War, with documents cont- pr;s dig the desired information. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Thi.i Diestdge 1 wax read mid laid on the table. B. MHtlary^- Georgia and Florida. The Speaker Said before the.Hous'i the fol lowing report form t he Secretafy of Stale: Tim Secretary of State, in compliance with the i elution of tho House of Representatives, of tin! 20th instant, directing him “to commu te no to thill House the following letters of Andrew Eilicott, tho Commissioners of the Uuitod State* for catrying into effect the Trea ty of San Lorenzo el Real, of the 27th of Oc tober,. 1795, between his Catholic Majesty and the United St-i'e*: A letter to the Secretary of Shite, a id tho papers included, dated 9ih of October, 1799. nnd loiters to the Secretary of Stt/te, of January 12th, April 5th, nnd July 4th, 1800, together with such other 'portions of bit journal, or correspondence, as r oh tbs to tho ascertainment of the head or source of the St. Mary’* River,, or tho reasons why the same wti* twit ascertained,”— has the honor to submit to the House copies of tho loiters and papers specifically required-by the resolution, and ro siiectfuUy to refer to the toporl from this Do partmem, tothe President of tho United States, dated 13th February, 1826, a copy whereof . is- herewith communicated to tho House, in pnrsotinco of a resolution of the Sonnte, of tlie lllli of that month, calling, amongst other things, for tho Journal or report communicated bjrihtsaid' Eilicott to his Government; which states the cause that prevented • compliance, at that time, with the wish of the Senate, in rclati&nto the said journal or report, and which, it is regretted, pvoveuts a. compliance with the wish of the House of Representatives, at the present, with regard to the same documents. Ipmay im proper to state, • that the Minister of the United States at Madrid, who was in structed, as is mentioned in the report to tho Senate, to apply to the Spanish Government That accordingly, the Commissioners had con tracted with that tribe, that it should cede to the United States for the benefit of Georgia, 4 1-2 millions of acres, or which they were to receive $450,000. That.after these terms had boen signed,Commissioners on tlie part of Geor gia presented to tlie Creek Chief* claims of the citizens of that State against their trbe amount ing lo-tlie sum of $288,000; and required that they should he adjusted. It was then agreed between the several parties, that tlie Creeks should receive of tho United States $200,000 in money for their land, and the remaining $250,000, which they were to have received, should be paid.by the United States to the State of Georgia, for the benefit of her citizens, who" had received injuries from the Creeks ; abject however, to the investigation and de- termiic ition of the President of the United States. In putsuauce nf which agreement, Mr. Gilmer observed, that the Commissioners of Georgia, gave to the Creek tribe a receipt in full of tdl claims, debts, damages and property, which the citizens of that State, had against that tribe, prior to 1802. And ihe United States agreed to pay to the citizens of Georgia, thoso claims, debts, damages and property, provided the same did not exceed $250,000. Mr. Gilmer obser ved, that each nf the parties to this contract seemed to have ha.' equal reason to he satisfied. Tho Indians had sold' their land for a larger consideration than usual, and with $230,000 of the price, Imd paid an account wliiclt the Georgians had against them of thirty years standing, most of which they had frequently ac knowledged to bo just, and amounting to the sum of$288,000. The Georgians were very much pleased, because, by tho construction which the United States had put upon the Con stitution, their own State Government had not the powor of compelling the Creeks to restoro their property, or otherwise to do them justice ; by which previously it had seemed as if (bay were to have been deprived entirely of redress for their injuries. And the commissioners of the United States were gratified, because they had been enabled not only to perform the pur pose lor which they had been originally ap pointed by piocuring a valuable tract of country fur the State of Georgia, but also, to rendcrun essential service to a large class of injured ci tizens. There was also a possibility, that by assuming the payment of the claim* oftlio citizens of Georgia, with the .power given to the President to adjudicate those claims, that the United States might have a loss sum to ad vance than that which it would otherwise have been obliged to have paid the Indians. It was to be romarkod, too, Mr. Gilmer said, that the United States* Commissioners had taken care, that this Government should not, in any event, pay more than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and with a further lymeficinl proviso, that whatever sum should be found due, might bo paid in four annual instalments and without intorest. Mr. Gilmer observed, that if the view ho had taken of tlie contract between all the parties wos correct, he thought there could be no diffi culty as to the disposition of what should re main of the two hundred nnd fifty thousand dollars after satisfying all the Georgia claimants. Mr. Gilmer said, that he would proceed to show llmt the United States* Government Imd not done justice to the citizens of Georgia in its adjudication of tlvsir demands against the Creek Indians: They had been told, that they should ho satisfied, because that adjudication was made by an arbiter chosen by themselves. The pro per answer to which, Mr. Gilmor said, was that llmt circumstance aggravated the feelings exci ted by the- injustice done them, especially as llmt arbiter had gained in proportion to their loss: Sir, said Mr. Gilmer, this government novor can compensate the citizens of'Georgia for the injuries they received from thoir savage neigh bours. Those injuries could hot he estimated in money. Mr. Gilmor snid, that tho most rigid rules had been imposed by tho Government upon it self, in allowing the claims of the citizens of fora copy^iherep^ in question, of Andrew Georg ; a . H.didnot intend to say that tho gsaagMacaagiga a-*™..* w* 4 * that Governmoiii.made thenpplicntioti required ofhim'tn May, 1828, hut that this Department is st>ll uninformed of tbo result. Extracts of»letter from Mr. Eilicott to this Department, under date the 23d of March,I800, nnd the copy of a certificate from the same, concerning tho appointment of Patrick Tagnrt, to trace the lino between tho mouth of Flint RiVor, and the source of the St. Mary’s, are like wise-herewith submitted,.as- coming within tho seopo of the resolution of the House, H. CLAY. Department of State,- Washington, 27/A Jan. 1829. . This report wits read and hid on the table. * Friday, January 16, Debate On the Bill for indemnifying the CUixens of Qeor. itisensefGeo a, for depredations on th'tir property, committed l Hans,priar tothe year lefc. T ho House was iu Committee of tho Whole, Mr. Condict in the Chair. The question was upon tho adoption of the amendment proposed by Mr. Thompson, to sub stitute, iu tho tepott of the Committee on In dian Affairs, the'word “expedient," in-lien of •V ***** “incxpfdieBt," in * relation to the injustico to those citizens. He thought that tlie peculiar circumstances under which those claims had o- riginated, had never been considered by the Government. Had that been done, ho believ ed it would have been convinced that the $250, 000 was a very inadequate satisfaction of those claims. Mr. Gilmer then proceeded to say, that during tho revolutionary war, tho inhabi tants of Georgia were, at one time, almost en tirely driven beyond its limits, by the Creek In dians and (heir allies. At its conclusion, feel ings of hostility had not ceased to exist. Re peated injuries wore indicted upon the frontier inhabitants, which the weakness of tho State Government rendered it unable to punish. At tempts were frequently made to conciliate the Creeks. Treaty after treaty was made, from 1783 to 1790, they were, however, broken as often as made, without the Government hav. ing tho power to enforce them. The frontiers were very extensive, and tho population so scat tered, that the Indians had an easy access into tho country every wl^ce, for .thp jvgtpqs.es,. of plunder.The people were compelled to pfb tectthemselves’by fortifications of their own making. Block houses were erected by them, and manned,by-voluntary service, in ot ^9 r to intercept and pmiixli tho predatory parties of tho Indians. This service was extremely bur- thunsume to inhabitants, just strived from dis tant parts of the Uuitcd States, and with scanty means of support. Mr, Oiliner continued to say, mat the loss of slaves, horses, and cattle, could not then be repaired by the people, as they could at the present time. Tho value of such .property wqs far greater then than at pres ent. The country was to ho cleared of its for ests to fit it for cultivation. Labor was not to bo hired. There wus no supplying tho placo of a lost horse or stolen cattle, because the peo ple in moving from Virginia and North Carolina, found it difficult to carry with them a sufficient supply fur their own use. The loss of cattle, Mr. Gilmer said, was particularly felt, becau-e, thereby tlie people were deprived of their most useful nnd cheapest means of subsistence. One of the principal inducements to the set tlement of (ho country, had been the advanta ges which its extensive range presented, aboun ding as it did witli grass and cane. The exuberance of the natural vegetation of the country, instead of proving an advantage to tho settlers, was frequently the occasion of their greatest losses, by exposing their horses and stock to the thieving habits of the Indians. But tho injuries, Mr. Gilmer said, which the frontier inhabitants suffered, by having their •property plundered' and destroyed, wore ac companied by evils, the extent of which, could be only known to tliuse who had felt .bent. He said, it was his fortune to have been a native of the country, which bordered both on the Creek and Cltorokee hunting grounds. He could yet recollect the horrid views of the In dian scalping knife, which were presented to hint, in the dreams of his childhood. From tlm commencement of the Revolutionary war, until 1794 and 5, the Creek Indians continued to commit occasional acts of the greatest barbar ity upon the frontier people. The Government hid been either unable, or neglected to furnish the necessary protection to its citizens. After a military force was finally •authorised by this Government, and troops had bPen unlisted from among tho people of Geor gia, it was a matter of history, familiar to every member of the Committee, that those troops had scarcely yet been paid. For more than thirty years", year after year, they had petition ed ill vain. * Mr. Gilmer snid that he had attempted to describe the kind and peculiar value oftlio prop erty of which the Georgia claimants had been plundered by tho Creek Indians, their contin ued apprehension of Indian attacks, and tho want of protection on the part of tlie Govern ment, in order to shew mure clearly the injus tice which had been done them, by the manner in which their claims had been heretofore ad judicated, and as die best commentary upon the reasoning of the Secretary of War and tho At torney General. Mr. Gilmor then proceeded briefly to con sider the different clasies of claims which ho supposed (tad been improperly rejected. First, that for property destroyed previous to thetrea- ty of New York: Secondly, That for inter est upon claims which had been allowed: and Thirdly, That for the valuo of the increase of those female slaves who had been taken by the Creeks, and not restored according to tho con ditions oftteaties. As to theclass of claims for property destroy ed, which had been rejected, bccosue the trea ty ol New York did not provide for them, Mr. Gilmer said", that the treaty at the Indian Springs spcci illy contracted for the payment ot property destroyed priorto 1802. This stip ulation of that treaty had been pressed upon the Houso with its full weight by his colleagues and other gentlemen. It was not his intention to say any thing more upon that subject. Ho was desirous of showing to the Committee, that the provisions of the treaty of Now York ought not to affect injuriously the claims of the citizens of Georgia. That treaty, lie said, was, per haps, the first act of the United States Govern ment, which usurped power which properly belonged to the States, it vras so .considered at the dine. The first voice hoard in tlie Congress ol the United States against the encroaching spirit of Federal Dominion, was from a repre sentative of Georgia, in relation to the treaty of New York. By that treaty, the Government of the United States, guaranteed to the Cieck tribo of Indians In/ids, which that tribe had prp> viously conveyed to Georgia. By it, tho Uni tod States obtained from tho Creeks a stnula tion, that they would hold no treaty with Geor gia : And, by the same treaty, tha United States agreed that il any citizens of Georgia should attempt to settle on lands, claimed by the Creeks, such citizens should bo placed without the pro tection of the United States, and punished as tbo Indians thought proper. Mr. Gilmer asked tho members of the Com mittee, to examine the treaty and judge, for themselves, whether the citizens of Georgia ought to lose the right to hare their injuries re dressed, because compensation was not provi- ded by it. What right bad the United States Government to p]ace bevotid its protection, its citizens, who by virtue of grants of land made to them by the State qf.G.eorgia, within its own limits, and in payment to those citizens for rev olutionary services, settled on lands which the United S.tates thought proper to consider Indi an property 1 By that' treaty, a citizen of the United States might have b.een burnt at the In dian stake, without the right of rescue by his Government. It was made too, by one Mc- Gilvray, the son of a Tory, and an Indian, who felt by inheritance, the deepest malignity and most unrelenting revenge^ towards- the people of Georgia. What means had the people of that State of making known to the United States Government, at the treaty of New York, their claims for property destroyed 7 And yet, be cause of thoir omission to do so; a considerable portion of tho injuries received by the people of Georgia of tho Creek Indians, previous to tho making of that treaty, were to remain un- rodressed. Was it right for the Uuited Siatcsto take advantage of itsown wrong7 The second class of claims which had been rejected by the Government, consisted of those, tho principal of winch had-been allowed, and upon which interest had been refused. Mr. Gilmer said, that ho had already endeavored to show that the most liberal' allowance ought to bo’ made in favor of all tho claims before the Committee. He did not codsider the claimants as demanding .interest, of thq i Government bat as ins'wting upon the eqnitaliio lii?n’ they had upon the fund in its hands, for a full and just compensation for the injuries they had sustain ed. He did not consider that interest upon the value of tneir losses from the time when their property was taken or destroyed, would really bo ample satisfaction to the claimants for the kind of dupredatious committed upon them, but as furnishing the only fixed rule by which an ti lt iforni estimate could bemade. Tho claim of in terest was upon the fund appropriated for the payment of the claims, and not upon the pub lic Treasury. Tho question really was, wheth er the claimants, whoso demands hid remained unsatisfied for thirty or forty years, had not a more equitable lien upon the unexpended bal ance of the $250,000, tor compensation to them fur the time they had lost the use of their prop erty, than any right to it on the part of the gov ernment. That compensation to the claimants had, however, been resisted through the opin ion of the Attorney General. The claimants would have been better satisfied to have had the justice of their demands decided upon by the sense of equity of tlie chief magistrate of thoir country, by whom, according to compact, they were to have been adjudicated, than by the technical rules of the government’s law of- ficer. That high officer had determined that in'erest did not follow a claim for unliquidated damages. Nominally ho was right; but sub stantially wrong. Tbo claims were not fur un liquidated damages, but fur specific property in the possession oftlio Creek Indians, which be- lunged to citizens ef Georgia, and which, the Creek tribe, by various treaties, had promised to restoro to its owners. .Ifiijto Indians could have been sued in the Courts of law, the rem edy for the Cuorgia claimants would have been an actiou of Trover, by which they would have been entitled to recotvc their property, or its full value in lieu thereof, together with damages equal to the value of the use of tlie property from the time at which it had been demanded until the termination of the suit. That was the law of the State within which both parties re sided. It was tbu rule of equity, tliut tho com pensation for injuries should be fully equal to the loss sustained. Was there any reason why the Georgia claimants should not have that jus tice done them by their government, which one citizen could compel of another by tho strict rules of law 7 Surely it was not because (lie government had neglected to compel the Creeks to perform the stipulations of their treaties 7— Hud the government duue its duty, the Georgia claimants would have had their property restor ed to them mere than thirty years ago. it could not he said, that the State of Geor gia had neglected the use of any means in its power to obtain redress lor its citizens. Mr. Gilmer then read resolutions uf the Legislature of that State, directing the maimer in which the claims of its citizens should be proven, and de mand made oftbe Creek Indiniis. Thu Attor ney General had given a reason, why interest should not bo allowed upon the Georgia claims that the property for which they had been paid had been estimated at double its value. In this, ho speaks without authority, and most dis respectfully ofthe character of the United S ates Commissioners, and the witnesses, by whose oaths -that valuation was made. There were many other most obvious objections to the o- piuions of the Attorney General. He had de termined, for reasons peculiar to himself, nm io urge that subjec, uny further. His colleague. (Mr. Wilde,) had performed that duty m the most satisfactory manner. The third class of claims rejected, Mr. Gil mer said, was that for tho incroase of those fe male slaves, who had been taken by the Creek Indians Irotn the citizens of Georgia, and not restored according to the conditions of the trea ties with jhat State, and those with tho United States. These claims were founded in that principle of,law, by which tho issue of feindu property followed the slate of its mother. The right of tha Georgia claimants to recover tho i- dentical slaves they had lost, was acknowledged by all the treaties having reference to (hat kind of property. The stipulations of all thotrea- ties was, that the negroes taken from the citi zens of Georgia, should bo restored, and not that thuy should ho paid for in money. If the I u- diiitis, who were id the possession of the issue of female slaves, could have been sued in tho Courts of Georgia, by the original owners of such female, slaves, the Georgia claimants would no doubt have recovered. The claimants con tend for no right hut what wus sanctioned by the law. The difficulty had proceeded from the impossibility of compelling that branch' of tlie Government which ulono had the power of redress in its hands to enforce that right. It was woll known to all the Southern gentlemen, that femalo slavo property, which was owned thirty years ago, had yielded a much larger profit thttn any other equal amount of capital, whateror. And hence it was, Mr. Gilmertaid, that the Georgia claimants, who had lost such property by tlie ants of the Creek Indians were entitled to tho redress sought for them. Iu conclusion, Mr. Gilmer repented, that hy the treaty of the Indian Springs, tho Creek Chiefs had contracted to relinquish a certain quantity ofland to the United States, on con dition that it wodd pay to them $200,000, in money, and satisfy the claims of Georgia against their tribo, estimated bv thopartiesnt $250,000. That the valuo of the land* relinquished by the Indians, was considered by them, ns worth $450,000, thereby making the consideration re ceived by the United Stales for its contract to pay the citizens of Georgia, equal to the sum of $250,000. That the U nited States having tho power to adjudicate the claims of those citi zens, had circumscribed them within such nar row bounds, that the larger portion of the fund appropriated by the Indians for their payment, had, instead ofbeing applied to that purpose, gono into the treasury of the United Slates.— That it was inconsistent with her character as an arbiter, and still more with her national character for justico, to deprive her own citi zens of a fund, which had been appropriated for the payment of losses sustained by them, under circumstances of peculiar hardships, and occasioned partly too, by tho neglect or want of power in the Government, to protect them, lit-therefore confidently trusted that the Com mittee would support the motion ofhis colleague, and determine that it was expedient to have further legislation in favor of the claims of the citizens of Georgia. - Thursday, Jan. 29. On motion of Mr. Haynes, it was. Resolved, That tire Committee on the Post Oflice and Post Roads bo instructed to inqtrfj in In flirt si-fftiitiinnpu nP LA.X by Stalling’s Store, m said county, by Tu^ - Store and Covington, in Ne-vton coum^/l Latimer’s Store, Decaturs, and Feign’s Si ■ iu DeKalb county, by Sand Town, i B (vJT bell county, and by Alley’s Store to Carroll!* in Carroll county, in said Stale. Mr. Alexander reported p bill from the Cr mi I tee on the District of Columbia, f oun ^, on tho resolutions proposed by Mr. Miner I lative to the existing state of slavery j„ t | )e V/'j trict of Columbia. It was read a first and sec, J and committed to a Committee of (U »i| Whole House; and made the ordef of the t, ■ for tomorrow. Mr. Vance, from th e mittee-on Military Affairs, introduced a bill i abolish the office of. Major General, and regulate brevet rank in the army af the U which was refered to a Committee of the Win. on the state, of. tho Union. The discussion o Mr. Weems's resolution relative to the distri button of tho public lands, was resumed s continued by Messrs. Weems, Sprague, Strc and Moore of Alabama, until nearly one o’ch, when, on motion of (ho latter gen thjman,- it t laid upon the table. After variousfesvimir., had been submitted and referred, thp Hmiijl went into a Committee of the Whole ootWl state of the Union, Mr. Martin in the Chair 1 and took up the Cumberland road bill, Mr' I Buckner,’ addressed the Committee until 3 „>J clock, wjjen, on motion by the Speaker, the I Committee rose, and the House adjourned. I Fjuday, Jan. 30. I Iw the House of Representatives! the res* I lmion to meet at eleven o'clock instead of I twelve, as in the former part of theeruion, came I into effect yesterday. Several reports were! presented and private bills introduced; nfier I which Mr. Hamilton, from the Select Commit. L tec on Retrenchment, reported a bill to (yi-uKl ize a.Board for the settlement of claims against f the Government of the United States, to in. crease tlie duties of the Attorney General, &nj for other purposes. It provides that the At-1 torney General and tho Comptroller and A* dilors of the Treasury, shall form a Board ot tribunal of appeal, four of them to constitute a I quorum, for the decision of claims upon the Government, with the privilege to the claimants of appeal to Congress under certain, conditiont and regulations; the Attorney General, or in his absence, the Comptroller, to preside in the Court, records of the proceedings of which are directed to be kept. It provides, also, that the I Attorney General shall receive an annual com* peusatiou, the amount of which ix left in blarit, for.tlie additional duties thus imposed upon him. It was read a first and second lime, and ordered ' to be committed to a Committee of tlm Whnlt House on tlie state of tlie Union, and to be printed. The Queen of Portugal, dressed, equipped, nnd attended, as described below, is a girl, il. will be remembered, of nine years of age! From a ■ London Paper. The Qwcii of Portugal.—^The Queen of Portuuul will be presented to ius majesty u> two o’clock to-d.«y, at Windsor Castle. Since it had been officially announced to the Viscount fe lthbav.mn lhat his Majesty would hold a Court for the purpose of receiving her Majes ty as Queen of Portti'.: d, most splendid eqnj» t ines have been prepared for her, to cynvey ior Majesty and tier suito from Laleham to Windsor. Vi«coimt Ithliavina arrived at La- lehuni yesterday, and the Marquis de Pul mo It e.iine down this morning. At 1 o’clock her Majesty entered tho state carnage. Site was dressed in a superb white lace robe, nnd was decorated with'tbo Portuguese and Brazilian Orders. She wore a sMeitdid portrait of her father the Emperor of -‘Jrazil, suspended hy a diamond nccltice, and studded with diamonds. Her Majesty was accompanied in her rarrinru by bar guardian, lint' Marquis do B.irliaeena, tlie Countess de J.bvjijn, and the Chevalier de Saldanlm. H r Majesty’s carriage was prece ded by one in which w.i-: the Chevalier D’Ai- ineida. The Viscount do Itahuyana and the Marquis de Rezend were in tin* second. Tho third carriage contained the Marqu.s and dm Marchioness de Palmcd.'i. The first and fourth carriages were distinguished hy the royal livery of porjugal, and ail the equipages Were well worthy oftlio important oci-saiOu. roHihhi the expediency of establislUng'iV frem Madison, "in .-yirgm cC-.in^T Politicol Iforizon of the East.—If the question, whether winter would restore peace to the. East, were to be decided liv the mutual interests of the belligerents, we should have poare, fin troth r.rcd repose. The Tnrks are brave, and have just prov ed that they have not degenerated. They are yet susceptible of that religious enthusiasm which work* miracles. The nature of tlie sail, and the climate, and the firm character of Mahmoud, hare been of great service to them* and leave no Iwpo of forcing him to make concessions. The resist-• ance of the Mussulmans ha* been glorious in the late campaign; it will he obstinate should the war be renewed. Turkey, however, could not long sustain the contest. "Tho elements of her military S iwer are yet rude, and require to he fashioned.— er regular army is sprung froqpthe midst of qpn*. yulsions which deluged the capital with blood, and of which the conaeqnences may yet be frit. Des potism governs Russia asjwelt as Turkey, bnt in the formeritis more tempered by a further advan ced civilization than in the latter. The. Czars have long established a regular military force, aod a sys tem which brings it nearer to order nnd regularity- Its finances aro in a bud state. The population of Russia Is about 44,000,000, nnd yet its provinces. are depopulated, and there is a want of homogenl- ty In its . languages, manners, and custom*- I* 5 force must not be measured by the number of it* inhabitants. Its army of 800,000 is now reduced, and justly, to the half of that number. Russia, iu her present state, does not need conquests, but a good domestic administration—the abolition of slavery, the diffusion of education nnd improvements in agriculture and other arts. Its complaints a- gainst the Porte, are mere pretexts for making war. The deliverance of Greece is now accomplished, and for Russia to prosecute the war, would be to betray her secret ambition. A second catnpaico would dissipate all the prejudices which yctremaiu in favor of her moderation and magnanimity, and would show that the Emperor Nicholas is prece ding straight forw ard to attain the completion of th* gigantic plans of Pf'tor die Great and Catharine.— Austria does not like tSe war ou her frontiers, and likes the Turks for neighbors. The Court of Vi enna, which loves rcpci|k£ sleep in peace by the side of Pachalicks. England is not pleased with th® pretensions of Russia, and with her own idleness t and, if provoked, may prevent, uy forge of arms, the capture of Constantinople. France i will only interpose to procure pc&co—4ier policy is concilia tory. It is not supposed tbat Prussia wishe* to sc® Russia aggrandized. On every side we think that ftrtHenee.and good reason advise peace, but only ■rfail rthito pr/rfl- atid interested flatterers, who advits war, will Georgia; :*8 are' ofriad, b e heard^-Comier Franc St. r