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“which Europe was occupied, 1 sus
pended the effects of iny just resent
ment against a barbarous power; but
I cat mot leave any longer unpunish
ed, the insult done to my (lag. The
signed reparation which I disired to
obtain (or the honor of Franco, will
terminate, aided by the Alnrghty, to
the advantage of Christianity.
The accounts of receipts and ex
penditures will be laid before you,
accompanied by a statement of the
wants, and resources for the year
1830, I have the satisfaction to see,
that, notwithstanding the diminution
of the revenue of 1829, compared
with that of the preceding year, it
has exceeded the estimate of the bud
get.
A recent operation has sufficiently
provided the interest at which loans
may be obtained ; it has demonstra
ted the possibility of lightening the
expenses of the nation. A law rela
tive’ to the extinguishment of the debt
will be presented to you; it will be
connected with a kind of reimburse
ment, which we hope will accord
with what the contributors expect
from our solicitude for justice, and
regard due to those of our subjects
who have plaeed their capital in the
public funds: the measures on which
you will have to deliberate, will have
for their object to satisfy all these in
terests ; they may furnish the means
to meet without new sacrifices, and
in a few years the expenccs which
are necessary for the defence of
Kingdom, the prosperity of agricul
ture and of commerce, the completion
of fortifications, the work to be finish
ed in the points, the repairs of the
roads, and the constructing of can
als.
You will also be occupied with se
veral luws relative to the judiciary,
with difterent plans for the adminis
tration of justice, and with some mea
sures intended to ameliorate the con
dition of the retired soldiers.
I lament the sufferings, which a
long and rigorous winter has brought
upon my people, but charity has mul
tiplied the succors, and it is with a
lively satisfaction that 1 have seen
aid bountifully extended to want
throughout the kingdom, and especi
ally in any good city of Paris.
Gentlemen—The first desire of my
hdart is to see France happy and res
pected ; developing the r iches of her
soil and of her industry; enjoying in
pence those institutions the benefits
ot whicii l nave the nrm desire to
make lasting; the Charle has placed
the public liberty under the sufeguard
of my crown, a sacred charge, iny
duty to my people is to transmit it
inviolate to iny successors.
Peers of France, Deputies of the
Departments ; I do not doubt your
concurrence to aid the good which 1
would do ; you will repel the perfidi
ous insinutions which nmlevolcnee
attempts to propognte ; if wicked de
signs raise against government ob
stacles, which I desire not to conceive,
1 will find the ability to surmount
them, in my resolution to maintain
the public peace, in the just confi
dence of the French, and in the love
which they have always shewn to
their Kings.
_ CO37GB.X23SXONAX,. ~
From the U. S. Telegraph of April 5.
IIS SENATE.
On Saturday the Senate did not
sit
in the House of Representatives,
leave of absence for the remainder
of the session, was on motion of Mr.
Irwin, of Ohio, granted to the Hon.
John M. Goodcnow. Mr. Wickliff #,
from the Committee on the Judicia
ry, presented a report upon the pro
posed impeachment of Judge Conk
lin, U. States District Judge for the
Northern District of New York, ac
companied by a resolution request
ing to he discharged from the further
consideration of the subject. The
report and resolution were laid up
on the table. Mr. Chambrclcng,
from the Committee on Commerce,
reported two bills, one of winch was
to extend the privilege of debenture
to merchandize transported by land
anil water; the other was to autho
rise the transportation of merchan
dise, with the benefit of drawback,
between the Atlantic Ocean <fc Nor
thern Lakes. They were severally
jend twic-j and referred to a Com
mittee of the Whole on the state of
the Union. Mr. Verplank, from the
Committee of Ways and Means, re
ported a bill making an appropria
tion to carry.into effect certain trea
ties with the Cherokee Indians, West
of the Mississippi; which wa3 sever
tdly disposed of. The following re
solution submitted on the Bth Janu
ary', by Mr. Bales was then taken
up.
Resolved, That the Committee on
Military Pensions be instructed, u
grccably to the President’s recom
mendation in his message of the Oth
December last, to review the pen
sion law, for the purpose of extend
ing its benefits to every soldier who
aided, in establishing our liberties,
and who is unable to maintain them
selves in comfort, and to report to
the House a bill for that purpose ;
and also, that said Committee be
further instructed, agreeably to said
recommendation, to report a bill for
the relief of all those who were, du
ring the last war, disabled from sup
porting themselves by manual labor.
Mr. Bates argued at some length
in favor of the adoption of the reso
lution; and was followed by Mr.
Williams, in opposition to the latter
part of it, respecting the soldiers of
the late war, inasmuch as they had
not to suffer the privations, or un
dergo the risks of the warriors ofthe
(evolution. The hour having expi
red, the House then proceeded to
the consideration of private bills.
The hill from the Senate, increas
ing the terms of the Judicial Court
ofthe United States tor the Southern
District of New York, and for ud
ding to the compensation of several
District Judges ofthe United States,
was on motion of Mr. llickliffe; re
ferred to the Committee on the Ju
diciary. The bill, also from the Se
nate, to enable tlio President to ex
tinguish Indian titles within the State
of Indiana, was, upon motion of Mr.
Bell, committed to the Committee
on Indian Affairs. Mr. Slerigere
opposed the bill confirming the claim
of James Porlier and others, and mo
ved to strike out the enacting clause.
Mr. Hunt explained the motives of
the committee in reporting the bill,
which he contended ought to be pas
sed by the House. Hr. Biddle, Mr.
Isaac'lcs, Mr. McDuffie, Mr. Vinton,
Mr. McCoy, Mr. IrvinoU Ohio, & Mr.
Buchanan, subsequently addressed
the House. The motion to st t ike
out the enacting clause prevailed ;
and the bill was, therefore lost. The
House then went into a Committe
of the Whole, Mr. Anderson in the
Chair, and took up a number ofo
tlicr private bills. The remainder
of the day was occupied in their con-
SttIUIUIIUIU
ATKIL 6.
In the Senate, yesterday, peti
tions relative to the Indians residing
within the States, were presented
by Messrs. Holmes, Sanford and
Sprague, Several reports were
made by Committees on bills and
other subjects, which had been re
ferred to them. The following hills
were read a third time and passed:
a bill for the relief Capt. John Jlurn
ham; the bill for the relief ofthe le
gal representatives of John Baptiste
Couture; the bill for the relief of J.
W. lloilcster and Company, and
George An lerson; the bill to estab
lish an additional Land District in
the State of Illinois; the bill for the
relief of John Bronson; the bill for
the relief of Samuel Ward; and the
hill making a donation of land to the
State of Alabama, for the improve
ment of the navigation ofthe Coosa
river, and to connect its waters with
those ofthe Tennessee by a canal.
The bill granting lands to certain in
stitutions for the Deaf and Dumb,
was debated by Messrs. Barton,
Marks and McKinley, in favor,
and by Messrs. Livingston and
Hayne in opposition to it; and was,
finally, on motion of Mr.
laid on the table, and the amend
ments were ordered to be printed.
After the consideration of executive
business, the Senate adjourned.
In the House of Representatives,
j the business of the day was com
menced by the presentation of peti
tions and memorials; among the lat
ter of which was one presented by
the Speaker, from Judge Peck, of
Missouri, on the subject of the re
port ofthe Committee on the Judi
ciary, recommending his impeach
ment for malpractices, claiming to
bo heard in his defence at the bar of
the House, and asking for a copy of
the charges against him. The me
morial cited, in conclusion, the
course pursued in the memorable
case of the impeachment of Warren
Hastings, in the British Parliament,
towards the close ofthe last century,
as a precedent justifying these claims.
The memorial, at the request of Mr.
Bettis, was read., and on motion of
Mr. Clay, ordered to be printed.
After some discussion with respect
to its final disposition, in the course
of which Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Stores
of New York, Mr. Tngcrsoll, Mr.
Southerland, Mr. Wicklijje, Mr.
Pettis, Mr. Bell, Mr. Spencer, of
New York, Mr. Everett, of Massa
chusetts, Mr. Strong, Mr. Clay, Mr.
Martin, Mr. Coulter and Mr. Craig,
of Virginia, participated, Hr. Davis
of South Carolina, moved to lay the
memorial on the table, and to print
it. He did so, he remarked, with
the hope that gentlemen wonld ex
amine the three precedents in the
archive* of the House, they would
there see that the mode of proceed
ing was as well settled, and as plain
ns in cases of assault and battery in
criminal courts. The resolution was
accordingly laid on the table and or
dered to be printed. Mr. Buchan
an announced his intention to call
up the subject to-morrow, (Wednes
day) in the event of the memorial be
ing printed by that time. A bill
making appropriations for the Pub
lic Buildings, was reported by Mr.
Vcrplank, and after a first and se
cond reading was referred to a Com
mittee of the Whole on the state of
the Union. The resolution propos
ed by Mr. Bates, proposing to ex
tend the benefits of the Pension Law
to those soldiers of the Revolution
who may be unable to maintnin
themselves, and to those disabled in
the late war. Mr. Williams moved
to strike out the latter clause of the
resolution; and upon this, called for
the yeas and nays, which being or
dered and taken, the amendment
was carried by a vote of 145 to 29.
Mr. Burges proposed another a
ineudment, proposing to extend the
benefit of the measure to certain
classes ofthe militia who had served
in the war of tlie Revolution for u
period not less than nine months.
Mr. Williams opposed the proposi
tion, and asked that the question,
upon liis motion, be taken by the
yeas and nays. The call was not
sustained; and Mr. De Witt sugges
ted a modification, which was ac
cepted by Mr. Burges, to the effect
that it was not requisite that the pro
posed serv ice of nine months should
be a consecutive service for that pe
riod, hut that such militia-men as
had served nine months in the ag
gregate, even though at different
peviod*, should lie entitled to the
benefits of the measure. The hour,
liutrovoij uAf/irthl bcfoiu I tic; tjuca
tion was decided. The private bills
read and committed on Saturday,
were read a third time and passed;
after which, tic House went into the
consideration of the bill making ap
propriation for the Engineer, Ord
nance, and Quarter-master’s De
partment. The amendments repor
ted from the Committee of the Whole
were considered and concurred in,
with the exception of that expung
ing the item appropriating 8600 for
the purchase of a lithographic press,
and the employment of'a suitable
person as a lithographer, for the ser
vice of the Topographical Bureau in
the War Department. This item of
appropriation was, on motion of Mr.
McDuffie, insetted in the bill; which
was afterwards ordered to be en
grossed for a third reading. The
House then, at 5 o’clock adjourned.
To the Editor ofthe Athenian.
Mr. Shaw 1 find a report in cir
culation, that I had refused a war
rant to Col. Montgomery, the Indian
Agent, the object of which was to re
move certain intruders from the In
dian lands now engaged in digging
gold; upon the ground that they
were justified in their conduct. This
report is very erroneous, and as it is
calculated to involve many of our
good citizens in difficulty, and occa
sion them to commit acts of impro
priety, I beg leave to corroct it
through your paper.
On the first morning oftlall Court,
the agent informed me that a respec
table gentleman of that county, who
was concerned in the above business,
had agreed, upon being required to
leave the nation, to submit the mat
ter to my decision, provided I would
issue a warrant, and determine the
question upon the validity of the in
tercourse law. I replied to the A
gent, if he would leave it to my in
dividual opinion, I would have no
difficulty in saying the gentleman
was wrong, and that he and all oth
ers ought .0 leave the nation. But
I stated I could not conscientiously
support, or attempt by my official
acts to carry into effect, any law,
that toci from the state of Georgia
one particle of its jurisdiction or sov
ereignty. That it was an early in
attention to rights like these, that
Imd induced the GeneralGovernmcnt
to draw to itself, so many powers
that do not rightfully belong to it,
and which will finally overwhelm the
states if not firmly opposed. I stat
ed that all the territory within the
chattered limits of Georgia belonged
to her, except such as had been le
gally disposed of, and consequently,
as territory and jurisdiction are in
separable, all the people, within that
territory, were subjected to her ju
risdiction, that there was no differ
ence between the whites who held
their lands in fee, and the Indians
who held theirs by permission, for a
difference of tenure could make no
possible difference in political condi
tion. That in relation to the Indians
on this territory, the General Gov
ernment held but one single right,
and the identical same right they held
in relation to the citizens of the oth
er part of the state, and precisely in
the same manner, for they were found
side by side in the Federal Constitu
tion, viz: “to regulate commerce a
mong the states and with the Indian
tribes.” That if this clause was ex
punged from the constitution, so far
as that instrument is considered good
authority, it would leave the General
Government as wholly and essenti
ally without power in reference to
in this state, as it is in re
gard to our slaves. That 1 was at
a loss to perceive how it was possible
to construe a power to regulate com
merce into a power to punish simple
naked trespasses, totally unconnect
ed with that subject, the prevention
of which, exclusively belonged to the
state of Georgia. I did not believe
that any one, be his infirmity of mind
what it might, if it left but the bare
exercise of reason, could honestly
come to the conclusion that merely
going into the nation, or while there,
the cutting down n bee tree, the kil
ling a deer, the surveying or tilling
of land, or the digging of gold, were
acts properly and legitimately within
the range of commercial regulation,
as known and received by the com
mercial world. If they are, then I
pronounce that there is no other re
gulation which may not be wrenehed
within such a limitless construction,
and as the very same power extends
to the other part of the state, it fol
lows that the whole territory and ju
risdiction of Georgia may be effectu
liy lost to liar by the mere operati
on of commercial laws. That crisis
had not yet arrived, & though it was
approaching, and perhaps in view,
yet there was on that account a
greater necessity on my part to with
hold ull aid from any movement ten
ding to such a deprecated result.
I stated explicitly, that the gold
diggers were wrong and ought to
come away, hu it was upon another
principle, that the land belonged to
ull the good people of Georgia, in
common, and no one had a right to
go there and enjoy it in any manner,
until all could by law, be permitted
to do the same thing, That this
premature occupancy of the territory,
by some, where all had a right af
forded a pretext to persons of other
states to take the same liberty, and
individuals from at least four states,
were there robbing the citizens of
Georgia of their future interests.
I stated further, that the Inter
course law did certainly forbid such
a trespass, and that the Federal
Court had the execution of this law,
and whatever might be my opinion,
it did not by any means affect that
tribunal; and that the persons were
running great risk, in braving the
consequences of a trial of the ques
tion, before a court that had uniform
ly enforced the law.
A. S. CLAYTON.
The department of Texas was by
an order of the President of the U.
S. of Mexico, on the 2d December,
declared to be exempt from the ope
ration of the decree abolishing Slav
ery in the Mexican Territories.
The Philadelphia papers announce
the death of the Hon. John Tod, one
of the Judges of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania.
A physician travelling in Italy
writes that in Genoa, 3000 persons
have fallen victims to the small pox,
but not one that had been previously
vaccinated is among the number.
iYo cure, no pay. —John Chase of
Wendell, N. 11. offers to cure fevers,
consumptions, dropsy, Ac. “on in
surance.”
WASHINGTON APRIL, 20, 1830.
WE are indebted to our Senator, Col. T rout,.
for a copy of a Report of the Committee on Fi
nance 10 which was referred a resolution of the
30th December, 1829, directing the Committee
to inquire into the expediency of establishing aq
uniform Notional Currency for the U. Slates.
The Committee have reported that it is unne
cessary, ns they are satisfied that the country is
already in the enjoyment of a uniform National
currency. They have pronounced it, not only
sound and uniform in itself, and perfectly adapt,
ed to all the purposes of Government and the
community, but more sound and uniform than
that possessed by any other country. The Com*
inittee have disclosed a fact not generally known
by the community, that the difference of exchange
between this country and England is more than
one per cent in favour of the United States, in*
stead of being from eight to nine per cent in fa
vor of England, as is made appear by til* com
mon forms of quoting exchange. This is explain
ed by the deficiency in weigbt of the American
dollar; which is supposed to be eqaul in England
to 4s. 6c/., or 54 pence, & as such lias usually been
estimated in quoting exchange on England, but
which does not in reality contain asmuch as 49 1-2
pence, so that to produce 100 times 54 pence, in A
merican coin, would require, not SIOO at is gene
rally supposed, but 109 dollars and 25 cents.—
Add to this amount the charges of sending the
money and converting it into English Gold, and
it will be found to ’cost $111; so that slll is, at
this moment the real par of exchange between
the United States and England. The Committee
state that, if therefore, a bill at sight can be pro
cured for less than this sum, ora bill at 60 daya
for one per cent less, say 110 percent, it is chea
per than sending silver; that is to say: he who
lias sßver to send to England can purchase a bill
on London for a greater amount than he would
get if he shipped the silver itself, and of course
exchange would be in favour of the U. States tv
gainst England. The Committee conclude their
report by asking to be discharged from the fur
tber consideration of the subject.—Our limits will
□ot allow us to publish the report at this time, or
to notice it further.
WE are also indebted to oar Representative*,
Messrs. Thompson, Lamar, and Hasses, for
important public documents, and some speeche*
in pamphlet form, for all of which we return our
earnest thanks, it is impossible for a weekly
press to spread in its columns these documents at
length, some of them containing upwards of 150
large octavo pages We intend giving.our rea
ders extracts from them: and in our next, will
publish the opinion of Mr. Berrier, the Attofi
ney General of the United States relative to the
right of soil acquired under existing treaties with
the Cherokee Indians, Sic. Mr. Berrien is clear, ’
ly of the opinion that the Cherokces have no right
to the soil fartherthan may be construed from its
having been merely allotted to them for their hunt
ing ground, over which, they, as a tribe, are free
to rove iu pursuit of game, but that they have no
permanent interest iu the soil itself; the fee iu
which, lie declares to remain in tbs Slalt within
the limits of which it may lie. He is also equal
ly clear in his opinion, that where a Cherokee
emigrates, and receives from the United States,
compensation for his improvements, that the In-’
dian title (it having been merely aright of occu
pancy) is extinguished to the extent of his claim
as occupant, and that the entire title immediately
belongs to Georgia, pursuant to the provisions of
existing treaties, entered into at different periods
between the United States and the Cherokces,
and the compact exsiting between tbs U. Slates
and Georgia, which was entered into in the year
1802. This opinion must settle the question rela
tive to jurisdiction, for surely if Georgia has the
whole and sole control of every spot within the
bounds ofthe Nation that may be left by emi.
grants, she certainly has the.right to extend her
laws over those spots; and to contend that slid
docs not possess the right to extend her jurisdig..
tion over her whole territory would be idle in the
extreme
In tlie documentsaccompanying the President’*
message transmitting information required by tha
House of Representatives in relation to intrusions
Oil lands claimed by the Cherokee tribe of lndi
ans, there appears to be a solecism. The Presi
dent, Secretary of War, and the Attorney Gents
ral of the United States; all agree that Goorgiq
lias ttie right to extend her laws over the whole
extent of her limits, whether inhabited by tire
Indian or the w hite man,-and if so, offenders ari
amenable to the laws of Georgia, and not to those
ofthe United States; and yet we find ordeis isstt
ed from the Department of War, directing Unic
ted States officers to remove a number of w hites
from within the Indian nation, who it is alleged',
are digging gold without authority. Now ,hfi
is an act-of trespass, and as the jutisdiciion of
the State alraudy extends over her whole territory
in regard to while persons, these offenders arc
answerable to the State, and the United Stales
has nothing to do with it. We should like to sro
these intruders removed, but are ofopinion that
complaint should have been made to the civil au
thorities of this Slate and process have issued t*
glee ably to law. The United States troops are
themselves committing an act of trespass bv at
tempting to force from within the limits of this
State persons, located therein, without being
cloathed with civil authority. The Ailorne* Ge.
Herat has said the Indian has no permanent inte
rest in the soil, that the fee is in the State; iheo
w bat right has the indian to tin, treqsnre which
the soil contains ? None. The treasyue belongs
to tho Slate that is possessed of the fee, and not
to the Indian, who, according to the opinion of
the Attorney qcucral, has only a fight to rove
peer die face ofthe soil in pursuit of game.
—Ws-
A Great Haui..— The New York Gazette of
the “9th ult. says—“ Fitly persons were commit
tod to Bridewell for examination yesterday morn,
big,- forty of whoat jveve females,”