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SEMIXOl.F. WAR.
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4 c*; r —[ vn>fc y«m fom Bov.•!c^R , Town,
mi (he Cf.th instant. On tin- niftht of the
t^ine day, 1 received tlie expected des
patch from my Aid de Camp, I ira.i'r.wt
Gadsden, communicating the sjcciss ot
Vm expedition ; and o:i the next nav, as
►non a* the-irk of my army "ere des-
; airbed down the Snv.anevnv.-r, tube
c.mveved in fire raptured « homier to . <-
Marl. .. I -tor* up ti e line nf march ler
that fort. J arrived at this place last
«%cnii»r\ r.ortortfjns a march nt 10# miles,
j„ than five .lavs; It. Gadsden had
rearhed it a few hour' before me. He
ctiror.nr.nca'os having fourul, amonir t-jt*
v ,ai>i-r* of Affrithm:t, Ainbrister and ( vt. . ,
fetteir, memorials &e. all pointing »’/»
the instigator* of this savairo war. aim in
,oirir rr-ar-rre inrolvir.g the British gov-
ernti.ei.l in the agency. These v.ill be
fervvaitled you in a detailed report, 1 pur
pose communicating tc you as early as
practicable.
The old woman spoken of in my last
eommiinitat.'on to ye.it, who promised to
vise lier influence in having McQueen cap
tured a:nl delivered up, lots not been beard
of. Front signs disenvered 0:1 tlie oppo
site shorn of the St- Maths'liver, I a:n
induced to beli. e that the Indian patty
is .-till in this neighborhood. A de.nrh-
vieiit c. ill be ser.t out to reconnoitre the
country to receive them a friends tf dis-
i used to Hiirrcnd r; or iufliit merited
elusti-cioonf if still hostile.
1 shall leave this in two or three days
f.,r Fort Gadsden, and after making all ne-
■le-sr.rv arrangement* for the security of
the positions occupied, and detaching a
force *o femur the country west of the Ap-
ii.iWhiro'.n, I shall proceed direct for
Nashville : piv preseiice in this country
can be no longer necc-sary. The Indian
forces have been divided and scattered,
c-it off Irom a!! communication with those
vnorincirded agents of foreign nations,
v h.'o have deluded them to their ruin ;—
tl.ev have not the power, if the will re-
i.is'n. of again amoving our frontier.
! reiikiin, &«'. ixC.
ANDREW JACKSON,
f., in Cumm’d'g.
It, I'! ' Uivivim Smith,?
• Fort Velslm..-till May, 1S18. S
Si, t ictun.H to this post with my
army on the evening of the 2d inst. and
■errb-ave an ocrlv opportunity ot furnish-
inc vim a dotuikd report of iny operations
.to tfie east of the Appalachicola river.—
In the several communications addressed
to vou from Hartford, hurt tscott, and this
pla'ce, I have stated the condition of the
army on my assuming the immediate com
mand : the embarrassments occasioned
from the want of provisions; the privations
of mv troops on their march from the
frontiers of Georgia ; and (lie circumstan
ces which compelled me to move directly
down the AppalacVieola river, to meet
with and protect the expected supplies
from Orleans. 'I l ose were received on
the 43th of March, and on the next day I
was prepared for ictive operations. For
a detailed account of my movements, from
tliaf period to this dav,' you are respect
ful!, referred to the report prepared bv
.inv Adjutant General, accompanied with
•Capt. Hugh Young's topographical sketch
of the route and distance performed.—
This has been principally a vyar of move
ments : the endin', cut oft from their
strong holds, or del rived in the promised
foreign aid, have uniformly avoided a gen
eral ■engagement. Their resistance has
generally b'en l. eble; and, in the partial
rencounters into which they seem to have
been involuntarily forced, tlie regulars,
volunteers and militia, under my com
mand, realised jnv expectations. Every
privation, fatigue 'and exposure, was en
countered with the spirit of soldiers ; and
danger was met with a degree of fortitude
calculated to strengthen tlie confidence 1
had reposed in theni.
On the commencement of my opera
tions, 1 was strongly impressed with tlie
belief that this Indian war had been CTci-
ted by sr.-.ne unprincipled foreign or pri
vate agents. The outlaws of tlie old Red
Flick party bail been severely convinced,
and the Seminole* wi re too weak in num
brr*: to believe -that they could possibly
alone maintain a war, with even partial
success, against the U. States. Firml
convinced# therefore, that succor oau Been
procured from some quarter, or that they
had been deluded into a belief that Ame
rica dare not violate the neutrality ot
Spain bv penetrating to their towns, I
earlv determined to ascertain these facts,
aml so to direct mv movements as to un
deceive the Indians. After the destruction
of the Mickasnkean villages, I marched
direct for Sv. Marks. The corrcs|Kindence
between mvself and the Spanish command
ant. in which 1 demanded the occupancy
of that fortress with an American garrison,
wccompanv this. It had been reported to
me. direct from the Governor of Pensaco
la, that the Indians and negroes unfriend
ly to tlie Tinted States hall demamled of
the commandant of St. Marks a -.apply of
ammunition, munition* ol war,&r-threat-
cuing, in the event of a ubn-compliance,
to take possession uif the fort. The Spanish
commandant acknowledged the defence
less state of his fortress and his inability
to defend it: an.l the Governor of Pensa
cola erpressod similar apprehensions. Tlie
Spanish agents throughout the Florida*
hid uniformly disavowed liavin» any con-
jieiion with the Indians, and acknowledg-
Ciiitcd.States. Indeed, tliey declared tliat
the Seminole Indjans w ere v-iei'. cil as aJ.kc
hostile to"the. Spahjsli "gitvermiient, amf
that the. will remained,- tltoughdhe power
was wantutg, to inffic’t merited chastise-
meht pn this lawless tiibe. It was, there
fore, tii be supposed that the American
army,-impelled, by the immutable laws of
-scil'-defetice, to penetrate the territories
of his Catholic majesty, to fight bis battles,
and etron to relieve from a cruel bondage
some of bis own subjects, would have be; a
received as allies, hcilt-d as deliverers,
ami every facility afforded to them to ter
minate speedily and successfully tliis sa
vage war. Fort St. Marks could not be
maintained bv tlie Spanish force garrison
ing it. The Indians and negrow viewed
it In-.an asylum if driven from the towns,
and were 'preparing to occupy it, in this
event It war. necessary to anticipate
their movements, independent of the po
sition (s ing deemed essential, as a dep t
on which the success of mir future opera
tions measurably depended. In the spirit
of friendship, f. therefore, demamled its
surrender to the army of the United states
until the close of the Seminole war. The
Spanish commandant required time to re
licet; it was granted; alula ncgticiation
ensued, and u:i effort was made to protract
it to an unwarrantable length. In the
conversations between my Aul-de-Camp
Lt. Gadsden, anil the Spanish comttiana-
arit, circumstances transpired convincing
him of a disposition to favor the Indians,
ami having taken an active part in aiding
arid aheting them in this war. I hesitated,
therefore, no longer; and, as I could not
be received in friendship, J entered tlie
fort bv violence. Two light companions of
the rt'li regiment of ir fantry, and one of
the -ith, under the command of Maj.
Twiggs, were ordered to advance, lower
tlie Spanish colors, and hoist the star-
spangled banner on the ramparts of fort
Ft. Marks. The order was executed
promptly; no resistance attempted on the
part of the .Spanish garrison.
The duplicity of the Spanish command
ant, in professing friendship towards tlie
United States virile he was actually aid
ing and supplying her 6avage enemies,
throw ing operithegates of his garrison to
their free access, appropriating the King's
stores to their use, issuing ammunition and
munitions of war to them, ami knowingly
purchasing of them proneriy plundered
From tlie citizens of the United States, is
clearly evinced by the documents accom
panying my correspondence.
In Fort St. Marks, as an inmate in tlie
family of the Spanish commandant, an
Englishman by the name of Arhuthnot
wasfound.Unablesatisfactorily to explain
the object of bis visiting this country, and
there being a combination of circum
stances to justify a suspicion that his
views were not honest, he was ordered in
close coiiui'ement. The capture of his
schooner near the mouth of Suwaney river,
by my Aul-de-Camp, Lt. Gadsden, and
papers found on board, unveiled his cor
rupt transactions, as well as those of Capt
Ainbrister, late of the British colonial
marine corps,
Bowlegs’ Town. These individuals were
tried, under my orders bv a special Court
of select officers, legally convicted as
exciters of this savage and negro war, le
gally condemned and most justly'punish
cd for their iniquities. The proceedings
of the court martial in this case, with the
volume oi' testimony justifying their con
demnation, presents srenes of wickedness,
corruption and barbarity, at which the
heart sickens, an.l in which, in this en
lightened age, it ought scarcely to be be
lieved that a Christian nation would havi
participated ; and yet the British govern
meat is involved in*thc agency. If Arbuth
not and Ainbrister are not convicted as
the authorized agents of Great Britain,
there is no room to doubt but that govern
mrnt bad a knowledge of their assumed
character, and was vvell advised of the
measures which they had adopted to cx
cite the negroes ami indians in East Flo
rida to war against the United States. I
hope the execution of these two unprin
cipled villains > iii prove an awful exam
pie to the world, and convince the govern
raetit of Great Britain, as well as her s'll-.
jects, that certain, if slow, retribution
awaits those unchristian wretches, who,
bv false promise®, delude and excite all
Indian tribes to all the horrid deeds of
savage war.
Previous to my leaving Fort Gadsden
I had occasion to address a cominunica
tinn to the Governor of Pensacola, on the
subject of permitting supplies to pass up
the Escambia river to Fort Craw font. This
letter, with another from St. Marks on the
subject of some Uuited States’cloathing,
shipped in a vessel in tlie employ of the
Spanish government, to that iiost*, I now
enclose, with his replv. The Governor of
Pensacola’s refusal of my demand, cannot
but be viewed as evincing ail hostile feel
ing on his part, particularly in connexio
with some circumstances reported to me
from the most unquestionable authority,
lt lias been staled, that the Indians at war
with the United States, have free access
into Pensacola ; that they are kept advis
ed, from that quarter, of all our move
ments ; that they are supplied from thence
with ammunition and munitions of war;
and that they are now collecting in a large
bodv, to the amount of 4 or Sin; warriors,
in tliat city. That inroads from thence
have been* lately made on the Alabama;
in one of w hich IS settlers fell by the To
mahawk. These statements compell me
to make a movement to the west of the
Appalachicola, and, >hou!d they prove cor
rect, Pensacola must be occupied with an
American force—the Governor treated
according to his deserts, or as policy may
dictate. 1 shall leave strong garrisons in
Forts St. Marks, Gadsden, and Scott, and
in Pensacola, should it become necessary
to pos?-c : s it. It becomes my duty to state
it, as my confirmed opinion, that, so long
as Spain has not tlie power or will to en
force the treaties by w hich she is solemnly
■bound to preserve, tlie Indians, within her
Inlxarj. atf peace with tlie United States,
„ ..." **# : i.;. amr flouflierrt
nil sriuinty can be given to our southern
frontier, without occupying a cordon ol
Dost* along thu sea shore. The moment
lie America;, arrtiy retires from Florida,
amf the war hatchet will be again rawed,-and
the same scenes of indiscriminate massa
cre, with which our frontier settlers have
been visited, will be repeated. So long as
tiie Indians within the territory of Spa n
are exposed to the delusions of false pro
phets and poison of foreign intrigue; so
on™- aa the'v can receive ammunition, inu-
nitions of war, &c,from pretended traders
and Spanish commandants, it will be im-
inssiblc to restrain their outrages. 1 ne
turning of tlie tow ns, destroying of their
stock anil provisions, will produce but
temporary embarrassments, llc-supplied
by Spanish authorities, they may concen
trate and disperse at will, and keep up a
lasting predatory warfare against the fron
tiers of the United States, as expensive to
our government,asbarrassingto ourtroons.
The’savages, therefore, taust be made de
pendent on us, and cannot be kept at
ptacc, without being persuaded of the cer
tainty of chastisement being inflicted on
the commission of the least offence. I
trust, therefore that the measures which
have been pursued will meet with the ap-
pyobation of tlie President of the United
Stales. They have been adopted in pur
suance of your instructions, and under a
firm'conviction, that they alnne were cal
culated to ensure. " peace, and security, to
the southern frontier of Georgia.’^
The army will move on the 7th from
hence, crossing the Appalachicola river,
at the Ochesee Bluff, about 40 miles above
ANDREW JACKSON.
Maj. Gtn. Comm'd'g.
Hon. J. e. Cituors, Serrrtarjt of II nr.
[tscLosrnr.s.]
Head Quarters, Division of the South,?
Fort Giutsilcn, 24th March, ISIS. S.
Sir—j have ordered a supply of provis
ions to be sent from New-Orleans, via
Pensacola, to Fort Crawford, on the Ca-
neuchoi This route h s been adopted as
the most speedy one of provisioning one
of my^garrisons, which must be maintain
ed during the present conflict against our
mutual enemies, the Seminole Ipdians;
and I cannot but express a hope that no
attempt will be made to interrupt the free
passage of mv transports to tliat post. I
am not disposed to enter into any chntro-
versv with you on the rights which our
government may claim to the free naviga
tion of such wjater courses as head within
her limits, but flow through tlie territory
of his Catholic Majesty; preferring to
lea*(v4hc.so'subjects to be settled by those
legally authorised. But, as it is necessa
ry for me to make use of the Escambia
river in passing up provisions.to tlie gar
rison at Fort Crawford, I wish it to be
distinctly understood, that any attempt to
interrupt the passage of transports cannot
he viewed in any other light than as an
hostile art on your part. I will not permit
myself for a moment to believe that you
would commit, an act so contrary to the
interests of the King, vonr master. His
Catholic Majesty, as wVll as the govern
ment of the United States, are alike inter
ested in chastising a savage foe, who has
_ 1 ilic friendly Indians of
the neighborhood, from continuing to ex
perience them. I have hitherto received
no answer, and, consequently, roar ex
cellency. who knows how limited are the
powers of a subordinate officer, cannot be
surprised that l should make known to
you, tliat, although my mode of thinking
exac-lv corresponds with yours, as to the
dislodging of the negroes*from the fort,
the occupying of it with Spanish troops,
or destroying it, and delivenngthe negroes
who mav be collected, to their lawful own
ers, I shall not be able to act trtitil I re
ceive the orders of ir.y Captaiu General,
and the assistance necessary to enable me
to undertake the enterprise with a moral
certainty of accomplishing the end. I am
persuaded that the determipation of the
said chief cannot be long delayed; and,
sho-ld it authorize me to act, yom excel
lency mav rest assured and persuaded,
that ! will not lose an instant in adopting,
takeif as a prisoner near too | on ^ %varref l with impunity against his
subjects,-i\s well as the citizens of this
Republic*; and 1 feel persuaded that eve
ry aid which you can give to promote this
object, will be cheerfully tendered.
ANDREW JACKSON,
Maj. Gen. Comm’d?
Don Jose Massot, Governor of 1‘entacola.
TTIAXfiLATKn COPT.
Most excellent Sir—On the 24th of the
present month, Capt. Amelung, of the 1st
IT. Stat'es’-reghiient, nut irito my hands our
excellency’s letter dated at Washington,
Mississippi territory, on the .23d of April
last; in which, after apprizing me that
your government had given it in charge to
you to inform me that the fort, of the ne
groes, erected during the last war with
Great Britain, near the junction of the
Chatahouche and Flint livers, had been
reinforced, and was now occupied by more
than two hundred and fifty negroes, many,
of whom were seduced from tlie service
of their masters, (who are citizens of the
United States), and that all of them are
well armed, provisioned, and disciplined
—you make many wise reflections with
respect to the serious injuries which may
result from tolerating such an. establish
ment, not only to those in the immediate
neighborhood of it, by destroying the peace
of the nation, but .likewise to the good un
derstanding which happily exists between
our respective governments. You enter
info an investigation, to shew what the
Spanish authorities ought to do to put an
end to an evil of so serious a nature, in a
mode prescribed by those principles of
good faith which are the foundation of
friendly neighborhood among nations. You
distinctly state what this government
ought immediately to do; in failure of
which, your government will be obliged
to do it', to ensure die safety of the inhab
itants of the United States ; and you con
clude bv requesting me to state in my
answer*to vour letter, whether the said
Fort had been constructed by the Spanish
government, and whether the negroes who
composed its garrison were deemed sub
jects of His Catholic Majesty, and if the
Fort w as not built bv Spanish authority, to
state by whose authority, and by whose
order it was built.
In answer to your excellency, I will
state, with the veracity which comports
with the character of an honorable officer,
in which class I rank myself, that, having
■arrived at the place nearly at the close of
the month of March prece'ding, and being
informed of wliatvour excellency has com
municated to me, w ith this difference, that
the Fort, instead of being where you place
it, is to be found on the eastern bank of
the Appalachicola, at about fifteen miles
from its mouth or entrance into the sea, I
lost no time in proposing to my Captain
General the measures which appeared to
me proper, as well for securing the inha
bitants of the country under mv command,
on mv part, tlie most efficacious measures
for cutting up bv tlie root an evil which
is felt to die full*extent stated in your let
ter, bv the inhabitants of this province,
who are subjects of my sovereign, and
whose prosperity and tranquility it is my
dutv to preserve and protect.
M’ith this explanation, your before nain
ed letter may be considered fully answer
ed, as it gives you to understand, that,
thinking as you» excellency thinks, with
respect to the necessity ol destroying tne
negroes: the Fort of Appalachicola occu
niell bv them, was not constructed by or
der of* the Spanish government and t mt
the negroes, although in part belonging to
inhabitants of this province, and as ration
al beings may be subjects of the King, my
master, are deemed by me insurgents or
rebels against the authority not only of
His Catholic Majesty, but also of the pro
prietors, from whose service they have
withdrawn themselves; some seduced by
the English Colonel Edward Nicolls, Ma
jor Woodbine, and their agents, and others
from their inclination to run off But as
your excellency manifests a particular i.e-
sire, tliat, in case the fort was not erected
hv Spanish authority, I should state by
w'hose order it was erected, I have no
difficulty in satisfying your curiosity by
informing you, that I have understood,
ever since my arrival at this place, that
the said fort, and another near the conflu
ence of the Chatnhouchee and Flint Riv
ers, (which it appears no longer exists)
w ere built by the order of the before nam
ed Col. Nicolls. I will not assure you, he
did it under authority from his govern®
ment, but I can say, he proceeded to place
artillery, munitions anil provisions in it,
bv the arrangement of Vice Admiral Mal
colm, and tliat, when Col. Nicolls, and the
troops of his detachment, after the conclu
sion of the expedition against Louisiana,
withdrew from that point, he left orders
with tlie negroes totally contrary to the
incontestible right of sovereignty, which
the king, my master, exercises, from the
iire ofthe 31stdegrec of North latitude, to
the South. My predecessors in the govern
ment have given an account of all these
actions to the authorities on whom they
depended, that tlie satisfaction which the
violation required might be demanded by
those on whom this duty devolves.
I think I have answered your excellen
cy’s letter satisfactorily, and in. terms
which cannot leave a doubt of the sinceri
ty of my intentions in favor of the com
mon cause of the American and Spanish
inhabitants, and that my present inaction
does not proceed from a want of inclina
tion.
I likewise flatter myself, that, until my
Captain General decides, no steps will be
taken by the government of the United
States or by your excellency, which may
be prejudicial to the sovereignty ot the
king, my master, in the district of Ap
palachicola, which is a dependency of this
government. And finally I conclude, by
by assuring your excellency, that it will
afford me particular satisfaction, to have
opportunities of evincing my desire, not
only to contribute, so far as depends on
me, to the cementing of the good under
standing which subsists between our re
spective governments, but, also to prove
to your excellency the high opinion I en
tertain of your virtues and military ta
lents.
God preserve your excellency many
years.
MAURICIO DE ZUNIGA.
Pensacola, 2Hth March, 1818.
His F.xccllcncv A. Jackson.
[to iib cnxriNrKD ]
From tlie above it appears^— * ’_ .
1. That,M the wild coint of Great Btib
ttin and*of Portugal areof thei same quail-
ty with'those of tlie United States, their
intrinsic value will-be at the rate of 10Q' ..
cents for 2,’ grains, as regulated by law. ^
2. That the intrinsic value of the gold .
coins of France, willbe at the rate oflOO
cents 27 351-P91 grains, or one dollar in
34.5 > worse than their legal value.
S. That the intrinsic value of the gold
coins of Spain, will be at the rate of 100
cents for 2S 76-133 groins, or one dollar
in 393 worse than tiieir.legal value.
4. That tlie intrinsic value of tlie silver
French crowns, will be at the rate of 117
8-10 rents per ounce, or 2-10 of a cent in
the ounce, better than their legal value..
5. That the intrinsic, value of the silver *
five franc pieces of France, will be at the
rate of 116 4-10 cents, nearly, per ounce,
or 4-10 of a cent, nearly, per -ounce, bet
ter than their legal value.
It may, however, sir, be observed, that,*
from long experience of the assayer of the
mint, it is found that the quality of foreign
coins, especially of silver, is somewhat va
riable, as will appear by comparing the
above report with those of former years:
their respective values, therefore, as regu
lated by the law of 1816, are probably as
near their average intrinsic value, as can
well be ascertained.
I have the honor to be, sir, with great,
respect, vour most obedient servant, /.
' ROBERT PATTERSON.
The Honorable Wm. 11. Crairford,
Secretary of the Treasury.
FOREIGN COINS.
REPORT TO CONGRESS OF ASSAYS.
Treasury Department,
December 8th, 1813.
Sir: In obedience to the act, entitled
«An act regulating the currency within
the United States, of the gold coin'of Great
Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and
the crowns of France, and five franc pie
ces,’ passed the 09th of April, 1816,1 have
the honor to transmit herew ith a report of
the Director of the Mint, giving the result
of sundry assays, made in pursuance of
instructions from this department.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
sir, vour obedient servant,
‘ . WM. H. CRAWFORD.
The Honorable the Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
Mint of the United States,
5th December, 1818.
Sir: Agreeably to the general directions
contained in your letter of the 40th Janu
ary last, I have caused assays to be made
of the several species of foreign gold and
silver coins, made current in the United
States, by an act of Congress, passed tlie
29th April, 1816.
The result of the assaver’s report, is as
follows: • ••
Co-. Grt.
Gold coins of G. Britain, made of 2 pie
ces (guineas) 22 0
Di’to 3 pieces (sovenfj,us) 22 0
Dittoof Portugal, 5 ditto, barely 22 0
Ditto of France, 5 ditto (XX franc*) 21 3 3-8
Ditto of Spain, 5 ditto 20 31-0
Oi. Diet, Grt.
from* the damage, loss, and injuries w'hichp silrer of Fnince> made of
thev have suffered, and still suffer, from 5 pieces (crowns) to 48 18
this establishment, as to prevent the Arne- Ditto 5 pieces (V francs) 10 16 oo
Congress'-of the United Stales.
■ IN SENATE
: fTedncsday, December 16.
M-. Sanford Uiil ou the table the follow-
n'; motion:
I. esolced. That the cummittee of com me i ce
ml uianufactuies consider and report
wliat provisions may be proper for obtain-
morcaccurate st-t-menls of the annual
exports and ui/po* Is of f e United St.tej^
Mr. Lacock submitted the following:
Resolved, That the president of the
Uuited States be requested to lay before
the senate, copies of the correspondence!
between the government of the United
.States and the government of Spain rela
tive to the Seminole war, and the 'execu
tion of Arhuthnot ai d Ainbrister; and also
opies of the correspondence between the
government of the United Statos'-aml gen-
r -.l Andrew Jackson, on the subject of the
lestruction of tlie Cliehaw village and the
conduct ol captain Wright on tliat occa
sion; together with copies of the corres
pondence of this government frith govern-
>r Ration, of Georgia, o*v that subject; or
such parts thereof, as, i u the opinion of
the president, may be communicated with
safety to the government.
Toe resolution* ott'.-red yesterday by
\5r. Stokes and by Mr. Fr»meutin, were
severally considered and agreed to
The bills from the miter house, giving to
the representatives of commodore Preble,
and the crew of the brig Syren, certain
prize money; and for granting five years’
a!f pay pension to the widows of inilitia
men who died within four mouths after
heir return home, of sickness contracted
ivi.ile in prrvice; were severally read tlie
second time, and referred.
Mr. E|>p"s laid before the senate a letter
communicated to tlo* committee of finance,
by the secretary of the treasury transmit
ting duties which accrued tipuii imports 1
a >d tonnage during the two hrst quarters
of the years 1817 and 1818.
The senate proceeded again to the con
sideration of tiie bill (or the relief ot gen-f
eral Stark, an amendment having been
heretofore agreed to, on motion of Mr.
Tichenoir, to change the cainiuenccment
of the pension from the 4th of July, 1817:
to the 16th of Augo-t, (the anniversary oi
the battle of Beonii glou, in which genera
Stark so greatly signalized himself,) aud 1
The question was taken, alter some de
bate, on ordering the bill to a third read
ing, and decided in the affirmative, as fol
lows,—yeas 29; nays 6.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. i
Mr Williams, of Noi th-Carolinu, made \
an unfavorable report on the petition of
Richard Fi isliy, who prays coinpensatier
for a house destroyed.by the British army
in Kent conntyY jJiU,which was read, am
referred to a committee of the whole.
Mr W. also matte an unfavorable repor
on the petition of Herman B. Potter, Gil
ui.in Foisum.jr. and others, of tlie state o
Ncw-York, petitioners of the class of tin
Niagara . claims, for property ilea
troyed by the enemy doting the late waq
and it w as ordered to lie on the table,
Mr.' Poindexter, from the committee at
public lands, reported a bill to extend the2f
bounty in land to soldiers of the revolu
tionary army who were oh furlough at the
close of tits wai;aud tlie bill was read and
committed.
air P. also reported a bill making a do- '
nation of land to the state of Illinois, tor
die scat of government nf that state; which
was read and committed. ‘
Mr Johnson, ol Kentucky, reported a
bill pn.idling for the paymeut for proper- -
tv lost or destroyed during the late Semi
nole war; and also a bill fur tiie relief
of Harvey Wakefield; which was read and
committed, fr
On motion cf Mr Poindexter, the se
cretary of the treasury was requested to
lay before the house a statement of the
tracts of land reserved for the establish
ment of towns in the Alabama territory, a
statement of the prices at which they have
b'Cn sold, etc.
Mr CUgett, ot N. H. after a few ex- 1 ■
pl analary remarks, offe.»d the following
for consideration: T *
Resolved, That it is expedient to au
thorise the secretary nf the treasury to de
signate and setapart-~~ townships# each
.if six miles square, in jthe state ofllliubU,
east of the military bounty lands, each Al
ternate sectioi* whereof to be settled by
emigrants from Ireland, and sold to them
at two dollars per acre, to be paid J»y Hired-
instalments, a* follows,wit: one third '■*
part thereof at theej’dof four yearf, one
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