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M1LLEDGEVIL.LE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1820.
No. 45.
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TltoM THE UKl’UBt.lC OK CO LOMBIA.
The following information is derived
from «source entitled to groat respect.
A,Caras it goes, it may be entirely re-
jj 0 j on. It is not of as late date as re-
i received by way of Philadelphia
u few days ago, which were contained in
a letter from Caraccas, dated Nov. 4.
Republic of Colombia, Oct. 17, 1820.
The Republic of Colombia embraces
the late Caplain-fieneralship of Venezu
ela and Vice royalty of New Grenada, and
j, composed of that portion of South A-
nerica which lies nort of the Equator
and extends from the Altantic to the Pa-
ciiir. ; it is in extent something larger
limn the old thirteen United States, and
contains about three millions of souls,
though it has suffered greatly by the war
and emigration. Of the character of this
population, of the products of the coun-
jf\, and tho blighting system of Old Spain
in relation to her colonies, your own
reading and observation have already in
formed you. In a region where ueither
science, improvement, or commerce,
wove allowed, and where the mind as
well as resources of the country seem to
nave been buried in the deep recesses
of its mines, it is impossible, at this time,
to foresee what will be its moral, politi
cal, and commercial attitude, when a li
beral government shall call out its vast
capacities. In every point of view,
however, it cannot fail to be a source of
deep interest to the United States.
The Patriots relv with great confi
dence upon the favorable disposition of
those who originated and effected the late
revolution in the peninsula, though they
are well aware, that, notwithstanding the
.seeming unanimity among the constitu
tionalists, a portion are decidedly hostite
to the progress of free principles, and
have only yielded to the late change in
the hope, by the aid of the clergy, of ef
fecting a counter-revolution or of enlarg
ing the powers of the monarchy. By
this time, you will have ascertained the
s iews of the Cortez.
As far as correct information has been
received, the Patriots occupy the inte
rior of the country, with the command
of its outlots the Orinoco and the .Mag
dalena. The sanguinary character of the
war has produced an inveterate hatred
towards the Spaniards, and the present
resolution of this government is decided
ly in favor of independence of Spain, not
withstanding the late liberal changes in
that coiuitry. There arc daily defec
tions iw the Creole ranks of General
Morillo, and, before the termination of
this Campaign, his force will consist chief
ly of old Spanish troops, not exceeding
4000, scattered along an exteosive sea
coast. Indeed, the Spaniards do not oc
cupy any entire province, and some of
the points along the coast have been late
ly occupied by the Patriots, at the re
quest of the Creole inhabitants ; and, if
General Morillo has not already, surren
dered, or abandoned the cou.ntry, the
probability is, that his force will be con
tused to Caraccas, Valencia, and Cartha-
gens. His chief defences are at those
points ; while the last advices say that
I Bolivar and Pacz, at the head of an im
posing force of infantry and cavalry,
were advancing upon Caraccas.
It will be a desirable event if the pres
ent campaign, in terminating the war,
shall nllow go favorable a period to estab
lish the constitution which the Congress
is required to prepare at Cucuta in Jan
uary. Its features must be necessarily,
for the present, a subject of conjecture,
though it will probably conform, in most
essential articles, to that of the United
I f States. It will then become an intercs
ting enquiry, in what manner they shall
propose the extinction of their debt, and
whether, upon the return of peace, and
the establishment of their independence,
their army shall cmulato the glory ac
quired by that of our revolution, in pea
ceably retiring to private life, without
pay or subsistence ? I fear that another
author of “ Newburg Letters” may not
find the influence of a second Washington
to resist his traitorous eloquenae. IVe
should, however, hope that these events
may terminate as the friends of humanity
and of free government wish.
24th Oct. P. S. A vessel arrived at
this place on the 22d inst from the mouth
of the river Tcry on the main, about 30
miles east of Lnguira: it had been cap-
j tured by the Patriots, and was loaded
with Cocoa ; part of the booty. We
learn thus that the campaign has actually
commenced. The Patriot Generals had
advanoed to the following positions
Faez in Calabozo, Bermudez in Feron
Mazero in Ticaragua, Urdaneta in San
! Carlos. The Spanish Generals Morillo,
Morales and Torre, were invested in
Caraccas. The Gazette at Mompox and
the Magdalena, says that St. Martha is in
[ the possession of the Patriots. The
Ahten’s battalion of600, with their arms,
lmfl Passed over to the Patriots in
I icaragun. Bolivar was said to be nenr
Cucuta and 1 presumo is engaged jn an
effort to free Maracaybo, as that furnishes
the most direct communication with the
seat of the Congress.
THE ARKANSAW TERRITORY.
Extract of a letter from hit Excellency, Ear. Mil•
ler, to a friend in Peterborough, .V, H. dated
Post oj Arkansaw, Sept 2, 1820.
1 would have answered you sooner,
but I have been sick almost ever since 1
received your letter ; and this is the ve
ry first day l have lelt able to write ; 1
am now very weak. This country must
bp called sickly. Every new comer,
without exception, has been sick. The
sickness here is fever and ague ; a slow
bilious fever, kc. Very few deaths oc
cur by disease—but people remain weak
and lit for nothing for a long time.
41 1 suppose it would he agreiglde to
you to receive gome description of this
unknown country. It is situated betwixt
33 and 36 30 N. hit. and extends from the
Mississippi to the western boundary of
the possessions of the United States. It
is a very large extent of country, thinly
settled. In the village of Arkansaw,
there are 17 houses, (dwellings) and this
is, perhaps as large a village as any in
the territory. From this, on the mail
route, we have to travel without a house
or shelter three days, to get to a settle
ment, across a Prairie. In crossing this,
water is a scarce article. In fact, there
is a great want of water all over this
country, with very few exceptions.
The Arkansaw is a tine navigable
river for more than a thousand miles, at
a middle stage of water, and nffords as
ricli land, on both sides, as there is in
the world. In fact, on all the rivers is
to be found land abundantly rich and fer
tile—and uniformly to be found. Back
from the water streams, the land is quite
indifferent, yon may gay poor, till you go
west two or three hundred miles, then it
is very good. The country is very flat
and level, from the Mississippi west for
150 miles then it becomes hilly and bro
ken,and rocky on al! the hills. Of ani
mals in this country, both winged and
quadruped, we have no want. There is
almost every species of the bird and fowl
in great abundance, wilJ gee3e and swans,
turkies, quails, rabbits, raccoons, hear,
wolf, catamount, wildcat, beaver, otter,
deer, elk, and buffaloe—the huntsman
has full scope.
“ As to minerals, wo have plenty of i-
ron, lead, coal, salt, &.c.
“ This country is the best for raising
stock of every kind I have ever seen. A
man may raise and keep, summer and
winter, any number he pleases. They
grow large and handsome.
“ Cotton and Corn are the staple arti
cles. The laud, well tended, will aver
age about 1000 in the seed, to the acre ;
Coru from 50 to CO bushels. The crop
is good this year—but the birds destroy
vast quantities of the corn.
“ 1 have spent more than two months
on a visit to the Cherokee and Osage In
dians this summer. The most of the rest
of the time I have been sick. The ob
ject of my visit to the Indian Villages was
to settle a difficulty betwixt them. I
went on to the Cherokees, (250 miles)
and held a council with them.—They a-
greed to send four of their chiefs with me
to the Osages, about three hundred and
lifty miles further.—The settlement of
the Cherokees is scattered for a long ex
tent on the river, and appears not much
different from those of the white people.
They are consideraldy advanced towards
civilization, and were very decent in
their deportment. They inhabit a love
ly, rich part ofthe country. The Osage
village is built as compactly as Boston, in
the centre of a vast Prairie. We rode
forty miles into it, before we came to the
town. All the warriors, chiefs, and
young men met us two miles from the
town on horseback, mounted on good
horses, and as tine as they had feathers
or any thing else to make them. They
professed much friendship.' I got them
to guspend their hostilities. The Osage
town consisted of 145 dwellings, with
from ten to tifleen in each bouse. The
average height of the men is more than
six feet. They are entirely in a state
of nature. Very few white people have
ever been among them. They know no
thing of the use of money, nor do they
use any ardent spirits.
“ 1 pitched my tent about half a mile
from the town, and stayed five days.—
They made dances and plays every night
to amuse me. These Indians have a
native religion of their owu, and are the
only tribe, I ever kuew, that had. At
day break every morning, I could hear
them at prayer, and crying for an hour.
They appeared to be as devout in their
way as any class of people. They made
me a present of eight horses, when l left
them.
«• I got, there, two horned frogs—they
are a curiosity. I kept one of them alive
twenty two days—it then had laid twen
ty two eggs, as large and about the shape
and appearance of u large white bean,
and died. 1 have them all safely preser
ved in spirits. 1 obtained the skin ofthe
young wild hog ; this is a Curiosity—
likewise, the skiu of the badger. I pro
cured, also, some salt that came from the
last Prairie, which is covered, for many
miles, from four to six inches deep, with
pure, white, chryitnlized suit. All men a-
gree, both white and Indians, who have
been there, that they can cut and split oft
a piece a foot square. That place is a-
bout 1300 miles, by the course ofthe ri
ver, above this. One branch gf the Ar
kansaw passes through this Prairie, and
sometimes overflows it. When that is
the case, the water in tire river here is
too salt to drink. There is a place about
160 miles from this, where the water
cashes out of a mountain so hot that you
may scald and dress a hog with the water
as it comes from the ground. This is a
fact which admits of no doubt.”
Among the ingenious inventions pre
sented at the meeting of the Massachu
setts Agricultural Society at Brighton,
was a pisiol with seven barrel*, so con
structed as to discharge seven halls suc
cessively with once loading and priming.
Ths committee appointed to assign the
premiums, very gravely report on this
weapon of war, that “ t hey do not deem
themselves authorized to recommend
any premium for ij,” because “ it is not
an instrument of use in agriculture,” and
because there was !* no certificate of its
having been used and approved by
practical farmer.’'—.V. F. Atner.
fill, while the whole currency of vast
sections of the country is thereby fre
quently greatly embarrassed.”
The nieinori.il was read and referred
to the committee on fiuance.
Mr. Williams, of Tennessee, from the
Military Committee, to whom had been
referred the bill for the relief of the of
ficers and volunteers engaged in the Se
minole war, and the bill for (lie relief of
llobett Purdy, late a colonel in the arinv,
reported the first with, and the latter
without amendment.
Mr. Barbour submitted the following
resolution for consideration.
Resolved, That the committee on the
Judiciary be instructed to enquire into
the expediency of so modify ing the law
punishing piracy, as to authorise the
President of t he United States to com
mute capital punishment for confinement
in penitentiary houses.
Mr. Ruggles offered th«j_ follow ing re
solution for consideration :
Resolved, That the committee on (lie
Public Lands he instructed to enquire in
to the expediency of making provision
by law for remitting the interest that has
become due from the purchasers of
the public lands ir. consequence of the
inability to make payments agreeably to
the terms of the law; and for giving a
reasonable time to said purchasers to
complete the payment ofthe principal.
COX GAIV/AS.
where some debate took place on the
question of concurrence in the above u-
mendment.
It was argued, by Messrs. Cobb and
Brush, that it would introduce much per
plexity in the arrangements lor miUliu
service, without producing any essential
benefit.
In reply, Mr. Cannon vindicated his a-
mendment, and in general defended the
object of the bill, which served to place
the militia in some respect on an equality
of looting with the regular troops of the
army, who are clothed as well at fed at
the expcnce ofgovernment.
Mr. Cross, of N. Y. concurred in Mr.
Cannon's general views, hut thought the
amendment would be more properly in
troduced in a different part of the hill.
Mr. Floyd wished the hill to lie oil the
table until a report, called for at the last
session, was received from the War D
partniunt, of the number of ndlili. who
were in service during the late ear
which would afford some data by whicl
hr expenditure that would arise (You
lv the senate.
Thursday, Nov. 30.
The resolution declaring the consent
of Congress to the admission of the State
of Missouri into the Union, was read the
second time ; and,
On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Ken
tucky, it was postponed to and made'the
order ofthe day for Monday next, at
which time, Mr. J. gave notice it was in
tended to move for its consideration.
Friday, Dec. 1.
BANK OF TIIE UNITED STATES.
Mr. Roberts presented the memorial
ofthe Bank ofthe United States, winch,
after some introductory matter, con
cludes by submitting the following points,
on which they ask relief and protection
from Congress :
44 1st. The charter provides that no
Director, except the President, shall he
eligible for more than three years in tour.
This provision has, in practice, been
found to deny to the Bank the services
of those men who are best qualified to
administer its affairs with safety and pro
fit to the institution. It is a provision
not contained, your petitioners believe,
in the charter ofuny respectable banking
institution. It was not contained in the
charier ofthe former Bank of the United
States, and it would seem that the pro.
vision of the charter which forbids the
re-election of more than three-louiihs of
the Directors in office at the time of an
annual election (to which your petition
ers have no objection) is calculated to
effect all the ends of the embarrassing
provision from which your petitioners
now crave relief.
44 2<l. At present there is no authority
under the laws of Congress to punish any
fraud, peculation, or violation of trust,
committed by any of the officers of the
bank or its offices, and on thi* point the
state laws are also supposed to he defi
cient. Nor is there any adequate -civil
remedy for the bank against its faithless
agents who may, the hour before their
dismissal from office, while the investi
gations necessary to their removal indi
cate to them that result, take the proper-
of the btiqk from its
isted, how were they adjusted ; if by re*
forcnce, who wore the referees, what
was their award, and what evidence waa
submitted to themj on which they form
ed their award.
Mr. Trimble, of Kentucky, said he
did not profess to know any thing on the
subject of this resolve but what he was
about to stale. The account, first pre
ferred by Col. James Johnson, he had
understood, had been thought too high.
Some discussion on that point took plade
between him nnd the Secretary of War,
and he authorized his friend and brother
to assent to a reference of the points in
dispute to urhiiriitors, to ho chosen, ono
by each party, the third by those two.
t hree arbitrators were accordingly cho
sen—gentlemen of the first standing and
of the highest respectability, who passed
upon the accounts. They reduced ve
ry considerably the amount chained fe y
Air. Johnson, and the amount paid toiiiu*
[has the amount awarded in his favor by
tin: referees. 1 Inis much Ire had Heard,
and, ns an imprr -ion adverse to him
this bill could be estimated, which would! might be drawn flu.in the gentleman’ste-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, Nov. 30.
On motion of Mr. Campbell, it was
Resolved, That the committee on the
Post Office an I Past Roads he directed
to enquire into the expediency of so a-
mending the twenty-seventh section of
the act entitled “ An act regulating the
Post Office: establishment, passed the
30tli April, 1610, asja’ require the Post
master General, in any contract lie may
enter into for the conveyance of the mail,
to stipulate with the person with whom
such contract is to be made, to carry
Newspapers, Magazines, and Pamphlets,
other than those conveyed in the mail.
Mr. Walker, of N. C. offere 1 the fol
lowing resolution :
Resolved, That the committee on Re
volutionary Pensions he instructed to en
quire into the expediency of providing
bv law for placing on the pension list
such persons as have, or may hereafter
apply for pensions under the acts of Con
gress of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st
May, 1820, who may not he found on the
rolli of the respective states in which
they enlisted, but who, nevertheless,
may he aide to adduce satisfactory proof,
by their own oath, or oilier testimony,
that they did serve on the continental es
tablishment in ttic Revolutionary War.
Mr. Walke r made a number of remarks
in favor, and explanatory uf iliv object
of his motion ; ami the question being
put on agreeing to the resolution, it was
negatived.
On motion of Air. Rankin, it was
Resolved, That the committee on the
Judiciary be instructed to enquire into
the expediency of changing the,term of
holding the District Court of the District
of Mississippi from the first Mondays in
May and December to the first Mondays
in January and July.
On motion ofMr. Case, it waa
Resolved, That the Secretary ofState
he directed to lay before the Moose such
information as lie may pn-se-s or can ob
tain relative to the annual amount ofthe
fees of the Clerks, District Attorneys,
probably amount to more ilian the Na
tional Treasury could satisfy. On this
ground, anil others, lie thought the Dill
ougijt not to pass ; but, if it did pass, it
ought not to be without more satisfacto
ry information on the subject, kc. Mr.
F. therefore moved to lay the bill on the
table.
Mr. Cannon opposed this motion, fear
ing that the effect of it would he, by pro
crastination, to defeat the hill.
"The question on laying the bill on the
table was decided in the afiiiiuative, by
a vote of 7! to 51.
FRrt>Av,Dec. 1.
MISSOURI EXPEDITION.
Mr. Cocke, ot'Tennessee rose to pro-
sent a proposition to the House. When
looking into the expenditures of last year,
he said lie found the account of Col
James Johnson for transportation furnish
ed the expedition ordered up the Mis
souri River. The gross amount of it,
said Mr. C. is $ 250,818 15. Several
items in this account require at least ex
planation. 1 find the sum of $ 333 37
per day, for forty days, charged for the
detention of steam boat Expedition, a-
mounting in the whole to $ 13,333 33 1-3.
In addition to this, $ 2(K) per day, for
thirty six days, is claimed for the deten
tion of steam bout Johnson, amounting
to the sum of $7,200. The stun charg
ed for detention alone of those two boats,
far less than ono mouth and a half, i*
$20,5.33 33 1*2. He called the sltcti-
lion ofthe House, also, to some other
items in this account. It appeared, lie
sani, that three hundred officers anil sol
diers procured a passage, on board Col.
Johnson's boats, from Belle Fontaine to
Council Bluffs, about four hundred miles,
at 61) dolls, each, making the surn of 15,
000 dolls for passage alone. The sum
demanded by Col. Johnson for detention
of boats and passage of three hundred
raon employed on this expedition, is dols.
36,533 33 1-3. By what means the re
sidue ofthe Missouri detachment found
their way to Council Bluffs, said Mr. C.
t am at a loss to determine, but no doubt
on terms equally advantageous to the
public. Knox, ll.ildiman, and Co. con
tracted and furnished transportation to
ihe Council Bluffs, for the sum of $5 60
per hundred pounds. Colonel Johnson
charges, for transportation to the same
place, $16 25 per hundred pound*, nl-
I'oast three limes the amount paid Knox,
and Marshals of the respective
the United States, the amount of whose
fees do not appear in the register of (lie
ly of the bank from its vaults, and with-1 officers in the service of the U. Slat
hold it, spend it, and, if they please, give land also the annual amount of the fee
it in payment to their other creditors, in ; of naval officers, collectors, and survey
exclusion of the hank from which it lias
been thus purloined.
“3d. Under the charter, it has been
doubted whether the bank has power to
authorize the .issuing of notes not signed
by the President and countersigned by
the Cashier. The labor and the time
ors ot the customs of the respective ports
ofthe United States.
On motion of Mr. Plicips, it was
Resolved, That the Post Master Gen
eral of the United States be direc ted to
report to the House the names of those
person* v.ho were indebted to his de
necessary to sign note- for the hank and ; pari then t on the 31?t day of December,
all its branches, are much greater than j 1816, and the amount then due from
either of those officers canhesioiv upon'each person ; also the name of tbo*e
that object, and hence the hunk has bi on who sinowthal time have heroine, and
unable to put in circulation a sufficient — 1
i were indebted to tfu! department, on the
mount of notes of the smaller deuomina-; 30tli of September last, and the amount
tions, which the public most want, an I then clue from each person,
which are best calculated to serve the j The engrossed resolution to authorize
interest of the bank. If authority were tho President of the United States to
given to the Board, from time to time, to i cause the necessary observations to he
appoint one or more persons to sign notes made to ascertain the longitude of tin-
ofthe smaller denominations, at the pa-j Capitol of the United Stales, was rend
rent bank, under the superintend.nice 'th- third lime ; and after an unsuccessful
and direction of the Board and its priori- i moth o by Mr. Cocke to lay it on the tn-
pal officers, there would be no public i ble, tha question was taken on the p.is-
i i-k, and it n ould afford all toe aid which j «nge of tlie resolution, and carried—ayes
your petitioners desire on (lie point. J U 1, nors 45 ; and it was ordered to bo
44 4th. Under the 14th section ot tnejgent to the Senate for concurrence,
net incorporating the Bank, the bills or j The House, on motion of Mr. Cannon.
notes of the Bank originally made pava- J resolved itself into a committee of the
hie, or which shall have become payable, • whole, Mr. Reid in the chair, on the bill
bn demand, are made receivable in all i to provide for clothing the militia ofthe
payments to the United State*, unless' United States, when called into actual
otherwise directed by act of Congress. | service.
Under this regulation, the power of the j Thq hill was so amended, on motion
hank to make its capital available, either ( of Air. Cannon, as to require the clothing
for its own profit or the public good, is j proi i.lod for the militia, to he of sorh co-
greatly abridged. The sphere of its cir- lor or uniform, as may be prescribed by
eolation is limited to those places where 'the Legislatures ofthe respective states,
it i* least wanted, and made to exclude’ The Dill having been other** iscslight-
tliose where it would be eminently use- Jy amended, wag reported to tho House;
mis of i 1 laldiman, and Co. for sin i’ar services
! I am informed, those charges have been
1 allowed, and the account liquidated and
paid. I tryst the information is errone
ous. Permit me to ask, was not Col.
Johnson, contractor, to furnish supplies
as «i II as transportation ? Why, then,
the i. iluy ? Why pay a large amount
for detention ? This, Mr. C. said, is
(lie expedition the President liimsell
takes very great interest in the success
of. and is willing to take great responsi
bility to ensure it. This is the expedi
tion that was to protect the frontier and
fur trade, acquire for the United Stales
lasting influence over the savages of Mis
souri, raise corn in summer, improve na
vigation in winter, and result in saving
to government, in four years, the sum of
$ 12,485 84. The estimated cost for
transportation of this favorite project, as
reported to Congress at the last session,
was 162,904 dolls. The,sum claimed
by Col. Johnson, and, he was told, actu
ally paid, is $ 256,118 15. To ascer
tain with certainty the amount actually
paid for transportation and detention of
boats on the Missouri expedition, and
the reasons why it w..s paid, he offered
the following resolutions :
Resolved, That the Secretary of War
be directed to communicate to this House
what sums of money have been actually
paid to Colonel James Johnson, on ac
count of transportation furnished the ex
pedition ordered up the Missouri liver ;
and also what sums have been paid him
for detention of Steamboats or other in
cidental charges ; whether any difference
of opinion existed between the Depart
ment of War and said Colonel J. Johnson,
relative to the value of transportation or
other charges exhibited by him against
the United States ; ifany differences ex
marks, though uot intended by blip, Mr.
T. said lie had thought it proper to say
thus much in behalf of Col. Johnson,,
had ever been believed to beau
holiest man.
Mr. Cocke said, it was far from him to
question uic honesty of any man what
ever, hi wont lie had said He disclaim
ed any such intention.—But it seemed
extraordinary lo him how the allowance
ref u red to had bcensiiade, wkhouUllio
authority of Congress. On looking into
Col. Johnson** contract, he did not find
that any provision was made for allow
ance for the detention of steam- 1 outs.—-
I le id understood, too, that Col James
JonoHon wa« a contractor not only for
transportation, but for supplic- of provi
sions. If this were true, Mr. g H jtl, he
should like to know how it did happen
that the bouts were detained, and wheth
er it was in consequence ofthe neglect
of Col. Johnson to furnish the provisions
in proper time. Not being included in
the contract, application ought to have
been made to this House to authorize
the allowance which has been made to
Col. J. without its authority. Mr. C,
said he should make no observations with
regard to this urbitrutioo which was spo
ken ef. If the mattter had been refer
red to these exalted arbitrators, let the
House know it. Why refuse the infor
mation which it was desirable to acquire
in relation to it ? The resolution, he
said, was predicated on accounts trans
mitted to Congress at the last session,
and tie did not see why there should ha
any wish on the part of the gentleman
h um Kentucky to oppose its adoption.
Mr. Lowndes remarked, that the gen
tleman from Tennessee must have mis
taken the gentleman from Kentucky, if
he supposed there was, on his part or on
tlmt of any other member, any objection
to the object of this resolution, calling lor
information. There could be no oojec-
iion to it. But, Mr. L. s;dd, he submit
ted it to the House and to the gentleman
from I’enuessee, whether in calling for
information on any subject, it was proper
to accompany that call 'with animadver
sions on the conduct of those, whose
conduct could only be properly judged
when the information itself was before
them. Mr. L. added another remark or
two ofthe same tone a# 1 the preceding
which were not distinctly heard by the
reporter.
On motion of Mr. Rich, with the con
sent of Mr. Cocke, the resolution was a*
mendgd so is to require an account also
of the causes of the detention ofthe Steam
Boats.
Mr. Trimble rose to say, that he did
not intend to object to any information
which might be sought for by the gen-
llemiri from Tennessee, or any other
nieuilipr of the House. It was not his
habit to do so ; nnd it was not hi* dispo
sition to do *o on the present occasion.—
On the contrary, he said he was sure th«
enquiry would meet with the approbation
of even Colonel James Johnson, could
his wishes he consulted. Without know
ing the fart, Mr. T. said, he thought it
quite likely that Col. J. may have tho’t
that lie, and not the Government, had a
right to complain ofthe manner in which
his accounts were liquidated. Mr. T.
said he should not have opened his lips
on this subject, had he not thought that
the statement made by the gentleman
from Tennessee might—though he was
sure the gentleman could not possibly
intend it—give a color to an imputation
on the character of Col. Johnson.
Mr. Cocke rejoined in a few words
more, in the course of which he said he
was sorry that any gentleman should sup.
pose that he wished to cast an imputation
on any man. It was not so, he said ; he
wished to ascertain what were the facts
in lhp case referred to, without any per
sonal views or motives, kc.
The question was then taken qn the
adoption cf the resolve, and agreed to,
w ithout a dissenting voice.
Mr. Lowndes gave notice that he should
on Wednesday uext, move for the con
sideration ofthe resolution declaring the
admission of the State of Missouri into
the Union.