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▼ Ykricm views of the subject. fuflnef eo* j .fnd nro.tJe>. f ■ ■ join! above stated |count allowed ■e, Thi! the »!i bill shall liot I made where the debtor *11.111 I.ill to p. ao) of the eatd several instalments. the same shall become flue and payable. 1 bis sroendmeftl after some debate, !t;„. Son h [ln-r, and rua 11:115 theoce, MsYlh.to the Arkansas ri»er: os the courM’ uf t!»e soothe Arkansas, to its suiter, in l*t:t d thence, try lk..t pdfs 101 ced the ^eOsiol.. The preliminary question being nut _*• WsU the uouse now proceed lococ- cider this resolution V' It was decided mi the negative, 79 votes to 13. So the resolution lies on the table. Mr. Sergeant, from the judiciary com mittee, to whom was referred the bill from the Scu.V.e, to e*tabli*h an anifbrro I meat. , , , ] north or south of latitude 42, »! ...lorn nfbar.kniptcv throughout tbc Lot-! An unsuccessful motion was made to >hal) rJf) f mn , the said source d' was al-o rejected. down on Milish** map ol th- f • y * y ificoce r.i lank ri lini follmv- of the :tu4le 4i north : uf Ulit udr, U> r l*rii*g: as laid L"uit**J htatvs, die of tho U nil The committee then rove and reported published at PbilmUpIhu. impnned t" the the hill to the House without — £ ia'K hereafter, Mr. Sergeant, from the same commit tee, reported the following resolution; Resolved, by the Senate and House 0/ Representatives of the United States ot the tellers had been employed nearly L, , hcu ^ „ f thr „Z lirs „ m | t',„ ,, a »ig..iio!i four hours.) j of the Sabine to the s<-aand nf the said ri- Mr. Hardin then renewed the motion I Ters R f ,xn ami Arkansas, throughout the he toade in committee to amend the bill ; ! extent 01 tliesaid boundary.on lh*-ir respec . r'rreT assembled. That i when, a motion to that effect prevailing- J rive banka, shall be common to the re*,**- A me nca, 10 Congress assem eo. tivr inhabitants oflmth notions. where any state or sl.itcs having rompli cd with the recommendation of Congress in the resolution of tbe -3d September 1789, thall have withdrawn or »haU hereafter withdraw, either in whole or in part, the use of their j uls for prison ers committed unJer the authority of the United States, tbc marshal in such state or states, under tbe direction of the judge of the district, shall be and hereby is au thorised and required to hire a conve nient place to serve as a temporary jail, and to make the necessary provision, un til provision shall he made by law for that purpose, and the said marshal be al lowed bis reasonable expenses incurred for the above porpo*e«. to be paid out of the Treasury of the United States. The resolution having been briefly explained by Mr. Sergeant to have be come ncce*sary bv the recent proceed ing* of the State of Ohio, was ordered to be engrossed fur a third reading without a division. On motion of Mr. Stores. it was, Resolved, That a committee be ap pointed jointly with such committee as may be appointed by the Senate, to en quire and report what subjects before the two Hou-e* are peuperto be acted on du ring the present session of Congress. Mr. Clay rose to give notice to the house, that he should on to-morrow make a motion, tbe ultimate object of which was the declaration of the admi«- sion of the Sute of Missouri into tbe U- oioo. Rr.mrriov or sal awes, tc The House resumed the consideration of the unfinished bu*iness of yesterday, which was the bill to reduce (on an av erage, by 20 per cent.) the salaries of the officers of the government, with the amendment proposed by Mr. Campbell, the object of which was to reduce the pay of tbe members from eight dollars to six dollars per diem. Tbe subject occupied the whole day. The questions which arose, sad the de cisions thereon, were as follow : Mr. Anderton moved to postpone the bill indefinitely. This motion was nega tived, by yeas and nays, 106 to 49. Mr. Archer, of Md. moved to amend the amendment, so as to repeal the ex isting la « respecting the pay of members of Congress, leaving the subject wholly open, that tbe next Congress might fix the compensation as they should think proper. This motion was negatived. Mr. Rhea moved to amend the amend ment, so as to make tbe redaction take effect from tbe commencement of the present session. Before this amendment was disposed of, Mr. Clay, with the expressed intention of putting the bill and amendment to sleep, as one which would be productive of nothing but a useless consumption of time, moved to lay the bill on the table. And, Tbe motion was agreed to, 84 to 62. PUBLIC LAID DEBT. The heuse then, on motion of Mr. Crowell. again resolved itself into a com mittee of the whole, Mr. Allen, of New- York, in the chair, on the bill for the relief of purchasers of the pubiw, Jurklv prior to the 1st July, 1820. Mr. .WCoy had moved to strike out so much of the bill as permits a conditional surrender to the U. States of the land purchased ; so much as dispenses with interest on the money due for lands ! and so much at makes a reduction, in certain Gates, of twenty-five and thirty-seven and a half per cent from the amount of the debt. This motion gave rise to a wide de bate on the merits of the bill, in the course of which the principle of the bill was supported and opposed by the follow ing gentlemen: AOltKIT Tit* mix. Messrs. Hardin Culpepper Allen, of Teno. McCoy. SOUTHS aitx Messrs. Anderson Brush Hendrieks Jones Ctnjr The question being taken on Mr. .If - Coy'i motion, it was negatived by a large majority. Mr. Anderson moved to strike out that claose of the bill which proposed to al low an absolute reduction of thirty three ytr cent, on the amount due by the debt ors, and so to amend the bill ns to coniine the discount to those who should make prompt payment of the whole sum due. This proposition brought on a long de bate, in which Messrs. Beecher, Jones, Cook, Hardin, Sergeant, Anderson, and Clay, joined. The maedi amedment was finally negatived •-ayes 65, noes 62. Mr. Tucker of Va. moved to add the ‘following proviso to the lint section of the bill: Provided also. That where any pur chaser bus purchased at the same time two or more quarter sections,he shall not be permitted to relinquish less than a quarter section. This amendment was also negatived Mr. Hardin then, for reasons which he stated, moved the following addition- el proviso to tbe 3d section of tbe bill The bill aod proposed amendment were laid on tbe table. Mr. Archer, of Va. theo reported that the tellers appointed to examine the ballots given for a committee of 23 nvtn. hers od tbe Missouri subject, according to the resolution of te-lerdav, had per formed that duty—the result of which ballot he delivered in. It appeared that 157 members had been voted far—but that the following seventeen gentlemen only had a majori ty of tbe ballots given and were elected, vie: Must* Clar, of K*n. Mtno Eldy, o: R.Iriund Ford, ofYork Calbrelb, of Vid Hack ley, of Ji Y. 3 Moore, of I’a Stephen*, of Con. Ro;tr>, of Pa. Southard, of .V J. Cobb, of Ge Hill, of Maine Barbrar. of Va. atom, of V Y. Cocke of Tenn. Rankin, or Mils. Archer, of Va. Brown, of Kr. Seventeen only beingelected. there re in lined six members yet to be appointed. Air. Clay moved, as the operation of balloting again to-morrow would be te dious aod create delay, that the House agree, by geocsal consent, to select tbe remaining six member- from those having received the next highest number of votes. It was also suggested that the Speaker appoint the remaining six—and th•- Speaker having intimated to the House that, if the duty devolved on him, he should, from a sense of propriety, maka the appointment from the names standing next highest to those elected, on the li*t —the latter course was concurred in by the House, Mr. Clay having withdrawn his motion, in favor of that course. It appeared then that the five following gentlemen are also elected on the comit- tee. being the next highest on the ii*t : Messrs. Darlinelnn of Pa. Me»sr». Grow of N Y Pitcher of N. York Livermore of N. H Sloan of Ohio. After these Messrs. Randolph and Baldwin were next highest on the list, and having an equal number of votes, it remains for the Speaker to designate tho gentleman who shall make the 23d mem ber of the committee. The House then adjourned. By the President of the United Stoics. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Treaty of Amity, Settlement, and Limits, between the United States of America-and his Catholic Majesty, was con cluded and signed between their Plenipoten tiaries in this City,on the twenty-second day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, which treaty, word for word, is as follows : [uaioiaiL ] TREATY Of Amity, Settlement, and Limits, between the United States of Amtrica and His Catho lic Majesty. Tbe United States of America and his Ca tholic Majesty, desiring to consolidate, on a permanent basis, the friendship and good correspondence which happily prevails be tween the two parties, have determined to settle and terminate all their differences and pretensions, by a Treaty, which shall desig nate, with precision, the limits nf their res pective bordering territories in North Ame rica. With this intention, the President of the UfiiU.d States has furnished with their full powers Jou.v Qijinct Adams, Secretary of State nf the United States; and his Ca tholic Majesty has appointed (lie must excel lent Lord Dos Luis De O.vis, Gousalez, Lopezey, Vara, Lord of tile town of Ravacts, perpetual llegidor of the Corporation of the City of Salamanca, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal American Order of I-abclla the Chathnlic, decorated with the. Lys of La Vendee, Knight Pensioner, of the Royal aud distinguished Spanish Order of Charles the Third, Member of the. Supreme Assembly of the said Royal Order of the Council of Ins Catholic Majesty—his Secretary, with Ex ercise of Decrees, and his Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary near the United States of America. And the said Plenipotentiaries, after hav ing exchanged their powers, have agreed up on and concluded the following articles : article 1. There shall be a firm and inviolable peace and sincere friendship between the United States and their citizens, and his Catholic Majesty, his successors and subjects, with out exception of persons or places. article 2. His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in full property and sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida. The adjacent islands dependent on said provinces, all public lots and squares, vacant lands, pub lic edifices, fortifications, barracks and other buildings, which are not private property, archives and documents, which relate di rectly to the property and sovereignty of said provinces are included in this article.— TMie said archives awl documents shall be left in possession of the commissioners or of ficers of the United States, duly authorized to receive them. abticlb 3. The houwlary line between the two coun tries, west of the Mississippi, shall begin on the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the ri ver Sabine, in the Sea, continuing north a- long the western hank of that river, to the 32 degree of latitude—thence by a line due north, to the degree of latitude where it strikes the Rio Rnxo of Natchitoches, or Red River; then, following tho course of the Rio Itoxo westward, to the degree of longi tude 100 west from London, and 23 from The two blgb contracting parties agree to cede and renounce all their rights, claims, aod pretensions, to the territories desciilw-d bv the said line: that is to say: “ the Unit ed St.it* s lien I v ri de to his Ctlholie Ma jesty, and renounce forever, ■ II In- ir rig its. claims anj pr* !e ;-:uus. to the territories Iv ins west and *01110 of the abmt de*criln-d !in»—and, in like manner, his Catholic Ma- I. sly rede* to the said United States all his rights, claim*, a ,d pretensions, to any terr. ’r.ries ea*t and nor’h of I he said line, and for hiinsi-lf, his h urs, and s-iert** irs, re nomce all claim to the said territories for ever. article 4. To fix this line w ith mure preci-ion, and to place the land-marks which -hill designate exactly the limits of h >lh nations,each ol the contracting parties shill appoint a cmninii sinner and a surveyor, who shall meet b -fori ihe termination of one year, fro n the d .1 • of the ratification of this treaty, at Natchito ches on the Red River, and proceed to run .and mark the said line, from the month ol the Sabine to the Red River, and from tile Red Ri ver to the river Arkansas, and to as certain the latitude of the sou'ceof the said river Arkansas, in conformity to what is a hove agreed upon and stipulated, a id the line of latitude it degrees to the South Sen, they shall make out plans and keep journal* of their proceedings, and the result agreed upon by them shall be con-idered as part ol this treaty and shall have the same force n- if it were inserted therein. The two govern ments will amicably agree respei ting the ne cessary articles to be furnished to those per sons, and also as to their respective escorts, should such be deemed necessary. ARTICLE J. Tbe inhabitants of the ceded territories shall be secured in the fr< c exercise of their religion without any restriction, aud a'l those who may de-ire to remove to the Spanish dominions shall be per i ilted to sell or ex port their effect* at any time whatever, vithout being subject, in either case, to du ties. ARTICLE 6. The inhabitants of the territories which tlis Catholic Ma jesty cede3 to the 17. Slates, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, as soon a* may lie consistent with th--principle* <e tin- fi-de- ral constitution, and admiit-d to the enjoy ment ol'all the privileges, ligh’s, and immu nities, of the citizens of ih<- United Stales. ARTICLE 7. The officers and troops of his Catholic Majesty, in tile territories hereby ceded by him to the United States, shall he witndrawn possession of the places oecupied by them shall be given within six mouths after l e exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, or sooner, if possible, by the offinr* nf his Catholic Maje-ty. to the commission! rs or officers of the United States,-duly nppuiaten to receivethein—andtlie United Statessh-.b furnish the transports and escort necessary to convey the Spanish officers and troops, and their baggage to the Havana. ARTICLE 8. All the grant* of land made before the itthof January, 1818, by his Catholic Ma jesty, or by his law ful authorities in the sa:d territories, ceded by his Majesty to the |_\ States, shall be ratified and ronfirine l to the person in possession nf the land*, to'lhe same extent that the same grants ivn'il i be valid, if t >e territories had remain -d under the dominion of his Catholic M i jesty. Hut the owners in possession of such lands, who, by reason nf the recent circumstances iff the Spanish nation, and the revobitui is in Eu rope, have been prevented from fidfilliag all the conditions of their grants, shall complete thPin within the terms limited in the same, respectively, from the date of this treaty : in default of which, the said giants sli dl lie null, and void. All grants made since tile gplioi January, t8U‘., when the first proposal, on the part of his Catholic Majesty, for the ces sion nf the Florid is, ivns mule, are hereby declared, and agreed to be, null ai.d void. article 0. The two high contracting parties, animat ed with the most earnest de-ire of concilia tion, and with the object of putting an end to all the difference* which have exist d be tween them and of confirming the good in derstaiiding which they wish to be forever maintained between then), reciprocally re nounce all claims for d images or injuries which they, themselves, is well as their res pective citizens and subjects, may have suf fered until the time of signing ibis treaty. 1. The renunciation of the U. States will extend to all the injuries mentioned in the convention of the I till of August, iS02. 2 To all claims on account of prizes made hy French privateers, and condemned by French consuls, within the territory and ju risdiction of Spain. 3. To all clnimsof indemnities on account of the suspension of the right of deposit at Ncvv-Orleons in 1802. 4. To all claims of citizens of the United States upon the government of Spain, aris ing from the unlawful seizures at sea, and ii the ports and territories of Spain, or th Spanish colonies. 5. To all claims of citizens of the United States upon the Spanish government, state ments of which, soliciting the interposition of the government of the United State*, have been presented to the Department of State or to the Minister of the United States i- Spain, since the date of the convention of 1802, and until the signature of this treaty. The renunciation of his Catholic Majesty extends: t. To all the injuries mentioned’in the convention of tile 11 th August, li!o-2. 2. To the sums which hi* Catholic Majes ty advanced for the return of Captain l*ikc from the Prnvincias Internes. 3. To all injuries caused hy the expediti on of Miranda, that was fitted out and equip ped at New-York. 4. To all claims of Spanish subjects upon the government of the. United States, arising from unlawful seizures at sea, or within the I'"-, div, to at! the rl limsof subjects of hi* Calhoun .\|: j. -ty upon the gov eminent of tin: United Slates, io which the interposition of III* Cattiohc Maje*Jy’s goveruine.it lias been solicited before the dale of this treaty, and since the date of the convention of ISU2, or which tuny have been made to the De partment of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty, or o his Minister in the t ailed State*. And the high contracting partie*. respec tively. renounce all claim in indemnities for any of tile recent event*, or transactions ol their respective commanders a:id officers in the Florida*. Tile United State* will cause satisfaction to he made for the injuries, if any, vv nich, by process of law, shall be e»t«bh*hed to have been * off red by t.ic Spanish officers, and in- div idnal S|vani»h itl!l ibiLants, by the late ope- lations of the American army ih Florida. article 10. The ronventio i entered into between the two goverooienU on the lltli uf August, 1802. the ratification* iff which were ex changed the 21st of December, I8iu, is an nulled. ARTICLE tl. The United State*, exonerating Spain from all demands in future, on acrmuit of tie- cl iiin* of their ciliZ' ns, to which the re- funciations herein contained extend, and considering the n entirely cancelled, under- tike to m.m* sjli«f.n tiuii for toe s one, to an mount not xn-ediiig five millions of dol lar*. Toaicut in the full amount and va- li ii'y i f liio—e el.urn-.a t nminissioii,to eon- si*! uf :hre“ Uo nim—iui. rs, Citizens of the United Stales, shall be appointed hy Ihe Pre sident, liv and with the advice mid consent ■if the Senate, nliirh commission shall meet at the City ol Washington, and, within the space ofthrei year* from ihe time of their .list meeting, shall receive,examine, and de ride upon tlii- atnuuut and v didily of all the claims included within the descriptions a- buve mentioned. The said Cintnni**ioners *l:all t ike an oath or affirmation, to be enter ed on the record of their proceedings, for the faithful mid ddigent discharge of their dutic* —and, in case of ihe death, sirlioe**, or ne cessary absence of any such Commissioner, hi* place may he supplied hy the appoint ment as aforesaid, or by the President of the United States, during the recess of the Senate. ofanotherCouiinissioner in hi* stead. The said Commissioners shall he authorized to hear and examine, on oath, every questi on relative to the *aid claims, and to receive all suitable authentic testimony concerning the same. And the Spanish government ■riinll furnish all such ducumentsaud elucida tion* as may he in their possession, fur the adjustment of trie said claim*, according to the principles of justice, the laws of nations, and the stipulations of the treaty between the two.parties of the 27th October, 1795 ; the said documents to be specified when de manded at the instance of the said commis sioners. The payments of such rlaiins as may bi nd nit led adjusted hy the said Commissi oner*, or toe ma jor part of them, to an a- mount not exceeding five millions of dollars, -h ill be made by the United States, either immediately at tm-ir Triasury, or hy the creation of Stock bearing an interest of six [>. r rent per annum, payable from the proceeds of tiie sales of public lands within the ter. itoiie* hereby ceded to the United Stati s, or in such other manner as tht C'ou- g-rs* of the United States may prescribe by law. The record of the proceedings of (he said Commissioners, together with the vouchers and documents produced before them, rela- t-.e to the claims to be adjusted arid decid ed upon them, shall, after the close of their transaction*, be deposited in the Department of State of the United States—and copies of l hem, oi any part of them, shall he furnished in the Spanish Government, if required at the demand of the Spanish Minister in the United States. ARTICLE 12. The treaty of limits be navigation, of 1795, remains confirmed in all, and each one of its •irtit les, excepting the 2d. 3d, 4th, 21st, and the second clause of the 22d article, which, having been altered by this treaty, or having received their entire execution, are no loug- r valid. With respert to the 15th artirle of (he *ame treaty nf Friendship, Limits, and Navigation, if 1795, in which it i*stipulated, that the flag ball cover the property, the two high con raeting parties agree that this shall be soon- I TStnod with respect to those powers who ccoguize this principle—but, if either of the two contracting parties shall lie at war with i third party, and life other neutral, the flag nf the neutral shall cover the property of e- iiemies. whose government acknowledge this principle, and nut of others. article 13. Roth contracting parties, wishing to favor their mutual commerce, hy affording in their ports every necessary assistance to their res pective merchant vessels, have agreed, that he sailors who shall desert from their ves sel* in the ports of the other, shall he arrest ed and delivered up, at the instance of the consul, who shall prove, nevertheless, that the deserters belonged to the vessels that claim them, exhibiting the document that is customary in tlo-ir nation—that is to say, the American consul in a Spanish port, shall exhibit the document known by the name of Articles, and the Spanish Consul in \-nerii'nn ports, the Roll of tile vessel: and if the name of tliedesei ter or deserters, who an- claimed, shall appear in the one or the other, they shall be arrested, held in custody, and deli vered to the vessel to which they shall be long. ARTICLE I *. The United Status hereby certify that they have not received any compensation from France for the injuries they have suffered from her privateers, consuls, and tribunals, on the coasts, and in the porta of Spain, for the satisfaction of iv ich provision is made hy this treaty ; mid they will present an au thentic statement of the prizes made, and of tlurir true value, that Spain may avail her self of the same, in such manner as she may dccmjust and proper. article 15. Tin- United Slates, to give to his Catholic Majesty a proof of their desire to cement the relations of amity subsiding between the two nations, and to favor the comrflerce of the subjects of his Catholic Majesty, agree that Spanish vessels,coming laden only with productions uf Spanish growth or manufac tures, directly from the ports of Spain, or of her colonies, shall In* admitted, for the term of twelve years, to the ports of Pcnsarola and St. Augustine, in the Uloridas, without paying other or higher duties on their car goes, or of tonnage, than will be paid hy the vessels of the United States. During the said term, no other nation shall enjoy the same privileges within Ihe ceded territories. The twelve years shall commence three months after the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty. ARTICLE !**. Tie present treaty shall !;•: ratified ni die form,by the contracting poili* and the ra tifications shall In* exchanged io -i\ mulitll* from this time, or sooner, if pun.-ible. In wit!n»« whereof, we, the underwritten PI"!ii|M»teiitiarie* of the L oin d State* of A- mcrica, end of hi* Catholic Majesty, have signed, by virtue of our powers, the present Treaty of Amity, Settlement, mid Limit.*, ami have thereunto affixed our seals, res pectively. Done at Washington, this twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hund red aod nineteen. [seal ] JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. [seal ] LUIS DE ONSS. And whereas his said Catholic Majesty did, on tile 21lh day of October, in Ihe year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and tw enty, ratify and confinn the said trea ty, which ratification is in tho vvurd» and of tiie tenor follow ing : [thasslatiox.j “Ferdinand the Seventh, by the grace, of God, and hy the constitution of the Spa nish monarchy, king of the Spains. “ Where.'*, on the twenty-second day of February, of the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen last past, a treaty w as concluded aod signed in the City of Wash ington, between Don Luis De Onis, my En voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary, and John Quincy Adams, Esquire, Secretary of Stale of the United States of America, competently authorised by both partie-, coo*i*ting of sixteen articles, which had for their object tile arrangement of dif ferences and of limits between both govern ment* andlbeir re*p* ctiveterritorics—w hich are of the follow!- g form and literal tenor [Here follows the above Treaty, word for I word.] “Then-fore, having sren and examined the *ixti pn articles afon said, and hai ing first obtained the consent and authority of the General Cortes of the nation with respect to the cession mentioned and stipulated iu th- sacond and third articles, 1 approve and ra tify all and every one of tile articles referred to, and the clauses which are contained in them—and in virtue of these presents, I ap prove and ratify them ; promising, on th* faith and word of a King, to execute aud ob serve entirely as if I myself had signed them —and that the circumstance of having ex ceeded the term of six months, fixed for the exchange of the ratifications iu the sixteenth article may afford rio obstacle in any man- ner,it is my deliberate will that the present ratification he ns valid and firm, and produce ihe same effects, as if it had been done, w ith in the determined period. Desirous at the same time of avoiding any doubt of amtiigu- *y concerning the meaning of the lit!» arti cle of the. said treaty, in respect to the date which is pointed out in it as the period for the confirmation of the grants of lands in the Floridas, made hy me, or by the com petent authorities in my royal name, which point of date was Fixed in the positive under standing of the three grants of land made in favor nftbe Duke ofAlagon, the Count of Punonrostro, and Don Pedro de Vergas, be ing aniiuullcil hy its tenor, 1 think proper to declare that the said three grant* have re mained and do remain entirely annulled and invalid ; &. that neither the three individuals mentioned, nor those who may have title or ii'terest through them, can avail themselves of the said grouts at any time, orinany man ner: under which explicit declaration the said 81 h article i* to be understood as ratifi ed. In the faith of all which I have com manded to despatch these presents. Sign ed hy my hand, sealed with my secret seal, and countersigned by the. underwritten my Secretary of Despatch nf State. •Given at Madrid,She twenty-fourth of Oc tober, one thousand eight hundred and twen ty- [Signed] FERNANDO. [Countersigned,] Evaristo Perez he Castro.” And whereas the Senate of the United States did, on the nineteenth day of tho pre sent month, advise and consent to the ratifi cation, on tiie part of the United States, of the said Treaty, in the following words : “I.X Se.VATEOF THE U.MTEU STATES, February tilth, 1821. “ Resolved, Itco-thirds of the Senators pre sent concurring therein, That the Senate, hai ing examined (he Treaty of Amity, Set tlement, and Limits, between the United States of America and His Catholic Majes ty, made and concluded on the. twenty-se cond of February, one thousand eight hun dred and nineteen, and seen and considered the ratification thereof made hy hi* said Ca- tholic Majesty, on the twenty-fourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, do consent to, aod advise the Pre sident uf the U. Stales to ratify the same.” And whereas in pursuance of the said ad vice and consent of the Senate of the United Slates, I have ratified and nnfirmed the said treaty, in the words following, viz : “ Now, therefore, I. James Mo.vroe, Pre sident of the United States of America, hav ing seen and considered the treaty above re cited, together with the ratification of his Catholic Majesty thereof, do, in pursuance of the aforesaid advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, by these pre sent*, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treaty, and every rlauseand article thereof, as the same arc herein before set forth. In faith whereof, I have caused the seal of the United Slates of America to be hereun to affixed. Given under my hand, at Ihe city nf Wash ington, t!.e twenty-second day of February, in the year nf our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, and of the Inde pendence of the United States the forty- fifth. J JAMES MONROE. By tiie President, John Quinct Adams, Secretary of Slate." And whereas the said ratifications, on the part of the United States, and of his Catho lic Ma jesty,have been thisday dulyexchang- cd,at Washington,hy John Quinct Adams, Secretary of State of the United States, and by General Don Francisco Dionisio V;- ve3, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Catholic Majesty:— Now, therefore, to the end that the said trea ty may he observed and performed with good faith, on the part of the United States, I have caused the premises to be made public — and I do hereby enjoin k require nil per sons hearing office, civil or military, tvithin the United Stales, mid all others, citizens J or inhabitants thereof, orbeing within the same, faithfully to observe and fulfil the. said trea ty, and every clause and article thereof. In testimony wh< renf, I have caused the *eal of the United States to he affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand. Done at the City of Washington, the twenty-second day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand [r.. ?.] eight hundred and twenty-one,and of the Sovereignty and Independ ence of the United States the for tj -fifth. JAMES MONROE P>y the President, John Quinct Adams, Secretary of State. LY THE SEMITE OF THE U. S. Sati rdat, Feb. t4. Mr. Eaton laid on the table the follow ing resolution : Resolved, That the President of the Uni- ted States lie requested to communicate to the Senate, if any, snd what proceedings have I teen had in relation to any person hold ing an office under the authority of the go vernment, charged wi'h the introduction of any slate or slaves into the U. States contra ry to the existing laws upon the subject: and that he report such evidences and opin ions connected therewith, not confidentially communicated to him, as may be in his pos session. The bill to reduce the military peace es tablishment w as read the third time, as a- mended, passed, and returned to the other house fur concurrence in the amendments. MISSOURI. On the motion of Mr. Holmes of Maine, the Senate proceeded to consider tbe mes sage from the House of Representatives, an nouncing their appointment of a committee to meet such committee as may be appoin ted by the Senate, on the suliject of the ad mission of Missouri into the Union ; and. the question was on concurring with tbe other house in the course proposed. Mr. Smith of S. C. observed, that, from the hasty glance lie could give the subject, he saw no good reason for such a proceed ing on the part of the Senate. There was no doubt or difficulty here on the subject of Missouri. If tlu-re was any in the other house, he had no objection to give them the adi ire of the Senate, if necessary, hut it could be no reason for the appointment of a cummittecon the part of this body to con sult with them. Not being uble to seethe expediency of the course proposed, M. S. moved that the message lie on the table. Mr. Barbour of Va. remarked that the lime left to act on this matter was so short that a little delay might defeat the object.— The subject was one nf great importance, Mr. B. sod, and he Imped the Senate would act on it i nmediately. The course proposed hy the other house was not a novelty in the pro ceedings of Congress or of the English par liament, whence ino3t of our rules were drawn. Committees of conference were frequently appointed on subjects much: less importance than the present; and it was proper that, when the two houses do not agree on the principles of a public act, there should be a joint committee to seo if they can devise any course in which the two brandies would probably meet. This was a mere proposition for such an enquiry, and lie hoped the Senate would accede to it. Mr. Smith said he had no opportunity to see what the proposition from the oilier House actually was, as it had been just re ceived, and once read. If the Senate were straitened for time, it was a reason for not acting precipitately, and the importance of the subject, which bad been urged in favor of an immediate decision, was a reason for acting w ith caution. As to the mode of pro ceeding iu Parliament, it did riot apply to this case. If the other House had sent back the resolution of the Senate for tbe admis sion of Missouri, with an amendment, on which the two Houses could not agree, a committee of conference would be properon the disagreeing votes—but a committee of conference to settle the original principles was a novelty. He hoped, at any rate, that the Senate would allow a little time—even a half an hour—to think of this proposition. Mr. Holmes, of Maine, hoped that the message would not be laid on the fable.—. The subject involved in it was sufficiently embarrassed and difficult already, and he should be sorry to sec any additional impe diments thrown in the way. It was simply' a proposition from the other House fur a committee of enquiry into an all important matter—and would it, he asked, be proper for the Senate to refuse it ? Tbe motion to lay the message on the ta ble was negatived. The Senate then concurred in the propo sition—ayes 29, noes 7 ; and Messrs. Holmes, of Maine, Roberts, Morril, Barbour, South ard, Johnson, of Kentucky, and King, of N. Y. were appointed, in pursuance thereof, th* committee on the part of the Senate. MEMORIAL. The following is the Memorial, writ ten by a Member of the Legislature of \ irgioia, subscribed by many of its mem bers, memt^rs of the Executive and Ju diciary, and Citizens—and transmitted to Washington.—We understand, the Pre sident of the U. S. has intimated an in tention, before any thing further is done, to call a Court of Enquiry in the case.— The Commodore either applied for it himself, or has eagerly acquiesced in this suggestion from head-quarters : To the Senators and Representatives of the State of Virginia in the Congress of the United States. GENTLEMEN; During the present winter Commo dore James Barron having presented w claim to the Legislature p[ Virginia found ed upon the services of hjs father in (lie war of the Revolution, and having visit ed this city with the view of giving at tention to that claim, many of us to whom he had before been personally unknown, have necessarily formed an acquaintance with him. In any circumstances the politeness, the dignity and the modesty of his deportment could not have failed to win our esteem ; but when to the in fluence of these attractions is added the sympathy which his situation in relation to the N r avy of the United States is so eminently calculated to inspire, you will not be surprised at (he promptitude and earnestness with which we immediately adopted a resolution to address you, and to ask your aid in restoring him to his proper station in the service of his coun try.—We are fully aware of the delicacy of the task, which we wish you to under take.—We know that any efforts which you might make to accomplish our pur poses may be attributed to an improper design to interfere with the Executive Department of the government. But whilst we disclaim for ourselves any such intention, we indulge the hope, that without making any sacrifice ofyour dignity as representatives, and without approaching ton closely the line of exc*. cutivc duties, the means will readily sug-