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vrer. I r.fd tuvtl’.fm »lucli Ve Im i, further thoel perhaps. in the Stale- f'f there i«, r.t. mere U*«, Mpon "f Vitfec? What ’ xri, A T^».ct«r • *4 bro.'tl • Ifi<r*W «»f a tun* i but line him »***LI , ® ti.anJ wore than C*e d'Mrt l H r >•**** ami hUjuI tpn le«*t broad, with high walh:Ol the Continent Mu. commodity? Would he not mil it on ^ A , the summit from the) A letter Horn Rome «iv—“ A-n.Jt he act of f Wbat would on ow. cr htidi- 'sue a tleteriplieft of l turn, further th.ui p< rl.ap*, in the . i.:t<- it t irunn; i. tuoi to ii< - , t :diiif they are iery«iecp in de*eetst, jcombustible matterUmoide»j olderf*rt i an a-cer.t waiiike preparations whicb'irroundo'ir on one rid art or«(*prr*«*wt r " ui “. ”.‘T“"" ”/«•' (town ofllerdwa: side, there . . . of -lave. luve raid, .f ttw> ' b bro3d ^,g ht 0 | steps ; :it the lops o! country, w e continue to n.onl^e the hope ,817 ’ 1 • ■ that we shall not be em'-roded. Are- port was in circulation for a short tune, that in the erent of a »ar between Aus- rel^mccire three J these the guard* were stationed to pre h'. ,-lred dollars fortes slave.(if to bin o'.'.jf e;£ iteen dollars. He doubtless would ha-c p, .mourn ed it a tyrannical law. In th » year aW jvc citr<5,it wai common to wen***- .* l *0 for tile year’s hire of a tuole slave—an mle- rest of <o per cent per annum on the princi pal tom of f 600—yet no prohibitory I .ws were enacted. But had this slave holder converted bis slave into cash, and attempti-d to hire out t CM—he must have been satis fied with the small auai of I 3* denars, or been liable, to prosecution under the anti- usurious statute.. , It is a fart w ell known to every one, that the real value of inooey, like that of ejerj otuer article of traffic, fluctuate*. H hr then should the owner of this *A^" he bound bv law to sell alwava at a certain price, which price is frequently under •»• "»* T »' uc ; Why not let it l>« regulated, like all others, hv the demand for it 5 We find lb t leg,.- lative inte.fl raore, in matters of this kind. h.« always bad a b.oeful influence. That the fre. r and more unrestrained our trade is. the norr nrnsperoe* i* in condition. At no pe.iod has this fact been more clearly de- mons.-rated in our cauutry, than the pre- seol _ , . We hear it frequently urged, in support of the anti-usurious '-w-.lSat they are enacted to protect the indigent from the oppression of the wealth?. H"W are they protected .- Is *heir property (if they have any t secured fr.m the gnpe' of merciless creditors?— C’ertainlv not. Ou tli» rontrary. they are (if iii debt)(table to have their little all seize,!, under t e sanction *f a s'stute paased by these very leg-dahie guardians, and sold at a •verifier of fifty, perhaps one hundred per cent, when s lonely loan, at the rate of eight or ten per rev' might in all probability, re deem if. Ttr.' ewr benevolent legi-lators protect the indigent and needy, a* they would a starving wretch, by assiduously keening out of In way every kind of suste- D:nce. Again—It is argued, that these restrictive •tv*ules have a tendency to preveu! prodi- %' ity. T its is indeed a weak argument — Pee where, let i»e ask,ia the legislature that has ever Vet devised a plan to stop the innu- rierable doors and outlets, through which tli» estate of a prodigal is deliquated ? It is a. vain a* an attempt would be to retain wa- t<- in a riddle, by dosing only one of its in- tc.-rtirrs. The»t laws certainly were not intended to guard the prudent part of the omrau .i- tv from iinpusitione—they Rregraerally auf- fi. -n’lv attentive to their own interests.— Yet. if a man of this description snould find it g-eatly to hi* ad.ai.uge, to bonow for a certain lime Nemo il.e’scs t* rctr r.f !C percent |ier annum, our legislature would in r-pose, ami viy—** Tv.r. yon -hall not re- ceive '.his loan!” “Why wot r ’ “ Because a;-. -Iio ore bet'er judges of yoor private Concerns than you ire yourself, think it wrould be detrimental to y aur interests to do an—therefore, if you canon! gel it at the per centum which we hare established by law. you must do without it” Cau any thing be more preposterous than tin, ? I should not e«teem it more rijicijoui, for the legislature to pretend to direct me what system of hus bandry to adopt, in the cultivation of iny own lands. Let us take another view of this subject— How would the legislature of Virginia re ceive the man, who would gravely walk into their hall, and tell lliem.tney had enacted a stature, whirb had as demoralizing a tenden cy, as an act to incorporate * company of swindlers and pick-pockets ? As rough as this charge would teem, it would not be the le«strue! The anti-usurious statute, I will venture to •ay, forms a solitary instance of a tempting reward, held out to individual* by a legisla ture in a civilized country, to prove faithless In contracts solemnly entered into with then- fellow individuals. They are tempted, too. tornmmitthis fraud upon persona, of whom they have, in (he first instance, received a fa vor. I will here quote a paragraph upon this •ubjert, from the author riled above : “ In the case of real crimes, in proportion as their mischievousness is apparent, what cannot h it he manifest, even to the criminal, i«, that it is by '.he sdherrnce to bit engagements, that he would do an injury to society—and that, *»y the breat b of such engagements, instead of doing mischief, be is doing good'. In the case of usury, this it what no mnn can know, and what one can scarcely thmk it possible for any man. who, in the character of a borrower, has been concerned in auch a transaction, to imagine, lie knew, that e- »•-! in Ills own judgment, the engagement Was a beneficial one to himself, or he would not haw entered into it—and no body elae bu! the lender is affected by it.’’ The existence of these statutes, is ene of many proofs, w.-ich wt have of the difficul ty of shaking oir those ancient prejudices with whim we are invested from our births. M i- V ailemptswere made in our legislature, to du away that stupid and wastefii custom of burning all the condemned tobacco, be fore it was elT-cted—and when first agitated, the planters, (the only losers hy the rut- t'lii,) almost unanimously protested against the repeal of the law—assigning »• a reason, that the custom was of so ancient an origin, it uust he beneficial. Thus it is, at the pre sent day, with the anti-usuikius laws. We cannot remember when the statutessuppres- sing usury, first came in vogue, therefore they must he beneficial to the community— ne, at least, if they had hern un just, hi.c. our forefathers would have repealed them.— Truly cogent reasoning! These (tarty remarks are made, not w ith an expectstie i of opening the eyas of thoae V. :in are resolved not tu aee :—If a spirit of enquiry it ind ieed among the few who ore willing to investigate the real merits of the subject, the views of the writer are fully sc- giunitilished. AGROIKOS. vent the crowds prcvsmg mdiscnminaje- lv ; a little before day break the Sway a*- fetsand Hyragecs, who had the quarrel ra 1796, vied with each other at the top lor precedency of bathing, and made a iddeo rush, in which the unfortunai tria anj Naples, the Neapolitan troops would attempt to strike the first blow, and enter our territory before the Aus trian troops could arrne . but these ap sepoys, nnJ all the multitude who were j prehensions are happily removed by anj detccodin^, were carried down with | a»«uranc€ lhat the Allied Sovereign* are such violence, that they got jammed to-1 unanimous in their vvi?h to open a nego- gether whithin three steps of tbe wa- jciatioo with the king of Naples, which, ter, where an angle of the old sacred ! it is to be hoped, will supersede Hie ne- i, in angle of the Munderof cessity of an appeal to the sword.” I'yree Moth the Mahadce closes the passage of about •even feet and opens with a swell be hind. Here tbe unfortunate beings were crammed together with such violence, that motion or rise of limbs was una vailing ; the weak, the strong, in vain made efforts, it was all the same, the more exertion made, tbe more intnineJ tbeir limbs became. At half past seven, A. M. I was a wit ness to this horrid scene ; the cries, the mourn* of the unfirtunate multitude were heart-rending in the extreme ; strength, force, or any contrivance or ef fort to assist them was m vain. I made several attempts to extract those who were in the foremost Gle below, but their bodies, leg* and arms were to intwined. that it was impossible to extract one of them, and nothing equals the apathy ol rascally Pojsrec lirilimms. A pleasing part of this recital throws a ray of a brighter hoe on the Sepoys of the 5th and 87th, aod the Gorkeeah corps, who though people of high ca*t and prepos sessions, were stript and actively cm plnved in extracting the dead :—this wav a l.ibour of no small exertion, a« they bad to clesr away the dead from near 60 feet, in an angle of 65 or 60 degrees, be fore they could extract the liring who were below. Col. Patton and sererul officers, by their exertions and cheering the Sepoys, induced them to clear the mass of dead away. At 10 A. M. the liv ing who were below, were extracted in tbe most horrid state ; their limbs blis tered, lufiameJ, and in a state of putre faction ; the number alive did not ex ceed 30 beings, and an extraordinary in stance I must record, which was a young woman who was under the whole mass N'rw-Yoaa, Feb. 24. LATE FROM SPAIN. The brig Fietory, IVheeler, arrived at .his port yesterday morning in 36 days from Cadiz, which place she left on the 12th of January. We learn nothing new of importance. All was quiet in the king lom. The new Spanish tariff, which prohibits almost every article of foreign produce and manufactures, had gooe in to nperalion. The frigate Constitutiooe had arrived at Cadiz, last frum Havana, with four millions of dollars. The American squadron was wintering at port Mahon. Mr. Mead, * passenger in the Fietory has favored us 'with a tile of Cadiz pa pers to the 17th of January, containing later dates front italt, than was furnish ed through the last London papers, and advices from Litbctn into January ; but ihev are principally filled With the local affair* of those countries. A friend w ho has examined the papers attentively, ha: politely furnished the fullowin > as the •inly article of interest they contain. Trieste, Dec. I. The new negotiations which have been set on fool at Constantinople by the L T cited States for a treaty of commerce, have produced here great sensation.— This city and other places in Italy are ou the eve of being deprived of the lucra live busines* of supplying the Americans with the merchandize of the Levant.— It is generally believed that govern ment will succeed in establishing di rect communications with C onstantinople, Smyrna, Salonica, Lc. PRUSSIA. Berliv, Dec. JO. the return of his majesty to tins | io me centre and alive, who had merely I capital, there >• •. great a. :ty in ih ariov tree. From the information I could collert fium those who were present when this unfortunate circumstance occurred, the tune, ns stated, three, or half past three o’clock A. M. and what must have been the cause of the death of those on the upper steps, must have been the multi tude who rushed over them downwards, and who could not return until the milita ry stopped up all the pas-mgc above, and prevented the other crowds following them. Although the Bramins’ predic tion of "icknets has not been fulfilled, the deaths at the sacred place has given some sanction to their prophecy, and even this unfortunate accident they will make a plea of, still deluding the ignor ant multitude. No exact account of the dead can be given, but it must exceed 400 persons ; a Tast number of these were Sonvassees and Hy ragees. I saw four of the Gorkeeah corps only one a- live, and who was jammed clot-? to the angle of the small ninth. Two boats have also been sunk by the press of persons on board, k many people drowned; the fair has commenced thin ning the crowd;tho*c going away are most ly from the nearer (daces ; the merchants have been unable to dispose of any thing from the bustle ; most of the purchases and sales will commence to morrow. P. S. The report of the dead amounts to 430. Lieut. Boyes, of tbe 5th, as soon as intelligence reached him of the guard* being forced, moved up with a company, and it is said stones were thrown from the house. At day light he began removing the dead bodies. The dead were all floating in the Ganges. One of the chief Meliunts of the Byragees, who had come from the Decan with a Dumber of followers, was extracted from this in- twined muss of human bodies. ranis a mah*as rises. ROIUtlBLF. CATASTROPHE. Camp, lf;irditar, April 11, 1820. Under the impression 6f one of the most h >rrid sights, i.od io the agitation which it ha* natural!? occa»ioned, I write to giveyou a hurrieo' statement of (he scene of which I have been an eye witness— Ftoni the Sairt of the Purhee unfortu nately happening at the hour of three and half English time of this day, A. M. crowd* of in fat anted pilgrims forced their wav in overwhelming masse* to tbe ta rred h ilhing place. A* most people who here be«n up the country Inve vi- tited liurdwsr, sod sect] tbe tteoi lead-1 LVII'.ST I'KOVt ENGLAND. By the British slop Minerva. Captain Dale, arrived at Norfolk, on Monday, 27ih ult. in 43 days from Plymouth, London and other paper* to the 5th Jan uary were received. There haJ been a public meeting at Kilmainliatn, in Irelind, on the 3lllh Dec. of a number of noblemen, gentle men, clergy, Air. which it wa* found ne cessary to cull in the uiJ of the military to disperse. The particulars are not given, further, than that it leaves the read nr to infer that something disloyal prompted tbe meeting. I.o.vno.v, Jan. 5. We are without any fresh arrivals from France. A Flanders m-iil, howev er, with Brussel* papers to the I6tli in clusive, Ims reached our olliee this mor ning—tbeir content* are of no political importance. An article from Turin, of Dec. 18, speaks of the positions of the Austrian army, but it is it mere repeli tion of what we received several day* a- go. Hy a private letter from that capi tal, dated three days later than the ac count in the Brussels pipers, we learn that nothing new had transpired there as to the intentions of Austria, but that tbe king of Sardinia had given great of fence to the Emperor by his refusal to take part in the proceeding* which are contemplated by the Allied Sovereigns. All who know the peculiar situation of that monarch, will approve of the decii different branches of the ministry, and it is affirmed that the now Conn-ii of State is engaged again in drafting a project for a Constitution. A* toon us this intelli gence was circulated, bleating* were (loured down upon our Sovereign, whose beneficent sentiments never have been doubted by Prussian* ; nml the particu lar situation of affairs, only, has prevent ed his manifesting to the world that his acquirements are not so limited as some persons have supposed ; and that if he has not sooner acceded to the wishes of his people, it has not been owing to hi* want of inclination or good will, if the mere rumour of this intelligence h filled the Prussian* with joy, wbat w ill be their feelings when that bemtkent pro ject aboil be carried into effect—then the bond* of love which unite the king to the people, will become tnJissolubl hi* throne will be strengthened and hi* government consolidated, winch, agreea bly to the illustration of the present age, can be no other than a representative one, notwithstanding the obstacles which may he opposed to it by the antiquated notions of the 12th century, and the re sistance which may be offered by the ad herents of absolute power. Berlin, Dec. 12. For some time past the most contradic tory rumours have been in circulation. Seme consider the war with the Holy Alliance inevitable, not only against Na ples, hut as a natural consequence a- gainst Spain am) Portugal. Others af firm that the inolcrnlinn and remon strance* of Great Britain and France, which prefer conciliatory measures, and the very experience of those states mav yet prevent a rupture ; and it appears that our government is of this opinion. New-Yore, Feb. Si. /..♦rrST MOM HOVTII-.iMF.HICA. On Saturday the brig Hipnoinenas, cant. Bourne, arrived here from Currarna. Ilv this conveyance, we have received from o:if attenuvu correspondent tile C’urraeoa Cou rnot up to the 14th in*l. in whieli there are arruunts frum Puerto Cabellu of the l?th of Jan. wliu'li state, that inconsequence of the late armistice, tne moat perfect tranquility prevails throughout the Republic of Colum bia, and that commerce had begun to look up. Tbe proclamation of Bolivar, which we subjoin, is the production of an enlarged mind, breathes pearr and good will even to tbe enemies of 1 he country, w hile at the *a:ne time, it boldly asserts its independence, and a determination to maintain Ibis against opposition. Accounts from Jamaica had reached Currarna to the 6th January. They were no way important—the Duke of Man chester was fast recovering from hi* late ac cident. The following are extracts from the Currafoa (tapers. THL REI’L'BUC OF COLUMBIA. Proclamation issued from llead t^iurtcrs at Carache, 1 lib October, lulu. Simon Bolivar, LibertaJor, President, Iff Two provinces niuro have entered into the tutsom of the Republic. Tbe Hherta dor’s forces have advanced ainidvt tbe bles sings of the |teu|ile restored to liberty, far races* will shortly witness a great act uf jus tice—our enemies will return to their coun try, and ours w'll be restored to th-ir chil dren. Peace or v ictory w ill jiee in the rent of Columbia. They have offered ns pane and a Constitution—we answer pesre and independence, because independence alone car. secure the friendship of the Spaniards, and to the people their free will and sacred rights. (tail we expect •'* code from our ueBiy,and prostitute our country's law*?— Can we violate the laws of nature by leaping orross the Ocean to uaitc two distant cotj- Can we U. i.,d our those of* i»n! sin winch lias »< torsor'ti ? No Columbians ! l>-t no one frar the lilieratinj army, which approaches with the sole object of breaking Jour chains. It carries «n its standards Die colors of the Iris, sod does not wish to cloud the lustre of its arms by bloodshed. Hy order of hi* ExreHency, ANTONIO DE' SUCRE, .feting Sierttary at IVar. Taken from the enemy at the Cicnega, Santa Martha, and the different forts on the road leading from the former to the latter, in tbe action of the loth ult. fought by the division of tiie republican army, under the command of Col. Jo*e Maria Cameo:—1X batteries, 173 piece* of cannon, 3 earooades, howitzer*, EU4S cannon hall*, Ell gren ades, 4381 charges of grape shot, 1471 char ges of |K>wder, cannon, E8 mu-kets, liO bay onets, 21.33J ball cartridges, 116,KOO balls, id,060 flints, 60 pair* of pistols, 23U lances, 7 quiutals of gun powder, 37 quintals of lead, 33U caps, 14 suits nl clothing, 3 gun boats, 3C merchant boat:, S3 tappin;; tools, A large ship from Cubs, uuder French co lors, with * cargo of provisions and a quanti ty of ammunition for the use ol me Royal ists was captured off Santa Martha on the 7th tilt, by one of Briuo’s privateers, aud sent into that port. CrsxcoA, Feh. 3. We derive no intelligence by the orriials this week, except that Gen. Bolivar had left Si. Martha for St. Fe, accompanied by com mod. re Aury, whose squadron, we are told, remained at tbe former place. It is like wise stated that some unpleasant differences exi-ted between admiral Rrion and General Montilla, tlie nature of w hich we bare not ascertained. New-Yore. March S. LATEST FRUM FIIAXCE. The brig Alfred. Captain Hunker, arrived this morning from Havre, by which tbe li ilitors of the Commercial Advertiser have been favored with Haris dates to the Ithl J an. cAltuioing London dates to the 13th They rvu.tam nothing »f importance from the continent of Europe. LONDON, January 3. A report hat for tome time prevailed, that the mrrting of Parliament would be further postponed, on account of the embarrassment in winch the miniaters find themselves, in re gard to the funds. But wre assure our lead ers that parliament will open on the ap pointed day, and that Mr. Banks will pro pose the address to the crown in the bouse of commons.—Courier. Several large capitalists in this city have offer clothe (^ueen any sum which she may be in want of to procure a suitable establish ment.—Traveller. A National Monument is to be erected to the memory of Shakespeare; his maj eaty has become a subscriber. JatvrvRT 4. All *ke persons who v.ol* >,imesses a- gainst her majesty, have been directed to leave ilia roimtey—this •• r.r, evijroee ffial nothing of importance will lie attempted be fore the House of Commons. An attempt was made last night Io mur der the Courier of (lie French Ambassador, as he was on his way to the cuuntry resi deuce of his master. Janvart, 6. A Cabinet Council was held t’ris day, and events of moment were brought before tlr minister*. Wrvare assured, that lord Clan- William, is to be despatched to Vienna w ith a special mission. The Chamberlain of the Duke of Bruns vviek has just arrived, with dispatches to the Queen, announcing to her majesty the deatli ofli' r brother, Heine- Augustus. Mr. Canning leaves town in the morning for I’aris. lie lias written along letterto Mr. Bolton, of Liverpool, in which he fully • -plains h,r motive for re-igi ing his ofiice — He states, that in the month of June last hr tendered his resignation, hut that the King requested him to withhold it—and that in consequence of his differing in opinion with his colleagues on the subject of the hill sf pains and penalties, In- left England for some, time. On his return, finding that Iris col leagues hsd not abandoned the prosecution against the Queen, and always differing with them in opinion on this subject, and ou this subject alone, he had, after taking their ad vice, offered again his resignation—that the king had accepted ofil, and had compliment ed him on his eonduct. The Courier lays, that the report of tile Prince Leopold having given op Marlho rough House to the Queen, and that he was to become *n inmate of the same with her majesty, is not true. Hi* Royal Highness knows too well the sentiments of t'.e inhabi tant* of Ball Mall to he guilty of surh an art. Janvaht 8. The foreign papers rereived this dev, are crowded with speculation* on the dr parturc of the King of Naples. Most of them tiro of opinion, that the affairs with that country will be *rnicably settled. Great sensation prevails in Dublin, in ron- sequeme of live military having been called in to dispersv: * meeting of the inhabitant*. Many meeting* have since been held, and petitions got up to remonstrate against this act of violence. Jancart 9., The statement of (lie finances baa just been published. The new taxes have not produced the required amount, and the re ceipts of the last three months corresponding to IKI9, present a deficit ol thirty thousand, nine hundred and thirty nine pound sterlin l Jaxlart II. A great number of addresses were pre sented this day, requesting that her majesty he restored to all her rights and |rrivileges. Not a day passed without numerous petiti ons being received fur the same purpose.— The Statesman gives a list of those uddres- so* which have been presented within ten days—they are upwards of one hundred.— The Prince Leopold it appear- has been no tilled from high authority, that his visits to Bradeiihurgh house are too frequent, and that he mu-l decide whether he prefers that establishment to Carlton House. We un derstand that he has communicated this in - formation to the Queen—who answered with much promptitude, that His Koval Highness ought to consult Lis best interest* sod deride forthwith—»he wished himtoex- emae his own opinion in this delicate busi ness.—Statesman. January It Yestrrday the Common Council met for the express pur|>ose of presenting a petition to parliament, requesting that the uanir of live Queen he immediately inserted in the Liturgy—and that she he restored to all the rights and privileges due to her rank. The Ilon.C.B. Bathurst, entered this day on his duty as President of the Board of Controul, iu the (dace of Mr. Canning. January 13. The mails due this day have arrived, they contain no • v**nt of importance since our last ad'iccs. However great event* may souii tere-t with I he expected to tike place on the Continent, j for failure Iu Completing the payui(. n y, been our I We wait for them with an impatience, dif- thereon. fienU to describe. We know not on what point to cist our eyes. Italy. France, Spain and Portugal, are looking with a* tnuchanxv- cty a* ourselves. LYSEX.1TE. Mptsiuv, Feh. 26. Mr. Holmes of Maine, from the joint committee of Ihe two Houses of Con gress, appointed on the subject, repor ted a resolution for the admission of Mis souri into the Union ; which was read, and, on the motion of Mr. II. ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Barbour, from the committee on foreign relations, reported n bill autho rizing the President of the United States to take possession of East and West Flori da, and establish a temporary govern ment therein ; and the bill was twice read, by general consent. Mr. i'inkney communicated to the Sen ate, a report adopted by the Legislature of Maryland, in favor of allowing to those states m hich have had no appropriations of public land, for the purposes of edu cation, such appropriations us will cor respond, in a just proportion, with those heretofore made in favor of the other states, with resolutions requesting the Senator* and Representatives of Mary land, in Congress, to endeavor to pro cure the passage of an act to carry the views of the report into effect ; nnd the said document was laid on the table. Tuesday, Feb. 27 MISSOURI. The resolution which passed Ihe o- llicr House last evening, to admit the slate of Missouri into the Union, was re ceived, and read twice by general con sent. The Senate then proceeded to consid er the said resolution. After nn unsuccessful attempt hv Mr. Macon to strike out the condition and proviso, which was negatived by a large majority, and a few remarks by Mr. liar hour, in support of the expediency of harmony and concession on this moment ous subject, Tbe question was taken on ordering the resolution to he read a third time, nnd tvs* decided in the affirmative, by the following vote : YEAS—Meuri Harbour, Chandler, Eaton. Elliott, Gsillird, Holme*, of Maine, Holme*, of Miss. Horsey, tinnier, Johoson, of Ken. John •on, ef Ltl King, of Ainu. Lovvne, Morril, Parrott, Pleasants. Huberts A.,«ui.«-a, lalliot, Taylor, Thomas, Van Ltyke. Walker of Aliib. Williams of Miss. Williams of Tann —2* NAV5—sttssn. llano, Dickerson, King of N. Y. Knight, Laiunan, Macon, Mills, Noble, Otis, Palmer. Rugqln, ban ford, Smith, Tub emir, Trimble.—14. A motion was made to read tbe resold, tion a third time forthwith, but it was objected to, and under tbe rule of tbe Senate, of course it could not be done. Wednesday, Feb. 28. The resolution declaring the admis sion of Missouri ioto the Union received its last reading, and was pasted. The ’amendment* to tbe hill for reduc tion of the army from the House of Re presenlutives were agreed to. HOUSE OF REPKESENTATTYES Mr. Smith, of MJ. from the committee of Way* nnd Mean", reported a bill to authorize the President of the U n ited Slates Io borrow a sum not exceeding •I.600,0(i0 dollars ; nliich wa* twice read aud committed. A message was received from the President of the United Stales, transmit ting an annual return of the Militia of the Uoited States, prepared by the Adjutant and Inspector General, conformably to tbe militia laws on that subject ; which was ordered t« lie on the table. Mr. Clay, from (lie joint committee appointed on Ihe Missouri subject, re ported the following resolution : Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Fnited States of A- merica in Congress assembled, That Mis souri shall he admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states • it all respect* whaleter, upon the fun damental condition, that the fourth clause of the twenty-sixth section of the third article nf the constitution submitted on tbe part of *nid state Io Congress shall never be construed to authnrize the passage of any law, and that no law shall lie paired in conformity thereto, by which any citizen nf either of the stales in this Union shall he excluded from the enjoyment of any of the privileges and immunities to which such citizen is en titled under the constitution of the Uni ted State* : Provided, That the legisla ture of the said state, by a solemn public act, shall declare the assent of the said state to the said fundamental condition, and shall transmit to the President of the United States, on or before the fourth Monday in November next, an authentic copy of the said art ; upon (lie receipt whereof, the. President, by proclamation, shall announce the fact : whereupon, and without any further proceeding on Ihe part of Congress, the admission of the said state into this Union shall be considered a* complete. 1 lie said resolution was tsvice retd, and ordered to lie on the table, on mo tion of Mr. Clay, with the avowed in tention of calling for its consideration in the course of this day. The House then proceeded to the consideration of the hill for the relief of certain purchasers of public lands. Mr. Foot moved to recommit the bill to the committee on public lands, with instructions to report a bill to amend the 3d section of the act of 24th April, 1820, entitled “ An act making further provi sion for the sale of Public Lands, so as to fix the price, at which the Public Land* shall he offered fur sale, at one dollar and fiftv-fuur cents per acre—and also to provide fur suspending fur a li- tniled time the sale or forl'eitaro of had*, This motion was opposed by Mr. derson, supported by Mr. Foot, aud aeg*. used by no large majority. Mr. Wood moved to amend the bill, te as to strike out that part which classifi e( the land debtors, deferring their pay ments for eight, six, or four years, ijr. After a few remarks from one or two gentlemen, for and against this niutiou.il was decided in the negative without a. division. Mr. Robertson, then, after some intro* durtory remarks, moved to amend the hill (his object being avowed to be to exclude mere speculators from the bene fit of its provisions) so as to confine the right of relinquishment to “ as much thereof (of the land) as shall then be (laid for, and no more nor less : Provi ded, That all persons wbo reside on or have improved, before the passage of Ibis act, any section, half section, or (iiartcr section, upon w hich tbe whole purchase money has not been paid, shall have the privilege of relinquishing any legal division or subdivision thereof,” This motion was earnestly opposed by Mr. Hendricks, and as zealously sup ported by Mr. Robertson ; and was final- iy negatived by a small majority. Some other amendment was made to the bill, which the reporter did not dis tinctly understand. Mr, Metcalf, after some intorductory remarks, of considerable length, then moved to amend the bill by adding there to the following ns a new section : “ Be it further enacted. That every person, or the representatives of every person, who, prior to the passage ofthis act, did actually inhabit or cultivate b tract of unappropriated land belonging te the United States, shall be entitled to a preference in becoming the purchaser of one quarter section, including his or their settlement, at tbe minimum price of the government. And the fact of such settlement being established in conformi ty ta existing laws, before the Register and Receiver in either of the land dis tricts of the United States before tbe day upon which the same is exposed to pub lic sale, the said sale shall be suspendri) for the term of years: Provided however, that every person wbo it shall appear i* the owner of any other land shall be excluded from the benefit of this act.” And the question being taken thereon, it «*»« doesded ia the u<.^ati>e, bj a iargo majority. The bill wag then further amended* on the motion of Mr. Tucker of Va. Mr. AT Coy moved to amend the bill by striking out the whole of the bill, after the cDiictiog clause, and inserting thcr following iu lieu thereof : “ That the operation of all arts pro viding for the sale of the laud of the U, States he, and the same is hereby sus pended until the 30th day of April, 1822, in favor of purchasers of public lands, at any of the land offices of the United States, for any instalment or instalments, remaining unpaid, or which may fall due, previous to the day aforesaid. The question being taken on this mo tion, it was negatived, 68 to 40. Mr. Cannon mured to amend the bill so as to allow those wbo purchased lands at a rate less than three dollars per acr» the same discount as is allowed to pur chasers above that rate, and to reduce that discount from thirty-three and is third per cent, to twenty-five per cent. This amendment was supported by .Mr. Cannon, and spoken upon by Mr. Hendricks, nnd Mr. Hardin, aud was a- greed to, CS to 63. Mr. Anderson then moved to amend the bill, (since the system of the Senatu> had been broken in upon) so as to strike out all that proposes nn absolute reduc tion ot 26 per cent, on the amount due- by each purchaser of public land, his ob ject being to substitute for it an allow ance of discount lor prompt payment. This motion w«* opposed by Air. Clay J: supported by Mr. Anderson, Mr. Fuller, and Mr. Co45. The vote thereon wa* as follows : YF.AS—Meisrs. Abbot, Alexander, Alien, of Mn,i Allen, of Tenn. Anderson, Archer, of Md. 11*11, Harbour, Bateman, Bloomfield, Brjr on, BulTum, C»»e, Cobb. Cocke Culbreth.Cal- pepper, t’uthbfrt. Davidson, Dennison, De witt, Dickinson, Eddy, Edwards, of N C. Fish er, Floyd, Folger, Foot, Gray, Guyon, Hall, of N. Y. Hardin, llihdiam. Hill, Hooks, Hos teller, Little. Livermore, Maclay, McCoy, Mc Creary, McLean, of Ken. .Mercer, Metcalf, Monell, Montgomery, S. Moore,T. L- Moore, Merton,.Murrey, .Neale, .Norton,of Man Parker, •f Ma»a. Parker, of Va. Pketps, I’liirton, Pinck ney, Plurner, Rankin, Heed, llichnrd), Robert son, linger*, Ituss, Settle, Silsbee, Simkins, Southard, Stevens, Slorrs, Terrell, Tomlinsou, Tracy, Trimble, Tucker, ofVa. Tucker, of 3. C. Cdree, Walker, Warfield, Weudover, Williams, of Va. Williams, of N. C. Wood.—8-’l. NAYS—Messrs. Adams, Allen, N.Y. Balter, Baldwin, Bayly, Becelier, Blackledge, Boden, Brush, Butler, of Lou. Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Clay, (Cook, Cruivell, Cushman, Dana, Darlington, Fdwa-ds, of Con. Edwards, Prn. Kurt is, Fay, Ford Fuller, Gorham, Gross, of N.Y 1 * Gross, nf I’enn. Ilackley, Hemphill, Hendrick*,^ Herrick, Hobart, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, oC Va Jones, Ten. Kendall, Kinsey, Lethrop, I.incelu, McCullough, Mallary, Merchant!, Meech, R. Moore, Mosely, Nelson, of Va. Newton, Patterson, Pilcher, Rhea, Rich Rich mond, Ringgold, Koas, Bereeaut, Shaw,Sloan, Smith, of N. J. Smith, MJ. A. limytli, of Va v Smith, of N C. Street, Strong, of Vt. Strong, N. Y. Stveariugeu, Tarr, Tyler, Veu Ileusse- laer.—70. So the motion of Mr. Anderson w»s a- grecd to. On motion of Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, the House then agreed to re-consid*r tbe amendment, adopted on Friday last, on tbe motion of Mr. Hardin ; and Mr. Har din then withdrew the same. Mr. Anderson then moved to ament! the hill, by adding thereto a provision contemplating the allowance of* consid erable deduction for prompt payment of the money due. This motion was opposed by Mr. Clay. at going to favermoniedrr.cn only, who have ne occasion for indulgence from tl;6