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SOUTHERN RECORDER. VOL. II. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1822. No. 43. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, I year 1822, or will be carried to the account of _ „„ a\rntr 11 M flRMP. ,,ie ! ‘ l,r l l,us fundi there remains the sum of BY S. GRAN PLAN , ' j $2,288,611 28, which is an existing charge up Oo Hancock Street, opposite the Auction Store, on the revenue of 1821, and exceeds the bal ance estimated to be in the Treasury on the 1st AT THREE DOLLAR*' *N ADVANCE, OR FOUR DOLLARS AT THE EXPIRATION OP THE Advertisements conspicuously inserted at the customary rates. Letters on business, in all cases, must be post paid “at^Taltbeahuky report. Treasury Department, Dtc. 10,1821. gl r i have the honor to transmit u report nre-ia’red in obedience to the “ act supple mentary to the act to establish the Treasu ry Department.” I have the honor to be, very respectfully, air, your obedient serv’t, e y 1 J Wm H. CRAWFORD. To the Hon. Philip P. Barbour, Speaker of the House of Representatives, REPOUT. In obedience to the directions of the “ act Snpplrntary to the act to establish the Trea sury Department,” the Secretary of the Treasury respectfully submits the following Report : 1. Of the Rerenut. The nett revenue arising from imports and tonnage, internal duties, direct tax, public lands, postage, nnd other incidental receipts, during tbe yeur 1818, amounted to 7 J 26,090,200 65 viz: Customs 21,828,451 48 Arrearscif Inter nal duties 947,046 33 Do of direct lax 263,926 01 Fublic lands, exclu sive of Mississippi stock 2,464,527 90 Dividend on stock in Bauk United States 626,000 00 Postage &. other in cidental receipts 65,348 99 That which accrued from the ieme sources during the year 1819, amounted to 21,436,709 69 viz: Customs 17,116,702 96 Arrears of internal duties 227,444 01 Do of direettax 80,860 61 Public lands, exclu sive of Mississippi stock 3,274,422 78 First instalment from Bank U. S. and di vidend on stock in Ibal Bank 675,000 00 Postage ai other In cidental receipts 61,280 33 % And that which accrued from llfte same sources, during the year ; «820, amountedto 15,284,548 29 ■riz: Customs 18,449,556 15 *v Arrears of internal duties 104,172 07 fto of direct tkl 31,286 88 Public lands exclu sive of,Mississippi stock 1,636,871 61 Second and third in- stalmenlsfrom the __ _ Ban It of U. Slut es 1,000,000 00 Postage h oilier in- cidenlal receipt* 63,659 64 day o( January next, by $ 490,962 70. 2. OJ'the i'ublic Debt. The funded debt which was contracted be fore (he year 1812, and which was unredeemed on the 30th Sept. 1820, amounted to $ 20,570,627 12 And that contracted subse quently to the 1st of January, 1812, and unredeemed on the SOth Sept. 1820, amounted to 70,654,933 66 Making the aggregate am't of 91,226,560 77 '.Vbicli sum agrees with the amount stated in the last an nual report as unredeemed on the 1st of October, 1820, ex cepting the sum nf g 38 66, which was then short estimat ed, and which has been since corrected by actual settlement. In the fourth quarter of the year, there was added to the above, the sum of 467,747 96 viz; In 6 ii 7 per cent, stocks, for Trea sury Notes bro’t intotheTreasury and cancelled 3280 29 In 6 preent stock, under the act of May 15, 1820, 464,567 66 Making And there was paid in the 4lb quarter the sum of viz: Deferred stock re imbursed 240,401 68 Payments on ac count of Louisi ana stock 139,490 63 91,683,308 72 388,892 21 public lands, orof discharging debts contract ed with the government by purchases ante cedently made. In the annual report of the Treasury at the commencement of the last session ol Congress, the receipts from the public lands for the year 1821 were estimated at 1,800,000 dollars, if no change should he made by law effecting the obligations which the purchas ers were then under to be punctual m their payments. But, at the close of that session, an act was passed for the relief of the pur chasers of public lands, which so far impair ed that obligation as to induce the Commit tee of Ways and Means to estimate the pro ceeds of that source of revenue at only 800,000 dollars. It has been shown howe ver, that receipts to Ihe SOth Sept, last have exceeded 940,000 dollars, and those of the whole year are now estimated at 1,S00,000 dollars. . This result in relation to the public lauds, and the improvement which lias taken place, in the revenue arising from imports and ton nage, indicate a favorable change in the con dition of the nation ; from which a progres sive increase of the public revenue may be confidently anticipated. Independently, however, of any such in crease, the facts disclosed by the fiscal ope rations of the year, some of which have been enumerated, warrant the conclusion that The receipts of the year 1822 may be estimated at viz: Customs 14,0(10,000 00 Public lands l,(iou,oo0 oO Rank dividends 360,000 00 \rrcars of direct g 16,110,000 00 Making the pub lic debt, unre deemed on tbe 1st of Jan. 1821, From the 1st Ian. to the 3<>tb of Sept, inclusive, there has been added Hie sum of viz : Three per cent, stock; for inter est on registered debt 26 01 Treasury note six ki seven pr cent, stock, 4,454 07 Loan authorized by act of 3d of March, 1821 4,735,296 30 91,294,416 51 4,739,776 38 Making From wliicii is to be deducted tbe sum of viz: Reimbursement of deferred stock during tbe same period, 876,737 16 Payments on ac count of Louisi ana stock 2,071,360 00 96,034,192 89 2,348,097 15 lax 4i internal duties Moneys recover ed out ot ad vances m'ole in the Win oe- pertinent, be fore the 1st of July, 1815 Incidental recks 75,000 00 60.000 00 26,i at’i 00 ■ The expendiunes of the year 1822 am estimated at viz : Civil, diplomatic and miscella neous 1,664,297 00 Pel-In: debt 6,722,857 0J Military service including for tifications, ord nance, Indian department, revolutionary StinililHry pen. sinus, arming the militia, and arrearages pri or to I lie I it nf January 1817 5,108,007 62 Naval service, in- including the gradual in crease of til* navy 2,462 410 27 The receipts of the year wll, therefore, exceed the esti mated expenditure by g 14,947,661 80 It is estimated that Ihe gross amount of du fies on merchandize and tonnage, winch ac creed during tbe three first quarters of the pre- •ent year, exceeds g 14,088,000. Tbe payments into the Treasury, t» the SOth not* Sent, last, have amounted to g 16,219,197 it) viz: Custom* 10,068,394 85 Fublic lands 940,980 3o Arrears of internal ^ M 105,000 00 21.68) 51 13,373 7* 6,000,000 09 Making the public ilebl which was unredeemed on the 1st of October, 1821, To which will be added in the fourth quarter, Trea-ury note six per ceut. stock ii- ed to he effected by the exchange of stock in 1822 will be secured, to the extent or that difference hy the latter process. But, it is possible, that (lie progressive in crease of the revenue, which lias been anti cipated, and which is necessary to the lull operation of the Sinking Fund, may not be realized. In that event, the. public ex penditure authorized by law may, after the first of January 1020, exceed tile puolic re venue. The remedy in such case must lie—1st, an increase of the public revenue liy an ad dition to the existing impositions ; or, id, n reduction of the Sinking Fund. First. A general revision and correction of the duties imposed upon foreign mer chandize, seem to be required. Many ol the articles which pay but fifteen per cent, ad valorem, ought, in justice ns well as poli cy, to be placed at twenty-five per cent, which is the duty paid upon the principal articles of woollen and cotton manufactures. The same observation is applicable to some of the articles which pay twenty per cent, ad valorem. A correction of the existing duties, with u view to an increase of the public revenue, could hardly toil to rued that object to tbe extent of nearly $1,000,060 annually. It is highly probable, however, that an increasn of duty on some of those articles might eventually cause, n reduction of the revenue; but this can only take place where similar articles are manufactured in the country. In that event, domestic manu factures will have been fostered, and tile ge neral ability of the community to contribute to the public exigencies will have been pro- portionably Increased. Second. If it should be dermrd expedi ent to reduce the Sinking Fund, in prefer ence to the imposi'ion of additional duties, it may lie satisfactory to know that an annu al appropriation for that object of 8,000,000 dollars, commencing on the (list of January, 1825, will extinguish the whole of the pub lic debt, exclusive of the three per cent, stock, in the year 1839- Should the Sulk ing Fund be reduced to 8,000,000 dollars, an exchange of .16,000,000 dollars of six per til, for five per cent, stock may be effected ... the course of the year 1822, if the present pi’jee of the latter stock should continue without diminishing, in any degree, the ope- l ion of that fond, in the redemption of tin public debt. Such an exchange would re (luce the interest annually 300,000 dollars. The loan of 5,000,000 dollars, which was authnrizi d by the act of ."Id March, 1821, has^ been obtained at an average premium of nearly 5, 59 per cent, upon the issue of five per cent stock, redeemable at the will of the government, after Ihe 1st of January 1835, All which is respectfully submitted. 1VH. H. CRAWFORD. Tr easury Department, December t nth, 1821. That tbe number of representatives shall not exceed two hundred.” In offering this resolution, Mr. R. made some remarks, which will be given in our next. The resolve was read a first lime und passed to a second reading. Mr. Williams, of Tennessee, moved the following resolution : Resolved, That the president of the U. S. he requested to cause to be laid before the Senute a report of the practi cal operation of subsisting the arniv un der the provisions of the act passed the 14th of April, 1818, together with a com parative view of the present and former mode of supplying the army. In offering this resolve, Mr. W. re marked, that many gentlemen present wouldrccollectth.it the act comtnonlv called Ihe staff bill had engaged the at tentinn of Congress for several sessions, and its passage for some time hud been successfully resisted. The gentlemen pposeil to it warned us against innova tion ; they predicted that the troops would not be well supplied, that each ra lion would cost the government at least 60 cents and the public money would be wasted. Others, who were not alarmed at these predictions, contended that the contract system was as wrong in princi ple as it had bcon ruinous in practice ; that all laws ought to be so framed that il should be the. iviterest as well as the duty of every one to execute them ; that il lowing resolution, which lies also on ihe luble of course for one day : Resolved, That an additional standing -ommiltee he appointed, consisting of seven members, to lie denominated “ Tile com mittee on Indian Affairs.” Mr. Hill, of Ms me, presented the follow ing resolution, which was likewise laid on the table : \ Resolved, That the secretary of tbe Trea sury be directed to report to this hens# whether tile Indian title has been i xtinguish- d by the United Slates to any lands. Him iglit of soil in which has been, or is claimed bv any particular slate, and, il so, ihe con ditions upon which the same ha* been ex tinguished. Mr. Cook submitted the following reso lution ; which, on motion of Mr. Scott, and with tbe consent of the mover, was ordered to be laid oil the table : Resolved, That Hie committee on H e Judi ciary he instructed to enquire whether any, and, if any, vvliat alteration# are necessary to be made in the organization of the courts of the United Stules, so as more equally to extend their advantages to the several states. Mr. Giltner submitted the following re solutions: f Resolved, That the several treaties mad* by lli« United States with the Indian tribes, whit'll may furnish matters for legislation or the consideration of congress, lie referred to the committee appointed to enquire into the expediency of occupying the Columbia River ole. and of regulating the trade with the Indian tribes. / Resolved, That the articles of agreement nnd cession between the U. &late* and ilia j state of Georgia, entered into on the tilth / of April, 1802, be referred to the same ront-f g 1,162,339 20 93,686,095 74 390 40 duties fc direct tax Bank dividends Incidental receipts fte-payinenUI Loan Making . From which will be deducted in the fourth quarter, Hie sum of And the payment* into llie lrea- sury during tb« fourth quarter, estimated at 3,596,X78 *4 Viz : Customs 8,000,000 0O Fublic lands 360,000 09 Monies remov'd out of advances made in the War depart ment before the ,_ / . ajv . aa 1st July 1816 130,000 09 Balance's of military appropriations car ried tolheaccount ; of the surplus fund 90,-<8 14 Direct tax and in ternal duties, Siia- wona cidental receipts 2.),0W w Making the total amount estimat ed to be received i,,lo ,h “ lr *g 19 3,4 475 84 sury during the year 18-1 g > Which added to the balance in the 2 1 T.....,rv on the 1st Jan. last, of 1,198,481 21 93,686,486 14 2,062,880 41 Treasury on the 1st J Make Hie aggregate » mo ’ int qJ^yHarWil The application of this sum to. lu } h estimated ns follows, viz : * WE 1 .’s' 5 ** 1 *’ ” viz: Civil, diplomatic and ^ miscellaneous J’ 77 > Military service,including fortifications, ordnance, Indian department, re volutionary and milita ry pensions, arming the militia, nad arrearages Reimbursement of deferred stock 257,322 26 Residue of Louisi ana stock, 6,569 15 Making the amount of the pub lic debt, unredeemed on tho 1st oi Jan. 1822, as estimated The Treasury notes yet out standing aio estimated at The awards rande by the Com missioners, appointed under the several acts ot Congress for Ihe indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi ter ritory, amount to Of which there have been re ceived at the Gen. Land office instock 2,442,535 39 And there have lie.eii paid at the Treasury 1,734,490 85 Making together 4nd leaving outstanding on the 301 h September, 1821, Which, after discharging the difference between the balance in 1 lie treasury ou tlie 1st of January, 1824, and the balance ot appro priations chargeable upon it, will leave in iin- treasury, on the 1st of January, 1823, a balance estimated at $671,875 50. Il is however proper to stale, that, in Ihe estimate for Ihe naval serv ice, only $400,000 of the annual appropriation of $500,000 for the gradual increase oft lie navy is included ; but that, of the amount estimated by the Secretary of War, a sum larger than tbe ba lance of that appropriation is for arrearages, for revolutionary pensions, and the Indian department, which will not be embraced in tbe estimates fur Ihe year 1823. The expenditure of the two succeeding y ears, it is believed, will not exceed that of tbe year 1822, unless a further expenditure shall, in the intermediate time, be authorised by law. But, in tbe expenditure of the year 1822, and also of 1823 und 1824, 110 part of tne annual appropriation of $10,000,000 con stituting the sinking lurid is comprehended, except vvliat is necessary to discharge the Dyke, Burton, and Bourdman. interest of the public debt, and Ihu reim- ^ D burseinent of the six per cent, deferred 4,292,151 12 stork. On tile 1st of January, 1823, and 93,423,605 73 28,495 00 Monday, Dtc. 17. IN SENATE. According to order, the Senate pro ceetled to the appointment, by ballot, of the several standing committees : and the committees were composed as fol lows : On Foreign Relations—Me,ssr». King of N. Y. Macon, Brown,^Barbour, and Elliott. On Pinance—Messrs. Holmes of Maine, Eaton. Maeon, Van Boren, and Lowrie. On Commerce and Manufactures—Messrs. Dickerson ; lluggles, D’Wolf, Lanman,and Findlay. On Military Affairs—Messrs. Williams of Ten. Taylor, Johnson of Ky, Elliott, and Chandler. On the Militia—Messrs. Nobles, Stokes, Lznman, Chandler, und Seymour. On Naval Affairs—Messrs. Pleasants, Parrott, Williams of Miss. Walker, and Ware. On the Public Lands—Messrs. Thomas, Van Dyke, Lowrie, Eaton and Benton. On Indian Affairs—Messrs. Johnson of Lou. King of Alabama, Johnson of Ky, Ben ton, and Holmes of Miss. On Claims—Messrs. Ruggles, Morril, Van . . mitte.e, with instructions to report whether was the interest of the contractor to issue ,| )( . |,., V( . b,, en executed according to the cheapest provisions which could be ihe terms thereof; and, also, the best means, had, and at places where he made the I in tho opinion of the committee, of execut- grealest protit ; his interest being in di- ing said articles of agreement, reel collision will, the government, he Mr-Moore, of Pa moved Hint the sum. , . /» • 1 * 4 „ •- . .r f • lie laid upon tue tabi**. Mr. Pi. »t*it«-d nwi seldom failed to pursue it to the great id- () ,. (to ' 1)e t0 reftr lha object to a sebvet jury of the country. 1 he contractors co J mm ; ttoe , being exempt from martial law, they a-1 qq„, motion was opposed by Messrs, vailed themselves of this immunity, and 1 Gilmer, Cocke, and Mallarv, on the ground did nt pleasure paralyze the operational that it was Inexpedient to multiply coninut- ofthe army. The remedy provided by '««’*' especially when those already raised law ofasuit on the contractor’s bond, U«n clothed with * had proved ineffectual, because there Luted for reference. The subject p 'vvVug. was no tribunal winch could at the fanie I was within tjie scope of duties ea- time issue an injunction to stay the ap- peciully assigned to the select committee' to petites of huugry soldiers. Most of the whom it was proposed to refer it; amt it disappointments, vexation*, and defeats, was therefore improper to postpone 4 (nr experienced during the progress of the 'he purpose of giv ing it a different direct ,no. 1 . , ■ 1 1 ,u„ I (I was also contended that the resolution late war, could be traced directly to the ^ R|t|>raiM( . d hild nil relMlon th( . K ,,f e . then defective staff; which seemed to he ra|su ,. l(|f jntem>ursp with the Indian adhered to ill despite of experience, and tr ;b,, s . They were not parties to the objects purely on account of its wretched dafor-| jt has in view ; but it refers to treaties wliit 1» inity. 1 hazard but little whee I say, I have been made with them, involving the that one third of the expense of the late interests of particular states, and more par. war would have been saved to this nation Male mnf . c 1 j. . , Mr. Tomlinson supported the motion, ii we had had at its commencement well and< . pr „ ai l|ed that M0 ‘ pvi , c „ u | d revolt from organized Commissariat & Quarter ALw-1 rnotjon before the House. It had been ter’s departments. Independently of the I U8Uld heretofore t« raise a Committee on great saving of national debt, we should I the subject of Indian Aff irs—but no such have preserved the live* of at least one Committee hus as yet been raised during half of those who perished by disease. Uita Session, and he understood the object , . , • n ,, ; of the honorable mover to be, to have the My object 10 otlering tins resolution reM | H t,«m laid on the (able, to be disposed the early stage ol the season, 19 to ob- (> f hereafter as might be deemed expedient, tain u faithful report from the proper de j r pbat a committee of the description alluded part merit of the practical operation of the t0) should he raised for the purpose ol 1 ik- commissari.il system, which will enable ing into consideration our intercourse with' us to judge of ils merit*. This report the Indiuns—a* also the subjects of trada will prove that all the anticipation, of the civilization, he could entertain no doubt; e- j r .1 and he hoped the resolution would he. laid friends of the new system have .e | un table, that suth a disposition may mure than realized—that the troops have hereafter be made of it as propriety may r«- been better fed at a little more Hun hall q U j ro . the former expense. 1 am desirous, if The (ptestion wa v thereupon taken, and there should have been any abuses uuder the motion of Mr. Moore prevailed.—Ayes the new system, that they will be ex-1 67 Noes 52. posed; and 1 invite gentlemen to u strict Mr. Whitman submitted the following •rutiny of every thing connected with resolution, which was reud a first time and iis subject, as I intend to introduce a ordered to he printed : 4,177,026 24 prior to the 1st January 1817 (aval service, 3 the gradual increase ot^ 4,872,866 78 ,hel, 7ebt. including 2,603,592 75 ' fU ^',6G 3°of Missis- i^^ , ,»ippi stock 1 During the 4th q 0 »f‘* r , ^J 1 C,t, ‘ n 3 %o,000 00 ad H>*‘Jhe l m 5 iuel,t ?. am , ‘ viz: Civil, diplomatic and 106,124 88 J tni»- 690.000 00 290.000 00 700,000 00 1,900,000 00 jUllaneou* Military service Naval service Fublic debt SSS , £h5E55S5JS-"i» loav uf $19,236,288 47 jay of Jan next, a paled at 1,777,648 58 SWr TTSSSSfE °.£ 3. Of the Estimates of the Public Revenue and Expenditure for Ihe year 1822. The ditninuliun of the revenue from un porta and tonnage, which occurred in 1810 advanced with progressive force tliro I8S.0 and reached its lowest point of depression 111 die first quarter of the present year. Il>« dulies secured in that quarter were 727,000 dollars less than those uf the corresponding nuartcr of 18S0—whilst the amount secured in tiie second and third quarters exceeded that of the same period of the preceding year by I 172,000 dollars : thus presenting on the the 30lh of Sept, last an aggregate exces* of 445,000 dollars, for the three fir-t quarters of t82t, which sum, there is just reason to believe, will be considerably uug- uieutfil Jit the end of the yeai. Whilst the duties have progressively in creased, the debentures chargeable upon them have considerably diminished : the a- uiount of debentures issued from the first »t January to the 30lh of September last, be- ine 952,000dollars less than was issued din ing the same period of the preceding year. The same caimes which in 1819 and 1 effected so great a reduction of tlw revenue arising from imports and tonnage, were i in an equal degree in the sale of the public lands. Those who, from anticipation ot their resources previously to those y*’® 1 ' ’ were unable to purchase foreign men on dize, were equally incapable ot purchasing stock. ...... the three succeeding years, the debt con tracted during tile years 1812, 1813, 1814 and 1815, becomes redeemable at tbe will of the government. These sums greatly exceed the amount uf the sinking fund ap plicable in those years to the redemption of tiie public debt.—As the current value of the five per cent, stock, created during the last and present years, exceeds that ol the seven per cent, stock, and of the six per cent, stock of 1812 and 1813, it is presumed that the holders of those stocks will be dis posed to exchange them for an equal amount of five per cent, stock, redeemable nt such periods as to give full operation tn the sink ing fund, as at present constituted. Accor ding to this view of the subject, $24,000,000 of the stocks which will be redeemable in the years 1825 and 1820, may be exchang ed for five per cent, stock, redeemable, one third on the lstnf January, 1831, and one third or, the same dvys of 18S2 and 1838.— This exchange of six per cent, stock, if ef fected on the 1st nf Jan. 1823, will produce an annual reduction of the interest of the public debt, from that time to Ihe first men tioned period, of$240,000, and an aggregate saving, thro’ the whole period, of $2,100,000. If the whole of Hie seven per cent, stock should be exchanged, the saving will he con siderably increased. If such an exchange of stock should be deemed inexpedient or impracticable, a sav ing of equal, if not greater extent, may be effected in the years 1825, 1820, 1827, and 1828, by borrowing, at the rate of five per cent, in the first and each successive year, a sum equal to tbe difference between tbe a- inount redeemable and that portion of the Sinking Fund, applicable to its redemption ; the five percent, stock so created, to be re deemable at such periods us to give full ope ration to tbe Sinking Fond, until tiie whole of the public debt shall be redeemed. If the five per cunt, stork shall, during those years be above pur, a saving beyond that propoa- On the Judiciary—Messrs. Smith, Holmes of Maine, Olis, Southard, und Van Buren. On the Post Office—Messrs. Stokes, Pal mer, Chandler, Barton, and King of Alaba ma. On Pensions—Messrs. Nobles, Eaton, Seymour, Elliott, and Ware. On the District of Columbia—Messrs. Bar bour, Laiimun, Lloyd, Southard, and D’ Wolf. On Accounts—Messrs. Lantv.an, Macon, and Lowrie. A message was received from the President oi’ the United States, by the hands of his secretary, transmitting a let ter from the secretary of Ihe treasuary, enclosing a report of the commissioners appointed in conformity with the provi sion* of the act of the 3d of March last, “ to authorize (he building of light houses therein mentioned, and for other purposes,” and the message was rend. Mr. Barboqr gave notice that he should on to-morrow ask leave to introduce a joint resolution proposing nn amendment to the constitution of llie United States to fix permanently the number of mem bers of which the house of representa tives shall consist. The senate then adjourned. Tuesday, Dec. 18 Mr. Barbour submitted for considera tion the following resolution : Resolved, by the senate and-hbuse of representatives of the United States of America in Congrcs* assembled, two thirds of both hquses concurring, That the following amendment to the consti tution of the United States be proposed to the legislatures of the several states which when, ratified by the legislature of three-fourth# of the states, shall be valid, to all intents and purpose*, a9 part of the euid constitution, to nit : biU to make tha'ataff'act,"which was Ii-1 R'»olvt<L by the Senate and House qf Re. . .. f „ lin . m „„ on i |.,u> \prc8eruaiive8 of the Hinted slate* of e/Eintnca anted to five years a permanent law U Congress assembled, two third, of both 1 ho motion of Mr. W. lies on the ta-1 // 0U4e4 concurring, That the following a- ble ono day of course. I rnendnn-nt to the constitution of the United Mr. Johnson, ol Ky. submitted the fol-1 States be p/upnm-d to the Legislatures of lowing resolution for consideration : the several States, which, when ratified by Resolved, That a committee be ap- the Lcgi.Jatures of three fourths of the pointed to enquire into the expediency 8 ** 1 *- 8 ' ^ail be vabd, to all mtents and pur- v” ... V . ,i poses, as part of the said constitution, to wit; ot providing for the preservation and * o Thll ,‘for the purpose of chousing rep- repairuig the National Turnpike, begin-1 rcgen taiiv».s to the Congress of the United ning at Cumberland, on the Potomac, k.1 states, each state shall, hy its Legislature, terminating at Wheeling on the Ohio be divided into a number of districts, equal river, and I hat they have leave to report to the number of representatives to which hv bill or otherwise such state may be entitled. The disliietS ^Some*conversation took place in re- *•«£' h ° . . ,, c e • ‘ | .. • I exterior limits or each of which, shall be as gard to Ihe form of this resolution, to nea ,.|y equi-distant from a common centre which Mr. Otis objected to the authort- as ma y be, and composed of a population ty to report by bill being given as pro- „qual in number, as near us may be practi- posed. The conversation resulted in 1 cable, to tbe number of the population en- Mr. Johnson’s modifying his proposition I titled, by the apportionment for tho time so as to read ns follows : "<?’, lw *‘ ect on . e representative : in each Jiesoheil, Thj.« CMMUtM be eppoinb ed on Roads and Canals Thus modified, the resolve was ngroed to by the Senate, nnd Mr. Johnson, of Ken. King, ofNew-York, Lowrie, Ma con, and Mills, were appointed a com mittee accordingly. Mr. Dickerson gave notice, that he should to-morrow u#k leave to introduce a resolution proposing to amend the con stitution of the United Slates as it res pect* the choice of electors of the Pre- sidentand Vice President of the United State*, and the election of representa tives in the congress of the U. States. The senate tlieu adjourned. HOUSE bF REPRESENTATIVES. Saturday, Dec. 15. Mr. Walworth, of New York, sutimitUsd the following resolution, which was nega tived : Resolved, That the military committee be instructed to enquire into the expedien cy of discontinuing the daily allowance of ardent spirits to soldiers in the army of the United States. Mr. Moore, of Term, submitted the fol representative, division of states into districts hereby pro vided for ahull take place immediately after tho adoption of this amendment, and imme diately after every future census and Appor tionment of representatives thereupon, and - such districts shall not be, at any other time, or on any other occasion, altered or varied. “ That, for the purpose of choosing E- lectors of President and Vice President of the United States, the persons qualified to vote for Representatives in each district shall choose one Elector. The two addi tional Electors to which each State is en titled shall be appointed in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, electors who may be convened, at thn L and place prescribed, by law, for tho ~ pose of voting for President and Vice ident of the United States, in car - ‘ non attendance of any one or more elected, or in ease of a vacancy happening; shall choose an e'„ tors to supply such vaesney.” The House adjourned. * Monday, j Mr. William*, of Korin < the committee of rl.uiug, - on tbe petition of nvtmlry <