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VOL. IV.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1823.
No. y.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
KYS.GRAXrLA.VDtt tt.M. ORMK,
■;0n Hancock st. between Wayne fa. Jefferson,)
AT tiiukk dollars, in advance, or four
dollars at tub expiration or THE
TEAR.
ipy Advertisements conspicuously inserted
at the customary rates. Letters on business
in all casos, must be tost rain.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
[BY AUTHORITY.]
AN ACT making appropriation 8 for the Milita
ry service of the United Plates for the year
and elTecf, for the term of eighteen month’,
from and after the passing of this act.
Sec. Si. And be it further enaclid, That so
much of the lot of land on which is situated
the navy store house, in Notv-Orleans, as
may be necessary to continue the street,
now commenced, leading from Condi street
to Market-hall, is hereby granted to, and
vested in, the Corporation of the City of
New-Orleans, for the purpose of continuing
the said street.
Approved, Feb. 28th, 1823.
AN ACT to repeal so much of an net, passed
the eighteenth April, one thousand eight hun
dred and sis, as limits the price of certain
lands in the state of Tennessee.
He it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled, That so much of
an act, passed the 18th day of April, 1800,
entitled “An art to authorize the State of
Tennessee to issue grants and perfect titles
to certain lands ftii ,.-in described, and to
settle the claims to the vacant anti unappro
priated lands within the same,” which pro
vides “ that the lowest price of all lands
granted or sold within the ceded territory
shall be the same as shall he established by
one thousand eight hundred and twenty- j Congress, for the lands of the United Slides,”
three. i be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and
He it enacted hj the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That the follow
ing stuns be, and the same are hereby, res
pectively, appropriated for 1 ho Military ser
vice of the United States, for the year one
thousand eight hundred and twenty -three,
to wit :
For the pay of the army, anil subsistence
of the officers, nine hundred and eighty eight
thousand nine hundred and seven dollars and
seventy-five cents.
For subsistence, two hundred and seventy-
six thousand one hundred dollars :
For forage for officers, thirty-five thousand
five hundred and twenty dollars:
For the medical and hospital department,
fifteen thousand six hundred and thirty-eight
dollars :
For the purchasing department, one hun
dred and thirty-six thousand three hundred
and fifty-one dollars :
For the Quartermaster General's depart
ment, two hundred and ninety-seven thou
sand one hundred and forty-eight dollais :
For the contingencies of the Army, ten
thousand dollars:
For Quartermaster’s supplies, transporta
tion, mathematical instruments, hooks, and
stationary, for the Military Academy, twelve
thousand dollars:
For the pensions to the invalids, to the
commutation pensioners, and to the widows
and orphans, three hundred and thirty-live
thousand dollars :
For pensions to the Revolutionary pensi
oners of the United States, one million five
hundred anil ttitny-rigtjt thousand eight
hundred and fifteen dollars :
For the national armories, three hundred
and sixty-thousand dollars:
For the current expenses of the Ordnance,
forty-eight thousand dollars :
For this arsenals, thirty-three thousand
four hundred dollars:
For arrearages in the War Department, j I{ sentllh , cs lhr Uni(a , >SMm
prior to the 1st July, 1817, thirty-five thou-, Congress assembled. That the state of
sand dollars: , j Ohio is hereby authorized to lay out, open,
I' lllc P !, y me . nt of ,hc balance of the ex- ; . u)( , constnil . t a rc;ic!< fmm „ le , t;l .
peases of the militia court martial m the ; ; l | sl>r th „ Miami of Lake Erie, lo the West-
state of New-York, of which Brigadier »c- I ,.,. n Boundary of the Connecticut Western
neral Gerrard S ted lit ford was President, in- [ ,, • T
the Legislature of the State of Tennessee
are authorized and empowered to affix such
price to the lands in said ceded territory, as,
in their discretion, may be deemed right and
proper • any tiling in said act of the 18th of
April, 1800, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, Feb. 28th, 1823.
AN ACT supplementary to the sevpral acts for
the adjust merit of land claims ill the State of
Louisiana.
Re it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled, That the claims
fur lands within tile Eastern District of the
State of Louisiana, described hy the Register
nt the Land Office, of the said District, in
his report to the Secretary of the Treasury,
bearing date the 6th of January, 1821, be,
and the. same are hereby, confirmed against
any claim on the part of tho United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
claims for lauds within the District north of
lted River, in the State of Louisiana, de
scribed by the Register of the Land Office,
of the said district, in his report to the Se
cretary of the Treasury, hearing date the 1st
January, 1821, and included in the first, se
cond, and third classes of claims, he, and the.
same are hereby, confirmed against any
claim on the part of the United States, with
the exception of the claims numbered forty
and tiliyone in the first class, and of the
claims numbered forty-four, forty-five, forty-
six, forty-seven, and forty-eight, in the said
first class, (which arc included in the claim
of Baron Bastrop.)
Approved, Feb. 23th, 1I/2.-I.
AN ACT for laying out nod musing ..
from the Lower Itnpids of the Miami of Lake
F.rie, to the Western Boundary of (he Con
necticut Western Heserve, in the Stale of
i Ohio, agreeable to the provisions of the Ilea
j ty of llrownstown.
Re. it enacted by the Senate and House of
AN ACT appropriatin'; moneys for the purpose
of repairing the Public Hoad from (. umber-
land io Wheeling.
He it ninelcil by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States if Ameri
ca in Congress Assembled, That the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars, of moneys in
the Treasury, not otherwise appropriat
ed, he, and the same is hereby appropriated
for the purpose of repairing and improv
ing tile Public Hoad from Cumberland to
Wheeling, under the direction ot the Presi
dent of the United States.
See. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for
the. faithful and speedy accomplishment of
lliis object, the President, with the advice
of the Senate, shall appoint some fit parson
as Superintendent of the said road, w'sose
duty it shall lie, with all practicable dispatch,
to contract for, and personally superintend,
the execution of the repairs and improve
ments which shall he deemed necessary on
the said road, as well as to receive, disburse,
and faithfully account with the Treasury for
(ho sums of money which may lie received
by him in virtue of this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That tin*
superintendent, so to be appointed, shall, be
fore he enters upon the discharge ot the du
ties enjoined hy this act, execute bond, to the
United States, with security, lo be approved
of hy the Secretary of thoTreasury, conditi
oned for the faithful discharge of his duties,
enjoined hy this act: lie shall hold his office
during the pleasure of the President, and
shall receive, as a compensation for his ser
vices, the sum of three dollars per day, dur
ing tile time he may be employed in the dis
charge of the duties enjoined hy this act.
Washington, Feb. 28, 1823: Approved.
AN ACT making appropriations for the sup
port of the Navy of the U. States, for the
year one thousand eight hundred and twen
ty-three.
Re it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Stales of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That, for de
fraying the expenses of the Navy, for the
year one thousand eight hundred and twen
ty-three, the following suujs he, and the
same are hereby, respectively, appropriat
ed :
For tile pay and subsistence of the offi
cers, and pay of the seamen, nine hundred
and twenty-nine thousand five hundred and
and three dollars and twelve cents, including
the sum of twenty-six thousand eight him
died and eighty-six dollars for six mouths
pay for the petty officers, able seamen and
hoys, required for a liigate of forty-four
guns.
For provisions, two hundred and twenty
thousand dollars.
For medicines, hospital stores, and all ex
penses on account of the sick, twenty thou
sand dollars.
For the repairs of vessels, three hundred
and fifty' thousand dollars.
u For the improvement of [ jJ”"jj )() ' , u ”. n j
dollars. “ nH
For ordnance and ordnance stores, in
cluding small arms, manufacture of powder,
Ifac. twenty thousand dollars.
For pay of superintendents, naval con
structors, store-keepers, inspectors of tim
ber, clerks of the yards, and artificers, forty-
four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars,
including the sum of four thousand one
hundred dollars, to cover a deficiency in the
appropriation of the year eighteen hundred
the balnnce due : and it shall he the duty of
the said Agent, within sixty days thereafter,
lo order suit to lie commenced against such
delinquent and his sureties.
Washington, March 3, 1823: Approved.
LIST OF ACTS
Passed at Ihe Second Session of the Seventeenth
Congress of Ihe. Cnited Slates.
\n Art for laying out and milkings road from
the Lower Itnpids ot the Miami of Lake I rie It)
Hid up stern boundary ollhe Connecticut Wes*
tern Reserve.
Providing for the examination of the titles to
land in that part of Louisiana situated between
Rio Hondo and the Sabine River.
lo provide for the appointment of an additi
onal Judge for the Michigan Territory, and for
other purposes.
In addition to on 11 net to continue in force
mii act, to protect (hr com merer 4 of the United
provision for putmlung
also making furlhei
♦•lie crirm* of piracy
Concerning the disbursement of public mo-
my.
Supplementary to, and to amend, an act en
titled “ an act to regulate the collection ofdu-
tirs on imports and tonnage,’' passed ‘M March,
1799, and for other purpose**.
To repeal part of an act pa.-sed hy the State
of Mar)'and, in the year 1784, ami now in
force in (Georgetown in the District of Colum
bia, entitled “ an act for an addition lo George
town, in Montgomery coimiy."
Concerning the apportionment of Represen
tatives in ihe Slate of Alabama.
Iorevive and continue in force certain acts
torilie adjustment of land claims in the Terri
tory of Michigan.
In addition io an net for the prompt settle
ment of public accounts, and for the punish
ment of the crime of perjury.
Making a partial appropriation for the sup
port of the government for the year 1823.
lo amend Ihe ordinance and acts of Con
gress for the government of the Territory of
Michigan, and for other purposes.
Tor the better organization of ihe District
Court of the United States within the District of
Louisiana.
For the relief of Richard Hightower.
Making appropriations for the support of go
vernment for the year 1823.
Making appropriations for the support of tin
Navy of the United States for the year 1823.
For the discharge of John Burgin from im
prisonment.
For the lelief of Abraham Snyder.
Making appropriations for the military ser
vice of the United States for the year 1823.
Making further appropriations for Ihe milita
ry service ot the United States for the year
1823. (For the Indian Department.) I of pre-emption t
Making further appropriations for the rniiita- land,
ry service of the United States for the year
1823, (for fortifications.)
To prolong the continuance of the Mint at
Philadelphia.
further to extend the provisions of the art,
entitled 11 an act supplementary to an act enti-
ilpd nn act, for tlic relief of purchasers of the
public lands prior to 1st July, ]M”(i
Ta continue in forr.r mi ..
1 "K tho nurem-v. within the ' bt p ’
oftlieg.iJ-r-'Biico, For
Reserve, in such a manner as tho Lcgisla-
dred and eighty-eight dollars eighty nine
nt*. to make up s «™ i UniRdStatM-whioli'road, wimuTongtrutt- ! in B- aml ml1 ° vin S l| mbers, stores, far. and
d twenty-two.
luding the sum or one thousand eight bun- j “,’ r ,T of' the' sahVstato n.ay ly’law arovhhq ! , Far ,ab V rcr ? aml “ !am9 ^m|.loy.-a in
' with the approbation of tho President of the j loatlm K a,1(1 m,luatJ ".’« 1 ve3sels - P lli »K’
— i- ! mg, and removing timbers, stores, kc. i
j fuel for the engine, thirty thousand doll
| including the sum of ten thousand dol ars to
cover a deficiency in the appropriation of
j the year eighteen hundred and twenty-two
| For contingent expenses, two hundred
and twenty thousand dollars.
appropriated last year for the payment of
Brigadier General Beckman, M. Van Buren,
cd, shall forever remain a public highway.
— - , | See. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in
h member of said court, one thousand six , ordfir , 0 rnilL ,ie the of Ohio to open
hundred and twenty-six dollais and uig > y- an( j col)a ( rut q sa j,| roa j ia ( rac t 0 f land one
nine cents: , . .. hundred and twenty feet wide, whereon to
I-or tho annuity to the Gie.ek Ini i.ins, n- | oc t ( R ,| |c same, together with a quantity of
equal to one mile on each side thereof,
and adjoining thereto, to he hounded by sec
tional lines as run hy the United States, to
defray the expenses of making said road, is
hereby granted to (lie said state—to com
mence at the Miami Rapids, and terminntc
at the Western Boundary of the Connecti
cut Western Reserve, with full power and
For erecting and completing houses over
ships in ordinary, for their preservation from
ihe weather, eighty thousand dollars.
For the construction of a dock and
wharves, in connection with the. inclined
plane erected at the Navy Yard in Washing
ton, fifty thousand dollars.
For pay and subsistence of the marine
hundred and seventy-six thou-
I nr the relief of (lie legal aepri -ontalivoa of
JneintliH \ iilal, 'lbomns Thompson, uutl Mar
garet Thompson.
Supplementary to Ihe art relatingto Ihe ran
som of American captives of the lute War.
Supplementary to Ihe several acls for the
adjustment of laud claims in the State of Loui
siana
To extend the charier of the Mechanic’
Bank of Alexandria.
Appropriating money for Ike purpose of re
pairing the public rood from Cumberland to
Wheeling.
To revive and conlinue in force Ihe seventh
section of an act supplementary lo the several
acts for the adjustment of land claims in Ihe
Stale of Louisiana.
For Ihe relief of Samuel F. Honker.
listending the time for locating Virginia
military land warrants, and returning surveys
thereon.
lo alter the time of holding Iho District
Court ot tlie Cnited States fin* Hie District of
Kentucky.
To repeal so much of an art passed April
IS, IROd, as limits the price of certain lands in
the State of Tennessee
To regulate the commercial intercourse be
tween the United States and certain British co
lonial ports.
Concerning the lands to be granted to the
(slate ol Missouri, for the purposes of education
and other public uses.
io continue in force the act to provide for
reports of the decisions of the Supreme Couit
I o establish u National Armory on the West
ern waters.
Supplementary to the act, cnlitleil “ an act
to designate Ihe boundaries of Districts, and
establish Land Offices for the disposal of the
public lands, not heretofore offered for calc, in
the -’tales of Ohio and Indiana.
l or the relief of Ebcnezer Stevens and o
tliers.
For the relief of John Byers.
for tile relief of the heirs and representa
tives of Alexander Montgomery, deceased.
For the relief of Amos Nichols.
io authorial! the purchase of a number of
copies of tlie sixth volumes of the Laws of the
United States
To remit, lo tlie State of Missouri, the pos
tage on certain law hooks.
I or the relief of llobert Purdy.
For the punishment of friends committed on
the departments of the government oftlic Unit
ed Slates.
For the relief of Eleanor Lawrence.
Providing for tlie accommodation of the
Circuit Court of the United Statesfor Wa
ton county, in the District of Columbia
for the preservation of the records o
Couit.
• ■ranting to the stale of Alnbamn toe
on quarters secli
i"ld coins of (treat Bib re c ’ KoatU, tor the purpose of f„e
• ■is. ...o . row ns of r ranee and portatiou of Ihe l niied Sti.ti
authority to sell and convey the same, ami ct>1 1”' 01,1 ,UI " ” 1 -
,i,„ ,i... .... I sand lour hundred and seventy-lour dollar*
..pply the proceeds to the making of said . „ - .
road-anil in case the said tract of land shall * w c a lling fur sa!,ie > tivcnty-mue
| thousand dollars.
For fuel for the lion-commissioned olfi-
- T i locate the same, together with a quantity
dee the treaty oftl.e 8th Jan. 1821, with that | an( , „„„ mj|p on hi , lt . ,| lcrt
tube, five thousand dollars :
For the employment of teams, and for ex
tra pay anil rations to soldiers to he em
ployed for the completion of the military
road from Platlsburg to Sackett's Harbor,
three thousand five hundred dollars :
For compensation to Captain Terry Run
nels, due him for the transportation of bag
gage in the late Seminole war, forty-eight
dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
several sums hereby appropriated shall he
paid out of any money in the Treasury, not
otherwise appropriated : Provided, however,
That no money appropriated hy this act shall
be paid to any person, for his compensation,
who is in arrears to the United States, until
such person shall have accounted for, and _ ....
paid into the Treasury, all sums for which! making said road, shall lie sold for a less ! portation, and travelling expenses to ofiir
lie may he liable: Provided, further, That price than one dollar and twenty-five cents j postage of letters, armorers, and armorer’s
nothing in this section contained shall extend ' p,. r acre. i tools, and stationary, with extra rations, to
to balances arising solely from the deproci- j g And he it further enacted, That in j officers, fourteen thousand dollars,
ation of Treasury notes, received by such [ case any of the lands, through which it may j To enable the 1’rcsident of the United
person, to he expended in the public service thought expedient to open said road, msiy i States to carry into efiect Ihe act, ■ milled
—lull, in all cases, where Ihe pay or salary j |, avn been previously sold hy the U. States, j “ An act in addition to the acts prohibiting
of any person is withheld, in pursuance ol j (j R , Secretary of the Treasury is hereby di- i tlie slave trade, ’ filty thousand dollars.
reeled to pay such officer as Ihe State of j For shot, shells, anil military stores lie
Ohio may appoint for that purpose, the nett i ing amount of the unexpeted (uiiox-
proceeds of the sales of the quantity thus pended) balance of appropiialions for pre
sold at a minimum price. 'ions years, four thousand and thirty-five
See. 4. And be it further enacted, That, | lkl J l , ars ,u ?'’ ,!v ”
u lien ever the Governor of the State of Ohio, , 1* »** n.'l'tovy stores of the marine corps,
shall have laid before Ihe I’resident of the j lllP a,nn " nt ol ,l,c unexpended hah,„<v
sell for a greater sum than sitall he sufficient
to complete such road, then the residue
thereof shall remain with tlie state of Ohio,
as a fund for the purpose of keeping said
road in repair: Provided, That the said road
shall he made within the term of four years
from tlie passage of this art: And provided,
none of the land hereby appropriated for
cers, musicians, and privates, six thousand
eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars ami
fifty cents.
For contingent expenses for the same,
that is to say fuel for the commissioned of
floors, bed sacks, repairing barracks, trails
this art, it shall he the duty of the accounting
officer, if demanded by Ihe party, his agent,
or attorney, to report forthwith to the Agent
of the Treasury Department, the balance
due; and it shall he tlie duty of the said A-
gent, within sixty days thereafter, to order
suit to he commenced against such dclin-
pient and his sureties.
1’HILIP r UARBOUH,
Speaker of (lie House of Kcprescnlutivcs.
John gaillard,
l’residenl of the Senate, pro-tcinpore.
Washington, March 3, 1823: Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT to revive, and continue in force, the
seventh section of an act, entitled
(HrhI »
five Franc pieces” passed the 28th clay nf April,
1818, so Far as relates lo tho crowns of France
and Five frank pieces.
^ Making tlie coins of Gnat Britain,
I ranee, Portugal and Spain, receivable in pay
ments on account of public lands.
Extending tin: time allowed for the redemp
tion ol land sold lor direct taxes in certain ca
ses.
To amend an act, entitled “ an act further to
regulate the entry ol merchandize imported in
to the l ailed stales from any adjacent territo
ry.’’
\ '‘<1114: in flic State of Virginia the right of
the I ixitcil States !o all lines n-sossed for non-
pe 1 formanr.? of militia duty during the late
war with Greet Biitain within the said State
To provide lor the settlement of the account?
of Daniel D. Tompkins, late Governor of the
Stnte of New-Vork
For the relief of James Reese.
For the relief of Henry Lee.
Making appropriations for the public build
ings.
For altering ihe times of holding the District
Courts ol the United States for the District of
Vermont.
For the relief of Polly L. Campbell, w idow
of Col. John B. Campbell.
For carrying into ell’ect the Convention of
Commerce an I Navigation between tli9 United
States and France, concluded nt W ashington,
on the 24th June, 1822.
For the relief of Charles Carr of Kentucky,
late Paymaster to Col. Win, Dudley’s regiment
of Kentucky militia
For the relief of John B. Hogan.
Respecting Stamps.
Altering the time of holding the Circuit Court
in the District - , of Maine and New-Hampshire
Respecting the punishment of piracy.
Authorizing an additional naval force for
the suppression of piracy.
To confirm certain claims to loN in the ul
lage of Peoria in Ihe State of Illinois.
Supplementary to the acts to provide for
certain person? engaged in the land and naval
service of tlie United Stales in the Revolution
ary war.
Entitled “ an act to amend an act for the es
tablishment ot a territorial government in Flo
rida,” and for other purposes.
To authorize and empower the Secretary of
the Department of the Treasury to .sell the pub
lic. lo»8, and other property, belonging to the
United States in the District of ( uluinbin.
To establish an additional land oilice in the
Territory of Micliigi
To discontinue c
tablish others.
act for the better or*
Stale*, in answer to one \w. had received
/coin him tlie middle of laf-t November.
1* rota which it appears that the Spanish
Minister, far from disavowing the arts
complained of by the Secretary of Slate,
boldly avows them, and not only justifies
them as being legal, but demands (hat
exemplary punishment should be inflict
ed on the American officer. It will be
een loo, that the letter which is dated
last December, closes with a request
that it may be laid before Congress, lias
it over been answered ? We should he
glad lo see that answer. We believe
that the reader, after he has perused this
document, will feel as much at alossas
we do, to account for a motion being
brought before Congress at the very
heel of the cession, enquiring for infor
mation, of the nature of that embraced
in Mr. Fuller’s motion.
Translated from the Government Gazelle,
oj Havana, dated loth Jan. lU'dij.
A person oi respectability in tl)is city
ha9 received the following official docu
ment, the authenticity of which can he
relied upon :
Nevv-Y ork, 11th Dec. 182u
To the lion. John Quincy Adams.
Sm—I hare had the honor lo receive
your note of the 1 lih of last month, to
gether with a printed copy of the decree
ot the Judge of the District Court of
South Carolina, for the restoration of the
Spanish privateer Palmira. Before I
proceed to reply to the other points em
braced in your note, I shall make the
remarks to which the decree gives rise.
The Judge acknowledges the illegali
ty of the capture of the Palmira, and
orders her restoration. I cannot con
ceive how that opinion can he reconcil
ed with what is stated in (be decree it
self that the conduct of Captain Gregory
in this affair is deserving of praise.—
But what is still tnoie extraordinary is,
that a decree, whilst it releases the crew
hint;-1 of the Palmira, detains in custody those
a,, .'j sailor* charged with having robbed the
,,j/ '! Antei ican vessel Coquette. That tlcci-
r; -,!.- i "ion established so dangerous a principle
ate ot ; to all maritime powers that I cannot per
il;' !e myscll it has escaped your j . t.a-
uation. It is a principle which the U-
nited State-" have resisted » iu, great and
loadable c-ergy ■ a principle in short,
wi.tcn th.s Uepu' lie 1: ; repelled at the
expense of a sanguinary war.
Thr Palmira w as carried into C;.. '»«-
.wit r a mature deliberation, she has boon
Mail. | ptonounccd innocent of that offi.nce hy
the competent Judge, recognized as a
Spanish privateer, duly authorized, that
is to say as a Spani-li vessel of tvar. If
a part of the cretv are detained for an
alleged misdemeanor against citizens of
it i i ** 1C * nil ed tales, it is obvious that the
his of- j principle and right arc thereby establish-
arc I ed to seat ch friendly and neutral vcs.-els,
To nutliorizo the: building of light houses nt | ami take therefrom such individuals as
Cape Romani, in South Carolina, ami plating! ;ir p cnr.riAcd „ i t
floating lights in Delaware Bay *> are supposed have trespassed upon the
For the relief of Daniel Seward. I property appertaining to subjects of the
For the rebel oi Samuel W alker nnd others, j invading power, in order to bring them
before her tribunals. I submit to your
consideration, sir, whether that opinion
concurs with the repeated declarations
of your government, that it would never
assent to such a principle, and with the
able documents that have emanated from
the Department of State, of the U. S.
ami their agents, ropelling the preten
sions of England to examine American
vessels, and take away, not American
citizens charged with committing depre
dations on BritiMi commerce, but their
own deserters ; in which there is cer
tainly a wide difference ; and ultimately,
t (’Ogress n rvsolnfion ot tlio toitovving 1,-nnr, I W'hether it was to he expected that a
was moved in the House of Heprescntulivi s, hy , Jlldge of (iie L ailed St .tes' Court should
Mr '■ ■■
of Joseph Wile
remesenuitivc
For tho telief of the lion
For the relief d (tic le
James wcClung. nm nosed.
For the eri o:, n of a Monument over the
tomli of Etbi id go Gerry, lute Vice Piesident ot
tile United states
For t lie relief of the heirs of Johnston Bluke-
t 'i... ..... iuiiri oi e. iwarn l.rai
For clearing, repairing, fa improving reriHin
Roads, for the purpose of facilitating tlie trans
For the relict of Janies Mnrnson.
For the relief of Nimrod Farrow, Richard
Harris, and tlicit sccuriiii
For the. relief of Robert F. Stockton.
To enable tlie proper accounting officers of
the Treasury Department to audit and -etlie
the accounts of ihe Surveyor of I’uhlic Land
in the slates ot Illinois and Missouri, and t<
lory of Arkansas, for extra clerk hire
l or the relief of Samuel Hogdon
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolution requiring of Ihe Secretary of the
Senate and Clerk of the llou-e of Representa
tives an annual statement of the expenditures
from the contingent hind of the two Houses.
Re solution concerning tile Indians io Flori
da
Resolution to direct tho withholding of the
compensation of certain IVire Agents.
Resolution granting to the Washington Li-
hriny a copy ol"tlie public documents,
[From tlie Nevv-Vork Evening Rost, March S.]
r.j iraoriliIi'try ami interesting Document.—It
will he recollected that on the first day of the
present mouth, just previous lo the rising of
Congress, a resolution ot the follow
Fuller, via
“ Resolved, Thai the Presidont of the
U. Slnies he requested lo communicate
lo this House, as far as the public inte
rest will permit, vvliat measures have
attempt to establish a doctrine which
this Republic lias so gloriously resisted
at immense sacrifices. It is, therefore,
important in the highest degree to Eu
rope. and more especial to Spain, to he
been taken to remove annual the illegal informed of the sentiments of the govern
or pretended blockade of the ports of ment of the United States on so momen-
tlie Spanish Main ; lo obtain restitution tous a subject, and I believe I shall on-
of the vessels of the United States rap
tured hy the privateers fitted out of Por
to Rico, and other Spanish Islands, un
der the pretext of breach of said block
ade ; and to prevent such illegal and un
warrantable captures in future.”
Mr. Fuller then stated the facts on
which his motion was founded. He
said he regretted (he session was so near
ly anticipate your answer, hy saying I
am persuaded, that in accordance with
all w riters on public law, you will irulffi-
nantly repel n principle which has alrea
dy been attended with such fatal conse
quences, nnd still holds out a principle
so hostile to the tranquillity of the
world.
In the aforesaid decree, 'he judge, af
ter stating tlie reasons upon which he
i termination, that it would not ho pos
rittiu po.-t routes, ami to -iblo lor Congress to adopt any measures I founds his opinion for exonerating the
in °J ^! e k^C'dive, which might be. | Palmira and Iter crew from all respon
:£t
feu in Congress assembled, That tlie seventh
section of an act, entitled “ An act supple
mentary to tho several net ■ for the sdjust-
tm ut of land claims in lit" Stale of Looisia-
a, approved the 111!) of.May, 1820, in rela-
;ion to back concessions, he, and the same
. tuqcby, revived, and continued in full force
United States a survey of the location of j 'V '»r pr-x toiw years, ten Supplementary to an art lor the belter or- j ra || e <l for hv tlie lawless depredators o
(■aid road, accompanied hy an act of *aid '. l ‘"V* andhVe l >« n ‘l r ®«>dol | a™ an d Ih.rt,-‘,ve| ^nma.ion of .he C.mrts o, the Lo,ted States' g |Veebo ‘ (er3 from Vnr * Ki lo
State, accepting said Irusf, and providmg ( ^ further enacted Tint^ l!»u laying out nnd opening i which the resolution alluded. The
for makinc said road within the tuna above r. ,iun oe if iiirtncr marled, I hat . ... , .■ , » * * .. „ , , .
limited, ami the President shall havenpprov-' the several sums hereby apprnpr.atrd, shall j ,oh ^ ,lle lur "' l,, > ol 1 lu,v 1 1 ’. 1,)ckn f e WM Proclaimed many months
d the same, then the right..f the stale to he paid out.of any money in the Treasury, \ mpnilil)R nmI supplementary to « an net mc ‘ ? ; 90me Spanish officers with a
not otherw ise appropriated : Provided, bow- f,„. tisrertainine claim* and titles In Imiil' in llw ambiance of power to enlorce it, and
ever, That no money appropriated hy this
act, shall he paid to any person, for his com
pensation, who is io arrears to tin: U. States,
until such person shall have, accounted Ibr,
and paid into the Treasury, all sums fot
u hich he may he liable : Provided, further.! nn, ‘ *° keep the en-ine liuu
That nothing in this section contained, shall ll1 "' apparatus, in repair,
extend to balances arising solely from the T ” oner of the G.-
depreciation of Treasury not, '.’received hv "" ; ll ' e
'ii., ' on certain lots in bhawnnetown, in tlie filu:e
stu n person to he expended in the pulffie , ,•,
service; hut in all cases where the pay or 1
salary of any person is withheld, in pursti
ujice of this act, it shall he the duty ol the
accounting ollicer, if demanded hv the par I
ty, his agent or attorney, to rcpoil forthwith I
to the Agent of the Treasury Department,|
said tract of land sitall he considered
complete for tlie purposes aforesaid—and
the President shall direct, that, until the 1st
t .... day of June, 1823, none of the public lands
supplementary to the several acts for tlie ad- j shall he. sold, within three miles on each side
just meat of land claims in the Slate ot Loui- j of a line, to lie drawn direct from the font of
»iann,” approved the eleventh May, eighteen I Rie rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, to the
hundred and twenty, and for other purposes. | Lower Rapids of Sandusky, thence to the
lie it enacted by the Senate anil House of western boundary of the Connecticut West-
Rrprrsentatives of the United Slates nfAmer- ern Reserve : Provided, That nothing; in this
act contained, shall ever hereafter he con
slrued lu imply any obligation upon the I’.
Stales to grant additional lands, or further
aids of any sort, towards the opening, mak
ing, or keeping in repair, of the road afore
said.
Approved, Washington, Feb. 2", 1323.
ibility for the robbery of the Coquette,
and only holding those individuals an
swerable who committed that act, de
rides, that neither tlie l’almira nor her
ttpplemenlary to « an ret j" j " v "77 .' j T * 1 Crew ' nh ° l»e acknowledges to he inno-
for ascertaining claim* and title.-lo land in the j se . , l ancn °' !’ n ‘'<T to enlorce it, and cent, are entitled to damages for the
Territory of Florida," nnd to provide for ihe j with the obvious intent oi giving a color) deaths and wounds inflicted upon them,
survey and disposal... the public lauds in Flo- | of right to the indiscriminate plunder oi and for ihe enormous losses sustained
" To authorize the Rod Master General to pay ! "" r TlT IT * 7T pJ* "T ! ^ " ,e 1 am ifinorant ofthe
for certain repairs lo the general post office, i‘°ned also the capture ot the I almira hy I laws on w inch Ihe judge establishes that
the fire engine i the Grampus, which was denominated a decision, hut the dictiites of common
j capture of a legalised pirate, i lie re-1 sense point out, that whoever is acquit-
| solution was unanimously adopted.— ! (ed of an imputed crime, and has been
Now, we confess that after this, it wnsI maltreated anil oppressed, has a right to
[not without a wry considerable share of indemnity for the evils he has unjustly
j unaffected surprise we saw, the day he-; suffered. In short, it ns evident that if
j fore yesterday, in ihe Spanish govern- 1 the Palmira was a pirate, the individuals
j men! paper of Havanna, the official let-1 attached to her should have been cm
i ter of Ihe Spanish Minister, written more l.victed as such, but if on the contrary, it
For Ihe relief of John Coffee
For Ihe relief *4 Jiinn II Clarke.
For the relief of i'lmddriis Mayhew
For tin* relief <4 Nathan Branson.
For th»: rebel of Woodson Wren
For Ihe relief ol James Jloy»).
than two iDonlhft
lo tlie Srrrelury of jw proved lha
