JUNE 24, 1834.] Public Lands.-Kent County (R. I.) Proceedings. ducted by set interrogatories; which interrogatories should be printed and transmitted to the individual about to be called before the committee; that such person should also have permission to cross-examine the witnesses, and bring forward their own, if necessary. Mr. POINDEXTER said, the amendment would have the effect of defeating the whole intent and purpose of the resolution. In order, however, that both might be fully considered and understood, he would move that they be laid on the table and printed. Motion agreed to. [SENATE. This interesting county is but of small extent, contain sand inhabitants. This people are almost exclusively en KENT COUNTY (R. I.) PROCEEDINGS. ing only four towns, and these only about twelve thouMr. ROBBINS presented the proceedings and resolu-gaged in the business of agriculture and manufactures; tions of a meeting of citizens of Kent county, Rhode and their pursuits, animated as they have been by the Island, disapproving of the measures of the Executive in spirit of enterprise, and guided by the lights of intellirelation to the public finances and the Bank of the United gence, have been attended with great success. They States, and praying Congress for redress. have over thirty different manufacturing establishments On presenting the above proceedingswithin their narrow limits, and about two millions of fixed Mr. ROBBINS said: I am charged with, and rise to pre-capital invested in them; they were moving about eighty sent certain resolutions on the subject on which so many thousand cotton spindles, and were expending in the resolutions and memorials to Congress have been present- wages of manual labor about four hundred thousand doled at the present session; and which, as it now appears, lars annually. But now, more than one-third of these might as well have been addressed to the dull cold ear of works are suspended, and that proportion of laborers disdeath. missed from employment; the residue, though continued, These resolutions come from the people of Rhode are continued at a loss, and their progress is from bad to Island, inhabitants of the county of Kent, in that State; worse. This is their condition, their present condition, a county that has connected with it many interesting as- as they tell us themselves. But the honorable gentleman sociations; among others that arising from its being the from Missouri, who, it seems, knows their situation better birth-place and residence of that revolutionary hero, who than they do themselves, tells them in his place here, that stood, in the mind of his country, as heir apparent to the they are under a great mistake in this matter; that, comcommander-in-chief of her revolutionary armies, had it pared with the average of late years, they never were in been ordained by Providence that the war should outlast a more active and prosperous condition than they now are. the life of her Washington, (blessed be God, it was not so Indeed! Then it must be that these capitalists, who really ordained!) I allude to General Greene, a name that throws believed that they had suspended their operations, and an interest over the place of his nativity, and those early had dismissed their laborers, were in a state of hallucinascenes, where that great mind, in the shade of retirement, tion; no such thing had taken place; every spindle was in and in the modesty of unconscious genius, by his own cul-motion as before; and every hand was at work as before. ture, grew up to those capacities which fitted him for And these poor laborers, who really believed that they those brilliant parts which he afterwards enacted on the were out of employ, and that in consequence thereof theatre of the revolutionary war. An interest not unlike, their families were suffering the privation of the necesthough less intense, yet not unlike that connected with saries of life, were in no such condition; they were still Mount Vernon; which no American beholds without emo-in full employ, at full wages; and their families were still tion, without saying in his secret thoughts and in his pride well fed, well clothed, and enjoying all the comforts of of heart, this was the home of Washington, my country- life they had ever known. They saw, as they believed, their water-wheels at the falls, on their water-courses, them in this body. They were presented; but the grave ques-stopping here, and there, and everywhere; and their estion whether they should be received, was not mooted. tablishments silent and deserted; but it was all an optical Until this time, I believe, it was never doubted that the communication of these and similar resolutions to a Senator or Rep-illusion. But this mania, this astonishing mania, that has resentative in Congress, was considered an implied request to produced these delusive phantoms, these optical illusions, present them to the branch to which such Senator or Repre-how is that to be accounted for? Why, the same honorasentative belonged. ble Senator tells us, it is to be accounted for by a panic "A grave question is presented for the decision of the Sen-speech, made here upon the floor of this Senate. Then ate!" If I had been a member of Congress from ten to twenty no conjurer, no sorcerer, no magician, that ever was, can years, and made before the Senate such a “grave question," compete with your panic speech. The enchanter's rod when hundreds of precedents to the contrary were staring me in the face, I would at once bave resigned the office of political leader; I would no longer undertake to school younger members for a dereliction of duty. the exhibition of the specious miracle to be wrought upon operates only by contact; the patient must be present, for him; but the potent spell of the panic speech, though "The paper cannot properly be received by the Senate!" pronounced here in this Capitol, is felt to the extremities Will the Senator from Massachusetts turn out of doors the of this Union; at the sound thereof, every where the opinions of more than thirty thousand free electors of New whole country is struck aghast with imaginary distresses. Hampshire, as expressed by their representatives, if they shall And the magical effect is no less astonishing, by the length not square with his own opinions, by creating a frivolous objec-of its duration, than by the extent of its operation. It is tion to the manner of their presentation? Is not the responsi- now six months since this country has been spell-bound bility of a member of this body, representing those persons, by it, and kept under this strange and miserable delusion. worth something? Is the native State of the Senator become so degenerate that her opinions are not to be suffered an en- But irony apart; that honorable gentleman tells this trance here? Or does precedent in this body furnish a rule country-and with a nota bene that it is not lightly said, that excludes one side of the question, while the body is a gen-but upon his dignity as a Senator, and his honor as a pri eral receptacle of every thing that appears on the other side? vate gentleman-that their distresses, whether real or I must insist, that in the presentation of these resolutions, I have only followed the example of Massachusetts Senators themselves; and that, if it was their right that those resolutions should be received, so it is my right that these resolutions shall be received. imaginary, or partly one and partly the other, have all passed away; and that the prosperity of the country, compared with the average of late years, was never greater than it now is. The country, no doubt, has great respect for that gentleman; but I doubt whether they will give SENATE.] Claims for lost Property.-Respect to Lafayette.—Indian Appropriations. [JUNE 25, 1834. him entire credit for the correctness of this statement, of that policy, it would cost more than the annuity which contradicted as it is by the evidence of their own senses, was appropriated, to regain the confidence of these Inand by the still better evidence of their own bitter expe- dians. Besides, by the means adopted, the money was never paid to them. rience. They will tell him that they have seen with their own eyes, and felt by their own experience, the currency of the country to be deranged, totally deranged, by the arbitrary act of the Executive thereon, and all its attendant evils-the confidence of the capital of the country to be thereby destroyed; and with the confidence, the credit, and with the credit, the business, and with the business, the prosperity of the country, to be destroyed; and that these disastrous consequences of that arbitrary act of power still remain upon the country; and must remain, unabated and unmitigated, while the cause remains as it does, unremoved and unremedied. Mr. WHITE said, that with regard to the Cherokees, their money had not been paid for some years; but the other tribes wished their money to be thus distributed. There was a danger, in paying the money to the chiefs, that the other Indians were cheated out of their money. He thought that a general rule of that kind would throw the money into the hands of the chiefs, and the common Indians would get nothing. The amendment would apply to the Cherokees, but not to the Indians generally. Mr. SPRAGUE knew it to be a fact, that the annuity to the Cherokees had not been paid for several years, because the Government made a change as to the persons or the corporations who were to receive it. It seems now to be finally settled, that the cause is not to be removed, and that the country is not to be relieved, If the treaty were to be kept with the Cherokees, the either by the action of the Executive, or of Congress. money ought to be paid. There had been no treaty with The country must now be aware of this fact; and they individuals; the treaty was to pay them as a corporate will now no longer feed themselves with delusive hopes from that quarter. They must now see that the only remedy for their grievances is to be found in themselves, and to be applied by themselves. "To your tents, then, O Israel!" The proceedings were then referred in the usual way, and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. SOUTHARD, Ordered, That the meetings of the Senate, in future, be at ten o'clock A. M. until the end of the session. After the first and second readings and reference of a number of bills from the House of Representatives, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of Executive business, and after spending some time therein, adjourned. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25. CLAIMS FOR LOST PROPERTY, &c. The bill to provide for the payment of claims for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States during the late war with Great Britain, and the Indian wars subsequent thereto, and for other purposes, was taken up, on motion of Mr. KING, of Alabama. After some conversation between Messrs. KING of Alabama, CALHOUN, and TIPTON, On motion of Mr. CALHOUN, the bill was laid upon the table; yeas 19, nays 16. RESPECT TO LAFAYETTE. Mr. WEBSTER, from the select joint committee appointed to consider and report by what tokens of respect and feeling it would be proper to manifest the deep sense of the nation on the afflicting intelligence of the death of General Lafayette, made a report, which he said he would not ask for the reading of, as the Senate would probably consider the resolution of the House on that subject in the course of the morning. INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS. On motion of Mr. WEBSTER, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill making appropriations for Indian annuities, and for other purposes, for the year 1834. body. The obligation was not discharged by refusing to pay their authorized agent, any more than the obligation of the French treaty would be discharged by the Govern ment of France sending over agents to this country, and undertaking to pay to every individual citizen whatever his share would amount to. He thought that any thing in a treaty with a community, ought to be paid to them as a community, and to refuse to pay them so, was a mere evasion and violation of the treaty, and a refusal to pay them their stipulations. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN agreed to modify his amendment by striking out "Indian tribes," and inserting "the Cherokees east of the Mississippi." He argued that the money ought to be, and formerly was, paid to the chiefs. They had a general treasury; and the withholding of it was a fruitful source of discontent. It had arisen from our prejudices, which had taught us to look upon them as not fit to take care of their own property. Mr. FORSYTH said, the original proposition of the Senator from New Jersey was a very simple one; it was to the effect that the Government had no right to go beyond the corporate character of the Indians. The honorable Senator's present proposition, however, abandoned this ground; he now left out of the question the great body of the Cherokees, and confined himself to a particular tribe of that nation. He now exerted himself solely on behalf of the Cherokees on the eastern side of the Mississippi; why were those on the western side neglected by the honorable Senator? Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN would willingly extend his proposition so as to take in the Cherokees on the western side of the Mississippi. Mr. FORSYTH was against the proposition in both cases. Mr. FORSYTH continued: Why was this distinction made between the Indians on the east and those on the west of the Mississippi? It was because the individuals who composed the council of the former, wanted possession of this money. None but these persons had complained or sent petitions to the Government; they would not suffer the common Indians, over whom they had any influence, to come forward and receive their annuities, until the money had been placed for division in their (the chiefs') Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN moved, as an amendment, hands. Now if this latter disposition of the money were that the appropriation to be made by this act, shall be made, what would be the consequence? What would be made to the chiefs of the tribes. He stated, that until the done with it? Why, a part of the annuity had already present administration came into power, the appropria- been expended in the purchase of a press, and this would tions were made to the chiefs, since which, it had been be done again if the present arrangement of the Governordered to be paid to the individuals of the tribes. This ment were interfered with. Was this just to the poor Inmode of distributing the money was attended with much dian, who frequently had not a blanket to cover his naindividual inconvenience. It was to be distributed through kedness, or a morsel of food to put into his mouth? If this tribes scattered over two hundred miles of territory. It money got into the treasury of the council, it would never had not been satisfactory to the tribes; and in consequence reach the destination which was originally intended. The JUNE 25, 1834.] Indian Appropriations.-Respect to Lafayette. [SENATE. council wanted money to travel about; to come to the seat length of getting an alphabet! they had even infringed of Government and present petitions against the Execu- upon old Dilworth, and got up a spelling-book: they had tive of the United States, and in this way the annuity also printed the New Testament. Mr. F. concluded by would be expended. saying that he hoped the poor and despised Cherokee would yet rise to a level with the people of this country, and set an example which should bring a blush upon the cheek of the latter at the remembrance of former proceedings. He Mr. CHAMBERS moved to modify the amendment, by extending the provision to the Cherokees west of the Mississippi, which modification Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN accepted. Mr. TIPTON made some observations in opposition to the amendment, and in favor of the manner in which this matter was at present regulated by the Government. Mr. SPRAGUE said, he had as yet heard nothing in answer to the objection which he had made as to the Mr. FORSYTH believed that John Ross was intelligent, Government paying the money to individuals, when they and of a decently good character; he was not a poor Inhad agreed to pay it to a corporation. Gentlemen had no dian; Mr. F. wished he was as poor, for he was probably right to enter upon the consideration of the abstract ques- worth $100,000. But the use to which the annuity was tion of what was best for the Indian, in connexion with put, was to take possession of the money of others to rethis subject. If this principle were admitted, he doubted tain and extend their own power; such was the use made not we should soon find out that it would be better to keep of it by Ross & Co. If they had the power to get it into the money ourselves than to give it to the Indian, who their hands, they had the power to make such use of it as might possibly make a bad use of it. Mr. S. said, that if they pleased. Mr. F. objected to the inconsistency of there was any sentiment of national faith remaining among limiting this provision to a part of the Cherokees. Senators, that sentiment must lead to the conviction that said the cause of discontent with the Cherokees east of they were bound to pay this money in the way proposed the Mississippi was, that the chiefs forbade individuals to by the Senator from New Jersey. Gentlemen would not receive the money. Mr. F.'s objection to the establishnow recognise the chiefs as the agents of the Cherokee ment of a press among the Cherokees, was, that they could nation; but were willing enough to do so when they want- not read the paper, and that it was used to agitate the ed Indian lands, when they wanted the chiefs to sell their people on the great Cherokee question. country. The circumstance of these Indians having a press among them was brought forward, too, as a plea upon which to resist their just claims. Why, this showed the extent of civilization to which they had arrived. But gentlemen, it appeared, would rather give the money to Mr. WHITE said the modification made the amendthe individual Indians themselves, who would expend it in ment better than it was; but he was opposed to extending five minutes for whiskey, than have it applied in any the provision to all the Indian tribes. He argued that in way that would tend to raise them above their present the treaties they were not regarded in the light of civilcondition. ized nations, because an agent was placed among them by Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN desired the Senate to imagine the Government for the transaction of their affairs. He such a scene as the payment of the annuity under the ex- thought there could be no violation of faith, if the money isting arrangement; the individual Indians brought from a were paid in such manner as to make it most beneficial to distance of 100 to 140 miles, for the purpose of receiving the Indians; the stipulations were, in that case, substantheir half dollar or dollar; the Indian camp, after the pay- tially fulfilled. He belived that a great proportion of the ment had been made, surrounded by that class of white tribes preferred the manner of payment adopted by the people who rioted on the vice of the Indians. What a administration, as it was said in many cases that the chiefs glorious process of civilization! Mr. F. continued: If the could not make the payments in a manner satisfactory to Cherokee Indians were superior to any other tribe, it was the tribes. He admitted that the case of the Cherokees in consequence of their having followed the advice of was an exception to an almost general rule. He was in Washington, and confided their money to their chiefs-to favor of adoping that mode which would be most for the those who lived with and cared for them, and who were benefit of the Indians, and for the easy transaction of the anxious to promote their best interests. Mr. F. then spoke business of the Government. He was in favor of no vioin favor of the Indian delegates, Messrs. Ross & Co. and lations of treaty stipulations, and said if the individual described them as individuals entitled to the highest con- Indians would not receive the annuities, he was in favor fidence. It had been said that these persons wished to of paying them according to their wishes. monopolize the annuity. Ross and Co., however, were In- Mr. FORSYTH moved to strike out that part relating dians, and must bear it. He held in his hand a paper reg-to the chiefs, and inserting that the payment should be ularly signed, by which it appears that these men were made to such persons as should be selected by the mathe appointed and authorized agents of the council of the jority of the tribe. Cherokee nation; what excuse then could there be for not paying the money to them? But these people had a press; further supplies of money, therefore, must be arrested, as there would be more presses, and the whole Indian country would be filled with information. They were pouring light upon those parts of the country which gentlemen wished to be kept in darkness. They were now turning the money which they received to purposes of instruction; making it serviceable to them in their prosecution of the arts and sciences, instead of spending it in licentiousness; and honorable Senators would stop this. The Cherokee Indians were becoming enlightened by the course they had adopted. They could no longer be made, as formerly, the victims of designing men. Mr. F. here stated that he had known a buffalo robe, which would have sold in any of our cities for sixteen or seventeen dollars, given at one time among these Indians for a quart of whiskey. But this could no longer be done. They were now acquiring information; they now printed books; they had got an alphabet-yes! they had gone the audacious Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN objected to the proposition as extremely inconvenient in practice, and going backward in the march of civilization. He hoped the amendment would not prevail. Mr. FORSYTH endeavored to show that the method proposed by him was easily practicable, as the number of Cherokees did not exceed 20,000; he insisted that treaties had been made with the tribe, and not with John Ross & Co. Mr. FORSYTH's amendment was lost, yeas 16, nays 19. The joint resolution from the other House relative to the death of General Lafayette, was then read. Mr. WEBSTER said he should not say a single word respecting the character of the illustrious individual whose decease was the subject of this resolution. The present SENATE.] Day of Adjournment.—Pensions to French Seamen.—Post Office Affairs, &c. [JUNE 25, 1834. proceeding of Congress was intended to express the sense YEAS. Messrs. Benton, Bibb, Black, Calhoun, Chamof the Legislature of the United States, and of the Amer- bers, Clay, Clayton, Ewing, Frelinghuysen, Grundy, ican people, under this mournful event. It was not desi- Hendricks, Kane, Kent, Knight, Linn, Mangum, Moore, red that either party should take precedence of the other Naudain, Poindexter, Porter, Prentiss, Robbins, Silsbee, upon this occasion, but that whatever was done, should be Smith, Southard, Shepley, Sprague, Swift, Tyler, Tomconsidered as expressive of the nation's gratitude to the linson, Waggaman, Webster, White.-33. nation's benefactor. He (Mr. W.) hoped the vote upon NAYS.-Messrs. Brown, Forsyth, Hill, King of Alathe resolution would be such as would enable posterity to bama, King of Georgia, Morris, Robinson, Tallmadge, speak of the unanimity with which they had united in re- Tipton, Wright.--10. lation to this matter. The resolution was then unanimously adopted, and such unanimous adoption, at the request of Mr. WEBSTER, recorded upon the Journals of the Senate. DAY OF ADJOURNMENT. Mr. PRESTON submitted a joint resolution to rescind the resolution of the two Houses fixing on the 30th day of June as the day of adjournment, and authorizing the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to adjourn the two Houses on the day of July next; which was read and ordered to a second reading. PENSIONS TO FRENCH SEAMEN, &c. The amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill of the Senate granting pensions to certain citizens of France, sufferers in consequence of the unfortunate accident at Toulon, was considered and agreed to. [The amendment provides that the President of the United States shall make an arrangement with the Government of France to pay, through them, the pensions to the same amount, and in the same proportions, as provided for by the original bill.] POST OFFICE AFFAIRS. The resolution submitted by Mr. SPRAGUE, providing for the appointment of a committee to continue the investigations into the affairs of the Post Office Department during the recess, was taken up for consideration, and having been modified by Mr. S., so as to refer the investigation to the standing Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, instead of to the select committee, Mr. FORSYTH suggested that it would be the better course to refer the subject, by an especial resolution, to the President of the United States, and to throw on him the responsibility of making the examination. He did not suppose that the object of the resolution was to estab. lish criminality, because that would be travelling out of the line of duty of the committee. So the resolution was agreed to. Mr. CLAYTON moved to be excused from serving on the committee, alleging that he had been absent from his family eight months, and that his affairs would require his attendance at home. After some remarks, which were replied to by Mr. GRUNDY, the motion was agreed to, and Mr. CLAYTON was excused accordingly. After taking up, and going through with several bills, The resolution reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs, on the petition of John Ross and others, delegates from the Cherokee tribe of Indians, requesting the President to ascertain and inform the Senate, at the next session of Congress, on what terms the claims of the State of Georgia, and of her citizens, can be extinguished to the Cherokee lands within her limits, coming up, After some remarks from Mr. FORSYTH, in opposi tion to the resolution, and from Messrs. WHITE and FRELINGHUYSEN in its support Mr. CLAY moved to lay the resolution on the table. Lost-ayes 16, noes 17. The question was then resumed, and Mr. FORSYTH asked for the yeas and nays, which were ordered. table, and the yeas and nays being ordered on motion of Mr. PORTER then moved to lay the resolution on the Mr. SHEPLEY, the question was taken and decided as follows: YEAS. Messrs. Black, Brown, Calhoun, Clay, Forsyth, Hill, Kane, Kent, King of Alabama, King of Georgia, Linn, Mangum, Moore, Poindexter, Porter, Preston, Robinson, Shepley, Tallmadge, Tyler, Webster, Wright. -22. NAYS.-Messrs. Benton, Chambers, Clayton, Ewing, Mr. SPRAGUE referred to the bankrupt condition of the Department, and the abuses which had prevailed, The bill making appropriations for the civil and diploand stated that it was his object to authorize an examina- matic service of the United States, was then taken up. tion by a committee who would have ample opportunity. On motion of Mr. WEBSTER, the bill was amended The next session would be a short one; and, unless there was previous investigation, there would be no chance of any measure being then adopted which would apply a remedy. Mr. FORSYTH rejoined, insisting on the course which he had suggested as the only one proper to be pursued. He wished to know the particular object of the mover. Mr. SPRAGUE replied, that it was his object to have a full examination. It was not his object to establish criminality, but that might be one of the results. He had no desire to put responsibility on the President, as he was sufficiently disposed to assume responsibility. The business had been already in his hands, and if he was disposed to do his duty, no act of the Senate, in authorizing an investigation, would prevent him. Mr. FORSYTH denied that the information collected by the committee, and at present only known to them, was yet before the President. He moved to postpone the consideration of the resolution till Saturday. The motion to postpone was negatived, and the question on the resolution was then decided, as follows: by striking out four and inserting eight, in the appropriation for a custom-house at Newburyport, making the appropriation $8,000 instead of $4,000. The amendments were then ordered to be engrossed, and the bill was ordered to a third reading. The Post Office report was then called up; and, on motion of Mr. EWING, it was laid on the table for the present. The bill making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government, for the year 1834, was read the third time, passed, and sent back to the House for concurrence in the amendments. of. Several private bills were now taken up, and disposed Mr. HENDRICKS at this stage of the disposition of business, moved that the Senate pass over the House bills, and consider the Senate bills only, until the last three days of the session, after which, by the rules of the Senate, the House bills only could be acted on. After some conversation between Mr. CLAY, Mr. PORTER, Mr. FORSYTH, and Mr. POINDEXTER, ! JUNE 26, 1834.] Day of Adjournment.-City of Wshington. the motion was agreed to; and several bills were consider- THURSDAY, JUNE 26. DAY OF ADJOURNMENT. After the reading of the Journal Mr. PRESTON moved that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the resolution submitted by him yesterday, for prolonging the session of Congress; which was agreed to. On motion of Mr. PRESTON, the blank was filled with the 7th of July. [SENATE. On motion of Mr. SPRAGUE, the Senate proceeded to ballot for a member of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, in the place of Mr. CLAYTON, who was yesterday excused from serving; and, on counting the ballots, Mr. SOUTHARD was found to have been chosen. The Senate then took up and went through with numerous bills. Mr. POINDEXTER moved to take up the bill authorizing the relinquishment of the sixteenth sections granted for the use of schools, and the entry of other land in lieu thereof. Mr. BROWN asked the yeas and nays on the adoption lows: of the resolution; which were ordered. NAYS.-Messrs. Bibb, Clay, Clayton, Frelinghuysen, Hill, Kent, King of Georgia, Knight, Mangum, Naudain, Porter, Prentiss, Shepley, Sprague, Smith, Southard, The Senate then took a recess until 4 o'clock. Mr. MOORE called for the yeas and nays on the question; which was decided in the negative, as folYEAS.-Messrs. Benton, Black, Calhoun, Chambers, Mr PRESTON said, he did not wish, at this period of Grundy, Hendricks, King of Alabama, Linn, Moore, the session, to consume time in a discussion of the ques- Poindexter, Preston, Robbins, Robinson, Tipton, Wagtion. There were several very important bills now be- gaman, White, Wilkins, Wright.-18. fore the Senate, involving immense expenditures. There was the fortification bill, the harbor bill, and a variety of others. The bill regulating the deposite of public moneys in the State banks also remained to be acted on. This Swift, Tomlinson, Tyler.-19. bill had not been sent here till Wednesday, and according to our rules, it was impossible to give it that consideration which its importance required. It had the appearance of the House being unwilling to allow the Senate sufficient time to consider it. There were also the coin bills, nearly connected with this bill, and also many private bills yet to be acted on, in which almost the existence of many individuals having claims on the Government was involved, and which, if not passed, would inflict very general distress and ruin. Mr. CLAY said, if we would economize our time, we could get through without difficulty. If we would cease discussion, and act on the reports of committees, we could do much business. He was opposed to the resolution. If the House wished a prolongation of the time, they could ask it; if not, he would not urge it on them. Mr. POINDEXTER said, the House had sent us sev- EVENING SESSION. Mr. TIPTON asked the indulgence of the Senate to take up the bill providing for the admission of the Territory of Arkansas into the Union, intimating his intention to move to take up the bill for the admission of Michigan also. Some objection being urged by Mr. CLAYTON, Mr. TIPTON said his only object was that the people of the Territory might be authorized to have the census taken, preparatory to their final admission. He had been waited on by the delegates from the Territories, and requested that these bills might be acted on; and as they were not represented here, he was desirous of showing the people of the Territories that he had not neglected their interests. He therefore asked the yeas and nays upon the motion to take up the bill; which were ordered, and are as follows, to wit: YEAS.-Messrs. Benton, Black, Chambers, Grundy, Hendricks, Hill, Kane, King of Alabama, Linn, Robinson, Shepley, Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton, White, Wilkins, Wright.-17. Mr. BENTON was in favor of the resolution. Congress was the local legislature of the new States; and NAYS.-Messrs. Bibb, Calhoun, Clayton, Ewing, there were several very important bills to the people of Kent, King of Georgia, Porter, Preston, Robbins, SilsMissouri yet to be acted on, which could not be passed, bee, Smith, Southard, Sprague, Tomlinson, Waggaif we had not more time; many of these were of thirty man, Webster.-16. years' standing, and imperiously demanded attention. if So the Senate determined to consider the bill-which the resolution were passed, it did not follow that the having been read in part, House would concur in it-next Thursday, perhaps, might be fixed on by them, the day previous to the 4th. He hoped the resolution would be agreed to. Mr. WEBSTER moved to lay the bill on the table; which was disagreed to-yeas 15, nays 16. Some further progress was made in reading the bill and amendment; when, Mr. SPRAGUE renewed the motion to lay the bill on the table; which was agreed to-yeas 17, nays 14. CITY OF WASHINGTON. Mr. KING, of Georgia, thought there were many reasons against the prolongation, and but few for it. It was certainly impossible to get through all the important business even by the 7th, but we could get through a considerable portion of it. Another serious objection against it was, that many members had already left town, on Mr. CHAMBERS moved that the Senate take ur, for the belief that the day of adjournment would not be consideration, the bill for the benefit of the city of Washchanged-some were going to-day, and many more to-ington; which was agreed to. Mr. CHAMBERS earnestly urged the indispensable in the discussion of this matter. Mr. CHAMBERS said, he did not desire to spend time business applicable to the District of Columbia, as requirThe object of the bill was understood. It was to pay to this city $70,000 annu ing more time-these people had been entirely neglected; and if something was not done for their relief, some of ally, for three years, in quarterly instalments, for the the private property in this city would be brought to the purpose of paying the interest on their canal debt. He hammer in a very short time. would only say, that the property of the citizens of the city was mortgaged for this debt, and if the relief was not extended to them, they would be ruined. morrow. Mr. CLAY said this discussion had already occupied one hour: he therefore moved to lay the resolution on the Mr. CLAY was disposed to give the city something, |