The New York Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1847, Page 4

| i : i . g i i} A tisfied ‘This last mentioned appropriation bei ed, another act was passed on the 2d roviding for the iesue of an additional amount of sori; ‘acres of land, for the same uses; with the eae piri LY ] this | ame in payment for any to private entry, without restriction as to the State or Territory in which thi A large number of these warrants belo; ivil and tipo 1 hag f civil an tle ex! 808 0! 1895,” guthorled «farther also exhaust- prescribed by this office. ‘of March, 1633, an directed in all ge a ; moi was unsatistactory on poin: indioa- 4 the instructions, and which he thought ought to be confirmed and patented, to place th in the first class; and in cases where the testimony ‘was insufficient, and the oases illegal, jonsideration, he was required to place ond class, es and to be treated communication to him of the 6th Mi informed that, “ should cases be found to 4: ist where fraud was perpetrated in the outset, and the ties are willing to acknowledge it so as to get @ purchase money, because the land is mow valueless to them, either from having since been be- ‘are disappointe as recognized in the transactions ired,“ under such ciroumstances that they ‘he bargain of their own making ; f scrip should be blic the privi which the ect of fal, sale at ‘private ea Purposes of spec: ultimately to pu: These declarations appl; has been offered at public subject at the time of the fill eptry at private bona fide pre. claims to sugh shall have settled on the land, amounts in effect t for all such settlements, and is of lit! jury to the Government ay Peres bons 4 not entitled to might be situated. under cover of that seotion, for only, and without the intention irehase them from the Government. for ® census slaves, but Mr. Webster, as the’ marshals to (Laughter. the Proceedings of The constitution provi raons and Indisns and tary of State, directed the number of pigs and chic! people treated them with scorn and centempt, were told to get their info: : Mr. Pleasants, of Richmond, in his no information whatever be given to was, told to go to the con they didn’t go.””] So in gentleman from Obio wants to do likewise—send sitors into the States, to inquire what are their juc- The constitution gives no such power. gen. tleman, in effect, would adds new clause to the consti- tution Mr Rhett, ia conelusien, argued agrinst by the general government. TH, of Indiana, in reply to Mr. Rhett, wer te make internal improve- rigin of the govern- issue of sorip tor 650,000 acres of land, in addition to the amount heretofore ap- propriated by the act of 1830, ’32, and ’38, with the vision that suoh certificates of scrip should ot the public lands subject to This section of the law, which seems to have been intended to put an end to any furth ly exclusively to land which sale, and h is therefore it for oe rivate entry, hter, and a voice Congress on account of these unsatisii no such scrip should be issued under it it day of September, 1835; and that in the meantime these land warrants should be received in the general lan he would, “in any case w state the fect, and place t! ‘of course, because of any merit in the original purchase, Dut ws an act of justice between the party led rsons who never have made any settlement on ands, with a view to withhold the same from purchase by any one else for the period of 12 months, and in the meanwhile to sp ulate upon those desirin, uch d office until that day, and that if the ed shoul: uantity the 650,000 ppropriated by the act, that the commis- sioner of the general land offi said amount of land among the warrants which might then be on file in his office, ‘This is the last law which has been passed in refer- ence to this class of claims. The claimants have nevertheless, continued to file their warrants in this office from time to time, notwithstanding the expira- tion of the period limited expeotation that some fur nal improvemer contended that the ments had beon exerci ment to the present day. No C d but it had made appropriations for this purpose. Asa friehd of the measure, he avowed he wanted to see romote and foster that in- He was tobe dvawn be- The commission was promptly and satisfactorily con- dueted, and the volume containing an abstract of the d in it for that purpose. lostions of each case, was, ith the voluminous proofs returned to this office, date of 22d August last, and received here on the 3ist of The result is, that 638 acres are recommended for con- formation, and 18 d. duly submitted for tl thereb; to enter the same, claim, for # compensatior to be proper that each of tions should -be accompanied by claimant, that he has actually made a bona fide settle- ment on the land claimed; and also to require that within 30 days after the commencement of such settle- ment, the requisite proof of such claimant's right should be filed in the Register’s office. This would have the all traudulent declarations, and would na fide pre-emptor of the time now him to make payment for his land. Tn the district of Milwaukie there hav: slarations filed for lands su the end of September, 747. 552% similar declarations, up to the end ef the same month, and in the Dixon Land Office, 4179. 14—aRapuaTION AND Bi The attention Seg iu the place aasi iting also the class! the affidavit of tl ‘a committee appointed to terest which Congre ‘aware thata distinction was attempte: e seaboard to enter into a che! rotect. reviewed here, and cation of the Board, jummarily closing up the whole matter, and g the department of « long standing difficulty. IN THE STATE OF OHIO— the act, in the hope or er provision would yet be for their final and complete satisfac- ture period, in scrip. The number of warrants of this description issued by authority of the State of Virginia, and now on file in this office, is 230. There consiet of Virginia, Continen- tal, State line and navy warrants, embracing in the whole 249,000 aores. Whether further port with justice to t! not deprive the t to private entry up to the Green Bay distetot UNTY LAND DISTRICTS BOUNTY Lanp scnir, ko, In relation to the military bounty land districts in the State of Ohio, bounty land scrip, Kc, it is proper to the Revolutionary war, Virginia had distinot lines of troops in the service; m continental establishment, subject to the control of the Continental C: id other upon her own State establishment, under the ex- olusive control of her own State authorit: troops in both these lines, she promised boun' form service of three years, or during the war. The Continental Congress pro1 served during the war; consequently, those who served in the Virginis line, or continental establishment during the war, wereentitled to bounty lands as well from the United States as from the State of Virginia. Lands by the Continental Congress, to cer- jees,”” fcom the British pre- ‘Vinoes of Canada and Nova Scotia, who had abandoned ding the colonies in independence with the mother coun- at te, that dur THE PRICK OF THE two separate ani PUBLIC LANDS. jgress is again directed to the subject of graduating and reducing the price of the publio lands, after they have remained for a certain pe- riods of time unsold in the market. That the refuse lands, which have been fora long time in market, and which have been culled over by suc- cessive purchasers, from year'to year, are less valuable than those for which the the minimum price of $1 25 per acre was paid in the first instance, is a common sense proposition, that cannot be doubted. Nor is it just to the States im which these lands are situated, that th should be heldat prices above their relative value, and the sales thereby delayed and prevented By keeping up th sale of them, fooses the money ‘they would produce at gradu- ated rates, and is consequently compelled so long as it may be necessary to inour.a public debt to pay ii fe up tue laud systean would, ta 16 yee cost of keeping up the system, would in 16 years cogs ting f such lands; while, if the rage of one-half of the present mini- ‘the purchase money would in the same time amount to the difference be- tween that minimu tion on this subject will com- class of claimants or not, is 8 for the consideration of Congress. ‘The quantity of land in the Virginia military district. not as yet located, amounts, as near as can be estimated, to about 200,000 acres; the mumber of patents issued for lands in said district since the month of Maroh, 1846, is 169, embracing 21,854 acres, and the surv not patented, amount to 140 in number, embracing 8,053 These lands are of very inferior quality, being 4,000,000 acres originally re- the State of Virginia for the stand the gen beyond his political associates. not controverted, it was that of internal improvements. spend millions for light-houses and for buoys, and for protection of foreign commeroe; and surely, although entleman denies the power, he will find few who co- incide with him in opinion. The only question now was, whether we should impreve the condition of our interior commerce, which is more conducive to the welfare of the country than all the foreign commerce. Shall we of the Mississippi valley see thousands of our citizens annually sacrificed, forthe want of appropriations for ‘When we ask for an appropriation e snags and other obstructions, we are told, ‘it ter—the improvement can’t be made!’ For four or five sessions we made appropriation: bills fell under the tyrannical foot of the President, with ds of lives are sacrifice: and lakes,because of the squeamishness of the Fresident. I take it for granted, that the principle of internal im- provements will be asserted, make them. Therefore, there is a propriety in making an examination before acting on the sul Mr. Root insisted that rivers and should be placed on the same footing as harbors on the lands to such only as the refuse portions of the served and appropriated by satisfaction of these claims. The investigation of these Virginia bounty land claims, after the locations and surveys sre made and returned to this office for patents, generally leads to much labor and perplexity, as it frequently becomes necessary in the examination of one of these surveys aad locations, to investigate the evidences of title, from halt dozen to a dozen intermediate claimants The, modes of alienation are by deorecs of court, assignment of a guardian or administrator, deoretal orders of court ‘an executor, by an agent, by devisees, by heirs, &o, of which assigaments must be carefully examined from the first to the last claimant, and a correct abstract oftitle made out from the whole of such sesigaments. And if any link in the obain of title happens to be wanting, or any of the title papers found to be defeotive, ‘& troublesome correspondence, and much unavoidable delay is most generally the consequence, ‘Thecalls for exemplified copies of patents and other title papers to land in the district, are frequent, and on the increase, in consequence of the liti, arisen out of the conflicting surveys. inally into townships, sections, &o. as the other two military districts were, much, if not all of this mischief would have been prevented. But, asit was, each holder of a warrant had his stirvey made according to his own dirzction, without regard to form, and was to ‘and frequently is coupled with eing at the time aware of their ‘The diMoulties become still mere intricate and per- plexing on account of the peculiarity of the Virginia bounty land system, upon which these claims are found- ed, which must be adhered to, together with the pecu- liar usages and practices established under them in the courts 0: Kentucky and Ohio, whether they conflict with the principles of the common law or not; for s long course of adjudication has fixed these principles, and they are considered asthe settled rules by w! these titles are to be governed ”’ 12. COPPER MINERAL Lanps. the acts of the ist and 3d of March, 1847, estab- land offices in the nerthern part of Michigan isconsin, the management and control of the mineral lends were transferred from the War Depart- ment and placed under the jurisdiction and control of the Treasury Department. This transfer has been made, and such of the books, maps and papers as have been received from the War Department h ve been de- posited in this office; and by an order of the Secreta: of thé Treasury, the whole sabject of the mineral lan laced under the superintendance and direction rvice. These acts author- tocause a gealogical ‘be made and reported to this office, of the lands embraced in the districts created thereby. No appropriation having been made for this service, it was found necessary to apply the balance re- maining of the sum provided by the first section of the 46, “for expenses of the mineral land part of the appropriation of 3d March, 1847, “for surveying the copper regions of Michigao, Wisconsin and Jowa, with r tals,” which was designed to be applied to the geogra- phical branch of the surveys in those regions. Under the authorit; Jackson, of Boston, Mass, was appointed by you make a geological survey of the Lake Superior dis in Michigan, and Dr. 7. D. Owen, of Harmony. Indians, of the Chippewa district, in Wisconsin, and the north- ern part of lowa. Col. D. R. McNair, of Kentucky, was appointed agent, and Gen P. D. Roberts, of Michigan, assistant, to receive for the Treasury Department the rty pertaining to e rents required to promised tain persons called* rivers and harbors’ for the purpose of for tr To satisfy these bounty land claims, three land dis- triote wete reserved and appropriated by the United nia, in the “North Western Territory” of the present State of Ohio. To wit— Ist—The United States Military District. Canadian and Nova Sootia Refuge District. 3d—The Virginia Military Distrio The United States military district 1s bounded on the ity line ; on the east by the mm the south by the Refugee district ; and the Scioto river, and contains 2,500 000 asres. This district was appropriated by Congresa in arpose of satisfying the bounty land cers and soldiers of the continental ar- It was surveyed at the expense into townships of five miles ip subdivided “into four each section terest on that amount. within the limit mum, the inter: nd the reduced pri north by the Greenville treat public lands ; 01 on the It is also suggested as an alternative measure, that those ¢efuse, or unsalesable lands, be States in which they lie, they have romaine i Mr. Bepincek gave his vier that internal improvements are impolitic an in the market unsold. REGON TERRITOR: ‘The propriety of extending our admirable land system over the territory of Oregon, attracted considerable at- tention during the last Congress, and a bili forthat pur- ras presented for the consideration of the Senate, ble Chairman of the Committee on Public Lan: irvey of the rich and fert: lands bordering on the Pacific, in Or-gon, and granting munificent bounties to the present settlers and to those who may remove there in a given time, that will soon be settled by a virtuous, hardy, and patriotic people, who will perpetuate our institu r0e. [The 17th subject is with regard to the inorease of olreks in the department } All which is resp ctfully submitted, . YOUNG, Commissioner. Hon, R, Waren, Secretary of Treasury. claims of the o! of the revolution. the general governm and sch tor seotions ter township containing 4,000 acres. * be granted for « less quantity than o quarter township, until the passage of the amendatory act of 1800, whic! authorises a further subdivision of thesé quarter town- ships into 100 sores. This amendatory act afforded great relief to the private soldiers, whose bounty land warrants called for thet amount of acres only. They could then make their own locations, and procure tente for their lands im their own names. Prior to t! time, they were under the necessity either ef selling ulators orof placing the warrants in jooation under @ promise that the loce- tors in whose names the patents were invariably issued, would afterwards convey to them their just proportion tion which has ae SE Giskeics ‘momrson, of Mississippi, rs tabl stood that it related tothe subject a No patent could By providing for th VETO MESSAGE—THE Pi TO SIGN THE HARBOR BILL OF Last 8 ensage was read by the Clerk. The President commences by saying that on the last day of the last session, a bill for in! both Houses. He entertained insuperable objeo- jon to it, but for want of time he had no epportunity to prepare s statement of his objections, and now he pre- sentsthem His Exocellency quotes provisions of the constitution, refers to Jackson, and others, aad enters into a long constitutional argument in support of his Mr. Ciinoman interrupted the Clerk, and moved that the ensed embrace the best lan older surveys, without ms and extend their claims to: THIRTIETH CONGRESS. In this way many of the old soldiers were defrauded FIRST SESSION. of their rights, and from thts cause most of the litigation in this district bas arisen, as there are no con- claims by reason of interfering surveys, as is fre- quently the case in the Virginis district. The whole of the lands in this district have been either land warrants, or ;sold by the U, 8., under the act of July 34, 1832, leaving a large num- Der of claims of this class still unsatisfied. Provision was then made in any sort of wa; The Srraxer remarked that the message was read by Wasmixaron, Wednesday, Deo. 15,1847. | tne goneral consent of the House. [Crise of * Read,’ “resd.”} Butterflies thronging to tl Brilliant oriental morning. Gapitol. Thin Senate. Prayer by Rey. Henry Stick: Journal of yesterday. * Messrs Mangum, Green, Ashley, Fairfield, Yulee, Rusk, Cass, Sturgeon, Mason, D:! Niles, and others, presented petitio NEW YORK RESOLUT On motion of Mr. Dickenson, the resdlutions from the Legislature of New York, on were referred to the located with milita: the act of May 30, 1830, oo Calhoun, the remainder of the unlocated warrants for ingue of certificates of scrip. ble in payment of an: blic lands which were subject to sale at “private en- ”? at the land offices in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois ; ‘and the laws providing for the issuing of such land war- rants were renewed and contimued in form for two years from the passage of said act. The time for issuing warrants for those unsatisfied claims was again extended by the act of July 13, 1832. to the Ist of January, 1935, and by the act of January, 1827, to the lat of January, 1642. The act of 27th January, 1832, was subsequently re- vived, and continued in force by the act of July 22, 1842, for the term of five years from and after the date of the last mentioned act ‘This is the last act which has been passed upon this Subject, and the time for issuin; expired by its provision on the 27th of July 1847 ‘he segond section of the last recited act provided, that all cages whioh were not finally disposed of within the time thus limited, should be therefore for ever barred from the benefit ofall claims to bount; services performed within the spirit and meani foregoing recited act. pears, from @ statement from the Patent Office, dated Nov. 17, 1847, that the whole number of bounty- Jand warrants issued from the 27th of July 1842 tothe A7th of July 1847, either to or in or non-commissioned offers and soldiers of the Revolu- tion under the provisions of this last recited act, is as 59 warrants to commissioned officers, em- bracing the quantity of ..... 92 warrants to the rank and file of ry ittve, and that the t Committee shi vee important dooument; 40 t ly to it may go out together. suggestion, he requested that he whioh were made rec ibject of the rates of yon rah some other morning business, the Senate was aroused by the following Bold anu emphatic resolutions from Mr. Calhoun, in reference to the policy of the Government on the subject of our affairs with Mexico. Resolved, Tnat to conquer Mexico and hold it, either as a proviace, or to incorporate it in our Union, be inconsitent with the avowed object for wi war has been prosecuted; a departure trom the settled policy of the government, in conflict with its character snd genius, and in the end subversive of our free and popular institutions Resolved, ‘That no line of policy in the further prose- cution of the war should be adopted, which may lead to consequences 80 disastrous. of this branch of the publi ized the Secretary of the examination and survey to ference te mines and mine- iven by those thie clase of ‘warrants os wal r, that they be printed. retary read over those re- d over again. Mr. Dayton bowed and resolutions were ordered to be ‘printed , fixing the times and books, maps, p the mineral busi be paid by those acts In accordance with your comprehensive and judicious instructions, Messrs, vt of much hardship and suffering, the Fepous “assigned ers and other pi HAM introduced a bil the United States Courts in Vermont. THE SICK AND WOUNDED. Mr. Downs moved that the Military Committee be in- structed to inquire into the expediency of providing fur- Orlesns, for the comfort of the sick aud wounded soldiers, belonging to, or dis- charged from the public service, and arriving at said city. Mr. Downs said that some further provision for the sick and wounded soldiers, constantly srriving at New atively demanded. There were large }y, but so large was the number of sick and disabled volunteers, that the quarters provided, were inadequate for their acoommodation. €t was im- portant that something should be done. He had con- ‘ar and Gen. Brooke, and they ht of commissioned ther accommodations at great p sphere of their respeo tive duties, and made particular examination of cer tain localities. Their preliminary reporta, which ac- this communication, , and furnish much valuable information of a gene- cheracter, not onl, but of the topograp! led reports, when furni ‘are highly interest- | Orieans, was imp barracks in the cil 4 warrants of 100 acres each issued since soll, timber, ko ed, ‘will be’ communicated, and will, no doubt. judging from those above mentioned, fully enable this office to execute satisfactorily the visions of the law under which they were appointe ic, hygrometrical, and b: vations made by these gentle: their instructions, will add materially to the cause of science in those particulars, and the series of observa- re been enabled to determine the of several important furnish information which has been of that country. The ‘minerals, soils, timbers 166 warrants, embracing a total of. . Of the Revolutionary warrants above-mentioned— to officers, amounting to sulted the Secretary of both approve of the object in view. The mil mittee will best understand what but I Baye Hanuent it my duty to call their attention to t is required to be done, in accordance with Making a total of. .... Sg ye ed have been satisfied in scrip’ sin which amount sorip for 6.000 acres was issued since 20 warrants still unsatia! jubject was referred. in motion of Mr. Nixes, (after an explanation of his xplanation,) the heads of + 24,000 acres, uly 27th'1842 ; of tions by which they latitude and longitu those regions, wil ra] at wealth of that region in , which will be developed in this exploration, will ten to encourage the settlement and purchase of object, which scarce needs the several bureaus of the executive departments were voted the privilege of the floorof the Senate. WASHINGTON MONUMENT. Mr. Mituer introduced a bill suthorisin; of a monument.to Washington in the pubil Washington city. SAFETY OF PASSENGERS. On motion of Mr. Jonn Davis, the Committee on Com- merce were instructed to inquire if any furth tion were necessary, relating to navigation by steam for the preservation and protection of passengers. ide.) —1 think you ought to provide for 1at, 1846, leavin ‘ommissions of say statement, that on examination of the list of officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army, which was pre- and printed in accordance with a resolution of the for bounty lan sage of said resolution in 1 that there are bo t of, 127 commissioned officers and 1986 non-commis- Mesers. McNair and Roberts were actively and sealous- ly engaged under your instructions in collecting the ‘egion, and the rents which are owing, or falling due, and in arranging and re- ducing to order and system with reference to the provi- sions of the acts under which the; whole of the mineral business in Their reports present a satisfectory their operations, and show that the revenue collected exceeds considerably the whole expense of the agenc; Books have been opened ia this o! tions under each lease and unty lends still government property inth mplifications of patents,” and Lege har 2g papers in this distriet, are still very frequent, ‘but not as much #0 as in the Virginia district, as the title ‘are fewer in number and less complicated. refugee military district, comprises a narrow strip of land, bounded on the north by the last mentio1 ed distriet,on the east and south by the public lan and on the west by the Sciota river. For ~ was surv tracts, formin, laimant, 90 that, o conflict or these rt ani were appointed, the ¢ field of their opera- coasT SURVEY. On motion of Mr. Dix, 1500 copies extra of the report 8. Coast Survey were ordered to be printed MR, DICKINSON’S RESOLUTIONS. The Vice Paraipent announced the resolutions of Mr. Dickigson, in reference to the annexation of new ir. President, I shall move to take up those resolations at some future day, perhaps the holidays, when the Senate is full. precipitate the matter On motion, the Senate adjourned. House of Representatives, Wepnexspar, Deo. 16, 1847. PRAYER BY THE REV. R. Oh, God !. our gracious Father,we,beseeoh thee to bless our common and blessed country. ‘Especial thee, to regard with favor thy servant, the these U. States, and allin authority; that the members of both houses of Congress. and all in places of trust, may be endued plenteously with justice. and the grace of the Holy spirit, so thet they may fulfll their dutios as before an All-wise and Infinite God. Almighty God! gracious- command thy blessing to rest upon them, and direct of all their duties. Smile on them in all their relations, private and public. Guide them, thy counsels, and eventually re- ave mercy on all th God of the morning and of the evening, thou art the Sun of the World, affording to our souls all our hopes and consolation, and in the gospel of our blessed Redeemer, we are promised ‘ an inheritance inoorrupti- ble, undefiled, and that fadeth not jaway.” passing to another country, aid us to fulfil our respec- tive duties, and eventually receive us into thy blissful presence, through Him who gave himself for our redemp- tion; to whom, with the Holy spirit, be praise, now, henceforth, and forever ! ‘President—The the District Court of the cit; phia Matron—Mre. A C. Ti school in the vicinity of Baltimore. Principal Teacher— Jane Mitchell, now the principal of the Nortwest Gram- First Assistant Teacher—Mary H. Tarner, now the pringipal of the Palmer street Grau- mar School, Kensington. Second Assistant Teacher— Mary Ann Lynch, now an assistant teacher in one of the Moyamensing public schools. ffiee, in which ail the mit, are entered up, 4 which the condition it contains 100,000 mar School for Girls. by order of Congress into small ‘lograme to suit the risen on account of lines of surveys, ns have nevertheless been strongly litigated by adverse claimants on the ground of frends and courses other than conflicts of ent: ‘The greater part of the city of Columbus, eeat of government of Ohio, which is situated in the ‘Western end of this district, was some years ago invol- ed in difficulties of thie character. All the land has been fully located and disposed of, but there are frequent applications for exemplifications ts aud other title papers to lands in this di trict lies between the Sciots Miami rivers, and is bounded onthe hese rivers, and on the South by the Ohi river, and on the Northwest by «line run by Charles Roberts in 1912, from the source of the Miam| the Solote. This district was reserved by the State of Virginia in her deed of cession in 1784, for the purpose the bounty land claims of her officers and soldiers on the continental establishment, and contains an area of 4,000,000 Besides this reservation, Vit very early period, to wit: in 1783, tract of country, on the waters of re and Tennessee rivers. in the then district ot Kentucky, for the satisfaction of the bounty lands promised roops of the revolution, which was afterwards divided into two districts; the one for her line or continental establishment, and the other for her State line troops. Many locations were made territory, as in ord of each can at once be ascertaine: In order that no delay should arise from the difficulty of transportation in the winter season, and that the land offloers for the Lake Superior district in Michigan, may Proceadiat once to the discha: their appointment, and the office, & complete set of books, opened for that district, in which the areas of all the tracts surveyed have beon noted. These books, with all the necessary circulars, forms, blanks, registers, cer- tifloates, receipts, letter books, and stationery, have been forwarded to the care of the mineral agent at Sault St. Marie, and the Surveyor General at Detroit has been instructed to send to the same agent. the township plats of the surveys in thet district, s0 that before the close of navigation all the material necessary for the business of the office will be at the spot. A similar set of tract books for thet distriet bas Estimates for the continuance of this vey and the mineral agency, will be foun timates, from this office. ‘As the lineer surveys in these mineral regions do not progress as rapidly as elsewhere, owning to the difficulties experienced from the bro! nature of the count out settlements, ani dense growth of cedar and hemlock years may elapse before those surveys will be completed, In the meantim« eof their duties upo establishment of the land 35 im number, has been prominent participants. and th been opened for party, shot about bis head and face, from the disel pistol. He was arrested by oné of the Northern Liberty watchmen about the time he received his wounds A second melee occurred subsequent to the above affray, by which several other persons were inj A lad named Edwar Hospital last ev each and every one, ceive them to gloi , Without roads covered in many repared for sale. e government should exercise « fal care and supervision over those mineral lan: assome doubt exists onthe subject, notwithstandin, the act of Congress of the Ist and 3d of March last, it juggested to remove all difficuity on tl and to establish the business on a permane: t this office be authorised to carry out the ay! tem of permits and leases adopted by the War Depart. ment, on the terms and conditions, and in all the details therein set cat Baldwin, of this city, i in these districts, but in joe of the North Carolina (now Tennessee) in upon these lands further than was consequence of the refusal of Ken- mdent State, to admit istricts,a large number ed unlocated and un- CR—-VEDERAL POWER—- LT WATER AND FRESH WATER- nnounced the first business in order to f Mr. Vinton, providing for a Com- in charge all matters in ‘Whe Stock Markets. Puvaperrnta, 19,000 State Sgt 100 8B ne 3 Y Meche, d Bank 1; 7000 Sch Nav. 6 i State beh 1966 Wehigh pated, tuoky, after she became an ind ny iurther locations in these of claims of both olagses eatisfed. In addition to these difficulties, many of the locations whioh had been made were afterw: — oe with grant, ond were sal ‘and re-located in the this (Ohio) district hav. notwithstanding the which have been made, for the satisfaction of th: i number appear ati ‘he first act for & relinquishment of and for the issuing potest a Commerce, to tak relation to commerce among the States, abd aother com- mittee to have charge of all questions concerning the commerce between the United States and foreign nations. An amendment, offered b was pending, in the form of 4 proviso—thet the Commit- tee on Commerce among the States shall teke into con sideration sll petitions, etc , touchin money fer rivers, lakes, and MPTION RIGHTS ting laws on the subject of the right of pre-emption in favor of prior se:tlers upon the I respectfully recommended that they be fo amended sad moiified as to embrace the case of every fide settler who has gone, or may hereafter go, upon portion of the public domains, with view to ac- his friends, and that the privilege be red as the surveyed vacated, by in- rior valid entries and Henderson’s juently withdrawn from Kentucky, hio district. The good lands in @ long since been, iations in land so © remnant of these claims, a to be unprovided for. by Congress, on the 30th May, © officers and soldiers of the 'y of the revolution, their claims to bounties of certificates of sorip in a nominal to meron (lye mini- num! to. Ths soriinoates ot In regard to the ¢: Mr. Houston, of Delawa: The Sreaxen stated the question to be on 5 extended aa well to tho erent lands.in all cases w y title shall have been extinguished. ‘A policy thus liberal towards a very large class of our produce the mort beneficial It will facilitate the settlement and improve. ment of the frontier portions of the country; raise up a hardy race of back Protect! oncronohment of our Meazican and | afford them the of improv) Ho eve Bi, to Sia Sy Srtance hea Mr. Vivron made s verbal amendment to the renolu- ilroad, 3 per ct n and Mr. Ruerr, of South Carolina, was ass); other things, dreseed the House, was, and now in, to stop encroachments by the general government on the powers or the States. On this ee visas e be, i ot aA fellow citizens cannot fail to i HF : Fes i E i free ] But the ‘and they and “ Tre- nd the qul- inter- ae we, he mioal snalysis of water, to ind amou-t of salt with which it is impreguated? ughter.] And are no works to be constructed unless ‘are on the Atlantic seaboard, where there ia salt wa- Jtis absurd and ridiculous. plated by the founders of the constitution, and will be Tepudiated by this Congress. imterrupting” Mr. Smith.)—Do I. under- an to understand me as basing my uments upon the assumption of salt and fresh water’ the gentleman as If there was any power It was never ontem- going far but the on our rivers ject. 6 in the interior \d expressed his 6 general governm: inexpedient, if not positively dan; was proceeding with his remarks, when ‘he at the request of nd that a bill will pass to belief locument, on id he under- On. “matter now under REFUSING nal improvements It was nothing they could act on Mr. Wextwortn moved that the message and the accompanying documents be referred to the Committes on Commerce. Mi ‘TON expressed the hope that, instead of teking the subject be referred toa select com- rinting of it be post} d untilthe 4 make a serps nn je message an While he made thi might not be placed Mr. Wentworth would state that the Committee on Commerce would probably make an adverse rej then it and the message could be printed (Owing to the lateness of the rrrival of mail, last night, occasioned by the storm, weare com- pelled to omit the remainder of the report, until toe morrow; a8 also the President! rt; and message referred to x, Dec. 15, 1847. “Heads Of —Removal of Clerks in the House of Repre- sentatives—Velo Message of the President. Last night, the following named gentlemen were re- moved by Mr. Campbell, the Clerk of the House of Re- prosentatives :—J. F. Brown, brother ofthe second tant Postmaster General; M. H. Medary, brother of Sam Medary, of the Columbus (Ohio,) Sictesman; T. D. Har. ris, and Mr. MoL J. W. Moorehy Assis- sughlin. The newly appointed officers ead, formerly clerk in one of the partments, ostracised on the coming in of the adminis. tration of President Polk; M: of Georgia; of the testimouy. cers of the Girard College farper, of ho rendered efficient sid in the contest of 1840, and once a clerk in the Post lastly; Henry Clay Mudd, who publish- ed'a whig paper in lows, and subsequently was engaged ine similar business in Cumberland, Maryland. says that he was sent to lowa as s missionary, to convert the young territory from the “error of her ways, admit herto full communion in the whig chur hie feiends deny, for him, that he ipjudiciously expended However, with this we it we know, Mr. Mudd is a g ry of each is $1500. ting debate ensued onthe eception of v jessage, as your reporter will se- quaint you. The House adjourned at 4 eee LLE Paitapeienia, Deo. 16, 1847, The investigation into the charge of obtaining mo- ney under false pretences, preferred by Margaret Gal- lagher against a member of the bar, occupied Jud; Kelly the whole of this morning. rosecutrix had money while in prison, is corroborated yy the evidence of the matron of the female department but in other circumstances the evidence clashes, is probable that the defendant will be discharged, 11 sequence of the insufficien: Thefollowing are the of cleoted last evening, at the Board of Directors:— lon. Joel Jones, President Judge of ‘and county of Phil n. now in charge ofa Office Report ” and but ve nothing to do; lemen and So far as that the and it in con- Steward—Samuel Overn. W. Sargeant, M.D.; Samuel L. Hollings- D. Governessess—Mary A. Bateman, beth Willis, Susan Wrigley. ‘The election of Judge Jones,as President, has caused prise, as Messrs. Hart and Reed were consider- most prominent candidates. The selection will neral satisfaction to all except those fe for some of their friends. fire riot is reported to have occurred last part of the cou irmount fire companies were,as usual, Several persons were wounded Eliza , im whieh the by which tchman, was slightly injured. George W. Stone, one of the Good Will ney 208 overs red several fe ond Eastern 736 22 per ct adv; 10 ‘er and Mas: jassachusetts persh; 2 Boston hnnisimmet Com- M6 per ah; 10 of a ired. admitted into the ing, with « fractured arm, in conse- quence of having been pushed from a train on the Nor- ristown railroad by the conductor, while in rapid motion in consequence of being unable to pay his fare. Since the death of Judge,Kent, the Hon, Simeon the only survivor of the clase which graduated at Yale College. in the year 1781.— New Haven Couri rest 5086. 2b 24; 190 d= nak 290 ts Ken, . 8. Loan 6's 67, Boston, Dee 15—Brokers’ Hoord—® id, N 11 do do 10794; 14 do West HERALD. MARITINE New Orleans, Frost & Hicks; onstantine. pron, Dec 13—Arr Sarah Perry, NYork; sloop rie— American, i en New Havaw, Dee M—Arr schr E kc; ald brig "NG; Cte B Powell, Powell, Wilmington, NC. oho. wi Beurnes & C vy, to Sturges & Co. Gazslle, for : days before, nad whea out the second day. we jerthen, St Croix aud St Martins, 12 to Culbert & Finley Wiessina, Al days, Lyra, Storer, New Haven, 12 hours, in ballast, to RP Robi Charleston, 4 days, Ne din oo ity ein Charleston, for Ne ballast, tod H Braiae. ths ACh Kingston, Jam, 25 days in to repair damage at bp Brituh schr Vine, Fleming, Anguilla, with 3°00 bushels Schr Fairchild, Nickerso Grenadian sehr China Samaria, Cam Manchester Weide, Richmond 5 ith fl tobacco, to Allen & Paxson,” PN eet Pe Wanrnant, Dec6—Sld, brig Disdem, sche Dart, Matthews, New York. » Richmond, to J N Wi ‘Bent Passenge: red. Sehr China Samarin—Capt Shu! SMaschester George 8 Wardelly J Hannah, F'S Chas C Dunbar. Below. Ship Charleston, Hull, Charleston, with , 4 Golene, Leavitt, for New Unleuss, lied caked ct Innportations. Havana—Bark Joha Benson—<63 brs kys W Burgess—252 Wind blowing a gale from ENE. with Herald Marine Correspondence. PHILADELPHIA, Ree ite 4eM Say ed—Sehre Bree, Vista, & co—)58 qr bas segars egars T Salm in. ma 1 box 2 pkgs 4376 dry 4 ins 1:0 pkgs iron 2 fice 3 bags cocoa 25 b) ar 9 dry hides 28 bxs se do sugar 5 bbls do 5 cans 18-4o 1 bag aveci & Battelle—4 pk Bunker—2 hxs JB Lasala—5 al & com1 do specie Hf Pisipaent de do if ye Lan vate 2 pigs Marre lsum tola Murray & leared—Brivs Rowena, Trinidad de Cnba; bxs 1 pkg HM Carr— — cans bi Meseina—Brig Tahanto—250.ca1 nuts 154 boxes Jemons 196 do oran, Domesic Importations. ily—194 beles Orray, Tatt & co—95 eo 67 ches 346 bes C Woodruff—1 J Math esoued L ‘& co—2 Norton, Ladd & co—2 J Todd—I . J Whie~2 A Caryeuter—2 Mrs A Gracia—3 8 P Smith—8 Olcott, McKenney & co—92 to or ‘do; Thos Fenner, pyle barges Dol Miscellaneous Record. (G™ See Telegraphic. ‘Tne Pacwer Sut not say when they will get to sea. in THE Sounv.—The officers of the runs im connection with the phin, Lamb, end Cyanteston—Brig Emi are detained by the weather, we can- er Eureka, which vers ‘ilroad, state that «Island SW FRUITS FOR THe HOLIDAYS. juarter boxes, grapes nod raising in unes, colored ¢: , Rew green ond black tens, German ani equal to Stmarts) at 6d. Tbs. ; waite aud brown Havanna Be stock of groceries, reduced prices, by JO. ler, Nos 250 aud 128 Greenwich fers are 1 vited to hasing ax n iveral almonda, citron, dry iy e headway against the sea and winds, retumed, Baia Prxtapes, at Surinam from Gloucester, experi mendor ienc urricane, on the 14th Oct, lat 24 39, lon 54, jeck load of stock, and was di and sails, exeeptin, of both lower masts was scudding under bare poles at of the barometer. Baio Asuone.—A herm brig ashore 3 miles 8 of Nauset 4 13th inst, 1PM, by the Frank, which arr at Tith.. The sea was breaking over her, avd men were aloft getting down her yards—thii i id ayaa apparently but a short time on shore.—(See Tele- phic. ts. N.B—Gro: the above stock before purch be made to those who buy in large y reaking off above 2 5 OXNS, BUNIONS, NAIL! ting oF the least raburgh, Russia. Park. ke. extracted without cut! in by 8. SHIRIACOFF, from St. Pe- ice No.63 Chambers street, Ggpeaite the 5 12 K. HOLT, the celebrated Tooth Ache Dentist, the city, and has taken the olds Inte Doctor Johm Dillons, in Hudson street. This Heman who discove Scur Emity Kyiont, Hosmer, from Boston, of and for weet mend jut 2 a M, of the largest business in 3 ho have tender teet! bbdis flour and 50 bbis apples. A enger had 6 to Por land for a steamer to assist in getting her off, Scum Guonae, (or St George,) Peavey, at Bangor, 11th inst from Baltimore, had a very rough passage, lost chors and one cable. Evcartown, Dec 12—A letter recei: ‘of Nantucket, me sll in with the schr loned) Her cargo consisted of crockery, }» topacen, clocks, and many other different from her as much of the cargo as tit MACHINES—M MAGNETIC M. ux bark Fera, Fisher, sae oa the toe It is perfectly je 11 jot liable to get out of order, Tt admits of the t control, and can be graduated to ai for an infant, or sufficient for tl at sure of the operator e oor ‘and with no unpleasant t. Atrequiresno assistant im ite ly harm cess in all cases ather i ane with all other Sure Stan Rervauic, at Galveston, from New York lor 31 Jon 72 28, saw the wreel e was entirely stripped of every thing, anchors and Laurcuen—At Bucksport, repently, Mt Goan w Boa wett, sche Marcie mu of 150 tons; by J. 4 Buck & Co, acht Meuteria, of 100 beautiful schr of 116 ded by Capt. |. Spear, of 238 tons; by yrsieal energy, and. all nervous the machine is confidently recom: in the most confirmed. cases of scrofa by N.J. Thomas, a ry wi Jacob Sawyer. by whom and othe: At Portland, 13th int ipelas, deafness, curvature of the spine, and al she is owned. Somifsiats. it effecta are equally successful, tea or E Knight, a bark of about | iss iy arranged. withthe whridge, copy ‘and rigged | Pliances put vp in neat o4 This ta. the third veel built by Mr. K, forthe ‘Messrs. Trowbridge of Connecticut. tery, and all necesstry ap- jood ‘gases; accompanied With a Toll end simple ‘ireedtons fo reuse will slways be iiand vaabip ‘Whalemen. Cid at New Bedford, 13th, ship Junior, Tinkham, South Seiviled from Sag Harbor, (th ship Caroline Babcock, 8 At- «(by letter) Sept 8, Massachusetts, Brigs, of West- uIparaiso, Sept 30, ship Mobile, Bunker, of New je, bark American, Page, of Sag Harbor, on MOORBEAD, Not Brows sere as and for ssle, whol way, New Yor ess agents for New. Orleans; M.-H. Btevers. tiotel, agent for Washington, D 1 1s’! dy HKAV! et ey ind, and these complaints are gecerally the carelessness, either by driving violently feeding musty provender, or most com! Spoken. leircken, 22 days fm Liverpool for 9 yiphide, from New York for Mobile, Dec 0, lat 4, Jat 35 55, lon 74 50, brig Sarah Brown, from Boston Orleans, 9 days out. ‘aterbury,1 6th ingt, Sanay Hook SE, 60 ity for Salem; brig Sersh ik for Boston; schr Despstehs tm do fr do. Packet ship Wyomi *hiladel wtih ranted to care a re‘ Frances, from Norfol the lungs, throat and wind they will cure, exeopt where ther Jungs or cousumption. A merciful man is m Foreign forts. Aux Caygs, Nov %—Schr Navarro, Powers, fc 7 ‘Nov lu—Arr bng’ Brothers, rooming, Gardner, Warren. be ‘iti, it Ne oyd, Drummond, of the Horse,apy actual =) of the agonizing distress x Sarah sia, Orr, do; {Elizabeth J, ce r mals, when they have so much i ganar CON: fic and of this re to eure compimints their great alterative and restorative medicine; in ight iveases tht denote derangement the existence of Botts ant ‘failed éth, sehr Ann Marie, Fania, are an excellent condition Joinville, Gardner, Cabanas. hip ‘Adelaide, Ad. a ‘d, Drammoad, do; Rhoderick Dhu, do: Prospect, Davis, do; Russia, Orr, di ‘de, Homer, for Mobile, ‘Orleans. was Dili wrders that I bout cured him, but in ed. The fmewse number of worms from him, and I the cause of the cough, rough coat, etc., which he exhibite ed Dorado, Exehberger for Bi to the Charles, Trott, f Nickles, Elizabet Scolfield, Hope, fre SATS. “kus Hempetead LL of sufficient to cure a ord o aration for sand cracks, ke., for horse “feet. at New York Tattersalls, 448 Broadway. : UBIAS begs to submit the following certificate voluntarily received from Mra. L. I. a of thi which, with over “Font Manta, Jam, Nov 8—Arrschr Abigail, Hubbard, from Baltimore, 16 day Font Kovat, Jam ived during the 2 10— Ary bigs Vancouver, Sivertse, Fomire, Tpeeives ures » Moulthrop, for Baltimore; the Ei re than an act of; certificate for its wond jin, Bates, for Gloucest ‘ilmington, NC, arr 12¢ hip Charlotte, Phipps, from 3 . Starbuck, ‘Roninge, New York. inth street. Depots. 130 Fulto the Dr iste and ice 25 and 50 cents. Avexanpnia, Va, Di Rainbow. Chureh, '» ton. Sid, Br brig Hi c 1d—Arr barks Margaret Huge, Litton, New Orleans; Lawrence, Nickerson, Boston. Win Johnson, colored steward, jumped overboard night of Sth ins hrs John Allyne, o Manuel, Provincet ly Johnson, Johusto: jrocers inthe city and throwg! &: wa cileeat Lam CARD.—Dr. Mornson, 20455 Fal tire time tothe treatment of Private Dr u ty from a secret habit, induc: nal emissions, and impotency, is radically cured by Strictures he cures without pain. thejsignatures of Sir ley Cooper.Bir A. . 20434 Fulton st. A perfect cure guaranteed. 1. 14 DUANE STREET, between Chatham im streets, has for the Inst fourteen years en- extensive practice in private He caa cure the moat "EI Dorado, ktenbe rks Island; achrs bia iiihs brie Buensronr, Deo 10—Arr scht Prospect, New York, via ‘Arr brigs Attila, Kendall, 8t Jago: Eliza- mi in from one to two jent. C ional Boston, Dec M—. beth [Br] Cor ofa delicate natu fuiata are mm the most ‘on being always conancted mpt, safe and en selling, supplied it to talids whope oo 25 '9Veahinaion ‘Copeiae 2d » Cor Fe ncat. coeaias $e, Bas manner. Cure warranted or and aneh CM) anchor in Cetrive, Dee 9—Arr schrs Rapid, Hutch, New Yo on worth for Ba'timore. Phineas Pendleton, (new) WEAKN&SS, IMPOTEN 'H’S Practical Private T' turbation are demonstrate: over the entire body 5 hem from birth: a by the iafluence of the se tion ofthe euauch, the immense controlling power thful and natural wetjon, fo ply interesting, and explaining too little understood. Its consequences are e only trearmentand cure, with reci- WEFORT, Dec 10—, resto ond 40; brig Josephi 4 CESTER, Dee 13—bark Izette Dec. 10—Arr sehr Bavice to all persous ASE ED BYA hat understands his business. Mi who have been deceived by tha host of pretenders the city, who fill the papers with flamit Y 1. Ad- ou'd apply immediately at 143 bad {ih O achr Vandahier, ‘O1 dverpoe:; Sips ERY MOTHER'S DOO.