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The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-02-10
FROM ENGLAND.

February 5.--By the Gen. Pike, arrived a,
Philadelphia, from ST. Bars, London papers
Of the 25th and 26th November were receiv.
ed which contain the following importsu, To-
formation from the Continent Of klrope -
General Bernadotie, with the victoriou. ar.
my OF the North OF Germany, bad arrived in
Holland, and erected the s,andard of Ba,ayi.
an Independence, around which the people of
Hollaod were raliying in myrisds. The
Prince Of Orange had already been invited
from EngIapd, TO assume his hereditary dig
ni,y Of Stad,holder, and was immediately to
pass over accompanied by 10000 English
troops.
A great battle had taken place between Id.
Wellington and Marshal SotIi. Scnlt had
three strong lines OF defence near B,yonne,
from two of which he bad been driven by
Wrllingtoo, who had taken from the French
80 or 6o pieces Of csonoo, snd 5000 prison.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-02-10

London, HoV. 10.
The Eliza Baird, from Terceira, ar. at Ii.
vcrpool, wa. boarded ST inst. lat 40, Ion. Is.
BY an American ptiva,eer, which took some
of her stores.
Two French frigates were fallen in with on
Sunday sen'nigh,, by the Rippon, "a, and
Briton, 81, on the western coast of Ireland,
and chased by them to the southwark, the
whn'e OF that and the following dsy-,hey
los, srgh, of them in the night Next morn
ing they were met with by the Belle Poole,
SO, which kept in sight of tbop all day byt
lost sight Of them in the night, being very
stormy al! the time.
Psrtsmo3ta, Aoy. 10.
II. VI. S. Shanpon, broke from her moor
ings this afternoon, and ran on shore in the
barber
Nop. %.
The Cressy, "a, Capt Dashwood, lying in
this port, is destined to take Sir. L. Coch-
ranc's nas to Halifax. Ar. the Forth frigx,e,
SO guns, Capt. Sir w. Bolton, destined 10 ".
Amesioa.
Piymog:h, Aev. IL.
Ar. Cydnus frig,tc, 50, fro,p Psss4g,, witt
prisune<s. She was chased by two F,enci.
higates whole 10y, enc they did no, en.
over The ctsss sa,i. very r,.i StiiIy.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
SHOCKING DUEL.

One of the most tragical occurrences in
the annals of duelling took place on Satur-
day last, i'll Camden county, N G. MIR
POLLARD DAVIS, midshipman, and Mr..
RICHARD & GnEGoRY, sergeon's mate,
both of the U. S. ship Constellation, from
some unhappy luminosity subsisting be
tween them, were instiga,ed to meet for the
horrid purpose Of taking away each others
lives, or in the fashionable cant OF the day,
to decide their controversy in an honorable
manner. They met at the time and place
appointed, with pistols-the first fire was
inehectual-but the second, alas was fatal
to both ! Mr.. Davis received his antago-
nisl's ball in his right side, fell, and almost
Instantly Fired. whilst his ball penetrated
Mr. Gregory's skull little above the lem.
pie, and shattered it in such manner, that
he servived only until the evening OF the fol
lowing day. Both the bodies were brought
to this town on Saturday night the one be.
relt of life, the other writhing in the agonie:
of death, and have, both been subsequently
consigned to the tomb, with the respect be-
coming their rana.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

his head with vexa,ion, made the fol-
lowing wise reflection
sd fupid blockbead j.! Ihave buyna my
barn"
How often mutt the equally wife
planners and conductors of the prefcnt
war recollea this itory, (if they ever
heard it,) while fitting in fight of the
ruins of the Capitol. They have made
war in as many fhapes, as the Knight
did upon the hapless ts-they have
tried as many engines of deitruction--
they have had various caufes Of tri-
umph but in the event, they have
diitrehed the country-bankrupted the
treafury-deitroyed commerce-paral-
wed enlerprife-iacri6ced and loft
their Capitol, for the fake of killing
few Englifhmen. They have def
troyed few of the rats but {" The
Rubid bbckbeads, they haze burnt the
barn. War Chronicle.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
Old HAMPSHIRE.

+" .NortAamhton, Nou.t IL. Our county
meeting last evening was bumper GEMS
MArrooN and MALrBy, MEssRs. l.
SrRoNe, MILLS, RATEs, LEAvErr, & AL
LEN, addressed the citizens A vote passed
unanimously that We cannot and will no,
submit, to a military conscrip.ion. A com
mittee OF safety Was appointed, consisting
of General, NATION and MALTBy, Judg
es LzAvETT and HooKER, Messrs. ASH
NUN, SrARxwEArHER and Z. WlLLlAMs
:" Firm, United, let MS be,
PaAying ro9nd orr liberty"
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

PETER PlNDAR, with his unequaiied
humour. relates of a certain knight
whole barn was infected with rats, whole
numbers and fagacity fet at defiance all
the common arts of rat deitroying. In
vain were patent feel traps placed IN
everv convenient Gtuation-privatefrMg
cats let loofe upon them, and every Gran.
ny of the barn topped up with newipa-
pers and proclamations Still their dc.
probation continued, until the iaPient
knight determined on, and adopted the
following coerciue mcclure. lie ahemoled,
and armed with ticks and bludgeons, all
the hardy yeomanry" of his neighbour,
hood, and having mar'ialed them around
the BAN, with his own hands let fire to
it, and as the rats ruihed forth, triumph
cd over them in all the I" glories OF fuc-
cefsful conflict" Turning his eyes how
ever, after the laughter had ceated, to
where had food his barn, he beheld 1t
"smoking in its RUNS" and itriking
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

1t is said an effort is about TO be made to
shake off from the Treasury certain mill
tary commanders Of high rank, who have
been drawing pay and rations for a long
time without rendering any service to the
country.
When GEN. DEARBORN was sent home
by his masters as /" unfit Tor service" in the
field of Mars, and engaged with more splea'-
did success in the wars of Venus, il was ex.
pec,ed the tax.payins people would be dis
bur,hened of this load but he continues 10
enjoy sinecure Office, with Kind OF nonin.
al command OF what is called s. military
district" which gives him an income OF
about 5000 dollars per anuum. In this Of
fee, who can recount his services He has
sometimes demanded the Massachusetts
Militia OF the infexible STRONG, and once
been salu:ed Of the Register may be believ-
ed) at For. Pickering, in This town.
Ibid
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
Rhode Island Banks.


State Of the Rhode Island Banks as ap-
pears by the returns made to the late session
ofthe Legislature,
Amount of Bills in circulation 8 545,4os
Ditto of Deposits 646,ols
Ditto Of Specie in the vaults 4sl,s64
Ditto do. specially de- ~, ooe
posted 10 other Banks ''
Do. do. no, specially in do. l6o,225
Ditto bills Of other Banks 5l.e66
Ditto deb,s due the Banks 2,286,5l4
There are IA Banks in Rhode. island and
this statement results from the several re-
turns In all of them there is 8.25, 900 in
rash, Exchequer Bills, and which is not in.
Guided in the above statement.
1t does not appear that the managers
have dirfed their fingers with DAZZLING in
Mr.. Madison's War Loans. $
The bills Of the Rhode Island Banks are
enthusiastically all good.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
Lois oftbe Transport Sovereign.

QUEBEC, NOV. 3 The Transport ihlp
Sovereign, Capt. -, bound from Eng land
to Quebec, was wrecked on the 18th OF
Oct. on the Island of St. Paul, in the
Gulph of ST. Lawrence-ihe had on
board 9 officers and 1876 folders OF the
4oth, sSth and gift REGIS. iergeants'
and IL women and chlldren,s in all In
GLIDING the captain, mate and 10 ieamen'
forming a total of a3o perlons. Only
thirty EOen lives were faved. The Sow
ereign was failing at the rate of 7 knots
an hour and it being about 7 o'clock
in the evening the rock on which ihe
fplit was no, obferved above three min.
u'es before The truck. The fervivors
were taken off the lfland two days after,
by the Champion, and arrived here on
the third inf They had fayed but a
lmall quantity of provifions, and could
not have iubfiltcd very long.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

The ranting and sarcasms elected by
tb. sycophan,s Of the administrator on the
the Hartford Convention pass" as the idle
ymnd" The Statesmen who will assemble
therein can have nothing in view but the
best good of their beloved country, and the
preservation OF free Constitution and il
fair and honorable means can be devised to
relisve her from her present pitiable con-
ditiob, and restore to her the blessings oil
peace, they will unquestionably he adopted
without fear or arrogance and the people
will rally their proceedings.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
From the CONNECTICUT CouRsxr


"For aoherein thou judgea another Tho.
condemness hysey; for thou that Judg.,t
doea The same hings."
Brig. Gen. HULL, 10 the bosom of a vac,
wilderness, cut off from supplies, surrounded
with savages, his officers mu,inous, most
of his soldiers raw, and many Of them pro-
ven TO be towards under these circumstan.
ces Gen. HULL yielded up the pitiful little
town of Detroit, and along with il his army
Of about two or thee thousand. Gen HUI
having been in manner Judged and con-
demned by the American Cabinet before
hand, was sentenced by a court martial to
be shot I; and President Madison confirmed
he sentence but So red his life-at the same
time ordering his name with al marks Of
ignominy and sccrn, TO be struck cut of the
roll Of American officers
Near two years after Gen HULL's sur
render at period of the war when there
had been full time for ample preparations,
the self same President MADISON, being
Ceneralissimo OF all the forces OF the Uni.
ted States, and being personally on the spot,
and along with him the Secretary of War,
and other pursuant members of the cabinet |;
the proud seat of government, situated in
the heart OF populous country, and con-
tanning public property to the amount Of sew.
eral millions, was tamely yielded up, al
most without resistance, to an army not
more than about five thousand strong, com.
manded by young officer, who had been
scarcely known to fame.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
9portCa},S:
Monday, November %, 1914.
From Wolbington, Noy. rs.

The refult of the Election in MafTa.
chufetts is very gratifying to all the friends
OF Peace here.-You cannot very we'll
appreciate the importance which is attscht
to it BY the political parties in this city. It
is mott aufpicious as it relates to the
meaiufes lately adopted BY the Maaachus
fetts Legislature. 1t is conhdcred here
as an unequivocal appreciation BY the PEG.
pie of the iteps taken in that impo.tan
State.
l hope fteaeinefs and perseverance, will
mark their courfe--I fee no profpea of q
redreis Of grievances from any other four-
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

Cen Wilkinson WI. t has become Of this
Mount A lss," and where was he during the
storm of Washington and Baltimore Isle .cA'
tng eape,s and eating sugar fiu'n5s" in Tenesse !
even there, such great man should be heard
from now and then; unless indeed he has be
come wise in his old age. and adopted the max
IN ofthe poet.
g When uice prevails, and .mp,ons men bear sssay
TIE post Of honour. IS a pripae station
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
f1erdote of Bonabayfe.


He faid to jerome when king Of Wet
phalia, If the ,najeGy of K,ngsis itnaet-
ed on their counreuance, you may travel
incqgnito; you will not be diicovered F"
Of Louis, on his abdication, he faid,
This unhappy man has taken pains to
juitify the public, who look on my broth.
ers as Kmghngs.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
CAUSE AND EFFECT.

Cn Friday last, VS. was received in
Bosom of MIR. Madison's being very i'll Of a
fever. Exchesuer bills rose from 10 TO 5
per cent. in the market on the same day
Salem Gaz,
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

brought which had been thought
all OF which had
nc pointed and ought have been forefeen by its authors could
influence OF
ua on defiance pla dictates prudence and the
leaons which the experience ofevery had taught
[Remainde week.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
Lincoln County Convention,
For en(oycinc lie Id,us concerning OBSERVANCE Q

Lincoln County Convention,
For enforcing tie du concerning observance Of the LORDS Doy
yin u n s 1s: 17f H Of .s S wsss Present. 's s n s
from worsh Ws3s Ain, 2n and Ds cdsa;, Secretary
The Throne by Rev President and divine assistance and
Ofa sesba the proceedings o pd the
The form petition accustomed opening Of tho Mail and
distributing Sabbath prepared and adopted at the e0neno" in Port
Voted approve ofte petition and will cooperate with the cu4er
land %o , committee five and report system proper
De yS e that the Rev jerks Bailey Enengwoo Coffin Edmund
f re Committee G retired after f
ton upon proposed reported the following Resolutions VIZ N ,
to all who blessings restored suffering Country 10
aosDnn 1so n@ the sbbb by unu travelling i
And in accomplished nearly in the mode recommended
IT'D sso4ms1s do the ss e as sa sasa n
Der benevolent they can have will faithfully and m
and ssG hs the ass e i o
with 1; as s ,n " e a ss . s s osn
G uS Smnaned to Correspond
s%r"n, y" the ssa h n pi uh Individual continue w eonse his
guilt particularly The man name and p, S eo of S nns hs or
name may be through which he probably and also
' Th e own oG ese.
nss dssd on adding the and
s son "s ke Uniformity county
may s s e day Macy and that the evening that day asr
the business before s % a Others r a o gF mse %i Ss
"a; ono .
sin sand blessing
aeenal
whom Wiet shall
anIit " correspond
generally
the
and tbey shall nof
holden such
that each shall
nrocung and guious dstbutonn iti
meetn holden
Suprehe Court in June next
of that the travelling Flck
soa
on that pubck worship
eos become alarming and calls loudly for redress
Will; anv
the PROCLAMATION his Sabbath
and thus comtn the produces
o in
then consuereo ny ue Uo"''"' W ~ ~ Unanimously l" deCeP
rbe Govino the
Ts New Dresden, Woowich
and Edmund Fhgg ESqrs
Elwn Esq Wdoboou Mr.
sfAna.
of
al" particular
pamphlet published oy u h'ooes'N N ''" proper "" M
the central designate suitable
behalf
D. M Ianl nnare ddeIyer address
request that
ullck Immediately address
Inc 'o" Aues-NATII. COFFIN he CoazepGn
Perm ppR with unquad his head with vexaon. made the fol-
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
SOUR CRdPESi

Exuac; of letter, dated Buffalo, Nov. S, 1914
This morning the works at Fort Erie
were blown up. II was MT 1vortb baviag.
The country is miftrab,y poor. They
could not drive US from it, thank Heaven.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
NRw-YoRK, NOV %.
MQVQk ProMonuns.

We learn that Captains M Donough,
Crane, Harrington and Btakeiy, have been
promoted to tie rank oil Pes, Captains in
the y 5 Navy Five naval saicers lwhose
names we have no, leaest, have been pro
mote d TO the rank of masters and command.
ers. We further learn, that the Govern
ment have it in contemplation to appoint
Two Admirals.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
7be National Bank.


Mr.. Calhoun, Of s. C. has offered an
amendment to the bill before Congrefs
for eitabliihing Bank which changes the
bill as to the mode of the inltallments
but not in nature.
The capital Of the Bank is to be Fifty
millions, the fabfcribers to pay one tenth
In fPecie ana nine tenths in Treafury
Notes Exchequer notes. hereafter to be
created. Its "fog bank" till.
Buvaens to come-m Nezv .Hanst/bire.
Should the proportion for taxing the
people, now before Congress be adopted,
which no doubt they will be, the Con.
cord Gazette lta,es that they will impofe
a tax on the people Of that State for the
enfuing year of the enormous fun of fus
hundred fifty three tbou(and, three hundred
and ninety5fx dollars. If this does not
bring cows and fheep and farms under
the Taxsatherers mallet, it will be becaule
money is eaGer to be obtained in New
Hampihire than in the Ditria of Maine.
The Lsf +" Peace Prope7."-We find
fome people entertain belief that peace
will yet grow out of the meeting at Client,
from the cmcumttance of the Commit.
Il ,ners on both fides remaining there
We mott ardently with that this belief
may be realized, but we have not the
mott difant expectation that it will be.
The proceedings and avowed plans of the
u. S. administration, fpeak language
that cannot be mifunderttood, except BY
thofe who 7vM nat underltand. The con-
fcription plan, the determination fill to
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

in Europe by sending him out Of the Uhs-
ted States in public vessel. A gentle.
man who left Paris few months since
mentions, that Notwithstanding the coun,.,
nance he receives, per order, from the A.
merlcan Minister in that city, HExay, had
become nearly vagabond and had los, Inc
use Of one If not both his eyes.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

A Montpelier letter says" our federal
friends in The legislature think they have done
rgh, 10 not sending Delegates 20 the Conven-
t,vo ra,s and IN an vote down aesnoc,aty
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

II is proposcdin Southern paper to raise an
army of black troops in the Southern Ststes.
THE moment these blacks are armed, lie, the
whites guard we'll their throats
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
MEMBERS IN XIVth CONGRESS.


Hon, SAMUEL fAGGART is reelected
in Hampshire n. District. Every Repressn
,o,iye, Therefore in Old Massachusetts, is
federal
In Maine, we learn that Mr.. BouTELLE
federal, is chosen in the 5,h l.. district and
thai Mr. PARaIs, demo is also chosen in
the 7,h L district Unlike MIR. HOLMES,
his constituents appear willing to dispense
with the services OF Mr. p. in The Senate
JOIN HENRY, Tie SPY-The Alex
andlia paper mentions. that ge,lena al
who dined with JOHN QuINcY ADAMS, in
Pe,ersbur s, fourteen months since, was
told by Mr. A that he had just received a
communication Eom Capt john HENRY
apologizing for not waiting on him, and
enclosing LIZ / Err OF RECOMMEN-
DATION from JAMES MADISON, President
| Of The u S. There Is nothing strange in al
this. Henry e, ei.ed more sutssaaia!evi
dence OF Mr.. MADlsos's friendship than a
mere Letter of recommendatlon-aye and
.Eiy- thousand OF them too and bis patron
took good care also that his good f,itnd
should have chance to eXpend his money
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28
From The Niagara Border.

bUFFALCE, NOV s. ITO uay a.
dawn, the works at Fort Erie, common
ced blowing up they were evacuated
lalt night and let on FIRE this morning,
much to the altonifhmcnt Of many of the
officers. The orders which had been
given to General lizards diviGon to hut
at Black Rock have been countermand-
ed and we now lay oppofite Fort Erie
in fufpenle. think we fhall fall back
fome miles, as there is no earthly Object
to be obtained by hutting here, fince the
defrudion of Fort Erie This diviiion
has had fatiguing though not brilliant
campaign. Gen. Brown has gathered
its laurels, and gone to Sacket's Harbour.
The weather has been very boisterous
and rainy for twelve days paa. We poor
fellows on the frontier are fcarcely able
to get a potatoe oftener than once week,
and then have to pay nearly the weight
in geld for it, to the pack of pick-pockets
and lwindlers who abound in this coun
try.
ordinary o curr.nce, that q fng, having fell
in with the mounted men from Kentucky,
followed them to tie Rapids and Oh their
return to Frankfort, took up its march and
again kept close in their rear another hall
grown pig, also fell in with the troops, mar
ching for Detroit, and arrived with them
in camp With Difference to the narrator
of the st occurrences, we must needs think
it no, very strange that sTta ttgs should
follow an army but that they should es.
cape having their Threats cut, must be
deemed marvellous indeed.
The Utica Patriot says, that the los
SIS by disease, exposure and the sword, OF
Tie American troops in their three months
incursion into Canada, has been estimated
at from FIVE TO seven thousand .
4 democratic member IF Congress
writes, that " the army is without pay,
clothing and blankets"
a North River sioop was upset, near
the Highlands, a few days since, and II oil
the crew and passengers drowned.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

Fort Johnson, recently erected in Upper
Louisiana, and much boastsd of has bsen
evacuated and destroyed. The command
ing officer declares he was on, ofprovisons,
his superior officer says he had enough, and
more was on its way. The ST. Louis paper
says, "New men and new measures mus,
be resor,ed 10, or the country viii be de-
populated
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

JAMES BARnouR, Esq late Governor of
Virginia, has been chosen TO The Senate OF
the Y. ). vice Richard Brent, Esq
Mr.. Eppes, it is said, declined being a
candidate, being pledged to continue nom
mated in his District, against Randolph.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

Gen. IzARp is said, by le,ter.wIiter in
the Richmond Enquirer, to be as unpopu.
lar as any gsner we have had. " hatneX,
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

C.iN.dNDHIG I'd, N. Y NOVl5
We have now at Buffalo, fve Generals,
viz. lizard, Bissell, Swartwout Smith and
Ripley. 1t may well be said, that the foe
is GU. generafd.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-05-21

ANECDOTES OF THE BATTLE ON
LAKE ERIE.

It's trite remark, that general descrip.
tons OF battles present no distinct images To
the mind. We read with little emotion of
broadsidcs discharged, ships cut to pieces
and numbers killed and wounded but when
particulars are given us, when the imminent
risks or piteous disasters of individuals are
detailed, we fancy ourselves in their situa
tons, and in manner mngle personally in
the conflict. A mere outline Of the battle of
Erie was given some time silce in the Bio
sraphy of Commodore Perry since then
several circumstances have reached us.
which give more vivid idea Of the nature
or the night, and show the incessant and
ihickening perils with which that young of
hCer was surrounded.
IL was his lot repeatedly to see men swept
away IRON MS side some even while CON-
yersing with him. One of these incidea s
displays the GOODNESS and presence of mnd
that prevailed among the officers, and liz
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-05-21
ANACT

Supplemental TO an act entitled can act for
ascertamIng the titles and claims 70 lands in
that part Of Louisiana which lies east OF
the river Mississippi and island of New Or
leans
BE IL enacted BY be Senate, and
House # RefDeSentafives Of tie United
States OF 1fmrrica, IN Congress assembled
Tha, the time for delivering notices and the
evidences OF CLAIMS TO lands as required by the
act to VIII ch this IS a supplement, be, aud the
same hereby IS extended untd the first day Of
September next.
Sec. 2 .lnd be h further enacted, That
d shall he the duty OF the commissioners ap-
pointed under the act Aforesaid, TO rece We
such evidences as TO them may be offered in
support OF any claims which may rot be em-
br.ced by SAID act, and TO repori the same, to.
gtther with those referred TO in tbe FIRST Nec-
ton OF this act, on or before the first day Of
November text, TO The commissioner OF the
general land office, to be by him laid before
Congress at their next session.