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IN SENATE-DEcRMBER rs.
MIR. StoheS, frem North Carolina, al.
tended and took his seat Yesterday.
The Senate proceeded 10 The appoint
ment OF lis several Standing Committees.
by ballot, of which The appointment of
the following gentlemen was the result:
I'm Foreign Retations.-Messrs. Brow n.
hunter, Macon, Barbour, Walker, Of
Georgia.
On Finance-Messrs. Sanford, Macon.
Dana, Eaton, Logan.
On Commerce y Observation-Disclosures
SANFORD, Dickerson, Horsey, Ruggles,
Burrill.
On Military A6airs-Messrs. Williams.
OF trnnessee, Trimble, Taylor, Tiche-
On Nnral Afnrs-Messrs. Pleassnts
Parroti, Gailiard, Walker, of Alabama.
Williams, Miss.
On the Wihtia-Messrs. Noble, Stokes.
'Tich> nor, Walker, at Alabama, Lannan.
On the Jndici0ry-Messrs. Smith. cake
Bnrr,l l." an Otis.
On Pubic Lands.-Messrs. Williams. of
MI 'avior, Thomas, Lowrie, Hunter.
On Ctdfms-Messrs. Roberts, Wilson,
Morrill, Rugsies, Van Dyke.
On PenSi0nS.- Messrs Van DYKE. No
BILE, Elliot, Eaton, Wilson.
On the Post office and Post Roads-
Messrs. Stokes, Wilson, Palmer, Edwards,
M"ll"n.
On the District of Coium5ia-Messrs.
iorsey, Hunter, Peasants, Lanman, o.
t..
The following committee was also ap-
pointed pursuant To an order of this day:
On the Public Buildings-M essrs. Ro-
beris Ga'lisr'., Mellen, Burrili, Lanman.
Mr.. NOyriH offered for consideration
The following resolve
Resotred, hat the committee on pensions be
directed L. 'iquire into The expediency of re-
wing the act al 1916, entitled I" An act to
pro'Idt tor persons who were disable nv
K, ". wounds received in the Revolutionary
War" which expired at the close of the last
session {" Congress.
Mr. DicherSon offered for consideration
the following resolution
Resotred That The committee on Finance he
lhstrnctt d to enquire into the expcdiency of so
lar @liering The laws tor appointing collectors
oil the customs of the United States. district
attorneys OF the United States, and receiver.
OF pubic moneys tor lands of tn. u States
surveyors OF the public lands registers and
such o'her Officers AS they may think proper
as 10 have those officers respectively appointed
iofnre. "
Several petitions were presented and
referred TO the standing committees alrea-
dy appointed
And the Senate adjourned TO Monday.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

,WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Is.
EVOLUTIONARY PENSION LAW.
Mr. Rich, of Vermont, in offering the
following resolution, said, that il was a
sufficient reason for an inquiry into the
subject oft, that il ifad'produced censi.
uerable excitement throughout the conn
Try. Either from defect i'm the law or i'm
Inc administration of the law, or because
ol The total impracticabiliiy OF giving due
effect TO the law, il was believed that the
Intentions of Congress in passing il had
not Deen tnlhlle'i. II was proper that the
subject should be fully examined, and
me defects be remedied, if susceptible of
remedy; or hal the law should be re-
pealed altogether. Mr.. r. then moved
Inc adoption OF the following resolve:
ReSofced, That the committee on
revolutionary Pensions be instructed 10
inquire lnlo The manner in which the act
OF me i3th OF March, 1918, has been ex-
ec"'ea' ascfr'ainiDg, as far as may be
praciichble, the class or classes of cases
Which il has been construed TO embrace
ana such as have been excluded from The
provisions: whether The objects con,pn-
plated by IFS passage have been, or pro
baby will be. effected bv the operations
OF the law; and, If not whether il be sus-
ceplIble OF such amendments as will i'm
sure lie accomplishment OF those objects:
maj, IN case II shall be asceriained tina,
from fraudulent practices under the Law
'or which no efectual remedy can be ap-
p"eh, or from any other cause, the origi
nal objects of II are unattainable, the said
committee inquire into the expediency of
lis repeal"
TIE. resolution was agreed TO without
opposition.
RESTRICTION ON SLAVERY.
On motion OF Mr. Idgtoy, of n. York.
The House proceeded 10 the consider
aIlon OF the resolution Yesterday offered
by him, ~ The words follow ing. TO wit.
hesofsed, That acommitiee be appoin,
ed 10 inquire into the expedieucy of pro.
hibiilng by law the introduction of slaves
mic the territories OF The u. States. west
OF the Mississippi
MIR. Taylor said il was moi his puroose
10 go into any discussion OF the merits of
This proposition; nor, lie believed would
any discussion assist The end he had in
view. " compromise Of opposite opin
ions was 10 be effected, il appeared 10
him better that committee should he
appointed 10 examine into IL, and make
Their report; aud iliat the question sbould
not be moved IN this House until Ina,
committee should have expended their
best Efforts on this object.
HE question was then taken, without
debate, on agreeing 10 the resolution, and
decided IN The affirmative without diyi-
SION. committee OF seven members
was ordered TO be appointed accordingly.
Mr.. TAYLOR then moved 10 postpone.
until The first Monday in February next.
Tie order of the day on The bill anihnriz-
ing Convention Of tile People Of Mis-
'ouri, Tor The purpose of forming Con-
SillntlOn and State Government.
Mr.. Lou0HdeS said, he thought the day
which was proposed for the postpone.
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e. Nlc, cu,hTa>c vi!h msch pleasure
III. uew opportunity 10 assure YOU oi The
high consideration viii, which have the
honour TO he, &c.
tSigneti &. HYDE lie MELVILLE.
Hon. Dr. adams, Secretary Of State.
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1he Secretary Of Strife u Mr.. lain Eorvth
JOINS FORSYTH, Esq. Minister plenipo-
Tertiary OF the United States, Madrid.
Department of State,
Washington, l8fh'Aug. 1919.
SIR Captain Read, Of The Hornet, has
Delivered io ne your dispatches of the
ION, I7ih, and 22d 81 jane, which have
been unlimited TO the consideration Of
tie President.
However extraordinary The aonduct of
the Spanish government in relation 10 the
treaty, signed on odd O. +, brusry last.
has Ocfn, The President is unwilling 10
abandon the hope, that, within the peri
OF OF six mOn'us, allowed for the ex.
change Of Tie raiiticaliuns, a sense of
justice and Of decent regard for the pub
nc fdlifi Of lie king, and natl ,m, solemnly
pledged by the treaty, viii prevail over
ibc Individual inirgucs aud lurking
iubueHce which promoted the delay that
bas iakrn place, ShouId this expectation,
ho@e,c7, be disapp pointed, and Should the
ircd'y remain uural fed by Spain at the
,irae Wbcn y,ushaIl receive this despatch,
YOU vii immediately make an official
cogiWH3.caii0ni 10 tie Minister OF Foreign
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-09-11

an immense amount, which would ena-
bic them to procure every thing requi-
site for another expedition; this was also
objected to on the ground (the best in the
world that they had but five or six men
on board, without ammunition and small
arms, and the Ell M'Gregor unfit to pro-
coed on a cruise without considerable
repairs in rigging, sails, &c. none of
which objections he had the power to
obviate.
Yesterday council of his officers
was held; the only proposition made
and discussed was, whether they should
go to the isle La Yache, opposite this
place, and there wait supplies and men
from Europe--this plan was adopted by
small majority; those in the minority
refused any longer to be considered in
any way belonging to his concern-and
to-day many who yesterday agreed to his
proposal, have determined to quit his
service. His situation appears to be
desperate, without arms, ammunition, or
provisions. 1t is impossible to describe
the distress of the men belonging to this
expedition; destitute of every thing, two
or three dying daily; not less than fifty
have fallen sacrifices to disease and want
since their arrival. Many ofthe officers
and men who have been able to procure
passages, have embarked for the United
States. In fact, all is lost to M'Gregor.
Bali, .HAer.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-09-11

Bank Of 81. Lol.' VS.. Co.'s. James and r. N
johnson.
The Bank of st. Louis has again suspended
specie payments, and among their reasons for
so doing they set forth the following:
"The Bank of St Louis, after suspension
of business for about twelve months, resumed
operations on the third of March last, under
the expectation on the part of the directors,
OF being able, If not to continue the operations
of the bank successfully, at least to collect
against it, more promptly than while in state
OF suspension; the first object of the drec-
tors, therefore, was to acquire fund on which
to commence temporarily, until the bank
could collect the debts due to it. This fund
was rasedon the credit of individuals; which,
together with the collections of debts, has
enabled the bank to redeem upwards of four
teen thousand dollars of its bills issued, be-
sides liquidating other claims amounting to
about twelve thousand dollars. The receipts
for debts due the bank during its last opera
tons, have fallen short of what the directors
had anticipated. Among these disappoint-
ments, the most prominent is the delinquency
of the Coloncls James and r. NJ, Johnson of
Kentucky, III not paying the large sums of
money (anounting to about fifty-sx thousand
dollars) lately awarded against them, The
Colonel Johnsons had entered into the most
honorable obligations to discharge the debt
that should be found against them; and from
the extraordinary assurances on the part OF
the colonel Johnsons, as well as from the legal
obligations those gentlemen were under, the
directors of the Bank of St. Louis placed a
considerable degree of reliance on receiving
a prompt payment of this debt; disappointed
in every arrangement entered into by the
colonel Johnsons, the only alternative left for
the directors Of the Bank Of st. Louis to pur-
sue, was to commence q suit at law on the
award against them. This course has been
taken, and the result will probably restore to
the stockholders OF the bank, the funds of
which the institution has been so long unjust
ly deprived, and for the want Of which, con-
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-09-11

MARRTED-At Alton, by John Allen, Esq,
BENJAMIN SPENCER, Esq, to Miss WOODBURY.,
all of that place.
At St. Louis, on the Goth ult by the Right
Rev Bishop Du Bourg, Mr.. MICHAEL DAILY to
Miss Rosa I. NJ. TImoN, daughter of MIR. James
Timon, merchant, of that place.
DIED-At Milton, on Saturday evening last,
Mr.. MATTHEW Dixon, late from the city of
New-York.
At Franklin, Howard county, (M T,) Doctor
BALDWIN, of Wilmington, (Del) He was en-
gagged, as zoologist and physician, in the scien,
tifc expedition to the upper Missouri; but
was compelled by sickness to abandon the ex-
petition at the above place.
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FROM AUX CAVES, July 10.

Since the arrival here of Gen. More
gor in the FL M'Gregor from Port-au-
Prince, he made several propositions to
his officers, none of which it was possible
for him to carry into effect. His first
proposal was, that they should proceed
to St. Andrews and await the arrival of
arms and ammunition from England,
which was considered impracticable, not
having sufficient provisions, nor means
of procuring supply. The next was,
that they would cruize off the Havana
with the brig, where they would, without
a shadow OF doubt, capture property to
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ncc;ed with other collateral circumstances, it
may finally be annihihted."
We are authorized to state peremptorily,
that the colonel Johnsons have not in this in
stance, deviated IN any degree from that moral
recttude and honorable dealing which has
ever distinguished their conduct in all public
and private transactions. 1t is true that colo
mel James Johnson has suffered considerably
by placing too implicit confidence in those
with whom he has unfortunately been con-
nected III trade, but il is also true, that
neither he nor his brother consider themselves
bound by any obligations -Aonorabie, ieeal, or
moral, TO pay the Bank of St. Louis one cent,
They consider the award, of which the bank
speaks, as obtained upon barte testimony,
illegal and unjust, Instead of owing that
bank they contend, that the bank owes them
many thousands of dollars, which they unjust
ly detaIn0, Nor are they singular in that
opinion. The papers relating to this case
have been submitted to the inspection of two
Of the most able lawyers of whom the western
country can boast, who gave it as their deci-
ded opinion that the colonel Johnsons did not
owe that bank; but that the bank is Justly in
debted to them. On this ground the colonel
Johnsons have been advised not to pay the
award, and have acted and intend TO act, ac-
cording to that advice, until they can obtain
fair and impartial trial. Whenever this shall
take place, they intend to yield obedience
whatever may be the decision.
A proposition was made to the bank or its
president to submit the whole controversy to
any Judicial tribunal in the Union, except in
the Missouri Territory, 7ehich 4cas rejected
What could the colonel Johnsons then do :
They did as every man of spirit would do
set the bank at defiance and nut them IN their
legal remedy. A suit on the subject is now
depending in some court in the state of ILL.,
nois, and on the decision of thGt-not on the
assertions of the bank-rests the determine
ton of the question whether the colonel
Johnsons owe the Bank of ST. Louis, or the
Bank Of St. Louis owes the colonel Johnsons.
If justice be not diverted from her course, the
world will then know, who has been guilty of
fraud and who has been imposed upon by the
fraud OF others.
integrity of the colonel Johnsons will stand
unimpeachcd and unmpeachable, and we can.
| not but feel indignant at the ungenerous eff
forts which are made by prira!s letters and
| nesrsbaper destinations to PREJUDICE the ques-
ton before the tribunal of the people, and in
lure the reputation of our most useful and
meritorious fellow citizens.
That colonel r. NJ johnson has not suffered
in his own county and where he is best known,
by the injurious reports which have been Cir
| culated, is proved by the overwhelming vote
which he obtained there for the house of re-
representatives.. He had been a candidate but
a few days and was opposed by respectable
men who had been canyassng during the
whole caacnn
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FOR. SALE.

nNE quarter of the 18th section, in Prairie
W Delong, nearly one half timber, beng 20
les from st. Louis, with the crop and stock,
cons; sting of 10 acres of corn, cows with their
calves, young steers, year old hefer, 5 sows
with 25 young pigs, and colt years old in
May next. There IS peach orchard on the
land, under good fence. The whole will be
sold low for cash. fnot sold before the Isl of
November. it will be rented Apply to Mr..
NJ CURE, St. Louis, or o the subscriber on the
premises. FRANCIS FARRELL.
Sebt. 11--4t
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SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION.

BY a letter from one OF the officers of
the United States steam boat WeStern
Engineer, to the editors, dated Fort
Usage, Aug. 10, we learn that she ar
rived there on the LIST inst. and departed
Oh the 10th. On the 10th she proceed
ed as far as the mouth Of the Kansas,
about 40 miles.
Messrs. Say, Jessup, Peale, Seymour,
Biddle and Swift, accompanied by Mr..
Daugherty, assistant Indian agent and
interpreter, left the boat at Fort Usage,
and proceeded by land to visit the Kan
zas Indians, and from thence to the Paw
nees, and will join the Engineer at the
Council Bluffs. This mode Of pro-
crossing will enable the naturalists to
explore the country leisurely, and OBJ
tain correct and general knowledge of
it. Maj. Long, Maj. O'Fallon, and
Lieut.. Graham, proceeded in the Engi-
neer.
Col. ATKINSON, commander of the
expedition for the Yellow Stone, left
Franklin on the l 9Th inst. for Fort Usage,
and from thence would proceed imme-
diately for the Council Bluffs.
Col Chambers, and the troops under
his command, still remain at Fort
Usage.
The steam boat Expedition, with pro-
visions, troops, &c. was within 90 miles
of Fort Usage on the 10th inst. OF the
three steam boats belonging to Colonel
johnson, the Expedition, either from
her construction, Or other causes, ap-
pears to have been the most fortunate.
The johnson, (another of the steam
boats) was, on Monday last, 18th inst.
near the mouth of Grand River, on a
sand bar, her rudder broke, and it was
supposed that part, if not the whole OF
| her cargo would have to be taken up by
keel boats.
The Jefferson steam boat, which was
mentioned in our last as having been ~
ing about 80 miles below Franklin, for
some time past, is unable to proceed
any higher up the Missouri, and has
been abandoned. Her cargo is to be
taken up in keel boats.-lNiss. INTEL.
Extract Of letter from Caktain Craig,
TO the editors, dated Steam boat Er-
hedition, Fort Usage, august 81.
We arrived here ON the 10th inst.
and shall leave tomorrow. We had to
| tighten the boat about 40 miles below.
Every thing is III good ORDER
| The Johnson steam boat, was, on the
morning of the 25th inst. about SO miles
below Fort Usage, progressing slow
| lu - hid
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IAOS'N

an Monday last, ON the road from Alton to
~ Abraham Haytel's, or from thence to
George Kinder's, a RED MOROCCO POCKET
BOOK, containing notes of hand--one on
Thomas II. Graves for S77 SO; one on Wm.
Davis for S45; one on Abraham Hayter for
$3.50; one on David M'Clusky for "a; and
some other papers. Any person finding said
picket book, by returning it to the subscriber.
at Abraham Hayter's, shall be rewarded for
his trouble,
ARCHIBALD LAMB.
.4ugust 28--14-3t
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Il greet enforcement uhon the frin-
eihles Of banking.-We have seen a
letter from North Carolina, dated ID
June, which states that the following
test oath is rendered by the State Bank
at Raleigh, IN. c. to all who apply for
specie -
The undersigned makes oath, that
the notes be now presents TO the bank for
payment are his property, Cor the prop
erty of - and were not exchanged
for, or bought up for the purpose OF
making this demand on the bank"
The letter adds" AS might well be
expected, this arbitrary measure is re-
sisted with spirit, and has filled the minds
Of the citizens with indignation"
". Y. EUening Post.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-09-11
uNCURRENT NOTES.

The notes Of the independent banks, at
the following places, are not taken in
Lexington in the ordinary transactions Of
business:
Georgetown, Shelbyville, Greenville,
Morgantown, Russellville, Hopkinsvilie,
Glasgow, Burksvillc, Lebanon, Burling-
ton, Barboursville, Somerset, Peters
burgh Steam Mill, Columbia.
In furnishing this list of notes, we pre-
tend not to furnish any reason why they
are not taken here. We cannot, upon
mere fugitive tales, consent to attempt
the discredit of any institution by saying
it is unable to meet its engagements.
Ky. Gazette,
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-09-11

Post Office, EdsvardsrdAe, July "a, 1919.
vyy.IE mail closes at this office every Saturday
4 at eight o'clock in the morning. Letters
to be forwarded must be put into the office pre-
vious to that hour, or they will be detained till
the next week.
A. PRICKETT, p, m
NIB. Those indebted for newspaper post
age. will call and pay the same, or their papers
viii be detained in the Office.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-09-11
BELLEVTLLE HOTEL.

JAMES GARRISON respectfully informs
Cd the public, that he has moved to the house
lately occupied by James Tannehill, where
large buildings have since been erected; good
stables, provided with plent' ofcorn, oats, hay,
and foider. H II lsts, by industry and perse-
verance, to merit portion of public patronage.
SEPT. 11-16tf
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Notice.

n WISH to contract with some person to
break up quantity of prairie land at my
Farm one mile west of Troy. The highest
nrce in cash will be given. Apply to Mr..
SIIyAyus GAsKILI, near the premises, or to the
subscriber, at the Printing Office in Edwards.
vile. GEoh1G Ot1o"etAei
May %, 1876
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-09-11
a certain Gentleman

VJyOOK one of my horses from Waterloo,
u about forty days since, without my know
ledge, and as have great use for horse flesi,
at present, he will much obGge me by return
ing him to the place from whence he took him:
Otherwise, l shall be under the necessity of
describing the person, and offering reward
for his apprehension, and return OF the horse.
JOSEPH BOWERS.
,Sebt 4-2t
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-09-11
Nat ManufactoYy.

TKVIE subscriber informs his friends and the
IL public, that he carries on TIE HATING
BUSINESS and all its branches, on Nam
street, Edwardsville. Orders for hats of every
description will be promptly attended to.
Wanting at the above business one or two
APPRENTICES.
The highest prices in cash will be given for
FURS and WOOL,
JAMES NJ. M'MANUS.
SEPT II, 181e-6m16
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Notice to Debtors.

A IL those who are disposed to pay their
"A Notes and Accounts of long standing, will
come forward and discharge the same /; as D
longer Indulgence cannot be given.
ISAAC PRlCKETT & CO.
EdvardguiNe, .4Mg. 21--13f
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4 WATCH FOUND.

an the 10th of August, 1919, on the road
W between Belleville and Riggs mill. The
owner can get it by proving his property and
paving charges Apply to the subscriber, near
Bellevile. AARON QUICK.
t9sH 11-3t
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&O'NINE.

vEyIOSE indebted to the subscriber, Will
a please rceollcct, that business cannot be
done without money. Those that take the
hint will call at the store of Isaac Pickett & Co.
and settle their notes and accounts without
lelay.
A. PRICKETT.
EdrOardsuiHe, August Tiff
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Wanted immediately.

4 WOMAN Of color--one that understands
IA house work generally. For such liberal
price will be given, in cash or very short cree
dit. Apply at this Office.
Sebt. 4, 1819-l5f
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Notice.

A IL persons are forwarned against receiving
IA note drawn by John Giger and Rowland
p. Allen, in favor of Henson Johnson, for four
hundred dollars, payable the first day of April,
1920, as said Johnson obtained said note under
a false representation, and value has never
been received for the same.
his
JOHN N GIGER.
mark.
Madison connty Sept. LIST, 181o-15-3t
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nRAFTs on government, to the amount of
ny several thousand dollars, to be exchanged
for and Office money, at the Bank of Edwards
Vile. RICHD, r, MCKINNEY, Cashier.
dnpuet 23-i4tf
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WESTERN MAILS.
ShagvaHeeto7Vn,

Shazvaneeto7Vn, ing. 81.
Mr.. Lindsey, agent from the general
post office, has taken up his residence,
for a short time, at Vincennes. His bu-
siness is, to supcrintend the transportation
Of the mails west Of Cincinnati and Lex
ington, and north of Nashville, and to re-
port all delinquent contractors and post
masters. EmiSraH.