Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-04-04

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arising from this source greatly exceed
those which have been incurred in the
collection.
/ have the honor to be
Your most obedient servant,
VIM. II. CRAWFORD.
The Honorable
The President of the Senate.
MONDAY, FEB. %.
Mr.. Uiliams laid before the Senate
two resolutions of the legislature of
Mississippi relative to the establishment
of ports of entry at the mouths of Pearl
and Pascagoula rivers.
Mr. Lloyd, of Maryland, submitted for
consideration the following resolution:
Resolved5 That the committee on Public
Lands be instructed to inquire into the expe-
diency of making appropriations of Public
Lands for the support and encouragement of
Literary Institutions within the limits of the
old states, corresponding with the provisions
which have been made for the same purpose
within the limits of the new states.
The motion lies on the table one day
of course. f''" -
PUBLIC LANDS.
The Senate then resumed the conside-
ration of the bill for changing the mode
OF disposing of the public lands from
credit to cash sales.
The amendment moved by Mr.. Ed
yards on Thursday last being yet under
consideration, in the following words, viz
.4nd be it further enacted That any person
who now is, or hereafter may be, an actual
bona .fde settler upon any quarter section OF
land which shall have been previously exposed
to PUBLIC sale, and remain uinsold, shall be per-
mtted 10 purchase such quarter section in the
same manner end on such terms as are now
authorized by law.
A debate arose thereon, in which
Messrs. Otis, Node, King, of New-K ork,
Edwards, RRggles, Johnson, of Ken
lucky, Lozvrie, Johnson, of Louisiana,
Leake, and Eaton, took part.
The question on agreeing to the same
was then decided BY Yeas and Nays, as
follows: "-'' - q, '''
YEAS.-Messrs. Brown, Edwards, johnson,
of Louisiana King, of Alabama, Lloyd Logan,
Noble, Pinkney, Smith, Stokes, Thomas, Walk
er, Of Alabama.-l2. 49,
NAYS.-hlessrs. Barbour, Burrill, Dana
Dickerson, Eaton, Elliot, Gailard, Horsey,
Hunter, King, OF New-Nork, Lanman, Leake,
Lowrie, Macon, Mellen, Morrill,, Otis, Palmer
Parrot, Peasants Roberts, Ruggles, Sanford,
Taylor, Tichenor, Trilnble, Van Dyke, Walk
er, of Georgia, Williams, of Mississippi, Will
llams, OF Tennessee, Wison.-3l.
So the amendment was disagreed to.
MIR. Walker, of Alabama, then renew
ed the motion he made few days ago
to amend the bill by adding thereto the
following: '' -''s
"That purchasers Of public lands, which
shall have been sold prior to the - day of,
- next, shall be permitted to forfeit and
surrender the same before the day of final pay
ment, by delivering their certificates to the Re-
gister, and endorsing thereon their consent
that the land therein described shall be resold:
whereupon the said certificates shall be con-
sidered as cancelled, and the lands shall be
deemed and taken to have reverted to the
United States, and shall be disposed of, in all
respects like other reverted CT forfeited lands,
according to the provisions Of the fourth Sec
ton OF this act; but, if such lands should sell
for more than one dollar and - cents per
acre, the excess shall be paid over to the for
mer certificate holders Pro1ided, That such
excess shall not be greater than the amount
previously paid on sech certificate" -''-'
When, on motion OF Mr.. LogaT, Ito
give time for consideration OF amend
ments to protect the actual settler, sc.
which he thought might be made) to
postpone the bill to Friday next, it was
decided in the negative, so to 10.
And then, without opposition, it was
postponed, On the motion of Mr.. Logan,
to Friday next, and made the order oil
the day for that day.
The bill for the establishment of an
Uniform System of Bankruptcy was ia
ken up, and was postponed to and made
the order Of the day for Monday next.
The bill for the relief Of the officers
and volunteers engaged in the late cam
paign against the Seminole Indians, was
taken up. Mr.. Eaton commenced some
explanations respecting it !: but the Sc
nate appearing too much absorbed in the
affair of the Maine and Missouri bill to
give attention to it, on motion of Mr..
Eatoa, the further consideration of the
subject was postponed.
TUESDAY, FEB. %.
The resolution moved by Mr.. Lloyd,
for an inquiry into the expediency of max
ing appropriations of public land for the
support of literary institutions in the old
states as well as in the new, was taken
IN and agreed to