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spring ,ands, belonging to the United
States, to be exposed to public sale.
Mr.. Stokes laid on the table the fol-

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States, to be exposed to public sale.
Mr.. Stokes laid on the table the fol.
lowing resolution:
Rcsoired, That the. committee on the Post
Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire
into the expediency OF establishing post route
for the conveyanc. OF the mail, in stages, twice
a week, the most direct way from fredercks-
burg, by Gainesville, Cumberland Court
House Prince Edward court house, Charlotte
court house, to Halifax CONT house, IN Fiig'
MIA 1: by Milton, Caswell cewt house, Greens.
borough, Salem, Salisbury Concord, TO mar
lotte. n, Carolina by Mason's Ferry, York
court no SC, Pihckneyvile, Union court house,
Laurens court hose, 10 Abbeyvilie court
house, in South Carolina; by Petersburg,
! Washington, Powelton, hlIlledgsville, fo't
Hawkins, Greek Agency, to the Co"eta towns
! in Georgia by Lime Creek, Montgomery,
Cahaba, to Demopolis, in Alabama, by Jack.
! son, Port Gibson, to Natchez, in MississiPPI.
The Senate then again resumed, IN
committee Of the whole, the consldera
ton of the bill to abolish imPrison
ment for debt, MIR Smith, of Nd in
the char.
Mr.. Van Dyke offered his views of
the propositions before the Senate, and
his reasons for beng opposed to the
broad measure originally proposed,
yet in favor of modiried system OF ex-
emption from imprisonment for debt.
He concluded by moving that the bill
| and amendments be referred to q se-
lect committee Of seven members, that
they might, having heard the various
views offered by gentlemen endeavor
to fran from the different substitutes
which had been proposed, such a bill
as would meet the concurrence of a
majority Of the Senate.
This motion was agreed to; and
Nlessrs. Van Dyke, Johnson, of Ken
lucky, Van Buren,, Southland, Mills.
Taylor, of Va. and Smith, OF ). 4,
were appointed the committee.
A message which was received from
the President of the United States, on
Thursday last, and read was taken up,
and, on motion of Mr.. Barbour, refer.
red to the committee Oh Foreign Re.
lations. The message was as follows ::
To the Senate of the United States:
Tho Cow ention concluded and signed at
| St. Petersburg, on the 18th day OF July last,
| under the mediation of his Imperial Majesty,
| the Emperor of all the Ruissias, having been
| ratified BY the three powers, parties thereto !;
| and the rattle atoms OF the same having been
duly exchanged, copies OF it are now communi-
Gated to Congress, to the end that the inca
sures for carrying it, on the part OF the C&'ted
| States, into execution, may obtain the cooper
alton OF the Legislature, necessary to the ac
| complishment of some Of its provisions. A
translation is suhoined, Of the three eAplanato.
, nv docu.uenrs, IL t.e rench language. refer
| red to in the fourth article Of the Convention,
| and annexed to it. The agreement executed
! at tn e exchange of the notifications IS like
Fl, wise communicated.
JAMES MONROE.
Washington, Jan. l6, 1873.
The bill from the House of Repre-.
| septatives, IN addition to the act TO
continue in force an act to protect the
commerce of the United States, and 70
punish the crime Of piracy" passed
through a committee of the whole, and
was ordered to third reading.
The bill granting to the state Of Ala.
bama the ight of presumption to GER
tain quarter sections of land, also pas
sed through q committee Of the whole,
and was ordered to be engrossed for
third reading.
The Senate went into the considera.
ton of Executive business; after which
They adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MIR. Fuller, from the committee on
Naval Affairs, to which was recon.
mi,ted tho bill for the relief Of the
mother of the late 1t. VIM. II. Allen,
with instructions to report bill for
the relief of his sister, reported the
same with sundry amendments, which
go to substitute the daughters in the
place of the mothers name which
bill was committed to the communities
of the whole house.
Mr.. F. from the Same committee,
reported bill for the relief of Sarah
Perry, mother of the late Oliver ii.
Perry which bill was twice read and
committed.
Mr.. F. also made an unfavorable ie-
port in the case Of Julia Lawrence wi.
dow Of the late capt. Lawrence; which
report was, on motion Of Mr.. Golden,
zone of the Naval Committee,) COM
mitted to a committee of the whole
house. to which is committed bill for
the relief Of Sarah Perry.
MIR Cook, Of Illinois, offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolred, That the President Of the United
States be requested to communicate. to this
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