Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-08
TWENTY FIRST CONGRESS-.
FIRST SEssI1H

saturday FEB. D Ia Senate, pc nions were
prrsrni"d Ivy Nh FrelmghugStn and MIR. Foot
| rom Suudry luhabltan's OF New jersey aud
Conneciie NJ. demonstrating against the removal
| Of the Southern Indians beyond the waters 0t
the West. and praying the protection Of the
10 lhcif rights aud property The bill mnk ing
| appropriations for The Naval and military ser
| vice of the United States, tor The year 1890,
| were seyrInlv rand twice aud referred. The
| bill from the House of Representatives. making
provision for takng tue fifth census, Vas taken
| M, aud after "A sort discussion, was ordere d
10 me on tie table, 81 the bills granting prnsion
| To Samuel n Phillip. Paul Hazard, John Me
Creery, and providing for the relief OF SImeon
1. Whitin were r. Ad a third Time and passed
alti which, Mr.. Grandy occupied he nonr
| nnli the Senate adjourned. ON Nh. Fonts res
luton.
l. the House of Represen ativcs Mr. Nemiou,
(, om the Committee nn Commerce, porfrd n
bII making nppropriation for the erection OF
Light Houses, and HE improvement OF haIbors
y thin hr United States which passed through
die usual stage OF Legislation, ani VA. ref red
~ Committee ol the Whole. The HOUSE
= suned the considet aiIon OF ihr resoluiInns
submitted by Nj. Coadict. for imposing n res
nIctlun upon the uSe oil splriluou liquors u, ia,
Navy M ChiH0u, ntter observing that, in
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bounty in ITS aid, was not 10 be called temper
an any more than the virtue which required
watching could be 'ermed Virlpe, moved an
= endmen 10 the effect that The practice u
rlrmpernuoe wa equally repreheDsibo anon,
c,silmns,a ms anung the military & ava servants
of lhe,r county. The amendments was, upon
n division, negatved aud, after IA motion by
Mr. Pearce tor the previous qussuen, the
resolutions W., re greed To. The amendments
proposed bv Mr. ViniOr. 10 append the laws OF
the State Of Georgia aud Alabama with respect
10 the Indians within those States, to the report
oi the Committee on Indian Affairs, OF which
ten thousand copies had been ordered 10 be
printed, WIS nex taken mp; aud upon II division
by yeas and nnys, carried. by vote oi "a 10
"a The House hen IN Committee OF the
Whole, Mr. UrayiOn III the Chnit, resumed the
consideration ofthe bill loI the reliri Of MIS-
Decatur and Mr.. Dorsey concluded hi re-.
marks in support OF hs amendment proposed
by him, on the preceding day. extending the
brneG 8 Of the bill to the boats crews, under
tn command IT Nidshipmen Anderson aud
Dorsey. debate ,nsuei which occ pied Tho
remainder vi the day, Nj. Cdmbrtleng and MI
Hoffman followed Mr.. Dorsey. and the amend
meat of the latter gentleman was, uopn a
division, rejected. Mr. Huffman then propos
ed another amendment, including the boats
OF NldkliIlIIlan hHuHlbDH WHICH WINS
adopted b, a vote OF "a 10 50. Mr.. Pedrce
submitted en- amendment. granting $4,000 Of
the SUN 10 be appIoJ rated 10 the nieces Of
Com Decatur but the proposition was re.
icc,ed. On motion oil Mr.. hartley, the Com.
mtiee rose aud reported the bill. Mr.. Ch,HOn
moved 10 lay he bin aud amendments Upon
the table Mr. TUCKER, of 5. Carolina, moved
10 strike oui the enaciing clause, with view Of
testing the merits Of the To the principles Of
which bill MS making donation for the per
Cormance Of a public duty he declared himself
decidedly opposed. M. McDuDie supported
the bill aud entered lnl" "A lulI detail of the
circumstance, Of he brilliant achievement which
ad not only rescued American citizens IRON
slavery, but redeemed the country from The
stain oipaying M ignominious tribute. dni OK.
alted her character and her glory, Throughout!
the world. He referred IN conclnsloG, TO the
effect produced by The name of CommodoIc
decatur, annng the Barbary Powers, when
that gallant Commodore VI Mt TO Algiers, with
a force which, compared with the fruiless and
disastrous expedition OF Great Britian, in 1917,
under Lord Exm0uth, -eemed wholly inadequat"
to its Object. HIS name alone inundated the
Dey, aud a treaty Was ilnme diaiely con iuded.
grating commercial advantages 10 TIE u.
States which had never been, ani which we've
even COW, not granted 10 any other nation.
Some further discussion tusned, ~ w icb Mr.
Tucker, Of south Carolina. Mr.. Si0rTS, of New
York and Mr. Craig, Of Virginia, took part,
The latter holly opposing the claim, which
lie Ioniended, oughf not to be admitted. Had
The gallant and Iamented Dccsiur lived. il was
hi firm conviction. That the proposed appro
priAt ion never would have been head OF. Mr..
Sterigere fol owed; and, on motion of MIR.
Burges, the Ii ose adjourned
Mondap March 2.-In the House of Re-
presrnta ives, mel G. WAS received from the
r. rsldent of he Uniied States, informing Con
rirss hat he had signed the Indian pp,opr
to- bill, together with various Others If a pr.
va ia ure. A number OF pc tIons aud me-
MORALS were presented, upon The printing of