Litchfield enquirer., 1830-05-06

their rights of territory and government, as promised or guarantied to them by treaties with the United States, according to the true intent ard meaning of such treaties.
 The amendment was negatived by % to 27, the same as on the first prOvisO.
 MT. FrelinghuyseR next offered the follow ing prOvisO: PrOuided alIUGyS, That nothing herein contained shall bo 80 construed as to authorize the departure from, ar nOn-observ- ance of. any treaty, compact, agreement, or stipulation heretofore entered into and now subsisiing between the United States and the Cherokee Indians.
 This amendment was rejected by yeas and nays, by the same vote as the preceding.
 Mr. Sanford moved to add the following section: And be tt further enacted, That where the lands in any State are held by Indians, and such lands belong to the State. subject to the claim of the Indians, or the State, or its grantees, are entitled to purchase the Indian title, the President of the United States may give and assign to any suchs hsIndians, any suita- ble district or portions of the lands described in the first section of this act, when any such Indians shall choose to remove to and reside on the Western lands, so to be assigned to them.
 Mir. Woodbury moved to add thereto the
  pense of.extingushing the titles, or paying for the improvements of the lands on the re- moval, or of the first years residence of the Indians, referred to in this section, shall be { borne by the United States.
 This was accepted by MT. SGntord, as a modification of his motion; and the amend ment was then rejected, 10 to S7.
 On motion by MT. White, the blank in { the eighth section was filled with 50O.OOO dol lals, and the bill reported to the Senate with
 the amendments, which have been cOncurred 1 in.
 1 MT. Frelinghwysen moved further to amend
 the bill, by adding the following provlso
 which was rejected:
 1 Provided, That before any exchange or re- moval shail take place, the President of the
 United States shall nominate, and, by and
 with the advice and consent of the Senate
 appoint three suitable persons, and by them
 cause the country to which it is proposed tc remove tho In6ianstO be explored, and re port made to the President, and by him tt Congress, of the extent of good and arablt
 lands that can be obtained, aDd of the propor
 ton of wood land in such country, and of iti
 adaptation to the objects of this bill, and tt the wants and habits of the Indian nations. The bill was then ordered to he engrosset
 TOT thlTu FcauanS.Oy yeas auu uays' 50 AO . same as the second vote, except reversed. , Monday. April 2e.-The impeachment c Judge Peck, of Missouri, having been formal n ly demanded by the House of Representa- v tives, a committee, consisting cf Messrs l Tazewell, Webster, and Bell was appointed . to consider and report on the subject.
 Judge Peck.-The House of Represents
 tives have passed a resolution reported by tn
 Judiciary Committee, to impeach James H
 Peck, Judge of the District Court of the Uni '. ted States for the district of Missouri. of hig misdemeanors in office. The cause of the i'm ! peachment is, alleged to be the usurpation am t .s~G .,.s e~ss'~r i. ths~aaRN M
 wasAimpris0saed for twenty-four hours by tn e Judge! and suspended from the exercise of hi F profession for eighteen months, for publishing ld in Missouri paper strictures on an opin:ol delivered by Judge Peck, in an important tra \ on the subject of land titles. The committe [ appointed by inc House to prepare the arti cles of impeachment, are Mr. Buchanan o Penn.. MT. Storrs and MT. Spencer. N. Y. , Mr. M'Dufie of s. C., and MT. Wickliffe, o
 Ken.- Cowr0nt.