The Arkansas advocate., 1832-05-02

1 Dill, duFoCaleu tile m0tI0n 10 concur Tn the amendment, as the only probable means of securing the passage of the bill.
 The discussion was further eontinu- ed by Messrs. Holmes, Epiae, and King, and the amendment was concur. ed in.
 HousEoF REPRESENTATIVES.
 ynarc}s, 21.-'f'he act from the Senate. supplementary to the several laws for the sale of the Public Lands, with the a. amendments made thereto, was then ta. ken up and discussed by Messrs. Root, l2haoasas, ih3Iun.paet, iIa1., Hichlif1e, and Duncan, and was passed. Ayes, Il9; Noes, fl.
 yuarcb 30.-Tbc House took up the bill from the Senate authorizing the Governor of the Territory of Arkansas to lease the Salt Springs in that Terri tory, and providing for the reservation of certain lands adjoining them, for the future disposal of the United States Government.
 Mir. Foster explained Che facts in re- lation to the bill: referred 10 the gross frauds which had been discovered in re- sPect to the Arkansas lands: the bills of review which had consequently been granted; the decision against those who professed to be innocent purchasers, the appeal they had taken to the Supreme Court of the United States; the great expense of prosecuting so many suits; (all which depended on the same prin- cipIe) and the expediency of allowing one decision which should settle that principle 10 cover the whole, thus, sav-, ing the time and the cost of so many distinct appeals.
 Mir. Wiekli6e suggested that, as the Arkansas judges received an extra com pensaton of 500 dollars each, in con- sideration of attending to the settle. ment of these claims, and as the bill would 20 entirely to suspend their ex- Ira services, whether il would not be proper to suspend such allowance dur ing the same period? If the duties were not to be performed, the compen- sation ought not to be giving. Mir. Foster had no objection to this principle, but doubted whether the House could interfere, at least before July, as the reception of the salary up to that time, was d vested right.
 After some further conversation, it was agreed to postpone the further con sideration of the bill fill Monday next.
 .March 3I.--On motion of Mir. Ver- planek, the House went into Commit tee of the whole on the State of the Union, MT. Polk in the chair, and a. gain took up the bill making appropria- tions for the Indian Department.
 The question still being onthe amend ment of Mr. Vaace, in relation to the houses of Indian agents.
 MT. Ve1plontk went into some expla- nations in reference to the item before the committee. It had formerly been included under the general head of con- tingencies, but by the effect of salu- tary reform introduced some years ago, (he did not refer to any political matters, but to a reform introduced by the Com mittee of Ways and Means into the ap- propriation for this Department) tlat comprehensive classification had been broken down into the various particu- lars contained underit. Certain stand ing heads of expenditure had been fix ed upon, and among them was this one for the houses of Indian agents Such houses had always been provided by the Government, and were built on the public domain, not, as had been errone- onsly stated, on the private property of the agents themselves. One of these agency houses was intended for the Winnebagoes, the residue were for those tribes who had consented to cmi- grate to the West. The country to which they were going, was wild and uneultiyated, and it was considered pro- per that the agents who accompanied the tribes should have a suitable dwell ling provided for them by the Govern ment. The expense was limited by the Department.
 Mir. BuHard, of Louisiana, though desirous that one of theseihouses should be erected at the raft of the Red river, in the district, thought that 1000 dol lars was too large a sum, and that l, GOO dollars would be quite sufficient.
 Mir. SEWER, of Arkansas, strenu- ously opposed such motion. Houses were to be erected for five different tribes, viz: the Greeks, Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and the Qua