The Arkansas advocate., 1832-03-28

ial = - :" "iSh nave been appTopriat ca TOT lnterHa! Improvements, education or charitable instit,,tions--shoxing unde separate heads the quantity of land unsoId m each State and Territory; and 10 what ota'es, Territories or bodies politic grants oi land have been made, and the quantity b each
 Jan. oo.--Mr. ". B. Shepherd, from the Committee on Territories. reoorted q bill to fix the salaries Of the t;ayern. or, Secretary, and the Judges of inc Territory Of Arkansas, which was read twice and committed. ~
 fe6. 4.-Mr. WickKbc, from tho Com mittec on Public Lands, reported inc following bill, which was twice read and ordered 10 bo engrossed and read a third time:
 4 BILL for ti,o relief of ri i iloInas and
 James MassengilI.
 1 Be II enacted by the Sennfe and House ot Representatives cffhe J7tifed States of .4me- ricd ~ Congress assembled. That the Re- gister and Receiver of the land office at Little Rock, iii the Arkansas Territory, be, and they are hereby, authorized to re- consider, hear, and determine the claim of Thomas and flames AlassengilI, assigns of hoffias Morrow, for donation of three hundred and twenty acres of land, under and by virtue of the act of Congress, ap- proved the twenty fourth May, one thou- sand eight hundred and thirty; upon sncI4 proof as Las, or may hereafter be adduc- ed to them in support of the claim, dis pensing with the affidavit Of the said Tho mas Morrow, the original claimant; and if, in their opinion, the said Thomas and James A1assengill shall establish the right of the said Thomas Morrow to a donation under tl1e above recited act, Of three hun dred and twenty acres of land, by other testimony than the affidavit of the said Morrow, the Register and Receiver shall award to tie said Massengiils, their heirs or assigns, the right 10 enter the said three hundred and twenty acres Of land, accor- ding to the provisions of the acts aforesaid.
 This bill passed the House of Re- presentatives, on the 9th february.l
 Feb. 7.-The following resolution of fered by Mir. SEWER was adopted:
 Resotred, That the Committee on the Territories be instructed to inquire into the expediency of fixing or defining the qualifications of voters in the Territory of Arkansas.
 Feb. 9.-Mr. Y. B. shepherd, from the Committee on Territories, report ed the following bill, which was read twice and postponed 10 the 18th. A BILL defining the qualifications of vo-
 ters In the Territory Of Arkansas
 Be H enacted 6y he Senate aud House of Representatives. of Ahe United sfafes of .1me- rica n Congress assembled, That every freo white male citizen of the Limited States, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have resided in tho Territory of Arkansas for the term of six months next preceding any general or special election, shall have the privilege of voting in the proper district to which emay belong.
 This bill passed the House of Re- prcsentatves on the 23d February.
 The following resolution submitted by Mir. SEWER was agreed to:
 Resoived, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to enquire into the cxpediency of causing patents to be is- sued to Col. Matthew Arbuckle, for the Lands he entered in the Territoryof Ar kansas with confirmed Spanish claims.
 Feb. l6.-A message in writing was received from the President of tho Uni, ted States by MT. DoNELsoN, his Pri- vate Secretary, as follows:
 To the Senaie and House of Reprcsen-
 fdfiUcs.
 Being more and more convinced that the destiny of the Indians within the set, tied portion of the United States depends upon their entire and speedy migration to ihe country West of the Mississippi, set apart for their permanent residence, l am anxious that all the arrangements neces- sary to the complete execution of the plan of removal and to the ultimate security and improvement of the Indians, should be made without further delay. Those who have already removed and are remov- ing, are sufficiently numerous to engage the serious attention Of the government, and 1t Is due not less to them than to the obligation which the nation has assumed, that every reasonable step should be taken to fulfl the expectations that have been held out to them. Many of those who yet remain, will no doubt, within short pe- riod, become sensible, that the course re- comme mended IS the only one which proml- sas stability ar ltnnrovement: and t is to be hoped that all of them will realize this truth, and unite with their brethren be- yond the Mississippi. Should they do so. there would then be no question of Jurs- diction, to prevent the government from exercising such a general control over their affairs as may be essential to ther in- terest and safety. Should any of them, however, repel the offer of removal, they are free to remain, but they must remain with such privileges and disabilities as the respective States, within whose jurisdic- ton they live, may prescribe.
 l I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, which presents ge- neral outline of the progress that has al. ready been made in this work and of all that remains 10 be done. It will be per. l <e;uoa tLaf much n form a lion is yet ne cs.