Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-04-11
~''A." next week.
CON GRESE.
, Tuesday, March 81.

HoUsE.-Petitfons against edReliing
were presented. A resolution for sub
scribing for 10 copies per week Of Miles
Register for each member of the House,
was offered. Mr.. Griffin suggested to
substitute Democratic Review. The Re-
solve was laid on the table. sc to 70.
The bill from the Senate. entitled IAN
act to impose additional duties as deposit.
cries upon certain public officers, to. ap.
point receivers general of public money.
and to regulate the safe-keeping, transfer,
and disbursement of the public moneys
of the United States" having been read
twice by its title 49,. ?.
Mr. Patton of Va. moved to lay the
bill on the table.
The question was,taken, and the vote
resulted in-yeas LOG, nays o.
Wednesday, March %.
Memorials were presented on the sub
iect of the late duel ION leaye) BY Messrs.
Adams, Gushing, Fairfield, Russell,
Grant, and Beatty, and were referred TO
the select committee thereupon. ~. 49,
Mr. Bell, from the Committee On lndi-
an Affairs, moved that that committee be
discharged from the consideration OF the
memorial of John Ross and Others, re-
monstrating against the Cherokee treaty
of 1886, and that the said memorial do lie
upon the table.
| The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Birdsall presented
memorials in relation to The late duel,
which were deferred to the select commit
tee on that subject.
MIR. Degraf presented memorial from
e. Beecher and 200 others, inhabitants
of Saratoga county, N. Y. in reference
to the late duel !; which was referred 10
the select committee on that subject.
Mr.. Lincoln, from the Committee on
the Public Buildings, reported bill PRO-
vidiEg for the removal of the walls of the
Treasury building, and for the erection
of fre-proof building for the Post Office
Department. ..> - ..-.-,. =.
.-.....-. 49, Wednesday. March 20.
SENATE.-Petitions were prese nted
praying the passage Of law to prevent
dueliing. 81 ~@>=@a+-
By Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Morris VAR.
Gus petitions on the subject of slavery
Motion to receive laid GU the table.
| The Senate, on motion of MIR. Nor
veil, took up the resolution formerly offer
ed by him, ins:ructing the Committee for
the District Of Columbia to inquire into
the expediency of authorizing the people
of the District to send a Delegate 10 The
other House Of Congress, -
| The CHEROKEE MEMORIAL, signed BY
1861 Cherokees, and protesting against
the treaty Of New Echota, which must
be executed IN May next, was presented
In the Senate by Mr.. Southland. He also
presented a number of documents in ref
| erence to the subject, and moved their
printing, with a view 10 some ultimate
disposition Of them. Mr.. Lumpkin. Mr.
King and Mr.. Clay of Alabama, opposed
any action on the subject They objected
to any notice whatever of the memorial
on the ground that it would create an e1-
element and encourage the Indians in the
belief and vain expectation that the treaty
would be annulled. They said that the
/ Georglans would enter upon the lands at
| the time specified, viz: on the 23d Of
May and that the Indians must be re-
moved. under the treaty. They alleged
that all the excitement against the party
was made by John Ross, and that but fol
his influence with the. more ignorant Of
the Indians, the treaty would have been
executed without difficulty. The memo.
rails and documents were finally laid on
the table. ~ = s@s%-.
The Cherokee affairs remain unseul'
| ed. The treaty must be executed in May
The Senate, as you are aware, refused 10
notice their memorial In the House it
was referred to the committee on Indian
affairs. Mr.. Bell, this morning, reported
a motion to discharge the committee frsn
the further considerations Of the subject.
Mr.. Everett opposed the motion, and MI
Dawson advocated it. Mr.. D. said, that
Georgia would take possession of The
lands. whatever might be The course Of
the U. States on the subject. He said
that if any blood should Be spilled in this
controversy. it would rest on the heads Of
John Ross and bis delegation. who bad
deluded the Cherokees intothe belief Ihdt
they had been injured, and defrauded. and
that Congress would interfere in their b.
half He also noted those members who
had, by their sympathy for the Indians
encouraged them TO believe iha. the trea'
I,ty would not be executed The motion
of Mr.. Bell was agreed 10, yeas los. nays
70. So Congress has washed its haud'
u the mates, and treaty, silegcA 70