Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-11-07
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Dy the viii Of he late Mr.. AlexanA.
Milne, Of our city, the whole ofhis immena.
esttte allerdeduciing legaces to the amorn,
OF about S9OO.OOO, bequeathed to four Asv.
Inms for destitute Orphan Children, viz.
the Orphan Boys Asylum of Lafa Yeti. ,ho
Poydras Asylum for girls, an two others ~
be hereafter incorporated by the I,ea;sla
ture and established at Milneburob IT.
properly thus secured for The education ~
The destitute orphans of New Orleans i oss
tlmated at near million Of dollars. much or
1t consists in unimproved real esta,o H..
will rise IN value, and in the course ~ 49,
no doubt TINS ample provision viii be do,Sb-
LED. Mr. Milne was Scotchmah, born :, =
Fochambers, near Gordon Castle. Hail.
here at the advanced age Of nnety-seyen
years, having spent upwards of f(fy yeors
OF his life In our city. To his naive 80.
OF Fochainoers fund of 500 900. was Ne
qneathed for the establishment or r.
Schools. A number of legacies were Iert
to his relations, varying in amoun, e.,
500 to $4,000. A liler.l mint ha,ce
was allowed also TO three dornestics Vim
bad served faithfully and ministered to.b;s
comfort in his old age New Orleans 10,
very fortunate IN having two such citizenss
as Milne and Henderson, by whose rnunifiIe
elent donations ourp osierity is provided with
the means ofnurture and education. ~
PROPOSED N.-GOVERNMEN7,s
The editor of the National Intelirencer.
IN replying toa correspondent gives the fol-.
lowing abstract of 4 bill which passed'tho
United States Senate at the last session but
was lost in the House of REPRESENTATIVES,.
The main object of tho bill was to estoh-
fish Confectionery Of Indian Tribes. under
a General Government, to be framed bv M
Chiefs OF such Tribes as might choose n
aid in It's formation; to be approved nv ,bo
President ofthe United States, and n ne
binding only on such Tribes as should smb.
Sequentty assent 10 il, by Tribes in counciL
or by Delegates duly and specifically, au.
thorized, The laws, Sec. of the Confedera.
cy were proposed to be enacted bya Geper.
al Council, composed IF not less than three
nor more than FIVE from each Tribe. 10 4.
chosen as the Conlederacy should directI
said laws to be OF no effect till approved bv
The Superintendent, Ito be chosen eyerv
four years by the President and Senate Of
the United Statcs,) nor lilt approved also
by the President of the United States. The
bill proposed TO allow the Conledcracy to
elect, in such manner 8 the President Of
the United States should prescribe, d Dele.
gate who must be of Indian descent. tore
side at Washington during the sess ions Of
Congress, The bill also proposed to estab-
lish as the continuous boundaries of tho
whole Indian Territory in that quarter, the
Punach river, thence the Missouri, thence
the Observation-Disclosures Of Missouri and Ar
kansas, thence the Red river, to direct
Perpendicular distance of two hundred
miles, and thence in a direct lne 10 the
source of Punach 4oa at1rsnHrI
BY the momLers ofthe Sengte, generally,
the bill was greeted in the strongest and
warmost- terms of praise md approval.
Mr.. Crittenden, declared That sho would
rather be the author of his bill, if it should be
matured INFO law, than any other sent to
the Senate" On the test vote there ap.
peared in favor Of the bill, Yeas 80, Nays
6. Nays, Messrs. ALIEN. Benton, BRoWN,
CALHOUN, Niles, NoRvELG.) @
The bill laiied for the present in the
House Of Representatives; but it failed, as
far as we know, only because in tie course
OF business in that House il was never reach
ed 1t was one of the many important bills
which were sacrificed to the determination
to adjourn at particular period, leaving no
time to at upon half of business on the
tables of the two Houses.