Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-01-10

quire into the expcdiency of adopting
some rule of action in relation 20 the in-
reference Of office holders in tho Flee
lions ofthe people, aud in reference to
contested ele clions in tho House. Not
adopted.
Mr.. Bond, Of Ohio, asked for soma
specific information'iur relation to Swart-
wout's defalcation. His resolution was
not adopted. -
Mr. Curtis, Of New.York offered fol-
Ter resolutions upon The same subject,
which were adopted.
Mr. Adams, during The day. asked tic
House 10 consider the resolutions oiier.
ed by him on the sixth of December IN
relation to Andrew Stevenson our Mi
isterH England.
Mr.. Reed moved the suspension Of the
rules. ......
Mr.. Dawson, Of Georgia asked leave
to make some remarks. Not in order.
Mr.. Adams then sent letter TO The
chair which was read by the Cerk of the
House. The letter was post marked
Montgomery, Alabama, ,and was received
by one OF The last mails.
The letter threatens MIR. Adams with
assassination and the writer says he
shall be here on tho ID January, (Wod.
ne stay) aud will on that day, if opportu-
nifty oiiero, shoot Mr. Adams in tho Hall
of the House of Representatives. The
writer states further that he is friend OF
Mr.. Stevenson, and feels himself as such
aggrievcd by Sir Adams resolutions in
relation to Mr.. Stevenson and Daniel
O'Connoll. The " ri,er also states that
when Mr.. G.. Ferry returns to the United
States he will call J. q. Adams tn &C.
count. The writer, signs himself b. l..
! Conwald.
, A vast number Of other public aud Local
Resolutions, on different subjects, were
offered.
A resolution was offered by one OF
the New York members, calling on the
Secretary Of the Treasury for informa.
ton as totl'c amount of money due from
the Opposite Banks, the time when, and
| the particulars in relation thereto.
/ After resolutions were offered from
all the States and Territories, tho House
adjourned over to "Wednesday.
/ IN SENATE, Wednesday, Jan. Cd, th,
bill to graduate and reduce the price o
the public lands was taken up, and anc
a short and desultory conversation upor
various proposed notifications, some o
which were adopted and others rejected
Mr.. Clay, Of Kentucky, moved to re
commit The bill to tho Committee or
Public Lands, with instructions 10 re
strict the reduction Of the price, from
one dollar and quarter to seventy five
cents per acre, as provided in this meas
ure, TO actual settlers alone, and to re
strict the quantity sold at this price tc
lGO acres.
MIR. Clay spoke in strong terms Of the
Importance Of the bill aud of the ne
cessiiy for calm and deliberate consi
deration Of its provisions. Though the
Senate was not much changed since the
last discussion, yet some of the mcmber
may be open to new impressions. ll'
had so often spoken on this measure tina
he felt a reluctance to repeat his views
which must be well known. The bill
operates on seventy one millions Of acre
OF public 'ands-a quantity sufficient 4
make two new States. The instantane
Gus operation will be to reduce the price
Of The lands from one dollar and twenty
five cents per acre, 10 seventy five cents
AT any rate, such will be the consequence
in tho course Of The year The differ.
ence between the amount drawn into
the treasury under the existing law, and
by the operation Of this bill, is therefore
not less than thirty five and half mil
lions of dollars. Now, when we are
pressed for want Of revenue, a SIM of
this magnitude requires that we should
consider well before VIC part with it.
lie declared himself opposed to any
vital and radical change in the land sys-
TEN. But he wished now to limit the
waste Of the public trcasurc-to prevent
that torrent Of speculation which tn, eat.
enod to ovcrwhelm tho public domain.
Notwithstanding what is said Of refuse
lands, which has no application to those
innumerable acres living West Of Ohio
and Mississippi, and North Of Arkansas 9
if The immense fortune Of John Jacol
Astor was invested in these lands j
would become doubled. Every one
knew that fortunes are daily made by
sales from The spectators to the actua
settlers. FLAWS had been passed 10 re.
press speculation-to prevent the trans.
fer Of this invaluable domain into the
hands specializing cnpitalists--by then
to be transferred to the actual settlers
the country would have been more
speedily settled and improved than under
the prodigal course which has been pur.
sued within The last year or two, and is
now proposed 10 he continued
The effect Of the adoption Of his
amendment, he said, would be that no
man can buy more than I6O acres at
rs cents, unless he was an actual settler;
and he believed it would be no great
hardship 10 such person, f he wanted
more, to procure it at the present GO
vernment price. The great result would
be to prevent what would ceriain'y be
tho consequence Of the passage Of the
bill in its present shape-,he engross.
ment of the public domain by adven,ur-
crs and spectators.
Mr. Walker opposed the motion tc
/ vo apA nrnol fha poeeona IF Al.