The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27

| From Washington.
The subject that at present cngrosscs more Of
tho attention Of congress than any other, is the
bankrupt law. 1t is extremely uncertain what
will he done with that law at this session The
chances for its repeal are not half 50 good as they
appeared to be at the commencement of the scs-
sion. 4 number Of petitions, memorials, &c. are
almost daily presented to congress in relation 10
it, hat by Gar the greater portion Of them are in "a
vor Of stripping the law of its most Objectionable
features snd continuing it in force, while but very
few ask its unconditional repeal. There is, also,
portion of,he members who voted for the repeal
of the law at the last session, that now oppose
its repeal on the ground that it has done its worst
and that, as prospective law, it will hereafter be
beneficial in its opcmlion.-fhc bill for its repeal
introduced in the house near the commencement
of the session by Mr.. Everett Of Vermont, has al
ready been debated in committee Of the whole for
about three weeks, with no prospect that the de-
bake will soon be brought to q close. For the
| first or days the debate was confined within
a reasonable neghborhood Of the point but, on the
eth ult it went oil into an episode, from which
il has not yet returned. On that day, Mr.. Cush-
ing, Isl corporal in Captain I'ylcr's boJy-guarl,
took occasion, in replying to some remarks of Mr.
Arnold abusive Of the president, to deliver him
sci! of a most singular and extraordinary speech,
the object Of which appears TO have been to Illus
tate the position Of Mr.. Tyler before the two
great political parties of the country. He was Of
mlcratic and wing conventions "a to the choice of
candidates for the presidency there WILL con.
sequen,ly, be several candidates of each party in
the field and that the president, in this state of az
fairs, would hold the balance of power in his own
hands. Mr. Gushing, therefore, limited that ii
u0uH not be jadicjous t0r either party 10 pqge 4
pyy frociopS Wcr on The PyeaidaH.' This was
deemed equivalent TO setting up Captain Tyler to
the highest bidder, and caused an infinite deal Of
amusement among the politicians. Mr.. 1homp-
son of Indiana a wing. delivered a scathing reply
to this speech, and he was replied To by Mr.. Wise
&c, &c, and thus the debate on the bankrupt
the merits Of captain Tyler and on 'mal,ers and
things in general"
! On the 10Th inst, Mr. Bolts renewed his at
tempt, which failed at The las, session OF congress
to have articles of impeachment preferred again,
President yler. He read in his place n,ae sPc-
cfcatinns or distinct charges Of high crimes aud
misdemeanoTs, which hs declared himself ready
| and willing to prove to the satisfaction of the
house, if they would do him The favor to appoint
committee to assist him IN gatheru. aUl ar
ranging the evidence but this the house refused
to do, there being but SO votes in favor of appoint
ing committee, while there were ! Z against it,
Stuart aud Casey, members from this state, voted
in The affirmative, aud Reynolds in the galiye.
The bill in,rpdueel,in the senate by Mr. Linn
Tor the occupation aud settlement of the Oregon
Territory was, on the 9th inst, in the senate, or.
dered to be engrossed for a third reading The
bill authorizes and requires the presiden. of the
United States to cause to no erected, at suitable
places and distances line of military posts from
some point on the Missouri and Arkansas rivers
into the best pass for entering the valley OF Ore
gon and, also, at or near the mouth Of the CO.
umhia river, and enacts that provision hereafter
shall We made 10y law to secure aud grant six hun
drcd and iorty acres, or section of laud to ev-
cry white male inhabtant of the territory of Orc.
eon, OF the age Of eighteen years and upwards
who shall cultivate aud use the same for five con.
secuIve years, or to his heirs at law if such there
be, IN case OF his decease. And to every such in.
habitant or cutiyator, being a married man. there
shall he granted, in addition, lG0 acres to the wf
OF said husband, and the like quantity to the "a
Their for each child under the age of Is wears he
may have, or which may be born within the five
years aforesaid. The president is also authoriz.
cd and required to appoint two additional Indian
agents 10 supcrntcnd the interests of the United
States with any or every Indian t,be ives, of any
agency now established by law; and the sum of
100000 is appropriated to carry into effect the
provisions of the act. The bill also provides fr
the extensions Of civil and criminal urisJict;on
over the territory.
A number of petitions, and, also, resolutions
from the legislatures Of number Of the states.
among them Illinois, have been presented asking
congress to refund the ino imposed ON Gen. Jack
son at New Orleans in 1915. The bill before tho
senate ioi the attainment Of that object has no, vet