Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-07-22
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Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
WAsHlNeToN, July s

Mr.. Buchanans nomination for the bench,
it turns out that the President is very de.
sirous tha, he should remain where ne is'
orrhat. he relires. he should not 90 H.
till the President has made some arrange
ment To supply his place. NO cnaage =
biIl take place till towards the eoo o. 'A'
letter has been received here from an
officer Of Gen. Tay ylor's army, which states
,bat The general will no, march even 10
Mon,erey. unul he shall be supplied win
Ion ibousapd mules or horses and two thou
sand wagons, and adequate supplies be-
sides. steamboats, for transporting troops,
munitions, &c., to Camargo, which is to
be the main depot. =, =,
I'm the Senate, this morning, MIR. Han
nagan's resolution calling upon 'he fresi-
dent for the instructions, if any has been
given 10 Gen. Taylor, since The battles OF
The 9Th and 9Th of May, 10 advance upon
Mexico, or Otherwise controlling lhe move
men,s ofthe army came up for cons'dera-
zion, and was opposed by Mr.. bentoh'
ON the ground that il was highly improper
10 make public the intended movements
NJ ,he armv in lime of war. Mr. Haune-
pan explained that the object OF a's reso-
Iu,ion was 10 ascerlain the cause oi the
delay in The movement OF me army: o'hce
the battles Of The 9Th and 9Th OF May. no
important movement had hcen made, ana
Gen. Taylor remained al Matamoras with
an army of more than FIVE thousand men.
a sufficient force for any operations, and
much dissatisfaction was fell by the public
a, this inactivity. lie had 90 WISH TO
make public any information that would
prejudice The interests Of the country anu
;r,be Senate cuucurred in his opinion that
such would he the effect Of the resolution,
they could lay it on the table.
MIR. Benton inquired whether The Sena-
alor, if i, should be laid on the table. !h-
tended 10 call il up at a future day. MI
Hauuegan replied that he would call II
nm. whenever he should deem il exredI'
en,. Mr.. B. hoped il would be hnaliy
disposed Of, and the vote being taken II
was.rejected, mem DIS.
The hill supplementary 10 the act TO
provide for the transportation OF the mail
between the u. S. and foreign countries
was made the special order for The 2Olh
instant.
The Senate took up the bill to reduce
and graduate the price Of public lands
The debate was animated and turned
chiefly ON Mr.. Calhoun's substitute for the
biIl. MIR. Calhoun spoke briefly and with
much fervor on the subject, and his sub
s,itute was adopted. But. upon Mr.. ).
NJ. Clay,on's motion, that partof Mr.: Cal
houn's project which proposes an ultimate
cession of the lands 10 The States was
stricken out.
The following is the bill, as ordered 10
be engrossed for a third reading It Will
come up ON its final passage TO morrow.
BE itenacled. &C., That all public lands
,vh;cb shall have been offered for sale len
wears or more on the first day Of March,
eighteen hundred aud forty seven, shall
thereafter be subject TO entry al one dollar
per acre, until The FIRST day OF March' one
thousand eigh, hundred and fifty; all then
remaining uusold, shall be subject TO enlfy
a, seventy five cents per acre until the lst
dav Of March, one thousand eight hundred
and fiftv three; aud all then remaining
unsold. Shall he subjec, TO entry al f,tty
cents per acre until the first day oi March.
one thousand eight hundred and h'ty SIX; I;
when they shall be subject to entry al
,yep,v.five cents per acre.
Ser. 9. And be il further eHac'Sd, Ihnl
all public iauds which. ei;"f he nrst Gay
az Starch, one tnorsand eiGh' 'Gnhrcd ana
;c-.c.paysn, shat! na"e been offered tor
sac tea wears or more 90 the lrs' day OF
Niarc.i, one thousand eight hundred ana
fif;, snail then be subject to graduation
and sn,ry H. like manner and at like pc
rioJs Of three wears and that all The pub
lac lands which shall have been offered FOR
sale len wears Ur more al the next succee.
dine period, or any subsequent one' snail
be subject in like manner TO gradnation
and entry, at like periods OF three years as
they conseculively occur: i'roc'dsa' Iha'
no one person shall be authorized TO pur'
chase more than one section at the two
loves, rates of fifty and twenty-five cents
per acre. :, nrpo.
Sec. 3. And be IL further enacted, ,fha,
unon every reduction in the prices oil sald
lands which shall lake place by The grad
ualing rocess of this act, the occupants
or settlers upon any Of The said lands shall
have the righ, of presumption a, sucn
graduated or reduced prices. which shall
extend to a period ef six nonihs from anu
after The dates a, which the respective
oraduatIous shall take place; and any land
no, entered by the respective occupants or
settlers within ,ha, period. shall be liable
to be entered or purchased BY any other
nerson until The mex, graduation or reduc-
ZION in price shall take place, when 1t
shall, il not previously purchased, be again
subject 10 the right OF pre- -emPt'on ior Six
months, as before. and so on from tiine 10
time as said reduction shall take place ::
Propidsd, That nothing in this act con-