The Senate proceeded to consider the motion of the 22d instant, directing the Committee on Pensions to inquire into the expediency of granting to the heirs of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, who have deceased while in actual service, five years half pay; and disagreed thereto. The Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Presley Kemper; and the consideration thereof was further postponed until to-morrow. The bill confirming the title of the Marquis de Maison Rouge was read the second time. SENATE. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all sums due, or which may hereafter become due, to the United States, on account of any purchase of public land, heretofore made, after the day of -, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, may be discharged by equal annual instalments, which shall be paid on or before the day and month in each successive year, upon which the several purchases were made: Provided, That any purchaser of public land, who shall accept of the foregoing condition, shall, on or before the day of, eighteen hundred and twentyone, file, with the register of the land office where any tract of land has been purchased, subject to the said condition, a written declaration of his acceptance of the terms therein prescribed: And provided, also, That if any purchaser of public land who shall have filed such declaration, shall fail to make the payments required in this section, in conformity with the provisions thereof, he shall be subject to all the conditions of the original contract and purchase; and if such failure The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Com- shall occur after the time within which the whole purmittee of the Whole, the bill, entitled "An act for chase money should have been paid to the United the relief of Perley Keyes and Jason Fairbanks," States, the tract or tracts of land upon which the intogether with the amendment reported thereto by stalments aforesaid shall not have been paid, shall be the Committee of Finance, and the said amend- deemed and held to be forfeited to the United States, ment having been agreed to, the bill was reported and the same proceedings shall be had that are preto the House amended accordingly; and the amend-scribed by the existing laws in relation to lands forment having been concurred in, was ordered to be engrossed, and the bill read a third time as amended. The Senate resumed, in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill to incorporate the Columbian Society for literary purposes, together with the amendment last reported thereto by the Committee on the District of Columbia; and the consideration thereof was further postponed to Tuesday next. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the managers of the National Vaccine Institution in the District of Columbia;" and the consideration thereof was postponed to Wednesday next. Be it enacted, &c., That, in all cases where lands have been purchased from the United States prior to the 1st day of July, 1820, it shall be lawful for any such purchaser, on or before the day of feited to the United States. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That any purchaser of public land as aforesaid, who shall comply with the conditions prescribed by either of the foregoing sections of this act, shall not be liable to pay any interest which shall have accrued to the United States on the purchase of any tract of public land, but the same, in all such cases, shall be, and is hereby declared to be, remitted. FRIDAY, December 29. A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Daniel McDuff;" and, also, a bill entitled "An act to authorize the President of the United States to establish a port of entry in the district of Sandusky, in the State of Ohio, and for other purposes;" in which bills they request the concurrence of the Senate. The two bills last brought up for concurrence were read, and severally passed to a second. Mr. Oris presented the petition of Alexander Gardner, of Massachusetts, praying an increase of his pension; and the petition was read, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. 1821, to file with the register of the land office where SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the payment of the whole sum due from the purchaser of any tract of land from the United States. aforesaid, shall be made on or before the- day of —, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, a deduction at the rate of per cent. shall be allowed upon such paymants. Mr. MILLS presented the memorial of sundry officers of the Revolutionary army, praying that the half pay granted by a resolve of the Revolutionary Congress to the officers and soldiers of that army may be continued to them during life; and the memorial was read, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. TRIMBLE presented three memorials signed by a number of individuals concerned directly or indirectly as purchasers of public lands prior to the law "making further provision for the sale of the public lands," stating that said law operates injuriously on them, and praying that they may be permitted to apply the payments already made to such portions of their entries as such payments will cover at two dollars per acre, and that the residue may revert to the United States; and the memorials were read, and laid on the table. Mr. THOMAS, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of the Trustees of the Worthington College, in the State of Ohio, made a report, accompanied by a resolution, that the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted. The report and resolution were read. JANUARY, 1821. consumed by a brigade of militia that encamped on his land in December, 1814; and the petition was read, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. TRIMBLE presented a petition signed by a number of individuals concerned directly or indirectly as purchasers of public lands prior to the law "making further provision for the sale of the public lands," stating that said law operates injuriously on them, and praying that they may be permitted to apply the payments already made to such portions of their entries as such payments will cover at two dollars per acre, and that the residue may revert to the United States; and the Mr. THOMAS, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Nicholas Jarrott," reported it with amend-petition was read, and laid on the table. ments; which were read. Mr. JOHNSON, of Louisiana, presented the meMr. WALKER, of Alabama, asked and obtained morial of John B. Chatard, of New Orleans, prayleave to bring in a bill for the relief of John Cof-ing a pension for Revolutionary services; and the fee; and the bill was read, and passed to a second memorial was read, and referred to the Committee reading. on Pensions. Mr. ROBERTS, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Janney, made a report accompanied by a resolution, that the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. The report and resolution were read. Mr. VAN DYKE gave notice that, on Tuesday next, he should ask leave to bring in a bill to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. The Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Presley Kemper, and, in concurrence therewith, resolved that the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. The bill authorizing the payment of a sum of money to Thomas Shields, was read the second time. The bill for the relief of the purchasers of public lands prior to the first day of July, 1820, was read the second time. The bill for the relief of John Hoffman was read the second time, and referred to the Committee of Claims. The amendment to the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Perley Keyes and Jason Fairbanks," having been engrossed, the bill was read the third time as amended, and passed. On motion by Mr. ROBERTS, the Senate proceeded to consider the motion of the 14th instant to reconsider the vote of the 12th instant, on the resolution authorizing the Sergeant-at-Arms to employ a person to attend the furnace, and agreed thereto; and, on motion by Mr. CHANDLER, the resolution was laid on the table. The Senate adjourned to Tuesday. TUESDAY, January 2, 1821. Mr. EATON presented the petition of Nicholas Perkins, of Tennessee, praying to be confirmed in his title to a tract of land in Alabama; and the petition was read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. HOLMES, of Mississippi, presented the petition of the Choctaw nation of Indians, praying that Silas Dinsmoor, late Indian agent to the said nation, may be confirmed in his title to a tract of land granted to him by them; and the petition was read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. WILLIAMS, of Tennessee, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Wheaton, made a report, accompanied by a resolution, that the prayer of the petitioner ought to be rejected. The report and resolution were read. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Joseph Janney; and the further consideration thereof was postponed to Friday next. The Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the select committee on the petition of Matthew Lyon; and the consideration thereof was further postponed to Monday the 15th instant. The bill for the relief of John Coffee was read the second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. The bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Daniel McDuff," was read the second time, and referred to the Committee of Claims. The bill, entitled "An act to authorize the President of the United States to establish a port of entry in the district of Sandusky, in the State of Ohio, and for other purposes," was read the second time, and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill to continue in force, for a further time, the act, entitled "An act for establishing trading-houses with the Indian tribes;" and, on motion by Mr. TRIMBLE, it was postponed to, and made the order of the day for, Thursday next. The bill for the relief of the representatives of Gabriel Berzat, and the bill for the relief of Thomas L. Ogden and others, were severally con Mr. WILLIAMS, of Tennessee, presented the pe-sidered and passed to a third reading. tition of Richard G. Waterhouse, of Tennessee, praying to be compensated for a quantity of wood The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill to authorize the ap JANUARY, 1821. Missouri Worthington College. pointment of commissioners to lay out a canal in the State of Ohio; and it was postponed to, and made the order of the day for, Friday next. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill for the better regulation of the trade with the Indian tribes; and, on motion by Mr. HOLMES of Mississippi, it was laid on the table. SENATE. United States. Several Indian tribes, said Mr. W., live within the limits of Missouri; our treaty stipulations, and the laws regulating intercourse with the Indian tribes, prohibit intrusion on their territory, and subject the intruders to criminal prosecution. This is an offence of almost daily occurrence, and none but a federal court can try such offences. If, in the Indian country, a white The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Com-man should kill a red one, the federal court alone mittee of the Whole, the bill confirming the title of the Marquis de Maison Rouge, and it was postponed until to-morrow. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill for the relief of the purchasers of public lands prior to the first day of July, 1820, and it was postponed until to-morrow. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Com-gagements with the aborigines of the country, that mittee of the Whole, the bill authorizing the payment of a sum of money to Thomas Shields, and it was postponed to Thursday next. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Nicholas Jarrott," together with the amendments reported thereto by the Committee on Public Lands, and it was postponed to Monday next. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill to incorporate the Columbian Society for literary purposes, together with the amendment last reported thereto by the Committee on the District of Columbia, and it was postponed to, and made the order of the day for, to-morrow. Mr. VAN DYKE, agreeably to notice, and having obtained leave, introduced a bill to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy. [This bill embraces only the bankrupt principle, and, with some modifications, not affecting its main principle, is the same as the original bill before the Senate.at the last session.] The bill passed to a second reading. The Senate proceeded to supply the place of the late Mr. Burrill, in the Judiciary Committee, and Mr. MILLS, of Massachusetts, was appointed. The resolution submitted some days ago by Mr. JOHNSON, of Kentucky, directing an inquiry into the expediency of providing, by law, that a map be annexed to the land patent of each soldier, designating the survey in which his portion is located, was taken up, and, after some discussion, was agreed to. MISSOURI. Mr. WILLIAMS, of Tennessee, submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report a bill extending the judicial authority of the United States over the State of Missouri. The resolution having been read Mr. WILLIAMS said it was highly important that the judicial authority of the United States should be extended over Missouri, with the least possible delay. The Territorial courts no longer existed in that Territory, having been superseded by the courts of the State. The State courts had no jurisdiction of offences committed against the can take cognizance of the offence. In answer to such a complaint, it would be but a poor apology to say we had provided no court to try the cause. The Indians would not understand this excuse, and it would lead to retaliation, and perhaps to an Indian war. It is essential, therefore, said Mr. W., to enable us to execute in good faith our enfederal courts should be organized in Missouri. We have other and perhaps more important interests in that country, which alone can be protected by the extension of the judicial authority of the Union. If, said he, the mail should be robbed, or the public funds purloined, the offender at this moment would go without punishment, although there was abundant proof to establish his guilt. Nay, if treason should be committed, the traitors would escape with impunity, for the want of a court to take cognizance of such crimes. In whatever point of view this subject is considered, said Mr. W., it is important that no time should be lost in establishing the federal authority in that State. The resolution, by the rules of the Senate, lies on the table one day, of course. WORTHINGTON COLLEGE. The Senate took up the report of the Committee of Public Lands unfavorable to the petition of the trustees of Worthington College, in Ohio, who pray for a grant of the public lands in their vicinity for the benefit of the college. Mr. RUGGLES said, as he had been charged with the care of the petition of the trustees of Worthington College, he could not consent to let the report of the committee pass without making some opposition to it. He regretted that the committee had not taken a different view of the subject, and recommended a resolution favorable to the prayer of the petitioners. Mr. R. said he did not propose now to go at large into the subject, but he would state succinctly to the Senate the grounds upon which he meant to rely in opposing this report, and conclude with a motion to postpone the further consideration of the report until Friday. The Committee on Public Lands, in their report, had recapitulated the reasons and arguments used in the petition, which is some evidence that they do not consider them without foundation. Mr. R. said he did not understand the committee as making a decision directly against the claim of the petitioners; the report merely states "that the committee have not been able to discover any thing in this case which gives the petitioners any stronger claim to the bounty of Government than other respectable seminaries of learning." If there was an objection to designating any par SENATE. Proceedings. JANUARY, 1821. tition was read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. PLEASANTS presented the petition of Thomas Oxley, now of Virginia, by birth a foreigner, and not entitled to citizenship, praying to be enabled, by a special law, to take out letters patent for certain useful inventions; and the petition was read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. HOLMES, of Maine, presented the petition of E. Cousens, and others, praying compensation for Revolutionary services; and the petition was read, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. ticular seminary, Mr. R. said, he would not object to have the resolution so modified as to have the grant made to the State, for the use of such institutions as the Legislature thereof might think proper to apply it to. Mr. R. said, as it might possibly be contended that the State of Ohio has had her share of the public lands for the purposes of education, he would state the facts as they existed. No grant of any townships of land has Mr. ROBERTS presented the petition of H. Catbeen made to the State of Ohio since the adoption lett, a post surgeon in the Army, praying compenof the Federal Constitution. All the other States sation for a negro boy who was drowned in June, which have been admitted into the Union have 1814, whilst ascending the Ohio with the United received two townships. Under the old Confed-States troops; and the petition was read, and reeration, Congress made a private contract with ferred to the Committee of Claims. the Ohio Company for the sale of a tract of land in the Northwestern Territory; and, as an inducement for said company to comply with their propositions, Congress offered number sixteen in each township, for the support of schools, number twenty-nine for the purposes of religion, and two townships of land for the support of a college, which was to be established in the centre of the tract. The resolutions of Congress, the contract made under them, and the deed of conveyance which grants the two townships for the use of the company and their associates, all go to show that it was a mere private transaction, and that it was not intended for the State at large. The contract with John Cleves Symmes rests upon the same principles, and must receive the same construction. It therefore appears that Ohio has never received, as a State, the same advantages in this respect as the other new States which have been admitted into the Union. Mr. R. said he would say no more at present, but move that the further consideration of the report be postponed until Friday next. . Mr. R.'s motion was agreed to, and the report postponed accordingly. WEDNESDAY, January 3. The PRESIDENT communicated a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the Army Register for each member of the Senate, conformably to a resolution of the 13th December, 1815; and the letter was read. Mr. THOMAS presented the memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Missouri, praying that the right of pre-emption may be granted to the settlers on the public lands within said State, who have made improvements thereon; and the memorial was read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. SANFORD presented the petition of Matthew McNair, praying to be compensated for a boat impressed into the service of the United States by Robert Swartwout, Quartermaster General, and lost; and the petition was read, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. SANFORD presented the petition of Robert Swartwout, of New York, praying to be indemnified against a judgment obtained against him for the loss of a boat impressed by him into the public service, whilst acting as quartermaster general of the northern army, in the year 1813; and the pe Mr. HOLMES, of Mississippi, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom the subject was referred, reported a bill to authorize the appointment of certain Indian agents; and the bill was read, and passed to a second reading. Mr. ROBERTS, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Leander Cathcart, reported a bill explanatory of the act for the relief of James Leander Cathcart, passed May the fifteenth, in the year 1820; and the bill was read, and passed to a second reading. The Senate proceeded to consider the motion of yesterday, instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to extend the judicial authority of the United States over the State of Missouri; and it was postponed to, and made the order of the day for, Monday next. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Wheaton; and in concurrence therewith resolved, that the prayer of the petition ought to be rejected. The bill for the relief of the legal representatives of Gabriel Berzat, deceased, was read the third time, and passed. Resolved, That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be, "An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Gabriel Berzat, deceased." The bill for the relief of Thomas L. Ogden, and others, was read the third time, and passed. Resolved, That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be, "An act for the relief of Thomas L. Ogden, and others." The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the Managers of the National Vaccine Institution in the District of Columbia ;" and it was postponed to Monday next. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill confirming the title of the Marquis de Maison Rouge; and it was postponed to Wednesday next. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill for the relief of the purchasers of public lands prior to the first day of July, 1820; and it was postponed to Monday next. The PRESIDENT communicated a letter from the JANUARY, 1821. Columbian Society. SENATE. Commissioner of the General Land Office, trans- number of individuals, concerned directly or indimitting a copy of the report of the land commis-rectly in the purchase of public lands prior to the sioners at St. Helena, dated 18th November, 1820, with lists of claims and a list of settlers; and the letter and report were read. Mr. EATON submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to communicate to the Senate any information he may have as to the power and authority which belonged to Don John Beneventure Morales, and to the Baron Carondelet, to grant and dispose of the lands of Spain in Louisiana, previously to the year 1803. COLUMBIAN SOCIETY. law "making further provision for the sale of the public lands," stating that said law operates injuriously on them, and praying that they may be permitted to apply the payments already made to such portions of their entries as such payments will cover at two dollars per acre, and that the residue may revert to the United States; and the petitions were read, and laid on the table. Mr. KING, of New York, presented the memorial of the National Institution for the promotion of Industry, praying that a duty of ten per cent. may be imposed on sales at auction; that the credits allowed on duties on foreign merchandise may be abolished, and that the tariff of duties may be so modified as to protect the labor and resources of the nation; and the memorial was read. Mr. HUNTER presented the petition of John Cahoone, commander of the United States revenue cutter "Vigilant," praying to be allowed a portion of the proceeds of the ship Caledonia and cargo, condemned, on his information, for a breach of the revenue laws of the United States; and the petition was read, and referred to the Committee The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill to incorporate the Columbian Society for Literary purposes; on which there arose a debate of some length, in the course of which Messrs. KING, of New York, and Oris, explained their objections to the bill, on the ground that it proposed the incorporation of an institution, one of the objects of which was the cultivation of the tenets of a particular sect; that, at any rate, the means and whole object of the institution had not been properly de-on the Judiciary. veloped; that the capacity of its founders for establishing a college on a proper basis was not known; that the disposition of the people of the District of Columbia towards the establishment of such an University was not known, &c. To these objections Messrs. BARBOUR, JOHNSON, of Kentucky, and MORRIL, replied, that these objections were not founded on the provisions of the bill, but on supposed features not to be found in it; that the bill had nothing of a religious character about it; that, if it could be made more clear on that point, they wished it might be so by any amendment which could be proposed to the bill; that persons of every religious denomination were subscribers to the fund for establishing the institution; that it was no reason, moreover, against the institution that its establishment was undertaken by religious persons; that, though there was no petition before the House, there were all the facts that the Senate could wish, &c. The bill was postponed to Monday next. THURSDAY, January 4. Mr. NOBLE presented the memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, praying permission to tax all lands sold by the United States on, and subsequent to the first day of July, 1820, and all lands whereon the payments have been completed; and the memorial was read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. NOBLE presented the petition of a number of the inhabitants of Indiana, residing in that part of the State called the New Purchase, in the Brookville district, praying that the right of pre-emption to a quarter section of land may be granted to Isaac M. Johnson, for the purpose of erecting a mill thereon; and the petition was read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. NOBLE presented two petitions, signed by a Mr. TRIMBLE presented the petition of Dean Weymouth, praying an increase of pension; and the petition was read, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. SANFORD presented the memorial of the auctioneers of the city of New York, remonstrating against the imposition of legislative restrictions on their occupation; and the memorial was read. Mr. SANFORD presented the petition of Nathan Ford, of New York, praying compensation for certain houses and other property destroyed by the enemy in the late war, while in the military service of the United States; and the petition was read, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. HUNTER presented the petition of John Slocum, surveyor of the port of Newport, praying to be allowed a portion of the proceeds of the brig "Langdon Cheves" and cargo, condemned, on his information, for a breach of the revenue laws of the United States; and the petition was read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion by Mr. JOHNSON, of Louisiana, the report and documents of the land commissioners at St. Helena, which were yesterday received from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, were referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. SMITH, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill, entitled “An act to alter the time of holding the district court in the district of Mississippi," reported the same without amendment. Mr. SANFORD, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill to amend the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States," reported it without amendment. The Senate proceeded to consider the motion of yesterday, requesting the President to communi |