HPHPffiotton of "Mr. T.ow?ulw,tlieT;!a.tka in the] ^H^KCrc ho tilled to rmbrac? the following! ^Hippropsiatiom. : / W* t\?r thy .Quarter-MaMcr** lVivtrtincnt, * 930,000 L (tic Army .awl Miliua, ? 5,617, OUQ liittWilho siitwiatcncc or do. ? * ? !ir}10,<1r.l )Kw PhrRRV, ? fit), 000 ^SwOlotlt.ng, 103,000 h -^Bw Bounties ami l'rcmlnms ? ? 4WMJ0O w vhu MMlcal iuul IIo mentioned tne case of the men who served In lien. Hopkins'* expedition. Ho pre sumed it to be the intention of tho bill to in clude nil claims remaining unpaid* with which object the language of the bill did not corres pond. Mr. Lowndes disavowed any intention to ex clude any just claims from payment | nor did he think such woutd be the effect of the present phraseology. The accounts of the Department were kept under a general head for each item, without making any discrimination as to the date of its becoming due. These appropriations would of course go to the generul heads, and be ?equally subject to all claims of whatever date. Mr.* Sharp replied? tout his motion wan over ruled by the hous* ? *>y a minority of two. The bill having been reported to the house* Mr. Sharp moved to lay the bill on tho table, to give ati opportunity to ascertain from the war de partment tho* fact in relation to outstanding claim* prior to 1814, but after *oine conversa tion this motion was withdrawn ; and by con sent of Mr. Low udes, the bill wus ho amended j ? - try llit holH'e,a7f liYieiul ' " dUViH^ thii Ittte war,** instead of " during the years 1H14 and 1813.'* The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read a third time j and was sulMiequently read a third time and passed. Oil motion of M'Leau of Ohio, the committee of Pensions and Revolutionary Claims were in structed to enquire into the expediency of np imi.iiin^ poi sonn to |jay the |>cnsious allowed I), (rovertunent to invalid soldiers, in those i tate?? where there are no commissoncrs of loans. Mr. Jenninpt, in making the following mo f.ion, described the western Tine of the Territo I'v of Indiana, ami stated the circumstanco of rlie hti eam of the Wabash cutting the straight )*uitndary line in it* Minimis course, as occasion in!; much inconvenience to those living on its banks, and inducing a general wish on their part, that the line should be altered : He there to, re moved, " that a committee be appointed to empire into the expediency of changing the * western limit of the territory of Indiana, with leave to report by bill or otherwise." The mo tion was s.? reed to. Turtihttf, Dcr. 19. A letter was received from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting tho annual statement of reports during the preceding year j which wan referred to tho committee of Ways and Means. , Mr. Yancey, from the committee of Claims, made a report on jtlio petition of Jonn. 1). East man, late a District Paymaster in the United State*' service? This' petition prays that Ins bond as Dint net Paymaster may be cancelled, in con sequence of the seixure of ids vouchers by the enemy at Detroit, which precludes the settle ment of his accounts in the usual mode. The report is against the prayer of the petition, but recommends authority to Ik* given to tho ac counting officers of tfie Treasury to adjust the the accounts of Raid Kastmen on principles of equity. For which purpose the committee re ported a billy which was twice-read and commit ted. Mr* Yancey al*o reported a bill authorizing flie payment lor private property lout, captured mid, destroyed by the eiicuiy whilst in tfio ncr vicc of the ^ States J which was twice read nud committed, '?* .? >lr. Reynolds submitted Tor consideration the following resolution, which wan rejected, liy a ;*oiiside,rnbie majority, without debate i 44 Itetol vett, That the committee oft public lands be In fftructed to enquire into tho Expediency of re ducing the price of public land* ? mid that they liave leave to report by bill or otherwise." The motion of Air. Katton respecting the Missouri lead mines, Ofifcred ychijsrday, was taken up, modified in iU language, uhd agreed to. n'r.hfUtit, Dec. Mr. .JohoHOB of Ky. from the military com mittee* 'reported a bUl 44 for the rolief of tbp ln lirm, dlsubied and superannuated officer* and Moldiers of the Revolutionary war, and the late war, and of the army of the United States for the time being s" which was twice read and committed. On motion of Mr. Yancey, the house resolved it. elf into a committee of the whole, Mr. Coin diet in the choir, on the bill for the relief of .loon. II. Kant limn { which was passed through i he committee and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Thursday, Dft. 31. The Hpcaker laid before the House a letter from lite Secretary of the Treasury, containing several statement* relative to the public reve nue \ and a letter was received from the Hecre i try of the Navy, enclosing a stS|ftt Of mo* iiivH transferred from certuri Specific appropri ations to other objects of expend! tore ? ? which >yert referred to the committee of ways & meant. t)n motion of Mr. Reynolds, the house pfo ?'eedcd to consider the resolution submitted by him a Tow days ago. I Mr. Yancey of N, C, moved to amend U vo as to read Uiusi 44 Resolved, 'l"hat the comm. on public lands be instructed to enquire into tlie expediency of appropriating all that tract of land known by the name Af Congressional Reserva tion, lying in the counties at Maury and Oilc* y.\ Tennessee, for the extlhimxnnient 6f the ge nuine land wan-ants issued by the stato of North C'nroljnn, agrcenhjv to the fUl section of an act 'if t'onsrrcHH of the" 18th of April* J 806, enti act to wthtoftfe the Stafc of Tenner *co to tall? grant* au?\ perfect. titles to ccrUin lands therein described, and to settle claims to the vacant anil unappropriated land within 'the .same." This amendment was, after somode<> bate, agreed to, and the resolution passed. x On motion of Mr. Darlingtort, a resolution was adopted, instructing tho committee on road* anu canals, to enquire into the expediency of extending aid on tfto'part of tho general government to tho company incorporated for the I purpose of cutting a canal from the waters of the Chesapeake to those of tlie Delaware. Friday, Drotmbrr 22. ! 'The day was principally spent in the discus sion and amendment of the bill authorising the poyibcnt for private property lost, captured and destroyed whilst in the service of the IT. Htatcs. It passed through a commit tec of the whole, was reitorted to tfie houso } and, it bving late, was laid on tho table. ? j IN Sl'.NATR. Tfimtitay, ft'ffmVi' 21. Mf. Dana introduced the bill of wlvich he yes terday cave notice, concerning evidence in cases of natural i/.al ion } which was read dud passed to a second loading. On motion of Mr. Harbour, " Ilesolvtd, That tho secretory of tho naval department, be di rected to communicate to the Konato, whether any, and if any, what steps have been taken during the reccH* to ascertain tho most conve nient linrlxturs in tho waters of the Chesapeake Hay, for the reception of Miips of wav ; and .that hc'alitobc directed to communicate whether the middle ground between the Copes of the said Hay, lias been cxplorqtl with ji view to that ob ject, and the result of hucK examination." AW/ff/y, Drcrmhtr 22. The bill concerning evidence in cases of na turalization, wan read a second time and refer red. THe bilU fur tUe relief tot" 'llHH',' and Jonathan It. Kastinan, were read a second time, and referred to the military committee. U g im-JL! 8TATB L KO"l"8LA TJ^lt M. Jfauf u?ation to itulivi tliials fur Kcrviccs rendered mid expene** incurred dii* ring the late war. Cot.. II.iYNK explained in ft few word* the i "Canons on which tlie provision*! of the bill were founded. It proponed to compensate m well tho expenccs of the detachments ordered out in pursuance of requisitions from Uie general go* vcrnment as those who served under ntnte au thority. Strict juHtice may not have required the former of us? but the agents of the United StntoH had maile some difficulty in paying the claims which had been presented,'' anil it had been deemed beat for tho state to satisfy tlie claimants, and to make their demands an item in our claims on the general government. when the expenccs of the war shotud be finally ad justed.: Homo specific allowance had been made to four individuals who had been named that had no legal claims on t|ie state, ami could not be included in any general regulation for tlie payment of tho militia, but who. nevertheless, had strong claim* upon its liberality lit conse .|Uc4n carried to Hen. I'incknoy himself) lie had re forrcd them to (he proper officer \ and they hnd finally been ditsallowed. A militia officer signs himself quarter-master. His claim is present cd i but the paymaster does not And his name on the foils of the army, and does not recog nise hint. ? ,, ' : Mr. 0 isr Raid ho was satisfied with the state moots that had been made, lie should vote for the bill. Hie state can better wilt ft deferred payment than individuals cun, * Mr. JltioKii Mid, he had occasion to know himftcjr thst the militia claims, wotjdd not be allowed by the General Government. He had advised one who was unsuccessful in Ida appli cation to petition Congress. He had told liim that Congrewt, and not the State legislature was the place for liim to apply. Though be thought it t>j duty of the General Government to coui|>euBatc the services and defray the ex penccs of their requisition j yet as they had not dniie HO, aiiiTtKe clhtflriaAtt tiadifofno herd'lo obtain payments, he did not hc.situtc n moment as to the course -wo ought to purHue. We ought promptly to dixcharae all thvHe demands. Hun |K>se we do not ? What will lie the effect should we be engaged in another war ? Would (he mi litia turn out with alacrity ? Would they bo ready to furnifth Huppiieti or it nusportation ? You should do nothing to damp the ardor of the mi litiu. You nhould rherisn 'their affections for government by lending an imlulgei't ear to their complaints aud claims. Pay litem promptly and liberally. If not strict Juntice it in sound policy. If (lie General Government remunerate UK, well | if not, wo at leant have done our duty. Toe >t[i >r'. Wat cotifiifil ii. MTKUAItY. ' appear HKVIBW OF tfBWPKM'8 JUSTINIAN. Tho C)|lpwai(f valuable puper. which or {finally ? .n the State ?Mcue for Aiigrnt 181;}, will bcVad | ? \!l '"ni ' ?* comppchciwive review ot'nn jMKRWfll l">W HWe Attention i> bertow cd on the literary productions of our own country Politics seem toab $ jap* ?wmu". iiw S itedby many of our abl??? stances of it arc continually ^ryi"^ w?n" crcuftc their regrets. I was led to tnls train of reflection, by observing how little attention has been liestowcd on a lute production of a very ?^pfned writer. Mr. Cooper, formerly a judge ?ciwiH)lvflnia, driven from that station, an it U nortcd.hv the ido!?nr.? nn*iua..:j? ? iruncd rT" vv ? icuunuaiicies, aim of distinctly rl*A fl A ? ? ? l _ _ v?iiii|Ki?vti pamy 01 ajUdiciouH collection of the adjudged case*, both in KngUnd and A merica, on aub)ecta connected with the text of the institutes, 'lite casejt arc clawed with care and judgment, and form an excellent manuul, for the. practising lawyer, or the judge who is delib erately tonning his opinion, or drawing up his judgment on some contested question. Indeed 1 have rarely seen more judgment than it ex ercised in the selection and arrangement of the decided cases, chosen to. illustrate any of the doc trines which come under review. In ahort, this valuable book carries us up to the living fountain of tho wisdom and experience of ant1*"1'** ' which all thecivllfcedT nations of Kui cepting the English (who are at least willing to acknowledge the obligation) have drawn their best principles of jurisprudence, in the* civil intercourse of men in private life. And it adds to that oblltttlon, by giving us example# of the adoption aira application ofthese maxims to our own aftirs. I No scholar who aspires to the character of gen eral knowledge, no legislator who raises his view* above the cloudy atmosphere, and the nar row speculations of the day, no practising law yer who disdains to be a mere case hunter, no La^ ^ mind to first . In doetrlnea, MHRRIHR liPffiaPfl* ought to be without tills \ s work in his li brary. It will amuse the its, Instruct the ignorant, and remind the f | (whose introductory " proudly elevates principle#, to guide his juf not Aoroughfi; settled ought to be without this chemlitrt, with Ida . for the ???nwi me u ? Mr. Cooper, | ii the science of ? discover* the that It wpuld add greatly to his reputation } i it Is to bo hoped It would be a* product^ himself as it would be useftil to others. fiuch a work would bo a desideratum in ? nintrv by l|w*, but most espocii which professes to bo govcr would make tho writ of antiquity, now hidden in worki 'muMtt* ww.? to all >yho irA uot jii Urn United . Jiavo noticed a smaller decided c.Ihos ii to conside Id indeed bo , , , ullarl wre etery ooscrver n aptitude. In almost et o authority, than in ? Hcnco less ol roverenco inclindjUoU to go beillu^atcdby er himself, who - jurisprudence Ho iuu notioi emptor, as to and reinro^tev. morality, to. the , the vender, to wa..... the soundness of the,*, fulotti/,cy fhh't^M..v?u.v ui m ronucnr gest of the civUlaw, wmcftwould open the foundations of that legal polity, whic built, on tho experience or near ten can of Roman legislation, varied according t changes in her habits, manners and govern and which surely has been rarely equalled ver excelled, llefore I conclude these ob< tions, (which arc intended chiefly to exp own obligations to MrV Cooper and to tlicra to do justice to his work) . I will n few remarks on the sulnect of di'orce, Mr. Cooper has noticed in the course work. Itis a justice due to Our state. . That gentleman has given in the notesi Iwok, page 434, 5, 6, 7} a brinf account <1 doctrine of divorco amongst the Romans, varied with the various alterat ions in the n.? al manners and habit*. He lint* also taken\ casion to notice the precision and correctness principles by which the present French law ui ver, Honaparte, has settled the doctrine of i!i vorcein France. Without concurring entirel with Mr. Cooper in his eulogium on this branci of French jurisprudence, because, I think fV door of divorco thrown open too wide, I rc;? ly accede to the statement, that whatever may think of tho principles of tho avst^m, more clearly and diitinctly settled by the * civil, fe)iich!ia*heou composed under tho an oefc arid promulgated under tho author! 'V of a nsnartff. tHftll hv tkalnmil ik - ' 'yTVi _,nl code of any othor na ,/Mv.-f^per theil ffoofc on to speak of the conduct of top difiTcrerit states in Ariiw& relative to divorce.* He says, in pi 438, * in this country the fltelKty of divon by nianac^ment, is almost equal to that nn?/ the government of France'during thfjrevdlutly' SK^iBSS'S?jaS52Hs! .?.?? this c intorid 'tlietTni m beg f rr TV t,,v I $tate*, a* I fcarl ive to enter a nrotea\ iii Muucrainim, w some otner? or the states I o assure Mr. Cooper, (and I am sure I shall giv him pleasure by doing so) that the statement t riot correct as to some others of the states, In South-Carolina, particularly, not a sing! instance of divorce has occurred since the re\ olution. When applications nave bcrfrtwade t tho legislaturo, and several very strong oni have been made nt different periods, and vchei ently ^raMpe legislative uwly peting by lar majorlticHihns uniformly protested 'agaim rrf,sc usurp or to exe Wl, laws sealing tftfdoetrlncof divorce, an authority to itohly no resembtane. French revolutionary government, in tl ty of divorcca, but an unexampled Hhi? repelling nil attempt* to relax the urn verity of the laws on thin point. The only indulgence shewn to persom py in the married Mate, ia. that in rawi and continual cruelty* the court of c will protect the injured party, in living 1 from the oppressor ) and will compel hand to make aomo provision for the wi driven from him by unjuat no verity, ilrrliflo remain ? in ftil f force, and no n rimonlal contracts can be formed. Ai can be little doubt that the Tribunal* atAta would rcrtel any attempt* to e law* on thia tiuWefctljby any of our citiiu . ing tho aid of the laws of thoso itat have introduced n looter tyitem with r divorces aa wisely and firmly as waa the lupremo court, fa the fetate of New > the case or Jacktofi vs. Jackson, w> Cooper has noticed with approbation. a A Jl' I MumM*, n. c. An* Kr, 111!