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IN SENATE. I Monday, January 10.1 The Senate made progress en! mune private Litis/' and heard sonn reports on private claims, which Kf qq the table. JTwo or three resolu tions were subWtted, which also lie on the table oaAay of course. ? The whole will be given in detail to-mor Vefitinto consideration of Executive business, in which they were oocupi i?j House of Beprese?,^ ^Numerous petitions wire ?. 4toorn% preseuted^ and Referred to | me consideration of various commit . * KB ^ j eesi . ? - , ^ ; Xhe. mowing message *** re vived from the President of the United States, by the hands of Mr. J. J. Monroe : f?b thfi House of J&pre*entativc$ qf v W compliance ivitlir* resolution of tba Houeg of Hepresentati ves, of thi* tlth of December, 1319% requesting me ^ to caHse lo be laid oefore tt any , information 1 may ^sess fespecfing fcertain executions wKicli have beea inflicted on the army pf the * United States since Ihe year 1815, fconfrary tortbe laws^d regulations provided for tbfc, govertimeut of the same," I transmit a report from the Secretary ? of War, containing a detailed, ac count in relation to fbo object of the ; '*?akl resolution. ** ' '? ? ^r': * i JAMES MONROE. Washington^ Jan. 8, 1S20. ?5>i Accompanying tlie message was IrawailjHed to thti CMto the report from ttfe Wat Department, referred to, and sundry documents ; all of which were read itnd ordered to be printed; - I ' i motion of Mr. Hendrick, it wasi 'solved, That the Secretary -of treasury he instructed to lay be this House an annual statement Of the number of acres of land. *o}dj 'Y-- ' ' -S? '^;; T ^ J ...e monies accruing and Wj|e monies Received from such pales ; * of the sums due the government awl unpaid, aiul the sales or forfeitures fegfr irtii-payiiicnt? keieping wpffate that part ui the statement which re , lates to llie states of Ohio, Indiana, ? end Illinois, formerly Hie ."'North-' ? Western territory. Mr.. Brevard, of Soutli Carolina Lmul is VA*Att*t?A^ <(? ? ? ? i - !? . t J?Ia A ? " *? -fc. the jtafciary committee to enquire into the expediency of making fur ? tber provision ]by law for giving lo | thp jmlteial proceedings, &c. of each afcte, tlie same effect in all the states, as in thai in which they originated. , Amotion was mack, by MrfLiv^ ^raore, to strike out the preamble, and decided in the negative. TlK h**uae Having abided on tlie, adoption of the resolveu the votes for *nd against it were equally divided ; and lite Speaker voted, agaitjst M# solely bn the grouiid of form and Af practice, neither. of which were in IkvoT of n*eflxiog preambles to rfeao* , lutions of *t*}itiry. ^ ' ^ So the resolution did not pass. ? ^Ou motion of Mr. Fuller, of Mta fachusettw, it was Be&oloedi That the committor on Naval Affiuis bte instructs to $cm eider t be expediency of so fat mr .'i tying t her act, establishing a Board of Commissionei* pf Hie Savy, as to make the Secretary of the Navy, for t the time l>eing, tbe presiding ?(ncvr of that Board ; andalwof so limit ing the tenor of the commission of the members thereof, as to secure the ac- ; cumulating. experience and talents of! our Naval Commanders in that De-I partmeqt, by a periodical rotation in t, office. On motion of Mr. Clarke, of Teu "Wbkee, it was >. r Jtesolvod, That the Secretary of War l>e directed to report to this House the terms on which the con ?" tract has been made for furnishing transportation .to the tnmps ordered dft the expeditiom to tl;e Mandan vil lage an ihe Missouri riveV, ?iwl also 1 if any, and what other terms may have beeu proposed for furnishing the same, and by whom made. The bill from the Senate for es tablishing a Circuit Court in and for th^jpisthctofMain^ was twice read. Mr. Holmes wished it, as being wholly unobjectionable, to be order? ed at once to a third rea&ug. But Mr. Lowndes objected, that the bill waaof too much importance to justify the house jfrith dispensing, ia regard to it, with the usual furors of pro ceeding. The bill Vas then, with out opposition; referred to a committee of the whole. ? f > . v- ^ .. . CAWPBN- ??? THURSDAY, JANUARY SO, 1820. ? to ill i , L #?' W00^* Jbulwqy* ? , Wc.learo fromthcKcportofH^FtLtoH, Esq. that the schettfes fur a Canal between the Cape Fear and I'cedee* is perfectly im practicable.? He concludes with this par a?*ph: ^ X have .little doubt but the general ridge between, these two rivets ifiay be crossed at * lover Summit, thai? the one over which -Che^cyey has been carried bv\ extending the line more toward* Rocking-.; ham. ; Should *bis, upon examination, be foupd to be the case^ it might bv advisably to connect theniby a -timber rail road, sirot U*r to that proposed to improve the n*r rowa of the YadRih.*^ I ; $ORE> 'fONGyj&i* ' One' of ou r raost respectable Planters on this River, (\ygierce,);h^%nd that, the Sfi irito applied with a Sponge or Mop, or three tiriies, is a sOf*iV.fcn Tettieiry for the f^ve .disease. * The following article is copied from the New- York Evening Post : Spanish lYeaty. ? We have in dulged in few obser vaults on this subject, because We were sensible that we# were possessed of too im petfect information to render them any tetor fafctt crud# and idle spe culations, W e have now, at length, ^^W^Beesede of a^ history of %oweyer, we are not permit ted to disclose at full length, bat fvlticb enables us tq pronounceivith > stronfc confidence that our disputes with Spain will terminate speedily, amicably, and to the entire satisfac tion of this country \ and which, at /he same time exempts the ting of Spain from all censufe. In dt?e time the whole may be laid before |fc jyklfc, and will convince the the cnurgft w bw^b mttExf, ecutive Bast pursued^ hasteen emi* nently such a one as prudence, wis dom, and justice dictated," . _ '? ? From the Charleston Co?rief\ Dt earful tire in Sdvanlnah* 1#?y yesterday morning's Southern \l?il we received Jhe following par ticulars of a most destructive Ire in Havaonab, which ha* laid one Imlf of I hat city in ashes* ffustuti and fi/iim Of net, > Savannah, J'urtday Evening, Jan. 1 1.5 It in ii a state of utter distraction that we attempt to dcsctf&e the hor rors of the late conflagration. < One half of Savannah is in tufas. We know not, and cannot undertake to. enumerate the sufferer*, or the ex tent of our loss. Tlie tre orieina ted in the stables back of ifclrs. I&tt's : (warding house, and Mmn reached the Baptist square. The Are proof housr* of Mr, Mitnqin, and the open square, stopped its progress in that direction. ' The fire readied the Hay on the corner of Barnard-street, sweeping the house on the west cor ner, occupied hy Col. BroOm, and from tlicuce extending down the Bay,' taking the brick building occupied by us, with our Printing Establishment, the large brick Auction Store* of George Schley, U. SI Branch Bank, the new hrick Auction Stores on the corner of Bulbstreet, Pooyat's corner, Lottery Otttee# Dickson* At Co*s. st?tre, Hunter's brick stole, and Jones' wooden buildings on the cor ner ot Hahersha<>>~sti-eet, where i)* progress will probably be arrested. *ron? thrf Hay it extended as far back as Broughtou-stoet, Sweeping almost every thing. Both the Plan ters' and State Banks caught several times, ami were with difficulty saved. Andrew Lew & Go's, brick store, ,Cpl. Shad's brick stores. Gibbon's buildings, the block of 4>rick build ings belonging to the Presbyterian ^Ghuroh, Judi^e M'AUister's brick house, the market, Wallen's range, Butler & W hate's range, and iu fact every thing between Broughton-street and the Bay was destroyed. Many lives, it is said^ were lost,vi>ut cannot yet ascertain their names. It is supposed 400 houses were burned ; many of them were partly cleared of th$ir contents; but the property was generally burned in the iHfeets. It is presented the loss camiot be much if any less than two millions of dol lars. Many hundred*. of families #re literally naKfed in (he streets? not e*en clothing was saved. Every . printing office was" buraed down. ? .For ourselves, with the blessing of God, and the assistance of our friends, we saved a considerable por ^tk>n of :our type, and our most valu able press. The auction stores in the city, shared a similar fate. The-uity is still in flames, and when it will be got under no o tie knows. vWe have every reason to believe that its progress will extend ;-no further. It commenced litis morning between i and ? o'clock. I FURTH?I\ PARTICULARS* f I Extract qf a letter to tht Editor? Jan. 1 \ . j I "Savannah lias been visited [his I morning with destructive Fire.?^l I About fom huudred* houses are con-1 I sumed, Bud Jive millions of doll a it?j 1 may not covet tbe loss*" A space of J I one-third of a mile in length arid one- j I seventh in -breath, closely built and] 1 in the most tbtive, part, with* a few I exceptions, b desolated. It com-] I menced at the Jfeptist Church] I Square, and jis the wind was N.I I VV . swept to Abercorii-sttecfk On] J the east aide of Broughton*streeU I every houa^k gone, from Jefferson J Jthe* Epfccopftl Ctturcli in St' Julian I street, stoppjbd the flames ? both are! 1 safe. The State Bank and Plan-] [ ters' Bank, in Bryan-street, are pre-] j served. Frcwi w.asbington^HoteW I Range and Capt. Rice's, on Bay] I street, to Ahercorn, all is lost. t x-J I cept M r. Dicksoi i's s to r e. Dr. J one's! r bouse was blown ap? 15 If he Branch I j Bank and the New Custom -House.! 1 with Stores pot occupied, are burnt.] I The vault of the Bank, built in the] 1 yard, resisted the heat, and kept se-] I cure the papers and specie. Many! I buildings supposed to be 8rp pfm5rf J could not withstand the intense heat] I ~The largest store here, or perhaps] I in- the United States; with most of] I its contents of dry goods, is destroy - I ed. Tbe warehouses aud shipping] I are safe* All the printing offices are] I burnt. Several explosions of pow-f I der took place* The distress is great. | I Not a barber's or apothecary's shop,] I a hardware, dry good, stationary,] I crockery, or clothing store left. ? ] I Phcenix Company, or Lon-I I don, had insured about 8 103, (XX) j I besides a good deal by the New-] I York Fire Companies* Many are] I ruined? particularly the retailers?'! I Extract-*** T. W. B a cots R* 7. tame date\ "You will be surprised, my dear] I Sir, to hear that a great part of this I city is now in ashes. A fire'commenc I ed about i o'clock this morning, in a I wooden livery stable, which baa I consumed the best built portion of I the city, and more than one half \ I ram cMifdent, of that part in which I business is carried on. The wind j was high, and the flames spread with I such rapidity, that persons were able 1 to save very little ? in fact, a great I roanv Jiave lost every thing , they I poftseksed* The amount of proper I ty destroyed is 'immense; greater I than on any similar occasion: far I although in 1796 four fifths of the I town were destroyed, yet the value I of the buildings and their contents I at tfiat period, was nothing like one I half, 1 understand, of those no to I consumed* You may form eome idea of the rapid jftogress of the J fire, when I inform you, that iht work of destruction was nearly fin4 ished by sunrise. The President and Cashier of tire U. S. Bank, which is a heap of ruins, had only time to save the Bank paper, the < discounted and collection notes, and a part Of the gold. The rest of the gold, tire ^silver, and all their hooks they were obliged to leave in the vault, and it was the general opinion, that all that was * comliustitde was gone, but every thing it appears is safe. ? Mr.% Hunter, the Cashier, tells me that he has just been in the vaultjxtbe walls of which are four feet thick, and that nothing is in jured. ;/ <^The large establishment of An drew Low & Co, it) which was pro perty to an immense amount; the stored near the Market called < Gil^ bon's range'; ;a rang# of elegaut new stores belonging to the Presby terian Church; a new Customhouse, which was hi a stMe of forwardness ) and a number of fine brick stored which, have been erected withki a vear or tWn, arid were thought to Ire ore proof, are all consumed. The amount of the loss it is impossible at present to form any estimate o? ! The Phoenix Company of London ai^ insurers on property destroyed to the amount of 8170,000. The Com pany here suffers no doubt severely, as well as some of the Companies : with us or at the North*. u Had the fire crossed Broughto^ street, of which there was at one time^Gvery probability, there is too sayJrig^where it would jiaye stopped, as then~ no house in the city Could; have l>een considered safe. *The Bank of the>State of Georgia-*-tho Episcopal Church, and the Planters* - Bank, took fire several times, hut were saved by great exertions.-* These two Banks bavins; removed $very thing, the tL 8. Bank l*itg burnt, and the city being in such a dreadful state, will prevent, I pre sume, any tiling being done in the understand, and several {Arsons aire much hurt. '?Andrew Low & flo, imrnt out, loss estimated at 400,006 and more ; Low, Wallace & Co. do. loss very great; Lloyd & Morrison's build ings: Judge M'Allfotet** house ; Judge Jones- s do.} Jolni Hunter's buildings; W. T. William^ Book-, Store." and everv-Diie the Print-: 2ss^tss$fira: ami most or the retail do. ; tire m snranca-^fiBceir-4ffasB?rt mery & ffo'r. store? all burnt; urn Grand Lodge Boom is gone, and fell the papers, &c. as well as those of Union Lodge.'* < **6ll Tttfe ALABAMA WfiPtJBUCAT*. Jl ?Military Hoad. ? Bv the politeness of Lieut* JLy man who is direct from the Military road, no* opening from Tennessee rivfr to Lake Pon chartrain, we are enal^d to inform our readers of the parens of this important * national undertaking.-? The troops engaged on the upper end of the road have crossed the TotnbeekV>ee river, 123 miles South of thfr Tennessee, and have estab lished a ferry on the former/ On^ The lower end, {he troops have* ail- ) v/i need about 40* miles of pearl fiver, and the two parties are now about 140 miles from each other.-** By far l)p most difficult part of the work is completed, and it is expect ed they will finish the whftUi with* great ease during the present winter.: This road when finished will s)iort-' en i the distance to New-Orleans alibut 300 miles, and by facilitating the eatefcourae with that great em porium of our produce, will mate rially advance the interest of the whole western country. The com pletion of ittiia important work will D* viewed with the liveliest interest by the citizens of New-Orleans, as the communication by mail betweeo that place and the seat of govern ment will be neatly facilitated. By an ad of the late CJongresa tfce Post Master Oeneral was authorized to 4enda mail from this placq isonviUe so soon as that road should he completed. In that event the N. Orleaus mail from Washington city, will pass through this place, and hy that means if no other we shall pro bably receive two or three mails each week from the East. The' whole distance saved in this route can not be less than 400 miles? our own endeavors to obtain a greater ftccom modalitm in the mails for this portion 6f country have hitherto been alto getfiertfiiavailins; but when connected with a more fx tensive object they ; mi *y per Imps succeed. j[j ? ? ? We understand that the collection of the internal revenues being so far completed as to justify the diScontin^ uance of the office ot Commissioner, of the Kevenne, the President ol the United States lias determined, irv compliance with law, that it be dis~^ continued, and its ? remaining duties] have been transferred to. Uie office < the Fifth Auditor of the rr? f yiry. JVht. Int. JUissouri.*? The. extent of (he pro posed state of Missouri is Vequently asked. According to the bill repot t ed at the last session, it was allowed a front ?54 miles on the Mississippi, with the Missouri river nearly in the centre, and an average depth of about 800 miles. The St. Louis Enquirer sayi, " after you $et hark H) or 50 miles from the Mississippi, the naked and arid plains set in, and the coun try is uninhabited, except -upon the boidrrot creeks ant) fivers.**^ * ^Tfte Kfew-Yorfe Legislature has met? -Johto (3. Spencer the Caiuto Hum candidate has heen elected speaker 6t the^House of Assembly. rhe federalists unitnl in the choice . ?He Tecehredv (H> votes. Peter Shnfrpe was the republican candidate and received 50 votes'^/wfcr^decided rejWMicans w^re alisenU The speech of <3pvernoir~ Clinton is too long for j immediate insertion. ?llPTfiw ' n the Kentucky _l>?tlatm'<vJVTv IMniel Wave to Wing Ina l>ill to declare void nil sales un der execnti?ot.iiV favor of Hie Presi dent, Directors aMl company of tho Uuited^llprBnnk ?hl make, it * ?Penitentiary offence to purchase at > Murder^ On' the cvtfningpof the 27th ult. (says the Newborn Centi*, ' Wl) Needljam Simmons, a wealthy farmer of Jone9 county* being in a state of intoxication* killed his wife. The; following arft iUeL particulnvg. as furnished by one. of his neighbors I Mrs. Simmons, having pmr to l>ed, and being disturbed by the noise pf her btislMAd, who was driiikinc Ttt . an adjoining weft, threatened* if hto did not desist, nnd come to bed, that she would throw his. rum out of doors* She got up, went imotifo room, and it is supposed executed her threap when she returned to bed. A few minutes afterwards, Mr. S. discharged bis gun through the door, which was shut, and lodged its contents in the right shoul der and aide of the deceased. Mrs. 8. had but time to reach'tha, hall, set dowi^by the fire, and say to her daughter, " Mary, your father has kitaa your mother"? wfcn she in stintly expired. *?' , The Jury of Inquest brought in a .verdict of U wilful murder," Mr. Simmons having absented himself, we have been requested to Kblish the following description p( t person, that he tn*y be appre hended and I irougl^ i<f trial. He is between 40 and 0 Q jiars of age, 0 feet 8 or 10 inches nigh, is bald and grey, and has a very red foce. . i, 'ii ?< .v" " A pamphlet haslalely beefTpHb* ~ lished in London, 'w )#* thtgUlotf- \ ing title: ? "On the ^esswTbf the ffloridas to America, s/ty of acguiringihe islstl ba by Great flritaiir#. Ratenbury, I j A pamphlet has been f ^ . . Europe, recommending to (I to form a ccjjpnjytii the