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4, l1~t~t. Bossier; one~qtt eRep: ' -' o ies frtom Louisiaa died at his - i thsityK l~asiaoty a-h .Houie me thlirnorninge d elan l idgsweraarnounced -b Iidel. 'he uualsresolutios were 1 ,heiatd'e afte nhi. i, as a oken of memory of the deceased, ,tltoasaadobi-ned. t In the .Sente' the annutinciation was Mr-Johnson of La after which thai-body also adjourned. 4 As tbe futeraI takes place to morrow nclegislative business :will be transacted before'Saturday. Mr Campbell of your Siate, who boar dedat .the samehouse with The-deceased, ' s in a vdry low state. April 26. gt tbe.th Fuerl of the Hon. Peter ZBossier, no'legislative busess was a in either branch of :Congress soon, the corpse, attendedeby the *Obntntee of Arrangements, Pall Bear eri;a ad' .otenors; was brought into the _ - n epresentatives, and placed in themaisle opposite the Speaker's chair. s the oned to the Catho -s tedc - -, .oneted in lice Church, the service r g ion I2te accordance mil hejhregulains ot denomination The Rev..Mr. Rider,', President of the Georgetown College, with several other Catholic Priests and their assistants, clothed in their pontificials, stationed theinielves round the'coflin. Lighted Can dies were placed near the -collin and in cense burnt in a Silver Lamp, which was continnally swung to and fro. Shortly afterwards, an image of the Redeemer was borne into the Hall, and placed at the head of the coflin. The usual services were then read The lighted candles, the Priests in their white robe, and the clouds ofrincense as cending to the dome, had a most thrilling and awe imposing effect, The Rev. Mr. Ryder then ascended the desk and preached a most eloquent dis course, after which the procession moved to the Congressional Burial Ground. - 'Mr. Clay arrived this morning. He will probably remain until Thurbday. April 27. The Senate was not in session to-day. All anxiety in 'selation to the Texas an nexation.:reatylika vanished. ' The inilu ente ofMr.Clay's letter, which appears in the Intelligencer' this morning, has been such~as'io seal the fate of the measure. I am 'toliaon good authority that not more than jight Senators will vote in favor of the Treaty. This being the 'case, a re newal of the attempt b' meana of a joint e insolution cannot be thought of. Mr. Clay intends remaining here until after the adjournment of the nominating Convention. This morning he was strongly solicited to go to Baltimore, but he refused, observing that he intended to make his own arrsngements in regard to such mat lers, instead of being at the disposal of his friends. There ja to be a great Whig meeting on Monday evening, at which he epected to be present. -In the House this morning a resolution was offered by Mr. Dromgoole. providing that all-debate on the tariffbill.in Commit to if te-Whole, shall cease on Monday, t-h of May:. '" - he prposition was viulently opposed by miany of the Whig membhera, after Swhtch the previous question was moved,, but the House, by a vpte of 70 to 75, re fused tosecond'it. The remainder of the day' was devoted to the consideration of the bill in Com nittee of the Whole. -The speeches were utterlyjdevoidof interest. By the .Madisonian of this evening, it -appears that a treaty negotiated' by Mr. '-heatoD, our Minister at Berlin, with the Geian Customs Union. has been com -pieted,amid will be immediately transmit - ted-to the. Senate. .By' this treaty, the duty on Tobacceo will be reduced to about -one-fourth, and the duty on Cotton, Rice ~--and Lard, will be almost, isi not quite re moved. - ' -' Ap'ril 29. In the'Senate tis-mornisg, there were as uistialtmemorials against 'the: annexa tion of Texas, or any modification of the present tariff -law. The. people smay as welleuive themselves all fbrther trouble in ~-elabon to'tbese 'matters, for it is next to certain that neithjer of them will succeed. MN Bayard 'submitted a resolution call Sinformationhrelative to the depth at the hather of Pensacola. 7 rouCther resolutions.- were submit :o'fno geneidd importance. - - --bThe bill to I-edcu'e ani regulate the rates adeant to the House... The consideracion of the tariff resolution relative- to Mr. McDEffie's bill was then - ~ "W yton having the .floor, made a 'i'gspeach in favor of the-Tarifr842, ~atrwbich the Senate west into Execu ii Session. 'In the House,'a resolution was adopted, calling for' information relative to the re moval of the Indians remaining in Florida. A solution was also adoptedK calling for correspondence not 'hitherto furnished- be ween the. Government and that of Spain. The consideration'of the tariff hill. was -' tea resumed in Committee of the Whole. '"Mr; eller spoke iii favoriof the' bill. H asililbwid by Mr. .Ramsay, of Pa., - on the othier side. The debate 'was con tined by Messrs. Callemer, Leonard and - - others,'tallthe adjournment. -It is-generally understood 'that the de bate will terminate on Monday niext. -Mrs Calhoun visited the House for the 'rst time this morning, and went through ~''the ceremony of an introduction to all the - ew members., ..6roTeity is crowded with Delegate and ~tesntheir way to'Baltimore. japage is still spoken of as the mou availlii'hig Candidate for the Vyc Pejee. FOCopposed-to him '.~contend ta ine . r~MiClay should dis - afteirt a coieuld not be de peed ar ocit-Whi' rinciples. e as; aamul'sceaeie~ eSenate t asoon 666 the Chaiiewas. taen r atfeld presented the credeu-. rqpe "y "k' -tu, eda Jaroaglb aid as amat tust opposethoeswearng of ie houra ble gentleman.'P The Senate'coeld not ho ignorant of'that which-was :a matteriet history. The gentleman bad been. in the city= for severalweeks withdt predsetinj himself, whicti o say the leit,.sw;ery extraordinary.; Afterrnrther2 emarkq, he moved the appoiutmenfof a"SeleetCon. mitte to lifvestigaer theime'atil aifica tionsof Mr N. to a seat in tieSenate. Mr. Fairfield said he had ther pleasure of boarding with Mr. Niles for along period; and he.could confidently say that hisintel lect was ibright as ever.. -Messrs.-Buchanan, Crittenden and oih ess niade some .remarks, after which the .ifestlon was put, and the Chair anthor ized to appoint a Select Committee of In vestigation. It is com posad of the follow ing Senators, viz: Messrs. Jarnagin, Wright, Benton, Berrien and McDufie. The task of the Committee is one of great delicacy. The remainder of the day was devoted to private business. The Serjeant at-Arms of the Senate has .been sent to New York to bring on the Editor of the Evening Post for an examina tion as.toithe manner in which he became possessed of the docments accompanying the 'Treaty, recently published in that pa per. A most rigid investigation will be instituted, and the' offender, if discovered '- unished. It is vierod t,."-Z r. Spencer re signed this morniug. :ir. .Rush " Mr. Green are-spoken of as his.successors. Jt is rumored that Mr. Nelson has also ex hibited symptoms of leaving the Cabinet! -in the House the whole day was taken up by a continuation of the debate on the tariff bill. This morning Mr. Clay held a levee in the Rotunda of the Capitol. He was sur rounded by hundreds of strangers,.anxios to obtain a view' of him. He 'afterwards visited both branches of Congress. Eleven hundred Delegates left in the Cars for Baltimore this evening. May 1. In the Seiate this. morning, there were presented numerous petitions in favor of the Annexation of Texas; also the ifro ceedings of meetings held in various pans of the country; on the same subject. After the disposal of some private busi ness, there being but few Senators present, a motion to adjourn till Friday, was made and carried. It is now positively asserted that it was M r. Tappan- who sent on the Texas treaty an documents to the editor of the N. Y. Eve.oing-Post. I presume Mr. T. will at least be severely censured. The rumor relative to the resignation of Mr. Spencer, proves to be correct. In the House, a resolution was adopted providing tar a termination of the debate n the taria'ill on Wednesday next. The consideration of the bill was then resumed in Comnn-ittee, and continued'till the adjournment. The result of t.,e Whig Baltimore Con vention has just arrive eJ. It came half the distance by the Elo.ctr? Magnetic Tele graph in one second. Mr. Frelinghusen, of New Jersey, re eetved the nomination ,fur Vice President. He is a strictly religious Luan, and a mem ber of the Presbyterian Church. The selection has created dissatibe :ction among some of the leading Whigs o.' this city. Mr. Clay, as a matter of co- urse, recei ved the nomination for Preside:.t. SMISC E LLAlNEO~h!! From the Santh Carolinia. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAOLNAotta.s JON L. BaowN. This case-in which the defendant wa.' :onvicted last Fall, before His Honor Jdge O'Neal, of aiding a slave in esea ping from her master, and sentenced to be hng, appears to have produced great ex eitement among the Abolitionists, both in this country and Great Britain ; and has actually been brought before the British House of Lords, by Lord Brougham, as will have been seen from the extract from the-foreign news published in our last. We had scarcely heard of this case in S. Carolina, out of the District of Fairfield, in whieb it occurred ; and the noise made about is abroad shews that we have vile traitors in our very midst, bent on aiding the Abolitionists in their incendiary as sauhis on us, against whom our people should be vigitantly on their guard. in a correspondetce between Mr. Loyal Fair man, of Lafayette, Indiana, and Judge O'Nealr of this State, published in' the Chronicle, the former mentions the ex iement on this ease in that quarter, and requests information respecting it. The following extract from his letter will shew Jioy eessary are sovere laws to guard ajrprty against the negro-stealing ri est 'es of the Abolitionists, and how faLsy 'may be looked upon as impartial j2eg in 'such matters. Honest men have nothiiog to fear from such laws; and as for others. ".No' rene e'er felt the halter draw, With goad opinion of the law." 'We have ,come A bolitionists here that may be' looked spon as honest men, bat six to one, thiat thiek they are doing God's service ,ewhen they tan' aid a slave to es cape'. from his mastr.- A' Methodist praher:' belonging to rhat'is called the esleyan'i,.Co'nference, a few evenings since,.lectmiing on the subject' of Aboli tionism,.stated that in the' last thirteen yearn the Abiolition Society had colonized in Cauada,'twrenty thousand slaves.. 'In justifiation ofasuch wholesale stealing a thouand stories were told about Southern planters. wbipping, burning, branding, sawing, salting, soaping, 'dogging and eba sing with blood hounds and kilhng poor negroes." Judge O'Neal replied as follows: COLUEDrA, Marc27, 1844. To Mr. Loyal Fmirmsan: My Dear Sir:-Yours of the 15th of March found mes here, holding Court. 'I am mueh obliged io you for the kind atten tion which your letter exhibits,'and for the information it contains.' It astonishes me'byonmd measure -at the interest which<John L . Brown's case has excited~ aimoti the Abolitionists. Bad must he the cauae' which seeks-to. bolster itselfby exensm;i crme. - Bi-own is a native of: Fairfield, Distriot inbs Sitae He is no abolitionist. lie =at el B o'o to a f tt ee; bt.hisobject either o idnlon in' idiiieous intecoursewith ti.iinan; 4'o takiug ddvantage of the iarwhich he tiuihad,'to carry he of andiail I her. 6W a difference there is tieen this iitealing, at is diflicult to He . asdilialf rs for stealing se ~~cosid, f6'raiding her ~to rue awa'y and de part from'heirmaster's service, udder the act of 1i4 -i Aic makes 'both felonies )witioujtho benef t of clergy. The jury edovicted'hiihonDthe second count in-the indicgient. "e was tried before me, and I 1hought the proof is' well "sustained the court for tes ing.'asthat' for' aiding the woman to run away. Tebjury, however, chose to conviCton thesecond count..The case was carried up to our Courtof Ap peals, consisting of all the Circuit Judges, (ixin number,)japd they refused the pris oner's motion to 'arrest of judgment, and for anew trial, mybrother Evans deliver ing the judgment. As the Judge who tried him, it was my duty to pronounce the judgment of the law, which was done, and be was sentenced to be hanged on the 26thb of April next. The Judges all agreed, that his punishment, as'he was a young man, and as the owner recovered posses sion of his slave, ought to be commuted ; they therefore authorized me to recom mend to the Governor to pardon him, on the condition of submitting to a commu tation of his punishment. This was done, and the Governor pardoned him, on con dition, that on the day appointed. for his ,5ecutioi .m should receive thirty-nine lashes. The appi !ion for, and the granting the pardon was in Decei Per. a few days after judgment of death had been pronounced. I am truly sorry to hear, that any man prolessing to be a Christian minister would boast of stealing twenty thousand' slaves. But fanaticism and ignorance can blind a man so far as to minke him forget every thing which is'righ!. If the abolitionists wish to understand us, let them take the trouble to come among us, travel our State all over, observe how our people are trea ted, and then, if any such traveller be an honest man, and finds any ground for the many horrible stories which are told about negro slavery. we will be content to abide the condemnation. Accept my thanks for the kind and con siderate sentiments contained in' your let ter, and believe me most sincerely, yours, JOHN BELTON O'NEALL. The facts of the case are of course cor rectly stated- by.Judge O'Neall; but we learn that not long after the commutation of Brown's sentence, a petition' was for warded to the Governor from the neigh borhood in which Brown was brought, tp, stating facts not brought before the Jury, and so well authenticated as to-induce the Governor to ' relieve him from the whip ping, and grant him a full pardon. Shortly after this, the Executive De partment, we understand, was inundated with petitions, (which still continue to ar rive,) from nearly all the non-slavebolding States, numerously signed, by women and men, and also let ters from individuals, de nouncing Slavery, warning, threatening, and demanding a pardon forBrown. Such at least, we understand, is, the character of most or the communications, there being a few exceptions. Such an interference with the execution of the laws of a Sove reign State, is as novel is it is intolerable. And if anything could influence our Ju ries, Judges or Executive from2 their sense of justice or mercy, and swerve them to a sterer enforcement of the' laws, it wiculd be this impertinent and anonying inter., ference of those ignorant, self-sanctified pretenders to the special guardianship of uman rights. 1it is particularly amnsing to hear Lord Br. ugham denounce the law under which Bro wn was convicted, as being nor only inhualnan, but anything hut Enguish law, when it so happens that this identical law was passed in 1754, by a government act ing uni ler the authority of and in part ap pointed by the British Crown. It is in deed ac tuaLly English law, adopted, as most of our laws are, ena masse, by the newly or ganized Republican Government, after o tar Revolution. Like Slavery, this law wa s one of the legacies left us 'by our very wbse and humane English forefath The ab~oitionists denounce with equal ual justzice. Their forefathers of the North and iEast were the zealous coadju tor and folio warsa of the British in thbe Af rican Slave T:rade, and Slavery generally, when the Southt was opposed to both, and resisted to the utmost the introduction of the latter. And dloubtless the law in ques tion is a serious stutobltng block in the way of the schemea they have afloat. It would be a serious interference with the holy dreams of one cif their Missionaries, who might come here-to seduce our slaves away, to find himself arrested by a halter. If we recognize slavery, and bold slaves by law, we must have laws to prevent ter being taken away from us. And if it be a crime punished with death, to. steal a sheep in England, or a horse among the abolitonita, why should there not be an equal penalty for stealing a negro, who is worth ten horses or a hundred sheep while seduciog our negroes away, or in doctrinating them, with the 'Abolitio~n frenzy, strikes ut theivery root of an insti tution. with which, noronly our interests, ut our- liberties and 'lives, are indissolu bly bound. A Colored Geatamn at the Bar.--We learn from the Portland American that Gen. Fensenden, a day or two since, ap peared before the district court and moved that a colored' gentleman from Boston who was then with him, he ad mitted to practice as an attorney and counsellor at law in the ourts of Maine. The motion was made 'under the nisw Law, which makes all cit ihens of good moral character elegible to admission. The necessary certificate was produced but the court refused the motion on the ground tdiat the candidate was not in fact acitizen. Asuccessful applcation will probably e made a~ the October term adds the Ameriaan~? 'A dsneshihie dises the gloom that srroou obets ad a gloomy day, so il hoaid temanyaf our' friends dispel tegsloi of te hesirt" that surrounds it ..wnennrooing oer ura nivn misfortunes. - WEDESDAY, MAY S, X844. ,,We will cling to the Piara offthe Temple qf our L4bres ,and qfat mustfall, awsiil Perish .midfst the Rains." - 17The Rev.. Mr. LonY is expected to preach in the Baptist Church of this place, on next Saturday evening, auid he and the Rey. ? r. HILL, the day following. ; I7 The Second Quartegly Meeting of the Methodist Church of the Edgefield Circuit, will be held at Edgefield C. H., commencing on Thursday the' 16th inst. 37 We this day lay before our reaers the Treaty between the United States and-Texas, as now before the Senate forconfirmation, with the President's Message accompanying. The documents attached tothe-Treaty are too volum nious for publication. Tle Message of the Pre sident is an able State paper, and speaks,.we feel satisfied, the sentiments of every Southern citizen, without respect to party. We have a hope, that all "good and true," Southerners will give the subject a thorough investigation. and then ask themselves, whom they ought to support for the Presidency ? .07 It will be seen that both Mr. Clay and Mr. Van Buren, are opposed to the present an nexation of Texas. Ifour information be cor rect, we must take Texas sow or neer. Their objection is that we cannot, without violating the law of nations, annex Texas until Mexig has acknowledged her independence, or given us her consent. If thatposition be correct, they are right-If not, ther argument falls to the ground. Mr. Clay, then Secretary of State, under Mr. Adams, proposed to Mexico to pur chase a part of her territory, for the purpose of annexing it to the United States. At that time Spain had not recogised the independence of Mexico; but, on the, contrary, was actually waging war with th4country, for the purpose of recovering it. i that an answer to Mr. Clay's argument? gr.Van Buren, afterwards, during Gen. Jackso's administration, did the self same thing, and under precisely the same circumstances. Is Pis argument answered? What then has caused this new light to break upon their vision? 1s it the hope of gaining the Abolition vote of the North? or is it the fear that another leaf .uill be added to the laurel, with which the brow of our own Calhoun is already bound, slould the Treaty be ratified? Be the motive what it may, the act is sufficient to prevent any Southern man from voting for either of them in'dhe coming election. We are unequivocally and unqualifiedly for annexation-for iusaediate a,- texation. The reasons for it are so obvious that we deem it unnecessary to kletail them at this time. It is useless too, to reason upon asubject upon which every man has triad. up his mind. The people of this District are in favor of annexation, and we wili not thierefore waste our ink or weary ther patience by arguing in favor of it. But there is one question that is worth their attention. The Treaty is certainly lost by the bullying of New England, and die treachery of Mr. Clay and Mr.lVan Buren. What are we to do? Texas cannot stand alone. If she can not come to us-she must go to England. Is there any-thing we can do-an~d if so, are ssO wijig to do it 1 Without gresumiing to dictate what course his Stateshould pursue, we will for the present simply suggest that a Public Meeting, of all the citizens of this Distkict~be held, at this place,on next sale day. 117 The Whig National Convention conven ed at Baltimore 2the 2d inst., nominated the Hon. Henry ja for the office or Presi dent, and the If~hoore Frelinghuysen, for the office of th-rsident of the United States. 17 Thomas G t Esq., has been nomi ted by the;W Convention of Mary land, as l~f' for the office of Gover nor of thit te VirginiaRe~! The returns, as far as received from t8 r~ate, show a Whig gain of nie members .House of Delegates, and a Democratic ~"f two. The Democrats have gained o 4mnber in the Senate. For the vacant , [Congress, one Democrat and one been returned. The Rich mond Engus topinion, that the Demo cratic party elav a majority in the Legis lature on joi ot. 7 The lsys that the Hon. John C. Spencer, ned the office of Secretary of the Treasu aind that yudge Green of New Jersey, is to isominated to fill the vacancy. There is no icular reason assigned for Mr. Spencer's r 'iton, but it is stated, that for several wea past, there has been a general msundersadng between him and the Preal dent. C7 The jilelphia correspondent of the Charlsto ure, under date of the 30th irkt. says: "Theaptist Triennial Convention is in sesion he nd more then five hundred min iters in aine,. The proceedings have been ofazinteresting character, and especial ly so npoin one point, that of slavery. This oc casioned vagorous debate, hut the matter was finally sodby the adoption of a declaration to the e e, that however much individual membe night feel themselves at liberty to promulgate. their views concerning slavery, yet that the Cosnmntion itself didnotstand comn } T te;hK lltod > ettfa offSouth Cafo papire tone s Ofh emoratic , n; 1 Union.sregadsn a wish~o o f fa d id ngheirsrtyec~j oth e ai ctf Ts 01:5 lel'~ Ni papers thatv had h stat msten lunsisstiernsea j;*asq rst it avidcan saesae- ,ioatuit e G o . g agebe mn t.e very largest Ievtsawyou Sad i lotionis passed; - a ity pyi a Iconfeue to o , nexatdidlbqtea 1id isatiisir~ wisL hatflr, Van'BeAottdriiitbdnwMIn that Mr. Ca oun hour deoc omuisted 'ew from Wmsi ngtoa is aixiondy'Jooked fbr to confom wie imressio tai ths will be-thoe case-I would to God itmnight be so,. ou nma; rest assured that manyW aitti ibEis. i.regon and I tink in the aswhole ot, wil go fth him even ini ptreferenceto Mr Claybecause Lte'inezaton quneston, and pifeesatisfied that thetorthern.D iocracy would not abaa don hin" , - - T ohe followin er a'ru the dol tlo aodat.the setingabve referred to Resered, That wep cinsid.ithe proposed Annexationof Texas to the Terrttor ineof the UnitedStats aa reat American measure, to bend which toa orvery cal '.uses, o p odit e_ aunwothyof a patriotic .people. esofred, That tbye Right of the several States of the Union'to :regulami:- each. its do mestic affairs,. 'as well. -with. egard. to negro slavery as in other respects exited antecedent to the Constitutionad stinll exists apartfrom it; hence we' cannot a te to the doctrine which has been "advanced,that it is merely by the provisionof that instrumentuthate States which recognize ?Slavery 'can claim to be ex emptfrom an invasion by others of their Jaws and uags:> Resved, That the:-formu and spirit, which opposition to the Annexation of Texas hai as sumed in snnie paitsof the Union; are insult= ing-and deroga:oryto the; States' of the South; that thid n which would exclude'a new territory Weaus slavery exists in it, conveys, by a necessary inference,-an injurious..impu. tation on the slaveholding States already in the Union, and draws distinctions between the different members of the Confederacy not known to the Constitution, and inconsistent with ma!tual respect and good will which ought to prevail between the different quarters of the country. % - . Resolved, That while we do not 'claim for the General Government a right to reassert juris diction over territory 'which it has voluntarily relinquished, we believe tie right of Texas to demand the protection of an incorporation into the Union is clearly to be inferred from the guaranties of the treaty by which the provice of Louisiana was purchased; 'and -therefore; hold tiit on .application . from the people o1 Texas, the laws of the- Union ought to be ex tended over them, Fr te lsN. Y. Herald. IN SENATE OF THE U. STATES, April 22, 1844. Read the first and second time, referred 16 the Committee on Foreign Relations. and ordered to be printed inconfidence for the use of the Senate. A TREATY OF ANNEXATION CONCLUDED, BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, At Washington,the 121h day of April, 1844. The people of Texas having, at the time of adopting their Constitution, expressed, by an almost unanimous vote, their desire lo be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and. being still -desirous of the same with equal unanimity, in order to provide more effectually for their se curity and prosperity; and the U. States, actuated solely by the desire to add to their own security and prosperity, and to meet the wishes of the Government and people of Texas, have determined to accomplish, by treaty, objects so important to thelr mutual nad permanent welfare. For that purpose, the President of the United States has given full powers to John C. Culhoun, Secretary of State' of the United States, and the President of the Republic of Texas has appointed wvith like power., Isaac Van Zandt and J. Piockney Henderson, Citizens of the said Republic, and the said Plenipotentiaries, after ex changing their full powers, have agreed on and concluded the following articles : AR. I. The Republic of Texas, acting in conformity with the wishes of the pec pie and every department of its Govern ment, cedes to the United States, all its ter ritories, to be held by them iu full prop eray and sovereignty, and to be annexed to the said U. States us one of their Territo ries, subject to the same constitutional pro. visions with their other Territories. . This cession includes all public lots and squares, vacant lands, mines, minerals, and lakes ae'd springs, public edifices, fornigcations, barracks, ports and harbors, navy and navy yards, docks, magazines, arms, ar mamants and accoutrements, archives and public documents, public funds, debts, taxes and dues unpaid at the time of the exchange of the ratiiceation of this treaty. AaR. II. The citizens of'Texas shall be incorporated into the Union' of tac U. 5 , maintained and protected in the free on joyment of their liberty, and admitted, as soon as may he consistent with the prin ciples of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, privileges, and immunities of citizens of the U. States. ARaT, ill. All titles and .claims to real estate, which are valid under. the laws of Texas, shall be held to be so by the 0. States; and measures shall be adopted for the speedy adjudication of all unsettled claims to lands, and patents shall he grao ted to those found to be valid. AaT. IV. The public lands hereby ce ded shall be subject to the laevs regulating the public lands in the other Territories of the UJnited States, as far as they may toe applicable; subject, however, to such al terations and changes as Congress may from time to time think proper to make. It is understood between the parties, that if in cdnsequence of the mode in which lands have been surveyed In Texas, or from previous grants or locations, the six teenth section cannot be applied for thi( purpose of education, Congress shall maee equal provision by graut of land elsewbi: And it' is also .farther understood, hat, hereafter, the books, papers, anda doen ments of the General Laud' Office of Texas shall he deposited and kept at such place in Texas as the Congress of the U. States shall direct. AaT V. The -United Staites assuime to agree to pay the public'debt liabilities of Texas, howeverc eetedfor which the faith or credit of her governmlet may be bound at the-time of the exchange-of the raiicea tiops of this treaty; which debitand liabil iies are estimated not to exceed, is the fiear t~fA srert assmsd ing et atu,i -KF pointe a bi-i 6 of k h teh 6thall most ington, T a..id aure~in -eey"ldedt.: mont a fer'seeiniugi isn o hi ti esty id -aiuet ,~.tn;tli bgt Tv en (od sti - . shereo, four. xceedmgiio pointed Co osie bhe Sdates; by and with the advice- ar ao ofbe' Senate :who, 'hImea~~si. %' initln Texase i+'n months afer the exdhihe ii b ions of this treaty, anin - less the Congress o- Taie v'e should prolong ttimea TJijftik.? an oath forjhe aitful dschargeofjhei duties, and that they are nothdireilyor .indirectly intereted in 'said claiires tthe ofe and wll not be duri theorr -con uancs rn offce'; and ahesaid ,gat hlilI ber recorded with their proceed p Inc of the cdeath,siness irug h any f m o reas w place or places may allow e appointment as. atbresoud,orbiy',tH. dent oftbe Unitdmeasitnghe rei cessof the. Senate They.or a r1t of them, shall be nthoisa'd, sidui.. tjch. regulations as the =trest for tis States may. prescribe, to he ami~nnje ' anti Tdcide on all questions tochiw the$ te cratisnet validityre saidt shall when a claim praluwed hem tificate to the claimant, tatinghe quonor2 distinguishing pncipal from te certificates a issued sheall e b:ndei ' and entry made of-thenumbr the ni d the person te whom issued and i th amount, in adook totbe kepior toh a pa pose. The shall trasmitheredhe o of their proeeediugais, athe lbo c rti the certifnates are entered, with he vouch - cra, and document, produced .beore~themv, relative to the.-claims alloiwe& retd, jE tosalo the u Dprent i~ionha etied States,.-to be deposited- therein, and the Secrtary of the Treasury shal r sootnifc ; as practicable after the receipt oflhesame ascertain the aggregate amountof the debts and liabilities allowed.;: andif thors same, when added to the; amount to eg pipa d toFredericke and e an -sum which may be paid in the redemption of the exchequer bills, shallt otexceed the estimated uof ten milions of dollars, be shall, on the presentation ofac rdi- - cate of. the commissioners,, -issue;, at. the option of the holder, a new certificate fer& the amount, distinguishing principalfrot interest, and payable to him or order, o-sk. of the net proceeds of- thepublic lads: hereby ordered, or bstoclo the;Ute d States, for the amot allowed.dlrting principal and interest, and baring anin terest of three per cent. per anujhn from Ik a there wcas toayc, in ak2-:..o ineeas te pucblicopandsohabeeyanddedt sallabe receivabe its aynto foruthe sae.n greae the umoaof the diebios f adllitdie sallohae pwr te mks aforeayito bfete p oweeric herwby',s and ich aym pi.i h edmto of the eVchque bnillsrhle oviio shel sbi mo, the mlln ofexs das, te orstoc, she rease may fore,andll mae. aeeuctiond juitaounr-o Tas ec eethe re e t ie Profesillins ofnd hedodearmes, shall epwrtinmther allicneedful rulese and uatoriycep torcarrnito terletoan the orts ofrebys testabishedanm ogaizd A RT. YVIEUl furitl iervso theall Pesideto the wnifTexSas.. snoy itin, shall-rapin an fcemssinderl ex-U ectialldproc toffo Texasei: e headsfe of deatetry thellrean l the - ochiceswt all pipowert ahrity otpe ptinbin theretodand thEnamur, of s tice shalltemSain in all secs alo execT.v auoity Imeiaid aterithey e changry o the robrfica tion ofetray the. Presidenti othew orired Sae by.n Aharoce t. Thlexs end treiv he- . ransfer of the ctrtng paertia andl the racievtios ehangepbli proertyn ofterb tings eein c onveeds som t ae r, cesar wtoesweef e the prpreeuinad e: lad, unilotetirwie'orde-ied Stte ofArta ad ofTh~?ea treabti ofa Thxas raeined by vinratingt upartis n he resnatrityicnationsxhneda hciyo a h orseret alie psielsiibi4 oAia ead f g~th 9pblicof Texia eighteea-bnndrsilisnd forty-for. 18AAWANIZANDT,' fM 2b e Siese of the Unifeditb$u I transmniit ithihr iouPapproval and ratiflcation,-a siesyi hieli.Ihave caused to be negeriatb~e iithe UnI ted States and Text6,wiiirbsjthe laster, on the condizioilstherein:-set forth, has transferred ad conveyed alii the right of separate atid~ldependent-sovereignty and jurisdictine' i the United States. In ta king so imiportant'- th1 ave been in Buencedb wtpiev de to be the - most coirdl deasn'fpblic