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j rd , \\* i I i m ? i i j | o ( Ncw-*orK,Mui ray, Sloc'.irr*!^ Butler, R:jhyds - -and Tarr. On Internal Improvement? ? Messrs. Tucker, of Talmadge, Ingham, Scorrs, Clagett, Roberc son, of Ky. and Lewis. Respecting Amelia Island, Messrs. Middieton, Smith, Upham, Saw vcr, Rail, Mumfbrd and Cook. . .. Oa the public Buildings, Mc Ssrs. Parris, Bassett, Bellinger, Taylor, Crafrs and Foigcr. kespecting the surviving Revo lutionary Patriots? Messrs'. Bloom field, Reed, Stuare. Rhea, Smith* of-Md. Wallace And Hall. . Dccmbtr 8. Col. R. M. Jphrisdn brought in a bill from the committee appointed to take into consideration the com ^ara?aajofLmoney for land granted by togfe soldiers tb at served in the late war, which said bill was read twice and refer red' to a committee or the whole hoyse to-morro*, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rhea of Ten. then offered the following resolution. Resolved, That the President of | the United States be requested to thy before the House of Represen tatives, any information he may potpsss and tUink proper to com municate relative to the proceedings of certain person; who took pos-' session of Amelia bland at the xnouth of St. Mary's river, near the boundary of t\\< state of Georgia in the summgr of the present year and made an eatablishmtnc there? and *bo apy information he hath and imy think proper to communicate relative to !an establishment made at an earlier period by persona of ] the same description in the gulph of Mexico, ac a place called Gal* veztofc withiifr the fitaits of the Urutvd States, as we contend under ] the. cession of Louisiana* ' TW$above resolution by Mr. |ttea thfe object of which was' fhc Apd) io obtain information that might satisfy the people of the ex pediency and Correctness of thfc measure, created feme con^idera Jble debated ^ Mr. Fircyth first objected to ! certain point* of the resoliftioiVhe thought thfct such a" call would be extraordinary, he thooght ' the in ' iormation Afforded in the message, frem the Resident, was sufficiendy ?Wfbkt. Mr. Nelson pf Vai was in favor of the' fowujfoyi Jie had no doubt, that the cOhauct of Ijjjj" executive would be found impartially neutral, and , strict?' correct, he said, that feeliVig must be tampered with dis cretion,, and experience must teach Us f>tudente, he asked who. was there among the ' American people the ''most ardent df those who*e feeling* beat high in the cause of revolutionary Fr^f. *d who were to retrain those feelings withln rhe bounds of prudence,' * ho did not, Ive said, When experience bra shewn the (had policy of implicating our destioies with, her*, who wiu there, thai.' did not homage to the virtue, wisdbrh and p^triorism, of ts&sr. f?rSHsSi that homage'and resect which the wild extravagance and ardent inte^h poftmce of youth, most Vefcimntly said it Wis the hwerCst ?if tM' coleteki' to disavow fjjas<d MtcHjtheert indtairttts, now in pofc itmV of 'AmeHtt ' Island, t^V ic would taise their character. witIV ill E'df^ahnltiOn^ ' ? WWoutfU better t4 ?*h" if dSJf' iir rwv th^ W UfnrtnSjlo* would Ue granted without *f*J larrtitr eMJ upon'iHt ***cntlv?,"uirtt movtd the ^tkolu \iWfc * A-.nl d?e?.W.' ?'?H'""- m"?' ' Sonv* MtXei cMki4ci,M? AMng M?K l>!ace, when tlw quentinn ?, lay Uft fcvuhi vi?t ujxw th? uhc*l< Ijkm ?f*l ni galitcri altoT^. 'k '? 'it . j?'4" ? -i ? On motion of ?' V r l;c t a r*. M n uCaciUit* v,,r c. ir_*Liu i cd lo ir.qi. ?e inlc expediency c! uiaLin^ l)tri?n, in the stale of Geot^ia a port of entry and del i I rcrv. On nnxion of Mi . HeiKlri. k*, of lad, M Resolved , Thai t>v coiuiutltce on 4 he public land* b* i^ilructcO lo enquire into the' expediency of authorizing Joel Eai wi>od lo transfer toother vacant lands in l he Jcfiersomille district any monies lie ii??y have paid on the oorlfi east qujn'.cr of bec ti )D 2 I, town six, and range uinc, in saki district. And the House adjourned. ?? JDtctv^brr y. The petitions from the ?evcrsl stales ring hwrn presented, Mi. J ed the following resolutions : That ii is expediter t to provide by law'* for the widow* and soldier* ol the regular army, who were killed in battle, or w!?o died in servient during tbe late war with Great-Britain? ? ? il> Rciotoedy That it is ex;x:dient to pro vide by law for tue disbanded and deranged officers of the army o( the U. States, who Served in the late War agauist Great-Bit* < lain, by donations in land, via . To major fgrnm ral M?0 acres ;'a bngadicr general 1,1)0 acres ; ottoftel and It. colonel 9 60 * majors tJC) / captain 6^0 ( tubafttetna etO acres. /?., ^ Rr*olvc4* That itis expedient to esta* blish by laur three additional military aca demies* viz : One in the vicinity of fruit Dearborne, in South-Carolina ; one in the vicinity of Newport, in Kentucky ; one in, tbe Vicinity of Harpers Ferry, it) Virginia ; one third of the cadets to be sons of the officers and soldiers of the late army, who died in the service of tbe United Stales, in tne late war* Solved, That it is expedient to esta blish by law an additional national srmoury, 10% located In the western waters. 1 Vetelvttf, Thai it is expedient to organ ize by law a corps, of invalids, fo be com* posed of 1000 inen. 1 Krtotvcd, That H I* expedient to pro vide by law for the repeal ol so much of the j?t jjf Connnat of? the Jlth Jdly, IBIS, | at authorises additional pay fe emolument* to brevet l ank in the armies of- toe United ? ' :W;' ' ? ,/ .* Resolved, That the military peat-e esta blishment of the U. States shall consist of $000 men, including ? the corj>s of inval* bd*t Provided, That the corps df engi neers, the gene rai staff, and the ordnance japiiMnt rt*,shatt be retained** at pteeent established ; PwidcH uUo, That no-part of tbe arm/ thai I t>e disbanded in conse queiicfof said reduction* but the same ! ?hail be effected by pfevemingas they oc- | fcur to remain* t Rtvch'tdy Thai it ft expedient to pro- , vide by Itw for one additional ration for eacli of th? cororoissioiicd officers of the army of the U. State*. / \ Rnaotvtdy That the committee on the subject of military affairs, be instructed, to report bills embracing the objects of the \ foregoing resolution. r ?' 1 ' OH motion of Mr* Tucker. ' He*otwd, That the President of lh? U. Stales be requested to tdn& to be laid bo fore the house of Renrcsentathrta* in1o?*. motion of wh-Jt roads Uavc been made or were in progress, umltr the executive sir* thority of the Uhfted^ States* the states j and Territories through which they psis, the period when they were ordered to be mad?t?,snd how Cm* they had progressed. . ! , ; And the heme adjourned* h'C the Conttriieut <W,?" . . [ THE flRtEF RfefvtAKK.t R. * fo?mlto.K ;hiV ih?W upon the principle that the buiwnn body >? specifically. hglucr U>?t? ?ruler, i?M"? u? 1" i ifcal MM. fatten I..IQ, ?ha? *ft mcnti were he to aMti from strtiftglinft und plunging, and to let the' Kndy' down with the feitA fore most, remaining thy* irt A perpendicular position, except throwing *cV/. u l V m i_: vi. '< ; ? C*1 V ' Sis head as tar hark as possible* he might escspe drowning lor some considers We time at least'; because, tin tv?t position, tlfie Ide wouW. (>? q*litu above the surface of the WW#; 1 " 1 ' Thj* prfeMjr^ioh & dfr?WirinnfroM the venerable tMcibr, Who 'ineWl*s writ a* sny man hWfo (Wep his own hewfc atfoVe wa ter, i?-of flt*l!, or in IU* pltfin fhersl im port, Well *orlh beirife held in reinem* brsiWtf. Unerasing indWlgefke lor the license, I mi sn withal to make *n analog* tm\ use of i?. '?? ?' , xV ' '*>**** 1 Yooftfj; twenb oh toon as they tft entitled to tbe Hghis of personal iiHlependent*, launch nut in a hat u ftgtirativi-1/ ullcil the ocean of lift. ^.Indeed w< are'vtM of os, 'I v f T.i , * *5i? I A .r C*!? I'S '.?? siiOuitct water; toi'.it ^:nj; lot ward *h y w.lli ii?c tu??, imdoihtr> liAvingthe udr against tliem ; sometimes ?c h a*e fair wind and weatfohr, and other times, wt are under a daik sky, yrd o $ sailed by letupe* luous winds that vui^e aloft lite foaqiii^ billows. What the* safest way, at all timet, and for persons of all t anks and conditons ? ^VVTiy iti*u?ldi' only tfafft , tonlw^^iaJ. % -N^a * V*?' thcfirrficndi<u!ur. Many u jrounjj man, ? and many i mjn not young, have 1 seen ingul^hetl and lo^t, not by reason of hit wanting skill and atertne&s, but b^eau*# fce failed of keeping himself in a /wr/i4tnL cutar pillion v whereas) on- iW oth?r r h . 'hand, never did 1 see a single one totally submerged, who had always been duly careful in that particular respect. If even (here were nothing to hp^e or to fear beyond the grave, honesty would be Khm i inasmuch us it carries one through this win Id with more safety in the long run, as well as- with honor. *? lie ? tiavtls in* a plain and safe path ; a fair character is his passi>ovt, and the laws of society are his protection* As long as a man holds fast hie integrity, he canflpi be %rit? udmi | for though by adv. rse gusts be be sadly plunged, his fall, will siiil be i above water.? I hough he suffer the loss of all thing* else, yet the consciousness. of strict integrity will buoy him up. and the knowledge that others have of lus integri ty, will give him a chance to repair his broken fortunes, or at least, will secuie him that good name which ia better than precious ointment. . On the contrary, "'He that penrertetli hit way shall be known." Though deceit and l*iavi*feni;s? may sometimes procure momentary advantage a, the/ ate but mo mentary, and are much mora countervail* ed by the lasting ill coosequences which thej new fell to bring alter them ; jor not **fy due* dishonesty draw aiVer it many inward disquietudes, but it lays one under very heaijT disadvantages with respect to hi* intercourse with the world. Notwith* y ttayjtiy. qlthis arts yf cU"mig,Tt Will b< known j and when a man's character is of I thai sOrt'asiofitl with suspicion every one *' that knows him, cv?n bis honest ucis will be thought to spring from base motives or to have >ome dark dtsign. ft will be sua* peeled that tl)e plague of IcphAy sttH re# mains, u either in the warp, or in the ?ool.t It greatly behoves yotrng men to lorm ftx?d resold ions at the outset of life, ne ver t$ swerve from the Jicrfitndiculur. in a single instance? *no> pot evt^ii in the moat trivial 4*ie | for one tie spa sf. against the laws of honesty Uads to *notlper, as it w^r* ' by a sort of natural and necessary connec tion. So tW though there bo many who in their intercourse with the world have I % ' y % OP I * Vr 9 never been guilty of one dishonest act* yet there are few who have been guilty of erne. 1 urul but one; because the by .cor rupting the moral principle, weakens the power of tekUting the next ttmptaiion ; k because one knavish deed otten t quire t another, and sometimes several otheis, to cover k ; and* huily, because rooted kna vishness of heart is harder of cure than any other thoral malady, inasmuch as the corru;*tioftof the principle oC integrity, is the corruption of the vaiy source of all moral virtue* ^ , ' -/il '' r{ f Ha that has aeeti a vague' in griitt,' a thorough practised lagtn, tor a into a duwm right honest man , baa at feast one nur-* vaftotis thing t# tell of. > j II ?***?' * " ? i HORRORS OF WAR. Tl?t following passage* which relates to 1 tfie retreat -of the lT;encl? Army from Moacow, is extracted from the u Shetch , ?f fcujaia/* Ju*C published by Sir Robert tV'.L*^ . ' tiV the hospitals of Witna there wrefi j 1K0OO dead itoii dying, ftoaettf and free* ingy The laidles-of the fbrrtttr,' broken aft t served to1 stop! He cttttifl'lil j floor*, and walls r bM In one af'flie^ j rid ore of Hie great Conv^'tf^t^j ? bodfcttfft* f?*d up of lewd or trOn#** rwmwrwd qy? extiaaaJlnijr seemed to ha?*bce? broken \u s composed vtate j each was fixed to the last ^o( his life. In tte last direction pen to bis fowbs ; even the eyta retafoiedlb# N?* ' preseton, either of ilf^i treaty ? ; . ? * f In ilie roads, the Iwnrmng t uin< ^ a mad < p?r:v of dev. ruction Wad ^**1 f'^V &nd t'w 'o.iri.i L? c'?. * ef "l.tr kl >w men , Vkl.iiv Ibiiuvaivds 01 hv?r*t-> I welt n?n.rnR in -a^ony Willi lluir ' m:m?!cd ui?d t? suu^y Htct laviii* of ihftl L:k\v no j>i' y, lu iv;?n> ot tl?c shed*, n>ci?%vc;?ictiy ali\?, hud heap ed Uj>on ilu*?r tVo*..n budit* Ku>im<( c??* capers, which, fc^ler^u^ by tl\c co;mwu :i caiion of anirw.l hcul. luul mingled l!?v dying ui.i ihc dtad in one mabvul jjuU'c Taclron. r . HKOM S^AIN. I Extract of 0 lettcr*-r<la(id '? Madrid. S<pt. 12. u It ?* prc?ty generally known lh4t TiMr in the servile of the in^ui^ents, a pctrioi ot Mexico, hcir?\ytd the cuttttt, etui bold binvjrlt 10 Onis t lie Sj>anish minister ; i who i.^nt^iwdy embarked I fun for lioi ijeaux, recommending him in Ihe strung est terms lo the Spun ish ^ov?^n>e n 1 1 au a ik rson of ll?e gieatest const tjuence, #h<> ? could fcivc the most important infoi iiiatiori relative lo ail Ihe views and plan* of the government of th? United Stales, fcmf particularly those of Mr. Monroe* as, he had bein ?:<*ituale ,swih him when*. Se cretary of State. In cons<quence of lhi? valuable information, which it was?xpcct ed to get from YoUdo, pasnpous wcic sent to him at rordeaux, and he came on . ? ? * * v * * ? ?' V -to MatirkU and he has been employed n? *? * 1 ? t 7 * - / making out statements of Immense' plans and projected revolutions, all of whiclf (he lays) are not only coun't nanced^by the uF>vernm?tt of fheUniietT States, *Jbii t \ t ' " a.,. iJU - r in tact are set on foot, fomented, and kepi up in tbe different parts of the Spanish American settlements by express agents of the United State*. Toledo states * thai in consequence of his character* ot a patriot gent ml, and his services r<~t?der ed when be acted as a volunteer aid to 'be commander in chicf in the defence* of | Nt -w?0?lenm, htr mw admitted irtlo the confidence of Ihe American cabinet, and thai be becatne acquainted with all their Mrcrct filtuis and fiwjtcU for aiding and assisting ihe patriot*, or insurgents . after erKiittfcrailftfc-a vanciy oi them, ?md draining from them a number of inferences he eaubitslud beyond % doubt* as l:c 9tutc*% that the .\m; ric an government arc ;tbc I v H VkA * *- - 1 real and sole protectors of nil l|?e jionary chiefs /" He then got \ 6a, giving; ? particular dcscriplk>n of ull the princi/tfc mrrc bunts, tii other* in the rUfiyL?i>?^r yiyfWWg4iir organ, qf eomntnwleahon and t^rCU^A Mom the ?*/? tP)? ft pariicujfar description or all tho revolutionary chief* parictWily iOjfrx/ro, ?nd its pro* . vincei; point* Out thtlr talents* designates ' those Who 6unht to be made away vtl'th b j pchon o? otheripise , Und iho*e who would readily conic over 10 the vo\ ?| cause, miu! deliver up the others ; injine, he pretends to be in the Ktcret of nil, and cdvl&ca how thi* ? ment otifcht toprOteeiU -* * f | M.Thfc pfincijije' mtd mat&obji fct OirWhteh he lays the nveatesi V rfcna, find tndi-avot s to impretaul* wit fB lfinri nmiafli , is the determined ftostile coniktct of that of the United Si a ten.? He Riven the ctoa i acre i of Mr, Monroe and of ihtft pritfei ^ pa I person* employed atyJVaahintilolU * J)im CKms *** yut, behind I otedo in*?# ? una rice i he caMije^ihe f*ovtrn^)tni.,of Spain, may place the most impli cit confidence in the statement of Toledo, and tomagprfy his ow* merits lie does not hesitate to chargc the government of ji mrrica ? ?with every species of Wf tliiftt 'ttui honest) a The itorioa tnvenUji by thene iw?? ^reat diplomatic characters* have had I dee fi effect ort th*s Weak ^errir ment, ami no auentio* w half vet ia paid lu any iHMfc Vha< bat re fcrrtw* trifle United . StMes| ki fact, every American cUim U treated with the gi^tett sontempu-awtf the AfMrtean tttlriWwri whh premeditated slight* ? 1 ? DowOniainha t">ort?sn*id?Alo<b*if his loyalty m Frrdto>**)*t becatm f# ?y mtftMire ha ataoU, a* a matked ??*? ihmtKl* laturly ?*>!? w wuch overlooked a n*m? Who ha*. -KM. ??latl,c* at ?fcurt. <>.,?* ontrach?At?Ms*<? king hut ??>k the W* tof all. gl.nc ,.? .hirnr hi? blather ( XvgmtoJ who lm? laic < r, coAwquence of i'k m(ut important services rendered bp Don Luis, in Che af fair of TotedA) tvaa been coniiantly in. ft# scrvk^^the He accepts! the Lrcna of the fay*! w<kr of Sfitrfa , establish* , ed.b? Hnf^Jotfth* iHHf tfh annonnced publicly in the gaspti* |Mibii??h?d in MmI* rid, on ihe 10th of January, I8i<*, which I encln^e* ' He stived the Wing till the