ed that monstrous reptiles, engendered in the masses loud shouts of Alla and Mahomet. Our artiliery and of filth which the soldiers had taken for food, were musquetry opened on them with tremendous effect, observed crawling from the mouths of the sick." and in fifteen minutes the whole line was furiously onGreece. At the capture of Trippoliza, by Coloco-gaged; our cavalry charged the enemy in grand style, troni, the whole garrison was put to the sword. The cutting numbers of them into pieces. The battle had frigate which bore the flag of the captain pacha was now raged 7 hours with the greatest obstinacy, when blown up off Missolonghi-he himself had time to es-the fine convent of St. Mary's was blown up and 700 cape. The patriots were in great force in Negropont, Turks with it, their line was now broken and routed, with col. Fabvier at their head. It is reported that the pacha of Egypt has refused to send any more troops to the Morea; and that the Greeks will not accept of any proposition for peace not based upon the acknowledgment of their independence. The Greeks at Missolonghi have been excessively offended at capt. Abbott, of the British corvette Rose, for being the bearer of a proposition from the captain pacha for the surrender of that fortress. It was an extraordinary proceeding, indeed, on the part of the British officer. The following letters from Greece are copied from the Boston Evening Gazette. B. BERTON." Lower Canada The difficulties between the executive and legislative departments of the government of Lower Canada, have rather increased than otherwise, of late. The earl of Dalhousie, governor-ge neral, has prorogued the legislature, and in bis speech declares he cannot accept the supplies voted for the support of the civil list, upon the terms mentioned in the bill making the appropriation. they flying in every direction to the town, pursued by our cavalry to the gates; a part entered pell mell with them, but not being supported, cut their way out, only losing six men in that daring exploit. A party of our cavalry had nearly taken the Pacha prisoner, who was carried off the field wounded by a carbine ball in the breast. The enemy lost 4000 killed, 800 wounded, 2000 prisoners, 8 standards, 10 cannon, 6 ammunition waggons. Our loss was 2000 killed 400 wounded. Gen. Gouras was slightly wounded in the head by a musket ball. The Turks, had or ders to give no quarter. They lost, 125 officers. I forgot to inform you in my last, that the Pacha, (ibra-, "Camp of St. Ann's, near Lepanto, Jan. 17, 1826.-him's), tent and seraglio of ladies were taken. I take the first opportunity of writing you the account of the late victory On the 12th there was a smart skirmish, in which the Turks lost a number of their best men and officers, and fell back to the village. About 7 o'clock next morning the contest began with the outposts, which fell back into line. A large body of Mamelukes were charged by our cavalry, headed by col. Berton, and totally routed. Our riflemen in front, picked out the officers as they advanced to their post. Our artillery was served by French and English volunteers, who had orders not to fire till the Turks were within 200 yards. The enemy now endeavored to turn our left wing, but were received at the point of the bayonet by gen. La Fayette, our second in command. The battle now raged along the whole line with the most deadly fury. The village of St. John was three times taken and retaken, with great slaughter; their second in command fell in the last attack, when they gave up the contest, leaving 800 dead on the spot, besides prisoners and wounded.-east, during the war? Gen. Gouras, at the head of the Corinthian brigade, Falkland Islands. It is stated in a way that appears carried the village of St. Anne's, and ordered a gene- worthy of credit, that the wreck of a line of battle ral attack, with the whole force, when the Turks ship, thought to have been French, and of a frigate, were completely routed, and fled in every direction, Russian or Spanish, and of another large vessel, have leaving 3000 dead, 900 prisoners, 400 wounded, 2 ge-recently been discovered on the island of Bauchain. nerals killed, 14 officers wounded, 25 taken, with 9 cannon, the pacha's tent, 14 baggage and ammunition wagons, &c. Our loss was 800 killed and 700 wounded. A young man of the name of Herbert took two standards, for which he was made captain on the field; three other standards were also taken. The Turkish force was ten thousand men; ours was seven thousand. Make all the haste you can to join us. I hope the next will inform you that the cross floats on the walls of Lepanto." Cuba. Two young men, natives of Principe, in the island of Cuba, who had just arrived from the re public of Colombia, were condemed to death and hung at Principe on the 16th ult. for attempting to revolutionize the country. Brazil. The "legitimacy" of Don Pedro is undoubted. Negro soldiers impress and chain his white subjects, that they may be sent to fight the battles of "his majesty." Is not this the "horrible French cm scription," about which we heard so much from the These islands are uninhabited, but have many wild Philippine Islands.-This group of Asiatic islands Whites, 2,396,000 118,000 7,000 4,000 2,525,000 "Camp at Lepanto, Jan. 25, 1826.-Dear, After Van Deiman's land. The settlement on this distant the affair of the 12th, we had a fatiguing march in island is very prosperous. The revenue for 1824 was pursuit of the runaway Ibrahim Pacha, who was col-22,5871. chiefly arising from import duties. The lecting his troops at Lepanto and Patras, and talking whale fishery is prosecuted with success. The crew very largely of putting us all to the sword, but we of one small vessel killed sixteen in an expedition up saved his highness the trouble, by a signal defeat. the river Derwent. We arrived under the walls of the above place, on the 20th, driving his picquets before us, and next morning blockaded the town. General's La Fayette and Delacroux having surveyed the ground, we began our trenches, in spite of a heavy fire from the town and castle. On the 22nd, we were joined by 1500 French and Italian volunteers from Leghorn, consisting of lancers, hussars, &c. and a small battering train of eight 36 pounders and four mortars. On same night, two German officers deserted to us, in informed us of the Pacha's intent of attacking us the morning with 15,000 horse and foot. Our force was only 9,000. At day break, the Turks advanced, covered by a heavy fire from the fortifications, w the and ith Deferred Documents. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 3. Mr. Stewart, from the committee on roads and canals, to which the subject had been referred, made the following report: The committee on roads and canals, to whom was referred a resolution instructing them "to inquire into the expediency of extending the Cumberland or national road, from its eastern termination, to the city of Washington," have had the subject under consideration, and beg leave to submit the for lowing report: CUMBERLAND ROAD. In conformity with the 7th section of the act of con- Resolved, that the committee be discharged from gress, passed 1802, entitled, "an act to enable the peo-the further consideration of the subject. ple of the eastern division of the territory northwest of the Ohio river, to form a constitution and state government," the president of the United States was authorized, by the act of 1806, to appoint commissioners to lay out a road from a point on the northern bank of the Potomac river, within the limits therein designated, to the Ohio river. The provisions of this law were promptly carried into execution by the then president Jefferson. The road thus commenced, has advanced, sanctioned by every administration, and almost every congress since, to a point where no doubt is left of its certain completion, to its western termination at the Mississippi river. The beneficial objects and purposes of this great national work, as it regards the preservation of the union; the promo- A considerable portion of this road, it appears, tion of commercial and social intercourse; the trans- was constructed more than ten years ago. During portation of the great western mail, and the military that whole period, however, there has been made but operations of the government, are so important, so one small appropriation of $25,000, less than $200 per obvious, and have been so repeatedly presented to mile, for its preservation and repair, a sum barely the consideration of the congress of the United States, sufficient to remove at one time, the obstructions, in all their various aspects, as to render their reca- open the water channels, and make some slight repitulation unnecessary. If these objects are really pairs where they were most required. At present national and important, to leave the road at its pre- this road, owing to the great and increasing travel sent eastern termination, without extending it to the upon it, its total neglect, and exposure to the destructide water, would leave the objects unattained. So tive operation of the elements, is in a state of rapid far as internal commerce between the eastern and dilapidation, and unless some remedy be soon appliwestern navigable waters is concerned, the intervened, total destruction must be the speedy and inevita ing space of unfinished road presents formidable ob- ble result; by which the government will not only stacles. In the transportation of the great western lose this magnificent national work, with all its numail from the seat of government, which is the great merous and important advantages, but also the imfountain of intelligence, upon all subjects of deep in- mense sums of money expended in its construction. terest to the people, and upon which they have a right As the best means of preserving the road, the to the earliest information, great facilities, both committee have reported a bill similar in principle, as to time, distance, and economy will be materially and in most of its provisions, to a bill reported and curtailed. If in the military operations of the go- passed, during the first session of the seventeenth vernment, in time of danger, celerity and certainty congress, by a vote of 87 to 68 in this house, and 29 of communication and supply, be considered essen- to 7 in the senate, but rejected by the president on tial, the completion of the road to Washington is of constitutional grounds. The object of this bill is to primary importance. It has been represented to the erect turnpikes and gates, and to collect tolls sufficient committee, that a distance of 15 miles may be saved, to keep the road in repair. It also provides for the by locating the road upon a more direct route. This appropriation of a sum of money, as recommended road has, hitherto, as appears by the history of our by general Macomb, the chief engineer, to put the legislation, at all times, and under all circumstances, road in a state of complete and perfect repair prior been considered, emphatically, national in its char- to the erection of the gates, and before tolls for that acter and object; to preserve its national character, purpose can, or ought to be collected. The bill also and to effect its original design, it ought to be com- provides for the erection of a bridge at Brownsville, pleted to the seat of the national government, by and for the punishment of those who are guilty of the best and nearest possible route, for which pur- wilfully and deliberately destroying the road, and the pose the government should afford every aid and every walls and the bridges thereon erected, an offence facility in its power. The economy of time and ex- which the committee regret to learn is of too frepense, to numberless individuals, for an indefinite pe- quent and common occurrence, and for which there riod of time in prospective, necessarily drawn to the at present exists no punishment or remedy whatseat of government upon business connected with ever. official duties, of high interest to the nation, the important saving of cost in the transportation of perhaps the heaviest and most costly mail in the union, from the city of Washington to the populous, commercial, extended, and extending regions of the west, which must necessarily pass over this road, furnish, in themselves, motives of suthicient importance to recommend the subject to the deliberate attention of the government. Mr. Stewart, of Pennsylvania, from the committee on roads and canals, made the following report. The committee of roads and canals, to whom was referred a resolution of the house, instructing them to inquire into the expediency of adopting "a system for the permanent preservation and repair of the Cumberland road, respectfully reportThat they have given the subject a careful and deliberate consideration, and are satisfied from the past history of this road, and the course of legislation respecting it, that annual appropriations for its preservation and repair, are too precarious and uncertain a reliance. In the opinion of the committee, neither the policy nor the power of the government to adopt this measure, can admit of any reasonable doubt. The pow er to construct the road, which has been asserted and exercised, carries with it as a necessary incident the right to preserve it; without this right, the power to construct roads would be nugatory and ineffectual, and would only betray the government into an idle and wasteful expenditure of the public money. The Inasmuch, however, as the act of the 30th April, fail together right to create and the right to preserve must stand or The committee, however, in recom 1824, has given power to the president of the Unit mending the passage of this bill, do not rely alone on ed States "to cause the necessary surveys, plans, this clear and plain proposition, that the right of and estimates, to be made, of the routes of such roads creation and preservation are necessarily and insepa and canals as he may deem of national importance, rably connected; but, in this case, it appears, that in a commercial or military point of view, or neces- the legislatures of the states of Maryland, Virginia, sary for the transportation of the public mail," the and Pennsylvania, through which the Cumberland committee, therefore, conceive that it would be im-road passes, have severally passed laws, expressly proper and inexpedient to interfere with, or in any granting to the general government, all the powers, manner control, the executive in the discharge of rights, and privileges, necessary for the construction this duty. They, therefore, submit the following re- and preservation of this road. These laws, howev solution. er, the committee do not consider necessary to con It was un vey the power to the general government, to pass this | two thousand dollars, of the proceeds of our public bill; but they are referred to as silencing all objection lands had been deposited in that bank for safe keepon the part of those states, if an objection could be ing, and was missing from the treasury. Supposed to exist with, those to whom the proposed derstood, by such information as he possessed upon measure brings nothing but benefits and blessings in this subject, that an agent, unknown to our laws, had its train. That the expenditure of the national funds been employed by the United States to secure or colwithin those states, for their benefit and improvement, lect this sum; and that, so far as he could learn, this increasing their wealth and power, at the expense of amount also was either lost to the United States, or the general government, amounts to a violation of state in danger of being lost. rights, and a usurpation of power on the part of the fe- matter also. He wished light upon this deral government, is a doctrine wholly unintelligible to the committee. For the details and estimates connected with the bill, the committee would respectfully refer to the let ters of major general Macomb, chief engineer, and to the letter of C. W. Weaver, esq. superintendent of construction, and John M'Clure, esq. superintendent of repairs of the Cumberland road, and for a variety of facts and interesting information on this subject, they would also refer to communications from David Shriver, jr. esq. late superintendent of the Cumberland road, and John Davis, esq. superintendent of a portion of the road in Maryland, all which are annexed to this report. SENATE. Nineteenth Congress-1st session. April 20. The following resolution offered by Mr. Barton was taken up. Resolved, That the president of the United States be requested to cause the senate to be informed, at the commencement of the next session of congress, what security was offered by, and what was taken of, the late surveyor general of Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, upon his last appointment to that office; and for what sum, if for any, he is a defaulter. Also, what security was taken of the late receiver of the publie monies in the western district of Missouri; and for what sum, it for any, he is a defaulter. He said, a more general reason had also induced senate. It was, he said, a lamentable fact, that withhim to introduce this subject to the attention of the in the last seven years, the people of the United States had been defrauded of nearly half a million of dollars, within the limit of Missouri alone, by the infidelity of public officers, agents, and trustees. In stating this fact, he said, he was casting no reflection upon the integrity of the population, or state authorities, of Missouri-for all these cases of infidelity had occurred on part of the officers, agents, and truswithin the limits of that state, tees of the federal government, employed or trusted, He said it was a notorious fact that federal officers and agents were so much better paid than those employed by the state, that all were seeking federal employment, in preference to the service of the state. the highest officers of the state government; the conAn Indian agent or sub-agent, had a better salary than sequence was, he said, that a kind of esprit du corps Sprang up among the officers and agents of the general government, which was rapidly tending to a distinction as little to be desired as that of patrician and plebian. Under such circumstances, federal officers would naturally unite in a phalanx, and form a kind of fraternity, generally disposed to aid and countenance each other in a set of interests contra-distinguished from those of the state. faults of these federal oficers had a most unfavoraThe numerous deble effect upon the attachment and respect of the Mr. Barton said it was not his intention, in intro-growing distinctions to which he had alluded, were state towards the government of the union--and the ducing these resolutions, to bring persons before the tending to a state of things to be deprecated by the senate, but to call their attention to facts and cases, best lovers and ablest advocates of the rights of upon which he respectfully solicited light in an au- statea. thentic form. Also, what sum is due to the United States by each of the late directors of the bank of Missouri, by transfer of their debts, or otherwise; what measures have been adopted for the recovery of those sums, and against which of the directors such measures have been enforced. His reason, he said, for calling for the information to be given at the next session of congress, was, that the information upon some of the subjects embraced in the resolutions, might not be conveniently collected and given at the present session. Mr. B. said he believed it would be found that the people of the United States had lost more money, within a given year, in the state of Missouri alone, by the infidelity of persons employed by the federat government, than would defray the expenses of the Upon the first resolution, he understood, by verbal mission to Panama inclusive. He therefore hoped whole diplomatic establishment of this union-the information, that a sum of between forty and fifty the senate would adopt the resolutions he had subthousand dollars was either lost, or in imminent dan-mitted, and give him the light that he asked: and ger of being lost, to the United States; and that, from some cause or other, the sureties of the officer alluded to, would be ultimately found not to be responsible for the amount of the supposed default. With respect to the second resolution, in relation to the western district in Missouri, it was understood, in the same inauthentic manner, that a sum of bear ten thousand dollars had been taken away by the late receiver of that district, probably to be expended on the rich cotton lands of the south; and that, from some cause, no responsible sureties had been given by that officer, for the faithful performance of his duties. It was understood, however, that the usual orders and instructions had been given, in this case, by the proper department that superintends these public interests. He said that, if it should be found that the fault lay in the law, or in the want of a law, in any of these cases, he should be ready, as one inember of this body, to apply the necessary remedy to the existing evil. In relation to the third resolution, respecting the 'public deposites in the bank of Missouri, he said it. beamed that about the sum of one hundred and fifty that if any defect in the existing laws bad caused the great abuses of public trust of which he had spoken, he should be happy in giving his aid in the restora agents employed so far from the seat of responsibility tion of a sounder state of things among those public as the river Missouri. The resolution was then agreed to. claims, reported a bill authorizing the payment of Several bills were ordered to a third reading. in favor of the bill, and Messrs. Chandler and Macon After some observations from Messrs. Lloyd, Wood of the discussion: The charter is perpetual, and guarantees twelve and a half per cent. dividend. The whole work has been put under contract, and taken by two companies from New York, in whom are united practical experience and efficient means. The contract stipulates the canal shall be completed on or before November, 1827, and it was commenced last month, with adequate force. No obstacle or difficulty bas presented itself either actually or imaginary, in the undertaking. The successful accomplishment of the work is certain. The canal is constructed to pass the largest steam boats, having fifty feet in a clear between the gates. Width of canal at top, 190 feet, will have four feet water at the lowest stages of the river. It is less than two miles in extent. The fall of the river is twenty-seven feet, which will be overcome by three combined lift locks. The land on which the canal is located has been purchased and paid for. With the aid this bill is calculated to give, the certainty of the completion of the work is beyond a doubt. The discussion of Mr. Branch's resolution relative to the power of the executive in the appointment of ministers, occupied the remainder of the day. The speakers were Messrs. Bell, Branch, Van Buren, Mills, Berrien, and Chambers; the latter replied at length to Mr. Tazewell April 24. Much debate took place on the claim of Amasa Stetson The claimant was a commissary during the late war, and the discussion turned on a motion made by Mr. Lloyd to recommit the bill to the committee of claims, with instructions to report such amendments as would cover certain items of claim which had been rejected by the committee. The question was then taken separately on the se veral items, which were all rejected except that which allowed two and a half per cent commission on army supplies furnished by him. The claim for compensation for the loss sustained by the petitioner in consequence of the depreciation of treasury notes, which he received from government, was decided in the negative, by yeas and nays, as follows: The annual loss sustained by the commerce of the west, occasioned by the obstruction to navigation, presented by the falls of the Ohio, at Louisville, and which obstruction this canal will completely remove, is calculated by men of undoubted experience, to be upwards of half a million of dollars annually. Twelve states are materially interested-Louisi-Ruggies, Smith, Tazewell, Van Buren, Willey Williams.-26. ana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and territory of Arkansas. YEAS-Messrs. Barton, Chambers, Chandler. Chase, Eaton, Harrison, Holmes, Johnston, of Louisiana, Knight, Lloyd, Mills, Robbins, Sanford, Seymour, Thomas. White, Woodbury-17. NAYS-Messrs Bell, Berrien, Bouligny, Branch, Clayton. Cobb, Dickerson, Edwards, Findlay, Harper, Hayne, Hendricks, Johnson, of Kentucky, Kane, King, Macon, Marks, Noble, Reed, Rowan, The bill was was recommitted. The greater part of the first instalment, called for on the 15th March last, has been paid in. The second instalment is called on the 20th June, of ten per cent. Stock 6000 shares, of $100 each, $600,000. [The bill authorizes the purchase of 1000 shares of stock, provided they can be procured for a sum not exceeding 100,000 dollars.] After passing some private bills to a third reading, the senate went into the consideration of executive business. [Said to be the Creek treaty-which was ratified, 30 to S.] April 22. On motion of Mr. Cobb the injunction of secicey was removed from the confidential proceedings of the senate, on the Creek treaty, so far as to permit any senator to take extracts therefrom. Several bills were passed to their second or third readings-to be noticed when passed. The engrossed bill to authorize a subscription for stock, on the part of the United States, on the Louisville and Portland Canal company, was read a third time, and passed, by yeas and nays, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Barton, Benton, Bonliguy, Chambers, Chase, Edwards, Findlay, Harrison, Hendricks, Holmes, Kane, King Marks, Mills, Noble, Reed, Robbins, Rowan, Ruggles, Thomas. NAYS-Messrs. Bell, Branch, Chandler, Clayton, Cobb, Dickrauli, Hayne, Knight, Macon, Sanford, Tazewell, Van Buren, Winte, Willey, Woodbury-15. -201 Mr. Berrien submitted a resolution, to instruct the committee on Indian affairs to report a bill to make provision for the further relief of the son and other followers of the late chieftain William M'Intosh, and to provide for their emigration west of the Mississippi. The resolution went much into detail, directing what items should be embraced by the bill-how much money, how much of all the articles requisite for the emigrating party, how it should be ascertained who of them were willing to emigrate, &c.1 A discussion of considerable length followed-chiefly between Mr Branch and Mr. King and Mr. Berrien. We cannot give the stekch of it. It was finally passed in the following form: hesolved, That the committee on Indian affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill authorizing the presulent of the United States to make such further provision as may be themed equitable, for the friends and followers of the late ged. William Melutesh, an Indian chieftain of the Creek tribe; dlso to facilitate their emigration west of the Mississippi. The engrossed bill for the relief of John Matthews, and the engrossed bill to repeal the second section of the act to regulate the mode of practice in the courts of the United States, for the district of Louisiana, were severally read a third time, passed and sent to the other house for concurrence. The senate then resumed the consideration of Mr. Branch's motion on the appointment of public ministers. Mr. Mills spoke two hours in reply to Mr. Tazewell. Mr. Macon supported the resolution, and then the senate adjourned. April 25. Twelve or fourteen bills were ordered to a third reading. Mr. Branch's resolution was further discussed. Mr. Tazewell, spoke two hours in support of it, and in reply to the gentleman who had opposed it. Mr. Van Buren said that he had wished to express his views of the subject, but as the senate seemed desirous to terminate the debate, be believed he should waive his intention. The senate then adjourned. April 26. Two private bills being disposed of, for the present The senate then proceeded to the consideration of the bill to allow the payment of interest to the state of Delaware, on money borrowed by that state during the late war, for the public service. After some remarks by Mr. Clayton, to shew the equity of the allowance, the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. The bill to provide for the establishment of an uni¬ form militia system, was discussed, and postponed for further consideration. Several bills were ordered to a third reading, and some passed-as will appear hereafter. The further discussion of Mr. Branch's resolutions took up the rest of the day. Mr. Tazewell made a few explanatory remarks, and Messrs. Johnson, of Ky. Reed, and Branch, spoke at length concerning them. An adjournment prevailed, 21 to 20. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. [It was incorrectly stated in the last REGister, page 151, that Mr. McLane's amendment, as originally proposed by him, was adopted. That gentleman, and also Mr. Rives, had accepted Mr. Buchanan's modification-and we believe that a correct copy of the res solution, as it stood when voted for, is inserted in the first page of the present number.] Thursday, April 20. Mr. Martindale, of New York, from the committee on claims reported a bill from the senate, entitled "An act for the relief of Francis Larche," with a report unfavorable to the passage thereof; the bill and report were laid on the table, and the report was ordered to be printed. The following is a copy of the report, and, as it contains a doctrine highly important to a large portion of the people of this country, we subjoin it to our account of the proceedings; The committee on claims, to whom was referred the petition of Francis Larche, with a bill from the senate for his relief-report: That this is a claim of the value of a slave, belonging to the petitioner, impressed into the service of the United States, by gen. Jackson, in the defence of New Orleans, and alleged to have been killed by a cannon shot while in that service. Without stopping to deny or admit any of the facts by which the petitioner supports his claim, the committee recommend its rejection upon principle. The emergency justified the impressment of every moral agent, capable of contributing to the defence of the place; to call upon the master to defend himself and slave, as well as the slave to defend his master. It would be the height of injustice to call upon the free citizens of states, many hundred miles distant from the point assailed, to pour out their] blood and sacrifice their lives for its defence; and at the same time, exonerate from that service its own - physical and moral force. Men were wanted, and, in that capacity, the slave was put in requisition. The master too might have been called upon, and his sons and his hired servants, as they were in other parts of the country; and where sons, and fathers, and husbands, fought and died, without having their lives valued or compensated in money. The speaker laid before the house a communication from the secretary of the treasury, containing the papers called for by the house on the 4th inst. showing the right of certain persons to the cargoes of the slave ships Constitution, Louisa, and Mariana, and also of the amount paid to said claimants, and the authority for the payments; which was referred to the committee on the slave trade. Among the documents is the following statement: Amount of the several sums of money paid to the claimants of the cargo of the schooner Louisa, the dates of payment, and the authority under which they have been made, under the act of the 3d of March, 1823. March 8, 1825-Joseph Noriega, for part of cargo of 3,087 50 16,156 37 All of which sums were allowed under the authority of the [late] secretary of the treasury. Treasury department, register's office, April 17, 1826. JOSEPH NOURSE, Register. The Panama question, as already noticed, then, came up, in committee of the whole. During the course of the discussion, Messrs. Barbour, Markley, Mallary, Powell, McLane, Sprague, Buchanan, Camp bell, Bartlett, Cook, Everett, Cambreleng, Floyd, Whip ple, Forsyth, McDuffie, Mitchell, of Ten. Mangum, Webster, Bassett, Estill, Ward, Brown, Stewart, Tucker, (S. C.) Alexander, Allen, Dwight, Thompson, of Pa. Herrick, Archer, Livingston and Dorsey, addressed the chair. Amendments to Mr. McLane's proposition, were offered by Messrs. Whipple, and Forsyth, and Estill-but none of them prevailed. When the question was taken on Mr. McLane's amendment, (as modified), by yeas and nays, there appeared Yeas-Messrs. Addams, of Pa. Alexander, of Va. Alexander, of Badger, Baldwin, Bartley, Barber, of Conn. Barney, Beecher, that the committee of claims had made a report in The motion was agreed to. Notices that certain bills would be called up for consideration, were given by several gentlemen. The Panama question was further considered. The motion pending yesterday was to lay the whole subject on the table. This was decided by yeas and nays For laying the resolution of the committee of foreign relations, with the amendment of Mr. McLane on the table, 31-against it 157. Messrs. Forsyth, Clarke, Buchanan, Webster, Miner, Polk, Thompson, of Geo. Stevenson, of Pa. Claiborne, Wood, Marvin and Floyd, explained their reasons for the vote which they were about to give, or discussed the subject pretty generally. The question was now taken on the resolution, as amended, and decided in the negative, by yeas and nays, as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Addams, of Pa. Anderson, Armstrong, Bartlett, Bassett, Baylies, Boone, Bradley, Buchanan, Cambreleng, Cassedy, Claiborne, Conner, Findlay, Pa. Findlay, of Ohio, Garrison, Harris, Hemphill, Henry, Holcombe, Ingham, Jennings, of Indi ana, Jolinson, of N. Y. James Johnson, Kellogg, Kerr, Kremer, Lawrence, Lincoln, Martin, McKean, McKee, McLane, of Dela ware, Julin Mitchell, Moore, of Kentucky, Orr, Plumer, Scott, Sill, Stevenson, of Pa. Stewart, Taylor, of Va. Thompson, of Ohio, Van Horne. Verplanck, Ward, Weems, Whittlesey, Wick liffe, Williams, Henry Wilson, Wilson, of Ohio, Worthington, Young-54. Nays-Adams, of N. Y. Alexander, of Va. Alexander, of Ten. Allen, of Mass. Allen, of Ten. Alston, Angel, Archer, Ashley, Bailey, Badger, Baldwin, Bartley, Barber, of Con. Barbour, of Va. ges, Campbell, Carson, Carter, Cary, Clarke, Cocke, Condet, Beecher, Blair, Brent, Brown, Bryan, Buckner, Burleigh, Bur Cook, Crowninshield, Crump, Cuthbert, Davenport, Deitz, Dor N. C. Estill, Everett, Floyd. 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