“Resolved, As a further testimony of the gratitude of their country, that the President of the United States be requested to cause to be surveyed, within the limits of the public lands of the United States now open for sale, as the said William Eaton shall elect, a township of six miles square, to be called Derne, as a memorial of the conquest of that city, for ever; and to cause to be laid out, surveyed, and granted, to the said William Eaton, in one entire tract, within the said township, —— thousand acres; and to Priestly N. O’Bannon and George Washington Mann, each —— thousand acres; and to Arthur Campbell, Bernard O’Brian, David Thomas, and James Owen, the only surviving marines who served as volunteers in that expedition, three hundred and twenty acres each; to be granted to them, respectively, their heirs, and assigns, for ever.”
Wednesday, March 19.
Death of Senator Jackson.
The Senate were informed that James Jackson, one of their members, from the State of Georgia, had deceased the last night, whereupon,
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to take order for superintending the funeral of James Jackson, and that the Senate will attend the same; and that notice of the event be given to the House of Representatives; and,
Ordered, That this committee consist of Messrs. Anderson, Sumter, and Wright.
Resolved, unanimously, That the members of the Senate, from a sincere desire of showing every mark of respect due to the memory of James Jackson, deceased, late a member thereof, will go into mourning for him one month, by the usual mode of wearing a crape round the left arm.
The Senate adjourned.
Thursday, March 20.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House will attend the funeral of James Jackson, Esquire, late a Senator of the United States. They have also determined to wear mourning on the left arm, for the space of one month, in testimony of their respect for the memory of that distinguished Revolutionary patriot.