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CHRONICbX l.\D sentinel.
AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY TURNING, DECEMBER 25.
~ I'OR CONGRESS,
HINp HOLT, Jr.
| OF MtTSCOGKK.
Election «L First Monday in January.
(fj= To-daj' b*ing Christmas, no paper will be is
sued from this office on Saturday morning. The
Tri-Weekly suifccribers will be supplied with the
Uiily .ts this morning.
Correspondent*! of the Chronicle and Sentinel.
.Milledgetxlle, Tuesday, 7
11 I'clock, p. m., Dec. 22, 1840.5
Thin has been ! day of despatch with the business
of the Legislature. The tables of both houses are
nearly cleared all the matter that have been :
laying on them l£r weeks, and no measure of any
importance is noik undisposed of in either house,
except the bill l(pr the repeal of the Darien Bank
charter, &c.; that is now before a committee
of conference between the two'houses, to adjust a
disagreement growing out of the amendments o l '
the Senate. Tbit bill, from its present situation,
and the strong dltermination for an adjournment
at an early hour*n the morning, will, most proba
bly, be lost.
The Senate, t-day, has passed the bill of the
House in relatioi? to the Central Bank, which re
peals the act ol fust year and provides for the re
demption of the iills in circulation by the issue of
the State bonds, J&c.; also, the Tax bill, and the
Maine bill, as it i* termed, or the quarantine regu
lation, fcc. I send you, by this mail, a copy of
this bill. The laA section was added as an amend
ment in the Senate, and I give its substance as j
understood it frtm hearing it read. It is said by
wat of the friends of the Governor that he will
veto it. If so, Itipprehend that he will find him
self unsupported jy the feelings of the people of
Georgia. This Measure was defeated last year
••ly by means of a party rally on the last night
•f the session ; and a similar attempt was made
again to-day, but without the same success. The
bill was advocated in the Senate, by Messrs. Mil
ler, Moore, and fepencer, and opposed b}" Messrs.
Cordon, Reid, ana Echols, and passed by a vote of
&) to 31 —a majoßty of four in its favor.
In the House, - he onh* bill of general interest
acted on to-day, was the measure in relation to
Franklin College The final disposition of this
matter resulted ii ; the indefinite postponement of
the bill, and the f-doption of a preamble and reso
lutions, ottered by: Mr. Stephens—a copy of which
1 send you. Thi ■ bill, as I stated some days ago,
had passed the J|ouse with an amendment, and
was re-coosider*)!. The amendment then agreed
to was of the san|e nature as the resolutions now
adopted; the only-difference being, that the amend
ment to the bill directed that the Governor, imme
diately upon the receipt of the report contemplat
ed to be made, should assign to the Trustees of the
University Bankj stock of the B:a‘e, equal in
mount to the sur| found due the University upen
the settlement, if equalled the amount of
fifteen hundred fjiares, and if not, then to that
amount as a pejlnanent endowment; while the
resolutions refer t|ie report and the whole matter
l* the next Legislature. It is thought that, upen
an accurate settblaacnt between the Treasury of
the State and the llniversity, as is provided forty
the resolutions, tl»e State will be found to be in
possession of ftmc|j of the University not less than
•ne hundred '.adlfiity thousand dollars. Some of
the data govemi|g this opinion, will be foutd
in the reports the Secretary of the'Tieasuiy
and the Cashier* of the Central Bank, —copies
ol which follovi the resolutions, so that ycu
may pub lish thermif you think the subject will af
lord sufficient iuti|rest to your readers. It would,
unquestionably, Ife better for the institution that
its fiscal concerns* should be separated from the
Treasury of the Slate, and be placed under the sole
control of the Trustees.
The resolutioui'lof the Senate against a high Ta
riff and a Bank the United States, were taken
up in the Home ■ o-day and amended, by striking
out the resolution against a National Bank and in
serting one declaring such an institution “ ex
ppdient, and necessary,” for the safe keeping
and propter disbursements of the public revenue,
and for the interest and prosperity of the United
States. I give thf substance, not having the reso
lution before me. Upon the adoption of the whole,
•* amended, many of the Van Buren men refused
to vote, and entere d a protest upon the Journals,&c.
Both houses nave now adjourned to meet at 7
o’clock in the morning, to close the business of tie
eewien. 'Yours, &c. 11.
2tfn.LfiD6Evu.LE, December 22.
The Senate this morning took up and passed the
biff of the Home, |n relation to the Central Bank
—Yeas 38, nayi 3|».
They also took pip the bill of the House, which
provided for the appointment of Commissioners to
wind up the affairs of the bank of Darien, and
adopted in lieu of it a substitute, authorising the
Central Bank to lend to any persons indebted to the j
hank of Darien, the bills of that bank now in the
Central Bank,an 1 to sell the States’ interest in the
hank of I)., if par can be obtained for it, to be paid
for in five annual instalments, with interest. Ido
not trunk the House will concur with the Senate,
The next bill pissed, was the ene transfering
“ Waters' Purchase ” from Jasper to Newton. It j
gave rise to animated discussion, which
was participated in: by Messrs. Glover, Williamson,
Miller, Carter ard£easly in favor of; and Messrs.
Gordon, Dunagm; Lindsay and Echols of W.
against the bill. As the act of 1834, cutting off
tho territory in question, was passed by the party
for the purpose of giving them the ascendancy in
Jaaper, and in opposition to the wishes of the rep
resentatives and squalors of Newton, in the Legis
lature ; it was ri|l?t, and proper to repeal the act—
which has been do le. lam informed that a peti
tion will be presented t® the Governor, praying
ban to veto the bil^
The House mfojraed the Senate of their having
passed the Senate js bill, to repeal tho act of last
session, prohibit ini; banks in a state of suspension,
from charging m«r| than 2 per cent for exchange,
lx tho mfternoor|. af'.er disposing of various bills
of little interest, she Senate took up the Quaran
tine bill, (of whkfi I sent you a copy) an amend
ment was adopted,: declaring that the bill should
not operate after Governor gave notice that
Maine had lurrendtred the fugitives. The Senate
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then adjourned amt met again at 7 o’clock, when
after considerable | scussion, the bill was passed—
Yeas 36, nays 31 < It was advocated by Messrs.
Hiller, Spencer, Myre and Kennan, and opposed
by Messrs. Gordon,|Reid and Echols, of W.
The Senate then took up and passed the resolu
tion reported by the Committee on the state of the
Republic, requiring the Governor to continue hi"
correspondence with the Governor of "S irgiuia, and
to open a correspondence with the Governors of the
other slave holding States, with the view of devis
ing some plan to remedy the wrongs now existing,
in relation to Georgia and Virginia, by the refusal
of the Governor of Maine and New York, to sur
render certain fugitives, and if necessary to carry
out such plans, to call a convention of the people
of Georgia.
So jou wiXJ perceive that Georgia has taken a
decided stand upon this important question. Some
calculate on the Goreraor’i refusing his assent to
the quarantine law. I trust they will be disap
pointed.
The Senate adjourned till 7 o’clock to-morrow
morning. Both branches of the Legislature will
adjourn sine die to-morrow.
The following is the Senate’s amendment to the
bill “ entitled an act to protect the slave property
of the State of Georgia,” &c,, which we published
yesterday: —
“ And be it further enacted, That whenever the
Governor of the State of Maine shall comply with
his constitutional obligations to the State of
Georgia, in the premises, the Governor of this State
shall, by proclamation, suspend the operation of
this act.”
Whereas, the Legislature of this State, in the
year 1784, appropriated twenty thousand acres of
the first quality of land in several counties of this
Slate, for the laudable, wise and patriotic purpose
of founding a University of learning within its li
mits, wherein her sons might be taught the arts
and sciences and have all the opportunities of ob
taining a thorough education, without being depen
dant therefor upon foreign institutions; and where
as, subsequently to the appropriation of said lands,
and in pursuance of the object contemplated there
by, such University has been founded and charter
ed, and the lands so appropriated have, at different
times, been sold and conveyed, in pursuance of va
rious acts of the Legislature, and a large amount
of lae proceeds of the sale of the same has, at dif
ferent times, been received into tho Treasury of
the State ; and whereas, it is not only the pride
and honor of all free States, to aid in the diffusion
of knowledge, the encouragement of learning, and
the promotion of education, and to cherish and fos
ter the higher schools of science, but has been
made the constitutional duty of the General As
sembly of Georgia, sanctioned by the exfcrience,
virtue, intelligence and patriotism of our revolu
tionary fathers, “ to provide effectual measures for
the improvement and permanent security of the
funds and endowments” of such institutions ; and
whereas, the Legislature, in pursuance of such high
obligations, has, from time to time, since the adop
tion of the Constitution, given to the University
aforesaid, various donations and additional endow
ments, some seeming to be in lieu of the interest
accruing annually on the funds of the University
received into the Treasury ot the State, and others,
as original endowments; and whereas, experience
has shown, that for the better securing the great
objects intended by the founders of the institution,
it should he entirely separated from the precarious
action of the General Assembly, as well in its fis
cal concerns as in its general government and regu
lations, which could much better be confided to the
management and direction of its Board of Trustees,
and that its funds, of original and subsequent en
dowments, as far as the same have been received
into the Treasury of the State, should be turned
over to the Board of Trustees, to be by them per
manently invested in such way, and in such stocks,
as may appear to them most conducive to the ad
vancement of the interest (f the high trusts com
mitted to their charge—ln pursuance, therefore, of
these objects, and for the better securing these ends,
as well for the disconnection of the affairs and
funds of the University from the Treasury of the
State as fur the settlement of its permanent en
dowment hereafter, as originally contemplated by
its founder and as enjoined by the Constitution—
Be it therefore Resolved, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of Georgia,
in General Assembly met , That within three months
after the passage of this resolution, it shall be the
duty of the Governor to appoint three fit and suit
able persons to examine into the history of the
University of this State, from its earliest establish
ment, and to ascertain the amount of the various
donations and endowments to the same, made. at
different times, by the Legislature, and the aggre
gate of the several annual receipts into the Trea
sury of the State and the Central Bank, on account
of the University funds or proceeds of bonds taken
at the sales of said lands; and, also, the several
annual appropriations made from the Treasury to
meet the current expenses of the College, keeping
each the special annual appropriations sepaiate and
distinct, and to make an accurate and equitable ac
count between the Treasury and University for
such receipts into the farmer and annual appropria
tions to the latter, by computing and compounding
the interest, at the lawful rates of this State, an
nually on the amounts so received into the Trea
sur} r , as well as on the annual appropriations so
made to the College; to ascertain the amounts
which upon equitable settlements, or account so
made between the Treasury and University, shall
then be due to the latter; and whose duty it shall
be to report the same to the Governor.
And he it further Resolved , That the result of
such investigation be reported by the Governor to
the next General Assembly, that such action may
then be bad in relation to the object of these reso
lutions as may seem most suitable and proper for
effecting the ends contemplated by their adoption.
(Copy of Report.)
Treasury Department, Georgia. /
Mxlledgeville, Nov. 1 /th, 1840. 5
To the Honorable , the Speaker , and the members of
the House of Representatives:
j In compliance with a resolution of the House of
j Representatives of the 19th instant, requesting the
Treasurer to furnish a statement of the amounts
received at this Department upon University bonds,
and the year in which the several amounts were
received previous to the Ist of January, 1829. I
have the honor to report as follows: —
Amount rec’d, political year 1818 $17,628 94
« “ 1819 4,522 20
“ « 1820 6,408 30
« “ 1821 19,045 86
« “ 1822 26,860 00
“ « 1823 19,495 SO
“ « 1824 10,846 16
“ “ 1825 6,391 92
1826 13,840 17
1827 3,356 92
“ « 1828 3,872 98
“ « 1829 638 94
i
$132,204 19
Very respectfully,
T. HAYNES,Treasurer.
Statement from the Report of the Cashier of the
Central Bank, Nov. 18th, 1840.
University Bonds and Attorneys re
ceipts for the same, received by this
Institution from the Treasury De
partment, amount of principal $39,310 13
Cancelled by Executive order, 1,519 80
Balance, $37,790 33
Collected of the above, 32,986 87
Remaining in Bank, $4,803 46
Amcunt of principal as above, col
lected by Central Bank, $32,986 87
Interest received on same, 5,622 72
Principal and interest collected, $38,609 59
Christmas Gift to the Orphan.—After divine
service this morning, in the Catholic church, a col
lection will be taken up for the education and sup
port of several orphans, some of whom are the vic
tims of tho fever of last year.
The charitable contributions of such as cannot
attend, will be gratefully received by the Rev. J.
Barry, or any of the Trustees of the chuich.
The Rev. Dr, Bkantly, President of Charleston
College, will by divine permission, preach in the
Baptist church on Sxbbath morning next, on the oc
casion of the ordination of the pastor of the
church. Services to commence at 10£ o’clock.
Correspondence of the Chronicle and Sentinel,
Washington, Saturday Evening, >
December 19th, 1840.$
I have no Congressional r ?ws to send you to day,
as neither House has been in session.
There is so little that can be done under the ex
isting state of parties in both branches of the Na
tional Legislature, and there is so much to be done
when the Harrison party obtain the majority, that
it is very likely little will be attempted at the j re
sent scssion.excepl to repeal the sub-Treasury act —
get stores of information from the men in power as
to the actual operation of their own measures of
policy, and thus pave the way for that scries of
beneficent and patriotic acts which will be passed
during the first session under the administration of
General Harrison. After the exciting contest we
have gone through, the present state of the polili- j
cal atmosphere appears peculiarly calm and mode- I
rate, and the relaxation of a day at the close of the •
week is not ungrateful. v
The Cabinet appointments arc still the subject of .
conversation in all the social and political cir- j
clcs. The two posts of Secretary of State and At
torney General being assigned respectively to Mr,
Webster and to Mr. Crittenden, speculation con
i
tinues still active and alert about the other posts ;
of high nonor. It is now said that Mr. Ewing will I
probably not accept of the office of Postmaster
General, which has been tendered to him ; if this |
is the case, Mr. Whittlesey of Ohio, Mr. O. H. I
Smith,of Indiana, or Mr. Southard of New Jersey, j
will be the men.
They are all spoken of, but 1 incline to think ■
that Mr. Ewing trill accept. As to the three Se- \
cretaryships, of War, Navy, and Treasury, the j
general wish is that nobody should be appointed to
either until General Harrison comes here, and has
an opportunity of consulting his friends from dif
ferent quarters of the Union. Mr. Dell and Mr
Preston are spoken of strongly for the War De
partment; Mr. Dawson, of Georgia, is promlnen* j
among those who are referred to fur the office of j
Secretary of the Navy ; Mr. Cameron is peculiarly
prominent among the persons mentioned for the
post of Secretary of the Treasury". Mr. Sargent,
of Pennsylvania, has also his supporters, and
stands for the same post. Mr, Grander is ;
spoken of too for the Navy Department. If Mr. i
Dawson goes into the Cabinet, and also Mr. Bel!, !
then Mr. Granger will probably be Speaker of the
House of Representatives. If Mr. Preston does
not go into the Cabinet, lie will most probably be
made Minister to England or France. Mr. Legare
will also receive, it is likely, some distinguished
appointment abroad. Both of these gentlemen
would do honor to the country in any station to
which they may be called.
The Senate seems little disposed to discuss any
question of general policy. Mr. Clay’s motion for
a repeal of the Sub-Treasury act, after a short i
speech from him and a brief rejoinder from Mr. j
Wright, was put on the Secretary’s table, and we
will probably not hear of it again for some weeks. !
Mr. Webster opened up a field of discussion on the
financial part of the President’s Message. But as- i
ter his powerful speech was replied to, though in a
very feeble manner, by Mr. Wright, the debate
dropped. Nobody else exhibited any disposition to
participate in it.
There will, however, be a debate on the Mes- |
sage in the House, if the majority should soon go
into committee ol the whole for the purpose of !
distributing its various parts to the different stand- ,
ing committees.
The Christmas holidays begin on Friday next,
and as Monday is petition day, there will be only'
really three legislative days this week. D.
Loss or Cotton by Fire.—The Savannah Re
publican of the 23d says: We regret to state, that
yesterday afternoon the Iron Steamboat Company’s
tow boat No. 2, with about four hundred bales
of Cotton, was destroyed by fire in our river, about
two miles above the city'. The particulars we
learn are as follows. The steamboat/. Randolph,
with the above and another boat in tow, from Au
gusta, was aground, and while waiting for the tide
the Cotton was discovered to be on fire, low down j
near the bottom of the boat. The flames spread :
with such rapidi’y, that it was found to be impos- |
sible to save both boats, and she was therefore cast
loose, and was, with her cargo, entirely consumed.
The cotton in the other boat though frequently
on fire, was saved without any damage.
The Cotton destroyed was taken in at Augusta,
but we did not understand to whom it was con
signed.
From the Petersburg Intelligencer of the 22 d.
Horrid Murders*
The Mail-Carrier from Southampton bungs us
the following account of a series of horrid mur
ders committed in that county on Monday week
last, by a wretch by the name of Drake.
It appears that on the night of Monday, the
14th inst., Drake went to the house of an aged
man by the name of Scott, on the pretence of pro
curing a jug of vinegar. Having got the vine
gar, Drake asked Scott to walk with him to the
road, where he said there was an oyster cart. —
Scott accompanied him to the road but found
there was no cart at the place designated, and on
turning round to retire to his house, was struck
by Drake on the head with a maul and killed in
stantly. Drake having committed this cruel mur
der, went to Scott’s kitchen and struck a negro
woman a heavy blow—the woman, though bad
ly hurt, was enable to escaped from the ruffian and
made her way to the house where she informed
her mistress of Drake’s proceedings. After the
woman’s escape, Drake killed a negro boy whom
he found in the kitchen, and then repaired to the
house where, with a chair, he killed the negro wo
man who escaped from the kitchen, the sister of
Scott, and her daughter, a child of seven years
of age.
These transactions occurred at about midnight
At 3 o’clock in the morning, the neighbors hav
ing been apprized of the occurrence by some one
of the family who esc tped from the massacre,
broke into the house and found the cruel murder
er in the act of burning the bodies of nis victims.
Drake was secured and taken to jail, where he
' awaits his trial for the enormities committed by
him.
, It is believed that the object of this inhuman
’ wretch was plunder, as Scott had the reputation
l #f a rich man, who had in his house large sums
of gold and silver.
Fire at Aiken.—A letter from Aiken, da
■ ted at 3 o’clock, A. M., yesterday morning, says :
- “ Our little town has again been visited by fire.
At one o’clock this morning the engine hous
t took fire, and a small dwelling close by, and in
half an hour both were enveloped in flames.
* The wind is blowing from the north-east, and the
fire appears to be subdued. About one hundred
yards of the rail road, from the house down the
1 plane, is consumed. How it originated remains
5 yet unknown. Carriages, drays &c. are now
■ being procured to bring the passengers and bag
* i gage from the foot of the plane to the breakfast I
1 house.”*— Charleston Courier of yesterday, I
From the Savannah Republican.
From Florida.
We learn from a correspondent (atFort Holme*
E. F., December 19th, 1840,) that on the loth
inst. an express rider, going from Fort Russell to
Pilatka, discovered two Indians within two or
three miles of Fort Holmes, who attempted to cht
him off; by dint of hard riding he escaped them,
and upon his arrival atFort Holmes reported the
fact to Lieut McKinstry, who immediately set
out, accompanied by Dr. Bmlsallandlhirtyir.cn,
but no signs of the Indians could be discovered.
The neighboring hammocks were thoroughly ex
amined.
“Thirteen Indians are at Fort King-. They
have given up their arms and appear anxious to
emigrate. These Indians came in of their own
accord, and I have no doubt that they are sincere
in their professions of peace.
•‘lt is reported that Wild Cat (Co-a-coo-chee)
| and Tiger Tail have had a fight, and that Wild
i Cat was killed in the affra\'.
j “I saw a few days since, continues our Cores-
I pondont, Wild Cat’s little daughter Chim-me
i chat-tec, who was recently taken by the Dragoons
|on the Wektwa. *She is a smart, active child
! of nine or ten years, and evinced her aristocratic
education by paying little or no attention to her
fell«\v prisoners whom she regards as plebians.
01 the latter class was a male child of four or five
; years of age, whom his companions designated
las Joe. Joe is of a surly disposition and bj r no
: means a favorite. Chirn-me-chattee, when she
| first saw him after his capture remarked, “that
! she could not see the use of keeping him a prison
! er, that he could not light a lire or bring water,
! and that they ought to knock his brains out.”
| The New York ’cotrespondent of tne National
i Intelligencer writes—
There is no stir at ail in the money market. The
impression is increasing that Philadelphia will
slide into a resumption without any serious diffi
culty. The sub-Treasury now continues to bo the
only blockade in the way of a general resumption,
and an approximation toward equal exchanges.—
Mr. Tilliaghast is right in calling attention to vio
lations of the sub-Treasury law ; and though the
Receiver General here tries outwardly, to carry out
the law, yet he daily violates it, particularly that
part which refers to banknotes. Abolish the law,
and with the good feeling now arising in the coun
try on mercantile matters, vve can have “the golden
age” in three months.
Ohio.—Gov. Siiaxsox’s Message.--The mes
sage of Gov. Shannon is a very long document.
—He discusses the subjects of currency, the pa
per'system, a National Bank, and the Sub-Trea
sury. His manner is argumentative, his style
clear, his language free from vituperation, but his
doctrines are those of the Van Buren school. We
shall not attempt a synopsis of his financial dis
course, since the substance of all that he says on
the subject has been reiterated again and again
by politicians of the party, until the main points, I
we presume, are familiar to most readers.
The public debt of the State is about fourteen
millions eight hundred thousand dollars; upon
which amount, except about one million, interest
is paid annually. To complete the public works j
still under construction, the’estimales require $2,-
438,000. The total amount of the State’s reven
ue for the year, (not including that from the ca
nals) is $306,498 28 ; the balance in the Treas
ury after the payment of all expenses is a little j
over eleven thousand dollars. The school fund
amounts in all to $286,200 01.
The amount of tolls, lines and water rents on
the several public works, after deducting repairs,
superintendance and awards of damages, is in the
aggregate $354,781 82.
There are about seventy-five pupils in the Deaf j
and Dumb Asylum. The Institution for the in- j
struction of the Blind has thirty-two pupils, being j
an increase of thirteen since the last report. In
the Lunatic Asylum one hundred and one insane i
persons have been admitted during the year, and j
fifty-three discharged in a restored state. The
accounts of all these institutions are satisfactory.
The number of convicts in the Penitentiary on
the 30lh of November was four hundred and eigh- |
ty-eight. The earnings of this establishment
during the year have paid all its expenses, and
there is a balance over of about $25,000. — Balti
more American.
Perquisites alias Pilferings of Office
—ln the old fashioned, honest times of Jelierson
and Madison, when office seekers and office hol
ders had made but meagre advances in craft and
roguery, in comparison with what some of them
now possess, it used t« be that the legal salary at
tached to an office was considered the proper com
pensation for services, except perhaps in some few
instances, where the nature of the business trans
acted therein was such as precluded ihe possibili
ty of fixing any stated amount. It was but sel
dom in those days that an office holder was found
boasting of his perquisites, and proclaiming that
they were worth thousands a year—and whyl
Because men were selected to fill offices who were
known] to be competent and honest; the choice
of them were not given to the noisiest and most
mischievous political pack horses, but frequently |
to men who were no politicians at all. The con- ;
sequence was, that all branches of our govern- ■
ment were administered in honest sincerity and j
republican purity, and not farmed out to private i
peculators, and made sources of enormous gain
to those who take them on shares. How wonder
fully have things changed since the days when
our every branch of government was thus dispen
sed. Public offices are now too frequently sought
as affording a means of making enormous sums
annually by what are termed perquisites, a term
which, in many cases, is synonymous with pil
fering. The legal salary attached to an offije is
but a minor consideration now-a-days, and not
the object contended for, as in the age of our fore
fathers. All this comes of rewarding men for
their tricks and dishonesty in the service of a par
ty, by giving them situations which neither their
dispositions nor habits fit them, for, which, as we
have frequently said before, must materially wea
ken the efficacy of the departments in wu.ch they
are placed, and rob republican government of its
brightest ornaments. — Phil. Chron.
x \
A Western Huzza.—The Western Whigs
do tip their politics on. no diminutive scale; and
in announcing election returns they talk “ tall.”
As an example, the Conneaut (O.) Gazette thus
introduces its table of Harrison States;
“ Here they come—corruption rebuked—slan
ders silenced—the country saved—Marlin Van
Buren defeated — Gen. Harrison elected ! ! !
Don’t talk about trumpets, drums or guns. Give
us a regular explosion ! Charge the mammoth
cave of Keatuck—bring up the Falls of Nia
gara—tear down the Green Mountains and the
Alleghanies, and blow up the Fake // / None
of your small arms !”
Hebrew Women.—Wherever the women of
the Hebrews are to be found (and where are they
notl”) they still exhibit the type of their intellec
tual beauty which subdued Egypt, and reformed
the penal statues of Persia, and their fine heads
are cited by science as models of the highest mor
al conformation. Bright thoughts flash from
their bright eyes, quick perceptions animate their
noble lineaments, and if the force of circumstances
is no Ipnger directed to elicit the high qualities
of an Esther or a Judah, the original of the pic-?
tuie drawn by the prophet king of the virtuous
women, “whose price is above rubies, ’ may be
found among the Jewish women of modern as of
ancient times, for they eat not the bread of idle
ness,” and “the hearts of their husbands trust
Ithem.” — Lady Morgan's Woman and her Mas
ter.
Correspondence if the Baltimore American. y
Washington. December IG.
Iv jSexatjj.—This President’s Message.
The Vice President, alter the expiration of the
morning hour, announced the postponed motion
of Mr. Webster tube the subject in order before
the Senate.
Mr. Webster *aid that it was not without some
reluctance that i-e had concluded to address the
Senate upon the subject of the President’s Mes
sage —especially at this period of the session.
He had no disposition to re-open old wounds, or
to enter again upon the discussion of topics
which had so recently, and at such great length,
been discussed in the Senate. All thatlpropo.se
I to do is to salanit some remarks with regard to
| the finances of the country. 1 do not propose
i to refer at much length to the past, or to spocu
| late upon the future. I wish to consider the fi-
I nances of the country as they arc, and to com
ment briefly upon some of the facts or opinions
laid down in the Message.
He thought the President was mistaken in
j some of his positions in reference to a National
i Debt and a National Bank. Os a National Bank
| said Mr. Webster, I shall say nothing at pic
; sent. In regard to a National Debt, I wish to
! submit to the Senate whether any party since
the foundation of the Government, ever made a
j National Debt one of its governing principles.
| It so when did that party exist, and where is the
proof of its existence? It is true that the Gov
ernment has contracted debts —the old Continen
tal Congress contracted debts—loans were made
in the days of the Revolution—a debt was con
tracted by John Adams with Holland; but of
the propriety of these measures there are none
who doubt them.
But, continued Mr. Webster, the remark of the
President is particularly unfortunate when he
says that a National Debt has been one of the
prominent measures before the country. The
present is the only Administration which in time
of profound peace has contracted a debt, and this
Administration has expended twenty revert mil
lions five hundred thousand dollars more than
its income.
Reserved by the Deposit Act, £0,000,000 on
the first of January 1837.
Here was this amount on hand. In 1837 the
fourth instalment was kept back, amounting to
£9,000,000. —In addition to this, the Bonds due
from the old Bank have been the means of pay
ing into the Treasury the sum of £8,000,000.
To this is to he added the outstanding Treasury
notes, making in all $27,500,000; and this
shows that for the three or four years past the
Administration has expended nearly eight mil- I
lions per annum, beyond its income.
But, asked Mr. Webster, again, —is this ail!
lam afraid it is not all. I think the Secrectary
of the Treasury has taken to his own account as
income of the Government, what properly be
longs to the Trust Fund provided for the Indians
under certain treaties. Mr. Webster noticed
some of these, refening to the official reports.
From the_War Department he read of one in
vestment of $ 1,800,000. This sum was dopes j
ited in stock— State stocks—which were named
; hy the Senator. Belonging to the Chickasaws,
; was invested the sura of £1,500.000. Other
sums were invested, leaving but £300,000 of
these Trust Funds which were not invested.
The Secretary had kept no separate account
of these Trust Funds, and as a matter of book
I keeping it might, or it might not, bd a proper
mode of doing business. He should have thought
that this account should have been kept separate
ly. the Department being as it was a Trustee for
the Fund.
Mr. Webster then quoted the prices of the
I State Stocks, showing that they were below par,
, and had fallen greatly since the pledge. The
| United States were indebted to the Indian Tribes.
We had received their lands— we had pledged
( to invest their funds in permanent stocks, and
this we had not done, and the United States
j were indebted for the loss. Now they were in-
I debted to the sum of £2,500,000 on account of
i these Trust Funds and investments. This £2,-
500,000 was a debt—to all intents and purposes
a debt—due hy the Government, and though not
necessarily to be paid to-morrow, nevertheless
due from the Government to the Indians.
There are other and outstanding debts con
tracted, within the four years past, debts due to
unpaid contractors, on account of Indian and i
frontier claims—on account of spoliations—on j
account of treaties—on account of borrowed i
moneys—on account of Treasury Notes out
standing.
I agree, continued Mr. Webster, with much
that is said in the Message upon the subject of
Public Debt, and the impropriety of contracting
such a debt in a time of profound peace; but it
does seem to me, added the Senator, that the
opinions of the President come with an ill grace
from him. For the debt is as old as the Admin
istration. There has been no moment when this
Administration was free from debt, and in debt
on account of borrowed moneys. The scope
and tendency of the Message upon this subject
is therefore calculated to create an erroneous im- j
pression, and what will be the result of thisim- j
pression ? Why they cannot be brought togeth- j
er—summed in their various items, for many !
months to come.
I hope, said Mr. Webster, that th£ President of i
the U. S. did not intend to forcstal public opin
ion on this matter, and to hide the present by
concealing the past. I will not impute this mo
tive to the President, but the scope of the Mes
‘ sage is calculated to create a false issue. I in
tend, said Mr. Webster, to prevent this if I can,
and to prevent the President from leaving this
impression on the minds of the people.
I Intend to move too, that new books be open
ed on the 4th of March next; that there shall be
w hat the merchants call a rest —that we shall be
gin de novo giving the Treasury full credit for
any balances accumulated there in March, and
making it rt sponsible for its indebtedness also.
Mr. Webster then referred to the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury and to the fact of his
saying that though there were £4,500.000 yet
due for Treasury notes, this was less by £23,000,-
000 than the amount due the Treasury, and de
posited with the States. This representation al
so was calculated to leave an erroneous impres
sion on the public mind. Did the President mean
to recall, or say the three instalments deposited
with the Slates should be recalled 7 Did the Se
cretary of the Treasury mean this ? It was well
known to Congress and the country that the j
Treasury had no control of the money deposited :
with the States—none whatever. The money ;
could not be recalled by the President or the De- 1
partment, but must be recalled by an act of Con
gress authorising the recall of the money. The
inference that this sum belongs to the Treasury
is false, and calculated to mislead the public mind.
Mr. Webster proceeded to comment upon oth
er topics in the Message, and spoke of the ap
proaching termination of the Compromise Act.
Nothing was said of replenishing the Treasury
on account of a diminution of revenue. The
President contented himself with ardent and ur
gent generalities in reference to the future, while
his experience had shown him that it was neces
sary to expend $27,000,000 and more beyond the
actual receipts ot the Government. Such was
the difference between theory and experience.
The new Administration was to mange the affairs
of the Government without means, while the pre
sent Administration had expended $27,500,000
beyond the receipte of the Government.
Mr. Webster spoke but for an hour, and in
conclusion expressed the hope that the new Ad
ministration- which had the power to provide for
the support of Government for the year 1841,
would pursue a line of conduct which would
make an extra session of Congress unnecessary.
The inconvenience attending such a sesssion
ViouM be great, and the expense -. "
He hoped therefore tat the Treasury “
condu,onto urate a can,
No one rose to speak as Mr. Webster „ .
ucd. The question before the Senate w -° ac,tt *
the reference of the financial part of the m
to committee of finance. eßSa^
Wr. M RIGHT rose to reply, but n .
paml, and solicited a further po-slponemem ,fT,
to-morrow. ‘ ‘ cnt > Until
Beautiful Extract. ‘Go out beneath m
arched heaven m m-ht’s profoand gloom and! *
if you can, ‘There is no god !’ Pronounce
dread btejihenij. and each star above will rMI ,
VOU lor your unbroken darkness of intellect Jv
voice that floats upon the night winds wilt beW,
your utter hopelessness and despair- Jgiu **
God? Who, then, unrolled that blue scroll T! *
threw upon its high frontispiece the legible
■ ,r) S« of immortality? Who fashioned this % r
i earth—with its perpetual rolling waters and?
; expanse of island and man? Who settled th*
! foundation of the mountains? Who paved tl *
j heavens with clouds, and attuned amid banned
i 1 of storms the voice of thunders, and unchain**
; ; tbe tightenings that linger, and lurk, and flash * p
their gloom? Who gave to the eagle a safe e\ri
where the terapsts dwell and beat strongest, ij
; | t 0 the dove a tranquil abode amid the fore»'uth at
ever echo to the minstrelsy ot her moan? \\v
made thee, oh Man, with thy perfect elegance!: 1
intellect and form? Who made light pleasant
thee, and the darkness a covering and aheraldt"
. the first beautiful flashes of the morning?
; S avp thee matchless symmetry of sinew* B Jt
; limb? That regular flowing of blood? The 4I
i repressive and daring passions of ambition and
I°f love? At d yet the thunders of heaven gn,|
| the waler.s of earth are calmed? Are there no
j floods, that man is not .swept under a delude!
! They remain, but the how of reconciliation han?s
! out above and beneath them. And it were better
j that the limitless waters and the strong mountains
1 were convulsed and commingled together—it wen
I better that the very stars were conflagrated by fire
i or shrouded in eternal gloom, than that one soul
should be lost, while Mercy kneels and pleads for
it beneath the Altar of Intercession,
Sailor’ ’.s \ als x.—A sailor was once telling ot
a country where the sun was so hot that the in
habitants used no fire.
••How do they hile their tilth, then!”tain
elderly lady.
“Why, you see,” said Jack, “a big glass isrlg-
I ged in the lops of the chimneys, which brings the
{ sun in a focus into the kettle.”. ® j
”La me, what a curls world,” said the old
lady, as she replaced her spectacles on her no«
Flirtation.
BY X. F. WILLIS,
They talk of love in a cottage,
And bowers of trelliced vine.
Os nature bewitchingly simple.
And milkmaids half divine ;
They may talk of the pleasure of sleeping
In the 'hade of a spreading tree,
And walk with a nymph al morning,
Who tiips with a footstep free.
Bui give me a sly flirtation.
By the light of a chandelier. \
With music to play in the pauses.
And nobody over near ;
Or give me a seat on a sofa,
With a glass of especial wine,
And mamma too blind to discover
The small white hand in mine.
Your love in a cot*age gets hungry,
Your vine is a nest for flies,
Simplicity outs the graces.
And your milkmaids talk of pies ;
You smk to your shady slumber
And wake with a (lea in your ear;
And your damsel that walks in the morning.
Is shod like a mountaineer.
“ True love” is at home on a carpet.
And mightily likes his ease ;
And true 4 love has an eye to a capon,
And starves in your “shadv trees.”
His wing is the fun of a lady.
His foot’s an invisible thing,
And his arrow is tipped with a jewel,
And shot from a silver string.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, December 23.
Cleared —barque Binney, Payne, Mobile ; sciir.
Magnet, Cahoon, Key vVest.
Arrived —ship Charlotte, Gorham. Boston ; sebi
Red liover, Penlield, Havana-, steamboat Chatham,
Wood, Augusta; steamboat Despatch, Hubbard,
Augusta; steamboat John Randolph,
gusta.
Bc.lou' —ship Sterling, Saunders, from WUcasset;
sciir Eagle, from Boston ; schr Elizabeth Ann, and
3 other schooners unknown.
Went to sea —ship John Dunlap, Choate, New
Orleans; ship Susan Drew, Babbage, Liverpool:
brig Savannah, Shapter, New* York ; brig G B La
mar, Johnson, New York; brig Augusta, Sawyer,
West Indies.
Departed —-steamboat Despattb, Hubbard, Au
| gusta.
Charleston December 24.
Arrived yesterday. —Line brig Wankinco, How-
I land, Baltimore.
Cleared. —Fr. barque Grand Conoe, Rogerie.a
potr in France; Brig Souther, Eldridge, Boston;
Br. sehr. Victoria, Young, Nassau, (N. P-;) Schr.
Sun, Wilson, VVest Indies.
L. PENNEY^
UINIA TVIt K PA IN TER,
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