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ISC/ ~ ~ - <&• SMBsygasyiaaia ■ IV S 3, LIAM 13. .FOAL*. AL'WL*TA, tIEO., 'm:sMY J rt kTTT ', . ..7 ~ ______ 3iSlj B "’ is * ts - LTn-wcckly.]—Vol. n.-w« ■ Published DAILY, TRI WEEKLY AND WEEKLY, .it .Vo. it road Street. Terms.—Daily paper, Ton Dollars per annum in advance. Tri-weekly paper, at Six Dollars in advance or seven at Iho end ol tho year. VV'eckly paper, three dollars in advance, or lour at ttic end of the year. HI 1 L L. rmii... CHRpNICLE AND SENTINEL. Auoiwri. Monday Morning, April 9. hi to-day’s paper, vve have attempted to give a sketch of Col. Mcmminger’s speech in the Meiclianis’ Convention. We do not understand stenography and ate not in the habit of attempt ing to report speeches, and therefore very much four that we have fallen 100 fur short of doing justice to this speech. It has been written out too from our notes, amidst a constant press of other business, and if those who hoard it ran recognize in it the general positions and leading views and a moderate portion of the language of the speaker, we shall have attained all we ex pected. Have you been to see the Microscope now ex hibiting at the Masonic Hall I 1 If not go ! The wonders of the minute creation (hero exhibited arc curiosities of no ordinary character. J* Gen. Scoff. g It is stated in the New York Express, that Gen. J Scott has been ordered to the Cherokee country, to take command of the forces, consisting of six regiments of regulate, that ate to he stationed there to ensure the removal of the Indians with disturbance. Connect lent Election. \ By the Express Mail yesterday arc received the result of the recent election in Connecticut for Governor and members of the Legislature. It has resulted in the complete and entire over throw of the adherents to the present administra tion. If the revolution which has commenced in public opinion, as evidenced by the elections in many States, goes on for a few months longer. Van Buren will not have a place whereon to rest the sole of his foot. “Verily ho hath his reward” —‘.he just reward of a public ruler through whose agency the country has been brought to the verge of ruin. The administration of John Quincy Adams did not within the first 12 months meet as a severe reprobation in public opinion as tint of Martin A r an Buren. Wo extract the following from the New York Commercial Advertiser of April 4th. Correspondence 0/ the N V Com A dv. Hartford, April, 3,1 o’clock, L'. M. Gentlemen'—Connecticut is redeemed, and is now restored to the fellowship of the whig states. The loco-focos are literally annihila ted. Last y ear our senate had 7 whig and 14 Van Buren members, and the house of repre sentatives consisted of 85 wliigs and 121 Van Buren men. By txpresses !rom different, counties we received this morning, atTo’clock, returns of the election yesterday from all hut ten towns in the state. That result was pub lished in the Daily Conrant at 0 o’clock. My information is later, and i give you below the corrected vote, adding two more towns not in the Cuurant. Whig Loco, Conscr. Ellsworth. Beers. Phelps, Hartford Co., complete, 21 towns 47 <0 3158 G9B New Haven Co. 19 towns, 3559 2624 119 New London Co. 1G towns, 3QGB 2091 58 Fairfield Co. 19 towns, 2504 1008 58 Windham Co., com plete, 13 towns, 2409 1755 84 Litchfield Co., 20 towns, 3271 2775 Middlesex Co.. com plete, 8 towns, 1000 1009 0’ liJ'ollnod Co., complete, 12 towns, 137 G 1214 104 Total, 128 towns, 21,957 10,234 1187 1,187 17,421 17,421 Ellsworth’s majority, 4,536 Eight towns remain to ,J;P heard from. In Middlesex Co., partic.ujgily, majorities arc given, and not the actual vote, Wc have elected 20 senators out of 21. Our house of representatives will consist of 50 loco focus and conservatives and about 15.6 whigs.. Merchants* Convention. The report of the Committee of 31 having been read, together with the resolutions, hereto fore published in this paper, COL. MEMMINGEK addressed the Conven tion. He said that it was with extreme diffidence he attempted to follow the able and lucid argu nient of the report of the Committee, which bad just been read by his Honorable friend, (Gen. Hnync) in support of the objects of this conven tion. But as ho himself had been in sonic mca sure instrumental in bringing before that body, some of the propositions under consideration, however aware of his inability to do justice to the subject, he was willing to contribute his mite, by endeavoring to throw upon it whatever light his experience and researches might furni.-h. Should a stranger enter within these walls and |tchold|five Stales of this Union and one Territory represented in so grave and dignified a body as this, he would naturally enquire the cause ol this assemblage. That object it is our duty to exam ■** j, ie> We have always been accustomed to look upon our country as a Paradise—a garden rich in all the choicest blessings of Heaven; hut wa find it now in a Slate of decrepitude and decay, anguishing amidst all the sources of wealth, pros, perity and plenty. Where is the cause! Why arc wc stationary —nay retrograding ! We arc /jntn as others are; our fields as rich; the same sun shines upon us neither in scorching heat nor frii gidjweakness; our climate is as propitious; wo arc not behind the intelligence of the age, and have a country blessed with fertility, but produ cing no Iruit. Why is this ! where lies the hidden cause ! The physician who refuses tc probe the wound, is unqualified for his duties He should probe to the extremity of the evil; a s certain the cxicnt and nature of the disease, in or, dor lo apply tiro proper remedies and in lire pro. per way. So let us do. Lot us trace lo their origin lire evils of which vvo complain—scrutinize the disease in its every stage, and we shall he the better enabled lo apply the healing balm lo out alllicled country. At the commencement of the year 1807, the Southern States were eminently prosperous. — The tide had set and we were advancing with a rapidity unparalleled iir the history of any eoun. try. Our commerce flourished, and smiling fields and rich and abundant harvests blessed the toils and crowned the hopes of the agricultur alist. The embargo gave the first check to the career of our prosperity. Hut what Southern man refused to support that republican measure; | and the war which soon after followed it? The | South urged on that war and supported it with ! all its energies even at the most serious sac- | riliccs. Our great staples depreciated almost j to nothing in value ; our fertile lands pro* i duccd their abundant harvests in vain : our commodities rotted upon our shores; but with a magnanimity that never wavered, and a patriot ism that never fullered, the voice of complaint I never escaped our lips. We were content | to stiller for our country’s good, and to witness J without nutrmunring the sacrifice of our dearest j interests, for our country’s honor. When that j war had been brought lo a r honorable end, and our country’s arms had vindicated her rights and avenged her wrongs, vvo expected with the return of peace, a return of jntj yvonlcd prosperity.— lint a system of Federal legislation was commen ced in 1816, which through various changes up 1832, has reduced us to an nbjeft state of * colonial vassalage. To that system, the Tariff, and to the measures of the Federal Government, by which the whole revenue of the country was expended in the North and Last, levying taxes and contributions upon those among whom it was not again disbursed, may bo attributed lire depressed condition of tiro South—the almost total annihilation of her commerce and the ruin of her agriculture. Here, said Mr. M, allow me lo remark that in the recent political conflict in iS'aUth Carolina,! was a Union man—l happen• ed to differ in opinion with many whom I looked upon as the best of friends. Not that lam the slave of any parly—for 1 am and trust ever shall be no man's man —but agreeing as I heartily did with my pnlit ical opponents as to the tyranny and oppression of the Tariff system, I differed with them as to lire remedy for our acknowledged grievances. But sir, while thus differing, 1 trover fiir a moment doubled that they were 1 actuated by the highest, the purest and the most honorable motives. I always considered those measures of the Federal government as hostile to tiro best interests of the South, and the only dif ference between us was as to lire best means of opposing them. But whatever contests may once have sundered us—whatever difference of opinion may once have divided us, I rejoice that we are once more united to put down the mens 1 urcs which we all opposed then. Those contests have resulted in no injury, but have taught us the necessity of united action for the future in opposition lo common oppression and in mainte nance of our common interests. In 1810 the foundation of a system was laid, which if persisted in will ultimately ruin the South. That was the year of thbenactrnent of ' the first protective Tariff; and the chartering of 1 the United Stales Bank. What has been the 1 consequence > It is unnecessary In comment at 1 length upon the effect iff the former measure, for 1 it is familiar to every body m tho South. No 1 matter how honorable or intelligent or high min- ■ ded tho rulers of a Bank are, they will hcverthe- 1 i less bo swerved by particular interests, AU. S. 1 Bank managed at tho North will be used to subserve the purposes and advance the interests of the North, it may bo said that it should bo located there because those states being the most populous a majority are there; but the founders and framers of the constitution did not, intend to provide for the protection of majorities, but of minorities. Majorities can take care of them- 1 selves, and it was for the defence and protection I of the minority that tho constitution, sotting ' bounds lo power, was framed- The capital of ' ' tho United States Bank has been used for the 1 purpose of festering the manufacturers of the t North. By its aid, and tho force of adventitious r circumstances the whole commerce of the country I has also been centered there. After the pas- i sage of the tariff which almost amounted j to a prohibition of foreign goods, the Bri- | tish manufacturers flooded the Northern mar. j kols, and particularly New York, with immense t quantities of goods which were sold at auction I at the most ruinous sacrifices to their owners, for .1 I tho purpose of breaking down the American man- i I ufacturcrs. These sales, at which goods were i purchased cheaper than they ever had been pur- , chased before in America, drew the attention of , tho whole country to that point; merchants and ; traders flocked thither in unprecedented numbers, for tho purpose Jot attending these sales, and thus j I was the way paved lor the centralization of near- j ly the whole commerce of tire country at that ( place. And thus too, the British manufacturer | in his attempt I" break down bis American com- , politer, contributed by the operation, in a mate. | rial manner lo break down Southern Commerce. , V The channel once dug—-the tide once set, under the fostering care of the U. S. Bank, the whole - 9 commerce of the country soon became concentra- ( ’ ted in tho Northern Cities. As between these ‘ cities themselves, it was obvious that vi^iichover f got tiro start, would most probably keep it. New 0 York, having the advantage of population, soon II outstripped Philadelphia, and grew to be the 1 chief commercial emporium of the country. ° In the meantime the Government continued ° putting on high duties, but extending long cred its upon them. The operation of the former, ben ° efitted the Northern manufacturer at the expense of the Southern Planter, and under the latter, the 8 ‘ Northern merchant, at whose door the tram of ’’ tire whole country had already began lo concern r« I Bale, aided by the I uiieil Stales Bank, and the Iona; credits extended I>y tho American houses in England, was enabled to outstrip tho Southern importer. Thus matters wont on—tho hall con tinued rolling—Northern commerce kept advan cing, while wq at the Sou'll suffered our atten tion to be absorbed exclusively by parly conliiets —Georgia quarrelling about her Indians—South Carolina involved in her suicidal funds, until our commerce was swallowed up in the vortex of Northern enterprise, Hank influence and govern mental oppression. Hut the stream of.Northern commerce overflowed its channels. Aided by the facilities ot thp U. S. Bank, and the system ol credit adopted by the American Bankers and Houses in England, whoever,desired it, could get I credit for whatever amount of goods he wanted, and thus unparalleled quantities wore brought in, to the Northern ports— the system tottered bo i neath its own weight—the torrent became so ; mighty as u> shake the foundations of British I commerce ! Tho Bank of England first felt the j shock, and struck the first blow ! The giant is | now prostrate—strike now or he is up again in his former strength, and it will ho forever 100 late Now is tile day of action for us —now or never Who controls your markets since (lie siirpefi* sion ot specie payments] It is tho same capital, ist whose power we thought dead—he has assu med another protean shape, and we cannot now do business without paying tribute to the United Slates Bank of Pennsylvania. But Sir, 1 have not yet enumerated all the causes of tho present stale of things. Tho Go vernment entered the field—the Deposite Bank system of the laic administration was more ruin ous to the commercial interests of the South than any other cause whatever. Tho whole commerce of the Union having been concentrated in the Northern Cities by the moans I have pointed out, nearly all the revenues cf the government amounting to many millions were eolleclcd and retained there on deposite. These duties were paid by merchants, by checks upon the Deposite Banks, and ihus those Banks became the credi tors of the merchants, to the amount of lioin 10 to 30 millions of government funds. It became a loan to tho banks by the Government without interest, while the bunks exacted interest from the merchants. Tho use of the govern merit mo« nics was therefore a bonus to the Northern Banks, and (he best blow ever stricken lor the South was tho taking away of the deposited from these Banks, But it may be asked why the South derived no benefit from the Dopositcs] The rea., son is obvious—the disbursements of the Goo, vernmenl were all made at the North—l he whole capital of the government being in the hands and under ihe control of the Deposite Banks of New York, and the whole country being indebted to New Yoik for goods, exchanges rose, to the pro. judice of the South and to the profit of the N. V. Banks, But the monster of Northern monopoly is struggling in another direction. I have recently seen a bill introduced into ttie Senate by Mr Wright, of New Y r ork, called llie Warehousing Bill,proposing to give a credit of three years upon duties, while the goods remain in Custom house This bill, (Vaught with consequences disastrous to the South, is one of the most ingeniously worded instruments I have eoer seen, and its effect will be, not what it purports, but it is so frymed us to allow the owner or Consignee ol the goods to lake out and peddle them il he die ses all over tho Union, by merely giving security that they shall bo forthcoming in the event that the duties arc not paid when they tall duo. The New York importer, thus having a credit of three years, cm the duties duo to Government, will be enabled to glut our markets and break down Sou thern houses as noon as they make the attempt at direct importation. Such will be the effect of this measure, and the Government is called upon to assist in bringing about this stale of tilings, from which New York is to derive all the benefit, to the injury of the South. These arc the ev/fs- -what is the remedy? We must be true to ourselves.— I bore is a little . re public situated on the barren heights of the Alps which has existed for centuries past. Ever watchful of their rights anil lino to themselves, its people have enjoyed liberties while the more potent nations that surround it have expe rienced desolation after desolation. Even Napo leon in tho palmy days of his power and mag nificence, respected and honored the humble re public of San Marino. So let us bo united like the people of the little mountain republic—let us for get that the Savannah, the Chatahoochie and the Roanoke divide us—let us ho as one man— have one common cause, and common interests. It cannot bo expected that measures can bode vised agreeable to all, but our course once taken must be followed. Wo must advance to the contest with such weapons as will ensure ns victory. Wc roust use the same means that Now York did—concentrate monied capital, bu siness men, and all the,resources of our country. Public opinion must be brought to beat in our favor. Capitalists are cautious and must be in. ducod to embark, by creating confidence in the prudence of our measures. The attempt must be made to concentrate monied capital. The South has capital. One fifth of the United Stales Bank Stock is owned in South Carolina alone, and large amounts are otherwise invested abroad.— These should las called home, and applied pru dently to the consummation of the great objects of this convention. Planters and monied men must be called upon in the most impressive man. tier to conic forward and invest their capital un d,-r the law of limited partnerships which has been passed in most of the ■Southern Stales. The South lias patriotism to answer to the call. Mach can he done —much has already been done since the Convention first met last fall. Six Stair s are, in motion—the tide of public opinion basset in the proper direction. Georgia, Virginia, Ten net. cc, Alabama, South and North Carolina,and Florida are all moving in the most encouraging manner. 1 0 Ü B lkiii : . ; insiimiiouH of the South must s ho calh-il > lend their assistance. VVillioul 11 t.ioir m-irporu it hut iitllu can ho done. They i- must put a portion of their capital in England, in i- order to enable the importer lodo business. Cereal systems depend upon simple principles, and every « intelligent business man in the country can un it derstand readily (tow this business will work. Ac 1 importer commencing business in Savannah on ls 11 (, npital of ,S2oioo of his own, and $60,00(1 ' borrowed from the Hanks, will be enabled to pur t chase in Europe *70,000 worth of goods. These ' uru brought honuyuul sold to the Merchants ol 11 interior, on tityo ut (! or 12 months—and nn> 1 bss >he importer e\n realize the money on the t notes taken for goods his business must I. stop, lint it the hunks in Savannah would step . forward and take thesdnotes and .give hint the money for them in Enj-ope, he can go on with J his business, Iho opjrulion is u simple and a 1 safe one it only requires capital and business men to manage it. Tie lltydts in the interior 100, can contribute their mite, in u very essential 1 manner hy collecting tin; paper of the niorchunts J ( ot 11)0 interior for the banks in Savannah. Every man ol intelligence and sagacity muslscp that the ri * He of ta : j ( . -t hr t ,ivi r'' ■■ | -t- q ■ i S t u Carolina ,■ ul o'. iul and cannot exist. Georgia v bills are as gooi.y South Carolina hills--her I banks are us jj tod. 'J here was once u lime win n llic North Carolina hanks Itail tliu Charleston oanivs deeply in debt to litem and yet exchange t! was against that (orntcf state. Why are the ex changes now against Augusta I I fear that the ■ monster bad something to do with it. 'The Charleston Hunks refused to take the hills issued 1 hy the U. S. Hank, ol which a large amount was * sent thither to purchase Colton. The conse* ‘ I qucnco was, tlio Agent of that Hank was com -1 polled to Itand out his foreign exchange, and ex, , change on tiie North can now ho bought in Charleston at one per cent, premium at sixty days. The Georgia hanks on the other hand took the notes of the 11. W. Hank, which was to that institution a loan without interest. The 1 South, as evpry one knows, pays Iter debts it; Cot ! tun, and it is purchased up hy the U. S. Hank, 1 with checks on the north, which the hunk sells 1 at its own price, thus compelling (lie South to > pay n premium upon lior own funds. i Eel us equalize the exchanges in South Caro. • lina and Georgia—let lito billstofuach Stale cir culate in the miter—let the hunks of the sca i coact and the hanks of the interior unite. Tito , hanks ot the interior should keep funds in the , sea-hoard cities to take tip their hills and lhu> > keep them ul par. Thai this can its easily done 1 is proved in lito case of the. Commercial bank ir / Columbia, whose lulls have always bean til pit a in Charleston, and site has never been culled ot . ul iter counter to redeem them. The course (i , trade, and lito management of the sagacious I’rc sidcnt of that institution has kept its credit nn s impaired. The cotton of the interior can alwny v be made a fund in the seaboard cities for lito re r . domption of tiie country bank notes. It is lit g intention ot tire people to protect the banks, am n any bank which suffers its lulls to lie under pa , ought to be disfranchised. No bunk can refits i ro come into litis anangement—let them all unfit in the holy wotk--let them keep the exchange) , equal; and the only obstacle in the way to the , accomplishment of all the objects of tills Con vention is in-getting the seaboard banks to loan to the importer. It will not be sufficient that we talk—we must act—people must lend their mo ney. I call upon lhe members of this Convotn , tion collectively and individually to go forward — . put their shoulders to the wheel. 1 will for one, , do it myutif, not only by my declarations, but hy my acts. Hut we must not stop here—wo must find j. consumers —the goods must he bought of the im porter —the merchants ol the interior must go to our own sea ports —tliu people mast urge them pi it. Numbers of merchants coma to our sen ports one night and leave the next day, without ever once making the enquiry to ascertain whe ther they could not purchase stocks of goods on as fair terms as they can clswltcre. This trans' furs business to oilier sections of the country, and enriches and builds up other cities, to the ruin and sacrifice of our own. Another consideration of great importance, is the raising up of our youtli to mercantile pursuits and business habits —hitherto the youtli of tiie South have been educated in such a manner its to induce them to Jook for distinction toother sources than to com merce. It is an evil which calls aloud for a re medy. We must have men raised up among us to do our business. We ore now in a great measure dependent upon other sections for men of business, mercantile habits,to carry on our commerce—they come among us, spend a few years, make their fortunes, and retire to other [du ces to spend them. This is a system, which vampyro like, sucks the very life blood of the South. It has been estimated that nut less titan six nr eight millions of dollars, within the period of a few years, has been thus drained from the South to enrich other sections and rmhe!li.-h other qilies. It is the same system pursued hy tile En glish Merchant who goes to India to make his fortune, without lit most remote intention of spending it there —a system which enriches Ihi gland, hut impoverishes India. Ido not object to the citizens of other sections coming among us; they have been trainedfin the right course, and when they plant themselves in our community make the most valuable citizens. Let us then, engraft the habits and < huraclcr ol Northern men, upon tiie business of the South —train up onr youth to commercial pursuits, and lie no longer dependent upon oilier sections. Our country does not possess a more worthy and honorable class of men than her merchants. The influence which they exert is of Ihe most beneficial and salularv character, and they themselves arc among | the mod pain die of onr citizen*. Indeed .Sir, ■ the country depends upon them in all its most important interests, and whoever is hos'ile. to ' them, i- au ( ro oty to the pro. j tilly and welfare of the wli'd- people it i 1 trust Hint 1 havegiven offence io no suction — ** none Ims been intended. I have discharged what V I conceived to be n duty le the South, nfid return n my thanks to the convention lor the patience vvitlt ‘1 I which it has suffered me to occupy its time. [rilU.M Ill’ll conn USCON lIK.NT.] u j WASHINUTON, April llh, 1838. n The funeral of the late Isaac Mclvi’ i, a repro -0 ! sentativo (rotn Maryland, having taken place yes r. terdny, no public business was transacted in eitb ,. or House. The corpse was removed at eleven if n clock, under tlm charge of die Committee of ar rnngenjputa, from Gadshy’s Hotel, the residence c ol the deceased, to the Hull of Keprospntativos, where (he funeral service was performed. After j p this ceremony the procession wont in the usual 0 order to tlm Baltimore Kail Road. Depot, where |, the body was placed in a car provided for the a j purpose, and carried to Baltimore, attended by s | the officers and a considerable number us lbs i r members us both bouses, and many citizens mid I ,1 strangers. Wltfu the train reached Baltimore, i s there was an,immense concourse of people await. Y iug the arrival of t!io remains of tlietr lamented u fellow citizen. The body was then placed in a h 1 hrnrso, nud the procosdaa moved to the burying a , ground in the same order which lukl been pres r eribed, and followed at Washington. a The officers mid members of Con gress rdlurned a to day. e lit the Senate to-day : (ho hill for the relief of - | Iho Heirs of Hubert Fulton, which has passed the u House, was taken up, road twice and referred to c tlm committee on Claims. 1 On motion of Mr. Knight, tlm Committee on s Commerce was instructed to inquire into the ex • pedieney of making a survey of the Harbour of - I’rovidenco 11. 1. . I'be people are still speaking out against the i tSub Treasury bill. Mr. Merrick presented to day yr a scries of resolutions adopted by the Degislaiure J of Maryland; earnestly remonstrating against the i, passage of it, nr any act of a similar character : o they were read, but as the subject is for the pro* - sent removed from the consideration of the Wen-, , ate, they were laid on tiro table. s On motion of Mr. Wright, postponed for a the purpose of taking up the Bill making appro priation!) fur the. civil and diplomatic expenses of the government. ~. Mr. CRITTENDEN offered an amendment i“ i requiring that all the expenses of the General e i Post Office Department, including the salaries of 0 I all the officers and clerks, be paid out of the reven ues of the Department and nal out of the General 10 Treasury. n / t.ersome discussion in which Messrs Wright, ;ir Grundy and Crittenden participated, the amend* ,n ment was rejected. The Bill was then reported °f from the Committee, of the Whole without c - amendment. n ' The Senate next look up in succession, and y s ordered to he engrossed and read a third time, e- the Bill making appropriations for the Army and I IU Military Service ot IJ. S. during (hocurrent ycar ) *d and the Bill malting appropriations lot tho pay. ar ment of Pensions. so '< ho Bill for suppressing the practice of duel. 1(: ling, was then taken op. Air. Preston was in !S the midst of an animated speech in reply to Mr. 0 Smith of Conn., who had on a formed day inlinra, led that the passage of some law of (bis character 11 was necessary in order to protect lliu members from one section of tho country against tbosa from another, when a report was received from sc, vend quarters that the Secretary of War, the Hon. ,1. R. Poinsett was no more, the sensation through out tlm ('.handier was very great, and there was an immediate disposition to adjourn. The stale of feeling was such that r.o business could ho done. J A messenger was sent to tho residence of Mr. P. to ascertain tho truth of the report. In the mean time tho Senate adjourned. When the messenger returned lie brought 1 news that tin, Secretary was still living, and ra- i llier heller than lie was lust night hut Jitl/e hope I was entertained of his recovery. I i , I In the House several memorials on the subject ; of the lute duel, and asking an investigation into it were presented and referred to tlm select Com- S milieu now in session. A resolution was adopted on inption Mr. Tho- i mas,of Md.directing the speaker to communicate j to the Governor of that Stale that a vacancy bad . j occurred in its representation in ibis House. Mr. WISH askyd leave to offer a resolution i instructing the Committee on Naval Affairs to 1 inquire into the expediency and propriety of re- ! pealing the law providing for an exploring expc- I flilion, and of converting by law the vessels fitted j out for the same, with a squadron to he stationed on tho Atlantic Coast to make surveys, relieve j 1 ships in distress, &c. Objections was made and a motion to suspend the rules was negatived. On mullem of Mi. Ornhuin the daily hour of y meeting war, changed from 10 to 11 o'clock. v I _ The House proceeded to (be consideration of - 1 H [ certain resolutions heretofore reported by the p CoijnniMee on Accounts, having reference to the ' duties of the Dpor Keeper and Sergeant at Arms, , s the internal economy and police of the House: R ■ I* And after soino desultory discussion adopted a them. M. n —‘ n WASHINGTON, April 5, IRiiß, n The writ of mandamus, issuad by tho Circuit " Court of ibis District against the refractory Arnos a Kendall in the ease of .Stockton iV, Siokes was 11 made returnable on Tuesday last. The return o was made on that day by an endorsement on the 1 copy of the writ, informing tho court that he - ! (Amos) had communicated the awards o| the j Solicitor of the Treasury in favor of Messrs , Stockton At. Stokes, to the Auditor for the Post , j Office Department, and that lie had received ■ I ! from the Auditor official information that the hu- I, „ lance of said awards, viz. thirty thousand, four v | hundred and seventy two dollars arid forty seven 1 » I * , j cents, had been entered to the credit of the claim i ants on said books. a f When this was read, Mr Coko, the counsel (or t the claimant.', moved to qua.,h (he return. He couteiKlod that it was a flagrant contempt of Court. 1 lie Post Master General in his reply ,0 his writ - the very ground which had 'wen overruled by tjiq Court, and abandoned by Ills own Counsel before the Supreme Court. The lenor of the relurn was also inconsistent with his own previous action. When the Solicitor made bis award, Kendall maintained that he had evory thing to do with it, and gayo inslructions how, and to what extent, the award should bo executed. But now he leaves the whole matter with tljQ Auditor, who, he maintains, lias exclu sive control over it. farther, (he payment? now ordered did not in clude the interest, although this Court, and ts forwards, the Supremo Court, had unanimously decided that the claimants were entitled to the in terest. , Tire Court have (alter, time to cons ; ( j er the i motion for quashing the return. On Tuesday, (ho principal amount of the | award was paid at Hie Treasury to the claimants by I lie Solicitor for that Department. Tire Seriate devoted a considerable part of to day to llm consideration of private bills. Mr iOL'NG ot Illinois, gave police that ho Wool.) n,. morrow in (reduce a trill making a grant of bod to the Hock Kiver and Mississippi Canal Company. 1 bo bill to establish a Orimminal Court in the Distiict pf Columbia Was taken up; and alien, brief discussion was passed. ,Thc consideration of Iho hill for Hie suppres si ig tlie practice ol Duelling was resumed, Ami Mr SMITH, of Gonn. made a most in temperate speech on the general subject, and re Jerred in an exceedingly improper and exciting manner (o the Into fatal duel. He defended t hill on the ground that it was necessary to th protection of ~ gentleman from the Northl who V'ould not resort to the same practices “Whic*’ members from the .South might adopt with im puniiy. Ho was absurd enough lo argue that there, was an intimate connection between,the institution ofSlavery and the practice of Duelling, and declared it was natural it, a stale ofsociely, where human beings were sold and bought like cattle, that there should he a disregard for human life. Mr BIERCE ol N. It. rose to protest against this course of argument and against the idea that j the idenalo was Legislating for a particular sec tion of the country, and declared that the repre sentatives from New England who were worthy ol her, would ever be ready lo defend their honor and their rights. With regard to the hill, he thou glit Co.noiikss should begin with themselves and clxcck thein i diligence in personalities which was becoming so habitual. Mr 1 RESI ON gallantly defended his section I of country (rom the imputations of Smith, and commented Jwiih severity upon that persona e>- ] trriordinury allusions to iho late fata! duel; an wholly unwarrantable, especially when Him ’ House of Representatives is now by a committee engaged in investigating the circumstances and causes of Hint allair. After a few remarks from Mr Prentiss, ofVer (mant, the Somite adjourned without any dcci— ion. The House was engaged from the hour of meeting to Hie adjournment with balloting for u. Door-keeper. On the seventh ballot, Joseph Fnllnnshoo whk cjpclnl. him happy to inform you that Hie Secretary of War is much better to-day, and hopes are now fondly indulged that ho will recover. M. . HMtOI G'iT TO m;i ttn * » Ibe till, mst. a negro man, culls himavlt 808, ■says Ilm| be belongs lo Benjamin Runnels, at MW ledgevilln ; he in live foot eight inches high, dark complected, twenty-five years old, ba.su sear on the right side ol bis nose running up m Ibo eyebrow, one on Hie bdt side of the forehead The owner is requested, lo come forward, pay expenses mid take him Irom jail. ELI MORGAN, Jailor, apnl W iv3w U ILL be sold, on the /irst Tuesday in July" next, agreeable lo an order of the Interior Court of Burke county, while silling lor ordinary purposes, m Wnynesborougb, Burke county, one negro woman named Dafney, ami her infant child, belling to the enisle ol Jonathan Johns, deceased] Into of said county, sold tor Hie benefit of the heirs' and creditors of said deceased. Terms cash. 1 itil '■> id JEMBB JOHNS. Adm’r. IKT A letter ftom Do< t. s. p. Gilbert tu Duet. Evans. Dear Sir bad the Memorial Cmvper known tbo medical qualities of the Camomile Plant, tie as well as thousands since (besides myself/ vveuld have experienced its wonderful effects on the ner vous system. The public utility of Cowpor was blighted m the bud, through tbo natural efleet, of bis nervous debility upon the mental powers which made it necessary lor him to seek relief be neath the rural shade, but the calm retreat gave his physical nature no repose. It some one then bad known the secret of concentrating the medical vie lues of the Cuuioinille, the discoverer would have been immortalized with poetic zeal, as tbo benefac tor of sulfcring man. The above lines wire prompted from the effect J have experienced Irom Dr. Win. Evans’ Camomile Pills. \ours, Ac, SHEL/JEN P. GILBERT, ang S Durham,Cruet, co, N V. Another recent test ot the unrivalled virtues ol Dr. Win. Evans’ Medicines.— —'Tciiyrurs standing.—.hr .1 McKenzie, was nflbeted with Ibe above complaint lor ton years, which incupaeiated wiib him at intervals, for six years, in attending lo bis business, restored to ported health, under Hie salutary imminent ol Dr Win. Evans. The principal symptoms were, a sense of disten sion and oppression alter eating, distressing pum in Hie pit ol the stomach, nausea, impaired appetite, giddiness, palpitation of the heart, great debility and eiiiaciaiion, depression of spirits, disturbed rest, sometimes a billions vomiting and pain in the right side, an extreme degree of lungour and taint ness, any endeavor lo pursue bis business causing iinmediaio oxauslion ami weariness. ■Mr. McKenzie is daily attending bis business, ami none ol Ibo above symptoms have recurred since be used the above medicine He is now a strong and bet Ithy man. He resorted lo myriads ol remedies, but they were all ineffectual. Porfcsalo by ANTON V A HAIA'ES march 8 Sole agents lor Augusta, Gen , -if* I. A \> HENCE! IDLE n « The subscriber having remover! In \jil- Icdgoville, would fake this opportunity iJJJJfo#, to relurn thanks tor former patronage, WiliMx would state that bis liouse is new kept by his brother John N. Alexander, tor whom bo solicits the palionsge of his friends and others, and assures them that every attention u ill he given by the present occupant (o render them ■ mmlonablc. THOS. W ALEXANDER Ilavin;: taken the Lawrencevjlle Hotel, I solicit ■I share ol public patronnee, and promise that I will use my almost exertions tegive general satisfaction to all wbornay call. JOHN N. ALEXANDER I.awraicenllc,Gwinnett l co. March 22. w3rn