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General Intelligence.
French Question.
We copy th* following article from the Res
ton Courier, a leeding paper of ‘’assachu
selts. and a zealous supporter of Mr. Web
ster, for the Presidency.
fVashinqton Letters.— We have on hand,
. several letters from our Washington Corres
pondents, for which we have not room to day.
None of them, however, are of l& le r dates
than Monday last.
Onr opinions and feelings in regard to
our relations with France d'ffer so entirely
from those expressed by one of our correspon
dents, in his ‘letter of the 18th, that we can
not cops, ent to its appearing tri the eolums of
this paper. VVe are not an admirer of she admin
istration. It would be altogether a work of su
pererogation to repeat the causes of our uni
form opposition, or to re assert our belief that
it is weak, foolish, and corrupt tn the last de
gree, But we trust that our dislike will not
sa tar be converted to prejudice or p iny fee
ling as to close our eves to the true state o!
the case, between our country and France, or
lead os to adopt or approve the sentiments put
forth by Mr. Calhoun, in the Sen He, after the
reading of the “ Special Message.’* The
sentiments and view* then delivered by that
once great m n, as reported in the paper*, and
by our correspondent are entirely unworthy
of any creature that aspires to 'he name of an
American citizen. Our correspondent says :
“ France has received a gratuitous insult,”
from our govgrnment. What a'r >cious shsfj
der ! We are not aware that our government,
or our people,— os a nation, — have ever re
ceived aught from France but insult, since the
days of Fauchet, Adel, and Genet, and the
whole afair of the Letter <>l the French Min
ister, which his charge had permission to read
to our Secretary of State, is hot a second vd<
tion of the intrigue which, m 1798, n. Fremli
Directory auth< rtzed Messrs X Y. and Z
and a certain lady, to enter into for ihe pur
pose of entrapping Me.s.-rs. LlLworth Gerry,
and Pinckney. VVe have read, witti some at
tention, the documents ’hat accompanied the
'• Special Message,” and iho famous Lett* r
of ihe Due de Broglies, and we come to con
elusions entirely opposite to (hn-e of our cor
respondent. Ihe Letter is of «|| things we
ever read, in the way of argument, the most
week and inconclusive ; ii is a fl m-y and dis
honorable attempt to justify the hollow hear
ted and hypocritical policy of the French gov
orninom—to evade, or avoid die payment of
an acknowledged debt. “ Franco wauls mo
ney and must h ive it ;” f r nice talks loud’y
of honor and dignity, and refuses to comply
with a treaty, although she has enjoyed, for
tw<> 01 three rears, alt the benefits of our dis
ci iminatig duties, win h were given to hi r as
n br<be —a “ douceur,” —to induce tier to per
form an act of justice. As to the Live Mill
ions that France <>w- ans, and which she has
owed us for fiiiriy years, ire care notln,, y
about it. let her keep it. She will need it
nil, probably, to m imtam an army to de fend
her own government against me indignation
of h<*r own citizens. We hope our govern
ment will not so fur degrade itself and the
nation us to make another demand for it.—
Let the claims of mir citizens, to whom the
monev b< longs: be paid at once from our na
tional treasury, and then let France consul'
her convenience and honor, and dignity, as
(o the fulfilment of her iieaues. Un- honor
and peace of our country will be promoted hr
keeping better company than that of a nj'ioo
no proverbially u * atthful in the executin’) ot
its sol mn promise'.
One thing m the letter above ref rr d to,
we are glad ta see. 1‘ says— ‘ Th ere will be
no war," Godgitmlth.it the prediction may
be fulfilled !
FROM PICUL VTA.
By ’he steam pickei I’loiida arrived at Sa
vannah, we received from a frit nd in Florida,
the J u ksonvdle Cour.-r of the 28th ult. Wo
nrenlso indebted 'o several of our friends in
this city for the following letters received by
the Florida, from volunteers fio .< this city- In
our next we will give'he letter of the corres
pundeii’ of Savannah Georgian.
“ PICULAT \, .January 31.
The boatisnbo.it to start and! write in
haste 10 inform von. that we arrived her? yes
terday all in floe spirits. There t- but one
house, which '* g.rtsoned by 50 Savannah
Voltm'eers, enclosed by n strong double long
fence twenty feet high —in each corner is l-ic
ed two six pout ders 116 Kith men and 40 Reg
ulars from Savannah iu<d 90 II •rsemen Irwin
St. M » vs. have j-isi arrived 150 Hoisenn n
for F'»r King left here on hriday with provi
sions for that place—they all expert to he cut
to pieces before thev reach that pesf. \t> ex
press who left here I »»t night tor b *r’ Kmg is
supposed to have been killed nn reach'll’..' the
other side of the river. hp sha'l m *r< »in a
few divs to attack some Indians six miles
from this place, who have m their posms-mm
the Military s’oies liken fr-un the reg *1 r- ;
after which we shall attempt *0 reach For
Ring, 80 miles distant. All are determined to
fight then way through- A*lmlan* is s. en
this morning about 40 rods trem our ( amp.
and twelve men have gone in pursuit of him.
P. S Mr- Forrest, printer, fr mi 'he Couhii
(Utionalißt office, has just been shot through
the foot and one other was shgh Iy w unified
(accidentally) Thirty vul-inieers have tin
moment arrived id Caiup from Savannah.
•• PICOIA I’A, Janm.rx 30. 1839.
<• We arrived here this in »rmrg -d»o<i
breakfast tune, and I will wire via a few Ime
io inform you of our sate arrival. All are >.•
tolerably good he.dth. and, I believe, m go<»-
spirits also, it u ihougnt that we ehall she
tip ihr line <>f march in >1 day or two tor C amp
King. Nothing has occured in Flor d-,. sme
w*» hft ’<» nn k >.- a
ikeot -'ii. ig Me
lef' 9f. M arvs parly on Fitday morning, rracli
«»d Jacksonville same day at 4, P. M , where
we were saluted bv the citizens, also bv the
Revenue ( inter Jeff-rson, which is now lying
in front of ’hat town, waiting for orders trom
Gem Ci nch. I kai'n 'hat she his paid a visit
io Picolata, but met with no Indians. Tie
schooner George & Mary, arrived al Jacks >n
vdle ,'m Wednesday, laden with a vast quanti
ty of provisions, sent on by General Hamil
ton, chairman of a committee ol the patriotic
citizees of Charleston for the relief ol the
people of Florida. Meetings have been
held in sever d places and resolmious passed,
expressive of their gra’imde tor the kindness
of the people of Charleston, Savannah’ and
Augusta
Official account of the Baltlt of Withlacoochee. \
Bi l'iw we publish Gen’l. Clinch’s official
a--<-outii -»f this Battle.
Head Quarters Territory of Florida,
Fort Drane, Jan 4, 18 ‘6.
Sir : On the 24 h nit Brigadier Gen. Cal’
c- mmandint? the volunteers called into service
by order of his exceller-cy G. R. Malker,
acting G '% ! mor ol 1* h.-rida, formed a junction
with ihr regular troops at this post, and
inf rrned me that this command had been
raided to rn -et ihe crisis ; t at most of their
terms of service would expire in a few days
w ich made it necessary to act promptly
T-VO large detachments were sent on' on the
15th to scour the eoini'rv on our right and
left fl-mk. Lieutenant ('olonel F inniug, with
thiee <‘oinp ones fr-m Fori King, arrived
on th<‘ 27m ; and on tlm 29. h, (he detachmeni
having returned, the ttrir-ule of Mounted
Volunteers, composed "f the Ist an 2d r< •»'
ments -etninanded by Bngidicr Gen. Cali,
and a bat alum <d regular troops commanded
by Lie. t. Col Fanning lookup the line of
n iri li f..r a point on the ‘.V ,t j,!aeoochee river
which was rej r>'S(!i,tr.l bv oui g ides as emg
a good lord. About 4 o’clock on the morntrig
of the 3ls', after leaving all mir baggage
provisions, &c. protected by •• guard ro n
in inded by ieutenani Dancy, we pushed on
with a vie w of carry ing the fi rrt and of surpris
ing the mam bodv of Indians, supposed to be
concentrated on 'he west bank ol the nver, nut
on reaching it, about day light, we found in
stead of a good ford, a deep and rapid stream
and nn means .sfcrossing, except in nn old
and damaged canoe. L eut. Col. Fanning
however, soon succeeded in crossing, the
regular troops, took a position in advance |
whilst Bregadier Gen. Call was actively |
engaged m crossing Ins brigade and in having
their horses swain over the river- But before:
one half had crossed, the battalion of regulars :
consisting of about two hundred men, were
attacked by the enemy, who were strongly i
posted in ’lie swamp and sei uh w hich extended
from the river. This little band, however
aided bv Col. M'atren, Major C »oper and
Lieui. Yeoman, with 27 volunteers, met the
attack ol a savage enemy, nenriy, ilneo
lheir number, he ided by the Chief Oseol •,
with Spartan valor ihe action las'ed ne rh
•'ti hour, during which time "o’ troops made
three hrilham charges into the swamn, and
scrub and drove the enemy in e'cry dueclion ;
and alier ihe third charge, although nearly
one third of their number had i-een cut down'
they were found suffi iently firm and sieady to
fortify Ute foimatmn of a new line "f battle
wl.ich gave entire protection to the. fl inks
as well as to ihe position selected for recrossmg
ihe troops. Brig idler ’ «”t». ( nil, ajb r using
evt ry effort to induce the volw leers remainin '
on the ast bank, when ihj- acli n commenced
to cross ‘he rirer, and hi arr mging ’ ,c Hoops
still tsrn.miHig on that bank, crossed over and
rendered import nit s> rvire by sos coolness
and judgment hl mranging par: of his corps
<>n the right ol the regulars, winch gave nmcii
streng.h and security to that fl mk. L.* ut.
Col. Fanning di-'playcd 'he greifes firmness
throughout Ihe action, and added nnirh <<» 'he
high 1 eputatum long since es’abltsbed. C 'p’s
Diane ami Mi llon exhibited grea' bravery arid
jud-.'iiient, aim likewise added to the ch tra.-tcr
lliev cquin d m tlie late war. N<>r was Capi.
tides wauling m firmness. Cath Mm M.
Gr lii'U, 4 b Itifauirv, was fearlessly hra*--
ami al'lm.igh seven Jy wounded early in 'he
eugagt iin iii, continued to head his companv
in Inn mosi gallant manner, until he received
another severe w >und, win n ho was taken
horn lhe field. HiS brother, Lieii’enant
C HDpt.ll Grauam, coinin iiidint’ ’he adj icent
com .any- w.s likewise severely wounded
early in tin- fldn, bit con'inued with his men
till aiiotlier wound forced him, from loss ol
iiliird, to retire .nun toe field. Lieut. Man
laud, who d a company, enntribu < d
much, by ms gallantry, to en< out tg” Ins men.
Ln ute din- F ilcot. C ipron, John Graiiam,
Rid_t‘lv, (who was wounded earlv m the
.li’l’-ui,) and Brooks, all ilisp iyed g' eat co >r tge
and Coolness throughout the act on M hen
almost every n<m coinmi-sioned • tli or and
priv tie exmintrd s ich In inm -S'. i’> »' is almos'
impo-siuic’ to dtscnmi •sic be,ween th<-in ; bo»
'.lie I oiuu’g General cannot wiiii'.i. ’d his high
uporo > iiioii 01 th- judgement and courag'
displayed !tv Morgen Jn:> -sou, ofli. comp 1:1
tiind Ar derv, on wm»in m< command of the
ip.Hiv uevoi-ed. an- r Lieuten.'tK Grah rn
was ram-'V' d from th< ii id ; and wn ~ ahho i.h
severely Wu<Ji> -d eoti’..ti'ic lat Ihe heart of toe
c«>m i.iny nil thn action w*,s ov, r. A>so, ol
Seigean'.s K- iHuo and L 'l.o i, a .d < orp ual
Pagei, 4tn I’.ilantry Sergeants Scofield and
Potier, D 1 ompany, 2 1 \r illt ry ——r.e.in
■’niitn, c company. Gi Artillery, and Curpor .l
(’ apm, L contpiiiv, 3 ■ Xr'iu- ry Col. J »hn
M <>rrci:. vuiniipinla'it I*’ Regiment V >f.m
♦•er'. Maj. Ct.opt-r and Lieuler.ant Yeoman
>i a ime corps who hid formed on the left
ii uk wtro ail severely wounded, were
i sdiiig t»eir l.''ie ba, d '<» the charge*; and
il beaeaved with area uravery, as wed as
Vdjuianl Putbus. Lieutenant Col, Mills
d s ( , a,ed great . ooiti’*. mJ Judg’Uei!' dur.a?
ibf atuo"» aud tit reermsmj ths n'cr w»;h
his command. Lieutenants Sfewarf and Hunter 1
nt the 2 R -g. in-nt. with a few men of that 1
regiment, were j idtciously posted on the right 1
nid fr< m then reputation for firmness, would 1
have given a good account ol'lhe enemy, had :
tie m >de Ins appear mce m that quarter. Col. :
Pai kndl, of the F Volunteers, who perform-I
ed the duties of Adjutant Genera’, displ iyed
much miliiary skill, end the utmost coolness
and courage :hro”gi)Out the whole action, & ins
services w ere of the fust importance. Col.
Reid, Inspector General, displayed much
1 firmness, but he had his horse shot, and recei
' ved a slight wound eailv in the engagement,&
; a;is sent with order 10 volunteers. Mv vohm
;ieei Vid, Major Lvttlo, and Major VVelfotd
! Aid to Brigadier Generil Call, were near me
I throughout the, action, and displayed 'he most
' intrepiilcourage and coolness. C 01. J H. M.
Intos’i, one of mv aids, and Major Gamble,
V.d to General (’ail, both displayed much
! fir-tmetis and courage, atid were actively
'employed on the left flank- 1 also feel it due
lto Lieutenant Col. Baily, Cnpt. Scott, and
Lieutenant Cuthbert, to say that, although
the at Hon was nearly over before thev could
cross Hie river with a few of Cue 2d Regiment
they look a judicious position and snowed
much firmness Capt. M'yaft, of the same
corps, was entirely employed in erecting a
temporary bridge and mani ested much firm
ness. Much cedit is al-o due to the medical
department, composed of Doctors Wightman
II nn'l'on, Ran lolnh, ami Dradon, fur their
activi'v aid attention to ihe wound d.
The huh ol'servtc » of he Volunteers having
expired, aid most of them having expressed
an unwillingness to rein un longer in service
it w is co.tsijered best, af'oT removing ihe dead
aid taking l ire ofilie wounded, 10 re'nrn to
tins post, wir.eh we reaciied on the 2d m.'t
without the leas 1 mtenuption, and on the fol
lowing day he Volimieers from Middl • Florida
look ip liieh'ie of march 'or Tallahassee, and
this mmning those from E Florida proceeded
to their respective h uncs, leaving me a very
few men to guard tins extensive frontier. I
am now fully convinced th it there has been a
grea< defect on among the Florida Indians
and-hat a great m my Creeks h ive united with
them, consequently it wifi require a stiong
| force to pet them down.
J have the ’honor io enclose you ft list of
'the killed and wounded of the respective
J regiments and corps.
I am Sir, with high respect,
Your most obedient,
D. J. CLINCH
' B B General US. Jlrnvj. Commanding.
R Junes, Adj’t Gen U. S Army.
Return of 'he killed and wounded at the battle
♦»f the O’.vithlaeh'Jchy ou the 31sl day of
Decemb' r. 1835.
United Slates troops commanded hy Bl Lt Col
Fanning, Ath .Artillery.
(C) Com any Ist Xrtilery, Capt I. Ga'e’s
< <>mm Hiding—l ar .fleer killed, 1 corporal
nut! <3 -.rivHf." -...••..J—J.
(D) ( omiiany 2d Artillery. Capt (i Drane
commanding—one private killed, 1 2d Lieut.
1 corpord. and 12 privates wounded.
(F.) Company 2d Artillery, Bt Capt Mellon
commanding —1 artificer killed.
( ',) Company 3d Artillery, Ist Lt Maitland
commanding—l artificer killed and 7 piivates
woundi d.
(II,) Company 3d Artillery, Ist Lt C
Gr itiaiu rmnin tiding—l pri aie killed, 1 lit
Lt 1 serul 2 crpls and 12 priva'es wounded.
(D.) Company 4tn infantry, Capt. \V. M.
G-ahim commanding—l cap’, 1 sergt, and 6
privates wounded.
TOTAL.
3 artificers and 2 pr vales killed.
1 captain, lit lieutenant, 2d lieutenant, 2
sergeants, 4 corporals, arid 43 privates woun
ded.
In all 4 killed and 52 wounded
Florula volunteer.'', commanded by brigadier
general Call.
f't regiment, commanded by Colonel John
M arren.
I colonel, I major, I lieutenant, and two
p. i vau-s s ounded.
2,1 regiment, commanded by Colonel Richard
P.i'ish, 2 privates w nnded.
T-Hal, — colonel, I major, I lieutenant:
and 4 privates wounded.
(Signed) SAMUFL P\RK“.ILL.
Adjutant General.
J. S Lytle. A D. C.
From the Tallahassee F’oridian.
The Middle district in a few days will have
six hundred men under arms engaged m the
Seminole war. A iiumlu-r folly equal to one
third ol the effective men in it.
•Major M’ellford left tins place on Tursday
last w.ili a guatd to tneei and protect lhe arms
now <-n their w>v from \ igusta.
VVe assure our friends in Columbus and
V.igusta, that I .til liiassec. t, .a not been burn'
and ulundertd •»> ri ported to them, and no
apprehension eX'S'- 1 ot such a calami v.
Oir Naw - at' med m the G ilf <»f Mexico
has acted m he pr- seu' cr.-K '»f our affairs
wiiii a prompt ;'ude worthy of all praise. 1 tie
fig He C mu'l: Hum and Sloops <<f-Mar
V .nilal a and St. Louis, besides srn • I-r
v.-.ieis of w ir, ar*’ already at lhe s cue of
a- lion.
Cant. I looker <m the lower Suwannee, a
lew d .vs since, iii.d he opposite bank in
p .ssesM.m of *'«'•<) 20 Indians, cro-se-i ov r
wu 1 n ;:e ran tn r'li'A hem. Vhe landed
two ot in-, o- n *ere sh ■’ down—one wt'h nine
balls, the i tiier w rth five. Muh h < r-’tn inn _
men. hr boldlv chatged on the ene nv.— M hdu
thus engajp-d. hts boat got a drift, and hr wi
left wiiii no ahernalive but victory or death
\lie; a close and deamly contest of some
minutes, the suv oges were routed with sever
loss.
Twelve friendly Indians arrived yesterday
trom l a upa. I'bev will act as guides to the
» xp-d.tiou witch wdl march in a lew days
Irwin tots place. They slate that tho b-’ss of
the Seminoles ui the battle of the M’ithiacuo
chee, was one hundred and four killed
Among whom was Osceola or Povvel ; who
they say, received two wounds, and died two
days after lhe action.
Tne reported death of P »wel is not general
ly credited by our citizens.
Gallant Affair. —On the 12th inst.
Colonel Parish at 'he head of two hundred
Volunteers from this district, composed of the
Companies of Captains, Alston, Bellamy, and
Caswell, had a sharp encounter with a large
body of Indians. The attack commenced with
the advanced guard under Caps. Bellamy, who
had been allowed bv the enemy to pass their
main body. Col. Parish immediately has
tened forward <0 his support, when suddenly
he wis attacked on both fl inks bv the enemy
placed in ambush. The Volunteers m ide
an unsuccessful attefhpt to charge on ho>se
back.—They were then dismounted and
formed in admirable order —They then
charged upon the enemy in a manner worthy
of vmera is In the. mean time. Capt. Bella
my having routed the attacking paitv opposed
to him. fell back upon the main body.— lhe
enemy was soon forced to take shelter in a
thicket. By this time night was coming on
it was not thought prudent to follow them
where the localities of the place and lhe
darkness would have given them great
advati ages. Our men rested on their arms in
•he open pine woods, prepared to renew the
action at d iv-light but during the night, the
savages effected a retreat. Their loss must
have been considerable, as six dead bodies
were counted in one part of the field of Battle.
Two days after Co). Parish marched for
For K ng, arid arrived therein safety. He
then proceeded to Powell’s town and dm-troved
I'. ihe V dun eers then returned to Foil
Dr.me, where they are now encamped.
FROXf THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
SCENES IN THE 11. OF R
The Three-Million Bill, after calling up a
long and a warm debate in the Senate, has
been traiisfcried, with stronger interest, to the
other II uise. On Friday, Mr. Adams came
out with one of his most astonishing and pow-i
erful eft’ll ?s. VVe h ive seen a letter, which I
states that it was one of the most exciting
scenes evet acted on the fl »or of the House
It was iifion a resolution introduc' dby Mr.
Adams, for the appointment of a select com
mittee to enquire into the causes of the tail- ;
ore of the 3 millions. In lite cmi/se of his
remarks, he adverted to an expression made;
a few days since by Mr. Mobster, that “ he'
would not have voted for the appropriation.
hod the enemy been at lhe gates of the Capitol ’’
Vlr. A declared, “ that Hie nian who held I
and expressed such sen iments, had but one
s ep further m go, and that step a na'iiral one
—to join the enemies of his country!”
The effect of this was electric. V most
extraordinary and almost nnparall led scene
took place. A spotitr.iieous burst of applause
broke from almost every part of the 11. ill
It came sudden, (says a very graphic spec
tator,) quick, unexpected. Concert could not
have produced any thing like it Imagine, if
you please, that you are standing 111 a calm,
clear d iy, in a lofty edifice, where all is qui-'
et and still—when a single boll strikes the:
building to atoms, and you may (otm some 1
idea of the manner of this thing. The older
members, when matters became settled, rose |
and s ated that such an occurrence was hith
erto unknown.” Mr. Wise followed, bui did
nol finish, before the adjournment. He spoke
’ with great animation—dealing hts blows, right I
and left—making an onset on Mr Cambre- j
h ug, not sparing even the Speaker 111 his
chair. In -p -akn gol 'he memorable scenes
jof the last night of the l ist session, he de I
I scribed some of lhe members as sleepy, some
! tir -d. some noisy, and some as d> unkl
‘ lhe Washington Correspondem <>f the B •).
| iimore Patriot gives a particular, graphic, and
we suspect, a tollerbly impartial sketch of
nr. ‘Adams’s’ remarkable speach, Ho says,
the “ attack upon Mr. Webster was gratui
ous, lint powerful beyond any thing (he)ever
listened to We lay dm account ol the -peach
befne orir readers—as il seems to be the
great Lion of the day :
‘‘Mr. Adams now <mmiuenced by alluding to
ihe declarations which u»d recently been
made tn another place, that to that Hoose
B' lunged the responsibility of losing thi-Forli
fi alien Bill. He went <m to animadvert upon
tlie opinions and declarations which had b'-eri
' made in thatp/ace, which lie s od were uniruo
' and not warranted by facts. As lie b i'ihi to
grow severe, the Sp'-aker reminded him that
the Rules of the House did not permit .1 mem
; bcr to anim idvert upon the proerdmgs of the
Senate. Mr. A Inns said lie did not say any
thing about the Senate ; he spoke of a place
he d d not sav what place it was leh with the
members of that House to associate in tln-ir
minds lhe Senate ol the United States or any
i other body with that (dace that he spok t,
&c. Mr. )d ims then went on. The mem
hers in gn at 11 miners b< g-'ti 10 fl ck round
him. 1' p 'lpible that sometiiiiig ir ineu
dous was aiHicipa'ed. And true etmug'i, k
•r Hor began io bear down upon the Srnu e
with renewed -aicasiT. Mr. Mercer now
i < ailed him Io or iei m I sian d lhe point ol or
der The Speaker decided 'ha, i>e hid no
a-nhontv to pm a construe .011 upon Mr \<i
ams’ wonG, and tm-r»-(or-- us tie did no' i.-im*'
i!,e Sell He | ( p r Wild no- siy ibu' was out of
I or.'er (Her cn-of “g > on—g . on” were
uttered by many trominers ) Air. \di ns went
•1 » mor* sevei e. .*1 Mim-ii <»gaic
<• filed tH'ii i<> order and reduced the objection
able word; to writing. L; ■ r :n< mb' r m .de
one or two unsuccessful ■ ff-r - ’<> “ say a tew
words, but consoled himself as well us ■ e
could bv giving utterance to a few vollies ot
! rmmd oath- (m m under tone) at the disorder
ly state of things. The words Mr. Mercer
Look down. Mr. Adams would not admit 10
oe ma The speaker put the desci-ion to the
House, which declared that they were noL
Mr. Adams again proceeded. Before this,
however, he said as it appeared to give gen
tlemen so much disquietude for him to allude
to the ‘•'pnaH.', he would transfer his place to
tne Office of the National Intelligencer.
(Heie was an audable laugh) In that paper ho
said he found a prodigious arrangement going
to the House with subserviency and man-wor
ship! lie went on commenting upon tho
great speech recently delivered by Mr. Web
ster in -he Senate in the most severe and cut
ting manner, deny .ng its assertions, running
out against its positions and rid culing its
arguments with tremendous sarcasm and in
dignation. Once more Mr. Adams was call
ed to order. Considerable confusion and
great sensation prevailed —Mr. M r ise hoped,
he said, the gen'lemari would be permuted to
go on, out of order or in order. He wished
him to devulgo all he knew upon this mosi tnj.
poitant subject. If ever there was a time
when it behooved men to speak out, it was
now upon this question, let it cut where it
might, whether the Executive, the Senate, the
House, the Speaker of the House, or tho
Chairman of ihe Committee of Ways and
Means, it was time to speak out and let the
truth be heard!
u Mr. Adams again went on.—Ho went
into a history of the doings of the last night
of lhe lasi session; told what he recollected
and knew upon the subject; justified tho $3,-
000,000 appropriation—said he voted for it,
and if there was one act of his life which gave
him mnip satisfactioojthan any ether, it was
that of voting for that necessary and proper
appropriation. He passed an oveiwrought
penegyric upon the Executive, and asked in
scum and derision who were ihe. sycophants
and man-worshipers of that II »use, of whom
so nuch was told in the argument of such
prodegious eloquence, in the National Inlelli*
gcncerl lie ridiculed (he Senate for profes
sing so much ignorance of the Executive’s
views m relation to the $3,000,000 appropri
ation, and said it was very easy for it to pro
fess not to know, what it should know, and
to know what there was no necessity of its
knowing. H« took up the declaration made
ov Air W h-iur, that if the enemy were thun»
deting hi die door of the Capitol, he would
not vote for conferring upon an Executivo
such an unlimited grant of power, and dwelt
upon it for some Hine, uticring comments and
insmuaiians which no num else is capable of
; d ung. Wiiat! lie said, see the enemy bat
tering down this Capitol, as they did m the
list wr, and not vote lor an appropriation, so
i a<k: d lor, to defend it, because it was gran
ting too much power to tho Execu’ive! There
j aas but one step beyond such an expression
jof sentimen', and a most natural step too ! It
I would he only fur a man who could utter such
a sentiment, •<» go lutns- If over to that enemy
land help to batter down the Capitol I (Hc-io
j a tremendaoiis clapping of hands took place
among die members. The Speaker jumped
■ upon hi-i C -i>..his ivorv seal, and
I called loudly lor order. 11- s it j‘ t h M fi, r nie“
lust icn years, tie thought Ih at ever since lhe
form Hem of the G >vei'nment, there had uev
| er liee 1 such an iiistatico of disorder ami con
; tempt of ihr- rules of die H itise. The oid
j members cried out, -Vo no, never,never.') Mr.
. \d iuis resumed and went on in die same pow
| er'iil, sareasiic strain, against Mr. H'ebster
| and against the Senate. He brought up a
j message sent to the House by the Senate on
that famous last night, to remind the former
ihai lhe appropriation bill yet was to bo acted
on l!< re he brought all his great powers nt
[r du-iile into lull play. The Senate inform
line House of its duties ! If ever he felt re
, uret and md gi ation iu his life, lie said it was
■ upon hearing that message read to iho II »use.
11 he could Ii ive got an opportunity, he should
I have moved to have two members of the
House appointed to carry bark lhe meseage
! and cast h upon the ff >or of the .Senate, ie!-
I ling them that lhe House would receive no
insolent message from them. He said that
i v, e Senate knew a the timn that the House
I was dead defunct. -Ahiiillea was dragging
Hie dead body of Hueior around tho walls of
the Capitol.”
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W.-tern Circuit.
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ANDREW J. HANSELL.
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