Southern banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1832-1872, April 03, 1832, Image 2

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pgl VsR ■ m .*• Frotf* ili'fc Alacon Mcssenpijr. THE PENITENTIARY. •Mi-Mi«.; Editors.—Will you indulge n plain . mini by giving place In a few idi.-ii- wbft'h be wishes to address to your renders ! Ho know* limy will lie crude, and in homely dress ; but, ns the subject has not rcrcived from the press’ t|»o attention it merits, he feels constrained in mil,mil them : It lin’d suggested itself to niv mind since the nboluion of the Penitentmry mode of punish- ment, and the tukingrtipofqmnld system, on- giimting in the lime* of fcndilj. Imrlmristn, as bi.iv fitting for the middle of the riublcontb een- m tury. that difficulties would bn found to exist, Viiiii'li it would appenr, were wholly unlh^ghl v:|p r>V; or nt lensl, «re wholly unprovided for.' : .Not only would there bo difficulty to iwrcrlnio law* of » similar ii..;uf«, tiuflei tins sutm-e for the present. Paul' mmi, louli :rt the m/feqkftt up, rtti >n >•! some of ibis rriniinnt code. T’o hunt doer by fire-light, incurs n fine e,f fifty dollars, and -in esso the individual is unable to pay; lie is lorf- cfivelbirlvninn lashes "ierlitnidon.it Tour riel, nnigbhoui’s money can save ItU hide—hut you t^s.i/or/jpO fur whoyo gratification the -Petit* tebtiary fins been abolished, must take n shin ning.Pnnr man, just reflect on lids for n mo ment. ?Hc Southern Banner. EDITED Ef AEBON' CI!A*C AND Af.rnF.D M. NISBF.T. Tuesday, Apt.ii. 3, 1832. iCJ* The Augusta Courier notices, on the authority of a letter from tliir- place, the late disturbances in on College. tVcare iiappy tornform the public that peace and quietude.h.in liecn- rtstored, and the exercises of You bove^ttended voiir rich neighbor | the bistgirion piiTsressed regularly as urjsl, with but on ti hrn bunt, more to gratify him than your, i a Very few daya’ interruption, up to the cmr.mence- *elf—both nrc detected and brought into the CnVirt-hnusc. //rjinils nut the price nfabalc or two of cotton,‘and hands it over nnd goes nbf.ut bis business. Yon put your hand into your pocket, and find only a half empty to bacco box nnd a sevenpenco. Tito Sheriff ment oftbs present vacation. The disturbances re sulted in the expulsion cf twelve nf the young men at (ached to the institution. be laws suited to particular nfFetiee*, but tlmt j hurries you nut on the public square—nnd in ’Cj* \Ve tiave extracted this tvcik from the Macon Mesrcngr r, a cnriiniuiiicatiun in that paper on the sub ject of the Penitentiary. It will be read with interest, «tcV.v ft juror* would even shrink from thi ir duty when ! tlic presence of a crowd, your rir.h neighbor nn rulb-'d on to subject nn individual, (who per- indifferent spectator, nnd in view ofsuclt spec- bapi would be guilty of no moral crimp) to the Mors nn tbn surrounding buildings may afford, m M&c-) 4 rigours of those laws. Tbut nbbougli n jury might be fully sntisfied of n man’s guilt, yet if •the lenst pretext wim afforded them, they w ould rntiter Ini him escape, than find him * p-’bl.y. Within a low tlsysf I have seen how tin iticsc anticipations would lie vet ified. In n ncightioring county, n man was cha-g- rid with nn attempt to entice pwnv, or htenl u . negro, and detected in the net of doing so. This Grand Jury; knowing there wns sufficient evidence on wliioh to find a “ tine hill,” niid -«thiil the punishmoot of denf/i was nt Inched to . the crime, after particular enquiry of legal au thority In know if there whs no lighter pun- i.thmcnt, and considerable hesitation, reluc tantly k turned n bill against the prisoner, fjefotc the Petit Jury, it was rlcnr to every ' r-re, flint there was sufficient evidence for his ^conviction. Hut they, shrinking from I’m " horrible barbarism of rucli punishment, for cm-li it crime, and huvmg tnoto hmnnniiy tlmn the l»w, permitted tbe prisoner to escape; and Ije.is now at Inrge, without having suffered ntiy penally for a crime of which evety quo believes him guilty who knows aught of the case. I would.suggest for the reflection of those opposed to Penitentiary punishment, that the life of a fullow being hv our present laws, is ’■ tint forfeit for Inking, nr nttemplirig to tnko a small mntlcr of property, and that, whore no ollempt is mndo against the personal safety of .(mother. How fur, let inn nsk yon, would you make -human life tho forfeit of human polfl ■ Nnd this man been iuinvirtdd bv tho Petit j Jury, there cannot he the least doubt, but that ;*ihe whbTq community would linvc exrlaimod - ugninst the barbarism of the law, nnd that nn / individual could not have been found in the oiini v, in whirl) tbe case was tried, who w ould not have taken nn interest in sending n peti tion t" the Governor for his respite. Ho Lwnnld have laid ir. jail nt the expense of the rniitity fandn very poor county too) for near- * Jy ti year, nnd then - teen discharged by the yon nrc stripped nnd tied to a post—the rest will ho left Tor your i.rringinnlinn No one will taunt your rich neighbour about -.vhnt be came of his money—but who will forget to lull tiou, on eve ry convenient oecasion, as lung U3 you live, nboul “ /tugging the post." Poor man, you have been clamorous nbo’.'t the repeal of slut Penitentiary code, without reflerling. Your representatives,rich or poor, to s.tcure te-olection, nnd become popular with you, have complied with your dirtatinu-. Now look at the result. Yon have planted a IVliipping post, Pillory, nnd Stochs, on every Cnurl-Houso Squnre in Georgia, and also a Gnllnirs. These have long been the scoff, derision nnd horror nf every traveller through North Carolina; and you have son!: your state to a level with her—tho legal erysipelas, tho leprous spot that has always marred the beau ty of the judiciary of nnr Union. Poor men, you have complained; (and it is the only sha dow of reason you have ever adduced against the Penitentiary system) tlmt it Ims been nn expense to the stale. Did you never rcrol- lert that (o erict a gallows, a pillory, a whip ping post, and stocks, soil keep them in rn- pnir, would cost each county much more than all they pay towards supporting (be Peniten tiary? Did you ever consider that culprits would be imprisoned in your jail, at the ex pense of (t3*i/omv£3 county—nnd how few eouhtirs there are who can support such ex pense ? Gentlemen Legislators, who voted for the abolition of the Penitentiary system— by the lime a few of your friends Imvc “ hug- ged the whipping post," you will find you. are not ns popular as you expected to make your selves—in fishing for popularity in this way, you will find you only catch Tartars. MOKDECAI. GEORGIA QUESTION. There is mure mischief brewing. The Supreme Court has decided against the Statu of Georgia—and the blow wns fol lowed up in the House of Representatives by vote id a humane nnd consistent Legislature, f n Memorial, presented by Mr. Admns, from *- — ■* - —-— -•-- •v ' 'the City of Ne.yv York, on the subject of the two Missionaries, confined in the Penitentiary. Ih idling up the petition, we should have -wimessed the beautiful consistency of the un thinking advocate for nbulition. *'-•—‘ Not one but -r ../- "would have signed il-ynot an abolitionist in ■-! ‘v the Legislature but would have Voted for the ■ pardon of the poor man, which n former v v ’ij j|Cuf njsTia3 place(T m this pitiable situatio afif mt.4 ote ■■■ t’enitiTtinrv nbolition .linn been a florions the tut; tor runt and noisy declamation among V: tin W'ri fleeting croud; And n gainn-for the g ' nritol t’chiicisn to piny off among them, by • fi')’humoring vulgar prejudices. It bits looked S/M; baitnless when viewed ut a diBtanre. Aboli- iiou ! nb'dition I abolition! has been the cry, uViil ho whese lungs were strnngesl, Itnd the •\,.V Ji\--t of tho argument! Hitch whist lie rage for s i *fut defiftucfi'in in our last Legislature, that the ’ ■ greatest emulation prevailed, who should bo tlie jr'-dst forward,-or the most noisy; nnd ntoro in t]u> spirit of vandalism than was ever bo- , f fore witnessed in tlmt body, the net was hyr- , rifd thrqtigh without giving opportunity fur ’ refleetion or Argument. For tho honor of the Stnti\ for the honor of human nature, I would tint have it attempted to count how many hon est rotes were then given. ^They’ should he ! wfittin in Wood on our legislative rucords— I qs tliev are cm.signed in the estiuiation of nil V around us. (and will he by thoso w ho shall succeed us) to the ilneuvia|ih< distinction and ' ussnCintionoftlie Draconian code. I have asked for rensnu and argument on this subject, • nf these abolitionists. Here is nil the reply I Iftvo linen fnitnnnte enough to get, ns each turned on liis lnml to avoid further questions. Hung llm rascnls I Hang the rascals ! !” . Now bring this home to them—exhibit its bar barisms nearer to their view, mid it ” sears their nyq bnllx”—.they will not convict a crim- ' inal they know to lie guilty. - . It tin’s been with pride that I huvn nntired the editorial ebrps nftlie State, generally lu- ' bbured on the side of reason and humanity .bn this subject. Hut it has been w ith equal shame thnl-btio qtbtwo-shniilil hove been foiind, ni- mpiing to flirnl .with wlmt they ilermeil tbe r vpiilnV eurrent, or perbnpsi wern playing a desperate pamiKnt “ swim or sink.” Or per haps; for pl.rtir-iilar reasons, they hud a pccu- liar drend nftlie institution, and theruforo nt- ■ ’pied in fimisy phrase to wnto it down. * ml has'been efTeeicdp—(I enpnof say It their agency or ttilRicner;) lint I know astoiuVhqijmt of every o:Kpf Stale which ilnpted the system—a system nover icd liy afiy otheF Slntc. ’ In its' place, e reviyrd. thiil n few- years ago were | us too barbarous for nn enlightened f socielv. For inaimmg, biting or r, the-punishment is death. To conn- oin;hill«.’&r. or pass tliem, knowing : tqiinitrf'i'it, is death without the ben- lerg’y. To steat;» Horse. Mute, or death wi bout the benefit of clergy. ” "ilJblhk' yon of thsi Her* the value of )Our soul lie- yatue <-i' n mule to many tagamemp ieryou l Tho decision of the Court is ultra. It goes tho whole ngninst the rights nnd sovereignty nftlie States. It must startle every man,who is fur preserving-to tho Stale Governments all tho powers which hove been reserved to thorn Tho power now chimed by tho United States over the territory of the Stato of Georgia, is hot granted by the Constitution. It gives Congress tbe power to regulate trade with tbe Indmn tribes—and nothing more—It is not believed, that Georgia will submit to the de cision—and tlmt when it is certified to her Stats Court, they will take no account of it. What then ? Will the Supreme Court he so infatuated os to persevere—and issuo further process in the case ? The memorial laid before the House of Re presentatives on Monday, threatens to call up another Missouri Question. The excitement produced on the very presentation nf it was alarming. ” Would that House (exclaimed Mr. Clayton of Georgia) consent to make it self the instrument of adding excitement to ex citement, till they should rend the Uuion to pieces ? A few steps more, and they would bring thuso.Smtes to n condition like that, in which the colonies were immediately before the rupture with Great Ilrilnin.. tin warned, lie cautioned genllemeiij lie would not stoop to intreat them. Memorials like these could bo got up nt nny time by n set of deluded fnu- ntics. Congress should look to the condition of the old States, nndI not by a reckless ami unfeeling course provoke them yet farther. Ho prayed gentlemen to consider. He warn ed tho Ilodse to proceed With prudence, nnd consideration, and though ho would not im plore them, yet lie enrne9tly warned them to disregard such n memorial.” Mr. Drayton of South Carolina nlso, raised his warning voice Will it not ho likely to increase the agitation which now pervades so large a portion of the dWrpunily—to exasper ate to inn.dneBS the citizens of Georgia, nlren- dy convulsed by Ihe strongest excitement to influence the public mind—nn excitement, which, without the illegitimate nnd inflamma tory interposition-of this House, may impel them to acts, which plight involve us in the horrors of intestine war, and shake the pillura. of the ConstitytiontO its centre? Does nny member of this House desire this ? Are wo convened hero In dissolve tho bonds which connect these United Slates J Are we not Iters for the purpose of strengthening, of con solidating the Federal Union ? And if, by ex pressing an ppiniun, we do aught to impair its integrity, or to undermine its permanence, “aro Wi. not traifors to the constitution, nnd to the laws, and to the sacred obligations which are imposed upon us 1” Tho motion to lay this memorial on the ta ble waslost, by fit to S3. . Some of the South- trn gentlemen mere not in their seats. *If they bad been, the question would have bean car- ... .k. »..L i.’__ anil no doubt with improvement to many who may pc. rime it. Tim reasoning and conclusions of ihe writer arc irresistible,as regards thcgri al mlvatilagcs of I’cni- trutiary punishment over our present unequal and bloody code, fty tlic laws now in foico, it will be seen (hot the wealthy mny escape with a small fine, or, as in the days of Popish darkness, may purchase with money 01 ihitut^enee to violate the law, when for the very same offence, the pooh moil will have to "Imp the whipping post,” or lose his ears—doomed forever after- in disgrace-, ami to ca> r y with" him to his grave, the marks of his infamy. U’c hold that fill bad citizens should receive funithiiient in proportion to the grade, and extent o’f their transgressions,and not according to the length of their purses ; therefore would w e entreat the people to nrou-e themselves, and snv to tlicir next representativeswrr.rifutdisA tlic Penittntiary, and Ictus all hertaflir,' rich and Toon,’sufferalike t ,1A cniicns was held lately in Itiehm.ind, by the ttepahlicah (Jsrkson) members of the I,ngisfature of Virginia, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of nominating n candidate tor the Vice Presidency, hr. After considerable debate on two motions, one recommending P. P. Baibour for this of. fiCto, (lio other "that it ii inexpedient nt this time to nominatn n candidate for the Vice Presidency,” tho latter was' carried in a spirit nt great unanimity. The objoct.in deferring a decnion, was for the purpose of ascertaining more definitely tho wishos of the people nn this subject. Tlnr-resnlt proves one thing satisfac lorily to our minds—that Virginia will go for Ihe regu tarty nominated i andidate, whoever ho may ho. I, these times of political corruption, concert and harmo ny among us can only ensme success. Let the true Iriends of the people, then, determine upon their enn didate, and support him in one spiiit and with one voice. Iteduettan.—The Central Committee appointed by the citizens of Hancock county, held their firat meet ing «l Milledgevillc on Ihe 94th tilt. They recommend to their 11 fellow citizens friendly to reduction, to moct in their several counties and nominate, one parson from each county, to meet ut Millt dgeville, on the first Mon day in May next, to agree and fix upon a dny certain for electing delegates In ft convention to ho liolden nt Millcdgtvillc, at such time as they may then determine on.” They further appointed un Executive Commit' tec consisting of the following gehtlemcn • Governor Lumpkin, Judge Lamar, Col. Rockwell, and Msjor Prince. • 7.ejection.—The people ufCInrk county will observe in our .paper of to-dav, a notice requesting thci convene at Wuthinsvillc on the lid day of May next, (the day of our general muster,) for Ihe purpose of elrcting delegates to represent this county in tlic con templated Convention. That this call will bo met by them with pleasure and alaeiity, we liavo not the leusl doubt. The people of Clark have been for years awake on this inipurtant subject, and anxiously awaiting an pportunity of cvinrmg to tlicir fellow citizens through out the Sjale, lie ir abhorrence and disgust towards the present organization of our Legislature, and the evils growing out of it. In addition to‘the numerous weighty arguments heretofore urged by the friends of reduction, we would picsent a single fact, which ought of itself to rouse the community to a man, (no matter what may havo been their sentimentsheretofoie) Inactive exertion.in the cause of Legislative n form. Wo have been informed from tho very best authority, that the rcsourcas of the State the present year, great as they unquestionably are, will not be adequate to meet the current expenses of Government; and as the evil is a growing one, something must be done immediately to alleviate their con dilion, ot the people will havetobe biirtlicned will an increase of taxation, to support nnd pamper an ah ready overgrown, still incrcnsing, and (so far ns this, matter it involved) cot nipt Legislature. Foreign.—D] the arrival of the packet ship Sylvanus Jenkins at New York from Liverpool, we have received news from the latter piece up to tlio 8th February.— The only item of important intelligence furnished by this srrival, is that the price of cotton has advanced j a jd. per Ih. Common qualities have improved the most. This news has hod totno effect upon the market in Charleston, wlieia a few choice parcels were sold on the Stth ult. as high as 11 cents. other rjcd.xgaiMt th* •^itstof»q—JlifA- Enq, ' ted territory. T vJiicMff Creel f'toc*.—Tlic loto Northern papers con tain accounts of a distressing flood which liasoitendrd through the Susquehanna, Hudson, and Connecticut rivers, tndtheii larmnstributaryalrcanis. At Albany, N. Y. on the 13th ult. ths water had reached nearly to Ihe centre ef the city, and on some of the lower streets was neatly up to tho second stories nf the buildings. The light Irouse on ths Hudson near Kinderhnok, a atone building two stories high, was struck by the float ing ice, and daahcil to pieces in a moment—burying beneath its ruins four nf its trn inmates, and danger ously wounding tho others. These wero only saved' and taken to tho shore by the most perilous exertions. Sevcial villages and farms neartho Mohatvk river, have, also suffered severely. In the Connecticut river, the breaking up of the ice hi* caused much damage. Aa uaualkt tho freshets of that beautiful but turbulent river, aovcral biitlgrs have been' swept awav. hivnwiot heard thet any lives were lost, This tiood is supposed to exceed in dritructiun of property and loss of lives, Ihe lain immense inundation at the Wcet. ■“.7 " -<$£>- Xortl, Eastern Damiary.—'The Legislature of th* State of Maine, after several days spent in secret ses sion, have decided upon accepting Ihe arbitrament nf the King of the Netherlsnd*. in relation to their dtspul The resident is fully tethoriesd to njske the noctvadiy snangciuciiM tsitte itiii iiriti’* novyinf mi nt for carrying this arbitration into rliect, and es. labiisiiiiiga permanent boundary and jurisdictional line between the two countries. In consul- ration of the ccsrion of Roiiso'e point to the General Government, slic is to pay the State of Maine, either in money or in lar.d west of tho Mississippi, an equivalent fur the ter ritory alleged to have been lost; the value of which is to be app'raised by commissionera severally appointed by the Legislature and the President. We trust the excited feeiings of our sober sister, will lie quieted by this termination of her difficulties ; tor judging from sundry resolutions which wo have seen, as well as other indications of popular sentiment, we w ere fed to expect a firm advocacy of State jurisdiction, even were a resort tit nullification necessary to cuetajn it—a mcasuro which otir northern friends deprecate with such tremendous wordiness. -<©>- United Slates Bant, Jchn Q. Mams, 4-c.—By refer ence to our Congressional proceedings of this week, it will be observed, that Judge Clayton’s resolutions for appointing a committee a to enquire into the afiairs of .’ the U. S. Bank, lias, with slight modifications, ultimate- orat llr rca ,n S* !y prevailed; and that a committee has been appointed for that purpose, to visit the mother Bank at Philadel phia. This movement was not anticipated by the friends of tho Bank, and threw them intogreal confusion. To oppose the resolutions might liove been ronsiilercd ns virtually acknowledging the Until nf Ihe charges pre- ferred against the Bank ; and to vote for an enquiry into the transactions of an institution, which many of f.r tWwIiuleedbjccI iri Mr. Clay's ^resolution, ; &c the jariRtp the Committeh on Agriculture- last, Yea# 18, N-JJS 92 Mr. Uayne moved to strike out the who),, of die original question after the word " Resolved”— lozt, Ytas l8,Nuyf SJ. The amendment wos'dcclareA by the President to bo lost,and the engine’ consequent ly adopted. In the House of Representatives, suer various peli. tions and memorials were presented and referred, tfr-. t Military appropriation, and the hill for support of fir,. vernment for 1832, were read a third time nnd patted. to the Senate on the SOtlt, Mr. Hendricks introdu red a bill making an appropriation to improve the Na vigation of tho Wabash, Ac. Mr. Benton introduced a bill granting to the State of Missouri, SfiO.OCiO Acres of land to be applied to Internal Improvement. Othei bills of a local'nature were introduced,and not of gene: alinterest. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Wilde submit • ted a resolution for-an enquiry into certain facts rela tive to the increase of Spsclo circulation in the cour, tfy. The Bill in addition to an set f >r tho relief of inso’ • vent debtors of the U. S.’waa discussed and engros-o*) eon yne soctiis.sk tunica. • \ y MEETING IN WATKINSV1LLE. ' In pursuanco of public notice, a ktrgo. nn.f respectable meeting of tho cilbons of Claris county was held nt tbe Court House, on Fri day the 30ll. March, 1032, for the purposo bf considering the propriety of appointing dul them were seneible'had violated its charter, was very t C a l CB *° represent tho peoplo ol Georgia in disagreeable: however, the dnsr was nficred, and they had no alternative but to swallow it. We nrc happy to see on Ihe committee of investiga tion with Judge Clayton, Mr. CamhrclengofNcw York Mr. C. is a practical man, a mcrclmni, and n financier of the first respectability, well versed in all the minulia of the Banking system, and not only able, but willing, to brine In light all tlio unwarranted nnd high liundcd •ransactinnsof this great beast of federal abnininaiioni. Mr. Adams, on being appointed nn the flank Commit tee, begged leavn to he discharged fmm further duties as Chairman of Ihe Committee on Manufactures. This motion seems to have given riso to considerable ex citement in the House oflteprcscnlativcs; and from the warm und almost united opposition In it by the Southern delegation, there iu but little doubt of the truth of the report some time since in circulation, that lie is favor able to a liheiul modification of tlic Tarilf; and seems likewise to establish Ihe fact, that great anxiety is en tertained at Washington, with regard to theconsrquen cea to the country, if such a modification is not adopted at this session ofCongress. Mr. Adams certainly has evinced a disposition to throw himself into the hreaefi, and should y»have mor al courage sufficient to sustain his position there, lie will have incurred the lasting gratitude of ibis republic. It is nnl every day that an opportunity like the prese'n.t occurs for the true patiiot to test his devotion to his country; and now that restless nnd ambitious aspi rants serin to tie willing nnd resolved to ride into pow er over the wreck of tlicir country’s happiness and prosperity, it in consoling, il is inspiring, to' think, tlmt there is one still left, who is willing and able to stay their rude tread, and to say unto them, “ thus far and no farther shall thou go " Congressional.—In the Senate nn the 14th March, the Apportionment Bill was read a third time, and M Webster moved its re commitment, yith general in structions for the repoit of a bill apportioning the Re presentatives as nearly as may be among the several States, according to tlicir representative population, as compared with the representative population of the United States. The bill was laid on Ihe table. The House of Representatives resumed the consid eration of tho tcBolution forthe appointment of a select committeo to examine the affaire of the Bank of the U- States, Mr. Wavne concluded his remarks on hii amendment; the question was taken and the amend, ment rejected—yeas 26, nays 164. Mr Adams pro. posed to limit the enquiry to the allege violations of the pliartcr nf the Bank, he. and directing the commit tec to report tho 2 let of April, which irps finally carried —yeas 106, nays i)2. A committee to consist of seven tee appointed to examine into these alleged violations,' consists of the following gentlc'mcn, viz. Clayton, J. Q. Adams, Camhrcleng, Johnson, McDuffie, Thomas of Md. and Watmougli. In the Senate on the 15th, Mr. Smith presented res olutions of the Legislature of Mury land in favor of an appropriation by the Government in aid of the removal of the free people of color from the United States.— Tlio bill for the establishment of a Law Library in connexion with tho Library of Congress, waa consul, ered and oidered to a third reading. Mr. Clay's.reso lution in relation to the Tariff’ was taken up, and Mr. Monrc and Mr. Benton npnkc at length thereon. In tho House of Representatives, Mr. Root’s resolu tions in relation to an amendment of the Constitution, changing the mode of elect ing President and Vice Pre sident, was taken up, and referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the Union. The Military ond -General Appropriation Bills were taken up, and after various amendments, reported to tho House, and the former ordeted to a third reading, n the Senate on Ihe 16th, the hill appropriating $5,000, and $1,000 per annum fur fire years, for the purchase of law books for the Library of Congress, was passed. The Senate resumed theconsidcration of Mr. Clay's proposition for modifying the Tatiff) when Mr. Bibb spoke two ho jrs; and then gave way lor a motion to adjourn. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Adams asked leave, for reasons stated, to be excused for the remain der of tho'hession, ftom serving on the committee on Manufactures; which motion was opposed by the S- .-hern delegation, principally on the ground of Mr. A.’s usefulness at the present crisis, as chairman of that committee; one of whom (Mr. Baibour of Virginia) went so far aa to say that he (Mr. Adams) more than *ny man living, hod it in his power to quell those angry pavsiuna which disturb the popular.mind, and tn trnn- quilizc ail excitements on the Tariff After considera ble discussion, on motion of Mr. Wayne, Mr. Adams withdrew the request for the present. Tbe General Appropriation Bill for tho support of.government for 1832, was then consideicd, and after various amend ments, engrossed for a third reading. The Scnaic did not tit on the l7tii. In Ihe House of Representatives. Mr. Bell, from the committee on Indian Affairs, reported several biffs au thorising the appointment of an agent to rceideamong the Choctaw Indians, and to provide for commissioners to treat w ith the Indians, he. But lit (Ic other business ofaiiy interest was Iranvncted. In.thcSenslc cjLttio IP'h ; Mr. Forsyth moved tore. the convention fn lie held in Baltimore on (ho 4th Mondliy in May next, for tlio purposo of nominating a candidate for the office of Vico President cf Ihe United Slates. On motion, the Honorable Charles Dougherty was called to the Chair, nnd Bomting B. Monro appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting being explained by the Chairman, in an eloquent and forcible address, a enrrmitles consisting of Col. JosephLigpn, Edward Paine, Esq. Rob ert Ligon, Esq. IVilfjam DidUcn, Esq. ffm, Humphreys, Docl. James jll. Burton, Isaac. H. Vincent, L. R. Brewer, nnd Joslino G Moore, was appointed, to draft resolutions ex- prestsivn of tlio sense of this'meeting on tho subject before them- The comtnilleo having retired it short time, reported through their clinirinan the following preamble and re.solu tions, which were read nnd unanimously adop ted. Whereas it is highly important that the ReA publican party throughout the Union should I unite on some distinguished individual to bo I run for tho Vico Presidency of the United! I .States at the next election, with our present Chief Magistrate; And whereas, from (ho I spirit of opposition to ihe administration of \ Gen. Jiiek6on in some sections ol’tlie country,. .) iindfinore particularly from the Iota, unnatural- V coalition in the Senato of the United Slates, iu;^J refusing to confirm the nomination of Marlin N Van Boren ns Minister to EnglnndAthis meet- mg believes it to be the duty of every true friend to the President, to forego In’s private; predilections, nnd unito in the support of some distinguished individual for tho second offict f - within tho gift of tlio Republic, in whoso nbil- I tty and devotion to the best interests of iluv country, ,the people, nnd.the President (litfllclf).' ^ • can with safety confide. Therefore Resolved, ■ That this meeting :t| prove of the Convention to’ be hold in Balti more on the fourth Monday in May next) for the purposo nf nominating nnd recommending to the people o candidate for the Vico Fre'si- t dency of the U nitod Stales. Resolved, That Gcnrgo M. Troup, Jolirt Forsyth, It. H. Wilde, James M. Wayne, T. . F. Foster, VVylio Thompson, Henry G. Lamar, A. S. Clayton, and Daniel Newnaiv, our dele gation in Congress, be requested to ntlem) said convention, to aid in selecting a suitable person to bn recommended to thp peoplo of- tbe United Slates for Vico President. was directed, and the House aifiourncd. 1 he cotnmit- /^Resolved, That we havo uhdiminichsd cotfv ,7. fidcnce in the administration of General Jack- son, and cordiully unite in the support of hit) election for n second term. Resolved, That this meeting view with mor tification nnd regret, the late rejection by the Senate of the United' States, of the nomina tion ofjMnrtin Van Huretkas Minister to En gland, and that they nrc ionstrained to belicvo that it wns-brought about, moro to subset-yr' tho views nnd purposes nf aspiring and rival candidates for tlio first office in the govern ment, than In promote the honor and interest of the country. Resolved, * That the thanks of this meeting bo tendered to our Senators in Congress for ' their support given to the President on thev nnminntion of Martin Van Huron, nnd partic ularly to the Hon. John Forsyth, for the very able manner in which he defended the admin istration from tlio aeraullg of its cnemiek, in the course it thought proper to adopt in Its ^negotiations with the Court of St. James, s' Resotved, That tbe Chairman anil .Secretary he requested to sign these resolutions, that 0 copy bji forwarded to our delegation in Con gress, nnd that the editors of the Southerr Benner he requested to publish the same. Citini.es Uoucnr.nTY, Chairman BrNMNc B. MoontvScc’v. / \ ► OR TUC SOUTHERN’ DANNER. Gaincn'illf, March £0,183^* Meisn. Editor^—In -compliance with a request *.# the Hall County Temperance Society, I send you foi publication the follow i up list of facts, &c. gleaned fruy* the reading of the “Journal of IIunmnitv,* and other papers. . Yours, &c. W’.M. QU1LL1N. *>*£$$* iNTnwrnRANcn, i-autcrisj:, and cniMC- 1. According lo a report of the superinten dents of the Washington County (N. Y.) Poof House, out of 322 persona received into that house, since its establishment,.290 were seat there in consequence of intemperance. 2. According taa statement made by Col. Hoffman, nineteen hventietha of tho inmates of the Montgomery County (N. Y.) Poo* House, owe tlicir situation to ir,lom|ierantte. 3. Tho keeper of.tlie Ogdenfclnirg Jail, (N 7 .