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FROM TIIK WORCfiSTKR SPT.
The difficulties attending t!»e man
agent cut of a public journal, which
are mice inconsiderable, are at the
present day greatly increased hot
in number and magnitud*. Now
that (he political questions win I.
once divided the community into
two parts, have reared <o po se»s a
paramount interest, a variety of new
causes of ex- dement have sprung
up, distracting flu* opinions and va
riously enga ring the feelings of the
nailers of the same public paper.
Upon Several tonics, of present dis
cussion, .individuals atv so wed-1, <1
to (heir pinions, and (heir feelings
ftre ro deeply engaged in urging then
adoption by others, that tin y re no
o-»«' tinder every restr .int that em
eu i stances may impose up-n them,
and jerlous of those who aH*r-l the
least opportunity to those who con
tract those opinions's-Kence some
correspondents, (not considering how
improper nd indecorous it is to
d;um to judge in tl cir own case )
arc in sh habit of arraigning (he
isl'nn. nt. sometimes -if impeach) »K
per. whenever me iViVe-, mlnr as,
oft' i ili.-cretion which they are bound
to < verese* fdl to comply with the
wislnv ,f the foroier W e need not
luge du* un reasonableness of such
con ‘in t, II t hr* wishes of every cor
rcspei.dent of a paper were to be
gratified, and the paper were man
aged in their way, they would soon
have it wholly to themselves—to read,
as well as to manage
The Col lowing pertinent and forci
ble observations on the same subject,
mc from the Philadr Mi! National
Oazeltej edited by Roheit tValsh,
Jun. Esquire. M hen such « man as
M il h. with all hissplmded endow
n.enls, tails to please, who, we ask,
can < Xpert to find himself more elig
ibly sit oat d?
“" e have been taught,by our im
mediate > vperienc" what, indeed,
might ho v» -.11 learnt a priori—the
impassibility o*’giving complete sat
isfaction to every reader. Timidity,
prejudice, inflamed zeal; parly big
otry. asd other common perversion
ami disorders of 'ln* mind, require
sacritr es which cannot be made by K
ditors, wit of a relinqnisb'i.ent an
thi ir part of ail -ndepcfidcnceof judg
ment is. action. \ :• contradiction of
tli-* fb* vest s- nve of llicir parfi ular
dutv ii cl be»t i i teresf AVitb r giud
to :hi r.hoii’ iof irgc-'ditiits for apa
peivt.u* infeed ictlon op excinsian of
top! • s. were lliey (0 consult the Ton s
of oim* reader, the preposses-*! ns of
other, »h< antipathies and passions
of a tided, they would find (hemsel.es
at la* t in a plight similar to that ot
the old man in the fible with the two
wives. I'gieat a variety of taste
ami diversity of opinion prevail, even
among the persons most entitled tv
defence, (hat, to avoid insipidity
on the one hand, and inordin >nee
on the t.her, it becomes ne<essary
to exorcise a collected and res-dute
disci etion, f.n the errors of w hich,
its indispensableness exact lenitv <>f
judgement; and due allowence will
not fail to he made by libera? and
reflecting spirits ”
l.um nous kunhtivknt.
A (♦•' v years since. James 'udom*.
Esq. mayor of Cork, imagining, if he
could strip ihe beggars of the miser
able and sickly appearance (hey gen
erally made, be should d.vest them
of (lie strongest claim to the charity
of the humane—came to tlu* follow
ing agreement with one Ueoghcgan.
one of the c -nstahles. who w.s by
trade a barber, viz—be directed (he
barber t » seize all the beggars h
fouud stn llmg within the limits of
the city, for >• ;ch of whom he premis
ed a reward; but instead of bringing
thembefme him (the mayor) he was
to take them t his simp, and the e
shave, wash, dress, and ponder them
in the gen(e«*lest manner. llescu.-d
about ha f i dozen of them ; with t- e
assistance of razors wash ball, scis
aors, and powder putts, he so com
pletely mctamonihosed them, (h„
those whom be apprehended ■§ me
dicants when they left his shop, an
1>e wed like macaronies, nt leas* a
unit the head. Phis laugha h*
scheme wa attended with such so.
ce-s, that me whole tribe (during
squire Malone's mavorality) avoid i;
his juris Action as carefullv as it it
was visited by a pestilence.
ROY AT, PR \1 .E P! ’? ATE
Avilov, d .ugtuer of the king of
Gothland, ront,*,-v , 0 the ,„ a . „ et
and disoositiun of her s**x, exercised
the profession of piracy, and was
scouring the s.«> with a powerful
fleet, while a sovereign .* as offering
sacrifice, to her beauty at the shrine
of love. King Sigar perceiving that
this m&scu'ine lady was not to b
gained by (he usual arts ot lover* -
look th<- extraordinary resolutio, o!
addressing her iti a n ode more agree
-blc to hei humor. Me fitted out
( t-t, went in quest of her, engage
r in a furious battle, which contd
ed two davs without intermission
;thd thus gained possession of a hear!
to be conquered only by valor.
jpr—
N'ORFOI.K, Jan. 15.
IntevesWnji; avYwt'we
The fiolowing narrative was hand
id to u. a lew days since, for < übli
(ution, iiy Mr. W illiam Anderson,
who in the subject ot t. We had a
long and initnc-iing c<—versation
will- him; during which he commu
nicated many facts and circumstan
cp.h, leaving on otit n tin's an entire
conviction that lie. lias p issed the ugh
(he scene whi* h he describes. Wo
may give some iiiither particulars <>i
of his history in a future number. In
il-c mean time we - ill only say, lat
In- is a man of strong, though un- ulti
vatul mind, cl plain and unsophisti
citi ii manners, and possesses a very
i ftrntive memory, which has enabled
him (tho’ ilcbai red (lie privilege of
r nittiiig any fact (0 paper) during
his involuntary ex le from his couii
’ lev, to keep a icgislerol events and
orew fences so correctly, (hat he is
Willing to give them to the public un
' «lcr (he san tion of an oath- having
) previously established his cla ms to
‘ credibility. He lots left this place for
t, 1 Winchester, an w»- are in daily ex
' among ms fVienos r~ !,, r,v *1
* V- ILLIAM \nDKUSON, .IgCtl 37
i years, (son of Davit! Anderson, far
mer.) f native cf this stale, was born
1 i*t < hesnut l.uwd, Frederick county,
’ near Wlnchwter. About lath Jan
i nary. 180 ', having enteied intopa-t
' nendiip with tjcoige Johnson, (a
1 ' oung man about -is own age.) son
» o a farmer of the same name, also
res iling in Freilen’rk county ; they
left the place of their nntivifv for
> Pittsburg, whrtne (hey pintc.eded,
will a number of flat-bottomed boats,
load' il w ith v enison hams, beat -skins,
II ur. whiskey, tobacco, and some
cotton, down the Ohio to New-Or
leans. Here, Invii g sold their car
go, th- v purchased a brig called the
Betsey, of New Orleans, navigated
by captain G -orgu .Edwards, and
took in a cargo ot Hour and drygoods,
for account of Mr. G--orge Morgan,
of New Orleans, and Mr. Will.am
1 Morga , ofN-‘W-Yoik. and sailed
from (hat port o the 1 Oth O. tuber of
(he same year, on a trading voyage
Cm Rio Janeiro, where they disposed
ol the cargo for species thence <i.« -
were to proceed up die Red Sea, an
down (!>-•( oromai del coast to (.’an
I oil * On or about the Kith October,
1803. Anderson and Johnson, with
four seamen ami (wo negro bms, be
ing ashore o ' a f w ling excursion, on
the Arabian slime, near Manilla,
were captured by a party of wild A
rabs. Anderson and Johnson were
separated from their companions
and carried to the Persian Gulph,
where (hey were sold (nan Arab, who
was the Sehcik of
known in tha* country by the nam
of Sclieik Abdallah, chief of the Vt a
habee Pi ntes What became of the
seamen and negroes lie cannot even
conjecture. ' I ter acquit ing a toler
ably correct knowledge of the lan
gnage. ami becoming useful in the
military service, titty were treated
with great kindness, and at the ex
pirati- n ol (wo years and a half, they
were tmnsferred, under strong re
ci'inn endations, to the Gwicuur,
Prince of tinz/.erat, residing at Bor
rlera, the chief town of diat principal
ity. They were now invested with
a command in the army of Gwicuur,
and contended with the forces of the
British East India Company, until
the death ot the Gwicuar; on the
succession of his s n to the govern
ment, he made peace with the Eng
lish, who ilem tided that Anderson
-iml Johnson should be given up to
them. The demand however was not
acceded to.
At this juncture the Mahratta
states were engaged in active hostil
ties against the English, and Ander
so > mid Johnson were sent to join
the stancla d of Pensaotiow (iolkar,
'mo ot their Chiefs. The Mahratta
•m-ces were very successful, until the
the general pacification of the fv<r»-
ne - in continent enabling the Kng
ti h to reinforce their army considei -
My, the Vlahcattus were un ihle loot>.
er to contend with them, and sufll*- I
d a jotal defeat on the 23th of April.
ISI7. in a general engagement with
h. British under General Malcolm. ■
on the plains 0 t Meedpoor, in which
; nattle Johns-n was killed Tiie Mali 1
ratta army being now completely put
to the mute, and (he English and
(her allies in full possession i f (be
cn-in’ry, Amle son bethought himself
-if an exp* dient to make Ids escape,
f and (or this purpose disguised him
sel in the character of a Mahometan
i pilgrim going to Mecca, and made
» his escape to Muscat, where he was
I seized b' the Sultan, put on board
; the East India company’s brig Ve-tal,
s capt. Watson, & curried to Bombav.
Not finding any American Consul,
or ./American vessels at Bombay, he
was comp I let! to wink his passage
n board the British East India slup
Beitfordahire. cadain Hope,totJan
.l ti, and thence to the port of Loo
ion. w here she arrived about the 17th
i r 18 of Sept. last, and made known
’.is circAistances toCol. Atpinwall.
American Consul at that port, who
treated h in with great kindness, and
- nt him home in the ship Henry
Clay, ce.pt. Cant, which arrived in
Hampton Koads on the 3d instant,
whence he came up to this place. —
He feels filled with gratitude to a
kin ' and merciful Providence, that
he is once more permitted to tread
his native soil, although in a very
destitute condition It is his inten
tion to proceed immediately to th**
place of his birth, and as t om as cir
cumstances will pcMiuit, to publish a
correct narrative- of the interesting
scenes through which he has passed,
ilui ing an exile of eighteen years, in
a country where civilization is almost
a stranger. He has ample materials
for such a history, which if in the
hands us a man of erudition, would,
he thinks, yield a volume no lcs~
gratifying to the curious than useful
to. the hislotiun.
navy f the united .states,
ITS UMPLOrMKWt INI) CO.VHITIOIV
Letter from the Secretary of the Ji’avy to
the Chairman of the Committee on A’a
ru> Jfairs of the Unite of Hepresenta
htci.
Navi Ukpautkbwt,
Dei ember Wth, ItPO.
Si ti, —I have the u nor to acknowi-
IW'JTtf.Jthe Wfrcijit, oj V/.ui-l. ttcrj.ni,el »!»
Naval Affairs, and to furnish, in comp'll'
anre with your request, jhe,following
statement, w hich contains the information
required.
Columbus, of 74 pons; Peacock, sloop
of war, of IS puns; Spark, (brig) 14 rues;
these vessels are employed fa the pp,>.
lections of out commerce in the Mediur
ranenn, t<> prevent the Barbury slau
from committing depredation on th per
sons or properly of I lie citizens of the «■
States. Tlie Spark is principally employ
ed as a dispatch vciscl to and from th
ports of Barbury
Ontario, sloop*# war, 18 guns; in read]
inesa to proceed to the Moditerranca i, to
relieve the sloop of war Peacock, order
ed to ihi• Unite ! States.
Constellation, frigate 56 puns; returninp
in the Pacific ocean for the protection of
our trad: .id whale fisheries
.Macedonian, frigate ,"6 girts; returninp
to tin United States from the Pacific, ail
ter h- in: relieved by tt> Constellation.
Congress, tripate 36 puns; cruising in
th*- l M dian seas, and the several straits, to
afford convoy and proved ion to our trade
to and from China, and to pive security
aimin': l die native pirates
Cor. cite John Jhlams, 24 guns; cor
vette Cyannc, 24 pons; Hornet-, sloop of
t nr, lit puns; cruizing on the coast of \f
ini. for the suppression ofthe slave trade
.nd cni<Sure of piratical vessels;
smictions to cruise, fi.r the same purpose
mi their return to the United States, on the
roast Guiana; and among the West India
Islands.
Enterprise, (brig) 14 guns; cruising in
the West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, and oc
casionally round the Bahamas, and ji
bing the Southern Gosst of the United
Stales.
Lynx, schooner, 6 guns; Manntch, srlir
S puns; cruising as the. brier Enterprize;
to effect the several acts of congress for
the suppression of the skive trade and
punishment of the crime of piracy
Gun Boats Nos. 157 and 168; cruising
f r the same ohj e(s along the coasts of
Georgia, Florida, £<fc.
Three small vessels; mounting one gun
each, are employed off the Mississippi in
the protection of the trade and revenue of
the U. States.
The objects contemplated in the orders
to the several ships and vessels of the
navy are briefly explained against their
names and stations
As respects the force now emploi ed in
the Mediterranean, it is presumed to he
not greater than the service and the inter
ests of t!ie Unitad States require for the
purposes of protection; the other ships
and vessels are cruising separately, and
are considered necessary fop the service
which they have been assigned'
I have the honor to be with very
groat respect, sir, your most obedient ser
vant,
SMITH THOMPSON,
Honorable Philip p Harbour,
Chairman Naval Committee,
House of Representatives.
Nkw-Yobk, Jan 19.
.?/, Extra ordinary Hoy. Yesterday
morning, a strange little boy was brought
before the Magistrate at the Police Ofik-e.
reported on the Watch Returns as being a
lodger This extraordinary child isten
years of age, was very thinly clad, is but
four feet two inches high, delicate make,
and weak eyes. On being asked by ihe
Magistrate who he was, and where from,
he gave the following account.—
“My name is lie Grass Griffen —I am
ten yea*s old—my father is a boatman in
Killing-worth, Connecticut—my mother
left there for Philadelphia last summer—
she parted from my father— he don’t lake
any care of me. About four weeks ago
I started from Kiilingworth fop Philadel
phia, to sec my mother—had not a cent
when I started—walked part rs the wa.
and rode part. My sister (who is a marri
ed woman) told me in what part of Phi a
delphia I would find my mother. When
I got there I found that she was dead—l
remained there, going about the town,
about a week—l th-n started to com.
back A gentleman in Philadelphia gave
r.-.e a twenty cent piece, an elcven-pt nnv
bit, and a five penny bit—l have the twee
ty cent piece yet. I got into this town
• i sterdav morning—had m illing to e»t
d day yesterday till in the evening,
nen I got some clams at a little sum I
•ear the river I calculate to » art f ,
tome this morning, and to get a stage
driver to give me a ride." Magistrate—
.will send you to the Alms-House, over
t‘ lc way, that you may get your breakfast
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and be taken care o£* Aliswer, very well,
LU \l wasVrVty astonishing to behold such
a child perform (in. the depth of winter)
a ionrney of upwards of two hundred
miles, with suet, a trifle of money, with
out warm cloth ng. and the snow on the
road nearly as high as himself.. His
deportment was mannerly, ■ h.s answers
nrompt, clear and brief; he appeared to
f,. e l „o want, asked for nothing, nor made
■my complaint, but had perfect confidence
*,„ his own powers and ability to get to
the end of his journey on his twenty cent
fund. The decision and fortitude ol this
little destitue boy, might furnish a profi
table example to many irresolute and de
sponding men
From the Goshen Patriot of January 15.
Most horrid Murder.
The murder wh'ch wc briefly noticed
in our last paper, appears t A have been
one of the most shocking description, ami
for the ri'M'it of human iiatnre,we sine re
lv hope, that the vep irt of the murderer
being detail,ged, mav turnout to be true
The following are the particulars, wlnclt
have corn** to our knowledge.
On New V v’s d.v, Mrs. Vanauken,
wife of Wilhelm ns Vanankcn, of Wantage,
’ Sussex count v. N. Jut's/, went to a spin
' plug frolic, St her sisurfc For a consul.*-
, Table length ol’ time/ (perhaps two m
three years) previous/to this, Vananktn
had,been in the habit# frequently threa
tening to kill bis ivife, and also Vr
daughter, to whom k was a«tep father;
providentially, this mild was absent frem
home n r the time oflthe murder, nr in all
probability sh» u/uld have shared (he
file of her unfortunate mother During
’ the former part of'the day, Vnnauken s- nt
a black bovto t*/l his wife to come home,
as be was near raying—she paid but little
attention M this,' knowing it was not the
fact—he sent the same message again
His wife and her sister th-n sent him an
invitation to come and take dinner with
the ’i, IovU« nfiomwii. He sect the black
1 Uovawavto keep holiidav, telling him
r to st„v :«U nigbt Towards evening he
J went, himself for his wife—she returned
with him in the evening—about bed time
( lie took up a hook and went -I o reading
, —sb: went, to bed, and fell asleep, [this
is Ins own statement] he put out the fire
aid candle, am) made an attempt to cut
her throat with a do.iblv bladcd knife—
she awoke, and |souffle ensued, in which
site nearly him, and from
die blood in (he walls and doors, it is
evid< ntshn waslsndeavorinp to make her
eseane. Flo .ling be could not succeed in
cut’ingher throat, he took a large stick
of wood and gave her a severe blow ove:-
t't Inad. He afterwards heat her over
the hack part of the head with an andiron.
At what stage of these brutal ads of vio-
I nee I lie fatal blow was given it was ira
possible to ascertain—but the deed was
dote.
He immediately went to the nearest
neighbours and told them he had killed
his wife requesting some of the women
logo and lay herout, and telling them to
take a ligh , as there was no fire in the
house—from there he went to the other
neighbours with them to the dreadful
scene of his guilt She was found laying
on herkres and face, almost naked, her
linen being neatly t„rn f *om her She
was lif-r dv covered <vith bru'ses, wounds
and slabs. Some of the bar kof the club
v»-a run/ • »n* I amt TCI*
muined there—she had several s'a .s like
the stabs of a fork. The knife was found
half open and h'oody on the floor The
club was also bloody with some of the
brains sticking to it If any thing can
add to the. enormity of this transaction,
it is the fact that Mrs. Vanauken \v s in a
stAe of pregnancy, and expected to be
confined in three inoiphs. At the time
of ’he murder three am ail children were
asleep in the house; and after the neigh
bora came, one of them creptjupon its life
less nt olier. The reading of this na”ra
tive of facts will naturally lead die mind
into a train of reflections, on the horrible
crime of murder, and We forbear.
Vananken was taken into custody and
committed to prison We understand
that his connextions-ne wealthy, and that
his expectations w. re large, as to world
ly goods.
IjWV. ~
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fl HR Subscriber has removed to App
lington, Columbia countv, where he will
continue the Practice of the I. aw. Ashe
intends to confine hi practice principally
to the courts of said county, he will geii
eraliy bo found at bis office, and wil>
promptly and assiduouly attend to any
business in bis profession that may be en
trusted to bis care.
Tho. E. Burnside.
January 39 3t
Lost or M ,
NOTF. of Hand, drawn by Michan)
V. Boiselair, da ed some time in March or
April, IHI9, a d made payable to the sub
scriber, for §39 4d cents!—The public is
hereby cautioned against receiving or
trading for the same.
Hob* rt Dukes.
January 29 .It
notice;
Adi. persons indebted to the estate of
Capt. D. McKinney, dec. will please call
on Messrs, Purdy & Son, who are fully
authorized to give receipts and make rol
lections for said estate.
C. S. M‘Kinney, Jidm'cc
January 29 ts
Coroner’s Sales.
W,
l l T - he s °ld at the court house in the
town of Waynesborough, on the first Tues
day to March next.
Due hundred and twenty
acres 0 } la nt i adjoining the estate of F.
i vie and others— levied on as the pro
perty of Jesse Farrow, to satisfy an exe
cution in tavor of Sturgea and Blount.
AV il'ard Roberts,
. „ Coroner.
January TS.vwtda
AV6V&TA.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1.
JlcciAfciat.
We understand tlie Steam Boat Georgia,
which started hence for Savannah yester
day morning, unfortunately got one of he r
tow boats snagged at Barney s-Cut, whicU
caused lier immediately to sink. We at
informed she had several hogsheads o
Tobacco in her, which of course nms‘ hav.
been materially injured. Mr ShuHz,
with his usual diligence, immediately dis
patched an empty boat to lighten her.
. ■*««»»■■
Mr Crjopm made his appearance on our
boards last evening, in the character of
Othello— and, nctwithsli.nui- g the inclti..
ency of tlie weather, he was cordial.}
greeted by a numerous and fashionable au
ditory. ’i he character we think, was sus
tained with more energy ondsoirlt, th.n
we have ever before seen him exhibit ;
and the approbation of the audience was
testified by repeated plaudits.
We do not recollect to have seen in any
edition es f-hak-'peare, what we derm a
com ct reading of the following - nn'-r.agc :
« i’atcut ike iifjh', and t' cn pvt cut t!;e light
Titus it is punted; but from the con
text, we should not conclude, that thus it
,v«s ■written Wc would give the reading
differently ••
Put out the light; n. d thcn-Put out (he light I
1 in; i tea .-I putting “out the light” of
(he candle, as soon as the exclamation es
capes him, assimilates itself in the ardent
and thoughtful mind of Othel’o, with the
extinction of human life i he pauses—then
in a state es mental abstraction trout what
f ‘e :s üboutto do, uiterorgates hnnscti *
If I nuencli tliee.* thou limning minuter,
I can again tli> former lignt restore,
ghoul : 1 repent me but nnco put out hinc.T
Thou cunoing st pattern of excelling nature,
1 know not, where ij that Promethean heat,
mutvnii fcl.jr i-a'.-S i.'iutu/- ’’
This we conceive to be the true read
ing. We hive neither room or time to
say more at present, hut will anon.
* The Candle. f Dcsdcmona
I. may be consielcred by Machiavalian
Statesmen, that stratagem* in politics, are
equally justifiable as stratagems in war—
but we will not admit the position to be
suited to the g tnitts of republican instituti
ons—because, if ,in one inrtance it is recog
nized, it must, (unlefcs there be a violent
departure from consistency,) be recogniz
edaud conceded in every other We do not
“ pin our faith” upon precedents—but this
is no subject of precedent—because, if the
position is admitted, it embraces that mon.
s rous and destructive principle, which
not only hazards, but sanctions the pros,
tration of public rights, at the shrine
of sycophancy and treason. It is vir
tually holding out a bounty to Treason
—it is, in effi ct, saying to her, if you can
succeed, we are your willing satellites —
It is a kind of bond between the conflict
ing parties, in which mej mutually agic„,
a prion, that which ever may reign “ i.ord
of the Ascendant,” its supremacy will be
tamely and meanly recognized.
These re flections were occasioned after
reading the pitiful manoeuvring, which
took place in introducing before Congress,
ihe Missouri question, under a new shape.
Until parties have been equally to blame—
they have sunk the dignity of our National
L gislature, into the petty quibblings of a
county court—and, instead of presenting
the independent front of American States
men, they have discovered to us the
made-up face of a nisi pritts lawyer. Away
with such mean subierfuges—let not the
lofty and manly character of the lie-public
be stigmatized with the odious epithet of
prevarication
Practically, we have never considered
the constitution of Missouri repugnant to
the great charter of our rights—but have
always believed, that she ought, without
hesitation, to have been admitted as one
of the federal family. The objectionable
feature in her constitution is tolerated in
every slave-holding state, and has never
been deemed to be at variance with
the well understood and fundament:.!
character of our government. Tlie abstract
part of the question, all good men must
concede—but that is not now the subject
of consideration; for it has been long ago
done away with, as effectually as die nature
of human things and existing circumstan
ces would permit. Congress may delibe
rate aslong, and as loud as it pleases ; Mis.
sonri will, after all, come into the Union,
upon the same terms which she has already
proffered ;—but, let her advocates take
ber by the hand, and introduce her lion,
oralily'—independently.
The following is an outline of the pro
ceedings to which we allude—
Proceedings of Congress
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Fninir, Nov. 12.
The Tournal of the preceding day was
read, which is, according to the Rules of
the House, the first business on the open
ing of each day’s sitting.
The first entry in the Journal of yester
day was read in the following woids:
Mr Lovnides presented three memori
als of the S> nate and House of Represen
tatives of Missouri— one praying that the
purchasers 0 f public lands may be per
milted to apply the payments already'
made to such of their entries as the said
payments will cover, at two dollars par
acre, relinquishing the residue of the
land to the United States—atiotlur pito,
ingthat rerst ns entitled to the right of
nre-emption in the purchase of public
lands, may be permitted to make pay.
■went for said lands within the times here,
mfore prescribed by law, m- prompt pay.
ment, at.the option of the person holding
such pre-emption rigid—die other, pray,
ing that the right of pre-emption in the
purchase of public lands may he extend.
od to certain settlers thetein described
which memorials were referred to tho
committee on the Public l ands.
Mr. Conn, however, adverting (o tlie
terms of the memorial, said, that it an.
peared to hefiom tlie Senate and House
of Representatives of “ the State cf ’*•
Missouri, not so stated in (he Journal
Mr. C. moved to amend the
this particular, by inserting
•‘the State of,” before the word “Erou
i-i.”
Mr. Smith, of Md. proposed, in order
to obviate the difficulty to insert in the
Journal the words “ purporting to be,“ a
memorial from the Senate and House oF
Representative* of the state cf Missouri,
Btc.
Tlie question on Mr. Cobh’s motion
was then taken by Y» as and Nays, as fob
lows: — Yeas 76—Nays 7u. j
The Yeas and - 'i."ts being equally fn
number, the StrAKi ii declared his vt/ie
with the Nays, Mr Cobh’s nio’jua
was rejeted.
Mr. PxnKvn, of Virginia, rose /The
V' - te which had just been taken, he tail!,
was, with a few exceptions, of thal/peo.
graphical character which had marUd-ll.a
while proceedings in rc-gara to VlW.uri,
■ For his own part, he said, h* 1 Aid not
at first consider this question a-i involving 1
any matter of principle; but, beiilff a new
member, he b id referred to the/ journal,
and he found that, in all cases M memo*
rial from states, they had been o'ff.ted to he
from slates, and that the same uniform!-
ty of practice prevailed as to memori
als from territorial legislatures, Resaw
no reason why n deviation from this uni.
formity i f practice should have occurred 1
in this particular instance tkf Missouri,
and not in,any other. There/was he said,
, something in it—he did n it say what
, it was—but he was for consistency, at all
events, in the records of ti c Congress of
the Union. He was for the (records of this
house; speaking, in the words of the
law, the truth, the whole (truth, ami no. I
( thing but the truth Undeir this impres- I
sion, as the house had rest ped toacknow. I
! ledge Missouri to Fro a state, and as she I
must be a territory if she (be not a state, I
„ be mov dto insert in the/jonrnal, before I
the word “ Missouri” the words ''the I
territory nf" I
Tire question being then taken on the I
motion to insert the worth “the territory I
of” before ihe word “Missouri’’—in the I
■ clause of the Journal fifst alcove recited, I
was decided by Yeas aud Nays The yeas I
were Messrs Malary, Ross, Strong, Vt, I
* Upham. All the other votes, 150 in mini- I
her, were in (he negative. I
So the motion was rejected I
L The question on Mr Warfield’s motica I
for rc.consideratrbn of the first vote, was I
> then decided, by yeas and nays, asfol- I
lows:—Yeas 71— Nays 77 I
So the house refused to re-consider l
. first vote of to-day. I
i Mr. Ross renewed his motion to amend B
, it, by striking out the word ‘ late.” The H
house, he said, had just solemnly decid- H
ed, the second time, that the memorials' ■
were not from the state, of Missouri—yet H
this amendment proposed to clfsrr»fc« I
bemg from me ime ntory, he. mean- Bj
1 ing, from the state of Missouri. H
Tlie question was then taken on Mr,
Hesse’s motion, and negatived by a large 1
majority.
Mr. Sronss moved to amend Mr. Bar. Eg
boor’s amendment; so as to read,“is
the United States,” instead of “in the
late territory of Missouri.”
The question was taken on Mr. Storrs,
motion, and decided in the negative, BR
The question was taken on agreeing' to*
Mr. Bar/ionr’s motion to insert ‘‘the k'e, Hi
territory of” before the word “ Missouri/
and decided as follows:—Yeas 6-1, Nats 7 ■
So the motion was rejected,
As soon as this decision was'prmwir-
ced, several persSns addressing the chair mg
at once, a motion to adjourn otitaloeo-
the preference.
Before (he question' was^putf-a •me 171 '
her enquired whether an j> "adjo«rna.ent
now would preclude any amendment «
the Journal of yesterday on ur-momi*
The Sreakeii decided* that it won'r
unless a motion to amend it were t.i* in*’
finished business at the time of
ment on this day. _ ~ .
Tlie question or the motion to
being decided affirmatively, hero
the controversy respecting' the Jotirt#
Nev-Yobk, Jan ft
hiolher CapitalPrizefrom ton’: -« r JJ
OJf.ce Ticket No 3384 winch cOTJ'
this day a Prize of Five Thousand * o * I
was sold in share; a quarter purchase
a gentleman iu Pearl-street. I
q^jt - The following is communie> t?r
the satisfaction of my friends in tie 1
ed Slates:— „htiJ
As various reports may bemcim " ■
on the subject of my late
in Charleston goal, for an allodgoc ■
against the d gutty of the Stott 0 . I
Carolina," founded on same rttnaij ■
my Journal, pages 133 and u ’> . V -iM
a Mr. llaukt, which I he'd :n bajj
answ •at Court, on the seconc ■.■
in May next, on a criminal pro' 9
after which n fair explanation 9
peeled. This is, therefore, t
a hastv judgment before the tnr. ,
return m w thanks to those,gen ® 1 .j 9
have volunteered their lr iell > 9
this exigency. LO!t ENZn pOff ■
Chariest m, ('S CJ Jan 25>
PS 'Printers throughout tne n
■States would confer a favor, 0 ». ~ ;)■:
one or two insertions, ® onsl
state of the case, and the 1
offence! /./
** The Subset*
■>P r, ,hc W r , H
have formed a connexion to •.
of transacting a General 0 f C^9
finest in this city, under th
TEI.OU & Lamah. ,
Liberal advances will be :9|
in Augusta or this place, upo
Merchandize, consigned lo - K
f ° r Salß ‘ P. L. Canted*
G. B. Lam^B-
Savannah, October StblS.U H