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From the. National Intelligencer.
THE PARTING YEAR.
What Li time ! .4 fluting messenger. —
What is Life l A vapour.
1 asked an axed man—a man nf cares,
Wrinkled anil bent, and white with hoary
hairs,
“ Time is the warp of lifc,' he saui—“ 01)
tell
“ The yonne, <he gay, the fair, to weave it
well/’,
I asked Ihe aiie-ent. venerable dead—
Sa/eswliu wrote, and warriors who hied ,
From Ihe cold grave u hollow luu-iner
flowed.
“ Time sowed the seed tvs reap iu this a.
bode f”
I asked a dying sinner ere Ihe tide
Os Lite had left his veins: “ Time ?” he
replied,
“ I've lost it ; all / the treasure ! end he
died.
I askej Ihe golden son, nnd silver spheres
Those bright throuameterj of days and
years :
They answered “ Time ft but a meteor
glare
And bade us for eternity prepare.
] k“d the seasons, in their annuel round,
Which beautify or desolala Ihe ground :
And they replied, (an oracle more wise)
* lis folly ‘s blank and wisdom’s highest
prize /”
[ asked a spirit lost : hut oh ‘ lh *hri> k
that pieri *! iny soul’. —1 shudder while i
speak !
It cried, V particle—a speck—a mile
*■ )l endless years, duration inSuita 1”
Os things inanimate, my dial I
Consulted ; it made rnt* this reply ;
” Time is the season fair of living well—
“ The path of glory or the road to hell!”
I asked my hible, ain! melhinks it said:
*■ Time is the present hour, the past is fled :
“ Live, live to day ; to morrow never yet
“ Oil any human being rose or set.”
J asked old father Time himself, at last;
But in a moment he flew swiftly past,
ills chariot was a cloud, tire reinless wind
His noiseless steeds, which left no L ace be
hind,
I asked the mighty Angel who shall stand
One foot on sea, and one on solid land 1
! now declare the mystery is n'rr—•
“ Time w as,” he cried, “ hut Time snail be
no more !”
MSSOSLIASre.
YOUNG PAUGUtiI
The “old I"ranch War” was over.—
The banners of Hnglan.l had long
streamed- above the tower* of Quebec.
The Indians had left tha woods and
lakes of New-Hampshire, (orthe broad
er waters and deeper forests afO.tnada
and the West. Time had tamed the
iron smews of the rangers—unt tamable
Ty any other enemy—or they were sleep
ing “ each in his narrow cell lorrver
1 rid.” Where the free man once roam
ed after the moose, prowled upon tire
s tout, or lighted the council fire--now
stood the infant village and the peaceful
neighbourhood. The water fall, at
whose foaming font, that Indian once
darted bis rude spear into tire salmon,
cr hooked the trout upon Itij curved bit
chi nsy grist mill, whither flie jOgg:nt’
farmer tro izht his ” rye and Indian.”
over ma sand hill, and through brush
a id swamp, in peace and in safety.—
T.io eoag egat'mns. is thev gathered to
gether “ at meeting,’’ no longer brought
their charged guns to the house of wor
ship, or feared that the prayers of their
minister won, I lie interrupted hv the
war wlioop—of Loveweil’s men scarce
ly a survivor remained, of the few that
iivcd through the desperate fight at
Pigvikut. ‘Chamberlain was still a
hve. He was a i old grev headed man.
He had long given over hunting, and
price had changed his war spear into
•on implement of husbandry; of all his
hunting and fighting gears ; luithlng re
tndined to him. but the gun th*. shot
old Puifgus at Lovewell’s pond, and the
bullet pouch and yellow powder horn,
Covered over with Indian devices, which J
v rere the spoil of the fcdlen savage in',
that terrible encounter. These lie had ;
preserved with an old man’s care. Ills ,
oitage, from which went tip the solita
ry sinyke. that caught tin eye of Capt.
g.jyeweil .and his men, now vas the
• ■ pro .of a considerable hamlet. A
wild'stream rail p -t it—and, a little
w \y below it, ttttnbled down a fall, tip
in which stood one of the rod'saw mills
of tft it day, and old Chamberlain, once
th i swift hunter and the strong and
proud warrior, was now its humble own
er, mid more humble tender. He hat!
survived his wife.and his children. l'e.v
of his neighbors vent red to bn familiar
wit!* him, on arc mot of the stern preu
-1 cutty of his character, and he passed
his days ia solitude, excepting such as
•"ici.iti■•!! as men had with him in his
humble vocations.
In t'i9 y iar 1777—towards the dose
of one of those fur days in autumn,
bicdi ti.ahe up the” Indian summer”—
a number of the villagers of i” had
:at tiered into their one story tavern, to :
‘.ilk over the affairs of their iitlle public, !
nv was their wont, when they were sur
prised a id startled !jv the entrance of a
young Indian among the.**. An lidian
at that time had got to be a rarity in
i*——. He was tall, over six font and
imdv firuv'd attar toe fashion ol the lo
res!. lie had a belt of wampum atotmd
his waist, fr.ttnithnng his tomahawk,
t long gun was in his hand, and hestood
in his moccasins with the grace to 1 dig
aty of tiie son of a cliie!'. He placed
bis gun behind tile do ir raid silently took
bis - >it by himself. A little before stio
•••t, the fai niivs left the inn an 1 retired
to their home*. One old hunter re
.•otiiiH with tlio landlord and the voting
tva;C“. Tic bonier eje.l the Indian
with keen attention—his suspicions were
awakened at the sight of this warrior
armed, so remote from tho nearest tribe,
...id it i time of peace. He was lic
it cit'd with the Indian character in
old i<-. nod Irs susnicioiis were
1 s.jhtetied and confirate I when he
beard th” young chief as’; the I in liord
;i a tie aml in tif~rrri tun *, if “one
<t n ’it rl.:in J r:ll in th* t illagi. f" —
T i” landlord pointed *ut to him the
m.’i where tin* old man labored, and the
vl‘ tg“ where he dwelt. The Indian
! i ik his go i and went opt.
” G line of tlu* blood of oi l r.c’gns,”
r aid the bnntet, ••and I'll vruttlra my
i •, cine to .n age the death us th*it
irpoo !’h.unhcid’'r>. VII give the
I mail wnrtiing.** He hastily stepped
‘it aid foli ivvfd a winding f ;t path
• ft. ‘down to the saw mill where the
• ! c. vi w r,-till a? his aft's. Tlereaeh
ii sh.j.'.l; .1 C’ imSerlohi, “Ifuti
I young Paug'.ts from -Canada held ccrru
j with his rifle and his tomahawk to a
venge upon him the fall of that Chie f.”
Chamberlain’s cheek lurued ashy pale,
ami he siernly replied, “tell young
Paiigus I have the’gun that slew his fa
ther and he had better return to his fo
rest than molest me in my old age,” and
as he spoke he pointed to thu long gun
as it hung upon prongs t.f the moose
horn, driven into the saw mill plate and
near it was snsjiended the bullet pouch
and powder hern of thePigwaokett. The
hunter had given his warning and retir
ed. The stm was setting to ihe soiwh
of Moosehillock. Chamberlain took
down his gun, tried its flint —charged
it—took the pouch and horn, and hung
them upon his side, near the saw gate,
the old garment he had worn at work
through die day, hoisted liiegate of the
mill and set it rapidly going—looked
keenly around him in every direction,
and retired to an citunenee, z few rods
distant, crowned with a thick clump ol
thick bushes and crouched down to await
the approach of his mysterious enemy.
He was not, however, mysterious to
Chamberlain. Theoldman reinemhor
ed every trait in the Indian character
and calculated with great accuracy a*
to the time end manner of young P.iu
gtts’ advance. Just as it was growing
too duskvto distinguish a human form,
cv-'pt towards the west, tit; 1 old man
discovered him creeping cautiously from
a bunch of bit* lies eight or ten rods a
hove the mill by the side of the. torrent
with lus cocked ride before him, and his
hand upon his lock. The young savage
heard the noise of the saw cate and
Could discern it in rapid motion, and
shrunk back into the thicket. Ifecamc
out agliu a little distant from where he
went in. and, with the wary motions of
the ambush, reconnoitred the mill.—
Chamberlain marked him all the w hile
as the catamount eyos the fox. Young
(’aligns c vine out of the bushes the third
time and in anew quarter, and was
stealthily advancing, when something
seemed to catch his eye iu the form of
his father’s slayer—he stopped short—
bro’t his rifle to his eye, and with a quick
aim fired. The report rung sharp and
low’ upon the still air. as if the gun itself
were muffled or afraid to speak aloft its
breath. Young Paugus crept out upon
a mill log that extended over the rapid,
ami stretching himself up to Isis full
height, as if to ascertain, w ithout ndvan-1
cing, the success of his shot. The old j
nfan could spare him no longer. !! ‘
s.nv the wet. remembered form of the!
old Picwacketi chief, as the young s:vv- j
age stood against the sky of the west >
which v. as gilded -w ith the rays of the .
sunken <vt:i. HeleveA and the fata! gun j
—it Idazet!—young Paugu* leaped into j
the air six feet as the ball whistled thro’ 1
his heart, and his It *;iers body fell far
down into the rapid that foa'ced below ■
him —w hile his vengeful spirit fled and
mingled, with that sterner one, ‘which
p tried long before at Lovewell’s pond.
Chamberlain returned slowly and
gloomily to his cottage. The next
- bullet through the centre rtf
the old g itii.~-„, hung at the saw
gate, admonished him. n..„ u lts a j.,,
well as the vengeance of old Pandas !
hud descended to his sons, and as lie
mused upon those lie had slab., and te- j
fleeted t'.fkt, tilth ugh he was old, lie !
still might have again to lift his gun a- j
gi At the blood of Paugus, or himself j
fall by their avenging hand —he wished
bitterly that some other bullet than his
own had slain that renowned Indian,
and that they had never met, to quench
their battle thirst and scour out their foul
guns.nyoa the beach of L i. aw eli’spond.
ONE OF NOAH’B BTORIF.P.
Artificial Byes. —l hat * read sevt ml
advertisements and several pulls,on Dr.
Sctidder’s skill in making artificial eye s;
: hut b ire treated them as l do every
j t'fmg artificial, that is, with rent irtlif
crence and neglect. In. t ilie little
I Doctor last week, trotting along in bis
i hustling way, having a lad with him;
“Here,” said he, “von have treat
ed my artificial eyes rather indifferent
ly, now look at one this boy has.” 1
did look, and found that ll e bill wore
an artificial eye of a grey color, w hich
.. v closely resembled the natural one,
and s- 1 so well ill the socket, as not t.i
be easily detected. The Isoy said he
!i i,| worn it eight months, without arn
pain or inconvenience. Here was proof
positive, undoubted evidence of the f. < t.
The Doctor took out bis pocket case,
and exhibited a pair of elegant hazle
eves, just finished. This is a very use
ful invention, and much prefer.(Lie to a
black patch, or a naif of green spects,
to supply tbe loss of a peeper. They
wonl do, however, )n Kentucky in a
gouging frolic, the glass being apt to
cut tbe thumb ofthe operator. We are
however, making great progress in the |
art of artificials, aud there is no accident
to the human form, or freak of nature,
which cannot be remedied and improved
by these modern inventions, so that
making an artificial eye will he the next
project.
f remember, in London, a fine dash
ing beau, of the first water, l>y the name
of II >.rry Franco; I met him one day in
Ox ford-street, buying a pair of-hamniy
gloves at an extensive manufacturer's, ’
who, by the bye, l iemeib>r said he
vv is lather to our pretty Mrs. Yotui r, of
the Bowery, and talked a great deal a
hniit America. Harry Franco invited
me to dine with him, at a hotel in one
of thp squares, where I was to get mac.
ryroiii null pannesau cheese, and pat
ridge stewed down with cabbage (a vile
dish.) He took me to his lodgings, in
the Ade'phi, to dress for dinner, when
n scene almost indiscrihable took place.
ILs chamber was tastily furnished, and
had every thing in it becoming nnd gen
tleman! v. He threw his hat on a settee,
took off his coat, vent in front ofthe
dressing glass, and took off a handsome
w ig, a in Brutus, exposing a head per
fectly bald; lie then took from bis right
socket a glass eye which l.e carefully
wiped with a cambric handkerchief; he]
unloosed an entire set of artitki and teeth, j
which he deposited iu a tumbler of clean !
water; Im then untied a pair of pads, or
false calves, and to my mte*- amazement,
stood before me a man of 00 years of
age, horribly disligit.ed and ddapidated.
I looked at him in silent astonishment.
In a short, tone he made himself whole
again : his wig brushed and sprinkled
with orange flour water, was replaced ;
ids leerii nicely cleaned and dried, were
placc-I iu their former pOxitirn- hisjb-s* i
p > dept rated in its rocket; hvs pa's
were buckled on; and with buckskin
breeches, white top boots, blue coat,
buff waistcoat, new hat, gloves and
cane, llarrv was again a beau of 40,
realizing in a Tew minutes a meta
morphists which would have struck
Ovid himself w ith awe. We dined to
gether, and Harry having drank a few
more glasses of London particular than
was agreeable, grew- drowsy, and resolv
ed to go to Drury Lane. We obtained
a good seat in the dress circle, when
Harry’s drowsy fit coining on him., he
fell asleep, and this brings me to the
story of the artificial eye. Ail the pinch
ing and nudging could not arouse linn—
he began to snore and the ladies toxtare
—his natural eye was closed, but his ar
tificial one was open, which, under the
operation of a heavy slumber, gave him
♦he most awful anil singular appearance
imaginable. We, therefore, caution,
in remembering this circumstance, all
who purchase, glass eyes ol Dr. Scud
der, against sleeping in company; un
less, indeed, the Doctor can invent a
mode ol closing the artificial, as well as
the real eye, when in the arms of riom
tl ITS.
There is also a moral in the anecdote
of my old liiend Henry Franco, which
mav be applicable now a days as an ad
monition to the ladies —“ louk before
you leap.”
Etymology.—' The derivation of the
appellative King Pepin, **ys Dean
Swin, is introduced by Horne Tooke,
as from the Gteek noun taper. Thus—
osper, eper, oper ; diaper, napkin, nip
kin, piphi i—pepin King—King Pepin.
After the same tbshion, pickled eucum
’ her has been traced to King Jeremiah,
Jeremiah King; Jerry King; jerkin,
girkin, pickled cucumber. Mr. Fox,
the statesman, by thesanio rule may owe
the origin of Ins name to a rainy day. —
Rainy day, rain a little, rain much, rain
hard, reynard, fox! There is an old col
lege demonstration which indubitably
proves that a pigeon-pie is an eel-pie.—
Pigeon, (pi-jolm) is pie-jack; pie-jack
IS jack-pie ; jack-pie is fish-pie; fish-pic
is eel-pie. Isaac, is nothing more or less
thau eyeb-ache, because the Tatnudists
say that the patriarch was troubled with
a delect in his optics.— Host. JJy- Adc.
From /at: English Papers.
| Longer, t) of a B‘X.— On Friday last,
| the stone masons employed in repairing
fine Holy Trinity Church, (Hull.) when
’ emting'down one of tiie jambs of the
! stone work, belonging to an old w indow
i found a Fee within an apeituie, in the
j centre ol the stone, where it supposed to
| have been confuted for at least 500 years
| The insect was quite lively; indeed, at
| tentkm was attracted to the stone by its .
i humming. On a chisel being withdrawn,
i w hich had been driven into the jamb;
nnd it would have taken flight had not
out; of the workmen enclosed it in a
glass. After that pet Uhl it _ raduallv be
came mm c and mare torpid until Satur
day evening, when appaicrUy it ctased •
to exist. The bee, and the fragment of j
; the stone in which it was discovered, arc 1
j iu |jssess;(ui of the workmen, by whom ■
I they have been exhibited to a -it mini- ‘
J her of pe* sons. ‘I be a point- in s ; /.e I
j ,nifl shape, wou! eo-oaro a small pear, j
fa fir; mere w.. nm t:;c toast ser.moi out- ■
j let i;i yhc sumo by which air could bt !
: admitted. Hall Advertiser.
Awful Shooting to Death —From
all accounts of the Election iu tins and ]
other states, it app rs that lien. Jack- j
son rod Ins friends h ue been guilty ol
shooting ill- .til of Mr. Adams and hi
friends, insomuch that no hope remains
nf their recovery. The coalition have ;
now sonic grounds to charge the Gem r
al with murder ! hecanse he- has actual- j
ly shut ahcadof'A r. Adams!
A- F. Paper.
Lang Tift. —Ue who knows not what j
it is to jabot, knows not what it is to en- I
joy the felicity of human life, depends
On tho leguiar prosecution of some laud- ;
aide pm pose or object which keeps a- i
wake mid enlivens ail our power. Otu j
• happiness ciniMstsin ihe pursuit, much !
more than in the attainment, of any !
temporal good. R<"‘t is agreeahle; bur j
it is only from preceding labors that rest
acquires its true relish—When the,
mind is sultored in remain in continued
inaction, all its | owers decay. It toon ,
languishes and sickens: but the plea-|
. .ties which it proposed to obtain from ;
rest, end in todiousness and insipidity.—
To this let ihat miserable set of men
bear witness, who after spending apart
of their life in active industry, have te- j
tired to what they have fancied was to
he a pleasing enjoy ment of themselves, j
in wealthy inactivity and profound re
pose. Where they exp ct to find an asy
! him, tlwy havelound nothing Imtadreary
and comfort! *ss v, a'te. Theu’days have j
dragged on with uniform langvtor ; me
lancholy remeinhranco, often returning j
ofthe cheerful hours tliey were engag
ed in the honest business and labours of ‘
the world.
“ Fain’ heart never won a fair Indy.”- ]
This proverb is an incentive to const an- i
ey ami res lutton ill an honorable tin- ‘
deitaking, having a more extensive j
meaning than *’ e one expressed. It j
intimates the iniuripusuess of I eing low i
spirited ansi despairing ; as dejection of |
mitul w ill, in ail probablity, pia vent sue- j
cos’s, us it enervates or enfeebles tiie
whole energy of man. Irresolution mi- ]
fits us to meet difficulties ; but courage j
I conquers those which at first appear in- j
surmountable. “ W hatever thy hand
fiudeth to do, do it with all thy might.” j
- nevvspaper is never else t’.mn a !
chronicle, or shoold.qot be other loan a I
sign of the very time when it is publish- j
it!. As matters stand, we are without ad
vices from Europe 87 days; and if no ca
ses of war, rumours t f war, battles, nr
murder, slander or sudden deaths should
i occur in our hearing, within the course
[ of a few days, the fault must he traced
i to some other spot than that whereustt.d
----j ly w; concoct such matters.
Besides every profession or calling
rests for it own support upon the nifirm
ilies v ice, follies or misfortunes, of man
kind. Were hitmen n itiue perfect, the
publ.c wotilvl have less occasion for
the press than a Quaker now has for a
lawyer,or an angel probably for a priest, j
or Adam had fdr a gentleman in para- j
dis*. Herr s! r r. j
COMG.% ESS.
HOITsEoiIt'irPREsTiNTATT VES
Occupation of the Oregon. —Debate
on the consideration of a bill authoriz
ing the Occupation of tho Oregon, m a j
Comuiiltee of tire Whole House, A! i. j
Bartlett in the Chair.
Mr. Flcyd commenced by Stating the -
rapid increase of population, fend the
progress of settlements in America, front
the period when Virginia was taken pos
session of under the charter of James 11.
The settlements were conducted and
carried on by the enterprise of private
individuals alone, and nothing could il
lustrate that fart better, than their pro
gress in Virginia. From the time Lu-!
rnpeans lira settled on the coast of A- j
toerica, until the present period, it had
been estimated, and he believed correct
ly, that the population spread into the
Western country at the rate of 10 miles
a year. All knew that settlers were, by
the proclamation ol theßritiili Govern
ment, prevented from going beyond the
ridge of the Alleghany Mountains.—!
Louisiana, being discovered by the j
French, was tardily peopled. The state !
of Virginia, as lie bad stated, was settled i
by the enterprise of private individuals : !
and the Government of the United States j
prohibited the settlement of a pavt ol j
Missouri. The subject was taken up j
in several successive sessions, and a re- j
port was made by Mr. Ba vmf.s ol Mas- \
sachusetts, who was Chairman of the i
Committee to which it was referred.—
Since that time the attention of tiie Brit- j
Kb Parliaments been directed to it, and
the question has bean frequently agita- i
ted. Since that report was made, en- j
actments have passed the British Gov
ernment, and he would call the attention
of the House to the nature of them. It
would be recollected that a paper in re- :
ference to these laws was printed, and
laid on the table in January last. Bv
them the British Colonial Gov; nmeiit
was authorized to extend the laws of Ca
nada to such part of flic Western Coun
try as was not under the government of
any other power. By them the King i
was authorized to appoint Justicesof the
Peace, to organize Courts of Law,
w hereby persons guilty of offences, no j
matter of what country they were natives j
were subjected to be tried by, and linbie
to the jurisdiction of British authority.
By this act of Parliament citizens of]
the United, going beyond the States of!
Missouri or Illinois were triable bv Brit-!
isli Judges, and were under the cogni
zance of British laws, although the ter
ritory inqnestion was manifestly the pro
perty of the United States.
Ifc understood that aclaitn had been !
made);, a British subject to the lands
I which are next to the Russian domin- i
i firs. A- diet was, however, the more
immediate business of the President, lie ‘
would not interfere with it. The mouth
of the Oregon was in latitude 46 IS and j
to it, fine British Government could have |
no ci.ii.n whatever. On investigation.,
j be was aHe to say that nothing was clear- ,
i er or more just, than the claim of the
l cited States up to the sls degree com-!
; piete. On that,he would for theqiresent j
! say no more.
l -er i.i the eitcumsrances tlien, the
j rcvt qvimion wav, wh.-.t would he the
’ -.dvant -of taking p --r-sion oi* tUr
’ Terrfi'ii v. From a statement he had.
She American infertst on the Pacific
Ocean, was worth 8 millions of dollars
l at b-ass. There would lie occasion for
one sloop of war to occupy tiie place
constantly. Tdie inere -.sirig trade in
tea* parr, t!>e interest of the people of
t!ic 1 :liter? required jhat four
uessms of war s! : oiil(! he kept in that sea
f'c nratectioi)* If these clarm.s be reg-i
leet 1. it would he the cause of an ine
paratde injury to the three trades which
are carried on—-namrJv the Nortl; west
trade, the South sea trade., and the Can
ton trade. These tlnee important bran
ches were so Mended together, that it
was impossible to separate them. ”he
Canton trade was, he knew, animadver
ted on in timt House—it was proposed
to prohibit specie from being exported
to Canton, under the impression that
the ( fitiro-sr shut it Up. It was not,
however, considered a wise or proper
course. The English, under the eom
meretal treaty, prohibited the exporta
tion of specie. They, whose superiority
in commercial knowledge wax admitted
on nil hands discovered their mistake,
and permitted the exportation of 80,000
pounds steiling anniftifly. It being
then found, that the exportation produ
ced an income of five or six fold into
Great Brita n, the prohibitory ;.ct of
Parliament was repealed, and the privi
lege of exporting specie was planted, -
unlimitedly. Independently ofthe ad
vantages which American trade would
derive from it, the bringing up and fur
nishing of seamen was another good re- ,
suit. The lion. Gentleman then gave a
detailed statement of the trade carried
on in that sea, aud specified the differ- j
ent articles which constituted the im- i
ports nnd exports of it, together with the !
amount of tonnage employed. The
1 trade in whale oil, he observed, was ve
i rv valuable it was not gained bv com
| merce: it was not increased in value bv
’ taking it from one port to another, but
■ very article in Canton, vvas so much
! fished from the bottom of the Pacific.
Tlic trade of the Mississippi and Mis
; souri v is very profitable;—that of the
Mississippi alone was worth 120,000
; dollars. American citizens were pro
] hibited, by The operation of the treatv,
] from trading viest of the Rocky Moun
; tains, and vs ere thus deprived of the ad
] vantages arising from the fur trade, w hich
he was informed by a gentleman from
j Vermont, yielded an annual income of
I .>,000,000 of dollars to the North Wot
I Company. It was worth that sum to tiie
| Company, before they united with the
i Hudson Bay Company. .The fur trade
yielded but little to tfm Americans, be
cause the United State*, having vufl’er
ed so much in the Revolutionary War,
weak and defenceless as America was
on the north, west frontier* was anxious
to procure peace, and i’tclined at first to
agriculture •■athor than commerce, had
neglected the improvement of that trade.
That trade, lie observed, was ehifflv
regarded and looked to by the British
Government; and the preservation of it
wa sedulously attended to, in tbe pas
sage of any act of l’arliament that re
i mutely bore upon it. The English ships
’ engaged in the south sea trade, entered
1 the Oregon free of fluty, while ti e a
pr-nses ol trinTpertation, paid 1“ A:t.e
j rienn citizens were very great. He bad
been* informed, that 1600 western citi
zens had been employed in tbe lur
trade there ; that the shipping interest
of Nantucket in it was equal totwomil
! lions of dollars; and that New Bedford
j merchants had invested four million-.;
I besides, there were seamen engaged in
j it, to the number ofIOOO. On this nc
] count protection was required; and he
thought there were sufficient grounds
for passing the bill.
As regards tbe Navv, he said, it was
conceded on all hands, that the Ameri
can Navy was to increase in proportion
to tire wealth and population of the
country. The prospects of an increase
of trade in the Western Ocean, requir
ied four ships of war for protection. At
j that period. American vessels were not
permitted to take in water, oy to make
repairs, on that coast, unless at the hands
and sufferance of foreign powers; not
withstanding there wore two ports there
belonging io the United States. He
np\t alluded to the natural defences of
tiie country, which, he said, were suffi
cient to resist the united attacks of all
( Europe.
In all the wars growing out of the
I French Revolution, England was inva
! rialilv found, subsidizing the petty povv
j ers of Europe, to prosecute her w ars of
late, (for she never had any adequate
! provocation) Irv'Me moneys which she
| drew from her East Indian possessions, i
i The mouth of the Oregon was the only
j part of the globe which commanded an
I influence over these possessions. In all
i the efforts which Bonaparte made to
! overturn the British pow er, he was still
] unsuccessful, as the great distance of the
East Indies would render any attack on
i them ineffectual. Here, then, was a
strong hold; —the occupation of the O
regon, and the erection of a fort on it,
would afford to America a security that
Great Britain would preserve peace;
for front that place the blew could be
struck, the very moment tiie British
fleet was removed from the East Indies.
lie remarked that its nfwr<;/advan
tages were not less than those tie had just
j stated. The salubrity of tiie climate,
and the fertility of the soil, were equal to
those of Virginia. It was objected, that
i great difficulties milrt be encountered in
I making this settlement. The difficulties
were but trivial; and though they were
imagined to be great by persons living
; and enjoying every indulgence on the
i Atlantic roast he could assure the House
j they were not considered as any obsta
cle by the Western people. It was also
I objected, that the granting of lands j
would act as a bounty to scatter theprtp- j
i illation of the country, and would ex
tend the limits of the frontier beyond the
means of defence, and place the neople
beyond the reach of protection, lie de
nied that it would extend the frontier,
l for the part which was contemplated to
; lie added, was defended by nature and
, almost impenetrable. The provisions
i of the bill, if agreed to, would afford suf
ficient protection. The grant, he 1 and
asked. wa, $50,000. This, Ire had no
hesitation in saying, would be ample.—
, He knew that a society was formed iu
Louisiana, v. hich proposed to emigrate |
I thither at tb-ir ow n expense, if Govern
’ moot gave them the privilege, and an
thorized them to take possession of the :
land. At the head of that society was a 1
gentleman of his acquaintance, a native
! of Kentucky, whose competence and a-
I bility to execute and superintend a pro
jrct ofthe kind he would vouch lor. lie
1 w as enabled to do this, as they w ere ac- ;
quainted in the days of boyhood,and had j
beeu brought up tpgrtber schoolmates.
He would therefore urge the necessity I
of legislating on this subject soon, while 1
the Indians were as yet uninfluenced by i
the British trader*. Why not antic -ize 1
theocciqiation of the Oregon ? Why
object to (he settlement of it, when the ;
poor pittance of COO acresof land is only 1
required, inti at a time when the South
ern governments were making donations
of millions of acres to settlers, front :
whom no condition was required, but ■
tbe possession of a fair character and a
suretv that would perform their contracts j
i The lands at Oregon were superior to
I any in the Bouth, with the exception of
] part of Alabama and Tennessee. \\ by
then, it may be asked, did not the citi
j zens remove there 1 Because, the A
■ morican Constitution was not to be e
1 found in it—because different law s were t
I there enforced: and the American citi- j
• zeus who would emigrate there desired
! to retain their ow n law s, and be a con
stituent part of the United States, hr
1821, while the subject was before the ‘
House, a communication from the Se- 1
oretary of the Treasury was read, in ■
which the sum required for the purpose
was fixed at 5,000. The Secretary, j
in his estimate, allotted $7,000 for the i
j transportation of cannon, and $10,000!
for making a survey of the place.
lie (Mr.F.) had a conversation on the 1
subject with a Boston merchant who had 1
I ships employed in that sea, and that
gentleman informed him. that the can-j
non could be transported to Oregon, for
a less sain than $7,000. He would con
clude by expressing a wish that tbe bill
should pass.
Mokiut, Jan. 5.
Georgia Claims.— On motion of Mr.
Thomimon, the House resolved itself in
to a Cos • mitten of the Whole, on the
report from the committee on Indian
Affairs, on paying citizens of Georgia
for Indian depredations, prior to 1802,
Mr. Conduct in the Chair.
The report, w hich is very long, was
then read. Tbe report concludes w ith
a resolution that further legislation on
the subject is inexpedient.
Mr. Thompson moved to amend the
icsohition appended in the report, bv
striking out the word “ io'Xptnjicnt,’’
and inserting iti lieu thcreql t| ie w(>f( j
“ expedient.”
Mr. Lumpkin said the report of the
committee on Indian Affairs, was the
report agreed upon by four members of
that committee while the other three
members had come to a different conclu
sion fry i that which is cm bract and in the
resolution. But heJ*elieved there was
noi a single momlns®* the Indian Com
mittee who wonl j spy that ample jus
tice bad been done to the citizens of
Georgia. lie stated that the subject
was very complicated ; rid that it could
be no disparagement of the intellect of
thjs bouse to sav that it would require
I much of the lime and attention of pen
j tlem-n to understand. lie thought the
argument which had been road from the
. Attorney General agaiust thq claim,
coulld easily be overthrown, Ilis object
Li rising vi as to vindicate the opinions ol
the minority of the committee, aud not
to go deeply into the question.
Mr. Curran, as one ofthe minority o i
the committee, stated the reasons which
would induce him to vote in favor ofthe
motion to amend. He considered that
the claims of the citizens of Georgia, on
the Indians, were expressly stipulated to
be paid by the United States, as the con
sideration lor the lands ceded by the In
dians to the amount of about 220,000
dollars. He complained of tiie decision
made by Mr. Calhoun in opposition to
thee claims. He read a list ol some of
the claims rejected. He then, opposed
to the opinion of the Attorney Genera!
in roferencetu these claims, tbe opinion
of the same officer as to the claims un
der the Ghent Treaty for the carrying
away of slaves. He contended that
these two opinions are in opposition to
each other. He objected to the conclu
sions, of the majority of the committee
as to some of the claims w hich they had
considered as claims which ought to be
allowed ; and as the genera! government
would be no looser by the allowance of
the claims which remain to be paid, a
motmting to about 140.000 dollars, he
was iu favor of the amendment.
Mr. Thompson thpn made some ob
servations in explanation and support of
the claims; in the course of which lie
I quoted the memorial from the State of
Georgia, to the President of tlie United
States, upon the subject of these claims.
In reference to the fust class of claims
resting on the destruction of property,
he contended that it was sustained by
the very words nf the treaties on the sub
ject. ,\ to the second class, relating
to the increase of slave property, he
maintained that the claim on this score
was borne out by every principle of jus
tice, for the issue of the female slave
must follow the destiny of its mother.—
The class of claims founded on interest,
he considered to be equally supportable
by justice, if the claimant was entitled
to lecompense, he was entitled as soon
as the injury was committed. If his
slave, worth t3OO dollars, was taken .20
years ago, had the possession of the
slave during that period been of no ad
vantage to tiie doer us tbe wrong ? If
not, why was not the property restored.
Would not the slave have been of ad
vantage to the owner? If so he was en
titled, to compensation for the loss of
that advantage, in tiie shape of interest.
Mr. Wilde, referred to the importance
which was attached to this subject by
the State of Georgia. He thought, with
all due deference to tbe majority of the
committee of Indian Affairs, that he
couhl satisfy the committee that there
were claims still unsatisfied. But feel
ing it to be his duty to enter into the ex
amination of the subject, and being un
willing to trespass on the attention of
the committee at this late hour, be mov
ed that the committee rise, which was
agreed to.
January B.—Mr. Lumpkin moved the
following resolution ; which was laid on
the table under rile rule.
Htstdvcd, That the President of the
United Staffs be requested to cause to
belaid before ths House, (• Fit should not
be deemed incompatible with the public
interest) such infotmation as w ill clearly
exhibit what has been done with the act
ol ytlr May last, appropriating nn_> thou
sand dollars, to enable the President of
the U. States to carry into effect tbe ar
ticles of agreement and cession of the
2lilt of April, 1802, botv m>d the United
States and the State of Georgia; and
also what has been done, with a view to
promote the aforr said object, as provid
ed for, and pointed out, in tbe Bth arti-1
cle of the Treaty of May last, entered j
into with the Cherokee Indians who re- I
side West ofthe Mississippi river, and c-s- |
peciallv what number ol tndiatis, (loca- j
led within the boundary c 4 Georgia,)
have accepted of the provision ol said i
Treaty as contained in the provisions of {
the aforesaid articles, ar.d what are the!
principal obstacles, w hich tend to pie- i
vt nttlie Indianslocated in Georgia, Iron) i
acceding to die terms proposed to them j
in said treaty.
Air. Owen moved the following reso
lution w hid) lies en the table one day :
Rtsolnd. That the President of the
United States be requested to cause to
*he communicated to this House such in-,
lortnation. as may be in possession of the i
Government, not heretofore communi- i
cared, in relation to the claims of Geor- \
gin, embraced, or intended to be embra- j
ced, in the provisions of the Treatv ofi
toil, held at the Indian Springs, with I
tbe Creek Indians, and any information ;
in his posession, in relation to the claims \
ofthe said nation of Indians, for such
surplus, if there should be any ofthe sum
stipulated in said Treaty as an indemnity
to Georgia. t
Ur.iPAY, .Tan. 0.
Oregon Territory. —The House took
up the consideration of the bill for the
occupation and settlement of the Ore
gon Territory.
On the question bring put that the
House concur in the amendments pro
posed in the committee, it was carried
in the affirmative.
Mr. ll'etius called for t!:e decision of
the lloti-c to be, taken by y eas and navs,
but the House refused to adopt theme,
tion, Mr. Weems alone u,ing in sup
port of his proposition.
Tlx; Speaker said that ti e question
was then as to tb'a engrossment of the
lull preparatory to jt 3 passing ;o a third
reading.
Air. l\ll- desired that the bill might
be on-- e riore read, for the purpose of
(T'irro to every individual member of
tff'.’t House, the fullest information as to
itvpimport and tendency.
ihe l:il was accordingly rear). Tiie
question being then taken, by veas and
nays, as to the bit! being engrossed fi r a
thiid reading, the result was as follows;
leos-—Messrs, Adams, Saturn! C. Al
i leu. Alston, Bailey, Nova Berber, John
I 8. Barbour, Barnard. Barney, Bassett.
Bell, Bryan, Buck, Butman. Cawibre-
I leng, Carson, Chase, Cnndict, Daniel.
| Thomas Davenport, John Davenport,
Worsen R. I)avt., De-lia, Drayton, Cv
; erett, Findlay, John Floyd, Va. John
Floyd, Geo, Fort, Fry, Gale, Green,
Cnrlev, Hamilton, Hinds, Hoblne,
Hodges, Holmes, Hunt, Ligersoll,
Isaacks, Jennings, Johnson, Letcher,
Locke, Lumpkin, Lyon. Matalfle, Mnr-
Hittdnle, McKean, McLean, Mem in,
Miller, JohtvMitckeli.Thoin: % J’. Mi>i>e,
Orr, riant, B utisny, Ke. and, icimnLon,
1 Sawyer, Alex- Stnjlh, ISptigz, gt?*-
I berry, fTcver.snf*, Sts*.ewer, §mi>.| I 4
Thom; on. Yeiplanck, Whipp;,, >'■ /tj
Ephraim K- M ilson. Woodcock, c
Wright, Yalley.—7s. ■ i
Aflys—Air.ssrs. Sanuiel L.i B 1
; Armstrong, Baldwin, p. p. j; ( ■
i Barker, Barlow, Bat ringer, l”„jS }
Isaac C. Bates, Edward Bates, j 1
|er, Blair, Brown, Buckner, , ■
I Chi! tiro, Claiborne, Conner, t R
! Crowninshield, Ctilj rper, J, j, n j ■
De Graff Dickinson, lKvjgfy il
Garrosv, Gilmer, Gorhntu, ];.. m
Mali, Harvey, Haynes, IK’ ) ■
Keese, King. Lawrence, I, C<J
Lea. Leffler, Little, Long. Ahno-.qM
ell, Martin, Marvin, Met ny.
McHatton, Mclnlirc. McKee,
Miner, Thomas R. ‘lffitcl 1 1|, ®
burg, New ton, Nuckolls, O’Brien,
Pearce, Pierson, Polk, Roane, R,.S
Sergeant, Flupperd, SJoane, ol
Smith, Sprague, SteVigr e, s ;<< H
Storrs, Strong, Swann. Sivifi, q K
Taliaferro, Taylor, Tracy,
Vance, Van Rensselaer, V i, nt:;;i. B
ton, Ward, Washington, Weems, vl
tlescv, Wickliffe, W illiams,
son, hVingate, Silas Wood, J,p ,■
Wolf, Silas Wright.—un.
The hill was, tberefote, ujfrti.H
the House.
Claims of Georgia —On mmfi-jB
Mr. Thompson, the Hotu*e ;<t.-
self into a Committee of the Wl
Conflict in the Chair, and took i.-.t, B
sidaration the claims of the fit ,
Georgia, for indemnification i„ r ; yS
sustained from Indian depredaric;.,, lB
or to the year 1302.
Mr. Wilde, addressed the
in a speech of great length, rvmta-.B
deep research into the subject, ‘fl
strenuously advocated the justice ; B
equity of Georgian claims.
On motion by Mr. McLean, who ,B
served that the importance ofthe
ject before them, required
tended consideration than couh; t
en to it at that late hour of the ritcJH
the Committee rose and rr; orttd
IN SENATE.
Moxnw, Jart. ;B
Tiie President ofthe Senate cer .S
nicattnl a letter from the State ot c B
gia, transmitting a Protest ofthe 1 B
lature of the State of Geoi gi:. J !
Mr. Berrien, said that the annr: B
tion made from the Chair, in.p B
duty op ids colisague and himsiv.: ; H
with bis assent, he would perfurr.;.
giiing a direction, with tiie sanci. B
of tixe Senate, to tiie document,
had been just announced. 1 amiß
willing, Sir, [said Mr. B.j to see j B
so grave a.ud interesting in its c-iiat.<■ B
pass away with those mere every ■
events which are forgotten almost ia B
instant of tiieir occurrence. In : :B
therefore, that it may be distinct') fl
sented to the notice of tiie Senate. S
fore I submit the motion which n fl B
for, I will state its purport, at**’ a'H
myself of the occasion to maic a
brief remark.
That document, sir, of which anil
! cirri copy has been tran-iuitted to I
colleague and mysell, is the protest
the State of Georgia, made through
constitutional organs, to this asseri
ofthe Representatives of Elates, a; -a
the “ act, in alteration of tin- sere
ovis fating siutics on p i'’
at the late -ession of tbe Congress oi 1
United States. In her sovereign cl an
ter, as one of the original niembeis
this confederacy, liywhom, tliis Gov ■
mint was called into existence, i!
State protests against tins an, < n i
several grounds, which nre. specially
forth, in that instrument, which i
tested by the signatures of her Lcai>i
live and Executive
authenticated under her public seal.
It is now delivered to this l>eparing
of tbe Federal Government, to be ci
posited in its archieves. in perpelvum’
tnemoriem, to serve whenever the oc l
sion may require it, as an authentic u
tiißonv of the solemn dissent ot <>:> i
die Sovereign State,sof tb.is Union 1 *
the act therein protested against, a;
infraction of the constitutional c< u.-pu
by v\ hirli she is united to tiie other u. n
hers of tiiia Confederacy.
Il is difficult, fc'ir, to repress—!t
perhaps, still mre difficult approve
ately to express tbe feelings which
long to such an occasion as the pnc.
I have Ken educated in sentiment.’ -
reverence for our “Federal Union, a
through life, I have habitually chu
ed these sentiments. As an indivii
citizen, therefore, it is painful to n
I to that disastrous policy which lias ii
posed on the State in v'lncli I live
stern necessity ol assuming this rcl.iu
to the Government ol this Confederal
As one of the Representatives on ii
floor of that 81 ate, whose citizens i.
always been forward to numilest a p>
found and devoted attachment to
Union—of a patriotic and gallant l’ l
pie, who would freely yield tin i; un
ure. and unsparingly spend ilii.ii kk
in its defence; the oceasic., is c#r
deep aud iinmingled bLniiliatn n, *i ‘
demands ihe in tho Rt-c l,l
ofthe Eeualej cf this ■ ecurd ol ih
v’ rory.., ‘i’here may be those, sir. “I
v.;il look to this net with indilfeiei o
pciliaps with levity : wiio will <>ti-“
it as the tesgit of momentary tjci-.M’
and see, or think they-see in it, mti”
the effusion of impassioned, but
ecnl feeling. I implore tiio-e genii
not to deceive then.selves, on a -H’’
in relation to which etror ma) Le -
dangerous to us all.
Forty years of sucres*fttl e .prnra
have proved the efficiency ol t!ii> *■’
eminent to sustain us in an k<m. :
imei course with uie oilier nations 1 1 1
world. Externally, iu peace and it ; *
amid the fluctuations of counut ra
the strife of npim, it has protected ‘*
interview, and defended • m < ’
One trial, one fearful tii U 2 f 1 1 ‘ ! ’
to be made, It is opr, imd‘ r
prehension < f which the bravest r
tieijible— v. biich the wise and ihe.
will anxiously endeavor u> avoid- 1
that experiment which shall n s ’
competeocy of this tfiiviTnuieu* 1,11
serve our intermit peace, whenv’' 1,
, question vitally arieclgig th** !, J
which unites its a one I’eople. ‘
come to be solemnly agitated [ 1 •”
the sovciei- u tnciuhersot lid’ ‘ <Jh f
racy. In proportion to it* ‘ ‘ ,nJ
should be our solicitude to n'< u ‘■
abstaining on the one band hum
doiriithil legislation, as wrl! •'* (
inntmerof resistance on the
1 Ui'.fe'i which ate d<etjic.’