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Bright Spring Imsien on,
Bring us gHrltimls gw> ;
Come ilh genial sou,
ilrive this gloom away.
Zephyr atretcb thy wing,
Bid lbs snow-drop come ;
Ami the Rub.ns sing t)
*• \Vc home—torn* uuPf-
BiJ the Crocus peep,
I’rom its wintry ceil,
Hyncinths let weep
bend tho Daffodil.
■ Ope the Tulip's cup
V\ n li its c !nrs gay :
Let liie Jonquil anp
Uni my air all day.
eiw.rev >tp aghuvien on,
Why ■ itlhou delay I
lve with green the lawn,
Drive theglomn away . * bUHA,
M January 301 h, 1 I
from IHe l\’t to Yin k Mirror.
VALUABLE WATER I'klVlUitiES.
BY UK-.'BOB P. N ikRIS.
1 ,aw niticn lew, cmnfntl nfi* on” might enjoy,
ll he wuiiU •>*? s'.oilteutert WMU llir lul In which
lit* V"ii lu cast min. uni how mill'll trouble
w<tld III!uvoi Jd ll people would •nil “let well
el->ue.” A mwdtiiatf independence, quietly mil
Ooi icily pro*uie.l i certainly eveiv nay pri-1
eialile nr) In nnmtuse possessions .n ineied In
llto wen and lc a ( ol niilill mill body u urcett.i
ly In placate In*.ll. Yet Him .lie veijr lew ni
di* id mil, let them be doing ever su “ell in i tie
avsactd, mm are mil always straining tueiy lien*
U> do lieuer. ami ilits is one ol (lie many causes
w Isy lailmes in business so fuequenlly occur
li triHiiii qs. Xue picsent genei aliun reu tiiiwill
iny; to “realize” tiy slow amt vims degrees ; Imi
eituoic nlliCr to s*t tlieir whole Indies u|inn a
single erst, winch either makes Itimn fur tin!
AAentle leader, do you remember Monster I’ m
pou ? lie lived to keep a small luy-stme in
O ii.ilium, near tlie corner of Pearl. You mini
rc collect Inns, of corns*, lie lived Iheie for ininy
rears, and was on* of the most polile and ae
csjiniriudaling of shopkeeper*. When a juvenile.
y o u lure bought tops and marbles ol him a I hour
atari of limes. Tube sure you have; ami seen
Ins vinegar- v isage lighted up witli a in.lie at you
paid him the coppers'; and you have laughed at
Ins lillloilrniglit qnene and his dimity breeches, I
and all Ilia olhei oil .lilies that made up the ere-I
ry day app irei of my lit ile i''icncluuan. Ah, I
pi tcene you i ecollecl hint now.
Well, then, there lived Mousier Ponpoo ever
sitxoe ho came from “ dear rlc!ighlfill Puri*,” as
be ud to call the ciiy of his nativity —there he
tovak injllie pennies lor Ins kickshaws—there lie
ilaici aside live iiimis.iiid dollars against a rainy
day k —anil there I
iu rail human probability, lie would have been In
lilts very day, a respected and substantial citizen,
tract lie liven willing lo “ let well alone.'’ But
r1!,4 riviein I'uopoe had heard strange slur tes nbuul
Kh prodigious rie iu real estate, and having un
slou.i ilial most ol Ins neighbours had become
tiiri deolly rich by spec'll aim* in luls. he msi,on
ly faecame ill**alislieil with bis own lot, loi tnwiih
determined lo skiut up iliop, turn every tiling in
to cash,mid *el about making money in earnest.
No sooner said than done ; and oHr quondam
slore-keeper a few days alterward attendee a
most extensive salo of real estale, at the Mer
chants’Exelta it"*.
‘i'tiere ivas tlie auctioneer, nith Ins beautiful
n<l inviting lilliograpliick maps—all the lots as
smooth and square and enticingly Isicf out as
-possible—ami tfieie were the speculators—and
there iu the midst of them, stood Monsieur Poo
poo.
** llsrethey am, gentlemen,” said lie of the
hammer, “tho must valuable lots ever offered for
mil.—,. Give me a hid lor them ?”
- - One hiimired each,” said a bystander.
** Oneliunrlierl!” said the actiuneer, •• scurce-
Jv enough In pay tor the maps, l.ln# hußtiied—
going lifly—gone! Mr, 11. they are yisurs. A
node purclmso. You’ll sell those same lets in
less than a fortnight lor fifty thousand dollars
pro ft i!”
Alunsirur Puopc.o jnickerl up bis ears at this,
tinrl was lust iu astomsfimetil- TluS a a iiuicli
easier way ol accuinulali.'g riches ili.fu selling
toys in Clutlm iii-sii eel, mu'! lie delei mined to
btsy and mend ins Untune witlnrl'l deiiy.
‘A'lieaactltsneer proceeded in h; s’de- Ollier
j)4v cols were offered and disputed id, ;i<- l^B
purcllaim weie piouuwd immense adsai.'las," 5 !
tor 1 hen ciiieipus*. Ai lasi came a more valiu- I
hie- yroitvllil.ua allliieietl. 1 lie Cmiipaiiy pi ess
,-d ooiMil Irn aiaml, and Monsieur I’oopoo did
Us (5 >Hi IP.
** 1 non idie, you, gentlemen, lliese magnifi
es ,l x tuts, and, liglilfullj situated on Lung island,
wills valium* w *mr privileges. Properly in fee
liV.e iinexccpliunahie bum nf sale, cash—
tie sad* leiuly lot ilelivcty iuunediately alier the
sale. I low uitlctT lor them ! (J.ie ihcm a stir
at aotniiUing. How much !” The aiic u, u
lou Wed around ; titer* were mu but,lns.
lit caught the eye ol Monsieur i'onpuo
you *.iy uue hundred, sir ? Beautiful .u
ii.lle waler privileges—shall I say on* bn
lur your I
* • Qu', Monsieur; I will g,e yuu run hundred !
dotrar a piece, lor d* lot nd do valuable valare
pi rv as lug*; c' es cu- ‘
*• Only one istrbureu a piece for these si my |
valuable Inis—only one hundred,,—going—going
—g<sl""—gone !”
vlonsiri I’uopin wa< th* tnrlunale possessor.
Tuve ~uchineer cmigratrrlateii isim—til* saie clo
ser. Ind the co m imh v cisp*. vcd.
■nmektt !♦ s i P■
(lift . . ..; Iv** - • ui*v’ ‘ V t i ptdem', “ \iu !
. , , - u \ *_• *. • \ ■ so Viirr 6* :u, I
• v,-iui.’. V ’ o’. qim.fc to mik *vt:y j
j,. , vir >v:s r**p*c lo <i*lol ttd :lt* va- I
Von lertU l>,rtl \m {<• h ,
Vf•’ *- I All HI i* ’ • •'*. t* ’ ‘ ? —-f.il
* * Ofi'Uinly’ Sil -
* • V‘*lUi<’-u ullotti,”
Ami! tiifl f’l nit ‘ to Uif coum ku
bousf.ilttie tin- six thousand (i.•ii.ii* •• • ,<1.1(1.
asitl Uieilffii ot {the , !•, ? >’ tcuv.ixl, •'■on
Pii|io< pul these caiklh’l v in lux pu. kit
~ he .| il OKI taking his leave, the aucliomu
ni-wlsliiin * |neeitl of the lithographic outline
of the lon. winch was a wry liberal ibin* on hu
causider in g the map was a iresutilssl spvct
m-u olthst gt* nous art. PnOjios rou.d nut ail
mire ti iufficieitlly. There were his sixty lull, •
uniform as possible, and I• i liitle tray eyes
•(saiklcd itk diamonds a* they wamlwred lism
one end of the spacious sheet to the oilier.
Ponpon’l heart was as light a* a feather, aiulhe
Siv sipped bis fingers in the very rvantonness of
jryy ai lie iepaired (t Delmonico'i, and ordered
the first good French dinner that had gladdened
Ilia sensei sirreehis arrival in America.
After liming disessssd his repast, and washed
it down with a bottle f choice old claret, he re
solved upon a visit to Long Islavd to view Ins
purchase. He consequently immediately hired
a liorse and gig, crossed the Brooklyn ferry and
drove along the margin of the river to the Wal
la bout, the location in question.
On: friend, however, was not a littieperplexed
so find In* properly. Every thing on the map
us as fair and even a possible, while all (lie
&raun ti about him were as undulated as they
well he imagined, and there was an Sfltiol
tire East river running quite ml. the land, which
teeinnl m hove iio business iheie. This pu*-
Sglwd the Frenebm.in exceedingly , and, being a
at run cm in those pans, be called to a I,inner in till
SsdjlCMlt flr*t(l.
••Mull ami. arc jr on acquainted nd dis pait o(
de country ell 1”
“Yes, 1 was horn here, and know every inch
®f it.”
‘•Ah, e'esf bins, dal vill do.” and the Fiench-
SMatt got not of the gig, tied the Worse, and pnv
if liihujtaplii* map.
“ Ueit Uiay freyrrsifvill have tie faiuduess to
show me dii sixty Ini wic!i I Have bought, vid de
vuliii able vntaie privalege ?”
The farmer glanced Ins eve over tlie p ip*r.
•• Y*s, sir, with pleasure; if you will bo good
enough lo gtl into my boat 1 trill rote you lo
them
*• Vet you say sare ?”
** Mr friend.'’said the farmer, “ tliis,section of
Long Island has recently been hnuglil |up liy liie
speculalou ol New York, aud laid out for a grnat
cilv; kut the principal street is only visible of
low title. When this part of tlie Hast river is
filled up, it w*ll be just there. Your lots, as vou
will perceive, are beyond it; arid art tioui all un
</1 r sorrier.
At first liie Prenehman was increduiou*. He
ronld not believe his senses. As the farts, how
ever, gradually lirnke upon hint, he looked at the
‘ky—the river—the fanner—and tlien lie mrued
awav and gazed at them all over again ! Them
was liis ground, sore enough ; but then it could
out he perceived, for (here was a rivar Hewing
os et ii ! He drew a hex from kit waisleu it pock-
et, opened it, with an emphatic k knock upon the
lid, took a pinch of snuff and restoied it In bis
waistcoat pocket as helore. Ponpnrr was evi
dently in trouble, *'lboiightt wliicii often lie tan
deep lor lirais and, as his gril was also tun big
for woids, he uuiied his hoi se. jumped into Ins
.• i t. and rati.rued to the auctitmeei in all possi
ble hast#
Ii was near night when he arriv'd at tile auc
ii>ii room his horse in a foam and himself iu a
lurv. The auctioneer was Ivaning liack in Ins
choir, with bi lg stuck nut ol a low window,
quietly smoking a cig. r alter the I ilmiuis ol the
-lav. and lio w>iiii>i|> Die iiiutick fiotn the last new
opera.
• Monsieur, I have much plaisir to fin you,
eArz tens, at houi* ”
•* Alt, Poopua! jji* Ito see yon. Take a seal,
old boy.”
*• ll til I sh ‘ll not lake d* seat, ssre.”
“No—why, what’s the matter ?”
“Oil, beaucoup de matter. I have been to see
de grand lot vot you aII me to day.”
“Well, sir, I hope you like your purchase?”
“No, monsieur, but Ida not like it at all.”
“ I’m sorry for it; but there is no ground for
your complaint.”
” No. sure ; dare is no ground at ill —de ground
is all valare.”
“ vou joke.”
“I do not j >ke. I nevare joke; je n'rntends
(pv railltrir. S ire, tnulet wous have de kindness
to give me back de money vot I pay.”
•• Certainly not.”
“ Den Vila you he o good as lo lake do Cast
ri ver o/F de top of tnr let?"’
‘•That’s your business, sir, net mine.”
“Den I make von mam'oitt affuiit— vou R’ in i
mistake !’’
“ 1 hope not. I don’t ihink yen have thrown
away youl money in the/tjnd.”
“ No, tare ; but I have trow it away in de ri
vare !”
“ That’s nol my fault.”
“Yes, sure, but it is your fault. You’re von
rer gran rascal lo swindle me oat of di I'argent.”
“ Hollo, old Pnopen, yon grow personal ; and
if you can’t keep a civil longee ia your head, you
must go nut of my ofTiee.”
“ Vare stiall I go to, eh ?”
“To the devil, for aught I care, you foolish
old Frenchman !” said the auctioneer, waxing
w.i mi.”
“ Hot, sare I till not go to tie devil to oblige
j you !” replied the Frenchman waxing wanner.—
•• You cheat ttse out of all dr dollar vot i make
iu Chatham street ; Iml I till not got lo He devil
for all dat. I visit rots may go to de devil your
self, yon v ifikee-dno delt, and 1 vil! go ami
drown myself, tout de suite, right avay.”
“ Yon couldn’t make a better use of your wa
ter privileges, old hoy !”
“ Ah, m iserteindt! Ah, mon dicu! je suit
iibtime. 1 tin rtiio! I am done up! 1 am break
all into ten sonsan leetle pieces! lam vou lame
duck, and I shall raddle across de graa ocean
for I’aris, visit is lie only valuarUe valare priva
lege dat is left inc ft present*
Poor I’oopna was as good xs his word. He
sailed in the next packet, and anived in Paris
.ilmosi as penuylasi as liie day he left it.
Should aoyr out feel disposed lo doubt the vc
ril, ship circumstances here recorded, tel him cross
ill* F.ast.river to the VVallabuut, and farmer
.1 *•***• will tine him out lo the very place here
the poor Frenchman's lots still remain under tea
ler.
lONGK£!iS
I ~ riENA Te7~
Mono at, Januakt 16, 1837.
Tl [[; t RESOLUTION.
The debate hav„"g closed ‘ i *" l ’ ,he T*’" 1 ' 0 ”
being about to be taken', % 0
Mr. WEBSTER rose anJ the Sen
ate as follows; , .
Mi - President; Upon the truth ana J , 'si.‘ ,c ®
ihe original resudutioii of tire Senate, and up*- 1
me iisllionty t the Senate io pass that lesolu
ton, I had an opportunity to express my opinions
.i subsequent period, when the President sp.o-
e -t was l.elore ns, Those opinions remain alto
geiiiei unchanged.
And now, bad the Constitution secured the
privilege of wider.eg a Peotbst on the journal.
| slifiuld not say one word on this occasion; al
though, It wli.rt ia now piwpnsed shall he acconi
ulrwi.ed, 1 know not what would have been the
value ol such a provision, however fonuerlv in
c .re In Itv tt might have been maeiled in the body
us Oval instrument.
~ there is tin such constitutional privi
l.- £ , • . a I onli effect my purpme by thus an
i ir vi e he Senate! "and 1 use, ibeiehne, I•
In*,, that PR ‘II.ST is llic iiuunei, in in.
1 :*. ;e ol ihe Senate, and in lbs face ol the conn
nr, -rlm'ii t cannot present in any other lorni.
f sp-ak to mv naii hr taif. and in lic.iiall ol
. - nlleagne ; wo both SjierW as Senatuis from
;, w rt: ,i(t V, assactlllvetts, and as such, we sdl
Pr tv3T a gat it *l tins while proceeding.
AN a,ti ny that Jjenatuis fruni other States have
.uv power or authority to expunge any vote or
> i,s niiieh we have given hrte, and which we
| t use loesrtleil. agiccaUy Vo tile express provisim
1 nf ihe Cotislilutuin.
We have a high personal interest, and the
-State whoeo repiesenlatives we are. has also a
high interest in the entile preservation ol every
part and parcel of the record ol our conduct, as
me.niters of the Senate.
Thu record the Constitution solemnly declares
i shall he kept ; tint the tesolntimi lielote the Sen
ate declares tmrt this record shall he expunged.
Whether subterfuge and evasion, and at it tip
pears to tts. Hie degrading mockery of drawing
black lines upon the journ >l, shall or shall tint
leave our natnes and our votes legible, when this
violation of the record shall have been comple
ted, still the terms “ to expunge” and the terms
•• to keep,” when applied tu a record, import
ideas exactly contradictory ; *s much so as the
tent's “to preserve” and the terms ‘ to des
troy.”
A record which Is tjjiuitfftd, is not record
which iikt/ft. any mote than a record which t
dtitroyd can be a record which is preaaved.
The pari expunged 1* no longer pa it of ttie re
cord | it has no longer a lei’si existence. It can
not be certified as a part of the proceeding ol
the Senate for any purpose of proof or evidence.
The object of tits provision in the Constitu
tion, as we think, most obviously is, that the pro
ceeding* ul the Senate shall he preserved, in wil
ling, n*l for the present only, because a copy ol
the printed journal i not regul ir legal evidence ;
hut preserved indefinitely ; preserved, as othrr
records are preserved, till desrrayed by time or
accident.
Every one must see that matters of the highest
i importance depend on the permanent preserva
tion of Ihe journals of (lie l*o Houses. Wlnu
‘ etit (be journals show that bills hare been regn-
Urlv passed into laws, through the several sta
ges: what but the journals shows who are mem
bers, or wlio is President, or Speaker, ot Secte
t.iry, or Clerk of lire body ? What but the jour
nal contains tlie piool, necessary lor Ilia justifi
cation of those who act under our authority, and
who, without the power prvduciug such proof,
must stand as trespassers! W Iml but the jour
nals show who is appointed, ami who rejected,
hv us, oil the Picsitlertl’s nomination; or who is
acquitted, or who convicted, in lii tls on impeach
ment ! In shnrl, is there, at any time, any uth
!er tegular and legal proof of any act done by the
, (senate titan lbs journal itsell 1
Tli* idea, tlieiefm*. that the Senate is hound
tu preserve its journal only until it is published,
and then may alter, mutilate, *r destiny it al plea
suie, appears lo us one ol the most exlrauidiua
rp sentiments ever advanced.
I We are deeply giatelul to those friends who
Uave sliowu, wilH so ninth clearness, Dial all liie
precedents relied on tu justtly or lo excuse tins
pioceediug, aie either uol lo liie purpose, or from
me times ami ciicuuislaatus ai amt tinder which
they happened, are no way emitted in lespeci in
a live teoveiuuieiil, existing umlrr a Cuustitu
nun. lint, lor uursclves, we stand outlie plain
oids ol dial i onstllulioa. A itlousaud piece
dru.s elsewhere uiatle, wheiliei ancient or mod
era. cau uetlirr rescind, nor t-xplaiu away these
„ mils.
The words are, that “ each House shall keep
a journal of it- proceedings.” No gloss, no in
genuity, no specious mleipreialiou, and umcli
lest can any fur oi just reaseuicg reconcile the
proce* nf expunging with the ptalu meaning of
lliese words, iu lire satisfaction ui Die common
tense and honest undvrstandiug ol ui.inkiiiil
ll the sSenale may now expunge one pail ol
ltic journal ol a former session, u mag, with
equal authority, expunge another part, or the
wuale. it may expmige the entire tecurd of any
one session, or of all sessions.
. It seeems to us inconceivable hnw any men
can regaid such a power, ami its exercise at
pleasure, as consistent with the injunction of the
Uonstiiuiion. It can make no difference wh it is
the cuinpleieness or iiicompfcteuess of liie ad id
exuuiiging. oi by what means done ; whether by
erasute. obliteration, or delaceinent; if by ue
facemeui, aslikie proposdi, wlieibcr one woidnt
many words aie mien on the fare al the lecortl;
wheiliei (title ink or much ink is shed on the pa
per, or whether s.ntie pad, m ill* whole, ol me
original wrtlien journttl may yet by possilnln)
lie traced, ll ihe act done be an act to expunge,
lo blot out, to obliterate, to erase; the record,
then tlie record is expunged, blotted out, ohnier
atetl, and erased. And mutilation and altera
tion violate ihe record as much as obliteration or
er-stne. A record, subsequently altered, is nol
tlie original record. It no longer gives a just ac
Count of the proceedings of the Senate, it is an
longer true, it is in short, no journal of the real
and actual proceedings of tlie (senate, such as
the Constitution says eaeli House shall keep.
The Constitution, therefore, is, in our deliber
ate judgement, violated by this proceeding in tlie
mosl plain and open manner.
‘Tile Constitusion, moreover, provides that tlie
yens and nays, on any question, shall, at tlie re
quest of one-fillti ol the members present, be en
tered on Ihe Journal. This provision most man
ifestly gives a personal right to those members
who may demand it, lo tlie entry and preservation
of their votes on the record of the proceedings
of the body, not lor uue day or one year onlv,
but lor all lime. Tiieie tlie yeas and mays are to
stand, forever, as permanent and lasting proul ol j
the manner in which members have voted on I
great and important questions before them.
Hut it is now insisted that the volr-s of mein- !
hen, taken by yeas and nays, and thus entered |
on the Journal, as matter ol light, may still be
expung-ed ; so that, which ii requires mure than
four-filths of the Senators to pieveui from being
put on the journal, may nevertheless, he struck
off, and erased, the next moment, or at any peri
od afterwards, by the will of a mere majority ;
nr. if this be not admitted, then the absuidity is
adopted of maintaining, that this provision (tithe
Constitution is fulfilled by ,nereis pr>serving
the yeas and nays on the journal, alter bavin* ex
punged and übliier-ited tlie icy resolution, or
the very question, on which they were given, and
In which alone they refer ; leaving tlie yeas and
nays tints a mere list of names, connected with
on subject, no question, no vole. We pill it to
the impartial judgment of mankind if tills pro
ce*tling be not, iu this respect also, directly ant! j
palpably inconsistent with die Constitution.
We protest iu tire most solemn manner, that I
other Menaiors have no authority to d“prive us of j
our personal rights, secured to us by the Consli- j
tution, either by expunging, nr obliterating, oi
mutilating, or defacing, the record of our votes, ‘
duly entered by yas and nays, or by expunging
and obliterating Ihe resolutions or questions on
which those votes were given and recorded.
We have seen, with deep and sincere pain, the
Legislatures of respectable Stales instructing the
Senators of those States to vole for and support
this violation of the journal of tlie Senate; and
this pain is infinitely increased by our full belief,
anil entire conviction, that most, if not all these
1 -eedinas of Stairs had their origin in proiiip-
P° l . Washington ; that they have been ur
lings ‘' °” **d and insisted on s being neces
gentl.v rec !’ ‘ nliiduneiU of the intended pur
sary to the acco. ■ -tiling else tut the influ
pose ; and tl.ai n > ■ -.-utive branch of this
ern e and power ol the • „ ie Le!lls |. lllires
Government which ha* lining,. • . .. ■
us so many of the free States ol ~n .
quit the sphere of their onlruary iluitej li ■ ‘
purpose ol co-operaling In accomplish .1 .'•**
s i.ti. in out jiidgmei t, su mrconsiiinti'iit ,|, *.,
derugatory to the ctr.Kacter ol the Senate, and
marked ■• ••h so liru.nl an iniprcssin > u! i nnipli
.nee vvittr pm* or.
Bui ilris resolution :s to p..** \\ e eX| eel it.
T .1 ctiise, wine i lias liee-i p'.'< . •■ I enougli to
fine nee so lit aOV St ite Legislai.iie,. wiil sln.w 1
Hull pow et lilt enough, especially >* Ith sued albs, 1
to secure the passage ol the resolution heie.
We make un out minds io behold the spectacle
which is to ensue.
We collect onrselvrk lo look on, in .ilence,
while a seen* is exhibited winch, if ws did not
legnd it as ruthless violation nl s sacred instru
ment, would appear to us lo he litile elevated !
above 111* chaiaclec of a contemptible farce.
Tins scene we shall behold, and hundreds of!
, \meiican citizens, as many as may crowd into .
t these lobbies and gallerys, will helinld*ii also 1
with what feelings 1 do tint undertake to say.
t But we Protkst, we most loleituiy Protkst.
against the sulislauce and against ■ lie manner of
this proceeding, against its object, against its
form, and against its effect. We tell you that
yon Itave no right to mar or mutilate Ihe record I
of our votes given lime, and recorded according
to the Constitution ; we tell you that you may
as well erase the yens and nuy s on other que-tion
or resolution, or on all questions ana resolutions,
as oil this; we tell yon tli.it you have just as
much light to falsify ihe reeoid, by so altering ii
as to make us appear to have voted on any q.u--
lion, as we did not vole, as you have in < ■ ,e a
record and make tit ,t page a lilauk, to which out
voles, as they were actually given and recorded,
notv stand. The one proceeding, as it appears to
us, is as much a falsification of the ircoiil as the
other.
Having made litis PROTEST, our duty is
performed. We rescue mil own names, ciur.li
fer. and honor from all participation in this
matter; ami whatever tjie wayward dinar ter nl
ihe limes, Ihe headlong and plunging spirit of
paitv devotion, m the fear or the love of power,
tiny b it. . able lo bring about ebewbeie.
ne desire to til .tilt God that they have not, as
yet overcome the love oT Liberty, fidelity to true
republican ptinciples, ami a sacred regard for
the Constitution, in that State, whose soil was,
drenched, to a mire, by the fitst and best blood
of Ihe Revolution. Massachusetts. | M *
not hern eonqiiered ; and while we l.av. the ho
-nor tu hold seals here as Iter u, .nail
never consent lo a saetifire eitltet of tier rights,
ot onr own } no shall never fail to oppose who i
we teg,-ml ns a plain ami open violation #f the
Constitution of the country ; and we should have
thought ourselves wholly unworthy ol her il we
liatl not, with ill the solemnity and earnestness
in uui power, I’ROTESTED against the a
doptiott of the resolution now hefote the Senate.
The (pieslinn being on the adoption of the re
solnt ion as a mended.
Mi. BENTON demanded the yeas and nays;
which were ordered.
The resolution reads as follows :
Resolved. That the said resolve he expunged
from the journal ; and lor that purpose, that the
j Secretary of the Senate, at such time as the
Senate may appoint, shall bring the iiiatnjsciipt
journal of the session I8:>3 —S4 into the Senate,
i end, in the presence of the Senate, draw black
* lines around the said resolve, and write across
I the lace tlieieof, in strong letters, the following
words: Kxpunukd bv order or thk Berate.
cuts Ifi t * iiat or Jakuaky, in riu msor
our Lord, 1K.57.”
t)n agreeing to this resolution, the vote was as
follows :
YEAS—Messts. Benton. lirowo, lltichaneo,
Dana, Ewing of Illinois, Fultno, Grundy, Hub
bard. Iltililmd, King of Alabamti. Linn, Mor
ris, Niles, Nichol is, Page, Rives, Robinson. Bug
gies, Seviet. Strange, Tallmarlge, Tipton, Wal
ker, Walker. Wall, Wsight—2l.
NAYS—Messrs. Bay lard, Black, Calhoun,
Clay, Crittenden. Davis. Ewing o* Ohio, Hen
dricks, Kent, Gnight, Moore Premiss, Preston,
Robbins, Southard, Swift, Tomlinson, Webster”,
White.—l 9.
So the resolution was carried.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION.
The House proceeded to t!ie consider*!ton of
the following resolution, hercrtol'me ottered by
Mr. W'isk :
Resolved, That o much of the Piesicleot’s
message as relates to the “condition ol the va- ;
riotts Executive Departments. the ability and
integrity with which they have been conducted,
•he * igilant and I lithfnl disc'll ugr nl the public
business in ali us tin m, slid the causes ol Com
pl.iini. from any quarter, at the manner in wlirli
Huy have iiltillew Hie injects of their creation.'’ i
he relent'd to a select committee to consist of;
rune members, with power la send fur persons,
and papers, and with instructions to inquire into
the coin! lion of the various Executive Depart- i
meins, the ability and integrity with which they j
nave been conducted, into the manlier in which !
ibe public business has been ‘discharged in all of
lliem, and imu all causes of complaint, from
hiiv quarter, ai the manlier in which said De
pailments, or their btne.ius or offices, or any of
their officers or agintsul every description what
ever, aEiectlv or indirectly connected wi ll them
in officially or usi fft'latly, in tin
lies peit iimtig to the public tnleres;, hue iul i
filled or laiiril to accomplish lhe objects of their
creation, or have violated their duties, or have
injured or impaired the public service and inter
est ; and tlu< said committee, in its impiiite.,
may refer to such periods of time i* lo I tie in
■nav seem expedient ~nd proper.
Mr. \\ ISK then said that the parliament:’ ,
practice had been tlrat the gentleman wtio - ■
offered a resolution and opened a ileliate, shn <i ‘
he indulged in reply ing lo members w ho had op- i
posed it, and to concluding the debate. He had
intended to avail himsell of this indulgence,
Init lion the previous question was forced upon
the House, Now, it appeared, gentlemen seem
ed disposed to pass the resolution : to pass it, in
order to save the Administration party from the
imputation of delaying action on the resolution
by debate, lie would ask however, and he would
thank gentlemen to answer him, whether they
could now relieve themselves from this odious
imputation—an imputation which they desei ve.
1 tell you and the country (said Mr. W.) that 1
h ive liven asking for ‘his investigation for nearly
two years. And how lar are we now from the
end of the sess.uo J Within six weeks of the
end, wwth all our other duties to attend to, and
we are told that this is a sufficient space of time
to investigate the huge, the mammoth operations
of this corrupt and piolligate Administration.—
Six weeks, sir. I have been detained two weeks
at home, detained t'y the state of the weather,
and 1 find on my return, that the Administration
has already carried out their own work forme,
hy which I am detained Irom ten until nearly
midnight in wading through one single branch of
tins investigation.
Gentlemen now propose to give me this Her
culean task. Gentlemen, it is like all your can
dor all yum nines, and ..II your honesty. Make
the most of it. Go, with -a blush not on your
cheeks, without shame or confusion, before the
people, ami tell them this!
Mr Sneaker, the whole of a short session is
not sufficient to inveslisate Reuben’s concerns
| H | onr; the whole of a long session, the whole
time for which a Congress is elected, would not
1 be time enough to call op all the witnesses from
the extreme borders of this immense republic to
testify against yum Government—w itnesses that
I know can he brought up to testily against you;
witnesses who can change inquiries into specifi
cations, and can change your notes of triumph
and your strains of eulogy into humble notes ol
shame and looks of confusion.
Sir. I will say fur one. to the gentleman from
New York, Mr. Vanderpool, that it is too late to
grant the investigation proposed by this resolu
tion. It is now the 17th day of January, and
more than one half of the session is gone, ne
cessarily terminating on the 4th of March.—
It is too late for any investigation. If any good
cat! *'* done by it—if any cities can he afforded
,'he roirupii'ins of the Government, they must
, en by ‘he indulgence of the freedom of
debate onii’si s il‘> or. Will you refuse that in
dulgence 1 WV.II y'” re l'" r f ! h4! all >ps
should he hein.etrtL.'<lly sea t() - noHr ‘hat this
l.irtc of an investigation i? as been gotten up ?
You have given us one coniff't“ ,e ‘hat lias no
power to investigate abuses. AJ fluestions of
corruption, or no corruption are litb.'led, and
Pound down to facts that were already notorious.
Yet that investigi.tioi) alone will take ail our
time.
How can 1 or my friend fioni Tennessee (Mr.
Peyton.) attend to both these committees ? We
are held up as persecutors; we are no persecu
tors. hut we are placed in this odious light in re
lation to these charges against the Government.
It gentlemen intend to hold us responsible for
a failure, give us lime, means and opportunity,
and do not drive us into the space of a moment,
and contract us into the compass of a nut shell.
Bind a man hand and foot, and then tell him
to aiise unJ walk! Tie him fast wilh your poiv
er. aild then tell him to war wiili a giani ! I*
this youi justice 1 l! is your justice! Heaven
defend me from such jii V ic-- • Heaven defect
tile sr.hiii'rs from such guardians us these! Su,
! have witnessed enough within the lasi tweniy
tour Ifouis to make me fttl that the country lias
no guardians.
I now Hview the motion made by the gentle
• nan from New York fm tlie previous question.
And ilie House seconded the call Ayes 84.
Nays 61.
THE DEED OF DEGRKDATION IS
DONE.
By reference to our Express Mail head, it will
In- perceived that the Expunging resolutions
” P - “ ‘ ‘ of IS (a H).
Wli it will I m p ir'.y hobby f ('hat thi
I next pn.nl nt lie I 1 serviinv and degariln.'ion In
vliici. nil. •mi.,iiy,i„ nr, down-lwii progress,
i will lie reduced ? *• The avenging process.” as
, Hcntilli ((iud l.irhid tlirl we slion || ever put Mi
to his name again) c. died it,, is nnv car ie out
i and Ih • soleui iir ige-lv “l expunging me ’ ,
| stllllti i'ial ier .ids Hi the American rieniti h i'.
I been .deil .u in the contemptible (area ol |r*i.
■ >ng ‘> ‘Ck lni“s round that purtion of those rec
m I*. Inch < is lo he in uie the vicinn of that
process. “ I Ins is a man. mill this is a horse,”
wrote the painter under his piclures—so the
1 Amerietta Senate enact a process which does
not amount 10 expunging, nnd like the painter
they write the name ••expunged” on the fw:e
of llicir pictote in order lo Itt posterity nndei
statul that 10 he their intention, w hich would not
so he understood from the deed itself. It will!
be perceived that neither ol our Senators were
present when the vote was taken. Were they
afraid to vote against the resolutions, ami asha
med lo vote for them ? What says Mr, King/
Augusta Chronicle fy Sentinel.
11, , F IIIW” ■’ I . I ■ ■■jug
OH ESTK .
FROM ST. AVOUlflllE.
Latest liitclligein i’ from llie neat of
War.
The schr. Oscar. Capt. Kenyon arrived at this
port yesterday, in 2 days from St August tie.
M c are indebted to the attention of Capt. Ken
yon lir the following intelligence, being llie Inlesl
from the Floridian tinny, and vvhni is inure gratify
ing,ntfording an indication that the iiidiuna ate in
11 fail- way of bring: subdued.
The news is contained in tt slip Irom oor corres
pondent of the St. Augustine llei'ald— Charleston
Courier.
Office of the Herald, )
ST. AUGUSTINE, Jan. 30, 1837. j
On Son day night lust, the sentinels stationed at
the gates and bridge, heard distinctly, the report
of three muskets at Hanson's plantation, and ear
ly next morning it was ascertained that some In
dians or negroes bad made their appearance there,
and had attempted to steal some horses. They
had broken off a board from the stable and taken n
saddle, when the sentinel hearing the noise fired.
He was instantly fired on by the intruders, who
immediately fled. Capt. Hanson followed the trail
lor several miles and discovered signs, which nr
cninmulated as he went, when he judged it pru
deut to return. On the next day he started with n
larger force and followed them to Williams’ plan
tation 30 miles from this and discovered their tires
about 10 o’clock nl night, and a number Irom 8 to
12, uround it. The party crept up and tired n vol
ley wliieh killed three and llie remainder tb-d lenv
! inh every tiling, Ritles, Muskets, pocks am! blank
ets. There were two rides amt six muskets, which
were brought to town. The whole pang were
principally Mcgifies. One ol Hi, 1.1 was a Iree ne
gro whose name was Joe Merrill , who bud gone oft
wit’ another, about ti weeks since, ‘flic others
Indian negroes. Truilsot blood were set non the
ground, Ti.ey had with them powder, buckshot,
calico, tobacco, needles and thread, which had
been bought ill town but a few days since. There
is no doubt, a communication between llicaa nod
the negroes in town. A package of tobacco was
taken, which bail not yet been opened. These
negroes, have no doubt, been prowling around
lor some days.
Strong suspicions urc now entertained that these
supplies have turn lurni-hro by some In e negroes
who reside on the Anaslaeia island, amt a war
rant iwtn.w out tor their apprehension; they w ill
tiebroug.il In too n lor examination tins atUn noon.
It is ascertained at ‘.vliut -tore tile ai tit les w ere
hought
A teller from nn OIJI. 1 r 1 Inc Army, doted Camp
Uiuli tilth anil, states, •* To day yien. Jesup
nrriv.’ non. ima iiay. \ scouting par:y cap
tore . 10 .Negroes near W niton Swamp, who state
that Lowell was li.en m the swamp with a lew
of toe M.ciisuky lo ans the rest having Jell him.
That hi the -eierai acton, id ,01, ‘.alia groat
nnoer : Indians were ktl.ed, fust to the u.-
: > h n the while*destroyed a boat in the VS till
iee 17th Jail, it) hoslih * v\ ere kiileit and 20
1 .o, .led. That Jumper, Mieanopy a: and Abram,
I u e.c at A-ha-pop-ka, and there vvillii g to make
terms, if they will he treated well. That the In
dians have but a small quantity of ammunition
lert. The letter goes on to slate, to-morrow we
shall march ugainst Powell or against t'hilip at
Top-ka-ti-ka, or both, noil that circumstances indi
cate an early termination of the war.
An express arrived last night, to Cal. Crane
Irom which we learn that Gen. Jesup hud ordered
home the Georgia and Alabama militia. There
wnsa regular three sufficient in the field.
It is rep- l ied that the mail rider, between tins
and Tallahassee has been killed hi the Indians.
Col. Crane has hern ordered to Garey's Ferry,
where he will have his head quarters,
Tennessee Volunteers■ —Three hundred oftliese
brave men lately arrived at Mobile on- then way
borne. The Mercantile Advertiser, says :—“ We
understand that but about two thirds of this Brig
ade will ever return to Tenneisee ! and lh.it of the
500 fine horses they had when they inived in
the Creek Nation, 75 only are left.’’
The New Orleans Courier, Mates, that one
hundred and six of the Tennessee Volunteers,
under the command ofMaj. Meancy, arrived at
that place in a most destitute condition; without
clothing to protect them Irom the iuiclemeiicy of
the weather. Heaven pity a Government with
overflowing coffers, that will not feed and clothe
those who fight for its weal. Who is 10 blamo
in this matter we know not, but we feel indig
nant, that men who have braved every danger,
and encountered every difficulty, should leave
the service in so destitute a condition.— Florida
Watchman.
GLORIOUS NEWS.
We slop the press to give the following highly
gratifying intelligence:
Editors Coriikspomdfsce—By Express Mail.
Raleigh 8 o'clock , Wednesday night.
Mr Desk Sir: This his been an eventful day
for NorihJCarolina. The Charleston and Cin
cinnati Bank Bill is a Law. Ever since It
o’clock, until a few moments ago, the House of
Commons has been engaged in considering how
the Surplus Revenue shall he disposed of. 1 ant
happy to inform you, that Mr. Speaker Hay
wood’s project has been adopted ‘almost without
amendment, by a vole ol two to one.
The State is to take two-filths of the Slock of
the Fayetteville and Western Rail Road-two
fifths of the Wilmington and Raleigh Road, and
two fifths of the Central Road, to connect Beau
fort with the Yadkin via Fayetteville. The
Commissioners of the Literary Fund authorized
to devote s£oo,ooo lo draining Swamp Lands,
lithe plan succeeds in the Senate, the State
Slops ill her downward course, ami henceforward,
her march is onward to wealth, influence and na
tional importance.
We hare also passed the bill, w ith hut 18 dis
senting votes (I think) lo increase the Capital
Cape Fear Bank s7oo,ooo—the Slate to (akc
thru, sit'd individuals Jour hundred thousand
Mr. Haywood proposed to amend it, so as to pre
vent the issue of smaller Notes than §lO, hut tail
ed. lie also wished to lax each share half of 1
per cent, but that also failed. Fayetteville Ohs.
Abolition in New Hampshire. —The subject of
Abolition having been referred in the New
Hampshire Legislature io a committee ol tlie
House of Representatives, they made a tepoit,
concluding with a recommendation ol the follow
ing resolutions.
Beil resolved by the Senate and House of
Representative in General Cuuii convened.—
That we recognize the constitutional right ol ilic
several Stales ol the Union lo exercise exclusive
jo riM.iction wiiliiii their own limits, oi> llie sub
ject of domestic slavery.
Be it fintlier resolved, Thil Congres* cannot
without a violation of li 5 public laith, abolish
si ivery in the District of Columtna, unless upon
the request of ihe citizens of that Disliio.l, and ol
Uf’ estates by vvliAtu that territory was ccocci to
the General Government.
l’e it further resolved, That as the Union of
ihe Buies can only lie matiitaii'ed by abstaining
froiii all interference with the . .ns, domestic pol
icy, and peculiar interests of every othet State,
the rondin t ni those who would drive our fellow
r.. ./. in i • t into alioiiih>ii ol slavery,
nv mil •miil’ iy ijipr .ls ,*(!, essel (<) (ne ieais
“I lit* i.iksir.s iioi til** p.isMons ol lot* slave*.
hi rlie Highest degree censurable, as tending .to
alienate ode pm lion ol our cotimi vmcn I tom an
other, and lo introduce discowl Into our sister |
Stales, and us a violation of that spirit of c m
; promise, in which the constitution was framed,!
and a tlu.) observance of which is necessary.
Mr. Eastman moved a substitute, which after
delude was rejected. The resolutions were final
ly adopted as originally reported ; the first hr
IGB yeas In 9 nays ; (lie second by yeas 114, nay's
!1; nod the three others by yens 188, nays 14.
In the Senate llie resolutioni were referred to
a committee, who reported them without amend
ment and they were adopted yeas 11. nay I.
Journal 0/ Couiintrct.
NEW ORDER OF KNIGHTHOOD.
1 lot following individuals received fiom the
hands ol Martin Van Boren the accolade , on the
night nl the IGtll of January, 1837, ;in( | ||r( , re .
ceivetl into the order us •• KNIGHTS OF TH E
BLACK LINES.” They want Jame. and so
far as we can aid them, they shall have it. They
shall stand thus ill our columns until they ate
known, anil we trust that every independent
Journal in the United States will lend their aid
to give them a like celebrity.
LIST OF THE .
B2.ACIS SNiaHIS.
JOHN RUGGERS, Maine.
JUDAH DANA, do:
HENRY HUBBARD, N. Hemp.
JOHN PAGE. do.
JOHN M. NILES. Conn*, ticuf.
SILAS WRIGHT. New Yo.k.
N. I*. TALLM ADGE. do.
GARRET D WALL. New Jersey.
JAMES BUCHANAN, Pennsylvania,
WVI. O IHVES. Virginia.
BED FOB I) BROWN, N. Carolina.
ROBERT STRANGE, do.
THOM AS MORRIS, Ohio.
FELIX GRUNDY, Tennessee.
R. C. NICHOLAS, Louisiana.
JOHN TIPTON. Indiana.
ROB’T. J WALKER, Mississippi.
J.M. ROBINSON. Illinois.
\VM. L. I). EWING, do.
WM. R. KING. Alabama.
THOS. IL BENTON, Missouri.
LEWIS F. LINN, do.
A. H. SEVIER. Arkansas.
ROBERT FULTON. do.
Correspondence oj the Journal of Commerce.
FREDERICK. JAN. 17.
Santa Anna is with 11s. He made n formal vis||
to Gen. Gaines, ami was honored in return by a
general visit from the whole of the officers Jj
appears that the Mexican chief owes much oftho
lenity shown him by the Texan authorities tp,.
kind offices of Major General Gaines, who. in 1 . .
tprs addressed lo Houston, l.anuir, nnd oilier r.~
tingniehed men of hat incipient republic, *lO.. . ,
ted the adoption o’ a ningunnimon- cot.r-> .
duet towards the falb'ii chief an . t; ,■ . ,
nl'hnnoraVe vi. ry to ... -g the - I ,
the AIIVIIO in \V i V. . , 7! ol 10 s
Gaines, and in bisesillt ‘lion embraei. 1 . to* As *
ican with alt the ardor iff r Ural love fi* travels
and dre-nes in a manner befitting mo r.v e.: e ’
•nd toward* ha fellow 0.1., exhibit* th only ■>
dener ol his aristocrat ic bearing, iulheeooy dig*
ml, ol hi* Jemexnat—Hi* enetnie* mo*t „ 0 |
withhold Ii “in ii'*n live leptitHtio.'i of u well edt.e
ted ge t men. Ur ;t , ,u
er may In- hi* ib n •' o* .• he ‘ him nit-.
4h
It is s aic ioia No . ■ Irfo 1 ,•- : trie
M x can liiilimities li.ive decl ieil .- A,s -a 7,
NA, an outlaw, and all citizens of the Mex • a
Slates are called on to shoot him il lie Mpprt.rs
within the limits of any ol the Mexican States nr
Territmies. Gen. Bustnmeute, has fiei-n invited
to the head of Affairs.— Georgia Juu nal.
A Wall Street Mana-uvre. —The New York
Mirror relates, as having occurred in ilia) cuy a
lew months ago, a story of a certain finn don
town who received a portion of the goods of ,
large invoice which they had purchased,about a
moiety of which was delivered, when u not* tor
the whole amount was given, as the operation
was considered a bona-fide one, and tltJt the rest
of the merchandize would, ot course be forward
ed in the usual routine ot business. Something,
however, prevented il, and (lie party burning Hie
note went to Ohio, afli r having it discounted at
one of the hanks; of which tact the drawers
wrere ignorant. At its maturity due notice was
given, and one us the film was called at the
bank to inform Mr. Cashier that it would not be
paid under llie circumstances. The consequen :e
was a protest on the day 11 became tine, and the
ratiior ran like wildfire through the city that the
house had failed. The utmost consternation
prevailed, as paper to au enormous amount,
drawn and endorsed by the firm in question, was
in circulation. Taking advantage ot this state
of things, the junior partner went to a confiden
tial broker, and instructod him to buy up every
scrap of paper which bore their names, and at as
j high a discount as the desperate state of affaire
would permit. Nearly all their liabilities were,
irt a short time, in the possession of the broker,
at a depreciation of a great many thousand dol
lars; whereupon the firm advertised, in the pub
lic prints, that au injurious and unwarranted re
port had gone abroad that the house was on the
eve of bankruptcy; but that it was perfectly sol
| vent, and that cash would lie paid lor all their
; paper, deducting legal interest lor the time it had
, to run, on lheir|counting house.—
’ This was a skilful manoeuvre, and it would hare
j been a profitable one, had their plans succeed
ed; but judge of their horror and astonishment,
when their broker made his appearance, ami de
manded the full amount ol'ihc nines lie had pur
chased ! To prevent exposure, every shilling
was paid him; and he his since retired from bus
iness, one of the wealthiest rogues that ever
shaved a note, or turned the chicanery of others
to his own advantage.— Boston Tiantcri\.t.
Central Dank. —Col. William N. Bishop has
been appointed Teller of the Central Bank, in
the place ol Allred M. Nisbet Esq , resigned.—
Federal Union.
There is no accounting lor taste— llrat si a fact*
A gentleman, James Riley <>y name, some-where
about Ol) years of age, vtas to have been married
j last New-Yeai’s eve, to a charming young lady
iol seventeen, in New York— the wme and the
; cake, the wedding ring and Ihe parson were
ready, when In! the young bridegroom. Mr.
James Riley, was not ready —aye, actually back
ed out. A friend of the fair lady took the refrac
tory urchin aside, and was in the midst of a se
vere remonstrance, when Mr. James Rilev drew
a knife, and cut up Certain rustys which ended
in his sleeping that night on the hard floor of a
most inelegant apartment in Bridewell—inxie*c
ol ihe nuptial chamber.— Trenton Emporium
Receipt Jor the cure of sort thro ‘.i Take r
heaping tea-spooufull of pulverized nine, a large
t ih e spoonfnli oftincioti ofMyrr.and a table.-
spoonfuil and a half of honey, pul them together
t't - six our.ee viol, and fill it up with sage toa,
‘Shake it. and use it as a gargle every hour.—
flm above was recommended to us by a physi
rim. We havetried it, mill found iv invaluable.
The aposhecary will prepare ii for iwo shillings;
and. as it will retain its virtues for a lung nine.’
vnti may. ii subject to such attacks. ke,o it CUK
st.T.tiv hv vnu.— Trenton Emporium
\ Dilemma-—Mr. Chang one ol the Siamese
1 w ms, is said to have fallen in lovo vvith u young
lady of W iliiiinglor Del,, who reeiprocaiothta
passion. Sir nbj'-etx, howerer, ’a t.iking ‘ i>
nun the concern. The.'ant accounts Icii the par
ties in a quandary I
The United States Arsemi at Watertown
Ist aehu (is, ( ..••* *• || aven p p,
the 14*1? inst..) cot.tuii.x ro.f.ci) stand < .-m
“.is entire v destioved bvli.’i on Wednefil'Y ‘a ‘
I’ elite of propeit■
short of a million ol dollar*..
fi l*i% been ascertained, that in the town of
Hartford, Connecticut, the sales ol sewing till
made in that vicinity an >- one.!, in e
Sd&.noo.
A New llEl.tek. Ail liihman, neaily ■ • ir>>,
sheets in the wind,” was asked rrfwli.it belief ho
was. He replied, 11 go t.i ihe widow Mihken.
I owe her twelve shillings Ii is her hrliif that I
will never pay net, and faith thpe’s my belief too.”