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tho snecest oT lty»' injprgmits. •• roprworttnd as
bocomlng iu*>r*i anJ an are depirivo. * TlieLoji-
<lon J > I.-II if«, won wliic’i extract# w-ll bo seen
in 1'i.i.irv pi/t m* « jr n3aflr, % s*lM>j»rt in snina
<ioi e(> tba vu f.nil pf The
foUu ;• n ' ii an <\< r.ici oil
Bordeaux :«r”Tii»,rebelV-.arq sfili' in Tr.is-Oig
M.uve-sV- The Mirqifs do Chv.es hud the
Viscount do Monujogyp ifcotBiiric. to qccnpji'
the s un i puititliH.- Tiieir <nn.i'i T ne^ forces
<1.1 no: cxee-s i 933 or jirtfui.tr/ and
cavalry, divided into guerillas,'wV;:]! s'oal and-
p.ll.ioo whatever suirs iligni. VVib i! f030, in-
great par; armed wolihr.rf, under lint corn*
m ind ol' V’scoiinf do V*ida (j.irc-a, have justJ
united with ihe-ti. •Ofluoriil Alufidsio fi is of-
< ted a janr.M) i at CH'avcs with the Capfaiu-
(ianarnl of tint province, to Ojipo-e the pro*
gross of ilia ii-dvds. TRs g.ivffrimitjtt? eager-
Wg'ltlhhU tlical.Dim piwVUctiuasnre tbu:
.most fijuncr Ilian ftva >nUl fairly liuvo Hlltiripit
'film,question W bcgliiHitiR to he viewed in it* projx r
VaMes, and,give him the comm m l of tliedis-'
]ms tide in ‘ii of tlio infantry regim mts, X m. 3
toil 21, mil iho civnlry regiment, No. 12.
The rebels wlio, entered hy Alentejo have turn
ed back again, and are briskly pursued by the
jio cunts to .the number of about 18,000, who
give thorn no quarter. Tit s niovonient took
place spuataneo.isly ‘ as soon as the courugobn.
i'j tatry people were able to reckon upon the
support till) pruteoito.i. of troops sent. iron
I. soon. P. S.—\Y1i.lst the troops of the re
gency wero in trehing ag ihtst the rebels tlio
English d.scmbarke.l a. Lisbon, an 1 n.nv form
tijo garnson of tint cipit-il, which is tlleeby
sinltcre.l ns* an attack.” Tile dfem-irial
Bor..'cliti say* :—“ A letter of the 8 ii mst.
front M .ilr.d, attiiounccs that 10,000 Porln-.
geese pav> in ; hiving joined the troops of tin
Rogonsy to iiiirch against.tho^jaiUfffeii*’. the
1 alter have met with a severe check, which
compelled the.a to retrograde towards Spain.
In die Cii tinber of Deputies, M. Cliililet
was chosen yesterday hy ballot, t) bo the lifilt
candid lie for ilia Presidency.
Tin eitiateei of the expan littiro of the
kingdom of VVirio.ntbarg, as presented to the
Chimhorof Depat lea, for th.eo ye irs, Itegbi
ii n-g a* July 1st, 1826, and ending at Juno 30th,
IHiJ, are 23,343, lliO florins* an 1 those of
the rcceijKs, 23,510,357 (la'ins leivin ; a ba
lance in ftvor of tbo public of 31,302 florin*.
Si into the 13 tit ihst, -iu dtmitilU* qutfml
vi.tier d: pros'.Uuiiori baye been expelled front
tile Passages do I'Opera.
A aeon li nr to reports generally the Marstor
fur Foreign Affairs treated the M Tipi s do
Mo.stiour nta, o severely thairtho Coant do
Vhlolo dal. Ho is said toliiivo refused to pro-
sen; idle refractory diplomatist to the King up
on ins return from Spain.—Courier Fritncais.
Wo copy iho following from die Journal des
n e’jiits.—“If a wir should break out, not be
tween us and Enylinl, but between Spain and
Portugal;—If ilia English, to secure bettor
iho internal penco of Portugal, should put.gar-
lisous in*o iho frontier places of Spain, in
wit it situation should we*find oinselves ?—We
are the allies of England ; but wo are also the
allies of Spain.. If the English-entor into
0 Up-tin, would our sold:er3 fire iljjoiibhn Span
iards or tlio English; or would they shoulder
their arms, an l look from behind the ramparts
at die comb it* of their two-allies,? 'The Mar-
<!•' s of b m-lsdowno -and l.oni Holland iiiqus-
red irtitlie Homo of Lords what was tlio, na
ture of our eo-jpjratlon, and wlieihcr, \yhon
xvo were able to ac, we couiontci^ oursolvo,
"■uli speaking; Would the English troops put
the suite questions to ours .upon the field of
battle ? Would not ilia Spaniards, on their side,
callus lo their succour 1 Bat- it issiid there
will lio no war betweeji Portugal and Spain ;
and that these dangers arc imaginary, but we
repo it, how Shall wo bo lbokbtl upon now by
the Spanish people 'with o.ur declaration of
English alliance? Will ndt our feeble garrisons
besiiiii! cd ? Will not,our soldiers bo foVccd to
fi-o upon tlio subjQcts pf n King-imd^a Bour
bon whom thoy caino to dulivert and to endure
the insults pf pi fomtlcm pgpt^nee; Tho
in ut common foresight thorofo.ro'- obliges us to
aiumout the numberof our troops in-Spain, or
to cvacu-1.0 tjip: poputry. IT warchtlofcp our
garrisons, we oxposo ourselves to tlio most sharp
repi esouialions, and to an augmentation of
niJ.tary cxdciisos ; and if wd withdraw our
Srotps, sh tlf wo lcavo^T-dsbon in liie li finis of
tlio English 1 Shall, the arrival of,tiio Kin;?
of England’s guards at Lisbon bo 'tlio signal
for the retreat of tho King of Franco’s guards
from \t ulrid ? Honour does not allow our
Almistors to cvacttnte-.Spuai, and safely dons
1101 allow us to rein tin ibero so weak; our two-
fohl position sets us.up by tbo cars with the
English and lljo Spaniards; ,apd tho impossi
bility of opr ministers .typing a docistvo part
upon any ’ thing .creates us onemios every
where.
Besides, a grave question for the Engbslt ex-
E edition utay, perlmps, present itself. If Lis-
on should bo still in tho hands of the Regent
when the expedition arrives no difficulty will
occur. . Tim- British troops will disembark,-
Lisbon will bo occupied, and tho Cortes and
tlio Regency will remain under the protection
of tho King of England. But if Lisbon :hquld
havo. fallen into tho power of tho Quoon’s par
ty, cithor by popular, insurrection or military
ild tho E
would put a. different face upon- the political
question, ami miglit givc g.iso .to tlio must itn-
portunt results in Europe.”
C.trdiititl Bardascy de Aaara died at Rome
on the 3d iust. of a c-umri lial fever. He was
born at Pumn/.qdu-, Sept. 9, 17<>9, nod tvu.-
created a'Cai'dTnuliu 13lfi|bv Pius VII.
Condon, dec. i«
hereafter be clono on this subject, cannot be an
ticipated. The letter however, from which
the following extract is taken, does not mention
the subject,bat is confined ill its matter, alto
gether lo the local advantages of the country.
“.S-t.xPim.tPPf De Austin, 1
' ' ‘2(5.)
Noecm'jcr 20th, 182(i,
Tha feeling, ofi.it nommnai.le alarm, ctclfed bv I “ Wo propose .ejecting 10 or lS L^g'los of
U^Mesty’* Mastage,'aretJfKt passing away, and } land suitable lor sugar on the Iriiilty, Ituow
mil's minds' bbgfo. V*' oVamfoo tlie bugbear wliicli • ^|, u
-r~t~iilLL-l.it ona flits-: t*A!*i . .*» I - . .
fixup Purls . .
6,-.n Uioii.lhe opinions wr. cspivswd. We learn, «>i>-
’on what, tv..! call good gnlbority, llmt the IVuik.Ii moil-
arcli. ’beitig apprised ul' llio r.mirfo mlnpleJ by oar
!y uccop'ed -.1, • sm C r.es of. the brave Colonel
p-vtcU«ii.toMadi-iil, iaftrUtg-ott nutogoipli b-ttei
Himself tit- Feriliiiinil.jiitlmating that lie was prepared
4ii~odiieur mo^t imrdmlly in the policy pursued by
ffiiyiaml, .vilh regard to Portugal; and that U’halevcr
llie eoiii '-iuonces might lie 0/ parsbting in the course
hitherto folloWB-1 liy dpnin, Iw, Ferdinuud, must meet
them on Ids oivii responsibility. It is nut diflicuU to
imagine what would lie tile ellkct of such a coininu-
aie illoii, if it has been made.—Ferdinand, left to dis-
’em, Witii England, the principles of his tacit inter
ference, will soon discover that it is mnoli easier lo
recede, than either,to ud.a iccor remain-stationury.
Nuio Timm.
Pile death of Lord II islin^i has unfortiinate^j beau
.... . Auiouio rond—on tide water or near it—
d"ll j taking iu prairie and timber land—and perhaps
15 leagues alone, and I at present, think it
bo best Jo take 20, for here we have
Jation at least six months in the
country is .high and pleasant. A
... ,1 front the river it would afford a
line summer residence for those who might
cliooso lo cultivate sugar below, and 24 hours
p LS.age^_ or- 43 uscen-iiitg the jjyer. Creeks
and brunches of fine living water and fine rich
lauds.
I fuel Tree to slate that I have been agreeably
disappointed in my first impression of lb scoun
try ill 1812. It wits but a small part I saw
then, and that in a wild state. You may rest
assured,tint jjie Jarid is, in general, of much su
perior quality to the northern part of Alabama-
It lias Alio advantages of pure springs of free
stone water, With branches and crocks through
cry league of land, and I can say through
force; would tlio English, when tho established
government no longer' existed, occupy Lishon
by force t Would they re-establish tho Re-
S Bnt by force of nrms in a country where
tc could not have a single soldier? On the oili
er hand, could tho English Beet come into
tho Tngus to seo Lisbon occupied by tho party
oppose^ to tho defunct Cories, and return
without haviug dono nny thing? Could tlio
English cabinet extricato itself from such a sit
uation in a country where public opinion tnakos
ami unmakus ministors?—It is certain tltnt tho
tendency of all the'governments of Europe is
towards poacc. Tlio chanicier of tho mon-
archs and tho ministers, the lassitude of the
nations and the dilapidation of tho finances in
cvery coumry, sufficiently account for this gen
eral tendency ; hut it wuuld ho to decoivo our
selves to believe diat nothing can destroy this
tendency to poaco, especially if England should
continue to see Spain at the bottom of tho nf—
fairs -of Rortugal. An occupation of Portu
gal by maiiUbrce, or even an action in Lisbon
c.Kilinm-J liy lint just mlvicss from Malti. Ilis loss
to tils empire is that of a brave and experienced
»ildier. .
bate in the afternoon of yesterday, it transpired,
tVit 11 Oorernmeiit inesieneer liad reachcu the
I Foreign OiBoe from Paris, -.villi extraordinary speed,
.villi d: .patches from Lord Granville to .Hr. Canniiie.
Their contents were iiqinediately reported, but we
I k inw not from n;!iat authority, lo bs extremely fa-
vornble, nml that the market Havin'; been previously
prepared for such au impression, by till!r.-fiof iii me-
n-y, which ill:.- p.ireli Hei of Exeheq.ter Hills by, the
JJaak li td rii'oducod, a rapid advance tool: place.'
Timet.
Private advices state, in confirmation of til0 report
ed pacific declarations of M. Villein, that Lord Gran
ville, ourambanador, hud been most cordially receiv
ed at au interview he had, not only with tho ministers,
bat with tlio King himt 'lf, in which tho same assnran-
c!«its tho.-: expressed in the Chambers were given to
bis lordship.—CVoiti-’k.
The Marquis of Hastings died in consequence of n
fall from his hors-;, pro lacing mischievous oif'cls upon
liiojwrnia he liad iongjaijniired Under.' By Ids death,
tin eo nlableshiji ofklw;toiver, tlie colonelcy of the
2<th Regiment of FootJ'aud the' oifisa of Governor
end Command ;r-in-Chief of Malta, and itsde]>ciiden-
cies liai'e begoaie yacaa!.—Ifrrald. ..
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, December 1!5.
-—"Tlie. Fanny Vosse brought two gentlemen nnd sev-
eral. ladies pasiengers, who have fled from that coun
try, o-.ving to the near approach of the Rebel Portu
guese, whose march is very rapid; ami marked by de
vastation andtiie most horrid enormities. The brave
Valdes and his faithful soldiers, after the most vigor
ous resistance, were obliged to capitulate, and were
seiitpriimiersto Spain-, not being willing to accept of
any of tile tonus which tlie relicts oilgrcd them. Hra-
g.iti.xa was reduced lo ashes, after being sacked by the
rebels. .Vine English merchant-vessels were iu the.
poyt, ivliiolvoould iiot-get over the .bar.— Times.
Slalcof 7,'g—\ j jaitritalist is responsible for any
staloments lie may extract from a foreign riewspa-
p;r v The following passage ,we have translated from
a late Paris ConiliiutionMl, and give it without any
assumncpofitslrulli or falsehood. - If true in whole.or
eveq in part, (which latter condition, we, t'Qr many
reasons think correct,) it is a x-ery intoresiiag state
ment.* It purports to be a letter from Alexandria, da
ted iu.October. '; •
“The great scaffolding of civilization, which for
some time has been rising, in Egypt, : has lit last fallen
od llieTiurop.an institutipnV. W”mkttnlacturt!S,Tirts;
and trade, nothing can Be domlclIialCd tm the banks
[the Nile. By striving after'tod much tliey have
ljried 11 j thing. Thoso-foreigners who flocked so a-
'ifidiftitly to the scryico of Mahomet-All arid daily del
parting—as full of discdnteht now a.they werO'of hope
before. -Ha who expected to be ihade a Pacha is hap.
py if lie. can escape with his head. The mnnnfactores
in wolleri and Ciitton Itavo failed, and those.,who ure
able, prefer buying the cloths of Europe ami the Mus-
litis hi India, whiclt arc belter nnd cheaper than any
maiiehsre. Steamboatshavobcciiabandoncdbccause
it Was fouiid necessary to import coal from England,
(wood being so scarce) nml the climate.i3 too burning
to allow oft lieu- being conveniently worked. Besides;
ifuify acoldents shouTUliappcn to the machinery, there
are no workmen nor material, for thetr repair. The
Pacha feels that he has ventured beyond.hjs ability.—
Tnc treasury is empty and the public resources con
siderably diminished. Even the cojtaa produce is re-
iNMi *“ ‘ ’
(lio.'i-Iurfaic.’l. nndihe bales formerly sold at
cun scarcely bring 3U now. 'The differ kinds
of produce have siili'eri-d a similar decline, and in
Jhc
Than this few
Ilis highness
*****
do J irqncs
proportion as the means of onnetion arc lessened,
necessity of bankruptcy'!* ntighicntcd.
tilings call lie more easy for a'vizier,
pays itb brie, ami abiiscs uil. Hesays that the foreign
ers send him bad ships. Instead ofsnpplying Ids ngents
Mtnr; nc covers itien'i with reproaclies Even
itis Turkish school at Paris (Trom which so'fruicli w'nj
prcilicted) i. tlio oiijecl of his-reviliiigs. ami lie threat-
e us to reduce them to their hereditary condition ofea-
Aouiandass-drivcrsat Cairo. Even the paper-mills have
entirely failed. Attempts nre making to re-establish
them. Tho Pucha.siheeho Ims discovered that Messrs.
Salt nml Drovettl, (the English and French consuls,)
liuvo sold tlieir cabinets for considerable sums has re-
served to himself the monopoly of works nf art and
antiquity. He has magazines of them at Alexandria
and Cairo, but his prices are so-exorbitant that they
are likely to remain on his hands.” ' * if
The letter writer asserts that Mahomet cannot keep
himself in his former powerful state for more than two
orthree years. The prophecy is probably a false one
—but it is a matter for curious speculation (and also of
regret) ns to tho causes of the failure of tills laudable,
attempt to inteoduca civilization and its blessings into
Egypt.—-V. V. Enquirer.
•We find, under the head of Constantinople, (in a
journal of later date,) a complete confirmation of these
statements.
From the Florence Alabama Register. *
Wo have been permitted to make tlio follow
ing'extract of a letter from a gentleman now in
Texas, to Itis friend in tlio United States. The
writer is well known in this section of country,
and from tho public confidence hitherto repos
ed in him we cannot doubt any statements which
ho may make with regard to* tho country ho is
now visiting. . • • " •• f-
Our readers will recollect that not long ago,
wo copied into tho Register,'an nrticlo front an
Arkansas. paper stating that slavery-in Texas
was abolished, and that all slaves hereafter in
troduced into that country •wo'uld ho considered
as emancipated. Since then wc have reason
lo belicvq tho information to ho premature.—
Verbal information has'been 'received that’ a
bill was introduced in file Legislature of Chu-
chtiilu, in Texas, providing.for alto emancipa
tion of all the. children of slaves now residing
thoro at tho age,uf21 years, anil that none oth
ers should bo introduced after six months front
tho passago of tho hjll. This proposition from
every mile square, and blest with moro health,
as for as I candi-.com than Alabama or any of
the Soutliorp States, or even Virginia, in many
parts of it. You nny hpro unite agriculture
with grazing to greater advantage thaii in any
other conntrv I oversaw, for m ules,cnUlc,sheep,
.Sec. Corum ui itorsos would not neea feeding
fin winter.
Yot roqnaxt me to g-ve yo t the best infor-
iliition I c:ndd ob;ain ot tho coinntfercial advah-^
, s of the country. You know tlio gulf o!
Me.x’qo stretches along all the Southern coast
of this region front tho mouth of the Sabine to
Li Vera Cruz. I have*boon informed by S.
F. Austin and Col. AV. Pettus, at the east ond
of Crulveston Island, vessels drawing 11 feet
water in ty enter at all times—and thoso draw
ing 14 foot nny eii cr at high tides. The
Tr.nity and Brassos rivers offer c\;ory facility
for ste mi navigation, the latter for 200 or 300
miles above its niJUih, and. front late ind : (rttion
for(> or 9 nftnths in the year', passing through
.1 body of the ricliest land, a grout portion- of
wliicii is prairie. Tho mouth of-the Brassos
river has from. G to 8 foot water, mtd throagh
this a lucrative (fade,might bo * carriod bn .with
tho interior of tho, country—as Col. Austin, em
ployed by the Mexican government, took Col.
Pettus with him to GalVestoh Island,; I have
every reason to. bolievo the correctness of tho
cxporitngnj thoy have made tyitli so much,atten
tion. I cannot omit ktajihg to yoti that tho su
gar cane is supbrior horo to any I over saw on
the alluvial land of the M ssissippi. A Mr.
Orr Ins in cultivation it half aero on the Trini
ty which. hstf rjponod - 6. feet end, Col.. Austin
made a sut.dl expcr'.ineiit hero with Cane plant
ed too late in the season, and n few days past I
measured oiib-tKht was afleast 6 feot, and larg-
or in diameter than the Mississippi cane by ono
third. Jt has been cut a few days past. I liad
iho pleasure pf scoing it growing, for the first
By a Comparison of the cotton of Miss : ssippi
qnd Louisianja hy several competent judges,
in'- HHiM '■■MBrnSiy
IN SENATE,
Thursday, January 25
Mr. Smith of Maryland presented tho me
inoiial of Captain John A. Webster, nnd o
'ther officers of otto of tho United States’ reve
nue cutters, stating that their present pay is
inadequate to the support of their families and
praying that an additional compensation may
bo allowed them; which was referred to the
committee on commerce.
Mr. Marks presented certain resolutions
passed by the legislature of Pennsylvania, re
questing tho senators and representatives from
that state in congress, to use their exertions td
procure the passage of a law by the United
(States, whicit shall provido such remuneration
a ud relief to tho revolutionary officers and sol
diers, as may be commensurate with their ser
vices to tlie country; which xvas read and or
dered to lie on the table.
Mr. White presented the memorial of the
legislature of Tonnesseo, requesting that the
Indian title may be extinguished to certain
lauds through which that siatc intends to locate
a canal to connect the waters of the Iliwasscc
river with thoso of tlio Coosa; which was re
ferred to tlio committee 011 Indian ti(fairs.
Friday, January 26.
The Bankrupt Bill.—Afier au elaborate and
able debate, the senate, yesterday, refused to
striko out tho ninety-third section of the Bank
rupt Bill. This section embraces an import
ant feature, peculiar, wc believe, to the system
now urged upon the American legislature. It
provides as follows:
“That whenever any person, resident within
the U. Slates,not beinga merchant orperson ac
tually using tho trqde of'merchandize, by buy
ing und. selling in gross W by retail, nqt deal
ing in exchange, nor as a banker, broker, fac
tor, underwriter^ or marine, insurer, shall do or
suffer any act or thing which is herein describ
ed, or declared to be an act of bankruptcy, a-
ny 0110 creditor, or a'greater number, being
partners, whoso single debt shall amount to five
hundred dollars, or any two or more creditors
whose debts shall amount to ono thousand dol
lars, may petition in writing agaiust such per
son ui tlio same manner, and tho same pro
ceedings shall bo' had therein, as directed and
proscribed in the second section'of this act;
and the commissioners designated by tlio judge
shall, moreover, issuo a^ summons under their
hands and seals, notifying and commanding
such person to appear at a -certain tiino and
place before said commissioners,-to‘show why
ho' or. she shall-not bo declared a bankrupt;
and the same commissioners shall cause per
sonal service to bo made on'such person, and
reasonable notice of tlio time aud place to be
'given; and if such person shall not appear, or
appearing, shall consent to a commission of
bankruptcy, then, and not otherwise, such
person may be declared a bankrupt, and shall
be subject to all the provisions of this act.”
v The senate refused td expunge this spetion,
by a vote of 26 to 19. -
Mr. Harrison, from the commit lea on milita
ry'affairs, to whom tho subject was referred, re
ported, without amendment, the bill providing
Mr.
and others, wo find the
staple from a quarter of an inch to three eights
longer bnl r ’” '
.. out 25 or perhaps 33 finer and of a
soft silky texture—all agreed fhey could know
the difTorqttco in tho darkest night. Our short
-staple of Alabama is so inferior, it decs not ad
mit of n comparison, l am satified this place
is most advantageously Vituatcd for vending
goods. ;
Col. II. Edwards, the Empcsario of tlio Co
lony is with us nnd manifests every dispositiotl
to aid m in procuring the best lands. Yours.’
New Orleansnapers to tho 13th wero receiv
ed yesterday. They contain intelligence from
'Natohitochos of a Revolution in I’exns. On
the 16th ult. the united forces of Nacogdoches
and Ay eh Bayou bad declared tho Province of
Texas Free 'and Independent of tho United
States of Mexico, and hoisted a flag in Nacogdo
ches with tlio words “Liberty and independ
ence” on jt.
It is sajd.that n few days previous, six tndjan
Chiefs, iri iliat vicinity, held S council, and pro
mised to assist—nnd 200 Indians principally
Clierokeos, had actually joined tho new party.
The new Republic had been christened “Re
public ofFredonia”—and their flag consists of
u stripo of red and white, emblematical of iho
uuion between tho rod nnd white men. Later
accounts received at Natchitoches, furnish a
treaty entered into botweon tho Insurgents and
twenty-three Tribes of Indians. A National
Congress is to assemblo at Nacogdoches on tho
Mobile
1st Monday in February.-
Register:
“ Bank Bills.—Sincethe promulgation of the
act to 1 clnovo the Darien Bank to Milledgc-
vrjlo, tho bills of that Bank |i aV o risen to par.—
Both hero and at Macon, they aro currently
exchanged for the bills of tho other State Banks
without loss.” * - -
. -Wc copy tho above from tho Milledgevillo
Journal, not viewing it, however, as any way
flattering to tho friends of the Institution, but
as amcro fetch to gull the people into a belief
that the removal of tho Bank would raise ami
secure its credit, whereas on the contrary it
would bo its destruction; for the moment tlio
Bank is removed its bills would sink lower than
thoy ever wero. Itis well known ltore, that
but for legislative interference the Bank would
at this time bo in sound and profitablo opera
tion.—Darien Gaz. 30th ult.
Tho Charlottesville Gazotto, .of Saturday
sgjtSj “the salefof tho personal property of the
lato Thomas JErFFttso.v, commenced at M011-
.tieelhf on Monday last, agreeably- to the notice
pc^v.ionsly givon -Wthe udvermeinont df tho
Executor. Tho’sale continued from day to
day until Thursday evening—all tho personal
property was sold except a few articles which
aro to bo removed to some of the'cities-andi
there sold, as heretofore stated in the adver-
tho influence and firm opposition of Baron De< tlsemeiu of the Executor.”—Rich. Ena. 27th
Bastrop, did not .pas*'into a law.' -What may) ult.
militia services reuderod in tho years 1792,
1793-80(1-1794, : : .
house of representatives.
. Tuesday, January 25.
The committee on .military affairs reported
a bill making appropriations for tho croction
and. completion of certain hospitals, storo hou
ses, and for other purposes; which was twice
read, and referred to tho committee of the
whole.
Air. Woods of Ohio offered a resolution rc-
qugs.ting the President of tho United States to
transmit to. tho house copies of tho several in
structions (or such part thorcof as may not be
incompatible with tho public interest) given to
the commissioners aud-agents of the United
States, under tho act of tho 20th of May, 1826,
to end bio tile president of the United States,
to hold a treaty with tho Choctaw and Chick
asaw nations of Indians.
Tho house, then, in committee of tho whole;
wont iuto tlio consideration of tho bill to alter
the acts imposing duties 011 imposts.
Friday, January 26.
The following bills were severally read twico
and made tho order of the day for tomorrow.
I'rom tho committee on foreign relations, a
bill for the adjustment nnd liquidation of tho
claims for property taken away in violation of
tho fifth articlo of the treaty of Ghent.
. Front tho committee on ways and means, .a
bill in addition to an act entitled an act'to'b-
, , . . ....... . ad, act P
mend tho several acts imposing duties on im
ports.
Mr. Woods of. Ohio asked for tho conside
ration of the resolution requesting the president
to transmit to the - house cbpie3 of tho several
instructions (or such parts .thereof-.ns.may not
be incompatible with the public interest) given
to the commissioners and agents of tho United
Stales, under the net of the 20th May, 1826,
to enable the president of the United States, to
hold a treaty with tho Choctaw and Chickasaw
nutious of Indians.
An animated debate resulted from the con
sideration of this motion, in the courso of which
Air. V mion ollmori ilia following umcmlmimc
. “And also to inform this house if tho said
commissioners were authorized to make certain
declarations contained in their -speeches to said
Choctaw nation, at tlio treaty ground, on tho
13th November, 1826, respecting the course
the United States would adopt towards them,
in case'said Indians should persevero iu tlieir
determination not to part with tlieir lands cast
of tho Alississippi river.”
The resolution, as amended, was finally laid
on the table, with n view to afford the members
an opportunity of examining the subject. The
nature of the information called for, mid tlio
intimation of supposed abuses, gave it an im
portance, which at first it cii,I not seem to pos
sess, nnd which eventuated in its postponement
for a short time.
fi. r * Lawrence of Pennsylvania obtained
leave to present tlio petitions of sundry inhab
itants. of Pennsylvania, praying government for
the protection,of woollen manufactures, anj I
petition from sundry citizens calling the ;i i| tt ! |
tion of the government to the sykjcct ofcoul
nization of tho free people of color.-
STENOGRAPHERS.
Mr. Weems moved. for the consideration J
the following resolutions, winch he Had Jj.
seated some days since:
“Itcsolred, Tliatthc fourteenth rule of the iious.i
urnctitlecl, hy adding thereto tire following; , T
"80 long as they conduct themselves with n iW
ruin ond respect to the mcnibcrs, in the discharge
their official duties, and do not abuse, the prifii
hereby authorized to be extciide'd • to them, and
longer;" . ' ' /
Mr. Weems roso, and said that, in oflerib
the amendment now under consideration, m
iho fourteomh-rulo of this honsCj he wishedz
be distinctly undersidod, that lio'was hote^.
mg for any thing that was to have a retrospej
tive, or post facto operation, any whet e: for
ho knew himself, lie was ono of the last menVs
tho nation who would tvish to seo a lino drain
between the liberty and the licentiousness of]
the Press; but that lie would read a publife.
non that had appeared in one of the newspa;
persofthis District; that ho believed one of
tlie editors of that Press holds a station on tlfo
floor, assigned him under tlie provisions eljls
aforesaid rulo of the houso; that lie would
road it, solely for the purpose of explaining to
the house xvhy it canto into his mind fo' 6fiv*
die umendraent; that, whon ho had done so
.it would be for tho house to determine how
far it had become necessary to adopt the i>
mondyuent offered. He would also take the
liberty here to observe, that, when ho was a!
bout to oiler it, ho endeavored, though ineffeeJ
Wally, to obtaiu from the speaker his construe,
non of the rule, as' it now stands; and Iiadie
succeeded in that attempt, so far os. to hart
learnt from the speaker, that' he ccnsldcref
himself as possessing a right to remove suck
stenograpiicrs, as, in his judgment, had abuse!
the privilege-granted them, it would havesa.
perseded the.necessity, in his mind, of offer n>
tho amendment. He would now read the pul)
lication alluded to. it was us follows:
“It is thought, by some; that the House of Repre
sentatives, iu refusing to consider the resolution offes
cd on cSuturduy last by Mr. U'eerns, of MuryUni
touching the transportation of tree negroes lo tl.e
coast ot Africa, was influenced rather by an indispe-
sition to Ucartbc gcr.tlcmhn's speech, than by nny lit*
lility to tlie inraftre priq>oscd. At * |ri F opcr time.snt
brouglit forward by u proper perron, a dili'ereul re.
suit is. confidently anticipated by tlio friends ofthe
Colouizutian system/'
To tlie first sentence, Air. Weems said. Ik
had no objection to make, but he folt himself
justified * 111 qff<Jhng*4iis -pretest to tho last,
whereby, it would bo observed, tliat the home
is represented to cntorlain feelings towards*!
member, wliicli ho flattered himself would not 1
be foilnd to exist; With the house, ho shoulil
therefore leave it.
Mr. Forsyth said, he Was opposed to the re
solution of the geiulcm iu from Maryland. Tte
paragraph wliicli tlio gentleman liad read, rind
"Winch,liu professed to be the occasion.of ofler-
liig iho icsolUuon, appeared to him to i'clatf
to the liberty of tho press ratherthan the pri
vilege of this hall. The^ question before till'
houso did not involve 'any' rci?<(Sttbn *oii ili?
conduct of the speaker of tho hourC, bu( rclaf-
) oorgloptrir - -^t-ramrjrty CO”D,nO"(JI. UlC VnlOsTTirifie liStTsd,'
and to iho practice which had-grown up, per.
haps unavoidably, under it. Tho rules of the'
house, .strictly considered, did not admit aS)
perspii who was not a “stenographer.” Now,
if lie was correctly informed, there was but
ono person, of those now admitted under tbo
rule, who was literally n stenographer, that is,
who wrote short hand, ntld was (hereby ens-
bled to take down, verbatim, the debates oh
tlio houso. To confine the rule to persons oF
this description, would be,, however; prifcitral-
ly to destroy the effect,of the rule;,and the’
practicejiud .consequently.bcqii, id admit per
sons who took notes' of wlmt wus said, anil tf-
tenvards pubbslrfrom theso notes, accounts i f
tho debates and proceedings of tho house, lie
was able, personally, to bo 1? testimony tp the
fidelity and care with which this/wns perform-
od.- But, this relaxation of the rule, had l/eeb.
followed by oilier ."olaxations. Ho was scn«-’
bio that it Was'diflicult to'dist:nguisli..those tvhi).
came horo for this purpose bona fi de, and those
who professed to do 60, bu; ;n reality came for
other objects. Ho believed he was correct-in'
saying, that some persons wero admitted un
der this rule, who do not report at all," nor'give
even an- analysis- of any, oue of tlio debates,'
but, who used their soawiu the h ill as a Ttliin-
giug place to spend their mornings, or fi a
)o»j from which, to abuse mcfoibeis of .'the (
totise, under tho character of eye witnesses
by which their representations oiitained the
more credit with the public,."-fIo behoved
there tyero but four, persons who attended in’
tho house,'who performed, in any way, the du
ty of reporters. Ho scarcely knew xvhat re
medy to propose, or how it was to be., applied.
Tho persons who wore admitted as reportert,'
but who performed no ono of the duties of -v
reporter, ought, in his opinion, to be expelled-
They ought not- fo lio permitted-to use this (
hall as a lounge, iu which to spend some hour*
agreeably or instructively—M suclf was their
object, let them resort to the gallery of the
house. 'Iw*f
As to the fact which the mover of this rose*
lu imp had stated, viz: tho publication of an arr-
tide in one of the papers, in which he was re
flected on, itjiad not, so far as he could per-'
cerve, any relation whatcverio tho rule pi o*
posed to be amended. Tim same statement
might have been given, had the editor been
seated in the gallery. Tho paragraph alluded
to, was certainly a libel, not only on tlie gen
tleman himself, but upon ilio’houso; whom it
accused ot refusing to assent to, or cousidet t
certain .resolution, trom a want of respect f<*
oue of iis'own members. But this was not a®'
nbusqref tho rule iii question, but an abuse of
tho press, A stenographer, as such, was an-
stVQrahlo for nothing but a faithful representa
tion ot what passed in debate. If ho happen
ed to bo the editor of a paper, and chose M
accompany his report with remarks of his ou d,
he had a perfect right to do so; mid, however
offeusivo those remarks might bo in other point*
of view, they were 110 violation of tho present
rule of the house resjiectuig tho admission °*