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«MV 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 °*