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77/y. ii^ShHOVs STt'AStiFH.
V' m «, a ynuifr Ei,;I.Mtin *n, of
go i i l*. ti n.J Itrg* feruine, untnuhi fr(Kn
u .tiro all iIk* qidities •vti.cli, uto,»o t |v oilii-
▼a o.l can m*ii u*r a min es’tonied. Lite o-
oned upon It in :ii dazzling col urs; >ich, ani'd-
l*, nl lidiiwso-’ie, lie wi^unlvmillv conned
— A'norevcr in* wen. the h ind of f.’midship
w *« n t ned 10 li m, md -lie snides of welcome
boded Ins approach. \V T inn hearted and con
fiding, lie eii:rusted entirely to appe trances,
and soon heciine die dope of an unfiitlifui
ni sircss and a ftlsc friend. I'nde sustained
him outwardly under the blow, but it preyed
upon bis spirits; lie became disgusted with life,
and los' all faith in his fellow creatures. Had
he consulted Ins inclinations alone, lie would
have buried himself in solitude; but bis pride
forbade a step winch would have proclaimed
his wretchedness. lie must live in the public
•ye; lie must shew Ins e otcrapt, his indifference
for lie* whose remembrance was still agony*
He went to Paris, wis seen constantly in the
bes* society, and in all fashionable public pla
ces;—and while every day deepened his dis
gust for life, he was envied, and admired, as
the fovorite of nature. *%
One night he was returning homo earlier
than usual, on foot; in passing the Pont Louis
XVI, he perceived a mm seated upon the
parapet holding a dog upon his kaoot, which
be seemed to be fondling, tor he was stooping
over it. Just as Villars came up, he suddeuly
rose and threw the animal into the river; but
lie had scarcely doue so, when he staggered
and fell. Villars hastened to the spot, and
found hitn in a swoon. He tried for some mo
ments ineffectually to restore him to h's senses;
at last he had the satisfaction to see life slowly
return and the same instant a dog dripping with
water, ran to the sufferer, and began to caress
him. It was indeed the faithful creature which
hr had attempted to destroy; but the stone,
which he tied round his neck with an unsteady
hand, was so bad!fastened that the dog shook
it off without difficulty.
It would have moved a harder heart tlnn
that of Villars, to see the carcases which the
affectionate creature lavished upon his master,
as he strove by plaintive moans, to call him back
to life. At last he opened his eves, and fixed
them widly on the dog. *Azor ! my poor Azor!*
cried he, bursting ioto tears, have I not then
destroyed thee/*
•lie has escaped a death which you do not
appear to have indicted willingly.*
•Willingly! ah no, no! But I have no means,
Bone, none on earth! I could not see him die
of hunger, and I have elfeied him in vain to
different people. Will you take him, Sir! Do,
1 beseech you, do!*
Touchad at once by the wretched appear
ance of the poor sufferer, and the despair of his
tone, Villars said in a soothing voice, *1 would
not refuse your dog, did I not think you would
like better to keep him yourself; and I will
enable you to do it, at least for the present.
He drew a louis d*or from his purse, and
placed it in the old man's hand.—Words can
not describe the burst of gratitude with which
it was received.
•You have saved my life!* cried he. ‘Mine!
did I say? Ah, a life a thousand time'* dearer h m
mine. My child, my poor Julia will now have
food.*
He attempted to move, hut he tottered and
Would have fallen, had not Vdlars supported
him; nor would he leave him till ho had con
ducted him to his dwelling, which was at no
great distance; and as he went, he took the
precaution to provide a bottle of wine and a
few biscuits.
Never did succor come at a more seasona
ble moment; the daughter of the old man, re
duced at once by sickness and famine, was
Be rly exhausted; in a few hours relief would
have been too late.—Villars left his purse, and
taking the direction of the old man, hastened
to send a physician to his suffering daughter.
Villars had (hat night a sound and tranquil
Bleep, the first he had enjoyed for a long time.
The next day he visited the old man, whom he
found greatly restored; and he heard with ex
treme pleasure that the physician had declared
that quiet and good nourishment was all that
was wan’ing *o complete the young woman’s
recovery. In spite of the wretchedness of his
appearance, the manners and language of the
old man were those of a geotlemin. His gra
titude had in it nothing servile; it seemed
the frank emotion of a generous mind; and
before Villars quitted him he determined to se
cure Ins old age from the attack of penury.
But on returning home, he found a letter,
which, fora moment at least, drove every thing
from his mind; his mother, whom he tenderly
loved, was taken suddenly and dangerously ill,
so dangerous that it was necessary for him to
•et out immediately, if he hoped to find her a-
live.
He lost not an instant in obeying tho sum
mons; but just as lie was on the point of departing,
be recollected the poor old man. He wrote a
hasty line to account for his not seeing him a-
gain, gave him his address in England, and de
sired to hear how he went on. He enclosed a
bank note of a thousand franks, and sent the
letter by his valet, with directions to deliver it
to the old man himself.
The crisis of his raother*s disorder was over
when he arrived; she was pronounced out of
danger. He staid till he saw her perfectly re
covered, and then, unable to remain in a place
which brought to his mind the most painful re
collections, he returned te France.
Although surprised, and, in some degree of
fended, at not hearing from his old acqaintance,
V liars still felt an interest in his fate. He
went to inquire after him, and was told that be
bad quitted his lodgings suddenly, and no one
knew whither he was gone; his daughter ac
companied him, and both were io perfect
health.
•lie is like the rest,* said Villars to himself,
•n»» sincerity, no gratitude.—What a fool I was
to expect it;* and for a few days he was more
gloomy than usual. Some months had elapsed,
end he had nearly forgotten the adventure,
when one day, in crossing the galleries of the
Tbuilleriet, he saw a lady drop her handker-
riivt —Oh s o,:pcd o pieson it to her, and as
;»o .1 .! so, i I, ilo dog wn.ch wts running on
be.<» he*, turned back, and springing up to
V II ns, began to caress him with great fond
ness.
•Como away Azor,* cried the lady.
•Azorl* repeated Villars, ‘can it bet*
Ho looked up as he spoke, and met the eves
•f a beautiful girl fixed upon him with a look ill
winch joy, timidity, and surprise, were blend
ed. bhe advanced eagerly as if to speak, but
stopped ‘hurt suddenly, and remained silent.
•I cannot be mistaken!’ cried Villars, this
dog belongs to that person whom 1 have once
known.*
•knew it—I was sure of it! 1 exclaimed the
young lady; ‘you are my father’s benefactor!*
•Julia my dear!* said the other lady in n
tone of reproof: hut her accents were alike un
heeded by Julin and Villars, who were each
too eager for an explanation not to be quickly
satisfied that the conjectures were just.
•O how happy will this make my father!*
cried the delightful Julia: how often has he la
mented that he could not discover oue to whom
he owed so much!*
‘How! has he not received my letter?*
Never sir:—from the moment you quitted us,
wc have never heard of you; but will you not
go to sec my father?—we live so near so very
near!*
V illjrv wanted an second lnvUM»©«i he ac
companied his fair guide to her habitation—but
what a different habitation from that in which
he had found her?
In an elegant apartment in one of the hand
somest hotels in the Rue Rivoli. Villars was
received by the object of his bounty with the
most lively joy, aud the most touching gratitude.
Far from having forgotten his benefactor, Del-
raont had made every effort to discover him,
though he had never received the last proof of
his regard—for tho valet had kept back the
letter, tor the sake of appropriating to himself
the bank note which it contained.
They passed the day together, and in the
course of it Villars learned from Dehnont the
vicissitudes of his life. Wc shall give them in
his own words.
*A few years ago I was one of the richest
merchants in Lyons, aud one of the happiest
men in France—perhaps I ought to say in the
world. Every thing prospering with me, I
enjoyed excellent health, and as 1 thought, ma
ny sincere friends, and a dutiful and affectionate
child, who was once the pride and the joy of ray
life. Next to that dear daughter was a friend in
whom I placed implicit confidence; I had known
him more than thirty years: I had often ser
ved him, and I always found him punctuul, io
his engagements. One day he came to ask me
for a certain sum of money,much larger than aty I
had before lent him. I complied without hesita
tion and he went away, promising to return to
supper.
We waited for some time! at last wo su
down to table, and just as we did so, one of my
neighbors entered with horror in his counte
nance. ‘Ah Heaven !* cried he abruptly,
•poor Mercer has ?»hot himself.*
‘Never shall I forget my feelings in that ter
rible moment; the fatal news was indeed true.
The unfoitunate man had been fora long time
secretly addicted to gambling. Seeing him
self on the brink of ruin, he determined to
make a desperate effort to retrieve his affairs;
he failed, and, wanting the courage to face ig
nominy in this world, he rushed iuto the pre
sence of an offended Deity.
‘This was the beginning of my misfortunes;
grief and horror overwhelmed me; I sunk un
der the weight of my feelings, and a violent
fever reduced me to the blink of tho grave.
Wh'le I was suffering under it, losses came
thick upon me, and, with the return of my
health I found myself a beggar, nay, worse, for
I owed a large sum which I could not pay. My
Julia inherited her mother’s fortune, it was
settled upon her out of my power to touch;
but no sooner did she learo the state of mv af
fairs than unknown to me, she surtendered ev
ery shilling to my creditors.*
•Noble girl! cried Villars.
•Noble, indeed; but how was her conduct
appreciated, where most it ought to have been
fell ? She had a lover: they were brought up
together, and I believed him truly attached to
her. I knew that her affection for him was
only that of a sister; but she acceded to mv
wishes, and consented to give him her hand;
the day was fixed, when my illness delayed the
marriage; but neither Julia nor myself ever
doubled the truth. No sooner did he learn
that she hid given up her inheritance, than he
wrote her an eternal farewell !*
‘The scoundrel !*
*So I called him. Julia uttered no reproach;
her check was pale, but her voice did not fal
ter, when throwing herself into mv arms she
exclaimed, ‘Father, from this moment we have
nothing m the world but csch other r We
uited Lyons. I sought employment in Paris:
found it; my salary was scanty, but Julia's
mdastry at needle work added a little to it;
and if we were not happy, we were at least con
tent.
‘But fortune had not done persecuting me; the
loss of my place and the illness of my daugh-
tea, reduced us to the state in which you
found us. Your beuificcnce relieved us from
certain death. Ah! never, from that hour,
have we addressed a prayer to heaven, in which
you were not remembered !
•A few days after Providence had sent you
to our assistance, we received intelligence of
a most unhoped for reverse of fortune. The
lover who had so cruelly destroyed my child
was dead, and tepented of his conduct, he left
her the whole of his immense property. He
had no near relative—thus nothing hindered
us from profiting by his will; but we lost no
time in returning again to Paris, where only
we could hope to discover you. Till to-day,
our researches have been unavailing. Thank
heaven, we have at last found you; it was the
oulv thing wanting to our felicity.*
Villars replied only by grasping with fervor
the hand that Delmom extended to him, and
from that day they were inseperable.
Treated by Julia with the easy freedom of a
•ifter, Villars believed, during some time, that
lie regarded her with au affect-on merely fra-
tei nal. I! ippy in her society, he never thought
of asking h m»el! whether he could be happv
without it, but the moment came n which he
was obliged to put die question to his heart.
One moriniig when lie went as usual to Del-
mtmu’s, he found him alone, and more thought
ful than common.
•Have you not something on your mind my
dear sir, which renders my company just now
importunate to you ? If so, tell me at once to
be gone.*
•On tho contrary, I shall tell you to stay,
for I want to consult you about a proposal I
have just received for Julia 1*
‘A proposal for Julia 1*
‘Yes,—what is there in that to surprise
you ?*
‘Nothing, nothing,* stammered Villars; ‘only
I thought—that is I did not think.*
He stopped. Delmont looked at him inqni-
ringlv, and finding that he did not proceed, he
tofi^d the sentence in his own wav:
4 \oudid not think, I presume, that my child
ever meant to marry. Well, what her deter
mination may be, I can*t tell you; but at any
rat#, the Count St. Maur is very anxious to
learn it. You know more ofhim than I do,
tell me what you think of him.*
Villars hesitated; he knew nothing but good
of tho Count, and vet ke could not bring him
self to say so. At last he uttered with effort:
‘I believe him to bo a worthy man: but who is
there that can deserve Julia?*
‘You are partial, Villars; my daughter is a
good girl, but there are niauy who deserve
her.*
•I don’t know one !* cried Villars, warmly.
•I do; there is a man whom I should select for
her from all others—but I do not know that
she would be his choice, and I own that it
would hurt mt that my child should be refused.*
•Refused I Julia refused ? impossible!*
There was no need of more; the look and
tone were sufficient.
‘She is yours,* cried Delmont; ‘why did you
not ask me for her at onco V
But what said Julia? Her tongue said no
thing, but her eyes and blushes spoke sufficient
ly. Villars received her hand, and declared
himself die happiest of men. It is what all
uew married men say; but the husband who
repeats it, as our hero does, at the ead of ten
years, has a l ight to be believed.
AGRICULTURE.
From the American Farmer.
On the Culture or Silk—with samples.
New Village, (OhioJ 1st Jan. 1828.
Friend Skinner: In my last letter, I en
closed ihe silk worm eggs, which 1 had before
promised. With this you will receive four
skeins of silk, made from the common red mul
berry, iudigenous to this country. I should
be glad if you would test the strength of this
silk with some of the same quality made from
the white mulberry. The red yielding a more
substantial food than the white, must, in my o-
pinion, make the strongest texture of silk.—As
I am a well wisher to the silk business, so I
have been much pleased with the perusal ol ma
ny v iluable pieces on that subject in your use
ful work. I have, however, one fault to find
with the whole of them. They are too lengthy
for a beginner,
I have concluded to give a miniature view of
th® whole process necessary to the growing of
silk, il you will have the goodness to lend me a
small cirner in one of your pages—which I
shall do in as few words as possible, that I may
not crovd ou other useful matter.
Silk vorm eggs should be put in a tight box,
so as to secure them from the depredations of
ants, ano placed on a shelf in a dry cellar. As
soon as ;he mulberry leaves put forth in the
s P r '°gt bring them up and expose them to
the aii of a common silting room. In two
or three days they will begin to hatch. Lay
your letves on them, to which they will soon
attach tiemselves, and will be easily removed
to small boards, and from these to shelves, and
the shelves multiplied in proportion to their
growth. Care must be taken to clean the
shelves (very two or three days. The worms
should te moved soon after being fed, when
they wil be principally on the leaves. When
they discover an inclination to wind, which will
easily be known by their beginning to travel or
erawl absut, set up bushes for them to make
their balhon. In less than ten days after they
begin to wind, romove the balls from tho bush
es and expose them to the sun, or place them in
nn oven of moderate warmth, to kill the insect.
Immediate retling will supercede the necessity
of heat, which is done in the following manner:
Fill an iron kettle with water and place it o-
ver the fire in such a manner that one person
may conveniently attend it without being too
much exposed to the firo. An arch kettle
would answer best. The hottor your wa
ter is kept the better, provided it doth not
boil. Now put in your balls, say sixty to begin
with. Have in teadiness a small brush, made
of about a dozen twigs, with this stir your balls
about, and in a little time you will have a suffi
cient number of fibres collected to make a
thread, when you may commence reeling. If
some of the fibre* break or give out, the per
son at the kettle, by the help of the brush,
will readily collect a few more, which will be
easily united to the thread by a stroke of the
thumb and finger. For reeling, two bunds will
bo necessary, one at :he reel and ono at the
kettle. It is unnecessary to describo tho man
ner of twisting, doubling, 4tc. To preserve
your seed, take any number of the best looking
balls; clear them well of the tow, and lay them
in any convenient place, or you may string them
with a needle and thread, and hang them up.—
In ten or twelve days, your fillers will come
out. Spread a sheet or sheets of paper on a
table—put your millers on the paper—in about
three days they will deposit their eggs and die
—fold up your paper and dispose of it according
to the instructions already given.
With less information than I have given, a
few years ago, I commenced the growing of silk,
and you may judge of my success by the sam
ple sent.
I remain, with due respect vour friend,
CALVIN MORRELL. |
[The q»i lily of die siik en» lo-ed in he .-
hove, confirms the opuron befoie expiessed,)
and founded oil similai evidence, that worms I
fed oil the leaf of our n>tire black mulberry,
yield finer and stronger sdk than dial which is
imported. There is in the garden at the garri
son at Annapolis, a veiy large and apparently
old mulberry tree, that s altogether peculiar and
unlike any we have seen, or read ol n Michaux,
or elsewhere. I s fruit is black and of the size
and flavour of the white mulberry tree; but its
leaves are far more numerous th in that of any
other mulberry tree, and entirely dissimilar in
shape, colour, &c. the upper surface is of a ve
ry deep green and as glossy and shining as oiled
silk cloth. Out notice was attracted to it by
accident last summer) 1
FOREIGN EVENTS.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
By the arrival at New York of the ships Ca
nada and Corinthian, from Liverpool and Lon
don, papers are brought from those places io
the 2d of January.
Contrary to what was expected, Cotton has
declined a shade, in the Liverpool Market.—
Stock on hand in that port nn the 1st of Janua
ry, 342,700 hales. Sales of Uplands had taken
place at 5 to 5 3-4d. for ordinary to fair qualities;
6 to 6 l-4d. for good fair; and 6 3-4 for prime.
It would seem by the accounts from Con
stantinople, that war was'momently expected be
tween Turkey and the Allied Powers. The
Russian troops on the Turkish frontier, were
under the command of Count Wittgenstein,
who made so conspicuous a figure at the time of
Buonaparte's invasion, and were said to be rea
dy to cross the Pruth at a moment** warning.
The ambassadors of the Allied Powers at
Constantinople had demanded their passports,
which it is said were refused, on the ground that
they were unnecessary, the ministers being
perfectly safe under the Sublime Poite. The
probability is, that the Grand Seignor was not
quite ready to take the last step, and as the de
parture of the ministers would be equivalent to
a formal declaration of war, he preferred keep
ing them a little while longer.
Peace has been concluded between the Rus
sians and the Persians. The Russians retain
all the territory lying north of the Araxes, and
a small portiou of that to the southward—the
Persians to nay all the expenses of the war.—
The treaty leaves Russia at liberty to pursue
her measures against Turkey.
The Loudon Sun of the 2d states, that it was
reported that Prince Esterhuzy had that morn
ing received a confirmation of the report from
Vienna, of the departure of the Russian ambas
sador from Constantinople, and that the British
and French Ambassadors were immediately to
embark; but the Government had received oo
advices.
Gretce.~We find successive rumors from
two or three different quarters, in the latest pa
pers, of the destruction of a Greek squadron at
or near Scio. The accounts are however so
brief and contradictory, and the opinions of
different editors so inconsistent, that it is impos
sible tu give entire credit to any representation.
The probability we think is that Admiral Rig-
ny has dostroyed a considerable number of pira
tical vessels uuder the Greek flag.
London, December 31.
In our preceding columns we have given from
the German and Paris papers, received since
our last, various statements respecting the pro
gress of affairs in the east; and we wish we
could add that there prevailed iu all, or io any
of them reasonable grounds for believing that
a pacific adjustment of the question was proba
ble. Such however is not tho fact; and so far
as they are entitled to confidence, they consti
tute a mass of concur rent evidence of the most
unfavorable character.
From Odessa, under date of Nov. 24, wc
learn that Count Wittgenstein had issued an
order of the day, recommending to the com
manders of corps and divisions to take the
greatest care that the troops and materiel are
ready to commenco the campaign at the short
est notice. The General-in-Chief had inspec
ted the pontoons for passing the Danube, and
had expressed his satisfaction with them. A
new kind of Congreve Rocket had been distrib
uted to tho 6th corps.
Under the date of Jassy, Nov. 16th, it is an
nounced that Count Wittgenstein had positive
orders to pass the Russian frontiers, without
waiting for further instructions from Peters-
burgh, as soon as he had authentic information
ol the arrival of M. do Ribeaupierre at Odes
sa. This, we are inclined to believe is a sub
stantially correct description of the nature of
Count Wittgenstein's instructions; as it would
be obviously desirable, in the event of a final
rupture of the negociations at Constantinople,
that so much delay should not interveno as
would be necessary to transmit the knowledge
of that fact to St. Petersburgh, and to convey
from St. Petersburgh to the army of the
Pruth the requisite instructions. When, there
fore, we officially learn that tho Russian Am
bassador is at Odessa, we may expect also
to hear that the Rusiiau troops have entered the
Principalities.
On the other hand, the preparations of the
Porte are equally warlike. This we learn
from other sources than the corres|>ondenfs of
the Continental Journals. The different Turk
ish garrisons being strengthened and put into a
state of complete defence. Whether actual
war take place or not, it is sufficiently manifest
that the Sultan will derive considerable advan
tage from that system of discipline, and that
more complete organization efhis military for
ces, which the changes lately introduced into
the Turkish army must render necessary.
According to accounts from Constantinople,
of the 27th ult. the Sultan was preparing for
action. The field equipages were ready, and
the horses to ho used in the campaign, had been
sent to Adrianople.
Such is the general complexion of the intelli
gence communicated fiom Odessa, Constanti
nople and Jassy. From the latter place, also,
we find an article, contained in the Allgemeine
Zf.tung received this morning, which indicates
the state of feverish excitement prevailing in
that quarter. Tho account will be found in a
subsequent paragraph. It appears that a ru
mour was {quean if i coipsof fu.k sh c v I v,
I consist ug ol 1,300 men h vmg ringed he
{Danube. A geueml niovemeu- of the Russ .in
army immediately look pfece, md iwo julks of
Cossacks mstnndy passed the Pruth. The ru
mour, it is added, w»h unfounded, aud ih« Cos
sacks returned; bm if (he whole sluienicn he
iioi a fief on, it is clear die Ru>si in Lee out
“stand like g.evhounda hi he 4 px, *ri.»n ug
upon the start/* Every thug «x o lie lie. .td
from collision, when* no In le is to produce it.
The departure of the Allied Ambassadors
from Constantinople, ihouch s ill iiuconfi med
by any official notification of the fact, seem- o
have received every confirmation short ofdi.it
authentic character. The alledged period of
their leaving varies between the 1st and 4di
inst. M. de Ribeaiipiene, ii is reported, goes
to Odessa, and Mr. Stratford Canning and
Gen. Guilleniinot to Corfu. The Pone, i|
is said, declined to give them passports, upoa
the ground that they needed none, as jhey
were under the protection of the O* toman Go
vernment. The Sultan probably supposes,
that by refusing a formal diplomatic astern to
their departure, ho will avoid what may appear
an overt declaration of hostilities. Some double
are expressed a* to the truth of the report rha|
Admiral de Rignv had destroyed the Greek
fleet. No further accounts of thai transaction,
beyond the repetition of the first, have yet beee
received.
Jassy, December 11.
This town and the environs were yesterday
thrown info the greaiest alarm. A report was
circulated that a body of 1300 Turkish cavalry
had cros ed the Danube at Turtukay, and
marched towards Bucharest, upon which mes
sengers were immediately dispatched, by th«
Boyars of the town to the Russian frontiers, to
announce this news. Upon this information
there was a general stir in the Russian army,
and two pulks of Cossacks, we know not wheih-
er by their own accord or by superior orders,
put themselves in motion and crossed the Pruth.
A courier came to M. de Portus, a Russian
Colonel of Engineers, long resident here, and
brought him a communication from Gen. Kor-
sakow, upon which the Colonel instantly has
tened to Skuliunky, the head quarters of Ko >a-
kow, and, en the road, commanded the Cos
sacks to return to their funner station behind
,the Pruth, with which order they immediately
complied. When Col. de Portas had arrived
at Skulianky, and declared the inroad of the
Turks into the Principalities to he a fiction n-
vented at Jassy, as he had received no oflfe'al
accounts by way of Bucharest, which would
certainly have been sent to him on sr.cb an im
portant event, the Russian troops received or
ders to halt, and return to their old cantonments.
Very serious remarks are made here respecting
the rapid proceedings of the Russian avanl
guard ; they prove tint the army is authorised
on the firs* news of any event, contrary to >h»
Treaty, to art on theoffrnsive, without waiting
for orders from St. Petersburg!!.
PROCEEDINGS OF 0 INGRESS.
SENA TE.
Thursday Feb. 14.
The bill regulating processes in the C »urt§
of the United Slates in those States admitted
mto the Union since the year 1789, was *akea
up; the amendment proposed by M . Rowaiv
as a substitute, being under consideration.
After a long discussion, the first section of <u*
amendment was adopted, aud die second ejec
ted.
Friday, Feb. 15.
The bill for the organ iz il ion of a M I'M#
System was taken up, and after some discus
sion, laid on the table. Tho Senate spent a
short time iu ilio consideration of executive
business.
Tuesday, Feb. 18.
Mr. Webster resumed hi* seat. The bill
for the erection of a breakwater at the mmi'h of
Delawuro Bay, was taken up, and explained
and advocated by Mr. Woodbury and Mr.
Marks; when it was postponed, on motion of
Mr. Smith of S. C. to Weduosday.—The P o>
cess Bill was taken up. The motion to recon
sider the late vote, ordering it to a third re id-
ing, was lost. Mr. Parris* motion to recommit
it, occasioned a long debato; after winch the
Senate adjourned, without taking the question*
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday Feh 14.
In the House of Representative*, the ilousv
in Committee of the Whole on the State of ill*
Union, resumed the consideration of the bill
making appropriations for the support ot the
Navy. Mi. Hoffman moved to reduce the
appropriation in the first clause of he bdl,
with a view to prevent any iucreaso in the num
ber of officers on shore “waiting for ordeis,**
which he described us composing a class ib
which the inefficient, unqualified, and the un
worthy, were the majority. The motion to a-
meud, after much discussion, was negatived by
a vote ol 104 iu 53. Some amendments wer#
made in the bill, on motion of Mr. McDuffie^
alter which, the Committee rose, and repor ed
tho bill aud amendments. The amendment#
were then concurred in ; but no questiou was
lakeu on the engrossment of the bill.
Friday, Feb. 15.
Mr. Floyd, of Va. moved the following :
Knott ed' That tho committee to whom waB
referred the rules and orders of this House, be
instructed to inquire into the expediency of
providing some means of making tho Stenogra
phers responsible lor the accuracy of their re
ports.
After some remarks by Mr. Floyd of V*
and Mr. Stevenson of Pa.
Mr. Lumpkin, said, that wiih feelings of pro
found personal respect for the gentleman Iron#
Virginia, and the gentleman from Pennsylva
nia, who had spoken in support of this resolu
tion, he must differ from thorn a* to the propri-
oty of making this matter a sehject of in
quiry or of act ion by the House. If evils aro**#
horn any mistake oi nisrvpiesu tut ions by die
reporters or any of diem, those evils had ihelf
counter parts. The thing had its advantages,
as well as its disadvantages. Without enter
ing at all on tho question, as io the correctness
of *he reports piven, he was of opinion that,
while the House left the preti at lull liheity t®