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REPUBLICAN. nr CI.KL.VNO, Citr asd County Pbiutir. DECEMBER. 18, 1830. n.ily Paper, ,8 per Almiras for Bn i Country l'nper, S pet Annum ( »' » (r.VTABL« 1» ADVABCK ) fnr B months, ,5 months, 93. nm and Nets Ait.rth.nUKU, npprcr In iol* Paptrt. try OIRoe at the comer of Boy and B uU-itreets, over WJ M,.J. B. Oandry a Store. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEBATE ON THE N. JERSEY QUESTION. Monday, Dkcembku 9. Tho Honse having under consideration the ap peal of Mr. VASUKftroKt. from the decision of tho Chair touching the votes to bo counted from Now Jersey, and tho immediate question pond ing being ns to permitting Mr. Dus cast to rend certain documents—after several gentlemen had addressed tho House, os heretofore published— Mr, COLQUITT, of Georgia, said, although he did not flatter himself that, at this advanced stage of the debate,ho should have it in his power to «av any thing new or interesting, ho had conclud ed that, if tho process of organization must hero bo arrested, and their time bo occupied by sperth- making, they had as well at least have vnnoty. Talented gentlemen had time and again address ed this body, and, unless they had been unforta- nato iu their positions and arguments,from th.ir irequcnl reiterations of the samo sentimen’s. they certainly, by this thno, understood their opm.ons. If, therefore, (said Mr. C.) fog Houso isi not to bo organized, nnd our time ui to occupied in de bate. I trust that every gentleman who has not spohon will induct himself in Ins scat by making a speech. I have n few remarks to make, which i hope will be received with indulgence. In these remarks I have here no party friends to pro pitiate ; 1 havo no political enemies to abuse. I itand hero untrammelled by tho bonds of party organization—uncontrolled by any consideration, nave such ns may best comport with the credit nnd respectability of this body and tho honor of our common country. It is surely time that some defi nite step should be taken. This discussion lias continued long enough for tho naked pnrnoscsof party. An houorable gentleman has said, matter u here to ho served up for the People. I protest against the continuance of this discussion, at this time, for any such purpose; and, if enough has not been douo and said to excite popular preju dice and satisfy party management, let gentle men resort to Uieir party presses. whore mana gers are ever ready, able, and willing to be die channels of communication to the countiy; but let it not he done at public cost, nnd the expense of our characters ns Representative*. It is n pity that this controversy could not have been settled by the contending members from New Jersey mrfong themselves; they ought best to know what should bo tho ultimate detenumatiou. Not having done so, and still unwilling to do so, it is to bo met by u«. I would ask gentlemen, in all candor whether, in oqr preseut unorganized condition, wo possess any powers, either legislative, execu tive, or judicial Are we now prepared to pars laws! No member sworn, tio quorum farmed, no House organized? And can you exercise a still more roleuin and iniportantiunction of a leg islative body, by hearingoudging,nnd determinin ' qttestiousT Surely not. No tribunal has vet been organized coinpeteptto pass upon the rights of those claimants. Suppose that yon proceed now with tho testimony; that you give it a patient mid impartial bearing—scrutinize the law of the case—hear attentively every argument—arrive at a just conclusion, and then pronounce your judg ment. To what will it amount? Sir, it will n- raount emphatically to nothing. You have no power to enforce your decision but by the sword. We have no more right, in our present situation, to adjudicate this question than any otherbodyof citizens who might assemble on the Capitol Hfll. ‘ cad * "* * * f,t ’ *** Why, then, read the testimony? Why play off a farce by going through the form of a trial? We have not taken the oath, under the Constitution; wo are not yot in office, empowered to decide ju dicially. Is it assumed tli.itjbecaujQ we have boon elected in our respective States, and have our commissions in onr pockets, therefore we have the right to decide tlmt our evidence is good as to our eligibility, while other gentlemen, presenting the samo evidence,we declare to bo bad? The. argument is preposterous—the assumption unjust and arbitrary. Present this question in as many different aspects as you please, and at last the only sound solution is by recognizing prima facie pU who exhibit tho testimonials of their States, uuder the laws of their States, that they aro Representa tive*. lVhad never occurred to the framers of the Constitution that party spirit would ever be so excited as to question, before organizing the House, such commission as the State should by law give its members. Such certificate* of mem bership. in accordance with the laws of the States respectively, place all who possess them upon equality. But it is said that it is proper that such as have their seats contested should stand aside until this question is determined., This opinion frees us from none of tho difficulties which now embarrass this meeting. The mere contesting a a member's sent cannot, surely, lessen primn facie the validity of the commission which Iw him re ceived under the law’. The certificate or commis sion which he holds by the law of his State is cer tainly valid u offorco uuder the Constitution,nntil, by legal process, it shall be vacated or set aside. And now can this bo done until a constitutional tribunal shall be organized? Each House shall bo the judge of tbe elections, ’ returns, and qualifi- . cations of its own members. But, by virtue of our elections, and having assembled at the place appointed for the meeting of‘Congress, are we-, . before taking tho oath of office, constituted judges, with power to vacate and set aside the commis sions which are liejd by State authority? As well might a judge of one of your courts, who had re ceived his appoiutnicnt, undertake to determine n cause at law before he bad taken the oath of of flee. 1 regret to hear gentlemen, whose profess ed sentiments we in accordance with my own on constitutional questions, nnd with whom, on ma ny subjects, I hnve expected to act, advance doc trines equally at war with precedent and law, and declare m favor of tearing loose from their tram mels, in order to carry out their notions of the popular will. We must arrive at oar . right* by legal means, and any assumption or usurpation of power is dangerous, and should he discarded, although it may sometimes happen that wo suffer a tempo rary loss by delay. In the case now before us, if you establish the principle c ontended for by those who oppose foe New Jersey members in tukiug their seats, the practical result will be that tlio next Congress must recede and abandon the piiiuciple, or this will bo foe Mat Congress that will ever bo held. High, excitement may induce the minority party, chugriiied and mad dened by defeat, by conceit of action, to prepare foe menus, concoct foe plun. and execute foeir purpose of having the, returns of every election in too Union contested; whether welJ-fonnded or capricious, no judgment could be made,, for ub thosoata of nil would lm contested, tio judges would bo left to decide, and consequently no House could bo formed. The necessity exists of ■ recognizing such member* as arc commissioned by tho ‘authorities of their respective States, as primarily cutitled to their scat.OiganizellicHouso, tmd you have then formed a tribunal competent to collect testimony, oxuiuino witnesses, and de- cido auch aeutsas.may be contested; and every auclijudgment and decision would bo the la\y of that particular case, and capable of being execut ed and enforced. Until' these regular steps are taken, no body or assemblage of njcii can tear a member's cqnituissionfrom ms hand*, or deny him tho prlvifogmi granted to others. Buck a contest as tho present rnny not often arise. Tho equal division of parties, connected ytifo foe member* gained or lost by foe decision now to be made, arrays gentlemen under foeir party banners, re- solviug to fight _pver every inch of ground which may l>e made available in foo contest. . As I be long to neither of the great parties * font divide tho Ilnll, I am prepared to aid cither in carry ing out such principles ami measures as l nu\y think consistent with the laws and the. Constitu tion. But it is urged that permitting gentlemen to take their seats who, after examination, shall ho fouud to have been rejected, by foe People, may do great injustice by participating in some of its most iuinoitaut business. This is true, and against which I would raise my voice by way of caution, and beg of gentlemen for their own sake,for foe sake of Houso, nnd for thesnko of thn p ry of which they are members, to make no feigned Wue, to exercise no technical advantage, claim tio honors of which they may bo ultimately deprived to their mortification and disgraco. No partv should he so anxious for power as to press tie 11 i ns of those who ore not the choice of their constituents, and such advantage now would oF necessity result to its injur}* in foe end. This fear of iujury from a false step or impro per position is oruiunrily of sufficient forco to prevent imposition, and is all that is reenguizod under our form of government. Tho adoption of any other principle or organization than uio receiving such as were commissioned under au thority of law, would leave us without n guide. The honorable gentleman from Ncw-York (Hr, Vniulerpoe!) insisted upon the propriety of reud* iug oilier testimony, of introducing the polls, and then stopping the inquiry. Ho asserts that foe clerks held back the returns for tVaudulcnt pur poses, ami that foe returns give a majority of tho votes to the contesting members. Examine the position thut ho occupies, and sco tho re*ult. \Vo must ta! e his word foot tho cletk*, the Governor, and tho commissioned delegates arc till of the saute politics—into this matter wo, can moke no Inqui ry. Wo must toko his word that the clerks fraud ulently held back foe returns, in order to defeat tho election of foe contesting members, and ho testimony can be introduced, if any such exists, to show tiiat they added to tito polls after the e- lection, that tho returns were held back for the aid and bent ft of foe contesting member*. The E entlemati desires to go behind the commission y producing tho poll book, and yet granted wo could not purge tho ballot-boxes. Bo yon not perceive, sir, that tin* system would bo unjust ? If wo commence tho trial, we should go through with the trial; which, for the reasons I have al ready given, we arc incompetent to do ittour pre- sentcondition. If tho clerks nnd the" Governor havo practised n fraud upon tho people, and by trick aud management have commissioned dele gates against their will, the party whose members arc thus defeated may cousolo themselves by knowing that foe People kuow it, and will speak a language to those public servants that they wul be compelled to understand. Go on with organ izing tho Houso; let tho constituted tribunal be erected; then exhibit foe proofs, nnd if it be such a case as has been represented, I will,by.peu, vote, nnd speech, aid iu their expulsion. But shall it ho that, regardless of precedent, regardless of the Constitution, and regardless of law, the mere forco of numbers shall march on to -tho accom plishment of their wishes, determine questions important in foeir bearing, upon tx ports and gar bled testimony, and by superior force have foeir determinations executed ? If this be what is un derstood by democracy, I, for one, desire to bo saved from it. These are not the published opin ions of tbe democratic party; this is not.the faith they profess to believe. Majorities, in no Gov ernment, need any protection; laws are in their way ; forms, technicalities, and special pleadings, ore but cotnved restraints to foe orth of power.— But they afford the only protection to minorities —their safety consists in holding oil to the moral forco of foe law, iu fighting behind the bulwarks of tho Constitution, and shielding themselves by all tiie fixed principles of Government. A ma jority can move on to the attainment of it* pur pose, disregarding all these little restraints, and ever and anon, ns in their' strides they trample down foe laws npd the Constitution, they cry out the People, we are clcctul by the People, we are the People 1 * friend*. It is one of foe reasons why majorities are usually most corrupt—they substi tute their wills for the law, and 6com tho few and feeble, who urge barriers to interrupt their suc cess. Honorable gentlemen have said tiiat neces sity imposes upon us a law. Agreed. But are not the precedents of tho- Houso the results of this law ever since foe formation of Government? Aud when any body of men urge the law of ne cessity ns a rule of action, they surely grant tiiat tiie law causes tho necessity. This House is in the process of organization. What then Is ne cessary for foe completion of this purpose ? No more than simply to examine tho credentials pre sented, and see mat fooy are in due torus of law; thot they linvo foe testimony recognized by the laws of tho respective States. Thq power necessary to organize surely does not warrant the examination of vyitneMes and a mock-trial before wc ourselves have been sworn. The calling the names by the Clerk, commenc ing at Maine, was for the sake of .order anil to prevent confusion, Iu point of legal right oue State had no preference over another; nor one gentleman a greater * right to demand that- he should first bo sworn tlum another. It U true thut iu foe rash to the Clerics desk for qualifica tions, stronger competitors might crowd me from flic aisle—some man more muscular than myself ifciight trample tna down ; hut none would have the right, by virtue of his commission, to say, .Stand back; Inin worthier thun. thou. -But, m 8 A VANN AIM WEDNKSriAY EVENING, DEC. '19.\S39~ FIRE! About 9 o'clock this morning ti^ alarm of fire Was made, and the appalling cry giveu through out our city. This shrilling sound, is no weleomo one atauy time, and more particularly with tlic thermometer below freezing point. Tho fire was discovered in oho of tho lrtTgo W arc-hovtscs at foe Central Rail Rond Depot, the property «f the Company—evidently foe act of an incendiary; fortunately, it was discovered by ono of tho City Watchmen, and extinguished with but little dam age to tho building. It behooves us notwithstand ing these cold and bleak nights, to bo outlie alert. When the torch is among us, ovory exertion should be made, aud steps taken leading to de tection. We scarcely could |sav, whether such villains deserve more the knot, than hurniug THEATRE. On Monday night, Mr. Forbesbrought out for his benefit, Dulwkk’s celebrated play , Richelieu, or The Conspiranp—\\hkh wo* pcfdrmcd much better than we were prepared to expect, it being the first time, Mr. Forbes as Itichdicu, is sure to become popular. We think the part well cal culated for his stylo of acting, and every speech prove* hiui well acquainted with tho histoiy and character of the subtle, yet patriotic regenerator of tho French Monarchy. Mis. Barker’s acting in Jnlie de Marti nee, dc serves great praise, os utmost every thing she does. Messrs. Pearson and Mapisok, deserve particu lar notice: but in fact, all exerted themselves,and wc think with success. We perceive Mr. Coli.ins has a benefit to night. Thisgentlemau deserves well of us: lie is always correct in his ports, nnd far above inedi- ocraty in his acting. Tho Comedy of Married Life, and the farce of Crossing Ac Lin*, are an nounced as the performances. 03" We have been an attentive witness of tho proceedings in the Hal! of tho Houre of Repre sentatives fiir tiio last fortnight, (say's the Wash ington Madisonian) and our own solemn judg. mout upon foe arguments wo have heard, is foot, it is impossible that then can be an organisation of the House icithout enrolling those members teho have the legal certificate* of election, or breaking the Con stitution of the U. States by prelcrmittingfice mem bers from Mao Jersey. Wo sec no other alterna tive. Polk. Ho read one (Votn foe journal of 1533 aud die samo decision in tho easo of.a protest present- ed Mr. Dromooolr called upon foe chair to decide W ^MrAua°ms 1 cUed F the case* in tho decision of Mr. Polk nnd Mr. Boll, when similar motions to foal submitted by Mr. Wise were sustained, and where papers objected to wore outered upon tho ^ °lI{r. n i>nonoooi.R oppealod front foe decision of ^»{r! l HorraA!f asked what was tho object of tho Ayes and Noo«. There would bo a misunder standing if foe papers presented ta the House on which tho yens and nays were demanded were not recorded. The constituents 6r a member should klioiv what paper a mau voted for or opposed, and for this reason, if no other, it should bo re corded on tho journal. They liad.no other moans of kuowing tho statements mude m snen papers. One party said they were rospectftil, and another thot they were not. Who was to judge ? Mr. Tillinohast cited a rule of the House which made Mr. Wise’s motion in order. » . Mr. Pktrikkn moved the Previous Question. Mr. Bynum roso to speak. He said, addressing himself to tho Chuiriuun—“ I wish to ask yon a question, sir. Cau a man do foatiudirectly which lie cannot do directly f ” Mr. Adams to Mr. Bynum—“yoit may answer that question yourself." ' Several motions were tnndo to lay upon foe ta ble—to appeal from foo decision of tho Chair, &c. . Mr. MF.ncxn submitted a resoltlon against a second decision of Mr. Afouiis, which was voted down. ..... The next motion was upon laying all tho pro position* before tlio House on tho tab lo. A no yeas and nays were demanded and foe-vote stood. to the cl'ecticm of time. The Chair order. A motion Mr. WntTR appe of the Chair. A dealt: whatever .condition as to position I might be found, I could hold up the commission—the au thority of my State—and none could dare deny but my authority was ns valid as his. It has been said tlmt the certificate of election under the. au thorities of tbe State is not prima facie evidence of election, but that" wc nipst go to (lie polls.’’— If this doctrine be recognized as true, how many S eutlcmen here can exhibit prima facie evidence mt they are entitled to occupy seats on tifisfloor? Sir, have yon foe polls ? Ilave you 1 or yon ? Who has the ballot boxes iu hi* pocket 1 None; hnd yet, to suit the New-Jersey case, it is insisted tlmt this alone is prima facie evidence. The Gov ernor of New-Jersey has been abused. And why? Because he has felt himself constrained to carry out the law of his 8tate. As to the facts in this case I am not yet informed, nor do I intend to be, until I am constituted a judge Under, the law. It is extremely indelicate, if not unjust, for those before whqm a case is to bo tried to pre judge its merits, and approve or condemn before hearing all the proofs. The Governor may steict- ly have discharged his duty under the law, not withstanding the contested members may huve received a majority of the votespolledat the elec tion. I will mention a case that occurred a few years ago uuder the laws of the State of Georgia; and I mention it because those gentlemen who are inclined to speak harshly of the Governor - of New-Jersey will not, dare not, question either the ability or integrity of him who filled foe Execu tive chair at tho time of its occurrence. The lion. John Forsyth was tho Governor of Geor gia. When, among others, George R. Gilmer wns elected a member of Congress, no doubt ex isted as to. his election—it was officially proclaim ed ; and yet by the law of Georgia, it was neces sary that tho member elect should signify his ac ceptance within days. Mr. Gilmer wns ab sent from the. State, and, deeming this requisition a mere matter of form* neglected to comply.— Tho Governor, in pursuance of the law, declared the seat vacant, and ordered a new election.— This House was not troubled, with a contest; a Correspondence of the Augusta Chronicle Sentinel. MILLEDGEVILLE, Dec. 13. Both ends of foe Capitol are vocal this morning with foe eloquence of Jenkins, Chappell, Toombs, and others in the House, and Messrs. Miller, Gor don, Jones,'Lewis and others in the Sonate. The motions for re-consideration in both branch- es of foe Legislature, have called forth foe utmost' energies of foe most influential and prominent lions of our General Assembly. The Senate,you will recollect,passed, on yesterday, the bill enlarg ing tiie powers of the Central Batik—foe motion in foatbody is to reconsider tiiat vote. In tiie House somo amendments were adopted—among them was one suggested by foot most excellent aud well informed financier, and eulightcued statesman, Mr. Chnppeli, from Bibb County. Tho amend ment was accepted on yesterday by tha House, and subsequent consideration of its purport hav ing satisfied somo of the friends of foe. bill, tiiat it amounted almost to a rejection of foe bill, on ac count of foe restrictions it imposed, as to issues of bills. The motion in the Houso is to re-considor foeir adoption of tiiat amendment. The following is u copy of Air. Chappell’ amendment, which* was adopted in foe Houso on yesterday, and which they have re-considered this morning, by a vote of J01 to 88. “ Aud be it further enacted, 5pc., That the Direct ors of said Bank shall not make any issues found ed on that part of its capital, consisting qf Bank stocks owned, by tho State, nntil tiie same shall be sold and couvor(ed into money, nor upon that part ofits capital wbioli consists.of debts due to tiie State, until foe same shall be collected and converted into money/’ The amendment is so obviously proper and necessary,' that it can he scarcely excusable in mo to urge'its propriety. Tiiat tho capital of the Bank should ho realized in money, and deposited in its vaults, before issues were made upon it, is surely not improper rtr unreasonable. The Senate refused to re-consider tiie passage of foe bill, and it is now arnipst certain tiiat it will pass bofo branches of our Legislature. The contested election of Messrs. Pearce and Pickett, of Sumter, was discussed in the • House this afternoon, but with a view to obtain more tes timony, is postponed to Monday. Although from foo late day of the session it is comparatively im material to the public to wliom this sent may be awarded, there is an exhibition of much foeling on this subject, and I am afraid tlmt tiie debate will be rather too highly spiced with personalities to be atoll pleasant. Ayes 103,—Nbes 119. - So the questions were not laid upon tho table nnd the business cauio back upon the appeal of Mr. Dromgoole qf Va. on tiie dccition of Mr. Adams, that tho resolution of Mr. Wise was in or,, ® r - , ' . , .. . , Mr. Dtomoooi.k submitted a proposition in re laiion to Mr. Wise’s first motion—-tiiat it was not. inordor. • The ayei nud noos were demanded, and tho Houso decided against Mr. Annins’ decision, 114 to .103.—After two hours aud a half columned up on points of order, tho Houso came back to tiie pdsitionofthingsattho adjurnment. Select Committee. The question came up on tiie motion of Air Crabbe to reconsider the veto upon Mr. Dromgoolo’v resolution for tiie appointment of a Select Com mittee. ' \ . AIr.‘ Crariir hoped that the House would go back to the condition of things at tho commence mont of this session. He hoped thut some, roso liitiou would lie adopted whoreby tho Houso would recognize tiie rights of the regularly com missioned members.—They had certificates of election, and were as much entitled fo d seat as himself*. Tho House must come to this conclusion at lust. ’ Proposition of Mr. Wise. Air. Wise then said that ho wished to make q. reply to tho speech of Afri Pickens, of S. C. But he would bo silent if tho members allowed foe debafo to stop hero. If they would agree not to speak, and to couie to a direct vote upon tho motion first to reconsider, and then upon the ques tion who had foeir right to seats ho would not go on. Cries of “agreed” aud ;‘go on.” Most of foo members signified their agreement.—(Much con fusion in the House.) Mr. Wise again stated his proposition to be si lent, and asked any member to rise if ho Im J any objection to it. He only designed to bring the House to a vote and stop this endless discussion. “ Who objected ? ” Mr. Turney would not consent. Mr. Wise—“Then l shall proceed.” The House wns interrupted with cries of “go on ” aud “ don’t go on “ they will not agree ” from the Whig members, and “they willagr$c” from tha Administration side of foe House. Mr. Wise said, “ Then I shall go on.” He said “Wo Were ready to do our duty now, and have been ready from tho commencement of tho ses sion. I hopo to hoar no more of wasted time- no more of delay. Gentlemen have had an op portunity to bring foo question to an issue, but hive declined to do so. Let them take tho respon sibility. Let theip say no more that they wished a direct vote upon a direct proposition before the House. . The Administration members then consented to have a direct vote taken. Tho various vnupusitions before the House were all reconsidered by general consent. When Air. Wise offered a resolution that Messrs, Aycrigg, Maxwell, Yorke,•'Hoisted and Stratton he allowed to take their seats until foo House is organized, and tiiat uftor organization tiie House proceed to the election of Speaker, leaving tiie rights of tiie claimants to bo settled by a subse quent action pf tho House, A call of tho House was then made, and two hundred aud thirty members answered to foeir Was out of order at this that the motion wus iu le to adjourn, and lost. >m the aforesaid decision __ jre ond disorderly discus- sionnrosoon this proposition, involving inanv points of order; at tho cloxo of which, after a call oftho House. Mr* White moved to lay ou tho table tho motion for proceeding to tho election of a Speaker. This was lost—ayes 103, nays* 113, The motion for proceeding to the election of u Speaker wus thou carried—ayes 118, nays 110. Another motion for udjoumqient wa_s maud and lost. Mr. PnornfT, of Indiana, then trfoved to recon sider tho resolution of Air. Smith, nnd took tiie opportunity.to administer a sovero chastisement to sornd half dozen oftho Loco Focos’ big guns and little guns, including VANnKRraict. and BrNUM, in a stylo rough, but racy, and full of effect. Mr. Jenifer followed with a masterly speech in favor of tho resolution to rocouaulor. during which, ho lushed foe loaders of tiie train-bands in dnuitM stylo. He distinctly stated, tlmt tho vote against the rights oftho N Jersey Whig members hud been accomplished by the grossest deception. He charged two members of foo administration with having circulated for 1 purposes of delusion, a story, that Mr. Kemfsuam., pf* New York, had come to the citvby tho morning cars. This, ono of these members knew to bo false. Another member with the view of aiding and co-opei«fug in this work ofdeception, hud given his promiso to voto for the Whig, claimants, and yet voted against them. At seven ©’dock, -/o-uight, Air. Jkfflrxn gave way for a motion to adjourn, which was rejected. He then continued with, tho greatest auilnation ami energy to maintain foe rights oftho New Jer sey Whig members. Mr. Jenifer was followed by Mr. Saltoxstali. who made it lucid, vigorous, and eloquent speech on the same sido. A motion \yas then made for tho previous quci tion nud sustained; and the. main question Doing ou'foe motion to reconsider was negatived. Mr. Pickens,, of South Carolina, moved to ad journ. Tho motion was lost. * Air. Wtsi^asked the Chair whothor it was in order to submit* resolution that Messrs. Aycrigg, Maxwell, Halstead, Stratton, and Yorke, b.e ad mitted to vote ou tho election of Spedkor. . The.C hair decided the motion lobe, in order* Messrs. Dromooolk, Vanokrpqel, ond Thomas, endeavored successively to arrest foo progresaof Mr. Wise's hsmnrks, bn foe ground thatthe pro positiou was out of order. Tho Chair declared tiiat it wns in order,because he held tlmt to decide against tho.titie oftho com- urtsoned members from Now Jersey o their Heuts was tantamount .to expulsion—and that re quired ii vqte bftico-third*. Air. Dromgoole appealed from this decision, hut at this point, it being uow after twelve o’clock, the meeting adjourned. D. Cld. brig Anti.Sn Boyce, I new oiection took place, when Col. Henry G, Luuiar was elected. Tho Governor,. owing his allegiance to the State, and sworn to execute her laws, ip the discharge of his duty may thwart the wishes of partisans ond excite their ire, when he most receive the approbation of foe calm end re flecting. I repeat, sir, that, first of all, lot tiie House he organized in the usual way; then ferret out and expose fraud, if it exists. And should it turn out that the Governor of the State of New- Jersey has loaned his high trust to effect tiie dirty work of party, arid prostituted his office to accom plish selfish purposes, foe-decision that we make and the verdict that wo render will tell out, in language that skull burn, our feelings of contempt and indguatipn. ‘ (Debate to be continued, j Twenty-sixth Congress. FIRST SESSION. Correspondence of the Baltimore American. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. After the journal was read, aj debate followed upon a Alotiou to amend tiie journal of proceed- ings. Amendment of the Journal. Tho journal did not contain the protest oftho New Jersey members, as Mr. Wise contended it should have done. Mr. Wise, therefore, made a distinct motion that tiie proles be entered upon the journal. Mr. VandetpoeljOI* N. Y opposed the mo tion, and contended that the vote ofyesterday kept tiie protest from foe journal. Mr. PnoMaooLX expressed foo same belief and cited several examples in tiie proceedings of of the House und Senate, which he believed were precedents, which should be good authority. Some amusing hits passed between Air. Wise and Air. Drotngoolo during the debate upon the sub ject of the correction of tho journal. Mr. Wiso said yesterday, he know his colleague of old, and Mr, D. said he knew his colleague. of old also— no well, that he should not yield the floor to him before he concluded bis speech. Then ho would do it with very great pleasure. Afr. Wise then submitted his motion, calling upon the Clerk to read it. It was presented in .1. _ J. t..■i.I.iaI. wiiimlnlinii fmt.nlilrl. foe form of a resolution, which resolution conclud ed with the Protest of the New Jersey members. The resolution and protest were both read. Mr. Wise rose to speak, and Mr. Duomoooi.e at tiie same time. Mr. Wise.— 1 “I hope foe gentleman will per mit ine to reply to him.” Mr. DroUgoole stated his point of order, which was, that the resolution and protestoflered to-day by hio colleague were identically tiie same propo sition as was offered yesterday. Mr. Wise said he would speak to a point of or der then, if his colleague was not willing thut he should mako a direct reply to his remark*. Mr. Wise said ho could prove his colleague was , wrong-by-the example of the illustrious speuker names. The Houso was then greatly confused for time, nnd some of the mcinburs contended that they did not understand the question regarding tlio resolution. Mr. Wise said—that tlio JIouso had agreed to his proposition before they knew what it wns. Some words in regard to tho resolution passed between Alessrs. Pickens and Wise, whenfoe doors were opened—(the call of the House being- made) aud a vote by yeas and nays was caller upon Mr. Wise’s resolution. There was a greut sensation iu the House, while the vote was tuning. Two Whigs were ubstuii, Air. Hawes of Ky. and Air. Kempshnll ofN. York. Mr. H.was tlio only member of Congress in tho city not in tiie House, ond Mr. K, was foo only absentee. Tho voto in favor of the resolution was—Ayes 117—Noes 17; Great excitement in tlio House. The resolu tion is lost by a .tio vote. The Whig absent would have given thq Whigs tiie majority. Justus I close this, Air. Smith of Maine, has moved tiiat tho Houso now electa Speaker. . Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot. TIIE NlOHT SESSION. WASHINGTON—Fmi)AY Nioht. When I closed my first letter to-day, tho motion of Air. Smith, of Aluine, for proceeding immedi ately to theelcctioiiof Speaker, was uuder con sideration. Mr. Wise declared tho motion out of order, os it was not in conformity with the resolution of Mr. ltiiett, adopted yesterday, and which, he maintained, wns binding us a rule oftho IIousp, Tlio Chair decided that although tlio resolution of Mr. lihett was in force, and wns antngouisticul to tiie proposition of Afr. Smith, tiie IIouso still was competent to proceed at once to tho election of Speaker; and lm hold foe resolution of Mr. Smith, therefore, to ho iu order, though the con sideration tiiat the resolution of Air. Rhett, had been already adopted, might be a reason against Voting for proceeding now to tiie election . of Speaker. Mr. Vanderpoel galled upon fop House to come to tha vote outlie organization of the House Mr. Wise obtained tlio floor again, and in’ t strain of fervent and impussionefi eloquence, pro tested against the course which the Administration party seemed bent ou pursuing. ’ By a Providential dispensation, by sickness and death, you have been enabled (said he) to bring us to u tie, audio trample on the will ol tho people of New-Jersey. You havo decided that . Air. Aycrigg and his associates are not entitled lo their seals. Wguqnv ask you to say who arc eutitled to represent New-Jersoy on this floor ? Will you not answer that question ? Can you vvaivo, dare you waive, the claims bf Mr. Dickerson and his associates? If you do qo, ns you certainly will. SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. I/ousc of Representatives. Thursday, Dec. 12. On motion of Air. Burt, the House resolved it self into a Committee of tbe Whole, Mr. Carroll in foe Chair, and took up the report of the Commit tee on Federal Relations, on so much of tiie Gov ernor’s Message as relates to tlio controversy be tween foe State of Gcorgin and Maine, and tlx© resolutions accompanying the same. The Com mittee after amending tlio resolutions ill several particulars, rose and the Speaker resumed foe Chair. Friday, Doc, 13. TJie report of tho Committee of tho Whole House, to whom had boon referred tho report and resolutions of the Committee onForeigu Relations in relation to the controversy between tlio States of Georgia and Mnino, made a report, ‘recom mending the adoption of the resolution*, with cer tain alterations, which was agreed to aud sent to tho Senate. NKW-YORK, Dec. 13. A slight improvement has taken place to-day again in tlio prices of Stocks, a.fuir amount of bu sines* has been done, and foo market closed firm United States Bank left off at 73. N. American Trust and Banking Company at tlio second hoard at 40. EelaWaro and Hudson at 07—all showing an advance. The transactions in Ekchange* have been very heavy at l09,'ou London, and r>f.21J a 20 on Pa ris. We have also heard of sale* on Amsterdam at 40$, and Hamburg at 30). There has been fair amount of bills offering, and it is probable the purchases will be equally heavy to-morrow. The amount of specie which it is computed will go by tiie steam shin, is from a million to a millionand a quarter of aotinrs. Tho doinand for specie has caused foe premium on it to advance, and 4 per eeut. has been paid for Spanish dollars, 14 a 1] for Alexican, and for American halves 4 a f per cent. The sum of $300,000, in specio, was yes terday sent from hoio to the U. S. Bunk in Phila delphia. On the other hand, specio continues ar riving hcre/rom various quarters, and there is no apprehension tiiat tho balances of exports aud imports will turn against us to an extout that will create uneasiness. The premium paid for foe use of money is get ting lo wcr. Strong business paper will coinmuud money nt 1 a 1£ per cent, per month—we speak only, pf paper ol foo very first water. The rates increase beyond those mentioned os the character of the paper declines. There-is a good demand for Southern Exchan ges, but there is no variation in the rates, except on Philadelphia ond Baltimore, which is no w quo ted in both places O.j a CJ.- Si Croix; schr Npwg, Harrison n ft X7 H l nfav-york, lii,Hrcc:i, fin St Jnro ’loCute n* POT Dultllltoi'o—HeiularTT 200 WjI. uworlcd Candy °“ r OboxuCaven.U.h Tobacco doc 18 Simp.on, will lu»vu lunuo above '’1 Monday morning nt H o'clock Pm f ■ L pn.sngn, having -uloiidid nccmmtiod.ni ™! to JAS. A. FAWKES! N. B.—All clave puMengcniminf,! tha Cmrtom Honco. Freight received d any honr during the day, Fov Charleston, vtalitit^ui «nd Edlat", Ly—-ft 0 oicgantstoflin pack.; T ,tatoana3L.Chye, master, will denan d above places ou MONDAY MOHNINr o’clock. For freight or nassase, having lent accommodation., apply onboard on. « n N. B.—All »mvo poMciigern nm«t Ik tha Cuatom House. t.dce 18 Stcnin Packet Snvitnnnhl i’crmoiicBl Arrangamait tciiteoi Sar»«*f Charlatan—Oii.-aMc Pmu.i Fame $8—Tiikotoii „ a l| ul!IM will depart for Charleston every Tne*d» Saturday at C o’clock in tiie morning; retal will leave Charleston every ThurmTay nm)| day samo hour. For freight or pastm r on board, or to • ’ 1 nov 10 , COHEN &F08D1CK.A|I A follow, who wrote a wretched hand, and made almost as bad a fist ut spelling, and gram mar, gave os an excuse for the deficiencies of his education, tiiat “ he never went to school but ono afternoon, ami the master wasn’l there.” by now proceeding to the organization of tlio House, will it not be mude manifest that tho pre tensions you have setup for them ure mere pretext, the poorest show from beginning to end. Air. Wise concluded by challenging the purty to say who were entitled to the seats? Air. White, of Kentucky, made an able speech in support of foe ground tlmt tiie motion forgoing Commercial Journal* LATEST DATES. . . Prom Liverpool, Nov. 15 | From Mobile.......Dec. fi. From Havre,.... Nov. It ('From N. Orleans, Dec. 7. SAVANNAH EXPORTS, DEC. IT. Per brig Independence, for Havana—244 casks Rico, 98 Lola. Potatoes. ^CONSIGNEES PER RAIL ROAD CARS Arrived yesterday—129 bales Cottou, Ac. to Wimberly & Jones, N A Hardoo, W Dunce;*, E Bliss iv Co, D Ponce & Son, 11 T Webb, S Gpodnll. For Darien, Brunswick, St, nri, Jacksonville and Bit Creek* N fig**, ft „ The steamer IVANHOE,! SHSbLBailey, will leave for tbe places on FRIDAY,20th iiitt. at 11 o’clock For freight or passage, apply on board, on NOBLE A. llARDi N. B.—All freight payable by shippen, 1 Slave passengers must bo cleared it the I tom House. Planters’ Bank, /"\N Wednesday next, 25th but (C! day) this Bank will bo ihut. Piper li due on thut day, mutt be taken up prevk and such as is intended for discount, aait| fered on Alonday previous. J. MARSHALL, Cu dec 18 253l A Card, TVf R. PEARSON, respectfully iufom ITj. friends and tiie public, tlmt his first b is fixed for To-AIorrow. December 19th, 1 wiU be performed the celebrated open if r Gl/V MANNERIXU, OR THE GIPSEY’S PROPHECY. Col. **'$*'!*■ Henry Bertram,.... (with song*). .Mr. V Aleg Mcrrilies,... Mrs.] After which A NEW SONG, compc himself—the words taken from the C Tuesday, signed “ J. Al. L." , Mr. Eastcott from the Royal Academy,! don, will perform a concerto on tiie Vio ui.| Song—She wore a wreath of roics, Mr. 1 The whole to conclude with tiie comic ope LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITH^ Col. BcMare (with iong«)....Mr. F dec 18 Walthourvillc Academy. ] T HE oxurciscs of this Institution will bl sitmed on the 1st day of January nejt,l der foe charge of J. B. Alullnrd, A. M., iod T uol Mallard, A. M-, l-F r - ! " , ' lll! "““H BATH, or T0IT1M. Spelling, reading,&o. jjer term »f3 montla* Higlieromnchcs of English, ‘ Latin, Greek, French, &c, The location of this Institution ii a i uiio. Tho village is retired, and, in a great W ore, free from all dint has a tendency to ««« mind from study. The female apartment ul atednt some distance from the mnlo aengf Tho atteution ol tho pupil* wdl be pteucu| directed U> that which is uxful J i.ffort will bo spared to make thorough scholars Particular attention will bo given to e»H rnmnosition and Declamation, and to tai l pariiig°ofboys for College. str'ucuon tu tiiw ®^ 1 pursued in similar schools. The mow \v Kook- will bo u-od. Board «t» «», in private ramiUo. at ftom 10 to 13 doU * r ‘| E0 BMe.irabl. that « entering tho «°hool, «ho <W e ! , Jay or the term, o« tho citation, commence ouUmt d y. fri J -“i.JSS’Sy* 1 - '-“-I fared for their P“« 0 “ a ^ A j iLAR p, Friwp' Waltliourvilie, Dec. 10, l®' dec 18 PASSENGERS Per brig Opelousas, from Baltimore—Mons. Adrian and family. Shipping Intelligence. PORT OP 8AVAXXAH,....DECEMBER IS, 18U9 ARRIVED SINCE OUR LAST. Brig Eleanor, Jones, Baltimore, 7 days, to S Philbnck & CTo. Com and Flour to F Sorrel &, Co, F.|W Iloinomanu, J Wagner, P HaUigau, Cohen, Miller & Co, A Champion. Brig Opelousas, Forrest, Baltimore, to F Sor rel & Co. Corn, Onto, Flour, &c‘. to W Crab tree. W Duncan, M Dillon & Co, Cohen <fc Fos- dick, E Wiley, G B Lamar, J M Way no,E Reed, R M Goodwin, J P Williamson & Son, und.ofo- crs. Brig Deborah, Handy, Charleston. Naval Stores to Clnghom & Wood. Schr Merry Gallant, Parker, Charleston. Oats to S Philbrick & Co. BELOW,” A Barque unknown. CLEARED. Brig Independence, Evans, llavnna—F Sorrel If Co. WENT TO SEA. Brig Clinton, Lyon, New York. Brig Jane, Simmons, Philadelphia. DEPARTED. Steamboat Florida; Nock, Black Creek. CHARLESTON, Dec. 17.—Arr. schr Eme tine Peterson, Leeds,, Brunswick, Ga.; steam packet Chesapeake, Rodgers, do. Cid. brig Chili, Rodgers, Matanzas. by Seasonable Good* S' PCS real Welsh Flatmd ID 30 do IledFImmel io do bleached Canton do 4 do Kentucky Jean. 30 du Twillcd Kersey. Also, &KSsSSS%*i- ■w 18 Nm^dVgadW 6 DOZ Gent. Buelcrftin Glove. 10 do Merino “ , 3 do colored II8 6 do Liued Cotton^ do io aoz White and coM Merino Ja-t received and for^^ |ggj b, 5| 50 kindlngJiqm'^l'^G^J^ dec 18 — lousas, for sale by ...qjj f DILLON ^ I dec 18