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a few days previously, to reduce the tariff, and
commented seriously, also, on the bad effect ol
free trade notions generallyjupon the interests ot
the country.
Mr. S. wascul off" by the expiration of his
hour, and the floor was given to Mr. Hopkins ol
Va., who moved the Previous Question, but
withdrew the motion to enable Mr. Henly ol la.,
to reply to Mr. S., and speak in opposition to
the policy ot distribution.
Mr. Morris ot Pa., replied in a tew words,
and with much effect, reierring to the Democrat
ic Legislature of 1829, when both branches were
Democratic, and when both instructed their
Senators and requested their Representatives
in Congress to vote to distribute the proceeds
from the sale of the public lands.
A scene of confusion tollowed, anjlMr. Hen
ly moved the Previous Question, which was
seconded, 104 to 7- ’.
The bill was then passed, ayes 113, noes 61.
A motion was then made to reconsider, but
the House refused, and then adjourned.
Washington, March 14.
IN SEN A IE.
The President ot the Senate Lid before the
Senate two commauicaiions irom the State De
partment ; one ot them was an answer to the
Resolution asking information as to the aouse
of the flag ot the United Stale* upon the coast
of Afica.
Mr. Haywood of N. C. reported a great num
ber ot Bills, (oetween twenty anti thirty in all)
proposing a wholesale reduction ol ihe salaries
of all the officers ot tne Government excepting
the pay and mileage of members ol Congress.
Laid upon t.ie table to sleep ttieie lor the session.
The orders ot the day were called for at tne
usual lime.
Mr. Archer rose to address the Senate, on the
Oregon question but being too much indisposed
to luld. his engagement, without entering upon
the argument, rhe debate was postponed.
An Executive session was moved, and the
Senate lor the remainder of tne day sat with
closed doors.
HOUSE.
Rhode Island Question. — Mr. Caleb Smith of
Indiana addressed the Hous.- at length in reply
to the revolutionary opinions of nis colleague
(Mr. Kennedy) anl others.
Mr. Causlu rose before any one else and
claimed the fluor.
Mr. McClelland of 111. also rose with Mr
Hale of N. H. but both members alter Mr
Causin.
[ i’he Speaker gate the floor to Mr. McClel
land—the House got ini., a snarl, aud the mat
ter was passed over until next ua>, when tne
dispute lor the fluor will oe uad over again.)
Alter the transaction of some unt.uponani
business, the debate was resumed upon tne oill
making tne annual appropria.iun lor West
Point Academy.
Messrs. Cave Johnson, Hammott, Ficklin,
Hale, and Weller, opposed the Academy; Mr.
McKay and Mr. Haralson were a little on botn
sides; and Messrs. Brack, Davis, McClel
land, Holmes and SchencK, detended the Aca
demy.
Tne House adjourned, without taking the
question.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
Washington, March 15, 1844.
IN SENATE.
The bill relating to a grant of land for the im
provement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers
was again before the Senate, but was not finally
disposed of.
The bill from the House to repeal the act
distributing the proceeds of the sales of the pub
lic lands among tne estates was taken up.
Mr. Crittenden moved to lay it on the table.
&Mr King asked him, if with a view to call it
up again 1
Mr. Crittenden replied, never as long as 1 live!
The yeas and nays were taken oa tne motion
and the bill was thus disposed of by a vote ol 22
to 19.
HOUSE.
The House rAolved to close the debate on
the bill for an appropriation in the VVest Point
Academy at 12 oxlock, by a party vote.
Mr. Morris, ol Pennsylvania, being entitled
to the flour, rose and stated that as but lew min
utes time remained tor debate on tne bill, he
would be prevented from making the remarks
he had intended to make in reference to it. He
would, however, take occasion to protest against
the haste which measures were acted on here,
and the efforts of the majority to stifle debate.
This was not the first occasion wuen this sort ol
improper haste has been indulged in.
Twelve o’clock having arrived, the committee
proceeded to vote upon the amendment of Mr.
Hale, which provides for rescinding, alter the
30th ol June next, all laws authorising the ap
pointment ot Cadets. The last clause ol this
amendment, which provided for disbanding the
Cadets, Mr. H. agreed to strike out. The vote
on the amendment thus modified, stood, alter a
count by tellers, ayes 54, nays 91.
Mr. Holmes moved tnal the committee rise
and report tne bill to the House.
The motion was adopted, and the committee
rose accordingly, and reported the bill as amen
ded.
The amendments of the Committee of the
Whole, were then concurred in by the House.
An amendment was offered by Mr. C. John
son, striking out of the bill the appropriation ot
fifteen thousand dollars tor the erection of bar
racks, which was adopted. The bill was tnen
ordered to be engrossed by a vote of me House.
Mr. Rathbun then moved to recommit tne
bill to the Committee, with instructions to report
an amendment providing that no Cadets snail
be appointed alter the passage ol tnis law. The
motion was rejected.
Tne previous question was then called, and
the vote was taken on tne final passage of the
bill. The yeas and nays were ordered and The
bill was passed: rfyes 109, nays 67.
Annexation of Texas.— Mr. Winthrop offered
a resolution declaring that no proposition to
annex Texas to the Union should oe made or
received by this Government—also a resolution
Srovidmg that tne lo.egoing resolution should
e made me order of the aay tor Wednesday,
the 20th instant.
Mr. Payne moved to suspend the rules to en
able Mr. W. to bring the resolutions belore tne
House, and on that motion tne yeas and nays
were ordered. Tne rules were not suspended,
ayes 40, nays 122.
Rhode Island Memorial.— The Chair announc
ed the order ot tne day, which was the resolu
tion of the Select Committee, authorising them
to send for persons and papers in the Rhode
Island ease.
Mr. Davis, of la., moved to postpone the fur
ther consideration ot this subject until Tuesday
next, which motion was adopted.
Tne House then pro reeded to act upon a
number ot private bills on tne Clerk’s table, and
were thus occupied up to tne lime of adjourn
ment.
March 16.
The Senate did not sit to-day.
HOUSE.
TAe Clerk’s Patronage.—Mr. Simonton, ot
Connecticut, submitted a resolution that the bu
siness ol contracting lor maps, charts, &c. be
taken Irom the Clerk of the House, and given
to a special committee of three.
Mr. Steenrod, of Virginia, opposed the reso
lution
Mr. Simonton then stated to the House some
of the gross frauds practised upon Government
in this business. The House, m four years past
had published work ot this sort to the amount of
358,000, and the whole not worth 510,000; they
were piled away in stacks about the Capitol.
For some of the items in this speculation, Mr.
S. gave the following: a map, tor which the
House paid the contractor $1,400, was made by
the engraver, as he swears, for SBO! —another
cost the Government $2,500, which was made
for 5126 another 34,000, made tor 3150. Mr.
Haas had $13,750 tor what cost $2,927.
A single map, a few years ago, cost $14,750,
which was so printed that it was useless for na
vigatingpurposes, and now lies in the Capitol,
not being worth removal.
In concluding this expose Mr. S. said he cared
not upon whom the censure fell—he denounced
the whole business as rascally extortion.
Mr. Adams thought the names of persons en
gaged in these collusions ought to be reported.
Mr. S. said there was some difficulty in prov
ing, entirely, these cases, and the committee
thought best to scan the past and guard the tu
•ure.
Mr. Payne, of Alabama, moved the previous
question.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Hale submitted a resolution, that the
Committee report the names of persons engaged
in these frauds, but the House refused to sus
pend the rules to consider the resolution.
Rhode Island.— Mr. Adams moved to suspend
the rules, to consider the following resolution—
That the President inform the House of the
time and form of the application of the authori
ties ot Rhode Island for the protection of the
General Government, under the 4th section ol
the 4th article of the Constitution. Also, to fur
nish the House with copies of orders to officers
ol the Army and Navy, and generally all cor
respondence connected with the matter.
The vote for suspending the rules was 70 to
62— so the resolution was lost.
The remainder of the day' was devoted to the
consideration of private bills.
The Rebeccaites.—lt appeared during a
recent trial ol some ot the Welsh Rebeccaites,
that at one time a fund was in progress to pro
cure the assassination of Mr. Chambers, a
magistrate. Several persons offered to shoot
him for £lO. The subscribers thought this too
much, and the demand was lowered to £5. £2.
10. was raised; alter which, some of the parties
broke away from the conspiracy, aud it tell to
theground. The prisoners add, that a scheme
was also on foot among the colliers to undermine
the road and blow up the dragoons.
Died.—ln Nelson County Virginia on
Thursday night; the Sth inst., alter a short bui
* severe illness, in the 86th year of -his age, Mr.
Micajah Pendleton. A soldier of the Revolu
tion is gone ! A pillar in the great cause ol
Temperance has fallen. A veteran ol the
cross ot Christ has laid down hie armor, with
out stain and without dishonor. Society,
'Temperance, Religion have lost one who was
an honor to them all. and whose lasa may not
easily be supplied.
eovoniclc auß Sentinel.
AUGUSTA.
FOR PRESIDENT,
HENRY CLAY,
. OF KENTUCKY:
The Farmer ol Ashland—the Patriot and Philan
thropist—the American Statesman, and
unrivaled Orator of the age.”
"Let me not be misunderstood —and I entreat
that I may not be misrepresented, lain NOT
advocating the revival oj a HIGH PROTEC
-11 VE TARIFF. I AM FOR ABIDING
BY THE PRINCIPLES OF THE COM
PROMISE AC T. 1 am lor loing what no
Southern man of fair candid mind ever yet de
nied—giving to the country a revenue which may
provide for the economical wants of the Govern
ment, and al the same lime giving incidental pro
tection to our home industry."— Speech of Henry
Clay in the U. S. Senate, March 1, 1842.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 19.
Judge Elliott’s Case. —The House of Re
presentatives of the State of Louisiana, on the
9th inst., passed a resolution, lor the appoint
ment of a Special Committee, to prepare and
prosecute articles ot impeachment against Judge
Elliott, for illegally granting naturalization pa
pers io numbers of foreigners, by a vote ot 31 to
6—the nays being all locofocus, and two jaco
bins dodging the question.
The Tropic of the 11th contains the Report of
the Co umittee of Investigation, and the Articles
of Impeachment and Specifications drawn up
b. the Committee on Impeachment—and a more
grossly indecent and vile violation of the laws
ot Congress, and of common honesty and pro
priety, than is therein set lorth, we have never
before heard ot. But there is little use in com
plaining ol these violations of law—or, in tne
present case, undertaking to punish,the “ Un
just Judge”—for a whole party justifies such
frauds, and the majority ol the Louisiana Sen
ate being locotoco, and that majority made by a
person just returned there by the illegal yptes made
by this judicial rogue -of course a “ fellow reel
ing” will prevent their dealing harshly with a
person to whom some ol their associates owe
their seals. The result will be a further triumph
of political and moral rascality over the laws of
the land. And yet it is to such means that the
jacobin party are entitled for “the glorious tri
umph of democracy in New Orleans,” as they
style it, which their organs are proclaiming
from one end of the Union to the other, with
sucn great glee. Had IVh/gs obtained such a
victory— a victory over law and propriety at one
and the same time—we should feel inclined to
disown them for ever, instead of joining in notes
of praise to them.
O’ The Whigs have lately had many severe
lectures read to them by honest Francis P. Blair
of the Globe, and the equally honest and pious
Levi D. Slamm of the Plebeian—with a gentle
homily, now and then, from Father Ritchie—all
having for their object, the more strict observ
ance of the Sabbath on the part ol the “ wicked
Whigs” in general, and Daniel Webster, George
Poindexter and Henry Clay, in particular! We
doubt not every good citizen will at once see and
acknowledge the peculiar fitness of these reve
rend gentlemen to lecture their political adver
saries upon matters pertaining to religion, moral
ity or integrity I They are shining lights in all
such matters! especially the two former—nei
ther having at any time departed from a straight
line during their walk in life thus far! Such,
therefore, being the moral and political purity of
these grave men, and whose feelings are so very
much shocked by any irregulaiity of behaviour,
except on the part of their own friends—which is
all very allowable, of course, and no offence
whatever!—we hope the Whigs will hereafter
be very circumspect, and especially the three
hardened sinners who, to the chaste eyes of Mr.
Blair, have appeared to be offenders above all
their brethten, and have therefore been particu
larly singled out for chastisement by these holy
■men! And should the Sabbath-loving Slamm,
or his conscientious friend and fellow-laborer in
the jacobinical field, of the Globe, or their truth
telling ami grateful-hearted brother Kendall,ever
hereafter have occasion to preach a sermon upon
Sabbath-breaking— bringing in ingratitude to
benefactors, and sacking of flour stores, for a side
blow in the improvement!— we hope they will
choose the following paragraph, which we find
in the Washington Standard, for a text:
jy The pamphlets, with which the state ol
Connecticut has lately been inundated, headed
“ Clay’s Duels,” [written by that base ingrate,
Kendall, printed and published by Blair, and
franked by jacobin members of Congress,] were
lolded at the folding room of the House of Re
presentatives, wn Sunday!— each messenger boy,
or page, being tasked to one thousand oa that
day!
jy Will our brother of the Standard inform
us whether or not the printing of the above vile
production of a base mind, was charged to the
peopli? or the paper used in the printing or pack
ing of it? As Blair is so very honest, that he
could not think ol wronging himselt! we are a
little curious to know who did have the benefit of
paying for it!
jy The N. Y. Plebeian, in urging the “ de
mocracy” ol that city to come up to a pow-wow,
under the very proper (.resignation of a "Jackson
Jubilee," which was to have been held on the
15th inst, to make capital, if possible, out if
the expiring lamp of the “ old hero,” tor the pig
my of New York, used the tollowing language :
“ The Democrats of each ward must have a
meeting in the interim—make preparations to
come down in a body, with drums beating,
bugles blasting, and banners streaming. Each
Democrat who can speak must talk —who can
sing, must sing—who can do neither, must
act!”
We hope, after this, to hear no more censure
irom that quarter about “ Whig song-singing.”
We much doub, however, whether these sorry
radicals were able to raise a song on the occa
sion! But it will make no odds —for whether
they did or not, the Whigs will make them sing
out to some purpose in November next!
New Hampshire.—The election took place
in this Slate on Monday last. Os course the
Whigs did not expect to carry it. Gen.
Anthony Colby was the Whig Candidate for
governor—and being the Iriend and advocate of
Mr. Clay, he was ol course bitterly assailed
by the Locoloco presses, as a supporter of
slavery, &c. A letter was also, addressed to
him, interrogating him as to his views on this
head —to which Gen. C. replied as below—the
correspondence therein referred to being one
which he had formerly had with the “ Liberty
Party,” and in which he had plainly set forth
his principles.
We copy this letter ot Mr. Colby, because
we admire its tone ; and believe that if every
candidate for office exhibited the same indepen
dent spirit towards those busy-bodies who take
it upon themselves to ask impertinent and idle
questions, they would do their fellow citizens a
real sei vice, and would thereby jprove them
selves to be far better entitled to their confidence
and support, than if the}' had answered every
fool “ according to his folly.”
“New London, Feb. 19.
“ Dear Sir: Your letter ot Feb. 9, was receiv
ed yesterday, and I am happy to have the op
portunity to give you my views on the subject
of Slavery.
“In the above correspondence you have my
views and feelings on the subject, as full as I
can give them in a communication so limited.
In relation to my action on this and other sub
jects, 1 claim the right to judge for myself, when
and how, as circumstances may require; and if
my fellow-citizens havs no confidence in my
ability lo judge tor myself, in this respect, (they
must not vote for me for any office. For a man
to be made a mere machine, for any party, is
a miserable business, and is what I never will
be, office or no office. My principles on other
political questions are too well known to require
any remarks, and they will never be bartered
for office. When convinced lam wrong, I
will change, and not before. I hope to live to
be old; and I have no desire, inluturelife, when
I may look in a glass, to be obliged to see an
old, dishonest, hypocritical politician.
Yours, respectfully,
A. COLBY.
Gen. Samuel Griffin, Nelson.”
Alabmino Report.— The Philadelphia North
American of the 14th instant says : —A gentle
man, who assures us that his information is
absolutely correct, advises us that lhe treason
able plot of John Tyjer with Samuel Houston,
to annex Texas to the United States, is so tar
carried out, that a Treaty to that effect has been
actually executed, so far as these two worthies
•r their emissaries can execute it.
From the N. Y. Herald, March 14.
Five Days Later from England.
The Atlantic express packet ship Siddons,
Capt. has arrived from Liverpool with
intelligence to the 11th ult.
The splendid packet, the Queen of the West
arrived at Liverpool on the 9th ult. She crossed
the ocean in fifteen and a halt days.
A private letter from Rome (19th ult.) states
that the negociations lor settling the differences
between the Court of the Holy See and the
Cabinet ot St. Peiersburgh do not make anv
progress.
she balance sheet of the public income and
expenditure lor the year 1843, has been publish
ed by order of the House of Commons. It ex
hibits lor the past year an income oi £52,582,-
817; an expenditure ot £51,139,515.
The radicals have lately been busy circula
ting a report that her,Majesty is considerably
in debt. Mi. Blewitt, M. P., for Monmouth
sliire, had the delicacy to ask the question in
the House of Commons on Monday, when Sir
Robert Peel denied that there was any truth in
the rumor.
Letters received from Varna, mention the total
destruction of that city, by which a loss of four
millions ol piastres has beep caused.
The Glasgow Chronicle says it is probable
that the cotton spinners oi that city and neigh
borhood, will turn out for an advance ot wages.
The fine packet ship Yorkshire, Capt. Baily,
arrived at Liverpool on the7th ult.
British Parliament.— ln the House of Com
mons on the slh ult., to questions put by Lord
Monteagle, the Duke ot Wellington stated that
the government did not intend to propose any
committee of inquiry relating to the Bank ol
England, because there was sufficient informa
tion to legislate upon already before the House;
and that they did intend to adopt measures, du
ring the present session, for the renewal ol the
charlerol the Bank of Ireland upon principles
similar to those ol the Bank of England. His
grace further remarked that the renewal of the
Bank of Ireland charter depended on circum
stances entirely different from those on which
the renewal of rhe Bank ol England charter
rests.
Conspiracy of lhe Manchester Cotton Spinners
against the Liverpool Colton Brokers.— The re
cent advance in the price ot cotton at Liver
pool, has excited considerable apprehension
kmong the cotton joiners of Manchester and
the the advance
that has taken placaßthe price oi manufactur
ed cloths. A meeting on the subject was held
at Manchester, on Saturday, when not less than
five hundred individuals were present. Mr.
Robert Gardner, who called them together, took
the chair. He suggested the working of only
five days per week, and not to light up the mills
from the 19th or 20th ot this month, and that
those Manchester men who had large stocks ol
cotton, should sell,at the present prices, to those
who were without, in order to prevent the latter
going into the Liverpool market, and giving
nigher prices. Mr. Edmund Ashworth said,
that the present speculation was owing to some
of the London bankers and money lenders,
whose circulars they had seen, offering to ad
vance money for investment in cotton, if they
could only find responsible parties willing to
rnakj purchases; and the payments were made
through orders upon Liverpool bankers. There
was a class of men called brokers, in Liveipool,
who stood between the importers and the manu
facturers, who had a direct interest in encourag
ing this spirit of speculation. There had been
many schemes suggested for doing away this
evil, but it was quite clear that nothing could be
done unless a sufficient numberof the manufac
turers were to unite together tor the purpose.
Cotton belonging to Manchester men was im
ported into Liverpool and there sold ; but it had
been suggested that it should be brought tc Man
chester and there sold to the consumers, and
that the trade should be kept Irotn Liverpool
during the next three or tour months, and that
the Manchester cotton should not go into the
hands of the Liverpool brokers, (cheers,) and
the people of this neighborhood would have the
satisfaction of knowing that their money went
into the pockets of their own friends, rather than
into the hands of the brokers, bankers and mon
ey lenders ot London and Liverpool. Mr. A.
Buckley and Mr. S L. Behrens also spoke. Mr.
G. R. Chappell denounced the present mode oi
paying lhe Liverpool Colton brokers : which
made it the interest of the brokers to rob the
manufacturers. There were some brokers who
were excepting to the generality of their class,
and were hmwra-ble men; but such was the
the present mode of paying them
fdr cotton. Some resolutions were
passed, and a committee was appointed to ma
ture a plan of action, and report to a meeting to
be held on Friday.
Liverpool Mail, FeK 10.
Ireland.—Our accounts from Dublin are to
the evening of the 9th ult. On the 6th, 7th and
Bth the Court of the Queen’s Bench on the State
Trials was occupied in closing the defence, and
in the opening ol the Solicitor General. Nothing
of any consequence occurred, on Friday, the
9th, the twenty-third day of the trials.
The Solicitor General continued his address
this morning at ten o’clock, and concluded
about two. The Chief Justice then proceeded
to charge the jury. As far as his lordship has
gone up to post hour, his address is most favor
able to the traversers. He has characterised
the opinions broached as to the Queen’s pre
rogative as seditious, and has altogether agreed
in the definition of the law of conspiracy, as laid
down by the Crown. It was probable the charge
would not conclude that night.
The Dublin Corporation.—The follow
ing is the answer to the address ot the Dublin
Corporation, presented on Friday by the Lord
Mayor and some of the Aidermen and Town
Council. The Queen received the deputation
about halt past two o’clock, in the presence of
lhe Duke ol Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and
other members ol the Cabinet—" I receive with
satisfaction lhe assurance that sentiments of
loyalty and of attachment to my person ana
crown continue to be cherished by you. The
legal proceedings to which you refer are now
in progress before a competent tribunal, and 1
am unwilling lo interrupt the administration ol
justice according to law. Il is at all tines my
anxious desire that any grievance of which my
people can justly complain, should be speedily
redressed ; and 1 confide in the wisdom of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom, for the
adoption of such legislative measures as may
be necessary for that purpose.”
France.—Toulon and Marseilles advices
speak of terific gales in the Mediterranean. Im
mense quantities of snow had lallen throughout
France.
Spain.—General Shelly, Political Chief of
Barcelona, has been appointed Governor of
Madrid.
According to the Imparcial of Barcelona,
Prim received his passport for Madrid on the
28th. He has been made Governor of the penal
colony of Ceuta, in Africa.
Accounts from Madrid to the 2d inst., report
another insurrectionary movement at Aheent,
Valencia and Santander. Sixty persons, inclu
ding some of note, had been arrested in the cap
ital.
Cape of Good Hope.— We have papers from
the Cape ot Good Hope to the 10th of Decem
ber. Nothing new had, however, transpired
from the frontier: but from all parts of the col
ony the reports respecting the state of the crops
were in an unusual degree favorable. A notice
had been issued by the governor for one hundred
free laborers, to be employ* on the projected
road near the Cape Flats, qt two shillings per
day wages, with duty rations ol If lb. of beef
or mutton, 1} lb. of «beaten bread, 2 oz. of rice
and J do. salt. Altogether, the year about to
close is considered to betlie most prosperous
ever enjoyed by the colony since it came under
British rule,
India.— By the Indian mail of the Ist of Jan
uary, letters and papers have been received to
that date from Bombay.
British India is tranquil, and likely to con
tinue so. The great clamor against Lord El
lenborough had subsided, and his lordship was
growing very popular.
The news trom lhe kingdom of the Sikins
represents that country as far from being tran
quillized. It appears that Golab Singh, the
elder brother ol Dhyan Singh, old Runjeet’s
favorite minister, who was assassinated in Sep
tember last, had come trom his mountain fast
nesses at Lahore, under pretence of supporting
his nephew, Heera Singh, who now governs
there, under lhe name of the young sovereign
Duleep, and that his arrival had not produced
the expected results. The young minister is
described as giving large sums of money to the
common soldiers, in order to retain them in
some order, while his uncles are busy in plun
dering the treasures of the Sikh government,
and carrying away the jewels and articles of
value to the mountains. The state of the coun
try is described as bordering upon anarchy.
"The Affghan government is as feeble as ever
in the hands of Dost Mahomed, and intrigues
are afloat of various kinds. In the midst of
these intrigues, Dost Mahomed appears to be
unable to make the contemplated attack on Pe
shawur, although it is no longer defended by
the European Generals of the Lions of Lahore.
All the French officers have left the set vice of
the Sikhs, so that it is highly probable that the
boasted prowess of those troops will soon be
come little more than the courage of rabble, if
Akhbor Khan, who is governing Jellelabad
with the greatest cruelty, should dare to attack
the Sikh provinces to lhe west of the Indus. It
is doubted by the Affghans themselves that Dost
Mahomed, or his son, will make an attempt on
Peshawur.
The arrangements ol Lord EUenborough for
the subjugation of the state of Gwalior have
been highly successful.
The sickness in Scinde continued to be the
source of great comment. The government
appeared resolved in retaining the country,
which is row tranquil.
At Sukkurtherenad been much sickness,bul
it appeared to be diminishing.
The Army of Excise was ready near Agra,
under the orders of the Commander-in-Cnief,
Sir Hugh Gough. The first brigade, led by
General Valiant, was ordered to movg towards
Dhoolpoor, halfway so Gwatior; it marched
on the 12th, and the res; of the army moved in
the same direction on the following day- The
intelligence reached Gwalior, and produced
alarm.
The young Rajah, who was chosen to be heir
to the last Sovereign by lhe Bhaee, took refuge
in the camp of the Governor General, who is
now complete master of the whole kingdom.
Il is hoped by many of the most enlightened
jnen in India that his lordship will now adopt
the plan of > --v-ng Hum the wreteh-d peasan
try the hombie yoke under which t'tey have
long groaned.
The success of Lord Elleiiborougli at Gwali
or will, it is expected, lead him soon to settle
the intricate question of the Punjaub.
At Bombay the cold season is advancing
rapidly. An immenee amount of shipping has
of late arrived from England; seventv vessels,
varying from 800 to 1800 tons, having come
into port in the course of the month. Freights
have, in consequence, declined rapidly. Trade
generally in fact, is dull, and little business
doing.
China.— The intelligence from China comes
down to the Ist of December. Little hadoccur
red worthy of notice subsequent to the fires
which consumes the factories on the 25th of
October.
The markets at Canton had become rather
more favorable. The British consuls had ar
rived at Amoy and Shanghae, where trade was
dull, as the arrangements were not then comple
ted. The Chinese authorities al Ningpo, declined
granting permission lor the importation ofgoods
there until the consul had at rived, and thedttties
were settled. They are said to have been
alarmed by an imperial chop, which they had
received from Pekin, ordering that no business
should be carried on unless the consul was then’.
At Chusan the British system of government
without squeezing the inhabitants had concilia
ted their attachment, and they appeared to regret
the approaching departure of the British troops.
Some Americans, as it courting a cause of
quarrel with the Chinese, had ventured upon
excursions into the inieripr; this practice had
procured from the British Plenipotentiary a
declaration to the Chinese Commissioner that
he should by no means countenance such pro
ceedings, and that orders should !>e given to the
consuls to have all such toreignefs arrested and
sent to Hong-Kong. The death of Major Eldad
Pottinger, which occurred at Hong-Kong, was
greatly deplored. Colonel Knowles, of the
Artillery, and assistant surgeons Graham and
Dill, have also fallen victims to the prevalent
malady. Rumor spoke of some difference
between Sir H. Pottinger ana the British Ad
miral and General. Sir Henry Pottinger is
said to be anxious to get home, and Colonel
Outram has been talked of as his intended suc
cessor. e- A
State of Trade.—Manchester, Feb. 9.
We are precisely in the same position in our
cloih market as for the last two or three weeks,
and without the least prospect of any change, u
least for the present, ’l he advance on cotton has
nearly paralysed both spinners and manufactur
ers, as well as buyers—only the most trifling and
urgent ora rs are executed, nor will be till specu
lation on the staple ceases, and prices in conse
quence become steady.
Bradford, Feb. P.—We have nothing new to
report this week, and a large business is still do
ing, and higher rates asked for all descriptions of
goods. Yarns—very ready sale, and spinners re
fuse to make contracts for future delivery. Wool
—the demand for wool continues good, and as
there is no chance of a diminished demand, no
reduction in prices is now anticipated, and in
consequence both gro ers and staplers are very
firm.
Leeds, Feb. 6.—The demand for all descrip
tions of woollen goods is on the increase, ar d pri
ces on each piece are fully as high, in some cases
positively advanced. This arises from the low
ness of stocks, and tom the well-known fact that
extensive orders are in town. On the whole the
state of business is encouraging.
French Steam Packet Ships.—The New
York American says :
“The lines of French Steam Packet Ships
which we have been taught to expect wou'.j
certainly be established this spring between
Havre and New York, is, it would seetr,, as
well as those from Nantz to Brazil, and, from
Bordeaux to the Antilles and Gulf ot Mexico
indefinitely postponed.
“ The Courrier des Etats Unis sp.ys the ves
sels are built and every tiring js ready; but in
stead of sending them forth as designed by lhe
Chambet of Deputies when they appropriated
28 millions francs to lhe enterprise, the Minister
of Marine employs such of them as have been
put in commission, in transporting troops be
tween Toulon and Algiers!
“The apprehension of tire expense in keeping
up those linesis assigned as the reason.”
From Texas.—Ry the arrival of the steam
packet New York, w have received our files of
Galveston and Houston papers, to the 6th instant,
inclusive,
A vessel arrived at Galveston, a few days
ago, flora Corpus Christi. All was tranquil,
and nothing further was known there of the
pending negociations with Mexico.
The U. S. schooner Flirt, Captain Davis,
arrived at Galveston, some days since, on a
cruise—officers and crew all well.
The cultivatin'! wl the vine occupies the at
tention of a number ol citizens of Texas. The
Civilian says:—We have heard of some very
considerable vineyards in tlto most flourishing
condition, while others are coining forward.
The 28th Febuary—the anniversary oi Tex
ian Independence, was. celebrated ever}' where
with great spirit,and becoming festivities.
General Murphy has written a note to the
editor of the Vindicator, protesting against the
unwarrantable use of his name as authority for
a statement relative to the annexation of Texas,
He declares that there is in point of fact, no
foundation tor the statements and assertions on
this sub, ect. General M. alludes (or the extra
published by the Houston Democrat, declaring
that forty senators of lhe United States were in
favor ot annexation, and that a treaty to that
effect had been ratified.—.V. Orleans Bee, March
11.
From Hayti.—Capt. Smith, oi brig Repub
lic, from Port au Prince, informs us that there
had been a-serious disturbance at a town ca led
Petit Hevera, a few milesirom St. Mark’s, be
tween the civil authorities and military, which
ended in the death of one General and six Go
vsrnment officers. The north part of the Isl
land being dissatisfied with the Constitution
formed at Port au Prince, the government parly
attemdted to force it upon the people, and hence
the disturbance. The Blacks were so exasper
ated at the Mulattos of St. Mark’s, mat the lat
ter were advised by the General in Command,
to go away. In consequence, several hundred
had arrived at Port au Pi Ince—leaving every
thing behind. What is the fate of St. Mark’s,
we shall hear by the next arrival.— New York
American.
The following correspondence, consequent
upon the passage ol the bill lo which it relates,
belongs to the history of lhe measure, and is
therefore given to the public as matter of genet"
al interest:— Madisonian.
Letter from the President of the United States to
General Jackson.
Washington, Feb. 16, 1844.
Dear Sir : 1 take great pleasure in enclosing
a copy of the aet for your relief from the fine
imposed by Judge Hall, which passed the two
Houses, and was approved by myself on the
same instant that the committee presented it to
me. Strongly impressed with lhe justice of the
measure, 1 did not hesitate in my annual mes
sage at the opening of t lie last session of Con
gress, to urge it upon that body ; and it has af
forded me no ordinary satisfaction to affix to it
my approval.
Permit me, my dear sir, to present you my
cordial congratulations at this act of jus
tice, and this new proof of the high esti
mate which your country places upon your
valuable services ata lira • when the stoutest
hearts entertained serious apprehensions for the
safety of New Orleans. Nothing is now left
upon her judicial records lo sully in any degree
the glory ot the memorable defence of that city.
That you may live long to enjoy the constantly
increasing tokens ol public esteem, is my sin
cere prayer.
I renew to you assurances of my highest re
spect.
JOHN TYLER. !
Letter from Gen. Jackson, in reply.
Hermitage, Feb. 27, 1844.
My Dear Sir : Although greatly afflicted
and debilitated, so that I can scarcely wield my
pen, 1 cannot forego an attempt to acknowledge
the receipt ot your very kind letter of the 16tb
inst., which is received and now before me, with
the copy of the act which passed lhetwo Houses
of Congress, and was so promptly approved by
you, restoring the unjust fine imposed by Judge
Hall. The kind expression you have been,
pleased to employ in conveying them, receives,
as it deserves, a tender ot my very grateful
thanks.
I feel grateful to my country tor the unsolicit
ed appeal to Codgress to perform this act of jus
tice to me. I feel grateful to you, sir, for your
bringing to the notice of Congress, in your oft
ficial message, the justice of removing the stain
upon my character by the imposition of this un
just fine, for using the only means in my power
to defind the city of New Orleans, by declaring
martial law, which the Judge, when declared,
approved with uplifted bauds, saying:—“Now
the country may be saved—without it] it was
lost.” And for tnis act, the Judge, sitting in
his own cause, and refusing to hear my de
fet’ce, tendered under his own rule, imposed
this fine.
I feel grateful to Congress for removing this
unjust imputation on my memory, by the pas
sage ol the act you have enclosed me ; and wi h
these grateful feelings, I am prepared to go
lienee whenever an all-wise Providence may
w ill it, without regrets of any kind, but with over
flowing gratitude to the American People for
the generous support they have yielded me
through all the official stations to which they
have been pleased to call me.
I have just received from that faithful and
trustworthy officer oi yours, Mr. McClintock
Young, his letter of the 17th, and one. from the
Secretary of the Treasury, advising me that the
amount of the fine, &c. &c., would be remitted
to me at Nashvße, so soon as the warrant pass
es the usual form. For this evidence of your
kindness 1 again thank you.
v ery respectfully,
(remain your most ob’t. sery’t
ANDREW JAC’KSON.
Pretty extensive!—A brick country resi
dence, containing six or eight </<■»<•?,'” is offered
for sale in the Baltimore Sun!
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 20.
Acceptance op Mi:. Calhoun.—We arc
gratified to learn that Mr. Callmnn has yielded
to the entreaties of his friends, and has signified
his intention to accept lhe office of Secretary ol
State. The Charleston Courier of yesterday
has the following :
The following is an extract from a letter re
ceived in this city yesterday afternoon, announ
cing the foregoing intelligence:—
“ Pendleton, March 15. 18-14.
“ I was with Mr. Calhoun to-day. The mail
came freighted with letters from his friends
urging his acceptance. You will be gratified to
learn that he could not resist “ this call ot bis
country upon his patriotism,” and that as early
as practicable hr- will pass through the old city,
on his way to Washington. Texas and Oregon
will be the absorbing questions for his great
rnind, and depend upon it his wisdom, firmness
and moderation will secure both to this Union.”
Pennsylvania debts.—Nothing has yet been
done by the Pennsylvania Legislature, to meet
the interest on the debt of the State. Practical
repudiation is yet suffered to rest as a mildew
upon her fame. A bill for increased taxation
was some time since introduced in the lower
house—but it has since taken a comfortable
nap on the Speaker’s desk. No one has at
tempted to disturb its repose!
We now find, by the Philadelphia papers,
that a new measure is on foot; to wit, to sell the
main line of the public improvements, from
Philadelphia to. Pittsburgh, f0r520,000,000, pay
able in State bands For this purpose a bill has
been introduced. It proposes to incorporate a
company, and to fix the shares at one hundred
dollars each, which are to b; sold at auction, for
not less than par.
This measure is an exceedinglydoubtful one,
but the Philffielphia Inquirer seems to think it
is lhe onlv®t that can be hoped for from the
present The people of the interior,
it be taxed any higher,
WtrtrTOiew|BKwsfks continue in the keeping
of the Stile - inasmuch as they have, in the
hands of the present dominant party particular
ly, been made the means of demoralization and
political corruption of the most profligate kind,
and because they fear, that if they continue ur..
der the control of lhe public authorities, t’ aev
will still be measurably used for partisan ob
jects. n; however, they are sold for a r a oity of
the debt, and this great corruption fun d is taken
out of the hands of the demagogues, who crawl
into power, the people, it is alledgv.d, will cheer
fully come forward anti pay the balance of the
debt. /
I his picture of Pennsylva’iiia politicians is
not very flattering, but it is, unfortunately, too
true; and perhaps, ii. view ot the general de
moralization of political morals which has
spread r.ve/ the Commonwealth, under the fos
terinr hand oi locofocoisnt, the measure now
pre, posed is the only feasible one that can be
’adopted.
We trust, however, that something will be
done soon to redeem Pennsylvania credit ; for
every arrival from Europe blings volumes ot
contumelies upon the whole American people,
because of the failure of Pennsylvania to pay i
her debts. The stupidity of Europe cannot dis- ’
criminate between a single State and the whole
Union—especially when it is the policy of the
monarchical and aristocratical portions of lhe
people there, to blacken and misrepresent the !
character of republicans and republican govern- '
ments.
Annexation of Texas.—There seems to be
little or no doubt entertained at Washington,
that a Treaty ot some sort lias been agreed upon
between the twe Governments for theannexa- 1
lion. I-’iom a long article in the “National In
telligencer,” of Saturday, we clip the following,
which seems quite conclusive as to the arrange
ment of ths principal details of the agreement:
“It is n«w some ago,—profcaWy not
long alter the retirement of Mr. Vv ebster trvmi .
the Department of State, —that an overture was
made.fo/tAis Government, through the Secretary
ot State, inviting, from the Executive of Texas,
(Gen. Houston,) a proposition for the annexa
tion of Texas to the United States. This over
ture was, at first, it we understand rightly, rather
coolly received by the chief of the young repub
lic. But, since the meeting or Congress, the
Government of Texas having been again ap
proached by the Executive of the United States,
Gen. Houston did at length consent to negotiate
on the subject. The terms of an arrargemenl
between the high contracting parties are already
arranged; and, if not already done, they are to
be reduced forthwith to the form of a Treaty,
through the agency of a Special Minister from
Texas, (Mr. Henderson,) who is already on his
way to this city for the purpose, if, before this
paper goes lo press, he have not already arrived.
“So far as the President ot the United States
and the President of Texas are concerned, the
Treaty is all but made.”
Naval.—The Norfolk Herald of Tuesday
12 th inst. says: “The naval anchorage at the
entrance of our harbor now jiresents a formi
dable and interesting group, consisting ot two
of the largest and most splendid ships in the
world, (ringside by side, (the shipsol the line
Pennsylvania and Delaware,) and three other 1
smaller vessels of war, lhe Vandal'ui, brig Law
rence, and schooner Phenix— the last named, the 1
anti-climax to the Pennsylvania, being the 1
smallest craft in our Navy carrying an arma- '
ment.” t
The Bible in Schools.—There is a con !
‘ siderable degree ot excitement prevailing in
Philadelphia, on account of an attempt that was
recently made there, to exclude the Bible from
the public schools, and which had been enforced
in some ofthe Districts. Largo meetings have
been held to denounce this attempt —atone of r
which, it is said, some 8 or 10,000 persons were
present. In the city of New York, the effort to
exclude the Bible from Schools has been more j
successful, we believe.
Will or the Late Judge Porter,—Th®
PicayunesaysVarious statements relative-)' 0
the will ofthe late Alexander Porter have ix en
circulated in many ol the papers, all. of «•’
it appears, are erroneous. Inorder to ge( lhe ’
matter in its true light before our rsjr j erg w
stale, on the authority ofthe Plaßtess’ B ann g r _
which is published in the sectiar ,
, , , , '---A' tof coualr „
werejudge Potterrestded, and eaksconfident .
!y on the snbject-lhat Jamc. PoJlej . E his
brother, is his universal l»ir To hjm he hag
Icftaßhis propetty, ml .• ad persona|> wilh lhe
exception ol $40,000 t.«' /lealhei| [o o(her re|a
lives ; WJOwUtoliw chi|dren named a|lerhjm
andfilteeq pwHUto Slerling pe ,. annum t()
poor o( to p.H.jsb, f( „. lwenty years
Cldlee!io * of books on lhe Civil
Lau tot-., a se , of At, erican State Pajers, are
h (<1 ,j,. p wl , :] cnisiana, and tore .
deposited j u !ae . .otary.
Tb'e National Intelligencer of Friday says :
Tb e Senate spent a good part of yesterday upon
'"■xecutive business; that is, upon nominations
to office made by the President of the United
t States.
In the course of the sitting, we hear that the
nomination ot John Y. Mason, to be Secretary
of the Navy, was confirmed, and that of Rober ;
Rantoul, to be Collector of the port of Bostor i
rejected.
The Oregon.— The accounts of this sect) on
ofthe country differ very essentially. So me
describe it as a terrestrial paradise, others as.
little better than an arid desert. Os the Is tte t
class is the following, published in theNati ona I
Intelligencer, as an extract of a letter dated".
“Topic, Dec. 18th, 1843.”
“This letter will be taken to the U nited
States by Mr. Hastings, who v, on his way
home from the Oregon Territor .. H_ e jjj ves a
very baddescription ofthatcov ntry; in fa et he
says that it is a country that cr , a never be s ettled
by an agricultural people. J see that a cob .sider--
able uproar is constantly ' al ade m the United
States about that country . bu t I have seen a
great many persons whs» aa y e been to th at sec
tton, and they all cotq«s de j n opinion with Mr.
Hastings. Ihisg'ju! eman, induced to believe
that it was a ete paradise, took out one
hundred a«d forrattlers from Missouri; but
they all found ffieif way to California. Some
ofthe ui>ssio aar j e . j have given a very false ac
count ot th- at cour.try.”
Ew Hampshire Election.—Locotoco all’
ovcr , of course—excepting Portsmouth. The
•J acobins can ’now rejoice, for they have carried,
the state —which, it is possible, they rnay have
feared they would not, though tbe Whigs al
ways conceded, it to them as certain.
Naval.—TTje Pensacola Gazette of the 9thi
says:—“ Tb.e U. S. Brig Somers, Lieut. Com’dt
Bient, saileif this morning for Vera Or uz, with
P. A. Southall, bearer of despatches to our
i Minister at. Mexico.
| THE U’HKJ BJWJVER.
The assurances which we
are daily receiving from our
friends, give earnest that the
Whig Banner will have an
extensive circulation. We
must therefore repeat onr re
quest to those friends who de
sire to obtain the first num
bers, to send in their lists of
names, so as to reach, us by
the Ist day of April. Let no
Whig falter in his duty in
this matter.
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 21.
Arrival of Mr. Clay.
In exlending to our country friends a most
cordial invitation to be present at the recepiion
of this distir.guished statesman and patriot in
this city, beg leave to call the attention of
those who reside near the Georgia Rail Road,
as well as all those who approach the city by that
route, to the advertisement of the Superintendent
of the road, proposing to run extra trains from
Madisc.n and Athens on Tuesday next, the 26th
inst., 'to convey passengers at halt the customary
ra'es, and arrive in time to witness the reception
of Mr. Clay.
REC EPTION OF MR. CLAY.
ORDER OP ARRANGEMENTS.
The committee, appointed to make arrange
ments for the reception of the Honorable Henry
Clay, at Augusta, announce to their fellow citi
zens that their distinguished guest is expected
to arrive in this city, on Tuesday, the 26th inst.
from Savannah. A delegation of the commit
tee will meet him at the 80 mile station of the
Central Rail Road, and attend him to town.—
Those persons who intend forming a cavalcade
for the purpose of escorting him into the city
: are requested to appear, cither on horseback or ir,
cariiages, on the plain, reaching from the thrr e
mile stone to Rocky Creek (Double Branches)
by eleven o'clock ou Tuesday morning. Tlv -re,
Mr. Clay will arrive in an open carriage, and
on his arrival, a precession will be formed, un
j der the charge of William T. Gould, Es»q. as'
' Marshal of the Day, Co). Michael F. Bois
clair and Major Isham Thompson, as Jissisl
ant Marshals, and such other assistants as the
principal marshal may appoint. The whole
; will then move (on Mr. Clay’s arriving at the
' head of the line) coming into town throng hMar
berry to Broad street. WBen the heaffi of the
procession reac' tes Broad street, a nations 1 salutt
‘ will be fired from the open square at the Rail
Road depot. The column will move down
Broad to Centre street, thence to Gr< :eti street
and up to the City Hall, where MrJ>*?lsiv will
be publicly welcomed to the city by Henry H.
Cumming, Esq. After his reply, ’ae will be
escorted to his private lodgings, and it is expec
ted that no calls be made upon him, during the
test of the day and evening.
On Wednesday, the 27th, Mr. day will re
ceive visits from only, a.t the Mason
ic Hall, from eleven to two o’clock. Therooms
will be opened precisely at eleven, and all per
sons wishing it will be introduced, by tie com.
mittee. At eight o’clock precisely, the doors
will again be opened, when ladies, and gentle
men attending ladies, will be intro'dueed to Mr.
ClftJ’, till olevon o’ol «•<,!«. t—* thv uvrir
mittee, who are to superintend the proceedings
of the day, will be kc own by a blue ribbon on
the left lapel.
The Ball o'l" Thursday night, will be under
the direction of managers, disti net from this
committee.
A delegation of the committee will attend Mr
Clay, when heft-aves the city.
iCr Legislatures coinpcised of a majority of
locofocos, do-iut many ‘l.antastiic tricks before
high Heaven !” We have a raze specimen in
the present House of Repr esentt.lives at Wash
ington: but the late Legis lature of New-Jersey
seems to ha ve succeeded i n running a bo«’-shot
beyond any other that we have ever heatd 01, in
wild radicalism and d'isor ganization. It seems
as though they had no othi :r object in view, than
to carry parlizan legislatit n tojan extreme verge.
And in this, it must be ad nitted, they succeeded
to admiration. They fur nished, in their enact
ments, some rich specinr iens ol demagoguism.
They kept up the charac v er of Jacobinism —and
no mistake! Bnt (ts r ace is run: and happy
will it be for the c’_mratt er and prosperity ol the
peopleof New-’ jerse y, if its like is never hear I
of again. T’ aereln cd< rling of the Congression
al District' , so as ® effectually’ prevent, as
parties tv JW stan d, it* election,of more than one
Whig’ member of C>-ingress, is one ot the least
of I* e scurvy trie ks ot this most scurvy body.
H' jwis it that 100 jfoeoism can thus set at nought
’ all propriety, and find supporters and advo
cates among those who claim to be republicans
and good citizens? There is surety a screw loose
somewhere.
Oregon.—The I Ringing in of a ’mil in the
lower House of Co qgTe.ss, a short time since, to
extend the jurisdic toon ot the Courts of lou’a,
soulhand west of said territory to the Pacific
Ocean, was briefly oraticed in the proceedings ot
the House at the sane. It was reported by the
Chairman of the 1 Jre.mmittee on Territories, and
was referred to it Committee ot the Whole —
aud thus far has not. been discusse d.
The bill prop oscs to extend said jurisdiction
west of the Rocky Mountains, from latitude 42
deg. to 41 tea;. 4t> aninutes north, inclusive —
fair, g the w w Je terr tory claimed by the United
States. It gives 64 I acres of land to each in
, h.L.dttmt of a, iv store r territory who may have
He retidbre or may .criatier remove to that
ci juntry and cultivate: and use the same for five
y ears ; also, 160 act es to the wile of each in-
J Habitant, and the like quantity to each child
taken there or which may be born in the territo
ry. It further pro vid es for the appointment of
another judge of low a, who is to reside in Ore
gon, and for the appointment of justices ot the
peace. The sum of S 100,000 is appropriated to
build forts on the ma.in pass to Oregon, and
within it, and to carry into effect the other pro
visions ot the bill.
Altogether, the bill cc mtemplates a complete
abrogation of the treaty stipulations existing
with Great Britain, providing for the joint oc
cupation of the territory, at'd the entire extinc
‘ lion of all English authority therein : in other
! words, to take possession.of the whole district
claimed, treat}' or no treaty.
II there is anything c: dcnlated to bring a
blush upon the face of the Whigs in Congress,
■ who voted to restore to the Dictator Jackson,
! the fine imposed upon hint for trampling the
’ civil authority in the dust, without expressly
I guarding the fame of Judge Hall, who so fear
lesklyand nobly asserted the supremacy of civil
over military power, it must be the following
extract from a letter wiitten by Jackson to one
of his wadies in New-York :
“ 1 am truly gratified that the act of Congress
• relieving my fame from the imputation thrown
upon my character by that unjust Judge Hall,
• meets, as it appears to do, the approbation ol
■ 1 the people of the United States. This is a great
; gratification tc me.”
t yV A rope, a mile and a half in length, and
eight inches in circumference, and intended for
one of the inclined planes on the Allegheny
Portage Railroad, in Pennsylvania, was recent-
> ly completed at Philadelphia, and is the largest
' I rape ever made at that place.
A bill to punish Seduction as a crime,
hare been passed by the Legislative Council of
, New-Jersey.
* ‘ 1 wants to go a-preach-ing !”
The very staid and orderly gentlemen who
have charge of jacobin papers, are much trou
bled about “ Whig Mummeries.” Their chas
tened sensibilities are sorely wounded by the
"song-singing” propensities of their opponents.
Mirth and gladness are gall and rue to them ;
and hilarity and good humor throw them into
spasms! Dear sober-minded souls! how cru
elly are their nice perceptions of the fitness of
things shocked by the vulgarities of those •• coon
gatherings!” And how inopportunely do these
“ violations of all propriety” come upon them,
when they are desirous ot contemplating only
the beauties ot “Eighth of January” orgies, and
■“Jackson Jubilee” jollifications; or when they
would hearken, in sweet and affected listless
ness, to the booming of “them 102 guns”—as
the Baltimore Republican has it—which were
made to “ speak” the savage joy of a jacobin
fatetion on the occasion of another and recent
triumph of demagoguism over the proprieties of
life —a renewed victory of military licentious
ness and tyranny over the civil tribunals, and
the unpretending dispensers of their liberty-pre
serving powers! It is lamentable, indeed, that
any ceremonies attendant upon the assemblages
of Ireemen, gathered in their might to devise
measuresMbr the preservation of their franchi
ses, should be permitted tnus to interfere with
the calm repose, or to unsettle the virtuous re
flections anil patriotic cogitations, of such honest
intenliowd guardians of order and decorum, as
are the Locoloco editors! It is distressing,posi
tively I
But most are we concerned for the agony that
ha.s thus be<rn visited upon the staid editor ot the
jacobin orga nat Mobile! The late “ barbarous
mi.nstrelsy” of the Connacticut A higs, borne
fro m the “ land of steady habits” upon the rug
ged' breezes ot the north, has struck harshly upon
his gentle ear, aud grated rudely upon his refined
senses! He is veJ(hd to the very diaphram! and
evidently “ wants to go a-preacA-in,” against the
heathenish doings ol the uproarious Whigs!
It would be a pity to baulk such generous and
virtuous de sires ! Will not our cotemporary of
the Advertiser therefore oee that his neighbour
is duly fitted out with jacobinical “scrip and
stole, ” and forthwith sent abroad to preach a
“ holj - crusade” against Whig song-singing, and
all su ch unchristian doings:? Surely if he and
his w orthy compeers, who t re so scandalized at
the c banting of “ uncouth C.lay melodies,” were
but to start forth on a pious pilgimage such as
we h ave suggested, blowing their political rams’
homi right stoutly the while, all such obstruc
tions as “ Whig minstrelsy”/'} the free flowing
ot th' a pure and gentle stream of modern democra
cy iv odld incontinently disappear, and nothing
be Lei t to mar the pleasures, or offend the tastes,
of otr refined adversaries!
He avy Stealing ! —Some burglars broke in
to the exchange office of Mr. J. J. Brown, at
Portla.nd, Maine, a few days ago, and under
took tin carry off the iron safe, weighing about
half a ton, andits contents! They had got the
safe atsiar as the side walk, where a sleigh was
in readiness to receive it, when they were inter
rupted. _
The New York police have another sup'
posed murder case on hand. In deepening the
cellar of a house that had lately been pulled
down at the corner of Walnut and Water streets,
for the pt rpose ol building another, the laborers
came upon the body ol a female, a foot or so
beneath the surface, partly decomposed, with
lime strewed -over her,and a large carvingknife
by her side. .An Irishman, of the name of Mi
chael Roach, lhad occupied these premises about
two years previously, who had a daughter, ap
parently about the age of the female found, and
whom he and his wife, step mother to the girl,
were in the habit of treating very brutally. At
the time in question, the girl suddenly disap
peared, and Roach reported that she had run
away. A few weeks afterwards he left the
' premises—nailing,up the doors, &c.—and an
nounced his intention of returning to Ireland;
since which time, neither he nor his daughter
have been heard of. The supposition is, that
the body lound is that of his murdered child.
Owing to the sickness ot several vi uui
tiands, by which the working force of our of
fice is much weakened, we have been compel
led to curtail the “fair proportions” ol the com
munication forwarded us fur publication by
our friends, the Clay Club of Scriven. We
have, however, as they will perceive, given the
material part of their proceedings.
Clay Club Organization.
The Whigs of Scriven met, pursuant to pre
vious notice, at Hunter’s Mills. Previous to
any motion for organizaticn.all the Whigs pre
sent subscribed the Clay Pledge. Then the fol
lowing gentlemen were chosen, unanimously,
officers of the Clay Club of Scriven county:
CttvLER W. Young, President,
Maj. J. B. Hunter, Ist Vice President.
Maj. James Robert, 2d Vice President.
Henry Maneb, 3d Vice President.
Hon. Isaac Bryant, 4th Vice President
John Morgan, sth Vice President.
Isaac Waters, 6th Vice President.
Miles Hunter and Joel Barrett, Secre
tarys.
G. F. Simmonds, Treasurer pro.tem.
Committee of Vigilance.
James Parker, Stephen Bevill, John Jackson,
Edwin Everitt, W. Young, Thomas Gross,
Daniel Howell, W. S. Matter, Thomas Burns,
Abraham Hunter, David Burke, Enoch Sim
monds and T. Elkens.
Cuyler W. Young, Esq., the President, then
took the Chair, and in a very happy manner re
turned his thanks, and explained to the meeting
the design and importance of the Clay Club
wnich had just been formed.
The following gentlemen were chosen dele
gates to the Whig Convention, to assemble in
Milledgeville, in June, to nominate electors of
President and Vice President of the United
States: Cuyler W. Young, J. B. Hunter, and
Thomas Burns.
The followinggentlemen were appointed dele
' gatestorepresent the Whigs of Scriven in the
Baltimore Convention, to meet on the second of
May.
Cuyler W. Young, Col. S. A. Jones, Col. W.
A.Hotchkiss, John Morgan, Simeon Burke, G
F.Simmonds, Maj. J. B. Hunter, Enos Scar
borough, T. Elkens, James Parker, Hon. Henry
Roberts, Capt. Benj. Prescott, Daniel C. How
ell, Rev. P. S. Wade, Maj. Jam’s Roberts, J.R.
Kittles, J< el Barrett, Lewis't onnoT,
Gross, John M:.: -t, E lm'-nd B. Gross, Henry
Maner, Thomas Burns, W. S. Maner, Col.
John Smith, R. W. Lovett, John F. Lovett, S.
P. Bevill, Hon. Isaac Bryant, M. Hunter, Geo.
Jackson, B. Williamson, W. Young,and Hardy
Everitt.
' The following gentlemen were proposed as
honorary members of the Club: Hon. Henry
Clay, Hon. Danipl Webster, His Excellency G.
i W. Crawford, Hon. John M. Berrien, Hon.
Balie Peyton, Co!. Wm. Parker White, Dr. F.
Y. Porcher, J. S. Pettigru, Chas. J. Jenkins,
Hon. R. L. Gamble, R. W. Flournoy, of
Washington, Chas. Davis, Hon. Wm. Law,
; and Joseph L. Locke, Esq.
The following resolutions were offered by Mr.
Young, and adopted.
Resolved, That the committee of vigilance be
[ tequested to report, through their chairman, to
the vice presidemts previous to our nexi meet
ing. or to the Club on its next assembling, as to
some proper time and convenient place, on or
1 near the boundary line of the counties, fora
. primary meeting of the Whigs of Effingham
and Scriven to be held, in order to accomplish a
' more perfect union and good understandingot
1 our party in the two counties, and to choose a
' proper candidate to represent this Senatorial
. District in the Start Legislature.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this ineet
’ in" be published in the Whig papers of the
■ State.
’ It was moved and seconded, that the Clay
Club of Scriven adjourn, to meet at Major
; Hunter’s Mills, on Friday, the 12th day of April
' and that the Secretary do promulgate two weeks
1 previous notice ot such meetings, in every pre
cinct of the county.
CUYLER W. YOUNG, President.
M. Hunter, Secretary.
Joel Barrett, Assistant Secretary.
Important 4«best.—We are gratified !•
learn that F. Majtw. the Cashierof the Phoenix
Bank of Columbus, was, jrn Tuesday night, ar
-1 rested in Charleston on a cbarg.’ of swindling,
J n connexion with the recent failure of that
j Bank.
!Dr. Lardner’s Lectures, No. 1.
We regret to state, that owing to the insuffi
ciency of the notice, or other causes, the first
lecture was not very numerously attended. The
audience, however, was very respectable, both
in numbers and character, and manifested, by
its perfect stillness and close attention, the deep
interest of the subject, as well as the ability of
the speaker. Aware of the great extent of his
subject, and the difficulty of giving a clear and
intelligible view of it to a popular audience, in
the limits of a single lecture, the Doctor dashed
at once “ in medias res."
The Moon, though abstractly considered one
of the most insignificant objects in nature, be
comes to the inhabitants of the earth, from its
proximity and other causes, the source of deep
and absorbing interest. That proximity, and
the recent perfection of optical instruments, —
particularly the telescope,— enables us to know
nearly, if not quite, as much about the surface
of this 'satellite as we do of the primary planet
around which it revolves. That knowledge,
however, differs in this,—what we know of
the earth is absolute, certain, — what we ascertain
of the moon is proximate, based measurably
upon conjecture, sustained, however, by reason
and circumstantial evidence, rendering it highly
probable, it not certain, that knowledge, though
not always the result of actual demonstration
or positive proofs is scarcely !■ ss reliable than the
evidence upon which our lives and our properties
are almost daily risked in courts of justice. We
reason from the known to the unknown, from
cause to effect, and effect to cause. Our senses,
aided by the telescope, inform us of certain
fads-, reason, guided by the Baconian system
of philosophy, enables us to arrive at legitimate
conclusions.
Even our knowledge, by means of the tele
scope, however, is limited. Distinctness is di
minished inversely, in proportion as the powerol
magnifying is inereatect■, hence, all discoveries
purporting to be ot animals or vegetables,—even
of distinct objects, and, in fact, of other than a
general outline of the moon, —are ot the same
character with the celebrated "moon hoaxfi and
not entitled to credit.
The most powerful glasses only magnified
4000 times; but these greatly diminished the
distinctness of objects, and only exhibited sec
tions of the disc at a single observation. A
magnifying power of 1000 was that most gener
ally used as it enabled us to observe the entire
surface of the bod}' at on
The moon is a globous body, 2000 miles in
diameter, and 250,000 miles (in round num
bers) distant trom the earth. She presents to
us uniformly the same disc, both in size and
general outline. The full moon of our youth
is the full moon of our manhood, as well asofour
declining years. She a\vi ays presents the same he
misphere to us unchanged— hence we argue the ab
sence of clouds, as in the case ol the planets.
Clouds are vapor held in the atmosphere. If
there are no clouds, then we conclude there is no
■moisture; if there is no moisture, then there can
be no waler in the moon.
Neither has the moon any sensible
atmosphere. If it had, the rays of light
proceeding from lhe stars in their transit of that
body, would be f erceptibly refracted, as is the
case with the other planets; but such is not the
case; therefore the moon has no practicable at
mosphere and no moisture: and these being two
of the three essential supporters of vegetable aud
animal life, it is not probable that the moon is
inhabited, at least by beings known to the present
inhabitants ol this earth.
The moon is, then, “ a rugged, barren, unin
habited waste, fit for neither man, beast, reptile or
insect." Her surface is varied only by tnoun
, tains and plains. The Lecturer here exhibited
: telescopic views of the moon’s disc, to show
that the vast portions vulgarly supposed to be
i water were newly expanded plains; that the
i brighter portions were the mountain tops, tinged
with light, while the darker regions were the
valleys, into whose depths the rays of the sun
seldom, if ever, penetrated.
Superstitions.— The Lecturer then considered
the eftect of the moon upon the weather, upon the
---/"> timber, insanity, &c. &c., all of which h ■
pronounced w be poi™twr-a.t lM ; fJUK ,_ tui t a ] se an j
inistahcii «3 lilt/ werw wuivorwul. JJ
at length the observations of M. Arago, which
would seem to settle the question that the moon
has no material influence upon the weather, in
l>«r changes—at least that such influence is not
uniform and therefore not to be relied upon.
Investigation of Beer and Madlcr.— The tele
scopic views of the moon exhibiting the recen t
observations upon its surface made by Beerand
Madler, were of a truly grand and imposing
character. They presented the disc of satellite;
first as a unit, and then by segments— each view
covering more than 400 square feel of canvass,
all illuminate 1 by means of the Drummond light.
Formerly, Dr. L. observed, it required 100 gas
lights to illuminate the same surface—on which
account, ol course, thedransitions from light to
darkness were less easy, and the general effect
proportionably diminished.
This light, its discovery, use, &c., will be
fully explained in his second Lecture on Tues
day night.
Meteoric Slones,or Moon Stones. — These bodies
derive much interest from the various specu
lations of philosophers as to their nature and
origin:
1. They vary in size, from a few ( pounds to as
many tons.
2. They strike the earth obliquely.
3. Their velocity is incalculably great,—
closely analogous to that of the planets.
4. When analysed they have been found to be
uniform in their constituent parts.
5. They contain a portion of iron and nickel
in their natural state, —such bodies being found
on the surface of the earth only in the form ot
oxides.
6. They are not combined chemically, but are
agglomerated, masses.
Os their origin three opinions prevail, viz:
1. They are carried, by the process of evapo
ration, from lhe surface of the earth io the upper
regions of the atmosphere, there combined,
and thence precipitated.
2. They are the fragments of a broken planet,
w hich revolving in space, come within the at
traction of our earth, and thereby are drawn to
wards the centre.
3. They arc of volcanic origin, and projected
from the moon to a point within the earl bls, ah
traction.
■ These were severally considered.
The first is trot the true explanation es their
origin, because:
1. They contain substances not lound on our
earth, in their natural state, and which, if they
were so found, are not evaporate, viz: —iron
and nickel.
2. If they were drawn to the earth by the sin.
gle power of attraction, they would fall perpen
diculary or nearly so, being only varied by the
influence ot winds; and, besides, the velocity
would be less, corresponding to that of falling
bodies.
Nor are they likely to be parts of a broken
planet, because:
1. Os the uniformity of their combinations.
If such a body, under some violent disruption,
had been scattered into space, the parts would
vary in their formation,—presenting other sub
stances besides those found in these meteoric
bodies.
The third and last theory is, therefore, the
most probable,—it is that of the great Laplace
himself, viz: that these bodies are projected
from the moon. This, in the opinion of Dr. L„
is rendered tl.e more probable from the fact of
the moon’s indicating, by its surface, to the re
cent observations of philosophers, the existence
of intense volcanic action; also, by the absence
. Os an atmosphere, and, consequently, of its re
sistance to the projectile force which puts such
bodies into motion.
This theory was ingeniously sustained by the
lecturer, but, after all, we confess, that, to our
minJ the argument fell far short of demonstra
tion. It is perhaps, however, the most plausible
explanation of a subject, s« abstruse and myste
rious in its nature, that even science has failed
to make it comprehensible to other than specu
lative minds.
Motion of Light.—‘ The earlier philosophers
supposed light to be immovable. It really,
however, like sound, produces certain vibrations
upon the atmosphere, which, acting upon the
appropriate organ of vision, excite the sensation. ,
This was discovered by Romer, during a series
of observations made upon the eclipses of Jupi
tei s satellites. His observations were made
when tlie earth was in that part of its orbit near
est, the planet. From these he constructed cer
tain tables loretelling the recurrence of the eclip
ses. As the earth receded from th’ planet in its
orbit, he f uutl( j ii iat |^ e t j |ne vayjgd, gm)], w ben
a< the paint most distant, it amounted to sixteen
minutes. As the earth returned in its orbit, the
variation gradually lessened, until, at the point
o greatest proximity to Jupiter, there was per
fecreomctdence. Repeating his observations,
oiuer was orced to the conclusion that light
< mo.ion. lhe rapidity of that motion was
ascertained from the
.. u l »esame experiments. The
diameter of the earth’s orbit i
.... , , orb,t beiD n known, and
the time known, the v iociin
> ot hghi was at once
ascertained.
The entertainment concluded with the exhi -.
bilions of a series of “Pictorial illustrations of
Rome," on a scale ot magnificence truly aston
ishing.
No. 2.
The lecturer commenced by remarking, that if
the Moon, from its proximity to the earth, and
lhe consequent facilities afforded therel y for the
investigation of its nature and movements, has
become an object of deeply absorbing interest to
the inhabitants of this planet, that interest must
be inconceivably augmented when we come to
consider the Sun himself— the great cent-e of
the whole system—binding, by a mysterious in
fluence, the planets in their relative positions,
causing them to move in their respective orbits,
and dispensing light and heat and vitality to
every thing which “lives and moves and has a
being.”
In all investigations relative to the heavenly
bodies, these questions naturally present them
selves to lhe mind, viz: What are they? What
is their distance? What their dime»stunsv
What the cttaracter or their formation ? Are
they capable of sustaining animal and vegetable
life, in the forms with which we are familiar?
Ihe unlearned at once conclude that these
questions must be unanswerable, simply from
the extreme distance of the bodies as well as their
inarcessMeness. Science, however, has solved
the problem. In its boldness and daring, it has
ovei leaped the chasm which exists between us
and the saw-it has outstretched lhe line, and
measured our distance from that luminary— it
has spanned his dimensions—weighed him as it
in a balance—and even gone far towards deter
mining the character of his surface and the na
ture of that luminous substancewhich surrounds
him, and from which emanate light and heat to
myriads of created beings.
DISTANCE OF TltE HEAVENLY BODIES.
The difficulty of ascertaining the tfatatua of
the heavenly bodies, is only apparent, not real.
The school-boy can explain how it is that, by a
simple process in trigonometry, the distance of
an inaccessible object can be precisely ascer
tained. It is known to, and in daily use by, the
common surveyor, as well as the scientific en
gineer, All that is necessary is to take an ob
servation of the object whose distance is to be
ascertained, from two distinct positions, mark
the bearing in degrees, and then measure the
distance between the points of observation, and you
have one side and two angles of a triangle. The
problem is then as easily solved as is a simple
question in lhe Rule of Three.
By this process the sun is tbund to be distant
from the earth (in round numbers) 100,000,000
of miles, and the moon 250,000 miles. This
distance has been quite as accurately ascertain
ed as are the distances between any two points
on the surface of our earth.
DIAMETER OF SUN AND MOON.
Objects vary in size to our eye in proportion
to their distance. A wheel six feel in diame
ter, fbr instance, if moved two hundred yards
from the eye, will apuear to be feet in
diameter. So witMie heavenly bodies.
A coin, one inch in diameter, if held at the dis
tance of one hundred and twenty-five inches from
lheeyc, will appear precisely «s large as the disc
of the moon when full. Now 125 inches are
equal to 250 half inches. We have a”—*—
m l l ß?ii. t A I liHMite, l,^h^ oof 0 of
the coin’s distance from lhe eye, corresponds to
1,000 miles ol lhe moon’s distance: but the
coin is two halt inches in diameter, therefore
themoon is tuv.e 1,000 miles, or 2000 miles in
diameter.
Now, the sun and moon have the same appa
rraZdiameters. The distance of lhe moon being
250,000 miles, and that of the sun 11X1,000,000
miles, it follows that the sun is larger than the
moon in that proportion That is, lhe sun is 400
times larger than lhe moon, or 800,000 miles in
diameter.
Such, (in round numbers,) said the learned
lecturer, is the diameter of the sun. The result
is not precisely accurate, (the actual diameter
being 888,000 miles,) but be had adopted the il
lustration to show by what a simple process we
sometimes attained to the (xissession of great
and important facts.
To give a more definite idea of the immense
magnitude of the sun, Dr. L. supposed that lu
minary to be a hollow globe, having the centre
of our earth placed at its centre: then, he said,
the moon could not only revolve within the
surface of the sun, but have “ a couple hundred
thousand miles to spare"!! The volume or bulk
of the sun, therefore, is about 1,300,000 times
as great as that bf the earth !!
WEIGHT OR GRAVITY OF THE SUN.
By the doctrine of gravity, as discovered and
taught by Sir Isaac Newton, it appears that the
weight ol a body, is precisely in proportion to
its attractive force. If a ball be attached to a
cord and revolved around the hand, the cord an
swers to the power of gravitation in the heavenly
bodies, and a mechanic can easily tell, (if he
know the length of the cord and lhe time of re
volution,) lhe quantity of matter in (or the
weight ot) the ball.
By this simple process, applied to the suu, his
weight (or . (tractive power) is found to be 337,-
(XX)limes th it ol the ear'll!
His bulk then being 1,300,000 limes as great
and his wei at only 337,000 as great as that ot
the earth, it follows that lhe sun is four times
less denscthaalheearth —orthallteinabou: equa|
in density I a globe of water of the same size !
SPOTS ON THE SUN.
These .ip;-<-.u near the equator of the sun, and
are often so large as to be distinguishable by lhe
naked eye. They were long supposed to be
dark cloudy substances, or scoriae, floating upon
the lumiuous surface. Herschel pronounced
them to.be the body of the sun as seen through
the luminous surface, or atmosphere of flame.
A telescopic view of the sun was presented, ex
hibiting a number of these spots, for the pur
pose of demonstrating that they were actually.
hollcrws or openings in the luminous atmosphere;
fbr, when near the edge of the sun and seen side
ways, the projection of the edge actually con
ceals the bottom of the cavity.
. LUMINOUS MATTER OF THE SUN.
The Lecturer then dwelt, at large, upon the
discoveries and speculations of M. Arago rela
tive to the luminous matter of the sun.
Fourier discovered that a solid when incandes
cent emils polarized light, so also is the light ot
an incandescent liquid, as molten iron : but the
light emitted by incandescent gases is not polar
ized. By means of the polariscope it can
readily be ascertained what light is polarized
and what not.
Applying this test, M. Arago found that the
solar light is notpolarizcd— tlierefbre it does not
proceed from either a solid or a liquid ; but from
a gaseous substance. The sun is therefore sur
rounded by an ocean of flame, or a gaseous fluid
in an incandescent state.
THE DRUMMOND LIGHT.
Before proceeding with his exhibition of th is
light, the Dr. dwell at some length upon the
theory of combustion, and of the several im
provements in artificial illumination.
The Bude Light, is produced simply by
supplying the burning substance with pure
oxygen instead ol atmospheric air. With thia
the House of Commons was some years since
illuminated. Apertures were made in the ceil
ing, and covered with plates ot glass. Upon
these were placed the burners, over which wets
supported immense reflectors, throwing the ligh