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]_ A recent trip tu Mm iettau;; the means
of <mr acquiring tome infuitiiatmii as to the
ryreat importance ol the ue-teni trade open
ing to Augusta. by means .1 the Georgia and
State Roads. Our excurrion did not extend
bevond Marietta, winch :s 191 miles from
Augusta, but it gave u the opportunity cd
making personal inquiry concerning many
matters of intere t to > nr citizens, in refer
ence to the trade rd that impnoiii;.' and pro- -
perous section of our state.
The road has already advanced do miles
beyond Marietta, and the cars are now run
ning to Oothcalo a. pa in- through the
counties of Cobb. ('as■ and .Murray, of the
Cherokee region It is steadily advancing
to Cross Plains, 8u miles from Marietta ir
will be completed to that point during the
present year, and the work will then pause
to await the action of our legislature. The
trading is already nearly finished to Chatta
nooga, with the exception ot a Tunnel four
miles beyond Cross Plains. This would
costabout 3100,000. and with the super
structure would cost about 5600.000 to com
plete the road to Chattanooga. Shot.hl it be
extended to that point, so as to meet the con
templated road from Xashviile, (the surveys
for which are now in progress) the trade it
will draw from Tennessee, and the valley of j
the Mississippi will beimmen.se. 'The amount
of produce from that fertile region it is now
difficult to estimate. .Most of it will be
sent to Augusta for sale. This city will be
the mart for the sale of a long list of articles
which, in time, may swell in value to an
amount equal jo the present great staple
Cotton, which is now the life and soul of the
business of Augusta. Already a considera
ble amount of that trade is attracted here
from 'Tennessee ■■tnil North Alabama.
A merchant of our city tells us that his
house this past winter has soid NIO.OOO, '
of goods to Tennessee merchants, who have ’
hitherto traded entirely with Nashville.
This business is surely destined to increase
from year to year; when experience proves I
that Augusta merchants can sell goods cheap- .
er than the Tennessee and Alabama mer- i
chants can purchase them in Charleston, and t
bring them to this cSty on their way west.
He can sell them cheaper because his expen- i
ses are less. He pays less rent, smaller sal- I 1
aries for clerks, lighter taxes, and it costs ! <
him less to live here than in Charleston. I ,
During the six mouths ending April Ist, I
1846, there were received at the dilierent ■
stations on the Georgia Rail Road, the fol-;
lowing amounts of produce: •
88,200 lbs. Bacon, 1
31,976 bushels Coni, Wh. at, Rye, &c. I
1.215 barrels of Elour,
1,096 “ Lime.
The amounts received al the diffiereut sta
tions on the State Road we have not at hand. (
But they must be considerable, and destined : t
to increase greatly as the road extends. Much
ofthis produce was brought from Tennessee. 1
The facilities thus ottered of transportation, '
gave great relief to those middle sections of ' i
Georgia alilicted with the severe scarcity, we ' j
may almost say famine of last year.
Merchants in Tennessee had, at one lime i ’
50,000 bushels of corn at. Chattanooga, intern;- s
ing to send it to the rail road, but. were de
terred from wagoning it from that point, by <
the bad condition of the roads and the ex- “
penscof wagon transportation. ! /
Independent of the business considerations I h
which make this portion ofGeorgia peculiar- I ,
ly interesting to our citizens, the natural | L
scenery of the country would attract the eye : a
of the most casual observer. t‘
The general appearance of the country as \ a
far as Madison is not particularly attractive. , q
This portion, however/- is traversed by the
regular train during the night.
After getting into Newton county, nature ’
wears a more rich and luxuriant appearance.
Without beAgtiilly, the country is beautifully h
undulating, and the diversity ol gentle slopes : u
and swelling knolls boti of field and wood-I
land, gave it an air of picturesque beauty. I
When we saw it, the crops of rye, oafs and ■ *
wheat had nearly reachmlmaturity and no- | °
thing could be more luxursLt and beautiful. |
The association oLabundance, to take I
place of present scarfcity, with the corres- I n
ponding cheapness which will soon be sub- 1 tl
slituled for present added its in- ! a.
fluence tn enhance the charm which rejoicing 1
nature threw around the beholder. .
Covington is upon the left hand, and not ’ v
distinctly seen from the road. It is not j al
a very flourishing town, owing to the rival ; ai
attractions cd’Oxford, which is two miles di - ( ci
tant on the oppo io side, and is the site of I
the Methodist College. • q
The great attraction and wonder of th:
whole region, however, i the Stone Monii
tain in DeKalb county. This is one of na
ture’s most marvelous freak.-. W e had a 1’
splendid view of it. when we came within d
about 7 miles. It was then hid from us for a
about half an hour, during which we ran It) p
miles, and came again in sight, when in about , r
two miles of the Depot. Two tall towers I
on the summit were in progress of erection, !
one of stone, by Mr. John W. Graves, for the • ‘
accommodation of visitors who may natron- i 11
ize his house, which is at the foot, and about ui
three-fourths of a mile from the summit. He ! h
has vehicles always at command lor trips to >
the tower, which can be approached within ;
a few hundred yard. . A good bridle path
enables one to go the entire di-t a nee on horse- S:
back. A road is to be constructed which b
will enable vehicles to go the whole distance a
to the summit. A stage line extends from s
this Depot to Gainesville, about 10 miles,
running three times a week. Hacks can be
obtained at all times for the purpose of ra- c
dinting from this point to any of the snr- n
rounding villages. p
The Stone Mountain is a solid mass of .
rock, seven miles in circumference and about, |
800 feet in height. It towers aloft in acorn- ,
ical shape, its surface marked by the chan
nels of a thousand streams that pour down e
during rain, and with the exception of some I
stunted bushes along its south-western ex- c
pause, is wholly bare of verdure.
The side not exposed to view from the road <n
is precipitous, and overshadows a deep and
fertile valley, that smiles in all the affluence
of green fields and waving woods. Two 1
smaller masses of rock peer up at a short (
distance, but Z/ic stone mountain is the impo- \
sing spectacle of that wild scene, lie rears t
his head in serene grandeur, as if endowed f
with a consciousness of power. Such a mass
of solid rock, extensive enough to build half
the cities of the world, and that would endure 1
to the end of time, is an impressive spectacle s
for the contemplative mind. I
This spot is becoming a favorite and sash- ,
ionable resort, during summer. The alums
phere and the water are pure and deaglitliil,
and the Rail Road otters the means of rapid
transportation to other scenes of varied at
traction to the traveler in search of health
or pleasure.
'The stone mountain is composed of dark
grey granite, of beautiful color and firm tex
ture, admirably suited for building. The
ross ties on the Rail Road, for one mile, are
of granite, quarried from it. We had a
glimpse of Decatur, nine miles beyond
this point. We saw enough to convince
us that Decatur is a pretty village, and
to inspire a wish for a nearer view. About
a half mile beyond Stone Mountain De
pot is the highest point but two, on the
route between the Atlantic and the Tennes
see river. The elevation above the level of
the ocean is 1051 feet. The elevation of Ma
rietta, above the level of the ocean, is 1132
feet; above Augusta, 985 feet. The eleva
tion of Atlanta is 1050 feet. It has a climate
very similar to that of Marietta. Marietta
is, however, by far the largest place, and is
therefore the most attractive as a residence.
The prospect-<>t improvement for Atlanta
however, are tl ittering, u» mg to the junction
at that point, -,ion to take place, ol the Macon
and Western, wch il.c Georgia and Slate
Road .
Marietta is blessed with one of the wry
finest climate in ihe world. It i. prettil'v
situated amid t hill. . and m -hf ~| the Ke
nisaw mountain, three mil di-tant This
peak is about 800 to t high, t,..,,. n La e,
and 2000 above tide wat.-,. and th, pro pect
from the summit, which t; not iLllieult . i as
cent, will well reward the toil ,a r, aching it.
The population of Mat , tla i. about faqo
scattered overr w ide corporate limits. The
buildipgs are plant and unassumiiio-, espe
cially the t'ourt House; but many are neat
and tastelul. Just beyond the town, our
popular and esteemed Ex-Governor, C. .1
McDonald, resides nt an elegant mansion,
beautifully situated.
In reaching Marietta, vott pass over two
bridges of remarkable height, and one of them
very long. I'he latter is the bridgt
Chattahoocht e. 600 yds I, ng me of the
longest bridges in the I cited Stat, Tim
other is.the bridge over \ mmg's < 'ter k. w Inch
is 120 teet high, said to be the highest in the
I'ttion. They appear to be well and durably
built, and must have cost an immense deal of
labor. Both roads, through their entire length,
apparently, are constructed in the most'ap
proved maimer, and the cars glide over them
smoothly, and with an agreeable motion.
1 his restdt is greatly promoted, bv the ■ ■, ,-
tern carried out tor many miles, of packing
.-...-. . - - ■ . ■ -
the x'irt lii inly around the uuoden superstruc
ture, >0 that little, except the iron rails,
are exposed to \iew. It Ini'- the additional
effect <•! prevent ill'* - the ends ol the rails at
their junction with each other from sinking,
winch is usually one cause of unsteady mo-
Thetrip we made was in a special train, by
day-li'jht, from Augusta to Marietta, which
we accr.inidifhed in about 12 hours. We re
nretted that our engagement? prevented a visit
farther into the mountains. We Lave, how
ever, explored in other portions of the State,
some of her rich treasures of picturesque
scenery, and can speak, by comparison with
our travels amidst the mountain regions of
oiher Slates, ol the many wonders which our
own Georgia ofters to the enamoured wor
shipper oi wild, romantic, sublime nature.
Being ourself an admirer both of wild .• cenmy
and H <’ ’ poetry, we cannot cl.-.-.e more ap
propriately, than in language prompted by a
I‘oet’s wanderings, amidst the hills ot Vir-
ginia.
!■< r I have i limb'd th\ nioiiniaius. not alone
And made ilie wonders of thy valiics mine.
Finding from morning dawn ’till <lnys decline
Si. mi* marvel yet unmarked- some peak wlio-m*
throne
W ;t> loflicr. girl with misl ami crown'd with pine,
Som • d -epand rugged glen \\ itli copse o’ergrow n.
| The birth c.f soim* sweet valley. <»r the line
Traced l>y some sil versin*am that murmured lone;
Or lhe dark cave w here hidden crystals shine,
()r the w ild arch across the bln.- sky throw n.
Or else traits of nature moredixine.
That in some favored child of thine had shown.
Th.* X.uural Bridge.
4’hroiudc anti Sentinel.
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riU’BSDAY MORNING. .H’M; 11. ISlii.
We invite attention to an article from the
; Constitutionalist, in another column, written by
| the Editor of that paper, descriptive of a trip
1 <»n the Georgia Rail Road, and incidents there
i with connected.
Superior Bread.
I We acknowledge with much pleasure the re- (
ceir.t from our fiiend John P. Eve, E<q , of a
i loaf of very superior bread made hy his excel- <
lent lady, from I’lour mantilm tuted at his mill,
from Richmond County wheat the growth of ,
IR4G. It equals in every respect that made from ,
. Canal Flour, it it doc ; not surpass it in sweet
' ness.
We occasionally hear the question asked, 1
What is to be further don *, what is the policy of 1
ihe administration, in reference to the war wi.h s
Mexico? Well may such a question be asked,
and excite the prnfbundest inteiest in the Ln- '
somsof the American people. a
A portion oi the American army was .*ent to b
Texas, csiensibly to protect that stair against
“Foreign invasion and Indian incursions.”
A<lmit fully, lhen, that Ihe claim of Mi. Polk ll
to the countiy between the Rio Nueces and ’
the Rio Grande is good withou' the shadow of
a doub' admit that the tiileof ihe United Slates s
to it, through Texas, i “clear and unquestion
able,” and what then would policy dictate to be a
the proper couise hereafter? Upon the above u
admission, the invasion is irnelled, theenemj' u
have been severe!}’ beaten, and driven across the r l
lino, and are scattered abroad in broken and dis
heartened parties in the interior of the Mexican a
territory /Z|
Is it now the purpose ol our government to Cl
pursue inc enemy, to obtain an honorable peace,
or, tor purpa-es of revenge and conque.;: 'f
It for the fusi, what objection can possibly ex- 11
ist aj' tir,st the adoption of ihe means of lermi- P
naiing ihe war by offers of negotiation ? Would
this great nation sacrifice iis honor by oif-ring w
• ho hrnneh of peace, ant! Idling our neigh
bors, whoaie already chastised severely, that
wp prefer to prosper rather than oppress them,
and would sooner bestow upon them our aid
and blessings, than our ’vengeance and the iion
cruellies and c.alamiiies <d win ?
Ifow much more forcible become sentiments- P
like th-* c, if our Mexican ene.oiex have braved
oui crushing power, in defence id what they be- ‘‘
lieve to be their “native land”-—if they have sl
planted their foot steps in the tracks ot war to 11
defend, asthej’ believed, the-oil id'their country, k
against the spoliation of a grasping invader! tl
Be this as it may, what is now the object of our o
government? (Jan any one who read- and e
thinks at all, be blind to the fact, that the spii it ol
conquest is abroad, and that its rapacious de
mands are inflamed by the blasting ambition i
of our < ’hief-Executive, and the trumpeters of (
his wishes, the oilici il organ and kin Ire I press- p
< s of the dominant party ?
“Invasion” is the word, and ’'conohest” p
seems lobe the enchanting goal. This country <
between the Nueces and ihe Rio Grande, is but t
a small slice of the great domain which it is de- )
sired to add to our present vast, and magnili- 0
cent limits. The “an a of freedom” must be c
extended farther, and Roman conquests must
no longer excite admiration am! wonder, com- j.
pared with the territorial gains ot Republican I
America. Like the acquisitions ot Rome, our
Eagles must be borne in triumph over the dead 1
bodies of our foes, and the Republic become j
enlarged, not by the moral influenceuf princi
ples, but by the in vincibility and piowess of our 1
conquering legions.
it is not alone the spirit ol conqui -t that is i
abroad, but the spiiit of military enthusiasm i : ’
oir > ken mg, to dec k the path of triumph with
deeds of heroic valor, and the glittering trophies t
ot militarj’ renown. Patriotism is the deceitful
watchword by which our people are to be hued
on to the extension by arms of the area of free- ;
dom and the blessings of liberty.
The plains of the Ualilornias, and the \ allies |
of the Mississippi, are to become vocal with the ;
same strains, and the shores ol the Atlantic and i
Pacific oceans arc to hear the same echoes from i
the interior hill*. “Democracy’ is to reign
triumphant over the mighty empire, and liberty, i
lotteries and. lucre ate to make a new heaven ot
th'? Whld:’.
This seems tobe the theory ; but what does
history tell us will be the practice ami the result ?
These mighty events will call into existence a
number of military suns around whom will re
volve, with idolatrous devotion,their respective
followers. Each will have his devoted veterans
whom he led. t<» victory, glory and conquot up
on many a field of death, ready to follow his
leader to universal or div• led powr, to central
or sepatate military d»espotis n.-. !*< this far.cv,
or is n.*l its proto: » pe io !»<• found in the chroni
ebs of the pas-. ? Would to God that prudent
presses all ovei the Union would speak their sen
timents upon the<e subjects, and tell the adminis
tration fairly and honestly that invasion and
conqc ’sl is dangerous to liberty and our tree in
stitutions. Would that it would speak out a
timely and warning voice to the people, and tell
them boldly and fearlessly that conqii-’-ts and
extensions ol territory so vast as seems to be
contemplated by many, high in place and pow
erful in influence, will dissolve the Union and
deface our common compact with our common
but fraticidal blood.
Even if these danueious consequences do not
follow, whv, R-r what good reason, should v. e
prosecute a war without neeesGiv. that will
even, in a : ingle year, cost the lives oftlums
ands of our people, ami n t a cent less than
titty millions oldollars? Why should the coun
try be buuhened with enormous taxation,a
heavy public debt, a destruction ot public and
J private cre.lit, a stagnation of trade and cum
r merce, and < t agricultural prosperity ? Why
trade and vocation, be dentess
cd, to gratify the madness ol ignorant and un
prin.-ipled rulers, an.l to pamper the greedy ap
petite ot hung)y ;-.nd voracious dependant-, who
p are “held tog.*m<T by the eonesive powt r vi
e public plunder ’ and gloat upon the spoils of of
e flee made more n oner u*q richer and latter bv
II taxation i t tire pe<;p;p an I rhe mi-eriesot' war 1
e If any man can show a goof rea-on hr not
b terminating the war, which is now raging—can
) show the least for i s continuance, we
j. will willingly withdraw every expression of a
n wish that efforts should I e madetostop its rava
ges. But if it can ck sed as ii can speedily
be, it the Administration will do its duty, we say
it will be the highest act cthonor M an i the v ''t
«±-. '• - .
> dictate u- prudency, to edda that humane a..d
S honorable object. Nu man can say that the
'I prolonged shock will be confine.! to the North
ls American Continent. The whirlpool may bc
come so strongas to draw in the civilized world,
and though we may escape al la-?, we shall
v emerge from the conflict torn, wasted, cmacia
h ted, with hundreds of millions of debt upon tr,
" and so enfeebled a he thrown back half a
1 ccr.iury, if no mure, in cut unfolding power,
pi Gsperitj’ and greatness.
The Constitutionalist, a lew days ayo,
f charged ti- with lowering oar “di. nity’ in al
r hiding to the person;.t auark man* i < Mr.
- \Vi<e up.-n Mi. Folk. In what li hi was the
“dignity”of the c •ndnclm of that print present
ed in r- article yc :crda\, <*n the same subject
in ler-lv to us / He lias evidenti\ mistaken our
mildness for faltei iii' r , our dispo ition topass
the transaction with the lighle-t exposure, for
an inability to furnish the proof. The affair
wa . unpleasant to ua we suited, and is so
still. 'The Edit-i oi the Constitutionalist
thinks this statement mere arleciation, be
eau.s?. we o; i/in.'il! v alhideJ to ii. We dl l sm
as we have sai l before, because ol' rhe flmrt to
make the people believe that Mr. Polk was
“Old Hickory, jr.,” and had created for his
character, the utmost “r ./.1.-x>?.«///” throughoiq
the countiy. Did Mr. Polk ever fiu’lit a battle,
brave a danger or exhibit a trait of < haracler to
authorize his being called “Young Hickory?’,
He went by that name tlmughout tl:ecanva‘>
tor the Presidency, and the democratic papers
have cominu. 1 u.» or ul,'. i: <o .him. -ince his un
natural elevation to that high otiice. Hence,
oui allusion to the attack of Mr. Wise upon
him.
We present below a nou add res d o us by
an eye-witness of tlie scc-tie.
Mr. Green was then living in W ashington
<-itv, ar.il was conne( te ! with the oilice of the
United Slates Telegraph, a p'i:> *i i>-ued m that
City at the time, an I edited by < irn. i ) .|t Gieen,
the brother of the genil/man by vhom thi< note
is written. The attack was a public one, made
in the day time, and in the Capitol. It was seen
by many, an account of it was given in the pa
pers of Washington, and by the Washing!.;)!
correspondents of papers in various sections of
the Union, ft was n. t denied at the time by
any one, and indeed thefiist denial of it that we
ever heard of'was made by the editor of the Con
stitutionalist, and some "man of sttaw." bv
whom the editor was authorized to pronoun- e it
a gross labiicalion.
The article of the Constitutionali i of ye.ster
day is illiberal and unfair, and evidences ‘
throughout a vulgar exultation and disposition <
to “ crow,” as though our statemcui was ‘ inru n- •'
shine,” an.! the gentleman to prove it was a
“mail of straw. ’ To cap the climax of the. 5
whole, and give a perfect//a Mto the “dignity''
and of the editor’s bearing, he permits a *
reward of to be offered in his paper fur the |
“production of the gentleman” who coti'.l .sus
tain ih by his testimony. This is very respect* 1
tul to a stranger in our city, who is here on l-u- .
siness, and is well calculated to tai .* the r-pu- i
tation of our neighbor a man of generous •'
sympnthir-s, and hospitable charactet istir*;.
With regard Io lheedi'.m’* reply to our talk
about “strict accountability” and allowing him t
to escape by saying he was “ mistaken,” we
will quote to him Ihe saying that “ disciei ion of r
speech is superim m eL quence.” |
Wli-'h me E liter - ays that th-* Chiui-i- le i<
i
a bad “i/o-hjr” fur curing the disease of r
among the Democrats, he alludes of (
course to their “enthusiasm” lor f/r. Pol!;. s
We have not pretended t > practice in that disease* a
Mr. Wi eis the ! !..>■ Let r
us introduce him in the attitude ••! 'ivinga
pt- t!y strong to the Democratic I’fu-idcn;
himself, li herined Mr. Folk of “entliusiasm' l
we think il quite likely that he can cure the e
Polkiles of the same. u
We will lake occasion l<» say. in justice to Mr. 1
Green, that the itilormauon obtained of him
was given with no di>p<-sii ion to engage in, or n
to I.erorne a party to, a controversy between the 11
Gonstitutionali u and mil: elve n Mr. Green hap
pencil at our otiice the mmnin? on which the
denial of Ihe altar-i: up m Mr. Polk was made
by tne Consiiiutionalisi. The niiair became a v '
subjeclof convet >aii-<n,and Mr. Green 01. served
that !•«• was an eye wime-s to it, and had never 1
known it to be ci-nliadi'ie I bt'h.re, ft was m '
this way that the !;. : 01. Mr. (Deer.’.- per onnl ,
observation ol it became known 1.1 one of the
editors of the Ghronicl - & Sentinel.
The following i< the note do which weal- ‘
l.u;.- j
\ugi i.\. Jum ilith, 1316. v
killilm'.'i at Hit' ( 7. « /<* «f* ISin/iii- t.
Gentle'i i:.c : As ter n ailing the ai iiG.-iti the
Cfonstitutionalist, of thi: mc.rning, ii may b.* ex
pected of me to make a s'atrme.'it relative to the i
indignity“li'-red Mr. Poll, bv .Mr. Mi;., which I j
shall do without n.uieing the style ot' its <■ •im
position or the tone and spirit in which the 1
editor hats bin please > to indulge. ’*
I w. ■ Ire ’id- nt. t VV . hingt n city from 1 LI
till 1837, and wilne used ’ln- a ; mil ma up m
Mr James K. Polk, then S|,ea<erol’ the House v
of Representatives, Ly Mr. H. \. Wi-i. (
Dining the diseussi.m in the House, on the >
Contested Election from North (’aralinn bet .veen
Graham and Newland. Mr. Wise t.iok offence nt a
Mr. Polk’s conduct as Speaker, and on Mr. Polk’? J*
leaving the House, Wise met him and assaulted •
him. calling him an “ imignitlfant puppy (in:!
party or epithets of similar import, ar the n
same time thrusting his himd in Mr. Polk’s face.
1 c.id not actual.v see Mr. Polk’s nose between
Mr. Wise’s fingers, but t’.mn the moti m of his
hand, I believ. d hr had h »ld of his no e.
The Hon. Bailie Peyton, the colL naiteof Mr. '
Polk, now o f New* Orleans, was w ith Mr. Wi>c 1
and witnessed the iran.-nt lion, aswell as many ‘
others. N.» one pretended al that time to deny .
that Mr. Polk’s nose was pulb d, or that he sub
mitted to an indignity equally as great without
resenting it.
Whether Mr. Wise hid bowie knivi s and pis- '
tols or not, 1 do not know —1 saw none.
Yours, A-c., WM. M. GRI .i’.N. (
'The New Orleans Picavune says: Ftom a
a gentleman who anivc-l in the steamship Ala-
i
bama, from Matamoros, we learn that it L the (
least of Gen. Taj fur’s intention tu rest on his :
arms for any length of time. Ata period not
more distant than ten days he means to take up -
the line of march for Monter- y, and Nuevo (
Leon, the piesent camp of the enemy. He
takes t’ama: . -, Rvinoso and Mier in hi- route
Tneieare laurels yet to be plucked by our sol ,
diets from the tree of fame.
Proclamation of Blockatle*
In virtue of authority ve-ted in me by the
Government of the United States of /America,
I hereby declare the ports of Vera ( b uz. Alvar
do, Tampico, and. Matamoios, in the Republie
ot Mexico, to be in a state ot rigoiotis block
ade by the ships and ves-els under mv com
mand.
Th-' blockade will be extended to the remain
ing ports and rivers of that Republic on the
Gult of Mexico, as ;-oon a- ci: cun - anccs will
'permit—-of whi *h due notice will be given.
Ti.l -I ’ 1 i mad*? «' 1
lion of all concerned.; an I a copy of the in
structions given to the Blockading HquaMv-n is
annexed.
Given undei my hai -l tin’s Lurteeirh day <1
Mav, A. D 1816 on board the U. S. ship Cum
berland, off Kraz is Santiago.
(Signed, | D. CONN I J!,
Commanding U. S. H*me Squadron.
Instructions to be observed, by the oui. ers
commanding vessels of the Home Stjuadu n,
in enforcing the blockade of th- 1 ports ot the
coast of Mexico:
Ist. No neutral vessel proceeding 'owaia’s
the entrance of the blockaded p ut shall be cap
tured or detained, it she shall not previously
have received 110 m oneed the BL » in: :m.' Sq iad
ion a special notification of the existanee of lim
blockade. This notihcaiion shall be moreover
. inserted in writing on themuster-rollof the neu
tral vr -se! by the ci iii/T ’.. hich m'*e-* ; hei, and.
1 it shall contain tiie announcement together with
• sratemenls r.f the day and the latitude in which
1 it was made.
21. Neutral ics/els which ma\ be aheaJy
’ in the port before the block. it, shall have
1 full liberty tu depart, with or wi'hout cargo,
I during fit een days after that upon which the
blorka !e is established.
3J. The ports of Vera Ctuzand Tampico
•' will remain entirely tree for the entrance and
. departure ot neutral and commercial mail
packets.
Mexican boats engaccd < < LisjvHy in h-mmg
on any part oftl.e < oast, will be allowed to pur
.) sue their Libor unmolested.
. in iis pre-cut political c. mlim-ii, the flag ol
Yuratanis to be rc-sp< ;led
(Signed) !».(.’< >NNER,
v “ U'.minandmg H-ine Squadron
, U. S Ship (’umberlan-l, #
on Brazos Satiago, Mav 11 Ixll.1 x ll. $
it
n New Hampshire.- The Boston Pv<l admits
e that bv the union of the Whig and Indepen
a dem members in the New Hampshire Legisfa
-- ture, ihe Democrats are in the minority in both
v branches, and that there is “no doubt that Gen
v era I Colt y (Whig) v.i.l be chcsen Governor
u and John P. Hale, U. 3. Senator.
CirliiiiTSsioiiill tW(T<l!!l“S
r M 13 N T 1 -N I N 'l' 3! < O N G R E
* C/7 f .''/■('/.G-'.'/j. .
1 LN SENATE func I.
Mr. Srvier reported a Bill frmnthcCi 1
lee’i n Indian Affair, fm the regnl 1
’ and intercourse with the Indian'
Mr. Di';;,otN 1 iepor:*?d Dun Im. .Select
, Committee the Bill in relation to the Smidiso
man Bequest, with amendments.
Mr. D. aj-o presei ted a meinoii.il from mer
h ms <tf New i .. k, asking ( \ j. - . ei .
a special mission to ccitain counities cd the
I .l*l lor cmnmeicial put poses. The mein- rial i
was referred to the Committee on l uiuimi Re-
. lations.
'i’tip Paymasiei s Bill from the Hon*<e was
retened m ihe • ’ommioce on Alilit.ny hairs.
Ik *. - The question pei,.;,;. - v:i<;he
moiH-u io rei rnnmn tin* 1 louse BUDm q.< t’om-
. miner i n the Judicial v' with
Mr. ( '.os tool; the floor lor the purpose, a
vewed by himself, of resuscitating tl..* line* 01
54, 10. H * argued lustily against Mr. Bemmi,
, without disproving one single la<u proved L.
Mr. Bentun. Mr. Jefferson and Air. Aiadi'on
were regarded as in the way in liu* di. uus.sion
ut the- qu. !i..n. and Mr. (’ass frank;*, •.•id he
desiicd to remove these gentlemen out oi :!.<•
! wr.v. and. it v. as plain, because their wordsdefs.
(roved the claim of Mr. Cass to 51— 10.
The fart th;:! ~ h<, v had spoken be: -re the
treaty of 1.8:9, Mr. (’ass regarded .is s’:;i:t;i);
out their testimony entirely, Mr. ('. insisted mat
tiie Utrecht line was not run, and that ail re
ference to it was out of place. Mr. Bcrdon was
treated in conclusion as occupying an incon
sistent position, and a speech delivered in 1812
was quoted against him.
( Mr. Benton heard tin’s speech uiih marked
paoence, but with some apparent in'crnal f.-cl
ing.|
\v hen Al:. Ua - 1.-ol; his seat, after a u ;
ot aboui two hiHits, Air. Benton ro>?, and in
soniPtbiity minutes replied uith great Imueand 1
point. He said that the Treaty ot U:;uuht in '
the 10th ani( f ; rovided that the line should I e '
run, not by Sutv; yors, but gcc-graphicaily, and
a*-;.. nomi'.iliv. They were to run h e lii<* ’
Ibithwith, and tki.- had been done.
Mr. B. said the Senator from Alichi ~m hop
ped lightly uve) all the points 01 his a< i.:. >
and aban !• nt ' ev • ne 01 his mai
■o jump at new co:., lusions, or rather to revive «
ol 1 ones. Ile had professedly washed his hands ’
and wiped them ul Al r. t freeniiow, and vet lor
an hour and a hall he had hugged him find hi- -
errors to his bi:<om.
My argument said Air. Benmn, hud h-■< u 1
quibbled al an I d.i'io)t<*d by one of 1 .o-r-
Imr forti-’s, and ail in d- fence i.f cii. r, kuw.-.'u v
er:or. T!i <esl 10 men under ami a.-.l.'e had.
aroused p.i. I excited the country. 'Ft.ev La i r
eimimi'l' d a great crrui an.! i.*.;•;• ■< d1: to theij- a
b *•■..)•)J ii*' q'lesiien was tiia: ot a >* :*;dc-<
war, ami a war ol ice mane? cn our j'.it. in de
fence of I’l .:/•■!’> Rivet an I Ne.v Caled' hi;;, a ;■
< oui.try covered all over u iih British po.-us and 1
senlum-'his.
The Senator from Michigan kn-.v. > it. He I.
ias not once mentioned Newt .'alcdunia or J*‘ia- h
zer’s river, lie will not pronounce the name
of a country for whicli he is ready to plunye :■
the country into a wat , and to which he know*
the coun'.-y has no title. He is ready for war, li
and to take a country 10 which we have n • title n
whatever. \
Mr. B- r.t..n spoke with great cm he* ?i.e-Im:
in so low a tone of voice that the word- did j.ch m
reach any drvance Leyond (he immediate m igh- ti
borhood in whit h he was - peaking.
The Senate then vo' -d io commit all ibe Bills *'
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The question re.'-urred up--a Hu* ir.-trut tii.ns c *
to run the line ol lit, as } toposed Ly .Mr. Ben
ton. Mr. W’esteoft opfo cd li.e iiut:m rimis, t: ,
and Air. Wei •’ r was in favor o! sc,me of t : ..*m iJ'
and again*-! t ome. Hi imi'ics.-ions were that
the lime had come when it was necessai\ to do ■,<
something. IL* m-bilged in the hope or fear
that no great !en:*ih of time would Gap ;• L<-1 me ( f ,
tiiis question would be settled by negotiation. m
He trusted it would, and said, in regard to tl(p
result, his hopes Im an amicable, adjnstmt’t;i. te
predominale I over his fears. | lf
ft seemed to him that some organic law for ai
the Govt-rnm« ;1 of this terriiory was nece-sa:y. j
The law of 1321, enacted by the British Parlia- ’»•
merit, pr-ivided that the snl.jei is of the Ctueen l 'i
should be under the protection of the Queen, r "
an I amenable ’o the law*- ol Upper Canada. (il
Some such laws, Air. Webber thought, was
needed Lr therovcinmenf of the people of our
own terriloi y.
Air. Calhoun was f<>i tin* reference v. hi; h d.:d l 55
taken j'laue, bre.lime he liad the greate-i emd:-
dence in the Judiciary Committee. He dunbi- m
cd the necessity and propriety of the instiuc
lions. It would not be .y ii im* u'-g.nm- C(
lions were to settle the question ot Boundary, br
nnH h«» »»ppi•*headed that the best way would i*c ni
not to act upon 'ln* übj -ct at all nt the present of
moment. V» e could a-» upon this Iwi L |
much bettei knowledi't? by and by than no v. j <•!
Mr. Sevier subuiiited a iiig!d n to adjourn I sa
wlii« h wa agreed to tr
HGI Bi:_ or
Air Kaufiman, <.!•«• of the memb- is from vi
Texas, appealed in Lis seat thi- morning, and re
wasswmn in.
Mr. Hunter tepo.t- d a bill to amend tLe m t >.
in lelaiiun Io the I’p). to nliary in the D; ::icl ol qi
Columbia, (hhei Bids w<*r<* reponed ami the
special order cl the day wa- then ( all*?.! li.-r. !:u- w
By a ru!e of tne Ib’H i*,three days u*t re given to
Io t.'irituri.d bu iness. The 2C*th, 21 -t and 22<i of a;
May were the days oiiglnjlly set rq>a:t fur this
putp..sp, but the special order w:; postpam d for a
the first three days of June. The la ( Ihiee day s ~|
will be devoted to the bu-'ine..*; cf th? District us *.\
(‘dumbia. . ,
'Che House wrnt at onei* intoeoiooii*'.*e of the
Whole, and Gok up a t ill to aidinthi < .n.struciiu.i '
of certain road- in the Territory of Wi-eon
f-’omediscu sion prsued upon ihecuroti-iiticuati- j q.
ty ot sin h improvements, and after the aduptian of |
one or two amendments, the bill wa Iu I . to :
be sop uted lu Ihe llou-r.
Mr. MeConne’.l offered an ainondmcnf, w’.irh j r p
w.i: inle ! on! of order, t) appropriate .ui) L,
the oirrtion of a ‘ public gre.rc'v’ Pt '.he 1 alu of
Mr. Harrl .on n.ide an inc fil etuii attempt to lay *
aside the Territorial bnsincs,-. ;.nd take up tl-c bill
authorizing the appointment c.f additionai geneiab i ”
in the army. 1
A bill making appropii.Hion for certain i i.li jv, -
ments in the territory of low a was next t ike:*, un. • !
Mr. MeCouucll ofi'ered .in amendment ap.mq> i
ating twi millions ‘* to break up the runni: ; gear 1
of 1 uin and foul legislation,” and luiding that his
jokes did nut lake, he pbu ed hi- head upon Hip •»-.«( A
of his chair and hi = legs upon his de.-k and wen! to m
The bill was slightly amended and laid a-ide to
be rej.orted.
The bill to direct the President of the i'. S. to u
sell the reserved mineral lands in Illinois, Aikan- y
-a=, \Vi eoiuhi and lowa was next tn'.-.c: up ai. I
debated at conrideraida length, after which rhe p.
Committee ruse and the House a ljourncd.
IN SENATE June 2.
’The session commenced with the recej>'.iun s j
ol memorials, but noncot thus? piesented were a
of impoiiaiice, except a temoiisirancc against ;
the repeal ol the Bilot Laws.
Mr. Lewis ul Ala. iIL nd two ies *l:Hiu’u
which, not being object d tu, were ?»du;;:e«L— q
They call upon iii»‘ I’re-i 1.-i.t 01 tse U.S.
commuuicaie to the Senateiheamouni oiavad
able funds lor the i nduing fiscal year —tne pro- ]
bable necessity ul a loan -tiie prot-abl * ■ xi
oi a vigorous proscumo not the war with Mexi
co—the means oi raising leven.teproposed - and
all the information ha\ ing returcm*.* u> th.* .••::.:•* 1
of the finances. [■
Air. Houston called up his R u-edniion pio- 1,
nosing the thanks of (Nmgrc-s to Genet al 'Fay- 7
lor and his Army lur their gallant conduct o*l
the S'.h and Th instant. A u-Z. uc <d ito i: :er- 1,
c*st arose un the h im ol the Resolution and the '■
discussion was partiuipaicd in by ALrssis, Hulls- ’
ton. Div. S eigHt. Sevi. r and oihcis.
Mr. Di*; move I :ht i<iei< 1; ■* to the (’ .ami - , .
tee on Military Aliaiis. He thought 1 ha: th? j
Resoltiiion wotil ! receive from the (.'■•mmiuee a ;
form which would make them ncceptaLl.) (he I
Mr. Hua-Jun wa- opposed to ai*v s.*:?il
He though’’hat ii would >hu wYi L-:e? < ,
■ tk rei.ee. Th • pi<
to give the General in comiaaud a- woi.l. and I
the Stales ha 1 g n 1 a . voted ; isi s wi i a
<word to the ofliceis horn their own Suites ; <
wh > had di.-:inguisl-ed lhemseives.
Air. Bree<e and Mr. A:iie:i--n b.-tii de-jr ! i
a reierci.ee ul the Resolution io the Aii J ..y : :
(’(■mmiti'Y. i
Mr. (lass - u Rf a , . ,
in ISII u Maj r General?S it, Ri y. B
Puri? 2 others lor lheii ga nt services in I
tiie war.
Tiie uhole subject was (hen referred to the i
Mititai y Committee.
Mr. Crittenden rnovt a 1 . • .
the vote l>v whi' h Mr. L*“vi ’s R-*->! I'i.e:-
uciiiiig •he r u'iiii u "i tip* iinam • ■ • i the
Government had b« en a-!* |-:<d.
Th«* in i«>n wa a .■ • tv), ai I a deba
Mr ’ ‘rilit-nden -M I that hi - rc.ron fa a ..
ing their consideration was to move an amend
ment. As the IL s. lurions were repoi'e! b.'v
looked only to mo(ii heat ion? ot the larifl, arid i n
an ihcrea- •of the Revenue, lie ’., ir-’dto I
an !t-t'h f ia order that the Preside'.:’. :.*.ay 1
stale all his plans to Congtessas tu Ihe i*._;s.i-< ■
u( ti e Revenue.
Mi. Webster de>ii.*d that theakcnii m of :L.- I
General (Lueinment .should I-• calle : to the ;
tact that the mmey market at thr time i-gie.; ,*. ’
emt arras* id. The c >n< enuaiion ot the ■. u! 1
:an at New (hlean*. the transfer of funds in
e< ie and by la ' • h*. n ciiies i ■
New’Orleans wa? lik- ly to iiifii. t a u I |
oi’ mischief He thought it neces- a
lie at tent I*4 . be calle
ment with a view of relief. IL* tlmiglv t -
'l’r.*asurv dra: sic uld be i*<urd L wa< n ’
for him to point out the mean= cd relit-', ’ T he
suggested it to tho-e who had the mean? of c a
trolling the affairs ot the corin'! ..
In conclusion, Mr. \V . w ished to know ul the
- Chairman of the Finance Committee it any.
. thing was 1? be done towards relieving the ex
changes, which were now so unequal.
1 Air. Lewi® knew of no changes in the present
Mr. Calhoun did not like (hat one Sena:* r
, shouid.catechieeanother. Tb<embarrassments
:j*'.':.cu cd were incident to, and necessaiy to a
>:;itc oi wat. Exchanges were against New
V. rk and in favor < 1 Nt v. (Irlean and that w as
the cau-c. Il could not Lc avoided by a Na
liutial Bank, or in any other way.
Ab. \Vebsle»‘said that the Government might
alfurd relief by a proper administration oi the
existing Laws, or by framing new one?. 11 Le
wa called upon to point out the means oi relief
m'd if sue of Trea ur,
n**ie‘, the effect oi which would Le io allay
alarm, to im rease conlidence, to facilitate ex
change. 1 :’, li would not be necessaiy in doing
ihi? to rely upon Treasury notes f ol u ie suppoit
< 1 ihe wai. All that would be necessary would
lie to aid the Government itself by a transfer ol
its funds in the available means of Treasurv
M;. Simmons oi R. I. concurred in this, and
shot; ;hi it a practical remedy f or relict.
Mr. Ni'cs g: Conn, was lor a vigorous appli
cation oi the Sub-Treasury Bill, and that was
liis means t>i relief.
Air. ILt vis was glad that the Resol ill ions had
been brought tor ward. It wasiime that the policy
cl ihe Administ-aiic-n was known in reference
to the existing war. ’The policy laid out by the
President «»n ,: his friends six months since was
in reference to a time oi peace, and not to such
a moment as the present.
Tne debate was further continued in brief,
when Mr. Crittenden suggested that the Rcsohb
lions be laid over until to-morrow.
J’iie Resolulions were then laid over.
—The unfinished bn>ine.*»*- <4
v -icr.'ay or if. special oniers were then called
i »r, being the motion to give instructions to the
J miiciary Committee in regard to the Bids which
they would bring forward.
Mr. Webster suggested that no instructions
uld Lc given. He had confidence in the
Committee as the Senate had, and presumed
that v could properly be trusted with the tur
il.< r r< nsideration of the whole subject.
Mr. < ■ii*tei!' : en also though? that nothing was
: ! • g.iir.fd. by the instructions asked fur by the
'-■ ? u r Irum Missouri. He, therefbie, sug
g' s'.n! that the Resolutions be laid upon the l<i-
I 'e, am! Mr. Benton said his main object had
ir*cn cc' • mred in in the reference of the R»-. >lu
li as to i!u- committee on the Judi< ia r y. He
v. u’d 5; : in.-ist upon the instruction.**.; and
without furthei debate they were laid upon tiie
Mr. 1 iaton can doiied to know of theCliair
tnan <d';he Finance (’ •mmiitee. m some one
<•!*'*, v.’beiin*: the Sub Treasury’ Bill was to be
acted upon. (Laughter.) TheCaaiiman was
not piesent.
An . Speight of Miss, answered, but almost in
He was < ail' d upon to >pcak louder, but said
nmhiDg that caul 1 be heatd.
The Senate, on motion ul Mr. A!b*n, and ala
v<*.'V entlv Emir, went into Executive session.
Nothing i t impoilancc wa? done iu the Exe
cu’iv. session, and the Senate at three o’clock
adjourned.
HOUSE.
Air. D»u J.i - oiietcd a Resolution which was
ligieed t<>. io clo.'p the debate upon ihe Alineral
L.:i;4 Bill in Ihitiy minutes.
Ait. B ill oi S. ( ’. proposed to end the de
baic upon tiie supplementary war bill in two !
hours.
Mr. Davis moved to iay this Resolution upon 1
the laid'*, and the vole was yeas 55, naysH.'i, 1
The House postpon; <! the territorial business
to two o’clock, and adopted ihe Resolution to
t'Tminaic the debate upon the Supplementary ’
War Bill in one hour, by a vutn of 93 10 66.
Th. Ilc.u-ewcnt into Committee of the Whole, 1
when a debate arose upon the merits of the quo.?- f
tu.n. ‘ |
Mi. 1 >av»- vi ky. : p iko furupwrad* of halt an <
hoar ia opp.i itivii to the bill. He contended that 1
the >l!i sci tian, fich ui/in/ the President toapfoint
:«iL-in (itlic, is—comm ssaries, quarter-m-ish iu }
n.l st'ucons —to tiie regimentsof militia or volun- 1
[rei • called into service, was in direct violation of t
Ihe ('.•).-lituiioo, Mr. IL was opposed t > the ere a <
lioa of any additional perals,aud charged that ii ,
\i• a. design to sa?t aside ami supersede (lenctal A
ttaylor.
Mr. Bnnkeihoti said that his object in a.'u eing
o report the bill to make General 'Taylor a
Vlap.-r General.
Mr. Davis -aid that General 'Taylor was a-, com 1
ent to cot.duct the war, in his present rank, as if '
ie had a Major GeneraT.? commission in his pocket, ‘ r
«nd he wished him to remain in command. '
Mr. I*, censured the President for not having sent '
nore regular troops t.» General Taylor previous to
he eoinsnencemcnt of ho-tilitiea, and paid a high 1
•onqiliincni to the iddomitald.* skill and courage of
Im. T. and hi; gallant soldiers, to which al.me \
he \i. loiics us the Sth and Sth May me alliihuted. j
Mr. Boyd gave notice of his inteutnm Io submit ,
>:< :i!i;C‘jd:r.vnl providing that the iocreas? of ufli- »
er? shall continue only so long as the service of
he militia and volunteers may Ue required.
.Mr. Henley spoke in vppo.-ition to the appoint- 1
ncni of ad'h’iunai general-, and I roped the first
T?-'7y fui any more Major Generals or any more
irigadier gonerals than we now bad, and if we J
nude any mote it would be very difficult to get rid 1
>f them at the close of the war.. c
Mt H nlsn d.!< nded the Pies idem from the
Ji t!? • made against him by Mr. Davis, and 1
.aid H any censure was due for the want ot
rm : (,n the Rio Grande, it should be visited 1
m (kn 'Taylor, who, in all his despatches pre
, ions t<4 (he cwininc-nccmeni ot' hostilities, rep. ll
oented that there wa? no probability ui war.
li being evident that there was a screw louse
>mf whcif, and that mure drilling would be ie- 1
juired b.*t;i. r r the bill could be passed, 1 ;
Mr. Bait moved that the Committee rise, L
>vhi -h was agreed to.
Mr. Butt then moved to postpone the Terri- “
oriai bu.-incss umii Thursday, which was also 1
1 greed to. ?
Mr. Butt then moved to reconsider the vote
i '■•!•! mg the resolution to terminate the debate
•d on** u’td.-ck to-day, and the vote having been ,V
* or.-i .. nd, the resolution was amended by n
ub- idling two o’clock to-morrow, and in this
dli’q ■? was U'L ’pted. b
Tir House then again went into Commillte
,i :he Wh.d *, and resumed;the consideration o!
Mr. ilaralson replied to ihe speech of Air. 11
I Hvis and showed tfum ihe return ot General 1
•’••olt’.ha: all the troops promised to General i
Tevlor. weie u:i;'er his command as far back v
is OcliLm- last. v
Mr. 11. also defended the bill in all i*• provis- 1
on*., and showed that the increase of generals •
tsked fbr wa? not disproportionate to the force t
4 the Army, as compared with that of the War
1 1812. 1
Mr. -■ D >w< 11 th ■ ighi the bill made greatei
•i-■.•V'-i *ns im-an increase of officer? than ihe
:■*( es**i'i-ol the case lequired, and urged that
• . nomy should not be lost sight 01.
Th*’ Ui'C 1 ***•!«-n was further continued by I
Me* Carroll and Hunt of \. Y., when on '•
:: ■•-•l'd Mr. Holmes of S. <(he C-mmii:ec
-use. I
Mr. Tiiuinpson <1 Miss, reported a Bill 1. t 1 '
i'!es *i ving peace auK«ng the f'luTokee in lian? I '
whi di was iclerrcd lo th? C-enmittee un the '
W.i de.
| Th:? I’,ui provide.-for Commis-i-T.CI.*. lor ai 1
iivision ot ihe land into men s a?d bounds; lor |
placing the W’estern Cherokees in one division ; ■
in * the iLisci n Cherokees in another. |
Mr. Morris of (>hio ufiered a Resolution in- 1 ‘
-ti tb’iing the Judiciary Committee to luiug in j l
a Bill adopting the la ws of tne State of Alary ''
land tai the Govern.net.l an.! aduiinistiaiion ot I
ptsH e in tl,' Di-tiicl of Columbia.
Mr. Broadhead suggested “an inqui:v into •
th • X:'iency” itisiuad ot “in •■ructing. ; ’This!
‘.’. as agreed 10, when Mr. Thurman, ot Ohio, I
moved to lay the Resolution upon the table.— :
This was carri< d and the House then adjourned. ;
IN' SE SATE lune 3.
Mr. Dix reported a supplementary Drawback |
Hill ! I!: 1 Bid w’:ii< h pa*-*-ed Tie 1 louse some
time since, and whicli H designed tu extend the
l.u ilitirs in sending goods to Canada. Tne
Bii was reported with amendments.
The Paymaster’s Bill was reported back
bu n the Military Cotnmitice, with a recoin
mcridatiGn that the House amendment? be ih-t
concurred in.
Air. Ber.t(>n saiti tliai the House amendment i
made tb.e oifi' p ol a Paymaster /'znjw- r/, ami ;
in his judgment and that ot the Committee, the .
offi -e should be permanent.
The Senate concurred wirh theCommit.ee,
an ! the bid goes back to the House.
Mcs<r?. Pennybacker an 1 Archer pre.*ente.l '
men; :ials praying that the Bill to retrocede i
ADxnndrta may become a law.
'l'i. Lid tor umniing alternate sections of i
. >nu t -r Pearl River in Mis-issippi and Loni- '
-■.a . 1 wa? called up by Mr. Speight and a '
mtinutu! debate arose upon the merits of (he 1
bi’:. The discussion was enlarged upon the I
’..i'** T t « bill, and Mr. Webster and Mr. I
Calhoun look pan in il, at er the bill had been i
cain-sily dis'Ui-'td by Messrs Speight in de- ;
f'-ncr, Ni es in onoosiiion, and Messrs. Atui.er,
Simnu ns and Jamcgin, with the view of elicit- ;
ing additional inlormaliun.
Ali. Webster said he could nut acknowledge i
an? cunsiiiution-il distinction between taking I
m -ney uul • ! the Treas i. v from the sale ot i
land<, or appt.<p: t iling ihe proceeds of lands j
1 1;. ui*-!d■» < s There was in his judgment power i
! * > a'd this. 11c thmight it ai-u quite ad .’i-a- ,
I*!.-* ihm public lands should not be lung in mar- 1
tor fortj
'.. with the lands now on the Mississippi ■
ru. and poite.ns of which it was proposed to
riant L>r th-* purpose of improving the naviga- |
n of the Peat 1 Rivtr.
I It was also not desirable, in his judgment,
U-: me land- should lemain long in market
' uh the Government as proprietur. li would
. I - much better that the Government should
transfer them, or dispose of them in <<>me way.
. Mr. Calhoun said he could not acknowledge
that there was power in ihe General Govern
: ment to inalce approptiations for works ci In
-1 t al Improvement, but the Government could
i give away one portion ot the lands in order to en
! .*,?nc»* •> * value ot the other half. With some
he u ; th< Bill I efore
the S.na.-, ! ui ii mu.-t be with ihe understand
ing ’.hat the amount should Le limited, and the
wgi.; m ipr.svd rxee re l.
Mr '-!•• . lit was u idingia adopt the amend
ment. but Mr. Lewis of Ala. called tor action
upon th? resolu ion < tiered by him yesterdaj’
as to the means ol carrying oh the war with
Mexico, and the Pearl River bill was Laid aside.
Mr. Criuenden offered an additional resolu
tion somewhat extending the inquiry submitted
to the President, and the series ol resolutions
were adopted without objection or debate.
Another Land Bill, relating to the Houmah
Grant, now occupied the of the Senate,
and Mr. McDuffie spoke a». i. ngifi upon tiie
o. ‘ll of the I .on. 1 fit Bill was finally
ordered t*»l ,r engre >ed, and th» !•'* uate ?hen ad
journed.
HOUSE.
The Bill lor increasing the Army officers,
and to give mor? efficiency lo Ihe Army, was
taken up m Committee of the Whole.
Air. Holme, of S. ('. addressed the Commit
irt* in favor of the bill, which he regarded a*
I.- a uiry lo ?ive eflii i- ncy to the Aimy. The
war with Mexico had just commenced, and the
commencement was only a small beginning.
It became u- to give all possible aid to the vig
orous prosecution of the war. Energy at the
beginning would prevent delay in the end.
There were many millions of people in Mex
ico. They had means of defence which would
i.e more and mote developed as we progressed
in the fighl. ’1 ht y had mountains to flee from
and to fly to, and the Mexicans had all theyw
sor.ncl of a brave army, and they would fight ef
ficiently under good ofliceis. When we inva
ded their countiy we should find it was not like
defending what was called our own.
Mr. Burt of S. (.’., Mr. Haralson of Ga., Mr. Dar
rah of Pa. and Mr. Brinkerhoff of Ohi), continued
the debate and spoke until two o’clock. The first
amendment offered was an assault covertly upon
General Scott. It gives the President power to
reduce the Maj ir Generals in the army to one
aftor the war, and the one retained shall have no
reference to the priority of his commission.
Thu vote upon this amendment was S 3 to 77.
The next amendment agreed to was the proposed
icduction of Major Generals contemplated bj- the
bill from two to one. In like manner the Adjutant
Generals were increased two, and the Assistant
Adjutant Generals two.
Mr. Robt. Smith of Indiana opposed some of
the Provisions ol the Bill. He did not place ihe
same estimate upon the war as the member
from S. C. He contended too, that it was not
in any respect a wat of aggression. Ir was a
w.ii lu make Alexico respect our boundary, and ,
secure tu u • the boundary wi.ii h we^laiintd. —
'The large increase of Generals he did not re
gard as necessary, and in the present shape he
c.'iild nut vote for the bill.
The rations were liruitcd to eight per day for the
extreme number, by a vote of 74 lo 66. A motion
t > limit them to six was rejected, 73 to 13, by the
ca ’ing vote of the Chairman.
Mr. Haralson of Ga. moved an amendment to in
corporate the wai articles during the war with
M» xic'*, which was also agreed to. The operation
of th.'* act us Alay 29, ]S3 *, altering the 6Sth arti
cle of the Ainay regulations, is suspended. The
f Rowing is also one of the amendments of the bill;
When the army are serving beyond the limits of
the United Stifles, the foTowers of the camp may
be tried, capitally, or otherwise punished by sen
tence of a general Court Martial, for any and all
oflenc*? ; whatever, whether appertaining tu the
Army, or upon me persons and property of the
country beyond the judicial or geographical limits
of the United States. This i to be No. 102 of the
at titles of war.
'l’he Hou ;e adjourned as soon as the bill had
been ieported from the Committee.
IN SENATE... June 1.
Mr. Sim geon presented a memorial from the
ou tiers ol the barque Pons, recently condemned
and sold as a slaver, asking a change in the
name of the vessel.
Mr. Davis presented a remonstrance against
the pii'S.ig? oi the bill from the 1 louse lor the
retroces- iuii ul Alexandria.
Mr. Ca? offered a resolution requesting the
l‘re>i lent to inform the Senate whether any offi
cer < i the Anny has, during the past or present
year, mad? any calls upon any of th? Stales for
militia or volunieers, and if so, what number of
troops have been thus called for, and the ex
pense incurred thereby; an! also whether such
call? have i- en <_■ »uni-.imanded by the War De
partment.
In an-wi-r to an inquiry, Mr. Cass said that
his resolu’ion had nleienceto the calls made
by Gen. Gaines, and he read a statement ol
ihos? calls, h'-m which it would appear that
Gen. G. had c.illril, in various ways, fur up
wards of 12,090 troops, at an expense ol up
ward? o! $1,000,000, and had also made numer
ous appointments of "tail officers and olhcrsjbr
al! which L had no authority whatever.
Mr. C i s did not impute any improper mo
tives to Gen. Gaines, whom he knew to be a 1
brave and patriotic officer, but he cet’ainly had
acted very strangely and uiriortunalcly, and it
was necessary to adopt some legislation that
won! I t r?veiit such proceedings in future.
Mr A’chci itiq lived whether Gen. Gaines
had been re ’ailed.
Mr. Ca *? replied that he understood that he 1
was ordered to W ashington. I
Af:?r som? further remarks th? resolution I
was lai' over ut.d. r the rule, and will come up •
lor ?m‘jsii’.< ration to-morrow <
The Sena:- * then took up the Post Otiice ap- 1
pi*.,| ria'.ion I ill, up n which a long debate en- (
sued, principally in reference to the working ul '
lion of P >t-masleis. It was participated in by <
Messrs. Speight, Huntington, Simmons, Atch
ison, Ci ittenden, Morehead, Haywood, West- •
con, Niles and others. <
Th j i'enate adjourned without definite action
Upon the Bill, and after rejecting an amend- s
ment ofle t Iby Mr. >; eight ol Miss, extending 1
the benefits of tiie franking privilege to Post ’
Masters u-I receiving a salary oruummissiuns <
tu the amount uiJyHJO per annum.
HOUSE.
Tiie. War Bill was first acted upon in ihe ’
11 use ibis morning,—'i’he Territorial business
having been postponed until the same was dis- ;
po>< d id. I
Th? ifou.se was then called upon to vole up- .*
un the amendments agreed to in ihe Committee 1
of the Whole. 'l’he first was the reduction ol
Maj«r Generals from two to one, and there- i
duction of Brigadier Generals from four to two I
The ' louse concurred with the Committee,
yeas 107, nays 61. ( I’he vote in regard to the I
number of Brigadier Generals was 108 to 68 ) ;
The vens anil nays were then ordered upon
the f.ffiou ing amendment: <
P > i-' •!, That wra nthe wai wi ll Mexico (
shall t<; rnina’c, the number ot major-generals I
in th? army .‘.’;ail b*? icdr.ee*! to one, and the
number of l rigadier<encra!> snail be reduced i
t > two; an 1 the President of the United Slates (
is authmized and diic-J.-d to select from the 1
whole number which mav then le in office, :
wiihout tegaid t • the date or their commissions, t
the number to be retained, and cause the re- 1
mainder tobe discharged from the service ol
the United S’a’es. 1
This nmendmern was ~•!'! ed lo by yeas and <
navs —V( a? 92. 2<ays b 5.
Th * I llo'.*. ing section was then voted upon. 1
and a .'"red to. I
Sr* .6. .I///- ■'fii.i-Ui'-! That ihe I
President of ihe United States be, and he here
by i**, aufliot -z dl • npp »int as many additional I
assistant adjutant-general?, not exceeding four, :
as the si'ivice mav require; who shall be ap- <
pointed in the same manner, have the same bre* '
vet rank, pay, and < nmlumenis, and 1? charged
with the .*-a.i*.e du’i*-* as tho?? now authorized
bv law. o That these additional ap- ■
<in>mr:::s .-i ,li c-rri-u 1 only so long as the
exigencies of the service may render necessary.
The following proviso, added to the seventh
section wa? also agreed to :
That no officer shall hold a com
mission in ui*i department ol the rank of ma
jor, or higher, and at ihe same time retain a
commission in the line.
The Efih section, authorizing the President
to supply A nuv ta-ti slo the volunteers, waa
agreed io without a cuurfl.
A.lso the 13lh. dm ing the war with
Mexico, the act of May 29, 1830, establishing
rules and articles lor the government of the U.
S. Armv.
Sevria! mrinbeiscalle l Lt the yeasand nays
Uj.‘>n the tallowing secli «r.s:
Si u. H Ah*! Lc it further enacted, That to
the 1 * an I aiticl st r thf govei nment ot the
armies u-f the Unhid S ates, established by the
above recited aeq in the first section of the same
there shall be added the following:
Art. 102. Any officer or soldier, or any other
of the persons d.-scribedor enumerated in the
60. h, Ihiiii, and 97th of the said established ani
' cles, and ia general all other followers of a
camp or aimy ol the U. States, when any such
’ armv shall t? serving beyond the limitsol the
J IA Str.’??, and their organized Tei: itorial go
: verr.ments, may be tried, and capitally orother
: v. ise pun’n*:i?d, by sentence ol a general cou;t
--: maltin':, aceor iingto the nature and degred ot
■ • ■ : • any m torol he r lei, my com
: milled upon the pms m or ptoperty of any ol
j the persons herein inelud* d, orupon the person?
: or |‘roj'e::;. us any of ihe people of the enemies
i nt ’he cuun'.rv beyond the geographical or
1 j.Giciuu? limit?.
i Thi? section was agreed to by a vote of 103
I tu «0.
j The yeas and nay*, were ordered upon the fol
■ lowing -• uiiuii wl.icli was agreed to by a vote
j ul 87 !•■ ''l.
' S::c. 15. A.. Ile it lurther enacted, ’I hai
lium an ; after the passage ot this act, no olfi
-1 ccr in the armv ul the United Slates, rot
‘ actually engaged in piuseculing or aiding in
I canyingun hostiliiius against the public ene
| mv, ?hall Le eniiued to receive more than eight
rations per day, or commu'alion therefor.
The 16 han : .<:■ tsecti n as agi td to a ith
! out a oivi'i■_n :
' Sr?.. 16. Ar.! ei’ further enacted. That
I when anv oi.'mer • f the army shall make a re
i qui>i-iun up ’. he Executive us any State foi
I mili'.ia 0: /; iu meets, to be employed in the ser-
I vice of fn" United Stales, it shall be the duty ui
the Oiff jvi 1.) communicate to ihe said Exec u
tive a copy us >0 much or his instructions as
contain the authority under which he act**, and
all call*- •tuerwi**e made shall !•.* disregarded.
The Bill uas lhen ordered tobe engrossed
without the yeas an.l nays. Upon the question
recurring upon the final passage us the Bill,
Mr. E ing ot Tenn., a*ked tu be excused from
voting, giving as a reason the sth section olthe
Rill, which he regard'**! a> in violation of the
Consiiiuti'.m bv its interference with the Stahr
Militia. Tiie Bill he also regarded as wrong
in consequence 11 covert attack upon cer
tain ofli-‘?rs < f'he Armv. and the design lo dis
charge them at ihe close of the war.
Mr.Haralson of Ga. said that thorc were many ob
jectionable features in tiie bill. But he should vote
for it a® the best that could be procured.
Mi. Preston King of N. Y. asked tube excused
from voting upon the ground that it extended the
regulations of the army of the United States over a
foiei'n country.
’ The hill was then passed,yeas 119, nays 53.
[ Mr. Davis of Ky. desired to offer a supplemental
; bill requiring the State Volunteers to be under offi
cers ol their own selection, agreeably to their right
» under the Constitution.
, The resolution was objected to, the yeas
and ua\ moved upon the su-p ti >*op ' I the rifle,
ivhich Ho IT - refused,yer 11 ' 1 'j • 1
The House went into Uonimittecul the Whole
upon Hit Bill lor the ale ul mineral lands.
The debate uas participated in by Messrs.
Collamer, Dodge and other?.
'I he Bill was reported to the House al half
past two o’clock and the Previous question
moved, when the House went into Committee
again and took up a Bill for the improvement oi
Fcx and Wisconsin Rivers, which gave rise to
an extended debate. Thu Committee rose, and
the House adjourned v ithout action upon th?
Bill.
IN SENATE J un? 5.
Mr. Ashlej’ moved that the General Pre-emp
tion Law be made the special order of the day
for Wednesday. The motion was agreed to.
The bill granting alternate sectionsol land
for the improvement of Peail River in Missis
sippi was passed by a vote of 21 lo 15.
Gaines,— Mr. Cass called up his resolu
tion (offered yesterday)calling tor th? orders of
Gen. Gaines, for raising troops, and desiring to
know whether they had been approved by the
Executive or not.
Mr. ('ass said that he entertained a very high
respect for Gen. Gaines. He was a brave, va
luable and patriotic officer, and had rendered
good service to the country. But he had passed
by the President on one the side, and Gen. Tay
lor on the other, and called on the Executive of
the Slates. 11 is good intentions were very bad
precedents, and called lor correction.
He disclaimed all intention oi censuring Gen.
Gaines, but the inquiry he had made was neces
sary and due 10 the Government and to the Ar
my He had called out troops upon his own re
sponsibility and without authoriiy of law and
in violation of the Constitution of the U. Stales.
These 12,000 men had pari ol them been sum
moned into service, and part oi them went to rhe
scat of war without any authority whatever.
ali. \\ ebbler said that Gen. (fiiines had re<*n
in authority lor some time in the Southern Di
vision, and il could ha r dly be supposed that he
was so ignorant of the Laws and the Constitu
tion as to order out ihe Milina of ihe States in
violation ui law. it he had done so, il was cer
tainly a most extraordinary proceeding, and
called fm inquiry.
He believed that the President had power to
cal! out the militia of the States to repel inva
sion. It was a very proper power delegated to
the President, and it was hi? province to exer
cise this power according to his discretion. He
presumed, too, that he had a light to delegate
(his power for the selection of an officer of the
Army. He desired to know the facts in the case.
The proceeding, to say the least of it, was ex
traordinary, and without censuring tiie Execu
tive he desired the information which had been
called lor.
Me. Webster said that he had taken occasion
io inquire of those who had a knowledge of the
facts, or ought to ha ea knowledge of the facts,
and was informed that the expenses of the Mih
tary Department of the Government were now
carried on at an expense ol nearly hall a mil
lion a day.
Mr. Sevier said he would defend General
Gaines, and be thought it was wrong to censure
him in the indirect way embodied in the Reso
lution of the Senator from Michigan. He had
dune well, and had acted properly. Ile deserved
the applause of the country instead of its cen
sure, and ii he had done differently, he would
have deserved the censure ol the country. He
would have deserved more, and even to be shot.
He did not wait for the tedious forms of law,
but met the crisis, and met it like a man. And
now. when his conduct was applauded al New
(>rleans, and would be by the people oi the
country, an attempt was made to censure him
in an indirect manner
1 le did not think it just thus lo lay blame at
a crisis like the present upon the shoulders oi
this patriotic veteran.
Mr. Johnson, at La., defended the course ol
Gen. Gaines, and said that his conduct had been
approbated by the Governor ol the Slate and the
people ol New Orleans at a large public meet
ing. The people of the Slate, and the South
every where, approved of Gen. Gaines’ conduct,
and he would vote for no resolution implying
censure upon him.
Mr. Western t said that the Resolution of the
Senator from Michigan was an act of censure,
whether it was so intended or not. lie cared not
whether censure was disclaimed or not. He
should vole against the Resolution.
When the Senator from Michigan was Seere
lary of War, Gon. Gaines acted precisely as he
has since done. He ordered out Volunteers
from Louisiana immediately after Dade’s mas
sacre, and this old veteran,' with his knapsack
on h«s back, marched al the head of those men
and led them for seventy miles on foot against
the Indians. He thought that Gen. Gaines
would have been ceils m n
done by him.
Mr. Webster said he had nut censured Gen.
Gaines, and did not regard the information re
ceived, as far as it had been made known, as
warranting a censure. If the President had
sanctioned the orders ol Gen. Gaines, he was re
sponsible for it, and the case presented itself to
’he Senate in a very different light from what it
otherwise would. I call upon gentlemen, said
Mr. Webster, to answer me this. If Gen. Tay
lor was put into a critical position, as was al- ,
leged, who put him there?
If Gen, Gaines had ordered out troops to meet
a crisis growing out of the removal of the
troops to Texas or Mexico, he was also respon
sible lor this. He was determined toprobe this
matter to the bottom.
'The discussion was further continued by
Messrs. Johnson ol Md., Mangum, Archer,
Bagby, Sevier, Houston and others.
Gen. Houston argued that Gen. Gaines, if he
had violated orders, or not obeyed orders, was
amenable to the Executive.
Mr. Bagby could see no wrong in the conduct
of the Executive, none in the Resolution of Gen.
Cass, none in anybody but Gen. Gaines whom
he said he would not censure.
Mr. Sevier oflered an amendment calling up
on the President for any correspondence with
Gen. Scott and the Secretary of War, or the
President. He had heard that there was such
a correspondence, and he desired to see it, aim
to have the whole matter laid before the coun
try at once,
Mr. Johnson said he was opposed to the reso
lutions. 'The orders given antecedent to the-.M
of May had been approved <4 by the Executive. (
'The power given to the Presidenttj repel inva- ,
sion was given to him alone. He had no power
to delegate it lo any body. But the troops had (
bi en ordered out and their serv ices accepted.—
'The conduct of General Gaines was governed
by the exigency of the case. It was done ille
gally and without anv power whatever. General
Gaine - had not called upon the State Executives
because he had not the power to do so under the
law ol 1775.
I le invited all io come ala mom ?nt when the
coumry was invaded. He promised them the
means of going forward lo the scene oi danger
when the Army was threatened with destruc
tion. Why had not General Gaines’ conduct
been censured by the War Department in 1836,
and in 1812. General Gaines did then wha* he
had now done ! The troops called out were
paid, and no one said nay.
II was very cool in us to call up the conduct
of men which has been exercised under great
excitement, and when the country was in dan
ger. When General Gaines had ordered out
ids troops it was expected that Paredes was on
the way to Matamoros with 15,000 men It
was at a tris is like this that General Gaines
ordered out the troops. He believed that Para
des, with a force four times as large as that of
’General Taylor, was on the way from the capi
tal n| his country.
Under this apprehension he had issued his
orders. He had not called out his troops under I
the law. The taw was passed for no such pur
pose. He admitted that there was no law for
what had been dune, it however, General
Gaines had been wrung in giving these orders,
the Executive had done much more wrong in
sanctioning the acts thus illegally done.
Mr. Johnson spoke also in opposition to the
amendment of Mr. Sevier. lie coufd not see
'he motive of it, and would not vot? for it, re
garding it as entirely extraneous matter, having
no correspondence with the subject matter un
der consideration. if General Scott had viola
ted the laws, he was amenable. It had had
written a tart letter to the Executive, or a letter
in homely phrase, was he to be called to ac
count tor this by the Senate ! Mr. Johnson
commended the general conduct of Scott and
his military life.
Mr. Webster dissented from the broad and
liberal ground which his friend had taken in de
fence ol what I c regarded as unjust and illegal
acts. From the earliest times cl the Govern
ment there were always excuses for the viola- :
tiwn of law. it was alwavs pronounced to be
for the public good, tn public necessity.
The Senator Horn Maiyland has said that the
Constitution was oi a very general good. is ,
that ail? is that all? is the whole sum of ail '
that then? are rules above the Constitution and '
above the law.-.’ that in his own word- th* re ■
may be limes fur setting the law a r.ie and the ;
Constitution aside? He was very sure that
his friend would not re-assert tu-m nruw what
he had asserted to-day.
Mr. Archer— Ik has asserted very strange
things to-day.
Mr. Webster—l know it, and therefore I Lave
risen to reply to him. If the Senator was right,
Hie Constitution was not worth a straw. It was
made lor peace alone and not lor war. There
was no man who h< ard with more pleasure than
himself ul the brave deeds of our brave men.—
He respected them however just so far as they
respected the laws.
Mr W. said he had no commendation for
laurels obtained above the law and beyond the
Constitution. He gloried in those principles
which were achieved the Constitution and
under the law. Who shall rear another fabric
when this Constitution is destroyed ? He may
find men to fight new battles and obtain new
victories, but w here is he who shall rear us ano
ther Constitution when this is destroyed? It is
to be a miserable thatched cottage tG protect us
in sunshine and to be blown about our ears in
a storm.
He desired not to censure Gen. Gaines, and
would not do it, if he could help it. He wi-hed
to know more about it. Had General Gaines
been a younger man and a more ambitious
man, we might have found him marchc- i in
t some other quarter than to the frontier of Mex
ico.
i A spirited rejoinder was made by Mr. John-
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pers, at the high, the very high stand that th? Southern Cultivator held among the farmers in
difleient parts of the United Stales.
Mr. Editor, there are a thousand ladies that would pay their dollar for the Cultivator to aid
them in the management of their gardens Jf the subject was only brought before them. There
are a thousand lawyers that would, each, give a dollar for ihe Cultivator to enable them to en
ter into conversation mi the highly important subject of husbandry, if for no other object; for
no man wishes to be dumb when the subject of agriculture ie mentioned. Now, Mr. Editor, if
one thousand can’t be had to enter into the above proposition, I will be one of five hundred, or
any number that will come up to the mark. Any sacrifice sooner than for the Cultivator to
stop. Where is the Southern farmer that would not feel his pride touched in a moment by such
attacks as Mr. Holmes, of Maine, is throwing at us.
Hoping your efforts to improve the agricultural interestsof our common country will prove
succt hsiul, I am, sir, your friend and obedient servant, ALEXANDER McDONALD.
Eufaii'a, Harbour County, Ala., Alay 9, 1546.
son, and a bold and eloquent reply from Mr. 1
Archer in reply to Mr. Johnson. Mr. Clayton 1
continued the debate, also, Mr. Crittenden, Mr.
Calhoun and Mr. Sevier, each in a lew words,
when Mr. Calhoun moved to lay the Resolution
upon the table, which motion was lost, by yeas
and nays. Yeas, 11. nays, 34.
The Resolutions were then greatly enlarged
so as to cover .1 call for all the orders of Gen.
Gaines an.l all his correspondence, with all the
correspondence of Gen. Scott relative tn the
Mexican war. The Senate adjourned at 5
o’cljck and 10 minutes.
HOUSE
Mr. Daniel, of N. G., moved to postpone the
special order (Territorial business) until Mon
day next, which was agreed to. Yeas 80,
nays 52
'i’he House then went into Committee of the
Whole, Mr. Boyd us Ky. in the Chair, and took
up the Private Calendar.
Such bills as were not objected to were laid
aside to be reported, and the House adjourned
without other business.
LN SENATE June 6.
Several petitions ware presemefl.
The bill to appropriate alternate sections of
land lor the improvement us Pearl river, in Mis
sissippi, was then taken up for final action.
Mr. Speight complained of the treatment it
had received from Senators on his own side of
the Senate. Some of them could vote for the
River and Harbor bill, when MeD* ghw fi’/afes
were interested; but when asked to vote away
a river in Mississippi, they would turn up the
whites ot their eyes and protest against it as an
abomination ’ Mr. S. said he should give such
men trouble when the River and Harbor Bill
came up.
Mr. Niles replied cru?tilv and dryly. He
found nothing in the Constitution authorizing
giants of alternate sections ot land tor river im
provements. 'l’he gentleman from Mississippi
had reflected, Mr. N. said, upon the Deinoctacy
ol the Senators on his (Mr. N.’s) side ol lha
chamber, and said that in some cases Demo
cracy at home was apt to b? aristocracy here.
The charge applied not to him. He (Mr. N.)
was not in the habit ol voting for River and
Harbor Bills.
Mr. Speight rejoined, and said his reflection
did not apply to the Senator from Connecticut
Mr. Bagby wanted m know il it was intended
lor him.
Mr. Speight said “yes, if Mr. R. voted lor
the Harbor and River Bill, and opposed this.”
Quite a sparring scene ot sharp sentences
took place between the two Senators.
The bill was then put. on its final passage,
and pastil— ayes 23, nays 18.
Messages were received from the President,
announced, read and laid on the table.
Mr. McDuffie called up the joint resolution
relative to the “ Houma Land Grant.”
Mr. Johnson, ol La., opposed il. All the in
formation asked for was printed and at hand.
Mr. Atchison followed, and sustained Mr.
McDuffie,against the joint resolution authori
zing the Attorney General to decide the case.
Mr. Westcott said he was not now prepared
to vole on the subject. He wished to act un
derstandingly. il what he had heard ot the ,
course ol Mr. Bibb, (when Secretarj' ot Ihe
Treasury) in the matter, could be true, then the
ex-Secretary olthe Treasury deserved tobe im
peached.
'l’he joint resolution was then informally laid
The resolution offered by Mr. McDuffie
yesterday, for inquiry on the subject, was then
adopted.
Then Smale next took up the French Spolia
tion bill.
Mr. (Jolquilt, ol Georgia, addressed the Sen
ate at length against the bill, and in suppoit ol
his former speech on the same subject.
When he had concluded, the amendment to
the resolution offered some lime since, in re
ference to claimants us lands in certain cases,
was adopted.
Mr. Ashley explained why he should vole
for the bill.
Mr McDuffie also gave Li? reasons why he
should vote against it.
Mr. Bagby said.be should vole for it, and was
instructed by his Legislature to do so.
'l’he bill was lhen engrossed and ordered lo
be read a third time, by a vote of 27 10 21.
Messages were received from the President
relative to the right of search. The correspon
dence on the subject was ordered to lie printed.
After the t’ansactioa of some unimportant
business the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Garrett Davis asked leave to oiler a re- ;
soltvion calling on the Secretaries of War, i
Slate, Treasury, Navy and the Postmaster Ge
neral, to report to the House whether the job
printing, stationary, tec. used in said depart
ments, have been let to the lowest bidder, con
formably to law.
Objections being made, Mr. IL moved to sus
pend the rules—rejecte ':, ayes 72, nays 66—not
1 wo-third?.
Mr. WintEron, from the (Committee of Wavs
and Means, reported a joint resolution for the
purchase of Little &’ Brown’s edition of the
jaws and treaties ol the United States. Lies
over.
.vir. llaral?on moved that Messrs. Baker n!
Illinois and Yell ot Arkansa ;, who have left
Washington to take part in the war with Mex
ico, be excused from attendance on the House.
Agreed to.
Mr. Andrew J. hnson offered a resolution for
Congress to adjourn on tiie 20th ol July, and
moved to suspend the rules to consider the re
solution. Lost, ayes 81, Does 73. The tariff
men generally voting for it.
Mr. Bovd offered a resolution for the House
to meet at 10 o'clock hereafter.
Mr.Collamer proposed to amend the resolu
tion, so as to fix the hour of adjournment at 4
we lock. I
A motion made to suspend (he rules to receive
the resolution was lost—yeas 111, nays 61, not
two-t hirds.
On motion of Mr. Hungerford th? House
then agreed to meet 21 10 o’clock A. .M. here
after.
The House then proceeded to the considera
tion of private bill?, and afterwards adjourned.
Mr. Amos Kendall nas made a proposition
to the Government to allow th** company oi
which he is the president to construct a magnetic
telegraph to New Orleans. If we are correctly
informed, the proposition is, that the Govern
ment shall advance three hundred thousand dol
lars, the entire line to be completed in throe
months, provided a sufficient quantity of wire
can be obtained in that lime. 'l’he Government
to have control of the telegraph fora definite or
indefinite time, or els? receive a rate of m( *resi
for the loan until paid. The President was
rather favorable to the plan, but on the matter
being referred to the Secretary ol W ar, thatgen
-1 Jem an e x pressed his doubts w het her the De pa 1i -
ment was authorised to carry the plan into exe
cution, withouia special act for that purpose.
Hence, we suppose, the suggestion ol the Union,
tbat the subject is to be brought to the attention
of Congress.—Com.. Adv.
Bradley 1 m. mas, Esq.,olihiscuuniy brought
to our office on last Thursday several oat stalk?,
the head: measuring from ninetcen to Imnhi-src
inches and a half in leng'h Who can beat this?
—Rome Journal.
i Volunteers for Santa Fe*—The St. Louis
, Republican of 22d May contains a letter written by
a member of the U. S. Senate, u in the confidence
ol the Administration,” ami addressed to Cel. R.
Campbell, aid to th? Governor of Missouri. Tht
letter was written on the day after war between
the United States and Mexico was declared, and
from it we take the anhjoined extract:
Our first care in this sudden change is our rela
tions with that country was to try aid take cue
es our Santa Fe trade. For tbia purpose it will be
proposed to tbe people of New Mexico, Chihuahua,
and the other internal provinces, that they remain
quiet and continue tiadiug with us as usual, upon
which condition thuy shall be protected in all their
rights and be treated as friends. To give effect to
this proposition and to make ?nre at all events of
protection to the persons and property of our tra
ders, (besides the proclamation es the President te
that effect.) Cel. Kearney will start immediately
with 300 dragoons, to be followed as quick aa
possible by one thouiand mounted volunteer! from
Missouri,and with authority to engage the services,
if necessary, of all the Americans in that part of
the world. This military movement will be to
make sure of the main object, to wit: peace and
trade ; to be secured peaceably if possible, forcibly
if necessary. For, unless they accept these condi
tions, tbe country will have to be taken possession
of as a conquest. This, however, we hope will
br- so obvioaaiy to the interests es the inhabitants
of that part of Mexico, (too far off from the Cen
tral Government to have any effect in general hos
tilities,) to enjoy the beneAto of peace and trade,
with the full nrotprtina of all their rights of person,
property and religion.
This letter caused a great deal of excitement in
St. Louis. A book whs opened for the enrollment
of the names of persons desirons of entering upon
important despatches iroxn the Government to tho
Governor of Missouri and Col. Kearney, arrived at
St. Louis on Thursday, and would proceed on his
route as fast as steam could cany him. No doubt
seemed lo be entertained that the statement con
tained in the letter was true, and that a requisition
on Missouri for one thousand mounted volunteer.*-
would be speedily made. The requisition, it i>
said, can be filled immediately.
The St. Louis Era of the 23d ult. remarkh—
Capt. Grimsley has been quite successful in ob
taining a number of volunteers for servioe in an
expedition against New Mexico. The St. Charles
troop, under Capt. Orrick, and tbe company of
Light Artillery, und<*r Capt. Shaffer, are to form a
part of it, and including these two companies, 603
volunteers have been enrolled. Ue will be ena*
bled to enrol 1000 effective men in a few days, and
if authorized they wonid soon be on their march.
Suicidf.—The New Orleans 7>opic, of Tues
day iafl, states ihnt on Sunday night, about half
past eight o'clock, a person.who gave his name
as Mr. King, called at the office of the f?t.
Charles Hotel, and enquired if it were too late V*
see General Gaines ? On being told that it wat, he
applied lor lodging for the night, and was shown to
room No. 275 On the next morning he wa? foued
suspended to his bed-post, having hung himself
during the night. In tbe pockets of his clothing,
was found a letter addressed to James M. D’ King*
Americus, Georgia, from hie brother Aiigua, dated
Forsyth, Georgia, April, 1843, and a pocket book
( ontaining between SSO and S6O in Georgia e»d
South Carolina money.
The deceased was apparently about 43 years of
age, 5 feet 8 inches in height,black hair, inclined
to grey.
From Yucatan- Papers Iroin Havana as
laiea?the 26th cf May have been received at
New York. They contain letters from Yuca
tan ol the 9h of the same inwnth. A new nau
extraordinary Congress was in session, and had
elected Miguel Barbachano Governor of Yu
ca’an. The new Congress is actiag cntiiely
independent of Mexico, laying a tariff and
passing laws of its own, and dictating such
other measures as are necessary tor an indepen
dent government.— Sot. Int.
Additions to the Navv.—W® learn frem
iheN. Y. Journal of Commerce that the three
schooners recently purchased by our Govern
ment. which had been built in New York lor
Mexico, will be delivered at the Navy Yard at
Brooklyn forthwith, and immediately aimed
and dispatched. The two steamers, built nlso
for the Mexican Government, have been pur
chased, and will be ready tor delivery in abour
a month, when, it th* war continues, they will be
immediately armed and dispatched to thejGuH.
These reinforcements will make about forty
! vessels of war efl all sorts on that station. Th?
fleet in tb? Pacific, twenty or more.
bepa ri 11 re •( tin- A llianllc Miumiri.
From Rnglanii. From Amerna.
Hibernia May 19 June lb
Groat Western May 30 June 2> r *
Caledonia Jure 4 July I
Britannia Jone 19 July 16
Great Britain lolf 7 Aug. ♦
Latesi Datrb.
Liverpool May 19 I Havre May 10
CO H 51 ER <1 I V/.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Wednesday, P. M.
Cotton— Theru han been morn inquiry since the ac
counts by the Hibernia earn# to hand, bnt the limited
quantity offering and the disparity in the view* of iuj
<ters and buyers hare prevented operations to any con
«i<b*rable extent. We therefore omit quotations.
New Oblbans, June 5 -P. M
Ihe news by the Great Britain having been receiv'd
by Private Express in advance of th? mail, induced the
parties interested tn enter ihe market freely, and tb” re
sult has been the sale ot 70UQ bates, at very toll pricey
towaids the close of busioess hours.
/V LL PERSONS CONCERNED
xjL will p'.case take notice that the Power of
i Attorney mado by me. (iu connection wlih
.Minch? Gray ai.d other?) tw William J. Lawton
of Burke county, Ga., authorizing him in my
nnme to prosecute a certain suit pending in
Orangeburg District, S. C., vs. Edward Thomas,
fur a family of negroes, is hereby revoked, annul*
cd, and set aside, and that no further faith, or
credit, shall b? given to said Wiiliam J. Lawton,
■ or his Power (f Attorney, so far as I, individual
ly, or rny claim is concerned. Witness mv haod
this Ith June, 13*16. MARTHA HALL-
1 June 11,1546. \
tVJUR months after date npplicatior
will be made to the honorable the inferior
court of Columbia county, when sitting for or<U
nary purposes, for leave to Bell the real and
, personal estate of Wil.iam Tankersley, de< euscil,
, or so much thereof as may be necessary lor the
payment «.f the debts of t-r i! » s otc.
WILLIAM A. AVARY, Adm’r.
IJIOUR Months after date, application
will br made ' > the honorable Inferior Court
of Cob mbia county, when sitting for ordinary
purpo-es. f*r leav»to sell the real citato <»f Ob?-
dicnceD- Burch, late of eaid county,deceased.
WILLIAM A. MARTIN, Adtn’f.
June 11, 18(6. with the will annexed.
' months after date applicatwu
I? will be mud? to the* honorable the Infer I<m
court of Warren county, while sitting for or
> dinary purposes, forleavato sell the r?al estate
c of Elizabeth Flowellen. late of Mid county, de*
? ceased. THOMAS BWLK, F-x'r. .
June 11,1346.
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