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•£' vjf I ?*?^ft VBr- I'i'.'lit ;i ii..it (
l>a k parlor ! ’
dear, by eating ii ■one of
lie would be noceseary 4o keep
The iblding-doors closed a part of the day,
•find also, furniture gets voTy much abused
in an eating-100111.”
Owing to the limited size of the apart
ment. the high chair of little Harry had
been placed against the door, which open
ed into the yard, and us his parents were
too much occupied to uttond to his wants, lie
leaned it forward to help himself, when a
man. tvlioui Mrs. Waters hud employed to
assist in the removal, suddenly opened the
i! >or, by v. hich the child was precipitated
oil the table, his hand overturning his fa
ther's cun, and then lodging in the butter.
Mrs. Waters colored at this uncontrover
tible argument against h#r cause, and when
her husband, on leaving the table, repeated
his wish that it should hereafter be set in
the bach parlor, she acquiesced without
opposition.
A week or two from this, while Liddy
was clearing oil’ the breakfast tilings, Mr. j
Waters’ eye fell upon his wife, who bad o- ,
pelted the doors of the sideboard, and, in a
stooping posture, was looking at the shelves, j
w ith no ostensible purpose other than that |
<>f admiring its contents.
“ How did it happen, Eliza,” said he,
that alter you had made up your mind to j
lie so vorv fashionable, you allowed that
huge side-board to come into one of your
parlors ?”
“ Because there is no dining-room to take
it into, and as we have no closets in the
house, it was necessary that I should have
s micthing to keep my china in. 1 wish
you to bo punctual at your dinner, my
dear, I intend to treat you to a dish of your j
favorite soup.”
“ Am 1 to understand that you wish alone
to gratify my palate, or is your object also
to show off your dinner-ware in full opera
tion ?”
“ Nonsense, Henry !” you take such de
light in teasing me! but don’t forget.”
He complied with her injunction, and re
turned in proper time. Mrs. Waters met !
him at the parlor door, as she was carry- J
ing her vaunted tureen into the kitchen,
and stopped to congratulate him on Liddy’s j
success in concocting his favorite mess.—
In a few minutes she returned, preceded by j
Liddy bringing the soup, and followed by!
little Phoeby bearing some requisite accom- j
paniment. But before they had reached j
the table, the triumphal procession was
wofully deranged. The tureen fell from !
Liddy’s hand, and far and wide, the car- ;
pet “drank in the genial moisture,” while !
a fragment of the china rebounded, and I
cut a broad gash in Phoeby’s check, close j
to the eye.
“How on earth could you have been so
careless, Liddy?” screamed Mrs. Waters, \
between fright and vexation.
“llow could I help it, ma’am ?” replied
Liddy, with becoming dignity. ‘‘lt was j
all the fault ofthe tureen!” and she held 1
out the handles, which she still grasped, i
They had been cemented along with the j
other tilings, in such a manner as to be i
imperceptible to the sight, and the heat of!
the soup had melted them oft’.
“Pray, Eliza, don’t let it disturb you so
much,” whispered Jane, after endeavoring
to quiet Phoebe, who was crying with the
pain of her wound ; “think how easily this
poor child might have lost her eye by tiie
accident! if that had happened, our bar
gain might have been a reproach to us all
our lives,” and with this consideration,
the lady allowed herself to be pacified.
The removal had taken place in Septern- \
her, and the weather soon began to grow j
cold. Airs. Waters went out one afternoon !
to lay in wearing apparel for the winter, I
and did not return until her husband was
ready to accompany her from his business
in the evening.
“Tea lias been waiting for you this half
hour,” said Jane, when they had got home,
‘•come into the front parlor,—l have filled
und lighted the pier-table lamp, as Henry
directed me last night. Does it not burn
beautifully ?—1 think it throws out more
light than the other.”
“Where are the children?” asked Airs.
Waters.
“In the back parlor, both riding in the
large rocking-chair.”
“Well, let them be—l wish to show you
my new purchases, and my new present.
See this elegant shawl. I had been deny
ing myscitone for three or four years, be
cause I thought we could not afford the
cost, and it was very kind in Henry to give
me.this now, when he has been at such
unusual expense in fitting up the house.—
lie says, however, that he has just made
itn extra profit on a lot of them, and that
therefore lie is able to Jet me have this
without much disadvantage.’’
After Jane had sufficiently admired the
shawl, Mrs. Waters folded it up carefully
to make the room for her other acquisii’ons,
when they were startled by a crash ai.'d
scream from the other parlor. Hastily
throwing down her shawl, she ran out with
Jane, and found both the children scream
ing on the floor. The arm had broken out
of the chair, one of the bargains, and little
Agnes had fallen with her face against an
edge of the sideboard.
“Mercy on 11s!—my child's nose is bro
ken, she will be disfigured for life!” ex
claimed Mrs. Waters, wiping the blood
from the little girl’s face, while Jane picked
her up, and Mr. Waters, whom the noise
had attracted down stairs, could give her
no better hope,—but at her entreaties, hur
ried to call in a physician.
“That abominable chair!—l did not
think I could possibly have been deceived
in it!” cried the disturbed mother, and while
Jane was soothing little Henry, who also
had been hurt, though but slightly, she
continued to bewail the probable loss of her
child’s beauty. By the time the doctor
came, the nose was dreadfully swollen and
discolored, but-it-was pronounced not bro
ken. For better than two hours no efforts
qould still the crietj of the little sufferer,
till at length an opiate was administered,
and af.er that she allowed hers dfto.be car
ried to bed.
Liddy made fresh tea, and liaviug taken
n quiet supper, Mrs. Waters proposed
retiring to calm herself after her agitation.
Preparatory to this, she went into the front
parlor to gather up her packages, and found
that the lamp had gone out. She called for
a candle, and conid hardly credit her sen
ses at beholding the spectacle the pier-ta
ble exhibited. Tho lamp, which I boy had
never tried before, had leaked itself dry,
und the shawl, which in her haste she had
thrown directly beneath it, was completely
saturated with oil! A rare instance the la
dy would be who could bear a tiling of that
kind philosophically, and such an instance
Mrs. Waters had not trained herself to be.
Now from her late alarm about her child,
and the reflections cast upon her dearly
bought chair by her husband, she was in a
peculiarly excitable state, and throwing
herself into a seal, she wept heartily. Mr.
Waters and .sane tried vainly to comfort
her, and for the night and the next day she
laboured under a severe nervous headache.
The winter passed through, and without
bringing further mishaps, at least of a simi
! lar nature. The furniture began, how
’ ever, through use, to exhibit its true quality,
j The sofas, for instance, croaked anil trem
’ bled so violently, that their occupants, not
uiifrequcntly, thought proper to seek res
ting-places less precarious, while their
cushions sunk to half their former plump
ness, pm] left the hair-cloth, which evident
lv Lad been manufactured for sale rather
than for wear, lying in wrinkles over them.
The back-parlor carpet, also, from the
washings to which it had been subjected,
on account of the soup, and the dust set
tling in die remaining grease, was in such
a state that Mrs. Waters was ashamed to
leave tho doors open when she had any
particular visitors. But this last source of
vexation, she consoled herself with think
ing, could be removed in the spring by a
supply of matting, and the time for this at
last came.
Mr. Waters sent home a piece of matting,
and the front-parlor furniture was removed
into the back room, until the upholsterer’s
man should have covered the floor. A
pair of small girandole, really pretty arti
cles, and the principal ornaments of the
apartment, had been placed by Mrs. Wa
ters’direction on the sideboard, along with
the vases of wax flowers, which Jane had
manufactured to aid in concealing the de
fects of the back-parlor mirror. The man
got through, and while Liddy and Phoebe
were replacing the furniture, ho commen
ced at the other room. The sideboard re
quired to be moved a few inches, and as
he gave it a push to effect this, one of the
feet broke off, and the corner of the cum
brous machine sunk to the floor, while the
valuables on top rolled down and were j
shivered to atoms. The things which had
given such an air of gentility to her rooms
—poor Mrs. Waters!
Meanwhile, Jane had been improving
the time by captivating, and engaging
herselfto a very worthy young gentleman,
a Mr. George Somerville. He was her
brother’s neighbor in business, and his
intimate friend. Mr. Wafers was very
fond of his sister, and very much pleased
with her projected match, and as she was
entirely dependent upon bis generosity, lie
exerted himself to give her an outfit as
liberal as possible. In this his wife assis
ted him, with great kindness and assiduity.
The marriage was to take place euriy in
autumn—and Mrs. Waters, anxious to try
an experiment at party-giving, insisted on
! having the ceremony performed in tiie
j evening, in tiic presence of Jane’s acquain
tances, of whom she hud now a pleasant
circle.
The evening came, and the bride expec
tant leisurely arranged herself at an early
hour. Just as her toilette was complete,
a note was brought to her from Mr. Som
mcrville, stating that the clergyman, who
had been engaged to officiate, was unex
pectedly obliged to decline, and asking
whom she would prefer as a substitute, the
Rev. Dr. D , or the llev. Mr. A j
| . Jane had no writing materials at ;
hand, and, as it was too early to be inter
rupted by any of the invited guests, she ran
down stairs, where ink and paper were to be
found on the centre table. She began her
note, and her brother stood beside her look
] ing on. As he did so, lie rested his hand
with his whole weight upon it on the table,
j which alas ! had never been intended for
j such usage. The top tilted from the pedes
tal, and, before she could think, the ink
stand slid over the smooth surface into the
lap of the poor girl, and discharged itself
ofits contents on her white satin dress.—
Fortunately, Mr. Waters caught the lamp
before it had so far lost its perpendicular
as to follow.
The scream of Jane and the furious
ejaculations of her brother, brought the
w hole household into the room. Mrs. Wa
ters exhibited as much horror on behold
ing the black puddle and its outlets, as the
most physical actress could have done at
the sight of imitation life-blood on the robes
ofa tragedy heroine, while Liddy shook
her brad ominously, and hoped that such
an accidrn! on the wedding night, might
not boa bad sign. A seamstress, who had
been employed to assist in preparing Jane’s
wardrobe, was the only person who had
composure enough to think ofa remedy.
She examined the dress, and finding that
the front breadth alone was injured, she
proposed runningtothe stove, at which the
material had been purchased, aid getting
a piece to supply its place. Jane threw
her arms around the young woman’s neck
in gratitude for the suggestion, and disro
bing herself, helped to rip out the ill-fated
part. The satin was obtained, and basted
in, and the dress re-adjusted on its fair own
er before the arrival of the bridegroom.
“I am glad to see all is righted again,”
said Mr. Waters to his sisteras he accompa
nied Mr. Somerville to the apartment
where she was waiting; “I had no idea
that a misadventure of the kind could be
so speedily repaired. It could not have
| happened at a more appropriate time to be
a lesson to you—that is, ifj among your to-
I flections, you recurred to tho original
cause/’
Mr. Somerville inquired what ho allu
’ ded to.
■ Mrs. Waters shook her head dcproca
j ringly at her husband, but without heeding
I her, lie laughed and continued—
“ Jane will tell you the story, from be-
I ginning to end, when you have more leis-
I are to listen, but, ns all the parties con
cerned are drawn together, with a marriage
in perspective, like the characters at the
iend ofa play, 1, as being the greatest phi
losopher ofthe group, will point out the
moral, that you may lose nothing whilst
waiting to hear the incident :-novcr attempt |
to do as other people do, unless you have
the means to imitate creditably and with J
safety.” j
INDIAN NEWS.
From the Savannah Republican.
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM FLORI
DA.
We are indebted to Capt. Nock, of the !
steamer Florida , arrived yesterday, from
Garey’s Ferry, for the St. Augustine
|“Neus” and “ Herald” of the ‘-’2d inst.,
| from which wc annex extracts.
We always are satisfied to give good
| news from Florida, and considering the al
] most hopeless nature of the warfare, it lias
j been in our power tocomriiunicatc more re. j
| freshing intelligence lately than could have
! been anticipated. If tho news continues to
conic in as it lias done, we shall be convin
ced that either through fighting or treaty
making, the war will soon end. The re
capitulation ofour information is, that since
our last advices, eleven Indians have been i
killed, forty Indians and six negroes taken !
prisoners, making a total of fifty-seven. j
“ Now by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.’’
From the St. Augustine Herald.
MORE GLORIOUS NEWS.
The seltr. Frances, Capt. Cooper, arri
ved this morning, bringing the glorious
news of additional success in tho capture
and destruction ofthe enemy South. On
the Bth, Col. Harney captured and killed,
in the Everglades, 12 Indians. On the 10th : j
at Indian River, the command under Major j
Childs, Lieuts. Taylor, Stepioc, Van Vliet J
and Dr. Simmons, captured 31 Indians and
negroes, killing 4. On the 11th, on tho St. ;
Johns, Lieuts. Taylor and Van Vliet cap
tured 5 Indians, killing 1. Col. Harney
had to return for additional force, and is a
gain in pursuit of the enemy.
The news from the South is truly cheer- |
iug; the successes ofCol. Harney, and the j
prompt and gallant conduct of Major Childs, j
and olYieers of 3d Artillery, are entitled to i
all praise. Major Childs is a brave officer \
and already distinguished for good conduct j
at Fort Drane. We say God speed sucli
men as are operating Soutli—they have j
large claims upon the gratitude of the \
country
From the St. Augustine Hera/d.
To the politeness of Lieut. Col. Gates, (
:Jd Artillery,we are indebted for the follow
ing important report. Major Childs will
he remembered in Florida for the persever
ance and energy which so happily resulted
in the capture o’ Indians that we announce
to-day.
FoBT I’IBECE, Fi t )
January loth 1841. )
Sir : I have the honor to report that I ar- j
rived at this post with a reinforcement for A.
and F. companies ofthe 3d Artillery, on the I 1
20th ult.”
Learning that Indians had been seen at
Gilbert’s liar, I immediately fitted out six 1
boats with thirty-five men, and on the 23d at
night, left for Gilbert’s Bar, and from thence
to Jupiter Inlet, searching the shores during
the night for Indian fires, and laying con
j ecaled during the day at certain points
j where it was most probable Indians would
I pass.
Having failed in discovering Indians bv
scouting at night, and being satisfied by a
stay of near two days in the water near Ju
piter, that Indians no longer even visited
the vicinity. 1 closely examined the coast
and mainland on iny return, and am confi
dent that the Indians seen at Gilbert’s Bar
came from St. Lucie.
On my regaining this post, I forthwith
made preparations for a more extended
scout to the North for the purpose of rout
ing the Indians supposed to be in the vicini
ty of Cape Canaveral and Merritt’s Island,
and on the 4th inst. started with 42 men in
seven boats, accompanied by Lieuts. Tav
lor, Steptoe, and Van Vliet, together with
Asst. Surgeon Simmons, who promptly vol
unteered for duty in the line, as well as to
act in his official capacity, piloted by
Messrs. Ashlock and Bayard, both of whom
were of essential service.
On the 2d day, discovered a large field
on the coast side, and opposite the southern
end of Merritt’s Island, cultivated last year
and preparation made for another crop the
coming spring. Here I took the passage
between the coast and the Island wholly
unknown to any one on board, examining
the shore where a landing could be effected
without discovering any signs of Indians un
til the 4th day, when we came upon a camp
of several palmetto houses and one board
house situated in a hammock, several miles
to the North of the cape, and fields under
cultivation to the amount of seven acres, a
large crib of several hundred pumpkins,
signs of a horse, and evidently an inhabited
camp within a week, and the residence of
a large party for many years. I burned
the buildings, destroyed the vegetables and
proceeded up the coast about 9 miles, when
1 came to another lately inhabited camp, &
signs of cultivation, and the same horse
track, seen the day before, and the signs
judged to be from five to'six days old. On
■ the sth morning, soon after starting, rowing
! with muffled oars and in a fog close to tho
, shore, discovered two canoes in u creek
; leading into an Island at the head of Mer
ritt’s Island, landed, and finding a truil,pur
sued it for half a mile, when wc surprised a
camp capturing an Indian woman und child
a negro by the name of Friday, his wife
and two children ; he says he belongs to
Maxy Dell, Esq. and was taken with his
! family some four years since between
j Black Creek and Newnansville.
From the negro I learned that I-was on
the trail of the party Whose village I had
destroyed the day before—that they had
been gone live or six days, part of them by
land and part of them by water, on a fishing
excursion to Mosquito Lagoon or to the
I Countie Ground and Orange Groves in the
Big Swamp. Having destroyed a quantity
of corn und vegetables at this place, 1 pro
ceeded on and arrived at the Haulovcr at
l!) o’clock at night, discovering no signs of
Indians until 2 o’clock in the morning, when
the horse whose signs wc had seen for tiie
last 3 days came to the place where we lay
concealed. Having secured hint, I took his
trail at day light with a party ofthirty one
soldiers, Lieut. Van Vliet and eleven men
to guard the prisoners and boats. At 9
oclock we came upon a camp of 34 men,
vemnen, and children, just embarking to re
turn to their late residence. They took to
the water with as many of their boats as
they could easily reach. We followed,
some wading, others in canoes which
had been left, and finally succeeded
in capturing all their boats hut one, not,
however, without a stout resistance by
one boat pursued by Lieut. Taylor, and two
soldiers ; one warrior keeping up a steady
fire, while the other, with the women pro
polled the boat; the warriors were at last
shot, and in the course of two hours we
found ourselves in possession of seven boats,
twenty-four prisoners, two dead warriors,
and one woman and child accidently kil
led.
The prisoners were three warriors, two
hoys, 12 and 15 years of age, seven women
and twelve children.
Learning from negro Fiiday,that on a creek
leading into the St. Johns, about 10 miles
from Indian River and seven from Fort Mc-
Neil, resided three warriors, two children.
I determined to visit thorn, and on 1 lie 7th
day dropped down about 7 miles from the
Haulover and to the Southern termination
ofthe Big Swamp, and at 12 M. despatch
ed Lts. Taylor and Van Vliet with 20 men,
and Friday for a guide. At 2 o’clock A.
M. Lieut. Taylor returned with two wo
men and two children prisoners, lent ing one
dead warrior on the field, destroying two
splendid canoes, and burning their camp—
having marched through swamps and ponds
upwards of twenty miles. I could learn of
no other party of Indians and my boats being
encumbered with prisoners, and the men ex
hausted from excessive labor, I determined
to return, and arrived at this post last eve
ning, after an absence of ten days—having
rowed upwards 0f250 miles, and scouted
on land 50 more.
To attempt to speak of individual officers
and soldiers, when ali lent the entirecner
gies of their minds and bodies to tho success
ful accomplishment of the object in vi ‘iv,
would he invidious. Each and every in
| dividual endured privations and fatigue
; without a murmur, worthy of a more glori
j ous cause and more lasting honor.
RECAPITULATION.
Warriors. Women. Children. Total.
Killed, 3 1 15
Prisoners, 3 10 17 30
Negro man 11 2 4
Aggregate, 39
Captured, two four oared boats and 8 ca
noes.
Amongst the prisoners 1 find the wife and
child ofa brother of Co-a-coo-chee, and a
boy 12 years of age who is his brother-in
law, they were on a party of pleasure to the
camp of these Indians. The husband of
the above named woman was badly woun
ded in the back, hut escaped in the bushes.
Two warriors belonging to the Cape party,
and one negro belonging to Mr. Forrester of
St. Augustine, escaped in a canoe. 1 have
however, as prisoners, the father of one, &
the wife ofthe other warrior.
Respectfully,
Your most ob’t. serv’t.
THOMAS CHILDS,
Major U. S. A , Commanding.
To Col. Wm. Gates,
Command’g Atlantic Dist.
St. Augustine, Fla.
On the 7th inst. Gen. Read captured 3
squaws, one Indian lad, and a warrior, and
two negro boys, near the Suwanee.
The warrior, though chained, and his
hands tied, escaped in the night, while his’
guard was asleep, and by giving alarm to
the neighboring camps has, we fear, frustra
ted the object ofthe expedition.
Col. Harney possesses the only “patent
right” for securing the Indians—he docs
not tic them by the leg, but by the neck
Ibid.
Col. Dancy was at Fort Franke Brooke
on the 13th with his command —all well
in good spirits. It was intended to direct
their course homewards in about ten days—
scouting the country as they return.— lbid.
The following very singular narrative
we copy from the St. Louis Republican,
ofa late date :
A singular incident occurred during the
holidays on the opposite side of the river.
Two ladies who resided in Illinois canie
to the city to make purchases. A well
dressed man followed them into several
stores, at one of which one of them got a
ten dollar bill changed, receiving the
change in small bills. In the evening, on
their return home, when a short distance
from the Ferry, in the prairie, the same
man they had seen in the city rode up to
them and demanded their money. The one
who had the money drew it out, and in at
tempting to hand it to him, the wind caught
the bills and carried them off on the ground.
! The man dismounted to pick them up, and
as soon as ho was down, the ladies put whip
to their horses and made off as fast as pos
sible. On their way they heard the clat
ter of a horse’s hoofs following tin in, but
were too much terrified to stop or look
hack. When they reached their own gate,
behold the robber s horse was with them,
a fine animal, with an elegant saddle, and
a pair of saddle-bags, &c., hut the man
was no where in sight; they suppose his
horse escaped whilst he was picking up tho
hills. On examining the suddle-hugs, a
large sum of money was found and sever
al articles of wearing apparel, hut nothing
by which his name could he discovered.—
Up to Saturday last, no one had appeared
to claim the horse or property. The above
facts we have from a respectable gentleman
ofthe city, who assures us, that singular
as tiie circumstances may appear, tliey arc
strictly correct.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Correspondence ofthe Chronicle Sp Sentinel.
Washington, Tuesday Evening, i
January 20, 1841. $
The President elect was to have left
North Bend this day, in a steamboat which
was put at his disposal, and lie will arrive
here about tho 7th of February.
The rumors that have been in circula
tion with regard to Mr. Ewing declining
the Post Office Department, and intima
ting that it was probable he would go to
the Treasury are without foundation. Mr.
Ewing will certainly he Post Master Gen
eral, and the public will hear with great
satisfaction—that the Hon. Elisha Whittle
sey for so many years a Representative in
Congress from Ohio, has consented to take
a suliordiate situation in the General l’o.-t
Office. He will probably be auditor of
the Treasury for that department. This
post is at present filled by one of the most
suppliant and servile tools ofthe spoils par
ty, a man who never had any qualifica
tions for the office, and whose only recom
mendations were devotion to the Kendall
clique, and a.ready compliance with what
ever party task was imposed upon him.—
Mr. Whittlesey was for many years Chair
man ofthe Committee on Claims, and his
reputation is known to the whole country
for vigor of intellect, honesty and integrity,
and for indomitable industry and perseve
rance. Those qualities, joined to itis ex
traordinary business talents, will enable
him to render essential service to the new
Post Master General in settling up the
books ofthe old concern, and setting that
establishment upon anew track. There is
no station under the Government to which
Mr. Whittiesey would not do honor, and it
is creditable to Ins patriotism and disinte
restedness, that he should agree to take a
subordinate office, from the consideration
alone, tiiat lie can render most useful ser
vices to the Administration and to the
count ry.
Air. Bell of Tennessee, is generally
spoken of here, as well as in many other
parts of the country, for the War Depart
ment. Probably illnu-tenths of the VV’higs
would prefer him to any other man for that
office. Nothing will prevent his nomination,
unless it may he considered necessary to
designate another distinguished gentleman,
in order to facilitate arrangements for oth
er departments of the Government.
Air. Bell has also been spoken of in
some quarters as a suitable person to pre
side over ihe Treasury at this juncture;
his talents and acquirements and long ex
perience in public; affairs, fit him for any
station, yet the War Department would ap
pear to those best acquainted with him,
the most proper sphere for tiie exercise of
his peculiar abilities.
There is little reason to doubt, that the
Navy Department will he oiiiicu to sonic
Southern Statesman, and I believe the
unanimous wish of the southern Whigs
here, is that it may be tendered to Govern
or Gilmer, of Ga.; should that gentleman
decline it, it will probably he offered to
Mr. Preston, of S. C. or Air. Thomas But
ler King.
It is understood tiiat Col. Dawson of
Ga. has positively intimated that lie would
decline any Cabinet appointment. Should
there ho an extra session of Congress,
this gentleman would undoubtedly he elec
ted Speaker ofthe House. But he has al
ready accepted the nomination of Governor
jof his State, and I feel assured that he
j would at once surrender any post under the
Federal Government to become the Chief
I Magistrate of his own State.
! The Senate resumed the consideration
of the pre-emption hill to-day ; and Air.
Mangum of N. C. made a most animated
and eloquent speech on the different topics
that have been brought under consideration
in this desultory debate. Though opposed
to the pre-emption policy, he was willing
to compromise the matter, and go for a
pre-emption right to settlers on the survey
ed land, provided this distribution policy
should he united with that act. He oppo
sed Air. Calhoun’s project of Cession as
unconstitutional, and also unequal to the
States in which tho lands lie. He advoca
ted at length, the distribution scheme of
Mr. Clay, and the raising of an adequate
revenue by taxes on silks, wines, and oth
er luxuries, which arc consumed by the
wealthier classes.
In conclusion, he gallantly defended Air.
Webster from the charges which have been
at different times brought against him by
the Globe, and which were yesterday re
peated in the Senate by Air. Allen of Ohio.
These charges are designed to prejudice
the Administration in advance, by attack
ing the man who is designated as a leading
member ofthe Cabinet. Thoy are repell
ed with an energy and eloquence which
produced a strong impression on the Sen
ate and the galleries,
Mr. Benton followed with one of his long
winded rigmaroles, attempting to show
that the late election had been carried by
Foreign money and the influence ofßritish
stock jobbers.
Air. Tallmadgc replied in a spirited,
but short speech, in which he showed that
the results which had so much mortified
the spurious Democracy of Locofoeoism,
had been brought about by a free people,
who were disgusted with tiie abuses and
corruptions of their rulers.
In the House little was done to-day.—
Mr. Duncan finished Ills omnium gatherum
speech.
Mr. Davis of Kentucky, followed with
a speech, in support of the grounds that
have been taken by the Whigs generally,
in favor of making permanent provision
the wants ofthe Treasury. D.
Washington, January 27, 1841.
Tho speech of Mr. Mangum, of North
Carolina, yesterday, on the pre-emption
policy distribu;ion, taxation of luxuries,
&c. &c., is spoken of in the political cir
cles, as one of the finest efforts that have
distinguished the Cheat Debate now going
on in tlie Senate. It is regarded as particu
larly valuable, corning from an eminent
Southern man and anti-tariff statesman, in
full communion with the great State Rigtifs
party, und, expresses the real opinions and
wishes of the enlightened and patriotic and
consistent among the anti tariff men of your
region. The gallantry with which Mr.
Mangum came to the vindication of Mr.
Webster’s just character and just fame, n-i
gainst tlie envenomed assaults ofthe parti
zans ofthe Administration, is also tho sub
ject of much conversation. Mr. Webster
never indulged in personal warfare himself
and he has forborne to allude in any manner
to the illiberal and acrimonious treatment
lie lias experienced from the official organ
of the Government, and from such party
tools as Benton, Allen, of Ohio, Duncan
et td omne genus. The attack of Allen, how
ever, on the course of Mr. Webster, in
reference to the famous “Three Millions
Amendment,” called out Mr. Mangum,
who had acted with Mr. Webster on that
occasion. The proposition was not as ho
falsely asserts, to raise an appropriation
for the defence of the country. It was a
proposal to surrender to President Jackson
tho entire control of the Purse and Sword,
to place in his hands three millions of dol
lars, and along with that sum tho decision
of the momentous questkmof Peace or War
with France. In the latter part of the ses
sion of 1834, ’35, our affairs had reached a
crisis. One portion ofthe Administration
party anxious to run General Jackson for
a third term, wanted to plunge the country
into war, believing that in such an event
the cry would be general in favor of the
“Old Hero,” to carry us successfully
through a contest with a leading power of
Europe. Another portion desirous of nomi
nating Mr. Van Buren for the Presidency,
was opposed to hostilities. There was
great solicitude in Congress and in tho
country as to the course of events. Henry
Clay was a member of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs ; and to his wisdom and
moderation was the country in a great
measure indebted for the preservation of
Peace. But notwithstanding the decision
of the committee and the Senate, against
any belligerent proe- eding on the part of
the U. States, the Ki’chen Cubin’ ? so pres
sed their designs and plans, that on tho last
night of the session the partizans ofthe
Executive brought in a proposition, by way
of amendment to another hill having no
connection with it, to place three million
of dollars at the disposal of the President,
to be used according to his sovereign will
and discretion , thus surrendering to one
man the constitutional authority of Con
gress over the Treasury,- and over the is
sues of Peace and War, Mr. Webster de
nounced tiie amendment in a speech, which
Mr. Mangum characterized as the greatest
that ever came, from human lips. The
Senate sustained Mr. W’s.course, and senti
men* and language, which arc now so
ferociously assailed. Mr. Mangum ap
proved. them, and so did every true patriot,
and every lover of l!;c Constitution. Mr.
Calhoun himselfstpod beside Mr. Webster
on that occasion.
Mr. Mangum said he had no doubt, from
the gigantic talents, tho comprehensive
patriotism, die national spirit, the truly
American Aoart of Mr. Webster, tiiat in
the practical administration of the Govern
ment, las would he a part which would
secure the just rights, and prosperity of
ever; section ofthe Union.
The debate in the Senate to-day on the
Pre-emption Bill fell off in interest.
Mr.Lumpkin, of Georgia, took occasion
todefine his position as an unshackled Sena
tor. Referring to the statement of Mr. Clay,
tiiat Senators from nineteen States were
instructed by tho people to vote for tho re
peal of the Sub-Treasury. He said he,
for one, iiad not been so instructed —he had
been left free to exercise his judgement,
and vote accordingly, on that question and
on ail the great measures of policy, whicli
had been brought under consideration du
ring the course of this debate. This was
about the substance ol Mr. Lumpkin s
speech on the pre-emption hill.
Mr. Anderson, of Tennessee, followed.
He entered upon a solemn defence of Gen.
Jackson, from an alledged imputation
which he thought Mr. Mangum had made
upon his character and fame. He denied
that President Jackson wished to get the
country into war with France, in order to
secure his re-election fora third term.
Mr. Mangum rose, and explained that he
made no such charge against Gen. Jackson
personally, but he had accused the lower
Cabinet of that day, of the design to precipi
tate the nation into hostilities, with tho hope
that they would promote his re-election
thereby. Air. Anderson in this case resort
ed to the old trick, so common a few years
ago, of thrusting every accused member of
the party behind General Jackson, so as to
have the culprit covered by his broad
shield. After Mr. Mangum’s explanation
he took his seat.
Mr. Wright occupied the remainder of the
day with a long argumentative exposition
of Ids views against the distribution policy.
Henry Clay has the floor for to-morrow.
During the morning, several memorials
and petitions were presented, asking for the
