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F s u!iCiT5JC;-A!&a033 lion ;” had it not been for Weller’s performance this morning, 1 should have been puzzled to bare' written a paragraph. I think it highly probable Under those two treaties, Georgia had proved a loss of slaves to the amount of $101,000, by giving to the owners two or three times the value of their A BILL To reduce the rate* of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privi- I lege, and for the prevention of frauds on the , revenues of the Post Office Depat tine lit. Jit it enacted by the Senate and House of Kepre- srntatites of the United Stales of America in Con gress assembled, That, from and after the pas sage of this act, the following shall be the rates of postage charged upon all letters, newspapers, | pamphlets, magazines, and other mailers and — rI — 9 | w - things conveyed in the mails of the United 1 trim out the bushes, prepare speeches | paid, called on Congress for this ha. : states, viz: Upon every letter in manuscript, 1 .. . r . * . . 1 . 5 i*. «.-V n ns nanor rtf" uHV kind liv fir linnii urhtrrh irth.r. Congress will get under w'ay before | losses, as stated by Attorney General ihe fourth July—at least it is to be J Wirt; leaving $149,000 of a balance, hoped so. Ilow would it answer to w hich in good faith, Mr. Giddings said, have a sort of “ Pioneer Congress” j should have belonged to the Creeks, appointed to clear the underbrush, ’ Georgia, then, although already over- lars, one half to the use of the informer, to be recovered before any court of competent juris diction, by action of debt or by indictment or information. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That tire President of the United States, the Vice Presi dent of the United States, all ex-Presidents of the United States, the widow of any ex-Presi- deut of the United States, all ex Vice Piesidents Sec. 13. Andbeit further enacted, That all persons whatsoever who shall, after the passage of ibis act, transmit by any private express, or other means by this act de clared to be unlawful, any letter or letters, package or packages, or other (nailable mat- . ter, or who shall place or cause to be dc- W£«l ijr, fohrimry 14, 184-1. posited at any appointed place, for the pur-1 - - HEfVR [or president, If’: C Is AY, Of Kentucky. or paper of any kind by or upon which infer- i matiori shall be asked for or communicated in writ>ng, and which letter or other paper shall < not exceed in weight one-half on ounce, there j shall be charged and collected, for conveying and leave the law making without dc- lance ; the subject was referred to a bate to the real Congress 1 A wag of: Select Committee, the Chairman of a member replied lo a question of which, a member from Georgia, te- minc this morning, why he voted lo ported that the money should go to |he Fgme aIiy - di9tanee Dot Mceedinf OIie h,m- adjourn so early in the day ?—“oh, J the owners of the slaves, as compel (j ret | m j| eH fi V c centsand for all distances ex think I do my duty to my constituents, sation for the offspring which would ceeding one hundred miles, ten cents, and no by getting the majority home, after have belonged to the masters of the doin" as little as possible—the more slaves themselves. Congress relusea M ’ to appropriate the money on the ground of this report, but it was final ly all given as interest on the former amount of loss. Mr. G. said when ap« they work the more they mar !”— There is sound philosophy in this. HARVEY BIRCH. February l. [ pro priating money, it was necessary The third month of the session has ^ pgQpig should know what it went commenced, and as yet nothing has been done for the nation at large.— The locofoco majority in the House is frittering away their time, regard' less of all considerations of economy. for. Mr. Payne of Ala. and Mr. Dromgoole accused Mr. G. of being actuated solely by a wish to make po litical capital and spoke of the inviola bility of treaties. Mr. Haralson of There is no legislation required be* 1 (j eo moved that the Committee rise, yond the appropr.at.on bills, and two and , eave bej gianted Mr.Giddings weeks devoted to private claims, an ; t wrde ou t us good and long a speech o.linnrnmnnl mirrhf folo n !ICP ll\/ . . . n t an adjournment might take place by the first of May without any detri-v ment to the public interest. T he death of the Hon. Alexander as he could and save the time of the House ! This was another scene, to which my former temarksmay apply. .. . , . . Why are Southern gentlemen so Porter of Louisiana was rumored: foolj ; hlv scnsitive w |° n the word here yesterday, but I did not announce j slave * is men tio n ed ? They have it, as his colleague had no definite in* | ,, )e Constitution and a || its guarantees telligence, and I held on to hope that | on lheir sidCi and t thcy are f uri ous it might be unfounded. The N.O.- j whcnever a word is spoke on , hc sub . leans papers however brought the me* . t Qf s , averv Un £ we ek’ s oalm , lancholy confirmation of the event, statesman .| ike deLate would set which will fall heavily on his many ! (he who|e mal , er straight and consign personal friends in your city, who , itica , abolilion l0 b an inglorious admired him for ms talents and loved ; £ from w | ienC e there would be him for his personal worth. .Society* reaurrcction j The Committee and the councils of the nation have ; rose an( , ,. cpoltcd progress on | v . b0l mi° St cu Va Uab e ■ ! The Senate was principally engag- Phe Shnver and Weller affair j ed jn an cxplanat( £ v discussion bt seems to be assuming rather a different tweun Mcss ‘ rs . Berrien and Colquitt aspect the Globe contains a “card , of Geo on the occasionof the Lc g i S ' w n n Mr. ^wao* who has aCtC , 38 lature of their Slate approving of the W ol lore frmnH wnmh riinnrc mamri. r i r ,r / x i course of the lormer. Mr. Golquitt Weller’s friend, which differs materi ally from Mr. Shriver’s statement, and seems to me to cast imputations ^ on Mr. S’s friends, which may cause “ reprobated the present resolutions, and denied that they approved the .. , . . , . i - r i course of Mr. B.,— thev were rather the seconds to take thc place of the , . ... , f .. • • , . ,, .. devoted to a defence of men, than an principals. 1 he rules of the *“ duello - ... f . • • , .i ' * . . exposition of their principles; there seems to have been verv unceremo- 1 ... , f 1 . • i - , , , , , , seemed to be a dread ol meeting the niouslv invaded, and a little branch of - . , ,, -. i , , , issues bclore the people. Mr. G. was etiquette mav change the note bearers i , , ' ,- r .- i i . . ° ■ extremely personal in his remarks but *°, , S. ", en £ e . receivers. 1 he L k very good care to steel clear of miles,and one cent and a halffbr all greater dis whole affair is painful—both nr the . ;• r • . , • . , . c 1 . , the question of instruction, on which brutality of its commencement and , 1 • ■ , -. . .. . 1 he gave no opinion ! the subsequent attending circum- f, D • •. - , , . . 1 ° Mr. Berrien said in replv, that no stances i . * » ‘ ...... one who heard him would hesitate to u o IS T^Tnt. 10 1C h -° L1 .- C 1 r ‘ ( say that now he had been forced lo de- McGauslin of Ohio, spoke in favor ol j fend hig courge bc f ore tbe Senate, al- ,,,atler . newspapers.)which shall be mi the right Of petition and Bgnms lh h he cntored u on it wilh connected With any manuscript commatucat...,. nr»nl11ir»n qrritntinn VV l)Cn IlG liaCl - ° rJ n .,. feigned reluctance, if he had lived so Mr.Giddings was assigned amJ hig acts di(J nol , k in de . y t Speaker, but a gieat f ^ nf .. mftf . . . . Iiv . in abolition agitation concluded, J the floor by un opcnnci, out a g‘c«'i t p once f) p /|j s motives, he had lived in effort was made bv the southern locos i • , rr . , . ,. «• * . »* tv i I va| n and life was valueless, isell-ress to gag linn off and Mr. Dromgoole, i , r , . ,. . r ,, , • ,, c e - • , , r & pect forbade him to follow Ins colleague of Virginia, took an appeal from the ■’ , • • 6 cn in his argument, and he could not be decision of the Ghair, giving the floor I , f . .. it e i i° i- .seduced into a violation of propriety, to Mr. Giddmgs !! I have lived | L1 „ t .„., f .i!„ “over five times seven years,” and half of them have been familiar with He denied that lie had ever invited the Legislature to scrutinize his conduct— , . , . , , . , I his appeal had been to the people, his legislative action, but I _never heard manj |-J sto had been directed to the citi- such an appeal before. Why, in some cases, a score or two of meinbcis spring to the floor at once—the Spea ker lias to decide who caught his eye or ear first, a delicate tusk often, but suppose each of the disappointed ones shouid take an appeal and eali the yeas, and nays, it would take a- bont three months, according to the average daily sessions of the House, to decide who had the floor! Jt is astonishing that gentlemen from tbe South will thus injure and weaken their cause, by vain efforts to gag off Northern members. The rights ol every section must be respected and every movement similar to Mr. Droni' goole’s but adds fuel to the flame of that fanaticism, embodied in political abolitionism, which 1 believe Mr. Gid- dings deplores as much as the most thunder and lightning Southerner on the floor ! The Speaker persisted in giving the floor to Mr. G. and the mover of the appeal seemed to grow ashamed of it and withdraw it. The morning hour expired as Mr. G. com menced his remarks, and the House took up the Bill allowing transfers of appropriations in thc Navy Depart' ment. Milton Brown, of Tennessee, moved an amendment, the object ol which was to prevent any transfer from one department to another, mi' less there be an excess of appropria- *ion in the one. If this course is not adopted, it will he necessary at some future time to make a direct appropria- zens of Georgia. As to the doctrine of instruction, he had addressed his fellow citizens at the capitol, three weeks before his election, and there stated that he did not recognize the right of Legislative instruction, and more; and upon all Much letters and papeis weighing more than half and not more than three quarters of an ounce, there shall be charged and collected double the above rates; and upon all such letters and papers, exceeding three-quarters of an ounce, and not exceeding an ounce in weight, there shall he charged and collected treble those rates; and there shall be, in like manner, an additional charge of five or ten cents on all letters, of the description afore said, which shall exceed in weight one ounce, for every quarter of an ounce of secli excess of weight, according us the said letter or paper may be conveyed more or less than one hundred miles; and the same additional charge shall be made for any excess in the weight of any such letter or paper above the number of quarters of ounces charged for under the foregoing pro- I visions, although the said excess may he less than a quaiter of an ounce. Sec. 2 And he it further enacted, That all newspapers of no greater size or supertices than thirteen hundred and twenty-five square inches ; may he transmitted through the mail, by the edi j tors or publishers thereof, to all subscribers or other persons within the county in which the paper is or may he printed, free of any charge j for postage whatever ; and iheie shall be charged and collected, upon eacii newspaper of or un der the size aforesaid, sent to subscribers or i others beyond the limits of the county in which ' the same is or may be printed, one half cent for j conveying the same any distance not exceeding | one hundred miles, and one cent for all greater j distances: Provided, That the editors or pub- , lishers thereof shall keep a list or register of all j papers sent by mail, and subject to postage un- I der this law, noting the day when sent, the office where deposited for transmission, and the j post office to which sent, and shall certify and \ return the same quarterly to the Postmaster 1 General, (which said statement and return shall he authority on w hich the Postmaster General shall charge the postmasters having charge of the offices to which such newspapers may be sent with the amount of postage collected un der this law upon the same ;) and all newspa- i pers of and under the size aforesaid, the editors or publishers of which shall refuse 0T neglect to keep and return the li-t or regi>ter aforesaid, shall be subject to the rates of postage chargea ble upon tlie same under the thirtieth section of the act of Congress approved the third of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty-live, entitled -‘An act to reduce into one the several acts for establishing and regulating the Post Office Department;” arid upon all newspapers of greater size or superficial extent than thirteen hundred and twenty-five square inches, there shall be charged and collected the same rates of postage as a«e now fixed by law ; that is, one cent lor all distances less than one hundred of the United States, and the Secretaries of . pose of being transported by such unlaw State, of the Treasury, of War, and of the Na- ful means, any matter or tbinj properly »y, the Postmaster General, and the Attorney transrrittable by mail, or who ahall deliver General be, and they are hereby, severally an- | an y such matter for transmission to any thorized to frank and to receive letters, packs- . a ge nt or agents of such unlawful express- i j 5 ges. newspapers, pamphlets, and magazmes. t.y sha |i )or each and every offence, forfeit 1 “ Tl ; e ,mn an ;' substance of what I conceive mail, free of postage. And the act of Congress > . . r dollars lo he rpro- lo be ,h<! ,rne • >0 * ic y ° r t,ie *- n,tcd States, ip re entitled “An act authorizing tbe Governorsol the *1 , y , r ’ ■ • speet to a Tariff, may be briefly stated. In con- several States to transmit by mail certain hooks i vered betore any court Of coinpetiml juris- forn ,j t ., wj|h ,|L , !r j nc j.,| e announced in the com- and documents.” approved June the thirtieth, j diction, lor the use ol the 1 ost Office De- p ronl j', e act. ifthink. that whatever re»ennc is partrnent. necessary lo a|i Economical and honest adminis- Sec. 14 And he U Jut her enacted. That no fo- (ration of the pijnerol Government, ought to be reign ship, steam ship, or vessel of any kind or derived from denies imposed on Foreign imports. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, shall remain and continue in full force, any thing hereinbefore to the contrary notwithstand ing; and the Members of Congress, the Dele gates from Territories, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Repre sentatives. shall be, and they are hereby, au thorized to transmit, free of postage, to any post office within the United States, or the Territories thereof, any documents which have been or tnay be printed by order of either House of Congress, anything in this law to the con- t trary notwithstanding. j packets or packages of letters, or other mailable ‘ “After my return to Congress in 1P3I, my ef- Si:c. 8. Andbeit further enacted, That each ! matter whatever, except only such letters as foft* were directed to Uie modification and leduc- Member of the Senate, each Member of the i may relate to some part of the cargo of such tion of the ratfcs of duty contained in the act of House of Representatives, and each Delegate — of the United States, the m r . . . , t imi&iie description whatever, sailing or navigating from **| think th^etis no danger of a high tariff ev- one port or place within the United States to any er being established ; that of 1828 was eminently other port or place within the said States, nor deserving that -le,nomination. I was not in Con- any person attached to, or being a part ol the gress when it*avsed, and did not vote for it; but crew of, any such ship or vessel, shall receive with its history and with the circumstances which on hoard to he transported or conveyed, nor gave birth to ;t,jl am well acquainted. They transport nor convey from one port or place were highly diicrjedinible to American legislation, within the United States, or any other port or an( j J hope, fol its honor, will never be again re place within the said Slates, any letter or letters, pealed. } lances ; and one cent additional charge shall be made upon all such newspapers for every two hundred and fifty square inches of said excess of size. Sec. 3. And he it further enacted, That all pamphlets, magazines, periodicals, and every other kind and description of piiuted or other whatever, and which it is or may be lawful to transmit by the mail of the United Status, shall he charged with postage at the rate of two and a half cents for each copy sent, of no gieater weight than one ounce, any distance not exceed ing one hundred miles, and five cents for any greater distance than one hundred miles; and one cent additional to these rates shall he chniged for each additional ounce of the weight of every such pamphlet, magazine, matter, or thing, which may be transmitted through the mail, whatever bo the distance the same may be transported ; and any fractional excess of not less than one-quarter of an ounce in the weight of any such matter or thing above one or more ounces shall be charged for as if said excess ! amounted to a full ounce. Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That the : Postmaster General be, and be is hereby, an- J thorized, Upon all mail routes over or upon ' w hich the amount of matter usually transported, or which tnay be offered or deposited in tbe post office or post offices for transportation, is j or may become so great as to threaten materially | that in case of his election, he wished to retard die progress or endanger the security ; it distinctly understood, that lie should ' ,l ' "‘® Iff <’ r,0 “"y co..sider.ii.k •' . . »,ii augmentation ul tt.c rust or transporting the COnnO here untratntneied. All uie IS' ..-hnle mail at the present rate of speed, to pro* sues which he advocated had been lie- fore the people of Georgia and had been sustained by them in three differ ent elections—the same issues which he had professed himself friendly to, both in his speeches and through the j absolutely"nprensary, rcgaid Iwing'lmd t« the public press, and thrice had the peo ple spoken. He repelled the inSinua* tion of his colleague that the Legisla ture of Georgia had nol spoken broad ly to all subjects of policy, through a dread of meeting them before the peo ple—that body was not in the habit of shrinking from any expression of its views—it was in vain to impute lo it a want of courage. They had enough lo do lo take care of their Stale affairs; they were engaged in regulating their currency impaired by their prcdeces> sors and providing means to pay the debts contracted by those same pre decessors ; they were engaged in dis tricting the State and perfecting plans of internal improvement. They had been admonished by the example of their predecessors not to interfere in what was not their legitimate duty. tation of letters by steamboats, as therein auiho- ide for the mu pa rate and more secure convey ance of the letter mail, at a speed at least equal to that at which thc mail is now transported over such route, taking care to allow in no cr.sc of anv greater delay, in the trainspot tation of'.the other ma:tern and things to be transported iti the ail on any such route, than may appear to he cost of expediting its transportation, and the means at Ins disposal or under his control for ef fecting thw same. 8 ec. 5. And he it further enacted. That the twenty seventh section of the act of Congress entitled “An act to icdnce into one the several acts for establishing and regulating the Post Office Department, M approved and signed the third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, and all other acts and parts of acts granting and conferring upon any person whatsoever the riaht or privi-1 lege to receive and transmit through the mail, i free of postage, letters, packets, newspapers, periodicals, or other matters, be. and tbe same are hereby, utterly abrogated and repealed. Sec. (>. And he it further enacted. That, from 1 and after the passage of this act, all officers of the Government of the United States, hereto fore having the franking privilege, shall be au thorized uud leqnired to keep an account of all ! postage charged to and payable by them, res pectively. upon letters, packages, or othei mat- j ter*, received through the mail, touching the du- 1 ties or business of the.r respective offices ; and said accounts for postage, upon being duly veri fied by said officers, respectively, sha'l be al lowed ami paid quarter yearly, ortt of tbe con tiugent fund of the bureau or department to winch the officers aforesaid may respectively belong or he attached. And the three Assistant i Postmasters Geneial shall he entitled to have rized ; Provided, Tha* '* sixth section of seidai by tbe delivery, witfii act, of all letters so co cargo, or some part tl; other authorized age partrnent at the port i ters may be directed, over from said boat other agent of the Pos charge and collect «ip« hie matter, so delivere postage as would hav letters had they been the port or place at v board the steamboat ccived ; but it is herel al) tbe pains and pen: for any violation of th section of this act. shs any steamboat, or to haying charge thereof son having charge of said, comply with the section of the said li hundred and twenty-t Sec. lfi. And it Postmaster General s! hereby authorized to or commander of an the Western or othei for the transportation of time or number of for which contracts w laws, and without th now required before tracts, whenever in by: Provided, Tkattl service shall in no average rate paid for preceding or then e: transporting the mai for a Jess time coiiln tlio mail upon. Sec. 17. And he it m ble matter,” and “ tm by mail,” shad be dee letters and newspape pamphlets periodica) he published in rogul numbers, under the s lar intervals, and all matter w hereof each exceed eight ounce* notes, sent in packag hall subject all penso ing the sumo, to all equally as if it or the; a packet or packages contained shall be so c person whatever fr : ents of said nplied with, itied by said luting to the >*tmaster or Office I)e- ch su'd let- i>e delivered slmaster or tinent shall ither niaila- itne rates of i upon said ery case to nd persons r other per- i)t, as afore- uf the sixth isand eight Mr. Berrien’s reply was dignified lion. Mr* Brown and Mr.‘Barnard ™d becoming the character of the advocaled the amendment, after which ' n which it was delivered, thus relll j 1Ie j t,y t| je po.-tnunter in Washington nil Mr. Davis, of Indiana, called the Arming a striking contrast to Mr. Col- postage charged upon letters, packages or other Provinus OnPQtion and \fr Krnivn** quilt Who fell ihe peculiarity’ of his po- matter, received by them, respectively, lliroiigli previous unesnon, ana .ur. Drowns y. A A i t # - , .y . ; n,„ mH ii.muchiugthei.usmcss.,rthe I’.xtotiice Department, or the particular branch of that business committed to them, respective!) ; and wi« h of the paid Ass-slant Postmasters General shall be. and hereby is, authorized to trail-mil through the mail, free of postage, any letter**, — — I packages, or oilier matters, relating exclusively «, ^ i\ nr* i to his oriici.d duties, or to the business of the jYI It. 1>LAY.—Ocn. Dull Cifcen soys : I»,»st Office Department; bat lie shall, in every The House went into “It is assumed by the partizins ol M r.; endorse on the back of tl.e letor m Van Buren, that he will be nominated l ,acl ' il ? fi *" 1,0 Si ' ,t free ,,r ov, ' r •** from a Territory Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, may receive through the mail, free of postage, any letter, newspaper, or packet, not exceeding two ounces in weight, from the time such Senator, Member, or Dele gate. takes his seat iu either House of Congress, to the expiration of die time lor which he shall have been elected, or other determination of his services as Senator, Member, or Delegate in Congress ; and all postage charged upon any letters, packages, petitions, memorials, or other matters or things, received by any Senator, Member or Delegate of the House of Repre sentatives, touching his official or legislative du ties, by reason of any excess of weight, above tw o ounces, of tbe matter or thing so received, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House ol which the person receiving the same may he a member. Sec 9. And he it further enacted, That in lieu of the privilege heretofore allowed to Members of Congress, of sending to their constituents and others letters and other written or printed com munications fiee of postage through the mail, each Member of Congress and Delegate from a Territory shall be supplied, a* soon after thc passage of this uci as conveniently may be, with a number of free stamps or envelopes, equal to five per day, for the highest rate of postage au thorized by this acton letters not exceeding one- half an ounce in weight, from the day on which said stamps or envelopes are delivered to him, to the day of the commencement of the next an nual session of Congress; and said Members and Delegates shall, in like manner, be fur nished, immediately after the commencement of the next and each succeeding annual session of Congress, with a similar number of such free stamps or envelopes for each day, until tbe commencement of tbe then next annual session thereafter; and it shall be the duty of tbe Post master General forthwith to cause to be pre pared a sufficient number of said free stamps or envelopes, of such size and description as he may deem most safe and convenient for use, and to cause them to be supplied to the Members and Delegates aforesaid, in the numbers and at the times aforesaid, and in such proportion, as lo the rales of postage covered by each, as the per son to be supplied may prefer; and all letters or packages, not exceeding the weight of half an ounce, as aforesaid, to which any such free stuuip may be attached, or which may he en closed in any such envelope, shall pass through the mail free of all charge for postage: Provi ded, That the place to which the same tnay be directed or sent be not so distant a? to subject said letter or package to a greater charge for postage, agreeably to the first section of this law, than is covered by said stamp or envelope ; and iu every such case the excess lawfully chargea ble, whether arising from d : stance or weight, shall be collected us other postages arc collected. And the flunking privilege now enjoyed by the Members of Congress shall continue only until said stamps or envelopes can be prepared and delivered ; and said privilege shall itmne- di;rtely thereafter finally cease and determine. 8ec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to establish any private express or expresses for the conveyance, nor in any manner to cause to be conveyed, or provide for tbe conveyance or transportation, by regular trips, or at stated pe riods or intervals, from one citv, town, or other place, to any oilier city, tow n, or place, in the United States between and from and to which cities, towns, or other places, the United States mail is regularly transported, under the authori ty of the Post Office Department, of any letters, packets, or packages of letters, or other matter properly transmittable in the United States mail; and each and every person offending against ten letters accompam this provision, or aiding and assisting therein, or of any size, shall n acting as such private express, shall, for each within the meaning « time any letter or Idlers, packet or packages, or ! packet or packets, o other matter properly transmittable by mail, shall being made up of i or may he, by him. her, or them, or through his, her. or their means or instrumentality, in w hole or in part, conveyed or transported, contrary to the true intent, spirit, and meaning of this sec tion, forfeit and pay the sum of one bundled and fif v dollars, to he recovered by action of debt, or by indictment or information, iu any court of , to be transported, o\ competent jurisdiction in the United States, one- J road or w ay pirallel half to the use of the informer, and the other j zincs, or pamphlets, r half to the u e of the Post Office Department. ! tended for immediate Sec. 11. And be it farther enacted, Tluil it j <>r "thera. but intende shall not he law ful for any stage coach, railroad ! !,nf * transported in tin car, steamboat, packet boat, or other vehicle or nig merchandise over vessel, nor any of the owners, managers, ser- | nr,r * senl ‘ ,r consigned vauts, or crews of cither, which regularly per- or agent for the s.i e tl forms trips at stated peiiods on a post route, or ; he construed tc between two or more cities, towns, or other pla- : *ny traveller to have ces, from one to the other of winch the United j '' ,r or ' ,,}r mvM ,,s,! States mail is regularly conveyed under the an- i 8 a36,nc » or newspaper, thority of the Post Office Department, to trail- i . — ■■ ■ ■ sport or convey, otherwise than in the mail, any i letter or letters, packet or packages of letters, or other mailable matter whatsoever, except such as may have relation to some part of thc cargo of such steamboat, packet boat, or other vessel, or to some article at ihe same time conveyed by the same stage coach, railroad car, or other ve hicle; ami for every such offence, the owner or owners of the stage coach, railroaid car, steam- , _ boat, packet boat, or other vehicle or vessel, shall ! ROW Opposes lie OIJCC adve»CJllcd» Hut r.Mfnt a.»i pay the *iuu of one hundred dollars, j a |' U! r running the risk of his neck bv one hail to the use ol the informer, and the other I n r: .• i c- i r i * half lo the use of the Post ortice Department, to , nullification during General Jackson s he recovered by action of debt, or by indictment i Ildlllinisl filtion, WO COhfcSS tllilt WC fed or information, in any court of competent juris- surprised that he should now “in diction hi the Lulled Suites; and the driver, I .» * • • . i ^ » captain, conductor, or person having charge of ( lhesc P'P‘"g llmcs ol !«*«*. abandon any such stage cadi, railroad car, steamboat, and repudiate his OWl) offspring— ship or other vessel; nor shall any foreign ship 18*28. The act of 1832 greatly reduced and mo or vessel, navigating us aforesaid, receive on dified them ; aid the act of 1833. commonly call- board as a passenger any person or persons e j t j ie Cmuplouiise A«*t, still further reduced employed as a private agent or express for ond modified tjei.i. The act which passed at the transporting or conveying letters, packets, or Fxtra Session ^f'1841, which I supported, was packages of letters, or other mailable matter, and confined to thelfree articles. 1 had resigned my actually in possession of such mailable matter seat ill the Sei|it$ when the act of 1842 passed, for purpose of transportation from one port or Generally, thefiulies which it impose*, are lower place within the United States to anv other than those in ifie act of 1832. Aim! without in- port or place within the said States; and every tending to expiry any opinion upon every item such ship, steam ship, or other vessel, w hich of this lest tariff, II would say, that I think tin* shall be guilty of any infraction of this law, or provisions, in Jpeimain. are wise and proper. If on board of which any of the aforegoing provi- there he any chesses or defects in it. they ought sions shall be violated with the knowledge or to he corrected! connivance of the captain or other person hav- *. >l v opinion that there is no danger hereafter ing charge of such vessel, shall forleit and pay of a High Tarn, is founded on the gratifying the sum of five hundred dollars, recovered be- fact, that our i^almfaclures have now taken a fi»re any court of competent jurisdiction in the deep root. Iu flMjir infancy, they needed a great- United States. r er measure of IrOieciion ; but mm they grow and Sec. 15. And he it further enacted. That noth- advance, they ;.#q lire strength ami stability, and, ing in this act contained shall have the effect, or consequently, ^ill require less protection. F.ven be construed, to repeal the sixth section of the now, some branches of them are able to main- act entitled “ An act to reduce into one the seve- timi. in distant (markets, successful competition ral acts for establishing and regulating the Post with rival foreign manufactures’’—Extracts front Office Department,” approved the third of a Istter of Mr. {lay to the Im Grange Herald, da- March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- ted Sept. 13, 18-ft. five, nor to prohibit the conveyance or transpor- of Puhlii ation. Through the; urgent solicitations of many of our Subscriber!, we have thought proper to change our day'of Publication to WEDNES DAY; therefor^, the II er a t.n will hereafter be issued on Wednesday Evening. (Lr* Advertisements, c., should he hauded in on Tuesday**}vexing Congressional.— VYe invite tbe atten tion of our rt a|K is to tbe Correspondence of the Pit l uf lpliia Foium, by Harvey mail from Birch. Someiing rich will be found there, e placed on , 7 , , , ev were re- ' v e tend**!oar acknowledgements to uvided, that Hon. J. McPherson* Berrien, for a ccpy of !>)• this art , Uu p os , offic( j Iit ,J uclion Bill, the second , | |l3f* Tlie m(iU have been very irregular for live or i}ays last past, so far as re lates lo the Eastern papets, a part of which coming from jNewnan, and the balance from Columbu^. Some irregularity at Ma dison, we presume. I, That the r, and he is the owne/a lying upon ; To ConHEilfo'DENTS.— We wish it ti> U. States. |,e distinctly understood, that we cannot, in'theTime without violatiiVs a sacred rule, publish anv ler existing , communicaliur, without the leal name of OrtlMCIIlCrilS tE,, millmp \f». Ii-two ft rmlil In kOOW W’hO hen their >aid for sucli }r than il»« ider the last contract for e ho may so portation of 1 i the author. Vfe have a right lo kne eon- I c j n . our correspondents are—and whe FINALE—dui,U MRU A F.NQUIRl’.R Inasmuch as! a large number ol our sub scribers hare (wiled upon ti«, and rr quested that we should (nut reply to any farther re- rinit"(Haifa- marks that mat be made respecting us, bv Til'niean* ad Edilo-r of flic Columbus Enquirer, we guzines and ; feel that il is a duly we owe our patrons r which i not to insult ih*'ir friendly feelings, fcv fur ther remarks; jexccpt it be to state, that since our Iasi number, we received a letter from Millrdg’evJle, and, likewise, informa tion from a gentleman from that place, that (he Editors of flie Enquirer have formed a league with tbd Federal Union, by which they obtained the State printing for the next two years,and that the Federal Union office is to have*nll the work that is requir ed to he done a! Milledgeville. And that similar bids forjlie Sheriff-.’ printing was made by the Eaquirei in Bibb, or the ad joining count iti Our readers ran judge, for themselves, whether princiffrt govern thc Editors ot successive ; ;h st irre-rn- ! or printed er shall nut xcept hank ■ ritlioilt writ- fill nd honks. >e included | And any ; nr weight, ihle matter, j i transport- ■ of this law, >ade op into i ; in tins art rrohihit any or causing tie, or any inks, m iga .Tied, or in- subscrihers erchamtisp. , , _ f transport- ,he Enquirer, (iiytof. route lined, 1 fide dealer II any tiling the right of imi) or her, npiilel, uia- amendment was agreed lo, 105 to 38, an ^ endeavored to conceal it by and the bill as amended was passed 1 blustering personality. He attempted a rejoinder, which was not noticed by Mr. Berrien. Harvey Biucii. Jby about the same vote. A hill explanatory of the treaty made with the Chippewa Indians, January 23, 183N, at Saganaw, was passed finally u Committee of the Whole on the State of thc Union, and refused lo by the Baltimore Convention. If so, take up the Oregon resolutions, hut no same person can doubt the election proceeded to tbe consideration of the Clay, and he will bb elected Appropriation Bill for the Indian De- because il is impossible to -rtflly the partrnent. One item in this bill, being Democratic parly in nupport ot Mr. j uuttonied to charge, and bare allowed u. ; lor an annuity of 83000 to thc Creek ' a!l imren, whose nomination will t!lo p ost office Department, all postage which i Nil 1.1 ns under ihe trenlv of 1802, ‘ have been produced by ft com bi na - j they in»y have paid or h;wl charged to them, res- produced quite an excited debate.- j tion of political managers, organised ' Mr. Giddings Sftid under this Ircoly ^ liie Iftrge olftles ot ->OVV loik, pective offices, or of the Post Office Department. ; the Creeks stipulated to nav 85000 to 1 Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia, for upon a proper verification of their accounts for the people ot Geo.gia, for property the purpose of seizing upon, and dis- | ^,^4 and.uX£/d°£ : tnbuting among themselves the pa' j (end through the mail, free of postage, all letters tronage of the Government. packet boat, or other vehicle or ves-el, at the lime of ihe conmmeion of any such offence, and who shall not at that time he ihe owner thereof, in whole nor iu part, shall, in like manner, for feit and pay, in every such case of offence, the sum of lift) dollars, to the like uses, and to be re- cotered in like manner, as is above provided iu the case of ihe owner or owners. the words ‘'official business."— And fir an such en I irspiiieot fabclv made, the person so offending ahull he punished by a fine i of ho', less than fitly dollars, and with iuspint dis. ; missal Irom his office. And the several deputy postmaster? throughout the United States shall iiIc a locofoco majority iu the lower House of Congress embrace and adopt it, and trample with disdain upon the I )istriet Law of thc last session. Thc Union Patty of the South, after read ing the following extract from iiis lale Skc. 12. And be it further enacted, That the | lettci, withdrawing his name from ownet or owner, of every stage coach railroad j yj r _ y Burcn’s Convention, will car, atenmhoat,or other vehicle or vessel, which , ’ slmi', with the knowledge of anv owner or own- j certainly kill the fatted calf and make ers, in whole or in pari, or with the know-1 merry over the return of the prodigal ndurt- 90n —Dully Forum “Til t which they have urged with the THE INTERPRETER. Wc call the .mention of our readers f>» ihis worthy, and^lmost indispensable work. The Prospectus* of thc Intehivieter will be found on anot.ier column. ■ ■■ - A work of this character lias been neetl- NULLIFICA I ION Nl l.l.ll ILI) Il\ JOHN ( . d f or lnan y years; and from the know- C. CALHOUN. ^ ledge that we have of thc publisher, Mr. It is nothing new for .Mr. Calhoun i B. Jenkins, toge her w th his straight for te change his opinions. Almost every war( , c „ ursc t ,, ifC) wo fla , te , r our . thing political that he now advocates, s ,, lf) lhat he ma | mcet wilh , | ar?c patroo . age. J We publish advertisement of Mr. J. without the hof£ of fee or revvaitl—and, wc make this sstraii nt, to show that we are not paid for flic publication. Terms, 83pc|nnnum in advance. Ad dress B. Jerk In,, 100, Haync st., Charles ton. , lie once opposed, and every thing lie POST OFITUE REFORM RILL. In another plrt of our paper will he found a bdl for lie reduction of Postage. We lav it h' forj r.ur naders, because we believe that all v^ll fed a lively interest in thc matter. J previously taken from them ; and un der tie indemnity, the Georgians claimed compensation foj- slaves as properly. At the subsequent treaty at Indian Spring in 1821, the Creeks ledge or conn rai ce of the driv or, captain, oro'hcr person having charge of any such stage coach, railroad car, steam, boat, or other vessel or vehicle, convey or transport any person or persons ac'ing or employed as a plicate express for the con veyance of letters, packets, or packages of letters, or other mailable matter, and actu ally in possession of such mailable matter, for the purpose of transportation, contrary to the spirit, true intent, and meaning of the preceding sections of this law, shall be subject to the like fines and penalties, to he recovered in like manner, and to the like uses, as is hereinbefore provided and direct 'd in the case of persons acting as such greatest cnnfidence, is, that each State has Take Notice.4- Those persons who have taken the LaGralgc Herald, up to this time, arc held as subscribers for the twelve monlhs. As ma|iy as four of our subscri- i D, iM » iar.y a right to appoint Delegates as she pleases. bt*rs, who received ihe paper ior three and i meet it, by denying that there is f our mont hs hai; sent us word within the any such right. That each Stale has a , .. „ right to act as it pleases, in whatever re- last few weeks, tilt we must discontinue, lates to itself exclusively, no one will deny ; that they “don’t 4(ant a paper’’ they believe, but il l's a perfectly novel doctrine, that So. then, we inu» )os< our money. Well, any State has suck a right when she we <] on q j nte0( ) l sin? a cent by suoh men, 'ference°ttfwha^’ameenis'^thetehole? ?„ ^ * hM W **** "bole vear-our role, suoh oases it is the plainest dictate of com- mil Y be found at the head of our columns mon sense that whatever effects the whole every week ; theft must be complied wilh. should he regulated hy the mutual consent I private expresses, and of persons' employ- nf al1 ’ und not *» the discretion of each.” | The LaGran? |n era |d says, “Little Ste- imr tbe same ; but nothing in this act con ,. . ; phens. the I>iam«id of Georgia, is lying tamed shall be construed lo prohibit the A distinguished writer says:— still waiting for afcite.” conveyance or transmission ol letters, pack* i “ There is but one passage in the Bi - ! Wonder^wbo w wants to bite him ? eis or packages, or other matter, to any part I ble w here the girls are commanded to jPeorgin Jeffersonian. compensation bemg’ «Ue«d‘ o^re^ved ^ ^ mn J "" d ^ is in the ^ j Don’t want frifnd Cl me to bite him, not therefor in any way, or by a special mes-i rule. “ Whatsoever \AJ would any other red-tno{nh. w e would be sattt- st nger employed ouly for the single panic-i l bat Vieii should do unto you, do yc lied to have him bit by an honest Derna- ular occasion. jeven so to them,” ’ , crat, if one can bit- found, ‘ t and packages which it may L>« their duty, or they mav have occasion, to transmit to any per son or place, and which shall relute exctusicely t > j Remedy FOR THE bite of A Snake. llle business of their respective office?, or to the j \ voriior In tU i>.,| - f 1 business of the Post Office Depaitinent; but. in cnnvm,» I t ' ,1 “i; •. , o, . i j I ‘ i C " M Lalct^h lvt g’SlGI • evcr y S 'jcb case, the deputy posirnasier sending (.onvej eu to tile U nited r>lntr*S lands ; says that common salt, moistened with any snch letter or package shall endorse there to the amount of $250,000, to pay water and bound upon the wound. | on - over h ‘® °* V!I signature, the words -post for property taken prior to 1802, and will cure the bite of the most venom. °fi ethuuneM * " A “ d lor u,, y a,Hl evt " i u * I • , e . ’ , I IK. must i CUUII1' , endoraemem falsely made, the per? on making also embraced in the former treaty., ous snake. : u,e stum shall be fined not less than fifty dot-