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the times.
The union of (he states and the sovereignty of the states
COLUMBI A, JUNE 10, 1841.
- PRESIDENT’S message.
■\V r E arc indebted to Messrs. Meriwether
and Habersham, for copies of this Document.
Thi3 paper has one merit, if no other—it is
brief— and, we think, to the point. It goes for
a National Bank —a distribution of the pro
ceeds of the public lands among the States —
and an adjustment <f the tariff favorable to the
manufacturing interests , after the expiration of
the compromise act in 1842, one short year hence •
What else means this sentence in the mes
sage : “One year only remains to complete
the series of reductions provided for by that
law, at which time provisions made by the
same law, and which then will be brought
ACTIVELY IN’ AID OF THE MANUFACTURING IN
TERESTS of THE Union, will not fail to pro
duce the most beneficial results.”
The Message although disclaiming, in the
strongest terms, any power in Congress to
assume the deb's of the States, yet urges
these debts, and the pressure of them, as an
inducement to give away the proceeds of the
Public Lands, to enable tlie States to pay
them. Is not this a distinction without a dif
ference ! This recommendation is made, too,
in presence of the declaration fully set forth
in the same paper, that the Government is in
debt, and requires means to discharge its lia
bilities. And how are these debts to be
but by an increase of duties on imports—by’
the imposition of a protective Tariff 1 Is there
any oilier source of revenue after the lands
are given up, or the proceeds of them 1 None
earthly. On the whole, we think the Mes
sage of Mr. Tyler is not {liable to misconcep
tion or misapprehension. It evinces the wil
lingness of the Acting President to adopt as
huTcreed, the creed of the Whig party proper,
as heretofore and now expounded & explained
by Mr. Clay.
FEDERALISM —SECRETARY OF STATE
OF THE UNITED STATES.
In the progress of the contest for the Presi
dency of the Republic, which terminated with
the close of the last year, no charge or impu
tation (nor, perhaps, all combined) was so in
dustriously and perseveringly sought, by each
party, to be affixed to the nominee of the oth
er, as, either a belief in the abstract doctrines
of Federalism, or an attachment to, or a mo
mentary acquiescence in the particular views
and measures of the Federal party, at some
period since the formation of the Govern
ment—-and especially upon one or the other
of two memorable epochs in our political his
tory the civil revolution of 1800—and the
war of 1812. The untiring assiduity -and the
extraordinary zeal with which the efforts of
each party were directed to the establishment
of the “unpardonable heresy” in the candidate
of the other, not merely justified the impres
sion,but confirmed the generally acknowledged
fact, that the great mass of the people of the
United States were averse to the political doc
trines of the Federal party—approved cor
dially of the civil revolution which placed Mr.
Jefferson and his principles in the ascendan
cy anJ were equally devoted to Mr. Madison,
and to the vigorous and honorable support
of the momentous measures which had
attended liis administration of the Gov
ernment. The Press, every where, dwelt
long and ardently upon this particular theme,
and the taint—the suspicion even of a lean
ing towards the “ abominable heresy,” was
fa’al to political reputation. The fact that Mr-
Van Buren, in conjunction with the great
mass of the Republican party in the State of
New York, voted for Electors of President
friendly to Mr. Clinton, although at the same
time actively engaged in sustaining the war,
produced undoubtedly, in the heat of po
litical excitement, and when the people be
wildered by the sophistical efforts of exaspe
rated enmity, rested on inferences drawn
from unsupported assertions, impressions un
favorable to his reputation. On the other
hand, no proper means were omitted to show
the adherence of General Harrison to the
Administration of the Elder Adams, and his
partiality generallv, for the arbitrary and un
constitutional doctrines of the Federal party.
Throughout the political contest which resul
ted in the success of the latter ; in every part
of the country from Maine to Louisianr; at
every public assemblage from the vast collec
tions in the cities,to the village coteries, where
two or three were gathered together, these
two events in the lives of these distinguished
men, formed prominent topics of discussion in
estimating the political merits or derm rits of
the rival aspirants—and the satisfactory es
tablishment of either accusation would, it was
admitted, prove fatal to the hopes and expec
tations of one of the contending parties.—
These occurrences seemed to pronounce the
final and x>m of Federalism —or, at any rate, to
exclude from political preferment those indi
viduals who had resisted the election of Mr.
Jefferson in 1800—aud others who had op
posed the war measures of Mr. Madison in
1812-13-and 14.
The contest ended, and the reign of ane w
Administration commencing, we find individ
uals introduced into the highest places in the
Government, whose Federal prepossessions
had never, until recently, been questioned—
whose preference for the one side, and aver
sion to the other, had never been concealed ••
and whose whole personal and official influ
ence had ever been exerted in opposition to
Republican measures ; and to the political ad
vancement of men, whose efforts elevated Mr.
Jefferson to the Presidency—prostrated the
reign of Federalism; and who had ever since
been uninterruptedly engaged in resisting the
introduction of noxious principles and of Fed
eral policy. In the front rank, and among tiie
most obnoxious of these individuals, stood Mr.
Webster, the present Secretary of State of
the United States. His great talents, and his
commanding powers as a debater, placed him
early in the iront rank of his party, and in posi
tions v- here his opinions on the prominent
political incidents of the day were necessarily,
communicated to the public without disguise
or equivocation. From his first appearance
in Congress, during the last war, to the period
of the nomination of General Harrison, by the
Harrisburg Convention, in the winter of 1840,
while his gigantic talents were universally
acknowledged, lus objectiorable political
opinions, and his cordial and unwavering de
votion to the man and measures of the Fed
eral party, in all its various tribulations, were
as generally known and recognized. Recently
however, and since the elevation of this gen
tleman to a teat in the Cabinet, it has become
necessary to attempt a vindication of his past
political errors. A task apparently so hope
less and insurmountable, has, however, been
undertaken ; and a semi-official vindication of
Mr. Webster, which has just made its appear
ance in the New York Express, is in course
of rapid insertion in all the Whig papers.
The vindication in question will be found
in the Whig paper of this City, of the 26th of
May, ult unaccompanied, however, by a sin
gle editorial comment Was this omission
intentional or accidental ? If the latter, we
hope the editors of that print, will dissect the
vindication, and show wherein it exculpates
Mr. Webster from even one of the charges of
Federalism, which have been so constantly
urged against him, and never until recent
ly denied. We ask this much of the Enquirer
in no invidious spirit We have examined
the vindication, without prejudice or partiali
ty, and it strikes us as lame and impotent to
the last degree.
We would suggest to the Enquirer in its
examination of the paper, to observe whether
Mr. Webster, upon any occasion, gave his sup
port to the Administration of Mr. Madison—
whether any one measure of the war party
was, in his view, the suitable, the proper meas
ure—whether the fact that Mr. Webster was,
on two or three occasions, found voting with
some zealous friends of Mr. Madison and
the war, proves any thing else than that
• these friends were, as might he expected,
opposed, in some instances, to the sug
gestions and plans of the Republican party,
without, in the main, thwarting its important
purposes ? The paper likewise states that
the accusations against Mr. Webster have
some connection with the Hartford Conven
tion, and speaks of it as a most foul insinuation.
Pray, who originated the Hartford Conven
tion ; who composed it; and what were its
acts ! Did not the Federal party of New
England (of which Mr Webster was one) pro
ject it 1 Were not Federalists of New Eng
land its members-no stronger,or more violent
partisans than the mass ot that party in the
East ? Did it do any thing more than the
Federal presses and orators of that day and
that section, were openly and publicly advo
cating! It has always appeared to us unjust
and improper to censure the members of the
Hartford Convention in stronger terms than
the Federal party generally of the East. That
Convention was but the agent, the organ to
express, in an imposing form, the views and
sentiments of the Federal party
But Mr. Webster was anxious to defend
Portsmouth, the town of his residence. True!
Was not Martin Chittenden anxious to defend
Vermont, of which State he was Governor—
and, in the excess of his patriotism, did he not
order the return of the Vermont militia, who
had gone to the defence of Plattsburg, at the
very moment when a powerful British force
was besieging that town, and about to lay it
in ruins ? Was not Harrison Gray Otis loud
and violent in his professions of zeal and loy
alty to the City of Boston ! These sugges
tions are respectfully i e commended to the
notice of the Editors of the Enquirer, by
whom, we trust, they will be duly weighed .
PUBLIC MORALITY—CRIME, &c.
One or more individuals have beon presen
ting to the public, through the columns of the
Columbus Enquirer, the deplorable state of
morals in this City—the frequency and impu
nity of crime—and the total disregard mani
fested generally to its existence, and the adop
tion of means for its suppression. Indepen
dently, and in disconnection with other things,
this is very well, and the statements of the
correspondent or correspondents of the En
quirer, may, in the general, be very correct—
doubtless are so. But if the writers of the
articles in question know eveg a tenth part of
what their productions authorize the public to
believe they do know, they are, to sav the
least, as culpable as those charged by them
with dereliction of duty. It is true the Grand
Inquest of the County, and the City Council
of Columbus, are directed by law, to take no
tice of violations of public morality, and of
statutes in existence for the punishment of
crime, ichcih may come to their knowledge, or
that, in the exercise of a reasonable and proper
diligence , they ha\ e been enabled to discover.
And it is the duty of every good citizen to aid
them in this task, by the communication of
information which will lead to the detection
and punishment of guilt. llow else is immor
ality to be suppressed, or violations of law to
be promptly resented ? The City Council,
or perhaps, more properly, the Mayor as the
head of it, are not careless observers of this
state of things, nor unmindful of their duty in
this respect. They are acting in the proper
manner, through their ministerial officer, the
Marshal, by directing him to be constantly on
the alert, and to report every violation of any of
the City Ordinances, and furthermore, he has
been enjoined tj visit every part of the City on
Sunday, and see that the Ordinance requiring
drinking establishments to be shut on that day
is observed, or, if in any instance violated, to
report the facts to Council. Can the City
Council do more ? Its members receive no
compensation, and can they be expected to
appropriate their ichole time to the public
service ! But the Grand Jury has been in
session this spring, in all, six weeks. Why
has not complaint of these numerous and
aggravated outrages of morality and law
(which undoubtedly exist to a greater or less
extent,) been made to that body, certainly the
most efficient and unquestionable in its author
ity, to apply the proper remedy ? This bodv
has met and adjourned, aud yet not one word
has been said to it, of these open and repeated
violations. If the correspondents of the En
quirer would communicate to either the Grand
Jury or the City Council, the fourth part of
what their productions authorize us to believe
they know, more good would be effected, than
by all the writing they may perpetrate from
this until doomsday. Besides, why tell the
whole world that Columbus is the most de
graded and abandoned place in the country,
when it is, probably, no worse than any town
of the same population elsewhere. The wrong
course has been adopted to purify the moral
atmosphere, and oue which, if persisted in,
will prove utterly abortive. Report every,
violation of law to the proper of |
which you may be apprised, or that, by rea-’
sonable diligence, you may be able to discover;!
and you will then speedily realize the differ
ence between talking and acting.
WHAT DOES TlltS MEAN?
The following is the concluding sentence
of the speech of Senator Tallinadge, of New
York, delivered at the recent festival given to
that gentleman, by his political friends in the
city of New York. Does the honorable Sen
ator retire from Congress, and “ seek a home
in one of the log cabins of the West;” or does
he intimate his willingness to receive, in offi
cial station, a reward for the important services
rendered by him during the late campaign ?
“ After I shall have gone through the Extra
Session for w hich I enlisted, when I enlisted
for the campaign, I shall feel myself at liberty
to receive an honorable discharge. And
whether I remain in the Empire Stdte or seek
a home in one of the humble log cabins of the
West, I shall never forget the kindness mani
fested for me by my friends.”
ALABAMA ELECTION.
Complete official returns of the Congres
sional election have reached us, and by the
following table shows a majority between the
two highest candidates of 5,548 voles.
Democrats. Wh gs.
Shields, 23,092 Burke, 16,607
D. H. Lewis, 26,029 Hilliard’ 17,449
Payne, 26,089 Crabb, 17,828
Houston 23,026 J. M.
Chapman, 23376 Rather, 17,384
Georgia Argus, June 0.
•‘OGLE’S OMNIBUS OF LIES.”
The following letter we find in the Rich
mond Whig of the Ist inst. Ogle’s celebrated
speech touching the furniture and decorations
of the President’s Mansion, is familiar, doubt
less, to most of our readers ; and to such,
and so many of them, as were, in moments ot
political excitement, disposed to credit its
statements, we recommend the perusal of the
following letter from Washington, published
in one of the most violent and unscrupulous
Whig papers in the Union. What a com
mentary do the admissions in this letter afford,
on the disreputable and shameful means adop
ted to defeat the last Administration.
From the Richmond VYiiig.
Gentlemen—For the first time in my life I
visited the President’s Mansion. “Thinks I
to myself,” this day, my eyes, splendor will
dazzle ye, and the hidden secrets of extrava
gance will be made manifest. Tiie gorgeous
castles of the Arabian tales passed across my
memory—but alas ! alas ! the ten thousand
lies that have been written about that same
White House. ‘
O ! Ogle, where art thou, my lusty son of
fiction ! If thy spirit is as far away from the
bright regions of truth, as were thy words,
when thou didst utter thy hyperbolical ora
tion, then do I pity thee.
The plain unvarnished truth is this—the
chairs are old, and one I know is ragged, and
that the only one from which I lifted the plain
linen case which covered it. And as all were
covered in the same way, I guess that same
chair has many tattered compeers in the East
Hoorn. It was in that room I saw the ragged
(yes, ragged) chair. Now S6OOO is a paltry
sum to spend upon such an house ; it would
take $30,000 to put it in proper order. We
are a great and free nation, and should en
deavor to avoid luxury on the one band and
niggardly conduct on the other. Our Presi
dent should have such Furniture, and such
fixtures as comport with the dignity of our na
tion. I care not, in such things, for party. I
am a free American, a plain Virginia planter;
never desired, and consequently, never asked
for any office, except such as the people confer
by their free suffrages —but I felt ashamed for
my country when I Saw ragged finery in the
Nation’s House. Besides, the curtains in
the green room are miserably faded things ;
such as no private gentleman would keep in
his parlor, unless he should be too poor to
get new ones. It is true that the Chandeliers
in the East Room are very handsome, and to
my country eyes seemed suitable ; but that
ragged chair is there. Confound a ragged
chair, I detest them every where—but a rag
ged chair in the President’s House is positively
shocking. Out with the miserable tattered
thing?, and let us have whole chairs, and if the
nation is too poor, or too stingy to get anew set
to suit the room, just let us have a set of while
oak split-bottoms. Any thing rather than rag
ged finery. A committee ought to be sent there
with orders to ransack the House, and take
uot all that is worn out and unfit for use.—
Moreover, nothing should be in that house
that had not been fabricated in the United
States, and by the proper hands of a native
born citizen. Well, I saw the tabourettes—
they are nothing extra. In our vernacular,
they are crossed-legged crickets with silk
cushion seats. Your obedient,
Tobacco Plant.
RIGHT REVEREND BisHOP ENGLAND.
At an entertainment given to Bishop Eng
land, in Boston, just prior to his sailing from
that City, for Europe, a few weeks since, the
following remarks were made by the Bishop,
in response to the third regular toast, compli
mentary to himself. A.s we do not recollect
to have seen heretofore, in print, the facts de
tailed by the Bishop, attending the administra
tion of the oath, on his consecration, we in.
sert his remarks, as matter of interest, prob
ably, to many of our readers :
“3. Our Guest, Right Reverend Bishop Eng.
land. —One of the proudest names in the long
list of Prelates, natives of Ireland, who have
shed lustre upon their native land, while re
vealing Ihe hallowed truths of the gospel of
the universe.”
“After the reading of this sentiment, which
was received with the most enthusiastic ap
plause, the Bishop arose and responded in an
eloquent speech of half an hours’ length. lie
expressed his grateful sense of the highly flat
tering maimer in which the sentiment had
been received, and of the kind feelings that
dictated its proposal, lie expressed the sat
isfaction he felt, in meeting from so short a
notice so large and respectable a company.—
In allusion to a sentiment which spoke of him
as an Irish Prelate, he said that although lie
was consecrated in Ireland, he was an Ameri
can Prelate, and that the dearest and most
cherished associations of his ministry were in
this country. He said that at his consecra
tion, when the oath was proposed to him by
the Archbishop, he declined to take the oath,
unless that part of it which was to the effect
that the oath was taken with less reluctance,
because it contained nothing to impair the al
legiance of the subject to his most gracious
Majesty of Great Britain—was stricken out.
He (Bishop England) at that time stated to
the Archbishop that he was going to his See
in Charleston, in the United States, and that
after he had taken ch rge of his flock, he should
feel bound in case of a rupture between the
two countries, to exhort his people to arm
with sword and bayonet, and resist his gra
cious Majesty of Britain to the last; and that
if he declined to administer the oath without
th-1 clause, he should wait until his arrival
in Baltimore, where there was a Catholic
| Archbishop, who would consecrate him. The
oath was finally administered without the ob
jectionable clause. The response of the dis
tinguished Guest was impressive y eloquent,
and characterized by the most exalted a linira
tion of the United States and her institutions,
lie was frequently interrupted with bursts of
applause, and at the conclusion hailed with
rapturous enthusiasm.
A wag down the country save, when the
ladies do not sing in as the should do,
it is taken for granted their dresses are so tight
that they can’t bring a breath long enough
to raise a tune! [We have seen some about
here, that still keep up a terrible bustle !]
FOREIGN NEWS.
The British Steamer, Acadia, arrived atj
Boston, on the morning of the 2d of June,
bringing fifteen days later intelligence from I
Europe.
The political news is unimportant Noth
ing had been heard of the President Steamer.
Different vessels crossing the Atlantic, report
having seen pieces of wreck floating on the
Ocean. Doubts are still entertained of the
final settlement of the China question. On
February 2d, the British trade with that Em
pire had not been re-opened. The following
items received by the Acadia, relative to the
Cotton market abroad—the shipwreck of the
William Brown from Liverpool to Philadel
phia—and “extraordinary fields of ice in the
Atlantic”—are inserted entire, from the New
York Herald, Extra, of June 3:
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Saturday, May 15.—T0-day’s demand for
Cotton has been very dull, only about 1,500
bags of all kinds having been sold- Prices
are without alteration,
Monday, May 17.—T0-day’s sales of Cot
ton amount to 25000 bags. There has been a
larger attendance of the trade than usual, but
they have shewn no inclination to buy more
than their immediate necessities require.—
Prices are without alteration.
Manchester Cotton Market.— May 14.
As it is quite impossible to give correctly the
prices of Cloth or Yarns, we can only say
that, low as things were on Tnesday, the gloom
then existing has, if anything, increased, as
well as prices further receded. Goods are
now so pressed upon the market, tlvat the
decline is uncertain, though,, since Tuesday
night, it may be stated at 2 1-2 to 5 per
cent. The export houses are buying Yarns
at prices hitherto unknown, and there is at
present no prospect of relief, save irom gen
j eral and great reduction in the produce oi the
mill and loom.
Havre Cotton Market. —By the French
’ papers of the 14th and 15th inst. which came
I on hand this morning, we see I hat cotton at the
Havre market on Thursday and Friday last,
was again of heavy sale though prices were
pretty well maintained. The transactions
during those two days were restricted to 183
bales Louisiana at 7b’i to HOI; 77 Georgia at
90f to 1 OOP; 20 Mobile at 101; and 24 bales
of Florida’s at 91 l-2f.
LOSS OF THE WILLIAM BROWN.
Dreadful Shipwreck. — Havre , May 10.—
The Louis Phillippe, New York packet ship,
lias this moment arrived. Information having
reached the town that some shipwrecked sea
men were on board, the report became general
that they belonged to the President, and the
excitement was- beyond all description. On.
the arrival in dock, however,, a strong body of
the gendarmerie were in waiting, and imme
diately took into custody the mate and eight
of the crew of the ship William Brown, bound
from Liverpool to Philadelphia, which was
sunk by an iceberg in tire latter part of last
month. It appears, when the vessel struck,,
thirty-three passengers, the- mate, and eight
of the crew took to the long boat ~ the captain,,
three of the crew and eleven passengers, took
to the jolly boat; all the rest sunk with the ves
sel. The boats parted in the night- Some
days after the mate and crew determined (as
they say) in order to lighten the boat, to throw
seventeen of the passengers overboard, which
they accomplished, aud some of the most hor
rid and revolting scenes took place. Some
clung to the sides of the boat, praying for
mercy; but their hands were cut off, and they
were pushed into the deep. Fifteen ladies
and two men remained in the boat. One hour
after this massacre the Crescent fell in with
the boat, and saved the survivors of this horrid
deed. The passengers remained on board the
Crescent; the crew arrived in the Ville de
Lyon ; they are now under examination before
the American consul. The result I will not
fail to communicate to you : but you may rely
on what I have already stated. The jolly
boat Ins not been heard of. The dates ot the
Ville de Lyon have been anticipated by the
Acadia.—Morning Post.
EXTRAORDINARY FIELDS OF ICE IN
THE ATLANTIC.
The following is an extract ot a letter, writ
ten by Capt. James llosken, commander ol
the Great Western:
Great Western Steamship,
Bristol Channel, May 14, 1841.
“ Sir—Under the impression that ice, to the
extent it lias been seen this year, has never
before been heard ol in these latitudes, I give
you the following particulars for the informa
tion of your readers: On Sunday, April 18,
the ship steering west, at 6p. ni, first saw one
iceberg on the starboard bows, at / 30 passed
it; at that time four or five others in sight;
at 9 15 passed several small pieces c: icc
blowed the engine.
In a few minutes after, the ship was surroun
ded with light field ice, which appeared simi
lar to a field 1 ran through on the 11th Febru
rarv, 1839 ; this induc’ and me to go slowly, with
the hopes of getting through as I had done on
that occasion, but by 930 finding it became
closely packed, and much thicker prudence dic
tated our escape by the same channel we had
entered. 1 then stopped, and attempted to get
the ship’s head to eastward by turning
ahead and astern until there was room ior her
to come round ; in the course cf this operation
the ship had occasionally (at least) two strokes
heel given by either wheel passing over large
masses of ice.
At 10 15 succeeded in getting the ship’s
head to the eastward, and by 11 entirely clear;
from that time went slowly passing several |
icebergs ; the night, at times very clear, the |
aurora borealis very bright! At 330 s. m.,
the 19th, again got embayed in the ice, stop-|
psd, hauled short round on our keel, and,
steered E. S. coasting the ice for five or six
miles ; 4 20. kept her to the westward, run
ning through innumerable icebergs.
When the sun arose the ice was visible as
j far as the eye could reacli in an unbroken line j
! from N E by E by the northward to N W by W j
at the same time icebergs innumerable in j
every direction, forming one of the most mag- 1
nificent sights 1 ever beheld. t i
The first iceberg we saw was in lat. 43.
long. 48. 30, and this last in lat. 42. 20, long.;
500. lam quite certain there was an unbro- j
ken field of the extent and from what I heard!
from Captain Bailey, of the American packet;
ship United States, 1 have no doubt the fieid j
ice extended, with very little break, to lat. 40. j
30, where Captain Bailey tell in with it on the
morning of the 18th. . .
“ Several other ships also fell in with it in
the same longitude, and were completely stop
ped, giving them an opportunity ot killing
seals, which were on it in great numbers.
“Some of the icebergs I estimate littiO
less than a mile long, and from 150 to 200 ieet
high ; this field of ice was in large masses,
some of them not less than 20 ieet square by
6 feet thick or more.
Revolutionary Relic. —The editors of
the Charleston Courier have in their posses
sion a gold watch dug up a few months since
on the Eutaw battle ground, near the founda
tion of the brick church, in which the British
took shelter and were enabled to check the
till then victorious Americans under Greene.
The gold parts were in a state of preservation,
but the steel and brass portions ot the works
were so much impaired bv rust as to be inca
pable of restoration. The maker’s name is
“Duchesne,” of London, number “5995.’
The watch is a small one, enclosed in a gold
case. The Courier supposes it belonged to a
British or American officer, and adds, “it would
be curious indeed were this publication the
means of identifying the former owner.”
RECAPITULATION
Exhibiting the General Aggregate Amount of each description of persons in the District of
Georgia, by Classes.
MALES.
Under 5 years of age 43 607
Os 5 ami under 10 33.843
Os 10 and under 15 27 000
Os 15 and under 20 20.836
Os 20 a .and under 30 33.339
Os 30 and under 40 22 061
Os 40 and under 50 13.556
Os 50 and under 60 7,529
Ot 60 and under 70 4.213
Os 70 and under 80 1 619
Os SO and under 90 415
Os 90 and under 100 67
Os 100 and upwaids 16
Total Ma es, 208,431
FREE COLORED PERSONS.
MALES.
Under 10 years of age 412
Os 10 and under 24 ° 307
Os 24 and under 36 233
OI 36 and under 55 176
Os 55 and und'-r 100 28
Os lUO and upwards 7
FEMALES.
Under 10 years of age 360
Os 10 and under 24 388
Os 24 and under 36 “17
Os 36 and under 55 187
Os 55 and under 109 161
Os 100 and upwards 16
1 1 829
Total number free eoiored persons 2.522
White persons included in the foregoing who are deaf and dumb under 14 years of age £3
do do do do of 14 and under 25- 54
do do do do over 25 02
do do do do who are blind 121
do do- do do insane and idiots at public ‘charge 63
do- do do- do do do potato do 196
579
Total number of persons emplbjed in mining 575
do do do agriculture 205-187
do do do commerce 601
do do- do manufactures and trades 7,182
do do do navigation of the ocean 87
do- do do- navigation of canals, lakes and rivers 38
do do do learned professions 1 241
213.493
I m- >
Slaves and colored persons included intlic foregoing who are deaf aid dumb - f 83
do do do who are blind 132
do do do who are insane and idiots at private charge ICO
do do do do do- do public charge 25
310
Total number of pensioners for revolutionary or military services- 342
do- do umversiiies and colleges * 8
do do students in universities andcolleges 438
do do academies and grammar schools 158
do do students in academies and grammar schools 6 937
do do primary snd common schools 597 :
do do scholars in-common schools 15 945’
do do scholars at public charge 2 887
do do white persons over 20 years of-age who cannot read and write 30,784
58,436
Total population ggS 600
Representative population ‘ -> 576.7tG
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington, May 31.
This is tlie day for the meeting of the 27th
Congress,, under Gen. Harrison’s proclama
tion. The Alabama'members have not arrived,
and will not be here in time to take any part
in the organization of the House. The Mis
sissippi members will not be here for some
time, and Illinois has not held her election.—
There being also two vacancies in Pennsyl
vania. The House will have, at present, only
230 members. Several of those,-too, will be
absent at the opening of the session.
Washington, June k
The organization of the two Houses of Con
gress was effected yesterday. Mr. Southard,.
President pro tempore of the Senate, took the
chair of that body, and a quorum was formed
and the usual preliminary business attended
to. The Senators all appeared to be in good
health and spirits.
Mr. White was elected on the first ballot,
hav ng 121 votes out of 221 that were given.
Mr. Wise received 8 votes, Mr. Lawrence of
Pa. 5, Mr. .1. W. Jones 84, and there were a
few scattering. There were six Whigs who
did not vote t. all, but who would eyentua ly
have voted for Wise, in case he obtained such
a support as would have rendered their votes
available.
The caucus nominee for the Clerkship did
not succed so well. Mr. F. O. J. Smith ob
tained 90 votes on the first ballot, and the same
nuinoer on the second. It was evident that
his whole force had been brought out and that
he could not get another whig vote. It ap
peared also that Mr. Clarke, the old and very
efficient officer, who was turned out by the
Jackson party, eight years ago, was the choice
of the non-content whigs, though he could
only raise 93 whig votes. The locos had an
invincible tepugnance to going for Mr. Smith,
for two reasons—one that, he was a conserva
tive, and the other that he was the regular
candidate of the whig party. They would not
give him one vo'e ; and, finally, they adopted
Clarke as their candidate, and gave him nearly
eighty votes, by which lie was elected.
°A resolution was adopted for the appoint
ment of a joint committee to wait on “the
President ,” and inform him that the two houses
were assembled and ready to receive any com
munication from him. While tins was under
consideration, Mr. McKeon, ot fS evv \ork,
moved to strike out the words “President ot
the U. S.” and insert “ Vice President of the
U. .S'., acting as President .” Mr. McKeon
went into an argument to show that Mr. Tyler
had no claim to the title of President, though
he powers and duties ot that office devolved
on him.
Mr. Wise resisted this view, and hoped the
| house would recognize Mr. Tyler as Presi
dent—he having become the President by the
! action of the Constitution, by the votes ot the
j people, and by the act of God. The House
I was unwilling to entertain any discussion ol
the subject, and rejected the motion very
promptly.
Mr. Wise moved that the rules of the last
House bo adopted for the government of this
i for the present, and that a committee ot rune
be appointed to revise the rules forthwith.—
Mr. Adams moved to amend tho motion by
rescinding the 21st rule, which rule was adopt
ed at the beginning of the last Congress, for
the purpose of excluding abolition- petitions.
Pending this motion, the House adjourned.—
Every one laughed when Mr. Adams ma e
the motion.
Washington. June 2.
The message was received yesterday, and
read in both houses. It was of course very
attentively listened to. There was little said
in the debates on the printing ot the message,
concerning its general character. Gentlemen
seemed more backward than usual in the ex
pression of their opinions. Mr. Pickens, how
ever, spoke very freely and decidedly in con
demnation of tho President’s distribution
I scheme, and his suggestions in favor of a fiscal
agency founded on that scheme. He de
nounced it as a stockjobbing speculation, and
an attempt to create, under anew name, a
great central money power.
The plan will be probably to create a stock
of some forty millions, for tho payment of
I which the proceeds of the lands will be set
apart. This stock sold abroad will give us
i the cash capital of a respectable bank, to be
: located at the seat of the federal government,
and be employed as a fiscal agent. The States
will then be the owners, stockholders, and
i managers of this institution, and its dividends
; will be paid to them. By this means the
States will be enabled to pay their debts with
out a very heavy taxation, the value ot their
present stocks will be increased, and they will
be enabled to continue and complete their
improvements.
Mr. Adams spoke to-day, in favor of his mo
tion to rescind the 21st rule, which prov. les
that no memorial, petition, or other paper re-
FREE WHITE PERSONS
FEMALES.
Under 5 years of age 41 351
Os 5 and under 10 31,825
Ol 10 and under 15 25.924
Os 15 and undei 20 22.341
Os 20 and under 30 31 313
Os 30 and under 40 19.47S
Os 40 anil under oO 12 125
Os 50 and under 60 6,775
Ol 60 and under 70 3.625
Os 70 and under SO 1,445
Ol 80 and uu ler 90 446
Ot 90 and under 100 74
Os 100 and upwards 23
Total Females 196,759
Total number of Free White Persons 405.181
SLAVES.
MALES.
Under 19 years of age 48,630
Os 10 and under 24 43 852
0124 and under 36 24,t5'J
Os 36 and under 55 16,246
Os 55 and under 100’ 5.377
Os 100 and upwards 124
FEMALES.
Under 10 years of age 50,1 78
Os 10 and under 24 44 162
Os 24 anu'under 36 27 478
0136 and under 55 16 238
Os 55 and under lUO 4. 864-
Os 100 aud upwards 88
Total number of slaves 251.957
spotting slavery or the slave trade between
the States shall be received or entertained in
any manner whatever. Mr. A. denounced
this salutary rule in the strongest manner.-*-*
He considered it as a grievous oppression to
prohibit the North from interfering with South
ern petitions. He said the rule was adopted
by only six majority, the vote being IL4 to
108, and that only twenty-three Northern men
went for it.
The subject was postponed for the present,
but. will probably be taken up again to-day.
Mr. Clay gave notice, in the senate, that he
should move to refer that part of the Presi
dent’s message which relates to the establish
j merit of a fiscal agency to a select committee.
I Os course, Mr. Clay will be the chairtnrn of
; that committee, and will make a speedy report,
i and bring forward a project without delay.—
I The Bank or fiscal agency will first be tried
j in the Senate, and if it pass that body, it will
j assuredly pass the House.
THE UNITED .S TATES BANK AND THE
PUBLIC PRESS.
Astounding Developements !—The Phil
adelphia Spirit of the times says, upon good
authority, that the editors or publishers of
the Federal papers in that city and county, are
large borrowers and debtors to the United
States Bank. To the publishers of one />/•<?-
tended Democratic paper, the sum charged is
about sixty-five thousand dollars. To the
others, the sums vary from SIB,OOO ‘o $52,-
000. To editors and publishers in New .York
and Baltimore, similarly large sums have been
loaned, among whom are the names of Webb
and Noah. To Gales and Seaton, editors and
publishers,lWashingtonCity, and the official or
gan of the new Administration, there stands
charged the enormous sum of four hundred
and fifty thousand dollars !
Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
and that since the veto-session of 1832. This
is near half a million of dollars to one press.—
No wonder the editors are clamorous for an- j
other Bank—-that they scream night and day
for another of fifty or hundred millions. And !
here we will repeat what we have said before,.!
that the officers ot the Bank cannot tell how -
much was given to editors, nor even state the |
same account twice in the same way. Tims
Biddle, in Clayton’s report, states Jasper
Harding’s accommodations at thirty-six thou
sand nine hundred and seventeen dollars
(page 108 ) In Tyler’s report, it is stated at
twenty-three thousand four hundred and nine
ty dollars, (page 40) So also of Webb and
Noah. In Clayton’s report (page 300) it is
slated by Biddle to be fifty-two thousand nine
hundred and seventy-five dollars ; in Tyler’s
report (page 40) it is stated at seventy-one
thousand five hnftdred and seventy-five thou
sand live hundred and seventy-five dollars.—
Here is a difference of near twenty thousand
dollars in stating the same account! Gales
and Seaton’s debt was stated in Tyler’s report
(page 40) at eighty thousand three hundred
and thirty-eight dollars. This was in 1834;
now in 1841, it is staled at four hundred and
fifty thousand dollars ! a rapid increase
Globe, May 31st.
Another murder. — We have just learned
the particulars of a horrid affair which occur
red at'LaGrange, on Friday last, about one
o’clock in the afternoon, in which a highly
respectable young man, named Lane, about
eighteen years old, was stabbed to the heart,
and instantly killed by a youth named Nickols.
It appears that there was a settled enmity be
tween the two young men, on account of
some previous quarrel, and that Nickols, who
was a student in the LaGrange High School,
had come to the deliberate determination to
avenge himself, as the sequel shows. Armed
with a cane and dirk, he attacked fLane, and
killed him on the spot. He was immediately
arrested and committed to prison.—Columbus
Enquirer.
And yet another—the clot thickens.
—At Girard, Alabama, ou Saturday last, a
man named Crowder was basejy murdered
with a bowie knife, by another named Grimes.
The latter was once sent to the Penitentiary
in this state, from Troup county, for an as
sault with intent to kill, but has been out for
some time. He has now consummated his
direful intent to murder, but not upon the
same victim. The deceased drew down the
vengeance of the felon upon himself by telling
of his recent imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
He was attacked by Grimes, who stabbed
him through the heart before he could offer
any resistance, The villian was instantly se
cured and confined in jail.—lb.
A Fire.— A pipe is a great sooth ! a pleasant
comforter! blue devils fly before its honest
breath ! it ripens the brain—it opens a heart,
the man who smokes, thinks like a Sage and
acts like a Samaratin. —Sir Lyttletou Bul
wer’s Night and Morning.
CONGRESSIONAL.
In Senate — Mondav-, May 31.
In pursuance of the pro, Imitation of the
President of the United Stall's, the Senate
convened this day, and was called to order bv
Mr. Southard, the President pro tempore.
Mr. Manguin moved that the Secretary call
over the names of the Sei.atvt-. s that ft
might be ascertained whether a qeori m u . s
present.
Mr. King said that the usual mode of pro
ceeding was for the presiding officer to d.rect
the Sergeant-at-Arms to ascertam whether a
quorum was present.
The suggestion of Mr. K. be.eg acquiesced
in, the Sergeant-at-Arms reported that, a quo
rum of the Senate was present.
On motion of Mr. Bayard, it was
Resolved, That a message be sent to ihe
House of Representatives, informing that body
that a quorum of the Senate is assembled,
and that it is ready to proceed to business.
On motion by Mr. White, it was
Resolved, That each Senator be supplied
during the present session with three such
newspapers printed in any of the States as lie
may choose ; provided the same be furnished
at the usual rate for the annual charge for
such newspapers: and provided that, if any
Senator shall choose to take any newspaper
other than daily papers, he shall lie supplied
with as many such papers as shall not exceed
the price of three daily papers.
On motion of Mr. White, the Senate then
took a recess until half past 2 o’clock.
The Senate resumed its sitting at ten min',
utes before 3 o’clock.
Mr. Clay of Kentucky said, that lie believed
the object of the rfecess was to afford an oppor
tunity for the organization of the other House,
so that a joint committee could be formed to
wait upon the President. As if was now pro
bable the organization of the oilier House
would not he complete till a late hour, he
would move an adjournment of the Senate till
eleven o’clock to-morrow morning.-
This motion being seconded, and unani
mously adopted,
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF R-EIT.ESF.NTATIVES.
Monday, May 31.
The House wan-called to order at twelve
o’clock by H. M. Garland, Clerk of the House
of Representatives of the last Congress, who,
having read the Proclamation of the President
of the United States requiring their attend
ance, proceeded to call over the roll by
Stales.
Mr. Halstead inquired of the Clerk, by
what authority the name of Linn Banks had
been placed upon the roll. Mr. 11. said he
understood that there was a gen’leman who
contested the seat, and claimed to have recei
ved a majority of the legal votes.-
The Clerk, in explanation, read the ‘certifi
cate of election'from-the Acting Governor of
Virginia, in which,among the names of-the
members of Congress elect from that State, >
appeared the name of the Hon. Linn Banks.
The Clerk having announced that there’
were two hundred and seven members pre
sent,.-
Mr. Hunt offered a resolution, • that the’
Mouse now proceed te organize by choosing a
Speaker,
At the suggestion of Mr. Fillmore, Mr. IT.
modified his resolution, so that tlie election
might he conducted l ira voce,
Mr, Williams of North Carolina moved te ‘
amend by striking out viva rocr r md inserting
‘by ballot;” whereupon,-
Mr. -Weller called for the tellers ; but, - -
On motion of Mr. lloiikine* -the yeas and
nays were ordered, and resulted—yeas ofi ? -
nays 154.
fc>o the House refusedtoagree tothe amend
ment.
Mr. Johnson of Maryland moved to amend
the resolution, by, inserting, alter the word 1
“Speaker,” the words “and Clerk.”
After some remarks by, Messrs, Everett. •
Barnard and Hunt, in opposition, ■
Mr. Johnson withdrew Ins amendment; but
Mr. Wise renewed il , and ihe question 1
being taken, the amendment was rejected.
The original resolution was then adopted
without a division.
The House according'y proceeded to the
election of a Speaker; and Messrs. Under
wood, J. C. ( Hark, and Atherton having been
appointed tellers, the result was announced as
follows:
Whole number of voles 221
Necessary to a choice 111
Of-which John White received 121
John W. Jones 81
Henry A. Wise 8
Joseph Lawrence 5
George N. Briggs I
Nathan Clifford I
William C. Johnson 1
The lion, John While having received the 1
largest number of votes was therefore declared
duly elected Speaker, of tlie 2?th Congress;
and. having been conducted to the Chair by
Mr, Triplett aud Mr. Keim„ returned thanks
to tlie House.
The members present were then qualified,
by taking the oath prescribed by the-Constitu
tion of the United States.
Mr.. Wise then moved that the House do
now proceed to the ejection of a Clerk viva
voce.
Mr. Barnard moved to amend by striking out
“viva voce,” and inserting “by ballot.”
After some remarks trom Messrs. W iso
and Barnard, the question was taken on the
amendment, and it was negatived.
The question was then taken on the motion
of Mr. Wise,, and it was agreed to.
A message was here received from the
Senate, announcing the organization of that
body, and that it was ready to proceed to bu
siness.
The House then proceeded to the election
of a Clerk.
Mr. Wise nominated Matthew St. Clair
Clarke.
Mr. Randall nominated F. O. J. Smith-
Mr. Powell nominated R. C. Mason.
Mr. Goode nominated Hugh A. Garland.
The result of the first vote was as follows :
Whole number of votes 222
Necessary to a choice ll
Os which Clarke received 38
Smith do 90
Garland do 81
Mason do 13
And there being no election, the House
proceeded to vote a second time. The result
was as follows:
Whole number of votes 219
Necessary to a choice 119
Os which Clarke received 51
Smith 90
Garland 61
Mason 17
And there being no choice, tho House pro
ceeded to vote a third time ; which resulted
as follows:
Whole number of votes 218
Necessary to a choice I*6
M. St. Clair Clarke 91
Smith
Garland I’’
Mason
The House then proceeded to vote the fourth
time, which resulted as follows ;
Whole number of votes 220
Necessary to a choice 111
Clarke 128
Smith 67
Mason 19
Garland G
Mr. Clarke having rereived a majority of
all the votes, was declared duly elected Clerk
of the House of Representatives.
Great Walking Feat —On Saturday
evening, about 6 o’clock, Mr. Anson Living
ston finished the task of walking fifty-four
i miles in twelve hours and three minutes !
Two wages rested upon this performance:
to walk fifty miles in twelve hours, and walk
fifty-four miles in fourteen hour?, without
taking nourishment. —N. Y. Herald.