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Mr, BENTON moved that he be brought
Co thp bar of the Senate.
Mr. MORRIS opposed the motion, and de
manded the yeas aud nays ; which, being or
dered and taken, stood yea» 17, nays 8. So
the motion was carried.
It was suggested by Mr. MOORE that there
was not a quorum present, and the chair at
first so decided. But, on being reminded that
°ne ofthe ® ena^ors fr°nq Louisiana had resign
ed, 2u was a majority of the 49 remaining,
“edoemred that a quorum was present.
Mr. MOORE now moved an adjournment;
but the motion was lost.
The Shrobant-at-Arms now produced and
presented and individual at the bar of the Sen
,ate.
. [He was a tall, well-dressed man, wrapped
an a black over-coat,]
Mr. BEN lON said that, as the individual
had been taken from among the respectable
audience in the gallery, and had been present
ed in this public manner, with all eves fixed
upon him, he had perhaps been sufficiently pun
ished in his feelings. Mr. B. was not dispos
ed to push the proceedings any further, and
therefore moved that he be discharged from
'Custody,
Mr. MORRIS considered the whole pro
ceeding as very extraordinary. Ifthe individ
ual had been worthy of arrest, |je ought to have
an opportunity of defence. A citizen had
been brought to the bar o.f the Senate, and not
informed for what reason, nor of what offence
he stood charged ; and now it was moved that,
without a hearing, he be discharged from cus
tody. Call you this (said Mr. M.) the jus’ice
of the Senate of the United States? Is it in
this manner that citizens are to bo treated ?
It appears to me a most extraordinary proceed
ing.
Mr. SEVIER moved an adjournment; but
the motion did not prevail.
Mr. ROBINSON, near whose seat the per
son apprehended then stood, proposed that the
individual have an opportunity to purge him
self by oath from the contempt. The Senate
were not to presume him guilty, and if he was
willing to swear that he intended no contempt,
he ought to have opportunity to do so.
Mr. MORRIS demanded the yeas and nays
on the motion for his discharge; and they
were ordered accordingly.
Mr. BENTON observed that ifthe individ
ual was ready to go to the Clerk's table, and
there, by oath, to purge himself ofthe contempt,
he had no objection. Let him do so.
Mr. ROBINSON now stated, on behalf of
the person apprehended, that he was willing
and ready to answer interrogatories.
Mr. BENTON thereupon withdrew I;is mo
tion for his discharge.
The CHAIR reminded him that he could
not do this, inasmuch as the yeas and nays
upon it had been ordered.
Mr. MORRIS was strongly opposed to hav
ing the individual suddenly, without warning,
and without opportunity to consult counsel,
brought forward to take his oath, and undergo
interrogatories. It would be better to give
him until to-morrow, that he might have some
leisure for reflection. He had been brought
up here before the Senate ofthe United States,
and before the people qfthe United States, and
to require him thus suddenly to be put upon
oath in his defence was wrung.
He concluded by moving an adjournment.
The yeas and nays were demanded and or
dered on the motion to adjourn.
Mr. STRANGE thought that ifthe individ
ual was willing now to he sworn, and to under
go interrogatories, he was best
judge of his own rights.
he Could umb-rgo. a.id tfgj , , »
Senators should beeotnß '
Mr. BENTON said ‘
to purge himself on oath, now, here, presWHMp
of the Senate,it was very well. Let him do
so. But if he wanted to go away and consult
a lawyer, if he must ask a lawyer to-morrow
before he could tell whether he meant to insult
the Senate to-night, he was opposed to it. If
he was ready to swear, let him do it, but no
consulting with lawyefs.
The CHAIR stated to Mr’. Morris that the
individual in custody was not brought up with
out a charge, as that Senator seemed to inti
mate. He was charged with disorderly con
duct in the presence ofthe Senate, and the law
gave die Senate, as it gave a court of justice,
power to protect itself in all such cages, by a
summary proceeding, and qn the evidence of
its own senses.
Mr. ROBINSQN agajn said that tfia indi
vidual in custody wished for an opportunity
of purging himself from the contempt.
Some confusion prevailed, But the motion
for his discharge being pressed, the question
was put, and decided as follows :
YEAS—Messrs. Benton, Brown, Buchanan,
Dana, Ewing, of Illinois, Fulton. Grundy, Hen
dricks, Hubbard, King, of Ala., Linn, Nichol
as, Niles, Page, Rives, Robinson, Ruggles,
Sevier, Tallmadge, Tipton, Walker, White,
’ Wright—23.
NAY—Mr.
The individual was accordingly discharged
from custody.
The individual referred to thereupon ad
vanced, and addressing the Chair, said:
“ Mr. President, am I not to be permitted
to speak in my own defence?”
CHAIR, to the Sergeant-at ar ms, “Take
him out!”
The Senate now adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Petitions and memorials were called for in
the reverse order of States and Territories, (ihc
House having adopted a resolution to that ef
fect,) and were presented by several mein
bers.
The SPEAKER presented a memorial from
the Grand Jurors ofthe county of Washington,
in the District ofColumbiu, soliciting that here
after no petitions may be received or enter
tained by Congress from societies or inhabit
ants of the non slavehokling Stales, for the
abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
The memorial was ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr. LAWRENCE presented the memorial
of George Hallett, and four hundred merchants
ofthe city of Boston, praying Congress to es
tablish steam and other vessels for the protec
tion of the navigation of ships ofthe United
States coining on our coast in the winter.
Mr. L. advertetf briefly ?to the fearful loss
of life a»d property which had taken place op
our coast during the last year, to an extent
unprecedented m our history. This loss was
<o be attributed in part to the want of a good
svstem of pilotage, but mainly to the fact that
vessels coming after very long voyages, on a
bleak and wintry coast, and short of provisions,
reouired some protection and assistance which
their own cre^’9 werc nos a^e t 0 ,en( ler. He
moved that the petition he referred to the Coin
mittee on Comtqeiice, and expressed a hope
that some action xyould be speeduy had upon
the subject.
Tim petition wag referred accordingly.
I During the day, a number of petitions pray.
• } f or the abolition of slavery in the District
„f Columbia were presented ; which were, in
every instance, met by the motion to lay the
preliminary motion of reception on the table;
Ld which motion prevailed.
After the presentation of various resolutions
° f On Z& of Mr. CRAIG, the house ad
journed.
Frtyp the Chronicle <jp Sentinel of January 21st. J
We were utterly astonished on opening the
Federal Union yesterday evening, to discover,
the name of Win. N. Bishop announced as
Teller to the Central Bank. It is known to
; every one that this Bank is entirely a State in
stitution—all its capital of every description
belongs to the State; itg Directors arc appoint
ed by the State, paid by the State, and the
State is the sole recipient of its profits. It is
in every sense literally a public institution—
thfi People's Bank ! Such being the fadt, the
people aye interested, directly, in having its
affairs managed in the best possible manlier —
They have a right to expect that this Bank
shall be in the hands of men of the first intelli
gence, respectability, integrity and purity of
character. We learn from those who ought
to know, that the Teller of a Bank has the
management of its money transactions to a
great extent —the receiving and paying out of
all money, and that for this purpose he is put
in possession, every morning by the Cashier,
of a sufficient sum of money to meet the busi
ness ofthe day. We ask, is William N. Bishop
a fit man to be entrusted with so important a
business in the most important institution ofthe
State ? A man without character and without
capacity ! A man who has rendered hirpselt
infamous by crimes of almost every degree,
and who now stands indicted for some, before
the Superior Court of Murray county, which
would subject him to degrading punishment., if
convicted, and from trials on which he has thus
far escaped, by preventing, as Clerk of the
Superior Court, the organization of juries for
two or three years past! A vile blackguard
and ruffian, who as commander of a' pelty mil
itary force, known as the Georgia Gua'rd. has
bullied our highest judicial tribun'a.s, headed
mobs in their outrages upon private individuals,
and violated the sacred right of suffrage itself!
And this man, with his multitude of iniquities
upon his head, possessing no good character in
the eyes of any body, and without any sort of
capacity for the business which must be en
trusted to his hands, is appointed Teller to the
Central Bank.
We have no time to remark upon the matter
further at present, but we call upon the Editors
ofthe Constitutionalist, to speak out upon this
subject. What do they think about it ? They
profess to be governed by higher impulses than
those of mere blind partisans— to be indepen
dent in the management of their paper, of all
improper bias from partizan obligations! Do
they approve or disapprove of this appointment.
We trust that the public will hear from them
decisively.
We call also upon Mr. Gath right ofthe Mi
ner’s Recorder to speak out with the usual in
dependence which he has exhibited on this
subject. We cannot doubt what will be his
course.
From the Correspondent of the Chron. ts- Sentinel.
Washington, Jan- 25th, 1837.
The principle subject before the Seriate this
week, has been the Bill to restrict the sales of
public lands to actual settlers and in limited
quantities. The debate has npw continued
for five or six days,and at times wa& quite in
teresting. The disclosures which have been
.made of the frauds and corruptions that have
occurred in the disposal of the lands would as
tonish those not conversant with the subject.
The public domain it seems, has been regard
ed as a goose which every man has a right to
pluck. It has been made abundatiftly manifest
in the course of the debate, that the bill now
cannot do anything towards the pres.
these frauds, and will lie also utter-
Bfeuus as a measure for limiting the
gg ( '. Hbaettlers. It was introduced in
Mb elearlv denionstr..ted ibe entire
nmlitiSwMr. 'Vatkerifiir the post he occu
pies at the head of the Committee on Public
Lands. His own friends were ashamed of it;
and each one has given a rap with his ham
mer to the crude and unseemly mass until
scarcely any appearance remains of the form
in which it was originally presented. '1 he
graduation clause offered by Mr. Tipton as an
amendment, the effect of which wps to reduce
the price of all lauds vyhich had been in the
market ten years to one dollar per acre, and of
those which had been in the market lifted
years to twenty-fiye cents per acre, was rejec
ted yesterday by a vote of 20 to 18.
A proposition made yesterday by Mr. Mor
ris, to strike out the entire section which gives
pre-emptive rights to actual settlers, created a
very animated and exciting discussion: Mr.
Clay supported it in a speech of great force of
argument and eloquence. Some of the mem
bers from the newer States were fiery qnd
boisterous in their opposition, particularly Mr.
Benton, and Mr. Walker, the latter of whom
declared that if both the pre-emption clause
and the graduation clause should be struck out,
he would abandon the bill at once.
Mr. Morris will address the Senate to-day
in behalf of his motion.
The great speech of the week was that of
Mr. Ewing of Ohio, commenced on Monday I
and ended yesterday. He spoke with his ,tc-;
custonied clearness and force on, the general
subject; and was both attractive and i: rstcuct
i’g. He commented with just severity on the
undigested and unfinished character ofthe bill,
and showed it would be utterly impossible by
its provisions to accomplish the objects the ma
jority afflicted to have in view.
The Committee of Finance have reported
on the petition from the New. York Board of
Trade, praying for the establishment of a Na
tional Bank, and a resolution declaring that
the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be
granted. The Committee of Ways and Means i
in the House, h.ivo made a similar report.
But for all that Van Buren will, scarcely be
warm in his seat as Chief Magistrate, before
bis sattelites will take steps for the creating of
a National Bank, to be placed in the city of
New York. Mark the prediction !
Before closing my notice of the Senate’s
proceedings, I must inform you that the re
ports in circulation about the repeal of the
'treasury Order by the President, arc quite fal
lacious and unfounded. Mr. Walker’s decla
ration in his speech last week, that it would be
revoked was mere chaff. There is a bill be
fore the Senate embracing the proposition of
fered by Mr. Rives, as au amendment to the
resolution of Mr. Ewing, for rescind:,
Order; but the party will not perinjt
taken up, and it will be
until it is too late for
1 louse at the pr<q,rf*||fc|jiEßl
tbi- it.iq.utuii'
er in the
It will : 4 General
Jackson df « • | or vutlJ
In the <4. , wtorc than 2 hours
were occtiSß' , Z, ia arguing ques
tions of ' , Ab-ilitiou pcti.
tions, of wil|K thirty. Thev
were iaid on oHMMßrithout being read, re
ferred, or ordered so fie printed, under the order
of the House in the adoption of Mr. Hawes’s
resolution, w'hich is an exact transcript of the
resolution ot M’. Pinckney, adopted at the last
session. The signers of one of these peti
tions endeavored to evade the operation of this
resolution, by altering the foytn of their docu
ment, They prayed Congress to extend the
protection given by the laws, and the rights se
cured fiy the declaration of independence, to
all the inhabitants ofthe District qf Columbia.
Mr. Adams said this did not contain one word
about slavery i;njl therefore did apt come vyith-
in the rule, But the Chair decided that the
order of the House applied to this paper, and
on appeal by Mr. Adams, th > decision was sus
tained by an overwhelming majority.
Petitions for Abolition vveru presented from
various other states;- and- one Memorial was
offered by Mr, Pierce of N. H,, from a dozen
or two of repentant Abolitionists V’h°.
signed Abolition petitions last year, and \vho
now wished to unsay all they had then siiijd.
The bill for admission of Michigan into the
Union, was the special order of yesterday.
Mr. Vanderpool made a long and elaborate ha
rangue m elucidation of the provisions of the
measure, mid indef6r.ee of the principles pro
claimed by its advocates in both houses—prin
ciples revolutionary and destructive of the
frame of every established Government—the
principles tfiat a body of men may assemble
and legally and constitutionally, do -acts in di
rect and flagrant violation of law and the pro
visions of the Constitution !
Mr. Storer replied to him in a well season
ed and spirited speech, in opposition to all those
Unconstitutional views and doctrines. Mr. To
ney supported tha maasvr j m its whole length
apd breadth. Mr. Haws then moved the pre
vious question—but ’ust at this point, on mo
tion of Mr. Briggs, the house adjourned.
Mr. Mann’s motion was the first thing in or
derto-day, and the final vote being taken, the
bill was passed. It only wants the signature
of the President, which it will promptly re
ceive, and Michigan will be doubtless admit
ted into the Union this day. Whitney appear
ed before the Committee on Lis case on Mon
day, and asked four days more which was gran
ted him by a party vote ; his excuse is thajt his
counsel is sick!
Wise’s committee on the conduct of the Ex
ecutive Departments have pact, and he has pro
posed some enquiries which he wished to make
into the amount of patronage given by these
Departments to the public press. The com
mittee, by a party vote, laid his proposition on
the table. Pearce insisted he should make
specific allegations. In fact, the committee
was selected on the principle of preventing a
fair, free and comprehensive examination, and
they are obeying orders, doubtless, in throwing
every obstacle in Wise’s way to retard and
embarass him. He will, it is believed, report
the facts to die house, unless they alter their
conduct.
The following are the select committee on
the resolution of Mr. Wise for an inquiry into
the Executive Departments ofthe Government:
Mr. WISE, of Virginia.
-Mr. PEARCE, ofßfiqde Island
Mr. MUHLENBURG, ofPennsylvania,
Mr. CAMPBELL, of South Carolina.
Mr. HANN EGAN, of Indiana.
Mr. PARKS, of Maine.
Mr. LINCOLN, of Massachusetts.
Mr. MANN, of New York.
Mr. C/fANEY, of Ohio.
Six Van Buren men out of nine; two of whom
-Mr. Pearce and Mr. Mann, are committed against
all inquiry ; and the other four prepared to
overrule al! propositions tending to implicate
any of the Departments, or to expose any abu
ses, by e.rcas/ng the witnesses who refuse to
answer interrogatories. The 0)obe of yester
day announces the names of tiffs committee ;
and well knowing that tiiey have been selected
by a party Speaker for the purpose of defeating
the object which the chairman had in view—
to wit: an examination into, and an exposure
of, the abuses known to exist iri the Depart
ments—sets up a shout of triumph in advance,
and exults in the anticipated acquittal. We
remember that the same arts were played off
when the committee to examine into the abuses
ot the Post Office Department were asked fop.
We foresee that every obstacle which partial!
zeal can intprpose will lie thrown in the way
of the inquiry by some of the committee. We
do not believe that Mr. Wise will be fully and
efficiently sustained by a single member. Yet
before the end of the session he will a tale un
fold that should make the very stones to speak.
United States Telegraph.
TZic Faithless Representatives.
We ask the particular attention of our read
ers to the proceedings of Congress, some time
since, published in to-days paper, on the subject
of Abolition. We ask our Georgia readers es
pecially, to scrutinize the votes of their mem
bers in Congress upon the direct question,
‘•shall the Abolition petitions be received." It
will be seen by reference to the yeas and nays
that Messrs. Cleveland, Grantland, Haynes,
and Owens, have all voted directly to receive
those abominable petitions, which are intended
to overturn the long established domestic in
stitutions of the south, rob us of our property,
endanger thi? peaoeof our (ire-sides, the lives of
our families, and the perin nency of the Union
itself. Holsey and Jackson were absent, the
la‘ter sick in Philadelphia, the former—we know
not where ! Glascock and Dawson like true
representatives of the South and Southern
rights, resisted with firmness this flagrant inva
sion of all that is near and dear to us. They
will meet their just reward in the cheering ap
probation of their constituents. But the fiffth
\ossfour,, what shall be- their reward ? Can
the.y, ought they to bo any longer trusted by a
confiding people to whose interests, rights and j
feelings they have proved themselves so trench- I
erous? lie call upon the people, the reflecting [
people whose interests are at stake, and who
unchained by fetters of party can look with so
berness and judgment upon such conduct, to
put their mark upon the faithless men w|io have
betrayed them in the day and hour of p.oril.Do
these men truly represent the people of Geor
gia ? Is it the desire ofthe citizens of this state,
that their representatives should extend any,
countenance to the abolitionists by voting iii
Congress to receive and entertain their petitions?
We think not. But it is for the people to an
swer ! We shall not fail to furnish them with
every information necessary to enable them to
decide correct! v. Having done that much we
shall have discharged our duty.
While on this subject, we call attention to the
following extract from the correspondence ofthe
New York Courier. It was written bn the oc
casion of Mr. Adams’presenting a batch of Ab
olition petitions.—Attg’. Chronicle Sentinel.
Mr. Glascock, of Georgia, objected to the
reception of the petition. Mr. Adams rose in- |
stautly, and advocated (lie propriety and justice j
ofthe reception with great energy apd earnest- <
ness. He dwelt with a great deal of pathos on |
the personal character of the petitioners, and |
asked the members how they would feel, if a j
petition signed by their mothers and sisters were '
contumelbusly rejected. He particularly ap- >
pealed to Mr.‘Glascock, as a man and a son,!
to withdraw his objections. But that gentle
man’s reply to this pointed address was most
cogent and impressive. He d w ?lt with affecting
eloquence on the hazards that would be daily
by the mothers ami daughters of
ifthe notions of the fanatics ofthe
to have fu]l-swing ;—and he asked
was lo have no sympathy for them
■KTias for those persons in the North who
officious, in invoking the interference of
(fongress iti matters with which they had no
eoncern. Mr. Glascock spoke like a statesman
on this deeply momentous subject, aud I trust
ai( parties in the Sopth will sustain his course,
when they see t|;e truly southern spirit, which
he bus manifested on every occasion when this
subject has been brought up.
* * * 5s :1s * *
Mr. Dawson, of Georgia, the new member
then revived the question on the reception, and
spoke with great spirit, and force in opposition
to it. A most irregular discussion followed,
involving numerous points <of qrder, and mingled
with great confusion and uproar. Mr. Ma.nn,
(qurßije) moved the previoms question : it was
sustained, and the petition was received. On >
motion of Mr. Haynes, of (Jeqrgia, the petition
was laid on the table.
From the Cg-resporulence of th# Baltimoer Pcpriot.
Wasihxoton, Jan. 21.
Some of the Vap Duren, ofthe Whit
ney committee arg .in a fuss alautlhe
figs ft i $ ♦
yn i ic.ition in certain papers ‘of some* of thei r
proceedings. Hamer, of Ohio—tlie renegade
arc qu.indam congressional letter writer—who
is i.i.iAing up for the abuse lie once heaped on
Van Buren and Ips faction by the most obse
quious partisan sevrices—talked very angrily
yesterday about “the old boy in specks,” to
whom the country is so much indebted for accu
rate infonr/ataon respecting many things behind
the curtain, T his person labored strenuously
ta have the resolution for making the sittings
of the committee open to members of Congress 4
rescinded. But the independent members of
the committee opposed this movement, and Mr.
Hamer was defeated.
I have hitherto refrained from communicating
the particulars ofthe committee’s transactions,
but since these testy gentlemen have raised
such a dust about the disclosures, 1 really feel
disposed to change my course. Why should
there be any secrecy? Why should not the
members of the committf.?, talk freely to their
friend ! Is this the innnaqnlate administration,
so distinguished for the ability and integrity of
the head of every department? And vet a single
bureau cannot be looked into, without the
imposition of the mpsf sacred silence of all
engaged in pursuing thp inquiry. Their lips
must be hermetrically seated.
How conscious must Hamer, Gilles, and the
rest be ofthe dark deeds yet undiscovered, when
they exhibit so much uneasiness at the few dis
closures’which have been already made pub
lic.
Thus far Mr. Whitney and the Secretary of
the Treasury have been the principle witnesses.
Whitney was allowed a week, at his own re
quest, to prepare his answers. He will come
before the Committee on monday again, and
will be subjected to a strict examination. About
thirty-five queries have been'propounded to the
Secretary ofthe Treasury.—Home he declined
to. answer—others he replied to in a very argu
mentative, explanatory and ..pifcumlocutary
manner. He seems to have caught the spirit of
his illustrious chiefifor in one of his coinmu-iica
fions, he went greaily out of his way to eulogize
the integrity’&c. &c. of certain agents
at the Sfcat of Government, and among them he
noti :es, with encomiastic fervor, Mr. Reuben
M. Whitney! This eulogy will perhaps give
Reuben some trouble, as hints are thrown out
that certain members will find in it a justification
for looking into the worthy’s past history, his
doings in Canada, Philadelphia and. elsewhere,-
Mr. Woodbury’s testimony goes to establish
the following important fact's, either directly
or by inevitable implication--That Reuben M.
Whitney is the agent of certain Deposite Banks,
in their transactions with the Treasury Depart
ment—that he is not paid any fixed salary, but
pockets as much as hp can wring from the
banks which employ him—that the statements
respecting the Deposite Banks, regularly trans
mitted to Congress by the Secretary of the
Treasury are prepared by Reuben M- Whit
ney—that the Circulars sent by Whitney to
receivers of public moneys,- designating and
limiting the funds which they should receive,
were (ranked by the Secretary ! The Secretary
says he did not authorize Mr. Whitney to send
these Circulars—but that the Deposite Banks
whose agent he is did authorize him. This is
immaterial. He has the power, and as we
know from the Ciraular of big recntly published,
he has exercised it with no unsparing hand.
The truth is, Whitney is the agent of the Treas
ury Department in reality, though not ostensi
bly. He gives such directions as he pleases to
the receivers of the public moneys, and the
Secretary despatches (hem Under his frank.
Wifli regard to the Deposite Banksit is the
same. The Secretary sajs the Department’s
correspondence is carried on direetly with these
institutions: tuid not through Mr. Whitney.
Aye, to he sure ! but how ? Why, Mr. Whitney
prepares the correspondence-and the Secretary
sends that off under his frank!
The Developments made relative to the pro
ject for a Bank Bureau in the Treasury'Depart
ment, and the substitution for it of this agency
of Whitney’s,most clearly show the control that
this notorious individual exerts over the curren
cy ofthe country.—He possesses the very sapie
power for which the Bank of the Unifeff Stales
was so violently assqiled.hy the party! The
power which was regarded 'as so dangerous
when in the hands of.a corporation immediately
responsible to the representatives of the people
iwgiven “without let., or hindrance” to R. Si.
Whitney, of Canada memory I
An amusing incident occurred in the Com
mittee yesterday. They had deliberated and
decided a series ot questions to be propounded
to witnesses who have been summoned from a
distance. One of these referred to the Post
Master General simply as Amos Kendall. .Mr.
Hamer, tyho huqsf s so much of his democracy,
was fidgetty until ho pould gpt the word
t6Sq>ff;e” after this h°nqre<i name. Mr. Wise
said his vote would depend on the meaning Mr.
Hamer attached to that wqrd. If lie meant
(‘rouge and villain” he wfiald agree tu the in
sertion. but if be meant gentleman, fie would
oppose it totis veribus. Re. threatened to fall
the ayes and Does —and Hamer wag obliged to
withdraw this democratic amendment.
The committee on Executive Administration
have met and appointed their clerk—a Van
Burenite ot gourse-s-one whom Dutee Pearce
had in readiness for the qceasion. 'Mr Wise
has his hands full—but he will make the .rogues
wince yet—he cannot of course go over one
thousanth part ofthe ground; but lie can bring
his whole power to bear on two or three points;
expose the baseness and corruption there,and
then say to the people, “ Ec uno disce omnes!”
The official gentry have already sounded the
alarm. They find their quarlers not so safe
and guarded, that they may lay themselves 1
down and sleep.
n ■ i , .jj.in.l. 11,.
Florida War.
Capt. D. S. Gardiner, from Tallahassee,
via Newuansville, just arrived, gives us the
tollowing information :
On the Sth inst. the Indians attacked Mr.
Wells in his own house yard, uq;;r (he Miner
al Springs, on the Suwannee. He fled into
his house fold with the assqsfoni.p of his daugh
ter closed and held fast the door. The In
dians fired pii the house and several balls went
thro’the door. Hearing the noise of a part
and some person crossing a branch near (he
hoqse, Mr. Wells called out ((pome, on my boys,
here the Indians are in the yard.” The In
dians broke from the yard, anil ran to the
branch.—There they killed Mr. Jesse Bandy,
who was driving the cart. The Indians then
proeeec- d to Mr. Sistrunk’s.l;ousi>,near bv, and
while Mr. S. who was a distance’ from
his house was raising hid gun to fire on them
he received a bull in his lefl tirm. Air. S. rar.
lor his house, three Indians, in pursuit of him.
He escaped. The Indians took Aftwohor
ses and a mule. •'
We are informed that Col. Fanning, in pur
suanceofan order received from Gem Jessup,
left Black Ciei k with 300 of ||j§ command
for Volusia.—Juc/cwmiZZe Con. ofthe 19th inst.
The schooner George <fc Mnrv, Capt. Willey,
arrived at this port on Saturday evening last,
in 19 hours from Jacksonville, E. F.
We are indebted to Capt. Willey for the fol,
lowimi Extra, contaming the latest accounts
from General Jessup’s army Charleston Cou.
oj Jan. 23.
Courier Office, )
Jacksonville, Jan. JP. M. <
The Army.—Mr. Kerr, who arrived" at this
place last Tuesday from Fort Drane, gives us
the following information :
On Thursday of last week* he met an express
from Gen. Jessup, bearing orders for all tjie
wagons at Black Creek to be cent with provis
ions to Fort Drane. The express left the army
under Gen. Jesup, not far f ro)u Dade’s battle
ground, on the march from Tampa to FortDrane
where the army has arrived before this.
The hostile Indjans had not been fallen in wjth
by the army. Jim Boy, ofthe Creeks, has how.
cyer, been successful in taking sixty negro pris
oners, near the Dckhiwaha, These negroes,
said to be Indian pegroes, wepe armed anifinade
resistance, but were so completely surprised,
that they were secured with willy two winded
of (;.,a fru'iidly Creeks.
But few Indians we,;p wit l ,, the negroes. Os
these few, two or three* it Is said, wire killed;..—
Among the negroes takipa* is Primus, who be
longed to tire unfortunate Rogers, killed
winter, at the same time with General Thcniji
son. It will be recollected, that this Primus
was sent twice to the hostile.®, by Gen. Gaines.
The first time he returned, but being sent a
sec ond time, he joined the Seminoles, instead
of having been killed by them, as was supposed. ,
Piuiins is now in no enviable situation. Iffe j
must turn traitor to the Indians now, er lie mqfo |
die. It jg said that Gen. Jesftup demands of him !
to point opt to him where the hostile Indians and \
their families are—and told him that he has till i
next Saturday to give the information required, ■
but thatfol he then refused to.give it and do. as !
required, he should die
that he should be hung. Valuable information
respecting the location of the .hostile* will, it* is
quite probable, niiy, almost certain,, be drawn
from the negro prisoners. The next'move of
Gen. Jessup, will, df course, we should think,
be upon that po int where he shall be informed
the Indians are (Collected—perhaps their last
strong hold.
In addition to the above, we learn from a pas
senger in the George & Mary, that Capt. Gard
ner arrived at Jacksonville on tile 18th inst.
from Tallahassee—-who states, that (he Indians
had killed a Mr. Jesse Bandy, and wounded, a
Mr. Sistrunk, residing about twenty miles from
Suwannee Springs, and had fired into the house
of Mr. Wells, but whithout doing any diuwage.
Atlupps, Ga. Satnr«!aj’, February 4, 1537.
Mr. Thomas Haynes, is now on a tour through
the upper counties, and is authorized to receive
subscriptions, and collect amounts.due this Os
, See. Those who are in arrears, will have an
opportunity of discharging their liabilities. We
hope they will improve it.
Gur acknowledgements are due to the Hon.
Wm. C. Dawson, and F. M . Pickens for seve
ral public documents.
We omitted in our last to correct an error in
to which we had fallen, in announcing the name
of a senator from Indiana: Mr. was
elected President of the senate of Indiana, in--
stead of Senator to Congress. The error, how
ever, did not originate with us.
Abolitionism.
We perceive by the proceedings of th® Legis
lature in New York, that a measure haa been
introduced into that body, to allow Negro Suf
frage without any other restrictions than these
imposed on whites. No wonder that that State
gave its vote to the hero of the Great Crossings,
for Vice President.
In qur columns to-day, will be found the
speech °i‘ fi le Hon. Bailie Peyton, of Tenn., in
reply to his colleague, Mr. Dunlap ; to which
we invite the particular fofefoiqn qf our readers,
as well as to the proceedings of the Senate on
the Expunging Resolution. The Protest, made i
by the Hon. Daniel Webster, for himself and !
his colleague, is among the most able, lucid and
conclusive arguments, which we ever recollect j
to have read. It should be attentively perused,
and treasured up by every America ■ —tye are
not the partizan of Mr. W.; but we shqpld
deem ourself unworthy the title of an Aineri
can citizen, were we to withhold the meed of
praise, due for this distinguished production of
a most gigantic mind. It will stand, a towering j
monument of his greatness, and the extraordi
nary powers of his intellect, so long a® the Con
stitution of the country has a votary.
THE MJIOCR ICY.—I’ROFESSIOAS A.ND
I*ISACTI€E.
Our readers are wpll aware pf the noise and
excitement, which was got up by the whqle Ed
itorial corps of the. Dick Johnson school, from
Maine to Louisiana, about the devotion of their
party to the principles, ’yclept “ Republican De
mocratic;" — that it was the duty of the Repre. '
sentative to obey the instructions of Iffs constu I
. tueqts, or resign. It is not our purpose, on this
occasion, to show the fallacy of such reckless
and disorganizing principles of a party that
would subject, by their practice, the whole le
gislative authority of the country, to the dictates
of a misguided Chief Magistracy ; but merely
tq exhibit how and when these devoted Democ-ats
carry them into practice.
In every single instance where an opposition
Senator, was found representing a Van Buren
amalgamation State, the whole Corps, from the
affiliated official at Washington down to the
humblest co-worker, (fold tljere are some truly
humble enough to link the dust frpm the feet
of those in power,) let loose tfie vials of their
slang upon the devoted victim, commanding
him to obey or resign—But strange as it may
seem it is nevertheless true, that these honest
hearted sons of liberty, were as silent as the
dead on the subject, when a Senafpr could be
found co-operating with them iq opposition to
file will of his constituents.—
On the famous—or rather infamous Expung
ing Resolution, whiph gave birth to these novel
principles in the science of government,—FOUß
Senators,representing Anti-Van Buren States,
voted for that resolution ! And in a late elec- j
tion, by the Legislature of Ohio, Mr. Allen, a ]
Van- Buren-collar-man, has been elected over Mr. 1
Ewing, in direct violence to the express wish of the
people of that State, as ascertained at their late
election for President! i
Yet. so far from receiving denunciations for •'
this disregard of their dearest principles, these j
four Senators are daily receiving the highest eulo- ,
giums of the whole party; tiw\ the Election is pub
lished to the world as a triumph ; and the Ohio
Legislature are what they pretend to be— true ]
Union Democratic Republicans— which, correct- ,
ly defined, means ’The supporters of any principles :
' that will support the “ Party i
JUg. ■ uLj.Ll_!»
BQII THE WHIG.
Mr. Jones,—The importance of the. subject
which has called forth this article, as well as its
previous discussion in the columns of several
of your cotemporaries, will, I trust, be sufficient ‘
apology for this trespass on the indulgence qf
your readers: <
It is known to them that the official term of
the present Governor of Georgia, expires on >
the first of November next; consequently, it
becon.es a question of absorbing interest—who ]
shall succeed him ? This is truly a question of *
lively interest to evei y patriot son of Georgia ;
and it is zeudured more exciting, when we re- <
fleet upon absolute necessity of filling the
Chaii with some one, whpse capacity is no less
questioned than his sterling integrity, his zealous
devotion to the best interests of the State, and
his opposition to the mad and disorganizing do,p- -
trines of the supporters of the AMALGAMA
TOR. t
That Georgia boasts many, preeminently dis- f
tinguishej for the possession of afi these qua- t
lities, no one will deny. among so ma- t
ny, it is not unfrequently a mfoter of great pe
plexity, in deciding who, be chosen, to concen- <
trate all the energies of the friends of order and
the Constitution. To remove this difficulty, ,
the friends of Judge White propose a Conven
tion, to b.? holder! in the month of May next, for
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KESPECTFULLY informs the public in general, that Im opened had Vcfel pr.d
Insrumental Music School, Monday, die 16th January < He buS
built, opposite the Fenutie Academy, a
CONCERT HALL-
In which he designs to have a frequent examination of his srholars, jbeir encouragement,
also to give their parents and friends a correct de.l of their iiuprovemi'iifi lie knows irom ex
perience that frequent exhibitions of this kind not only give them confoh nuC, but tend to make,
them assiduous in their endeavors to acquire a thorough Kiiovv leege, uufl Stimulutes to increased
exertions to make their performance better at every exhibition.
Terms of Tuition.—A terfo of 5 months, - - §3O (X)
A single quarter, - - - IS GO
Any titiie less than one quarter, charged by the,’,e?son, 75
CO’He also expects to receive, shortly,, several first rate x’uiuus.
Athens, Jan. 28—39—ts.
the purpose of determining on the most proper
person, from their ranks, to unite the
of the pasty. Composed; as this body will be,
;of personaall sections'of the State, tho
roughly versed in the sentiments of their con
stituents, they will have it in their pc wer t° do
ample justice to the. cause, lor.the promotion of
which they will convene. It is therefore proper,
in anticipation of the Convention, and prior to
the appointment oil Delegates, that the people
should have the names of various distinguished
members of the White Party*suggested t° them
i ifo suitable persons to fill so. distipguisljed a sta
tion, in order that their representatives may act
advisedly in making the nominaikm.
To make such a suggestion,, is the object of
the writer on this occasion ; and without fur
ther preliminary remark, I would respectfully
suggest to (he friends of Judge White, so Geor
gia, the. Hon. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of
Clark, as the individual upon whom they should
unite, to succeed the prsent incumbent.
This gentleman is too well and favorably
kriewn to the people of Georgia, to require any
comments from me upon his various merits, and
the high and elevated stand he has always
maintained in his native e((ate. Having so late
ly been before the people fo.r *he same office—
when even the tongue of. the vile slanderer
could not detract from his well earpefl fame, and
having o.;i that occasion Sv univcfsal.'y and har
moniously united ev'iry member ot his panty,
in all sections ot the Stale, I deem it but justico
to him and the cause he so zealously supports,
to have him again placed iu nonflnatian,
HALL,
Elections.— Gen. David M.. Cambell, was ele,
ct.e.d Governor of' Virginia on the 20th hint.
|le is, of course, h Yan Burenite.
W|lliatn zVllcn, formerly of the House, of Rep
resentatives in Congress, has been elected U. S.
Senator from Ohio, ip the place ofthe Hpn.
Thos. Ewing, who has reflected so much honor
upon fiis State and has been such an ornamenf
to the Senate that he was no fit colleague for the
Knights of the Black Collar. Allen is said to
be ii yopng man of fine talents, and it is there
fore doubtful, though he is u Van Burenite,
whether he will fall into the ranks as one of
Benton’s gang,—-C/uir/eston Mercury.
Cmirtof ttepiiry.— The Yrederiek Herald, of
Saturday, says:—“Tlie Court have at length
got through with the examination of witnesses,
| and on yesterday Gen. Spott made his defence
I in the presence of the Court and a large and
| brilliant auditory of jadies and gentlemen. It
occupied between frqju five lo six hours. Time
does not allow us to give a sketch ofthe grounds
assumed by him, hut we have reason to believe
that a correct copy will be printed in a shot t
time.”
The sfpskholdera of the Chsrleston and Cin
cinnatti Rail Road Company, recently held a
meeting at Knoxville, Tennessee. The French
Broad Valley has been definitely fixed upon as
the route ofthe road. The amount of stock ta
ken is 43,332. amount paid in, §216.660.
There seems to be a great inequality of feeling
for the enterprise by the different States inter
ested, as exhibited by the subscription for stock,
South Carolina,the State where the route ter
minates, has taken 35,251 shares, while Ohio,
where it commences, takes it seems only 302.
Kentucky subscribes for 2,882 shares; Tennes
see for 3,613, and North Carolpui fijr 1,384.
Tim sinekhnlders ehqsi; 2| Directors, three
from Ohio, si,v from Kentucky, threp from Ten
nessee, three frpm. North Ciq-olina, and nine
from South Carolina.
R. Y. Haysjb, of Charh'stqn, has been elected
President for this year, Maj. MlNeil, chief E
ngineer, and Capt. W. G, Williams, assistant
Engineer.— Southern Recorder.
TVe learn from the Augustine Herald, that
Gen. Jessup had ordered home the Georgia and
Alabama Militia, deeming the regulai force in
the field sufficient for the objects of the cam
paign. We give in another part of this paper,
the latest accounts from the scpiie of the Semi
nole war.— Southern Recorder.
George Sclwin once affirmed in company that
no wontfoi qyeii wrote a letter without post,
script. My qext letter . shall refufe you,” said
lady G r.Selwinsoon after received a letter
from her ladyship, when', after her signature
stood- 11 !’. S. Who vyas right now you or I.’”
Character. —Ason of Erin Who was sb unfor
tunate ‘(as villains are called now a day” as to
be convicted of stealing a horse, being asked by
the judge what |:» had' t<>' say why sentence
should not he pronounced, replied as naturally
as eyer an Irishman did,' “may it please your
honor, I can bring five hundred jontilmen to
swe.gr that I have never stole a horse from
them.”— Franklin Mercury.
In Rome, Floyd county, Georgia, on Thurs
day evening the 19th inst. bj’ the Rev. James
Bury, Mr. David to Miss Sarah
zVnn Merideth, all of the former placa.
THE undersigned havp associated with
them Mr. WM. A. MO.RHISON, (an ex
perienced Cfojer,) and will hereafter conduct
their business under the title, of CLOCK, MOR
RISON, CpL for whom we solicit patronage.
Those indebted to the old firm will please
call ai;d settle, as our necessities are urgent.
D. CLOCK, CO.
CLOCK MORRISON dL CO.,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
WILL keep a constant supply of
CASIMERES, VESTINGS,and
fashionable articles for gentlemen’s apparrel;
also, a supply of Ready Made
Gentlemen’s Clothing made to order af
ter the latest New York Fashion, at short no
tice,
January 21—28—fit.
Chenille, Merino, Thibet and
Chailv,
SHAWLS & DRJESS n>KFS,
IN GREAT variety amj very r styles, for
sale by J- W. JONES
M a<l s so n $ her iff’s Sale.
WILL be sold on the iirsl Tuesday in March
naxt, at the Ceurt-liouse in the Town f
Dfoffelsville, between the usual hours |of sale .
the property, to wit: ,
One hundred ami fifty Acres of Land, more or.
less, wheryoti Martin Streetman now nd.
joining lamis p.f John Bone and others, two Jow 9
and calves, one yine table, one pine efirsi the,
chairs, one pine cupboard, one loom, two be. 9
and bedsteads ana furniture, one stand olcu.-
tains, one small trunk, une spining wheel, or.«
set knives r.nd forks, one cups and aauceis,
one set plates, one water bueliifo, one large oven,
one small pot, one baker ariff (jd ; levied oil as
the property of Martin Slreetfogp, to satisfy .:
fi. fa. issued from the Superior Court of Madi
son county, in favor of Elisha Ware, for tho
use of Samuel O. Arnold against Martin Srte
niAii, JuhiU 3one; and Whitwell H. Adair < .-
rities, property pointed out Jqfiu wi.e
of the securities.
Also two hundred Acres of Land morn or h.ss,
whereon Joshua Johnson now lives, adioitiii .
Dawson Williams and others, one bed bedstei-.i
fold (urniture, one grind-stone, one bav nun.*
or 9 years old, one cow and calf: levied on as tin-,
property of Joshua Johnson, to satisfy a fi. f’i.
issued from the Superior Conn of Madison,
county, in favor of Meroney At Banks fornin i
Joshua Johnson, property poifoftd out by tiiu
plaintiff. '
Also two hundred Acres of Land more or less,
lying on the road leading from Danielsville t•>
Carnesville,adjoining land* of Sewell and otl.era;
levied on as the property of Ahsolem Barnes,
to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from the Superior Com a.
of Madison county, in favor of Joseph Meffo : ;-.i
against said Barnes, propeity pointe-F out- by
the plantifl's Attorney.
JAMES M. WARE, Sh’ff.
F,fo. 4, 1837-3 ■’ r
NSW GOFABTNERSmP.
THE subscriber taken into copartner
ship in the Mercantile busine>s, Mr. JOHN
ELSBERRY. The bus iness will hereafter be
conducted under the firm of MITCHELL <fc
ELSBERRY. All persons indebted to the snlu
scriber previous to the Ist of January will phase
make immediate payment.
WM L. MITCHELL.
Mitehell <fc Elsberry expect soon to receive a
fresh supply of goods, and will endeavor to mer
it a share of patronage.
Jan. 28—39—1 t.
Tto u’.cci'i !
VV'B feel it a duty we owe to ourselves, to in
” fortpqur friends of certain reports which
are “on tlie tongues of every foie’s ffgat some
teachers ip Scottsboro’ are Aholi’tlonists." We.
are not (he only teachers in Scottsboro,’ and
those who know us would be the last to charge
us witk such hateful principles—they know uq
to be Southern men (natives of Virginia, blit
Georgians by adoption) by birth eduefoioit and
in feeling. L. LzITASTE,
January 28—39—4 t V. f ATAST.R.
Editors who have pul>li«iie.<l a previous ad
vertisement of ours, vyill'pfoase discontinue that
anil insert tlu above foice a week for fbur wpeks.
~ ’ LG AW-
TH!', undesigned has settled in Macpn.with
th? view so practicing LAW—He lyiff at
tend tlie courts ofthe adjoining unit
may he fotjnd by application (he office of-
Messrs. Poe & Nisbet for (ha pp'-seiit—His
Office, not quite complete, is on the second floor
ofthe New Commercial Rank. ’
In winding up my busjness in the Ocnmlgeo
circuit, I have associated with me Augustus
Reese, Esq. of Madison. Our joint attention
will be applied to that object.
„ T E. A. NISBET.
Macon, January 28—39—15 t.
’1 he Southern Recorder, Chroincfr and
Sentinel, and Whir, will publish’the above
weekly until the first'of May.
Chirk Sheriff’s Sale.
ON t||e first Tuesday in March next, will be
Sold before the Court house door in the
town of Watkinsville vvitnin the usual hours
qfsale the following propertv to wit:
All the right, title and interest of Henry I.
Reese in and to four hundred acresof land more
or less in said county, the place whereon Bon
ner’s Mills are situated. Levied on to satisfy a
fi. fa. in favor of Walker & f.q. Henry
L. Reese. Levy made and getfofoed by u Con
stable.
ISAIC S’. VINCENT, Sheriff.
January ,28—39—tds.
OfficeUa. R. R. Rak?. Co. ?
Atuens, Janqirylf), 183?. \
RESOLVED, Thatonall notes falling due
at this office foter the 15th day of Februa
ry next a reduction qf ten /wr cunt, on tlie ori
ginal amount of the note, he and the sanivt is
hereby required to be paid; and those debtors
whose notes fall due before that time, may ex
empt themselves from the payment iff said r
duclion, by paying the same prior to the 5...;
15th of February.
Extract from the minutes of tlm Direction
JAS. CAMAK, Cashier.
Office hours from 9, A. M. till 12 1-2 M
Jan. 14—37—3 t.
WANTED
A NUMBER of jible-bodied ,to work
on the Georgia Rail for u iJch the
highest prices will be Application,
post paid, vvill be promptly attended to.
BE \RD & PL’IMS,
Augusta, Georgia.
of the Southern. Wffig, ztthens.
Dec. £1 »5 ts
(jt uardians Safy
A «REE-IBLY an order ofthe Honorable
pourt of ordinary of Clark county, will be
s.old to the highest bidder at Greenville, Meri
wether county, on the first Tuesday in March
next, within the usual hours of sale, one lot
of land, No. 5,7 iif the Sth district, originally
■Croup, qow Rieriwether county, belonging to
the orphans of Timothy yeasy dec’d, containing
'-2 acres. Terms made known pp the.
day of sale. „ ,
THOMAS STEPHENSON, Guard .„
F. D- WOODYARD, J ' xu,ira S *-
Dec. 17,—33