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' ndncss. Ai <l I can now give a proof of I
fleets to the contrary, as it was, in this in- I
ie, what may b" termed malis prepense in |
animal. The horses used in the W ist In.
are supplied from the Spanish Main, they !
rom the A'dalusian stork originally, part- !
Arab and Barb. These horses are taken by I
■ lasso from the prairies, and are broken in
• follows: They lead them down to the beach,
•’dieai d bridle them for the first time, and
imt them with a pair of spurs, the rowels
whichare an inch long.
So soon as the ni inml plunges ami attempts
divest himself of bis rider, ho is forced into
sea, and there he is woiked in and out of
s cep'h til! be ts fairly worn out and cxlimts
<l. This is repeated once or twice till the\ |
<e submissive, aed then they are sent off as
I roke l.orsi sto the Most India Islands. A
|- friend of mire had a very beautiful atom d,
vlnch he had purchased Horn one of these
ships. He had not bought him more than
ii week before lie took the bit in his mouth,
and ran away with the black buy who was
exercising him. The boy lost hrs seat aid
tell, and the horse, for a 1 undred yards, con
tinued his career; and then he stopped, turned
round, gailoppcd, up to the boy, who was still
mi the ground, and never ceased kicking him
till the poor fellow’s brains was scattered in the
road. Now this was evidently determination
for revenge. — Capt Maryalt.
The devil In France. — Galignani’s Messen
ger tells * story of a worthy economist near
St. Omar, w ho, baking his own bread, was
remewhat astonished, lately, at repeatedly
finding that out of ten loaves put into the oven,
the batch, when baked, was reduced to eight,
and sometimes to only six. Not beingable to
recount rationally f r the disappearance of the
missing loaves, he at length attributed it to
sorcery, and was encouraged in his supersli
lions filly by many of his neighbors, some of
whom went so far as to assert that they had
seen the devil, in the shape of a little black
dwarf, making his escape from the chimney,
with the loaves tied to his tail. These absur
dities coming to the ears of the epre of the
parish he combated them with all his eloquence,
and recommended that the oven should be
watched. This was done by at least a dozen
of the villagers, who watched so well and so
long, that when the oven was opened, the whole
batch was burnt to a cinder. This only ser
ved to confirm their prior notions, the parties
being convinced that it had been done by the
devil, out of spite at not obtaining his accus
tomed treat.
Fat vs. ambition. — It would appear that it is
requisite for the body to be active and spring
ing as the mind ; and if it is not, it weighs the
latter down to its own gravitj. Who ever
heard of a fat man being ambitious ? Caesar
was a spare man ; Bonaparte was thin, as
long as he climbed the ladder, Nelson was a
shadow ; the duke of Wellington has not stiff!
cient fat in his composition to grease his own
Wellington boots. In short, I think my hyp
othesis to be fairly borne out, that fat and am
bition are incompatible. Ambition seems to
depend upon the irritation ofbile acting upon
delicate mucous tissues. Now this is utterly
impossible in a tat man, for the blood is so
much taken up in forming adipous matter that
it cannot afford to do much for the biliary se
cretion.
Give a man half a dozen stones of geod suet,
as a kind of cushion for his bones, and he will
jog along this life’s turnpike w ithout troubling
ethers, or himself either, much.
A new Doctrine. — A Dublin paper states that
the archbishop of Dublin, in an ordination
sermon preached in Christ church, in that city,
advanced a position, which: if not entirely
new, it is at least new to see supported on
such authority. The Dublin Mail, the paper
referred to, says :
•‘The drift of his grace’s observations, as
we are given to understand, was an attempt to
rescue the character of Judas Iscariot from the
imputation of having basely, and for mere lu
cre, betrayed his divine Master, and sold him
tbr-tWirty vUmmk of silver. In his grace’s o
piuion, the apostlo was influenced by a higher
and nobler motive--by a faith which, confiding
in the omnipotence of the Son of God, believed
that the delivery of h<m into the hands of his
enemies, would have redounded to his imme
diate glory by evoking a miraculous display
of his power, authority, and Godher.d. This
opinion, if delivered, is so new—so counter to
the interpretation and beliefof all Christendom,
from tho earliest ages to the present, that it
obviously requires of the divine who broached!
it, if it have been broached at all, to give
the public a satisfactory reason for the faith
that is in him—or to state unequivocally that
he maintained in public no such theological
rhapsodies.”
Consolatory Advice.— Bernard Barton, the
Quaker poet, who, like Lamb, was tied down
to the desk for many hours a-duy, had at one
lime been complaining, we suppose of his li.
ver, and of the consequences of sedentary oc
cupations : Lamb administers consolation in
this laughing vain : —•
“ I know many that are always ailing of it,
and live uu to a good old age. I know a mer
ry fellow (you partly know him,) w ho, when
his medical adviser told him he had drunk
away all that part, congratulated himself ( now
his liver was gone) that he should be the long
est liver of the two. The best way in these
cases is to keep yourself as ignorant as you
vau —as ignorant as the world was before Ga
icu, of the entire inner construction of the an
iiual aiau; not to be conscious of a midriff;
U hold kidneys (save those of sheep and swim)
*•» b« an agreeable fiction; not to know where
about the gall grows ; to account the circula
tion ol the blond a mere idle whim of Harvey’s;
to acknowledge no mechanism not visible.—
For, once fix the seat of your disorder, and
your fancies flux into it like so many bad hu
mors. Those medical gentry choose each his
favorite part; one takes the lungs, another the
aforesaid liver, and refers to that whatever in
Ina animal economy is amiss. Above all, use
exercise, take a little more spirituous liquors,
learn to smoke, continue to keep a good con
science, andave(d tamperings with hard terms
Ml art —viscosity, scirrhosiiy, and those bug
bears by which simple patients are scared into
their graves. Believe the general sense of
the mercantile world, which holds that desks
are Hot deadly. It is the mind, good B, 8.,
and mil the limbs, that taints by long silting.
Think of the patinas of tailor*, think how
lona the Lord Chancellor sits, think of the
brooding hen.”
PR I NTICEIANA.
The Whig Abolitionists have hit upon a
new scheme. They have hid struck oft’ a
copper cent piece; on one side of which it
n negreas, kneeling, in chains, surronded b’
JI tie motto “Am I not a woman and a sistir f-’
Portland Argus.
If the author: oft is coin wished it to pas:
current with th Van Burenites, they sliouh
have represents then gross not as*'“kne< linp
i*i chains” but m *tan log up in silks and s:-.
tins ;and instead i f putting into her mouth t h<
words, “Am I not a woman and a sister,” the'
ehsnld have mads her say— -Am 1 not the unf
" ej'the Vice President I—Lmtsiville Jeunu.l,
Midns, the ancient King, possessed the
power ol converting every thing to gold, and
(101. Benton fancies that he has the same pow
er. It is recorded of Midas, that he had the
oars of an ass, and Benton ts an ass in every
thing except the cars.— lb. -
The Whig abuse of ('ol. Benton is disgrace- i
ful. We know him well. His hand and his
heart are ever open.— Southern Mercury.
And if the trunks of his neighbors are not
open, he opens (him.— lb.
A military uniform should never be red.
We have an aversion to the color.— Pa. Dem.
ocrat.
That only proves you a cock-turkey. 7Z».
What measures will Senator Wright go for?
Balt. Pal.
Pint, quart, and gallon measures to be sure.
lb.
A Van Buren editor at the East laughs be
cause Gen. Harrison’s name, at a late festival
in this city, was inscribed upon a transparency
and surrounded with black.-stars. Is it any
more laughable, that Gen. Harrison should be
surrounded with black stars than that Col. John
son should be surrounded with black sons?
lb.
Dr. Duncan, of Ohio, during his late speech
in the House of Representatives, stood leaning
against his desk.”— N. Y. Whig.
The spectators must have been reminded of
the story of the dog that leaned against the
fence to bark. — lb.
eroHj&resslonal.
From the Correspondent of the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Washington, Jan. 11, 1838.
The discussion on Slavery, Abolitionism,
&c. &c. was resumed to-day in the Senate.
The particular question was on the adoption of
the following resolution, offered by Mr. Clay,
as an amendment to the resolutions of Mr. Cal
houn ; viz:
“Resolved, That it would be highly inexpe
dieat to abolish Slavery in Florida, the only
territory of the United States, in which it now
exists, because of the serious alarm and just
apprehension, which would be thereby excited
in the Slates sustaining that domestic institu
lion ; because the people of that territory have
not asked it to be done ; and when admitted to
the Union, will be exclusively entitled to de
cidetiiat question for themselves; and, also
because it would be in violation of a solemn
compromise, made at a memorable and criti.
cal period in the history of this country ; by
which, while slavery was prohibited north, it
was admitted south of the line of thirty-six de
grees, and thirty minutes north latitude.”
Yesterday this resolution was so far modi
fied, at the suggestion of Mr. Sevier of Ark.
ansas, as to extend the protection of the do
mestic institution given to the territory of Flor
ida, to those districts of country inhabited by
Indian tribes—but to-day Mr. Clay moved to
strike it out again, as unnecessary, and calcu
lated to embarrass the resolution It was
struck out by a considerable majority. Mr.
King of Ala. then moved to strike out the last
clause, that relates to the great compromise
on the Missouri question.
Mr. Calhoun then rose and opposed the re
solution, nn the ground that it made this a
question of expediency, and did not afford the
for opposing the abolition—it
was too undertoned. He also objected that it
was limited to the territory of Florida.
Mr- Clay in reply, said he was opposed to
every thing like lapping over in legislation.
He confined the resolution to the Territory of
Florida, because that was the only Territory
in the United States that had slavery. If the
Senator from South Carolina would point to
another, he would most willingly include it.
He again insisted that the language of bis
resolution was strong enough ; he did not think
that intemperance of expression would do any
good—it would not advance the safety of the
cause, or tend to promote the harmony and
prosperity of the country.
Mr. Hubbard ofNew Hampshire, proposed
an unimportant modification, which Mr. Clay
accepted. It did not alter the principle, Mr.
Hubbard appealed to Mr. Calhoun for his con
currence in the resolution as modified. Mr.
Calhoun so far yielded to his Ji lend from New
Hampshire, (a strong and most unscrupulous
partizan of Van Buren and Isaac Hill,) as to
say, he would not vote against it, but he could
not veto for it.
Mr. Walker ol Miss, now rose, and with
some warmth expressed his hope that Mr. Cal
houn would bo allowed to go alone among
Southern Senators, in the course he was pursu
ing. He maintained that the resolution oU
Mr. Clay was stronger than the original reso
lution of Mr. Calhoun : and us strong as could
bo reasonably asked by the South, from
Northern mon. For his part, he would thank
the Senators from the North, who supported it,
for their bold and manly course, and ho hoped
the idea would not be again thrown out that
any principle was abandoned. He would not
submit to the attempts of Mr. Calhoun to give
out the notion that he stood upon principle
alone, while others occupied the ground of
expediency. The resolution of the Carolina
Senator, he maintained,assumed no higher po
sition than the substitute proposed. t
Mr. Rives also contended that the resolu
tions of Mr. Clay and Mr. Hubbard, were
quite as strong as that of Mr.|Calhoun. There
was, indeed, a stronger ground, namely : to
deny entirely the Constitutional power of Con
gress, over the District of Columbia ; but
Mr. Calhoun’s resolution did not take that
ground, any more than did Mr. Clay’s—both
put it on expediency at the same time, but not
at all surrendering or affirming the Constituti
onal principle.
Mr. Rives paid an eloquent tribute to the
patriotism and devotion to the rights oj the
South, which had characterized Mr. Clay’s
whole course in this business.
Mr Preston also maintained that Mr. Clay’s
resolution was quite as strong as Mr. Calhoun’s
but this eloquent Senator maintained his own
ground that all these resolutions were worth
less fur any practical effect. Fanatical fury
he thinks is not to be tied down by a thread ot
resolutions. He wishes to see the whole South
irmed in their own panoply and presenting an
undivided front.
After some further discussion, Mr. Clays
resolution modified as follows, was adopted ;
iyes 33 nays 6. Mr. Calhoun changed his
mind, and voted in the affirmative.
Resol 'ed, That any attempt of Congress to
abolish slaver z in any Territory ot the United
States in whic i it exists, would create serious
alarm and just apprehensions in the states sus
aiuiug in,a domestic institution ; would be a
violation of good faith towards the inhabitants
f such territory, who have been permitted to
settle with and hold slaves, because the people
>t every such territory have not asked for the
bolitton of slavery therein, and because that
vben any such territory shall be admitted into
he Union as a Slate, the. people thereof w ill
>e entitled to decide that question exclusively
or themselves,—The Senate then, on motion
of Mr. Webster, adjourned.
The House of Representatives up to the
hour of sending offthis despatch, were enga
ged in unimportant business. . M
Washington. Jan- 12, 1833.
The Senate to-day resumed the considera
tion of Mr. Calhoun’s series of resolutions,
and the question being on the adoption of the
last resolution of that series, which is as fol
lows.
Resolved, That the union of these States
rests on an equality of rights’ and advantages
amongst its members ; and th it whatever de
stroys that equality tends to destroy the union
itself; and that it is the solemn duty of all,
and more especially of this body, which rep
resents th n States in their corporate capacity to
resist all attempts to discriminate between the
States i.i extending the benefits ol the Govern
ment to the several portions of the Union ; and
that to refuse to extend to the Southern and
Western States any advantage which would
tend to strengthen, or render them more secure,
or increase their limits or population by the
annexation of new territory or States on the
assumption or under the pretext that the insti
tution of slavery, as it exists among them, is
immoral or sinf.d, or otherwise abnoxious,
would be contrary to that equality of rights
and advantages which the Constitution was
intended to secure alike to all the members of
the Union, and would in effect, disfranchise,
the slave-holding States, withholding from
them the advantages, while it subjected them
to the burthens, of the Government.
Mr. Calhoun remarked on the indirect at
tacks which had been made, during the debate,
on this resolution. He thought these attacks
rather unfair, because he had nothing to do
with the principles embraced in the resolutions
already acted upon ; he wishes now to repel
them. Th r principles he asserted were these :
Ist, that there was an equality of rights among
the States of the Union. Tne second was a
mere corollary from the first ; that whatever
tends to destroy this equality, tends to the de
struction of the Union. The third, also, was
another mere deduction declaring the solemn
duty of all, but especially of the Senate to re
sist all discrimination between the states in
extending the benefits of the government to
the several states of this Union. Ho asked
whether any of these principles could be de
nied ? lie hoped the Senators who had attack
ed his resolution would now give their specifi
cations. He challenged them to do so. With
regard to the last principle that the annexa
tion of a new territory or state ought not to be
refused on the assumption and under ihe pre
text that slavery, as it exists among them is
immoral, or sinful, or otherwise obnoxious, lie
thought that equally unassailable. He had no
reference now, he said, to Texas. He wished
the Senate to decide on the abstract principle;
and he hoped gentlemen would come up to the
mark, and affirm or deny these principles.
Mr. Preston said he had not the slightest
doubt that all the principles contained in th?se
resolutions could be maintained; but bethought
that, in the discussion of them, the question of
Texas would inevitably be mixed up. He
should deprecate this. He thought it would
be injurious to an object which he had greatly
at heart; the annexation of Texas. He wish
ed to separate the two questions and give to
Illose in favor of the annexation of Texas, the
benefit of al! the considerations they could urge,
unembarras.ed by a decision of the Seriate on
an abstract principle. Besides, said Mr.
Preston, this resolution meets the remonstran
ces against the annexation of Texas, as a
demurrer to the principle that the tendency to
extend the existence of slavery ought to oppe
rate against the annexation. He wished to
take much stronger ground. He believed he
could at the proper time establish the fact
that the measure of annexation will not con
tinue and increase the existence of slavery.
But on the contrary, by extending it over a
wider surface, it will greatly mitigate its char
acter, while to leave Texas as it now is, he
maintained would tend to perpetuate slavery
and increase its severity. He wished to dis
embarrass the proposition of annexing Texas
of every thing that would be likely to injure it.
He thought, therefore, that it would be best to
lay the last resolution of Mr. Calhoun t>h the
table.
Mr. Calhoun opposed this motion with
some vehemence, as an act of incivility ; and
urged an expression of opinion on his resolu
tiern.
Mr. Preston reminded his Colleague that
the motion could not be considered as an act of
incivility ; because Mr. Calhoun must remem.
ber that he (Mr. P.) had offered a resolution
for annexing Texas to ihe Union, w ith w hich
he must now say that this resolution was a di
rect and manifest iatcrferenco. The motion ot
Mr. P. prevailed, ayes 39 ; nocs 9. So the
resolution was laid on the table.
A long and desultory debate then arose on
the amendments offered by Mr. Allen ofOhio,
and Mr. Smith of Indiana, in reference to the
right of petition, w hich is still going on.
This was private bill day in the House of
Representatives ; and of course the greater
portion of the setting was occupied in business
of that character. In the morning the commit
the on elections made a report on the Missis
sippi election, giving a statement of the facts ;
but unaccompanied by any resolution. The
report was made the special order of the day
for Tuesday next.
A bill was reported making appropiiations
for the protection of the North Eastern fron
tier. M.
Washington, Jun. 13, 1838.
To-day the Senate did not sit.
The House of Representatives; resumed the
consideratiwn of the following resolution, of
fered on Thursday by Mr. Adams of Mass.
“Resolved, That the President of the United
States be requested to communicate to this
House a copy, and translation, of the pamphlet
in the Spanish language, stated in the report
of the Secretary of State, to this House, to
have been printed and circulated, by the late
Minister from Mexico, Gorostiza, before his
departure from this country, and the name of
the Diplomatic functionary, from a foreign
Government, who communicated a copy of
said pamphlet to the Secretary of State.”
Mr. Shields of Tennessee, rose and replied
at length to some remarks made by Mr. Men
ifee of Kentucky, when the subject was last
under consideration. That gentleman had
charged the Executive administration with
gross negligence of duty, in allowing the neu
trality of the United States, to be so frequently
violated on the Southern Boundary. Ho de
clared that from the first stage of the Texan
1 revolt, to the recognition of its independence,
military array, in no concealed form, but in
1 all the pomp and circumstance of war, was
the spectacle every day—that there was avow.
> ed military recruiting by commissioned offi-
1 cers, for the defence of Texas: that bodies of
i armed men, breathing war and vengeance
. agi.iust Mexico, were displayed in many cities
i and villages in the heart of tho country. All
s this, he said, was known from the beginning.
> Mr. Shields vindicated the citizens of Ten
: nessee from these charges of having violated
s their neutral obligations, and contended that
t having chosen Texas for their country, they
i had a right to take the arms necessary fur their
1 protection.
,■ Air. Ilulsev ol Georgia, d feuded the course
>! of ths Admi-'i-afr’itiott. Hu miuutained that
>®ui H$ v u OS It i$ ♦
the treaty b tween the United States and Alex,
ico, was merely a treaty of amity and com
merce and navigation, and imposed no obli
gations.
Mr. Cushing advocated the propriety of the
call, in both respects. Heexpressed the strong
est reprobation of the corniest of Gorostiza,
and was proceeding to comment on the impor
tance of having the name of the Foreign Min
ister alluded to, when the Speaker interposed
and announce'! the order of the day.
Tire remainder of the sitting was consumed
in private business.
It is probable that this call for informati n
will be refused. It is understood, that the
Minister, who communicated the pamphlet of
Gorostiza to Mr. Forsyth, is Mr. Fox, the
British A-nbass idor ; but it is also said, that
ho positively demes having used the language
attributed to a “Diplomatic functionary,” in
Mr. Forsyth’s report. Every member of di
plomatic corps, it is said, denies having ex
pressed “surprise and disgust” at Mr. Gor
ostiza’s conduct. I do not believe, however,
that there is any question of veracitv bi-twenn
the Secretary and one of th'' Foreign Ministers
There is probably seme mistake—or the ru.
mor, though very current of the Minister hav
ing denied the employment of any such terms
as are imputed by the Secretary, is unfounded.
Mr. Cushing of Mass, to-day assumed the fact
to be as stated by Mr. Forsyth, on his responsi
bility, and urged the importance of obtaining
the name of the Minister : for if it were Mr.
Fox, a quest ion might arise respecting the pro
priety of his conduct, in urging, in the present
delicate state of our relations with Great Brit
aii>, an incentive to the Administration against
.Mexico. Mr. Cushing said he would hold
■ Mr. Fox to be the Minister referred to. if this
'i call was voted down by the Administration
! majority.
I Mr. Calhoun’s resolutions having been dis-
■ posed of in the Senate, it is to be hoped that
i 'he Public Business will now be proceeded
i with. Six weeks have elapsed —and the most
! momentous questions of this country —of the
I age, those havi >g reference to our finances—
have been, as yet, untouched, while the legis
lators have been passing resolves about their
powers and duties. It is to be hoped they
will, after all this useless excitement, and agi
tation, bestir themselves about practical mat
ters ; and commence to do the people’s work
in earnest. They were not sent here to talk
about abolition, slavery, and political creeds,
I ut to exercise their Constitutional powers for
the best interests of the w hole country.
M.
Washington, Jan. 15th, 1838.
This was petition day in the House of Rep
resentatives. There were, as usual, piles of
p titious fur abolition of slavery in the District
of Columbia, and in the territories of the Uni
ted States; and of remonstrances against the
annexation of Texas to tliu Union ; all of
which were quietly laid on the table without
any disturbance.
There was a short discussion upon the
question of referring a memorial from the Na
tive American Association of this city, praying
for a change tn our Naturalization laws—
which was fimtlly referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
Mr. Everett of Vermont presented a me
merhd from John Ross and others, in regard to
the Cherokee Treaty ; Mr. E. having wished
to make some remarks on the subject, the me
morial was ordered to lie over. He then sta
ted briefly the contents of it. The petitioners
represented that the Government of the United
States had ratified a treaty, in which the Cher
okee Nation was named as a parly —that that
Nation, however, had authorized no person tc
conclude such a treaty on their part —but on
the contrary, it was concluded on the authori
ty of about 100 persons of the tube, contrary
to the known will and remonstrances of the
Cherokee nation—that they had applied to
the Executive for relief from the proper trea
ty-making power—that all relief had been re
fused—that now they were informed by the
Execu’ive, that the treaty would be enforced
against them ; —and in the -ast resort, they had
appeal'd to Congress as the only power com
petent to give relief.
Mr. Adams presented a number of rboli
tion petitions: and afterwards, a memorial
from Ohio, praying for the execution of the
tenth article of the Treaty of Ghent, which, it
will be remembered, refers to the abolition of
the slave trade. The memorial was laid on
the table.
Mr. Adams then presented a petition pray
ing for the passage of a Bill to prevent the s de
of freemen for jail fees, which, he moved should
be referred to the Committee on the District
of Columbia, with instructions to report a Bill
fur the abolition of imprisonment for debt.
Th? motion was agreed to.
In the Senate, after the customary morning
business* Mr. Buchamion culled up the Bill
reported Dy the Committee on I oreign Rela
tions, providing fur the preservation of our neu
tral obligations. The Bill imposes no penalty
for forfeiture, but proposes to prevent the con
veying of arms and munitions of war, by our
citizens, to the insurgents in a conterminous
country. Mr. Ruggles of Maine, wished that
some provisions should be incorporated tor the
protection of M.»i..e. He alluded to the fact,
that despatches have- lately been received ba
ttle British Minister here, giving the final an
swer of his Government to the lust proposition
fiom the American Executive, relative to the
North Easivru Boundary. If ibis answer
should not be satisfactory, said Mr. Ruggles,
then Mai no ought to be allowed to protect her
own territory. It might be proper to define
the li le, so that her people might not be re
garded as invading the British Dominions,
when, in fact, they were only defending their
own territory.
Mr. Buchanan was opposed to mixing of
the boundary question w ith the bill. He was
aware also, from high authority that the nego
ciution respecting the boundary was now ap
proaching an end —that the last answer of the
British government had been received ; in this
stage he did not wish to take the matter out ot
the hands of the Executive. He would resist,
therefore, the introduction in this bill ol any
provision relating to the boundary ; it would
only embarrass this measure.
The bill was then by general consent post
poned till to morrow.
The Senate then proceeded to the consider
ation of private bills.
To-morrow the .committee of Finance will
report to the Senate the Sub-Treasury bdl,
embracing a special deposite system, and cer
tain provisions regarding a set of new officers
to be called Receivers’General! Aon in iy
rely upon this information ; 1 have it from a
source entitled to the highest credit.
'1 he city is full of rumors again about resig
nations in the Cabinet. It is now stated con
fidently that Mr. Dickerson will resign th:'
post of Secretary of the Navy. A great effort
is making to give the place to Mr. Muhlenburgh
of" Bonn. Mr. Jones of N. C. is also talked of
again for it. The Preside!.t, it is believed
would be glad to get rid of Woodbury, and
Kendall, also. M.
AVasihnoton, Jan. 16, 1838.
The report of the Committee on Elections,
on the claims of Messrs. Prentiss and Word
of Mississippi, was taken up far consideration
in the House to day ; and in the course of the.
.iebate, a personal “scene,” ocem'red. in w Inch
Mr. Gholson, one of the sitting tncmbo’S, and
Mr. Wise were the actors, that produced
great excitement and confilsion in the Hall.
Mr. Bronson of .New York offered a’resolu
tion to the effect that Messrs. Prentiss and
Word are not member? of the 25. h Congress;
and are not entitled to s?ats in the House as
such.
A loose and desultory debate took place on
this proposition, and before any decision was
come to, Mr. Wise offered another resolution
for permitti >g tl.e claimants’ to occupy seals
wiiliin the bar, during the discussion of th. if
application, and to Like part in it; which after
a short, debate was adopted, ai d seats were
accordi: gly assigned to .Messrs. Prentiss and
Word.
Mr. Howard of MJ. then presented a writ
ten paper from Mr. Claiborne one of the silt ng
members, who is detained at home by sickness,
presenting argument in behalf of himself and
his colleague. It was read: Mr. Howard
intimated a wish that it might be printed, on
th •. principle of equality ; as a printed senti
ment emanating fro.n Mr. Prentiss, was in
possession of rnenib -rs.
.Mr. Wise opposed the motion; and in the
course ol his remarks intimated that the state,
meat oflhe claimants was printed, not by or.
der of the House, but at the piivate expense
of those gentlemen, and he urged, therefore,
that, tne principle of equality did not require
the printim/of Mr. Ci-iibirie’s sentiments. So
f ir, ail went on quietly. No one, I presume,
imagined that Mr. Wise made an imputation
of a;iy sordid motive io the sitting memb is.
But Mr, Gholson thought fit to make a
most angry speech. He, ana his colleague,
lie said, were not before the House asking its
charity for printing their paper; and then
tur ling to Mr. Wise, he added, the remarks
of the member from A irgmia, are unworthy
of a member of this House
“Order 1” “Order !” was shouted on all
sides. In the midst ot the din, Mr. Wise
! rose, and tur.iii.g his eyes upon Gholson, said
i in clear, firm tones. “If ignorance and impu
dence can make a Blackguar d. then (be added,
pointing his finger to Gholson,) there is one !”
“None but a cowardly scoimiZrel would make
such a remark,” retorted Mr. Gholson. The
Chair, and several members in different parts
of the Hall, now interposed and order was
restored.
The motion to print was then carried.
Col. Dawson of Georgia, offered a rcso'ti
tion for requiring Messrs. Wise and Gholson,
who had uttered words liable t© (he censure
of the House, because in violation of its rules,
to make submission to the House
The resolution was, after a short debate,
laid on the tabic on motion of Mr Glascock.
Mr. Mercer then offered another resolution
to the effect that Messrs. Wise and Gholson be
required to declare in their places, that they
will not further prosecute the quarrel which
.arose between them.
On this a debate of some length arose; and
without coming to any decision, the House
adjourned.
I'! the Senate,the Reso’utions from the Le
gislature- of Vermont, which were so frequent
ly referred to during the d- bate on Mr. Cal
houn’s resolutions, were presented ; and after
a short debate they were recei ed by a vote of
26 to 12.
The Sub-Trcasurfy Bill was report 'd, as 1
informed you it would be, and made the order
of the day for Thursday next. M.
Washington, Jan. 17.
To-day the House resumed the considera
tion of the following resolution, as a question
of privilege pending upon the adjournment
yesterday.
“Resolved, That Messrs. Gholson and Wise,
members of the House, between whom warm
words have passed in debate, be required by
the Speaker to declare in their places, that
they will not prosecute further the quarrel
which has arisen this day between them.”
Mr, Patton said he had yesterday voted a
gainst laying this resolution on the table ; but
he was soon satisfied that its further agitation
could do uogood. He therefore msved to lay
it on the table.
Mr. Mercer wished the gentleman to with,
draw the motion for the present, as he wished
to make some suggestions.
Mr. Patton declined, as he wished, he said,
to avoid debate on the subject.
.Mr. Mercer asked the yeas and nays, and
they were ordered, and were yeas 126. nays
64.
So the resolution was laul on the table.
Ou motion of Mr. Cambreleug, the commit
tee of the ivholc was discharged from the fur
ther consideration of this bill making appropri
ation for the suppression of Indian hostilities,
and the same was recommitted to the commit
tee of Ways and Means.
At one o’clock the House resumed the order
of the day, which was the report on the Com
mitfee on Elections, in relation to the Missis
sippi Election. The question being on the
following resolution offered by Mr. Bronson :
•• IRsolvcd, That Messrs. S. S. Prentiss
and 'a . J. Word, arc not members of the 25th
Congress, and arc not entitled to seats in this
House as such.”
Mr. Bell moved to amend the resolution by
substituting a provision that the resolution of
the House, declaring Messrs. Gholson and
Claiborne to have been elected as members of
the 25th Congress, having been agreed to with,
out a knowledge of all the facts necessary to
a proper consideration oflhe case, be rescind
co; and that Messrs. Prentiss and Word, hav
ing been duly elected as members of the 25: h
Congress, are entitled to their seats as such. I
Messrs. P.et.tiss and Word, the applicants, j
having taken their seats within the bar. the :
Speaker auuoimctd to them, that they were,
now ut liberty to address the House i.i sup
port of their application.
Mr. S. S. Prentiss, having taken a conven
ient position for that* purpose, addressed the
House at length on the merits oflhe question.
After speuki g two hours Mr. Prentiss
yielded to a motion of adjournment, without
concluding his argument.
The House adjourned.
Li Senate Mr. Webster offered a resolution
requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to
communicate to the Senate, with as little delay
as possible, whether any, and it’ so, v hat
amount oflhe fishing bounties and revolution
ary pensions hud been paid by the collector of
Boston in notes oflhe Commonwealth Bank,
ami by what authority.
Also, whether any of the public money was
not deposited in said bank, and to wlpit amomt,
and at what time such deposites hud been
made.
Mr. Webster explained that he had been indu
ced to institute this inquiry not from any news
paper rumor or authority, but he had receiv
ed litters requesting him to give bis atieniioii to
the subji ct. which wereof most imquestiouable
authority, which stated the amount ot bulimies
and elaimes to have been paid to be very large
—that they were mostly paid in bills oftbis
bank, of which 100 dollars worth w iniiti nut
now buy a loaf of bread. This loss fell hea
vily on ti class of poor enterprising fishei mmi.
That many of those persons had applied for
payment in either gold or silver, or Treasury
rotes, but were told bv the disbursing officer
that they must take checks on tke Common
wealth office or take nothing,
Mr. HUBBARD obji cted to the resolution.
>ri the ground th t it r.ib ctcd bv imp;irution
on the conduct of the Secretary of the Treas
ury.
Mr. BAYARD inquired if the collector of
Boston was a director of, or any way concern
ed in the offices of the Bank in question.
?flr. WEBSTER was not aware he was, but
was certain that the Deputy Collector, as well
as the District Attorney, were both Directors
of the Institution.
Mr. HUBBARD asserted that the Secretary
had given no directions relative to the manner
i i which the payment should be made. Nor
was the Collector a Director of, or in any way
cm cere.ed m the offices of the Bank.
O i motion of Mr. BUCHANAN, the bill
proviiii g for the more effectual observance of
our neutral relations was taken up. and. after a
-hot t discussion, was, without further amend
j merit, passed to be engrossed. M.
Washington, Jan. 18th, 1837.
Li the Senate, to day, after the usual morn
ing business.
Mr. PRESTON, rsse, and expressed his
surprise that the vote upon appointing Tues
day week for the consideration of the new
Sub Treasury Bill, had b.:en reconsidered yes
terday in the absence of a numbsr of Senators,
and that the day fixed upon was Tuesday next.
He mentioned the fact that the deliberate de
cision of a majority of the Senate had been
reversed by a minority; and felt it a duty now
to move to reconsider the last vote, and re
store the original order.
The Chair (which was temporarily occu
pied by Mr. Webster) said such a motion
would be out of order ; butthat the Senator
might move to rescind the order for Tuesday
next.
Mr. King- of Alabama, s .td there was no
intention to take advantage oflhe absence of
those who wanted a longer time for considera
tion ; but that it was considered important to
act early on the Bill.
Mr. Preston, said be made no imputation on
the friends of Administration of a design to
take advantage ofhimsclf and his friends, but
yet ihe fact was that there were Senators
enough within cal! to have revers ’d the decis
ion of yesterday.
He now urged the propriety ofascertaining
the f .ue sense ot the Senate on this point. The
Bill was looked to as the peculiar and engross
ing occupation of Congress, during the pre
sent session ; and many Senators had made
their arrangements with reference to it, and
with a view to be present at tile time first ap
pointed.
Mr. Rives, spoke with great warmth of the
disposition that had been manifested to preci
pitate this measure by premature action. He
wished to know whether Senators were really
prepared to force the measure, now that dif
ferent gentlemen avowed they would not be
ready to go into the discussion. It was vain
to talk of the measure as being the same as the
Bill of last session. There were several ad
ditional provisions of great importance. He
did not believe the Bill would be put in such a
shape as would command bis support; but he
wished time for examination and reflection;
and for viewing the matter under the lights
that might be shed upon it by practical men.
He regretted to perceive such a dispositioi to
cram the measure down the throats of those
opposed to it. It should not be pushed upon
him. He felt no obligation to t.iks it or any
other measure upon authority.
Mr Clay too protested against such haste
in pushing forward this pernicious measure—
which, i i his opinimi was worse than any that
had been passed upon the people—worse that; j
the Alien and Sedition Laws. M by, he ask
ed, has it been brought forward in this body ?
—Whv, is it not urged in the popular branch
that is surcharged with the feelings of the peo
ple on the subject ? If it was to be urged, he
lioped, time would be allowed for the consider
ation of it.
Mr. Calhoun opposed any further postpone- |
ment. He contended that time enough was
allowed ; and if on Thursday next any mem
ber wished more, and he thought the request
reasonable, it might be then ucceeded to. The
Senators ops using, he said, might go to their
studies, and take the bi Is, and investigate I
them in the time allowed.
Mr. Crittenden commented with some I
warmth on the want of courtesy exhibited in i
refusing or opposing the indulgence that was
asked for; and urged the propriety of the Sen
ate restoring its original order.
Mr. Brown, and Mr. Walker supported th?
ground taken by Mr. Calhoun.
Roane moved to reconsider the vote of yes
terday ; and it being deetdid to be in order.;
thej qiteston was put ; and carried in the af
firmative Ayi's 25 Nays 21. The quest ion was i
'.hen put on postponing the bill of Tuesday and ■
carried in the affirmative.
When this bill comes up the debates will [
ba full of into ’cst. It will probably be attack-I
ed in detail at the outset i
The Bill f>r compelling the observance of
ourneutr.il obligations was thou up and passed’ |
luthe House to-day the Mississipi EFc- j
non case was takan up; and
Mr. Prentiss proceeded in bis argument in
b: li ,ls of himseit, and bis colleague. Before .
he had finished the argument, the House ad- :
j„ U ruol. M. j
V. asiiington, Jan. 19. 1838. ;
I.i llie House of R .’prcsentalives, to-day, a
Bill was icpuiic* from the Committee of Ways :
and Meas, to amend the act imposing addi
tional duties on imports. This Bill proposes
a reduction oflhe duties on certain articles j
brought into the ports oflhe U. S. from for- '
<.ign countries. Two motions were made — i
one to refer it to the Committee on Manufac- !
hires—the uthvi io postpone the consideration i
lor a fortnight. The Etter prevailed, after i
some discussion.
Mr. FILLMORE, the rep reset, tativo from
Buffalo, offered a resolution calling on the Pres
ident oflhe United Slates for information res
pecting the capture and destruction of the
Steamboat Caroline at Schlosser, anil whether
the capture was auth nized and avowed by
the British kutborities or officers or any ot
them; and what steps have been taken by the 1
Guvermiiee.t of the United States, to obtain sa
tisfaction fro.n Great Britain on account ol
said outrage.
The House refused leave to present the re- |
solution. There is a getierel desire to prevent i
any premature discussion on the subject, or I
any other connected with our relations with
Great Britain.
The House resumed the consideration of the
Mississippi Election case, and Ms. Prentiss
finished his able and eloquent speech in defence
ui the claims of himself and his colleague.
In the course of his argument, Mr. Prentiss
laid down three propositions in regard to the
facts of tiie case :
Ist. That Messrs. Claiborne and Gholson
nevi i were eiected ccustitu.ionally members of
I iie 25th Congress.
2<t. i t lin y were elected at all, it was only j
■for the period ulterior to the regular election !
io November.
3d. iie and ins colleague had been legally !
and constitutionally elected bv the people of!
Miss, as members of the House in the 25th I
Congress.
They had found ilietrsn-Ives met at the thrt sh- .
i hold by the recent decision ot’the House in fa- '
| vor of the silting members. He examined this ■
j decision with much minuteness; and maintain- !
!“<: five positions in refviei.ee to it :
j Ist. That the adoption by the House of th
j decision 'in favor of Messrs. Claiborne and
Gholson was not a judicial decision, but the
expression of one opinion subject to revisal.
2d. That it was no adjudication oflhe claims
of the present applicants.
3d. That so far as the pretended adjudica
tion went to annul the act of Mississippi, it
was null and void, the House .having no such
power.
4th. That the decision was not binding on
the people of Mississippi, who were not parties,
and had received no notice of it.
sth. That that adjudication had been given
upon a mistake of the facts of the case ; and
that ofcoursc it'was subject to review.
These points he argued with great ability
and eloquence ; and finished w ith a most an’-
mated appeal to the justice of the House. Mr.
Word, his colleague was then informed by tho
Speaker that the House would hear any thing
he wished to say, but he declined for the pre
sent, as Mr. Prentiss had so fully spoken on all
the points.involved.
Mr. FOSTER of N. Y. followed in sup
port of the claims of Mes-rs. Claiborne and
Gholson ; and before any question was taken
the House adjourned.
The Senate was chiefly occupied with pri
vate bills ; this being the day allotted to that
business.
The bill for settling the claims of the Exe
cutrix of Richard W. Moade was passed-
This claim has been before Congress for many
years. M.
Soutlicwi Wins,
Athens, Ga. Saturday, January 27,1838.
Tne patrons of the Knickerbocker in
I Athens, aft advised that a new volume com.
I menced the first of January, inst.—And as
all paymen's are required in advance, those
who have not paid are requested to sall at this
office and do so.
Congress-
From (he correspondence of the Chronicle
& Sjntim l copied in this day’s paper, our
readers will be advised of the actings and do
ings of this body.
Ihe Representative Hall has been made
the theatre ot another disgraceful scene and
riot, in consequence of .in unfortunate miscon
struction on the part of Mr. Gholson of lan
guage used by Mr. Wise —Much however as
Mr. Wise has been abused by the opposition,
for the frequency of these scenes, we are sat
| isfied on this occasion he was by no means
the aggressor.
Celunsbus Banks.
O.ie of the largest meetings ever held in Iba
city of Columbus was held a few days since,
at w hich resolutions w ere unanimously passed
: r.-qu sting the Banks of that place to suspend
specie payments, and a committee appointed
to open a correspondence w ith-the Banks on
the subject.
M hen each Bank called a meeting of tlio
directory, and the B.u.h of Columbus consent
ed to suspend and the Insurance Bank declined.
| It is but justice to the Bank which has sus
! pended, to remark that it could have gene on
paying specie,—but for the benefit of the com
mercial interest of the pl ice. it was deemed
prudent to suspend.
Florida.
For the last, wee k we have been anxiously
waiti g to hear some important news from
this Territory, but have thus far been disap
pwinted.—We give to day every thing of in
terest on the subject of the War that has met
our observation sit.ee our last.
< till II dll*
Our exchange papers are filled with letters
and news from this province, no two of w hich
scarcely agree on any one point, except that
there is a rebellion —from these abundant and
long articles we might fill our paper to the ex
clusion of every thing else, but we are not dis
posed to trespass thus on the indulgence of our
readers —-The latest advices inform us that
up to the 10di inst., the patriots Were in pos
session of Navy Island, their force daily in
creasing, and as it was supposed that the roy
alist army would not attack them in their
, strong hold they would attempt a landing on
I the Canada side. Should this be done a de
' cisive blow w ill seon be struck if it h.-.s not
' been done ere thic.
Ot the affair of ihe Caroline v. hich has pro
duced so much excitement we are reallv at a.
loss to form any definite opinion, such is the
discrepancy ui the statements submitted bv the
opposing parties—both of w hich present a
very fair case tor the respective parties.
We however perceive, that some of the let
ter writers for the New Aork papers give a
similar version to the affur to that submitted by
the Canadian authmities; which, if true, the,
••outrage” is not so great as many were at
first disposed to consider it.
Mr. Jones: — When two surfaces are in
contact, a errtain force is n; ccssary to cause
them to slide upon one another: the propertv
of a body to resist ibis sliding motion is call
ed adhesion, the amount of w hich a Locomo
tive Engine can spare to its load above that
required to propel itself fotward, is invcrselv
as the height of the plane is to its length. l's
the elevation of the plane on which the engine
is to limei equals 1.10:11 of its length, tha
w hole adhesive power of the engine will ba
required to c.lsure to itself a progressive mo,
lion, ootw iib.stuiiding the recei t experiments
».i the Baltimore mid Ohio Rail Road, by
which an engine of tenor fourteen tons weight
(instead of the usual four and a half or six ton
engine) w as made to ascend an elevation from
35 or 40 to 263 feet per mile, effected simply
by iucreiisiiig the weight and cost of the engine
and its consequent adhesion to the rail, at tho
expense oi’ its motive power.
The resuhs of those experiments, the cost
ot which hud previously precluded their trial,
w iil not supercede the use of inclined planes
and stationary power: the latter, of which
when resorted to, whether it be animal or me
chanical, can at any time be duly proportioned
to the demands of trade: when mechanical
I power is used, that the Steam Engines >nay be
! of rtumble capacity, and the amount of capital
i to be invested in them not unnecessarily en
i I irged, their erection should be temporarily
' deferred, and the transportation meanwhile
I across the plane be effected by the use of Imr
: scs until the imperative demands of trade rc
j quire tne suYslitutton of stalierary steam en.
ines.