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GEORGIA COURIER.
3. G. MTVHORTER
AND
HENRY MEALING,
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CONGRESS.
our fo-
referred
relations
respec-
nousc or representatives.
JANUARY 22.
Georgia amd Florida Boundary Line.
The following message was received
?rom ihe Prosident of the United States;
Vhich was read.
rf ifer the Senate and Routt of Representative: of the
United States.
Washington, 22d Jan. 1823.
j By the report of the Secretary of War,
ftnd the documents from that Department,
exhibited to Congress at the commence
ment of their present session, they were
idviscd of the measures taken for carrying
nto execution the act of 4th Ma v, 1826,
o authorise the President of the United
States to run and mark a line dividing the
Territory of Florida from the State of
|Georgia; and of theii unsuccessful result.
k now transmit to Congress copies of com
munications received from th > Governor
l|Georgia, relating t.» that subject.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Mr. H ivnes, of Georgia, moved to re
fer it to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. White, of Florida, said that the
question submitted to Congress in the mes
sage of the President just referred to, was
one* of great importance to the United
States, and of still greater to the Territo-
?jry of Florida. It involved a question of
^boundary which they supposed had been
|!settled long since, and never expected to
jjjsee revived again. Since it was introdu-
Ijcerl here, however, it must be disposed of,
-;*nd under the rules of the House it was
^'difficult to say what committee had, ap
propriately, the cogniznnco of it. The
committee on the Judiciary, in the learn
ing, ability, and integrity of which he had
| the utmost confidence were, charged with
the consideration of all questions involv
ing judicial proceedings. It was obvious,
said Mr. W. that there was no question ef
that nature involved in this matter. The
questions to be investigated had arisen un
der three treaties, that of 1783—of 1795,
between Spain and the United States,and
that of the 22d of February, 1819; and
although there was now no question
immediately in reference to
reign relations, it nevertheless
itself to the negotiations and
of tbi* Government, at the
tive periods of the ratifications of these
treaties ; and the rights of each party
growing out of feem, naturally involved
eucii inquiries as «ere generally made’by
the Committee of Foreign Affairs. That
Committee have less business before them
and are entirely competent to present an
enlightened and satisfactory view of the
-Subject. He should not howevpr, move
t» reference to either of the standing Com
mittees, for two reasonsFirst, because
it did not legitimately, by the rules of the
House, belong to either, and secondly, be
cause they were so much occupied bv
subjects previously referred to them, that
it would be impossible to obtain a report
as early as it was desirable. He prefer
red that it should go to a splect commit
tee, and thought that the magnitude of the
object jusified such a disposition of if.—
The claim of Georgia, now set up in the
communications of the Executive of that
State, and transmitted by the President*
embraces a tract of iho county South of
Ell icot’s lino, including fifteen hundred
thousand acres, claimed bv the United
States, as a part of the territory acquired
bv the treaty of 1819 with Spain; about
eight hundred square miles of which has
boon surveyed and sold bv the U. States,
find the money deposited in the public
Treasury, The amount of property, the
subject of jurisdiction, the uncertainty of
titles, and the suspension of the sales, nil
unite to render it desirable that the ques
tion should be speedily settled. The hill
which passed at the last Session was refer
red to the Committee of Public Lands.—
Mr. W. expressed his satisfaction that,
in movrjpg for a select Committee, lie was
not animated by any desire to obtain a
garbled or ope-sided view of it, It was
known he could not, and if he could, would
Rot sit upon tit.- If it was the pleasure of
the House to send "it t» the Judiciary
Commit lee, lie did not doubt but that the
rights of Florida and the United States
would be ably, faithfully", and impartially
investigated, and to what ever "Commit
tee referred, he should be satisfied.
Mr. 'VIf.DE said, he should always
trouble the House with great reluctance,
and his reluctance was increased in con
sequence of being obliged to differ from
the gentleman from Florida, in relation
to the propriety of the proposed reference
Such subjects, he believed., had usually
been referee! to the Committee on the
Judiciary'. A question of similar charac
ter, took that course during the last Ses
sion. He was sure the gentleman from
Florida desired only what he himself and
the People of the State of Georgia also de
sired, that this question should be fullv,
patiently, and impartially examined and
justly decided. Their feelings were all
in favor of the prosperity of Florida ; their
their interests led them to wish her early
admission into ihe Union at the earliest
period. In any event, the titles acquir
ed by individuals from their government,
within die disputed territory, would, he
presumed, be respected, and jurisdiction
alone, though a relinquishment of it was
forbidden by State pride, of which lie had
as much as any one else, would not be in
sisted on, if not shewn to be the right of
Georgia. She took more pride, he trus-
ted, in her justice, than in her jurisdic-
to the Committee of Foreign Relations,
ie would observe, that, in all questions of
this description, it is not only important
that justice should be done, but that those
who are interested should believe that it
has been done. In that view of the sub
ject, he felt bound to oppose a reference
to that Committee. A report from that
quarter, upon an other matter, did not
satisfy the People of Georgia, nor increase
their disposition to submit any question
connected with their interest to that Com
mittee.
He did not propose now to inquire how
far their distrust was well or ill founded
•it was enough for this purpose that it ex
isted. As to a reference to a Select
Committee, he considered objectionable
such a motion ; when the conflict was be
tween a State and the Union, it was sus
picious. It was like a motion for a spe
cial jury, in a cause where the Crown was
c.oi cerimd. lie had the most entire con
fidence that no advantage in the selection
of a Committee was sought by the gentle
man from Florida. He was sure none
would, in any event, be obtained, as none
was desired on either side. The subject
came, he considered, within the proper
duties of ihe Judiciary Committee. Their
zeal, ability, industry, and impartiality,
commanded entire confidence, and nei
ther requirefl^nor admitted of culogium
■from hint. VVliy, then should this inqui
ry be withdrawn from them ?
Mr. W. concluded by expressing his
hope that tire motion of his colleague (Mr.
Haynes) would prevail.
Mr. White said, he was not unwilling
the matter should go to the Judiciary
Committee, but three days since that
Committee had, at their own request,
been discharged from the consideration of
| a question involving the boundary between
Michigan and Illinois. Mr. W. had con
sidered the question as virtually settled
last year, when it had gone to the Com
mittee on the Public Lands, He could
not be suspected of wishing to be placed
at the head of the Select Committee, be
cause, as a Delegate from a Territory, he
was precluded from sitting on any Com
mittee.
Mr. P. P. Barbour (Chairman of the
Committee on the Judiciary) made some
statements in reference to the business be
fore that Committee being already suffi
ciently onerous;when
Mr. Gilmei advocated at sorno length
the reference of the message to that Com
mittee. There was no necessity for anv
hurry in the case, and it might turn out
that the ultimate question would go at all
events to that Committee. He deprecat
ed anv but the usual course to this affair—
that the subject bad no relation to our
corresnondence with foreign nations, and
insisted on the propriety of making every
thing that might excite suspicion of any
partialitv in the course which should lie
takpn on this memorial. It was very well
known, he said, that much excitement
had grown out of the relations between
the United States and the State of Geor
gia for several years past. This very
circumstance made it the more important,
that any business in which tho State of
Georgia was intere-ted should take the
usual course in this House. He was op
posed to anv reference but to a Standing |
Committee, and to any impartial opera- j
tion which might be produced upon the j
decision of the subject by its reference to j
a Select Committee.
Mr. Haynes remarked that, although!
the question embraced by this-controver- |
sy did arise, as stated, out of the Treaty !
between the United Stales and Spain, yet, j
tlie United S'ates now occupy, as to Geor
gia, tlie position, in reference to this ques
tion, which Spain formerly did : as there
was, therefore, no sort of propriety in giv
ing the subject, as now presented, a direc
tion to tho Committee of Foreign Rela
tions.
The question was then taken on refer
ring the message to the Committee on the
Judiciary, and decided in the affirmative
without a division.
The difference of cost between wood
and iron in the United States is so dispro
portionate, that on the ground of economy,
wc cannot hesitate to choose wood. Itod
rail-ways cannot be built for less than $10
or 12,000 per mile, per single track ; the
cost of wooden rail-ways in this country,
would not exceed $4000 per mile, per sin
gle track. • The real cause of the decay
in wood is but little understood; the ori
gin of this is to be attributed not to the ex
ternal but internal moisture of the wood,
and this only when it becomes stagnant—
hence the bad consequences of excluding
the air from timbers, either by having no
opening (under the floors in basement or
cellar stories, for instance,) or painting the
wood when unseasoned. I remember
when we examined the state of the large
beams, supporting the lower floors of the
north wing of the Capitol-At Washington,
(which had been erected ten or twelve
years previous,) that we found them total
ly rotten internally, but to all external ap
pearance in a sound state. The cause of
this rapid decay was evident; the air had
been excluded; no openings had been loft
in the walls to allow its circulation under
the floor. Air is absolutely requisite for
preserving timber. I was called upo;»
sime short time since to examine a base
ment floor, which in seven years had suf
fered entire decay. It had been laid, I
knew,’under circumstances favourable to
its preservation, and yet it had rotted in
this short time; the cause was soon disco
vered—it had been covered during the'
whole of this period with an oil cloth,
painted, which totally excluded the air.—
The proof of the fact was at hand ; those
parts of the floor which the painted cloth
did not cover, were in a perfectly sound
slate. Had this floor been covered by a
woollen carpet, it would have continued
sound for an indefinite period.
It wonld be in opposition to the gener
ally received opinion, to assert, that
painting wood hastens its decay ; but this
is the fact. No wood ought ever to ho
painted except for ornament. When paint-
only on one side, wood will ccetcris pari
bus, last as long again as when ii is paint
ed on both sides ; that pa nted not at all is
most durable. On examining old build
ings we shall find, that the parts not paint
ed are in the soundest state, although ex
posed to wet and dry. Gates, posts, rails
and pallisades, kept well painted, seldom
last longer than ten or twelve years;
whereas, if they had not been painted,
they would have lasted twice or thrice this
time, according to the qualities of the
wood, &c.
"Sir Humphrey Davy says, that “ trees
possessing the firmest and least porous
heart wood, arc the longest in duration
The quantity of charcoal furnished by
woods, indicates tolerably accurately theii-
comparative durability. The following
are the results on this head ;
parts.
100 parts of Lignum Vi
give 26 of cl
Do.
Mahogany,
25,4
Do.
Laburnum,
24,5
Do,
Chesnut,
23.2
Do
Oak
22,6
Do.
Walnut.
20.6
Do.
Beech,
19.9
Do,
Holly,
19,9
Do.
Sycamore,
19,7
Do-
Elm,
19 5
lOOperts of Norway pin*, give 19,2 of cl
Do.
Ash,
17.9
Do,
Birrih,
17,4
Do
Common pine,
16.4
f ROM THE SOUTHERN PATRIOT.
tion.
With regard to tho proposed reference
RAIL ROADS.
NO. 6.
Should we be able to secure from total
decays a rail way of wood but thirty or for
ty years, so as not to require entire re
newal before the end of this period, wc
may certainly be satisfied with the use of
this material, for this purpose, as it is
more than probable that before the end of
forty years the cost of repairs to an iron
way (as these rails are subject to fracture
from frosts, &.c.) would be almost equal to
the first cost of the rails.
Upon principles of expediency and econ
omy, the propriety of using wood in the
construction of our rail-ways, is manifest.
This country may, emphatically, be call
ed a “wooden country in every direc
tion is covered with forest trees o f the
most durable and vigorous growth, capa
ble of furnishing timber of any dimensions
and at the least cost possible. What re
mains to be considered is, how to applv it
in constructing rail-roads so that it shall
not be subject to premature decay.
In England, wood was the first materi
al used for rail-ways ; it was not until its
cost became very great, (so as to make it
almost equal to the cost ofiron,) that iron
was substituted in its place. Rail-ways
of wood in some parts of England are, yet
used; for instance, at the Durham and
Northumberland coal works, and near the
Tyne.
The Mouch Chunk rail-road at the Le
high Coai works, and that at the Quincy
Stone Quarries, were the first rail-roads
of any extent executed in this country,
and are both constructed of wood. The
great rail-way contemplated and soon to
be put into operation between the City of
Baltimore and the Ohio river, is to" be
built of this material. This splendid work,
which will rival the great eanai of New-
York for usefulness, will be between three
and four hundred miles long, according to
the point at which it will intersect the
Ohio,
The great utility ef charring wood,(es
pecially where it is to be exposed to con
tinual dampness,) should induce us to pre
pare all posts or piles intended to be driv
en in'o the earth, in this manner. Thh
! charring should be deep, sav j? of an inch
thick. The mode of doing :h:s is bote
simple and economical: a rough enclosure
of stone or brick, is to be built around the
fire, and the timber being laid across it on
proper supports, is turned round so as to
allow the fire to act on the surface equally.
The.timber should be covered from the
air, as much as possible, by brush, &c. to
prevent the decomposition of the charred
wood : the timber, thus prepared will be
seasoti®d at the same time, whilst its dura
bility is increased immensely—this being
always in the ratio of the thickness of the
charred coat,
—
John Trumbull vs. John Randolph.
In the Daily Advertiser, says the New
York American, we find the following let
ter addressed, to its editor, by the vener
able painter of the Declaration of Inde-
dendence—himself a soldier of that revo
lution, somo of whose incidents he lias
tran ferred to the glowing canvass. It sets
in view the recklessness with which tho.
Roanoke conic scatters his sarcasms,with
out regard to truth or consistency, without
respect to age or merit,
WASHINGTON, JAN. 13th, 1828.
T. Dwight, esq. New York.
Dear Sir—The newspapers will have
shewn you that in the memorable Battle
of the 9th, the mangled bodies of all the
painters strewed the bloody field;—411-
ston, Morse, and myself, all fell, but we
fell gloriously by the side of the immor
tal Hero of the Day :—You will see that
I in particular, was most barbarously to
mahawked and scalped by the unrelenting
hand of the half-breed chief of Roanoke—
and saddest of all to say, by the faithless
hand of him who had once been my friend.
To speak seriously, it was my fate to
be selected on that occasion, by the Hon.
John Randolph of Roanoke, as the butt
of his merciless sarcasms.
But, when Mr. Randolph, in his exor
diums, assigned as the cause of his taking
a part in the debate, “the misrepresenta
tions of some obscure annuary published
in Philadelphia, in which it was errone-
oesly stated that he had been partly instru
mental in procuring those wretched spe
cimens of the Fine Arts in this country,”
he, unfortunately for himself, gave de
monstration of a fact of which the world
was not before aware. It is evident that
his body is in a state of decay ;-but it re
mained for himself to give the meiancholy
but irresistible evidence of mental decrep
itude; the loss of memory is one of the
most unhappy proofs of thp rapid approach
of fhat sad hour,when he trill be as if
he had not been, and been most leiityV
The gentleman had forgotten the Na
tional Intelligencer of the 28th January,
1817, in whieh after stating the arguments
on the Four Paintings Mr. Randolph, re
cords his name, among those who spoke in
favor of the work, as well as in favor of
employing me to perform it.
The gentleman also forgot that persons
are still living who beard that debate, and
who retain a fresh and vivid recollection
of the brilliant and beautiful oulogium
which he then pronounced upon the small
picture of the Decaration of Indepen
dence, the prototype of that large one
which he now so sneeringly abuses.
The gentleman forgot what some
others most distinctly recollect—that be
then called the attention r.f the House to
the portrait of Richard Henry Lee,(whose
shins are the most conspicuous shins in
the picture,) and pointing to the figure ex
claimed—“Small as this picture is, I seem
to see that venerable man sitting in per
son before me, in all the sober dignity of
a Senator of ancient Rome, in that elegant
attitude so habitual to him, and so well re
membered by me: the right hand laid over
the left, concealing so happily and so del
icately its mutilated remains.”
Mr. Randolph forgot, that a copy of
the National Intelligencer was at that mo
ment in the Library of Congress—where
it now lies open to the inspection of every
one; convicting him either of loss of mem
ory, or of something incomparably worse ;
that human memory should decay as age
advances, is the decree of Him who form
ed us, and though we may deplore we
cannot blame ;—but the alternative, ma
lignity, is the vile and voluntary produc
tion ofa wicked heart—of that, I am re
luctant to admit the most remote suspi
cion.
When however a member of the House
of Representatives stoops from his high es
tate, and, forgetting his duty, becomes,
not the protector, but the slanderer of in
dividual reputation, he should be remind
ed that although within those sacred walls,
he is privileged to indulge in ample liber
ty of speech, and may ramble on for
hours in all the licentious revellings of wit
or fully, if his colleagues, amused by his
wanton eccentricities,are willing to endure
him ; still, there is a limit which it Is not
wise to pass—for, happily, the Constitu
tion reserves to every individual of us, the
sovereign people, the same free and equal
iiberty of speech wherewith to defend our
characters out of doors, as any Represen
tative can assume and vilify us withifi;
Generous minds recollect that the pro
fessional reputation of an Artist, like the'"
fair fame of woman, is a delicate plant,
easily blighted by any pestilent breath—
and that although it may be sport to s (ifme,
•to indulge rn ribald criticisms at cun,ex
pense—yet, it is death to us.
T make this reply to Mr. Randolph with
feelings of deep regret, for I had indulged
tho hope that his former friendly dispo
sition towards me would have been con
tinued through life ; and that his elegant
education, his ample fortunp, and his re
tired mode of life, have induced him to be
come an eminent patron and protector of
the Fine Arts. I am dear sir, your
obliged and faithful servant,
JOHN TRUMBULL.
•—e@e..-
rROJI TUB NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
ever ttro month*,) with my health and
strength improved—imparts to me a feli
city truly gratifying, and which I desire to
make known, for the benefit of all who
may be similarly affected. All such I ex
hort to give the Liverwort tea a fair trial,
and be attentive to their diet: for I have
the best gronnd for believing that it was
reserved for the Liverwort, through the
blessing of Divine providence, to do for
me what ail other expedients had failed to
effect. And, from the experience I have
had of this healing plant, I am of the opin
ion that all those affiicted with that dis-
treising complaint, the obstruction of the
urinal passages, should drink freely of the
Liverwort tea; for it acts powerfully on
the kidnies of those passages. They
certainly would find it to their advantage.
In conclusion, I would observe, that I
have, for the last sixteen months, rigidly
adhered to a milk diet. I have drank the
Liverwort tea in its cold state, as advised
by Doctor Hereford, and have abstained
from all teas and coffees in a warm state,
and all other stimulating draughts, of ev
ery kind.
JOHN CONNELL.
Washington, January 10/A, 1828,
P. S. Direct'ons for preparing the
Tea, Spc.—A double handful of the Liv
erwort, after washing it dean, is to be put
into a sauce pan, and half a gallon of boil- j Morgan, Major Daquin, Capt.
ing water poured on the same; let the Capt, de St, Romes, and A.
pan then remain on the hot embers, or
stove, and simmer for about an hour and
a half; then pour the whole into a proper
vessel to drink nut of. When cold, it
may be drank as often as the thirst or state
of the stomach will admit. The keeping
the leaves in the vessel while using the
tea, is necessary, to keep the same lim
pid. J. C.
THE LIVERWORT.
TO THE EDITORS.
Gentlemen : Yon have frequently serv
ed the cause of suffering humanity bv giv
ing circulation to important discoveries
made in the healing art. I beg yopr in
dulgence to state, for the good of ^jj> pub
lic, that, since the winter of 1824-5, I
have had three violent attacks of an in-
flamation of the liver, each subsequent at
tack worse than the former ; that I have
thrtce undergone salivation, to the manifest
injury of mv constitution ; that, soon af
ter the effect of the third salivation was
wearing off, I had an addition to my affle-
tions of the most'painful kind, viz. bleed
ing from the lungs ; to check the progress
ofwhicb, the first remedy resorted to, was
that recommended by the immortal Doct.
Rush—I swallowed as much fine salt as
my situation wonld admit of. This gene
rally chocked the bleeding for a season.—
I also had recourse to blood letting from
the arm, to the.application of leeches on
mv broast, and to cupping : all of which,
I know, by experience, to be serviceable
for a time. I have also submitted to blis-
lering, which afforded some relief. In
fine, from ray first attack till recently, I
was undoF the full impression that the
breast or lung consumption had taken fast
hold on me, notwithstanding my family
physician, Doct. Jones, assured me to the
contrary, repeatedly, to whose opinion I
now gladly assent.
As soon as I saw Doctor Hereford’s
publication of tho beneficial effects produ
ced by the drinking of the Liverwort tea,
I determined to give the Liverwort a fair
trial in my case, and accordingly procured
a supply,which I have used for near three
months as my only drink, nourishing li
quids excepted. Since I commenced
drinking the Liverwort tea, I have had no
return of spitting of blood and my strength
has rapidly improved. When I call to
mind my former situation, as before des
cribed, under the operation of sail
vation, blistering, the use of the lancet
and all the acccompanying attendants on a
debilitated constitution, nor the least of
which was the danger of strangling, from
the great quantity of blood issuing from
the lungs—to relieve me of which thirty
leeches have been applied to my breast
at onetime, and thirty-nine incisions made
on my breast for the use of the cupping in
struments—having experienced all this dis
tress, and infinitely more than I can de
scribe during the past Spring and Sum
mer, (as often as twice in one tnon& the
distress arising from bleedingat (he Iqngs,)
and now to find myself free ‘from this a-
laming visiter,and all the other evils bro’t
in its train, such as leeches, cupping, &c.
the whole benefit resulting from the use of
the.Liverwort tea, (for a period but Jittlo
NE.WOR1EANS, DEC. 11, 1827.
—According to promise, I
enclose you tho original or rough draft of
a letter, written in his own hand, by our
deceased friend, Mr D. C. Terrell, to Mr
Davezac, of this city, which was found
since his death, among some of his loose
papers.
In my intercourse with Mr. Terrell, I
frequently heard him repeat the conver
sation therein alluded to.
You will perceive the letter is without
date. As to the time when I first heard
Mr. T. speak of it, I am unable to say
positively. I left this place for Kentucky
on the lStlfof June last, and as I, then
informed you. it was written previously to
my departure, and to the best of roy re
collection, in that or the preceding month.
The-subject of Mr. Jefferson’s opinions
of the General being still in agitation, as
I perceive by the second letter of Mr.
Randolph, the time is opportune for pub
lishing the letter, as I think it cannot fail
to carry conviction to every unprejudiced
mind.
Yours, truly,
H. W. HAWES.
The fton. .flnAHmiX^A^WiCKLIFFE .
—You inform me that you
in writing a biography of Gen
Jackson and you desire to have in a more
durable form the auecdote which a few
evenings since, I rel. ted to you in
conversation. Besides the satisfaction
I experienced at having it in my power
to comply with any request of yours,
I am happy in being thus indirectly in
strumental in transmitting to posteri
ty, the opinions entertained by one of the
illustrious fathers of our country, of the
character and conduct of iis most glori
ous defender.
In November, 1821,1 paid a visit to
Mr. Jefferson. While at Monticello, the
public papers informed us of Gen. Jack
son’s proceedings in Florida, and amongst
other things of his refusal to obey a writ
of hapeas corpus. This act of the General
I strongly disapproved, and expressed my
conviction, that tho moment the govern
ment of the United States extended its jur
isdiction over a new territory, the inhabi
tants, of such territory became, ipso facto
entitled to the privelegd of that bulwark
of personal liberty—the writ of habeas
corpus. Mr Jefferson denied the truth
of my position ; said they were not enti
tied to it of right, that, until Congress pro
vided another system, all the laws and
powers of the former government must
continue, and that the Governor was fully
justified in all he had done. This led to
a discussion of the General’s conduct du
ring the Louisiana campaign. Here again
his advocate did not abandon him; the dec
laration of martial law—the suppression
of the sessions of the Legislature—the ar
rest of Judge Hall—he approved, defen
ded, justified all. An observation of mint?
which it is not now necessary to repeat,
drew from Mr. Jefferson the following ex
pressions which,with the emphatic manner
that accompanied them, made an impres
sion on my mind that time cannot efface
“ Be assured, sir, that Jackson has more
of ihe Roman in him—more of the devot
ed feeling, which in the love of country
forgets self, than any man now living.”
I embrace with pleasure this opportu
nity of assuring you of the high consider
ation and esteem with which I have the
honor to be, sir.
Most respectfully, yours, Sec.
D. C. TERRELL.
ftoM a Jacxssn tktea.
New-Orleans, Jan 1 &
VISIT OF GEN. JACKSON
On the iright of the 4th, the General
with his suite, left Natchez, accompanied
by the New-Orleans deputation, and
reached the point above the city on fee
morning of the 8th, where he was met bv
a fleet of steam-boats, eighteen in number
conveying many of the surviving soldiers
of the Revolutionary war, and of the New
Orleans battalion, and a multitude of cit
izens, The squadron of steam-boats, de-
corated with flags, accompanying the
Pocahontas, on the deck of which were
displayed twenty-four American stand
ards, proceeded to the battle-ground, each
boat firing salutes in succession, as it pass
ed the town, which were returned from the
city, and various vessels in the harbour.—
On arriving at the battleground, the gen
eral committee of the citizens of New Or
leans repaired on board of the Pocahon
tas, and informed Gen. Jackson that his
former companions in arms and his fellow
citizens were prepared to receive him on
the levee* which he so generally defended
on the 8th of January, 1815. He then
landed, with his suit, and was conducted
to the battle-ground by Generals Plauche,
Labaut, l a Coste, Col, Piatt, Major
Peire and Col, Crymes, Dr. Ker, Coi,
Raynaud
Henneu,
Col. Mores, and the shouts of the multi
tude, and under a salute of one hundred
guns, from a battery,'commanded bv Cap*
Dominiqueyou and there received tins
greetings of a number of his old compan
ions.
PROM AN ADAMS PAPER.
New-Orleans, Jan. 10.
Eighth of January.—It is with unaff
ected regret we announce, that under the
circumstances a majority of the voters
here, (men of property and intelligence,)
could have no participation whatever in
the celebration of the 8ih of January.—
Every one in this city knows, as well as
we do, the result. Under any other cir
cumstances, the undivided ciiv would, by
acclamation, acknowledge the distinguish-
edsgallantry of General Jackson, and with
heartfelt pride, the valor of his soldiers.—
But the individuals of this place, who took
Upon themselves the exclusive manage
ment of that celebration are not the men
to carry with them the homage of New-
Orleans, for great actions. At a time
more suitable than the present, we intend
to give a full account of every thing con
nected with this celebration.
Mercantile Advertiser,.
FROM THE RICHMOND WHIG.
Manufacturers’ Bill.—After a debate
of several day3, the House of Delegates,
on Thursday, passed the bill incorporating
the Rappahannock Manufacturing Cnm-
pony, Ly the triumphant majority of 119
to 79—in our opinion, the most important
vote given by the Legislature of Virginia
for many years. It is the opinion of the
popular branch of tho Legislature, made
ujo and expressed after mature consider*-
atinn apd argument, that it is the policy
and interest of Virginia to embark in Man
ufactures. It is the expression »f their
purpose to afford all the facilities, encour
agement, and protection of law, to those
who are desirous of engaging in that spe
cies of productive indus'ry. It is a de
monstration, that the House of Delegates
have, at a single effort, vanquished the
nrejnd’se against manufacturing which has
so long distinguished and held down Vir
ginia, and is presumptive evidence that
that the feelings of the People of this
State at large have undergone a corres
ponding and beneficial change. It is a de
claration of dissent from the inflammatory
and Anti-Union resolutions of the South
Carolina and Georgia Legislatures, on tiio
same subject. It is an embodying of tiic
public disposition to bring Virginia with
in the benefits of the Tariff, and an indi
rect vote of censure upon the resolutions
of the last and preceding Sessions of the
General Assembly. More than all, it in
dicates the rapid dissipation of political
prejudice, the diffusion of sounder polit
ical morals, the decav of the anti-national
and anti-social feelings of Virginia, and
that she is now resolved, in good earnest,
to cultivate her true interesrs, develope
her vast resources, and again lav claim to
the first rank in power and wealth in tire
Confederacy. We consider this bill as an
indirect sanction ofa protecting Tariff:
for tho House of Delegates is not now to
learn, that, if Virginia engages in maoufee*-
tures, a protecting Tariff is. necessary to
her in common with other Manufacturisg-
States. Iu fine, we consider the passage
of this bill, when the species of opposition
to it particularly, is considered, as a new.
and important era in Virginia, and as en
titling those whose exertions have effected
if, to the thanks and applause of the coun
try. Virginia is rapidly disengaging her
self from political prejudices, which it has
been the study of some of her distinguish^
ed citizens to foment and confirm.
Various attempts were made to amend
the bill, by subjecting the Company’*
charter to the future control, and its con
cerns to the future inspection, of the Le
gislature, and to subject individual stock
holders to be liable for the Company’s
debts ; but these all failed, and the bill
passed, with the single restriction of lim*
The New York Morning Courier, men
tions a report, that Mr. Price has offered
Mrs. Siddon3 and Charles Kemble, $45,-.
000 per year, to come to America, and ' ,t,D = c “ arter to twenty years,
play in the theatres from Charleston to
Boston. Mrs. Siddon is about 60 years
of age, but is in excellent health. There
can be no doubt of a rich remuneration
to their labours and an ample reward to
their employer.—U. S. Gaz.
The assessors of Washington county,
have made a return of the sheep, within
ihat district. They are as follows—full
blooded, 7,466: mixed merino, 64,319:
common, 62,294—total, 134,679. In 18-
25, the whole number was, 110,451—ma
king an increase of 23,628.
U, S. GautU.
A Reverend sportsman was boasting of
his infallible skill in finding a hare. “ If»'*
said a quaker who was present, “ I were
a hare, I would take my seat in a place
where I should be sure of not being dis
turbed by thee from the first of Jaauary
to the last of december ” “Why, where
would you go 1 ?” ‘Into thy study.”
Several of our cotemporaries are ma
king outcries “what they shall do for ice.”
If they will take our advice, and “ keep
cool.” they will not want ice.
U. S- Gaxctt.f; <