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Balloon Statistics —Few people are
aware of the expense of a balloonvof til*
tear and wear to which it is incident.—
The air-ship which. Mv. Green launched
Id Dumfries is 48 feet from top to bottom,
and 100 feet in circumference. When,
the car is attached the height is exactly
GO feet. To fill it to the be.ot would re
quire 25,000 fetft of gas. This, however,
is rarely done, as the gas expands greatly
When the air becomes rarified,.converting
every thing like slackness to a degree ol
tension that might tend to very dangerous
results in the absence of a I’ilot to regu
latq the valve. When #l>. Green land
ed in the neighborhood of Whitehaven,
the lower parr of the balloon had become
•o much collapsed that his companions
thought it impossible that he could re-as
cend,and were only disabused of theft- er
ror when he weighed anchor a second
rime-, and ‘‘Screwed the high heavens till
lost in thb blue. The material of the ma
chine is composted of double sarsenet,
which even in the raw stato costs £2 74.
To fashion, it properly requires great dex
terity and art, and t#whh*l so tedious dn
operation, that Mr. Green’s present aii
4bip was more than five months on the
stocks, with the carpenters working at it
the whole time. But the silk must.be
Garnished as well as sewed; the neittng,
which weigh about 3 cwt. is composed of
lh.<? finest Italian henrp; and altogether,
the cost of an aar-sWp'f snch as we saw
here, is about j£soid steiliog. A balloon,
' without netting, would be like a sliip with
out a rudder, ordige and masts. By
pressing «»n all sides equally the notiicg
imparts to it considerable strength, and n
is by the same moans that the valve ropes
are worked, the car attached, and the
machine kept down during the. process of
inflation. What is called tear and wear
is constantly going forward, and every
balloon that has seen njmch service, is as
much patched asa beggSi-r’jidoublet. Out
of 110 ascents Mr, Green has made 63
i(» his present yacht, w hich is of eoer, we
suspect, than the host British bottom ever
crossed the Atlantic. The time a balloon
will last is not Viify well ascertained, - as
much depends on the' purity of the gas,
preservation from damp,-and indeed the
chapter of accideotsrgQtorallyl but if the
owner has been at aft active,- it becomes
at the end of five or seven years as crazy
as a kirk condemned by a Presbytery, or
a frigate stricken with diy-rot, like Don-
Miguel’s double deckers in the Tagus.—
On one occasion the gas furnished was so
impure, that it required from three to
four hundred yards of silk to repair the
damage occasioned by singeing. It was
plated last week that a heavy shower fell
while Mr. Green wasiu the air'; the spec
tators one and all noticed the circumstance
and one individual who pitied the tdro
naut, was answered by a wag—“ Him wei! ;
fiow Can he be wet with such a splendid
umbrella over his head.” This, howe
ver, is a mistake; the rain follows the
form of the balloon, soaks the netting and
gus.hes into the car, ax.tctly like waiter
from the house tops,’ Repeatedly Mr.
Green has been Wet rod'dry again in the
course often minu es, owing to the sud
den changes of the atmosphere, and not
unfrequendy hts been compelled to cut
holes in the bottom of the car, to allow
nil element a free passage thnt hampered
him more than all the ballast he originally
Carried. It is a mistake to suppose thru
the clouds contain moisture in a state ol
fain, and we have Mr. Green’s 'authority
for stating, that the noise produced by
fain leaving a cloud, resembles' the buz
zing of an immense swarm - of files and
bees.-
This is the first part of the process of
Ariel distillation, and on nearing 1 he earth,
When the finer particles nvx and form
globules, the sound emitted resembles a
shower of peas, or small stones, sudden
ly rattled on the exteosive surface of the
balloon, A vetfy beautiful phfrnomenoo
i* sum entities w n tressed at altitudes vary
ing from odo tot Wo'miter, viz: a sac simile
Os the balloon beautifully limned on thu
Upper surface ofa cloud, and invariably
' pncirclefi by three iriclts; exit biting all
iho colours of the rainbow. ’ During his
®tMal excursions, Mr Green has been ac
Compacted by eighty petsons, and has h id
repeatedly, to use hrs own words, “two
ladies up at a time.' 1 * Whether maidens
naturally lovely are rendered.more ange
lic by soaring like the eagle in his lofti
est flights, may adroit of much doub'; but
this much is certain, that every lady who
has courage to s'ep into a gas-drawn cha
riot, gets married immediately! The
greatest altitude Mr. Green ever attained
was three miles 200 yards, as ascertained
by a very, excellent barometer. His lon
gest flight was fifty eight mite*, perform
ed in two hours and three -quarters. Iu
1827 he rose from Preston,- in Lanca
shire, and descended at Preston, in York
shire, and the distance, thirty-seven post
ing miles, was executed in twenty-seven
minutes—being nearly at the rate of 100
per hour. —Dumfries Courier,
THE SEAL«-
v “ About 40 years, age a young seal was
taken.in Clew Bay, and domesticated in
the jti'chrn of a gentlemm whbso house
was situated on the seashorer. It growj
space,becatho TafuiUiar with the servants,
and attached to lift; ‘house and family;
its habits weic innocent arid -gentle, it
played, with tT*e children, came at its i)™ 1 * 8 '
tvj’s call, and, as the old man described
him to me, was ’fond as a dog, and play
ful as a kitten.’ Daily the seal went out
„in fish, and after providing tor his own
.wants, frequently hrwught in a
..r turbot to h.is master. Hts <delight in
Slimmer was to bask in the sun, and in
•he winter to lie before the fire, or, if
permitted, creep M’*> »!»* l™g« «ven,
which ad that tiine farmed the regular ap
pettdage of an Irish kitchen. For four
yosts the seal fted ftcert thus domesticated
when unfortunately, a disease, called in
ibis country tVo crippawn— a kind iifpar
alytic affection pf the limbs, which gen
erally ends fatally attacked soVbo black
catttelbelonging to the master of the house,
'some died, others became infected, and
the civ&tnmery cure produced by change
ingthem to d«il?r pastures failed. A wise
woman was consulted, and tho hag assur
ed the crethihlbs owner, that the mortali
ty among bis cows was occasioned by liis
retaining an unclean beast about his hab
itation—the harmless and amusing seal.
.It must be niade away with directly, or
the crippawn wiAlft continue, and her
charms be unequal td avert the malady.
The superstitious wretch consented to
the bag's propdsal; the seal was pu.t. on
b f *ard a boat, carried out beyond Clare
l/.uid, and tli&ro committed to the dobp
to manage for lonise fa* he best could.
The boat returned, the firmly rbtired to
rest; and next ite rning a servanl awaken
ed her master to tell hini that the seal
was quiedy sleeping in tite oven.—The
poor anion! overnight came back t<> bis
beloved home, crept through, an open
window, and-took of his favor
ite resting pitHte. Next morning another
cow was reported to be unwell. The
seal must, now finally be removed; n
Galaway falling-boat was leaving West
port on her return home, arid the riias er
undertook to carry off the seal, nod hot
put him over board until he had gone
leagues beyond Innis-Boffin. It was
done; a day and night passed}; tho second
evening closed the servant was taking
the fire for the niglr; something scratched
gen'ly at the door; it whs of course the
house and tg; she opened i , and in came the
seal ! Wearied with the long and, unusual
voyage, he testified by a pecfttiar cry;
expressive of pleasnre, his delight to find
himself at home, then, stretching himself
before the glowing embers of the hearth
be fell in a deep sleep. The master of
tli,e house was immedia'.ely apprised of
this unexpected and unwelcome visit.
In the exigency, the beldame was awak
ened and consul'erf; she averred that it
was always unlucky to kill a seal, but sug
gested that the animal should be depriv
ed of sight, and carried out to sea. To
this hellish proposition tho besotted
wretch who owned tlte : house
and the affectionate and confiding creature
was cruelly robbed of sight, on the hearth
fur which lie had resigned hrs native ele
ment ! Next morning weighting in agony,
the mutilated seal was embarked, taken
outside Ol.n:o Island, and for the last
lima committed to the waves. A week
passed over, arid things became worse in
stead of better, the cattle of the turbulent
wretch died fas', and the infernal hag
gave Inm the pleasurable tidings that her
arts were useless, and that the destructive
visitation upon his cattle exceeded her
skill and-euro. Oft the eighth night af
ter the seal had been devoted so tlie At
la..tic it blew tremendously. In the paus
es «f the storm a wailing noise was beard
ial the door; the servants, u*Kb' slept in'
the kitchen, concluded thht the banshee
camo to forewarn them of tfn'approaching
dea'h, and buried their Itea'd in the bed
corcings. When morning broke, the
door was opened; tho seal was there ly
ing dead upon the threshold!” “Stop,
Julius!” I exclaimed, “give me a. mo
mem’s time to curse all concernedru this
barbarism.” “Be patient, Frank/’ said
my cousin, “the finale will probably save
yuti dial trouble. The skeleton of the
once plump animal—far, poor beast, it
perished from hunger, being incapacita
ted from bl.ndness to. proUfre its custo
mary food was buried in a sandhill, and
from that moment misfortunes followed
the abettors and perpetrators of this inhu
man di?ed. The detestable hag, who had
denounced the idoflensivc seal, was, with
in a twelenmndi, hanged for murdering
the integitimatn offspring of her owud.iugli
ter. Every thing about this devoted
house melted a wav—sheep rotted, cuttle
died, “and blighted was the corn.” Os
sevetal children, none reached’ maturin',
and the savage proprietor survived every
thing he loved or cared for. He died
blind and m,feerabte. There is not a stone
of that accursed building standing upon
another. The property has passed to a
family of a different name; and the series
of incessant calamity which pursued all
concerned in this cruel deed is a* roman
tic as true.”
From Ihe Ntto- England Farmtrf
SWINE.
ft was on a fine morning, towards the
close of the last cent-iuy, that the suv a
rose in smiling splendor and cast his
cheering beams on die time-W’orn dwolf
ing of the unsuspecting victim; His two
legged tyrant was yet enjayiftg-'hrs•uUiril
ing slumbers, when his black man Cato,
proceeded to execute the orders of the pre
ceding evening, by removing (he tenilhl
to what they pleased to style •• the new
hog house.” Without much explanation,
a rope was made fast to the nose of the
defendant, who, not understanding exact
ly what Cato would he at, and doubting
moreover his authority in the premises,
made his appeal to the right of the strong
est ; insomuch that the knight of the rope
was obliged to take respite, by making
.the other end fast to a tree. It happened
that i! wood merchant, firem another town,
had bteeady arrived with his load, and
b?d {rft hryteamt in search of a perches-
'eY. _T»f? thought struck Cato, that there
would be no harm in just trying the
3trenftrti of.his horse; and so loosing
him ifom the oxen,-he made him fast to
the rope, m .
Your cpmmittco had well nigh forgot to.
mention, that the hern of the tragedy
htad, all along, raised, his voico in decided
accents against ih'esWpr*><%editigs,fearing,
no doubt, that some lawyer might trap
him on the ground of assent; and when'
he perceived that Cato intended to take
advantage of horse-power, bis indigna
lion was roused to a most becoming
Weight, and he v resisted with an obstina<i>
linlo lesk than Upnian’. Your conimittee
reflet, to say, lhai it was all in vain ! The
horse, not understanding, tlie precise na
ture of his loading, and not much fan
cying the look* of tho driver, set off for
borne at tuft speed* with the hog nt his
ttedjfr. Cato stood aghast ! anti taking
tHe ’subject into serious consideration,
cleared out, leaving appearances, t-o ex
plain themselves. Meanwhile tlie master
had been awakened by the remonstrances
of bis bog, arid the owner of the horse re
turned h ,sl > n seasttii to lake a farewell
glimpse. Each viewed-the other as the
undoubted author of the mischief, and a
battle of words‘eifjiied; which ere>»y <»oe
will conceive, a'ccordjug ttvihet powers of
his imagination. , Titby werb only re
strained from blows, by the . peressity r>l
looking .a ft fee their. depat left - ' favor ires.—
Suffice it to, add, that the linrse found
safe at home, with no other injhfy, than
being a little overstrained in his wonder
jug. department j ins »much, that to his
first day t he could never form- aqv Satis
factory opinion of th’e ,ki«4r*f business
they carry on at Concord. . But alas! foi
the sequel. The hog continued to resist
manfully to the last ; being left by the
way side, a mangled and breathless corse;
a victim to the spirit of freedom ; and a
glorious example of resistance m arbitra
ry power! And hore was spilt the first
btood that wa£ shed in that ut.emurable
tfcaf.
four committee would, on no account,
dismiss this parpof their report, without
embodying therein, these useful maxims
which ji naturally suggests.
And-iltey see not why a plain rcbHioft
of facts should not as well be entitled to a
nyoral, as a mere fable of tbe imigina
it up. ,
1. Be. sure to rise early and see your
flogs. 2. Never -appeal lo the night of
the strongest, till yoii-know with whom
you are dealing. 3. Do not forget that
hugs have so.ne tights as well as other
• people. 4. Never set Cato to do what
you erfn do better yourself. 5. When
vttu come to ■Coucerd, keep .Watch of your
h-rse. 6. Always sutpect talo. 7. Re
member, eno and all, that, a ropo may
bring you ttt an untimely end.
N E <V-Y ORK, Jan. s’.
! LATEST FROM ENGLAND 1 .
| The packet ship Geo. Washington,
Cap** Holdredgo, arrived yesteiday from
Liverpool, having, left -ihat p»n on tlie
25)h November, |o which date wo have
received our regular filt'3 of. papers, &c
Tlie following extracts embrace the prin
cipal articles of intelligence.
Tho cholera had so far disappeared in
England And Scotland, that the general
bulletin of health Was discontinued. •’*
Addresses to the Bii ish king were
pouring in from all quarter*, depi e cal rug
a war with J^oUatnf;
The political Union of Westminster'
in cruijiinclion with a considerable b<idy
of tho electors, are bringing forward Col.
Evans in opposition to Sir John Hob
house. Sit Francis Bnrdett declares that
lie uill riuher resign his trust than serve
with any. oilier colleague than Sir John.
Gild handred officers of the Russian ar
my have been sept into Siberia for hav
ing displayed a spirit of liberalism.
Let’en frorh Italy agree in saying-that
a plot had'been'formed at Romo;anffuhat
it was'ih'ended to blow np t'luF Cou'ntry
lioiise ill6 l*op6 spent tii’6 latter
end oi Get. „
The Ring of Prussia il ; ill of dropsy of
the chesty and at hrs age of life, little can
be hoped that he>a.n recover: from so for
nndable a copiphtibfi f
The Prince Augustus', of Prussia, had
gone to Italy to ascertain t.he real
th« Austrian fiorces in that donjntrv.'.
Tlie Fren- h Government lyul esiab.
fished a telegraph between Bordeaux and
Blaye during the detention of Uis. Duch
ess de 'Berry
Baron" Biiyley is about to relire from
the Bench, to make, room for Sir W*.
Hone—and Mr. Campbell is to be Attor
ney General, and Mr. J. Williams, Soli
citor General. (|
Lord Exmoti'h was so ill, that no hopes
were entertained of his recovery.
> FRANCE.
The sessio.r of the Clumbers was o
pened by the King in person, on the 19h. ;
During the procession from the Ttlille
ries, a ruffian in the crowd took deliberate,
aim at his Majes'y with a pistol, but for
tunately missed his mark. The assassin,
was immediately secured. The atrocious
a'tempt excited geaeral execration, and
the - King was greeted, with the loudest
and cries of Vive le Roi/’bolii
oft his route and hy the B<*outies.
HOLLAND.
Rotterdam papers and letter* of the
21st had reached Loudon. Tbev con
tain the important information of the
” Older of the Day ” of Gen. Chasse t*
the garrison of Antwerp of the 17th,
and the * Order of the Day,” of the Di
rector Genet at of the War Department
to the gairison of Breda, on the LSth.
Iu the former, General Chasse an
nounces to the garrison she approach of
the French armv, “in order to compel us,
if possible, bv force of arms, to surren
der this fortress.” ffe adds, “ full of con
fidence- in - the ' jtisitiue «f nur cause we
shall intrelvidfy afwait this army ; ” aiid
tluis concludes; ‘‘‘Let us form the unal
terable resolution to defend ourselves with
manly courage to the last extremity."—
Tjte order of the day at Breda breathes,
a like spirit of indomitable resolution.,..
The Journal do Have contains a 4d
creo of- t.lie King of Holland for the in*
ternal defence of hi*'dominions.. He.or
der* that nil the men belonging to tho Ist,
2d and 3d bans of the Scbtiltbry shall be
immediately formed into battyllions, tinder
the name of the “ Reserve ;>f the Schut
lery,” and shall hold themselves ready to
proceed at the first signal to tluj,places
assigned to them. A second decree fi ts
been issued by bis Majesty, piescriboq;
(he preparatory measures atyd- pr-ornpl for
mation of this reserve. This is tanta
mount to a levy err masso.
Six f igates and two steam vessels were
within six miles of G between the
mouths of the jEthine and the Me«s<*.
•Letters from Antwerp dated the 20th
announre tlie arrivakpf thy D"kos of Or
leans and Nemours’, and Marshal Gerard
without the city with 8,000 trbqps, and
40.000 mote are expected. Nothing
could be done until the 26 h, as the
French army would noi be, enabled to
throw up their heavy guns until that time.
Thh Fiench officers say that they can
take the citadel in ten days, but tlie gene
-ralt>j»ink)n was that it would be a work
of mdcli greater length of time. , Two
tbirds of lire inhabitams had left, and
those vvhd remained had taken the pie
caution of filling all their tanks cisterns,
&c.'With water, iu case the town, should
ue fired, upon. Tne agent/or Lloy d’s
no interruption had been of
fered to vessel* going up or returning
fiom the river, all being dftijjprrd to pass
the Dutch gthi-boais. Very lii'le hope
ivas en'ertained that any cunipromise be
tween the parties would be effected. For
ty two thousand eight hundred and seven
ty two infantry, and twelve thousand five
hundred and thirteen cavalry, had passed
through M,tlinos and Boon.
Marshal Gerard was to summon the
citadel on Tuesday niglv or Wednesday
morning, and it was understood would al
low General Clrasse 24 hours for his an
swer.
Congress, of the United States.
, * IN SENATE.
Thursday fan. 3.
Mr. Poindexter, moved tltef Senate to
»akp up the consideration of hisTPsolutiuti
calling on t,ne Secretary of the Treasury
fora specification of articles »n which
reductions of duty ought, in liis opinion,
to 9e made bpt lie waived his motion nt
the request of
Mr. Smith, \vh > moved that the Senafe
proceed to the cwnsideiatioaof Executive
business.
The motion being agreed t«, the Senate
proceeded to the Consideration of Execu
tive business.
After the doors ’ were re-ope*.ed; the
Senate proceeded t<« the consideration
of the resuhitipn of Mr Poindexter.
The question benrg on the motH>n o
Mr.' King »o arnencj, the resolution, jo
strike out all niter the word “and,” in
the second linn—
Mr. P undexier reiterated what ho had
before stated on the subject of the views
.which the president and Secretary of rlu*
Treasury bad taken of this subject. He
suggested the importance obtaining a
specification which would free from ob
scurity the meaning of :he Executive.
On motion of Mj\ PnindexterPjheyeas
and nays were eri/ered on the question
i The qitejljpi} was theaput, and deci
ded as follows :
YEAS—Messrs. Benton, Brown, Dud
ley, Forsyth-, Grundy,'lfilft Kane, King,
M jngum, Robinson, Smith, Tipton, White
—l2.
NAYS —Messrs. Bell, Bibb, Black,
Chambers, Clay, Cla.vten, Dickerson,
Foote, Freelinghnyson, Hendricks, John
son, Knight, Miller, Moore, Nnidaip,
Poindexter, Prentiss, Robbins, Rogglei,
Seymour, Sitibee, Tomlinson, Webster,
Wilkins—*24. t
S<> the motion was negatived.
;■ The question . then incurred on !lie
motion of Mr. Brown, to strike out all nf
ter tlife word “Resolved,” - and jo insert
Itlie resolution.which ivas nffored limn tlie
; Committee on Finance.
% Mr. Poindexter then, briefly' recited
?tlie objections Ife Had to tlie amendment
altlinugVhe would prefer the amendment
fto the rejection of ihe resolution:
Mr.
from the Department some specification
;of the articles on' which a reduction was
'wished, and also of the opinions of tlie
Secretaijj, as”to tbe extent and effect of
reduction.* It was desirable to know what
wai |>lan by which the Secre
tary proposed to regulnle reduction so as
not to make contribution on (hose articles
. which we are,bound lo protect. He Wish
}ed such plan for the inforniatiim' of the
and the country. As to the ptg
jcise form in which tfte mformation should
'b# sent, he did not think it very impor
tant ;• but-he concurred wi h those who
thought we ought not to go out of the
Committees rtf the Senate for the projet
of a bill. He did UQt wish to go to
a Department for the projet.
He knew of no precedent foreither House
calling on a Department for a bill, with a
view to legislate upon it. He would be
sorry to see such a practice, which by a
-series of precedents, might be construed
into a right of the Departments to furnish
every bill on which Congress should act.
He did not wish to see such a cull on a
Department entered oatbe records of the
Senate.
Mr. Smith read the two resolutions,und
said that he was opposed to asking any
Secretary f«»r any would
merely go to a department for facts f.»r the
foundation of opinion. The resolution of
the Senator from Mississippi was objec
tionable to him, because it asked for opin
ions. (le proposed that which called for
the projet of a bill ; and stated that this
practice prevailed in the time of Mr. Jef
ferson, as well as he could recollect. He
believed that congress called on Mr. Dal
las for a pmjet of a bill which was acted on.
Whether bp waj called on ornoi, he draf
ted the bill. He believed thet ttiero bad
been frequent calls of this character. The
.opinions of the Secretary wopld weigh
with him, although they would not with
other members probably. He deferred
to the experience and knowledge of tho
Se’cretary on this subject, frut he thought
it unnecessary to call for opinions, espe
cially ns a few days would sorflce loshew,
by. the bill from tbe other House, all that
was necessary to be sheun.
M.r./Browii referred to the Journal to
shew call* had beietofore been made
on (>*parimen's for the projet,pf bills.
Mr. Clay said that yhere might be a
single easy, ftut he was confident, that
during the time that he had beet*.a mem
ber of congress, tljat there was no case
where n bill was asked for from a depart
ment, whenever a question was made of
the point. »: .
. Mr. Foot briefly advocated the reso
lution in its original form.
Mr. Iloftnes moved that the Senate do
now adj-iiiru. After .a few w,oj,ds fiom
Mr. Poindexter 1 , the question wqs taken,
and, decided in the affirmaiiv»-*Yeas 23 ;
anti. ;.. , ~ \ .
The Senate therr adjourned.
Fridat, January 4, 1833.
Tariff.
Tne Senate then resumed the conside
ration of tho resolution offered by M,r.
Poindexter. f .
The quest!,<in being on tfte moijon of
Mir. ftrown, to subxptiite the resolution
offered from the Corhjqjtreq ten, jPtnance.,
Mr. Holmes th,e«i the Sen-j
ate for nearly two hpurs, In favor of tbe
original- resolution, and against the emend
men’.
Mr. Smith followed in support of the
amendment, and in explanation of for
mer views which he had thrown out con
cerning calls on the Department for bills.
The question was then taken on the
amend’itent, and decided hs follows?
Yeas—Messrs. Benton, Block. Brown,
D illa«, Forsyth, Grundy, It 11, Kane,
K-ng, M.ingum, Miller*Rives, Ro.btiison, 1
Smith, Tipton, White, Wrlkius—>l,^.
-Messrs, 8011, Bibb, BWfenef,
Cb'imHvrS, Clay. Clayton, lowing, fo/it,
ifielioghuysen, Hendricks, H.olme K , Jolin
ston, Knight, Moore, Naudnin, Poindex
ter, Prentiss, Robbins, Ruggles, Seymour,
Silsbep, Sprague, Tomlinson,Vyaggamau,
Webster—2s. , .
So the amendment utes rejected.
Mr. King then moved ts» strike out thp
wotdsk *-‘as Contained in hrs annual! re
port.” . ,
The Yeas and Nayi being ordered rp
this a,mieini«neii>,‘ it was decided as- fol
low?:' ~ , ,» . jr, ti , r ,
(i Yeas —Messrs. Benten, Black; Brojnrn,
Dallas, Dudley, Fqxsyth, Grundy, Hen
dicks, Hill, Kare, King, Mattcuin, JZives,
Robinson, Smith, Tipton, White, VVil
kins—lß. ~ ,
Navs, — Messrs. Bell* Bibb, Buckner,'
Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Clayton,"
Dickerson, Ewing, Foot, Frelinglmysoti,'
Holmbs, J(Vlinston, Knight, Milter,Moore,
Naud'din, Poindexter, Ruggles, Robbins,
Seymour, Silsbee, Sprague, Tomliu>ou,'
Webster—2s.
So tho amendment was negatived.
Mr. Bibb moved to amend the resolu x ,
tion by inserting before tire woids “on
protected,’’the words“for tlie rposi part.”
Mr.. Po/mdtiXVpr accepted the amend
ment as a modification of the original ie
sotpi ion.'
Mr. Mangum, in order to give time fer
absent Senators to-be here, moved lo lay
the resolution on tite table, and .asked for
the Yeas.apd Nays, which wflfre ordered.
Tbe question war'taken, and decided
as follow?:
Yeas —Messrs. Benton, Bibb,
Brown, Bockner, Calhoun, Dallas, Dick
erson, Dudley, Ewing, Forsyth, Fre
linghuysen, Grundy, Hendricks, Hill,
Holmes, Kane, King, Mangum, Miller,
Rives, Robinson, Ruggles-, Smith, Tip
ton, While, Wilki" 8 —27.
Navs Messrs. Bell, Chambers, Clay,
Clayion, Foot, J dinson, Knight, M'-oie,
Natidain, Poindexter, llremiss, Robbins,
Seymour, Silsbee, Sprague, Tomlinion,
\V apeaman, Webstpr—lß.
So the resolo'ion was, for tlie present,
laid on the table.'
HGtrSE OFREPRESENTATIYFS.
The Tariff Bill.
■ The fallowing yesterday
moved by Mr. Verplanrk, nv<J which
layron the table: by the rule of the llou*e,
coming up te-day in course, it was read
as follow?:I*. 1 *. f . v •
1 Resolved. That on .a pdf- after Monday
next, as soon as the morning bn«ineVs is
over op each day,' the House will pro*
ipeed to the consideration of the bills from
the Senate, and engrossed bills, and sucli
as.liave passed through Committee pf the
and that,, at the.. Hour of
one, on each day, the House will proceed
to the “jt|re bill to reduce
and otherrvise alter the, duties on im
ports,” until otherwise ordered. (i i-
Mr. McKennan moved to amend tfte
resolution by striking not ‘Monday next/
and inserting ‘the first Monday of Febru
ary next.*
After some debate, Mr. Polk with a
view to ascertain whether the House was
or was not disposed to take up the subject
of the Tariff at the present Session of
Congress, demanded she Previous Ques
tion.
The motion was seconded by the House
Ayes 83, Noes 78.
Tbe question then being, whether the
mam question shall now be put?
Mr. Vance demanded the Yeas and
Nays; and they were ordered by the
H'tise.
Mr. Williams called for the reading of
the resolution and amendment and they
were read again.
Mr. Crawford the ‘vote
just taken showed the absence of 50 mem
bers «f the House; and as this was avow
edly a test vote, he thought it no more
than fair that all should be present; he
therefore moved a call of the House;
>vhich was ordered.
Tba Clerk proceeded, to call the roll;
and having gotten through with it, ano
the names of the absentee* being ordereq
lo be called again— >
Mr. Wilde moved that all further pro
ceedings on the call be suspen led, as he
feared that otherwise the hour allotted to
resolutions, would elapse boboe the yeas
and nay* could be tnken on the question
before the £&otise.
Mr. WJ*,«rorih oppos??d tho motion.
Mr. Polk said there seemed to be some
misapprehension as to his purpose iq
calling the previous quest ion and ns to
the effect of tjrat motion? ho Hosted hi*-,
friend from Georgia (Mr. Wilde), would
withdraw his motion for a suspension of
the call. >
• Mr, Wilde was sorry that lie could not
do so* bot he was disposed to proceed up
on tlie old maxim—“ When von are in -a
majority, act:.when you are in a minori
ty talk.” The House could not com
plain of being taken by ,sa#.prise; the re
solution had been offered yesterday, and
laid on B ie table: every one knew it would
come up Vo day. He wished therefuro
■ teat the House should proceed to tho
Voto. • ■ A
Mr. Slade demanded t.he yeas and nays
on the. motion to suspend the..cull, and
they; wfte ordeied hy. the House. .. •
JVlr. .Binges remonstrated against the
precipitancy with wh/eli geulteayeu wished,
to ptoceed. All ought to be,
nod lime should be allowed them to
the .House in thp ordipary course of ,at
tendance! Who could Invo dreamed
that «M a time like this the P’uovions Qoes ;
ijoo would be called upon them, and ilnf
on a subject upon winch, the House at
the last session had deliberated ,fpr fivq
toonthst The gendemao’s re*otutir>ri
wens to thrust the Tariff 8.1 l ahpad of aft
other business,and cause it to o/epride, e,v?
er v thing else. And this, not that they
might ijtyo effect ilie ,w(ill us tb‘:i»
cnnstitiienisi, but the will of those known
nos to be their constituents. . .
Here )he Chair interposed, and arr*‘S«
ted the ffiscusston, as rnuriing into tliu
iHHi jix the bill, j
Mr! B. res^lme4, , Snd insisted that limn
should be allowed t«* all the members to
be present. There would have been no
call of the House had n>>l-the motion been
considered as oiie of a very ext? Hoidinu
ry character: a moasufe a'ltngetlver
cedunted, anil beyond tint reni"ie»i ex- (
pcctatlnns, ev.en of ill 's** m -st stibniissivn>
tOjijv.* Will ivjiich find thrust the .geceial
subject upon the It mse. J'.ie uo-mbeis
ought to bq U.I . the House—yus—iln*ugh
lire .cahuoo should bo pointed at ih.it
Hall,. . „ . ,
Tlie question was now pm on sospen-.
ding tha'call, aqd decided hy yeas and.
uays—Y a!,s l;06, Navs 33.
Sjv thy was sospended.
Thn Chair now stated, that tlie limir
allured to resohitious had elapsed; and
the xubjeci vr'.-ii laid over.
AUGUSTA. ,
Ap.4Y, JAN. 14, 1839;
Mr. W am. Ac it plays Hamlet tw
ilight. Those who witnessed It's spinied
personation of Rolla , wijl no»l<>so tlie
dramatic treat promised this evonrng.
t
We understand the Lidirs of the »Ep’* fc '
copal Church expect to have a sale *»f
some splendid articles of their mamifao
ture on Thursday evening nex‘,of which
further notice will be given.
We arc requested to say that the Pt «i
belonging to the. Unitarii n Socirry (TS.
,i*» number) will be sold yt \lir fj (
This Evening at 7 o’clock for the moit.
they will b-ing —after the s.ij<- ihev wilt
rent a feu Pews foi ttie j>ie~er»t year.
WitLiAM Jackson, LC«q was on Sit*
«rd*y l ist appointed by the Judge of the >
Superior Court, Master in Equity, per**
stiant to the ajCt pf IS3O.
The dirties ,<•/ this srppoiiittren' n r o to.
exwmiiie, audit anj.iepnrt upon all lie*
counts and vouchers relmh s to nry suit
in Eq;iiiy,.irPihe Superi 'j- (hmrt, of i|ils
county, wh>'ch may be submitted to him
under the order of the Court and to sn
per intend ail salcs n'ode ly order of
Court under decrees in Equity.
,We received" jbe N. york. Journal of
Commerce on Friday last, of the 4tji and
slli irist. by the David Brown at Charles*
ton—two days in advnnce of the mail.
, " - *» \
i The last Legislature repealed the law
of this State against Duelling. No oath ,
fs now required either by the principal or
second, on taking an office, that they haver
never been'm any way concerned io these
affairs of honor, and those who have been,
are discharged from |ili the disabiljfkfftlf
thereby incurred* Hereafter, fighting’a^ 1
duel shall be a high misdemeanor, punishr
ed on conviction, by confinement for not
less than four nor more than eight ye***;'
in the PenUeutiaiy.;
'.l. . . —r •"+ i■■ *
Appointment by the Pie a ideal-
Charles Stephens, to.be Appraiser
of Goods for the Port of Savannah; vice
Edward F. Tatnall, deceased.
Mr. Calhoun tvokbir teat io the
ate of the United Sraie* as Senator* from
South-Carolina on the 4th imt* lie has,
of course, resigned the often of Vice
President, flit fetter of tesigifatfon was *'
communicated to the Siesta by the Sec
retary of State, on thf'Stlr.
. —•> '|rfr ■ I,:
The British ship-Bengal arrived at Mo- •'
bile on the 4 Liverpool dales. to %
the 16th Noymbesu