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(X National Nomination.
At a meeting of the Democratic Muitt
bersi $ Congress,$0 the, Chamber of the
House of 'Representatives of the United
States, February 14, 1824, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Rt solved, As the sense of this meeting
\vai. W. CRAWFORD,
of Georgia, be recommended to the people
of the United Sla es as a proper Candidate
for tho office of President, and
ALBERT GALLATIN,
of Pennsylvania, for the office of Vico Pre
sident, of thje United Slates, for four years
■from the 4th of March, 1825.
SATAXt'Sf*
W DMiSDAY BVBNJNG, Ma* It, 1824
THE DUBLIN ROAD. ,
seti'tig of the sub.crfoera for raising a fund
i a road from the city of Savannah to Dub-
Aiwrence county, was held at the Exchange
lay at 12 o'clock. Wit Davies, Esq. was
to the chair, and Ctu.ui.ib lloir, appointed
ary. The subscription Iht (amounting to
ds of £2.000,) with a p an of tho road was
ud before the meeting, and a commiit e,
iog of Jos.Cumming, Jno. She liman, Thor;
, Moses Cleland and Wm. i'l Daniel), was
itcd; with authority to collect the install
due On the amount* subscribed, and make
Cessary disbursements of money orfaccount
subscribers They are also authorised to
t a proper person in qdality of agent amt
or, who aball immediately examine the pre ,
iad from Savannah to Dublin, and make re
fits condition, actual distance, the Intersect
iter courses, anu the necessary repairs of
[causeways, ditches,&c.and the probable
fo€ putting the road in good order, to a
k to be called by the Chairman of the
, lor that purpose: it is aiso made his
gort whether.any, and what alteration
^tagcously made in the present route,
probable id to be rec.-foed Irom
arough which the road passes,.
itor ofthe St,.them Patriot of the 14tl
la tacked, not onty u>» delegation, but
it the state, on the report n>*de by the
i in relation to Indian reservation*, .m,.
Ite. We are bound to repel unfoundeu
against our representatives, and to
Se reasoning with which these accusations
ported We defy any one who con,
ritls canting, and distrust his motive when
Is with invective. The Patriot, saya «the
ft of our government if not the humanity of
re'forbid* the extreise of force towards tjie
ribes within our boundaries. ” This Is a
Sevolent doctrine, and it is a pity it had
pya been adopted and pursued. Our ideas
nlty. in relation to the ‘rights of Georgia
^t*om*vhai from our brother edi’nr.
pinion)” no doubt,it Woutdpf practicable
pe in the’ Presi lent with the- advice of
etafy at war, to locate the Indian* in all
prmcr possessions wiihtn oUr limits, and to
growth of the State to aboundaty be
rbiebit would be inhuman (hr ua to ex
1 to attach usaa a congressional httrici
and allow us the privilege of sending
rnjative to,.Congress, who would a t os
do '- ideas ofpoiicy should dictate. These
rej would m.-doubt be very humane, but
aind they would seem hardly less oppres*
In to rob the state of certain lands, which
compact have been promised to be
lie delivered. We are indebted to the
for the fraternal interest felt for the "pride
TVstriotisro” of our state, the former ia well
•ocated in the report of our delegation on the
ervation of Indian lands, the latter has been
stayed in the field and in the cabinet, by aome
hat delegation, whose report* the Patriot mo-
ly saya, exhibits "the rash eoullition of men
e remarkable for warm tempera than consider*
judgement”—However doleful the strains in
ch the Patriot laments, the misfortunes of
rgia in her selection of Representatives, his
: counsel we predict will have no influence in
Juclng a change. The real of the Patriot for
jonor and pride of feeofgia out atrip* his pru-
?e, nay hia wisdom) the language of the state
pgh her delegation at Washington i* repre-
edbythe Patriot to be; “that the Indians
...
perform tf>a; which at the lifhr six tvea able to
p f m from a.Uisrsjj.ir > t the intire.-t, oi
state neg’ct d to perib“m, we cr,quire who u-
to BulltW The scene of the chase, is as grateful
lo the memory of an Indian, as his cabin or his
greenfield, and if it was humane to enter into a
treaty to remove them from tficir hunting grounds,
it islm 1 ss so to remove them from the lands they
how bpeupy. The good faith of the government
is pledged to the performance of their compact
and the refined notions of humanity should hive
been urged when the compact was made.
Theodore Dwight, of Hartford Convention
memory, is also very angry with our representa
tion for daring to vindicate the rights of tlieircon
stituents. He says the report of the Committee
on the (ndiatn Claim, is a violent and intemperate
paper,"and "threatensresistance to the constituted
authorities of the nation. ” We deny this charge,
and defy the most sceptical to poiiit out any such
passage, in the report. It is amusing enough to
see how sensitive the accomplished Secretary ap*
pears to be at the idea of resistance to the go.
vemment laws, when lie wa* foremost of a cabal
that met at Hartford in 1814, which had for its ob
ject the dissolution of the union, and destruction
of our happy government But there are hypo
crites io politics as well as in morals in this world
The sig-aag editor of the Philadelphia Frank'
lin Gazette, intimates that Ur. Jonathan Roberts
stole the letter of the President in answer to Gen.
Jackson's, which Mr. Lowrie now has in his pos
session. v Vhmv! a man like Jonathan Robert* to
becharged with theft? Qhtl Jam taut.
It 1* st ated that Mr, City is endea orlng to bring
about a reconciliation between bimself and Gen.
Jackson. Qucre— Ha* he Honorable gentleman
i rotten the circumstance that occurred in'Hash-
ville, when upon offering his hand to the General
be refused to receive it, and indignantly turneu
Itis bask upon him *
SPANISH CLAIMS —Our readers are already
informed .hat a bill lin» passed the House of Re
presentatives, authorising the Secretary of th.
Treasury to borrow five millions of dollars, at th,
annual interest oi four and a half per cent, to pa.<
the claims under the trouty with Spain. Tin-
Washington Gazette, states that the Bank of th
United Slates has already offered to loan the m>
ney at the intent set down in the bill. The com
mission willjfxpite under the Trea'ty on the th.
of June next, and should the bill meet with n<
further opposition, it is probable that the money
will be ready even betore the Claimants will b
able to procure their certificates of award.
Mii .Piratical Syuat/ron—Accounts from Ms.
tanzas, to the 1st inst. state that the U 8. ship
John Adams end Decoy, and the steam galliot.
Sea Gull, weroib that port, the latter dlsmaste
and refitting#
The John Adams and Decoy, were to sail frou
Ma anas in a fe» days, the former for Vera Cruz,
the latter for some port of the U .States, believed
New York.
Cam PoETiB, and bis family were about to
up their residence at Matsnzas.
health. lh e aqua-irou were ail in good
There had been fto piracies committed in iht
West Indies within the last tour months.
A vessel arrived at Uaianzas the last week in
April from the coast of Africa with 140 slaves on
board.
FROM PERU.—Accounts from Panama to the
22d of March, notice arrivals from Peru, bringing
intelligence of a determination of the Spanish
Generals Cantcrac and La Serna, and their offi.
ccri, oot to acknowledge the absolute govern,
ment of the King,' should the constitutional cause
fail in Spain—and as they had entered intone*
gociations with the Congress of Peru and tbe Li
berator Bolivar, it was expected that commission,
ere would immediately be appointed, to bring af-
I fairs to an-amicable issue.
Kour limits must be removed peaceably if
fot ceibly if we must ” Again a fi.tle fur*
■ this very delegation for using tb* language
.e state, is denounced, and'we are tow, the
ha& been “grossly slandered’VTbia may be
good logic in Carolina, but it is too refined
:he meridian of Georgia. Georgia ceded to
feuei-al government a vast extent of Territo.
r a price paltry and inconsiderable, but be:
e she has claimed . land, necessary for their
reigtfty and safety, and not ceded ft, alsm be-
f 8he , «* pemitted Treaties to be made
in lief Territories and denies it aa a right of
J- ulates, to do that, which Was granted as a
•, betftuse she has allowed from motives of
*mty, the Indian* to hold Jamls^which by a
on compact were.de jure hers; and she now
r^hemj for these act. of clemency and for
P* rt of ‘he state, .she ia denounc
called to a reckoning by the Patriot; how
“--.his wrath we know not, and so stern a
|ecide our course. The authority of
LS" e * the President, and
rtuwthe opinion of a Secretary v „.
pbea a chU-f riugfotrate. If the
into o compact in 1802 io
• • • :,J
ThePresident of the ignited 8 tateB Las rccog.
nized Alexander Pillavoine as Consul of Prance
forthe port of Rah imore, and Michel Eapcrance
Hersant,as Vice C< nsul (ad interim) of France,
for the port of Norfolk.
FROM PORTUGAL^ an arrival at Phils,
delphia from Portugal we learn that the whole
countiy was in a state of commotion in come*
quence of the assasrinstion of the Prime Minister
Which was attributed to the kings second Son-
Some disturbance had also taken place in the ar
my, which could only be quelled by depriving
Marshal Beresford of hia command.
The most marked hostility toward, the United
State, was exhibited by the people in Lisbon, in
consequence of the language adopted by the Pre*
sident in his message.
Shipwreck—The brig James Murdock
of Philadelphia, from St; Jago, Cuba, for
this port, cargo coffee, sugar, 8cc to G. G.
8c S. Howland, went ashore 4 miles S. of
Barnegat, on Wednesday morning at 4
o’clock, and was driven high on the beach.
Her dyad lights were stove in, and her
false kefcl knocked off. The vessel had not
bilged, but would not, possibly, be got off.
About 190 bags of coffee, ahtl some boxes
oj sugar had been landed yesterday mor
ning—and the whole was expected to be
saved without damage. A lady and child
b o -Jng to Charleston, and one gentle-
man were passengers, who, with the crew
Tshore I andcd 10 8ufety ' A ,ar ee S,0 °P
a hore was, seen yesterday morning, 11
Barn ®Sat- She appeared
to be a southern packet, and to have got
ashore the .n.ght previous-had a iaSe
ensign flag at her mast head. g
A £ - foot, 8th inst.
^neral Arnold ~lr\ the “ Exlraordica.
ry Red B ok” we find that Edward Shin
pen Arnold, James Robertson Arnold,
George Arnold, and Sophia Matilda .Ar
nold, receive pensions of 400J. sterling, paid
by srgnmanuelofthe King of Great Bm
turn at the Treasury. Thf Ibllowmg not
is aubjcined i b
“N. B. These are the children of the
notorious American General." r
Another son, John Arnold, is a Brig.;.
frTnSr 6 k i ° n Bengal Esta Wishmf..
in India. Edward S. Arnold has also ski
ved as anofliccron the same establishment
jkighticnih Congress.
May 10
|5Eggij3 in i
A commiinicHtion wus received from the Presi
dent of the United States, with sundry .locntnenls
ruUJive t" the commercial relations hetvsctn this
H<W*rnment and Portugal, I'he message and
(it'cnmems were ordered, on morion of Mr. Lloyd
of Mass, to be' printed for the use ofthe Senate.
I’he bill from the other House :\“to .authorize
the creation ,of stocks, not exceeding five mil
lions of dollars, to provide for the a - a ds ofthe
Cloflimte.tphfcts under-the VreatYrtlrith Spain,”
tvas twice read, and referred to the Committee
on Finance. : wj , ^
THE TARIFF.
On motion of Mr. Lowrie the bill from the
House of HopvrscuV-ilivc3, “to amend tire several
acts imposing duties on imports,” was again tuk
ne up for consideration us in committee of the
whole, Mr. King, of Alabama, in the chair.
Mr. Dickerson moved to amend the bill, by
striking out the fourth section, which provide#
for the allowance of the drawback “on plain silk
and nankeen cloth , imported Iri American ves
sels from beyond tbe Cape of Go6cl Hope, al-.
thodgh the Said cloths, before the exportation
thereof, shall have been colored, printed, stained,
dyvd, stamped, or painted.in the U States.
Mr. Smith moved to amend this section by
m>iking it include ail plain allks. This was not
agreed to.
Mr Lowrie moved to amend the bill, by strtk
ingout the words, “and nunke -n cloths imported
in American vessels from beyond the Cape of
Good Hope,” This amendment was adopted
The question, on striking out the whole section,
was then put, and carried in the affirmative. Yu aa.
26, Nay* 21
Mr. Holmes, of Maine, moved to amend tbe bill,
by inserting the following:
"On all manufactures of silk or of which silk
shall be a component m iterial, coming from be
yond the Cape of Good Hope, a duty of per
centum ad valorem;
On all other manufactures of silk, or of which
•ilk sba'I be a component material, a duty of
per centum ad valorem.”
Messrs. Talbot, King, of N. Y. T loyd, of Mass
llayne snd Smith, made some remarks upon the
proposed amendment.
Mr. Talbot moved to fill the blank In the first
amendment with “thirty,” ao as to make the duty
on Indiaailluihirty per cent This waa support-
d bv Mr. Talbot, and opposed by Mr. Lloyd, of
Mass. It was not agreed to»
The first blank was then filled with ^twenty
fiveand the second with “twenty.”
The question was then upon adopting th:
nendment with the blanks thus filled. Mr. Low-
ie opposed, and Mr Holmes, of Maine, support'd
it. The amendment was agreed to. Yeas 29.
Nays 18.
So the Senate agreed to insert a discriminating
•uty of five per centum, between the silks of
Prance tnd those of India, in favor of the former
The effect of this amendment is, to reduce the
duty on all other silks, except those of India, five
per cent lower than proposed by the bill as it
came from the House of Representatives
Mr. Smith moved to amend 'he bill, by insert
'iig the followi .g clause i “On morocco skim,
1 h'rty per centum ad valorem.'* This amendment
was not agreed to.
Mr. Taylor, of Va.then moved to amend the bill,
by striking out the following lines:
"On wheat, 25 cents per bushel;
On wheat flour, SO cents per hundred weight)
On potatoes, 10 cents per bushel.
This proposition to amen<., was discussed by
the mover, and by Messrs. Barbour, Johnson, of
Ken Dickerson, Smith, D'Wolf, Lloyd, of Ud
and Findlay.
Mr.. Smith called fora division of the question i
he wished to have the question on striking out
the duty on potatoes, taken separately.
The question was then put, upon striking out
the proposvd duties on “wheat and wheat flour.”
It Was decided in the negative. Yeas 19, Nays 2 P
The question was then upon striking out the
proposed duty of ten cents per bushel upon pots
toes Mr. Taylor, of Va. supported this amend
ment, and Mr D'Wolf opposed it. It was reject
4d, Yeas 15, Nays; 32. • ■
Mr. tiaton then moved to amend the bill, by in
serung the folloWig r
“On cotton, picked or ginned, six cents per
pound) r
On cotton, not picked or ginned, one and an
naif tenia per pound.”
This amendment was opposed by Messrs Hay ne,
Branch, Elliott, and Johnson, of Ken. and support
ed by the mover, and hy Messrs. Brown, D'Wolf,
Mid Smith. It was subsequently withdrawn by the
The bill, with the several amendments, was
then reported by the committee of the whole, to
the Senate. On motion of Mr Lloyd, of Mass,
the bill WHS ordered to lie on the table, and the
amendments to be printed for the use ofthe Sen
iftnsldetaWe length, to Ihew that the demand ws
j»H , . il .,ug;>t to be allowed.'
Mr Gambrelengrose in opposition to 'he claim,
quoted declarations of tbe Count de Ve genncn,
remarked oil the opinion ol Mr I’inkruiy, and ad
(luced general arguments against allowing any part
ofthe demand.
Mb'- Livingston, of Lou. rose, and, expressed u
desire to deliver his sentiments; which were most
decidedly in favor of the claim, moved that the
committee rise. ^ . , 'a
The committee rose accordingly, and had leave
to sit H£ ,in.
And then the House adjourned.
■' . WASHINGTON, May II.
Mi Eaton has furnished to the. Editors
the original Correspondence ol Mr. Mon
non and Gen. Jaokson relative to forming
an Executive Cabinet, in 1817, which will
appear in the National Intelligencer of to*
morrow.—JVat. Int- .
At length, after a laborious consideration
of its details, and considerable modification
of them, the Tariff Bill has been reported
to the Senate irom the committee of the
whole of that body. Its fate in that body
will probably be decided in the course of
this week.—ib. *
The papers opposed to us on the Presi*
dc'ntitti Question cram their columns with
polices ql votes taken at militia musters,
jury rooms, ond eveu tea parties, to shew
the relative popularity of the several candi
dales for the Presidency This sort of
trick Is well understood, and those puffs
collateral are rugarded with utter uucon*
ccrn.by the reflecting part ofthe Public.—
The Grand Jury ol a county finds a man
guilty of fitness lor tho Presidency, and the
Petty Jury acquits him of the charge, and
vice versa. The verdict of rteithcr of them
proves any thing; and, as like aa not, but.
Grand and ‘
differently
vercign People, instead ofthe Sheriff. Wo
have seen several of these stories fl’om
North Carolina, among other parts of the
country, and, if wc mistake not, one from a
company muster, or something of that sort,
in the county of Guilford. We have just
seen a letter from that county, stating that
the sentiment of t re .Grand Jury of that
county had been-taken, on the sqbject of
the Presidential Election, and the vote was
unanimous in favor of Mr Crawford’s ele
vation. Wc do not hence infer any thing
so preposterous as that the vote ofthe Pco
pie of that State will be unanimous in favor
of Mr Crawford, because there will, we
have no doubt, be an Electoral Ticket wM
opposition to him* But the fact will serve-.
as far as it goes, to contradict some gross 0 ,, n0 ,i t iA n The hat bj
zsrsstv** b " e bMn <?. s J >'i
Because,says the Daily A^^ Cr , .
•meddle with the aflYn-a u ,e jSl’:
()iv would suppose, from Siicli I „
that, instead orjjclfc t, veteran if
• •• politics, the Editor of the Duily a i 5
tiscr, so new in hi 3 vocatr ri Was Lfii*
ignorant that u is made ,/te duty
bers of Congress to" meddle .n the X" 1 '
of he election,** so far, at leasfj ;ia
' H’cmstdves, by,every means within .hi?*
reach, who arc the finest person ? heir
Presidency and Vice PresidJncy oftlfe
ted Staiea—n question which they niwif
and which it IS far from imnroliah W*
will be, called upon, m their X “ hey
Members of Congress, soloffinly
How are Members -f C,.mg el7 t 'VT"' 1 '
the duty which-tho Constkuuon ft®'
devolved upon them, wltltfiut "
in the affair’’—without consulting ., ,n S
without availing themselves of over* .
° f i?r f ” rma ! lon whicb «»opcn to thLT Kt
We advise ouf brethren to | 0n i. ’ •
thoughtfully into this matter. Thei'*. 0rfi
has been embodied in this' cbu&ut >
perhaps m any other, a greater pri, ^
of intelligence and respectability or/er nl
cliaraclcr than is to bp found in tlnfwS
Congres.. A very different trtHtmeffi*
)o those who comp. se it from that whirl,'
they experience from editor's, who, immS
sed in the sonccrns of the counting i, 0Us .
and deep in the mysteries 0 r commerce
and exchange, condemn what they do
•?«n take the trouble to understand, in th*
conduct of the vital part of their RoVcrn ,
ment, the Senators and Representatives of
the United Slates in Congress assembled,
n»mj i miu, ns use as not, doi • ori^cin^conni-ctivl^vffl 0 !^ 30 * m P ,n * n t
Petty Juries would have decided Sms To anori date m„n h ® ? ow ^ 0,Co »-
ss (iBtar
day passed to its third reading, i n th,'Ho u »
oi Represnuanvos, by a large .maioi'jir.
Il proposes to appropriate money lorexJ.
riments towards iacilltaiiug the mmth
ol the Rivera of tho West—an object of,/
great interest to the Western coumrv,
wlv'ie wishes and feelings the tW h a &
.thus rvinced a decided disposition to cons
suit and propitiate The principle ol tins
bill has bcen,liereiolore,.rccogni*edinp r:J
it not to its full extent, by the appropru. un
of a sum of money for the purposeofesiwJ
ining the obstructions jn this navigation
upon which a report has been made by iM
U. States’ Topographical Engineers. \\j
;.re agreeably disappointed, however, ti I
find that this bill has met with ao litiU
ate.
ThtJ bill “to authorize the President to hold a
treaty with the Indians owning the country on the
south side, of Lake Superior, for the purpose of
extinguishing their title to certain districts, sup.
posed to contain valuable mines of copper,” w s
then taken up in committee of tbe whole. Mr
Ring, ol N. Y made some remarks, on the aub-
ject; and concluded by moving the indefinite
postponement of the bill. Mr Benton replied
briefly to Mr. King, and moved that the bill be
ordered to ne on the table. The latter course
was agreed to.
I he bdl from the House of Representatives
'provding for the appointment of an Indian Aeant
for the Osflge Indians, west ofthe State of Missou
ri, and Territory of Arkansas, and for other pur-
P°*f** . waB ‘hen taken up for consideration, In
committee ot the whole, reported to the Senate.
Without amendment; and passed to a third read-
The Senate then adjourned. ** *
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Webster, from the Committee on the Judi-
ctaty, repoiteda bill from the Senate “in addition
to the acts relative to the election of President
and Vice President of the V. States,” without
amendment; and it was referred to a committee of
the whole.
NAVIGATION OF WESTERN RIVERS.
On motion of Mr. Buchanan, of Pena, the House
took up the bill "for the improvement of the Ohio
and Mississippi rivers,” and after some debate'it
was ordered to be engrossed for a third readme
tomorrow, b
Johnson moved now to consider the
resolufion of the joint committee, jfixine a dav for
tbe adjournment of this House. The motion was
negatived. Aye» 80, Noes a*.
CLAIM OF BKAUMAKOHAI8:
On motion of Mr. Tucker ot'Virg. the House
of Contiet ticut wxnvened at the State House
in Ncw Havcn on Wednesday. Ralph I.
Ingersoli was chosen Speaker ofthe House
of Representatives without opposition; and
Messrs. Church and Wells were chosen
Clerks,On Thursday, the. Private Sccre
tury.pf Governor Wolcott delivered his
Message to the Legislature. We have
hastily'run our eyes over the Message, not
with that attention probably which it de
serves, or is necessary to authorize us to
speak of it critically. The Message is a
very long one, and yet^jne half of it is oc
l ' * Rlt Ir-MO’ND. M;w Ifl, |
TO TIIE, EDITORS OP TUK KNqtUAF.lt.
Wushmgton C y, M& 8 1844,
“ The issue between Mi L wri- ml
President and Mr Hay, has been fairly nude I
up, I will not say met, and is tvw fefVt
the public. Gen.: Jackson . ths^t
proper to come out with an cxpJanatii ,if I
it can be ab called; and unless I gr-ilyj
mistake the public minu, judging fi F W
impression made here, I think Mi Lc '«I
agreed to take up the report of the committee on
the cfaim of Beaumarchais. The motion wascar-
ned—Ayes 81, Noea 4.
circumstanced inuvbicb th<fclaim* oriSatad/ ml
a discussion of the equity and policy of allow-
ing it* , . I*- •
, !° 8 obon speech, expressed a verv-
decided opinion in favor of the claim. J
Mr. J ivermore took the opposite side, and de
livered a few observations in opposition to an a(.
iowancc of the claim 1 1
Mr Dwight then rose, and wentat great lennth
8V b J ect » in reply to Mr- Tucker
. Cl .?y*. < l ,10,ln e 8 number of documents in
su.jpcrt of bfa statements, and concluded his
speech wnh otiering mesolution that the petition
er huve leave to withdraw her petition. .
Mr. Furrelly foUowed in reply, and spoke at
rupied by a dijcussfon’oCthe merit of Con*1 a ? serl ' on stands unimpe tched, evMtMj
gressional recommendations of Candidates h * s " rt ’ n statement, although evideni \v
for the P-residcncy..And .Vice Px§aid&ncy, fended to invalidate it. I' docs iofaci.v!
to which he is opposed, and in recommend truth* substantiate the deelaratioiifro ill
ing a new modification of that part of our fullest extent, while it sets.out by proclah'
Constitution which prescribes the mode of ' n ^ expressions alleged,alike ui^oti.-i
electing the President and Vice President. ed * ” iB in vain 10 Cu ^* 1 ‘erm^ v,t;
His plan is, that the Electors shall, when s Mbstance is the issue, a id no one.lund
they meet, vote tor three persnns, to be cit circumstances, would'be held (feel
izens of different states; that the person, of cril ‘ cal exactness in point of langu
the three highest, who has the largest num Pet the question •« you will, and Lot
her of votes, shall be the President, the must 8ta,,t i. justlljieo before an imp;rii
next highest the Vice President, -and the w °rld- I wish I could say as much fjir
i bird, Speaker ol the House of Rcpresen* other distinguished individual, who
tatives. strongly implicated, if not criminated,
This is so far an original proposition, t * 1 * 8 maUer ’ That such a letter, I me«n in
that, as far as wo know, u has never before su bstance, was written, is fully shewn b;
been proposed that the Speaker of the Gen - Jackson’s own statement—that sock
House of Representatives should be desig a 0,,e . w ' as re . at ^ ca t* n£,t be questioned, vitfr
nated in anyothcr manner than by the choice discharging the respectable testimony
of the‘Members of that body trom among *hat has been exhibited. Whether firivatt
themselves — id. confidential correspondent fos been
The New York Daily Advertiser enter v ‘ 0 ^‘cd» is annriier affair L.ei the letter*
tains perhaps more neterodox opinions on 8 P. ea ' t f° r themselves, and whj are they
the subject of this government, and more w ‘ tI,f, eld from publication? They are out
incorrectly estimates the importance of the l * ie P os!i esMon of the President,mdfmta
legislation of the country, than apV other ‘l ,e delicate situation in which he is placed,
print of equal standing in the Union. It is 8tan ding in the relation which he docs to-
really a melancholy thing, to find a paper ' vart * s the country, justice requiresthatthtf
printed in the very Ibcue.of the wealth and. s * lou ^ bls rao-ie known. It is due to the
enterprize of the country, and supported hy bwnr>, ‘ the narion, that the public
the patronage of an intelligent anfl liberal j Uf! 8 e bow far the correspondence
mercantile community, putting forth senti-
ments so derogatory to the character of our
government, and, of course, of the nation
which animates and directs it, as we some
times see in that print. In a paper fiohi
that office, which has just come to hand,
after noticing the controversy in which Mr
Lowrie has been involved, the editor says
that the meddling of Members of Congress
with the ejection (of President) causes all
these controversies, and dlvilly adds as foi
lows:
We and confidential, and whether the Pr«‘
ident abused that confidence, by tht use fcfr
made of the one in question.’’
“From this vicious and turbulent source flow
the great intrigues, the violent measures, the
dangerous cahallmgs, which from time to time
uccurj and there will never be an end to them,
untd such restless and mischievous spirits are re
s c ™ i,huen “'
The Members of Congress (without dis
crimination, too) are vicious and turbulent,
and restless and mischievous, and originally
insignificant. Who are these members of
Congress? Are they a band ol pirates,.or a
horde of smugglers, oi a den of thieves ?
Is it fit that language, such as that which
we have quoied, shall be applied to the Re-
presentatives of a generous and free Peo
ple, chosen frrim among them for their tal
ent* and virtues, to mhnage the National
Concerns ?. Where are bodies in the Uni
verse to be found,* more entitled to honor
and respect, than, in .their respective char
acters, the .Senate and House of the United
blaics ? ^No where,under Heaven, we assert:
tor (hey, possess a dignity independent of
titular honors and exterior oppcndages.and
which . would be sullied and degraded by
such meumbarnces. And why arc the
Momb.er*or Representatives ofthe Nation
al Legislutusc thus assailed 'with obloquy r.
CHARLESTON. May W
We are requested by the Southern Maill
Contractor, to state, that .the delay to l,i |
arrival of the-Soutbern -Mail, recently com!
plained of in the Patriot, has been occasion-1
ad by unavoidable accidents on his p
sometimes by delay in. .the arrival of
steam boat -which brings the mail >W
Savannah to Plrysburg,jnd at others |
bad state of the roads,and some of the ml'
cs, on-tho route-—which latter the Cnott 1 ;'
tor intends to make the subject of JW lU “l
complaint.—C'^ar. Courier* I
A Canal Boat, belonging to 'Mr Sam u ^l
S. Saylor, from this city bound to C<» JD jT
bia with a valuable chage of merchanfli^l
was blown up in the Santoe Canal,nearI
p'antation of Dr Ravenel, on Friday h>'j
The boat, and most of the cargo, lnduMj
an elegatit new pianoforte, were dtstr*-y £ '
The crew, which consisted of five nfg
men, were all more or less injured hy 'f'l
explosion, some of them dangerou'
From the statement of the patroon,
pears that a carboy of ether, or vitrM
must have burst in the hold—on hcan j|
the explosion, he opened a slide betw
the cabin and the hold, and on
his lantern to discover the came, wfl .
instantly communicated by tho candL' «■:
loul air. The crew hastened to get on j
hatches, but wjiile in ‘ihe uct of doii'R
quantity of gunpowder, which ,v ‘ ii U ">
i.xploded, apd literally biew'lho W?* I
;cct»;iid ’ '