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ORGANIZATION OP THE
tfENTY-EIGH™ CONGRESS —FIRST SESSION.
The “National Intelligencer,” of the sth
in , t;lll t, gives us the details of the organiza
„ of botli Houses of Congress, from which
wC „] ca n the most important items. A quo
in 0 f both Houses being present, the Senate
,s quietly organized without debate. In
,he House, 189 members answered to the cull
oftlie roll; after which, a debate sprung np
j n reference to the admission of those troni
bprs who had not been elected in conformity
i o llie apportionment law, and a Protest was
submitted by Mr. Barnard,of New-York, sign-
CI J by fifty members of the House, against
the Representatives from Novv
ll.ir., pshire, Georgia, Mississippi and Missou
ri t 0 vote for Speaker. The Protest was re
ccted by a vote of 124 to 69, and the House
proceeded to the election of Speaker. Upon
,l, e first ballot, Mr. John W. Jones, of Virin
jn, (V.B. Deni..) received 1?8 Uuu Mr. John
White, of Kentucky, (Whig,) 59 votes.
Mr. Julies was conducted to the Chair by
Messrs, Coles of Virginia, and Adams of Mas
sachusetts, and Mr. Dixon 11. Lewis, of Ala
bama, administered to the Speaker elect the
usual oath of office. After a brief and np
propriate Addtess to the House, the Speaker
proceeded to qualify the members in the or
der of the States.
Mr. Dromgoole moved to adopt the Rules
inn) Orders of the last session, when, as n
nm iter of course, Mr. Adams moved to amend
l,v excepting the famous twenty third Role,
against the reception ol Abolition Petitions.
Mr. Duncan moved to except the thirty-first
Rule of the last Congress, limit ng speakers
in debate to one hour.
After considerable debate and parliament,
ary manceuveii'ig the vote was taken, which
resulted in retaining the thirty-first Rule.
The question then came up on Mr. Adams’
motion to except the twenty third Rule, which
was rejected by a small majority.
Considerable debate ensued upon the res
trictions of the freedom of speech, which, it
is contended, have crept into the code of Rules
for the government of the House, in whcli
Messrs. Wise, Adams, Ingcrsoll, Cave John
son and Illiett bore a principal part. Other
important amendments to the Roles- having
fir their object the removal of these obstacles,
were moved bv Mr. V\ ise and adopted. But,
finally, on motion of that gentleman, the mo
lion of Mr. Drorngoole was so amended as to
adopt the Rules of the last session until the
report of a Committee of nine on the subject
of <t revision of Roles be adopted.
The House appointed 12 o’clock, M., as
the hour for meeting for the present.
That he might not he superceded by some
one equally ambitious of dihhng with Mr.
Benton, the great Expunger, the fatne of ab
ject servility to the will of “ the greatest and
best,” Mr.Charles J. Ingcrsoll gave notice
on this first ilay of the session—that he would
at as early a day as possible, ask leave to in
troduce a bill for the benefit of General An
drew Jackson.
The House adjourned at a late hour.
Since writing the above, which appeared
in our Extra of Satuiday last, we have re
ceived the “National Intelligencer” of the
1 Lth instant. Nothing of importance has
transpired in Congress since its organiza
tion. The law of the last session was
promptly set at defiance by die majority in
die House, and the general ticket members
admitted to their seats. Messrs. Gales &
Seaton have been elected Printers to the
Senate, and Messrs. Blair & Rives. Printers
to the House. Mr. Newton Lane, of t n
lucky, is the new Sergeant-at-Ai ms of Hit?
House, and Mr. Jesse E. Dow, Door
keeper. None of the Committees in eilhet
House have yet been announced. ‘I he Se
cretary and other officers of the Senate
were to he chosen on Monday last. 1 res
ent indications promise a stormy session.
OUR CANDIDATE.
We are gratified to observe the warm
cordiality with which the nomination of Gen.
Clinch is hailed by the people of every sec
tion of our State. We say by the people,
for we know many who will vote for him
from considerations far above political pre
judice. Many of our young men of all
parties have shared with him the perils and
privations of their country’s service—they
have witnessed his valor, his patriotic devo
tion, his noble self-sacrifice, and his gene
rous’ acts of disinterested kindness, ami they
will not allow the present, opportunity to
pass without testifying at the ballot-box,
their high appreciation of one whom they
have such just cause to remember with ad
miration and gratitude. The following well
merited encomium is from the Rome
“ Georgia Courier:”
“To this nomination there can be no oth
er than a hearty response throughout the
State The people have ever been found
ready to do honor to valor, and to reward
efficient public service wherever found, and
by whomsoever rendered, and to suppose
that in this instance they will slight the pre
tensions of so meritorious a claimant of
their favors, would argue a want of pub ic
virtue, and a degree of national ingratitude,
of which they have hitherto given no evi
dence. Os General Clinch's services in
the tented field ; as an Officer of the Reg
ular army during the last war with Lop
land, and as a commander of the militia in
the more recent campaigns in Florida, it is
unnecessary that we should spea . e
old soldiers who shared w.th him the toils
and perils of the first, (many of whom we
know) and the brave volunteers who were
under his command in the latter, (now scat
tered all over our Stale) will he sufficiently
eloquent in llicit testimony to his skill and
bravery as an officer, and his noble sacrifice
of his private interest for the weal of his
country ami her defenders. But deserving
as General Clinch unquestionably is of the
laurel of the warrior, we place his claims
to election upon vtill higher ground. For
much as we honor the soldier’s scars, we
venerate still more lhe civic wreath, and
while his valuable services as an officer en
title him to ask the acknowledgement of
them from his countrymen, which his elec
tion would afford. General Clinch pos
sesses qualifications for the office of no com
mon character. Urbane, couiteous and
affable in his manners, he readily acquires
the confidence and esteem of those in
whose society he is thrown. Familiar with
public affairs, and with a judgment matured
by experience and cultivation, !,e is enabled
to avail himself of ’,,e ge impressions for the
advancement* t>i’ the public good.”
COTTON MARKET.
The sales of the week, ending last even
ing, amount to 1,250 bales, at prices as fol
lows :Gat 5 cents—l at 5\ —1 at 5.j—5 at
si*—2l at 6—23 at 6s—3o at 62--S at Cg—
CO at 62—19 at 6J—198 at 7—7 at 7 1-16—
IS9 at 7 £—36 at 7 3-16—549 at 7 £—69 at
7’|. The above schedule of prices show a
manifest improvement in our market in the
lust few days. The late foreign accounts
are favorable, as will be seen by the follow
ing letter from Liverpool, with which we
have been favored :
“ Liverpool, \§(h ‘November, 1843.
“Our Cotton market has been in an un
settled state during the last fortnight, and
prices have varied £d a§d per lb. They
are now about £d lower since the advices
by the last steamer and will lie liable to
fluctuations until the extent of the crop is
more clearly developed. This is usually a
dull period, and without some stimulating
cause, Spinners will not be disposed to in
crease their stock of raw material until af
ter Christmas. We do not, however, anti
| eipate any thing calculated to check the
! now large consumption during the ensuing
1 year, and with the prospect of an easy cur
j rency we have only to repeat our cotjvic
i lion tint if new Cotton can be laid down
1 here to sell at present rates, a favorable re
| suit to shippers may reasonably bo expect
ed on a crop not exceeding two millions of
bales.”
SUDDEN DEATH.
A negro mint belonging to Mr. William
Cox, of this county, fell dead in the street
near the Depot, in this town, on Tuesday
last. He had enjoyed uninterrupted health
for the last twenty years up to the moment
of his death. He was seen to drop down
near the cart by which he was standing, and
when those who went to nim, supposing him
to be drunk, raised him from the ground
lie was discovered to lie dead.
(L^ 3 The Gin House “f Mr. Peter Wal
ton, of this county, was destroyed by fire
on Saturday night last. There was between
forty and fifty bales of Cotton in the house
j at the time, which, together with two gins,
and other property were entirely consumed,
The fire was the work of an incendiary.
TIIE FOREIGN NEWS.
By the arrival of the Acadia, at Boston,
English files have been received to the 19th
ultimo, hut they contain no news of impor
tance.
The Duke ami Dutchess de Nemours
visited the Queen of England at Windsor
Castle on the 17th —there was a considera
ble flourish among the royal puppets on the
occasion, and little Vic kissed the Dutch
| ess—she might have revenged herself on
j the French King for kissing her, by kissing
I his son, hut she didn’t.
The trials in 1 1 eland progress slowly,and
if i: is true, as stated by the “ Times,” that
the defendants l,ave 30 ' 000 witnesses to he
examined, we will )iaicHv have the vetdict
of the jury by the next arri'. *?••• I bus far
the learned counsel have been
discussing technical questions, while Mr.
O’Connell is progressing with his agitation.
The Queen is to be petitioned from every
parish in Ireland, against the military occu
pation us tiie country, which is daily aug
menting. A naval armament, consisting of
four war steamers and two brigantines, has
taken position in the Lower Shannon, and
six hundred cases of ball-cattridge and two
light field pieces were recently added to the
ordinance stores. “ This looks” like quell
ing “rebellion,” as Richard the thiid would
have said had he been in Mr. O’OonneH’s
shoes.
The Anti-Corn Law League are daily
gaining ground. ,£12,000 was collected in
London in one day, towards the league’s
new fund of <£loo,ooo. Money is power in
England, and all political movements, like
Mr. O’Connell’s Repeal, are sustained by
the “lint.”
Gen. Duff Green is at present in Eng
land, at the expense of our Government,
preaching locofoco politics and making an
ass of himself.
Parliament will not he convened before
the first week in February, the usual time.
The French Chamber of Deputies will
assemble on the 26th instant,
Wo smack our intellectual lips with de
light as we see upon the well covered hoard
of anticipation the savory dishes.—Savan
nah Georgian.
05*80. tiie editor is among the intellectu
al animals who have their eyes upon the
fodder. Wonder if asses’ mouths ever
vfater I
a mwmm is st sa aswu & asr
THE “ HARMONIOUS.”
As we anticipated, the assembling of
Congress, by which the great wise-workers
of the locofoco parties (we say parties, for
there are at least a half dozen different
tubes of locofocos) are brought together,
has began to develop the discoid and jeal
ousy which exists among them. A letter
published in the Richmond “ Enquirer,”
written by some Van Burcn member of the
caucus for the no mir.ation of a candidate
for Speaker, represents Mr. Calhoun’s
friends in that body as having a?,suited a
very humble and beseeching , on e towards
the Van Burori ‘majority, and states that
they (M;', (J.’s friends) declared “that they
had no expectation of Mr. Calhoun's nom
ination for the Piesidency, hut that they in
tended to support the nominee of the May
Convention.” In reply to this statement a
writer in the Washington “ Spectator”
says—
" This is not true. Mr. Calhoun’s friends
said no such thing. As to Mr. C.’s friends
withdrawing him as a candidate from the
Presidential canvass previous to May next,
there ore many things to occur before such
a step will be even thought of by any of them.
Many questions are to arise iit Congress—
t A tariff among them—which must lie set
tled before it can be determined who will
he the candidate of the Democratic party
for the Presidency. It is by no means im
possible that, ay May next. Mr. Yon Boren
may not wait for his friends to withdraw him,
but withdraw himself.”
From this, it would seem rbat “ Mr. Cal
houn’s friends” are not quite so tractable os
they might he; but when we reflect ihut not
only the Speaker hut all the other officer? of
the House, printer, &c., have been selected
from the Kinderliook branch of the faction,
we are constrained to believe tlrat “ Mr.
Calhoun’s friends,” in forming an alliance
with their former detested enemies, have,
to use a homely expression, “ brought their
pigs to a bad rnaiket,” and that they are not
likely to be admitted to an equal co-part
nership in the cohesive power of locofoism.
In Georgia, Mr. Calhoun’s star is already
upon the wane—and so soon as his late dis
comfiture in the opening caucus at Wash
ington shall have been spread.abroad, bis
new allies will consign his political hopes to
oblivion, and leave him free to make anoth
er revolution upon his political axis.
LOCOFOCO PLAN FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
Bennett of the New York “ Herald,”
who pretends to know everything, but who
no body believes even when he tells the
truth, gives the following as the arrange
ments concerted by the locofocos for the
President id campaign. He says the plan
was thoroughly talked over and understood
by “the confidential fiiends of all the lead
ers before the different sections went into
caucus,” and that Mr. Calhoun and his
friends will shortly “take occasion to give a
public rtohesioti to these arrangements.” It
will be seen that Captain Tyler and bis
guard ate entirely left out, in consequence
of which the Prophet, Bennett, predicts
that the whole force of the Administration
will be directed against the locofoco nomi
nee in the coming contest; “not,” says
Bennett, “ because be bates Clay less, but
because lie hates Van Buren more.” Ibe
following is the published programme :
For President in 1544, Martin Van Bit
rent Vice President, a Southern man ; Se
cretary of State, Thomas H. Benton ; Se
cretary of the Treasury, James Buchanan;
Secretary of War, Col. R. M. Johnson
(maybe ;) Secretaiy of the Navy, an East
ern man ; Postmaster General, a Western
man; Foreign Ministers, See. unsettled ;
President in 184S, John C. Calhoun.
All very snugly adjusted—but, fortunate
ly for the country, the whole matter is sub
ject to the decision of the Ballot Box.
CHARACTERISTIC INSINUATION.
We are really astonished that the editor
us the “ Jeffersonian,” who has time
and again chat*’' 1 us with tbe sin of VV,,i §’
gery, should still lbat we a,e ,au,t
ed with locofocoism. Would yv.' 1 bebe ' K
it, reader, that he charges us in his last p<P
per of being actuated by the very key-stone
principle, of locofocoism—with being im
pelled by that very same “ cohesive power ”
which in his political ethics is substituted
for patriotism ? He says we were in Mil
ledgeville, whete he will not pretend to say
what we “ heard or learned, or was jrromised
or got,” and that we came right straight
home and hoisted the Clay banner; and
concludes by remarking that he very much
doubts the “political or moral honesty of
such a course.”
We do not wonder that the editor should
have doubts in reference to matters be
knows nothing about, and we will not at
tempt an achievement so hopeless as bis
moral or political reformation ; but we will
take occasion to assure him that bis suspi
cions are entirely unfounded. We pledge
him our word, that vvp received neither
douceur nor promise of reward from any
one in Milledgeville or out of it, and that
our course has been, and will continue to be,
dictated by higher and purer motives than
ever entered bis locofoco noddle.
We think the good old adage will apply
as well in politics as in other matters—
“ honesty is the best policy.”— Savannah
Georgian.
05*’ Why don’t you practice it then t
NEW ORLEANS “ WEEKLY TROPIC.”
This paper, we are glad to see, has hern
enlarged and improved. The “Tropic”
is unquestionably one of the best conducted
whig journals in the South, and, occupying
as it does a position from whence emenates
much of the commetcial as well as political
intelligence important to our section, we
most cordially recommend it to the patron
age of our ft tends. Those who would keep
themselves advised of matters and things in
Qlir great commercial emporium, and would
keep “ the hang” of Texan affairs, as well
as regale themselves from time to time with
stirring political discussio*, would do well
to subscribe for the “Weekly Tropic,” a
handsome large imperial sheet, closely prin
ted, at three dollars per aitium in advance. ;
fly The papers contain an account of a
recent discovery by one Fhillpokete, a cele
brated German Professor of Mesmerism
and Homcepathy, in the University of Puf
finburg, which is likely .to prove of im
mense importance to the civilized world.—
He has found out a method of mesmetising
the digestive organs so as to render them
quiescent for as long a period as may be
necessary, during which time no food is re
quited. Thus, ar individual will only have
to get his stomach put in a magnetic sleep,
and he may bid faiewell to butcher and
baker till it wakes up again. This acme of
human science was never even approached
before, except, we believe, in a single in
stance. We have read of bii Itishman who
succeeded in learning bis horse to live with
out eating, but just as lie had achieved his
independence of orovender, the “baste up
and died.”
05* Mr. Clay’s numerous correspondents
throught the United Stales will bear in
mind that his privilege of franking and re
ceiving letters free of postage expired w'ilh
the assembling if the present Congress, and
will remain suspended until the 4th day of
Match, 1845.
n
05 s * Thurlow Weed, Esq., the Editor of
the Albany Evening Journal, arrived at
New York on Wednesday evening, on bis
return from bis very interesting and instruc
tive European tour.
Oy The Cherokee Council has provided
by law for the publication of a newspaper
to be called the “ Cherokee Advocate,” to
be printed in the English and Cherokee
languages. Mr. William Ross will be the
editor.
fly Who’ll bear the Ashland Banner I
At a recent meeting in Wheeling, Virginia,
the Chairman of the Clay Club of that city
announced the names of three hundred and
fifty delegates to the Young Men’s Convention
of Ratification, to be held in Baltimore in May
next. That same old Coon is awake in the
West. Don’t you hear him, Whigs of Geor
gia ?
fly The Tennessee Democratic State Con
vention, held at Nashville, on the 23d ultimo,
nominated James K. Polk for Vice-President,
and pledged themselves to “ go the whole hog”
that the National Convention may designate.
Qy Mr. Botts, (Whig) is at present in
Washington for the purpose of contesting
the right of Mr. Jones, of Virginia, the
present Democratic Speaker, to a seat in
the House of Representatives. Mr. Gog
gin, (Whig) is also in attendance to contest
the right of Mr. Gilmer, (Dem.) from the
same State. In the latter case there is a
double return by the Sheriffs, in conse
quence of a mistake discovered after the
return in favor of Mr. Gilmer. The last
return gives Mr. Goggin a majority of two
votes.
fly A few days since, a decision of some
importance to slave-holders, was given in
the court of Cnmbeiland county, Pa. The
court decided that the owner of a fugitive
slave had the right to seize and remove his
property, whetfever found in the State, with
out being compelled, as heretofore to prove
the sicD’** be f'? re a j ud g c of lbe county
court.
fly There is a Clay man in New?
so staunch in Ids faith, that lie declares
“ Hany of the West” should die befoiethe
next Presidents! election, he will vote for
one of his executors.
The pnity which acts on the principle of
getting power, honestly if they can, but es
getting power at any rate, will, sooner or
later, discover that there is an overruling
Providence which will :x>t allow truth long
to remain in her iron cage, or error to hold
dominion over the minds of men. — Savan
nah Georgian.
fly You found that nut, we presume, at
the last election. Well, “ sooner” would
have been better for your party, but “ later”
is better than never. We hope you will
profit by your experience.
Never in this country before have a set
of party principles been reduced 90 neatly
to a system of philosophy. The genius of
mighty men has dissected them.-—Savan
nah Georgian.
fly We know nothing about the philos
ophy of locofoco principles, but speaking of
dissecting them, wo do know that Mr. Cal
houn found them very cohesive, and that
Swartwuut ran off with his share of them.
BY LAST NIGHT'S MAIL,
Correspondence of tl:e “Soulhorn Miscellany.”
Mii.i.f.dgevili.e, Dor. 13fli, 1543.
Since my lasi the Legislature lias been
engaged upon.some of the important meas- I
urea of the session. In the House, the Ap- j
propriation Bill lias been passed, and sent j
to the Senate. Yesterday was pretty well
occupied in the discussion of the bill offer- ;
ed by Mr. Toombs, proposing to abolish all ,
securityships The debsite was an atiirnn- j
led one—Mr. Toombs maintained his posi- ‘
tions with his usual force, and was ably sus- |
tained by Mr. Grieve ; but upon taking the j
vote, the bill was lost by a large majority, j
The House have passed a bill continuing
the tax as it now exists.
You have seen before this, some account i
of tlie debate in the Senate, upon the reso
lution of the Committee on InternaUmprove- j
merits, in relation to Rail Road lion. 1 j
will not attempt any account of the debate j
hut will simply say, that it. was a vastly dif
ferent affair from that described in the Fed
eral Union. You may he assured that the
Whigs who heard it, felt anything else ll an
mortification.
Th# Senate were occupied Saturday and
a portion of Monday, upon the Appropria
tion Bill. They went through the report
by sections, cutting out and putting in as
circumstances required, and after making
‘.lie report as perfect as they could at that
time, laid it on the table for the present.
Yesterday morning the bill to lay oft’ the
State into Senatorial Districts came up as
the special order of the day, and the whole
day was consumed in efforts so to arrange
the districts as to, make the hill acceptable
to all parties This however was found to
be utterly impossible. The Democrats
resolved upon having nothing but such pro
positions as came from themselves, heaped
unmeasured abuse upon the whigs whenev
er they proposed any airangemant at all.
The w higs, finding that no bill could be
made to which the other side of the house
wouid not take exceptions, and knowing
that they were responsible to the Country
for the necessaty measures to carry out the
piovisions of the Constitution, determined
to make a sacrifice of individual preferen
ces, and to unite upon some bill and pass it.
In pursuance of this determination, they
went to work this morning and passed a
bill, with the airangement of counties as
given below. The Democrats call it a
Gerrymandering bill. Not so. Let any
man take the map, and he will find that no
better connection can be formed. They
say it gives the whigs 13 majority ; and yet
they affirmed in tlieir Convention last night,
that the vote of ’43 was no criterion of the
strength of parties—and it will be seen by
taking the vote of ‘4l ns a criterion, that the
Democrats have a majority by the bill pass
ed. Now. either they aftiimed in Conven
tion what they did not believe, or they wish
to raise a clamor over the bill passed by a
I Whig Legislature, to make capital with the
I people.
The Districts arc composed as follows:
1. Chatham.
2. Biyan and Liberty.
3. Glynn and Mclntosh.
4. Wayne and Camden.
5. Ware and Lowndes.
G. Appling and Montgomery.
7. Tatnall and Bulloch.
8. Effingham and bciivcn.
9. Burke and Emanuel.
10. Laurens and Wilkinson.
11. Telfair and Irwin.
12. Decatur and Thomas.
13. Baker and Early.
14. Randolph and Stewart.
15. Lee and Sumpter.
16. Muscogee and Harris.
17. Houston and Macon.
18. Talbot and Marion.
19. Pulaski and Dooly.
20. Twiggs and Bibb.
21. Washington and Jefferson.
22. Richmond and Columbia.
23. Warren and Taliaferro.
24. Hancock and Baldwin.
25. Putnam and Jones.
26. Monroe and Pike.
27. Crawford and Upson.
28. Meriwether and Coweta.
29. Troup and Heard.
30. Catroll and Campbell.
31. Fayetto and Henry.
32. Butts and Jasper.
33. Newton and Walton.
84. Morgan and G i eene.
35. Wilkes and Lincoln.
36. Elbert and Franklin.
37. Oglethorpe and Madison.
38. Clarke and Jackson.
39. Gwinnett and DoKalb.
40. Paulding and Cass.
41. Cobb and Cheiokee.
42. Forsyth and Hall.
43. Habersham and Raburu.
44. Lumpkin and Union.
45. Gilmer and Muriay.
46. Walker and Dade.
47. Floyd and Chattooga.
There is but little doubt that the House
-■ill concur in the passage of this bill when
it reaches. * lirsrrl
The resolution proposing a sale
Western and Atlantic Rail Road is r"W un
der discussion in the Senate. Mr. Iveta,?**,
has been upon the floor for some hours, and
gives no signs of approaching the end of
his speech.
There is no doubt but the Democrats
have determined to protract the session.
They spend all the wind they can com
mand on every occasion. I hope the \\ bigs
will continue to work, and do the talking
when they get home. I am sorry the
House refused lo concur in the amendment
of the Senate incorporating your Volunteer
Company so far as giving them arms was
concerned, and hope the Senate will ad
here to the amendment. Col. Foster, from
the Penitentiary Committee, made his Re
port yesterday. It is quite lengthy. I will
send you a copy when it is printed. There
was also a minority Repott upon tho sub
ject of removal.
Give the Whigs a tally for the first Mon
day—the old General must not be left be
hind in old Morgan.
Yours, &c. G.
P. S. 1 feat the Court bill will be lost in
the Senate.
(t/ 4 * President Houston, in his late
speech at Houston, dentes that any secret
negotiations are pending with Great Brit
ain to secure her interposition with Mexico,
on condition that slavery should lie abolish
ed in Texas. He says that England has
assured him of her most friendly disposi
tion and aid, but that she “is in nowise Baa
king claims or asserting any thing as a right,
which is incompatible with tlie interest of
Texas.”
(J5 > ’ Our acknow ledgements are due Hon.
J. M. Bet lien and Hon. A. H. Chappell,Tor
copies of the President’s Message.
As To the principles of the Democratic
party there run he no division of opinion or
aelion. The only danger which can now
he apprehended aiises from differences of
opinion as lo men.— Savannah Georgian.
(U 8 * Then, any man will suit democratic
principles —** many men of many minds, ’
says the old saw, hut all men are alike lo
those who have no ptinciplca. Eigo, there
ate no Democratic piinciples.
They (the Whigs) are like a bundle of
fodder between two asses.— Sat. Georgian.
05 s * Now mint that complimentary to the
heads of the two great branches of the io
cofoco party. Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Cal
houn. In danger of two asses, indeed !
The editor might have added that we were
surrounded by braying asses.
The deficit in the revenue of the past
year stated in the annual message of the
President, has atttacted the notice of the
Free Traders, and tley triumphantly point
to it as proof of (lie failure of the Tariff, and
| the necessity of a change of its principles.
They contend that a lower scale of duties
would have given a larger revenue. That
is doubtful ; hut suppose it were true, the
importations to make it would have been
necessarily nearly doubled. What, then,
would have been tlie effect upon the country?
Why, that the heavy debt abroad would
have been increased, and instead of the im
proved and impiovingcondition ofourcoun
try, our embarrassment wonld have been
multiplied—the credit of the nation would
have been less sound—that of the States,
w hose securities have so rapidly risen in
v alue, would certainly have been*no better.
Now, vvliat is the deficit of $5,000,000 com
pared with advantages like these? Whj,
in Virginia alone nearly half million of dol
lars have been gained by the domestic hold
ers of the Siale stock, from its appreciation
i in the market. We are pleased rather than
i di.'Couiaged at the iexult. It places us in a
better condition all aiouud—State, people,
I aid.corporations.
i That this deficit would continue under
the tariff’, with its principles unchanged, we
do not believe. The improved condition of
the countiy will cause no increase of impor
tations, while the healthy effect of the tar
iff’, will prevent the oveist<>< king of the mar
ket through agencies of foreign manufac
ture is.— Wchn. ond Compiler .
I I’respectus of the Masonic Signal.
VO men.her of tlie Masonic Fraternity who desires
the prosperity of our iiisiitu'ion.cau fail to discover
the importance of a well conducted, and { well estab
lished periodical, devi ted to the cause of Freemasonry-
The power of the Press in dissr mutating * light,” is
familiar to all. And, from n conviction of the impor
tance of such a work, as well as through the solicita
tion of several warm and influential friends, a work,
bearing the above name, has teen undertaken.
A publication of this kind ia needed at the Some—
The Grand Lodges of one or two of our sister Slates
have expressed such an opinion, and a strong desire to
see a Masonic periodical established and sustained in
our own section ol the Union ; and no expense or labor
will he spared to make tlie “ Signal” such a work aa
will meet the wishes of oar brethren Arrangements
have been made at great expense, not only to secure
tin’ regular and prompt appearance of every number,
but also to obtain the services of an Editor, whose abil
ities will render our publication creditable to the Craft,
nod well wo: thy of their Support.
ltis hoped that no one wilt bo prejudiced against
our enterprise, in consequence of any opinion he may
entermin of the “Masonic Journal.” The “Signal”
is in diffi rent bands, and under different nirangrments,
and, with the aid of the Fraternity, its success ia cer
tain
The centra! position of Madison, and its facilities for
communication with all pans of the country, aa well
ns the frequent passage through ol strangers, from dif
ferent directions, render it a very favorable point for a
Masonic press; and we would thank our friends to
send us by mail, or otherwise, any intelligence which
would be of interest to Masons, anil proper for publica
tion.
The “S gnai” will be issued semi-monthly, in num
bers of eight quarto pages, on good paper and fair type.
It will, of course, lie devoted exclusively to the cause
ol Mxsonkt. Tlie first number will appear on the first
dnv of Junoary. 1814.
We cordially invite our brethren who can wield the
quill, to contribute to our pages. All contributions,and 1
other communications, except on business, must le
addressed to the “ Editor ot the Masonic Signal.” We
shall he excused for saying that no communication ad
dressed in the “ Editor” w ill be taken from the Post-
Office unless the postage be paid.
Our price,is the moderate sum of Two Dollars and
) Fifty Cents per annum, payable on the delivery of the
■ first number of each volume. Secretaries of Lodges,
and others, who are disposed to aid in the circulation
ot the work, are requested to act as Agents, and depos
j ite nnv money received tor it in the funds of their res
i peciive institutions, where it can lie aged until called
| for. Anri should such friends, or agents, wish to cem
i mimics'* with the Editor, they will please deductftem
i any amount received for subscription and pay the post
, .sp. Once more we soy, opr aprtal is to the Casrr.
vfe n. <e. and believe, it will not tie in vain.
Madison, trC“’ e ‘ n > December 5, 1843. if 33
Negroes to Hire.
WILL be hired, privately, on Wednesday, she 28th
” instant, the Negroes belonging to she minor heirs
of Joseph Heere, deceased ; also, those belonging to
Beloved Love, a minor of David Love, deceased,
E E. JONES, Guardi**
decembrr 13 2w38
SIOO Iteward!
RAN AWAY from the subscriber during last Christ
mas liolidavs, a bright nmlaito man, named Dick. -
j He is about tuny years of age, and the rise of five feet
and ba'l high. fie has hrnvy eyebrows—a scar on his
upper lip and one on hit le l shoulder— his right ankle is
much larger limn Ins left. He tin some knowledge of
the Blucksmith’s business, and may poscibly have a free
puss.
The a hove reward will be paid for his delivery to me,
at my p'ntitntion five miles from .Madison or many one
w ho will lodge him in any safe jail so that I can get him.
JOHN CAUTHON.
dccerobcr 13 3m38
FOUR months alter date, application will he made to
the Honorable Interior Court of Morgan County,.
’ when ainiug for ordinary purposes, tiir leave •> sell tbo
Negroes belonging to the < s ate of William G. Moore,
lute ol said County, deceased.
JOHN c.. MQOfIE, Administrator,
december 13 4m|i