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WILLIAM E. JONES & Co. AUGUSTA, Ga. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1839. VoI.III No. 150
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER IS.
Some sensation was created in this city yester
day, by the circulation of a report, that the Hank
of Augusta had refused any longer to receive
the hills of any of the interior Banks. Upon
enquiry into the matter, we ascertain the facts
to be, that the Augusta Bank has resolved no
longer to receive on Deposile, the bills of any
banks, except those of this city, Savannah and
all the Banks of South Carolina, except George
town and Cheraw ; but it stills receives in pay
merit the bills of all Banks, which it has hereto
fore received.
A new paper is about to be started at Milton,
Rutherford county, Tennessee, to be called the
“Whisket Barrel.” Its object is to advocate
the repeal of all laws winch throw any obstacles
in the way of success of grogshops and the means
of intoxication ! Messrs. Wesley Roberts & Co,
its proprietors are engaged in a. glorious cause !
The inestimable right to get drunk will no doubt
be ably vindicated. The Editors can probably
get some subscribers in Georgia, especially “down
on big Sandy.” We are glad however to add
that the citizens of Milton held a public meeting
and denounced in warm and appropriate terms
the intended publication, and sent a copy of their
proceedings to the publishers.
We are happy to learn (says the N. Y. Cour •
island Enquirer of the 12th inst., in aposcript)
by the steamboat from Albany, arrived this morn
ing, that no collision had taken place between the
misguided individuals on the Rensselaer Manor,
and the troops sent out to enforce the legal pro
cess. The volunteer corps had returned to the
city. The proclamation of the Governor had
been attended with the best effect, and a delega-
Ition from the people of the Manor to him had ar
rived in Albany, for the purpose of settling the
terms of their submission. No doubt existed in
Albany, that the whole affair would be adjusted
without any extraordinary intervention.
The letter from the Correspondent of the
' Charleston Courier which we publish below, gives
but a meagre account of the proceedings ol Con
gress as reported at length in the National Intelli
gencer. The House did not adjourn on Friday
night until 12 o’clock; the Van Buren party ur
ging the election of a Speaker, and the other par
ty resisting it. The Administration party are
strong enough to keep the Whigs of New Jersey
from their seals, but have not conscience enough
to put in their own partisans, thereby determining
that New Jersey shall have no voice in the elec
tion ofSpeaker. We think that if Mr. Garland,
the Clerk, has any sense of shame, when he sees
the consequences of his refusal to do his proper d u
ty, he should never show his face among honora
ble men. His refusal to call the names of the com
missioned members from New Jersey has been
the cause of all the trouble. He took upon him
seff to decide that the name of one gentleman hold
ing the commission of the Governor should be
called, but that five others who held similar com
missions should not.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington, December 13, 1839.
There is no longer the least prospect of a
speedy organization. In the present state of the
question, and in the present disposition of the
House, an organization is about as remote as that
political milenium, in which politicians are to act
in reference to public duly, instead of party ob
ligations.
Mr. Rhett, last evening, opened a new field of
argument in the Jersey case, and opposed the
views and proposition of Mr. Pickens. I did
not understand, precisely, in the midst of the
noise in the House, what course he proposed to
puisue, but his course of remark seems to have
disappointed the Administration men, and en
couraged the Whigs. Mr. Dixon H. Lewis,im
mediately moved to reconsider Mr. Rhett’s reso
lution (i.e. the second part of it) and gave no
tice that he should press the motion, in case Mr.
Pickcn-’ motion should fail. He stated that he
would not go beyond the consideration of the
question of lift returns, prior to the organization
of the House. Mr. t habb of Alabama moved a
reconsideration of the vote by which a commit
. tec was ordered to be appointed, with notice that
he should press it, in case Mr. Lewis’ motion
prevailed. So we arc at sea again. There are
to be, in the first place, long debates on the mo
lions to instruct the Committee. There is not
much chance for the passage of Mr. Pickens’
L* motion, and it is to be regretted, isasmuch as
that is the only apparent mode by which the
House can be soon exliicatcd from its embar
ment.
The Senate is idle, and must remain so, till
the House be organized. A few Executive Mes
sages have been scot by the President to the Sen
ate. and acted upon, and notices of bills and reso
lutions, intended to be presented, are occasional
ly offered.
4 o’clock, p. m.
Ths House occupied nearly the whole day in
amending the Journal of yesterday. Mr. Wise
then took the floor, to speak against Mr. Pickens’
proposition, but he yielded it to Mr. Crabh, on
whose motion, the resolution ofyesterduy, appoin
ting a Committee was reconsidered by common
consent. Mr Wise, then, by common consent,
in order to put an end to all further trouble in the
mailer, brought forward a resolution providing
that the five Whig members are entitled to iheir
seals. It was understood that the resolution was
to decide the question as to the right of the com-
missioned members, and the Democrats clui- i
mod that it superceded Mr. Rhetl’s reso- .
lulion. The resolution of Mr. Wise was lost,
yeas, 117, nays 117—two Whigs absent, and
one vacancy, Mr. Rhett voted in the affirmative,
and so did Messrs. Shepard, and R. M. J. Hun
ter. Mr. Smith of Maine moved to go into the
election ofSpeaker. Mr. Wise protested against
i|, as a breach of faith, and of order, as Mr. Rhett’s j
resolution was still in force.
Mr. Adams decided that the resolution was in
order.
They are now taking the yeas and nays on the
adjournment.
The New Jersey members, it must lie recollect
ed, did not vote on the question to-day. I think
the adjournment will prevail.
The Charleston Courier of yesterday says—
“ From a passengor in the Brunswick and Flo
rida line, we learn that a duel was fought, near
Tallahassee, on Thursday evening, the 12lh inst.,
between Gen. L. Read and Col. Augustus Alston,
in which Col. A. was killed. The weapons were
rifles—distance 20 paces. Col. Alston was shot
through the heart at the first fire.
“The difficulty which occasioned this fatal
affair, originated during a political contest, and
has been the cause of much excitement for seve
«
rat weeks past.”
The Philadelphia American notices a report
that G. M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, late Minis
ter to Russia, is to succeed Mr. Grundy in the
office of Attorney General,
The Now York correspondent of the National
Intelligencer says:—The packet ships Indepen
dence and Toronto sailed yesterday, the former
having SBO,OOO, and the latter $106,000 in spe
cie. The Sully, for Havre, takes out $50,000.
It is very probable that the Liverpool will take
out a large sum, but this is not yet clear.
The reader will perceive, from the account of
yesterday’s proceedings in the House of Repre
sentatives, that, by the closest vote it is possible
to conceive of, the five Members from New Jer
sey who hold the regular evidence of their elec
tion, under the hands of the Governor and Coun
cil, have been refused the right to vote in the or
ganization of the House. The yeas and nays on
Mr. Wise’s motion to admit them to vote were
equally divided, (117 of each,) and thus the
question was lost. The absentees were but two,
Mr. Kempshall (not yet arrived) and Mr. Hawes
(unfortunately too much indisposed to attend the
H mse.) Had those two Members been present,
the New Jersey Members would have been ad
mitted to the rights and privileges of other Mem
bers of the House by a majority of two voles.
After the above decision, a motion was made
to proceed forwith to the election of Speaker;
hut that motion was not decided at 12 o’clock,
when the House adjourned—the intervening
hours being consumed in debate, and in trying
various motions for adjournment, for reconsider
ation, calls of the House, &c. —National Intelli
gencer of the 14 th.
Shipwreck. —The ship Arethusa, Capt. Ed
ward Kinnard, of Portsmouth, N. H. from Liv
erpool, was stranded early on the morning of
Tuesday, qn Long Island beach, near Patchcau
que. She is new, ot 522 tons, ard valued at
$35,000. Herself and cargo are both insured.
She had over 200 passengers, one of whom was
drowned by the boat, which was going ashore,
being capsized. At 2P.M. a line was brought
from the ship to the shore by the long boat. The
passengers and baggage, it is believed, will all be
saved. The ship is a total loss—the cargo may
be saved.— N. Y. Star, of the 12 th.
The following article in relation to “Canadian
affairs,” is from the Ogdensburg Times. If the
opinions of that paper are well founded, the ap
prehensions which have prevailed to a considera
ble extent, of border difficulties this winlei, are
not likely to he realized.
“ Canadian Affairs. —Wcsee by the papeiu
in various quarters, that border troubles and con
tentions are looked for as one of the exciting
themes for discussion during the winter. In this
we suspect that the borderers will he disposed to
disappoint them. So far as we arc informed eve
ry thing is quiet on this side of the line, and no
disposition exists, at any point, to interfere in the
Canadian controversy. The new Governor
seems to have commenced like a sensible man,
and the advocates of responsible government ap
pear lobe more bold and numerous, and will un
doubtedly obtain alt the reforms they ask if they
pursue a steady and correct course. Os this the
lories on both sides of the line appear to be ap
prehensive, and therefore circulate stories of the
most preposterous character. The lories in Can
ada are bent on a continuance of their yuecn
[ducking, and their brethren of the Union are stu
dying the creation of more “spoils” by an in
crease of our standing army.
Along this frontier, social and business inter
course has been resumed, and a healthful state of
feeling has succeeded the suspicious and restric
ted intercourse oflast year. All our people now
see the propriety of leaving the Canadians to
manage their own affairs.
Rkscmftion of Specie Raiments The
Providence Journal of the 10th inst says :—Sev
enteen out of the twenty-one hanks in this state
have resolved to pay specie on all their liabilities,
on and after Ibis day. The banks not represen
ted at the meeting will, without doubt, we think,
adopt the same course.
Most of the country banks, we learn, have ex
pressed their readiness to pay specie so soon as
the hanks in the city should resume.
A Singular Case. —A trial of an extraordin
ary nature is about to lake place, in the New
York Marine Court.
The defendant, is Williams, the Oculist—the
plaintiff is an unfortunate individual who, some
years since lost the sight of one of his ryes, and
the other partially failing him, he some months
since put himself under charge of the defendant,
the noted advertising Oculist to the King of the
French, &c. &c. The plaintiff paid the defend
ant $75 in advance, and demanding a receipt for
the amount, the ‘doctor’ gave him an acknowledg
ment for ‘his very lowest fee, (not however spe
cifying the amount) for three months’attendance,
medicine, &c. The poor man remained in j
charge of the doctor nearly the three months, du- j
ring”which he had so far recovered as not to be j
able to see “day from night.” It is in this pitiful j
condition that the wretched plaintiff comes into j
court, and seeks to recover the money which he
j has paid for the loss of hit vision.
| Growth of Philadelphia. —The Philadel- !
phia North American of Tuesday, publishes a
statement of the number of buildings which were {
erected in that city during the present season. I
b rom this, we learn that the whole number was
393, of which one was of six itorirs; 14 were
of five stories; 86 of four stories; 228 of three
stories: 54 of two stories, and 9of one story,
j Giro building, a railroad depot, was a story and a
j hall high. Among the edifices erected, were
three churches, a building for the Academy of
Natural Sciences, and a Hall for the Artists’
Fund Society.
Mail Lost.—lnformation reached (ho Post
Office ol this Borough, on Thursday, of the up
setting ot the Mail Stage, between Pearce’s
Bridge and Smithfield, on the night of the 3rd
inst. The Stage remained under water until 12
mid-day of the fourth, when tho letters and pa
pers were obtained—the papers will be lost, but
it is believed the letters will be saved. The night
of the 3rd is said to have been the moat incle
rnent known in the town of Smithfield. The
Suffolk Stage had not reached Smithfield ot the
usual hour, and fears were entertained of its safe
ty. We learn that one of the horses of the stage
that upset, was drowned, and that the driver was
within an ace of losing his life,— Norfolk Deacon.
Suit against the Sureties of Mr. Gov
erneur.— Ihe Ncw-V ork Dispatch says: — The
case of the United States versus Tillotson, was
heard in this city on Tuesday. The Govern
ment obtained a judgment against Samuel L.
Govcrneur for $29,006 75, and the present suit
is brought to recover of Robert Tillotson, as his
surely. Council for Mr. Tillotson contended that
by the Post Office law, suits against sureties
must be commenced within two years after the
defalcation of the individual whom the surety is
bound for, and that if no suit is commenced
within that time, the surety is released. In the
present case, Mr. Governeur’s defalcation com
menced in the year 1829, and continued each con
secutive quarter until his removal in 1836; and
therefore it the Government recovers at all, it can
only recover that portion of the amount of the
defalcations which accrued during two years pre
viously to the commencement of the suit against
the post master in 1837, viz: about SII,OOO.
Several witnesses were examined to prove the
time and extent of Mr. Governcur’s defalcations,
and the suit was not concluded when the Court
adjourned.
Mr. Governeur has filed a hill in Chancery
against defendant in the above suit, in order to
make him fork over $30,000 which Mr. G. had
deposited with him as indemnity money. The
balance of the present claim against Mr. Gover
neur is hut about $20,000.
A Crash.— Monday noon part of the back
wall of the large six story building, corner of
Broadway and Duan.e street, known us the Clar
endon House, bulged out and fell into the yard
attached to the house 306 Broadway with a thun
dering crash. It appears that, in the fifth story
was constructed a square brick cistern, of im
mense size, one wall of which was also part of
the back wall of the building- This cistern was
lined with sliont lead, and, the ‘‘recent rains filling
itto overflowing, the pressure of the water was
too much for the wall, which carried away the
lead linin as it fell. A section of the eastern
wall still remains in a dangerous state, and should
he looked to by the proper authorities, who ought
also to ascertain whether the walls arc ot a law
ful thickness, which we much doubt. The buil
ding was erected, in the most approved style of
contract work, for E. Bloomer. The present ow
ner we do not know. —New York Despatch.
Remarks of Mr. COOPER, of Georgia, upon the
New Jersey Election question, in the House of
Representatives, December 4th, 1839.
Mr Cooper said, Reappeared ns a Representa
tive from the Stale of Georgia ; and without in
tending any disparagement to those who may have
omitted to do as much, he presented in his hand,
(or ths inspection ot the members of the Twenty'
sixth Congress, now assembled from the several
States, the evtdi riceot that character, which, until
now, had been assumed amongst you li was a
commission to which was affixed ihe great seal ot
the Stale ol Georgia.
sir, said Mr C. 1 rise for the purpose of making
a lew statements, on which may arise several
questions pertinent to the position of affairs here
existing From these, inferences may he drawn hy
which we may understand what relation the indi
\iduuls now present bear to each oilier, and to Hie
country. J shall be utile thereby to show the views
1 entertain of ihe powers of this unorganized mats
ol individuals.
He belt proud to realize, for the first time, the
presence around him of the talented, distinguished,
and worthy members, of the most august assem
blage of legislators known to the world. Iris no
other than a meeting oflhe Kepn senialivesnf the
several Stales, (bribe purpose ol organizing the
Twenty-sixth Congress, convened pursuant to a
compact ol union entered into between the States
Thai compact was the Constitution.
He said the members ol Congress are here
This statement, though doubtless true, was manifest
only in part. What now, he asked, is our true
condition? The persons present having called to
their aid, by authoJity of precedent and usage, the
Clerk of a tanner Congo es, by common consent
agreed to pursue the course heretofore adopted for
oigamzation By that course, the Clerk was re
qmred lo call the States severally, beginning with
Maine, passjng thence South and West, so far as
he might be lorn tied with reasons to believe mem
bers were present. He had called the-Stales thus
in order, asking the several members so called to
respond to their names. Thereupon he er,roller
Die names called to represent eaeh Slate, until he
arrivrd at New Jersey. He then sounded the name
of one member and enrolled it. Here h > suspend
ed the call,making known to those present that five
other names were returned by New Jersey. ’1 hese
five,said Mr.C. bear respectively a commission un
der the great seal of the Stale, in like manner and
in due lorm with the first, certifying them to lie
members elect of the Twenty-sixth Congress. But
that the Clerk has alaoin his possession papers pur
porting lo he credentials, or certificates of election i
in favor of other five persons, showing them to he
the elect of New Jersey. These certificates are I
signed and sealed, but not by the great seal of the !
State. The Clerk, finding in him,elf no authority ,
lo decide which shall he called, asks the advice of i
those present. Thus far, he said it seemed to him 1
he has pursued a prudent course.
tinder these circumstances, sir, (said Mr. C .) va- i
rious propositions are made in successive order on
which has obtained a protracted discussible Du
ring its progress, grave and novel a. is the altitude
we are in, principles the most grave have been ad
vocated or denied.
It appeared to him that the names already called
and enrolled, did not constitute a quorum of a
House of Representatives.
The embarrassment was apparent to al', ami
each one in turn repeals the inquiry, V\ hat shall 1
tie done? The Clerk could not proceed without
advice Less than a quorum could not advise
None hut menu era elect could advise ; and the
multitude present, not yet called, he sa.d, were not
i known as mem tiers. The Clerk, ho contended,
I could not pass over New Jersey, w ilhout the unan
imous consent i f the individuals present, forasmuch
j a* by unanimous consent it was agreed she should
Ihe called in the order she now stands in. lienee I
I would arise continually the question, What could
be done ?
1 Amidst the various propositions submitted, there J
were two into wlti.-h all the others ultimately would
run. One was, to pass New Jersey, by allow ing
her no hepresentnlive. because of tlie contest..
The other was, to admit the members certified by
the seal of the Malt, he said, for want of power, at
this period, to question the right of those who
bear it.
Mr. C said that,impelled by a sense of duty to
the country, and of respontio those ho addressed,
hi felt hound to repeat no mure of what others bad
urged than was necessary to tho presenting liil'y
what occurred to him as new. He would also en
deavor lo liear in mind one oilier good rule, which
was la “quit when he had done.”
Al this singe of proa coding lie held they could
not entertain a question ratio the right of. the five
persons (rom New Jersey, vho came w ith the great
seal of the State, accompanied by a certificate in
due form.
Mr. C. said, in the argument here, lie was almost
superceded hy the clear and forcible illustrations of
the gentleman firoiu. Virginia, [Mr Wise,] followed
hy iTioso of the gentilemun from New Yoik, [Mr.
Hoffman.] He did'not hope to add weight to what
they had urged. He one- having made the state
ments be designed tu make, ho proceeded to ask,
Who and what they were that now debated (this
matter ? They were not the t loose of Represent a*
lives, because, though placed- together in this hall,
they Hid not yet know each other as such, hnv ng
exhibited no credentials, aor answered lo their
names. Until ihatshould be done, they were no
more a House, aa uunlemplated hyths Constitution,
than before they left ho.no. “The House of-Rep
resentatives shall be composed of members chosen,”
Ac. says tho Constitution. This imports a placing
together of members, recognised hy each other in
some House.
What, then, sardiMr.C. are we, sir? We are
the persons “chosen!’“by the people of the several
Stales.” (This tie asserted foe his colleagues amt
himself, and presumed of others, for sake of illus
tration.) They had come togeiher, lie said, in that
House, and were inquiring of each other's member
ship. Before being satisfied, except as to part, they
had come to a pause. Was it true, then, that ante
rior lo being known- toeach other as members, and
ewn before coming here, they were, in fact, mem
bers ol this Congress, now being “composed” into
a House of Repremmtatives ? such, said be, was
ihe fact; otherwise their coming here, or their
meeting together, oe this hall, had made them mem
bers;
If members of Congress, before they arrived here,
when and how berime they so ? Siiq Jet ahe Con
stitution speak, the-nuinpaot of union, and by it let
-every Nnllifier abi-db
The Constitution, says, section 4th ; “The times,
.places, and manner ot holding elections for Sena
tors and Representatives,shall he prescribed in each
Stale, hy the Legislature thereof/” Thus, it ap
(tears, the act of Hu State determines the- how and
the when a man becomes a member. But how does
she make her act known ? Here, 100, she was left
untrammelled, for they dared not inquire into the
mode in which she chose to make it known
Whether her letters patent, with her seal affixed,
contains the whole fact, or whether hy them she
make known thatit: is pn>|K)rly evinced by certifi
cate of a ustice- of the peace, was immaterial.—
When she declared she bad done an act, and pul
her seal lo the declaration, she had done tho most
solemn act she could perforin. We, said Mr. C. are
hound to respect it, so is every earthly power, un
less, to some, she had delegated power lo call it in
question.
Had she delegated iurh a (tower; if so, lo whom ?
By the Constitution, section 6-, the House of Repre
sentatives “shall he the judge of the elections, re
turns, and qualifications of its own members.”
’Phis grant of power is lo the “House, composed”
ana formed as before shown, and to none ot her, and
“*■ no ‘’'ll* • Vj 11 li I that trihmml, pointed out
by and with her consent and authority, and that of
her sister Stales, was created or “composed,” her
most solemn decht/aUmi was conclusive, touching
the election, binding on them for (he lime, and all
the world besides So true was this, that between
sovereign Mates, a discrediting one Stale hy anoth
er is just cause of war. How then should rheyea
cape the conclusion ? Should I hey, an unorgan
ized body, not yet characterized before each oilier,
“members,” “vie/ f,” “chosen,” hu not ‘composed'’
into a House, before the grunt of power is deliver
ed, assume to set aside no act of sovereignty—hay,
drive from them presence the sovereignly its/'lf, in
the persons off taoir lii-nrosentMtivcs ? Yes, sir, he
said, the sovereignly ; because, ulih .ugh he might,
before the roper tribunal, be taught there was a
fid lacy in-it, all, still, lor t lie present, lie must act <m<.
ihe presumption that an act. having such auhooli
city, did truly transpire And whilst ho conceded
the position of ihe gentleman from,South Carolina,
(Mr. I’ickoua,) that the people in a primary assem
bly might perform nets paramount lo tho great seal,
the laws andimrConsliluion, he still maintained,
what he thought a Nnllifier ought, tiital in the al>
aot.ee of nor of a primary assembly to the con
trary, Ihe expressed will of a people, evinced hy
the most s-n.mn art ol iheir superior agent, in form
nml mamieadirecled by them, -as ,i sovereign act,
on the plui*/principle that what one does by an
agent he dees hy himsell.
Here sir, and. Mr. G. permit me to pa so for a
moment lo view r rite reitftNms of .those i'havo met
here, wliilsa li point lo the p siliuns occupied (>y
vvlut 1 undent!and to be rite two great contending
parties thus divide the politicians of this country
Nm for the purpose of denunciation or acerimony,
but hoping ao.exerts i.one.ot ihe pan of eilher, and
feeling noncyjAreeor to them loenfoice what 1 say.
I appeal lo life ovls-and sayings ol both lo demon
stra.e that, irjiliis mailer, consonant with what one
parry now siys and does, and that which the other
<il late said and.did. There ought lo bo found no
•me objecting to the proposition roqnjnng us lo re
smgnise, lor'fie present, without quesi.on, the mem
hers trorn Now. Jersey who hear Ihe great seal of
the Male
Before doing this, he asked to bo allowed to slate
that, cowing hero a Nufliftt-r, and believing the
perpetuity of the Union greatly depended on it e
preservation-of. that Kepubhran faith, arsd b-irrg
identified nub the Mate Right* parry Cron*choice,
education,and habit, yet knowing no rule lint the’
laith contained in the creed, he was taught lo be
lieve h t sin-old find here that party he was used to
oppose, mo*< nearly professing and ar-ting out his
principles than their opponents On iheisdni liere
dehaied, he found,.he said, mosl.iPnot all Hie Op
position, especially the-gentlemen from Virginia
and the one from New York, leading in away that
looks as lamiliar to his eye, as the road lo the"mill
If, then, the Democratic Republicans, as they are
sometimes ended, should he foaric in ihe same
truck tor one time they should all harmonize on a
ground,at sue period or other maintained by
each.
To show, sir, said Mr. C. that ray view.ought lo
ho sustained, and that, on this point, they and I
ought not to differ, 1 beg to road hr m an authority
they will rsi doubt recognise. 1
Mr. C. rend from the Globe, of July (7th, 1838
from a document, Ihe caption of which is as fel’
lows :
“At a meeting of Republican mt-mbo-s of the 1
Senate and House of Representatives, held at the 1
( apitol, July 6th, 1838, the Hon. John M Niles of
Connecticut, and ihe Hon. Charles E. Haynes of 1
Georgia, being chairmen, and the H.,n George M (
Kean, of Pennsylvania, and lire Hon. H. I. Turney
of Terinessee,ru-liiig as secretaries, the address to 1
the people of tho United States was received, and 1
further considered ; whereupon* on motion of ihe
Hon. Hiram Gray of New York, it was 1
Dcsolved, X'hal the address he signed and pub
lished hy Ihe committee who prepared it, j n behalf 2
of the Republican members of Congress,” (■
From that paper I read the following extracts lo
wit: ’ I
“Hence the different light in which the two par- P
ties viewed Ihe character of. th* syslera. The Re
puhl'cnn iarly held u to he federative in its char-
aeter, and formed by the Stales in their sovereign
capacity, and adopted for their mutual security and
hapruuess, while many of their adversaries regard- 6
ed it as a great NalionaJ Republic, formed hy the R
American people in Ine aggregut , to promote the
interest ol the majority, instead oflhe several State*
compoMing il.
“We adhere to the constitutional doctrines of Ihe E
Republican parly of 1798, '99. We adopt the rule
of strict const ruction they maintained These are
ihe principles upon which we would have our Go- SI
verumeut administered; and a reference u> o ur
vioivs iipon the great and agitating lapses of the
iia will, we trail, hliow that we are (Imposed ( 0
earry these principles into practice by our public
aols.”
These are doctrines (said Mr. C.) familiar to us
sound and good Now, sir, hero is a ease to ap
ply them Let us stand to them through evil re
port as well as good ; lake hold of rhein, and look
ing not right nor left; let us see what first arises. I
now invoke those who have adopted these princi
ples—! affectionately incite there, (for I truly feel
affection 'or all who sincerely take hold of such) to
arrest this controversy, and by unanimous consent
put nn end to debate.
Tins was a union of Stales, not of the aggregate
mass of the whole people of this Union. Therefore
New Jersey properly -peaks in this case in her or
ganic capacity, and we, at this lime, oonnol contro
vert her,or permit :t to-be done in a winy not ap
pointed. Wo, said Mr. O. hold to the doctrine of
“strict construction” of delegated powers. There
fore we, to whom no power is delegated, cannot in
quire to discredit or overrule New Jersey.
Bui again, sir, emitiuuod Mr. 0. remembering still
that my appeal is to all who hold this doctrine ol
slriet construction, let me here demonstrate what
mainly I rose to prove It is this . that hy the
power delegated, no judgment can obtain by us
now, or the HulMO hereafter, “of the election, return
sil l qualification,” Ac-. of any one not admitted 10
he a member I here must be something m pos
session purporting to-be an “election” or “return”
—some man, professing and acting, presumed or
taken to he a member amongst you. You cannot
act on nothing—against no one. How can you
judge of “elections” w here none appear, or of “re
turns” where none exist. As well might you at
tempt to take nothing from nothing
But, in addition to this reason, from the nature of
things, there vvus a still better reason for a strict
constructionist, limnd in the Constitution.
The power to judge was by the Constitution (see.
5,-) given “of-lhe elections-and returns and qualifi
cations of il.i-own members.” Here, then, lbs grant,
by strict construction was given to judge concern
ing one who is a “member”—not only one who is ■
member, and so claims to be, but actually is in his
sent exercising his rights. Without this, he is no
member.
Further still; he must likewise be a member in
whom the House claims nn interest, an ownership
He must be the House’s “own member." Until
then, and of any other, you judge without a delor
gated power.
Do not-say-lhhttliis is unreasonable- nut so;.it
is just whal the compart of union contemplates, lo
wit, tliai each Stale should be represented.
Os representatives, “members chosen hy the peo
ple of the several States,” shall the House bo “com
posed ” So you perceive, without a violation of
principle, assuming the object lo bo to admit the
second-five, you can only do it hy first recoanizinir
the five first.
Seeing, iheretoie, that having consented to adopt,
a mode now progressive ; hut interrupted— not to
bo changed or deported from but by like consent—
that your professed principles require you lo respect
for lhe time being, w hat you may think will ulti
mately be found lo he n pretended claim, and that
the Opposition are now occupying ground you were
wont to assume ; then, in the name of the pence,
good order and dignity of this assemblage; by the
regard you h ive to the sovereignty o r tbs Stales ;
and the interest you feel for the good of the country,
withdraw lor the lime being all 'opposition lo the
Jersey members, who, without your admission or
denial, are members, and were so before they, you,
or I, assembled here, and who can only be ousted
by the action of the constituted authority sitting in
judgment on these, “its own members.”
Unless, said Mr. (J. you shall so consent, there is
jml one mode to gel out of the difficulty orderly,
'rhni vv.U b« tugwu u> the Clerk, by the respective
Slate delegations that advice which, as a mass, can- I
not he asked of ns ; then, according lo that advice
let the Clerk withhold one ur other mu of creden
tials,
married.
At the house of Mr. Matthew Inglct, of Rich
mond county, by the Rev. Matthew I), llolsenbaek,
Mr. Jacoii Inc.i.f.t to Mrs. Caroline McDonald.
On-Sunday evening, loth instant* at the house of
John W. Bealle, Esq.,by William Doyle, Esq., Mr.
James Joinf.r, of Franklin county, North Carolina,
to Miss Ei.ixaiif.th Sikes, of Richmond county.
COMMERCIAL.
Latent' dates from Liverpool, Nov. 11l
Latent dates from . Havre Nov. IB
Savannah, Dec. 13.
C'oßon—Arrived since the 6th inst, 88-19 bales
Upland, and 171 bales 8 ( cotton, and cleared at
the same time 2460 bales Upland, and 00 bales
S I cotton -, leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of
all shipboard not cleared on the 13th Inst., of 16014
bales Upland, and 245 hales S I cotton. Under
the expectation that the intc'ligencc by the steamer
Liverpool would be unfavorable, the desire to sell
Uplands ar it arrived, from the date of Our last re
view until Wednesday, caused a furtherdepression
in the value, but which since receipt of the ac
counts has been partially recovered,- and the week
closes with more apparent confidence at our quota
tions, which arc J u j under those of last week.
The sales amount to 6476 bales as follows: 34 at 8-
24 at 84; 29 at 8f 23 at 9,?; 81 at Sjj; 369 at 9;
121 at 94; 282 at 9J; 70 at Sg ; 694 at 94; 264 at
9j>; 34at 9 11-16; 1021 at 9J; 622 at 94; 1661 at
10; 197 at 104; 262 at I Os, 22 at 104. in Sea Is
lands sales of 10 hales at 28; 41 at 30.
Receipts of Cotton at the following places since
October Ist. 1839 1838
Georgia, Dec. 13, 30864 50665
South < arolina, Dec. 6 4426 43104
Mobile, Nov. 30, 7191 29673
New, Orleans, Nov. 39, 182327 88682
Florida, Nov. 16, 949
North Carolina, Nov. 15, 640
Virginia, Nov. 1, 2600
26873 S 211984
The following is a statement of the stock of cot
ton on hand.at the respective places named.
Savannah, Dee. 13, 15269 22436
South Carolina, Dec. 6, 12719 22973
Mobile, Nov. 30, 7739 23073
New Orleans, Nov. 30, 122580 48607
Virginia, Nov, 1, 1000 702
North Caralina, Nov. 16, 640 800
Augusta & Hamburg, Dec. 1, 26000 26615
Macon, Dec. I, 15337 15675
Florida, O t. 16, 400 1000
Philadelphia, Nov. 30, 703 400
New York, Nov. 30, 5600 9000
206877 171241
Uice— Sinco our last, the demand has been very
moderate, the sales amounting to 500catks at from
$2 76 a $3, principally at the latter price.
Flour —This article continues dull and declin
ing. Sales of 600 bbls Howard street to arrive 4,7+-
Canal at $Bl a Bj, ’
Corn —Sales of 6000 bushels now to arrive, at 65
c*nls| retails from store at 70 a. 80 cents; 4000
bushels Oats at 40 cents.
Bacon—she demand moderate. Sales of 5000
lbs. Shoulders and Sides at 7j a 9 cents.
Spirits— ln domestic liquors we report sales of
266 bbls Gin at 48 a CO; Whiskey at 40 a 42- N
E. Hum at 404 a 41.
Exchange —On England 9 a 10 per cent premium;
Drafts on New Vork, 5 days sight, 34 per cent
prern; at sight, 4 a 44 per cent prem.
Freights —To Liverpool Havre Ijj a 14c; N.
York $1 per bale.
STATEMENT OF COTTON, DEC. 13.
Uplands. S. I.
-itock on hand Ist Oct. 1523 118
deceived this week, 8849 171
do. previously, 21671 173
3
exported tins week, 2460 00 f
Do. previously, 14569 217 11T29 217
Itock on hand, including all on ship
board not cleared on 13th Dec. 15014 245
OBITUARY.
Departed this life, on the 9th of November last,
(d the epidemic which then prevailed, Matthew
Nki.son Esq., m the forty-fifth year of his age.—
Mr. Nelson was a native of Yorkshire, England,
but left the land of his birth in early manhood.—
Alter a short residence in the city of New York he
came to Augusta in the year 1819, and from that
peuod made Augusta his home. By industry and
a commendable energy, he was soon enabled to lay
the foundation of a fortune; and at the time of his
death possessed a handsome estate. In his inter"
course with society, he was kind and unassuming,
and had the confidence of all who knew him. In
April last ll*. was elected to a seat in the City Coun
cil ot Augusta, and held that station at the time of
decease- In his death, an affectionate wife, to
whom he was devotedly attached, and several rela
lives, are left to mourn an irreparable loss, and the
public are deprived of the services of a useful cit
izen.
Consignees per South Citroliaa Hail Road.
Hamburg, December >7, 1839.
Wright, Bull & Co.; W. & J. Nelson; T, J,
Pannelee; T. Dawson; I. S. Beers & Co; Reea
& Beall; Wright & Gibson; Treadway Sc Blinn;
S. Buford & Co.; Stovall, Simmons & Co.; W.
E. Jackson; J. Coskcry; J. J. Cohen; S. H.
Peck; D. S. Boutet; A. Frederick; G. Parrott;
J. F. Benson; Dickson A. Storr; Ii Levy; Jef
fers & Boulware; Maher & Rooney; Anderson,
and Young; Kernaghan & Wray.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, December 16.
Arrived since our /usf—Ship Othello, Tucker,.
Wiscassett, schr Staunch, Smith, Hartford.
Sailed —Brig Pandora, Gardner, Boston.
Charleston, December 17.
Cleared —Brig Chili, Rodgers, Milanzas.
Went to sea yesterday— Ships Superior, Bailay,
Liverpool; Manco, Nichols, Glasgow.
In the offing —Br ship Margaret Johnson, McAuj
ley, from Liverpool; and brig Amazon from Glou
cester, (Mass.)
THE subscriber being desirous to settle the
business of the late firm of P, Fleming & Co.,
requests all indebted to the same to come forward
and make payment. Such claims as remain unset
tled on Ihe first of January next, will be placed in
other hands for collection,
dec 3 w4t PORTER FLEMING.
ATTENTION SEVENTY SIXTH BAT
TALION G. M.
AN Election will be held at Tarver’S, on the
first Monday in January next, for a Major to
command the 76th Battalion G. M. The polls will
be opened at 10 o’clock a. m., and closed at 1
o’clock v. m. Suitable persons will be detailed to.
superintend said election.
GEO. W. MORGAN,
Japt. 119th Dist. Comp. G. M.
CHAS. 11. KENNON,
Capt. 123 d Dist. Comp. G. M.
nov 21 wtd
Head Quarters, 10th Reot. G. M.,?,.
Augusta, December 14, 1839. y
Order No. 2.—Pursuant to or-
H dets from Brigadier General Sum-
JB mers.thc Regiment will assemble
M on Saturday, the 1 Ith January,lß4o,
M at 10 o’clock a. m., on the regimen
tal parade ground in Green street,
■fcplM prepared for drill, review and in-
The commissioned and non-com
njl I missioned Officers will assemble on
IPI / the parade ground as above stated,
OB Friday the 10th January, 1840,
■V at half past 2 o’clock, p. m., proper--
ly armed and equipped,for drill and
other exercises
By orderof Lieut. Col. Wilson, Commandant.
M A.STOVALL,
dec 14 wtd Adj. 10th Regt. G. M
WESTOVER FuR SALE.
WILL be sold at public sale,at the market
house in the city of Augusta, on the first
Tuesday in January next, that valuable tract of
Land on Rea's Creek, in this county, well known
as Wcstover. The tract of land embraces the best
Mill-scat on the creek, contain* near live hundred
acres, about one half of which is cleared, and the
rest wood land. There is a large and commodious
dwelling, with three framed kitchens, and other
convenient buildings, and a spacious, well built
barn upon the premises. AII the southern bounda
ry of the cleared land is under anew post and Dlar.k
Icnce. r
terms of sale.— One-fourth of the purchase mo
ney on the day of sale, and the rest in one, two
and three equal annual instalments.
dec 4 sw&wtd A. B. LONGSTREET.
MILL PROPERTY, &c. FOR SA4iB..
FINH E subscriber offers his Mill Property on-Bpirit
JL Greek, adjoining lands of Whitehead, Hay.
nie, and Fox, for sale, containing about thirty five
hundred acres, on which there is a good Saw Mill,
kc. There ore also two other mill seats, which
could easily be put in order. The whole would be
sold together, or it would be divided to suit pur
chasers.
Also —Eleven Lots in tl« upper part of the city,
between Greene and Ellis streets. ’
Should the above property not be sold at private,
sale, it will he offered at the lower market house,
on the first Tuesday in January, next,
dec 10 trwtd HUBERT PHILIP.
ADM I NHSTRATKIX’S SALK.
AGREEABLE to an. order of the Inferior Court
of Richmond county, when sitting for ordina
ry purposes, will be sold on the first Tuesday la
March next, at Hie lower market bouse in the city
of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale, all that
lot of land with the dwellings house and othei im
provements thereon, in the city of Augusta, con
taining 41 feet 3 inches front in Ellis street and
running back the same width 132 feet *o a lot be
longing to the estate of Graves, and bounded on
the north and east of Graves’ lot, south by Ellis
street and west by a lot belonging to the estate oi
Michael Finchley, deceased. The same being the
property of the estate of Michael Finchley, deceas
ed, And sold for the benefit of the heirs and credi
tors of said estate.
A Iso, at the same time and place, and on the same
account, will be sold Ten Shares of the capital,
stock of tiie Bank of Augusta.
ANN KINCHLEY, Adm’x.
December 14,1839.
A CARD*
(i F. HOFFMAN & Co. having taken one of
) , the large new stores opposite the ruins o
the Planters’ Hotel, one square above Mrs. C. Hoff
man’s former well known stand, respectfully invite
their friends and the public to call and examine
their large stock of India Silks, French and Swiss
Embroideries, English and German Goods, Fancy
and Millinery articles, Sic. &c., which they offer
low and on good terms, wholesale and retail.
nov 16 __ trw2m
REMOVAL.
CONFECTION A fijf ES TA BLISHMENT.
BL. NEHR returns his thanks for former
• patronage, and would inform his friends
and the public, that he has removed his Confection
ary from under the United States Hotel to the New
Store in Broad street, recently occupied by H- C.
Bryson & Co , and nearly opposite the store oi
George R. Jessup.
He lias now on band, and will constantly keep e
good assortment of Candies, Cordials, Winea, fcc.
which be will dispose of on moderate terms,
nov II trw 16