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THE WEEKLY GEORGIAN
tl fVlLtaUlO I* THE
City of Savauunli,
WILLIAM II. BULLOCH i
MlDllUR Of TUB LAW* or THE UNION, AND
CITY AND COUNTY MIN TEIL
WEEKLY PAPER—Three Dollars, per an
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1830.
THE NEW JERSEY CONGRESSIONAL)""
ELECTION.
The course of the Whip in Congress during the
first fortnight fifth* present se-shm I* calculated mil
only to alarm the people, but to arouse thorn to the
a*sarti.m of th-dr dearest Constitutional rights.—
What have the p-oplo of thU country witnessed f
Fivecittteni of New Jersey holding in their hnnd*
«fsl-e certificates of their election, U*ued by n parti*
w**n Governor and Council, thru*tiug them*elve»
^forward a« the Representatives of a people who
nave voted them to ettiy at home, and their course
sustained by 117 of the llcpruicntutivoi of (he peo
ple.
If we glance nt the prominent fuels in this con
troversy we witnos* u disregard by Governor Pen
nington and his pliunt Federal Council, of the in
valuable right of suffrage. which must, when tho
waves of party strife shall have subsided, drive
him like a hark deprived of rudder, .nils, and com
pass, high and dry on the strand, the scorn uf an
observing people.
He m>y now glory in the successful violution of
the right of pupulnr suffrage.
Then none of his apologist* will bo so hold as
u» approve those deeds, which recently enacted,
stemp him ns the unfaithful guardian of a pie's
rights. Let us take a brief glance et the law and
Censiitution, applicable to I lie present controversy.
The second section, 1st Art. of the Con-tilution
of the United States provides, that •* th- H-msc of
Representative* shall be composed of memliers
chosen kV.-ry second year by th, people of the seve
ral Stales.'’
The filth section of the same article, declares
that—•' Each House shall be thejtid^e of the elec
tion*, returns, and qualification* of its own mem
bers.”
Tho laws of New Jerspy require the as-essnr nnd
collector of the township, with it judgo of election,
chosen form the purpose at the annual lown meeting,
who preside at, and net us judges and inspectors of
the election, (the Clerk of tho Township ullieiuting
as Clerk of the election.)
" To take an account of. and east op the votes
Riven in each ( Township)for candidates, make a
fist of the same, which tint they shall sign, certify,
seal up, direct, a -d transmit to the Clerk of the
county who shall attend at the Court House of the
^county on the Saturday next after the day of
' oledion, for the purport of receiving the same,
which list shall be. delivered to him before Jive
o clock inthe afternoon Of said day, which said
Clerk shall proceed, in a public manor,, to make
one general list of all the candidates voted for
as aforesaid, logs her with the number of voles
received fir each of Ihtm. and s'lall transmit the
same, at the. expense of the State, to the. Govern
or or person administering the Government, with
in seven days thereafter, having first caused a
duplicate thereof In be. filled in his’office, together
»it4 the lists from the said townships."
The Governni is dir-rted
" If the certified lists of votes given for Re
presentative* in Congress »hntl not be ‘received
f-om the Clerks of any of the Count its of the
State by him within seven days after the rime
pr»se*ibed by law for casting up the same \e.
by the Clerks as aforesaid, forthwith to send ex
press to the Clerk >f the County or Counties from
which such c r'ified lists have not been received,
agd tn procure tht same at the expense of the
Stale."
The Governor I* nlso directed
“ Within five days after receiving the said
lists, to' lay the same before a privy Cnunrif, to
be by him summoned for that purpose, and, a fter
casting up the whole number of mots from the
several Counties, for each Candidate, the said
Governor and privy Council shall determine the
six persons who have the greatest number of rotes
from the whole State, for Representatives in
Congress of the Unite / States from this Stale,"
and forthwith commission them, 4rc-
The nlmve is substantially, th<* wh do law npp'icu-
Me to the case, and so fur as it rnlnra*to the present
question, given verbatim from the Statute Bo k.
Now, for the fid*.
>»!• election wns held on tho 9th nnd IOth of
October, 1888. On the 13th (b ing ihn Stituiduy
next nfier the election) the County Clerks were to
receive the returns. By the 15th (five days after
the election) it wus known through mi tlio State,
that five of tho D*mocra ic Candi Into* Imd been
elected by an nvoruge majority of in-nv than one
hundred votes.
The County Clerks h.d therefore five days, nfier
the result wns known, for cmisulta'i ai, beforo trails,
milting their lots to the Governor.
The Cumberland County return wns not made up
by the Clerk until the 17tli, two days after the gen
eral result wns known.
This Clerk suppi'essed ihn vote of the township
of Millville, which gave the Democratic candidates
a majority of 100 votes.
The Governor himself arrived uI the Capitol in
Trenton, on the20th October, tho day on which all
the County lists were to bo in, bringing with him the
Middlesex returns which were put into his hand-
ms he passed through Now Brunswick from his resi
dence at Newark to Trenton.
It wns known nt New Brunswick on the lOlh that
the Democratic majority in Millville of 10(1 had been
exptingedhytiiuCuinb t laud County Cl rk.FlTHlAN.
The result ol th- general poll exhibiting u majority
(orfive Democratic cuudidntes whs known ut the
same place on the 15ili. 'I ho Midllescx return
was withheld up tothe m-uningof the 2Uilt,although
dated on the 13<h, mid then, as if by Hrr,u,g- ment,
entrusted to the Governor himself, us he pussed
through New Brunswick.
This Middlesex return should Irivo mcluded seven
Townships, five of which give decided Democratic
majorities. The County Clerk—BootuBM.r -turned
but six, suppressing t o return from South Am'-oy,
whirh tnve the Democratic ticket 252 n» ijnrity.—
Thus 358 votes were subtracted from tiro Domocr .tin
gnajorityby these County Clerks.
But mark the sequel.
Although on the face of the Cumberland nnd
.Middlesex returns, tho votes in .Millville and in
Jjuuih Amboy did not appear, the G ivernnr never
went an Express (ns directed by tho law of his
State) to the respective Clerks of those counties
So procure the sumo, th * law allowing sufficient time
to receive them before root nissiouiug the mem
bers elect, b it lie n i l his Privy Council having met
«m tUc24lh «fO tu'-asr, fur tlio purpose of'* c .sting
op tho whole number of votes from tint several
comities fur each candid tie," an I “ to determine
. q the six persons wins had tho greatest number of
votus from the whole Stute for Representatives,”
declared (after a report of Federal Councillors made
onn week siibspqum tly, which time they took to
c m*id"r the matter in apolitical aspect) tlm Feilit-
rtl candidates duly elected according to |nw.
This too they did, although Mr. Morris, a De
mocratic member of the council, submitted n reso
lution, lo neenrdanee with tho obllg-tiinns Imposed
by tho law, to send Expresses to thu Clarks nfihose
counties, for the omitted returns.
This ni-olution was negatived—every FudoralLl
voting agxinst it.
Further—Tim Governor an ! |V|vy C undl were
officially informed of I'm (hot (wh oh limy mo-t
Lava s«*n lb**m*«De« If they had eyes, like miier
m«ii,)ili4t lint Clark tufCumbvrlaud and Middlesex
toeckl
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Vol. I.
WKX, KOI rillNt-ll-I.K-i.
SAVANNAH, SATUltSfV, DECEMBER 38, 1830.
No. 44
hnd falsely and fraudulently omitted returns oftwo
entim townships. The leturns so omitted wen*
furnished by the judges and insp-ctors of elect ion
of Smith A in boy nnd MilMIle, and wim* "sealed,
r> mfied, sworn to and aecomp.inied with evidence,
amounting lo absolute demonstration, not only of
the correctness of the returns, but of their fraudu
lent reject inn by the County Clerk*. Citixetis too
petitioned, and remonstrated, and rlnitned to be
h*-ar<l—hut in vain.”
Federal County Clerk* were sustained in their
fraud on the people by a Federal Governor traili
Council, trad it was iecordi-d, a« their justification,
that the votes of the suppressed towns " had not
been transmitted by the Clerks ”
But this ground of justification is now repudiat
ed by even the Federal candidates, thrust mg them
selves In-foie the Repicsentatives of the people,
with eomtni-siuns under the "broad «cal," issued
eciiusu the vote* of S -it It Amboy nnd Millville.
“had not been transmitted by the Clerks " Find
ing such a po-itiun swopi away by the provi* on-
of the law of their own State, they now *e<*k u
new position, jnud'although tlirndiy exposing thr
par Dan itnliecility of the Governor nndC unci),
strive to hunt up illegal votes tu sustain their un
enviable notoriety.
With commi-siuiis in th-dr h rads, whose lejnluy
they cannot ju-tify, Messrs. Aycrlgg, Maxwell,
H Is'i-ud. S niton and Yorke, the members e ectcii
by th- County Clerks of Cumberland nnd Middle
sex, whose election of them is confirmed by ti e
pliant whig executive, elected hitnsnlfnoi by the
puopln, wlio-e protector he should be, but by n
I’ariy-Lcgirtiuttiro whose cieuturo he is, seok to
subvert tho law* of tlu-ir own State, the Constitu
tion of tho United States, nod the rights and liber
ties of the peopln
tf-uch Id.It handed attempts of a puny, tins'll*-
to liberty, hostile tothe right nf suffrage, hostile to
the exploited wid of the people, tin- not arrested in
this our day, we rimy export to see the “ballot box”
br.-keiiuud.-rtlio feet of no indignant people, nnd
tlm u-urpersof their lights hurl*-d from the high
plncrs, w lime tlu-ir ouirngnousnctsnwakotho indig
nation of tin insulti d pe-*pl-*.
But what -hall wo say oftlto Whig allies in Con-
giess .>f these Federal J*-rsey on n 1
Do they not jeopard tie* rights of their constitu
ents, when tin y ttempt lo instill men in the House,
who iiiivn not tin- eoi.lidct.cn of the people they seek
represent, and whose only merit is dint they nw
parti-nns. members of the “great Whig puny,” und
opposed to the voice of the majority.
If they linvo not been elected’, they linvo no right
t*» repn-s-nl the people of New J.-rsey, for one mo
ment. Fraud vitiates every contract. Urged, ns in
this case, by n p -ople, in whom reside the sover
eign y of New Jersey, it cnnCels tho prima facie
evidence of tlm “bund soul,” ai d throws upon tho
undisputed member* of thi-|Hn'i-e,,(by ihe c-mstitu*
thin made sole pnlgeJ fthu vl-ctioiv, returns,iie.. ot
it* member*,) the duty of deciding whether th-
charge is cuiruct hefoie they vest with tho qunlity of
ti represi-riative men who wain the highest i-linrac
teristic of such a title—the sanction-if the mnjority.
But wo have exceeded 11>* limits nllowed ns by the
rep-ui-d failures of !.e m ••>», und must conclude.
We in iy, li-iw» yur, have uccasiuu lo recur to the
suhjuct.
[FROM OUII CORUKSPO.XDKKT.]
MILLEDGEVILLK, Dec. 29.
Yesterday was a hu-y day. The House sal Iroin
9 A. M. to 10 1*. M. with tun exception id recess. ■*
for dinner and supper, those two important items
in eucli Hum's d'urna hi-iory. The hilt • puss- d on
w.-ro mostly of a Imal chiimcter. A Idll directing
the issuing of scire facias ngniii-t nil Banks who
lia.l Huspcndad specie ptiymcui, or who might ben-
after suspend, awl who should not have refused to
rvsurno nt a certain specified time, was lost. The
friends of thn Ci.-nirul Bunk, wore, I rather suspect,
afraid, lest ‘S-veu Minded justice should commend
the cotili- o to their own ips.”
The l-ill I --ti ihIui'i'iI by Mr. Ni-nl of Pike, prohi
biting the cir- u at ion of s nail hills, or change bills,
or cl range rickets, oi any paper medium fnrrhange
wus pa-sed. By referring to Prince's Digest you
will ft d i Mil there is now on our statute book a very
Severn Inw ouuinst any corporation issuing small
bills, and yet we liuve seen, that when necessity de
manded it, city corporations have issued tleir bills,
and no one bus ever dat ed to ti.l a,ain«l public opin
ion und pros- cute them-
The tax bill to raise tlm taxes for the political year
1840- a ne up. This put taxation on the basis of
tho your 1804, nnd raised taxes one hundred pet
centum. It was curried that one liulf should go to
t! e counties. A stib-ii'tiie wns 'lien nilered which
the Hou*», under a singular misapprehension, which
wns shared in by the Speaker, adopted It arose
from the usenf 1339 instead of 1831), which wn a
overlooked in the tending from the desk, escaping
attention. This would virtunlly h-.ve prevented any
tux from In-in; n-scsscd fur the next year. The
whole nflitir had to he recommitted to n committee
of the whole. In tho afternoon the House resumed
tho con-idi-rati n of the bill. Substitute wus offered
upon substitute, amendment ii| o i amendment, umi)
tho lI'tu-,0 wns involved in a perfect labyrinth. A
second Aritidnccame up in thu slmpe ofn substitute
ud-pting the tnx law in forco uistyeur, which nsscs-
*t-s at the reduced rato which bus obtained for sev<><
rnl year*, und gives out* half to tlm comities. Muny
who would liuve pn-feired aunt her rate of taxation,
nnd n different nppropriatinn of tlm proceeds voted
f-»r ibis sin stilus-, as otlu-rwisu tun. i- -ei-im-dio be
no stop to tho uigumentutive wanderings of gentle-
men, ’‘in eml.ess maxes lost.”
I am very happy tu inform you that ait impart nut
uini-ndineut iitlitcln-d inthe Senutu to the bill incur
pointing the Georgia Hisioncui Society, wus con
curred in la-tnig thy the House. It wns tlmt the
Georgia Historical Suc'uvy, sh niM under eeit.iin
provisions, have thn custody of tin* public ducuinonU,
bioiight over IromE-iglHinl ut -u-'ligreut expense to
tin- Stute, l»y ihe liev. C. W. Howard. This uinend-
ment wus made in tlu» Senate by Mr. Milter, of
Richmond, und the House declined in it, on mo
tion • f Mr. Crawford, of the sum -county. I con-
griiiuliite tho society on being nude tin-cu-loiliuns
of such vuluablo mat- rinls I'm (i.-uraia's II>s;ury,Hnii
equally, *1-11 think, will the Country he beuelitiod hy
plm-ing ibesii costly a -d imporla .t din'iiin-iiu in a
sale plan- of.lepusit, srimr-tui-y will ten .iilfcr loss
or mu ilaiiiin. A Imlto pard-ui J. II. Buy* conviet*
cd ut tin.- .ti-t term of the Superior Court of Troup
Coumy. for the m irder of his wife, c-juin up. The
circuinstunrc*were briellv these: Hu came to a
neighbour’s bouse ut midnight nnd told idm, his
(B'») w.fo wns dying. The nt-ighbour went wiih
him und -m leaching Boy’s house, on i-xaminiilion,
it wns found llist the woman was dead, hut -til
warm. Otliei neighbour* were enheil in and iIm-
b'sly la'd mu. Tho tuixt dny #u»pi. ions weio exci
ted ugainst Imn. nnd he wus mken intocustmly. On
thu uight nfh r her decease, a coroner’s inquest was
he'd on her bady, and a phydeiun pronounced her
m-rk dislocated. Thn prisoner's Hcrnunt of thn mut
ter wus, <11111 he went to bed, leaving ids w.fo carding
cotton. In die night lie s dd In- wu« nw nM-netl hy n
llnlso mil siriiggling on ih- pntt of his w .fe. ||o w. n,
off for nsslstnarn. Tin* evidnnrn wa* printed anrl ho
•rntlie 11 else, Dr- Arnold addressed the House in I
favour of ibo b.ll for pardon, on tbe gnurads that
rim evidence wasentirely circunistanlial, that there
wus a cumplote failuioof the medical testimony to
pmvo a di-locstion uf the m-ck, and atadute on the
part uf the Physician tu prosecute the examination
ns to the state uljany single internal organ. It was
then, on motion of Gcal, Gluscock, laid on thu
table for tlm present, ns ti e Sh-natcai that time, had
the same hill bclore them. Tho Senate were occu
pied all yesterday itV ro.iuii on the idll; and it was
10- t in tlmt Branch. This mm mug a motion wa,
made in tin- Senate to reconsider tho bill. On mo
ll m of Mi. Gurdon, of Chatham, assented to by
the Semite, Dr. Arnold wns mpn-wted to appear
before that body, und give hi* opinion ns to rite suf
ficiency of thu medical evidence to prove thu di*
locution. Ho did so nguiii-t tlm sufficiency, und
wus interriignu-d t.y s< veinl Sonntors. The Senate
uftei wa<ds reconsidered the lul.;am! oil tho ques*
lion its tu its passage, it was carried in luvur ol the
mil,and consequently topardon thit man. The bill
ha* yet to undergo the ordeal of the House} hut, it
i- to In-tru-led that jurtleu nnd humunity will pro-
vu.l, and that the bill will pa*s the House.
To-day, hi the House, tho lull aiitlioriting the
is»ne hy the Commissioners of thu \Vi stern and At
lantic Hull Itoiid, of State scriji with inupoii war
rants w is pn«sed. The hill antuiidiiig thu Chui-
ter of the Central Rail Ruud Company. »ucn us it
passed the Si-na-v, to-day. p-isseit Hit- Hoii*e final
iy, nnd is now a luw. Any capital «i whuwLlie*
may now invest his funds in tho Ro d.
Tnu^bdl from tfaeSenuto to remove the Branch
Bank of tlm State ol Georgia from this pla e come
up for its second nailing. Amotion was made to
lay die hi.) outlie table until June, which wus sup-
parted hy Col. A.H Kenm and opposed hy Messrs.
Milieu nod Ward. The motion wns lost, 'ihu
House then c--n inurd li e reading of hills lr..tn tlm
Semite for the sec- d time, which Incilitaied the
great mtasure of deliverance and liberty" the
ij.iuriiment of the Legislature on Sutiiuluy.
CENTRAL HAIL HOAD.
LIBERTY COUNTY, Dec 20th, 1839.
William H. Bulloch, E*qr.
My dear sir.—By way of information,nnd jtistico
to tin- gnod low lings manifested hy a wealthy and re*
*i cctnblu plamcr of Burke county, 1 annex mi ex
tract of a letter written to me, dated 14'h Deer.,
which I tlduk dc-crves publication.
The Rail Roml Ims been of great advantage
to our county this season, and nlmo-t till the Plan
ters h ive embraced tin* oppotimity. I have tilrcii-
tly sold three hundred trad fifty hales of cotton nt
good prices, *ny from 10 to 12J emits, nod at no
time this s.-ason cmld I have iil.taincd 10 cents in
Augusta. We are all hero Rail Road nnd Suvammli
men,ami I liopo ere long tit*- Il.il Rond will emne
to our little village, Waynesboro-igli.”
Tlm fon-g ing is tlm extract, whtrh goes far to
prove tin* immense utility tho Central Rail Rnud
will Iw to central Georglr., nnd to our vennnited ci-
tv, destined ut n-dis.nnt pi-roHl to Imeome the urn-
porium of the Smith, especially, when conn ctcd
with the Western und Athniic Kail Ruud.
In hare, y-.ur’s tiuly,
NEW YORK Dec. 10.
Most DiCstiiuctivk FlIlK —About nine o’clock
on Saturday evening u fin? It .rke out in No. 45 Cedar
street,occ'ipiml by Win. B Bend, importer of dry
goods, and Davison A Vun P. it, jobber*. Tito
hull.ling, a five story store of ihn first class, was
ciitirolgdc-troycd, wilt m'>-tnf<ts contents. Tlm
loss ot Mr. Ren-I is computod nt $200,000. Ho d d
11- t save even his li-nks. Ho was in-iir- d foi $)0.-
000 in E'lglati hand f-ra f Ttlier sum in thi-c-uiitri,
imurly it not quite suffi-mnt to c.iv. r tlm |o«». The
tiiiildiug wusowne.1 hy Davi—n A Van Poll. Their
toss i» ali-oii $23,000—in-ur-d.
No. 47, a five story store, of the same description
as the no..vo. wns nlso ilo-tr-yod. I> wns owned by
L. A V. Kirby A Co. j-h'nng morclmuw. and oc-
c ipiod by tlwm and Patun A Stmvari, import-rs.
The toss of Kt.ny A Co. it estimuio l nt $25,000;
mid that of Pa tin A Stewart ut $100,000—nearly
uli covered by insarunce.
On. 41), occupied by Jus. R. Hnyt. H. Dixon, ai d
S. Bradbury, also wns man rixlly injun d.
A pail ofiliosido w-Is of No. 43 fell lothegruiind,
leaving riio upper st-uies of tlm building, oceupii-d
by Russell, MaUisonA Tuylor, exposed tothe full
force of the li ml an t il tine,. So no con-i>luiubie
duinu;o was done to the goods in the pr mis>-s.
On the opposnu side ot Cudur street, No. 40, oecu-
pie I hy Wairiner, Carter A Pu unm, and Jo. n Wat
son A Co; No, 42 occupied bo John Fuluuucr, und
Hedln-ilh A Sclmlix; N*'. 44, in-cupied t.y Post A
Maine, ilrunggi-t*, nnd N". 4G, occupied by Bay i»
A Finn, *»cru pnititi.ly d unagi-d.
Uu William street, No. GO, occupied by Bradley,
Brooks & Merrill, No 71 by S. N. Helio J. VV.
Brown,umi Schr-udcrA S.vitxor,und No 73by N.
F. Carpenter, wore dainnguil iniliw rum of rite build-
I he whole nmnunt ufhi-s rnnnnt bo much if any
less titan $500,001), a largo pr-porlioti uf which is
cov> rod l<y insora-ee.
Our office is very near thn fire, nnd we rii* r.'foro
wulched its progiess until iii-duight, with no little
cotici-rn. It was a most toip.e-a.o night for the fire
men, t-e ruin coining down in tar-utstihm ciicuut-
stance, however, co .id mu la* r»groited,n* tlm rain
•m doubt suve.l much prop-rty irmu ih-siructi n.
From wh u wo saw we linvo no douhi tlmt itie Mid
dle Diiti-n Cliurcn would It >vo h uu destr -y d liail
ho rouf beondiy ; ill 'sjisi ks und flukes of fire fed
on it in great a.iunhiuce. Great praise is duo to
the firomou t'orthe promptn *s with whcli the en
gine* werohrouglit to near,and for their iinlufnigntdi-
exertions to nrie*t the pr-en s- of the fire. C. d.ir
street is vary u irrow,un.l thu huildiag* were live -to
ries tiigo, cousi-quemiy th y c-uul nut horeuchvd hy
tho otoinury ludil.-rs.
The amount of .nemsumnen weennuut state with
entiie accuracy. A l irga sum is known to In- innlli-
cos nut of tlm city. The I-** to mi. owo lusiiinii-ns
wus reported tu Wn 1 street this morning t i be u» lot-
lows:—
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1839.
ST* Our Senator and Representative* reached
th • city yesterday afiernoon via Rail Rond. Tlmlr
exertion* to advance the intiireot* of their cmstliU'
ems anil lliiMe of tlm people of Georgia merit the
sincern appravnl of the cititen* of Chatham; We
congra ulate them on the r safe return to their fam.
ili- s and frien Is. Tho Lcgidatnro mljonrne i yes-
tenlay morning hi half past two o'clock.
ELECTION OF SPEAKER-SUB TREASURY,
The great bone of contention between the Admin
istration party, nnd the Oppnsiriou, is tho Indepen
dent Treasury measure. Take this awny, und the
'• Whigs" won d lose tlmlr must specious muse of
eomplulnt. Well, then, surely con-iiten«y,sincerity.
A rveiy nttiilmie tlmt gives e party character, slimrid
keep them fn-m -electing no in lividu tl fur rite office
of Speaker, whose catling vote, if neces-my. would
he civen to upset tlm v- ry foundation uf rimiroppo
sition, and make thn Indepen.|..nt Treasmy a law.
The choice, however,which they have made, allows
no niter wept of principle inthe “ Wh'*g"fparty
proper. By the latter appellation, we mcanthme
‘•block spiiiu and white—r® spirits and gray,”
who yesterday tus«i-d up their caps for Clay—to
day liiata fot WKUSTt H mM this evening pb-dgQ
tlmnisulves to aupport HAtmtsoN. Tlm Enst.
W est, nnd N*»ith, show enough of the*.- folks. We
trust the S..uth i* not about to follow in thcii xig-
ins wnkr. We have la’fore stated tlmt we eon-
uideied the great '• Whig" party, meiv utilitarian*
in politic—henrllrss, sctvile, and truckling. They
would (line any mensuie, or any man, tu tlm wind*
tn mmrow, whirh, nt whom, they advocate -villi
streiioim-.es# tiwlay, if tltey/cnuld only creep into
power by the nut.
Tlm “ White,*' by the election of Mr. Hunykr,
to tho speakership, have virtually abandoned their
ofpiMYIoN to Mr. Van Boren's Admin slrati.m.
Thay have olev ited n knowi and staunch advocate
ofthit saving menS'ire—thu .Suh-Tronsury And
they il il tl»«, with his ufumosxpressed opi -Ions, and
his recorded vote last season staring them in thn
fare. Hanco, wp say n-;nin they nro utilitarian*,
anti have no fix-d principles tu guide them. In
deed the oily opposition tho "Whig” party can
now siistuio, will bo a fictions nno. They have
laid aside tho battering ram, which enabled thorn to
make Hshowrofrosistnncet-ithu ludepend nt T*ca-
iry—a,.,! In troth, tlm ehmtloa of Mr. Hunter
seals ih.-ir f*t *. Tuny hive drunk the cup, in
which was dissolved that g'*m of great price—tlm
Independent Treasury-end n iw look n« blank as
Hndgo when Im pul usidu his w irtltlo** raxm-s, and
ighotlovr-r his gti libility.
Wlint a beautiful eonxnantary on " Wh g” prin
ciples, may ho foiln I ill th-> vot.-s uf ,1. Q. ADAMS,
a til his brother abolitionist. Mr. Sladk, ol Vo -
muni, whngavo th-lr suffrages t*» P. M. T Hun
ter, of Virginia, the Nullitiur and tlm Slaveholder
—tho supporter of rim In Ihpon loot Tr aisury, th
fuo tu coiisiilidarinn, and in fudcralism! Ay, to
that to l.-rali*tn, of which Mr. Adams l« tho oldest
repr-'seninrivc. It rainimls -no nl'iho nns-'enily and
un-in:utiri union of tho hid,tons old Vulcan, with
the peorloss Venus- But, it was ull party man-
convie.
The Independent Treasury is a theme on which
Mr. Hu.ntkr ami ah supporter* of iho present
Admlni*!ration fully ng.ee. Tncr -fore, if hi* elec
tion will prove DTixIfinr* t*ti*ft«tiood»« of that mea
sure, most lionrtily do we rj ilco at his el vation.
It will be remember -d a|s ■, lhai without tho aid of
.Southern Democrats, supporters of the leading Ad-
miois-rati m measures, Mr- Huntnr could not bo
elected. If Mr. HuNTKlt had no other claims io
our resport, tlm manner in which Mr. Ritciiik
spok ii of hi* olecti III at riio list congnxs'oiial con-
test, in Virginia, w is enough lo sli >w us that Im
as no foe to our principles.
Nevei rimless, cuter aiding the s»nt'm-*nts. wo
have just expressed, wo shall nntqu-irrcl with the
utilitarian “ Whig” puny, shuulil they, in tlio pleni-
Hide of th-*if wi*doiu—tg-ir veracity, au-l th-dr
candnur. claim Mr. HtNTK.n's election as n
“ Whig” victory! “ Lot ,lh-im laugh who win I”
We have yet to learn wiul tho “ Widgs” have
won.
11 - ward Insurance Company
$30,009
F.r.-meii’s *• "
$25.00i)
Ginbu " *■
20,1100
Eagle " "
10 000
Greenwich " *'
8.0.1)
Safety " "
7,001)
Euuiiuldy " "
J.oilU
T-itnl
$101,00-)
About noon yesterday a fira borko nut m No. Iii4
Broadway, uccuou-d by C. I.uptoii, watch case ina-
kcis lu-s ubiitit f I ODD.— Com Ado. 10.
A Sign.—Who could have imagined ilia* when
tlm cl-Hpii-myoung member from Virginia, Mr. U.
T. M Humor mnd«- a sjicech | i*t session lor which
Im received the tiiunks and upplause uf the Di-iiio.
crutic p my throughout the Union, in fov-.r of t|i*-
Sub-Trvnsury bit with the Specie Clause, (.owns
di-ariiicd loi-ccoineiu ii v.-ry I--w momhs ill- cho-
sen lend, r »>Vth» whig ptmhwix in Congress! Uu-
•list ineiia-tr*-c-*na d to win hug hour? Are •* busi
ness omii" no longer to be dr.veil into active husiili-
ty lo rim guvi-rum-mt by the mere part xraciy of
AuhTreasmy! Sub Tr*-i**u<»! Do the whig* menu
to make love to out greut munsuioof “iloiiv. raiice
und iiln-iiy”—to sii-ulour piiiiL'iples ns tli.-y iinvit
hit ticrtu a olen o-ir name*! 11 so, whut h is r icoiii-
mend, d to tb.-ir si,ji ( ,oit for tho 8p<-nk.-i's chair, a
niun who has iiidouiifiial himself m ii|io|itieiaii w ith
the success of lli-a odium, abominable, wicked nrd
ruinous S-.l* 1'iuiisuiy lull, umi cspecin ly of .u vmy
daiMilicnl lent tlio ol a spi-cio cluusi-/—Eoeniiiit
Tost Dee. 17.
[FROM oUll COlUtfcSPoNDKNT ]
MILLEDGEVILLK, D.-c.20tli, 1839.
To-day the House lias been pushing business so
ns to gel thr nigh by to-morrow night. Consider
able time was occupied * ,n coiifliering reports icla-
live to the h-ng stnndjug Galphin claims, on the
Stato of Georgia. The whole matter wus finally
laid upon the tah|.- fur the balance of the ses-inn.
A bill from the Senate tor hie natal ses*lou* uf the
Legist • rare wns pnssed in the House hy a constitu
tional majority. Should it pnss another Legislature
it w.oild bccumo the luw of tho land. 1 think
reduction inthe number of donators nnd Repre
sentative* would im licit- r for the public purse und
public weal than a biennial snssl-m with the pre
sent iiiiw cl-ly numlier. Mo-t of the dny was con
sumed in bi Is of n l.tcnl clinrac cr. Too Senate
emended rim amendment of tho House in thn Cen
tral Bu -k Bill to give th-' election of Directors to
rite L-gisliitun*, iiisiunil of to tlio Governor. Tht
Hou-e refused to concur with thn Senutu, mid the
Senate, on the hid b.-ing sent birk receded from
riieii nmemlinciit and pa-sed tho bill finally. So it
i* now a Inw of rim Inn-1, until another Legislature
‘•plcu*cd with novelty nud find of ehan-u” slinl,
a ter -t. ( The Directors wnl tliorcfor-j be upp-unt-
i d by the Governor.)
In tlio eveuittg sessinii the lull nuih-iri-iug thu
^tutu Bank to rumovu its Branch from Mil-edge-
vi| c cuinu up. It wu« opposed hy Mr. K--nnu and
suppo-te-l by Mc-srs. Mdl--n and VVar-l. Mr. Md-
l< n tu ih rim gr-iuml that the llruiicti lia-1 not puid a
suffic cut inn rest on rim capital empl-iyed. Mr.
Uurclny of Huher-liam rose, ufler Mr. Milton had
linislii'd nnd raid, •* Mr. Speaker, tins gentlemen
tire qutirrclliug annul the Bank here, making but
little money. Mr. Speaker out of whom i* till-
money made ? why nut of the people— jii-I I shall
go for tlmt place whore it can make tin* least out of
tho people!" und ho voted accordingly. D» you
r-coll*-ci sterne's critic, w!i » juJgo-l Oairiok by
the *top watch 1
Tho fill to remove the Brnncli wa* then put
its final pu-s ige mid was cairi -d—yv««, 95—tmvs,
Gl. The bulnnce of th'* evening wn* enn-umed in
pa-sing bill* of u l-irtil rlt irnct-r. 1 send you the
•esnlurions luid on the ta -lit hy Mr. Jenkins, of
Ricliiu-u.il, rela'ive to the reclaiming of fugitives
from justice in an-uli-.'i* State, whl- h cover the
ground of tlm dilficuily iietwuen Marne and Gear-
Til- y will certain y remedy tlio evil. Like
all that o -tnes from, that gentleman, they aro imli-
cativu of great discrimi <a i-m and jii-lgau-nt on his
part. Tlte Legislature will s((j -urn to-morrow
uigl-t—" Finis coronal opus." *
nate, a* also was the bill taking awav the annual
appmpii -t|uniff $G 00(1 for Franklin college. The
hill regulating tho premium nf exchange nr forbid
ding them to charge m -to Hum8 iwcent premium,
passed tho Senate. All the bills of a local char ra
ter relnting to Chatham county, have been pa*«*d
by thu Senate. In the Huu«e, the bill ftom the
Senate, it pawlun J. R. Bays, cnvlcteilof the
crime of murder entne up for its pas-age. It wa-
advocated by Messrs. Millen. Want, and Arnold,
ami oppon-d by Mi***ri. Stoll, of Stewart, Rey
nold*, und Murphy- It was p ** d by a majority
of fotirii-en. Tho resolution* laid on the tal-lo by
Mr. J--nkins, tsre.-o uken up in Imth House* ano
passed. Tho Sennto refused to pass tho Quarantine
bill, in ref-rencd to Maim*. Mull) in the House
who voted for thn hill, voted against the resolutions,
saying with tho bill, they wmld mist ch-eifully
vote f-ir them, but refu>cd to do so, on thu ground
that th" resolutions without tho bid. looked like
begging at tlm door of Congress, Seveial bills oi
it local ch irac er were passed, when the Legi-lutnrn
pas*ed the best motion uf tho session, tho ii(\journ-
ment sine din.
Naval Afmintmknt —The Baltimore F-*t of
M-uulay states “ that Com. Henry E. Ballard has
t sppnin cil to the command of tho Uiiliitnoro
stilt ion in place of Com. June.*, ruslgned
UESUMFTIUN.
PitiLAnRLniiA Banks.—B.cktwll's last Phi a
dolphin Rep -rtcr says:—" Wn may m ttiion. f-tr
the ittfiirmntion of our friends at ii dis'at.uc, that
the banks nf Philud-*lpliia aro ubnut to resume. No
lime, however,ns y- t. lias been ugroetl u,hoi. They,
of course, discount very littlo, awl yet money can
not be said to be in very grant demand.
Extract of u Htcr received In this city, d ited
Maiuktta, December 17, 1839.
I have the satisfaction to inform you that the
Commissioners of the Western and Atlantic Hull
Ruud have received favorable proposal, fi.r ex- R-
vat ing tlte road formation from Crass 1*1 tins, in Mur.
ay county, to Ross' binding, on tlte Tennessee rl*- r.
Tlm work is to Im done, though paid for .In six per
cent. State stonk nt par value, f**r a sum inure than
twentyfivc per cent, less than similar work hns here
tofore co t, though paid for in «-a«h. Tlw»Commis
sioners linvo rejected proposals for no part of tho
id, except thu tumel of fourteen hundrod foi-t
length, through a mountain exiled Little Bluo Riilge,
nnd a deep ruck cut nonr tlm north-west termimi*
on the river. Th<*so two aocibins. It is hclloved,
will soon be mado ut fair pricu* hy tlio same or
other bidders
It is now pretty certain that th* entire ran.l f ir-
in -tl-m, yot to Im done, will he executed fur o sum
consider ably boinw Col. Long's estimato, vixt $559,.
jUO'l} thougli you remember In have heard, lately at
Mills Iguville, tliiitil was locust mllli-m*.—Angus'a
Chronicle, 21st inst.
MR. HUNTER'S VOTES.
On th" 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. 5-lt, 9ih,nnd 10-h '<nl.
lolling* by visa voce, Mr. Hunt- r voted for Mr.
Pickens, of South Cnrnlitm. On the other htillot-
ing* we do not prreeivo his name. All tin* deleg ,-
ti-rn from South Carolina except two—Mr. Klic.t
und Mr. Rogers, aided in hi* election.
Tlmr Charleston Patriot's correspondent re
mark*.—Mr. Dromguolo would have stood n go-id
.chance qf election, bad hls frieod* rasnlveil to Rum
inate him. His turn fur cunvivluliiy wtul'tliciroiity
objc-ctiop.
CONGRESS.
Tho House were nil Wednesday Inst still discus-
sing the right of ihs fivo New Jet sey. oil ixmis, com-
missioned by rim Governor lo take tliolr sent*.
Those member*, du-irous of mslulliug them strive
to cit-* precedents, the resort of special pleaders in
a bud cause, but oven this resort fails them, for ns
dtowtn by Mr. Dramgoole and other gentlemen the
precedents happen lo work tutuinxt them. Wo co*
lucid" with Mr. Dr-mgo*>l**, who last Tuuiday
h indlcd ihe <uhject with ability, that
If the doctrines for which gntllomon cmteml,
that tit so cot tlfi.-ntos, no matter how obtained, will
give a seal in lids House, shmil-i prevail, you will
strike a latul blow ut thn lr* cd-*m ofelrcri-iiis and
thu purity of a representative Gov.rn-nent T It is
this elect ve iruncliUe, Mr-1). -aid, a- d lie tu |i. f • f
the people that limy nitty, thn-ugh it, of right, ciirty
out tlm DemtHtralic principle, nnd do what they
rnnnnt do but in lho ; r priiniry M**emb|-e*, tt-nt i*
the surest snregunrd ol our libnilies. But. snid Mr.
D. if you ostnhosb the prim-iplvthnt ill-cn-ih-iitinU
given liy tin*Sta'oautlio III *.itomntlnrlt »w Irani,
idt-m— uu muitei Imw much nt viirii-nre wi-h tl-c
the wilt uf the people of ilm Stn-e. a- expres >-d in
tlmelicU-ms, shalloinwe gh rin p-*pul .r voice, you
strike a stab ut ihe exUn-n.to of the elective fran
chise, and di str-i.v eveiy p< inciplo ihut makes de
mocracy loth lovely midpiucticublo.
Rtticle of the Constitution, are wholly hunt* iiuatato
the object. 9 ^
i'further resolved, That in rim opinion
Ol rills General A*; • mldy, iho-e st-.t-iles -liniil-l be
*•• "mt-mletl, as—Is), To tiutlio-ix- ih" demand
tntbe eiseanoniemplnted.to la* niiul-njma the Cir
cuit Judge of the United Stnt> * It ivlng iirisdietlou
in riieSijite wherein surh fitgilive utu) h- found: Idly
lo riqtiho III It-Itch Judge, upon surh deuinnd lie-
mg m:.iht in « uelorm --f low.-hull i-s*i- In* warrant
to he direct yd tothe Marshal of ill- U. S. in ihe
8 nit- when ini sueh tugit.va nnyb-, lequiiing hi*
at rest and di-livery to the agent dny iiurit nixed tu
ri-ceive him. whu shall Im nan-.nl hi -itch warrant.
3d/y, To renuhn each Mar-htil l-» whom any such
warrant shall be delivered, fuiihwith in execute the
same.
And be itfmlherresolved, That Ills F.xenll nry
th" G *v. roor. bo ivqu xl-d in f-irwurd to our Seitn-
tor and Re|a*seiiiaiives io Congress, o-piea of the
above praambloand resolutions, with ii request that
they endeavor to procure stieli amendmont nf the
stntuti*s in question, ns in th<*ir jndgm- nt w ill bo best
calculated to effect tlm desire.l object.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25. 1839.
Put Tim i.< tour ptrx.—Tho toy State Demw-
crat -avs that lit*- corrst*|ana|ent of th- Atlas -i-t-uk*
ol tho Harrisburg convention us "a congreg -tiuo af
(lo the mum) fusty old gentlemen" “ In my md gmithi-
in*-ii!” This Is i-m had. Welisu-r’s defimlum ot th-
wonifusty i»|< M-U dvj m iaty, ill-nmiliug; mi.k;
rancid. Wnc-munim-l this to u p uci- uiu-oig rite
gl-bific -tl-n • xtr ids of nor ttcigUtmu «f i|, u skhig
pr-J-s, Their reader* ought <o #-.* b -ih *i
,•<"> more than jiiuko.—Balt Foil.
[max ouit c iRiusroNDr.NT.]
MILLBDriBVILLE. Dec. 22.1,1839.
This morning at .J past two both Branches of thn
Legislator-* ufVimiroo I, sine dis. Yest -r lay, was an
ar ‘tinusoua for work. Many bills in each branch,
enrinaiiiig from tlm oth«r h>i<l in come up for ihn
tldid lim -. In ill" Heoitu ibw fo| nwiog w is tie
fatu-fsomw of the lull* nriglniihg loth- House.
The ||og bill, fur o .'n|»ea»aiioa lor si .ck killed by
Hail UouJ Cut., was liiHUtiaudy kd <-d hi tlm Ho-
MR. JENKINS’ RESOLUTIONS.
The Fcd-rul CoiHlitiirinn, having li-s-n f atned
pxrtiilly wi It a view to regtilatn the c mventiooni
•nterc’uir c Imtweeo th" s-voreign States th it or-
d lined it, and having conferred nil tin* | ntver-
nncessiiry an-l proper for ca-ryin; lu pmvi-i -»s in
to full effect upo i a Congress nftho (billed States,
it I* innumlMint on that body, hy i s legislat-nii, to
secure th" several Ststesiu the enjnymo..t nf th -R
constitutional rights. Not tlm hunt important -ti
pulation in tint compact.D,that"apnr-ooclm r g <1
with treason, felony, or other crime, who xlmll
fie" from justicii. anil lio fotuul In nnotlier State,
shall ond-'miiid of tbr. Executive auth -rity of th>
State from which In- fl.-.l, Im delivered op, i» he
ri-m-ive.l tu the Stuio ha-ing jtiiisdicliuii of tho
crime."
Duuhtlvss the past l-'.-lslation on this subject, ha*
b*-en predicu'cd upon th- presumption, tint ea-ili
S'nte, having in rim pledged fritli nf nil the orii>
m Miffi-i-nt go uaiitee, nothing ntont wns r>-qolsit<-,
than to pre*cribo tlm f r os m liic.h should give a-i-
lh-nlic’ty to the demand. Doubt I-as too in the
lim •* which gave birth to th- Const imion—vvliils
lie Union wa* young, un i Iter revolutionary u«-o-
cinti-m fresh ami warm, ihi* pn-suni -tioii found its
warrant in the muiuni fidelity which piompriy
responded to alt Kxceutivedi-oiand*. Toth s ;o«e-
ration has hce.t reserved die Im oilia'i"g spe.-tai-ln
of a sovereign State in ikin„- herself a city of refuge
f-r f-igirivp felons fnm her <d*fer e-nfe-leinlus —
Two such cn-e*, -if rec nt o tcitrr.-nee, d-inxi-tiute
th-utter inefficieacy ol ilmexi«t!iig laws for c.ray
ing into effmo this p ovi-ioo of th- C-nstitn i.iii.—
Tli-y moreover ch-nry inlicali- the cause of tbi-
iii-dficinncy. Tha*o Jaw* »iro d--pend -nt ti-r tliei-
-•x-'cutioii, upon t •" nu-ra w ill of the Executivn HR-
curs of the s-veral states, who neither ure. nor can
lie made rospo •* lile to riio General Gov--rnment. It
then it Iwcoiirclly tiistim-d.lhil the Federal Icgi-
Uiure is leuiud to oink-- um.-ie piovision f- r the c -o-
tcmp'ale-l nsig-nry, and if exiwri- nci* ha* prove-
that ritli me" on St -t" nolhoriti s i* delusive, tb
question occurs, wti'.'rimr tb ra Im any other moil
which g v.-s f.iinir promise of security T M -y no
thr obmclhe accomplished, l*y eomlovi-g in ihu'
service, ntfi.u-r«app'i'i'etl hy, a id ro*poo iblu to
tho Federal Hover ment T In 'is much n« tlmt
Governin'-nt ha* cnpl-y- si, in every Stale of the
Union,ti-i-uprU'ir j*ul cinl anil ministerial officers,
it is Imli-vud that ihi- dip V- eoj'd nil l»y the logheit
obligati -n*. and intinru--fy ciruneeted with ih • hur-
m my an I per.-etniiy of the Uoio-i, mitv lie appro-
psi.it.-1y -indi-fficiimtly performed, thr ugu their in
•trmnuu olity. fliero wirild s- e nlob-i n |a-culi r
fitocs- in p ovidiug i Imt the aid w'tii h she is luiund
touffnnltoths oaieju llciarics,ahi"i|il n* uli Iroin th-
action nfh r *twnj*t<l ciury. Tlm prora**< would lu
simple, and tin a.i'Ms directly re»pon*H<l" to the
power wh mm the iiws tob" eX-nultal tint m-te,
lie it therefore resolved by Iks Senate and
House uf Reprtseu'iHves of Ihn State of Geor
gia, in General Amnnhly met, Tieri thu slatutc*
of th* U uteri Slat,**, enacted in ctuiy lot • effect
tlio latur d-uwo uf the *#eomlSecliuo of lira fourth
THE FESTIVAL OF CHRISTMAS.
On this day, memorable sinco the firs' ages of
the Pi imhiva Church, na that set apart for the anal-
tersaiy of the birth dny of the Son of God, mil
lion* throughout Christendom bond their knees in
thankfulness, and their noli a of praise sw-ll on high
to ffir Giver of all Good, for HD inanif tl l mou-ies
at all tim •*.
Nor is it alone a day of devotion. Co-ton has
trtasli* lt« evening one of liiDniiy. We, Juh -rl hig
many of rite good old usage* nf our Atiglu-Saxon
ancestry, qunff the foaming innkunl, if ntr of hnuvn
stout, Vf soinctbiug just as guo-l. Gettinl Madeira,
noble Burgundy, and link* ami hearty Port, grace
tlte hptotaoNi huar-l, whilst the smoking lutron nf
hev$— ftntt voting tittkey, an I tlio plump pullets,
would draw water from th" mouth uf an nncli-irite.
We lofe uli cistoms—old friends, and ntd people,
ami w.shall old ami young, a Murry Christmas
ami at th* sqmeftime hoja* our friend lim Pie-ident
will never Uw*»e t*>4 -frt h t M"*s«ge tigni'i, so that
we may roml It gt least nt our coxy fite, on Christ
mas E*o- Bat tho " Whigs" have no c-tn*ci"iices,
and rare nothing for oldmi ways. If they did, wo
would have more peai-e and more money; nnd they
might become more decent people, uftei ad.
GEORGIA AND MAINE.
Tlio Bill we ibis day poh'i-h did not become n
law. Ii on'y pns-ed tlm H. use. Wo urn rather
ilDp-seil to regret it. lor wli-n iim.lh-r State inter
feres with our pi'cnli.ir institutions, wnst-e no oilier
cour-u ttiun to fait l> oik op'iii our leservml rights,
even to the exclu-iim ot their ci ixons from tho
right-of citix-ms of the several States. The i*. rliiiirml
jurisdiction of a Slut" tvcogixeil by the Cim*titu-
lion and Laws should Im re»|a*ciiil hy other Stiites
nr. then* is no snfegtuml for our property. The
Cbailestoif Mercury,in publishing the Inw makes the
wulijnlued remark# Wo r»-gn*t the pus* tge uf Mr.
Jitnkiu's ri solpl'mis, ns much iu we admire the
general a -ursr of that gem lent in, for wo think tho
laws stiffieiomly obligatory up n the States now, nud
ii CiiiMtii Ju Igo of ill- United-States will hardly
linvodiffeieot views limn any'o:lu*r Judge .n u non-
si .vc h-iuiiiig Sta e.
(From the Mercury.)
There scam* no -loubt ilml tin* lull will bi-cotno
a luiv. It* provisions nru sintpli*, nud il carried
out fuitliftilly will no doubt b- elli-ctiial Ti.e tit-
tempt ofsomw UT tTU* tlontwo mine* iinlni .iMn,
'what shall lot our criminal c do nnd tbul tl.erdffs
no poniiliahln olfenco in nets which conft-sst-d-y
st: Iko at tnir salbty umi mult valuable ititervsis In.*
cause liirsiHitli they happen to bo such a- camel In*
committed again* t their own laws, mo-t be met by
legislation, or uu nro no lung r muster* of our o» o
prujierty, Wo shall wait wirii some anxiety fur
tho actum of Virgraiu on list* same subject. Gov.
Campbell intimates that upplicutiou to Congress
should bu tho first step alter the relit til of the au
thorities of Now York lodojusicc in the premi-ef.
Wo think Georgia has ucte-l ngli —rim Ics- wt Imvct
to do with Congress on this subject, tint ruu.p i* our
li'<nn<iy. Tney linvo Phi ninny nbolinonDt* tlinro,
nud suclt an application to them would Ihi h licence
to thu Adumse*,Slades, btc. to ruvu tnroiigh a wli.de
session. ItUn good id-'ti to tt'o-t the sl.ivu -teniing
*'ii ns lik« infected region*, Halt e to bring tho p-sti.
lunco of uboiiiion among us. Let their v ss- ls
take a go-al suiistautid nirmg beforo rimy am
nllowed to appr-i -nn iiur wlnirves, hiiiI tla-y will
Icatn by tlio on y lesson whose wuri-ings cun over
touch heir setistbilltirs—th" yearnings of liitcn at
—that it isb si to come aiming u» witliclcnii bund*
atul hnn*it imemiuns. Thu Govorin r of New
York niMint-ins that slaves c-umot l-u rue. gnixcd as
,r |ierty hy the laws uf that Suite-—for if they l.o
prop-tty tin'll oven hy tha laws of New York it is
felony to stent them. The court* of New \ oik
then ca-ntii enforce n bond or mo" made in Suit h
Car-rlina, ills cim*ideralmn of which wus a slave--
the principle curried out is in fact on their part the
abrogation of ad peaceful rolnrion* with Jus—Da
declururioti uf hostility social ami p.niiicul aguiust
u*. They have taken their ground ns ugurcssors
ami wo nro put, win thcr wu "ill or nut, on uur
-toloiice.
Uuu.NTunr Troublks,—Tin* Wm-dsock (Maine)
rime* of Dec- m *er 7, suys, '•Slifftll' I'utnnm of
H-tullun, passed thr-ugh hero list week,on his way
to die Hcitook. It was s*|d limtho had a warrant
for 'hr apprehension of rite Wunlen. Th attempt
was made, but fortunately did not succeed, n» Mr.
M got an intimation ofwlnt was g-ine on. Mo
succeeded in getting to ilia military po«i nt tin*
Grand Falls, clo rly pursued' y the capturing party.
ThranliDry at that stnlinn turned out, nud w rein
immediate r-aditicssto give the pursuers n warm
reception. But tlio gallant l-n.id h -I pru lennwnoii,rii
<ocull a halt before they came ia sight othersIse,
they would have paid dearly fur their lemeiiiy.”
CONGRESS.
Our nntlrip tthins aro realised, and Ri.hert M. T.
Hunter is elecoal Sj-eiker of tlio House of ilepre-
sentutivos. Thu Whigs of c-iursr make a prodi
gious miiso and attempt to wring st-metliing into
thflr faces which may pass for rejui 'In *. But riio
'lection -f Mr. Hunter i- in truth ill" triumph of the
Independent Trn.ismy principles. Wo know him
In he an hmest, fairies*, iml pendent man. We
shall no -In-di* differ with him on * one point*—c
nr" sorry tlmt the vote of th" Wh : gs was npce-snry
to his election—wo dissent from the opi ion h<*
st ems to favor n'wiit the New Jera-y metnlh*rs.
When riicn talk about disfranclii-io * a State, rimy
should rememlwr that ilia worst kind nf disfranchise-
mem is to allow persons to represent that Slat"
Im have been •eject'd hy its ritixens. The Whig
dal nntits iktixt id i ladr seats In order that they mnv
vote sgaln-t their own Stat" ami force upon i s
representation con’rnty lo its will, nnd strange to
•ny,8<ato Rights are invoked in id I of thu ptirpns- d
fraud? 'Ihi« subject was te/'rioopeo'd for ih-bntn,
hy tliaS|ieakor dema*-liag Cram tho House whoihrr
tlm New J--rsey m tubers -hall l»o saorn? Tlie du-
Irate was li'tely to he long, and tbe j r ispecl of ro.
eeivittg tha l’rcsklcnl's Masssgo wus again darken
ed.
All sorts of silly tumors have been pot in rlrou'n
lion hy the Whig letter riters, about a dbsohiti it-
of rite Admiuislrati-m party. Mr. Cn'houn whit
all 'hn Kullifiar# gitiug m#. to granny Uur-Don and
o her tr <sh which it D their vormioo to (Nal-lle. A|
the politick*** it* the world aoul l not drag Smith
Catolina into ilia support of tfuriisun and none id
her politician*, whu have any ch inieter at atuk-,
wllUtlrmpt It. It is just now iho inshinn to »W
tlaisr straws mi Mr. CxUrtun. slmp'y becauso h» \%
•TI* 1 * I- Ih" appraprigtn moltoof tlm Opposition,
I Ih ir .iv .mil. bj rt 1* sucre#., |,y what mon, or
what nti-aus arlii-tfd, it nistlers m»t. They pro-
rlnlm that It Did* no importance who l« tbelr can-
rildaln Im tlie I'terah lH*y. pruvided bo im available, A
Rltirli is th- sole qualification demanded. Th* V
fn ill'y with whl It ill yndopt or tlraj> ncandidsf®, I
*►•*11111 Im amusing, were R n -i| culpable. They anr 1
" hol y regard'es* of Id* opinion*; In fhet, take little 1 v
|Htln# to inquire into ill m. Hostility to ’tl/o' iRo-
puhliean Administration 1* tbelr sole bond • fui-Iuo, ' '
and stands in leu of till those cardias) principles .
"pun wrhith on Imn at and cuinDtarq.parjr can! j
alone groaml its If.
But tlielr indifference fn principle l> even more i
flagrant. They arc widiag to take a man who*r
ihc trines, in every Imp’util tit particular, colnchte ‘ >
with those of rite Ailtni* i*tnii|on, which they ir
nttnrk and for Iml.ling which, It has for years been 1
the ohjoet of th- lr unrelenting hn* Hhy. Tfel* If
nta.-if -ted in the lute oloctiun of Speaker. They ‘
proclaim nsatr umph, the choice of n geiitlrmnn
"boss political priitniples d-ff r as widely as tlio
poles, from tlm.c win. b they ent-Ttnln. About this
there is, th -re cun he, no mUtakc. Thr opinions of ,,
Mr. llumer have been too frequently and frankly
prnr'aimed to admit of the siigbtast uncertainty.
Hi* pride is to lmve bran *-rH In the school ofjefler-
soniou UepuMtcniiDm. His whole course before -
tbe people, the Legislature of Virginia, and la
Congress, piuves th" sincerity nf Id* devotion to '
tlu.se ilncirines of which Federal Whiggery 4s the
nnripmle*. He is n con-tnti'tinniitnfthoatnti r h'rst
sect; he D opposed to n pro m live tariff, and a Na-
limu-l Bank. Hr is ngainst internal improvements
by t' e General Government; he D, to u-e hi* own
phrase, in favor of « ‘•divoice between the Govern
moot ami n H h inks;" he is ano of the ablest, as he •
\yns otto of the eor'leit, advoen'es of on Indepen
dent Ttenstiry. Quotation* from his published H
speeches, A;c. might bn tnultiplied in proof uftbes* 1
aa*i-rliiin* of Ids political orthodoxy.
Th" Opposition denounce tint Admlnistmtfnnfbf
its refusal to ostublirh u Bui.h. Mr, Hunter Is
animat l* to the same cha-s*’.
" I *ltnll n iu*c,” he observes, "hut a nv-menf, tot
e.onrid'r the r-xpcilient of a Ui.i cd States Bank
Which Inis herlisugtest.il by snmn ns ufftriling
menu-of priulucn Unm ilDte relDf. If this were
so tlm siigtes-ion would he ns des# lo more who.
like myself, In-lieve that it I# demur#fruble, nnd
tl.ut n "hns ufti'n hcen demonstrated, that we hnw
im power untler th" Conslitmi n to charier sorb ‘mX‘.
bank. But fill' one, I bri eve that no such effect
Would flou I! om siicli an ii.stilutiim.”
Tho Oppn-Ulon ncensn the Government of caus
ing 'ho stiff'rings of the country, by means of tho
Sped-* Circular, hostility to thu banks, merchant*, r
&c. Mr. Hunter notnnbulid not join In this , sense*
I s* c| uni r, lei* nitribuwri the effect In fm other
enua-s, to rite system, in fact, which tho OppoiD
Cion snstnio.
After niuchconsh'entti-'n,” remntk* he," I have
come tilth"concbisl.in that the present and put
commrrctnl dis'rvs-es Imve been mainly praduoed
by ibo Amerio-iti bunking -ystemt a system which,
by tin* law id its ciuniiun, burr os to iu downfiill
a* tlio ncenssaiy result ol its own action; nnd Ihi*
c.riastrophi' i* only hnstnn- it by tho excitement uf
the c ’tineciiim between it nnd the Government-**
Tlm Opposition den unco the Admioi* ration fur
Wisliiag to dissnlvu tlio fatal connection wldoh hM
hioiiiiltogether*lu* Government and banking Insri-
tu'lons. If riiero bn guilt in this, Mr. Hunter it
equally involved.
*• As one of the m nn» ofuffectinR thisgraibal r©»
f-rm," (ho renunk* t ) " 1 propose a dlva.ee be
tween tlie Goveroinuiil and nil bunk*. I propose
h; sir. ns a ineustire r. cptlred by public Interest,
nnd ultimately lami'licii.l to rim bsiik* themselves.
Tho ib'posltit* of put die money, upon which the**
iustiiu. tons imli*, nnd the credit given to iheirpti
p. r hy in of Us rvn'ipt in point* dues, only
solve tu at imulutc an action already false in ifa*na»
tu e, nnd tend* Inn to hasten the round of expan-
si- it and contraction wh.cb they n*t» «v»r periorrA-
ing. In thin point of vinw the connectiuti D Iqjurl
1IU. eM,r »n .tie Ou’unm,.» 1 ^.L. , IDILUn,
banks." *
Yet for h .|inogiri"se opinion* r fnnoe<mlafld ertMi
praiseworthy in Mr. Hunter, tho Administration Us
denounced' ns recommending an odious Sub Trsa
sury, of warring upon commvrco nnd credit, ofre—
turning to inrhari-in, ns u Dliing to cstnblDh • Gd»
vernment bank, ns ncn.ntod by n d>*Iiliornto design
tif sapping thn foundation* of public prosperity,
Tlie President!* accused of wishing to .augment
Executive pu'runuge, by dissolving all connection !
w tb bunks, Stale, nr Nationat, nnd this Is .one of,
tho principal grounds, or rather pretence, of.Whlf-
Itestil ty. Hear agulu what Mr IJuiiirv says upon,
this -object. •*'. /
I linve-dways n*card-d thi-cnnncctronhetwfl’tt,
Bqnk and S uiv in this country, iih a coujuneturor
m.ist ominous to our liberties. U.o the pub.io nur> i
n-y to buy up the Stale luniks, for the Use ofthi*
Govotnmeni, or of it* Executive branch; and you ut-
once noitvi rt them into political rnginos—you da-,
p ivo the States of tim nontiol ol th.-ir own Invtittt-
lions, hml you pine.** the people under tho dnmior
i ui of n l-'iiguo of o r or do influences. Endow*'
moncy-’il c.orp ration with tha functions of Govern*-,
tin-tit, and you beheld ut once the most ruthless t>£
oHdesp'itUms."
' We Introduce these quotations to give the pablla
some ld<*n of wiiat is culled Whig triumphs. If
heir joy is sincere, ii pruveil that their opposition
tu tin* Ailin.iiDtrutiou is sol ly (uctiuus and*person
al.
Wear" satisfied with rii" princ T pres of Ml*. Hu» ’
ter, mi I from our knowledge of liD character, we*
have a right to li -liov" tlmt his sets will be In con
formity ihcrowiih. He knows flic sentiments, of
tlte nnij rityi.f theH m-r nndof tho people. With,
tins-.* si-nriintnis h" cordia.ly nttraes, and tlie feet,
wns known fiPthose who gave him their rotes, altar
vainly emienvuring lo elavnie to tlio Chair men of
entire.)' opposite principle*. He has proclaimed
his int-'i.tiuii t.oi tube u par'ySpeukoi; be has de«
cl i red that ho would "sustain the principles upon
which he'*Uiitds pledged b:fore the country.” Ww
have n right, fmm bis chnnctcr, f,r expect that hv
will net in eonfi.rmiiy witli ihme principles. If irr
tli** Ais, barge of his depilate nnd responsible duties,'
pnilied irly the organltariun of tho House for .the -
purpose* of hndne^s, ho Is fnlriy the expoaentofh!*
principles mill thorn which prevail in Congress nnd
mnoog the poop’e— if he looks with a single, eye tw
tit • public gmid and convenience, hi* will not only
be uliin toseivutfin country tffvc ually, but add
mucb to ih r<*putn*!an which he has so honorably
aehi veil.— Globe of Wednesday last,
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(iMRr.K8ro5f.n«.®. n ,
From Key Wgar,—The U. S. Mail schri.
Thames. Gr-ffnh, arrived here last evening, brings
"g us a filo of the South florin ion to tho I4tb
inst , inclusive.
The U. S, Ship Warren, William A- Spencer,
I'sq-f Commander, arrived a 1 Key West, on Setup*
day ill 7thinsta-.t, fr-m Havana, officers and erew*
•II well, Tim I Varren s died on tlie 12th for IIu-
vjmi.
C iptnin Griffith stnte*, that on the fiili'ftist. r )tb
pxssid Mid liijurd.-il tl.u Br. ship Duncan, of Liver-
I-ihiI w,.|ei-'ox«ed and lon.l d wid) mahogany, lay*
mg to nil n chyr, lr» iff fathom* w.’iter, inlat. 27
hi. Thu ship wns disma-t-u!; no* one wa« Cmnd
nboird of her:—had bran previously boarded by
plus -us from vessels passing-—’in vails nor rigging;
mainmast standioa. CaptuinGiUfithgavninfarmRi
tion to the wrecking vessels Vitelia mid Sylph,
who iminedin'ely matle sail fur her. 1
Tampa continues to be sickly—reo-nt account*
from t int place states that Captain Barker, of
Inf'inl y. is dead; also, the wile and child,of C'upt; >
Sewell.
The se.hr Dark, Baknr, from Yarmouth, fbfass^ .
•hiuhI to St. Joseph, ran h*hunt' on WashurJ
• otiMo's shoals on th" afteriuN-ti of tlte 29th ulu
hIhio, 3 o’cli ck | to k asDiain e fiom sloop Viveliti
Tlm sclirruwr wa- v» ry slightly lq|ured. Vessel
and ch»*o e*t in lod at $2U0A— tlw nrbitrstor*
nwaided m Cttpiulu Wood, of the VDetin. former-
vices ictulvred. 23 par oral—equal «, $5.3 —Cou-
l.lvonmol around HnW.'
tli.I’ll)—.,, bilftrinlnwilt— Char. U.rc.r, •/’I 1^01 BK..EV, I
j A ■I ’Mf UOBT. HABERSHAM *S0N.