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At the cimirimli) here it tolortb'y »r|| pn.vlil. tl.
with 0*1 paper chungc. and n. there la
b.Woredundant l.*nr of UaWm«« lUck p«f«r>ii I
ratln-r a short supply ..film !-*« n«mcl ••tide. H i»
not probsbl* cltlff* will .*|»-rier.c^ mod.
inconvenlunee from the present suspension. rw
tbr r*-*t, wr trust llmt lldngt will ere lonjj bo put,
in «m»e way, on ■ more permanent boils, it. regor.l
to the currency.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 n, mu.
STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT.
The U. S. Homer Newlrem,.Captain McNulty,
withe cargonf G-irernmenl 8tor*#» consisting of
Uay, Corn, Iron, &c., Hi for rSlollte a few minutes
before 10 n'dk.ott Tuesday night,en.l had ptocecdinJ
oppmite the Eastern wha.f, Mow the ciiy, when
*he-truck •nmelhing supposed to In* ft snag. noil
which ro InJ'irctl Iter that the wntrr hn.l free ingress.
Copt. MfNuliy ft' «oo>. n» he fou.nl her •inking rnn
| ter ■ < h..re on tho Garden Hank*, helow tho city,
where «hr now lie*, tunk to the water* edge.
The stoan-boal (Jen Clinch, C'npl. Ilrook*, Im
mediately proceeded to ill" wn ck, nml auccee.lcil
in saving the deck Ina l, confuting of Hay, Iron,
Arc.—t|m remainder of tho cargo ill tho hold will ho
damaged. Capt. M. came op yesterday morning.for
assistance and immediate tni asiire* will ho taken
to ruite hrr. Coptain and crew lived.
THE LADIES' COM l’AN ION,
For February. 1841,
Hiu born received. It appear* from the table
ofc menu to conmin the usual variety of plensuM
mailing, and Isrmb.Uished with a Heel engraving,
tho •object taken from one of the well known bul
lad* t.r Worn*—TAs Hi if i o' Railry.
Thi« poot of Nature and his mi*tre*a are repre
sented "lucked inenrh other’* ‘fond enihraee, on*
tier the canopy of an autumnal sky, between ilio
•lute ami early hour*,’ owi-Ll the lieaaure* of the
golden harvert.
Wo *ti»pert that more thanuno of our young
haeln'hit lendei* would ho pool leal under liko clr*
eiim*tanct>*.
The Companion In* al*n two page* of.Mutic.
COU NT Y CONST AII L ES.
Tho following gentlemen were jo-lerdny appal*
fed by ilia lofeiiur Court, Constables of Chatham
County.
First Prof.
M. BlIKFlALL. Jr.
1HIII.1I* M. RUSSELL.
Second Heal.
ALLEN RUSSELL,
JOHN W. CLIFTON.
Third Heal.
THOMAS A. WILSON,
JOHN A. STALKY.
Fourth Heat.
JOHN C. III.ANCK,
DANIEL N. LAIN.
the next AD.MINISTHATION.
The Sun of Whig power In* nlmo*l ri«en. Al.
Trndy tl.e dawn of it* thing lew lioou hailed by loud
hum*, l.y word*, which, if wo weio ns fond oftpin.
ting latin u* tutmi writer* fur tho jiuldic pro**, tve
wouklcnll to* el purterea nihil. Ilm wetirenuf
hfiwlVvitli using t»ui minher Engliili, nml *trivo to
give our view* in n plain *tyle, *o that nil tuny
undrr»tawl them,and which *tylo ha* been protiounc*
4iJ by a Irarneil niithor, tlin licit.
Flag*, loo. Iiovubeen di*|dayed with their hole,
rngcueout motion*, iml'cuting tho di-similar cle*
inonla, which Imvo teen made to boil ill ike caldion
of modern vhiggtry, covered o'er with a coon*
•kin.
The muntmrry mony would jet *o*tnin, hut we
hnpo aoiiii to *eo llie itinwk torn from tho fiolir* of
the 11'Aigs, and their true principle* exhibited It*
pubic gate.
Aa foi (lie President elect we Imo been hi* dr*
terminrd opptinenl.not to tmieh lieciiuse wo believed
him di»i|uulifie.l |,,r auch u high *tulion,und deficient
in ihufe arcnmpliihmoiiuof n tluternian, whirli,
while they exalt the individual pusM-sting them,
•erve toelovoto the rhiir.icter of the Nut ion, both lit
home ami iibrn.iil, hut he«MU>e we lielielif him a*
tho availablernu.i'datu ufmuie ihnn one mnnortel
of inrn, who ile.,ircd hi* lran*fcr from retirement
to the chair of Suite, that they might husk in tho
•unlieam* of tho Executive.
While convening the claim* of Wnt. Henry
llairicm Intel n»ido ilm Republican virtue* of
Martin Vun Union, wo could nut he blind io iheof.
fartiufa Clay, a Wohtter, am) tho letter light*
which follow their twinkling, to uttniu nil euiinencu
which the people have been reluctar.i to too ilu-in
occupy, but which fnriullou* c';rcum«tvic*s have
recently conspired to idaco within their teach.
It wnt llioo two proiniiwul Senitor* we hud
principally to w itcli—one n llepnlillcnn nf the U»t
war, hum Fcdcmt Rof.irmor when tho g’i'teiing
print of Premier (die chu r of “atnfe precedent")
wu* held util foi his acceptances the other, an nppn-
unit of the tamo war, hut u "JelfeMonian KepuMi-
can" when the *ninu prise li-nip(tj him to uhjuro
Id* allegiance to that party, wit**, whatever th-ir
fault*, generally cling to the creed »if their oi iginal
fuitli, through good und through e\i| report.
ll it with lint net* of then- ntwl>iii»u* n-pirnnlt
for political distinction we have mo«l to do, and
whichprebahly uft-r thu Mi -f March wo will have
principally lu cuuyatt.
Alteady do we see it rum ire.l that "Mr. Clay
in*i*lr on t»n extra-sesriop, and il will undoubtedly
be rotoilcd to."
For who*e good f For thohciH'fu nf that Ticatu
ry.ulready bankiupi, if ttio ll'Aig Orator* in Con
gres* are to be behevedt Tax the Countiy with
an extra sssi-ui, merely to repeal tlm SuL*Tieu*u.
ry Law, thoonly corrective lull to protect the peo
ple from ubu*c» of llio Unuking p-ivih-ge, und erect
on it* ruin*a National Hunk, which will full to cor
rect the evil*, while It conduce* to prostrate Siam
Sovereignty ut the footstool of a moneyed Aritioc.
rncy!
Our m-ider* will umlcrttnnd that we do not yet
charge the l*rv«hleni el»d with tho ad.ocacy of
the*o manures. We ore «nil»ftod t.» nwuit hi* own
profextiun*, when intinlled In ofliee, for u* Mr.
Wise rwmarkain lhedi«cu**ion which wo thi* morn*
inglaybefoie uuc reader*—"Who know* ««hat tho
measure* ofQen. Hurriton will bef Went there
not some gentlemen making principle* for (Jen.
Harrison before he tame imo power!"
A very *en*ible remark for one H'4i> to thiusi
at another.
If (sen. Harrison when in ^mwer acts op to the
principles which tome of hi* friondi claim a* hi*,
then ire shall be prepared to do that ju«tice to the
Fretkitat of the next four year*, which we are una<
blu to do a* long a* we »ee one *el of men claiming
him as the champion of their profe**imi*, while
another, the antipode* of their present brcthn*n >
cl/titrt him as the Dentatu* whose arm is to repei
assault* upon their principle*.
M c * Wto« further aud truly remarks—"When
it «ra* not known tchal tkt principles of the com.
ing administration would be, how cmild it b« eaid
thatAe was abuutto desert hit paityf"
• We have ever contended,during the lutocanra**.
and since, that the principle* of tho lYrtidcnt elect
wtra ant known furtlier than wo ooutd gatlwr them
from t Intel* oftlioie who wen* hi* particular friend*,
aw)tha publi. expression* nf opinion lie uttered
2? 1 " 1 p «**kl«acy Mi considered forbidden
•“ rl ' •'"tw.li.''
to sUaea T * wur
rh'Wlntrt,tbik |« •• *»"»uur
We hew m^Unm l° 0 )‘.. u l' ,U |w*
'•dnlkUnry.''a* alleged by tl.orc, lt»hau*llng the
vial of thr'ir wni'l. «gai.-*t the pretclit udlfllnivira.
||on. i* to ImlHiinrl to ilm eye, *o Impalpable to
the lou. li, llut the did. rence In twceti two of »h»
urn,in advance, of the coming admlnWiralion
i« nnly f:i:i.n00,U00. What great financier* would
•lint# nr ihrte rrvilrr* nl the Secreinry nf tho Irea*
»ury prove thcinteltt 1 *, were thuy tea ted at the dr»k
of Mr Woodbury, ami tequlrril in cypher nut
tlm ratimaiutuf tin neat year’tetpend'tnrra. (inn
would rerommend a per ient debt of $l<l,f)00,«
000, while another would be content to provide for
a "dcllrii" of 57,000,000.
Ifthia le to l*.« any criterion of tho Concord of tho
Whlga In arithmetic, we *hn!l have mill morn tea
•nn,o* onnnf tln> I’euple,to regret that the majority
have entrusted the rein* of (iovurnment to such
unskilful liiii'il*.
Rut wc must fn bear arrutinixing the plan* of tlm
power* that u e to he. A* we Imvo hefain remark*
nl, ficneral IJairi«nn, now that hrt la I’lexhlent,
which di*liiig'ii«hed ••fliro we did lint coninhuie tu
confer on him, •h'ril, when hi* meamic* coincidu
with the wcllarn of tint S<uith and our common
cnni.liy, receive our iippinhntion When deviating
frutii tlm piinnp'e* which slmu'd hu tlm guidu of
Ilm Executive, we shall fieely condemn, hut not,
we dual, with ilmt pntlisnii spint width sought to
brand with cut nipt lull eirry menturu ol lutpiiti
otic predccenMir.
Rot let o« ex mine fur u mumenl thi* great "do-
ficil in the Tre.isnry."
Wehtive Whig anthurily for declaring "that
noun of them (tlm ll’Aig*) could tell what tlm teu|
deficiency wu,."
We have the mmo authority fur reiterating that
"if (Jen. Iluiriton'* inlminielrntion shall not square
with the promt.c* und pledg.'* which I (u r) eon.
crite him, given i>, the country, then l(wc_j
rnnnot go with that ndrnlnUlraliuii/'
Wuii, the first point on which to huilJ ilmir argu
ment that nn extra •exsimi i» nrce*«niy i* that lliuie
it ii .telirienry »f if7 00(1 00(1 to$10,000.00(1.
This i* req-ii-iie befoie limy run call upon the
people in tnuctl <n nn expenditure of 2 or $80(1.00(1
merely to add iid-lilhoui! excitement to the body
p»|itic,wlib'll, we believe with .Mr. Malhuy, it tick,
hut rml tabu ing under nny irriou* organic di*en«e.
ll only want* real ami, if .'eft ulone, w ill rotliuo
jttelf."
Hut no, many nf tlm Whig panic nintora uro not
r!i*pn«ed t» peunil the element* nf pro*|*ei|iy which
ahuuiid ill the cuiintry to settle down into order.
Like Mi. Ilnniiird, nf N. Y., whu draw* on M*
iinagimilinn for fact*, they would Im soexirnva-
gam ii* to make the public debt $10,000,000 nml
none, to do winch ha ding* imo hi* ettiniu'e the
fourth inilalinen’, under the depotilencl oflRdlJ.nnd
the. claims on aeeountof the French tpoHaliont on
commerce, nimuinting io fourteen million*, beside*
the turn of .*i 000.000 "in provide n mitab/c aecr-
age ba/anre in tho Timuury," whirli Mr. Human!
required in swell hi* aggregate nf$ 10,000,000.
.Mr. R. Hurmrril 'Mmtt (of S. C ) ill hi* clear
and practical *peeeh, in the course nf the discussion
on tlm Treasury Nolo Hill, distipules the*n vapotti*
ufaclo.idy UVirgiriiaginniioit, and tlmw* hyligure*
(nut liuurulivrly luit literally) llmt tlm "(tuvernnieiil
w ill ha enabled not nnly to redvem tlm $-1,000,000
of Treasury Note* nmv outslandin?, hut also tlm
$5,000,(100 of Treasury Note* authorised to he i**u
ed by rite hill under consideration, (should it he
found expedient to i«sim theiii.) nml have, nt the
end of tho year.n million and n hull'of dollar* in
tlm Trunvury,"
Mr. R lint I remark*—"Whern now- Dynur ncco«-
sily fora ten million loin, or incien*ei| taxation}
N- ilhei expedient can Ini nece«*ary, according to
ihu tciilu of e\|i-ndituin vvn piopo^w to give;
if they urn incri-ii ,«„| several milliouH, will the (lov-
in nment hu emh.irr.iMed. Hut will our tcnle nf ex
penditure su'Lfy you} (.ertuinly not. Thu gentle,
man from Maine, nml tlm gentleman from Nmv
York, hnvelmth proved I hi* present Administration
tube one of tlm nieitnrti mid mu,t piirsiiuoniou*
llmt Ini* ever ullhcted ilie countiv; although never,
•lure the fn*t day* of the Confe-loracy. have out f *r
eign lolniuiiis, coii-tiliiling n« they do tho chief oh-
ject ofiiacruniion lieenconducted with more skill
nml dignity, nor our nutionul character *tu> d high
er tiluoud, than xvuliin the Inst four year*. Hut
yesterday, it noted in extravagance, mid wantoned
in it* piofhgato expen.iinue* of the peeplu’* money.
Hut now, it Im* neglected it* duty to the Country,
in tint unprincipled attempt to spend only what it
absolutely iipca**nry; instuud ofuirning nt limt posi
tion ,.fil gii-ty nnd< llicieri •)- which a luigernud tnoro
liheini expenditure would secure. Tito times, air,
have changed. A new AduiiniMrniuui i* about to
run it* course. In the accusation of par-itnmiy ami
meunnei* now, no mote than in the imputation of
formerly, was justice i-gmded toward*
the present Adiuiiii-tiution lint the purpose now
i« to ptepare u* for tin* gloiiou* advent of that en-
Urged economy which will take every harluii. creek,
road, nml liver, and the whole body of claim* on
your Ii «-* w it Inn it, cuparimix folds. Then will tho
debt of forty million* ofdollar*. ao strenuously con
ti-mled for by the geulieu-an fiom New York, count
into linlliant exist,-nee. Hut, a* y-t, we Imvn the
majority; rind intend, whilst.tnLi ig euro that mi
money -lull he expended ihnnnnmtmttnicitludmiu
isiruliou nf tho (iovernuient requiiv*, at llie *miie
time to place ample mean* within tho control of the
succeeding Administration, to um ntuin ihu fuitn of
the (iow-nmtunt in every obligation impo.n l npm it
by our upproprialiuii*. Our v«-..•* of duty will not
allow ii* to do mure—it w ill not allow u* to do le**.
IVliut n contrast willi the loud and reck let* tie*
iiiioriutinn* of tho opponent* of tho expiring tid*
niinittrnlhin, i* the lung logo of Mr, Rlteii.onu of
ii* *uppoiiei*, when ho expresses ihu determina
tion of liini*elf uml of thotc with whom he act*
"to place ample mean* within tho control of the
next Administration," while they took enre that
economy riumM mnik tho expenditure. Werould
cite intt'inre* of ll’/iig nppo*iiinn to nearly every
expenditure tequitite locarry tho aditiinitlrulion of
Mr. Y’att Huron through the vortex of contending
•tiifet, while nd*repie«eniation wa* Imty to clothe
every act el hi* with the slime of corruption, which
nmie would seriously urge, except tlm canaille of
a relent lot* parly.
\Vn however pause, le»t wo may he loo lengthy,
nml in the hope that *ve shall ho nblo to lay before
our leader* »onie intelligence by the Soulhenitr,
expected while we write, with newt ftotnihc land
»f tmiw, ice, luv.l bank xuxpension*.
Hut much had Ih.,-11 »ui>J nl-o'.t the rlelitienry in
tlm Tieaurr) nt lies time St'sral genilurnen had
given their bb-n* on tie* subject,l-wt fi«m tlmdttVer
••at ta.irlt* in which riie) niriv* 1 , u wn»nbvimi* that
linnu of theiii cotdd |e!| what lie- M-xld* ficicncy w a*.
For instance, one gi-ntleinan Ind ••-! It down at
•e*en million., white anruhoi l.nd com- tn the con
rln.ion that it wu« folly titilli.-i-s. Now,here wa» a
d Ifpienre hi-lwi-en two gentlon-au only, of thirty
» , . , ,, _ — . . I three million*.
' Important to ship Owners and Manners -A | ,, wvt| ll „. lr r oll . t evidn.t that the re .1 deficiency
l*ot ii ion is in circulutiun nmung thu ship miotors t ,,, tlm Tr>-n*ury coaid not be now ntrrriniucd. (if
now in New Orlenn*, to which about a hundred j wlmt earthly user.ml-lit h
-e»=
Liberal State Expenditures —Mn‘**cliu»nt*
Im* spent the pe.t yrsr, fur her Agricultuial Survey
f'l$?.'lt A*troftomlcnl, $9003; Trigonometrical, $40,
frfHJ; (Jeol -gical, 7C3I; do. and M'"er»|oglcal-
$GS(i.'l; Dotrinicnl, h 11 If;—— in nil, over $80,0110 in
orio year, for un increase > f prac'bnt knowledge
tending to duveloj n thu ruantnru* id the. State.
name* ore nlicady attached, praying Congre** tour
der the const ruction of n Light house on the Hurry
lriandi, notih of (John; nl»o, another np-ui Orange
Key a, nnd a Light bout on the Haharna Hank*.
A Heavy /frtvnftr.*—(.’ulm, with a population of
let* than n million and a half, pay* to the mother
country the enormous revenue of $12,000,00(1.
Advertising.—Wu copy tho fulitiwing assutiblsi
temuiks upon thi* subject from an uxchangu pa
per.—
Advertising i* tike a travelling sign. N'ulut.inet*
man will liesitnlu to pay twenty dollar* for a sign,
where lie would ru-ver think (if paying half thu sum
for advettiting The one i* n sign seen only by those
win, puss the store end cun see ih * goods rii ,t uio
(or Mile n* well n* the sign. The ndvertiMinit'iit i*
n compn-lietiaivu sign (hut rnm»t under tlie eve of
hundied* who will oover sen the sign over iherhe
yet aonie soft hemic pri-li-nil to utgue thut huratiso
•omemen liav.* done a gu.nl husiiu-s* w ithout ndver
tiring, iidvertiiing is uunecewury. They might as
well n'gue. that hccim.e aonut men lmv« mndvt m«
M'-y without induxity, industry >• unneceitary.
Importance of Advertising.—The Newbury pint
HernM •«>■»•:—'“ We have known within a fow
months, two itiMnoee* io our own town, where imli
v-iduul* who have disposed of property, would have
• uved over three bundled dollar* enr.li for having
pai'l onu dollar for anadverlisement.”
A Caw with a Wooden Leg.—A foreign jumna*
mention* thnt a valuable cow, in consequence ufn
mi*-Slop, or iomn other unknown accidei t, fell and
broke her leg. I hu heat surgical aid wu* immedi
ately culled for, but an examination it tin* found
ncccMury toampot-jio the limb. The operation
took place, nod ilia npnrut ir succeeded in replac
ing tlm leg with nno of wood. Tho cow i* now a*
well as ever.—Picayune.
Sugar —The consumption of sugar in tho Hoi-
Stale* it estimated nt 200.000 hogshead* per annum :
or nno hundred and eighty millions of pounds.
A M A NT AL T R EA T-7o ho enjoyed,
Stevens’ travels in Smith America.— VVu see by
tho Northern paper* that Alt. Stephens’ two volume*
of travel* in South America, uretu appear in a abort
time. They hove been looked fur with much jute
o*l, ntnl will un doubt meet with tin extensive »u'e
m- *■ ri.M.r, M ,u a • SatiMtf
"wiw. Awl )• t il.ie
HON. RICHARD II. WILDE.
Thi* duiii)gui«hc,l *ott of Geoigiu, vvliuso return
ha* hern Inokcd fur with *n much ititere*) for tome
time, by hi* numerett* friend* througlioul the State,
reached riiitrby on Sunday evening by (lie Chatie*
ton Rail Road.—Augusta Chronicle, IOth inst.
J<Renan's ttirtk Vay.— \ writer in ihn Uw*
ton I’oat •nggctxihat the hundredth anniversary of
the birth day of Thn-ua* JcOer*nn, wont,I he a pro
per i imo for hold mg a Democratic convention t*»
nnniinate carol .date* for the IVridency n nd Vice
I'ie«idency of the United State*. Jetfcoon wa*
horn on die 2d of April, 1743. an that tho 2d *»f
April, two year* from thi*. one bundled year* will
have passed away, since the Apostle of Liberty, a*
lie has been called, one of tho maxi original and
greatest of Amcrcan mind*, wa* given to the
world The writer«*k*t
"Will it not l>e well fiir u* to oostpone all expre-
•inn* of individual preference fin men. until the 2d
day of April, IU13, nod then assembling nt a point
which tlinll bn a* central mil cnoveiiieul nt pn«-ili|e
to unite in celebrating tin* hundivdl't lurtii day of
the author oft he Perlareiinii of American I tuleiieti
dence, by ntuklof nominal inn* for ll e liig|te*t oDice*
of ihensii'iii of»uch men, whoever they may he. of
the true Jeffersonian faith who are the inoit lion
•<l and capable H"—ft. V.Post.
Thi Tigris-—TU* libel for forfeiture (»»y*th l
|)u*|iin I’o.i) hronght by .Midriiipiiian Jackson, in
lit* tiarne of Lieut Mutton, the captor, wa*. on Sat
uiday, fully t|l*mit»ed by Judge Davit, the party
hiving falls J It) miter Into llto required *lipulation *.
Tin l'r*m London — ihaVamMMt frant Imndon,
at New Vnrlt, |lt«e un boJ#-l uue ih»ui*nd and nine
t) two rJtrtii it's.
TWENTY-SIXTH UONRRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
LOUSE OK REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, !•*« I*. .5.
Mr. Mallory, nfrer mme brief remurk* by way of
npology for ohtriidtog himself upon ||,u cunmitieo
ut chut into hour, ulitervud that tii* main oiijcct it,
tixiog was to ti'ilico lie* teoinik* of tin* geolletneo
from Noiihf’nfolinnrtiid Mart I nil [Me**!* Rayner
nnd Jenifer] in relation to the coinse p-irsued by
hi* hoonrnhle colleague fiom Virginia,[Mr.Wise.]
The geuilumnii frutii Marylmid, in lint t-peecli u
few day* ago, had *uid that the remark* of the gen
ih-iuun front Virginia [Mr. Wise] were none of
iln-tn iu uoioin with tho doctrine* of hi* Whig
frio d*>
Now,observed Mr, NL. I do not intend to ho trail
out of school by thu gum le.m-.to from Maryland, bm
I lake thi* occasion to say ilml. vi It nno exception,
1 folly approve, endorse, nnd intend widely to eicen
lute, tint speech of my l.onornhlo colleague, [Mr.
Wise.]
Vos, said Mr. M. tho ground on w hich my honor
nh|o colleague lui* placed himself iw ilio giotind on
which wu lluiiiis.n niuu, in Virginitt, intend to
rally. When I entered the Harrison puny I did
not intend tuonmprtiiniot tny principl•■*; uml I will
further *ay, that ii’iho*o principle* on whirli I nnd
my lumacuhlc colleague [Mr. Wise] have taken nor
elnitd nre nut to ho the principle* ol the udmiu-x in
lion «-f (Sencr.tl Harrison, then I »ny thut wo und
the people of Virginia have been gto*«ly deceived.
Tho d iclriuca laid down in lint *peeeh of toy hen
ornbln o illensun are (hmtritie* which I will main
lain, nn I by which I will stand or fall.
Hut tin* g ntlemnn front North Carolina [Mr. Roy
ner] lint said that tlm rental k* nf tny colleague are
"onitnou*," etc. Now I usk that gniiilcninn to say
wltnl uru the principle* avowed by my colleague in
hi* speech which hoha* not always avowed! 1
beg to assure the gentleman ill'll rite principles of
my colleague are ilio principle* nf tho Whigs of
Virginia, if they are not the principle* of thu Whig*
in North Ciirolina.
Hut a lint, said Mr. M., Im* my colleague ii Ivnnc
■d thnt iscominry to the principle* of the coming
Administration!
is ii National Hank to he one of the lending men*
n* of the coming Administration! And did not
(Sencral ll-iriison say that he woti d n-it resort to o
Nutumul Hook if il were nut ab*ulutely a\-cc*»ary !
My collenguo said tho same thing.
It il tho turilVquestioM to which the gentleman al
hides! Well. I underMood (5eiier.il Hurriton to
•v tliut hi- was in favor of standing by lit" com
proniitc; uml uiyuolleoguo said tin* same tiling.—
AI*o, in regard to internal impiuvvmcni*. he took
tlm same ground.
1 will repent, therefore, said Mr. M., that if tho
principles avowed hy my colleague ai- not to |»v
die principle* of il.o approaching mlminUtr it ion of
(it-urru! Ilurtisou, then wuntu eitrselwa groutly do
ived, and ae Imvo deceived oilier*.
Rut thegenlleninn from North Cnrolion said he
is pained and *m prised nt the course of my col
league in hi* remit kv en tho men-ones ol the com
ing tidiiiinisirntioii; nlto iluii Im thouclii in col
league might have waited nt least uniiKiuncritl liar
risen should bnvo arrived in this city. Now, said
Mr. M. why did not othor gentlemen, vvh-» *p"ke be
fore him,adopt the sntno plan! I will undertake
to *ay that my colleague would have waited unti.
tho arrival of General Harrison, if other gent emeu
had thought proper to do tiio same. Hut such had
nut Ii en the ca*e. Uihcr gentlemen had given
lln-ir views without tcserve.nnd hound hiscolleagito
were not going to permit pub ic opinion t-* be pro*
judged, even if the iudieutionsdid conio limn u high
quarter.
Mr. M then proceeded to notice tho subject of
an extra »»i*imi. The hi iefiimo remaining for him
to spo k would "ot allow- him to enter into u regu
lar argument, hut h • would lire a few shots nt
dmn. For hi* pni l lie was opposed too called
»i"n. He wa* opposed to it on the "let ii)nno*’prin
cipiil. It would I'O extremely injudieiou* nnd un
wise in the present state of public f, eliug to think of
»in li a inea-urc. The body politic was tick, hut he
dul pot helii-vcit laluuvd under any serious erganic
disensn. It vvn* rick, however, nn.I it wanted re»t
in order to recover fiom it* teernt fever and excite
mint. In it» present feverish tiaie itwould bo ex
tremely imprudent to add additional oxcilcinrnl.
The proper way for il* rccovaiy to n proper nnd
lien I thy lone, would Ip to avoid ail stiniulutio
Let it h- left alone fora while und it would restore
it*c!f. He believed the elements of protp-rity were
•till to be found in the country, a- d if allowed tunc
would *»on settlcdown into order. Hut for hi* part
ho an* unwilling tn rengltn’o them so »oon hy a call
ed session. He wa* unwilling io pass through aiio
th«r •ummer of political turmoil. They wanted
rest, nml if they expected n>do well they must hate
it.
How- eouldthe advocate* of a cnllod session px
pcct that (seiieinl Harrison,immediately on coming
int-i power, xhoifd, without proper lime for exunii
nation and relhvti 'n, precipitate hlmsclfinto great
measures. N t thi ptoper plan would I»p to allow
Gen. ril llntrison time in look Hround him, and to
examine into the true state of n(T ir.l cfon-he oetp I.
Above all, he (Mr. M.) was against placing Gencr
nl Harris.ut in a condition where he would he com
polio,i t«» commit himvolf to ilio scheme of any
man.
Hut he, (Mr M.) wan'd call the ntten|h>n of the
commilteo to oi.e s-riking incorsitleney. Thegen
llcntnu from Ninth (‘nr.-lins had been speaking
rnrne*|ly ahoul economy, hut the first step hu had
advocated wa* a Called session, which would twk.
three hundred (licutattd doHut* fmm ri,« pul lie tt««
*itr>!
lie, Mr. M. did not believe n called session was
ncreti'iry. lie la-lieved til l when (1,-iirrul llwrri
•on came lido power, he wou'd acton the pinner
reform niul mrenchinrnt Ami if geeriemcn who
bed, Iji the last two nr three yesrs bet ii talking
•Iniui reform and ret roar hateni. would now act
upon ilial system (heniselii's, there »eu'd l*e im
nccriijiy »f Im U'tl'.y i|i* op. mt vf a v J *d set
then, to lui'u a called
session for tho purpose nf iVslng n loan, when it
could tint he known wlut iinu.uni ilu-y would ru
quire, i l„w was it possible that in the shutt period
el.iro.ing liutwrcn llie time Genetnl Harrison coma
power, and thu exj.ccted session, that tlm real ;
c-iliditina nf I In? tunnel coud lei cxuinincd, von* to
oscertiiiu what would he iu-c«-s*niy!
In live pr>-*ent xtutunfniTair*. he wns rippowl to
a loan, for Im In-licved that, should one he imthnrz
ed, it would remain n permanent ih.-ht upnt, the (i.iv
einrnent for year* to rotnn. He wus hi fnvorof
the present hill, ulthough "t thel-nt session he had
voted against the is-n • of Treasury miles. At the
last tCfirion, w hen tlo-y were asked, hn vsus against
lle-m.because hcheiieveil they were intended fora
circuliiiion, Hut nnw, when the present Adm i>i*iia
lion was going out of power,he would vole fortl.cm
a-, n temporary expedi -nt, ut.d usu tetnp»ruiy uxpe
d ein n.one.
lie (Mr. M.) was opposed to n calledaas-ion for
nny piirposo whatever etthei forniiring revenue, or
any thing .-Isu. He hi-liuv.nl a eallej *u«*ion would
iie vital,ly preripituti: them intothn great qn sti«u*
of n Natioi.nl Hank, the las ill*, ni.il oilier matt'
Now lie wu* averse t«» thi*. lie wished llie people
nf this countiy to have proper timu for relleciinn,
Iu fore they ucied on »o impurtunt a question a* a
retiri-ui of the tantl'.
I would advise you, *nid Mr. M. instead of loan
ing tlm IuikU* money, by laying taxe* on tbo peuph
lostndy rcrunchment and rofnttn. I would say to
(ienetiil Harrison, study thi* hook, (the Hi
Hook.) I would advise Inin to study the speeches
of the gentlemen from Ohio, I’enn-ylvuniu, m.d Ver
ttu-nt, which inrnlcutereform.
Hot getrlemen had now nothing to say about
reirnclitncnt nnd refi.rui. The cry w.i* now
net!"" motieyf" money!" Ye* gentlemen must
have " money," und to gel money, they must raise
tlm luxe
So, from present indication*, notwithstanding nil
tlm past cry of retrem-iimeni and reform,il wai
evident that nothing wa* to hesftVedhy the change.
All they had gained, it appeared hy tlm turn of tho
po itient whuel, wn»to put out one sot ol charlatans,
and’pui in nnothe
Mr. M. then proceeded losny thnt ifihesucrrss
of North Ciihdinn wus lube used ns nn orguncnt
fur ronsolidiilion, much n* he tnourn-d over hi* good
old State of Virginia, he would prefer hi* good old
mother with nil her fault)
The gentleman, sail Mt M. hat ltd' ed about
the " abstractions" of my colleague. Hut I will
tell thut Fcntlctnnn, that if it he nil abstraction to
oppose u high turifl—if it lie all abstraction to op*
pose n dim limt inn of the public lands, when in tl'.e
very lungonge of tlm gentleman, the Treasury is
empty, then I tell the g.'iitlcimiu thut I alio nm un
abstractionist.
Hut, continued Mr. M. 1 wish the gentleman front
Mmylnnil [Mr. Jenifer | m understand, thut I do in
t.-ud lu he read out of chinch by him iioiw-iiliHinnd
ing. 1 labored n* anb'iitly iu (lie cuiire of Gcnerui
Harrison ns that gentleman did, and I intend to sup
port tlm administration of General Harrison us far
a* I can. Hut ifihil administration rinll not square
with tlm promises nod plvdgox width 1 conr.mo il
lui* given to the countiy, vvliy then J cannot go with
llmt Administration. Hut I vvjd ulso any, thut if tlm
'g Administration sliould even pursue nc.-ursa
contrary to my uxprctntinns, 1 shall not regret that
l have lent my aid in ihet'leviition of General Hnrri
For if his election accomplish iiolliing else, it
Im* hud tlm clli-cl of breaking own pattv trammel*
wiih us iu tlm Sou Ii; and henceforward, wo-hnll ho
able to meet, not on in>-u, lint on grent principle*,
lie, Mr, M. could not hut admire the culogium
which i ho gentleman [Mr. U-»gct*] lied pawed upon
the gentleman from South Cmiiiina. II« had, how
ever, talked a good deal about -tar gazing nnd about
people shnkiii! their head* ugninsi n lamp post.
Hut he, Mr. M. would tell the gentleman, thut there
were more times fur star gazing than one. lie
would n*k the gentleman not to look ton much to thu
hrii>ht horizon before him, iiiul in looking nt the
wan** of tlm I’resident vlert l nnt to forget " home."
Let him look at the xunm ahead, the storm which
would cpi tn inly grow out nfllii* discusrionnt home.
And when that storm -bowid hurst upon them, it
would sweep away from llie ocean many a g.tliitnl
baik that nmv ended proudly befuro the breeze.
Mr. M. then proceed' d to say thut bo had no
feui* for the coming Aihuiuistialien of Genera) liar
ri*im. lie believed tint grant man would draw
uroundliim person* of I ••lent, who would n id him in
nscci'tuiuiiig the tine stale of tho country, mid men
who would lie able to make u true expo-itimi ofii*
He had not the least doubt, neither, hot
that General Harrison would have ample mean* to
curry an ilia Government, if lie should, ae lie, Mr-
M. had no doubt, car y on u system of rctreuchim nl
itid reform. A great saving could he elVccted hy u
ililleient nilmiuislinfion of the various d-pmtmenu.
In ilm collection of the revenue iilone, ho believed
Iml fiom live to eight hundred lliousnud didlai* a
yi-nr might he saved hj a proper udiniuistrutiou of
the Tieimuy Depnrimcnt.
Also in theadininistrntion i-fihe War Department
helh-vu-l ulm"*l eno'igh cold he suvt diopuy
the expenses of the Florida war.
Down with your inlet tin! improvement, •aid Mr.
M.—ilovvii with your distribution, (for 1 think the
IVeridei.t elerl h not in fnvur nfcuriyuig oil iiilcrnnl
•ysti'in of reticnchment.
n lie no doubt that Get.eral
improvement,) pm
mid then \ think there
Harrison will‘non save uiotiey enough to pay nil
the debt* of thi* Government.
Hut, stiid Mr. M I pmlo-t in advanro again*!
ny man, or any Set riOncii, undertaking to commit
General IIutti*on t» nny political scltemu. G ner*
ol Harrison vvn* vleeu-d on llie "one term" priori
pie; hut if that principle i* to result in this, llmt tl.e
l'rnsideni, instead of voting for the public good, is
to lai ti-ed in boUtcr up llie scheme* of one, why,
I bail almost sui.I, he had butter ho I'rcsiiloal for
life.
Mr. M. went on to *ny that lie found fault with
no Whig in the Houseful - expressing hiimrifin re
l-iliun to internal improvement*, tire tariff, or Nit
tionil Bank i,r other meo-oie*. Ho was willing
to hour all that gentlemen might Imvo to say, uml
exprcti'd to heliemd iu lettirn, without being pro
scribod for so doing.
Hut what did they see! Why, his colleague [Mr
Win*] the ntImr day had given his view* on these
grout measures; Imd avowed hi* opinions; when
1*4 ttentUimcn ro*e uml expressed their *u«pi*'bmv
that ho wav uhiuit to quit the party. Thi* vtn*
w rong. Let every limn express hi* opinions, w ith
out thereby subjecting hini-ellTn the suspicion, thnt
by mi doing tie was about to leave the puily.
Mr. Jenifer here made mi explanation to ilui effect
that Io* had suid mulling about Mr Witu being ubuut
io leave the patty.
Mr'Visa asked whether tin* gentleman from
Maryland hail uuy di-trou of him.
Mr Jenifer mad" Home reply, w Inch could not he
heard.
Mr Wise. Well, then, I suppose tho gentleman
takes it for granted that ‘he piriy will g., with him
when hi the same time, who kn -w* wh.it the men
•me* of General Hurriton will be. Were there nut
•nine gentlemen making principles Ibr General
Harrison before l t> came into power! Hut when it
wi* known w hat the principles of tho coming ud
ministration would hr, how could it be said that
he was about to desert his party! He (Mr. W.)
■lid not take the gentleman from Mmyl uiJ at the
administration.
After »ome further explanation* between himself
and Mr Jenifer,
Mr Wise observed llmt had it n-'t been for other
gentlemen expre**ing their views, what they would
do, etc. Im would nevrr have said n word. Rut a*
every member on the floor, who hud previously spo
ken,'had giver, hi* view* in iclaiiou to ihn coming
A>lmini*truiion. he thousht it vvn* ns fair for n„e u<
for another. And ii* others Iml administered their
little nust turns fi-r riie ecru of tie disease, lie al
though mil a regular physician, thought h*s would
do to too.
Mr. Mallory then returned hi* remark*, nnd oh
served llmt at the very oiii.et he had been taunted
by thu gentleman from Mmriurui ns not being one
of the party. They hud also been Illumed the oilier
.laywiilinot having romnion schools m Virginia,
Hut it they hul not commuit •rhool*. i|i<y | u ,j
school* in Y.rglnf* winch cnahlcd them to under
•land signs, a* well as other p-ople. Thu gentle
mm from New Y«nk [Mr. Mur roe] had talked nl
•a about the "abstniciiutu" of Virginia, Now he
would tell that gentleman, that w ith nil |!rir"ub
sttaenoii*," they had eommon sense enough tu get
n •li'amhual lei iw a lui.lgn hefotu they build il up.
Mr. M* huie related nu amireing nine,), te, where
Siunu •i'h-nd people i f |l,« Nut ill bu»!| a bridge iu
»uc|s • way a* to prevent then g-tling out a strum,
(•ill (a member u» tl.e Rep.-rtet'* elh.iw tuggerted
hat H was similar to the in*roll w|iu built hi* Irg in
II ll ii.ne> '
Mi M sin sain furthri remafk* in ills'.vu
•n ri.o tot ill, cle. observed tkat a* the lime for dis
charring the committee front thw hill wo* now at
hat d,l.u mutt’conclade.
Mr. Underwiiod suid that *nme of his friends hod
tege tied this manileslntioti of difli-rei.ec nf opinion
nm-mg member* of the Whig party on th s floor.
Now-, for ins part, ho win rejuiiu-d nt it. It noiil
come ut siime time, and lire sooner ilia better. Let
us know whut our friend* think of it, («uid Mr. E.)
let them consider it, nnd bo prepared for future
events. Hut if llie separation comet, let ut pe-rt
like friendi--lel us not attempt to hind ourrelve*
together In- n rope of sand, for i hut will not bind us
together ns firmly ns wo ought to bo.
In relnti-.ti to the propriety of u called session,
Mr-U.asked, who had been niitlmrbtcd to *peak
fur General Harrison! Had any one* No! Then
who (nought it tot ward! Who endorsed it fur the
Whig party! It vvn*. io Id* opinion, the mere ox
press ion of gentlemen n* In the propriety of auch u
measure, it remained for Gen. Harrison, wheuhn
should be inducted into otfi-:o, tonscertain whetiin
this or thut object tliould hu accomplished by an
exun sestiutt.
Mr. U. cunxidereil tiio limilntinn ot n called set
•ion ns utu-ily pieinatuio. It ought to be derided
when ull the elections shall huv<* taken place. Gen.
II irris -n could then judge, from the elements of
C'oiigics*. w hut could nr could not bo done. Mr.
U. said that if be worn tlm I'rcsidnul of the United
State*,and could sec that a Nutionul Hunk mold
lie ostidil.-lied, the SuUTyosvsutv law repealed, tire
proceed* of the public land* d stiihuted, the turdV
revised, v*vc. and had an assurance in ilmi flVci,h(t
would convene Congress instantly to act on thut
nmei geney.
[Mr. Smith of Indiana lirre rend from the Con
stiiuiion of the United State- that purl which tuys
thut thu i'lesident" may, un extraordinary .wca
•ion,convene huth Houses,or either of them,"nnd
u.*ked Mi. U. whether the" err.ergenry" coniern
plated hy the Constitution depended on ilio prepon
tirrnt.ee t>f one or other of the political parties of
llie country,]
Mr. U.said he would answer what constituted nn
emergency. Any mutter of grant public concern in
the nflitir* nf tho nn inn, wu* nn emergency. Sup
pnsi* tho i'rerideni wished tvnr to lie declared, and
d«-* red Cuagros-tu net upon ihu subject. Sup
pose one Congress will not net upon it,and the next
would. Ought it not to he token into view whether
he would call Congress together or not! The pre
sanl emergency (liesaid)grew not nf a depreciated
bank curruucy, the want of a uniform currency, anti
t ho cmhni raised condition in whirli tho S-nie* were
placed. And in uciinc upon this emergency, tho
I’resident ought to take into con*d**ralion the clu
in* m* which wiwiiil constitute tiio next Congress.
Mr. Smith of Maine, suid that the ger.thtmnn
from Kentucky hud wellcliuructerized tho Whig par
ty ns being held 'ogi-ther hy u tope ol'tnnd. He
could not have given u more hnppy illustration. Mr.
S. in a humorous manner, was alluding tn the beau
tifiil specimens of cohesion of tho Federal party in
Maine nnd Ma-garhuseits, when
i ho Chuir announced, that tiio hour nf seven
having arrived, further debate would not be in or
tier.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1841.
(7real Performance of a Locomotive on the
Heading Rail Road.—Un Friduy last the 5th inst.,
the Luemnotivo Engine " I lichen* & Harrison,"
built by Messrs. Baldwin, Vail <!b Hufty, hauled to
I’hilndt-lphiti over the I’hihidelpliiu und Reading
Rail Road one hundred and tiro burthen cars, load
ed with the following article* of freight: 1479 bid*
of flour, 40 tons of iron, 1 Hi'J bushel* of grain, 12
tuns of whiskey, oil nnd ship tin IT, and *undry other
freight, amounting in nil to 251.] tons ol 2240 lb*;
weight of enr* 168 tuns muking a total weight of
4I9.J tons, ol'224U lbs hauled hy tlm Engine.
The average running time of the train was 10$
milu* per hour.
Weight of Engine, w ith water nml fuel, 12 tons;
weigh' ofdrivirig winds, with water, fuel, nnd two
men, C[ ton*.
As (lie above vvn* the regular freight train, trail*
porting the ordinary business of tho road, nod no ex
poi imciiinl trip, ruinrcuunt* were kept of the quants
ly of fuel or water Used hy tlm Engine
Length of train 1201 feet; longest continuous level
over which ihu above train wa* hauled at a speed
of Id] miles p.-r hour, 9 1-I0:h m lm.—Pennsyl
vanian.
KXCEUl’TS.
From the Crescent City.
An Epidemic.—We’re sorry to mention thnt otir
city is now nlllicied with a disease which terminates
filially in u short time. The symptoms are fninting,
diinvDinn, melancholy nml palpitation of the heart.
Several young gentlemen and Indies nf our acquaint
lance are near u dung emus crisis, hi* expected
that in less than n m-.sitls nlioul sixteen couples will
Ret in'on "slate" past all remedy. Wn menu ihn
state uf milvimony nnd no( tho Statu of Mississippi.
"Independence is iho luemnotivo which curries
tho cm of society over tho rail truck of success. The
man that jumps out is utterly Inst. Hold onto
your bail when the rate is rapid, but never loose
your suit." ‘This is tho substance nf Trap's remarks
ihu other ni/> ht w hen talking in his sleep.—They're
rather iuti**nul limn otherwise.
It is not to he wondered at, that editor* arostich
i»c (!) men. You hear them say, "Wc learn."
from this and that paper, fifty times a dny- I’euple
llmt uro always learning, mtt-t ho wi«o at last,"if
they tire lucky." That's the nnly way in fnct, that
some nf them ever got their "hedd lent ion." The
true Lnticnttrriuti j.luo: they urc till luutttcrs nnd
teacher* at the same time.
One of Job's Comforters— In the spring of 1020,
during tho depression ofbu>ine*s in Glu-gitw, a
friend of Ilemh-rsoii,ofproveth celebrity, who had
not married, advised Mr. il. to follow his example,
*'Na. na," said lie, "soft* your horn, my friend,' us
the mnn said when ho look Itauk o' nn ass’* lug;
instead o’ a cow’s limn in the dark, single b|cs»tM
noss is ih" tiling, they lint a stout Inn it llmt wild
mtury in time times; l can pout on my hut and thank
tuy maker thut il cover* my hail family."—Laird o f
Logan. ^
(Published by request of the author.)
From the Washington Globe.
AN IRREGULAR ODE 10 ilU.MUL’GGF.RY.
I .etui me thy pipe, Oh! Ran. that I may sing,
An io patsn to thnt pot- nt thing
Yclept Humhiiggery—ii new horn ncienco
That sets ull eurthly w isJom at dcflunco.
Hail mystic Art! so dimly signified
By type* uml signs familiar to tiio mind,
If tlinl thy votaries arc mystified
It is because they wilfully uro blind:
Worth is a CunNSKIjf, w ho thut sees enn doubt it;
Sincu "Tip" had ne’er been Picridcnt, without it!
If nny mnn’* n fool—a knave— a driv'IIcr,
A quack—un empiric—tt shullow triller,
M hy thenjust let him
"Hung n coonskinon his recreant limbs”
Amt I will bet him
A thousand dollar* to u baseshinplnstur,
Tiio world rtecives iiim for its "lord uml master."
Hail mystic Art ! tn thee obi metaphysics
Yields up tin* palm of puzzling tho wise,
And Egypt'* ancient sh ut hand hieirglyphics
Succumb before thy hidden mysteries;—
Thu* cabin*, built ol log*, to cool reflectors.
Mean marble pulncc* vf Bank Directors.
Red pepper is a Hero, w e nre taught—
Such u* Old Tip wu* in his youthful day,
When he the British at Sandusky fought,
And whipt the rascal* till they rana.- uy.
Long h,milled gourds do Temperance proclaim,
Haul rider warn* the rising generation
That poverty and sorrow, sin nnd shame,
Await the miners who indulge pniutiun;
Whiskey’s a »in,your*nge*t maxim teach* s,
And who cun doubt UuMnvuoERY when It preache*?
How many priests do minister to thee!
How many wor-liip ut ihy mystic shrine!
The "godlike Du'-iel*' hows rite suppliant here,
And regent llai believes thou ml divine;
Great Pres'un too, his face like Etna's crater,
Pruclu tn* thee to the world hisa/ina tnairr.
Then see wherecome the lesser lights that blaze
Willi lustre hoi r iwod fr in thy lucent brow;
The modest 'Vise, retiring in hi* ways,
Rebut,** tin-1|on*e loi-gottieg in a row s
lb-spi-ul** to order inn winning tone,
And so,-the* you in a way that's quite hi* awn.
Didactic Groves, so civ il In reply,
l.luiirmut Thompson. [IVudily ]—what a name!
Btwws Ills *m*ll hunt w.th pompous indnsuy,
And thinks the w lole it u llie trump of fame I
Great Proflit ton, who all ihiiifi proves • ji •* on,
And Ian,not least, lire open, candid Daw son.
These are thy devotres, 0 noble •rltmru I
1 ht ir weapon* 'coon skint, pepper,cider, gourds I
I'pnn lug cabin* they |.| ,re their tsllams,
And ri'aqnvrb)|ihy rabtliilie wur-l-i
l ire |'» vri * Iim. suhittll! 'I hrn. hell lu thts.
•Min-|li(f, vo«*r»t|airf«*l lit nstovi Nt !
FROM FLORIDA.
By the atrnm packet Isis, Cnpt. Pitcher, we
have received fnim our intelligent Correspondent
the following cotifumation of favorable repum,
herrtnfuin pulilitlreil.
(Correspondence of the Sarannnli Georgian.)
FLORIDA, Feb. 15.
Three hundred ur more of the enemy are now nt
Tampa—they hate smoked the pipe of pence and
agreed to emigrate, hut lest their modesty should
receive ii shock,they have stipulated that Govern
ment shall provide them with elmliing previous to
thcii depuf utw, and the General lias despatched n
steamboat to New Orleans for wearing apparel to
he diiiriluited among them.
A party of Talhritnxrees handed by their Chief,
and accompanied by one of the Arkansas d- lega
tion, halted ut Fort Clinch a idinrt lime since, on
their wnytn Tnmpn. Whil»tthere,Tigeitail (whore
ubiquity is unquestionable) rent hi* brother to visit
them, and if possible, prevent them from going in.
Tho Arkansas Indian made known tho -4'ject, Ti-
gertail was endem-oring to effect through tho agency
of lii* linn her, which so enraged (he latter, that lie
sprang upon him with hi* knife nnd inflicted two
severe stab*. Tho Pease Creek Indian* Itavi
word to one of tho head men of tiio delegation that
tlvy will take his life if he presume* t«> venture among
ihcm. If the delegation effect nothing more than
the creation of n peace party among their brethren,
they wil'.hnvo accomplrihed murh—jir.%trtftptive evi
deuce that their atntcmenu have been of service In
thu repent negotiations, is to he found in the appa
rent wunt of unanimity among the Indian*, ns evinc
ed hy their lute councils.
Many ore of the opinion thnt tho General w ill
emigrate a large party, hut I for one do not believe
that any treaty stipit'alluns will be found binding on
the part of the Indian*. Purity of purpose nnd n
rigid adherence tn plighted fait It form no part of thu
Seminole character. Harney ize Mr. Tigcrtuil And u
few oilier* of a simllarcharnctur, take the field, and
keep it, and the next half century may wi ness thu
termination of tiio Florida wur Temporising mea.
sure*, though aided by « gallant "Duke," whore
bugle* have sent forth a "haughty defiance" ut the
edge of every hummock that skirts tho Tampa
road will never put an end to tho existing hostili
ties—for such music, thuaglt accompanied by the
“pomp nnd circumstance of wur" has do charms to
souilio tho savage breast.
Yours, truly.
“Just as the Twig is bent the Tree’s inclined."
Of nil tho popular fullncio* of thia fnlicious world,
not one is uttered with more complacency,or Adopt
ed with loss examination intuits truth, than tho trite
saying above.
Al the present day, when tlm great attention
which bus been given to education, und tho many
profound und erudite treut'ues which liuvo been
written thereon,would re'Am to indicate in the opin
ion of some, that the golden ago of modern knowl
edge wu* justat hand, to restore tu man the blissful
posit km Im occupied in Ids primeval ignorance, it
may- be heresy tu doubt u single onu of llie so railed
fumlumcntnl truth* nn which thi* fair fabric ift to
rest. Rut ultit! for us, we aro «f the number of those
who do noi believe tint the intellectual millenium
is just at the door, nnd, hunt of nil, that this for-
tamed principle U to bear uuy part in thi* great
work.
It i* very generally thought, thut hy certain an*
proved processes uf educurinn we cun nf>. our
minds into any form; hut we find a rather startling
commentary on thi*, in tho fuel that so many on
whom the bust systems haVe been tried, meet vritlt
such biiter disappointment The error of tho ihcmy
lies in ovci looking the fuel thut the bent is given to
the mind originally, or by externul ciicum.->tances
over which wchuvn no control.
There mo now-u-duy* u tlimxaud helps to *ei-
encc, but there i* the anirto need us ever of uoro
mitring labor. A trend-mill, however, since its
construction, is a ire.-ul-mill still, und strength of
body, nod continued efforts uro necessary to over
come its ro*i*tnnco. Popular works on science
Imvo done incalculable injury to tho present ago by
inducing tho belief thut It is literally true thut "ho
who runs may rcud."
The grout men of every ego hnvo usually been
the self taught uml sulf-made-mcn who liuvu not
enjoyed, or have broken louse from thu l’roc: usieiln
inode of bringing every mind to tbo same standard,
stretching it beyond its powers, or cramping it with
in n spuee too i.uriow for its full dnvelopenient.—
The Franklin*, Bowditulies, Watts, nnd Fergusons,
iwo those who huve iifsi.-ried and mniutuin- d their
right to grow op wiihmil being bent, leaving their
future inclination tu answer for itrelf. The erasure
of the characters, which we find engraven on tho
mind, guc* fur to ruin the am face forever.
But the udvocatcs of this twig-bending system,
who would adopt the same training for nil, do worse
than seek to gather gropes of thorns, oi fig* of thi»-
tlcs, for they expect thn sutne tree, of wdmtevor na
ture, to bring forth nil manner of good fruits*.
Time will show the fullucy of ihe received opinion
nn thi* point, und will expose the futility of seeking
to incrcnto tiio happiness or influence nf man, hy
counteracting his tastes, nnd directing his intention
to pursuits for which he bus neither inclination or
ability.
There have been men of brillinni talents who
hnvo been eminent in morn tiiun one dopnrtmnnt,
hut such privileges nre rare; we should rather aim
nt exceilcnro in a singio profession or pursuit, nnd
success being always commensurate with our efforts
or, in tho qunint lungunge of a modern Gerenun
writer, since "God never gives any tiling, he al
ways setts it," we enn uttuin it only by increasing
labor. %*
(Correspondenceof the Savannah Georgian.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
The I’rerident elect visited Mr. Van Buren yes
terday, and has accepted an invitation to dinent tho
White House on Saturday. Gen. Hairison seem*
to hoar up very wall under the great furigue* he has
Undergone lately, and with the exception of n soro
hand, cuused hy continual grips of that member, he
appears in good condition. Hi* room of reception
is in the H nil of the Independent Order of Odd Fel
low*, ot thn City Hull.
All fears of the rejection nf tho vote of Alabama
were set at re*tye*toid*y, byo few words from Mr.
King, who showed that there was no informility
whatever in taking (lie vote at the Electoral Col-
lego Col. Marrist was the bearer of the vote.
Much disappointment hns orcurred In thuexpec.
tothm of the Whigs cs tu tho number of person* that
would be present ut tho reception of Gen. Harrison.
Tlm nffuii wus n very flat one, and all concerned in
it se- med to bo merely fighting for sumo of the
crumbs of "executive putrunapo"—thnt great bug
bear of thu hard cideri'es during the Into contest.
Of those who accompanied him from places on thu
foute, it miy ho said—
"Title Patriots,they—for he it understood,
They left their Country for their country’s g-md.’i
The whole (tile of ilio Tippecanoe Club in this
cit huve each an office marked out for themselves,
and the old "keepers" of tho General nro likely to
bo supeisedrd in their offices by the disinterested
citizens of this District. The old gentlrmun scared
a few of them by hisromsrks the other day, in which
he eapr<-s*cd his determination to steer clear of all
office seekers, end to retain nil such holders ofoffi* o
os were faithful In the i etformrece of thelrduly.
The Bankrupt hid i* atkll ih* topic In the 8mm,
hul as I litre heretofore cdrlsed you, there is no
prospect ef any action upon it. The Senate »r #
shsady far enough ahead of the Hm»*e, tu amuse
them sire* by the discussion of any tuhjecil and
they da •«»-
The hill making appropriation* for rmralutioMry
and iHhsrptnrivnera, was pasted hy • Urge rnsj i'
,,*j t)|is m«iwn|. Ism 4< isu vi »«•«•* *J»«***••
were made upon It, hul they amounted to nothing;
and *t the conclusion of the question, the House
went into Committee of the Whole on the Civil and
Diplomith: Appropriation Bill. Several "penny
w iso and pound foolish" members have been ex.
fretting their powers of oratory during the mor*.
ning, tu *hi ■ several things to people that they
could not sro rlhorwisfl. Tlm item that called
forth the debate was an appropriation of $25,000
for stationary. Arc., and several gentlemen seem
di«po*cd to hold forth ad infmitvm. After some
talk, tho Housh adopted i.n umendment, reducing
the appropriation to $15,000, and then adjourned.
The bill providing ugainat Steamboat Diaastert*
wn* postponed until Tuesday next, at which period’
it will dimbiles* hr put off tog further period. B. L.
[rou the or.ououM.l
DISASTERS AT SKA, REPORTED FOR THE
YEAR 1840.
A record of the disaster* at sea ha* been kept at
the office of tha American Sc-umen's Friend Society,
during the year pan, a* in former years—sueh only
of the vi-*icl. Tho griuter port of
thorn were
wricked on the const of the United States, nnd the
mo»t of ilium were A mericuc vessels.
Tho follow*
ing is tho result;-
Ship* and Unique*,
<57
Brits,
120
Schooners,
233
Sloops,
14
Steamboats,
0
Clw** unknown,
Total, -
Of these there were los*
yenr 1839, principally in the ti.
bat reported in this year,
Lost in Januurv,
" February,
fit*
" March,
SI
*’ April,
22
" May,
It
" June,
9
" July,
15
“ August,
17
** September,
14
•• October,
44
“ November,
34
" December,
4
•• Time not ascertained,
54
. - .J ..... IIU.O OUCH lull—
(584 hove been ascertained, and in regard to many
athm the crew* were mining, and in all proba
bility perished with ilm ve*»el—added to this, 39
vessel* have been reported a* mi**ing during the
yeur, which, in all probability, went to thn bottom*'
with ull their crews. Those statistics exhibit.Ira
some f*iint degree ilm peril* of tho sea, and i«aeh
u* iu most emphatic language, that whaytradofot
sailor* should he donu quickly.
LATER FROM TEXAS.
By tho arrival yesterday of the steam packet Now
York, Cnpt. Wright, wc jksavo Galveston dates up
to ilio 7th inst-
The reports that tl j Mexicans were about id
iuviulo Texas huve ail ended in smoke and the ru
mor* are dying a;/ay. Tho Houston Telegraph
•nys there is no dhubtthai tha Mexican government
hns been «truin ng every norvo to invndu the coun
try; but thu eflort bus only exhibited her Imbecility
tlm more pminly. She hu* succeeded in mustering
about 2000 men upon thu Rio Grande, ond now
Tunis herself unahlo to proceed furthvr. Tho loud
which she expected to procure in Erglund, ha* not
been obtained; and in cunrequenco of this failure*
her ugents iu ihu United States, it apponr*, havo
been utuibiMa putchuto any urmod vessel*. Tha
only luuu which slut lias uctually negociated, w e bo
licvi-.j* tin-loin of the Rubins, amounting to only
$3(1(1,000; and thi* ha* probably already been expon
ded in aiistnlniitg the army of Arista. Without mo
n"y, without a fleet, nnd tlw mere ske’eton ofart
army, sliu would really oxcito no other emotion
thun that of c mtuinpi, wore it not thut she still Irai
the impudence to tluvnien.
Tho sura* journal speak* of tho great scarcity of
rniiuey in the neigbburlioud of Si. Augustine but an
abuoduncc of provisions, and ull that is neebssaiy
•u procure a sufficiency of thn former is to plant cot
ton. Many of them nro already resorting to ibis
tnotliod ofprocuring the niunoy they require; and
great preparation* uro making in those sections fu r
tho cu tore of thi* great stuple.
The "retrenchment bill" pnstvd Congress on tho
Ifltli ult., nnd wu* signed by tho President the day
after it was presented to him. This law provides
fm the nbuliiion of tho offices of the Secretory of
the Navy, the Post M ister General, Quartormusler
General, Commissary General, Surgeon General,
Second Auditor, Stock Commissioner, Colonel of
(Jnlmincr, Adjutant and Inspector General, und
limitsthe .Military and Navy establishment of tho
Republic, so that the expenses of the government
will ho diminished to about ono third nf the expen
tds of tha last) ear.
Three Camnnchns were recently killed hy Mnj
Howard, who had been committing depredations at
the Ranches, near Bexur.
Tile barque Emily, Cnpt. Gillet, hod arrived at
Gnlvestun in 51 day* from Liverpool, with an assort
ud cargo.
The lYxinii ulonp of war Austin, Com. Mooro,
arrived at Gulvcstun on ihedtli inst. from Yucatan,
where die left thcsienm *hip Zuvulu—all well. Tho
Austin bimjgln no intelligence nf interest.
Tho Hun.J. W. Smith had been killed hy Indian*
within three miles of Austin.—N. O. Picayune,
12(4 inst.
The ^Resident elect.
In tho Semite on Thursday, 11th inst. Mr. Pre*.
tnn from the Joint Commilteo appointed on the part
of the Senate, to wait on Willium Henry Horritoni
of Ohio, ahd inform him of Isis election to the Presi.
dency of the United Suites, reported llmt the com*
mittee had waited on the I*resident elect, and in*
formed him of the result of the vote, whon ho rcplj
ed that hu received thi* manifvtlutum of the confi
dcnco of Ids count rym-n with profound gratitude,
nml that ho would earnestly devote himself to the
discharge of the duties imputed on him, by enden
voting to promote the union nnd welfare of ttia
country, according to his best abilities.
THE NAVY.
The Wusliington Correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier *nys of the rumored Secretary—"Mr*
Badger is n judge und eminent lawyer of North
Curoiinu. He has been offered tho office, but his
acceptance is doubted."
Auto Biography.—Wo see it announced that thtf
venerable Cot. John Trumbull, (the list surviving
remnant of Washington's milhnry furaily during tho
revuluibinary wur.) is about to publish a volume
containing "Reminiscencen of his own Times,”
with such reflection* os tiio nature of tho subject
may require.
THE GARRICK.
The Now York Courier o? tho 10th Inst sxyst—
"Wo learn that Captain Fountain, nftl.eatonmer
Hetculus, who left tho Gurrick at 5 P. M. ort
Tuesday, thnt they moved tho ship llmt day about
seven feet,nnd the probability Is that she would bo
got off this day."
Cold Weather.—Ve»terduy morning, it sunrise,
tho thermometer stood at 9 degrees above xero.—
Lustuvoningat 8 o'clock, tho mercury was at 10—
and ihlsm-irnlng, ut 4 degrees above tern.
Ball Pat
Tha VbilaiL Ledger tiatas that the Camdtn (N,
J.) Bank,opposira that city, has suspended specie
payments, after Ilio axampla of iu neighbors.
The V H. sloop of war Marion.—A Isitar has
I wen received In Utraion, via Baltimore, dsisd Kla,
Dec, 2l,f(um»noffic#t belonging tu tha Marion,In
which >tisi>aid tltay hivtbvcw sticcetiful Ir ntislaf
ihe ship.