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TW£ NT YTOU RTIF CONG R ESS?
SECOND SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mospat -lan. 9, 183 '.
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
The State, were called for Petition.,.
Mr. ADAMS rosu and sail!.—have a peti-1
tioe front 150 women, the wives and dang It- I
tors es my constituents, proving the abolition of !
slavery in the District of Columbia.
Mr. Glascock.—l object to the reception of I
tho petition.
An inquiry was made of the Chair whether j
the question was debateable.
Tne Speaker decided that it was.
Mr. ADAMS hoped, he said, that the I
principle of non-receptiou, subversive as it |
was of the constitutional rights of his con
stituents, would not be countenanced by lhe
House. The petition might be rejected,
and the House, he believed, were but too
ready and eager to reject the prayer of such
petitions. He complained that the peti
tions were not only rejected, but that the
petitioners were treated with obloquy and
contempt. The humanity and benevo
lence of the motives which prompted this
memorial ought alone to commend it to the
respect and at.ention of the House. What
had the House to fear from those females ?
Blood, insurrection and murder ? No sir,
there is nothing, said Mr. A. of an inllam-1
matory character in the paper. 1 hope the
objection will he withdrawn. I appeal to {
the gentleman, himself a son and a father, .
to withdraw it, from consecrations of res
pect for those mothers and daughters. The ;
memorial is very brief, and 1 trust it will be j
received and read.
Mr. Glasgock said, in reply, that tho’|
the petitioners were females, he found that
they acted on this subject under a very im
proper influence. No petition of the kind
was sent here without an object. They
were all got up and sent here in pursuance
of a general system of agitation. No man
had more consideration than he had for the
motives which the gentleman supposed to
actuate the memorialists; but were he a son 1
of any one of the petitioners he would im
plore her at least to withhold the expres
sion es a feeling and opinion, which, how
ever sincere, he would assure her were
fraught with mischief to the public welfare.
Moreover, acting as the representative of
Southern mothers, he objected to the recep
tion of a memorial which, however intended,
would have the effect to fill their minds w ith
apprehension and alarm. He was aware
that a majority of the Hou/e were opposed
to this motion, and that it would not be sus
tained ; but he should persist in it for the
purpose of recording his own vote in its
support.
Mr. Parks said that no good could re
sult from the discussion of this subject. He
moved, therefore, to lay the question of re
ception on the table.
Mr. Reed called for the yeas and
nays on the question, and they were order
ed.
The question being taken, it was decided
in the affirmative, yeas 130, nays 69.
The memorial therefore lies over till saext
Monday.
Mr. Adams again rose and presented
the memorial of two hundred and twenty
eight females, residents of South Weymouth,
praying the abolition of slavery iu the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Mr. Adams proceeded to read the peti
tion.
Several members called Mr. Adams to
order.
Mr. Chambers of-Ky. made a point of
order : was not the member under the 25th
rule of the House, confined to “ a brief
statement of the contents of a memorial.”
The Chair decided Mr. Adams could
not read the memorial, and must confine
himself to “ a brief statement of its con
tents.”
Mr. Adams appealed from the decision
of the Chair. He called upon the Speaker
to say whether he decided that a member
was not in order in reading any thing that
he pleased, as apart of his speech. If it
was intended to suppress the liberty of
speech and the right of discussion in'this
House, so, help him God, be would resistit
in his own person.
The Chair read from the Manual of Mr.
Jefferson, and other authorities passages
which stated that a member had no right to
read any paper, printed or written, (not e
ven his own written speech) without the con
sent of the House. But, independently of
that consideration, jthe gentleman’s ' at
tempt to read the petition w as an evasion of
the 45th rule, which confines a member to
a brief statement of the contents “ of a pe
tition,” when lie presents it.
Some discussion took place on the ques
tion ol order, in wbic'» the decision of the
Chair was sustained bv Messrs. Patton
Briggs and Chambers,' of Ky. and oJ
posed by Messrs. Harper, of Pa. aud Ad
am*,.
Mr. Adams said he would compromise
the matter. He would withdraw the appeal,
if the Ho: se would suffer him to complete
his “ brief statement” of the contents ol
the memorial. There were but two more
lines of it, and those he wished the House
to hear.
He proceeded to read the “two lines,”
wherein the memorialists express their de
termination to present the same memorial
every year until its prayer shall becomplied
Tremendous cries of “ order” accompa
nied and followed .Mr. A’s remarks.
The Speaker peremptorily ordered Mr.
A. to take his seat.
Mr. Adams, instead of complying, rais
ed his voice, and continued his remarks,
win. h were however entire y inaudible, in
consequence of the loud cries of “ order,”
“order,” from every part of the House.
I he Speaker again directed the gentle
man to sit down. Mr. Adams, having
brought his “ brief statement” to a conclu
sion, took his seat, at the same lime savin".
“ 1 withdraw the appeal.”
Mr Glascock objected to the reception
of the petition presented by the gentleman
from Massachusetts, and proceeded to make
some remarks, in the course of which he
was interrupted by many calls to order.
Mr. Dawsox, ol Ga, attempted to ad
dress the House on this subject. His re
marks appeared to be deprecatory of any
excitement on the question ; but owing to I
the increasing confusion he was not distinct- I
ly heard.
Mr. Manx ot N. 1. moved tin previous i
question, which was ordered to be put. I
The main question, “shall the petition be
received ?” was put and decided in the nffir-;
inative, yeas 137, nays 75. So the petition!
was received.
Mr. Haynes moved to lay the petition |
on the table, which motion was agreed to, j
yens 151, nays 50.
Mr. ADAMS presented another similar
petition, to the reception ol which Mr. Hal-
SEY objected.
At this point, (3 o’clock) this despatch
was closed, Mr. UNDERWOOD speaking on
the question of reception.
Front Ike Charleston Courier.
WRECK OF THE MEXICO.
We have seen the British Consul, Mr. j
Buchanan, who has just returned from
Hempstead Beach, Having passed the night,
and a considerable portion of yesterday, in
the neighborhood of the wreck. The ac
count he gives of the disaster, in all its sta
ges, as described to him by those who as
sembled on the beach, and saw, but could
not help, is most heart rending. For eigh
teen hours, the unhappy strangers were ex
posed to the horrors of the wreck, enduring
the pangs of cold, and hunger, and misery
and hope deferred, beholding face to face
as it were, the terrible death from v . niclr
there was no means of escape; for e'. diteen
hours, their piteous cries and shr’.eks were
hCtiid upon the beach, gradually' decreasing
in number and frequency, unt>', at last but
a feeble wail was hear! at intervals, and
finally all was still—when the scarcely less
agonized listeners knew ‘.hat death had com
! pleted his work, and that the deck of the
I Mexico now bore only the frozen and life
less bodies ol the bate breathing and hoping
passengers.
1 hirty-sev r .n of the bodies have come on
shore—six trf them females, thirty men, and
J one young lad. In two or three instances,
I bodies Lave come on shore, with their arms
; locked in a close embrace, anti these are
i sue posed to have been near relatives. Eve
iVy arrangement lias been made by the
I Consul, and the Sheriffand Coroner of the
■county, lor the decent interment of the un
• happy sufferers, and we have a melancholy
I pleasure in saying, that the ladies of the
j vicinity have hastened to give assistance in
; paying the last offices to the bodies of the
| females. The Consul Speaks most grate
' fully o 1 ’ the zeal and interest manifested by
! all the inhabitants living near the scene ol
I the disaster.
j P. S.— Mr. Sami. Thompson, tire con
i signee of the Mexico, left at a late hour lasi
I evening, and has favored us with the fol
-1 lowing:
List ot bodies found and recognized on
Hempstead Beach, from the wreck of the
barque Mexico, from Liverpool:—
Mr. Evans, Mr. Murray, John Union,
Mr. Metcalf’s eldest daughter, Mr. Devine.
Samuel Blackham, Mrs. Higgins, Mrs.
Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Pepper, and one ol
I their children, Mr. Murray, two of Hope’s
' children, one of Mrs. Evans’ daughters,
and her eldest son, and 16 bodies not recog
; nixed.
- The agent ot the Insurance Company,
with the wreck-master, boarded the ship
i yesterday, but found nothing on deck or in
; the cabin, which they made out to enter.
Everything had been washed out—no bo-
I dies were found in any part of the ship,
i Some of the bodies which had drifted ashore,
i iiad the appearance of having been lashed
j to the vessel, as ropes were tied around their
! waisls, &.c.
| The ship remains much in the same situ
l ation as yesterday, and there is a prospect
lof saving most of the cargo, when the
i weather becomes more moderate.
I The captain having been censured for
I leaving the ship, we are requested to say
■ that he was urged to do so by the passen
. gers, iu the hope that he would be able to
j effect something for their rescue.
I A report lias been circulated that the ship
i was short ot water; this is incorrect, as she
I had more than 1300 gallons on board at
I the time of the wreck.
, Twenty sovereigns were found on the
I body of John Union.
; The body of a woman drifted ashore,
J with A, L. marked on her linen, and ten
; dollars were found on her person.
! LOSS OF THE SHIP SUPERIOR.
IVe mentioned on Wednesday the loss
|of this ship, and expressed some fears for
j the safety of the crew. It affords us pleas
ure to announce their safe arrival at St.
! George’s, Bermuda. The following par
ticulars we copy from the Courier of this
She sailed from Marseilles on the 25th
ol Sept, bound to this port, and had light
and fair weather till the 10th of Novem
ber, when she took a tremendous gale from
the N. \V . which strained her to so' great a
I degree that it was with difficulty she could
Ibe kept free from water; and Captain Ty
son, therefore, deemed it prudent to square
away for Bermuda. A few days after this,
the wind veered away to the eastward,
blowing strong and steadily, and the pros
fpett being a good one of carrying the
| breeze all the way to New York, the Supe,
rtornas once more headed toward the port
I of her destination.
On nearing our coast, the wind hauled
I suddenly right in her teeth, blowing almost
1 a hurricane. After battling the storm for
i lour days, her course on the 25th was shift-
Icd for Bermuda again. On the 29th, Capt,
I Tyson judged himself to be 30 miles north
I ol that island: bat this computation was n«-
I cessarily very uncertain, not having ho,
an observation lor two days. At one o’-
clock on the 29th, the ship' was struck by
a heavy squall from the northwest, which
knocked her on her beam ends, but suc
ceeded iu wearing round, and she righted.
The pumps were at that lime chunked, ami
the ship had six licet water in her hold. By
dint of bailing, she was kepi free till H o >.
clock, when the sea became smoother, and
on taking a cast of the lead, but two fath
oms of water were found. This w..s the
first intimation of danger; and although
every exertion was made to wear the ship
round again, she struck the bottom ami
knocked off her rudder. Being thus disa
bled, ami the water making very fast in the
hold, the starboard anchor was let go, to
prevent her drifting. Till 8 o’clock next
morning, she thumped tremendously; and
there being no appearance of any assistance
coming from the shore, the long boat win
hoisted out, and tiie second mate ami se-jl
ven men despatched to St. George’s, then i
insight, distant 10 or 12 miles. i
At half an hour afte the boat left, anotli- ■
er heavy squall struck the ship, and drove I
her into deeper water, where she sunk, with j
the water even with the top of her rails. — , ;
Those left on board, immediately took to j
the remaining boat, and all reached the shore I
iu safety,. saving nothing bu' what they ',
stood in, noteven the chronometer arid I
ship’s papers. Capt. Tyson writes that j
every assistance was rendered him by Mr. |
Tucker, the American Consul, to secure as I
much of the cargo as possible from the [
wreck, but he feared a great deal would be !
lost by its drifting to different parts of the 1
island, where the inhabitants took possess- I
ion of it. The crew left Bermuda in the
brig Calvin, of this port, bound to Wil
mington, N. C. where they arrived i:.i safety
on the 25th ult. Capt. Tyson remains
at Bermuda to, attend to the interest of those
concerned.
The S >'.perior was a remarkably stout,
Philadelphia built ship, owned by Capt.
Wni . Tyson, of this city. His brother was
m command of her. She was insured here
for §14,000, but was estimated to be worth
$20,000.
Office of the Courier 8c Enquirer, ?
NEW-YORK, Jan. 6,3 P. M. )
Another shipwreck.— We have again to
record another unfortunate shipwreck on
our coast. The Brittish ship Tamarac,
Capt. Kane, left Liverpool on the 11th
Nov. and offer a pleasant voyage across the
Atlantic, made Sandy Hook on Saturday
afternoon last between 4 and 5 o’clock.
Here she laid off and on till 8 o’clock,
making various signals for a pilot firing
rockets, Sic. but in vain. The wind then
chopped round to the north west, and the
ship stood off. Between 12 and 1 o’clock
the wind increased to a gale, and her can
vass was therefore reduced to three double
reefed topsails. Under this she lav off
and on the laud, and kept the lead going
until Weduesday. At 4 o’clock that morn
ing her soundings showed 18 fathoms water.
An hour after, a light was perceived
through the drifting snow, and in a few
minutes m >re, the ship struck the bottom,
while under close reeled topsailj double
reefed main and mizen topsail, and close
reefed mainsail, about 3 miles cast, of Fire i
Island light. She now made every sig- j
nal of distress, by firing gnus, See. until j
daylight, when she got out herboats, and
sent one with a line ashore. This boat!
swamped near the beach. The launch was '
next filled with passengers, who with the as-I
sistance of the people on shore, succeeded i
in getting safe to land. Till 5 o’block in
the afternoon the time was passed in land
ing the remaining passengers and crew, and
we are happ\ to add, all got safe onshore
except an infant who perished from expo
sure to the cold. The sea was all the
while making a complete breach over the
vessel, and she when our informant left,
was one complete body of ice, with two feet
water in her above the lower deck. Her
masts weue still standing but her rudder
was unshipped, and several pieces of her bot
tom came up alongside.
The Tamarac was built in Quebec, was
lour months old, and was owned bv Messrs.
William Si Henry Sharpies of Liverpool,
where she is insured. She had four cabin
passengers, 113 steerage, and the crew con
sisted ot 26 men. All have lost every
thing except the clothes they had on.
We are happy in being able to add that
the inhabitants of the coast near where the
Tamarac went ashore, exerted themselves
to the utmost to rescue the people on board
from il.eir unfortunate situation, and evin
ced, besides a proper feeling of sympathy
towards them in all other respects.
The names of the cabin passengers are,
Miss Marv Ann Hewson, of Dub in.
Messrs. Thomas and Samuel Anslow of
j Shropshire.
| Mr. William Simms, of Scottland.
It was currently reported yesterday that
I there were two vessels on shore on Patch
louge Bench, L. I. but we could not, with
much exertion, trace the rumor to-any au
thentic source.
From the Courier and Enquirer,
DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.
It is with sorrow and shame we again
takeup the pen to record the particulars of
i the wreck of another vessel destined to this
! port, when almost in sight of it; sorrow,
iat the immense loss of life with which the
event has been accompanied, and shame
1 that our port regulations are insufficient to
guide the mariner to his haven, when he
! has reached our coast.
The information we give below has been
1 derived by our reporter from the Captain
!of the shipwrecked vessel, and from per-
I sons on the spot where the ship came on
shore. He reached the town from the scene
of the d'» ister nt an early hour this mornin";
■ having been despatched by us thither, as
[ soon as the news of the horrid catastrophe
i reached us.
! The Barque Mexico, Capt. Winslow,
sailed from Liverpool on the 251 h October
i last, having on board a crew consisting of
! twelve men and one hundred and four
passengers, in all one hundred and sixteen
souls. She made the Highland lights on
Saturday night last at 11 o’clock and on
Sunday morning was ofl’the bar, with thirty
or more square rigged vessels, till having
signals flying for pilots but not a pilot was
there in sigiit. The Mexico continued
standing off and on the Ho >k till midnight
at dark she and the whole fleet ofships dis
played lanterns from their yards ibr pilots.
Still no pilot came. At midnight the wind
increased to a violent gale from the north
west, the Barque was no longer able to hold
to windward and was blown off a distance
of some 50 miles. At this time, six of the
crew were badly frost-bitten and thecaptain
mate, and two seamen were all that were
left able to hand and reef the sails, Or
Monday moring at 11 o’clock standing in
shore they made the southern end of of the.
woodlands, w hen she was wore round and
beaded to the north under a close reefed
main top-sail, reeled fore-sad, two reefed
try-sail and fore-stay sail. At four o’clock
the mate took a cast of the lead and re
ported to Capt. Winslow that he had fif
teen fathoms water. Supposing from the I
-otindingsas laid down in the chart, that w ith
this depth of water, he could still stand on 11
; I. K NTANBAKD OF UNION.
two hours longer w'itl, safety—the Captain
gave orders to that cll'ect, and was, the
more induced te do it, as the crew were in
so disabled as tate and the weather so intens
ly cold, thr.t it was impossible for any one
to remai’.i on deck longer than half an hour
atati'me. The event has shewn that the
tnlormation given by the mate, as to the
< epth o| water was inci rrect his error
arose from the lead line being frozen still'tit
the time it was cast.
1' ifteen minutes afterwards the ship struck
tin-bottom, twenty-six miles east ofSandv
Hook at Ilempsted bench, and not more
than a cables length from the shore. The
1 scene that ensued on board, we leave to the
reader’s imagination. For one hour and
three quarters she continued thumping
heavily wilbo't making any water, the
however breaking continually over her.—
Her rudder was now knocked off, and the
Captain ordered the main-mast to be cut
away. The boats were then cleared, the
long boat hoisted out, and veered away tin
ner her bows with a stout hawser, lor the
purpose of filling with passentxers, letting
it drilt within reach of the people who crow
ded the beach, then hauling her back again
and thus saving the unfortunate people on
board, but this intention was frustrated bv
the parting of the hawser, which snapped
like a a thread as the boat was exposed to
the heaving surf. The yawl was next got
alongside, and stove to pieces almost instant
ly. At 7 o’clock the same mornintr, the
ship bilged and filled with water. Orders
followed from the captain to cut away the
foremast ; and that every soul on board
should come on deck.—ln inexpressible
agony they thus remain d until four o’clock
in the afternoon, when a boat was launch
ed from the beach, and succeeded in getting
under the bowsprit of the wreck. This
boat took off Capt. Winslow and 7 men,
and succeeded in reaching the shore with
them in safety. The attempt however was
attended with such imminent danger that
! none could be induced to repeat-it. Alrea-
■ dy had the sufferings of the unhappy beings
I been such as to surpass belief. From the
■ moment of disaster, they had hung round
the Captain, covered with their blankets
thick-set with Hee, imploring his assistance
and asking if hope was still left to them.
When they perceived that no further help
came from the land, their piercin" shrieks
j were distinctly heard at a considerable dis
l lance, and continued through the night un
til they one by one perished. The next
! morning the bodies of many of the unhap
' py creatures were seen lashed to different
1 parts ofthe wreck, embedded in ice. None,
I it is believed, were drowned, but all frozen
i to death.
Os the one hundred and four passen
gers, two thirds were women and children.
It is but justice to the people on shore to
say that every thing which human beings
could accomplish to save the unfortunates
was done that their means permitted. The
only boat which boarded the vessel was
hauled a distance of ten miles and was man
ned by an old man and six others, four or
j five of w bom were the old man’s sons and
(grandsons. For thirty-five years has he
■ been living «ti the sea-shore, during which
,he has rendered assistance to numerous
( wrecks atrl never before, have he or his
' comrades shrunk from the surf; but in addi-
tion to its violence on the present occasion,
j such was the extreme cold, that a second
■ attempt to rescue was more than they
! dared venture ; it would have inevitably
proved fatal to them.
The following are the names ofthe per
sons saved.
Capt. Winslow.
Wm. Broom, a lad, brother of the own
er.
Two seamen and the Cook.
Richard Haynes, )
Thomas Mullohan, > Passengers.
John Wood, )
The boat was put off from the vessel
without Richard ilayne, but he sprang
I from the bowsprit amt was drawn from the
I sea by those in the boat.
[From the St. Augustine Herald, Jan-. 7.]
MORE INDIAN DEPREDATIONS.
An express from Black Creek arrived
last night in this city, by which we learn,
that on the 4th inst. a party of Indians,
near the Santa Fe Bridge, cutoff and took
prisoners eleven negroes belonging to Mr.
Bennet M- Dell, of Newnansville, These
negroes, started in company with a bag
gage train from Garey’s Ferry to the lat
j ter place, with an ox team—and were about
I a mile in th“ rear of the main body when
taken. One of the negroes made bis es
cape from them, and returned to Garey’s
Ferry; he slates the number of Indians to
be about 20. Upon the receipt of this in
formation, Lieut. Col. Crane, witli commen
dable promptness, has ordered Capt. Prey
mouth’s company of mounted Volunteers
to proceed im ediately to Garev’s Fern,
and await further orders from Col. Warren.
Capt. Curry’s company will join Col. W.
at Jacksonville, and proceed from thence
to that post. There are but few troops at
Garey’s Ferry.
We learn from Newnansville that there
are parties of the Indians lurking in that
neighborhood. About three weeks since,
a party ol three, came to the plantation of
Mr. Parish, and killed a Mr. Ostein, his
son-in-law. Mr. Parish, saw them commit
the fatal act, while standing in his door ;
called to them and dared them to come
nearer to the house, and he would make
sure of one »*;’ them, when they made off.
Mr. Parish had abandoned his place on the
breaking out of hostilities, and had recent
ly returned to his home.
About the same time, a small scouting
party went to the plantation of .Mr. Haig,
about ten miles from Newnansville, at night
and discovered an Indian ata small fire iu
the field. A Mr. Youngblood, who wasol
the party, crept up, and shot and scalpel,
him ; they suppose that there w ere two oth
er Indians in company with the one killed,
as they found three packs and three rifles.
Il is reported at Newnansville, that a
friendly Creek had been taken by the Sem
inoles and carried to an Island in the Or
ange lake, from whence he made his escape,
and that he states that there are about 30
families on the Island ; that they have a
bundance of cattle and hogs ; that they
have no ammunition.
It is also reported there, that a party of)
men from Fort Deane, went down to Col.
Mclntosh’s plantation, about five miles dis- i
taut, and while there a party of Seminoles, j
disguised as Creeks, came upon and killed j
one of them.
Col. Sanchez, w ith his command, return
ed to tow non Thursday last from the South. ’
lie proceeds as far south as Mcßae’s plan- i
tatioii, on the Tomoka River. The conn- ,
■ry was scoured in every direction, without ‘
discovering any Indians. A single track '
was seen near Dailey’s, which appeared to
be about a day old. Tiie cane on the plan
tations had grown up, and pumpkins in a
butidanee, and which had no appearance of
having been disturbed. But few cattle were
found.
Funeral of the late Col. Brooks.—The
body ol the late lamented Lt. Colonel was
found upon the Beach, about 30 miles from
this city, and brought in for interment on
Ihursday last. On Friday, the last sad
tribute was paid to his remains, and he was
interred wit h the honors of war. The body
was escorted to the grave by the company
ol St. Augustine veterans, and'Lt. North
throp s company ol volunteers, under com
mand ol Adjutant Phillips, and followed bv
the U. S. Officers at this post, as principal
mourners, the Volunteer officers in the ser
vice of the U. States, the U. S. Troops,
the Judge and Offici rs of the Superior
Court, the Mayor and Aidermen, and a
large concourse of citizens. The burial
x’rvice was read at the grave by the Rev.
David Brown, ot the Episcopal Church.
INDIAN HOSTILITIES.
The Columbus Herald, of Jan. 3, contains
the following information :
“ Again the hostile Creeks have broke loose !
and committed depredations and murders.
1 he plantation ol Dr. Battle on Cowega creek
was beseiged by a party of Indians five or more
in number, who filed upon and killed one white
man and two negro men, at the same time burn
ing the dwelling and outhouses on the premises
of Dr. B. But five Indians were seen oh the
occasion, but there was reason to believe that a
much greater number were concealed in the
swamp. It is not known whether these ludi
ans were those who still remained in Alabama
waiting to be emigrated, or whether they were !
stragglers returning from Florida. The'ques
tion presents itself, why are these Indians per
mitted to remain in the nation I Government
has undertaken to remove them, and why are
they still here I Are there not funds to pay the
expense of emtgration ? Fifty millions in' the
treasury, and yet about four thousand Indians
remaining in Alabama ! Amongst them from
5 to 600 warriors.—The troops have all been
removed, but one little company left at Fort
j Mitchell, a force entirely inadequate to the dc
| fence of the country ! This subject should be
lookedjinto, and these wanderers emigrated with
all possible despatch.
of
j "The friends nf the Union are our friends,and its
enemies, our enemies."
THURSDAY UOKNING, Jan. St).
i “ A Farmer” shall appear in our next.
TO OIJR PATRONS.
The last number closed the ihird volume ofthe
I S'i ANDARD OF UNION, since it made itshum
kle entrance into Milledgeville, in January 1834.
i In reviewing the events of a few years past, our
hearts are filled with gratitude for the success of
those great principles, in the support of which, the
STANDARD has been a zealous, but feeble in
strument, and for the very flattering estimate
which our fellow citizens have placed upon our
efforts to maintain the doctrines of LIBERTY and
UNION.
In January, 1833, we raised the STANDARD
OF UNION in a neighboring village, and encoun
tered the fury of Nullification, w hen it was sweep
ing over the land, “in tempest and fire.” The
value of the Union had been calculated, and pro
nounced unworthy of preservation.—We met the
issue, and from that hour to the present, wo have
labored to preserve it with all our energies. Plant
! ing ourselves upon the precepts of the "FATHER
OF IIIS COUNTRY,” we have maintained
| "the Union of all the States," as the only effectual
! ineansof securing "the sovereignty and independence
of each;” and the part which we have acted in this (
contest, and the exertions we have made to save
our country from a great and impending calamity,
will be to us. a source of pride and satisfaction
through life, and ofthe most unalloyed consolation,
when we come down to the pillow of death.
In commencing, with this number, another year
of our labors, we feel a renewed impulse to dou
ble our exertions.
When we limk back to the struggles which are
passed-—to the dangers which have threatened
our glorious institutions—and the triumph of those
great principles which lie at the foundation of our
Government: when we behold the rising grandeur
ofthe Republic-—the liberty, prosperity and hap
piness which pervade every quarter of her wide
spread dominions, we may well exclaim
“Columbia ! Columbia! toglory arise,
The Queen ofthe woild.and the child of the skies.”
Who that is content with all the blessings which
freedom can bestow—with a government which is
only felt in the protection which it affords, can con
template, without emotions of horror and dismay,
every attempt to impair its strength and integiity,
or to change the principles upon which it rests? It
was good enough for Washington, it was good
enough for Jefferson, and Madison, and Franklin,
and all those gallant spirits who stood side by side,
“in the day and hour of danger.”
To those who have so liberally patronised our pa
per, we owe a debt of gratitude which can only bo
repaid by a redoubled application to our duties as
public journalists, and a still more animated devo
tion to the best interests of our common country.
TO AD V ERTibERS - AB ROAD.
Persons, at a distance, who are desirous
f giving their advertisements an extensive
circulation, are respectfully informed that
THE STANDARD OF UNION presents the
means of spreading them before a larger
number of readers than any paper in Geor
gia, or perhaps in the Southern country,
with but a single excention. There is not
a State or Territory in the Union, t<> which
it has not found its way ", and scarcely a
Post Office in this State where it is not ta
ken.
We have added to our list thirty-six si fa
scribers, from the first of the new year up
to the present time. This is beginning the
year well, and evidences that our labors are
considered worthy of reward.
Francis V. Delaunay, Miller Grieve,
Thomas Haynes, Nathan M’Gehce, Horace
R. Ward and Iverson L. Harris Esqs.
were elected Aidermen, on the 13lh inst.
for the city of Milledgeville, and on the eve
ning of the same day, the Aldermen met
and elected F. F. Delaunay, Mayor.
ANOTHER SPECK OF WAR.
In consequence of the recent depreda
tions committed by the Creek Indians in
Alabama, a requisition has been made up
on Georgia, for a force to march immedi
ately to Fort Mitche’l.
A Fine troop of Volunteer Cavalry
from Franklin County, arrived here on
Monday afternoon, under the command of
Captain James Morris— First Lieutenant
William Ash— and second Lieutenant
Harris Toney.
They partook of a treat in the afternoon,
furnished by the citizens, at which several
patriotic toasts were drank, and much good
feeling prevailed.
Their gentlemanly deportment, while in
this place, reflects the highest credit upon
them, and have won, for them, the friend
ship and esteem of this community.
They took up the line of march on Tues
day evening, and carry with them our
prayers for their success.
THE SURPLUS REVENUE.
Wc received a few days since from our atten
tive Representative in Congress, the Hon. Jesse
F. Cleveland, the following letter in relation to
' the Surplus Revenue ; from which it will be seen,
that the portion to be deposited with this State,du
ring the present year, amounts to $1,401,890 12.
Bythesaine mail, the first instalment of this
fund, was received by his Excellency the Gover
nor amounting to $350,474 03, and by him depos
ited in the Treasury in terms of the act of Con
jgress; and by the Treasurer, immediately trans-
I ferred to the Central Bank, in pursuance of an act
of the last Legislature:
Washington City, January 4th, 1837.
“ Tie Treasurer of the United States,
yesterday, communicated to this House, the
amount of moneys in the Treasury, sub
ject to be apportioned amontr ths several
States, in compliance'with a law of the last
Session of Congress, regttlatimr the depos
ites of the public moneys.—The amount
to be distributed i5'§37,468,859 97, which
is equal to 8127,445 10, to each electoral
vote. Georgia having eleven votes,'will
conseqnen.ly be entitled to §1,401,896 12.”
U. S. BANK~
We publish below, the remarks of thp
GEORGIA CONSTITUTIONALIST
' and SOUTHERN BANNER, upon the
. late movement of theU. S. Bank, and re
commend them to the consideration of all
our readers.
They are so full of good sense and sound
logic, and speak so distinctly, the pure doc
trine of State Rights, that we feel assured
they will receive from the great body of our
fellow-citizens, a hearty response.
Will the sovereign people, of the sove
reign State of Georgia, tolerate such an fl
pen invasion of their rights ? No, and
the better the matter is understood, and the
more it is discussed, the deeper and more
uncompromising will be the public indigna
tion.
The act itself is a perversion of the char
ter of the Insurance Bank, on the part of
the United Stales Bank. It is an attempt
to exercise powers within the State ofGeor
gia, which would never have been granted
by the Legislature, or countenanced by the
people. Had Mr. Biddle and his associates
made known to the last Legislature that they
had purchased the charter of the Insurance
Bank, and petitioned for the privilege of
exercising under it, all the immunities en
joyed by the original stockholders, thev
would have be'n indignantly spurned and
rejected.—We have much more to say upon
his subject.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
have laid aside for the present some
editorial matter prepared for this day’s |pa]'er,
to publish what follows taken from the Colum
bus Herald of last Tuesday. And we do so
with the view of calling the attention of the
people of Georgia to the subject, that, if they
think it of sufficient importance, they may take
it under immediate and serious consideration,
and then adopt the most energetic mecs ires, in
order to prevent or neutralize the fatal conse
quences which inevitably will be produced by
the uncontrolled influence the United States
Bank will exercise in Georgia, through a local
institution, the capital of which is owned by it.
With the principal Bank at Columbus, and bran
ches at Savannah, Macon and Augusta, the free
and independent State of Georgia, will be made
to bend to the power of the United States
Bank. The people will become the mere a
gents of the directors of that institution, and ail
our local banks will be compelled to follow the
dictates of, and the regulations prescribed to
them by individuals who entertain feelings, and
will have interests diamctically opposite to the
feelings and interests of our own citizens. The
capital es the Insurance Bank may ho only
§600,000 ; but the whole capital ofthe United
States Bank will be employed to support tho op
erations of that local institution. Will our lo
cal banks be able to contend against an institu
tion supported by a capital of $35,000,010, with
an unlimited credit in every important city ot
the Union ? Will the banks of Augusta bo ti
lde to contend against such an influence ? Will
the people of Georgia be able to resist the influ
ence that will inevitably be exercised over our
financial and even political transactions ? We
eaniesdy recommend immediate action on the
part of the people ; meetings should bo held in
every county of the State condemning the esta
blishment in Georgia of the power of the Uni-
Hod States Bank through the means of a local
institution, and recommending the call of an ex
tra session ot the legislature, tor the purpose of
adopting such constitutional and legal means,
as may prohibit at once and hereafter the intro
duction in the heart of Georgia, of a power
which must prove so destructive to our public
.institutions, and to the liberties wc now enjoy :
a power more to be dreaded, because it will be
suppoited by thirty five millions dollars. A
branch of tiie insurance Bank is to be establish
ed in Augusta. Shall we tamely submit to such
an arbitrary measure? Without consulting the
citizens of Augusta ; without asking them
whether they are or not desirous of the location
of a branch among them, tire United States
Bank determine on establishing a controlling in
stitution in our city ! And all this without first
ascertaining whether they would be able to find
among our patriotic citizens, men to serve as
directors, and assist as such in placing the State
of Georgia at the feet ot a moneyed aristocracy,
more to be dreaded than the sword and despo
tism of a military dictator.
Wc are mortified that Mr Biddle and his as
sociates in Georgia, should have believed that
they could act in the manner they have so far
done, with impunity. But we rely on-the patri
otism and energy ofourciiizens, to show to those
United Slates bank men, that lhe rights and in
dependence of our State are not to be made a
subject of bargain and sale. With regard to
the approbatory notice of the Columbus Her
ald, we hope and believe that no othec paper in
the State wilt imitate the course that print in
tends to pursue respecting the establishment
of the power of the United States Bank in
Georgia.
From the Southern Banner.
MORE NICK BIDDLEISM.
Our late Columbus.papers give information
that the United States Bank lias purchased the
stock and become the manager of the Insu
lance Bank ot Columbus ! A charter, granted
by tne Legislature of Georgia for the con
venience and benefit of the citizens of this
Slate, has been transferred to a local institu
tution of a distant state, a great portion of
whose stockholders aie subjects of the anti-re
pub’ican governments of England and Franco.
The consideration money for this transfer, over
and above the par value of the stock, we under
stand to be one hundrd thousand dollars.
Branches have already been ordered to be es
tablished a Savannah, Macon and Augu.-ti, and
it is probable if the scheme works well, that
they will be extended to every point where any
bank now e .ists in Georgia. Here will be a
glorious monopoly. The enormous capital of
the U. I? Bank, its extensive connections
throughout the Union, aud its high credit, will
give it advantages with which tho other institu
tions of the sta-e cannot svcccssfuily compete ;
and we may soon expect to see this mammoth
monopoly either crushing the smaller opera
tions, or make them subservient to its views.
In every point of view, we look upon this
transaction as an outrage upon the people of
the sate, to which they cannot, in justice to
themselves, to their independent character or
pecuniary interests, quietly submit. If noth
ing worse, it is establishing a precedent, which
may hereafter be acted upon to work the de
struction of our republican government.
We all know that w< a'dt is power. Now let
ns suppose that lhe government of England or
France, or of any other foreign country, wish to
acquire an influence in the United States, to
enable it to propagate any of its principles—all
it need do, is to send an agent here with mon
ey to buy up our bank charters, and the whole
| tremendous influence of these corporations can
1 be concentrated and brought to bear upon the
desired object.—Who does not see that almost
any purpose might be accomplished in this
way? But if existing bank charters could not
easily be obtained, bribes to individuals might
1 be given, who would apply to our Legislatures
, and probably receive new charters, not for
their own use but for the use of their employ
ers who would be behind the curtain; and
thus the same desire be gratified.
But have any of our citizens a right, after
obtainng a bank charter, upon the usual repre
sentations of the necessity which exists for it in
the community where they live, and to ena
ble them to invest their money in away to ben
efit themselves and their fellow citizens, then to
abandon, the object ibr which they sought it,
and betray the confidence of lhe Legislature by
selling its benefits to a set of men whose inter
ests and feelings are difterent from our own.
This at least is a question that should be care
fully examined. If such a right does exist, it
would he well for future Legislatures to learn
wisdom from experience ; and abolish it here
after in all acts of incorporation.
Ihe Bank ol the United states was an in
stitution so generally regarded as dangerous to
the liberties of the people, that the overwhelm
ing voice of public opinion was raised against
it, and in its national capacity it was put down.
But the offered hot u of four mill <ns of dollars
to the state of Pennsylvania, was too tempt
ing a bait not to be nibbled at by her Legisla
te e. The contest between money and republic
canism was scon terminated. All powerful
MONEY gained the victory—and Pennsylva
nia perpetuated the power of the.corrupting
monster, as far as her legislation could extend.
The Bank s now workingits way. into other
states where if unchecked, its influence will be
even greater and its effects more baleful,-than
they were under its former charter. Wncnev
er it suits her policy, she will be able to destroy
commercial cmfidcnce and credit from one end
ol the Union to the other—she can greatly en
large the circulation of the paper currency,
produce over-tra.ding in every department of
business, and then contract her discounts, and
speculate upon the distresses and pecuniary
sacrifices she has occasioned. The scenes of
panic and individual bahkruptcy which it ere
ated, when seeking to extort a re-charter from
Congress, will be long remembered, and should
be held as a good reason for resistii g the fearful
strides towards increased power which it is uow
making.
COMMUNICATED.
The march and patriotic r< eeption of the
FRANKLIN VOLUNTEERS.
Tl.ey took up their line of march, from
Carnesville, for Florida, the ICth January
1837, under two feelings directly in oppo
sition in the hu tian breast—the one, entrea
ting by all the endearing ties offriends and
relatives to remain at home, in the bosom
of comfort and happiness—the ether, im
pelling by every emotion of patriotism, to
burst asunder those ineffable felicities, to
lake the tented field, and endure the hard
ships and privations of the soldiers’ fate.
On the 11th they reached Danielsville, in
which little patriotic village they were re
ceived by a handsome salute ot musketry,
and iurnished with a genteel treat, on thoir
horses, by A. C'rawfort' and others. After
which, taking up the line of march, on the
12th, entered the Seat olT.itcrature, in pas
sing through which, nothing occurred of
note. On the 13th we approached the
beautiful, and no less chivalrous county
site ol Morgan. Notwithstanding our un
expected arrival, we were readily recogniz
ed as soldiers; and after enquiring from
w hence we were, and where bound, Mr.
Kindrick requested us to hall and revive
our spirits by a treat. We iHtbrmed him of