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among the types.
From the New York Evening Star.
AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES.
The discoveries hi Mexico, Central mid
SotitJt America, and indeed throughout the.
fir west, nre daily convincing the reflection j
portion ot our citizens, th it wh it is called |
the new world, that continent which we had
every reason to believe was first discover
ed a few hundred years ago, is in fact coeval
with the old world, and has been peopled
by a race of gresit and warlike turn from
the East, who built splendid cities, cherish I
cd the arts, and w ho, like those of Greeci ®
mid Rome, had also their rise, progress and
downfall. We have, however, the history 1
of the oi l world, authenticated from the ■
earliest periods. \\ e have still in existence I
the monuments of art referred to by liisto- ’
rians more than three thousand years ago. ;
In America, howevi r, we have the splendid I
works of niiliqtiilt—the Pyramids mid
Temples—the Symbols of Egvpt and Per-1
sia--lhe broken co!umn--the Triglyplis and
Netopes—the ancient military roads and i
military stations; but their history remains 1
yet to be written—the hands that reared |
them, the nations that inhabited them, and .
th.« period of tlu ir erection are yet to be |
discovered by our countrymen, and we can- |
wot doubt in reference to the spirit nod en- •
torprise, the genious and perseverence o! j
Americans, that we shall vet have amongst j
ns our Bruces, Nciburbs, Burkards, Chant-!
pollions, &c.
It is now several years since our atten
tion w,n« directed to this subject, from rend- j
ing a correspondence which had taken place I
between Dr. Corroy, of Tobasco, and Dr.
Mitchell, of this city, which was subsequent
ly kept up by Dr. Ackerly, who prepared
and read a very interesting paper of Amer
ican Antiquities before the Lvcetnn of Nat
ural History in 1833.
Doctor Corroy has been for many years)
engaged in making researches among the j
ruins ot th it famous city of Palenquc, in .
collecting materials f’or history and forming!
u tutisenni of idols, symbolic sculpture, pa
pyrus, See. Sic. Did Rio, in referring to 1
the antiquities called by the Spaniards Ca
nas Viedras, or stone houses, speaks of an 1
extraordinary ruin in Yucatan, twenty '
leagues s nttii of the city of Merida.
•■One of these,” says Did Rio, “a large i
building, has withstood the ravages of time,'
stud still exists in good preservation. The j
natives give it the name of Okmutal. It
stands on an eminence of twenty yards in :
height, and measures two hundred yards!!\
• n rack facade. The apartments, the ex-j
terior corridor, the pillars with figures in ’
medio relievo, and decorated w ith serpents, !
lizards, See. formed in stucco. Besides!
these ate statues with men with palms ini
their hands, in the act of beating drums and >
•lancing, resembling in every respect those I
observable in the buildings at P.ilenqne.” ■
Del Rio iva* a Spanish Captain of Artille
ry, who ns far back as 1786, visited Ccn-:
tral America, and made the most interesting I
discoveries of ancient temples, acqiicdiicl-,
rtatues, hyeroglyphics, Jic. &c. drawings;
of all which he made, which together with j
his report to the Spanish government, from |
jealous and suspicious motives, were con- I
Coaled from the world until the Mexican (
revolution, when Signor Cabrera discover- ;
ed the papers, and pursued the inquiries. *
It is Cabrera’s opinion, and there seems
to be no doubt of its accuracy, that these
extraordinary temples and palaces had their
origin from the Carthagenians—that they
visited America before the Christian Era,
and that the first colony sent tn America
by them was previous to the first Punic war
which commenced in the 490th year of
Rome, and the 556th year before Christ,
and that they established the Kingdom of
Anahude some period during the first Punic
War. Professor RafTnesque has long been
engaged in pursuing this enquiry, and in
his works contends that there were negroes
in America . before the discovery by Co
lumbus. His researches, together with
Waldeck, Doctor Corroy, and others, pro
mise the most interesting results.—Our ob
ject at present is to call the attention of the
Library Committee of Congress to the fact
that Lord Kingsburough has published a
splendid work on the ruins of Central Ame
rica, Mexico and Peru, and particularly the
ruins known as Tultiicon, principally Py
ramids, Aqueducts, Viaducts and Temples.
The cost of this great work is a little be
yond the ordinary means of private indi
viduals, about 600 dollars, but it is of the j
first importance that Congress should have
a ropy in the Library, and, indeed, if pos
sible to authorize a proper commission to
institute enquiries into these extraordinary;
relics of antiquity, found in a country sup-!
posed to have been discovered hut a few i
hundred years. It will not be long before I
Mexico an I Central America will be visited i
by travellers with as much avidity ns Egypt, I
Turkey and Greece. j
Ilriltrutrd Belle.— Among happy
dirty creatures was one who, by her airs
and dress, showed she had no mean opinion
of I) r personal accomplishments; she was,
in fact, the prettiest young hush-girl 1 had
yet seen; but her vanity ami too evidi nt
consciousness of her superiority*. rendered
her bss pleasing in my eyes, amlh'r extra
vagance in dress made her, perhaps, a less
desirable wife in the eyes of her courtry
men; for the immoderate quantity of grease,
red ochre, btiku, and shihing powder, with
which her hair was clotted, would ruin anv
but a very rich husband. Her person, and
every part of her dress was so well greased,
that she must have been, in her nation, a
girl of good family; and the number of
leathern rings with which her arms ami
legs were adorned, proclaimed her to hr
evidently a person of property. Round
her ancles she carried about a dozen thick
rings of this kind, which, added to a pair
of sandals, gave her the appearance of
wearing buskins. Bit the most remarka
hie piece of affectation with which slw
adorned herself, was three bits of ivory, of
the size and shape of sparrows’eggs, loose
ly pendent from her hair; one in front, as
low as the point, ot her nose, and one on
the outer side of each cheek, all hanging
at the same length. These dangled from
side to side as she moved her head, and
doubtless marie fullammids for their incon
venience, by the piquancy which they were
thought to add to the wearer’s beauty.
The upper part of her head was covered
aith a small leathern cap, fitted closely, but
ptite iinornamented; and I should have had
i pleasure in gratifying her with a present
>f a string of beads, to render this part of
her dress more smart, if I had not been fear
ful that by doing this, I should excite in
her countrymen an inclination to beg and
importune for what I meant to reserve nu
ll for the nations further in the interior.
Iler vanity ami affectation, great as it was,
did not, -as we may sometimes observe in
'mih sexes in other countries, seem to choke
her, or produce any alteration in the tone
of her voice; for the astonishing quantity of
meat which she swallowed down, and the
readiness with w hich she called out to her
attendant lor more, plainly shiAved her to
be resolved that no squeamishness should
interfere on this occasion.— [IdurchcH's
Travels in South Africa.
An dent British Moiry.— The smallest
specimens evwu, of th' hr nze ring money
in use amongst the ancient inhabitants of
Brit tin, are quite as accurately balanced
as those of the more valuable metals ; amt
among the bronze specimens, indeed, a late
English author states that, after h vittg
weighed a great many, he has never found
a single exception to their divisibility into
so many half-penny weights. It would
tints appear that the ancient Gothic scale
was the same w ith that we now call Troy
weight. The writer conjectures that the
Latin uncia, an ounce, is the Celtic word
ttnsha, which he says signifies one-sixth. ; in
which case wc must suppose the original
integral weight of which the ounce was a
fraction, to have been hah ottr present
pound troy. “To what remote period of
antiquity,” he observes “ do these singular
facts carry us back ! to many ages before
the time ofCnesar, or even Herodotus. The
latter speaks of the Lydians as the first
who coined metallic money, at least six
centuries before our era. These are no
lision iry speculations ; we have here the
remains and imperishable relics of those
early times to verify the whole; and recent
investigations and discos cries, in a most
singularly convincing manner, come to our
aid, by showing that the fresco paintings in
•he tombs of Egypt exhibited people bring
ing as tributes to the foot of the throne of
Pharaoh, bags of gold and silver rings,
nt periods before the Exodus of the Isra
elites.”
Murat's TVidow.— The Princess Lipo
na, sister of the Emperor, who is still com
monly nr.'dresed as Queen of Naples, is a
woman of the rarest fascination of manner,
and her palace the rendezvous of all that
is gay and illustrious in the capital of Tus
cany. Iler likeness to her son, Colonel
Achille Marat, struck me as quite remar
kable, and the more remarkable as Achille
is so very like to Napoleon, though, whset
may sound paradoxical, his mother has
positively not one feature in common with
the Emperor.
The title of Lipona, w hich the princess
has assumed, is a literal retention of her
claims ns Queen of Naples or Napoli, the
syllables being only reversed. She never
formally abdicated her right to the crown.
Murat, as every one knows, was pul to
death w ithout having consented to any act
of abdication. The Princess bears her re
verses with the most philosophical indif
ference ; apparently the very happiest of
the happy, commanding equally the love
and admiration of all who are honored with
her acquaintance, and share her delightful
conversation.
In an apartment of her palace at Flo
rence, adjoining the grand saloon, is depos
ited, in an enclosure of glazed frame work,
festooned with his orders of chivalry, a pi
led trophy of the arms presented to the he
ro of the “haughty plume,” by the differ
ent sovereigns who were anxious to pay
him their homage: swords, rifles, carbine-,
lances, nil of the most costly workmanship,
especially a scimitar from Achmet Bay,
magnificently stnded wih brilliants. The
special sword, too, w hich be bore through
all his battles, is ornamented on the hilt
w ith miniature enamels of the Queen and
i her children, and in a vacant space of the
armonial enclosure lies in a modest obscu
rity, the immortal plume itself.
At the morn sways o'er th" tide,
I It rolled in air th" warrior'’ guide,
Tbrotnrh the smoke created nishf
Os the black ami sulphurous light :
The soldier raised his seeking eye,
To catch that crest’s ascendency ;
As it onward rolling rose.
; So moved his heart upon his foes.
I The walls of the armory are covered
! with full leiifffh portraits of the different
I members of the fallen rlvna«tv, amontr
■which Murat, mounted on his charcer, (bv
' Gros.) is the veriest living representa-
I firm of the chivalrous and dauntless port of
| the warrior.
I In a small apartment, off the Princess’s
| bedroom, there stands on an elevated
j pede-t'l, the bust of Mnrat. None but the
eZf/e of her acquaintance are allowed toap
’ proacli this hallowed little temple ; the
I shrine of the idol of her pride and aflec
i lions. When we were admitted, the bust
j was brilliantly radiated by litrhß. sheddinar
i n solemnity which struck me ns far rnoreini-
I posintr than could bo produced by the most
sombre sepulchral st\|o of decoration.
| Flowers anti flowerincr shrubs of the choi-
I cost beauty wore placed about the fivnre,
; unitin'! their graceful shade over the brows
} and forehead. The impression ofsolemni-
Ity may probably be accounted for bv the
: tray contrast of these (lowers and brilliant
i lights with the awful intacre of death.— Fet
fers of Sir A. B. Faulkner.
Er fra ordinary Cast.— The cine of a little
village in the department of the Loiret, died
lately, end divided his property among his rel
atives. They sold his property bv auction,
and a person who bought the cellar of winos
perceived, on examination, a hole in a part of
it, wherp wood was ordinarily kept. His curi
osity was excited,and on making further search,
the following extraordinary discovery was
made:—He found a priest’s vestment richly
•embroidered, and a cross set in fine diamonds.
v ext, a little box covered with oil doth, con
taining 20,000 pieces of gold of the 16ih ami
17th centuries, with several medals, a watch
covered with precious rubies, a portrait set in
diamotVls, the painting being much effaced;
chains, rings and trinkets, of the vain altogeth
er oI 500,000 1'. He also found a cedar box, in
a perfect state of preservation, full of papers
of a peculiar description. They were princi
pally composed of promissory notes for notes
'or money Ivut, besides various mentorandas
of heavy sums lost at (day to the celebrated
Cardinal Maziriw.— Parispapers.
JEWS AND AMERICAN A BOR KILN lES.
Wc neither had time nor room when pursu
ing a few dais since, our brief notice ol the
similarity of Jewish and Aboriginal traditions,
the coincidences in their customs, languages,
(fee. to detail the following particulars, in which
lite supposition of the eastern origin of the
American tribes is vary strongly supported.—
Believing they will not be found wholly stale
and unprofitable, even to sue!: as feel no par
ticular curiosity in that highly interesting ques
tion, wc proceed to state a few of the most
prominent and remarkable tads that have been
gathered on that subject within a lew years past.
In some tribes of North America, the words
llallehtpdi and Jehovah are uttered by the
Indians in tin invocation to the Deity—ami
they give them their true Hebrew sound, which
is, Allelulah and Yehouah. The words in
wliich we should most naturally look lor a con
formity in language—those which apply to the
Creator. Even did no resemblances exist, it
would be easily accounted lor in the gradual
disappearance of all languages, particularly
favored in this instance by the wandering hab
its of the people. \V here are the Saxon, the
Irish, the old dialects ol the North ol Europe?
Nearly all the aborigines have a tradition ol
the deluge, according in many cases most per
fectly w ith the biblical account ; and among
siniia tribes processions take place after the
manner of the Jew s, and with similar emblems.
A well executed sculpture exists among the
Mexicans, representing Noah afloat on the tile
of the deluge, approaching a mountain whose
top appears above the waters, and near it also
is a fem ale head. There is another illustration
obviously referring to the confusion of langua
ges at the tower of Babel.
A leathern girt was dug up in the West, of
very ancient date; on opening which four
verses from the Bible were written on papyrus
in the Hebrew character. Three of these are
now in possession of a college, Yale, we be
lieve. This was evidently worn as an amulet
or charm, in the same manner as in Asia, passa
ges «f the koran are engraved on swords or
■written on slips of paper and carried about the
porsnn, by the followers of Mohammed.
The “ high places” of scripture may be
found in numberless mounds of the West, ac
cording to the mast rational hypothesis. Ano
ther supposition would make them places of
observation. Ruins <»f the most splendid tem
ples in Mexico, give its plains the aspect of a
fallen Jerusalem.
A Roman helmet and a latin inscription, dis
covered in different parts of the country, make
known to us, that centuries perhaps before the
Christian era, a citizen of Romo bad trodden
upon this soil. This merely proves that a com
munication existed between this continent and
the old world—which is proved also by a great
number of other facts.
The art of embalming was thoroughly un
derstood bv some of tne Kentucky tribes. A
cavern filled with mummies, eviscerated, and
done up in folds of linen precisely like the
Egyptians, and even the threads twisted in the
same manner, were discovered by the early
settlers, whose utilitarian spirit converted them
into fuel. They were evidently ancient, and
none of the natives could give an account of
their origin. Some fragments only have been
gathered recently.
Phoenician and Lvbian hieroglyphics have
neon revealed, and ably edit 'idated by C. F.
Raffinesquc. These characters arc of the pic
toral kind, the earliest kind of written language.
A hand, an eye, a feather, <fee. stand for differ
ent letters. If the Pcenicians reached this
country, either by accident, or by regularly
concerted : ea voyages, might not the Israelites?
The course of the lost tribes, by a laud journey,
up to the sources of the Euphrates, and then
due East, would bring them, in the stated time,
to Behring’s straits, where they could pass ovjr
c.silv.-A’ I’. Sun.
The Hundred largest Cities in the fVnrld.
A recent German publication gives the fol
lowing curious calculation respecting the hun
dred most populous cities in the world: These
are Jeddo, in J inan, 1,680,(100 inhabitants;
Pekin, 1,500,000; London, 1,300.000; Hans
Ischen, 1,00 >,ooft; Calcutta, 900,000; Madras,
817,000; Nankin, 800.000; Congo, Iscbeen,
800,000; Paris, 717,000; Worst Chans, 600,-
000; Constantinople, 497,000; Bernarcs 530,-
000; Kio, 529,000; Su Iscbem, 497.000;
llonngb Iscbem, 500/ o>, <Xc.e. The fortieth in
the list is Berlin, containing 190,01’0; and the
last Bristol 87, n O“. Among the bundled cities,
two contain a million and a half, two upwards
of a million, nine from half a million to a mil
lion, twenty-three from two hundred thousand
to five hundred thousand, fifty-six from one
hundred thousand, and six from eightv-seven
thousand to one hundred thousand. Os these
one hundred cities, fifty-eight are in Asia, and
thirty-two arc in Europe, of which four arc in
Germany, four in France, five in Italy, eight in
England, and three in Spain- The remaining
ten are divided between Africa and America.
PoiSSt icziL
From the Tuscaloosa Flag of Union.
NAMES OF PARTIES.
Wc see the ingenuity o 4 ’ our opponents ma-
I nifested in nothing so much as in the facility
; with which they can discard an unpopular name
and assume a new one. The magic of Mons.
I Adrian or Signor Blitz cannot more adroitly
I convert a lady’s glove into a pidgeon—her
handkerchief into a card, or blow front their
nasal organs big, bouncing balls, to the aston
ishment of a staring audience, than our oppo
nents in the exercise of their political legerde
| main can with eel-like smoothness glide from
Fedetalism into National Republicanism, from
National Republicanism to Whigism, from
Whigism to Conservatism. This last is a new
species of ism unheard of before on this side of
the Atlantic; but like all their other stolen li
veries, it is a new disguise tor Federalism. It
preserves that euphonious termination with
which the name of their first love is associated,
and which it will be noticed they have never
dispensed with. Though they have long since
professed to have abjured and discarded that
odious name; yet will they not stiller them
j selves to be called by any other than one that
! savors of it, lest under some one of their nu
merous disguises, they should forget the iden
tity of their principles now, with those they
professed in the Hartford Convention. Some
thing, therefore, that shall remind them of their
allegiance and devotion to this object of their
early adoration, and the now secretly cherish
ed objects of their hearts, is still discoverable
in this last new appellation. Like the wander- |
ingexile from his native land, who bears con
stantly along with him some sprig or pebble to
remind him of the much loved scones of itis
boyhood—scenes that he can never revisit ; but
the recollection of which he cherishes with an
almost idolatrous fondness; so do these disguis
ed Federalists still attach, in every new chris
tening they receive, a small portion of their
original name, evincing by this retention of the
ultimate syllable, a similar fondness tot their i
patronymic, that the exile shows in bis careful
preservation of till that remains to him of the
home of his youth. We have closely watched
them under all their disguises, and have seen
that their principles remain the same—whether
as National Republicans, U higs, Nullifters, or
even as Conservatives, the latest of theircoun
terfeit names, they have been but Federalists
in disguise, always having the same object in
view. The overthrow of Democracy has been I
the aim of all their endeavors. Under every
STANDARD OF UNION.
one ol their specious garbs they have manifest
ed th<‘same hatred of democratic principles —
the same contempt of the doctrines of republi
can (.quality, that characterised the old Fede
ral party ol ’9B. In justice to itself, we be
lieve the bld Democratic Republican parti
should no longer toleiate this insidious policy in
their opponents, by calling them by anv other
name than that by which our fa thers called them;
that name which they themselves wore once
proud to own—the name of Federalists. For
ourselves we shall not again designate them by
any other appellative. If it be true that
• A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,’ j
shall I'edetalism, under the specious garb, of
modern \\ higgcry, or the still more recent one
Nullification, or Conservatism, be held to be
less redolent ol its own peculiar flavor, than ,
under its own proper appellation? Can a'
change ol name alter the essential properties)
ol tin article ? Il not, why then do we hesi- ;
late o call the thing by its right name? It op
poses the increase of Democracy, and
■ A I' must be la'sc, that thwarts this onegreat end.’
\\ e hope heri'alter that all the democratic edi
tors will as a matter ol justice to the Democrn
(ic Republican party, call our political oppo
nents by no other name than Federalists.
If hat is IJentocrari/7 — This question is
often asked by the Whigs, that in order
to enlighten their dark understandings, ive
publish the following ns laid down by a
man whom they and their fathers, the Fed
eralists, have alike despised. This is the
democratic creed laid down by Thomas
Jefferson :
“ Equal and exact Justice to all men ;
“ The support of the State governments
in all their rights, as the most competent
administration for our domestic concerns,
and the surest bulwark against anti-repub
lican tendencies ;
“ The preservation of the general go
vernment in its whole constitutional vi
gor ;
“ A jealous care of the right of election
by the people, a mild and safe corrective
of abuses which are lopped by the sword of
revolution, where peaceable remedies are
unprovided;
“ Absolute acquiescence in the decisions
of the majority, the vital principle of re
publics from which tht-re is no appeal but
to force, the vital principle and immediate
parent ol despotism;
“ Economy in publir expense, that, labor
might be lightly burdened;
“ i'he honest payment of our debts and
sacred pre-erv ition of the public faith ;
“ Encouragement of agriculture ami of
commerce as its ham'maid.
“ The diffusion of information, and the
argument of abuses at the bar of public
opinion.
“Freedom of religion, freedom of the
press, freedom of person, under the protec
tion of the habeas corpus, and trial by ju
ries impartially selected.”
These principles form the bright con
stellation wliich have gone before us, and
guided our steps through an age of revo
lution and reformation. The wisdom of
our sages and the blood of our heroes
have been devoted to their attainment;
they should be the creed of our political
faith, the text of civil instruction, the touch
stone by w hich to try the services of those
we trust; and should we wander from them 1
in moments of error or alarm let us has'en ■
to retrace our steps an J to regain the road
which alone leads to “ peace, liberty and
safety.”
From the. Pcnnsylranian 2olh ult.
Specie Payments— The United States Ga
zette d nounces the proposition of the New
York Banks to bring about an e. rly resumption
lof the specie payments, as a “ humbug,” un
worthy of the attention of the Philadelphia
Banks. Every thing appears to be a humbug
' in the eye of federal whiggery, except shin nlas
terism. The most daring effort at humbugging
j the people of the United States, however, is
the recent announcement from this city, that
specie payments shall not he resumed until Con
gress recharters a National Bank. Whether
this humbug is to be allowed to go on or not, is
to be tried by the yeomanry of Pennsylvania in
the course of a few days*, and we shall then sec
whether they consider a return to specie pay
ments as a humbug, and are disposed to submit
to the tricks of those who tire converting batik
I charters into political engines, to browbeat and
j coerce the representatives of the Union.
Txvent j -fifth Congress... First Session.
in senate? -
Tuesday, Sept. 19.
Mr. Clay of Alabama, laid on the table a re
solution calling on the Secretary of the Trea
sury for certain information concerning the
sales of public lands.
The following bills were read a third time
and passed :
A Bill to authorise the issuing of Treasury
Notes.
A Bill to extend the time for the payment
of Revenue Bonds.
.A Bill to adjust the remaining claims on the
Dopssite Banks.
Mr. Rives, according to previous intimation,
presented his views in relation to the all-ab
sorbing topic—the finance an 1 currency. He
concluded by offering a bill, directing in future
what kind of currency should be received by
the Government. [lt provides that from and
after a certain day, no notes shall be received
in behalf ol the Government, but such as ema
nate from specie paying banks, and which is
' sue no notes under $5; from and after another
; period, no notes shall be received except from
| similar Banks, emitting no notes of less deno
j mination than $10; and from and after a third
I period, only from such as emit notes not under
' s2i>.] The bill was ordered to a second read
ing.
j Mr. Benton laid on the table statements made
| by the Treasurer of the exports and imports of
: specie, and the amount of coinage, which were
! ordered to be printed.
/After the transaction of Executive business,
I the Senate adjourned.
Wednesday, Sept. 20.
Mr Wright reported a bill this morning, en
titled “ An act tn remit the duty on goods des
troyed by the late fire in the citv of New
York.” It was read once in order to a second
reading.
Alter some other unimportant business was
disposed of,
The bill imposing additional duties on pub
lic officers, as depositories for receiving the
public money, was taken up in Commit
tee of the Whole.
Mr. Miles spoke for two or three hours in fa
vor of an amendment of a section by Mr. Cal
houn; when the Senate a Ijo.’.rnnd.
Thursday, Sept. 21.
Mr. Wright reported a bill granting $1,600,-
000 for the continuance of the Florida war.
Also, a resolution from the Finance Com
mittee, on the subject of memorials asking the
establishment of a National Bank. The reso
lution recommends that “ it is not expedient to
grant the prayer of the petitioners.”
The bill imposing ‘.dditioual duties on cer
tain officers as depositories in certain etises, be
ing taken up in committee of the whole, the
question being on Mr. Calhoun’s amendment,
Mr. Smith of Indiana addressed the Senate
n a speech occupying two hours, followed by
Mr. Sirattgc ; after which, the Senate adjourn
'd.
Tuesday, Sept. 26.
A joint resolution, fixing the time of ad
journment for Monday the 9th day of October,
was taken up and agreed to.
'Die Senate, on motion of Mr. Wright, pro
ceeded to consider the report of the Commit
tee on Finance, on the various memorials re
ferred to that Committee, praying for the es
tablishment of a National Bank. The report
is, that the prayer of the p ‘litiotters ought not
to be granted.
Mr. Clay moved to amend the resolution, by
striking out all after the word “ Resolved,” and
inserting in lieu thereof—“ it will be expedient
to charter a U.S. Bank whenever a majority of
the people shall desire such an institution.”
Mr. Webster moved to postpone the further
consideration of the subject until further or
ders.
Air. Preston wished the postponement to be
extended, in order to give time for Congress to
pass upon all the measures which were to be
submitted. It might become necessary to take
a National Bank us the least of the evils, and
he conceived the possibility of a state of things
winch would compel him to vote for such a
Bank.
The question was then taken on the propo
sition to postpone, and decided in the negative.
Yeas 15—nays 30.
Mr. Tallmadge moved to amend by striking
out all the amet dment of the Senator from
Kentucky after the word “that,” and inserting
in lieu thereof as follows : “ in the opinion of
this Senate a dear majority of the people of
the United States ar« opposed to the estab
lishment of a National Bank, and that it is in
expedient to grant the prayer of the petition
ers.”
Mr. Benton called for the yeas and nays,
which, on bei. g ordered, were, Yeas 19—Nays
15.
Mr. Clay of Ky. moved to amend the reso
lution, by adding at the < lose thereof, “but
whenever a clear majority of the people of the
United States shall be in favor of a U. S. Bank,
a Bank of the United States shall be establish
ed.”
Some discussion ensued, in which Messrs.
Calhoun, Preston, Clay of Ky., Smith of Cott.
Roam l , and /Allen, took part ; when
Mr. Tallmadge meved to lay the whole sub
ject on the table, and the yeas and nays being
ordered on thi.-. question, it was taken and de
cided in the negative. Yeas 20—Nais27.
The amendment moved by Mr. Clay was
then opposed by Messrs. Rives and Benton, and
rejected. Yeas 16—Nays 29.
The yeas and nays weic. ’hen called on the
report of the Committee, and the question be
ing taken, it was decided in the affirmative, as
fellows: Yeas 31—Nays 15.
The following bills were then read a third
time and passed :
A Bill to remit duties on certain merchandise
destroyed by the recent fire in New York.
A Bill making appropriations for carrying
on the war in Florida.
Some discussion then took place on the bill
imposing additional d ities on depositories of
public monies, on certain officers; when tiic
consideration of Executive business was taken
up; and after some time, the doors were re
opened, and the Senate adjourned.
Wednesday, Sept. 27.
After the disposal of sundry petitions and
memorials, the Senate took up the special order
of the day—the bill imposing certain duties on
public officers, as depositories in certain cases.
After considerable discussion, Mr. Benton
rose and said, that an objection had been urg
ed against the sub-treasury system, on the
ground that drafts on the government might be
circulated as a currency like gold and silver.
He would therefore offer an amendment, which
lie did, as follows .
“ And be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury
to prescribe all Government drafts, for pay
ment, at the place where payable; and in case
of unreasonable delay in such presentation,
payment of the drafts so delayed may be made
at any other place within the limits of the Unit
ed Slates.”
Mr. Crittenden spoke at length in opposition
to the bill; nhen, on motion of Mr. Webster,
the Senate adjourned.
Thursday, Sept. 28.
After the presentation of memorials and pe
titions, the Senate took up the special order, it
bring the bill imposing certain duties on public
officers as depositories in certain cases- —the
question pending being on Mr. Calhoun’s a
mendment.
Mr. Webster spoke against the bill, occupy
ing the floor for several hours.
Mr. Hubbard followed, and addressed the Se
nate in favor of the bill as reported by the Com
mittee on Finance.
Mr. Buchanan intimated hit intention to ad
dress the Senate, but as the hour was late, he
moved the Senate to adjourn.
At the suggestion of Mr. Grundy, Mr. B.
withdrew his motion, to enable the Senator to
make a motion.
Mr. Grundy then moved that the resolution
fixing the hour of meeting at 10 o’clock, be re
scinded, in order that the Senate should hereaf
ter meet at 11, as that hour would better suit the
convenience of Senators, which was agreed to.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, Sept. 19.
Sundry petitions were presented—-all in rela
tion to Texas and the currency.
Mr. Taliaferro offered a resolution calling for
information as to the quantity of different kinds
of grain imported during the last and present
year, which was agreed to.
Mr. Patton offered a resolution calling upon
the President for all the correspondence rela
tive to the withdrawal of General Scott from
his command in Florida, and the subsequent
Court Martial. &.c.
Mr. Wise offered a resolution for the ap
pointment of a select committee, by ballot,
with power to send for persons and papers, to
investigate the causes of the failures and delays
of the Florida war.
After some debate, Mr. Wise so modified
the resolution as to embrace an enquiry into
the causes of the war, and to give the commit
tee tin* power to sit during the recess.
The bill to postpone the 4th instalment was
again taken up.
Mr. Bell spoke against its passage for up
w rds of two hours, and was followed by
Messrs. McKim and Pickens; after which the
House adjourned.
Wednesday, Sept. 20.
Mr. Adams presented another pile of peti
tions and remonstrances against the annexation
of Texas to the Union.
The Speaker stated that he bad received a
communication from the Hon. Mr. Wise,of Vir
ginia, presenting to Congress from R. Ran
dolph, the portrait of Peyton Randolph, first
President of the first Congress.
Mr. Cambrdeng presented a memorial of
the merchants of the city of New York, trans
mitted through the Chamber of Commerce, ask
ing the extension of time for the payment of
bonds.
A resolution was adopted, requesting the
Set rotary of the Treasury to furnish a state
ment relative to sundry Banks, trlso the amount
due nt the present time from the United States
Bank, and the time when such debt is to be
paid.
Mr. Cambreleng, to wh»m had been refer
red the Senate’s bill, authorising the issue of
Treasury notes, reported the same with an a
mendment. Referred to the Committee ot the
Whole on the State of the Union.
Mr. Biddle propounded an interrogatory to
Mr. Thomas, chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee, as to whether any action on the bank
rupt law.recommended in the President’s Mes
sage, would take place during the present scs-,
sion.
Mr. Thomas replied at some length, stating
that in consequence of not knowing the length
of time more urgent business would occupy the
attention of Congress, the Committee had not
acted upon the subject. He concluded by say
ing that the Committee would take it tip on the
following day, after which, he had no doubt the
Chairman would be instructed to make a report
as soon as possible.
(den. Scott.— ibe following resolutions, of
fered yesterday by Mr. Patton, were culled up
and adopted :
Resolved, That the President of the United
States be requested to transmit to to thi. House :
Ist. A copy of all the documents and cor
respondence in his department relative to ti;e
recall of Major General Scott, from the com
mand against the Seminole and Creek Indians.
21. A copy of the record of the proceedings
of the Court of Enquiry convened in Frede
ricktown, in telatiou to the operations against
the Seminole and Creek Indians, together with
the decision thereon of the late and present
Executive.
3J. A copy of the orders to Major General
Scott, relative to the conduct of his command,
and the terms he might offer to the enemy.
4th. A copy of the orders to Major General
Jessup, on assigningto him the same command,
and all other orders and correspondence with
General Jessup subsequent thereto, which he
may deem not injurious to the public service to
communicate.
Florida lYar.— The House then took up
the following, offered yesterday by Mr. Wise,
and on which no question had been taken, viz:
Resolved, That a select committee be ap
pointed by ballot to enquire into the causes of
the extraoidinary delays and failures and the
enormous expenditures which have attended
the prosecution of the war against the Indians
in I- loiida ; that said committee have power to
send for persons and papers, and that it have
power to sit in recess; and that it make repot t
to the next session of Congress.
A tier some remarks from Messrs. Cushing,
Halsey and others, the House took up the bill
authorising a postponement of the deposites;
when a discussion ensued which lasted till the
hour of adjournment.
Thursday, Sept. 21.
Several petitions and memorials were pre
sented and referred, when
Mr. Thomas, from the Judiciary Committee,
reported a resolution that the Committee to
whom was referred that portion of the Presi
dent’s Message relating to a Bankrupt Law,
deem it inexpedient to repoita bill for that
purpose during the present special session of
Congress.
No other resolutions being offered, the House
took up the resolution of Mr. Wise in relation
to the Florida war.
Mr. Howard, of Alaryland, contended that
the disastrous result of the war was in a great
measure to be attributed to the great distance
of the executing army from the seat of govern
ment. He moved so to amend the resolution
as to refer the matter to the Committee on Mi
litary Affairs, instead of a Select Committee
After some remarks from Mr. Glascock, the
House, on motion of Mr. Cambreleng, again
took up the bill authorising a postponement of
the deposites. A long debate ensued, when,
on motion of Mr. Mercer, the committee rose
and reported.
The Speaker laid before the House a report
from the Secretary of the Treasury, furnishing |
statements of the amount of unpaid duties ac
ermfl before the first half of the present year.
Also, a communication from the War De
partment, cove l ing a return of the number of
Indians employed in the sei vice of the United
States since rhe commencement of the present
Seminole war.
The above communications were appropri
ately referred, and then the House adjourned.
Monday, Sept. 25.
After the presentation of memorials on the
subject of the currency, and the annexation of
Texas,
Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on Elec
tions, reported on the subject of the Mississip
pi contested election. The report is very long,
and its conclusion is, that Messrs. Gholson and
Claiborne are members for the whole term, or
not members at all; and that the restriction by
the Governor of their term to the extra session
was illegal; and, therefore, that the election
being in other respects regular, Messrs. Ghol
son and Claiborne are entitled to their scats in
this House, as members of the 25th Congress.
The report was postponed until to-morrow, and
made the order for that day.
Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on
Waysand Means, reported the following reso
lution: “Resalved. That it is inexpedient to
charter a National Bank.”
He did not offer this for discussion, but for
decision. The unanimity of the report show
ed, he said, that a dark cloud hung over the
prospects of the friends of a National Bank,
and no one who sincerely wished to relieve the
country from its distress and misrule, would
think it expedient to propose a National Bank
until we could have a Congress two-thirds of
which should be in favor of one.
Mr. Mercer moved to lay the resolution on
the table. Lost, yeas 89—nays 122.
On motion of Mr. Cambreleng, the House
took up the orders of the day.
Mr. Garland of Virginia, delivered his views
at length, against the projects approved by the
administration; and in favor of the proposition
of his bill for designating the depositories, and
the funds to be received in payment of public
dues.
Messrs. Cushing, Rariden and Williams, of
Tennessee, followed, when the House adjourn
ed.
Tuesday, Sept. 26.
The House met at ten o’clock. Tin atten
dance was so thin, that a call was resorted to,
and continued until a quorum was obtained.
Sc eral resolutions were then offered, when
the Hsuse resumed the consideration of the re
solution declaring it inexpedient to establish a
National Bank.
Mr. Reid, of Mass, and Mr. Sergeant of Pa.
opposed it at length.
Mr. Wise moved to amend it so as to declare
that it will be expedient to establish a Bank of
the United States, whenever the public semi
ment shall be n favor of it; and Mr. Bell of
fered an amendment to that amendment, de
claring that the President’s proposition is un
constitutional, contrary to the principles of free
government, and subversive of the liberties of
the people.
Mr. Pope, ot Ky. offered another amen I
ment, which he said he should move when in
order, declaring it to be expedient to establisl
a National Bank, of a certain character, re
stricted in its issues, and prohibited from inter
fering with politics.
A resolution from the Senate, for an adjourn
ment on the 9th October, was read.
Mr. Bell declared that it was the most extra-
ordinary proposition he had ever heard of, and
pronounced it the most impudent and insulting
message ever known in the history of the in
tercourse between the two Houses. He mov
ed that it be laid on the table. Lost, ayes 54
—nocs 121.
The resolution was then postponed till Mon
day next.
The House again resolved itself into a com
mittee of the whole, on the bill postponing the
fourth instalment. A debate ensued which oc
cupied the time, without any question being
taken, until the hour of adjournment.
Wednesday, Sept. 27.
After the transaction of other business, the
House took up tire order of the day—it being
the amendment of Mr. Wise to the report of
the Committee of Ways and Means, that it
is inexpedient to charter a National Bank.
Mr. Sergeant, who was entitled to the floor,
stated that he was greatly indisposed, and would
fed obliged if the House would indulge him
till to-morrow.
The bill from the Senate making additional
appropriations for the suppression of Indian
ho-stißiies in Florida, was read twice and lefur
red to tire Committee of Ways and Means; as
was that remitting duties on certain goods des
troyed by the conflagration in New York.
The House’ then proceeded to consider the
bill to postpone the fourth instalment of depa
sites with the Stares,
Messrs. Jenifer, Menifee, and Wise spoke i'i»
opposition to the bill, and were followed by
Messrs. Fry, Potter, and Hamer, in its support.
The House adjourned without taking any
question on the subject.
Thursday, Sept, 28.
Sundry petitions were presented, principally
against the annexation of Texas to the Union..
Mr. Sherrod Williams, of Kentucky, then,
on leave, submitted the following resolutions,
which were read, laid on the table, and order
ed to be printed :
1. Resolved, That it is expedient immedi
ately to establish a Bank of the United States,
for the purpose cf affording to the people of
the United States a fixed, uniform, and certain
currency ; that it is important and highly expe
dient to have such an institution as a fiscal
agent for the government, in the collection and
disbursement of the revenue of the nation.
2. Resolved, That in the creation of a Bank
of the United States, the charter should bo so
constituted as to exclude foreigners from hold
ing stock in the same ; and to hold the stock
holders responsible and liable, out of their pri
vate and individual property, according to tho
amount held by each, for the redemption of
the notes issued, and debts and liabilities of
said Bank.
3. Resolved, further, in the opinion of this
House, That a Bank of the United States is
the only safe, certain and sure means by which
a uniform, fixed and permanent paper curren
cy can be obtained.
STATE RIGHTS and UNITED STATES
RIGHTS.
gfattf art> of gjgttiatt.
”Tht friends of the Union are our friends,and its
enemies, our enemies.”
TUESDAY IHO«NiiNG, OCT. 10.
THE ELECTION.
The returns come in but slow ; and those wo
have received cannot be relied on for accuracy
Knowing however, the anxiety of our readers to
ascertain the result of the contest, we have
thrown such information as we have obtained,
into the following table; and annexed a state
ment of the votes in 1835, as they stood between
Gov, Schley and Mr. Dougherty.
So far as we give them, the returns formem
bers of the Legislature are probably accurate ;
and there is no doubt but the Union party will
have a majority in joint ballot. In relation to
the Governor’s election, however, we place, as
we said before, but little reliance on the accounts
wc have received.
1837. 1833.
5? S S 5 b
S a" S §
COUNTIES. ds 3 <5
Bibb, 629 653 495 370
Bryan, 70 79 60 73
Butts, 379 245 337 179
Burke, . 206 570 313 581
Chatham, 573 411 580 396
Clarke, 170 387 b 35
Coweta, 105 644 407
Crawford, 196 453 334
Columbia, 275 419 285 405
DeKalb, 164 680 349
Dooly, 200 236 72
Effingham, 130 160 134 170
Elbert, 115 964 130 83 »
Emanuel, 224 125 190 75
Fayette, 150 St 18 246
Forsyth, 125 317 202
Greene, 57 737 23 728
Gwinnett, 732 762 847 784
Hall, 537 452 714 4u7
Hancock, 272 446 375 454
Henry, 863 730 797 522
Houston, 732 692 657 477
Jackson, 587 515 528 367
Jasper, 5u3 619 580 627
Jefferson, 116 433 158 452
Jones, 5 6 5 439
Laurens, 420 6 430
Lincoln, \ 226 295 234 298
Lumpkin, 350 SJB 269
Madison, 60 299 266
Monroe, 19 8 17 853
Mclntosh, 139 62 136 64
Morgan, 344 466 214 419
Muscogee, 726 900 697 747
Newton, 412 791 511 796
Ogelthcrpo, 125 585 155 483
*’ lkp , 104 539 372
Putnam, . 264 614 222 618
Pulaski, 149 261 128
Richmond, 448 826 555 473
Scriven, 184 230 218 253
i 'albot, 38 848 739
1 aliaterro, 31 411 13 416
Troup, 347 1092 2 52 325
Twiggs, 448 361 453 314
171 417 w
"/Ron, 748 446 6 08 341
Warren, 514 591 415 540
Washingston, 544 580 583 523
"’•lkes, 446 412 533 517
Wilkinson, 171 455 143
LEGISLATIVE RETURNS.
Below we give, so far as authentic informa
tion has been received, the names of the mem
bers elected to the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives. Those first named arc Senators*