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. The disease lies in ownership and administra- ] cession. Without it, there would be but an imper-1 had attempted to prove the existence of a necessity \ scheme could not he pushed through at the present happiness. IN and nothing short of parting with both can feet conception of the subject. | for forty millions, and that it will he necessary to j session, and if it could, it would not afford relief iu of mi r success J, it. Part with them, and you will at once take 1 he quantity ol public lands lying in the new ! raise this forty millions hy a tariff. But he, Mr. A. • time. What then was the object ? Why it was to corerv of a S No doubt von have heard the particulars iu the Antarctic Ocean, and the dis- Soutlierii Coutiueot. I trust we shall l>e the Government. iff the public domain. Retain them, and they must' years) and has been picked and culled, over and over i purpose of raising an almighty tariff. ^ continue, almost without mitigation, apply what pal- j again, with the view of taking all worth having, at In reply to a question from Mr. W. Thompson, Mr.! lie then referied to the plan for a distribution of the ' be home by the sm !iati, C s von may. It is tiie ali-sufticieul and only re-, tlie present price, even during the great expansion of A. said fie condemned the pa*t extravagance of the! public lands, and maintained that it was only a gil- health. All the sq tdv. Thus far would seem clear. I do not see bow it is -sible lor any one to doubt iliat cession would tit to abstract some millions as their times expire on the 31st Oct. Weex|»ect lo summer ol IS42. We are all ill fine squadron is lien - . Oaltee is a delightful place lo refiesli at—and we currency, and consequent rise in ptice, and specula- , present Administration, hut now the election bad j ded bait. It was a pi; tion in public lands, in 1835,’36, and’37. 1 f com- j been decided, be was not the man to light a dead j from the revenue. It was a secret polling of the wires find it particular!* so, as we suffered considerably on pared in quantity to die remainder of the public do- : corpse. He was sure his friends would not suspect j hy the tarill men before General Harris mi came into our way here ; all our provisions gave out, with the main, it will be found to be not equal to one-sixth J him of not being friendly to Gen. Harrison. I will I power. As to the wants of Government, it was his opinio an that proposed by the Senator . ty to the South, notwithstanding all the scowling of my ] that the present duties on imports would he amply i ses here doing well. In a few years this must be the which mine is an amendment, j Northern friends. Yes, I will support Harrison-; sufficient to meet the wants of the coming Admiriis- ' graud market of the Pacific reach the evil, and that it is the only remedy that would If, then, there should be any objection, it • pnrt of the whole. In this respect, il is a far more i (said Mr. A.) sustain him to the deatlt, and do mv du- ritt only he to the terms or conditions of the cession.' limited measure lit If these can he so adjusted as to give assurance that] from Kentucky, to t | ie lands shall be as faithfully managed by the States j That embraces not only the proceeds of the whole ] 1 supported him when he had but few other support j (radon; for the election of Harrison had infused life as by this Government, and that all the interests iu-1 public domain, exceeding 1,000,000,000 acres, but ers, and 1 will support him now. Were I to do other-j and confidence every w here, and front all appearun- volved shall be as well, or better secured titan under includes, in addition, the large sums drawn from the j wise, it w ould he unjust and unkind towards my con- ces there would be no lack of means. " -* iii... i '''I- duties on imposts, which are annually expended on its I siitueiits, those noble fellows of Georgia, who took * 1 sales and management, all of which he proposes per- the lead, and went ahead in this business, manently to distribute. It is also more limited in its exception of ‘creeping’ bread dust and salt beef. It is rising rapidly. There are several mercantile hou- the existing system, all that could be desired would he effected, and all objections removed to the final and (I j et settlement of ibis great, vexed, and dangerous question. I" saying all objections, I hold that the liulit of disposing of them as proposed, especially when demanded by high considerations of policy, and when it can be done without pecuniary loss to the Government, as I shall hereafter show, cannot be fair ly denied. The Constitution gives to Congress the unlimited right of disposing of the public domain, and of course, without any other restrictions than what the J question that admits of controversy—will the States nature of that trust and terms of cession may impose,! adhere faithfully to the terms of the cession? Or, on neither of w hich forbid their cessio.t in the manner proposed. That the conditions ran be so adjusted, I cannot doubt. I have carefully examined the whole ground, and can perceive no difficulty that cannot be sur mounted. I feel assured that all which is wanting is I in attrait the attention of the Senate to the vast fin- i history to justify a suspicion of a w ant of good faith? A.\ Earthquake—About half past five o'clock this morning tlio-e of our citizens w ho w ere awake, After adverting to several other topics, Mr. A. con-1 were startled by a heavy rumbling sound which was i eluded by warning bis friends against a called ses.-ion. probably caused by an earthquake* ft seems to ba?e After some further remarks of the above nature, j He reminded them that a called session was the cause i been heard simultaneously in every part of the city, application than the original bill, which embraces all j Mr. A. again adverted to the strange calculations of j of the downfall cf Mr. Van Hureti, and lie feared such 1 Near the Columbia College, the noise resembled the the lands to which the Indian title is extinguished, as j his Northern friends, who had attempted to prove the! a course would have the same effect on the fortune of rolling of a heavy laden Pennsylvania wagon.— well Territories as States, which greatly exceed the I existence of a great national debt as a pretext for a. General Harrison. quantity lying in the latter. Having now shown die ol jet l and the character with the scope of this measure, I shall next proceed to the great, and I must say, iu my opinion, the only In Hudson street, near S'. John’s Park; in the up- i per part of Greenwich street, and iu Vandewafer the follow ing account of the Horrible j street, the sound was the same. A house in the the contrary, will they violate a compact solemnly entered into, on just and liberal principles, mutually beneficial to both, and which will place them, as to their domains, on the same independent footing on which the other Slates stand? 1 would ask, .at the onset, is there any thing in their high tariff. He begged them to make their ralcula- j dims over again, and see ifthev were not a little mis- j We cop, taken. 1 Ma ssacre by savages, of Passed Midshipman Um>KK- last mentioned street shook so as to awake the in mates It w as his firm belief that there was no necessity wood and Midshipman Henry, a nephew of Capt. for any tarifi at all at this time for raising revenue, i Wilkes, the commander of the Exploring Expedi- Where, then, was the cause for the labored arguments j tion, on'the Island of Malolo, one of the Fegee Elands, I same sound, with a trembling sensation, prevailed Advices by tfte New Jersey raii road say that (lie of gentlemen to show this necessity for raising forty] front the Norfolk Beacon of Monday: hence South sixty milts. A gentleman of Jersey No, “We have been favored with an extract from a let- I City speaks of a rumbling sound, and ofa laud report, millions. Was the necessity founded in fact? il was not. I lie whole of it was founded on the man- ter from an officer attached to the Exploring Expe- resembling the sound heard in Fairfield, Connect#- ufacturing interest of the North. Was not that the ; diiiott, to his family in this Borough, dated U. S. brig ] cut, thirty five years ago. at the falling of a shower real and plain truth? Had not tile whole scheme, Porpoise, Oct. 24lh, IS 10, which states that the Pot- of meteoric stones—an incident well known to men ol and the arguments, been spun, wove, reeled, and dy- poise, the schr. Fixing Fish, and three of the large science as happening at that time. Our informant ed in the elegant manufactories of the North ? Yes, i boats were surveying a group of Islands attached to j w as in Fairfield at the time, and bis recollection of portance of doing something that will effectually at- Have they been in the habit of violating contracts? ; they might depend upon it that litis whole scheme of. the Fegee, hot as tlieie were numerous shoals the brig that remarkable event is as vivid as though it was but rest the °reat and growing evil, resulting from the If so, point out a single instance? Instead of giving | showing an enormous debt, was of Northern manu- ! was sent outside, the schr. and boats keeping near | yesterday.—N. Y. Cir/:t. Adc. 25t!i u/t. application of the system, as it exists, to that portion ground to excite suspicion, I rejoice to say tiieir bis- 1 facture. The textme was beautiful, but lie would , the Islands, so that they might anchor at night. The ] ‘ a ' J ' ' * ' " c ' ‘ ' ..ii... . . . . ... Queen Victoria's Crown Weighs about 3 ilyer, enclosing a with numerous pfe- Tltey were about to land on the Island of Malolo, : cious stones, rubies, pearls, emeralds, ermine, sapphire •if the public domain lx inn'in the new States. That lory affords many and striking examples of exact and! want his Southern friends to take heed in time, and boats got seperated a day or two from the schooner, j Qu eev Victoria’s Croxvn done, the intelligence and wisdom of the body xvill be faithful compliance xvitli their engagements. They j l,(, t suffer themselves to be caught in this fine spun which made it necessary for them to go oil .-bore for pounds.—It is made of hoops ofs at no loss to adjust the details in such manner as w ill all have standing compacts xvitli the Government, en- xveb. As for himself, they might rest assured that lie j provisions. cap of blue velvet, and studded v. effectually guard every interest, and secure its steady tered into on their admission into the Union, which j would never be forced into the ranks of the enemy. and faithful management. In the mean time, I have adopted the provisions of the bill introduced originally by myself, and twice reported on favorably by the Committee on Public Lauds, as the amendment l intended lo offer to tit impose important limitations on xvhat otherwise would be their unquestioned right as independent members of the Union; anil, among others, the important one, not only of not taxing the vast portion of their do- Althougli he respected his Northern friends, and but were advised bx r the natives to go around to the ! and diamond. It is valued at 111 1,000* gave them credit for honest motives, yet lie could not other side of the Island, as they had nothing, but that surrender his judgement in matters where he clearly the chief had a number of presents for them, such as forts axv the interests ol the South must suffer. His hogs, yams, See.; and they not suspectin \ Sacred Relic—-The sword worn by General danger,] Hugh Mercer at tire battle of Princeton* J ( and main held by the United Stales within their limits, but j object was to stand up and to act for the South, the ] pulled around the Island but as there xvas a long Hat! which he held in his band ai tin* time Fie fell mortally aitieiidmentol the Senator from Kentucky, [Mr.ClUT- also, for the period offive years alter sale, tiie portion ! fairest portion of (lie world, which xvas once bloom- the boats could not get xvithiu half a mile of the beach, j wounded oil the bat lie ground, lots been presented to TENDEN,] as containing the general outlines of the held by purchasers. To iheir honor be it said, that ing like the garden ol Eden before its fields xvere de- and some of the officers and men left the boats and! the St. Andrew’s Society ot Philadelphia* by bis xvi- cotulilions and provisions on which the lands may be in the long period which has elapsed from the udmis- ! strayed by the oppressive tariff law. ; waded ashore. j doxv. disposed of to the State xvitli safety and advantage to the inti rest of the Government and the Union, and great benefit to those States. The details may, no doubt, be greatly improved; for which I rely on the intelligence of this body, and critical examination of sion of the oldest of these Stales, there has not been Mr. A. then xvent on to show that this forty millions j “Lieut. Uuderxvood, from tiie circumstance that t- > lie understood more of the language than any other a stogie instance of a violation on their part of their ! was wanted by the North for building their light- j lie understood more of the language than any other ! The Legislature c.f I* lorida duly appreciating the plighted faith. With so striking an example ot’fi- houses, harbors, fortifications, etc. N°t Itoxvexer that j officer, w=*s amongst those xxlto xvent ashore, and Qiid*j unless efforts ol Lieut. C*J. Harney, in pursuit and delity to engagements, xxitlt xvhat justice can it be ob- be xvas against a proper display of defence, for he be- sltipman Henry begged pertnis ion to accompany him ! destruction ol the enemy, have xoted him a Sword, jected that the States xxill violate their plighted faith hexed that the only xvay ol preventing hostilities xvas j which xvas granted, xxitlt the proviso that lie armed ! ,,s 1 oirunittee, should the amendment be adopted and to a contract every xvay advantageous to them, as well to make a show ol fight. He knew that from expert- ; himself. referred. At tiie present stage, I regatd nothing hut as the rest of the Union.' tiie great principles on which it rests, and its outlines, to be at issue; and I do hope that all w iio may concur xxitlt me on principle, xxill give the amendment their support, xvltalever imperfection they may suppose t; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. TKEASl’RY NOTE RILL. Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1841. They had not been on shore but a sh<wt tinu befi»re they discovered that the Fegeeans had noth cnee; for he had been saved many a drubbing by an apparent xviilingness to fight. j Mr. A. then alluded to a former speech on the Can- ing to dispose of, but that they were in j adian border troubles, and said that now, as well as | to tlt' in. then, he xvould urge a proper display of determination tribute of their admiration. A mark of such respect meets a warm response throughout the Terri- torv. ! GEORGIAf Pulax’ii Coiin/r/. triltll Hostile yyllEREAS, Robert A. Hardw ick a.bmuistratoriMi tire estate ..f A i * * Alford, hue of said Couirtv, deceased, iipjiliee for letter* of Lt. Underwood immediately ordered the men to | ^"nleHear^lheth^ ad,.-*,;-!,m sin-aUr 1.. kindred w ill not be necessary for me, at tills stage to give more ' ty to rise and say a fexv xvords on the subject, because than a general summary of the provi-ions of the pro- he differed honestly from bis friends, and bad his sus- nosed amendment. ] picinns as to the course they thought proper to pur- Its object is to instruct the committee so to amend sue. Yes, he xvould assure them that lie ever xvould on, they came he xvould cast himself doxvn that mighty cataract, how ling in despair. Mr. A. again repeated his warning to his friends ofj gasping tiieir last, the South in relation to the tariff web, which was thus ] “Mid. Henry xvas bled immediately but lie xvas , 3 Ill llic tntdl Sit” »» l»«l »» »I3 Wit 11 . ... , . a • - ° i 4 1.1* nre hereby cautmncd again.** trespassing uptfif the M- e to the assistance «>! their comrades; hut ; 2%. towing Lot* of l.un<l", to-»»i: il xvas too la e, for their noble brother officers xvere **!■»•»«* •}•)' Df-tnet I*t Section, m the Cmmi/«r Lwnpkin, 7 lilt.. 1(> “ “ (obfr. die bill, as to dispose of the public lands, lying in the act as an honest man; and they might be assured that, , weaving to catch them. They might depend that this found to be deau. Our sailor xvas seriously injured, "tales of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, : so long as the patriotic citizens of his State honored proposition for a tarilfoti xvines and silks at this time mid the rest escaped unhurt. Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, with hint with a seat on that floor, he xvould speak out his ! xvas a runious lhin 5 . —_■ ...... _ the exceptions of sites for forts, navy and dock yards, I sentiments, and, so far as lie xvas able, do them jus- j ]\[ r . A. then proceeded to contend that it xvas per- more d,:ui uno , ^ 1C sava o es > * ,ut >vas 500,1 overpoxv- j ^ “Mid. Henry fought most desperately, and killed liKJ “ 17 44 f “ l iiionl. “ 44 5M 44 11 ** Currol. ** u 44 1 1 44 ll tU^rsii ini. As the Law will he ri^MIv eiiforcctl ail Tre^spa^cr."; AKTiiru BLAND. Telfair County 13tf» I ehrnarv 13-11. |—:ii. arsenals, magazines, and other public buildings; the ' tice. fcctly just and reasonable to afford the present Ad- ered by numbers. il. and Guardians in certain cases, and t«> prescribe nud i define additional duties and liabilities of tbe Clerks of the cession not to take place til! after the 30tli June, 1842, ! Mr. A. said he regretted the introduction of so ma- ! ministration all the assistance it required. As for the mhI then only on the States tespectively agreeing to nv topics having no manner ol connection with the calculations of gentlemen to show how much xvas oxv- tlie condivioos prescribed in the amendment; that is,' bill, xvlticlt lie did not care much whether it passed ' ,| ie y amounted to nothing, for there could be no to pass acts irrevocable to adhere to those conditions, or not. But as his vote xvould not turn the scale eitli- the most prominent of xxltich is to pay annually, on a cr xvay, for the sake of consistency he might give il tiny fixed to die United States, 05 per cent, of the against the bill. At tiie same time, however, lie must gross proceeds of the sales of tiie lands; that the land express his opinion that the present stateof the Trea ties, as they r.ow stand, and as proposed to bo modi- sury imperatively demanded that something should lied by the amendment, shall remain unchanged, ex- be done. premises on w hich to found such calculations. Time only could show how much was owing. The chair- srhoo,!cr ’ " tl,er " ise tl,e J' would l,ave bee " LatLU “Theclnlis with xvlticlt the natives fielit are sai-l to i several Courts <»l Ordinary uf iliis State, be large enough to kill with a single blow. I Sc, ‘- 1 * { / e H % the !><nate and // «.ve of Repre- ,,,, . .. .. it .' . -.i . i stnUthttS <f lltt State of Georgia in Gnurul .\tsemhlu met, “I he bodies were secured, but not without killing w htrtLy tailc J by authority of the same \ bat several of the natives, and were put on board the . - - -- the cannibals. “On the folloxving day the officers xxitlt 60 men, landed on the Island, marched to tiieir toxvn, xvlticlt man of tiie Committee of Ways and Means had asked only for live millions, and the Administration conten ded that this xvas all they needed. But there was , some difference betxvee-i this five millions and the for- " :,s strongly fortified, and killed 57^natixes. Iif millions sought to he made out by the gentleman from New York [Mr. Barnard.] ccpt xvitli the consent of Congress; that the cession But he would repeat, that the bill before them had shall be in full of the 5 per cent, fund thereafter to at- been nearly lost sight of in the debate; for r.o sootier crue to those States; that they shall be exclusively ] xvas it introduced, than the gentleman from New York liable for th-cost of surveys, sales extinction of In-, [Mr. Barnard] gave notice of his intention, after ye ms ||lovcmcnt on tlie irt olllls iN ortllcrn d.an utles, and management generally; that the States j moving to strike out the enacting clause, to mtro- ; fripi|d „ as a , 1()ax to f orestal , tlie coll)ill , r Admi.t- tnay, within certain prescribed limits, gradually re- duce an amendment laying a tax on foreign xxtnes, | and tQ thatV an Buren went outofpow- -bu e the price of the lands that may remain unsold | stlks, and other articles. r , ! er with a debt of forty millions, to show the necessity alter having been offered for sale ten years or up-j It xvas to this fact that his attention had been fixed, "aids; may grant, for a limited period, the right ol ] and his lears aroused. Here xvere suddenly dexel- pre-emption for ninety days to the actual settlers, at; oped the plans of the high tariff party of the North; They xxere forintd into three divisions, the first was commanded by Capt. Ringgold and Lieut. North, , ..... Lieuts. Johnson and Sinclair commanded the second, Ho <M.A.) must be permuted lo »>y. >l>»> lie d.d an() j| id ,],; , Maury and Eld omiuaudud .1* believe tilts movement on the part olios Northern “Capt. Wilkes, Lieuts. Allen and Emmons xvere in the boats to see that no canoes escaped. “The Americans lost no lives, and only 3 or 4 were wounded. for a high tarifi". pre-emption for ninety days to the actual settlers, at; oped the plans of the high tariff party of the North; ! ^ be gentleman liotn Tennessee [Mr. Bell] had j “As soon as tlie each step in the' reduction of price; and finally, that and all tlie fine spun arguments in favor oftliat dread- contended that this, lot ty millions must be paid imtne- and fled. Ll. G. if the conditions of cessions be violated by a State in ful system bad been retailed on the floor, no doubt 1 diately by a tax on xx mes and silk*. Noxv the honor- rough, is said to ha • . i. ... i ... ’ . i • -i i i i able chairman ol the Indian t/Oinnnttre NIJOKP lllvU 41 I TtwlniMiox/ from iiuii alter i!ie |>a.-s>s;e of tlii* act, when any Esemtor, Administrator or Guardiaa shall have »iveu and published die notice now required l»y law of Iii, or her application to die pro|>dr Court tor letters ol dismission from his or Iter trust, as such Executor, Admiui-t: a tor. or Guardian, audit shall appear that there is any money iu his or her hands dm; th • estate of his or her testator, intestate oi ward, and no person claiming the same, such Court shall iu their discie- lion pass an order audiorisiug said Executor, Administrator or Guardian to retain the amount iu it is or her hands until a further order of the Court, at an interest not exceeding four per cent per auuuni,or requiring him or her to deposit said amount in such solvent Ihmk as the Court may direct, sub ject to the order of the Court; and on compliance with the order of said Court in relation to such deposit aud producing a certificate thereof from tlie proper officer of such Hank, such Executor, Administiator or Guardian, as the ease may be, shall he entitled to a dismission as the law now provides; soon as tlie Chief was killed, tlie savages broke H !'y ‘aw, {usage or custom to the contrary notwithstan*. i r t* a' cv i • • ;• i • ■> diiiz : IVuritied, the said money so deposited shall iu all ca- tiny particular, till titles or grants to land thereafter; long ago prepared in the closet, and spun and xvove sold by the State to be null and void—thus giving in the elegant manufactures of the North. Il was able chairman of the Indian Committee spoke like T. Sinclair, a native of this Bo Itaxe killed him. “Mr. Uuderxvood, xxitlt whom we had a personal one having authority; yes, ju>t as if the robes of office acquaintance, xvas a most promising olfic« r, and hail the measure the force and solemnity of a compact,! this scheme of a high tariff in disguise, which lie com- ! were already hanging from Ins shoulders. As to that, j )( e „ married only a fexv weeks before lie left tlie Uni- and placing the whole under the protection of the ! plained of, and he thought he saw it at the first move- j l,e ( Mr - A ) lia<1 not the smal.est objection, Ur lie (e d States, and Mr. Henry was a voting gentleman of courts, xx hid, would pronounce the titles to be void,! ment of the gentleman from New York, [Mr. Barn- b( T ed friend would get an office. And, commit- talents and great promise. if made after an infraction of the conditions of the ! ard.l et ^ r * A * a ,' vho are ln ,! aVor of t!iat " l,, S:, T ‘‘ a J e I “We have als,» been favored with an extract front deposited shall ses he iu specie or its equivalent, at the upliou of the liauk, w hich shall he liable to pay specie i-i return. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives,. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the St note. Assented to 224 I>ec 1840. CHARLES J. Me DONA LU, Governor. ard.] He, Mr. A. helicx ed that coming AN ACT for the relief cf Securities. I nr, i.*.. *». ] — , - | j , p j i ,• tvt , v -i ... • Whereas great iucutiveuicuee arises aud often (treat fnjus- It is not my intention to go into an investigation of! shadows before, and be thought be could see in this j nilllt „ ni (! ‘ i » e,,tlema ' , 1 ,n * h,s toxvn corroborating the above state-1 tkx . ,, <(lie individuals Ui,,g parties i.Jexecutiou under the events cast their i [laughter.] But according to the statement oftliat a | cttPr f ro: „ an officer of the L T . S. ship Peacock to a tiie^e various conditions at this time On a question ! movement of the high tarifi’ nten of the North, a de- together, the amount required lor the cotiiiii n At.mi.t ment. - iiions at tuts time. Kjn a quistton , . . ’ g interests at the | ,!it,at,on »«s swelled to a hundred and twenty :ntl-\ t | ie summer of 1842 lions! Great God! said Mr. A. xvhat a state ol must of reference, xvhere the principle onlv is at issue, it is ! ^ig 11 to build up the inannlaciuring interests . not necessary. It is sufficient to say*that the leading ! sacrifice of the rights of the South. His friends ' oik No pat The Peacock is expected to return home in 1 existing law as co-securities, for the fact that whereas one Officers and crexv all well.” object is to make as little change in the land sx’stem as it noxv exists, as is consistent with the object in viexv. ' and to adopt such provisions as xxill enforce tlie faith ful performance of the terms of cession on the part of the h tales, xx itlt the least compensation for their ex pense and trouble, and loss to the Government, in a pecuniary point of viexv, consistent xx itlt the arrange ment. If it can be made to appear that there are ’! permit him Co gite" I,is honest opinions, for honest be! 1 i ‘ , ' d »•' “ s '«f ,l,e o( " «•**••*>• «*>jf ’ I would he it. spite of any mat. or any party. No par- | H <; proceeded to express Ins npt.uon that tins | ■ description ot things had been meaningly and pur- , ! j)Osel\ r brought about by the gentleman from Ncxv ; pite of any matt or an y party ty ever had power to crush his opiuious ‘ Mr tection I bly felt because it xvas sought to be introduced under the plausible and specious pretence of a tariff for rais ing revenue. He believed he could foresee, under Tlie extract of a letter xvlticlt follows, xve find in the Herald: U. S. Ship Peacock, reasonable grounds to belie* e that the States xvili this plausible pretext, a design to introduce mea- i| r a iiten Droceeded to dtoxv that a tariff of nro- U , * , n ^ 7 . , i >■ ,: Oahec, Sanda it/i Islands, Of/. J J, 1840. ur. a. men prottLueu io ..nov> ui.u .ii.uiu uipo York; there couid be no question of H. He called ,,, , . .. ion for the manufactures xx ould not be the less sensi on hig co i| ea jr U e S from Georgia now to remember! Ue arr .'\ e ' 1 ,ere f on the 30 h ult after a tedious xxhat lie had told them, when this proposition of the i P aSsa S e l . 1L . *'! Ht ^ ,n< e gentleman [Mr. Barnard] was first introduced. He j^ V , dne - V < N * S ’ . Wa,e8 > ,n . Ma ^ h , laS *’ W . e ,,ave u..a tl.L uifldnn** , n„rl ! ful I three months m surveying at the teejee Is- laitlifullycomply with these conditions and that there will he no pecuniary loss to the Government, sores fora high tarifi’ of protection, and one of the . . com- most oppressive character that the Son th could possi- pared w ith the system as it now stands, in cousc- bly bear. had told (Item that this xxottldopen the discussion, and ! u J xvltat xvould be the consequence of it. After some further remarks, Mr. A. drew a glow security, as the ca.-e may be. having t)ee:i{.'f.iri|>clleil nuder ex- ! ecution to pay the debt or obligation of his principal, is not allowed to control or collect by said execution, each securi ty's proportional part of said execution so [raid, hut uiust proc eed by an action at laxv : 8rc. 1. For re me dij whereof, be it enacted laj the Senate end House of Representatives of the Stateof Georgia in General As sembly nut, That from and immediaiily after the passage of this act, any security who may be -tied together with other securities, shall pay or discharge any execution or ex ecutions issued against principal or eo Simmies, shall after ai» entry is made on the said executions by ibe collcctiug-officer that the same has lieea well and Huh p iid by said security, lands, :md it is gratifying to knoxv, that we have been then and in suchcase the sir I security 3 o paying orrlUebaig- llte first to make an examination of tliat interesting •"« said execution against each eo-security. who may have ing picture as t«> xvltat must be the consequences of this tarifi*measure to the South. Hue xxas a sunt of lie«-n made a party to said suit for the proportionable pact equitably due by each, ami no more; Provided nevertheless Iii our intercourse with the Feijees xve have had t<> that all should be equally responsible; if not, then to be equally though dangerous position of the Sontli Seas. S-nl. , thc H ropo f d fll fP 0slU0 »; , , l .' Vo . lsld s , 0t ’ ni Mr. A. then proceeded to argue that the attempts a hundred and twenty tnillious sought to bo proved as do with the most savage and barbarous beings iu all divided or paid by those xv ho arc - • aitticult to conceive what substantial objection there i ..fATf.c-*- r.,_ I «■. n „ U . , . . • • . creation and aItltoti»-|i at all times xve have been "ec. And be it furtner enacted by tor m.thonty aforesaid. f an be to the measure J ol .Messrs. Barnard, Evans, Bell, and others, to sxveil, re q U , re d by the coming Administration, and the means creation, ant, aiinougn at an times xve nave net tt That ailv UH;il ,i lia so paid or satisfied by iwoor more se- • " tlie expenditures of Government, were to furnish a ’ 0 f raisin 0 " it xvas to place a tax upon luxuries. He guarded against the,r treachery, and endeavored to cur iii es . shall be held as the joint property «if said securities S, r '!'" Cn '"“ ,,ld !° se *• i", T B«« d-o-n •'« tariff question l.e attilate,! br- 1 " Ce ,he S "" , ' s c0l "Pb, " «b«: fore there U any necessity for „f This, & his npin- er they xvere now sincere ,n tlietr propos , ...... „ luxuries. If they were noxv sincere, lie would go tour, lie aiul Midshipman Wilkes Henry attempt- against all the parties equally concerned for their proportion able part. Sec :L And be it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid. That af'er payment and entry made aa herein presetiped. it shall be the duty of the officer making the entry to deliver said executnm to the security who shall have made the pay- x r>ndittoits ol the cessiottr And if not, xxill the pent- ; ir\ loss to the Government be such as to make it wit It them iu xvh: i ion, xvas decidedly the xvorst feature in tlie xx hole bus-j that he looked upon them with a suspicious eye. itiess. Why did the gentlemen expend such mighty tprml „4' ent ’• t ' en .,, d be lull assurance that the labor in attempting lo prove the existence of an enor- sued towards the Soutl, in relation to the tariff, Mr.: * rins of ce-sion w ill not be violated 3 . , , . . , , , . , i> .. . ivaus debt, in order that the American people might A rrnim ' ^ Vo n ! er 0,1 1 he dlscusslon ol * lhefe important be persuaded that a high and mightv tariff f)e proper to make a few remarks on tiie! sary. hat xva- ri'dif but he must tcli them 1 od to laud in a boat on the Island of Malolo, and ment. t<> be used ami cmiudled as herein nieutmued. I,; m “Jti,* a pvp. ‘ ^ " bile in the act of defending their boat’s crew from an | it Jurther enacted by the authority «f^d. • bit all laws and parts uf laws mtotatmg tuts law, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J JENKINS, ill. After giving his views in detail on the policy pur- attack of thc savages, were both massacred. This ad event has created a deep aud tnelancholv gloom ^ sa id that it was not his intention toexemptsilk from : '™ong us ; and long, very long must we think, wi axation; but this xvas the wrong time; it xvas bad pol- feelings of sorrow, oi oar departed friends. ol the interest that would be etnbra, ed in the- the gentleman from New York [Mr. Barnard] xvas neces- I taxat—, _ . . iev to introduce the subject nmv. | We have had an interesting voyage thus far, al- The movers in this matter knew very well that the though many circuiuilances have occurred to mar our Si taker oft.be House cf Rep ns relate s. THOMAS ."TOGKS. President uf the Stunts. A seated to 22d. Dec. 184U. CHARLES J. McDONALU Governor.