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of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the
letters of testamentary, of Administration or Guardianship,
raay hare been granted, first giving SIXTY DAYS notice
thereof, in oue of the public gacettes of this State, and at the
door of the Court house, where such sales are to be held.
Notice for the sale of Personal Property must be given in
like manner, FORTY days previous to theday of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an estate must be
published FORTY days.
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dinary for leave to sell LAND, must be published for
FOUR MONTHS.
Notice for leave to sell NEGROES must be published
for FOUR MONTHS, before any order absolute shall be
made thereon by the Court.
Citations for letters of Administration, must be publish
ed thirty days—for dismission from administration, month
ly six months—for dismission from Guardianship, Jorty
Joys.
Uur.es for the foreclesure of Mortgage must be published
monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers, for
the full space of three months—for compelling titles from
Executors or Administrators, where a llond has been given
by the deceased, the full space of three months.
Publications will always be continued according to these,
the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
REMITTANCES BY MAIL.—"A postmaster may en-
rdoae money in a letter to the publisher of a newspaper, to
pay the subscription of a third person, and frank the letter if
written by himself.”—Amos Kendall, P. JM. G.
do so. They will subject their public agents
to a rigid accountability—they will trust them
with power for shorter periods of time—they
will make them feel their power, by rebuking
their disobedience and punishing their delin
quency.
If those in whose hands the Texas question
now ieats, felt that true responsibility which is
implied by their relations to the people, its suc
cessful termination would neither be a matter
of delay nor doubt.
From the \\ r a*kin£ton Constitution.
The Crisis of Anoexnfiou.
Information has been received in this city
fiom Texas, from such a source us to place the
matter beyond ull reasonable doebt, that the
intelligence heretofore received concerning the
movements of .England and France in regard
to the question of annexation, was correct.—
Propositions are now pending before the Texi-
an Congress, to guaranty the acknowledgment
of their independence by Mexico, if they will
withdraw their application for annexation to the
United Slates, and pledge themselves not to re
new it. What was belore but conjecture—
probability—has now become fact. It is thus
rendered absolutely certain, that if annexation
is not accomplished now—if the proposition, on
our part, is not put into such form that Texas
may at once say yea or nay, that the whole
subject passes from us forever. Every anx
ious and sincere friend of the measure feels
this—every intelligent man in both countries
knows its truth ; and yet difficulties are pre
sented at every step, “ quibbling and pettifog
ging” objections, as Mr. Burke terms them, are
•cons'3ntly interposed; and as fast us one ob
struct on is removed, another is raised to bar its
progress to a successful termination. A bill
~5Tmr, unatvmvn rrf tijjrrm, "apbn me uric du-
tkority, will be perfectly acceptable to Texas,
bus successfully fought its way through the
lower House, deriving and deserving additional
respect from the decisive majority by which
it was passed, and now only awaits the final ac
tion of the Senate. But, before that action is
bad, another proposition is put forth to super
sede and defeat it—a proposition which looks
to delay—which invites and prescribes future
r egoliation, future and still more distant legis
lation j requiring, it may be, a two-thirds’ vote
of the Senate to confirm it—requiring that
which probably never can be had—and all this,
tioo. in the face of the impending fact, that Tex-
;as is only waiting to see whether we will an-
me* her now or not! The enemies of the
measure know, that whatever postpones its
consummation now, forever defeats it. They
lm\g, f,*>m the beginning, eagerly seized upon
every .circumstance by which they could hope
to put off act'on to a distant day, rightly judg
ing th.rt Texas hersfllf would, at last, turn dis-
appointed and disgusted from those who should
have received and cherished her, to those who
iv.11, at.least, shield and protect her. How un-
fortunate, then, that the friends of the measure,
or those wbo-cliould be its 1 friends, should them
selves throw li»e queniorr into such a condi
tion, as to dra-w after it nil those consequences
whichiit« worst enemies most anxiously desire.
And such bas 'been the fate of this momentous
subject from the beginning. Will any of its
‘true friends persist, then, in acting thus un
wisely ? Will they blindly and madly cast
from them this last opportunity of securing this
great anil lasting'benefit to their country 1 Is
some personal preference or prejudice, some
unappeasable dislike or selfish .consideration,
some wicked hope or miserable intrigue, for
the Presidential succession, to embarrass or de
feat that measure whick a whole nation de
mands T How will that deceived and betrayed
jKJople punish their delinquent agents, in pro
portion to their indignation, for their faithless-
ness? Disfavor will not be enough; but po
litical disgrace will be added to the final for-
feituroof all respect and •confidence.
Men too long continued in political office,
lose all sympathy with the peojWe—all respect
for their opinions. They become the corrupt
schemers, or the willing instruments of leaders
more corrupt than themselves. They sink in
to mere selfish intriguers—political panders,
whoa e made to minister to the base passions
and purposes of political aggrandizement.—
There is at this moment a rottenness and a
w ckedness in the state of political motals, at
which, if fully known, the honest and patriotic
feelings of the people would be absolutely hor
rified and disgusted beyond the power of words
to express. And presses that should speak the
truth, have become as corrupt as the politi
cians ; and there are few with boldness and
honesty enough to declare the ungrateful and
revolting facts to the people. But the truth at
Inst must come and will come. Artful politi
cians, by pretending great friendship and re
spect for the opinions and will of the people,
have, in fact, been deceiving and misleading
tl em. Bat the people are at last discovering
the true condition of things, and are already
.asting off” the faithless leaders. The refer-
i.iaiionhas commenced. 'They have already
elected a President of themselves anJ for them
selves, owing no obligation to cliques or fac
tions, and pledged only to carry out the public
will. Tilers is a disposition every where
inHniTestiijg itself, to take the Government un
der their own control—and fortunate will it be
fur i;s prosperity and welfare, when they fully
From the Galveston (Texas) Weekly Sews.
Washington, Jan. 1845.
Gentlemen—I see from the newspapers that
there is much speculation, as to the difficulty
between the President and Gen. Duff Green.
I was one of those, with whom the latter con
sulted, and to whom he explained most fully
his plans. When in Mexico he obtained a co
py of the mortgage, given by the Government
of Mexico to the English bond holders, for one
hundred and seventy-five millions of acres of
land in Texas, Chihuhua, New Mexico, Sono
ra, and the Californius ; twenty-five.millions of
which, are to be located near the Atlantic.—
From all that he could learn, he was of opin
ion. that Santa Anna, sustained by the British
influence in Mexico, would prevail. He was
apprehensive, that Mr. Benton’s influence in
tne United States Senate, would defeat any
measure for annexation during the present ses
sion of Congress, and believed that it was ad
visable for Texas to put the western frontier in
a position, that would enable us, if necessary to
transfer the war beyond ihe Rio Grande. He
was of opinion that such was the opposition to
Santa Anna in the northern provinces, that a
counter revolution there, would immediately; fol
low his success into the interior. Anil that in that
case, the country west of the Rio Grande,
would gladly avail themselves of our aid in re
sisting Santa Anna.
Connected with this, and as a means of giv
ing protection, as well to the Mexican frontier
in case they t >ok part with us, he proposed ar
rangements for conciliating the Indian tribes,
which arrangements were of a character, I be
lieve, to command success, and obtain the ob
ject in view.
Upon all these measures he consulted tcith
the President in advance, as did also, Col.
Kinney the chairman of the Senate’s Commit
tee on military affairs, and both of them, be
lieved that they were acting in accordance
with his wishes.
At the request of the Chairman of the Com
mittee, Gen. Green prepared a report explana
tory of his views, and it was upon the occasion
of submitting it to the President', that the mis
understanding which led to the Pres'dent’s pro
clamation took place
On the evening previous, in a casual con
versation at his room, he expressed the opinion,
that Independence, without annexation, would
necessarily lead to the abolition of slavery in
this country. A gentleman present remarked,
that he had been among the first to put in mo
tion the ball of revolution in Texas, and that
rather than submit to such a state of things ho
would be willing to go into another Revolution.
Gen. Green enquired, how? one of those re
plied, by a convention of the people, to which
the first speaker assented.
On the next day, in the conversation with
the President, Gen. Green incidentally refer-
ling to this conversation, expressed a belief that
it would not be difficult to get up a revolution,
to change that part of the constitution, which
admits emigrants to vote, after six months’ re
al terwards r supposed was' itttf<T6'iOl'lafforctt"h)fii
to approve of that report, and the measure,
which it contemplated.
I have learned to-day, that the Secretary of
State, Mr Allen, in a letter to Major Donel
son, received on the morning he left this place,
has withdrawn the personal imputations against
Gen. Green, and the President admits that he
misapprehended his remarks.
Gen. Green upon his arrival at Galveston,
wrote he says to the Secretary of State of the
United States, that his name should not be pre
sented to the Senate for confirmation as Con
sul, as he had made up his mind to settle in the
western part of this Republic, and could not,
therefore, perform its duties. The part winch
he has taken in ill's matter, has not been in his
official character. He has indeed done no of
ficial act, 1 am told, except the appointment of
n Vice Consul, and his conversations with the
President were held in his character of u citi
zen of Texas.
As this matter has created much excitement,
I have written you this brief statement of facts,
which you raay rely on.
Yours very truly,
H. McLEOD.
the Treasury, which must be supplied by the
operation of the present, or, perhaps, a still
higher tariff. This, we fear, is its policy.—
Such were the objects and policy of a distribu
tion of the sales of the public lands—the as
sumption of the State debts ; and such, we re
peat, will be the effect, if not, indeed, the main
object, of this bill.
CONGRESSIONAL.
From the Washington Constitution.
BtSMlira mf Postage.
The bill of the Senate upon this subject, re
duces the postage to five cents on the single
letters, for all distances. Letters composed of
one or more pieces of ppper, and weighing not
more than half an ounce, to be considered sin
gle—those weighing one ounce to be charged
double, and so on, increasing five cents for
each half ounce weight. The franking privi
lege is continued to members of Congress, but
greatly modified in many other respects. The
bill, in fact, makes a prodigious change in the
whole post office system. So great indeed,
that we fear, if it become a law, in its present
shape, the Post Office Department will, in a
great degree, he thrown as a burden upon the
Treasury. This is not to be tolerated. Its
operations and consequences, like the tariff*,
would be every way unequal, unjust, and bur
densome. Some modification of the system,
as well as a reduction of the rates of postage,
are doubtless called for by the state of public
opinion, and a due regard to the best interests
of the community. And this might be done,
it is believed, without impairing or lessening
the mail service; and at the same time easing
the burden of lette r postage, and increasing the
general correspondence of the country. We
believe, however, that one of the most salutary
reforms that could lie made would he to re
quire all letters and other mail matter, subject
to postage, to be prepaid. This, if we remem
ber rightly, is a feature which has always en
tered into such plans of reform, as have been
proposed by the present Postmaster General;
and is, in many respects, greatly important to
the interests of the Department as well as of the
community. To reduce letter postage to ten
cents the single letter, is perhaps as great a
change as can safely be made. If this were
found to work well, and the Department be
amply sustained by it, it would he an easy mat
ter to make afunher reduction, when it could
be done with prudence and safety.
But the present bill makes not only a change,
but produces a complete revolution—almost a
destruction, of the present system. We can
not deem this safe, or prudent. We fear it is
the wooden horse, thrust peacefully into our
midst, but which will be found to contain an
armed enemy within its body, ready and wil
ling to destroy us. It is to create a drain upon
From the Washington Globe.
February 13.
The joint resolution from the House for the
annexation of Texas to the United States was
taken up for consideration, upon the adverse
report of the Committee on Foreign Relations;
when Mr. Archer moved that the resolution be
indefinitely postponed. Mr. Morehead occu
pied the floor for more than two hours, in oppo
sition to the resolution, arguing that what it
proposed was unconstitutional and inexpedient,
if for no other reason than that it added new
territory to the Union. He was strongly con
vinced that it was better for the people of the
United States to plant themselves in their ori
ginal territory than to extend it. He main
tained that it should not be extended; that a
precedent lor its extension should be opposed
in the outset. He denied that there was any
power in the constitution to admit a foreign
State into the Union. Mr. M. having conclu
ded, Mr. Buchanan obtained the floor; but
without proceeding in his remarks, yielded to
a motion to go into the consideration of execu
tive business. The Senate spent a short time
therein, and then adjourned.
The House was occupied in Committee of
the Whole for the principal part of the day, on
the bill providing for the admission of Florida
and Iowa into the Union. The various a-
mendmenis that were offered were debated by
Messrs. Bayly, Morse, Levy, & A. V. Brown,
until two o’clock, when, in pursuance ofn re
solution adopted this morning, the committee
proceeded to vote on the amendments. These
being disposed of, the committee rose and re
ported the bill to the House; when, under the
operation of the previous question, it was or
dered to be engrossed, and then read the third
time and passed, by a vote of yeas 145, nays
46. The House again resolved itself into a
Committee of the Whole on the state of the U-
nion, and spent the remainder of the day on
territorial business.
February 14.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Buchanan made
a most able and statesmanlike speed) in favor
of admitting the State of Texas into the Union.
He showed, by the constitution, the contemp
oraneous construction of that instrument, and
by the proceedings of the convention on its for
mation, that to Congress is expressly given the
power to admit foreign States into the Union
with institutions consistent with our own, He
declared that he was not wedded to the particu
lar form of the act for admission; but was pre
pared to go for any that would secure the great
and glorious object contemplated. He viewed
the question in every aspect.—its bearing up-
on the interests of each section of the country,
and upon the perpetuity of the Union itself;
and must have convinced all those who were
not blinded by prejudice, or have party pur
poses to compass, that whilst it would promote
ihe former it would secure the latter. After
he concluded, Mr. Rives obtained the floor,
and the subject, at his instance, was passed
over informally. The act fiom the House for
24 to nays 26, to the Judiciary Committee.—
The democratic Senators who feel great anxie
ty that there shall be speedy action upon this
bill, resisted the motion to refer it to the Judi
ciary Committee, with the view of committing
it to a select committee. The Senate spent a
short time in executive session.
In the House, the hill granting a quantity of
land to aid in the improvement of the Fox and
Wisconsin rivers, the bill making appropria
tions for tbe Military Academy, and the bill
making appropriations for navy pensions, were
severally, after having been considered in
Committee of the Whole, read the third time
and passed. A number of petitions and reso
lutions, as usual, were offered and referred.
Febkuary 15.
Tho Senate, to-day, was enlightened by a
speech of more than three hours in length from
Mr. Rives, in opposition to the joint resolution
of the Mouse for annexing Texas to the United
Slates. He declared himself in favor ofannex-
ing Texas, if it could be done by what he con
ceived to be the only constitutional mode—
through the instrumentality of the treaty-ma
king power. He maintained that the power
given by the constitution to Congress to admit
new States into the Union never contemplated
the admission of foreign States, but had refer
ence exclusively to the States out of the terri
tory then belonging to, or which might be ac
quired by the United States. Mr. Woodbury
will address the Senate on Monday on this sub
ject. Tne debates upon this important ques
tion have been withheld from the readers of
the Globe to enable the speakers to revise them
before publication.
The first business in the House, this morn-
mg, was the reception of reports from the
standing committees, among whiclijwerea num
ber of bills that were appropriately referred.
The post-office and fortification appropriation
bills, returned from the Senate with amend
ments, were taken up, and referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means. The House
then resolved itself into a Committee of the
Whole on the s ate of the Union, (Mr. Hop
kins, of Virginia, in the chair.) and look up
the army appropriation hill. After spending
some time in discussing and acting on the vari
ous amendments that weie offered to that bill,
it was laid aside, und the committee took up
the bill to regulate the pay of the army. After
adopting several amendments to this last men
tioned bill, tho committee rose, and reported
it to the House, as amended ; when the amend-
excfusively to the reserved sovereign power of
the people in their primary assemblies. Mr.
Henderson next obtained the floor, and then
the Senate adjourned.
The House, at an early hour, went into Com
mittee of ihe Whole on the state of tbe Union,
and took up the bill making appropi iations for
the purchase of furniture for tbe President’s
house; and after some time spent in discus
sion, the bill was rejected—yeas 62, nays 70.
The House then resolved itself into a Commit
tee of the Whole on the state of the Union, Mr.
Saunders, of North Carolina in the chair, and
took up the bill making appropriations for tbe
civil and diplomatic expenses of the govern
ment for the fiscal year ending the 30th June,
1846, the discussions on the amendments to
which occupied the remainder of tbe day.
From the Southern Recorder.
Eatonton, 26th Jan. 1S45.
Some of the Democratic presses are venting
their spleen upon the committee appointed by
Governor Crawford to examine and report up
on the condition of the Treasury. The “Ma
con Telegraph” first published a tissue of mis
representations as to its actions, and the last
“Federal Union” has republished and endors
ed them. Thejattack is aimed at me directly,
but intended to reflect equally upon the action
of the gentlemen appointed to act with me. I
do not design to defend either myself or them
against these attacks, but simply to expose the
conduct of these editors, as thereby to show
what little reliance is to be placed in what they
say.
The committee, in their report, when speak
ing ofene hundred bonds for two hundred and
fifty dollars each, say ‘‘they were issued—
were not receipted for by any agent of the
State—there is no evidence of their having
been destroyed, and are therefore to be con
sidered as outstanding, though they seem ne
ver to have been presented at the Treasury for
endorsement, or for payment of interest.”—
Tk'ese Editors have charged me with knowirg
that these bonds had been destroyed, and then
of withholding from the rest of the Committee
such knowledge, and permitting the foregoing
report to be made. The evidence on which
the charge is based, is a resolution offered by
myself in the Legislature, at the last session,
calling on the Executive for information, as to
the amount of bonds cancelled under tbe act of
1S41 suspending operations on the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, and i.'n extract from ihe
Message of Gov. Craw ford responsive to t! at call.
The material part of the Message, that which
was directly responsive to the call, has been
suppressed, and tho suppression has bean made
that a more infamous use might be made of the
part published. Governor Crawford informed
•he Legislature that a few bonds had been can
celled under the act of 1S41—that $112,13S 89
had been applied under it, and including these
bonds, “the appropriations for the road have
been considered as diminished by that amount.”
This is the part suppressed. He likewise in
formed the L' gislature of all the bonds which
had been destroyed or cancelled: and that por
tion of the message is published. In it the Go
vernor says, “the only evidence to be found in
this Department in relation to the subject re
ferred to (cancelling of bonds,) are the accom
panying certificates, which show that several
bonds of different amounts, but never issued,
have been destroyed.” And it is this evidence
which 1 am charged with possessing, which
showed the disposition of the bonds in dispute,
and which I withheld from the committee.—
the bonds but the one hundred, not accounted
for. Certainly, these gentlemen knew wheth
er they burnt more bonds than they have said
they did ? The bonds had remained in the
Executive office from 1840 to 1843, when they
were burnt. Now, all these facts are present,
ed, substantially, in the report of the commit
tee, and to the facts there presented, and which
received my sanction, (and they all received
it,) I challenge successful pi oof against even
one of them.
The committee have appended a note, by
way of supplement, to the report, since it was
first printed, and in that they state that upon
a second examination, the deficient bonds are
accounted for, under the presumption that a
“clerical error was made by oue of Gov. Mc
Donald’s secretaries, in entering the order of
17th April, 1843, by inserting that bonds from
“No. 201 to 300 be burnt”—it should have
been from No. 101 to 300—which fact is sup
ported by tha books in the Treasurer’s office.”
This note was enough of itself to have told
these Editors that their charge was false. It
told them, that the source of information from
which to learn the disposition of these bonds
was the order of *‘17th April, 1843.” The re
port showed an extract from that very order
stating its contents and what particular bonds
were burnt; so that the report explicity stated
a knowledge of the very fact, which 1 am char
ged with withholding. If Gov. Crawford’s
message did not allude to this order of “17th
April, 1843,” then it is certain, according to
these F^ditors, that 1 did not knoto the disposi
tion of the bonds, and could not have withheld
the knowledge from the committee; and hence
the charge \s false ; ifit did allude to it, then
the published report showed that the Commit
tee did know of the order, and therefore, 1
did not withhold it from them, and in this
view of the quesiion the charge is equally false.
The report was in the possession of these Ed
itors—had been printed by one of them, and
When the charge was made, they either made
it knowing it to he false, or were ignorant of
what they wrote. They may take whichever
horn of the dilemma they like best.
As to this second examination made by the
Committee, 1 know nothing. 1 was not pre
sent when made, and never heard of it. until
I saw the note in print. I apprehended no
more evidence was obtained, since the expres
sion of opinion is predicated upon the presump
tion of a “clerical error,” in describing the
bonds.
As to the l ‘dark insinua'ion” against Gov.
McDonald, spoken of by these Editors, it is
Unnecessary to speak. He had as devoted a
friend upon that committee as either, of the Ed-
itors; and one who I know would sooner have
repelled any imputation upon his integrity than
either, or both of them—had it been intended
The public will now he able to determine,
what credit is due to the charges of tho “Ma
con Telegraph and Federal Union.”
JAS. A MERIWETHER.
MACON, GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 25, 184*
the first place, the committee did have this ev
idence before them, and their report shows it;
and in the second place, it does not relate or
reler, in any manner, to the bonds in contro
versy. By a reference to the ‘‘accompanying
certificate" spoken of by Gov. Crawford, and
published below, it will be seen what bonds lie
meant; and by reference to the repott of the
committee, it will likewise be seen that they
referred to different bonus altogether, and
hence, even if withheld, the evidence was ir
relevant. That the “Macon Telegraph,” and
“Federal Union,” were ignorant that the mes
sage of Governor Crawford did not relate to
these bonds, is imputing a degree of ignorance
to the Editors which is disgraceful to them;
the message advised them that “accompanying
certificates” disclosed the history and identi
fied the bonds, if, with this evidence before
them, they make such a charge against me,
they are deliberate and malignant in their ac
cusations. it they did not have the “accompa
nying certificates” before them, or did not
look into them, then they are no less deliber
ate and malignant in their slanders, for they
have imputed au act to me, which at tho time,
they did not know whether 1 had perpetrated
or not.
The insinuation that tbe committee was de
ceived by me, or that they relied upon me for
information, is alike false. The committee in
vestigated the subject for themselves. In ma
king up the amount of the “public debt,” they
discovered a discrepancy of twenty-five thous
and dollars—the registry of bonds issued, both
in the Treasury and in the Executive office,
was closely scrutinized ; the receipt hook was
rigidly compared with it—the certificates of
bonds burnt or cancelled were also compared,
and it was discovered that the error lay in a
batch of bonds, three hundred and forty-five in
number, of two hundred and fifty dollars each ;
the coupons of which had been signed by A.
A. Park, A. M. Horton and Charles E. Ha ynes
jr. Mr. Horne, who had charge of the bond
registry, was before the committee, and he ex
hibited to them every order taken in reference
to cancelling bonds, from Gov. Gilmer’s ad
ministration—and no where could any mem
orandum he found, showing the destruction of
one hundred of these bonds. They were re
gistered in the Treasury office, where all bonds
issued are required to be registered—they
were registered in the Executive office, and the
“accompanying certificates” nor any other
showed what had become of them.
From the Albany Argus.
Testimony of Six Presidents of the 17. States
in fa vor oi* Temperance.
Albany, Feb. 1st, 1845.
Mr. Edifot—Being in Virginia during the
life of President Madison, and while the friends
of Temperance, under an apprehension, that
distilled liquor was the chief cause of intempe
rance, were exerting themselves to induce the
public to abandon the use of such liquor as a
beverage, the unders'gned called on that dis
tinguished siatesman and procured his signa
ture to the subjoined .declaration. Immediate-
Itr fhor-flufipr fitp «K7fiaf(irPS of Picai-
son and President Adams were obtained, in
commemoration of this event, a silver modal
was. struck in England, and transmitted to
each of the gentlemen. Recently the names
of President Van Boren, President Tyler and
President Polk, have been added to the same
declaration. So that (with the exception of
President Harrison, who was prevented by
death from expressing his well known senti
ments) all the Presidents of the United States
who have lived since the temperance reforma
tion commenced, have now given their testimo
ny against the use of Distilled liquors ns a be
verage, the only liquors generally believed at
the time the first signatures were obtained to
be productive of inebriety.
EDWARD C. DELAVAN.
DECLARATION.
Being satisfied from observation and expe
rience, as well as from medical testimony that
ardent spirits as a drink is not only needless"
but hurtful, and that the entire disuse of it
would tend to promote the health, the virtue,
and happiness of the community, we hereby
express our conviction, that should the citizens
of tho United States, and especially the young
men, discontinue entirely the use of it, they
would not only promote their own personal
benefit, but the good of their country arid the
world. JAMES MADISON,
ANDREW JACKSON,
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
M. VAN BUREN,
JOHN TYLER,
JAMES K. POLK.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTH-DAY.
The 22d of February was celebrated i n a
spirited military display, by the Macon Volun
teers, Floyd Rifles, and Bibb Cavalry. \y e
look always with pride and pleasure on these
handsome companies, which we believe is the
feeling of our citizens generally towards them
and rejoice that they sustain themselves so well
It is usuul for volunteer corps, in this State, to
he organized in some temporary excitement
and die almost ‘as soon as the transient cause
which produced them. It is happily not the
case with these, as their duration already, and
the energy of their officers and the esprit
corps of the privates, give earnest of long con.
linuance.
The Macon Volunteers as a company, j s
nearly coeval with our city, and on the 23dof
April next, will celebrate its 20th Anniversary.
During no period of its existence, has it per.
haps been in a more flourishing condition.—
Each of the other companies give like promise.
Camp Oglethorpe wc understand, is undergo
ing at their hands, many improvements. And
a variety of shade trees and a verdant lawn of
Bermuda grass, is to add to its adaptation aa a
parade ground, as will as enhance its already
picturesque appearance.
On last night (Monday,) a military hall was
given at the “ Floyd House,” by these compa.
nics. A day or two since we had occasion to
observe, that Mr. Newcombe, was adorning
his commodious dining room with evergreens
and smoothing the floor, for the occasion, and
while our paper is going to press (10 o’clock
P. M.,) the fair ones are “ tripping it on the
light fantastic,” as Richard Swiveller was wont
to say. Though fond of fan, these “youn"
uns” have yet the fear of God before their
eyes, as the Ball was wisely postponed beyond
the 22d of February, in order that the Sabbath
might not be infringed on a moment. Young
folks when they get to dancing, have always
“ a treacherous inclination,” to keep up the fro
lie, ’till “ the wee short hours ayont the ivval,”
therefore Monday was substituted for Saturday
night. This reminds us of a custom, grown
venerable, in “ the Dooly district” in Warren
county, where the 4th of July, is celebrated an- j .
nually on the 1st Saturday in August, as a:
that time the crops are all laid by, and there is
plenty of leisure to devote to patriotism.
GENERAL JL.4Mt.4R.
We see by the Washington papers, that en
motion of Hon. Dixon H. Lewis, of Ala. the pri
vilege of a seat in the U. S. Senate Chamber,
was extended to Gen. MlRABr.AU B. Lamar,
Ex-President of Texas.
Mr. Horne
ments made in commitiee were concurred in, j said to the committee, that he believed them to
have been burnt, and he had supposed the
Executive minutes would show it; but they
did not; and that he believed they were burnt
when the residue of the same kind or denomi
nation were burnt. This was not evidence suf
ficient to induce the committee to report that
the bonds were burnt. Exclusive of these, the
l books showed a large number of the same
class were in circulation. Gov. McDonald
seemed to have acted with a great deal of cir
cumspection about the destruction of them.
He declared ns his reason for burning the por
tion destroyed, that they had “been left in his
(Executive) Department undisposed of; that
the State may be subjected to no injury by the
accidental use or loss of said bonds, or the
coupons thereto attached," lie ordered them
burnt; and that John W. A. Sanford, Benja
min B. Smith, John G. Park, and A. M. Hor
ton, be present at the burning. All these gen
tlemen attended, except John G. Park, Edi-
to r of the Federal Union, who was not in his
office, and they certify that they saw burnt all
under the operation of the previous question.
Pending thequestion of engrossment, the House
adjourned.
February 18.
The Senate, to-day, wa3 occupied in the
consideration of ihe joint resolution from the
House for admitting the State of Texas into
the Union. Mr. Choate occupied the floor
the entire day, except the morning hour, in
opposition to it. The amount-of his argument
was, that the resolution was unconstitutional,
as would beany proposition on the part of Con
gress for the admission of a foreign State.—
He went farther than Mr. Morehead or Mr.
Rives, inasmuch as he denied even the power
of admitting Texas by treaty, or any other in
dependent country; maintaining that the only
extent to which the treaty making power could
go, was by implication to the acquisition by
negotiation of portions of territory belonging to
a foreign pewer, but necessary for our border
safety. The power of admitting a foreign inde
pendent country; he held belonged solely aud
L'nilcil Stales Somite.
Now that it is ascertained, beyond all doubt,
that there will be no election of U. S. Senators
for Virginia or Indiana, and that the Tennes
see Legislature will not meet before next De
cember, so that the vacancies of Messrs. Rives,
White and Foster, cannot be tilled, we are en
abled to speak positively as to the political cha
racter of the United States Senate after the 4th
March next.
The following are the names of those who
will compose the Senate after that duy :
'' ' Democrats.
John Fairfield, M*une.
Levi Woodbury, N. H.
C. G. Atherton, do.
John M. N'.Ies, Conn.
John A. Dix, New York.
Dan. 8. Dickinson, do.
James Buchanan, Penn.
Daniel Sturgeon, do.
Win, ri. Haywood, N. C.
Daniel E. Huger, S. C.
George McDuffie, do.
W. T. Colquitt, Georgia.
Dixon H. Lewis, Alabama.
A. P Bngby, do.
Robert J. Walker, Miss.
Jesse Speight, do.
William Allen, Ohio.
D. R* Atchinson, Missouri.
Thos. H. Benton. do.
James Semple. Illinois.
Sydney Breese, do.
Chester Ashley, Arkansas.
A. H. Sevier, do.
K. A. Hannegan, Indiana.
Lewis Cass. Michigan.
25 Democrats.
Whi
George Evans, Maine.
Isaac C Bales, Msss.
Daniel Webster, do
J. F. Simmons R. Island.
Albert C. Green, do
Thos. Clayton, Delaware.
John M Cln\ton, do.
Jas.A. Pearce, Maryland.
Reverdy Johnson, do.
William Upham, Vermont,
Sam. S. Prentiss, do.
J- W. Huntington, Conn.
J. W. Miller, New Jersey.
Wm. L. Davion, do.
Wm. 8. Archer, Virginia.
Wilie P .Manguin, N. C.
John M Berrien, Georgia,
Alex. Barrow. Louisiana.
Henry Johnson. do.
Spencer Jarnagin. Tenn.
J. T. Morehesa. Kentucky.
John J. Crittenden, do.
1 homas Corwin, Ohio.
W. Woodbridge, Michigan.
24 Whigs.
New-Hampshire.— We learn from the Bos-
ton Patriot that the New Hampshire Democra
tic Slate Convention, called for the purpose of
acting on the nomination of John P. Hale to
Congress, have passed a resolution, with only
one negative voice, declaring Mr. Hale to have
renounced die nomination conferred upon him,
and the same to be null and void. Mr. H. it
will be remembered, voted and spoke against
the annexation of Texas. John Woodbury,
of Exeter, has been nominated as the Demo,
cra'ic candidate for Congress inMr. Hale’s
distr ict.
MASSACHUSETTS DOINGS.
We have seen the furious proceedings of an
anti-Texas convention, held in Boston, where
men of some notoriety have vowed that Massa
chusetts will look upon the annexation of Tex
as, as a virtual dissolution of the union, and act
accordingly. And we do not remember to
have seen more froth and fury expended in «ny
meeting, since our recollection, if we save and
except ihe ludicrous description of the Washer
women’s convention, to protest against the ap
plication of steam to their craft, from the pen
of Major Noah.
We have attentively perused the report of
Mr. Hour, to his constituents too, relative to his
mission to Charleston. And we have not fail
ed to read Mr. Hubbard’s narrative of “ the hair
breadth ’scapes,” incident to his departure from
New Orleans, on a similar mission. The com
mittee of the Massachusetts Legislature, to
whom the matter was referred have reported in
notes of terrible purport, as we gather from
hints in the papers north of us. We have not
yet seen tho document itself.
If Massachusetts is resolved on breaking up
the ebnfederacy, will she reunite with a few se
lect sisters, of more congenial tastes, in her im
mediate vicinity, or go offen her own hook,”
and affect the exclusive, not deigning to recog
nize any power but England, dear England as
worthy of her association ?
If the old lady will break up the peace of tho
neighborhood, and cut all her o!d acquaintan
ces, because they decline submitting to her pet-
ulence and dictation, why then joy go with her.
Some of her poor neighbors, although more
Iosvly, have the vanity to presume themselves
as able to do without her, as she is to do without
them. And we shrewdly suspect, that when
she has succeeded in kicking herself out of the
confederacy, and sees the poverty-stricken ci
ties of her Southern neighbors rising to opu- I
lence, from having at last, by her means attain
ed the poor privilege of enjoying the fruits of j
the labors of their people, she will rue her rash
ness.
Ifshe wants high tariffs to keep her spinning
jennies going, and enable her “ merchants that
are lords” to build cities, her own circumsciibed
population must then endure it and groan os
others—not far hence—are now doing.
But the good dame, although peevish anu
overbearing at times, from having so long had
her way, has yet a touch of conservative
shrewdness, that will probably prevent her do
ing all she threatens. A foreboding ofdeser- j
ted factories ; grass-grown rail ways ; dilap 1 *
dating cities; and idle ships without freight,
will “come over the spirit of her dream,” *°A
prevent an immediate discharge from her s«r-
vice, of her “ hewers of wood and drawers of
water” at the South. But ifshe will part com
pany with us, we must compose ourselves and
bear the bereavement. Few tears will b« shed
on the occasion, in this latitude we guess.
OED NEWS.
Both branches of Congress assembled in the
Representative Chamber, on the 12th inst-,s n ^
after passing through the formalities required
by the Constitution, of counting the electoral
votes cast in each State, James K. Polk was Ac-
