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been ordered of a report on the same sub ject, made some years ago—he believed at the close of the 19th 1 Congress—but no mot e. That report was made .and with out being read, a large additioanl number of copies were ordered to be printed. Mr. Everett, of Massachus* tls, said the gentleman was mistaken. He ([Mr. E.J made that report himself, and be well remembered that it was read through, to the House, before the printing was order* cd But as to the other question: t|ie gen tiernau from Pennsylvania bad said that great misapprehension existed in the coun try on tUts Indian subject; and gave that as reason for moving the large additional number of copies of the report. —Mr. h. said he would not contend about the cor- But when the House is told that great error ofopimon prevails on a subject, and that a certain document is calculated to contradict that opinion and correct the misapprehension, would the House favor the extensive distribution of that docu ment without fiist hearing it? Was it not proper first to know what opinions it contradicts, and what it affirms? He had po mur.li rontkbm ein the Committee, that had the p; biting been moved without, any reason hut the interest on the subject, he would have voted for it without, hesita tion/ hut it was the reason assigned for the motion which made him averse to consent to it. Mr (ioodenow, of Ohio, was in favor of the extra number of copies. As the sub ’cot was one of great importance, and as be had perfect confidence in the commit tee, he was willing, on the faith of that confidence, to vote for the motion. There was nothing, he tin ught more important, there was nothing more dear to him, than giving irfo>mafioM to the people. Mr. La mar, of Georgia, said he wonld not now enter into any (hscussion of die subject/ but, when the time came, he could show, that in the conduct of Geor gin respecting the Indians, there was no tin'g nicon-i-ient with the Constitution or with propriety. That now was not the question/ but it was tioo that great mis appr hen-ion existed in some parts of the j country on the suljec’/ the newspapers had teemed with statements and com ments calculated to mislead the public mind, and he hoped that a large number of the rep.it would be printed and distri buted among the people, to counteract the great misrepresentation on the subject. .dir. St frige re. ol Pennsylvania, took it far granted that the report embraced all the laws of Georgia, respecting ’.he liuli a ns,mid all the fads of the case, present ed in a fair view/ and as it would there fore enable the people to form n correct opinion on the subject, he was ill favor of printing the additional copies. Mr. S. concurred in the opinion that the most erroneous i i.pressions were entertained among the people on this subject —His own correspondence, as well as the nu .memos petitions received by this House, convinced him of the fact. Ho had re eeneda letter lately from home,express ing surprise at a proposition now before Congress as was honestly believed, for removing the Indians by force, and the people in Ids part of the country were nc> tuidly holding meetings to petition Con gress aginst such a measure. Another Wter v%as in l.ivor of the extension of jurisdii.uori over the Indians by the Slate of Georgia/ lint protested agftiimt contem yhtted forcible removal, in favor of that u lii. li Un. (|.IC , flirt itldl which is not intended, lie cited other; cases to establish the fact of great misap prehe >sion on the subject-—and as this repot t r< rr ect those erroneous impressions lie was in favor of the extra number. Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania, preferred know ing for himself what the report contained before he voted lor printing tlih huge additional numbe.t. The debate! bad consumed more time than the reading of the report could have done, and lie’ wish-d it read. He had voted some days ago, lor printing 6(00 copies of a without its being read. ( The report made by 1 audi'M letig from the Committee of ( ouunerce.) and lm confessed, if he had known what that report contained, he r!i on Id have voted differently. He was resolved net to commit the same error agiun. G . Haynes, of Georgia, laid, the ob ’ to Ihe printing, seemed to he the ;i 4\t ilie report was a parted one * i ui on one ?ide—'( his \v;u mere jre!irnj,iiotr* ffhtT'ought not to hi ruler the • s'ti'Mjfion rs ‘he information which it ’.‘pi't l med among the people, Syj pusiug the character of the report such as was imputed to it, the House had printed a large extra number ofa former report, of a „ opposite character, and it would be unfair to withhold this. , Mr. White, of New York, seeing no end to tins debate, and perceiving its tea deucy, to premature dwca.aion o oe whole subject it indulged, moved the previous question —bat withdrew hiawo lion at the retpiest of Mr. Camberleng, who regretted to heir what tlie genttemau (Mr. Miller) hat aaid about the report of the Committee 01 , Commerce. He knew not whether ti I consider those remarks asimplying a com . [dime'it or a censure, but he wa, bound . to receive diem as complimentary. Would t vif,ffsv ll fi“' a ;io s .T ,, uie people, because t it might not correspond with his own I views, or because he might dissent from > the deductions from it? Mr. C. was ■ surprised at the opposition to printing • file extra number of the present re port. There had been an Indian war raging out of doors, and he wished to have the question brought in here, where they might have a fair and honorable war with the other side, who had been carrying it on out of doors. He should like to see who were the members that were opposed to having this question placed fairly before the people—and be there fore demanded the yeas and nays on the motion for postpor ement. Mr. Storrs, of New York, said that he wished to vote understandingly on every matter connected with so delicate and important a subject a3 that before the House. He might or might not agree to principles of the report, and could not say whether he did or not, as it had not been rend to the house and he did not know exactly what the report was. He hoped that he should not be pressed to vote blindfold on any question relating to it. lie had, during the debate, looked very slighty at some of the sheets at the table but had not time to read a passage of it careful. In that part which lie cast his eye upon he saw that a paragraph from an opinion was quoted from a case in the [Supreme Court of New York, but he had no time to look and see whether the report further stated that the case had been reversed in the Court of Errors there. He wanted information as to the nature of the report and its principle. At any rate he did not wish to act in darkness upon it. He moved that it should be read to the House, and asked the Yeas and Nays on that question. The Yeas and Nays were ordered, and the question was taken on the reading of the report, and decided in the affir mative. Aye- 120, noes 56. The Clerk accordingly commenced the reading, and had proceeded about halt an hour/ when Mr Clay, of Alabama moved to dispense with the further reading, which was agreed to, 78 to 57. A motion was then [about 3 o’clock] made to adjourn and lost. Ayes 48, noes 90. Mr. Wnite now’ renewed his motioa for the previous question, which was seconded by a majority of the House. Mr. Storrs, of N. Y. then moved to lay the motion for printing on the table, and called for the yeas ami nays on the mo tion. The yeas and nays were ordered, and being called, the motion to lay on the table was lost* Ayes 37’ noes 143. The previous question recurring, Mr. \ ance demanded the yeas and nays on it, and they were ordered.’ And the previous question being put “Shall the main question be now put?'’ it was carried. Ayes 126 noes 48. The main question was then accordingly put viz on the motion to print 10,000 additional copies of the report, and [decided in the affirmative, by 116 yeas and 56 nays From ihe Baltimore Republican. GENERAL HAYNE S SPEECH, The patriotic speech of Gen. Hot ne in ihe Senate is much admired. The friends of the Administration all like an express their admiration in Ihe most in;qualified terms. Those did Republicans who supported Mr. Adams, believing in the sincerity of his conversation, all say, ‘every word Gen. Hay ne says about those Hart feed Convention federalists in the East, is truth, sacred truth, we do r.ot rare how hard he gives it to Daniel Webster and bis associates/ Then* again, those federalists who disliked the embargo, yet still supported their country, say, ‘well we like it; we ne ner followed the lead of such Feder alists as Daniel Webster and Harri son Gray Otis; it dont trouble us; ‘let the galled jade wince/ Then, again, the real Blue Lights, who as Coun sellor Sampson said, ‘burst blue lights and worshipped the d—— * say “well if he has washed his hands of us, let us cut all connexion with him/ we shall soon see how many friends he has left.’ There never was any thing better than this great debate in the Senate. It is bringing back to the administra tion party all those good old patriotic, Republicans who in the sincerity t>f theii hearts, supported Adams/ all thus; federalists who loved their coun try letter than their party; and is u nitirg our friends in one great Demo cratfc Republican party against the “National Republican party/ led by Daniel Webster and the leaders of the Hartford Convention party of 1814. From the N. Y, Evening Post, Feb. 25. We publish to-day, on the extra sheet, that part of Mr. Webster*9 Speech in reply to Mr. Hayne, which has come to hand in the Washington papers of this morning. We shall follow it with the remainder as soon as it arrives. The speech, so far, is the production of a skillful and expe rienced debator, closely pressed by his antagonist, but fighting hard. The opening is deficient in dignity.— Our readers will comprehend us if they will look at the boast of Mr Web ster that he slept soundly after Mr. Hayire‘s first speech, arid at the no less remarkable passage where allu ding to the inquiry why he passed by Mr. Benton to attack Mr. Hayne, who had brought no charge against the Eastern States, be answers that he would espouse whatever opinions he chose, and say whatever he tho’t fit on the floor of the Senate. The retort on the subject of Mr. Hyne‘s allusion to Banquo*s ghost is a good instance of the dextrous management of such weapons of rhetoric. Tiie Hartford Convention, and the coursp of the dominant party in N. England during the Embargo and the war. on which Mr. Hayne commented at so much length are not defended at all by Mr. Webster, who, in his first speech, presents himself as the gener al champion of New England. He had, indeed, by the severity of his re marks on the proceedings of the south, in relation to the tariff, cut himself off from the opportunity of apologizing for the poroceedings, and lie has therefore observed a weary silcuce. The most unfortunate part of the speech is that where Mr. Webster at tempts to excuse bis course on a sub ject, of the tariff. If, in endeavouring to reconcile his opposition to the tariff of 1824 with his support of the tariff of 1827, which luckily was rejected, and of the Tariff of 1828, which unfor tunately passed into a law, he had admitted that his opinions had under gone a change, the task of apology would have been much easier; But be denies any such change of opinion, until Mr. Madison‘s letter, written af ter the last Tariff, removed his doubt of its constitutionality. It will not, we imagine, be found within the ca pacity of ordinary understandings to comprehend how Mr. Webster could, in 1828, vote for a degree of ‘protec lion’which he thought, in 1824, un constitutional and unjust—how he could vote for this unjust and unconsti tutionol protection, merely because the law ot 1824 failed in securing it to the extent desired by its movers— and, finally, how lie could do all this without any change of opinion as to the nature of such a measure. The most ingenious sophistry, the greatest possible skill in framing apologies, can veil nothing to a public man pla ced in such a dilemma. The most prudent course for Mr; Webster, we think, would have been not to break the silence on this subject which lie* had hitherto preserved. The Ulster Centincl of New-York, thus describes the principal speaker* in the late debate, of Foot‘3 resul t tior, about the Public Lands. W > can vouch for the correctness of a portion of this description. 1. Mr. Benton.— Apparently bout middle age—fine portly figure— rather aide r manic—ne it her I?!! nor short—sandy hair-— large whiskers’--” a narrow retiring forehead—a g/cy eye that can glance like lightning— full face—regular features—a mouth well formed —tongue quick and vol uble—altogether ft handsome *ud $ great man. His delivery is very ju curate and distinct—his words 11 in sensibly and fluently—always in u soft winning tone, except wln-u I,;-/ indignation *s excited, for the very and 1 himsulf(my readers will par don the expression) could not speak or look more terrible. In private lih bis character is most estimaole— kind to the unfortunate, charitable to the poor, true to his friends, and honor.! ble to his enemies. 2. Mr. Hayne.—Would pass fee’ a sprightly young man of 30, though I am informed he is now about 38 full, round face, without whiskers light brown hair, which be wears io the exquisite style—nothing remark able in his forehead—small grey eyes, weakened perhaps by study --features not large but regular, and not so man ly as Mr. BrntiX’S --wide mouthy glib tongue-* rather delicate in his person, though by no means ghostly. His voice has more volume than tint of the Senator from Missouri, and lie pours forth ft is arguments in a tor tent of impetuous eloquence that al ways commands attention, and sv.U doui fails to convince. While spe U inghe is full of action—steppVg in i esSHDtly backward and forward be tween his desk and the bar, near which he sits. In private life, hi* character is like that of Mr. Ben- TON’S—beyond reproach—-South Ca rolina may well be proud of him, 3. Mi*. Webster. 1 suppose a bout 50—large head, covered wi‘k long black hair, which is combed back, and on one side stands errc% owing to his habit of rubbing it u;r while in debate—very Ifirge and very prominent forehead—deadly hazes eyes, sunk deep, and overshadowed by very black scowling brows—wide mouth—pale face—a keen, cutting longue, more artful in repiriee than argument—figure of the middle siz", strongly verging towards a relish for turtle soup. His voice is sharp and distinct, without any of the, Yankee —he seems to weigh every word tie - fore it is uttered—and, generally, moves along in a calm, deliberate’ tone. He has very little arlion, nr.:l not a particle of Mr Renton** fi ry indignation. The eloquence of the one resembles the broadside of a ship of the line — that of the other the mur derous report of a rifle. The Na tional* Republicans should cherish him* for he is their main*stay.. Baltimore, March 9: Yesterday, a number of strangers and citizens asse uol and at the Hail Road. About eleven oh lock, Mr. Branch, Secretary of the Navy, romo members of Congress, and others took their scats in the sail car, whilst oHi ers occupied tb” common cars. The whole moved off in the most beautiful* style, and,ther6 being a strong breeze* the sail car is said to have pi-oree deff at the rare of about seventeen mil* 1 * per hour. The company expressed themselves highly delighted uhih their voijage. This “sailing on dry land/’ is certainly a ‘new thing under tbn Sun/ and exhibits the wonderful pro gress made within a few years in tlor mechanic arts, Wc think sufficient has been done by (lie rail road compa ny to confirm the people in n favora ble opinion of their undertaking, an 1 to prove to Congress, that a subscrip