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t„rv has lr- aiv sni't of the Egyptians; t* is o’ |
interest to tie rhri thin, because it proves that -
longing wfcrh men bad f*r immortality, ages
v ,-hris‘i initv was preached ; :t is of inlcr
;! to the ru in W‘s< i -ne.,*, because it proves,
Vt] it in “ins mov He oto hicol to <leslr*>\ the do
„■ i:',lt',ita: it is of interest to the philosopher,
i rit show -i. >■• far th.i ft ill) mil vanity of man
on, in ;ti nets at pie-idm.; ajii.e't ooing
i rO ‘tleu I|V. men.
<!IAR ALTER Or Till'. PRINCIPLE
NATIONS OK EUROPE. —lo religion, the
German is sceptical; the Litslir litatia do.vout;
?:„> Frenchman zealous, the Italian ceremoni
ous: the Spaniard a bigot.
In Leejnng his word, the German is faithful,
‘he Englishman safe: the Frenchman giddy; I
me Italian shuffling; the Spaniard o cheat.
Ingn-ing ad rice, the German is slow; the
Englishman fearless, the Frenchman precipi
tate; tho Italian nice; the Spaniard circum
spect.
In external appearance, the German is large;
file Englishman well made; the Frenchman
veil looking; the Italian of middle size; the
Spaniard awkard. ‘
In dress, the German is shabby, the English
man rostlv; the Frenchman tickle; th* Italian
ragged; the Spaniard decent.
In ..'W iners, the German is clownish; the
Englishman barbarous; the Frenchman easy;
the Italian polite; the Spaniard proud.
In keeping a secret, the German forgets w hat
he has been told; the Englishman conceals what
he should divulge, and divulges what he should
conceal; the Frenchman tells every thing; the
Italian is close; the Spaniard mysterious.
In vanity, the German boasts little, the En
glishman despises all other nations; the French
man flatters everv body; the Italian estimates
>■ • “i'!v; the Spaniard is indifferent.
n eating and drinking, the German is a
diitiikatd. the Englishman gross and luscious ; j
the Frenchman delicate; the Italian moderate; ]
the Spaniard penurious.
In offending anil doing- good, the German is
inactive; the Englishman does both without
consider itio:.; the Italian is prompt in bone-
In speaking, the German and Frenchman
speak badly, but write well, the Englishman
.-peaks'an 1 writes well; tho Italian speaks well,
writes much and well: tho Spaniard speaks lit
tle*, writes little, but well.
In address, the German looks like a block
head’ the Englishman resembles neither a fool
r.ora wise man; the Frenchman is gav; the
i?.:!ians is prudent, but looks like a tool, the
Spaniard is quite the reverse.
Servants are companions in Germany: obe
dient in England; masters in France: respect
ful tn Italy; submissive in Spain.
The r omen are housewives in Germany;
q.teeus in England; ladies in Fran e; captives
sri Italv; slaves in Spain.
In courage, the German resembles a bear;
five Fnglish'nan a lion; the Frenchman an ea
gle: Italian a fox, ansi the Spaniard an ele
•pWant.
In the sciences, th* German is a pedant; the
Englishman is a philospher; the Frenchman a
ematteror; the Italian a professor, and the
Spaniard a grave thinker.
.Magnificence —ln Germany tho Princes, in
England the ships, in France tho court, in
I tally the churches, in Spain, the armies are
magnificent.
Fro.a C.u Springfield {.Mass.) Gazette.
Somnambulism. —The following tacts were
Canimunicatetl to us by a physician of this
place in relation to a case to which he was
tailed professionally and of which he has been
nil eye-witness.
A lemale about 10 years of age living in a
family in this town is frequently known to rise
from hei bed during the night while asleep
cre-& herself and go about her daily employ,
raents. In several instances she has got up
end set the table lor breakfast, with as much
regularity as she docs when awake, selecting
the right articles, and placing, them upon the
taule, exactly as they should be. In one in
stance, she went into the buttery, which was
p- f i tly dark, skimmed the cream from the
milk into another, without spilling anv at all.
She frequently goes to the drawers w .ere her
clothes are kept, changes the position of the
nrtr :Ins, or takes them out, and in some cases
has placed some of them where she could not
find them when awake. In one instance she
t >k out her needle hook, and it has not been
f i l l since ; but at a subsequent paroxysm, she
sr ‘bund serving the daik a ring upon a
c i': mi, with a needle and thread, which it was
8 . i -sod, from several circumstances,she could
hive ibtained from no other scource but the lost
np He book. This fact, together with other
fi t-i i) the case, seem to show some connexion
between the S'wer il paroxysms in regard to the j
trims of (nought and also an anology between |
t < md some cases of insanity, where lucid |
i. ovals intervene. In all these instances she!
ii ivos about the house with as much ease and |
e 1 : -p ns -ss.on as if every thing was going onasi
usu i! t avoiding persons and objects which ‘
are in her way, although her eyes are often
shut.
When in one of rV sc paroxysms, she talks a
gr- it ‘cal, and w ith much more fluency and
v a itv t -an in lie- waking hours, and occasion- 1
ally upon reHipous subjects so that the case I
rniv in this re >ect he somewhat analogious to!
f[ u . <J -ppiag preacher at Snybrook. One strik- j
j, . feature of this -a* is that she is governed I
ia h>r 1 ,i., r a * • i’ l action* bv her dreaming
tno.igltfs >r • .• .coat: ill-, an I all her impressions I
f,- ,:i> r-xic-e-i.il lUVcts ;:r * mute to accord per-’
fiT-tly with th-.-se tiiiaginaiiuin. For instance
she freiyt infiy suppos s h i It in some other
• ; Jace usually i*.r native p'ilee aiid calls the
persons nrouu 1 b-'-r by the mi nes of persons
•v ho live m that place, and speaks with much !
at of sc <- n ’ and objects which she hast
(hero. If inquired ui’ about persons and!
,V, in „.. in ‘Sprngfi ‘ 1 ‘v’-tieularly the family in
‘Jfce}, : .uo h- r-\ a": ‘jathing about them.)
Notivng which can be said or done (o her,
seems to have the slightest influence in e* ang
ing the current of her thoughts. All attempts
to awaken her generally provo unsuccessful.
At one time cold water was thrown upon her,
but it had no eft'eot except the exr.Umation,
“why do you want to drown me!” and immedi
ately went to her chamber changed her clothse
and came down again to her work. On one
accasion an emetic was given to her, (which
she-took ns she said because the physician
whom she called her father wished it,) but
though it relieved nerhead-nche it did not awa
ken her. If left to herself she after a while
volunterly goes to bed and composes herself to
sleep but remembers in the morning nothing
which has trauspiied.
When in tho paroxysm she usually suffers
such paiu in one side of” the head her face is
Hushed und her breathing is so laborious and
loud as to be heard in a distant room. She
sometimes complains of the pain in her head
and in on, instance wished to have it opened
to ascettain the cause. Her appearence usually
is not good, and she is most subject to these
paroxysms when she is more unwell than usu
al. She has been subject to them more or less
1 for several years.
TIIM WESVERY HERALD,
V iIARIA, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 28 1333.
The friend* and Members of
the ‘* State Rigjits Party, in tlit'-
coiinty, arc request.nl to attend a
meeting t be holdcn at t j ie Mi
ners Hall, this evening at half
past six o.elock.
We acknowledge ourselves indebted to the kind atten
tion of Col. Foster, and Jones,for Congressional docu
ments.
2£*€:—
Christmas in Juraria. —.Mos* our friends had oft
us to enjoy as we could, a Christinas in the wilds oi
Lumpkin, while they might regale themselves in the pioa
surable scenc3 of our neighboring village. W e under
stand there was a line and well regulator bull m Gaines
ville, on Tuesday evening. But kit alon? with cur edi
torial cares and labor and deserted even by our concomi
tant Devils, we wore glad to find ourselves not entirely
forgotten; and on the whole spent a “ merry* 1 and a green**
bio Chris Linass. Our politu friends Mrs. PASCHAL *v
SONS, gave us at their commodious Hotf.l, a treat tint
would have done honor to any up-country Village in the
State, though provided oh the spur of the moment. M c
were surprised, as well as delighted with the fair assem
blage we met on that occasion. This is the second time
! the fair inhabitants of Lumpkin, have given oce.ular do
‘ monstralion, that they might fairly vie with their neigh
j lors. A Ball given at Dahlohnega last we* k, was wc
| understand, handsomely furnished, and well attended.
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i vVe had expected that the inclemency of the season
I would have precluded all the mining operations in this
i quarter, but we are happy to learn that tew Miners have
j suspended their labor :f for more than a day or two.
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Cold. —Wc have been informed l>y highly creditable
authority, that a discovery nas lately been made in Ha
bersham county, of a gold deposit mine, that far exceeds
in richness, any thing we have ever before heard of. The
mining gronnd is very extensive —upwards o r onc hund
red Acres on a Lot known as Richardson’s Lot. Wc
were assured by our informant, that numerous lumps ot
gold were every whereto be seen and picked up in the
pits; the ordinary size of the pieces, was about that of a
grain of corn, many were much larger; eight hands says
lie, in one day made nearly five hundred dwts of gold,
though this was an extraordinary days work; but since
the discovery, they will have averaged twenty five dwts.
to the hand per day. The aime so far as has been tested,
bids fair to hold out, and to answer the owners most san
guine expectations.
We liave laterly seon another rich specimen from tho
noted Battle Branch Lot, which weighed between 8 and
10 dwts. The gold was of a rich ragged appearance, and
annex *d to a small pebble, which weighed 1-3 or 1-4
less than the gold adhering to it; and this pebble had beau*
tifial spangles of gold interspersed through it. It might
probably hare all turned to the rich metal in the course of
time. We understand it lias been sent to Col. ROS
WELL KING, of Darien, who is part owner of the Lob
from whence it was taken.
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Union. —lt is astonishing to see with what pertinacity
the Exclusives hold on to their cloak these windy times. It
would almost seem that they could endure any privation
j and undergo any punishment, so tluit you would cull their
I tortures by a name thatpvould be grateful to tlteir extfnisile
| sense of hearing. But taking all tilings into consjdcra
! lion, and *e are somewhat inclined to the opinion, that
| with very many, “ ’tis the loaves and fishes” they arc af
ter, and that they have learnt that tiic most prevailing
prayer is one in which is most often repeated, tiic magic
word, Union—Union. Now from our acquaintance
with Ihc citizens of Georgia generally, we arc led to be
lieve, that there arc many able men, firmly attached to
theGovemment, and who would sacrifice their all to pre
i serve the Fnion, who would dislike exceedingly, to be
: found among the office seekers, alius “ Union men,”
j And we have reason to fear from the gross abuse of Cie
ol the term; that it will grow into disrepute. Our Gc
■Vernment is purely republican, and our greatest enemy is
consolidation. The only method to preserve the one m
its native purity and to cheek the fatal growth of tiic other,
is to guard with a jealous eye, the rights of the states,
and the Constitution, which those states have formed for
the government ofthe whole. It is hy this care and vigi
lance on the part of the State, that sucli an union is pre
served, as they intended to form. The Union—is ofthe
greatest value to the people of these-United States—and
why? not because it is a union of tlie States merely, and
may bo used as a passport to office, and a cloak to cover
a nbitious designs; but because it is tlicnul-r! in which is
secured tlisp.-ar! of oar liberties; our peace aod hxppi
nos*; tis thou because it contains a treasure Lt* richer did
dcurer than itself—however fair and tinselled, that may
seem—that we cherish, love and support th® Union; but
rob the casket of its treasure, und take from us those pri
vileges and blessing’ the Union kd* intended to 3<*c ure ,
and tis in vain ! you hold up to us in solemn mockery, an
empty toy —the soul, the substance is gone; and think not
to satisfy us, until you have restored the jewel; for tho sake
of which alone, we prised its repository, —tis for this, our
boasted liberty and |vertical freedom, that xcc love the
Union—these wc hold far dearer than office, property or
life, —We hold them, even dearer than our government
or- any allegiance to its constitute!] authorities, e
must, we will defend them—B9 well from the innovations
of domestic intrigue, as from tne attacks of foreign ene
mies. Wc cannot suffer even Union men to ravish them
from us*
2XX •
We give our readers this week a synopsis of the prin
; cipal acts of the Legislature, continued troin our abridged
j Journal. In Senate, tho Bill to forma new judicial Cir
j ruit, m he called the Coweta Circuit, out of parts of
! Chattahoochee, Flint, and Cherokee Circuits has passed.
“Resolutions requiring the Governor to transmit to the
| county of Union, eight copies of tho Georgia Justice and
six of Price’s Digest, and to the county of Sumter, four
of the Georgia Justice, and four of Prince's Digest, was
agreed to w
“The hill to authorize the issuing of grants ill certain
cases, to limit the Cherokee Indians in their possessions*
and to define the rights of Indian countrymen, was re
ported with an amendment, and after several unsucccss
! ful attempts to strike out some, and add others, enacting
clauses, the bill passed. Yeas 43 —Nays 33.”
The bill to establish a Public Ferry across the Utowali
river on Lot No. 181, 21st District. 2d Section passed.
The hill io remove and make permanent the k county
Site of Paulding county passed. The bill passed to sell
and dispose of slaves belonging to the State, and provide
fertile collection and disposition of the funds arising there
from.
The bill to authorize the President, Direc
tors and Company of the Steam Boat Company
of Georgia, to run a Canal or Rail road from the
city of Augusta, to some point on the Savannah
river, so as to avoid the shoals of said river, was
passed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Bills passed.
To amend the act for the government of
slaves, and for the establishing of a jurisdiction
or the trial of offences committed by them and
other persons therein mentioned.
To alter and amend the ninth section of the
third article of the constitution.
To alter the third section of the fourth arti
cle of the constitution, so far as to authorize
the people to elect the general officers of the
militia.
To authorize the Justices of the Inferior court
of Forsyth, to cause roads to he opened to fer
ries that are now or that hereafter may be es
tablished.
Executive Department, Ga.
Milledgerille, 10th Dec. 1833.
I herewith transmit to the House of Repre
sentatives, tile copy of a communication receiv
ed at this department, with the documents there
in referred to, on the subject of constructing a
Rail Road between the Mississippi river and
the Atlantic Ocean— with a request that the
same might belaid before the General Assembly
of this State, now in session.
The memorial presented to the Legislature,
will exhibit the views, plans and progress of the
enlightened and enterprizing individuals, who
have originated the project of a direct channel
of commercial intercommunication between the
Mississippi (the great reservoir of all the w es
tern waters) and the Atlantic Ocean, passing
through a county unsurpassed in fertility and
abounding vith the greatest variety of agricul
tural productions.
The subject is recommended to the respect
ful consideration of the General Assembly.
WILSON LUMPKIN.
December , 12.
Mr. Shick bad leave to report instanter a bill
to incorporate the Central Rail Road and Cen
tral Company of Georgia.
Resolution ofTeredby Mr. King of Mc’lntosh
that the Governor be requested to appoint three
persons as a committee to investigate the con
dition of the Darien Hank as toits solvency end
report to the Governor in order to be laid before
the next Legislature.
Evening Session.
The bill creating anew Judicial Circuit, cal
led Coweta Circuit, has passed both branches
of the Legislature, and become a law. On yes
terday evening, Hiram Warner, was elected
Judge, and Long, Solicitor General for
the same.
The bill providing for the sale of the public
hands, and directing the proceeds to be deposi
ted in the Central Rank, has also passed both
branches oi the Legislature
The following elections were made by the
Legislature on Saturday last, viz:
Bank Directors on the part of the State—
For the Banlc of Darien —James Troup,
Charles M. Cooper, James Holmes, James
Smith, and W illiim Frazier.
For the Bank State oj Georgia —William B.
Bulloch, Geo. Schley, Guo. W. Owens and M.
11. McAllister.
For the Planters’ Bank— Peter G. Shick and
John H. Morel.
Military Officers. —Robert M. Echols, elec
ted Major General of the li th Division ; Henry
M. Terrell, Major General of the 12th Divis
ion, Georgia Millitia ; Bazilla Graves, Briga
dier General of the 2d Brigade, 11th Division ;
Eli McConnell, Brigadier General of the Ist
Brigade, 12th Diyision , James Hemphill. Bri
gadiey General of the 2d Brigade, I2th Division;
Jas. Wood. Brigadier General of the 2d Bri- 1
gade, Cth Division ; and John D. Fields, Gen
eral of the 2d Brigade 7th Division.
On Tuesday, the 10th inst., Mr. Mays offer
ed the following resolution, which was agreed
to, on the part oftha House:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the Sta te of Georgia Assembly met, I
That the \ oters throughout the State, be reques
ted to endorse on their tickets, at the next Gen
eral Election, on the first Monday in October, I
the word, “Annual,” or “ Biennunl,” to Bimtify :
their approbation or disapprobation of u propos
ed amendment of tho Constitution, to substitute
biennial sessions of the General Assembly tot
annual sessions; and that tho vote so given shall
be returned to the Executive office with the
election returns.
Mr. Heard had leave to introduce instenter a
hill to authorize the Governor to issue a grant
for lot number eight hundred and seventy one in
the twelfth district, first section oi Cherokee
now Lumpkin county.
The bill to form out of the Chattahoochee,
Flint and Cherokee Circuits, anew Judicial
Circuit to be called the Coweta Circuit and
attach the counties of Baker and Early to the
Chattahoochee Circuit was read the third time
and passed.
Resolution oflered l>y Mr. Mays, that both
branches of the General Assembly adjourn on
Saturday, the 21st instant, sine die, which was
agreed to.
The Troops for Alabama. —The transport
ships Herald and Jane, with the United States
troops received at Fortress Monroe, went to
sea from Hampton Roads on Sunday Morning
last. The troops consist of the following
corps :
“ Companies A, 11, and I, of the Ist Regi
ment of Artilery ; B, and H, of the 3d ; A. B,
and C, of the 4th. The regiment is command- |
ed by Major Heileman, of the 2d Artilley. j
Ilis staff is composed as follows : Lieut. S. i
Dusscnbury, Ist Art., Qr. Master ; Lieut L. j
Gates, Commissary of Subsistence ; Lieut- J. i
E. Johnston, 4th Art. Adj’t; Assistant Surgeons, 1
Heiskell and Beny.
“ The Regiment is accompanied by the band
of the Artillery School of Practice.—The com
panies are nearly full, and under good discip
line. At Savannah the Regiment will take
steamboats to Augusta, and from thence to Fort
Mitchell, in Alabama, via Millegcville.”
The Norfolk Herald of Monday, from which
we derive this information, adds the following
paragraph :
“ As much political consequence has been
attached to the movement of troops in labama,
in which, at the first, wc participated, it may
not be amiss for us now upon better informa
tion, to avow our disbelief of its having any
connexion with the recent misunderstanding
between * the two Governments,’ but that it is
merely a precautionary measure in icfercnce
to another party. Our informant does not per
mit us to be more explicit at present. It is en
ough for us to say, that the alarmists may quiet
their apprehensions—there will be no war in
Alabama.”
From ConJy Raguet’s Examiner.
There ate more Widlifiers than people are
aware of. —When Mr. Jefferson once said—
“W care all federalists, we are all republicans,”
the phrase was looked upon by many as a little
singular, and the fact was even doubted by
those who believed that many of the federalists
entertained monarchical predilections. If we
were now to assert that the people of the United
States are all nullilicrs. it would on doubt hr
considered as much further from the truth h-ui
was Mr. Jefferson’s declaration ; and yet
we will undertake to prove that the fact is not
60.
By nullifies', we mean one wi o believes that
an unconstitutional act of Congress is null and
void, and not laic, and that there exists and
ought to exist a powei somewhere, to declare it to
be so, and to render it inoperative. But there
are threefdistinct classes ofnu’iifiers.nn euumera
tion’of’whichjwill c nable the reader to discover to
which be belongs, and at the same time to
judge which class entertains the views most fa
vorable to liberty.
The fitst class is composed of those who be
lieve that the whole power of nu lific.ation is
lodged with the Supreme Court of the U. States,
and that tho decision ot John Marshall, Gabriel
Davis, Joseph Story, William Johnson, Smith
Thompson, Henry Baldwin, and John McLean,
or any four of them, is sufficient to render null
aid void an act of Congress which shall have
received the sanction of the Senate, consisting
of 48 members, of the House of Representa
tives consisting of 240 members, and of the
President, acting, perhaps, under the advice of
his cabinet.
The second class are those w u o believe .hat
the Supreme Court possesses the pow. r of nul
lification in cases clearly within its jurisdiction.
They, however, believe with Chief Justice Mar
shall, as expressi and by him in 1799, in his
speech in Congress in the case of Jonathan
Robbins, that “ by extending the judicial power
to all cases in law and equity, the Constitulio i
had never been understood to confer on the de
partment auy political power whatever.” To
come within this description, a question must
assume a legal form for forensic litigations and
judicial decision. Theie must be parties come
into court who can be reached by its process,
and bound by its power; whose rights admit of
ultimate decision by a tribunal to which they
are bound to submit. In cases, therefore, in
volving disputed powers between the State and
Federal G •vernments, they hold, with Mr. Jef
ferson, taat in all “ cases of compact among
parties having Via common judge, each party
lias an equal right to judge Jor itself as well of
infraction, as of the mode ami measure of re.
dress ;” and they consequently believe, with the
Virginia Resolutions 0f’98,“ that in case of a
deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of
other powers not granted by the said compact,
the States who are parties thereto, have the
right and arc in duty boun , to interpose for ar.
resting the progress of the evil, and for main,
taining within their respective limits, the an.
thorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to
them.” This right of Stale interposition, wheth
er it be called State veto, State check, Nullifi
cation, or any other name implying that the nul
lified act shall not be put into execution within
the limits ofthe State, the second class we are
descibing, maintain can be lawfully exercised
by a State Legislature, as held by Pennsylvania
in 1809, and by Georgia in several of her recent
acts. But in this they differ from.
The third class, who, whilst they agree with
the second class in all the other positions rs- !
sumed by them, assert, that the proper tuode us
interposition is by the people of a State Con
vention assembled, chosen specially for tho
purpose, and not by a State Legislature. They
maintain, that this right of interposition would
never he exercised but for very sufficient cause;
that it is no easy matter to arouse a majority of
the people of a whole State to tho extent oi” in
terposing their sovereign pow er; and that no
evil to the institutions of the country can be an
perhended, unless Congress shall tor years re
sist all appeals made to their sense of justice
and to their love of harmony, and perserverc in
a course deemed by that majority to be “ delib
erate, palpable, and dangerous” violations of
the federal Compact.
Wc know there are many persons who arc
horror stricken at the enormity of the Georgia
and South Carolina Nullification, and yet there
are cases that might be presented in which
they would themselves, perhaps, become nulli
tiers. Suppose, for instance, Congress under
the powet to lay excises, which, although re
quired to be uniform thoughout the United
States, may be laid upon any commodity, should
impose one of five dollars a ton upon all anthra
cite coal dug from the pits ; this article bein<*
found in no part of the country but Pennsylvania”
the excise would fall almost” wholly upon that
State, the principal part being consumed within
| her limits ; and asthe law would be constitution
j til, the Supreme Court would have to pronounce
!it so. Would not the citizens of Philadelphia,
| however, and others who arc warmed bv an
i thracite coal, if they were satisfied that the üb
! ject of the act was not to raise a revenue, a,
| expressed in its title, but solely to prevent an
thraci e coal, from coming into competition in
the market with Virginia bituminous coal;
would they not be nuliifiers too ? Or suppose
Congress were to lay a tax upon tolls collected
upon canals that are three hundred miles lon ‘
| and upwards ; would not the New Yorkers be
come nullificis, if they were convinced that the
sole object of tho law was to drive the com
merce of the lakes from the city* of New York
to Philadelphia ! We leave the reader to an”
swer these questions ; and if he replies in the
affirmative, we will conclude by asking him,
i whethe a political principle, sound under anv
conceivable circumstances, is to be denounced,
as treason merely because an application
pens to be made of it to a case which, in his
estimation, was not of the sort that touched hi,
immediate interests ?
Congress. — Walter Lowrie, has been re
elected Secretary to the Senate, and both
branches, by the lust accounts, were completely
organized.
Samuel .McKean, a newly elected Senator
from Pennsylvania, Mr. Southard, New-Jersey,
and Mr. Preston, from South-Carolina, had ap
peared, and taken their seats.
On the 9th inst., Mr. Callwun, putsunnt to
notice, moved for leave to introduce a bill to
repeal an act further to provide for tho collec
tion of duties on imports, approved March 2,
1833; and leave being granted, lie introduced
the bill ; which was then read the first time, and
ordered to a second reading. [Ti.e iniquitous
Force Bill.]
Resolutions were introduced proposing cn
; amendment ol t he Constitution, concerning tin
election of President and Vice-Prosit], nt, which
were ordered to be printed, together with the
report ot the to...iiiitiec, appointed on the same
subject, in the session of 1825-0.
to introduce a bill in reference to the compart
between the C nited States and Georgia iu
1802.
In the House, tlie standing committees were
announced by the Speaker, and tho subject of
contested elections has, mostly engrossed its
attention.
We perceive, with mollification, that in rc
gaid to the most important committee ofthe 11.
ot 11., the uniform, and wo believe invariable
custom, has been set aside so the detriment of
our distinguished representative, R. 11. Wilde.
Ihis gentleman’ name has heretofore been se
cond on this committee, and by usage, as well
as in this case, certainly by merit, entitled lobe
its Chairman,(its former Chairman, Mr. Ver
plane k, not being a member,) blit Mr. Polk of
Tennessee is appointed to this place, with not
a qualification (compartivoly) but the single one
of slavish devotion to the administration.
Return oj Captain Ross—Arctic Discovery.
—This intrepid navigator aftci an absence of
three years and a half has returned to Englan-i
in safety when all reasonable hope had fled even
of his existence. The expedition of Captain
Back, sent forth for his possible rescue and
relief and which in every sense of tho phrase
might be termed the forlorn hope has been
superceded in its purpose by this gratlfyingintel*
hgence—and our concern and sympathies may
now be directed to him who has been sent to
succor the returned.
Capt. Ross,, with the whole of his parly
except three, two of whom died.oo the passago
out and one at a latter period arrived at Hull
on the morning of Friday, the 18th of October.
The hardy veteran, (says the HullfAdvertiser)
was dressed in seal skin trowsers with the hair
outwards over which he more a fadeu naval
uniform and the weather-beaten countenances
of himself and his companions bore evident
marks of the hardships they had undergone
although they appeared in excellent health-
On landing at half past 9 yesterday (Friday
morning,) from the Gazette, the Captain and
his comrades, Commander J. Ross, Surgeon
M’Deann, and Mr. Thom, tho second officer
of the expedition with Capt. Humphreys, pro
ceeded to the Victoria Hotel. Within a ft*’
minutes after his arrival the news spread rapid y
through the town and crowds procedcd o
congratulate the adventures. The Mayor an
aldermen waited on Captain Ross in processio
and conducted him to the Mansion House w* r ,
he partook of some refreshment. Ihe ’
dens and several of the Elder Brethren of
Trinity House, a deputation from tho Com®
sioners of pilots,and several other public
also waited on him to prcsentUheir congra
tions. The bells rang merry peals;theco.ors .
hoisted on nil the spippmg in the pot 8