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About The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18?? | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1832)
.. V* R . ii* t \t i .*i mii.cf<^ S>l i. !f u; K .«* IN Gill t . , C. >. 'I.N ATOB FUiiH Nt'.V JkKiiEV) Jtrfi'i. 1 <mpcmtct J tinting 4 iill at Ii u»,i agloi* i\ty oil Lit ect'njig oj Jan uu! j JMU, iii support oj the joh tiring rt *i iuitoii: “ sitsoirtd, 1 hut the success winch has .lUeiKkd tiie tflwis ol the friends of tcuipei.nice, attar', s matter for |>tihlic gratitude; and snouki lead us to ctiensti tike principles that hate, uinier me divine blcssuig, produced ricti, decahd and ex tensive r«.iormation, |»ropii.oiis alike to the hojica-ol piety and patriotism.” a he resolution i have ottered, said Mr. F. has regard to the success of the great eti.iit made in hehalt ol teni|*erance; ami in train Mr. Chairman, the progress ol this blessed scheme ol mercy has been sucli as to astonish the warmest friends of tile tempera;»eo cause. That tin evil ol fuc.i .i. luiutude, Is artiig down with such a threatening a.-ptet and such an awful iiiiiocnce on all the pro.-jH-cts and best hopes ol our country, should have been fio promptly and »o elfectualiy arrest* and, is nnleed matter of thanksgiving for eve ry Christian jiud patriot. \V e can ail re member llmt within a few years past, such was the lorce of piddic sciitlinen a ga.ns! temperance, that u retpured no or dinary tortitude in an individual to breast buns n against it hi the use ol coi wait r; while now u would mantle the same cheek With deeper blushes to Ik: seen mingling th at water with ardent spirits. \* hat, 'S*!, the same beings that we were, actua ted by the same desire, mid having the same pa-sions and purposes we had then! The truth is, thi'evil laid reached its cris is. The moral scourge had long swept o ver our laud with the besom of desola tion. It had spared no class, no s< x, no age, no degree. The fireside, the r-nnc tu-u , the court oi justice, the hall ox leg islation, ipiaiiy watli the humble Cot tug c, bore . mi- ce to its presence and power. T c p.iipu thundered us anathemas, tin law ... Id out its penalties, moralists ut tered tlieir lectures.’ But the monster stalk . on, hllnig the regions of death WUXI in.: lairc-t and best hopes of our j country, while the tetirs and groans of! wreu-iieu wives, heart-broken widows, dv ! ber u.iii mothers, marked its course.) T lie evil, I repeat it, had reached Us cris is; a.:d every Iriend ol his coulitre am: h»s r cc- began to enquire what must Ue do.’ - V Viust we give up our coui.lrv w despair? Must the wave of dcsoi.itton continue to roll its resistless course over j the ‘r *t liopt sot humanity ? in that nour 1 of \trc-nnly, God in his mercy prompted ait - individuals to uevise the simi le, but aectual plan ot total abetmeuce. r I h. sir, has proved the blessed engine oi accomplishing so great a deliverance. \\ ny is an experiment so simple, so commended to our patronage? Because tore is toe grand secret oi oni power. L g. -ators and peopk, lawyers and jnog cs, drank oa. They mourned over the evil; they buried a friend here, a brother there, but commended the same poisoned ch-du to tile r own lips. They denoun ced t, • i>ii. but still continued to cherish it in • e-irown (kisoiii, and lie who sear ches die hearts ami whose blessing alone gives access to human endeavor, saw it and frowned upon their cWorts, lint Win- i b-w devoted and self denied men caii.: up to die measure oi total abstin ent- , iid proved by their conduct the •inn i ty oi uicir professions, they propi tni' i it: .Minles ol heaven; and not oniv so, t:y propitiated public semnuem. Min their fellow men became convinc c< h t nice was no hypocrisy in their tears but that they do ply and unfeigned ly felt the evil tiiey deplored, tiieir argu nn "is found a ready way to the hearts, tin understandings, and the. consciences ot tue community. '1 etr arguments could no longer be met by that gallon' taunt, “I'liysicmn, heal thyself.”—Men saw their garments were unspotted from tla evil tiiey condemned; they perceived their honesty; they believed tlnur doc trine, at .i tiieir hearts yielded to its pow er. liut they did not stop here. Even il they hud, sail every aspect of their sim ple pi hi would have presented it as a pi tn full ol wisdom mid energy; and the only marvel would have been, how the fra sos mini c.oidd liave -sh pt over it so Jo .<*. 15 ;i they saw it wmis a practical c vil, i i.i tii. y applied to it api actici l rem edy- 'The whole of the mighty misery grew out of anil nt spirits VV hat so rational; wh .t so sensible «i remedy, as to resolve upoa ’la disuse of them? Then tiiey met the >"* my ii the very teeth.; they took th< .a t once by the throat, and gnq.pi at w ith aim on Ins mvn ground; A no wonder that jie tell before it. It was a no! ti purpose, and conducted upon no ble principles; and blessed he God, it has coinpi* ily triumphed. The friends ot this ino rpnze did not rest here; they knew to U their toe was subtle nnd insidi ous; toiysavvtlie youthful iind the aged hurried,ere they were aware:, to the edge of the fatal precipice and the man was ir retrievably ruined be fun lie dreamed of tla"..e ’’’hcv therefore brought .ot eir aid a • .i. .‘aaid. They not noli rcs"lv i arts to relinquish 'rd ctif-jin' ; v.'ote down tlinr n>- ohit ni. ' : itt and put tlie r onm: to It, 111 i.gilt lie nil I'lld o tin COllti*'»'i' v wen aware ot the ohjeiai ti, 'inch . imid be nr..'<l nimi 'sl tin. tep. '} i-r wire many who said i We 'ova i! y ur o' ji cl, and are vv.ll-] jug to ' bu» \i !i\ all tills e* i. nini'V of H wrist' 1 1 uni loy nu- keeper. ; I cun tuivb care of invsclf. Mo argued j thousands whom subsequent in tern pet- 1 i.i ce bro.-gh. to an early grave, Bui oih e s cavined against the measure by in- i i i, iwi are ensnaring conscicrce. J l.kc ..il yourplun, and approve of all your principles; bat 1 never will **ubecribe to any written pledge.” when the fu tt.ers of our revoioliou resolved to deliver themselves and their posterity from a po htieal Itondage, not to lie named in the same day with that of this Moloch which has enslaved our country; when they uni ted to contend against the political usur tmtions of ail infatuated mother country; w hat did they dot 'J here was no fear of w ritten pledges then. They came f«r --w «rd before God and man, and pie ; gtd j to one another their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred h nor. :>ir, thev wrote' out the pledge and suliscrtbetl it with their names; nnuwliool all then descendants docs not feel a thrill of grateful e mot sous par-.-through his bosom, ns his eve rests ■upon their honored names? Vet there are soine who shrink from a pledge that culls not tor life, for fortune, or lit? ottering up ot sacred honor; hut only for abstinence i from an evil which has well nigh convert- : ed our country into an Aceldama. Sir, we know the dangers to which rnen arc ex post and by tins insidious evil, and we till have cause lo wonder Imw it is that we have escaped them. liut tiijs pledge shuts the door. It i uts niiind to solicitation, and furnish es a satisfactory wi -wer, which indu ces friends and companions to treat the man who tins given it. as one who has devoted ids name and iiouor to u sacred object, and who.must not be solicited to violate it. This takes our youth not only from the broad door-tv ay that leads to open rum, hut from every insidious l*> -path to destruction. A written pledge has enlisted the sympathies of the human heart. ,*»ir, tve know its power. \\ e have seen its influence. \N e have all felt the influence of the) conduct of a friend; and when we see! him altix his name to a eon.bination like this: when we witness his devotion rind the steadiness of his purpose*, its natur al tendency :s to conciliate our good vv ill. The power of such example a Is I om limit to heart.from neigh borhood to neigh! oi lined, from country io country, from continent to continent. The spirit of tha. pledge has been felt in the rotate of New York with such a power, that it has drawn forth within that favored rotate, more than one hun dred thousand written pledges. Their greatest a.-<! tl eir best rnen—their pul>- 1 lie officers v he orn mi nts of their ju d« 'i:d halls ,*nd thitr legislative ossein- ! idii h«ve with one voice contributed their example, nr.d given their names, in pledge foe the total disuse* of ardent -pints, .-sir, there s no enterprise of modern t nies which so illustrates the power of exa pie. It.- great object was to orrert public sentiment; to raise the -n dard of moral principle; and what mode did its advocates adopt, lo no i-oinplisii this desirubie but difficult oh j cot? They determined to gather one by idle, individual sulVrngcs in its favor, and thus lo elevate public sentiment by isnig the senliment of tin* inilividuais who eotnpose the public This is what ey determined te do, and they have doi.e it. 'The power of example, enlis ted ju :» good cause, has accomplished all the i\ on tiers we have seen; and .Mr. ' murinuu, is it not matter ol'joyful gi .it a.stlon, that tiiut cause has at length rein heil this place—not for legish.tion: gisiuiion hud long since exhausted all Is power; am! all the sanctions of law, will'd opposed to the course of this des olating evil, were but as chart'before tlie* mountain storm, lint here* is u new principle, which in its ; otency, is worth whole volumes of legislation. That mighty principle is personal example; and. iSu , what might not such . princi pie efleet, if communicated to the con stituents of all tlie members of the 22d t'oiigrcss' What would it not effect, were nil these members resolved to consecrate their Combined example in this great cause? the mem hers one and all. both of the Senate and House ol Representatives, send down to lheir constituents such n blessed ex ample, with what power would it not go dawn to the thirteen millions xvhotn they represent? Sir. it is not too much to say, that such an example would do more ibr the welfare ol this country, ilic.n whole years of legislation. Let me ask one moment’s indulgence while I add a word or two in reply to die great pieu most frequently urged in opposition to tin* Temperance cause. I mean, i.mong intelligent men and by 'tinny men of high moral character. For there are many men of this class sM! against the c ause, and their plea is, "We drink temperately: we are guilty ol no excesses: we are our own keep ers. and we intend to pursue a moder ale course; what e\ il can there be in the use of that which refreshes us, it harms nobody? .Mi', in view id w hat the tem p.-i'ance cause may, if faithfully pursu ed, accomplish for our i tuldicii and our country, ;iiis plea always tiils my mind with pain. I in* truth is. these are the very men who stand in the way of the progress and success of this great de sign ll the hopes ol its fiends are to he blasted; if they are to look u. Vain ibr die i-oosurniimlion of iis triumph ju producing here u sober people, that re suit will he chargeable on those who vie themselves temperate dtink .ci's fc?ir. the poor besedted wretch iiio reels and sii.ggi is dong the public w ty presents no object of temptation. t*ui'li as : .e, \vd: uever iieguili our youth from the paths ol sobriety The iiiHthsoine lleiys nl In- pri son li . ntshe.- il eH. i-tiial i iilidote io die i tf-i'l of Ins example. And were none olio t> out such as he, and vie.des for the use of a leni spirits, : th< ini:.t'hiel' would tlic of itself lint it a. he lucent, the resj • t*-:»h , f.-ettni pel te ili'iiiker, >,ln, ronii l>. for* Ihe eye <d ..ur yotnli in «■ tiaily use of ardent S ir is. 'lie |mw ii > i wll.iu* ex am; le surrounds dieii. u ih mi .iimos I here thnl spreads a moral death ftiir, ' no iiniii ever iiieuiit---no man ever de 1 J liheratelv determined to drink othei wise | ith an ten peraicly. It is il. > resolution) which has proved the Pandorifs lx»x fom vv hence have proceeded ell those j baneful consequence* which have tilieii so many curly graves, and spread wre I- * 1 chcdnes throughout our land. t«o. ask the druDknrd. os he staggers over ’dissolution, whether he ever meant to > drink to excess, lie vv lit answer, “Ao, I never intended to drink hut temperate- : ly. I never meant to he a drunkard. ; \ drunk.ird! I abhorred the thought. S resol\ eu to ilriuk Icmperati ly : and here I am, a w retched outcast from hu nu n sympathies. Lost lo honor and ; usefulness here; and lost. 1 liar, to hea ven and happiness hereafter.” >ir, ifi we could the language w inch is sue S from 10,<J|»> graves; if we could ) tui ii oslde the veil and listen to the ac cents that proceed from the w orld of retribution, vve should hear but one verdict from rise regions of despair ' "It was the resolution to drink tempo ; rately. that hurried i:s hither.” Wr. vve want a standard of temper- i ate drinking. We wont some sale-, guard for our youth and ourselves. ! W til the mere resolution to drink tcut ! perutely, thick you. prove a suttii-ieiit security? Is tliere any fattier here,who can the in peace vv i ti no better safe- I i guard for his sous, than the Ibree ot '-mil u resolution! W ill any |me w hat it means? Is it to dricjHnt glass, or six glasses, or twenty glares? is it not in effect to drink whatever ! quantity our vitiated taste may desire? '1 hie—this. Sir, hue been the fruitlui cause of oil the woes nnd tears, the mis ery and despair, which have overspread oar land, if 1 hail a voice of thunder. . t would peal it on the conscience of ev-, cry temperate drinker. syir, 1 shrill ) look upon it as little less than u mica- | : ele, ifsin h a man lives lo be sixty, and dies ati mperate man. There ere (so j to speak) nine chane* s to one, that lie! dies a drunk id (Should any one here ! I deem me to liave made an extravagant) (exhibition, l»t each tuun make for liini -1*• If Iris own calculation. Lc him sum! stjJ the number of all he ever kue- - . vvlio j have been hnnied to tlie grave by the ' fleet of ardent spirits, and of nil who, ! though living, are now fast sinking nu : tier its power, and if the result is not ai ; column of testimony, calculated to as-j finish the understanding and to break the heart, 1 will surrender the question. It is only a tew weeks ago, since om- I ! ffthe friends of my youth, the fourth in the same family, went down to the grave a wretched victim of intemperance, i ****-’- whut fhttiiiy is there among ns, that * ; has not in some ofiis brunches, experi [ enced eflects from this source, which caused the heart to bleed? Iftiien there is any sense of moral obligation; ifthere is here any iie.irt filled with the love of country: ifthere be any sense of tL.<» worth of the immort-d soul, ier us unite to nid this sacred cause («od liassmi-i led upon if. It is on its way tosuecess. : It wants our resolution alone, Ailoth- 1 ere» i|s grow by negtecl. This will t | e - : j dim* and die if *c neglect it. Let us j inscribe o:i our breast ibis- -tlie dictate j of inspiration—" Touch not. taste not, ! handle not,” and the work will ha t | o ne j —and doiiviiance nccomplishcd. 1 r - Works of a W indpecker —laines Vila i Esq, ot Bedford Als. lets leit in our of i flee a sample ol" the labours of ihe lied- j j headed troodpecker (J , icue eri/thnicrpha- j !us) which exhibits a curious specimen of ; the power and industry of that little ani mal. This consists of the brunch of a young white oak lietvvecn and il in#hes in diameter,perforated to its centre by the I hill of the bird. The hole is as neat and well defined as could have been mortised Iby a mallet and chisel. Tlie object of the j woodpecker, in this performance was ev idently the attainment of a worm probu | i*ly one of tiie n pt ch sos tlie Borer winch ! |so oi tea attacks tiie apple tree, ihe worm ] had made a hole in tiie branch about the ! size of a goose quil o or ti inches below I the place gouged out by tlie bird, and vv as 1 proceeding upwards when the woodpeck er broke in upon and devoured the dc i predator. That this little despised work j man viz. the red-headed wood peck t r with | liis head for a mallet and ins bill for a chisel, should make such a perforaiion is more wonderful than the structure of the Pyramids or the Pantlteou. Yet hoys ami ! other bipeds, who think they have some I claims to respectability, arc in the liubit of 1 murdering woodpeckers without provoca | tioii and without remorse! j Mr. (’ornclius Coning of Roxbury once ; inform and us that he found m the stom ! acli of a woodpecker no less than bor ers which had been recently extracted. The tongue of this bird is sharp pointed and bearded on w hich he impales the in sects wlufeli reward his labours. The es- j forts of a woodpecker however, are of- 1 lou misunderstood* and tiiey are stoned or shot for their good deeds by the stupid bipeds in whose service tiiey are engag ed. The perforations they make toes-; tract insects are by some thought to in jure the tree w Inch they are ridding of the worm in its vitals and death is the reward [ h ch ignorance inflicts on its bericfuc ois.— .V, E. Farmer. BOSTON, Fcl>. IH.—SmaLi f*ox.—A man sick with small pox was removed frnhi tin- vicinity of North Square, on .Tuesday: and yesterday n sailor was ta ken to Rauisford lslai.d from tiie Marine ; Hospital, Chelsea, vv.th the same disease. Ii is a curious tact, tlu;t this lost man, about flnecn and ivs s;i ce, ihen at work at the Qu iruntna Crouiid, stole a (ioosc from the St< w.iid, tided by some other ! vvorkinen, and wen! into one of tin vv irds : of the busjn' and, .at night, to cook it hv . frving, to and the # contfuctnl the rhsi nse. Ite-na in, ell thin ty, he availed buns self of tl ' ' Hospital, where the j diseasi m .s • u lon. and, (> i his way io 't l ' I* 1 i ’ • i .d< i confession, touch-1 mg tiie iielunct goose. Prom the Savannah Georgian. Extract ol a letter dated, A HABM-sTiix, March U 1632. •fl lie state oi’public feeling liere, anil probably throaghout Mouth l.'aroliuu, is to saj tiie least ot it, alarming. .Nothing is talked ot but Nullification anil its jiro buLle coiiecqiiLiiCc, am! the excitement grows since the manifesto oflheNuihfi c-rs, adopted a: liie Convention was sent torth on Monday. 1 do not know what will t>e the upshot oi this business, but the party does sit in determined lo pro ceed to do ilie very worst it has threaten ed. The consequence is, people, par ticularly tlie moderate part, loob on w ith dismay, and tis possible some ol the vio lent view it also as hasty and ill-advised. It is understood here that if Congress does not essentially modify the tariff, a special session oi' the Legislature will L* caiLd inimediuteiy after us adjournment, who will adopt measures necessary to render it a nudity though civ.l war, dis union, &.<•. &c. may follow. Depend up on it, the cr sis is at hand, and the efii c:eney of i.ulldiealion wul prohahl v sliori lv ie tested. Ihe following is th*. conclu ding paragraph of an address to the peo ple of Chester district, >. C. h v the com mute appointed to draw it up sli.ivv s tlic the high state of excitement of the public mind— Fellow Citizens—Your country is in dangi rand the .-übjeci need he no longer disguised. It is- apparent that there are men in the midst of us w ho are ur«in<r the ~. c n i*’.ate into a hostdie contest with our own govenanent; and who are htokin"- to England for assistance to rescue them from tiie dilemma consequent; upon such a contest* Yes, to the degenerate nnd corrupt gov eminent oi Old England? against w hose wicked misrule, the noble arm> of religious martyrs is yet bearing testimony—a government which, in its umi.liti'ous and unhallowed lu.-t for do mination, has shed the blood of met from the snows of Scandinavia to the pl iihsof Hindustan, and winch is now deuyunr to its own citizens the inestimable right of an equal representation—to this govern ment we are to look for assistance m the event of a struggle with the government of the F lilted Slates* To those of our opponents who yet retain their American feelings and who have been deluded into an opposition to their own countr , vve say—come out from among them and he separate. By the eternal principle of liberty, therefore—by the immured me mory of Washington, and ly the f lood of four fathers which was po iro i out like water for the establishment of flic lmi ri c n Cmiui and American Iml pe e-.c - and Mvh'di cries to Heaven against < v. ry plan ot disorganization vve conjure you to he up and doing. If other districts prefer tiie black and piratical, and trai torous banner of imlbficatitm, and th< bloody flag of Hid England, let it he known, th t when the standard of 1 berry, tlie broad -tripes and bright stars ofthe Van licau Union shall he unfurled to the breeze, the people of Chester will lie proud to acknowledge themselves among its most strenuous supporters. I have understood Mr. I); Camp goes week after next to Savannah with his company for a couple of weeks. Miss I -her and Mr. Cooper a company, ban. Charleston has been filled to overflow ing during the races; indeed munv per sons could not get lodgings, and staid in the vessels that brought them, ft is not so crowded now hut there are manv strangers in town and among them a large number of Georgia mer chants. Georgia in relation to t\e Gold Mine?. W.‘ have lately had the pleasure of ex aminingl many curious and interest mg im taiic anil mineral specimens from the mines of Habersham and its neighbor hood. Iron ore, from a very extensive mine near Clarksville, ,vhs exhibited. A founder}-is there established, which if supported by cupitid. would yield, it is thought, an abundant supply of Iron for almost any demand. A yellow sand was also among the collection, taken from a very large bank, which igu.tes upon the application of tire, vvnli a blue flume, and the sudden explosion of pow der. It is doubtless, from its snu-il when burning, ,n sulphurous mineral, which might be applied by chemical process, to very useful purposes Block tin is also found in great quantities in those regions,—The silver jr e was « tail spei linen, anil from the abundance, proves the riches oi the mine from which . vv as taken. But the "Gold blossoms” ol course attracted our nUentiou most They were various. Generally speak mg. the pure while ehrystal fc the yel low quartz,—in which the gold is most, frequently imbedded, are considered tlie surest tests ibr u gold mine. These specimens were exhibited by Muj. Heath from Baltimore, who has lately explored the gold region, iiis statements coroborate tlie reports and speculations of many vviio have turned their attention to this subject.—From him we learn that the Habersham mines Ure immensely Valuable.—and he doubts not that tiie mines ofthe Cherokee t uun tip will be found, on farther exitnun •- fion. rich almost beyond euleulatiou, not only in die precious metal , but in the various minerals nnd curiosities of the most choice cabinet. Washington .Vi it s. A college fght. —A letter from Schcu- . nectudy, states that a tight or duel l„- t ween two students from the Southriu States took place the othi r day. Th, v ftui::iu with pistols a id dirks, and bo'f wire voiimii’d hut not | r „ '’.aft .' dint the civil author tics in.ve t.ak mi cogni/.aun of tl e amt • >. W“t»j Dai Ip Ado. f t b. i7- . . ION, Feb. 2b. In the Seriate, yesterday, tiie lull «rani mg a tract o. iOt„) acres iuml T 0 T Territory ot Arkansas, for t i u . , c of a court house aid jad at Littii in said territory, was read the Uuru t , ’ and passed. Mr. W hite, fnJCcoZ miltce on 'ndiaii Affaire, repmicd ab, i?, provide for the appointment ot a 1 mm, J ssoner of Indian Attars, and tar 0l er purposes, w hit*h w as read, and ordered m a sccoi.d reading. Among the pem ionij anil memorials presented, were s t .. lT i trom Massachusetts, presented hv M elister, praying i» r the «hol.u«/’ i slavery in the District ol Cidund ta . j 1 1 special order (Mr. Clay’s retoiui oi.> i ing iafen taken up, Mr. Dalian occep.J eta floor until the adjournment ut q : Senate, in favor of the protective sv-t*n, Mr. Dallas’ speech will be continu'd to’ day. In the House of Represeniativ* 8 , nu . meriMis pelttions and meonwHils ’wer," presented, us is customary oti Mm dav- Mr. Archer, from the Committee on tlrl eign Atiairs, reported a hill f or ,j * coinjK*..satiou of public Ministers, ami of Consuls on the Barbary Coast, which w -i read tw ii a , and committed to n Cnninit tee of tin: Whole, on the shtte of tl»t U i*ioi*- Mr. McDuffie, from the Commit tee ot » ays and Means, reported a b.fl making appreprint one for Ii ianasir ui ties for i ISI3, >vliich was siimlurlv «i,>po sed 01. i lie rcsolutio 1 . ottered tn M r < lay ton oi Georgia, tor tlie appointment o! a select lomuidtce to investigate the atia is ol tin Bank oi the L luted States was then taken up. Mr. Clayton brought forward a variety ot chargee ilgamst the hank, including that ot usurious p iua.tcs and contended for the m cessity H ~n j,,.’ qmry by Congress into its concerns. Mr. McDulHi replied. Mr. Fatton rose te add res.- the House, hut the hour es fom;. o'clock h iv'ing arrived, an adjournment! took ulace, in pursuance of the order on t rtday, until seven o'clock in the even ing. At i o’clock the House re-assembled, ami on the motion of Mr. Joimsoi , of Kentucky, went into a Committee of ihe Whole on tin* state of the Union, Mr. ICitot in the chair, and took lip the post route hdl. After passing through tin va rious clauses, the hill, with uuun re a. m udnicnts, was n ported, and the HouW ndjourned. WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. In the Senate yesterday, after w,.i] memorials and petitions had Ik pre st n ed Mr. llayne, on leave 1.-irom a iii i extending die right of and >• t o Key W esf, w liTcii was twice jiid i innrmtteil to the com.oi. coiunu rce. >lr. D nla • after occupy! . the door .a' o hours, vonciuded his speech m t rof the i'rottetive System. Mr I-orsy;: next took tiie floor m opposition to th* i* oiu tion under coiisideratiou and spoke .or a liout iiiteeii mmutes when h* g .*. vv.ty to a motion to adjourn—Mr. F. will i .m --tmue ins speech to-day. In the House in in prcsciitativi s, sevet ui lulls wa re reported ami committed. Mr. Doddridge, trout th* committee on die District oi Columbia, was disc urged li’oni the turthi r coiisideratiou of tiie suh jeet providing for the representation of the District in Congress by a Delegate in the House, Tiie remainder of the day was devoted to the engrossing question ol the Bank ot tlie U. f*. Air. Boot introduced various uuit iidments to the Bill or re chartering that institution and tiie resolu tion ot Air. ( layton ol Georgia tor die appointment el a Select Committee, was taken up anil discussed with much animation by .Messrs Tul an, mis, .miser Cmnbrcieng, Branch and fiummgton. At nearly five o’clock the House adjourn 'd without coming to any decision upon it* A letter written from Washington on Saturday, states, that- there was a mest O': radons altercation yesterday m the House o! Repiesentatives between Branch '••d White ol Floric.it. It was more per sonal than any thing that has ever before happened in Congress, indeed the ele ments of strife arc discernnhle in every thing here. —llulunonil Enq. T Pickpocket caught. —A young mao or genteel appearance, and about 25 year* of age was on Saturday morning last r rested in the neighhorhood ot the Post Otfice in the act of picking a genlletiKia’s pocket. It seems that the light fingered personage has been observed hv som-' gen tleman on one ofthe wharves when ni'ifc* iinsuccesfully attempt io pick a persons pocket the re; a>ril suspecting liuave to he one practised in the art and on the look out for a victim a (rap " n S set for Inm. Thus one of tiu* gentleiriafi releiTcd to depoi.,ited a five dollar i:o'<- in a hank !u>ok pt:rmittir;g one corner of the note to he tcmptin«!v visible. The per son thus accoutred called at the Post Of fice and assn tried to he asking for letters at the window. The pickpocket -non oosiTved the note, nnd in n few miri'itcß more contriv pi! to have it in his own pos session. 7he feat was observed by ne id the gentlemen vv ho has witnessed 'he unsuccessfully effort who promply stepped forward and arrested the unfortu nate vV'ijht who was taken before the Mayor and committed to prison. 11l r’vo his name as James Video, and on h* iriterogateil nstn what l>*‘ had to sa* for hintse If replied nothing. A coinpanioo who was with him at the time 'he ’heft was cniniTvtted immediati tv took hi* le*' Is on *•' ht' st <if VM*. i* "ikl *d 'hoilgt) cIiIISC WH- /a* ■ i lfeift.ll 11 * *’•* e«pe. [Philatfi Iphta Enjuiri r.
