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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.
