Columbia telescope. (Columbia, S.C.) 1828-1839, March 11, 1837, Image 2
W?W;coos.?^3^pimcns of differejft kinds?
mostly pr^uced in this State; among which
. were noticSfctDme which were perfectly white,
others varying from a greenish yellow to a
deep orange color. One lot, very splendid,
and of extraordinary size, frcm Rochester, i
Mass. attracted ranch notice, berng probacy j
tiie larse?t and best ever exhibited in the 1
United States.
Cloths ? SWhpIes cfsilk cloths intended for i
handkerchief, woven in the gluten. 1 h?sse
comprised specimens of tin; nbrics made rti ;
July last, being the Company's first attempt, I
and of those now in course of a few months, j
was obvious at a fiance. White ond Nankin .
colored velveteens, of siik work, and cotton j
filling, for vesting^, nantaloons.&c. very stoui, j
and displaying ail the lu tre and high finish of ?
goods composed entire' v of siik. Ht-re was |
also a piece of handkerchief goods, sc nt hither i
from Spitalfields, Eng. as a specimen of the j
fabrics woven in that place by hand looms, i
from a certain quality of stock, a lot of which !
was imported at lhat time; lying with it, a ;
sample of the goods manufactured in this mill i
by power looms from precisely the same stock. '
The great d.fference in favor of the latter ex- j
cited the admiration of every observer.
Finished Goods? *These consisted mostly I
of Siik Aprons and Handkerchiefs ? the latter J
of almost every conceivable pattern, and vary- j
ing, frow pere White with a neatly pencilled I
border, to hues of great brilliancy, some compri- !
sing six or eight gorgeous colors and dazzling,!
flgttres- mtermingkd. Tliese articles being ,
on sale, were rapidly bought up ? most of the i
visfors feeling desirous to possess a memento '
of the early establishment of this important
branch of industry upon our island. We no
ticed an eager preference for the white sort, i
which unluckily constituted but a small pro- j
portion of the whole number. Among the j
handkerchiefs were two placed In contrast ?
and woven in October ? showing a beautiful i
handkerchief, woven by hand loom, the silk of j
which was raised, reeled, tirtwvn a?d manu- !
factored by Mrs. A. Brooks of Sc;&a'e,ftlae?.;
the wjjo le machinery used in the several pro
cesses we understand, having teen made in
the family of Mr B.
The Inquirer says ? "Scarcely six months !
have elapsed, since tkc experiment as here i
commenced, by jxrtting into operation the se*?
eoad homw^he known world for the weav- j
ing of silirrobri *s by the application of steam !
power. The result thus far, has not only i
realized the expectations of those immediately i
concerned ; tmt as wi.I be shewn, added great
ly to our general reputation for diligence and i
interprise.
* _ ? I
A line of Rail Roads f r on Philadelphia to 1
jVe? Orleans. ? It is not generally known, tiat
companies have been incorporated, for the con
struction of a continuous line of rail road from
Philadelphia to New Odeans through the great
-Cumberland valley. But such is the fact, and
a part of the chan is already completed. The
Philadelphia and Columbia rail road ? the
Cumberland Valley rail road from Harrisbnrg,
are now finished or under coqjiacit ? The
Franklin rail road to connect Gi5itat)ersbu rg
with Harper's Perry, will coafcect the forego
ing Pennsylvania works with'fte Potomac and
Staunton rail road, now completed to the cen
.Ire of Virginia; the Staunton and'Lynchburg
Rail Read, the Lynchburg and Tennessee
Rail {Road ? to coanect the Virginia, works
with the Nashville aud Njw Orleans Rail
road, wiii complete the chain, by rail roads,
without incline planes, on which locomotives
-can be used the whole distance. What a
plendid improvenrenr! W'c are pleased-' o see
that a committee of the Virginia Lrgrslftfure !
baa recommended that the State appropriate
ootofthc surplus revenue, 600, U00 dollars to
the Potomac aod Staunton. rail road ? 450,090
^dollars to the Staunton and Lynchburg rail
xoad^p-and 1,255,000 dollars to the Lynchburg
?nd Tennessee rail road. ? Should the Old Do
tninion follow the recommendation of this com
mittee, we shall have a coutinuous rail road to
New Orleans within five years. ? [ ILirrisburg
Intelligencer.
Correspondence of the Courier.
Washington, Feb. 23, 1337.
The senate sat last night and continued in
session until after 10 o'clock, and the House
of Representatives did not adjourn until half
past 6 o'clock this morning. The Senatu was
engaged chiefly on bills of inconsiderable in
terest, .except to individuals immediately in
terested in them. The subject which occupied
the House during tiie n ght was t mot on to
amend the General Appropriation Bill by in
serting a provision making an appropiiation
for a Minister to Texas. On this subject the
whole Texas question came up. Mr. Wtaddy
Thompson made a vigorous effort in favor of
the new Government. The question was fin
ally taken on the amendment, when it was
decided in the negative ? Ayes 40, Noes 6*2.
The previous question was afterwards ordered
on the harbor Bill, and it was passed. To- day
the question came up in the House-and the
Ayes and Noes were ordered. The amend
ment has been modified and is to tins effect ?
for an outfit and salary to a Minister from the
U.S fates to the- Republic of Texas, whenever
the President shall be satisfied that it is expe
dient to make such appointment. The ques
tion was decided in the affirmative ? Ayes 1*20,
Noes 75. The whole of the night was ex
ceedingly disordered. There was great d if
ficulty in hearing any thing which was said,
and still greater in obtaining auditors. A call
of the House was enforced farther than I have
before known it to be carried for the last four^
teen years, several members, being actually
fined, who were absent from their seats two
dollars each. This is likely to ensure a more
$en?rai attendance for the residue of the ses
sion. Some of the Northern members will be
Xery careffcl not again to risk the loss of their
dollars, and the VVestern members will calcu
late every fine at the value of two acres of
land. Notwiths ending the late session of the
night, the house was pretty full by noon ro
da^, as you will perceive by the vote on the
Texas question. Thejother clauses of the
General Appropriation BrJl have occupied the
House up to the hour of the recess. The bill
will doubtless be passed by the House and
sent to the Senate in the course of the even
ing.
In the Senate to-day , a letter was read from
the Ghaic, addresed to it by the President el
cct, stating that he was prepared to take tiie
oath of office on Saturday, fthe 4th of March, at
12 o'clock, in such place and in such form as
the Senate may think proper. Mr. Grrndy
then moved a resolution to appoint a Commit
tee of three Senators to make the necessary
arrangements. Mr. Clay stated that he would
have wished to know the source ffom which
the Senate-had obtained the exclusive author -
ty to make the arn-ngement. He stated tha\
when he was Speaker of the House, the Com
mittee of i he SvMiate called^upon him to gran:
tfie hall for the S*st inauguration of Mr. Mun ?
koe, proposing ti? bring their fine red chairs
from the Senate Chamber for their own
accommodation. lie replied that it would a ive
him great pleasure to fil np the hall for the
reception of such distinguished gues'*, but
that he should object to the introduction of
any other tfcr.n the republican furniture already
in the hall, which he thought suffic.ent for any
demotratic President. . The Committee took
umbrage, and had the ceremony in the open
air. After Mr. Grundy had stated that he
1 had merely fashioned his resolution on the
existing prcceuen's, and if the House now ob
jected. the proceedings could be again had in
the open air the resolution was adopted.
The Senate took up at one o'clock to day,
the proposition of the House engraftir.g on the
Fortification Bill the Biil of Mr. Calhoun
providing for a distribution of the surplus in
the Treasury, on the 1st of January next, (ex
cent five millions,) among the ?tate. Mr
Clay advocated the amendment, which Mr.
Wrigiit, from h? Committee on Finance,
reported to strike out. Mr. 0. said the Sen
ate hid been designated as the citadal of aris
tocracy, by Mr Rives. Now the democracy
of the other House had sent a provision for
the distribution of the people's money, to the
Senate, and he asked if the aristocracy would
now interpose <in obslacle. It was contended
by Mr. Wright, and other Senators, briefly
that there was no analogy bctwe* n the deposit
section and the othcrsections of the bill; that
the circumstances under which this measure
was new offered to the Senate were very dif
ferent from, those under which it was intro
duced last year. Mr Buchanan thought there
wou d be no surplus, and that it would have
been far bettet tb&t the surplus of last year had
been sunk in the ocean than that the distribu
tion should be drawn into a precedent f >r the
introduction bill. Mr. Preston suggested
the superiority of that wisdom wltich provided
against an evil, instead of waiting tor its actual
existance and then providing a remedy. Mr.
Cuthbert spoke against the provision, thing
ingits etfect would be to blind the States
against the evil of excessive taxation, and re
laxing the responsibility which ought to by
kept up between legislathe bodies and their
constituents, Mr. NiEEsthen advocated the
course of the Committee on Financein report
ing \o reject the amendment of the House.
Mr. Cr.ttenden then defended the distri
bution, and spoke till the recess.
Washington, March 1.
The Senate continued in session last night
until 1*3 o'clock, for the purpose of sending to
the Mouse (it being the last evening under
the rule on which original business can be
sent froirf oue Hou^e to the other) all the
bills which could be got through a third read
ing. It wa9 a scene to excite merriment, to
! see a dozen : Senators standing in a line in
i front in order to catch the eye of the Presi
j dent, with their printed calander held before
; them, like so many choristers in a concert.
all chorussing with, "Mr. President, 'in as
1 great a variety of discords as ever stunned the^
! walls of a "musical academy, at intervals of
about two minute?; but not a scene to impress
a spectator or auditor with any sublime ideas
j < 'the dignity of the Senate. The House,
however, with a degree of discourtesy which
is not unusual in that body, exercised its
free and undoubted privilege of adjourning
at about ha^f past 10 o'clock, so as to leave
the Senate legislation of the last hour and a
half eutirely fwrs de combat. The consequence
was, that this morning Mr. Wright moved a
! suspension of the 16th jQint rule, for the pur
pose of getting the biljMfcgs?d at ^ie
hour last night, seut^ipyEpp House to day,
which was not at ^nce acquiesced in by the
Senate. ... f
Mr. Walker then Called up his resolution
to recognize the independence of Texas, and
as there was Httle opposition, he obtained his
j motion, ahd^tfce subject came up for considera
j tiou. Mt.'Walker then took a view of the
! political history of Mexico, from the imperial
; rule of Iturbide to the present time, of the
usurpations of power which had taken place
there, of the succession of Chefs to power, of
| the assaults of power upon public liberty, of
i he violation of the pledges given to Texas of
' protection, and of the resistance which took
j place among the Mexicans themselves to ihe
j usurpations of their Chiefs in which tluir
1 Wood flowed freely before it shewed itself
; within the Texan limits. He hoped that the
! f ar of the annexation of Texas to the United
j States would not be permitted to operate to
I the prejudice of this resolution, which siood
i on distinc* and alien grounds; and he further
i hoped, that we should not, as some recommen
j ded, wait for another power to take precedence
in the recognition of Texas. She has posses- -
sed herself of every foot of ground in her
territory, and had adopted a government mo
delled on our own, and the President having
referred the subject of Congress, he trusted
no Senator would be found disposed to shrink
fiom the responsibility of recognition.
Mr Pres'on then expressed his regret at
the inauspicious circumstances under which
this revolution had been brought up today. ?
The Senate was exhausted, at'er long sittings
and fatiguing figilancer, and was not now in a
condition to go into a thorough investigation
of the subject. He regretted, also, the absence
of that enthusiastic feeling which was once
accustomed to inspire our actions, whenever
a contest for free principles was going on,
whether in Europe, Patagonia, or on the greal
I Western ocean. lie adverted to the regula
! larity and facility with which our diplomatic
t relations accommodated themselves to the
i various fluctuations in the government of
France, from the commencement of the revo
lution to the final return of the Bourbon dv
i nasty.
From our policy regarding Etircpe he ra
pidly sketched the course we had pursued in
our " relations with Mexico and the South
American States; took a view of the political
chances in Government of Mexico, and
advocated the glories of that Anglo- Sax o i race
which was now spreading its- If over the Sou
thern hemisphere, and of which it was the
possessor and conserva or. He contended
that the proof which Mexico had given of her
ablitvto coerce Texas info submission, was
far weaker than the proof given by Texas of
her competency to emancipate herself. ?
Where is Bravo's army? Where is Bravo?
Gone? scattered ; gone to blend itself with
the elements of some new revolution. Mexico
I c m not roll another tide of slaughter in that
: direction. She had done with Mexico now
i and forever. The clemency exhib ted in the
! release of Santa Anna on his own parole,
' united with the bravery which marked the
! bat le of San Jec nto had, fa2 sa d, thrown a
g'ory round this rising Republic which echps
I ed i he splendor ot all other Republic.?, of an
! Cfeiit or modern times. Mr. Norvell moved
? to am 'nd 'he resolution by making it so as to
leave it to the President to recognize Texas
when he shall receivo sufficient facts to war
rant it. Mr. Clay suggested to lay the resolu
on the table, and take up the subject in the
shape of an anpr prist. on in the Appropriation
L U.
The House has to-day passed the Senate
biil for designating and limiting the funds re
ceivable for the revenue, which repeals the
Treasury order, of July, and respecting which
I rumor has stated that the President intends to
interpose the relo power.
New- York, Feb. 26.
LATE FROM EUROPE.
By the arrival of the ship New fr?m
Greenocii, whence she sailed on the 14th of
Jan. Glasgow papers to that date have been
received, containing London advices to the 10
inclusive. The political and domestic intelli
gence is nought; we copy only the latest report
of the ii arkets.
The subjoined items were gathered Irom our
papers bv the last Liverpool arrival.
A Norwegian courier, emp oyed by the Au^
strian Cabinet, lately returned to Germany
frnm Calcutta, having performed a journey of
| 1100 German miles in eighty days.
King Louis Phillippe has appropriated a
; million of francs, from the civil list, for the
relief of operatives in the great cities^ who
i have been thrown out of employ by the rigor
of the season. Yet the enemies of Louis
Phillippe call him penurious and niggardly.
An officer of the National Guards, living in
Paris, was so affected when he heard of the
last attempt upon the King's lifet that he fell
dead on the spot. He was in his 56t h year.
The legacy of Charles X, to his grandson,
the Duke de Bordeaux, is likely to prove not
very valuable, the debts of the late King be
ing found to exced thirty six millions of francs,
and his assets to fall sf>ort of five millions
The proportion of crime to population is
stated, in a London paper, to be in England
1 to 749? in the United States 1 to 8500.
No Jess than one hundred extra coaches,
wagons, and other vehicles, were put in requi
sition the week precediug Christmas day, for
the conveyance of geese, turkeys and other
Christmas fare, to London. Several of the
Norfolk coaches refused to take passengers,
b^ing loaded full with game and turkeys.
The I.ondon Morning Ilerale gives a report
that Mr. Stephen Price was about to resume
the management of Dcury Lane Theatre.
The bridge of boats across the Rhine, at
Coblentz, was carried an ay by a raft on the
19ih of December, with all the passengers
then on it. Number, of lives lost not ascer^
taincd.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
By tl;e arrival of the Tennessee , Capt.
Mattison, at New York on the 27th ult.
London dates of the 17th and Liverpool to
the 18ih Jan. have been received.
The Cotton market had advanced a farth
ing on new Upland, Sales of Cotton at Liver
pool during the week had been 26, C00 bales.
Advices had been received from the United
States countermanding heavy orders for g<K) 's.
An interesting debate had taken place in
the French Chamber of Deputies, on the an>
swer to the King's Speech, and the Ministry
were in a minority of eight, on an amend
ment in favor ot Poland and general free
principles.
T'.? o extensive failures in the Silk Trade
had occurred in London, and one at BrLtol.
Capt. Mattison, "of the ship Tennessee ,
j stares that at lus leaving Liverpool, nothing
further wa3 known of the fate of the ship Erie ,
?that he understood the French papers had
expressed a disbelief in the rumor of her loss.
A passenger by the St. Andrews^ says he saw
the Journal du Havre of the 6th Jan. which
doubted the loss of the Erie.
From the N. Y. Daily Express > March 2,
London dates to the 24th and Liverpool to
the 26th January have been received by the
Liverpool packet ship Independence, Capt.
Nye, which arrived at this port early on FrU
day morning. The Independence brings no
positive news from the Havre Packet Erie,
although it is the opinion of Capt. Nye that
she is not lost. He informs us that he saw a
letter from Havre just before he sailed from
Liverpool addressed to the agents at Lloyd s
which stati s that the Erie must have beeu o?t
of the Channel the time in which she was an
nounced to have gone ashore. The loss seem
ed not to be credited at London, Liverpool or
Havre at the last dates. The Erie has now
been out sixty eight days, and whether lost or
not lost, it is not strange that ttie friends of
the Captain, Crew and Passengers and the
owners of the ship, with her valuable cargo,
amounting to $500,000, should be alarmed for
the safely of so manv lives and so much pro
perty. We have, however, as a ground of
hope the consolation of knowing that much
longer passages have be^n made even from
Havre than has been made by the Erie, even
in the event of her arrival tor two or three
weeks to come.
The Influenza, of which we gave full ac
counts in the Express of yesterday, continued
to prevail in Lordon, Greenwich, Chelsea, and
throughout most of the neighboring places.?
The disease called 11 La Grippe," which we
mentioned as prevalent in France, is said to
be the same as the influenza in England, and
both are said to be not unlike the typhus fever.
The British Parhamenr, in consequence of the
prevalance of the Influenza, was not to be
openrd by the King in person, but. would be
opened by commission.
The London Money Maket on the 25th Jan.
was not as favorable as upon the 20th, upon
the 23d and 24th a considerable degree ofan
xietv prevailed in the commercial circles, in
consequence of the announcement thai several
failures had taken place to-day. In the ag
crregate the amount mav be said to be large,
but'although one o? two of the failures are ot
a large amount, the others are of comparative
iusicrnifiancc. The principal failures to which
we allude are the houses of Maltby &Co. in
the shot-lend trade, and that of Shepherd, in
the Gloucester woollen trade. Confidence,
however, does not appear to have abated, and
it is to be hoped that the banking interests
will continue to exercise that cautious liberali
ty for which they have been so distinguished
flurinff vhe few past weeks of pressure. Tue
English stocks have been marked uich a con
siderable heaviness throughout the day, and
Consols have declined 89 3-8 r i money and
time. The Three-and-a-half per Cent Re
duced Annuities are 98 aH^ the New
Three-and-a-half per Cents 97i a 99. There
has been a further decline in the value of
Bank Stock. I is now quoted at the reduced
price of 266 i money, and 266 account.
Lisbon a<rain appears to be the scene of
commotion.? The city by the last news is re
presented as in a most melancholy situation,
and another revolution about to be made.-?
The British A'dmiral had given notice that his
squadron would afford shelter, if required, to
al! British subjects.
It is said that the Queen's troops in the north
of Spain are preparing for vigorous attack on
all the Carlist posi'ions.
France. ? The French papers are oocupied
with the acquittal of the Bonaparte revolters
at Strasburg, and with speculations about a
change of ministry.
Liverpool, Jan. 25th ? Cotton Market.
Including the vessel not reported on Friday
evening the supply arrived up to the close of
this day is about ?0,000 bales, chiefly Ameri
can. Recent advices from South Carolina and
Georgia state that the quality of Cot' on then
arriving from the interim was falling off consi
derable! After some 30,000 more from the
United States have got in, there will be a com
ylere cessation for some time. Of course till
the present supply is ready for the marketfthe
transactions will be voty limited.
?
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
New York, March 2.
At 9 o'clock last evening, a fire broke out
in the cellar of the large six story bri:k S'ore
No. 177 Water street, occupied by Pollen and
Colgate, as a Dye, Pain% Oil and Glass
establishment, and one of the most extensive
in the city. When the doors were burst open
the whole interior was in flames, and the
materials to combustible that noth ng was
saved. Soon after the engines began to p/ay
an explosion took place, which shook the
walls to theirfoundation. The fire soon spread
to the upper stones, which being too high to
be reached by the engines, continued to burn
Without any hindrance. After the building
had been in flames about three hours, the
roof and walls fell with a tremendous crash,
carrying with them four wooden buildings on
the side fronting on Burling Slip. The volumes
of smoke and flame that ?vere sent forth from
the Sulpher, &c, made a most brilliant ap
pearance, and impregnated the whole atmos
phere.
From all the information we have obtained,
the amount of the property destroyed will not
fall much short of $30J,000.
(Correspondence of the Mercury .)
Washington, Feb. '28, 1837.
The general Civil and Diplomatic Bill ?vas
taken up last night. General Thompson, of
South Carolina, moved an amendment appro
priating a blank snm for the outfit and salary
of such Diplomatic Agent as the Pres dent
rtttty see fit to send to the Independent State
of Texas ; and abo appropriating a blank sum
for defraying the expenses of running the
boundary line between the United States and
Texas, by Commissioners to be appointed on
the part of the United States and Texas.
Mr. Thorn p^en spoke at great length, and
with his u-nal energy and eloq'ience, in sup^
port of this provision. Messrs. Mann, or
Ohio, and Hoar of Massachusetts, replied, and
opposed the measure. Mr. Bynum, of North
Carolina, spoke about three hours in support
ol the motion. It being then about one o clock, ,
motions were made tor the Committee to rise,
and there being no quorum, a call of the House j
was made and persisted in for some time
Mr Huntsman addressed the House with much
animation, in reply to Mr. Hoar. Another
motion for the Committee to rise, resulted in
showing that a quorum was not present. A
r, other call of the House was resorted to, nnd
enforced. At a late hour the motion of Gen.
Thompson was rejected by the Committees
without a count. Several amendments of an
unimportant character, were agreed to and
at six o'clock in the morning, the Committee
rose and reported the Bill.
This morning the House took up the Bill,
and the question being on concurring in the
amendment of the Committee of the whole for
an outfit and salary for Ministers to Austria
and Prussia, General Thompson moved to
amend the amendment, by inserting an outfit
and salary for a Minister to be sent to the
Independent State or Texas.
Some opposition was made to the motion
bv Messrs. Cushing, Adams, Hoar and others.
Messrs. Pickens, Chilton Allen, and Han
rr spoke, briefly in support of the
Mr. Wise, of Virginia, and Shepard, of North
Carolina, then asked General Thompson to
to accept, as a substitute for his proposition,
a clause providing for the outfit and saary
of ?? a Diplomatic Agent to be sent to the In
dependent Republic of Texas, whenever the
President ofrhe United States may receive
satisfactory evidence that Texas is an inde.
pendent power, and shall deem it
to appoint such Minister. Gen. Thompson
said he would as soon have the a"ieud",?"t
rejected, as to accept the substitute. After
some conversation, however, Gen. Thompbon
said that, in deference to the views and wishes
of many of his friends he wonld accept the
proposition as a modification ofhis own. ^,
Cambreleng and Mr. Mercer wished Genera
T. to strike out the words " Independent
Republic/' as assuming a fact of whicn the
subsequent part of the proposition requires
evidence. General T. agreed to compro
mise the matter with the gentlemen, and
modified the phraseology by striking out t
word *' independent when it first occurs.
In this form, the amendment, was agreed
to : Yeas 121, N ays 72. The amendment,
as amended, was concurred in, and the Bill
was finally passed, and sent to the Senate for
?? You ' wllT see that the Honsc has thrown
upon the President the responsibility of d< clar
ffin the name ol the Government whether
Texas is an independent power. If he chost.s
to 2nd a Minister to Texas it will be an
act of formal recognition ol Texas as an inde
pendent power. One of the arguments urged
against the proposition first offered by Gene
ral Thompson was that it was contr y
usage precedent for the legislative branc.i of
the Government to take the lead in the recog
nition ot a new power. The recommendation
of the measure must, it was contended, come
from the Executive,
No doubt is entertained or expressed by
any one, that Texas is actually independent,
and has a regular Government in full opera
tl?The votes against the proposition, as finally
modified, must? therefore, have been given on
the ground that the ineasu e will extend the
slave-holding region, and lead to the incorpo
ration of Texas mto our Union, t hus giving
a predominant weight to the Southern inter
est, in the General Government.
Mr. Walker's Resolution for the recogni
tion of the Independence of Texas, will be ta
ken up for consideration in the Senate to-mor
row. It is not improbable that in consequence
of the determination of the i louse, they will
r refect Mr. Wa-ker'a Resolution, and agree
to the provision of the Civil and Diplomatic
Bill, as a sbstitute for it.
The Senate Committee on Finance, ha\o
? made a Report authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to settle the demands ot t ne
Government upon the late Un.t.d Stats
Bank, upon the terms proposed by tne Fiesi
dent and Directors of the pr sent Bank. This
w,ll put an end to all the attempted excite
ment on this subject.
Ii is now confidently said, that no imme
diate change, will be made in the present
Cabinet, except so far as to bring Mr. loin
sett into the War Department.
Great preperati.ms are making for the ln
aUThT weather' here, is severely cold and in
clement.
? luciion .
ON Monday next at 10 o'clock, will be sold be
fore ourdo'tr a large variety of household furni
ture consisting in part of
Feather Feds and Matrasses, Bedding &c Bed
steads, handsome Fancy Chairs, Side Boards, Bu
reaus, Toilets, Brass Andirons, Fenders, Wash
Stands, Dressing Glasses, and a variety of other
articles.
Also,
Sundry articles of Dry Goods, such as Calicoes,
Muslins, Cotton Hose and i fjose, Suspenders,
Gloves, Ginghams, Rouen Casimeres, Spool Threads,
Hats, &c- the remains of a store declining business.
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SATURDAY. MARCH 11. 1837.
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
Members of Congress, whom we have 8 en
o '
on their return, give u? the news up to the
adjournment of Congress. VVc have room to
mention onlythe leading particulars.
On the 4th, of course, President Jackson
retired and was succeeded by President Van
Buren. We have thus exchanged the Lion
for the Fox. It remains to be seen which is
most mischievous ? the forceful plundering of
the one, or the ennning pilfering of the other
THE INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS IS AC
KNOWLEDGED.
The following resolution was passed.
" Resolved , That the State ofTctas having estab
lished and maintained an independant Government,
capable of performing those duties, foreign and do
mestic, which appertain to independent Govern
ments, and it appearing that there is no longer any
reasonable prospect of the successful prosecution of
the war by Mexico against said State.it is expedient
and proper, uid in conformity with the laws of na
tions, and the practice of this (Jovernment in like
cases, that the independent political existence of said
State be acknowledged hy the Government of the
United States."
We hear, in addition, that a Minister to
that country has been nominated by the Pre
sident.
A few days ago it was scarcely expected that !
this measure could be consummated this ses
sion. However, Mr. Preston in the Senate,
and Mr. Waddy Thompson in the House^
and the other friends tf Texas, exerted them
selves so vigorously towards the close, that
their efforts were crowned with success.
The most important consequences may be
expected from this event.
The House adopted a bill making large
appropriations for fortifications, with a clause
providing for the distribution of the surplus
revenue on the 1st Jan. 1838. To this the
Senate refused to consent ; the House ad
hered, and the whole bill was lost.
The bill passed hy large majorities of both
Houses, rescinding tiie famous Treasury cir
cular, has been in effect vetoed by President
Jackson. That is to say, he has quietly put it
into his pocket.
i It is now said that the only change to be
made in the Cabinet is the appointment of Mr.
Poinsett, to fill the vacant -Secretaryship of
War.
The Hon. Waddy Thompson is now in
this place, on his return hom from Washing
ton. Mr. Preston and Mr. Eltnore are ex
pected in a few days.
Gen. Jessup's last official despatch contains
an apology to his predecessors in command
in Florida, for his misrepresentations in re
gard to last year's campaign. It comes with
rather a bad grace, now that he is himself in
the situation of those whom he formerly ac
cused. The circumstances in which he stands
are aggravated, too, by the dishonourable mode
by which he obtained his present command,
as well as the extreme contrast between his
boastful promises and small performance.
The passage is as folic ws. The thing is done
not without art. Gen. J. appears to be ren
dering a magnaniuous atonement to others,
while the fact is that he is merely making
excuses for himself.
"As an act of justice to all my p/edecessors in
command, I consider it my duty to say that the diffi
culties attending military operations in this couniry
can be properly appreciated only by those acauaint
ted with ihem. 1 have hat! advantages which nei
ther of them possessed, jn better preparations and
more abundant supplies ; and I found it impossible
to operate with any prospect of success until I had
established a line of depots across tlie country.
"This is a service which no man would seek with
any oilier view than the mere performance of his
duty ; distinction or increase of reputation is out of
the question , and the difficulties are such, that the
best concerted plans may result in absolute, failure,
and the best established reputation be lost without
a (bnh .
If I have at any time said aueht in disparagement
of the operations of others in Florida, either verbal
ly or in writing, officially or unofficially, knowing the
country as I now know it, I consider myself bound
as a man of honor solemnly to retract it."
We gave notice, several weeks ago, that
adveriisements sent without payment (unless
from persons with whom we have a special
understanding) would not be attended to.
Since then, we hove received a considerable
number, which remain unpublished, because
that condition is not complied with. The rule
is one that we will enforce.
The great Rail Road. Both branches of
the Kentucky Legislature have acted on the
proposed amendments to the charter of the
Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail
Road, and have agreed to alter it so that the
Company shall not be required to carry the
road further than Lexington ? that Kentucky
sliali be entitled to no more than three Direc
tors and one local Board? and that the three
Directors in Ohio shall be dispensed with.
Statistics.? Of the present House of Represen
tatives of Pennsylvania, there are .paid to be in the
House, which comprises 100 members, 48 farmers,
14 lawyers, 10 merchants, 4 cabinet-makers, 2 phy
sicians, 2 gentlemen, 2 carpenters, 2 hatters 2 mill
wright> 2 printers, 1 tanner, 1 miller, 1 grocer, 1 ar
tist, 1 blacksmith, 1 accountant, 1 shoemaker, 1 inn
keeper, 1 engineer, 1 surveyor,! geological surveyor,
1 silver-plater.
# Of these, 91 were born in Pennsylvania, 3 in New
Jersey, 1 in Vermont. 1 in Rhode Island, 1 in Ohio,
1 in Virginia, and 1 in Connecticut. ? N. Y. Times.
According to the above statement (which
wears every appearance of bring correct) there
are but two gentlemen in the whole Pennsyl
vania Legislature. We suppose they are the
two printers. ^
We perceive that a Convention of the Slave States
is under consideration at the South, in order to con
centrate opinions and promote a unity of action on
questions of local interest as well as constitutional
rights. Could, not the object be more securely em.
braced in advocating a convention of the people to
? Iter and amend the Constitution ofthe I'nited States
and define the [towers of the general government?
We submit this to the consideration and reflection
ofthe Southern States; if they move in it, the other
States will cencur? the Constitution will be revised
? the power of the federal Government reduced?
the sovereignty and independence of the Statei
strengihencd, and the Lnion perpetuated. ? New
York Star.
A Convention to amend the Conet tution 1
Who is dissatisfied with the Constitution 1
Not we ? -we only beg you, gentlemen of the
North, keep to the Constitu ion, A Conven
tion to define the Constitution ! The Con
stitution is sufficiently finite, it yOQ
consent to take only what it gives, and d O
not trouble yourselves so much to find what
it means to say, where it say? nothing. A
Convention to reducc tho powers of the
Federal Government, and establish the sove*
reignty of the States 1 That object We hare
tried in vain to effect with paper constitutional
and the Convention eve want is one to devise
some other mode of attaining it.
The Governor of Virginia, on the 24U)o
February transmitted to the Legislature the
following letter and document . After a debate
of some length they were, by 6 vote of 80
to 31 in the House of Delegates referred to a
select committee of fourteen.
Exf.cutive Department, >
February 24?h. 1837, )
To the House of Delegates :
I iransmit to the House of Delegates certain reso
lutions adopted by the General Assembly ol the Stote
of Vermont, and forwarded to me by the Governor
of that State, declaring ? Ut, That neither Congress
nor the State Governments have any constitutional
right to abridge the free expression ol opinion, or the
transmission of them through the public mail; and
2d, That Congress do possess the power to ahobsh
slavery and the slave trade in the District of Co'
lumbia. -
Viewed, asel conceive these proceedings most be,
as the deliberate response of the State of Vermont
to the solemn resoluttons of the last General Assem
bly of Virginia, requcsung of the non-slaveholding
States the adoption of measures "effectually to sup
press abolition aonecies." and to make-^penal the
printing, publishing, or distributing of newspapers*
pamphlets, or other publication, calculated to exeits
the slaves of the Southern Stales to insurrection
and revolt" ?declaring that "Congress have M con
stitutional power to abolish slavery in the District of
Columbia," and that they "would regard any act of
Congress having" such object, "as affording just
causeof alarm to the slaveholding States, it wiube
seen, that the resolutions from Vermont not oaljr
deny our most just and reasonable request, but, on
the contrary, spread over principles and practice*
which we have denonnced as subversive of our
rights and endangering our tranquility, the broad
aegis of government protection.
A course so contrary to our just expectations, and
so little in unison with that spirit of fraternal con
cord we so sincerely desire to cherish, cannot fail to
excite the painful surprise of the people of this State
? alarm the tears of every friend of the Union, and
engage your own most profound and anxious reflec
tions.
WYNDHAM ROBERTSON
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State
of Vermont, That neither Congress nor the State
Governments have any constituUonal right to abridge
the free expression of opinions, or the transmission
of them through the public mail.
Resolved, 'I hat Congress do possess the power to
abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of
Colombia
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be
requested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolu
tions to the Executive of each of the States, and to
each of the Senators and Representatives in Con
gress. *?
[I'asscd the House of Representatives, November
15, 1836 ? and the Senate, November 16, 1836 and
transmitted by Gov. . enison on the 7th February,
1337. J
Ansicer to ths enquiries of "Subscribers." We
learn tlrat the Superintendant of Public Works
has given prompt and fuil attention tp the
Columbia Canal, and that the proper measures
are in progress to carry the intentions ?f tbe
Legislature into effect, if practicable. The
work was advertised for contract several weeks
ago; and for some days past the Superinten
ds n t and an engineer have been engaged in
surveying the route. A plan and profile of
the work will be completed by Tuesday next,
and can then be seen in the Secretary'^ of
fice, u i the State .House* The Superintend
dant will remain here until! theI3th, and wHl
return by the 23rd. Any further information
that may be required can be obtained from
him. The directions of the Legislature ate
as follows.
"That the sum of forty thousand dollars, if siiewh
be necessary, together with the Lock at Bull Sluice,
be appropriated for the extension and completion of
the Columbia Canal, so as to continue the navigation
above Bull Sluice ; that the work be executed ander
the direction of the Superintendent of PMic Works,
who may contract for the work with ioree competsat
person who shall give adequate necurity for the per
formance of his contract; that not more than twenty
thousand dollars be drawn from the Treasury, untd
the work is completed, mid the balance ef the con
tract be paid after the work shall have been com
pleted and received."
JYolice to Contractor a.
THE Contract for extending the Columbia Canaf.
from its present head to so.*ae part above Bull
Sluice to be designated by a survey, will be let So
the lowest responsible htdder on the 23rd day ef
March next. The route will be located, the plaaaod
all the work to be done, specified and exhibited at
the Secretary of State's office in Columbia, for the
benefit of Contractors, until the 10th of March ;
where scaled proposals will be left until tbe day
above. ?*
GEORGE WALKER.
Superiniendanl of Public Work*.
March U 10
Yesterday's mail brought us the Inaugoral
of the new Presided, which we copy, to the
exclusion of most of the matter that wo had
ourselves prepared. It is accompanied by a
long Farewell Adddress by tho late President,
done afler the manner, tho' of course far
surpassing, that of Washington. Tiie retir
ing sage and patriot, with paternal solicitude^
irives us a deal of pr ciotis advice, lie coun
sels the people of th-; United States to mind
their corn crops, to put down the Bank, to be
faithful to the great Democratic Republican
Party, and to respect Martin Van Buren. But
as he forgets, most unluckily, to tell us how to
cure the mischiefs inflicted upon the country
by his pres.dency, we cannotafiurdtogive him
five or six of our columns.
INAUGURAL-ADDRESS.
Fei.low Citizevs :
The practice of all my predecessors imposes on
me an obligation I chterfully fulfil, to accompany
the first and solemn act of ray public trust witn aa
avowal of the principles that will guide me in per
forming it, and an expression of my feelings on as
suming a charge so responsible and vast. In imita
i'ng their example, I tread in the footsteps of illustri
ous men, whose superiors, it is oitr happiness to be
lieve, are not found on the executive calendar of
any country. Among them, wo recognise the ear
liest and firmest pillars of the ropubHc; those by
whom our national independence was first declared ;
him who, above all others, contributed to establish it
in the field of battle; and those whose expanded in
tellect and patriotism constructed, improved, and
perfected the inest raable institutions under which
we live. If such men, in the position I now occupy,
felt themselves overwhelmed by a sense of gratitude
forthis, the highest of all marks of their country's
confidence, and by a consciousness of their inability
adequately to discharge the duties of an office sa
d:flicu!t and exalted, how much more must these
considerations affect one, who can rely on no srh
claims for favor or forbearance. I nhke all who
have preceded me, the revolution, that gave as exist
ence a* a people, was achieved at the period of ray
birth ; and whilst I contemplate with grateful reve
rence, that memorable event, 1 feel that 1 belong to
a later age, and that I may not expect ray country -
men to weigh my aci ions with the same kind and
partial hand. .
So sensiblv. fellow citizens, do these circumstan
ces prST L - ? * -Hon Id not dare
to enter u
generous