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* Disaestc'*1W1.4 CONG*SSIO*AL. From tU la caspendence qf the Charlesten Cour. --WAsaNoToN, Jan. I . h Womsiho.,bill.-was-agai under distassion in the Senate to-day. Hither to, the bruntof the debate has been borte by Mr.Clap, of Kentucky, es the cham a of the old States; but, to-day; Mr. Preston caffie-to his support, in a most a ble and effective style. Mr. Preston op posed the entire principi add policy of tlhe sneasure, as unjust an ~ rious to the old States, and espJi je States of Virginia and the , ns,uanias a viola tion of the acts o 4 - and oftthe Con stittition. d enswer -ti. e argument that all nations had favored *policy of colo nization, he maintained that the Federal Government had no right to c0ouize the people of South-Carolina upon the lands belonging in part, to South-Carolina, nor to reduce or force her people to emigrate to the new'States-for it amounted to force, when the policy of the Government was to withhold troin the State her proper portion of the public domain-to create a drain upon her resources, and thus to make it aecemsary for her people to emigrate. He said that he would prefer that the now. States would takse.the lands by, some bold and open measure, than take them insidi ously add-piece-meal, by such a measure. oRive spoke very warmly and dcidedly in opposition to the whole scheme, as a direct violation of the land system which bad .been establisded for for ty years, and under which the States had prospered to an extent that ought to satisfy then, and which was unexatapled in the principle of discrimination between classes of titizens, as to the price of the lands, which wevs.now, for the first time. attemp ted to be introduced. The Hasse then - resumed the considera tion of the resolutions under discu.,sion yesterday, providing for the printing of 0 twenty-thousand extra copies or certain public documents, having reference to de falcations... The debate was prevented from obttining any greater growth thau it has already acquired, by the demand for the previous question; which was called for b Mr. MITCHELL, of New York, and the documents were ordered to be printed. The House passed on to the special or ders of tbe,,day (heing several bills reported from thet-Nival Committee) and went into Committee thereon. The discussion on. the bill for the improvement of the Navy Yard at Brooklyn, and for constructing a I*y Dock therein, was resumed and con tinued for several hours with much anitna tion. Mr. Evans, of Maine, first held the floor, and commenced in reply to some remarks which felllfrom Mr. W. Thomp son,yeserday, in regard to the liberal spirit which Congress had exhibited to wards the South in the appropriation of th public monies. Mr. fegare followed Mr. Evans. in a snaster speech, a portion of which was directed to the advantages possessed by Charleston as a seat for a naval depot and dry dock.' After this, the amendment of Mr. Thompson, for an appropriation of $100,000 for the navy yard aL Pensacola, was rejected, and also the amendment of Mr. Paynter, of Penn., for a like sum for a dry dock at Philadelpnia. The bill was then laid aside, anti after pasing over several other bills without amendment, the Committee rose and teported, and the House adjourned. JANUARY. 12. Mr. Curtis, of New-York, moved a suspension of the rules, to enable him to submit a motion for the printing of not ex tra number of certain additional Reports from ahqTreasury Department in relation to the ease of Mr. Swartwout. It is asser ted that, according to these documents, Mr. -Swatwout retained the oilice of Collector for three years itihout having given the proper bonds. The House refused to suspend the rule by 107 yeas, against 77 nays, (the rule requiring atn af1irmation vote of two- thirds.) .Beyond this all was private business. January 14. Th's Senate to day, was tunexpectedly engage.d in a discussion uipon the Noril: Carolina resolutions, against the ex punging act of the Senate, 'and against the Sub Treasury Scheme, and the graduation bill. I1fr. Brown, of North Carolina, present ed the resolutions and stated his regret th-it the resolutions were not drawn ini a mnore respectfol manner, and took particular ex ception to the expression of' the opinion by the Legislature, that the expunging p recess was an "act of servility" to the Exec;utive. lie thought the Legislature wyas wvanting in proper comtity due from one. body to another. As to the bearing of the resolutions upon him and his col league, he h-ad made it an anxious sub . jeet of consideration, and had come to the conclusion that they were not mandatory and instructive in their character, but merely an expression of the opinion of the individual members of the majority of the Legislature on the subject. Acknowlrdg sag the right of instruction, in its fuillest extent, he should resign his seat if lie held thdae to be itnstructions; but thme word "in struct" was not used in the resoluations, and no other mandatory word. Wheni t he * Legislature, in fortmer times, passed in structions, they (lid it in an open and *iold manner, and used the word "instruct." But in both Houses, this word wais mroved as an.amendmecnt andi the opposition vo te'd against it. Mr. Stranigo took a similar view of the character of the resolutions, iIe said they were not binding as instructions, not beiig in the form of mstructionis. iIe said too, that the Senate, in exptinging the remolim tons of cenisut u n Gen. Jackson, only obeyed the inat s of the majority of *the States; he ws .oflis partticipn-. tien-in that act, avoted untder a res olution of instructiol from the General Assembly of North Carolina, . hich stood umrepealed. lie shouild hiave resigned, If. he had been positively instructed to go against wvbat lie considered a p)roper coturse itt this matter, but, as it was, he did not fee,called upon, in a cowardly moanner; to desert his -post, an-l give it up to an adver sary. At the next session of the Legisla t:ire, hie wouild, however, give thpm an op. .,pOrt.pguty to make their election between a Pederaslilt antd a lemtocrap;-dteeesi a ftind and an onnoncat of the nresent ad Mis~trati ASp *o Graduaton bill, swid liy. ionvinedd tblat his-costiti ento werO 4ppoo to that and heihould vote agahAst It. Mr Clay, of Kentuckf,*-nade a few.re marks, in a very sarcastic n.anner, upon what had fallen frojn the North Carolina Senators. As North Carolina had no re presentative here upon this particularsub. ject, and as the resolution met his entire approbation, he would, lie said, make a few observations in their defence against the animadversions of the Senators. The expunging act he pronounced to be an act derogatory to the dignity of the Senate; and, as to the form of the instructions, he contended that, according to the republican doctrine of 1798, it was a sufficient in struction for the people to express their wishes in any form. Mlessrs. Brown and Strange made severe replies, and the reso lutions were ordered to be printed. -The Graduation bill was taken up, and the mo tion to postpone it indefinitely was lost 23 to 27. The House-was engaged, exclusively, in calling the States for resolutions. A vast number of Resolutions were offered, one of which. proposed by Mr. Lewis Williams, condemned the abuse of the lil erty of talking in the House, and recom mended it to tie members to go home un less they would act, instead of talking. Correspondew ofthe Baltimore Patriot. WASHINGTO, Jan. 15. The motion for raising a select Cotumit tee of Inquiry into the recent Defalcations, was taken up in the Hfouse,ofrtepresenta tives to-day, and called forth some of the most animated, interesting, and eloquent discussion. Mr. Legare, who was entitled to the floor, advocated the appointment of the Committee by ballot. lie then proceeded to shew that the ap pointment of a Committee by hallot, was no violation of precedent or of principle, but in strict conformity with the law. lven if tihe rule had been different, this was a case to jnstify a departure from it. The Speaker was, as every body knows, elected by the party power; and appomnted Committees for the purpose or carrying out the views of the Executive. The pro position now is, that the -louse should act as Inquest; and gentlemen stand up and contend that tihe Executive is to come here and appoint the committee which is to examine into its doing! And this is thought to be so much a matter of course, that the financial organ of the Executive thinks it not worth his while to say a word about it. The case to be examined is a most ex traordinary one. A man against whom, it appears, suspicion has always.existed, is appointed and re appointed. Did the susilcions that attached to his character, make him the object of vigilant observa tion? Not so; the farthest from it possible. For three years of the time he was carry. ing on his imperial depredations, he had not given the hotds required by law! Mr. Legare maintained, that with the facts that were known to the country, Mr. Woodhury could not come into the House with clean hands. He came with pre sumptions against him which ought to be repelled; and he thought that gentleman's friends had done him gross injuijica. by their manner of proceeding. IIe referred to the ridicule with which the House hail received the declaration of Cu.shman the other day, that the Secretary was ready to meet any investigation, provided the Committee should be appointed by the Speaker. Mr. L. then noticed the argument of Mr. F. Thomas, that the administration being most interested in finding the money and catchitig the thief, oughtt to lbe allowed to have the direction of the inqumiry. Here Mir. F. T. arose and said, he spoke of the ft-iends of the administration in the House. Mr. Legare replied that it was no matter. The argument was utterly inconsequential and sintapplicable to the racts of the case, and if tIhe course of ;he administratiotn was tom rest on such reasonhing, it ought to be a bandoned in despair. As to Thomas's attempt to place the criminality of Swartwout on other shot ders, besides those or the administration it was a perfect lfnilure. The confirma tion of the appointminent by the Senate, could tiot exonerate the admnisi?trtiont. Ac ay rate the facts conanected with this a ppointmnet and( re-apppoin tment, could nmot be ascertained, but b)y a searching operation.. . Mr. Legare in conclusioti, alluided in an eloquent manner to the prmises Mr. P'ickens had givena of stupport to the propo.. sition for rasmng a commiittee by ballot. Mr. Cambrelenig tnow rose and p)roposed that the committee shouald he app)ointed by the House viva woce. Mr. WVise declared that 'atmbreleng was cornered at last. Hie pretended lie wvantedl itvestigation! andi itt order to se cure it he proposed it in suach a form 'as to require the assent of t wo thirds, instead of a simnple ma'jority of tIme Hlouse! Mr. Ogden Hoffman then rose, and in a speech of uncommon eloquence, replied to the arguimenits of those who had op.. p)osed the appointment by the Houise. Mr. Hloflman spoke of the character Mr. Swvartwoutt had sustainted before the late decvelopments, itn highly favorable ternms; anid expressed a confident belief that a large amotunt of the lato defalcationis went into the hands omf others. Mr. S. (he said) had as a piartner itn his conademniation, oine ol the warmest friends of the Administration wvho had continued to be s) dIowa to the very last election. Mr. Swarmwout never had acted with tihe Whigs. The mer chats hatd fomnmd him kinid, obliginig anid attenttivo.in his intercourse and they re turned this wvith c'orresp)onintg kindness! Mr. HIolmnan demanded whether these mterchants we-re nowv to he tauntemd with trustintr him andm treating him favorably, after Ito hadl been, appointed amid re-al). polintedl to an itmportanmt amid resp)onsible office by thme Admitnistration? The debate was continued by Messrs. Prentiss anid Underwvood-the latter gave way to a motioni for adjournment at 5o' clock. M.Cushmman said a fewv wordIs against the appointment of the conmmittee bty tIme IHouse, andl again declared that the Sec retary was,wilting 10-ineet any7 investiga tion-coniductedj y 'a-committee appointed the 8ae. preo mA-Corawpme&deis the Char. Ceaier. WAsuio-Tro Jaib. 16. in the Senate, to day, Mr. Calhoun. spoke on the subject. of the 'Gradulktiou Bill. His views were, aa usual, strongly and truly expressed, and he 'command ed much attention; though to 4oihe por tioni'of his remarks a murmur of dissent was audibly heard. He set out with the position that the present laud systega, how ever wise it might have been at it1 origin, is unsuited to the present condition of the new States. lie took a view of their growth, and the consequenees Ailowing their unparalelled prosperity. .,.Three more new States were about to apply for admissijb,-aud the number of their Sena ts would then be owenty-four-two filths ofthe whole brody. Of7the members ot the House of Representatives, they would also have two-lifths, under the next census. Their weight in the Electoral 'College would also be two fifths. He coptrasted this degree of steigth with that which the new States possessed, when he came into Congress, only twenty, seven years ago. Then they had ouiftgle Representative, Jeremiah Morrow, of Ohio, whose word was law, in regard to all the questions con cerning the public lands. I This extraordinary growth had aot been expected, but would, every year,receive a new impulse. The census of 1850 would give the new States the majority 4foneou bers of the House of Representgaves. The West would then hold the baace of power. Would it be practicable asked, to maintain the prel,ent land systew under such circumstances! lie went onko show that it would lead to every species of cor rupition and contention-especial in re gard to the Presidential question. Some of the caudidates would promiseI all the lands to the West, and others-would ap peal to the rights and interest V.the old States. The political interests of -%e new States would be brought into deadly con flict with those of the oldLStalesM,ud the new States would triumph and the old States be oppressed. This was tfe great evil to be guarded against. lie went on to give his remedy for the evil, viz: cesson of the lands to the new States on fair and equitable terms. He opposed the present bill, and gave notice that, at the com tnencement of the next Seseion, he shiould bring forward, in detail, the proposition which he now indicated. Mr. Bayard flullowed Mr. Calhoun anil the bill was ordered to be cngrussed-27 to 22. The louse resumed the consideration of t he resolution appointing a Select com mittee to investigate the recent defalca tion in the port of New York. The debate (which ran through the whole day) was continued by Messrs. Un derwood, Toucy, Martin, Biddle, and Duncan, the last of whom hael not conclu led, when, at 5 o'clock. he gave %ay to a motion for ajournment, which prevailed. So no question was taken. January. 17. In the Senate, to-day, Mr. CLAr, of Ky., spoke at length against the gradua tion bill which was ovits passage. lid re plied to Mr. Calhoun's remar!is of yester day, and contended that he had esaggera ted the evils of the land -4ystem and mis taken the remedy for thom. He wemit in to some views and staillelt to that the progress of the present lai* wmyaen would remove all the evils antia6d. Thus. Ohio, having only seventeen hun dred acres of public land in her litijt., would not for the purpoie of getting pos session of it, strrender tier claim to the three hundred millions of acres within the new states and territories, to say nothing of the vast domain beyond the territories, as each new state filled up and as the public lands within her limits were transferred to pri vate hands, such state would feel a cotm mon interest with the old states in the per servation of the public dotrain. But thre remaedy of the gentleman wenti beyotid tIhe evil, and would produce the very result wvhieb it was inatended to prevet-i. e contention, corruption, and the final loss to the old states of the whole domain. To prevent the new state's from seizing upon the lands, the gentlemna proposes to give thenm up) voluntarily-this w ;as like pere scribing death as the cure for all diseases. iie warned the gentleman, that tIhe rein tion of debtor and creditor wich lie piropo sed to estatalish hetween the states and the general government, was the most*danger ons one that could possibly exist--and wouldl soeon cnd itn a general scene of con tention and disunion. Mr. Calhoun replied in furthe-r support of his plan). Mr. Be-nton made some remtarks in opposition to Mr. Calhoun's motion. The debate was countitnued by Menssrs. King, Niles and Buchanean, after which the bill was passed-yeas 27. tnays 22. In the floLse of Rtepresentatives. The Camittee otn _Foreign Allaire (through Mr. Le'g:ere) made a report, asking to lie discharged from the fturther consmideration of a memitoriail which hade been re-ferred ton them; in favoir of the establhishme,nt of a Cengress oif nations for the settlement of naetionial disptutes. The Committee, it ap pears. hadl mtade a repoit on the same sub ject at the last session of Congress,.-which however there is reasotn to believe had not reached the petitioners. A tmotion was mande by Mr. Adams to recommiat the re port that tIhe Commtit tee on Foreigna A (Vairs ihlt cotnnect with it various memorials, which hail been referred ton them-t, for the ediation of thre U. States in the existitng cottroversy between Frarnee ail Mexico. Mr. Legare explained that this part offthe suject was at prresent tinder consideration in thre Committee. and Mr. Adatms then withdrew Iris motion to reconmmrit. The h ouse resumted the conisidleration of the resolutioni lor the appiintmment of at Select Committee on the recent defalca tions. Mr. Dunc-an restumed his remarks, and occupied the attentioni of the fleuee for about threo hours. Some further de bate followed-w hen the qutest ion was ta ken. The amendeim to ele--'t siva vore wvas rejected, ande the amendment to elect by ballot adopted. January 18. In the Senate, Mr. Hubbard suggestd that the condit ion of the Tlreasury was stuch as to renider extreme econonmy necessary, andn he moved to reduce the approprition one third, whic-h was agreed to. Several tmenmbers urged the necessity of a still fur ther reducttion, andi Mr. King opposed tIhe hill ott pritrciple. le moved to strike ott the nncting clnase. which ...a. .a...d t. -yeas 23, nays 22. S6tho bill was rejec ted. Mr. Wall, however, moved a recou - sideration, because the Senate was thin. Thte vote was reconsidered, & the mjotuiu to strike out the enacting clause. rejected yeas 23, nays20. The bill was ordered to be engrossed. The liouse, last night, sat till elever. o'clock. eugaged upon the resoiutiou to re fer, to a Select Coiatltec, the subject of the defalcation of Mr. iwartwout. 'Iie motou to elect the Connj.tee &-y ballot, was agreed to-Vens lid, nays u. The Goman"ttee, as cuosen, consisted of Mr. Hiaran of hy., Mr. Curtis ol N. Y., Mr. Wise of Vat., Mr. Eiimjoru of . I., Mr. Sinith of Me., Mr. uvnwsou of Ga., ir. HlopKu.s o Va., Ar. AIualey of Pa., and Ar. Cushauu oit A. . 6o thete wete tour s Ings, two Couseivatives, and three Adninistration mieu, sullpsn Mir.Wt.illure to rank atuong tihe latter. in theitouse of Representatives, to-day, Mr, Eltore, w ho was cliuse as one of the Coluitttee 1 Ittve:stigation, Ase .ald liit to be excused tromi serving on the L,oU aittee, tor reasons winch lie proceeded to 16ve. it was evidetlty tile 14ten1u0n of tile House so to constitute tle tausnlttee as to represent It* various pollut.al iuter CStS, AU Ue CoulU nUOt te a11stailit:n iuLie Ouipsitiln tt1t Ile was nu3teal as U1e a lio was presudued to be u triend of tile Aumaun astraibou. Attoulln tie Ilad suppmlteu tue AdtIiuistratloa all SUAIC poluft auu suutAi continue to do w0, 4s aolig ne cotasiueed ineir course correct anti proper, yet ale lodu not been and wai ot uow ai Adlatsustra tion ualn an tile ordinary susc U tile terill. lie was an a positiou Iree to aie SuCn a Course tin an% Itelsure, as lie sisit uecin proper, dud te coutul no4t propefty t :ulot sidered as owtug aleauce to any party. It was a priticipe * mliC e ll.1id untoriiy and iroin ins youuti,ctlictnwied nu 46cleu upon, tlat tile toverltoetil was entailed to support, tn all cases 9t:ere its acts aid policy vere correct; but, It tile opposition were put all power,to-infurrow,tie: Woutu sus LaU ILuetn to the sume e.rtent,.tuu oi l te sasume princptes. MAr. k.. adued a turtiher rea son, tuut nis tiue was alreauy eUts'ed ty te duties of othier Luustusittees. Mr. % Ise opposed tile inottin for tile excuac of Air. k.linure, anu retnairked that, accor ding to is own linewinlg, he was not etliti tied to to ecused. tie had given tie best possit,te reaslis *ny Ie siould not be eicused, viz; that tie ais a jutr nalta. A be IesUit Was, At atitl a long leiate, Mr. r.iAnre was excused, yeas iLd, nays Mr. Gushman and Mr. liubley, were tien excused on the score o otner eun6age metals. The House ballotted for three more Ad mn inist atti l men, but as tie M fns and Couservattves ran one ttcket and tile Vin Buren nuotner, and as there were sonle scattering votes, sts no one was elected. Wiaen the result (t tihe batiotting was apunced' Ar. i aynes of Ura., a istaid o t Atlmamnstration, who as voetiu tr, rose and stated that a nuiaber o ballots had, tie perceived, Ie cast for noun. lie respectfully requested thosse genteen to turn their attention to some other iudivittu di, mistead nt hit, for he would dechur servig. it elected. 31r. ii. was calle:d to rdej by Mr. bell, who said that every gentlemen voted for, ainght be allowed to expWadn, if he could. the rpeaker sta ted tnat the geutlemtan wouLd ntake a mere exlIanatiou, but could not go ito reasons. D>r. l'aylor. ol New York, then rose and ,tlto retuested thit gentlemetn would not waste tine i voting for him, for, it chosen lie would not serve. Mr. Patton made a simtlar explanation; several ntietletual at tempts were made to adjourt, and a call of the Ho- Aas moved, but rejected. On the second ballot, the opphositioni elected Messrs. Taylor tif New York, M 1ar tin of Ala., and WVaggener of Pa. Those getntlemnen insisted onn bIng excused, atnd the lhouse adjourned after amuch dilsorder and4oafusion, wau hnout settling the question. \VAaiNoToy, .i. 19. House of Represenaices.-Thie whole of this day's sessionl has been taken upi in hearing and dtsensmg the ahpilitutn of of Messrs. Taylor, M arshnalt, anad V. agener, to be excusetd from serving on thte Swart wont CtUammittee. 1The twvo foramer w ere exctus.ed, andI the llouse refusedi tn exenie the latter by a vote of 10)5 to 2112. At the close ofl the session, Messrs. Foster iandi Owens were apponinted to fitl the twin va canutees created above. Blefnre tine adjoutrnine, Mr. Wise ina trodneaed a resoluntion, authoriing tine coman mittee to apijnt a cierk atid piriniter, leave of absencee fromla .he hlanuse, atnd to proceed to New York, if nlecessary.-Gobe. From th Ar labamane sltt Intlelligenrer. Jointt resoltuton. passed am the Legis lature of1 A labnama: 1. TiherefIore., be it Reslv-ed, by tie denatte anid lionise of Riepreasentative.s of tite Stante of Alatbamna, in Genteral Asnsemi lbly convened, inhat our Senatairs ini Con gress hae instrtucted, andI our liepresenta tives requesled, tin tilnpose and Vaole against the re-cha:rter of the U. S. Batik, or the establishmaeint of atny other hank of a sinmi tar character. 2. Be it further Resolved by thte author ity aforenaidi, TIhat otnr Senatoirs be also instructed, and our Representativds re quested, to suppoilrt and vote for the enatire sepiarationi oft lie pulie Revenuite from tl:e kee'ping or contraol of atny batik or bainksuif any descripntion whantever. 3. He it further Resolvedl by the author aty afaresaid, That since t he contstitin recogtnizes no othter curren'tcy thtu goldl aitd silver, and implleratively regnjiireg thatt all taxes shall lie equal and niuifiormt thrtough~lout the Untian, the emuplnyamem byv thne Governmnent, of the paper of local Battks ian tine collection atid dul,trsemnent of its revenne. amofuntis 10 a1 pilini and utn deniable itifrutionn mof thait sacreid insta n nment, which no conasideratioms of expedii ency or convetnience, and no force oft p)re tedent ought totng ton excunse; and siur. Senators are intruitcted to suppilort and vote ior some1 meatsutre or scheme of policy, the object of which shall be biy a gradunal and11 certain prces havitng regtad to the iitdebtediiess aind emairrassmntts of thc cotuntry, to heal this long standing breach of tine constitution. 4. And be it- farther Resolved, by the autthority 'aforecaid, That Alabama has uniiformiiy becen onie oif tihe fortemost among her sister States, in the supnort of Riennh lican principles; and her citizens hail with pride the hold and manly stand taken by gae Chier Magstrate of the Union, upon the finances ot the government. 5. itesolved, That taxes and duties ought not to ie iaid and collected bvy the General Government, to raise money to be lent ont to the keepers thereof, whether public officers or Banks, to speculators, or any other class of citizens whatsoever; and that the anount raised should tie bore ly sufficient to defray the expenses of an, eeionmical adminillistration of the Govern smeni. and should be kept to that object and no other. 6. Resolved, That the General Govere - ment has no right to use the mioney people for banking )ur)toses, and quently, any attempt on she part of Con gress, by means of a Bank Charter or any other Legislative enactment, to delegate such power to others, will, as heretofore, meet with the unceasing opposition of the Democratic and State Rights party of this State. 7. Resolved, That we deprecate the evils resulting from the action of the Gov ernnent-in the creation of Bank monlopo lies, nol authorized bv the Constitution the effect of which ha~; been to divert the commerce of the South from its direct and niatural channel, to its present circuitous route. 8. Resolved, T% a direct trade with Europe i. of vital iiportance to Alabama. 9. Resolved, That the present Admin istration of the General 6otve nient. by promoting the interests of the South. and guarding our insitutions, has won our ad Rmiration, and secured our suplport; and that we deep y deplore the course of such Southern Slatesnien, as by neii- in con cert with its opponents, are aiding to place those in pfwer who are adverse to the rights and intere,ts of the Soltih, and the great principles of the Detnocratic Repub licat party, as illustrated in site political life and writingt ofThomas Jefferson. 11). And he it ftrther Resolvedt, That the Governor is hereby reqluested to trans init a copy of the thregoing preaible asid resolutions to each Senator in Congress. IN SENATE. MoN DAr, Dec. 31. Mr. Mays introdtnced a set of joint re solutions, relating to the Maine andi Geor gia controversy, respecting negroes kid napped from the latter State, &c. Resolved, That it is with the deepest concern we perceive one of the Chief Magistrates of our confedelerate States, re fusing prompt acqiiescentce to this inst ani rightful demand. (That of Georgia frm Mw aise.) Resolved. That a failsire on the part of the State of Maine to fulfil her con-stitu iional ohligations in this psrtieolar, will he a FRatal blow to the sec:rity of our institu tions ind prosperity; and if persisted in, will create great aind well-fotnded alarm it the slave-holdisng States. Resolved. That the cause of Georgia i, the cause of the whole South, and we will make common cnuse with her in all proper mrenstires for prociring a reolress of these grievance-1. and for the maintenance of her and oner --rinmon cause. The-se Resolutions had their first read iig ansd made the special order of the day for Wednesday. Tits LiGHTNINo TrLFoAPH.-An As soeintion has been started in New York 'and Philadelphia to establish a line of the Elec tro Magnetic Telegraph, invented by Pro fes%or Morse, between those two cities. The distance the wire is to be laid is 100 miles. The Association are to pay Pro fessor Morse .8200 per mile, or $20,000 for the exclusive right between the two cities, which is to be sirrensdered to the United Stat es. if during the present session Coni gress shall assume the exclusive right of establishing the Telegraph frosn Wa;shing ion to New York. The ex pesise of laying the wires is esimnatedl at $520 per mtile, a mtoutingt) to $52,0i00, which wish the pnar chatse of the rightt,wilt make the whole cost *72,000: keepisng the Telegraph in opera tioni, whtic-h will eegnite two manai:gers at eacht end ansd conttingetncies, is put down $ t0.I00, per asnnum. Professsr Morse estimnases the power of the Telegraph egntal to commntslicasiing 415 letters per miintute, 317,500 per day, which, at onie cenut a letter for postage, would yield $138.00I0 per annusm, dedneting one' half the year, oir $.59.000, if thnt one fourth the capacity is emiployed. Thte average numt her of letters its Ihe irdlitiary words, of the Entglish, angeuage-, is sevens. Thuts a tele gra phic communt)iencltiont of tetn words wiosuld (cost sesnty cente. A e'npisal oef $72,000, is to be raisedl itn shares of $ 100-she work to be comm enscedl nuext Jnnse, and comi)eredl lby Decemtsber 18~39. The route need nlot lhe straight or le,vel, anrd thte wire may follow the course of a Raiilroatd. or di verge n~ ithotit aiecminug the comilmtica tioni. Tlhe plan is to commtunicate electric shek-s: mn other words,to set liLchtnIinC to retnssing an express alonig ihe- wires whtich are to he so comtrivedi, ais that she inistant the shock is giveni at one etnd, he wires will indicate on a cordl at the other end, the lelters corres poningtt to the desired iiteclligence. The application of the electric flssid to such a pusrplose is a highly scienltific invention, and it may be destined so work grent chaniges in ihe dlespatch of intelligence. Olf cotirse it must be very tneh wvantedl, as ihe go a heaid propensities of the age are already wveary oif the slow progre'ss of Locomotives, a: only twenty or shirty miles an hour: but the ditriculty will be preserving she line of electricecommsuinication along :l-e wires. W opn has :fstr atll the Semaphoric Teleraphtielespatcht brotught to mineh per fection Iby our woerthy sowvnsmnan, Capt. Parker, will h.- foun.d mneh more practicn ble anud elicient,t hant ridinlg post on a streak of lighning.-osion Post. A t a meeting of te Soeuth Carolina Ca nal andI Itasit hteend Comipany. he thte 2ler intsm. suee followinig gent f re elected Presideut asnd irectors for i n suing year : T. Tuipper. President. Directors, Messii, A. Blansding. Alexantder Black, Ker Boyce, J. M. Campbell, C. J. Col cock, Chas, Edmnonds'on, Jas. ilamilton, R. Y. Hlayne, Mitchell King, 11. W. Per onnecau. At a meeting of the I3onre of Directors. held on the day afser, Dr. Joseph Johntsoun, wvas electedl n Director....-ram. ro,...r. EDGEFIELD C. n. TuuaSDAr. JANUaar 31. 183. To She Patrons or the dgeAted A d v e -tis e r. Having been elected bythe LeVislature of South Carojina. to an Office which will require ny personal attention, I am com ~lied to dissolve my connexion with the blic, as Editor of the Edgefield Adver It is now three years sibce this Pa wqs established, and for this period, I have been responsible for Its conduct and management. I entered upqn the dise charge of my editorial duties with a lively sense of my responsibiljtjes, and experienco ins but deepened the conviction, that few osihions in life are more important. How these duties have been discharged, it be comes me not to speak. My brother, P. F. LABORDE, who hag - had the control of the Paper for a few touths past, will now become its respon sible Editor. A proper modesty will not forbid tie from saying, that he is a gentle man of liberal education, and in every re spect well qualified for the station. In surrendering my important trust, I must express my thanks for the generous support which has been given the Edge field Advertiser, and ask for it, the con tinued patronage o'the community. M. LABORDE. The Head Quarters of Governor Noble, will in future be at Abbeville C. House. We are indebted to the Hon. F. W. Piekens, for a copy of a Public Document, on the subject of Lands ceded to the Uni ted States. Also for a copy of the letter of the lion. Mr.Shepard, "To the freemen of the 4th Coigressional District of North Carolina." Bank ofAugusta, Ga.-The following gentlemen have been appointed by the Governor. Directors on the part of the State; Dr. ''. M. Robertson. J. B. Bishop, and Thomas Barrett. Governor Gilmer, of Georgia, has issu ed an order, calling for volunteers to pro tect the country near the Okefonokee. Gen. Floyd. in a letter to the Governor. roays, that 500 Infantry, and 300 mounted men, are sufficient to guard the frontier, and continue the exploration of the Oke fonokee Swamp. Free Banking Lato.-The Milledgeville Standard of Union says, that two compa nies have already been formed, under the act of the last session; one at West Point, in Troup County, the other in Decatur County. - Excessire Legislation -At its recent session, the Georgia Legislature passed only two hundred Acts. At its late sessio i, the Legislature of Georgia passed an Act, to call a Conven tion in A pril next, to reduce the number of Mem bers of the General Assembly. Bleeding thec Treasury.--The cost of the Mormon wvar in Missouri, amounts to about $80,000. The Governor of Mis souri. says that the United States are lia ble for this amount, on the groumnd that the General Government is bound to sup press inlsurrection. If the Government pays all the demands against it, there will not be aniother Surplus shortly. Old Rip Van Winkle awcake!-- We strongly sutspect that Old Rip was in a pro found slumber, when the North Car- I olina Senators voted in favor of tha f.amotus Expunging Resolutions. The old centlemnan appears just to have a wakened from his long sleep. He lately jumnped fromt his couch, and swore in his wra,th. that the Exputiging Resolutions should be erpunged instanter. It is a bad Rule that will not work both aeays.--When the Sub-Treasury Resolu tions were passed by the Legislature of S. Carolitna. and her delegation in Congress were requested to vote in conformity to them, many of the Whigs cried out pro.-. scription ! proscription ! It will be remem tiered that the Legislature of N. Carolina, lately passed by a bare majority, Resolu tiou3s against the Sub-Treasury. That bod y d id not positirely instruct the N. C.. Se'nators, who are Sub-Treasury men, to vote againsat the Sub-Treasury, or resigo. Becaause these Senators did not imme ditately vacate their seats, the Whig edi tors p)ouredl out the vials of their wrath, upon their heatds. They did not cry out persectution, persecution in thiscase! This would nothave suited them. Comment1s needless. The Pendleton Messenger says, thdt Getn. Rusk and Col. Bee, now holding high ofTiees in Texas, are South Carolini ans, and formerly resided in Pe%dleton Dist rict. Iowa.-A serious difficulty has arisen be tweetn Goveronr Ltucas, and the Lecisla---# ttire. The Governor says, that all ptublic acts must have his signature. TbIs is de nied by the Legislature. in consequeisee of this disagreetment, all public busines, is suspended.