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Dosnesti' News. CONGRESSIONAL. From te Correspondece of the Charleston Cour. WASnIIYGToN. Ja1. 21. In the louse, Mr. Adams, of Massachu setts-asked and-obtained leave to make the following statement,.which is deemed here of vast importance. He stated that he was not an abolitionist in any sense of that term. He asserted that he had never ..been, and was not now, in favor of the- abo Jition of slavery in the District of Columbia, If such a bill were brought before Co -gress, he would vote against it. He said he had read every thingthathad been written in favor of -the abolition of slavery in the District by Congress, and he had maturely weighed the subject, and the result as a deliberate and strong conviction of its inex itency.. He.said that he would prefer to venthe seat of, government ebiewhere than in a slave-holding Disirict, and, if it was constitutional, he would remove it and retrocede.tbe District to Maryland and Vir ginia, but he did not think that course con stitutional. He was, however, in favor of referring these petitions and ofhaving a re port upon them, and he perceived no reas on why this subject should not be discus sediheie as well as any ot ir. it now appears that Mr. Adams wishes to-have the subject referred to a Commit tee, of which he shall he the Chairman, and referred without limitation; and he then wishes to present his views against the objects of the memorialists. January. 22. In the Senate, to- day. the bill for the suppression of duelling, was taken up, and some discussion took place upon it. The bill was finally ordered to be engrossed. In the House of Representatives, Mr. H.11aynes made an attem)t to procure a sus :pension of the rules in order to go into . Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, upon the President's message. 4which, at this late stage of the session, has C not yet oeen referred to the several appro ( printe Committees. It soon became man lifest, however, that; if the House went in to Committee at all, they would differ very .much as to the business first to be, taken JUp. Some wished to take up the bill for the relief of the persons who suffered from French spoliations prior to 1800. and Mr, Cambteleng gave notice that he should call on an appropriation bill; Mr. C. remarked, liat the only appropriation bill which had yet passed, was the bill for the payment of the members themselves The result was that the House refused to go into Commit tsee. After some unimportant business, the Senate's bill to reduce and graduate the price of the poblic lands was taken up and read twice, and, the question being then opon its reference, some members wi-ahed to haveit referred to the Standing Comn mittee on public lands, andi others to the mlect 'Committee of twenty-six on the subjectof the disposition of the public lands. One reason given why the subject should be referred to the Committes on flhe Public SLanlxtsas, that they were in favor of the proposed measure, whereas the Select was not well disposed towards it. Mr. E w ing reflected in a very harsh manner upon F the Chair for organising tuch a Commit tee on the subject of the public landR. Ue accused him of predilection azainit the new States in the appointment of the Com mittee, Mr. Wm. Cost Johnson, Chairman of the Select Committee state.l. in substance. that the'Committee were disposed to a. dopt''apiidciple of graduation combined witr distribution, and that he hoped ther would be able to present to the House a plan of thmis sort.which would be acceptable. It *also appearedl in the debate, that the Corn omittee had negatived ihe plan for distribn tion, as proposed by M r. Clay, and that mh gradutation plan and Mr Calhoun's project were before them. No question was tat ken on the motion to refer, as Mr. Mont gomery, of N, C, anticipated that motion .by moving that it be laid on the table. Af *tsr a call of the House. the question wa' taken and the motion to lay on the table was agreed to, yeas 102, nays 97. . Thus has this itmportant measure been disposed of for the session. It is not sup. posed that, whatever the Commiittee of twenty-six shall report, there will be any action on so important andscomplicated n p robable that. next year. the miatter may bsettled, It is highly important to the .public interests, both in reference to politics ad reeuthat it should be settled. - ~ January23. In the Senate to clay, Mr. NorvilT inttro deced a bill, granting lands for the: use of Fcolleges in the U. States. The bill was not read. It masy be a sort of sop, cast to the old States, atid iptended to moderate atheir opposition to the new land p-:ojects. Mr. Tallmadge brought foraird a-new Enancial project of great importance, in the ghap: faieof-reso~'utions, - as follows; ...-'.eolmed, That a number of sound spe . oie paying banks ought to be selected, un -der suitable regulations, for safely keeping - the public money." - -Resolved, That paymnent of public mon cyotught to be made in gold and silver, or in notes of sound specie paying"'banks. un der suitable regulations, to be proscribed by law. -- Resolued, That the selectiid banks, in ~consideration of such deposites, ought to pseuform 'without charge, 'he same duties, tor vernment ingtransferring the pub lic odseand distrib,ujing the same in pay tuent of tfie public creditors, as were per formed by the late, Bank of the, L. States. Tlie-resolutions were ordered to be prin tid. - The bill to aliolishm imprisonment for debt, in certain cs, and the hill to sup press dumellinigit tDistrict of Columbia, were read a ii~'ime and passed. The;Senae'at an early hour, went into ani Exefttise session. * -Tle.Htuse had, to-day. another battle tapoilthe graduatitiont bill. Mr. Ptriken r noved that the vote by which the bill was laid on the table, ho reconsidered--and Mr. Williams, of N. C. moved to lay this mao tion on -the table, which was rejected yeas 96,:nays 102. The motion to recon sider was lost, by the very close vote of 98 to'99 . -- If the House had ever gone into-this sab Joet, i wotnid have al' the next six weeks, just as the lnvestigauon queston oectipied tfie last seven weeks. W ienev er this subject, which is of so much sec tional interest, shall - coae. before the House, every member must be heard up on-it. Another ineffectual attempt was made to-day to go into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, in order to ,ake up the President's message. The House is afraid that the debate onl the message will tie continued, as it probably would be, should they get into Committee. Mr. Bronson, from the Committee on Territories, reported a bill to authorise the people of Iowa to form a Constitution and State Government. So, we have three new States knocking at our door. Flori da, it is true, yet wants the requisite num ber of inhabitant, but Col. Benton's occu pation bill will soon give them to her. The House adjourned early, being with out a quorum. We have no news here. out of Congress. There was a rumor that a Minister Extraordinary is to be sent to Turkey, but it has died away. January 24. In the Senate, Mr. Benton brought for ward his bill for the abo!ition of the duty onl Salt. and the fishitng bounties. ad made a long speech in favor of the meas ure, relying very much for his facts and views upon certain documents, communi cated some years ago to the British House of Commons. The duty, though small, throws the imported Salt, into the hands of monopoliets, according to Mr. Benton's idea, and greatly enhances its price. Mr. Davis, who represents the Salt-making and Fishing country, stated that he should reply to Mr. Benton's views, when the subject was next taken up. MrN Wright gave notice that he should to-morrow call up the-report of the Secre tary of the Treasury, in relation to the sale and-payment of the U. S. Bank bnds, when he will reply to the remarks of Mr. Rives, and Mr. Rivet is expected to reply. There is nothing of much interest now before Congress. We are all waiting the return of the investigating Committee, for that is the chief business of this session. In the House, Mr. Cambreleng made a report on the state of the Treasury. As was expected, he cries out for retrench ment and economy. as well he may, for without them, the Exchequer will be soon very low. He says, if Congress pass the Harbor and Fortification bills, as reported, we must get five or six millions from some source or other to meet the expenditur we shall fill short by that amount. There will, therefore, as you may suppose, be a hot battle when the appropriation bills come up for discussion. The House went into Committee of the Whole, on the State of the Union, (Mr. Adams in the Chair,) and took up the Pre sident's Message. Mr. Everett, of Ver mont, took the floor, and spoke some hours against that part of the message which re lates to Indian affairs. Mr. Everett went into a review of our Indian policy,.- to which he has always been hostile. Mr. Masou, of Ohio, also passed some strictures upon other parts of the message. Mr. Crary, of Michigan, opposed the views taken sometime ago by Mr. Bell, on the general tone of the message, and support ed the general policy of the Administra lion. Before Mr. C. concluded, the Cont mit tee rose, and he will probably resume his speech to-morrow. From the Correspomience of the Southern Patriot. Jain 25. 1939. SENATE.-A numbher of Memorials were presented front Peace Societies, ask ig C'ongress to take measures for rthe es atblishmtent of a Congress of Nations for ftc adtjudication oft nationial disputes. Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, advocated the prayer of the Memorials, at some length, afher which they were referred to the Com-. mittee on Foreign Affairs. The House Bill for re-organizing the District Courts of Alabama, was taken up and ordered to be engrossed. Mr. Young submitted a resolution, call ing upon the Secretar% of the Treasury or information as to the expense of con rinuing the Cumiberland Road to Jeff'erson City, Missouri, and also on the propriety f~ ceditng said road to the several Stares brough which it passes. Act the expiration of the morning hour, he Senate on motion of Mr. Lion, took up 4 br consideration the report of the Secre. ~ary of the TIreasury, made 0:, a formewr lav, in answer to a resoltition offered by 6l. Rives, calling for information as to he sale of~ U..S. Bank Bonds owned by Jovernmnent. Mr. WVriight being entitled to the floor, roceeded in a very severe mnauner to re ly to the charges made by Mr. Rivas a- I ainst the Adiministration. Hie took a encral view tof the financial history of he Government for the last eiaht years, kshewed to the satisfaction of any candid nind. that in all the transactions hteiween I he Government and the U. States Bank < n honorasble policy had been observed. Ee entered into a detailed statement re pecting the Bonds of the Old Bank and I he manner Government had become pos essed of themt. He thten alluded to thea ransactions between the Secretary of the I 'reasury ad the presenrt Bank, and proved biy indisputable evidence that the ormer under existing circumstances,cneld I ot have acted otherwise than he did. He '4 hen made some well pointed remarks on I ho peculiar position of Mr. R. and the vey 'honorable standing of an " arred I seutral." Mr. Rives replied at some length, and judging front the bitterness of his invec. tve, it was evident that he considered him elt as having been severelyhanilled. He : ut and slashed in every direction, but with ao-btter succ~ess than on a former display.'' lie finds itvery difficult tocontrovertfacts, I sd hence lie seeks to maihtain his potsi ion by - furiois declamatio~n. He w as old from tbre beginning that he would find I he "half way house" but sorry quarters. Mr. Wright 'rejoined, and corrected ome maisrepresentations made by the ormer. A boy saw a countryman open his pock ~tbook. The boy' stooped clown and ap- * arently pickeduop a bill, demandling a re- . yard, which being paid. the recipient made t i,; 'when the man found it was a counter- E 'aei lae bnd reerivd-M Y. Rear. L HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. .DRiY- DOCKS.tl.: JA. to, 1889. Mr. Pickens rose and said, that.aswhen up before, he sustained this appropriatin in the original bill of $J00,000 for a dry dock at New York, he now felt, from the range of discussion, disposed to nake a few mnore remarks in addition to what he had already said. He would first notice what had fallen from the gentleman from Penusy Ivania, [,Mr Petrikin.] That gen tietman had given us a very good lecture on economy and Democratic principles, and had thought proper to extend a portion of it to him LMr. Pickens.] He was sur prised to find gentlemen from the South, that had heretofore been good economists, ranged in support of this appropriation!! All this was good doctrineand Mr. Pickens only regretted that the gentleman's prac tice had no. entirely corresponded. with his precept. He, [Mr.- Pickens.] had taken that geutlenan last session as his file lead er on economy. The gentlemen had even set his cue to the tudie of 'economy, that we imight follow in his wake; but, sir, when we come to voting appropriations for the Cumberand road, what was my astonish ment when I found my file leader, wheel ing to the righr about, and voting aye! And is this the gentleman to rise here now, and read me a lecture on economy, be cause I choose to support an appropriation of $100.000 ,- for a branch of your naval service, while he supported an appropria tion of near a million for the Cumberland road ? I will not condescend to institute a com parison between the two objects. Sir,.! glory in supporting liberal appropriations for'every thing connected with yotw navy. It is the only safe and efficient nrm of na tional defence in a free republic; and some of the -very gentlemen who will now vote against this appropriatio%. you will find, at the close of the session, voting what they have hereby saved, ani millions more, to dig out harbors upon your inland seas, where God and nature never intend ed that any shoubl oe. Manygentlemen who will now vote dow u such appropriations as the present, will combine hereafter itn a schene of legislation under appropriations for your Cumberland road, your light house and harbor bills, and your other thousand mi-erable local appropriations, by which private speculators have been enabled to swindle the country out of alil liotns of dollars. and yet all this is sound economy! The true and only questions. before the committee are, is a dry dock ueeded at New York, and is this appropriation fit and proper? Upon these points there is a ioneurrence of sentiments in those *ho baire considered the matter. Where can iuch an establishment, with more propri sty be located than New York, the centre cf commerce and navigatioti, and not withstanding all her sins, in a commercial point of view, the pride of the Republic? We now lose, for want of a dry dock at tbat point, in two years. by the decay and injury of our vessels of war, more than would be re(iired to construct the dock. Fron the extreme Northern point on the :oast or Maine to Cape Cod, from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras, and from Cape Hatteras to Cape Florida, and from thence o the Sabine, by examination of the map you will find between each of these promt men point., great bayn or identures-in the -oust of the United States; and there )ught to be in the centre of each. navy yards on the m)4t liberal and substantial )asts--one at Boston, one at New York. me at Charleston, and one at Pensacola. 4V ith mnore than two thousand miles of sea oast, aend a comparattiv'ely sparse popu ation, it is vatn and idle to think of ainy ither elficieut system of fortification or na 'ional defenice exept by a navy. In the text great confliet, youm landl fortifications, rhich have been copicd frtom the F'renceh ystem, will be as impotent and .useless except at isolated points) as are the cas Jes in ruins that now frown over Enrope, ransmitting to us nothing but the recollec ion of the barbarian nobility who once iii t abited them. No, sir; if war does come, which may God in his mercy avert!) it vill be upon watgr, the fate of empire will we decided. Your armies upon land will ec of little or no s-ervice. Under the creat hauges in modern times, the true system f defence and powr,is to take advantage fall the inventions and improvements particularly in steam) of the day, and give uch eticency to your navy as willrnable is to meet any contingentcy that may arise. confess tha. I ant proutd of being the stup imrter oif that glorious and nobmle armn of >nr national defence. It has hortne our tars and our stripe's in hoinor to the most listant seas of the habitable globe: and the otaries of freedom int every land have seen cheered l-y the broad folds of our na ional banner, as it has swept along the emnotest coast of thts earth. But, sir, ii has been said-that appropria ions on this subject have heretofore been Qetional; th'at, while we have not re etved our share,others have received more han their share. Sir, to a certain extent his has been true;, but I contehd that ex cenditures on this branch, more than every hing conected with Governmenit, have hed.a common benefit and a common leasing upon our united country. What an protect the immense productions of the south, floatinig over every sea to foreign ands,- as they do, buit a vigilant andi eff. ient navy? If thbe ships are made at the qorth,and manned by Nort hern men, (but ye have our full proportion of officers,) yet I they protect and defend our rtch pro Ilutions from the plunder and oppression f foreign powers, we have a deep stake a supporting them. It is the only branch cf public defence and putiem expenditure a which we have a peculiar and deep in erest. Andi allow me to say, that this is to time for a representative froian At antic or Gulf State to hesitatein voting ppropriations that mnay be proper to put ur navy in spanking order. Lnok at the uovements of the French in the Gulf and n the coast of Mexico. Without pretend gto censure them, or'at present to ques on their rights, yet I wvill say that their, osition uiponi a defenceless coast, and a riongst rich and defenceles, islands, is empting to their power, and iftthey with. itad it they have less amnbition. than. the rorld attributes to them. Sir, what I 3can to inasinuar is, that in the progress of vents such a point may be occuipieni, an'd un a positian amanmaed. that tha inde peadence of our commirc from the Mis sisippi.valley, and througft-he Itulfmay be rendered aiobtfrul i thl fste.i 'And if such should bie the case, Edo no. hesitate to imy It might raise the queltion oTpeacel or ar. The independence of ten of the richest States of. this, Union rests , a..the . free don of the Gulf commerce, being placed beyond the possible reach of .any'loreign pow'er. is this the time for-u's to stiut ap propriations for any thing connected with your navy? Sir, I alhor t hat cruel econo my, which,to save a few thousaud dollars now would sacrifice the blood of freemen hereafter. leaw in fayor.toOthe appropriation for Pensacola, too. because I believe eficient protection and support to our navy on that extensive -coast, its remote- position, and the sparse population. bordering,,on the Gulf of Mexico, all demanud from this Ghov eminent its guardian care and military protection. I believe, also, that all the States in the valley of the Mississippi and the Ohio, are deeply iuserested in sustain ing the.power and efficiencyof our navy in the Gulf, particularly at this ju'ncture of af'airs in that quarter. I go for appropria tions of this kind; not because they may be of local benefit to this section or to that section, but because of their common ben efit to mrycommOn country. True our finances'may be low, anti lot us go for anr eilightened retrenchment and economy. Yes, sir, strike at your light houses and harbor bills-your Cumberland road hill -your new fortification bills-and all such like loose and unnecessary appropriations. gut in God's name do not strike at the navy, the pride and the ornament of the country; and particularly at this period of the world, when every other maritime power seems to be concentrating their na tional energies upon that arni of defence. Mark the progress of these things, and I predict, when you refuse such appropria lions as this, that in the last three days of this very session, the 16th joint rule of this louse will be suspended, in order to let in bills embracing all kinds of a ppropriations which singly and alone, upon their own independent merita, could never receive the sanction of the tnajority of this House, upon fnll or fair discussion. I will here say that I cannot agree to the propostion, or as it has been called a bargaiti, proposed by the gentleman from New York, (Mr. Hoffinan,) -in relation to the Philadelphia dock. It is due to can dor to say that I am opposed to that a mendment. I do not think it at all need- I ed. if the one at New York is established. The sentiments I have now avowed are the same I 'have uttered here before, four years since. I am opponed, generally, to appropriations upon land, or for land ser vice, but in favor of strengthening our na tional defence upon water. Mr. Petrikin rose amidst cries of ques tion,. question. The gentleman from S. Carolina said he had voted for the Cum herland road. It was true that he had, and he believed, at the time, it was right, and that he was voting for the general good. He had done it partly on grounds of expediency. because the Government was under a pledge: but he found he had been deceived. He had been in the wrong; he had founl this out in a very few days after his vote was given, but if God and his constituents would forgive him for this once, he never would vote another dollar in the sdme way as long as he lived. Resolutions ofered by Mr. Picxa4s, of S. Carolina, in the Select Committee on Public Lands, H. R. U. S., January 9. 1838. Resolced, That i is expedient and pro per that all the public lands belonging to thme United States should be ceded to the several dtates within whose territory said lands lie, suhject to the following conadi. ions precedent 1. 'rhat the said States shall severally pay into the Treasury of the United States 50 per ',entum on the amount of sales of such lands within their territory.. 2. That the price and terms ofrsales to be tixed by the Governent of the U. Sta tes, and if made up~on any other terms, he cession to be null and void. 3. TIhar patents r titles to. purchasers of and, be signed by the President, or some ederal officer, designtated by law. and in no instance to be delivered or signed until the said 50 per centutm, ascertained to be ue by the State, sliaill have been actu'lly aid into the Treasury. or secured beyond ll contingency; and in case it shall not ave beetn so paid or secured, wvithin a rea onable time, all said cession to the delin uent State, shall be null and void. 4. The States, severally, withina whose erritory the said lands mnay lie, shall de ray all expenses anywise appertainmng to he sales or surveys of said lands-create and establish their own land offices, and apoint all tthe ollicers they may think roper for the purposes aforesaid. Mr. Elmore submnitted the following res aluions, in Hi. of Reps. on the 14th oul. which, under the. rules, lie over one day: Reiolved,. That the several States com osing the United States of America, are ot associated on the principle of. unlim ted submission to the Federal Govern ent, or to the House of Congre-ss, or ither of them;t but that,- by the Constitu ion, the peo)ple of said States constituted mne General.Government for special pturpo ea, and delegated to that Governmnent cer ain deginite powers,-only reserving, each State to itself, the residuary mass of right o their own self-government: that,. while he Constitution and laws of the- United States do attach to the whole people of the everal States, immediately, in those mait ers, within the-jurisdiction andI confines of aid Constitution, and-in the mode limited ud defined thereby, yet, in all other mat ers, the said States retain each all its ights and powers, under its -own sever sgn and separate control; that to this Con titution each State. acceded as a separate overeign State, and is an integral party. and in jts capacity of a sovereign St ate, is epresented in'ongress by its - Senators, dly appointed; that, among the residuary ights, so by each State reserved, is that of reely and fully expressing its opinions on 1ll subjects delegated to the General Gov rnment, or touching the~infraction of the onstitutional compact, and of communi ating the said opinions to Congress, and hatqit is the Constitutional duty of tbe Sen a nde of the House' of Renrenentatives, etpectfuly to receive, enteitan, sadon . idrs and bidarely dad e'. Iratety od& cae otlecesn'dpuuniiazsous addret iedio it, by eit441t:iie e i f tk baWopiuld the sulmary retion ot z . same' witouUt beilgdei5, printed, or referred,or any actonW ha-ver had risere CUn, wJUkid qiusigittnI bnor, and nj -rious to the rights and ,uteres of the said sovereigu di.aies of' tne UnI0. 2.Reisolved. That ie Fl'aeral Govern ment Ws a dovu(Lieinet ofiuf'Aateud spe cine powers,vderiVed fro uth people of the-'Sates, thereby conuierated and u nited,aud to said Governuueat b) them gran ted under the Coustitutou;that all powers not delegated to the said United States, by the UoustitUUoni, nor prunibited oy it to the States, are reserved to the States .respectively-o the people;)bat, thereflrer no.righit.ot any denuaipa can 00 Can celled, abridged, restrainetj or moditied oy vie Congress, by ithe Seni or Hiouse ot Representatives, acing inany cdpacity, by the Prsident, or any bepartment or otlicer of the United Statiecept in th. itstances wierein power i given b the Constitution for thosd purpoe; that amuog other uziprescriptible aud eaenitial rghis, the freedotn of coUscience, uf speech, of the press, and the right if -th people peacably to assemble and to pettita the Governanent for & -rress 01 giie vances, are of the original and ilnate Isn munity of tie said peolle Of. the United States; rights of tweirs not drived from,or to he weakened by the comm n or any other )ositive law of this or auy stber country, but therent in the said pelple as a peo pie. or under the consti.utiosofthe sever-. al States. by and to the said people guar autied and consecrated fTrelert aud which, by reason thereof, cannot be cancelled. abridged. re:traited, or intltfed, consti tutioudily, by any of the hinted States whatever, nor in any lorm ofilaw, waietb er the same be the act of the;wo House. of Congress; or of either of thun separate ly. But the same wore thus iarantied in order to protect the citizen agdiISt the a buse of power, aud not as de means .of assailing the right of others; tid that to perinit one or Wiore 6tates, ortIeir citizesr to convert thenm into an initrutietit, not of protection. but of assault again4 the reser ved rights ortistitutons and pace of the other Slates or their ci izeits,Or ,f the 'er ritoris and of this District aud their citit ens, would be a manifest violion of the constitutional compact, a grossbreach of the public faith. tending to C4nvert the brothfrly love in- which the Onsitiion originated into haired, and ifnolelfectuat ly arrested, must subvert the U lOn-itself; and that this body owes a miost.lemn ob ligation to itself and the people ohe States which it represents not to perit itself to be made an instrument or partybanempts so flagitious and dangerous. ! 3. Resolved, That the peopleir the U. States did ordain and establish ihe Con slitution thereof, in order "t form a more, perfect union, establish justije, insure domestic tranquility; and to a ure. the blessings of liberty to thett and tlir pos .terity; that it) this end, the powersbf legis lation were vested- in representaive and deliberative assemblies, to wit: alSienate appointed by the States, and a louse of Representatives chosen by the pTple of the States, that, in the exercise if their rights, by the said House of Repaseuta tives, and the members thereofthere should be perfect equality and full'cupe, I as-far as is consiatent with the p p . ducting the business of the House, on all 6 bjects within its constitttiontal jirisdic. dion; but to permit the members Vf this House, under the.pretext of freedoa'of de hate, to convert it ilO s hall to cascuss I questions beyondl its junisdiction. andio de nounce andI attack the domnestic istitu ions oif a portint of these States, esential to thetr penace, secturity, and tranquib-y . anid the pruoperty of their citizens, eitn beoire, aud expressly guarantied hi the Constitution itself, would be desiructie of all harmony among the membhers ol the body, incomptible with the disebaip of its acknowledged duties and destructite of the great and avowed objects for diich the Constitution, this Union created,and this House instituted. 4. Resolvred, therefore, T hat the reblu tion of the House of Representatives a dopted on the 12th day of December kst, which provides that every petition, mneo rial, and resolution. proposition, or ps~r, of a prescribed class, "shall, on the ge sentation thercof, without any further c ion thereon, be laid on the tale, wIt ltat being debated. printed, or referred," rut on great tand fundatnental principlesIb the Constitution, and on- putblic faith a~ honor, the observance of which is es~e tial to the peace, tranquillity, and the curity of the States which cnompose the. fedracy, an.d the safety and continuao of the Untioni; and thait this House, in ado ing the sane resolutioni, has but fulfil, constitutional obligations &,iuties witho any wvise infractingt the legitimate limits4 the right of petition, the freedomnofdebfle e or the constitutional -equal rights -of. thib members of thbis body. Prom the Grees~aius Mduntaise, 25tk nkl. BATTLE OF THE GOW-PENS2 The 58th anniversary of the Battle of theCow- Pens was celebrated, on the ground on the I7th'inst., with great spirit and ani mation. The citizens of the..immediate vicinity attended generally, and a number of respectable. persous from adjoining dis tricts, both of Suuth..and North Carolina, were also present, and -sealously disposed to do honors to theday. Of.,tbcp original actors in the scene, mt 1781, hut-tico could be nrabered in thetcomnpany! -Maj Sam uel Mc. Junkin, of Union, and Capt. Johan Collins, of-Spartanburgh Districts, both; of whom were engaged in th'e battle; and it would seem, that the genius of the place had purposely reserved- these two venera ble patriots-the last of their brave* band, to receive the homage of a grateftil couti try. so richly due to them, andto the memt ory of their departed companions in arms! Several Military Companies attended, "armed and-equipped,'- anti were thrownt into a handsome Battalion under the corn mnd of Col. A. C. Bomar, as Marshal of the day; and which, after performing sev eral spirited evolutions, mopved, in conntex ion withI the citizens'. procession,, to the stand erected for the Orator. -The Ree B. Hicks addressed the Throne of Grace in a. very appropriate, animated and patrliotic .raer afte. which M'nt' W& 'rj..-. Inort the gmeeting t tjj~ Witzr4 the preliiena meeting, to inA it the11ion. Jun Bel O'Ae alII to ,a toii4onahis occasiOn as. e Orator of.ti; dagnad been duly co Plied withd inatJoirge-U'Neall had ly respinde: to 1t6; c:1, yIatjug his di ere et at be ig, cupelled ti einvitation ifie alter l:u litv 116YS 'II ~I-In' cinl euga,:eneuts. of d argingh Y dut thus,asigned to ham- The-auaiite alo-fuloriiied 'te asve y,- ihat had been mude., althoug at a very.:Ia hour. on our fehow-cl- n, Maj. Jame -dward Henry, to disht the -doty _ ginally assigue4. to Jud O'Neall; ar that SlajAen.y- Pad o ly accep the perlormance of th d, ,;and was re dy tu wait on the compagy. ..Maj.4.lenry.theu.add and alter expressinOf his deetpregret, hi he ia8iposed exist in c~mme wiai fellow-citizens then assembfedi, and .h self, at 'be absence of tfh disunguished dividoal whose services had been so a iously anticipated for this oce ad the very limited opporitinity I* ; of preparation t6 do justic oth calit 1 'imsell he entered on sj of his address. Wl3re* a glawing.Pe ture of the posititin and relative ituati of the contending parties in thisadou - running rapidly.tbough emphatically, ..a ver tdie incideuts and :events.conneed wiih this glorious achievement,- helg' just and ample honors to the memories - (ienerals Morgan .ind Pielens, Co.I ard and W asbington, iel'other () who struggled with irresistible 6#very ecertion on the occasion.'and partje i'0d up to the view of. be assembjth deeds of courage and-maguanimity prace tiped. by Cois. Roebk, Brabnoaraut Thomas, not only in this engagei neb g, in -mjany others-aud Ihose devof the cause, and elficientbervices iI'obria ing our Independence seemed to a been unknown to, or overidoked,b4 Historians of the Rev r ution. After sing the field of richad thrilling n connected with the Revolutio a and surveying our present happy, id*1 pendeut and dignitied .Positto amdq, Nations of teearth. and ui'' g the yO there assetuiled, by acquisitton of knowledge and patro ^ to sustain ai increase the blessings. ulti from ou hardhearned. and. blo -11iib Major.Henry conclude , amidst ,e plaudits of the assembl , asd deafenin discharge of musque , a The utmost good 1 ing pera& th' whole company. thro' h thei~tliffs at late hour -of the eDning, the compan% dispersed in perf et hrmony & good i Mrr From twhe iLon Merury. Ma. JENgs' PAIST Fraz Ana. We wituesse on Nednesday evenin a trial of thi miigenids instrument. Th specimen trie ht sporting ri6 carrying about 80 balls to the.- pound., it had bee. fired on varions trials more than 120) times, and 'bowed not the slightmsa appearance of wiar from use; it- was lrd in Wednesday abut 35 times, and only unce sliglidy cletined. The target was. iftyyards. and but one shot missed it, hough there wasist leait one of the p who might have been ezedsed-for'- ows"n i barn at -that disiance,' for 7in truth 't )usiness of writing politics isapS'tD me awful quint.. AIWie gentlem rese xpresse . e"relight, with Mr tdunaesof-itas.dh .2 >ccur to us now,arathese.-, It can be 6 bur times in a minteto thirty shots with mut the necessity ofrcleanhig it. There is 0r the slightest perceptible recoil on ex. :losion. There j..no use of patches or sadiding (w hich will save a multitude of >ooks from being-waste~d in killing birds, 'hen they might be better employed' in rrapaing sugar or lighting cigars.) It. -n be charged with perfect ease and cer ntinty while walkinag, even running or.. ri ling at a gallop on horse back ; a"running irc" with Jenk's rifle would therefore *be teither a joke nor a metaphor. The. maa ier in which thbe powder is pressed into then tipple, makes it more certain of goiog of1 han the common percussion rifle. -In iarm, it has the slightest pssibledifferenes rom the common rigle. We have said e ough to attract curiosity, we hopeto this - ery ingcnious and valuable improvement Ve do not attempt a mechanical'discrip-' ion of it, because unillustraid, it. woulD ot be intelligible. Sportsmen should-,pu nd. all. examine it-they cannot failf to ppreciate on theiinstant its lportant -ad. ant aees over isny other that has-been 'of ered to thern. We.-leave ii tomili rien to decide sjan lits ado~ion iii wisr are, but the simplici.tysof its~tructure, itsi ertainty of fire, the ,ease with which it~ say be loaded even ins.rapid.netign, and1 a entire safetyt waald seeni opoimuitnut1, s a most effective instrumeat for their attposes also.! Sr. Louis.-Theannuhl -aue'oaf*' orts from. t. Lotis,'is esuima tai - sillions of dollars. The shipmnen(o l *l. - lo , are stated, tot'equal to te5ild ot and thb fnss."400,000, dolhr Ine sal Tfid; 7 at value of lrseosliii lessen (Fafissouri into t cetta't giing Sttss.'dering the ps r, ise. ated at 150.008idollars..' 4dica Sc&Setle i , t: pears by this Quarierl , Ri - t . are twenty-maneofhe n, ttUenS. in4United States 'Two .of gs-~ie i inPennsylvanian, fourii h Lw Yntoin Massachwaatts.uiefin New': Heihiro, thre tin Maryland, otTis Cd tcientithree in: Ohio, aei mg tw nKentucky, one in Mue~3, il.de 1.landt, t'wo il South e oneithe District of Coluijbia,- sy now a we Virgniagonotin~ Georgia, and one in Lgianna, at I'Jo Orleans. In4e Legtslature of the State $f Ala batn~proposititonto change the rude of eletig Representatives to Coag1 ifrota the rie system, to. thht of a anrs Tick as beeni reieced - It.Stanard, a distininished(Whig) L ei-of Virgia;.ias~be.e ted by th4egS'laturfl ofthat Stat,: a de of theJourtof A psais. - id Th 1lislatueof illinois hasa 0.. soluti j~cagmismg-the tight of insett S nten -ns a Re ..