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Covegressional. 1N SE~NATEF. FintiAY, Jan. 3, ISIO. The Pulic Lads-.reealy 1) no tice SiveI on Ttu Le"ia. l;1., Mr. Calalonn asked leave. aod i'otrionhteed i bill teo,ede the public lands to the States il which t hey are respectively sirlOated. The hill w. re-id by its title. ando. nol on ot .dr. t ., re~ferred to the Cominsitee on the Puhie Lands. Mr. Clav stated ihat ie re:retail thi: 1e was detin'ed by in-dispojtiont .(lis oorn ing. aod pireveinted from toi preenut when the hill wVaq itO.-oneoled .y the d n for froin Souti Carulin; [Mr. Calhonit)l for cedlingZ the public lands to v'rtia tls within which they are sitoate'. Ile wi.h ed to su_,es-.,t soie other reference tit it than to the Coomite on the Pihlic Land.o, but, unless some Seuator womod muore a reconsiderution ofth -orderof r-lr enee to thateommitter, hie cold not ofler the suggestion whieh Ihe wished to me.atke. 51r. Southard then inouved the reconsid erutiou. 31r. Calhoun remarked that he loprd the Senate would not aree to the motii.; unileas some good reas-tm stoAl bet abign od why the '.ill sltotid not be .relerre:d to the Committee on the Public I-ando. It was the appropriate commultee. awol tho bill referred itelf to it as a mater oi cotir-qn unlesso here shoutlo he some spe)cie unti;. sufficient objection. Mr. Clay said he was indilTerent as to the disposition of the-matter, hatt. :I the committee was coustittted. Ihuir 4d its five merbers were from the new Statw. lb. meant to ofTer no clisrespect Ito them-, ill lie must say that this n as a men-mrue which disguised as it may be, and colorable as it. provisions were; was, in ell'ct, a dlon lion ofupwards of one hunodred todlios of acres or tle common pirperty ar att tie Soater of :his Union to particutlar Sr:es. lie did not think it right that such I tmea sure should be committed to tlhe hadios of Senators exclesively repretentio the l'o nees. lie thought that a commilittee oh to le constituted. inl whiel the oM ld < should rove a fuller and Fairer repr ze-ot:i tion. We should at len it e--erve I lao- o corum of legi-dation. and not violatoe the decencies ofittice. Mr. Calhon said ite Senator hand qp. ken minelh of pledohes. not dtig, al political compromise4. no-rl mlddnj ebangc of personal relations. He (;id 3 Mr. C.) k mnuch more experiewced ilo soreh ibi s than I am. If tmy -nooemory %Prvo '0 mel. and if rinors are t; he t rn;ted. the !emnnt [or 1?mol a great deal to (oi wit It ;elh thin2z'4. in connection with a d:ingrished ei':/n, now of the other I loue: anod it is loit -! :ll surprising, from hi experieoroe thrwi n hi4 own case, that he shohld uot ie imsie1dool to believe sinaril rumors of t.o hoer tiow. oit whether his stiblen chang; of per-on al relation., then, frmon hirne(r etimnby to OIe most conofidentill frienldlhi p wit that clit Zen, was preceed ed by piedIo. nader sitandin;-. and politic:il ton;.rom 00 ito part of one or bott, it i4 to fior n to. isv. The country has lon-, ince pmold onm Oht. But, said Mr. C., I n% i. I1 nre th --m tor. if there w-re ledIgein ho li.. ca- .. Owr were none i tonojo. . have o.rio o ity linu sisipendel p.-r-ii int.on0 on-1 with the President, v-ithont t o phl-dge, nlrtmigu- o:Pui on eitber side. I would he otl te ;:!, r. ceive or exact nei. lThe ta0-0ion foo their former to I heir IO -n I eroo-- I la t.ons, wa vas & n:qora! -uio li. olfthe kind. I! give. rte lot lo tre isy 4ownly.thoit I have atprovd of ;.1 1hy leading meaores iob the Preof:'io-. b he took the Exeotoivoe obon ir, nim i's lot cause they' arcoord with th' pri.' :n-i to- ad poolicy on which 1 have honog ac'votoolm~ often openly a~vowonl. Thle elh-.n:oe, oh :or. ir. (our per.,onal rbttuions, hono s;::y F I lowed tha~t tof onr poolitio.:l. .'oor wa ir miadle suiddenoly, as t ho Senator e:,e;:-s. So fairfromr it. more oh 00 t'wo yr.--- h aovr clapered siice I gatve .a derbh- d sol-'ort t-. the ledlinig moeaanr- ot tohe Ext oaive and3 (on whieb: :tlmoosrt ll oth:.:s sineo h::oe turno edi. This bong inte'rv;l waso perm00ined~ r.. [oaCS. in oroder tht! his aoo or:ight '.:s - a sturanoce whother h--re' was a coi:i lan hetwteen rmor poliiia . law : th.- -~ rino eipoles on vloioch tin- Gove~:r::nonr bonhol to-. admoinisteroed. hoelbore onr, lersonal reolt tiorn% whounld boe o ha,,r!!ofl. I ohjenio .ii in: I~ to booth Olhtt Luom Ito odei'oy. t':e~ o!nn0. n mlonog otherr reaonts. to di-cO 0mwtn::e sueh idilr- rnorsooo ao. tte Srnatoor olh:4-, .. . 'IThat hois poolient couOO r- ichtr he joob-d (saidl Mr. Canolhount,) by~ the. obitert he 6j : in viewi, nmio no01 the snt.Piciont .ndrn jenolom sy foo h ois obieao l orne0-, he' n onoo don pen1 t what loe htnoo ..:oin. not tw oo s l was lhis objectr. It is, snoid hi". too.bdin-r:o all thoe omeasttres w' hoich hat om ig. iuntod in the natiordo c'on-oaoihioono scho 000of p:ohl ties, andI espretnily othoe Soeonatr's 1o nnono' Amerienon systemo lo hih he obelievedo too boo boutile to the Cnosratti on ando th i n rino. ofon00r polio ical sy sremo. ano the reoalI sooolee of all the disorders tondo dato~ner to u baich Shoe coun try wans, or hadoo beno soubjoct. Th'lis done, lhe wais fm-:: viote Gto. ooern met ai fresht depaoomoe, in th dt'oirrelono in whiebc McIr. JeI-rsoon ando hi.s oiuoriate wtould give, wete dhey ntow ntlive atnd :at the helm. He stoodo whreren heo hloloa ways stood, ont the oblStoreRights gooedo. I lis change oof personaitl rolntioon, whiebh grave sot much concero o tohe Soonotor, sco fatr fromn.involving ttny ebanoge i : hi~ priin. oeipJles tor doctrine'. g?rew ot oof thlem. Thre Senaotor borinogs agatinst tmet ther vague ha rge: oof eirotism. IHe ' ootidl ael to thre Soenate. ino order to repel it, wh lether there is ainy oeboer oaf the bodny moore exempht frran poeai: taof hriom self than Ihe waos. ttnless whLeont wick edl. Unestamok te fact? Theon. Sewno or hrar made ii hois poractice of! ore to:: ive :0i hoi~ oisenass.ionis witho hhnr. :n peranwd Inrnm. WVhnt inns he 00do? If h:-~ rep.le hiosb techs, he was~ foorcod to <peak~o ofl hoimroef. and1 to ex pose btitnoelf to th ehm clnon e oaf e t1%:m from theo Sontoooor; oor.if heo roemooainedi lento. to st ano conovicteoi of his chelno.. Is thatno foir? lI'. harn aronhor prile. no less trof:.io,oo mat~ko n attt.t ackon him, awnl to turn rountd ,0r0l neoeloitoo ot mrakinoo theo n:. tack. whieno hen .nim y roo epe!!eod it. ats ina the presenlt inostanee, lHe acenset, te of re'verting t' the part h. .1 too ino hu narocin of 18!. Mia mistaks my c'j,:t ercly in rcf'rr:; to those old trasiiietions. It was not to make a chare against him, but to miake him fecl that Ite wits the hi't man who ought tin mke the icear ti n he hai on Ie pre,ent occa01ion111. The courqe or the x ~or, and t(ibn ilmsl.; direi dly the olpoiile. lie has a la:inl hill of his ow i. Hle brin.s it in; he rei.r4 it to what :oii mi' itfte hbooives, nwhut iany in'erference on mly poBrt. oranly prs:mo i iiacnk onl hlim; bthiI it' n ie"1. a Imlove wii hout his ill icirfieecte and ui:tak. iUnt enaough of, ilus. I rose uiply to suipply some remarkS wh:ijli I intendel to mak- when ki' t ylls. The Sellor sid. ;I- I malerJned im, ilh It it wi<t. er ofhltr h o refr-I red ilhpenndidion whie h--v id volte ihor thle Pre-,idenv in 16:,5. 1 know lot if' there he a pa ol Li-:iory ito that efl'eet. I have never seen i, ml if tIhle ie, it is f:ise. The truth of ihe ens" is. tha t I was oppCo'ed to ir. Cranmbrd, for reasons ti i lieo( I Ihint in s iile, itswer Ar tdains id Gii. J:v:k oo. .'mo ii nmie f.snidreii e list of* enn -w th! Preainey, it was pllacsed O wltl i e ljof ill 01-f. cit iliates, 111r thre Vice Pr.esidenliv: a.I he h iwevie them) I lo.ok ioii , itis t, olie tiil , v I ojt iJiiplod. Wh. i wa eh-cred Is -den hes'iea i allid e'e!hi er ('41). It!'('. lli, eild me f-om1 nisnl: an'. inp lm, neel :1 -.h tn Ieen Sit v.u he' the A'h eiitratn n. or h.-, lie. Mlr. Clay wi:f)t add -I v:-o woi Iore. Ily me i te hie Kupii fn ienatr ain S-:u;1hCar,>linja, tot !,now whedh:r ibi< eea niensure, whoieb comempnjlated thle ee,w4inn IIliithem. e ate-s of uc a vastdmin was cnnectedi with (or hadl received thle s .uttion of ithe A-iinistration or nut. Ile mnerly molae the ingniy, and if Whe "110 led jide " inced" it was not hi fminh. Ile mtiade no> allusion r e urpoese Ill' ioniiol lie? :;IC eflillgs of the' i). Soenaioii fr ili Sotlilh Caroi i. ii S.ai. tiaiIt -wv rewinlAn, 1aid ariell b1Etween th-ilt geilli.0gman agunl life Aniniistra:tion. and, therefiore, lie made the eingnuiry of I-iro. Was it wrong it himl) 110 a-k iftiis i'ant mieniure had te qup porl oil' his nr'w friemi? The Senator, i::n-ead III uisetriny 1bis plain imluiry. wint :a p':issin, iol eninelled all obli gu ons he n a, aN -r towards him : but i' he hadin'y sai I, -I knw nothing f t he %iews I'it thi Admini-irtion, I initrod e inv fit% 11 iter.,re Ili) I y nw e s sibIii v," tSre n "mid have been no i.nftroover y betw'e' thein. The Senator. iiihrefire, moi sp this controvern. tiin hims'lf. Mr. Walker observed thit it was oliv nee"".i.ary tip look heke'i to ilhe stage of' dhe buio' when tlh hill of ih: gentleman from S. U. was intriodneved, to show how li- ceonriiverv b (etween him rnl the Senl alor Cri-o Kentiu kv commoenced. The l.ite.r. inl hi.. opein:u 'peech. eo tienced witihto iiiqtiry 'ioi the Former as to whviiei li. IJl n as or was nom an Fl ec wive mieaiuire. Neevw, he apprehended, if' Oe Sintoiir Iro Keuneky had directed hiat eniono Ihr timle ai c'2ir stanses iiN ler %ahi%:'h ih.i hill was oirigitilly intro dle< J1. hli g1~ notihl Imve!h-(e all. <.wv't-te . l'ei hill t1'1 iilti'li tieell va's no? a lnw 11w1n,nreT. lI '..: lirsi p~ropo,;ed <ha, in- ihe 4~o 1f 3:'45-'7, more t h:naj i v\- .'r uist. YA ilt-i i enti if the reilor ill r ::ri o a chaI,' ii' poiitiion ly thI' Sen:sfr roin Sontn Carolin ner in agi V! :iwn. It n wi when that enlemlanl wa, I li v ei :111%, a a o.-11 ieri I' t i:-;<t-:,i f4' i .- dih Ahiuier:aiini; aml Iet r. WI tiee.- i b i thit ci irtmi siree' if uiIs lf ci a'% s - siJ:.--ivt teo fiini'h an iluc 'r tite ig,- ) propotidied to the itter f'rom lenuck. C ler.:it -1e f .r Sh.''hern 'atriot. Th-- S -i ts it'' ll kli o d~ly selii 1 i fItte leeftw i- ak gicleiiusil a eire|'-r m: e r.ii TIhie ,et ii haidlie 1ie iiceivled freime .ilr. (Cah' izn. n ill, it is ht Noth I''ing of imoril:taneuce iccutrred in the' A I lil onka'ing appe'.roprition f:arii the'ty of .. embe rs - i ntroiiii.hwi:ed :eel paei" di. 'f . ii'..' T**.;n *.. tee rei.-('nisieiier the -*s byI *'ti"i h .-! 3lap~s tef the Seat of \irin eridal hwa itheen irerreid tt, be' p inted.I P. cinh deh':ii', thie CL ik r'ed a e.ulwi .ue nti5i' . iih t i .1. La--treeo i bi . .ty ' f.r *.! a.w in eone ir ri f' th.eein .r 'e ''wa i ie-- o " e rrec." t e 'ii te :h \'e ms~ ~emb eeeot heii the niorJ' i- 'i' 'prang Iimm'hieel'-ien t r f d eim deiuaret iliv Ils'eie b~ lrh e-Cii r I. f,. .Tie~ ciitnopreen in ofi' iitheii member kept.ll thet iv~it't ee hii' in i--o gi or ..:n' ni es.luiiere Therilmmghutes. I e tmt, a al a'long o peech on rsueforin i~s pe te . :lei uns on ee waN e her t arethingt toi ITh ee V t' e eel (I ly riiJE-e ider d, iittl tii rhe Jesltionfor pinseml hiid the ta- o atpri ;u fur thiit inhatan' ts~e tee the 3 diseteriii Petlw enain. prtesingi~ aga-e Ihe ri it elir. iNayli r oa s~ietd ont~e trecet ion ,is-r.bei in ;hee o ot ,itn wia'iss adet usend the rlesit butetite a Mr.c'e'e' J iame annotneued the eatht ofi' jouredci~soA.Ta re'ei, C \e'f rm' i. viln linue used yrelter lern biy fs rs. Bum'ejt"s ande Stnlyit''. waIse appeihededtio;h timtupesatii consef puenes wtid he''ih the reidr. Nting ~ tWedhne'' eet~e-la a he recorded' in ew, Tet Sieente dur ingt ie wnt<jett ''t prin-. Qiuf 1'tenpied w1Oith tohea thepsiton hof t.b!o waz lcr. by naroto of y2515,: . rhev were then rererred to a Special Conmit tee. The independent Treasury lBill reported by Alr.-Wrighi, was made the -jpecial order for Monday (Io-dav,) The Hlill for Ihe armed ieri;tation o 'Flori d i wai entroisd for a third reading on Wedlie-aulay. II the 'lose of Represepntalives on A141omhav, thle death (if Mir. \Ilvord, lale l.'-r (.ofi Conress from .mssacht- ti", was COM Milnicalted. when-1. after the .ulop tin of sof it Rble iohnin, the4 House ad jPutirned. On i Tuemay the everliiting New .1ler..y qule-oiinm came IpIgIn, from at Rcoltiioni off'red by Mr. Campbite'll, Chairman oifthe Committee oif Eleciions. hiat the whole mater he immedintely re 'erred in Ihm Cioimmittee. Ameniments werI i'redsteehes imade,. and tile wh.iolIe (if 'lt-sdy:v al Wedlnesday cnotOnuied without any resuit.-Char. Mercury, Correspondence of the Charleston Courier WASaNTsoo, Jan. 4. Mr. Wnddv Thompsn rose and spoke for a short timeic on his motio in to recnsid O'4rI lie vote it pultrcha-e 5.)6 cipies or the .113p 1'f [t Cet of war in Florida. I ve w.s replied to by A1r. 13.nks, of Vai who ch tr,_ed .\Ir. Thonpmmand Imi. is prty % it11 hbein;, the philders oof a syte:ti if sir.:va.ivc, for whiebl ihey were 1;yin bhontae t4o the Alabniisraioni parry. Alr. Thomp~uon here contr-oiised Mr. B',. steaitent, but .\lr. literi Smith, of %I, row0e ill li, place. mal hld utp ibe Journale of the Hoiu'se whielh piroved lie ehrrecoess of the usoertion of tie entt lean ati froi Va. Mr lianksthen proceefdd, antd wa. an swered in part by Mr. Wise. The whole subjec't wn< tlen finally liid on the table. Mr. Jamion rose anid a tnnounedlI he feath of his colleagite, the lim. A, G. Illarrison, or missitri, and moved the cus ominry re-tohttiois. which were passed, and iho ilhu-e adjourued. Junnary 4. Mr. Thompson. of S. C., called up his motion tore'onsiderthe vote orderitig a tiap olf the seat or war in, Florida, arcom panying the iepott or the Secretary of' War, to bie cngraved. Mr. T, said, this M a4 t snaIl item ofexpense-perbaps 1000 dolars:-hit there were iore! QIII. il tihe a.grreaitte, throw:t away inl tuch expenses. ;F1:i1 triony paid for thes3e napm ittight as well lie hurtr. No inember wanted ihem, nor di I the phlii wat them. If the a1hio;e 1Ithouthdl be cmiollelldl, ;Is it mt igit he. to carry on t his War, and desiro tle plant ior nper.ation. instead or Ieavin g it to the Departmenit, a it If) oftle country w3 l le tnefiul; lit wvp blud one co py of th rnjap which wotld anisiwtr all or purposes, ie gave notic. thi:t 3s ' mem'ber or the C(m1nttilee o .lilitary Afitir.;, he should. hereafter, keep I strict watch oit every tx penittre, and oppose every thing 1at was unnecessiary, mnd intended as a job for political fatvoites; al, as one mnn1i Coul do Im li ne by himself. he called mn otther COImitlt'es to tunite with him in the samte ellrPrt. Mr. Thompsont's mtionitttt wa;iq aurced to. and the reolutio, ordering the maps, was laid on the table. Janunry 9. Mr. ralhonl hoe expressedl .n'nte tin to re:ire frrom the Senate a. oim ; hipresent term ex pirec, whicb will ie atfttii 'te pn-sntee oftle Stilb Treasury & Land iills. matters now tit longer of speettl;t tint, s i:hn t the vuintry n ill be it a state of comlp'aanve stmlet .Ile Clayim'imated a simil:ar intemtiotn to withdraw. in li'; remark,. on l-'ridav hist. *o thao the canopy ti our lRepublica' 4!4ry' %%ill lt %0oton d1rivedl of, Iwo of' its brihbtei-i hilI otitarie'.. Reiriiement c:t de tract atihintig froim lhe lauirels of eitlter ithe ''ame' ';tit and4 their coun~itrymetin will (otly t rulv value theietr woti anitl serice't whlen thtev ttis themt from~a lhe lortimt int i't diaitsin of gre.at priniples ofNation Il Ilaerty. In the. Seonite, io-day. Mr'. Wrtightt, fromi the Commuilet' on Finiatnce, repotrted the [Gil to proideh fri rte colb-heeriin, safe' Kceep intg, ;tadl' ;rafer ofi the puit--i tmotteys. Th'is' is~ the ubt Treaiitry htill, whlichl, ais rtumort snys, is m~ rtint ittrogh hlti es'. n~ i:in the4 ntti tiirty dayiS. The hill watr made~t the order of' the dlay for this dayt '4I r, fleton, en lIed tip his Riesohliton ont thle subject of SI'n4rt. Dthits. &e. Trhtes resolu~ttionts dleclirie thait the assumptftiona 44f lie dIebts of' thle Simte-., by the (a'-neratl (inuvermniien:, wooholf hbe a fltgr~tan ouitr;Ia' Ott the l'ontiiiiun andtt unu~ ise :mtd utnjiti. lie spioku' itre' htoris un the stubj,-r'r, ;tndu huliita'tlred nibi much'l 'tnleue' ithis mtatt of tt be' uo:t'-ue. hmt hie wishedl no preven4'ft thei pt'r.ihfit' of4htt'I it 'ti' ritizhi rap ho-rett emeo-nhi ilo r'echartir the b'atk toftlhcU. s Ii l'ii' h inttroudt'4 "aomei tiime hielbrue that er'h er e' '' 'xpiried, nere t htHidj pre'anat iire hut itle resutli prmedci tbiwe ;st the bankih htel hne-k in airdet' to organtize. its fnhr'. fort I he fiel l,t and its apfpbra-:tion wa's made f'or a r'enewail. sutlpporitedu bv all its <trengith. Sto. this prost'ionI14, tho~auth it hadl not yet been.'t aliei'd. iuhlt be gatininng strength in thet ciunttry andh hiectme too-ttomitdable to lie graple ;t 1-4 it h, le was, thlereli're. lfor pro4~ceeds air thie public 'Iand itt am.mg the States he recgardedl a4. itt fact, the satme thtingi ithi ani asnumptio't of theSt iate debt<. Iti tiu< form the schem'tte mnight lie ofl'eredl, ali ty u ad ittexpedaiiec. IlThe resluit~in were laid on the tablle f'or the pre'sent. Januai~rv 9. Iti ihc Sennte, to-day', the bill for thte armed'4 (4cenpattiont otf Floridan was na:in inken up fortt, ti grueio~tn, ont its panssage. 'The haill tffers a latnd botity, pro'v~i..ions. itndt a rma, and4 snail wa%'ges to nertual set i'rs who wiil Ct epy tad dfend''ta thle T4'r iitory. It .isu pirovidecs a new regimen'ta ofi a1 honusandl men'f.a uSvoyager<., tO p'itrad shr, poke itt satpor or the hilh. lie hlifevedlI 'th li uhn pruoot the ttle mntt tii thle caonty. ;and erarliIdy seenire the exp utlsiaan of1 lth sava"ae5. lie alia n1:t thin k t he pl'bit watthla serve to ex pel the I udians itat otnce, 4or ta any otiher plan t watti d thai Si r. P' aIresttn. Ien spaike, at la'i;:t'i. itt Ipitiitin lto the hi'l, anid thc plant of' op -ruititins proposed by the Sc're tr of ar. 'I'he Senate adljoutrned "'irtlta uking the question on the nassoreant the bill. E.rtracta from the P.11. Generars Report. fi. ec Department, Nov. 30, 1839. SIn:-The post roads of the U. States covered by mail service on the 30th June Itl, were, as nearly as can be aseerrained, 133,999 miles in extent. The rate of ni nual tranpoertmiion on that lay wa;s snhout 1.19G,8i0 miles, and its cois: $3,265,622 viz: eq NO Miles. Cost, bh onr nd slker, 11,-447,147 $,, 4.-f. iy s*.a. ait eficsi. Vp,953, '76 1,90.45 1 1 s. boat aid r. road. 3.3 16.055 5-20,6tr To'n!,3.41.7 :L. 'lis is exc'nmive of* tranporimiiou by 5,nint boats al otlier vessels, uuser the 5th id 6th selctiois o* ilia act of 1825, whieib costs a $bout $16.:00 more. The lettings of* the year have generally heeen at lower privces thtai lor some prece dinz years, ulitr t1 so low as the same routes were let our years ago. Most of the service which was last year su:spended, has been restored; and the new riosies established by the act of 7h July, 18:38, withi few exceptions, have been put in operanniti, The speed or the ordinnry innil hnving been so increaseil as to rednte the time at iransmits betweet New York and New Orleano to nine days, the express mail, ihici ran in seven:, Iia been discontinued Mid the somb-western branch which yield ed but a small pmriiut of its cost, fell with the main trunk. It i.; poosihle hit lte reernt siuspenion fspeie paymeurs by i he tianks, iii a harge portion of ithe Uniio, may again check th increased revene ofii:hp Deiartment, so as to in ike reirenelmeniits ipcessary ; but, in any event they will be inconsider able. On the 30th ofJune last, the number of post olices was 12.740, slowiig an in crease of 201 durin i liphie frceding year. The nuber est aliished was 001. anoii ie uinmhcr discontinued was dl4. The otm her of post iisters t ppinted, includin.g ne w oilice!s, wasq 2,.88. The number of post olices th:is day ik M132. Tle utimber of mail contractors in ser vice duringz the last year, was aihout 1,838. Of this nuinher, 489 have beern fined, or had diudeions made from their pay, fur Stilry delinueine-s. The aggregaute of iie<z, is 857.738 62. and or deinetion. 8.22.066 04, exeiing remissions, the whole amoun nting tio 79,804 GS. A great majority of* the contractors have ierformed the service with the most ex eiplary pnenmlhvtiii. The revimtet oft thi Depnrtment fr the- year ending the 3ith .June.,88 was 0 $4.215,0777 97 The expenddiures were, 4,U11,837 1t6 Excess ofxpe'nditres $3'6,759 18 Thiy excess nas made up by surp.us funds of preeemiig Years. Toe reveine(- ithe year enling oII the 301h of June last. wvas $4,476,638 56 Te egag~ehmenl:t-ai hiabitiis of the De1tpartilent fur the Salli year, were 4,024,117 8i ixcess of engagements and lia bilifies $147,47:) 30 Tie sorplus still on hand has irevented The cash on hand, aecording, to the la test reports of Post 1laisers.i. $20ti.7t01 95 There is a lio rem a iing in t uk-, S:3, 453: 72. of which only $2,07 03 i-s atv:il ahe. Morl than thalf the available funds :itn hand will be required to pay hahmneeb utic lhe t he services oil' the I isi limrir. :ompatidl wii thei preceil;nig year, lite revi-ntiti has incre:si abou t.6 54 cent. ndt ilhe agregaite increase was $24I, 5i0 59. From n romparntive stalmenit, embra eing the reinirwi of Pot Ollier's yielhing ove'r $ 00( per: qtuarter, it appeliars that the rivnn o--ia-tf the ua::rtir eniding te :10,1h Sep temb ter but, exceeded'i that or the c-or rospilimlinig ianarter ot the laist yeatr abou:: 8:A petr centt. It is feared, thwever, that ini conlseqttetnce of the dertngemnt pruelieed biy the sutspenision iof panymiient lby soi many banksil t his rate of adolvance will not be maintaiined thirouegh th~e year. IThe aercOuntils of Piist itl aters are reni dleredt with a paromtlitudle w hich can searce 1k find ;a pair:,ilel in the hn-,ine-s of man kimil. In a list of so mray t~'housandl Peti Otliees. there sare ne-eswarily mnisiy inci itpr e, sueh ais -i-knes<, dlea bs, resimiatiions abseres,(0 reo-t al<,eI'shaniges in tnmail rioutes, i., which pireven:t t he reguila;r rendiiitison gio Ci iceiums, t he niew appoi 11ients ailone nwvrragiig hist yeair $722 per quasrter. j'lot or -he alcciontsitre torwamrdloed i o the l)spa:trtmesur by :1he first mi,:l aifte: te ter :itint oif the ihtetr. iumi (iit ifta list ofr l2.7. Pest Olices, for' the quartir ei. imi; 30tt.h:June last. there we-re but 217, the neeCnisilt oIf whieb- were not receivedt he fire te e-rmiinnat tf he net quasrter-: aie at ihis numbnter abtout 410 h:,l liei.n very reermlhy e-i-th lihed, or hand nt: been supi phte. with masils. lifmin-ys receivedi by Poir Minsrers, ire, in -,enerael, paid1 over w'ili equal iirompti tiele. It is believeed iha about II,000U 'if theo whole unher paid ov'er the piroceeds of esacht quaruer to conraemrs. withini t wo weeks sifer its eins-. Of tbytt clss of Pest Alatsters, the piroporion.of dP ingoents is remasrkably small. The denaf officers in general ptay, wh.-n drawn upon:, withI eqnal puot:uality. Two entses have occurred, within thte year, ind'icasting thte ntecessity or further Iegail restrainte upon Post Mlasters initrusted w~ith large sumils of nmoney. Nalice Sil k.-We acknowledge with pleaisure the recei of ai v~triety of bean-. tifiil stieiicine of mianufacrire-I silk l'muot Dr. Eliais Mlarks, of Basrhamnilli, S. (. They are from lmsave-r Co., Piennsylvatnia, aind coiprise silk finr Iloies diress ss-ves itigs-ibbon~is, &c., and a haind-eome spe cimietn ofr vetlveitan apipear to us of sn lierior textu:re. They mray be se-en ai the onice of the E ihitor.-Carotina Planter. The Quincy (.Fleirieda) Sentitnel- of the 10tOh instant sui ies, a hat Ceo. Fitzpatriock hail aririveil fi-em Ceubla wiithI 3t eir 4*e loodin h uai's.< anid thatt they lh-d beer, plawted itineer he- coimand of Major Bailey anid Cap1t. Collins. Wheuat in Michigan.-We lean nrfrnm an aut hertic sounre, sayvs the Chicago Aitter icennithae fifteen thousandio hiushejs oif n heat were sold a few rI-y- since at Manrshall. Calhoun County, lllichigao, at 30) cents a bheh. EDGEFIELD C. 11. THURsDAY, JANUARY 8. 4O. Mou:' toaFO T Axt:s.-We refe-r our read! tr to the aolvertise'tu'nit olthe Comiprrollei General. In consequence of the enict ment of the Legislattire, requiring i that the General Taxes shall ie paid in specie mi the nutes ofspecie paying- banks. the pen ple w'ill find some difllily in procuring suitable money 61br 1li1t purpose. As has been sail, they must lay the blame upon the suspended banks, which are justly chargeable. Our correspoudent "Sunter" boasts a hout the fierrility of Alabama lands. lie says tat a nueilr of planters in his sec tion. hnve made better craps than General McDullie. What doe. lie say of the very large crop of Mr. Kilerease, of our Dis trici? Nothing-If many planters in his State, can beat thisgemleatau, then will they be excellent farmers indeed! We are indrlit 0 to oir Rt-presentaive. the lion. F. W. Picken-<, for a copy (of te *Reiort of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finiances; also an esti mate of nppropriations for the year 1840." We have likewise received several nun hers of Washington papers. New Paper at Edgrel-d court FIou.Qe. -Ve noticed recently in some of our ex change papers, one of our ediiorials, crel ited to the "Edgenlelhobserver." We are not aware of the existice of ny ste!, pa. per,but %% e have heard ofa little paper, call ed the "Edgefield Advertiser." The Mayor of Charleston has issued a Procinmation, declaring ihit from arl af ter the 13th inst. all vessels comini ft-rom the port ofost ot, nod other places, where the small pox and varoloid prevail, shall be subject to Quirantine. War of the Giants.-We give to-day, some extracts from the debate on the "Pub lie Lands" in the Sennte Chaner, in which ia.ere was a "pasaze at arms" he tween Messrs. Clay, and. Calhotii. In justice we must say, that both wieled tht-ir trenclhant blades with their acens tomed lhree. The contest was provoked by Mr. Clavnnd well was he answered. We regret that our limits forbid us from publishing the debate in cxtenso. The Savantialh banks, the Mechanic's inik of Auenst, i ail the Commiercial bank of M acon, have not so-penrled specie pa.yiCnts, as has been snid. Massvthusetts.-The! csttQt for Gov -rnor of this State, which his been uin.ei l Ied for some time, is at lenar b decided. .ilarcus Mut-ort)n, the Dpimatnie candi dit- has heaten Everett, (Whig) bay a mua purity of fiur votes. has elected Stephen C. Foter, Preie,t of the. Se-nate, nndl Win. Tr-aftron, Sectreta ry. lI-manibal IIlamtliti is eleeted Speaker' If the H-ouise of R.'presetatives. aid ElI ridlge Gerry, Clerk. All are Deamnerats. New York.-The Le-gidature of this State assembtkl at Albtany ott the yth ints'. The hlouse w-as uirganl by the election of Ge~o. WV. Pitesont (Whlig),:ts Speaker-. 'T other tliceors are also Whiigs. Pennsy/lvania.-Thae Legislatuare of this Stote ass' mbled at lit-rishurg ont the 7th inst. Gen. Rougers, V. l1. waus F luetrel Pres ident Elf the Senaite.adil r. llopkins.V .B Speaker of athe HlFuse. Immtred'aaely vafter t'we ehec-tion oIf Presiemn of the Setnte Mr. Pen:rose uitTred a series 0 fst roiugTriireso We have rece-ived the first ntumber of the "Carolina Planiter," publisawd att Co lumnbin. S. C., by A.- S. Johniastoni, Esq.. atnd edited lby Dir R. W . Gibhues. It is itn the quarto fotrm, nnil the typoeraphical execution is very neat. It wtill dontialess, he a wvell conttected journal. The editor eruchews politics. -lHe says: "WVe clatim the priv'itege of praninag fromt all c-omunicat ions such observations as maiy leada to party discussion, or prejudice naty one agnast the circulation of this pa per. Our uihjeet is the inaterest of the peo:. ple-and we belie-ve conscienatioiasly that if we attaended moere- to outr 0ownl cin-ernus. & trotubledi iurse'lves IF'%s wiitha the abistract sp~eculat ions of politicians."' Tho eighth of Jaanuairy, at wh-h Gen. Jacksou paritieiriateil, wtas elebratedl with great ettusiasm at New Orleans. T he Committeesin Congress.-T he Mati sontian sais, in the or::aiizatin of the Commit tees, the Speaker has giv-eni gre. ral satisfactiotr to tall piarties. Ftortinnate ttmn! thlus to "win goleeo opinions from all sorts of men." Of the thirty-three Comi tte-s fiaited biy the Speuker, IwcatsJ-Iwo have Whti2 Chairmen. The p atbuove mtetntionted says,inader the A d tmi.:istratinu of Mr. Polk, it wras just the reverse. Morris A. Moore has been appointed Post Master at Gleon's Springs, Spartan burg Dis. Thei cr York Cisifer and Enquirer lately said. that, if the Sub-Treasury bill hould become a law, it would only hck upi) a million tof -specie, and itn his respect, thto Goernment n ould he puwerless fur ev;l. Atnodher lending Whiig, hnk paper has cotpied tlec !emlrks n ithout contra ditiion. Now if thec A% hi-s think thai this ititsure wouldI do ito evil, ljould they not come out holdly ad honestly at once. in its support? Why have they raised such a lerrible hue and cry, for years, about itig monstrotis Suib- Treasury, and accused the Government of a design to oppress and titerly ruin the banztk%? If the Whigs generally, are otf the same opinion as one of 'heir chieforgans, the paper aliove-men; tioned, it bcomes them to abandon their Opposition to the independent Treasury, scheme, and to give it at least a fair trial. The late Report of the Secretary of the Treastiry, frnisshes such facts in its favor, that none can resisi, but those who will not he contvinced. The publication of a few snore snch doctumens, will convineer Ihe l'hig party. if it does not produce any effect upon its present leaders. Rerolutiorary Rminisce nce.-Wm. 13, Reed, Esq. in a lecture on the "Romaneo of History," recently delivered before the Athenian lustitute. at Philadelphia, re laied an interesting incident in the history of Soutih Carolina. lie made reference to the little known fact, that on the 9th of August. 1774, according to a statement of a tewspaper of the tiie, there arrived at Philtatt-1phin the C hiarlestone Packet,Cap. tain Wright,britngitng as passengers.Henry Middleton, and Edward Rutledge, Dele. gates to Congresq. frotn Sonth Carolina! The fGrst hands that came to lay the deep' fottndations of the fabric of the Union, enme then, said the Speaker, from South Carolina. h enry D. Gilpin, E-sq., late Solicitor of the Treasurv, has beet appoined At torneyGeneral, vice Mr. Grundy, resigned. Mr. Burchell nov fills the office of Solic tor. Mr. Oqmyn Baker (Whig) has been declared duly elered as a Representative in Congreqs, front Massachusetts, in the place of Mr, Alford deceased. At a meeting of the Directors of the Lnited States Bank, held on the 6th inst. Thos. Dunlap was ro-elrcted President. Mr. Editor; Feelint: a deep interest in the cause of Temperance. I have been mu-h gratified by the perusal of most of the communica tions whirl inve lately appeared in your paper on that suliject. Jerome,ifwe may judge from the mnaterly manner in which ie has used up the report of the Commit tee of the Legislttre. and the profound rnuttincatwe with the sutijet indicated in hi.; communicatinei. is. I ahottld say. a sturdy adverate of the e;use of Temper ance-a nhle soldier who knows his duty,' and is res'.lhed to perform it. Saltbh app-:;rs to be a ntjore eattions and gettle spirit, who, ihnttgh a friend of Tetmplerantce htimnelf. is leat ful Iet its atd v'ocates may, itt the exercise of a zeal with ontt ktnowleege, do somethittg prejudicial to thte imheres' of the good c..jse, and there hiv retatrd its advancemuent. I concur en tirely n ith Saluda, that we have more to apprehend from outr pretended frietnds, thatt fromt our oapetn enemaies. But he tmtay rest assured, that ne have no idea of runtning a seg tratte ticket at the next elec tion. AllI tbat we dei'ign is to enlighten the publlic mind upotn this great question, relying with coundence upon the virtuo and parots of thte peoplle,n~ hen proper lv infortmedl. And alt that we ask of our enemutier. or outr pretendled frietnds, is to tell the people what they know~ to be the truth. Bttt while many respltedent luminaries, are shtedditng tight upon t his great qutestion, me thinks I perceive it Juck-with-his-lan tern, (catlling himnulf Practice,) attempt. isg with a feeble, mt.d flickering ray, to miklead the public mittd. Ar first he daz zles like a gas Iight, but anon he grows dimtmer and dimmer, tuntil unfortunately for the writer, or the autthor of the report, or the report itself, or some 'of the party, htis hight goes out jur-t as he reaches the ar gnment, arid then he cursed and guit. Prauctire begs to be exeused for passing over the argumtents of Jerome uinnoticed. die is certaittly exeusable; for tt w ould he onreasonable to require atman to take Gi braltar who shoots nothing bus a pocket pistol. Practice, tno don bt, found it. far. tmore convensiettt to lay. the argumnents of Jerome upotn te table alotng with the to port, which they had! so triumtpltanty re ftuted, thsatn to attemtpt a reply tottiemf. lie seems t.. imnaginte that all that is neces. ry to blant the cause of Temiperanee. to ovetwhselnm thte lumtinonir argument of Je romue, ande lay Jeromue Itinmseif prostrate al, hi' feet, is to zstatblish the fact that the. Chairman is qute ats oldi a man a's Jerome. Oh! how nnfortttnate for the~ general itm. provemtent of man), how untfortunate fqr the success of the great m~oral-refoarm u hsich is now agitating thte whole civilized worldi how ntnfortunlart for thte th msatnds and es of thonsant!JS. who mttst now fall into the* whirgnol. of dissipatiotn, an'J the loat, that Jerome shottld have lieen mistaken upon. 'his imnortantt noint! Practice. no anna,