BWIIPBOWBM
rlass 8, $500. Leicester sheep, class 6,
Shearing Lambs, $,!25. Rims, of any
ege above two years, $228. Ewes, suck*
Jin* their lambs, $50. Shearing E.ves, '
$50. 1
Southdown*, class 7, amount of premi* ^
urn same as class 6, Long wuoled artcep, ^
not qualified to compete in the foregoing f
classes, class 8, same as class 6. Class <
0 Boars, $75. Sows, of any age, $25.? <
Sows, above four and under nine months (
old, $50. Total amount of premiums for i
wtoek of aH kinds, upwards of ten tkonsand i
dMars. ... \
Seed Wheat?The seed wheats selec- i
ted for trial by the society, in competition I
for the prise of $250, were the Beilevue I
Talavera Wheat exhibited by Col. Le ?*
Couter, and the Chedbon wheat, exhibi. *
ted by M. D. Maydutl.
Pxur Essats. J
1. Pood for Laborers.?Piftv dollars
for the best directions to enable Inheres j
to prepare wholesome, nutritious and pal.
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aianie jooa, in me inwi nnu cw (
noniical manner?to Mm. Gardener. <
2. Application of lime. Fifty dollars j
for the he it account of experiments on the t
application of!ime as a manure?to C. i
W\ Job ison, Esq. t
8. ( lprovement of Peat Soils. One t
hundred hillars for the best essay or re.
j ort on the most successful means hv r
* inch the improvement of peat soils can c
be effected?to C. W. Johnson. E>q. . '
4. Agricultural Mechanics. Two1
hundred and fifty dollars for the best es*<s v 4
on th? present State of Agricultural Me. *
chanics, and on the improvements which c
the various implements now in use may c
he susceptible?to John Morton, Jun.
The Mark Lane Express contains a list t
of mpletnentsand machines exhibited on f
tiiis occasion, which occupies nine col. t
u in lis.
The proceedings of this meeting, being 1
a list of stock, machinery, <fcc. exhibited, F
premiums awarded, and speeches and 0
toasts made at the dinner, fill nineteen "
large columns in the Mark Lane Express. J
The whole number of members belong. ^
ing to this society is 5,000, and its annu. p
al income now exceeds $25 000. This is j e
liberally distributed in premiums and in ! j(
publishing a quarterly magazine, which is 0
given gratis to every member. t<
- CONGRESSIONAL.
1 0
. . Sknatk. ?
Sept. 2d. and 3rd. wan taken up chief. t,
ly in considering the hi!! to establish a s
Kiacai Corporation, which finally passed p
hy tbe following vote. - ^
YitAS?'Messrs..Archer, Barrow, Rates, \\
Berrien, Chnate, Clay, of Kentucky,
Clayton, Dixon, Evans, Graham, Hen- 0
demon, Huntington, Kerr, Mangum. Mor.
nc^ Miller Morehead, Pbelpn. Porter; \
Prentiss, Preston, Simmons, Smith, of j,
Indiana, Southard, Tailmadge, White, n
Woodbridge?27. " t|
Nays?Messrs. Allen, Benton, Buc- S1
hanan. Calhoun, Clay, of Alabama, Cuth. ?
hert, Fulton, King. Linn, McRoherts, 01
J/outon, Nicholson, Pierce, Rives. Sevier, p,
. Smith, of Connecticut, Sturgeon, Tappan, ^
'AValker, Woodbury, Wiight, Young?22. g
: *In the morning of the 4th. resolutions
of a strong pyty character passed hv a p,
meeting in Virginia, were presented by
Mr. Calhoun, who moved that they be 7
printed. Mr. Preston objected on account q,
. of the ** vulgar party slang" which they ^
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contained, and moved to lay mem on me jr
table; which motion, after some debate, ^
prevailed. 26 to 17. ti
Sept. 4th. was spent mostly on the rev. w
cane hilt ; numerous amendments were t|
offered, which were tat except one to g
exempt from duty tea and coffee, which T.
was adopted. 39 to 10. B
Monday, Sept. 6th. Mr. Benton moved t
to send to the President a copy of a re- ^
port received by the Senate from the Sec. Sl
rotary of the Treasury stating the quantity j.
tf public land surveyed which has not ^
been offered for sale. Mr. Benton tl
thought that if the President knew how ^
much land was surveyed, he would in the n
present state of the treasury offer it for
sale. Such a resolution being offered a
only as an insult to the President was, of j,
course, laid on the table. t,
The revenue bill was then taken up r
and various amendments offered, all
which, after debate, were lost. t
Sept. 7th. Resolutions were offered
Hy Mr. Owsley, proposing so to amend ^
/.Anuiitntiz.n aw til nrAi'Pnf (Km pWfinn -
* ??V WII9??VU?IWaa v* VM* W vavwvv* y
of the same person a second time to the
office nf President; and also to make a ?
majoritv of both Houses sufficient to pass a
a bill*vetoed by the President. But ob> a
jection being made, the resolutions could f
not he received acoording to the rules. y
The contested election from Florida t
was postponed till next session.
A resolution was reported from the c
committee of Foreign Relations request, t
iag the President to consider the proprie. M
ty of entering upon a negotiation with
the British Oovsrnment for the release of g
American citizens transoorted as felons -
_,
to Van Dieman's Land, for participation v
in the bte insurrection in Canada. Mr. (
Ferris, who reported the resolution, made 0
a somewhat inflammatory speech in favor (
of it, and Mr. Adams replied with great
ability and good sense, as well as sound
reason. u
, . Sept. 8th. The same resolution was I
taken up, and opposed by Mr. Everett, c
who moved to lay it on the table. Mo- 1
.lion lost dU to 81. The debate was then i
continued till the morning hour expired,
after which the amendments to the rove- <
' nue hill adopted by the Senate were ta i
ken up and the most of them adopted.? i
An amendment to the Senate's amend- I
ments was also adopted to include among
Owe articles, salt, sugar, and cotton. <
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H0CS8 OF RKFRBSFXTATTVES.
Thursday Sept. 3d.
On leave given, Mr. McKay, offered
the following resolutions; which were a.
jopted:
Resolved, That the Secretary of War
ne, and he is hereby, directed to report to
this House, at the commencement of the
next session, the number of small-arms, of
jvery kind, which belong to the United.,
States, and are in the several arsenals and
iepots, including those in the use of the
irmv ; stating the number lost or des...
JJ l.. - . A. i
rwyeu i?y u per annum ; me uumucr
which the States may severally possess,
nclirsive of those distributed to the mili.
:ia > specifying the number that have
>een issued to each Slate under, the laws
>f Congress, and the number procured by
:he States themselves.
Reeolved, further, That the Secretary
itso report the number of arms minufac:ured
annually at each of the national
irmories, and w' e her that number can
>e increased ; to what extent and at what
JXperse the number of private armories
n the United States, designating the
States n wh eh l>cated ; the number of
irms manufactured , by them, annually,
iccompanied with a comparative state,
nent of the cost of the manufacture of
?ach kind of small-arms, at the national
tnd private armo-ics, respectively.
Resolved, further, That the Secretary
eport the cost of transporting arms from
?ach of the national armories to the sev.
ral arsenals and depots, particularly
hos; in the Western States an 1 Territores,
the number of militia in the United
States. and any other information which
nay be useful in enabling Congress to de.
;ide what further legislation may be ne.
ternary to provide for arming the militia.
On motion of Mr. Adams the House
ook up and, without debate, adopted the
bllowiog resolution heretofore offered by
lim :
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
" * I
I reasury oe nireciea 10, prepare nuu re
ort to this House, at the commencement
>f the next session of Congress, a statenent
showing the amount of stocks issued
nd authorized bv law to he issued, hy the
.legislatures of the several States and
Territories of the Union, including the
)istrict of Columbia, and constituting
xisting debts of the said Slates, Territorjs,
aad District 'r specifying the amount
f the stocks thus issued, the rates and
erms of interest payable upon thern, the
tipulated times of reimbursement of each
jan, the dates of the legislative acts by
vhich they were severely authorized, the
bjectsof internal improvement or other,
rise for which tne funds thus raised were
o be and have been applied, and the preent
condition with reference to the pros ect
of completion of the public works to
he accomplishment of which the issue of
he said stocks was authorized.
The committee were then called in their
r lor for reports.
Mr. Fillmore, from the Committee of
Fays and Means, to whom resolutions of
uitruction had heretofore been referred,
sported a bill to repeal the sixth section
le act entitled an act to provide for the
upportofthe Military Academy of the
fnited States for the year 1838, and for
ther purposes, passed July, 1838, and to
rohihit anv investment of the funds of
te United States in stocks of the several J
tates: which was read twice.
[Sale by the Reporter.~-T\\e section
roposed to he repealed is as follows:
** Sec. 6. And be% it further enacted,
'hat all the money arising from the be*
nest of the late James Smithson, of Lon*
Ion, for the purpose of founding at Wash*
tgton, in this District, an institution to
e denominated the Smithsonian Instit'i*
on, which may be paid into the Treasury,
rith the approbation of the President of
ie United States, in stocks of
fates, bearing interest at the
ite of not less than five per centum per
nnum, which said stocks shall be held by
6 said Secretary *in trjst for the uses
pecified in the last will and testament of
lid Smithson, until provision is made by
iw for carrying the purpose of said be*
uest into effect; and that the annual in*
Brest accruing on the stock aforesaid said
e in like manner invested for the benefit
f said institution."]
Soine time was consumed in debating
resolution calling upon the President to
nforrn the House if he had sent any one
o N. York since the 4tli. of March in
nlation to the McLood case, and if it had
>een intimated to the British Government
hat McLeod would he surrendered.
Sept. 3i. After some unimportant
iusiness the debate on the AfcLeod case
ras continued.
Sept. 4th. The resolution relating to
he McLeod case was again taken up, and
iter a speech from Mr. Flovd, the mover,
,nd a very able and interesting speech
rom Mr. Adams, it was laid on the ta*
tie, to sleep the sleep of death ; ayes 109,
lavs 70.
Sept. 5th. A ;esolution authorizing Ja
mmmittee on the contingent expenses of
he House, to defer their report till next
ession, was adopted after some debate.
The report adverse to the sitting dele;ate
from Florida was some time under
mnsideration, and the House adjourned,
vithout a vote. Mr. Levy wishes further
ime to procure testimony. The ground
if objection is that he is not a citizen of
he United States but, as is alleged a sub.
ect of Denmark.
Sept. 1th. The revenue hill was taken
ip after some unimportant business.?
Numerous amendments were proposed
ind lost; among them one to tax bank
>il!s moved by Mr. Benton. On this the
rote stood 8 to 29. The first of' October
was fixed as the day for the bill to go into
operation, except in regard to articles
from beyond Cape Horn to which the bill
is not to apply till next August. The bill
finally passed by a vote of 33 to 11.
Sept. 8-A. Mr. Bayard from a select
soramittee on the subject of the rules,
made a rpport providing for the employment
of five reporters, one at a salary of
SfiO per week and the others 50 dollars
each. Ordered to he printed.
The bill from the House to repeal the
6th. section of the act for the support of
the Military Academy at West Point,?
that is, the bill to prevent the investment
of the Smithsonian fundi in state stocks,
was taken up, and amended so as to provide.for
investment of -all funds of the
U. States* in U. S. stocks bearing an interest
of not less than 5 per cent, and in
this form the bill passed.
THR CXSR OF MCLEOD.
From the National Intelligencer.
On Saturday, Ex-President Adams delivered
a Speech upon the resolution concerning
the case of McLcod, introduced
. i rv I
some lime ago ny an upposmon memoer
into tho House of Representatives, which
captivated the attention of the House to a
degree which might be expected from the
position of that distinguished member,
and his known familiarity with every
thing that concerns the Foreign Relations
of the United States, ''Distant from our
Reporter's bench as 'be stood, with the
members crowded all around him, obstructing
the passage of the sound of his voice,
we have no hope of being able to report
his.Speech, unless with his assistance,
and at a future day. Not doubting however,
that our readers will desire to know
what ground he occupied on this interesting
question, we endeavor to give in our
own language, (as follows,) an intelligible
, idea of the general character of his remarks:
Mr, Adams first spoke of the apparent
party aspects and objects of the resolution
before the House, and the debate in favor
' of it; and of the strong condemnation
which that conduct merited which sought
to m ike profit to a party, regardless of
I consequences, out of a question which involved,
or m:ght be inade to involve, the
issue of peace or war with a country perhaps
the most powerful on the Globe.
He then proceeded to.say that he was
opposed to multiplying issues with Great
Britain. We had one ?*sue with that
country (he was understood to refer to
the Boundary Question) where we were
clearly in the right, and she was clearly
i.i the wrong; and, if we must fight, we
had belter fight about such a question than
alKjqt one where we wore in the wrong.
For he desired to declare, in the face of
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the country una me wona nis opinmn,
that, in regard to the Caroline," a due
consideration of all the circumstartnes
might lead to the conclusion that* we were
in the wrong.Tne question was, and aU
ways would he, who struck the first blow?
The British, it is true, burnt the Inmtaiid
filled a man. But the question is, what
was the boat about, and what was the
man doing in the boat? The boat was
engaged in hostile acts against Great I
Britain; it was employed in transporting
men and arms to Navy Island, in aid of
an insurrection against the British au>
thorities in Upper Canada. We might
go'to war on this matter; and. after the
blood and treasure of the nation had been
expended in support of it, we should have
a peace. And what then? The question
would still bev who struck the first blow?
And were we sure wo could find among all
the Christian Nations an empire who
would not say that we had been all the
while in the wrong ?
Mr. A larmthen Jpokeof another issue
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wnicn naa oeen aueinpiea in ue mnuo,
viz. in relation to the particular case of
McLchkI* W p k# of i he Opinion deliw
ered by Judge Cowen, of the New York
Court, in this case, and declared his dissent
from that opinion in strong terms;
and he alluded to the sentiments expressed
by some of his forty friends from New
York on that floor, to the'^ame purport,
and efTict as that opinion, with emphatic
disapprobation. New York had been called
the " Empire" State ; but, he said,
Delaware is as much an "Empire" State
as New York ; and he regarded it as both
wrong and dangerous, when persons were
heard to declare on that floor, and in the
other end of the Capitol, that New York
would try McLcod, and, if found guilty,
would hang him; and alt because New
York was the "Empire" State! Nohody
had pro|>o9cd to interfere with New York,
or the Courts of New York ; hut, by some
process, McLeod ought to be released,
and the President had done no more than
his duty in sending the Attorney General
into New York on this subject. There
was not an enlightened nation on earth
that would not decide against this idea of i
holding individuals responsible in a case
like tins. And the management of the
whole case belonged to this Government;
for it was a national matter, and. if a war
grew out of it, it was not New York that
was to maintain that war. but the blood
and treasure of the whole Nation must
maintain it.
Mr. Adams, before he was cut off by
the expiration of the hour paid a noble tri.
bute to ;lfr. Webster. He ailuded to a j
remark which had been made hy some j
mnmkar frnm Votv Hnmn.'kipn tU<1, ti tun
I (IIi;il|UOI II vm 41 V? iiirii TW Xi
should have no war with Groat Britain
while Daniel Webster was Secretary of
State" He said he thanked God heartily
tor it, and the People of this country ought
to raise their hands in devout and united
thanksgiving to God for it! He believed
the remark to be true. Peace would be
!preserved while that man was Secretary
of State: Not by concessions!?he was
the last man on earth to make concessions
to Great Britain?he had made none?hut
by moderation and a conciliatory temper,
accompanied with a just decision and
firmness. itfyXalluded to Mr. Webster's
letter to Mr. Fox, and pronounced
it one of the best diplomatic papers that
had ever been written, and said he could
adopt every line and word of it. Its
value was already manifest ia the effect it
had evidently produced ; find he referred, w
in this connexion, to the conciliator)' tone V(
assumed towards this country by Sir Robert
Peel, in his address at Tamworth.
He repeated his conviction that, while the a
rights and the honor of the country, would n
be firmly and fully maintained, yet peace S(
irouJd be preserved so long as Daniel jc
Webster was Secretary of State. .
We do not pretend to give even n sketch
of all the remarks made by Mr. Adams ;
and. in regard to thetopies to which we a,
have referred, as embraced in his speech, v
we have given only the faintest outline of
what was said bv him. u
hi
CHERAW GAZETTE. 0i
WEDNESDAY, September 15, 1841 ^
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Hon. Edward Everett.?The oppo- 0I
sition to the nomination of this gentle- 0
man as Minister to Great Britain has p
been the subject of comment in many if |
not most of the public papers, North and n
South. We copy below the evidence for w
and n era ins t the charge of abolitionism. _
n " "" "? " I ai
Cn a debate in the House of Represents- (
tives in March 1826 on an amendment
proposed to the constitution, the subject P
of slavery having been introduced into w
the discussion, Mr. Everett made a speech b
which elicited no small commendation u
from southern politicians. After shewing
that the word translated "servants"
in our English version of the new testament,
means slaves in the original, and 0
that, of course, the various exhortations
to this class of persons in different parts ! ?
of the New Testament, to obey their b
masters recognize and tolerate the institu- t(
tion of slavery under the Gospel system, f<
he made, in the course of his speech, the tl
fol lowing remarks : tl
MThe great relation of servitude in tl
some form or other, with greater or less b
departure from the theoretic equality of
man, is inseparable from our nature. /
know of no way by which the form of this
servitude can be fixed, but by poltical in- ! d
stitution. Domestic Slavery, though gj
1 confess not that form of servitude which r
seems to be most beneficial to the master
8
?certainly not that which is most beneficial
to the servant?it is not, in my 8
judgement, to be set down as an immoral n
and irreligious relation. I cannot admit p
that religion has but one voice to the slave,
and that this voice is, 'rise against your
master.' No, sir, the New Testament
says, Slaves, obey your Masters;' and p
though I know full well, that in the benignant
operation of Christianity which 8
gathered master and slave around the
same communion table, this unfortunate
institution disappeared in Europe, yet I '1
cannot admit, that, while it subsists, its (
duties are not pre-supposed and sanctioned n
by religion." '* " J #
Mr. Everett also in different articles Iin
the North American Review, very!
ably defended this country against the I
aspersions of foreign travellers, and for-1
eign writers on the subject of slavery.? I
These articles gave satisfaction to slave- l
holders.
This is the substance of the evidence
against the charge. On the other hand, L
CI
when Mr. Everett was a candidate for "
v
re election as Governor of Massachusetts,
in 1839, the abolitionists proposed to him f
and other candidates for office, the fol. c
lowing questions: i
1st "Are you in favor of the immediate s
abolition, by law, of slavery in the Dis- ^
trict of Columbia, and of the slnve traf. c
fic between the States of this Union ?" g
2d. "Are you opposed to the admission (
into the Union of any new States, the
constitution and government of which : 8
tolerate domestic slavery ?" d
To these questions Mr. Everett return j P
ed the following answer :
Watertow*, Oct. 24th, 1839. w
"Dear Sir?On Saturday last I dulv n
received your letter of the 18th, propoun- n
ding to me certain interogatories, and ear. fi
nestly requesting an early answer.
You are aware that several resolves, on
the subject of those inquiries and other g
kindred topics, accompanied by a very |
kl? D annrt n/aa inlrnHtlCMl into the Sen. I
amc ^
ate of this commonwealth, the year be. 0
fore last, by a joint Committee of the two w
houses, of which the late lamented Mr.
Alvord was chairman. Those resolves after
being somewhat enlarged by amend*
meat were adopted I y the legislature. b
They appear to me to cover the whole g,
ground* of your two interogatories. Hav.
ing cheerfully co-operated in the passage ^
of these resolves, and concurring in the n
general reasoning by which they were sus- 4
tained, in the powerful Report of the
Chairman of the Committee, I respond g)
to both of your inquiries in the affirmative.
, 8
The first of the three subjects embra. n
ced in your inquiry, is the only one of It
them which came before Congress, while
1 was a member. I voted in the negative ^
on a motion lav upon the table the peti.
<: .r?u inti Oi...... a ' r. il. . V
lion 01 mu nim uiofuif guciciiBS inr ine
abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia!
and on the motions of like character,
intended to cast off the considera- c<
tion of this class of petitions.
EDWARD EVERETT. B
Hon. Nathaniel B. Borden." t|
These answers did not satisfy the abo- ^
litionists, inasmuch as they contained no j
recantation of the former opinions of Mr.
Everett on the subject of slavery, and
the abolition vote was divided: a raajority
of it was supposed to have been cast
for Mr. Morton, the opposing cnndidate,
. / r
di6 was elected by a majority of one
oto.
This answer of Mr. Everett to the
bolitionists is the ground on which his
omination is now opposed, and to U9 it
jems to be sufficient. His friends al.
;ge that he is objected to on the ground
lat he is in principle opposed to slavery,
opposition on this ground by the South
gainst candidates for office, would be a
irtual declaration of war against the
nion of the states; for all the non-slaveolding
states are opposed to slavery \
therwise they would introduce it among
lemselres. Hut Mr. Everett's opposition
.tanil. farthar than this, and if rarrioH
IIAI ? *'? *M v?i
ut would certainly lead to a dissolution
f the Union. If the letter did not exress
the deliberate judgement of the wri.
;r, but was a time-serving, uncandid,
lere elcctineering note, he has his re*
-ard, and such aa all honest man roust
dmit he deserves.
The Fiscal cobpoiatiop bill.?The
resident returned this bill to the House,
here it originated, on Thursday, with
is objections. We have not time to set
p the message for the present paper,
ie leading objection of the President
> the bill is that it provides for the estab.
shment of a bonk to operate, per se,
ver the union, and therefore, in his opin.
>n, is forbidden by the constitution. He
bjects to the bill also because drawing
ills of exchange may be so managed as
> be equivalent to the most objectionable
irm of discount paper; and because
liere is no limit fixed to the premium in
fie purchase of bills of exchange, and
here is therefore no security that the
ank would improve exchanges.
At the close of the message, the Presi.
lent implores his friends not to push the
ifference between him and them on this
ingle point, to extremes. He wishes
nore time for reflection on the subject,
nd hopes that at the next session of Conress
he may be able to recommend some
leasure of finance that will meet the ap.
robation of Congress.
Jacob F. Mintzing has been re-eleced
Mayor of Charleston. Hp.nry L.
*incknry was his opponent. The vote
tood 1053 to 513.
Forty four vertebra of a animal of the
izard tribe have lately been dug up in
Jlarke county Alabama, which together,
neasured 50 feet in 1. ngth. They -were
rom 12 to 16 inches long and from 6 to 12
n diameter. It is estimated that the ani
nal was 70 or 80 feet long. Fragments of
ibs have been found at the same place,
tnd a few similar bones have been found
n different places in the same neighbor,
lood.
The powder which caused so many
leaths by explosion, at Syracuse N. Y.
ome weeks since, consisted *of 20 kegs
vhich had been deposited in a carpenter's
hop in the edge of the town. Suspicion
ins arisen that the powder had been
:ollected and secreted there by u hand of
ncendiaries and robbers, calling themelves
patriots, who were preparing for a
tostile incursion into Canada. The
:harge is denied by a paper published in
Syracuse ; but the denial has not allayed
he suspicion, and no satisfactory explan.
tion has been given to the public of the
leposit of so much powder in such a
lace.
The CI. S. Bank of Pennsylvania i?
rinding up. The National C*Rzette anourices
the fact that the director* have
lade a general assignment of all it* elects
to trustees.
The schooner, Beaufort, Georgetown,
I. C. has been lost at sea, on a trip to N:
rork. The crew was taken off by anther
schooner, after she had filled with
rater.
STATU or THE U. 8. TREASURY.
Mr. Clay in a speech on the revenue
ill before the Senate on the 4th. instant
tated that during the first half of the
resent year the expenses of the governlent
exceeded the income by $6,787,37.
He also estimates the receipts for the
scond half of the year at $7,005,025 29,
nd the expenditures at $16,116,560 47;
taking the estimated deficiency for the
ist half of the year $9,111,534 18;
rhich added to the deficiency for the
rst half, makes the deficiency for the
'hole year $15,900,971 16.
Mr. Summers, Chairman of the select
ommittee of the* House of Represent!,
ves, on the contingent expenses of the
fousc, stated the other day on the floor,
lat as a part of the stationary expendiires
of the 25th. Congress (1838 and
839) the committee had found the foliwing
among other items:
83,700 quills, $3,958 12
463 groce steel pens, 4,569 39
15 barrels of ink, 528 50
Making pens for members, 476 25
? ' ! ???
A new Post Office has been established
at "Temperance" Richland Districts.
C.f &nd B. F. Wilson appointed Post
Master.
The cars hare commenced running on
ten miles of the railroad now constructing
from Orangeburg to Columbia.
There is a rumor that a conspiracy has
been formed by American citizens to take
McLeod by violence from prison* and murder
hira. We trust, for the character of
the country that it will turn out to hn
false.
At the time of the latest accounts from
England the weather waa unfavourable
for the hnrvprtf. find w?m Mt.rf.inM)
" VIU VHIVI M?IIVW
that much of the wheat would be injured.
The 6rst bale of new cotton was brought
to this market on Mondhy by Major P.
Bacot of Darlington, and bought by
Messrs. W. 6s T. Bailey 4co.it 91*4
cents. v l
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A FIGHt lit CONOBSSS*
On Thursday, soon after the veto message
had been received, and while the
House had up the revenue bill* a rencontre
took place between'Messrs. Wise and
Stanly, of which the Globe gives the fol*
lowing account t
Messrs. Wise and Sthnly were observ.
ed in earnest and etcited conversation
together at Mr. Stanly's desk. Affer a
few minutes Mr. Wise made a motion as
if to invite Mr. Stanly out, to which Mr.
Stnnly made a gesture of dissent. Mr.
Wise then returned to Mr. S and appai* a
ently as in answer to something said by
Mr. S., he was observed to slap Mr. Stanly
in the face pretty severely with his open
hand. A scuffle then ensued, a number
of members rushing to the sceon of
contest.
The Speaker took the chair and called
repeatedly to order.
Mr. Dixon H Lewis was the first who
was observed to separate the combatants,
holding one at each armV length.
After a good deal of uproar and confusion,
Mr. Wire having returned to his seat,
rose and expressed the hope that the Hoqss
would come to order, and enable him to
make to it an apology. He rose, he sai I,
perfectly cool and collected, to make a.i
explanation?
The uproar continuing,
Mr. Keim was heard tossy that ha objected
to thesrentlemah croine on until or.
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der was restored, and the inembeni took
their seats.
Order being restored,
Mr. Wise proceeded td say that he
wished, in the inoar'tiinfrhfe manner, to
ask.pardon, as he sincerely did, of the
House, for having in its presence, violated
its order, and that decorum end respect
which should be preserved toward* it an*
der an excitement which be could not and
would not repress. The ffotise had wit*
nessed what Had passed between the gentleman
from North Carolina and himself,
and had heard the language used by that
gentleman, in debate, towards him, (Mr.
Wise.) He should not recapitulate it,
hut confine himself to what had passed
afterwards at the seat of the gentleman
in private, and not in Ihe hearing of the
House, and with that alone, he presumed, y
it will have any thing to dn. He had
visited the seat of the gentleman [Mr.
Sianlvjafter lie had conclude-1 his remarks,
for the purpose of remonstrating with him
in a friendly and private way for his language
in debate, and without intending
to manifest any excitement. But be may
have been, and perhaps both of them
were, excited. His object was to preserve
their friendly relations; but the gentleman
[Mr. Stanly] chose to waive'those rela(ions,
and to claim no protection under
them. He would not undertake to inform
the House circmustantially of what took
place. The gentleman seemed disposed
to adhere to what he Imd replied to my
explanation on the door. 1 attempted to
give him a warning, and asked bim to
go with me out of the hall*
Here Mr. Andrews called Mr. W. to
order, and objected to his makings state*
ment.
Mr. Wise. I make my general statement
in presence of the gentleman, [Mr#
Stanly] and no injustice can Re done hint.
He refused to go out of the House with
me, and I applied to him very harsh and ?
offensi ve terms. The ge ntleman retorted
a word which I never can, and never will
brook, here in this House, or elsewhere.
1 struck him, and the assault ensued, for
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wiiicii i n^ain a?K inc puruun in nra
House, and submit myself to tbo penalty
it may choose to inflict.
Mr. Stanly. I. too, ask leave to make
an explanation. 1 have no pardon to ask
of the House, for if I had been guilty, I
would resign or submit to the judgement
of the House. The gentleman from Vir.
ginia came round to my seat not to re?
monstrate, as he says, but to scold me as
he has done every body who'takes the liber,
ty to differ with a highminded Virginian.
In the course of the conversation which
took place between us, he said to me, " I
warn you." To which I replied -*I want
none of your warning." He then invited
me to come with him to the door, f
refused. He then said 44 you deserve my
? . . . ? a* a
contempt." To which l repuea - you
are a liar/' He tried to strike me, bet
was prevented from so doing; and if the
House had not prevented me, I would
have given him sueb punishment as he deserved.
Mr. Wise said that the gentleman's
statement was not true.
[A motion was made by Mr, Andrews
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to expel Mr. wise, which seemed to meet
with countenance. The metier wee re*
ferred to a committee efT to report open it]
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