class 8, $500. Leicester sheep, class 6,
Shearing Limbs, $225. Rams, of any
age above two years, $228. Ewre?, suck*
Jing thetr lambs, $50. Shearing ? ves
$50.
Southdown*, class 7, amount efpremi*
tirn same as class 6, Long wooled sleep,
not qualified to compete in the foregoing
c la wen, class 8, same as class 6. Class,
9 Boars, $75. Sows, of any age, $25.?
Sows, above four and under nine months
old, $50. Total amount of premiums for
wtock of &H kinds, upwards of tea thousand
diflari.
Seed Wheat?The seed wheats selected
for trial by the society, in competition
for the pritte of $250, were the Bollevue
Talavera Wheat exhibited by Col. Le
(/Outer, and the Chedbon wheat, exhibited
by M. D. Mavdull.
M t>
rXISX D88AI5.
1. Food for Laborers.??Fi ft v dollar*
for the heat direction}* to enable lahores
to prepare wholesome* nutritious and pal.
atable food, in the most easy and eco.
nomicat manner?to Mrs. Gardener.
2. Application of lime. Fifty dollars
for the he <t account of experiments on the
application of lime as a manure?to C.
W. Job ison, Esq.
3. I iprovement of Peat Soils. One
hundred lollars for the best essay or re.
I Oft on the most successful means hv
wuich the improvement of peat soilscan
be effected?to C. W. Johnson, Esq.
, 4. Agricultural -Mechanics. Two
hundred and fifty dollars for the best es*av
{
on the present State of Agricultural Me.
chanics, and on the improvements which
the various implements now in use may
he susceptible?to John Morton, Jun.
The Mark Lane Express contains a list
of implements and machines exhibited on
this occasion, which occupies nine coi.
u inns.
The proceedings of this meeting, being
a list of stock, machinery, &c. exhibited,
premiums awarded, and speeches and
toasts made at the dinner, fill nineteen
large columns in the Mark Lane Express.
The whole number of members belong,
ing to this society is 5,000, and its annu.
a! income now exceeds $25 000. This is
liberally distributed in premiums and in
publishing a quarterly magazine, which is
given gratis to every member.
- CONGRESSIONAL.
. . senatk.
Sept. 2d. and 3rd. was taken up chief,
ly in considering the hill to establish a
Fiscal Corporation, which finally passed
by the following vote.
Yeas?Messrs..Archer, Barrow, Bates,
Berrien, Choate, Clay, of Kentucky,
Clayton, Dixon, Evans, Graham. Henderson,
Huntington, Kerr, Mangum. Merrick.
Miller Morehead, Phelps, Porter;
, Prentiss, Preston, Simmons, Smith, of
Indiana, Southard, Tallmadge, White,
Woodbridge?27.
Nays?Mesbrs. Allen, Benton, Buchanan.
Calhoun, Clay, of Alabama, Cuthbert,
Fulton, King. Linn, McRoherts,
Jl/buton. Nicholson, Pierce, Rives. Sevier,
. Smith, of Connecticut, Sturgeon, Tappan,
W.i1lt?r. Woodbury. Wii</ht. Youn*?22.
" ; j ? r? - ' - ?? #
*In the morning of the 4th. resolutions
of a strong party character passed hv a
meeting in Virginia, were presented bv
Mr. Calhoun, who moved that they be
printed. Mr. Preston objected on account
. of the " vulgar party slang" which they
contained, and moved to lay them on the
table; which motion, after some debate,
prevailed. 26 to 17.
Sept.. ifh. was spent mostly on the rev.
cone hill; numerous amendments were
offered, which were lost except one to
exempt from duty tea and coffee, which
was adopted, 39 to 10.
Monday, Sept. 6tk. Mr. Benton moved
to send to the President a copy of a report
received hv the Senate from the Secrotary
of the Treasury stating the quantity
of public land surveyed which has not
been offered for sale. Mr. Benton
thought that if the President knew how
much land was surveyed, he would in the
? A -A- A . _ P AL ^ A _ fl? ! 1 P
present siaie 01 me treasury oner it tor
Sale. Such a resolution being offered
only as an insult to the President was, of
course, laid on the table.
The revenue bill was then taken up
and various amendments offered, all
which, after debate, were lost.
Sept. 7fk. Resolutions were offered
by Mr. Owsley, proposing so to amend
the constitution as to prevent the election
of the same person a second time to the
office of President; and also to make a
majority of bolb Houses sufficient to pass
a bill-vetoed by the President. But ob.
jection being made, the resolutions could
not be received according to the rules.
The contested election from Florida
was postponed till next session.
A resolution was reported from the
committee of Foreign Relations request,
iflg the President to consider the proprie.
ty of entering upon a negotiation with
the British GftV3rnment for the release of
American citizens transported as felons
to Van Dieman's Land, for participation
in the late insurrection in Canada. Mr.
Ferris, who reported the resolution, made
a somewhat inflammatory speech in favor
of it, and Mr. Adams replied with great
ability and good sense, as well as sound
reason.
, Sept. 8th. The tame resolution was
taken up, and .opposed by Mr. Everett,
who moved to lay it on the table. Mo.
tion lost bO to hi. The debate was then
continued till the morning hour expired,
after which the amendments to the rcve
nue bill adopted hy the Senate were ta
ken up and the most of them adopted.?
An amendment to the Senate's amendments
was also adopted to include among
free articles, salt, sugar, and cotton.
:; " i
0 . .
HOCSS OF HKPBlSftXT.lTtVBS.
Thursday Sept. 31.
i Oi leave given, Mr. McKay, offered
the foltowing resolutions; which were adopted:
Resolved, That the Secretary of War
he, and he is hereby, directed to report to
this House, at The commencement of the
next session, the number of small-arms, of
every kind, which belong to the United.,
Slates, and are in the several arsenals and
depots, including those in the use of the
Army ; stating the number lost or destroyed
by it per annum; the number
which the States may severally possess,
inclusive of those distributed to the mili.
tia; specifying the number that have
been issued to each Slate under the laws
of Pnn<irA?t nnrl the number nrnr.ured bv
i ~ o""?' ? r -j
the States themselves.
Reeolved, further, That the Secretary
also report the number of arms manufac.
tared annually nt each of the national
armories, and w' a her that number can
be increased ; tc what extent and at what
expense the number of private armories
in the United States, designating the
States n wh eh 1 jcated ; the number of
arms manufactured , by them, annually,
accompanied with a comparative state,
ment of the cost of the manufacture of
each kind of smalt-arms, at the national
and private armories, respectively.
Resolved, further, That the Secretary
report the cost of transporting arms from
each of the national armories to the several
arsenals and depots, particularly
| thos; in the Western States an 1 Territories,
the number of militia in the United
States, and any other information which
may be useful in enabling Congress to decide
what further legislation may be ne.
cesserv to provide for arming the militia.
On (notion of Mr. Adams the (louse
took up and, without debate, adopted the
following resolution heretofore offered by
him:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be directed to. prepare and re.
port to this House, at the commencement
of the next session of Congress, a stateinent
showing the amount of stocks issued
and authorized by law to be issued, by the
Legislatures of the several States and
Territories of the Union, including the
District of Columbia, and constituting
i existing debts of the said States, Territories,
and District ; specifying the amount
of the stocks thus issued, the rates and
terms of interest payable upon thern, the
stipulated times of reimbursement of each
loan, the dates of the legislative acts by
which they were severely authorized, the
objects of internal improvement or other,
wise for which tne funds thus raised were
to be and have been applied, and the present
condition with reference to the prospect
of completion of the public works to
the accomplishment of which the issue of
the said stocks was authorized.
The committee were then called in their
or ler for reports.
Mr. Fillmore, from the Committee of
Ways and Means, to whom resolutions of
instruction had heretofore been referred,
reported a bill to repeal the sixth section
the act entitled an act to provide for the
1 .piL. u:i: a i ,u..
support or trie if# unary .itnucmy ui mr
United States for the year 1838, and for
other purposes, passed July, 1838, and to
prohibit any investment of the funds of
the United States in stocks of the several
States: which was read twice.
[Note by the Reporter.?The section
proposed to he repealed is as follows:
M Sec. 6. And be- it further enacted,
That all the money arising from the bequest
of the late James Smithson, of Loudon,
for the purpose of founding at Washington,
in this District, an institution to
he denominated the Smitl sunian Institution,
which may be paid into the Treasury,
with the approbation of the President of
the United States, in stocks of
States, bearing interest at the
rate of not less than five per centum per
annum, which said stocks shall be held by
t e said S tcretarv in trust for the uses
specified in the last will and testament of
said Smithson, until provision is made by
law for carrying the purpose of said bequest
into effect ; and that the annual in
terest accruing on the stock aforesaid said
he in like manner invested tor the bcnetit
of said institution."]
Some time was consumed in debating
a resolution calling upon the President to
inform the House if he had sent any one
to X. York since the 4tli. of March in
relation to the McLeod case, and if it had
been intimated to the British Government
that McLeod would be surrendered.
Sept. 3:2. After some unimportant
business the debate on the JfcLtod case
was continued.
Sept. 4th. The resolution relating to
the McLeod case was again taken up, and
after a speech from Mr. Floyd, the mover,
and a vnrv ahla and interesting SDeecl)
from Mr. Adams. it was laid oil the ta.
ble, to sleep the sleep of death ; aye* 109,
navs 70.
Sept. 5!h. A ;eso)ution authorizing ?a
committee on the contingent expenses of
the House, to defer their report till next
session, was adopted after some debate.
The report adverse to the sitting delegate
from Florida was some time under
consideration, and the House adjourned,
without a vote. Mr. Levy wishes further
time to procure testimony. The ground
of objection is that he is not a citizen of
the United States but. as is alleged a sub.
r W
ject of Denmark.
Sept. 1th. The revenue hill was taken I
up after some unimportant business.?
Numerous amendments were proposed
and lost; among them one to tax bank
bills moved by Mr. Benton. On this the
vote stood 8 to 28. The first of October
was fixed as the day for the bill to go into
operation, except in regard to articles
from beyond Cane Horn to which the bill
is not to apply till next August. The bill
finally passed by a vote of 33 to 11.
Sept. &~h. Mr. Bayard from a select
committee on the subject of the rules,
made a report providing for the employ- I
ment of five reporters, one at a salary of I
60 per week and the others 50 dollars t
each. . Ordered to he printed. <
The bill from the House to repeal the I
6th. section of the act for the support of r
the Military Academy at West Point,? t
that is, the bill to prevent the. investment i
of the Smithsonian fundi in state stocks, 1
was taken up, and amended so as to pro.
vide.for investment of -all funds of the c
U. States* in (J. S. stocks bearing an in. i
teres* of not less than 5 per cent, and in I
this form the bill passed. \
THE CASK OK XCLliOD. '
From the National Intelligencer.
On Saturday, Ex-President Adams de>
livered a Speech upon the resolution con.
cerning the case of M'cLeod, introduced
some time ago by an Opposition member
into the House of Representatives, which 8
captivated the attention of the House to a n
degree which might bf 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 a
Reporter's bench as 'be stood, with the [
members crowded all around him, obstruc- t
ting the passage of the sound of his voice,
wo have no hope of being able to report P
his.Speech, unless with his assistance, 0
and at a future day. Not doubting how. t
ever, that our readers will desire to know ,
what ground be occupied on this interes- ^
ting question, we endeavor to give in our .
own language, (as follows,) an intelligible 1
idea of the general character of his re* 1
marks; r
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 0
which that conduct merited which sought r
to m ike profit to a party, regardless of \
consequences, out of a question which in* ^
volved, or mght be made to involve, the ^
issue of peace or war wi th a country per.
haps the most powerful on the Globe.
He then proceeded to.say that he wa9 ?
opposed to multiplying issues with Great .
Britain. We had one ?ssue with that ^
country (he was understood to refer to
the Boundary Question) where we were g
^l.vnultr *% tUrt si/vkt AM/J oka um a /iloo rlif T
uitai i v tvi uicTiigvii) aiiu on*; nan wk>oi ij |
i.i the wrong; and, if we mii9t fight, we 8
had better fight about such a question than abopt
one where we were in the wrong, fj
For he desired to declare, in the face of ji
the country and the world his opinion, c
that, in regard to the Caroline," a due *
consideration of all the circumstarioes 6
might lead to the conclusion that' we were f
in the wrong.Tne question was, and al- 8
ways would be, who struck the first blow? *
The British, it is true, burnt the Imat and
lulled a man. But the question is, what ^
was the boat about, and what was the j
man doing in the boat? The boat was , c
engaged in hostile acts against Great d
Britain; it was employed in transporting t
men and arms to Navy Island, in aid of
an insurrection against the British au- j
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? Thh question ?
would still ber who struck the first blow? .
And were we sure we could find among all
the Christian Nations an empire who
would not say that we had been all the c
while in the wrong ? i
Mr. A lam* then spoke of another issue
which had been attempted to be made, .
v!*. in relation to the particular case of I 1
McLood. W p k# of i he Opinion deliw'?
ered by Judge Cowen, of the New York 1
Court, in this* case, and declared his di:isent
from that opinion is strong terms;
and he alluded to the sentiments expres- ?
sed by some of his forty friends from New *
York on that floor, to the'Swime purport. ^
and effect as that opinion, with emphatic
disapprobation. New York had been cal- 1
led the 44 Empire" State ; hut, he said, c
Delaware is as much an "Empi re" 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 all because New T
York was the "Empire" State ! Nobody d
had proposed to interfere with New York, ?
or the Courts of New York ; but, by some
nrn/'^aj MoT.and niifrht fn h? released, t
, T ?"- ? ' .
and the President had done no more than '
his duty in sending the Attorney General a
into .New York on this subject. There i 8
was not an enlightened nation on earth ' f
that would not decide against this idea of j *
holding individuals responsible in a case ^
like this. And the management of the j t
whole case belonged to this Government; > n
for it wus a national matter, and. if a war
grew out of it, it was not New York that t
was to maintain that war. but the blood 1
and treasure of the whole Nation must 0
maintain it. g
Mr. Adams, before he was cut off by *
the expiration of the hour paid a noble tn. (
buteto/lfr. Webster. He alluded to a i
remark which had been made by some *
member from New Hampshire, that 44 we
should have no war with Great Britain c
while Daniel Webster was Secretary of i
State" He said he thanked God heartily I
for it, aid the People of this country ought ?
to raise their hands in devout and united
thanksgiving to God for it! He believed a
~ ?? I,
the remark to be true, feace iroiua ue "
preserved while that man was Secretary a
of State: Not by concessions!?he was
the last man on earth to make concessions
to Great Britain?he had mademone?hut ^
by moderation and a conciliatory temper,
accompanied with a just decision and li
firmness, it/yX.alluded to Mr. Woh-* r<
ster's letter to Mr. Fox, and pronounced j
it one of the best diplomatic papers that
had ever been written, and said he could
adopt every line and word of it. Its t(
| value was already manifest ia the effect it f
md eviden tly produced ; and be referred, i
n this connexion, to the conciliator)- tone ,
issumed towards this country by Sir tioo>rt
Peel, in his address at Tamworth.
ie repeated his conviction that, while the 1
ights and the honpr of the country, would i
ie firmly and fully maintained, yet peace j
rould be preserved so long as Daniel j
Webster was Secretary of State.
We do not pretend to give even a sketch
if all the remarks made by Mr. Adams ; I
ind. in regard to thetopies to which we i
lave referred, as embraced in his speech, ,
ve have given only the faintest outline of
vhat was said bv hirti. J
CHERAW GAZETTE. <
WEDNESDAY, September 15, 1841 *
" <
Hon. Edward Everett.?The oppo. (
ition to the nomination of this gentle- (
nan as Minister to Great Britain has j
>een the subject of comment in many if j
tot most of the public papers, North and (
Jouth. We copy below the evidence for ,
nd against the charge of abolitionism. ,
n a debate in the House of Represenlaives
in March 1826 on an amendment
imposed to the constitution, the subject '
>f slavery having been introduced into '
he discussion, Mr. Everett made a speech 1
vhich elicited no small commendation 1
rom southern politicians. After shew. I
ng that the word translated "servants"
n our English version of the new testa*
nent, means slaves in the original, and
hat, of course, the various exhortations
0 this class of persons in different parts ;
>f the New Testament, to obey their
nasters recognize and tolerate the iostitu*
ion of slavery under the Gospel system,
le made, in the course of his speech, the
01 lowing remarks:
"The great relation of servitude in
ome form or other, with greater or less
leparture from the theoretic equality of
nan, is inseparable from our nature. /
noic of no way by which the form of this
ervilude can be Jixed, but by poltical in* '
titijtion. Domestic Slavery, though
confess not that form of servitude which
eems to he most beneficial to the master
?certainly not that which is most bene*
icial to the servant?it is not, in my
udgement, to be set down as an immoral
\nd irreligious relation, I cannot admit
hat religion has but one voice to the slave,
ind that this voice is, 'rise against your
riaster.' No, sir, the New Testament
ays, "Slaves, obey your Masters;' and
hough I know full well, that in the benig*
lant operation of Christianity which
;athercd master and slave around the
amo mmmiininn table, this unfortunate
nslitution disappeared in Europe, yet I ''
:annot admit, that, while it subsist*, its
lutiesare not presupposed and sanctioned
>y religion."
Mr. Everett also in different articles
n the North American Review, very
ibly defended this country against the
ispersions of foreign travellers, and foriign
writers on the subject of slavery.?
These articles gave satisfaction to slave,
lolders.
This is the substance of the evidence
igainst the charge. On the other hand,
vhen Mr. Everett was a candidate for
e-election as Governor of Massachusetts,
n 1839, the abolitionists proposed to him
ind other candidates for office, the following
questions:
1st "Are you in favor of the immediate
abolition, by law, of slavery in the Disrict
of Columbia, and of the slave trafic
between the States of this Union ?"
2d. "Are you opposed to the admission
nto the Union of any new States, the
institution and government of which
olerate domestic slavery 1"
To these questions Mr. Everett return ]
d the following answer:
Watertowx, Oct. 24th, 1839.
"Z)ear Sir?On Saturday last I dulv
eceived your letter of the 18th, propoan. i
ling to me certain interogatories, and ear- 1
lestly requesting an early answer.
You are aware that several resolves, on
he subject of those inquiries and other j
tinclred topics, accompanied by a very i
hie Report, was introduced into the Sen*
ite of this commonwealth, the year be. i
ore last, by a joint Committee of the two i
lows, of which the late lamented Mr.
Llvord was chairman. Those resolves after
>eing somewhat enlarged hy amend*
nent were adopted I y the legislature. t
They appear to me to cover the whole fl
jround of your two interogatories. Hav.
ng cheerfully co-operated in the passage ^
if these resolves, and concurring in the r
[eneral reasoning hy which they were sus- 4
ained, in the powerful Report of the
'hairman of the Committee, I respond 8
0 both of your inquiries in the affirmaive.
. a
The first of the th^ee subjects embra* r
ed in your inquiry, is the only one of li
1 LI _ L L e ...
iiem which came neiore congress, while v
was a member. I voted in the negative ^
n a motion lav upon the table the petiion
oftho A nti Slavery Societies for the
bolition of slavery in the district of Co.
itnbia, and on the motions of like char*
cter, intended to cast off the considers* c
ion of this class of petitions. 1
EDWARD EVERETT. I
Ion. Nathaniel B. Borden." tl
These answers did not satisfy the abo* t
tionists, inasmuch as they contained no j
ecantathn of the former opinions of Mr. j(
jjverett on the subject of slavery, and
he abolition vote was divided: a majori
y c?f it was supposed to have been cast |
or Mr. Morton, the opposing candidate.
ivh6 was elected by a majority of one
rote. i
This answer of Mr. Everett to the (
ibolitionists is the ground on which his J
lomination is now opposed, and to us it
leenrw to be sufficient. His friends al* t
ege that he is objected to on the ground f
;hat he is in principle opposed to slavery,
opposition on this ground by the South
igainst candidates for office, would be a ^
virtual declaration of war against the '
mion of the states; for all the non-slave* (
raiding states are opposed to slavery y 1
)therwise they would introduce it among *
hemselves. But Mr. Everett's opposition
extends farther than this, and if carried ]
>ut would certainly lead to a dissolution f
>f the Union. If the letter did not ex- t
jress the deliberate judgement of the wri.
er, but was a time-serving, uncandid, ^
nere electineering note, he has his re* ^
rard, and such aa alt honest men roust ^
idmit he deserves.
,c
The Fiscal cobpoeatiop bill.?The
President returned this bill to the House,
vhere it originated, on Thursday, with t
lis objections. We have not time to set |
ip the message for the present paper, t
he leading objection of the President S
o the bill is that it provides for the extab- ''
ishment of a bank to operate, per se,
>ver the union, and therefore, in his opin. t
on, i9 forbidden by the constitution. He f
ibjects to the bill also because drawing >
>ills of exchange may be so managed aa ^
o be equivalent to the most objectionable e
orm of discount paper; and because j
here i9 no limit fixed to the premium in I;
;he purchase of bills of exchange, and e
here is therefore no security that the ^
>ank would improve exchanges.
At the close of the message, the Presi- r
dent implores his friends not to push the
difference between him and them on this *
ingle point, to extremes. He wishes
more time for reflection on the subject,- j
and hopes that at the next session of Congress
he may be able to recommend some r
measure of finance that will meet the apr
r
probation of Congress. ?
Jacob F. Mintzino has been re-elected
Mayor' of Charleston. Henry L.
Pinckney was his opponent. The vote j
stood 1053 to 513. c
t
Forty four vertebra of a animal of the
lizard tribe have lately been dug up in
Clarke county Alabama, which together, y
measured 50 feet in 1. ngth. They were \
from 12 to 16 inches long and from 6 to 12 i
in diameter. It i* estimated that the ani *
mal was 70 or 80 feet long. Fragments of f
ribs have been found at the same place, f
and a few similar bones have been found t
in different places in the same neighbor- a
lood. ?
The powder which caused so many fc
deaths by explosion, at Syracuse N. Y. a
<onie weeks since, consisted 'of 20 kegs 1
which had been deposited in a carpenter's !
shop in the edge of the town. Suspicion 1
has arisen that the powder had been s
collected and secreted there by a band of J:
incendiaries and robbers, calling themselves
patriots, who were preparing for a ji
iosti!e incursion into Canada. The t<
charge is denied by a paper published in ^
Syracuse ; but the denial has not allayed t|
he suspicion, and no satisfactory explan- [
ition has been given to the public of the (i
leposit of so much powder in such a jj
dace.
?- P
The U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania i? u
winding up. The National Gazette an- *
wunces the fnct tliat the director# have K
nade a general assignment of all its el- 8
ects to trustees.
o
The schooner, Beaufort, Georgetown, n
3. C. has been lost at sea, on a trip to N: ?
Ifork. The crew was taken off by an- S
>ther schooner, after she had filled with ?
vater. n
ol
STATU OF THK U. S. TREASURY. a
Mr. Clay in a speech on the revenue J
>iII before the Senate on the 4th. instant w
itated that during the first half of the H
present year the expenses of the govern- it
nent exceeded the income by $6,787,137
l37# . ol
He also estimates the receipts for the w
econd half of the year at $7,005,025 29, ol
nd the expenditures at $16,116,560 47; 8'
nuking the estimated deficiency for the ^
ast half of the year $9,111)534 18;
vhich added to the deficiency for the If
irst half makes the deficiency for the to
rhole year $15,900,971 18. w
s n<
Mr. Summers, Chairman of the select te
ommittee of the* House of Represent*. re
ires, on the contingent expenses of the c<
louse, stated the other day on the floor, w
hat as a part of the stationary expendi- H
ures of the 25th. Congress (1838 and hi
839) the committee had found the fol- w
jwing among other items: t.
83,700 quills, $3,953 12
483 groce steel pens, 4,569 39 to
15 barrels of ink, 528 50 w
Making pens for members, 476 25 fe
A new Poet Office has been established
it "Temperance" Richland Districts,
v., and B. F. Wilson appointed Post
Master.
The cars hare commenced running on
en miles of the railroad now constructing
root Orangeburg to Columbia*
There tsu rumor that a conspiracy has
ieen formed by American citizens to take
McLeod by violence from prison, and mur*
ier him. We trust, for the character of
he country that it will turn out to bt
'alee.
At the time of the latest accounts from
England the weather was unfhvoerable
i .1 . -
or tne Harvest, and roan were entertained
hat much of the wheat would be injured*
The first bale of new cotton was brought
o this market on Moadhy by Major P.
lacot of Darlington, and bought by
Kessrs. W. it T. Bailey It co. at 9U
:ents. v.
A FIOHt IN CONOBBSe*
On Thursday, soon after the veto me*
age had been received, and while the
louse had up the revenue bill renconre
took place between Messrs. Wise and
Jtanly, of which tlie Globe gives the fofi*
owing account:
Messrs. Wise and Sthnly were observ.
d in earnest and excited conversation
ogether at Mr. Stanly's desk. After a
ew minutes Mr. Wise made a motion as
f to invite Mr. Stanly out, to which Mr,
Jtnnly made a gesture of dissent, Mr,
Vise then returned to Mr. S and appau
ntly as in answer to something Mid by
dr. S., he was observed to slap Mr, Stan*
y in the face pretty severely with Km op.
n hand. A scuffle then ensued, a numier
of members rushing to the soeoa of
ontest.
The Speaker took the chair and called
epeatedly to order.
Mr. Dixon H Lewis was the first who
ran observed to separate the combatan's,
tolding one at each arm's length.
After a good deal of uproar and canftis*
en,
Mr. Wise having returned to his seat,
ose and expressed the hope that the Hons#
rotild come to order, and enable hirn to
n&ke to it an apology. He rose, he sai I,
perfectly cool and collected, to make a.i
txplanation?
The uproar continuing,
Mr. Keim was heard tossy that he ob*
ected to the gentlemah going on until or.
ler was restored, and the members took
heir seats.
Order being restored,
Mr. Wise proceeded to say that ha
sished, in the mosr'hutfiHIe manner, to
isk nxdnn ?<ihfk *inr?<?ralv dut of Ik*
Mouse, for baring in its presence, violated
is order, and that decorum and respect
vhich should be preferred toward# it. an.
ler an excitement which be could not and
vould not repress. The House hod wit*
teased what Had passed between the gen*
leman from North Carolina and himself,
ind bad heard the language used by that
rentleman. in debate, towards him, (Mr.
tVise.) He should not recapitulate it,
tut confine himself to what had passed
iflerwards at the seat of the gentleman
n pnrate, and not in Ihe hearing of the
louse, and with that alone, he presumed, ^
t will have any thing to do. He had
isited the seat of the gentleman f*r.
>tanly]?fter he had concluded his remarks,
or the purpose of remonstrating with him
r> a friendly and private way for his Ian*
;uage in debate, and without intending
o manifest any excitement. But he may
ave been, and perhaps both of them
rere, excited. H is object was to preserve
heir friendly relations; but the gentleman
Mr. Stanly] chose to waive'those rela.
ions, and to claim no protection under
hem. He would not undertake to Inform
he House circumstantially of what took
lace. The gentleman seemed disposed
3 adhere to what he had replied to my
xplanation on the floor. I attempted to
ive him a warning, and asked him to
i * i *
o with me out ot the hail.
Here Mr. Andrews called Mr. W. to
rder, and objected to hit making a statt*
lent.
Mr. Wise. I make my genera] statelent
in presence of the gentleman, [Mr*
itanly] and no injustice can Be.done him*
le refused to go out of the House with
le, and I applied to him very harsh and %
ffensive terms. The gentleman retorted
word which I never can, and never will
rook, here in this House, or elsewhere,
struck him, and the assault ensued, for
hich I again ask the pardon of the
Fouse, and submit myself to tbo penalty
may choose to inflict.
Mr. Stanly. 1. too, ask leave to make
d explanation. 1 have no pardon to ask
f the House, for if I had been guilty, I
ould resign or submit to the judgement
F the House. The gentleman from Vir.
inia came round to my sect not to re*
lonstrate, as Kenya, bat to scold me te
; hat done every body who'tokea the liber.
* to differ with a high minded Virginian. i
> the course of the conversation which
ok place between us, he nid to me, ** I
arn you." To which I replied -*l went
Dne of your warning." He then invid
me to come with him to the door. I
fused. He then said 44 you denrve my
>ntempt." To which I replied M you
e a liar." He tried to strike me, bat
as prevented from so doing: and if the
ouse had not prevented me, I would
ive given him sueh punishment as he de*
rved.
Mr. Wise said that the gentleman's
atement was not true.
[A motion was made by Mr. Andrewa
expel Mr. Wise, which seemed to meet
ith countenance. The matter was re.
rred toa committee cfT to report upon it.]
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