The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, August 11, 1841, Image 2
1 * i. m
?. ,.jVg
rf . t {Correspondence of the Mercury.)
I WASHINGTON,-July 29.
r. In Senate, this morning, Mr.--Alan glim
reported from the Committee on -Naval
gp'v'V.'AlFairs, the bill from the Ilonse making
appropriations for naval pensions. The
? . J ,
Pavy pension Amd was origionally created
l>y appropriating a portion of the money
.x received fioof the sale of prizes captured '
r : during the IS*) war with Great Britain,
" and was intended fur the relief of the widows
of those who had fallen in battle.. It
was restricted to this purpose until 1837.
when a hill was so amended as to give
pensions to all who had incurred ' disabilities,"
and to the widows of ail who died
while in the public service. Under this
r-. -U- Jaw, which was made retroactive, if a
man had died in the public service, five
minutes after he entered it, of disease
I? previously contracted, his widow was en
tilled to a pension, ami a case was cited of
a petty officer who entered the service
about the year 1820, and in. iive days af- ,
terdied. Undlr the act of 1837, his.wid.
ow recovered sevnrhl thoOsaod do I liars as
arrears of pension from the (late of his
death to the passage of the" law." If was
also stated that there .are now" officers in j
&&*</. command of line of battle ships, and re- (
ceiving full pay, who are also receiving a
?r - . pension for total disability. This soon i
dissipated the fund?interest and principal, i
and the bill reported to-day, made an ap- <
proprialion from the Treasury for the pay- j
ment of the pensioners. The second sec- <
* ... ?Il.a nf ,
Fnon was iiueuneo u? ?c|?ra. ,,
... 1837, and restrict the pensions to the class
for whom they were originally provided. |
It was, howeVer, somewhat ambigiously
expresset^^and Mangum moved to strike <
. '"which would make it a mere appro, i
priation of money for naval pensions t
withot ant! restriction, and leave the law |
of 1837 in full force. Mr. Calhoun 1
-.-pointed out this as the result, and said the
better way would be to amen the section (
trt make it explicit. This was op- j
^^gr^tjyby Mr. Mangum and other whtgs, t
^onrthe^piciof a want of time to examine i
the subject fully, and that it might oper- r
ate harshly in some cases. Mr. Calhoun j
said these individual cases would recom- a
mend themselves to the special legislation, l
and insisted on the propriety of at once j
putting a stop to the abuse. Mr. Wood- t
bury then offered an amendment to the l
section which prohibits officers from re- f
ceiving pay and pensions at the same time; i
v- This after a long d-ebate was adopted, [
' c..4y?s 21, No'Cs 18, three whigs, Messrs. I <i
^GWylon, Southard and Pientiss voting I v
with the majority. Mr; Mangum then o
moved to strike out the section as amend- r
ed; this was negatived?Ayes 19, Nrtes t
23,'two whigs Messrs. Clayton and Pren- a
ti'ss vo'rtig wifh the majority... 'I'he bill t
was then postponed until Tuesday next.? 1
This debate afforded another illustration p
of the sincerity of the whig professions }
of retrenchment and reform. fi
The bill to incorporate the Banks of b
this District was taken up, the question v
being on an arnendrocnt proposed by Mr. t
Merrick, to allow them to circulate the h
paper of suspended Banks. This was t
opposed by Mr. Benton, Mr. Allen .and a
^ Mr. Linn, and supported by Messrs. Mer- v
rid; and Birrien. The Democratic Sen- k
ad verted, to the fact that a greater a
ifitgjjlkitor was passed yesterday by the ve- J
r^g?n^fmpn who were now in favor of v
a bill which would create six new tl
jPi-.-V'" oanKs with the power to issue for cirrula- s
lion the depreciated paper of suspended y
banks. Without Inking any question, the ji
^.A-a^Senate went into Executive Session and
rj^?vthen adjourned.
In the House the Tariff Bill was delta- j(
>. ted by Messrs. Saltonstali, Ingersoll, ^
?' Pi?l'onc m Mfllill. i
1.* II UJIlf I V, A ^nv.U-t, aauvv*. .
Hastings, am! McKeon. Mr. Wise then p
^^jobtained the floor, and said if the Mouse v
"- ^iSwivould agree to pospone this bill, and take s
up the Bank bill, he would forbear speak* t
j^t^ing. This not being assented to, at 6 i:
o'clock, the House adjourned. \
Washington, July 30. c
The new Tariff Bill, laying 20 per cent t
on all articls now free of duty, saving a i
free-list in fawor of manufacturers?passed \
two readings in the House, and was order- t
cd to be engrossed for a third reading.? r
It will, undoubtedly,, pass the House to- r
morrow.. This is. the bill by which the r
tax on luxuries was to "be laid, Jo supply I
the vacuum in the Treasury, occasioned I
by the Distribution Bill. Amongst those r
luxuries are Tea and Coffee, from which, j
at least, half of the duties will he raised, i
The equal advalorem principle on which j
the Bill is placed is right enough?and its i
advocates professed to keep strictly with- I
in the compromise Act. The "economi- i
cal administration" stipulated for in that <
act, is shewn in the Distribution Bill, and I c
the other projects of profuse ex-peiiditure '
?and the drain on the Treasury being ]
ust as that act requires to raise the duties ]
to supply it, is of course, also as it ought I
to be. The 20 per cent which the Bill i
?1_.. _:n. _ __.j ? .
jays on jnweiry, mim ann nue linens, is
nli a humbug. Such a duly cannot be col- i
lected; but ihen they had talked so much
about taxes on luxuries, it must be put on i
paper at least. This Bill will share the
fate of the Distribution Bill in the Senate.
If the country stands such legislation as
- this, and its other kindred measures, it is
ready for a Caesar^
Washington, July 31, 1841.
% ,.;.In the House of" Representatives this
morntng'a brll was reported from the Com.
miltee on Public lands toextend the time
for issuing military land warrants to officers
and soldiers of the Revolution; which
was read three times and passed. A resolution
was reported from the Committee
* * on Nawl Affairs requiring of the Srcrcta%
>
ry of-.tho^Navy to inquire into arid report 01
the costxhnd expediency of aiding compa- of
nies iafiuing'4Mit..armed steamers, and for w<
selecting- dockyards on -the. bays, lakes th
a.nd rivers of the United Slates, which re
wa.s..adopted bv.lhe House. The Bank- ed
rupt Bill from tiie Senate was read twice, jo
and a .motion was made by a Whig member
from Kentucky to lay it on the table.
This was disagreed to, ayes 91, noes 123 hr
and tlfe bill was referred to the Committee 'of
of the whole. The Tariff Bill \Vas the^n D
taken up. ftlr. Profit animadverted in ty
strong terms on the hot and indecent haste rn
with which this hill was pressed, not even su
allowing the yeas and nays to be taken on ti<
the most important amendments. H*e-in- N
stanced the article of raw. hides', of which h<
three millions of dollars worth arfe annu- m
ally imported free of duty, to tlfe g'reat oi
detriment of raisers of stock in the wes- w
tern country; and yet when he had pro- al
posed an amendment, to remedy this evil, Bi
the pfe?ious question was sprung upon | |?r
Itim, and he.-was not permitted to have the |te
yeas and nrnys 08 the..question.".* ' : - I-hr
T.L LM, -I-"- .* J lift nf
I ne mil was men ^/uorsci*?-ny? nu, - noes
101. The question being; on the^ti-. P*
tie of the bill, Mr Wise moved to amend "c
it by substituting bill violate the in
compromise act of the 30th of March pr
1833." Mr. W. proceeded to advocate his th
imendment at some length, and predicted In
that the bill would he so injurious to the. Pf
commercial interest that it would be re- lh'
pealed in twelve months. After being
called to-order two or three times lie with- Vi
Jrew his amendment. ; cu
Mr. Bidlack then sent to the chair the If
"ullowing as an addition to the title. aP
"And lay a tax on the producing class- 'li?
?s to make up the contemplated deficiency P"
.. T.ii.oinr .Mann fV??m ihp i> 11 lir>! r?n . bv
ii me i itaoui^j u i ia11^ ?II? ?
ed distribution' of the proceeds of the e(l
rublic domain for the benefit of stockjob- b'r
>ers, loan holders and speculators." , ?f
Mr. Triplet! said this amendment was aJT
?ut of order and was an insult to the Whig lei
jarty. Mr. Biillack said no insult was in- J
ended. It was not in his nature to ar- l'u
aign the motives of others. It was a
nere difference of opinion as to the proper fla'1
tame for the bill. Sir, (said Mr. B.) I *1"
im one of those who think things should 1
e called by their right names; and he be- CUI
ieved the title which he hud proposed for Bu
he bill'was the best descri|>tion that could doi
ic given to it. For himself, he most Pr<
irmly believed, whatevergentlemen might len
Itink, the operations of the bill would be # I
0 tax tea and coffee, and other necessaries J011
?f life, consumed alike by. all classes, S01
vhile it exempt from tax railroad iron,
ltd other articles for the benefit of corpoations.
He went on to show that the tax ^oi
ipon tea and coffee of more than two and wc
1 half millions of dollars, was intended ?PI
o supply that amount subtracted annual- _ 1
y by the contemplated distribution of the
iroceeds of the sales of the public lands. I
>1 r. B. was desirous for an curly and '''n
ina! adjournment, and had, therefore, for- 'I16
tome from consuming time in tne pre- ,"w
inus discussion; but lie was anxious that
his most unjust proposition should be ^Cl
irliught upon its face in connexion with rec
he bill which had rendered it necessary, ?f I
nd that it should go forth to the world '
nth its pioper name upon its front. He his
new the majority would be opposed to it, f?ar
nd would vote it down; and having brief*
y expressed" his opinion of the bill, he
rotild withdraw the amendment, rather l^e
han consume time in the vote or discus* wa
ion upon it. The bill was then passed l',a
>'ith its original title, and the Honse ad* l'?
iMirued. 1
Washington, July 31. 1841. cor
In the Senate this morning the bill to hni
urorporale the Bank of the District of fw'
Columbia, was taken up, the question be-1 Dai
ng on allowing them to use the paper of l',a
ioii npirie paying banks, which afler a jnr
vurin debate was carriei, every whig pre- c<"
ent voting for it. An amendment was e<'?
hen offered proposing to allow them to I w' *?
ssue one and two dollar notes. This PUI
vas strongly opposeil by the Demo- it
:ratic Senators, who alluded to the fact Mr
hat the charter of "The Regulator" gave he
t the power of issuing five dollar notes, coi
vhich would have the effect of driving ttv
he gold currency out of the country; he
iow an attempt is made to drive the silver nit
nit of circulation; and if the "parly" re- rej
trained iu power, the next effort would cy
>e to drive copper coin out of 'circulation I
>v tRe* Substitution of "shin plasters "? tra
rhe amendment'was defeated by a ma- he
ority of one?three Whigs voting against J""*
t. The bill was then ordered to be en- ty,
grossed for a third rending. A bill mak- sai
ng appropriation for the support of the Hi
unatics of the District was then taken lip, so
ind alter a determined opposition by four th<
>r five of the Democratic Senators, it was * 1
irdered to be engrosed for u third reading,
rhe bill making an appropriation for a li?
Home squadron was taken up anil after 1
i few words of explanation, was ordered Ui
lo be engrossed and subsequently it was tic
read a third time and passed, and now co
wants but the signature of the President nu
to become a law. A motion was then ?hi
made to adjourn until Monday next. Mr. tei
Clay of Alabama objected. Mr. King said tai
if the gentlemen on the opposite side of se
the House would promise not to reproach to
the Democratic Senators with delaying the trt
public business; and if they thought the ou
business could be delayed without incon- pr
venience to the suffering and agonized
people, whose cries for "action," "ac- tit
lion," we "had heardso much about, he sj)
would withdraw his'opposifion. This sal- wi
ly excited much merriment, and the pledge ki
being given, the motion was put and car- ed
ried amid roars of laughter from all sides
of the chamber.
Ipi the House, tl^c Tariff Bill was takes of
ity and mjuhiott* tendency of a National
ink, should .,on? be established by the
esent of.any' future Congress,' no malr.b.y
whqil Qqrrie,, or where' located, they
>ld it to .fce(il)&'nglit aitd botinden duly
' any succeeding Congress, vfrbether the
ople sfialj ^futtt^giaen it the power, to
:lWr away tlife rttbblsh" and to establish
its place a system compatible with the j
ovjssions of the Constitution, and with j
e spirit of otff Republican institution!,
a ivord, they go decidedly for the real
of its charter. They deny that in
e election of Gen. Harrison, the people I
cided in favurof a National Bank, as in ;
rginia bo'h Harrison and Tvler were,
pported on the grounds of their hoslilito
that institution. They utterly disprove
and-condemn the proposition toj
itrihnfp lh(> lir/iPPdiU i\f lh? snips n ( the
I
blic lands, as a measure unwarrented
ihe Constitution and insidiously designas
an entering wedge of a system comling
an indirect assumption of the debts
the States, with a protective tariff,
sinst both of which they enter their so,
nn protest and remonstrance.
Mr. Calhoun said he would not detain
s Senate by commeting on these Resoioos,
but he would say he coneurred
st fully in the sentiments contained in
?m- ?
Mr. Henderson thought that it was innbent
on those who asserted that the
nk was vhconstituiional, or who enrsed
the Sentiment, to produee some
)of to sustain the position, and chained
the production of such proof.
Mr. Clay, of Alubarna, read from the
irnal of the Convention, and the Madi1
papers* the proceedings on the mo.:
n of Robert Morris to give to Congress
i power to grant charters of incorpora-,
n. In the vole on* this motion there1
re three S'ates in favor, and eight in
rvicitinn "in it- ' v.'."
Mr. Heo'ttersort dcniedihat-lhis- prpceed-.j.
bad refyjeoce to a^Nattoihj) Ban*/ I
Mr. Calhoun said, it was sufficieapfor I
i and those who thought witH'him, that
Convention had refused, and that
re than .once, tocbnferon Congress |
power to incorpo:atei as it fully jusli- ,
I the assertion that .the' bill which was |
eniiy before them, was an usurpation ]
power not granted by the Constitution.
Mr. Anther said, as either himself nor ,
ccleague had been selected as the or- ,
?s on that floor of the meeting, he re- |
ded it as presumptive evidence that it
not represent the popular feeling of j
State. He said the doctrine of repeal
s but another form of Nullification, and
l Virginia repudiated alike Nulliflca*
a and Abolition.
Mr. Calhoun said, if repeal was to be
isidered Nullification,the Senator would
1 many Nulliflers around him. hide*
n'ent ot the unconstitutionality of the
nk, he asked how was it passed through
t body?- It was well known that a ma.
ily of the. Senate were opposed to the
nprnmise, or whatever it might be call*
of the Senator from Kentucky; and
en th^t.was managed by two Senators
rposely absenting' themselves, how was
passeq,.' repeated Mr. C., glancing at
. Preston! ? Under such circumstances
considered the attempt to bind this
mtry in the shackles of a Bank for
enty years, as a gross usurpation, and
nev.erin his life performed an act with
ire pleasure than he would vote for the
leal of^this bill whenever the Democrahad
thej)owerof repealing it.
Mr, Ren tun said this subject had at*'
cted some attention this morning, and
gelaifein^n-'nolicc that he had the.
i>rVejfin$tfof & meeting in Fauquier counYigfnia,
which asserted precisely the
ne do'efrthes as the one ju6t presented.
; would reserve this until to morrow,
that gentlemen might be prepared with
;ir vouchers for the constitutionality of
National Bank.
Mr. Linn offered the following resolun,
which lays over until to morrow.
Resolved, That the President of the
litcd States be requested to give the no.
e to the British Government which the
nvention of 1827 between the Govern;nts
requires, in order to put an end to
e trerty for the joint occupation of the
rriory of Oregon west of Rocky Mounins,
and which territory is now possesd
and used by the Hudson Bay Company,
the ruin of the Aerican Indian an<i Fur
id'e in that quarter, and conflicting with
r mianu commerce wiin me internal
ovincesof Mexico.
The Senate then took op the Fortifies.
>n bill, and the residue of the day was
ent in debating- various amendments
hich'we're proposed to it, ?nd without tang
any de&fcivcr vote the Senate adjourn.
!.
Shocking Occurrence.?An occurrence
' a shocking character?the ftuit oi the
' -J*-.'
reprehensible practioe of carrying deadly
weapons about the person?took place a
few days ago at Lancaster, Kentucky.?A
quarrel occurred between two men named
Blackaby and Comely, when both parties j
drew pistols. As Comely advanced upon
his adversary, the latter shot- hi.m through i
the body and fled. The perpetrator was j
pursued by two men, and when overtaken'!
was literally Jiewn to pieces with a large
Bowie knife. A man supposed to .hare
been concerned in the murder of Blackaby
was soon after arrested,, and it is said
that there is sufficient' circumstantial evidence
to convict him. '
I m?mmmI
CLAY AND RANDOLPH. . i
We give below the words which produced
the challenge between John Randolph
and Henry Clay, in 1826.. They were ut[
tered in secret session, and we do. pot
I'm.\ (if Kntir that' maI intn # k A notttl flOrC
| mi" " IIU" HICJ gl'l IIHIf .IIIV n ?|fwjrv. ?
| Verba relent was however a favorite expression
with the Virgins.-Senator. We
doubt whether, in the $rhole range of leu
ters, not'excepting-eiten the withering sarcasm*
of junit)s, there can be- found such
bitterness of ln?!&tiye^and.Jrepipachful
scorn as in the following wor^a. extracted
from the speech of the orat/ir ??flloarioke,
in the Senate of the United States.' '
l,'This man?(mankind, I crave yonr
pardon)?this worm?(little, animals, forgive
the insult)??wa''s spit out of-the womb
of meanness?was raised to . a ^higher life
than he was bofn to for he was raised to
the society of blackguards.^ .Some fortune
kind to him and cruel to us?has tossed
him to the Secretarvshin of Slate.
Contempt has the property of descenv
ding but she stops far short of him- She
would die before she would reach him; he.
dwells below her fall. I would hate him
if 1 did not despise him.. It is not whit
he is, but where he is, that puts my
thoughts in action. That alphabet
which writes the name Thersitcs of black,
guard, squalidity, refuses her letters for;
him.
"That mind which thinks on what it can .
not express, can scarcely think on him.
An hyperbole for meanness would be an
eclipse for Clay."
Abstractions.?There is a great deal
said recently about "abstractions." The
word is flippantly used ! y hundreds, who
understand its meaning just about as well )
as they do the hieroglyphics on the ruined
temples of Copan and Palenque. It has
become the ruling word among the politi.
rians who go for expediency without regard
to principles. When they meet one
who refuses to join .hem in promoting men.
sures which however expedient and plausible
they may appear, are nevertheless
tti/ilaltAnrnf rrrOol ami alitlaMir nv!neinlo?
riviftijviio us |i(as a ?i u oai uia i j j/i 111 vij mcp, >
they at once denounce him as a visionary
and impracticable*^absiractfonist.V
Such-men are treading upon dangerous
ground? and we caution them to beware)
how they proceed. They would be horrified
at the idea of becoming "levellers"
and"disorganizers/'jret they are striking
blows in the dark which may overturn all
law, and level society and its institutions
with the dust. By denouncing whatever
stands in the way of temporary expediency
as an" abstraction," they bring into contempt
those sacred barriers of eternal
principle which have been erected to protect
the rights and liberties of all people,
whether in the majority or minority.
We admit that theories may be spun out
to a degree of fineness that will render
them useless and absurd. Some men are
very apt to indulge their minds in thus
elaborating and drawing oat a single principle
until they destroy its proper effect
by detaching it from the great and univer
6ui system 01 wnicn it is a component part.
This is an evil which should be guarded
against by all who desire to confer sub*
stantial benefits upon their race.
But this is not the greatestevil to which
a government of the people is exposed,
indeed, it is trifling compared to that
which lies at the opposite extreme, luring
us on to an abandonment of all principle."
To one who rightly views it, this danger
appears appalling?and the more so from
the fact that men are so prone to run into
it. Whilst but few will be fouud devoting
their minds to wire drawn and dreamy
speculations, nearly all will have the
vanity to believe that they can see very
clearly what is right and proper, and they
will of course think that any principle, no
matter in what form established, is very
worthless, a mere "abstraction,"provided
it stands in their way. They will, therefore,
heedlessly scramble over it; and in
this way, one by one, all these high and
holy principles to which the best blood of
America has been sacrificed, and which i
have been solemnly incorporated in our 1
constitution, will be broken down and we
shall be driven out upon the rough and ]
boisterous sea of expediency, to be tossed
about at the mercy of the winds and waves
until we are engulfed in one common ruin.
To truard us against this danger, the
mighty minds that organised our govern*
ment adopted certain fixed principles, ,
which should always control its action, and .
keep it, like the planets, in obedience to j
the laws of the solar system, revolving ,
with regularity in its proper orbit. It
may be inconvenient always to- submit to
the control of those first principles; we 1
may often find ourselves surrounded by *
circumstances which would render it very 1
expedient-for the time to have them out of <
the way. *: But shall we ever dare to violate
them? Shall we for the sake of accom* j
plishing what we may consider a tempora* J
ry good, set so dangerous an example?? :
If so, our constitution is but a rope of sand <
and the fragile chain which binds the Uft'
^ \ ; r
nioti together will be broken ioto .U? . - \
thousand fragment*.
The declaration, of. independence * * **
prpdaimcd for no purpose, the battle of
tfid"revo)ut?on was fought in vain, the constitution
was formed for. naught, If -the ^
eternal principles whieh moted theactoMin
those great scenes are now to bo denounced
as "abstractions," and iwejrtaway
by temporizing politicians.?N, Y. Sun.
Jacksonville Bank.?Arrest and coiifc*i _ ^
sion of the Robber.?A slip from the'Sti;'^^
Louis ;New Era contains an account
the trrrest of H. D. Town, the latejel'.er
of the Jacksonville Bank, and stat^feftjfe:; :
he made a full development of
connected with the robheryi to
ther, and said that the destruction of the
Books was resolved upon in a moment of
desperation, at the loss of character&bna^quent
upon the-discoverer .of a
nro ?.i uepreuauona upon me iana? 01
j institution. This course comtneneed soort
; after he went into the Bank?three yeai? / -f
since?and which he had great difllculty
in concealing from the former Cashier.
' H4 became more adroit proceid- ^vf>2
ed in his^fHrutU, and. was fblf, to. deceit* '** ^
the present Cashier, who had unhotmde#?'I
confidence rn him. Town arerred/^iftort^^;:
! solemnly, that the whole sum usjiifegfey
him was a little less than
will be the only deficit.. The ^
ken from the vaults of the Bsnaffipcfflt
wo.dvu wi. iTtnviivr on nuiuuij'.
night. it W88 buried in'jthred placfijf#:;
A part of it in the Diamond Grove; par*
; of it north of town oq the barrens;
'the gold in the stabi&Jbt*
of robbery waa .commeneed-o n' >, F^r i d?y
night, ami ended on S u n d ay?lnipmrI
his confession to CoJ. Mather, he tmpjif
cated no one else^nordld. he at anjr
afterwards. .He^assigned as a renopjjfojsmfc
destroying the^JBooks of the Bank,, that
^had he not done so, they would hayercairy
tablished his past frauds; and thay.t(P||Vg|H
had been immediately arrested, he neve|j?^H
would have made any disclosures. Du?^gfl|
ring the week subsequent to .the robbdna^^B
lie accused nobody, and when any body-TMlS
would say he believed they were not guilty?laH
was named as the suspicious person,
would say he believed they were notguilty^'j^.
Great Battle in the Indian Cgu <i
The St. Louis, Mo.^jKans cpntaiiMKH|iBgj
following notice of a iccenri^ent inTjBBgjjj|W
Large numbers of Indians^jwegroes - r
and mongrels, from Florida, KWe been?.v
placed opt?n the borders oiL Arkansas anil Missouri.
By a gentleraifetfdiTect from . .
Fort Leavenworth, we*^P that sotne^*^
fitin np<rrn<>> frrtrn Cliiri/la '*nit rnn?viiV<i.r
" - fc - - ? *" ? ?" J.?jr: n.
from the Choc laws and Cherokee*
from the tvhitea, united with a few Indians*- V'
and perhaps a few white men/hare
gradually associated in thyftotneMtes
of Arkansas. Not long since they mjircfi?~
ed high up Red River and ramped far
the purpose of hunting buffalo.
built a rery tolerable Fort with log*/ furi-t; rounded
tvith a ditch, toprotect themselves:'
against all dangers. They caught but few
buffalo, and therefore, to suppjy^t||ejfei: wants,
invaded the possessionsof thieChoe-';.
taws and carried off cattle, poultry, grain,
&c. The Chn'ctaws followed them, but.
finding their numbers and fortification* tn
overmatch, they retired and sent to Fort
Gibson for the U. S. Dragoons. Ca.pt,;
Moore, of Company D. was sent to
ture them with three companies^ of^piragoons,
but after arriving upon the Red
River, he found their entrenchments too
strong and their number too great to fen-/
ture an attack. He accordingly seOT.jgM^//
Fort Towson and was re-er.forcedJWitli^ ,
a fine company of infantry and a couple
of pieces of cannon.
The cannon were shortly brotffiht
bear uport the work*, and soon maae ine^aap?
splinters fly and the logs move so
that the refugees, at a signal, iTUfbe^^pte**;^
side of the fortifications and begatf'^olornir .
upon the Prarie in front of their
Ere they fully succeeded in doing so. Cap!. ^ ^
Moore and his gallant Dragoons chajrgied ' v^
upon them at full gallop. Tfijltfl
The carnage that ensued is represented
as terrifir-*-the Dragoons routed them i"*ll. "*
directions, and, after putting, large. W&W jM
bers to the sword, succeeded io capturing'
the whole body! The conduct of the Dr*3^|r ^
goons is represented as worthy of all com*
mendatlon as regards both skill and bravery.
The bravery and nutnberapf^f tbe&
regulars availed absolutely nothing tfjkfast
the irresistible charge of the, mounted
Dragoons.
This decisive blow will give security to
that exposed portion of our frontier, andgJraB
convince the refugee'pegroes and IrtdiaUa^jHH
that our Dragoons may not be trifled^with. ^HR
The loss of the Dragoons. vrdS unknown
to our informant-r-he said an express
brought the news to'the Fcrt.?Argus.
MANLIKE AND GODLIKE. \ %
A Mnntloman wK/a ko/1 filial monv hldfll .
jT* gciiuwHuii niiu iaau iiii^u mwij *6"
stations in public life, with the greatest
honor to himself and profitably to the nation,
once went to Sir Earbly. WHmot, in
great anger, at a real injury he had re- t
ceived from a person high in the political
world! he was considering how to resent " J]
in the most effectual manner. After rela- >^
lion the particalars to Sir Earbly, he ask- JIM
ed if he nid not think it would be manly to.
resent it? "Yes," said Eardly, "it would |j
doubtless, be mnrdif to resent it, but it *
would be Godlike to forget it." This the ' >]
gentleman declared, had such an instan- ;
taneous effect upon him, that he came
away quite another man and in a temper
entirely altered from that 'in"" which ho v J
went.?[Eng. Mag.] ?' " . 3
1
1 ... -?. '* , **
it of .Committee and' 'atir almoit infinity
amendment* were offered to it, which
;re generally voted'down. The bill was
en ordered to be .engrossed for a third
edingc?the yeas a'i\d nays not being call1
on the questiop. ^The House then adurned..
WASHINGTON, August 2, 1841.
In the Senate, this morning, Mr. Cal>un
presented a ropy of the-proceedings
' adarge and respectable meeting of the
emocraticcitizenVpf Cumberltftd Coun
, Virginia, . expressive of their centients
in relation.' id ihe important meares
now before Congress. The Resoluins
are well drawn, and assert that a
ational Bank is; .an institution of deadly
>stility to the. principles of our Governent,
and mischievous to the interests of
ir country I .That solemnly impressed
iih iHp rnnviriinn'hf ihp nnrnnsli I n t ion