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jKirt arid parcel of ?uiy political intrigue?
vf gathering upon it measures or modes of
cy to wfich it stands in no relation. Our
* se e object *3 to n^tect our lives and proper
y \ tc allay exascerbated and enkinj^d
feehrg; to put down this spirit of famtickro--tkiis
domineering influence, which
may prove so destructive to our happiness
t, and prosperity. It is of the first importance
to crush and extinguish the efforts of
these individuals at once. They ore not
only dangerous in themselves; but it may
^ be in their power to mislead the majority of
a people who have no direct interest in the
mutter at issue. The question will then
become political, and the country be revolutionized
at once. To prevent it, you must
sweure us from agitation hetc?"here, if not
elsewhere. This at least roust be neutral
ground.
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oir, wu iisM. lor suc.i icgtsiuuou upon uus
petition as will close the doors, once find
for all, upon others of similar import?we
ask to be relieved from the consternation into
which we and our constituents are thrown
?we ask that the motion of my honorable
friend and colleage may prevail, end that
whatever language these petitioners, these
calumniators and disorganizers, may hold
elsewhere, they shall not be permitted to
hold it hero. The gentleman from Ohio
acts under a misconception; he is not warranted,
by any precedent, in supposing that
the question, Whether this petition shall or
shall not be received, cannot be put. Sir,
that is the preliminary question, and, if carried
in the affirmative, there is an end of the
matter. The right of petitioning is not
at aH prejudiced by such a course; nor has
>t been so considered by any previous Congress,
for I have a case before me in which
a petition from York county, Pennsylvania,
was rejected; the vote on receiving it being
yeas zv, nays
No, sir, this motion is a far milder -one
&a& the people of the South have a right
to demand: they have the right to ask an
express renunciation on the part of Congress
of any shadow of power to interfere
between the planter and his slaves. The
Constitution justifies them in such a dc.
/ mand, and yet they only require you to say
that you wiRnot and cannot entertain these
petitions. Has Congress prohibited itself
from doing sot Not at ?.!?, sir! Does it,
. in so doing, abridge the right to assemble
peaceably, and petition for redress of grievances?
Nothing of the kind.
Wliat petitions is it bound to receive ?
Not surety those which are violent, disrespectful,
and insolent in language! which
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wouij visit witn a moral contagion trie wnoie
body politic?which degrades the character
f our motliers and sisters?which impugns
the honor and Outrages the feelings of the
. South and West!
Grievances! For what grievances do
these petitioners seek redress ? Does slavery
in this District interfere with' them ??
Have they any local or general interest in
the matter ? Or avc you to elect this Government
into an Etliioal College 1 If sol
sir, 1 plead to the jurisdiction: it is not a
tribunal before which we can be brought.;
Has the Constitution guarantied to these
people, having neither a general nor local
interest in the matter, the right to conje here
and require me to weaken and abolish the
very institution which I represent ? Am I
acting for three-fifths of the slave population
of South Carolina, to impugn the very
principle upon which I bold my seat ? Shall
L sir. bound bv ties that will cleave to me
through life, to protect and defend the cbar'
acter of my constituents, submit to this in-sofenttbetation,
and lend a helping hand to
oover that character with insult and opprobrium
1
Let me suppose a case. Suppose that
you were c&Bea upon to establish a general
national religion. Would you consider the
proposition for one moment. Certainly
you would not. Why then consider this
proposition ?. What right have these petitioners
to interfere between the District of
Columbia and its slaves? The Constitution
^authorizes the taking of private property
for public uses: but the use of property
supposes its continuance. From what fends
is this property to be purchased? From
those of the United States ? from my funds ?
from the funds of South Carolina ? Am I
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to furrnsn a torcn xor my own aweiung?a
knife for my own throat 1'
Sir, the Government has the same ptiwer
over this District that it has over a State;
and it has no more. There is no adjudicated
ease, no dictum, admitting any farther
jurisdiction. Maryland and Virginia, slave,
holding States, ceded these ten mites square
to the General Government, and for whatf
That an unlimited despotism might be excrcised
in i(T No, sir. They gave it in trust.
There was an implied understanding, that
toothing injurious to their interests should
be transacted within its borders; that here,
at least, the cause of agitatton and rebellion
should find no material for its purpose; that
here -the wild phrenzy of the abolitionist
should neither be confirmed nor promoted;
Wai litre uie intw auu UUIUUO) uiu j owaray,
and uncompromising doctrines of these
rancorous fanatics, should not gravitate as
to a common centre. Why, sir, if one of
the free States?if Pennsylvania, for instance?should
cede to you her metropolis,
yoU might * with the same propriety place-the
nest egg of slavery there, as attempt to interfore
with the mature development of that
- institution here. There is no distinction
whatever?not the slightest; the casa^are
parallel. You are invested with no pttwer
to meddle or make; you are estopped by
the Constitution; and your fidelity to that
instrument, your full and ready appreciation
of it, is only to he shown by obeying its injunctions.
vy; '
Looking, then, sir, all around?at the
plighted faith, the fedejxd compact, existing
between u* and ourlf ortbern brethren, arid
aUhoftfepdfhip&nd confidence and sympx.
Ay which should exist between us?looking
at the lettct and spirit of our glorious'Con:
stitufion, arid cherishing an abiding trust in
. the virtue and patriotism of this Senate, we
do hope (and no man who hha character
enough to come here, or at any rate to de.
jfcHV tn be here, can Hbpe otfterwtee) Itat
the portcullis of the Constitution may be
dropped between these men and our lives
and property.
Sir, let mo ?all upon you for the strongest
possible action; let me ask you to restore a
spirit of peace and harmony to members of
the same confederacy, to brethren of the
same family, to human beings speaking the
same language, practising the same religion,
having the same deep and sdlemn interest
in the happiness and prosperity of our heloved
country. Such action, consequent
upon moderation, firmness, and good sense,
will be at once honorable to you and satisfactory
to the South. Instead of sweeping
away our laws and institutions, our rights
and property, it will go abroad with healing
on its wings. Instead of the fruits of bitterness?blood-tliirsty
tumults, house-burning,
and massacre, the whole strength and
fury of this excitement will be at once stifled
and dissipated; and, instead of the confidence
of the slave-holding States being
withdrawn from the Government, never
more to be restored, they will look upon it
with yet more of honor, gratitude and afftc.
tion.
Mr. Buchanan of Penn. said he had a
memorial from a quarterly meeting of
friends, for the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia. He was in favor of
receiving and acting upon suth memorials
though opposed to granting thoir prayer.
In the course of his remarks, ho said that
An occasion very fortunately arose in the
first Congress to settle this question forever.
The Society for the abolition of Slavery in
Pennsylvania brought it before that Congross
by a memorial, which was presented
on the 11th day of February, 17 90. After
the subject had been discussed for several
days, and after solemn deliberation, the
House of Representatives, in Committee, of
the Whole, on the 23d day of March, 1790,
resolved " That Congress have no authority
to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or
in the treatment of them within any of the
States; it remaining with the several States
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which humanity <fe true policy may require.
"The debate was' continued by Messrs.
Benton,'Tyler, Brown, Leigh, Presto^ and
Calhoun, till the hour of adjeurnment. Mr.
Benton considered the right of petition sacred
; but he .thought men could claim that
right only in case of their own grievances,
and nor for the alleged grievances of others.
Mr. Tyler was for receiving the petitions
and then expressing the views of Congress
on the subject; because the mere refusal to
receive might be ascribed to tho language,
and not the subject of the petitions. Mr.
Brown was opposed to all discussion on the
subject, "and saw no cause for alarm or excitement.
Mr. Preston" retorted upon Mr.
B. with much severity. The following is
| part of tho report of Mr. Calhoun's concluding
speech:
"This body (said Mfc C.) presented to
hirn a portentous, an amazing spectacle.
Here are assembled the representatives of
twenty-four confederated States, to deliberate
on their common interest and prosperity,
seriously discussing the question, whether
they shall or shall not receive petitions,
which basely calumniate the institutions of
eleven of those States, which denounce their
citizens as. pirates, kidnappers, and dealers
| in human flesh! That a single individual
from the States thus slandered should avow
a determination to vote to receive so base a
libel on the State he represents, as well as
the entire South, was to him truly wonderful;
and yet more wonderful, if possible, were
' the arguments he advanced i1 support of his
intention. But mo to of this in it9 proper
place.
\ He again repeated, that Congress hod no
such power, no more than it has to abolish
' slavery in the States.
, The fifth amendment of the Constitution
offers an insuperable harrier, which provides,
among other things, that 44 no person shall
be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law; nor shall private
property be taken for public uses without
just compensation." Are not slaves property;
and if so,, how can Congress any
more take away the property of a master in
his slave in this District, than it could his
life and liberty ? They stand on the same
ground. The one, in the eye of the Constitution,
is as sacrec^s the other. He would
pass over the latter part of the sentence cited,
on which his colleaeue had touched and con.
clusively shown that the proviso which it
coDtaioeil also exposed impassable barriers
to emancipation hy Congress in this District*
He (said Mr. C.)' felt the profoundest
gratitude and respect to those watchful and
jealous patriots, who, at the tune of the adop.
tion of the Constitution, would not agree to
its ratification .without proposing these i
amended articles*, which were subsequently
agreed to, and which contain those great
limitations on power, of the importance of <
which he daily became more sensible. But
it is said that Congress has, by the Constitution,
the exclusive right of legislation in this
District Grant it; and what then? Does
the Constitution mean that h has absolute
power of legislation here ? Certainly not.
There are many and important limitations
on its powers in the District as well as in
the States. Congress cannot in the District
abridge the liberty of the press; it cannot
establish a religion by law; it cannot abolish
joiy.triaL In granting the exclusive right f
ot legislation, tne uonstituuon only intended .
to exclude all other legislative authority 1
within the District, and not to create an absolute
and despotic power in Congress over <
the lives and property of its citizens. Nor <
isjthe opinion less erroneous, that Congress
has the same unlimited power here that the
States had within their respective limits, j
| The two powers were wholly different. The
latter was original, inherent, and sovereign;
while the former was a derivative and dele.
| gated trust-power, given by the States for
special purposes, and subject to be altered i
and rescinded at their pleasure. - .
I But it is said that it would be a violation
of the Constitution not to receive these peti.
tions. He denied that there was any power
in that instrument that made it their duty to
receive them. He had again and again read,
the Constitution* and coidd find none such,
nor any thing like it. It is true that there is
o provision that " Congress should pass no
law to abridge the ri^ht of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition the Government
for a redress of grievances." Is a
refusal to receive these slanderous petitions
a passage of a law for the purpose forbidden
in the Constitution ? Is there any man of
sense, who has for a moment reflected on
the subject, who can have the assurance to
say so ? How, then, can the refusal to receive
be construed into a violation of the
Constitution ?
Monday, Jan. 11.?Mr. Buchanan pre
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senioa amemoriui irom wc v^am vtucm^njr
Meeting of Friends for abolishing slavery
in the District of Columbia, and said that
after the petition should be read he would
move that the prayer thereof be rejected.
Mr. Calhoun demanded the question on re.
ceiving tho petition. Mr. Clay objected to
these petitions monopolizing the time of the
Senate, when there was other important business
to eomc before it, and as a debate
was likely to take place on the question of
receding the memorial, he moved to lay the
subject on the table. - Mr. Calhoun having
assented, the motion prevailed.
* Mr, Black presented a memorial from
simd^setferrbntbeCh octaw Reservation,
praying Congress to prevent and punisfcVa.
rious frauds Sieged to have been committed
on the public domain, dec.
Referred to the committee on Private
Land claims. " .
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nance to whom had been referred the bill
making appropriations to defray the expense
of repressing the Seminole hostilities, Ac,;
reported the same with an amendment, viz:
inserting $120,000 instead of -$80,000* :
The amendment was concurred in, and
the bill ordered td a third reading.
Mr. Webster from the same committee,
reported the bill for the relief of the sufferers
by the late fire in New York, which was
read twice. ? v
$ Mr. Clay introduced the resolutions published
in the last week's Gazette, calling upon
the President for information on the sub.
jectof our French relations, which lie on
the table one day.
Mr. Benton submitted the following:
Jtesokcd, That the surplus money of the
United States, and the dividends of stock
receivable from the Bank of the United
States, ought to be set apart and applied to
the general defence of the country.
Resohcd, That the President be request,
ed to ?ause the-Senate to be informed,
1st. The probable amount that would be
necessary for fortifying the Lake, Maritime,
and Gulf frontier of the United States, and
such points of the land frontier as may re.
quire permanent fortification.
2d. The probable amount that would be
necessary to construct an adequate number
of armories and arsenals in the United
States, and to supply the States with field
artillery, especially brass field pieces for
ineir imiina, ana wnn siae aims and pistols
for their cavalry*
3. The probable amount that would be
necessary to supply the U^jj. with the ordnance,
arms and munitions of war, which
a proper regard for self-defence would require
to be always in hand, and
4. The probable amount that would bm
necessary to place the naval defences of the
U. S. (including the increase, of the navy,
navy yards, dock yards, and steam or floating
batteries,) upon the footing
and respectability, which is due to the security
and welfare of the Union. jfLies over
one day.]
Mr. Tomlinson introduced & bill to extend
the time for Issuing military land warrants:
read twice dec.
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Air* uiacit suomweu a resolution ccuung
for information as to the instructions given
to the agent of the location of the Choctaw
chums and the registers and receivers of
public monies of the different land offices
in Mississippi in relation to the location of
the reservations and claims of the Choctaw
Indians, and for the particulars of those
claims &c: Agreed to. tMr.
Southard submitted the following:
Resolved, That the Secretary at War be
directed to communicate to the Senate the
report of the engineers on the subject of
deepening the bar ef Pensacola bay, with
the opinion of the Department as to its utility
and practicability. Also,
"Resolved, That the committee on fiaval
affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency
of deepening the same ?o as to ad*
mit of vessels of war of the largest classy
and further to inquire into the expediency of
constructing a dry dock or marine rail way
for the repair of vessels of war at the navy
yard at Pensacola.
Mr. Niles submitted the Mowing:. r
Resolved, That the Wmmittee on th^Jadiciaiy
be instructed to inquire whether the
navigation and conveyance among the Several
Statas, or any .of them, are subject to
exactions or duties imposed by'state legislation,
within the navigable rivers* bays* cr
tide-waters of any State* Agreed to.:
The bill to limit the term of office, dec.,
commonly called the bill to limit Executive
patronage, coming up to be engrossed Air a
third reading, it was advocated by Mr. Calhoun
and opposed by Mr. Cttfhberl.*
Mr. Wright called for the yeas and nays,
which being ordered, tfie bill was ordered,
to be engrossed for a third reading?yeas
2.4, nays 18.
Mr. Jarvis, chairman of the committee
on Naval Affairs, offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the committee on Naval
Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency
of increasing the naval force in
commission.
Affer some debate it was adopted, yeas
164, nays 16.
Tuesday, Jan. 12.?Sundry reports were
transmitted from the Departments, in relation
to the controversy as to the Ohio boundary
; laid on the table and ordered to be
printed.
The bill for the relief of sufferers by fire
in New Yolfe, was taken up, and affer some
debate was laid on the table.
The greater part of the day was spent
it
in discussing the details of -the bill for tlio
relief of the New York sufferers by fire,
which was finally ordered to be engrossed
for a third readingMonday,
Jan. 18.?A message was re.
ceived from the President by Mr. Doneison
his private Secretary, on the subject of our
French relations?and also a message in
reply to the resolution of Mr. Clay, calling
for information. '
Mr. Clay, who had come into the Senate
during die reading Qf the document's, moved
that they be printed and referred to the com.
mittee on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Buchanan took occasion to express,!
briefjy, his high approbation of the message.
Mr% Calhoun rejoined in a speech of some
length, to the directly contrary effect.
Mr. Cuthbert added some remarks; when
Mr. Clay's motion was agreed to.Wednesday,
Jan. 20.?Mr. Preston, on
leave, introduced a bill for the relief of
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' referred to the committee on the Judici"?gr
. /
;Mr. Davis, on leave, introduced a resolution
to supply each of the committees of the
Senate with a copy of Gordon's Digest of
the Laws of the United States; which, by
unanimous consent, was read three times,
and passed., 4 * '*
Mr. Linn, on leave, introduced a bill to
authorize the location and continuance of
the Cumberland road through the State of
Missouri to the frontiers of New Mexico;
which was read twice, and referred to the
committae on Roads amfeanals.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
.' Monday, Jan. 11.?The- memorial jju importing
to come from the Senate amHfouse
of Representatives of the State of Michigan,
was taken up, and after a long debate
on a motion to reject it, was referred to the
committee on the Judiciary, but to prevent
misconstruction a provision was added, that
the House regard tne memorial " in no other
light than as the voluntary act of private
J individuals."
Tuesday, Jan. 12.?-The business first
in order was the memorial heretofore presented
by Mr. J. 0 Adams, praying for
the abolition of slavery and the slave trade
in tho District of Columbia, and the pending
question of appeal from the decision of the
speaker, the consideration of which subject
hod been postponed to this day.
- Mr. Ward, of New York, moved the further
postponement of the subject to Monday
next; which motion, after some debate, was
carried.
Mr. Cambrelcng, from the committee of
Ways and Means, reported a bill to regulate
the disbursements of the public money,
and to prohibit allowances'not authorised
bv law: which was read twice and committed
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Mr. nncuncy, ox oouin v^aromia, ouercu
thefollowing^solution, which was a&nteck
Resolved, That tlie committeo on Naval
Affairs be instructed to inquire into the ex.
pediency of establishing a naval depot in
Charleston harbor.
The following resolution, offered by Mr.
Storcr, of Ohio, was adopted.
Resolved, Thaliho oomtsrtttoo "bo "Roads
and caoal?. bo mstructed-to inquire into the
expediency of authorising fay law a sub.
scription to the capital stock of the Charles,
ton and Ohio rail road company, whenever
the corporations created by the'Legislatures
of Kentucky, Tennessee* and North Caroli.
no, shall open then* books for subscription of
stock.
The bill making appropriations in part for
the support of the government, for the year
1836, came up on its final passage.
Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, took exceptions
to the increase of the contingent expenses
of the House for printing, mileage
of members, &c?, within the last tfcro or
three years.
Mr. Williams, of N. C. moved the re.
commitment of the hilt to the committee on
Ways and Means. Mr.
Cambrelertg moved to amend the last
motion, by committing the hill to the committee
of the whole Hoose on the state of
the UnionMr.
Wise, of Virginia, took occasion to
repeat the charge heretofore made by him,
of gross negligence of the public printer, in
failmg to furnish the extra copies of the
Presidents message.
Mr. Gfflet, of New York, exhonerated i
the public printer from tho charge* and stated
that the delay in furnishing the documents
arose from the necessity of watting for various
plans which were requisite for the completion
of the work.
Mr. Wise was not satisfied with the exTln
umnt nflonfrtli irrtr? (hnomei
yHUIBMm wy nvut wivu^m MWV
aod palpable corruptions of Executive patronage,
as connected with the government
press, and declared his intention to ask at a
future day for the appointment of a committee
to inquire into that subject.
t)ne or two other motions were made, but
naactioawas had upon the biD.
Wednesday, Jan. 13.?The resolution
heretofore offered by Mr. Jams, that Congress
ought not to entertain petitions for the
abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia
j and that such petitions ought to, be
laid on the table, and not referred nor printed,
was taken up. A motion was made to
lay it on the table, and negatived. It was
then made the order of the day for Tuesday
next.
The bill making appropriations for the
repression of hostilities of the Seminole Indians
in Florida, returned with an amend,
meat from the Senate, was taken up, and, on
motion of Mr. Cambreleng, committed tothe
committee of the whole on the state of
the Union.
The bill making appropriation for the
naval service of the United States for the
year 1836 was taken up.
Mr. Cambreleng moved to amend the bill
by striking out the sum of nine hundred and
fifty thousand dollars,^ the sum to be appropriated
for the launching, refitting, and
putting in commission of ships of war, and
inserting two millions of dollars.
On this motion a debate arose, in which
! Messrs. Cambreleng, Thompson, of S. C..
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Sutherland and Bynum took part.
Mr. Bynum, without concluding lus re-!
marks, gave way to a motion to adjourn.
Thursday, Jan. 14.?The time of the
House was consumed in discussing a resolution
offered by Mr. Hawes, of Kentucky,
to raise a special committee to inquire whether
any changes are needed in the Military
Academy at West Point, and whether it
ought not to be abolished; and the bin for
the relief of the New York sufferers. Both
subjects were finally postponed.
Friday, Jan. 15.?The resolution in re.
lation to the Military Academy was taken
up, and a motion made to substitute the
Military committee for a select committee.
After some time spent in debate, the House
passed to the orders of the day. The re.
mainder of the sitting was taken up with
private bills and a bill to extend the charters
of Banks in the District of Columbia.
Monday, Jan. 18.?The subject of the
petition from sundry inhabitants of Massachusetts,
praying the abolition of slavery m
he District of Columbia. Dresented on a
foyer day by Mr. J. Q. Adams, was taken
up, and, on motion of Mr. Hawes, postponed
till Monday next.
THE tf. STATES AND FRANCE.
A message was received from the Presi.
dent of the United States, by the hands oi
A. Donelson, Esq., his secretary.
Mr. Mason, of Virginia, asked the unant
imous consent of the House to have the
: message just received read to the House,
and, no objection being made, it was read
, by the clerk.
After some conversation, on motion oi
Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, the docu.
mcntfl accompanying the message were
read.
Mr. Hawes rose, and moved that 20,OOC
extra copies of the message and document
be printed.
The message and documents were.thei
ordered to be referred, and the motion tc
print 20,000 extra copies was agreed to.
. Mr. M'Kean moved a suspension of th<
rules of the House to enable him to intro
duce resolutions approbating the course o
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ine rresident on ine r ramu ?|ucac?vu* uu
the House would not suspend them.
Petitions were presented by differen
members from citizens both male and ft
malty as wellas from "boys and their teaich
ers at the "Oneida institution," N. Y., &
the abolition of slavery in (he District o
Columbia.
The question of their reception beioj
made, this question wasr laid on the table.
Several resolutions,were adopted and thi
House adjourned. . \
Wednesday, Jan. 20.-?~Mr. Mann move<
to suspend the rules of the House for tin
purpose of consideri^ . the motion to nrin
five thousand extra copies of the report tron
the select committee on tbertibje!* of tb
Smithsonian bequest, and jj was agreed to
107 to 4$. m '
The motion to piint 6000 eatra copiw
was agreed to.
The Jfouse resumed the consideration o
the resolution heretofore submitted by Mr.
Jarvis, of Blaine, and modified by the adoplion
of an amendment offered by Mr. Glass.
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The question be&? on the motion of Mr
Wise to insert a substitute for the resolution
Mr. Wise (by consent of Mr. Bouldin
who bod the floor) modified his motioft sc
as to more an additional resolution Co th<
resolution offered by the gentleman fron
Maine. ., > 4^.
Mr.JBouWin resumed# and coocluded the
remarks which he commenced yesterday.
Mr. Pickens commenced a speech on the
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one o'clock.
The greater part of the time tin the hotu
of adjournment was spent in discussing the
bill for the refief of sufferers by fire in New
York; upon which no question was taken
Extracts from the communications of Washing
ton Correspondents.
To the Charleston Courier.
Mr. Webster, it is said, will go. with the
administration, in this business, [the French
question] and will vote for non-intercourse.
7b (he scone, Jan, 6.
. "The And-Administration part^in the
Senate, to-day, were thrown into great con
sternation by the news, that if the Legislature
of Virginia should pass their resolutions^
instruction, Mr* Leigh aiid Mr. Ty.
ler have made up their minds to relinquish
their Seats in the Senate. Mr. Tyler has
been absent, in Virginia, for some days. It
is said: .that..his. visit to the Old Dominion
was made for the purpose of collecting the
sentiments of his rneods,and the determination
which I hav > ;ust given, is supposed
I to be the result of this consultation. What
a prodigious effect would be produced on
the Senate, should this be the course chalked
out by the Virginia Senators, and should the
I anticipated instructions come from the Legislature
of Virginia. The whole Senate
? ? - L. J rm.J _4
I would oe revolutionized. i ne expunging
resolutions would be passed, and, the majority
being reversed, the Administration
would be enabled to cany all its measures.
There has been no circumstance since the
commencement of the session, which has
produced such a buz, and so much agitation
here. ??
?
To the same, Jan. 11.
Some disclosures of iniquitous speculations
in the Choctaw country in Mississippi,
nr#? nhnut to he made. Mr. Black nresent*
ed to-day a petition on the subject, which is
likely to excite much inquiry, and much indignation
too, if the facts should turn out as
represented.
To the same, Jan. 12.
Mr. Preston, in his remarks, said he understood
that Mr. Barton had brought no
information which at all varied the position
of our Goverrmeni in relation to rVance.
Mr. Benton said that, although a cloud was
at present hanging over our difficulties with
Prance, he had no doubt that it would soon
disperse, and that every thing Would be placed
on a satisfactory footing. >
FMdfs. i
By the arrival at New York of ike ship- j
Victoria, London dates have been received - i
to the 18th, and Liverpool to die 19& Qf
December. It WiH be seen that the French 1
Ministry have at length intimated that if
"the President would declare m Us Meest^e
that he acknowledged and adhered to the ex. ;
pknationginenby Mr. Livingston, tkis would
satisfy the French Government
The quotation is from a Freocfa Miaigte* <
rial paper of a late
The President in In message at the op? ,
ening of Congress, signified his approbation
of Mr. Liviiijgrton's explanation.
GLORIOUS NEWS FROM TEXAS.
Actooio, the kit fortress of the da*
potSaotaj?,in Teias, tm thenl! 1
^rajsrsmi's
i thetcokmial troops entered the town of 8m
ABt^vjaWtbecooro^ofCoLBea.
i R. Milam.
i session of the pnbbc aqfeie owing tado
wal^and ditches across She owrti. of tho .
streets, each of which was likewise defend
ed by two nieces of artillery, and In come,
quence of this, they occupied ?Ome battU
logs ana tops 01 wwm P*y**nu one
r they remained touttmg.une^^ ^fat '
ana day, until WedMMiy.np vm
. they forced their way iota tiae MBMaaai
! drove the enemy across the rarer wto their
, fort called the "Alamo*" v v*
i In these jtebalfle Ceo.
f capitulated. ^
By the capitulation upwards of 1000
: yielded to lees than 300.- The to<WaiC*e!f
was surr^eredwithfipwjirfls of Hplaces
I of brass artillery, 1900 rounds of powder.
? ball, grope, and canister, with the puttie
stores of every description, *
i - This glorious conquest wasechiertd with
) a loss an the part of the conquerors of etiy ^
3 kfflea add 3d wounded, while tie km of
j the enemy in ktifld is variously estimated
. at from 6ffeo 150.
f ii
* New Orleans, Jan. 4.-rTaxu.?On *j
A Sunday, Dec. 30, four schoooew, the Peon
1 ij 1 i n i li n i r n m n n r hr ft mrrir n ,am ai>g?
" arrived at Vefaco, having on Writ afeam
* 220 volunteers in the causa of liberty, from
S the State of Georgia. #
Volunteers from various States see hoar*
ly arriving by the different land roo?s?,ttnd 1
' in a short time there will be a foi c > iriH
in Texas to carry the war, if tuoimiy9*t^
2 -en to the wafts of Hpaaco. ' j
X Further accounts UMan tear w I
>t The plantation at Spring Gulden, owned
a by CeL Rkes, of this Stat* fcmi ijeenlud
a waste by the Indiah8,.tife Sugar Woriw and
* boil^gs^of^descriptions having bean
r ******
I Information arrived m toma tar mams,
that Mr. Barfoloine "tadMr. Jm
Furvcs* buildings &boqt lOjxdfeaS. W. from
St Augustine. had ****** m&* and
burned down ubout $1 nor*
"?g,
Ogke of the i/bhUt RcgitUr,
I Motttay.Jm. 11.
i INDIAN MASSACRE.
to. . SX"L. . l'-T7*'* .
Uy letters received i* lh? e*y by the
i momingti mailt via New Orleans, from
Tampa Bay?dated January lot, we have
accounts of the massacre of a huge bumI
ber of tbe U. States troops, by Jim 8enu*
nolo Indians. A detachment of Hfrjyn,
under the direction of Major Dade. Gist*
; Gardner, and Lieutn's. Bassinger, Bodge,
Henderson and Hboo, and Dr. otlin,v|ps 1|
ili hi iili ln 1 mi lln T1M nit tn jriin Gi?il M
Clinchat Fort King. By the iffoftsof t
three survivors who armed aboa| a mk
ftltCTWflTQBf 8US WmiUQwQf mBHI^BPCP w
brought of the destruction of the uftidfafr
tachment by the Indians. * . _& **
. - Tl^ ?MtAiint tkov mra ia l1?it'mlin?^ O
Alio WWVUMII p?fWf WW'JHPP^I v
i o'clock on the morning of the Ihey
were attacked by an ovemhebmngnoadfcer
of Indians?Major Dade was shot laMdU ' -1
ntejy?Capt Frasee rode forward, and was
also cut down,?the ifmaindei mamtwaed 1
(he contest for an hour, until they were re*
duced to about 30 in nimte* The Indians i
then retired, and the survivors, nhndlt all
wounded, threw up a alight breast work.
TCie Indians returned to the attackat etaren
<7clock, and competed the slaughter of die ' . 5'
whole corps. . The these mormon who
reached Tampa Bay, after trayeffing sixty
miles thyougb the woods, add^that mej&
groes rushed in and batchut^lhil ^^^^
iJtZ ?Ttofifrt 1
was wcteee^flW the IiHKanacottbcni down
Brut ttww to throw
f^r witiri, ?T
Major Belton is at Tampa Bay, eamictinxr
an attack, with two hundred foeo, wtffpre. I
i pared with block bouses and stockades. j
It is said to be barefy possibly, that Capt ; j
Gardner escaped. ' . .1
Col. Twigs has chartered the stttttfejf J .
Merchant at New Orleans, to take the IT. 8. I
1? ???? tn Tfumna Bav.
{JUUjW IMV?V w r_ _ J - ^
MdMMWW
Sincotbe engagement ontheWjthlacoccbee,
no totefligenoe hm been bed of (be
main body of the Indians. The situation of . ?
the inhabitants east of the ft. John's and
south of St Augustine, is truly deplorable.
New Smyrna has been burnt and an the fine -1
plantations in that neighborhood are broken *
up. Maa> of the negroes have been cam.
ed off; or have joined the savages. Tbo . j
Indails are dispersed in smajl parties, and J
when pursued tbey take refuge m the duck. | .^j
eta which abound every where, and ffgbt ! w
with desperation, until they me dead, no
matter by what number they may assail*
ed. It is litterally a war of extermination, M
and ho hope is entatnifted of putting an
end to it, but by tbe most vigorous measures. j
In the mean time, die number of the enemy j