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her tret one important subject 011 which
we disagreed, rmJ tlmt was the President's
protest. Passing to the next, I find the
f same concurrence of opinion on most of
the important subjects of the session. We
agreed on the question of Executive patronage,
on the propriety of amending the
Constitution, for a temporary distribution
of the surplus revenue, on the subject of
regulating the depositee, and in support of
the bill for restricting the power of the
Executive in making removals from office.
We also agreed in the propriety of
establishing branch mints in the South
and West?a subject not a little contested :
at the time.
Even at the presont session wc have not j
been so unfortunate as to disagree entire- '
f- ly. We have, it is true, on the question
of receiving abolition petitions, which I regret,
as I must consider their reception, !
on the principle on which they were rew**r-w.<l
cui-r*rulf>r nf fhf? w'tiolo ??roll lid
A/VI ? M,7M 41"' ' ' P
to the abolitionists, as far as this Governinent
is concerned. It is also true ihut
wo disagreed in part in reference to the
present subject-. T4ic Senator has divisled,
in relation to it, between myself ami
General Jackson. Jfc has given his
speech in support of his message, end an- !
nounced his intention of giving his vote in J
lavor of my bill. I certainly have no right j
to complain of this ^division. I had ratheT I
have his vote than his speech. The one J
A\iLI stand forever on the records of the j
Senate (unless expunged) in fa for of the j
:hill, and ^jie important principles on which j
it rests, while the other is destined, at no ;
distant day to oblivion.
I now pot to the Senator from Georgia, |
Jt wo short questions. In the numerous and 1
'important instances in which we have j
agreed, I must have been either ri^ht or i
^rong. If right, how could he be so uncharitable
as to attribute my course to the !
!luw and unworthy motive of inveterate ,
'hostility to Gen. Jackson ? But if wrong,
in what condition docs his charge against J
. . I
inc place himself, who has concurred with j
.me in all these measures ? [" ere Mr. j
King disclaimed the imputation of improper
motives to Mr. C.] I am glad to hear
'the gentleman's disclaimer, said Mr. C.
hut 1 certainly understood him as asserting
that such was my hostility to General
Jackson, that his support of a measure
was sufficient to insure my opposition; and j
this he undertook to illustrate bv an anec- i
?dote, borrowed from O'Connell and the j
Npig, which I must tell the Senator was
snuch belter suited to the Irish mob to j
which it was originally addressed, than to
Xhe dignity of the Senate, where he has repeated
it.
But to,.return from this long disgrcssion
:I saw. as I have remarked; that there was
reason .to qpprchcod jliat >the principle,
embraced'htttte Message might be reduced
to practice?principles wliiuh I believed to
be dangerous to the South, and subversive
.of the liberty of the press. The report fully
. states what those principles are, but it may
.not be useless to refer to them briefly on the |
present occasion.
TIio .ussnmrxl for Concrress the )
-right of determining what publications are j
incendiary, and calculated to excite the 1
slaves to insurrection, and to prohibit the
transmission of such publications through
.-the mail: and, of course, it also assumes
rtlie right of deciding what are not incendiary
and of enforcing the transmission of such
through the mail. But the Senator from
Georgia denies this interference^ aad treats
at as a monstrous absurdity. ! had (said
Mr. C.) considered it so intuitive, that I hud
not supposed it necessary in the report to
udd any thing in illustration of its truth ;
but us it has been contested by the Senator
J will add in illustration a single remark.
The Senator will not deny that the right
of determining what papers are -incendiary
and of preventing their circulation, implies |
that Congress has jurisdiction over the sub- i
ject; that is, of discriminating as to what
papers ought or ought not to bo transmitted
by the mail. Nor will he deny that Congress
lias a right, when acting within its
acknowledged jurisdiction, to enforce the
execution of its acts; and yet the admission
of these unquestionable truths admits
the consequence asserted by the report and
.so sneered at by the Senator. Hut, lest lie
should controvert so plain a deduction, to
cut the matter short, 1 shall propound a !
plain question to him. Ho believes that t
Congress lias the right to say what palters
-ire incendiary, and to prohibit their circula- <
iion. Now, I ask him if he does not also
believe it 1ms the right to enforce the
circulation of such as k may determine not ,
to be incendiary, even agamst a law of
(Georgia that might prohibit their circula. .
lion ? If the Senator should answer in tiie 1
alSrmative I then would prove bv his admission
the truth of the inference for which I
eontenn, and winch he has |xronounccu to [
be so absurd; but if be should answer in 1
the negative, and deny that Congress can
enforce the circulation against the law of the
State, I must tell him he would place himself
in the neighborhood of nullification.
But the principle of the Message goes
stiH farther. It assumes for Congress
jurisdiction over the liberty of the press.
The framers of the Constitution (or rather
those jealous patriots who refused to consent
to its adoption without amendments to
guard against the abuse of power) have by
the first amended article, provided that Con",
gross shall pass no law abridging the liberty
of the press, with the view of placing the
press beyond the control of congressional
legislation. But this cautious foresight
would prove in vain, if we should concede
^ to Congress the power which the President
^ssumet of discriminating in reference to the
chnractefcjlvbat publications shall or shall
not be transmitted by' the mail. It would
place in the hands of the General Government
an instrument more potent to control
the freedom of the press than the sedition
law itself, as is fully established in the
report.
Thus regardingthe Message, the question
which presented itself on its first per- \
usal was hew to prevent powers ro dan- *
jcrous and unconstitutional from being
carried into practice ? To permit the por- f
;ion of the Message relating k> the subject; R
under consideration to take its regular I j,
course and he referred to the Connnittee on j t
the Post Office and Post Roads, would 1 i a
saw "be the most certain way to defeat what j ^
1 had in view, I could not doubt, from i *
the composition of the committed that the ' r
report w ould coincide with the Message, ! v
and that it would be drawn up with all that i v
tact, ingenuity, and address for which the | ^
chairman of the committee and the head of! ?
the Post Office Department arc i*>t a little ;
distinguished. With tliis impression, IU
could not but apprehend that the authority i1
of the President, backed by such a report,; j
would go far to rivCt in the public mind ! j
the dangerous principles which it was by j J
design to defeat, and which could only be j 1
effected bv referring the portion oi me
Message in question to a select committee i
by winch the subject might be thoroughly j
investigated, and the result presented in a |
report. With this view I moved the com-! j
mittee, and the bill and report, which the ?
Senator lias attacked so violently, are the j
result. . | (
These are the reasons which governed .
me in the course I took, and not the base J <
and unworthy motive ofhostility to General |
Jackson. 1 appeal with confidence to my ,
Sifeto prove, that neither hostility nor at-;,
tuichmentto'any man or any party can
influence me in the discharge or my public
duties; but were I capable of being influenced
by such motives, I must tell the (
Senator from Georgia that I have too l'rtttc
regard for the opinion of General Jackson,
and, were it not for his high station I would
ad, his character too, 10 permit his course '
to influence me in the slighest degree, cither
for or against any measure.
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FOREIGN. j
The following account efthc massacrcofCol. :
.Fannin and hk men by the Mexicans is taken ,
front a statement furnished !?y the President of |
Texas for publication. The account after sta- :
ttog that articles of capitulation had been sign- i
ed proceeds:
The officers were then called upon to deliver j
their side arms, wliich were boxed up, with their
names placed by a ticket upon each; adabul up.
on the box stating they should soon have the ho- 1
nor of returning them, and it was their principle J
to meet us now as friends, not as escniics.
1 f
Col. Fannin and the jnen were that afternoon i
marched back to La IJahia, the wounded with the <
captain of each company, and our surgeons were (
left on the field to dress the wounded, wliich
was completed on the 21st, when we were all
rouveved back to the fort, where we found the
men in a most miserable state. They were bru- !
tally treated?they were allowed hut very little :
water to drink, in consequence of its having to i
bo brought from the river, and but a small piece i
of meat, without salt, bread, or vegetables. On :
the 23J, Major Miller and HO men were brought
into the fort prisoners ; thev had just landed at
Copano from the United States.
Oil the 25th the Georgia battalion was also 1
brought in; it had boon surprised and captured
between ^Victoria. Dcmill's Point, marched
back and confined with us. Here wo were now
nearly 500 strong, guarded by 1,000 Mexicans,
without being allowed the slightest liberty :a any
respect. * 1
The Mexicans had always said that Santa . <
Anna would be ut Lailahia on the 27th, to re- ! <
lease us. Accordingly, on that day, we were or. ,
dered to form all the prisoners; wc were told),
that wo were going to bring wood and water, j '
atrtl that Santa Anna would bo there that day; J
\vc were ordered to inarch all the officers at the
head of the file, except Colonel Fannin, who lay
wounded in the hospital. As wo inarched out
of the sally port, we saw hollow squares formed
ready to receive us ; we were ordered to file left
and marched into a hollow square of double file 1
cavalry, on foot, arminl with carbines, (com- '
monly called scopcts.) and broadswords. j
This square was filled and closed, aud the i
head of the remaining tiles wheeled oft' into the j
other squares, and so on, until all \ypre strong!}' ;
guarded in squares. The company of which the
writer of this was one, was ordered movo to for- I
wardjA, no more was seen of our unfortunate comrades;
we marched out on the Bexar road, near
the burying ground, and as we were ordered (
hilt, we hoard our companions shrieking in the
most agonizing tones, " Oh, God! Oh, God! |
Sparc us!" aud nearly simultaneously a rqpnrt !
of musketry. It was then we knew what was to '
l*o our fate. The writer of this then qbscrvcd to J
Major Wallace, who was his filc-lo uler, that it I
would be liest to make a desperate rush; lie said j
no, we were too strongly guarded; lie then i
appealed to several others, but none would fol- j
low; lie then sprung and struck tho soldier on j
his right a severe blow with his fist, they being j
at open files; the soldier at the outer file at- ;
tempted to shoot him, but, being too close, was!
unable; tho soldier then turned his gun and
struck the writer a severe Wow upon tho left
tia?d. I then seized huld of the gun, and
? I t I 1 1 * A 4 1 '
wrcncnca 11 iroiu kis nana, anu avsianiry ?uiri- ,
;d and ran towards the river. A platoon of men (
;l have since been informed by two others who j ''
nadc their escape by falling, wlicn fired upon, j
imoirg the dead bodies of their comrades) wheel- i
3d ana tired upon me, but all missed. I then ! ^
lad a chain of sentinels to pass at about -300 1
rards distance, they wore about 30 yards apart; b
hrcc of thcni dosed te iutercept my retreat; the
central ouc raised his gun to fire; 1 ran in a scrpcrtinc
manner, order to prevent his taking aim: 1
suddenly stopped, dropped my piece, fired,&. shot ; J
die soldier through the head, and he fell instant- 1t?
ly dead. I ran over his dead body, the other two | ti
tiring at nie, but missing, and immediately ron I f(
and leaped into the river, atd while swimming !
across was shot at by throe horsemen, but reach- i ?
ed the opposite bank in safety; and, after wan- j
dcring six days without food, an the wilderness
succeeded on the 10th of April, iu joining <Jcn- j|
eral Houston's army, after having been retaken c
by the enemy once, but succeeded in making my ?
escape, in company with a wonnded man who i *(
bad got off from La Bahia, by falling among the t<
iIom/1 no ctn4n<1 T ?in? ly\ ??4o#a iLit I T
ntuu, tie i^*v?v muvvu. * tilli iiv vitat i
six more'succeedcd in saving their lives and re- \ c
gaining their liberty by the stratagem. The j r
number of the enemy, according to their own ac- I .
count, killed at the battle of Cotello, varies from "
from nine to eleven hncdred. ft
tl
A letter published in a New Orleans paper 1 a
states that the Mexican General Fernandez had t(
refused a petition of tho ladies of Matamoras to re- h
spito 14 prisoners under sentence of death. But
upon an otfer of .$30,000 by the merchants he ^
promised to respite tho men till a petition eould ;l
be sent to Santa Anna. Only $10,000 of tho it
iwount had been made up at the date of tho let- <1
ter. b
A letter from Tainpico states that an additionI
aforce of four thousand troops was about to 1 s
ieavc San Louis in Mexico for Texas I Q1
. - ((
Th^rc are rumours of unpleasant disagreements | m
Ktween Gen. Houston and tho President of} w
fexas. ;
The New Orleans Bulletin of the 24th mlt.
ontains (ion. Houston's official account of the
attlo and victory of San Jacinto, won by the
allant Tcxians over Santa Anna and his .Vexcan
horde. The despatch is dated, Head Quarefs
of tho Army, San Jacinto Aprii 25,1636, and
ddrcssedto his Excellency D. G Burnett, Presilent
of the Republic of Texas. It confirms of
eurso the capture of Santa Anna, Cos, and other
Ulicors, mentioned in previous accounts. The
[Vxian loss in the battle was 2 killed and 2.1
voundod, 6 of whom mortally. The Mexican loss
vas 630 killed among whom were 1 General Of
icer, 4 Colonels, 2 Lieut. Cols. 5 Captains, and
12 Lieuts?wounded 203, of whom there were
?Cols., 3 Lieut. Colonels 2 Second Lieut. Cols
I Captain*, and 1-Cadet. Prisoners 730?Tresi
lent Gen. Santa Anna, Gen. Cos, 4 Cols. Aid;
o Santa Anna, and 6 Lieut. Cols including the
>rivale 6crretarv of Santa Anna and the Col. of
ho Goerrero Battallion. About 600 muskets
100 sabres,200 pistols, s ?veral hundred mulos ant
iorsest and near twelve hundred dollars in specif
ivere also taken.
I.\DI.?X AVAR.
A correspondent at Whitesvilk*, wriiiu<
to a geutlcwjum in St. Augustine, expresses
it as his opinion that " the policy o
the Indians is now developing* itself tore
:ruit their forces from captured negroes
ind with whom a common caiijse will b<
established. This," says he, " is now th<
mode resorted to. Savage bodies of In
Jians will make expeditions -whercvei
there is n gang and capture them."
St, Augustine Her,
7ATTAIN HOLLOMON'S CtlMPANY RELIEVED
From the ChaFeston Courier extract of a Ictte
? - J
amen
"QUIXOY, (Fl.) MAY 31.?I am truh
liappy to inform you that the steam boa
Minerva, Penny, from Apalachicola Bay
lias been so fortunate as to bring off safe al
the command of Major M'Lemore, o;
I loli.Oman's Company, penned up since tlx
5th April, in a block house, on the Withla
coochee. The same boat has gone up tin
Suwannee, to relieve Capt. M'Cants, an*
about 30 men, shut up in the same way, ii
a block house, at the Old Town, on th<
Suwannee -river. The Indians had fire*
on Holloman's men for three days previoui
and had just retired for provisions."
nf till
'1 IIV '1 UllUUUi'OVU U rw? ??* ?! (If VI %|IV MVMI
savs?that thoCJ over n? has divided the Territo
ry into three districts, with an officer in cacl
authorized to call out any number ?f men, ii
case of actual invasion, t? repel "the enemy, an<
that scourting p;irties arc engaged along tin
whole line of position, to rcnconnoitro ip adranc
of the settlement, and prevent u surprise to (hi
inhabitants.
FromXhe Correspondence of the Georgia Journa\
Fort Ingersoll, (Ala.) May 3.
The whole of these depredations, hot!
in Georgia and Alabama, wo thought, an<
perhaps correctly, to have been commit
ted by Jim Henry, and his band, amoun
ting pot haps to 300, aided by the Unices
Eme-ah-AUuftda, considered, hostile, am
Ne-tfti-Mtc-co, doubtful. At the utmost
I do not expect the war party in the "Croc I
Nation, to exceed two thousand. Thi
Campaign, I apprehend, will Ikj a shor
one, the troops are eager, and no doub
will be successful. Gov. Schley, am
Gen. Scott and Jcsstip are now in G'olum
!)us.
? .i i > *11' i
Jim Henry, it is tnougnt, win enueavo
o make his way to Florida, lfe has at
emptcd to cross the Chattahoochee, (fo
that purpose, as it is supposed)^ but fai!e<
in account of the high water.
The white man who accompanied Cus>
je-ta, Ilad-jo, and the other Indians H
I'okjmbns, brought a fa He with h**n. >,"eih-Mic-co,
Twck-a-bachie, Hi..-jo am
F-ne-ah-Mart-Ia, liad been in Council
l'bc paper which he lwo?gbt with him at
emptedto state the fadings of several o
he Chiefs. I consider them only rumors,
Fuck-a-backie represents his people ai
Hcndly. Xc-aw-loc-co is encampec
rtth his neonlc. Wax-o Mic-co at U-faw
I I
e, says, that his people have done no mis'hief.
The U-faw-les arc considered
ricndly. Tix-i-co liar-jo, says, he vouchis
for the friendship of his people ; Mite
ili-jo, a Uchce Chief is in -camp with his
eoplc, except 30 or 40 who are missing,
ic supposes them to be in the swamp.
?ho-lo Har-jo has come into Nc-ah-iWico's
camp, and asks the protection of the
rbilcs. He has left the Che-haw town,
hichis the 1alk of the Tndiaas from Neh
Mic-co^s camp. How much of it is
rue, I do not know.
Extracts from letters publislrcd in the
Intelligencer and probably addressed
o members of Congress.
u Tallahassee, May 25.
" The Appalachicola Indians are starving,
rhey have stolen some corn, and the people
ike it as an indication of hostilities; but
iic fact is. tlmy arc hungry, and must be
;d. The Government should take steps to
uiet them."
" Jacksonville, May 27
"The sufferings and distresses of the
)habitants of East Florida are beyond desription.
The road on each side of Gary's
jrry is alive with people in rude huts and
:rds, protected from neither sun nor rain,
t is heart-rending to see their melancholy
ondition. They look sickly, and are sick
rom exposure; their homes and provisions
urnt and destroyed, their-negroes captured
nd they in daily expectation of seeing
icir wives and children butchered. There
re not sufficient troops for adequate promotion.
No man has a dollar to leave to
is wife and children to gel bread with
rhilst he goes into service. .These people
ad no agency in this war, arid their sufferlgs
are reffejed to with indifference and
ecision at Washington, and with contempt
y the officers of the Government here.
A detachment of upwards of 300 United
. 3farincs, left this city yesterday morning,
n tho Rail Road, on their way to Columbus,
id.) to act against the Creeks. The passage
loaoy of the troops and the ordinary travellers,ith
their baggage, &c , amounted to #2,316 28"
r*v.? Charleston Covr:,r.
u *
(iov. Clay of Alabama has issued a j>roelima
' lion addrcssod to the Creeks in that State, warning
them that they have boon incorporated into
tiio Stato, and that if they make war upon it thcj
will not be treated as foreign enemies, but cxecU
ted as traitors when apprehended.
A letter from the Post Master at Columbus
dated 5th iust. received in Augusta
j states, that a man by the name of Philandc
i R. Broad, has been arrested and confmci
in tiie Jail in Chambers county. Ala. on th<
| charge of being concerned in the attack 01
! ! the Stages, aud robbing of the U. fc!. Mail
' I on the Kith ult. The persons who arrestee
; him found -011 him broken letters and enve
' ! lopes of letters that furnish almost conclu
^! sive evidence of his guilt, although while ii
j I the act of arresting him, he succeeded ii
I :.w. I... .1 ; .1._ 1*.
3 ; ucMroyiug, uirowiug )U inu lire, a pui
! cf the contents of his pocket book,
j The Milledgeville Recorder, of the 7tl
inst. says: "Our private advices irorn Co
- lumbus, (in addition to the details which w<
r have taken from the papers,) inform us tha
] an express arrived at Columbus on the 3d
j! (last Friday,) from Fort M'Cray, bringing
. i the intelligence that the Crawford Infantry
iCapt. Care, but commanded by Maj
, I Bnowx, consisting of sixty or seventy men
I! had a light with the Indians on the sann
*i morning. This company being infbrmei
r fhat the Indians had canoes and intoode<
crossing the river at lioykin's Ferry, march
ed to the place and laid in ambush, wliei
shortly about sixteen Indians, in four canoes
: started across. The whites fired and tbre<
Indians were seen to .tumble from the ca
r noes into the river. The Indians on tin
opposite bank then presented themselves
' j and returned the fire. The firing continue*
11 across the rrvue, until the amunition of th
. I whites was exhausted, when they retired
1 i tt?r> nnmlwr nf .Indians WiHi COninuted b'
- ; ^ ... ,
r the men at five hundred but is supposed t<
2 be exaggerated. One white mail was kril
ed, {Mr. Cr?sb4', of Crawford. It is sup
a posed four Indians were killed. Thro
J companies left Columbus on the 4th for th
1 scene of action."
2 j
J Tram the Southern Register.
5 j Creek Disturbances.
Talladega, Ala. May 20.
Just in time for the pross wc received the fol
lowing letter tor publication from Judge Tar
:. ; rant. * They are addressed to him by the Chief
. I of the Upper t'.reeks, and Burcnt Dubois. Th
i | chief of Tallassc is friendly: in his town th
a | misclrief was done. The lower Creeks are se
1 j paratcd from the upper ones by tho ridge ?
s mountains dividing the waters of Chattahooch
c ' and Tallapoosa. The citizens of Charubersvill
? 1 Kn!?ilini? V.rfo finr thi?ir iirntflctinn. M:in'
from Chambers Co. arc moving out of it. C'onsi
dcrable iniscliicf haB been done by the Lowe
. Creeks. The information in the letters may b
' j relied on. I'd. Rr/r.
TdUaxsrr, loth May, I83G.
Sir : As our agents we deem it our duty t
I) inform you of the course wc arc pursuing in re
J i lation to the late depredation committed by soni
! part of the Tall.isec Hate betes and lower Ufac
j lees. Wc have assembled the Warriors ?
" ' Tuckobachc, Cleewallco and Alabama with
. .few of the Tallaascs at the tewn of Tallassct
J \ and joined the whites commanded by Col. Jlrod
' nax, to put down all such offenses. We on ycj
' j torday marched with apart of Co- lirodnax'
* command with the volunteers from Wotumkn
D j commanded be Capt. Horton, to Sonkehache vil
t ! lagc, against tho Indians that wc supposed don
I the murder; there wc discovered a dead body c
i a white man. Wc did not reach tho bodies o
others that wore left unburied. We also discovc
" | houses of settlers destroyed with much deslruc
I tion of property. After being satisfied of the In
| dians that done the mischief, wc went in searcl
r | took four prisoners, all we could find except tw<
" |-who made their cscajjc. Wc found all the hou
r ses of the Indians in that quarter evacuated
J gone below as wc understood, to join some of th<
| Lower towns: wc burnt sonic of the houses, an<
I destroyedthe property?the prisonors arc nowai
- Tallaesee, hand-cuffed and guarded. We wisl
> j v-ou as>our Agent to inform tho whites fco let suol
I of our people as are frieudly to uwic to thii
nf wn mtiv [ia trtnro Ann
1 ; ?WJV?" UB- "V ^ ?? '
bled to quell tho war as quick as possible. Als<
. we rcqust you to inform our Father, the Prcsi
. ' dent, the course we are pursuing, and for him t<
j* take Buch measures as he may tlrink best W(
are now drawing provisions through the hospi
' tality of the citizens ofTallessce and its vicinity
5 We ever remain friendly to the white man aw
I y our bumble *crrants.
. ! Opolhleyoholo,
, 1 Tuckebachc .Vice.
I Caosa Tustunuckcc,
j Ncatklockopay,
' j SichcVurnals,
II nateheclmbbaTom,
11 *>pokokec Micco,
Tustunuckeo f'hopko ol
1 Tallusee,
j Ablack TIadje,
i Woxee Micco,
T.ottlo Mortar bar,
i Tusckiath Iladjo,
O'd King,
Spous Fixio,
Tuckebaeke Fixko,
I ? .1 . x
in mc presence ui t
' Jno. II. Rrorinnx &
, Iiarenl Dubois. S
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Abstract of the Proceedings of tne
Twenty-fourth Congress. First Sesj
si Oil.
Senate.
Jane 2.
| The bill to prevent the circulation of incendiary
publications by mail was taken
up ar.d after some amendments the vote
was taken, which stood as follows :
Yeas?Messrs. Black, Brown, Buch;
anan, Calhoun, Cuthbert, Goldsborough,
i Grundey, King of Ala. King of Ga.
I Moore, Nicholas, Preston, Rives, Robinson,
Tallmadge, Walker, White, Wright
j ?18.
Navs?Messrs. Benton, Clay, Davis
! Ewing of Illinois, Ewing of Ohio Henl
dricks, Hubbard, Kent, Morrison, Niles,
f Prentiss, Ruggles Sheplcy, Southard,
Swift Tomlinson, Wall, Webster.?18
Mr. Hubbard being in the chair, Mr.
j Calhoun asked "wherejis the Vice Presi!
dent?" The Vice President being in the
j chamber took their chair and gave his
! casting vote in the affirmative?A letter
writer says44 the Southern members smiled,
and the Northern members frowned."
Fridpij, June 3, 1836.
Mr. Davis, from the committee on
Commerce?, reported a joint resolution,
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to deliver to the Governor of each
State a complete set of weights and mea'
sere?, &e.r which was read twice, nr.d
ordered to be engrossed for a third road
in g.
A bill to authorised Daniel Tyler to im.
port an iron canal passage boat in detached
parts, with the necessary machinery,
| tools, and working utensils therefore,
free from duty, was ordered to bo en>
i grossed.
>! The Globe.
' Mr. M obster said he did not olten trouJ
hie the Senate with any thing personal to
1 himself, hut a friend had pointed out to
? him a paragraph in the G lobe of this morn*
ing, which was so flagitiously false, and
which so directly allotted his conduct as
" the head of an important committee of the
1 Senate, that he thought it due even to the
1 Senate itself to refute the calumny. The
1 paragraph is in these words :
44 It is a most remarkable thing that,
I while the Opposition in the Senate evety
day parade before the Public the seven
J i millions in the stock of the Bank of the
II United States as a part of the surplus in
\: the Treasury, they so contrive it that not
5 i a dollar of it can reach the Treasury.
' Judge White, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Clay and
* Mr. Webster are ever and anon pointing
' to the seven millions of bank stock as a
j fund for distribution, while Mr. Webster,
I ns chairman of the Committee on Finance
holds back for months, from the action of
~ the Senate, the bills passed by the House
of Representatives to provide against the
' notorious conversion by RiddTe of themeans
of ike old l>ank to the purposes of
* the new."
Now sir, (-said Mr. W.) the journals j
j show that neither I nor the committee
have held back any living from the action
ofthc Senate. All hills i? any way re-'
' spotting the late Bank of the United
^ States, which have been referred to the
committee, have been reported to the Senate
long ago, and are now on the list of
2 orders, to be taken up in their turn. If
2 this libeller had not been willing yjven to
traduce and injure friends, rather than to
lose an opportunity of injuring opponents,
he would have remembered that a majority
of the members of the committee on
Finance are supporters and friends of the
Administration. I am happy to bear my
^ humble testimony to the diligence and
3 promptitude with which the3e gentlemen
c discharge their duties, and every body j
knows that it is in their power at any time j
r, to report any measures they may choose;
3 to report, or to call up any business which j
f they may desire to call up.
* The bill to which the foregoing parac
J graph refers was referred to the commitj
tee April 14, and was reported by the
] committee, w ithout any amendment, April '
0 j 21, as appears l>y the Secretary's minutes, ]
*! endorsed on the bill: 44 Act repealing the
_ 14lh section ofthc act to incorporate the
fj Bank of the United States. April 14.
1' Read twice, and referred to the Commit'I'tee
on Finance. April 21. Reported
" I w ith amendment."
s I will add, sir, that this ?s not the first
? time that I have been obliged to take no"
ticc of statements in this paper respecting
f my conduct as chairman of -flic comniitf
tee, which were in direct coirtr&diotiort of
r the printed journal of cur proceedings,
* and of its own diurnal rejvort of themj
On motion of Mr. Kent, the bill to cx,
tend the charters of certain banks in the
Dist rict of Columbia was agam Ukeu up.
? The Senate then adjourned.
I : HOUSE OF KETBESENTATIVRS.
-1 V Friday, June 3.
The bill to change the re-organization
i! of the Post Office Department, nnd to pro
vide more effectually for the settlement of
} the accounts thereof, comiug op on the
j question of its final passage.
j Affer a considerable debate, ffic main
j question being on the passage of the bill,
was ordered to be put, and decided in the,
affirmative.
So the bitl was passed.
Mr. Jarvis, from the Committee on
Naval Affairs, reported the following resolution,
which lies over :
Resolved, That a select committee be
appointed to inquire into expediency of
purchasing for the Army and Navy of the
ITnitPi'l Stntps the. riahf tn lisp Rt'vereild
~ ?? "w o ?
Henry Rcid's improved truss.
The bill from the Senate to change the
! time of meeting of Congress to the first
Monday in November, and to fix the time,
of adjournment of every second session
after considerable discussion was passed
bv a vote of 101 to 8.
Potomac Bridge.
A part of this bridge having been destroyed
by a recent freshet, a joint resolu;
tion passad for its repair an nnexpended
balance of the original .appropriation for
building the bridge.
CHERAW GAZETTE.
I
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TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 183<t.
Tlio publishers of the Georgetown (S. C.) papers
will please send the copies for this office by
way of Fayettevillc. They will reach us nearly
24 hours earlier by that route than by Darlington,
with the present mail arrangements.
We see complaints from all quarters, North,
South. Fast and West of long continued and
heavy rains. It is feared tho rice plantations on
the Santoc will suffer much from the freshet in
hat river.
Accounts from Mexico state that the putting to
death of prisoners in Texas was iu conscquenca
of a circular addressed to the officers by theMfexi- ,
dan Government, the Mexican revenue falling
! short.
j Francis Ii. Kennedy of Sumter has b^en nom- <
j inated for Congress by a correspondent of the
Caradcn Journal, but ho declines running. Another
correspondent of the same paper nominates
I Col. John P. Richardson, the present Senator
from Clarendon.
Mr. Ken worthy the ventriloquist, whoee advertisement
will bo found in our columns, has excited
much admiration in different parts ofthe Uni[
ted States. If all wc have Been stated of him bo
true, his performance must prove instructive as-'
well as amusing.
. For the contents of the.Southern Agriculturist
aud the Farmer & Gardner, see .
first page. '
The May No. of the Knickerbocker is
received ; we have not yet had time to read
fin V Cif* tlirt ot^inlao tk.) fftklp mn.
mJ V/4 bliv (Vi IKvl'.OI X luiii UIV IWVIV V?
tents we should judge the present No. not
inferior to its predecessor*
A Mr. John Piatt ofjtfaxictta, Ohio, advorti- ..
zee that he has succeeded in cultivating and pre.
paring the genuine hyson tea, and offers seed
gratuitously to those disposed to engage in tha
cultivation of the plant.
* "S
The late session of the New York Legislature1
made an addition of $5,670,000 to tlto Banking
. . .?.i n. * _ Ta. _ 1 l ? . .
capital ot tne oiate. n iu*o incorporated twenty
ei x mutual insurance companies and forty .two
railroad companies. ' /J
A violent hurricane passed over the residence '
of a Mr. Black near Beatie's Ford, Liaesin N.
C. on the 27 ult. which destroyed all bis boildings.
Two beds wore carried off and not found throe
days afterwards. Two pillows were found at a
distance of three miles. Mr. B. himself, being in
the yard rushed to the-houso the for relief of his
family, when lie saw it beginning to fall, and was $
severely injured by the failing timbers. Those in
he house escaped unhurt. The hurricane was not
more than one fourth of a mile wide, and spent its
force wit'un a dis loce oftlirec miles.
LA-vr OF THE ROAD.
A Miss Wilson who was riding in a gig with
her brother was thrown out and considerably in.
jured by the upsetting of the gig, which was caused
by the carelessness of the driver of a Dearbon
waggbn driven by & man in the employment of an
incorporated manufacturing company; the wag.
gon and horse being the property of the company
and employed in their service. She brought an
action against the company and recovered 150
dollars damages. Thfc vfasin Delaware.
Tiio Mirror designed for the ladioe's drawiug
room in Aster's hotel in the city of New York is
six fert by tea.
Tim furniture of the house cost $90,000*
Eighty servants aPe permanently engaged in tho
cstablislfflieiit.
Tko Constitution ol 1?im adopted sinaa tin
Declarution of Indcpendance has been published, the
first President is to hold lua office two years,
and his successors throe ycaip. The same iudi,
vidnal not to be eligible two terms in succession.
Slavery is permitted, but tho importation of
! slaves, except from tho United States, made piracy.
Free persons of African descent not per.
rnitted to reside in the ceontry. The most objectionable
feature in the Constitution, so far as *
we can judge from tho abstract of it which we
have seen, is that tho judges bold their offices
only for a term of four years. > ,
?*? i'
Southern Medical and Surgical Journal?
The first nurnbar of a Journal under this title has
been issued in Augusta. It is edited by Dn. An*.
tbony and Em Professors in the Georgia Medical
College.
^ J
8XXK OF CAMDEN.
At a "thrating of the stockholders of this insti.
tution, cot Monday hat, the following gentlemen
were elected directors, via;
Wan M'Wttxic, |
Jonx M. Drssacssuee,
Jon* CttErfxirr, jta
Juiix Woamux,
WlluabO. Nixon,
Pail ?. Vju.epiuie,
William 11. Bowkx.
At a subsequent meeting of the directors, Wo#
M'Willie, Esq. was elected president.
Domestic Manufacture.?We are pleased to
learq, that a Cotton Factory is about to be eteet.
cd forthwith,by the citizens of Orange and Chat*
Imni pnnntirtH r>n f no Crwik. Tho Camhanv
is already organized, the Stock takes and tho
work in full progress. Rai. Reg.
The recent rains have caused freshets otv the
Cougarec, Woterec, Fee Dee and Cape Fear,
which did -great injury to the crops on all these
rivers. _
~ m t
Duringiho heavy rain yesterday morning, the
tide having stopped up the drain, a great part of
Market.street was literally inundated, the water
flowing into the adjacentshopa^-CJtorkatoa CeanVr,
Jvfte 6.
The Cincinnati Whig states thai the reported
death t>i ur. Benjamin xiamaon, isua 01 wo.
Harrison,) theshocking details of whieh bavo
recently gone the TOonds of the newspapers, is
an founded.
-j *.
On Friday meek* a hd aged about 16 rears, son
sfMf. James B. Oakley, of New York, died ct
Middleton,)Ct4-i? consequence of a blow from
a piece of woodthriwaatbim by aachool mate.
F<rir Bmsinet? Traa*ert*on.?A follow was
engaged to a girl in Maine, but liked her aiater 4
better than he did her. W ishing to be off with <
the old love before he was on with the new, he
asked his betrothed what she would take to release
hiin-^-she-replrcd that about sixty-two dol- f
lars, she tboaght was aa much aa he was worth; , . I
whereupon he poniod up the dual, took a quit (claim,
and married the sister*?Haafon Pot.
A little son of Mr. Peacock of Chew's landing,
v r .mwi about amroa Tears was left alone br its
i'-" "fe ?
mother tied to ? choir* little distance from the
fire, a few days since, end on returning she found
the child bo dreadfully horned that be lived hut a i
few hours. I
We learn 4tom a highly respectable source, U
fhat Small Pox to a considerable extent haifnado *
its appearance in Columbus.? MiUedgeville (Go)
Journal. teg
It is stated in the Oxford (N. C.) Examiner that
the streets of that town were white with snow on
the first instant.
The St. I/ouis Bulletin aays the Mormons are
said to be gathering their forces for a campaign j
against the Christians, to wresHrom their hands J
theTromiscd lind. J