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vite the special attention of Pas'ors, churches, auxiliaries ami individuals to this spccuic object; and beg them not delay for the visitof an agent, to bring up the object, but make their contributions, and remit them iis#e*rly as .practicable. PttOCfiKIMNGS OF Tilt! LliOlSL.\ iYIit; ?>:* NORTH CAROLINA. Revised Acts. A great portion of the S.-ssiou was devoted to the re-enactment of the Public S;atute Laws, revised and consolidated by the Commissioners appointed tor that purpose. They were arranged indor llo ditfcrcut and distinct Ileads, and there was scarcely one of them that did not undergo some amendment. - ' 1 The Unstably Laws haw neca unicuued, so as to put the issue of the paternity of Bastard children, as respects Costs, upon the same tooting as Indictments. The law with regard to Mio s and Lunatics has boon amended, so as to author, izo Csuris of Equity to sol! the estates of Idio's and Lunatics, when deemed for their advantage, in the same manner, and under the same regulations, as Courts of Equity may sell the estates of Infants. The laws with regard to the University are amended so as to prohibit the retail of Spirituous Liquors, and the exhibition of Shows. &c. within tico miles thereof, unless by consent of the Faculty. Tlic law with regard to County Trustee % * is amcndmJ, so that the Office may lie abolished by the County Courts; in which case, the Office devolves upon the Sheriff, with such compensation as the Court may allow. The law with regard to Crimes and _7 Punishments is amended, so that Storehouses, Factories and Mills are included within the list of buildings on which Arson way be com mi ted. Ti?e law wi ll regard to Slaves and free persons of color, is amended, so as to rc5ail that provision making it the duty of asters to teach free persons of color to r ad and write. The law with regard to County and Superior Courts is amended, so us to allow County Courts to establish Special Courts, with an allowance to each Justice of not more than three dollars nor less than one dollar per day. The law on the subject of County charges is amended, so as to allow the Courts to impose, without restriction, such tax as is necessary to meet County charges. The Revenue Laws arc amended by providing for a re-assessment of Lands. The County is to appoint three Assessors in each District, one of whom must be a Magistrate, who arc to assess the Lands in such District; and said assessment is to re. main for five years, when a rc-asscssmont is to take place. The Mditia Laws arc also amended,- so that, in future, each Company is to choose it9 own Officers, and the Field and General Officers arc to be chosen by the Commissioned Officers of each respective Regiment, Brigade, Division, &e. The law with regard to Widows is amended so as to repeal that provision which requires ft Jury to ascertain the sufficiency of the provision made lor Widows by the husband's Will, and, on her dissent, allow her right of Dower and distributive share. The law with regard to Habeas Corpus is amended, so as to make that Writ the right of the citizen, in every case, anil removes other impediments to his benefit. The law with regard to Official Bonds hi amended, so as to make them payable, in all coses, to the State. The law with regard to Mills is amended, so as to make Wind-mills, Public Mills. The law with regard to Insolvent Debtor^ i? amended so as to provide that Prisoners within the bounds may take the Oath of Insolvency without going into close prison. Allows all the creditors, who are notified, to join in the issues made upon the suggestion of fraud and concealment of property by the debtor, and provides that when the PlaintifT has no Agent in the county, tho debtor may advertise in a Newspaper ; with many minor alterations, fading to improve the condition of honest ^solvents and punishing those who commit frauds. INSURANCE BANK OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. The following is the concluding part of an able editorial article of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, on the subject of the recent transfer of the greater part of the stock of this Bank. We recommend it to the attention of the reader. But what is the consequence of this transaction ? The consequence is, that Mr. Biddie and his copartners become stock holders in that Bank?the mother Bank at Columbus will be managed by Directors, who arc *- r.1.1 i.i t? i *11 citizens oi mat piace, anu mo i>rancr.es win be managed by Directors, who ure citizens of the several places of their location ! Mr. Biddle will have the right to vote for these Directors, and will bo entitled to draw his just proportion of the profi.s of the Institution ! But it is objected that he holds a sufficient quantity of stock to control the Bank ! Suppose he has ; if his control of it, is a sufficient ground to justify a withdrawal ol public confidence, let that confidence be withdrawn and let the institution fall. Bui it is again objected that ho will use this Bank as an instrument of the Pennsylvania Bank of the United S:ates, to distress out local Banks and thus oppress the people ! This we conceive to be entirely out the bounds of probability?First, because, hav. ing paid a high bonus for the stock lie holds in this bank, he will scarcely attempt so to use the institution as to impoverish the very source from which he is to reap the profits to pay his enormous investment; and secondly, because he has vigilant enemies enough at his own door, who watch his every movement, to prevent his transferring bXcessive quantity ofhis funds to the Bank at any one period of time, end we presume he would scarcely risk the safety-of his own Bark r.t PhiladeSVa i':r [ the poor and unprofitable purpose ofcramp.1 r ing and crippling and ruining our localj v ! Banks, and with them the people, who are i ti 1 interested in or dependent upon them. In j I one word, he will not have the power to do c . it. In the third place, the Insurance Bank j v : will be managed enJrelv by directors who j r are citizens of the Stale, equally as much j p interested in the welfare and prosperity of j } ; the people, as the directors of other Banks, s ; It is said tiiat iie will cat off the profits of'ti ! other Batiks ! Jfhe does this by reducing J d . the rate of interest, and bringing exchanges r upon the North once more to par, we hum- ? bjy believe he will merit and obtain the < thanks of the community who are interested i; j in no Banks. ; p ! But it is again asserted that if lie iiad ap-, I j plied to the State for a branch of the Bonn- s sylvania Bank of the United States, his ap- ' \ ; plication would have been promptly rejected, j t 1 No doubt of i\ and very properly. We li ; look upon that as a very umoreni question, j The Insurance Bank will not be a Branch j [ ! of the Pennsylvania Bank of the U. S., but I ! an independan: Bank of itself.?Being own- i ! ed in part by the same stockholders it may [ t be made a medium for effecting exchanges \ ! between the North and South expeditiously, I j uniformly and cheaply, and this we presume 1 | is the real object of the transaction.?And t then it is urged again that the State will be i overrun with what is termed 'foreign c ipital:>! t Grant this to be true and the arg iment c is suicidal. .Money here s w >rtl? 8 per cent. | ( per annum, and if the citizens of other; r States can send their capital here and loan s it out at 6 per cent, as we understand is the j c intention of the insurance Bank, we ask, t will we not he gainers just two per cent. 11 u|>on every dollar of such capital as may 1 c bo brought into the S ate ? Wc think so : i clearly. 11 That this transaction is an invasion or. t violation of titc rights of sovereignly of the ? i i St:?fi.. jis: i< hv some nresses. or how f . ?I it has any tiling to do with State Rights, we are utterly at a loss to imagine. This opin. i j ion we have no doubt has been produced i by the false and mistaken idea that Mr. Bid- c die ought not to be allowed to hold slock in : \ any of our Banks, because the State would c not allow him to have a branch of his own | \ Bank here ! It is a very different thing, c we opine, tor him to hold stock in a Bank ' s chartered by our own State, and amenable 1 c to our own laws, from having a branch of I a bank chartered by another State located ! \ within our limits, anil over which our laws ' s could have little or no control. j a Much that has been said about this trans- ' t action, no doubt has iis origin in ancient po- c litical antipathies. There arc some men j ii i among us who shudder at the bare mention f | ot Biddle's name. They imagine him J a ! to be the ghost of the "dead monster," over 1 I whose grave they have been cliaunting re- s 1 | quiems and funeral hymns for the last four r j years. They will swear and swear that it C I is dead; that the General killed it with the : ; veto?and yet if they hear Biddle's name \ ! connected with any money transaction, they ' j: i will unswear it a!!, and swear that it is still ' v { alive and kicking, and begin to call hastily < i on the "Democracy" to arouse! , t ! Our neighbor of the Constitutionalist says | that county meetings should be called, and t I even an extra session of the Legislature ! c For what purpose ? We should like to he ' v 5 shown the "utilitarian cui bono!" Would t! ! he have the people harangued about the c | General and the "monster," in order to raise j ! a mob ? Would he have the Legislature I attempt to annul the charter of the Insu-'e I rancc Bank ? To visit it with the ven- ; s i geance of the agrarian doctrine of Dallas . c land Ingersoll and Fanny Wright? We li should like to know ! If the bank bus done s I anv tbivig to forfeit its charier, let it be tried ' t : and condemned according to law ! Jfguilty r I and convicted, we shall not weep ! ' 1 | r i louisville, CINCINNATI i: CHARLESTON hail t ROAD. ! t j Report of the Committee on Routes and I Surveys, submitted to the Stoc!:holdcrs of t Louisville., the Cincinnati and Charleston i I Rail Road Company, at their first meeting, at Knoxvillc, January, 1837. : t The Committee to whom it was referred to e examine & report on the Surveys already 1 made, and what part, if any, of the route .r can now be definitely decided on, and L ! the proper measures to be taken to have I such other surveys made as may be ne- 1 sary to enable the company, at its next meeting, to decide on the actual location * of the whole road from Charleston to ; * Lexington, and brandies to Louisville, ? Cincinnati and Maysville, have had the 11 matters referred to them under consid-: ^ eration, and beg leave to ^1 retort: c That the surveys heretofore made and a > submitted to the Legislature of South Caro- c lina, by the very able Engineers employed ' i by that State, on that service, have led to c i the satisfactory conclusion that a practica- k i ble route for a Rail Road between Charles. ton and the Ohio River does exist. But,c ' ftf. !???? limiftnl m/Lono nn/1 i ad iiiu^ dul >u \ nv^iu uigiimu^u iiivmuo ?um ;; time allowed tor making them, have ne- j11 cessarily been confined to parts of the line , where most difficulties were apprehended, s . no definite location of the route can be pre- c ! dictated on them. The only fact clearly * . and distinctly ascertained is that the valley c f of the French Broad river must be adopted, ; as the only practicable course in which the 1 I road can pass the Alleghany mountains and ; ' i Blue Itidge, having in view the connection i of the points prescribed by the charier.? 1 Another toutc by the head waters of the ;1 ! Savannah, and the vallies of the Tuskaseige 1 ; and Little Tennessee rivers having been 1 , the superintendence of Cap?. Williams, of 1 ; suggcstcd,thcsamchas been surveyed under 1 > the Topographical Engineers, by Lieut, j1 Drayton, late of the Army, and Mr. Feath-1 * i erstoneliougii of the United States Civil En- * gineers, in whose accuracy and judgement k ; your committee have entire confidence.? . The result is presented in their reports, j t ; which are herewith submitted. These j c i clearly demonstrate that this route is wholly j e , impracticable. j On the other hand it is as clearly demon-1 tl stmtM that hv ad.andnir *'".< Breach B-ond J tl oute, is possible toeonduct the road from the allov of Knst Tennessee, centrally through lie Alleguhny mountains to the crest of the line Ridge, at two points in Buncombe ounty, X. C., on a gradual ascent entire!) rithin the range of locomotive power, ;u iow in cons'ant and familiar use. These loints arc at the Reedy Patch and Butl dountain Caps. Lato surveys & reconnoisances have also led to the conviction, thai hat from one, if not from both of these leprcssions in the Blue Ridge, the roat nay he carried into the level counties o ^outh Carolina, beyond the mountain re pon, on a grade which will supersede the lecessity of stationary power. But this >art of the ground has not been sufficient y subjected to tiie rigorous test of the in ? .1*1 trtfment, to enable the company 10 ueeiu< vhioh of tiic several routes that prcsen hcmsclvos, should bo adopted. Throe, a cast should be suffieicn ly examined: 1st? The route which leads down the Heed) \ech creek and Broad river, till the ridgi ictween that s'reAm and the Cahawba rive; s gained. 2nd?The route by Buttmoun ain Gap, descending through the opening vhicli receives the Green river between tlu Hue ridge and Saluda mountains, till the atter mountain is flanked 0:1 the east; ant Ird-Thc route which descends from the But nountain Gap info Green river Cove, am hen passes tho Saluda mountain bv Gnj rock, & continues to the level country neat Jrcenvillc, S. C. Kach of tljcsc route? nust be cnrefuliy and accurately surveyed ;o as to furnish an estimate of the actun rosts of every part of each of them, u itl he angle of their grade-and their adaptatior o locomotive power, before the cotnpan) tan be able to decide which of these route? >ught to be adopted. These surveys mus >e extended with the view of passing througl he town of Columbia, should no obstacle ntcrvrnc ro render it expedient to take dif brent rou'e. At Columbia, the line will meet the pro ected Rail Road of the South Carolina Ca ial and Rail Road Company, which has the occlusive ri"ht to J lie road between tlm O )lacc and Charleston, for 36 years from tin late of its charter, and now have a roai vith a single track halfthut distance. Tha i. .i * it . ompanv has proposed 10 tnts mar a jmiuuui hould bo formed between the two roads )ti terms which have already been laid be ore lliis meeting. And your committee vould recommend that the propositior liou'd be met with the same spirit of liber ili.y which induced it; and that the Direc ors of this company should treat with tha >n the subject, & lay before our next meet ng the terms on which it is proposed tc brm the eonnccion, to be adopted or no* is the said meeting may decide; or that the directors recommend to the said meeting ucli other measures in relation to the roat f the South Carolina Canal and Rail lloac Jompanv as they may deem expedient. In connexion with this part of the line " liivti /irtneitlorml tll?? Di'n, UU1 CUUIllJUltV IIUIV. VVll?auviw? v.... lositton ot the Cohnnbia Bridge Comprmy vhich has been referred to them. Ant hey recommend that tlic Directors canst tie Columbia Bridge to beexnrnincd by com ie:ent Engineers, and report to the nex nesting its adaptation for passing the roat iver the Conga ree river, and the terms or ihich it may be used or acquired foi hat purpose, to be adopted by that meeting >r not, as it shall be deemed expedient. Beyond the point whence the Frenel ?road river issues from the mountains, tin xaminations have not been attended by in trumcntal surveys, and your committer an dn no more than merely indicate the ines, wliich in their opinion ought to lx urvcycd. A nd here it is proper to remark hat if the amendments of the -tarter pro ioscd by the act of South Carolina, shoulc >e adopted by the other States, the Compa iv will be merely relieved from the obliga ion to extend the road further than Lexing on in the State of Kentucky, while it wil c left in full possession of the power to cx end the road to Cincinnati, and to construe ranches to Louisville and Maysville.? This power your committee consider of ines imable value,and one which ought to be cx ireised whenever the company shall posses.' he means of doing so. And they recom nend that whenever the means shall be rais d bv subscriptions to the stock for tha urpose, or otherwise, that extension anc hose branches should he constructed. Keeping these objects constantly in view he surveys must be made in reference tc liuiTi ttrli i !r? <it t ho cfi rrw? thr?v must hf _V. i| have claims, and.both should bo Scientific, j ally surveyed, and prdper cstiifMtes of the ! cast of construction furnished; If the val; ley route should be found practicable, the ! enquiry shouid be made, as to what extent ; the first part of that line, from Lexington, t may be deflected to the east, so as to mako it common to the branch to Maysville,which, to complete the whole plan, should also be :; surveyed. ! | All the lines above indicated are recomI! mended for survey, on account of their sup. N posed practicability, and arc not intended .; to supersede die examination and surveys * , of other lines which may promise to be i . more favorable. Nor is it intended by your . committee that the survey of any line above j designated, should be continued after it > shall he ascer;ained to be impracticable, or t that ft can be superseded by another line t possessing decidedly superior advantages. In drawing the comparison, the low angle r of ascent and exemption from the necess j sity of stationary power should have coil i trolling influence. . 1 Until all those surveys have been com; pleted, your committee are of opinion, that i the Directors will not be able to rccom; j mend any definite location of the line of [ j road, nor the S ockholdcrs to decide on : | that Recommendation ; and as the funds [' already paid in are more than sufficient to ? defray all the expenses ol the surveys, your : committee consider it unnecessary to call for ; j further instalments until after the next , meeting of the Stockholders; and that the I Directors should not, in the mean time, csi tablisli any local boards or make any con- i i, tracts other than such as are icquircd to ' ' complete the surveys and to prepare the ; means of settling definitely the location of : the road. On this, too much attention can i hardly be bestowed. A hasty and incon; siderate decision, in this respect, may save . present expense, but it may be followed by the expenditure of millions to overcome difficulties, which might at first have been * * ? - .1 f . avoided. \ our committee, tncreiorc, rei: gard it as true ecouomy to incur in the first t. instance all the expense, which may be i j necessary to a complete examination and I! survey of the whole ground by the most t: skilful and experienced Engineers, i Your committee, therefore. recommend , the adoption of the following resolutions : > i Resolved, That the route of the Rail Road through the valley of the FrenchBroad i river he, aud the samp hereby is definitely i adopted. iftWeed/rhat the Board of Directors of : the Company proceed as soon as convon \ ient, to appoint a Chief Engineer of the 11 company. , Rcsohnl, That the Board ot Directors i i ortlie President of the Company, with the ; i concurrence of three- or more Diioctors, I i be authorized and required to proceed to I; the organization of as many Brigades of Engineers as may be necessary to survey , i all the routes above indicated, so as to be . , ready to report on the final location of the > to tlio iiokI mooting or tho Company. I j Resolved, That, until the next meeting ! of the Company, the Directors call for no . further instalments on the stock, nor make : any contracts for work on any part of the I road, further than is necessary to effect the i surveys. A. BLAND IXC, Chairman*. CONGRESS. ' ! SENATE. 1 Saturday, Jan. 21. j Mr. Ciay presented the petition of sundry t i inhabitants of Wirtsboroucrh, Sullivan's coun (j ty, New York, an<5 as it was not long, he ask) j ed that it might be read. This document insisted on the impropriety [ and inexpediency of allowing so many Roman , | Catholic emigrants entering the country whose i practice and tenets were avowedly and direct' j ly hostile to our republican institutions, and j especially prayed Congress to institute com ; missions in various parts of the country, to I procure information and report on the sub. jeet. . ; Mr. Clay said some of the objects prayed ' j for, this Government had no power to grant, I he, therefore, moved that the memorial be re- , ' i ferred to the Judiciary Committee; and it ' j was referred. i j The Senate proceeded to the special order of the day, which was the land bill. The question being on so amending the bill as to require a residence by the settler of but ( : one year to get a title to his land, it was negi atived. Mr. Grundy then proposed to substitute a ! 1 residence of two years. The motion was sup: ported bv Messrs. Walker, King, of Alabama, 1 1! Linn and Tipton, and opposed by Mr. Ewing, j as being wholly inefficient to the object pro, j Dosed. The printing was ordered; but the 1 - question being, in the meanwhile, taken on 1 ! the amendment proposed by Mr. Grundy, it 1 was carried?yeas 27, nays 11. Jan. 21. On motion of Mr. Grundv, the j Committee on the Judiciary was discharged j i from the further consideration of the petition 1 of inhabitants of Wirtsborough, X. V., on the i ,' subject of Roman Catholicism. i Mr. Niles from the Committee on Manufac- ] I tures, reported a bill to repeal the duty on coal. ! Read and ordered to a second reading. 1 The Senate then proceeded to the special j order of the day, which was the bill to confine ? ' ; the sale of the public land to actual settlers > i only. j i I . Mr. Walker, chairman of the Committee 1 i f; on the Public Lands, who has charge of the ! ] , j bill, expressed his approbation of r i amend- |; , ment offered on Saturday by Mr. Ewing, and . 1 which provides that land entered, and forfeited, | bv non-residence under the bill, might be en:: tercd by others who shall prove the fact of ! such non-residence by the first occupant, aud i | proposed to modify it by a provision that,when f i two or more persons should so claim the for- , i feited land, who inhabit the same quarter-sec- i < ; j tion, the preference shall be given to the first I p! occupant. The amendment to the amend-. j ment was then agreed to. II .Mr. Tipton then moved an amendment, in- i > ' | troducing the principle cf graduation, and pro- , 1 ; viding that land remaining unsold for ten years ; I should be sold for one dmlar an acre; and if ; i remaining for fifteen years, at seventy-five ! cents the acre, -with a proviso that not more i than ICO acres be sold to any one man. Mr. Ewing then went into the general prin- j, ' | ciples of the hill, and the subject of the public j lands generally, and addressed the Senate in a j speech which, with his couseut was interrupt- j j i ed by a motion for adjournment, ft Jan. 24. Tlie Senate again passed to the . ceiisideration of 'he land bi '- fcnd Mr. Ewing :onducted under the influence of other greai uterests. These are, to carry the road tc shioxville, so as to command the trade ol hat place: to pass as near the head ofnavi. ;alion 011 the Cumberland river, as possible; uid to reach some point on the ridge soutli fthe Kentucky river, from which the road nay, at the leas' expense, and on the shortst practicable line, for locomotive power >e extended both to Louisville and Loxing. on; keeping the line of road to Louisville >n the south side of the river. Upon these views, your committee thinli t proper to recommend the following lines o be accurately and scientifically surveyed o as to furnish exact estimates of the cos's >f every part of each, and the evidence o heir adaptation to the use of locomotive now r. 1st?The line from the point where lie French Broad issues from the mountain! o Knoxvillc, to be continued across th< 'nmborbinfl mountains and river, to tlx idge south of the ground will permit, constent with a duo regard to the extension o hat line to Lexington. 2nd?A line from lie mouth of the Nolachucky river, across he Xow.market ridge and llolston river, he western termination of' the Clincl nountain, and thence to the line last indica ed by Wheeler's or the Cross niountaii jlap, in the great Cumberland ridge; nn( o the Cumberland Gap, and thence by the salt works in Clay county, to Lexington. The surveys from the branching poin o Louisville should be also made?for with >ut it, all the advantages of the most westrn line of road cannot he duly estimated In surveying the line from Lexington tc lie mouth of Licking river, the valiev o aat r ver, and ridge? < f ir, hot!; rcsumeil and concluded his speech on the gen- coi cral subject. by The question still being on Mr. Tipton's to amendment, which proposes to graduate the dli price of the public land in proportion to the sh time it has been offered for salei The veas an and nays were taken on the amendment, when an it was rejected. Mr. Bentou then offered an amendment, which allows the land to be sold, under cer- of tain circumstances, at 45 cents an acre, lie- ad jected. Ui Mr. Sevier offered an amendment which St granted the actual settler a pre-emption right on his showing that he had occupied a quarter qu section six months immediately previous to a in; land sale. Agreed to. se Mr.Morris now observed that the bill, since ye its first being reported by the committee, had 13 undergone so many modifications, and the j preemptive feature "in it had been so much ) te< changed for the worse, that, by way of testing eh the opinions of the Senate whether that prin- re: ciple should be retained he would move to Tl strike out the entire section (the 4th) on that ta subject. {ad The motion was supported by Mr.Clay,and , fri opposed by Messrs. Linn, Sevier, and Henton, tic and with great vehemence by Mr. Walker. po Mr. Morris expressed a wish to address the Senate in behalf of his motion, and moved an eh adjournment, which prevailed. j Ui Jan. 25. Mr. Grundy, from the Committee i na on the Judiciary, to whom the President's | message and the documents relating to the j inl burning of the Treasury building, and the re- ! ry peal of the law of limitation, were referred, re- 1 vy ported a bill to render more effectual the de- j a i tection and punishment of crimes against the ed United States in the District of Columbia. Read twice and made the order of the day j ri for Monday next. I ~ Several reports were received from the several committees, when the following reso- j ?; lution, which lies over one day, was offered by Mr. Nicholas: i soi Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to communicate to the Senate i J any information in his possession, obtained bui through any agent specially deputed, to inves- Bo tigate the frauds, by floats or otherwise, sup- (ja, posed to have been practised in the purchase of public lands in the State of Louisiana.. aa; The following were offered, and, by consent i poi adopted: j to\ By Mr. Nicholas: . ^ Resolved, That the Committee on Public | Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of creating a new land district for the 110 sale of the public lands, to be composed of' in portions of the districts north and south of j thi RpiI rivpr. in the State of Louisiana. By Mr. Strange: Resolved., Tliat the Committee on Com- 6t; merce be instructed to inquire into the expe- lc; diency of erecting a light-house at or near of Buddie's Island, on tiie coast of North Caro- I j0!j lina. ! The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill for the relief of the executrix of j ot' Richard W. Meade. The subject of this bill i be gave rise to considerable debate, but it was finally ordered to be engrossed for a third read- j ing. Ar LAND BILL. a 5 The Senate then resumed the consideration er of the special order, which was the bill to restrict the sale of the public lands to actual set- . tiers, K11 The question being on motion of Mr. Morris j th to strike from the bill the fourth section, which j tu; refers to the subject ol pre-emption rights to . be conferred on the settlers who shall fulfil j... certain conditions. j Some warm remarks were then made be-: pl? tween Messrs. Morris, Walker, Ewing, and ' op Robinson, when the Senate went into execu-' ev tive business. J, Jan. 20. Mr. Wright presented the petition of Samuel C. Rcid, of New York, 011 the 110 subject of a mode ofTelcgraphic communica- wi tionsof which he is the inventor. by The public land bill was taken up and vari-1 ^r, ous amendments proposed, the discussion of e which occupied a great part of the day. Jan. 27. Mr. Clay presented a petition of &u the American Colonization Society for incor- I poration, and moved to refer it to the Commit- ! tee on the District of Columbia. j 2d Mr. Calhoun regretted the offering of sucli a ! sa; petition. lie was unfriendly to the Society. ' an Mr. Buchanan moved to refer it to a select committee. After some desultory discussion u the motion to refer was laid on the table,ayes thi 24, nays 12. wc reduction of the revenue. ujc Mr. Wright from the committee on Finance ^ reported a bill to reduce the revenue, which was ordered to be printed. an Jan. 28. The Vice President to-day took cu] leave of the Senate. In resigning his situa- exi tion he delivered a brief and pertinent address rei to the Senate, quite creditable to himself for nej its taste and propriety. Mr. Grundy moved that the Senate pro- tae ceed to the election of a President pro tempore,' ? which was agreed to. .. The ballots being counted the vote stood as "<T follows: 1 De For W. R. King, 26; S. L. Southard, 7; H. gib Clav, 1; J. Buchanan, 1; T. Ewing, of Ohio, ?ph 1; S. Prentiss, 1. . So that Mr. King, of Alabama, was declared e tluly elected, and on taking his scat, addressed an( the Senate in a manner well suited to the oc- nol casion. ' bei HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. j tUt Saturday, Jan. 21. I On motion of Mr. Wise, I Ordered, That the select committee on so J C(^ much of the President's Message as relates to W the condition of the Executive Departments the have leave to sit duting the sessions of the House. ' Jan. 23. Petitions and memorials were called ; for in the order of the States and Territories, * . and were preseuted by the several members, j The Speaker announced the unfinished bu-1 we siness to be the memorial presented by Mr. ry Cushing, from the merchants of Boston, Mass. praying the interference of Government in re [atioo to unnecessary quarantine nupvocu w? American vessels by the Danish Government ^jr at Elsineur. Referred to the Committee on ; p Foreign Affairs. I 1 Jan. 24. Tlie Speaker presented a com- j ae munication from the Hon. Join V. Mason, of; Co Virginia, announcing liis resignation as a i member of tiic 24th Congress; which, on mo- j tion of Mr. E. Whittlesey, was laid on the ta-: ge, ble and ordered to bo printed. :.. FREEDOM OF ELECTION. Jan. 25. Mr. Bell said he would avail Imih- Pai self of that opportunity of making the motion, col of which he had given repeated notice, tor (tra leave to introduce a 44 bill to provide for the i t freedom of elections." After the reading of the bill, Mr. Bell made j lll8 some remarks which were arrested by a mo-; 81 tion of Mr.Vanderpoel to proceed to the order of the day. The bill, after a preamble stating that complaints have been made that persons Hj have been removed from office for opinion's tj,c sake; that officers of the government have interfered in elections ; and that offices have becu bestowed to influence elections, provides j fav fha* oflrews of the Government who may bo JIc nvicted of using the influence of their office franking, &c., or contributing money &c., affect the result of elections, or of intennedng in elections otherwise than by voting, all be subject to a fine not exceeding 81000, d shall be incapable afterwards of holding y office under the government. STATE Of MICHIGAN. * The House then resumed the consideration the bill from the Senate, to provide for the mission of the State of Micnigan into the lion, upon an equal footing with the original ates. The bill was read a third time, and the estion being on its final passage, Mr. Cushui moved the previous question, which was conded, and the main question ordered; the as and navs on the passage of the bill, were 2 to 43. " Jan. 26. After some reports from Commutes, Mr. Bell's bill relating to the freedom of actions was taken up and he continued his . marks till the hour for the orders of the day. be bill relating to the pay of members was ken up and discussed till near the time of journment, when a message was received >m the President, in obedience to a resolu>n of the House, stating the condition of the BB litinal mini inno nf tKn TT Jah. 28. The bill from the Senate for flf anging the time and place of holding the lited States Circuit Court in North Caroliwas taken up and ordered to be engrossed. 4 Mr. Dawson asked leave of the House to roduce a resolution calling on the Secretaof the Navy for the report made by the NaCommissioners on the subject of a site for lavy yard at the South. Leave was granU , and the resolution adopted. HERAW GAZETTE. ' I TIESDAV, FEBRUARY 7, 1837. jJ The Editor is absent, which willaccountfcr lie deficiencies in this week's paper. New Steamboat.?The Steame^ Ojeofa, 1 it for our river by the Merchants' Steam at Company, of this town, arrived on Thurs- jf y, laden with merchandize. She seems well apted to the river, and will be of very imrtant advantage to the business of the .11 . . 1 Ml - vn, as won as 10 mose villages ana neign- ' rhoods in the interior which receive their ods byway of Georgetown. Goods may w be received at this place from New York from nine to fourteen days, whereas by 3 Pole-boats it sometimes required about two jnths, even when the river was in a good ite tor navigation, as we have ourselves irat by experience. The present prospects our town we consider very flattering. The s of houses by the destructive fire of Dec. 35 is more than supplied by new ones, while hers are still building, and under contract fcr ing buiit. W'c see by an exchange paper that Santa ia, when in Louisville, Ky., was struck by stone cast by a young man who had abrothin Texas. This is the only indignity which i _ _ i i r 1 t - / ? Dcen onercu nun, so lar as we nave learn*# ice he entered our Territory. The civil auorities and people of Louisville are deatite of a proper sense of what the laws of bosalily, and the common courtesies of civilixed 2 require of them, or they will inflict exemiry punishment on the offender. Whatever inion we may entertain of Santa Ana?bower much we may abhor his ruthless bar* rities, the character of the nation ought t to be tarnished by tolerating any where thin our borders, or which is the same thing, passing over with impunity, so gross a sach of the laws of hospitality. The people Louisville are partakers of the shame and ilt, if they pass over the offence unpunished. The Legislature of Mississippi met on the inst. The message of Governor Lynch,. y*s the New Orleans Bulletin, is a [sensible d well written document. He recommends 2 employment of the surplus delived from . ^ 2 General Government, in facilitating the ?rks of internal improvement at present go. r on in the State. He speaks of the pectiry difficulties experienced by ti planters* d ascribes them chiefly to the Treasury cirlar, and asserts that no well founded reason sts, either of policy, of justice or of equity, H |uiring the act of Executive interposition, r could the time have been worse chosen far ; community. The Albany Daily Advertiser says: MWe ve obtained evidence from the Post Office partmentat Washington to prove the ineliility of Mr. McCall as Presidential elector." - . ^ e same paper takes the ground that the ctoral^vote of New York, New Hampshire, 1 Virginia is void, because these States did ; elect entire tickets as required bylaw; thero mg individuals on the tickets elected const iionally disqualified. Mkj Dr. Cameron of Fayetteville, lias been offerthe appointment of Collector of the Port of ilmington, which was conferred on him by V| i President and Senate. rhere seems to have been great rejoicing iii rth Carolina at the appropriations for interimprovement. In Fayetteville 100 guns re fired, in Wilmington 167, and in Salisbu there was a grand illumination. The Wilmington Advertiser states that thp ole of the Rail Road from that to Wadeso, a distance of88 miles, will soon be located >2 miles are under contract for grading, and onsiderablc portion of the timber engaged, n tractors with their hands are on the ground, Damages from a Rail Road Corrrpaag? ren seamen who wore in the forward car of i train of the Boston and Providence Comiv last summer, and suffered injury from a lision betVcen that train and the Dedham in, brought suit for damages against the npany, and recovered, severally, the foliow' amountt: $3,000. $2,250, $2250, $2,000, ,500, $175, $175; in all $11,350. Both branches of the Legislature of New tnipebire have passed resolutions censuring > abolitionists, in Senate II to 1; House 13 13. They have also passed resolutions ill or of reducing the Tariff Senate 11 to 11; iuse 150 to 59. ?>? i ??