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(themanure. The grains exhaust a soil of the most, nod repair the injury the least. While some leguminous plants restore to of soil agrcafponion of the juices tliey receive frojj) it. V. AH plants do not foul the soil equally. -^- Plan's are said to foul the soil when they promote or permit the growth of weeds. Plants which have cot large leaves fitted to cover the gro tnd, foul the soil. from the above principles the following j conclusions have been drawn. 1. That however will prepared a soil may be. it cannot nourisih a long succession of crops wihout becoming exhausted. "2* Liach harvest impoverishes the soil to a certain extent, depending upon the degree ef nour.'shmeat which it restores to the earth. The cultivation of spindle or tap root?, J ought to succeed that of running and super- j Ilicial roo;s. 3. It is necessary not to avoid returning ; too soon, to the cultivation of the same, or anaiogus kinds ot vegetables, the same sod. 4. It is unwise to allow two kinds of plants, which ndm't of the ready growth of weeds among them, to be raised in succession. 5. Those plnnrs that derive Their princi pal support from the soil should not be sown excepting when the soil is sufficiently provided with manure. When the soil exhibits symptoms of exhaustion, from successive harvests, the cultivation of those plants which restore to the sj:), should be resorted to. -- 1 1 toak:::3 coxn foti ijouslu.?.v game- t men who resides in Baltimore county, and ' who is one of the most successful farmers in that vicinity, informed us a few days since,1 thtt he saved at least one.third of his corn by the manner in which he fed it out to his horses. Uis plan is this;?He has two hogsheads placed in his cellar, where they ore secure from freezing. These he first fills with corn in the ear, then puts in asuffi. dent quantity of water to cover the corn. After the ears have been thoroughly soak cd, he commences feeding, giving his horses hut twoMrds the usual quantity allow., ed. As one of these bogheads becomes empty, ho refills it; and by the time the j other is empty, the one last filled is sufficiently soaked for- use. In this way the cobs become so softened that the horses -consume the whole of them, and they are thus made to add fully one.third to Ins ITe assures tis. that Lis horse?; eat the cobs with avidity, keep in order, 5 and are just as competent to perform plan-j tatioo labor as when they consume the grain alone. The success of our informant, j should stimulate his agricultural brethren to j follow his example, aS the labor of prepare- ; tion is nothing compared with the great saving oflbcied.?Phi/a, Sat. Nnes. Extracts from the Message of Gov. Dud? ley of North Carolina to the state Legislative Continued. Intur.nul Improvements. Most of our sister Stales are engaged in j magnificient schemes of improvement, of. fering high wages to the mechanic and laborer, whilst the South-West invites the Farmer with her fertile paradise. Have l we then arty bope, any alternative but in a j continued and vigorous effort at general improvement? We must ameliorate the condition of our people, and wo must stimu- i hie their home enterprizes or be content to i lose with their wealth our better population, i The system of improvements adopted by { our last Legislature has given employment ] to many, and a show of activity and busi- t J -t J ness producing a roost nappy tenuencv.? ' I balieveii is only necessary to push fo?. t ward th?se works and to originate others < equally and obviously necessary to change t the whole face of affairs, and give a new t character to the Stute. t ln~Ap<il of last year, the Wilmington and ! Raleigh Rail Road Company applied, < agreeably to law, for the subscription of ;h? t Stuto of2-5 of its capi!al. This 9ubscrip. i tion was made by tho Board of Internal j i Improvements and the first instalment was j t paid. Since that period two other ius?tai- < moots, the last in the past month of October ?. have been claimed and paid, making the to- : tal sum of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, paid by the State and on ihe part t of individual subscription five hundred and i sixty six thousand five hundred and eighty j ( ^e ^ w seven dollars and fifty cents. I will here J c ^ fits^^?ske occasion to remark, that by the law as r \>?^?^5??cwjdsitvviil be difficult for tie com. a Stf **1 g** harshness s J ho sa??.^ \ matter of w s State's funds witho^ on the part of individuals, ? el! be applied to one or even a w nents, but it- would seem to be woukfr*v^ : the payments should be made LouisvHleSfctog I passu." The company however bound n^* y ^ a coilecteJ 75 per cent, of the stock.*? this * ye collection of the last instalment from dividual subscribers, must necessarily .trended with iocreased difficult** * even one share remains un^' pany cannot claim tha' State, which may *>' and check the oases tn?' and' .> 6q / /O *?#> - J , v/H exceedingly unpleasant to enforce pay- 1 th; ments from individuals who had faithfully | paid up 75 per cent, either by a sacrifice j tn of l ho stock or of other property, and the ! ali company will cer'ninly be driven to this al- j foj lernative, which 1 am persuaded was neith. na er the wish nor intention of the State, with- j ke oui further legislative action. I would re- j pri commend therefore, as an act of justice, the J wc ynssn je of a Resolution instructing the ; bes of Improve^er'stoM** Ter forthwith to the company, the fourth instal- an mont outofany funds in tlwir hands. st? In patronizing this work, it was presumed \V that the General Assembly intended to be 0c governed by principles ol justice and iibor- inj alitv. And it is upon these principles that R. the Board of Ioternal Improvements have bt regulated their intercourse with the com. tc? pany. The work has beeu prosecuted is with untiring vigor. Ninety miles of the lei road are now in use and continued by sta- se g?'s and steam boais of the best description, ly so ss to afford an admirable route of travel- cc ling from the Roanoke to Charleston. The th remainder of the road is under contract and tn will be completed next year. ac * The other roads which were projected, a and for which the General Assembly con- at sented to subscribe a like proportion of the m A ^ I L r. ?-> O nnllMltlAM ? tlm it caprai, nnvt* iimuu iu> uuim mi mc m State's subscription. The reason has never ar been communicated to the Boar i of Intern- A al Improvements, nor to the Executive. Ii ec may be found, however, I presume, in the 0i inability of the companies to 611 up the sub. m scrip ions to the required amount, although ra o one a considerable subscription was made, in To the other, perhaps nothing. sr Doubtless the citizens on the route of the se Cape Fear and Yadkin Road, and those in- to tercstcd in fs accomplishment, strained 2( every nr I've to bring about so desirable a gt consummation, and though not successfully, still the merits of the route are not impaired, and tho interest of the State, and particularlyof its western section, demand, impe. riously, its completion, to connect that rich jQ and valuable interior with a market, and a port within our own Sta'e. At my par- s{j tieul ir request, Major McNiell, the chief engineer, who surveyed the routes 01 the Jr Cape Pear and Yadkin Road, favored me j., with a s'ght of his report, which proved not only the practicability of constructing the ^ road, but at a cost which can be remunerated to the proprietors. I would, therefore, rerommpnd a renewal of the charter, impowering the Board of Internal Improve- m ments to subscribe on the part of the Shale, ^ for three-fifths, or even if necessiry, threefourths of the stock, so ns to insure the ac- g( comphshment of the work. Nay?so im- jc portant do I consider it, that I had said for all the stock, if necessary, but for the para- ja] mount necessity of associating with the ? Stat\ interested and judicious citizens to ja| superintend the details, and attend to tho jj, execution of the work, which is certainly within the means of the State, probably ? without the necessity of borrowing. Should the Bank to which x have referred, be put in operation, and make to this road the sub- 0 scription of hilfa million dollars, and should ?? the fourth instalment of the surplus be re. a ceived in January next, which is probable, 8U as tho law directing the distribution has not been repealed, amounting to 8477,919 13 I cent*, with the proceeds of the sales of the cu Cherokee lands, say 8350,000 being np. Vfl propraled to this purpose, with what indi. 0 visual subscription may bo obtained, the Pr' funds would lie providod. It appears to cu n e as a matter of right and justice, to give ! the proceeds of the Cherokee land sales to j 01 opening a communication to that section of an the State whence thev have been derived. wc 9 tnt There are oilier works of no less impor. tance, in which I had almost said the salva. tion of the State requires that she should promptly and vigorously engage. On our west on effort is making by South Carolina | fo cross our State Dy a ran way, 10 secure . to Charleston the produce of that fertile re- pC gion, whilst the establishment of her South . Western Bank?with a Branch in our iimits, not only insures the success of the first u r en:erpt ize, but by superceding the circula- ^ tionof our Banks, dcstro}'es our currency, and controls our credit system. The lan?uage of the friends of this Twelve Million ^ Bank, is "that it will be to the South Wes- 'sc :ern States in currency and exchanges, s?r .vhat the Bank of the United States was to T\" J.e Union.'* Sould Sou h Carolina sueifed in carrv ing out her views as to the cur ency, and as to a South Western Confeder- tlor tcy (or league) our fears cannot be boun-1 disi led by mere pecuniary loss. We should ' tun ae driven to trade with Charleston, and to j ('h< ihCiish sectional feelings until our attach- J off nents lo the Union itself would become out mpaired. We cannot serve two masters int vith equal fidelity and attachment. Should for< io counteracting measures be adopted on sou >ur part, 1 should fear that she would sue- wai ;eed both in directing our trade and super- pov >eding our currency. cut! The Bank 1 have proposed would remove in tl he latter apprehension, and to remedy the let. "ormer, I would respectfully propose the ' tonstruction of a Rail Roid from the head 0f < >f tide water on the Cape Fear R:ver, com- cab nencing in Bladen coun'y, runn ng west acc ind flanking South Carolina as near as po9- rPfl ible psssing through Robeson, Richmond. Sta Vnson, Mecklenburg, Lincoln, and into ( nnd if experience justifrs if, the Tenneessee, and to the whi ' . i IJ5 3 ooium, ould intercept the produce evic >rth of its iine?draw no in- Go mntity from the coniiguous regi ith Carolina, and deliver it to cau jr own on the Cape Fear.? her. this road I have no doubt j( nsiderable. Persons on the j j ncinnati and Charleston road, ^rlli, would unquestionably take j)ej. route, avoiding thereby two hundred wor] lies of travel, and a sea voyage. The ken >untry, from the Crpe Fear to Routing, im in Richmond county, on the Peedee ime eighty-five or nirety miles, presents! a c best facilities for a rail road of any in | not * eStates. Its surface is level, and abounds on J timber of the first quality?there is but ?uc 1 e stream to .'cross?Lumber river?and eP it of no magnitude, in the route. j?as This road would be of immense impor- ? S ice to Wilmington on th* Cape Fear, c? \e eady one of the best markets in the world c " lumber, and for furnishing cargoes of ol] val stores, adapted to the West India marts. The return cargoes of West India oduce, redundant for the hitherto demand, At tuld furnish applies to the intei ior on t/ie prodi 't terms. thous IV.* ?one Penr i* navisaW* to- Frje v size crafis to the point indicated as the irting point of the Rail Road, nnd below ilmington as far as the outlets to the ean, has been and is now greatly improv. & under the operations oftho United States. ? depth, breadth and straitness have all en increased, and it now affords full thircn feet of water on worst shoal, which "progressively deepening. The new in? t bar, it is confidently believed from obrvations upon it, is capable of being readi. and permanently improved, and as this >mes within the acknowledged province of e Federal Government.it is hoped she will ke speedy and effectual measures for the complishment of so important a work to State that has asked and received so little her hands. Improvement in the eastern sectioJi of e State also demands our consideration in i equal if no' superior degree. The whole lbermale country embracing some 20 innfies has a dangerous and inadequate i le\ and for this reason has been driven trade with Virginia by the use of her il and othpr roads, and of one of the most * M l T?L _ conveniently located canais possio e. i nu j nill vessels which navigate the water cour-1 s of this section of country, are compelled spek an outlet at Ocacoke, some 100 to 10 mile3 south, when their destination merally is north, 'Col. Kearney, United States Engineer, ho has recently had charge of a survey of 'that country, reports that Ocracoke inlet closing and expresses a belief that ere ng it will close entirely. In which event Nsels will be compelled to seek an outlet ill farther south, through the sound at saufort. This of course will throw our ide to a still greater extent into the mart's of Virginia. Can we submit to'his? This section is composed of lands of the ghest natural fertility, hut it is so level, at to render it fit for cultivation, it requires e most expensive ditching and canaling. his defect in a country where land so uch abounds and capital is so limited, has ;en the cause of its neglect. The difficulty of the navigation of t >und and of the outlet to the ocean is no lubt a superadded cause, but, remove ese: and there is no doubt, that these ads will become the garden spot of the ate instead of a wilderness of worthless ad and a fertile source of pestilence and seesc. Nagshead, at the foot of the Abcrmale >und, seems designed by nature for the it'et. It is formed by a very narrow strip i beach, which divides the sound from the ean, and which is of very little elevation tovo high water mark. It has often been rveyed by very distinguish engineers, d for the practicability of opening it, I g to refer to their reports. The very cirmstarcc of its having been ho often suryed, and so often alluded to as the subject improvement, proves the value and the acticabiiity of the enterprize. It is diffi. It to explain w hy it has not before ooeo dertaken. The reason may perhapa be J itid in its magnitude as a State work, d to the impression that it should and ?uld be executed by the general govern. ?nft as coming property within the class j j works belonging to it. It is now too jenfial to us, to be longer delayed, and 1 ist be accomplished by some power. Nagshead is greatly more eligibly situtd for an outlet, if Croaton Sound was ^ ised, than was the new inlet on the Cupe or, which was opened within the tecol- ^ tion of persons now living, and has | eady 14 feet water and gradually im>ving. j The Albermarle and tributaries, probably t charge five times the quantity of water ich the Cope Fear does, and its course lirectly for the Ocean, until it approaches a ne hundreds of yards, when it tyrns off at e ht angles and seeks an ouilet 100 miles t tant at Ocracoke. ti rhe Cape Fear pursued a similar direc. i and nearer the Ocean to about the same fl tance, a similar beach intervening, then t< ned off less abruptly and found an outlet n d main bar) in 10 miles; andjat the turn a storm washed over the beach and cut p the new inlet; The Croaton Sound treepts the water and draws it away be- p 3 reaching Nagshend. Closing that t< ind, it appears to me, would force the 6 ter on Nogshead in such a body and p vcr aod with some slight assistance by h ting the strip of beach to give it a passage d he first instance, as would mako theout-> rhis however, is a matter for the science ?ncrinoorinf/ Tliaf >tir? ivnrlr In nraMi. n ?s-"- "? ?V .o |( lie all have agreed?that it ought to be ^ omplished none will deny who will ect upon its immense importance to the te, both as to character and profit. Congress in 1832 yielded the power to! State to impose a Tax on all vesels (: ch might pass through on outlet to be r( le at Nagshead. The undertaking is e, lently one which belongs to the General hi vernmenr, where the power is lodged to jt] jlate commerce in the States, and be. w se it would be a source of revenue to p, L t would be of more consequence to trade, istry, and commercial enterprize, to say ling ofitsgieater cheapness lhan the tware Breakwater, and n*any other ks which have been promptly undertaby the General Government. tit rom the Chesapeake to Oeracoke, a m ince of from 200 to 300 miles, there is in Inlet or Harbour for vessels, drivnn R le coast by stress of v/eutlier?under I thi circumstances a dull sailer cannot be j off, and the consequence is that the j an t is lined with wrecks and covered with j tri tavos of our seamen?should Ocra- th< close as anticipated by Col. Kearney, cei laccessible coast is increased some 30 the ) miles, and with it our maratirne dan. ted and losses. dej 01 jout four hundred boats, laden with J jce valued at one million fivd hundred i tior and dollars, have been detained on the f j Canal hy the "loTiu? a'*ihe navigation ' r."j CONGRESS. SENATE. Thursday Dec. 0. The Chair announced to the Senate the following as the Standing Committees of the Senate for the ensuing session : On Foreign Relations,-..Messrs. Buch. anan, (Chairman,) Tallmadge, Clay, of Kentucky, Rives, Niles. On Finance.?Messrs. Wright, (Chair, man.) Webster, Nicholas, Benten, Hubbard. On Commerce.?Messrs. King, (Chair, man,) Davis, Brown, Norvell, Rusreles, On Manufactures.?Messrs."" Niles, (Chairman^ Lumpkin, Preston, Strange, Ruggles. On Agriculture.?Messrs. Smith, of Conn. (Chairman,) Spence^Linn^McKean, Monfon. On Military Aflairs.?Messrs. Benton, (Chairman.) Preston, Tip'on, Wall, Allen, On Militia.?Messrs. Clay, of Alabama, (Chairman,) Swilt, Mouion, Smith, of Indiana, Foster. On Naval Affairs.?Mr. Rives, (Chairman,) Southard, Tallmadge, Cuthbert, Williams. On Public Lands.?Mr. Walker, (Chairman,) Fulton, Clay of Alabama, Allen, Prentiss, On Private Lands Claims.?Messrs. Linn, Chairman, Sevier, Bayard, IVlouton, Lyon. On Indian Affairs.?Messrs. White, (Chairman,) S vier, Tpton, Linn swift Of Claims.?Messrs. Hubbard, (Chairman, Tipton, Crittenden, Young, Merrick. On Revolutionary Claims.?Messrft. Brown, (Chairman,) White, Crittenden, m. ? ? n i /? ri l\orveli, omim 01 oonn. On the Judiciary.. ..Messrs. Wall, (Chairman,) Morris, Clayton, Strange, Pierce. On the Post Office and Post Roads.? MessraJRobinegn. (Chairman,) Lumpkin, Wright, Brown, Merrick. On Roads and Canals.?Messrs. Tip. ton, (Chairman,) McKean, \ oung, Lyon, Fostei. On Pensions Messrs. Morris, (Chairman.) Prentiss, Pierce, Roane, Williams. For the District of Columbia?.-Messrs. Roane, (Chairman,) Nicholas, Spence, Bay. ard, McKean. On Patents and the Patent Office...Messrs Strange, (Chairman,) Davis, Prentiss, Robinson, Lyon. Committee to Audit and Control f Contin? gent Expenses of the Senate.--..Messrs. McKenn, (Chairman.) Fulton, Knight. On Engrossed Bills.-.aJVIessrs. Norvell. (Chairman,) Smith, of Indiana, Merrick. Mr. Prentiss introduced a bill for ihe pre_ ventionof duelling in the District of Col. umbia, and for the punishment of the same. Real twice by unanimous consent, and re. ferred to the Commitieeon the Judiciary. Mr. Tipton inrtoductd the following ; | Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation sufficient to complete the consfruction of the Cumberland road to the Mississippi river, nrtn Jeflferann. Missouri : the an. -I "? ? -I? propriaticn, when made, to be paitl over to the several States within whcso limits the road ts situate, in aunual instalments : Protided, The Stales will agree to accept and lpply the money to the objects intended, ind discharge the General Government j "rom any further appropriations : and prorided,also, that the Suites ha\'e authority o collect tolls on (he said road sufficient to ceep the same, in good repair after its com. detion ; and shall allow the arms and mu> lilfons of war of the General Government o pass the 6amc toll free' Mr. Tipton also introduced the following: Resolved, That the Committee on Roads md Canals be instructed to inquire into the upediency of making an appropriation for lie construction of the Cumberland road in he States of Ohio Indiana, and Illinois. The various parts of the President's Mesage were, on motion of the several Senairs, referred to their appropriate comuiitefs* Tuesday Dc. 11. Sundry bills for local urposes were introduced. Dc, 12, The bill to reduce the price of ublic lands coming up, a motion was made 3 6trike out the provision that the price hould ultimately be reduced to 50 cents er acre, when, on motion of Mr. Clay of Kentucky, the bill was postponed till mon. ay. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. TN s I JJCC. 4. The speaker laid before the House the blowing communication from the Hon. J. t. Adams : "o the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled: Iu compliance with the requei: of Mr. feorge Washington Lafayette, and of the 2spec:ed family of our late illus rious and yer.venerated friend. Gen. Lafayette, I ave the honor of presenting to Congress i their name, a copy of the memoirs and ritings of their honored parent, recently j uhlished bv them, to be deposi ed in the library oJ uongress. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. ( House of Reps. U. S. Monday, Dec. 3, 1839. The communication having been read, ( Mr. Adams offered the following reso- < >n, which he prefaced by a few words, 1 A distinctly heard at the reporter's desk : Resolved by the Senate and House, of J epresentatives of the United States, That e thanks of this Congress be presen ed to j t-orge Washington Lafayette, the son, . d to 'lie surviving family of the late illus. j ous and lamented G?n. Lafayette, for J ;copy of his memoirs and writings, ro. q ntly publishe I by them, and presented in :ir name to this Congress, to be deposi. j I in their Library, and that the same be losited in the said Library accordingly. ^ JR MINISTER IN ENGLAND, &c. Mr. Adams offered the following resolu-1 hi is: . 111 Resolved, That a committee of ; o rob"rs fy1 anpoi'Ved, w:th lean* to send : m for persona and papers, to inquire and report to this House? 1st. Whether Andrew Stevenson, En. voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten. tiary from the United States at London, is or has recently been engaged in a public newspaper controversy involving his per. sonal integrity and tne honor ofthiscountry, whose representative he is, wiih Daniel O'Connell, a member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland 1 2d. Whether the said Andrew S:even. son, holding the privileged character of an Ambassador, has io concert with three other persons, citizens of the Un ted States, one of whom an officer in their Navy, engaged in a conspiracy with intent to slop the wind, or, in the language of the laws of God and of man to murder the said Daniel O'Connell in a duel, or by a premediatcd provocation to a brawl. 3J. Whether the said Andrew Stevenson, after a written demand of explanation in the form usual among duelists as preliminary to a challenge, and with the intent to follow it up by a challenge, preconcerted with the said three other citizens of the United State*, did accept of an answer from the said Daniel O'Connell equally unsatisfactory to the codes of genuine and of spu. rious honor, and thereby tacitly admit the truth of the amputation upon his honor, at which he had professed to take offence. 4th. Whether the said Andrew Stevenson in these transactions, has violated the duties of his office as an ambassador of peace, the laws of nations, and the laws of the land to the Government of which he was accredited, the privileges of the British House of Commons in the person of one of its members, and the honor and interest of his own country. 5th. Whether the said Andrew Sevenson has, in these transactions, so conducted himself as to require the consiitutional interposition of this [louse by impeachment or otherwise. Monday Dec. 10.?A message was received from the President relating to the Smithsonian legacy stating that the money had been received and invested in State stocks, and recommending that steps be taken to fulfil the object of the bequest The message was, on motion of Mr. Adams, refjred to a select commiitee of 9. A resolution previously introduced by Mr. Droomgoole, to change the rules of the House so that all elections shall be by ballot was taken up, and a debate of some , length arose upon it. Mr. Wise opposed it as measure designed to put the party i screws to doubtful members, and compel them to vote against their judgment or forfeit the favor of a political party. Mr Droomgoole advocated it on the ground of the Democratic principle of responsibility to the constituent body" Messrs Robertson, Jenifer and Morris. It was opposed by Messrs Pickens, Pearce, Tillinghast, Sergeant and Stanly. The arguments of some of th? rr? and particularly of Mr. Sergeant, also ad i vocated it to the point were as well as to the times. But we have not room for them. The remarks, for tbey were not arguments, of those who advocated the resolution were like much of the slang spoken and written now o'days full of profes~ j sion love to the dear people. After the ! debate had lasted, as the House thought 5 long enough, it was ended by the previous 1 question and the resolution adopted, 1J6 to 88. Abolition of Slavery. ^ Dec. 11. Mr. Atherton of Maine moved , the following resolutions. Mr. ATHERTON rose and asked leave, 1 at this time, to off r the following resolutions, which were read for the information of I he House c Resolved, That this Uovernment is a t Government of limited powers, and that, by a the Constitution of the United States, Congress has no jurisdiction whatever over the s institution of slavery in the several States of 1 the Confederacy. g Resolved, that the petition for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia s and the Territories of the United States, / and against the removal of slaves from one \ State to another, are a part of the plan of operations set on foot to affect the institution b of slavery in the several Slates, and thus 1 indirectly to destroy that institution within S their limits. Resolved, That Congress has no right to C do that indirectly which it cannot do direct- o ly ; and that the agitation of the subject of A slavery in the District of Columbia, or the Territories, as a means, and with a view of C disturbing or ovetthrowing that institution C in the several States, is against the true I spirit and meaning of the Constitution, an infringement of the rights of the States affec- F ted, and a breach ot the public faith on F which they entered iuto the Confederacy. F Resolved, That the Constitution rests on lite broad principle of equality among the members of this Confederacy, and that Con- ti gross, in the exercise of its acknowledged V powers, has no right to discriminate between the institutions of one portion of the States 1 nod another, with a view of abolishing the w one and promoting the other. P Resolved, therefore, That all attempts on [he part of Congress to abolish slavery in M the District of Columbia or the Territories, P 3r to prohibit the removal of slaves from ei State to State, or to discriminate between K be institutions of one portion of the country ind another with the views aforesaid, are in M violation of the Constitution, distructive of R ? /* - J ._i ?:?:?i? ? ?ko I fit; lunu.imtmui pniiuipics uii u< Jnion of these Spates rests, and beyond the urisdiction of Congress; and that every M leiition, memorial, resolution proposition, B< r paper touching or relating in any way, L r to any extent whatever, to slavery as foresaid, or the abolition thereof shall, on A io presentation thereof, without any further N ction thereon, be laid on the table without eing debated, printed or referred. D Afer some remarks by Mr. Atherton, N e moved the previous question, which was < Sirred 103 to 102, Several persons asked ]E be excused from voting, but the House C. 'ftts^d if. ov?rv 'n^'ance* M**. under- . look to state reasons for his request to he excused, which the rules allow ; but he was several times called to order by the speaker, and others and finally required to take his sear, because his reasons were not peculiar to himseif, but against the resolutions, because the House iiad no jurisdiction of the subject. The first resolution was adopted Yeas 168 ; Nays, Messrs Adams, Evans, Everett, Potts, Russell, Slade?6. The House then adjourned. Dec. 12. When the Journal was read Mr. Wise stated that he refused the day before to vote on the above resolution, and moved that the Journal be so corrected as to state the fact. Motion lost. The second resolution was then adopted 134 to 167, Mr. Wise refusing to vote.? The third resolution was divided and the first sentence adopted 170 to 30. The remainder of it was then adopted 164 to 39. The fourth was adopted 182 to 27. The first part of the last resolution, down to ^jurisdiction of Congress" was adopted 147 to 51; and the remainder of the same resolution, providing that abolition petitions be laid on the table &c was adopted by the foU lowing vo'e. YEAS?Messrs. Anderson, Andrews, Atherton, Banks, Beatty, Beers, Beisoe, Bicknell, Birdsal], B rod head, Buchanan' ' Bynum, John Calhoon, Camberleng, William B. Campbell, John Campbell, Carter, Casey, Chaney, Chapman, Clowney, Coles, Connor, Craig Crary, Crockett, Cushman, Dawson. Deberry, De Graff] Dennis, Dromgoole, Elmore, Farrington, Fairfield, Fiy, Gallup, James Garland, Rice Garland, James Graham, Grantland, Graves, Hammond, Hamer, Harrison, Hawes, Hawkins, Haynes, Holt, Hopkins, Howard, Hubley, William H. Hunter, Robert M. T. Hunter, Thomas B. Jackson, Jabez Jackson, Henry Johnson, Joseph Johnson, William Cost Johnson, Nathaniel Jones, John W. Jones, Keim, Kemble, Kennedy. Klingensmitb, Legare, Leadbetter, Lewis, Loomis, Lyen, James M. Mason, Martin, Maury, May, McKay, Robert McClellan, Abraham Mc. Clellun, McClure, Menefee,' Mercer, Monigomerj, Moore, Morgan, Samuel W. Morris, Murray, Noble. Palmer, Parker, Parris. Pa) nter, Pearce, Petriken, Phelps, Pickens, Pratt, Reily, Rencher, Rhett, Rives, Rob. ertsoo, Rumsey, Sawyer, Augustine H, Shepard, Charles shepard, Shields, Soyder, Southgate, Spencer, Stuart, Stone, Swear, ingen, Taliaferro, Taylor, Thomas, . Thompson, Titus, Toucey, Towns, Turn* ey, Wagner, Webster, John White, Whitthsey, Sherrod Will ams, J. W, Williams, C. A. Williams, Veil?127. Nays?Messrs. Adams, Alexander, He. man Allen, John W. Allen, Aycrigg, Bell, Bond, Bordan, Bouldin, Briggs, Branson, William B. Calhoun, Childs, Clark, Coffin, Corwin, Crabb, Cranston, Curtis, Cushing, Darlington, Davee, Davies, Duncan, Danfi, Edwards, Everett, Ewing, Richard Fletcher, Isaac Fletcher, Fillmore, Foster, Gidaings, Goode, William Graham, Grant, Gray, Grennell, Haley, Hall,.. Halsted, Harper, Hastings, Henry, Herod, Ingham, Lincoln, Marvin, Samson Mason, Maxwell, McKennan, Miligan, Mitchell, Calvary, Morris, ISaylor, IMoycs, rarmenter, Peck, Potts, Putnam, Rariden, Randolph, Reed, Ridgway, Robinson, Russel, Saltoutst&ll, Sheffer, Slade, Stratton, Tillioghast, Tolind, Alberts, White, JosephL. Williams, Word, Yorkr?78. STANDING COMMITTEES. If the House of Representatives of the V. States. 'WENTY?FIFTH CONORESS?THIRD SESSION ? In pursuance of the order of the House >f Tiiursday, the 6th December, 1836, he following Standing Committees were ppointed, viz. Committee of Elections.?Messrs. Buch. nan, Griffin, Hawkins, Maury of Tenn., ["owns, Bronson, Hastings, Rives, Swear* ;en. Committee of Ways and Means.?Mes? h. fJamhrelenor. Seraeiint. Jones, of Va.. Ltherton, Haynes, Renchcn Pope, Rhett, Ve'st'T. Committee of Claims.?Messrs. Chamers, Darlington, Russel, Campbell, of renn, Stuait, Williams, of N. H., Gray, altonstall, Giddings. Committee on Commerce.?Messrs, !ushman, DeGraff, Toland, Curtis, Mason, f Va, Worthingfon, Johnson, of La. Tontgemery, Riley. Committee on Public Lands.?Messrs. Jassey, Williams, of N. C., Lincoln, 'hapman, Shields, Looniis, Murray, of Ky., )uncan, Word. Committee on the Post Office and Post toads.?Messrs. Conner, Briggs, Hall, lopkins, Hubley, Calhoon. of Ky. Towns, 'aimer, Leadbctter. Committee* for the District of Columbia. ? rk ? f f f\ n -Messrs. tfouioin, jenuer ; uawsou; rren^ ss, of N. Y:, Hawkins, Beirne, C. B Vil!iams,ofTeun., Davec, Lyon. Committee on the Judiciary.?Messrs. 'homas, Robertson, of Va., Toucey, Cor. in, Garland, of Va., S W. Morris, of enn., Turney, Martip, Foster. Committee on Revolutionary Claims.-., lessrs. Craig, Underwood, Taliarferro, armenter, Harper, jBardsall, A. H. Shep. d of N. C., J. L. Williams, of Tenn., eini. Committee on Public Expenditures.? essrs. Haley, Alexander, Titus,Stratton, umsey, Fletcher, Crockett, Sheffer Putim. / i n ? r , . L/ommmeeon rrivaie l<ana v^i<uh?*? essrs. May, Galhoun, of Mass., Harlan, eatty, Bariden, Cheatham, Garland, of ou., Flether, of Mass., Crahb. Committee on Manufactures.?Messrs. clams, Slade, Biddle, Tillinghast, Vail, aylor, Hunter of Va., Elmore, Kennedy. Committee on Agriculture.?Messrs. eberry, Logan, Phelps, Weeks, Spencer, oycs, Davies, Randolph, Stone. Committee on Indian A flairs,-Messrs.Bell, veretf, Chancy, Parker, Graham, of N. Pefrikeo, Banks, Paris, nornm'tme M'litsrv Afln?r*.-?Messrs.