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I loislature of North Carolina. I y .-> . \ ;ii.?rv the most important acts | - s . ? ?, J J| s l M.lll \ v ,.ii*?' ?J establish a county bv the j Icn-iersoii out of a pot tion of Dun- j owners of hriJges to construct! -.ws. [Upon failing :o construct draws j ' ?r t!>" passage of boats, within three u. n'h.s ul'cr notice, owners to be subject j - tin-1 ot 5 > ollars, for every three am? <s iv giered. Owners of boa s may j construct draws in public bridges at their own expense.] For the relief of the Raleigh and Gaston j { ili Road Company. [Guaranties t ie credit of the S ate to the company for a ; >ati of So'JO.OOO, provided the sockhoklers agree to pledge their private property for the deb', to the amount of stock owned bv e:ich individually. To amend an act to incorporate die Fay. eitevilieand Western Rail Road Company. [Provides that on the subscription of two. ti t!is of * I,v!50,000 of the stock of said company by individuals, a suhscr ption ' * ? three fifths shall he made bv th i> ate, :o oe paid.one fourth when the work shall he com. menced and one-four k every six moitlis thereafter, on h>* payment of an equal propor'ion of the priva ?? subscription; the ipon?-y received on h" bonds tor Cherokee; Inn 's, a t firs p! ice To he applied to s i I pax no n >, sccondy, that arising from the four.n nist .linen? of the surplus, it' paid over to the S'afe ; utid if not paid in time, to be raised by loan, or s le of S >.te scrip, to.an amoutr not exceeding ?500,000. The aet further provides for a survey of N-g's Head with'the view pf ascertaining the practicability of opening an inlet at that place. To prevent the ma! cious obstruction of rails road-. [Makes it felony.] M .king an appropriation of si ven y-five thousand dollars for carrying on and completing the Capi'of. and also directing the payment of $30,000 borrowed by the <v\mmisfiionprs. To give rfftvf *o t!>e Revised Statutes as the same have been published by he commissioners appointed fur the purpose. To incorporate the W? luon Rail Road Company. [For the purpose of cons'ruei. ing a nil road from some point on the Rah eigh and Gaston road between Littleton and the Roanoke to the tormina'ion of die Portsmouth road, at \V? idon. Capitoi 8200,000, in shares of 100 dollars each.] Supplemental to an act of the preson session to amend an act incorporating the Fn\etteviile and Western Rail Road Company. [Provides <br the represent'ion of the State in projjordon to her shock; tor the appointment of an agent by the State to examine the Rooks; for the subscription of threc-Ofiiis Gt' a i< ss sum than $1,250,000, if the Board of lut- rnal Improvement shall be satisfied it can be dotal ibr loss; prescribes the manner of making the loan ; au horises the banks to deal in the State stock or scrip ; and requires the individual subscriptions to be made, and the work to be commenced in <1 years.] Concerning weights and measures adopted by resolution of Congress as standards throughout the L:. S ales. [Adop's as the Standard of this Slate tiiat recognized by Congress.] To prevent frauds iti voting at elections. .-[Each voter required to have the names of a!t persons for whom ho votes in the Commons box on the same scrip of paper.] To amend the 59d? chapter of ihe Revised Statute, entitled "Insolvent Debtors." "[Provides that any person convicted of crime or misdemeanor, unable to pay the fine, may be discharged under the same rules as insolvent debtors.] Prohibiting marriages between free persons of color and white persons. [All such marriages to be null and void.] . To ^prevent obstructing the passage of fish up the Peedce and Main Yadkin rivers. To divide the counties into school distrcs and for other purposes. [Directs that the sense of the people be taken at the ensuing elect ion for members of Congress, on the subject of common schools. All who are in favor of raising, by taxation, one dollar for every wo dollars proposed to be furnished out of the Literary Fund for the establishment of common schools, in each school d stricq will vote "sol oof' those opposed to it will vote wno ?i.~,J " [r-iMinttr n/*f?#?nlinrr srnuuw in vuvu xv^'i?..p ...vwv t'-rins, the first county court that may hap. ;? n afer such flection,shall appoint no* less in five nor more than ten superintendents . ommon schools, who, after accepting ppointment,shall forfeit fifty dollars, on I to act. It shall be the duty of erinfendeiits to lay off the districts, e re urn to the first court in 1840; : upcruiten ients shall appoint not i nor more than six school 01 each dis'rict, as thoir as: ivi-.. y vol in* for school, the :u y court at\ r l?t Jan. 1840, vy x ot Jo Jars for each dis. other C'uiu y taxes, to bo placed ?* hands of the school committe; and '.<? ->.n? 40 dollars shall be appropriated . eh sue i diSTict out of the Literary <i, to be paid when it shall appear that : . district has established a sci ool i>e sufficient to accommodate at least >0 scholars. Should any counties refuse 1 it r?e next election toacccdc to these terms, j tney may hereafter avail themselves of the provisions ot this act, and receive the 40 dollars appropriated to each district. If not ascertained when tfte next census is taken, the Governor to provide for as- ! - - -t i? c i i . I enam;iJr*, m- uumuci o? wuuc cnuuren in s v* ral districts, and any thing ho may ' - :;i mportun; to the establishment of a Hit and equal system of common schools throughout the State, and by the same before the next Legislature. County trustees j or agents to make returns to the Govern.; or of all taxes levied and collected in their' respective counties, except revenues paid in o public treasury, specifying sources ; from boy Tcr? dra'.vn. tv !? an no. count of the disbursements of the monies so j collected. This information is intended to I furnish dam for future operations, in carrying out the sysvm of which ties is but the commencement. Amending an act loesta: lisli a literary ' and manual labor instill! ion in the couniVj' f of Wak-. * i Incorporating the Rocky Mount Manu-li f ictu ing company. Incorporating the High Shoals Mqnufac- i tur ng Company. Incorporating t it* Lexington Monufaeiur- i ing C unp.tnv. To incorporate the Yadkin Manufacturing Company. An act to incorporate the Pi cenix Company, in Fayetteville. To incorpora'o the Randolph Mauufacturing Cotnpanv. To incorporate the Weldon Manufacturing Company. ? Xorlk Carolina Senators. Legislature of North Carolina. I January Ath 1S-3D The Speaker I >i J before the Sonae the | | following communication IV- 'in our tSent, tors in Coiigie*s ;? Washington C11 v. Dec. 31, 1S3S , To the Honourable the General AssemWy of fforth Carolina : I Gentlemen : IlavingDurr.eJ,fiom un, official sources, wli.eii, however, l??ve no doubt upon our minds of the currertncss of 1 the mfiirui 1 ion, ttiat certain resulu ions nave I passed your tiononb!* bodies, expressive of j the oj inions of a m 'jorry of each of them ' upon poli 1 *ul matters, some of which have bn?*n, and others still are, pending before j the country,?we have been induced to an: t cipate their coming to hand, and respectfully address vou concerning thetn. In thus 1 : n . aniieipating die reception of a copy 01 the : resolutions through an official channel, we : . 1 trust that an apology will be found in the! ! information we have receivd of the inteni lion of the Legis'aturc to adjourn at an early . j day. The resolutious do not expressly in9'ruct j us *o carry ii to elf ot t!?e opinions expres. ! s? ?l liierein, nor are we able to perceive, in ; them impliedly, au hc.ri a ive command, sue m asios ructions convey. ! We ar< , then fore left to infer, tint it was 1 toe intention of tlie General Assembly not to assert or exercise tbe right of inspection, e- j j Ironi the abs'iice of the mandatory terms j here? .re ined, when the General Assern., | bly o >orh Carolina has thought proper! ; 'o rr rt to it. i ground heretofore occupied by us.! is u ily unchanged and scarcely needs re. J cap .at on. \Ve!-.ave publicly declared,} ; th.ii a!i* never instructions are given to us j by the Legislature we will either obey them j i or resign. We therefore lespectfully ask your lion- i j orab.'o bodies, if we err in our construction j of the rcsolu ions, that we may be set right,' i:i tune to act becomes the position in \ which we stand. Wi:!i a view to prevent nnv misinferpre- 1 tationof our motives, we disclaim any in-j tenrcs cf disrespect to the Legislature,j considering if not only a Ju y to ourselves ! thus respectfully to make this request, but' that we owe it to the pooplo of the State of! North Carolina, whose interests have been } i confided to us in the Senate of the United , j States. We have the hot or to be, with great re-1 1 spec', your obedient servants, B. BROWN. HO. STRANGE, j The above having been read, Mr. Cherry submitted the following resolution, whien I -J ?~ *L?*rtA f/?nrlinnrc tn Oft hlMfVT ' |)(ls)^ULl 113 liilVrV^ 1 VuV %V IV/ ?V V W?>.n precisely the vote as given on the passage ofthe resolutions referred to by the Senators, except that Mr. Foy of Carteret was present voting with his party (Whig) and : Mr. Jones (Whig) was absent, j Resolved, That the Resolutions passed ' by this General Assembly, and transmitted j ! to our Sena or.s in Congress, are sufficiently j plain and intelligible to be comprehended j j by any one desirous of understanding them; j that we believe this communication, nn'ici-; t . ' paling the reception of said Resolutions and making inquiry as to their meaning, is | not in good faith ; and that it would be in.; ' consistent with the self-respect of this Gen- ( era! Assemble to make any reply to i'. The resolution passed the llo :sc of Com- j nv us next day, 51) to 44. rENXSXLVAN'IA. ? The follow ing is the cIokc of the Annual j j Message of the Governor to the Legisla-1 i ture, presenting, in a condensed form, the j I results of the last three years in the govern1 rnent of that Stale : j "Having thus presented the various ob. j ! jects of present interest that occur to me, it1 will not be out of place briefly to rccapitu. j [ late the changes produced during the olfi- | ! cial frm now drawing to a close. - o.> Z.AA I "Three vears ago mere were i O ^ | children in the common schools ol the ."State. ! j There are now about 230,000. The schooif ' were then kept open not quite three and a j | half months. They are now open about j seven months in the year. The whole! j amount of State appropriation was then j j S75.000 annually; it is now equal to one j | dollar for each taxable, which will amount, to 8350.000 for the next school year. ! "In 1830 the public works yielded1 8684,357 77, alter a most favorable sea- j son. During the season just closed, they produce $f)9l 252 42 under the most di's. advantageous circumstances; and, with good management and no unusual acci. " - ci ?.<\(i nfin UentS, Will UiC pr< 5t.au yuu p iy i "Since 1335 ?2,500,000 have been ex- , ponded in completing works then said to be j finished, renewing defective parts, and , k< eping t!ie whole in repair; and one bun- \ dred and ninety.eight miles of canal, and < twenty, nine miles of railway, have been commenced and carried to a consideYable t ( state of forwardness, on which 82,100,000 j< have been expended. j j " The completed railroads have been : made to answer fx: end of their cons: ru -:ion, I antl the annual deficiencies in the motii power fund turned info annual excesses. "Tno permanent State debt, which wi $21,230,000 32: and though there a temporary loans to the amount of 1,000,01 du?', yet they were forced on the Stato opposition to the exertions ofthe Executiv and will sink to a small uccount when tl sums of a similar kind due at the commenc mont of the year 1836 are deducted fro them: 'The Stale tax, which was then in e istence, without hope of termination, h; ceased to be collected, and nothing but tl utmost profusion can make it again nece sary. "The Sta'e credit, which was at a lc ebb in 1835, is now raised, and the cor monwealth obtains even Iter temporal loans with ease at 4 per cent. "The currency, which was on the e of a fearful convulsion in 1835, has be* carried through it with less injury than w experienced in any other State, is now r stored to its usual soundness, and has s cured to it the aid of an institution wi?i< will hereafter preserve its uniformity, if t f irther ruinous experiments be t ied. ' Anil, finally, the Slate has been mai to occupy tier proper position in the natio al Iandly, and ;o relation to the Gener Government, on all occasions. "I now approach the end of the term f which I was elected, with tin* consciousn*1 thai I have performed the duties of the E ecuive Department of the Government wi fidelity, according to the best of my judj ment and ability, und with the profounde gratitude for the confidence and support mv fidlow-citizcns ; and I fervently ho[ that the Divine Author of all things will co tinue indfiuitely to bestow his favors < then) and our beleved country. "JOSEPH RlTNER. "Executive Chamber Hairisburg, uDecember 27, 1838." CONGRESS. Senate. Neither House sat on Tuesday Janua 1.? Jan 2. Mr. Clav of Kv. presented petition praying Congress to mediate I tween France and mexico, and generally I I ween nations at variance. Mr. Buchanan a petition from a'numl r ? r* . or pnysicians praying congress 10 pass act to allow letters containing vaccine m ter to pass by mail free of postage. Puklic Lands. The bill to reduce t!ic price of pub lands corning up, Mr. Clay ofKy. mov to restrict tbe sale of land at the reduc prices to actual settlers ; on which moti a debate arise, and no question was take Jan. 3. Judge Whit'* of Tcnn. took I seat. A petition to abolish slavery in the D trict of Columbia was presented, by ft McFIean, v.ha rr.oved io refer it to a sell committee. Mr. Williams moved to 1 this motion on the table. Carried, 23 14. Mr. Buchannan presented a memor from a man who states that he had discc crrd the means of preventing the bursting steam boilers, and requesting members Congress to test the value of the discovet Public Lands. The bill to graduate the prices pub lands coming up again a motion of ft. 0!av to recommit to the committee on pi be lands with instructions to report amendment restricticg the right to purchn at reduce j prices to actual settlers prevail 26 to 17. Jan. 4. Nothing important done. HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. Jan. 2. Mr. Adams moved to amc die journal of the last sitting by enteri thereon the fuctJ hat 'lie had moved to take his resolution in regard to Mr. Siephensc and that lie had sent to the chair a let threatening to assassinate hitn for the p; which he acted on that subject. Moti lost. MonJay, Jan. 7,1939. Mr. Wise presented a communicatic from the Secretary of War, cnc'osing communicatiation iVom the Comniissior of Indian Affairs, asking for an appropr lion 10 prevent the spread of the small p among the Clioctaws, Chickesaws. Cliei kees, Creeks and Seinino'es, and the tril of the Upper Missouri; which was refcrr to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Tipton, from the Committee l?oads and Canals, to which the subject h en referred, reported a bill granting to t to of Indiana a quantity of land to a in the construction of a rail road from N< Albany, in the State of Indian, to Mot Carmel, in the State of Illinois; which w read, and ordered to a second reading, a five hundred exra copies of tlie report a companying the bill ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell offered the following resol lion, which was considered and adopted : Resolved, That the committee or. tl Public Lands be instructed to inquire in tho expediency of granting one hundr thousand acres of laud to the State of Mic igun, the proceeds of which shall he applii to the construciion of a canal around t! fails olS?. Marie, to connectthe navigati< of lake Huron with iake Superior. SPECIAL OKDER OF THE DAY. The bill for tho graduation and reductic of the price of the public lands came up < the special order, the question being on tl amenJment ofTcrcd by the committee c the public lands, under the instructions i the Sena'e when the recoinmitmen was o dered. Mr. Clay of Alabama offered an ameni rnent to the amendment, proposing to e: Lend the privdego of purchasing at the n fi'fOrl nrii^OQ tn ennt imtiinc !n n rl JUVVVI |M IOV.O IV/ UWUllpUUUO lUtlVI I I U 1 U LI O A debate then ensued, in which Messrs Dlay of Alabama, Clay ofKentucky, Walt jr, Smith ol Indiana, and Roane, took part uid, without taking any question, On motion of Mr. Crittenden. The Senate adjourned. re I Secretary of the Treasury. I Mr. Cushman of New Hampshifjhav.r *s 1 obtained leave saiu : rft j I will not tresspass upon the time of tl . House, not even so long as it lit 10 | taken to deride the question whether l* | should proceed or not. All I wish to sa ,c | is, tkaton Monday last, a resolution was o e* i fereJ by the gentleman from Virginia, (M m j Wise,) proposing to raise a select commi ! tee :o investigate the conduct of the Seen x" ; tary of the Treasury, and to see if that con 31 m it tee could find sufficient evidence c 116 1 which to found articles of impeachment .s* i The proposition was, that the members < I the commute should be selected by ballo lNf 11 objected to the resolution at the time, b n* / it was not because I was opposed to the ii ry i vestigation. Far from it. Sir, I knew i j that time that the Secretary of the Trei ve i sury would solicit such an investigate "n | whenever the House desired it ; nnd 1 sa ai now, that if the gentleman from Virgin G* ' will so modify his resolu'ion as to provit e* i that the commitlce shall be raised forthwit! ^ i in the usual form and manner, (Mr C. wi i here idterrupted with loud exclamations ! "Oh, oh!") I wil withdraw my objectio | I will even go further. So desirous, s ' anxious is ihis distinguished officer of l! a Government to have his conduct investig ted? and I am authorized to state that I or is so?that, if the House could raise sl j committee by ballot within any reasonab x" | time, 1 will make no objection. ! Mr. Prentiss and Mr. Wise both ask s* ! leavo to reply. A majority voted to gra !SJ. i leave, but not two thirds ; so leave was n ?*i granted. I Jan 3. A report from the committ n* j on elections declaring that Mr. Geo. ^ )n | Jones is entitled to the seat now occupied |J. D. Doty as Delegate from Wiscons j was concurred in 167 to 25. I Mr. Taliaferro, from the Committee ! Revolutionary Claims, reported the folio j ing preamble and resolutions : I Whereas the Continental Congress of t ! hen confederacy of the United States d j by a resolution, under date of I he 30th d ry : of September, in the year 1780, reco ' mend to the several States of the confed< a acy of the Federal Union having claims )e" Western iands, a liberal surrender there 'e* i as a common fund, in aid of establishing I public credit, and to discharge the debt \ )er cur red by the then existing war with Gn a> Britain : at" And whereas the State of Virginia, re ponding to the said recommendation ofCc ! gress, did, on the 2d day of January, die | an act of her Legislative Assembly, ad( ed i and submit to Congress, for their considi ed I ation and acceptance, the terms and cc on ' diiions on which that State would surren< in. ! to the United States, for thepurpose lit ' said, all the lands within the chaiered hoi ' daries of Virginia, north and west of t is- ; river Ohio : Ir. j And whereas Congress, having the si icj I terms end conditions ol cession propns ay ! by the State of Virginia under considei t? ! tion, resolved, on the ? dav ofSeptemb i 1783, to accept the sime, with the cxcc inl ; tion only of a stipulation in said terms )v- i cession, requiring, the United States to gu of i anty to Virginia the residue of her west of1 territory lying south and cast of the rr ry. ' Ohio : And whereas the State of V.rginia, pc i senting to the proposed exclusion from I w' | terms of cession, did, by an act of her L? . * I lative Assembly, authorize hor then de " i gates in Congress to execute the con'e ^ 1 plated deed of cession ; whereupon, and Jj ! virtue ofthc>fu!l powers vested in them, ; said delegates, then present, did, on the f ! day of .March, 1781, execu:e a conveyat ; of the United States for all the lands j which Virginia had claim north and wes the river Ohio, according to the origii j | o o nd , terms and conditions proposeJ by Virgil ng | to Congress for the ccsssion thereof, w up ; the exception only of the guaranty aforess )n? j proposed by Congress to be excluded the tor from, and assented to by Virginia, as afo art ' said : on i And whereas the original terms u j conditions proposed by Virginia, and ass< i ted to by Congress, fir the cession of tl i State of all her lands north and west of l [ h I river-Ohio, impose tfie following obligatic icr j on Congress : ia- First. That provided the State of V ox : gina had not reserved a sufficient quant r?-1 of good, land on the south cast side of I ICS 1 i>:irnr m |Im fr\ cnliol'ir tlin lnnrl k/Minttt ; n?v,? vuivj iwjmiioij iiic I'UIU UUUIilJ piU cd ! ised by to her officers and soldiers w served in the continental line of the arn on and who served in her own State establij acl t ment, that Congress should make up su h? deficiency out ot good lands lying betwe i the Sciotio and Miami rivers ; j Secondly. The aforesaid terms and cc int jditions of cession provide, and it is 30 f as pressed in the deed, u That ail the lan nd within the territory hereby ceded to t ic? j United States, and not reserved or apprc ; riated to any of the before mentioned pi u, j poses, or disposed of in bounties to the ol cers and soldiers of the American orrr he shall be considered a common fund for t to sole use and bedejit of such the Unit od States as have become, or shall becon h- I members of the confederation or fedei ed i alliance of the said States, Virginia incl he sive, according to their respective propc w i tions of the general charge and expent j ture ; and shall be faithfully and bona fi i disposed of for that purpose, and for no ot )n ! cr use or purpose whatever [is I Rcsolcrd, That the select committee ie ; whom that par: of the report of the Seer in ! tarv of the Treasury in relation to the pu of | lie lands was refered, be instructed to i r. { quire and repot f, first, whether the conve; ance of tlie lands above referred to bv Vi j. i ginia to the United States is not a conve; c- j ance in trust for the specific objects expres s- 1 |y enumerated in the deed of cession. Secondly. Whether those objects hat 3. j been satisfied, and especially whetherCor I gress, out of the ceded territory, has mac . i nrnviiinn for the deficit of pood land on tf ? ' , _ f - - C southeast side of the Ohio river, to satis! I the land bounty promised by the State < ; Virginia to the officers and soldiers of rfi Virginia ! > on the continental establish- at ment, and on her own State establishment; in '? it' not, wiiat provision ought to be promptly J-h made for that purpose. isl Thirdly. What quantity of the ceded w 1t territory has keen, or the proceeds thereof, lh l devoted and applied towards the specific pr '? objec.'s enumerated in the deed of cession ; th and what quantity of tlie said territory has J' been devoted to uses and purposes not com- a prehended in the terms and conditions of th cession, rinaiiy, it it aiall appear that , P* 1# there will be a surplus of hnd in the ceded j Sc n territory, beyond what is required to satisfy i p' the objects and purposes specially enum. j 'n 3 ated in the original terms and conditions in ; ** pursuance of which the deed of cession ! av ut was executed, whether Congress is not j hi bound, by the manifest intention of that) be 31 deed, to provide for a prompt and " ton j of fide" distribution of the proceeds of the re* j th maining lands,including the valueofso much ' & . of those, lands, if any, as may have been ' it ^ devote 1 to^purposes not warranted bv tte ! ^ deed, amongst the States of the Unior^fe- | w ' cording to the ratio of distribution speSPd j lil in the deed of cession, fortne sole uS^hnd ' pi 0 benefit of the snid States. And that the j at ' committee have leave to report by bill or j hi otherwise. ! of Which, having been read, were referred ; w to the SeleotCommittee on the public Lands,! iu and were ordered to be printed. , w ,jt Monday Januaiy 7, 1339. j ^ As soon as the journal had been read. / eij Mr. Slade wished to know if it would be is ! * nt order for him to call up for consideration a h . memorial presented by him on a former day tr 101 relat ng to the recognition of Hayti: gi The Speaker decided that it would not. tl: e? Mr. Slade intimating that he was desirous w V. to address the House on the Subject of the ^ by memorial, moved that it be taken up for con. j jjjj sideration, and on that motion demanded the J yeas and nays ; which were not ordered. , 81 The motion was rejected. j " 00 Mr Johnson of Louisiana presented a me- P w- morial of Duncan H. Ilennan, clerk of the ! > United States District and Circuit Court for D he the eastern district of Louisiana, exhibiting ^ j<j charges against P. K. Lawrence, United ' Statps District Judcrp of Louisiana. of nporli. ^ gence, corruption, intemperanre, &c. Mr. J. ll ^n* said, as it was a subject of much importance to ; a ?r' the judge, as well as to the State, he would j o to m, ve to refer it to a seiect committee. , b of, Referred to a select commiuee. j tc \he Mr. Wise said he was about to present a jr [n. petition of rather a uniqne character. It had j 9Ql been forwarded to him, and was addressed to the House of Representatives. It came from * one woman and one man. wot There was a seal upon the paper also of a d )n- singular character. Stamped upon the wax si bj was the representation of t sheaf of wheat >pt sitt:n^ on an end ;n a wheat field. The inscriptioc hereon was "you deserve a thrashing." The prayer of the petition was thattho House | c je~ I would resciud its standing resolution by which i ^ t a! aolition papers are laid upon the table, j , r" | Mr. W. then moved, th.r the petition i j be referred to a Committee of the VVholeon j e j the stale of the Union, with ins'ructions to j jj ., report a resolution rescinding the " Arther- ! , a' ton resolutions," and more especially that | ,e por.ion of them by which Abolition papers !1 ra~ j are laid upon the table on presentation ; that1 'f' cr' ! the memorials already received by the j * | House and laid on the table, be taken from i1 ? i the files of the IIousc and returned to the j ar I petitioners, nnd tha' in future all Abolition r ra i memorials of whatever character, be not re- ' ver ii .i ww 2 , cciveu ay in s i louse. j Mr. Droomgoole moved to lay the whole 1 as* subject on the table ; but. ler Mr. Wise intimating a desire to address. *fT ? . the House on tiie subjec', l!)e motion to lay ; 'e" j on the table was withdrawn. m- ! Mr. Adams presented a memorial from sunin dry inhabitants of Boston, in the State of the Massachusetts, asking Congress to remove | irst the present seat of Government from the Dis. ; trictofCoIumbia, to some point north, where' t0 the principles of the "Decralation of Indipen- I r dence"are not treated as "a msre rhetorical ' c 0 | flourish." | . Mr. Adams presented another memorial of a ; lla humorous character asking the appointment i 'ith of a "committee on color" to whom should ' lid, be referred all offico holders and members of re. Congress, for the examination of their respec. re. tive pedigrees; said committee toicporton j the same, and in all cases where the parties , shall be found to have the least drop of colored ^ blood in their veins, they 6hall be expelled | 3n* from office and their places filled by persons of i tat pure Anglo Saxon blood. \ s the Mr. Adams was about to make some re- 1 n >ns marks oo tiie subject, when ! d i Mr. Dromgoola rose to ask if^the memorial i i\ jr^ j bad been received, as, if not, he would raise j " ' the question of reception. He considered the | 5 it' ! memorial as an evident ridicule of the House. j . L'10 : The Speaker statir-g that 11 had not as yet! v m* j been received? ho j Mr. Droragaolc raised the question of recep- ; ai iy, I tion. . | C( ih i Mr. Adams denied that theimemorial was in 0 >"* . . .. . r . . . .. . 'IT 1 ch tne least disrespectful w cue niiu^e, uuu w ; ^ e manded the yeas and nays on the question of j reception ; which, being ordered, wsre?yeas : ! d4, nays 117. - j >11-! .x. ' From the London Morning Chronicle. j q ids | LORD BYRON. j &| he ; VVe have hitherto let our contemporaries j G P* | battle it out among themselves on the ques- j IV ir' i tion, whether it boor be not fit that the bust fc ifi- of Lord Dry on by Thorwaldson ought or ' c: ly,: ought not to be allowed a place in West- J ai he | minister Abbev? As a work of art, of ( pi ed 1 course, it merits a place any where, but we !ta ie, | doubt whether a church be the best place for j C ral the exhibition ofworks of art, and whether ie "J-1 in the abstract there be not an objection in , G >r- j a sacrod edifice to any thing which may i ec li- | divert the mind from the purpose for which ! cc dc the sacred edifice was erected and ought to ta b~ { be visited. Tombs, slirines, and monu- ! m | ments afford lessons of mortality; but when ! la to 1 the proposal is to construct a memorial to a \ C) ew man who was certainly great for his genius, 1 tb b-; but remarkable for the manner in which j a- j he perverted if, tho subject is reduced to j sti y. j very narrow limits, and the point to be set. i fa r-; tied merely is, whether abilities alone, with, m jr., out refereuce to the mode in which they in ! !>r<. rliiwfp^. /rivp n m.'in a claim tn TP I distinction ? Wo are by no means sure pc e ! that the most unfavorable representation of er i-; tlio character and conduct of Lord Byron lo le | is that given by himself; he was a man fu 1 m ie of affectation of various kinds, andj one of S< y his affectations was that of representing j 01 of! himself worse than he was in reality ; but,I ca ie . take what account you will of his opinion ! wi id actions, they must be admitted to be genera! any thing but commendable. If* erefore, his bust be erected in NVestmin:er Abbey, not only the effect of example ould be wanting, but it would be worse an lost, for it would seem to show that ivaie virtue was of little consequence in e distribution of posthumous honors. Aro are not persuaded that Lord Bryoa was poet of the highest order of genius ; on e contrary, we think he was not. There, jrhaps, never was a man of an exalted nius, who was not possessed of that sim? icity of character and singleness of heart which Lord Bryon seems to us to have ten especially deficient. This, wc are vare, is no answer to the claim to have s bust deposited in Westminister Abbey, icause the busts and statues of many men small or of no talents have been placed ere ; but it tends to show that ifhis cluira jpends upon his talents only, as we admit does, he lias not even that recommencfa>n i;i the highest degree. Lord Byron as a selfish man, no* only in his habits of "e, but in his writings; in every thing ha oduced, whether satirical, didact.c, dramic, lyrical, or narrative, he had always mself before his eyes ; and the existence " selfishness proves a narrowness of mind, e apprehend, inconsistent with great gens. His extreme cleverness; whether riting severely, gravely, or jocosely we o not for an instant dispute ; but we deny tat his genius (using the term to express le very loftiest gift of a poet) was of the igiiest order. That he wrote more atactively and popularly than many men of real genius have dono is qaite trie, but lis does not necessarily establish that he as a man of first rale powers as regards le imaginative faculty. It is nofjenough to point to theJPoet's corner id say?*4 Here is a monument to Shad, ell; here is a bust of Spratt; and hero rior laid out 500/. or his own effigy." leither will it be sufficient to mention tb? ames of poets there recorded who debased leir art by impiety or licentiousness. Chau -h- - - -1 fj-%. M niAHA tUarfc ft AAA IT Willi SlUUU dlUIlG iui itiwiw man u vciu try, and even Shakspeare, who will stand lone for many centuries might be excluded n this account. But precedents. We say roadly that poets, as poets, have no right ) monuments in churehes ; and when, as i the instance before us, it can be shown icontrovertibly that the tendency of nearly II the writings of an individual poet has e?:n to bring religion and mortality into isrep"te, his memorial is most of all to be hut out from a sacred edifice. war retween france and mexico. Impoatant from Vera Cruz.?To the 0 eness ot tr,;: commercial house of J. V . Zachario 6c Co., we are indebted for he following information. A letter receir. id yest' rday, by that firm, from Laguna, inder date of the 19 h December, s ates? 1 By the arrival here of the British barque Vrue, from Sacrificious, intelligence is ob. ained, that Gen. Santa Anna had arrived it Vera Cruz with five thousand men ; and he French soldiers and officers that were >n shore, spiking the guns of the batteries, kc. were obliged to rt treat to their boats, liter losing several officers and men. It tppears, the teims of the capitulation of Ian Juan de UJIoa were?that the French ihouIJ ke^p posession of the castle and thft Mexicans of Vera Cruz, until the decision if the Krng of France?but the blockad# vas to be raised immediately. The capi. ulation .has been disapproved of, they say, >y the Mexican government, which has (U. lorcd war against France." The writer hinks the report to be true, as tho garison of Vera Cruz was not to exceed two housand men ; and when the French learnid of Santa Anna's march with reinforcenents, they landed on the morning of tho ith, to spike the guns of the batteries, and lie fleet commenced throwing bombs into he barracks, to dislodge the troops. Anoth;r letter from Lagura, of same date, says ?News is just received, confirming the eport that Mexico has declared war against 7ranee. No Moubt now remains but hat it is true, as I have seen the decree of Congress, authorizing the President to do o, if tho French commenced hostilities ; ilso the declaration of war by the Presi[ent. Ii is nlao true that Santa Anna drove be French into the boats?received a evere wound in the engagement, and has ince had his leg ampulated. General Ar>t is a prisoner of the French." The above information comes through Durees entitled to the amplest credit, and onfirms our anticipations, so long indulged, f a war between France and Mexico.? iT. O. Bulletin. GERMAN UNIVERSITIES-. The two last numbers of tho American tuarterly Register, contain an elaborate nd valuable article, entitled History of lerman Universities, from the pen of Rev. Ir. Baird. There is much interesting in irmation in this article, and that which innot be easily obtained elsewhere. There e twenty universifies in Germany at the esent time. Eleven of these are Protesnts, and fourofa mixed character, that is, atholic and Protestant. Tncse seminars of learning suppiy the forty millions of ermany with more abundant means of iucation that can be boasted by any other luntry. The languages and sciences are ught in the most thorough manner. AL ost universally those who learn the Latin nguage learn to speak it with great fluenr; and it is generally the case also upon e continent. The moral and temporate habits of the udents are not worthy of ail praise. * The vorite rendezous of the students is that osr-oftcn-io-be.met-with (?) establishment n German town, called a beer.housp.? hare they assemble, in the evenings estcialiy, in companies of from half a dozt to tweoty or thirty, and seated round a ng table, eacl) with an immense pipe in his outh, smoke, and talk, and drink beef.? )on the cloud of smoke gather densely re r their heads, and so fills room that they in scarcely discern oue another. Meanhilctho loud jest, the ronr of laughter, in