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boo. - Ii it believed that there ! not in the
liMof imported articles any which are more
(seeperty the tubjecta of the war duties. It it
estimated that $3,000,000 would be derived
annually from a tax imposed on thete article!.
', Should Congress arail Itself of this addition
al tource of revenue not only would the amount
of public loans render it necessary by the war
with Mexico be diminished to that extent, bui
the public credit and the public confidence in
the ability and determination of the govern
ment to meet all its engagements promptly,
Would be more permanently established, and
the reduced amount of the loans which tt may
be necessary to negotiate could be obtained at
cheaper rales.
Congress is, therefore, called upon to de
termine whether it is wiser to impose the war
duties or by omitting to do ao, increase the
public debt anuually $3,000,000, ao long as
loana shall be required to prosecute the war,
and afterwards provide, in some other form, to
pay the semi-annual interett upon it, and ulti
mately to extinguish the principal. If, in ad
dition to those duties, Congress could graduate
and reduce the price of such of the public lands
as experience has proved will not commaud
the price placed upon them by government, an
additional annual increase to the treasury ol
between half a million and a million of dollars,
it ia estimated, would be derived from this
source. Should both measures receive the
aanction of Congress, the annual amount of
public debt necessary to be contracted during
the continuance of the war, would be reduced
4 millions of dollars. The duties recommend
ed to be levied on tea and coffee, ehould be
limited in their duration to the end ol the war
and until the public debt rendered necessary
to be contracted by it shall be discharged.
The amount of the public debt to be contracted
ehould be limited to the lowest practicable turn,
and should be extinguished as early after the
conclusion of the war, as the means of the
treasury will permit.
With this view, it is recommended that as
soon aa the war be over the surplus in the
treasury not needed for other indispensable
objects, constitute a sinking fund to be applied
to the purchase of the funded debt, and that
authority be conferred by law for that purpose.
The act of the Cth of August, 1846, to estab
lish a warehousing system, has been in opera
lion more than a year, and has proved to be an
important auxiliary to the tariff act of 1846, in
augmenting the revenue and extending the
commerce of the country. Whilst ii has tend
ed to enlarge our commerce it has been benefi
cial to our manufactures by diminishing forced
sales at auction of foreign goods at low prices,
to cause the duties to be advanced on them, and
by checking fluctuation in the market. The
system, although sanctioned by the expert nee
of other countries, was entirely new in the U.
States, and is susceptible of improvements in
aome of its provisions. The Secretary of the
treasury, upon whom was devolved large dis
cretionary powers in carrying this measure in'
to effect, is now collecting the practical results
ot the system in other countries, where it has
long been established, and will report at an
early period of your session such lurtlier regu
lations, suggested by those investigations, as
may render it still more effective and beneh
iio I.
liy the net to provide for the better or
snnizttioo of the treasury and for the col'
lection, safe keeping, and disbursement
it the public revenues, all banks were dis
continued as the fiscal agents ol the govern
ment, and paper currency was no longer nl
lowed to be received in payment of public
ill) PS.
The Constitutional Treasury, created by
this act, went into operation on the 4lh ol
January last. Under the system establish
ed by it, the public monies have been col
lected, safely kept, and disbursed by the
direct ogency of the olucers ol the govern
ment, in gold and silver; and transfers o(
large amounts have been made from points
r of collection to the points of disbursement,
without loss io the treasury or tnconven
ience to the trafic of the country.
While the fiscal operations of the govern
ment have been conducted with regularity
end ease, under the system, it has had a sal
utary effect in checking an undue inflation
of the paper currency issued from the banks
which exist under state charters. Kenuir-
ing as it does, all dues to the government to
be paid in gold and silver, its effects is to
restrain excessive issues of bank paper, dis
proportioned to the specie in their vaults,
for the reason that they are at all times lia
h to be called on by holders of the notes,
I of (heir redemption, in order to obtain spe
cie for payment of duties and other public
dues. The banks therefore, must keep
their business within prudent limits, and be
always in a condition to meet such calls, or
run the hazard of being compelled to sus
petid specie payments, and be thereby dis
credited.
The amount of specie imported into the
United Stales, during the last fiscal year,
was $20,121,283, ol which there was re
tsioed in the country $22,270,170. Had
the former financial system prevailed, and
the public money been placed on deposit in
banks, nearly the whole of the amount
would have gone into their vaults, not to be
thrown into circulation by them, but with
held trom the hands ol the people, and made
a basis of new and enormous issues of bank
paper. A large proportion of the specie
troportea nss been paia into the treasury
for public dues, and after having bees to a
great extent, recoined at the mint, has been
paid out to the public creditors, and gone
into circulation as a currency among the
people. The amount of gold end silver
.coined, and now in circulation in the coun
ty, is larger than at any former period.
The financial system, established by the
constitutional treasury, has thus far been
eminently successful in its operation, and 1
recommend an adherence to all its essential
provisions, and especially to that vital pro
vision wbieb fully separates the government
from ait connection with banks, and exclud
es bank paper from all revenue received.
In some of its details, not involving its
general principles, the system is defective,
ana will require modjfeuauon. These de
tects and such amendments as are needed
and deemed important, were set forth in
the last report f the secretary of the treas
ury. 1 hose amendments are again recom
mended to the early and favorable consider
ation of Congress.
During the past year the coinage at the
mini and lie urauunesj uas eicaeaea 2U,
000,000- I his nai consisted ehien m eon
verting the coins of foreign countries into
American coins.
The largest amount of foreign coins im
ported has been received at New York, and
if a branch mint were established at that
city, all the current coin received at that
port could at once be converted into our
own coin, without the expense or risk and
delay of transporting it to the mint for that
purpose, the amount received would be
much larger.
Experience has taught that foreign coin
will not circulate extensively as a currency
among the people. The important measure
of extending our specie circulation, both of
gold and silver, and of diffusing it among the
people, is effectually converting such for
eign into American coin. I repeat the re
commendation contained in my last annual
message for the establishment of a branch
mint of the United Slates at New York.
All the public lands which have been sur
veyed and were ready for market, have been
proclaimed for sale during the past year.
The quantity offered and to be offered for
sale, under the proclamation issued since the
first of January last, amounts to 9,138,531
seres.
The prosperity of the western states and
territories in whinli those lands lie, will be
enhanced by their speedy sale. 13 y with
holding them from the market, their growth
and increase of population would be retard
ed, and thousanda of our enterprising and
meritorious frontier population would be
deprived of the opportunity of securing free
holds for themselves and families. But in
addition to the general considerations which
render the ready sale ol these Innds proper,
it is a leading object, at this time, to realize
as large a sum as possible from this source,
and thus diminish, by that amount, me pun
lie loans, rendered necessary by the exist
ence of a foreign war.
It is estimated that not less than ten mil'
lions of acres of public lands will be survey
ed and be in a condition to be proclaimed
for sale during the year 1848.
In my last annual message 1 presented
the reaaons which, in my judgment, render
ed it proper to graduate and reduce the
price ol the public lands as have remained
unsold for a long period after they have
been offered for sale at public auction
Many millions of acres of public lands, lying
ithin the limits ot aeveral of ths wastsrn states.
have been offered in the market and have been
anbiect lo sals at private entry, for more than twen
ty years, ana large quantities tor more man rears,
at the lowest price prescribed by ths existing laws,
and as it haa been louna that tney win not com
mand that price, they must remain unsold and un
cultivated for an indefinite period, unleaa the price
demanded by the eovernment shall Be reduced, no
satisfactory reason ia perceived why they ahould
lonirer be held at ratea above their real value. At
this period, an additional reason exists for adopting
the measures recommended. When the country is
encased in a forcien war, and we must necessarily
re sur t to loans, it would seem to be the dictate of
wisdom that we ahould avail ourselves ot all our ra
sources, and thus limit the amount of ths public in
debtednees to the lowest possible sum.
I recommend that the existing laws on the sub
ject of pre-emption rights, be amandtd so aa to op
erate prospectively, and to emoracs an wno may
aottle upon the public landa and make improvements
upon tbem Detort they are surveyed, as wen as
landa in an eases wnere sucn settlement may oe
made after the Indian title shall have been extm
suished.
it the right ot pre-emption oe tnue exienaeo, ii
will embrace a larirs and meritorrioua class of oar
aniens it will increase ine numoer oi sman ires
holders uoon our borders, who will be enabled
thereby to educate their children, and othorwia
imnrovH their condition, while they will be alwaya
found in tho hour ff danger to our country, among
the best of our volunteer soldiers, ever ready, to
tender their aervices in cae of e mergency, and the
lt to Uava iha field as on? as an enemy remaina
to be encountered. Such a policy will also impress
these pioneer emigrants, witn deeper iceimga ui ioto
tind their dearest interests secured to t':em by the
permsnent laws of the land, and that they are no
fnthA nnt-Antal earn ol their frovernme.'ll. wueu mcy
longer in danger of loaing their houses and card'
esrued improvements by being brought into compe
tition wiih a more wealthy class ol purchasers tt the
land sales.
The attention of Congress was invited at their
last, and is again at their present session, to the im
portance ot estsmishing a territorial government oy
er our possessions in Oregon, and it ia to be regretted
that ;here was no legislation upon the subject. Our
citizens, who inhabit that distant region of country,
are still left without the protection of our lawa or
any regular organised government. Before the quea.
lion of the limits and boundariea of the territory of
Oregon waa definitely aettled, from the necessity of
their condition the citizens of that territory had
erected a temporary government of their own. Be
sides the want ol legal authority tor continuing aucn
government, it is wholly inadequate to protect
them in tneir riguta ol person and property, or to ae
cure to them the privileges and enjoyments of other
citizens, to which cither are entitled under the con
stitution of the United Statea. They should have
the right of suffrage be represented in a territorial
legislature, and, by t delegate in congreaa, possess
the rights and privileges which citizens of the Unit
ed Statea have heretofore enjoyed or may now enjoy .
Our judicial system, revenue, laws regarding trade
and intercourse wiih the Indian tribes, and the pro
tection of our laws generally, should be extended
over them.
In addition to the inhobitantaof that territory, who
had previously emigrated to it, large numbare of our
citizens have followed them during the present year,
and it ia not doubled that during the next year, their
numbers will be greatly increased. Congress, at ita
lust session, established post routes leading to Ore
gon and between different points within that territo
ry, and autnorizea tne appointment 01 post unices at
Aatoria. and auch other placea on the coast of the
Pacific, within the territory ol the United States, aa
Ihe public interest may require. Poat offices have
accordingly been established, deputy post mssters
appointed, and provision wade for the transportation
ol the mails.
The preservation of peace with the Indian tribes,
residing west of the Rocky Mountains, will rsnder it
proper that authority ahould be given by I iw fur tha
appointment of an adequate number of Indian agents
to reaide among them.
I recommend that t Surveyor -Gsneral's office be
established, in thai territory, and that the public
landa be surveyed and brought into market at an
early period.
I recommend, alao, that grants upon liberal terms, of
limned quantities ol Hie public landa be made to all
citizens of the Uuited Slates who have emigrated, or
may hereafter within a prescribed period, emigrate
to Oregon and ssttle upon the laud.
These hardy and adventurous citizens, who have
encountered the dangers and privalionaof a long and
tiresome journey, and have at length found an abid
ing place fur themselvea and their (amities upon the
utmost verge ol our western limits, should be secur
ed in the homes which they have improved by their
labor.
I refer vou to the accompanying report of the Se.
cretary of war, for detailed account of the opera
I ions of the varioua branchea of the public aervice
connected with the department under his charge.
The dutiea devolving on his department have been
unusually onerous and responsible during the patt
sesson, and have been discharged with ability and
success.
Pacific relations exist with the various Indian
tribes, and moat of them manifest a strong friendship
for the United Statea. Some depredations were com
milted lent year upon our traders transporting sup
plies fur our army on the road between the weatern
border of Miaaouri and Santa Fe. Theae depreda
tions which are supposed to bsve been committed by
hordes from the tegiona of New Mexico, have bean
arrested by the presence of a milirary foree, ordered
out fur that purpose. Some outrages have been per
petrated by portions of the North Western bands up
en their weaker and comparatively defcereless neigh
boring tribes. ' Prompt meeeeres (tars been taken to
prsvsnt sucn occurrences in future.
netween one ana two thousand Indians nave been
removed during the year from tha eaal of the Missis
sippi, to the countries allotted to them, weat of that
river, as their permanent home. Alrangements have
been made for others to follow.
Since the treaty of 11)46, with the Cherokees. the
feuda among them appear to have subsided, and they
have become more united and contented than they
have been for many years paat. The commissioners
appointed in pursuance of the act of June itd, 1846,
to settle the claims arising under the treaties of 1845
and 1846, with that tribe, have executed their dutiea,
and after a patient investigation, and a full and fair
eiamination of all the eases brought bafora them.
closed their labors In the month of July laat. This
is the lourth board ol commissioners who have been
organized under thia treaty. Ample opportunity has
been offered to all those interested, to bring forward
their claims. No doubt is entertained that impartial
justice hae been done by Ihe board, and that valid
claims embraced by the treaty have been considered
and allowed. This result, and the final settlement
to be made with thia tribe, under the treaty of 1846,
which win be completed and laid belore you dur ng
your session, will adjust all questions of conttoveray ,
eeiween them, and produce a etaie ot relation wttu
them aimple, well defined, and satisfactory.
Under the discretionary authority con
ferred by the act of 3d of March last, the
annuities due to the various tribes have
been paid, during the ptesent year, to the
heads of families, instead ol their chiels, or
to such persons as they might designate,
except as by the laws previously existing;
and this mode of payment has given gene
mi satisfaction to the great body ol the In
dians. Justice has been done to them, and
they are grateful to the government for it.
A lew chiefs and interested persons may
object to this mode of payment ; but it is
believed to be the only modeoi preventing
fraud and imposition from being practiced
upon the great body of the common In
dians, constituting a majority of all the
tribes.
It is very gratifying to perceive that a
numberof theaboriginal tribes have recently
manifested an interest in the establishment
of schools among them, and are making ra
pid advances in agriculture, some of them
producing a sufficient quantity of food for
their support, and a surplus to dispose of
to their neighbots. The comforts by which
those who have received even but a very
limited education, and have engaged in ag
riculture, are surrounded, tend gradually to
draw off' their less civilized brethren from
the precarious means ol subsistence by the
chase, to habits of labor and civilization.
The accompanying report of the Secre
tary of the Navy, presents a satisfactory
account of the condition and operations ol
the naval service during the last year.
Our commerce has been pursued with in
creased activity, and with safety and suc
cess in every quarter of the globe, under
the protection of our flag, which the navy
has caused to be respected in the most dis
tant sess.
In the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific,
the officers and men of our sqadrons have
displayed distinguished gallantry, and have
performed valuable services.
In the early stages of the war with Mex
ico, her ports on both coasts were blockad
ed, and more recently, many of them have
been captured and held by the navy. When
acting in co-operation with the land forces
the naval officers and men have performed
gallant and distinguished services on the
land as well as on water, and deserve the
highest commendations of the country.
While other maratime powers are adding
to their navies large numbers o! war steam
ers, it is a wise policy on our part to make
similar additions to our navy. The lour war
steamers authorized by the act of 3d March,
1847, are in course of construction.
In addition to the four war steamers au
thorized by this act, the Secretary of the
Navy has, in pursuance of its provisions,
entered into contracts for.the five steamers
to be employed in the transportation of the
(foiled States Mail from NewYork to New
Orlea.ts, touching at Havana, and from Ha
vana to ivhagres lor three steamers lo be
employed in like manner from Panama to
Oregon, so as to connect witn tne man to
Uhagres across tne istnmus ana tor nve
steamers to be emyloyed in like manner to
Liverpool. These steamers will be the
property of the constructors, but to be built
under the superintendence and direcclion of
a naval constructor, in ihe employ of the
navy department, and to be so constructed
as to render them convertible at the least
possible expense, into war steamers of the
first class. A prescribed number ol naval
officers, as well as a post office agent, is to
be on board of them, and authority is re
served to the navy department, at all times,
to exercise control over said steam ships,
and to have the right to take them for the
exclusive use and service of the United
States, by making proper compensation lo
the contractors therefor. Whilst these
steam ships will be employed in transport
ing the mails of the United States coast
wise, upon an annual compensation, to be
paid lo the owners, they will be ready, up
on an emergency, to be converted into war
steamers, and the right reserved to lake
them for public use, will add greatly to the
efficiency and strength of this description
of our naval force.
To the steamers thus authorised and un
der contracts made by the Secretary ol
the navy, should be added five other steam
ers, authorized under contracts made in
pursuance of law, by the Postmaster Gene
ral, making an addition in the aggregate ol
the whole, of eighteen war steamers, sub
ject to be taken lor public use. As further
contracts for the transmission of the mails
to foreign countries must be authorized by
Congress, this number may be .enlarged
indefinitely. The enlightened policy by
which a rapid communication wiih differ
ent parts of the globe, by means of Ameri
can built steamers, would find an ample
compeosaiion in the increase of commerce,
and in making our country and its resour
ces more lavoraby known abroad. But
the national advantage is still greater, ol
having our naval officers made familiar with
steam navigation, and of having the privi
lege of taking the ships, already equipped
for immediate service, at a moment's warn
ing, and would be cheaply purchased by
the compensation for the tiansportation ol
the mail in them, over and above the post
age received.
A just national pride, no less than our
commercial interests, would seem to favor
the policy above mentioned, of augmenting
the number of this description of vessels.
They can be built in oar country cheaper
than they can be built in any other coun
try in the world. ..
; I refer you Jo the accompany ing report
of the Post master General, for a detailed
and satisfac'.ory account of the condition
and opetation of that department lor the
past year. It is gratifying to find that in
so short a time alter the reduction of the
rates of postage, and notwithstanding the
increase of mail service, the revenue recei
ved for the year will be sufficient to pay
all expenses, and no further aid will be re
quired for that purpose. The first of the
American steamers, authorized by the act
of the 3d of March, 1845, was completed
and entered upon the service on the 1st ot
June last, and is now on her third voyage
to Bremen and other intermediate ports.
The other vessels, authorized under the pro
visions of that act, are in course of con
struction, and will be put upon the linens
soon as completed. Contracts have been
made for the transportation of the mail, in
steamers, from Charleston to Havana. A
reciprocal and satisfactory postal amine
ment has been made by the Postmaster
Genertl with the authorities of Bremen, and
no dilhcultv is apprehended in making simi
lar arrangements with other powers wiih
which we may have communication, by
mail steamers, except Great Britain.
Un the arrival ol the American, steamer
bound to Bremen, at Southampton, in the
month of June last, the British post office
directed the collector of the discriminating
postage on all letters and other mailable
matter to Great Britain, or which went in
to the British post office on their way to
France or other parts of Europe. The ef
fect of the order of the British post office is
to subject all letters and other mailable mat
ter to double postage, one postage hoving
been previously paid on them in the United
States, while letters transported on British
steamers are subject to pay but a single pos
tage. This measure was adopted for the
avowed object of protecting the British line
of mail steamers, now running between Bos
ton and Liverpool, and, if continued, must
speedily put an end to the transportation ot
all letters and other matter by American
steamers, and give the British steamers a
monopoly of the business. A just and lair
reciprocity is all that we desire, and on this
we must insist. By our laws, no such dis
crimination is made against British steam
ers bringing letters into our ports, but all
letteis arriving in the U. States are subject
ed to the same rate of postage, whether
brought in British or American vessels. 1
refer you to the report of the Postmaster
Genetal, for a full statement of the lacts in
the case and of the steps taken by htm to
correct this inequality. He has exerted all
the powers conlerred upon him by the ex
isting laws.
The Minister of the United States in Lon
don has brought the subject to the attention
of the British Government, nnd is now en
gaged in a negotiation for the purpose ol
adjusting reciprocal postage arrangements,
which shall be equally just to both countries.
Should he fail in concluding such arrange
ment, and should Great Britain insist on
forcing the unequal and unjust measure she
had adopted, it may become necessary to
confer additional power on the P. M. Gen
eral, in order to enable him to meet the
emergency, and to put our stenmurs on an
equal footing with the British steamers en
gaged in transporting the mail between the
two countries. I recommend that such
powers be conferred.
In view of the existing state of our coun
try, I trust it may not be inappropriate to
call to mind the words of wisdom and ad
monition of the first and most illustrious of
my predecessors in his farewell address to
his countrymen. That greatest and best
of men, who served his country so long,
and loved it so much, forsaw with serious
concern the danger to our Union in char
acterizing parlies by geographical distinc
tions, Northern, Southern, Atlantic and
Western, whence designing men may en
deavor to excite a belief that there is a real
difference of local interests and views, and
warned his countrymen against it. So
deep and solemn was his conviction of the
importance of the Union, and of preserving
harmony between its different parts, that
he declared to his countrymen, in that ad
dress, it is of infinite moment that you
should properly estimate the immense value
of your National Union to your collective
and individual happiness ; that you should
cherish a cordial, habitual and immovable
attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to
think and speak of it as the Palladium of
your political safety and prosperity; watch
ing for its preservation with jealous anxie
ty ; discountenancing whatever may sug
gest, even a suspicion that it can in any
event be abandoned, and indignantly Irown
ing on the first dawning of every attempt
to alienate any portion ol our country from
the rest or to enfeeble the sacred lies which
now link together the various parts. After
a lapse of a half a rentury, these monitions
fall upon us with all the lorce of truth. It
is difficult to estimate the immense value of
our glorious Union of confederated Slates
to which we are so much indebted for our
growth in population and wealth, and for all
that constitutes us a great and a hsppy na
tion. Unimportant are all of our ditferenc
es upon minor questions of public polity
compared with its preservation, and how
scrupulously should we avoid all agitating
topics which may tend to excite and divide
us into condending parlies, separated by
geographical lines, whereby it may be
weakened or endangered.
Invoking the blessing of the Almighty
Ruler of the Universe upon your delibera
tions, it will be my highest duty, not less
than my sincere pleasure, to co-operate wiih
you in all measures which may tend to pro
mote the honor and enduring welfare of
our common country.
JAMES It. POLK. .
Washington, Dec. 7th, 1847.
Practical Cos-quest. Lieut. Thos. J.
My sbs, of the Massachusetts regiment, has asked
and received his discharge, and has "annexed"
himself to a beautiful senorita, near Monterey,
The fair Mexican brines her lord the cool sum
of (30,000. Lieut. Mtesi is a printer, and
is sbout establishing a newspaper st Monterey .
THE TIMES.
" Between my government sod a oretg'nnaUon,
I never ask a question : MY GO YERXMEM
IS ALWA YS RIGHT." Gtn. Taylor.
For President
General Zaclmry Taylor.
For Governor,
Blajor James S. Rollins,
of Boone.
For Lieut. Governor,
Gen. Nathaniel W. Walking,
of Cape Girardeau.
FAYETTE:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1S17.
DCJ"The Message, which wo present to
our readers to-day, was delivered to Con
gress on Tuesday, tho 7th. The enterpri
sing publishers of the Republican, had it
telegraphed to Vincennes expressed it
from there to St. Louis, and layed it before
their readers on Friday evening I
Thirtieth Congress.
Telegraphic Correspondence of the Republican.
Washington, Dec. 6, 1847.
The Senate was called to order at 12 o'clock,
by the Vice President, Mr. Dallas, who look
the chair.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr, Slicer.
Twelve of the newly elected Senators were
present, were qualified and took their seats.
Reporters were admitted, newspaper ordered,
and the Senate adjourned.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House was called to order at 12 o'clock,
by Mr. French, Clerk of the last House of
Representatives. Two hundred and nineteen
members were present.
Mr. J. Q. Adams moved to proceed to the
election of a Speaker to the thirtieth Congress.
This resolution was adopted.
The whole number of votes present being two
hundred and twenty, it was decided that one
hundred and eleven votes were necessary to sn
election.
On the first ballot, the vote stood
For Robert C. Winlhrop 108
Lynn Boyd 61
R. McClelland 23
Scattering 25
The House proceeded (o a second ballot, with
a like result.
On the third ballot, Robert C. Wimlirop,
(Whig) of Massachusetts, was declared to be
elected having received 110 votes out of 219
then present.
Some debate followed in relation to rules, and
there was a motion to adjourn lost.
Mr. B. B. French was then put in nomination
for the office of Clerk.
Whereupon, without further proceedings, a
motion was made to adjourn, end carried, eyes
112, noes 110.
We have no further news from Congress.
Samuel S. Vinton, of Ohio, was first nominated
by the Whig Caucus for Speaker, but declined,
in consequence of ill health. Mr. Wimlirop
was then nominated and accepted the nomina
tion. Thomas Jefferson Campbell, of Tennessee,
was nominated for Clerk of the House, notwith
standing several other candidates were thought
to stand before him. Mr. Campbell was a
Whig member of the 27th Congress, and had
been Clerk of the Tennessee House of Repre.
sentatives for almost a Score of years.
Nathan Sergeant, of Philadelphia, well
known as the Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia United States Gazette for a number
of years, under the signature of "Oliver Old
school," was nominated for the office of Ser
geant at Arms. Mr. Sergeant had been consid
ered as the most prominent candidate for the
Clerkship.
Mr. Homer, of New Jersey, was then chosen
as the Whig candidate for Doorkeeper, and Mr.
McCormack, Postmaster of the House prior
to the selection of Mr. Johnson, the present in.
cumbent, was named for re election to his old
post.
We already know that Mr. Winlhrop was
elected Speaker, and have no doubt the other
nominations were confirmed.
The democrats also held a caucus, but made
no nominations.
WoRKINO MeB SHOULD StODT POLITICS.
I respectfully counsel those whom I address.
(the woiking men of America,) I counsel you to
labor for a clear understanding of the subjects
which agitate the community to make them
your study, instead of wasting your leisure in
vague, passionate talk about them. The time
thrown away by the mass of the people on the
rumors of the day, might, if better spent, give
ihem s good acquaintance with the constitution,
laws, history, and interests of their country, and
thus establish them on those great principles by
which particular measures are to be determind.
In proportion as the people thus improve them
selves, they will cease to be the'tools of design
ing politicians. Their intelligence, not their
passions and jealousies, will be addressed by
those who seek their votes. They will exercise
not a nominal, but a real influence in the govern
ment and destinies of the country, and at the
same time will forward their own growth in
truth and virtue. Dr. Chsnninj;.
' ' CEN. TAYLOR.'" r-
fieri. Tivlnr wsi rrriiverJ bv tha. kn.
-. (. -j ;
thoritics and citizens of New Orleans oa
the
'4th. The reception is spoken of aa
nir a vprrr mnonifippnt nfTrtir. Tlift Pin..
bei
ay
uno snys it was the proudest gala day
nown in the city. Tho General rode his
ild'
white horso on the occasion. We shall
try
and make room for a detailed account
of
his reception in our next. .
rOTho Democrat and the democratic)
meeti
ing, will be attended to next week.
Our version of the meeting remain!
O0i
uncontradicted.
ILJThero is no kind of use in knocking
at
tno door ol a printing office, store, or
publ
lie shop. Walk hioiit in: then shut
the
door.
DGPNothing but Gold and Silver, or
Treas
sury notes, will bo taken in Davment
for
lands, at the Land Office in this nlar.n.
Pc
rsons for want of information nn thia
su
bieel, are frequently Dut to considerable
inconvenience in obtaining tho proper cur
rency after getting here.
Doniphan's Campaign. We learn from
the author of this work that five thousand
copies have been issued, a portion of which
are in Si. Louis, and will be in this section
soon. We are anxious to see a copy of
the work, and hope it will bo liberally pat
ronized. It ia a record of the glorious
deeds of our own fellow-citizens, written
by one of them, and should be patronized
by every Minsourian. .
Coukection. In that part of the Mei.
sage which speaks of the boundary pro
posed by Mr. Trist to Mexico, our copy
made us say twenty-two, instead of thirty'
two degrees of north latitude, as the boun
dary lino.
The Public is reminded by the N. Y. Express
that in the Congress which is to assemble on the
Gin of the next month, every member of the
House of Representatives has been chosen few xin.
gle districts, for the first time, we believe, since
tne organization ol tlie JNational Government in
17S9. For this reform the nation is indebted lo
the Whig Coneress of 1811-'42. tlieir uolitical
1 - i
opponents having since abandoned their attempts
lo repeal the law, and the States of New Ilamn.
shire, Georgia, Mississippi and Missouri, which
at uist rcsisteu it, er.a illegally elected their
Representatives by general ticket, have finally
louna tne Ssteni so popular with the people of
those Stales, thai their rcinu'iln. !.,: L
have permitted the general law to go into e ffWt
by edopiing the District system, and their Rep.
ie3entatives to Congress have been elected under
in
Ges. Scott and his Fobces. The intelligent
reader cannot havn r-tl I pH
ofhis despatches, General Scott complains that
iuo aiuuuiii ui ins lurco nas Deen greatly exaper
ated. 6
"This army " he. amit "m. j.-.
existed than surnrisril ihni An
r -- y aunt oitiiaicr Jiru-
cess on the part of certain indicidvals at home.
' numuers nave oetn generally almost trebled
in our public papers bezinnini at Wmhir,
ton" "a
No wonJer the TTnlnn
, .aw VI IIJIO UUIU UIJU
nervous remonstrance, whimpers and whines,
even while it is forced In fnnneA iUoi
.MUl two UULO.
sionsl reports of the strength of the Army, though
w..cu i.u.u uniuiHi sources, may nave been
overstated, due allowance not being made for
losscss end non-effectives.
ST. LOUIS MARKET Dee. 13th. 1847.
The Brittanta's news, received this morninsr.
has had nn vmihlu m. -n a .
- .. -u un mo iiuiir ma met,
which continues dull at g4 73 a ftt 87A.and
cuuiiueu uitogetner to retail
alcs. The cold weather caused an improvement
in the price of 'A hent, of which sales to-dav
were to a mofcrno .visni u ...,.. .
i.,nc u jihj river
and city miller, at the following rantre of prices:
f'n Vft r no 1 " 10 V4C ' !'r and good
rail 02 to Obc.; prune and choice 93 a $1 per
Imshel. Sale of 1,000 sacks Oats, from store, el
Sale of fi3 hM. Pn.l, .... .. .
(prime,) at ff.5 80; mess at $7 hfl; 30 bbl. mess,
inspected, at fi.9. Small lot of No. 1 Lard, in
kegs, at5Jc. Of Hogi, we hear of 500 to 600
head being taken at & 25 a ?j 50, dividing oa
i) lbs. "
NEW ORLEANS Dee. 4. 1347.
Floor Thn nnlv uln .. .. l,.. r ... j... -
, P rn I " ui IU-USV IS A
IutofloO bills. Ohio, from store, at $5 a7J.
n..i-fuming iranspirea to-Uay. Ordinary
held at tUSl lfUIII S....L-. n.,m.l .L-. . . .1
. , ", '"f WUIUII 91 VO
was refused in the morning, was subsequently
Ruin nn nriunta Inrn.a
. .... -. H.I
Corn Market nf.ir.tr lnsAem.n
consumption, at 59 a GOc.
wats .)u ana uuu sacks sold at 40o.
Pock--Ships 1 0il MU mna . '
... s private lerini''
meijs retailing at $10 50 and prime at $3 50.
. priiiiu so;a at fiD 00, and yes
I', not before transpired, 300 bU. prime and
lUO bbls. mess on private terms.
Lard Prime, firm CJe.
Baooi.no and Balk Kore Retailing at 13 a
10c. for foimer, end 8c. for latter.
FOREIGN MARKET.
LivEnrooL, Nuv. 19, 18 n.
ConM MlDVPT Pna. iuo.1... .. I a n .
- - - ii innai nuur 10
30s. per bbl. Richmond and Alexandria 23 to 28s.
7 , - "r"" "u uuiiiniore to w.
fid. New OrlnAna Mint ni.in fl . 0"i- 11.....
. ,. . iu ia. Ullliea
btates and Canadian, soured, 21 to 23s. Indian
cm Mr H'mncroo iuos. inuian meal per bbl.
lo. 6d. to 16s. 3(1. r
Wheat United States and Canadian white and
mixfd per 70 lbs. 7s. 6d. to Oa; red 0 to 8s.
Oats, per 45 lbs., 2s. Od. to 3s.
Barley", pir 00 lbs., 3 to 4s.
Rye, per 48 lbs. , 3s. to. 4s.
Peas, per 50 lbs., 31s to 40s.
Indian Meal, for Irish supplies, is also ver
brisk in London, but is by no means so actives
in Liverpool and throughout the provinces. Oa
Wednesday the attendunce of the buyers at Mark
Lane was very sinull, and tho transactions were
exceedingly limited quotations, however, had not
receded.
Cotton Mobile, ordinary to middling. SI to
41 nor lh- fair In m,l ft. i. A I ... K . . .?
i f : t V - B . . ' K""'i to nne,
5Jto53; ordinary lo middling, 3 to 4h fair to
good fair, 5to5J; good I o fine, 4J to 01: Ala-
bam A mid TpnnpHAA. nrrlinvn n : j m .
4J; fair to good fair not quoted; bowed Georei.
ordinary lo middling, 3 10 4J; lair totfood fair.
5Mo 5i goad to fine. 5 l0 5J; Sea Maod
ranges from ordinary to fine, 6 to ldj.: do. ttem-
mpii. rtFHlliftru ti ina 11 lAflt. ' "
Provisions riainir luof
iwa fc r"siiu iiifrs, per UvTOm
of 800 lbs , new, B4s.j per bbl of 800 lbs., 40.
VW '