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Washington, April 24,1SW J
In the 16'h year of the reigm ol Charles I ,
the Court of Star Chamber was abolished in
England Since that period there has been no
secret tribunal in that country. The Court of
Star Cnamber existed by act of Parliament, and
by act of Parliament it was abolished Even
the Tudors Jarrd not assume the power of con
stituting such a court without legislative authority
Its powers weredt fin^d by statute. Every
#ub|?-ct whs aware of the extent ot its penal jurisdiction.
The principles of liberty were rather
undf fined in England two centuries ago;
and yet, two centuries ago, that remnant of despot
sm was swept away. The two most odious
lea ures of that court were, that its prooeedings
wrrr secret, and that it deprived the subject ot
the sacred privilege of trial by hit peers It was
these tettiur?*s that ciused its destruction A
secret tribunal is now as obsolete in England a?
pmishineut by the rac k or the pincers!
The S-nate of the United State*, in 1S48. have
revived tuis same Court vf Siur Chamber, which
?h?* nwnuln nt I** ?* nIa r? A ? * 1 (I 11 r
rate. The Senate have arrestrd a citizen of the
Uuited Stales?have dragged him before the
body in cecretcession?have tried him in secret
?refusing him the aid of counsel?refus'Dg to
hen hie defenc?refusing hnn tri 1 by his peers;
and have aWjudfltd and punished Jutn in secret
The Star Chamber n> ver went further Neither
the c.uisiitu ion nor the lawsof the United States
recognise the rght ot tli" Senate to ho d secret
judicial proceedings The d ff-*r> nc, then, hetwern
ihe Court ot Star Chamber Hud the Senat>
is, tint tne tvrauny of the on-* was recognlz-d
and -ustaiu^d by acis ot Parliament, while th>
tyranny of the other is not auth>riz-d by anytning,
either in the |.,w? or trie constitution. Tt-e
proc-ss in both tribunals is similar, only tha'
the Senate proceeding-, in addition to the enormities
ot the Euglikh tribunal, have astrong dash
ot the Spamsn luquisition. I sneak now not in
discourtesy to the Senate, but in reproba'ion 01
their course, controlled as it was by influncrs
the most sordid. 1 speak more especially of their
arresting a citizen in open dty?trying him before
a s cret tribunal?relusii g him the aid ol
counsel?mid denying to him the right to modify
and explain his testimony, a?d to speak in hi?
own defence in Enuland, ui^der a system which
every republican must r-gird as odiously oppr-s
sive, tr.ere is, nevertheless, no secret tribunal,
.ind no tribunal by which a su^j-ct is refuseo
those rights and privileges denied by tie Senate
to me. A criminal convicted of the most heni"UtT
all nffenc? s, is alw.tVB allowed counsel, aad is
jiever condemned until he is h"?rd, it he desire
to speak in his own defence. No tribunal in this
counirv, out pf this district, at least, (tor here ind-pendeiice
is not expected to form a com
pournt part of the judicial chraciet,) wouid
venture, under control of any mflu-nce whatev
er, to tondrmu a citizen untuard In courts oi
justice, men convicted of capital offences Bracked,
before r? ceiving sentence, if ?h?y h?vaught
io say in their own hehtif; and it unabi*
troin indisposition to proceed, tic y are allowed
time livery la<vy?x will rtcillect an instauce
ot this unture, in h<s own proiessional experience.
Aud yet, to me, convicted not of a capital
? ffence, but ot an act for which I have received
the. commendation of everv houorabU
man, in that bodv and uut of it?this nnvile"
wua relu? d Am 1'Xiravmjaiit in stigmatising
this whole proceeding as parti-king of the wor?i
features of the Star Caambcr and tlie Inquisition!
Can the Senators from New York absolve
themselves 1r?m criminal a quiescence in thir
iniquitous a>d mea.i procedure! I desire lo
speak ot both gentlemen courteously Respec
is auother thing. One cinnot respect a coward;
and both have proved recreant. They trembled
before the corrupt minions of the lafimtessimally
em ill despot of ttie Whitt House. 1 rpeak ssdispas
sionatrly as advisedly, when Is y they acted not
lrom conviction, but from cowardice. Where was
that tervtd radicahetn which, in the cause of democracy,
two short years a?o, d?red to encounter
the gigantic intellect if Mr Webster 1 Cold
and shivering like a whipped spaniel, beneath
the lash of iVlr Turney As lor Mr. D.x, he
was always a conservatively moderate mau?extremely
moderate?resp-ctably moderate; on tintoccasion
he was pli tutly moderate It sounde
admirably well, this bowing the haughty neck ot
'.he Empire State at the footstool of corruption;?
(his tact, that the two Senatois from the gre?t
State ot New York, to whom wus confided the
priceless treasure ot the honor ot that noble people,
should wituess this villanous oppression ?
a tellow citizen from the nine State, and never
once wag their tongues in his benalt. Let thos'
gentlemen take this article, when next they beseige
the door of the President wnh thehutnble petition
ot some constituent ambitious to be the
recipient of bis bounty, and presenting it, obtain
a coodeacendn g audience. The record ot their
pliancy will be the best purport to the ftvor ol
him at whos- bidding they were ignobly silent
when their S ates, honor, demanded that theit
voices should b- he?rd
People, of New York, let me not do these
gentlemen injustice. They did not utt<-r atrocious
sentiments like Turney, nor malignant
stupidity tike Moor; nor did they act
the pari of an augrv boy, smarting uader a
m<trifr*H r?thiife#? lik?* nor of u mn.i nnn.
sequential attorney ?t th* Mirk -leddle stamp,
like Jonuson; nor like Upham or H?le; (tor
both the latter are iud-6cribable by any allowable
similitude,)?nothing ol the sort. When ttu
record simII be published, it will he found h it
both the Senators from New York, generally,
gave their vote, when they did not dodge n,
ug-tinet ttio?e meanly oppressive proceedings
which they should nave denounced loudly, emphatically,
indignantly, in the name ol the peo
pie ol New York, who would have glorious!)
sustained them. Will the people of .\tw York
sustain them in their recremicy 1
But again, let me not do these gentlemen injustice
Mr D i avers that he positively woald
have done his duty, but that it was absolutely
unnecessary. Mr roote, he says, did all thai
could be done. True, I was defended by one
generous, bold, brave man, who shrank not from
responsibility, nor wearied once in ihe mamy
fight he wagrd tor the rights of the citizen anu
tii- ireedoin ol the press. But of wha; avail the
efforts of one man against such odds 1 They
could not out 11 ink hnn in argument, but they
could out-vote him This is, then, Mr Dix's
idea ol chivalry. He sees a rnau bouud, fettered,
K-'W'd, assailed by a host of some tnirty or
forty, and defended by one true,manly heart tha<
quails not before the dastardly throng, but defiet
tnem, and shields his friend's defenceless body
with his own breast. And Mr. Dix, looking
quietly on, folds his arms, declining, in his moderation,
to interfere. Will Mr. Dix libel the
people of New York, by saying lie has learned
such principles of chivalry from them ? or has
he received instructions from them to help to revive
the Court of Star Chamber 1 or to force citizens
to take infamous oaths 1 or to imprison
them tor not consenting to violate th?ir honor 1
I am sorry for Mr Dix. Galvunsis
Washinoton, April 25, lt43
Kraft'. I * ' "
?il Ctti VKl QJ M ?J(lg ?
Chapter lit of Polk'i Chronicles? I t'/io Struck
Billy Patter ton?Sam J/ouiton'i Chance* ?Gm
Can't Fourteen State?? ll'aJker the Greatett
Financier of the JVftn World.
This day, has been transmitted a letter of some
ixty pages, among otiier correspondence be
twecn the War D-pariment and Gen. Scott,
winch will prove Governor Marcy one of the
most brilli?f- letter writer* of the age; it is
dated, I believe, upon the 21*t, and contains a
cornpiete luminary of all Gen. Scott'sgrievances,
and a pungent answer to them?such an answer
as will prove to the pubiic that many of hi* complaints
and bickerings were the result of a morbid
disposition, and hid no real grounda of complaint.
Governor Marcy, in the matter, haa acted
with a wisdom and a sagacity unequalled in
our times; and. whereas letter writing has been
the bane of some of our moat forward politicians,
it may be the means of making Secretary
Marcy President yet. There it no telling, but
eher trickery and vttlor, honesty may uet a trial :
and no man can gainsay that the War Department
?-ver had a m >re ffficieut head tlua at the present
time?and a head, loo, that never has been
turned bv its proximity to the executive mansion;
but has t)?*en bow^d to the support ol the
glory and honor ol our common country.
Ii has been ascertained to a dead certainty
tnaiMr Polk, att?-r nimselt, prefers the Secretary
ot the Navy for President Mr. John H.
Macon is mi l to b* his choice for the succession
If so, this accounts for his management,
and that ?>l his agents in the South and elsewhere.
The levrrs at the White House are as
lean as Pharaoh's kine; but Mr. Polk has the
consolation ot knowing, that by prudence and
i l onomy lias made made the moot ot his i>osition,
toaaf nothing ol his intrigues and littfeneaene
Rejoice, O, Tennessee, and lift up your voice in
his praise! Your people have fattened upon his
bounty by tfoa and by thousands; your tons
have beeu appointed to placea of worth ; and the
highest plac-s of truat have been given to them
The Nil- ot his patronage has been poured
through the bosom ol vour land, and long wtli
ye rejoice as a land of plenty; for thejr who went
awny l*-an shal return fat Thus will end the
tourth chapter of Polk's chronicles It is now
said (hat all whohad any thins to do. with Trisi's
commission disown it; the Secretary of State
Wds not in favor ot his appointment, neither was
the President. So he must have made it out
himself. We should like to get at the truth of
'his, ?s both disown it Y?*f, when the 'wo great
s-crets of the age are solved, viz.: " Who married
Contain Scntnley 1" and " Who struck William
P>tter*on 1" then will be determined
who wati|ia favor of appointing N. P. Trist. It's
curious how odious both the man xnd ins acts
have beiotne?and it shows that Polk has no
more knowlede of those who are around him than
of the inscriptions on the tomb of the prophet
Mahomet. G'n Hous'on's stock for the Presidency
ceenis to be rising, at the present time?
and his chancs will be good, if a souttwn
statesman is to be nominated Ot this there is not
much certainty, as fourteen States are already
pledged to Gen. Ciss. He is an extraordinary
man, and has always been equal to the gr-qtness
ot the tirms tnat have surrounded him. Walker,
with h s tremendous financial abilities, begins
to atuact the eyrs ot many for that coveted
siatiou In my next I cha l i*e you the history
ot a plot ot the wnigs, which is rapidly maturing,
mo wnica wm astonisn ana interest your
renders. UsMAULit
Washi.no ton, April 26,1S48.
The Secretary of the 1 rtatury.
While the English Premier is trying his b<?t
to decrease thejjmighty expenditures, and an
over taxed people groan under their burdens,
ready at the first opportunity to dash them from
their lacerated backs ; while, in his reports, he
makeB the same trite display at retrenchment,
and a decrease of the civil lists; yet still, the
interest of the national debt hangs like an incubus,
and crushes the energies of thn people ol
Britain to the earth ; while Gamier Pages tries
in every way ; to make the best of a deplorable
state of things in France, where monarchy has
brought the inevitable ruin of thousands in its
train ; aud the only resource left to them seemH
repudiation ; we, the model republic, present to
ihe world a spectacle ot financial ability, both in
credit and resources,that the world has ever seen
From the m >meut that the present Secretary
entered that high office, which has received hll
the t-ner^iea ot his nuud?with a lore-thought
did he conceive the uUa of giving to the public,
m a digested form, the mass of valuable lulortnalon
that had been hoarded up among its archives
(lis reports evince a knowledge nnd a clearness
that are seldom found in mere fis'.al statements,
and have been the glory ot Polk's adminis
nation; and from first to last his estimates havr
oeen more than realised. His last estimue of th
last fiscal year is thirty-one millions, and the n< i
receipts now amount to twenty-nine millions,
*hich is only the first ten months ot it, leaving
wo months to exceed th <t amount s< me three or
four .niliions at leas . Tne?? are facts that the
public anould know ; and after carefmly wading
through tieasury reports from Alexauder Harm on
io the i>rrgeni time, 1 have become convinced
that mat department has never had an
abler head Toe error of a subordinate clerk ol
some six millions was nut attributable to him
&ave by thos<- who knew not thai he was proet< a
led upon a bed of sickness at the time, and hniBtily
glancing over the report, it escaped his
usual keen observation ; and even it any oue
should Use so weak a Wriinnn Hfmnst nne nf ih>
iblest men our country lies produced, it is ai.
evideuce. of hia greut public virtue, thuwmg that
they can find no other. Iu any European government
the subordinate would have been ut
ome dismissed ; but owing to Mr. Walker's
kindness vi heart he still occupies the positiou
that be has lorleited. * Tis true he does not need
the d-tence ot so humble a person as myself;
but still it is not his tame as a statesman that
wius regard that has made his name famous her*
mid in Europe, but hiB many noble qualities a*
a man. At the present time, when the excitements
are rile, 1 would try and do justice to a
man that envy fain would make her mark..
Troth Teller.
Washington, April 21, 1848
It is said that the President of the United
states issued an order to the clerks employed in
the departments, to abstain from all interference
in the disturb&ncts expected to takepl&ce in this
ciiy, last week, relative to the slave abduction
What right had the President to dictate a line of
conduct to those in the employ of the departments
1 Is he commander-in-chief ot the clerks,
as well as of the army and navy 1 It seems that
now, whenever an excitement is got up by a few
lUoiiwonisis, me riot aci is 10 oe read 10 inclerks
la it that Mr. Polk'a term ia drawing an
n~ar a close, that he h?s a keener appetite tor
ih^ lust of power and means to revel, while he
may, ia the exercise ot the pettiest authoritx
which he can venture to wield 1 He dragooned
he Senate in the case ot your cor respondent,
Galvienais. What a dignified Senate,
>o be dragooned by such a man 1 duo
mw he triea hia hand on the clerks ?
He will soon descend to the app'e-women
It would seem that even Mr. Ritchie it
gettinu disgusted with the knavish trick* of the
artful dodtf-r ot the Wnite House; no Presidential
puff has appeared in the Union for thre<
whole days. I his is surt in?; and taken in connection
with oiher movements, tven alarming
Hie state of Europe may have unfortunately
turned the poor old g ntlemai.'s brain. D>eo hr
mean to revolt and revolutionize the admmistration,
or has he q i-?ly ratted I In my next I wili
relate how Simon CmiTon, ot Pr-nnsylvani?,
nas sold at private Bale, James Buchanan, of th?same
State, to James K. Polk, of Tennessee, in
consideration that he, the said S mon, snail be
run on Mr. Polk's ticket, i.^r ihe Vice Presidency.
L'lok to your place, Mi. Dalla*.
0 Pellico.
P S?I forgot to s iythatMr. Hnnneganmade
the appalling ann ment in his seat, the otht i
day, that he i > r,v disregard* aud despises
newspaper article The decoration was more
than usually spas. die ; and cios? ly observing
his features, (1 w^.s ve-ry near him) I apprehended
a fit ot hysterics; but he soon rallied
Tnisnews will have a fearful eff-ct on the press
I w?h about to tay something in Mr. II<*nn*'uan,c<
defence atjauisi the attacks of your other cor
respondents ; but to whut purpose now, since he
has absolutely withdrawn the light ot his coun
t- nance from all newspapers?this implacable
Mr. H&nnegan. -
Wasbj.noto^, April 26, 1848
On Dit$.
For the last week the whigs have been quietly
engaged in making arrangements for the union
upon General Scott?it seems that this is the
only way for them to do, to warrant them a slia
dow of success. Suoh being the case, we Bhould
not be at all surprised to see him the choice of
the whig national convention We understand
that he ia disinclined to rua as second to Mr.
Clay's ticket. It is first or nothing with him.
This is the peculiar aspect of affairs at the
present time, and it will be strange if it will not
create a blow-up in the whig wigwam. You
oan aepena upon mcseaeveiopment*. How Mr
Clay will aubmit to be put aside, remains to bseen.
Brigadier General Twiggs is in town,
and a finer specimen of a brave old soldier was
never seen?wnh frank, Iree, manners, and a
brow wrinkled, and silvered over by a long and
d'-voted service to his country ; he is an object
of admiration wherever he goes May the bleselnga
of heaven attend these preservers of our
country's honor wherever they may wend, and
peace cown their days with gladueas.
Lately we understand that Father Ritchie ta
fraternizing with BUir It auch be the caae, and
we have no doubt of it, the convention may go
off with the greateat harmony. Aa yet, the Senate
haa taken no action upon Mr.Nugent's caae,
and with the exception of a good speech mad*
to-day in the Houae of Repreaentativea by Mr
Houaton, of Alabama, there la no newa. The
ahadow of a tremendous army for a peace eatablishment
begins to trouble the political seers,
and it la worthy of the timely consideration of
our beat men ; yet there are eo mmy membera of
Congr'Sfe who have relatives in the army, and
who are interested in making a large accession
to the regular torce, that they may aiiccerd- II
so, the time may come when our country will
be cursed by the dictatorioui rule of military
chieltains and their adherents. "An ounee of
prevention is worth a pound of cure," and the
old and well tried adage should not be loat in the
present cnais. I shall only write you when there
is something worthy of communicating.
oirillo.
Washihoton, April 26, 1848.
Protection to Commerce?Sloop* of-war Brig*?
General* Scott and Taylor, etc.
Among the many reports made from the standing
committeea of the House, to-day, was one
by Mr. T. B. King, from the Coininitt?e on Naval
Affairs. Tha first acction provides, that, for
?
the parpoae of affording more effectual protection
to our commerce, it shall be tbe duty of the
Secretary of the Navy to cause to be consiructed
twenty sloops-nf war brigs, if not less than
four hundred and fifty tons burden, mch capable
of carrying h suitable armament of long h-avy
gun<; 2, For the purpose of tesiing the f-kilj of
architects employed in building merchant ships,
and ihe experiment of building ehips of war by
contract, the Secretary ol the Navy is directed
to have ten of said brig* built by contract
; no iteraon to be allowed to contract
for or to build any one of tnem unless he produces
the most satisfactory evid'-nces that he is
regarded as among the most skilful ship-builders
in pur country; all bids for said contracts to be
opened in the presence of the bidders; 3, The
Secretary of the Navy sh-ill not, m anywise, in
leifers with or dictate to the builders; 4, The
four naval arch'tects, however, are to have s >me
agency, which is specified; and, 5, One million
of dollars is to be appropriated to carry the provisions
of the law into effect.
Mr King, we hope, may be successful in having
his bill passed during the present session of
Congress.
A debate took place in the House, to-day, with
regard to reducing the number of Major Generals
to one, uud trie number of Brigadier Generals
to two, as they existed before the war with
Mexico The kw makes it imperative ou the
President to do this. Either Scott or Taylor
must be dismissed, and the bill of Mr Burt nro
o?es to relievr him lroin itie necessity Your
reporter has probabiy lurmshed you with the
particulars
Horace Greeley, the man in the white coat is
in town. He has not coins here to use his influence
tor Gtner&l Taylor. Felix.
Washinoton, April 26, 1S48.
The Prisoner of the Stnate.
The prisoner of ihe Senate remains in the
room ot the Committee on Territories, under
ttie care of a d<>or-k< eper during the day, aud at
Mr. Sergeant Beak's house during the night
Alter a tedious debate 011 the California claims,
the Senate went into Executive Session, but before
they came to the question olthe enjailment
or liberation of Mr. Nugent, there was no
otiorum left, and so they adjourued. The 'ac' ip,
iney do uoi know what to do. 11 th>*y put th
prisoner in jail, they will only aggravate the
exercise of an as?-uni-d desuotic power; if they
release tnin, th^y will tacitly confers that they
'inve been acting in a manner as ridiculous as
it has been unprecedented and unwarranted by
the uature <?f the t>lFen? e, or the unlimited
authority assumed in us investigation.
Iti Potiteks
W*jH KoroN, April 26, 1848
The Presidency?The IVhigi?The Taylor Alternat've.
The whigs are in a<i inexplicable state of confusion.
The Taylor men are busi, working hard,
tnough silently,for the return of a sufficient force
to Philadelphia to dt-lea', first, the nomination of
Clay?to accomplish, secondly, the nomination
at Uld Jtougn and Keady. The idea of runmug
him on the tree lint is abandoned ; and if Taylor
does not get the Philadelphia nomination he will
he abandoned, and the no-party Taylor men will
tange themselves on either th" wni^ or democra
>ic side, according to their ideas of the general
result. From the movement* of the underground
Taylor men, the managers of that party, one
ihing we hold to be certain, vix: that they hive
resolved to throw their chances into the whig
convention, and ihit it they fail there, General
Taylor wi.l cease to be a candidate.
Santa Anna.
Washington, April 26, 1848
Horace Greeley?Trouble in the Encamjtmcnt
II>race Greeley is here, and being here just
at this juncture, it is clear there is something
wrong in the machinery. Indeed, it is said the
Southern whig*, on account of that declaration ol
Mr. Clay, that he is the only whig candidate,
south of Mason and Dixon, who could carry
either New York. Ohio or Pennsylvania, ure
d spos-d to drop off?disonsed to consider that
Mr Clay ha* sold himself to the abolitionists,
?nd, therefore, not to be relied upon by the
South. This disaffection has doubtless brought
<>n Mr. Greeley. There is one man of whom he
need hxve no fear, that is John &I. Bolt*. lie i?
thar But whether the Southern whigs generally
will go over to Taylor or to General Soon
there is no divining. There is a strong diversion
in favor o? Scott for the Presidency, and
Bolts for the Vice; but Mr. B > ts declares, as
we are informed, that his only ticket before the
convention is Clay. Old IIasty.
Washington, April 2(5, 1818.
General Cass.
General Cass holds a pretty good hand. Hie
great strength is in the North-west. 11 is weakness
is in the South. Ue has made large concessions
to the South, but not enough. H- is
opposed to the Wilnnt proviso Very good,
tie u id not attend the Chicago Harbor and River
Convention. Good again. Bat then we insist
to know what are his latest views on rivers and
harbors. He is rig t on the proviso ; he is right
on the tariff; but, sir, does he believe the improvement
ol Ltitle Sodus bay to be constitutional
1 That's the question. We call the attention
of John Wentworih to this proposition ;
and of South Carolina Let them demand of
General Chss his opinions on Big Sodus and
L^trlk Sodus.
Washington, April 26, 1848.
The Mexican Treaty
The treaty is in a doubtful condition. If Pena
y Pena can raise a quorum, he can ratify the
treaty. The departure of Santa Anna to Jamaica
is, however, a bad omen. If the treaty were
popular, he wou'd have declared for it; if it is
unpopular, the three millions will have to b<drawn
upon bv Mr Sevirr to raise a Mexican
quorum to Mtifv it. It is a question, now, whether
the administra'iou desires the ratification
KithT Scott or Taylor will be on the whig ticket
tor tne Presidency. Scott may be first or second
on the ticket, and Taylor may possibly be first,
>>ut not second. But one of tho?e names may
be on the tick?t. If so, it will be p.?li( y to keep
the army in Mexico; but if the treaty be ratified,
he ariny will come home, and become a powerful
element in tiie campaign tor the uhigs Consequently,
the chances are at least tqu .1 that the
treaty will be rejected. Don Nicholas.
THIRTIETH COflUKErH.
first session.
Senate.
VfuHiKOTOK, .Aprl! 28, 1849.
Clou4y nerving?showers of rain?April day in obaraeter
Brother siloer pr***d for thn PresHint, the
4enhte. the Hous?, the Union, and all mankind. Journal
ol yesterday -petitions and reports.
Mr Bkll'i resolution, providing that a copy of the
printed report* or tho <ffioi?l reporter's prroeedlngs
?nd debate* of the Senite, be furnt'hod to e?oh member
of the Hove* of RepreseDtaUvts. to be paid for out ol
the coniiogent fund of the Seunto. wei tak<-n np.
Mr. Bell urged its passage, ?? r<quir?d from ?hat comity
end reciprnosl courtesy whicti nsUt. and which
should always bo scrupuliudy maintain*] between the
two Hcuie*.
Mr. Tc*i**t was opposed to the resolution. The
Home were lopplUd with the OngresMoual Oloht and
JlpptnAix, which pure the proceedings of the Senile,
> well of the House. end twlre copies
were given to each member This additional expen**
wm, therefore, not celled for lie bad another
objection. He had ezpec ed the S mator from Mies nri
(Col Benton) would bare called up bli resolution of the
lent session, for rescinding tb* resolution employing
the oflolal reporter for the Senate His rejnr<s cost
three time* a* much a* the Cnngreistofiiii Gtohe, nnd
they wer* very Irregularly ncelred U the House de
sire thos* reports, let them ord'r them for theras-l?es
They m*y perhaps get tli?m at less tbsn the three
prioe* which we h?v?to pay for th?ir. I more you
therefor*, sir, that the resolution b? rtferred te the comnlttee
on printing.
Mr Cuattow contended that that th* Senate never
had bad auoh good and full reports as at th* present
session Ther* wer*, It Is trae, some deflotonoles In
ib**? offleikl report* j but thee* could b* remedied by *
increase cf pay, which woul l Justify the reporter in increeslng
hi* corps, and In such an arrangement as would
secure the prompt printing cf the report* Now, it was
impossible to do it when the d?betes extended somerimaa
threogh flee or sin hours of the day He hoped
the new *y*tem of report* would neeer be abandoned :
r>nl LKnf atiAnlH ftn lr.nvr>*isi? 4* - -?
- "- "B ?, ???
what?f?r dtfloienolea m*y exi*t
Mr. Tuewir reiterated itm groaD j* of opi>o*ltJon ,
bat the reeoletion to furnish the Hons# with the .rep* rti
ill sd<>p!?4-98 to 1 A.
MB. HAI.E AflAIN OT> * Kl'LID
The Vi?r Pmiiidekt announced the qneotion ol leave
to the Senator from N. H. to b'lng Id a btll,ae next in
order
Mr Bxntoi* nsored to *u*pend the prior order*, and
to tak* up the bill on California claim*
Mr Hai-e desired only the ay* and noa* upon the
quretlcn of the rercpticn of hi* bill.
Mr Bad nam atked leave for u moment, which waa
given, to i ffer, and he r.ffrred. a r-nolntion Instructing
ihe eommlttee on tbe Liorary to (inn hn?. If It can be
had on reasonable term*, the full length portrait painted
by Mr Brown, of Rlohm?n?t. Va, ot Major Oeneral/?chary
Taylor, which poitrelt (and hu excellent on* it
la) la now la tho rotunda v; tbia capitvl for nir.llo intpectlon.
Tbe (taxation Ilea over till to-morrow.
Tbe OelUocata bill WM then taken ap. M to 7, ead by
kbit vote taktag pteoedenee and oTerralliag tbe notion
of Mr. Hale for a Tote opon hi* bill, for the protection of k
property la this district. o
Ml MAMta'l UHRDHIRT. II
Mi Mason moved to MMnd ib? bill, *o that the three
peraons propoaed tor the adjudication of lb?ae *700,000 fl
worth of elaiaaa, shall be 1-tt to Uu ippolatmwt of tbe ?
Prmijent. to bo confirmed by the Ban Mo, instead of
being designated by bum Id tbe bill, aunh designation a
being. aa ooa'ended bj Mr. Maaon, m assumption of the
?mouti*o powers of appointment by tbo lsgliletiTe da- b
part most of I he government b
Messrs Underwood Dana of Mlaa.. Nllaa, Phelps Crit!
lend en, Allan and Bailor dltoossed the oonatlntlonal a
q iestl >n raided, end Incidentelly the general merits of the ti
bill ; Mr. Cuss ooucluJIog the debate I f tbe day witb
?<ma Kcnaral remark* In viadioatlon of tha appropria- ii
tlon, an i In arfios tbe pasesge of tba mnaiure. a
Oa motion ol Mr. B ado be. the Senate want Into ax- c
ecative sttsion.
i
Honae of Kepreeentatvea
W*iHi"OTOB, April 28,1848 1
aoBHBirONBancc.
Tba SrcAXca laid hutore tna House a oommunieaUoD 0
from (be President aclosiog tba remainder of tbeoor- 1
resoondancs b<*tu een General Scott and tbo War Da- c
pertinent, wh'oh waa ordered to be printed. 0
Mr Con moved that an extra number of the dooo- t
mints be printed 0
A similar moiloa with regard to the oorrespondeaoe '
between Messrs. Bartmoaa and Trist, Soott aod Triat
Tavlor, fee., was made more than a month mo. Mr. !
Cliwguan waeentnifd te tbe floor upon the ?ul>J*ct;
but. at tb? request of teveral gentlem?n. he was willing
to tor* go making 1 em ark* until to-aiorrow, to whioh tlmr
lb* ?uhjert la postponed.
waba0h and erik canal.
Commi'tMi w re called for report*; among th?m wa?
one Bad* by Mr. Collamer, In relation to the Wabaab
and Erie Canal, [it appear* that Congr*** made an ap
proprlation of land*, bat it was aubaequently dl*ooT*r?d
tbat aome ot tbem w?re Indian reiervaiioa* and pra-empi
ioaa. Tbia bill la to enable the seleotlon to be mad* from
otftvr land*, about whieh there la no dlaputa ] It ana
carried through the *ev*ial atagea. and paaaed.
uncovkria or the Columbia river.
Mr. Bbodhead, lrom the Committee on Fnbllo Landa,
reported a bill for the relief of Mr* Manba Gray, widow
of captain Uray, the diacoror of the Columbia river;
wblob waa referred to the Committee of the Whole on
ill* State of tbe Union, and ordered to be printed.
T rani PORT at ion Or the mails
_ Mr Jonei, of Tenueaaae, from tbe Committee on tbe
roit utnoe, reported a bin 10 limit (be amount of compensation
to be pail for the transportation of the mails 1
urer railroads and In steamboats; whioh was similarly
ill.posed of.
Mr. Burt, from the committee oa military affairs, re- 1
ported a bill providing far bringing home to the United
States. the remains of do warnl ofliaers and soldiers vho
were killed lo buttle in Mexioe ; and on bla motion tha 1
bill was laid upon the table. 1
MlJOR OKNERALS iCOTT A > D TAVLOR ? OIIMIIilOIf ? ??BUCTIOM
OF TNI ARMT.
Mr BuaT, from the fame oonthitt-e, also reported a '
subjtltu'e lor the bill to repeal a part of the proviso o'
the sot of tha 18th ol J una, 1^49. Ho moved that it be
now plaoed upon Ha passage
Tha bill wai read ; it propoaei to repeal tha proviso
that when the war anail terminate and a treaty of peaoe 1
be ratified, the major generate shall be reduoed to one in
uuniber and the brigadi?r general* to two. The President
ia to eeleot from the whole number who may then
b? In cfflo*. without r>g?rd to date of commission ; and
tha rert are to be dismissed.
Mr Boar?I beg to say to the House a few words in
eiplaca lou It la knowu that tba proviso requires, a
the termination of the w?r and the ratlBoatton of th>
treaty Ot peacewitli Meslo, that thenuoiberof m-j i
? nereis and brg-idier general* shall be r'duoed. We
?re id oonlant ?xp>cta<ion that a treaty of pe*ce wll>
be ratihed. Under tbe act of 1846, it becomes the duty
ot tbe Trei-ident to select one from toe two mejor g>n*
rail or tbe army, and two from tbe fou' brl?adi< r geuei
als, without refetonoo to tbe datee o their commission
It trill bs seen that the proviso ?bso u ely reqiiref
that a reanction shall be male, iber-b? an icipat?ng tbe
reduction uf be army to a military pease estitiiiih
ui-ut. rh?re will ae no alterative ueieas tbii bill be
p*sse<); and one ar other, ai'bsr Major O neral 8aott o>
\l>jor Oenernl Taylor, mu?t under tui< provision of tbe
-.ot of lS4d, be disooarged from tue service of the United
States It te known t atO.-n-ral Taylor received hi
ap(K>intnaeoc as M?jor Ueucral under tbe authority of
the aot of June. IMS He ia now a M?J >r Ganeral; an<>
-uher he o- Ge jural 8 ?ott must necessa*ily be dismlaterf,
unless tbe proviso be repealed. It cannot be the dealte
of the House that cither shall be deprived of his oomm
ss'on.
Mr Bovb ?I move thit the hill ha nfanv^
committee of ttaf whole on the atateof the Union Th
flcoi of the Dill, it' p*s?nd, will tin to doable the number '
of M.jor Uea.riii and Brigadier Geanuls which exiateri
*t th? o miur.noemeLtof .he war. 1 an oppoaedto that
and hcp? that tb? bill will be referred
Mr. Burt?i beg to i>j to the Houae that, if the molion
of the gentleman from Kentucky prevail, it will I 0
- qutvalrnt to the rejeotion of the bill it will be equivalent
in thla way: II ih? Dili be referred to the oommitte01
the wh?le 011 the atite of the Uoion, and take itr
order on the oalendar, 1 undertake to aay that, from the
uauai oourae of bualoeia. it will a t be reached duriog
1 lie aeaalon, and I warn the House now, if they mean ft
rrjeot the bill, if tbey icean to anperinduoe a neoewl y
for one of theae M?jur C?n?rala to go one of aerriee, 1.
1 hem refer it to the oomaiittee of the whole on the state
..t th. IJnlnm
Mr. Botti?It will be recollected that the act of 1846 I
I contains a proviso which makes It the imperative duty
t the Prrsldent, on the termination of the war toredu-r '
he number of m'jor general* and brigadier generals t(
DM of the a lit nines and to two of the latter, and the Prsident
ii authona -d and directed to select from the whole 1
number which May than be In offlae. without regard to
lata of oommtseion. to be retained; "the others are to b? 1
discharged Either General Soott or General Teylcr
most necessarily b* deprived oi his commission Oue o< '
the friends of tne President has mentioned the deeire ?f
the President that the law be repealed I say, to th'
oredit ol to* President, that he dors not deslte tbi? ois
oration t > be oonilnuel in bis hands And in the lio 1
5>is(e of the g*utUin?n from Itouth Caro lna [ VIr Bnrt,J
i say if gentle nen-w>sh to defeat tti s bill, let then senn
it to the Committee of the Whole on the State of th<
Union If net, let tn?m paea the bill
Mr. Jonm, of Tennessee, expressed the hope that the
bill would not ne placed upon it? paseace. but be referred
io the Committee of th* Whole on the State of the Ualoe
Ira treaty ot peace shall lie ratifl-d, and it beeom*a ne
ceaaary to reduoe the army, [as sll suppose it is ] Is it
tor the House and Oujrees to say that, in the reduction i
ot the army, certain ofli :era, by name, shall be retained
aed others dlsmua d ttom service ? He hoped that th?
i fllesrs eng*ged lb *h? war will not all be retained in ? '
time of pea*". W?ald it not b?, in subetanoe. ex
eroising the appointment of these oBoers? He trusted that <
the appointing power would be left in the bands or the i
President. It o?nnot be exercised by Congress and, r '
any circumstances wnatever. Tne law determines th
number of ufiloera to be retained. This is not the tim?
to diecnuathe subject of the reduction ol the army. We 1
do not yet know mat we ean reduce the aimy. or that
ciroamsUnoea will require it to be done. Mr Jones de 1
sired the bill to go to the Committee of the Whole ot, 1
the State of the Union, that members may bare an op 1
portunity ot examioiog into the matter if it shall b,
proper hereaf.er to say that both Grnerah Seott and 1
Taylor (hail remain in servioe. let the sabjeot res
where the constitution h?s placed It.
Mr .Stantoi* 1 woa sorry to bear the Toioe of tb?
j gentiexau from Tennessee In oppt alimn to the bill J
j should be passed immediately. without tha slightes'
drlay. He ?u sorry that any man on his tide of tbc <
House should raduoe the Piesidrnt to the alternative c '
Jlsin ssicg el'bsr G-neral Scott or General Taylor froir
.he rorvice of ibe country Let It be remembered tha' 1
tba lav whioh the present bill designed to affect, war
paurd belore anything was done by one of these die 1
,io?ulabed c fliers The great b<ttle la oonsequenoe o
k'flh General Taylor ??i rewarded, had not heei
fought He did not know wboih?r it would be good policy
("peaking of policy la a party aspect). whether i- '
w uid oe consistent with the gratitude of the country
due to these offlrers, to dismiss either or both of tbeii (
irom the high positions tbey have attained Ha had n< 1
objection to announce bis dlsposlt.on to retain both oI 1
( hem. At amy rate, he would not, at tha present time
dismiss thaw from the service
Mr. Housrow, of Alabama, a il l that ha iateaded t< 1
' votfc 11 refer the bill to the Committee of tha Wbole oc
i .be State of the Uolon; bttt ha did not understand that,
by so voting, he went against It He desired to Invest!
' nate t&e sutjeot. I
Mr. Bona?If this b'll be referred, it will take It* <
plaoe on tha calendar behind all others.
Mr HeuaTon?Traa; bat bo* is it with the appro 1
prlation bills? They and other bills* on a taken U|
whenever Iba Hone* 4rsire to do so. I do not eara to g' <
into tba merits of tbis bill new; but my Imorerslon la I d
would vote sgaiust Itnt this time, Ihe gentleman fron
Tennessee, (Mr Atanton) seem* to bn astonished to thin*
i bat any oae wouli oppose tba immediate passage of tb? '<
bill He says that in me law paaeed a proviso of wbifll
is songnt to be repealed, nona of certain important "
things were doca Dots be pretend that General fay t
lor wm appointed In advatoe? It Is the most extraor
dioary doctr ns I evtrheera; becau-eh* rendered impor
i taut eervioes. therefore h-> ought not to bedismi s?d?
All wtio were in battle wonld have tfistiogitshed them
elves if they had had the opportunity. I know that t< r
reduce the army is almost impossible, so great is the in
Barnoo brought to bear in opposition to it Bat I desire *
to protest that to refer tbs bill Is not to vota against an? (
defeat it. I understand no such rale While I am wil
ling to reward tbe services of all, I am determined to '
take the responsib'll.y, when tba propi-r occasion arrives s
to vote down the army to a military peace establishment.
Mr. Staktow?I wish to ssk the gentleman quesliai
: Whiiherh" Is willing, on the ratification ;of a
treaty or peso*, that such men as Taylor and Kasrny '
hall be dismissed absolutely irom the service, es they
must be unless tbis blll'to repeal the provito piss? la ''
be willieg i hat such shall be the rasuh? 1 desire ft oa- '
tegorloal answer.
nil. nwviiur.? I uo iaw l>l into OrtateS IDS IDO'P,
The offlaaa were created with the purpo** and under- *
itaadlng n the p?rt of e?ery leaaible man in the army. P
In CongrfM, and the country, that ib?y were to be re- *
ducd on theoonoluMon of peace. I du not undertake
to My who I would diieharge. bat the law redaoea the 0
uumb*r of m?j'r general* aad bilgalier general* And 1
nan any man aoubt tbat the PraMdant will firmly dia '
charge hit duty ? I bare no tloubt ha will da It. Tbi* "
law aoe? not effect limetal Soott or Tay lor.
Mr. Botti aioaa JJ
The 8rr*nr??Dbm the gentleman give way. "
Mr Hou-tow?Uo ahead. .
Mr. Bott??The volunteer* and tbelr officer* all g >
out. an a matter of eoune
Yr. Houiton-I wa* going toputthli que*tlon. For thf
brilliant eerTioe* ol thete tffloer* ate we to permit then
to remain whrre they are during life ? What are we to "
do with the men <lte private* who react?* but eight
dolUra per monib 1 You want to dlinbarga them. No
eympatby 1* leit lor tlitm [A voloe?"Tb>y oan make
more bceing rorn."J No complainta are made for thing*
ol thit *ort j bat woen we oomi to mtjor general*, and '
brigaaier genrrals, or that ?ort, we ate appealed to, to "
retain them in <>fllr.? I wirb to Me a pe?oe e*tabli*hmeat
affeot officer* a* well a* men
Mr. Staktoiv?I wiih to My that If the proposition
Wai pat to Uieee eery m?n who fooght under U?a?r*la ?'
Taylor and Kearny, they would not ooiaoide with th*
gentleman that either of thorn fthould go out ol earvlee "
Mr. Hociroa-la the geatumaa in ;a?or of reducing ft<
tbe Army ' in
Mr. St an tor-1 will ana war qvlta m oMegorleally a atbe
gwtl? auwarad me. Tn wlli dlMppo4?t the
opes of th* oouiitry, Md the gratitude *nd patriottou
f thoea who fought under Uoott ard Taylor, if you dl?ilss
either of them ['That's a fact."J
Mr Hou?tow?It la an extraordinary iimt. is the
rat place, it u do answer at all. [Ha! ha!] In tha
eooud plaoe, the gentleman aeami to t??ve In view tha
IB-era, and sot tbe man. I don't know bow ha arrived
it thia.
Mr. Stanton-I presume tbe men will not desire to
* retained. [" No, they would be glad enough to ooma
io me "]
Mr. Houston?And I presume the officers will not
rant to ba retained Do offluers deaire t" be retained,
b net tbelr pay without anything to-do? If man are
staloed for pay, they would rather be retained for pay
i tbe peace establishment It ia an asperalon that
Ither olaaa deaire to be retained aa drones upon tbe
cuntry.
Mr B?bt?I beg to aay to the gentleman that there
lever was an army In a civi iaeu cour.tr,'. I defy any
nun. military rr civilian, to point out a civilised counry
oo tha face nl tue earth, where the number of old
eta to oonaaDil troops wm so rmall as that In tbe army
f tie Umtrd .stat*n Throughout tbe batilea fought in
be valiay of Mexico, oclonels commanded brigades,
aptalns commandrd regiments, second lieutenants
omm>ndtd companies. %nd to on At a time when we
lad but one m?Jor generel, tbe military establishment
onsisted ot eight tbouaaud troops. Your regular army is
ntw 17 Duo men. If territory in Mrxioo be acquired
(which I suppose will be,) 1 nod-rtnse to aay thai th?
Secretary ot War, (I have had no converaation wi b
>iui,) but I undertake to say tbat the President, the Se'.rotary
of War and every body else who knows enjoin
g of the aubj jot of an army, will tall you that an
irmy ot not lese than thirty thousand will be sufficient
'or the d'lenou *f the (Jolted States 1 beg the House
;o understand that the gentleman from Alabama la totely
mlst.k*n when he complaint of the disproportion of
;he c fflcera to the troopa
Mr. Houston?The gentleman from South Carolina
loes cot present an iasue. He speaks of a disparity. If
1 had aaked him whether he would have been willing to
norease tbe number of offlaers if the war had not taken
jilaoe, he would not have been willing to increaae tba
number of officers of the peace establishment, but leave
hmira at nr? Aa & (HnMPltv It ihnnlil
s? prrmiitad to remain The gentleman >i;i that minor
filters comnsnnled iliTlsions. Does not this proceed
I ruin the fact that there are not cffloers enough, or that
hey are incompetent to the disoaarge of their duties?
Wby were not ihosa holding offices in their plaoek?
Mr. Bubt ? Th? nuuib-i of msjor Ktnerals and bristlier
generals was losoSolent in Mexioo. As to the
other*, perhaps the gentleman knows mora than I do.
Mr Houston ? Wny sro we to select m?jor generals
?nd brgaoiar generals to remain in oommiisijn, and
dtschsrge the men ? We are to retaia the general t (fleer*.
and disobarge the colouels, lieutenant colonels, th?
msjor*. and captains, who have gone out there; ana
been shot and butchered to pieces. The mor* I Investigate
the subject, the less inolined I am to draw a dis
motion between the higher and lower grad'B
Mr. Holmki. of South Carolina, obtained the floor.
Mr Thompson, of Mississippi?Hts the morning hour
ixpired T
Mr. Holmcs ? I bare the floor.
Mr. Thompson- 1 raise a question of order
The Speakea?State it.
Mr. Thompson -The morning hour far the reception
}f report* has expired
The Spkakkb?When one hour has been devoted to
reports, it is in order to preeeed with the bnsinrM on the
Speaker's table. No suob motion has been m*4e
Mr. Holmes pro<Mded? He bad hoped that this bill
vould have used without the slightest difficult? Tbe
:>l'p->sition wae too manifest; to refer it to tbe committee
iraa to aefeet It. The gentleman fro 11 Alabama said we
noet put the army back N the p?aoe establishment, ae
t existed prior to tbe war; and this has been r past* d
ij the o'ber gentlemen opposed to the immediate pis
i?ge ui mo Din. niw out we umi or entering into tn?
?ar, the army, ipso f~itta, bad boon reduo*d Ciroumnances
not existieg then. do new exist We may bavr
? message of tbe President on the subject. Tbere are
?ef pie (tbe Yucatanese) holding oat their bands to na
imploring for aid. Do you believe that the American
I >vernment, who took possession ot their porta, and prerented
them from getting arms?lo you suppose that it
will stind by and tee them mastered Let the bill go to
ina Committee of lb* Whole, and It will sleep in " tbe
I >mb of the Csptilets " Deny it as they may, gentltm n
mow It Let any n?ti no; Euiops, which is now in
riolent struggles, subject our commerce to iurultaud 001
<ai!ors to ioiptc-amei.t. what would become our duty ?
I hay to you that the spirit of tbe oountry baa bean elected
by our recent viotoriea in Mex o; and the open
Ing future will not t< lerate a reiUtion of the army
Whan the wtiole world teem* to b? oroken up, will you
it onoe reduce 11 ? Bat apart from tbe generalconsiderition,
tbere is one point to which I refer. 1 am no proested
friend of the President, but ( would not do what
ii? friends wish him to do?subjeot htm to the ptlntu!
ilternative of sayiog which of the distinguished ge
j?r?l* shall be dismissed. God aare him from suob
Friends !
Mr Kinn, of Georgia-I think that tbe debate bar
tone far enough. We was'e too much time on ineiden'*1
questions. No matter bow tilvial or common in itr
character may be the subjeot before ?he House, unnejeesary
debate takes pla-.eupon it. ("That's tru*.")
I. therefore, feel myrell bound to mm the previous
icestion
Tbe SrKAKia ?If tbii should be sustained, it will out
>t! the motion to oemmit and bring the House t* a direct
rote.
Mr McKav ?I ask tbe gentleman to withdraw thnotion
for u moment. 1 wi*h to offsr an amendmsnt
Oh no !" ' Hold on to It ")
Mr. Kino - It the gentleman will renew the motion, I
irllt withdraw it. ( ' No oari(a>n*.")
Mr McKsv ? 1 will. I have aoked permission for a
peoial put pose. Tbe bill from tba Committee on Military
Affairs Is partial in its objects and operation
Every body knows that the additional officers authorised
to be appointed under the act cf 1848 are to be
lisinissed from service I am not goiog into what
iught te be a pete* establishment. Whet I now propose
s, that this proviso of 1848 shall not be repealed, but
hat its operation shall be suspended for a reasonable
imiiiriartlM i.hflollno nf - - ' ..... 1. ?<11
;hen be competent lor Congresa to decide what shall be
loon.
Mr. Botts said s^-aothlDg, not heard amid the confuion
Mr. McKay expressed the hope that the proviso
would not tie repaeied
Mr. Kiko reminded Mr MoKay that he had promised
o mora the previous question
Mr. Woodward wa? uoderatool to say that when the
pesos rstabl'sbmrnt a ill require more than ose major
{eneistl, the gentleman pro| esad to produce a vaoancy.
to be filled by n body ( Question, question."
Mr. McKay ? What I aaid wa? thla. Kvery body knows
bat the ten addition*! regiment*, offloeri and soidiers,
ire to be discharged on the ooncluaion of peace. If Cod
trees decide that there must be inoreaie over what was
a foroe before the war commenoed, th'n it will be time
cough to say wbetber theru stiell be only one or two
u?jor generals, and more than two brigadier genorals
\lr McKay'a amendment was read -That the oper..loncf
the provisioain the law of 18-18 (making it the
luty of the rreridsnt to reduoe thi number oi major
generals 10 one, and the nnmber of brigadier generals to
wo.) shall b? suspended until threo months after the
xcbungeof the rat fioatlon of a treaty lof |aiot witb
Mexico " [- Hay etid of the next n-- 10a ''J 1 call for
he prevloua question.
Mr. Wooow&ao requestod the goutltmsn to withdraw
he motion, but
Mr McKay refused to do It, b)ing under obligation to
vlr King.
The demand for the previous question was seconded,
tnd on the vote being taken on Mr McKay's amendn?nt.
it was rejected?yeas 80, nays 101.
The question was now stated on the engrossment of
.he bill, as originally introduced, when
Mr. McLafir s?U that he would not vote for it, and
noved to lay it on the table
This mot on was rioted?yeas 73. nejJ 109.
Mr. Botts? 1 in"** the previous question
The SncnaicR?The previous question is not yet ex
>aus ej. ("Question '"'question "]
in reply to a qvetion. the Speaker said that a bill
'ould not be ordered to be engrossed on the first day of
ts rednotion, if th?ra were otjxstioi.s Objection was
nade in several directions, and the bl 1 was passed over
sunnaiss
Reports were called from commltto-s A largs nam>er
was made : among them was a bill by
Mr Cabkll rrom the Committee on Naval Aflalta, auhorii'ng
a settlement of tbe expenses incurred by the
facedenien on her recent voyage to Scotland and Ireand.
which was referred to tbe Committee of the Whole
>n the tttate of the Uaion.
Mr. Cockk, front the Committee on Revolutionary
'eneiocs, reported a bill, ncl aaked tin House to devot*
>ue day to the widows and ohiidren of those who fell In
>?t'le, end mefce it the epsclsi order of the day for this
lay woek. [' I obj?ct "]
.vlr HTvrHRNS-Oa ! no
Mr Cockc ?Dn*s the gentleman remain In his seat.
nd objself [ Who obJ?eis?|
Mr. Vi*tow? I ot j.cted I deem It to hi my doty to
sake objection to all special orders until :he approprla
ton bill shall have been disposed rf
Mr Cocac ?Unlets It is made tbe special order, it
rill not be reaohed during thli tenion of Coagreia.
or Vintoi*?1 <tjiot
Mr. Butti. from tne Committee on Military Affair*
* ported a bill to refund money ndvanoe 1 fir volunteer*
.fore bel-g sintered into the eervioe of the 1'nlted
itatra.wblcli m rr'erred to tbe Committee of the Whole
in the ftatn of the Cn on.
Mr. Kino, of Uenrgia, from the Committee en Naval
LIT*ir*, (among other billi) reported one providing fx
ra'ir^d lilt tor the naval aerviee.
O her raporta were mid* end >h? Hou?* edjourced
Tht Revolution In Yno*t?n?
Waihinoto < City. April 24, ld<8.
ro TH* EniTOB or TRI Wa?MI10T0* Ul?IOIf?
Hie-I peroeive by 'he pubtla p?o?ri. that tbe publ o
i led to believe that tbe war In Yucatan, made by tbe
ndiar* agalnat the whites, haa bad Ita origin la tbe
vranny and oppraeiion exerolaed by the white race ovar
tie Indiana. Tola n not the faot On the contrary,
verainee the penineula of Yucatan aobieved ita indeendenoe
from tha crown of Apein. (without tba Interention
of Meilci), tbe new ynvernmrat haa been uiduouely
employed in ameliorating the foetal condition
f the IndUn rare They are, by our onnatitntlon. ciii
en*; and aa ?uoh haveenjiyed ell th*r.lvll and political
ighta brlonging t.j our Institution*. The government
aa taken grant peine to eduoatethera; and for which
urpo*e publio tolioola have been ?*t?bll*hed for their
en-flt, at wbloh many have born educated, and have
lied place* of publlo truat
Yon, *lr,will *nh*erv* public jiiatlo*, and obllgf me,
y making Iheae faete publlo.
Your*, re*pcctfully,
JIJSTO SIERR4,
Comml"?'oo?r of Yuonttn.
IHAHITI1HB I a"? U t, mallUB.
Port of New York* April >18, ISM.
5 91 moor iiiii 'i'
? fVTI I il| MIUM WITH < ?
Cleared.
Rhipi?Haurlor, Cr 1T11. ix?w Orl?aot, HI*'.*, U*rdn?r k How :
I; Maid ol Orltao>, wriinia do W Nel?"u. . ?
llniki?I ic b*lit.i } " ? U w mil ll'o J <nrirOi Allan * I m
in; Ri??nnr?, Liiboa. Kitch * < ,
Brigi?U?icor?, ( Br) fictoe, N?: i
Uolw.Na; L. ^Mdwin. liwM. ??*" .?,>? Duuhnw fc D|.
I
Chief, Lato*r*tt*,N*riolk; (tml k J J Willuau, Iitdhi,
Wiiluaast .< ? E Meirill. Birui.g, Bal ii?. r? ; Charter Oak,
luJcn, P, ilad.lpl.ia; iitiic* Duliuu, Baitlett. do; Ulob*,
Lovell. Buieui
Ml <n?? ..finthitn, Biiepiard, New Bedford; J ase* Kenny,
L?mi<hcr. Providence.
llllWI.
Sclir U iiidct, H le Maclnaj to I F Snow.
f?elii Ueoiie Warren, Hail, i btir) If Id.
Behr Abbott L->?r? re. Allen, B'tton.
tklu New Deli,lit, Toby, New Bedford.
IslM.
Ship Sea Witch. Valparaiao; packet alupi Siddona. Liverpjol;
Jameitowu, d?; >hipi Maid uf Uiltui, New Ommi;
Orpin < o. tlapeiiur. ?t Jubn; bark* Kipieaa Vlaiauiaa. Ueorlia,
Mobile; briga TiBqim, Cardenai; Chapman, B.ugor.
April >7?ouaiiee, WuM ML. meridiaa, N?; aaaaal. 8.
Uirald manni Ctirraipo >u?u?a.
PrtH.ADKl.rHI4, ApIU 27. 4 P M? Aflvetl? Brig John M
Clayton, Tucker. NYork; a'ha Jiarnet, Merninau, d>); Mary
Uordou. Imyer do; Kio U(?i.de. Ha.chii.aou, do: A W Leedi,
hn<iu:ott. oroi klyn. Hornet Brooka. Boaton. fiaily Wheat m,
V> liraton Newpirt; Braudyttla*, Bttvauou, do; Hntoka,
Junes, Eiatpoit.
Cleared? uaika I'aei Wi.k ua. Laguayra; Levant Hewitt,
Cardenaa; Laeonia Howes, Boston, achs Mary a. Rowland,
llow a d Albany; Oeo J We-wet, Callanau Troy; ConntC'.icut,
Haud, New Ha?eo; Lighifooc, Hieeper, bos'on.
Rlacellaiiemii llavuru.
Ship I vbilb, Chiid, of aud from New York for Mobil*, la
ballaat. waa totally nut near Berry la lauds oa the nigh:ol the
4<h iiwt. 1 he mi eriala a-?ed l.oui her wreck wer* taken to
Niaa-u (.'apt t^hild and 6re of the cew arrived at Bal'iimiit
on trie Mtli lust, in t: e schr tlinily A Thotaps >n.
tiH'f Hinorr.. ot rrovidrnee, Mercier. from Havre for New
Oil*aua. wi.h passengers, i y; iuu> St i'houm ou tl<* 7th mat,
talking bidly. purnpa gi>iux aud nrkiug oi.e foot w.iter per
hour. ??v-1 i.l t-l I er pnssengeis were down with fie small poi.
Hmr Enoch Pratt, at New Bedford from Wilmicgrou. N
C, lepotta the gale wt liili mat a* very kenvv (.If I ape Hat^eraa,
aud that lor eu lionra it blew a complete hunicane Alrcr
tiie gale waa i.var. pasted a lug* quaatity of lumber and mercuandii*
adrift.
Be ha Joshua Ek'.wi, from Havana, iu a gale on the 9.h,
1 tat 14 lihda molasses i (1 deck.
dinith stun Billv B*aH, alCharleaton from I.cith, (!teot~
la >d) shipped a sea ou the 1st Ma<ch, dun.g a blow.ni-d car*
r.cd away bulwarks and doue oilier damage.
fcHK Peru, at B >aion from Hichmond. waa ma into on tha
23d. Ul 40. lou 7} oy n bark uuknowt, weather tine* at the
tiui*, aud hal quarter b >?t ?u?e
W BaJMOHn,
Arr at Naotneket Bar 24th, ahip Henry, Brown, Pacific
Ocean Ta!c*hu4?<i. Jan 4, 1200 bbla ap, iiii do wli oil i>epons
Oct 12. ?o lit &.C Mariner, IWy, >nat. MiuO^ap iO^wh
Kti IGOsp, INor 1, rheun. Nnul. MOM sp (reoOctl. 1500;j
Jin!, ^unsarre. MB, <00 sp. Off 1'eru-inouco A'arch 2?,
Ohio. Lowtn, SH, I9J0 wh. ?() ke 23, let It i5 S. luo 36 <? \V,
Helleapout. Manwarribg, of nkd f>r Mysiie, 2800 wh; lsa?c
(lowland, Corey, of and for New Bedferd, <6000 wh 00 sp;
Apiil 10, 1*1 2> 26 N, Ion 61 22 W. S.lein Hnud.SH, 1701) wh.
Sl ? 2Uh, ihip U.u*b.i, Swum, Pacific Ocem.
( Id In Myii'C 22J, ship ??eteor, Jenney, M tV Coait.
The Ameiican, ntNDedford, spoke on New 2ealanl.no
due. (oot Match 13) - no Wrl,?,ai, 1460 bb'i.
The Cere*, NB ?t (Julia, r*o? 17. l.at lure and main topmasts
ia iqusll off Muni. The (ieo Washington, NL, at do,
spireme* bid weather, loataai'a. lie. The I Hicks, cl do,
air at Oiiin with ail h?r men down wuh the acatyy.
yi .Viai'tlai., Match 1, f.dwnrd, NB, in cou.m>nd of Csptaia
Heath, Iste of the Hope, cl Providence, before terorted lost.
U?pta n Hetth ha^ h i firat Bed ireotd cArera, a?d cooper,
with him, the origiuM cflicera if the Kuward hiving been diaihaifd
The b had tuneu HO bbia oil in Magd-.leu* Bay.
Capt Bukrr, who left t;ie ? on account ni iU hen) h, would
eatefir New Irork abt p il l.iubnk Whituu, if hii health
would admit.
lu Magdaiete Bay, California (*op:o?ed in Nor or Dec),
Ma?noha S lutnins NU wsuiing 2)0 bbiat<> fill; Urax-Uiri,
UctuII, do; hsd taken 150 bblt in th* bay.
ti tract truiu a letter fioiu Victoria, Hong Kong. Jan. 29.
8,8:? 'We li?v* t no whalers here, the David P.i'd ck of
N in aeket, 600 bbls. and the I'limwu h ol cu* Haibor 200 do.
tn?? ctiue up from the Handwich ItUnds. and are mnch
pleated wi'h on' place; they collider it n.uch che?i)?i. Ami
iu every leseet better than the Iilacds. Th*y thiuk ihey
on sa,e three monthi of the most valuable lime in the whaling
*rat n by commit here, at everytlii g it much lower, aua
their bint inu be > egotiated at a fivorable rate. Tneygive
ui hopet of a laige fl-et."
whale thip Hupa, of Piovidtnce, jait iu Mcgdu'ene (not 8t
Margaiet't) Bay. Calf, in it. *it reported aailed from o?lu.
Sept J'. '47, with 10 bblt iperm 2150 do wh oil (?i hich lakes
the place of outfits in tegiird t>> underwriter*). 'i he f ,te of ihe
cargo i? ts yet unknown. The H wa> of 471 tout, was valued
it >24 000, and ber tu'fitt at S2u OlO. .There it iusorar.ce in
oitou t> th amiuut ol % JO 000. equally clivnied be'ween the
Boston , Franklin ?nd Mercantile '> arme i.fticet. Tha iciLaiuing
10 M0 ?ii prob ,bly done in Providence.
Spufcen.
Ship Courier, Wolfe, 29 dayt f-om Richmond for Rio de Ini.eiro
Varch *3, lat UI3, Ion 3} IS W (baa been lepoitcd, no
ditf lat 6 8 21 dayt ou ).
Ship JLliubeth Ann, f om New Orleans for Boatcn, A pi il 31,
lit 33, Ion 76 23
Kiiip i* leuient, (of Portland) Blanchard, from Boston for Cuba,
April 16, lat 27 29, l?n 81 48
rthip ftoldm, Th j in is from New Orltaus for Liverpool, Apl
II, Double H?*d Shot Keys.
rth.p Howard Hill, from New Orleans for Oenoa, April 11,
Double Head Mi it Keys.
>hpt>ussell <*lve', Tripp, fioa New Orleans lor Liveri
ool. April It, nff and K?y
Ship .tuples Domett, Irora New Orleans fur Otnoa, April
15, lat 19. I. u 79X
Snip?. showing* white signal, ted bwde- with blaek
letter 1' in it, ste< ring KN April IS, lat 33, leu 75
April 14, lat 45, lun 8#, were seen snip Ko. tirade, fur Havre,
,nH bark hraucit. for Hamburg, both from Mobile.
Baikcondix. Ttkiob, I days hence lor Antigna, April IS,
lat 26 40 Ion SO 13.
Bi'k Nathsriel JBlake,from Portland for St Kittt, April 31,
lat 36 if. Ion 70
8e >r Hone, of North Yarmouth 10 dayt from New York for
t Kitu, April 10. lat 24 N, lea 62S3.
CoralKii Ports.
Ciknfukoos, April i?Brigs Veuexaela. Fowler. fur New
V' r* II nays; w ta Price, Jnue, <i>d Jo.^hiue, d.sg; HauitD,
Veuxie lor Boit ju 5 or ( d?, Levant, Mun, fird,? Idg; A. g It,
*tj; ii b< iviaitia, Brewer, for UoaioirlKg. "> au h.nan.
tV-iilo* for Balumoie do: vionnt H?t.e Br.aiiiaun, do
dj; Leopard H ,n<!y, u..c. vs m Pope, hittemore, ili.g
t iHUKNii about April 9?Barks Floyd, taa beriy, for
Qoron, ready; Churl's Deveai, bailey. ? r INewpoit, Idg;
ariel. fciyaut. for . > York. Id,:; Raster, 8. ff id. fur Purtlaad,
do; brut Albema<le, I. ornery, ana IVa niugr n Him m,
aaitda, uoodell, dug; tiariel, Stapiea, for ? Idg; ich.a
Oikalleuge, Para, for NVorl, do. 3 d br gi Deoaut. Lou-out.
do lor B laton); Margaret Leavitt, rutlnad. 1.. port
Uh.lbHi Attica, ?icL?llnd, hence, just arr sehr Ben, for
d.v. Hid brigi Sophia, Ko-pman, and Htidee, Hoyt, <\Yoik.
Hmnt, April 11?amo Hamburg, vvym-u; for Matataas
next day. to finish for < own 8 d brie* Josephine, Porier,
Co wet; Rodney, Kogeri, Arcos deCanaii.to load tor apart
in Uuited States.
liQUiiii, April 1? Br* Rowans, Wilion, for Philadelphia.
lew diya;schr dusau Lad wig. Doty, Irn Baltimore, one
MaxtrLAN, March ?Bark Whiiuu, (ielatou forNew York
a boat ipm I; aehr Indian,, Crosby, Irom laitoa frith,74
daya?had b iitfruna paasage, bat anslsiued no dimsge
.mohthtidko Feb 17?thipa tervo, q.-ahsm, from Bostoa,
wtg blockade; Farther. ^Herman, from INToik ari 26 th. oiig;
bakLeutia L wis, lor Baltim-re, II; brigs nyder All, V* etlierell,
liom N Yorn. arr Nth, dug; Pianie, Hutchiraon f ern
B?et ? lor Rio G ande, 21th. eld Uui, brig lien Piackaey,
Urrnghton, Rio Urande
N.uvitas Apni ??Biig C H Appletoe, M&rihall, for New
York I or 4 daya
PoaTo Cabkllo, April 5? Biiga Elixabtth Feltca, IJdiidge,
LrixYo k ane; Almira. do do.
1'krnambuco, March SO?lioing inta, bark Careliae, Lane,
from Boston.
Ht. Thomas, April 7?!a port, ahip Earops, Mereiere fm
Harre l-r New Orle ta, leaky; bark Lucy Allea, C?tea [of
Boaioa] waning freight; *rijrs All?a Caoper, (Jiles, ibI *
ton d..<; Kite, Atarling [of Ba timore] do; Noble, Booth,
waiting lreignt; achrt Tamotee, Smith. for Turk* Island on
ihi S h Dor as, '1 ickiob, wig freight; Justice, Williams,
diag; Friends Hopkins, wtg fieiaht; iluby. haskell, do; Oen
l ay lor, M hite, from Baltimore, diaer
VK.na Can, April 5?Drig Belixe, Uiwss, from Boston,arr
1st. for Ligunasoon.to load ior Humbu g. Hid 3d, bark Chief,
(iiiiamcK no-ion; rrev to 9,h. brig Caroline C Piatt. Pitman,
Lignoi,to load for NYork. Arr prey ions to 5th, baik Paoli,
Picket, Baltimore.
Horns Porta*
Alexandria, April*4?Old acnr Bolivar, Nantucket.
Bi caaroaT, April II?Arr schr Uranus, Crocker, 8t Mar
lius (and sld lor Bangor).
Bano jr April 21?Arr bark Ninas, Reed, NYork.
Bath, April 31?Arr biig Leo. Brows, Kichaiond, Va si ha
Swnllow. Baker, NYork; 31th. brigs BordeaBi, Hi 1. Carde*
nil; Moselle, Bwan, Oeoigetowa, 8C; Wm Partington, Hig>ins,
Wilmington, NC; JRirhmond. Htearns, Mew York: schr
Delia, Mooers.do. Cld 3?th brig Partridge, Karatow, Havana;
Barnstable, April 31?Arr sear Louisa, Niekersoa, PhilaJelpuia.
Boston, April 26?Arr ships ^pthington Irving, Caldwell,
Liverpool; limoleou, Fieeaaa, NOileans; Haroa, Weeks,
yOr.eans; Sanattis. Cox, Apaiaelneola; bstks Flora.1 onch,
X Orleans; Oitltxntl, Hhacalnrd, do: t.ov Bnggs. Hailett,
1 hilad'lpha; brigs 'iropius, (Dutch) Popken, Rotterdam;
Harriet Onliag, 5loi,tevideo; WaahiDKioii. (.Nor ') Look, do;
tloniroie, Poland, Cardaoas; Ana, ttemiek, Matanxaa; ? ornelta.
Ciiav. WilmiDirtan. N Waa M llnHta. T.vlnr. Phila.
Irlpina; i>:?-lauiora, Keudrick, fhiladelphu; Kli t, Knowlek, H
J >; ?enr? Jjahaa Urown, Cooper. Havana; Jtmpite. Under- H
h lL 3-ivaonah; Independence styroa Wa?li urrou, NC; Pe- H
in, H-jrt. Richmond via Norfo'k: Atrhtnge. Kelley, inch- H
nond; (Jiitnc, Nicker?oo, N-irfoik; Suffolk, Bcrrjr, do; Wile- H
ghknia, Smith, Tappahanoock; Elizabeth KlJina. lorn River;
Myron, Hiudy, Philadelphia; Mary Ann. Allen, and 'J iter,
Uimmick, Pci!ad?lehia; Dan Kranen Dailcy. do; MM KluU. H
Chair; Victor, Hallett; Oeo Lvaak, Kellnr; Atlra, linker; 1f- H
lort Ha Mi; Avenger, nimontou; Alabama, Ooiham. aud
Zephir, Crockett, N York. Tecgraphtd. ihip t.eneva. from
oaicatta Via Quarantine, bark L*dv Caroline. (Br) Morton, H
1 or*. ( Id, ahip Oeneaee, Liwiid L Watta, Havana; barka
Pre moot (new picket) ?eara, IVIadtlihm, Gui.rnl Taylor,
Chaaa; briga rimrctu, Eldgridge tt a?o; Dotv D Hoop,(Bi) H
?i.a*,Halifax; Oaceula. Baker, Mibile; Acorn, How?a, Phi H
Ude<pbia; Ko.t.r, Btkar.do; achra Hy Payaou, Crowell, do; H
Lnb it, Taylor, NYork; Bolina. Us lingnmk, do; fcew Voik. H
Uo >d?ell, do; Kaahion, Lonog, do. fcldahip 1I.at Warwick; H
br.ga Charlotte kid on Monday; ChiaJ Djir oa Saturday not H
>lm.day
11 ai timouk, April 27?Arr ahip llaneherer. Hif(in?.from
LiVirpoo ; brig KuyMtcville, (.cfliu, from Lfl|ut>ra. aahra
?rnil? A Tnompiou, Kerne, from ,>at?au, IIP; David Hale,
. N Vurk; Harriet Smith, -.miih, do; xeamer Hcald, na>
?ell. fr.in .Voifo k. SjW off the Wolf Trap, thip Harkaway,
f.oin Liveipool,and another (pr .b^bly the .Ylanehekier, from
Liverpool.) C Id br ga Syni. (Hi) Maratert. Halifax; Mfr;elie,
Hal'. Sotton; kcr ri Civilian, Nici.oia. do do
HAki.KtTopi. April 2t? Arr brig Joarphiue, Hairy, NOrli;
Daaiah achr llil y, Utahe, rette ton, Leith. (Seotlai d:) br
icnr Hover, Johuain, Harbor laiand; Kid. bng? Vanuatu,
3tinker, Ht >lark<; J U Penr.ell, Adunt, Portland ( \Je.) 2Jd,
enr Mu erva, * obert.in, N York. (JId ahipt houth t;arol na,
Hamilton, Liverpool; (Myde, Homrr, W Indira; Ham l>aik
New Yd'k. Bin r Haiiiburn; Darka Kdward Bn klcy. Iloaron;Mer?ey.
Khumwar, Lirerpool; kchr Uinnea. Grdf ey.
NLon'ton, ('Joun ) Hid Br bjik IVieraer. (jenumway, Lite i
ool;Hpanuh kriK t ntkero. Alaici Bairelon*
MfiBii.r, April i9?Air bark ?laoima Csuaid, H ivana. t.ld
ihipi t icclaior, Williami. Liverpoo'; Marlh^ v\ia ington,
tawart, > York, nelir i h,a D Kllia, nierlinan, P;OTi.ie4?-e
Nantulect, April 21?Arr aloopa Clio. in<d Je?itr, Mew
,
MawrokT, April I;?Ar' ?ebk Oeo Erfi Smktt, Cardeaaa;
B inner. Loveli. ,New i,edfoid for Philadelphia.
N?w Lonuon, April 21?Arr achr Daniel Webiler, Delancy, H
Philadelphia for Bo ion. _ , _
Norwich, April 22-Arr brif Nonpareil. Brewer, Newbein. H
Noaroi.a. April 25?Air btrk Akim, Dunham, Ale*?od'ia; H
ichra Ulancna, Wot in. utaten laland; Ha.hin.fr, Hndmiik, H
N York: Protector, MeDngald. Bait bd to NYmk. hid .chra H
Viola. Fiinerald, 8 Maine, via Tnrka Mand; Win 0 Peterk, H
Lord, button *. , ., , ... .
Nr.w UHL*ai??. April 19-Arr khipe Jame* EdwaH, W,0- H
er Har m?; Oeoifte W aahu.Rton, 8:k.w Havre; I re .ton,
inith, London; ba C?rn?iic, (Or) McKentie, . iverpc I; H
Nn?r w ?ieveu?. fteiktn. Vftu ni; Aciou (Br) Dmly, H
Liverpool. Below, hn.a Daac n end I.ab.l a Heed; 2 kh pa, H
I bna, and 3 ach a, nuknown. Id ihipa K>.val William (br)
Franoik, Liverpool; Wakona, Taiae, do; Mrmphia, Bunker,
IN York; baiki * laremont, Lermimo, d..; Thietii, do; hri?k
Lacy Hprar, HobHma. H<'*toH; Wm T lJovan Ke ly, IM Yo>k;
achra Harah Kl r. be h, Webb, Aral'chicoln: Athos, Worth,
Vera Crn*. Towboa', ><t?r. lowed to ?c.i, IJih ahip Cxn;->d,
brig* Mkldaoa and Kairy; townoat Bel e, towed to tea 1< h,
haik Klliott,achn ^arah and Krancea; towboi-.t Alton tonrd
to ?ra Utli baika l ay, Batonv, b.ig Ki.incea Lord and tchr
C'Pt *> illiama.
PoaTLanD. April 24?C'd brig <>i elle, f'linrchill, Havana.
Troviuicnck, April 25?ild bug Oriay Taft, i^ha.lei.ou. tch
Jerome, tiorham, f ir a Hoafh'ru port
H M-kkKT Apnl25?Arrachr William, Wixoi, Noifn!k
Mronariroa, April 21?Sid bilk I .con d .? (i?) Soi-crb'ig,
Stettin tB
Michmonp, April 25?A:r icht Maiirtu Bnrr. Knapp, New
Voik; Kylph. Lawrrnca, do; Lowe I. Maker, lioiton.
W ii.miroton. April 21? Arr achaJouaa 8milh, >tnith New
York; mtano Carfiale Bo?t m (Id 22>l, achr Alanr, P.oc
er, N York; t(th, bnga Tom Paine, Campbell, 8aco, Me; Mar- 1
hall, I'arlor, Mt Jago da '^nbi; 25th, arfir Lenity, Smith, New i H
Orlaani.
PuMn|(?n Sallail.
LfvgRjonL?Ship Jameitown?Mr Hamilton and lady, A aH
Potter, Z Pouar. Meauk fortier, Chalmen, Caaarge, Barbara.
Clamant, Koiavilla, aad Thotaaa.