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WvuaC
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1837.
From Washington.
MoHDAT, Fcb. $0.
Notliing or patlicular Interest in tlio Seu
utc. In tho Itouso Whltnty occupieil llio
wliole day ntnl was nt Inst ilischarged, thc
fjroo belng cnded uiid tlio purpoao'jOf 'llic ar
ly' bsing nccomplishod. Wo luvo publijhcd
but liltlo ubout this busincs b disgraccful to
Wioe, Pcyton, and tlio Iloitio as a wholp,
and the V. B. majority in particular j nnd
new wo will givo bul un oullino. Whitncy
insults l'cyton, tr I'. so considercd it ; P.
tlircatoncd to kill lihn, or makc u, gcntloman
of liini j8t long cnongh to It 111 liim, or lomv.
tliing abont n rasb, if lio (W.) continued to
intull hiir. j Wiso interferes, tliinking that
Whitncy was abont to drnw a wenpon tipou
Poyton, and in turn gcts rcady to kill Whit
noy if lio should mako any hostilc iiiovcmcnl
towards l'cyton. Tlio coininittce tako up llio
w.itlcr relurti Whltncy's answcr, whoapolo
giscs, and Poyton also apologisca for his con
duct. llcro tlio mattcr should liavo cndcd a
diagrnccrul pcrsonnl quarrcl. Butno: it was
tunniacil, and wc tbink Uuljr, ilmt tlio V. B,
parly fcoicJ ihu dlsclosurcs tliat Wiso and
l'cyton would bring out in tho cotnmittces,
and licncc. in ordcr (o prcvotil llio cficcl of
tlioso disclosures on tlio natton, tlicy must
mako Wiso and Poyton odious, &at tho same
tinic prevont thcm trom getting us littlo infor
ntation from Whitncy ns possible. Whitncy,
llion, must rcfuso to to;tify : lio did refuso.
The committcc rcportcd tlio factto llicHousc,
wliich ordcrcd Whitnoy to bo brouglit lo tho
bar: ho was brought lliorc and thcn M'ise
and Pcyton, not Whitney, undcrwcnt a trial ;
a most partial and tinjust trial, in whicli tlio
majorily rcfuscd almostovcry question, whicli,
if answcrcd, wuuld lead to tho excolpation or
Wiso and Poyton, or to tho injury of Wliit
ncy I Of coursc, Whitncy was cxculpatcd
and tlio nation is left to dcspiso tho mcanncss
of party tactics, whioh liavo bccri brouglit in
play to eflcct tho mconeBt of party purposcs.
Thcre arc somc infcrcnscs to bo drawn from
this alTairr mcmbcrs of Congrcss, or 6omo of
tliem go arrned ; it is aflirmcd tliat tho thrtat
or aivicc from tho Prcsidcnl tliat they ought to
bc Iloustonizedi, is tho caiiEc, and Bcll witdied
to prore thia to tho House, but the majorily rc
fused oppcrtunity I Anothor infcrcnjo to bo
drawn ia, that tio collar of party v.ill vcry
Riuch dcgrado mcn, who, from their station,
ought to bc at lcast respcctablc. Bct r,o moro
ol Whitneyism : wo hopo that, sineo the V,
15, majorily liavo spent a wcck in txcustng
Whitncy, whcn the work might havc bcon
bettcr dono in ono hour, Congrcss and tho
country nill spcnd no moro timo about llio
man !
Toesdat, Feb. 21.
In llie Scnate, abolition pctitiona wcro prc
BcnteJ Ijy Mcssro. Davis and l'tcntiss. The
taniTwas under conaidcration a voto of 24
to 20, on a motion to strike out certain arti
clcs in the bill, is suppoard to bo indicativo uf
a dctorrnination nol lo touch tho compromise.
In tho House, tho resolutions for acknowl
cdging tlio independcnco of Tcxas wcro laid
on tl o tublc, 100 to 90. Mr. Pcyton movcd
lor tcavo lo inirouucc a rcsolulion rcquinng
Whitncy to answcr whcthcr Amos Kcndall
was aulhor of a ccttain nnonymous lcttcr to
tha Bank of Burlington rcfuscd, 97 to 8C,
The navy bill paascd ihrongh tho committcc
of the wholo, and llic appropriation for Ihcex-
ploring cxpcdilion waB not rcduccd.
Wcdnesday, Feb. 22
Little done in tho Scnato which adjourncd
at 1! o'clock, P. M. to go to iho Prcsidcnl's
housc and eat of tho mammoth chtcsc, woigh
ing 1-100 Ibs! Tlio Housc spcnt somctimcon
tho navy bill, but, at about onc o'clock, tho
chtcse had drawn llic mcmbcrs liko so niany
skippcrs to tho Prcsidont's, and thcro was no
(juorurn! Tvvo or thrco hours wcro tpcnt
meiTtctual cfforta to adjoum, call tho Housc,
&c. &c. and finally a majorily of tho no ouo
rum Houao of Ileprcsentativcs JWailjournand
go to llic chttst-mcngtri.
Tiicrsdat, Fcb. 23.
In tho t'cuatc, Mr. Clay'a land bill wna la
kcn up ; Mr. Clay taid thcro could bc no pur
plus, if all tho mcasurcs brought forward (o
Bpcnd moncy vrcre adoptcd, and ho Ihcrcforc
mcrvcd to Iay tho bill upon tho tablc : agrecd
to. The tarifT bill came up, and a diacusslon
aroao on a motion of Mr. Davis to slrik c aalt
from tho bill, whicli was onuof tlio articlea llic
duty of whicli was to bc rcmovcd, in which
Mcssrs. Davia, Callioun, Brown of N. Carolr
na, Wricht, Rics, Benton and Stranco took
part. Mr. Calhoun wasstrong against opcn
ing tho tarifTquostion ancw a incasuro of tho
new adininistralion to put tho North and the
South by tha cara a stato of tlu'ngs by whicli
Mr. Van Btirsn could profit, but which could
do no good to tho South. Thcro wcre tcverc
passagcs botwccn Culhoun and Brbwn per
eonal. Mr. Van Burcn's courso hgrotoforc,
was mattcr of diipu(o and liia fuluro courec,
of dilTercnt conjccturcs. Bcnton said ho was
glad to hcarfrom one pricst (Ilivcs) thal tho
new Prcsidcnst was to go against tho TurifT
and for t!io Soulhern intorcats', but, said lio,
anothor priest (Buchanon of Pa.,) might givo
from the tripod a diffcrtnl reipansc ! ho (Bcn.
ton) said Mr. Van Buren would lic practlcalhj
oppoao.l to the Tanff. Mr. Rivcs cxpUinrd,
that he wuhrd not to fiircipcnt Mr. Vun Bu
ren to he opposod lo a protcctivo policy, but
th-ii ho wafl opposcd to " high and cxtravagsnt
ilutiea j" nnd aguin said Mr. Itivcs, " the Pres
idcnt tlcct is in fsvor of i taritTonly to the cx
(cntrcquirod byts ntnts of tho govornmcnt,
tsd in coo'otrr, -;Sf the truointarestt of the
oountry." Wo should lilto to know what oan
bo madc out of such discort'nnt matctlals7
It sounds somcwhat lilto tho " judiciouatarilP'
policy of Qon, Jackson, which has alwoys
nicanl just nolhing at all I
In the Ilousr, Mr. Cambrclcng repoiti.dlho
bill from tho Sennlo rcpcollng tho Trcaury or
dcr, &c. with an ntnondmcnt, which was lald
on llio tablc. Tho anicndnicnt aulhuiiioa tho
Secretary of tho Trcainry to rofnso to rcccivc
bills of banks whicli ho may dcm bad, or of
lo'ubtful solvoncy. Tho onny and navy ap
propriation bills wcro ordcrcd to bo cngroaacd.
I'nlDAr, Pob. 21.
In the Scnatc, tho chair prcicntcd n. tncino-
rial from tho U. S. Bnnk, stating that llic bank
was rcady lo pay ovcr tlm tnoncy belonging to
govcrnmcnl, dcdncling tho ctponacs occasion
cd to llio bank by tho ptotcst of tho govrrn-
mcnt droft on I'rancc rcfcrrcd to thoconimil-
tco on fitiaucc. Tho Sciiato rcfuscd to stril'.c
salt from tho bill rcducing tlio tarifT, 23 to 15.
In llie Ilnusa, Mr. Iloward, from tlio com-
inilteo on forcign afl'airs, rcportcd resolutions
dcclaring that llio indignity odcrcd by tho
Mexican govcrnmcnl ia nmplo cauo for rctol
iation, but still rcqucating tho Prcfidcnt to
mako anolhcr dcmniul for rcdrcfs of grlcvan
ces laid on tho tablc. Tho fortification bill
was considcrcd, aud Mr. I3t.ll movcd an a
tncndmont (in conitllitlco of tho wholo) divi-
ding tho attrplus in tho trcasury on tho 1st of
Jan. ncxt, roscrving five inillions, among tha
slatca which was nccalivcd, 75 to 71.
Satuiidat, Fcb. 25.
In the Scnalc, llio bill lo rcduco the tarifT
was considercd, and opposcd byMofra South-
ard and Clay, tho lattcr of wlioni movcd lo rc
commit llio bill vi h instructions to etriko out
all arliclcs whicli now pay an ad valoreru du
ty of 20 pcr ccnt.and upwarda ; oycs 21, nocs
25 N. II. and N. Y. Scnatora and Nilcs of
Connecticut, Northern onti-tnrifl "dough-fa-cc,"
in the naajorily, while Black, Onlhnuu,
Muorc and Prcston, Soutlicrn nien, volcd in
tho mirorily, with a dctcrminnlion to nbidothc
compromise. Mc6Brs. Calhoun and Knight
oppofcd the bill, and it wa9 patstJ, 27 to IS.
In tho IIouc, Mr. Galbraith rcportcd rcao-
lulions prohibiting tlio rccciving Iho bills of the
U. S. Bank for govcrntncnt ducs, until tlio
bank pays governnjcnt and ceasca rciaauinp
tlic bills of tho old bank but llic mcmorial of
the bank bcing prorcntcd, ihc dicusaiou pcu-
ding, llie whole maltcr waa laid unnn Iho ta
blc. The nnuy appropriation bill waa put on
ita passagc, and tho fortification bill takon up,
whcn Mr. Bcll movcd tho amcndrnent (rcjcct
cd in iho commiltco yctterday) for distribu
ting the surptua among tho statoa, and it was
AGKEEU TO, 113 to 92. Good! Apolloa
Mann (tie man m ho docs small jolis for the
party,) inovcd a proviso that tlm dintribulion
should bo mado nccording to populalion as
rrprCBcntcd in tht Jlome, of courso lcaacnin
Iho share of tlio small statcs Mr. McKoon
wanted also to add tho Tarff (reduction) bill
ao tliat thcro could bc no surplus and so did
Cambreleng. Tho Speakcr dccidcd tliat it
was in ordcr, bul tho IIouso rcterstd the dc.
ciatnn. 07 fn 0 1 Ii. ll.n tncnn timo Ttlr, A
Mann's amcndrnent wns rejected, 121 to 72,
and aftcr an unsucccssful altcmpt ofMr. Mar
tin to attach llio Land bill, anothcr rute lo cat
up Iho surplus, tho bill waa cngroscd 111 to
70, and HEAD TIIE T11IUD TIME AljD
PASSED. So tho Scnuto or llio Prcsidcnl
may have acliancctu " lake tiicreponsibility"
of dcfcatin- a di.-tribiilion nf tlie surpltu, if
they plcasc. Bcll dcEcrvcs Ihc thanks of the
country for his manouvrc in gclling Ihis amcnd.
mcnt lluough, in opposilion to ihu Van Btircn
Icadirs.
CortcjponJonco oftho Courior & Enquircr.
Washington, Ftb. 20.
It wns my intentinn to liavo pruccvdtd wilh
tho case ofllic Stale Bank of Illinois, bnt somo
rcfcrcncn having bccn mado lo iho Washing
ton Bank in ihe cxnmination on Satutday cvc,
bcfore ihc Housc, I will first notico it. On
that occuaion a lotter was rcad, withoul signa
turc, which had bccn transmitlcd by WhiTnoy
lo scvcral Banks as a rccoinniendation. The
object of reading itin tho Uouno wasto cxam
ine Whitncy a. lo tho fact, wliclher Mr. Kcn
dall was or waa not the aulhor of tliat l Itor.
Thc IIoupo prohibitcd thccnquiry, but thcre is
nodoubt that Krndall was thrwritcr.
This lcttcr bcars datc tho 23d July, 1835,
and I prefunie is in your posscrsion. I call
your attcntion to tho following rcmark, cxlrac
tcd from it. "Tho Prcsidcnl and Secretary of
tho Trcasury, 1 know, vicw tho snbject in Iho
samo light that I do, and will hegratifitd iflho
Banks will cstablish such nn agcncy, and from
his talcnte, cxpcticnco and fidclily, tio appoint
ment would be more acceptable to thtn, than
thal of Mr IVhitney," So miich for Mr.
Kcndall, as to tho Secretary oftho Truusury.
Nowcompare this slatcment with Ihe lcttcr of
Mr. Tancy lo Mr Ellicolt nnd Mr B. Johnson,
and tho tcstimony of Mr Woodbury, bcfore thc
Committcc of invcstigalion, and rcconcilc thcm
if you can.
Tho Bank of Burlington has transmitted lo
tho Committcc, copica ofa nuinbcr of lcttcrs
wriltcn to, nnd by Mr Whitncy. They urc
too voluir.inous lo attcmpt Inscrting hcrc, but
I will givo you two or thrce shnrt cxtracta,
from which you may judgo whclhcr ihis insli
tution was influcnccd by political jfctlingi, in
Ihc Ironsnction of its Inisincfs, and whcthcr it
did or did ,iot wish thoadniinietralion to undcr
stand the fact.
In a lcttcr dated Ihe 25lh of January, 1830,
addrcsscd to R M Whitnoy, Ihe Ca6hicr, ppca
king ofthe cxpcclaliona of Ihc wmmtinily, as
to diiicounts, saya
"There has bccn a dcairc on llic part of our
dircctors to mcct this txpcctalion, and ihc con
ifouencf has been, that a vcry sensiblt change
has takcn place, politually, infaror ofthe Gov
ernment, and as it is our desire to ttrcngthen
thtse sentimtnts, ice feel that it is importanl to
afford to ourfarmtrs and merchnnts, the com
ing tprlng, a prtlhj erltnurc accominodatton ;"
umi mcn iiio wasiucr procccds lo urge sn in-
crease ni tlio putilic Ocpnsit.
Now thii may or may tiot bctlio truo charac
tcr ol "tho furmcrs and mrrcluiiitB of Ihe
Green Motuitaint. On th.it mbjcct I know
nolhing ; but thc pnmsraph shuwa, hoyond all
doubt, two things: First, Ihat the Bank wus
opcratin" politically, and wjshcd thul fact, and
tho jcstHt ofits laborn, cwninunicalcd to tho
administration : And leconrf, Ihat by mcana of
tho public moncy, uaed in iho form ol discounls,
it had mado a " senaiblc chango, politically"
in Vermont, and that to "atrcngthen" this
changcUlioy "ftll U importanl to ojj'vrd tht faT'
mtn aild mcrchanti targe accommodattuns in
the spring." Il'lhta is n Iruo dctcnplion of tho
"far.ncraond merchants" of Vermont, thoy
aro rathcr "n chcap kind ofcattlo." If it ia
not truo, tho admintstratlon ia gullcd, and ihcso
mcn aro slandcrcd.
Tlio Coshier ot llio Burlington Bank undor
date of tho 10th of March, 183G, writcs to
Whitnoy: "Tho Mcchanics arid Furmcrs
Bank ia making n movoinont tocibtaln tho poy
tnent nf pensions," &c. " It wjs clmrlcrcd
to tako tho place of tho branchhcrc, and is un
der tho dircction of llioe who wcrc tho mona-
gcrs of tho branch Ihe pamo Cashicrand oc
cnpy tho wimo houac. Thote gcntltmtn hnvt
nol yttforgolten their mortificnthn. it, harlng
.i.i..... ..- . "...i.a .i.....
iie oujmcsj oj me uovcnimzni ittncnjrom incmt
nnd probably fetl no little detire loretritre their
characltrs if pojiIUf."
To whicli Mr. Whilnry rcplics, undcr dalo
oftho 18th ol'March, 1830 "I calltd upon
tho Secretary of tho trcasury, and wcnt to tho
commi.ifioniT ol pcnsinns, and can assuro yoti
that j ou liavo not any thing to fcar from Ihe
efibrls of your ncighbor.t. Jfo olher Bank wUl
he tmploved by tithtr t'cpartment, unltss com-
Whocanrcad thcso short cxtracta , ithout
accing, and fceling, otid knowing, thal at leaat
somo of iho dcposito banks aro mcro political
mathinet. To-morrow l will givo you tho o-
pcn avowal of ono oftho New Yotk pttt.
I he bpy n U aiftingjoti.
Throucli nn ovcrsisht, no doulit, tho wrilcr
oftho following, omittcd to plnco ths first pago
of his loltcr in tlio cnvelopo which contained
tlio scconu. Wo aro Ihctcluro only ulilo lo
nublish the followinz framncnt from iho lattcr.
It ovidcntly alludce to the corrcrpondcnco
found bytho Invcstigating Commiltco in llic
Trcasurv Dcnarlmcnt. The letler from tho
fcscvcn h Ward Uank ia so eood. lliaiwe woutu
not dclay itn publication lill llio wLolc ot our
corrcsponucnl's lcttcr rcncliru us. uonnrr q
i-nouircr.
Wa$hlneton, Fth. 21.
Bul Ihis lotlor, nith all its s;cop!iancy, did
not npcrato ns a pccdily ua thegrcrdy ictora
wiahcd. "Tho upoils of victory" did not
como. No dcposils wcro maJo in iho Scvonlh
Ward Bonk, nnd thercforo, in conclavo dark
it was dccidcd that a aeeond doao, moro dia
guatingly fulomc should boadministercd, and
accordingly il was dono, aa tollows:
,Vfio York, lUlrt Utc. IS33,
Wc. tho stibscribcrs. officcrs und dircctors
of tlio Scvcnth Ward Bank in llio city ofNew
York.iittiiii ofthe administration, and ofthe
do solicit a porlion oftho fiscal patronago of
Iho Unitcd Statos Trcasury, for llio Scvonth
Ward Bank. Tho tcrtnsfca ihoso moat favor-
nblo lo thc Governmcnt.
Sifnrd, WALTEIt BOWNE, rrtsidtnt.
Wm. O'Connor,' Caihier.
niUECTOUS.
William S. Coo, Thilip Ilarmad,
Ilcnry Ogdcn, Luthcr Ilalaey,
Abrahom Dally, Snm'l N. Dodgo,
G. Ilnpkins, Jolm V. Grconfield,
William Scott, Jna. A. Whiting,
Uavid Brown, II. Erbon.
On Ihis document I o(Tcr not a word of com
mcnt. Tho siancrs of it will prottably tjo
nlcaacd to scs it in print. I cnvv not their
feclinss.
AVhilo thc cao of the Collcctor ol Amboy
waa undcrgoing un itivcrligatioii beforo Mr.
Wiae'a coimniticc, Mr. Mann perptlrated a
goodjokc. Thia is a ca?o of allcgcd fraud,
aiul will appoar st lcnctli in their rcport
Tho Prcsidcnl, aftcr c.xamining all tho tcs
timony, dccidcd that tho Collcctor was nol
nuiltv ofthe fraud. but that ho should pay ir.to
the frtasury themoney which it was provcn he
had in his posscasian impropcrly. Whcn the
facta wcro liillv devclopcd bcfore the commit
ten. Mr. Mnnn. in an undcr tonesaid to Mr
Gillclt, hoth V. B. mcn,) " There is amistake
in ll.it east. Cittttt. thrr' ' mittaki "-
"How ?" eaid Gillett, " 1 don'l eeoit." Mann
rephcd "The mistake constited n tht Vresl
denrs keeptng tftts mim n opict."
The St in Washington,
LETTER TO THE EDITORS.
Wasihnoto.v, Feb. 25.
Aftcr passing through many sccncs of
"threatcning blood" and farcical import,
Congrcss has ut lcngth bcgan to inquircin
to thc business and wants of thc nation.
They havc lcft onc wcck in wliich to do
their business, having spcnt thc first twclvc
in prcltminary movcmcnts I Whcn thc
Whigs had a majorily in thc Scnatc, Ihcy
were rcproachcd and villificd by the admin
istration prcsses for their slothfulncss in do
ing thc public business. What will now be
said, whcn thc administration hns a large
majority in hoth hranchcs of the nalional
lcgislatttrc ? Will thc Whigs havc to an
swcr for thc sins of thc majority ? Will thc
'vials of'wrath' bc poured upon their heads?
Will thc spitc and venom and rancotir ol
party madncss chargc thcm ns "thc vilc of-
fendcrs"? Lct thc pitiful yclpings of the
"dogs of war" thro'out the country, chain-
cd together with thc strong fetters of party
disciplinc and governmcnt patronagc, on
whosc collars arc cngravcn thc significant
words "dcmocratic prcsses"- -answer. "It
was your bull that gored my ox'"l
No man, who is frcc from thc party drs-
nnt sm thnt riib-R !,;) nntinn. n ,in
the course adoptcd by thc governmcnt prcs
ses und the majority of Congrcss, without
feclings of mortificatinn. The dcgcncracv
ofthe limcs is cnough tosicken thchcartof
any freeman. Takc for examplo thc case
of Itcuben M. Whitncy, who was tricd for
a contcmpt ofthe Housc, aud whosc trial
cndcd in a contcmptible farce.afteroccupy
ing bcvcn days of thc scssion and costing
thc nation fificcn thousand dollars. It was
intcnded by a majority, from thc bcginning,
that, guilty or not guilly, he should bc cs-
cultiatcd. He wns arr.ilr.npfl. nnt rr I,;.
i r i ..( M4
own trial, but fiir thc trial ol' Wiscand Pcy
ton. Immcdiately aficr thecomtncncemcnt
ofthe cxaminntion thc ordcr of things was
rcvcrseil, and instcad of Whilncy hcingtlie
ticcuscd he was Ihc accuscr itisiead ol'dc
I'cnding himsclf against the chargcs of tncni-
bers, incmbers werc ohliged to (kffnd thcm
sclvcs against his chargcs. I sny it was
theobjcct oftho majority offie Housc, nnt
to try Whitncy for n contcmpt of their au-
thority, but to try Wiso and l'cyton for a
contcmpt of Whitncy. This was manifcst
throiighout thc wholc procccdings. Ques-
tions were propoundcd by Pcyton to wit-
ncsses to provc this, but the House would
tiot sttfl'er thcm to bo atmncrctl t Tlio af
fnir ondcd, as it bcgan in stnolc.
It may bc propcr hcrc to statc a fact,
whicli cannot bc contruvertcd. Tliis Itcu
Iwn M. Whitncy, who has licen chargcd
with crimcs, which, if truc, would suhjcct
bim to nn iiifnnious punishmcnt, nnd who is
confined within tlio litnits orihcprisoti yard
of Ihis city on tho dcbt of an honcst ercdit
or this man, I sav. has liad tho cnlirc con-
trol of the nublic ilcpositcs for tho last two
ycara nn,i ivcs j a Bly0 0f flplcndor nnd
" ,
inurrnifiRPiiRP. nnrillv nnrnnnfipil liv llii nrcH
tiiugnificcncc, hardly surpasscd by the prcs
idcnt liitnscli; This ;s a spccinicn of the
corritption of this administration an cxhi
bition ofwliat is mcantby "I'uttcningon the
spoils."
Tho procccdinirs of Congrcsft havc takan
sotncwhat of a business charactcr; the
Sc natc havc had nndcr conaidcration and
ll!lvc P;,S30, tu ft '''J reading, last cvc
ning, Wright's bill for the reduction of
dutics, with various anicndmcnts. Tho
Housc is cngagcd in the conaidcration of
tho appropriation bill, wliich will ocetipy
tho rcsiduc of the session.
On Wedtiesday, tho 22il inst. the I'rcsi-
dcnt had a lcvcc. At an carly hour tho
mansion was fillcd. Thousands of pcoplc
of all sorts und sizcs, from tlm loy ol thrcc
fcct to tho vctcrnn of whitcned locks tlic
rich and tlic poor tlic gcntlcrnan and tho
'loafer' tho mcn in owcr and llic mcn
out of powcr Whigs nnd Van Utircn mcn
tlic ladica too all crowdcd in masscs to
pay their rcspccts, lor tho last timo, to tlic
man, whosc tottcring I'ramo indicatcs tliat
evcn 'hickory' cannot withstand the storms
and tcmpcsts of age.
An increascd nunibcr of pctitions fiir llic
nbolition of slavery and tho slavc tradc in
tlic Distrio t of Columbia, have bcen prcscn-
tcd this scssion. In tlte Scnatc, ihc chair
(,as dccided, that, on tho prcscntmcnt ofa
PC""(" hcre must he a motion to reccive
it, and if its reccption is objoctcd to by any
mcmber, tho question of reccption must bc
d etcrmined by a volc of Ihc Scnatc. The
conscqticncc is, that whcn an abolition pc
lition is ofTcrcd, it is objcctcd to by som e
onc, and then a motion which precludcs ull
dcbatc, is immcdiately madc nnd carricd,
to lay tho motion to rcccivc on the tab!.
This is, in efiect, a rcjcction ofthe pctitioti,
or rathcr a relusai to reccive it, wliich
secms not to bc vcry consistcnt with thc
right of pctition yet this courac is sus
tained by thc votcs of thc norlhem Van
Uurcn mcmbcrs. Y
The prospect at Washington, Brooks, llio
cclebrated lctter writpr, is at Washington, and
undcr date of Fcb. 22, ho says Ihat no bill will
pass to distributc llic surplus ; that the bitl rc-
pcaling tho trcasury circulnr ia in dangcr it
may pass tho Ilouse by luo Ihirds, on tho last
day of Ihe scssion, and Andrcw may pocktt it,
ad movc ofT to Ihe Hcrmilage ; that the or
iff is in no dangcr, cxccpt ns to thc arliclcs of
coa! alid jaf( bul Penni-ylvania will not givo
up coal, and hc might hai c addid that Ntw
York would make wry faccs at tho snlt ; nnd
finally that thcro is htllo or no prospect of pro-
curing llio rccosnition of Tcxas. Tho new
cabincl, he says, will etand aa follows, as all
hands conccdo :
Secretary of Statc Mr. Forsylh, prcscnt
incumbcnt.
Secretary of War Mr. Puinsclt, of S. C.
Secretary of Trcasury Mr. AVoodbury,
prcscnt incumbcnt.
S crctary of Navy Mr. Dickinton, prcscnt
incumbent.
Post Mastcr Gencral Mr. Kcndall, prcscnt
incumbcnt.
Attorncy Gencral Mr. Butlcr, pruecnt in-
cumbont.
TtxasSlart-Tradc. Wo apprchcnd thal
thcre is an erroncous itnpression abroad as lo
thc conslittilion of Tcxas ptohibilinglho slavc
tradc. Tho imprrssioii has bccn that, undcr
thaf constitution, slavcs might bc brought in
slavers from Africa or tho Westlndies, landrd
in the Unitcd Statcs, and canied with impuni
ly to Tcxas. To ohviate any d flicully oflliis
sort, tho Congrcss of Tcxas has passcd a bill,
n C0Py of whicli is bcfuro us, approvvd Dcc.
21 1830i providing that nny pcrron who thull
MnS any a'aves iuto Tcxas, cxccpt such as
wcro proviouaiy it.troduccU anu iiciu na slaves
W tne u. o. contormaoiy willi us Ittwa, snall
bo dccmcd guilly of piracy, snd on conviction
thcrrof shall snll'wr dcath. By thc constitution
and laws of Tcxas, thcn, tho fortign elave
trado is placcd upon llie same footing ns ny
the constituliun nnd la.ws of Ihc U. Statcs; it
is mado piracy. What nnluraMaw mukcs ihc
slavc-trado by xcaltr piracy, and tanctifics, or
rathcr lcgalizcs, slavc-trade by land ?
Connecticut, The Whigs tnet in S.nJuCon
vcntion on tlic 22d nlt. to tho numbcr of two
huiulrcd, represcniing cvcry county nnd ncar-
'J cvcr ,0Hn 01 ",0 t,al0, uon yy ' w '''"8
worlli was noniinaieu lor 'jovcrnor, lau lo l
Thc procccdings wero charactcrizcd by much
epirit, and cncouragemcnl is hcld out that ihe
sla'.e will bo rodccmcd from Vatiih thral
dom. " Seeing ia bclicving," tliough. By an
act of Ihc latu lcgislalnro tho stulc has bctn
dividrd inlo dislricls for Ihc tlrction ol sieiii-
bcrs lo Coiijirf, and Iho parly, with eharac
toristic regard fur democracy, put Middlesex
und New lliivcn countics inlu one dislricl, al-
thousli llio dislricl thus formcdcontaliisa pop
ulotion about twico oo largo as somo oftho
olher districts, Tlio trutli is, ono of thcso
countics is Whig " all hollow," and if it was
not couplcd wilh u vcry etrong V. B. county,
thc rcsult might bo that a Whigwonldboclcc
' Congrcss.
Tht txpungea voict from tht aJminiitra-
tion ranks. Last wcck wo nntified our rcad
era that Scnator McKcan of Pcnnsylvania, a
sUpporlcr of tho adininistralion, who was dc
taincd from tho Scnato by sickncss whcn Bcn
loti's cxpunging rciolutions wrre passcd, had
dcclarcd himscl((igaf)ut tlioso resolutions. Tho
prcscnt wcck wo liavo rcccivcd a copy of his
lctter lo tho lcgislatuio of Pcnnsylvania on thc
subjccl, in whicli ho gocs iho wholo lcnglh
with Mr. Wcbstor, donouncing tho cxpungo
as a dlrcct and p.ilpoblo violation ol tho con
stitution. At Iho samo timo ho says he was
opposcd lo thc resolutions which wcrc to bc
cxpungcd, aud that lio had prcpatcd a scrics
of rosolulions rescinding thcm in a conslitu
tior.nl way, which ho would havc prcscutcd as
substilutcs for Ihn expungo could hehme bccn
prcscnt. IIo also shows that tlic Constitution
of Pcnnsylvania, liko Iho Constitution ol thc
U. S., rcquired tho lcgislaltiro to " kccp jour
nafs ol procccdings" and that, in 1810, tho
Icgiilaturu of Pcnnsylvania had dccidcd, by a
voto of 78 lo 3, thnt i( could not txpunge any
parlofilsjournats, cven by tinnnimoiia conscnl,
Scnatnrs Mi lCuiii .iml Burli.inuu bulh vo'mg
with Iho majority. Wu ro rcjoiccd lo havc
llie luHimoiiy ol bamucl McKcan : lic i.i a
(lcinotrat of llic old school, and his oico we
trust will havc tho inlliicnce to which ll is cn-'
tltled among llio deniocrncy. Wc givc thc
conclnding puragraplie uf liia letler.
Timo passcs away and mcn elmore ; 1ml
principlca and Iriith aro ctcrnal. Aiul 1 rtill
hopoltiat thosc gnod old Pcnnsylvinia"doc
Irincs, asscrtcd and ncted ou in thcdays whcn
llic vcncrablo Mudison commnnded thc Con
slitution, and tho patriot Suydcr stood at Iho
hclm ol tlio sliip 'oiiuiIranffi, may yet sur-
vtvc, nnu, iikc ino coal ol liunlis, agatn bc
uotiiu fafhiouublu nnd vultiablc.
I wholly rcrudiatu tho sicklv idea harncd on
by thoao who nssutno to bo llio kccpers of his
rcputation, that tho cxitencc on tlm journala
of the rcsolulion of the 2Slh of March, 183',
nas larnianeu tnc cl:aractcr ol tho UhitT Ma
gistratc, nnd thcrefuro it must be cxpungcd.
Itisnottiuo; nnd cvcry popular dcmoiiBtra
lion denica il. Ilis faino standa too firrn nnd
high to nccd any nrtificial proppitig. And 1
prolest ngainsl euiimilling llic incasure ol my
political failh to bc tcstcd by the anomaJoua
and dcgrading slundard of tho Virgiuia cx
punging resolutions,
I ask pardon of Iho House fur digrcsing in
a fcw subscqucnt ullu-ions lo tnallcrs having
no conncxioti with tho Heusu of Bi'prescntu
lives. 1 could not, wcro I dieposcd to, bo ig
noront oftho currcnt insinuationa from iiu
mcroiis irrcsponsiblo sourccs, to injuro mc pu
lilically in public cslimatiou.
1 pcrfcctly ur.dcreland tho aiilhots of thcen
"ines of dclraction set in tnolion lo drasioon
tnc into a s'alo of object polit'nal scrvility, or
to rcnder life unplcaeant as the ptico of indc
pendcnce ond integrity. My first reepouaiblo
political act was a voto givcn in 1803, to uid
in bringing Simon Snydcr inlo th-j jubcrnato
rial chutr.
To many of ynu it is knswn, and a rccur
rcnco to post cvcnts will provc, tliat 1 huvccn
joyod a rcaaonablc, pcrhaps, as lamo havo
complained, an unduo sharo of thc confidcncc
nf cvcry dcmocratic administration fruRi thal
to tho prcscnt timc. I havc fnqticntly, from
a sense of duty, difTercd from my polilicul
frionds in powcr, ns lo parly mcasurcs, willi
kut onco Ihinking ihat llicrcby I naiiiciirriug
party ptoacripliou and nnallicmu ; nml still
Iojs for exprcssingan honcetdifrcteticoof opin
ion aa lo llic import nnd mcaning of tho (Jon
slitution. Having thus paascd on, wilhout
Itnown or intcntional dcwation, for n Irrm of
ncatly tlurty yeura, now, if nolhing but tinmo
lation will nppcaie my cucniica, lct Iho bluw
corae. I am tirciiarcd for tho woust. aud on
ly rcgrct that 1 can point lo so many namcB, sf
ni"tier merit, wno have mucli sooner sunK un
der Ihc baneful fn.cts of Ihis syitcmatizcd os-
Iracism.
Thc public rccords. as cilcd nbovc. show
clcatlv, thnt, aiting nnder official oalh Iwenty-
oiie ycnrs ago, l ucclarcu ngtiinat Iho doetrmu
of expumilion.
I must now bc conlcnt witli tlio niiiiuon of
Ihe Houso as lo my sincerily, when 1 dcclai-e
umi cvcry tonpuiurnuou wnien i liavo octn n
blc lo bcalow on tho subj'ct siticc, has confir-
meo mo stronger in llio corrcctncss ot Ihat
opinion. Under thcsc circumslancca I ask
llio Houso of Hepreaentnlivcs. wbal was tuv
duty as a Scnator? I anewcr for tnyrelf. If
my hcalth had pcrmiltcd, I would have bccn
lakcii to the Senalo Chnniber on tho night of
tho 16th of January, bnd would havo ofTcrcd
my proposilion, rcvcmng Ihc rcfolution ofthe
28lh of March, 183-1: ond if this hail bcen re
jected, 1 would thcn, as one of Iho most im-
paraltvo and corisricntious dutics of my life,
havc voteil naintt ihn cxpunging rctulutiun,
ficcly awariling to others, who havo tlioitjht
and nctcd diflerenlly, what 1 claim for mysclf,
viz: honcsty of piirposr. I dcclsro lo ynu,
gcntlemcn ol thc Ilouo of llcprcscnlalives,
Ihat I could not vote for Ihat rcsolulion, with
out having, in my own'csiimalion, committed
a flsgrant infraction of Iho Consliiiilion of my
country, n clcar violation of Ihu oalh I had la.
kcn lo snpport it, nnd must slnnd, cvrr allcr,
bcfore God und my on o consciencc, guii.tt
nf dcliberatc moral reriJURT.
SAMUEL McKEA.N.
Washington, Fcb. 10, ld:i7.
ICPThe Prfsidttit ia ill, and will nol, it i3
eaid, lcave Washington on thc day ofinuugu.
ralion. IIo is lo tako lodgings nt Blair's
hou'c, cdilor of Ihc Globe. An nppropriate
finalo to such un ndininislration ! Anolhcr rc
port is Ihat Alcxnndcr Kvcrctt is to cdil a new
popcr, which la lo supplant Iho Glohc.
Tho Nalional lnlolligenccr mcntions ihc
cmancipnlion of 115 slavca rrcently ; QO by
John Smith of SusscxCo. Virgiuia, with funds
to clothc them, pay their pasaagc to Africa,
and maintain thrtn pnn ycar; 7 or S by J.
Clcveland of Loudon Co. Vu., with Iwu yea.'j
wag.-s to uasist thcm ; nnd 48 by Mrs. Tum
ban or Augualn, Georgia, wilh St0.0"0 for
Ihcircoinfortablo sctllcment. Tlielntilligcnccr
adds that thcre arc hundrvds of olhcrs uuiting
for funds to carry thcm lo Africa.
Thcre has bcen anolhcr butllc nith thc In
diaus in Florida Capl. Mcllon, U. S, Arniy,
killcd; Ll. McLaughlin nnd 11 prnalts uoun
ded, Il is not certain, thi'ti, that Ihe Scinin
ole war is at an i'nd,
Tho lcgiilaluro of New Ilumpshiro hns ir.
Ually abolishcd capilal piifiiahtnent, by pas.
sing au act lcaung it dicrclionary wilh thc
Judgo j (o infliet punikhmcnt by doath or im
priunmcnt for capilal ofTVnces.
Ilon. Rual Williams hai bccn clrcted U.S.
Senalor for Maine,
Congrcss dtscrlbedbyamtmber, Th Ilon
Josepli M. White of Florida has vr t n a
lcttcr to his conslituontr, announcing that ho
ahafl wilhdraw from thal body. The oprning
paragrnph of his lctlar conlain a bricf dc
icription of tho Amcrican Congrcss as tt is,
under tho powers that bc n dcscriplion do
gradin cnough, and yct we fcar too truo ;
" At tho cnd of two rrifitiths and a half wo
find ouistdvcs wilh light hiindrtd hills on Ihc
calcndar, (having disposcd of only fivo-,) in
tho midst of n discussioti of slnvcry in iho
nhMrnct, and sbolilioti in particulnr, which is
to be Buccccded by a question of the contti
mncy of witncsfcs siinimoncd bcforo ti com
tiiiltco to lcstily conccrnlng tho corruptton of
Ihe Excciit.vc Uepattinciits. 1 hnve noiabocn
hcro twclvc ycnrs, nnd 1 sny wlihsniccrily that
I havu ncvcr sirvcd in a Congrcss so detcrto
rstcd in morals nnd polilica as ihc precnt,
wilh somo hnnornblo exccpflons. Thcto is no
topic which cnliMs qcncrjl intcrcst, and no
fceling which scrnis lo protnpl llictn lo aclion
nf nny sort, oxrrpt Ihe moJt dcgrading of ull
tmptilscs party sfirit, ui.d tho stiiuulous of
faclion."
China, Il cftns ftom Iho following arliclo
in Iho N. Y. Evcning Stnr, Ihat thc Chtncso
governmcnt has pubiiidird a dccrec ngnmsl tho
Micsiotinrirs scnt lo lli.it country .-
ChrhHitnthj In Chtna. Thn Inlo Chmcsa
dccrec by Trcnruri'r Lcu and Judgc Vnn, is
iifd ngniri't tlic 'pnnding nf chrii-tian books
aud tmssioiiutiqs in tliat kinztloin, is a quecr
document. Thc way it spells ihc namos of
Chtisliin ndvcnlurcrs lo Ihotetnpiroisa "cau
lion." Thus: I.o-Matnni, Gui Kicn-Sau,
t'n-Bin hcron, Lam-yuo-Van, Ni-cn-lnm,
ICiiie-u-1 li. Chrislian missionarics whuin by
ihese npprllntivcs, wo iinnginn, lb' ir nearcst
rclnlives could nnt recognize. Think of their
bcing buticd in n strango land vwl'i such llngo
on Ihcir gravo sloncst What anliquarinn
could tdcntify thcm 1 Thn dccrec tjircatuns
dcalh to all in this woth. Il says nlo :
To sprcad iho Clirifliiii ulision of F.n
ropc is h ilrcoivu thn pcoplc. That rcligion
is, in fncl, iho rtiin of morals nnd of tho hu
niun hrnrt, nnd it i.i on that accnunt that atall
liines it has becn prohibitid, nnd ntcordtng to
tho instructions thnt our onecslors havo Irnns.
millcd to u, Ihn past is Ihe rulo oflho futurc."
Gulzlafl's Inbors, it is ptcsutued, aro at an
cnd.
Shipwrecks. On thc 25lh Dec latt, ihcro
wero no less than fivo large vcsscls and ncar
ly a dozcn coaslcrs wrcckcd on Iho coast of
France, ncar Hnvrej nnd atnnng thcm, it is
rcportcd, was the packet ship Eric, of N. Y
lost, with all hands and Iwo pnssengers thero
bcing only two on bnard. Tho New York
papors do nnt rrcdit thc loss of the Erie. Wo
havc ul.'o noliccd uccounts of vcsscls lotncar
New Yoik, and thi3 rcminds us of the fact
that on tho oceosion of thc loss of Ihe Mcxi
co tnucli blumo was attnchcd to Iho pilota, and
mcmor'ula wcrc scnt lo ihe N. Y. I.gilaturo
to altor thc p'tlnt laws. Theso mcnmrials wsrc
reccivcd a bill h reportod adding five pilols
nnly 1 ihn monopnty is in too much favor wilh
tho timocrat7c legislaUro tho pilot influsncf
in Iho lobby is too powcrful and tho Gi i
lots at New York would be hardly bctlcrlhan
so many lcgahzcd pirales, so fnr as the loss cf
properly nnd lilc urc cnnecrned, wcro it nnt
that AVw Jersey has undcrtaken to ofliird n
supply of pilots for .Vfiic Vorlt bound vcsseU 1
New Yotk has alegilatuopcthapsrnorc com
plctcly in thc hands of onc party, ond that thn
(so callcd) ijmocrajic parly, than ha any olh
er statc; yct no whcro nro tlioso soullcsa
things, callcd monopelits in tho flcmocralic
slang of Vermont, so much in vogue. They
havc banking monopolics cnnal monopolies
rail-road monopolies a pilut monopoly
and finally a monopoly of ofiiccrs, or rathcr
of oflieo holdcrs. A paragraph from Ihc New
Yotker illustratcs thc N. Y. svstera to a charm
"Tho Surplus Rcvcnuc is to be lonrcd out
lo the Peophi by two Loan Commissioncrs in
ench county. Thif ia wrong. Ilwillmakcn
political job ofthe wholo husines", nnd im
poso a lieuvy tux somcwh.'rp. Why is it ihat
New York alono of all ihc Slalcs reqnircs ro
much machincry so many spccial ofiiccrs ?
Half the lucrative business must U& Hnnn hv
Commiaioncrs, or Inspcclor", or nppointrrl
Auclionefrs. Why nnl appoint barbers ; IT
we mutt be shavcd gencrally ' By Authorit),
why cxtmpt our chins !"
ICPThe Middlebury Frec Preis camo to
hand last wcck, the (ira! timp for a monlh or
o; nnd wc pcrccivo from it that Mr. Barber
has bccn haminering away upon our slato
banks. It is a fact, commcndablc to Ve rmrptit
banks, that thcrn is not a statc in tho Union
whose banks etand so high in rcputation and
havu so much of tho confidcncc of moneyed
mcn,nsdntho banks of this stntc. Never
ihcli'ss, It is not impoasiblc that tbero may bu
nmelhing abont somo of thcm whicli ihe pro
plc tniilit desire to have difl'ctont ; thcre may
be soiiietliing " rotten iu Demr.aik ;" aud, if
so, it is highly proper that llio banks bc cxam
incd, and cvcry rcinedy dcairablc, ba applied.
In this wo will go ilh tho Frcc Press ; but
wo cannot cee thc justico or the propricty of
animodverjions which may havc a lcndency l
biing itpnu all nliko that odiuin whicli bclongs
only to tho.'c which may bo guilly. In all Ihat
wc havo secn, cilhcr in Iho rcporla ol J. S.
Pettibonc, or iu tho columns of the anti-bank
nswspapers, ihcre i not a circumslanco which
accms lo ui so rupiclionsiblu ss tho courso ol
onc of tho dopositc banks. We rcfertheFrco
Prcss and nur readcrs to prcccding columns
for an cxplanalion, Will Ihe Frec Trcss unilo
with us in coudcmning tho bank of Burling
ton 7
The Boston nnd Providcnro rail roadcorpo
ralion have bccn compellcd lo pay Thos. P.
Brown $7000 nnd costs for an injury occasion
cd on Ihcir rnad.
Whcn Ihe nuvy bill was up on Thurfday,
in Congress, un itcm r S 100,000 for comple
ting nnd laiinrhini! Ihe ship of war Pcnnsjlva
tiiu was sliicketi out and tho same sum sp
prnpriated in lieu llicrrol for buildingsix small
vcssels, from 10 tn 10 guns. This is miscta
blo cconomy i thc Pennsylvania has coit nalf
a million, and the longer she lics on tho stocks
Iho worso shc is : why, ihen, not launch her
now, if e vcr 7 If morc small vesi.U r wan
led, lct them bc built.