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AHRIVAI. Op'IJIK At ADU
r .f tr* h'l*'W*,ui ilktfit—i/ad>N< in
BirriMORc. bVb 2—P- M
' p At-R.Ua lm* *rn try at Jlutiofl, *o4
«s*M • **fi*i: I Ii \V|
m p . i.uui.tln* n-lm,? pric©* at th*
;*' •*:. 1 < nj ‘jO *i» ^0*
• ' • •. I in- . .a1.. I k* v .-*• Corn. Th©
j r w 1: ** 11<4 i i* .''i s
i «' !' »'d I'l I* **:o|»lh I I 3 j**n' y.
* ' i*** aim*-»i in !<• n«‘ n.
fi.k <*4.41 4ti*r<%cf* ai> I "go <b*p£
• m * v ii k ha* ir proud Th«* bull on in
ii.uk <d Kcij'a irf W3i wi lvi* mill'
b a- kv i t •* *■ rr*ml ird m Hu* Ki#*nrh
’« p..n cir n«*rp iniprt»/i<£ m ih<* affa.t* *(
'■ t?*’f!iinl.
r*1 v *i ■.* tw»3 •p’iMi*.
at Jis* •©•Hint*, wa**r<m*'j
Til GIM \ ! I f M.m RE- ■
W«H SKOF PF.l.KtiA IKS
M'l XP.iT . Jaitii.'tiy 31, Is 4"
•Jr ^pr-ak'? aiiroiiniN-'d tin* folk \\ •_* y* lln* comm t
•* ’ •'* rr« lull I s ..<:;*. 1.1*1, r* l•»’
- . ,Vf‘t I r i«. \\ »ir i . {> i i i».i . i. H i v« *.
. M;i ?.. Mi-Kiln i v a ni A irii.l tul b a ml Mrr
'• « n. fr i i!u* ( rviii ir»* f Hoad* and
. .• . Na* * ion pr* ***»it»*i.l iln t *1!. w nv* ill* :
\ ;i • • a. i »ri |tlr«! an at t *. nr.*ri. i • lain
»! 1 it’Ii K •::s» ha Hiv* r : ami
* I ' :.n -i t »* * I»» '. i >1 thr < \> n
u i 1 . j . tit.' N •» *i Hivi* ,Ns ^ n " 4 uii'yii?
I ’
| *; i 1 - ii. pf* s. n . d «h** I :b i * :
. Vt • *rm ’. * \ ISU n the li, , n t it.b* IVliUf
t:—
* • n < f Mi Siuv*M.
J' a' li. «* ■*# tir* r f ( of.I . i»! j <
•• r\ • i- jit’S >freport:* g a ii.il pr-ividiog m-re r/Ie
t r e j.r • *n of ruhl* I mnrr»d women, %
**• -© t‘ j-ropert% ol ilir wife a- th** lime of inir
* *, i-* • « 'ig-ig** o*n;s ol 'he It'll
i . f . j I \\ she n lo h ..-I, %**j»irately, P "p
' » .1 , * r i s ina-o' k t• >iriii
On m .lH*n of Mr C hi war.
H'» Iffd. T it :be use o| t i- }| ol f 11;© II* hc
• Hk» o. i. • \ rp nil e > \
nr»* * g ■ I > \ gh o \
0 n tion *■( Sir J rvM.
Re**-Ivid, Hi <t the committee ol H- aJ« ami Ink*-"
V. v . m- i kd ||- Mf If • <« •» the e\ **t i \
' sow - d g 1 It© art passed a i: •• j r**»« •! s» >«.. ,•> ..t l «•
I
i -w ’ ' * ■ •'>*,r*pany. * as to rc«ju re the npp i t
j t n n dirtviors lu conduct liif allairs of said c- in
I* *7
PETITIONS
i ol f Haft
t r. f n nppf ;»• tt fr-* ii the I u tinny I thirty
'•I
.' * \ li '»r. a d i in in.i . .» >, la \ i,,» f i. !• them
vi;
1>V Mr C ''» »a—Of c. it*-is f toe r.itntr - f l.oe.
e«> mg for the twi*' gc d'm act autli .r /n g the Trustee*
of Henry and Emory < "lb get- pa\ he niter* s: on their
dent due ilie Sta e by 'he gratuitous education ol a rer
lain nui"'a-r**f irn igent yung u rn
( riitested Uect-on ft oui /fiirrtMHi, A'r
The rnp-'t f tlie lot I true 'nr I,f Privi'ejo* and f’lcc
(tons, 1 l v I ti . i >• _•
oft!© I ’.i'ltr elt*C’.J.*». ««( J. sepli J..|n«• the i*hga>
T* It in th*1 di-triet • - m-p- vert , | iht* con tv <*t | I tr
■. and a purl t the «•- utt \ t»f I) sidri -Igc, w.i, taken
i! p.
On rnoti •) o| Mr Sevm > r. the II ns© passed uvnt
ti**- w It 1*- r» p ri. up to i •• t II w mg r* « dm tons :
Hen < rr, an :h- op, on it that I t>mn<ttee.
That tin* |« l |»'it • 'fling to hav« h* on :tkrn r»» tin \|i|
f*rd precinct, to th© eottmy ol I Itr- oil. ;it an * irr'i -n
held on lit** ‘JiM of April. lPl7, t *f th*- pm pose of ah oh
tng a del* gate to represent the election district comp.
►< d "f the county «tl Harrison, i nti a part of the c«*um\
. f I )ot!Jiuigo. was illegally taken, anti might to !o» nei
■a-ode.
1 hi i J ref !uti n teir g read, was agreed to bv tlie
House.
I) uf Mr. S eymmir. th© House prised ovrr
': •• *d -oid r»-p’M. and io«,k up'!.clast t (solution,
which v. :>s r a«l, .ts follows ;
I tilted. 'I it" lot* , s 'hr opinion of this cnminit
i• , tit »t i <* rt tor" ot .Jom ph Johns ifi, s a ,!. legal** to
r pros- ol the eh it" • tils net isimpos-.i - f (lie c- unl\ of
II rfiso-i, and pan >\the county <d I Joddiiflgc, was ill.
lrai. an ! *m fi t to l*c mm ttsn,»--. nnd that the s| eil.tr id
* H'">* id Delegates U* dirct led to iKgnc t w rit of t
lecti -n to supply Hit* vacancy th is nc-* si-mcd r* v.ud eh <
it tt dud rid.
A motion was made hy Mr. SheflT<*v t» amend the
cam© hy striking ent all after the word * If evolved f a .1
• n 1 he m »rda hat J din S
P i (Mil is < ilitlcd to Ins seal »•* a drlega c lo in the
. f Jlairteon at t < « | |»
A !• ii ’ «i> i a ** eni*ucd, in w Inch vart« us matt* rs inv,,|
he cornea t i n it naaed. \|* • an m,. th •.
"■ * mmir. I) m. P rinnri, 1 tin , and St,,vail, t h,|,
j at I in the discus-Uiii.
fpf r« « '• (j-iPfc ion waa taken on the ant t-.dment pro
^s.v. |-y Mr. Mo ll* \.
() > riuk -n f Mi ( nway,
Tht liots^* at!j *urtkM.
iioi sr. nr m i 11.\ rr.s.
Tt I HIM . Fch. 1 «.t. | c IP
A c n r.m icali«>n was rc *nv, d Ir -m llm 5>, w hit-:.
w as read.
1 h >i> ak“r l 'i l U h r© t!»© House a comujii■ i *a u.n ,
o. (> a wit r. rating that he I ad app> inu d cum
t -ncra on liehalf ol the >l.it©, to net tin* r.immi©
h« ers appmnted on th© part -,| the v at< . t < t1 o t ,
t . • , IN
City f VN’ish
Pgt.m and had adjourn© I fine die with -nt accomplish
ing the object for which the hoard assembled, and niclu
s ng a 1* lie/ ir in ill** conitmss' .ners of the Sta'c atitioun
•mg the result, which was laid on the taltlc and ojacie.i
to U* priiticd.
lU.l'OK I > OJ ( OMMi l rK.r>
Mf N\ . fr .:.i a S; (trial c mm ties, n j uied ti„
fd in wring lull with 'Ci hum* ul.nrni ;
A bni t create the *«i3d Judicial 1 ircuif, and a rcj . it
i p it il: • instruction* requiring the committee t.. i,Mp.nc 1
I'lto the expediency < f equal ZH g tin- i,.>r .#f the Geueial ;
(_ tin, a».d to c* nsider tin propriety of creating new eti
cuit«. And,on motion of Mr Watson, 150 copies in
aoi ii'i n to the usual number, vure ordered to U» nriii ,
tod. '
RESOLUTIONS.
On molioc of Mr. Carroll.
Resolved, That the committee to examine the pubi c
Armory be instructed to enquire whether the Arm* rv I
/on M-.uioi.iclu ring Company have notviolated their con
tract made wjthtlu? Ixtaulol Public Work-, und» r an ad
* I iU General Ax* u.hly. pfl.vu-n <1 e 13th day of March,
' ' .7. greatly to the injury ut the Armory properiv.ev
| >*«-d in tire and depredation*, contrary to the spirit and
intention of the above recited act, and whether the said
Company ha* any rig.-t to ent»^ the buildings and use the
Is and machinery belonging to the commonwealth; and
that tiro *»aiil.CoAJiji»IUfcC be audio rill'd to send for persons
and papers.
On Motion of ML. Mayo,
.'Resolved by the General Assembly. That the Execu
tive be requested to have made. «ud to present to M»
jor Gen. NS infield Stoll a Gold Medal, with the follow
ing inscription :
“The General Assembly of the comuwawealth of Vir
“g uia have voted ih s Modal to Winfield t>cotf. May r
“General in the service of the United Slates «A America,
“i" express the appreciation of this c minonwialib toy, the
“il!u . i ■ >s s**i vices and qualities performed and display
“t.-J by him, {MiX/mum mier-ia-Chief of tlu . rimes a/( the
“United SiaieM in Mexico.
“Duns the \&r>f Christ, and
“of the commonwealth.
On mynion of Mr Dor nan.
lst -h»e*uU>d, Thai ihe rsvtsnrs sf the civil code be
req icsied to turnmh to this House, the draft of a bill to a*
j 14 the Circuit boperi r Court* of Lx a and Chan
eery . and the Genera I Court, isubiisnyd 11 tins common
■vea 1 ;t.
*J <{ iu V-e\v -«f etfi I r -C.ris p->. 1 fo.be linh
nod t *r the city of Ru’lmionJ and county nf Henrico ;
r.d *»t in* c*.licr ^emiies, cit#* iud town*in
tth'?rft«C s 11 t (
n v% I. •; >: <•- * i < *1 • '
eifctnl# ; the . iiy *-l I. i oemd vi « u \ . t 11
4 oowniuie ni*< «in ml h o 1 b*- ft1*’ e.f her
Uf and n.)» lit to la* .4«J • (I » •*»»><•»*‘f Mir* l' *•
I hr fta-w! CtAi ft! ha*#:inun. • |l»e»4ii**J 1
I over all lhu r> and is rli nu«>i, K-ili at *> •» .
‘ miu in clon e, rl, u t.icli a in w el* * s«d by *hf l if '* 1
Jv.ijtnrn*f C’.-mu* . |' I.jiw and Chancery »u iwcimiI‘he
.•.in! r lilies, 7iiii •. nd tow i|«
3d. lilat in 11*1101 (nr l eiirfal Co- ft a* n»w r* ablish
1 e ry law , that the live Se lor Jrd^e* lor llie too • being
j « f said JVija r r ( olir’a I J iw , shad cvns.lt U'c a Uni
•era! Court with il e ‘inix *»•*• . v.-raili'ii 4*.
and 11 all e.nu*e-, which is nw eAervi**d by the Cein 1
j ..I CoUM
4' h. That ail • M'f* n >vv d* pen Aug and 0 •» !• ier.nl •
o*l 111 tin* in ni *1 ( .him, ' r n anv •! 1 ' * ( 1 • 1
Si»|*erH r C onMa of | .a w I- { :mi. r v . • • ' ■!.«■
'•I M.ifeli next,si.all N Ir'i ^U tr# .1 I . Inol « -,i41 **
ed 1 ih I•. : .•tii! (' 1.11, and in the Sup. r1 ( » ,r a. "
! peelivrtv, of flu a.ni c>*nii* * a.cities un.l tuW 11S 1 alaidltb
' ed by lea net.
f*h I bat fheHirka ofihrp-rsent l»e »eral ( mu',
Mil Cue lit N. p. ri o ( »uri**-l I .1 v» a nil CIi tiioery m 11"
in- ir*. (.* ■ ■» ft 'nil n«, sfi.ill I r elerk- <d life in 10 f»l
< uri :o*d ** ijM-rnr ( ur:» he . y 1 s a (dial nil, l**r and
.'if » g- " »■ tin* x f in d him •[ lli* 1 r j»ie*eni olli* **, and
lb- r< M r 'b I r •* f .ill t'r- - i d ( , s . Ilf ip,ft*l
t d by the (’o trta hereby . * 4 i.iahed oi tin1 J “dg»* ‘birr
«d i d in'Ii 11 . ir ;? 1 • *. i' (ft 1 A p' ov id* *1 I ) la IV, 1 \
ep m I lie < ’ v 1 - I f, 1 bin nd nod 1 > 11; I \ <d i to run, n
t I
a >. pr ' rim j •hi* •, i-’ir, I .1 l mi v i nft, llie Ii ♦ s
, -I Mi .ft i.r 1 ,1 1 . ’, b f 1 Ii** pfooi 11 .ng y iir, to
i—-. 1" Ih Mi. J gildr }.«• del. ship ol 4liy ol the
C iifta est 1 dial,* d ’ \ llm* .1.
♦ •ih Tim’ tin- I I .ivi.il 11 Ii ii a . 1 |o 11 ere me i I
' * . - . r\ 1 { lu «,• \\ di om ;is i ill 11 af 4 ji %l pf< p M
1 loti to th»* inerrns** iif luU r to tie ji il .nued by tbem,
•••• ; ii i’ > ^ m 11* 111 4 e >• • him 11 sat 011 in .ill, Ih 111
■ 1 be um w li'ob mi! .0 waved by diinilnahin^ lii.tr 1* 1 n
1 In r ami Or* iVlnjj hi Mill- Me
Till I ||e lei I lo 10 \ . I r flu eb e .01, of 1 le new
.1 ges, f, • horns fi-etl lo llie -a ul Ih i*irei,ifa, to be coin
!■ ., 1 1 (I r-lioine , <■ tin tr dill « * on the - day .4 Maich
11.it
^|!» The a,-t 1 , r. iiutu nee and be in fnice ffttm and
after 1 he day <d—,
'* - I ih *or- n f,!' up all tin- n« restary detail*
f 1 et r* tnt 1 flo t 11;, ft\ - .1 ui, and also i.i n j«.ri t lo it
..( in n thereon.
I I K I H:.N Ol lU.lC Milk I.IM 11\l.
I ! i t i.idt r of the day, low 11: the el* e, ion of a
!! t„ i m 110 . .I, t fill ||,« vnr nr\ 1. .1 00md hv tie
• > .’ rn 1 ■ I k g .0. k r (II 11 J dm i* N\ a I l.i re, id tin
' ' k' p- . l \ i M i to. I Hill* up III Older .
w he » o !.i »\i.g uiirialio'ti* we *• in nje :
I Nli a, l l t I.I’uon: It. 1 . Miner, ol
1 < .
I• v NIr \\ ;i la i- 1 > i I |inr 1 l). \\ .m:4iMt,,np,| |\ 1 i>u
t. ro
hv Mr M ‘. re ol Stair.ui- C'.d ( ii irh -. I*‘. Sutth ,
f* Staff .-d.
liy Mr .l.isp* r ( >1 Jiso pit .lohiis n, of I’r. \N illiain
The v te liriog taken, r«^ulbd
Fur mb in . n, t'lti ! For d ilma n. 0
^n"le, 37 j Fl werree, li
Janil v ip w Ii the S« i,4 e ; —
\\ lode U(MOU r of vo i»H, | ."»1
Necessary to a ehuiee, 73
for W sillily n»n, <7 1 For J lots n. 10
Smile, 40 j 1 b*w 1 ir* e, O
^ I i I l*b'y If \\ .mbiiiM 11 w .it derlared i'ii!\
el* i'ted.
(O.NTI .S'I | |) | | | .( | ION | HUM II AhklSON
AND DODDKII (.1
I he e..n*oh »nt!oii ■ f tho 111 p. rt id the eonilltillec "f
FriTileire* .11,d Khe 1 ns on tin ( ..ufewi.d K.'et lion fmiii
liarnn.iii and Doddndge, w jh iiere rrsiiilied. #
I he imittir pending was the I Mowing amendment of
Mi Sin fl* \ , to the n'<dm :oll id tlie ri iniiii.‘rt* deelar
l.»g the rice I• •(» vitiated ;
|{. solved, Thai John S Dunean is rnlithd lo Ills *.■;»
as delegate tr nn the roiinly ol llatrisoli and pails of the
oouiti y o| I ) iddridoe
Alt-r eoiiwiih rahlr iliHeuswi.-n. the malt r was laid on
tin table.
DF. M il OF JOHN \V .IONi s
Ml II arvie ntm-on. rd 1 he ill I Ii .1 Joint .1 iim.
and olfe.ed the use -I residu'.i »nw I i. spe t lo ih me.no
fv "I a it** v.im .1 in* tnl*» t, w hi. h v\oie utiamiiiunsly a
dopted,
\ml then thr If u*e n-ljoiirni il
io. fi. piiaaio.vi;ir s a.ii>
B|l R ^l ANT ! • a ilerrec "I de Comity Court of
Ib’.l|, u|, prom mired «i:i the ‘J'Jtd iJ;«y of Nnvetli i
her. I ** i. , in :i •-1111 lit.‘friii d>*p. tiding. IFgdm and wile
Nam y Mi'd y, N< . du* uiidrisigurd ( "IiiiiiIhsI iM [
• -. dirt, in :i |»fi M.d, w i I, nn In, bdny, dir 1 full duv of*
I- 1 ruiiry . 1 * 1 . r\|»..h f-r vile, hv u ay of public tine i
ll" ■ 1 ‘ ’ h'gl.i -,i In Idi i. ^ a I my : 11 p near the prem
i 1 HAl f OF I.AiMI ig to die < i <
ut I id, \ t r NT M \ , tit • ' , .* o.i la hi i ng by survey
« \ ( RI S
I he gut i r pari of said land lies \y oil, about our tliird
fi.l laud and v. ry productive li ts w,|| dinl'. i
•’'laud watered, lying op lluniingt u*d», in a ronve
11 • • i. . ..i. three tn i West of Fames R . .
II Wrver, ill m* \vi Imig lo piirrhnsr will piobubly find ,
H ’ » di.mi in’rr. si to i xaiilloe tor ihiMiisrdvr.s.
1 1 .RAIS d|‘ SM I \ rrrdit of tr i and two years, j
• 'j ml iiislal.iimts. r\r. pi as to a sum sufficient to drftn>
r\p,’i,st‘> o( the sale hi id e si of die Mil', which wi||h«
t'.pined in ra'-h, thi'pcrclris r giving hoods widl g >,„1
i rs ci.il serui.iy tor the purchase money, and the title
id tin kind N<dd rcaimd till all the purchase money t- j
pa I, as a f ther security then f
A'x , i lurthrr pur-nance <d a d.rrre of the eontity
t lb dlo. d, pioun. ml mi die *,M dtdiy of .l.mu
» .'V, I MH. ui the » a -e ot (te . n and w tie. \ *■ Moshy , Nr
i In* ttn.h r* Mu ll ( immissioncr, tin rein named and ap
|' "titl'd I >r I i It pi|t|MlSe, w ill sell at public llrctj.iti to
ih** lugi i t I•;.! !, r. at the tinto and place above men 1
turned, j
Oor7 X ( RTors,
im'St .'f th. m you ig and lihetv, In longing to the cm 1
late i I mi id Meshy - on a ere ht of six months, the pur j
chaser giving bond with g aid personal security.
II MAJOR.
I'eh. 3 11 :»F C nii.uisstouur.
t}- The R pu dican will phase copy.
.vu s s (i voitruu.
1 \ rlI.I. commence the »*• ■*>:».! Section of her School, on
» * U nine'* lay. ihr 1st ol Match neat. and ho iea hy u-i
1*11111 ted attention to her duties to^hare a portion ol public
patronage
Terms cf Tuition*
For Beginners, £12 50
For more advanced, 15 00
Payable in advance
dan. .11 wl 1 March il
jvoi r.Mhr.u \mt lii]
« IIIUP HOODS
.7 .Vl> .% O MIS T.l KK.
I IIAV F this d.»v u • i\i .1 atnl opened .» s, ,-,mhI HUpply id
M \V F \ 1.1. \M» Wl.N IT.U l.OOlIN,
selected in the Noithciu Fitu ». with great care, to u Inch J
levpoctlully <all tin- attention ol the I .adics ,»nd the pblic
generally. u tiiry will liud a grr.it many new and hrau i I ill
t»onda, which are not to be found elsewhere in tins market,
and at prices iu■». U lower than they could have been bought
e.iilh r in the »ra»nu. i Jet in it mint ei-s^ary to mention the
muni roue articles just received, hut icspe* tlully solicit a call
to the w ell selected M.-li —which I plulgr tnv«eif to sell, at
pin es t.. (ne entire satwuetion and no itisfiKK
N If 18 ia it TliOS M U ll.KINsON
flVlk auberiher gratefully arknoiwedges Ins thunks l
M. corn s(*iMiilcuti*. fur I lit i r it b* ra i patronage the pat
v» :»t, ami ret|i«natfiiiiy inform* tlu*iu and the public that
he ha* entered intorr l»aiInerxhlp w ilb Alexander llruuka
nn : Vi'nmd Jamc* June., under lliu li.’iu til JOHN
JONES ( O.
1 h*- personal attention of each partner will he given
i.. the bus • a JNO. JONES.
Richmond, January \, 1848.
Commission House.
Jns Jones 4k Co.
VVn have this day entered into co-partnership, for the
purpnae of transacting the
Co iii mission liuiium
in ibis city. And we chaII end*uvor90 n> manage all in
teres’* ci. Jibed to o tri iir -, as t» «#-c*ir»* and merit the
confidence iw ,the public. JNO JONES,
A biiOOKH.
SAML. J. JONES
Richmond, January ! 184S. 4 «» if.
Jan. 8i — hit
riiiRTii:ni congress.
MU' 1 >K>s|oV
W Aiiiisc.ruB, Jjn 31, Ibis.
SENATK.
The Snails »ii railed u older, and proceeded. Is
ny §i r thr m •ruing hneieess.
Sundry jw-iiihMia and me ii<>na!s were pr srnted.
() i moiiou. the iii.»mii *|f bus ness laid aside, and
( iite Sens «• priewded la consider the ord r of ills day, on
I lit* Ten lteg'ii»**»il Hill.
Mr Dowel si*-I rest'd He Senate at ■ .me length, in
i« .r of the lull. I le d»- lar«*d himself In fivor uf the ae
<v< *iii>>n, • tth* r hy r«;» y or furce, of Mexican territory
• |!ie **nt l *eeu e the indemnity due onr **ii zeua for out
r .... . ii 'a ,r r j i * nml property ; hUi In pay the i xpen
%, n ni th H .r tN hen In* iMOchuh d,
Mr I). ini.as. g t ih ll wr, and the Serialsrutj urn
ed.
II i|>KOF RKPRESFATATIVKS.
The sp» (KIR siitiniinred the first bu»ine»a murder In
he i ails upon nie.nurw I rout tlifl-rent States fur resol u
'Huns, ad sundry were according! v presented.
Mr I.ott offered a ri-s ilulimi to stop the debate on
II e I'n-ftidsnl's an mai metsagfl to morrow at two o'
rS k
Mr roi.i.xxir.n moved lo lay the h i* Jut ton on the ia
hie.
The motion of Mr Coi.umkh was last, and the re.**
Julian uf Mr (»OTT adopted.
\1». V is to r*, from t • < 'inmitiee of \\ ays and Means,
rr p a'*nl i ■ nl pr ivnli g t r tin* sup|x*rt ol the army, and
si'ii a lid I , n < king appropriating fur the e. instruct i»»n and
rep itr I I »r ill a inns, which w# re r* ad twin and i« !■ rred
tn i!i* ( i.imultee wl the \\ h •!«
M I i.'rm it. ul Ilium.m, idf. ied a resolution in favor
• ifannrxmg New Mexico ,i I ( alii n la to the United
Slat' * h I. i-it lies i\» r titl'd to m rr »w\
Mr. (iii'DiNt, ll -red a resolution I »r the nppoitilinerl
I a «• miuiii l' e . I It * e turn pure intOlhc slave trade in
I.'.*- I) hi rit l it ( J'Iiijmi ; and he demanded the previou*
Ijnr.il ll I, j*n i its adoption.
Mr Ilni Mf s.i l s uili ( iruliii.l, mo\chJ tint ll he
1.1 ii < tli** table, and C-dlrd the ay. h and Hot w ..it lilt; am
tt a*.
Ir. I Ini.mi. moduli w is rej1 etnd.four correspondent,
w idi ut h aymg what was dune *» till Mi. (j ddlngh, re so
In i n, taki s up iiiiullii i nii 'j»‘i t )
The r* Viuliilr ii rdieled hy Mr <» % ll it kt DtM'Hf, nsk
irng lln Prcnid*m in e,.,u; imir ih C •«-tit*i:i 1 Taylor’s ft
ply tn Mr. .Murry 'b h Her, r.*|"i nan ling (ii n Cj.utn b.wax
adopted.
Mr ( I IM.M in ofTi red a ri H'liiiiuri railing on the
P • ' ei.rr- Hp, idi mi' r* la live in the ordering
.! a < uiirt M *' ni at |h r* te, h. tr v <»' ii. Scott
Mr lloTTs . lien at ni.'. Ini. :isl.:ng hy a Imt authority
Mi W Ik- i es aiji>li'd at.ii.ll l.r Mmc*, built J
W III ii III 4 I .
The 11 use then adj rn ■ I
Washington, Utb. 1st, IS 18.
U. S. SKNA1K
1 The Senate was called lo order al ihe usual hour, and
proceeded to tin* cuiisideratioti ul" tJ.e iiiurniug husiiie-s,
; which w .* niuH'ly iiuiuipnrisiul.
Mr Mii.i.i.k’h ri Nulutton riapt sting tin* J’resident to
infirm tin* Senate w In tiler A tux dlliy has been I vnd
upon guuds e\perti d hy citizens ul Mexico, and hy what
.mill r11\ w .i-4 t.iken up a'ld :e.ln|iteil.
I '* llt'l pr- \ *iin j auditi nil Kxaiiiiiirrs I r the l * j t
rut Post ( lHi c, w as p.i*>S' 11
The .Senate liit'ii pr -rd* d tn the cnnxidor.'Hlnii uf the
! "Tib r Die .:-iy x i I'm Iks Uh.imkm- Him..
Mr I lot'r.l.\sx ii<-|i - ded the hdi, and replied In va»i
• ms i.hyiriiuiis mged ag iiusi It hy Senators, xml said lliai
the war was just, and ought In he pmae uied until an
In'ii r ihle pea e was uhlyiued.
Ih-I re Mr |) Ii id c.included, he gave way tn a rno
d"H tor adj iiiuiuetu, and the Senate then adjourned.
IIIU'SK OK UK.rHK.SK.N I'ATIVKS.
Tl.c II -use li:ivi«j r< h-Ivp-I its-’lf inf.. (.’--riiiiiiilpp nf
■ I..- \\ iiolf. funk up I r einsnlera'lm, the sut j**d of tin*
ri ll roiK’e of Mil f *iI nidi ntN annual im».t«y«re.
Mr f »(>(•(• in took ill* tl '.ir Mini i *p|)iMi’‘i| I he measures
• I Mr Polk's \ ! i iiiisi i .r I .u 11« r plied to Mi Uiiktt.
.iini spoke vviih mueh warmth and eurnc*:ness.
Mr (•. was m*Vi re upon hoili Mi ft«nt.rr and Mr.
HkOINUl.K.
Mr .Mofisi fillow* d in sironii delcn ft of Mr. Folk.
I In'IMS mti rrilj'teil, hy Ills eoliseill, a:.d intern gated hy
Mr. ( ol,l un.H
^ h 'I' (.»'iggin*H speech, the debate on the F ph
iilenl'e Mesnaoe eiosed.
Mr. \\ ii.mot moved tonmeiui the revolutions instrnr
t'"Lf tin.. mil I i * »i|mm» the hill to raise five iinllmt ,s ■. .t
iloli,ns hy diieei taxation. lie mole a spir.ied speech
ami -aid that w.is the right wav t • raise means on all ex
• rjordmarv ■ e.-amoiiH He dunged Mr. JSi cretarv W alk
i r wnh a w ant of eon rage
\ h loin amendments were offered, w ith Mr. W ilmot’s
coneurreil e.
Fn in tn u the e.imtintir e then roi^e.
Mr Cut.I .oiln obtained tin* ll • >r and spoke at <*011
■mleraliie length—reviewing the war micMitun, ^e. I!<
was luturrupletl on leave,anil interrogated hy Mr. Me
K A T .
Mr. Conn, of (Senrgia, obtained the fl.*or; when, on
motion, the House adjourned.
W amiino i on, Feb. ‘J, 1818.
I S SFNATK.
The Vn r. Pitr.mount h« 1* g ahseni, Mr Atciiihon was
cleeled President pro 1 «rt 1 pote id'the Sen ale.
The Senate proceeded to e-msidi r the morning husi
n n* Mr Davis, from the Wiunniltee on the Mi i ta l.aws,
report! d a hill to extend the pension laws to the ordnunee
corns, w Inch w as pas-i d.
The Senate laid aside the morning business. ami pro
ci rded to 0 insider the order of the day—viz : tin Ti n
Keguueot Mi l.
Mr Hell -poke at s -me lecuth in opposition to the lull,
n- .-i i- ■sed tin- pr sect Hon ol tin war lor tin1 | urpes» > de
signed hy the Kxecultve ll*1 pointed not the » v 11 >
wliieh must ari-e should the policy of the administration
he e irru d mil. \\ it In 111 concluding, he gave way to
A message from the President, transmitting the cor res
pomh in’e during the arnimitee.
A tier the reading of the message,
The Senate adjourned,
HOI’nr OF UF.IMIKSKNTATIVKS
Mr. R*ikit ashed ami obtained I* avc to muLe n per
soual« xplanaMon, ami said sundry things in n ply to Mr
(•oca.in.
Mt F . H. Smith railed Mr. Uiiett to order for tt:el
| rvnnry.
The < n \ir :*aiil tin gentleman could proceed in order,
and that tIn re was no rule prisrrdmig the nature of per
i sonal ex planai ions,
Mr. smitii ap|H ;iled from this derision, and the apjwa!
w as laid on the table.
Mr It it ett concluded his explanation, stating that hr
had been imsrepres. tiled.
Much confusion prevailed in the I fall, Severn I mem
bers addr* ssiug the C hair at the same time. \\ heu order
was resmred.
The 1 louse proceeded to the nisi mss hi order, viz : the
resolutions of Mi Vinton, reported yesterday hy ihe
committer of the Whole, referring the Picstdeiit's mes
sage to certain com tu I tires.
Mr L'obb, ol A*forgia, w ho was entitled to the fl or,
addressed the House in deh nee of the President
Mr Stephens followed, and replied m Mr. Conn in a
sir Lino spoeelt. He commented severely on the course
ut the President aid Secretary i f War.
•Ir. ( ii a hi. ». > IS row n warmly defended the admims
ira mil.
Mr (’ H Smith obtained the Hour, and
The House adjourned.
negroes: negroes^
a* /: <; u o h: s : * /
1AM now in market to purchase a fall supply «( NK
UKOF5* l will pav the highl it market cash pries foi ail
UKi l.Y AWJHOKS,
From IO to !• years Old
Persons having any tor sale whi do well to call on n»«- W«
Ion- i milting sale, as no doubt the highest | rice ran hr <»btaiii«
ed \l. HART.
1 will give a liberal.pi^ce for one or two blacksmiths and
Uarpe nters, good wochsnci.
N R Persons at a dislanee having Negroes tor sale, will
ji»lwaited no rompily bv giving a description ul iW piopertj
aq^tle SX II.
Aug. Ill—is,.
For Rem
flMAO very comm table Family Residence*, on Mu><
I •1're« t, and pos-sessio-i given itnincdirHcly,both lately an: j
cunied h\ Robert Morris*. F-q. Apply !«»
Jan *7 - is if It DUNNlNOTON, Agent 1
DOMESTIC INTEILICEM I
« ®
l.l'T! I.U IKOM MU UO 1 I
li> L ' E ()l UKf l.» E?» r*TlVM. /
Juiiua ) i v 1^- S
I file i.d.l r* «.f »Im Whg ;
(ivulh tutu— \ our coir sp-mdstit lr»m tl s ( y.
in a inos. worth) amJ • •.unable, but sadly m > sl»*o. _* u
ileiuan, -mkJ who, J apprehend, Iroin ihe character ol nis
rmO»nnutll»lil, is lallief imi credulous lor Hu* poll umI
alums her** about Wanning ton, las, 1 perceive, l.i a let
ter bearing . ah llie 23*1 lust, ami publisi rJ ui lUe Wli g
| ol ill* Ui ill, fepr* M-me.l to ) *>u, amJ through )oii lo my
J cuniblilueiUs, that Mr. Clmgoisii,ol N nh i jf.d.iu, and
i m\a*df, are the only two representative* trnin i n J* uih,
; together with al*-w troiu the \V * »t, op]«o>< d lo the Hum
i i jii>. hi of Oim. Taylor. N,#w , I do not mean lo s-ty who
Mr. Cliugmari, or any ho y else, is lor or against—♦ a*'h
o*i11leiii.iii call answer I r Inuis* iI as hr *m i*s 11 Bui 1
do nn an lossy lhai y■ nr cu# lespoiueut ha- hi e i hd i lo
a in* »l cgr* gioiis crmr, ll he aupp s*< s t! **'. t.iC t in * I
.Mr Cl.iy i.i l-uti,nif., In ui l* e N uitl a. d NN * * , ^1
mean those w ho pr* h r Ins nomination swell a* ins * n-c
Hon.) nr< limited lo two or twenty—c*«iI tl ha* tieeu . \
sin li errors nf calculation that pu »lic opinion a' ad has
hnen ii amihtclurcd, as lo Ihe true condition ol Ihn.ga hi
, NN nshiugio i.
I hat I stand a Iona of (he V irginia delegation, in n
pressing my preference lot Mr t lay, in true. Thai i
regret imi having ih'*nppo«? • I hii) uih* of my coil* .i <>,
in Mpially true. 'I licy, no doubt, are honestly rcfl- cunt
their ow u views, and whal they belt* ve ihe vi* as aim
wishes of their constituents—*u tin I. Bui d I
alone in t otioii vN nr the N iiion ui n lios *jm>iion,
ttb i.r w mil.i | con11 in- lo Stan I. immoral ami unshaken
I am n >1 only .i s chi .mo mfl m le NN h j tin-e I i p
n piiiic.pt**, but I n present a mi rn :rid i tl xihlc NN log
distrh't. I •in* it no I .* m* .t ♦«*•* volet lo retain me in place, j
.i d d I did, 1 should not gel tlmm - n r shall 1 c* urt j
incir *upj** ri h\ an) «* tn-r mi ans than pcrHi.isiun, thai 1
represent t <I>titilll> whal I ixdlevo In he the true Hilt r j
• si * t 11 *- i* u ii 11 \ Ollnr gen? leincii, who arc repie
senting .h cmt dlv I Je.nocr.iiic, or doiihll'ul, Districts, are
ttiii r» tl cung the tin* c n ituoti of those District*, per
l aps, by supporting a doubtful, «r “no partyrf iaudi *
da «*.
I h iv. i .1, laboring I »r twenty odil \ ears in Inis great
\\ big cause, i r ilit? triumph of my piiueiplcs and prin
t'd , s 1 1 e parly With W hn Ii I have heeu a s eiaied— |
"Hi* "h;‘t /.( al and success let mv district and o h* is
answer. I cannot, (lei it please or oll’eiid whom il may.)
I will nof, be hi. ughl In the confession, that my strug
gh s ami e|l r's against the route-.ding party have hern
tac.tu ii', and stimulated only by a ihsrsi to put tin ins
out and the w'ts in, by giving in my adlnsb.n to a eau
did.He whs*' priuei j'.les a re link now u to me and to y. ti.
I’olltii al III' lias lost many id Us eh.inns fur me. 1 I e
only gam I have derived limn it. has been a name for
In nr- v and a de\.ai.iii to principle; winch I am not y» t
ire, nd io s.ieidice, hy voiding my prineiphsio ihe
' I'tody ot nne, w Imse policy, if elected, is veiled in so- |
| eicsy and mystery. I
I'f ien. rl’.iy |oi is a *’no party candidate,'f \y l.ieb is
I the only |n silion winch lie lias \pt as-u.ir d, then 1 am'
| not ' I in> parly—lor I am a parly man, and that j arty
i 11»«• Il Inii party. 1 have limiting to ask, and I want
nothing, o| Air. ( lay, or (Jen. i avlnr, or any other Kx
ecutive, and I will not do, what I would regard as a sur
render o| my principles, to make any mao 1'iesidci.t;
and, I hen-lore, I cannot ndv. rate the nomination ut any
gentleman who lias never fill'd a p. •lineal posiiion, who
conn s I edi Iroiu llie u ii'i d field, hr-rahh-d « uly hy his
military achieve i puls, and whose political views are
earelully conn ah d ab well lr »ui ills liiends as Ills oppo j
llciils.
\\ Inh I am n i unlilh rmit lo ihr- dam s'ic p licy of our
fioveiinn ni, I lo. k with a much nmie un.\i .us eye to
our h.reigu policy ; for the present. a lar umi'e nnpur ant
•jm siioii is pr« si nh tf-—« ne that nVi-ish. d-.w s and absorb
al! oilieis; 1 mean the Mexican war, and the objects f.r
which it is to he pro8ecuU:d.
1 miii unalterably ij posed to the subjugation of Mexi
co, and io the anm xatioii of any part ut me .Mi \ican ter
ruoiy, mid will sopfHirt no man f r ih«* Presidency w Irj
is in lavor of admitting the Mexican race loan wjual
paitieipatioti hi ilu- admnnsiration ol. ur free luslilntions.
Nay. molt than dial—I cun support no man who is not
known m Ire opjMi ed m it. | believe hat die subjuga
tion ol .Mexico, and its annexation to tin lTi»Hrd Slates,
("hull is now the ..hj.-ei avow i d,) will decide die late
ol t'-i' I iilou; and I think it mailers l.tlle how soon it
shill he dissolved, when that sc I » me of in! Hu: in n and
iiM iiii sss.il | have la-i n accompli In d : And am 1 asked,
it such a time, and in • in h a crib - four fate, to discard
:i w.se, pi act lea I experienc'd Natr-uiian, win mm
mauds the emli.hum* andestec.u 'liver. Inn* Wing
ilo.'Uglioiit the broad limits ot die I ind, to take a soldier
I mm the field, fl .sin d with victory, and whose trade is
war,—whose opinion* up. n the gnat ipusln-ii are un
kit »\vn time and to vo i, — from whom we have nut had
the slightest nitimwiiuti of a purpose ur a wish, only
bicati-e he cicees recommended as belonging to no prin
eiphs nml to no piny, beyond Ins own will and judg
ment ? —
“ I lirow physic t . the d gS; I'll none of it.”
I have had inougli of y.nir no parly men.
Let me a^k one ipic.*tion; It (*«*11 Tay lor is electe-1 as
a “no party candidate, w ill In prove a “no parly Pro
I sidcnt ■ Il he should, dieu he would not sun me or any
1 oilier W log. Il not. would he not tle-n disappoint these
( w ho elected him ? It a majority of the pe-pie are so
i dissatisfied with the prmeiplws ai d measures of both the
gn at pat ics of ihis country as to elect a President be
longing m ic-ithcr, eould lie select it W hig Cabinet
: ami adapt W hig measures, without a betrayal ol tin
trust confided to him by those w lm elected him ?—or, in
J otln r wor s, if he iseleelcd upon the ground that he
will in t avow himst If a W lug. and eommil Imnselt to
W t ig po|i<-\, would k. not he as fully justified in select
ng a Loco toco as a Whig Cabinet and in a : opting Lo
eof. co as W 1 g | ol ic v l Musi he not. if m crsally,
, hive i i * In r a “no party ” - r dvidnl ( nhimt, and would
he not have to com j n mi. e all his measures, or take a
j i i Ic licie and a Ii t Ir i hen . from each. or dect ive those
w ho elected him / If so, all I hn'c l * say is, that my
j services cannot he commanded in any such cause. Il
w <• are lo have him as i? W log Pn sident, let us also have
him a< a W log e.imlnl.He. or else wc may look lor a dis
»rg inizii'on ol tin* W iug parly
I un not 11.1rii a W h .is some gentlemen r’aim,—
out I have lived a Whig, and a Whig I expect Iodic.
Il‘*- i la \ br. w ho* •• military servn o 1 hold in high
appreciation, si.all s<> dev. |. p his principle'* ms to sen re
jt li'inKeit' I!ie nomination of a National ( onvotiu >n.
(winch, in lit* present positin.I regard as impossible.)
In shall ii"i only have my vote, hut my active service.
I he it worth little or much, lint as matters stun.I ;.t
prcvul, “with all tin* lights now hr tore rue, ’* especially
I from the great Whig region of the country, (which 1
| think \. or correspondent has n. t consulted.) and with
<»ut w hose aid it is impossible for us to succeed. I am not
only sal -fi .1 t :tl .Mr. (.'!;<>’ is the most availahlt cindl
I date, hut the only one writ w lion sneer ss is certain.
I h;»\e reason to believe Mr Clay has lost nostr.ngth
loth sc Stair s that he carried iu M l, and that he is
^r* jir. v strengthened in many that he then lost r ape
ci. ily in New ^ oik, which our fiends assure us is bc
'oiul the p-is-ihilil v ol a dolib', nothing ol Now
Hampshire, ( I w Inch many of. i r friends are confident.)
(• orgia. Indiana, I .otnsinua,together w ith Pennsylvania
wh ch may he earned In selecting a suitable man to
' place on his ticket- say either Ncott or t laytou. With
these views, I alt ill do as | believe my emisi intents
would do. not give him np for any man of doubtful pnn -
jeiphs. ai d more douMtnl success.
W hen I Hiiv I feel confident that Mr. Clay can be «>
leetet, | know I shall In* answered—-to you thought in
*4 l**— True, I did—so did we all—but ilul u no rcaso i
v* by we should not he. I am only rendered iio* more
cautious in my calculations by that unexpected ami dn
a*' roue defeat.
'I he Wh gs . |* my own district w ill recollect the p c
d i lions ..f tin i.i oi In art d a year ago as to my own sue (
cess- tluy.s|**»kc ili’u.as now,of the want ot avmlihitltV.
The r.>!i|i gpcaks for itself—and soil will ill this case.—
I lo same c.uiscg that operated io swell my majority so
tar beyoiid all furm r cal-olatioi s will operate m the
in vt Presidential election m swell the majority of Mr
( lay. He w;H not only not have the (’athofte e.vi'e '
merit, me t-reign influence, the Native American paitv.j
tlie annexation of Texas, ike ike. 4k. to op- raie ugnin>l '
him, hut they will all w »rk io Ins favor ; and most of all. '
this wicked and In.mb e war, and the ruinous condition
o! the country. w hich will In* plainly spread before every j
man’* eyes, b« h<re the election comes on, w ill swell Irs
trininph, in my hclicf, Is-yond all calculation that his i
most -anguine friend* have yet made—and if the VVlPg
party are smrere jn ijieir expression oi prefe/enee fort
nun, my u vajM to tlu ui is, to h id on ioh;ni a* their
•»nlv eluo.t anchor, /or the -cuu-u rvaiive iirlucii/les of
Wbigg v \
At aii events, let ns a wait the *p»i.>n ofn Nationa'
( onventiun. it w.ll l*o ;imo enough lor us who jnfer
h m, t m VMCp NJr i lay. when tnc \\ liigs (J| f|u >a <
.,,.mtal Mumbled, .'.all re<jM,n.n.nd Gyn. ,
Ln.., , nr r.r • .. #v, SU
I ..... I MMlI - -k I -I. wJ ,ru< 11
N«i 1C .h*i:> .. US „ ,
|i >|b ■''.fill’ I .
JOHN M IK1 IIs
TUB HvV<.T. Ill MlillS.
Th# aiilSri.imif .1 <he n.nnT..ii»i> a lrea»)
r,m by Mr Tr...,.«rtll« very -'l*.
i,I ,.*• Hie. pr few he well rind— nd -•!
,l,r*. Il,r U .ml.nijjiun leti r writer* are tinquenUonably
I'll, t...rr.*p n.lem nfilie N. V ..1 uriial of Cotr.mercy.
v» ruing on ilie *28th oil. *a \ * i ,ii i
-The |>eacp mi.nor* have tx**i« discredited; but ihrre
.. ||,|. iuii.'Ii el f..latum f r them. VI*: that c .niinis
9i „ n . fr .1. III. ,M. Ate in jinyiiiiiieni pi"|> to U. tier I
it a ii-ne.,ui ol nenotiatloiH, wiili a view to an .ieee|i
I nice i f tlie terms oflernl by tlie U. S.. but up.iff
lutsai'ile eimdriona—:m ariniance— the willtdraual ol
tr,«.|.s fr ill the city of .MiAieu-aml the | a\ tn. til ol
fifu-. n n.illio is I.. Mexican government upon the rat
ipf.it ton bv l ‘I i lie ftjH * V •
• The ..’ifi r will lie Mind l<> have been informal, and,
; will lead In nothin* The ditlienltj is that time is in.I
rt. .\ i f t.III. lit I lliMIgll III M.\ ten In make and guaranty any
ir# ,iiy < t | caef*.’’
0 i ih iH )it*r hand, the Commercial A lverliserol Sat
urd.n evening remarks :
\\ aie i nalili d tn say that there are letter* in the
on \ i n in’ i berv» I t > ug rev*, ol both part lev, w hich de*
, ;;t,, t ,|u. Hi ts! uimpiivoe;il terms that tlie oiitlittOof a
. tii \ .if arrang'itlent, has been n ceived at W as mg
ifii. e rresj'. idmg generally with tin* \ ropositions origin
a It m i.'f I v M 1 risi t» ihr Mexie n coinmmsium rs,
a id that it will In aeetfod t.» hy tin* Adminisirution.”
“In !i p« ndent,” the sensible enrrcvp*indent • I the Phil
adi'lpliin North American, in his letter id Saturday. dis
credits the statement that tin project of a treaty liav been
scut orj by Mr Trist, hut docs not deny that lie lias been
negotiating with the Mexi an government. This writer
ol servo s :
“.Mr. 'Prist stand* in tlfr worst possible odor with tin*
I'ri sidctii ami Ins party, for r» fusing to icturn home, as
lie w .is rdi r« d in do. Senator* occupying prominent p »
sit t.ns at not teserved in their expressions at lilse ii
dm l, and in<>r than one has htgmli- d tii.it tin* Pr* side.it
should send a *guaul to escort him to \\ itshiiigtoii.’
The fr ends of Mr l rtst. nil the other hand, are com
plaining S'vi' f ly at tins tr»a mei.t Mr. iiiiehanan, who
appotnti tl him to t-ilifc, tin-ling that he lias incurred the
displeasure of ihe Pr« sul* ul, has, as might be expected,
deserted him. When had It* the courage or inttgmy to
vuslaiu :» friend, tl’s.ieh support might in any way com
pr »mise htinsi I ? Mis I.h isa refill;.H"ti of ihe suspicion
that lie rM i had the u.anliin to do right, at tim hazard
I I is personal or politic.tl inti rest.
lit still later papers, v\ e ha v»» no re p- sitive srateim pis
ihat 'lie terms ol a treaty have been adjusted hy Mr.
T.ist.
1 ho Pit;I .del; I. a IP.Ih titi,of Monday cveuing.coritainft
the follow tug:
*• Notw itliMae.ding the denial « f the I’uton that <
treaty of peae<' is ui progress, \v.- have every n a on to
believe the contrary. Mr Cummings, ol the liul etm,
who is n >w tn Washington, has sent us a despati h, in
which he sates that ovcilures litii'c. been tnu<Jc by .Vcjr
ieo, amt that I time avert in is me substn t iallu aviejilahU
to the (ulniinistniliou! Tin* denial ol ihe L uiuii is no
doubt, a lueie diplomatic rusi*.”
SKMI Ol'I K I \L.
Prom the Philadelphia Public hedger of Jan. ‘28.
FUO A WASHINGTON/
W ASHINfJTON. Jail ‘20. 1818.
If Mr. Tiiist’s triaiy Ih* uc . |cil by the Senate and
acceded « • 1 y the 11 use, ( m the 11 . \ i v.dvea
: a king «-f lands and the paving of in.mi v.) tin \\ ilimii
pr-ivi-Mi fall-, of i i s own a cool. lo tin* oral ml; In in that
case I In* Hi" O ramie fast, and tin- tiila w< -l will I rm
niir boundary. And the extreme cun si tv «f the House
i< know the in-tru< ions given to Slidell arid oile rs
will also abate, as it will probably appt ar lhat Ibe. Pref
ident has very little more to show on p.ip< r. My won
tier only is, ’hat even the or*icr t«» allow Santa Anna
to pass, should he attempt a landing, was euen in
writing; bnl peril:.ps thin eould not he avoided, as no
obedience !<■ no order, verbally communicated, could
re s.mablv liave been expicted li <m an • flic r. \\ ben
Venice, :»fe r an exisvuce of fourteen hundred years,
was at last n’s rbed by Austria, some zealous writer
•n dipb inacy asked, us a sp» rial fav r from k ron e
M« fieri ic that he should e p rmi t .1 to « x m in t e
archives, ami by that means the s en t history u! that
. xtraordiuarv Republic ’I he p rmi - n was
bnl tbc O ,r* - ami Senators i I \ enue bad been if* r
men limit was an'icp.iled even by ibe shr. w- rst diplo
; ires of ibe present day—not only did they I,rep their
diplomatic transactions a great so ret. hi'TTiu.v Nr i
TIIEK KKPT NOR I’RK.SEKV Rl> \ RRCoRO OK Till M
| It must be remembt red il ui it is a warm triend of
tin. Administration, and one in daily intercourse with
I in* members, who tnalo* the foregoing startling revel
I in,m-- for, although it is rather hinted than avowed, it
| is scarcely possible that one of its i. miliars would have
! ventured to Invc given even sin intimation of such
| criminal acts, if there were not some farts within In*
p. rs nal knowledge it justify i'. If it be true that
j iliere is in» record of the. “secret** purposes of Mr I*. Ik.
I the iufeience is not f treed "r u it itr, tli.it n . such record
was kept b« -atise he dared not permit the people
to see it.— »Vuf. hit. |
Kx Senator Poindexter, of Mississippi—**the Devil's
Darning *\'cedlc.}' as |- I* Iflair ot the ‘ (.ilobe” used
t- call him. tli ugh. truth to say, the Kx Court Kditor
ha- himself small pretensions to beauty — is now writing
.1 series of essays, recking with Lueul'oeoism, for the
Misaifsippian. They do not s. em, h wever to like
I with “the deni. cracy” who have not forgotten cer
tain chapters m the firmer Ins'- ry • l their new convert.
One of diem remarked. the other dav, to the edicr.f
the Natchez ( ini'ier, I hat be feared P i mlextei *s aerpu
lion w-mbl p'ove filial to hi- |>:»rfy ill that Stale; lor.
I he said, although be had great f-dtii in and reverence
i f.r bis principles, be bad doubts wbetiu r any party
, i gbt to triumph that recognized Poindexter as a leader
I ..r even as a | r minciit tnemlu r. It is in be noted, two,
that we have seen no gh»r li.*ati»*n i:i the Washington
I hi. ui over the recantation by .“Old I* i .sM . f w hut be
.-nils bis Whig heresies; mi l, il vT-^ral Jackson were
dive. it is hardly to b • doobtei! that lie would implore
I is Mississippi friends to turn a deaf ear to ibe sinm!
{ aied vows ol p mtence of a man whom be strongly bus
I peeled (tic ugh • r m ..us|y c-uiatnh ) ,f haring instigated
•in attempt to assassinate him.— II hig.
ABOLITION OK THE NABRA'I IF.
Tim Boston Liberator contains a call, signed l>v a
great uurtilw r of nnmej, for a mee'ing to lie hid i for
the purpose of taking measures to ab dish entire! v the
it isi i net toil which |B ,,nVV made hy ( hrstian natioi s
b tween the first and the odier six days of the w» «k
Among tlie signers ot this e.ill are the most prominent
aboliuoiiMs of the country, swell as \V. h. Garrison,
Edmund (jninev, Kraueis d icks.m. Charles Burleigh,
M aria \\ Chapman. &«*., See. They expre-s the ex
pectatmi that they will he considered heretic*, bu' de
dare nevertheless that their sentiments are sustained l»v
Luther, Calvin, Milton, Pneslly, \rchb;s!i p \\ kat. lv
ami other eelehra'ed names.
Nothing can he in no in keeping with ns < wn dis I
honest char icier than this development of abolitionism. .
Professing sympathy for the Jave, it would u vertlie
less deprive him ot his only dav of rr>t. B- giimin^ its
mad career with war up u die property ot' us fellow
men, it ei ds with the mad eft".ft to appropria'e tiie
Almighty’s p operly in that dav winch ho has hallowed
as exclusively ins awn.— liicli. Itr/i.
GEN TAYLOU AND THE I AIIIKK
Tbe N A Tribune lately gave publicity to a current
ruiuiH- in AN a-imioi..n. ilru (ion Taylor had avowed
his prttfi o nce for tin* Tantf ot lb*IG ntul tin* Sub 'Idea |
•»ury 1 It rumor turns oin to lie a l ihrication, us we
were w. ll «atudi.*d it was. 'I he \V shiiigtoncorresp.nl I
deni ot tlie i liihuh Ipliia North Am* Mean n:iy$ in feia
tion toil:
“Mr Davis denies having pr pounded any interroga
tiilies to lien T«y|.*r, or n.iviog received* any h’Mi i
fr im him sine* h s a "rival in Washington The •*re|M»rt,’’ i
therefore, is w h’Hy oi.bundedt Gentlemen in the*
coil fide lire « f (r’li 1 sylor who ocriipy high positions '
m the AN lug ranks, huvVc airlturized me to state that ;
hemither title* lams, h.tu lie evprc xcd, any su-I. 1
opinions as are suv-ri^ him in referrucu to ihe!
‘Tariffof !&J6aiid the Independent treasury.”
( ipt Kf.ni.illy.I,f Cinrimiali. I; Med liims-lf ei Ri„ !
r uu t,v |.l u-Hr. ll.r hill ..firs s.v„rd up.,,, ihe r,.Jilni] j
h!:"* *' »P*> the blade. II-In. r.uuwnd
'* ' o ' o _ - .. . ; ......
COL* 1st AN A
Wl.tr y t.a» I* ,, „
I* ', 'V " '' 1 - 1 ■! ■■ ) • i' « ■ , ■ ,
«-«*• Iticn flan »■ ■ n i . s, | • ^ s
.. j •• ••' • * • • ■ . I' 1
1849, to sii- c ■< -i | | i V ,J in, . • .. * 1
liirtu bull 'tings, as I il r i r
1st. 2nd
A I". Kinwr ( A ) 04 0(
J'ltm Sli.l. II HO ' 01 04
I’ one Nmlf (I ) 00 (,q
Smltrring 1 I
An,I nulc.ml**iil will, (hupxliil it, „ _1
t Wlup iiumnliuU-lv imaM^did u, h, m |* K 'll '
(Ia«”) Slate I’lini. i l.ji a maj ruy „v,.r N, ’•X'-^r
Weia, (Wltijja ) We cupjr il„- V..II ,»iu; * '*
From the New Orleiw Bee , f Janury -jV,
“The ilie Iacaai ami llm aeal in i|„. L'mi*«i d
| nUe.imw fill,,) l,_, llw ... II, un J, In,*,.,,
the tilt it March. 1810, he IH'C III 111 t| *M- e'1, r
Soult*, a democrat of ihe dee|A*si dye.
' profoundly griiiv d ;md un rlified a< the »« -. j, a ’’
he t Id, Our d's:i|ip..initiiu*ni i-, t:.r gr, ;i ,.r {
' as We had Ivett led lu h< In ve that . xi rv \\
have Votetl f r (tie nominee nf his j»art\." |; ,
source of consul in .i, is |. fi, ami that is draw,,
' fact llint the regular candidate of the
| "didell— was deb au*d, a id that his parly had i , '
1 irale Upon a gentleman who owes hi* r|ecii..„ tl) ' ''
Vi les. T is, however, is hut a meagre , iy„, t , "
1 disheartening n fl chon that a Whig I .• > ui,r<! ** **
' deliberate!v st'l at nought ihe will of th.- ' ""v' t\ Ms
• stultified its 4iwii t haracler, by selecting a vi I, ,.1 r\ J
opponent. for Ho* highest ofiice in us gift. * i1
“I'.verv member oi thet uo branch's \y as pi^ii
jcept Mr. Isaac Myhi« a VVhigffomiht I . . • \\ ' *
I lugi n. 'I his gt-nlemnu was absent, anti u
sought for in eveiy direction whs nut t«» he f ,„„(j ^ '
had atte.nhd the Whig caucus un >u u lay
, voted with this party , and stand the general *“
j supp* rt the W big candidate. lli> tnyMeri.iii* al).*, ,,.'
however, reduced the ti' -j inty on joint ballot n, (j\j.
vote, and reudi-,n*d thfnusuh highly pruhleu :»,|. n| **.
the liM and second trial, Mr. Baldwin, whig r,.. !llP1)
ting the I'.irish ufSih in*, winch, ih -ugh he .■
niucralic, gaveu majority for the W’aig «• uul ,|, Il|t ,
('<mgr. ss, ihe Nowunhcr eh cHon, vo1'd f Air. V| . \
from Motive* which have not transpired. I ll:s dciecti .ri
would ha ve secured the di-le.it i>f t'e \Y hig . I f , ,
C U se pursu•«! hy (’ol M n tl-* I \A'hlte — tlit- (!, n, ,• JJ
seiiat..r Iro.n Thupiemiue—who threw away his v , h
tavor of KoIm ri ( . Niclinbis. Tit* t w par m > iU ,, ,. „
seijuenllv toil—each ita v ing giv« u 6*4 votes in s trs
peel I vc candidate. At the third trial. Mr. \ im \
was Mjl»stiiuted fur Mr. Midell’s Air Baliiwumn di-s
occasion voted for Mr. Keitm r, the Whig i ,
on the oilier hand the ! '.Sowing \* hlgs dn-n-d ||„ r
p r y and cast their soll’i:ig* s for S. ule, \i/ AJ, SSlS \:
11 :r«-t:i. and |Jarlia:n, • f ill Senate.AJ. ws Bh*i,v. nu a , |
\\ alkies ol tin* ilouse it is due to Mr. Tarh imi s, v
that hr • Xjilaiued to the (.'oiivcutioii that In* ! v •,
for Air. S ole, only hceanse he th uighi th idirruativo
laj hi tween tin latter and Mr. Siidrll.aud that .Mr. St v
was. in Ins ■. pin inti. pn*ft rahle in i v« ■ y n -■ p ei. Air. I.u
' Iihih added that lie would have c.iuiinnrd t• > v m* ,,r Mr.
Kciun-r, hud that yetlemau needed his vote to ensire
Ills e|i V i n. The Other memo rs oRored 10 expluualiu:i
; of tin :r vote*.
* “ The democrats, of course, exult, and the Whin
are pr »j>ortu»nahlv ind gnant at the r. stilt There it
i email induccuiMit thr the \\ tugs to »'.\» rt iheniM-lvee to
carry el»*ciious, when they ju re tvv ihe fruits of their
harci won vicn-ri * w rested fo u; them by the def. asan.-e
n| 11 if* i r ow n I riends. W e may h'ar divoiufiture with
« meihiog «»f phdosojihy w In n stricken d wn hy ihe fores
four an aguoist, hut l«» he pr>*'rated hy a lihtvv from
those f r w hmi wc fight, is n I,trie 1-•«» cruel. It v/«
t ri’sand d * h a is ate to he • ip] 11 \ <Vf rin »m ;if (o llm
Whig par y. weeann t f r the lit of ns s »* why it
slh-utd si niggle for tin* attain.oent of jxim t whi-h only
i j * n s a p"Werlt*8s and barren S'-cptr* in us grasp.”
Correspondence • f V V. II raid
W AMllNOTON Jau. ‘J8, tS4S.
GKNKUAL MOTT.
While ll»c mill ary operations of General Scott must
attract 'he highest ad nira'ion of evctl tile old s Idlers nf
Napoleon, hiseivil measure* for the inaititenmea of hi*
' position in Mexico are scarcely less marked by ths
pr iiiptitnde and discretion of a mase r mind. Yet this
, great general and civilian, who has accomplished the
I r >\ration and temporary comparative tranquility of an
e rpire, w t h a handful wf men, is to be ttrnrgued and ex
amined as a criminal.
Whit an the charges ? \\ hat has lie failed to tin
that matt e old accomplish ? Where has he falle i short
hi anything ? No man can answer, lie has done his
ilii‘\ . I)ut. sir, there i di li-ieuey somevs here ; and we
think it is traeeaMe to that ■’hasty plate of soup. ” lie
has n»t w til ten enough to the war department—he I. s
I slighted Secretary Marcs—in* ha* held the secretary ui
apparent contempt, and he is called upon to answer (or it.
lie has said the ar.nv was "disgusted” at tin* estimates
of the I'liioii of the force in the held, which weal the.
time contended were less than the adjutant general made
it out; and we suj»}Mise it is upon these things that he is
i to l>e tried. Of course theinrpiiry can do nothing but re
commend the transfer of the case to Washington and the
Senate, or drop the subject; and w« ri her suspect they
wiil hr glad enough t j drop it w lien the old General shall
appear before them. Justice.
A NATIONAL CONVENTION.
\ general meeting ..f the Whig* of both Houses tf
(' ingress took place m Wasnington on Thursday even
, tnglast: S. ua'-n IL rrien, of Georgia, presided. ’1 §
subject of the conference was the propriety of the Whig
party’s holding a National Convention for the nomina
lion ol candidal* h hu the presidency ami Vice Presided
'ey. \\ e le.rn from the Washing on correspondent e of
different papers, that (here wa* some discussion, and that
niiici) enthusiasm lor tin* great cause was manifested —
It whs determined to hold another meeting on Thurs
day evening next, but not Ixd'orn a vote was taken, d n
i ding, by a .uajority of ten Indue, in favor of a National
Coiiventi' ti. The adjourned meeting will beheld tor
tip* purjHirtf* of fixing the time and place of bolding the
(' nvention
'Lite correspondent of the «V. Y. Herald stales that
Mr. Gcntiy, <>| nmssce, advocated General Taylor
very warmly, and urged the importune# uf running bun
independently.
LATE FROM GALVESTON.
Ry the steamship Globe, ( apt. Wright, the N. 0.
Delta Il ls ree i. ed tiait s* from Galveston to tliei&l inst.,
her day of sailing.
Tim art to establish public schools in the county •U
liaiv. ston had t.ecome s law, and Would go mtjo|u r.',n»,
timi mimed! itrly.
A 111 • *♦* 1111 g was held at Austin on the 10th inst , to
rganize the Deni erotic Mate Convention, to nominalo
• h*etors f.r Prcsjih'ut at tlip next Presidential elec
tion.
In tin* Senate • f 'IN xas,a l»ilJ had I wen introduced,|'r,l
liii.itmg the introilucu ai into ti at Flute of slaves who
hat e e mmim d high ortim s in the States or 'I’err'torit’S
of the I tilted Stu‘*-». or <*|spw here.
Pile fullowing ex'raets show that the agricultural to
sources of Texas are hegumii.g to In* d vchiped.
•Sug./r. —Rim4 a a will make Ui iJhhds. of sugar, av
eraging about 1*>0U|I». Nearly every building has been
eree • »J ti.i* seat *11. I o.'jO in d'. were tnado on six pU"‘
tat ion*. <d w liteli .oDM.lKJO Jog have been made by Messis
U N I) G Mill*.
Cotton. — Frnn the Lower Rrazs, (without J f<h
in tlj« river,) turlusvti jf bale* hauled from IVsvh
creek and th# C'oloiado there w ill he r.early six thou
sand bales tie.nil** forward. This e*t;iji*te is not i,(t
*» j^h.
THK VAN NKSS C.\S.l.
'J’hr Supriii v Court, on theilSlh u!t , dismissed the
appeal •! ;\!rs. Connor, \% lio vJam ed In be the \'ile";
Ci'iieral JoliQ V. Van Ness, ort iLejgronnd of a uan, "f‘
pit .>• I ■•!t ii, u Itic'i. i i i fT-rt, cn.ifir.ii# the derision of ft*®
C -urt ttuiow, which ki'ttb'B llie .cu^e tu
plain till'.
The Convn.ti m of \\ isoousin Territory, now in scs-^
sion, Ira,moo ;t Stale Constitution, lia$ derided that the
I,eoisl.«iure may, at t une, future period, confer the right
of mi {Tragi! <uj ai'groi sul j(i;t to the ratification *d t*'1’
p pular vi*L» . We would remind the Kntjnirrr that in®
I .• cofooos outnumber the Whigs iu the Con volition more
than two iuone !
A very large Coeofoen m^i-jting was held in New V'f4
un^Salurday evening l^st, »rjd res lutjons adopted ap|»r‘,v*
mg of ihe course of the Administration in regard i" 1 *'•
origin ami protecuiioi,) of the war. All the speakers "rrfl
imported from Washington,the most couspirujus'jf wliuat
w»r: f* 11u■r. ■ If j- or, jju V i *tc.