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Il-M Id 11,0 moon, m I \ Hie nil. tilln- ol the I U". "I s* •
ba'li; .iii.l least ot all ilun lie evet debase hinisell, In* |
« au*e, add Ilia country, by attacking Id* adversaries, o< ,
maligning them behind llieti back* N>! Mr. Van llmei.
\vn never yet heard, either in public m |iiivaie, lo in
dulge in such unmanly modes ot exalting liiuiaell, or de
basing Ilia bitterest enemies. Ill* puli ical hiding* bare
tn lliem no alloy ol personal bosiilliy, slid bo'b as a pri
vate gentleman and a leading politician, lie is equally I ee
Iroin the am of calumny and iiiirrrprr»entaitwn,ol peevish
lies* and malignity.
Vet Mi Leigh i< pleased to a»crit>e those trail* u( indig
nant Icihng which haw etuaiijted Iiiihi an insulted pro- |
pie toward.* hinisell, to the a. rrat influence of Mr Van 1
Ibireii. Hi* self-love lia* mi-led him, not only as leaped* J
till own consequence, but the sout ces ol what be l* pleas
ed lo call the malignity ol party towards hinisell personalty.
Air. Van Huron bad no lung to do wt<li iln*. It was the
fold and haughty denunciations which Mr. Leigh m the
Virginia Convention, and elarwhrie, and on all ucca-l unO
indulged liiuisrll iii Hinging in tlietieth r.l the democia- ■
cy ol the United Slates, Ilia* raised this storm ol just Ind-g
nation against him. Nut contnil with tin*, he lias taken,
and still takes, eveiy opportunity ot not only lei'era'mg 1
(hose, bill ol rxpivssing hi* decided pt.ferrnce id Ihiiisl. I
Ireedo.ii over that ol the Uniltd Stales. What business j
has a man holding such opiuin* toappesl to the khki: 1
itopli: ol this countiy lor their support? or what ran lie I
expect when he doe* so, but to be answered wi h ohlo- 1
quy and scorn? He may rest assured, that it <!oe< riot re
quire (lie intrigues cr die jealousy ol Mr. Van Ilmen, to
bring down upon one, who rei'ere'edly iii-ulls the great
body ol the peopla of any country, ihehilleiest curse ili.il ■
can fall upon the head of man, the lasting hatred ol Ins
countrymen.
This indignant feeling of the People of the United
States, has been reiutorred by a soil ol contemptuous
disappointment, such as they lnl towards Mr. Senetaiy
Duane, when they dl*coveicd that instead ol a lion, he
only woie the lion’* akin. 'I lie democracy ol the Uniltd |
State*can forgive, nay, admire a teally gieui man, i ven ;
though he may be opposed to lliem. Hi* very bos !
tility makes him appear iniirli greater than he icily
is, as in tho case ol Air. Webster, who Jerives a f,ic
t*tions importance from the rigid.ty of hi* opposition
But there is nothing they so much dc*pi*e as a pit-lender
to the aristocracy of talent; one who nflcr's to hold him- i
self alolt, wild inhibit another sphere, which the people I
cunnot approach, and like the bat in (he lat.le, at cn.pl* t0
consort with eaglet, because he lias leathern wings._
Wheu (hey saw lint Air. Leigh had denounced them, «* |
an inferior set of beings, incapable ol imagining or com
prehending the subliiua sch nee ol government, or of
knowing when they wete well governed, they imagined I
that hero was a man ol some new and mine exalted stand
ing; one that might lawfully look dow n I oin the height of
superior intellect, upon his fellow ricaiiue*, and bullet
them with contemptuous imputations. They weieprrpar I
cd lor a giant, and they found only :i dwarf. Instead ol a
masculine reasonrr, keen, sagacious and penetrating, they
found only a retailer ol British precedents. In the room
of argument* they were stuived with doubts, and for the
solid weight of mailer of lacl, ihcy got nothing but hypo
thetical prophecies ol what might possibly happen, lol
lowed up by obscure insinuation* of wbat Air. Le*gh -
niigbt possibly do, if such ami such things possibly occur- I
ted. la Ilia midst ol all this hodge-podge ol ambidexter
logic, they discovered abundance ol empty and pompous
denunciation* ol the tyranny ot “ihe vain ami weak old
Ilian''whom they had twice elected as llie depnai'ory ol
iheir conliilence. Amazed and indignant nt the imposi
tions practised upon their imagiua ion by this great loom
ing phantom, they act up one univeisal shout ol couicinp
tuoiis indignation, win. .. has barn re-echoed houi one end
ol.tlie Uni. n to the oilier, and which the honorable gentle
man lias mistaken for the result of ait intrigue of Sir. Van
II it re nl
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.—Fbdekal Relations.
The following l.< Iho repoit ol die msjuriiy ol die Com
mitlee on the Stale nl the Republic; to whom was relerreil
the Executive Message announcing the citation Irom the
Supreme Court. Ami the counter report or substitute ol
the minority, offered by Mr. Dawson ot Greene:
The Committee on the State of the Republic, to whom
were referred the Executive communication ol the 7di in
stant, with accompanying documents, leporl. That die
writ ol Citation which has been served upon his Excellen
cy the Governor, al die instance of James Grav. a, convicted
befote the Superior Court ol Murray conn y, of the crime
ol murder as detailed in his Excellency’s Message, is, in
the view of your cominiltee, an attempt to abuse the pro
ceas of the Supreme Court ot die United States, lor (he
purpose of interfering with the ordinary criminal jurisdic
tion of this State, which, hy the Constitution thereof, i
vested exclusively in her Stipi-rioi Courts.
The right to enforce the criminal laws of a State within
her own limits, is one ol local character, essential to the
preservation ot peace and good order w ithin her borders,
clearly belonging to dial ‘ residuary mass of sovereignly’’
which is inherent in each State, and the exorcise ot which,
nlthougli ol vital imparlance losurii Stale, does not inter *
tere with the essential rights or interests of the other
Slates in the confederacy'. V’our cominiltee need not j>au«e
to show, by historical reference, dial o her States, having
nn Indian population within their holders, have afforded a
practical exposition of the right nl n State to punish die
perpetrators ot crimes (whether Indian or while) commit
ted within her limits. 1 onr romiui'tce nerd only rrh-r to
the recent case ol George Tassels, in which out own Mate
successfully carried out the principle in question.
Your cominiltee briefly lentaiIt, that by reason ol the
Government under which we live being partly Federal
and partly National, two distinct classes ul vases arise, and
that a just appreciation ol the difTeieuce which exists be
tween them will lead lo a maintenance ol the jut< <ittJ«t*ol
each Stale, while a tine observance of those which belong
to the United iftate*, will be piesrrved.
The light to regulate the interior police of a State, is one
of a local, domestic character, belonging to "that da.-a of
cases, the legislation over which is exclusively vested in
the State, and which should be asserted hy her with that
firmness, dignity anil moderation which should uisik die
deliberations of the Represeuta'ivcs ol her People.
V’our committee observe, dial from die letter of Wif- I
liam G. Spiinger, the agent of (he State, which accom
panies the Executive message, they learn, that lion, the j
course pursued by bis Honor Judge Hooper (upon die pio- I
piiety ol which they disclaim the light ul passing) ., gene
tal determination has been excited among the Indians to
maintain themselves against the policy and Uwsot (his
State; and your committee apprehend, that some obstacle
may be interposed by that deleimiuaiiou between the she
riff of Murray county, and the execution ol the laws in
the case ot Jas. Graves. They have tbeieloro ru-lravor
ed to provide lor such exigency, by recommending die
adoption of a resolution audioiizng die sheriff, should he
deem it necessary, to employ such lorce as will e nsure the
execution of the sentence in the above case.
Your committee, impressed with these views, respect
fully recommend lor adoption, rbelollowing resolution.:
Resolved by (he Senate and House a/ Representatives
nj the Slate of Georgia in General Assembly met, I i,di
they view with feelings of deep tegici, another attempt
to interfere with the adminisiiaiiou ol the minimal law . ol
this Stale by the use ol die piocess of the Supreme Court
of the United Slates.
Resolved, That die right lo punish the perpetrators ol j
crimes committed within the jurisdiction and char'eied
limits of a State, is one ol tho-e re.ulwa.y sights, the ex
ercise ol which is of vital importance to the cfoine.Xtc peace j
and internal economy ol such State, and the pi actiral ope- I
ration ol which can in no wise conflict with the escnual '
rights or interests of her ro stales.
Resolved, That hi* Excellency the Governor be, and fie
is hereby requested to communicate by express to die
Sheriff ol Murray county, die determination ot (his
State to enforce her criminal law.; and that siscli orders be
issued by him to that officer, a* will ensure the execution
of the laws in the case of James Giaves convicted of mur
der.
Resolved, That the Sheriff of said county be, and be is
hereby autlioiized and empowered lo employ a guaid ol
armed men, il lie shall deem the same netes.ary, to carry
into execution the said sentem e.
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, and all
other officers ol this Stale be, ami they are hereby requit
ed lo avoid any step by which dm Slab- ol Georgia may be
made s party to the case sought to be made before (lit- Sr*
preme Court ol the United Stales by the said process of
citation.
We copy from the Cincinnati Urpublican the official
return* ol the election for * ineiot.er ol Congress in the
place of the Hon. Ki.bert T. Lytle, resigned, who it will
he aeen, ha* been re-elected by a majority ol Jmty eight
vote* over hia whig opponent, Mr. lUaaon
SPECIAL LLK /riON.
Cincinnati. Lytle. Moron.
1*1 Ward, 157 32H
2.1 do IKS r»20
3d do 179 o.||
4 h do 104 2(11
8'h do 251 5(i«
County Townihipt.
Anderson Township, 234 55
f.'olerain do 1493 19
Columbia do 159 tj
Croil.y do 170 41
Delhi do 75 91
Fulton do 22 94
Gram do |9« 5 5
Miami do 49 09
Mill Creek tlo 117
Springfield do 157 99
Sycamore do J*f 99
Symme** do 92 |g
White water <Jo I <5 19
20n? 2555
2555
Major.ly for Lytle, 4S
f Phi la. American Sentinel,
VeawoNTl’nwonr*aiowsl Hr.icrrlos. — There wa*
a second trial In Vermont, on Monday the l»lh, in the
three district* which tsded to elec! Ifrprrscnfali vra to
Congre** in September. In the Second Dirfrlef, Horace
Lverelt has anceeeded. The opposing candidates were
Mr. Lovelsnd ami Capl. Partridge,
In the 4th d «frict, from the return* given, it I* doubtful
whether there ha* been any choice. Mr. Allen, the pre
sent member, and Mr. Van INe*«, Minister to Spain, are
the opposing eandid.tr*. Contrary to expectation, a third
(Anil-M«*onie) candidate wa* pul up just before the elec
tion, and draw offaotne hundred*of the Whig vote*.
In th* Bib itUtrlrt, the return* given >)>ow a rlo*e eo<e,
(lie result douhiliil 'I hr route"! w.«* between Mr. I
Jin**, an A nt > -M »"<>nic Whig, and Mr. Kleii her, uJatk I
M || III All. — ,V<rl Jut.
- roiti ii.x,
l Kruw ilio M Yoik tuumurrial AdmtiH'i, Nov 17 1
VEIi Y I.AIKKKOM ENGLAND.
Hy the jiai kel fli p Caledonia, Cap am (iraliam, from !
Liverpool, we have icceived our London paper* ol Oeio- !
•'«» 20 Ii, and Liverpool ol the 2|«t. Ihe Caledonia vv .ia t
0 Ii..vi* aaiierl on ilie Kith, hut w a* detained live day* in
runveipif uve ol conn ary winda.
It will he peictived that ilieie w a* a very active de
mand ui tile Colton M ukrt al Liveipool
CONFI.AUKATION OK TIIK n\ O HOUSES OK
kaki.iamkn r.
Ilie most interesting item ol ihielligenre furnished by
tin" arrival i* ilie destruclloii ol ilie Hou-e ol Lord*, and
ul the ( ti iprl ol St. S rphrlt, by lire, oo tbe IU:Ii ol Ur
tuber. I h * ni iii bad i.a orally vkvned a gieut sensation
m ilie lhili*h uieirupoli* —“It i* nut (.lie London Conner
obst-ivis) ill at ilie hinldiiiga weie valuable in an airhitec
tural an se, lor a less rigidly and mure inronveiiient place |
lur buau.es* ran ararrely be luurrived. that the lo*a i* ol
•iirli pniulnl mu-ie-i; but, tircauae on lliat spot, in ibe»c 1
hall*, have p***ed some ol ill- most memorable event* iii
the history ul our roun ry. They weie •hallowed in our
liear'a hy a long liain ol association*, ai.d we r«nU have
belter spaicil a mo e splendid woik. In them bad been
tvndeied to vieioiiuua tseuer*!*, thetbaukaol the a«*em
bled 1111111111 ami m tbem hail lesolinded tliove patilu'ic
wunl" whieli bullied on ilie people indignantly tot nation
al eviiteai, or ihieeted then euergiea to improve the na
liuiial instiliiliuns. In them spiuuied loilli -lie grim* ot
all our eivil wisdom—and in them »va*rlieetrd, when the
peair maker look hi* seat, ihe end ol our wam. They may
be »a d to have been iheniselve* all vpiloiue ol our lustoiy !
by leeallllig all i * s'likmg leatuies. They are low nl an l
end, i.evei, w e prrMimr, m bcirntnred; lur, inlnesiing a*
Itiry weie, they bad heroine, pailirnlaily Ihe I'enple’s ;
House, no longer Iii b.r (heir intended purpose, and, like
the in* i iitit.it> tiamed oi advocated in them during many i
reii'uiir*. they n quired io be adapted lo the giowth ol Ilie
nation. 'I im Ilie demand* ol ora'oi* could not arhirve,
acctdeul ha* in rtimpllebetl, and there must now be a new,
and we hope, a convenient Home ul Common*.”
The antiquity ol ihe llonae t.l Lord* we do not recollect
hill Ihe llun-e tl Cominoll* waa oiigili 11y a chapel
bnili by K ng Slephni and drd'Cated io St. S epliau the
Mar'yr. It was te built in 1374 by Edward III. m,tl as
»tgiud by Edward \ I alter the Keloiinatiun tor the Ses
sion* ol the Commons House ol l’ailiamrnt, to which pur
pose ii li** ever since Item applied, liolli these edifice*
which have thus stood lot centuries, are now in ruin*. A*
in tiiusi case* of conllagiatiun, iiimur ailrilmied it to in<-en .
<li.tii*iii. The i*n-si Loudon paper*, however, generally I
concur tiial there i* not the slightest reason lo suppose that
it* oiigtii m a* oilier 'Ii,hi arridi ntal.
I he lullowiug account ol parliculaia i* f.cin the London
1 I -
London. OcL IS.—Mioi’ly hclme ncven o'clock la^t
night, the inhabitant* ol W ectminster, Mini of the disliirt*
on the opposite bank* t.l the tiver, were thrown into the
utmost confusion mi.i1 alaim hy the smliicn bteaking out ol '
•me ol the most leinfic cunfl igraiiona, that Ims been w it
uet»ed lor insny yeHi» past. Those in the immediate vi
riuity Ol the scene nl this calamity were quickly convinceil
ol tbe truth ul the ciy, that the House ol Lords end Com
mon* and llic adjacent liuiidings were on lire; the ill nows
spiead rap.lily .lirmigb the lown, and the flamea increasing,
amt niouuliiig higher and higher with fe.ulul tapidily, at
tiacted the attention ol not only the passengers in flic
-"eel*, but il We may judge Horn the thousands ol persons
who in .1 lew minutes iv, ie seen huriying lo Westminster
ol the vast ini-j.111fy ol (he inhabitants ol the inetiopolls.
" e scarcely ever recollect to have seen the la.ge iborough
late* ol the town so thronged before. Within less than
hall an hour niter the lire luoke out, it became impossible
to api mat h n< aicr lo the scene ol diva.tei than the loot ol
Westu.in. ei budge, on the Surry aide ol the river, or the
end ol Parliament sheet, on the o lier, except l.y meant ol
a boat, or with the assistant e ol a guide, who, will ac
quainted wi h the lucalniis, was enabled to avoid tbe
Ciuwd, Mild teach Ahiiigion street, by s leels at tlie bat k
ol ibe Abbey. Ibis locality, however, was in a very short
-pace ol time as densely thionged with rperlaots as any
other. Theie was, however, no liing surprising m fl,e
multitude that flocked lo the spot—in the ciowd.d boats
that floated on the liver iiunirdialely in the hunt ol the
blazing pile—or in the countless nuinlicis that swarmed
upon the budges, the w liarscs, and even upon tbe house
tops; lor the spectacle was one ol surpassing though leriilic
splendour, and the stately appearance ol the Abbey, whose
architectuial beauties were uevirsren to greater advan
tage than when lighted by the flames ol this unfortunate
lire, would, ol themselves, have attracted as many thou- I
sand* to the spot, but, extensive asllie iiirrhiel we have
to deploie irally was, riiiuo n has magnified it most tear- i
(ully : -It was ruricn ly repotted through the town that I
wesimiuscr hall, and ivm flic Abbey itself wrie in1
flame*.
How- and w here the lire orginsled are siili mailers of
diruK. f lie get.e. al belief, h w cut appears lo he, di.it
<t broke nm in some part ul the buildings attached to the
Mouse ol Lords, lioiu whence it spread to the Iliose itsell
with such vast celerity, hat he lure eight o’clock the whole '
range ol * incline, horn the poitico, by which I lie I’et-ts i
enter to the comer where it rominunicatt s w idi tlie com- 1
milter room* ol die lluii-eot ('ominous, was in flainva. 1
A* rapidly did the d« vinning elepnent extendita ravagea '
lo die aucit nl chapel id St. Sirpli, n’s where the work ul
devil union was sooner on r Ilian in Ihe other House ol
Parliament. The giealci quanily of limber which the
labile nl the House ol l uminous contained will readily ac
cotuil lor this; and it is further to I e observed, that Irom
(In -ilnatinn id the building, and the uiilin k> ciiruiliStaiire
ol die tide h< ing uiiustiallj low, a veiy rcanly supply ol
water, and the up; licaiiou i I only one or two engines, not
veiy advantageously placed, were allih.it the most strenu
ous and the most z-al.ui* exertions conM bring to bear in
the vain attempt to s..ve that iutciening edifice from abso
lute destruction.
/ lie cui.lLigraliou vi, wed from (he liver was prruliar
lygrand and in picssive. On die fust view of it hum the
*vatei, it appealed .is il nothing could save Westminster
Hall Irom the liny ol the flame. Tin re was an immense ,
pillar of blight, dear ti.e springing up behind it, and a
cloud ul whi e,yet dazzling smoke, caieeiing above it,
through whtih, ms it was parted l.y the wind, you could
occasionally perceive the ImhIciii and | inn-ic i.«, hy which ;
the building is ornamented. At the same time a shower
of fiery panicles appeared lo be fill ng h,.oii it with such 1
unceasing mpidity, as to render il luiincuioti* that the rool I
did not Inn si uni into one geinral blaze. Till you passed
through M esliiiiuslei bridge, you could uol catch a glimpse
ol the file in det.nl; you had only lu l,,fe you the ceitainty
that Ihe tire was ol greater niagni'ude than usual, but ol
its mischievous shape anil its real extent you could foim
no conception. W e-Uuilis'er Budge, covered as i> w.,s
with iniltvidii ils standing on its bahistiades, was a chi ions 1
spectacle, as the daik masses ol individuals lot n cd a sink- 1
ing contrast with the clean w hile stone of which il is built, '
and which stood well and Imldly in the cle r moonlight.— j
As you approached the bridge, you caught a sight through
it* ait-ln sol a motley iiullflliidc assemh ed on the strand |
below Ihe Speokei’r g.udeii, ami gazing with intense ea- !
gerne** on the ptog.e s ol llic flam-s. Above them was I
seen the daik raps ol ihe Fusileei (<uirds, who were sta- !
limed in the gaid. n itself, lo pievenl the approach ol on- !
welcome itilrudeis. Advancing slifl nearer, eveiy branrli !
and Ijhrc ol iht* trees which air in Irom ol the House ol j
Commons, became clraily defined in Ibe oveipoweiing '
luiili inre ol the conflagration. As soon a* you .hot iluough j
the bridge, ihe whole ul llic melancholy spectacle stood !
brfurt* you.
Fioin die new pile of tniililing*, in whirl, me Parliament j
office#, down lo III* end (It die Npeakei '* hotter, die Haines
were drool in g Iasi ami Ini ion* through eveiv window.
I lie cool ol Mr l.cy .• Inm-p, ol die House ol ('ominous,
and nl die Speak»••’* house IiniI already fallen m, nml as fat’
as lliey were concerned,ll w as (pule rviiltul dial die ron
flsgr.tusn had done us worm, The lower between these
building* and Ihe Jems lem Chamber, wa* a-lighl on
ev«iy floor. I he root hail partially fallen in, hid had no
yet broken clean Ihiongh Ihe fluora. 1 he raher# were all
blazing, ai d Irnni llie volume ol fl one which they vomit- j
erf mrili through die binkrti casements, greal lears weie
entertained for Ihe safely ol odtef tenements in Codon gar- '
den. The hie ciackling and rustling w i h prodigious noi-r j
a* il weid along, sooiulevouied all die inlrrior ol ibis low- i
er, which contained, we believe, Ihe library ol the House
of Common*. ffy 11 o'clock it was ledured lo a meie
shell, illuminated, however, hom il* base lo its summit, in
the most hrigln and glow ing lints . I H mis. 'Ihe two odd
windows wlack fiou'ed die liver, sppeam I >o have die r
frame-wmk* lunged wuh llinuineralde spaikles of light
cd ga«, and a* those frame- woik# yielded Iw foie I he \ io
Icnce ol Ihe hre, seemed lo open a clear passage r;ghl
'•'rough the edifice lor Ihe desli unite element. A In ve
die upper wiiulow wa* a strong beam ol wood burning
fiercely from end lo end. ll was evidently llie main sup
port id die upp r pari of the building, and as die beam
was certain in be reduced in a short lime lo a*hes, up
prebetiaioiis weie entertained ol die speedy I,II of die
whole edifice. Ai ibis lime die voices ol llie firemen '
were dm lUrlly heaiil preaching rsuliun, and Ihotf alums# !
vve.e iml.st.ncly seen in d.e lurid light, Hilling about In !
’hf most 'f f fcproiiA >ih»4 8ntitilt<iitroii»ly wi re !
Iii-anl, in oihn parlrt ol ««•«• frotifs«r«i ol nvn tlie
smathing ol windows, ihe batterng down ol wooden par
H'ion*. a. d the heavy Haller ol falling bnrk., .II evident. ,
ly di«|.laced lor the purpose ol stopping ihe advance ol
ilieflui.es. 1 lie engiiits reasril to play on die premise* j
wliosp destiiicrfon was inevifahle, ami poured S|,eir
charge* upon Ihe neighboring houses, which weie yet till ■
•fllflied. A li lie after 12 i/ifork (he library lower fell !
inward widr a dreadful ftadi, and sliordy afici ward* die ]
flame,## il d (ml lereivcil fie#fi aliment, ilsref up in one
•larding hla/.e, which wa* almrsi immediately tpirnrheil
in a dense column of ihe htsek smoke. As soon #s dos
•moke cleared away, die deslruclivc isrsge# ol the lire
became more evident —Through » vi#la of flaming walls 1
you beheld the Abbey howmtig in melstieliofy pihle ovei |
If# defaced and #h#llerrd neighbor#. A* f#r a* you could
judge horn the river, d.e woik ol rum was accomplished
bu( loo effectually m (he I'.rlumr lil.ry building* which
skirl it# shores. ,
I lie appearance of the fire from die corner of Abingdon
slice I w a# also e x eerdtngly •inking. For a lengdi of j
time the exerlhm* of the fire-turn appealed to In- priori
P* / ‘•'• ‘I >o save that part of die House ol l.ords
Whirl, rOft«i#fed Of (he tower that ro*e .boro d.e pordoo.
All (lie test ol Ihe line ol building* wa# enveh.pid in
fl«mM which had ex ten.led them«e!*e« along the whole |
(exctpi die wing.) ol that part of die adjacent building
i» ibe left, dial I'out Abingdon street, and the upper alo
ne* ol which *«e committee-rooms, wliiln at the base
iiicut tveie i’ic alone Mrp» leading lo die House cl Com- j
iiioii*. I lie wing ol du* bunding, however, which lose
high above t.ie teal, die upper part being a portion ol Bel
lamy i, ami the lower bt ing used as a rec* ptaclc ol great
cuit#, kc. ol mcmhcisol tt»e House of Common*, was lor
■ome time like tlie lower above die portico at the entrance
*.f the House ol Louis, but slightly injured by the (lames,
and these two objects seeming to bound the ravages ol
the tire and to oiler sucresslul resistance toil* further pro
giess. while all botween tlittn was in one onitilvrrnp'ed
bl */e sltiactc.l < nivcrsal attention. The flames did not in
lacl, extend beyond these two points, but seemed to ea
hanst themselves in the destruction ol diem. They look
liie neatly at the same moment, and buttling furiously lor
nearly hall an bout, (lie whole a incline Inin the en
tiance ol the Common* to tl r House ol Lotds, presented
one blight sheet ol flttne. At length the tools amt ceil
ing* gave way, nnd when the smoke and spaik* that lul
•owed die clash ut the heavy fuming mas* that lell had
rleaied away, nothing met the eye but an iiu-iglitly ruin,
tinted with the d*ik led glare reflected hum the suioul
lining rmhris at i * feet.
HaJ pusf luuv'clock — WeAmlus>r Hall is, we think,
quite sate. I lie liic still bum* luiiously among the ruin*
it has made, but i** power lu do further misrlnel sppi ar* to
have cause*’; it i* confined within the limits of die walls
ol Ibe two house * already destroyed. Fie.h engine* and
liesli supplies ol men aie coming to the scene ol devasta
tion, uni a continual loll ol w«tei i* alloweied upon the
ruim; but our ordinary engines aie totally incapable ol
contending with such a conll.igiatiou, .ml out engine ays
tein wants the great element ol ellicitncy—a gtueial »u
|’c*intemlent. Lai h lire olii.e act* accurdiug to its own
v iew; tlinc i* no obedience lo one rhiel, ami consequently ,
all is contusion or coutrai'ic ion. Up lo the last we ob
served no distillbance; and, indeed, behue iliice o’clock
lliere was scarcely a person to be seen except the soldtei*
and liremcu. Ibe myriad* had all quietly di*prr*ed; and
the only sound heard was the crackliuir ol limber*. on 11>
ing ul llit* Uie |juin
I lie Painted Chamber and 1 Itu whole of the House ul
I.unN «ml Commons, including the Library, and Mr.
Ley's home, »re entirely destioyrd; and tlie south wall ul
llie Library lit* lalleu in; part ol the Speaker's house is also
destioyrd. T he Parliament otlices, at the west etui ol tlie
House ot Lords, which are entered Iroiu Abingdon street,
by the ga e way at tlie Star and Hatter public bouse, ate
sated, together with all the books aud papers they con
tained, and all the hooks Irctu the Library. The book*
and hu nit tire ol these two buildings wete remov'd early
by tlie police, ami placid in the yard adjoining, and
in tlie lei raced garden, covered ovci w ith carpets aud tar
paulins.
OFFICIAL REPORT.
1 lie following is the Otlic.ai Report upon the damage
done to tlie buildings, furniture, file, of the two Houses
ol Parliament, the Sneaket’s, llii-ial residence, the official
residence ol the Cleik ot the House ol Commons, and to
the Courts ol Litval We* mitiMer 11 all, occasioned by the
lire on lti.li day ol October, 1&3-4, as lar as can at pit-scut
be atecitallied.
HOUSE OF PEERS.
1 be Utilise, Robing Rooms, Committee Rooms ill the
west front, am! the rooms ot the resident officers, us tar as
tlie Octagon Tower at the south end ol the building, total
ly destroyed.
The Painted Chamber—totally destroyed.
Tlie north end ot the Royal Cillery abutting on the
Painted Chamber—destioyrd In m tho dour leading to the
Painted ( lumber as tar as the first coinpnintent ol
columns.
I be Library ami the adjoining rooms, which are now
iindcigoing alterations, as well as the Parliament Ollic.s,
aud the Otlices of the Lord Orem Chamberlain, (ogelhet
with the Committee Rooms, House-keeper's Apartments,
&c tit ibis pail ol the nuildiiig, are saved.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
I be House, 1/tbraries, Committee Hm iii*, I louse-kesp
er’s tpaituienls, &c. are totally destroyed (excepting tlie
Ciiininiltee-Rooms, Nos. II, 12, 13 and 1-4, which aie ca
pableof being repaired.)
The otfirial lesidenre ol Mr. Ley, (Clerk ol the House)
—this but.ding is tutu ly destroyed.
The olfiiial residence ol tlie Speaker—Tito Sla e Draw
ing Room under tlie Housed Commons is much ilaumgeil,
but capable ol restoration.
All the Room* Irom the oriel window to tlie South side
ol the House ol Commons *ie des'royed.
1 lie l.evec Rooms and n'her parts ul the building, to
gether with the put lie g-llciie* anil part ol the Clots;eis,
very much damaged.
THE COUNTS OS' LAW.
1 liese buildings will require some res-oi utiou.
WESTMINSTER HALL.
No damage lias been ill lie to this building.
t U HN ITUHE.
Tbe hirniltue, fixiur. *, end lilting* to l o'li (be Mouse*
ol Loids .md Common', willi ilia Comiuiilee-Room* be
luiigiog thereto, n>, wiih lew *icepiivn*, deshoyed. The
I'U Idle I in nilui e ol die Speaker'* house i. in great part de
stroyed.
THE C O U ins OT LAW.
I lie fiiinilure generally ol ilit-se buildings lias suslainod
rotisiderable damage.
I lie Mi icien mq iry is in progri s. as to the cause of ibis
calami1), bill I hens is nut ihe slightest leasuu to suppose
• hat it has ini'* it hoiu ai y other ihi.ii arridcntal causes.
Ollice ol Woods, ice. 17ih October, 1334.
On lereiving iutellig. nee ol this national disaster, the
King iiiiiiu diately placed ilie palace newly elected hi Si.
JaliiC*1 Pal k al the disposal ol Iho lia ion.
I l.e Son gtves ibe lollowing account ol the oiigin of
the lire. In the removal of papeis trim (he Exchequer
t° the Hon e ol 1,'inli, >oiiif nun were einployrd in burn
ing a gteal number of old docuiueiila iinnerea.ai y lobe
kepi. In doing ihi*, ilie chimney caught lire and coin
muiiiralt <1 with the limbers of the house.
I be lo-*. cou-ideit d a* an oidinaiy business vllair, is
esiiiiiaicd at halt * million steilmg.
The weather con tuned uiici lutnonly fine in Englund,
moie so than had been known lor a length ol )ear*. A
second giow th ol apples have been formed on a lice at
West Dei by on the second week in October,
There bad been several Irawtls on the Dumfiiea hank*.
A man hy the name ol M. George had obtained £1000
under lal-e p-deuces. Mm wa* traced lo apa.kel ship
hound to New York, anil there arresed, hy a piivale cie
dito>, who compromised Ida debt of £150 lor £50; on bis
pleading poverty. IJeing released, instead ol taking p -s
sage in the be secreted him ell iu bulging* on a ic
mo e pirl oljtlie Cheshire shoic; but the police, sii-pening
lie was the iimii whom the propiielor* ot the Dumfries
Bank wanted, kepi watch upon his movements and they
ascertained that lie had made arrangement* with boa'men
lo he pul on board the Virginia al'ei she had passed the
rock. In the meantime one of the hank partner* anived
ill *earch ol Mr Uroige, and applying lo the police, tlisco
veied « lie. e he was *U)ing, and ho was apprehended iu
company with his brother, at th.ir lodgings iu ihe neigh
hoi hood ol Liverpool. Me was, when taken, in po*se-*iou
ol 400 -over, ign*, and a considerable qnaniity ol silver,
besides articles ol value. The prisoner was recognize I
hy the parly iu search ol him, and conveyed back lo
Dun.hies
Intelligence had been received in England ol the « x
heme illuessol Lord Beutiurk, Uovei nor General of India,
at Batignloie.
I lie Camden, a fine si.ip hoin Oanton, had anived
a Or- euock, the first tea ship evei having cn ered at Scot
la ini.
John Patti rson It is been Heeled Governor of the Bank
ol England, iu ilie room ot Bil liard Mee Haiku*, who had
become di-qualitied. Timothy Curtis is recommended hy I
ll.e Dir, doi*, as (lie *ucee**or to Mr. 1’atitrsuli in the ol
lice ol Deputy Governor.
Lord i'aliiicrstun, it is slated, will he proposed to Iho
t ourl ol Director* by Goveinment a* tbe new Governor
General ol India. They are said to have decidedly reject
ed Mi. Charles Grant.
line 1 KA I haul —The clearance of tea* continu'd^
pretty extensive. The week (October 18 ) it amounted to
1H9 large thesis, 8(i hall chests, and 736 quarter chest.;
Ill iking in Ihe aggregate 081,9116 lbs. Tbe Company’s
decimation for Ilie December sale is equal iu amount to
Ibe last, and some cuiiosily is fell lo leam die result, as be
fore it commences, several largo anivals of free trado tea
will come in horn Singapore.
A i TE.Mei at Assassination.—The Liverpool Mcr
rmy ol Ori. 18, •<y*»: —
" A iikhI ilut.olicnl and cold• lilootlfd murder iv*n al*
tempted yesterday morning at the custom-house, on the
person of William Southgate, E-q., Surveyor ol ihe ware
boure* at this poll. Me was nursing ihe Comt-yar ) iu
the mleiior of the building a! out 10 o’clock, w hen a in in
named Norman We Hi, (a weigher) went close to Min,
Ibew a l.o se-bi.ttd from beneath Ins roat, and deliher Mel)
lut d at him. Mr. Sjiidigate perceived the pistol and step
ped back, which pievented the ball passing directly through
the »lists- It entered Ihe tl.e leftside, just beneath the
heart, and pasdug through the body, lodged on Ilie oppo
site Side,-on* easily lo be IHt upon s samliialloii. The
ball has since been exiiartrd by Dr. Ilannsy and Mr.
M’Cnlloeh, who declare their |iatieni lo lie in imminent
danger Inflammation has supervened, and his condition i*
as unfavorable as was an'icipated by the worst tears of his
afielld.llt*
P S.- Mr. Sun:ligate evpired on Sunday al noon, after
lingcilng in great agony from the lime lie received Die
laml wound. W, |rIt l a* l»een committed io Bridewell.
London, Saturday, Oct, 19th, half pa<t 7 —In the Con
M.J market, rime our last, there ha* been some degrre of
Steadiness, and the quotation for the acrount has lieen 91 I 8
t.nyer*, ami lor money 90 7 8 9118 Long annul.lea, af.
ter being at l« 15- Ift'hs, have been to day at 17 l-IOth :
Yes'eiday there «** some deg ee of heaviness in Kr
chequer lulls and the sale* had an efleet on the market.
I he premium lell to 37 39, and there was a consider able
demand lor gold al the Hank, chiefly on account of the
Joint Stock llanka in the country who are about to open a
campaign against *he Hank ol Rngl-ml by opposing their
branch Hanks. This morning the premium is 38 to4U, and
the market is firmer.
Yesterday the *<tllr menl of the acrount look place in
the foreign market, and «#« me ol the mo-t important ar
ranged lor some years, The aggrr gate variation in (he
price of Spanish s’ork, dining the account was estimated
at 140 per cent I be opening price ot the account « a* at
f»3, Irom which it advanced to 93, lell 13 per cent., being
done al 60, and when Hie diflerenres were fir ally ar
ranged, were f»» 1-2 —1The pi ire was yrstciday at 6ft, end
it closed this afternoon at 63 8-1 The account passed
Without at.y defalcation, although out ol door* a few pti
vale nrr«rigenunt* were made. In none of onr oilier ar* f
rucille* i* llieie any tlnc'ii.><imi r»( any impoi lance. |{u«- I
hon.l**re lot ||> lit 1 2; Itelgian «i |0| 1.4 1 2; Ilia
ulun al 77; Du'cli 5 per rent, lire 99 S 8, rallici llil, am)
PorlugnvM 92 •'! 1 In ilu di.ne inaikel, linCno* diaie*
I'* lu 1«I2 10, llie aetounta being tat01 able lioin
Ilial ipiaiin.
l'KANCK.
Mr. Livingston our Mtiiisin lo die I'uurl ol Fiance ar
li'eil in I aria on dir I.Itli ol October. Il m. repoileil dial
Mr. L. waa all lioli/.ed by die A inn lean Covet UUieilt lo
retluee iia claim* by one iliml.
llie Pail* I'nuadtulioual, however, of die 1 fill Oil.,*
alalea ilial ii has been authorised by Mr. I.ivingalon, lode
claie dial he hu* received no iiistruriioiia Irom llie (in
veiliiiivill ol die l niletl Stale* to agree lo any compinmiar
whatever, rela ire to die 25.000 000. claimed ol Frai.re,
and Im iher 'hat M r. Living* on 1* »uie no such tuali ucllt n
will Ivti be lianaini led lo him.
Inlelligi in e w a a received ) e#<eiilay Irom MairailUa 01
llie cbelar.i having broken uut al Oran on (he IO-li, anil
ronie ol 1 liar suldiet* 11 a«I »ln aily laden victim* to 11. No
lice ol il»io laim ntalite event bail been comiiii incaletl lo
llie Ihtafda 01 II - *dlh al \lai*t tiles and I 011I011. in onJei
Ilial they nny lake llie neceaaaiy precaulioiw.— Fittich
paper of Uct. 17
Fhicnch Funds—Paris Ocl. 19.—Five per cl*
1051 80e. 75c 80c. Four per eta. 92i.; Tkr>« per cla.
781. I">f. 10c. 15c 10c 15c ; Hank Action* 1,7851.
lb. co* 1 ol die French Army dur ng die prvaeiil year,
l« a li ac ion thuil ol tea million* alerting.
M'.MW.
I Ir. all.nr* ol (lie Queen d-grlil are said to lie lllipto
iirhing in Ilie nor li« in provinces. Don Carlo* lias as-um
e.l Hie ollem-ive ami attacked Jaurrgu) on die 3 I at Villa
hranra. A captain ol ilie garrison a> Echairi, Arausza.
Iiail | rmui-ed to betray tli it place to Zutnalacanrgny, but
a* a body ol Cat list* were scaling i by nigh', a mu.kel
"*111 hy dunce, gave the alarm and the surp.is© failed.
The Iudirateur ile liordrsux ol the II h ultimo hi* the
lollovv tng: —•* rile In tilth ol Mina impiou s daily. Ilis no
mination lias not only been received with j ,y by the ar
"iy. but also by Ilie entire population ol eveiy pail ol Na
varre nml Catalonia.”
A la»v had Iinaiiliiioti-ly pass, d the CorlZ ilcrlaring Dot.
Cailo* and his deset miaul* to luvo loUciteil all right to tl.c
<V ivn of Spain, and forbiJdiug him to ie-euier the Spa
nish territory. 1
Ibe I udirateur ile lWdraux, which fust arcr. dilul the
report ol the rapture ol Ihll or, contradicts it, sayingMrat a
trincadeia lu.l arrived, which lu.l h-ll dilboa on the 10ih
and derlaieil the rumour groundless. The (own was said
to have been taken un the 8 Ir. The Car list* appear to have
attacked it on die O.tr, without success.
A tel. graphic dispatch lio n Itayoune, dated 15th Oct.
announce*, that on the 9 h, (>viiei*l I.o.enzo, assumed
il»e chit t co.i.iiian.I, ad inttiim, ol the army. Order pre
vail- among all corps oldie Q i-en’s lorcea. Cordova is
urailing Zuinslarairt guy in 'liedirection ol the Amescoas.
Or »n i< m doiiind* to second his movemrli'.
Iline is a great want ol money at the Spanish Treasury.
Il is so great that Count T. re no t a *ai.l to have .led ale.I it
«|uitn impossible to go on much longer wi ho.rt money, and
to hive Inrmrd the intent oil ol resigning il the loan caunol
tie «oti'rActed toi hel.-re die . ml ol the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS,
At (lermany there were under anest between 2 and
3,l>00 in.liv lil u a I *, under charges lor political ollruec*.
Ilie bodies ol l.nty-iluee persons bad been taken from
tie cellar*, who had been burnt at a drvadlut lire at Wie
nier, Newsia.lt, near Vienna.
lute Kinu os- Greece.— (Kiom a private letter.)—
•‘No one can lead a quieter or more prurient hie than the
soring monarch. A considerable ponton ol his time is de
voted to Ins studies under the direction ol Lio'.tteuaui Col.
liram!, a ll«v«riau. He is i-ot fun.I ol public society, nml
Im* no parliusal I nine but a lew evening conversazioni.—
Hi. palace, though ol the inosl unpretending description,
is a handsome burl.ling, *o far as died ia rut.ctrtied, a* it
stand* ill all open .-quaie with the corpsd© gaide facing it.
One ol it* sentries is a young lioness, which was present
ed to him by 1111' (.reek consul at Alexandria, and is gen
erafy cbaine.l to tier post in limit <>! Ilie royal residence.
Independently of bis ride along the Argos road, which
I believe to be the. longest line ol highway in the
whole king.Inm at tin; prear lit momi lit, he seldom
appears in public: bis cscoit, ever since Colncotiom
ami Grivas* conspir.ry, comists ol a subaltern ami
tuiil laurels, br-i.le* Ihi'y.tris, his lavoiile companion; this
voutli, a -on ol M -11 kn- Hotzatia the cdebiate.l patriot, is a
li-tulscine, manly lellow, and, what is belter, bears the
b'gb.-st ul character*. I he young king avoid!, all expense
wbidi i« nut indispensable, ami has no personal attendant*
about him excepting a Herr von A-cb, who acts, a* hi*
m.ilre d’liotd, a private secretary, and two orderly 1 Ili
errs, one of whom is young Ho'Ziri*. His rook, too, liom
hi* culinary taste and taler.t, is no insignificant personage
in the eyes ol litany. Among the appendages to the pa
lace are .1 small latm which supplies it* inmate* with milk
and butter, mid an excellent garden on die road to Algos,
lor dir purvey ol fruit ami vegetable*. Otho is extreme
ly popula.; bis ma.in. r» are soil ami wirmii.g, and ilie ex
pres-ioil ol ln« leatnres intelligent ami very pleasing; no
tlr ng, bow ever, Ira* rsl-e.l him so highly among the CL < eks,
as the p.itlt Ire has taken 10 acquire their language, ami
the Ihiency which I e has already altaincl in it.”
Nokfoi.k, Friday, Nov. 21. 1S31
AnniVAL or THK(’OK»TKLL»TION.— The u. Stales
liigaie Constellation, Cspl Head, Iron, tlie MediU-mmean
aliiiou, came into our Capex on Wediu-aday last, and tlie
we ther being thick and boisterous, anchor- d on the M i -
d.e Ground, un.il yesterday morning, when she weighed
and s'ood up to the bile cl Craney Island, were she is now
an horn).
Hie CoQ-ii llaliou lett Mahon the 21 October, ami Gi
brallar the 13d.; and since leaving the We.tern Islands has
It id rentalkalily bad Weather.
1 he cholera which had prevailed in Spain during the
summer, reached Mulion about tlie middle ol September,
at " liic'i time the Constellation was in that port, and we
regret to stale that the disease look.- out aiming lier crew
F.om the tune the C. I«lt Mahon umil she had ti-en nine
■lays in the Atlantic the di-ease continued to prevail; the
| nuinbei ol cases dining that lime siuuunted to be.wc.n
i ninety and a bundled, ami the number of deaths to nine
teen, including passed midshipman Horatio G Mye.s ol
South Carolina, the only ollierr who lull a viclm. to this
ratal
I he U. !i ship Delaware, Com. Patterson, was on li c
coast ol Syria, and war expected to leave Alex im'ria shot
ly lor Mahon, loiiching at Tripoli and Tunis. The scl.r.
SfHuU, Id. Comdi.-Paulding, had arrived at Malta from
AleXJiiilild, anl was a'so expected at Mahon. The li
gate, l "iled States Capt. Ballard, was at Smyrna, giving
convoy to meichant vessels. It was repotted that tie
l . S. slip John Adams, Capt. Connor, had pasted Gibral
t<r, bound up.
I be Constellation lias brought ov-r the fine marble sta
tues, emblematical ol Peace and H'ar, intended to on.a
ment the Capi'ol of the United Slates. They were exe
cuted, it will be recollected, by that admirable artist Lou
l« i ennco, uid are s >id to be splrmiid sperimens ol sculp
ture. As the work ol the artist is exhibited in a ba. k
View ol 'lie figures as well as in trout, it is expected that
tliry will be placed in tlie Mall o( li e House ol Reyn
sei.iaiivre, on each side ol the Speaker’s Cl.air, xml not u.
the vac.ni niches ol the Rotunda, as has b.tn am mixed.
Persico lias al-o executed a line bust uf Gen. Jackson,
w l.u-li is also on bond il.e Con.Hulla'ioi,. M. Persico him
s It arrsmpauies these valuable liieinoiials ol his genius
to W axhinglon, w hither the Cuiistellatiou is ordered to con
vey tin in —Peace is i(‘presented by a leuiale figure with
tlie o'tve branch. &r. War, by a figure ol Mars, copied
lion, tlie best model ol (lie ancient-; they are cut in (lie
( ar.ira inaitdr, ol the finest desriiplion.
List o) OJficrrs at t ac.hr it to the (J N ship Const ellat ion.
Gsorgc c. Ki'ul, E-q. Comtrainier.
Lieutenants. — John Itmld, George Adams, Loyd N.
Newell, John T. Jenkins, Joint A. Uavia, md Gcoige M.
Hooe. h
Acting Master—John P. Gillis.
Surgeon—M. Morgan.
Purser—Josi.ih Cols'on.
Chaplain— Waller Colton.
Lieut oj Marines—Francis Mall.
Assistant Surgeon. — John C. Meicer and Samuel C.
Lturason.
Passed M iilsh ip men— W i III., m W. Illeeckei and James
H. Sully.
C a plain's Clei/e—William J. Barclay,
School .Master—John J. Cla.e.
Midshipmen—Thomas A. Build, J. W. |). Ford, Jo
shua Humphrey*. iMoi.tfoit S. Stokes, Joseph A. Under
wood, John <>. Wilson. Loui* C. Sarturi, Itichaiil M . Har
vry, Henry H. Lewis, J. it M. Mo l.ny, William It.
Poslill, Richard 8. Trapier, Edward T. Wbubiirk, James
0. Williamson, Geo. Wickham, Fabiu* Stanley.
boatswain -William Brown.
Sail .Mutter—Mrnj nnin (’row.
Acting Cat pettier— Francis S.gce.
(/miner-Henry Km ling.
J'inset's C/etAr—William Bachelor.
I oss, tigers Louis P* r-ico, E-q. o( Washington and
Julius Beitioulki, E-q. cl Poland.
< Ol,. I’li litox. -We are happy in being enabled lo cor
tecl the eXaggerafioit* brought lo our i tty, concerning the
dines* of ( ol. PtBsIou, by the following idler, which ave
hive teeeived Iruin one ol that gentleman * hietid* in Co
lumbia:
Cot.ltMBlA, Nov. 15.
f'he c* .ggeralcil nceounl* in the p .per*,of Col. Pi vflon'*
indispo-iliou, will be best coriecteil by a simple statement
ol fact*. He ha* hail neither paralysis nor apoplexy- For
some time past he hail enjoyed a high stale ol health, and
hail become exceedlr gly plethoric. In Court, one day
last week, at Winsborottgh, and about to engage in * muse
of rousid- rahle importance, lie felt » sensation of luHties*
in tlie head, th.it excited some apprehensions. He walk
ed out if C. urt, and meeting with a medical friend, he
was freely bled, and advised by his physician to remain
ill hi# clumber b.r ibe day. The next day he drove home
lo Columbia, and 1 am happy lo say, has experienced no
symptom of disea-e since, except a natural sense of weak
ners hour the bleeding, and Irons the lesiiicled regimen of
diet, which lie has thought it prudent to obstive,—
Char/thlvii A/eieuiy
£ 1I.OVKH & HURDS' CRASS SKFl), and Plaster
oj Paris.— Hr:ad, Ykvabi. k k Co. keep constant
ly on It m I, a foil supply „| beat Mountain Clover-Seed,
clean Herds’ Crass flood, and ground Plaster ot ibe be*t
rjtiahiy ; all of wliicb la . ffere.l foe sale at tbeir slot* a
Clark, sville. f50—xxflwj Del 2A
tCicliiuoiMl, TueMlay, i\ov. 2.1,
THE TIMES.
It behooves the representatives in the Nufuin.tl and
Slate assemblies that are soon to he convened, to
take « calm review ol* the past year, and, aiding their
steps by the stall*of experience, to unite in promot
ing the honor and welfare of ilieir common coun
*»y- The turUident and alarming session of last
Winter has, thanks to iho firm integrity of the
People, met with loud and unceasing rebukes. The
whole nation seemed on the verge of a “Revolu
tion;” hut how has that revolution eventuated? The
foreboding prophets of the .Senate have been stop,
ped in their mad career, and the sun still shines up
on America, Fiike and prosperous.
The enemies of free principles in Europe, have
watched, with complacency, the dissensions ol the
new world, and hope, hy our Julal experiment, to
prop up the tottering fragments of Arisloeraey._
'They have hailed with ccstncy the cries of “Down
wiih the I ) iant, Tstirpcr, Despot.” They imagine
they see the boasted land of Freedom peopled with
as slavish “Tories” us ever kissed the footstool ol*
their most absolute monarch. And may we not ask,
who have brought our country into this humiliating
lisped? Have not the Pseudo “Whigs” issued as their
solemn conviction, that the President of the United
Slates, chosen hy a free people, was a “tyrant” and
“usurper,” and that the supporters of his measures
deserve the opprobrious epithet of “Tories?” These
true patriots, iporlhy of the days when Caesar fell
under the blows ill freemen, have used every artifice
to riil their beloved country of its despotic rulers—
they have appealed to the high tribunal of the mi
lion and hewn defeated. As true lovers of their
country, ought they not now to come forward, re
move the mask ami retract all tho ignominious
charges they have heaped upon their fellow citizens?
Ought not these genuine “Whigs” to declare to the
world, that the “Tories” of this country have always
been found hy the side of liberty, and that at the
present enlightened statu of society, they would
shrink hack from the “worship” of a man, the least
tainted with “tyranny?” 'l in y should, and we cx
pecuthey will yet, remove the opprobrium, mid, in
a language hallowed hy liberty and justice, pro
nounce that these very men, who have so ignobly
bowed at the feet ol a “monarch,” once generously
shed their blood in lighting the battles of their coun
try ?
We hope the Senate Chamber will not again he
converted into a theatre for the display of private
nmhitioiw-lhut its furious leaders will not so fur in
sult the nation as to trample upon its declared will_
and that in all our assembles there will reign that
peace and order, without |whieh a Republican Go
vcrnmciit is a mere nickname for anarchy.
Our own Hull of Delegates will oiler much inter
est, and this winter the Representatives of the
Peoim.u of Virginia will have to settle immutably
two great cardinal principles on the Constitutional
Chart, without which we would always lie in a sea
of doubt mul confusion. We allude to the vexatn
quastio, Instructions—and the true and propur mean
ing of the Constitution of the United States.
One of the fundamental doctrines of Republican
Government is, tho close relation between the re
presentative and his constituents. He is the mere
agent of tho People—lie is hound to obey their
wishes, whenever they are clearly expressed—and
lots no right to object to the manner of instructing,
provided that a majority of the legal voters have
signed tlie paper. Suppose that in some small
counties a few individuals have been “cornered
when drunk” (to use the insulting language of an
opponent,) and tints induced to sign by mi undue
inlhieneu over their minds. Y'm wl.m t.„
when the noble county of Frederick Inis registered
1100 nnmes, tin overwhelming majority of the whole
number?—Cun the most violent and reckless of the
“Whigs” sustain the position, that this large nmnher
ol respectable individuals have, in a slate of weak
ness and ignorance, given up their own solemn con
viction, and been bought over to support the Ad
ministration? The indignant voice of the people
will soon teach the disobedient representative, that
they and not he are thw masters. Whenever the
sentinel has been found faithless to his trust, lie is
expected to resign his office into the hands of his
lawful rulers. For once admit the principle, that
• ho representative is independent, uml virtually the
dictator of his constituents—and we will soon see
our proud fabric crumbling to dust. Wo cun never
hiitig oui minds to believe, that Virginia, so
long faithful to herself, can forget her d guity so far,
as to yield this glorious privilege.
It was the Bank question that originated the grand
division of parties, which have so long struggled for
the precedence. It is on the same extensive battle
ground, that the two factious, with some slight varia
tions, are note contending for the mastery. Let our op
ponents gild their conduct ns they limy—let them
adopt the noble and inspiriting name ol' “Whigs”_
lot them appeal to all the generous qunlities”of a
People, jealous of their privileges—it will not avail.
The Democracy, who have so ardently opposed till
usurpations, whether on the part of individuals or
corporations, recognize through these flimsy veils
the men w ho have always adhered to the doctrines
of Aristocracy; and ut the Same moment, the oppo
nents of the Bank are cheered on to victory. This
has always been one of Virginia’s favorite doctrines.
Though this year she has, apparently, held hack, it
was but momentary; uud she now exults in tho
hold and successful course of Pennsylvania and N.
York. She will this Winter show that she is still firm
ly opposed to the U. S. Bunk, on grounds of consti
tutionality and expediency. She will expect her De
legates to follow Air. Leigh through ail his meander
ing!-, and discarding tlieirown private feelings, to de
cide w bother he he an uncompromising enemy to this
monied institution; w hether he Inis not, in a language
insulting to Virginians, intimated his conviction, that
Virginiu would one day he mi ud vacate of the Bank.
They ought to apply to him the touchstone of Jeffer
son, and decide whether he is a true follower of
that great apostle—whether, in his doubtful course
towards the Bank, lie Iiiih not given cause to all its
friends to believe, that V irginia is coming over to its
banners. Let this true test ho used, and our new
Senator must give way to some other son of Virgi
nia, who will come out openly against tiiis gigantic
corporation.
We numbly usk the Representatives to consider
nttcutively tliese plain remarks. Unless wo tire much
deceived, they ure (bunded upon reason and com
mon sense. We think llint they distinctly prove,
that Mr. I.eigh is not the man to represent Virginia.
In the angry skirmishes of the last Legislature, the
friends of the Administration were tnunied with the
cries of “man-worship”- What ought now to lie
s.iiil, it Ibr the snko ol (heir feelings lor one man,
(he Delegates (if they follow the advice of our con
temporaries,) should in the .same breath violate
the sacred principle of Instructions—and return
a Senator who is at heart a Hank-man, nml there
fore opposed to the dearest interests of our Slate
should, for the sake of gratifying their personal at
tachment, sacrifice their political prospects forever.
He cannot believe that they arc so blind os not to
see the storms that would fall on their heads, for
their own interests, then ; for the great principles of
Virginia, which tliej- would otherwise violate, they
must follow these fixed landmarks—and return to
the bosom of their constituents with a consciousness
o! having done right—and with the brightest pros
pects of meeting with a due reward for their fi
delity.
NORTH CAROLINA HKNATOK.
An esteemed correspondent at Raleigh has given
us the following information:—“Old Rip V'an ap
pears to he a wake”—was a favorite expression with
the Opposition, at the close of the last election in
that Slate, flow much more fortunate would it have
been for tlieso gentlemen, if he had been asleep.—
Rut we have too much of the “milk of human kind
ness” in our composition, to exult over a prostrate
foe. Here is the letter:—
Extract of a fueller to the Edit on, dated
“~!f Ai.RlOH, N. C. Nov. 20tl», 1834.
" VcsteoDy I enclosctl you the Message of (Jov. Hwsin
To day I luve (Its pleasure to communicate intelligence
of a more interesting char*, ter. The two Houses have
just adjourned, and I hasitn to give yen the iesuli ol the
ballotling lor Sena lot; w hich, much to the disappointment
and surprise of our opponents, we succeeded in spite ol
all kinds of manceiivrss to prevent i», in biiugtug on to
I il*r fThiir«.!a\) We ha<t only one hallolllntr. It result
ml a* lull .tv: .
i h or Hedlord Hiown, - . . . ||3
•• Thorn as Set le, . . . . , till
•• John Branch,. 2
“ I). L. Sjnuii,..
•• Blank,.
“You will recollect, that during the Iasi an miner I lur
ni-I.ed you with an estimate, liom which n »|>pi aied, ll.st
Mr. Biuw n would be elected by just aboil llie m.joiby lie
lias actually received. 1 bat estimate, and the remarks
accompanying it. eliri'rd the ridicule amt abuse ol die
piebald I’.css in this State. It waa published to die wot Id,
that die statement alluded to was a partisan allai.; and to
use the language ol one ol the papers tit this dry, was
intended "lur rjfect atuoad." "llie tunc, however, lias
come, and di« prediction is, almost literally, li.ltiged.
What now will be die language ol lirse sage edt ui.j The
irulli is, that there never has teen any rational giouml to
doubt the politics ol Noitli Carolina The Opposition
«*eie gud y ol practi-ing the v*iy ails of w hicli they ac
cuse us. I heir object was lint only to ptodiire »lb Cl
abroad, but to secure the wavering at home, by boldly
claiming they hoped to atchi. va victory. To one who
was not a specta or ol the scene, it i» almost iiupossdi'e to
convey a correct idea ol the pidnllil and oil repeated ef
huts made to break our ranks, and sovv dissension among
us. hveiy species ol parliainvulaiy legerdemain that ran
be conceived was revolted lo. to ellect the purposes of t|.«
Opposition, Question alui queHion wa* luatie upon iiiliH
ol order, vvliich lieieioloie have been considered plain be
vond doubt. Attempt alter utteu.pl at adj lurumet.t was
es ayed rep. atedly in both Houses, without avail. At
lengili, when every expedi, ut, w Inch ingenuity coil'd sug
gest, l.a.l tailed as a last hope — as all expiring rtlorl—-vino
of our own trieuds was nominated, and die watchword ol
the Opposition became—divide el im/itra.— Judge Settle,
without his consent or knowledge, was nominated by the
Opposition. It was raid lie was less objectionable than Mr.
Brown, because ii v»a» brlievedhe was opposed lo Mr.
Van Bure ii. Appeal slier appeal was made to us lo join
nur opp.ui ut* and to save the Stale horn a committal to
Van Bureti. All would not do—our Iriemls stood linn—
they could not be moved, directly or indirectly—They aie
now enj .y iiig the t.uilsol their constancy, and coii.olii g
themselves with the pi oud reflection, ttiai in their limit.pli
t'ley have nobly sustained die Republican character ol die
State, while they have picsenlvd to thei. Iiiends ebioa.l,
an example vvoidiyol all imitaticn.— may he is will
heie to reinaik, that although several members wlose
counties are notoriously wi It the Adminisiiatiim, voted
against Mr. Brown, yet in no instance it lure there itete
s/ircijic insti actions, (and there wtte stvei ul.) u etc the
insti uettuni disobeyed !
oeneve mat in tin* rc.-pecl our example
will not l»e lo»t in Yngin.a— we would say toiler as to a
<i*!er with whom we have a I moat always acted—‘‘(Million
and do LkrivUr. ' I ii m well to apprize you that .Mr.
Hi own was not, and liaa not tieen, here dm ing the session.
Coo Swain, it was supposed, woidd lie llie Oppo-itinn
candidate. I he (lovernor, howevei, is a vastly pi intent
man and a good calculator—he is not in the habit i,t being
do ea ed and would be*r ileleat badly—lie consulted In*
disrtetinn, then lore, and acted hi accordance with its
piomp'iiig*. Cop Jlranrh is a member of the Senate,
J"d so is tii* Irietid, J\!r. Cm sun. Alter it was asnitaim
ed (j’ov. would licl stand a poll, Il e eyes ol the Opposi.
lion were Hu tied on L'ov. II. He w astound weak, and all
wa* rousleriia.iuii and doubt. Thi« sta-c id feeling was
convened imo a perltel panic, whili a propo-iliun was
made to proceed lo an immediate ballo., anil tl was asrei
lained by roles on no lateral questions, that there w a* an
imuiovt able Adttiiuialra ion majority in both bram his of
the Legislature. The cm my had no idea It at we would
venture an elt ction without llie presence ol out candidate.
I hey were unorganized, disided and runliist d—but ilnv
Imped to marshal their rat.ks Indore Mr. lirow n's ariivnl,
('" "■> ‘u Washing-on ) tt e tcok the m boldly and
unexpectedly — they have l cell routed and dispetsed. We
•ball be»r our tiiumpb generously and magnanimously —
Many, veiy many ol our op| oueuls me high-spiltlcd aud
lioumable men such we know them to be, and as such
they Will always receive respect and romlesy at our
hands—but,ot one ddng test assured, the result oj this
election placis Aoith Cmulinu, politically, in no dubious
or n/uivocal pus,lion She is I. r the A.lminisiia ion, and
Will sustain tbe republican candidate lor the succession.
Much •peculation is indulg.d in here as to the couise
whi.h Senator Mangum will pursue. You will terol
Icct that las: winter hedts inctly made the issue with Mr.
Hrown, ami intimated a ci-potition to permit llie Slate to
be duly ami lully represelred, should the result | mve that
lie was acting on mistaken views. Some think tliat Mr.
brown’s election is a sulli-imt iu-imatiou to Judge Man
gum. ol « hat aie the sen urn nts ol the Slate, and that ho
ought forthwith to resign—ol In rs think that he should lie
liinually in-tiucted—But then will he obey? Many of
■lodge .Mangum s obi Iriend* regiet to see Inin uccuny
the position he dues. 11 he i» in I, elmg the same man lie
once w as, he will not hesitate — il he cannot, in acroidame
with bisj-i.i convictions, suppoit the Administration, he
will ifsign. Such is the belie/ ol many who think they
Know linn well, and hum whom ill hy-gone days he lias
received the wannest and most cm dial suppoit. 1 have
not time or paper lo4say mote.”
Ill addition to tin- above we give the follow ing from the
Office oj the .X'orlh Carolina Standard. )
liuteigh, 21 st Arm. 1834. <
DKMOCIt A I'lU TKIU M I’ll !
We have lougbl the battle, and the victory i- our* ! —
I he Hon. Bedlonl Brown ii ie-rlecicd to the 8. hate of
I ir Uni ed Stdtes, lor the term id six yoais Irom the -1 h
ol M >rch nett. We announce this resull with uootdimi
ry leeling* of gratification; We view it, in fact, as a gn at
vtcto y lo: the D-morracy ol Norlh-Carohn i, and a signal
(ntimp'i for the Admtni* ration.
Kvery means lo which an honorable Opposition could re
ior', were used lo procradinate the elect.on, and tin r by
deleat our candidate. But our friends were ti.m and unit
ml ami we had the majority. Governors Swain and
Branch w.-re pul in nomination, Inn withdrawn. Aber
winch, Ju Ige Settle v*ai nominated; and the following was
(lie resull ol lit* t».« Mol I n ^:
Brown 113, Settle 60, blank and scalleriig 21.
Ilouas: or Commons, ’J'htlisday, JX'ov 20, 1834.
Mr. Bragg moved dial a mevsage be sent to Ihe Setia'e,
proposing thai the two Houses piocced immediately to the
elei lion id a Senator in Cungrevs, lor *ix yea * alter tho
Ith ol Match next, when the piesent term ol the Hon.
Belli.ml Brown will expiie.
Mi. O itla.v moved that this mo’ion lie on the table_
r,», 'lucs'ion being taken on Mr. O.’s motion, was det id <|
n the uegr ive; the yea* and nay* being ilrmamled by
I :'*r- "“BBi »'ood 50 in die affirmative, end 76 in the tie
gadvc.
Mr. Craige thru moved that the House do now adjoint”
which motion wjs derided in the nrga.ivi — v«*« 48'
lta\ * 79. 1 '
The question then recurred on Mr. Bragg’s motion, ih.t
die House go Immedsltly into Ihe election ot S.t.aor
winch was decided in Ihe affirmative; the yeas and nays
being demanded by Mr. Hay wood.stood year 73 nay-54
llie name nl Bedlonl Brown ol Caswell county, was
thereupon m.initialed lor the i Hire.
Mr. I o g moved that the House adjourn, until lOn’clnrk
i to-morrow; wi.lcli mot-oti was duteimined in the m g.itive
| y«.* 43, ri.ys 85. ft * >
j A disc.n ivc debate (hen ensued, on the merits of the
j candidates, tic. &c. Bill belore the discussion hail pro*
j Ceeiled far, 1
Mr. Haywood rose lo a question of order,—whether il
was p.opcr lo go into debate at this jonciine, the House
, having received and acted on me-sag.** from the Serial
I s ure llie nomination was made. And the Speakei having
- uerMeil that (lie iledte tva* out ul order.
Mr. Cr-ige thereupon appealed from the diri-ion of die
Uistr, and ileiuantled the yea* and nay,; ihe Speaker was
sustained <y the IPmiss, 86 to 39.
A message from the Senate, proposing lo ImBut iunnedi
a-ely lar U S Sena’oi; and iuloiming that Me* r* Saw
yer ami Kd wauls were appn tiled on the pan of dial House
| -o superintend the hallodug. Agiee.l I,.; aud ordeied, that
! * he sent In llie Senate, inhuming ihrm that
j Messrs. Biagg sml K. H . A lex order are the balloting corn
iiruiee on the part ol this Hou«e; and pioposmg that the
name o Thomas Settle (on moduli of Mr. IL H. Alex.ui
j dor) be added lo llie uoininatiou.
Mr. Bragg, from t* e balloting roinmitee on die r lection
ol U. 8. Senator, reported that Bedlonl Brown, by a ma
I jority ol the whole number nl votes, was duly • lerlsd
I be que.iimi on agreeing lo (liiw repurl, w as decided in die
■ llii unlive, neii". con.
1he following Correspondence, taken from dm
“Abingdon Spectator,” will speak for it Self. Tim
sentimentn expressed Iiy Messrs. Fulton and Kkl
^.kh, are highly honorable to them. They should
tanoli those gentlemen (who affect to believe, that
they aro tho masters nml not the servants of the peo
ple,) that tho instructions or will of the majority,
When fairly expressed, should ho obeyed—and that
the people themselves have the right to .select the
maimer of obtaining ami conveying their directions.
Those who may ho reckless enough to disregard
'heir mandates will haven fearful account to settle.
The people will judge them by their acts, nml mete
uut to them that justice winch they may deserve
MESSRS. FULTON AND KKI.l.LK
e publish below, * correspondence between these gen
(trinrii, rik) a cuinuiidee, -*|>y><-<i• te<1 by a meeting ut din
friend* of the piesent Administration, held at (be Court
*•'»»•« i» «!•!• piece, on the 27tli alt. H e have heretofore
omitted fu notice llie proceedings ol that inee ing, in enn*
sequence of luring waited to obtain ibis correspondence
lor publication.—‘JlbingJoil Statesman.
AniNunoN, Del. 27tb, 1834
Dkar Sir;—A number of the people ot die dwliirt
which you represent in Congress, sue decidedly opposed
,0» te ebsr er ol die Hank i.f die United Stele* and in dm
restoration of die putdic Depositee to tint Hank. Their
solicitude i* so gieat, that they have held public meeting*
in some of die counties to express their opinion*—st:d
diey sre anxious to know your present views on that sub
jecl. At siespectable meeting of die citizens Convened
at lbs Court*bowse to-day, we hare been deputed as a
Committee, to request dial yon will favour w» with i|h„h
view*, that ihey may be made known to the citizens ge
nerally, and a* to die support which you will give the pig.
sent Administration.
Most respectfully, your fellow citizens,
DAVID CAMPBELL,
KKUiEN BRADLEY.
Thomas McCulloch.
lolhe Hon. John II. Fulton.