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tkKAT AND DKSTKLCTIVE FLOOD, i wiheuwo, run. 15. 1 It fall* to our lot to-day to record i th« m«at extensile and destructive flood which has occcurred in the histo* j ry of this country. The Ohio river commenced rising at this place on Thursday last. On Friday, soon af-1 ter 12 o'clock. It began to overflow its banks. The water rose at the rate of 12 inches an hour till Saturday morn ing, when it began to rise less ami les* rapidly till 8 at night when it came to' a stand and soon after began tn fall.—« Tha precise height of the river above low watar mark has not yet been as* 1 certamed. It is known to huve riven; higher than it has risen since the me- 1 mory of the oldest person now living; it being from 5 to Gfeet higher than »i was at the memorable floods of *84 And ’ll Tha destrnct inn of property occasioned by thia calamity is beyond | calculation. Thu whole valley of the Ohio from its source to its mouth, within tha reach of this tremendous freshet must present one uninterrupt ed scene af waste, desolation and dis-[ *rcss« The farms on the rich bottoms have been swept of the fences, and dwellings, barns, coin and meat-houses with their contents, and the slock. AU the towcaand villages along the river have been wholly or in part in* I undated, and many of the buildings j with all they contained have bean car ried away. All the low part of our town has suffered severely. It is impossible at' this time to estimate the loss of proper —*2 houses,we are informed,mostly ■malt frames, have beta swept away from South Wheeling. The bridge | over Wheeling Creek is gone—35 nouscs were counted passing by on the river from Saturday morning till 12 o'clock. A large ware house, tilled with flour, lodged on the upper point •f the Island. The river ia now even • with the banks. Io our next we shall be able to give more particulars. [Times, j The Baltimore American sa vs—**A Kntleman who came up the Ohio from misville to \\ heeling, and reached this city on Saturday night, confirm* the statements made, that almost eve ry towu and village on the river was' tnorc or less injured by the overflow of' the waters. He states (hat he counted two hundred house* which had been, earned off; end were floating down with the current. THE FLOOD. WHEELING, VLB. 18. Wa mentioned in our last that the river was, on Friday at noon, 30 feet •bore the low water mark. It con ! tinued rising until Saturday evening, and waa thto forty tunefeet above low water mark, and four feet 10 inches higher than the celebrated flood of 1813. The effects of this great freshet calamitous beyond description.— All the low bottoms on the river were ever flowed, and houses, barns, fences, cattle, stacks of hay ami grain, kc. j &c. were swept off We can only give a few particulars: The lower part of this town was in - j undated; the water was within two inches of the first floor of the Ware House of Messrs. Forsyth, Dobbin L Ce. In South Wheeling the ws(er vi»' several feet deep in most of th* houses, * and tbero being ^powerful current, 15 or 20 frame dwelling bouses besides I •ome ether buildings were swept off. It affords us much satisfaction to state that relief has been promptly ex tended U» the sufTcrers m every" way f practicable. The Female Benevolent) Society ha# been particulsrly active in i administering to their wants. The indies arc always foremost in relieving ' the unfortunate. The destruction of property in other places along the river has been much grestsr than with n*. At Warren, a village at tho moulh ef Short Creek, Ohio, which contained about 60 buildings, two thirds of them srs pms, including three waro-houses, which contained 6 or TOO barrels of floor. Wellsbnrg was entirely overflowed, bat we understand, the inhabitants have net suffered much, comparative! v,' ie any way. They generally occupied the upper stance of their houses during the time of high water. We expect shortly to hear melan choly details af disasters below. If w** reported by tha passengers ®* * steam boat which arrived here ir tha early part of tha weak, that at if arietta tha water was up to the eves of the houses. They observed in differ* •Ut places, on the sides of the hills,! peopleemployed •*» erecting temporary bets with aueh materials as could be collected. This greet flood has been occasion -1 ed principally by heavy rains on the ■jed waters of the Alleghany. The Meedetlle P®P*f ®f Saturday last, says that £opioi»s rains on Thursday sod the n>gbt preceding had filled the. streams to an unesusl height, and had ‘® the canals at the! (deco. The Moeongehela was **** k»k “ i« h« b.«. .1 elfcer periods.—[OaztlU. Ceeiso^ -Aintata V. W„,<<wJ Esq. a highly esteemed and „selol f**®® "w|l#t*wi, \ a. was drown-1 t4 M Brewasvilla on Friday the ICrthj •net. He wee descending (be river in > flat boat leaded with iron, and at 5 o'clock on tho mom in* of (hot day, it beiug very dark and the river high an attempt waa mad* to land. The hand* got on shore with the cable, which broke, and Mr. Wilson wa* Jeft alone in the boat. At day light the boat waa found lodged about a mile below, but Mr. W. waa mUsing. It ia supposed he was drowned in attempting to get on shore. His body had not been found on the 13th inst.—[//»/«/. From lltc Norfolk Hr raid of Feb. 1.). Most Distressing Occurrence.-— It is our painful duly to announce the death of Mr*. Saii\h C». Pikhcy,—-the cir cumstances attending which are truly heart-rending, and particularly illus trative of the uncertainty of human life. Mrs. P. had, but a little more than a week before, been bereft of a beloved sister, whose two infant chil dren she had taken under her maternal care; it was while affectionately caress ing one of these dear little ones, in her bed chamber, on Saturday evening at 5 o'clock, standing with her back to the grate, that her dree* (of light cali co) caught fue, and before she waa a ware of it the flames had ascended to her neck! Literally stunned with fright, her presence of mind entirely forsook her; she rushed to the bed and threw herself upon It,but only commu nicated the flames to the be*d clothes without extinguishing that in which she was enveloped. She then rushed down stairs. —In the mean time her screams with those of the children. k„.i i__i_i .. .i _ . i i me ue*v innitf, ine master of which ran in and ntet the unfortunate lady at the foot of the stair*: he seized her in a moment,and throwing her dow n and wrapping the carpet around her, immediately extin guished the lire, which had by that time nearly consumed her entire cloth ing! A physician was immediately called in, but she was past all hope of recovery ; and after remaining in the most excruciating agony till 11 o'clock next day, the expired. COCKSACKTB, (v. Y.) Feb. 8. Melancholy Death.—A voung roan by the name of Barber, living with Mr. John Griffin, of New Baltimore, was found hanging in the cider house of Mr. Gridin on Thursday morning last, and was dead; although it was presumed he had hung but a short time. It is supposed by the family that Bar ber did not intend to commit suicide; that It was entirely accidental. He had been known by the family at va rious times to alarm an idiot lad, re siding in the same house, by threat ening to hang him, and would put a rope round his own neck, and go through the ceremony of hanging, to show the lad how he would serve him. At this time they were in the cider house together, and the idiot came into the house and repeated several times_ he hangs, ho hangs; the family took no notice of it, supposing that Barber had again alarmed him by repeating his threats. It is thought the young man had fastened the cord round the beam while standing on a stick of wood, and that his feet slipped, and he was im mediately strangled. Distressing firs.—On the night of tho 9th inat. the dwelling.hoase of Mr. James Lewis, of BufTtehl, Connecticut, to«i* lire, which had made such progress before discovered, that its inmate*, 18 in number, had not time oven to savs their clothes; they were compelled to trarel about a quarter of a mile, to their neighbors, in their night clothes, and barefoot, during which time the most of them had their feet badly fro zen. The following circumstance, which probably was tho means of sav ing many of tho inmates from destruc tion, is worthy of notice. The family had retired to bed and were in a sound bleep, when the dog, either to make known the danger, or to bo relieved from sufTocatftn by smoke, jumped a Igainat the bed-room door of Mr. Lew j it, and howled, so as to awaken the family, just m time for them to make escape. [Hartford Times, i ( omln/stion—The Philadelphia Ga-! the southern mail was leaving this city for the north, this morning, the mail bag was discovered to be on fire. It wss immediately opened, fears being entertained that some hot political pa pers of oppo«ita opinions, had got to gether and were consuming each other up, somewhat after the manner of tho Kilkenny Cats. Several packages were horning, and nno ijuite in a blaze. It ia supposed to have arisen from unei tinguished sealing was—or perhaps from spontaneous combustion. Con jectures as to any other cause arc, to use the ordinary parlance, "shrouded in mystery.M 77ir Inrpritonrd Mlnticmanrt.—The esse of the Missionaries now impri soned in the State Prison of Cieorgia, will, (according ton letter received by the Fditers of the New York Com mercial Advertiser, from Wishing, ton) come on for argument in the Supreme Court of tho CVited States oo Monday, the 30th of February inst. It is to bo argued in behalf of the miasioearies by Meaaro Jno. Her geaui and Wm. Wirt, hntb of whom art now at Washington. P 1'he Stave Insurrection in Jamaica. — W* learn from a passenger on board the brig Montilla, at New York,which left Kingston on the 27th January, that the insurrection among the negroes in that island had in a great measure sub tided. Nearly 130 plantations had been burned, and tbs destruction of property was immense. The number of blacks killed dui ing the disturbance in different parts of the island, was a bout two thousand. [Jour, of Com. Mr. ( ftnriiri£— - Mr. Monroe—and the South .frnerican Republict.— In the London Metropolitan for January, ra ceived by tha Hannibal, we find ao ar ticle of so much interest tothe Ameri can public, that are lose no time in lay ing it before our readers. It is found ed on a review of a recent work by Mr. Stapleton, (who is understood to have bean the confidential secretary nl Sir. Canning,) in the Foreign Quar terly for October; and reveals the im portant fact, that the famous passage in President Monioe's Message of 1823, 'against the interference of the Holy Alliance in the affairs of the Ametican Continent, was sent forth to tho world by virtue of a full understanding be tween him end Mr. Canning; that the ground assumed was to be maintained, if necessary, by the combined force o( British and American Arms. r. Jmr. •/ Com. lhe IrSjljjgpfW the Chesapeake and Ohio Cant^nirfr he gratified by wit nessing tha launch of a Boat of the largest ai/.e, which has been built as a Specimen of the freight boats to ply on that Canal. She Mill nrrv ir.iui barrels or 40 cords of oak worn!, and can be drawn by two horses at the rate of 24 knots per hour. Tlvc boat will be launched on Friday (19th) morning, at 84 o'clock,from the lot immediately below the Stone Ware house, corner'of G and 27th Street, Weat, on the Potomac below George town.—A'at. Ini. A great Public Meeting was held at Philadelphia on Monday evening 13th mat. to sustain the Senate of the U. Statea in ita rejection of Mr. Van Buren, as Minister to the Court of St, James. Daniel W. Coie, Ksq. wai called to the chair, John H. Powell and John P. Wetherill were appointed Vice Preaidents, and Samuel Brashcart and Henry C. Corbit, Secretaries. The Adelpht Theatre, in Baltimore. (Was mobbed on Monday night the 13th jinet., in consequence of the appear ance of Mr. Anderson, to Knglish per former, who had rendered himself un ! popular by some unguarded expreasiooi tn relation to the American character, which he used on ship-board, before hit arrival in this country. The following is an extract from a detailed account of the transaction, given by the Balti more Gazette:— 1 Just about this time, the bovs, after a few at tempts, succeeded in demolish ing the fence on Saratoga street, which gave them free admission to the rear of the building, when a shower of stone# coming through the windows ad monished the audience of the necessi ty of retiring for self protection, and warned the performers of the approach of their enemies. After a few mo ments, entire possession of the Thea tre was gained, when several parts of the scenery, together with the orches tra, lamps, &.c. were demolished, and a search for Mi. Anderson, who had left the 1 heatre and returned to hi* lodgings in safety—and thus ended the scene, which must convince Mr. An derson of the entire hopelessness of Iris reception be the American people w ith any other feeling than that of dis gust. It was nothing but the magic of Mr. Booth's name that rescued the budding and its contents from entire demoli tion, as the persons who were engsged in destroying the interior, when told that the property belonged to him, im mediately desisted. Mr. Anderson, for the same offence, wa» pelted from the New York and Boston theatres, a short time since. CAKAUnAK.il A. Vmn R _/"V.. A singular instance of sclf-dettruc (ian secured in this place on Monde) evening last. Samuel W. Journey, a led about 12 years of age, was dis covered hanging by a rope suspend ed from the ceiling, by a person who was at the same lima busily employ ed in the same room. )|e had been amusing himself with tho rope, and while at play, remarked that he in tended to hang himself. The person • bo was present paid no attention te his remarks, until some minutes af terwards, When she happened to look round, she observed the boy lyinc with hie neck across the rope boi s few inches from the door, a perferi corpse. An inquest was called 1.1 Roto't Royce, Kao—verdict, accidtn fof, excited by ardent •pint a. A letter from Port ao Prince, ondei ,*le *f J l,h ianaar7» p«Wished m the New Orleana Met, «aje—**a com mereial treaty hasjust been ronrtnded between this (H.yti) .od the Co,led Htates (Government. Commodore Kl liot, commanding tho frigate, was en (meted with tho management of the negotiation.” < ONGBKSS._j. RUM YIN'S or WASHINGTON. i iHi'MtMT, rsa. 16. j, lo the ltuu«« of liepre tentative*. ' the Speaker announced that the Vice I President and h nine II. in fulfilment of • the joint resolution* of the two j , in relation to the (.'entenniil Anniver sary of the Birth Day ol George Wash j ington, addressed a letter to Mr. John! A. Washington, and t« Mr. U. VV. P. Custi*, requesting their consent to tho - removal id the remains of George ■ W aahington, and Martha Washington, and had raceited their answers, eopiea of all of which he laid before the House.. and which are as follow*: Wamimutou, mb 14, ltd'2. . Si a Tha Senate ami Mouse of Itepreaent ' stives have passed a Joint Kesolution to cele ! brat* tho Centennial Birth Day of Uaoaoa W iim««rw, authorising tho President ot ; th* Senate and Speaker or tho House of Ru presento make application to you for h*a remains, to be removed sod deposited in ■ | tho Capitol at Washington,in conformity with , the resolution of Congress of the *J4th De- ' cember, 1799. They have passed another Joint Resulution, I authorising us to make application to you i and Mr. Ci W P Custi*, fur the remains of Mamin* Wssmihctov, to bo removed and de posited at the same time with those of her iate consort, Gmiui \Vomisstus. ! Wo herewith enclose copies of these Hr solutions, and in the discharge of the duty imposed on us have to request that you w ill I give ua as early an answer to thia apnlcsdun ) | aa may he practicable. ] Wo have die honor to be, with great respect. Your obedient servants, __ J- C. CALHOUN. \ ice President, and Prrvdcnt of the Senate. A S I KVKNSON, Kjieaker of the House of Itefn-eartitaUvea. Afr John WaaJ,ington, Mount 1 rrnon A similar loiter to the above was ad - dreasad to G. W. P. Custia, Kaq. ■oust mmor, m. 1 J, 1832. To the Hon. the FreotihrU of the Servile, Olid Speaker of the House of RepremonUlt* i-r» Gentlemen: I have to acknowledge the re-1 coipt of your letter and the resolution* of I Congress to carry into complete effect that which was adopted in Dec irW. for the re moval of the remains of George Washington to the Seat of Government. i have received with profound sensibility j the expression of the desire of Congress, re presenting the whole nation, to have the cus tody and care of the remains of my revered relative, and the struggle which it ba« pro duoed in ray mind between n sense of duly ' to the highest authorities of my country and my private feelings has been grestly emb*r raaaing Hut whan I recollect that hi* will j in respect to the disposition of his remains has been recently carried into Kill effect, and , that they now repoae in perfect tranquility, I surrounded by those of ether endeared mem hera of the family, I hspe Congress will ds I justice to the motives which seem to me to require that 1 should not consent to their: separation. I Pr*y you, gentlemen, to communicate I loess sentiments and frebngs to Congress, ■ 1 Wi!h. *he fr*,e^ul acknowledgment* of the ! whole of the relative! of my grand uncle, for I the distinguished honor which was intended to Ins memory, and to accept for yourselves assurances of my gratitude and cslrrm JOHN A. WASHINGTON. iuissrov norac, l Tuctdax, Sight, Feb 14, 1832 S The letteryou have done me the honor to write to me requesting my con-1 sent to the removal of the remains of m> venerable grand parents, from their resting place, to the Capitol, 1 have tbia moment re ceived. 1 give rny most hearty ennaent to the re moval of the remains after the manner re quested, and congratulate the Government upon the approsch^^aconsummation of a great act of nationaTgraiitude. 1 have ths honor to be. With perfect respect, gentlemen, your obedient servant, GKOKGB W. P CUSTiB. To the lion. Jow* C Causes, Vice President of the United States. Avnatw Stbvkvsov, Speaker of tine H of Representatives I RATUanAV, FKO. I 8. It» ths House of Representative*, the res .lotisi, from the rommittre •n the Public buildings, for the exe cution of a marble atatue of Wash-' mgton, to be placed in the Kotundo of the Capitol wit taken op and pass ed by a vote of aye* I 14, note 50. Va riou* private hill* were reported and acted on, after which, the House, on ' motion of Mr. Carson, went Into a Committee ofthe whole, Mr. Speight in the chair, to compensate Mrs. De jCetur, /or the destruction, by the: gallant Commodore Decatur, of the I , Irigate Philadelphia, in the harbor, , r- • ”v ivimiirnnon OI thu well known t*te, occupied ibe Iloute during t»»p rp*«rl...- ... j ting I hr bill appropriate* tha sun, of 8100,000 for thia purpose, and; provides for its distribution among Mrs Decatur, the widow of Com mo dorr Preble, and the officers and rrew of the U. S. schooner Intrepid, ori their legal representatives Mr, Car son sddressrd the committee in sop-1 po* t of the bill, aud Mr. *J*racjr pro-1 , posrd an smendtnent to distribute the earn according to »he provisions1' of the prite law, but the amendment' was negatived. Mr. Pearce moved > a further amendment, that gSO.OOO . f the 831,000 allotted in th* bill to' J Mr*. Decatur, should be paid to the Incites of Commodore Decatur-, i. poo this a loog discusvit.n ensued M»-fare any decision was arrived at.1 however, the committee rose and reporttdAnd the Houm adjourned. In the Home rf Represent*! ivev.or luewiajr tha Mth instant, Mr. J*rvi., from the Commit fee on the Public fiuildirgt, reported a re.ulut ion di ' acting ih* Cle.k of the ||,.uae f(f fraaenlativea to procure the eiacntren! >f • fall length portrait of Gen. Wasm inotox. to ba placed in tba Represen (alive llall. THE LEOISLATI RE. FROM OUR CORRF.\F(XVDH\~r. KH 11 MON O. KKlt 17. As '.ho time for closing the station approaches, a greater disposition for the despatch of business is manifested —and the cUrk is consequently ena bled to read a large number ol bills upon which no debate ensues. On Monday, more than twenty bills were passed—amongst them, one au thoiizmg money to be raised by lotte ' ry for the construction of a Road and Academy in Bo'ivar; for building a Free Bridge across the Shenandoah at Harpers Ferry; for removing the ob structiona at the Short Hill, die.—a bill authorizing a subscription of twen ty thousand dollars to the stock of the Leesburg aod Snickers* Gap Turnpike • company—and a bill authorizing a more prompt payment of the aubscrip tioa made last year to the Petersburg Rail Road Companr. On I'uesJay, the bouse agreed to a resolution, lor proceeding to elect, on the £Atb intUni, a Piiucipa! Kngineer for one year. Mr. arshall. of Fauquier, offered a resolution, propping to change the tune ot the meeting of the General \asetnbly, from the first Monday in December, to the 1st Monday in Jan uary. The reasons assigned, were, principally, that during the holidays, little business was done. It was the fashion to postpone the commencement of all important subjei ta until alter Christmas. Mr. M. thought the sea- j BtOuB might be shortened, and rnnai tiered two months as amply sufficient for the discharge of all ueccssarv le gislative business. Hie resolution waa opposed by Mr. Campbell of Brooke, Mr. Knox, Mr. Preston, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Fitz 1 hugh, on the ground that a change would subject the Western member* to the necessity of travelling in the most inclement season. The business of the State had necessarily increased, and three months would generally be required to transact it. If the change were made, professional men and far mera would be excluded, aa the former could net be absent from their spring courts, nor the latter from their fields. Mr. Campbell and Mr. Fitzhogh indi cated their intention, if the resolution prevailed, to propose tha removal of the seat of government. Mr. Preston moved the indefinite postponement of the resolution—which motion prevailed ; ayes 75, noea 46. The engrossed bill, forming a new county out of parts of Washington and VNythe, to be called Smyth, was read the third time, end passed—avea 52. noe» 40. A bill, to establish a camp of instruc tion lor the offiiera in e^ch brigade, waa read a »eiloml time, and ordered to be engrossed. On It'cdimduy, after the reception of reports of committees, the adoption of sundry resolutions, &c. the bill pro viding for tho removal of free nrgtoc*' was taken up—which occupied there*! mainder of the dsy. Discussion arose principally upon the amount of the ip propriation. The bill was eventually so amended, aa to appropriate thirty live thousand dollars lor this year, anil1 890,000 for ihe year 1833. Thus a-' mended, it was ordered to be engross ed lor a third reading. On J'kuraJay, this bill carne up foi ! its third reading, and was passed with >»ut debate—aye* 79, noes 41. A much larger majority than, at one stage of the proceeding*, might have bveu cal culated upon. A bill, providing for a eamp of in !( "(ruction for militia officers, was put upon its passage. Mr. Rutherford and Mr. Uholsoti explained its object, anil advocated its ptuvi»ions. Mr. Witcher! opposed it, as incurring an useless and unnecessary expenditure; and moved! its indefinite p<s'ponr merit; which mo tion prevailed ; ayes 80, noes 41. I he bill, providing for the opening ami repair of public roads,waa amentr! ed, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. On Friday, much debate took place upon the bill pi escribing tho fees o( clerks ol courts. Mr. Knox moved its indefinite postponement, (upon the f»i »t, reading,) and was sustained in his op I position to the bill by Mr. l*oindextrr ’ and Mr. illiaui*. Mr. Brodnax, Mr. Miller, Mr, < ampbcll of Ilrunkc, and Mr. Carter of Richmond county, ad 1 ' nested tho propriety of some inrreose of tho fees, and strenuously opp ted the motion to postpone Mr. Knox’s motion failed —aye» 41, noes DO—and , If.^r VIM iruifliuiivrcil, A letter wm rereitcd from the <>.. vernor, railing the attention of the !,♦•« gtelafure to the resolution of Cerisre**, lor the removal of the remain* ol tier*.] " ••htngien. I'poti motion o| \lr.i Bryce, i>l (iooch'and, who aecotnpa nirrl hi* motion with a few vert feel »ng anil appropriate remarks, the let ; ter wa* referred to a select committee,! with leave to *it forthwith. In fifteen minute*, the committee reported re»o lutiona.Milrnmly protesting ag*m*t the removal »t the remein* el the hrloverl chief—claiming them a«*acrecl to Vir* gittia, and properly enshrined Within; the toil which gave him birth. The resolutions were unanimously sorted j Th« bill, extending tit jwrisdu,#, L r>f justice* of »h« peace, to »un,, I nrmimc g. li, was considered, *fj 1 pendiited a good deal of debate 1 effort was made to |io»t|*»ne it ia«t»‘ i mreIt. — which failed—and it wa. Jered to be engrossed for a third r#a/ mg. Its passage i» exceedingly lul. A bdl regulating proceedings**,! If commission." on lorihioimng tionU,.*, I \ read the thud time, and passed. I Many othei bill, —•• > Jiapoaition is now piesalent, |0,|^ ihe tension as speedily as p«.sa,b . . I*he 10th of Match is’g#nerall v alls* rd to be Ihe latest period to i.l,.ch . will be protracted. ■ <*ii* rsserra w.— Hal SR at' at'.t.t.i.. //'f.s. rtTBRoav. rt*. if. PRINCIPAL KM.ISr.KU Mr. McCoy called the attention ( the House to the election ol a Pune pal Kngineer. He observed that as ut lesston was drawing near a cl#*#. . was proper that this election a,*.# lake place soon: lie therefore n,*k,j that the Hnt>*e will p*oeerd on sa ilay. the 25th instant, joint!? s>t: «• 'tenate, to the election id * Kr.o u 1 Kngineer, or Suivevirof the P Mfaeka of t* e 8tv - #, t# I c»,ie y r*i | . resolution waa adopted. LUNATICS Mr. Gallaher, in moving the foils . mg resolution, observed that sr.ta means ought to be taken to provide • ihe many l inatu * throughout the S’a>, wfio were now confined in roun'v j*i'«. He held a list in his hand, furnisV.rd bt the Auditor, shewing that 2.t»t>o d ars had been paid by the Stats duru,; the last year, fin keeping lunatica i* count« jails west of the Hlue Ridge »ml ft.>00 had since been paid in P* .uuiiij 111 jfurison, lor the aaroe pur [>o<e. Some of these lunatics are f«. ittnleg. who cannot be properly aero.. . muilateil in a common jail, where thee must generally be left without fire.— Realties, the jailor* are not suffif ienT !y compensated for the trouble arni a*, tentioti which the rendition of ti»eve jnfortunate people demands. tor? consideration of economy and human • tv rails f»»r some further provision ia this respect. Mr. (;. then submitted the foils*, ing resolution, which was agreed to: ReaoJrrJ, 1'lui tltr Committee of firwncs t»a instructed to inquire into tha «tv ..met nf enlarging the Western f,m»lit ll w;.>»'. •oss to rec.-.ve snd aceMMHo l.tr . Urj« ] nuwtuer of pihtnli. MEETING OF THE ASht’MRl.Y. Mr. Marshall submitted the lollotr* 1 iug resolution:— Hrtohrt/, t hat the Committee nf Piiv.i*g.s »nd Electiona he inatructed to bring m »*>..; to amend ttie 3*li section of the act paw*! April Jd, 18.il, concerning tbe Elec' Ihia Commonwealth, tows to change tbevtre nf the meeting of the General A see mb I? fns~. he first Monday in December to the £.nt Monday in January. After considerable discussion, ;n which Messrs. Campbell of Brnokr, Knox. Marshall. Urodnax. and Miller tnuk patf, Mr. i'restuit moved the is Jefinite postponement of the rasul. linu, on which motion the ave* srJ noes having been ordered on motion ot Mr. t aldwell, it was dec uled in the iflirmative by the following vote — •fyr* —Messrs Grinstfjs, Pri - 'Zer, t.jf. •ml Campbell of llcdfortl. Palo, Coulut U . Anderson and Wdson of 8ot„ Campbell if Itronke, (iholson, Hhell, Pet'racw i.f R AoNtfig. Spurlock, Rives, 1>*. . e>, llahbge. «*n,Patte*4>n of Pendleton,Btodnsx.Jsnrt, itdrhir. Stephenson, Stillman, Hale of Frt«l IVoml* of Franklin. Bryce of Fred., brs * Fred., Swdow, Hryce, jr. of fi , II. 1 ot l», Cm*. Car.kadon, Ro.nr, Muller. M»?s, l.ravely, /ferry, Summers, llarwood, IG'j r*. Allen, l.awaou, Kmu, Htllingsfy, llni), I’reafssn, Byrne,* Chandler, Leigh, t Rotierfann, AS i»cher, Swanson. GilMssJ, M'ller, Zinn, Dupuv, land, If.rt, Mr. v. It ‘Dos ell, Clmr, Hare, ('arson, p. srk. donenre. Gdlrtfur, \»*< wUwcfc, k. lie . u> ! " , rncktti, litij, Brown, and Ki'tko mini- 7$ Aaes - Mess re R.nkr, fSpeakrr,) He 1 l«>lph. Booker, W’t ..r, Hinoke, Del «■?. 1 IIthardsnn, Itios tua, VA >Unn nf t , / W, 1 rbdton, MaraRaU, Helms. AVo< d rf t *rJ, 1 "vftutb nf f, , Prskui*. Itrurr, P< 5 '•!» ] • »o, 5*h.eid, (iallrhrr, Carter • t I It fl llaya, M’lthaney. Cordell, Caldwell, V • I de*»er. Street, Mud*.ns. Good < f A|., \ .s kg ler. AA'rbh,tlarsay, Fitahugh, F»r?>«'• l'<* >. I Adams. Miner, Carter of p AV , tot, »a I hwr, Kdgoee, Cobb, llsrgravr, w I Mewton—4fi I l he angrossed bill forming * r»* I county nut of parte of the count.d I M ashington and H yihe, «it rtidi I 'bird lime. Mr. Keller mat'd ''I1 t • he blank for the name of the cnu"'«. I with tha word M HnUtim ** fn«k- ■ rtt uioscd that if br filfrtf *« h I m«ki| “ Snitth," tahtch moMn' V l * •uppflrlrrt uidt lana remark• V k | rtf.resard ln« »dlingnrsa, if tl ■ *'« I " tl.e plmurt nf tSe House. iha» ihr »■ Or motion ihnul*l pmiil. 'I hr rr<»* I ♦ ion bring pul, (h« motion of Vr. k** I Ifr u i» irjrrinl. a* d ll*»i of M' l i* I rtf agreed tv—.Ate* M. nee* 19. The bill »ai fuiitiet anot >•!. •'1 I basing been efplained hr M I 1 fnckelt ami Keller, pawI H boci fft. *>n motion of Mr. (iallaher, the * • banging (be mode of »«.f «d ihr »'»• I rle* rnsnefarfared in ll.e Penitent-*'' j . bkrn up, and baaing been hi* 8 Mr. Cililsrll offered a nlwlibir *• I ibe biSI; and Ihe bill and iuh»'>ti,» I nrre. on met top of Mr. Ciallaher, to* jy n»'l*eif. The b* 11 (a nialiliali a ramp •* I Xruiliun in each Uiigaile in thi*l 1* monutalih, was read a uertnil »i**« I and ordered (« be engio»«rd. b» « “•f ■ -if 3* tv 3?. I **n motion of Mr. Ifpu'leck. i I •touts Mljauriiil.