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tt - if 1 !I It ' ii. - I ' 4 ' H H - IFF ill mi I i ri rr m ft hi- i Hi sent from the; Senate, and ah 4dditmnfW $900,000, nuking in all, instead of 40 AAft hl.h the Executive hid asked.IJ rftno win. Hero the question recurs, Whose fault is il that this aV not tfonet ; Uifo .u;. .'. Wnf the Senate. Its - con- ferees had acipronrptbrla profi made their report. ne oenate couiu ...uj . ;t rmdd take no vote as bill and other papers had been carried ii hv the conferee! on the part ILI mJ4 This was entirely wrrtn When the conference ended, it was theidu iy of the conferees on the; part of the Senate, who would hare; presented thera urhpn thev made their report ; - the Senate could then have: sanctioned the lepprt yj a ?irhich I hare ho doubt would h aire been unanimous, immediately 8enl biu to the Hons, which could bave given. ts sanction,1 and the bill "became a law. ; In stead of this', the House conferees kept the bill and papers,, and, by soloing, defeated ihe whole bill 1 f , , M The rule upon this subject is so perfect plain U canrbt be mistaken, , It is thjs: in all eases where a conference is asked be fore a vote of disagreement, the conferees of the House asking the conference, ' wljen it iff over, must; take the papers back with them, because their House is entitled j to the next vbte.; but.in every; ease conference is asked ajler a vote of disagree finentt then, wien the conjerence i prer, t. nnfrie nf the House askins tSe cbn- i " u . i s.fcrence musi ueuwr over mo um;aiiiu; y oers4o the conferees of the ; other House, htiA thttt utiier House is entitled to the ! i: "".'"- T i . - I I next vote; I 1n this lease I well remember, on one cccasiodat i session, we ssi aii nignc, ana oeiurs i guv ,r--j- f t , f frhere ajwsys have been :spme msopera wuw. had eooscieDlioaa scruples about sitting after : I'X o'clock. 1 always have, and Yhali respect men & short facts aqd reasoning to- who act-e-ti such'schiplesj althoughr may c whh them in obinhai. : k -- For myselr, I haro.nsvsr lett any nesitaiwo Wh whwCi ntlAin:..th Executive eotamonteatieaa on file i will4eadt . . US. : The- X. .M . I TS L . appropriiliofl Kfpf 5 fdrUrfqationsl have, for the last seven yvawmragedja- bout . t800,000, morel ,otJwy That j of 1834 was -iuut1$05QOaand that-bf 1835,-iijls Wellfo Now Iti':: nsl see llroffl iDebttrtmeirts' themselves i mw-taer isuweoeavHi a the Senate bad voted" to ad here to their disagreement to the amend inent. The House had, after this. Voted that they woulu not recede, and then; pro- ; posed he conference ; therefore, as the I House Md eiven the' last vote, the Senate was entitled to the next! arid to enable them to1 give it, it was the duty of the1 qon- ft fereesof the House to have given the pa pers to the conferees of the Senaie,; anil, if li they would not receive them, they might - have been left fin the committee room. This ductrio, so reasonable in itself, is laid down in Jeneraoo'a Manual at 187, title cunfer- ; ence, id language too plain lo be misunderstood f and it has been practised oh bf Congress in the eases with which I am acquainted, (bee the lease ; of the bill for the ralief of Mf f Menrop,in 5en ' ate Journal, page 374, of the session 1825 jand 1626; and House Journal of .!the same jgeasion; v pages 6 16 and 623 ; . ! .i i Le( it not be supposed Uhat the confrpft : the two Houses were equally to blame fur petjmit- ting tbe'papers; to.rematn with the conferees-nut I " entitled ! to them after the cboerence ended, be cause the conferees of the Seriate did not knorW.Sc : had .no toearu of knowing, tha t the House had voted not to recede after the Senate had voted to tfrfAere'. - Strange as the fact may seem the ruth tsj that the House, in its message the Senate proposing the conference, emitted totate i the'faetf that a vote not to recede had been! taken after the House last recei ved the bilt. (See the !;: 'message. Senate -Journal, page 236 ) U The coiferees on the part of the House snew i he fact j because thstr Journal shows tliejl jwere preunt ad voted, (See the House Journa),pages S18.519): ; " . '!' The conferees of the HoOJe, having improper- . !y taken the bill and papers, and thereby (put it itil ol.toe power or the senate to take any; step :; - ba.tever, are answerable for all the c isequen I do not state this omission is the message by bout Totino; after reonired it. Bj thej Coostif uUoOjr members of .th Mouse are elected for two years; the President and Vice President for four, and the Senators for sir; The only, difficultj i to ascei tain when the term comihenees : The Constitatioa : does not fiiitibututhoriied the old Congress to do so. That Congress-fixed the first Wednesday in Marchi 178k That haowned to be the 4th day of the month: Now, if we believe the first rirtnirrMui rtet in the nitrht'it 12 o'clock the 3d of iMarcbL 1189 then our cuastituUonal hd .will exoire in. the'nisrbt at li o'clock of , Uje a m Mrrh met second Tear, ana uo eruw w President and Vicef resident ai tne same ur etery fodttft year.; But if we suppose Congress a rt.t ftaaomhlA earlier thaa 12 olock on the UIV se-ww r . ' 4th of March, I78ir,Uin. in truth, oar coustttu tional two! years, &c do not expire till the same hour of lbe 4th of Match, and we ha?e our con- stituiioual dav as it was when hffht and dark ness were first separated.-and .it was said thf evenlilg and vo morning snouia oe iae urev 1 submit to gentlemen who bare these scruples whether it is not worth while to reflect mature ly bn this subject. If the term of Cungress ex pires the niffhtof the Sd of March, so must that of the President & Vice President. This will al ways lave an mervtlpf several hours, when we will hare no Fresideat or Vice f resident. It ap pears to me those who framed the Constitution did nut so intend. It is easy to think sa cases which would bear very hard on such a construc tions Suppose, shortly before the expiration ot a Presidential term, a man t) be sentenced to be hangfii in a federal court afterwards it should be ascertained to a certainty that the person was innocent;aj)d a messenger is sent for fa pardon, but cannot reach the President till after U o'clock on the night of the 3d of March : is the man to be hanged because there is oo President until a successor is sworn in? Ibis ought not tobe the constroetioa r fl appreheud the whole difficulty originates from our perplexing oar jninds with a legal fictiun that there can be no fraction of a day. This, like every other fiction, must yield to fact when justice requires it. f A man sells a tract of land for a full consider tioo in the morning of the 4tb of March and con veys it. i m the atiernoon he sells and conveys the same land to another person both vendees cannot hold ; and yet, according to the idea pro- dpced by this action, both deeds were executed the first minutebf the day, and are of equal that this fiction uirvHali'fHcj xtnese! very ing and' expending tcr advaraage th'eoririaV ry apprppriruions suchjM iwei have i ltd them ; from which! we cao tfiXep their ajbilir ty. to expend to acivantag i ten ?br twelve? IU1IUUIX9 a ytjar uin iw vsfjiuc W4U1 The first difficn sugsresti in ' inq u large appropriations, is inewain "oiiconjper ten tengine s; to prujeli riMn& 'tpaie ,e plans for onr works, and eu pen n fetid the m This requires raed oieiJence kiid men-bf experience : have we got'lhem tir pari1 we nroenre them' reailv to our liand1. furnished to brder whenever we mar disposeiMo vote money tor forticalions t'lieVus aeark- so that noh- ; r f ; 1 .iU .ttf considerable 1 fective wtrriors, wcloJihe, m ? en to the rresuient on uus subject. I reT fer to the docninenti: scmolnvins his message to the tWa Hpuses of Congress, of the the 2d December, 834,( Document No. 2, pages 112. 113.) lit is from the report ot tneniei engineer oenecatAirauoi, ana refer? as. well to appropriations for (roads, rivers.iitnd r harbors, I as Ifbr fortifications. Listen to his plain, explicit, and intelligent exposition: bfthisi subject I : I trNinetyue different appfopriations, a-' mountiniT to mote thitrr two miUiohs of JqI- lar hWebewteierred 'tbtYifc-iDe'partmnt ior application vritnin one nscat year; anu to accomplish Itnlsj afbtl til rneet all the. res ponsibility EwhicH it siiivofves, the.. Depart- mem is proviueq wun only ftunty-ieven officers whose services can with certainty be commanded, endl of these aBbptpne third have had rib experience. jThe- con sequence is, thai works of the ntmost'im- pbrtance, with large suriis Of money, are committed; to thej hands of agents u n k n won to me iepanment, WJtn no certaimy what ever that the bhe; .will be properly man aged, or the other failhfully apnlied and ac counted for. Besides, these agents1 are ve- n numerous ; their compensation iaj drawn from the jtpprbpf iattotis ;nder which they are employed. ' Citizens acting in the res ponsible capacity orconstructihg engineers aim uieoursingj agonus, mus oe well paia. jtbiecfs in 18S5, iagreiaiiietl to be done that year but to ap4 Hue unex pen aea balance oi 1034 u tbose7andl3tber like works, all to a state of fcnSvardAss. And was this done?!!" Could jt be ifoue? v Let HuT C hief Engineer J an- swer. i reao trom tne documents accowi-j rtuiBg the. President's message of the 8th December, l835,(Doc. Wo. l,p. lot.) ; lrfoirt :SikUijleT Thro e$ Neck East 'JRiverSNevr TtorkrU was hoped, from the ampfe preparitioQs made last year, sad the Mnnds araiubie tor tneir , aoDiicauon. tn ftbei construction of this fort would bate been MOsecnted the present year with ntnch vig orfett thot:gb4 matertals and ftcilitiee of 4vetj ejctiptiorKlrave beento warting,?it nss' been' im possi ble lo' procure a sufiiVienl Hprce to carry oa the work with the progress tbal was desired; . No exertion has been pSredT to facilitate the operation eithor by Tettitis Paris ; oh contract or by hired labor, and unavailing efforts have been ! made to collect the necessary force in Boston, rie- 'pbrt, Connecticut, and the western part of -Ne w York,' So that the balance of the ap piopnation of about nine hundred nr. fifty tlibtrsand dollars, made for fortifications in 1834, could not be expended in 1835, for wiot of mechanics and laborers. . I would of the date ; but every f man knows UDllllU '.Ll.J I n f.'.l ' Iti.l J., .u tij .u- 1 j appropriations are diverted from their broner nwuiu uviu iib iuu. 1 : : ? . i. . n. i i 1 . I VYIieibtr these reflections be altogether acca- oojects, ana applied to ttie payment ot sal- rste or not, they have always satisfied nie that I aries. j BUt if this ras the extent of the e did not; act unconscientiuusly, or assume powers vil.it would be comparatively' Unimportant, li did not possesswhen 1 voted in the'- night of Large sums are lost fori ivant of sufficient the 3d bf March, after l2o?clock. ! agents qualified! to project ; and ; execute t The honorable member, from New Hamb- plans for the' iinpf0Velnents ordered by shire will oerceive that the resolution he has . s r,r' r.. - J .k -Uk j...4 ... i-rort a. congress, a; reiepence m tne numerous irou nuwu r ai uuuk'U iu iuv. leal HIV) uve, i - . : ;., , c . , liot remote difficulty. That resolution only ports on the failure of works, particular- says me term expires on me oa 01 aiar.cn ; hul still the question recars, when does the 3d of subtraction. 1 f i " IV if But ioon a wonder ctrw. ta light, i j Which shewed the rogues tKey hed, if The mantecovered of bisbiie, It was the Dog thatjdied. ; - 'The ehsTrtmna of the Unitbd SUles Bank by! Pensylvanujaas irbved mortifying blow to the Powers at Vashingtn. GlpbeichmondlEuq'iirerr ue v Buren presses exliibu the most angry excite 4o4l. , That the! Deacracy off PennsyJ vanta' should dqthe old work of making a Bank w nothitifir. But Ms Bankl which the (ieneral haj brbkcov tt;wasfan unkind cut toebuild1Th monstei! 1 which r he uad rrtished. that thev should ravite that and by making il a stajte institution iilace it be VclidUlje rea:bttbe arm tlw people,? beyond the jresponMbdiile' of Andrew Jackson! It will never Im (fbtgiven. Vail Biren will dreatl the mftaerico of the Instil tufion upon his election; but if tfie resuscia lei bank should use its influence against him, as he would have bad the roonstei use it for him, in j PresidbRiial electioneering, hi need not despur as to tho pecuniary ! struggle, having the whole patronage of the .WentlerWen hre hat thev wold hae i Government to nght it with. ' lit chance of a i r Uo I success, however, begins to taper away mm i mum ri n m a n n m. mm m w m m. mm m Am m k. . . -- . .... -- -rr- t" year for those objects if the bill had passed? Could they have applied it: or would it rattier have added another large item to the account of unexpended balances? And rpore particularly what would have been done witb the item of three millions if it aa!d been, accepted by tbe Senate and the -bill had become a law? I know of no aat- tsfactorj answer to these inquiries, there fore i expect none. Of one thing, howev er. I am perfectly satisfied now, and it was a matter ot very amereni solution jio me heretofore! This state of things in the De partments accounts full) for tbe unwilling ness .of the friends of the Administration to appropriate the sums to these objects which we of the Opposition have heretofore tbdught necessary There was danger of causing animadversions upon the Executive Departments, for failing to apply to the de fence of tbe country funds which the two Houses had appropriated to'tbat object, j But let us, in passing-ttkea single glance at the Navy appropriations, and see wheth er they hive been as large ts could be ad vantageously applied to their particular spe cified obiects. We have it in a; report of the Secretary of the Navy of February 3d, evergreen aaa nign erass : iK- "U&L' Cur&ni. . ii.ik. an excellent substitute for bra .V and wild fuwl.' ' Mr opinioji that the Indian wbu jj trcoarse snd, nne tntermairi, fishenneo. entertain c vwoh..i,5JL ing to the . Indies, wiih iK, J wain wiii.w: uecrsstary to encofuh block Houses on land, antf trm by water, as to break ug J between ihem and th'svrtaha-'fi twr. iM y urgic5, uc i- tota petty war with us for the s-iuiy. and we oegin to iear noai iaiii w ui Biik, patrouagb or no patronage, he. has lost the Key Stone Detnbctacy, and the West. Ova Cocntrv VViHi the French ijustlon selileii at peaces with all foreign obUMs uc eelsful in commerce, agrjctillure,and manufac tures prosperous in ;ir riiisttufor3- pursuing thb march of noofuvement with a nrm and siaoy ; step, the Ameticau natioik now sasiain an envi--able position in th eyesJt lheorla. The career of freedom' is indeed before rs, without tteucles, aHd witri e-prv genial exeiteiext to sirjre us on ward. The Atnerieaci People havy only to he 1 rn to themselves, to effwcl more itr thr,ays of re piibltcan libertyjihan the ur!d has rvei hture seen accoinpli&iied. Fhil. Gtz. j j Norfolk f Feb, 19. I The U. S. ship of the line Delaarp, Com. Patterson, waatbwed no I'rum Hnnpt..n Itoads yesterday, by the siearaboatg Patrick Henry and. Tho:nas Jeflfersdn, and drupped her auu!ior at the fllUUrtilu yiUUlltJ Ull l lie PCM - ii'ynoi, nunc she now rides majestically, an obct of admira tion to every eye. ' I 'C m m . ' 1 mi l a 4 Melancholy snipwrecK. i ne pacuei ong a- riel. Cant, bahks. of Norfolk, on her wav. in Salisbury, larch Watchman f Watchman J vba; tf't And the Watehrnan answered "ill Foj ffee morninar comdi'' Ihm iM, . - "Wg-yim., THE TfrWG T1CIFE JOaWTlTiM 3ff For, Governors Against Official Diciati gainst Caucus Noaiinatjos f irki : k.ll.At fm Hrlo. ..V i.. M.nd.lll Ba - -- -- . - r ' ' i ir j .. l . l. t: . r kKJtutuufl r or uriNiovis a . rv bit - r a 1 1 i : - a. I rw iwivn nn inn n rni iu a.ii Tta i ft a nua r v . i il a i loo. ( uoc. jno. vo.i oy in is n appears i rrr ..-i. & i- . that the whole amount applicable to thu na val service for the year 1835 was $7,314,277 The amount expended 3 600,243 &ale of wind, and every soul; oft board, twenty t . . : ... .... . I three m number, perished, Willi me exception i three seamen, who were afterwards taken trom thtj wreck. GAINST EIXTRAVAGAXCE 4ND Co Ac a in st M an worship .Aio HUMBUGGERY ! ! 1 it v ly to my last annual report, will abundant- , ! nocV."e"' show that thisrfemark is not induced by Pc gtituuon ? rjT r'-t Uk iti Lf K l vvitb advantage to tho I 'P., Snat.ro nn !! aloe I ennSt wKattior thia I sillpft hpma AVpiutlKoiil v vjC ?r fin rVii lit 1 MuId bfe done Wtth hriininfttiiftV' nrl rsairirni rifltlrii frkf-rMat ftilsi ' tr n. I oo voirnrlo ilaiit'cint vinnavnnM I DllatlP IS WOlCn 1119 V 1 i: tuissious Js iiKfiiy to prouMce-aisppsiiions'flow 101 a manner little Calculated to ddus kny ere- i.VB.f-r.- "'u... .".. w tuu"'' I UJU many ot m tmhUig,lui; rQl) ail to aewe ana peneci sucn meusuies as wm . ,t flfiVolli M h,n .a a. l i : . '-, .t mr w tt "w - r inev wo urn unuer ..ufcnereat ax rangenieui. There is eertainly econoniy in this; enough Leaving a balance on Dec SI, i 18S5,iof $3,714,034 Which the Executive did not cause to be I'MinHIUCU lit IUV JCI IUI iiio I r.aoun, service What, then, the tirooigious appro- now proposed to make for, these, objects? Why, surely j remain on hand year after Tear as unexpended balan 4 W W Welfare mast promote the interest and country. j i " Mr President, in every view I haVe been ena ces: tay of : censure on the Clerk fur any intentional bled to take of this whole subject, it has appear wrong. ah weae maiiera f reian re ui mifi oui iuok place in the night, in the confusion j which .occurred at tbe end of the session; arid it; is very seldom that the most temperate and prudent are .as well qualified to du business or have their wits msl well about them; after a cunnfor table din nr, as they have in the eary part of the day. Mr President, let us now see what ttie con fnress vf the House did wy these pnperd after taking; then) from the conference ruoin ! They returned to the Hoase,'and the chairmainjj made j ne report whatever; the Seriate waited from one to two hours, and, beingf sMe ti tjear pthing, ., lent a 'message resrtfallyjcalling the atferitm of tbe House to' this sahject (5ee:i the iiHoole Journal, page 530.) Then" the chairman stated that the committee had Nturned at the time a vote was taken on a resolution providing! fur the payment of Jtfr. Leteher, by which it was ascer- tained taere was not a quorum, and that the cun ed to iue that this bill was lost in the House, not in the Senate ; that heSenate were right io the votes which a majoruy gave as to this sum of three millions. 1 was satisfied with my votes when I gave them, and am yet satisfied inure, tarn proud of them. I feel that the' author of mv existence will approve of them, and, to use the expression of a distinguished man, now no more, , I wish they ere recorded in tbe centre of Heaven, in characters as bright as the Sun, that the whole world might read them." money his been wasted within the last tew years, to have supported a corps of profes sional engineer sufficient'. for the proper c ; Correction --The Daily National Intelligent cer, ol Jan. -i3rd, contains 'tve following: X A Steindltr among tlie Shakers The follow. ins from the 2anesvlle (Olo) G .zeite, presents 'the ludoairious aft'l tiujjal. luotih tauattual Stha- kers in a r.ew and disagreeable light: vNathao Sharp, the great head of the Shaker establishment iar Lebanon, has taken one of the ststt:.rs tb wife and piTketing large sum ot' nio- aey, (some sajr $100,000,) has put out, leaving the. brothers ami sinters k buzzing about like a Swarm t.f Bes which have lost their Queen. Poor fellows! they have found the truth of Burns remark, 'mankind are unco, weak, aod little to be trusted.1 It is said also, j hat Sharp mortgag ed . lhe Shaker property to the Trwsf Company i Wr. WISE. This gentlemaa has certainly distinguish- Ni Cinciiinjttland that a Jaw suit will grow out ed himself more this session of Cougress,by the boldness of his course, and the pith of The following extract is from the Speech I of Air. E wing of Ohio, on the Surplus lievenue. tortihcations and the Navv to anv extent I en t year. 10 ot l?l ; millions :.upps. we please ; out 1 am perfectly .certain that. Hons, wnen we coma not, in. i93'--d4, ex- stitutional term had expired, and that fot these! 11 R very large, ;ney. cannot be ex- penoonerieouipaofjxrjaaunj ior ine same of the transaction." i The article from the Zanesville paper" first met t li!i.t.' -iWi ' iKimk. it..,, .n. nihmomi.nr o nA ho I V - ru nuticr, ui wie iaiionai iiieiiigeaceT. W"' v "J m m.,nWvc- VVT 7 i Wbave, at his request, investigated the charges ineinsniwie country.: j: j"?-"u;,M4r 8" "'"S au,,,,rtt I of the Zanesville paper, N. Sharp was one of So much With resard to -ehiineers. We W ePor,eu tne nveiy ana aoie cprres-1 1 he Trustees 9t the Shaker Society, and their ae i V . Af. J li I A r II. 1. ft I . A LJ !- - have but 37; aqdvoT these General Gratiot hponaeui oi uie oaiumnre rainoi. oome- live business agent. He has separated from them, tells us one-third oart is withoot exoerience. lh, worth remembering, and that tells, and ihey have some difference fa pecuniary char- . i . i " 1'. I I C L. . L. . - . I t? I. I mill, K. 1 1 mn mniinl rf m..nn I . anu, as a matter oi,; course, cau noi d en- h. . ... . . f , , h.ncnH .it;M ut.;i, tk..Mri.. ... j mo on me Ruoienoi ine war.wnirn ine jar.K. i " pu i" w son oaitv are talking aoainst Prance and U3t amicably though, perhaps it may lead to lit- i : ... m leiuon. 1 he Shaker Dfooertv is not mortrap-ed t i ' I " I Ui IhA I mil I nmiunv t..r imo oanl ailhaf K PJ tottm t 4 bf l-kCkBA o o a? an it i ct fm n ; An i m mm eaftli-.. . . H? not a war upon France: let Ijouis PHIL- Wper that has circulated the imputation ippe know this: it is not a Erench war: it is quoted, against N. Sharp, will repoblish this re- fa Government war up the people's Trea- I sponse to it, for the correctness of which, the sury.' it is a war for Ae spoils. Mitor ot the vincinnaiu Uazette may be vouch- opeuKiug oa uiu Apprupriauwti Din, ne votir 14 i2 ii trusted with a work: which require and that no one can doubt is the case with all our fortresses science and exoerience. Both are essential td their success. No one can found, and plan, arid erect, gtroog and dur able fortresses without :both these dualities. I know we may make appropriations for I How; thenarej wej ttexpendr n the pies- or l a i. millions : .upoa. tortinca- penUeU advantageously to the countrv. 1 objects? Ourj engineer corps bis not since The Administration and the Navv Com Bkiitut and experienced engineers are been increased, or rendered tiore etoca- missioners have recommouded hundreds of wanting ; naval architects, superintendents, I cious. It is tf-ue there le a billending be- I ol thousands of dollars to fit up the Navv master-workmen, mechanics, and laborers Uongresssto increafe it Tu though we Yards at Washington, Philadelphia, New . ..ani.itig, iiu mahiw uc procurea ior i " i53 a f MuUIkx,1MM ? c' i ioik ana rortsmouin, wnere not a doiitr some years to come, to apply advantageous- ly, to that effect, yetwe doTiotto quickly 1 was actually needed,and given tb the whola ly a mucn larger expenditure than that make tor ourselves a- more nurterous and (South, Norfolk, Charleston, and all along' wnicn we usuaiiy make lor these obiects. enective engineer corps, -it reiuires time t the Gulf of Mexico, but sixtv thousand dol possess ten ofj the report, as he found thelHousein 1 ror V,e purpose ot setting this matter in its the study land experience of years, tolar8. session. Jiad be done so, no doubt it would have true light before the Senate, and the Pub-1 make an ehgtheer ;that can be rtiied on. So iu wu. ueooiiruai snows man mocn ilc Ajpropose to oner, by way ol an amend-1 qq wbat ;we wiu,year3 must elapse betore we business was done afterwards, and; a rssolution menti an ilHJiWxnol M,ni,,i;nn : : u, hk i t nr Ann;nora Lnh m,n , .... n -i m ... ; I - -- .uvitM . vwwi u .vriA VI IIIUUII V i vimiv , ' vmsi iwvia mu. iiiuiv . I'.fl0?' !I .Vcet JObiison wasi'adopted ;thU effeCl : . I effective than we have at nreaeit. ten millions . reasons be had declined ma kin? a reoort. Mr. j Jfris, another member of the committee:, then took the papers and made die report, which was r never, acted on, and thus tbe matter ended. - The first reason assigned for not having made the report was the want of a quorum: this, it is aid, was ascertained by the vote on the ! resolu tion just mentioned. K?H ,:-f j The chairman ought to have pat the House in 1 A-- M ; " m : Messrs Graham $ JuanlLXJ ii siaicu iu mama Aaiionu .lBKiln the Committee to whom wat refer tested election from the State of Nui have-reported unfavorably to Mf.C whispered that Gen. Newlartd its hesion at Washingtoo to- the Vaa, Opst although he often and a'gtia declare White mat to the people : as tkere i m m - stitntion of Gen. N. for Jilt. & majority bf our pelegaliod to Vidr thus secure the. vote of tha State it- lection should devolve oo Coo never entertained the least hope ti ham had the least chance of. retaiai If the protf ere as strong as holy case as .clear for him as boon daj, give place: the Van Buren people AND THEV HA.VETBX FOVES TO T is enough : so they will 'tang' pn6 haste and try him at leisure.' : The Fu Resolutions inetroctiag tors to vote ft Expunging ine cerning Gen -Jacksons conduct io every I j u i t l 2r W above I uePU8,t;i-"aTO 4 icngiu pwcw votes : and when action upon tha J, supposed to be over, of a sudden, I, tare received a notice from the could not conscientiously rented tb violate the Constitution : wneren was occasioned by a propositkato Resolutions through the Speatei Houses, whose consciences are bj , Ami der towards the Constitution, a W3V hnt V.n RiirmVintrMt ' AIM I Ksfli 14 i Charleston Mercury. by the House. (See House Journal, ffim page : : Now, if there was s quororo to do other busi" ness to adopt other resolutions, how Skit that tbsre.was not a quorum, to receive and acton this report? f- i - . ' . :j The remaining reason! assigned isi! that the tconstitotiintl term for which the members were elected had expired. In other words, it was af- ter VS olock tbe night of the 3d of March. How can this be? There must have been some mistake on this point. If it was net too late 5 A other busiDC8 f bave mentioned, how did It happen to be too late to make this report? Again? the most certain information jwe have . as to time is deiived from the lutamkm t th. ' Also that the President be requested to inform the Senate what sums can be ad vantageously expended on each of those several objects within the current year, and thereafter annually on each of those several And if we appropriate ten millions uis year tor fortificationsjlt must either be vasted and misapplied, or 8 piii of the 10 must remain on hand an unexpended balance. . j -: But this is notf sill, ii Mec!axic$ and la- A chill has come over the zeal of Mr. AftmI an A tho ennnnrtora rf hia Roanlit lion of inquiry, and they have given it Up as a bad business. The old gentleman's gun, loaded to shoot Mr. Webster and the Senate has burst, kicked the owner oier and wounded Mr. Polk bad I v. and the Hon C.'C. Cttnbreleng mortally; and the party, will not save the pieces of the ill-omened blunderbuss. lb. I The Florida Indians The Tallahassee Flo- ridian contains a It-tter dated TalUhatsee. Feb 1, from Mr VVrArT.toa friend in E.Florida, expressinir some important opinions relative to the protabte coarse of tbe beltiijerart Indians ;He thinks ."ith! the Indians never intended to make a general residence oo this side of the f eninsula ; that their object was, (which in all I Virtrinii! woold it were tweaibli ,..,jr m,, uy oy uhi line .ccompiwneo,; hoUf speedi1r pass! ! Til rpttra tA thotr nlri hi rimer nlaeo in t k a avasv I r glades, as they did in 1818, when Gen Jackson rouied them from this part of Florida," and that in order to effect this, they commenced bymur- lertng ana pillaging the iruntier citizens, on the whole Alachua settlement, and gathering and driving off large stocks of horses, cattle and hogs, to the bther side of the VYithlacooebee, I? THR'" EXPLANATION-. Uen. Jackson swore "."-.- tsli on compalston well, we say care and gave three disunct exp French authorities well, wStnin before a cornjetent tbrce could be put in the field I was due, and we think with bw objeets,taking into view the practicability of borers, it. seems, iahnot be;-;tjarbd in suf- procuring skilful and' experienced enirin- ficient numbers to enable. uato (apply alt I i l?.. . . . o j. I t ; j' .i. 1 li eers, navai arcmiecis, superintendents, and 1 iao rauney ui wo uuh jp.tuiiaic, ujucii master-workmen, and also mechanics and less socn sums as we are cauea upon io ap- laborers : taking in'm vio w ... I oroOriate to these Obiects: -Orithts subiect ' -o uicaua I , ... U -.i t J ot procuring and preparing materials fit to I have looked to toe bxecutivelmessage at w uacu iu wufkS Ol a SUDStantial ann flura. I W wihimcmwbiuwu ui : mo incxuv scsaiviff ble icharacter : also, that he be reniiPfpH Und, considennlalrftlie wclmstances, I f lons-liVed monster the Bank. I X made it the proper manner oo not think as they do that he for it because hs made explaj we say mi tte f AN ABOKTION. A bribery humbug has beeo got op by the Van Burenites, at iiarnsburg, against the countrv. Tor can did mean to call in questioo the French Ring or to menace, honorable Senator from Virginia.1 He ieils ns he I40 PformUic Senate what are the causes confess I was surprised to- find he slate of mmm m 111 arsiikh khu U ' .-J i j. .. I ivhiiih. h.hA . -.1 J 1, i I Fmttm i K. l rntll, ) : . 3 (B conierees leu the i -" aq ucvciueu ana aeiayea tne ex-1 lttB w wo T'iI,p"J' .ffArf!ftw?H.e min- penturefr Iprraer appropriations for Bv tne fJcioHlfune! iftsi voieteTen. v nen jnsy returned and made those Several nW.. " j. . A- L-j JL-iii, VLL.-?C..F7 i I , ri h mii( , rn .. ,nrf ik th hair report he was not n, bat retorned shoulv H rVf T . TT - ; ptopnawa ceruiDiojiuicsipos pear neif TV" - T f - V ti " t afterwardsUnd U wihen twenty mlatees there wille no ob- York, one Hun drd aljrjsand dol- hu ' fmier N tporated; we may mere lore, suppose the ccmleuH" r -4 "ia,niUOTaMon :IW necessary lars; inanssio says tq c on yaiumuus ami against them ; intending to retreat with their families, stock. &c. to the cape- and everglades br crossing the held waters of m. John's, i near iu onion with lake Macao, and thence passing a lung the beltj-i' Und between that lake and Indi an Kiver, antu thev final v 'fet roamJ u Csm rx, . . .. ...!'" . . . r- r r tonus, nna tneir otd celeorated hununz ?roundi ?eiweeo mat place tod Uape abie. The mas i mm t. Kitn.rm rii naii.r r. i 1.1. tr.. . w . - ..www ,.;. .IK1. iu uiuci iu i 1 . ore nop irte commuuicatioa between Tampa disavowed any such parp-; ,mjuu mr ocuuj, ua numeroua sKiroatsnes i Was considered by an oir" Ml haa and offered along thowhole line, from With- .. . ,..-inr both a threat fs--J lacchee tqi the Albutie, diminishine to the V"f .,uoa wm K.. .u u v . . -jl i hvnoriBT. ana ion .i ";.. . . . I ... .. tnii like sartig n w sren. had refurued about oris qdarttr atr lepn enable us to act with knowiediro nn th I Castle William, on Rnveraor Island. C50.. ljfirZ 0? 'fl dia- uoject.Vben we hare an answer to this, 000; and jto Fort -Bcbtiyie ion Throg -rr y vyw-Mwurvj iwuvco ciocK uuu me several calls conUined in the other w-.w., ; " I Wlfiinhnii. There was. therefore stools timi if tK IIT w.e 0311 wmi ' n Pinion 001 jort had beea mads, to have disposed bf Skbe 221 and wJ' b?1 wihal ca be fors our eonstiiuiional tirm -wrli 1 a we jnay avoid, what every Sen ator would doubtless wish to avoid, the placing of a-very large sum of money in ' t I i of a host of ccotve officers, which they could not exneml fnr th hnp. fit of the country, but which they might . mZ z: 1 winicuon. - j -r.riweat tbiais the eleventh session I itB w nere, ana antil-last session I oeve t knew of an important measure having failed be cause W o'clock had arrived ir V 80 dw universal; wwn, 11 ovsineas neesssarr L hki Neck, $100,000 It appeio y the same report of the Chief Engineer, Doc. No. a, - -.4 . .1 - - y- - it . p, ioof) mat good progress was tmade in theee wcrk4 10 1 8f4spccially uie preparatory part of it. He Bays:The mostp!e preparations It turns oui to be a quiz by a Van Burenite on an old heroite gentleman named Krebs who ta4 treated, were all anxtliaiy to the main pUin. king the quiz in earnest and pondered ovet -Mr. tinlts that the ast may be sate when the Indians all retire tp tbe Cape .though r ereo en only or a short time ; that the . foices now renUezt ousmg at the prewst eeat of war, will im the the Cape ami everglades is not to be looked for soon er than August or September. The Govern ment should net withdraw its troops from the present seat of war without erecting a strong line ot detence frum the Unit to tbe Atlantic, as a mm EXPENSE OF WAR The War with Black Hawk, is found to have cost tbe country $1,500,000, though .n Plf . mf.mil ,llA ..niW.l InJi n mmmgwA Am k.. .A-. I C mm W I Iko C.. -J JU . . . ..A . ... - 9. .. uiis uwu imuc, a prriuaoeoi wuart win ; uq iuitc ciupiuycu, uiu aoi amount 10 uup 1 ring the harvest oext ull. To erect and to in readiness by toe time it ts required;, men. it ts calculated therefore, that the HI8HCU, anu see to what conclusion the glorification will be ottered by W f nod 5eifrr W thai SURPLUS REVtf r s.i? ... Tuffr tb -ud mis suoiwi, "W 1 iract in to-oay s pw . j r nh'uw it is so fcfufit with facts and references, , .... .. .i.nr 1DB r potedr Why ints to have millions more try gar-j course done the;, necessary boats and machinery have been proved, an ample quarry of good s has misapply. la the mean time, untfl we get stone prepared, and indeed every thing could tne information which I propose to call for, ; may tend td expeditl tdework when that com Military force ta be employed in Fiaridi, exceeds! 5000 men; the cost of the Saminole Campaign, will be near $5,000,000, Thje Sdv in Washiotzion1 remaiks. that our ad. mencedVWIll be found in waiting. Now we ! mtnisiratioo will thus bave succeeded by its an Know ipat mere; was no approrriatioQ to wisaom ana ioresignt,in reauctng tne oread; rison bl ck houv-s 20 miles apart; with 25 fuot and 25 nutinted men each, frum the Wilhla- euochee. by the way of Wetnmkee, and Picola ta to some point Sooth of St. Augustine, woold not require more than 400 men, which could be really raised in M. and E Florida, by volunteer engagements, say for 3 months at a time. 1 Mr. V . estimatea the Indian force at 4000 ef- turned from improrio fcA-ssr tioos and naval prfptnuf.gJ ed that the, millions fQf years back, could not of Engmeereand ikUlfol TLi thing is plaio enougb , fond must be got rid ot .-L wtthnnt necessitV - . 4 die i ! " u .. . i; . b -' . .i .1 i :.
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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