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No. .18
RALK1GH, (N. C.) FRIDAY , MARCH ii, 1823.
Vol XMl
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rri i n'o r 4 i
ji .Vi-Carui State Gazelle
-F.M.ahd. weekly, y
BELL At LAWRENCE.
'
SaksaiiptKM, tkrwe deltars frr aam-N fw
par ril ke Sent vueant M least l I Bil
ia advaae, awd " paper rtiaawaitiesjrd. Wit al
th, optic of h Editor, enkraall arrears
art paid. Advrtauaia, aot riaaadinf, tl.
leea Uaea, Inserted tore uan (or dollar,
aad' 1 aenty 6 HW for cuk coatiaaatia.
4H letter to to roiinn moi oe jwm hiui.
FOR SALE, AT THE STAB OFFICE,
NORTH 1 AK0L1NA "l
TO
1020,
Containing Astronomical Calculation, shew
ing the rising-, setting, places and eclipses of
o -.1 u... n li l
Jiff HUM .llu .touwii, rai vsvii . I l( UIC nwnig.
setting and southing w the mom conspicuous
planets ami fixed Man; (late ol the V, eather;
tht increase, decrease ami length of days;
rtliginus Festivals; Miscellaneous Articles
useful Recipes; Anecdotes! times of holding
the different Courts in the States Lists of the
officers of Government of the United States
and of North Carolina; Members of Assembly
and of Congress, Stc.iic. ; .
Which will be sold, wholesale and retail, at
the usual prices.
(T? Orders trom Country Merchants and
triers will be promptly attended to.
Music Tuition.'
T AliKHOYD, teacher of Vocal and Iostm
J . mental Musie, Newbern, N. C respectlul-
I; inform! the inhabitants ot KalPigh anil its vi
cmiiT, thM he intend! Tuiiine ttieir city the en.
luiny sevion, shout the first ol June, ana if tutti
titntlj untrnnixrtl, he tender them hise-
Ttw l in inr w.j w hi. iinncMiwa I'm h kwku ii
(uur or five months. Attendance ever other
wi-fk rim inff ih Kfaaon -
o - , ,n
I r.KMS.
nr instruction on the mno Fort, (Je. J t S for
twenlv-lonr lemons,
nuruction in "-aered M uiie, for a session of thir
ty lessons, R3
N. B. Piano Fortes am other instruments, to.
cPiher with new Musie instruction Hooks. ao
Books of Sacred Musio, furnished at the Phila
aeipnia prices .
Ni-wUero, Fein 13, I8i. " 9-St
I New Drug ;Establt8liiiieut.
THE subscriber, respeetfully. Worms the
citizens of Kaleigh and the public iu gen
eral, tbt h bus established a Wholesale
and Retail, . ' , .
Dtws & ijieimca Store
Ooilie West side of Fayttteville street, about
one hundred j arils South of the Capital, whbi e
he intends keeDin? a areneral assortment of Gen
uine DruesaM Me'licincs, which he wilt disnose
(uf n reasonable terms, uut up in the neatest anil
InMst careful manner. Among which are the
JoilOwtng,-
Aeid Nitrie
Trairscanth
Sulphuric
Murmtio
Vartaris
Golden Tliread
Iceland Moss
lulan
H Citrio
Ipecacuanha
Lunar Caustio
fostida
tlltier Sulphuric
IJnt
Mace
IUIB
ntimonni Wine
Mvrrh
ntimonial Powders .
Musk
Manna
Magnesia
rsenic
Uoes ... j
itorss
lislssm C0paivJ.'
Talu -;t-
Peru
Canada '
Brinntone
lsiinhor
Cantharides
;nelU ,
Cslomel
L'rrnni Tartar
Calamine Ppt.
sstor
('ascaritla
Colombo ?n
Cstor Oil iff rK' 4
Cochinella , s
Chamomilu Flowers
Untnamon ; :
anlamnn Seed "
Caraway Seed r, c
iDoeia Pnwilcrs ,
Calcined
Henrva
u.i.ru aeeu
Nntmrgs
Opium .
Oil Almonds
Do Aniseed
Ik) Cioves
Do Roses ,
Do Koseroary
Do Ijivender
Do "Amber
Do Peppermint
Do Wormseed
Oris Root
Oat Meal
Peruvian Bark, Red
- . Yellna
" . Sanfords
Prepared Chalk
Quicksilvrr
Khuharb
Sulphate Quinine
Saffron ', .
Sal Ammnniso
If psora "
Soda
T .nr
I'ootk 'owilep.
Lee's Pills, Genuine
Wbita Wax
Phials Assorted
Graduate Messnre
Glass Funnels, ke
Tinctures in general
Window Glass ,
P.inis 'f-:'v
ir.xtretUh(UQ "
Jalsn . V-
r I lnuni-ic
Plixir Vitriol
H'lecainDana
'got
lowers Sulphur'
Zinc '
Uenznin
K'entiau
f a'hanum
imiher Sxli.
stnhiwe
ohl Lef
mm Ai-abio
Ammoniee
Oil and Putty
Dnltrt (mm PhvsinU... U.l,.ni...jIih.
a. .
'r ill I ,iiiii.
0 . -h, win uv iTuiiilinv wihi umm
rj ueiwee to bv I!
Raleich, Oct. 19, J85.
i3 If
To Rent,
TUP. n
LotTlHtely occupieti by Wi
PfUi'UtA. .1mm in. m .K.l.
II 111. i
- -ti in. appiy 10
. JXO. G., MARSHALL.
"areti n, Sg8.
tate of NortliwCarolina.
obedie,,ee to the, Act of the General As
Sttnblv of 'lti.t. Cli.mr Ik. Vll. ll P..K
1 io 1 rrasurer hereby gives nattre that he
tii Parna the 8..cks ot Hhaiesofsoy or
ol the three several Banks of this State, foi
bZJH n.'' benefi, of th Ptjbliw-Utters ad
iLrt.'0 h'm ,hat whj- post-paid, will be
1'dHDptty replied to , - y .
TUIi JikXT LbTTKU Y.
COUKM'S OFFICE BiLTlMORR,
Aortwr, J4, UfcJw.
Cy The drswinr of Ik Grand Sut Loite
ry vi Marytaod, bic tuoa place at Balti
iHiraoa ihr iJtbinat arecmb4y to anftouwea
meat, resulted as usual, srilkj apleodtd sue
caa to Adventurers at COhEVS OFFIM ,
wberr beodes various e'.her Capttala uf im
portanre, ihe jrret Capital Pr te of
100,000 ioiUva;
vas std mi On half w4 hn Quvttr Ticket
ad alt o tbenianei by distant adventurc
The Hall 'In. tUameu, Hamptkir fmtn
nrrtma. by' er. Charles H. tl..
td J ire Gibsn One Quarter by Mr. )
cob Wolf(raOK of 1V- (tmlt near tkuurtr.
f ( tftli tKet tfuim kuvt been aiwult;
prttrntid. u4 tht cath tmlantlt paul, at utmoi.
at oiii ! Umcs.T The remaining Qur
ter, which held in Philadelphia, has not yet
been presented. The iiu ts of the sho
rrntlernen are mentioned b permission
" We hare now the plesure to present
to the puMrc, the ntxi scheme of the.
CiTfttuY State liultery
Of Maryland, 6, to b drawn in tht
Odd and Even System,
tl which tl e holder of two Tirket, or tw
Shsres, will be certain cf thtaudnt at Itatt
KiSt. I RZ f, and mag draw THH'-li! Th
mode of drawing which i secured by Letter
Patent under seal ot the United States, ha
been again adopted by the Commissioners ap
potnti-il by the Governor and Council, in con
st-qt,n'-e of its unrivalled popularity Tn
whole Scheme to be drawn IN ONE DAY
and will tnke place in the City of Baltimore,
iil WEDNESDAY, , , ,
The lOlli of Majr.
HIGHB.vr PKIZB
Twenty Five
Thousand Dollars.
BRILLLUfT SCHEME.
1 Prize of
1
2
10
15
50
100
100
550
&25.0OO
10,000
5,000
1,000
500
100
50
20
10
4
g25,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
7,500
5,000
5,000
2,000
5,500
- 80,000
0.000
20,829 Prizes, amounting to 8160,000
19,171
40,000 Tickets at 84 glbO.OTO
Xot one Blank to a Vtizel
MODE OF DlsAWING.
The Numbers will be put into one whee
as usual a , 1 in the other wheel will he put
the prizes above the denomination ot rout
Dol ars. aud the drawing to progress m mt
usual manner. Tbe 20,000 priaes ot 4 dollar
will be awarded to the odd or even numbera
of the Lottery (as the case ;may be) depend
ant on tne drawing ,oi tne capital nucm
23,000 Dullaia that, is to aay, if the 25,00(1
do lar Prize should come out to an Odd Nun-
r. ihen ew.ru Odd Number in the Scheme
s ill be entitled to a 4 dollar prise. It th
25.000 dollar prize should come out to an E
ven Number, then all the Even AwnAers in
rte Sdieme will each be entitled to a prize t
4 dollars . ' . .
Odd JVumbert end -with 1, 3, 5, 7, r 9.
' Even Numberi end with 2, 4j 6 8, or 0. -;
A 1 ickti uiawuii a auputioi .e in ibj
3cheme is not restricted from drawing an in
tenor one also: many Tickets, therefore, will
necessarily obtain TWO PRIZES EACh!
Prize subiectto a deduction ot 15 per cen
and payable sixty days after the Drawing but
can be had, as usual at COHEN'S OFFICE.
THE MOMENT THEY ARE DRAWN,5
V' fjb" Tickets will rise,1
the 24ih of March, to FIVE DOLLARS
ail orders previous to that day, will be Sup
plied St the tollowing original price, viz.
, W hole nckets, 4 k
Halves, ' 2
Quarters,', ; 1 00
Eighths, ' 50
To be had i the greatest variety of Numbeis
(Odd and Even) at
COHEN'S
Lottery and Exchange Office', 'No. 114,
X, Market Street, Baltimore;
Where the great .and rnagnifioient Capital
.One nmdrcd - Thousand Dollars,
in the last Grand State Lottery, was sold ii,
On- Half and Two Quarters ALLCTO DlS
l ANT ADVENTURERS,) and where more
Capita' Prizes have been sold than at any otb
i.r.i'flice in America. . ' ' K.; - . a
(p Orders from any part of the United
Suits, either by mail (post paid) ot private'
conveyance, enclosing tbe Cash or Prize Tick
ets in any of the Lotteries, Will meet the same
prompt Slid punctual attention as if on person
al application, Be particular in direct-
., J. COHEN, jr. & BROTHERS Baltimore.
' 03 CPHEN'3 Gaxette and Lottery Uefti
ier? will be published immediately after the
drawing, and will contain the eorT'' ttf l
of the Prizes. It Wi I be Swarded gravis to
all who purchase their Tickets st COHEN'S.
M' . a f -a . . a.. ...
OFriCTi, and wno signiiy neic wwb io. re
eeie ii. - ' -
' JBaUitnmi February 2ith,2Qd. ' 10 4v
Removal.
fill P. stihscribers have reir oved Iron (heir for
mer stand to No. 17, Wster Strt-r, where
(bey offer for sale a general assortment of ,
7 China, Glass aiid Earthen Ware,
on as libtral terir.s aa anv hmie in tlw I'nlnn
State of North Carolina,
Grtent County.
Court of Pleat nd Quarter Staiooi
rebrutrT Term. 1826. -
iv t,, l uniwiai uitt.
cat.
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Mtraat
ta.vt, jouMag
a I ph" sad BaL r aaosa, beiag k
ahar sarplkea F aana'a, ara si
4.ih r. I Jaassary ma xm, isnaa.
T apprariat; to the saUsTaatia ol laa GsMrt
that I ha aVfeadaat is) tbsa aaov is resutrM
ht another Siattf st ia taerethr arslercd kt ikr
4wrt that publication b osidc la tba lC.leih
tar lor uirre rnoatwa, that sratess Utf OaseSMlaul
por st ear seat Cnwrt of Pleas aa Qua at
awinas. lo be held (or the aoaoty ot (irf i
'be Court Hoaw la Snow bill, on lU J Man
lay af Mas ant, aad shew cause lo the aoulr
ry. the aaaae will be heard ranartr, sad lax pm
nwty levied oa anadeiawed subject to the plaiii.
tin tncusM, aoa a judgiMiti cateraa acaor-
rtinrly. '
VV iturss. Win Williams, CUrk of said Court,
Office, the second Monday of February, A
D. 11.6.
WM. WILLIAMS, Clk
l-m i
State of Nortti Carolina,
Piit County.
Court of Pleas anJ Quarter Session
February Term, 1826.
Robert Knox S ''
vs. J Petition to tr.
terlinr Averitt 8t others.) build1 UiU -
IT appearing to the satisfaction of tht
Court, that John Fow ler and his Wife Betset
and Early Albertson and wife Nancey, parto
he defendants, are not resident of this
Statet it is ornered by .h Court that pubk
cation be maTe in tb Raleigh Star, six weeks
hat unless the said John Fowler and Wife
Detsey, Ea ly Albertson and his wift Nancey,
anpear at the next Court ot Pleaa aad Quar.e.
Sessions to be heid for the county uf Pitt.
'he Court House i Greenville, on the first
Monday ot May next, and answer, the petition
win ie neara exparte . 5
Witness, James Sheppard, Clerk of Ou
said Court, at Office, the first Monday f Fe
bruary, I a Jo.
J AMES SHEPPARD, Cla.
f 12-6w
State of North Carolina,
Pitt County. : ' ;
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions-
February Term, 1826.
Reading-WillUmV -v
he heirs at law of f 1?J? MUU
A-ithony Walton; ''
IT appearing to the satisfaction of the
Court, that He-b Williams. Edmund WilUam
Richard Wiliiam and Nancey William., win
ai cbiidrcn of a deceased stater, are restden
of the State of Tennessee, it ia therefore or
dered that publication be made in the Rale git
itar tor six weeks, that unies. tney appear at
our next court ot Pleas and Quarter Session
o be held for tbe county of Pitt, at the Cour
House in Greenville, on the first Moudav I
May next,' then and there to plead, 8cc. itidk
ment will be taken pro confesgo as to them,
nd juiigment entered accordingly.
Witness, James Sheppard, Clerk of our sai
Court, at Greenville, the first Monday of Fe
Druary, 10.0.
JAMES SHEPPARD, Clk.
T-i4',,.'i-,--.- ...,lw-6w
State of North-Caiolina,
r" Wake County.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
' February Term, 1826.
Robert Hsrrison "
Mark Moore, l0ri-in1 "?at ,eT!ed
m. A. Hicks,
t Joel U. Nicks. J
IN this case, it appearing to the Court that
vht defendants resided beyond the linula ot
the State, it is therefore ordered thai publi
cation be made 6 weeks, in the Slate Gazette,
for defendants to appear on or I fibre the nex
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held
or the county of Wake at tht Court House n.
Raleigh, then and there torrplivy and plea J
to issue, otherwise judgment will be emered
up against them, and the property levied iiu
wjt be condemned, sutj ctto plainufl's reco
very. - '-:. .
. es - li. S, MJNe., U. Ki.
State of North-Carolina,
-p.- fpyfcg County. . ' " ' '
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
ifeDruary ierm, 1826.
Wm. Darhain, Exr. Original Atutehntrot levi
vs r . f-ed ou a aeero bov alaw.
John Barham. Jr. J by the name of Abel. .
DEFENDANT resides beyond the limits if
he State. It is ordered that publicaiion be
made in the Raleigh Star snd Mate Gasette.
for 6 weeks, that defendant appear on or b.
fori the ni xt County Court of Pleas and Quai
ter Sessions to be held, for the eountv - ol
Wake, at the Court House in kalrurh. on the
third Monday of May next, then and there t
replevy and plead to issue, otherwise judg
nieot will b entered against him, and th
property levied on be condemned, subject to
plaintiff's recovery. .'.,..
leis. II. S KING, CC
ll-6w
Kan Awav. v
w
. FKtlM the sukteriber, liv
ins; near Raleigh, on the 19th
Instant, a negro girl n.meil
FANN Y, Hi) years obi, yellow
tompleaion. aommno size, 1
believe she bass small sear on
i htr-tace, and on on ber foot
HSSTl' m sibeasbe went a-
wav a hianranna froew,. i iijuiera and while, btu
and white Callieo'sW h. . an lock with her
a black bombaxett od : white aprig muslin
frock. 5-he iH attempt to pass as a free woman
or may have 1 forged psss. 1 think she will gr.'
tn Neabeta, uherc she went on a former oesa
ion,wheS she ran away, snd reffiained on
i'nn. i-y-j ':-t v,l-?;'--:,r;; ,
I will give Ten Dollars to anv person wtr
will UK tier up, and secure her ia Jail, so thai
tNt
8tato of North' Carolina,
CaTrferec CsHoifv.
Coart of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Uecerooer lertu. 1825.
Calpepsw I'igott
l.k.W nML
Joka II. nrott.
Klikdt Psrwu k (Orlgiaal AtteaDaal. levi-
I Orhriaal AttasBaal,
Elijah U Plgott
. ra
caeah Saowdeu
Was wVatwer.
1 appaarmg ta th satiafawtiM f th Csurt,
that Joseph baawdea aad W illia. V aewtr.
ke drlewdaats ia this case, isiil cat uf tba a'
mils W this htaiet H ks tkilctore arCVrcd kt
lha CWrk advertiaa tbraa sawaths hs taw atar
publishca at Patrick, tar tka eleadsuu to ap.
aeacatiau teriaufaaid (wurt to W alt tor tar
wsuati uf :anerrt, at tan Court Host, ia Beau
sort, an the tkirw Moaday Ot Jua swat, and rr-
ivy or pteart Sa tasue, ur wugtaaat wlU be axade
imamUm i. ik. Pl.liii;A.ii...ul
a true copy trom ta minutes. '
Q RUMLT, C. C,
4-9
State of North Carolina,
Wavnt County. , .
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
lNotember Term, 1825.
James Jonas j
vs. f-Oririoal Attachment.
tlisha Wood,.) , . .
I
T appearini to the sal isfsction af th Court
that th rirlendanl. Miaha U Wonn. is not
an inhabitant ot lha Stain It is therefore or
dered b) the Gourt, thai puhliealioa he made ii.
the Ralehjb Star for threw ooiht, giving ai tioi
tn die defenilant, that he appear al the nest
loootf ' tourt to be held for the Sountv of
Vayoe, at to Court House in W syaesboroueb,
oath Sd .Monday ol tabruary cit, lh a and
here to auswer, plead or demur, otherwise
lUflsTRtent will ba taka pro aooieaso, and thr
an set lor neariog exparte. witness, t'luiip
Honks, Clerk ol our sain Court, at Uflice, 3C
Monday of November, 112 J.
svim
riheriff'g Sale.
t a JHAr be solil, on Monday the lh April
1 f neat, at tbe Court House in Washington,
he following lands, or as much thereof as ail
satisfy th uses due thereon lor the years tl.
and UM
560 sere hind, given in by Cicero Wnodard
lying in the Reaver Dam District
IS'i acres land, give mi oy wm. v.retriii.
w00 acres land, given u. by L'ullea lludwcll
lying on S D Creek .
s aeres lana, given ia ay wm. nuoweii, ji
110 acres lend, given in by Ebetteser lludweli
SO core land, give la by A oner Norma.
1 00 -acres land, the property ot J no V oolard.
I lot, wkh improvsmentl thereon, in bespasn
town, given in by Louisa Diekiiuon.
STKPHBN OVVENS, Shfr
Washington, Feb 88, ItM. l.-Rwp
Committed
is
TO Stokes Jsil, as a Runaway, i September
isai, a uero man, wno says bis nam i
UN T ADAMS, and is tree, and that hi
was kidnapped In Georgetown, II C and has
oeen sold to diflemnt men, In Georgia am
nuth Carolina! ihat the last man that bound!
him was Jacob Croutoh, HI Chestei &eld District,
s. c. He is about w years of age, 5 Icet tt
inches high, stout built, very black, says that be
has been brought up a Sailor, aod was raised in
Baltimore. ',
If he is a -slave, his owner Is requested U
prove him to be so, pay the charges, anit take
him sway, or be will be dealt with as the laa
directs . '
Also, committed to Stokes Jail, on the 10th in
atant, as a runaway, a negro man, a ho says hu
name is DAVID, and belongs lo Burrell Pope,
Ol Georgia, but dues not know in what count;,
as he had been lately taken there, but says thai
there is a town called Lexington not far fton
where he lived. He is about S feel 10 or 11
inches high, very black, quick ipokrn, and a ve
ry sensiuiu leiiow.
the owner ia requested to prove him, P'
charges, and Ink him away, or he will be deah
ilu as Uie law directs
C. L. BANNER, Sheriff.
Germsutoo, Stokes euanty, I ,
N C. Dec.U, this. 4 lr
For Sale,
THE Store snd Houses, ott the corner of
r ayetu-ville and Martin Streets, lately occu
pied by Doctors Burges & Hunter. Apply
In th SVIitnn. r
Dec29,182Jf. 1-tf
EXECUTIK PUOCEEDlNGS
IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
- February 15.- -
Ur. Van Buren submitted the following
rtsoluVumi:
liettlved, That, upon the question whether
tne United Slates shall be represented id
the Congress of Panama, the Senate ought
to act with open dooraj unless it shall appear
mim. iuc puuilbttllUH m uuvuuicma, yewHHrv
w am reieneu w in aeoaie, win vc prcjuai
cisl to existing negotuttions. r
Htnived, I hat the President be respect
fully requested to inform the Senate whether
such "objection exists 10 tbe publication of
me documents communicated by the Extcu
live, or any portion of thenii and, if so, to
specify tbe parts, the publication M which
would, tor that resson be objectionable,
On the question to agree thereto it tissue
temiined in the affirmative, yeas 23, nays 20,
tevruary 22. , ;
The Senate resumed the consideration
of
the motion submitted by Mr. Rowan on the
tbe 20th instant! snd the same having been
modified at tbe Instance of Mr, Woodbury,
as followsi
: KettvedL . That it is the unquestionable
right of the Senate to call, in respectful terms.
upon the President of the Unittd States, for
-L. : r. . L l i i
mi.ii Hiiwuisuoa as uiay us in sub puNeswioi,
and which the Senate deem necessary to the
tailhiul discharge ot the duties imposed upon
it by the toiitituiMiii: and, more especiSlh
the duties resulting from matters which the
Constitution makes it the fluty of the Pit si.
dent to submit to the cjuate, for ita atltice
and consent. - . ., - -. - ; '
JrtcW. That the two foBow W reso'
tiOna, of the 15th inst. izi Jivtohtd, ,1 hat
Paaana, the Senate ot cKt to act whb ope
doors, usdrcs it aLali appear that the fat U.
caliou dacuavraia, aet-M'y to ke rrtrtrcd.
totardetMite, UiU be .rjudicl t ens g
argociationa. kbmf, 1 bat tl e pit udrut
be rerptcttulry Ttqurvied lo inicrsu the hen
s', w hart ber eucU objection Mtt tax th
ublicatiaei ef the documents onir arncalad
by theEsewtive.r any pemon ot thw: sod.
if on, to epecify Ose parts, Use publicaiion of .
wbick wrotikl (ur that resau be object ota
kle:' requested iatwrausliow ui the i?i s-
sio4i of Use Eaeeutivc, and ist bis pvasvaaiHt
, Li t ... . . 1 " ' . . .
oniy, wmca tnu'wenare ocrtjea luiponaisi.
to guide ks deeieioa oa a subject iOM tl.o
scope of its adviainf i-owera, s4 aWet.h su.
tetrstibg to tka btates snd to the People of
thss Uaien.
V lifted. That th laasas-e al. tbe PtwaL
dent, la the following words, rsi " In answer
to the two.reKohitiou of the Senate of th
15th instant, mat krd (Ea eutite ) and wbielt .
have received. I state, tanectruly, Ihat al
the communications irons me to. the Stwate, 1
relating to the ' Cangres at . Panasn; kevo
been mart, like all other eotnatunicattoM
upon Executive business, in ewnjlVr, and '
moat ot thess in compliance with a resolutloa
of tbe Senate requesting them cotihdehtislry. . .
Uenevmg that tne established a sag ot treo
confidential communjcatii oa, between the
Executive and the Senate, ought for the pub ,
he interest, to be preserved unimpaired, f
deem it my indispensable duty to leave to tho
Senate itself tht decision of a question, ia
volvmg a I'eparture, hitherto, so far ss I ant
informed, without example, from that usage,
ind upon th motives for w hich, not being
informed of them, I do not feel mvsell com
petent to decide" does not giv tollie fien
ate the information requested, whttht rlhe
publication of the documents," or "hity por
tion of them" comniunicirted by tbe Kxecu. -tive,
as to the miiwion to Panama Mwoul4
be prejudicial to existing negotiations."
Hettlvett, .That the Senate has the solo
right in alt cases to determine what shall bo
the " rules 0 proceedings;" snd that tho
President ; cannot interfere with tbe same,
without violating, the Constitutional privile
ges of the- Senate.'
RethveJ, That the Senate has the aole r'ghl
to Ueterniine, what are its existing f rules
of proceeding. " whether fiMmded on uai.ge"
or poaitiVe written Regulations and thai tho '
President cannot officially decWc wfat those
rules are, or whether any pri posed mode of
acting, is a " departure" from them without
example," or whether it be essential to tho
" public interest," that some supposed " u.
sage" or tne senate snouiu oe preserveq un.
impaired.
HetlvetL That it is not competent tor tne
President on a call from the Senate, to de.
cline giving ihformstion, whether, "th; pub
liration of documents necessary to be rvtvtv.
red to in debate, will be prejudicial to fx ii
ing negotiations," on the ground that In ia
appr veS of the mode of profn'ditiK'. wi.,th"
the Senate proposea to follow on the subject, -to
which those document relate.
The motion to postpone the Ranie im! firi'e .
was dec ked in tbe sfcrmutivt) 24 .
nays 20v . , . .'-
He ved, That the Senate having, en nc
15th day ot February, passed tho Un',t ug
resolutions:
"Xtnfved. That. noon the questtnu whe
ther the United States shall he tpresenir4 .
in the Congiess of Panama, the Senate ought
to act with open doors; unlets it shall sppear
that the publication of documents, iesarjr ,
to be referred to in debate, will be prejudt.
cisl to existing negotiation.
Retolved, That tbe president be respect.
fullv requested to inform the .Senate who
ther such objection exisU to the publication
of the documents communicated by the Exe- ,
cutive or any portion of them ; snd, if so, to
specify the part,, the publication of which,
would tor that resson oa ODteciionaoie -
To which the President ItUirned the foJ-
lowing message in answer, vis: ,
frutldnifton, l rtOTuary, 100. .
Tt th Senate tf tht U . State:
- In answer to the two resolutions of the
Senate, of th 15th inst. msrked (Executive,) .
snd which 1 have received, I state, rexpect
fully, that all the communications front me to
the Senate, relating to the Congress st Tsua-
ma, bsve been made, like ail otner commu
nications upon Executive business in
denee, and most of them in compliance with
resolution of the Senate requesting them ,
confidentially. Believing that the tttabhbcd
usage of free confidential communication, be- .
tween the Executive and the, Senate, ought, .
for the public interest, to be preserved ui.inr L ,.
. . . v ., :. !., Ul. J... '4
paired, i oeem ii my inuinpciwawiv uuiy '
leave to the Senkle itself tbe decision Of a, N
question, involving a departure hitherto, so
far as I am informed, withbut example , from V
that usage, Snd upon the motives lor wiuptt , .
not being informed of them, 1 do not feel my ,
self competent to decide.' , ,
i -t-i ', : JOHN ilUintil .JV,uHSi. :
tUttfoed. That, as the Senste hsve not been
Informed by the President, whether the pub ,
lication of the documents, in relation to tba
proposed mission to the Congress st Panama, , x
would afiect any pending hegoiiations, it is
expedient tb proceed to the discussion of the .
subject of that mission with closed doois. . . , " 1
.y-;;. j-toruory xj.- ; ,
The Senate resumed the consideration of
the motion submitted yesterday, by, Mr, .
Holmes, it) relation to the proposed nussion
to the Congress it Psnama, v.h ; 4 -
On m'ttion bv Mr. ickertoi,. w amend th .
iaroe, by striking but all after the word " Ke.
soiveuv wnere il i rm occurs, an j umKrW'g
ill lieu thereof the following:
' Hetolvetl, That, although the Scnsteesnnot
find, in the answer ot the president of tho,
United States to their res lutions of th 15th "
instant, relative to the proposed n i on to .
Panama, any distinct iKfi-imat'ion that ; ihe -publication
of the comrthuicktions, ailuded
to in said resolutions, would or would not bo ,-.
prejudicial to exixting negotiations, th y f nd
a stroi g objection on the part of the presi.
deut, to the publication of tliose eommui jcs i,
tiona, inasniuch as they were nde in confi.
deuce, snd most ol th ni In compliance With
s resolution of the Setts te, requesting ihtm -coiifidentiail).
; And alihough the benato -
have tlie right to pi blish cominunicatiops ao
nuule. and to discuss the same, with open.
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