SPEECH OP IlOHf rn. CUAIJA3I,
-OF N68TH CABOLINAf V
On the iropositlon to tbolish the Branch 5Tint
.. . Hcwes or Eur., Arim 4, 1813.;',". .
Mr. Chairman: Tho question now pro
scnted to the House is, to strike out of the
bill under consideration the nciessanj ap
f.Vj f timliSn the" f!fttnr.h Mints.
I apprehend it Is the duty and policy of
r. it mi i.rhfpnprf nntinna tft exercise tno coin-
jug power in such a manner as to give their
Government and pcoplo tho greatest advan.
tages and opportunities of converting the
precious metals into money, lu countries
confined to small lirntisi ono mint is suffi.
n rrimtr!ra nF iir(T( tlirritliriCfl Qiui
V a lilt w w
"extensive boundaries, moro mints thaiLPno
are deemed proper and necessary for pub
lie convenience. ' Enclond has but one
mints and why? because the, territory pi
that country is scarcely equai in extent mi
one OI vur largest utuw, suuujiuu twj-'Y.
ties of trade and travel aro rendered bo
convenient, that any part of tho Kingdom
is accessiblefln ono or two days' jourucy.
Franco has three or four separate mints,
at different places in that nation j and why 7
because her territory is mucn moro exten
sive than that of England $ and her policy
is to embrace every opportunity and afford
every advantago to convert the precious
metals,' as often as possible, into their own
coin. Tho United! States bus a territory
equal ia extent to more than ono-half pf
all Europo ; and tho question now nrwos,
what ought to be tho policy pursued in this
great and, growing nation in relation to
coining the precious mclals? Shall all the
ininr ba dono at ono mint, hundreds and
thousands of miles distant from tho gold
mines iu our country? or shall wo havo
Branch Mints in tho gold region, to aiiord
encouragement and give facilities to the en.
tnmi-isiiiir and nractical miners? These
are the questions now before the House and
lhn nntiAi.
Tim mover of this nronoaition to strike
out the appropriations and abolish tho Mints
affirms and alleges that the Mint at Phila
delphia can coin all tho gold in tho United
States. That allegation m3y bo truo ; and
yet it does not" follow , that tho Mint at
Charlotte is useless or unnecessary. If the
Branch Mint at Charlotte were abolished,
still a largo proportion of tho gold found in
"Nm-ih Pnmiinn-would never be carried to
be coined. - Now, therein consists the cr
" ror and fallacy of tho argument of thoso
who propose to abolish tho Branch Mint at
Charlotte. They tako for granted that
which is not truo in ; point of fact ; they
contend that, as soon as tho Chartotte Mint
is destroyed, all the North Carolina gold
will bo carried directly to Philadelphia,
ubout six hundred miles, to bo coined.
iNoiso; no,inueeu; uruuKii.
Mr. Chairman, I live in the gold region,
and represent a largo number of gold mi.
ncrs. I know tho inconveniences and Hit
Acuities they encountered in their opera
lion's and business, before tho establishment
of the Mint at Charlotte. Where did all
their gold then go? To Philadelphia? No,
sir. Tho minors carried much of their
gold to a Mr. BocfAler; withrrrfotii-ttleF
the villago in which I reside: ho is a very
good assayer, and a very honest man, Ho
ussnyed it, and converted a largo portion of
it into what we call, in tho gold region, the
Bechtler coin, or tho miners' currency;
"tnaTTsTpioc
imitating coin) with tho proper value and
tho assaycr's name .marked thereon. IIo
inado $1 pieces; he made pieces worth
$2 50, and $3. Before tho establishment
of tho Branch Mint at Charlotto, those
Bechtler pieces constituted n portion of the
currency and circulation in tho gold region.
They passed very currently, and were sub-
njl in Urm rf m II ff"l I 11 .
Before the establishment of tho Mint at
Charlotte, many persons who had tho largest
capital invested in "mines and machinery
Carried -lllClr golU 10 uiu aauiu mil jjci.ni-
ler, and employed hint to assay it, and run
it into lar?o bars, bullion.') IIo stamped
the truo vuluo on wctrtaTTnrorth-prrimp
from $300 to 52,000 in value, llirso
large bars were often carried to England or
tnmn other nart of Eurooe. nnd sold in
foreign markets. And thus were the mines
of the United States contributing to increase
nnd multifv tho precious metals and coins
iu foreign nations, while our own country
was languishing and sullenng lor coin to
maintain and support a sound currency at
homo. Sir, I hold it to be a higlrUnd para
mount duty, in every Government which is
Widc.lvMministcrcdjJo foster nnd encour
nc miners in their labors and researches
after tho precious metals, and to afford and
extend to ttrom (acuities to convert tno pre
rioua metals into coin. That was tho do-
liberate judgment ot.a largcrmTrjoruy oi
Congress in 163o, when tno mint ut uiar.
lotte was established in tho centra of the
vgold region. From statistical tables fur
uiahed in tho last census, it appears that the
amount of Fold found and taKch last voar
from tho mines in North Carolina was va.
lucd at $253,000. If tho Branch Mint at
Charlotto bo well managed,! think it would
coin about $200,000 every year. 200,
000 fii gold coin, I believe, is, in banking
valenUo $000,000. Is that not an ohjcot
to Government and tho people?
Now, after Congress has deliberately
adopted this -wise policy i-crsuitablp
buildings have all been erected and com
pleted; after the necessary and most ap
proved machinery had been purchased and
Cut into operation; after all needful expanses
ave been incurred, and tho Branch Mint
is in full and successful operation, coining
ojd ; afkr all this trouble and expense, it
is now proposed to stop the coining process
in tho gold xcgion, to abolish and discon
tinuo tho Branch Mint, and sell or sacrifice
the public buildings. And all this is moved
and gravely proposed in tho name of ccon
omy.! Verily, 'verily, this is a left-handed
economy."- This is killing tho goose that
laid the golden eggs. This is crippling imi
killing the miners that dig the gold. All
this fickle legislation is to be "dono in the
Dame of economy, economy. Mf . Chair. 1
man, I remember, la reading of the dread-'
(bl scenes which took place during the revo
lution jn France, when a distinguished lady
had incurred tho displeasure of tyranical
power, and tho iron-handed ana icon-heart
ed officers wero rudely dragging that unfor-
lunate (cmale to the place of execution, she
cast her eyes up, and saw tho wqrd liberty
inscribed in . largo letters over tne aoor
which led to the guillotine, then crimsoned
with crime and drunk with blood; and she
exclaimed," Oh, liberty, liberty, what hor
rid deeds are perpetrated in thy namo
Sir, in like manner, when I see efforts ma
king to destroy ho basement story, and to
demolish the only sure and stable founda
tion for a sound and uniform currency, and
that under the namo of economy, I, too,
cannot help exclaimingDh, econouiyTecon
omy, ; what evil deeds aro perpetrated under
thy good name !
- It i3 objected in this debate to tho Branch
Mint at Charlotto, that it is an expense to
the 'Government ; that the coining costs too
much at that place," and it does not support
itself. Have gentlemen reflected and con.
sidered whero thot objection leads thctn ?
Are they prepared to declare they will have
no institutions that are expensive, aud do
not support themselves? What is tho ro
gular Army but an annual expense, with
out ever coiuing or producing a dollar to
the ; Government ? What is tho Navy but
ah annual expense? These two arms of
our national defence havo taken millions of
dpllars out of tho Treasury, but nover put
one dollar into it.-
! Do our new-light economists propose to
abolish tho Army and the Navy, and sub.
slituto iu their places raw troops" and Indi
an canoes ? This Government has, divers
times, oppropriated money to tho Post Of
fico Department, when it3 revenues wore
deficient, to set it on its feet and keep its
legs in motion to transport the mail. Civil
government itself was never formed ond
institutod to bo a mero money-making-ma.
chine ; but tho groat object of its institution
was to guard, secure, and protect the lives,
the liberty, and tho property of the people.
The country is -always most prosperous
when the currency is most sound and uni
form. Tho greatest blessing man can givo
to man, through tho ndministration...of a
wiso Government, is a sound currency of
specie par value. How can tho currency
bo sound, unless it be convertible into ape
cio nnd based on coin? IIosv can wo com
mand coin in our country, unless wo hold
out inducements and ivo encouragement
to thoso miners who search for .nd find the
precious uiotals, and a fiord them the facili
ties of hnving'their bullion coined in tho
gold region ; and thereby tho enterprising
miner is not compelled to sacrifice his vir
gin gold, and submit to tno shavo of mor
chants, banksand speculators ; and thereby
the people are enabled, in tho midst of sua
pensions, to procure coin, and to see the
constitutional standard of money once more
abroad in tho land. Banks derive great
advantages from their contiguity to the gold
mines, and obtain much of their specie in
tho Carolinas from the Branch Mint. No
-separate State is permitted to establish a
Mint. They arc prohibited from coining
money, ThUiaJUcraiXLivexiinicnLJaxi-
pressly and exclusively intrusted and
effargod with tho duty of exercising the
coining power. u The Congress shall have
power to coin money, regulate tho value
thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the
standard of -wcishts and rmmsurcs. The
Constitution has committed to Congress the
silver beam and golden scales, to weigh out
coual value in all money matters. This
precious metal money is tho aturdard and
regulator of all currency, and the only truo
test whereby tho valuoof properly of every
description i3 setlled and ascertained. To
coin money isa high and important attribute
of sovereignty, which Congress is bound to
exercise at any reasonable expense, because
all tho nrcat interests of society must bo
measured and ascertained by the spec
standard; and, therefore, public policy and
wUclusislaiion rcquiro that Mints .should be
erected at different and distant points in the
oo44-reguur4o accuuuuadiiliL. liioXJliltets
to encourage the production of the precious
metals, and to multiply and increase the le
sal coin of our own country, this view
of the subject is not predicated upon tho in
ttrestoftho miners alone, but upon tho
"reut and general interest of tho Govern
nient and neonlo of tho United States
They aro all directly concerned, thai tho
cui rency of ourcountry should have a strong
and broad specie basis. 1 will go as fur as
ho who goes farthest, to procure the gold
and silver coin, and put it in circulation as
fifjiis it is practicaljto ; "because cotii isTiuT
onlv money, but it sustains and nourishes
sound credit, and constitutes the only ccr-
tain and permanent foundation for a good
Mr. Chairman, to require my constitu-
ents tocarryall their natlvo gold to Phila
delphia, sit hundred miles, to bo coined, is
very unreasonable and expensive, You
might as well ask us to carry all our corn to
Philadelphia to bo ground- Strr U is too far
to co to milt Wc caunot aflord to do it
and, rather than submit to such great incon
venience, we must resort to some other
mode, nigher hom6, less costly, and more
convenient. rYes , si iy-if Congress shall
abolish our Branch Mint, and refuse to coin
our native gold in North Carolina, then we
must resort to our former habits before the
ilintwascstabli3hcdat Charlotte. We
must rely upon ourselves, arid not upon our
Government. We must carry our gold to
the assayer nearest home, and get him again
to make tho Bechtler money, or miner's
currency ; or we must get him to assays and
stamp the truo value on tho largo bars of
gold, and sell them where wo can in Atgcri-
ca or Europe.
North Carolina is rich in mines and nun-
erals. The resources and treasures of the
State are gradually, but constantly,' being
developed and discovered. The richest sil
ver mine in the United. States has recently
been discovered there. It is worked to
much advantage, and promises to bo a great
source of revenue to the proprietors. . It is
stranffe. and passing strange to me that any
objection should be mads to coining the pre-
a Mint la the neiglburhood
of the mines. - v 'a1y
- Mr. Chairman, ! have confidence in the
justice, stability, and wisdom of the legisla
tion of Congress. In the year 1835 tho
Branch Minu wero established by a . large
majority of both branches of Congress.
In this House, one hundred and fifteen mem
bers voted in favor of that measure, and on
ly sixty voted against it. I cannot believei
after tho policy has been settled, after tho
principal expenditures have all been made,
and tho Branch Mints are just beginning to
coin money, that Congress wilt now undo
what it did a few years since, : and throw
away all tho public money spent in tha erec
tion of the Branch Mints. It would bo too
much like the fickleness of little children,
when they give you a thing at ono moment
and take it back the next. Legislation
should not bo vacillating and changeable as
tho wind, but fixed, certain, and uniform,
like a good currency. . '
" ' r Mexico." "
The New York Express thus comments
on the story of an English Loan lo'Mexico ;
" This new rumor has, undoubtedly,
grown up out of the old news ; andths panic
makers who would infer from it hostility to
tho United States on tho part of Cteat Bri
tain, know but -little of the anxiety 'of tho
British Government to havo peace with this
country, or look but little at what England
how has oir tier hands in China "Bnd the
East, as well as in taxes at home. It is but
natural that Great Brituin should wish to
havo a freo market in Mexico for' British
goods, and ba willing to pay for it, but it is
most unnatural to suppose that Great Britain
wishes to embroil herself with us, or to fur
ther the invasion of Santa Anna, upon Tex
as. No policy could bo more blind. Mex
ico a nd Tex at poaco aro much butter
British customers than at war. That San
ta Anna wants this 8 15000,000 to estab
lish his own power, in Mexico first, in
Yucatan and Texas next, is very probable,
and that he is willing tosCll Mexico out for
fifteen years to. England, is as probable, if
ho can got the money. . All these aro fair
business transactions on tho pu t of Great
Britain even if tho purchase of thcCatifor
nias is included, though unquestionably they
demand the keen attention of our Govern
ment. " The house of Morrison At Co. is report
cd to bo tho negotiator of this new loan,
which, it is-added, is guarantied by the
British Government. If this should turn
out true, tliero will bo an outcry in En
land from the heavy taxed people there
un.
loss very groat commercial advantages aro
secured. In tho mean time, tho whole
story needs confirmation, before credit can
bo given to it.
Utile Rock, April 13.
- General I.vdia.n Council. Wo learn
by several gentlemen who arrived from the
West on Monday last on the steamboat Ar
kansas that there is' to bo a General Coiut
cil of tho most important of tho civilized
tribes of Indians held at tho Creek Council
Ground some time (as our informants un
derstood) in &Iaynext. This Council has
bcerraltnd hy- GcncrnlrHolty Mctntosti7
Principal Chief of tho Creek nation. Gen.
Mcintosh has sent , written invitations to
Gen. Taylor, Capt. Armstrong, and Gov.
Butler, and other Indian Agentsand also
Josome distinguished gcntlemcnof Arkan.
sas, soliciting their attendance, ns well ns
that of some of tho best men of tho several
tribes within their respective agencies.
Andrew M. Vann, Acting Principal
Chief of the Cherokees, has deputed a del.
cgation of sixteen men, selected from all
parties, to attend tho Council.
Tho Agents, we understand, have entire
confidence i:i tho pacific character of tho
proposed assemblage. Sjveral g joJ object j
it is thought, may bj produced by a friend
ly union. --jUno of them," it-is said, is to
make ' soino'pernianent arrangement for
the recovery of stolen property, anl anoth.
cr for the apprehension of fugitives- from
justice, which would bo ycry beneficial to
all thtrtrrbes. The Counctly Wc-nrtr-gratf-fied
to learn, is not to be secret. Gazelle.
Important Decision in Bankruptcy.
Tho very important and much mooted qucs
lion as to the effect of attachments of the
propefTyof bankruptcy, was decided! bj
Judge Story on Saturday, at Boston, in an
opinion of great length, in which he discuss
ed the wholo subject with his usual ability
and clearness. Tho result to which he
camo was, tlvat suck attachments would not
Jiold-ilie properly T lultcxuldTMcJhIuidis..
xohed by the -proceedings in banitrvj'tey.'
Thi3 decision is considered of mote import
.ance by legal gentlemen than any , which is
likely to ar
clous mctaU at
ndcrbjiJankruplLlaw ajidlcoiiJ ad offered it at ono and a half cent per
in some of the States it will make a vast dif
ference in the effects of bankrupts. -- Judge
Story remarked thaf, as tho decision was of
great importanc, he should furnish H to the
Law Reporter for publication, andho hoped
the counsel in thojcjiso would do the same
with their arguments. '
The Army orMEXicb.----Gc-neraTArista
has thus written to tho Secretary of War
forJilexicotJ" Incbnforniijy with the di
rection of your Excellency, I have" assisted
at the examination of tho C8 1 recruits which
have arrived from the departments of Xalis
co and Guanaxerato, and the result is that
only 98 of theni are fit for duty. The un;
fitness is so apparent, that it cannot be be
lieved that they were ever seen by the Go
vernment officers ; otherwise it is incon
ceivable that such a multitude of deaf,dumb,
lame, and blind should havo been forward,
ed at the public expense. Indeed, they
were afflicted with such other classes of in
firmities that it appears that they must have
been turned, out of some of the hospitals as
incurable subjects." '
The editor of the Indiana Journal says
he is in favor of fair trade, but goes against
free trade. He says the British tax our pro
ducts from one to 200 percent and there
fore we ought to tax theirs the same. This
is wliat wo would call ''fair trade." ......
THE MESSENGER;
D. R. M'ANAUY t J. ROBERTS, EDITORS.
Friday, ITIay SO, 1812.
REPUBLICAN WMG TICKET." :
Fur Governor,
JOHN M. MOUEIIEAD.
.ELECTION FIRST THURSDAY IN AUGUST.
Q5r Tho Whigs of Cherokee county, as
will bo seen from tho report of their pro
ceedingSy published in this paper, have held
a meeting and nominated their candidate
for the Legislature. Tho candidates for
the other counties west of the Blue Ridge
will, wo suppose, be announced very soon.
The-next Legislature is to be an important
ono to tho interests of the whole State. A
United Slates Senator will bo to elect for
the next six years, and the congressional
districts to be remodeled. Every effort will
bo made by the Democratic party to secure
a majority of members, in order that these
measures ? which in all probability will shape
the political character of tho State, both at
home and abroad, for several years to come,
may bo carried to their liking. Now, let
tho Whigs see to this. They have a large
majority in the State, as has been proven
ii four successive elections. Let them not,
tacrefore, through carelessness, loose in
any degree thehjhand noblo stand they
havo won. Let them select their candi
dates with care, and let it ba understood
tlia every man is to do his duty. Let those
who may bo called upon by their fellow,
citizens to become candidates, look upoii
themselves ns belonging to their country,
and if sac rifices have to be made at homo in
order to meet the call, let it4io dono rather
than the htcrcst of tho whole suffered to
decline Wo repeat, and wo wish it kept
in mind, that it is an important period in
the history of the Whig party in this Slate.
Let there be thon,, 'Vajong pull, a strong
pull , nnd a pull altogether, M that our mnjo
rily in the popular vote may not fall below
what it was in the Presidential election of
1310. ,
?Ir. Villi Iliircn at Havlirillc, Ten.
The Ex-President readied Nashville on
tlio 28th ult., and seems to have been re
ceived with respect, but not with that accla.
malion which sometimes characterises the
entrance of distinguished men into our
cities. This is as it should be. The pomp
and parade frequently made on such occa
sions is no truo mark of respect, however
deserving tho individual may be but in
Mv-Van-Buren'j cauof-tltc-cotmtry owes
him nothing as a man, yet respect should
bo shown him because of the office which
ho has filled, however unworthily. The
Nashville Whig makes the following re.
marks in reference to his enrnmccinto that
city :
"Tlio cavnlcado conistfd of about tliron hun-
drod citizeiiH, preceded by the Nunhville Ulucs ;
ami, nftcr passinjr through several street, stopped
at the Nashville Inn, whero rooms had lcen pre-
pared for hun. Un the 1 ulilic square, thoro wore
assembled nemo ten or twelve Iitimlred persons;
but the.ro wero no uuivtH of enthusiasm, mieh hh
wc havo witnessed on other and similar occasions
no throwing up of cups tho wc'.kin did not ring
with shouts of applnuae ; but all was dono ret-pect.
fully, decently, and in order. Mr. Van lJnren bc
inj conducted to the rooms prepared for him, re
ceived the congratulations of his friends with
easy dignity, and wo -vero pleased to remark that
a largo number of his political opponents waited
upon him, and "were received with equal polite,
ness. In tho cveninj,. Mr. Van Uurcn and Mr.
PHldmKhcinvttattOTl"f)f thVluSnlTgcrtvvTg'it
ed lha theatre, to witness tho representation of
" Iindon Assurance." Tho house was full to
overflowing, and that fino comedy was performed
Willi irreat spirit.
" Mr. Van Burcn, we understand, will leave to.
day for the Hermitage., and, after remaining a
short lima with Gen. Jacknon, will visit Kentucky
and pass a few davs at Ashhind, at tho express
invention of Jlr. day.
The" prices of produco in every sec
tion of tho country continue ruinously low.
Flour, at Cincinnati, commands only about
8 tpcr barrel and bacon can scarce be sotd
at all. Report say that a farmer lately
went into tho city with a wagon load of ba-
pound, but tho highest bid ho got was one
cent and a quarter If there were no other
argument, tho simple fact that so large a
portion of our population aro engaged-in
agricultural pursuits that the whole country
is flooded with the products of the farm
and no sale for any of them while a rticlcs
of manufacture can rarely bjptfrchased
without cash, is sufficient to-convince any
candid manof the necessity of a tarifT suf
ficient to give suchrencouragemcnt to our
own people as to justify a portion of them
engagingOnrmanufacturing,and jhereby
crcatp a demand at homo for agricultural
products, which could then
be exchanged
for the cloth of the manufacturer.
A PRETTY HANDSOME SUM. It 13 Said Up-
on good authority that the war which the
British Government has been waging for
some years past in India, had cost up to
1839 no less than sixty millions of dollars,
and that fifteen millions have been expend
ed every year since that time ! A great
number of men have been employed, and
thousands and tens of thousands have pe
rished. .Lately a large army was entirely
cut to pieces- and destroyed by the Affghana. )
tsrf tnT Stoat i A tak.ttarted la tk tttgk.
Uni Mtutnger, Is J-ilnf th round of th Whig
be pet in this State, to tha effect, that toon after
Mr. llenry commenced til speech at Aahoville,
everal persons, among whom were some ladies,
" left the honse In disgust, at soma low express
ions, which, the -Editor f-the -fitevengtr eey
he cannot publwh in his paper 1" Now, thoso who
have given circulation to this story, will be ear.
prised to learn, that liter vert Uditt premnt
on that ocittion I at leastMr. Henry saw none ;
and we have the authority of two other gentle
men, (aa respectable as any who" reside in tho
State, and who were present) for eayimj, that they
mw none If there wen any preeent, they must
have been concealed somewhere in tho rallerics,
so as to Lave been invraMe to tha speaker,' and
the other gentlemen referred to.
We are not surprised a. the avidity with which
this story hae been seized opon and circulated, by
thsjederal press generaly of North Carolina :
but, that the Editor of th Raleigh Register, who
knows Mr. Henry, and tiowt that be would be
one of the last persons in the world to offend fo
nialo dclicaey, should givi it currency, does, we
confess, somewhat astonidi us. But we suppose
it is with the Register, as t, is with the other redo,
ral sheets in this State ; "any thing for political
capital no mutter whether truo or untrue." Lin.
win Republican. "f"" ' )'"r --:-,"'-
" Now, those who have given circula
tion to this report'1 can leap that there were
lt ladies present oathf occksjon1 and sove
ral others were about to repair to the court
house, but declined uponhearing of some
things Mr. Henry-had 'said. What Mr.
Henry '-did not see, or what these other gen
tlcmen did not see, we neitber know nor
care, but we know ' whaTwe'iZii see, and
what a n'tmbcrof others will testify. If the
Republican wishes to make a question of
veracity of this, he can do so we are
ready.
Asjo the surprise of tho editor that the
Raleigh Register should repeat what wc
said wc respectfully inform him that with
out any disparagement to tho Register,
which we have always looked upon ns the
best paper in North Carolina, we are as re.
uponsiblo for what we say as that or any
other paper. Wo have not set ourselves
up hero merely to repeat what others have
sail, right or wrong ; wo aro no hirelings;
wo acknowledge no clique as owning a
press and making us their organ. We form
our own opinions and freely express them,
without cmpiiring who may thereby be
pleased or .displeased. Wc did say in sub
stance, and we now repeat, that Mr. Henry
in his speech at this place did use express
ions oHensivo to delicacy, and such as wo
will not at any time insert in our paper, and
that ut the time these expressions were used
" several persons, among whom were some
ladies, left the house."
Docs Mr. Henry, or these 'other gentle
men' alluded to by tho Republican, say that
thcro wero no ludies ' present ? No but
they " sate nmte." We never undertook to
say what they did or did not sec wc stated
a fact and if Mr. Henry or any othergen
lleman denies it, we can advance the proof.
Tho Apportionment Bill.
03rromtho following extract, taken
from tho National Intelligencer of May the
5ih, it will bo seen that the Apportionment
Bill had passed tho House of Representa.
tives, -fixing-tho-Tatio-ofTepreseimtlo'n for
tho next ten years at one member in Con.
grcss to every 50,179 oT Federal popula
tion. Congress is, no doubt, tmdo up of wiser
heads than ours, but we regret exceedingly
that tho representation will be so large.
Tlio House of "llrprecntativcs is nlieady
loo largo by flt'. By this movement, it
will be made still larger in -consequence
of which thcro will be less business done in
the same length of time, and done at a much
greater, cost. We sincerely hope the So-natc-may
not tomrtrrT !
THE APPORTIONMENT BILL.
A great stride was mado in tho Houso of
Representatives on Tuesday towards the
accomplishment of the leading objects of
tno present session of (Joncrcss, by the
passage of the bill for the apportionment of
Representatives to be mado in every State
by districts.
Tho ratio of apportionment in the bill is
as one Representative to every 50,179 of
rcdcral population ; giving for the number
of the House ofjleprescntatiycs for the next
tea years (should the senate concur; three
hundred and six memben , distributed as
follows-:
Maine, 10
Ncw Hampshire,
MasHachasetts,
5
14
2
6
5
48
7
31
1
8
21
13
9
11
9
5
5
15
14
30
13
9
7
1
4
Rhode Island,
. Connecticut,
Vermont,
NewYrtrk.
NjW Jersey,
'fennsyivama,
Delaware, ' .
Maryland,
Virginia,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia,
Alabama,
Mississippi,
Louiriana,
Tennessee,
Kentucky,
tmto,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Missouri,
Arkansas,
Michigan,
The bill has yet to pass the Senate
The following was the vote upon the final
passage of the bill:
YEAS Messrs. Adams, Allen, LandaH W.
Andrews, Arnold, Arrington, Atherton, Aychgg,
Babcock, Baker, Barton, Blair, Boardman, Botu,
Bowne, Boyd, Brigga," Brock way, Bronson, Mil
ton Brown, Jeremiah Brown, Win. Butler, Wn.
O. Campbell. Carnthers, Cary, John C. Clark,
Staler N. Clark, CLfford. Coiea. Colo tut. M. A.
Cooper, Cowen, Cranston, Cashing-, DanieL Gar
rett Dayis, Richard M. Davis, Dawson-Eastman,
John Edwards, John C, Edward, Egbert, Ferris,
C. A. Floyd, Fomanee, A. Lawrence Farter, Gen
try, Gilmer, Goggin, W. O. Goode, Gordon, Gra.
-s.. .
ham, Green,, tlalsted, tlank, frta. 8. jftaatiagi
John Hasting, Hava, Holms, Uonck, Howard,
uuoara, iiuuson, tinnier, nint, V. i. IngersoU,
W. W, Irwin, Jack. W. Coat Johnson. Cars John
son, John W.Jones, John P. Kenedy, Linn, Abra.
ham AlcUfUaa, Robert MeCleUan, McKoon, .
Marohand, Alfred Marshall, Blathews, Mattocks,
MediuV Meriwether, Moore. Morris. (J borne.
Owsley, Fetridire, Payne, Pandloton. Pone. Ben.
ismin Randall, Randolph, Reding, Reynolds,
Riffjrs, Roosevelt, San ford, Shaw, Truman Smith,
wuuam smith. Boilers, Btokeiy, Slratten A. II.
IL Stuart, Summers, Sumter, Sweney, Taliafcr.
ro, Tillinghast, Tomlinson, Triplctt, Trumbull,
Edward D. White, Joseph L-AYhite, Thowa W.
Williams, James, W. Williams, Christopher H.
Williams Wiee, Wood, Yorke, John Younp 125.
NAYS Messrs Sherlock J. Andrews, Barnard,
Bee son, Bidlack, BiHseye, Brewster, A. V. Brown,
C. Brown, 8. II. Butter, G- W. Caldwell, T. J.
Campbell, Casey, Chapman, James Cooper, Cra.
vene, Cross, Dtberry Doan, Everett, Fillmore,
John G. Floyd, Gamble, P. G. Goode, Granger,
Gustine, Habersham, Henry-, Hopklni", Houston,
Joseph R. IngersoU, Jamca Irvin, James Keim,
Andrew Kennedy, Lane, Lewis, McKay, Samson
Mason, J. Thompson Mason ,Matbiot, Miller,
Mitchell, Morgan, Morrow, Ncwhard, Plumer,
Powell, Proffit, KHmaylRavner, Read, Rencher,
RidgWay, ; Rodney, Rogers, William Russell,.' Jaii.
M. Russell, Saltonstall, Saunders, Shrpperd
Shields, Simonton, Slade, Stanly.'John T. Stuart,
John B. Thompson, Richard W. Thompson, To.
land, Turney, Underwood, Van Rensselaer, Waf.- ,
lace, Ward, Warren,' Watterson, Welter, Win.
tlirop, A. Young 75.
Release of Icudalli
" We learn from undoubted authority,"
says the National Intelligencer, that Mr.
Kendall and six others of the citizens of the
United States, who bad been detained in
Mexico as prisoners, had been released soon
after' Mr. Thompson, pur , new Minister,
reached that country." So it seems there
is no chance lor a war between tho two
countries to grow out of this nfTair.
HIT The Highland Menrnger dors not deny that
Gen. E.iney was selected to reply to Mr. Itenryat
Bumsville, on account of his reckless manner of
speaking ; on the contrary, that paper defi-nds the
proceeding, on tlio ground that it is right Mo fight
the devil with firu.' What thinks Gen. Eduey,
and what think the people, of this T
As to Mr. Henry's being really "the devil," we
are not prepared to admit it ; but he certainly is a
great " terror to evil doers ;" and henca ho spreads
coiihtcrnatioii and dismay in the Federal ranks,
wherever ho goes. Lincoln Republican.
Read the above, and then turn to the
Messenger of the Cth inst., and read tho
article alluded to, and then say what you
think of tho candor and honesty of a Loco-
foco editor ! How any one, professing to
bo a human being, and as such, feeling any
regard for tho moral interests of his fellow.
men, can make nnd send to tho world sucli
a perversion as tho above, is to us next to
inexplicable. lias the man no candor no
sense of propriety no consciousness of the
claims of moral justice ! About the report
thnf'Gen. Hdncy was selected to answer
Mr. Henry at Burnsville, we neither afTirra.
ed nor denied we knew nothing about it ;
wc never heard ono syllable of it until wo
saw it in the Republican, arid as to our de
fending " the proceeding," let those who
read "what "we said judge.
07 Hon. J. It. Giddings, of Ohio, who
who was censured by the llouso of Repre
sentatives some time since for presenting
certain ubolition petitions, hns been elected
by his former constituents to fill tho vacancy
occasToneIT)y his own resig"natlon, which
occurred soon after the vote of censure was
passed. IIo has again taken his scat in
Congress.
As wc expected.
The Locofoco papers in tho South aro
coming out in strong language for John C.
Calho.cn for tho next Presidency. Let it
bo so ; it will afford some raro sport to col.
lect somo of tho old Jackson. Van. Kuan
papers of gono-by days, and repeat rirrnrof
the abuse and denunciations heaped by them
oalheJicadoflthUaama Calhoun, And ns
a political curiosity, his (Calhoun's) former
course may bo held up to view, by which it
may be proven that whatever he may
now, he has been right sometimein his
political career inasmuch nsJniiias been
at ond time or other on every side of every
leading measure whhr'fias been before tho
country.
Good, town, council 'of Wheeling,
Virgipiayhave refused to grant licenso to
any person whomsoever to retail ardent
spirits after tho first of the present month;
tho time when their old license expired. It
is honorable to our country to see that there
are a few courts, councils, &c, which rc
fusoany longer "to bo . misled to fatns to
give ,men a license to scatter arrows,
fire-brands and"dcatb" throughout the com
munityrsr' Early lotatoc.
We had been promising ourselves for
somo timo past that we would be able to
boast of tho earliest potatoes about the vil-
aJp ., y .
lagc soon the 15th inst., wo mado a trial,
found potatoes, and were thinking how we
had best proclaim the fact, when lo and
behcild a boy handed us a fine mess from
the garden of W. Jones, Esq., in this vi
cinity, which were much larger than ours.
So-we " knock under "
This week Dr. Hardy sent us a fine mess,
which were as largc-or larger than ours, but
not quite so large as those sent by Mr. Jones.
The Dr. informed us that these were not bis
earliest. "
Bancroft, the historian, is about to writs
the life of Gen. Jackson. At least so say
the papers. " ' '
00" The! revision of the TarifT now en
grosses arery largo share of the time
attention of Congress.