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.AP l'i the Ji.u insl.;
f ft kixc'm! dec"' , T;
; cctcJ Governor ..f the npw
.or;.r. -r.- Dr. Miller by
-' A I'lK'fU 1!
General
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, Col. o!i.y ;j. n-,trd ,
,C ;. Unry fr,., ,pul , Bead nd CfT
n.-DArnclIi!:,,,;.,,.,,-; .
..;,:.:(,(vernorirCl,L H,rl0n;i a
.hefccna!jrfro.,,-li-Lilri
. 1 J, isondismclnJ Mr. Brahcar from
Tw arrivi,rf yonS XuduVrn, Sl, of tl)c.
r,c-;t r.iunr;,!. : aumrhucid uj thy Texas
'"'i's. . ; , '-v.
.A b tu r from Cmuis CUn.ti; ,tcd VlI,e
lab ir,-t.,-s pubtUicd in ti... lJ.,..,, Tefu
;;t:.;)h. UV.jtiv.tili.-.Ulouin-'.-xiracfj ' -
l-r..,n rour l., six Is ,nlvo d..ily
C,rf u, Ur,s:i, and i.ir r-x-s ,wl wth
nrc-lyf... j h M X;c-:tn lndi;rs fVcUe
i ur, u.id c.Mi lu-ro.i,, Urr,; , numbers ol
wrvsLavin-ibosn-du. flir fclut ,l(,v cirrv
t li- ' .v- - 3
I'.'ur of tl finest bors;. bciongtn.. 1., tb,
cc.mT- y lifpt. IVM, W,m Wul..,T , .lw
J Ih-fli km. - 'J. t-Mnjv,r",v wrnl in
j.u.s ,. ib bU;VM Mi' l!Ki" i;..,uilU uwru
n'r b-il Uli1uhnn.aa i-incriahicd ibai ibey
Mmi'il he rucapMitcd. t J " , -
tly i!,; nnivil Vi! e Cincinnati iulic21l
" The ds t:.ry s'in pn.v.iN toTrimc ex
If i.t fimiMij dm ir.i.Ts;fti.irt,-,i i!,L.rr) 4,winr
(Mub.blv tj iho .nt,nt .f h supply f; iultT.
.)inc- water; :.7iier? irrab Ji1f4,"fi:)i); irotp3
"siiil onc.im;d M-iint pl.jc, a i w cum'--i:iniw
,if Ti-xfiiiifctirAafe u'n du'jf .ivosl ol
lli'i rV.-t: t-s river. ' Uinrsi cou'uiJrd quiu
tvc!y, (id5 ibu mojcbanti are-msikin " ood
prufi:.s. -
Gain-.? runlinura r.b'Jn-fit. Limtf D.ibi
bins s 13 s vi lulu n"du:y be la iuduli-il 'some,
vvhai in tlit-sp nts of tbiM-li;st-, and nfuee be
iMsbctr. tlic u-rbas killed vfxty-ticcr and two
m, tii j titt-r uicasuiio'cilit lV.i?t eucbr"
llo m is nipidly.. irtiprovio. " The Star
; ,f il"t ri'v Tb-n Ujnut'a bouse
in tow ti to -:-r s-Vcral v buiblinjjs
an- Tiu lntcls nriiilitonilly crowd,
t-d wiih K , .; Jt r.s, "Th valuU' o rrfil -pstaie
intbiscnv b is adv-mct-d' at !li;isi a'ibundrd
per tciU v.iibin ibu fast twunoiiilH."
TIk- .v.nif p i,KT r wi;rki : ' S.-vorul uu
. TcUre tJi and woitltby philters from Goorgia
luui !S.K:b Ciirtiliua bavts k mnt!y b-t-nvx:
nrninii' ibo land iK-or tin- njOKi!iso( tbrlira.
Z is and Colorado mat ri C Wii'V aijd San
JJcniard and Oystt-r CnvU1, u jib a viow of
"pi'iiin J r;i oii.ut, sot; ir iml'tubacciVplan.
tuli.jns iti tint n'yioii. )Ve h'avo K-nrnenl iil
I.... ... . ... .!.... .1. .. . ; 1 ' 1 1 - : 1
...-.un, ui 11 -incy ure tin i.ioiy o nyn;cfi
; Willi tlii- C'luolryflu-y ba rLsiiutl, arid havo
vxivs'(l n fi,lt'riniijati,ort to ! mil vo to it
v ii h i.'j.'ir nriM'S lis 'r!y; a'praVticablc''-
. Nci? llmiipihire.ll ib .sVtioiis nf ilio
I).:inoL-raiy Jiai'f" cailutl Cjnyriilions to be
i 1 I at Coucorii fin lbo8 li "if ' Jauu ry.: Doib
i oftbo party an? Vvidntfy' taking tbc
f. ! i f j 1' a struiivfb! d tby inost drsp:rato anjl
1!. toi ..iini'd cliar.o-it:? one ubicb is it decide
i ! o..iy tlieir own fii. bat ibu Doliticaf ebar.
i.l-u r e l' Ibo State . for nanv -yeirs." Tbr;
VI.: : paity, we trust, yx not . bo backward
in l. . ..nJii) tbrir side of.tbo- forti-es.- iboii'"'
n pi ir.ci rib's and ibt'ir wn men Doner
Inquirer. , . a .-.,.'
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Expulsion af a Preackrr Mesmerism and
' Seducicji.-'VUs Metbodiat Episcopal Cvn
I'v ience, now in session in iliis city, has ex.
peiled the Rev. I. II. -Slropsbire, who last,
year travelled tltet.- Helena!' circuit, from
the tnii'Mry. lie was charged witU the flu
grant oir-nee of having attempted tbeseduc
lion of a young lady upon whorahe was prac
"ticing.somc .mesmeric Vsperiments'in July
last. He . fully confessed his and did
jTi-TifyTiia coridinit, Tjie venerable Dish
op Sviule, President of the Conference,slrong.
ly reprehended tho praciioe fjf mesmerism,
nnd admonished his bearers to avoid it as .one
thai was disgrncelul, degrading and ruinous
to those who meddled wiih it. iV. O. Pica
'jviie.' ' ' ' ' -' "
, ' Analysis of the vote of the House of Re
presentatives on the admission of Texas:
Of the 141 aves: 120 are Democrats, "20
V.Tbigs, and 1 Native, JMJ. Campbell of Pa.
i he V bigs arc, Messrs. Pendleton of Va.,
V irringer, Graham and Dockery of N.-C,
V. I). King, Stephen's' and Tombs of Gu.,
""trrf-AfaM CIibellofFlor.,Thibo'ieux
. ; . , Iiaker f Ul.f Crozieir, (icke, Gen
i Milton Brown-of Tenn,, Mcllenry,
' m; r, Young, Thornassun and Trumbo.of
- 53 nays, 49 are Whigs, 5 Native?,
. . W. W. Campbell, X.evin, Miller,'
r, 6 nd '.Woodruff, and 3 Democrats,
.0. Prestou King, Wheaton'and Wood
cambual Belle Xine ivas snagged in
sippi oh the nigti of the 29th ult.,
!, ahd immediately lunied'bbttom
. of (jJD passengers, upwards of 50
The nighi was exceedingly "ctdd,
JrucUon Was so sudden that those
tavod. bad no. time to-put nq .their
;ie snatched a blanket ; they were
' iiten. The wo!e boat and car
United Stales inail," were r totally
.V'tkfdy in MarioR coxjh
ivcn birth to four twins,') he
years old, to wit, twis
' ' : -r i '45,- sbrgirls and two
! '.Ani well. ".
llluil!;.i.ij alLSSENOEn.
, Write JHtyhur."
day, Jiiis. C,.1S2G.
?tiil without flMM.ili-e.we ur mi.
icr lUo disvvC alio iieccssity ufiWCinH
in,
lurccmcm m a fuw days ifiat will cnaWoa
g i ahead a--.:na9 usual - I X
frum.,a' KfntlynwjTwho aticndca the.abJrc
Covcnti.,n at Ila!cigVon ihc 8ih;i'nit;, that
Green CMceJ, Esq , orilklenbiir-
,i!ie'f r Goycrtidr. 1 Wo will bo tUi,.
more snftsru-tofy account uexV week.
Hon. Willie P. Mangutn has our Tlianks for
valuable public diicumfht. ' , ' . '
Printers tq the fSenalc. 1 '
We stated : some time siice.!' a Messrs.
Ritchie &S Heiss, pro'prielors of the Wukh.
ington ; U11 Ion;- had been elected Printer
to the Senate That the people irjay have all
the light u'potitbi i' subject wiihin our reach,
we annex an;; rtrtkde from !the United State!
Journal, a leading Democratic paper. We
hope the people, f boib iirticV, wilfrifljct
upoo the enormous waste of their money that
Uoj brought to light, i And let them re.
member, W; that j this cnormi?y was winked
at and q.mnteuancedby J.imcs K. Pollt, who
w a sworn to protect their "'interests ! Read
and make your own comments: - '
TiieSotiato thn proceeded to ballot fJr
a Prnrfer, andMhe; result was as follows:
Tiie,whj!fe number of Votes given in were
19,of whieh number Messrs. Ritchie & llciss
received 27 j Mi- Potchie 1 ; Messrs. Gales
& Ssaiurr 2l) ; Messrs. Jefferson & Co. 1.
So Messrs Ritchie & Heiss bavc been c
tecied printers to boib, Houses- of Congress
by pjiriocrajic voles, at a cost to the country,
over and above that which otb. r rfnnru;i,.;
individuals bf the pemocraiic partVolfcred
...u.i.uie-pruning tor, more thin the orofi s
f n hundred of ibebest farms in the United
States.!- What e.teusc can .bo-nfTcred for "this
public waste jf the- people's juoney what
palliation crt'ti be urged by thrpTcteuded atfvo.
eatesvof rcrncA;ifJef aud reform, which can
jnstity'lhis'whob-salo robbery of ihe.public
treasury, ware wholly at a toss to conceive".'
U was the rjresidi'nta will-and it has been
performed ujih bcv.ming- fidelity to the be
bests of Kxecutive power. l
The people use certainly intelligent enough
to" understand this inexcusable violation ol
right an I jus ice on the part of their public'
agen's. :'i"fey can Understand the simple fact
that in nff ir WifVfnade by which tlFCfltV
seven Iho ti sand doll a rs ' would have
been saved fjn liie jVt inting of one single doc
'yment atone, a larger amount than the wljole
salary of the" President of the U. States for
out jrp r J . J . V . ' J ;
.''K u;'",uf.ht t President is the supreme
law, He can establish a press, 6 which he
rimy be deeply intereed those through
whose pecuniary! assistance the 'means were
procured to puiu the engine into-operation,
m.iv be rewarded with the mnst lucrative offi
ces in thegift of'i the Executive and the Re.
preventatives "of a freepeop!o endorse the
whole proepe ding with the highest test of their
public, approbation ; and that too at an e.x
penseto the people ihev represcnt; of more
than oncf hundred thousand doi.
1 rs !' And at the same time they are openly
d. ehimtiigj against the establishment of un
Ercitlive brgan 'as dangerous' to the liberty of
the'-prpss, ninir.republican,.o3iou3 and unjust
lus a humniating fact that there are so few of
our, ptiblio jjmen Jwho dare to act in accord-
nice with their" honcsticonvictions of d'utv.
regardless pf consequences. We have learn
ed jibe startling1 truth that the power of the
President jjs greater than ahe power of the
people." LV; . .s pk. . - I j r I '' ' 7 ' '
The l.i 4tj number of the Liverpool Times;
received by the Acadia,1 contains the follow
ing notice qf Pccsidenl Polk 2 1
" Commerce always the soother of an-
gry passions tne oil upon thetroubled waters
of contending factions. It is upon this ground
that, irrespective,, of his war propensities, a
mrge pariy, 10 ims coumrv icngianui visn
well to Mr. rolk. 1 hey dislike his pugnaci-
ty liU Iheyare partial lo the President because
he is a Free Trader, and.is desirous of redu
cing the Tkrijf from Protections or prohibi-
Hon, to revenue. - " ' .
We hope every Democrat who ha& been
in the! habit of using the epithet 41 British
Whig," will think of the above paragraph,
and resolve to amend Ins manners. '
"4v-5 -V :".! "." .:.:f i
. Samuel, Burger, Esq., an aged and prom-
tnent citizen of South Caroliua, died, at his
. I 1 ,
residence in Charleston on the 1st. inst. i
' ThaLynn f Mass.) News says fire wood
nas been Sold in that town the present winter
a 7 a. cord! : '
j Charles: Alexander, Esq., the well "known
editor nnd proprietor of ' Alexander's - Ex
press Messenger," hasour thanlv.s for a copy
of his mviolh pictorial Messengefj issued
fir the . iys- As a literary paper, the
Express Messenger ranks , among first in'
the naiion. . '-'...
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. v . Uault off the Slate.;
' - Tho Genff al A n nual Meeti ng of the Stoc k .-;
holders of this Institution look pl rcc,. aMh rr
Banking HoiisV in this city.yestei day. v
. Hvti. Thomas Settle was unanimously cho
senTJoaifman of ilia mceling, an:Vycslon
(I. Gales, Secretary. . . , T .
. U havin'r been ascertained by a Cummitr
tee, that there-was u largo majorityoi' he
Slo"c represented', 'Judge Cam6nm, thn Pres.
i.r.t iIjo fanksubmilted tb-the. .ueetmg
a series eT detailed svatc'mcnts', Avith .ora ex
bianatioiis,' shoeing lhg igencraf, condition of
ihc Banlf, as wen a? uie- euuuw H -r-
leral Brai.ciies.- And : nrfi:m r
:ng i.i jfaiwy.'that tu sunder Iq.titutiuu
in lhe Unitjirc.iuU present .a more jji-aiifvin'
rxii:tiUol Us oirrirs than the Bmkof the
now does.. U iilioui descending ta de-
ttll.. f'lhl.-1l IV ' . I " ...
t uU, (which we cannot do; our paper beii
dc.ayedto publish thus mm h,) it may suOi
m;mw the sotrndness i.f tw. fi r.L- 1,. Jmt
. .. . wv, l.muiui -ooj our nanpr euit
ce
- ! ihat although within lastVmr nr..F-.
State
J last year, a Dividend
cc uuuanar-t a Quarter hrrn
ciaredtm each Share; yet the R.nk I,aW
;n hand , of unlirided proKis, e &A of one
o mareu and suty Ibouscui 1 larstWil to
10 P7 ceoi upon is. Capital iitock, of w hich;
U;v'? J t be -recollected, the State
wm!d bo entitled loj about on e. third.- It will
affird the highest tWi : , we, know', lo
in aoseni block holders, and uiiicVople of
ouuu, generally, to learn tbat Jud-'e Ciin
eron has been induced, by io unanimous and
earnest opprn! of the Stockholders, urged in
the most imposing form, to forego the deter
mination of .resigning hu ofihe as P,csident,
wichjie gave notice, at .the last Annual
Meeting', it was his intention to do.. It wn
thought that, in the present unsettled stitcof
the monetary iffiirs6f the country, his1 offi
f-iu I services couJ not bcdispee.scd vithi.
The following gentlemen were unanimous
ly elected Directors of the Principal. Bank
for the ensuing jear, viz : Djtican Cameron,
.Vyillhfti Boy Ian, Wm.i Peace, John H.B.'y.
an, G. W. Mordecai, Clnrles Manly and A!
f red Jones. Esquires. Rale-gh Register.
Supreme Court. I v
' The following gentlemen have beca admit,
ted to the practice pf,tbe Law.in tho several
bounty Courts of the S'ate,' vi: B. W. Ai
01. Wilmington, Newton-Coleman of Bin.
ctimbe1, LvC.,EJ w&rds of Person, ,Robi(rt T.
Fuller of Caswe'.lJV. Girland of Gret nsbor.
ougb, E. ClarksonlGrieir of Mecklenbuk.D
jouasonoi ivanflolph- VVm.L. Mfegll
of Martin, N. W. Wiljinnii of Tenn.J CJc.
nv nt. Wright of Bladen Robt. E. Love.
Salisbury.
And the following 'gentlemen have been ad.
milled to Superior Court practico, viz': D."
Fuhonof Wilmington, W, llHaigh' of Fay
etieville, G. Green of Newbcrn, J. B. Jordan
of Perquimans, S. F. Phillips of Chapel Hill,
T. a D. Walker of Wilmington, J. A. Maul s
by of Columbus, R. McLean of Sury, R.
P. Dick of Greeniborough, John Ai BJPitz-'
gerald .)f IIaywjod, Robert M. Henry of
Haywood, E. C. Tellowley of Pitt, UT& Car-
ipichael nf '.Wilksboro', J. S. Johnsion of
Halifax, ,E. Coniglaild:of Halifax. Raleigh
Wd. . lil 'X ' h "
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The Trade of the Country. -Tho ' N Yo 1 k
ISxpress ulludingjto the business of the Union
ior the last year, I says The past year has
been one of greaji prosperity. The country
has recovered entirely from the derangement
of 183G and '37. ) The Banks from one end
of the country to the oilier, aro restored lo
s juod end hcaltiiy state. Specie is now the
Hiundation of all fianks, and Exchanges, are
regulated in all tjie States. During the past
.season, there hasjbeen an important advance
bf pricey in almost every description of pro.
duce." The crop have been genefally good,
and the condition of the farmer is materially
improve, anoeea, mere nas Dee ti a. great
advance in all descriptions of propert'1. With
uie increase 01 population mere lias been a
great-, addition to buildings. .The foreign
and Domestie: traUti have been good, aitid man
ufaclures iiave flourished beyond all prece-
dent. If fortunately the Oreeon duestion
should be settled jamieably ve may.4friiicinate'
as t flourishing a period for ihe next, as we
have had the past year." 1
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Acquittal of Qahb J. MbRally.-An the
case of the Unitejd States, against sMcNulty,
;MrJ rendall, counsel for the prosecution,
rnncludod his very able0 address .yesterday
about one o'clock, when the case wenf to the
jury, who after J retiring for a short time
remirneo a veruici, or noi guiuy. 1 nis tri-
t! has lasted bnjer entire, week, and has ex-
cited in its progress, jfrom day to day, un
usual interest , the court room being crowded
with snectators.-i-IVaonaZ InlelUacnccr.
-' It is said that in ihe section of country
bordering on the Illinois river, ihere.are how
334,000 bushels of wheat,. " waning an
opportunity to b slupped to market. p 1
Janifs rieDajiielj in Hinds gountv, Miss.,
recently shol a fellow laborer in ,a cotton
field, for his" money, ihe amount of which
was eight dollars. ! j '
j SICKLY SEASON, !
Tue're is not a man,; woman, or child,
but should
take medicine at this season of the vearj
but more
particularly at thisi present time; for ihcne probably
were irever bo inaij causes ciisuug &u yuc pci wu j
as mere are now, o iiaeiy 10 prouuev a smtuui mcft.
ncss. The repeated changes in tlic atmosphere, by
a'clkig as they do 6pon the constitution and quality
of the blood ltseuyjjive occasion for tiic most fatal
and malignant disordnrw The pile becomes (and
dften v itbout anyjwarning,') in a mast acrimonious
condition from these repeated changes, and if the
stomach and bowels have beennejlectttd previously,
the first 1 symptoms require immediate attention.
Even those who Iwvc in healthy disposition of body,
aft; subject to sickness under these circumstances..
I ncrvlore 10 prevent any aangcr, wc aujni carciuny
to, uard agaiast i costive state of ourbowels. Onee
or'iivicc they should be evacuated hi 24 hour.
There are many causes' which produce'" unhealthy
blood : sometimes- it may arise from grief, at others
wXicn the svsUm is in a state of iiil!n3sS it can take
place"" from sudden joy; close application lo.a litera-
ry undcrlafemj can produce it ire an cases wnere
many persons have to be seen and (.poken. to, which
producing nervous excitement, is a fertile feourqe of
npbealthy blood, ocdasionipg that slow nervons. fe.
ver which has carried o'ff somg of ,bart besfmen
m''n martyrs to tlieir, reputation, but wbijli a khovvv,
ledge of ine powers oBrahdietfi's ?-U4 would bare
prevented. ' Those' w;ho iceire to secure; their health,
under almost any adverse eircvms.tances, can do so
by having BrandrcthV Pills on fca"nl, fand aince
reuortiuff to thojnwhcn the -fusi feelings of disorder
uL.J. Jn-tliPir riilira. As this lidvice fs.used.
feo will the lialtlrbe. The time will 5"cX ba when 1
mn that makes a good medicine sall bo norwrca
more Biafi lie who is an adept in me.aii. ui .
Tlieje ttiilsJare :or saie in evtrj vwj
tsatc.&t u centf per dox , auu uij -j
i?a A'. DSTIORN. Ashevdle. N. C
! J..M. ALEXANDER, French Broad, N. C.
JAS. C. SMYTH, llorgantin,a. o
I ! WM, L. 6ILL & CO., Marion, N. C.
I M. P. FEN LAND,- Burnsville.N. C. . . -
1 f . ; KELSEY & MAXWELL, Lii,Ue Ivy, N. C.
I; jaly'l3;lfc45 - . -' 1J
wmoi Koekmham rouny, James Bmks of
Fayeitevillc, G. W,. B ixter of Rmherfordtoh,
JdTin Black of.Eli7,abeih Citv. Hill Burrvvin
' Cc:i jrcssbnal Prccccdi
'-' . $ . -'nL r ... ,.
- Corrcrpondcnce ol; the CL8rlcston Courier
HfSHlSGTO.'f,!'DeC. 31.
inHjenca ci'verje Question of
arc the siil.jVcU i of i general c
-",- yrly wauwi;.ii uuu jus nappy
wur or peace,
con?ratuhiion
Tlieje LS SOiilR8UirIiQ2 at Mr. CaLHjIIX imnnn
iu: yesiernmenj wjjiarerc looking out, for
gMdj bs,: lltaryoitece, and fat contracts,
and political advancement, in consequence
of the war! But the great majority ol the
members', whig and,demox:rlt3 d!re sincerely
f teful at Mr. CaUioun's successful man.
agtment of this rnarjer. , It' is Admitted that
il Mr. Calhoux had' not taken hoi' of this
subject the nut ice would hive beeu given, and
ine consequence would have been " war. --U,
is now beiicvediihat ;Mr. Calhoun commands
a majority in Senate of periiaps ihir!
whi;b will eiiable bim to carry out his pur.
pose of defeating any rash or imprudent mea.
surrs on the nil rt ofConcrees.1 t -
After nil, it may ;bc, tint ,waf cannot be
honobly peyented. h maf be that, we
un; iiusuiKcn intneupposition that the British
government w;iti renew the Jicgotiation upon
ihetiasiiof the .49;li narallel. SbnnM iht
be the case. MrCAtHOli.N is hiniself in favor
ol giving tho notice,!; anJ standing the hazards
f it. Bat vc gain, by' this, , course, tchatt
Unanimity am;)ng i-Qurselves the -greatest
of all preparationsjfor a war,";iind, in fact,
the best prerentivc ri.t.
Nothing bdt jtlie nMnessof faction, or the
selfishness olStiteresiterJ politicians, could be
brought into fWosiilion 'io'suchiaT
this, "The; rnon Ins not declared itself
hostile to it. Indeed, it fs generally believed
thn Mr. Calhoun hs acted in concert with
the aitin-nistf-Ltiou ib all that ha has done on
this subject. j 1 ! . " . J j
In the Senate, on Imjtion of Mr. JoHi$o-f,
of Miry land, ;itj wa resolved, tlat the" Com.
mitteo on -M'jllary1 AfHirs be instructed to
inquire into tho expediency of nidini the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road .Company,
with a view toj khe J public defence, by sub
scription to stodk or: otherwise in continu.
ing the road lojsbmd. terminus on this river.'
a-On'' motion of Mr. Haitwood, the Com.
mittce on C jmmf rce were instructed to inquire
into the expediency;! of establishing a Svare
house system.i ., ,; f . ( j'
The act to continue tho ofiice of, Commis.
sioner of Pensions' was read a third time
and passed, r 1 jj: , j
The Senate arjujirned till Saturday. . .
" Inthe Il scvei-pUtjmding Committees werqi
called for rcp'ortt,'!; lamong' which were the
following A. bill11 providing for the con
struction of a shi'p thanneLround the Falls of
St. Mary. -A!bill for the improvem&nt of
certain harbors andi; rivers. . " f
A joint resolution!, authorizing the purchase
of the stock of ijiej; Louisville and: Portland
Canal Compavi A bill providing, for Ihe
more equal distribution of theloffices in the
departments a VVasbington, among the States
aud.Territorie.hnd the district of Columbia,
and the limitation of their tenure to! four
years. x p -
Also bills froVn tho Military Committee,
for the proiejuioih of sqttlers and emigrants
in Oregon, and tjie erection of a lina of stock
ade forts ancf blbck.houses frc m the Missis
sippi to the mJiuth of the Columbia. , : .
Ths followingjare some of ihe principal
items in tho, river and hdrbor bill, to win
' . Hudson Ri!ver ' ; 1 ' S76.000
-Ohio Rivc, ajbove the Falls 80,000
. Ohio, belotv tle Falls, including the Missis-!
sippi, Missouri, and Arkansas, 240,000 I
Red River Bft' 80,000 '
Preservation )f works, commenced on the
Atlantic coait , I 20,000 !
Channel in; Cliarlestoh, S. C. 25,000 ' !
fi3avannah . "' 50,000
;j Washington, Jan. 2. ,
. The Senale aid not meet tolday.
fV'tho House, there., was an interesting
discussion on the Oregon qucs ion. .
Mr. CrjNNtXGHAM, of Ohio moved a susT
pension of thje rules to enable him to (ifler
resolutions asse ling our absolute title to the
-whole of Oregon,; and the duty of the Govern;
menfto protec ti settlers in Oregon. The
motion was 1 lost yeas 75, . lays 89. But
ibis is not a lest vote "on the question, j j
Mr. Haralson, "of Ga.; from the Com;
mitlec en Military affairs, reported a Bill 10
raise two regiihents of riflemen. The Bill
reported from tjie Committee pn Territories
provided for some additional Circe also, which
Bill had been. postponed to thej 2d Tuesday irf
January. Mr. IpcGLASS, of Illinois, wished
this and all the, preliminary Bills to be dispos
ed of before th Oregon Bill came up, for he
took it for granted that the House would now
be ready to (pass the Bill. He complained,
however; that jthere was a game playing fori
the defeat of the Bill by prodrastinaiion. He
complained of tiie lukewarmncss of ,lhe South,
wno were so, juriousiy urave wnen lexas
w as to be acquired, and who were now struck
with so mu jh terror at ihe prospect ofofFiad-
ing England-
Mr. Holmes, of S. C. declard that! he, for
onc, vas aiar$neci at ine terrors ol tne war
which wc had nl prospect, butj if we must
have.it; he Would be the first man to vote for
such measures!
a3 would enable' us to carry it
on ef&cient va
pd stjcce.ssfullv. He .thought
the notice oW
it first to be. slcted on," an3 C
the-.flouso saould, as the gentleman from
Illinois cxrK;cioii pass the Bill, he wduld
move ifJr ajddaa jof fifty millions,1 and for
raising ap adgtfalemiliis ryT force. The
notic"e. in his opinion wouldi be j,vnr.: - What
didvc mqau by the notice ; Great -Britain
would r?ot be. driven by. us bpjond l!c 49di
pifallel.. :.Whaikwasthe notice tlerr intended
for?-"- It was to tell Great B.rkain thaf we
ill .!" . . If . ' ' 1
LwouiJ unyo ncr ouioi uregou. ii wepasseu
this notielBillwe. must not talk of raising
resimentj but armies. :
r ,Mr. J. QJ Adams rose, rind, at the same
time, many-other members attempted t ;et
thtffloo? but all yieldedto iMr. Adams and
there 'were many erics or co on. ro on:
ihbush "the debate was entirely irregular, .Mr
AdAjMST Was allowed io proceed, ahd he com-
manded tho most intense interest and atten
tion ".'j -? v -'"'-- - .'j ! j-'"". :;"'; Vis-
His fcblj state of liealih, he saiJ would
not allow turn lo la-
which were .about, to
ues,jons whicVi
j V
not allow iim to tar a turt in ibo questions
j come peiore ini
were, a important as aiij
hich ever hid been or would be discusi'd
Jiere. Whj, he asked, werrf rolled upe 1
j cause corns .an
fn'?rrt'J' hirrfself, he did not see any
'"rL, war; there could be noiir unless
we eavo n,t .t . . -.'.
. . " mat we mean to icrmmaie
nVTa ?Sfancy of. Oregon-for Great
Qni,q , wouiJUke no otr.nce wbit3 the trratr
not . 1 -33 ct;nlinu If- ihat notice ws
Cn IJZTVUC?VS noeed ofprepara,
- mcq os ihe urst siion of the ' Orcon bitf
l wouM have offerbd ,t the first d7Tr S
session bad there beca ny pro.peciof Z.
cess, . ... 1 - . t .
, newMreadytodoitnow.and'uU nos".
twoD ol the wholu territory, which rigj.i.
fully and xcliwivel belonged t0j us. fLjud
cheers. As he had said before.' - h.. i.i
jhink ihat this notice, nor taking nosislqn
take the count ry first and negotiate afterwards.
v...ivi 4ii.Li.o3.wiiY icau 10 a war. 'We mi.rht
11 a war snouia ensue, wiucii UoJ forbid ! and
the breath of life shouIJ still be in his bodvf
he would, make every pjrsinal sacrifice "in
support-of it. lie bJicvcd that the whole
heart of iho country woulJ b& united in the
cue of the country, anjd,ifsothc warwould
6a a brief one, and would terminate. in the
expulsion of Great Britain, not. only from
Oregon, but from every fot of territory on
this continent G applause. " Bui ho
would not.vote for iiments offiflemen
7-nnt for the stoc nd' block-houses
0t fyr the sappers and inincrs until we bad
given the notice ; for such was his regard for
the faiih of treaties that he would do nothing
which seemed tot? bo inconsistent' wiih iho
Convention of 1927.
i The debate, , will probabty be resumed to
morrow: " J
I - . Washington" J a. -
The Senate did not1 do much business to.
day. They received one or two Communis.
tions and Petitions, and thehwf nt into Ex.
ecutive Session, in which they confirmed ihe
nomination f Judge Woodward of P;i n
Justice of the Supreme Courl of ihe U. S.and
of Mr. Shields, of Illinois, as Comrnissiurier
of the land othce. . , . '
.Mr. Rhbtt" resumed his seat in the House
to-day. Te House . went again into the
uiscu-ision ot tnouregon question, .though it
naa come up upon;jft merely incidental point.
Every one seemed anxious to explain his po.
sition on this important subject. '
Mr. Preston King, of New. York, in his
speech, censured .the President for yielding
up any portion of Oregon, but said he knew the
offer would not be accepted. He deprecated
the Interposition of "Mr. Calhoun, nnd the
influence he would exert in the Senate against
the assertion of our-tille to the whole of pre.
gon. " ' ' " -
Mr. Winthrop made aju-Iiciou9 "argument,
to show" thai the notice proposed ; would, lead
inevitably to a war, and thit, if followed by
an attempt at forcible occupation, directly to
a war. Though our title was "better than
that of Great Britain to the Territory, still ii!
was by no means clear,-nor unotiestionableJ
and, as we had often admitted by negotiations!
ana protocols, that ureat Britain was entitled
to certain rights in the Territory we could
not, in honor, now refuse lo recognize themi
TUn r .i u: .i r t -
m no lire i isuiuinuin, uiu iiuvivaiiao -oi wnicil
the President could not yield, was actually
not navigable at,or any whero near the point
where the 49ih parallel intersected it. Hq
enforced the necessity of submitting the qucsi
tion. ., " 1 r j
Mr. DAHRAGHrof Pa., Mr.OwEN,of-Inda.
and Mr. Baker, of Illinois, 'all spoke with
great earnestness, in favor of the notice and
of maintaining our title to the whole of Orel
gn--; . I . I V
Correspondence of the naltimo'e American,
j Washington, Jan. 5, 1846.
United States Senatr. Mr. Niles, from
the Committee to which the subject liad been
relerred, reported a jonft resolution to rcgd-
late arwi reduce the pt ico of the public print
ing. Also a bill from ihe Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads, to establish mail
routes in lexns.
House of Representatives. Oregon.
Mr. C. J. Ingersoll reported from the Commit-
tee on Foreign Affairs a Joint Resolution ad.
vising the J?resid$ni of the United Stales forth
with lo give the notice to Great Britain that the
treaty of ihe Convention of 1 827 is abrogated
and annulled. , - " - ' L
Mr. Ingersoll moved to suspend the Rules
in order to receivethe Resolution, and, the
vote being taken, therewas but one dissent
ing voice. i
The Resolutions being brought before the
House and read, Mr. Ingersoll moved that
ey be made the special order-: of the day
for the first Monday in February. ' I
Several members cried out ' toolongf
" too long1 to-morrow1 now," &c.
s Mr. Davis of Kv. from the minority of the
Committee, asked leave to present a minority
Report from the Committee on Foreign Re
lations, Leave was granted with "sump re
luctance, and Mr. Dvis read his report from
theJDrerkVjable, declaring that the notice
ought to be given by the treatytinaklng pow.
er, and lhaFit belonged to. the Executive and
the Senate as a partvef tho treaty-makinj;
power to' give- fhe notice. .The Resolution
concluded with the statement of the fact, and
a Revolution' designed lo be a substitute for
the report of ihe majority t -
The resolutions hairing been read a second
time. Mr.- Liizersoll ! moved anew to make it
jTBpecial order for the first Monday in Febvv.
: Motions were made to strike out tne nra
Monday in February and insert to-morrow'
.These the Speaker ruled lo bo out of
order, and the debate commenced at oncp up
rxithe motion to refer Mr. Gid.hngs of Ohio
obtaining 'the floor, a-d the.Speuker l it
was debalcable; The Speaker decided that
it was. ; . , .. . ."tti 1
Mr Giddins' then liunhed forjh at once
into o'peech"tiJI inoreKirfiar thn any one
which-had preceded it. .The molu before
the country, he? said, was entirely different
ffom what it was a year since.' Important
events had occurred since Congress was Lat
in session.', -The balance of power had been
changed from ih Free to" ihe Slave Stales,
and he'was for restoring ihe rnuality of pow-
er by adding the whole of-Oregn to the
Union. , lio prelcrreU var wiih all us nor
rors to giviug -tlw balanco ot; vor to the
Slave States. .
' Mr, Gidjings went on to aJJress the Illusa
ai great letigtn amu . many interruptions
ac.l e ills hi order. He alluded to the land,
in;; if iro;pj h Slave States for the purrxwo
of suppressing insurrection, Ho believed it
would come, and when it did come he was
for justice to the slave.
r Mr. Cabell of Florida" called Mr. Gidiings
to-order", but ihere were cries to civdhiina
L : j if. ry- t i- . o ,
umingv.nii'j Air. jiiuaings ; went on to-give
his rcasuns for giving th notice, which wero
in substance an indisposition to submit ta iho
circumstances. . --
Mrj Giddinyr appeared ?.i clnr'r; his mint!
as ho progressed in his speech, nnd at last ho
mougtii ujHt war tvould not come,, far iho
reiueni would back out. t j(Liugh!er) II.
was, however, for tho notice, anJ for tt)e ter.
iorr, ana lor making free Slates out of it
in order to balance Texas. Southern gentle
men bad brought this policy upon us,, nnd
now letihein feel the consequences or it. They
were ready cuoujrh to britV Tern, intn in-
Uoion, and they may now take the conse.
quenecs adding Oreg.,. ; .van ifwa? woaIJ
be the result.". "
i Mr. McD jwell of . .ntinuo.! t!)Qde.
bate. He said 4,i,r title io Oregon was beyond .
all dispute. The Secretary of Siato had
made that title so clear lint no County : Court
lawyer would deny it. IU was opposed to
the offer which tho Executive had mjtde. an J
-would, resist it to the last. ? . , ..."
i - Mr. Rhettof S. C. continued thn .dehiM.
and at onco;fqll upon tl - gentleman from'
Ohio', who, at the" last s. '.on of Congress, -had
voted v. :(lhini against giving the noiice
Thegentlemin from Ohio had pronounced
that to be infamous'which he" hal done him.
self. . '
- ..Mri McDowell made some ' explanation,
not heard, and Mr. Rhetfwent on to defend
his position. He wished to know what jvas
to be done, and what was to bs the effect of
giving the hotice. War. would, bo the inevit.
a.ble result England would occupy ihe de.
fensive position and we the offensive position.
Mr. R. said he was not afraid of war, for. no'
nation could ever become possessed of our
soil ; but it might be as difficu't for us to con?
quer other nations, as it was for them to con.
quer us; Inclosiug, Mr. Rhett alluded" to
the political game which had been played up
on this floor," according to other numbers.
He believed, too, ihat there was a - political '
jinmepiaying a game to secure a' western
President; a gambling game between men,
as to what-section of country, and what party
uhnnlil aofii ila ilia r...:J...
Correfpoddeflceof the" Charleston Courier. J
v Washington, Jan. 6.
The Oregon debate was resumed, and Mr. I
Hilliard of Ala., late charge at Brussels, "
spoke on the subject, in a manner tliat attract
ed much attention and approbation. Mr. IL
claims Oregon, and advocates the1 policy of
its occupation and settlement. He thinks ihe
policy, of inactivity lo longer masterly
$ndihat the question must be sealed. The
notice, he thinks is a fearful measure, but
he proposed to modify itso as to leave it dis
cretionary with the President to give the no.
lice at any time when he might think proper.
This suggestion appears to be well received
It will certainly promote the views of those
who apprehend disastrous consequences from
Ida !ntn..nJ,n:. T . ' I t :
T . "J ""'6voa.
. .The Senate transacted no busyiess of im
porta nee.
,
Upwards of two thousand inhabitants of
Spartanburg Disirictf S. C, havefled from
the distitution wliich awaited them in corj.
scq-.-ence of the drpugrjj, to seek in. the West
some mesns of support! - v,-''" - ,
" .9, ' " ".'',' " ' .
The Georgia Jjegislatureailea" to pass ihe
bill securing ihe right of property in married
women a, -" . i
U- S ! -
Tl, IJ.I-..... Ti, r. !.'- ...
. i in11. anic5 j noiiiits, loruieriy- vjii'V.
crnor of Maryland, , dietf at hia residence in
St.iMarys"cot on Christmas day'dast, iulhe
62nd j ear of. his age. : " k
The Ohio"fI'fusc of Representatives hive
passed resolution, by a unanimous votei. re.
questing their Senators and Representatives
in Congress to vote against any increase of
ihe prcsenufaies of postage, i .
At her residence on French Broad, in'Tlendenrnt ,
county, on the 6th inst., Mrs. RebeccI A. SummkT,
consort of Mr. Jacob S. Suramey,' in the 28th -ye
of her age, leaving a large cirelo of friends and reh.:fi
tions to mourn their loss. Thus it is that "in tiw
midst of life we are in death ."Com. : .
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