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BY ROBERT WILLIAMSON, Jr.
IINCOINTG:?r, 'If. C, DSE3!ESE 29 IS 1-1.
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From the Mecklenburg Jeffenoniun.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
The laie hour at which we received th is
'document last week permitted us neither
time or space to make any comments on it
t that time. And the necessity for our
"doing so now, is in a measure f u pcrM-ded,
by the remarks of Col. Demon, in the
Senate, and the articles from the Globe and
Richmond Enquirer, to be found in a
preceding part of our to-day's pa
per. While we concede that there rre some
portions of the Message well written, and
some of its suggestions judicious and sound,
we consider it as a whole, a weak, trim
ming, unsatisfactory document.' Those
portions relating to our dilliculiies with
Ureal Britain, and the proposed Fiscal
Agent, are so ably handled by Cul. Benton
and the Editor of ihe Globe, that we shall
pass them over for the present, and recall
the reader's attention in the first place to the
financial exhibit in the Message.
How the President can have the face to
still preach economy, after swelling the
expenditures of the present year to upwards j
ihinv-iwo millions of dollars, must be i
4;onfoaivJin'T to all political moral'iM
He
nd his party came into power clamoring
.jurainst the extravagance of Van Uuren's
Administration, the last year of which
cost the country about twenty-eight millions
of dollars, and' which stood pledged to re
duce this sum this year to twenty-two
'millions; but even litis was too much, said
these reformers twenty millions was to
be the maximum if they could get ihe
management of affairs. And now we are
gravely told in the Message, that instead
of reducing the expenditures as Mr. Van
Duren was annually doing, they have in
creased t hem over four millions of dollars!
au.l this too, at a time when the People
are labor in" under heavy pecunUrv embir-
rassmeni, an
.,! b ast ah e. it ever, to Hear
heavy taxation
The President also tell
us, that in consequence of these heavy ex
nen dilutes, there will be a officii in lh
revenue, as compared with tort demands on
ii Trpusnrr. on the 1st of January next,
of more than haif a million of dollars.
And how does he propose to remedy this
difficulty? By lopping off unnecessary
objects 'of expenditure, and husbanding the
jneans of the Treasury to avoid imposing
additional taxrs on the People? Oh, no !
nothing- of this sort. He is a capital preach
er of economy; but when it comes to redu
cing that homely doctrine to practice, he
sings quite another tune, lie says that,
considerable difficulty has been experienced
in negotiating the twelve million Loan au
thorized at the extra session that only
about five millions have been taken, in con
spauence of the shortness of the time the
bonds have to run, and suggests an amend
ment of the law, "making what remains
undisposed of (seven millions) payable al a
more distant day," so that they can be
sold to foreigners. Now, if the deficit in
the Treasury al ihe end of the year 'will
only be about six hundred thousand dollars,
where is the use to borrow seven millions?
There can be no necessity for it, and much
less is it prudent, as the President seems
n losirp for our Government to br;cone
a borrower or begnar at the door of foreign
money lenders. Mr. Tyler would have
been more entitled to the character of an
honest man and a patriot, if he hail request
ed Congress to repeal the Loan Law, and
by rejecting ail meless apppropriations, to
bring the expendiiurcs within the accruing
revenue.
11 i remarks, too, on the subject of ihe
Tariff, are excedingly ambiguous for a
Southern man. If we are . not mistaken,
thev indicate that ihe President has aban
doned the nirh around hitherto occupied
JLiV him on this momentous quesiion. by
! :..:.,. it.o nnwpr of Congress to .ay
"discriminaiinsi duties for the protection ol
j ' .,.a.,i,f.,pt.irfis." If we once give np
ihe dgctiMiaof free trade, of which Mr.
T. If r ups or.ee so strong an auvocaic
the rihtof the citizen to sell where he can
. .1... nd fr hi nroduoWinS. and bOV
where lie can buy cheapest, and admit llial
Congress can tax foreign - commodities for
any oth r purposes than revenue, the Con
stitution ami Union are at an end; for the
South the producing States -will never
submit to be taxed to build up northern t
monopolies and enrich northern capitalists.
And if these remarks of the President are
to be taken as evidence that he will sanction
a protective Tariff, it U high time the
Southern People were marshalling their
forces for the conflict; for that critical ques
tion is to be adjusted by the present Con
'res, a majority r.f which ;Jiig'i Van if
Federalists, under lire supervision of a
high Tarilf Cabinet, urged on by a horde
of hungry partisans, greedy for the "spoils,"
and regardless as to how they may be ac
quired. And we ask our readers to mark
the prediction, that when the hour of trial
does come, the Federal .Whig members of
Congress from the South will be found vo
ting with their northern friends for a pro
tective Tariff.
We shall now notice only one more
item in the Message tint in relation to
removals from office. It was certainly
very modest in Mr. Tyler, to inform Con
gress and the nation ih:il great abuses of
this power have been exercised by former
Presidents, but that he has been very con
scientious in its discharge making re
movals only -for incompetency or unfaith
fulness. tSoch n assertion is downright
falsehood, as the whole country knows, or
else Job", Tyler is less the President of the
United States than he has been taken to
be. Has he permitted his Secretaries to
proscribe every Democratic office-holder
from Maine .to Texas, whose office was
worth having, without hi- consent or ap
probation I If so, he is nol worthy of the
station he occupies, or the character of a
Virginia patriot. W ho recalled Andrew
Stevenson as our Minister to England
(among the ablest and most faithful Minis
ters we ever had at ihat important Coun)
and appointed in his stead an Abolition
Federalist? Who removed, faithful and
capable officers, and appointed in their I
stead such infunons characters us Jam:
D. Doty, Uic "Buck-eye Blacksmith,"
Edward Curtis, Bl; Badger, notori
ously as a reward fr partisan services?
And yet Mr. Tyler prates of his "conscien
tious discharga of the power ol 'removal !
Out upon such hypoeih-y !
LORD MORPETH AND THE NEW
YORK HUM BUGGERS.
We could hardly feel contempt for Oh!
England and all her tided puny scions of
scrofulous old Knights, when we read the
sycophantic and fulsome account of the din
ner given to Lord ilorpt-lh, '' by sundry man
worshipinj cidzens of New York. W e
say we could hardly feel contempt for Eng
land, so great was our contempt for our
own country-men. Freemen from the pul
pit, from ihe erurine, from the bar, and
from the city-box. kneeling at the footstool
of some body from England, with a name
as long as a p'tmp-handle, dressed in a bot
tle rrreen coat and yellow breeches, and
lisping out.
Ah, damn me, HolJ.oan, will
you wine?"
How long will our citizens make them
selves the laughing sleek and the bye-word
of ihe old world.
Who can give Lord Morpeth such ann
ner as the cook of his own castle ! H'hy
feed him, then? Who can praise him like
his own serfs? Why praise him, then ?
Who can give him such wine as the priest
of his Parish Church?- Why lead him'to
drink, then? Has he written his name
high upon the scroll of fame? Has he
sunk any of our vessels killed any of our
ofliccrs searched and robbed any of our
merchantmen? Has he served with Cap
tain Drew, or patrolled the frontier under
ii.ii h'ood-honnd. Caotain Prince? Has
he a squint in his eye, or wart on his nose,
or a crook in his back, a buckle-berry above
our persimmon? If not, than lei htm come
and go, as Americans come and go in Eng
land' ami, when he wants flattery, let him
pay for it, as he does at home.
We could not hut admire, among other
things, the finishing touch, given to the
account of the noble dinner, by the report
er of ihe Herald wherein he says:
"The dinner was very select, there be
ing present no Reporter for any paper
save our own. ' ue uutuuua nun
putanduru"
I he Bostontans, n is true, ieas.u:u,
iroitpd out ihe Prince do Joinviite,
Hid
matched him with that sprig f dot.h-hil
origin of another gender, the Countess ts
pucci; but then the Prince de Joicviile was
ihe sou of a King a King who fiddled
through our streets taught young freemen
to repeat, "Commes vous portus. vous
Mons cous"'' or something equally foreign
and interesting anil footed " " Pittsburg,
with a shirt and a horse-cake packed in a
checked handkerchief, and hitched to a
ciab stick; besides, this same King had
paid 25,000,000f, raiher than lo go to war T,V-T 4 Vn
with us in Old Hickory's time, and Boston j SLA VL R IN ENGLAND-
received two-thirds of the money, & could j 1 well know the dreadful meaning of the
afford to gild a chair for his son; let him ( words; but I would; sooner see the chil
dance ona chalked eagle in Faneuil Hall, j dren of my love bom to the heritage of
ami hang his brothers and sisters in crim- Southern slavery, than be subjected lo the
son and"goid, from John Hancock round to j blighting bondage of the poor English
the frontdoor; bnt Lord Morr?th, ho is
he? A writer 'of a tide in the Keepsake a
son of a son of the Howards a nobleman
of England bom in a castle, with Tur
ret, ieu with a 'golden pap spoon by a t.i y
nurse, in a cocked hat and ribbed irowe;s.
am! baptized in a silver font by a bishop in
while sleeves. Away with such 'syco
phancy. We want a war, if for io other
reason, to teach the men of the present day
how to behave before folks. .
Alexandria Index.
From the Nut-ches Free Trader
SCENE IN AN EDITOR'S
CHAM HER.
It was in the dusk of a melancholy eve
ning. An editor sat not in the spacious
hall of bis fathers nol in the luxurious
boudoir of his mistress nor in the min
strel's trelhsed bower but alone, in his
dusty apartment of ten feet by twelve! He
fore him was ji crazy 'dual table, scantily
coveted with baize; a few old books and
heaps of "newspapers !y around; and his
inkstand was not ol porcelain, nor ebony,
nor a groieque bronze, but the socket end
of :i champagne bottle the generous wine
had never sparkled on ViiV hps ! He iiad
quaffed none of its pearly inspiration. A
Jong, narrow window, filled up with two
ryws of little smoked panes, stood hoisted
before him, from which a faded chintz cur
tain Haunted lazily in the dying air, like
the draggled shirt i f some blowzy slattern!
A thread bare carpet, four f.et square, Was
on the floor und ihe dun walls fairly gap
ed in their nakedness, save here and there,
the eye rested on a rude pencilling not
the outlines of an artist, nor diagrams of a
mathematical brain 'bnt th-e memorandum
kept with his wash woman ! There is no
poetry in such a schedule. Alas ! the poor
scribe ! sadly as he needs a change, he of
ten looks serious at the approach of his
laundress; sometimes, indeed, he disap
pears 1
Night drew on apace, and the writer leaned
his fevered brow upon his hand, lost in the
gloom of "bitter fancies. ' In vain he
summoned philosophy to his support; llie
apothegms of the lyceum and the academy,
grew cold and comfortless; in vain he look
ed back to early enjoyments or forward 10
a career, of distineuon. Such re .flnut.
brought no bright images to his soul, bui.
came trooping along, like phantasmagorias
vanishing one by one into, deeper shadow.
-
His mail had been ransacked- There
was' nothing to rouse him up. The slogan
cry of triumph rang in his ear; but it was
the triumph of his adversaries. His polit
ical combinations had d wafted away, ami
nine-tenths of his exchanges were -filled
with attacks upon his finie. His fame;
his character; the sole property of the
poor editor, writing for bread I Other
men, of every craft, toil for wealth and
honor the journalist alone strives, literal
ly, for food. No comfortable homestead.
no broad spreading estate is in inc turn
perspective for him or his! That first
sweet prayer which we learn to lisp on
our motlier's knee "Give us this day our
daily bread,'" is truly his prayer, and is
breathed every morning when rising from
his sleep -that sleep, O how seldom visit
ed by glimpses of sunshine and dreams of
joy ! Ah ! if the world thought more ol
this, an editor would be seldom attacked.
A broad mantle of charity would cover
his sins. As things now run, how ofu-n is
he the target of every 'oan's malice ; the
foot-ball of ribald wit ; the shallow pale's
ibe; ihe rich man's contumely!
Darker came on the night, and the wind
sighed fitfully around; the figure at the ta
ble grew more dim until it faded into mere
outline, and looked like thee, O Poverty !
gauc.t and spec'.rai. But the ray of a taper
fell athwart Use chamber, and a gentle foot
steo was on itie stair. The dreamer look-
pd mi. and a vision of hope, and beauty,
. . . . , p.
consolation, stood beside him. There was
a fathomless depth of love in the liquid eye
that beamed so tenderly upon him. No
smile of iou was on her lip, nor jewelled
ornament sparkled on her brow; but there erty qualification contained in the old char
was Faith faith thai triumphs over the !er. The rights and interests of the Dis
gloorn of the grave, and like ihe moonbeams j trict demand it.
on the ruins of rotne ancient abbey, sheds Tiib resolution of Mr. Mar? gum, crea'ing
a soothing 1 i u h t over the fountains of the
wretched ! . He gazed t.pon ihe vision, anil
the warm blood came back into its forsaken
channels. His eye grew bright and hi
j spirit Irec
lie could breafl the surges of
the world with his own stout arm, nor try
"Come help mc, Cassius, or 1 sink."
Was this vision an. angel? No ! bul a
being of earth, yet scaicely loss sainted
his first love and his last Mie name which,
next to that of mother, is dearest and holi
est the first which we sigh for in hours of
youth; the last thai lingers on our dying
'lips! '
operative's life. Engl '.ad is a .proud and
wicked nation.' In her insatiable love of
gain and boundless ambition for conquest;
in her unjust treatment of her colonies and
foreign nations; and, above all, in her op
pression of her now poor but generous
people, she is without a parallel ta ancient
and modern tim?s. -'. England ' has laid up
for herself a sure stora of ver.gea.nce ; and
God will visit her for her pride and wrong
don :. Glory and Shame of England. -
C7 The following is from an English
paper.' Any Yankee editor "hard up" for
a paragraph could have hatched np a bet
ter joke about a Cockney pettifogger with
a dash of the pen, and come a "monstrous"
deal nearer the truth too.
Law in the Far Vest "Gentlemen of
the jury," said a lawyer in defence of his
client, "I say, thai ere magnanimous sun
shines in the heavens, though you can'1
see it, kase it's behind a cloud; but you
know it, though I can't prove it. Nowf
if you believe what I tell about the sun,
you are bound by your Bible oath. 'o be.
lieve what I tell you about my client's
case; and if you don't why then you call
me a liar; and that I'll be squataw'd if I'll
stand any how. So, if you don't want to
swear false, and have no trouble, you had
better give us a verdict."
American paper'
Distressing Occurrence. Two sons of
Mr. Jonathan Reid, a respectable citizen of
this County, were drowned in attempting'
to cross McAalpin's Creek in Providence
Settlement on Friday last, the 10th inst.
John, the eldest, aged 3bout 19 years, was
at school, and h'i3 brother William, aged
about 15, having gone the previous eve
ning to bring him home, it is supposed
they attempted to ford Use creek,' which
was much swollen from the previous night's
rain, and it being deep cuough to swim
their horses, they were thrown off in the
water and were nol able to get out. The
alarm was first given by the appearance of
the loose horses at a neighbor's, near by.
and on going to the Creek, the hats of the
u sforarnate Youths xvere-f. rJ"1Jl ""
V'.i.;niy Oes)oUe liVei- 'ne.icncholy end.
ri,e l.'odv of th eldest 'Vas found on Sat-
irdav and restored t.-J-ifce agonized parents,
'o perform the last melancholy duly of
consigning it to an parly and premature
;rave. Dilligcni search wr.s made by a
bout one hundred persons fir. the other,
hut up to Sunday evening'it had not 'been
fmnd. Both were youths of high prom
ise, and the eldest was preparing to enter
die University of Nonh Carolina in the
Spring. JefJ'ersonian.
Fwc:ity-eis"!i-5 Congress.
From the Globe vf Dec. 15, 1841.
CONGRESSIONAL ANALYSIS.
IN SENATE.
Mr. Calhoun and Mr, Preston of South
Carolina appeared in their seats.
After the presentation and reference of
petitions, many h:l!s, public and private,
were introduced on leave, read by special
order the second time; and refered o ap
propriate commi'tees.
Mr. Wright gave notice that he -would
on to-inorrow ask leave to introduce a bill
to amend the charter of the city of Wash
ington. This is a subject r.f s;reai impor
tance to Uie people ol this District, a large
ooriion of whom are djnied the riirbt of
suffrage, because they are not so lucky a
to possess a portion of this world's gods.
The bill to ameliorate the condition of the
people in this important particular was de
feated two sessions ago, in conseqnence ol
some omissions in engrossing the bill lor a
third reading, and by lise refusal of the Fed
eral nartv lo nive iheir unanimous consent
(which ihe rule required) to correct it i'i
ihat stage of the proceeding. io dou!t
the Democratic party at least will eyiseei .
ate the odious and unjust principle of prop-
a supervisory standing committee on prin
ting, came up in its order. It proposed
that all questions on printing of documents,
reports, or other matter .transmitted by ci
ther of Use Executive Department, an. 5 all
memorials, petitions, accompanying docu
ments, together with all other matter, the
printing r.f w hich shall be moved, except
ing bills originating in Congress, resolutions
offered bv any Senator, and motions to
print, by ordpr of the standing committee
of the Senate, of reports, documents, or
other matters pertaining to the subjects re
ferred to such committees by the Senate,
shall be referred to this committee for su
pervision ; and to report back again to the
Senate such as they deem proper to have
printed, without delay. Al the suggestion
i of Mr. King of Alaoama the resolution was
so modified as to exempt Lorn its operation
the printing of resolutions and memorials
from the sovereign Statc; respect tr which
dsiinaudJ that papers emanating fro n their
Legislator', should be printed without tire
supervisions of any committee of that body.
The resolution thus modified, passed. It
may have the tendency lo economist? in
some small daree the expenses for prin
ting in thai body.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
Mr. Fillmore, from the Committee of
Ways and Means, reported a bill making
appxoviiions jniiart for.ilm Civil lK'tM
iicnt hif"t!itJ year IS 11. Mr. F. said that
as the appropriations in the bill were in
tended to provide for the pay auil mileage
of ihe members, there being no funds in
either House for that purpose, he hoped
there would be no objection lo the motion
he then made to go into Committee of tfie
Whole on the state of the Union, for Use
purpose of considering it. The House
then resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, Mr.
Pope of Kentucky in the Chair, and took
up the bill, and no amendment having been
offered, the committee rose and reported it
to the House; whereupon, on motion of
Mr. F. and, by general consent, the bill
was read the second and third tima and
passed- "
Petitions were then called, and presen
ted from the several States, beginning with
New York, and going through the list.
Among them were a number of abolition
petitions, which were refused under the 21,
tami'ii-i other subjects besides abolition, the
gentlemen presenting
sntleinen presenting them contended could
be received and referred without violating
the rule. These last, however, were laid
over, on notices given of an inteniion to
debate ihe question of the propriety of
their reception.
When the State of Virginia was called'
Mr- Hopkins said, whilst upon the floor,
he would, in obedience to what he believed
to be the very general desire -of his constit
uents, give notice of his -intention to ask
leave to-morrow to introduce a bill to re
peal "An act to establish a uniform system
uf bankruptcy throughout the U. Sukes,"
approved Aug. 19th, 1811.
Mr. Coles addressed the House as fol
lows :
"1 hold in my hand the proceedings of a J
'wuTclTi aVrl reques'ed to present lo this
House. They disapprove of the Extra
Session of Congress and most of its meas
ures. They particularly complain of the
suppression jf debate; the disposition to
relieve certain classes at the expense of
others; the tendency to increased taxes and
a permanent National debt; and the repeal
of the law regulating the collection, trans
fer and disbursement of the revenue; which
law, under the name of the Sub-Treasury;
and with the attributes falstly ascribed Hi
it, they say. may have been disapproved
by llie people, out they emphatically deny
that its leading features have evtr heen de
cided against. They condemn in strong
terms the Distribution and the Bankrupt
laws, which they desire to be repealed.
Thev also protest against the establish
ment of a National Bank, as repudiated by
the framers of the Constitution, as u'nneces-
saty fr the proper administration ol the
Government, and as dangerous to the in
terests and liberties ol the people. A id
they further represent thai the evils suffer
ed from ihe stale of the currency and ex
changes have resulted from an unsound
banking svsiein, by which the specie stan
dard of value has been departed from, and
that it is the duty of Congress to preserve
that standard, which all experience proves
is llie best and only proper regulator of Use j
currency -tnd the exchanges. 1 tic
views
are, in my opinion, entitled to the serious
consideration of the l!-i;sr, and I move
that the paper I sjii-J to ih Ci.-rk be laid
on the table and be pr.n'ed."
Objection being made, the q iestion was
taken on printing, smd it was lost.' Tlie
proceedings w-re laid on Use table.
When the Suie of Mit.-pji was call
ed .
Mr. ThoTins-tn cave notice of his tntcn-
lioii. l the i-alllsi oprtor-iioitiv, u. ,uwf-;
duee a !dl repeal the hist seven sections
of the Di-tnbution act.
Mr. Cosh ing. lV.n the Soh-ct Commh'ee
on Finance, off ired a resolution req-iirn g
the So'iTHarv "f the; Treasury to ciimmwui
ca'.c to the I louse il.e plan of io;sn- refer
red to and recommended in ihe Pre-ii.lenr's
message at the opcii'ng . tht; p:?rnt ses
sion; which resolution was adopted uaan
imously. Thursday, Dec 15, 1311.
SENATE.
I-nmodintely -after the reading of jhe
journal, the bill mAing appropriations in'
part for the c'ml department of the G v
ernmentTor the year 1312, was rec-jived
from, the House Representative?.
On the motion of Mr. Evans, the bill
was forthwith read the second time by its
tide. Though it was usual to refer such
bills to ihe Committee on Finance, before
final action, he hoped that course would
not be taken now, and urged the importance
of its immediate passage, on the ground
Ui3t there was ni funds out of whiith to
pay the per dic.n of the mainacia of Con.
cress, and also thai thera were many
claims slandiiig over from lasl year agatnt
the contingent finds of ihe two lloues,
which finds he had boen informed were
entirely, exhausted. 'V
Mr. King opposed the motion m i.
al ciinnauoou the hill without its usual
final action upon
r.Crnr,.o ,n tUo nronef COm0Uti.
He
denounced the piactice of making partial
appropriations for ihe payment of members
of Congress alone as unjust in the extreme,
U;iiWl.! iUll, uiba.RtnnJ on
the same footing that they did, and many of
whom were much more in need of the funds
than they, were compelled to serve the
Government for months r without a cent of
pay. Many of the clerks in the depart
ments, whose sole dependence was on their
salary, have been compelled, by this par
tial system of legislation, to wail for their
pay for months after it was due, or Buffer
themselves to be shaved by the brokers, at
a ruinous rate. This neglect to embrace
in the bill all others on the civil list was
improper and unjust. He urged on the
chairman of the Finance Committee the
propriety of referring the bill to ihe Com
mittee on Finance, with instructions to
place all who were dependent on the Gov
ernment on the sa.aa fooling with the
members of Congress.
Mr. Evans urged as an objection to this
course that no estimates were iti from ihe
Departments to show the amount neces
sary to be appropriated for that purpose.
it would be out of the power oi w.u-
raittee to embrace all ihe officers of Goyern-
ment. There was no data logo upon
the estimates oeingi aiwaa "
House, , . -
Mr. King replied that the estimates
ought to be in. It was the first duty of
the Departments, so as to enable them to
make proper appropriations.; .'Tins bill t
all probability, did not appropriate sum
cieni to defray the whole expanses of this
session. . There was' no data upon which
to make llie appropriation. It , was only
partial, or in part payment of the expenses,
therefore, the Committee on Finance could,
with equal propriety, insert an appropria
tion in part for the payment of all who are
dependent on the Government. If appro
priations can be made without estimates to
CSV the Ptn.nt.t...fn.ui' .'V?,7 s
fhe corvimiV.ee would insert in the bill such
an amount as would save others from the
brokers. Mr. K. periling in his objec
tion, -the bill was referred to the Committee
on Finance. .
On llie motion of Mr. Evar.s. so much
of the President's message as related to
finance was referred lo thai committee.
i .....i in iii(
Mr.
this
E. explained ihat he ditl. noi wish
proposition to be considered as ap
plying to that portion ol me mesgo id
ling to the question of currency, unless the
Senate should so direct it. The Finance
Committee being of the impression that
the Senate might think proper to refer that
portion to a select committee, had direct
ed him to explain the extent of his mo
tion. .
Mr. Preston introduced a resolution,
which was adopted, calling on the Secre
tary fai his plan in detail of a Fiscal Agent
of the Government, referred to in Presi
dent Tyler's message. The Sena'e will,
in all p'robabi'ity, create a select commit
tee on the plan lo be repotted under u:s
resoUition.
Mr. Linn inlroikced, on leave, a bill to
authorize the adoption of measures for the
settlement and occupation 'of ihe Oregon
Territory, ami extending the laws of the
IJiiitcd States over the sa ne; which was
re i.l twice, an I referred to a select com-
.. . : I tl. a f'.haif.
j mutee ol live, io aeappouuu ... ...
also 'ave notice of his m ennon io hsk.
leave to Introduce a bill V repeal the bill
dts-.nbuling the proeeeds of f .e sales of tho
public lands to th.; States, ami to apply tho
si.na to the dL-feuc-s of the country.
This was the course which Mr. Linn re
ro i.mended before the pas-age of that bib.
livery day's experience s!.os it proprie
ty, anl the necessity ihat the sales of the
public lands should be applied to that oh-j-ei,
rather than be thrown into a channel
where it will not coufer any benefit on the
people. .
The r-soLitlon of Mr. Woodbury, in
s'niiiing the Committee on Naval Affairs
to im, iFre into the expediency of fixing by
nv the number of officers in each rank, of
men. and of vessels in commission, suitable
for a p"a. esiablish-ocnl for the navy, ami
! of r vulating such establishment like that
i r..r ?, .,r,.,v. sn as not to be changed ex
cept under express provision made -by
Cong- ess, came up m rder, and was pas-
Li M course of the day's session, nu
merous petitions were presented, and rt3tiy
bills were introduced on leavp, and referred
to appropriate committees. "
Tne Senate adjourned over till Monday
next. -
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Taliaferro offered a resolution pro
posing to pav William Smith, a member
from the 23rd Congressional District of
Virginia, for the late exira session. It was
objected to, and, therefore, under the ru.es
of the llouoe, could not he received- .. Mr.