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.noil) m t,TsrnsTa ros-r.mss. HOfSU or Iti'.l'REST.NTATIV E3. SI .I'VHF.ssr.ll IXMII'UKNTS. u tustM).iV,Flt.. M r . ( 'a nl, bell, of Ohio, submitted the fallowing resolution Jthd, That a committee he appointed lo surcrtain by whom the tpressimi of the para, irrjiili hi thc U tter nf Wm. It. Dickinson, Cash itrof the Hank l 'Stcubriiv.llej to tin- Secretary cf the Treasury, dated the day ol Ifil'l, and bv him communicated to thin hutisc, ut lh: lait session, wu caused, with leave to it during the sessions, and with power to tend for jmtjuIh and papers. Mr. (.'umf.btlU in submitting t fit s rcolu titiii. disclaimed all Dersonal recline. Ho h id no ill will to any mortal brrH'.hing He had convened with the members of the committee, and understood that they did not feel themselves clothed with suf fi. ient powers to enter into that full inves- ligatinn which was necessary. A fiaud had been practised on the house, and if it Jul been ascertained t hat such and such persons !id not commit it, he thought it expedient to go a little lurther, and Inquire who did dait. Some members thought this resolution was Riving importance to a tniling subject- Hut the committee la id declared it to be a matter of impor tance ; the house had given ii importance ; and every paper out of doors treated it as important. He did not wish tu impugn iin. gentleman, but was only anxious lo divover whence it originated. Mr. Wright said he hail originallj de elated his desire to probe the business to the bottom, let the odium fall where it would. He was still of this opinion. He alluded to some persons who had receiv ed the papers from the clerk, and broke the seals ; and if it was proved that thec marks were not made before theduiu rnrnts came to the house, it was necessa ry to discover whc.i the obliterations might have been made Mr. Jidvurduot N'. C thought it was unnecessary to disclaim personal feelings. He was conscious of none. The report of 'he committee had acquitted the per sons originally implicated. If they were guiltless, where did the fault rest '. The comments time into the possession of thr offi, ers of this house, of the meni'icrs cf the house, and he Colled on the house to investigate the business to the bottom. Mr. Hamilton thought there ouht to be some testimony to justify me?sures sjhich supposed guilt on the part of man tx rs of trie house. He had understood thit such was the importance attached to this, and other documents that, in one case, under Mr. Gallatin, even a proof sheet w not submitted to the inspection of member. He did not believe there could be found a person so base among the members of the house, a to make the erasures which had been nude, nor js he prepared to throw imputation on the motives of members without tcstimo riv on which to found it. If any gentle man had any facts in his possession, tend inc to throw light on the subject, he ought to "t ie them explicitly. Mr. Hardin threw out some aspersions on the Washington Republican, in which thr charge had first appeared, asseriing that it was a paper famed for the inscition of ever thincj but correctness, and a tu per which contained more Misrepresent, lion than any other paper in the United Suites. Mr. Cc.k Said it was impossible for him, when he coupled the assertions now nude on the floor, with secret whispers, which had reached his ear, without his being able to trace them to any respensi- blr peon, to resist the influence that he j was alluded to, s the person in whose ( ban 's the documents h id been, and v. ho ' knrw where the erasuies hsd been made. I have sworn," said the hoi.on.Uc iv.ern-1 ber, " and I am ready to j;o to the alter of j tut Cod, and swear, that they were not1 tnnc witnin mv tnowieugc- tie la-u taken no particular notice of the whispers wl.ich had reached him ; but when isscr tint, s such as had bcrn made, were made on that floor, he owed it to his own char acter to notice them in the most express and pointed terms. Mr. Cr proceeded to shew the importance of the paragraph suppressed, in bctrav iog facts w hi h could otherwise have escaped suspi ion ; after which he inquired whether the inquisito ri. l jower of the houc is to be found which would compel the disclosure of person writing (or the public good .; Un thi subject he entered into an able and a spiri'ed defence f the rights of the press. 1 he honorable member moved an amend ment. And that the said committee be in stun ted to prepare and report to this house a i igi sr of the evidence contained in the p'iired dor uments in which the said print cd Utter A i is include J. if unv note were t iken. in lint of cash, front anv of the banks in which the public monrvs were deposited. Whether tie public nionets nave n"i ;irrn uiscnrunuea lo tir t'rposited in branches of the U. Sijtes j B nK, .,nd pl.iced in certain loc dh.mks, j iiiui'ed in the same towns vir nciglitior-1 lioo.l, without compiling with thrfiirrc-j lions oi ue ia on tiiai soop-ct ; ano whe-hrr sin h transfers havr nut lestihed in ;- tut. e novt-i t.mmi. Whether thr pi f:it n.r rv Iv'S no' In rn binned lo those baiik in which standing deposits were tii.i.Ic, ti,,urr t,c i.amc of to;-.(sits; and -yliether such lo.uis or deposits have not resulted in loss to the govern rnetil. Whe ther security w as not nef.Ucted to be ta ken, in some one or more instances, for the punctuality of one or more bunks which proposal to give suih security j and whe ther such failure tuts not resulted in liss to the government." Mr. liar dm talked of finding out the person who writes under the signature ol A. H. and if he was a member, af expell ing him, "Hie a tainted dog." Mr. Little moved to lay the resolution and amendment on the table, and to take the ayca and noes on the question. I he ayes and noes were ordered, and thcic appeared Ayes 26 Noes 141. Mr. Wnght commenced a series of re marks, which were considered irrelevant, Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, who expressed his determination to call to order every gentleman who wandered from the sub ject, and who took this opportunity of ex pressing his acceptance of the amend ment of the gen'kman from Illinois. Mr. Wright then resumed the floor, and went on to state his views of the question. He considered there were grounds lo justify suspicion ; anil vcni on to investigate the oath which had been administered by the late committee, when he was called to order by Mr. .h'jore, who put it to the Speaker lo decide whe'her this reference io the oath was in order. I'he Speaker decided that, as it went to elicit information, it was in order. Mr. Wright went on, expressing his hope that the house would not be alarmed. or afraid of going into the investigation. '( jui'itiit, mat cxhtm . Mr. C'j'A- entered into a long and ablr reply to the gctitletnin from MaryLnd. I he people of this coutitiy netcr could submit to have the presi, the strongest safeguard of their rights, shackled at the will of ,m despotism whatever. Mr. Ihfiht expressed bis obligations to the gentlemen who hail spokui. for the indulgrnt manner in which they h.d spo- went into various points which had been before the committee; and expressed his opinion that a witness is as much bound to answer any question proposed by the commi'tce. as anv witness before any oth er body. He said the question of the au thor of A. II. was not deemed sufficiently relevant to tequirc anv unusud exercise of the power o( the commhice to obtain it. Mr. &iiJrr stated that he hid differ ed in opinion from the chairman of the committee, on an important question. (" We believe that he alluded to the rele vancy which '.he author's name would bear to the question, J He then spoke in defence f Mr. Dickens and his testimo ny. He then went into a view of the mo tives which had influenced him in putting the quev'uns he did. ile thought there was hut or.c secret, and that was as to w ho nirfdc the marks ; and on this subject, there ouht to he no confidence. He thought a breach of faith in such cases was viitur not crime. (Jcntlt men, how ever, had their own vicr on the subject, lie was aginst engrafting the amend, ment of the gentleman fcm Illinois, on the cii,;iiul resolution He though; the resolution, in its otiginal form, should be adopted, because it is clear that there was a difference of opinion in the committee, as to the extent of the powers thev pos sessed. He would vote for the commit ment tf any witness who refused to an-j swer a 'j'irtiort. Mr. Ctmrr suted, that he had intend ed not to trouble the house with -.ny re marks, duriwg the present session, as he ilid not wish to give the chair an oppor tunity to call hiin to order. He held 'hat every man elevated to the confidence of the people ought to be honest, and above us'ii ion. I le contended, therefore, that this house must be kept pure and honest charge hd been made by a member of Congress, which (he contended) had been proved tube false, ami such number ought to be expelled. He was not certain that ' A. B. might notbe a membcrof thc other house. He was not sure that he did rot sec him skulking bcnind the persons in thc gallery. lie held in his hand evidence which furnished to him strong presump- tivetvidence of lheauthorof A.il. There had been nothing elicited in the commit-j tee to impeach any member of this house, i 1 Ir moved tho billowing amendment to the original rc?olutirn " And to ascertain, if possible, whether any member cf this house, or confedera cy of members, have made use of the j papers of this house, fcr the purpose of making charges aguinst any dep ittmcnt j of this government, and which tint mem her, or those members, kno tiii ; them to be false." Mr. Wo idwt moved that the House now allium n. Ihe II use then adjourned. M Gnm- r't ,m ndineni was subse qiifHlt ai"idrawn, arcl thr Uso'u'ionol Mr. Cumf.h .', as amended In v. C ok. U'lfd tu. by a vote of 107 'o 2.1. Ihe trciiibmcn i oni!oing n- cm initiee in esMs. Cuni.hil!,t, Ol it.. ( i;tn' t, J'.n a of W. XtUon, of Md. Suva'!, M. rgan. and Hill- INTPJaLKiKNCIa. lb.: comes, the herald of a noisy wortd, News fum all, nations luiiib'ring at his hark. THE GRKKKS. F.r tract 'if u letter, dutcd Smyrna, Nov. 17, B22,rom an .1me.ricant living un the tfiut. Trade his for three e-r four weeks puht been quite brisk, which, together win the perfect good order which now reigns in our city,, makes us, in a meas ure, forget our past miseries, and the great facility with which they may be re newed. I he (in rk vaur lias gained much, and I think the yucttion of their indfien dence nearly ettabUthcd. The Morea, and most of the Islandsin the Archipelago, will most probably (under some conditions) remain to them. How the Grand Sultan will reconcile this to his turbulent Janissaries, remains to be seen. We are anxious to know the result of the Congress at Verona, which will probably decide the fate f this coun try. It appears lo me, that in the present state of Lurope, peace, on any terms, and at any price, must be desirable to every crowned head on the continent : with that they may hope to bring mankind back to the way of thinking they had fifty years ago ; but I am alraid all will not do. "The Krnperor of Austria has forbid that any other than incnti sliould meddle with the education of youth. If he could have added, that no one else should con verse with them, and ordered that all the books published in the last fifty years sliould be burnt, he might then have some hopes of succeeding. The Carbo ari make a great noise, and thereby their con- sequence increases. " I he 1 uikish licet had retumed to the D.ii;a:.cllcs, and there is every probabili ty ol tl'cir rrm-ining there until May next." C'cmmcrcia Advertiser. xokfolk. rtB 10. The Pirate l:jfuittlnn. his foitni dable armament against the merciless bu cnier ol the ocean, which has exci- te( n,uc, interest in every part of our country, and has for several weeks pic sented a scene el' uncommon bustle and activity at our navy-yard ana in the busi ness walks of our town, is now icady to commence its work of retribution ; and it is devoutly to be wished, that the sword drawn in this righteous cause, may not he returned toils 5cabbard, until the just mandate of the nation to 41 estrrwina't the I'tru't throng" shall be fully executed. In the appropriate language of a native poet, who has recently otl'eicd a neat ml feeling tribute to the occasion, we would say "Then go forth Pirtrr In thy miht, IaI Midden vciieanee on them l;,;!it, Pursue them with a Ii .-ry lad, From which no refuge may ail Alike fr"m ocean and from l.ntil. Sweep oil the Vile nunu '.in;; band l.tt ecr monster of them f.i!l, Not one be spared ifron thru '" The expedition is destined to avenge the death of the gallant Ai.lf.n, and the multiplied ouMagcs upon oni lawlul com merce, 1. under the orders of Commo dore DAVID I'Ottl UK, nd consists ol the Sloop of War 'cof-fv, rapt. Stephen C'ass'm. hearing the broad pendant of the commodore- Schooner. Uiirt, lie ut. coin. M.l". Per ry- Cull, (steam galliot) It. com. Win. II Watson. liecry, ,:orc shipl licuu nmt com. I.. Kearny. (irnj Il'.uid, m ist. rnru. John Poller. JtiritiU, It com. W. H. Cocke. WillCa', licut. coin. ( hat les W. Skin ner. I'ecgle, It. com. J. T. New ton. Ferrrt, It. com. Sjnitit i Henley. Trrnrr, i. com. '. - Hose. Wtul; It. rom. Be v. Kn,do;i. Cu'iiers M npr, Mumui:, Snd Fiu (:"'ir'. vrf"-r ('" Pour of thc small schooners dropped down fiom t'ne navy-yard on I hursdav hst, and anchored near Ihe Flag Shi., of! Port N'lson ; yesterday morning, they wrre joined bv the other four schooners. and in the afternoon thc Shark ,,nd the store ship D'Cju, were lowed down from the yard, by the steam galliot Hm Gull, and all a' chore d near the Peacock. I hey foim quite an imposing spectacle, and to-ctav or to-morrow, we shall iic the pleasure to see them 'spread their white canvas to the breeze, anil depart for the pire roast. Our best wishes go with them. I he steam galliot is much improved in appearance, and pt-i formed the duty of lowing clown thc ship and the schooner in a tvlc unci with a velocity that augured well of her adaptation to that purpose in the expedition. I he schooners mount one long gun on a pivot and two ea'itn n des each, and it is h lieved, will net. in point ol sulini; . dis honor the itamt bv whit h they have been design, ltd won I-YsciiDVHO js 31. Frrnhrt.--We mill' (I M, ,., Uv in our b-st the rise of J mics liiver, unprtcrdcrted, we b lievt, in i's hi icht, md in tin: nh lity w ith which i lose. I lie only (Uin -gi- done near this place, of which we have heard, is, the de- stniction ol a part of the free-bridge, sev end tiers having been swept off. l'rom every part of the country, we hear of un exampled swells in the water courses The following letter to the editors of the Virginian, gives a distressing account of the situation of a patt of Montgomery county. "Montgomery, Va. 20th Jan. 1823. It appears evident that the scourges of God for the wickedness of men present themselves in varioin ways throughout the world. In many sections to the Kust, it seems there has been a visitation al most of famine. In the West and South, sickness and death have displayed in their most fearful forms the superiority of their i ,ljr ,,c protection of Manufactures, be power ; while, for a number of years, w :(nnc mwre und m0 if 1 b have been blest with health, fine crops ' prospect now, that the question will and a good market for the surplus. But at this inst. the scene seems to be t hang- ing. I am now within 1J miles of the great Allegha.iy summit, parallel with and near to thc road. '1 he torrents from the angry clouds still continue to descend without intermission. Thc turnpike road has become like a constant river, and the valleys in every direction are filled with water. What now must be our calcula tion! The suffering fanners, who had lost all their fencing and the grain which had been sown, on the waters of Slaun'.on, (called there Hoanokc,iin the destructive storm of September last, had tmi an op portunity of making a small recruit. But now, all is lost. I he pot lion of rails then collected to enclose thc cultivated parts must again go. The grain sown luis been destroyed, and we aic all in one gen eral calamity. Oh God! when will the wickedness of man cease, und thy frown abate ! "I have emploved my time dining the latter part of the storm in penning the foregoing observations. The storm has been much more violent than tlut of last September. I lie water would have made a rapid current through thc house in which I now am, had not the doors been taken off the hinges, and placed outside (cross wise to turn the stream. The storm has vet abated, but little of its fory. It com menced list evening about 9 o'clock it i now 8 P. M. iskw yokk J4N- a I . The following interesting ii eumstaiice is communicated fiom the most respectable source, and there can be no doubt of the co.tcctness of thc statement : l.xiract of a Letter from London, X.vem- clerk, ihe annual Salaries of all these brr 23, 1822. officers amount to S9.6CO. From i's rs- "A great objee t of curiosity is now tabiishment to the year 1 822. 72.2C.1 972 preparing on the 'I names a new- Steam pieces have hern coined amounting in vI Vessel. intended for Calcutta. Her en ! ue to 319. 852.746 ; in gold pieres pine and boiler occupy onlv one fifth part I of "he usual space hrr furnace, consum ing i's own smoke, will peifoim with one bushel what formetlv twik one chaldron cf coals: her boiler is constructed to re turn its own steam, without one particle escaping, so that once filled it is enough for the voyage, which it is calculated she I whose zeal on most subjects isapt to over will perform in 36 or 43 davs. I he in- j tun his discretion, und whose heat of In vention is American Pf.hkins is the man. who docs honour to his tountry. In two months time this vessel w ill sail 'or go for Calcutta. rrfc;.: .u'; FROVIDKNCK. 3 S. 29. Warning t &Math brrr.ltrx.W't learn that the following distressing event took place at Valley Palls, one n.ile above Pawtucket. on Stind.iv last. A peron in discharging his gun (loaded with a bail) at n mark, shot a bov, named Chare, through the bod v. who suivived ths fatal wound but about IS 'i .mutes. NF .r v o it k n u. C The shi; M.'gnct, c:iti. Mount, ariived vcateioav lioml.iv crpool. She sailed December 12th. am! brines the same elites as wcie received bv ihe Ceres at Charleston. Ihe Magnet has on board a famous stud horse, im- ported for a gentleman in North-Cat olina it is conjecttiied for thc purpose of matcning some one 01 our .meiican nor scs of repute- Mrr. UAI FlCII. ff.e. 14. The boarJ of Internal Improvements adjourned on Thuisilay evening the 6th inst. to meet again in this city on thc ith Monday in April next. Mr. Pulton, our civil engineer, in addi tion to the attention wi i. b he is direc ted to pay to the works about to he carried on ut the flats below Wilmington, and io the pondent A. B has it mcd thc indignation itooof imT.ti rr.oAir.g by thr ?fvrr:d T thi entWnan's rrijnds. anil of some, Navigation Companies, was instructed bv who, if not A friends, are nit the friends Ihe board to cause surveys to be mr. !e ofiof the administration. The inquisitorial the principal tracts of swamp ami m.ush ' powtrof the Sp.inUh.dcspomm is attcmp lands within this state ; to ascertain the 'ed, to drag A. B. lo livclit ; and we arc to quantity and quality of each tract ; the ' be put on the wheel, 'till " ih- Jud,,'' as most practicable mode of draining it, and , he was called in debate, is dragged out. ihe expense of thc work; and for the ; and, in the language of Mr. Wright, ol sake of expedition, he is nuthorised tuj Maryland, ir application to all the parties employ such number of surveyors and to it, (which we kno-j to be any thing but ch tin-carriers as he may think necessary. ' thc language of Maryland ) consigned to Mr. Pulton is also instructed to survey and mark the line of a road fto-n Wilkes-1 borough to Salem, on the best and most ' convenient ground; to survey the road i from Salem lo Pa) etteville, und ascertain whether ihe distance cannot be shortened bv altering the present rn:u ; and that he report such alterations as, in his opinion, 1 are necessary to shorten and improve said road. ; 1 be engineer is also rii-ectcd to cause the line of the road and canal to be run from the Hoanoke river, at of near Fly. mouth, to the waters of Pungo river, iu Hyde county, through the Dismal Swamp, and to report as well on the practicability and utility of the road without the canal, as upon the road and canal together. Ho is also instructed to cause a survey to bo made of the channel leading from Curri luck inlet, through the narrows, to the Albermarle Sound, and report to the Hoard on the practicability and utility o! improving this navigation. Kegintir. Washington, fkis. 5 The Debate, it the House of Representatives, on the sub ject of imposing higher duties on import' , uc oeiermineu on its menu, . ui...- l,vty at thc Prcscnt seS!llon of toKrp " ' Perhaps thc Members of thc bar in : u-iid.uice on ihe Supreme Court, wtr I never more numerous than at the piTsc'i.' term. Besides the distinguished Mem- hers of the Profession, who, bring Mem bers of either House of Congress, arc necessarily present, and those who arc resident in thc District, we have observed the following gentlemen in attendance or, the Court, viz : Mr. WfcRsTKit, and Mr. Blake, o: Boston. Mr. I'ittmsk, from Khode Islatid- Mr. I' mm kit, Mr. Ogden, Mr. Oak lky, Mr. Whkaton, (Reporter to the Court,) from New-York. Mr. Ciif.rvi s, of Philadelphia. Mr. Winder, and Mr. Hoffman, ol Baltimore. Mr. Clay, and Mr. Rowax of Ken tucky. Mr. Wr.ir.it r. Mr. II a m m nod, and M: WlllTTLtSEY, of Ohio.;. Johsj Tayi-ou is re-clcctcd a Senato. of the United States from thc State ol Virginia, for six years from the 3d day of M uch ticvt, wl.cn his present term s: set vice will c'irc. L'ri'trd .SVj.'( Mmt The mint of the United Sutcs vvas established at Philadel phia, by an act of congress of April JJ, 1792, and has ever since been continued in that city. I'he officers are aclnci tor, treasurer, chief coiner, assayer, r.icltcr utid refiner, engraver, and tceastnci'-a S7.n20.867 ; in silver pieces g 1 1,6 'Jo. I 'J ' ; in topper pieces g425,686. TH the svMiimros mil t: iu. ATTEMPT TO MUZZLE THE J'ltf.s Mr. Hardin, a member from Kentucky. j gu.vgc is not always chastened by rcasor, declared in the debate of this day, that ; our paper is " famed for every thing but correctness, and " contains more misre presentations than any other piper in thc United Slatrs." Were we disposed to put thc question of our editorial reputa- t lion, at issue w ith hisi'.We character, the I judgment of public opinion would place j us anew and most elevated pinnacle jof triumph. But we forbear. We have tin desire to crush an individual like him His attempt to muzzle thc press, is sutTi- tie nt to place his f iUttcal purity and l is rrf.tM'.canim, 111 a corrcrt light. He would only caution the people to beware of such politicians. I or ours-lves. his " ; enmity is tr gl:rij his friendship, wouli ' i I.- ..or We will never avail ourselves of slight joccasionsto sound an alarm But thc ten , denry of the debate of to-day, and the ,'.; it if it, were too pointed to be misunder stood, even had not Mr. Cook, of Illinois, dragged it, in all its odiousness, before thc house, and exposing it, pronounced it an attempt to introduce "thc second rcin of terror." We warn thc people ! At tempts are really making to surround a errtain individual with an atmosphere which is to be impenetrable and thus is he to be ch.iriottcJ along to the enii- t.rnre which he is seeking. Our corres " eondiqn fiututhment. We have but a moment to give to this subject, of V time. Let the people look well to it. Its details shall be faithfully t.ivcn. strike whom they may. One word more We will beat thc terev, and the tourmitjurtvic will meet thc rom mittcc, nd face its powers and if we ore struck, it shall be at the expense of a rupture in thc 1 onstitution, for that is our mantle ; hut .1. Ii. hatt never be given vfl at leatt, t-j ut.
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