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nnnro kn: MAE JJidJLaJLN z BALisnunYN. c. "tuRsa; Al'iUL jfth. ? VOL. IV.l NO. 203. riTt BfrillLO tYJUTK, fJkStUr th f tht Vmttd Slain. jUrtw''fl I"wrwJ al CA'criU per rjuirt fur Ut firH insertion, and twenfy-fite ecnU for each iubeiint on. Alt Jrttm wdilrrwKrd 1 the fd (tor, -rmwt it pti-pnitt, or Uiejr will not bt ettewded to. - CAUCUS TJEJIATK, In the United State ent, on the proposed amendment to the constitution relative to tit election of President and Vice President of the United Sutet-during whicirdarbate, th poCcy of the late fauro at Waslilnglon u IncU dentally drawn Into Uie dlscuaaloii. Mr. Taylor, of Virginia, said he was apposed to tht district system, because it had tendency to depri? .11 the states, great and small, of a portion of their pow er, and because it interfered with the sep e a a rate character oi tne ststes, at inaepena ent toverelgntiet. lie illustrated thit view of the subject by several remarks, and then Droceeded to state that he con curred in the opinion that had been ex pressed in debate, that the district system was calculated. to bring the election of 1 1 . !. .k - ti ..r n . -i- tires. Mr. T. full? concurred in the views of the gentleman from South Carolina,' (Mr. Hayne,) that great evils would arise from the constant interfer ence of Congress in the Presidential elec tion, and that any amendment to the con stitution would be very objectionable which would have the e fleet of making that interference more frequent. He said it had been i great object with him for many years to effect some amendment to the constitution, which might secure the election of the President without troubling Congress with it. He might not live to see that desirable object sc complished, but he hoped the gentleman from South-CaroKniL would. As to the question of a congressional caucus for the nomination of candidates for the Presidency, Mr. Xtaid, ht nev er had ant doubl that inch a nomination z was e clear violation of the spirit of the" constitution. On that subject, he believ ed, hit ScmIa-kwU Mfo in print. It ap peared to-bins preposterous for genle men to contend that, in miking audi a nomination, they acted in their private cafiacilleiCil Mr, :T. here entered into some argument to prove that members ot Congress could not meet at the Seat ol Coveroment and nominate a candidate jor me rresioency, nfjnpjjjGXJUL r tt - m i . s li i tiubuc business. The people would so .regard it, and it would produce the aame effect as if the nomination was made by members in their uaive capacities. His honourable friend and colleague (Mr. Barbour) had stated that he, Mr. Tartar, had been hia instructer in resDcct to cautuiing, and that, be had introduced JMroJitQib first csucusJie tTtrauc ndeL xiic colleague, ir ne had received any ci- ttructlons from him on the subject, bad certainly profited greatly by them t he had been a very aiticholar in his lessons, and had far outttriiied hit matter. But his colleague was greatly mistaken. He had never attended a caucus, either in Congress or elsewhere, for the iurw of nominating candidal e$ for ojjicet. Such proceedings he considered very danger ouj, and altogether unconstitutional. The meeting to which the gentleman alluded was held by some of the members of the Virginia Legislature, for the sin- 1a ttiirnna nf rmrin(p fvcnfntinnt In be proposed in the. legislature. Mr. T. said he did not agree with the gentleman on the other side, that informal meetings for preparing bills or resolutions to be proposed to legislative bodies, had any resemblance to a congressional caucus, intended to transfer from the states their constitutional check and influence jn the election of a 'President, to Congress. "H -had beetrtatdf indeedf that a congresUon al caucus acted only in their private char. actera. To illustrate this assertion, we have alt heard of what is called a bull dancf." Suppose sixty or seventy of the -gra vet-and -wostTrspectabje private chH xen uooia assemble and entertain the Htators vni& Jigs, rlgaaoon and horn pipes f WouldT no their private ensrac- ters be estimated inr- contemplating the exhibition? . But, if the same number of members. nf C.nnrrrr hnntrl fmhle and exhibit a similar scene, would not their publie characters be also estimated t So, - . .aa t . ii ...... . '. . . ft. "ucn ssemDieu ior nommaung rresi dcnt,.it is their public characters, -and a I. . a a a a ' n ence. ine election, and such an intluence 1fe8that3tthri transferring to Congress a power cdnfeN 'ed on the states. Their characters will 'ouowtnem, into a caucus, either for the purpose of a bull-dance or for nominating rresidenr. Mr. Taylor said, that be had rot pre! ouiiy mentioned the wotd ttueut in this JeOate, nor should lit hate now done ao, had be not been, jjcjflni!) called upon JHe necemry to conudirthat itiV jtct, as having tendency towards that consolidated and concentrated font! , of governmeiUt toward wbkli -were er ging with awful rapidity. At this junc ture, it it thought an examination would produce an excitement inconsistent wlt'j a discreet, consideration of tbe amend ments and therefore he concurred in the proposed postponement"- " Mr. Milts stated the vlewi which indu ced him to move for the indefinite post ponement of this subject. He bsd believ ed that it was quite Impossible to act up on these resolutions, at the present tes slon that the publie sentiment wss not yet prepsred for any amendment on this subject, and that a sufficient number of the Senate, to carry any one of these amendments, could not be Induced to vote for any amendment. He thought the present was not tbe best time for the con lideratlon of the tobject, and that there were so many and so various propositions, that no one of them would be adopted at present. Mr. Kelly, of A!a."nrxt took tne fiior; and began with observing that he would endeavour, so far ss it was practicable, tt withdraw the subject under debate from the fog with which it bad been enveloped, and to conform to the rule of debate pre scribed by the Chsir. He remarked, that the whole discussion on this Caucui quri lion, had arisen from a want of forbearance on '.he part of the gentlemen whe bad ad vocated that measure. The gentleman from New York (Mr. King.) had been charged with a change of opinion on the subject of the Constitutional amendments, and had risen in his defence, and justified his disposition to delay acting on the'sub- jectathis crisis, on account of tbe Crn trai t over which now presumed to select candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United Ststes. Wheth er he actually used the cabalistic and por tentous word, Caucus, or not, I hold it, said Mr. K. immaterial. He certainly poke of a central power, that had arisen in this government, not known to the Con tutution, and unfriendly to the liberties of the nation and whether he called it a Caucus or not, he certainly did, ftaidj Mr. K assure the gentleman that he had no unlriendly feelings towards any person who differed from him in opinion. Now, said,' Mr. K. this remark was received with the most extraordinary sensitiveness on the part of these gentlementhey had, with sn ultra chivalrous etirit du torpt, immediately rushed into a contest on the Caucut qvcition, and had entered into ar guments in support of that measure. Mr. K. repealed, that a very small portion of forbearance, in that stage of debate, would have prevented the discussion i altoi gelhcrrrbuTr'at-gcntfemen had thought proper to assume a different course, it had certainly become necessary that their re marks should be answered and their argu ments refuted. This had been done by the gentleman from South Carolina, in respect to the arguments which were ur ged on the other side, before he addressed the Senate. But other arguments had still been advanced, and to these, Mr. K said, he would now proceed to reply. Waiving, for the present, the constitu tional' question, he would notice the ar gument of the necessity of a caucus, a a fiarttf meature. - Now, without arguing how far a caucus could be justified on that ground, he would say that such a measure could certainly not be justified as a party measure, where only a small minority could be got to unite in it. Hrt had always understood that the very first principle of the republican party, to which he belonged, was, that a majority onlv couTd aci or "speaklbr the party, ind thisdecdiJcemfc4lob 4ple, thbt rould,t hocihk, be disregarded. But the gentlemen of the present day have conquered the difficulty that embar rassed Archimedes, when he stood a. soli tary Cotosrortr therortexxf mechanical science, he exclaimed, u Cive me a place to stand, and I'll move the world." ' tien Utitieft have Stricken from thia arntenCC the 'rfoOMo," and the article ai, and retain only thi "ton kosmon kincto." They now propose to raise the world without a. lu crum. Here Mr. K was called to order by the Chair. The Pres ident Baidrthatv in his opinion, the debate had, on the former days, assumed a much wWerrange than the atricr rule tf rder would authorize; he biroselt was not then in the. chair ; and that he conceived 'it to I ' l' j .i . .1! Tn ika jje.,.nis axuy uJv mi J4Hito.H . discussion to the precise question before the Senate. Mr. Kelly said, it was his intention to have replied to some of the opinions heretofore expressed, in debate, in favour of the meeting alluded to ; but, as the Chair had eVrMed lb i wasrotln ord-r to do to. U should lul'nlt n M d' Isiofl, and tike Ms seat ! ' . Mr. Barbour, who . h t) Chsir wnen the discussion allr. d tammei.' -4--V- -4it to tt A ' v'-e reaatms lautude to that debate tha ht been la dicaied to he proper, by tbi1 Chair, at this Ume.Ji r ) eoeswqiteftce ol hit "pe culiar situation in connectiM wth that meeting, that he had refrald frim Cal K'njlcmca to order w hi haddntro dtlcedjtsliscusiion. He consider that it was better that the liberty of dhte should be sometimes abused, than tbu it should be curuied tbe more especily, at every gentleman stood answerable k fore tbe country, for. any remarks le might make ia this 8nate. After she Upse of a few minutes, anl after another gentleman had risen tt speak, the Vice President observed, thai tne gentleman from Alabama was entities' to the floor, if be chose to progress. Mr) K. then rose, and observed, that be under stood himself to have been deprived of tht AW, by the decision of tbe Chair. Tt which the Vice Prcsklcni replied, that the merits of the questUn before the Sen- ale might be discussed, and that the gen tleman might progress. Mr. K. then ob served, that he would not stumps to rsate the decision of the Caatt i and that If be caMrtd not be permitted to reply to poli'.i- cal'Ooctrlnes preached here for home con- sumptioa, he had no wish to spesk DESULTORY. Singular MuifictnttXf&tr VeaUX, F.sq. of Philadelphia, tbe author of the Life of Anthony Beneret.a fw days since, received five hundred dolla-s from some D r sons unknown, as a mirk of rratitude for the benefit derived bv'the donor from reading the book j which ilr. Veaux, pur suant to direction, on tie 19th instant, paid over to the Provideet Society lot the Employment or the Poof. A pugilistic contest took place near Coventry, (Eng.) on the Uth February, between two persons of the name of Smith and Ellis. After a short fight, Ellis was tsken away so severely bruised that he died tht next day The British Monitor says, that the Em peror Alexander had determined to trans fei the sea of his government from St. Petersburgh to Mosrow. and hia Imperi al Ma jest r had sonified his intention iiMec.mote lorciidc. in. tfjevXornu-X-cityil Should this resolution be carried into ef feet, there can be little doubt that it is connected with some political views upon Turkey, ss the distance from Moscow to the Turkish frontier is trifling, in com parison with that from St. Petersburgh. While the ijlustpous Riego wss King in "ecnntiaLb? soldier placed as a sentinel over him, one day said," were you not in prison, I would murder you." M Were I not a prioner," replied Riege, 44 you would not dare to look me in the face." M. Clement, a French chemist, has lately invented an apparatus for the dis tillation of tea water, which produces six pounds of good fresb water by the burn ing of one pound of common coal. A sin gle still will supply five hundred pints of it daily, and distillation may be performed during the roughest weather. Ills ststed in SillimsnV Journal of Sci ence, that a Monsieur Le Roi has contri ved a new and very simple method for teaching the art of writing. A thin and perfectly transparent plate of horn, of the usual size of a leaf of paper, has the pol ish removed from one of its sides. When laid upon 1 copy, the hand of a child ea 8UyJtJltbe.lelts.,uponjhe unpolished side, tvhich ijehherabsorbs thrihkrnor allows it to spread when the whole plate is written over, the ink is washed off with water, and is ready for a new exercise. rhttsTthtnaTne-h ornrwhictr isnoriiable to break, may aerve indefinitely, and by this means produce a great economy of paper. . - In Onondago county, a abort time since, a Miss CWry, in consequence of Wt cooinen of a betrothed swain, and his subsequent breach of marriage promise, recovered dollari -a cool sum this, for baulking txurm CatpCkldUUUl. Vinegar--The vinegar manufactur. id" trr tlfthfe '"Sftesa't atasHmerits Tri Ldndon, is made from malt. Most of the. Vinegar consumed in Paris, and indeed throughout France, is extracted either from wood or potatoes. MThit Is the age of new Inventions," srs Lord Byron who must undoubtedly have had hit eye on our western world when be committed this verJulIe remark to paper. Ut, Buchanan, of Lettngten, Inventor r-- uw- u'toe with - small firrnlar tubes for boilers, whkh is now 1a ra tion in that city, la at present engaged in adsptmj hit tngteeto l Ythide iorfyi? through tht air i and relative to its pre grcsa, we find the following in a late Lex ington Publie Advertiser i "To prevent dally disappointment and interposition, it is necessary to stste, that tbe f lying Ma chine is not yet to far completed, that the tiublie curiosity can be gratified, by see ng the mode of its operation. As toon as this esc be done, notice will he given in the public prints." Well might the year in which this invention is perfected, be designated as tht " annut mrabilit." Gahnit F. r fieri men the sen tence of tbe Court, the body of Johnson, the murderer lately executed st New Yotk, was to be handed over to the Sur geons for dissecion. The curious results obtained In Europe by the aid of Galvan ism, led to similar experiments in this case. When brought Into' the room, the face wss livid and the body still warm. A owwrful Galvanic battery, under the di rection of Professor MiNcS, L, Professor C'riscora and Dr. Greenhow, was made to art on different parts of the body. The effect wss startling to the spectators. The arms snd legs were rs pidly contracted and extended, the hands clenched with violence, and a genera shivering pervaded the body. The ce brows were drawn up, and the features distorted in a snost horrible manner. The heart was laid open and seen to beat and nothing but actuil breathing was necessary to induce a heuef that the man was restored to lire. Many or the spec tators were compelled to quit tbe room. We are gratified to learn that a distin guished physician proposes giving a de tailed account of these interesting exper iments in the next number of tbe Medi cal Journal A'af. Adv. Extraordinary rote. The Indiana pa pers have contained statements, from time to time, since November 1823, ol tbe facts relative to the oosing of blood from the cheek and eye of Judge Prince's girl, ai'ed 13 years, and of tbe conversion of that blood, after it had passed the pores of the skin, into cloti, (which the obser vers term flesh.) tanilaet and bom. The testimony of such gentlemen as Doctors lihferrThoTnsoatid Deck and WiljraroraffTOff-e-BKf..;a ends Evans and Nerly, would seem to put the matter out ofdouttt. But there is fur ther evidence. About a dozen of these extraordinary productions, comprehend- ue the three seven, I substances, have been received in this city with the folio ing letter to Dr. Mitchill from Dr. Sbuler of Vinrennes Afw- Tori- fuifter. 3 tnclosed are specimeBsrof bone and cartilage, with i clot, that were taken from the girl'a face. I regret I have no more to send you. I think you will have re reived some before this time, from Gen. Evan. ' I he specimens I found are smaller than most that made their appear ance. 1 he largest of them owes its whiteness, .externally, to having been brushed, and is smoother than most of those which I saw. All the bones had some part of tbeir surface smooth but this smoothness was generally on one side. The csttilaginous substances ap pear when dry to be of two kinds; the one pile and transparent, and the other yel lowish, and more opaque, as you will find by examination. It is probable, I think, if the cartilage and bone were pro: perly analyzed, they would be found to contain a larger portion of gelatine than the regular bone of the human body ; and the yellow pieces especially to be composed principally of gelatine. The clot encjo sed is not a fair specimen, it being smal ler and of a dsrker colour-than nKt-f the others. Manjrwere bTa dusky white and of a fibrous structure. The shades of hue were various, &c. .Accept the as surance of my high esteem, 8tc." TDr.S.L.MlcfuU.n L. S. SHULER. Choosjng Sides. -A young minister received a call from two different so cieties at once, to become their pastor. One was rich, and able to give him a large salary, and well united. The other was poor, and to divided that theytad 'df i ven 'TiwYjf tfieTFuvnTiterT' In this, condition, he applied to his fa- vant, who overheard what was said, m adeTiiTepty'-?'"'' W ass a , go whe re thereof "ftW 'money y atrdhihe-iwe devil." He took the advice, and was piade the instrument of uniting a dis tracted church,. 'and converting many souls to Christ. Smelting valuable. We have seen within these two or three days, machine, invented by Mr. JWA or. mert the great a!ue of which consiatt. in the facility by which all different articles , ef foJ rc.quirjng j ujirjary pre paratlons; tr.ay le rapidly, almost io stantanewuory, prrpard . L court f aiWwtwtrf-tihanhrtt" ill simple, yet philosophical i a few dtopaof tpiritt or of alcohol, scarcely a cent of cxpeote, it sufficient to put tbe whole in operation, and beef tteakt, mutton chops, veal cutlets, eggs, ham and venison, may be got dp adapted to tbe most epicurean appetites." , . JtichmonJ Fhentx , A IIAPPf WINDING CP. We understand, that the Marine Insu rance Society ef this city, whose stocks were told at auction en Monday, will di vide at least 1 000 more than its capital. It is not every institution in these days, which is sble to divide par. An exam ple of this sort is, therefore, worthy of notice. tVcAfticma Comfiilrr. No person of a good heart under stands Christianity without wishing it to be true i and no person of a good uu,;.jnt e-r itudted its evidence, impartially, and with a sincere wish that it might be true, who did not re ally find it to. In clearing a tomb lately In Boston, the remains of a British Officer were found. It is supposed he was buried with hit clothes on, but they had all perished, ex ccpt his silk sash, which was in perfect order, and the colors b'ight. Mr. Jon RaxooLrH. The Norfolk Herald likens this gentleman's mouth to a hornets nest : he cannot open it, but out pops a sling. Hi remark on a motion to appoint a day for the adjournment of Congress, was al once original, sarcastic snd apt. " He thought it was time that every member who did not intend to rely on the fiubln cub, but feed out of his own corn-house, should go home and plant his corn." Ditintereated Live. A young lady told an old gentleman, that she was in love with his estate : 44 Take it, madam," said he, "and then you will possess two-thirds cf me, for mind you have already, and my whole being con- "O ! then," rejoined the juvenile fair, " it would be very unreasonable, sir, to rob you of all three. Pray keep your body for yourself." rXANKFOHT. XT. MARCH II. A man and woman were sentenced to be hangediaeMontgomery circuU court. We understand that the" worrisn hail been kept as the mistress of the man, and that their crime was the murder of hit wife. Trotting Match. A trotting match took place a few days since on Long Is land, between a celebrated horse called Poppet, belonging to a gentleman in Phil adelphia, but formerly owned in New York, and a mare named Betsey Bnker, the property of a young gen'leman in New York. The distance was three miles, for a purse of glOOO. The mare won the match by about 60 yards, having perform ed tbe distance in. about 9 minutes 46 se conds. We understand that tbe knowing ones came out at the little end of the horn. Alexander of Russia, with magnanimi ty uncommon to despots, hal permitted the erection, near Cracow, of a monu ment, to the memory of Kosciusko,, the fellow soldier of Washington, and the hme but uiiTOCcessjto liberties of Poland. The monument has become as much an objest of veneration to the Poles, as wax the person of the he- ioOrcspectandadmira:ion to all-ti world. Wither for d, thehrohhet This cele brated Indian warrior, who led the hostile Indians to the attack on Fort Mims in 1813, which resulted in the massacre of near 400 men, women and children ; and who afterwards voluntarily and dauntlesa- l 'flung -H im self into the the- hands of Gen. Jackson, and demanded his protec- ,!i?aidie Alabama, on xthe 9th of March last. The rumor, miblishedbv h a &w dart ago, that Mr. Wirt was about to relgn the office or attorney, general or the U. a. and that it had been tendered to Mr. Clay, has been contradicted, as far as it regards Mr. Cby. - Prtcrtburg fwfier:
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