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h T"W.tteJ,tWJ and killed hun, look hie era'p and reiilriied. Two warrior escaped, ami Lieut. Jfd iirvciing ibnir trail, pursued them to artoth wt Mlaud, about t.-ur milee distant, where tbera war ne.nher uf aquews and three or four war no re, Ou hia approach, lb Indiana hoMed bite flag, aod called to John to come up and talk ; but while be waa approaching with Lieut. Ord. he waa hut through lb thigh, and at the earn lima o uf the dragoon ( Allen) waa dangeroaaly wound ed ia the thigh, and Taracr iu the tea- A greet number t4 ball were irad at Lieut. Ord, but none Jhfj5J,a ppivclliinf,lhfl meahad Wwede abmst two mile ia water end mad opto their hips; and when thay came up. were ao much exhausted and their guns nearly all wt, that they had to re- ' tira under tha cover nf a aoiaR scrub, about four . buedre I yard distant. When CoU llanwy heard ' the firing ha eent Lieut. Rankiu and myself with tw canoe to hie saeunce, and when we pA win ta abmt a fade T Lieut. Orci, we met John all Woody, who reported that one aa killed, and lhal the were firing rapidly, and that we could not ap pruerh with our canoe.- We immediately jump ad out aad hastened fiwward a raptdlv a ww could . through the deep mud and waier. When ww got ap, Lieut. Rankin attempted to charge with hie men, but three ot them were wounded the fiiat . ftre, and he waa forced tn retire and wait the arrital of Col. Harney. The balla flew around uur heads. and tlte ladiaaa behaved with a creel deal of coul nana. Their object ft bring waa to give the squaws timeta eecip When l.4. Harney came up, wa chareed the laiaod. but thee had all eacaped from the back part, mid lakea ofl nwet of tbetr plunder. . The circumstance waa aery unfortunate to the ei pedition, aa th ludiau who eacaped cominurica ted the iiiletliuce to the other Island, and put Ikm ib-ir guard. Shortly after oar return to Chakika a island, a came waa eeen approaching with two Indians in it. Tha Colonel immediately despatched Lieut. Kaiikin with Iwocanues, te per one tbeiH ; but before he got up they! bad approach ed and Inkeo an Indian or Spaniard, who waa con crated in the high grave and hastened oft. Lieut. Rankin pursued the n cl-wly for about three mtlea and gamed n li-eui at rlowly that a rifle eaa fired ' '" b the Iiruxiie, ad i he ball named eery near Lieut. R. Unforiiuiatcly the bl dipped and the guna ail gi4 wet, and the purauit wa discouliiwed.- ta are new laving here tn give the ret. a they have al:iut all give o u, having been in but pursuit lor apteral data. Col. Ilarnev weal uul about half an bur ago after Chakika'e body, tfi'l diMroveri ig a .ul approaching, he bid b ' cannee ii the gra uuiil ihey' came up, and cap tured one aarrior, m Mpinwa and rnildree -which iiinltro uur whole nuiibtr of ki.lled and caul a red iem five. e have iuw rmeaed the long ft bled aud ui.kiton Everglade', at least aa lar aa we ran go in bate in ilite Jireciiim. 7 A large cypreta aeamp ealebd lor liiaciy n.ilca along the border, running Nonh-eii.i ami Suuib-weal the great re frt for the Indian, b-rtlie build tlirir caooea. Tina evening, the Odotiel t ad ixir two priancers i4l'ed to the top of nut ut the look out Ireea, with ti.e bidv of Clukik i by their aide. W'e jnund in f tiakika'a camp a lare quantity of plunder, con aisting of clotlia, iiorna, calwuea, reedy-nuide cloth ing, ail kiol of tmila, powder, die, ic. ; aud bad 1 an oftfMi of them, wisich amooiiied to upwardaof t"-H). The artH-tea-'were atolen Iron Indiaa Key at the time ot ttie nMacre. W'e aiau got a fine 'barge, ai d a gfrat uswi'y o! coooll. Ore. 11. Our lent or aiied a at pitched lat ii.M viiliin a uliort diMauceot the tree,ou which Ciiukika aa wiipeiWled. The night aaa beautilul, Wr- Wnxltl r-tf mlniti dlsnlMVfi m-mmtm ...... ml.b: ftf r-t "w gitihlic pmpnrf inrt9 uf this tf rat an.l mmii drUid warnwr . Hewaaid lu have haw-n I lie laru-at ludiau in Florida, and the aound of bia tery nan to have been a terror to tun triLe." We have among Ihe captivee, bia I7 roolher. ats'er and vvife.7 Ltfr ChakikaV raiand at ut l't o.l'ick thia nuirnm, and are now return. ik a far a luiaka, in a lyjuih easterly direction, wen it will change uur course to the duuth weal aud make U r il.e a. Ikr. 1 2. M rfNiiinwHour cenrto the South et uuiil we (M-d Iniaaka, when we dunged di ".. !!fjf .JS'IM Jv.ojifl.. W eatid'iSuuthTand ea- cuood at un I on an ilaad ol ahuut three arrea pewits-" eWfbla21iereFeii an hkmj ineraiao ba-ol ewj'ntoea. I he jfl-der T vba kka iolrned ua thai tttwre were tiiree Spaniarda ia tlie Eerg'ale, h aupplied the ludiina with elt iA amiMiiiitiou nie of lltein..Dutaiiigarad vTed theui ! aliark Indian Key, and ineurod their ure-ae. Parted abuuf 1 1' o'clock this mornme in a Siuth-wmi iiirciiun,aud had uot giwie more than ie miles, when ae approached a email island, oa mm we had no ioVa that I tier were Indiana, but coming ap we lou id a lare yawl hii, killed two lmJ.av meu, and iort oue so'.ae and seven children priHoM-re. Lieuten .ota Ka .kia aud Ord fc'irried un to an inland atiout two milaa diataul, here th !uit.l a gieat number of palmetto huta, ver wall ibaicliel, ai. s nainber of planiine and bauana treea, b-it the l.uliana Had r oe time ortore. T'.e huw ci-u d u.k Lnlih very well, 'and infn.r! i, that four women bad gone to an i.'and a U..ti d:t. n.ce .jj 10 d g pmaioea, and tbe C'i4oiiei arulat rgi-aiil wi'h a few toeo after tbeaw We remained un il 4 o'clock in the evening, when we aw a boy apjin aclnig, who had been Uvking; toe bueTvlaid in i;e gr? until hecaine near, wheu tney came mt at.d lik hitu without rtiiatiuce. Itt a errgeiint nuh two boat at thia inland lo wail uiiin mr women rane up, ano we are now on our way 10 toe ii-it lalaiMl, which ia l'air or 6ve nule ajittanl. The talan l haa turnt-d out to be the town Lee'. Rakm inlfd t!na uijrinug, and not more than two ir.ilea Ji- an(. Dre. 1- Tne uKri,mg haa come, aid the Ser geant returned aittiout liu(!n ; Ihe . Tbe l'olel eii Lh jUa4iit . Kai.km and O.d .heul this QCte are noa lullowiiig ma SouttM-rlv direction. Tue day u rainv and diaireeal.le. Ue arr.ved lu the eveiiio ul Miii.tder, aocre weenctuiped, aud a. pacd imh uu our uay. U't. 1.1 We have alaried again on our tur-r-v aod eirt ti reach the liesd of SiurkKivt-r tvisv, and to in-r row eel a etohl ut llm Us wter. J ..auk ll, e w.mi hsv lo- wad- to another Inemia alniw their opposm-m to this leading mea iMi.d. aMiough 'there are vev. rai in our a iie of tne coming A-i.niiiisiration and if the old f ne I .omo. u. sauit a ni ive u a cmi k U- , llrro e. n-U sipin at the helm, his forces wnI be so fire e gel ,hi, whir .Hi,d aora.v us very ii.im ii '.cHert d that he will in Vain ailen.pt tu ruua'er in our prirtiit encuiWf red ktate. This is toe ! ii.e m into sertire. H .w cbdd it be otherwise? preUiesI d .y e have (,ai.i ce tartu.g. I r,rn . J ne h-a iers of the Harnwm p:rty are known and loiavitetyedratbid p-.r Atlen,whi eaa wuuuOeJ ; ;,voeJ tVoeralWa. They have been tU undevi ie aird oo to eiciuiii' .4' the llm, and hi Hhi nng champ.ousof every Federal meauire aiuce the tnnriMng of ine IJ li a buhed ini Cbakika's ommeoraifti m i.f the reign 'f terror. Their aslaii't. Kii'i I lie li4ir of war. Iw is the !) one of our (wrty e hate lelt iu the gtadea aa )tt. JJn. IX We ieai:h-d the head V the river wLk h e Jmluuk C4!! I'.Hiia alet 4 u clock )es ter..a neomg, ai d tailed it wab three ci.rei SV have .Hue accoiiiiiaiied shnt haa never Ixs-n jo bi while mn. J Im i t Ihe rver was at rst rh-ked up anh caoe and weoda, but we had BHM III' 1 W III-., IIII1V w iwni if iipciini KII 11,1 ait Jarsuti otly into a ruid aod mmgaijle-f ivar. KUw Utiifti dow.ii lafe t fiijjr.t, twt the g-ude I eiriir Via wavT we oncamued iu uur buate aud ailed till morning, when we went aaHore on a high blufl; and got oar breakfast. Weal.all reach tb aea by 12. W have been twelve aya ana twelve Dightacrnemng. Reached the mouth of the river about half alter twelve. lt coo rue waa about weat, and empuee into the aea by two or three mouiha. The bare are very ahaJiow, and not navigable (or ateambnata. -Thia i the only outlet uf the water of the Evergladee on thia aide o the Pemn-ula. We did not remaw lung at the mouih, but rigged our aaiia aad went en abnol ei. ea aaueeond eweompadeaa point el the aeaeh t here we caught a number of opponwa, whick evened to be the only waabiUata. The aae art on the aea moat beautifully, and threw it variega ted ray a over the deuae foreat of mangrove, which bjnde the whole coant. . Dee. 16 We remained hare until abnut 13 . oVlock to-day, ami I aniuaed my vef collecting tli beauuful ahi-lla which cover the beach.' e reached Cape Sable, the nuwt aovtherq point of the Territory, about A. o'clock, and the uien am buaied M building Area and fruiing the camp. Dte. 11 Here at Cape Sable, ia tbe ail of old Fort dVunarii- MUhiuhed be Surironn General Lawaon. I he breaet-worka are aiade of aand. Tbe prospect ia very pretty, a you cio ee a number of Key to the aouthward- Chakika' wife iniorma ue that thai used lb be the great re -art of jhe Indian when on their fiihing aud turtle aicuraMNia, ' a well a anxxig the neighboring Keya. We have been laying here all day 111 the sand ; the day baa been very warm. Dee. IK Lieut. Ord and Rankin vent to, an udand yaeterday, about aeven mileo diaUul, and they have not yet returned. ' The officer have N returned, and we left tbe Cap this evening (16th,) and travelled 00 until late, when we anchored un der tbe levee of aome namelea Key, and faetened oa to ao old turtle crawl. We spent here tbe moat diMgreeable night we have bad inc start ing ; having; to sleep Mb open boats piled up with aouawa aad children, aod the wind blowing very cold from the nonhweet. However, we weathered it out, and started very early 00 the 19th, and at night, encamoed .oo Matacuuibra.in. Mght of Indian Key, where e are now encamped. ! 00 starting from the camp, Lira I. Rankin and Ord were sent ahead with the email canoe 00 a nearer track. We bear they have reached Indian . Key, a the Colonel sent a boat there last night, lie baa now gone up biajieelf lo charter a veesel.or make aome other arrangement for our conveyance to Key Bttcayne. The labor of our eipeditmn, 1 think, are over, aad we will eooa have accom pJiad tbe moat arduous, daagerow and auccesa. ful eipeditmn that haa ever been undertiken in Fl 'rid. Every thing eeemed to operate lavorably towarda ue. We invariably had a dark night to aid ue, whenever we intended to surprise an Indian camp. Dee. 20. We are now on board the sloop Reform, on her way lo Key Biec)ne. Well, we are once more safe at our putt. art et Fro) Tbe Baltimore Patriot baa tbe lollowuig abarp appeal lo Ihe people, the Federal Whig people, in reference to tbe matter of subscribing to Mr. David Hoflmau ' proposed work oh the interesting subject uf " llarnsoniao Gan oaaia,n aa etbiUtcd ia tbe political campaign ot 1S40: m Marristmana.Whi do not the people come forward aod raowriee lor Ibis work T Nut lee than three hundred subscription buoka have been forwarded ta tbe principal elites and ViUmgea u th uo H .ww aaay. judge at tnenr trow The ; iu Mihecnption book in this ct j it. moat be l-la- " tel failure rW1iy this T ""Tne plan ia highly approved The work much wanted sod the com. pner entirely competent, ten nothing but a pom erf til excitement induce the Whig of th luiuo to do themselvce a service -- . Mr. Hoffman n doubt less a very clever writer, sod would we are sure, make as good a book 00 the utyxt a tlte theme would admit ol ; but, aa we look ucraion to remark some time since, ucb a pub lication is imM in harmony With th lime. 11 may think bia uroapectus said, that the doing of Ihe thrYnefida of tienra1 llarrisoti i Th tbsXampain'" of J l . Jjjfnuo. .,5? great- alula -pwl ore, lull of subjiiulj and cbargtl with deep Mduicei wtsdom ;?- but they who composed Ihe picture, formed the la. bleau, did the sublimity and diepla)ed tbe wisdom, are heartily ashamed of the awefat operandi lo which they bad lecuui to tflt their iriumph. Thev do ixH like, evaa by word of mouib,n iu be reminaVd of bird Cider, coon skins, log cabin and lU "other brancheeof Iheir tactiqne ; and Ihey naturally shrink from lh idea of having all these things priced on enduring record, as lh Bailimor prpuaiiion contemplates. They would almost wma subscribe lor tne execution of a great uxr- ptctura, rull or sublimity, 00 the subiect ot "Oleolworihiana, illustrating tb "deeppolili- cal wiedoia ul Hripc lavwc. uul we are not opposed lo the disseaMiialion of lb work iu ques tion. Democracy desires nothing better lhau that " llarriauuiana " should be m every man' baud. It would iuruisb a leaaon that could not be other wise than fraught with lb best ehVcts for tbe fu lure. We I hereto re repeal, "Way do not ihe people come forward and subscriber Cannot HarnsowMw move, aa tbe Patriot significantly ob serves, without a M pocenul excitement VPeua (yomuaa. TROUBLES IN THE Wlfl'VU. " It ia not a Ii'tle remarkable, that while ilr. Clav ws vastirday advoeatior, wiih ill bia ability, a distrv txrtwn of tb peoce.sla of the sales of tha pobi w landa tn oaa erd ot the (ap.tol, Mr. Wue ass rtronglf op. pavin; sorb a measure in rhe other." AlddissiMea. I The Madiaian gives an ugly account of lh condition i f his pariv mi tl frweymig extracL . That the two great cbampiona of th Harriwa party, in tha iwi II aiea uf Conrem, should be at w-ir w in each other upon the mot important quee ii i ihiw under caisnlerutioii helore lhve bodies, M M rautarkabiQ' indeed II ponendia foaiful blow in up in tbe Whig eanip, or we are blind to the scenes now pawns before that bidy. Al almost i nn .iw luuh.! ..m4 .r.,.i.. ,.f Secrtar) i S-.i:e ( hat i tu b ) has been the leada erot tnal party lr. in the oVcUration of war diWn '. the prew-ot mo.iKMil ; and how can ihey expect j ite ., I ol- tinea men who have Ix en taught, from j ,Keir cradb s, to bulb and contemn every principle of Pederahain f IV. 1 . ii .-J .L.. I . 1 ; confiding men were india-ed to lake sides aeauet - xim.T: ill .711 irur.iiiu uul oi hiwh-ii iiui r the present Adiiiiuiatraiior., in the lale coiet, who lieid uul mar principle in eeipmon with ihe Harri sn patty- Mew were fcnnd ar r'yed on Ihe side of Ilcury tiny ami Diniel Wehter who alihorreJ Protective Tarifl, a Nati-nal Bank, and all those nieaiiurea, of al.icli ihf. men were the at knowl edged champion. Why waalhiat Perauae the " imbecile old man,n whom Ihey were endeavoring to fowl into the Presidency . waa lor or againal theee meamn-e iul aa the orraaion required. -To cur the support of an enemy nf the Tirio1. the "old hero" anti tariff, and vice verta, o with reirard to every other measure of public concern. (ten. Harrison was made lo wear many faces a there are point oa the corn pa as in thia way he , wee elected to the high Matioa VhMn ne is soon to oocuey. it will be remarRauie ' w truin, 11 ne shal succeed in Mtiafking all ih.e who have put their trust in bint. Stranger' thing have indeed happenedbut the age of miracle is gone, and nothing abort of a miracle can save him and hi party from the impending torra-Lyickurf (Fa.) Kepwluxt. ... TW NTV-sMXTi! CONGRESS, ' SECOND SESSION. . nousfi or represent atite& rfrdaradu. Frereary 8, 1S41. Mr. Alyoib regretted Ihe necessity for bia rising lo take part in the debate, but when he saw the conduct of bit friend ia attempting to stamp lb turning Administration with leature it ought not lo bear, be could not remain Mlenia hi seat. He fell it hi dutv to riee and say a lew word oa the subiect, because he diflered bone ly from bi friends, and had bis suspicions ss to tbe cuurs they thought proper la pursue. Yea, be would assure them that be ever euld act a aa honest man ; and Ihey might be aatured that, ao long as Ihe patriotic riiiaen of hi State honored aim witn a aval on that floor, be would speak out hia aeuli inenl. and. so fu as be wa able, do them justice. Mr. A. said H legretled the introduction of eo many topic having no manner of connection with ihe bill, whicVho did not care whether il passed or not. But ail hi vote would not turn tbe scale either way, for the sake of consistency be might give it against III bill. ' At th aim lime, now. ever, he must eiprea bia opinion that lb present state of th Treasury imperatively demanded thai somethiiuf should be done. I Bui he would repeat, that lb bill befitfo ibem had been nearly lost sight of in th debate lor no sooner wa it introduced, tbao tbe gentleman froa Ne Turk f Mr". Barnard gave notice of bia luteo lion, after moving tu sink out the enacting clause, to introduce ao amendment laying a tax 00 foreign wine, silk, and other article. - - It wa lo this fact lhal his attention bad, been fixed, and bia fear aroused. Here were suddenly developed the plana of the high tariff party of the North ; end all ihe flue, apun argument in favor of that dreadful system bad been retailed oa the floor, no doubt long ago prepared ia lb cioeet, and apun and wove in tbe elegant manufactures ot the North. Il wa IhM scheme of a high tar in in disguise, which be complained of. and be thought be aaw it at the first movement of tbe genllemau from New York, I Mr. Barnard. He, Mr. A. believed lhal coming event cast their ehadow before, and h though! be could see in this movement of the high larifl men of Ihe North, a design Iu build up Ihe manufacturing 10 teresis at the aacrific of lb rights of Ihe South Hi friend must per oil him Iu giv hi lione! opniiima, for honest he Woald be iu spile of any man or anv party. ISo party ever bad puwee la ... . . - . . - . protection itection lor ID wtanuiaciuree wouiu not oe ine " , . I. . . u. . less aeusibly fell ber use it wa sought to be introduced uodei Ihe plausible and specious pre tence of a tarin foi raising revenue. - He believed ho could foresee, under thia plausible pretext, e design to tuti educe measure- tor a- high taruT-of pMleciHio, and one of t be most oppressive charac ter that the South could possibly bear. Mr. A. I hen proceeded lo argue lhal th at tempts of Messrs. Barnard, Evans, Bell, and other, to swell Ihe expenditure of Government, were to furnish a jpr ! for N high tarift. The object .of those geiitiemen wa to me ine eapenuiiuree 01 Ooverntiieflt "hiffti aw majatbre,- that tnere Wgljt be a; plausible preluit lof a hign tana, But why ahould Ihe larifl question be agitated before there ia any iieeeniiy tor il ? This, in bis opii jea decirtedlylh worst leatura J'l lb whole business. Why did geoilemen expend sue mighty labor in attempting lo prove the existence of an enormous debt, in -order that Ihe American people might be persuaded that a high and numbly larifl wa uecessar). Th gentleman from New York Mr. Barnard had attempted In prove the existence uf a necessity for forty million, aod that il will be necessary to . n . a ft a) raise ini hrtv million oy a win. u oe, mr. A. would ask lhal geollemau, whetlieC be really believed himaelf in hi own calculation t Wa tb geotlemau really in earnest f Waa thai a proper calculation lor Ihe economical admiiiiatratnio of General Harrison f The compromise act declared that no more tariff ahould b laid than waa sufficient lu meal lh necessities of Government but here the high larifl men were marking nut an enormous Government debt for the purpuso of raising, au almighty tariff. ' lo reply to a question from Mr. W. Thompson, Mr. A. asid be condemned the past extravagance of the preeenl Administration, but now the election bad been decided, he wa nut lh man to fight dad corpse. He was sum bi fiicnit would not uapecl him ut u being friendly lu General llai ri on. I will (said Mr. A.) sustain him lu the death, and do my duly to th South, notwithstand ing all the scowling of my Northern friend. Yea, Iwillaupstrt Harrison. 1 supported biro when 7 I ""TT " " """ l"i! a ,,',r,'!:i " m, !t nkinH laatarda mw ennalUiMiila. Itwiaai he bad but le him now. Were unjust and unkind toward my constaoents, Ihoea aoble fellow of Georgia, who look the had, aod went ahead iu llii buainea. After aufue further remark nf Ihe above nature Mr. A. again adverted to tbe atrange calculatvnne of ni Northeru frieuda, who had attempted lo prov i.t existence uf n great national deut aa a pretext fur a high tanUr He begged thrin to make their calculation over again, and see if they were uot little mistaken. Il waa hi firm belief lhal there waa no necessity for anv larifl si all al thia Inn fur raiainif rvaaiui. Where, then, wa the cause fur tlx. labored ! rgumenl. of gentlemen to show this necessity for I raising forty millions. Wa lh neceaeilv luowled ' in fact f No.it was not. The whole of il w1 founled oa th manufacturing iiiiereat of tli North. : Waa not that Ihe real and plum truth I Had not Ihe whule scheme, and ihe arguments, been fun, wove, reelod, and dyad in lh elegant naiuufaclurie at Ihe North f ' Yes, they might depend upon it, that this whole scheme f ahoeing an normoua debt, waa of Northern manufacture. The texture ws heaulilul, but he would warn hi Southern friends In take bead in lime, and nhl eufler them - selves lu be caught iu its hne'spoiTaeh. Aa for himself, the might rest assured that ha would nr. a. we. Procwwew. "w?,..- -th- toid--hiw thai ihiawnutr never U ntrM fntn t.c rtut" nf 1T.0 mnv.j. Al thouji he rrnpreicd hi Noitlin Irn-hils, atid uove them c.eilit lor inel motive. W C"a not aurrtmli-r hi jtiilpipfciit in n "crs whom h clearly fore-ee the inu rrsl of lh oulh imit sufltr. II ol.jecl was lo aland up nd to et for the South, the Inirenl portion of liie world, which waa once blooming like the gnrdn id Kden Iwfore ita field were deatroyed by lh opprea-iv Uriff law. ... renl on lo how mat wis lonji. , nied by lh North for buildird .1.... i,i.i,n..M harbors. fortihcatioTW. etc muv - IIKIfl tipjiiitf."-w " J I t however that be wa agatiwt a proper uieij deleoce, mr he helieved that lb awly wy id- pre venting hietilitiee wa to make a now 01 ngtu. Ha knew that from experience i for lie had been saved many drubbing by an apparent willingness Mr. A. then alluded lo a former apecch on the ; Canadian border troubles, and aaid lhal now, a well a than, he would urge a. proper display 01 determination on our pari to repel lh aggression of the British lion, if we did lhal, there would be no fer and if awr the Bntiah lion of Vlueen Ticloria should com roaring to the Fall of Niagara, b would there find tbe American Eagle littine? in maieatv. at Hie siuhl of which, be would cast himaelf down that mighty cataract, howling in despair. . - - Mr. A. Main repeated hi warning lo hit friend of In South in relation In the tariff web, which wa thu weaving to catch them. They might depend thai thia proposition for a lartfl on wines and ailka al thia lime wa a ruinous thing. Mr. A. then proceeded lo contend that it wa perfectly just and reasonable to afloid the present Administration all the assistance it required. As for the calculations of gentlemen to show bow much wa owing, they amounted to nothing, for their could b no premises on which lo fund such calculatiiwa. Tim only enuld show how much waa oa ing. Th chairman of the .Committee of Wave and Mean bad naked only for fiv million, nd the Administration contended that thia wa all they needed. But I here waa oma dillen-nce between this hv millions, and ttie orfjr miiaoar soughLJo be mad out by lb gentleman from New York IMr. Barnard. II- (Mr. A.) must be permitted to ay, lbl h did believe thia movement oa Ihe part of bia Northern friend, waa all a bosi lo lores' a II 1h coming Administration, and to ay that Van Buren went out of power with a debt of forty million, lo show the necessity of a high larifl. . The gentleman from leuneesee Mt. Bell J bad Contended that laia forty millions must be paid immediately by a tat 00 wine end silks. Now lli bonorabl chairman of lh Indiao Cnmmitte spoke like one having authority ; yea, just if lb robes of office were already bangiag from bia shoulder. As-lo that, b(Mr. A.) bad out the smallest objection, for he hoped hi friend would get an cfnee- And, continued Mr. A. all who ar in favor of thai will say H ay.M Laughlar But according to lh statement of ibel gentleman, and lhal of the gaoilemau from New York together, th amount required lor lh coming Administration wa awellrd ia e hundred and fweaf wdlltona I Ureal God I said Mr. A, what a aiat ol Hung! and all lo show the necessity of a mighty Tar id. H then proceeded 10 sipress his opinion that this deecripttoo nf thing had been meaaiagly' and purposely brought about by the gentleman from New York I there could be no question of il. He called on his colleagues from Georgia now tu re--Mur was 1 he nod told them, when this pr po- ..isiiiou ui ine imnnu i ni. laiwrai wi itiou of lh tentleoiaa fMr. Baroardl wee first , . . ... . ... opan the discussion, and what would b the open Ihe disrussiua, and what would D the conse- enceeof it. ... . - . . Altar mow further remerk, Mr A. drew a glowing ptctureas to what must be th consequent ce oljhia larifl measure to the ooulh. Here w a sum ot a nuiuireo ana iweniy million, euugni io be proved a required by Ihe coming Adiiuniatra. lion, and Ihe mineof raising ,1 w. tu plac a tax upon luxuries. II appealed lo the larifl men of 1828, who laid a lax upon tha poor men's mil, hi sugar and molasaea, and who ground hi const it u-. fhttlblolh dust, as to whether they were now ocem.,4iM,rof they were now sincere, he would go wuh them m what wa. righl i but be o.u.1 lell them lhal he looked upon them with a suspicious eve. After giving hi view m detail on the poljcy". Z.rrllM lZi U!JLtf.aMLiipi 'puraued towards the South in relation lu the tariff, Ol M . . ; J . L . 1 ... .nr. A. aaia inai il waa not ma niioiinni o i-uipi silk from taxation ; but this) wat Ihe wrong time ; il waa bad policy to introduce the subject now. The movers in tine matter know very well that the arheme could not he pushed through at the present seaeioo, and if it could, it would not sfl-.rd relief in time. , W bat then was the object ! Why it wa to forestall public opinion tu show the overwhelming necessity of high tariff, and to bring it down upon them at the called session. This wa Iru a Holy Writ. Mr. A. proceeded lo argue that the proper course would b lo leave lh larifl question until lh regular session of Congress, when the people of the South would come up lo it like men, and oljecl lo no reasonable plan for raising revenue to meet the wants of the Government. He then referred to Ihe plao for a distribution of Ihe public lands, and maintained that il waa only s gilded bail. It was a ptan lo abstract om mil lion! Irom the revenue. It waa a secret pulling ol the wire by ihe tariff men before General Hunt m came into power. A lo lh wanta of Government, ii waa hi opi nion that Ihe pr ul duties on import would be smply sufficient lo meet the a ants of the enmtng Administration; for the election of Harrison had infuNed lil and cooHJenc every whr, and from .11 pearhcce there would no lch of mean. eluded bv warning Ins friends .g'.., a cello O "... A. giiiiiat a called sessimi. lie reminded Ihem that a cmiim session was Ihe cause of Ihe downfall nf Mr. Van Bgren, and he feared such a course would have the same effect on th fortune of General Harrison. Il waa lately Mated by Ihe Baltimore American, a Whig' paper, thai Thomas Karlo nl PhilaiUI phia who waa nomiiiateil ia thn Alxilition coiult data for Vice Pre-ident, voird at th recent lec- lion, for Mr. Van Buren. Mr. hnrle haa thought proper lo come out in denial, and declare that Mr. Proper l Vm BT9n " eo"wi ,ha uh,!C' ' ,l"wJf h" ,urh' ,hit U euWlho1 b.V any mean, in ac e',rdB,K! "h lnw principles, g him "PP--Pen. .We. . 6lreisaWi. W lately mentioned two imixir. I tent and fully successfully operations, by Dr. II. H. i Tnland, nf Columlaa, for Sttab amua, or, aa it ii more commonly termed, Simjiiting, or Cmsa eyes, . Since then, we learn that Dr. 'I. ha nperaed in j three or four more caws, nmatly very sgravaled ; ones, and in all, a iih cnal and complete soccrsa ' totally removing all vestige of the obliquity und that he haa live or tux moie cos wailing, which h hra ihnughl V prhdam m defer neerttina oi unfit Ihe wrnlhrr l)crrfr.C!i imrc f ivorj'Uf , t are gratitVd to find thut mnri.li nee is so m,,; advancing in thin new and deeply imnoHuni ? rpmcnl of Surgical ackmc Knd fnm Ww, ' have senn ol it, we I ei no heHnlion m ttnurinu ku afilirlfd with lh deformity in q-MMtion, Imif,,, severely, nd disposed l avail .ihmaelv experieuc and acknnwkdged -urfi.-e.) skill of I), Toland, lhal thev may eaUv exneel cnmnlaiasa. .1. ' i.e.. . r- pia Cess, in inr rrmmai in 11. ncwHS l-nrounta WESTERN CAROLINIAN. 0A3.2i323I?31Y. JEST, 0.: Friday, Fcbraary 19, 1911, MR ALFORD'S REMARKS. I Th remarks of Mr. Alford of Georgia ao tki r Treasury Note Rill, alluded to in our last, aod which w this week publish, eonlaia mailer of grav and aerioua coomderalioa for all parties n he South, but especially doe it become th Whig lo pornler them calmly ami well. The Whig party, to called, have not gone into powerthey have not ' attempted, or in (act had lime or opportunity le co operate ia any measure of public iolerf, as a dominant party, yet at Ihe very Man, In tb preliminary developement of lh polky; ioteodsd hereafter lo be pursued, we c them foiling out among themselves, aod differing a wide a tt poles. The old Federal party o the North ar breaking ground lor high Tariff, w NationnF debt, and all their cherished erhen.es for plunder, ing lh South, and cubaoluJalitig the power of Ilia General Governinant. Tl.r i resisted by (W Southern W hig, aud a rupture take plan at once -la this out what was faemn and predicted by the Democratai What berur waa to be expected fioni Clay, Webster and Co. t What hi th South to look rur from Iheir Adminitlfaliou f . No thing but oppression. They ilwiya lar tn opposed to ber interest, and alwaye will be. Measr. Wis and Alford were among the arliel and must tealous tupportrrs of Harrison in their . Staiak, but tliey have been cousrrained to come out in open and strong rondcuuiatioa of lh policy 'avowed by their Northern, allies, the ecknowU dged leadeia sf the party. Thy begin to are ' t bitter fruit of a coalition-wiih llartdrd Con. ' ventiwi Psderalists aud Tanfbiea, when il ia too I late. Tby llod lknailve lo 1 bridled, addled and mouutod by tli Knrtbeni Whig Mr. " Jertsraooiaa Republican " Webstar, and we repeatedly defeefctd TariOit CIy,XM tuu the Democratic Admiuavlratiiaa down, aud now that V . thia is accomplished, the In I will Ua kept in- Ibeif I mouth, and tb aauUle urn lUt becks, and 11 - Ih kick, up aevet w eauch at the epwr ppTitu'"'"' M by lhu gidersr4t.wilt eva4-vnhing nhey aw 1 ' bear th burden whether irwv will . iu. C.r a , . , ' ' - UmeatloMl. s I U ft il M aa.a. e.e . I Mt- orji oeet nie nonhera Uie some herd - knock M ihe course of hi remarks, and' boldly ' jenuunces Ihsif ; fe hemes f..f U?aiont frm Suulb " ,r. Whig opptwilioo lo ihe ceurary notwilh. : . , ' ... . i " K,tr l"f Mr taJ bf,b"y wtribiiitie bill will be peed, and the South will be loaded with new . 3 uxes fur tb benefit of Northern mt.l)faclaifr7' , . J The rmt impmunt new. . W ,Ut tf ,,K,'hpr ,wnk U'PC'"" 'mid Nste Il..k, resoinpion raw oajs unill 11 burrowed mcM I weie exlisusied, was compelled, whre begging could t effect no lurther losas, to knock under aad wvpend ; again. This w totliing more tha what tu aa jticipttfd and ei pected. Few. stlieee tkat the rotten and staggering Cuncrra tU be long propped I up, and sure enou.h, the final crash hu come. Ail lh j other PLiUdelphia Oanka, by no mesas loth, it awj I . i preauined, have Mlowed suit, srxl cloxd t ir vaults i aue tbosv of Watand, and fome, if i all, of the Vir ginia I nrt nations, ml we presume, thee ol this State Hum fcw the beginning sf tli llarVisua reluri"-lbt the glia-ious dsvs ol nstnred ew filf nee. area-, aad provperity that were to dean on Hi country asKoa a ' OM Tip" wss elected PieauJcni. "Theworkgoe liravely on." - Time " hsve been d-n.iaatly geUwg no better ti. What sat son llarrisne) Wkurs bow many of the promtaes uf tbe bard cider orators, bat b-en, or are in prospect of being tariffed t fW ber i the change for the better the premised whet the abundance of money that wss lo flood th country long jo I Have any of ynu area tt ? AVw Ihmpihirt -Conduct of u Nortmtn Dt- mocmhe Mure. An able and admirable report haa been mad in Ihe New Hampshire Legislature, by Mr. .Baker Chairman of Hie Judiciary Com- mute on lh subject 'of the Maine and Georgia mntrnvemy, and referring in that now eiiilitg between Virjji'ita and New York. Il defends in no hell' way rnaniM r the right of Ihe two Souihera Nl-itca, to demand ilia offenders clisrged wiih a vi olation nf iheir laws, by negro .'.eeling, and insists Umn the plain duty of Maine and New York to liver them up. Any nther view nf lha ul jo," ss)t the i port, il erem lo Ihem wild annihilate lh right which have been solemnly guarantied lo tt Statea by the Federal Conatilulion.H The Committee iu conclusion recommended th adoption o the following resolutions, which pau' the House by a vol nf 1 12 to 27. " W'sorsfrf, fie .Vaf end oa of Rrnrtunlt' rises. That the Crtifliliittnn of th United Su'ii mis entahlmlied by the pe pie of tha Mute- respect il.f. the pi-ople of each hute acting in their loverein cs psciiy. ss a part) -to the compart. " Aad U it furiht RinlteJ, That the Federal Government is limited in it- junsdie kin, but wi'nin its appropriate sphere parsinount lu Hie authority ol th States. . . And I it furlkff Rftnlvrd, TUt such Slslo H v'ereign within it i,wn terniory, exc-pt so fsr ss ih wivi-reignly msr be sbiidyed by the delegation of p-i-rasiieeifieil in the Peilcrsl f'niistilulHin. '. 41- f Wwfrrv,.TIixt h th t!u Ct 77 7 T J 'Ne'-"" err V avw
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