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15 8 ft POLITICAL. v From the Oxford Mercury. TO THE Hon. BEDFORD BROWN No. 5. Sir : Considerable time has intervened since we temporarily-discWinued out friendly corres pondence: during which time my opportunities for ascertaining public political sentiment have ,been considerable. I can, therefore, safely re. affirm, the correctness of two positions heretofore laid down, viz :. that your late session is beyond all parallel unpopular, and it; has warned the peo ple not again to lev your principles triumph in State ox National Government Some of your most incorrigible men, it is true will still contend that all was done which the nature of things would permit; and yet these very men arc hold ing meetings in the country to consult the inter est of the common weal. A friend in Oras has turned my attention to a notice stuck up in his store by the son of a quondam famous loeo foco member of Congress : in which notice the people are solicited to meet at 2 time and place therein named, to consult (in the language of the notice) the best interest of the country." Now, sir, this meeting must beyntended for one of two things ; it is either to consult the best in terest of the country," or it is to dovise ways and means to avert public indignation and prepare for your members a shelter, a house of refuge, in ingenious excuses, ambiguous quibbles, and cun ning subterfuges from the gathering storm. If it be for the first alleged purpose, and wa ought to suppose it is, does it not strike you as rather late and unseasonable. Why were not the best in terests of the country consulted at the proper place and time; and if nothing could be done then, by those especially delegated for that purpose and clothed with all the necessary powers, how can good be effected by a neighborhood inecting of private individuals i See how thess men con found themselves by the words of their own mouths; they could not 'benefit, the people by Legislative enactments, but they call them to gether in private meetings to be relieved, aided and edified by futile speeches and powerless re- - solutions. But doubtless this meeting, as all similar ones, is for the latter purpose mentioned -above, and if so, it is still more useless. I do as- J sure you, the people need no learned commen taries and voluminous glossaries to enable them to understand the Text of Democracy as lately reached and practised. It is writea in plain anguage, comprehensible to the dullest under standing; and no jesuitical casuistries, interpola tions, and double readings, will ever cause the plain, blunt'eommon sense of the community to stumble at its meaning Sir, when good is done lis we always feel, it, and need no long, refined and profound argument to convince us that we are benefitted. And though Peter, in the ever memorable history of a Tub, might persuade his 'Unsophisticated brothers that they. were eating fish,-when devouring coarse bread, his modern followers will find their subjects not so imagina tive as to be persuaded that good and evil are mere abstractions, and tha empty cribs are Clied w.th corn and a. writ of execution a messenger of plenty. But to proceed with our investigation of your late career. You are aware that the agrar ian and revolutionary tendency of your party's doctrines, when permitted to rear their heads above opposition or controul, has brought upon you the title of destructives : a title which Mis sissippi repudiation, the disgracing of the broad seal of the sovereign State of New Jersey, the refusal to elect 'United States Senators in Ten nessee, and the civil wars and insurrections against the Constitutional authorities in Rhode Island, would seem to render most appropriate and becoming. According to the usual course of the Democracy, however, where these things are unpopular, they are struck from the Text-book ; affording a most striking resemblance herein to the doctrines and practices of the ancient Ro mish Church, which were accommodated to all places and persons with remarkable tact and iu genuity ; those doctrines which were heterodox in one place being held to be obsolete there, and no longer a part of the creed. So wo find this great wonder of modern times, Locofocoism, changing its chamelion hues to suit the colour of surrounding sentiment and adopting ita phase to the fancy of every beholder. But let ise tell you, it is impossible longef to humbug the peo ple by such devices ; they believe all those prin ciples practised on by the party in different sec tions, are part and parcel of the general creed ; and in this belief they, are- confirmed by your own course,- even while engaged in denying their authority. Of what avail is it that you effect a holy horror of the Rhode Island w.irs and other anarchising proceeding?, when you are yourselves setting examples of similar recklersness ! Do you recollect the crusade against the Banks at your late session? And are you fully aware of the tremendous consequences which would "re sult from certain positions laid down during that crusade 1 I sincerely trust that now, after the heat of conflict has cooled andj time for sober 1 reflection afforded, you are heartily ashamed of your course, and astounded at the thought of the awful precipice on which you were standing. If I recollect aright an effort was made to pass . 1 ,.if . . 1-, r . iw, acGwuing 10 wnicn, upon tne suspension of a Bank, its charter was to be forfeited and its effects confiscated, without a trial, judge or jury. This, sir, if you have ever read the Constitution of the United States, you must know is in direct ' conflict with that clause which expressly declares that no bill of attainder shall be passed :" it is at war with the clause which forbids the passing of a law impairing the obligation of contracts"; and is. besides, solemnly ' asserting a principle, ccordihg to which the tenure of a large portion 4 of the property of the State, would become cx ceedly precarious and uncertain, depending en tirely on the will of a majority of the Legislature. The principle, if I understand it, is this: after the Legislature has incorporated a company of menendowed it With certain privileges, a future Legislature may destroy its charier and confis cate its effects, for any act by it made penal. Now, sir, carry this principle out and where would it stop? There is a va.it portion of the lands of North Carolina, the titles! of which are traceable back to a gift.from the State; and if your principle bo carried out, the Assembly may at anytime revoke tho gift, and thousands of inno cent purchasers and inheritors would be divested of their estates without any equivalent and with " EUt e?,etf tue form trial. The same may also be said of negro property ; this too might be swept away y legislative edicts, and soon we .would be in a state of anarchy and confusion, compared to which the civil wars in Rhode. Island were mew child 3 play. Immense numbers of purcha sers for a valuable consideration would find their W8.,ar'8lllnf?by a Hede"8 of dative magic ; the whore property ol the country would EfjtJT !itlG8 and without owners ; society would te broken t up, and wild Anarch would" reign wer the chaotie mass, while the wretched subjects of her rule might well turn -their eyes to the Russian Despotism or the bar " , v uu Algiers, as a happy Asylum, a country of Laws, even tho they were .severe and Tyrannous. ; It is matter for sincere gratitude in every holder of property in the State that a measure of such fearful import was check ed at once ; wd while all are praising with deep nl heart-felt emotions the efforts of those patriots 'rinS'2BiWtlia monter ak rcmem- oering withbitterneBs and reproaches, the authors WaStX? m' Heed, congratulate SS? ?rl? you haTe ne " little f and I do ti&$J.ih msmorV of. the - .. " e cnerisnea ty the people sf North Carolina, and handed down to their chil dren and their children's children, to warn arid in struct them.' Can you now, sir, deny your right to the title of Destructives ? Can you see aught of difference between your quixotic war on cor porations, "and the assaults in ther parts on ether institutions of the country 1 Are they not all the brood of the same dim; mischievous spirits, Bpewed out of'the same great beast, and scat tered through society, attacking every wholesome law, blaspheming every sacred maxim, and stir ring the bitterness and call of human nature, se: ting man against man, and dividing houses against themselves J Sir, yeni are a man of much philo sophic leisure, bein? new, by the kindness of your friends, entirely disburdened of the weight of Government affair, and let rue ask you, has it not occurred to you that all portions of Socie ty are - Parts of the same stupendous whole all made by the Wise Governor of the Universe dependant on each other, and intended therefore to dwell together in harmony, as members of the same family, mutually aiding and comforting each ther? If so, does it not follow that it is our duty, as well as our interest, to weed out all causes of discord, curb every feeling of hostility, and care fully encourage and cultivate charity, concord and social feeling? If in the shades of retirement you have discovered theee great principles in the social Economy of Nature, what is your opinion of those who.proclaim war against them : whose study and aim is to array the classes against each other, turn to wormwood the milk of human kind ness, sever the social ligaments that bind us to gether and make us all beasts of prey, hunting down and devouring each other? How would you characterise the vocation of those whose bent and desire are to harrow up all the fier.-e impul ses of our niture and lash the passions into furi ous strife, that on the angry surge that sweeps away the fabrics of law and order, they might ride into power ? Are cot such men the pests of society, and odious to' every well-wisher of our race ? Now what was the sum and substance of all the wrath and fury expended at our last Legis-. lati.rs on the Democratic side: of all the speeches preambles and resolutions ? They, were all the offspring of th.it spirit of strife and discord, so much opposed to good government ; they all had a tendency to set the various classes and inter ests of the country, in an attitude of hostility ; to awaken and foster dangerous prejudices, a:id en gender distrust and hatred. Are you not now satisfied thai here, as elsewhere, y6ur party are Destructives ? I recommend you to think over these" things, at your leisure, and ponder thorn well ; th? effort will, at least, occasion a momen tary forgetfuluess of defeat and blasted ambition. GRANVILLE. HENRY CLAY AT VICKSBURG. The welcome tendered to Mr. Clay, on the occasion of his recent visit to Vicksburg, Mis3., was given in the following terms by the Hon. S-. S. Pkentus : Mb. Clay : On behalf of the public authori ties and citizens of Vicksburg, I bid you a hearty welcome to our city. We arc much gratified that on your return home, you have afforded us tha opportunity. of exchanm? salutations and offering to you those assurances of respect and regard which we were able, only in part, to ten der, on the occasion of your former momentary visit. No portion of your fellow-citizens have a higher admiration for your character, or a truer appreciation of your public services, than those in whose name I now address you. We behold in your reputation one of the richest jewels of the nation, which needs no setting off of office to exhibit its rare brilliancy and value. Your philanthropy has embraced in its benevolent grasp the cause of human happiness throughout the world ; your eloquent breath fanned the flame of liberty as it burst forth, simultaneously, in two continents. Along the classic shores of Greece, the vic tory of freedom "Siill mingles in 1 1 Is grateful lay, Bozzarris with the name of Clay;" and among the mighty volcanoes of the new world, even in the tops of the Andes, your fame has built for itself a nest by the side of the eagle's. But your philanthrophy has not destroyed your patriotism. You have never forgotten, in your regard for other lands, that you had a country of your own. It is your true patriotic devotion to that country which, more than aught else, chal lenges cur esteem and admiration. Beyond any other statesman, you have discarded local prejudices and sectional feelings. Your heart is entirely and thoroughly American, and your aim hs ever been the advancement of the interest and glory of the whole Republic. It would, perhaps, be out of place, on this oc casion, to go into a recital of the eminent public services you have rendered, in the councils of the nation, during your long And splendid career. But I cannot refrain from snying that I consi der one of the greatest benefits you have con ferred upon tho coiHitry, to be the example you have furnished of what uny bo achieved under cur institutions by the exercise of a patriotic ambition. Young men, as they read your history, and trace you, from the poor boy leaving his Vir ginia home to seek fame and fortune in the fo rests of the West, to the mighty statesman, upon whose words "listening Senates hang entranced," will feel their breasts swell with new and strange emotion, and a noble emulation will urge them thenceforward, to imitate the example of Henry Clay. The highest reward of the patriot is tho es teem and regard of his countrymen. This re ward you are now enjoying station cannot com mand it ; wealth cannot purchase it. The spon taneous tribute which has just been rendered to your character by men of all parties, fills the measure of public honor. Even that high seat which millions eagerly desire you to oc cupy, would not add one cubit to that stature of your fame. Think not this is adulation. It is r.o less the interest than tho duty of every country to ac knowledge public worth, and we are proud jn presenting Usury Clay to our brothers and sons as an example for their imitation, and to the world as a noble specimen of an American Statesman. A large portion of those who surround you trust your public services are not yet completed; and that, as the first man in their regard, you may soon occupy the first place in their gift They still exclaim with hope and confidence "Aye itanl erect, the cloud is broken, Above lliee lenls the rainbew token; The shadow of thine onward waf I brightening into perfect day. And thou art still, as thou bast been. The hopeond trust of patriot men." Permit me now, sir, to conclude my pleasant duty, and, in, the name of that portion of your fellow-citizens, who have deputed me, to bid you again a cordial welcome, and I know T express the sentiment cf this entire assemblage in adding our nriited wish, that your days may be long in tho land, and that a serene and happy old age may crown youc useful and honorable life. PRESERVED MILK. Some oaehAB been bottling milk in Char! es- an,etrushion by which it is preserved for months as pure as when fresh from the udder The Editor of tho "Charleston Courier" has been complimented with a bottle more than a month ow, which he praises for being pure, and sweet iod ,0il,8a TaIble,one M those who go down to the seam ships.' v CONGRESSIONAL. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CLO-.- SING SCENE, MARCH 3d. 1843. Mr. Mediil. I move that this House do now adjourn. It is 12 o'clock. A voice : " Behold how brightly breaks the j morninr Though bleak our lot cur hearts are warm." . . . Such was the fact -for, as Mr. Medill spoke, the finger of the clock had ranged quickly, but perceptibly, pist the midnight index and the symptoms of collapse which had for half an hour past been stealthily progressing, became now ap- hv the Repor ter to entertain conscientious scruples as to the constitutional power of the House to sit aner oi uib nouie, or a motion ;o reconsioer, . ul. . twelve o'clock, had put on their outer garments, The House is doing nothing ; ray colleague (Mr. and were standing as if in the attitude of depar- Marshall) wishes to say a lew words about mat ture : vet, at the same time, straining their eye in j ters and things in general I hope the House looks towards the centra doer, in expectation ot what of th nirht" rmVhteome from the cn- ate. The tale, iudeed, was told, and it was miu ifest that the vitality of the 27th Congress had fled forever. But still the Hall was extremely crowded. Mr. Bccson insisted on his motion to suspend the rules, that he might offer a resolutions And the question being ultimately taken, the rules were not suspended, and tho resolution was not received. Mr. Bowne (objection being made) moved a suspension of the rules, to enable him to offer a re solution providing for the payment of $100, extra compensation, to each of the paes of the House. Mr. Smith of Virginia, and Mr. Underwood as ked the yeas and nays, which were ordered. Whereupon Mr. B. withdrew his motion. The signs and symptoms of a progressive break ing up were, in the interval, on the increase. An animated discussion was taking place on the left of the Chair, (in that part of the Hall com monly known as Sleepy Hollow,) several mem bers engaged in a point of controversy which they agreed finally to submit to the Chair, but of the mer.ts ot which the Keportercould lorm nodennire idea, until the difficulty was developed in the ques tion, what ancient philosopher it was that had bat tered down the wr.Us of Jericho with a ram's horn 1 The Chair stated that there was no rule of the House which made it the imperative duty of ita presiding officer to answer historical in terrogatories of this description ; and it would be obvious to every candid mind, if such an ob ligation ex!stet!.that the attainments indisnen- snhlp tn"thn flnmlrr unnld take no less a raiKT than the whale cycle of human knowledge and acquirements. The Chair was enabled to state, however, that gentlemen were mistaken, in sup posing that the walls of Jericho h-d actually been batterjed down, physically cr bodily, with a ram's horn; the real state of facts being that, on a preconcerted signal ana L-v supernatural agency, tha walls of Jericho foil down before the blast of trumpet's made out of ram's horns, thus securing one . of the most extraordinary vic tories recorded in the annals of the human race. This explanation appeared 8tisf-cory. And thee was a pause in the official move ments of the House for a minute and a half. A member, (supposed to be Mr. Levy, of Florida,) alked leave to offer a resolution, cal ling upon he Department to report at the next session of jCongress as to the necessity of the establishment of marine hospitals at Key West and Apalachicola. Objections were made. Mr. Mallory (pointing to the clock,) submit ted that, , it being past 12 o'clock, all motions relating to business were out of order. The Chair (now -again occupied by its res pected incumbent) was understood so to decide ; (but subsequently qualified the decision in the manner hereafter stated.) Mr. Green of Kentucky, asked leave to offer a resolution, the object of which (so far as the Reporter could hear) was to provide for the pay ment of $50 extra to the laborers on the public grounds. , Objections were made. Mr. Green moved a suspension of the rules. The Speaker. The hour of 12 having arrived, no new resolution, in the opinion of the Chair, iB in order.; So the resolution was. not received. Mr. Thomas F. Marshall took the floor, and addressed the Speaker. Mr. Adams, (addressed the Chair simultane ously.) Has a notice been received of the sig nature of the President to the Civil aud Diplo matic Appropriation bill The Speaker. The bill is now before the Pre sident. Mr. Marshall. I move that there be printed, for the use of the House at large, 30,000 copies, in addition to what have already been ordered, of th report mde by the gentleman from Ma ryland (Mr. W. C. Johnson) on the subject of advancing the credit of the National Government to the States of this Union, in order to aid them in the discharge of their obligations. Loud cries to order, mingled with u hear him, hear him," "all out of order," &c Mr. Marshall. I will not do any thin out of order. J A Member. Then withdraw your motiert. The Speaker. If objection b made, the mo tion of the gentleman is not in order, and cannot be entertained. Mr. Weller. I object Mr. Cave Johnson. And I object. The Speaker. Then the motion cannot bs re ceived. Mr. Marshall. That is a very imDortant Pre cedent to be established on the subject. At the extra session, on the last night, I moved the printing of 10,000 extra copies of the President's .message, and i argued that motion at great length ; and both the motion and the argument were considered in order. The Speaker. By general consent they were so on. that occasion, and the same course will be in order now, if no objection is made. Cries of " go on get off hear him order too late." The Speaker. Objection is certainly made in ocvcru quarters oi tne House. The motion not in order. Mr. Marshall. I move a call of the House. tlmt in order 1 IS Loud objections were aaain rafaed Wrr tKo opaKer had responded. Mr. Marshall. I should like to know exact jy what condition I am in. Does the Sneaker uct iue max, aner tne hour of lU,lhia is no House at all. The Speaker. No ; I have not so decided The gentleman can move a call of the House. Mr. Marshall. And give my reason 1 The Speaker. The gentleman can move a call of the House, or he can move a reconsideration o. any vote that has been taken where he voted with the majority. Mr. Marshall. Does the Chair decide that my motion to print an extra number of copies cf the report I have named is out of order, because that TOotwrn was made by me bona fibs, and I wish to ay something upon it 1 The Speaker. Under the rules of the House, such a motion reouirea nno dot,. i J , . . J m "WMVC, UUICS9 d.spensed with by general consect. There is no such consent in the present instance, for the Speaker hears half a dozen members objectinff. Mr. Marshall with the remark that he would submit cheerfully to rules of order, tpok his seat I here was aarain a nana- in th tmi -.. enntra distinguished from of the Hptug, which was first broken by the in quiry of . ' Mr. Morgan, (addressing the Chair;) Has the morning hour expired ? If so, J call for the or ders of the day. Roars of laughter. The Speaker. There is at present nothing on the' orders of the day of this House. A voice : 4 My uncle, my uncle, ho had a car buncle cn the end of his nose."l ! Mr.Athertou Irere handed to the Reporter the following notice of a report, which Mr. A. stated ! he had made : j Mr. Atherton from the Committee of Ways j and Means, made an unfavorable report on the i petition oY Amos Wade, praying for remission ; of duties. Mr. Andrews, of Kentucky. The Chair, I un- j derstand, has decided that no motion except a call wul hear him. i Ureat con fusion and conflicting expressions of opinions, for and against the sujrurestion.l Mr. Andrews. I move that my colleague have leave to proceed. Several voices wetr? heard calling with great earnestness on Mr. Briggs to address the House. . Mr. Marshall. I am not particularly pressing on this matter of making a speech. I withdraw my application altogether, and I request my col league not to press it , Mr. Andrews. I certainly will .no. I made the motion in good faith, being myself anxious to h?ar my colleague. Mr. Marshall. I thank you ; but I do not wish to proceed. There was again a pause, which was first ia terrupted by Mr. Dawson, of Louisiana, who sub mitted a motion in regard to a bill of which the Reporter could hear nothing,,except the decision of the Speaker that it might be taken up by gen eral consent and only so. Objections were made. Mr. Underwood. I, for one, cannot consent to perform any more legislative business. I regard the functions of this House as having terminated, for all legislative purposes, at 12 o'clock, and I remain here simply to keep an eye on what is go ing on, and to see, so far as it may be in tny pow er, that no mischief is done. The Speaker to Mr. Dawson. The bill cannot be taken up. It is objected to. The Speaker, in answer to some inquiries or suggestions, stated that the house had already pssaed a resolution informing the President and the Senate that it had no further business to transact T.- tr i n : . i u nuuse was uccouiing inin ana impatient. ' Mr. Smith, of Virginia. I suggest that another message should be sent I do not wish to sit here ail night The Speaker. It would be very unusual to send a second message. Mr. Smith. It is very unusual to keep us hore in this way. a . . - A . 1 a 1 Ml Dir. uoiis. Are mere not yet some Bins which have not received the signature of the Ex ecutive. . The Speaker. There are bills of this House yet to be returned, sir. Mr. Weller called up a motion heretofore made to reconsider the vote on the passage of the bill for the relief of the sureties of Samuel Swartwout. Mr. Stanly objscted. Debate must arise "on that motion. , Mr. Weller. I move ths previous question. Mr. Smith (addressing the Chair.) Is it in or der to act on that bill. The Speaker. In the opinion of the Chair, it is in order. Mr. Graham. I ask the yeas and nays on the motion to reconsider. Mr. Stanly. I move to lay the motion to re consider on the table ; we shall want three hours to debate that matter. The yeas and nays on Mr. Stanly's motion were asked and ordered. And the Clerk was about to commence the call of the roll, Mr. Underwood. I think we have no longer any. legislative authority here, and I call upon those members who think with me not to vote when their names are called. In this way wa can tost the question. Those who think they hate the power can manifest it by their votes, those who entertain a different opinion can re main silent Mr. Wise. I think that I have legislative power and ripht by authority of the People, to sit here until 12 o'clock to-morrow. The consti tutional day is from 12 M. to 12 M. It is the Scriptare day; "the evening and the morning were the first day." A voice. That's good. Hear Wise preach. Mr. Weller. I do not wish to delay the House. withdraw the motion to reconsider. So the motion was withdrawn. Mr. Botts. I desire to make a suggestion to my colleague,-(Mr. Wise,) who says that he his the constitutional right to sit here until 12 o'clock to-morrow. On his own construction, if the even ing and the morning are the first day, the consti tutional term expired at 12 o'clock this day. Mr. Weller said he desired to call up a motion to reconsider the vote of the House on the passage of a certain bill (title not precisely heard) makin appropriations for the Territory of Florida. The Clerk proceeded to make what appeared a hopeless search for the bill, amids'the moun tain of papers on his table Wh'en Mr. Weller withdrew that motion also, Mr. Smith, of Virginia. I should like to know how I am everta get away. A voice. "The door is wide open. Cut."l ; Mr. Smith. I desire, with great deference, to inquire ot the Chair, whether a motion to adjourn wui now be-in order If so, Mr. S. indicated his desire to offer a resolution, setting forth that it was now passed 12 o'clock, and resolving that this House adjourn sine die. Slrofag objections were made in all parts of the House. Mr. Adams here submitted whether it wss not usual to send a message to the Senate informing uiai rjotiy tnat tne Jriouse was ready to adjourn Suveral voices. "It has been done long since." But, according to the log of tha Reporter, it had not been done. The usual joint resolution for the appointment of a committee to wait on the President had been adopted some time since, but not the usual resolution on the part of one House (informing the other that it was ready to adjourn.) t Hereupon, a resolution to that effect was, on motion or suggestion of Mr. Adams, adopted. And there was again a pause. Mr. Pickers broke it He saw ho impropriety vi- earn; in mis nouse seeding a message to the l resident stating that it was ready to adjourn. The constitutional power of the House had expi red. The Senate, it was understood, was in se cret Executive session, the business cf which constituted no part of the legislation of the coun. try. The House had- on former nrMcinnc t journed, without waiting for a return of the mes sage irom the Senate. A member. Move that a committee be Bent to the President to inform him that the House is ready to adjourn. The Speaker. There has been a joint commit tee appointed for that purpose. Mr. Pickens. I know it and nr answer has been returned. The Senate, I repeat, is in E cutive session, seperate and independent iroti his House ; and no man know where tbrsthr rt is to terminate- I wish that a message may be sent to the President on the part of this House. The House seemed undecided what it would oiu, mm iui tuuBuiueui pans were tailing - piece-1 meal away under the influence (fdtjjut not seen, silent but oa iboten ) of the Constitution f the United States, which had prescribed the lim its of it duration. . . - . The House remained in this condition lor a minute or rr.cre-- Whon a motion was made by Mr. Snyder that a recess until' 10 o'clock be taken. The .motion wa3 declared to be out cf order; and, a something must needs be done to rescue the House from the syncope into which it was rapidly lapsing Mr. Snyder called on Mathew St Clair Claras, Esq , Clerk of the House, for a story ; remarking th-tt, if agreeable, h would suggest that whic h so graphically depicted the landing of Lafayette. Tlia Reporter does not knou; but Mr. Clarke seemed about to yield a cheerful adquiescence When Mr. Pickens rose and submitted, in form, a resolution, providing that a committee be ap pointed on the part of the House to wait upon the President of the United States, and inform him thatAs House of Congress had transacted a?i the business before it, and was ready, if the President had no further communication to make, to adjourn. Which resolution was adopted. And Messrs. Pickens, of South Carolina, Joseph R. Ingersoll, and Wise, of Virginia, were appoin ted a commiteo accordingly. After the lapse of a few minut's Mr. Pickens, from the committee appointed for the purpose, addressed the Chair from the main aisle and said, that the committee appointed on the part of the House of Representatives to wait on the President of the United States and inform him that the House had transacted all the busi ness before it, and ifhe had no further communica tion to make, was ready to adjourn, had perfor med the duly assigned them, and that the Presi dent had returned for answer that he hid no fur ther communication to make to this branch of Congress, and that be wished its members a safe return to their families ; and to the enjoyment of their homes. And Mr. P. moved that this House do now ad journ. W hereupon tho Speaker ross and delivered his valedictory, as heretofore published. And then, at ten minutes pest one o'clock, the House adjourned sine die. f From ibe Edenion Sentinel. THE TERRAPIN LAW. Mr. Editor : Accident carried me a few weeks since into a neighboring County, and while pass cinjr through a Swamp, I overtook some half dozen carts. As I could not pajs them, I had to jog behind. Pretty soon the foremost cart came to a halt, pulling up suddenly, as if soma danger was just ahead. This brought all to a slind, my self among the number, when the following con versation, as nearly as I can recollect, took place : Hollow ! I say EiH Atkins, that's the matter a-head, that you stop your cart and keep us all waiting in this tarnation swamp for J Stop my cart hey I 1 guess you would stop too, if you was me Well, what the devil is the matter for at this rate, we won't get our tar to market to-day and if I don't carry some sugar and coffee to my old woman this night, I'm blest if she don't blow me clean out of the top of the chimney and comb my head with the poker; and I tell you what Bill, you ain't any better off; for old aunt Bet is a sneezer just like my old woman. 1 reckon 1 knows that Jim Brown, as well as you do so I'm gwine to have eome certain, if I can get this tarnel Tarpin out of the road. Tarpin ! what's that you are saying about a Tarpin, Bill? Why there is a Tarpin in the road, and I can't get around it Well now just let me tell yeu, Bdl Atkins, don't you trouble that ere Tarpin, no how you can fix it; fori seed it printed that the legislature passed a law agin troubling Tarpins. Yes, that's a fact, Jim Brown, for I seed 'em talking about it, and they said if any body troubled a Tarpin when he was out visiting his neighbors, the court would fine- him one hundred dollars ; so I'm darned if this here child is gwine to trouble that ere Tarpin, if the old woman doeshlow me up. Well Bill, these ere democrats vent ancTdeiie It Yes, I will just tell you what it it, Jim Brown, I believe them democrats is all humbugs. They made me believe they was gwine to do great things, and made me vote for 'am, and the up shot of it is, there will bo the d 1 to pay at my house thjs uight if the old woman dou't get her sweetnine. and this here Tarn ty happy, just like he was gwiae to stop here an uay. ; T Tfc Ml T 1 x joins you in mar, uir, i io-s vou went catch me a voting again for them democrats. can tell you. They was always a talking about ma Dig tnmgs iney was agoing to do they w agoing to blow up the Banks and set all things straight, and they amt done nothing but make this blasted larpin law. 1 may as well add here, that the Terranin. ha ving sufficiently rested himself, pushed olT to complete his visit to his neighbors, leavincr the I t .11 . .i o. uiiu iree uie oiu woman got meir swcetnin, and Jim iSrown and Bill Atkins went on their way rejoicing at their happy escape from the Terrapin. X. Mr. Wise- Mr. Wise has addressed a Circ ular to h;s constituents,, which concludes with the following modest recommendation : But if not guilty of betraying and selling your irusi, connaeu to me so long without a doubt to damn my name, say to the Senate and to the world. Say to them that, 44 if this be the reason cf this rejection you were mistaken. We thank ycu, most grave and severe senators, for guard ing our sacred trust confided to this man, but tee never doubted his honesty and truth. Manv of us may not have approved his judgment iu all respects, but he is innocent of ever wantonly or wickedly betraying or misrepresenting his con stituents. We send hhn back to vpu with our certificate, that be has our confidence still ;s our honoured, trusted, and tried Representative ! Do this without fear, favor or afiUcton, my frieuds. ana n win men matiter little, comparatively, how. soon the trail scabbard of my fl?sh is worn through by the blade of my immortal spirit, which God, willing, will be indomitable and unbroken to the last Your obedient servant, , . Hkxet A. Wise. Washington, Marth C, 1843. ieicks cf the Tttes. Very funny effects are sometimes produced .by even the dropping, mis sing, or misplacing of a single latter in setting a piece of manuscript in type. We have seen the story of a' sea captain, who was on trial for rumiina rig ashore in order to defraud the insurance companies. It is well known that sailors are much given io running rigs ashore, but what they have got to do with tne in surance companies seems curious. Dickens, when, in New York, was said to have spent a convivial evening with a private circle of select fiends i No strange thing, that, however, to find Dickens among tire fiends ! A far-western paper, tbe otker day, informed us that a sportsman in the vkioitv shot a him- dred and fifty peasants in a aingla day 'a shooting What a -blood-thirsty wretch ! i A coteinporary has also the gence, that a sttrgreon was recently taken alive in the North river, and told in Fulton martt tvt , York, at fifteen cent a nonrel It ; ni-;.. f. this that the Gothimiter are cannibals. .which excited Intense sympathy for ti,. c9 currcu in uie vicinity oi Andrews Ptrect 1 yesterday morning, Some of the prsser-1 ?p covered, upon a strip of ice which r., T H -m.-U Sir, tain a living being, apparent! v cf the",- 01,4 young infant, strugling for life. ' A crowd r f 200 people, consisting of men, women ar iT6 dren, immediately collected around the K soma of the more adventurous claberi0! pouted a portion of the ice to the shore n Wn' time the excitement was at its rrr.,J. ,.VM The men, looked-grave, and thn .""..Wf. women, ever and anon, applied the cornlr ST' aprons, to their eyes, and every thin bP-ni ir grand explosion of horror and ir1di,t;ncda 8-VmPatfi;s,n., unnatural Mother whn l.rM il.,. .' .aiU OT viju U UffC IT fM I nocent and helpless cf&princr. hcr 10 in. l-t.iio v'nr.n.i ii. . - "' art i. i "Ft--" "j' uib y, neu out sprpi-r a waul that might haw done honor to a h 1 large and respectable locking mal? r' n",'" 1 rind himself on Terra Firma,? ami in Ct lrt air of heaven," he to:t3ii throk-h t?-.P , ' crowd, which opened right sniift to JcM,; .U ship pass, and made the bot eg his vav to ilV?" of the nearest house, wlwre, like anVWi brute, he commenced Lwaihmgdoflance at h':'jl mane rescuers. "Ui We then came striight home new W: children waddling lis ihe hill ss f;ut sbSw! n waddling lis ihe hill ss f;ut aB Uieir C ;arry them, laughing l,e:trti;y at t)e a hich had been wasted upon poor Ton patuy w W..C.C. ten em. NT vijj j-.aciiei.ors in old LUchelr.r friends, whose heart is never warmed w , tion, is a miserable nobody in the wcr He - 1 .1 Ul .1 ..1 . l ly as a clamv His hopes ciz is soon as ihcv gin to pin-feather there'is no mere entWr, ;" his soul, than there is music in a corisitiaiL- pjh his thoushts are wr?:;t un in a t.KmA ,. wr?.;;t un m a t.hA ,.(-., he knows not the pleasure attendant cn t!:.P, al amalgamation of souls his nbo; the solitary wiids of celibacy, where nil is che ID er. .... , -". .ii.i. y. j. nere ne lives arid there he dies, unhonorcd and unwept, and yiie,; he is finally carried away by the current cf'tilr ' lira tin s-kv. l,r 1 . .1 'W c i.ii.j b.-ij, mere goes anouier parcel of rubbii into the gulf of 'eternity. Dot, Jr. The instability of legislation in ConrrrC!s an(J and many of the States, has become agroatna tional evil for which We see no cur?, cr.d the disease is getting worse and worse. Ikil govern, raent moy be better endured, if it is stable, than good government which is changing its measures and policy every year. Of what avail is our free democratic republican form of government, if ita to be so unskilfully managed as actually to lc the means of oppression and ruin to the peocie ? Lot politicians and party zealots reflect on the mis. chief they are doing, and -pause befors it be too late. Norfolk Herald. A Touching Incident. A Boston editor tlms describes an incident which pascbd under h:s observation on Friday last : "A little girl, about seven years of age was sitting at the corner ot Washington and 8tn;e streets, upon a small pine box, with a basket by her side, containing some half dozen applci, which she was patiently waiting to sell, though her little form trembled from head to foot with the cold, Which was most severs. The little half, clad object fortunately met the eye of a boy not more than 8 years old", drcs e 1 in the richest style of the day, even to an unusual extent, whi stopped before her, and, taking a rich kerchief from his own neck, tied it snugly about Iiers, and tripped away." Jrf BEWARO. Ranaway from iht iI L'Subscribfr, on the 6:h da of Februarr ust in wake Upunty, 8ia! of North Cnrolma,npjr Fish Dam, on Neuse mer a W egro Man by the name of JIM, who formerly belonged t the Esialo of Ed mo.:d Cooper, dee'd. Haul Negro is about 30 yeri f age ; rather a light Complexion, but not a muUiu; boot five feet il inchehigh vsioul built; inrlincdw be. full eyed; and when spoken to. spe:ki raihcrs'ow. He had a 9miff-c..lorei Iwoad cloth coal, and aliui broWn httmeapun frock coat, and a black fur hat; and had a watch, and also had a pas given l y Manbi Ce-uper, to hiie himself to any person be thought proper. ,We think il probable some peraon ban given bim a free pass. He will, no doubt, attempt lo pw. an a fiee man, and will probahty, call himself Wis- i . . . . - . aiss. He ha gone, h i belie ed, in the direction of Fayettevilfe. fci.l noro wa raiaed in Nib County, in the neighborhood of Johua Watson'i J h ab ive Kewardvili be gUen lo any pernlht wij deliver him to u, or confine him in any Jil w that "we get him again- WILLIAM LAWS. JAMES M. MAN GUM, MAKK'A. TATE. 20 Mareh 8. 1843. EALmid PEIlSOJrjlL, MOP EilTlT FUIt SrfI.E. By virtua of i eed in Trost, executed to me by Kemp P. Hui, Ecq. of Granville Couniy, for certain purposes there in et forth, I shall, on Monday the 10th day of April next, proceed to sell (on the Premises,) ibe TKACT of LAND on which he now resides, titaated on Mid dle Creek, and containing 400 Acres I ahll alsn aell a variety of Personal Property, at the name trine. Terms will bsilibefal. and nude known on the da of Sale. HExNRJrT W. MILLER, Tru.tee. Feb. 12, 1843. 13. "TTOT one in a hundred is competent to chooe good Piano Forte for himself- A pemon may be pleased with the lone o an inatruinent, and may (beCauf of his want of iaiformation) think it i1 superior, whlbat at jhc same time it may be only tol erable. Surh i the carre and precaution nemsr? i selecting a Piano Forte.lhiH, if jtm have not eirr-i-Bcein such nml cM, there are ten chances to odi". that you will be deceived, S.'ine instruments w,lU'1' be considered excellent unsil brought into side 'i1-' eomparimHi with others, borne are very good l but soon beconM worthed, and other good hut nt the best. The irr p ulant f-art of a Piano (ihe aeiiw) is bid from the eyes of pttr haers, and tliere i much duHren in the principles upn which lf! are constructed as it is possible to conceive of. i. .iiin ..iriii m . n n m m nin iiii i r 1 1 11 i . - Drildfrtit ft) order m. Pisnn from n ilpulrr in th ai""6 who baa looked into the comparative merit of tb' ititfvraiif malm, li.. k..n ..ll.nfr a t.arlirular ' - , . - , r... a r .. . v. : . i. .-. . nutrartM mX Hum ki,n.trl J'.lKn.,t I. ml nnfl. Au" w w , UUIII1S WUtCIl IlllltJ Il rw -I , . ' W W, IfHUUUI W I I I I ' " " in addition. oHers to taker imoo bim-elf the riku " lectin fir ihiuut uihn. in, ni.h in nnrrhafC. IIowin them the privilege of a tr al, and ol withholding p7 merit tmi'rt the matter i f.irlv tested. Jlieae are the terra of the subscriber, who pu ses- to sell as low to those who are abieat, as to u who give their j.eraonal attention. r n Prterttrgt Vs., Feb. 10. 1 843. fall, supplies of .Vtisi, Jtlnaicai rnstrumenu, PJJYCY ARTICLES, c. TO. SALK If E. P. NASH, Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Virgin'- m frTM.'fm T t . . I 1. - . -i UJ AHL v.'!. of tfM cbova artick-a.wtll Soil in rov 1 tbe most desiraWe slockvl Jiave ever oflereu. 9 i ly reduced price. A call from my old JKm' customers is solicited. Meantime, the struggles in the-bagber-m. Violent, accompanied by a lew 3ri;! ,aia. somewhat resembling a uffi;c;.tcd human" k" A gentleman rushed forward, and ivi.K i.:
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