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.f.K. State lo Fvetievtfi. wliils M 'II
Snih ciK- ' my H.anionJwiil prove a
f ,h. o-de Hi ii troe uin " W "
il F.veiievill H
1 ndkin. is. that
fed bv lb- PP""
... N'xriowa of the
H i "h.iuli ruii rd westward from lWgh.
wimh . probably run and lake, say ihe ve-
l. ...II ii in' -iic
be
I hulJl'ir Fayiinvilleasonr commercial town.
' ... ..Lima
,i.re i more jo-mess in m i u.a..u, ...
.. .il ih. ih iinn uf oitr own
nil' UPHIIIOH i H" v" .
pu j tue-efwe do I wish he, o Uke MjrPn
d-.l grasp wilh her ro'1 '3 Can
'dTi.. mhabiiania of F.yei.eville shsoM
wid awnke ' autul-for I b. l.ve il
to be on on wtiicn n win -wo
I am willing f.r )lfi,n "' '"'
. .k I hv i.nlv touched lipi'll
of the iMlliam of what m-ght be said in its la
voor. ,
I am very r-poc-iftiHy ,
are .ought,' to b purchased for .hi wn
use, and not in trust for
.ale or .peculation ; and ha he h- made
no contract, written or verbal, to aell, lease,
mortgage, or otherwise encumber the land
"any . . of it ; that bei. at least twen.
ty-one years.oi Bge, ' --
.rcUd or entered .under -
anv 'public
t
maim, by the way,' that Joes not! mean, as
be supposes, that if a mad be "
crime, the supposed criminal ahall not be
arraigned and tried, but iimply that he ihtii
be punuhtd, until his gorn is eaiau...-
Lnhlie land, which, togfiner win.
what he nowwiys, wouiu - -
He ' must then pa "" .'
S whhUie conaenl of tl.e Kegi.ter ll.,nn w.-leon tolhe
11 , 1 , ., -i whs new questioned by
.Ml
j.n iVhr thm'. araatha President's hor
for of a 8paniaS Inquisition? Were,fi.
his indiffnant denial of the obligation of a
p,rty accused to furnish the endence in
aupport of the secusation? I Then, indeed,
hm Dartizans, not on
of the Bank snouiu uo
committee which
.1 U...L it.uir nr
them for proofs of their gnlltSThey mHrey ask, 1
that, ireeriaiii aituses n mir --
hSIl DO aia'n'it w -
thereof. Il none of these tupposea. aouae-
isi, ihen a simple dfclarstioe w usi
would bare t indicated ihe DepanmenU from
uiiiciin. BnUbe refunsl to answer, and the
iuaiificaiion of this refoeal oft the fallacious sod
arrogant pretences set up ay the Presided, are
equivalent to a wen aainiswou uiui iui.
abuses, ihe. exposureof which would subject the
guilty pariiU to the condemnation of the people
if not-to the punUhraentof iho law.
Ii ohnuld not be forsrolion. too, lhat this MiTes
tiation U not forced by the I VHg, bul bv near-
e unanimous ow w io wimi"
hi
ly ihe
a u ........luisa sal ft wsnrrrsMi4wBisii iiia sa ihpiwi.i
ellUor-u ... ,rn.l.,-ht that the comm.iiee snou.u - MnM of tlie Ml)ie
. 2. Wiihin five years Trom the date or . vaninn iiA books sad papeiMod " !s ' , (h8 v, Buren
s receipt he must prove, to the l8, ,r-, ,.arirv ,hem to tboir own rooms (where in- t, f ConSie would wihject Ot-n Jaek
turn of ihe rcgisier snd feceiver. by '" , r 'i,,,,,,,,, nj erasures ni$A haves bi en , tud fti, Executive offlwis lo a sprutiny liW
omhs of two competent and dtsi-iti p-mp.1 . he pnipo9e of rendering their Uiat 0 ,h ,nih loqumiim or tbat a cum-
.!.. tlmt he has eroctet! a dwi-H'tij- .k..,..k anH efft-ctivo. Ifev- mitte eimstuut4 et a la'w mnjority of the
II': I laJ' nde.e.rc.d.ndei,...- gcneril ...o- the U!!?' IIZ
le.l at eaal one-toi.t.. o. u ; or w. ... . weakeit n tht. wa. the case.. n- ,, Ih; rke , ltw
resided on it on. year of h ve-. 1 e .( dtmanJed b, Genera Jackson answer f J- Xv .ball
N. mnv -then set his paicni. n o" t-,nMf il.rouirh his friends, and the wnuio . , with ibe suirii ol
Twentv-Fourlli I'cmgi'oss,
SICCONO SKSSHIX.
' Tiuruav, Fkbri-abv U, 1837.
in si:nate.
rum.ic LANDS.
' Mr Calhoun, hy le?ve, introduced, in
the form ol a bill, the a.... ndiiic..t, he had
la.l cventni? projuwed to the land hill he-
thiM pr.H.fhe forfeit, the purchase money. electrified with their indignant
II he d.c within the hve year.. .. ...
death nh.ll he proved within six )ear.
from the dte f the receipt, the pnte '
Mill to ine. Any .ale, leaKe, or mort
g:iKe, .-r .-(...tract for sale, &ic. before the
iatcnt is void.
3. Pre-emption i. allowed, on proof as
above, that the applicant has actually oc
cupied and result d on any tract of the puhr
lie laud before the 1 .1 ol December, 1830,
aiidhanculioiivaiedany parlofit within the
vnar 18H0. There areeevetal guards to ihis
fore the Senate, and which embraces his I 8rt.llo,i f the' bill to cover reserved tracts,'
-.(.. .I... mihlir IhikIh Id the i i k. l.r.,1. i., urlnp.li ihfl Indian
nroiMisuioii i i;t " r - . ieau iimivo, mi. ... -
.
outcries, when the Bank, slways ready to
afford proper facilities to the investigation
ordered, refused to commit Us hooka and
papers to the custody of a committee, con
noting for the mot part, of its malignant
and not overscrupulous enemies.
There is s case, however.more exactly in
point. We refer to the celebrated Retrench
ment Committee, appointed during the ad
ministration of J. q. Adam's, of hich Win.
r i) ... -.ii4riirnoi.9 member. In
Sk III, CO WW m "
freeroen, or submit to the lash wuh the douch
ing servility of slaves.
Hut if the Executive officers of the govern
ment may shield themselves behind the plea thai
they art ut bound to turn is eidrce if their
owu (juill, theo they may be g .ilty without
dresd of punishment fr( in the very nature of
tilings, id their offices alone can ihe evideuce
gfi.tratty be found. If this were so, Postmaster
Gi-ueral Barry was a aiicpletongto nnveilthe de
linquencies in this department, which disgraced
as weM as disgusted the country, snd drove him
from the Cabinet. And Aim Kendall may nil
Stales respectively " " ",rJ "v
It was read the first time, and by unan
imous coiiM'tiN was read a second time M.y
its til's ; but after a desultory conversation
on the disposition the hill, the consent
a reconsidered, and the bill therefore
renins at iW first reailioj; ; il witl proba
bty te read a ecud mne to-morrow, and
.i......o,l on uioii.iii to refer. The vole
on rCcousiJcarlion stooJ : Yeas tilt, nays
. .
Mr. Calhoun then ne in his place and
stated tli.U he had .been honored with a
communication from the Chief ...Magistrate
in reference to his course with regard ti
the land bill, which he should lake' occa
sion now to bring before t)ie Senate. . I It
then scut to the Sscrelary's table iho fol
lowing letter :
rWe reeret that we are not awe ai pre
title has not been extinguished, anu
lands beyond the bounds of the Slates and
Territories.
4. The owner of a farm may enter any
-i. . . , i i
" . i r A,. ilia duties of I hiseuovrs irom a piunuereu treasury, ana ibo
what essential features did the dut os oi r j ,,.. In
one word, if ibe position assumed by the rresi
lhat committee differ from those of Ihe In
vestigating Committee which the President
now so sternly repulses, in the discharge of
its functions, and which he insultingly sttg
malizes as a Spanish . luquisition ? There
was no diffeience. That committee, upon
dent be true, the servanta of the people are
ilieir ruasiers.and speculation, fraud and corrup
tion will be a universal as the field of operation
is unlimited, and detection impossible.
I he President, however ,mt strangely ol an,
. - - " . ' ' J. '":..
to the two TCOUhiric,its.bis rfuty to re
commend the same proscription, in the oiw
ease at be had: beretofort recommended in
,bstfd indeed wftcf ii cheVrW
confidence, however, lhat Congress will ac
eept, at the hands of the President, the al
ternative which he tenders, in bis Message,
of 'some other course,' more uaeiy io n
than to rendtr incurable the hearl-burniog
which seems to have arisen, on ine. p .. ...
the Executive of tho United (States at least.
without the People ol this ciwniry ikj...
adequately informed of its existence, or.ul
this Message has disclosed it So entirely
.. it... ir.i. lhat we have out doubts wheth-
r th,n mill not consider this
tni, a. an iranosilion. attempted by
soi.i. ii.genms humorist, upon their honest
credulilv. We have said, indeed, lhat it
has not surprised ! but it is because we
have learned, in the course id's political lif
f il.irtv or fortv years, to be aurprised .t
nothing But. ibo'igH it did n-t surprwe t.s
al firht.tbc more we think of it.'bo more dif
ficult do we find it to believe the tvidi iu o
of our own senses in reji.ird to it. And,
however little snfpriso we in.v ourselves
have felt at reading tins 'Message, wo be
lieve it will be received by the P iblie, not
with surprise only, but with amazement
For, so far
war on our
if there be
nl who know even of the averment of .my
iluinia of ours ontl Govtrnment of that
country jibe delay to satisfy which is made
the ground of this belliger,Mit recommen
dation of the President. Thus igiKMratit of
the existence even of any serious difficul
ties between the two Q ivn-nents. we can
well imagine the amaz-d astonishment sjith
' . .. - .....i .i...n..o ,.r ixLpHllift vmuud. that the House ol tleoreseO'
i: i i ...:..! i.. n,,M enirv i .iiKniriim. anil in mo io - ; - . . .
aajo.ning .-..u. .....j. y..-"-". deo.rtment 1 ta Ives fas no right to direct such as invesug.
mtt eseetMitrtff t.mrcvTHn. nu niuuani , iiicviiii. v"aiK-" i ,.
reuu.rcd that the land is aouithl to enlarge
I his farm, and not for speculation, &e.
and the wholo must not exceed two sec
tions. 5 A parent, being a citixen ol the ILii
ted States, may enter land for his children,
but not over two sections hi all ; and no
.... . r
' patent to come till the child occoiuus oi
0 Purchase may be made in quarter
.)uarter sections ; but no one -shall enter
more than four quarter-quarter sections not
. . i i. . ii. ....
conliiMious. All lauu io ue laxju.e oy
-I " ' . I lion, oe.aiNe ii is I lie iiuiwscninv uuwri,
-and iii their Report ponrlrayed s.indrv OWWHluenty ,mFach whomever this in-pc-cadilloes,
msgnified into monstrous .aims-: IMlljtllull 8bowatobe guilty ihe very position
es, which they said demanded correction, , UMIC demonstrate, both the right and duty of
and which they promised, if the people , House in make the enquiry. The House is
would onlv clothe ihein with ower should ihe grand iuquett of ihe nation. They occupy,
be corrected a promise which not only in cases of Una kind, towards the Senate, (ihe
, I i . ,i;. h.... I.nt ia in nvinii puwor.i a relation not aissimnar io n.oi
stands uiireoeeiutu v ,.... - , ,
f. J ,...,... mihccrowlh.onder their own a grand jury to the court
- From the Cinclnijati Giizette.
gEXE6UTiONCUIME.
John Washburn was executed on Pridav
m iti-in Maw
last for the murder oi wimani Beaver
This was altogether an extraordinary Cue.
Beaver was a loreignwr, uniwiiat ad,,,,
ed in years, who lived in the vicinity pf
Cincinnati, and kept a grocery, inclmlifl.
drink by retail, and provisions of every
description, which he eold in a small wv
He lived alone in his shop uihI t
civil industrious man. On rnonday mrn.
ing, September 20, he was found tuun
ec in his little .establishment; nppMtuvW
beat to death by blows on the head, mfl,,
ed bv a club which was found ou ill, pre
mise's. Accompanying circumstanwi h
dicated that a robbery had beou coimecy
with the murder.
Tho club found in the house was reengni
a. one that Washburn had been' known toeirrj,
and up'ii inqiiry, H was asc-ertatned that Wmi'
burn and a laJ o1' suspicious cliaiaeier, nin
Mo.'Vcr, bad lwn seen toyelher on Sundij j.
t. rnism. Tht-y were both arrest-d on Hie (,,,,.
noon of Monday, and Umiver ctilVirSrit bis ju
and implicated Wasliburft.' Beih wi re inuici
1 fr the murder, and Washburn elected toUehmt
I titb ..tricdv-iin- the - Court of Csiihmw Ptm;
I ll.mrer elm-ted to take his nul next May, iu ih,
I Supreme Cuurt.
In October, Washburn was put tipon hi, trial.
from being alwnre of any cause of and Hoover, with his mother and isier,iwn.
n.rlsainst Mexico, we 'doubt amine.) as wiineiwa against bini. IV
partsgainsi mii f0d mar the murdered ma., wa. id.nnfi.d u
one in a thousand of o.ir reo- U aijhburil,, Blld a cniuinaiion of ciI(-u,s(lncf,
If, then, tbej sua-
7. Tlie law to continue to the JOUi ol
June, IHU).
ent to give a copy f this letter. Uler- jtue authority from ihe day of purchase.
ring to a repoitol his spcecn in tne t.io'.e,
Mr. Calhoun is charged with having as ri
ed that the President has bet-n concerned
io speculaiioii in public lands i that the re
moval of the deposites was a preparatory
measure, and the l.mil hill its consumma
tion. Il contradicts the truth of the asser
tion, and calls on Mr. Calhoun to retract
the charge in the Senate ; in case of. bis
refonal to 4I0 so. the Prcsidcut threat-
J'ram ihe lnehbmg l'irgiitian.
THE PBKSlDENT'jJ LEITEK.
The letter of (Jen. Jackson to llio Inves
ligating CominiUer, to which we adverted
10 out lat we- Mrform th painful duty ol
laying Wwwr readers this morning, to-
t .1 iI..ui.iiiiim i.f.Mini il ia lliair fhllv to
uspices,of the very evils ibr-n so excited, ,(re llie facl8 and, l( lhey fi.d. by x-
airlioatioii, three suspicions Ub well-founded, to
brin in 'true bills' anainst the culprits, and serid
lt.Mii uu fr trial. How are lhey to arrive at
facts, but by investigation? And how are lhey
10 in yestigHte, if the culprits are proioeied from
examination by the broad shield of 'Executive
influence' thus living' impunity to crime, and
'umJeriuinui!! our free irovernmenl ?' We leave
il lor ibe President and his friends to answer.
... 1 -i' 1 : .1... ' . 1 .1 1 . .
ens to publish his icucr ociorc leaniij- uiu gcuior wnu tuo resoniiiuus ui 1110 cuuimn
Clty, I lou lo which it is a responso. Il is a pain-
The letter wm acrompanied by a eerti- j Jul duty, because we had hoped, th it dur
ficate of a person present in the gallery do- i ing the brief period which yet remains of
rins; the delivery of the speech, and of Mr. 1 the President's official term, he would do
Drake, a reporter for the Globe, that the nothing to provoke tho animadversion of
report in the t,lohc state, correctly what his npoiiciil's, but that, on the contrary, he
was said hy Mr. Calhoun'. J I would sigiiahz.; tho close of his udmiinstii-
Mr C said it w is not his intention t ', ;iuu by an effort to tranqmlizo tho public
pouvneni o' the extra irlniary contents of imud, so long kept in agitjiion by his s.uc-
thi- letter. It ex'imdi'i his lio'o n mi cestive enc.roacltnicnls on the powers of
.emotum but pity lr Us amlMir, cmiteinpl co oidiiute departments of the goyerninoul
for its in '..a -c. :ii. i ti'iunln'i t'i tii it the sn, Upin the right, and liberlu s of the
people. . Il is a painliil duty, because we
Chief l . 5 1 -1 r .t" ol in.- i,. men mate
.ho.i'il p o i hi.inelt in Sin n a-i attitude.
Nor was it In iiiienti in to ak protec
tion tier? as tiie representative of a stiver
ei:-n Slate : he w i eoiu;pienl lo the tic
fpM.-p iiflns own r-iniiiiio'i ami so
irn.n hcin-r i-iii.iu t it.-'' !'V such a foininn
nicatinii fr.-ni the !ts.-lt.irge of his duty
its only efl'n-t was to embolden him
the in.T'Mii ieii'iiiiicing corruption, wheth
er in high or in low places. A. to tlie
privileg'. of thai body, he ohotild leavo it
to the bndv tndef'.iml its own rights. .Much
-lew ww -H-his-iteirU-- to - comply
witn the demanil of llie President. De-
1 ...i .i.... . u u. i. i.. iu :..n .
lwB 1 li. il tile ictiiinM li-ia mill ii.w lilljij-
ence of his name to a lioctrine, (and there.
maun wis a ttrin which uKiti.igc.i io , Hsver al nM For, ir Congiess has no right
qtials In ihe pohlic relation be sustained j ,0 m.ngjie the condition of the pu'jlic
a. a meinher of ihe S.-nat. he lelt himself I om,.,.Si low,t.r s,r(,ng, and well-grounded
at least equal to the President of the Cm- ; uuy hu ,1(uvt.r91t bt,.f ,, ,H puujc
ted States. AS a oeniuor, .1.0 ,m , e co.llln(. ,nJ lhew ,,,, ,,
by secured a many reception lor it in the
public mind,) which we believe to he utter-
l,r I ly subversive of the great rOfitwpIo of the
rfspnri.-ilnlity of piiolie ofliccrs to the peo
ple, and which const qneotly not only opens
the door to widespread alius, s in the ad
ministration of the government, hut gives
perfect impunity lo peculators and rogues,
lis enabling them to set at defiance every
effort to detect snd punish their delinquen
cies."'" If the are never to ans wer but in
upecific charge, then they will never an
their alarm, and .gainst which they laiincn
ed llteir fiercest thunders. Then, 'EexecO-!
live Influence' was the great souice of ler
lorto men who are now s -calm as a sum
mer tnoming,' though that influence has in
creased to an extent which al Mai flay ne
would have been regarded a lunatic who
bad predicted as possible., Mr Ktves, io hts
Retrenchment speech; adverting, to the ne
cessity f Economij in public-expenditures,
now a theme only mentioned to be de
lided, said,
" i is llie great instrument fir retraining
that daniei.w pnucipteot ftaecwiive Inflirencr,
which is p. rimiu .lly undermining and assailing
ibe fabric of tree Government every where, and
our own mil less than utheis "
" B-iIieving this immense force nf Executive
patronage to be dangerous to the public liberty,
ami as ibe disbursements or pnMic money must
necessarily bo made by ibe Executive brunch f
ihe Government, lhat every increase of expen.li
ture lnds directly In increase the influence of
that Department, I am lor embracing every lit
occasion lo reduce the public, expenditure to the
real demand ut ihe public sir vice. It is with
reference to-lbis great pohiic:.! obj. ct, tl at I at
tach so much importance to a wise economy in
the a.laiinistraiion of our k Hairs."
Ecnnnmy, though one of ibe cardinal virtue:).
in i. .lion, as well a. individuals, was not deemed
by Mr. Kivessogreat a blessing in Hself. as in
its it-n 'ency to diminish " EXECUTIVE "IN
KhUENCK," which be then I ld u. was
" perpetually undermiiiii g and a-suilmg the fab
ric of treo ifoveramerit evry wio-r?, snd of oer
own not less lliun oMiers." Ami nov u-ii.t !
niiri, tlie ebniiiun id" Executivo influence, t-vc
in Uic pnMi.rion of legislilivc indewiiilence !
I nnseiiiiini even to oin! llie Senate the delc-
'i a 'Wn ol tt. State aovereigiiiiea to the car of
ibe iiiuinpliai.l conqueror of Stale Uigbts ! And
we doiibl ii"t that we shall anon hear hi. voice,
am! mat of Ins friends, raised in vindication of
ibis new siretcb of arbitrary po wer this heie
lolore uubeardrul assumption uf . ExmcoU vh hi
siHinsitiiliiy this atiiking t'oinmtinlary on bis
which this War Message of the President j .rt.ncl.ided io make disclurea Bj ii,,w
coiistdering luuinaiiiam
cd by nine hundred and ninely-nine out of
every thousand of our lellow t-ituens
It however, lb- Senate has no right la express
any iipu.ion of Executive sets, because it is to try
i.i.pe.auhi.ient,a. is contended hy the r-xpunger,
a. i.l il the House of Repreaeniaiive. has no right
lo examine into the conduct of JExecuUve oiu
cers, because il originates impeacYimeni.,or.ih o-
Iber words. I ramus bills id indictment, against
public offenders, we would ask, will, a sincere d
aim lo be informed, what cluck is there upon the
action- of ihe Piesident and. hi. Labinet r Are
ihev not supreme in power unlimited in author
' . . .
... . . . .v. .... iI.Ia .ii ti.i i imm i w itifinno'-
I.J IIB,-....,,.. ,U, ... ..-
Where is there any longer the .lighest w-curity
(or ihe faiibl'ul and bones I disharge of 'beii du
ties ? Where exisl tl.e power lo ariaign and
punish tbcm for their crimes ? Ilencelorb, il
this doctrine be true, however glaring their of
fences however Corrupting to Ihe public mo
rals, inimical to the public interests, or snbver
nive nf ibe public liberties, lhey are free (Mm ..II
check and restraint, and will .i " unwliipi
j.istiee " Is this ihe government for which our
talheis lougbts and bluu r
From the r itu'inl Intelligencer
THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
s 1
In u nv.s.-Toe to the to Houses of Con-
jir.s on 'I in--.'Jay, the Presmeiit of the U
mttil Status his, wo stippos. we may say
with his constitutional prorDptitiide, reco.n
meuilcila contingent War upon Mexico! A
Our Washington correspondent under dale of
1st Febrssry, informs u. thai Mr Prll lia. cm
plelrd an excelleni speech on bis Bill i secure
ih freedom of eleclKMi. He shewed lbt our
government bad ondt rgai an enure tevidulion ;
all Its power, being now coi.cenuaieu m m.
Executive and thai Executive acting only as
tht head of a parly. He shewed the clftcls ol in
creased and abw-ed patronage tht abuses and
corruptions uf all branches of the government
the inefficiency of the army the ignorance and
neglect of the Executive departments--ibe abu
ses of government speculating agenta and friend.,
screened by the President the corruption" of
ihe press the degradation of Ihe Senate the
appioiiimenlof a successor (a base and servile
flatterer; to ihe Presidency, and the interfer
ence with and control of elections.
.MrGraveshas the floor and the debate will
Ka ..niinuiMi i lint lev will not be, given 10
bring in the Bill. The collar men dare not as
pen! lo any thing from one known lo be. haled by
Jaeksowv The Senate isr engsged tn the "Land
Bill. The 'Government Money Bill. is opposed
by the opposition, on the ground -d" being !
loose, and leaviug Khi much lo Executive dis
cretion ; and i hough it pai-sed io a second lead
ing is now in a bad ay.
Clitu lesion Mercury.
Another outrage A roan named Win. N.
flii-hop his been appoin'ed Teller nf the Central
Bank i t i-sogii, a Male insiit.i'lon, ana man
aged by Ihe party The Augusta Chronicle de-
8cni.es htm as
"A man without character and without capa
city ! A man who has retidwred himself li.la
moos by crimes of almost every degree .ana v. no
now stands indicted for smite, h tore ihe '-pen
or Court ol Murray cooitty. which would aob
jecl him to degrading pnnishnient, if convicted
and irom trial, on winch he lias unis iar escspeu.
by preventing, as Clerk ol the Superior Conn,
it.e orjauiziiion .d juries lor tw.t r tnree cais
iiikl ' A vile blackguard and (I'lliJ'i, Who as
eontmander of a p-'Oy mili'sry ftn-e, known a.
the tienrgia t,uard. has bullied onr higtiesr judi
cial tribuua's, beaded nnJis in their otitrtge up
on private indii meals, and violated the sacred
right of auilrage itsell."
Iow we would ak. n-hal does such a cnarae-
belligucut luirpo.t-is, it is line, disclaimed lei as ibis weigh against the fact uf being a
in t.'imt'i bnt lor all practical purposes, the "Jackson Van Uuwn man ?" Noi a feaiher.
A nis is toe i,ii i jr itibiiii. B.ioit lor i'i.i.;n in nirm-
times, and the po ster the tcouudrel the belter
issuing of Li tters of Kcprisal, by one Na
tin,i ngiuist anutber,.. is actually making
War, and making war under the disreputa-
chance he has oi promotion.
1 may judge him, he cannot judge me.
I rise to reiterate here in my placp, and
to the fullest extent, all I before sai.l, and
to afford lo the friends of the Administra
tion an opportunity u correct- ibe- error, if
there was one ; in which case, I am ready
at once, and on the spot, to retract the er
ror. Mr. C. ihen went into a recapitula
tion at large of. the substance of '.haf part
of his speech to which the President's let
ter had reference.
.Messrs. Grundy, Walker and Clay, suc
cessively occupied the floor in speeches
which we shall present as soon as lhey
can be written out from Ihe notes of our re
porter. LAND BILL.
The land hill was then re id a third time
and the question being on its passage,
Mr. Davis spoke at leiigili ill opposition
.. to it ; , -
Mr. Tipton, in explanation of tSe
grounds of his vote in Us f or i
Mr'Ewing'and'Mr. Clay, in decided
opposition to it on constitutional among
Other considerations ;
, - W hen the question being at i lengtn olw
tained, the bill was passed by yeas sinl
' nays : Yeas, 27 Nays, '3. (Messrs
Brown and Strange, voting in the affirma
tive. "
- - -""
- The -title; wss -amended b-r uddtng- the
words "and for other purposes.";
The Senate then (at a tilde past five),
adjourned.
- The bill prorides-in substanee- " "
1. That no person shall bo entitled to
'nter by ehiry, or at auction, more than
two sections of the public laud ; am! pre
vious to entry or to purchase, must make
and file with the 'Register and Receiver of
- the land disirielairaffidavit that the lant!s
own broad maxim, that from, ihe hxecuiive ble circutustanco t f pretending Peace the
oranen oi ine government, in una as wen in an I while
free insiimiiuns have
every
guiuy oi mai-practicps which a scrutiny
would expose, they may go ou in their ca
reer of crime unclie.-k. d. because? it will he
impossible, wit lion t .tii-h scrutiny, to ascer
tain the exact nature of lh ir ollences, and
cons, querilly to frame a specific accusation
Bgaiust ihem. Do we err in saying, that,
il this doctrine bo recognized, official res
poitsrhtlity-tfl an empty name?
, ' But this assertion of more than kinglv
peiogative this claim of infallibility and
nresMinsibility both for the monarch and
hia minister. not only repugnant to com
mon sense and irreconcileable with the gen
ius o( our institutions, hut it is in the di
rect con Ibt l witli bit precedent, both in the
state and general governments
Does not the State Legislatures every
year appoint comumtd s to investigate the
condition of the Banks in which she is in
terested of her treasury her armory &t
other public iostit nl ions? And what is this
tor I Sunny not because pocih. charges
iire made against those who have the super
iiitemlence of thec institutions hut to ss
c. riain whether uny of lh.;(0 have abused
the ir nuts confided to I hem if they haye.tn
apply a speedy 'Corrective if they have not,
to say lo ihem -well done, good and laith
fill servants
When thr Bank of the United States was
in existence, were not special committees of
investigation, time after time, appointed by
Congress, upon the vaguest possible sus
picion of mal-practices. and in the total ab
seoce of specific , charge,:' turrr ascertain
whether it had foifeited its charter, or been
guilty of any act which rendered it worthy
of condemnation? IfWe, hen, was the
maxim, now , so pompously quoted by Gen.
Jackson, to shield his officers from a l.ka
sautiny; that all should be deemed juno-.
cent umiT they are proved to be guilty ?'(
other countries,
thing io h-ar !
A j ay we quote the authority of another name,
once potent in the Jackson ranks. we mean
that of George Kremn, " honest George.' he
was called, who aloud side by side wuh Mr
The Lexington (Ky.) lnltlliu;cnctr, has the
following from its Franktort Correvpondent:
FitANKPOItT, Jan. 2S.
Col. Blanding and Mr. Forney arrived here
was adduced in evidence, w Inch reu(( ln tne
jury Hading Washburn guilty, in the ti,t j,.
gree. He was sentenced lo ne hung , Njvca.b?
25. In the mi 'antfiiieV HoiWef Wcnteo tit
statements to which be "bad ietifld tut
Wasbbuni, in coi -eqoence of which a i-.p,
was obiaind fr Washburn to January 6 Ibis
respite was, apparently, of a-aoer advanbg, tt
public idstice. Washburu nniimg uociniic-rf
a juanuf she nailie juLfii(Vid-JJlL.Mt.atB
cated, who waaireUd, and eonicssea iniu,'f(
participator io tne iiiu;uer and roobeiy "ft,
mother and sister of Hoover were also iinpliw
as receivers of Ihe money obtained tiuiu Btnt
by the rtibbery. Thus the mrrer. hern
daughter, ate involved in litis atrnrum, m
nuaiioo, and are all in out prison, aimin g tag
iiisl.
If reliance can he placed on the disclosure ii
Washburn and Davis, Washburn a ronvirnwa
attended with ingulr circumstances. He a
mii'iy and riuhifullv tound guilty f the umrdn
. - . w r .. -ii-
and robot ry, and yet ail tne maieriai un, swori
lu against h m, upon which itin verdi.-i
was f mnded, were gross falseltoids, or uhklh-
ceptions.
A confession, or narraiivei has been rrWsSni,
ss coming frwn Washburn, Mtiing loitli a nuI
nt theft, and murders, ss I hold aosoiui-i; :nrr
dible. He represents himself as only ih, un
til tee years ot ace. being bom in Noitk t imliUi
in 1813, and yet he appears lo hava bun rl
cerned in soois llnriy murders, ana mem M
ruliiertes innumerable. An.org tne aiarv,n,i,
siorv, that be. with others, made an expedit.
to Metamoras, fmm which they reiomr a
Orleans, in six mentha, wuh 1 f.lV r. llL.tl
I) R F.t 1 H ( U AN D DOLL A RJ-.1S OlM
AND MLVER, which lhey soon diswpm
iho oamblirir table, and in otl.erexirtvi.niH
This is the must exaggerated of his Ulrt,M
though on a smallei scale, they are mostly
name character. !
In the close of his career of villainy, be iN
the saint in a :nt saintly manner and cumar-4
himself to the charat of I wo respeciabl" rl'KI
men of lb Meih.slisi Episcopal church Ttnf
two clergymen officiated, al the txrcaim. simi
thua far, gave countenance to the rei maul
jneiies of a io.t desperate villiaii. win. tij'!
denlly dh-d as he lived; an iiiipwii.r.a liar, ani
reproach to humanity, ID lis worst awutuin)
chvracier.
An immense cmwd attended the tW'
Could any possible bent fit result loany kings-
dividual 1 My r. spool is. I believe it ii
Ibe le-imnsn ol every ir.teltioenl man,
ne:d ihe ec-ne, no bemjil but iHMcnMH
ed if. Let us bul count IU. w-sieo( iiib-'!'
exhaustion (cVa-ioiifd by exciieaiement tbf"
sKure lo dic8e the leridency to rentw is
mind cvllous lu crime and autffriosf ihe (f j
nuiitv and teuiotalions lo new cniu.4. 1-P
attempt an enunumeration of evils? -,lKf
Legislature now in session have wiiii'"!'l
fiitire. scene, I mil persuaded lliat they
fail in h nui..n....l ittih I he necessity i K""!
i.... ih...YL..h.....r V- A rfW nd Vd
..iu ii. ni.i.n,. ff.iiilnl nnntnhirientH IU a
edond. itbe lns)ect.in of a few puSllcolDOT
the jail yard and oui of public vivw
We cannot say that we are surprised
al this Message. If we are not taken by
i . , i vol . Ulan
SU1" WU' wvW, w -Hprciinu our Ml wiinfj. Tll(,re seems to be a favorable
....... I. ,..Ll ,11,1 I l,U A.nA,J.BM n . I I n n n . m. I ... ...
iu' iiiluii nJ nxiviivau L.n&ci.B IU rin- har InuiarH ll.o Noiilii I ..lm ,.....A
Mexico will be, tor it has certainly come ments to the Greal Rail Road charier. I am of
llivea in the tamous War of Keiretichment, I upon us all ss unexpectedly as a clap ol I opinion that so far as the aiaenuWaisdo trot -re
whicb. alas for human infirmity, has yet to he I inuiider from a cloudless skr There "'' viaVlgard trie conferring of Banking powers on the
hmghv! -Hi. remarks, thoutfl. ma.le in 13 -ome teason to aonrehentl violent measure corporation, there will not be a formidable
will be a sumcie.it answer to the s.,ph,stry nt . f ., . lha Umte, opposition to the.n. As for the Banking pow
uen. JicKson, nis great leauer, in iJt Listen c , . erg, understand lhey tmni or may not be adont-
. , , . I ij.au,, imi.uDc un-ic l.ai uccn IUIIIUTB IU , ... - . r
,"" I I ea. wnnoui in inn leasi sneeii.n, it.u ..ih., np
....... . - A . .1 !...! I. ..I I. ift ... - ...,U.H U - ' - A IWI
-Ann n as it come io inisr Are we to ne i "''i ; wnom me i ..dMM ... mna,...,a t .i .
... .. i ii , .1 "" -' .... .'.i.rf. . uv noi iw wnv
told there la no corruption here f Mr. n is httle n acn i any orumary speculation, alter the ,1(iee member of the Leirislaiure. who are soltc-
, U .. t Ma a."" . . I I r ... - . i I. - .
-mam- s,rai viiuim r r one, i proicssious oy mis uovernii.eni ot amicsDie i loos lor a new Uank, may mil be induced tuoon-
wiihuwi.. .,,r ,,..... r,r,, -.mpe ,iu I leeiincs ana acsiuns in regard to Mexico, sent to lay aside Weir scheme. f..r i.t.n u hi-i.
I Know .nai ine monsirou. exiravagance ... iale conciliatory niiiitn. Hmi ih promiw. so much sreaier & incalnulubL hen. fiia
. . . 1 ... . 1. - .... . , ...
r resident would so very nromnllv invoke o mo country, i ne ivau n..au uanK would be
ihe i-iiini nf wir-mabln,, nnu., m ii. based on a sal e capital, furnish, d mostly bv oth-
v ar Vl a 1 L.a mi. A I. u .1. 1.. . t. .1 t. I
lations between the lloiled Sl:.l.. und r'" ""' '" " weann ot
Government.
form.
of the contingent lund, and such a vast amount
uf secret service money don't comport wiVi the
character ot a Republic. What! Sir; secrets
in Republic ! secrets, air, ar.rt in limes of peace!
Let aie earnestly urge il un all the friends of re
form, lhat although the measure is ill limed.
and although we can't reach the bottom of this
stinking pool, lei us go as far into il as we can '
Ah, honest Ueorge ! " the slinking pool." to
us one of thine own homely but emphatic ex-
A thought has just come to our mind.
which perhaps may be the true way of ac
counting for this message. It is this: that
the President desires to leave behind him,
several ot them pledged fur Its solvency snd the
redemption ui lis notes,
pressioiiB, sends forth at least as fusiid odours I on bis retirement from office, the character
now
so B
ecuifve Influence
the
ruption
III.IV
to a touched, except by thus who have filled Jt j 'h M,e Government ol France, the Trei.
wilh eorroptitHi, and who choose that it shall I dent, tak'ng more offence than the nation.
r, as when (bine own huge nasal organ was I of that pnpdrtutlily in regard to, foreign na.
iricvuusly offended f .
live l..fl..ence w..ierrssMd then in prevent Address of Wasuinoton on Ai retiring
i insertion of the probe, snd whatever of cor- r,. ih c r .
itiin exUted was dragged to the surface, je, from. --- Chief Magistrate. In
k " the etinking pool" ia deemed loo .aeVsd '!r Jatle "nhtW7 but transient difference
stagnate and send forth its poisonous exhalations at the delay of that Government to carry out
tn every qnarier of the country, lest in agitating the stipulation of the treaty, recommended
.7. i ,iw Zl JT a 10 " ,"una to ugre contihgont authorization of
nit of those whose sworn duly it it in ,i. 6 , -nyii ,
impure! Rapid, indeed, must h.e T U.,l,e country.
pr.sjres. lo the gulf of despotism, when Jow,.,1"ln- "Undrawn ithe Minister of the
I its aliiny. waiers.aoineevidence should be f.,ua to Conoress tho ro.u.rii -..ih.i,.. r
ifth mil ll.iflh.fcrt whiMA aw.un l..i. ve,- ui
b - - -j i . u
Keep i nem
hflen utir
a President "nay thus, with impunity, .interpose '1,rte State from Mexico, on what lUK
nis mandates, io prevent ins examination nf ibe gronoaine whole nation must, with
conduct oi me people sservauis, by the peopU's
representatives ! If this be " ds.nocracy ," ibeu
the multitude has bul one head, and th n is on
the shoulders of a tyrant call bini President.
miiperor, iwmg or ouimn, as you please. A
rose oy any other name would, ameil as sweet."
look at the character of the resolutions a
us be at a loss to conjecrure. (since it was
not in consequence ol the departure of the
Minister of Mexico from this c..n..ir.
on the ground of alleged injustice to the
uiiiu-fi oiateson the part o that Govern
nicnt. the President has perhaps 'thought h0
r miumnia - f " -"-'EI
iiinls-fi ht lliA ffeainmallsajs 'lhsasi .l J , l I (HII(1 Hllfkltf llA still. I. n r..H.' iu : . I
President sfn, mii0 Uitt the Kxtuuiive of I thaii" lieretofora orruroil ii. i.m. In tu
fleers aie guilty of malpractice.; and called upon of Fiaost ; and that,to be slnctly impartial ub duce corn lor food.
STEAM POWER vs. HORDES.
It is evidident that in a few years, steam
power will be applied lo such a variety of
purposes that the service of the horse--ttr
irl...,-'-ii-"-"-i".l,''l."f;"'',;r'. '-r-r'---. ,"
,tt A. vvi.i tiw longer os requircu. Lr.
Lardner, in his excellent treatise no the
steam engines computes that there are a
bove one million of horses engaged in
Great Br iuin, in various ways, , in ; Uans
porting passengers and goods, and that to
support each horse requires us much land
a8.would upoa an average, support -eight j
men. ii tins quantity oi animal power
were displaced by steam engines, and the..,
meana of transport drawn from the bow
els of the earth, instead of being raised
upon its surface, then, supposing the above
calculation correct, as much land would be
come available for the suppoit of human
beings, as would suffice for lyi addition
al population of 8,000,000-4or what a
mounu to the same, wouiiT increase the
...cans of support of the present population
by about one third of the present available
means, "The 'and which now annnnn-
I horses would then support men, or pro-
ExTaAoaniNARv Piece or Goon Fosmt
S.m. twLi a.. . nackel charged with h"
noamaA tana r .! veil here bV B nun in kl
gtnt circumstances, named Lefebver. !''
not able lo pay Ihe postage, ami nis '
it was after wards nfleied, ss ..onjh'J
refusingTi; when "a"fel!ow workman ot
... i !:i. :j i.,o ..annot let
.ri, ..fluiru -.ic, mil v.. -.-
gowl fortuoe it may bring; I "ill ad'
n..1.... i 1-k. nb.i uiu, mii'iied ana ""
tonishmeiil of the poor man n y, I 1"
w hen he lead a decree of a French l"
liee. inr.iamin. him ih.l bi. fslber, l"7'
was the sole heir of Marshal Li-iebver, L'
Dantxic, and that he had only' "xr
cive the eight millions ('. 3 0.0(f) ttl'",
illiistriotis relalive! ' fcet'ebve'. J
mediately set out for Paris, accouqa"1"
vwi l,.icii . ,
. Uruft-teictj1'
Tilt.' KTF.nv niti an WHEN COS'
a mi j ajwi aiv
RUPTEU BECAME THE V ILEiTi
OPFIANT.
Ana wntin a oouinern man . v ,
phr.tr he b es the eotdei nstartte.n
far bi-hind. The tollowinj resolotio" (
dueed into the Alabama Legillurt "
Saunders: .
"W hereas, information has reaches .'
ot lite rieciiun of ftlai U A s -f"
P.ACIflnnnw ..f lliA 172, KtAlMt!
i. i ... . aa
" i nereiore. nn n resnivea. i r
talioh of our pleasure un the happen'1'? 1
.... ..;..;.... trner he sis,i
illtiiniiiate the capital on Wed uesd ay ,.!-'
at 7 o'clock in the evening."
Surely something better than a H"?
fltfe is expected for such xeal and dsvo'i
uouui oauiineia iiiiiihs ii iiioii' t r , , ,t.
iittore tv- Whjr should we-be:'-serprs
m k,u..,l., uk... ik.u lU. nroDi-'
I will;,,. picu .iivy .
. a ; t... . Y.. o
r ' 1 . t. .V.,
A BiKCDOTB ' We,inut he unnnin'O"
ved Haneock on thetcasiuo of i-igl,in)'
1os1mlltsm a. I iA4a-ivAa.a4j.bW4.aBi
w iriuriroiiuvui . --- . lWi
ling diffcrerit w Syr t-wruiostrl haif
Y.s, sdded Fiai.klin.Vwe st ' , ;
heiher,
arattlv.
i..i.:. . ..... '.i i. ... .I..1I all'"'"
ivTiiirr, ur lllUBfl BBWtirrwiT w
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