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tin. g. Congress. On the 1st inst. Mr. Krowiv presented the memorial of Wil liam Cameron, of N. Carolina, praying indemnity for French spoliations, committed prior lo 1800; laid on the table. On the 2d, Mr. Benton, ask ed leave to introduce a joint re solution, declaring it as the sense of Congress, that the charter of the Bank of the Uni ted States ought not to be re newed. On taking the ques tion of granting leave, it was decided in the negative yeas 20, nays 23. On the 3d, Mr. Buowx gave notice that he would, on to morrow, ask leave to introduce a bill to reduce the duties on su&nr. On the 4ih, Mr. McKlnley, from the judiciary committee, made a report adverse lo the joint resolution of the House of Representatives, relative to the pay of members of Congress. On the 5th, the Senate did not sit. On the 7th, Mr. Brown, in pursuance of notice given, in troduced a bill to reduce the duties on sugar; which was read twice and referred to the committee on manufactures. II. OF REI'KESEXTATIVKS. On -the 1st inst. thirty cords of wood were voted to "the suf fering poor of Georgetown ayes 1 12, noes 16. On the 2d, the House pro ceeded to the election of a prin ter to the House of Representa tives, when there appeared up on the lirst ballot the following result: for Duff Green, 108 Gales Sc Seaton, 76 William Greer, lG-scattering, G. Dull' Green was then declared duly elected printer to the twenty second Congress. On the 3d, Mr. Mallary, from the committee on manu factures, reported a bill to re peal that part of the act pnssed last session lor the reduction ot the duty on salt, which provides th it after the 31st of December next, the dutv should be 10 cents per bushel, instead of 15, as at present. A discussion took place upon the subject, in which Messrs. Tucker, Speight, Mall ary, Wilde, and McCreery, took part. After some obser vations by Messrs. Tucker and M all ary Mr. Speight sai l he was not prepared to hear such a bill as the one now under considera tion reported to the House. He asked the chairman of the com mittee on manufactures, who reported this bill, if the House (in passing the law of last ses sion reducing the tax on sahl were taken by surprise1? Does not that committee know, con tinued Mr. S. that the subject underwent . a thorough discus fcion; and that the result was the honest conviction of the major ity of this House, and of the other branch of the legislature, that the salt tax was oppressive and unjusr; that while it bene fitted a tew rich monopolists was oppresing the poor of the country beyond example. was an article of consumption which of necessity entered into every man's 'family, -whether poor or ricn. Sir, these were the considerations which led to the pnssage of the law of last session, reducing the tax from 20 to 10 cents per bimlil What, said Mr. S. do we now behold! Ere twelve month have rolled around, and before the country have rnnliznil ih beneficial effects of the rcduc ion, we are met by the commit tee on manufactures (the mouth piece and organ of the lords proprietary of the U. Stales) with a bill demanding a repeal of the law of last session! The small reduction, or rather modi fication duty of last session, had occasioned a hope to spring up afresh in the bosoms of th peo ple. When he returned home, lie had told his constituents that the modification of the last ses sion was ominous of better times. Butj Sir, pass this bill, fix the duty on salt at 15 cents, and what are we to toll our peo ple when we go home? Instead of informing them that we have lightened their burthens, we must tell them their burdens are increased! Sir, does gen tlemen suppose that a patriotic people will submit to such a course of legislation! We are ground down now almost to a state of abject slavery by the accumulated burthens which have been heaped upon us by a coalition and combination of in terests, under the deceitful garb of protecting home industry. Yes, Sir, 1 repeat, and on the assertion I not only hazard my political, but eternal salvation, that the facts ami circumstances connected with the passage of the present tartn, furnish strong- or proof of moral depravity and j corruption, than is to be found on record in the annals of any country. Gentlemen may pass this bill; they have the power, and are capable of "forgetting i no right." Yes, Sir, they can pasa it and thereby heap insult upon insult. 15 at let them be not de ceived let them not mistake forbearance and long suffering for submission. I tell you, Sir, if you increase this tax on 'salt, my people will not submit to it they cannot. Sir, I am aware who I am addressing; I do not speak to the feelings of the Mouse. There is here, Sir, in this House, a settled and fixed majority ' opposed to me, and the interest of my constituents; but, Sir, the day is not far dis tant when the South will be heard they shall be heard. Ay, Sir, the day is fast approa- hing, when the people of the South will rise in their msjesty. md stalk the avenues of this louse and take vengeance on heir oppressors. Yes, Sir, and tear this government under which they claim the right to a v us, will be made "to reel to md fro like a drunken man." Sir, 1 am done. I can only ex press my hope, that the bill may not pass. On the 4th, Mr. Tucker of ered an amendment to the bill reported on the preceding day by Mr. Mallary, from the com mittee on manufactures, on the subject of repealing that part of tlie act ot last session of Con gress, which provides for the reduction of the duties on salt, after the 31st of De next. The purport of Mr. Tucker's amendment was to strike out the whole bill after the enacting clause, and in lieu thereof to insert a bill for the total repeal of the duty on that necessary article of life. The bill respecting the claims of ex-President Monroe, (gran ting him $30,000) was read a third time and passed, by a vote of 105 to 8G. On the 5th, after some dis cussion, the salt bill was laid on the table, by a vote of 145 to 41. On the 7th, the motion of Mr. Mallary to print the report ot the committee on the salt bill. was taken up, debated, and fi nally agreed to. Another Revolution! From -Europe. toy the arrival al New-York of the packet ships Sove reign and Herald, London papers lo the 19lh Dec. have been received. The sales of Cotton for the week end ing on the IGth, amounted to 7000 bales, at a reduction of about 1-Sd a further decline was anticipated. The most important item of intelligence, is that of an insur rection at Warsaw, and the fleeing of the Grand Duke Constantino from that city, be yond the Vistula. There can be no doubt that, the Poles are about making a desperate ef fort to throw off the iron yoke under which they have groaned since the dethronement of Stanislaus, and the defeat of Kosciusko. The tyranny es tablished by Catharine the Great, and perpetuated by her successors is about to be resis ted; and if not successfully, at least for a long and bloody season. Nor ia this all. The Rhen- ish provinces ot Russia are in commotion. Austria begins to assume a more warlike attitude, Switzerland is in. arms, and there arc evident signs that an appeal will be made by more than one nation to the infallibil- ity of Artillery. The last ac- counts lrom Warsaw, are to the 4th December, at which time a provisional Government had been established in that city, on principles more hostile to the Russian government than had been originally avow ed, and active measures had been taken to resist attack. Insurrection in Poland. A courier, who left Berlin on the 4lh inst. has brought the follow ing news from Warsaw, which completes the intelligence of the recent events in Poland: On Monday, the 20th of Nov. about seven in the evening, an insurrection broke out in VVar saw. It began, it appears, in the military school of en signs. The young men, to the number of from 500 to GOO, took up arms, and spreading themselves through the town, called the citizens to arms. A multitude of students and in habitants soon joined them. They proceeded to the bar racks of the infantry and the arsenaJ, which was taken by 10 o'clock. The immense quan tity of muskets and sabres it contained were distributed to the people. The insurrection had previously gained the bar racks ot the infantry. The en gineer regiment was the first that rose, and several other re giment soon followed it. The Grand Duke Constantino nn the point of being attacked or surrounded in his palace, ef- iectect Jus retreat unon Pnim. with his guard, two Russian regiments, and a regiment of 1 olish cavalry, who only fol lowed him from a sense of mil itary honor, but who will re main neutral, if the not disband themselves, or join their fellow.citizens in a body. The exasperation for a lo., time smothered, was sn vnrS considerable at the moment of the insurrection, tli.it Polish detachments, who at the commencement refused tn m.n up their post of arms to the people, were massacred as traitors. Forty-one colonels & majors were killed in nnflnv. miring to keep the troops in o bed.encc. It is added that two auks-dc-camp 0f the" Grand Duke were also slain. The opinion at Warsaw was that the defection of the Polish army would become general. The Chief of the Municipal Police and two llussian Generals were killed. The German General Hunch and Count Stanislaus Potosky were also killed in seeking to rally the troops. The military chest and the house of the Paymaster-General were plundered. The immediate cause of this Revolution is thus stated: For some time past the report that the Polish army was to march into Russia, whilst a Russian army would come to keep Po land in awe, occupied the public mind, already agitated by the news from France. It was openly said that the army would not' suffer the insult, and every thing being prepared for revolt, an opportunity alone was wait ed for. This presented itself by chance. The threat of flog ging two Polish sub-officers of the Military School, induced these young patriots to rise. At the beginning of 1829, the kingdom of Poland (i. e. the Russian province so called, of which Warsaw is the me- tropolis) contained 4,088,189 souls exclusive of the army. Warsaw itself possesses a pop ulation of 18G,554 souls, inde pendently of a garrison ofa bout 15,000 men, and of this population 30,146 are of the Israelitish faith. The P rovisional Government has decreed the levy en masse of 200,000 men, and the forma tion of Burgher Guards. Prussia. h is stated that a revolution has commenced in Prussia. An insurrection, of which the details arc not yet known, has undoubtedly taken place at Koningsburg. The king learned the revolt at Warsaw and the disturb ance at Koningsburgh, perhaps at the same moment. 30.000 troops are marching on Lux emburg; an armv advances to wards Potsnam (Posen) and more troops arc required in the i . incienicapitoi ot the kingdom. France Tio ureatest nn. thnsiasm prevailed at Paris on the subject of the anticipated foreign agression. It is cal culated that in the course of one week, 1,200,000 troops, in eluding the National fiimrrl. will he in an effective stale. Notwithstanding the pacific tone used by the Minister of the interior in the last sitting ofthe Chamber of Deputies, persons in this country who have ac cess to the best sources1 of in formation, entertain strong doubts as to the eventual prcs ervation of peace. The present stock jobbing ministers are indeed indispos ed to war, but the proposition made by Lafayette in the Chamber of Deputies, on Tues day last 'that in case Austria or Prussia should interfere in the affairs of Poland, it would be ihe duty of France to pro hibit them,' was received with loud acclamations. The trial of thn rUWas SinSn.on tl.0 15th of December, and it wn. supposed would last about 11 days, and ll.auhe Peers would requ.re at least 24 hours to de liberate on the-Sentence. r .Bland.-The London says.-Wc can s,nte dntly, that p to lhe moment, the neivs ofihe Poli, insurrection, haa not produced any marked change in the ton? and bearmg of the Ministers" , tlid three powers, rcl-.t' the affairs of Belgium' ' Bell's Messenger 0p states that the question r'1 form was agitated fro ' part of the country t0 q er; and petitions Wcre(i J'i1n , appearing in Parliament ' " mg Ministers to fuf, ' pledges on the subject. lr SOUTH AMERICA. ' Death of Bolivar.-. r maica paper of the Gfh ut ceived by a gentleman , place announces the cv'ls which previous reports U , prepared us to expect, ()ft? ' death of the illustrious Bolivar, the Liberator ! touuui iiiiiuiuitij. lie died ,; Hacienda, in the vic-inny of Santa Martha, on the 17th ' Dec. last. Norfolk Her. ' , -Oft SCASftBmDWfr. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1831. A Peep behind the Curtain.- our last page will he found an imp,, esting article from the Salisbury C3. rolinian, giving a particular descrK tion of some of the performances Raleigh, during the las! session of our Legislature, with biographical sketch'. es of some of the principal actors. The Weather. On Monday c' last week, we had a considerable fail' of Snow, covering the ground to ibet depth of three or four inches the greatest we have had for several years past. The weather continuing cold, i after the snow had ceased falling, en abled some of our citizens to enjoy thi! northern amusement of sleigh-riding which this climate seldom allow! The weather still continues unusually! cold, and the snow is but slowly leav ing us in fact, we have had continu al freezing weather, with hut a few days intermission, since the be-ii ! rung of Christmas week. f The Mails As the complaint cl the irrrgularily of the mails has been so general of late, te had concluded not to give publicity to our grievan ces, notwithstanding we were well assured that the fault lay neither in the roads nor the weather bat they; have become intolerable, and we ma?l! make them known in hopes of obtain ! ing redress. (Smce the 1st of January , last, most of our northern corrcspor. dence arrives here by the way of; Fayetteville and instead of receiving intelligence from the city of Neir York in five days, as we former!); did, we now seldom get it in less than ten days. And vveare not the only sufferers by this irregularity the commercial towns of Washing and Newbern, with all the intent ate country between this place anil the sea coast, labor under the same inconveniencel " A memorial has bees forwarded to the Postmaster General by our citizens,' setting forth thea facts, and we trust a speedy and effec tual change will be the consequence- Duty on Salt.Vyt referring Jj our Congressional summary, it win Congress to repeal the act of last scs-1 sion, reducing the duty on Salt. Vft have copied from the Telegraph : eloquent and manly speech of Hon. Jesse Speight, of the Newbefl f district, against the proposed repeaH uuu - tuiiiK mm enuueti to mc su titude of the people of this Stated of all the true friend? of the Union. for thus vigorously opposing this fire brand, which, i permitted to P35f Congress, wilt inevitably Uindie-a flinif in thn n..ik .I... ...:ll f,)) the t.ariffites with confusion and dismay On this subject the Richmond Ec' quirer remarks: The mischievous proposition ofthe Committee of Manufac tures, startles us. It is design ed to go backwards instead of forward, in modifying the Ta riff and to continue Salt, tl'3t essential article of life, at l5' 'nstcad of reducing it to 1
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