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CONGRESS-, HOUSE OK REPRESENTiTIVtS. ' Washington, December 30 ' As soon as the Journal, of the louse was lead this morning, the -Standi nor Coin miuees were announced. Thr following 13 a list of the 'Chairmen of the' different Committees, with the members on the Committer on Ways and Means. ' . On Ways and Means.. Messrs.. Jones, f , :Va , ( C h a i r m a n, ) B i d d I e, - A I h e r t . . n , Lawrence, Rhett, Vanderpoel. ? Evans. Connor, and Cooper of Geofqjt. On Commerce, Mr: Curtis of N Y, Chair man. Public Lands, Cor win, of Ohio. Claims, ih ivsori, of Georgia. Post Of fit s and Pout Roads, ' Me Kay, of . N. (J. J d iciary, Sergeant, of Pennsylvania. 'Jlevnlutio n a, ry Claim s , Craig, of Virginia. District of Columbia, Johnson, of Md Indian Affairs, Bell, of Tenn. Milita- ;-Vy Affairs, Cave'Johnson, of Tenn.'. iV- W Affair. i Thomas, of Maryltnd. Mi lilia, Keim,' of Penn. Public Buildings and Grounds, Unrein,'-bf Mass. jfv Irtign Affairs, Pickens, of S. C. Re vo lutionary Pensions, TaliefeTp, of .Va. Roads and Canals Ogle of. Penn. Ter ritories, Pope, of Ken, Expenditures of State Department, , Underwood, of Kdi. Expenditures of '-War Dcpai lme.nl, Gar land. of Loir. Erpc-nditur, s'of Treasury- Department.iKvnns, of Maine. Ex penditures of Public Iiiiildiu gs, Stan ley. ol in. Carolina. . expenditures oj Navy 'Department-, Salsiortstafl, of Mass. Ex .jichdilurfs' of Post Office, M 'rvin, of N. -York. Expenditures of Milage, Wil liams, of Conn. Oi Agriculture, De berry. Manufactures, J. Q. .Adams. Private Land Claims; Casey, of lUinuis. Invalid Pensions, Sherrod "Williams Patents. Fi etc her. Public E'xpeidi twes, Briggs. Elections, Campbell, of S. Carol i n a . Revised a n d unfin ish ed by, sintss, Peck, .of New York. " - SLAVERY. ' Mr. WISE then rose in his placeand said that before the House proceed to business he was anxious to ofiVr an im 1 pbrtant resolutum To this end he. moved a suspension of ine rules for ihe purpose of offering the fofrlming resolution : Resolved, That upon the presentation of any memorial or, jVperi relating to the Abolition. of Slavery in the District of ! Columbia or any oM the Territories:, I he same shall be; considered as objected to upon reception, and the motion to receive shall be laid upon the table tyiihout debate or further action thereon. Mr. FI LLMORE, of New York, ob jected to the suspension of the rule., and Air. WISE demanded the ayes and n. The Roiisp nhior-fi-d inn Ja rf' j j 7000tt'iii So t h rmm to suspend trie rules. Mr. RICE GARLAND soon after presented some resolutions referring- to the subject, of Slavery in the, U. States. : f .'Mr, ADAMS said he should vote for the reception of these resolutions if they Could br.' discussed. He eared the Pre- - vious Question, and was therefore oppos ed to suspension The yeas and nays suspend,. The vote was yeas 107. nays 82. Two thirds were necessary, and the House refused to act upon the.resolulion f SMiTHSpNlAN BEQUEST.. Mr. ADAMS brought forward a bill in relation to the Smithsonian Bequest, Which, upon his motion, was referred to a .Select Committee of nine members he're after" to be appointed. .''."'. PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. . r Mr. THOMPSON of S. C. upon a ' motio'n to reconsider the vote whereby the House ordered the pricing of eMra co pies of tbe President's Message, made by .him ofn Friflnv lfit snnl.-n -it c.nw. l-n.i. commenting on and disapnrnviiiij' cf the Message. He thought it a very 'al.Je ..imiM, uut u ciy uiMiigeuuous o'ue. i and warned theSoutu notlo trust the au-! r nmnitnl Kii--rt ....... ,1 ! .T . I ihor of it. After Mr.-T. had concluded his speech uhich occupied about an hour,. Mr. DUNCAN, of Ohio, moved the Previous Question. Mr. THOMPSON said that in making his motion to re ennsifier Hm 4.'a;,i'n'iwl - v n ill u 11 Jiave-the President' Message debated. Jf this could hoi be done he would With draw Iiis motion.- The motion to re con sider, was therefore withdrawn. i. jniiojc r. v LSUKLiN CLAIM ANTS TO SEATS. ' !(TrT DUNCAN' of Ohio! brought, for tord ft resolution that the five Van Buren claimants of seats from New Jersey, he allowed -to take tlitr seats until the Cm- iiiiurv f ui jjiujiui.3 uri uie as to tneir right to seats upor the floor. The reso lution was not in order, and was not of course adopted. - n r . l i ' ' r- . - xseiore ine aojournment ol tne Uonse, various messages refaiing to' public mat- .i. 1re 11 J rutnr...i i I. . " 1 ' 1 i v t v i i t iv i i ru in uir r- v - i m i rn ni m i r . irrj. ium uiunti. io oe prijiiea AlOSt of them were the Annual Statements of the several Departments. . li) . ' A am J Ml.n..l i. 1 I aa December 31. Sorr time was spent in a vain effijrt, first bv Mr, Wise, and afterwards by Mr. R Garland, to sus pend the Rules. to enable them to .move I e s o 1 u t i o n s n g a i n s t t h e c o n s i .'.'e r a t i o n o t Memorials toncbins tbe question of Slave ry within the District of Columbia, Ujion ihe motion. to reconsider the vote "ow. printing a large extra number of the 1 resident's Message, Mr. ' iiompson. of i Blue l idge, there'are hundreds and hun South Carolina made a speech of some J d eds of old soldier's who fought under length upon the general character of the j H'a'rrisfin, who know him and who res Message. &c after which, the Previous I pect him. He is known to be the soldiers 1 m itici in r w.. j . l . e -.. ueing movpo, tne motwn lor, re vii9iuciuuon was witnurawn. A question arose, concerning the nrb per mode of disposing of certain;papers ' v'Mvumg U)t. merits , or me Iew Jersej election, which was not decided at ihe lime the House adjourned. December 1. In ihe Senate, nurne tous resolutions were introduced" on va 'lousubjecu. Some of our rcndeVs may not be aware that Mr. Tap pan", a Loco Foco Federalist from Ohio, has introduc ed into thv Senate a bill to limit ihe ternis of the United States Judges to 7 years. ' ' ' ' From the Madisonian. THE COMMITTEES. . In the'orgarrzation of the Committees! the speaker has given general satisfaction to all parties. It was Expected tbaUthe Committee of Ways and Means, and ol I o reign Alfa ns, would Administration. This be given , to the was right under A t ; the circumstances. Th A'jnuriistraliiin is responsible for the jjreat measures of Government, and oir ueocia lions' with oreign counti.s Oppsit on m;ij(ii'.ie on those Cofniiiittet s uijg hi have produc ed only fmliarrasMieiil.as iheir busif.es is more intiiint. ly related to the Ex mi live than ih a ol uiost others. - The Co rn ni ;ttees on pu hlif ex p-nd i lures are all of the Oupusi'Mn. will hold .the Gm-.'mmeiii to str jc fu-i-oun and e'eonomical fi:i hits Of the thiny-ihiee C imriiitt-efs a ppoirr ed by the Spt ..k, x, twenty tiro huvt clinirutan. L i t vim o jider i he" ;.rco -fiu-w adminUtralion of Mr. Polk, it was jut the reverse. ' ;j From the Madisonian. "W hf,n Ml Caihon'fi caiee t'.' the a?.ist I 1 t " IX i . .. . aneeoi 4ir Van ti iren pn aecooiit of his ' proposed hu.HH-ial ptriie, fie foresaw and I declared pia.t he vas coining 'to a partv J 4 in whom. Jie had no reason to confide.''' ! 'What, had been his; relation to Mr Benton before, under ; whom he ' now .would be obli2'-d to Jici, a S- ond part ) 'The Giobe of March 4. 1837. thus .-p.jak-of an "encounter" between Mr. Brnton and Mr Calhoun.. ,-:, . " Mr. B nton lashed hiin (Mr. Cal houn) with uch severity thai, alihouirh he.. provoked. ihe contest, he declared he vyou!d not condescend t notice him far ther. He was then told, in the face of the Senate, that he. (Mr Calhoun) was like a vvhipp'd cock - wilh drooji'd wing, t'S: caping from the pi,- in which he chal lenged a contbat by his crowing " In di scrihing the -inauirur.itin of Pre- j sidehl Van Buren..the G'obe aiter hav ing mentioned the aci, that Messrs Clav and W.-bster were presejat.("and perform rd their 'duly 'as Sen itor7' spolce thus of the absence and -.disgust of Mr. Cal houn: - '-.'. !-.' " There was on e. hotveyer, reprobate spirit, that could, not bear to look upon ine origin ana auspicious d a v : and it irn.fi Hip mh'nsnrp nf nil thnt i r .... "jiffrJace J. , - , .! mrton. the jGca- sion ! 1 he plne--frr;;,. i. ' i, ' - Jtvnicl) lie occupied 2 V 'H'" i 1 1 Jackson came into office j. was filled by the kind and brave Col. Johnson, &c - . J :And what thought' -Mr. Fickens about 'these times,: ' "Sir," said .lr Pickens, "sycophancy aud'serri'ude ha ve t.ikt n. the place of -ail the heroic aricl ' rnan! vi virtues. The rooks. -together with obscene birds, have perched themselves tn the high places of the land, and ice. sit here beneath sxr rounded daily ,wilh their filth and cor r up I ion." i : ! "The gentleman," (Mr. Cambrel ing) ;aid Mr. Pickens. had said chis nation had been converted inlo n .-lamKllnvr ri..nni. a ..... . i i. " ! ""I"' . ot- aMieu ictu iiaa ornugni it 10 1 He ashed who had brought this .condition ? r p : UK P A M T V V r if f 1 vt ' . m iv A i -7 ir A il ple( dues.'man-woishippihrr, office seekinrr ! &c. had wrought.a distinct change in ihe principles of this'creiileman." The rumW is that numbers of the Van Buren men in New Jeisny, disgusted with .he course their party -have taken m i Congress, are going in for the Hero of : Tippecanoe j Some of the n.inere recommend th. i 1 I - , . . - - - - - "iiouiauai cy new .Jersey, of her Seiiat rs and Representatives in Conons nd th". repudiation of federal laws, in that State, until C-mgress has fenaiie d th. injury they have. done in her. ' ! Mi I i son Ian The Speakgr Actions speak louder than words. Air. Hunter, in' the only two-voles he has oiveij- in .ihe Speak-r's Cha r has sub d. with the Opposifon, He voted for Mr. M St. Clair Clarke, (Whig) for lh dTlce of (ierk uf the House. Madisonian 'Massachusetts. ThV Boston Atlas i POWER A VliR. A MORE DFCRADED, 'I O til e offl e, al.d provided Jor U? I.he lJf A MOKEonnucPT et of W RE i' C H - i v v Sea 1 Lord Johl Ruse)l IS to return ES never lived. TneVcoiitem-n t.'are.n- give? this statement of the political com- j sou. presiding The Natchez Free Trad plexron( of the Legislature of Massachu-; er savs it was decided in the caie of el ts : In the Senate, mere are elected the peojde 15 Whiy-s and 13 L co- focos There are 1 2 vacancii s'. Which, as the House has a Whior inajotitv. will ali be filled wiih Whirrs rnakinff'27 to IS. The House is 'composed of 518 mem bers! what a mob ! Vhi.ch is thus di vided, according to the Atlas Whigs. . ' j LoCO-focoF 279 239 W 1 1 2 ruajorUy, 40 Virginia --This Slate is all right at heart, and during the net leninontb.s we shall find ihe. Whig party active, energet ic and useful. There is not a doubt of Virginia, Here in the West H irriso'n will run as no other man' ever did. All h ron"h the- hills: from. ihe river tin th.. frit nd; he is kjmwn to b ge.;erous, open hearted, social and talented, and his prin ciples are known to be the "principles of the people. History of Georgia. Mr. Howard, the agent sent o Europe To- collert docu ments illustratiTe of the history of Geor gia, is engaged tjpon a history : -.ot thai State. ; - FOREIGN NEWS. EIGHT PAY3 LATER FROM EUr6pE. We are indebted lo the . New York Herald for a slip eoruaining ihe followino intellijrence, brought by late packet? from Europe The news i.-hv the Louis Phil Uppe and Mediator. 7e copy' !rom the Herald Extra ol Sunday. By the fast sailing picket ship Louis Piiillippe. which arrival last ev.ning in 23 days from llavre, we haw flirts (hates to Dec" 3d. arid Havre'" to Dc- 4ih. inioL five London to Dec. . Liver-ool to 3(hh Nov. The Sultan of Turk, y has granted a Charter to his Milj.cts, which is creating a g r at . Sensation in Erimpe. The "L'Hi ion M n iii.) i erald:' -stale, f-o n a source wonliy f .t.jp'f, that Lird p.lmerston h as add i i a Utter to i fu- Anib )isadnr oj the United .StalVg in Lou that her Maje.-ty 's goven-.mt-nl inte d ukadeall ttie iioiU in 1 he ( 'li .tieSe- uoit ll OlK ill the poit in ihe Cli.neSe Eiri.pire, ar:d that the i ircoiiitanc's under u-lircfj this measure has been resolved "I1"", renders it abs. jotely iervs-arv for Gr at Britain to take this step. Thi- is a most iiiipoitaiu uiovHinent : for it is iti " ! likrlv thru all the British foice in India. flushed with victory from Aff-'hanistaii. will ma it h with a !ac ril i '-dur,e i in- Empi ror to so to China, and j in i.-s on and to make r-f 'iiijifiisiv - If to thi wh add the (j'la.rre! l-etween Lia and the Emperor, ttiie Chinese Empire is in an unpleasant pre.! ica merit. 'Jne money imrke's of London and Paris remain dull. for vjtli litrle altera tion. Cotton i a lip.fe'louer m Ha vre. It is vry evident that the principles"" of democracy are making a prodigious stride in France and England. Tne Chartist movement in England is only irt the bud. and. every .lay it is expected to break out simultaneously over all the kingdom. The next news, which will probably be brought by the British Queen, will r.eveai a few secrets. . ; " ' Notice was 'posted at the Bank of En gland, . Nov. 29 as follows " Ttie Go vernor and. Company of the Bank of En gland are ready, until further notice, to receive applications lor Loans" upon the Deposit -of. -approved Bills of Exchanye. not having more than six' months to run, such loan to b 'repaid on or beforeJL7- January next, al the rate ofJ.vrTsTr.i'G pr ct p-r. annum. W u. tw , a baa L2.0Q0rTT il night's 6? iZ'-tlc cont .ins not less tlian-23 b-mkrupicies, ihe oieatest which has appeared in one day for some time past," Herald, Nov 30" It is said at Hamburg that one of the first mercantile houses of that city will open a credit of ten millions' of marks banco (L7 10.000) ( for the Bank of En gland. More trouble there. A prodigious inundation took place in the Thames and overflowed many places, towns and villages on i s banks The " Constitutional" states that a new minister has been appointed -for the Unit ed Stales, i ri the place of M d - Pontois, now at Constantinople It is to b M. de Bini-ourt. formerly resident Fiench min ister at Ghai Isruhe. The-'bejief ffains ground that there is to be a further shii'lfling of piac's amongst' the Melbournes iricaO'bl e now in office i Lord Normanby 13 t.J expelled the s ; 1 . . 000 ,s 10 2f 'PP1 with thejlifhculties that j enve lojie th e colonial relations. FROM FRANCE. " Bnonue,' Madrid, Nop 13th The Ambassador of Fiance lo tin- Minister of P"1' i1' AfT.irs A- D- ree of t h-. Q,ije'en Regent has' ordered the dissolution of the Cories Madrid i.p -if-l'v trrttfijoil " The Belrri.in (Chamber of Rejn i genta lives fiat adopieo by-, an unanimous vote the bill for p i o i .it! n o expoitat oris of corn unni ( Auo usi, 18-10 .; Tlie' Aoosburg Gazette,, quotiirg advi res of the. 30th nil , s i ys that Meheniet Ali has consented, to o i ve upth Turkish fleet, and to content hiinsf with the he reditary sovereignty o' Eirvp'- and p:rt of Svria. The sanie j oirnal. however, in its CoriSTintinople correspondtmce states that the Viceroy is inclined to restore on ly Caudia toweiher with th fleet. An important derision e one erniv.g slave, prnptrtv has been made bv the -Federal Corirt at Jackson Misi.sinni Imloe ah.nl. ' Hickman fs "Ruse," bv which the doc trine is e'st'ab'ished that alt cmtrnr.s for negroes brought into the Stale of Missis sidpi ami sal I " as m kkc'h andise " sub sequent to thfi first of May ; in tfit year 1833, are illegal and as such null and void. This decision must, it is said, ol necessity have an important bearing on Mississippi; deb;s to Northern negro trad ers to the aniount of at least - two millsnns ojyfollars: J . ' This decision is based on the second Section of the article under the head of '"Slaves" ih the amended Constitution of the State, in these words: . Sec. 2. The introduction of slaves into thU S'ate as merchandise or for sale, shall be yrohibited from:aiid tifter the first day ol May 1853; Prtvidfd Tfiat the actual settler-?hall opt be prohibited from pur chasing slaves in any State in this Union, and bringing them into this, State, for Iheir bwn individual "use, until ihe year 1S45. . Commodore , Elliott The Army and Navy Chronicle express')' contradicts the statement that a -court martial has been or dered to assemble in "Philadelphia, for the trial of Commodore Elliott and others. The Senate of Ohio have passed a re solution against the appointment of mem bers of the Legislature to offices under the State. From the Alexandria Gazette. EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE Washington, Dec. 27. 1839." My letters to you hayetaUf n 1 much better than their merits ave promise for; and I attribute ihe circumtance, entirelv. to the home truths which 1 'have told, and which the suhjeets of my stu-tiir s were not accustomed to, in the .atmosphere ot South Carolina Ihe sobriauel of 'Cal noun siail has attached itself to the Van Buren Nullifiers, w n so much -pertiuaci-ty.at they cannot shake it off limust. iherefore, suck like a p!;.st-1 1 Former y. these men toasted constantly of '1 heir chi valry, their high sense of lio'.or, & . , a'nd they were I ist-n d r., u it n sji -iu respect But now. the UMial s - f adu a 'ion is greeted wit a-- broad grin ! Bom, sir, insensible to fear': ani'Mr. Pickens. "'Yes," interposed a State logins man, in sensible td the fear of beino 1. coumzed as a trimmer in politics" "C lh.-un! s'Dck 13. rising." said one of the spi id, -the other day "Y. s," replied a V jj t ran. "it s-ems to be the only stock i , th'e mat kit"- I hese anU Mich like taunts are heard on every side. These men have sunk below zero s for Mr. Calhoun himself,- 1 have no doutil that he is 'determined o support the AdminisT-.tion ihiough' thick ni.tl ifrn; ar,d, of course, Jus tail1' will (ollow him - folhuv hirn in the ti eth of .ill llo ir;f inn er piotetations of all then ' former out- cryagainst Mr. Van B-nen and his friend -for you know, if tlx ir was one m ' 11. 1 whom they vroiessed to hate more than another. Mr.. Van B- ren was ihe ' man Mr. Callumn will take his chanc s with Mr. Berjton foi the succession. Tne end will be, another and a final disappoint ment to all the ambitious schemes of the South Camlina Nuilifier the homsts, the consistent, the natriotic South Caroli na Null.fier !1 ! Faugh ! As you may well suppose, the conduct of Mr. Calhoun aid his tail has effectual ly killed Nullification. That doctrine, the salt of our', existence, is now more odi ous than it ever was before -with the peo ple; and, ven in the South, will never asain be broached. I do not wonder at it, nor do 1 blame the people for distrust ing and disliking it. seernr hoAXttTeant its professors h.avivbvtm tojiheir o n rin rjalg: - Tfie two most distinguished men in the House of Representative s, jul now, (they will not be so a wek hence, beeaus.f men, like water, find theii level;) are Mr Rhett, ofS oith Carolina, and Mr. C. Shepard, of North 'Caroiina. For the reason whv. see the brilliant and consistent course of theie gentlemen, on the New Jersey con tested case. When gentlemen vote one day aye, and next day no, on the same question, they are very apt to become dis tinguished for a week. My info 'iiiation from home leads me to believe that Mr. Calhoun will be deserted by all the State Rights men in Virginia, who are not, in fact, Adminis ration men. Certainly we cannot longer coun'euance his gros and olarinq inconsistencies. merely because he has once in his life been a nuHifier. Even in Sooth Carolina. I am to!d all the" nullifiers do not ?owith him There is an irilellig-nt and rer peetable portion of ihe old school in '.hat State, at the head of whom 1 would place Wa ddv Tho mpson, who have not and will not take the fatal piunoe, Which pre eipitatesj 'them from their nr'st-ni elevated stand, into the dep'hs of. Van Burenism and Jacksiiism. Honor to you, my. 'el low sufferers! Ah honor to you for you r firmness! Y,bu and 1 have seen hard times telber. in the days that are gone, and r spent ortCe a whole a'temoon. in brightening a r.uily iTi'iski t for your sai.es. when tbe myrmidon's of federal power were threatening to hang you -.ns "traitors' Little did I expect to see our leaders ihen, in a few short years in cloj" c'm- muuion and fellowship with iho".who then denounced and threat med you: who outlawed . ybu with a Proclamation, and suspended over your headsthe lei rors of a Force Bill ! 1 give my best respects ir several little prying busy bodies in this city lor iheir attempts to discover who l am Tell them again I am. A VIRGINIA NULLIFIER, NOT A South Carolina Nullificr. ' The spy in Washington, writing to the New York Courier and Enquirer, say.": ' I cannot better illustrate the proud erni nenre which Mr. Calboinand his friend? now occupy, than by .-relating a pointer! repartee made in the House some divs since by a inatler of 'fact man. - Pending the contest for Spak r, tbe vote for Mr Pickens rose from three to eight, u here upon a member of the little bund remark ed: "Calhoun stock isjjising." ' Y ," (the other gravely replied) "and well it may it is the only slock in market." It is thus that these gehlle.men are spoken of; and thus they are viewed in he lan guage of Mr. Pickens, by even "the vilest and "most profligate wretches that ever crlawled into poweT.' " v .v I'he manner in which the Bank's in Ohio hare resumed specie payments is thus described in a letter dated I . Cincihalli, Dec 23, 1839. Our Banks do not , issue iheir fpeci' paying no es, but pay nut such as they re ceive on deposite and in payment of debis- viz: Indiana, Kentucky, &c , but pnoci-! j New Year's day was yesterday ob pally, their own. Post notes at 12 nios. served as a hly-day by Cojigress and all after date, and some payable at different j the public offices, and prettygrnera!ly by Banks about tde - country " in cur r ml I others. The President received Tisit- Banknolei" :The following will show the manner in which government defaulters liquidate thtirdues: V The hnds of W. P. Harris, of Missis- sippr, a defaulter to the amount of 860.000, were jevied upon. They were estimated at 336,000, and sold at &300 -a loss of $35,700. ' . From tbe National Intelligencer. GENERAL HARRISON. ' I"h the discharge of the crxtensivi? trusts reposed in himthe disbursement of the great amount of funds placed under his control, and the extraordinary powers conferred upon him. General Harrison in'ieht have a massed .a prmc?ly fortune: ' and, with similar oppuitunities, many a - 1 bra wlin? patriot of these degenerate d iys would have done so. At one time tie was Governor of. Indiana, '(then comprts rnywhat is now Indiana, Illinois, Michi gan, a'nd Wisconsin,) exofficio Superin lit' i tendent of Indian AlLns. and vested with the power to appoint all the offi cers; to lay ofTrounues and fix eats of j'istu-e; and with a complete control over ihe -.Legislature He was, moreovei, vested by a lav of Congress with llie complete control over the public comain at Vihcennes and in the I II mois cbuntr v, or the settlement of ail the " claims to laud made" bv the "Fren h and British Govemmn's, or by courts or eouunand ants claiming the '-rights to make such grant?, the , whole 'of the iand,sf grarrted, or as much thereof as might appear to hi,m to be reasonable nod just."' With these great powers in his hand. President Jfff krson, in 1804, sent him a com nis sinn .constituting him sole cofnmissioner for treating wiih all the Noithye-trin trir s. ' with the power. to draw for any money he might think netessaiy for Iht Hl'i'nilin IS'liriHiO fl IIih n -,. mut... I i j. . y w., ,,,,,, u, nianyionim. A- soon as lo. isiana was ac- milled h - Wa made fiv -i I n. i.. ;re, r.t .h,i:(li;nf it, son) ex officio Governor of " Upjier Louisiana " He knew that Mr. Jeffer so.n had it much at heart to convince the inhabitants of the h-v!y acquired territo ry of the great difference between our Government and the corruptions they had so long suffered under. Under this im pression, Gen II declined receiving the fees he was entitled to by law, although those for Indian licenses alone would have brought him two or three thousand dollars; and refused to purchase any property, although he was teinnt '.., the proprietor, of -i.hr-. .f.-n), s 0f Si Louis JJTJiJjJ I I itr n tJj o r 1 ing lands with an un divided moiety for assitring him to build upth' town In" tfiese various situations. and with these 'multiplied-. opportunities, what wealth might he iiot have accumu lted ; yet to his pf iis b it spoken, he regarded only ihe good of his country and his ovn honor, and l.eft this long ca reer of public service poorer than he en it red it satisfied with the approbation of hfS own conscience, and the legacy of an untarnished name lo bequeath to his children. - HARRISON IN TENNESSEE, Tennessee was one of the three States not represented in the late ' Harris burg National Contention. But no soon er doe.i the account -of Its proceedings1 reach Nashville, than ihe Whig, of that city, hoists the banner of Hairis n and Tyler. In reference o these ...nominations,' that paper says: , The course of the Whigs of Tennessee is now to us is cb-ar as the noon day sun:' ''and we are proud to add after a full and free interchange of senii merit with our friends in and out cM the jGeneral Assembly, that there will V but ONE VOICE on the subject. u Tennessee, go for the Vn'.ojt, of- the Whigs, for the sake oj the . Union," and to fTect this great purpose a purpoe. which, if accomplished, w'.-- verily believe. yvill rid the Government ol one of the nost despicable Administrations' tha- ever cursed a free country we prom is h " long pull and a strong null." in No vember, 1840. for -HARRISON and TYLER. . The duties received from railways and stage carriage, in England, for the year ending Jan .5. 1835, amounted to. 7,437. 823; acd for the yV ar riding Jan. 5,: 1839, L494 294. In 1835 the stage carriage duty was L486.872, and in 1839, 7,454.714. In 1835 the railway duty was L93I, and in 839, 39,570. a , The Arbroith an Forfar railway ar- rivs 200 and 300 passengers daily, paral lel to a line of road which never. could support a single horse coach. " ' ' . I -Duringthe year four new coache have been put on the road in connexion with the Glasgow & Garnkirk railway : and on the Newcastle and Carlisle line, the number that traveller? is as I I to 1. Phiad. North A merican. The Mandamus ease. The Washing ton Gfobe states that on Tuesday ihe U C5. District Court "gave an unanimous de cision ad verse to the application of Ms. Decatut for a Mandamus against the Se cretary of the Navy. The fh ree. 'y Judges grounded their decision on the merits of the case; jod,'e Thurston went still far ther, and gave a very able argument against the juridiciiori of the Court." New States I: is nt improbable hat three new States may b added to the Ui.i'n b. fore' ihe next census ifi taken Florida, Iowa and' Wisconsin. Methodists. ; There are in in England 3 000 M. thodis'; chapels, and 379,000 .a bhai h so hool sr3 4 1.442 scholars, and 59 j 217 teacirers er as usual on that day ; and manv Mem bers of Congress, including ihe leading ii .". ; men of all pdrties, wiih tho members ol tbe Foreign Legations generally, the 'Heads of Departmentsr and other1 rivil officers, officers of ihe Army and Navy, andcitizens, strangers as well as rsidents, p.iid their respects to ihe Chie M igistriite, by whom they were courteously received j " Nat. Int. Jan. 2. ' ADVERTISER, WILMINGTON, N. C. FMIDAY HOEHISO, JAIfY ip, jS39t : 1 FOR PRESIDENT, ILLIAM HENRY HARRISON j FOR .VICE PRESIDENT, JUIIX 1 YLER, of Virsinia.: OR GOVERNOR,. t . JOHN M MOREJAD PRIVILEGES OF THE QUEERS HUSBAND. Since the intended marriage of the Queen of England has become a matter of public notoriety, we are frequently asked; wliai power will he thus conferred upon her husband.' We cannot ariswer this question more satisfactorily than by copv ing the ollowing article 10m the Baltimore Americnn- 1 i " " ThejiMi riagebf Prince Albert with the Queen of England will , conA r upon mm no official nowT wKimli....--' ..n will have," says the London Spectator, "rank without duties, riches without la bon," yet he will be "a gilded pnppYt who can perform no action becomi:.g an elevated bitth and exalted "station who eail In niv rn nur..... .. .1 i , w.. 1. 'jiuioiiii Huiiiiyoi a .varri r or a statesman: whosn ..nV.'r- .. . . ' . 1 '"T"' a,lc,s rtliecud- andvho can avow opinion (except perhaps on an niticle of diess, a piece of furniture,or a horse) even though the fate and character of his wife b at stake, without violating ihe constitution of the country that has adopt ed him." i . ' The blood royalthat sublimated ipjintessence. or power incorporate can-' not be communicated except by thr trans mission of inheiit.rnce. ;When WiHiTnt he Third ascended the throne it was not as husband of Marythe daughter of the. abdicated monarch, bui by a violation ol the Constitution deliberately committed by- PuTliarnent in other wordt,, by a re volution. When he was, at firm, invited to alsdme the government as regent in behalf .of his wife, the high spirited Hol lander refused he would be every inch a king, or nothing. PrinceAlbert, it ap pears, has no such scruples he is' will ing to be even Tess than a reeeht, Yet his influence as tbe Q.ueen's husband J l - . i may ue very great, ex oilictafly. "The representations and advice cf IMinisters, says the Spectator, "will avail little against the wishes and arguments ol a beloved spouse; and the ueliberations if the nuptial couch if, as is ardently hoped, harmony, tervdernefs, and iove at tend it will probably be fjuud infinitely moreffieacious flinn those ol 'he Council board. Happily, the des'imes ot En gland do not depend upon ll,e will of any two human beings; but if Prince Albert be endowed with great intellectual attain ments, sagacity, and firmness, united wiih . ambition he miay nevertheless have im mense influence in this country, and may become the instrument of great good or irremediable evil." .'PL - ----- ' -.- -- a ue, marriages o.t- U'lee-ns regent m England are said to have been opnerallir of short (fu rat aWa historical tict, how ever whjch need not be regarded as omi nous Queen Mary's unibn with Philip lasted only four years, and William the Third became a widower in less than six year after his accesfion. Victoria's ' husband by virtue of his maniage w i 1 V b criati'd a J)uke and a Privy Counsel lor, a Field Marshal, &c .;: he will be authorised! (o quarter the arms ot n gland,1 but he wnl not take precedence of Duke3 of the blood royal. The 'Special tor estimates hi r robable allowance from ' Pa rfiarnent at 30.000 a year, which is considered; very iTioderate -j bnt which the Prince, no doubt will find somewhat more ample than the income of his Ger man principality. THE COALITION. "JZunverts and renegadoes," it lis sa'd. " should tblie particular care to let the , world see hey act upon honourabfefino tives" illas Mr. Calhoun d one tis in ibis late abandonment of honour, party principles and self? For one. we caf nox to aus.rer tne question. I5ut il we mav be allowed lr form nn idea m In Uie opinions of good men, trom the pub lic press, we would say that infamy and derision are the only fruit whivhVl.ave. or can spring Irom s) 'unnatural a com bination. . -j ':.'.. Shame and dishonour have marked its eommencernentMortification anddefrat will signalize its end. Mr. Calhoun will yet. live to! repeat ol this unnatural and monstrous! union' Id, curse that unhal lowed ambition which at once forfeited his own esteem arid the kind cotbsidera tion bl the public. . - .. - Thet Baltimore Chronicle has been purchased by the proprietors of the Ame rican and! merged into that Journal. Poulson's Daily Adrertiser, the oldest daily in America, has been transferred; to the editors of the North American.
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