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... - : !,V--. & ; . -V- - - ; :-r . If?- ' ZT?' T - FRIDAY, FEBBtAUl'J rM&tT. - - " - - . AHW.W' --I y THE REGISTER. TUESDAY, FEjBRUARY 4, IS 10. THE NEXT CENSUS. ; The reader is referred to the Advertisement of the Marshal of thcJnited Staites for the District of North Carolina, published in this paper, as containing matter of freat public interest. , - ' AlpIJTION PETITIONS. . It will be set'n from our Congressional head, that the House of Represcqtatives have disposed of thfe ques tion of the reception of Abolition Petitions, "which has -occupied it attention for some weeks past. . We may now indulge the hope that jthe business of the Nation will be attended to. ' . By the decision in question, it has become a Stand big Rule and Order of the House of Representatives that no petition,- meniorial, resolution, or other paper, praying for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of u -Columbia, or any State orTerritory; or the slave-trade between the States or Territories of the ijjriited States in which it now exists, shall be received bif tlje House, or entertained in any way whatever. " VIRGINIA SENATOR. Six ballotiijgs haje tal;en place in the Legislature of Virginia for United States Senator, and it would seem from the result, that that body is about to behave as ridiculously" as they did last year t. e. ballot iiO or 40 times, , without making an election. On the tvvp first ballots, Mr. Rivp received 83 votes, just one-half : of the Legislature, and Judge Maso 80 scattering 3. One vote more iwoukl have sleched Rtris, but i neither of the scattermg votes (all VVhis) ould gu, for him. On - the two last ballotings, Rives received two votes less than tpe day before Every member f - both Houses was present. . PROFESSION vs. PRACTICE. ; -At the recent Van Bureo Convention held in this City to nominate a Candidate for Governor, amongst others the following Resolution was adopted r " Resolved, Thati we spurn the approaches of Abo- Mon, whether it appear in the borrowed "garb of xeli ' gious fanaticism, or the more imposing form of political cojnbination."' . As an evidence of the withering contempt with which Abolition is " spumed," 'yrer refer to the rejoicings with "which ihe election of Maucus Mortos, as Governor of Massachusetts, has been greeted by the entire Van Buren Press, 'llr Mokto is what Mr. Btsttm oniq caji a rant Aoaiuionm, i ne touowmg ex tracts are only specimens of the whole. Ex uno dis- .-.ee omkes7 ; fFBOKI. THK GlOBK.l u The Democracy of the whole Union will hail the result' as a most glorious triumph a triumph ovf.r : f ederalism before the people of Massachusetts and a : triumph over its tarijekery and cunning in a body Where it nolds a decided majority. j rSOM Tb ITORTH CAROtimTATT. r It seems now to jbe universally admitted, hat Mar cus Morton is elected Governor of Massachusetts. the Court, "he must be imprisoned six; months." j Without the amendment, for which Gen. Hahuison voted, this poor fellow would have to be immured with in the walls of a loathsome Jail for six-long months his wife and children suffering for the means of sub sistence during the whole period. Suppose however, the amendment adopted, for which Gen. Harrison voted ; then he could say to some- good neighbor " You hire me for three months (perhaps less) and pay In the Senate, yesterday, a debate arose on a petition presented oy Mr. x oung.lrorn the Mormonsof Missou- tho AnA nnA T i ;k it: &u aa lie at ill w ill i. I M I v ui iru w iuii n is nHiini : . . . . . J . lition o Slavery m the district ot Uolumbia, or any bor does it, and the poor fellow is thus saved the dis-1 statf 'QraTertory, dr the Slate-trade between the States grace of imprisonment, and the pain of seeing his fami-; or Territories of the U. States, in which it now exists, ly suffer. Surely, in such a case (and there are hun- 8haU xcif$. by this House, or entertained in any dreds like it) the Editor of the Democrat" will admit ; 1 Wliteeanem3ember3 rose simultaneously to address the that Gen. Harrison provision would operate, hu- i Chair. 'Mr. Vanderpoel obtained the preference, and manely, and for the- benefit of society.' i :"" - i after a few remarks, moved the Previous Question, No one will deny the right of the Legislature to, WM?n !s,2?fned' lil ' CONGRESS. . - . WASHIlTOTOJr, jAITUARir 29. ; Yesterday, Mr. W. C. Johnson, who heljl toe floor n, setting forth the erievances under whir-h tV Stom Monday, resumed his remarks on Mr. Thomp- : labored, and asking for the interposition of Confess in son's Resolution respecting Abolition petitions. But, ! their behalf. Hi. Young moved its reference" to the in the course of his speech, he allowed explanations Committee, on .fhe Judiciary ; but, it was at length laid from Messrs. Adams, Granger, Lincoln, Pickens, Van- i on the table for the present. Messrs. Clay and Prcs derpoel and Hunt. At the conclusion of his address, ton thought the subject worthy of further consideration Mr. W. C. lohnson offered the following proposiuon J The bill to' establish a Board of Commissioners to as an amendment to the amendment heretolore offered ( examine claims.gainst the U. States was further de byMnAdamar ! bated, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, v r- -v o -o votes w iy imprison for offences, li is done here in North-Caro- ly "adopting Mr. W. C, Johnson's as an addition to it ; give a citizen rfioice, whether! he vyill go to Jail of be hired out 1 Awayj then; wiui this miserable' slander against a citizen who has proved himself, emphatically at all times, arid under all circumstances, the poor maris friend ! j CLOSED DOORS. In recently looking over the History of the Proceed ings of the first Congress, held tinder the Constitution, we were struck with surprize at observing, that whilst the Debates of the House of Representatives are pretty fully given, the Report of the Senate's Proceedings ia very meagre, not a single debate being published. The reason for thi3, however, we find to be, that from the organization of Congress until- its session hi 1794, the Senate always sat with closed doors. Qn the 20th of February, in that year, a Resolution was adopted that, 4. after the end of that session, the deliberations should be tjublic, except wheti engaged on Executive business. . " A BITING RETORT. The following Anecdote of - the Poet, CoikbTdge, which we recently met "with, is new to us, and worth presenting to our readers. He -had visited a Race Course, mounted upon a miserable horse, equipped in the worst possible style. He soon encountered a Ba rouche and- four, filled with sporting gentlemen, among Johnson modified his resolution, and proposed to strike out the whole of Mr. Adams s amendment now pend ing, but the word " Resolved" and inserting his in lieu thereof. ' In this form, Mr. J's amendment was allowed to be in order, and the question being taken upon it by Yeas and Nays, it was carried, 116 votes to 104; The question recurring on MjjThompsoh's propo sition thus amended, Mr. Adamsmoved, that its decis ion be postponed until the House be fully organized by the admission of the N. Jersey members. ) This motion was ruled to be out of order; and the j question being put on theTtesolution as amended, it was carried by Yeas and Nays, lr4 votes to 108. bo the House - Resolved, That, upon the presentation of any me morial or petition praying for the abolition of slavery or the slave-trade in 'any District, Territory, or State of the Union, and upon the presentation of any resolution ; or other paper touching that subject, the reception of ; such memorial, petition, resolution, or paper snau Be considered as objected to, and the question of its ree'ep tion shall be laidjon the table, without debate or fujr OTAAn other naner Dravinff for the abolition of "slavery in Dkitric ofColumbla, or any State or Territory, or the slave-trade between the States or Territories, of the' United States, in which it now exists,.shall be receiv ed by this House, or entertained in any way whatever. A motion was then made, to adjourn, but was with drawn to allow Mr. Davis of Indiana, to .move for a re- To-day, the House restrmed the unfinished business of yesterday in relation to the Printing. Mr. Graves being entitled to the floor, Mr. R. Gar land requested Mr. Grave's to yield it, to enable him to offer an amendment to the" amendment, which Mr. G. consented to do. . Mr. Garland then offered his amendment, "that the Committee, also enquire into the expediency pf entire ly separating the patronage from the newspaper or the public press eC the Country." . - . Mr' irSves then addressed the House 'at considera ble length on the subject of the Public Printing, and the necessity of reducing this branch of the public ex penditure, shewing where, especially in the Printing for the different Departments, abuses had been practiced. He continued his Speech until near 4 o'clock. Mr. Davis of Indiana, next obtained he floor. Be fore he proceeded to make the remarks he intended to offer, he would -enquire 'whether it would be in order to move to amend the amendment of the gentleman from .Kentucky j(Mr. Graves): .. . The Speaker replied, that there was already moved an amendment to" the amendment of the gentleman from Kentucky (referring to Mr. Garland's motion.) Mr. Davis wished to know whether the amendment to the amendment iy the gentleman from Louisiana had been recognized legitimately as before the House 1 The Speaker replied in the-, afiirmative. Mr. Vanderpoel submitted to the Chair that the mo tion had been read simply for information. ilr. Davis again wished to know from the Chair, whethec it was competent for the Speaker, .with the gentleniag from Kentucky and the gentlemau from Louisiana, to say what propositions were before the Ho'uset i Whether it was proper for them to legislate "-"' HiUsbbroug k f Jan. 30. Fire. On Tuesday morning last, at about eleven" o'clock, the citizens of our town were alanned by the breaking out of a fire in a room-attached to the kitchen of the Hon. Frederick Nash. It had made suxli progress when first discoveredthat it could riot be ar rested, and the kitchen was destroyed ; but by prompt exertion, and by -throwing down, oive of the outhouses, the fire was prevented from communicating to the dwelling. - - We hope this new warning may not be lost upon ourtilizcns ; bu-t that they will forth with; anil in earnest, set' themselves about preparingor the visitation of so potent an enemy. Recorder. The Speaker peremptorily called Mr. Davis to order. Mr. Stalily and Mr. Giddings insisted on Mr. Davis ta&ing his seat. A long, desultory and not veryy orderly debate en sued on points of order, which Mr. Wise put an end to by some very sensible, judicious and temperate re marks. In six years, he said, he hid scarcely witnessed consideration of the Resolution adopted yesterday in Printing of the House, on the ground innr ir nrnii n I v imiHiwii hk uir I lit . u-i tv ui I ,i 1 1 v il ill r - . . v- " I - j - r T - i j w mons, an celebrated for having sold his vote in - to ixetfon.' He wished to relieve "the Cferk from that when after some difficulty, the Houe had sue- forgive ' thq tiebt ; and. it' any body owes me . . . i niuvKMi in- oiofnnrr a nnfiaL'nr wiin iinmQrufM rn-o roc, i . . a m this embarrassing duty by a proposition more precise eu. jesurruuv ui ... l , l 1.1 . 1 TVT. t ' ... r.i e a. it..' i, j as manv awieais irom uie aectsion 01 me v-nair. as naa anuuiu wui uc iijuuuuuvcu uuuu yuu; 1' whom was a baronet, a member of the House of Com- , nii,v , '; taken place during the present session. He had hoped much." was the reDlv. if I owe an V bodv. era! Parliaments, together with-a number of-ladies! of the haul ton. The baronet, glancing at the ladies to call their attention to the fun he expected from the unsportamarrlike figure approaching them,t hus accost ' J2i upright Judge The following pro ceedings, -.reported in an Illinois Criminal Court, Jiave- bitsri'ande ,tre. Court:. " Sam, satftlrlXuge, ' 4irsnp pose you know the jury hatf.brought you in guilty of murder." Prisoner. : " Yes Judge, that ar a fact no mistake 1" Court: " No help for it, I believe. Have you any choice about tUe time, Sam ?" . Prisoner: "No I believe not; it don't make much difference, if I have got to be hanged, when it is done. I have had a mid lin hard time all my life any hovy. This is no great jthitigs of a world Judge, you know yourself." '. ' ' " Mr. Sheriff," said. the Judge, .will this day four weeks come on Sunday?" "No sir," s.ud the Sheriff, " that can't be possi ble." " You had better look at tiie Alma nac," said the. Judge, "I don't wish to make any judicious piistakes." Having become -satisfied that. theJranging day 5-would come round ata proper, period, if calculated by the weeks, he proceeded to inquire if '"that day lour weeks would sun oarnas vvell as any other, to be harrged on. fte was assured that any except Friday, which was an un lucky day, .would "be perfectly agreeable. " Now -6am," said his honor, have you any thing to say why sentence of death Not I THE SMITHSONIAN. INSTITUTE. ' Mr. Adams, in -his bill providing for the disposition of Mr. Smithson's legacy, pro poses that Trustees shall be appointed, form ing a body politic and corporate by the title of "the Smithsonian Institute for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men."f The amount of the fund in September 1838, was $508,318. The foltowing are some of the provisions of the bill : i The Trustees are to consist of the Vice- President of the United Slates, -the Chief Justice of the United States, the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, and Navy, the At torney General of the United States, and the Mayor of the City of Washington, together with four members of the House of Repre sentatives, and three of the Senate, to be an-. nually elected by their respective houses. He pwipGSjgsiLSL in the Treasury of the United "States, fcna the faith of the United States, pledged for its preservation, undiminished and unimpaired, with six per cent interest, which 'shall be paid annually, and applied to the purposes of the fund; that no part of the fund shall be applied to any School, College, University, j Institute of Education, or Ecclesiastical es tablishment; that all appropriations from the fund shall be from the interest and not the principal of the same ; and that the sqoi of thirty thousand dollars, part of the first year's interest accruing on said fund, be appropria ted towards the erection and establish mentr. aftheXJity of Washington, of an Aptftn6rai cat observatory, adapted to the most effective -and continual observations of the phenomena of the heavens; to be provided wHh the necessary and best instruments and books for the periodical publication of said observations and for the annual composition and publica-' ' Uou of 3 nautical Almanac.. . me here a matter f four rmles an nour. " wnat a forehand he has !" continued Nimrod ; "how finely he carries his tail ! Bridle and sadoje well .suited and appropriately appointed ! Will you sell him 1" "Yes," said Coleridge, " if I can have my price.'' Name your price, then, putting the- ridei into the bargain ?' 11" 1. Ci t 1 11.1 qeeaeameiecrmga opeaKer, wno oommanaecitneres. anVthi may f wiffi and definite: If the House should agree to the pro- ' And mav God have merer on votir soul' posed reconsideration, Mr. D. was desirous of offering eaem s o nse ,n Pg - , , , ITrsolution'as a substitute, which he read, proposing he would not have been troubled with repeated said the J Udge, and he burst mio a llOOt Ot to go into ah election for Printer, and appointing a qufstions of order, and vexaUaus appeals from his de- Hears. Sam was .subsequently hanged ac- 4ioicruQ aypvaiu aj uio &uiu ncvuHtfo uiuirjiuuuia i " 1 1 rli 1115' tO HI) 1 1(1 LI? 1.1 1 Vr! Ll L- 1 1- 1 . T 1 I m m cuurse, wiucu was not Qmy utAHon- but injurious to the Country, by protracting the buinoss of the session. Mf. Graves then moved to amend the resolution of- "e oeuevea me aecision oi me peaer, mine present case vo ue euiireiy correct; uui u ii were iiui so, n was better to confirm a questionable decision, than for ever to be disputing the Speaker authprity. x ,Jiehad for two weeks, owing to indisposition, been merely a look er-on, and as such, was better able to form a correct o pinion of their proceedings, and he must say, what he 1 1 1 I A l . ' f L1..J I. 1 r : . . . k . mV.n AmnvwlwknvtYa oia muttuwonr . . . 5 , :.. .t tri thi l. rpmlatinrtlimft. Mr. D. called the Dre- P eslst from this inere i; i es, answerea cOienage. rvare pacer, i - -a - - -. orah p tn the Houbo I have no ddhbt sir." Yes," said C; he brought . , . , , ' 'aa iia BAtoo iny I 6 necessarily '-. ix YCBirjiuav. wuj.,n rfoij ni i xvv& . w w fered by Mr. Davis, by striking out all after the word "Resolved, and inserting as follows : That me'conmruriication of Gales & Scaton,5 sent to the Speaker xf this House, touching the Public Printing, and the whale subject of the' Public .Printing be referred to a select committee, to inquire into the ' My price for the horse, sir, if 1 ell him," said (Jole- Plan ?f exec"ti? ridze. " is an hundred miineas : as to the rider, never ThatJudgc White w3 very recently instructed out of having heen in ParUament, and nUr intending o go, the same, and to report by bill Jfehved, that this House was daily sinking lower in the Senate, was paiiiful enough to our Opposition friends ) that Daniel Sturgeon, a thorough Democrat was elected Senator from Pennsylvania was more pain ful still ; and now! that a Democrat, yes, a Democrat, is elected . Governor of Massachusetts we apprehend an almost cruel dissolution of the patriotic Opposition party. j WISCONSIN. The Legislature of this Territory have passed Res- his price is not yet fixed." The Wonet silently Jwok ' ' i I A t V o loin Mo- lo,i;o 1,1,0.1 TorA nAtU gress rciaung w uiauniarijmuvm " x. i i i miu tile vlt-i ui uuaiiuusc uuuti uic buuci iptvn auu control of the Coramittee of Accounts, is hereby au- off. j SO WE Gfj. We learn from high authority, nomination has fallen Rke an avalanche upon the Ad ministration party, alf throughout the Northern and or otherwise ; and that the printing which has been or may hereafter be ordered by this House shall, until oth erwise ordered, in all things except prices, be done in the manner prescribed by the joint resolution of Con- thorized to- make a contract or contracts with some per son or persons, to execute said wock upon the best that the Harrksbursr 1 terms it can "be done in the District of Columbia, pro vided the prices shall not exceed those nxed by the aforesaid jomt resolution of 1819. Mr. Graves enquired of the Chair whether- the com- i e , , . r .... .! w . i ivir. ciraves enquirea oi me -vuair wHcuierj uie com- olutions providing for the election of a Convention -to Western states; and that the :Van Burenites, in effect; munication of Gales & Seaton was in his possession ! GGOm r1r of t rM f m nn tV a ivcf frtti I ... . .. I t I . -i .i fit t i it v . assemble at the Capitol in. Madison, on the first Mon- -day of November; next, for the purpose of deliberating ..Wn .1 J ll.-t. 1 C.A iVj Lili i l uuii anu.ouupuiig sucu.iuwiuf mm coiiauiuuouaa mea sures as may seem -to be, necessary and proper .for the early adjustment pf the,:8eutherA boundary - and ad mission into the ynion of the State of I Wisconsin on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever." ' ; j REPUBLICAN SIMPLICITY; In the first Congress held under the. Federal Con stittion, the bill to accept' a cession of the claims of thi State to certain Western Territory being under consideration, anil the names of the North Carolina Senators occurring in the Preamble to the hill, with the word "Honorable" orefixed. Mr. Page, ni Virginia. moved to strike it out However honorable the gen tlemen may be, he said, and he was ready to acknowl edge they Were truly so, yet he conceived that there was impropriety in giving such tides. He hoped never to see the time, when a Legislative sanction should be given to such distinctions. If a-permanent aristocracy should ever be established among us, it would be thro' this medium. Such titles"have been produqtive, of in finite mischief in other countries; they are Ariti-Repub- lican, and could not be conferred with propriety by that House. I The vote bemg taken, it .passed in the affirmative by a groat majority, and the word' was stricken out. acknowledge themselves whipped. Then let jjs, hang pur banner out, . And spread it to the breeze : The Spoilers we will put toirpute, And do it too with -ease; ! And let us all like bro'thejr3 he, i And Usiosists our names; Huzza ! Huzza ! for- Yictory, s With the Heo or rsk Thakes ! Extract of a Letter, dated Axsosy Jax. 31. " The Whigs of Anson are though they decidedly preferred sidential Can didate they will gi Ik CHURCH BURNT." On the 25th ult. St. Andrews (Episcopal)1 Clrarch, at Wilmington, Delaware, took .fire in the basement story from the heating furnace, and was entirely con sumed.: The steeple was new, lofty and mostly, arid the chief ornament of the town. dj Jesse Speight, formerly a Member of Congress -fronj the NevAern District in this State, is now Speak . of the House of Representatives pf Mississippi. ' "SELLING WHITE MEN." xue ."oixn-aroiina uemocrat, in noticing a recent paragraph of ours on the subject of the charge against Gen. Hamisox, that ha voted tjusell white men, still insists, hotwithstandmg our explanation o the matter, that the allegation is substantially made out, and rather wonders at our defending the vote on the score of humanity. In addition to what we have said before, we will simply put a case to the Editor of that paper, for the. purpose of .illustrating how the vote in question, so far from being oppressive, or curtailing a man s liberty, may have a direct tendency to, enlarge -ujubc a. man wici a large lamily, found gouty ot as sault and battery, and fine $50. He sas to the Court "I am unable to pay the fine." "Then, gays a perfect unit, and al- Mr. Clat as the Pre- fte the Hero of Tippe canoe their united vote. In fac4, 1 have not heard, as yet, the first dissenting voice. ; God speed the good cause." " Extract of a Letlcrt duted i GaAvii-LE, Jaw. 28 " I think y6ur last Register "Aas done" it effectual ly. ' Abolition, which has heretofore been the raw-head and bloody bones of the party, can no longer be made a hobby of. What will the party -now do 1 Shuffle off S"ac9ders, and call another Convention t Gran ville, in my opinion, is safe." , . Extract from a letter dated Montgomery county, Jan. 20, 1840." . u Montgomeiy is Montgomery still. No defection in the ranks of the Whigs. So far from it, we unite to a man in giving a hearty duppoTt'Ho the nominees of the Harrisburg Cenntioni." OWEN FELTHAM'S RESOLVES. The philosophical doctrine, contained in that line of Pope's Essay on Man, . "All discord is harmony not understood, j is well illustrated in the following extract from "Owen Feltham," one of Ahe quaintest and most sntertaining of the writers of the Elizabethan period : - 'The whole world is kept in order by discord; and every part of it is a more particular composed jarre. Not a man, nor a beastnot a creature, but have, spme- If so. he asked that the Clerk should read it.' Mr. Dromgoole inquired1 whether the communication referred to, had been communicated by the Speaker to the House : JTie Chair replied, that it had not. Mr. D. then insisted that if could not be in order to refer to k. After an irregular debate on this point of order, a motion was at length earned for adjournment. The following is a copy of the letter -to which Mr. Graves referred, but-whichvasnot read : ! Washington, Dkcember 27, 1839 To the Hojt. the Speaker of the House of Representatives ; fiis.: We observe by the published debates, for some days past, that there is a prevalent impression amongst the Members of. the House that economy .would be materially consulted, and a considerable a mount be 'annually saved to the Public, in the . print ing for the House, by adopting either the system of contract, or by having the work done with materials owned by the Government, under the supervision and orders of the Clerk of the House. We are .therefore, induced most respectfully to submit to the House the follawine proposition, should it see ht to make ex periment of the latter of the above named modes i We have on hand an establishment (entirely dis connected with .our newspaper office) of the suitable capacity for executing the printing of the House for which it was specially and solely provided consisting of the requisite types, printing machines, and other I apparatus, most of it Bearljmew. and a part ot it per fectly so, having been recently provided with a view to. the possible contingency of our being appointed to execute the printioar oi the House the whole of I it in complete order and readiness for instant use, To place it in the power of jhe House to make the experiment above referred to, without risking a dollar, we respectruily propose to transier to rt, during the present session, or any part of it, the above printing csiaDtmnment, W4in me ouuumgs wmcn contains u, withihe privilege of purchasing it at the end of the session, at sqch valuation as- shall be put on it by competent and disinterested persons, or to be returned to us.with such remuneration for its use as the. House may deem just and properncluding a reasonable rent for the burldings, The House' may thus have an opportunity of test ing the expediency of this mode of executing the pub lic printing, without encumbering itself with a-punt ing .establishment, without risk of loss, with the pow er of continuing it if it shall prove advantageous, or of abandoning it at any moment if it shall prove oth erwise. and with the prospect, at any rate, of saving whatever profits would go into the pockets of individ uals under either of the other modes proposed. T. ' l 1 1 ; I . . . . I ... li maj DOk ue-uceuicu irrficxaui-in tiiia.proposuion . . t. " i l .it. -' ' 1 , the 'estimation of the sober and correct judging portion of their constituents. Mr. W. concluded by moving the previous question on the appeal which had been made from the decision of the Chair, when there appeared in favor o f the Speaker 136. Against him 7 Uj ; , So the question' before the House was, on agreeing to the amendment ofMrv Garland tefclhat ofMr.Graves. Mr. Davis of Indiana took die floor, but yielded to Mr. Briggs, on whose motion the -House adjourned.- Iii the Senate, lo-day, a message was received from the President, containirrg,a further', correspondence in relation to the disputed Northeastern boundary, be tween the rJrltish Minister- and secretary ot btate, In this correspondence, it is asserted.' that the British is the only authority whicii, by agreement, has a right to maintain t military fores within the disputed territo ry. Five thousand extra copies of this message and daoanopfjfe; were ordered to-be xmnte,d. j. - Mr. Webster called up for consideration the Reso lution which he offered on a former day in relation to Steamboat accident, and particularly referred to the late destruction by fire ofthe Steamboat ia Long Island Sound, injto the causes of which destruction he-insisted on the necessity ef a special enquiry. On the sugges tion of Mr. Grundy, Mr. Webster consented to pre pare such amendments, to the present law in retauoi to Steamboats, as he, may deem neceslary. The bill to establish a Board of Commissioners to hear and examine claims against the ' United State?, was read a third time and passed. SMALL-POX. This Ibathsome disease is said to be very prevalent in Boston. ,We see that in Norfolk, Quarrantine has been established. THE. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Mr. Wje of Virginia, being invited to at teml a Public Dipner givea to Gen. Mercer by his constttaents, on his return from Con- r re ss utters ,his warii'nrg. voice in rejly. Truly -indeed, does tl Virginian -ot " si sic omnes declare that by reasort of the outragt; upin New Jersey, The Federal Govcrmncnt has for Aveeks been virtually dissolved.' "Gen. Mercer is leavinjr s at a time when no friend of hu country nlust absent himself for a day from his post. The dangers daily -thicken around the institutions of the people. ; -The Slates themselves are now struck at, and one ot the sisters or the con federacy has at lencth felt a blow from the mace of despotism, which bus almost staggered her cut of the 'Union. New Jersey s rands at the door ofthe House of Represantatives claiming in vain to b admitted, under the solemn, Compact of the Constitution, to the sats of "representation. i-By" the fraud and force of a reckless party spirit, through the instrumentali ty of a nominal-officer,' she has been deprived pf five put of six of her members, and that, officer has thus been enabled to re-elect himself o a place which he has abused for-selfish said party purposes. To ac complish these purposes, immoral and base in them selves, by tfcese mt'ans, violent and unconstitutional, j the Federal Government, has been for weeks virtually dissolved. The wheels of Government have been stopped the legislation &P the country kas been ar restedthe business of the country has been delayed; their treasures uselessly expended their honor and dignity insulted their rights violated, to enable the Administration to usurp a majority in this House ! . If such a wrong could be perpetrated to obtain this majority, what wrong may we not expect this major ity to perpetrate 1 There must be something dan gerous and disastrous to our dearest intererests com pleted by'an usurpation jso bold, so reckless, so foul, so rank. I apprehend something worse even tlian what ha? ever yet been done by the worst of rulers and shall be thankful ff the worst motive of their "con "duct is onry to force upon the country an Executive measure, which heretofore' has been thrice rejected by THE IMPORTANCE 0 PUNCTUATION. BRITISH QUEEN. - ;This long expected Vessel had not arrived at New York on Monday night last, our latest date from that City. Tell your constituents of the nomination of a bleeding Constitution of the Executive nnnror iiroincf w Vi i rJn ire nr ' ararrinir q trni nf ... . . E- .nwr 1 .1 .ft iii . Atro vr II r manA 1 .tt o externw nation ot executive machinery and r-s-;.. v :ao c -""I Law, but that he supported - the administra- The Carolinian quotas what purrto'rts to be a speech of John. RandQlnh, in 1820, (the session when he was crazy,) a charge lat he was a "sun- piaw and black eock Fhe meaning of this against ben. Jti-arnson porter f the Seditisn ade Administration.'' excQiitiv.e favor of one President nominating his successor and that successoHiist successor. Tell them to put forth all the energies they possess to relieve i tne land trom tne curse whicii rests upon it ; and if they can then be indifferent, from that moment they ease to be patriots. Henry Clay. The recommendations of Gen. Harrison for the Presidency are thus brrefly summed up by the Alexandria Gazette ; He is an honest man. tion, as any one will at 1 once see who will rook at the Carolinian. But the Carolinian gfoes on to comment on it, amf" forthwith, by the insertion of a eoikma, after the word Law," converts Harrison into a supporJLer of, the Sedition Law as veil as the admin istration. But the Carolinian is not the first who has charged Gen. Harrison with supporting that odious law.. The Tories have even charged him with voting for it. To show the falsity of this, it is only necessary to say, that Gen, COURT QFi EQUITY. A case of the higtwst Interest is pending before Chancellor J. Johnsonf, in the Cmirt " of Equity, for this District, now sitting in this city. Itis known amongthe profession, as the case ot fELL and da biz a sm institu ted between the repre&ehtjitives of the late H. S. Ball and Lady, of this city, two ofthe unfortunate victims in i the explosion and wreck ofthe Steam Packet PulaskU in order to settle the question -of survivorship between the husband and wife, who shared an ocean grave on the appalling oceasion. AH ihe -harrowing incidents ofthe dreadful catastrp- phe have been of course disclosed by the evi- dence, so far as they could be .collected from the surviving witnesses and sufferers?; Hahd a S beautiful model ofthe boat is placed before the Chancellor, to illustrate the evidence and the argument. The. ablest counsel at our bar are engaged in the case, and a theme so studded- with the materials of eloquence, will doubtless call forth the highest efforts of for ensic power. The Hon Hugh Legare com menced the argument yesterday, in behalf of the flurvlyorship of the wife, and enchained the attenttotvof hiat audience, untiL tle ad journment ofthe Court, with a speech of thrilling effect, and rarely .equalled power. magnificence, and beauty. We understand that he will resume and conclude his argu ments to-day. Charleston Courier. ; Professor Pollen 'in oae ofTus last lec tures before the Mercantile Library Associa- . tion, made the following beautiful quotation, r uanonsc tons that to himself it was so soon to be applicable: . -. " With noisless tread deaths comes on man ; No, plea na prayer delivers him ' w From midst of life's unfinished plan, . With sudden hand it severs him; . And ready -or not ready, no delay, 1 ' Forth -to his'Judge'a bar he must away." It was a translation from Schiller, thd tak-" en down at the time by on of th&youbgrnen. In this City, on Thursday evening last, by the Rev. Drury Laey, Mr. William Lumsden, to Miss Malinda Spivy In Pasquotank, by t'ae Rev4 Mr. Langhorn, Mr. Mo ses Overman to Miss Susan Wilcox. r In Beaufort county, Mr. Jesse -B. jjucasj to Miss Elizabeth Satchwell. ' - IrMcklcnburg county, Mr.. Archibald Gillespie, of Rowan, to Miss Drucilla S. Gray. In IJavie county, Mr. William Stoker, to Miss Lou isa Hendricks. Also, Mr. Anderson Coon to Miss Sa rah Jones. " '! ; In Davidson county, Mr.' Burgess Thomason, to Miss Nancy Barnes. . , i In Rowan county r. Adam Caspar to Miss Sophia Peeler. v : . In Surry county. Mr. James Moselr to Miss Nancy Sales. Also, Mr. Reddith Greenwood: to Miss Sarah Philips. - In Montgomery county, Mr: Shepard Lee, of Anson county, to Miss Caroline Crump. In Rutherford, Mr. W illis-Poster toMi&s Susannah Littlejohn. - In Halifax, by the Rev. Thomas G, Lowe, Mr. The ophilus Cooper, to Miss Jennet N. Moran. k thine to ballast their lightnesse. One scale is n6t al- waies hi depression, nor the other lifted ever Wgh, but to state to the honorable house that" the person who the alternate wave ot the- beame keepes it ever in the I h play of motion. From the pismire on the tufted hill, He is a pure patriot He is a veteran soldier," who has fought Harrison entered Congress, for the first time lor nis eountry. He is an experienced statesman. Hs is vledsred ta serve but. One term if alectett thus breaking up thesjstem of Pre- 1- 1 X f il ' J 1 T . as nau ccarjre oi me pnnune on me noose i uinec - l i - 1 ... "a. f- . . ,, j siutnmai eiecrioneerinff. pni nnn iiur miirrs. iui lwcuiy-iitk vvrnrx iihsl. wiiuki cheerfully undertake the same trust under the Clerk of the House, for the customary wages of a foreman, who, to capacity and experience in the line of his be have that which puis us downe againe. j What man ainess which faw menpoasess, could give security; fn ; questions of the' day He is not a f tolent partizan anxl .. has no to tile monarch on the raised brone, nothing but. hath somewhat to. awe it.' Wee are here like birds thafboyes let five in strings ; .when wo mount too high, ' wee .He is a well read scholar, as well as a man of excellent practical common sense. Hi principles are sound on the leading is it which lives so happily , which feares not something any amount for his honesty and fidelity ; so that the . . . . ii . n tvt . . i .L i t J i i i. - ?; j . tnat would saaden rus some u ii rem or is uiere aiiy pian, ir anoptea uj uie noyse, couiu uo cameu into whom calamity doth so much trieUtiate, as tnat hee instant execution. never see the flashes of some warming joy. ! Beasts f with roasts are terrified and delighted." I With, the highest respect, y out obedient servants, UAi.ES & SEATON. i party; prejudices or ptiraents. in JJecemoer, I7ay, nearly, two rears aiier the passage "of the Sedition' .Law, which, io. the mean time, had expired by its own limi tation, if we mistake not. Even then he had no vote, being only a Delegate from a J Territory. If he favored Uie -administration of John Adams, as the Carolinian contends, he-had good company, being ide by , side" .witk Washington, A manmay well console himself for an error committed in common He is one of the people, and is for the with the Father of his Country. Fayelte- neople, f. ' ville Observer. . DEATHS. In Elizabeth Cify, Miss Martha L. Stephens, oldest daughter !of Enoch L. Stephens, Esq , In Mississippi,' Mrs. Penelope C. DanieL wife of Elder Robert T. Daniel, in the 65th year of her Age. In Beaufort county, Mrs. Mary Winfield, wife of Thomas B. Winfield, Esq. ; In Salisbury, Mrs. Eliza SJAunMn, wife of Mr. John Shuman. . In Davie county, Mrs. Mary Click, consort it Dan iel Click. m"' ' ' At his residence in Surry county, Mr. John Spencer, aged about forty years. Z In Rutherford, Mr. ThomaaWI-utesideB. ' ' On the San Jacinto Bay, Texas, Mr. Boyd A. For-1 feaan, son of Joahua Fornian, Esqof Rutiterford, JfXJ. ; in xiahtax, on the 25th ult CoL Jesse H8hnmona, Clerk ofthe County Court, aged 42 yean. "He-hadr Jong beensufi"ering from a disease of the tomach,which painfully afflicted his. head; notwilhstanding which, however, he gave constant attendance to the pressing duties of his office, till about even days before his death, when he took his bed to rise no mom m thi. life. Hw suiTeringa were extremely severe, but were borne with manly fortitude and Christian renation, evincing, at all tunes, by act end exprwwon, looft perfect reliance on the Redeemer of men, : t 1 i I .;5 X . . 5 -I.' i 4 - -
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 7, 1840, edition 1
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