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CUB;k.——Tll6l‘8'lS a‘-probability that in the
£lt(:"?L’tl' state tiftfiiiigs; Engla't1d_|J!?}7._59‘|d 7“
lhe West [titties a‘ sqiiadron to blockade the
island of Cuba, at circumstancelvhicli doubt
, lessflwould cause some alarm in the,U. States:
- it will [h(.if(»fi).-e‘ nt~t'l)9 altogether premature
to advatitteaii inrt:-petideszt opinion on the.-
Sllbjficl, to restore ttultlt auitmL’bl W058 l~Vl"‘5'*‘
inl{*,r4e.hlS‘3i'€ tttlttgletl witlt the present preset
vation oftt.-at island, or to di_ssipat'e itt sonic
measure a cloud ofvague coujecttir-s which,
_Ill_0tlgll groundless. might tend to’, injure the
, _ interests of others. ~
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_ the present week. ‘twenty eight negroes be-
It, will be_reni'embered that General Vibes.
Govei.nor ofl-lav-ana, and virtually. supreme
commander of the island is a 'c‘on_§tittition:ili<t
- 8L possesses great virtues as a ixtan,an ta cuts
as a public oflicer. That in tire‘ trjtiisactirins
which took place in the end ofl823, at the re- -
ascension of-the contemptible despot ofSpaiu
upon his bloody throne, Vives_was,perhaps
the only man who was preserved at his post’,
by the express will of the tyiaut; not as a
mark ofdistinction for Governor Vives but as
a necessity to tuaiu_tain the Island of Cuba, to
support Ferdinaud’s caprices and unbounded
injustice. Gen. Vives.in such a dilerntna be
tween his personal opinions and the interests
of thousands who inhabit that island, thought
prop'e’r'to' sacrifice the former for the benefit
ofthe latter; and although serving i~ta_ppea_r-
ance the ivishes ofan imbecile king, he has
rather served the interests of his uuliappy sub-
jects, and softened in a‘, great measure, their
unavoidable fate, by refiisitig to carry into ex-
ecution suclildecrées as Ferdinand issues now
.and then tlirougltout his imagiiiary dominion,
always however, iiuder polite and specious
pretexts of iiucompatibility with the critical
‘situation of Cuba’
Now the situation ofCuba grows apparent-‘
ly more and more critical every moment ;—it
may soon be surrounded by aBritish squadron ;
it is titreatetied by the Republics ofSou_th A
merica; and closely ‘observed by the U. S.
Of course the’ :tla‘rm in‘ust -be great, __aud the
views ofevery one very different. But as the
topic ofthese supposed events is _the present
state of war,ofwliiclt Spain and Portugal will
only be the theatre. while the elements are
scattered thr_ou_ghout Eurtipe: since -the revo-
lution is getieral,.to the borders of the Goa '
tliana, and from those oftlte Thames to the
lake of Pes’c’hier'a',-"—-as the torch of truth is
already kindled,-and fanaticism will no longer
endured in Europe, if the Sovereigns of the
Alliance pretend to oppose any resist-
ance_ to. tlieestablisltnient of civil—frreedom in
it. Spain must soon befrr.-e, and her people
"will not fail to assert it: therctore Gen. Vivi-s
will neither attempt an obstin.-te resisluucf‘ in
favor ofthe tyraut’s cause, nor_will he suffer
degradation to the inhabitants oftlte Island of
Cuba, by submitting to any foreign yoke: But
..declaring the Island to posszs. the very princi-
’ plea for whicb_Eng|aud will figltt, Col... will
be respected by all the free governinents, and
considered ipso facto as a portion of free
Spain: Avoiding thus, innovations St. disturb-
attces_whiclt_woultl briingio theirtrain the most
ntburnful consequences, prcjudicittl to the
safety ofneighboring States, and very iniuri.
bus to remotecountries. A. DE L.
ELIZABI-‘.'l‘H Crrv. JAN. 90.
_Emigf(1libn of People of Color.—During
longing to the Society of Friends. and four
yvhowere free, left this place for Norfolk. to
take passage in the brig Doris,Capt Mattheivs.
Whl(‘.l'lS:tllS §ll0t'lly ft)!‘ 'Lll)eria. I[ appears
from the yearlv Meeting -. f Friends in this
State, held in November last, that. itbottl 500
ofthe people of color under their care. were
conveyedto free governments during the last
year, tlte"expense_ of which wasabotrt $3.500
"It also appears that about 600 still remain.
500 ofshom are willing to emigrate to free
governments; upwards of 300 to Liberia, and
« the others to other places. All that is want-
ing are suflicient funds and opportiin':t‘_v. Do-
nations have been ntade to the Meeting from
different sources amounting to $1764.
, . -'S.tvANNA'H,JA:v. Q0
_.Surveys Stopped.--It appears by the Mil-
ledgeville papers otI'I‘uo=.sday last, that two of
the surveyors ofthe new territorv, west of the
Clt_atta_hooclti_e, Mr. Byne and Mr. Kendrick
have been arrested ' in the progress of their
work under the authoi,ity’oftltis State. by the
' Creek Indians according to the orders of the
Little Prince; and that the same party were
in pursuit ofthe others.’ '
' Mr. Byne of Burk county, who was delega-
ted to survey the 13th District ofthe county of
Carroll, according to the boundaries of the
Old Treaty. lying VVest ofthe Chatlah0t)t.‘hio=
river, has returned to this place, having had
his compass taken from him on the 7th inst.
by a party of Indians proclaiming-tlieir au-
thority from the Little Prince l
Their names and Commission being de-
manded, the Principal ofthe party produced
a‘ written Caveat, signed by the Little Prince,
now Chiefofthe Creek Nation, requesting 8:.
deiuandingith-at the Georgia Surveyors trans-
gress not the New Treaty Line as established
at VVashiut1tun. . ‘-
They furthermore declared to Mr. Bvne
that they came out with determined purpose
to take every compass thevmight find in use
between the Old and the New Treaty Lines
——alleging that their territory had been ceded
no farther than expressed ‘and agreed upon in
the articles of treaty made at Washington; 8:,
they again reiterated their purpose of taking
the Instruments from every Surveyor who
should be fotind to have passed those limi'=
The saute party of Indians, a day or -we
before, had fallen upon Mr. Krzndrick survsy
ing on thelfltii Dist and disposesscd l’-I01 als-»
: of his Surveying insttumetits, which they li.1'l
with them when they made trophy of Mr. B’~.
After some talk among themselves, and in-
quiring ifother (surveyors were out on that
side of the litie,they again resumed lheirpur?
,. suit.
A copy ofthe letter, or address ofthe Lit-
tle Prince to the Georgia Surveyors has
been lodged in the EXt.‘CltllVe ofiice by the
llfitlffillllll’. Byne.-—Wh.-' steps the Governor
' will Ibsort to in this case we are not advised:
’ai-=,express has been despatched for hint to one
ofthe lowercouttties, on whose return‘ we
may look for"prompt and eflicient ll)P._3.SlIrt‘S.
}.’t-.rlta‘ps the Florida Troops which lately left
this place will be remandedqto our Frontier.
- .l Kidnnppirrzr on a large scale.-—The Phila-
delphia Nutirnfll G-az. tts-. of Wednesday eve-
ujgig, contains two documents, relative to. the
who were sold on the way.
‘kidnapping ofyobhg. ‘negraes in that. 9l.lYi
which deserve the very serious attention of the
public. The Mayor states, in (‘a pr'efator_y
coiiiinunicatlop, that the vessel, u'nde_‘r_ the
rection ofthfe band of kidnappers, inadt; lhlee
or four voyages between the firstof April and
:tl least twenty free colored persotis prihcipelly
.-hildren The 0ll.l|‘ag.e.lS.l‘)e.ltlOl]S, indeed is-
normous; and should excite asniuch vigilance
_ for the preventiouofits recurrence,‘ and the
pnnisltitient of its perpetrators, as indignation
v.-gaiust its nature ‘and effects.
The following is the riarratiihof one of
:llf’.§e cruel and complicated pieces ofvillaiuy,
as sent from Mr. Holmes, late Governor of
.tlissisSippi, to‘ the ‘Mayor ‘of Philatlelpltia,
tinder-tlic date of Natchez. Dec. Q3, 1826.
. THE NARRATIVE
OfPeter Hoolt,.,_a black buy, now in the
possession ofMr. Perryinaii, of Holmesville,
Pike county, Mi.~sis.<ippl, says, that he is free.
-That he wasborn in Phil:irlelphia.- Tha-t his
father’s name is Peter Hook, and his mother’s
Betsey. That they formerly lived in Currttm
Alley, between Walnut and Locust streets.—
'I‘hat' his father once lived with Mr. Hartman
« Kuhn, as a coachtnan, and his brotherJ:imes,
with Judge I-Ietnphill. He seems, frotn. his
statement, to have been kidnapped a year ago
last spring—-Juno, 189.5. That he was indu-
ced one evettingby a black tnan whotn they
called John, to go down to a , schootter near
Arch-street wharf to get a dram. That a
white titan, whom they called Joe Johnson,
ilrew a long knife across his throat and said
“ Ifyoii hallob g—d d--—-n you, l’ll kill you,”
and then took him down,tied his hands across
and cliaiu_e_d_ him to the pump. Two boys,
William Miller, (black,)who lived in South st.
and Milton Trusty, (mulatto,) a sweep, who
lived corner of Eighth and Spruce streets, op»
posite the Hospital, were brought down the
same night and chained alongside of Peter.-
Next _evcuing two black boys, Clement Cox
and Wtlliam_Chase, were brought down and
cltuiiicc with the rest. Peter described Mil-
ton Trirsty, as a good sized mulatto boy,thick
set ; Bill Miller about l’eter’s own size, but
thicker ;_ Clem and Bill Chase as larger.-
Peter says they .were three days and nights be-
fore they sailed. That they sailed out ofthe
capes and saw the light house. That in about
it tltty’s sail afterwards, they landed, and he
and the other fotir boys were chained together
in a small oyster house for three days.
The five boys were then taken bv night in
.i small carry-all and gig, passeil_Lewistoivn
about day light, and stopped at Joe Joltnson’s
house, a tav'erii, on the road siximtes frotit
Lewtstowu, saw Abraham F. Johnson, Joc’s
Brother, and his wife, there. where all 5 were
chained to a staple in the floor- ofthe garret.
Soon after, it black bu_v,Juhti Jacobs, at can
driver from Philadelphia, was biuugltt tliere.
About tliiee days after the.4th ofJti|_v,a black
boy. J-mics Bayard, (a sweep,) a inulatto,I‘3cn-
jautin Baxter, who lived in -Pliilarlelpltia, in
Soutltstreet, and Little Jack, tl small black
boy, (a sweep,) were brought together to the
g-’ll'l'€I. And soon after, Ephraim Law rence,
a black boy, and little (hopping) John, a imi
latto,(who had lived wttha Mr. Hurst, in Phil
adelphia,) were bro’t to the garret, and then a
black, Henry, a young mm grown, was bro’t
there. The twelve were all chained to the
same staple ’ A .- .
Two girls were brought there some time
‘ before this. (Lydia Smith and S‘ally,) both
black. Lydia lived with Mr. Mason, in pros-
pect Alley, about a square from the house of
Peter Hook, (the father.) Mason kept an
oyster cellar,’in Market street. Sally was
blind, or nearly so, and he does not know
where she lived, but was told in South street.
These girls were chained in a different part of
the satire garret. Peter never knew Henry
hefore--but Hetiry said he was kidnapped by
Johnson. on the road, as he was going to see
his mother. Peter thinks they were kept in
this garret about 6 months.
One night, the twelve boys and two girls
were taken down, walked six or seven miles,
and were put oit board a ship by Joe Johnson
and set sail. Itt about six days after, they
iver“ landed-——dou’t know wtieie—-heard them
talking about Chesape tke Bay, and that they
were near Baltimore. VVe then travelled by
land for one itiouth, until we reached Rock-
iugham-—JoeJoltuson with them. He chained
the large boys two and two, but not the small
ones. They travelled generally on bye roads.
Were not permitted to talk to any one they
met; alwuvs encaniped out._ Were severely
tvhipped by Johnson, for saying we were free ,
though he never whipped me. Litte John
and himself were taken to a Mr. Owen’s, 13
miles from Rockiugham, and staid there a
mouth. Then Johnson sold thetii all to a Mr.
Miller and Jositis Sutler, n"ear Rocltiughain
Staten and Constant, two black men, who
said they were taken from Pliiladelphia,jo_incd
thorn. Bill knew one and Sally the other,
and said they were com carriers. The whole
l6, all tmchained, ttteii started, uud_er Miller
and Sutler, au_dafter travelling sortie time,
‘stopped ata Mr. Low’s, 8 miles from Clinton,
'in‘Georgia, ‘about two weeks, where a Mr.
-Walker came, to see. and bought ten buy s,
and kept us a week ortwo, when he found out
that we were free, and refused to keep us.-
Sutler sent Tout Low for us, attd he, (Sutler
and Miller met us on the road) with the nth
ers, in all 16 fre_e, and four slaves. Lawdy,
Fanny, Maria and Martha. They brought us
all to this country, but Staten attd Constant,
Miller got sick on
the road, and returned. Stitler sold 4, Clem,
Ephraim, Henry, and Lydia, in Monticello,
(_'.~lississippi,) Lydia in Niotiticello, and the
‘vstlier three IQ miles across the river, withoue
of the slaves, (Maria) The rest were taken
in Holmcsville, and four ofus, Win. Miller,
John J.tcobs.J.iines Bayard and myself, were
sold‘ l0 Mr. Perryriian, for 450 dollars a piece,
last winter. The otlter six free ones, were
-taken on by Stiller.
' Si:r:ly‘_/live human beings thrown overbotird.’
-—-‘* The Sierra Leone Gazette ofitit 6-'ll of
Sl'.pIL’tlll)6l', on the authority of a correspond-
ent,’ mentions a most atrocious act. of barbar-
ity, on the part of~ a French slave (japtaiii,
named Gilbin. Tltis-fellow had carried off
from the Galliaus, about six weeks before,
250 slaves, whom lie intended to introduce
suiroytitiously into (5 uttlalotipe He succeed-
ed in landing the wiiole‘, except 65, when
having observed a French Government cutter
coming towards his vessel,he threw these six
ty five n.isoralil«'~ beings overboard, in flfdt’-'
to avoid a discovery oftne tmfliic he ltad b"~en
carrying 0111 The Governor of Gttadalutipe,
me first o'f Septeniber, t_825.attd carried away-
it is added, gave orders to seiite tbé tnurderer,
when the crime hehad perpetrated was dis
covered by the dead bodies that‘ were drifted
ashore, but he had sailed before the order
could be eitecuted.—-Ball. Gaz.
MR. CLAYTS SPEECH,
Bejbre the Colonization Society. at its Jlnnual
Jlleeling in Washington, on the 20th ult.
. Mr. Clay rose, and after remarking that
whatever he might say. on this occasion was
exclusively his owu—and arising out off nonf-
ficlal, andindeed of no other relation-—-sub-
initied the following resolution :— 5
Resolved, That the Board of Managers be
empowered and directed, at such time as they
may deem expedient, to make respectful ap-
plicatirin, to tlte.Cougrress of the lI.T.éStatt=.s,l_&
to the e islatures o tlte severa tates, or
such pectigniary aid, in furtherauce ofthe ob-
jbectslof tqiis Society,,as they respectively may
e p ease to grant. .- »
In carrying this supplication to Congress,
saitl Mi. Clay., it will be necessary for the so-
ciety to estahltsh two positions. The first is,
that they propose a scheme which is practica-
ble; and the second that its results will be
such as to entitle it to the encouragement of
the govertiment. There is no difficulty in es-
tablishing hot-ii of these ositions.
Ten years ago, a goodpand pious man, no“
no more, projected this society ; he suggest‘-
ed the subject to me, and I listetied with the
same feeling of doubt which is always felt in
relation to new and untried schemes. But
Iconsidered the subject and became convin-
ced of its practicability. The fiist organiza-
tion of this Society was effected by a few gen-
tlemen, who met in a tavern in this city ; and
from that small beginning, we now behold a
result as cheerful as it is wonderful. -
Sir, it is no longhr a matter of speculation.
It has been shown that the United States can
establish a Colony on the Coast of Africa. A
Colony in fact exists there. A colony which
has made war and peace, established corn-
merce and trade ; and which displays all the
attributes ofa civilized, and, I may! say, an
enlightened cotnntuttit . But, Sir, tlo not
found my arguments iii its favour, upoti what
has been done ;but I shall proceed to shoiv.by
data, wlticlt I think, will be convincing, that
iu_to effect without any serious de..naud upon
the funds ofthe country.
The great error ofthose who have opposed
this Society is. that they substitute their own
itnaginatious for facts : They look at the great.
mass ofslave population, and shrink back
from any 2'll.IelltpIS to lessen that euormt us
evil. Such men do not see the ultimate ben-
efits ofthe Society. But they who look at
:his project thropgh an Utopian medium,
comparison with its practice. V‘/ltat does the
Society propose? Sir, it leaves IIIIIOUCIIBCI
the question of Negro Slavery. It knows
that it has nothing to do with it ; and that the
whole subject entirely appertains to the Gov-
r,-rtiment ofthe several States. It knows that
its influence extends, and should extend no
farther, than over. those persons who are as
free as you and I, to go to Africa, or remain
in this country.-- It interferes with no rights;
‘it only cotrtettrplates making the-ri-ghts ofthe
free blackswortltpcsscssiuv. : -
Itepaat again, that it-isuo object of the
S0t'.lelylOll'21llSpUt'[ the whole of the slave
populatioiié; and it would not be necessary,
rivet» were the States willing to agree to ii__
The object alone"is to tlimiiiisli the number of
people of color iu_proportion to the whites, so
that the evil sltoulcftio longer threaten the
country with danger. The whole ofthe evil
is not that we are fostering a large population
of a tliffereitt color‘ in our country ;—fnr this
is the case to a certain degree, in almost every
countiy—but the alarming fact is, the great
proportion which that class bears to the whites.
If the African population was but one-tenth
ofthe number of tits European inhabitants,
there would be no fear, no anxiety for the fu-
ture. .
I will advance one fact, which will serve as
the point whence my deductions will be
dratvu. If we could, in a given number or
years, have succeeded in decreasing the nuiir
ber of Africans,so as to enable the European.-t
to duplicate_their_ tiuinbers,we shoulti have at-
tained an advance of the black population,
wltich would have removed all fear oftlanger
from their increase. In striall populations.
the duplications are tuore frequent; and as the
pt)plll.tll0ll ofthe country multiplies,ihe terms
ofduplication will be iuore extended. Sup-
posing the African population to be at present
two millions ;_ that the European population
will double in the ensuing 30 years, and that
the African popttlation, during that period
could- be kept down to its present number ; at
that period, the White population would a-
mouiit to twenty millions, thus giving a com
parative resultjoftwo to ten. This asceudaticy
once attained, tltete would be no retuainin-_I_
fear that the European would fall to keep
down any dangerous proportion ofthe African
population, by their owti increase. To keep
down the alarming advance of the coloured
population, is the grand object ofthe Coloni-
zation Society—an object in which every
citizen in the U. States is deeply interested.
"ilr. C. estimated the annual increase ofthe
slave population at 3000, and that ofthe free
negroes at the same; and he observed that the
object ofthe Colonization Society was to
transport antiually 6000 persons, leaving the
present stock in the country ; and in doing
this he remarked, that those persotis of the
most prolific ages would be removed. In this
uianner, the increase of the African popula-
tion being regularlytransptirtcti out of the
country for thirty years,tbe duplication Oflhe
Europeans would give tlteui such an advance
over the slave population, that all apprehen-
sion of danger might be banished forever.
The next inquiry, most naturally, would be
into the expense of doing all this. He would
not go iitto details; but would state in rnu_nd
uuiiibers. The price ofthe voyage, to each
person, would be twenty dollars, which, tnul
ttplied by 6000. gave 120,000 dollars. , The
ziinuuiit of tonnage required annually would
be, 15,000, which might not solely be employ-
ed ui transporting the Ci-lonists, and thus the
expenditure would be reduced. Here, then,
was the scheme ofthe society; which had
been declared impracticable-—to take. froiu
the United States 6000 souls annually The
whole expenditure, for the transpoi-t:;tioti of
' the increase of the free‘ blacks, and the slzivt-~_
would b_e but one million forty thousand dol
ILII-5‘ per atniutu. And this expense wouto
leave itithis country twenty. inillions of the
this scheme is practicable,and may be carried.
should take the propositions of the Society in
(lineal Anglo Saxon race, with two nti'llio‘i't_s’
only of Africans, their numbers being kept
down t.y this process of Colonization.
And let mé ask, continued Mr. C. is there
a man—is there a patriot, who ‘would ‘protect
his country from evil within. as well as from
without, who would not advocate an expendi-
ture so iuconsitlerable, forlso great, so glori-
ous, so beneficial an object ?
Itwas formerly said, that we could get no-
bodv to go to the colony in Africa; but that
‘prediction has not proved a just one. The
free blacks are not only willing to go, but press
upon the Society : and there never has been
an opportunity of‘ transportation, when the
niittiber desirous of efnbracing it was not
greater than could be gratified. .
* * * *: The intricate problem tvhiclt
weighed the thoughts of our great men, is
solved The land is found where .thc Slave
can hecoine trulyfree ; where the African can
be naturalized; elevated to an equal rank
with his fellow men.; and where he can be-
cotne homogeneous with the country. The
great question is satisfactorily estahlished——
and the deeds ofthe Society have defended
the motives of its projectors. The cause of
the Society is the cause of peace, of civiliza-
tioti, of religion, and of huuianity. The
scheme is a circle of philanthropy, every seg-
meutof which addstothe beauty ofthe whole.
The clergy ofour coutitry send missionaries
forth, to barbarousand unoivilized countries.
to spread the reign of the gospel : but-here is
the most glorious mission ever conc_eived.—
Every Cnloui~t becomes a missionary-'—carry—
ing. in his person. an illustration ofthe glori-
ous infiuence of religion and civilization. To
every other country, we send strangers: to
Africa, we send back the native to teach and
convert his brethren. We send back the long
lost members ofthe great family, to carry to
their countrymen the benefits of liberty and
religion, taught them inthe land where they
were captives. ‘
T 4
CON CHESS.
Thursday. Jan. 9.5.-—The Bankrupt Bill
was under consideration in the Senate. The
qtiestiort was taken on the motion to strike
out the 93d sectio'n,(which provides that om.
ers than merchants and (readers may avail
themselves of the act) and decided in the ne-
gative,§Z6 to 19. The Nat. Intelligencer con-
siders this decision as. favorableto the passage
of the bill, which however has yeta “ stuinpy
rind” to travel. "
In the House, a bill has been reported to
provide for building two scltooners of IQ guns,
and re-building the Nonsucti. Two ofthese
vessels, it is proposed shall be employed as go-
vernment packets, to ply between Baltimore
or Annapolis and Carthagena; the other be
tween Panama and Lima, for the purpose of
facilitatiiig the coinniuntcations with the Atn.
squadron in the l’acific.
0n'I‘hursoay, the House went into coni-
rnittee on the bill for the protectiott of “foul-
len maitttfactttres. Mr. Catiibreleng stated
that according to letters he had received from
intelligent merchants in New York, ‘the pro-
posed additioual duty would amount to a pro-
hibition of iitiportatioits, and, exclusive of
fiannels and baises, would dimiuis'o the reve-
ntie to the amount of 31,600,000.
Mr. Barney proposed an amendment to
strike out the words -' ttvo dollars and fifty
cents,” and insert in lieu thereof, the words
“ one dollar and fifty tseiits.”
Mr. Barney supported the amendinent at
sortie length, 8:. was followed by Mr. Dwight,
Jlr. M’Lane, Mr Mallary, and Mr. Cambre-
leng; the discussion continued until nearly
4 o’clock, when the committee rose, repoitetl
progress, and had leave to sit again, and the
House adjourned. -
Friday, Jan. ‘£26.-—In the Senate, the con-
sideratiouoftltc Bankrupt-Bill was resumed.
Mr. Reed opposed the bill in 1! speech of a-
_bout two hours in length, and moved an. a
mendment to the firstsec'iou ofthe bill, pro-
viding that nothing in the bill should be. con
strued to extend to contracts tnade previous
to the passage of the bill. The amendment
was rejected ; ayes 10, noes 32. Mr. Barton
moved the reconsideration of the niottou to
strike out the 93d section. This motion was
not acted on 82. the Stzn-ate Htl_j;)l)I’Ile(l.
In the House an unsuccessful attempt was
tirade to bring tip the manufacturcr’s Bill, and
also the bill, to make plOVlSl0llS for the survi--
viug officers ofthe army ofthe revolutiou.—-
"l‘tre propositions were defeated on the ground
trial Friday and Saturdays are,by a rule ofthe
House, considered as days on which private
l)lll5 have a pI‘€fcl‘8IIC6, unless ordered other
wise by the House. The regulation was eti-
forced yesterday ; in consequence of which,.t-
bout seven bills, were acted on in Committee
of the whole, and ordered to be engrossed and
read a third time to-day. '
Saturday, Jan. 97,--In the Senate, the
med : a debate took place on the niotiou of
Mr. Barton to reconsider the motion to strike
otit the 93d section. Mr. Barton’s motion
was negattveil, ayes 19, noes 20. _
The House of Representatives was again
occupied on private bills on Sa:urday. Such
as had passed through the Committee of the
Whole on lfriday, were read a third time and
passed. The residue ofthe day was occupied
in the discussion ofthe bill for the relief of
Willie Blount, formerly Governor ofTennes-
see, whose claitn on the goverutuent arises otit
of expenditures during the late war. Tliis
case had been frequently betoie Congress,autl
has been acted on frotu session to session, but
has never got through both houses. It was
ordered on Saturday to be engrossed and read
it tltird time to-day, by a vote of 73 to 68, the
ayes and noes being called on the question.-
A brief dtscussioti also took place" on a reso-
lution offered by Mr. Forsyth, directing the
Secretary of War to comply with the terttts of
a former call, and returning to the Depart
merit the papers which had ;eetl sent in an-
swer to the call. Mr. Fcisytli disclaimed any
intention to censure the Department, put at-
tributedtlic imperfect return to a misappre-
hension of the import of the resolution. It] r.
Everett, on this adniisstin, suggested that it
the former resolution was not understood, the
best way was to prepare a new one which
would be uuderstootl,aud not to direct a court
pliatice with that which, it was admitted, was
not understood, The resolution, on motion
ofMr. Everett, was finally laid on the table..
Monday, J«._n. 29.--In the Senate, the coti
sideration ofthe Bankrupt Bill was resumed
‘fir. Robbins spoke at C()ll§l(lb(ttlJl6 length i .
support of the bill. . Th; bill was t,ltep laid on
consideration ofthe Bankrupt Bill was resu- .
the ‘lat " t' . the understanding that it‘
should '- ' . p on Wednesday.
Mr. .se to present a petition of
such a cliaractcr, and coming from ‘such a.
quarter, as would entitle it to the most re-
spectful (!0nSld8|‘ilU0ll. It came from the fa-
mily of Thomas Jefferson. It asked no pe-
cuniary relief; it only asked to effect an ar-
rangement with his creditors, and thereby to
prospect of which soothed his dying moments.
It is well known that his embarrassments were
brought upon him, not by imprudence or ex-
travagance, but by a hospitality, which had
been happily characterized as liberal and fru-r
gal. He had, in his tlislttess, asked and ob-
tained a lottery, for the disposal of his estate,-
at itsappraised value. This was the only
boon which he was willing to receive. That
lottery had,from cau.ses.which it was unneces-
sary- to explain, entirely failed. ,,fl‘he expect--_
ations which be entertained, as his will show:
on his death-bed, ofleaving his only beloved
dcghter in circumstances of ease and comfort,-
had been disappointed. Au arrangemettt had
been made, by the Corporation ofthe City of
Washington, with Messrs. Yates Sr. M.‘Intyre,,
whose liberality, as displayed in this instance,
‘was worthy of all praise, which, if sanctioned
by Congres, would effect every thgng ,.\vhicl't
Mr. Jefferson desired, and which the lottery
granted to him was intended to afford: I:
proposed to connect the Jefi"erson Lottery"
wilh the Washington Canal Lottery.
The only difliculy which presented itselfin
opposition to this arrangement, was the cir-
cumstance that the Lottery granted to the
City of Washington was restricted to a partit-
cular object, the construction ofa Canal; and
he hoped that thistdifliculty -would be easily
overcome- , . - ~ .
Mr. HAYNE then presented the memorial
ofTltomas J. Randolph, executor ofThomag
Washington, for drawing certain Lotteries
authorized by Congress, may be- authorized
to substitute certain’ lands. belonging to-the,
estate ofthe deceased, for money prizes, in
In the House Mr. EVERETT offered an a-
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FORSYTH, and laid on the table on Saturday,
which was adopted. The’ bill to attthoriz’8
ten millions of stock, was then taken up in
committee of the whole on the state of the
Unioti, on motion of Mr. COOK. An amend-
iiieut was offered by Mr. VERPLANCK, the
purport of which was to give -a discretionary
power to the Secretary of the Treasury to is-
fail. _ _
In the house ofllepresentatives, on Tues-
day, Mr. Mercer, from the committee on
roads and canals uiade a report on the rite-
ntorial ofthe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Cotivetttton,accompanied by a hill,which was
read twice atid cotniiiitted. _
On itiotion of Mr. Mallary, the House went
into Committee oftlte whole, and took up-the
addressed the coinriiittecat great length iii
belialfofthe bill, Mr. Clairburne addressed:
the conmiittee in.-opposition. - .ilr. Mitcltell-;-
halfpzist three o’clock. _ -
The question being now about to be put our
be recollccted, proposes to alter the second
miniiiiuiu from 82 50 L031 50.
Mr.Cambrelt:ng then stibuiitted a paper
containing certain calculations, intended to
to show the opperation of the bill oti goods
imported under the several r_uinimuins pro-
posed, and which he desired to have-printed,
that it might be laid before the niemoers.—-
tnere upon the House adjourned.
the Senate on ordering the Bankrupt bill to-
a 3d reading and decitleit in the iiegzittve, 925
i.. 15. On Friday a iiio.ion to reco.isidt,f;
we vote was carried ‘.26 to 17,and the bill was;
structions to strike out the 93d section.
In the House, the discussion of the inanu-
recommit thebilt with instructions to amend,
was uegatived, 95 to 9:}. , —
NEW—YOltK LEGISLATURE.
Jan. ~26.--In the House, petitions were pre-
sented from the lottery venders in New York
relative to the bill now pending to regulate
the sale of tickets. .
The bill relative to the Tradesmen’s Bank,
was read a third time and "passed.
the house would not incorporate any new
called up and rejected, 9040 19. »
mittee on the State Road-bill, -but tio question
was taken on the subject. ~‘ '2' I -
Monday, Jan. 29.-—In Assembly,’ Mr. Stark.-
iug of himself, and Messrs. Silt $1.-Coutiiut) to._
whom was referred the bill from the Senate,
rr-l.it‘ive to the sale of lottery tickets, made it
repot't,and recomtnended a tiuinhert.if.im_etitl-
ments to be -iiadt: to the bill. Mr. Stll_observ.-
ed that this was the report ofa majority ot the.
report and art,ieii\'ti_n-:iits were ordered to be"
printed, and oti motion of Mr. L. Stiiith, the.’
bill was tnitdc the order ofthe day for I-‘ridiiy.
The bjll to incorporate the Friendly Sons‘
of St. Patrt‘ck’s Society, was passed, 96 to 1.
for bounty lands, was ordered to a 3:1 t‘eitdni«_;.
The house went into COIIIIIIIIICQ on rite.
the aiuendiuent o,t1'crcd by Mr. Sill, fur strrk-i
vizles for making the northern route, ‘and it
was cttrried, ayes 49, trees 46: I
"The q-iestiou then recurred on the reinstat-
Oti’t')'ndagzt,'it)a'tie a long speech ag:iiti.~‘t. the’
its favoiir; _~.t he {the t:oi_utmttee roseand the
house attjtiurticit.
ia Lake to’ Susqueliannali Rivet‘, and 3 CW-db
‘: ».n' the
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sue treasury notes,sliould the other projects «
The printing was ordered ‘accordingly; and-,, ;
Tiie~,-,resolution offered by M r. Gardnetgthat. -
iug partof the first section.-'-'-.\lr. Mtisely, or‘,-J
l';.iie. (,'ar_i:;t, t_ti_roi'igti _ (_3tJtt,€lV£’1!:,;fl
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disembarrass his “estate; an" object which, , -
while living, he had much at heart, and the’
Jefferson, deceased, requesting that the Con» .
tractors with the Corporation ofthe City of ',
their scheme; which was read.'.tnd referred to, ‘-
the Committee on the District of Columbia. ‘
mcndtnent to the resolution offered by Mr. ‘
the Secretary of the Treasury to exchangn .. I
bill for the protection of the Woollen Mann‘-I "
factuses, by a vot_e of 63 to 60. Mr. Pearce-I -‘
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‘of S. C in opposition, occupied-the‘ floor tilI"’~'4
the amendment of Mr. Barney, which, it will ~'
On-Wednesday the qll'85IIO!I was taken in». '
re-committed to a select coiurnittee ‘with in’. -
lacturers bill was iesuined. ' ‘A proposition to
Bank,_nor renew any old one, unless the ’
stockitolders were made personally liable, was.
The House was occupied both days in corrr- ‘
iveattier, from the select coitiniittee, (cotisish '
coitimittee or-.ly..; he did not agree to it. The _
Ttie bill tor the final settlement of ctaitr.~r,.-
State Road bill. I The question was taken on.--
itig out that part ot the first section which pro-‘ A
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bill, and Mr. Bry-.in, of Cataraugtts, spoke in, -
Tuesday Jrin.'.‘30tIi.—-I’eti:ions were prc-
seated in the Sen.-.te, for tzie I|t¢0Tl3""“‘l°" "5
(,‘..impantr:s to construct at Canal from f-zJ)"*’. ,_
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