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Farmer’s Lifc.——\’Vlia‘t a happy country
this would be, ifevery farmer-’s house really
enjoyed all the peace and happiness w_lnch
is pictured in the mind of the writer of the
following. How ‘many thousand of farmers
would be happy if-tliey carefully cultivated-
t.hose feelings and desires that produce liap-
piness:
VVc should think the farmer’s life ‘must
be one of happiness. Could our friendrf
amongst that class look in upon us, find
witness the “doings” of a printing ofhcc,
they would thank their stars that they pursu-
ed a dilfei'eiit calling. If there is any time
when we are inclined to indulge feelings of
envy, it is when we get loose from our con-
fined and sedentary labors, after twelve or
fourteen hours digging among the types,
and sally forth to observe what is passing
around us. It is then, as we compare the
healthy looks of the farmer with the ghost-
like appearance ofour brethren of the ink
and types—-see the fruits of industry ripen-
ing before us, and observe the look of good
nature and liappiness shining through ev-
ery feature, as he gazes upon the growth of
that which liishand has plar.ted—and hear
the voice ofhealth, and joy, and plenty from
his farm housc—we-are almost led to be-
lieve that the good things of his life are not
equally distributed.
It is the truth that mankind are not half
sensible enough of the farmer’s situation in
regard to happiness, over every other class
in the community. \Vhile the merchant,
mechanic, and the professional man, are
harrassed with care and anxiety, the far-
mer’s life is as free and clear as the air that
meets him when he goes to his field. After
the labors of the day are over, the husband-
man can retire to his home, and enjoy the
“luxury ofrest.” Not so with the man of
business: he only changes perplexing toii
for anxious reflection ; and while the “lord
of the soil” is dreaming of fat oxen, and ag-
ricultural prizes, his eyes are unclosed. and
his mind is upon the stretch in an endeav-
or to invent means oftakiug up notes at the
Bank, or some such equally pleasant cogita-
tiuns. [Old Colony Press.
Plaster of Pari's.—-There is no one prac-
tice which shows the importance of obser-
vation, reasoning and science, in farming
operations, than in the use of plaster. ln
many districts it has been applied with di-
minished elfcct, until it has become wholly
inert, and the soil completely exhausted.——-
Hence the opinion has pervaded the agri-
cultural community, and adopted by many,
that this is the general effect of plaster.——-
There are other portions of our country
where it has been successfully used for for-
ty years, regularly addiiig to the fertility of
the soil ; and here and there we hear of a
farmer in almost every town, wherejudge-
ment has been pronounced against it ,‘contin-
uing its use with the same good results.——
Those who have met with success have used
it, not as a substitute for other manure, but
to render-them more efi'ective.* They are
careful to return to the soil more than they
take from it, particularly by turning their
luxuriant growth of clever.
I'Vater in Farm Yards.—-—'I‘lie author of
Husbandry in Scotland is of 0pllll0llllTllE|l
when cattle are fed in winter on dry food,
as hay or sti'aw,no expense should be spar-
ed in supplying them with a sufficient quan-
tity of water. It has been ascertained that.
a bullock feeding upon straw, having water
at command, will drink of it cighttimes a
day; hence it is evident that he cannot get
enough, ifonly driven twice a day to an ad-
joining stream or pond. It is therefore, aci-
visable, wbere it can be done, to bring wa-
ter into a cistern in the fold yard, to which
the cattle may go whenever they are in
want of it. The cistern may be made of
rough masonry and consequently would not
be expensive. There can be no doubt that
cattle would improve much more rapidly,
more especially on coarse fare, when thus
supplied with water, than if they were only
occasionally driven to it.
[G‘mjrlscll’s Genosce Farmer.
Ready Zllode ofrerlucing Loaves to [II -
nure.——I am very successful in reducing my
leaves to manure. I collect an immense
quantity during the winter, and carry them
into the yard where the cows are milked, do
have their sheds. Their droppings reduce
them quickly; but in order to make excel-
lent manure of them within the season, I
cause a light layer of earth to be scattered
over them from time to time as they rise.
In February, I turn the whole over, and I
am sure to have the entire yard covered
three feet deep with choice and valuable ve-
getablc mould, fit _for use at any time after
June, particularly if the season he tolerable
Wet [liorticullural Register.
Coolcing I’olatocs.——Tliey ought to be
all ofone size, and the iloury sort should be
steamed or baked gradually, that the insides
or cores my be reduced to powder as well
as the outsides; but the soft or waxy kind
on ht to be cooked over a stroii fire that
theiir noxious‘ moisture my be guickly ex-
tracted. \Vhen vegetables, and all other
articles of food, are prepared, all furtlier
process of cooking should instantly cease,
or they will deteriorate.
[lforificullural Register.
General Theodore Lyman, Jr., was last
week chosen M.-iyr,-rof Boston. The whole
number of votes given was 6250, of which
Gen; Lyman received 3750; Gen. VVi'n.
Sullivan, 2001; George Odiorue, _»145___
“ Gen. Sullivan,” says the Ccntincl, “was
nominated by the National Republican
nominating Convention, and Gen. Lyman,
by,,u large niectiiig ofcilizens, composed of
all parties. Mr. Odiornc was nominated
by the political Anti-inasoii.s.” Gen. Ly-
man is :1. Jackson man, but in the pl‘i‘,SL‘lll
case was cvideily supported by llltllly of the
National Rcpiibliciiiis.
A C0nvz'ct"s Innocence recognised after
he liad sufierecl four years 2'mprz'so7mumt.—
' In October 1S29,three men named McClaws,
Place and Youiigs, were convicted of a rob-
bery eominittcd at Messrs. Howland’s
store, and sentenced to seven years impris-
onment each. The evidence on which
l\‘IcClows was convicted was merely circum-
stantial. He lodged in the house ofYoungs,
and part of the stolen property, which cori-
sisted ofsilk, was found in his (McClaws)
bed, and on this supposed proof of his hav-
ing participated in the robbery,he was found
guilty. Some time after these persons
were sent to pi'i.~‘on, Young died there, and
on his death bed stated that it was he who
placed the silk in l'i'IcClaw’s bed, and that
l‘vIcClaws had no concern wliatever in the
robbery of which he had been convicted.
No notice however was taken of Youngs’
dviug declaration, and McClaws remained
in prison. A few months ago, a man nam-
ed Tellcr was hanged in Hartford, Coii-
necticut, for the murder of Hoskins, the kee-
per of the prison, and a few minutes before
he was executed, he confessed that it was
he who robbed l‘vIessi's. I-Iowlainl’s store in
the your 1829, and that l‘iIcClaws bad no
concern or share whatever in the robbery ;
but said nothing i'eg:ii'tliiig the innocence of
Place or Youngs. Teller’s confession was
published in the newspapers, and met the
eye of Mr. Jacob IIa_ves, the high constable
of this city, who immediately drew upa
stateinent ofthe entire traiisactitoii, inclu-
ding the record of conviction, the dying
declaration ofYoungs and Teller’s confess-
ion which corroborated it. The statement be
forwarded to the Governor of the State, and
as it left no reasonable doubt of McCiaws’
innocence, he was immediately, pardoned,
and yesterday received his liberty, after suf-
fering an iinprisoriiiieiit of four years.
[N. Y. Jour. of Com,
From the New York Advocate 82. Journal.
Our city has again been visited with a gale
and storm ofrain, which has caused much
damage. The weather has been unsettled
and variable since the storm of Saturday
night, the wind having prevailed from a
north-easterly direction all,the time. About
10 o’clock on Monday evening, the wind
set in fresh from nearly cast, and in the
course of the night increased to a gale,
which continued with great violence till near
two o’clock yesterday afternoon, when it
subsided.——Thc wind however continued
easterly, and rain still fell when our paper
went to press last night.
The greatest damage sustained, has been
by the iiiuud-~ition of the lower parts of the
city. The tide is said to have risen six in-
ches higher than it did in the great gale o
1822. 'l.‘lie wharvcs were ovcrflown to the
height oftliree or four feet, and many of
them are so much injured nsto be impassa-
ble for carts—South street could be passed
only in boats, and the lowest parts ofFroiit
and V/atei'sti'ciets, were in a like condition.
Maiiy cellars were filled ; the water in smne
of the stores was two feet deep on the first
floors. The damage to property thus ex-
posed, is bclievcd to be some hundred thou-
sands of dollars.——Large quantities ofsugar,
rice, coffee, flour, and other articles were iii-
jured—and considerable luinber,naval store
wood, doc. was swept from the wharves.
In one instance, the occupants ofa store in
South st. used a ship’s boat to convey their
goods to a place of safety. The Brooklyn
ferry boats were obliged to land their pas-
sengers in small boats. The water came
i.ito some cellars in pearl street so as to
damage goods.
Abrick front house in Pike street, was
nearly demolished by the wind. The tops
of several chimnies, including one of the
Tontiue Coffee House, were blown down.
About 50 feet of copper on the roof of the
Custom House was forced off by the wind.
Fortunately, but little injury was done to
the shipping in the harbor. The Brig Two
Sisters, at Pier llo. 10, had part of her stern
broken by a vessel that drifted against her,
and some small vessels were slightly dairi-
aged.
Illunz:/iccnt BcquLst.—-M r Normand Smith
Jr. ofthis city, whose death was mentioned
in our our paper two or three weeks since
after making provision for his family, has
we uiidcrstaud, by his will beqiieiitlicd,
'l‘o Ai‘ner.Bo:ird ofCom. for For.i‘vIis. $3000
To do Home Missionary Society, 2000
To do Bible Society, 1000
To do Tract Society, 1000
To do Education Society, .1000
To do Sunday School Upion, ‘I000
Ile has also made these Societies residu-
ary Legatccs of his estate, from which be-
quest it is believed they will realize more
than the amount of the specified legacies
above named. ‘
He had bi.it recently subscribed $2000
for the erection of :1 Meeting House for the
Free Congregational Church of which he
was a member._ and left them in addition
about$l400. He also made a number of
bequests to his friends, and to several charit-
able iustitutions in this city.
Mr Smith was a mechaiiic, who acquired
his property by his own industry, and died
at the age of35 years. [I'Iartford Observer.
Injlua;o_f.7lIoralif_2/.—On the session of the
dreadful earthquake which destroyed Lis-
hon in Nov. 1775, the poor panic-sfruck sur-
vivors were so detcrniiiicd on immediate
confession and rcpcritance, that even in that
land of priesthood, the priests and confess-
ors literally staggered under their over-
whclming accession of business. Persons,
long supposed inarricd, hastened to expose
the criniinality oftheir connexion, by a pub-
lic celebration ofthe nuptial cei-cinony, and
husbands hoped to pacify heaven by trans-
ferring their zilfcctioiis from their mistresses
to their wives. Children, hitherto unac-
knowledgcd, found parents, and orphans,
protectors; frauds were avowed when even
suspicion was not attached ; and resti-
trition promised to the second mid third
generations, for the aggressions that had
been practiced in the first; owners were
foiiml for almost forgotten crimes; and en-
emies became friends, saught and olferctl
mutual assist:-anci-.
The editor of the Journal of Commerce
has been fined $8 for neglect of militia duty.
SUMMARY.
A Mystery cleared up.—lt appears from
a calculation in the Philadelphia Sentinel
founded on experiments with a mechanical
instrument, that the valve of the glottis,
which envolves with the emission of air
from the wind pipe, will move at least tre-
ble as quick in the case of the female as in
that of the male; and will preform 568
movements for the lowest note, and 1630
for the highest, in one second. This unrav-
els the whole secret offemale volubility.—-
VVe always thought there was no mistake
about it.
Bitter Fruits of Crimc.——The case of
‘Walter F. Osgood, who was recently senten-
cod to 15 years imprisonment in the N. Y.
State Prison, for forging Revolutionary pa-
pers, by means of which he defrauded the
Government of large sums, is an appalling
admonition to the disliouest. Osgood was
once a respectable member of the N. Y. bar.
His family was among the most respectable
in the state. One of his sisters was the first
wife of De Witt Clinton. Another is the
wife of Citizen Genet. Upon being liaiid-
cuffed as a common felon, his feelings over-
come him and he icmained senseless for
half an hour. He is laboring under an
incurable disease, which will probably short-
en the wretched period of his incarceration.
Anotlzer Somnambulist.—A correspond-
ent of the Bridgeton, N. J. \Vhig, who has
read the recent extraordinary accounts of
the Sleeping Preacher in Springfield, Mass.
communicates to the editor, the fact of the
existence of a similar wonder in Cumber-
land county. The subject is a lady, about
twenty years of age, who sleeps more than
half of the day time, whilst pursuing her or-
dinary business. She eats, drinks, sings,
reads, writes, cyphers, &c, in her sleep.
equally as correct as when awake- She can
read and sew in a dark room. Sometimes
she awakens while going from home on bu-
siness, and is obliged to return to ascertain
the motive of her errand. VVhat she does
when asleep, she does not remember when
awake, but rccollects again when asleep,
and her work is done as regularly when a-
sleep as when awake. At times she appears
to be insane.
It is computed that in the states SQJ,lll] and
west of New York, there are more‘ than a
million of children, between the ages of ]
and l5,who attend no schools, and are grow-
ing up without the simplest rudiments of an
English Education. Out of 400,000 chil-
dren in Pennsylvania, only 150,000 were at
school in 1830. In New Jersey, 1l,700
children are destitute of the means of in-
struction aiid 15,000 adults are unable to
read. In Kentucky, out of l43,700 children,
between the ages of 5 and 15, in 1830,
only 103,300 attended school!
Liberia.-—Tlie prospects of the Colony
are quite flattering, although the season has
been more unhealthy than has been known
for many years. More attention will be paid
to agriculture than has heretofore been done
-the colony has suffered more from the
neglect of cultivating the soil than from any
other cause. The people are strict in the
observance of moral and religious duties.—
The schools are well attended; good order
prevails; and from the appearance ofthings
around them, the people are contented with
their situation.
Fire at Hudson.—On Friday morning of
last week, at about 4 o'clock, the buildings
owned and occupied by Mr Burchstead,
and Burchstead & Barnard, and Dr Frary,
were entirely consumed by fire. Mr Alfred
Taylor. one of the firemen attached to the
Hook and Ladder Co.» No. 1, a promising,
and highly esteemed young man, was killed
in pulling down a lumber shed. The a-
mount of damages is estimated at about
$5,000. Insurance $4,400. [Albany Arg.
A Cherokee council was recently held at
Red Clay Tennessee, which is said to have
resulted in a decided division between the
emigrating and non-emigrating parties.-
Messrs Ridge and Coody, belong to the for-
mer, tendered their resignations, which were
accepted, and they were expected to enrol
their names for emigration, and that with
them, nearly one half of the Indians would
go west of the Mississippi. The enrolments
are said to be going on rapidly.
The W'ashington Globe says “that the Bank
of ilie U. States now has in specie $9,818,-
529, and of public money $5,162,259; ex-
cess $4,656,270; that it has a net balance
due from state banks of $2,204,926, and of
funds in Europe $2,227,520 : so that it now
could pay up every dollar of the public de-
posits which will be called for,witliout touch-
iug its board of specie.”
The New-York sun states that a young
woman, daughter of a respectable merchant
in Canal street, while witncssiugthe atmos-
plierical plienomenou on the 13th ult.
swooned and was carried to her chamber.
She soon recovered, however, but appeared
much dejected, and was so iinpressed with
the belief that the phenomenon prognosti-
cated the dissolution of all things, that it
preyed iipun her mind, and caused her death
on the 21st.
' IVinc.—Mahomet’s notions on this sub-
ject were probably more just than those of
any ottier moralist or legislator. “Wine,”
said_hc, “is serviceable when used with mod-
eration, but no man knows where the limits
of moderation should be fixed. It is better
tcr, therefore, to forego the enjoyment al-
together than to indulge in it at the risk of
running into excess. Abstinence can only
weaken; intemperance both inflames and
iniiddcns.”
A most extraordinary freak of nature oc-
C|H'I_‘cd, says the Kingston, U. C. Herald,
‘l‘”"”.‘.' the late storm on Lake Ei'ie. _ A
channel was made through Long Point, 300
yards wide, and from 11 to 15 deep. It
was in contemplation to cut a canal at this
Place. the expenses of which were estimated
at 12,000l.
S7Tfwo dead whales, one 117, and the other
eat long, came ashore on Assateague
bcflclla Md. They were quite whole, and
:l3l.0{l)SbSl;ll[§[;f}S€o(iILtllaC the large one will yield
New York Post 0fice.—Some idea maybe
formed of the business daily transacted in
our Post Ofiice, from the fact, that there
were received yesterday 12,577 letters, ex-
clusive of ship letters. Four thousand two
hundred and eighty-three were deposited by
our citizens and the remainder received by
the mails. This was by no means a larger
number than usual ;. there are fi'equei‘itly
fifteen thousand letters received in a day for
the city and to be sent out by the mails, and‘
on the arrival of the packets there are often
from seven to ten thousand ship letters, in
addition to the above. It may be safely es-
timated that the average iiuinber of letters
received,delivercd, distributed and mailed in
our city post office, is not less than flfttcn
l/¢0ZlS6l’72(l each day. Post.
Important .llIc(.ting.-—Tlie Presidems of
the different State Banks of the city and
country held a meeting yesterday with ref-
erence to the present pressure on the mo-
ney market, and we learn passed a rasolution
recommending a return of the Deposits to
the Bank of the United States. Such a
course was that of prudence as well as
wisdom. ‘ [Pltila(l. Inquirer.
The National (Philad.) Gazette, says the
pressure in the money market in this city is
iinexampled in its annals. The evil resem-
bles the cholera in its tendency to spread
over the country and alight particularly on
the towns. All this suffering and danger
proceeds from the abuse of the Executive
power at VVashington.”
Three of the signers ofthe London Pro-
test against the American Col. Society, O’-
Connel, and two others, have ordered their
names to be stricken from that document,
in consequence,asit is intimated,ofa convic-
tion oftheir having too hastily adopted its
views.
There are49 reigning sovereigns iuEurope,
exclusive of Otlio, who was elected to his
present rank. Nineteen of these are Catli-
olic, seventeen Lutheran, five Reformed
Dutch, five Evangelical, one Episcopalian,
one of the Greek Church, and one of the
Mahommetan.
Lorenzo Dow, by the last accounts was on
his way to \Vashington, for the purpose of
cultivating an acquaintance with Colonel
Crocket.
On Tuesday last, says the Litelifield Eri-
qiiirer we had an old-fasliioned snow storm.
Snow fell to the depth of from 10 to 15 in-
ches. There being a strong north-easterly
wind at the time, many of the fences were
completely buried in the banks of snow.
Noah’s London correspondent says that
the credit of the U. States has been greatly
shaken by the course towards the Bank; and
the attack made upon foreign capital by the
government has prevented several millions
being transmitted to this country.
A }Iopeful Famfly.-—--Tlie Barnstable
Journal mentions a family of 10 by the name
of Patch, at Sanford, Me. who on Thanks-
giving day all got drunk, and were found
next morning lyingon the floor. The clot hes
of Mrs Patch had been on fire, and she so
badly burnt, that she died in a few minutes
after her discovery.
It appears by a discussion in the Phila-
delphia Councils, that the annual income of
of the Grirard estate, will soon amount to
l30,000 dollars.
Mrs Electa \Vhitmo:'c, of East Haddam,
is in her 45th year, and has had fourteen
daughters, born at single birth, and all are
living, but has never had a son. Seven of
her daughters are married, and have ten
children each.
At Harvard Mass. at about 8 o’clock in
the morning of the 13th ult there was a
slight shower of rain, when not a cloud was
[obe seen, the weather being what is called
air.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania seem de-
termined to abolish, entirely, capital punish-
ment in that State.
There was a State Tempemiicc Con-
vention at Columbus, Ohio, on Wetlnesrlay
last, and one at Jackson, Miss. on Christ-
mas day. Another is proposed in Vermont.
It is currently reported that Hon. Joel B.
Southerland will receive the appointment of
Minister to Russia, as successor to Mr Bu-
chanan.
Dr. Cooper has resigned the Presidency
of SouthCarolina College. He is to be re-
tained in the institution as a Lecturer on
Chemistry, divested of all agency in its
government.
The value of importations into NewYork
in the three first quarters of 1833, was up-
wards of $32,000,000——-while the value of
those ofthe whole year of 1828 was $29,-
000,000.
A shabby fellow named Andrew Jaclcson,
was lately tried in a southern city for steal-
ing a trunk from a boarding house.
It is stated that about eight millions of
capital are employed in the leather trade
alone in Philadelphia.
The Military Post at Fort Independence,
has been broken up, and the troops depart-
ed for Old Point Comfort.
The Hudson and ErieCanal is closed,and
the river navigation to Albany suspended.
The aiitbor of Col. Crockett’s Biography,
has already realized three thousand dollars
as the profits of his work.
According to the Wasliiiigton City play
quest of Col. Crockett.”
The match over the Centerville Course,
L. I. on Friday, between Robin Hood, and
Quaker Boy, for $500 aside, was won bv
the latter. '
The Mississippian says the crop of cotton,
in that state, this year, will exceed by one
hundred and twenty thousand bales, that of
any previous year.
The Natural increase of slaves in the U.
States is estimated at 60,000 per annum.
Wm. Carroll of Tenn. has been nomina-
ted for Vice Presidcnt—Van Buren. ‘
i
state of the Union, coming up in order.
CONGRESS.
December 12.-—The following Message
was received from the President of the U. S._
VVAsuiNGToN, Dec. 12, 1833.
To the Senate ofthe U. States:
I have attentively considered the resolu-
tion of the Senate of the 11th inst request-
ing the President ofthe U. S. to couiinuni-
cate to thcscnate “a copy ofthe paper which
has been published, and which purports to
have been read by him to the heads of the
Executive Department, dated the 18th day
of Sept. last, relating to the removal of the
deposits of the public money from the U.
States and its ofiices.”
The Executive is a co-ordinate and inde-
pendent braiich of the Government, equally
with the senate: and I have yet to learn
what constitutional authority that branch of
the Legislature has to require of me an ac-
count of any coininunicatioii, either verbal
or in writing, made to the Heads of Depart-
ments, acting as a Cabinet Council. As
well might I be required to detail to the Sen-
ate the free and private conversations I have
held with those officers on any subjects re-
lating to their duties and my own.
Feeling my responsibilty to the American
people, I am willing upon all occasions, to
explain to them the grounds ofmy conduct;
and I am willing, upon all proper occasions,
to give to either branch of the Legislature
any information in my possession that can
be useful in the execution of the appropri-
ate duties confided to them.
Knowing the constitutional rights of the
Senate, I shall be the last man, under any
circiimstauces, to interfere with’ them.——
Knowing those of the Executive, I shall at
all times, endeavor to maintain them, agree-
ably to the ‘provision of the Constitution,
and the solemn oath I have taken to support
and defend it.
I am constrained, therefore, by a proper
sense of my own self-respect, and of the
rights secured by the constitution to the ex-
excutive braucli of government, to decline a
compliance with your request.
ANDREW .IA(!KSO.\'.
The message having been read, Mr Clay
rose and said, that the cail to which this
message was a response, had been made
upon the President after a full deliberation.
The right to make it was founded upon the
fact of the promulgation of the state paper
emanating from the Presi:leiit’s assent and
direction. That paper had been published
to the world with the sanction ofthe Presi-
dent. It was now in the full possessioii of
the people oftheU. S. Irhad been piiblislicd
to make an impression ; and it had made a
deep impression on their minds. But still it
had been published on authority alleged by
the editor ofn ncv-'spapei', to be derived from
the President. Vilhetlier the paper was in
fact genuine, or, if genuine, whether it was
promulgated with the Prcsidcnt’s sanction,
were questions respecting which we had no
evidence, but that whiclrthe assertion ofthe
editor, the paper itself, mid concurring cir-
cumstances, afforded. In this situation, it
was by (M r C.) himself, and be supposed by
those who voted with him in supporting the
call, deemed due and respectful to the Pre-
sidcnt, due to the Senate, and due to the
whole coiintry,to appeal to the higliestsource
ofiiiformation in relation to this subjecl,and
to request an authentic and official copy of
the paper itself.
This call was in conformity with the es-
tablished usage. The President refuses to
comply with the call ; and, undertaking to
judge ofthe rights ofthe Senate, and of the
rights ofthe Executive, pronounces that the
call is not one which the Senate can consti-
tutionally make, or with which it is not his
duty to comply. ‘Whatever sincerity and
strength may exist in the opinion oftheI’re-
sident, they cannot. be grcatcrtliau those wh.
are entertained by him (Mr C.) and he has
no doubt, by the majority of the Senate, that
they have a right to an official copy of the.
paper. He had expressly disclaimcd all
right ofintcrvention between the President
and his confidential advisers. Every such
purpose was, and is, distiiictly disavowcd.
If the document had remained confidential,
it would not, and could not have been called
for. It is because it had ceased to be con-
ficlential, and has been made public by the
authority ofthe President himself; because
he has broken the seal of confidence, and
published it to the world a highly import-
ant state paper, affecting the custody and
safety of the Treasury ofthe people of the
United States, and the immediate, if not the
sole cause of the most important act ever
pe_i'foi°med by.tlie Executive of the U.States,
that the call has been made. And is it come
to this, that the whole world, including the
people of the U. States, may be put in pos-
session of such a paper, and that an oflicial
copy of it shall be denied to a‘co-ordinate
branch of the Government 'l
But, Mr C. said, it was not necessary,nor
was it his purpose to proceed any further in
this matter. He desired the highest and
most authentic evidence of the paper in
question. It has been applied for,aiid is re-
fused. And now by all the dictates of com-_
mon sense, and according to all the rules of
evidence respected here or elsewhere, he
was at liberty to use the best evidence in his
power ; and he should hereafter use, on all
fit occasions, a copy of the document refer-
red to as published in the newspapers of
the day.
Mr Grundy said that he had always hiiri-
self believcd the motion calling for this pa-
per unnecessary, aiid that no benefit could
result from it. There was no dispute in the
case. Friends and enemies had considered
this paper as an authentic one. Why then
side of the house admitted the paper to be
ing to lay the message on the table-—
agreed to.
Mr Chilto, Ky. resisted.tlic motion.
of his reasons in support of the reconsider-
ation; dwelling on the inconvenience and
injury which would result from discussing
the subject in Committee ofthe whole House
where no additional testimony could be ta-
ken, biit the discussion must be confined
strictly to the face ofthe papers submitted.
The debate was continued in an anima-
icd strain by Mr. McDuffie, Mr. Camber-
cng, Mr Binney, Mr McKinley, Mr Clay-
ton, Mr Polk, and Mr \Vayne. The House
then adjourned without coming to a decis-
on. .
Frirlag/, Doc. 13.—The speaker presen-
ted a incinorial from Messrs. Gilpin, Sulli-
van,\V-ager, and McElderry, Government
Directors of the Bank of the United States,
stating (as the speaker announced) certain
matters in relation to the conduct of that in-
stitution.
Mr Polk moved that it be referred to the
Committee of “lays and Means. _
Mr ‘iVatmough moved that it be referred
to the committee of the whole House on the
state of the Union.
The latter motion having precedence by
rulo, was stated from the Chair.
Mr. Polk dernuiidcd the ycus and nays
uopn agreeing to it, which was ordered by
the House.
Mr. Polk then advocated the reference of
the paper to the committee of \Vays and
ill:-ans, as being the regular and invariable
Practice of the House in ‘relation to all pa-
pers ofthe kind.
Mr Archer had not the slightcs wish to
give this paper any final disposition which
should take it out of the liands of the gentle-
men of Tennessee; but he moved to lay
the memorial on the table to print it.
Mr polk demanded the yeas and nnys on
the motion, which were ordered.
III!‘ Speight wislied the question divided.
It was divided occordingly, so as to make it
scpai'ately on laying on the table and print
ting:
The yeas and nays being taken, on lay-
ing the memorial for the present on the tri-
ble, stood as follows:
Yeas, 107—Nays, Il9.
On the question of printing, the yen:
were 140, and nays 4. So it was ordered
that the iiiciiiorial be printed.
The question being them but on referring
the memorial to the committee ofthe whole
on the state of the Union, the yeas were 39,
and the nays 133. So the House refused
the motion: and the memorial was then
refcred to the committee of \Vays and
1\icai'is-
In Scnai‘c I}cc. 16.—The Vice President
of theU. States appeared, was conducted to
the chair by the President pro tem and upon
.calling the Senate to order delivered an
address.
The election ofthe standing committees
ensued. The chairman of each committee
was balloted for separately, but the other
members were decided byaplurality. The
following was the result :.
Committee on Foreign Relations—Messrs
-.
On Fiiiaiicc—-MessrsVVebster,Tyler, Ew-
ing, l‘iI-anguiri and VVilkins.
‘5"riglit, ‘vVaggaman, and Sprague.
On Manufactures—Messrs Frelinghuysen,
Knight, Prentiss, Morriss and Linn.
On Agriculture-—-Messrs Brown, Robbin-
son, Kent, Swift and VVright.
On MilitaryAfi'aii's--Messrs Benton,King,
Clayton and Preston.
On The Militia——Mcssrs Robbinson,
llcridricks,\Vaggaman,McKcan &.Clayton.
On Naval Afi"airs—Messrs Southard,Rob-
bins, Bibb, Chambers and Talmadge.
On Public La nds—Messrs Poindexter,
Moore, Prentiss, M’Kean and Clay.
On Private Land Claims-—Messrs Kane,
Linn, Naudain, Poindexter and Silsbei?
[The chairmen of the other committ.°9
were chosen and the Senate adjourned, an
the balloiting for the members was resum-
ed oii the following day. W'c give them to=
getlicia]
On Indian afi’-.iirs——Messrs VVhite, Fre-
lingliuysen, Tipton, Smith and Swift.
On Claims-—Mes.si‘s Bell, Brown, Nau-
daiii, ‘.Vriglit and Tipton.
On Judiciai'y—-Messrs Clayton, Bibb;
Preston, Smith and Bell.
Post Oflice, and Post Roads—Messrs
Grundy, Ewing, Rives-, Clayton and Knight;
On Roads and Canals—Messrs Hend-
ricks, Hill, Soiithard, Sliepley and Kent.
On Pensions-—Messrs Toinlinson, Pren-
tiss, McKean, Talinadge and Kane.
On Revolutionary Claiins——-Messrs.
Moore, Swift, Hill,VVhite and Shepley.
District of Colurnbia—-Messrs Chambers;
Tyler, Southard. Bill and Tomlinson.
On the Contingent Expenses of the Sen-
ate——Messrs Knight, Tomlinson and Tul-
madge.
On Engrossed Bills—Messrs Shepley,
Robbinson and Morris.
In the House Dec. 16th.—The unfinished
business ofthe previous day coming up, viz:"
the question jofre-considering a vote of the
House, by which the Report of the Secreta-
ry of the Treasury, in relation to the remo-‘
val ofthe Deposites, had been referred to 8
committee ofthe VVhole on the state of the
Union. '
After much discussion, in which Messrs:
Allen, Selden, Foot, Beardsly, G0l'ha_m.-
and Polk participated, the floor was obtain-
ed by Mr. Borges who‘ moved an [adjourn-‘
ment, which was carried.
In Senate, Dec. l7’.——The Chairlaid be-‘
fore the Scnatc, the annual Report of the;
Secretary of the Treasury. On motion of
Mr Webster, the report was ordered to be
bins, ‘jacket, played Nimrod vvildfire on was it necessary to call on the president for referred to the committee on Finance, and
Thursday evening “ at the particular re- evidence that it was 5°? Every body 0" hls 1509 “Kim COPIES Ordefed “’ be Primed-
On motion ofMr. Benton, the Senate‘
genuine, and every body on the other side then proceeded to the consideration of Ex.-
belicved it to be so. He concluded with mov- ecutive business,
In the Hozzse, Dec, ]7£h.—-‘On motion ‘of
Mr Sevier,it was Resolved that the Commit-
In the Ifgusg ’1’]m;-sdag/, Dec. 12.—Tlie tee on the Territories be instructed. to en-‘
morion made 135: evening by Mr Polk, for quire into the expediency ofpermitting the‘
the reconsideration of a vote, passed on People of theTerritory of Arkansas to form,
Thursday, bv which the Secretary’s Report a constitution and State Government, am!-
on the rcinoval of the deposites was com- for the‘ admission ofsucli State into the Un-
nittcd to a committee of the VVhole on the ISOD on an equal footing with the origial.
tates.
The Deposits Question,-—.The House re-
Mr Polk went into a further explanation sumed the consideration‘ of Mr Polk’: mo-r
Vililkiiis, i“orsyth,Ri ves,l\'langum&Spraguc. ,
On Commerce—Mcssrs Silsbee, King,‘
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