AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
CARLISLE:
THURSDAY, UECI?I»IMEn W, 1«39.
oust wijJtfi.
• 'Now onv flag is flung to the wild wind tree,
L"t it float o’er our ‘father land,”
And the guard of its spotless fame shall be;
Columbia's chosen baud!"
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1840,
MARTIN VAN BUREN,
, AND -AN-£ i
INDEPENDENT TREASURY.
Weinvite..tlio_aUention-of those of our readers
who areovorstocked with tire “needful” to an ad
vertisement in another column for the loan of $5,-
000. Wo will that the amount of mon
ey required, and much more, .could not bo placed
in safer hands any >yhdrb in the county.
Dr. Jacob BAughman has authorized us to state
that he declines being a candidate for Lieut. Col
onel of-tfie BGth Regiment, P. I\l-.
A~ -
skt Mmnimn in Labor. —The long expected ag-
is over. On Friday night last, about midnight,
(a very appropriate time truly to chauntlho funer
al requiem over defunct federalism,) the ahtima
sonic federal abolition “oil and water” Convention
at Harrisburg, after three days powHvowing on
the subject, in an almost fruitless endeavor to re
concile conflicting opinions,'nominated Gen. Harr
rison for the Presidency by a vote of 148 out of
£54 delegates in attendance. The next day, after
much difficulty, likewise, they nominated Gov.
Tyler of Virginia, for the Vice Presidency.
The federalists, then, have at length succeeded
in placing their nags on the .coursp for the next
Novambcr hcatsi in opposition to-Mr, Van Buren
and whoever else may be the candidate of the de
mocratic party for the Vico Presidency. We are
glad of this as their “availahlos” are now kno,wn,
and their principles will bo.open to exposure.—»
Heretofore po one could tell which of .‘the many
expectants would receive the nominations. Now
they are known, and we.promise them on behalf
of the democratic party, that from now till - the c
lection they will have to be kept constantly under
whip and spur.if.they expect-to keep within sight
of their republican competitors. The way the a
malgaraatcd federal party will bcTOWDd up Salt
Bivcr will bo a caution to old folks.
Nest week'we shall resume the subject.
- /
Middleton Discharged on Bail, —“The Court de
cided last night,” says a letter, dated Lancaster,
Dec. 5, “to liberate Middleton upon bail, afid in
giving tlieir opinion they were clear as to tjfc crime
being one of deliberate murder should jrfr. Cam
eron die. The Judge liberated the prisoner on the
positive testimony of three respectable physicians
thaat he would recover; but he made the bail
$12,500, a sum much larger,, it is said, than has
■ever beEm6quired here to secure the majest}' of
the law. The testimony before the Court was
clear that no offence whatever _w.ia_.given before
the pistol was fired, and no one believes that any,
was intended.” .
; Owing to the extraordinary statu of mfairs at
"Washington in consequence of federal fraud and
villainy, the President’s Message has not yet been
delivered, nor is it known with any'certainty' when
it will be.
In the absence of this anxiously expected state
paper, we have thought it advisable to furnish our
readers with os full-an-abstract of the proceedings
of Congress as our limits will allow, embracing
overy thing of importance that transpired during
the first week of the session. The proceedings of
the. first two days will be found ou the first page.
The federalists by dropping Tallmadge and
noininating.a southern man for the Vice Presiden-
cy, have given blow to their prospects
in New York. The great “Empire State” will
npt submit to the indignity offered her—and we
*■ set her 42 electoral votes down as safe
for the nominees of the domocratio party by an ov
erwhelming majority.' Mark.lho prediction.
Th eL i verpooljirrived^at NewYorkoh Thurs
day evening last, bringing London News to the
17th uli., for an-abstract of which see another col
umn. . '“ir
- Spec if War in Albany County, Kew York. —
The farmers on the estate of the late General Van
.Rensselaer, the Patroon, 1,500 to 2,000 strong,
living in Knox, Rensselaer and Waterloo, have
striickV and,refused to" pay rent any longer for the
land they occupy. They hold long leases, and
have heretofore,paid their rents in produce; but,
since the patroon’s death, they lefuso to pay any
thing, and say they have paid rent long enough to
entitle them to the land. The Sheriff has not been
able to coUectthe rpnts, and has s called upon the
authorities at Albany to aid him. The Governor
has ordered out 5,000 men. The tenants, have
armed themselves, and evince a determination to
resist any attempt to coerce them.' Great excite
ment exists ‘at Albany. The Sheriff wont several
times to collect the 'rents, and the bach
lime shaved his horse’s'tail, and compelled him
to leave the ground. , '
Gen, Nashville Union' ofJWedi
Nov.
xiveihero from the Hennifago on Monday,and
looklpdginga with hisTrienil Gen. Armstrong 1 ,
ivhero numerous friends, including members of the
Legislature and strangers'; have called to seohim.
• - infirm in.body he enjoys a gen
jerona flow of spints, and receives his friends with
his usual cheerfulness.. He converses freely,'and
’ /with much animation on matters of national cbn
cemj, and> as his mental faculties are as vigorous
f os ever, he entertains his company, as in olden
time, with ah unreserved exposition of those sound
opinions and principles which" .Distinguish Jiich
irom all other men.** ■
S.'cnmhoat JETphsion,~- r yV e.learn from the*" New
Orleans Bee ihiif the steamboat TVilmington, on
the 18th ult. on hsr voyage to St. Louis, burst her
boilers near-the mouth of the Arkansas river, by
wbichaccidont six or seven persona lost their; lives
and twelve or fifteen were very badly wounded. -
The ...Columbia 1 . ; BayB: ‘*The
(Steam. Engines commenced running on .th© rail-!
load to avoid the, Inclined Plane, at this place, oh]
i. Friday the CthinsUr ■
FEDERAL FRAUD—ORGANIZATION OF
THE HOUSE,
■ The attempt to force five federalists of New
Jersey into Congress contrary td tho expressed
.wishes of the people of flint Stntc, is one of the
most infamous attacks upon the purity of fliejolec
tivo franchise that has over beerilcorainiltod in this
country—not oven excepting the usurpation at
tempted to he carried into effect last winter at Har
risburg Gov. Pennington and his counsellors
have not only set the will ‘of the people of their
own State at defiance, against reason, truth and
justice; but, by reason of the nice balancing of
parties in the House of Representatives, have star
ted the boldergamo of trampling under foot flip
rights of the people of the whole Union...
Notwithstanding its greater enormity, the New
Jersey fraud still boars a strong .resemblance to
the villainous conspiracy of-Stoyens,, Burrowes &
Pcnroso. In the ono ease, in order to carry out
their schemes of villainy, tiio conspirltora sought
to introduce eight members, of the House and two
Senators, who wore clearly defeated by more than
five hundred majority of ,tho popular vote. Had
they succeeded in their bold schemes, this step
would have procured them the control of both
branches of tlio Legislature; and they would have
went on in their career of infamy to pass snob
laws ns would have suited their purpose—perhaps
they would have had the hardihood even to have
prevented the inauguration of Goy. Porter, whom
flic dclnocrals had elected shortly before by over
ten thousand majority. This would have been
done and much more, but still it.would only liave
been an outrage against the rights of.tlio people of
a single State.
But the scheme concocted by Gov. Pennington
and his federal compeers in iniquity takes a wider
range,'and was designed to have a vastly greater
effect than the Pennsylvania conspiracy. The
five Democratic candidates were clearly elected
by an average majority of 138 votes. This is not
denied by the Governor; but ho bolsters up his
scheme to get the minority candidates into the
seats because two county clerks wickedly and mar
liciously held back the returns from one or two
townships. This flimsy pretext of the. Governor
falls to the ground, when it is a well known fact
tliat tlie law of New Jersey requires the Executive,
in case any-fetarns are held back, to despatch a
special messenger forthwith to procure them.
Tins then is the bold and desperate scheme a
dopted*by the federalists of a neighboring State, to 1
force men having no clahpundcr the sun into
Congress, and 1 secure a: temporary majority in the
House of'Rcpresentalives—and thus defeat the
wlioleadfne reforms which' will again be recom-.
mended Van Buren, and which were
contemplated by of the entire .confeder
acy when, they elected the members of the twenty
iixth Congress. ’ Such is tho history in few words
of the basest outrage ever attempted in the history
of free governments—worse by four fold than the
famous conspiracy of Cataline against4.be liberties-.
.of Jlome. That our.readers may perceive the data
upon which wc base ourrepnarlcs, we. refer them
to the certificate of the Secretary of State of. New
Jersey which was forwarded to the Clerk of the
House of Representatives at Washington* and fi
led in liisofticc before the Governor’s scheme of"
villainy was concocted, and before the Governor,
had granted commissions to the five minority mem
bers. Wc invite careful-attention to it: -
NEW JERSEY.
State of New Jersey, ss.
I, James D. Wcstcolt, Secretary of State of N.
Jersey, do, hereby fortify that, upon a careful ex
amination of all the rcturns-lnadc by the several
clerks of the respective counties in said State, and
filed in my office, and also of returns of Votes giv
en in the townships pf South Amboy, in the coun
ty of Middlesex, and of Millville, in the county of
Cumberland, verified by the affidavits of the sev
eral township officers of election in said townships
respectively, which township returns' were not in
cluded in the returns of the clerks of said counties,
of Middlesex and Cumberland, were _ directed to
be filed by the Governor, and now remain oh file
in my office, of the election for members to repre
sent this State in the House of Representatives of
the Twenty-sixth Congress of the United States,
lipid on the Dili and 10th days of October, 1838,
R;hppears that - - • - '
Philemon Dickerson had - 28,*153 votes.
Peter D. Vroom, . . '28,192 “
Daniel B. Ryall,
William R. Cooper,
Joseph Kille, , . , 28,427 “
Manning Force, 28,311 ,
John B. Aycrigg, . 28,294 “
John P. B. Maxwell, - 29,383 “
Wm. Halstead, 28,330 u
Charles C. Strattan, _ . .. 28,398-
ThpmasJones'Yorkc, . 28,321 “
Joseph T. Randolph, 28,427 4<
And by which it appears that, at said election,
Philemon Dickerson, retorD. Vroom, Daniel B.
Ryall, William R,‘.Cooper, Joseph Killc. apd Jo-
tiro"
whole, number of votes given in the New
Jersey.-for Representatives of the Twcrfty-sixtii
Congress of the United States, " •
•In testimony-of which, .1, have hereto - set my
’ hand and affixed my seal of office;* at tiro city
[L.s.]of Trenton, in said State, this 25th day pf
October in the year of our Lord 1830, and of
the Independence of the United States the
sixty-fourth.-™— ——
JAMES, D. WJESTCOTT.
From the above authenticated. certificate • our
readers will perceive that the five democratic can
didates, Messrs. Dickerson, Vroom, Ry all, Coo
per and Kills were clearly eletted by a handsome
majority over their federal compotitors-rand.yet
in the face of all* this, the is, made to
force the minority candidates.upon the ,House of
Representatives; i-,,-. ...
After these wicked attempts of the'federal'load
ers atHairisburgand Trenton, all confidence in
their honesty and integrity, is entirely lost. We
verily believe : that men who would bo guilty of
such. outrages upon' the’nghU of 'tKsfpeople would
not hesitate to roh—aye murder, if heed be to car
ry thefr'diaWUcal' plaits ; Intel execution-They
show no regard to the most solemn,oaths; perjury,
bribery and fraud, are .all perfectly' justifiable in
their 'sight; they will advise, with the most per- ,
feet composure, their adherents' to “throw con
science to the ’ devil”—and nothing appears' too
base or mean'forjtheso Wretches to be guilty of, if
so bo they can get into power, or hold on to their
plans When they once have possession. •>'' ’
But thanks to the firmness ofademocratiaClerk
and a democratic majority ifi the House,'this sec
ond edition of the Harrisburg conapiracy lias been
so far frustrated, smiths rights of the people have
been protected from the ruthless ' assaults; made.
..upon them by as infamous a set/jf-politlcal scoun
drels as ever disgraced any age’or nation.
He-lsas? of the Vexan -Minisier.—Oti Tuesday,
wsekthe Texan Ambassador toPranpe, Gem.Hcn
derspn, who was arrested upon ids;,landing at ,fi.
York, for debt, was released'' from irppriaoinnGnt
and aot.at fulUlbertyby tiioSriperiorCourtrof that
State,, on the ground ofgthd.nrrestfbeing contrary!
to the law of nations. The opinionof the Court
( . .. Wi*S pnapimous. - ,‘rs
Dauphin Commissioners. —The Harrisburg Re-,
porter states that on Monday week, Messrs. Hum
mell and Bishoff, the t\v6 federal Commissioners,
appeared in Court upon the attachment issued a
gainst them for a.conlempt in not selecting a Jury
for the balance of thC'Ycar. , , ■_
Judge Porter questioned them as to their dispo
sition to obey the futttro orders of the Court in the
premises, to which satisfactory answers were re
turned. The Court then imposed a fine of $35
each, from whicb it is supposed the Commission
ers will appeal to" the Supreme Court,-. %
Western i Pork. —The Cincinnati Republican of
"the 23d tilt, states that not a single hog had been
purchased there this fall by the pork packers, and
that no contract for hogs had been entered into.—
Tho same paper adds: ’ T
“Hogs are more abundant than money, Drovers
canpot niake sales or. get offers. Three dollars per
hundred has been named,'but purchasers cannot bo
found to offer that price, or drovers to take it. We
doubt whether there will be many hogs packed
this winter. No one seems to have much money
to invest in pork, and we understand our Banks
will be unable to discount a dollar 1 for that, or any
other business.”- - - ■
Extract of it Letter from our Representative
in Congress, dated
‘•‘Washington Citv, Dec. 7, 1839,
Messrs. Sanderson. & Cornman.
Gentlemen. —The House of Representa
tive's cannot, ns yet, be said to exist in an
organized form. It is true that the Hon.
John Q. Adams has been appointed tempo
rary chairman of the assemblage of members
elect, and that the rules of the former House
have been adopteii; but we look for a warm
and protracted, debate before, any stop can
be taken towards (he election of Speaker.
“On Friday morning Mr. Adams took the
Chair, and niost unfortunately (I mean for
himself and his party) announced his deter
mination to have (lie names of the Whig
claimants from New Jersey priced upon the
roll to the exclusion'of the members return
ed by a majority of the people. From this
decision an appeal was taken by Mr. Van
derpoul of New York, and tellers being ap
pointed, Mr. Adams stated that the Whig
candidates from. New Jersey, (contrary to
every principle of justice) .should be permit
ted to vote in their otyn case. The friends
of the administration maintained that urtder
the rules of the House'and the liAvs of the
land,, bolir sets of cTailiTanfs. should stand
back until the dispute was dertermined, and
that both should be excluded from any par
ticipation in the election of Speaker. . The'
debate on this question was continued until
Saturday evening Vith much zeal and abili
ty, when the House adjourned over until
Monday. '
“Mr. Jones of Va., an unwavering demo
crat, wi|J, in .all probability, be elected
Speaker—even allowing the whole N. Jer.
sey and Georgia delegations to the opposi
tion. ' ■ * :
“Many .days more will be spent in debate
—after which some sober and rational move
ment will place the House in its proper po
cal machine.
“The President’s Message is looked for
with anxiety; it may not, however, be receiv
ed for a w : eek to come.
STI L I, LATER
Extract of a letter from the same, dated
Washington, Dec. 9, 1839.
1 o’clock, P. M.
"The House met this morningat 12 o’clock
—Mr. Adams in the Chair. »
“M essrs. Granger and Vanderpool are
discussing a point of order arising out of the
reading of the New Jersey returns. Mr.
Randolph of N. J. (the member whose seat
istiotcon tested) Imsjust obtained the floor,
and confesses that with the addition of the
townships of Melville and South Amboy (the
returns of which were fraudulently withheld
by the county clerks,) tfie Democratic can
didates would have been elected .
“The mail closes. Yours, &c.”
28,*M1 “
23,150
From the Pennsylvanian.
Tivcnty- •% ixth Congress.
, FIRST SESSION.
Wednesdaj - , Dec". 4, 1839.
Mr. Benton submitted several resolutions,
observing that it would be as well to com
municate them as' an initiatory step to pro
cure information for subsequent legislative
action, viz:
A resolution, i;o
The United States to cause, to be'laid before
the'Senate copies of records and all the pro
ceedings of thbCaurt-of Inquiry ..and of the
Court Martial held in St. Louis on Lieut.
Colonel Brant, and a copy of his resignation;
and the papers connected therewith.
Also, a resolution calling for the names of
all the banks in the United States which may
have stopped payment during the suspension
of 1.859, also.those that did not stop, also
the banks that have refused to pay the Gov
ernment in specie when demanded, with all
the circumstances of such failure, and the
correspondence to which it led; also whether
any of .the Departments have information or
have, cause to believe that any of the Govern
ment creditors have, been paid in depreciat
ed currency since the .general resumption of
1838. iL •, •
. Also, a resolution calling on the Secretary
of the Treasury for information as t’o-the ar
ticles of foreign import that may have been
manufactured into a' different article in the
United-Sfatesi and allowed a drawback on
being l ;exported; and the value of Such im
ports .anti exports; the amount of duties . ve- ;
ceived, and drawback paid, from the year
1833 to the-end of the fiscal yeaT 1839, and
other information of Thetpame nature.
_ ; HOUSE QF JIEPRESteST.ATIVRS.,
The Clerk, at, 12 o’cldek, Ipvday,. called
the House to order, as oil" Monday. & Tues
day.., The Cloft recoghiied therighVoCMr
Duncan-tp-the floor. Mr. ; D. yiejdeddfcto;
Mr. Wise, who asked The consent of the
House to offer the following resolution: ’ : ’
Resolved', That the.Representativesbf,the;
Congress of The United’ States. 1 now iiss'em
bled.fo relieve thimgelvelTfTorri the embar
rassments and difficulties which at present
obstruct the organization of the House, pass
by the names of .’the New Jersey members,
and read the names .of those whose scats are,
not. disputed; l and that; before choosing'a
Speaker, the question,of the contested seats
be settled.
This resolution was before the House with
bdiers’Shrihgthc dayt\
Mr. Wisc said tbc resolution,- for one.
Very .truly, yours.”
the President of
I lies tin;
wpuld satisfy him. Ho had qflfered it not ns
his.own,-but as the resolution, of an elder
member not now in his place—Mr. Bolts; •
Mr. Rives said, he could see np objection
»to the proposition of Ids' colleague, and he
was delighted with it: He could wish itwas
adopted with some little modification.
, Mr Hoffman contended that but one course
should be pursed, and that was the course
pointed out by law.'
'Mr. Graves, ofKy. offered a resolution ns
a, substitute to the one offered by Mr Wise.
His resolution was; that tho acting Clerk of
the House b a directed to read the roll of the
names of the members whose election had
been certified to by the proper authorities.
Mr. Craig, of Va., lollowed in the debate.
He regretted, he said, that the member from
Kentucky had spoken ns strongly as he had,
for in a body like the Mouse ol Representa
tives it was desirable that as little party feel
ing as possible should be manifested, Mr.
Craig proceeded to discuss the claims of the
five claimants with cAlmness, and asked why
those members who had not the nominal ma
jority of votes were not returned? Why, he
wished to know, were the. votes of Millville
and Amboy not included in the, general re
turns?
Mr. Randolph, of N. Jersey, said he could
give the reason. The votes of Amboy and
Millville were not allowed for two reasons.
They were, that (he returns were not legal- 1
ly certified to by the judges of election, and
especially for the better reason, (hat returns
notoriously illegal were cast, and aliens, in
violation of the Cunltitution, were allowed
to vote.
Mr.. Wise appealed to members not to lose
sight of the question before the House. An
examination of the claims of members could
do no good now.
Mi- Pickens, of S. C., followed Mr Craig.
He was-prepared to meet any issue, and do
his duty to Ids country. " As for the threats
made in the House and out of the House, he
IcqcJv-nolhing of them and cared less. He
was in favor of the motion of the member
from Virginia, Mr. Wise. He considered it
reasonable, and the only proposition which
would lead to an organization of the House.
Mr. Pickens said he had confidence in the
Clerk, and did not .believe he would play
any miserable trick. He wished, he said,
that-thc. gentlemen here would act in confi
dence, and nothing doubting.. As for State
" sovereignty, of which somuclihad been said.
Ids ofjinion was that it rested not in a Gov
ernor oru Council, or State Officers, .or in a
seal, but in the People; That was Ids no
tion, Mr. P. said that the'llouse alone was
the tribunal to decide the dispu ed election
if there was one. For himself, he should
scorn Jo present his credentials upon the
Clerk’s table unless the House demanded it
at Ids hands. .
Mr. Barnard, of N. Y. followed in (he de
bate. Mr. B. entered'hiomewhat fully'into
the <)iscussion of (be subject.
- Mr. Cooper, a new member from Georgia,
followed Mr. Barnard. He believed that
the members with the certificates were as
much entillcd-tb-thcirteats as he was. _
Mjf. Wise followed and defended his re
solution offered at the opetdng of the House.
He was willing, he said, to trust to the hon
ors of (he gentlemen of.the House, and did
not believe they would abuse the Resolution
if it was adopted.
After some further remarks, however, Mr
Wise at the suggestion of MrS.tanley, with
drew his resolution.
The question then recurred 'on a rcsolu •
tion offered by Mr. Hunt, and which is as
follows:
Resolved, That this House will now pro
ceed to elect a temporary Speaker, allowing
the members from New Jersey (producing
the. evidence given-according-to the law of
that State) to vote on the question. That
the Speaker thus chosen shall appoint none
of the Committees of the House. That the
Committee of Elections, shall be chosen by
ballot'. And that, after the question on the
disputed-seats shall have been settled by tl\e
House, we will then proceed to choose a
Speaker for the 26th Congress.
Mr. Hunt made some remarks in support
of his proposition. =■
. Mr. Underwood followed in an argument
in support of the proposition of Mr. Wise as
the only practicable mode which.appcared to
present itself of extricating the House from
the perplexity in which it luurbeen involved
by the act of the Clerk. He concluded by
saying that he hoped that by the hour of
meeting to-morrow members would-be bet
ter-preparodto-vote-on-the-questionjandhe’
therefore now moved an adjournment.
The Clerk stated the motion, but, bqfore
putting the question upon it to the members,
took occasion to retract the opinion hereto
fore advanced by him, that rib vote on any
question can be taken, until a quorum of
members is recognised. Less than a quo
rum may adjourn'fronv day-to-day-,-under
the Constitution; but in his (the Clerk’s,) o
piriion no other business can be done with
out a quorum. .
The adjournment was carried by the voice
of a majority of members, and the House
rose as quietly as it ever does in the most
tranquil days of the longest sessions.
IN SENATE.
Thursday Dec. 5, 1839.
, ” Several new Senators appeared and. took
their seats, among-them ..Mr, Spence, ..of
Maryland, and Mr. Sherman, of Connecti
cut,, who were qualified and took-their seats.
Mr,King,(of Alabama, who has occupied
the'chair as president pro tern, gave notice
that a message, was on t|ie table from’pthe
Treasury Department,'Which lies on the ta,-’
ble until the receipt of the President’s Mes
sage. ■ y;'.'
Mr. Benton’s’resolutions offered jester-,
day, were taken up.and-read.a.second time.
Mr, Hubbard, of N- HTsuggested that the
resolutions .be laid, on the table until, the;
Message is received.’ jyy, ; - - f
Mr. Benton acquiesced.--- - . V
vt Mr. Norvell and-Mr. Fnlfon.gave notice
of an intention to introduce several private
bills. ■” ■ -- ■ - .j-
On motion; the Senate ; adiourncd. ‘
“HOHSTTOF REPRESENTATIVES;
The-opening was as usual by the,Clerk of
the House, and the discussion wasresuuied
where it closed last evening. •
Mr. HuhCof New York, made gonie- ex
plnnation in regard-to his tesolution.which
proposed - the: appointment of ,a temporary.
llecontended, contrary to.the o
pinioh of someivthat it would' lead,to an or
ganization of . 77/, . ...
Mr. Jlandolphij|ideßora¥ remarks in re*
ply to Mr. Pickens as to State sovereignty.
He said that the people made. State sover
eignty. But he should like to know how the
people were to be represented except by the
constituted authorities of a State?
Mr. Pickens meant only to say that the
House could decide upon tho election of its
members.
. Mr. Adams addressed the House at great
length, commenting on the difficulty in which
the House was-involved, and earnestly ap
pealing to the members to proceed to its or
ganization. At the conclusion ofhis remarks, ■
he'submitted the following resolution,'offer
ed yesterday by.Mr; Graves, and asked for
its adoption. lie stated that he would bfe
willing to receive any amendnient any gen
tleman might think proper to offer. .
Resolved, That the Acting Clerk of-this
House shall proceed with the call of the
members from the different States in the
Union in the usual way, calling the names
of Such members, from New Jersey ns hold
the regular and legal commissions from the
Executive of that State.
• Mr. Graves suggested ‘to the gentleman
from Massachusetts to make some modifica
tion of his resolution, as he had ascertained,
from a correspondence that passed between
himself and the Clerk, which he read to the
House, that the Clerk would be willing, at
the icqucst'of a majority of the undisputed
members present, to' proceed with calling
over the roll;- but that it would be such a
roll as he had made out, in what he consid
ered the conscientious discharge of his duty.
Mr. Garland (the Clerk), made an expla
nation of what he conceived to be his duty,
in the position in which he found himself,
and of the course that he had found it ne
cessary to pursue. He did not think that
he had a right to put any other question than
the question of-adjournment. He consider
ed himself as sitting (here simply the Clerk
of the House, and-not as its Chairman.
Mr. Rhett then offered a rcsulutioru-that.
Lewis Williams, (he oldest member of the
House be appointed Chairman of this meet
ing until the House should be
Mr. Thompson, of South Carolina, sub
mitted to the House, that sooner or later
they must adopt.the resolution just offered
by his colleague, (Mr. Rhett,) as it would be
impossible for them ever to organize with
out some proceeding of (he.kind,
Mr.' Rhett then varied his motion, so as
to call Mr. ..Adams to the Chair instead of
Mr. Williams, and putting the question him
self to the meeting it was carried, and Mr.
Adams' took this Chair.
On motion of Mr. Mercer; ; 7
Ordered, That the Rules of the last House
of Representatives be adopted for the gov
ernment of the proceedings of this meeting.
'Mr, Wise then-moved that, the Acting
Clerk be directed to call the membersof the
House, including, in such call, the members
from Neiv Jersey, who have the certificates
of the Governor of thatJState that they are
elected as Representatives of the Twenly
si'xth Congress. . '
Air. Johnson, of Tennessee, moved an ad
journment;
.The yeas and nays were called for, and
there were for the adjournment 103, and a
gainst it 90.—50.
The Chair announced that the House was
adjourned. . •
From the Baltimore . Sun.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
At 12 o’clock to-day, Mr. John Q. Adams,
as President of the House in Convention,
called the House loonier. The journal of
the last four days was .read.
Mr. Wise, of Virginia, rose and moved a
number of amendments,-so as-to shew why
it was that four days delay had been had.—
This proposition led to a long debate, which
at last was concluded by making the amend
ments proposed.
Mr. Hhett; of South Carolina, rose and
submitted a resolution tlpit the Clerk now
proceed to call the roll of the House, omit
ting the -names of those gentlemen whose
seals are contested.
Mr. Dromgoole having been appointed one
of the tellers to count the Vole on Mr.Rbctt’s
resolution,'rose and enquired who he should
count. __ ...
Mr. Adams was understood to reply, all
who had legal certificates of election. The
count.must be made in this w.ay, including
the gentlemen from New Jersey.
Mr. Dromgoole enquired if That was- the
opinion of the Chair . ;
rM r. Adams; —Iris; —~ ; ;
Mr. Vanderpoql. l appeal toithe conven
tion from the dccisiou of the Chair.
On this appeal a long'debate ensued, in
Which Messrs. Rhctt, Stanley, Boggs, F.
Granger, Craig, Wise, Thomas, Hoffman,
Vanderpool and many others took part,
- Thus you will-see-,that .notwithstanding
we had a revolution yesterday, we' are no
better oft - now than we; were then. It is not
perceptible that the House advanced an inch
from the position in which-it was in on Mon
day, the first day of the session. ItTs ; tied
up,- bound up, and unless ripped up, by the
force of publi<n,opinion and the outpourings
of the'wrath of the people, no one-can tell
where its bondage will terminate.
More than one ’half of the entire debate of
to-day has consisted of the most fulsome and
_extravagant eulogies not.to say.Vsoft soap,”
on the character of Mr. J. Q. Adams, the
"great revolutionist” of the day.
The old gentleman was belathered and.be
soaped, and bespattered, wltlu’eulogy,.. by
Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Granger and fouror-five
others, till the, old gentleman almost vomited
frtfin absolute nausea.,.
Mr. Adonis, though a modest man, is, I
suppose, willing to bethought well of:'but to’
have such a quantity of absolute “puff paste,”
cast at him, was rather too much, and he
(poked whilst The, farce was going oh, as if
lie ‘wished to say “too much pudding, will
choke q donkey.” >- T: .-
- Tlie fact isi this, World of ouraTs so cro wd
cd with patriots, and there is so milch Teal
patriotic zeal to jbe let. oft’.-in these days(of
glory that it cannot be expected that every
tliingshVfuldbeaccOmptiShfcdinonemomeht;
The-whole debate, so jar ’as it has gone;
has b,een entirely ,out ofo’rder if.Parliameri
tary law and the rulc.s of the house, are good
for-any thing. " .y . ' ;
< After a stormy debate, an adjournment
was earned till tprUiorrowr without effecting
'tiny thing. y;’. : '[t
v .. SATOtUJAVi ,I)ec. 7, \839. :
The with
a continuation of tlie discussion of yesterday.
Mr. Adams made an attempt to escape from
the untenable position in which he was placed
by deciding that (he minority claimants from
N- J- should have' the right to .vote. 'He
grew ashamed of this unjust decision, and
tried to sneak out of ;t. r -
. At 4 Pi M. the'Hoiise adjourned oyer till
Monday.' '
ARRIVAL OF THE LIVERPOOL.
The steamer Liverpool arrived at. New
York oh Thursday afternoon about 5 o’clock'.
Wo copy from the Dispatch the following
epitome of the news.
The. Liverpool-arrived out oh the 6th of
November, carrying, ns our readers are a
ware, the news ot the suspension of the
Philadelphia Banks. ■ The effect at first was
bad; Cotton.Teil a.halfpenny, but upon the
subsequent arrivals of the New York Pack
ets, bringing the news of the stand taken,
and kept by the New York-and Boston
Ranks, it rallied again, and at the time of
the departure of the Liverpool was quoted
one eighth of a penny higher than when the
Queen left; and on sulne descriptions a' shade
more. The check to confidence lasted only
a week, and for the week proceeding the sai
ling of the Liverpool, there was an increased
amount of business done, with an improving
market. ■ . V
The corn‘market was well supplied;- and
the avei age price of wheat had suiik so much
that the duty had risen to 18s; Bd.—equal
to a prohibition. American sweet flour was
quoted 40, to 435. '
The Muncy Market had undergone a fa
vorable change, since the arrival out of the v
Quebec, confirming,the accounts carried out
by the United States, anil South America,
that, notwithstanding cvcky effort had been
made to induce the "Banks of New York to
recede from their proud stand', they, with the
Btjnks of Boston-still continue to pay specie.
"With other good indications, the news had.
the effect to raise consols frouiJ)() to 90 1-2.
The. hews by the Garrick, which vessel ar
rived at Liverpool on the’l 3th, would doubt
less coiltinue and increase the-favorable as
pect of the money markef. The Imogenc
frigate hud arrived from the Pacific .with
.$3,700,000,-and advices hud been received
of the shipment of 81,100,000 from Mexico.
As we remarked before, the fate of interest
was nut to bgincreased, and as to the "bog
bears-of one pound notes, ,and the "suspen
sion of the Bank of England,” no such things
are mentioned, directly or indirecllv.
American—Securities, were -perfectly un
saleable. United Slates~Bank' fell from
£l9, as quoted by the Queen, to £l7, and
latterly ti £l-l 10s., which was the last quo
tation. There wipe no sales at these rates,
which were’ merely nominal. A check is
given to the realization of nioneyvon Ameri
can securities fop a long time to come. The
Times says that the stoppage of Biddle & Co.
and his dependent. Banks will prevent mis
chief anil he productive of good, as it will
effectually stay’ the “drunkcnncss s, 'ftr -this
rowed foreign capital. - There is some sense
in this bitter dose.
The marriage of Prince Albert of Saxe
Coburg is as confidently spoken of as ever.
He lias left England, to return, it is said, in
March. It is all amusing circumstance that
on the very day he left for the Continent,
Prince George of Cambridge, tlie once sup
posed favorite of Victoria, alid tijjy’fuvorite
of the people, returned to Englaud-frmn his
tour. There may yet he a slip between the
cup and Prince Albert’s lips.
Friday, Dec. (5.
Some serious riots bad occurred at New
port, in South Wales. There arc large iron
ami tin works in that neighborhood. The
insurrection was headed by John Frost, a
Chartist linen draper at Newport. Exten
sive preparations had been made, and sedi
tious pamphlets in the Welsh language cir
culated. A huge party, some accounts say
10,000 attempted a descent upon Newport
from the hills, but were, met by the military
and citizens, headed by the Mayor. Some
wounds were inflicted, but the expedition
resulted in the capture of about 20 of the
ringleaders, and (Ije dispersion of the rest,
e France. —There is nothing from France,
but news of comufcrciid distress. 19 bank
ruptcies are said to have occurred in Paris
during the first week of November. .The
liabilities of the bankrupts amounted to near
ly l,00(),000f. One of them exceeds 500,-
OOOf. and two others 100,000., but the re
mainder, 16 in number, are under this .last
suin^TrThere—^were—BsB—failures—in—Parish
from the-Ist of January' to the Ist of No
vember, 1839, and the losses amount,to be
tween 55,000,000 f. and 60,000,000 f. >
The grain market appears to be on the
adyanJe.
(funeral Bernard, formerly of the U. States
engineer service.and more recently mimster
of war in-Fcaocer died atyParis-oii'-lhe-2Sth
of November. „ 1 - • .
.Spain, —The ministerial crisis had hot yet
passed, nor hail any decisive action taken
place between, Espartero and Gabera. A
threat bad been ioade to refuse to pay taxes
until the ipecting of the Cortes was effected,
hut it was: persisted in, in only one or. two
villages,';
From the East. —The rumor, of- the exe
cution of Ibraham Pacha, proves nonsense.
The Turkish Divan, and the Bey of. Egypt
are said to have arranged their difficulties,
without the assistance of the Christian pow
ers. Egypt and, Syria are to be confirmed
to the father, and the.lslan I'of Candia to the
son. ■
A printing machine of extraordinary pow
ers is in'Operatiun in .New Jersey. The fol-.
lowing paragraph in reference to it Is, from
the 'Philadelphia U.S; Gazette:"
' A scientifitgentleman of bur city felt so
much interest m,the printing machine-how
in operation in, Hanover,; New, Jersey, that
he wrote to that place for information, and
learned thatthe. machine is/the invention of
■Mr. Thomas Trench. _ The rags are taken
to the. mill and miple into, paper; thatpaper
is, fun on a reel nnd taken to the printing .
six spelling books in J
one imSute, atfir three humlred hooks in an .
hour.- The sheets-are printed on both sides
at one operation. - The types are set on- an -1
iron ,cylinder, and ope, revolufibn prints a
book. The ink is supplied by a roller .may- "
ed by machinery. " . . -
i/ Mr. Thomas Trench is making a machine . '
npw wliich will print two/common bibles in
one minute. The' ibachinery is not compli- \
cated. We have .Sefen.samples of the work, :
which appear to be very good,
FOREI Gf JT N K WS.