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'The Rejected Minister. ,
The Senate have rejected -the nomination
- of Mr. Van Buren by the casting vote of the
• Vice President, after a deliberate and - tho
-rough investigation.
The rejection, miler such circumstances,
sucb a body as the &mate, cannot fail to
have its 'full weight; but what gives still
Fester weight to the decision in thk case,
ts; that the mdividuil is now the representa
tive of the
.Governmeat at London, and that
his is the first case' in which--the. Senate
have refused to confirm the nomination of a
Minister who haft:already entered on his du,
ties abroad. It is but fair to suppose that
this fact had a great influence upon the
• Senate, and, that had he not left the United
States, he would have been rejected by a
very decided majority.
From our intimate knowledge of his char
acter and conduct, and of the mischief of
which he has been the Cake, we cannot
doubt but what his corruption and -intrigue
will filly justify the Senate in withholding
its advice and consent to his appointment.
We verily believe that he has done morel
corrupt and distract the Government and
the Country, to discredit and tower its char
acter, than any man living. He has let in
the foul, and polluted stream of New York
system which considers the hon
_ors_ and emoluments of GOVernment as the
reward of partizan zeal, and not aa'the re
ward, as they ought to be, of talents, integ
rity, public services, and pritriotism . , To
effect his scheme, he had to securelm as
cendency over the Chief Magistrate of the
- Cetmtry, and in this he was, unfortunately,
•
y • successful, by a resort to the vilest.
• - •i• • means, — He seized on an unfor
e.;. •
• • •••, circumstance, the .
existence of which
l ; lte virtuous and honorable deplore,,but in
,Whichr, most unfortunately for the character
-_and interests of the Country, and his repu
tation, Gen. Jackson permitted his whole
- soul to bo enlisted. We allude to the cir
cumstances.inrthe rn actofJl . Eaton- It
-ie well known to all the well informed at
' Washington, and could, if necessary, be pro.
.ved in a court of justice, that Gen. Jackson's
original determination was, not to permit
himself to be enlisted in her case, but to leavei
it, where all questions of social relations
ought to be, to be controlled by the sense of
society. But after the arrival of Mr. Van
Buren, and after he had, by his art and in
_fluence,..tem • ted the res ectable ladies of the
present Secretary of the Treasury and of
the present Minister to France, to visit Mrs.
Eaton, he became emboldened, and hoped,
trough his influence. and management of
the President, to turn the question of her re
lation to society, to
. his pplitical advantage.
With such respectable examples, it was not
difficult to pursuade Gen. Jackson, with his
known and devoted attachment to'Mrs. Ea
ton, that the objection to her admission into
society, originated in political- opposition to
him; and that too on the part of those who.
had been his early, long trirJ, and devoted
friends.
Begining- from this paint, ai led by Lewis,
Kendall, and the rest of the profligate and
corrupt crew,: whom he had brought to the
*oat of Government, he, in process, produced
the rupture between the first and second ofli-
leers of the Government; without even the
pretext of a cause, he exploded the, cabinet
of which he himself was a member, under
circumstances which most forever disgrace
the country, andfied to Europe to avoid the
odium, with upwards of $20,000 of the pub l t i
C mo_ney;
caving a regency Kninc him,
• • tho executive and the
patronage of the government, to take charge
ofhis interest during his absence. -
Notwithstanding all this, which can be
proved in a court of justice, his partizans,
with hundreds of purchased and subservient
presses with all theinfluence of the govern
- , - etTout - TRir ecutitm; d, 00311 - Ttrz
ward - 14 - bw - eorrupt services, in the profits
Of which they have so deeply participated . , -
endeavor to. smuggle bim into the Press en
ty, through the Vice Presidency, "noi enc
volens," as the only_means. by which they
"can make him President."
This was the design from the first, delili-
erately formed, but concealed, to he effected
by the Baltimore convention, got up by his
tools, and to be controlled by his partizans.
The rejection is but the pretext, and, had he
_been confirmed', that circumstance would
have been used as. amore powerfid pretext of
acquitting him of all the charges which are
arrayed between him and the object of his
ambitions—V. S. Telegraph.
In "The following article from the Journal of
Commerce., (a Jackson paper, we believe,> will
show how the news of Mr. Van Buren's rejection
war, received by tho citizens of New York City:—
"To-clay has beda r day of rejoicing to
our citizens—always excepting the. regency
men and disciples of St. Tammany. Need
•we tell the cause? It is the rejection of
Martin Van Buren as Minister to England.
ft is the signal overthrow of his deep-laid
projecta'nfambition,.which in their developer
ment . have brought disgracp upon the coun
try and its government. Thanks to the
venerable Senate for this ‘Vholesoine lesson
• to deinagogues andintriguers.• Thanks for
the promptness with which they confirmed
the. nomination or straight-f n•ward „honest
men, 4ihen presented by the Pre.sident; and
:thanks for their decision in rejecting le
• • !great Magician.'"
from the \Alhany Evening Journal.
Our Meister t( England has. been
"Re,foraterl.l"' l'he "Terrier haq
jted the \ Rat I'' The Magician's -wand is
been!. The Niitiotes tarnished honor is
• An itisuited Cmintry is avenged.
t,etittliee hoe / been commended to the
:40r,biai who-ix:iv:coned its ingrn4ionts."
most iiiiili4htoneil and elevated" dialiber•
E=i=ME
'arm
.
' km v el 2,*; 1 1 - r , Ig • i if 1
.4 if F 4' r• ALIUMI t 4„,)
11 `'r4_
alive 110.1 V, ti4i4:" w rlih iuts dolle
it N'lWlt' -
tluty. (.) ii •;,,i orotligac*v: statais rebuked
anti alY.lB'.ietl. Yt iy a '" :! rea l : moral speria-
C c which inaprlvi...f4Lit,orttrtlitt-rie
goguas o 1 all cAtiii%! time. Now let the
man %rho has I leptived wives and children
of their meltis of sumirt—who has pro
scrilwd and oppressed virtue and patriotism
has poisoned the public mind, and
debauched the political character of the
country—let this man now recross the At
lantic, “with. what appetite lie may."
Various °W afters.
4 Warn: case w as recetitly dec . !,
ded at New York, in which a pers:ai was
prosecuted tor seventy dollars, thr hazing re
commended to the ;,laintilfin the case a man
as ofg,ood credit, %vim on being trusted upon
the recommendathm, failed to pay the a
natitlut debt he had contracted. The suit
was brotedit againit the parson who had re
, commended the purchaser as trust worthy,
and a verdict was rendered against him Gtr
the whole suin of the debt. Thus it appears
if a Mall reeoinmendS another as worthy of
,c,regt, 'AO he should turn out to he other
wise, the surety air his credit is responsible
for his debt !
Singular .Fact.—Mr. Wirt was counsel thy
the government against Aaron Burr, in the
celebrated trial of the latter for high treason,
and the records of that day bear ample and
honorable testimony to the zeal, skill, and
• ready talents with which the then young
'counseller asserted the rights of the couittry
against one of the most alarming atteinpts of
vaulting ambition which have ever endanger.
ed it. Little did Mr. Wirt or his friends
then imagine that his great powers of mind
were at that time thrown into the same are
na as now—usserting the "suprenta ry of the
laws" against Free Masonry. But such
was the fact. It has since appeared that
Burr carried on his treasonable operations
under .the secrecy of Free Masonry, and that
many of his letters were written in the roy
41ar-ch hieroglyphics. MP., Wirt was, there
fore, perhaps the first man in this country to
stand up between masonry and the laws.
How strikingly appropriate that he should be
placed in the position in which ho now stands.
It is rumored here that the family. of Dr.
M. B. Wit,tuAms, or MOorefield, during the
wesent week, made a very narrow escape
ofloosingtheir lives, by AasusuTbeing put
in the COFFEE, &c., by their Co( 7 )1c, or ano
ther servant in the thmily. • How it was dis
covered, rumor does not say. One of the
slaves since imprisoned, has confessed the.
act.—httelligcncer.
A boy about 14 years of ago, son of Mr.
(Teo. Brady, of Millerstown, Lancaster cotin
ty,,..,ccantnitted suicide, by hanging, on the
21st ult. No cause was assigned, or sur
-ruised, fur this deplorable act.
CHOLERA.—The New York Mard of
Health has prohibited ships from entering,
without quarantine, at that port, which have
left any place in Europe where the Cholera
exists.
Lexington Roil Road.—The Kentucky
Reporter says, almost any number of labor
ers could obtain employment on the Lexing-,
ton and Ohio Rail Road. Operations ap
pear to be going on rapidly. Large quanti
ties of stone; for sills, have already 'been ta
kerliTiiii—Trie quarries. Tue TeTtiiifer
eight miles of the Road, is to take place at
Louisville, on the 15th April.
Columbia Bridgc.—Five piers of this
bridge,with the-structure supported by them,
wore h . roWn down yesterday, by reason of
IhrVtriiihibircof ivvirPliarr - digtantptp - -
kw Columbia. Great. damage must have
•466risditina at and near Columbia by the same
eause.tr=Ctironicle.
The sudden breaking up of the ico and
melting of the snowy; has done, we fear, very
serious damage. Wu yesterday proceeded
to Wrightsville having learned that the Co.
lumbin Bridge had been seriously injured.
A few moments before we arrived, two span,
_Measuring 110 feet each, had been swept
away, making, in addition to what was car
fl
1 4/ 4
ed off the f lay bet4e, about 1 00' feet.
The latter breach iSfrom the Is toward
this side, 6 span. The former within a
bout 600 feet of the York County shore.
From appearancEsT,O far as one can judge
by &king across the rives; vei y great injury
must be sustaine% in Columbia. All com
munication is stopped, and we have received
no.mails from Philadelphia since. Sunday,
when three individuals, at the risk of. qv*
lives, brotyht it over whilst, the' ice was
Tipping the boards off of the .bridge. It is
rumoured that the Harrisburg Bridge is in
jured and the Conewingo Bridge carrietf off:
Tho water is now 18 lentabove. higli water
mark, and since 1784; has never .been so
high.— York Republican of February 7.
"Pvusia AWAY I"—So the Masons say of
Nntiv.vMa:ions, and verily the inajority attic
publt this day believe it. Men who de
clare FreetMasenry is riot fully disclosed,
will affirm any thing, to suit their purposes.
Mark theM reader. Men who solemnly a
ver that_they are Masons, and "to establish
TRUTII and expose FALSEHOOD," also solemn
•ly deny.the disclosures of Masonry new be-
Toro the public, are men not careful of their
veracity. They
, will say that ‘‘.A:nti-Ma
sOnry is dying away," t i e suit their purposeiG,
Let us see hw o stands t he health of Free,
Masonry. Three "quarters .of the
cendenin RAO death . heartily. The
to
material dilibrence . . opinic4t . 'is,,as to Ow,
Owiteburyiiig out '4
EIME
ROMNEY ; January 29
k kat"; - Nb. 67-
the questioK bow i. 5 it with Free 7 Musonn? 4, 7_
Does Five-Masonr y t nri ye ? Do newuii-
VI wales cones fin'th itrdetenee or the order?
• . • 411,krb coat:111;W ill nil•
indglN inerods:!! Are
. the trowels „r the
brethren bight with the mystic ‘vork of the
secret temple? Do suppliants tbr light ga
ther about the lodge-room door! Do the
heathen words which are never to be spoken
above a whisper, strike withtie-tiitori the
ear of the candidate!—No! the stones cry
out of the wall, and the
,timbers of the tem
ple echo it—the living arch is broken ! the
cement of fealty is dissolved ! "the grant(
unlink word" is spoken! JAllliil,l:ti has
- rtecome a prOverb! 1.04! Anon is indented
upon the halls of the order! DimusioN is
d iscov) :red twritten upon the altar of Mason
ry! NO—Frec-llasonrY, not Ami. Maso
nry, is dying away'.'NC/C fork Whig.
American Repal ies.—There are
now eleven Ilcpublics. Lilo American
continont, and at the head of every OM! 01
them is a "military chieltain.\
The following, we believe, is a correct
list of the presiding oiiieurs:
United States - - - Gen. Jackson
• Mexico Gun. Bustamenta
Guatemala , Gen. illorazan
New Grenada - = Gen. Qbaudo
Vene?:nela - Gen. Paez
Ecuador - Gen. Florez
Peru . . Gen. Ganoxra
Chili Gen. Prieto
Bolivia Gen. Santa Cruz
Buenos Ayres - = Gen. ltosaS
Hayti Gen. Boyer
Bustamenta and Ohando are Vice-Presi
dents, acting as J'residents. Rosas has ten
dered his resignation, but being still in pow
er at the date (lithe last action:its, and it be
ing iinc , trtain whether his resignation will
be accepted, we have put him down accord
ingly.—Ncte *York Journal (f Commerce.
AN EC DOTE.—Shortly filler the late
city election, au Anti-\l assn, in conversation
with a Free-Mason, observed, "Well I think
we have out voted you this time." "Oh!'„' said
the latter "you may out vrste us easily but
we can out count you ! !"—Pittsburg Times.
[To 'understand the above anecdote it
will be necessary to state that at the late
city election, the judges counted the votes
I • elect council on the evening of the elec
tion and declared a majority of Anti-Masons
elected, but on the next !nor:ling, they de
clared a mistake had been made the night
before, and proceeded to count the vote a
witrovlieirtralTputived-that-a-majority-of
Masons were elected. Thus they out coun
ted the Anti-Masons though it is believed
the antics out voted them.—Ohio Regist&r.]
- STATIONARY FOR CoNGßE:;s.—Durlng
the year ending on the 30th Nov. last - there
were purchased for the use of Congress,
2879- reams of paper; 10 pounds of wax;
5-10 parchments; 45,000 quills; 288 knives;
100 pounds of wafer: 390 pounds of candles;
743 dozen of tapes; 252 seals; 480 ink Jugs;
480 wafer boxe; 228 gallons ()roil; 7 bush
els of sand; 188 pounds of twine; and 4•A)
sand boxes.
Remarkable. Longevity.—Died, at Ins re
sidenc in the county of Culpeper, Va. on
Tuesday night the 24th ultimo, Mr. Is.t AC
HE 1212 ING, in the one hundred and seven
teenth year of his age.
"DYING AWAY."--An Antimasonic mee
tim...! was held in Xenia, Greene county, on
Friday last, which was numerously atten
.
‘veather. Drivp a "nail" ilti're; hrother
We learn from the New York Commer
cial, that the packet ship Hannibal, Captain
Diehard, has arrived from London, bringing
_the .olldon..evcning_mters_olLthe_alstaiec..
and- Portsmenti i-papers4o-the-941-of-January-
The dates from the Continent are ooe day
later Allan:per last advices, but nothing of
particular interest has transpired. • The de
bates oftlici French Chambers are sometimes
angry, but no present apprehensions. for the
' public 'safety were , entertained. M. Schas
tinni, the Minister of Forel Atihirs,is not
expected soon, if ever -to resume the dis
charge of his Official duties. The apopletic
shock he has received, was a severe one, and
•being 'a' five liver--a boa vicuna--;-he was a
proper subject fOr that disease. An impor
tant- Con brenee was held at the Foreign Of
fice, on the 30th of Dec., amid couriers were
despatched by Lord Palmerston on the day
• lowing, to the Courts (fillet-lin and Vienna,
with instructions to malw the most dilrgent
livte. The dispatches, with winch they
were charged, are presumed to relate to the
proposed treaty between Holland and Bel.
gium—the ratification of which, according
to the Protocol of the Five Powors, are to be
exchanged on the lfith ofJarmary. Mean
time the Courier, at 4 o'clock in the evening,
of the :31st, announces an express from the
Hague, with intelligence that "the States
General have voted, by an immense majori
tv, (viz: 59 . against SO the extraordinary
finids required by the Government, in order
to meet the probable war expenditures - for
1831." On the Paris . Exchange, there was
some alarm; but a deputation waited on the
Minister of War, and was assured that, the
chances ofwar.here wore less probable, and
confidence was immediately restored.
Advi".lcs flom -- Portugal—Lisbon.-.- i ivere
to the 17th Dec.—""The preparations tor'the
derenceof that country against the expedition
of Don PedrQ, are continued with the great
;est, energy, and great et:ithitsiastrt prevails
for Don Miguel; Say the
. Miguelile papers.
Numorougoinforcemeritsavoluuteers from
Huy interior 'are daily arriving' to reinforce
pits briny; and ~iho story that 80,0111) rra.tu
will t4ooli be •readv* to Meet Dorr - Pellas', sr
.
toy,in'repented, •
rrol •(.
T exit 3'4 : Seco - tut ConlVeßx....F:rnt
11).4, Fe h. •
enate, vestcfrday,7 trinisaeted very
little business, the orders having beds post
poned-at an early part of the day fur the
purpose of giving way to Mr. Clay's speech
on the tmoilltn reply to -Mr. Hay ne. Mr.
C. spoke for about' two hours, and support.
ed his peculiar doctrines with great ability
and unusual elootuence, but, on his becoming
exh aus t e d by the efFirt, the Senate adjourn
ed befiSre he had finished his speech. Mr.
C. will continue:, a:al, it is supposed, con
clude his speech to -day.
In the House of fLiiresentatives, 31r.
/Lodges, recently - elected a member froul
one of the two vacant districts in Massachu
setts, appeared, and took the oath and his
seat. Mr. Verplanck, Iron the Comthinee
on the Library, reported a resolution, w i nc h
was adopted, for the purchase ola copy of
the New York Price Current, from the
year 1815 , to the present. time. After the
intr o duction or various private bills, the re
solution on the subject of' the cession of' In
dian land to the second auditoe of the trea
sure, was taken up, and Mr. Clay of Ala.
haina, spoke in opposition to the resolution,
and in vindication of the coarse pursued by
the commissioners of the Chickasaw treaty.
The' house then passed to the order of the
day, and took up the apportionment hill.
On motion of Mr. McKennan, a recoosider
ation of the vote striking. out 48, and inser
ting 44, was ordered. The questitm recur
red on Mr. flubbard's amendment to fix the
ratio at 14,000, but before it was disposed
of; the house adjourned.
S:yrritnAY, Feb. 4.
The Senate was occupied nearly the
whole of yesterday, by the continuation of
Mr. Clay 's Speech on the to which was
not concluded when the Senate adjourned.
In the course of the little morning's busi
ness that was transacted, the bill !giving of
feet to the commercial arrangement between
the United States and the Republic .of Co
lothhia, and the bill authorizing a subscrip
tion to the stock of the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road Company, were severally. read
the second time and referred. The adjourn
, men, was over to Monday next, when it is
presumed Mr. Clay will conclude his speech.
In the [louse of Representatives, various
private bills were reported, and read a first
and second time.. The resolution introdu
ced on a inner day by Mr. Thomas, of
- the -- aiipohitinctit of — a joint
committee of Congress to make arrange
.ments an- the celebration of the centennial
birth day of GEORGE WASHINGTON,
on the 22d of February, 1H32, was taken
dp; and after some modification, read a first,
secor.d, and third time, and passed. The
subject was .discussed by Messrs. Adams,
Thomas, ofLouisiana, Adam r,Waril, I logan,
Wicklifli3, and Taylor, and en the motion
of Mr. Wicklifi;, the committee was order•
cd to consist of twenty-four members, one
from each of the States in the Union. The
Ihaise resumed the consideration of Mr.
Everett's resolution on the subject of the
Indian reservation, of firm' miles square,
ceded to the 2d Auditor of the Treasury;
and Mr. Evans, of Maine, who had posses.
sion of the floor, addressed the House in
support Of the propositiori for an inquiry
into the transaction. Tim House after
wards !Kissed toile °Mor of the (lay, and
took up private bills. The bill for the re
liktf or Ai rs. Decatur stands first on the cal
endar anti oninotiou. of Mr. Carson, was
appointed to he taken up in connoittee on
Fridav next.
Tll- Seiritedid not sit on Satt trday. The
whole atilt: sittin!*
o: the Ilonse oC Itln-e
-sentatives Wll4 (I(!vi itt!ti to the disiNu;siOns
or Mr. Everett's yesolittion_ rospeeting the
Chicksaw Trcatv, and the consideration of
_priyate bills.
In the Senate;yesterday,after the presen ,
tation of-various petitions, two of which were
ll)r the renewal of the charter of Bank
of the U. States, the re.3olution on the suh•
ject of the tariirwas taken up, and Mr. Clay
concluded his speech commenced on Thurs
day. After a few remarks from Mr. Smith
in reply to some parts of Mr. Clay's speech,
and a rejoinder on the part of Mr. Clay,
Mr. Hill gave notice of his intention to ad
dress the Senate on the subject, and moved
an adjournment which was carried.
lii the House of Reprosentat,ive,sMr. An
derson presented a memorial from citiien of .
Massachusetts praying for a charter for a
Bank similar to the present Bank of the U.
States. They Aim to pay twenty millions
forfora charter for twenty years, with a capital
of fifty millions. It referred to the com
mittee of Ways and Means. NOnerous 0.
thor petitions and meMorials were presented
among which were several froin Pennsylva
nia,Virginia, Massachusetts and New Hamp
shire in tlivor of the. Bank dialler. The .
Speaker' presented a memorial from the
Headmen, Warriors, and Chief of the Creek
Indians, complaining of grievance and pray
ing-I'6r relief. The committee on,Elections
was disphiwged. on themotion of Mr. Clai
borne, ll'om the further consideration of the,
contested election case of Col. Crockett o
Tennessee;
. ned M r. Fitzgerald, the membef
elected front district tbrtnerly represent.
ed by Mr. C., of course. remains the repre
sentative.- The bill
_reported by Mr. Hub.
bard to 'provide for persons engaged', in the
land. and naval service ., during the -*ar of
the revollitien, waslakon from the Commit.
tee of • the Whole on 'the state oft he Union,
and Made. the ppocial order of; the day for
Wednesday next. Vat ions private hills were
reported and acted ; upon, 'wad the Howl ad:
journeclat an curly` hour, -
W eux Rimy' Feb, k'
. ,
• Twsenato.wiui hrgaia cleupietimiterclay
I: A: Z.
Tr EF4TSAY, Feb. 7.
MEI
qfk
the 1%150110nm on the subject v%iiiii;ill44iti
nil: Mr. Ilill spoke at some
to Mr. Clay, and 'Mr. Nhuigion eismnienctitt
and orogressed considerahl x i a ßi sAr p
ti , ainst the resolution tu e ld this protecting
system. Mr. M. continues bit;spaech to-day.
the,House of Representatives, any
private bins' were reported and ordered for
conanitment. The I;illowing bills were re
ported from the Committee on the District,
of Columbia: by Mr. Washington, to aid - ..
the Vestry of . Ikashingtilp Paris in improv.
in;; the Con , ress burial ground, &c.; by Mr.
McCoy, of Penn., to enlarge the powers .1-
th , . &wend corporations in the District; and
by Mr. Doddridge, to awelnl the act.ot in
corporation of the inhabitants of V' ashington.
Thi t ).y: were severally read a first and'second
tithe, and committed 'to a Committee of the
W hole I louse. The debate on Mr. Everett's
resolution, on the subject of the land leased
to the :2(1 Auditor, was continued by Mr.
Fitz:rerald and Mr. Ellsworth, until on mo .
tion of Mr. Polk, the Houst passed .to the
order of the day. A message was received
from the President of the linited States, on
the subject of the fishery regulation ofEng
land, France and the Netherlands, which oz
motion of Mr. Read, of Mass., was ordered
to be printed. The apportionment bill was
next taken up, mid Mr. Watmough, in a
long and interesting speech, advocated the
prepiisitiOn of Mr. Hubbard, to fix the ratio
of representation at 44,000. In the course
of this argument, - he took occasion to eulo
gise the democratic institutions and consis
tent patriotism of the State of Pennsylvania,
in accordance with the very spirit of which
he contended was the establishment of a
principle of representation uniting as closely
as possible the representative and his con
stituents. The amendment of r. flubbard
was negatived by a vote, upon a divi:Aon of
yeas and nays, of 103 to OS. Mr. Clay, of
Alabama, moved it further amendment to
lix the ratio at 47,000, which was also' ne
gatived by a vote of 1:27 to 05. Mr. Kerr
then propose( I 15,000, but before the ques
tion was taken, the House adjourned.
The Senate, yesterday, after the usual
morning's business, was- occupied the ba
lance of the day, with the exception of a
short time spew: in executive business, by
the concluding part of :ltr. Mangum's able
and argumentative speech against the pro.
tecting system. Mr. Tyler, of Virgiuiu,
has the (Lair ( - or to-morrow.
In the I louse of Representatives, Mr. Mc ,
/nine, from the Committee of Ways and.
Mens
a, reported - " a bill to reduce and
eliiialize the duties on imports."' It
provides that i after the 30th day of Juna.•
next, until the same date in the year 18:33 ; N„
the duties to he levied on iron and steel, -
salt, sugar, cotton bagging, hemp, flax, and
manufactures of iron, cotton, and wool,
ported into the United States, shall be 2.5 •
per cent. ad valorem; and after the latter
period IS.I per cent. ad valorem, until June
30, li=34, when they shall-be reduced to ,
121 per cent. On r ail other merehAndiso
imported, the bill proposes to lay it dttty of
12,1- per cent. ad valorem, except such
tides as are now imported free of duty, or
at a lower rate than 121 per cent. The
bill was read a first and second time, and,
after some femarlts from Mr. Ingersoll and
Air. Verplanck, each of whom announced
their intention to present a report on the
sultject, it was committed to a Committee
of the Whole on the state of the Union, and
5,000 extra copies of the report were order
ed to be printed. The House, afterwards, •
nicualtal_tollize(nsi ra t
tionment bill. .Ir. Kerr's motion to fix
the ratio at 48.000, was npratived VAL_
vote of 11• S to 68. Mr. 1 )avis, of Ilass.,
moved to insert 10,000; but this.proposit ion
was also rejected, by a vote of 116 to 71.
Mr. Vance next proposed 44,400, and upon
this proposition a - discrission - nrose,in whicl - r*
illay. ; _._oE- • ; _
ayne,l'ull;"; i, Ic ter, parson am a 0;
participated. It was,,upon a " division by
yeas and nays, carried by 98 to 97—the
vote, in the first instance,. being ayes 97,
noes 97, and thc Skr_kKi.:ll" giving Mc cast
ing vole in favor y* t;Le proposition. Mr.
Taylor moved to recommit the bill, with in
structions to strike out 44,400 and insert
53,000 as the ratio; but the propostton was
negatived, and the House adjourned.
In the Senate, yesterday, the considera
tion of Mr. Clay's resolution was renewed,
and Mr. Tyler spoke about one hour in op
position to it, when he gave way to a motion
to proceed to Executive businety in the con
sideration Orwhich some time was spent.
the 1161 Se of Representatives, Mr. Da
vis of S. C. from the CoMmittee on the Ju
diciary, reported a bill eaucerning naturali
zation. Mr. W. B. Shepherd, from the
Committee on the Territories, reported,.
bill to: define the qualifications of voters
the Territory of A rkansas. The llouse re
sumed the consideration oldie 'apportionment
Bill. Mr. Evans, of Maine, Moved to sub
stitute 44,300 for 44 - ,btkl as the ratio. Mr.
Ashley moved to amend‘he amendment by
inserting 43,300 instead of 44,600—reject , ,
ed. Mr. Clay propbsed to amend the
me,ndmentthy substituting 47,300 titr 44,300,
—rejected, yeas 89, nays 111. Mr. Clay
then moVelto amend the amendment by
inserting 42,300 instead 0'44,300: rejected
yeas 48, nays 139. Mr. Clayton Ili,oved a
reconsideration of the veto of iyeAterday,,
whereby 48,00() was stricken from the bill,.
and. 44,400 Inserted in lieu thereof, but be.
fore: the question- was taken the Housb
jouyned.
SATURDAY, Feb. 14.
In' the Senate, yesterday, several bills were.
passed; after which, the delnitcvnti the Tariff WRs.
continued by Mr. ' , Tyler; whet,.liad not finished"
when tlie Senato,adjourned-
414.ite Mrs Al °Duffle introduced , 14 A. bill
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tore.oaiv und inod ify the Chivies.. of the Linn tv,ctirtl..,
U;St:%tos,r ebto of
TuvusD.tv, Feb. 9.
Fitituv, Feb. 10.