.
not masons; soon ascertained-that the lodge
' going-mpinbers_4o he fraternity in flifr via.
• litgeovere' kept constantly informed of the
proceeding . sof the committee, and of the in
formation which they had' collected. One°
of the masonic ntembers of this committee,
then a knight templar,stated at a lodge meet
ing, soon after the coMmit tee was appointed,
"Uit he-had no doubt that what had been
-done with Morgan was intended for the best,
- but it had turned out otherwise, mid was un
. unfortunate businesS.,„, That he did net wish
• • to know - any thing about -it, he 'was on,the
' commiitee,and 'cautioned thein if they knew
' ----- sny thing about the bilsiness', to keep it te
themselVes,as lie was in a delicate slim:-
. tion." The other members of the commit
. tee soon uscertained,Thaf no assistance could
be expected from freemasons in aid of the
inVcstigation, and Telt themselves compelled
• le witlufraw from them, and pursue their in
• -air,i4 by themselves.
When the different committees had by
- • great diligence succeeded in tracing -Mor
gan to Lewiston; they appointed.delegates
.. .
from among their own members, to'proceed
• '• to that place, and push their inquiries as to
• . his' final fate. They went there to the
number of seventeen, in the Month of Jan
a. nary 1827. The members of the fraternity
' - in, that place find the vicinity, were obvi
`kihly alarmed-atia excited, and collected
from Lewiston, Niagara Falls, Youngs;
'• • town, and. other places in the vicinity . to
'the numbe'r of forty or fifty, some of them
.
g
armed', ;exhibiting and' expressing the ut
'most
. vindictiveness towards the convention
on account of the purpose of their meeting.
______They.heaPed epithets of insult and reproach
. upon these quiet men, who had come from
a great distance with no other purpose than
' the lawful investigation of an outrage a
gainst . the laws. They came rudely into
`the room where they met and after insult
ingly taking the light and looking: around
'into the faces of those who were there, ex
'!'.tingnished. it and loft -them - in darkness.—
Their object evidently was, to provoke the,
members of the convention to violence and
- resistance, 'and thus to bring on a' general
. - [Ay, ivhich must have terminated in
. :lAA So' disgraceful a result wason
y_prevented by the moderation of the con:
vention: - . A general,conference was had
• between lie twe„,ittfrties, when the district
attorney ' Niagara county then a royal
arch mas reproached them for coming_
into It • mty to investigate a crime which
they c'mld In't):: fi , .'r themselves, Si. lavished
uon tliern tli , e most vituperative language
atA
ri:ii.l ict i I . ci abuse. It is almost needless
... . .
to say' that the convention wore not deterred
by. this violent conduct from pursuing their
"inquiries.
_ er e
~ Soon after the conviction hesebro and
-..,ohers at Canandaigu;seovhile the Lew
iston convention were bolding their meet
ing, Burrag,e Smith and John Whitney, of
,Rochester, privately left their places of res
idence. One of the Rochester committee,
'soon after saw Burrage Smith in Albany
- and 'informed Bowen Whiting Esq. district
attorney of Ontario county, who was also
there' ' of the fact. Mr. Whiting-applied to
John 0. Cole, police justice of Albany, and
'an officer of the.grand chapter of the state,
for a warrant to arrest Smith for the conspi
racy. • The magistrate made out the war
.rtint early in. the morning of the 2dof-Feb
: inaiy, 1827, and retained it, to placo it in
Alitdransls elan officer for service.
_Though
_ ,
a constable came into his office soon after
'the warrant was made out, and was there
*pap more than once in the forenoon, yet
• „th - ' rranfwas not put into a constable's
'hand ' til. the middle- of the afternoon.,
-The C ble went immediately to the pub
lot
lie house where ho was directed to sere it,
and - waS, told by the barkeeper, to Wli m he
c..
e
4 %,.::atateil that he, had a warrant for Smitl , that
- /Itirt_was.4.oo lateMitithilact escaped., t wi1..5 ..
• I tilismafteiw - ards ascertained that Smit anti
.'Whitney 'had both fled from the northern
pa.b
of the United States, and that money
- • -f i
'had been furnished to one of them from the
---- litifiTh - ef therwelrol - iiiplef,rle brifahrellfelii
. to flee from their homer, as fugitives from
justice. . 4 . .
In. December, alleithe abdtiction, Colo-'
nel. William King, left the State of New.
York, and procured the appointment of.sut
;ler at, Cantenment Tewion in' the territory
--IdArkansasi- whither he removed. In De
comber, 'lBll7, Messrs. Garlinghouse, Bates
:and Mead. received requisitions from the
governor of the state of New York; address-4d to the 'governors of Louisiana and Ar
'• • :.kansas, for the surreridersif Willinin King,
• 'charged- with the murder, and Burrage
' ' Smith artd.,John ,W hi tney, charged with the
abatiction of William Morgan as fugitives
from justice. - They went to Arkansas, and
obtained the necessary papers from Gov
ernor lia.rd, and proceeded td Cantonment
• Toweon, which they reached February 14,
'lB2B.''. •
.. ', M?. Garlinn . ,house went aloaii, and &I.'
• . vately presented leis papers to Captain it:
U. •Hyde, - the..einumandan at the station,
while his ecgiquiicasx .. allied without the
tie.'" -- Heethibitell • • '
.ver
.
..... _
nar—a letter : lmm the adjutant general un
• - der Ow .direetioe 'of the secretary of - war,,
2and-a -Usher frem•.Colonel Arbuckle, con:
• 'minding officer at Cantonment Gibson, and
'requested Captain Hyde, to give assistance
- in then arrest of William King, then sutler
at
' the 'station. • Ho refused to assist, or .af
ford
, assistance, and . .refused to furi i iish II
,ward for his removal,' hilt 'said lie -would
:- ; f for Lieutenant Cobinhon to acconipa
••
.- • 14.111M"te,-Elites item. ',He - *oot Wit for
• lkiitimrpose axi :was absmit a shert time.
hlifter his retilid a report Was brought
• 1 - o'4lket . Lieutetitint'-'Colqulieii could not-be,,
; - 7 kitid:: - Ainithei'ailicei, was. then Sent 'fir,
, .
*iffiligkem • tlariinetousa' weltt iti *mg.'s
(. ' 7- 4 0 .rih; t\Ot .rodad. lits.lpid' Otto aw'Ur with
THE ANT -MASONIC STAII-AND-11E4'1UBLICA-BANNER.
Lieutenant ColquhOn, Ond idler diligent
-search ho could not be found, Clark, San:
ders states; that Captain Hyde had a con
versation with Kieutentint leolqulion. in his
short, absence to find a messenger to send
for him, and that Lieutenant Coltinhon sla
ted. to Mr. Bates that he informed King
that some one was in pursuitof him, and
went with him into the woods, when - be,
(the Lieutenant. % ) came hick and ascertain
ed that King was to be arrested for the
murder of William Morgan, and then di
rected King's cleric to take his (King's)
horsey into the woods, which hg did, and
Kilo , rude off. It is understood that Cap . - -
tilin t 'llydo, and Lieutenant Colquhen were
masons. King was not arrested, neither,
*bre Sinith or Whitney, though they were
heard - of frequebtly.
Preparations were made in the winter of
1827, by the Batavia committee, to procure.
the :wrest of Richard Howard, of Buffalo,
for a supposed agency in setting fire to Cpl.
Miller's office. He, however, fled before
he was arrested, and from the affidavit of
John Mann, taken in February of that year,
there is reason to believe that he feared
punishment fora higher crime than midnight'
arson. From another affidavit , made by
Avery Allen, in March, 1829, it would" al):
pear that this Richard Howard came to the
city of New York, in Feb t ruary, or March,
1827, and attended d7rnasonic meeting at
St... John's Hall, in that city, where he con.
fessed in open lodge, that he assisted id put
. ting Morgan to death, and that he was furn
ished with funds by the knight's ceThipanions,
then present, to escape to Europe, antl,that
after being secreted from pursuit by Illelll
- of the fraternity, ho did escape; cer
tain it is, that no information has been, re
ceived of this—Howard since he absconded;
and that the officers of justice have not been
able to penetrate the veil of secrecy which
concealed his that.
.One groat dit,culty that has been met
with in the prosdcution of the conspirators,
is that of procuring the attendance of ma
sonic witnesses. Witnesses who' still be- .
longed to the institution, were reluctant in
their attendance at court, and frequently re
fused to obey the ordinary proeess of sub
peena or evaded its_srvice. This was so
often the cage, that it was frequently neces
sary to procure their arrest long before the,
courts; at which their attendance Was want
ed, should sit, and place them under heavy
bonds to ensure their attendance. This un
usual course was necessarily adopted in sev
eral instances, when the inefficacy of the or
dinary process had been made most abund
antly manifest. Difficulties never encounter
ed in any other prosecution were, here en
countereil at every courts and at every step. '
Witnesses have been secreted and sent oft
without the jurisdiction of the courts, and
remained concealed for many months before
any information could be obtained respect
ing them. These occurrences were so fre
quent, and of such a character as to forbid
the belief that they were the result of 'Mi.
dividual effort alone. They evinced that
extended combination, Which almost irresis
tibly presses upon the mind the conviction,
that they were the result of tlq....setlet and
mystic agency of fremaspnri f which alone
from its peculiar organization possesses the
means of such extensive and secret concert.
Some facts under this head may illustrate
this branch of the subject.. In the summer
Of 1827, Elisha Adams„ the same man to .
whom Giddins transferred the keys of the
magazine, was served with a subpoena to
Attend a court at Canandaigua. He started
in obedience to the process, and came as far
as Rochester. From this place all trace of
was- test. He had disappeared, and
was not heard of for months, though the
most diligent inquiries wero made respect
ing him, and oven. public inquiries in the
twspapers worsiAnatle tor. throul4briut
. _
le country. In the spring of 1828, it was
ascertained that he was residing in a seclu
ded manner in the northern part of Verniont.
Measuresworataken for his arrest with such
- 1 - Cr - deriiite -- Eks - vatelt;: -- thArttcyttrapprez
howled about 3 o'clock in the morning, and
before ho could be advised that - his place of
residence had become known. Ho express
ed no surprise at his arrest, but said that he
did, expect to have been informed before any
process could be,,Served up ildin. In the
,-, , 4.- .
course of his journey to I cjiester, tie con
versed freely and tully wi Vthe agent hav
ing-him in charge, and frequently avowed
his determination "to make a clean breast
of.it," when called upon as a_witness, by
telling the truth. As, it was known that ho
was a reluctant agent of the conspirators,
confidence was placed in his promises m this
particAar. • He continued in thi.4 frame of
mind until. he arrived at Rochester, where
he was at once surrounded by the counsel for
the conspirators, n o d, the rruttty. royal arch
companions of that place, who s9on succeed
ed inestablishing their mysterious influence
over his conscience, and subjecting hiM to
that obligation of their peculiar code, which
under the most . fetirlitl penalties enjoins the
keeping of a companion's secret in all casei,
"murder and treason not excepted." After
his interview with these men, he manifested
it determination not to testify, and from his
declarations_te an Old :friend, sue.are le i .to
believe *that he was deterred frem telling
the truth by threats of a fate as horrible. as
was that of Morgan.
(TO BE co:;rlNurn.]
Front the Hudson, N. Y Envoy. ,
- MASONRY'S 7.ATST /RESORT.
..
• llfasonry, after disturbing and violating
the sagred ardinances ; of religion, contatni
!lathy* the elective franchise, and corripting
the fliuntninsof jus6ce, basal last shown it
serin several inistancei ,in the United
St&tg9 mails. Unto the confidence oeove.,
ijr . map iS je l jpardizedn6 man can softly
• •
trust any thing this il.par i tinent, any ion
niason. In this article,
it is not our intention to charge, indiScrimi
nately tlie7Viltiole:postbtlice department, for
in. our acquaintance there are many honora
ble exceptions ; but- it is a lamentable fact
that many of the lately reformed in to office
post masters have becti guilty of overreach
ing . the privileges granted theM by--their
offices, and-some are 'Milt suflbriq the Run
islimeuts due to their crimes; and others
stand,Convieted, in the eyes of the public, of
misdemeanors; for allich their offices
should, and would, wader a Tighteotis admin
istration,- be - taken from then],
Almosfevery mail brings news of somei
thing wrong, and not only ignoiiintly, but
wilfully so. Private letters are opened, and
papers kept from their subscribers, and in
several instances false notices from the post
masters have been given to-editors that their
papers were not taktai from the office. has
it come .. to this that every department of
state, must, with impunity, be ruled by this
secret, corrtiPt and all corrupting bane of
civil liberty, Freemasonry? If so, farewell
to our liberties ! The blood of our lathers
cries to us in vain from Bunker's hallowed
Mount, and the consecrated plains . 'of Sara
toga; and that blood mill cry in vain so long
as our electors nqei!ct to - use the privileges
granted to thenffir the constitution, of pun
ishing there !ibuses.
•
Since the above was'in type the following
article fr i gm the New York Gazette came to
hand:.
Tric . Post Ofres.—Every paper we open
fron4places on the sea-board contains tom'.
plaints of the irregularity of the Mails.-=
In Boston theillji•elrants, Mechanics and
Editors have held a meeting on this serious
grievance, and our own Editors and Mer
chants-are iii^owling over the same subject.
The veteran' Editor of the Gazette, a close
obServer of the regular comings and goings
of the Mail fbr many a past year, nakes the
following just remarks.
Munig the time that Mr. All Lean was at
the headofilithe Post Office Department, the
most trifling coniplaint ofirregularity which
reached his ears was instantlyinquired into
and the evil p,remptly remedied.. But now
a-days, one half of the newspapers in the
country are finding limit with the gross
negligence of the agents of the Post Office,
and instead of any attention being paid to
their just complaints the irregular' kes in
forwarding papers ar to increase,b. As
a proof of the ace cy of our asserns,
we have fo state that on Monday none, or the
Washington papers Were received, and that
they did not even come to hand yesterday.
We . observe however by the Philadelphia
:veached
,thaV.,cit3 , in due
1 • The Now-Orleans papers
relay were e i mong the missing,
7eaeluial Philadelphia. These
1 looking into, and we hope the
'Post, Master General will condescend to
give the subject his attention. , •
• •
GOIN - G, GOING—WHO BIDS!
• A M.tsonc H4l. Foie SALE.—The pre
i
tended follow ' o 1 the wise Solomon, in
Harrisburg, i 'S, tired of upholding the
"handmaid of Et r
igion," -have authorised a
committee to advertise and dispose of their
"Masonic Hall." It is to be. Old, Lodge,
_furniture and all, we suppose, consisting of
_squares, compasses, paper .._ crowns, polls,
blue ribons, aprons, robes, canvass caps,
red' breeches, cow-ropes, skulls, skeletons,
Aaron's rod, and all the paraphernalia of
the order, to the highest bidder on the 17th
of March next. Any . man wishing to be
"exalted" to a "high and bright" Mason,
by purchasing Morgan's book, some of the
Masonic clothing,. and retiring to a garret,
will be-able to--pass - through- the., sublime.
- cerentfutiesol.ll47brinly, himself to liqht much
more rapidly than it' he were to travel to
"Jerusalem" through a lodge room, and with
shins les4 bruisekl,Laneaster Herald:
ADVANCING BACKWARDS.
‘On the . 27th day of Decemberi 18`24L
Right WorShipful District Deputy Grand
Master, William It. Smith, of Huntingdon,
in a report made to the Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania,. says: "In
Dauphigitounty, Lodgo No. 21 ;Harrisburg,
is cortfct in its work, and increasing in
strength. Being located at the Seat of Go
vernment, during the Winter. session the
lodge is well attended by visiting brethren,
and ErraA-meetings are often held, for the
'purpose of conferring degrees on brethren
Who. wish to arrive at a scat iu the Chapter,
which is also hero established under war
rant No. 21. e For .two winteKs I have been
a regular visitor of this lodge, and have
much pleasure . bearing testimony to its
(rood conduct." But now alas! its "Memos.
ing strength'? has vanished; the lodge ig no
longer "well attended" by "visiting breth
ren"—nond "wish to arrive at a seat in the
Chaptor," and like an old horse, no longer
fit for use; as it can bestow no more offices
on its lbllowers, it is thrown into •market to
bu 'sold to tilt: highest bidder.—Lan. Her.
..• • .
•-; Or The Pillar of Donor:racy alias Prop
Of Maionry, recently established to this city
to . pikdown Anti-Masonry and upheld the
order, has "breathed. its' last," after a frail
existence of about six nionf Iks. Its death
was evidently Caused by the tightness witk
wltie it was bound by the cable-tow. Dur
ing de life it.fidtilled all the duties of a-Ma
sonic ,Oracle--with filielity ; . of . Which lying
and slander i conitituted a large portion.—
The rnottrtiCre . niept at thee conclave of
LOdge No- 43; next' '.rn9en, at - half past 7'
&eloek precisely, \with thej; „flaps tied on
behind, and holding a sprig of Cassia in
theirl,e4
TW - =‘'nr.FIRST cONGIVESS:
IitCOND•SESSI4.
• • Trrunsukir„Feb. 24.
In the Senate yesterday, sundry memo
riale
we,:re presented rind referred. After
the report of several local bills, the Vice
President presented a message from the.
President. et the United States relating to
the intercourse law with- the Indians of
1802, 3000 additional copies of which were
ordered to be printed. Thirty seven bills
from the House of Representatives were
read the first and second-time, and referred
-to appropriate: committees. The Senate
then took up the general appropriation bill,
the amendment of Mr. Tazthvelllo strike
out Jhe appropriation for the payment of the
'Commissioners who negotiated the Turkish
Treaty being under consideiation. Mr.
Livingston addressed -the Senate in opposi
•tioit to the amendment; and when he con
cluded, the Senate adjourned.
In the House of Representatives. there
was some discussion on the subject of private
bills, which were taken up for consideration
—There are several bills on the table which
have a preference over others. The special
orders are in number from 18 to 20; and by
the time these shall have been acted on,but
very little if any time will remain for action
the hundreds- olelai ins which are waiting
for equitable legislation, and the delay of
Which is a fruitful source of misery to ninny
deserving individuals who have been annu
ally knocking at the doors of Congress for
several years—not solicting, the charity of
the country—but simply demanding" that
justice which is their due, and which, in the
ordinary transactions between man and man,
no individual could deny, without placing hi s
.
character for honor, honesty and humanity,
in the most imminent danger.
The bill for the relief ( - )f Insnlvent Deb
tors of the United States, WAS passed yester
day in the House of Representatives, by a
Vote IRO to 22:
In the Senate, yesterday, a resolution
was submitted by Mr. IVebster, to atithol-
ize the Secretary of the Senate to subscribe
for 100 copies of Mr:Stanberry's Report of
Judge Peck's trial, before the High Court
of Impeachment—provided the price do not
exceed five dollars per copy. Numerous
bills from the. other ' House went through
the preliminary stages and were referred.
„Among these the bill (introduced by Mr.
l3uchanan) for the relief of certain insolvent
debtors of the United States was twice rend
and referred to the Committee on the Judi
ciary. The bill from the House of Repre
sentatives for the relief of certain importers
of foreign marchandize, having been report
gnij Mr. Smith, (Md.) Chairman of the
nittee of Finance, was ordered to a
third reading.
'Mr. Tazewell's motion relative to the Gth
amendment to the general appropriation bill
was" again the great subject of discussion.,
Mr. Tyler of Virginia was in possession of
the floor, and supported the motion a Arr..
Tazewell in a speech of great length, adopt
ing the same views of the unconstitutionali
ty of the President's conduct in withholding
the appointment of the agents to tlio Sub
lime Porto from the Senate, and pursuing
much the same line of argue it as the lat
ter gentleman.
Ai. Tyler on sitting down, handed i i to
the Chair an additional amendment (being
the ad amendment to the original amend
ment)' in the following words--"Pr M
vided
. ) it
always that nothing this act cont. fined
shall be construed as sanctioning or in any
4
way approving of the appointment o esc
persons by the President alone, during4he
recess of the Senate, and without their ad.
vice or consent, as Commissioners_to nego
tiate it Afenty With"thO "OttomairPorte - ." -- - •
Mr. Brown roll Owed and defended The
conduct of the Executive. Mr, Tazewell
explained parts -of his .for Mer remarks, as
did Mr. LivingSton. It being then near 5
e!elock T -Mr—Forsylli moved.amuljettrument,
stating that it was his wish, to- express his
sentiments on - the subject - which the late
ness of the hour then pfecluN him from
accomplishing. The Senate theOldjourned.
In the House of Representatives Mr. Ev
erett, from the Committee on the Library,
reported a Bill authorizing the subscription
for 700 copies- of the selection from the old
Documents proposed . to be i. iblislied by
Gales and Seaton, and moved its engross-'
went, after it had beeli read a first and se.
cniiirtime. A motion was, made to, lay the
Bill on the table by Mr. Lea, and decided in
the affirmative.
The Bill for improving certain harbors
ml providing for surveys was ordered to be
engrossed and read.a third time to-day.
In the Senate, yesterday, a resolution sub
mitted .by Mr. Livingston for the appoint
tnent of a select, committee, to report by
bill or otherwise on tie subject of a legisla
tive provision to prevent and punish the prac
tice of duelling. in the District, of Columbia,
was adopted,and Mr. Livingston,Mr.llayne
and Mr. Claytim, were aminted by . the
Vice President. Mr. Benton submitted a
series of resolutions
. ' l l - 0 regulate the foreign
commerce of the United States;" they con.
Lain 16 different propositions on the subject.
.The motion of Mr. Tazewell to strike ouA;
so much of tile amendment to General
Appropriation Bill, as relates. to - the Com
missioners employed at he Ottoman Porte,.
was_ again diScussed. Mr. Forsyth argtied
at great Jength against the motion, and corn;
batted with niuch irtgenuity • the positions.
t.4.lten on the other 'side, by Mr: TazewA2ll
arid Mr; Tyler. 'Mr. Sirtith (of Md.)follOW-
Cd on tha same side.
The question was then4aken- , first on the
. amoziatnent, Submittoaafter-111r...Tazdiv311's
•
FitiDA v, Feb. 25.
SATURDAY, Feb: 26.
. ,
-motion, by Mr. Kane, and it was„carried -ii)
.the afriimative, by a vote or .1..2 to 21-4 en
c
on the proviso proposed by 1%0, Tyler,w h---..
was also carried by a vote of 25 toilSrand
-on this. Mr. Tazewell-withdrew his.motion, •
conceiving that the proviso embraced the
! . .same object contemplated by his motion.
Thus the matter- stands at present, but
..
as-this occurred in Committee of the Whole
it is still open tii be-again canvassed in the •
Senate. Another •amendnient
.was after-
Ward proposed by Mr. Webster, and carried
by 37'10, which goes to appoint merely
a Charge &Affairs to the Sublime Porte,
in lieu of a MiiiiSter.Plenipotentiary, with a
Secretary oiLeg,alioii,Drogoman, &c. &c.
as was at first contemplated.
, - In the. flousc of Representatives, the bill
making appropriations for carrying on cor-
tainworks of Internal s lmpreveinent,. and_
providing r surveys, was passed, 107 to
57. The a nendments of the Senate to 41to
bill for the punishment of Crimewithin the
District of Columbia, were con e red in
so th e bill has finally passed botl louses.
5.
The bills making appropriziti6ns for ear-
Tying into.etlitet certain Indian Treaties, for
improving certain harbors, and surveying
certain rivers, &c. and fir building light-
houses, &c. severally passed through com
mittee of the whole. The bill authorizing,
a subscription to a compilation and re-print
of the Public Documents, destroyed in the
burning of the Capitol; was thscassed and
ordered to a third reading; 63 to
In the Senate, on Saturday, Mr. Haynes,
from the select committee to whom was re
ferred the several memorials of citizens of
Philadelphia, praying for a reduction of the
duty on foreign iron, made a report; which
he moved be laid on the table and printed.
Mr. Dickerson stated the_ wish of the mi
nority of the committee to make a counter
report. He moved to lay it on the table
till Monday. This motion created an ani
mated dis'cussion of nearly two hours. The
subject was finally laid on the table on the
motion of Mr. Webster. After this was
disposed of, the Senate was occupied in dis
cussing the various amendments to the gen
eral appropriation bill. The amendment
.making an ,appropriation- for the salary of
a Charge ~d'Afliiirs and Drogoman, •was •
adopted after strikinvout the provision of
fifteen hundred dollars for the salary of a
student of languages. The amendment
appropriating fifteen thousand dollars for the
compensation of the persons-who negotiated
the Turkish treaty, was also adopted, to
gether With the, provision, inserted on mo
tion of Mr. Tyler, that nothing contained
in the act shall be construed as sanctioning,
or in any way approving of the appointment
of the commissioners who negotiated the
Turkish treaty, by the President alone;
during the recess of the Senate, without
their advice and consent. Before the adop
tion of this last mentioned amendment, an
ineflbctual motion was made h) Mr. Bibb
to strikeout the proviso, and a Oltitifute
was offered by Mr. King, which m•As/fieject
ed. After inserting an amendment sub
mitted by Mr. Grundy, providing compen
sation for certain extra clerks employed in
the Post Office Department, the bill was
ordered to a third reading.
In the House of Representatives, Mr.
Richardson, from the Committee on En
rolled Bills, made a report ace mpanied with
various bills. Mr. HAI introduced a
bill from the Committee on Ntival - Alliiirs - ,
on the subject of the best means of preserv
ing live oak in Florida, the property of the
public, and reserved for naval purposes:
which : was road twice, and ordered to be
engrossed for a third reading on this•day.
Several reports were made from the diflbr
ent committees, and motions made for the
withdrawal of papers. The resolution sub . -
Mi tied by. Mr. Haynes, of Georgia, for the .
reduction of the duties on foreign sugar iin
, ported into the United States, was taken up
and discussed.y-Mr; - White, of - Louisiana,
in opposition to it. Mr. White had pro
eeeded- until-the-hour -assigneif to the con
sideration of resolutions expired; when upon
a motion made by that gentlemtin the rule
yeas suspended, by a vote of 101 to 50, (two-.
thirds. being necessary for the purpose,) and
Mr.' White continued his argument, con
tending that profits of the sugar planters in
Louisiana were not nny thing near a
mount which they had been presented tobe,
and were almoSt nothing 1W comparison to
Ithose realized by the cultivators of land in
'Georgia and others of the seuthern States.
He adverted to the.miseries which followed
the memorable Mississippit ieme, when
so . many deludeApersons tow m Louisiana
had heen represented as an ElH.Dor?eido- 7 a,
perfect earthly paradise—had emigrated
there—been 'Met' with nothing but disease,
famine, and squalid misery, Mul fell utility.
py victim; of their own folly. Mr. White
continued his refnarks on the subject till
half past one, the rule filleting one hotir on
ly, having been suspended. The hill re
ported by the Committe on the Library,
authorizing a subsCription by Congress fur
700 CopieS of the compilation of public doeu
ments.of the earliest Congresses, propoSed
to•be published by Messrs. Gales & Seaton,.
was, after a long debate, in which Messts..
1 1 Speight, -Polk; and Yancey, opposed, and
Messrs. Drayton, Wayne; Bates, and Davis,
of Mass., advocated the' measure, passed by,
a vote, upon a., call, of Mr. Davenport fertile
yeaS and nays, 008, to N. The various
,engrotised bills were then.taken up and,act
,
od upon: the principal of thern„in point of
importance, being that for alloWingto Nat
ohez,i :Lou i Cincinnati, St. LoniglAnd
other ports on the greatviterterariveis,the
privilege. of entering , bonds at their pietx:
Cities; fot payment of dutiesonf..icige
chandisq; itinportad there, bike
Itt.ipreSent, regnired la'.ol4et •
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