Indiana American, Volume 6, Number 14, Brookville, Franklin County, 6 April 1838 — Page 2

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fVowt the Baltimore American. Washington, March 21, 1838. The Senate continued In session until ala'c hour Inst evening, for the purpose of giving Mr. Wall au opportunity to conclude his long speech. Mr. Wright announced at the close of the discussion, that lie should expect to have the vote taken upon th bill before the Senate to-day. Mr. Southard requested permission to make some reply to Mr. Wall, and took the floor this morning for that purpose. The morning business was unimportant. Mr. SoutVird m ule a spirited reply to Mr. Wall. His colle-gue, he said, had made an attack upon him an i given a biography of himself. Of the biography, said Mr. S. 1 have nothing to s '-v. more than to remark that when it shall be published and spread before the constituents of my colleague, they will be ns much surprised at some of the omissions of my colleague s biography ns they will be at soma of the stateni2iiis in that biography. Mr. Southard spoke at some length, and particularly in reference to a charge made b his colleague that he had been suddenly converted from Democracy to Federalism. Mr. Southard, in his first speech, said that nne night on leliring to bed as usual, lie went to sleep a goad Democrat, and awaked n rank aristocratic Federalist. Mr. Wall, in his speech yesterday 6aid the reason of this sudden conversion. a cenversion which wns one but i:i name only, for Mr. Southard said he was now ns he always had been opposed to the Federal par'.v, was that his (Mr. Southard's) Demecracy whs composed of just such stutFas dreams were made of. Mr.Soulhard said it wns notorious that his colleague, who was an old and zealous Federalist, had been ns suddenly converted from Federalism to Democracy, as he had been from Democracy to Federalism. There was, however, one" remarkabb difference. My Federalism is a forced construction, put upon ma bv my foes. My colleague's abandonment of parly and principles was a voluntary one, made at a time when every mn who did net support Gcn. Jackson was denounced as a Federalist. Mr. Southard spoke more than un hour, when Mr. Wall rejoined in another speech ia answer. Mr. Wli was unwilling La acknowledge himself the ass-.ilant, although Mr. Southard, in the original speech, had made no reference to Mr." Wall. Mr. White followed Mr. Wall, in some remarks made nt length in opposition to the uo-lreasnrv Hill. Mr. W. entered fullv into the merits of Ihe question, and examined in detail its relations and nrtviirn. Tlin speech of Mr. White embraces some new objeetions to the Sub-Treasury Bill, but your readers must be ns weary of the name and abject ns I am of rorrrd said or doic hum the bill. ng what has been Uilf pul .ir.-Mr. bite tlill upon the floor. Mr. Lnm:i'i:. of Geo. it is thought, will follow. An iilternrt will be made to take the question to night, ind I will send you the result hi sc;cm iW Monday's paper. HOUSE Or It n T it ES ENT A T I V ES . The Post O.Tkc section of the Appropriation Bill has been under discussion during the day, in the House. Xo decision as yet, and the House not nJjcurncd. Gen. Scott is in the cilv.anJ Lord Gossford is still here. STrnrAY Ntorrr, 10 o'clock. The Setiale continued in session several Jhonrs after 1 closed the above letter the ; Sub-Treasury Bill being slill under discussion. Alter Mr. hitc finished his speech, Mr. King, of Al. moved an amendment, the effect .01 which was to put off for a year, or until August 1ST.), Mr. Calhoun's hard monevsec tion ol the Bill. The amendment ried, 13 to 9. was carThe vote was then taken on Mr.Cuthbeit's amendment to strike out Mr. Calhoun's hard money section, which was tarried by yeas 31, nays 21. ihe question then came un on Mr. Tino amendment, winch provided that the public revenues may be paid "in legal currency of the Lnited Slates, in Trcnsury Notes, ..or in Notes of Banks which are payable in pcc:e on dtmajid. T in nmmi jost, to so. . . ...... w.. . ..0 XVI r. Y cbster then offorpil it . r ... ,..v..,.v,.M .ietnecr; oi winca was lo do away with the pecie circular by making no distinction be. twecn the kinds of fund in bo ,1 frtPublic .dues. " v, . , v. v. w, - b luge iui 1 1 1 1 1 r r 1 i-in kr 1 lo this Mr. Benton brought forward an omer amendment, having for its object an in crease o. the I a riff, and the adop'ion of the Viem 01 i.anu Uredit. Mr. B's. amend meniwas lost, 4 i to 8. . JJ Wc,hsters'e nmendment was then adop- ...... v ninuuii k turn, ana in warm T. ' . . r ,eclinSS of excitement, he said he should oppese the bill ns amended. It was now as objectionable to him as the Pet oauKoysicn. Till VPB fktl s4 nn.o. ' I tl .u .. . V -'s ntre incn caueu upon he third reading of the Bill as amended, and IU, aioou as ioiiows: eas, Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Clay la - Cuthbert, Fulton, Hubbard, King, L L PS?'"' feMo Mouton, Nile?, t, i eas, Messrs. ol Ab Linn. S".,r'erc. Rne, Robinson. Sev Z t -7 -v"i"iii. Hioumn. vim Bffluui, ol Uonn., Stranire. Trnf. xv 'J

Wall, Williams, WriglTtYourW T,,Cnt Wn".md to Mr. Calhoun's 23d hard Nays. Messrs Rt.fh u... . money section, and the effect nf it

As soon ;is the Vice President declared the vote, the Senate adjourned. The House ndjourned about five o'clock without taking any vote upon the Appropriation Bill.

From the Baltimore American Washi ngton, March 2G. UNITED STATES SENATE. The Cherokee Treaty formed the subject of a long debate in t'le Senate this morning, between Messrs. Southard, Lumpkin, King and Grundy. Mr. Southard presented a memorial from fifteen thousand of the Cherokees and from the Representatives of the Cherokees now in the city, John Ross and his associates, against the Cherokee Treaty. The memorialists deny the justice and the validity of the Treaty by which the Cherokees are to remove West of the Mississippi. Mr. Southard advocated a reference of this memorial to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. King, of Al. was for laying the memorial upon the table, and for having nothing further to do with the Treaty. Mr. Clay, of Ala. was against action, and in favor of laying the whole subject on the table. Mr. Grundy was of the same opinion. The old Treaty, he thought, was a good one, and no encouragement should be given to any attempt to violate it. Mr. White, of Ten. chairman of the Committee of Indian Affairs, was in favor of having the memorial laid upon the table in preference t being referred to his own committee. The memorial was then laid upon the table ayes 3G, nays 10 the yeas and nays being ordered. The Sub-Treasury Bill came up al one o'clock Mr. Wright calling for the Bill which being out of committee was read for a third lima, as amended in committee, by the Secretary of the Senate. The question wns upon Us final passage. The Secretary spent nearly an hour in its rending, when being read, as soon as it came before the Senate for action, Mr.McKcan said that he fait bound to renew the motion to postpone the Bill be fore the Senate to the next session of Congress. The yeas and nays were called, nnd the mo' lion was lost by the following vole: xcas. Messrs. Buchanan, Bayard, Clay of Ky. Clayton, Crittenden, Davis, Knight, McKean, Merrick, Nicholas, Prentiss, Frcs ton, Hives, Robbins, Ruggles, Smith of Ind., Bouthard, fcpencc, Swift, Talmadee, Tiption, VV , . , irr. ... ti cuaicr aim line o. Nays Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Cal houn.Clay, of Ala., Cuthbert, Fulton, GrunMy, Hubbard, King, Linn, Lyon, Morris, I Moil ton. Nilps. NervfII lir- Ilnann T?nJ. inson, Sevier.Smith of Con..S(range,Tiotter, Walker, Wall, Williams, Wright and Young 27. The )eas and nays were then ordered upon the Linal Passage of the Bill. The follow ing was the vote, which 30U will see is pre ciscly the same ns the vote upon the third reading: Yens Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Clay. ai mama, Humbert, l- ulton, Hubbard, King, Linn, Lumpkin, Lj on. Morris, Mouton, Niles, Norvcll, Pierce, Roane, Robinson, Sevier, Smith of Con., Strange, Trotter, Walker, Wall, Williams, Wright Youn; 27. Nays Messrs, Bayard, Buchanan, Cal houn, Clay of Ky., Clayton, Crittenden, Davis Grundy, Knight, McKean, Merrick, Nicholas, Prentiss, Preston. Rives, Robbins. Rucrcles, Smith, of Ind.. Southard. Snencr. Swift. rn.. 1 t: l l"l O1 ihiiiiiiu?, AI1.1UII The miscellaneous business , 11 rusui, nunc VV-l.-t vi.: or. of the Senate was unimportant. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Petition day in the House a great number presented upon Slavery upon ever subject from petitions against Slavery to petitions for lost Koules and I'ost Koads. The orders of the day (the Appropriation Bill) came up after the expiration of the mornmc hour. A desultory and ntiinrrot. ine debate followed, continuing throughout thedav. Th IWinn.n.,: 1 f:.u bill lo a third readin? o clock. Olheramendmenlsare now, quarter to five, under consideration. The Senate Sub-Treasurv Bill has been reported to the House. ior want of both lime and room, we were Ion correspondent's detail of proceedings in the U. S. Senat on S3t,,r,t,J J?i. r----w- vW vuumi iimaurtli) Our r cl5 II I II Snb.TYoacii.... 11:11 -r ..!. - .v..j mjhi. tc now suojoin nis reuui l t 1 1 iv :i . rrrnrrr t , . n Washington, March 24, 10 P.M. m . I closed my letter to vou half a dnzpn hours since, and where I closed the interest began. Mr. White fiuished his sneech soon afitpr (Ivp o'lock, and the closing part excelled any former r-PTwt r T..J iri.r.-. .1 - ...v.. ..ui,... vi rfuutc uues in me wav oi a speech that I have heard from him in the Senate Chamber. The House ndjourned about five o'clock for want of a ouorum. and without taking any vote unonlbo Annmnrla. lion Bill. The member lb Senate Chamber where, through the day and cveninc, an immense rmw.l . eage r lo see and hear the result of the discus.' fi0"n . session continued ten hours, and the liill was before the Senate nine of the ten. Mr. V lute having finished Mr. King of A I. moved an r.mpnrlmpni fl,a n,. is.-. ... ........ t":. Y? ? from and 1CW ,e '"serted in lieu thereof. This amend ltii specie payments lor public one year beyond" the time prescribSiH, August 1839. instead of Auoniet This amendment was carried 42 in 9. vote not being of a party character the

negatives being equalh divided between all! parlies. j Mr. King gave notice that he intended to move that ttie specie revenues should be col

lected one seventh in specie for the first year, and Iwo sevenths for the next, and so on. Mr. King withdrew the amendment at the request of Mr. Wright. The vole was then taken upon Mr. Cuthberl's amendment to strikeout Mr. Calhoun's hard money set tion from the Bill. After a brief discussion, conversational, the vote was taken and the amendment carried, as follows: Yeas Messrs. Bayard, Buchanan. Clay, of Ky., Clayton, Crittenden, Cuthbert, Davis, Fulton Grundy, Knight, McKean, Merrick, Morris, Nicholas, Prentiss, Preston. Rives, Robbins, Robinson, Ruggles, Sevier, Smith, of Indiana, Southard. Spencer, Swift, Tallmadge, Tiplon, Wall, Webster, White, Wil liams 31. Nays Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Calhoun, Clay, of Ala., Hubbard, King, Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon, Mouton, Niles, Norve'l, Pierce, Roane, Smith, of Conn., Strange, Trotler, Walker, Wright, Young 21. Next came Mr. Tipton's amendment which caused a discussion ofan hour and a half between Messrs. Tiplon and Rives, upon the one side and in favor of the amendment, and Messrs. Sevier, Benton, Buchanan, Kirg and Walker, on the other in opposition to it. Mr. Benton during the evening spoke in a more angry and excited manner than 1 have heard him before. His chief argument was that every man who would vote for such an amendment was bank-bought, and that the amendment originated in Chesnut street. The following are the words of the amendment which was intended ns a substitute to the 23d section: Be it enacted, S,-c. Thai the Secretary of the Treasury be and hereby is required and directed to adopt such measures as he may deem necessary to cause, as soon as may be, all duties, taxes, dcbls, or sums of money accruing or becoming payable to the United States upon the sales of Public Lands, or otherwise, to be collected and paid in the legal currency of the United Slates, or in Treasury Notes, or in Notes of Banks which are payable and paid on demand in Ihe said legal currency of the United Stales: and no such duties, taxes, or sums of money accruing or becoming payable to the United States as aforesaid ought to be collected or received otherwise than hi the legal currency of the United States, or in Treasury Notes, or in Noles of the Banks which arc payable and paid on demand in the said legal currency of the United States. This amendment was los by the following vote : Yeas Messrs. Bayard, Clay of Ky , Clayton, Crittenden, Davis, Knight, McKean, Merrick, Nicholas, Prenliss, Preston, Rives, Kobbins, Ruggles, Smith of Inda., Southard, Spence, Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton, Webster, While 22. Nays Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Bu chanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Ala., Cuthbert, Fulton, Grundy, Hubbard, King, Linn, Lump kin, l,yon, Morris, Mouton, Niles, Norvell, Pierce, Koane, Robinson, Scvici, Smith, of Connecticut, Slranee,Trotter, Walker, Wall, Williams, Wright, Young 30. This amendment disposed of Mr. Webster introduced one of the most important amendments of the session, the object of which was lo make no distinction in the kind of funds re ceived for public dues, making the same currency receivable for Public Lands as for duties upon imported goods. The effect of this amendment is to do away with the specie cir cular when Ihe Banks shall have resumed specie payments. I Mr. Benlen followed Mr. Webster, and in troduced an amendment with a few remarks.! in wnich he abused Ihe amendment and amendor in such a manner as to receive an open rebuke from several of his own political friends Messrs. Sevier, King and Walker, who all spoke against him. In ordpr in An. feat Mr. Webster's amendment, he brought forward an amendment, to be tacked on to it, the effect of which was to increase the Tariff, and to carry the Western nnd Southern States back (o the old system of Land Credit. Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Walker, Mr. King and others spoke against, and accused Mr. Benton of bringing it forward for Ihe purpose of defeat ing me amendment ol Mr. Webster, which they all said they would support. Mr. Benton's amendment to Mr. Webster amendment was then lost by the following UICi Yeas Messrs. Benton, Linn, Morris, Niles, rsoncn, rierce, amith.olConnect cut. Ynnmr o 7 Nays Messrs. Allen. Bava rd. Itrnnrn. Rn. chanan, Calhoun, Clayton, Crittenden, CuthRoane, Robbins, Robinson, Ruceles. Sevier. Mr. Webster's amendment wns r.irrUrf follows: Yeas Messrs Bayard. Brown. Hnrhannn Clay, of Ala., Clay, of Kv.. Clnvlrm. frillon. ueu, uavis, i uuon, lirundv. Kincr. Kinrf j. " n . ii . . " J ' Lyon, McKean, Merrick. Monion. TVi.-hla. Norvell, Prentiss , Preston, Rives, Roane, Robbins, Ruggles, Sevier.Smith af Indiana. Smith. nro, opence, ownt, lallmadge, Tipton, TrotJ M ii ' -- ici, urtiM-r, iv easier, White, Young 37. Nays Messrs. Allen, Benton, Calhoun, Cuthbert, Hubbard, Linn, Lumpkin, Morris Niles, Pierce, Smith of Conn., Strange, Wnfl Wright 14. ' Mr. Calhoun now rose and in warm terms and under a feeling of excitement, said he should oppose the bill as amended. It was

ueri, iavis, r ulton, Urundy, Hubbard, King, Knight, Lumpkin, Lyon, McKean. Merrick, Mouton, Nicholas, Prentiss. Prrsimi. Ri.c

omiwi oi maiana, southard, Spence,Strange, ,Tral,lmadge Tipton, Trotter, Walker, Wall, Webster, White, Williams, Wright,

now as objectionable to him as the Pet-Bank

System. The yeas and nays were then called upon the third rending of the Bill, as amended, nnd stood thus: Yeas Messrs. Allen, Benton Brown, Clay of Alabama, Cuthert, Fulton, Hubbard, King, Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon, Morris, Mouton, Niles, Norvell. Pierce, Roane, Robinson, Sevier, Smith of Connecticut, Strange. Trotter, Walker, Wall, Williams, Wright, Young 27. Nays Messrs. Bayard, Buchanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Ky., Clayton, Crittenden, Davis, Grundy, Knight, McKean, Merrick, Nicholas, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Robbins, Ruggles, Smith, of Indiana, Southard, Spence, Swift, Tallrr.ade, Tipton, Webster, White 25. The Senate then adjourned. Washington, March 27. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The morning hour was occupied in the consideration of miscellaneous business. A resolution proposing to subscribe for ten copies of Niles' Register for each member of the House was laid upon the table by a vole of 80 lo 79 the yeas and nays being ordered. Mr. Williams afterwards moved a reconsideration. The yeas and nays were ordered, and the House refused to reconsider. Reports were presented to the House from the several Standing Commillees, and among them one, I believe, in favor of undoing all ll at has been done upon the Treasury Building in this cily. The Committee on Public Buildings, will if they have not done so make this Report. The morning business disposed of, The Senate SUB TREASURY BILL came before the House upon a motion to refer it to the Committee of Ways and Means which of the two bills the Committee intended to bring up for discussion the bill reported by the Committee of Ways and Means lo the House, or by the Senate to the House. Mr. Pickens spoke in strong terms of Mthe emasculaled bill ofthe Senate making a Bank," as he called the Senate Bill. Mr. Cambreleng answered Mr. Pickens, and said he believed Ihe Committee of Ways and Means infinitely preferred their own bill to the bill from the Senate. The Senate's Bill had been fully examined by the Committee of the House before the report was made, and Mr. Cambreleng thought all would prefer his bill to the bill of the Senate. Mr. Sergeant another member of the committee of ways & means,begged Mr. Cambreleng to speak for himself." He thought both the Bills infinitely objeclionabh; which bill was the most objectionable he did not know. He thought each as bad as bad could well be, and he could hardly say what were his prefeicnces. Mr. Haynes of Georgia made an attempt lospeaK, out me House coughed him down. The members of the House were at this time much excited, and crowds gathered round the speakers. Mr. Palton of Va. now eot the floor, and after a few remarks explanatory of his motion. he moved to lay the Senate Billon the table. Mr. Glascock of Geo., asked Mr. Patton lo withdraw his motion, and promised to renew it. Mr. P. on these conditions consented. Mr. Glascock went on in an excited speech, full of fury against Mr. Patton for making the motion he had, and giving as an excuse why it ought not to be made, the fact that thirty or forty members were absent. Mr. Glascock was much excited, and closed by renewing the motion to lav the Sonat Rill on the table, agreeably to the promise made 10 Mr. I'atton. lielore Mr. Glascock clospd hi romL. ii. .. ... - mr. mercer 01 v a. called h m to order. Th speaker sustained the call, and Mr. G. soou after closed. A motion was now made and seconded, for .1 can 01 me iiouse. 1 he roll had been once called, and about ISO members answered to the call. A motion was made lo suspend the call, and lost by a vote of 91 to 92. The absenlees were called, when Mr. HarIan moved to suspend the rules ofthe House. The motion wns carried. The motion was now renewed to lay the Senate Bill upon the table. The yeas and nays were ordered, and the result was 107 in favor of laying the bill upon the table and 97 against it. The following is the resull. The vote is not a test vole, a great number of members be'ng absent, and several voling against the motion to lay upon the table altl ough opposed to the bill. There may be one or two mistakes in the list given below. Yeas Messrs. Adams, Alexander, II. Allen, J. W. Allen, A ycriec. Bell. Biddin. Rn,t f".ll rlt ' v.i.iiuijii, iiiiioon. ampneil, Carter, Cham hers, Cheatham, Childs, Clark. Corwin. f!rn. ston, Crockelt, Cuitis, Cushing, Darlington, x-ucirj, tennis, uunn, tvans, Everett, Ewing, Fletcher, Fillmore. J. Garland. R. fl. land,Goodc,.J. Graham, W. Graham, Graves, Gray,GrennelI, HalJ, Halstead, Harlan. Har per, Hawes, Henry, Herod, Hoffman, Hopkins, H. Johnson. W. C. Johns.n, Lawler, Lincoln, Lyon, Mallorv. Marvin. 1U. Maury, Mav, Max well. McKennan Atn;r-J Ht:n: .7 iii.ingiiii, iuucneii, M. Morris. C. Morris, Nay lor, Noyes, Ogle, Pallon,Peck, Philips Pope, Polls, Raridan, Randolph,Reed Kussell, Sawyer Serjeant. A. II Kk. j nc. j c. . 7 "'"yyciu, . r , "-', oioiey, &iade. Smith, Southgate, Stanley, Steuart, Slone, Stratton, Taliaferro, 1 hompson, Tillinghast, Toland, Underwood, A. S. White, J. White. Whitl.. iinams, i. Williams, T. If. Wriludms, ise, x orkc. Nays Messrs. Anderson, Andrews, Alherton. Bealty, Beirne, Bicknell, Boon, Broadhead, Bronson, Bi TlVn, Bvnum. ramkml... Campbell, Casey, Cleveland, Clowney, Coles! Conner, Craig, Crary, Cushman, Dawson, De

Pi...,..,. t ...iiicm. rosier, iaimp,i.;inrock,Grant lauu, orani, llltlev. llammntiri IT... n non. tiawifinc iin.-n.. 11. I .T ........, ..v:,, noiscy, Howard rruini;r, nigiiam, j. jonnson, Jone, Legare i.ii.iim, iuuviit, iv. mcvieuan, A. McClcl lail. incisure. lUOOre. n nrrran Mn;. t mj, 1 aimer, ranter, 1 aynter, i'cnnvbackr Phelps, Piumer, Potter, Pratt, Prenliss, Rhct ior, injior, 1 nomas, 1 nus, loucey, Turner ail, Y agener, Webster, Whittlesey, J Yy Williams, Worthinglon, Yell. Tl.. . 1 U: j.i 1 .1 me ui uemj,' ueciarea Dy me Speaker xur. ciay 01 ix. x., said he voted in tli .-.ffi, mative for the purpose of movine rpmn.: uvini.uii. t nuiicc now, and would move lor me reconsideration to-morrow morn ing. Some miscellaneotift businpsi mm l1n l . the Appropriation bill was hrmitTht t,,.f .. . . . .. . . "Fiwnen .. . r c in v. inC 11 ar uepart U. S. SENATE. I he bill for the civil and diplomatic ex reuses of the Government ram ( .1. House, nnd was referred to the Senate com mitlee on Finance. , in. ...... ...j I. vovmuu n fciiuciii iroin citizens ui rj.iinpeiiirc couiuv, ta COrihrm ncr o . fin k. .. I . . ... . ' mer siaiemeiu maae by mem that Stockton auu oioKes issucu sum piasters. Mr. Clar preeemeu a mini piaster wnh the petition signea w . a. otoues, which he moved lo send 10 me committee ot rinancc, who had the hrsl petition in their possession. Some objec ..v.ic i.auc iu icicimie i ii is petition (o the committee on Finance. The motion how ever, was sustained. I hn mhr hiiKinrc hclnra lV C . . i mg the morning was of agmiscellaneoui char - " - ucnaie aur acter. MM... I J , I .ii - I tit i ... rn itrr.: ii r. rA..i ...I. .. . . n rlnrt. nnri w lic.iiceiAn ftw A - . w.. ...... .vim lti.i vsii.ic uu i o n e - ? " ".. vu.-oivii .ui a.iu lfnill&l liie measure continued ihroughout Ihe day. The debate was an excited one. Correipondenre ofthe Bait. Com. Tranteript. Washington, March 30. Tk. tr i. i n nuutc witi cnageu'uuiing nearly id viin.u online lo-uaj, m aiscussing amotion i A .. A v. . . .1 t - .1 .i iv iciuiisiuci ii.v voi on ine Din granting rcuei 10 ine neirs oi itobert r ulton,-which motion. I am nroud for '.he lipnnrnf iry 10 say, was negatived by the very close J A . . vote oi ol aves to nv imp. v .on ...t. jeci came up io-aay, mr. jjuncan rose and : . .. . . w opposed me oni.very warmly, and proceeded t 1 1 . i r. . A I n rt I H. l . i nn unuuidic iimiiucr 10 prove oy numeroui passages horn ditterent works, that Fullon was not ine inventor ol the application of M M I - . . . - steam 10 propelling boats, lie particularly a lidded in one ifm in Iho Kill os -.i..... - --w Baw m l nn w w v l l ll l "b ...v. ou.ji j i ij,uuif, a an inuemni'.j ior me steamboat Vasuvms which had been pressed into the service of the country du nne the last war. nnd wbirh. h l.-.rl hoarI j 7 - - y V IIWIIIUI mo "vuiniy iiiui c iimii a large oarec wuaan 11 hm nn H.. I I . 1 engine placed in it. Mr. Duncan said while he honored Fulfon for his successful experi nieius, ne denied mat the western country oweu us nourishing state lo the use of eteam power. ..... ..v,., ....... lujionuu in aeience oi tin .11 r 1 1 rll .1 1 f t l hill, in nnA rC H.. C. t . i .i ... . . lllo ,v, , U18l gpeecries maae m me nouse mis session. A vindication of ihe genius oi v uuon and ol the benefits he had conferred on hi rniint i . ...j p.ii.iun ui-cirianu eioouenr tonffue oi me iew xork member. He called the atfrnlirm nf Iho kniia. (A l. .v.. I stancct, under which the "Vesuvius" had been Dressed into hn trviro nfiho ITniiol Siot.. It was when the British threatened New Or----w vi u iiiivu iinivai lcans,nnd the whole country was'endangered, had that key of Ihe Mississippi been captured, and when the steamboat could have made ten times the sum claimed as an indemnity for her seizure. One of the most eloquent parts of HofTnan's speech was in reph to a remark made by Jones of Va. when the bill was first under discussion, that it was Fullon' luck that made him succeed in his untiring eflorls lo makefhis intention a useful one. The injustice and illiberality of such a view of F niton's merits, was exposed in a maslerly mannet by the orator, who showed how the brightest names on the page of history might lose their lustre in our eyes, if w e guaged their services and merits by calculating how much luck- nnd accident had contributed lo crown Iheir labors with success. But the finest passage of this speech occurred, when Mr. Hoffman adverted lo Duncan's arguments that Fulton was not the original inventor of the application of steam to vessels. He said it was no new idea to refuse Fulton the credit of beine first to make that ap plication practically useful, and then proceeded in a vivid way to sketch the attempts of every European country to dispute the palm of this invention with America, concluding with a succession of fine images nnd classical allusions, a tribute to the genius ofFuIlon, which I don't hesitate in saying, was equal to any thing ever spoken in that Hall. This is just such a subject as arouses and vivifies nouman s usually indolent mind, which on occasions like the one alluded to pouis out its l.L l.i . ... "taiui wun me most impetuous and stirring eloquence. Messrs. Thompson, Whittlesey and Biddle discussed the subject till a 1 ta hnur. when the previous question arrested further talking and the motion to reconsider was finally re jected as I have stated. The sum given lo Fulton's heirs is &100.000. and indeed ihe House have acted as if they had recklessly given away ten times that sum, and then repented of their unjust generosity. Mr. Cambreleng to-day reported an appropriation bill for the suppression of Indian hoiti.'ities for 1838, which was rfA twice, and referred to the committee of ih. hnV. A

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