Weekly Messenger, Volume 5, Number 234, Vevay, Switzerland County, 25 June 1836 — Page 1

A'&W tfRSJaSCS, i0. 101. PRINTER'S RETREAT, IxADIAxXA, SATURDAY, JUiE 25, 183G, VOL AO. 23-1.

I'lilNTKl) AND PUBLISHED c .. .. .,! wir t b E - T i'"r t,ic previous question. 1 rom litis decision IV lllliiilAn C. liEET. itr. Adams appealed, and was proceeding to TER.MS For fif'v-two numbers, tiikee speak in a most energetic manner, w itli arm "D'u.l vsis.if not paid until the expiration of the raised aloft, and linger pointed, when the year two dollars and fifty cents, it paid speaker interrupted him, by saying he must rcwithin the year and two dollars, paid i.i ducc hi point of order to writing, advance. j Mr. Adams, with throat vehemence, 'let the No subscription received for less than six'chair put its decision in writingf' order! ormonths, unless paid in advance. !der!" was vociferated on all sides. The speakSubseribcrs, who receive their papers hvier repeated hisnmatk. Mr. Adams then took

private post, to pay 2.3 cents postage. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, a id notice to stop it sent to the of rice in writing. Advertisements inserted, at the usual rates. Except persons advertising cloned companions, when X will be demanded for a female, and .$""1 for a male. 7 Approved produce, delivered at this of fice, or such other place as may be agreed upon, taken in payment. FROM WASHINGTON. Correspondence of the Baltimore Chronicle. Washington May 23, 183G. The fortitl cation bill was the subject of discussion till I o'clock this morning. In order to finish my letter, 1 was obliged, very reluctantly to leave the hall of represen tatives, and when I returned mr. Jenifer was just finishing a speech, in the. course of which I am told he cut up his colleague mr. Thomas, in capital style. I was witness of the last part and it was certainly a most admirable and effective dissection. The readers of the Chronicle will perhaps remember that I directed their ;attention to the conduct of the latter geullem.m on the occasion oi the presentation of mr. Jenifer, of the resolutions against the expunge which were adopted by the legislature of Maryland. I was glad to hear the justly severe and indignant comments of mr. Jenifer, on his colleague's course in this respect. The speech U highly spoken of in and out of congress, as full of spirit and energy, and viviried with numerous excellent hits of the great democratic republican spoils party in general, and mr. Th mas is a member of it, in particular. Mr. Jenifer apologized for bringing on such a discussion while the fortification bill was before the committee and declared that he could obtain no other opportunity. Though he had mnde several efforts, it was so fated that he could never catch (lie eye of the speaker. In In making this remnrlc, he expressed the hope tint the speaker was present; and turning to mr. Tiioma-. he added in an inquiring tune, his hope that he had not communed with the speaker on thi matter? Mr. Thorn is rose immediately and demanded wh.-ther his colleague pretended to believe liint lif was eanahh: of such an act. Mr. Jt nifer replied that it could not be im proper to ask questions. 1 regret exceedingly that my absence from the hall prevents me from giving uiatisfaclory account of this Marvland war. About 10 o'clock mr. Cambrclenjj offered a number of amendments propos'ng most extrav agant appropriations for several fortifications, and various other purposes the details of vihxh I will give you to-morrow; as they will very likely be acted upon to night by the house. They produced an immense excitement, for asCambreleng moved amendment after amendment requiring the appropriation of thousands upon thousands, it became minifest that the party were determined, if possible, to leave no surplus to distribute among the peopie. Their policy in this respect is like that of a juggling soothsayer contriving to make hi prochecy ful fil itself, or a physician despatching tne patient he has pronounced incurable. They have cried out there will be no surplus; and are re solved there shall be none if they can help it. During the morning hour to-day, mr. Rob ertson proceeded in this speech in support of Jus motion to re-commit the report ot the se lect committee on the abolitiouof slavery, with instructions to add the resolution that congress does not possess the right to interfere with sla very in the District ol Columbia or territories cf the United States. In the course of his re marks he leferred to the letter of mr. Van Bu ren on this subject : and declared it to Le e ui vocal and evasive on the constitutional ques tion. Mr. Adams started up and begged that the portion of the vice president's letter referred might be read. It was read accordingly and the n'an''est non-committal character of the express ons excited much laughter. 'He could not the . nut a flttxlT H1IU3CII II It I LUHI V. c: iv " txc "lie wojii noi leei - ,.T IB 1 himself safe,"" &e- &C ff Robertson commented upon them in a very ludicrous strain. After he had frifched his remarks, mr Adams, "who had taken up a position just ...front ol me cnair, irjeq logc f . r . I i . J . 't IP IIOUI . UUl III! . WW-. en of Geo. was ho fiir h.u'N 5 mcioio " i .., . . An effort was I tl-iA ii po v inn mirxtion. made then to prevent the application o mis political axe, by catting for the orders of the day, the morning hour having elapsed. A majority, however, voted against it. The speaker then decided that the nex.t step was toas-J-t i tain whether there was a second to the call

his seat and his cn, but after writing a few words threw it aside, started up, and commenced on a high key. His words, however, were lost amidst the confusion and noise. Mr. Gideon Lee called him to order more lustily than I could have thought it possible for so venerable a member. But mr. Adams never faltered. High above the din and commotion were heard these words. "Sir, I do not think there t a majority here who will sanction this attempt tortile debate! "Order! order!"' and therefore 1 withdraw my appeal." Several members now called to mr. Owen

to withdraw his command for the previous question; but he was inexorable. The previt.usquestion wasseconded. Mr. Adams asked what the main question would be. The chair replied that it would be on concurring in the resolutions rtported by the committee. Mr. Adams appealed, and cried with energy, "1 am aware that there is a slaveholding speaker in the chair!' Several members then attempted to address the house, but were successively assailed by loud cries of "order," mingled with shouts of to" " x...... iiiiuivigvrrrk tin i nnmiiinn nprnvnA immncA - It is almost impossible to trace the course of proceedings. At last the chair stated that the effect of the main question would be to cut off all amendments and incidental motions; and confine the question to the agreement in ihe resolutions reported. Mr. Adams appealed, and was proceeding to argue; but waslold he must not debate the point, "What?" he exclaimed, "an appeal from a decision not debatcable! ' loud laughter.! The Chair. "The house has so decided." Some discussion arose on this point; at the end of which mr. Adams asked the chair whe ther or not he was gagged; and demanded that the speaker's decision should be put in writing, he chair decided that mr. Adams had no right to make such a demand. Mr. Adams appealed. The chair replied that appeals could not he permitted to be plied one upon anollrer. A motion was then made for a call ol the house, and negatived. The preliminaries to the main question having heen got over wun great uespaicn, a call was made for the difision ol the ques tion on agreeing to the resolutions, and sustained. Tl e qoeit!i on the rust resolution, which d nies t'.e authority of congress to interfere in aov way with slavery in any ot the states, having b.-"n stated. Mr. Adams ros, and amidst great confusion implored the house to allow some discussion of this resolution. This was the one which he was most anxious should be debated. He de cl ued, if the house would allow him five min utes, he pledged himself to prove the doctrine of the resolution false and unconstitutional. The ayes and noes being called mr. Glas cock asked to be excused from voting on this question, messrs. Pickens, Robertson, and Waddy Thompson also requsted to be excused. Mr. Wise positively relused to vote. Mr. Adams referred to the rule on the subject, and insisted that the gentlemen should state their special reasons." He was proceed ing to argue in support of his views; when he was called to order by rnr. llamer. Mr. Ad ams grew indignant at these continual inter runt ions, and cried out that llamer was one of the signers of the report, and of course wished to suppress debate. Just at this point, the hour of one fortunately arrived, and cut short this discussion. Int he house of representatives, on the 25th there was for the third or fourth time, a pret tv fierce encounter between mr. Hawes of Ky. and mr. Lane of Ind. a couple of sturdy collar-boys. Mr. Hawes charged mr. Lane with being ready to vote away the people's money upon any pretence whatever, and mr. Lane retorted by stating, that mr. Hawes was hardly ever in the house, and, thut his constituents ought to leave him at home. He added, that the money, drawn by mr. H. for his wa ges, while not in his place, would be enough to scrape and water Pennsylvania avenue du ring the season. Louisville Journal. The fall of Santa Anna and the prospect of Texian independence has given rise to a mag nificent project in New Orleans. Largesteam boats now ascend the Red River as far as Natchitoches, and a New Orleans paper pro poses the construction of a railroad from that IIUllll IU lilt ...... imuurii . . Rorkv Mftlinf:n.. k j Baltimore Chronicle, commenting upon this suisviu mi- oU j II I.. fi i., .. li project, says: "It appears to us, hawever,that it is not by the Red River, but by the K.o Grande,that this eommuncaition must be effect cd, if at all. This last river has a course esli mated at from 1500 to 1700 miles in extent, awl can be ascended by steamboats oflight

burthen nearly seven hundred miles, which

i V- i j .....siucinuic autanceoi the Colorado of the west, a river that empties into the gulf of California. It is probable that a portage to rail road connecting thoe two rivers neeu not uc ol greater length than two hundred miles. If this communication were opened, the route to India and to the western; coast of south America would be abandoned, more than one half." lb. Gen. Houston, in New Orleans, carries a cane presented him by Santa Anna. The brave general should blush to use a stick, a presnnt from the hands of such a villain and cutthroat. We would a3 soon walk with a cane, cut by the devil from the tree of evil. lb. The Globe calls some of the members of the united States senate "debtors to the bank of the United States." How long would they continue debtors to that institution, if, like the editor of the Globe, they could manage to pay ofT 22,000 with 150? Ib. Mr. Joseph Mondey was recently indicted in Illinois for assault and battery. He went to a tavern, and, on being required to settle his score, he kicked the. landlord, Bill Simmons. That, we suppose, was what he called footing the bill. lb. The public may remember, that, at the very close of the last session of Congress, some of the president's slaves, headed by mr. Cambreleng. attempted, at the hour of midnight, to get through that body a most extraordinary appropriation, under most extraordinary circumstances. A few nights ago. another and a similar effort, to obtain a like appropriation, ws made under the auspices of the same individual an effort so atrocious, that even the spirit of mr. Hawes, servile as he proverbially is, rose up in rebellion against it. We refer our readers to the eloquent correspondent of the U. States Telegraph for the appropriate comments. lb. From the Washington Telegraph. CONGRESSIONAL SKETCHES. Wednesday, May 25. Mr. C.C. Cambrelengcaughtin anothertrick A leal of history snatched from midnight The glorious five. The city papers have omitted a nart of the proceedings of Tuesday nii'ht. (the housp flid ' . ..j: . .:n i .1... - , uoi .luiuum iiu 1 in int: morning 01 v eunesuay.i or 11 nicy nave noi cea it. u lias heen done by Sayi,J"at a late hour several amend "r.:" Lrrr. r r.!." . . Though the curtain of night was over the nrnV. t 1 1 J 4 J v i iiiut iKtii uiuujju lllfj ,110313 llil Q -c. i rtrrc 1 Hior h-.II I ,A K.i I I of that hall, thou ......... . . . r . -r . ii tne gnosts had reiueuMomuieirmmnigniwanacringnU the,

renorterS liau nouueu Oil tolhe anil o ilrr "ims uiau uuu.ir pities, tnu iiicst: wuuiu uc tu it uiitiMi-m iiuuuiu uu ou ciai uonirums,! i ti 1 the facts of that n "ht shall be clarion! .small as to be scarcely tangible to a plough - .mi uiv, Kiuia wi nuii. ii.aiii siiciii ue ci.irionca j n i k to the world. jman s hand Bu , the ruth ts ,t w, I seek the Mr. Jenifer, of Maryland, addressed lhe,rff of vaults and the tills of the misers house with great ability upon the subject of d -inotbc freely passed from hand

the lortihcation system, lie lashed h s co - league mr. lhomas, in handsome style, for having charged the legislature of their state with misrepresenting their constituents. Mr. Jenifer completely overwhelmed mr. Thomas. After a good deal of discussion upon motions to adjourn, &c, in which the hon. Joel B. Sutherland took a conspicuous pnrt, the hour of twelve o'clock arrived, and at that "dead and solemn hour," when he thought that the

minds of members were overpowered by sleep; Carolina, at its head. The proposition has Delaware Indian bv the iiame of Cohon, who and fatigue, himself ever vigilant in political j been made to the Texian commissioners and had just reliTmcd from nn excursion to the sin, with a conscience that gnaws the bosoms now under consideration. If Hamilton can 'south, stales that he was at a council held by into an eternal wakefulness, mr. C. C-Cam-jbe placed at the head of the affairs of Texas,1 the Creeks and Cherokee, to take into considbrelengrose and moved an immense appropri-jit is said that 10,000,000 of dollars will be' era! ion a proposition which had been made to

ation in addition to the regularly reported bills of defence, upwards of three millions of dollars! sleep was forgotten, the members moved about, utter alarm and dismay seemed to pervade all parties. Hawes, who is generally ve ry obedient under party strokes of policy, turned pale as this monstrous and outrageous proposition was offered by the chairman off

the committee of ways and means. Mr. Cam- New York populace are at length relieved of that he had a very large foot, and that he did breleng stated that he challenged any member excitement, by the acquittal of this unfortu- !not wish to press any of his red bi etheren unto contradict that it had been fully discussed jnate young man. We say unfortunate, for, al-'dcr it; and that if they would join his standard.

in the committee of which he was Chairman. One by one, like the ghosts that glared upon Richard in his lent, the members of that committee rose and utterly denied that they had sanctioned this extraordinary and unexpected call. Yes, one by one they rose, and contradicted him, and there stood the tool of power every moral attribute gone, pale and powerless stricken down and detected his bravado hurled back into his face with the most damning testimony against his challenge One item alone of near half a million was for gunpowder! 'How long, oh Catiline, wilt thou try our patience,' exclaimed the immortal Tully as that bold and subtle conspirator stalked a -

mongthe representatives of Rome, and I hope'nounced by the foreman, than he sank over-

that the "young Tully" of our day; that Henry A. Wise, the fearless and the true of heart; will, at some no distant occasion, point with his blighting eloquence to this most nefarious to seize the public funds, and squander them to the four winds of heaven. Where are the people, that they 6tand by and see these things done? Are they supine? Axe they willing that a Chinese wall, with the pet banks as the

equi-distantmutualstrength-conferringturrets,

should hem them m irom the light of truth; that centinels, such as Cambreleng and others should stand unon those lmvprc. :ind wlipn thp sun of light arises, interfere between it and the people, and thus keep them in a rayless ignor ance! It is loo bad. liut yet theie is a hope. In the distance, and through the dim clouds that veil us from those things that are to come I hear the ocean of popular indignation and redress. From the valleys and the forests it hasitsprings,thousand and thousand fountains. The hearts of a free people are pouring it on! It comes with the march of the deluge! Yes, the people of this country will pour forth their power ngainst,the accumulating abuses and evils of the day, or the charta which gave them liberty, or liberty which gave them charta, will, serve but as the sneer of the historian, and themselvesthejslavcsofadespot. For the present, even in the very utmost disgust, I turn away from the contemplation of one thousand dark and filthy birds that are rising up and around us from our horizon, that fly over the face of our heaven and blot out the stars that from our constitution should shine out the brilliant record of our glory, and the unfading beacons of our hope. Pending the discussion on the land bill, now before the United States senate, mr. Clay made the following statement relative to the population of the new states, to show their annual increase between the years IS20 and 1830. Illinois, he said, had increased eighteen and a half percent, per annum, Alabama, fourteen ; Indiana, thirteen and a third; Missouri, eleven; Mississippi, upwards of eight, Ohio, dx; and Lcusiaaa, four per cent, per annnio: whereas, Delaware has increased but a half percent. Tbe average rate of increase of the whole population of the population of the United States during that period was about thirty-two per cent, which was exceeded by Illinois at the average rate of one hundred ai.d fifty-three per cent, 'her average being one hundred and eighty-live percent.) nnd by Alabama one hundred per cent. The average of the seventeen old states was twenty-live per cent, and the new states, sixty per cent, more than the amount. The president's official paper, the Globe very m Ifro Si?,. f t... w m.,t v f,r u y l" " V " """" ?'.'. . V

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; i: j 'l'om lt are realized, it can still never bo in1 i . ... I . i: ,"uv-1' "'""""J -"v'u,c,l", "" m fn SP 71 S II Tl O T(l I II 11 T V C. 1 ITU I H I III r Illl'n 1 11 ill. ' i i v i.ar.. .. J " j - - ' , li I lu !,,,u ",,u cousequeiu.j iu m) . 1 as a basis for other renresentativi s of value? Fredoniun. The correspondent of Hudson's news room, writes thus from Washington: 4I am enabled to state, on undoubted au thority, that a plot is now on foot to deprive; Houston of the command of the army of lexas. anil place gen. James Hamilton, of South

'pledged to the caiue. It is alleged Houston 'them by the Mexican general Santa Anna, is not the man to carry the plan of Texas into1 who was pushing, his conquest with unparallel-

'effort, and a strong party in the south is ready to lake hold of the struggle if Hamilton can be elected to the chief command." Dull. Chron. ACQUITTAL OF ROBINSON. The though he has escaped the penalty ol-the law, there are many around him who will not fail to indulge the uneenerons susnicion of his! . J o I ... -i. nM . . .i . . guiu. i ne case is, aitogetner, a most remarkable one, and exhibits, in a striking manner, the uncertainty of human testimony. 1 he Daily Advertiser says that from the moment of the arrest of the prisoner, up to the awful moment when the jury were to pronounce upon his life or death, he never betrayed the slightest emotion. When Ihe jury returned to the court with their verdict, the pinoner was directed to stand up and look upon the TT 1 t jl".l l 1 lurors. lie aid so with unuaunteu noni; iu. ino sooner were the words "not guilty,"' pro pewered bv his feelings, upon the neck of his venerable father, and wept like a child. The New York Times says, "The case was given to the jury at "25 minutes of ten o'clock. The jury asked if the court would remain in session. It was replied in the aflir mative. In fifteen minutes the jury returned a verdict of NOT GUILTY. immense cheering. The prisoner immediately sat down,

ar.U :urst into u-.irs, a a'.so did i0.e of hi friends. His lather remained linn. An order was given to the sheritl to discharge the pi is, oner, and he left the scat upon which he Lv five days had been, leaning upon the arm of

mr. lloxie, and attended bv bU f-ul.i-r friends left the court." Vult. Ch iron The Washington correspondent of the NewYork Courier states, that a letter had been received at the department of war, giving information that Black Hawk, and another chief equally potent, had sent the wampum belt to tne north western Indians, lb. The New York senate recently decided, by a vote of 31 to 7, that Isaac W. Bishop, the me swindler, had been guilty of moral and ontcial misconduct, nnd then decided, by a vote of 10 to 12, that he was still worthy of a seat in that body. We have no doubt of the per fect conectness of both decisions. A swindler is far worthier of a seat in the New York legislature than u;i honest man. The president of the United Slates has called on Tennessee for 2,500 volunteers for immediate service in the Creek country. The people of the south are particularly anxious lor assistance from Ky., but the president has passed our state by entirely. Why has he treated the Kentuckians, v ilh such neglect? Docs he still regard them as a set of cowards? Is he afraid, that they would "ll" from the Indians as "ingloriously" as he charged them with Uying from the British twenty years ago I Tiig. We are at last able to give some further intelligence from Texas. Santa Anna, at the date of the latest accounts, was living upon potatoes and salt, and seemed in a thriving condition. The New Orleans Bulletin of the fth inst. has the following: TEXAS. Mr. Groce, a citizen of this interesting country, brings further news frooi the bellige rents, l he I.exiau army, loOQ strong, under Ihe command of brigad'er. general Rusk, was on the east side of the Colorado river, on the l$th of May, preparing to cross and follow the; Mexican invaders on their retreat, and pre vent them taking off any properly. The Mexican army under Filasola, above UG0U, were on the west side of the Colorado, in the most and arva.V i"' gentleman g account, .it also ar. !n,.;,r fh .t ,r.. l?;i,.u .,.t .;icfi to j so, he it - 1 n II LI 141 I1IJL till I llil 111! llll'KI. 1IIII lllllilir i lilt" - . . ? 1 5 cranunir ci uus aDDUcawon as a attut oi !rraur:i o., .t ...:, v. k i. Jcr charaete.izes the brave, and which lUvl V VIILvMM 1VU3IV Mfllil liUllhlil UUIL IS so , ...... . . , little known iu the Mexican aruiv) cousented 1 . .. . M ,f . -J. ,. , ! to the request. J he Mexican army had taken 1bw by w f and Uam (o,V(Vul the dUms, who they uooUIlI,tcrn) t thcm an tls other (rackl VThf M-vi,,,.,, .n,,,,-,,) i ihrmeoUn nt home agwin, never more to meddle with the brave Texians. We fii.d in the St. Louis Rcpu'ihcnn nn interesting letter from eapt. Duncnn to colonel Keari i-v, daled Fort Leavenworth, May 10. The following is an extract have just learned from a gentleman, in whom everV relinnrf U o hr nlarrd. i),ht cd success in Texas, w hich country he would oon subdue, when it was his intention to at tack Louisiana and continue his conquest as far as St. Louis, as he considered the country soulh of that plate as belonging to his government. He told the Creeks and Cheiokccs he wculd give them as much land as they wamrri in Texas so soon as he had exterminated the ninrr.-ifi-fnl intruders from that country. Coi .-w----. - ..... j I. .i . I M. hon also states that the Creek? and Chcrokces treated the proposition of the Mexican gener al h ith great contempt, that they trampled his letter under foot, and sent word to him that ihey had a count rv of their own, which they were able and illing to defend, and as to In a big foot, they would take care net to get under it."' To prevent mi.inlvc$. Attach a piece of flannel or ?pungc. to a thread made fast to the top of the bedstead, wet the ffannc! or spungc with camphorated spirits, and the inusquitocs will leave the room! ".Measures no! men."arrived at New Voil -Fifty tailors hate ju't tiom Liverpool in the snip riai. Arrangements are in pivv r ss in .New for collecting nnd publishing the wotks late Hewitt Clinton. Yor!t f ihe