Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-01-10

deed, have uu issue, and expect O. cfisis.-
But, eveIStheD, The war IS i'll he one of:par-
ties in The non-slaveholdins States. The
South will be less sIIakensby il than the
North. The Norih must bear Tie brun, of
the battle, and there IL every reason 10 be-
| lieve, that there the voice of the Union
and OF the Constitution Is i'll be- victoriOus
WAsHiNGToN, Dec. 26. f;.4'
In the Senate, to day. no business dfimpOrs
tance was transacted. A petition was
presented by MIR, Allen, OF Ohio, from
some obscure county in tha, State, where
there are citizens 80 far behind the politics
aud tho wisdom y: the day. as to tnsk Tor
the re-eslahlislmem OF Natiouat Bank.
a bill for relinquisliing to the State Of Aia-
bama. the two per ceui. road funds was
discussed aud postponed. Some time
was spent in the consideration ofilE xecu-
| i've business.
ln the House Of Representatives, im,nc
tlIaiely after tho reading oI the journal. the
House went into Cotnnrittee of The Whole
Mr. Z. Adams III tue char, on the dis
position oi the Presidents Message. Mr..
Haynes, of Georgia. offered resolutions
distributing the Message amongst various
Commitice>- when Mr.. Bell, Of, Tennes-
see, rose aud addressed the House for the
space ut between NV" and three hours,
commenting u, length, aud very severely,
on the principles and opinions expressed in
this State paper-on Its false opinions, its
inaccuracies, and its assumption .. facts.
When Mr.. Bell had concluded, Mr.. Prem
tiss, oi Mississippi, obtained the floor for
IL" morrow. and the House Immediately
adjourned.
WAsHINGToN, Dec 27.
| NNsI L., oSy, far r..
to MIR. cass' affair. His friends say Thar
nc has been recalled, but only for the pur-
pose Uf aiding the Department of War in
examining the condition OF the Indian SER
vice. Others say lha, Governor Cass was
concerned IN pecuiatlons, but concerned
with others, who began the game before
he came INT" the office. Time may or may
NOT devolope the real state of the case.-
investigation by The House will bring moth
ing To light, all that is discovered, must
come to ligh, by sort of oIspun,ancons com
huHtIon. There are one or 'wo bureaus
now i'll such state, tha, a little matter
might blow them up sky high. Investi-
cations got up on party PRINCIPLES. NAV
serve to white wash deiaultcrs, but not to
expose :hem
In the Senate, to-day, there was little
of interest. The Secretary or,he Treas
ury, sent in very vnluminous repI, 10
the resolutions of Mr.. Rivcs. calling for in
formation in relation To the transactions ne.
tween the Government and the Bank of
the United States. MIR. Niles, stated ,ba,
me reply was ample and explicit and w,s
satisfactorily. He did moi say thar he bad
read II, hui he was in favor of giving the
reply u circulation co-exiensive with the
attack. So five thousand extra comics
were ordered 10 he printed MIR. Wall. of
New Je'sy, presented the longest and
i"'hdes' abolition memorial, to-day, that I
nave ever yet heard of. lr,wa asa memo
rial from The Sucieiy of Friends, and as.
ked Congress TO pass laws To abolish the
slave trade between the States, apd res
tore 10 all men, held to involuntary service.
their lnalienahle rights. Mr.. Preston, OBJ
!ecfed to'the reception Of the pesjiion. Mr..
hng,ofs Alabama. thought il Mould be
\ beifeE-iaIaka-ih the usual --cassss5l end .iaY
the sunJec' on the table. Mr.. Preston de-
sired to be heard, hut Nj. Kings motion
10 lay the question of reception on the Ia
ble, prevailed. Several abolition pctitious
were laid on the table without debate,
In The House of Representative. MIR.
rren'i's' of Mississippi. made "A brillian,
an" interesting speech upon the: topics of
me rr"S"innt's Message. His princpaJ
subject was the defalcati0ns or fraud. ,non
!he Puniic ny the government Officers, and
he undert"nk To shew that the Prcsdcn,
was gully "fgro>s hypocrisy in pretending
I" SO much concern for the purity of the
p""l'c officers and in propusing to inves
ttgate their misconduct. The Pre.i,lcu,
he maintained, had encouraged and conn.
tenanced all those frauds, which he prono.
sed to punish as .penitentiary fclnnies.-
lie wentln To details ofthe case of Spepcer
at Harris, and sever others, to shew rba,
The President continued in office. men WIN
were acknowledged defaultcrs. Mr.. Cush.
man and MIR. Atherton. of N. ii. will rcply
To MIR. Prentiss, on This subject.
u mas been surmised here Of late, that
some of the Southern Wings. and Conser
vnt've, will propose Mr. Rivcs. ~ can.
dIda1e tor the Presidency. lie will moi he
brought forward under present circumstun-
ces. win out injury to his strength at home.
and he has, imagine. lent no couu,cn.
ance 10 such a proposition.
| Correspondence If ,he Southern Patriot.
| " AsnINGToN, Dec. 2S.
! Aher the J0urnal had heen read. Mr..
wise moved the printing of 2U.OUO extra
| copies each, of three documents relating To
inc deiacat.nn Of public Officers.
Messr". Crazy, Boon aud Others op
posed The motion, on the ground that it
| would be useless extravaganza ofthe pub
lie money. Also that It would be unjust
to many oithc individuals mentioned there
~. who had subsequently, paid up their
accounts, and were not defaulters.
MIR. Cambreleng regretted that the Sec.
retary OF the Treasury had Transmitted the
documents Without an exnlana,nr. la,.a.