Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-03-14
. Indian Possibilities.


long debale arose on motion made by
Mr.. Bell, to amend the bill by providing
compensation for The loss of horses in the
| Florida war. The amendment was final.
ly agreed to. By the aid of The previous
question, the bill as amended was read a
third time and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Cambrelene. a resolu.
tiou was adopted, BY which the 10th joint
Rule, which provides that mo bill thai
shall have passed one House, shall be seul
for concurrence 10 the other, on the three
last days of The session, was suspended in
relation to The Indian hos,ililes bill. The bill
for the projection of the Northern frontier
and The bill providing for the taking of the
next census.
The Maine Difficulties.
Mr.. Howard, from The Committee on
Foreign Affairs. 10 whom had been refer.
red Ihe Presidents message, in relation tc
the above, reported bill giving To the
President, additional power in case of an
invasion on The Northern frontier. The
bill authorizes the President in case 0l
such contingency, TO raise additional troops,
and to equip the public vessels of war. and
appropriate the SUN ot--millions fdol-
lars for that purpose: then blank 10 he fill
led up by the House.
1t also appropriates SlS,0O0 for the out
f, of Special Minister to Great Britain,
in case thePresident shall deem it necessa-
ry, 10 co-operaie with Mr. Stevenson.
A report accompanied The bill, which
was read. The bill WAS then referred to a
Committee of the Whole OH the Stale OF
the Union, and made he special order OF
the dav for 10 morrow al eleven o'clock,
10 take precedence of all other business
The hill and report were also ordered TO
be printed under the supervision Of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subse-
quentIy on motion of Mr. C.. johnson, 10,
QUO extra copies were ordered 10 oe prin-
ted.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole, and took up the bill provi-
ding for the taking Of the,
Sirh Census.
The House look up The bill to take the
sixth census. and il was discussed al length.
In the Senate, Mr.. Buchanan made a
reporr on the Maine aud New Brunswick
difficulties. He denies thar The British
Government has any jurisdiction over the
disputed territory, and maintains that it
was expressly stipulated that neither
party should exercise jurisdiction. The
report concludes with resolutions asserting
the rights of the United States and the
State of Maine; hut declares that in case
the Governor of New-Bruuswick with
draws his troops, and Maine persists in
keeping hers there. then Maine is not en-
Titled to the protection of the Government.
March /.
In the Senate, to-day, a letter was re-
ceived from Mr.. Kendall, Post Master
General, replying to a resolution of the
Senate fthis day. asking why The infor-
nation called for on rhe 18th ultimo had
no, been communicated to the Senate
"In reply" he says, 81 have the honor to
state, that the only reason | have to give.
why it has not been before communicated
is, that it was not ready
Mr.. Talmadge pronounced the letter
disrespecfu. Mr.. Sewer moved reso-
iution requesting the President of the us.
10 dismiss Mr.. Kendall. but tit was modified
to read as follows:
Resolurd, That rhr letter of the Post
Master General stating. Sc. is considered
by The Senate as disrespccttul 10 this body
This was agreed to, 3S to 5.
The following resolution was adopted
81 TO 5.
Rssoiued. That said letter with The res
oution, to which it purporls TO he an an
swer. be laid before the President Of The
U. States, for such action as he may deem
proper.
The Senate took up Mr.. Buchanan's
Resolutions relative to The Maine Difficult
ties, and they were. supported by MIR.
Buchanan, and Mr.. Clay, Of KY, but OBJ
jecred to by MIR. Williams, of Maine, as
Insufficient.
In the House, the bill from the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs was debated till he
hour of recess, bv Messrs. Kennedy, Le-
care, Biddle, of Penn; Howard. and
vans-all of whom supported the bill, hui
Mr.. Bddle. He pronounced il to he a
war measlre-a declaration of war. He
said it certainly pledged us 10 a declaration
of war, in case The British persisted in
claiming and asserting Jurisdiction in the
disputed territory. He went into an ar
gumeu to show that our government had
acquiesced for years i'll This British claim
to Jurisdiction. Notwithstanding what might
be said now; and thai the British Colonial
authorities had been in the habit of fpracti-
cally exercising it. We put ourselves, he
thought completely in the wrong, hy taking
the stand pronnscd in the hill and rrport.
He conten,led against this proposition to
go to war upon an Incidental point, leav-
ing the great question OF right 10 the Terri
tory, upon which we would stand firmly,
He alluded to the discourteous charac-
fer of the war into which we were Dluun-