Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-04-23
Correspondent, cf The Charleston Courier.


Correspondence 4f The Charleston Courier.
WAsHtSGroS, April 7.
The Scna'e, yesterday, was chiefly &C.
cupied with The bill TO raise, by enlistment,
fifteen hundred men To serve in Florida
through the war. No opposition was
made to il; hu, there was snne discussion
upun suggestion thrown nut by D..
Linn, that the officers of this curps ought
not to he taken from the line of the army.
hut from the body Of citizens. He said.
Officers could he found among the cirizels
of the West. who were enured to tie
hardship of Indian fighting; could pillow
their hea,ls upon Il log; aud follow a trail
through swamps and lurests. These men
would I've un,re efficient than The West
Pointers, lhnugh they had NOT their sci
rure. II was opposed. however, by the
Military COMMITTEE, as slight TO the
officers IF The line. Mr.. Preston did MOI
think there were officers enough. Many
of the difficulties. in CARRYING on The war.
had arisen from deficiency in the num-.
her of uIlicers. lie remarked, that lllr
war ctsst FIVE thousand dollars Il day. and
| in rwu years nm All Indian had been killed.
The bill was finally passed to n thir,!
reading, without amrn'lneml.
The House was called Er resolutions.
| Many were nfI"red. aud ,I":c objected 1"
| were laid over. Some Of them were or
| interest.
Mr.. Casey. of Illinois, offered Il resolu-
tim which confrinplncs the election of
the menhers OF the 9th Congress. undcs
The ratio to he fixed alter The census Of
lS40. The app.nlionmenl will he made
al the nexi session; buI not in time for all
the elections Of members in the different
States, nor in time for the State Legisla.
lures 10 district their respective States
accordingly. Ano,Ier objection to il is,
that il would allow but fur Congresses
instead Of five, under the apporlionncnl
of 1920. The Western STATES will of
course support the proposition, "a, under
the next appnr'innment, their power will
he vastly Increased. Unless the union he
tween the Southern aud Northern Allan
tic States should becnne very close, The
West will have lis own way in every
Thing. under the next appurtnnment, 10
say nothing Of the still worse prospects for
1850.
Mr.. Fillmore offered a resolution. which
was agreed 10. calling upon the President,
more fully than heretofore, for ininrma-
ton as TO the naval and military prepara-
lions Of Great Britain, on the Lakes and
the northern and northwestern frontier;
and as to The preparalinns or means of de-
| fence on 0ur side.
The subject of the illegal use Of Amcri-
can built vessels and the American flag,
| in the foreign slave trade, by foreigners,
has bccu the subject of n,anv petitions
a, this session. The President brought
The subject to The nniire of Congress in
his annual message. which is still before
the Cummiuce ef the Whole nn The stale
of the Union. nol having heen ycl di>tri-
butrd among the respective cnmmitIres.
Mr.. Adams moved to refer the smhiecr
| 10 the Cumrlrilre on Commerce, with in
struciions 10 investigate it. and with power
to send for persons and papers; but The
resolution was not acted on.
A resnn. ion was offered 10 vest the ap.
pointmcnr of MarshaIsa d District Attor-
news of the United States. in The Courts
nr the United States. and to limit their
emolumenrs to three thousand dollars.
The Abolition Convention at Albany,
in which six STATES were represented. have
nominated the noInrinuS James G.. I5irnrv.
of Ohm, as their candidare for The Presi-
henry. This is hur The beginning of rhe
political organization of the aholitinni>rs.
As their numbers and resources increase.
they will extend their organization through
the whole of The northern and w"s,ern
non slavehol'''ng STATES. They will ncr
separately only with view to get The
hest Terms from one nr the other of the two
great parties nf The 'lav.
The number of aholi1n periinns nj this
session would have heen immense. hui for
The timely passage of the rule excluding
them. learn that some of them ask a
dissolution Of the Union.
April s.
In the House, Mr.. Adams's hill 10 pre-
vent frauds on tho Revenue, was the
specinl order. Snme conversation tool,
place as to the relative importance of This
bill. and the civil and diplomatic appro-
rriations, the claims Of which, on the