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Mr.. Afford rose and moved n reconsideration OF
the by which the papers relation to the burning
Of the steamboat Caroline had been ordered 10 be print
ed. lie wanted to hear what they we're We were in
the habit Of hearing annual charges made against State
rights here {aludng 10 few remarks between Messrs
Slanly and Pickens) He wished 10 forewarn gentle
men OF fact, that he State rights man; and
those who decried those doctrines nearing them,
must remember that when they made war upon State
rights men, he was one Of them.
Mr. FILLMORE said he thought his friend from
Georgia (Alr A) would find that there was nothing
bout State rights in these papers.
And the question being on the reconsideration, the
documents were read as follows:
To the House of Representatives Of the United States:
/ herewith transmt to the House of Representa-
lives Report from the Secretary of State, with accom-
penvinr in answer TO their resolution of the 2st
instant. NJ. VAN bpREN.
WasaIscros, Dec, %, 1910
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, !
Washington, Dec. %, 1910
Sir: The Secretary Of State, to whom has been re-
erred the resolution of the House Of Representatives,
dated the 21st instant, requesting the President TO
communicate to that House IF not in his opinion IN.
compatible with the public interesD all the correspond
ence between this Government and that of Great Bril-
tan or the officers agents of either, or the officers
and agents of this Government with the President or
any of its Departments, which has not heretofore
been communicated 10 that House, on the subject OF
the outrage of burning the Caroline the Niagara
frontier and whether there any prospect of compen-
saion being made to the of said boat for the loss
thereof; and, ALSO whether any communications have
been made TO this Government in regard TO the arrest
and imprisonment of -- Mcleod, by the authori-
ties of tie State ofNew York. for being concerned in
said outrage and, il so, that he communicate copy
to that House., has the honor to report to the
President in answer that resolution, the accompany
ing papers
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN FORSYTH.
To the President of the u. States of America.
Mr.. Stevenson to Mr.. Forsyh.-E1traci.
LEGATION THE u STATES,
London, July 2, 1889
/ regret to say, that answer has yet been given
to my note in the case Of the "Carollne' have not
deemed it proper under the circumstances to press the
subject without further instructions from your depart
ment. If it ia the wish Of The Government that
should do so, pray to be informed of it, and the de-
gree Of urgency that am to adopt
Mr.. Forsyth to .Mr Stercnson.-E1tract
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington 18th September, 1889
With reference to the closing paragraph ofyour com
munication the Department, dated the I'd Of July
last mo 10 it proper to inform you tina! insruc-
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Saturday, Jan. >, 1871.
DrSnT r-,rfnN-

RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. CoIEs-That the Committee the Militia Laws
be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amend
ing the 6st section of the for the better oganza-
ton of the militia passed March Sh 1894: and also TO
inquire into the expedency ofprovdng efiecual
y for securing the annual returns OF the strength Of the
militia.
Mr. BrAnp-That the Committee of Roads and In
terna Navigation be instructed TO inquire into the
pedIency of aboshing the Office of Collector Of the
Board of Public Works, with leave to report by bill or
otherwise.
BANKS
Mr.. LEE-'That the Committee on Banks be IN
structcd to inquire into and report to this House:
Isl Whether the Merchants and Mechanics Bank
of Wheeling and the North Western Bank OF Virginia,
either of them, have been III the habit OF emitting
notes Of the denominations Of ve ten, and twenty dol
lars payable at nine twelve months, or other periods
after their dates respectively, TO constitute part ofthe
ordinary circulating medium and If so, whether such
emissions be warranted by the terms of their respective
charters, and be within the proper scope ana spirit true
intent and meaning thereof.
9 Whether said Banks, or either Of them have been
in the habit of paying the proceeds of notes, bills,
other securities, discounted by them respectively in
such of their post notes. without making any allow
ance for the time they might have TO run; and, if so
whether such transactions be moi usurous yioatye
of the provisions of their respective charters.
3. Whether in their opinion it is competent for this
General Assembly, to prohibit said institutions from
issuing post notes of less denomination than 500
other sum; and, If So whether it be expedcnt 20 make
such provision by law: and if said committee shall be
of opinion that such provision may and should be made
that they do report bill accordingly.
MIR. MoCoysELI had objection to these resou
tons going to the Committee Banks; but, innsmuct
il most important TO his district, he should wish
to have opportunity of looking over these reso'
tons and considering the matter before they were sent
to the Committee. He would therefore move, that
for the present they be laid the table. Agreed to-
Mr.. ERsKISE-That the Committee of Courts OF
Justice inquire into the expectancy of repeating SC
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upon him. The question IS whether ti'e iauit WIZ
tify the penalty proposed. 10 Miat at most uo.s
4 ,mou,t; To undue confidence III men oi f"n@ Hfe9
fdciify hcrcstyoaa eefFeetafS'; Ah'ho.y -
;,t.rr no man ever doubted; and rs for Dabney he
m lad long served teller, and no iHaii propihy ever
was more respected for honesty ihan tie was. nat Tue
directors who had known those men Tor years-"no hGa
ocu examined their accounts, ana counted tnclr c'S
and have found them correct eve. % I'm '"'i'" -,
lnyc rt any pressing necessity Tor performing c k-
o dutv Of counting the money, Is not surprising u
n not indeed crease them; bu; ask The most rigorous
ainonr YOU whether it was M unpard"hhoc sh - oe
ys:trd hy custer from Office, and the odu'i u"u a's
racn which is too often most falsely attached 10 u -
such an error rs Justify measure which w" Cast
so;n unau an honorable mau, who iecs siam i,ne
round. Is it not enough that his feelings nave oeen
acerated by the loss ITSELF which has been w
the contumeIy has brought upon him. II PEN W
designed as warnings, what has happened WIZ NC "'
ng enough-if preventions, they are unnecessary o
this OCCASION since the unhappy occurrence, when we
all lament Will of itself induce the ssrictest vigilance
hereafter Is H. thea, necessary that The STOCKHOLDERS
should prejudice themselves ny casherng most Vau
able officer merely for the purpose OF making an exam
Mo far others. for no one can believe that any other
President will hereafter be more dligcn i'll inspecting
the funds than DR.. Il. will be. "
do not conccde, however, that DR.. b. is responsible
for the omission charged upon him. The dree0rs, IN
deed arc required to have the money counted, aho IL
il director But is he director meant ny lhs pro.
vision Can it ever have been intended that nc should
count the money of his own Bank or saperntend Inc
counting: BY The other directors VINO are
not officers of the Bank, the persons whose duty II
to count From them the Committees are to be ap-
pointed And until it was very recently PROVIDED
otherwise the President had nothing to do with H.
His Bank was to be examined. Vas hea proper person
10 make The serutinyo Would you set him to examine
and report whether the money in the Bank Of winch ne
was principal officer all right; Surely, this would
have been strange Ask the President Of the Far
rner's Bank lie will tell you he never counts or
superviscs tho count-and nc is right for he should
leave for the censorons TO say you influenced
the count The only duty of the President then is 10
bring the matter to the consideration OF the board
This ! understand done. Bat if Omitted, it IS but
an omission by the President 10 jog their memories
and prompt them to discharge hsduty, which dcvoyed
on them The head and front Of his offending hath
this extent-no more Does it then deserve the penalty
proposed ; Does he deserve il al our hands: Tor
one will not fall out with him vino has done me ninety
and nine rood turns, because he has failed in the hun
dred,h. VOTER.
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Mr. Pirte's resolutions in favor Of National Bank
have passed the Legislature of Kentucky. The
Lexington Observer, edited by Mr.. Wickli'fe, \
Whig1 complains of the which has been wased
by the friends of Mr. Clay against Mr.. Robert Wick
life e Senator from Fayette county,) and his family
The Observer plains, that because nr r. Wickliie
has thrown himself against Mr. Prtles rcsoutions-he
is to be cut off from the Wing party The same paper
rdicues the late message and official qualifications OF
Governor Letcher-and turns to the extravagant
cuoriums which avishcd upon the Hunting
Shirt Leslie Combs, who humbugged the Wings OF
Virginia in such fashion, and drew from the Richmond
Wing the compliment of being compared TO ratrick
Henry aThe Observer" unkndly Observes that tive
who are here laugh in our sleeves at this And many
of the Democrats laughed at the time at this humbug
Combs Butas the Observer says, ain political can
yass every man on side dixie Combs,O "isa hero,
and every man against US is dog" These arc omi-
nous signs in Kentucky for the unity of the Wing
party TIE Wickliife family ls known TO be OF The
largest and ablcst in Kentucky.
Lexington Correspondent ofthe Louisville Journal,
prentice paper) writes, that Mr. Wickliiic "ls es-
teemed as having gone 10 the enemy-at least III
the matter alluded TO Pirtles resolution 1.-The same
Correspondent adds
o morrow Bullock will present preamble with resoln
pu6c among e sereal States have the document
and II ci passage is opposed, am sure
he will urge them in powerful speech"
simultaneously with these movements. there IS ano-
Their on foot in the house, he object OF which is (says
" the same correspondent 10 remove the obstacles
which now exist by law TO the purchasing Of negroes
" brought from other States
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The ~ York Courier s Enquirer announces "and
with ordinary feelings Of satisfaction, that the Navy
Department will be rendered TO the Hon. Francis
Granger of this State. Is not this Honorable Fran
els Granger the very individual who was run some
years since the Anti-Masonc and Abolition candl.
date for Vice President? And what is the South to
think of two such politicians, Webster and Gran
ger, being members of the Cabinet? Can any
good come out of such n Cabinet,
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,re At nresen roonred for again bringing forward
w., o"s oas,on Of lie caroline" have had frequent
conversations with Mr. Fox in regard to this su"te'
one If ycry recent datenmd from its tone, the f!eS''
den, expects the British Government wall answer your
application in the case without much farther delay
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.,;r. Far to .'ir. Forsyth
WASiiiyGr0H, Dec. -

/ ,IF. al
WAsiiiyGros, Dec. -, lc4o
g.; 49,, informed by his Exce!leHcy, the Liru.endn
Governor of the Province of ufper Ganaaa, ''a' "'
Alexander Me eod British SUBJECT, and aie deputy
sheriff Of the Niagara district III upper Inhaa, ."s
arrested at Lewiston, in the State Of New On 's
18th of last month, pretended charge OIL N'"oe
and a-sun as having been engaged IN Tue capture ano
Destruction of the pratca s:eaaboat ''Iaroiinc IN
The month Of Dec lc37. A!lera tedious and ve1a-
tions examination, Mr.. Mcleod WIS committed Tor III
al, and he is now imprisoned in Lockport jail. =,
feel il nv duty to call upon the Government OF the
United states 10 lake prompt and eiecual steps for the
Liberation OF Mr. Mcleod 1t IS well Known 'ilat t!e
destruction of the steamboat "a CaIome was pubic
act of persons in her Aacstys service ooeyins inc or
der os their superior authorities lhat act, therefore
according to the usascs Il naons, can oiy Nc te
ect of discussion between the two National Govern
ments; |. caanot Justly be made he ground OF legal
proceedings in the United States against the indvian
,ls concerned who we're bound 10 obey the authorities
appointed by their own government
NAV add that believe it quite notorious mat MI
Nc Icod was not one Of the party engaged IN the de-
sructon of the steamboat "Carollne and that te pre-
tended charge upon which he has been imprisoned
only mon the periured testimony OF certain Canadian
outlaws and their abettors, who, unfortunately Tor le
peace of that neighorhood, are SUI permitted py INC
authorities of the State OF New York 10 nest the Ca
madam Frontier. , =,
The question. however, of whether Mr.. Mcleod was
mr. was not concerned in the destruction OF the Cnro
ne, beside the purpose of the p'sse communal
ton That act the public act Of persons opcy'hs
The constituted authorities OF her Majesty's Province
The National Government Of The u 5; thought them
selves called upon to demonstrate against III ana re-
monstrance which the President did accordingly address
her j; s nssT Hs, m Ps"s
Tvs Government and the United States Legation in
London feel, therefore justified in expecting 'has
the Presidents Government will see the justice and The
necessity of causing the present immediate release OF
taking such step. may be requisite for
or molested in the United States in similar manner for
the future.
1t appears that Mr. Mcleod was arrested on the 18th
ul,mo tha, after the examination of witnesses, he
was finally committed for trial on the 18th, and placed
in confinement in the jail of Lockport, awaiting The
a.szes which will be held there in February next As
The case is naturally occasionng great degree Of ex
element and Indignation within the British frontier
earnestly hope that may be in your power TO give me
an early and satisfactory answer to the present repesen
talion.
avail myself of this occasion 10 renew TO you the
assurance of my distinguished consideration
IL. S. FoN.
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THE NEW CABINET.


We have avoided speculation the subject of Tip
Cabinet, supposng that the Thinking Committee would
not present expose any thing concerning the matter
TO the apublc eye" But we have the authority
of the Whig presses for stating that the office of Sc
creary of State has been rendered to Daniel Webster
of Massachusetts, and that Mr.. Crtenden of Kentucky
will receive the appointment of Attorney. General
These men are of the old Federal stock, of the Ham
ton school-mark this beginning, We Democratic
Wing" gulls Of North Carolina Will ye act like no;
nest men and denounce your betrayers: or will ye still
cling the "Whgs for the sake of consistency That
is the sake of being alrnys fooled and caoed by the
humbugs of Federalism in ewing" disguise.
1t is also said that John Sergeant to be Secretary
of the Treasury and Mr.. Ewing Postmaster General
a Bank Charlottesville last Louisville Journal
says, "The banks of this State have issued circular
to most of all the banks in the Mississippi Valley, pro-
posing convention in Louisville, the 25th lanua-
ry, confer in relation to the resumption, of specie
payments We hope to see all the banks represented.
Besides producing concert in relation to resumption,
the convention may lead arrangements of importance
to the interest, credit, and atabilityof the banks
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TIE Quarantinc I.a,r Of Georgia.

The Mcdgey;lle Reporter Of the 29th ut. gives
,he entire list OF acts passed by the Legislature at
lis late session, and which had received the approval
and signature of the Governor up TO noon yesterday
when our paper went 10 press Eight acts had not re.
ceyed (and probably will not receIve) the sanction OF
Executive approval Among them are the quarantine
bill in reference 10 the State OF Mane-the sumter
county precinct bill-and the bill repeating the act
against carrying deadly weapons. ne Legislature
adjourned on the 23d)
The Quarantine act may then have failed in Georgia
but grave question Of somewhat similar import Is
now before the citizens Of Virginia. touching their con
troyersy with New York IL has been proposed TO
pass law but not to the extent as the quarar'
tine bill of Georgia; not to subject every vessel from
New York to quarantine Of 100 days, and to inspect
her Oh her departure from our ports to see that she
carries none of our slaves away-but 10 make u the
duty of all the Sheris of the counties lying the
horbors nayrabe rivers &C. of the State, to enter
all vessels belonging TO the State OF New YORK, or
about to depart thereto and make dlligcnt Search IN
order to ascertain whether there slaves on board,
and to take bonds, with adequate security, that the
Captan should take slave out of the bounds OF the
State without the permission Of his master, &c' &c
This law, not to GO into operation, until some very
distant day-and in the tnle after the passage
of the law, that special comlnsslon as recon-
mcnded by the Governor, may be sent 10 New } orh
for the purpose of prevailing upon her TO retrace
The steps taken b. her Governor and Legislature
IN reference 10 the kidnappers aud fugitive slaves
| If these steps not rciraced, not only Virginia
but the whole South, will be compelled TO resort to
measures of sefdefenee We may as we'll look til.
DANGER in the face at once, and prepare ourselves
for The remedy which we apprehend will be force,
upon us. Correspondent at Washington assures
us that the New York lis exciting much in
tsrest here; and amongst our Southern friends her,
is but one opinion; that Virginia should take bold
stand and not fear or doubt TINT all the Southern
states will Join her They all protest against on
sending special commissioner TO New York in the pre-
SEN, attitude OF the subject Thai might foito'c man
" and lofty and dispnssionatc manifesto, and decisive
law Of Virginia (inspectton law) Let US ask no Stat
10 helm us 10 plant such a standard the New Yor
case demands Of US; or for moment doubt tina; they
will rally under IL
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With reference to the closing paragraph ofyour COM
municaton to the Department, dated the I'd of July
last (No 10 it proper to inform you tina! nstruc.
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BURLINGTON, VERMONT, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, Is4L
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