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PROCEEDINGS In CONGRESS.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, ls45.
IN SENATE.

Mr.. WooDBaIDsE, Of Michigan, Mr. JARSAsIS, of Ten
ncssce and Mr.. PEARcE, of Maryland, appeared IN their
seats to-day.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. SEWER TO classify
the new Senators from tho State Of Florida adopted
Whercupon the papers, with the respective numbers spec
fed in the resolution by the Secretary put into the bal
lot box when Mr. Levy drew No. 3, and il accordingly o
the class of Senators whose terms Of service will expire the
Sd day Of March, 1851 and Mr. WEsrcorr drew No 2
and is of the class of Senators whose of service vii
expire the Sd day Of March, ls49.
Agreeably to notice given on yesterday Mr.. CRITTEN
DEN introduced the following bills, which were read and
ordered to a second reading
bill for the purchase by United States Of the stock
the Louisville and Portland Canal Company and bill ior
the improvement Of the navigation Of the rivers Ohio, Mis-
sissppi, and Arkansas
Mr.. BREESE submitted the following resolution, which
lies day
Resolved That SO much of the saith rule requires
appointment Of the several standing committees BY ballot at
the present be suspended that the appointment be
made by the President OF the Senate.
Mr.. SPEIGHT from the committee appointed to wait
the President Of the United States reported that the duty had
been performed and that the President would make
municaion TO Congress forthwith.
message in writing then received from the President
by the hands Of his Private Secretary the reading OF which
commenced and continued for length Of time by the
Secretary Of the Senate when, on motion of Mr. SEWER
the further reading dispensed with
On motion Of Mr. SPEIGHT, il ordered that three
thousand FIVE hundred copies Of the Message, and fifteen hum
bred copies of the Message and accompanying documents
addition the usual number, be printed for the Of the
Senate.
Mr.. SPEGHT submitted the following, which order
cd to lie one day
Resolved That the President of the United States cause to
be laid before the Senate early day practicable the
report the Board of appointed pursuance
of the of Congress of the Esd August 842, entitled An
provide for the satisfaction of claims arising under the
14h article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek concluded
in September $780, embracing the testimony which the
claims arising under said treaty have been allowed together
with the Of scrip requisite satisfy the same dstn
gushing the amount already issued.
Mr.. ALLEN submitted the following, which lies
day under the rules
Resolved That addition the copies of the Presidents
Message and documents hitherto ordered be
printed for the Of the Senate there be printed for the
OF the Senate twenty-five thousand copies of the Message
geher with much Of the accompanying documents relates
to the negotiations between the United States and Great Bril-
tain on the subject of the Oregon Territory.
The Senate then adjourned.
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LuMnRR.--The Columbia (Pa) Spy says Vast quanti-
ties of lumber have been shipped from this borough board
canal boats and railroad cars, destined for Philadelphia Bat-
more, Washngon and almost every where else, within tho
past months. The market has indeed been lively and
merchants have reapcd golden harvest theeom The
demand for good lumber said TO be unpcedcncdy gres
and the sales here have been larger than known 70 %
before within the period Of time"
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KSowISc FIppLEA celebrated violins, and the lead
or at one Of tho theatres srong through Chatham
few days esped in the window Of secondhand shop
black locking fiddle which by peculiar characteristic he
Judged to be no instrument On asking the price he
was told S20 which he Immediately paid, and secured the
prize The next day dealer in instruments offered him
$3.50 for II, and is said to be worth at least $780, is
by tho celebrated maker and is unequalcd in tone by
any in the country.--N Y. Mirror.
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VERMONT BuTrEn AeArN.A produce dealer in this city
received yesterday thousand pounds of butter from
Scotch farmer in Addison county, Vermont Il all the
produce OF his dairy and all Of the fuest flavor and
quality, having received the premium the County Fair
The same farmer has hcd and sold hundred head Of
cattle this fall and has hand Of hogs sversq
ing in weight four hundred pounds each Pretty we'll
we say for small New England farmer. in ga little town
among the mountains of Vermont !"
Boston Traveller, 22d instant
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The SPEAKER then announced that the question recur-
red the motion of Mr. BArLr that the House proceed
sbc election of Public Printer and the amendment there
to proposed by Mr. GAanErr DAVIS which under
sdcton when the message Of the President received
Mr. g. DAVIS, who entitled TO the floor, said that
this late hour Of the day, (t o'clock p NJ he felt
reluctance at resuinng his argument and would therefore
move that the House adjourn.
And thereupon the House adjourned until TO morrow, IL
O'Clock mcridiah
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not publish invitations for proposals long beforehand that
the whole country might be apprzed of the opportunity Of
contracting and the fullest and est competition be entered
into for the work to be done The practical effect OF the
gentemans proposition, however might appear theory,
would be TO throw the boon of the House printing between
two establishments in this city he referred the large print
ing offices Of the National ntegcncer and the Union, for
these alone state of preparation to undertake and
accomplish heavy work He did not think the House
was called on to incur the necessity Of such act.
As to the plea Of public economy, that did not necessarily
require the adoption Of like this The compcnsa
ton for the public printing regulated by law it
tirey within the control Of Congress II the price al
lowed great let be reduced The gentleman would
find that in prosecuting just and wise economy
would go further than Mr.. b.
But he greatly surprised 10 learn from the gentleman
that the public printing productive Of such pro-
fits Mr.. b. practical printer and he did not pre-
tend to know what ought to be considered fair profit in
such business but from the action of the gentleman and his
friends heretofore he should naturally be led to conclude that
the profits actually realized could not be much too great
At the Of the 27h Congress the House
duced the prices Of printing fifteen per cent The work was
then in the hands Of the National Intclgcncer The COM
pensation had been originally fixed under the law Of 1919
but since that time great improvements had been made in the
construction Of the printing the ease and CELEBRITY OF
printing had been vastly increased, and the work might IN
be done WELL and much cheaper than former
y and in view Of these facts Congress ordered reduction
in the compensation Of 10 per cent This looked like sim
desire for public economy and rctrcnchmen but what
followed Before the end of that Congress the rcduc
cd per cent restored and this by the of the po
ca friends and associates of the honorable gentleman from
Kentucky This operated give the public printers the
Of Sf0 900 than they would otherwise have received
Such increase had not been anticipated when thew under
took the work they bound execute the public work
at the reduced pr and this increase was in effect direct
grauity
From these facts Mr. D. would he cd 10 infer that the
prices allowed could be very exavagan II they were
in the estimation Of the gentleman friends ono Of two in
crences inevitably follow either that under the reduc
ton Of 10 per cent the prices allowed were not fairly su
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CALIroaSiA.-How we, who stealing Texas from
Mexico raise oucry if Great Britain is planting herself
California intercept the trade the Pacific when
our population strong Oregon Nay, VIII say,
if Great Britain takes possession Of Cuba, and raises the flag
Of emancipation there
people who, like ours, committing great out
rage Mexico, by first coonizing territory Of hers ther
declaring its Independence of its owner, and subsequently ap
proprang the territory and people TO ourselves, must b.
dumbioundcd if Great Britain takes California Mexico,
wretchedy inconsistent should complain.
If we do right the world will hear US, and will b
heard in and council through the thunder Of cannon
necessary, against the aspirations Of Great Britain But if
lead the way in national plumber who but drop his head
in shame -Netc York Express.
Such is the language of the New York Express
in allusion to the news, pretended to have been
lately received by some invisible agency, from
Mexico, of the discovery, since SANTA Annals cap
nre, of Treaty between him and Great Britain
for the cesson Of California to the latter. The
comment of the Express loses none of its force as
argument from the fact that the neos is false
fabricated, along with various other implements OF
equal merit, to work upon the Senate with. The
whole story is not only false, but ridiculous whal
There is neither truth nor the semblance of proba-
bility in it. M
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Mn BARRoM-TEyAs.

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An attempt was made in the House of Representa-
tives of LOUISIANA the l4th instant, to instruct
the Hon. ALExADER BARROW out Of his seat in the
United States Senate. Mr.. BIcKHAs, Locofoco
member, offered resolution inviting Mr.. BARROW
to resign nasmuch as, by his declaration of uncon-
ditional hostility to the annexation of Texas, he
exhibited "a contempmous disregard to the wishes
and best interests of his constituents" Mr.. PILE
Immediately moved to lay the resolution indefinitely
on the table.
When the vote was taken, several Wing mem
bers declared that, though opposed to the doctrine
OF instruction, they were willing and anxious to
meet the question, and on that account only would
vote against the motion to lay upon the table.
Among them were such stanch and undoubted
wings as Messrs. STILLR, PARHAM, CRossMAN, &c.
Inc molten nevertheless prevailed, and the resolu.
ton was laid on the table by vote of % to 90
IL was the courtesy of the Wings alone which
prompted them to allow the resolution 10 90 to a
second reading, and induced them TO vote agains
the summary proposition to kill it on its presenta
tion. Had me resolution taken lis usual course Il
would hare been rejected BY a majority Of nearl,
ftco 10 one. There are number of Wings i'm the
House favorable to annexation, but there is not one
who would dream of evicting ALEXANDER BAR
ROW because that gentleman has the independence
to think for himself. The slavish doctrine tba
makes the United States Senator blind tool OF Ie.
gislatvc bchest finds no favor with the Wing party
in Louisana.--NeW Orleans Bee.
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world, fact and fiction mythology and fable had all been ran
sacked, and borne their part amply and fully IN these as
cussions.
In reply to observations which had been made and
tons which had been asked, by honorable Senator'S ne would
that the question of annexation had been made one OF the
principal issues the late Presidential election IN the State
New York. and had been trumphany sustained He would
also state that that distinguished citizen Mr. Van buren,, al
though opposed the details of the treaty introduced al the
last session. the friend of annexation and wished to see
accomplished Nor the successful candidate Tor the
chief magacy Of the State Of New York opposed to an
nexaton, although he opposed the treaty OF last year
was only with respect to details that opposition TO the an
notation Of Texas existed among the Democratic party IN
New York The party in New York opposed TO annexation
had maintained that issue during the late election the result
showed the feelings and opinions of the State.
DIR. D. examined infinitely the history Of Texas and the
stale OF its connexon with the United States, and urged that
was the duty Of this Government to meet the hopes and the
WISHES Of the people OF that country He then investigated
the constitutional question: and maintained that the Consutu-
ton did forbid the admission of Texas in the form and
manner proposed The question Of slavery not legitimate
the present discussion and he should avoid IT. except by
very incidental and brief alusion.
After Mr. ID. concluded his observations
Mr.. DAYTON Obtained the floor.
Mr.. WALKER said he believed there general un-
dersandng that this question should be taken
Wednesday next He hoped that resolution would be
passed to that effect.
Mr.. SEWER and Mr.. CRTTTENDEN had not heard of
such an understanding
Mr. McDUFFIE hoped that resolution would he adopted
Monday morning continue the debate until nine ten
o'clock every night until Finished the Senate taking recess
from four 10 five o'clock.
Mr.. ALLEN moved to take for an hour, and
to return and continue the debate until nine o'clock.
Mr.. DAYTON maintained his right to the floor and moved
an adjournment
Mr.. WALKER called for the yeas and nays which re-
suited nyeas "a, nays 81 and the Senate adjourned to
Monday at IL o'clock.
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about which some of them have heretofore clamored
and imprecated SO much, should unite in support of
the doctrine of The Omaipoteace of Congress--the
most alarming doctrine for them, certainly, ever
preached since the formation Of the Constitution
with the view of accomplishing a transient pur-
pose, doubully sustained, not sustained at ALL by
the momentary caprice Of a majority the people
As the section needing not merely general guaran-
ties, but special and local one; as the section nu-
merically weakest at home and assaled from abroad
as the section against which act some of the most
violent tendencies of the times the section suf-
fering and destined continually to suffer growing
popular and political nferority, under which all de-
fences and all expedients must presently be vain
ichen constitutional barriers are once pulled DORM
we cannot but regard the present sacrifice, by the
South, of the entire Constitution for the imaginary
or at best temporary advantage of !. immediate an
nexation' Of Texas, as the widest political in
fahaton.
Do tour Southern readers perceive that if Con-
gress be omnpotent to the extent OF "annexng''
Nations foreign to the United ST ates exercising uris
diction territory not belonging to u.s. it is more
omnipoten if there can be degrees Of omnipotence,
to exercise any power whatever W;tlin the United
States, Amajority of the House Of Representatives
passes joint resolution for the annexation of Texas
to the United States, because it will "enarge the
area of freedom" or for any other equally wise
reason. much larger majority of the House of
Representatives, even as now constituted-not to
speak of the future-enterta the opinion that GER
tain relations peculiar to the Southern States are
great evil and the federation of them National sin.
Do not our Southern friends see that, when they
unite in the work of extracting authority for Con-
gress from the power Of stion Tor any other
specified power to annex foreign nations-a power
extraneous to the Constitution if any thing be-
they remove the only barrier upon which they can
rely for the protection of their property, their lives,
and their Liberties, against usurIed Legislative power
Their only protection hitherto from the power Of
Constitution recognises right Of interference by
Congress in the matter referred to. Does the Cons-
tuition recognise any right to the United States
to foreign Power Nothing like it. neither the
one more than the other. The silence Of the Con-
sttution is eloquent and positive nterdict in
the one case as in the other. In neither case can
Congress, by the mere force of numbers, under the
orders Of King Caucus King Multitude, disregard
that silence by any action on their part less than
Revolutionary.
To this we might add other arguments illustra-
tive of the danger Of that headong haste, in matters
of Government which stops at no barrier in pur-
suit of a favorite object But, desiring only to
throw out hints for our readers to think upon we
rest here and leave it to them follow out the train
of thought which we have barely (and hardly
opened to them.
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ed with abolitonsm This certainly charge which did
not apply TO New Jersey Out of seventy thousand votes
given at the last election there sevepyve given TO
abolition candidates. Could much he said for New Hamp-
shire
Mr. d. denied that the admission of Texas would settle the
question of slavery forever had maintained 1t would
settle longer than the South could slave States there
out to march the Union side by side with free States from
the North. When this could longer be done should
I've called upon 10 and more territory to the Union
Mexico, California Cuba, all must be united upon the
principle Where was this to stop
Mr. d. 3 speech agumentaive in It's natter and bril-
liant and effective in its delivery, which occupied nearly two
hours. II will be reported at length hereafter
Mr. ARCHER asked withdraw his motion, made at the
commencement Of the debate for the indefinite posponeMent
Of the resolution and the question then arose upon the adop
ton of the resolution.
Mr.. BERRIEN said hs desired TO speak upon the question
before the Senate but his time had been much occupied
with attending business which had been referred to him by
the Senate that he should wish be allowed little time
for preparation He would therefore move ut being near the
dinner hour) that the Senate take until o'clock
Mr. DICKINSON wished that some specific time could be
fixed for the termination of the debate.
Mr.. MERRICK proposed that the hour Of four on Wed
nesday be fixed as the time for taking the vote.
Mr.. CRITTENDEN said the question was too imporan
to allow pledge themselves to bring the debate
close at any specified hour.
Mr., MERRICK withdrew his motion
Mr.. BENTON opposed to the fixing a time for the
termination of the debate He wished every Senator who
desired speak upon the question: to have opportunity
doing But he also DESTROYS of bringing the matter
decision and prepared TO sit day by day and night by
night, if necessary, to accomplish that end
Mr.. BERRIEN equally DESTROYS OF terminating the
debate, and equally willing adopt the mode alluded to by
the Senator from Missouri
Mr.. WALKER opposed to the debate being continued
beyond Wednesday.
The Senate then took until o'clock.
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EVENING SESSION.

Mr. BERRIEN, who entitled to the floor on the Texas
question, being absent from indspostion-
Mr. McDUFFIE, though very unwell, expressed willing
ness to address the Senate the subject, and continued
argue strongly in favor of the resolution until eight o'clock
when he concluded
Mr. ALLEN then obtained the floor, and
The Senate adjourned.
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The Hon. HESRr w. DwIeaT, of Berkshire Massachu.
se (Which district he represented in Congress for two three
terms about twenty years ago. died suddenly Friday even
ing at the Funkn House. in the city Of New York. on his
return from visit to Washington from congestion Of thu
brain and bowels.
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!. - ! wear, or Osx DoLLAR for the first regular
~ sarh Congress and FiFrY CENTS for the final SEES
son Of each Congress and the same for each Extra SEES
-rayablc III all IN advance.
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oOO BUSHELS CLOVER SEED. free from ripple.
ZUU just received and for sale BY -
feb 22-st [Globe GEO. THOS. PARKER
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-03-26
OLD vIRGTNIA's SENATOR ARCHER, AND
THE NATURALIzATIoN LAWS.

What would the Jeffersons. Randolphs,
Pendletons, and Lees, of old Virginia,
say If they could walk into the United
states Senate, and see the Virginia Sena-
tors ranged on the side of the Boston fe-
derallsts, and conserving. in their Oppose
ton to Texas, with the legitimate success
sors of the Timothy chickering's. the Otis.
es' and the Griswolds, who opposed Louis
lana and sought to confne the expansive
power of this Union within the grasp Of
federal New Englandl
But there it is; and Virginia, no longer
Virginia in the United States Senate. play.
tho humble part of handmade to. and CO
operator with, the base compound o
Hartford eonyentionism and northern abO
liIionism.e
And what would the men, who, in Nav
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-03-26
$40 Reward!

GTRAYED from the subscriber noEsh
of Black Hawk about the 2Sd day q
January last, two MULES Of the iollow-
ing description, one dark nnuss-eolored
mare mule; the other dark brown harss
mule, having the appearance ct not being
altered; both young and unbroken- The
above reward win be paid for the delivery
of said mules at my residence.
JOEL ii. PATE.
March IS ls.a
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-03-26

FINANCIAL CONDITION OF MIssrsslppr
Extract from a Special Report of the
Hon. J. L. Matthews, Auditor of Public
Accounts, TO the Governor, dated March
18th, lS45.
"To sum up the whole receipts and ex.
penditufes of the Treasury from the first
day of January lS44, to the close of the
late fiscal year, period Of Il months, we
have the following result. viz:
Amt reed into the Treasu-
ry for the calender year
1914, $347,757 so
Amt reed during Janu-
airy and February, 1916, lOs,363 81
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To the Public.

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siructing Horse GRlSr MILLS,
which he assures the Publse 81 Ferleru
As well as gin gearing and team wsll FeEsnsi-
His plan 81 co0Strucgiea combines So
PLlcFEy and srSENCrH, uhsch BE fauer
himself constitute the superiority a ~
mills, being 50 entireiy uadeF ,hs goVesa-
ment Of he most Ordinary faEm hzn1s.
avoiding al conplcate1ness e EaaShi4eEs
and tenderness OF ccnStr-ctlau.
The Performance a uay milis = IN pro
portion &c the capacity 81 sezEing sEi
team. have foand them varyizg frsm
- 10 1 bashcls Of eeO1 ueal per hsar--a
many Instances more- ! telxsr, pa -
operation, AID give sa.ls2rtarv ira ter
S>0-pFices IA PFoP9Etlaa tor tsrses slzes.
Specimens 20 = seen a. tlr'Es e.
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Capt J.. H. Wllsoa. Cx-reiz 90.
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