Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-02-25

The House. some time this week, .prebas
bfy on Tuesday. There are a great mahy
wealthy Eastern Manufacturers in this
{ iIy, who are hard at work With their
friends 10 prevenla reduction OF the lar.
IT.. But they spend both their lime and
their money 10 no purpose. That there
will be long debate on the new farIif
Bill there is no doubt; but the bill will
pass by u large majority.
Correspondence Of the Char. Eue Ne,cs.
February Is.
The excitement relative To Oregon ap
hears not To have abaled in The least. t0i
it IA ,eIy early hour this morning the gal
lerIcs OF The Senate were crowded 10 ex
CESS by persons ANXIOUS 10 hear the de
bate On the floor we're The Brush,
FreEcn, and olher foreign Ministers. and
all the privileged places were occupied by
the members from the House ol Repre-.
seuIalives, who had come 10 listen.
After Tue disposal OF The miscellaneous
business Of The morning ncur, tile Oregon
resolutions were taken up.
Mr.. Hanegan TOOK lne floor, with a
huge pie Of books and documents upon
his desk. Alter some introductory re.
marks, lie meut on 10 assert our tIlle To
, al dcs. 40 min. IS clear and indlsputabe.
lie mex, asserted that neither he Exccu-
i've nor The Senate possesses the power
10 .aIieTale any pufIlon OF our territory,
and that il they did possess the power, It
would be tIshonuraDle to exercise II. Re.
Gerring 10 the speeches Of some Of The
Senators in the last session. wherein they
attempted TO shew that The territory Is
comparatively worthless. he indignantly
denied The assertion, and quoted numer-
Gus extracts from documents, Tor The pur.
pose ol showing the amazlnS lerllIly Of
the country. After dIsposing of this
branch ol the subject, he noticed the prop
osllion Of MIR. Clayton, that lhe matter
should be discussed IN secret session.
Such d course would, lie cOnlended, be
UNIV orthy The representatives. Ut the a.
merCan people. itwas question which
enlpaatcalIy Uelouged 10 The people, aud
Senators were bound to give III public
their reasons for refusing ~ yield an inch
OF theterrtory.
Mr.. Colquii has The floor for tomorrow.
Jus, before The adjournment volumInous
message was received from ihe President,
Dul as II was not read, and there was no
executive session, il could NOT have Iela
ted to Oregon.
In the House it was resolution day. A
.reai number Of resolutions calling Tor iu-
formation from the Departments on va
rious Subjects, were offered and laid over
for one day udder the rule.
Mr.. G. DAVIS offered resolution cali
ing on The Secretary Of the Treasury for
copy of his ranff Bill, furnished 10 The
Committee ON Ways and Means, with a
view of its being printed Tor the use ot
members. but on motion oi, Mr.. Rath-
bun. The resolution mas laid on the table
BY large majority. A second aud third
attempt to accomplish lhe object were
subsequently, made, fbut with 10 better
success. As lhe, biIlwill be reportedsto
The House in day or $t the sprIating
OF EIhs original DRAFT IS consldered alline2
|-cessary.
q: On motio1sof Dir: Jones, ;lhes Conmil
ice ON The District were Instructed 10 re.
port on tho eypediency oi aulhurl1iuS a
retrocessiou of this district lu Maryland
and Virginia. q.
A resolution was also adopted, directing
the Post Office Committee 10 reper on
the expedcncy Of 81 amending The law,
as to authorize The people 10 elcc deputy
poslmuslers.
Correspondence Of The Char. ourier.
February IL.
There VS. quite Il rush 10 the Seua,e
chamber again Today, Un ACCOUNT Of the
continuation OF lne Oregon dIscusslou.-
The Vice Presinenl pr-mted ii memorial
from cilizens ur Pa, III favor Of all amend.
ncnl OF The Constitution Tor prohibiting
| slavery. winch was laId ON lhe table.
Mr.. Jonuson, OF La, cndcavored, nu'
without effect, 10 call up the Bill Tor The
confirmation OF certain land claims Al
ter the presentation of memorials, &c.,
the Oregon resolutions we're taken up.
aud MIR, Hanucgau Of ludiana, spoke
about Two hours on The subject, and par
licula'y in support OF his own resolutions
against compromise or arbitration.
In reply to remark made on u former
day by Mr.. Mangum, that Oregon Was not
worth conlendIng Tor, he went into some
statements TO shew its great agricultural
aud commercial value.
Mr.. Mangum here remarked, that he
had made no assertion as 10 The value Of
Oregon, Tor The reason that our Informa-
ton in regard to il was contradictory
some writer's having asserted that is was
poor, barren, and without walher, and
some Of its champions among The West
ern members, having asserted in the
House that il was well adapted to the cul-
rvalion Of sugar and cotton up TO 6l de-
srees.
1t is stated that the Government has
Information that Paredes has been finally
put down; at least, SO far as The exercise
of civil power is concerned.
II is supposed that the Nnr,hern Prov
inces will soon be in state OF revolt, as
some of the Southern Provinces arc.