an idea!

preserve a military character? he disclaimed such by force, not by sowing the seeds of sedition and treason among the people. It there be a substantial object of war at the present But suppose you raise the men, what will Great time, he contended that we had not the means of Britain be doing in the meantime? Will she be asleep? erying it on: we had not the means of compelling You march to Canada: where will be your security Great Britain to relinquish her orders in council. We at home? will you desert your own country; will could not raise men to take Canada. The patriot you leave your cities to be sacrificed, plundered and ism of those who might be enlisted under this bill sacked, for the sterile deserts of Canada, of Novawas chimerical. All patriotism was a phantom.-Scotia, and New Brunswick, and all the frozen The bill was framed on the principle of interest.- regions of the north? Sir, go to Canada, and you The troops were to have pay and bounties. Gen will soon have to recal your army to defend your flemen had said that the members of this house southern soil; to rescue your pe ple from rapine come here to paralyse the ardor of the people. Let and destruction. You will have to employ your them not be misled. Let them recollect the fate energies in protecting the South from British invaof Mr. Adams. Look at the addresses to him; the sion. Sir, will the little force you leave at home, fisome collection of fulsome matter which some be able to oppose the power of british 74's? Look boy had printed and bound up in a volume, pledg at Copenhagen. It is true, sir, as honorable gentle. ig the lives and sacred honor of so many meetings men say, that I am secure behind the Alleghany, of the people to support him in a war against France. after the eastern States shall have fallen. Liberty is Yes, sir, you can get pledges, pledges and pledges there secure! But as a member of this confederacy, on paper in abundance. The men in power then I cannot consent to exchange my present situation were so foolish a to think that these pledges, which for such a state of things.

to war."

were the mere buzzings of insects, were given in earnest by the people. Mr. Adams even went so In relation to our pecuniary inability to raise an far as to assert that "the finger of Heaven pointed army, Mr. Sheffey entered into a detailed calculaIf you rely on public opinion and patrition to shew, that the 30,000 troops proposed by otism to carry you through a war of foreign con. the bill which was passed this session, and the prequest, you will soon find yourselves on dry land; sent bill could not be set in motion with a less sum you will soon find yourselves ebbing. I am glad of than 45,000,000 of dollars His statement he made it. This is a valuable principle in the people. Thes from actual expenditures on the army in 1809, which are quiet at home. They will not support you in consisted of 6,800 men, and cost in that year upwards the invasion of a foreign country. When the soil of three millions; or about 490 dollars each man. and the liberties of their country shall be assailed, It was true that the house had an estimate on their then, and not till then, will their spirit be found equal table which allowed to each man 170 dollars per to a contest with an enemy. You have been told annum but they knew that estimates always fell that you could raise volunteers to achieve the short of the actual expences by 100 per cent. pos session of Canada. Where are those volunteers ? was the case in 1808. He said that this nation paid I have seen none of those patriotic men who were for every thing one hundred per cent. more than any willing to go to Canada in the private rank: all of other nation. He did not know what became of the them want offices. You may raise a few miserable money. Perhaps the rats eat it. The expences of wretches for your army, who would disgrace the our republican administration amounted to a third service, and only serve as unprincipled minions to more than those of the proate John Adams. their officers. Will your farmers' sons enlist in your Supposing the war then to last three years, it would army? They will not, sir. Look at the army of '98. cost at least 130 millions, which would be equal to It had twelve or fifteen regiments nominaily. It one fifth of theeanna' proceeds of the labor and inwas disbanded in eighteen months; when half the dustry and soil of the whole people of the United men had not been raised. Why, sir, you had more States. The scome of the British government patriotism on paper then, even than you have now; was only one tenth, until it was doubled by those

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and yet you could not raise half the forces for your friends of the people, Mr. Fox and others! He army. if you pass the bill, you will not raise 25 asked for the objects of taxation, by which this vast thousand inen in three years. The object of the sum could be raised. Where were they? They war may by that time v. ni-h. The nation will be could not be found in the country. Including the saddled with all the vast expences of these troops derived from imposts and tonnag during the last duties on importations from England, the revеRUE for nothing. No nation can safely engage in a foreign war without being prepared for it when they year was only 7,500,000 dollaas. But in war, where take the re-olution. Are you prepared? Your should we have a commerce whence to derive resecretary at war has told gentlemen that even blan-venue? Would we go to the West Indies, which kets could not be procured; and you saw a letter were in the possession of the British ?, We could not from him yesterday, which informed you that the then trade to the north of Europe, because we had small supplies for the Indians could not be had with to go by the British channel. We should not find out a relaxation of your commercial restrictions. much commerce in Spain and Portugal; nor in the Will you send your soldiers to Canada without Mediterranean; for the British were masters of the Flinkets? Or do you contemplate to take it by the Mediterrancan. Would we go to British India? end of the summer, and return home to a more geNo. And our trade to China would not be worth nid clime by the next winter! This would be wella cent . He asserted that during this proposed war, enough; but I think it will require several cam. our revenue from commerce would not amount to paigns to conquer Canada. two millions per annum. Where then, he repeated, were we find 130 millions to carry on this extrazaYou will act absurdly if you expect the people of gant, Quixotic war? We could not borrow. There, that country to join you. Upper Canada is inhawas not capital in the country; and if there were, bited by emigrants from the United States. They we could not borrow it without paying the interest, will not come back to you; they will not, without annually, and giving some substantial security for reason desert the government, to whom they have the ultimate redemption of the principal. The gone for protection. No, sir, you must conquer it reason that Great Britain, the wisdom of whose,

Mr. D. R. Williams in reply.

system be eulogized, had been enabled to sustain her, ous ocean, whilst its billows are running mounpaper credit so long, was the one per cent, which tain high. If you do, I fear you will sink to the had been thrown into the sinking fund, and was bottom. always applicable only to the redemption of the principal of her debt. This gave her creditors confidence. He ridiculed the folly of engaging in the finciful project of invading Canada, to compel Mr. Williams expatiated at length on all the toGreat Britain to relinquish the orders in council, pics involved in the bill before the house.* He obthe relinquishment of which would not, he said, served that it was natural; not only natural, but produce a single salutary effect. He said our notion justifiable, for gentlemen to be anxious to express of honor was too fanciful. their sentiments on measures of importance, more

If this army were raised, and put into the hands especially of such vital importance as that now of the executive, there might be danger. He knew under consideration. The question was not merely this notion was out of fashion. Bat he adverted to on the passage of this bill; but the question was, the situation of our army at the close of the revo- shall we have war? He too felt objections to the delution, and intimated that had it not been for Wash tails of the bill. Its provisions were new. It organizington we should now be groaning under a military ed an army on a new plan. It was not the plan of despotism. The cloud which hovered over the marthal Ney, as had been said. But he should country, had been dissipated by the genius of that vote for it, because he approved the principles upon man, whose equal was not to be found, and who, which it had been brought forward. Its adoption under Divine Providence, had brought us safely would produce war with Great Britian; and he through the revolution. War would damp the was decidedly in favor of that measure. The only spirit of liberty. We were in former times afraid que-tion was, would they repeal the non importaof armies; but it seemed they excited no alarinion and go to war with France? or would they renow. What had produced the change? Alas, Alas!sist the orders in council? For however unpleawe were then out, and now in power. He feared sant the fact might be to gentlemen, it was never. that we were running the same race with that natheless tru, that our faith was pledged to France; tion, from whom we derived our civil and political that to repeal the non importation, would violate institutions. We had seen the history of her Walthat faith which was yet pure and uncontaminated. poles, her Pultneys, her Fox's and Grenvilles. He himself had no hand in producing this state of He knew gentlemen would stare at him, when things; this was not however, any reason why he he contended that they were going to war against should not help to take us out of it. But he was for Great Britain, while she was struggling for the resisting the orders in council in preference to reliberties of the world, But this had great weight pealing the non importation. He should not enter on his mind. She was the only power that stem into petty details of what was, or what was not med the torrent of universal despotism. He had done in '98. Shall Great Britain exercise an unlittle experience in the human heart, who believed qualified supremacy over us? shall we submit to that there would remain any security for us after her taxation; to that despotism which she has set the maritime dominion, as well as the dominion of up over us? Honored with a seat in this assembly the land should be consecrated in the hands of the

great Napoleon. These conquerors had always been the sa ne. Waen they had subdued the world, they sat down and shed tears because they could find no other world to conquer. Our victory over Great Britain would be our defeat.

The American, from which we have copied Mr. Williams' speech, as well as Mr. Sheffey's, has the following remarks, (we presume) written by the reporter or that paper-who also acknow. ledges bis disability to do justice to the speaker. "I cannot convey to you a just idea of the speech Gentlemen, to his surprise, had asked, what of Mr. WILLIAMS, from South Carolina, in supwould be gained by peace? He would answer, happort of this war measure. No man whose mind piness, prosperity, liberty and tranquility. Though was not feasted with the extatic delight which it afdeprived of foreign luxuries, we were at this time forded, can conceive its irresistable weight of arguthe happiest and most prosperous nation upon ment, its glowing pathos, its fire, its splendid di ess, whom the sun had ever shone To complain was the impressive manner with which it was delivered, ingratitude to that Being who had given us liberty nor the Roman energy and overwhelming veheand security at home. Give me these, and take mence of the speaker's clocation. This gentleman your orders in council; take your commerce to is an ornament to the councils of his country. His France-to the whole world. speech alternately excited indignant rage against the -Could he believe that war would compel the inveterate foe of the nation; contempt of those who English cabinet to do us justice, he would unite had depreciated their resources, and exalted the pow heart and hand with gentlemen to declare it. But er of the enemy; drew forth tears for the slaughterwe should be misled in supposing it. We had laid ed East Indian, as well as American, and filled the an embargo and a non intercourse, which, with grateful soul of the patriot with unspeakable feelsome reason, we thought would bring Great Briings, while the orator dwelt upon the noble virtue tain, to a sense of justice. We had been deceived, and brilliant atchievements of our illustrious ancesWe could not starve nations out. The existence of tors of the revolution. You have seen and heard the world did not depend upon our fat. He was CoOPER. The voice of Mr. Williams is more viunworthy of the name of a statesman, whe would gorous, more powerful, more commanding than engage in a war without looking to the consequen that of this celebrated tragedian. I could perceive ces. It becomes us, Mr. Speaker, to remain in our a striking resemblance between his manner, when, present situation: to let the present state of the he gave utterance to the bolder feeling of scorn and world pass away. Until the great waters subside indignation, and the manner of Cooper. A more until the ancient land marks re-appear, and the flood glorious exhibition of the powers of eloquence has shall have gone. Desert not, I pray you, this your not been witnessed this session within the walls of ark of safely. Embark not, sir, on the tempesta-the American capitol."

by his country, should he basely succumb to Bri The soil not touched,sir? yes, sir, the soil is touched. tish supremacy? or should he resist? It was not Every farmer in the nation teels it; he feels that his the question, were the Berlin and Milan decrees plantation has been invaded, his produce destroyed. revoked? For whether they were or not, the Bri'ne export trade between Charleston and Bordeaux tish orders would still be enforced. But shall we is as useful to him, as the trade between Charleston submit to carve out a channel for Brish manufac and Boston. Let you: bay and your river craft; to:es and commerce to the continent of Europe :vour Potomac. your Ch's peake, Long Island Shall we require, in her behalf, the abolition of all Sound, sir, be infested by pirates; suppose them the domestic regulations of France and her allies British pirates too ;--mind, sir, vour soil would not This was the question. In such a state of things,then be touched! Further-Let your harbors be he telt humbled that he was unable to give that sup blocked up, the castle of Boston levelled with the port, on this floor, to the country, which the oc dust-still, sir, the soil would not he touched! Supcasion afforded, Indeed, he felt bumbled at the pose invasion—you drive the invader into Canada; necessity of argument at all. But they were de but you dare not go over; it would be foreign cunmanded by the obse vations of the worthy and quest—as much then as now, sir. distinguished gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Sheßey.)eaker, can gentlemen be serious in such a guReally, Mr. Of him he would say, "I respect the man; but Iments?

abhor his arguments." Een that gentleman hid If the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. confessed that against Great Britain we had ample Stanford) will have a comparison between '98 and cause of war. He would not go into a repetition now; if pounds, shillings and pence must govern of the nauseous details of British aggressions. Nojus, let us see how it stands. For spoliations comman could bear to hear the disgusting recital in mitted by France at that time upon our merchants, this house. For notwithstanding the miserable their claims, provided for by the treaty with her, sing that had been uttered by miserable wretches amounted to 3,500,000 dollars. Since the condemout of the house against the dominant party, there nation of the Fox by sir William Scott, ninety was not a solitary member who was not convinced others have been condemned, which valued at fifty of the numerous and aggravating causes of war thousand each, will amount to upwards of four which existed against that nation. millions of dollars, plundered from us in that short Great Britain imposes a transit duty on your space of time by British cruisers. The raptures are produce going to Europe. No, I am wrong. The daily increasing. In 1798 too, sir, we had a practiorders have been modified. Indeed! And has that cable chance of maintaining our neutrality; not proud unbending government, who is never driven so now. The treasures of the golden harvests of from her purpo-e, say, gentlemen, vielded to a neutral trade were borne into our country from every modification of her principles? Sir, she confines part of the world. Where are they to be found now, you to trade to what ports she pleases; she has it? We are jealous of an army. He wished not intercepted von from the continent Is this, Fask, to excite unpleasant feelings; but the ration did in the name of God, sir, better than the imposition then fear, that the army was raised to break down of a transit duty on your commerce! Sir, the opposition. They thought that a great and powerful British ministry found that in laving this duty, state [Virginia] was to be humbled in dust and they had tonched the spirit of the revolution. They ashes; that the government was to he subverted. saw in the burning of the gin at Baltimore, some The states were robbed of their rights to appoint thing like the destruction of the tea at Boston.officers for the volunteers that were raised. Yes, They had taken too rank hold upon you; they sir, I say they were robbed of their right. But do were obliged to change the mode of attack upon all these powerful motives exist at this time for

your commerce. But the objects of the war- maintaining peace? No, sir.

what are they? The objects of the war are involved The honorable gentleman then entered into calin its causes. The enf anchisement of your incareulations to prove the fallacy of those made by the cerated seamen, the liberation of the seas from gentleman from Virginia Mr. Sheffey.) He exBritish dominion-these, sir, are simply, and in a hibited a view of the exports and imports of the word, the objects of the war Sir, he corns to United States during several years preceding 1805; respect the rights of any nation. She advances in at one time the balance of trade was 14 or 15 milher pretensions upon every people that yield one lions in favor of Great Britain. He asked, whence inch to her. She claims the right of exclusive did our merchants derive the means to pay the legislation over the ocean. Her acts of outrage British this great balance? The answer was easy. have fixed a gangrene at our heart, which, if you They had pushed their trade into all parts of the submit, must continue to imposthumate, and soon world, which had enabled them to make good their issue in corruption and ruin. But, sir, you are deficiencies in the British trade. told that your constitution is not calculated for war council had deprived them of that resource: they The orders in And is it so, indeed? Then its glories-res, sir, its had reduced their exports to France and Holland to brightest glories are gone forever, and my solici two or three millions; and yet the gentleman from tnde for its fate has vanished with its virtues. But, Virginia had made the effects of these orders to sir. I do not believe it. What is your constitution, stify the orders thesiselves, and our submission to I prav vou, Mr. Speaker? It unites and protect-them. It was the deadly efficacy of these orders the various and peculiar interests of the different which had reduced our exports to the continent to sections of this vast union. He really fel for a mere trifle. New England, whose right to navigate the ocean was involved in the proposed measures, when he heard it advanced that the constitution was incom petent to protect that right by war; a right which was as exquisite to the heart of a New Englander. as the right of holding slaves was to a southern man. The soil, it seems has not been touched, and we must not go to war; it would be foreign conquest.

sacrifice your exports to England, worth 32 milBut, said the gentleman, would you lion-, for your two millions to France?, Sir, your custom house books might shew an export of thirty. two millions to Great Britain. But what is the fact? Why, sir, your merchants cannot find sale in that country for more than a fifth of their produce, their tobacco and cotton. The balance which they might send you would be a dead loss. Ask your

The

cotton planters, and tobacco raisers and mer- the American people when they should be called ehants, what has become of your crops for 1810 and into action. But armies are to subvert our liberties-The gen1811? They are rotting on their hands. This is the effect of the orders in council. I, sir, know-Itleman from Virginia might have spared the insinafeel their effects myself. ation which he had uttered against the revolutionaBut will you go to war for honor-a mere bubble, ry army. That army was true to the core. a phantom? Really, sir, I cannot believe that the letters of Newburgh had proved it. Those letters gentleman from Virginia was serious in asking this also proved that there were traitors every where.— question. Is that proud virtue which must be so dea He felt the profoundest adoration, if adoration of to the gentleman himself as an individual, is it to men are justifiable, to that patriotic body of men, who had achieved the revolution; and Washington be treated with disrespect, to be utterly discarded, when the concerns of the nation come to be consi' himself, justly as he had been described "the sanedered? Of what is the nation composed? Of brutes,ary of a nation's best love," could, at no time during the war, have become a successful usurper. sir, or men-high minded men, honorable men, decendants of honorable ancestors? Is honor to be No, sir, impossible. But we must submit to every thus scouted out of this house? Sir, we are on the indignity, it seemed, every daring invasion of our high road to ruin, when the interests of individuals rights? we must not make war because, if we do, are made, by calculations, to be at variance with armies must be raised; the government would be those of the nation, or its government. Such doc-subverted; the vail of the temple of the constitution trine must destroy you. But, it seems, this honor might be rent in twain. is nothing, because we pay tribute to the Barbary powers. The gentleman will excuse me, sir, if I say that I did not suppose he could stoop to use such an argument. It is even destitute of originality. The gentleman savs we have purchased from France the pr rivilege of going to England: we have purchased of Napoleon the right to go to England? Sir, I had He thought that that gentleman knew better. must be too honorable himself to suspect others of such dastardly conduct. Did we not offer the same terms to England which France accepted? And how, sir, can the gentleman say we have purchased from France a right to go to England? I cannot think that he could be guilty of believing such an insinuation himself. It was not a fact. We had even gone much farther in conc ding to Englan than to France. Our minister there had begged and entreated the repeal of the orders in council, until the nation was supposed by many to have been disgraced by his supplications. I did not

think he was wrong.

But we must not go to war with this England ; she was fighting for her existence! If her existence sir, depends on our destruction, then, I sav, down let her go. She is contending for the liberties of the world too, it seems. I would as soon have ex pected to hear that the devil had espoused the cause of Christianity! (an universal burst of laughter."

The Chronicle.

BALTIMORE, January 11, 1812. JAMES BARBOUR, Esq. of Orange county, (speaker of the house delegates) has been elected governor of Virginia, in the place of the lamented GEORGE W SMITH.

The Bank of Virginia has declared a half-yearly dividend of six per centum.

John Wood, of Richmond, well known to the public for his talents, has been appointed professor of mathematics in the college of William and Mary.

At a meeting of the American Philosophical Socie ty, held at their hall in Philadelphia the 3d instant, the following officers were duly elected. President Thomas Jefferson. Vice Presidents-Caspar Wistar, Benjamin S. Carton, Robert Pattterson.

Secretaries-Thomas C. James, Thomas T. Hewson, Nathaniel Chapman, Joseph Cloud.

Counsellors for three vears-Rev. Nicholas Collin, Benjamin Rush, Wm. Tilghman, Andrew Ellicott.

Curators-John R. Smith, Zaccheus Collins, Robert Hare.

Treasurer-John Vaughan.

The officers of the navy and marine corps, are Sir, we may trace her progress for years through ordered by the head of that department to wear blood! Did she raise the standard of liberty in Incrape on the left arm and sword hilt for one month dia? Was it for liberty that she offered up to the as a tribute of respect to the memory of commodore sword so many human hecatombs on the plains of Nicholson senior officer in the navy of the United Indostan? Was it to plant the standard of liberty in States, lately deceased at Boston. this country, that she immolated even infant inno cence during the war of the revolution? Is it to ex end or secure the blessings of freedom to us, that the fireside and the cradle are exposed to savage incursions in the west at this time? He scouted the absurd idea.

The legislature of Georgia have appropriated 10,000 dollars towards erecting a penitentiary.

English bank notes-" We are informed (says the Belfast News Letter) that Robert Bateson, esq. of Orange-field, has most generously allowed the tenantry of his extensive estates in the county of Down, When the war should be commenced, he said i to pay their rents in BANK NOTES, without charging would, it must be carried on be the expence what any discount. We also understand, that he has taken it might. We should probably always find revenue bank-notes for ome time past at a low discount." or taxes and he was for taxes, if they could not General Moreau's splendid mansion at Morrisbe done without-to pay at least the interest on the ville, with the green house, &c. was destroyed by loans which it would be necessary to obtain. We fire, on the morning of the 25th ult. The fire was A need but appeal to the patriots, the spirits of the accidental and originated in the green house. dead, to ascertain whether war could be prosecuted part of his furniture was saved, but many valuable by this nation with scucess. The effects of the papers lot. contemplated war, he said, on Great Britain, would On the 21st ult the house of Mr. Fetterman, be seen in the pressure on her manufactures and on Mifflintown (Penn.) was consumed by fire-his the profitable cultivation of her West India islands, daughter and a hired girl perished in the flames! and in the conquest of her provinces. The falls of The mother nearly lost her life in endeavoring to Niagara could be resisted with as much success as save them.

Despatches from Mr. Barlow, our minister at France, have reached Washington. It is stated that the aspect of our concerns in that country are flattering, though nothing positive had been done, ow. ing, perhaps, to the absence of the emperor.

The Editor's Department.

WAR or PEACE.

War with G eat Britain o, an adjustment of dif. ferences with her will shortly ensue, and the people The presidents of several of the banks in this ought to make their calculations upon it. In the city have offered $1000 reward for the apprehension vote to raise an additional army of 25,000 men, we of a person who passes by the name of Seneca Page consider the Rubicon as passed, and that congress, or Parker, who formerly kept a livery stable in without idle debate,' will proceed to do ali that in Boston-" He is a tall, slender young man, of light them lies to prepare the country for the crisis. It or fair complexion, and stutters or stammers in his is supposed, that on the return of the Hornet, which speech." He is supposed to be one of the gang of may be expected early in March, that war will be counterfeiters lately infesting this and the neigh-formally declared, if the propositions she carried boring states, and doing business on a grand scale. out are not immediately agreed to, without further We have no European intelligence since our last intrigue, equivocation or delay-and, in the mean REGISTER OF THEDEAD.-We published in our time, that all the details necessary to offensive or last a list of 72 victims who have perished in the defensive war will be forwarded with as much exlate calamitous conflagration. To these should pedition as possible. have been added the name of James Edmondson, a free mulatto boy, who expired afterwards. We have now to subjoin the name of Mr. John Shaub, who died yesterday morning, at the house of Charles Beck and co. of this city.

His funeral was conducted under the eye of the committee of arrangements, to the "devoted spot." Richmond Enquirer.

Among the acts passed at the late session of the le. gi-lature of South Carolina, we no ice the fol. lowing:

An act to establish Free Schools throughout the

state.

An act to authorise the commissioners of the Or phan House of Charleston, to select the number of youths therein mentioned, from those educated and a maintained on the bounty of that institution, who shall be allowed to complete their education at the South Carolina college.

An act to prevent any citizen of this state, from being sent to jail until he be heard by himself or

counsel.

An act to make appropriations for the support of a professor of chemistry in the South Carolina college.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Thursday, January 9.—A motion was made by Mr, Porter, that the house recede from their amendments to the bill of the senate raising 25,000 addi tional troops. Mr. Wright, Mr. Little, Mr. Grun dy and others supported the motion-Mr. Smilie, Mr. Johnson and others opposed it.

It is the opinion of some that the British will recede, while many believe that her pride will make her persist in injustice, and cause her to hazard the contest. Be this as it may, one fact is evident; if the United States shall " unbury the tomahawk, which has been so long hid," that it will truly be a war of the people of America against the government of England-the fragment of population seated in Some of our seaports and opposed to a reclamation of our rights, is too contemptible to be considered as affecting this general proposition. From all quarters of the country-from the mountain tops of the interior, we have a common expression of the public will.

This almost universa! disposition for war in such prace loving people as the Americans, augurs a favorable result. The man who deliberately enters upon a measure, assured of the necessity of accomplishing it, is not easily repulsed.

The frigate Congress, says the National Intelligencer, having undergone a thorough repair, last summer, has arrived at Norfolk, completely fitted for service. Many people begin to think that the Congress convened at Washington has also been somewhat repaired since the last session-seeing al most one half of its members (or timbers) have been removed.

With an unceasing desire to cheapen the and a due regard for the liberality of the public, REGISTER by rendering it more and more valuable, have issued without particular notice, except it were supplement accompanies this number, which would shall be fully engaged in re printing certain numnecessary to say-that, as for about four weeks we bers of the Register, now nearly exhausted,it will not Mr. Randolph made a motion superceding that be in our power to give another extra for that time of Mr. Porter, namely, for an indefinite postpone unless something important should occur. There ment of the hill. Mr. Randolph spoke about two are yet to be inserted a great deal of official mathours against the bill and against war. Ainong ter, which, with the current affairs of the times, other things, he declared the bill to be in opposition will fully occupy the paper and generally exclude to the wishes of the administration. articles in manuscript prepared or preparing for the

The yeas and nays were taken on indefinite post-work. We expect shortly to receive our small type, ponement, and were-ayes 29-nays 95. and have room to embrace every subject originally

The question on receding from the first amend-proposed. ment; the proviso to the first section, then recurred, The proceedings of Congress, with the speeches and was taken by ayes and noes, and decided in the of Messrs. Sheffey and Williams, having made (to affirmative. Ayes 67, noes 60.

Question on receding from the second amend ment, the three additional sections, 25, 26 and 27, added by the house to the bill. The question was divided and taken on the different sections separate ly. On the 25th section-ayes 63, noes 61.

use a printer's term) a great deal more than was at first supposed, have shoved out several things in type which ought to have been inserted in this number. Some of our friends fear we may inundate thein with congressional speeches and political mat26thter. As to the first, there are not many more that section-ayes 49. noes 76. 27th section-ayes 61, we expect to publish at length: and we shall dismiss noes 40. So that the house have receded from all the accumulated mass of the latter as briefly as we their amendments, except the 26th section. can, so as to preserve those things which must, and should be preserved, for reference.

Adjourned half-past 4 o'clock.