National Intelligencer. (Washington [D.C.]), Vol. 47, No. 6736, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 24, 1846 Page: 4 of 4
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THE LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
[continued.]
OPENING OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
States was most desirariiiq and that we ought to do nothing a Communication to the Imperial Government, states that a
that Was inconsistent with the honor of this country. But number of sectaries who rely upon gods and demons, build
certain statements had been put forth in America, and had
been reported to have been made to the Congress of the United
States, which made it desiiable that some explanation should
be given on the subject. He had thought that the President of the
United States had last year made declarations to Congress on
this subject which were not conformable to the usages of civil-
r_,r , , 1 C T .1 „ i tms subiect wmcn were noi comonnaoie tome usages oi Civil
On 1 hursday, the 22(1 of Jammy, th ■ ized countries, or to the friendly relations of the two States ;
ment of Great Britain was opened by the Queen but it would appear, however, that a proposition for a com-
in person. The royal procession left Buckingham
Palace soon after two o’clock, and arrived at the
House of Lords soon after.
Her Majesty having passed through the royal
gallery, which was much crowded, entered the
House of Lords, and, after the usual formalities,
delivered the following speech :
My Lords and GentlemenIt gives me great satisfaction
to meet you in Parliament, and to have the opportunity of re-
curring to your assistance and advice.
I continue to receive from my allies, and from other foreign
Powers, the strongest assurance of the desire to cultivate the
most friendly relations with this country.
I rejoice that, in concert with the Emperor of Russia, and
through the success of our joint mediation, I have been ena-
bled to adjust the differences which had long prevailed between
the Ottoman Porte and the King of Persia, and had seriously
endangered the tranquillity of the East.
For several years a desolating and sanguinary warfare had
afflicted the States of the Rio de la Plata. The commerce of
all nations has been interrupted, and acts of barbarity have
been committed unknown to the practice of a civilized people.
In conjunction with the King of the French, I am endeavor-
ing to effect a pacification of those States.
The convention concluded with France, in the course of
last year, for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade,
is about to be carried into immediate execution by the active
co-operation of the two Powers on the coast of Africa. It is
my desire that our present union, and the good understanding
which so happily exists between us, may always be enjoyed,
to promote the interests of humanity, and to secure the peace
of the world.
I regret that the conflicting claims of Great Britain and the
United States in respect of the territory on the northwestern
coast of America, although they have been made the subject
of repeated negotiation, still remain unsettled. You may be
assured that no effort consistent with national honor shall be
wanting on my part to bring this question to an early and
peaceful termination.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons : The estimates for
the year will be laid before you at an early period. Although
I am deeply sensible of the importance of enforcing economy
in all branches of the expenditure, yet I have been compelled,
by a due regard to the exigencies of the public service, and to
the state of our naval and military establishments, to propose
some increase in the estimates which provide for their efficiency.
My Lords and Gentlemen : I have observed, with deep
regret, the very frequent instances in which the crime of deli-
berate assassination has been of late committed in Ireland. It
will be your duty to consider whether any measures can be
devised, calculated to give increased -protection to life and to
bring to justice the perpetrators of so dreadful a crime. I have
to lament that, in consequence of the failure of the potato crop
iff several parts of the United Kingdom, there will be a defi-
cient supply of an article of food which forms the chief sub-
sistence of great numbers of my people. The disease by
which the plant has been affected has prevailed to the utmost
extent in Ireland. I have adopted all such precautions as it
was in my power to adopt for the purpose of alleviating the
sufferings which may be caused by this calamity, and I shall
confidently rely on your co-operation in devising such other
means for effecting the same benevolent purpose as may re-
quire the sanction of the Legislature.
.1 have had great satisfaction in giving my assent to the
measures which you have presented to me from time to time,
calculated to extend commerce and to stimulate domestic skill
and industry, by the repeal of prohibitory and the relaxation
of protective duties. The prosperous state of the revenue, the
increased demand for labor, and the general improvement
whicji has taken place in the internal condition of the country,
are strong testimonies in favor of the course you have pursued.
I recommend you to take into your early consideration whether
the principles on which you have acted may not with advan-
tage be yet more extensively applied—whether it may not be
in your power, after a careful review of the existing duties
upon many articles, the produce or manufacture of other
countries, to make such further reductions and remissions as
may tend to ensure the continuance of the great benefits to
which I have adverted, and, by enlarging our commercial in-
tercourse, to strengthen the bonds of unity with Foreign Pow-
ers. Any measures which you may adopt for effecting these
great objects will, I ain convinced, be accompanied by such
precautions as shall prevent permanent loss to the revenue, or
injurious results to any of the great interests of the country.
I have full reliance on your just and dispassionate considera-
tion of matters so deeply affecting the public welfare.
It is my earnest prayer that, with the blessings of Divine
Providence on your councils, you may be enabled to promote
friendly feelings between different classes of my subjects, pro-
m^ntam*cofflenfment and happiness at home, lly Increasing
the comforts of the great body of my people.
The Queen emphasized the portions of the speech w;hich
referred to the continuance of peace and to the reduction of
the tariff.
Her Majesty having concluded her address, rose from the
throne, and quitted the House with the same state.
The Earl of Home moved the address in a brief speech, in
which he glanced at most of the topics touched upon in the
speech from the throne- He concluded with reading the
words of the address, which merely echoed the speech.
Lord De Ros seconded the address, and expressed a hope
that our pacific relations with America would not be disturbed
by the Oregon dispute.
The Duke of Richmond made an angry attack on the policy'
of Sir Robert Peel and the conduct of the Anti-Uorn-law
League.
Lord Stanley stated that he left the Cabinet because he
thought that the proposed scheme would not give sufficien
protection to the agriculturists,
The address was carried without a division,
THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN.
In the House of Commons on the next day (the
23d) My. Hume introduced the relations of Great
Britain and the United States. After complimenting
Sir Robert Peel upon his proposed liberal policy—
Mr. HUME said : There was one other point to which he
would refer, and it was, to express a hope that the right hon-
orable baronet would continue to maintain the good under-
standing which, from her Majesty’s speech, appeared to pre-
vail between France and England. [Hear. ] It was in the
power of the British Government, united with that of France,
to command the peace of the world. [Hear, hear.] Quar-
rels might take place between the different nations, but those
two great nations united would prevent war. [Hear.] There
was a paragraph in the speech referring to the state of our re-
lations with the United States, and he must say he thought
her Majesty’s expressions on this subject highly proper and
becoming. He' thought, too, that the paragraph which re-
commended an increase in the army and navy estimates, one
of the best, under the present circumstances, in the whole
speech—[hear]—and he saw it with considerable gratification
when he found, the Chief Magistrate of a great country, from
whom he expected better things, venture to set at naught all
those rules and regulations which civilized nations observed
towards each other. It would be acting contrary to the whole
tenor of his life, which had been to support the most efficient,
promise had been made from the President to her Majesty’s
Government, and he (Lord John Russell) conceived that that
proposition had changed the state of the question.
The proposition itself might be satisfactory or not satisfac-
tory ; but, having been made, it did appear to him to require
a statement from those in authority in this country of the terms
on which they would be satisfied to settle this question. That
proposition, as he understood, had riot been received by her
Majesty’s Government, but had been declared to be totally
inadmissible by our Minister in America. He (Lord John
Russell) confessed he thought that was a hasty proceeding on
the part of the representative of her Majesty in the United
States. But what he wished to ask was, whether the negoti-
ations had recommenced or were going on ? He was not de-
sirous that the papeis should be presented to the House ; he
was willing to leave the negotiation in the hands of her Ma-
jesty’s Government until they could state that a satisfactory
result had been attained, before he asked for any information
of the particular state of the negotiations.
One word in respect to what had fallen from the honorable
member from Montrose. Her Majesty required the attention
of the House to the increase in the estimates which pro-
vided for the efficiency of the military and naval services.
He could well understand that, with the increased posses-
sions of this country abroad, and the consequently increased
demands on the services of our military and naval forces in
every part of the world, there might be reasons for the increase
of the estimates even at a season of profound peace, and when
nothing threatened on any side ; and he trusted that it was on
these grounds, and not on account of any thing in the aspect
of affairs with reference to the United States, that her Ma-
jesty’s Government had made this increase. He, for his part,
had for some time thought that the efficiency of the military
force of this country at its present amount was too much tried,
and that too much was demanded from that force.
His second question was this : Her Majesty stated that for
several years a desolating and sanguinary warfare had afflicted
the States of the Rio de la Plata, and it was further stated that
her Majesty was endeavoring to effect the pacification of those
States. He (Lord John Russell) understood that the endeavor
to effect a pacification had been prosecuted by means of war-
like measures, and he somewhat doubted whether that was
the right mode of proceeding.
It was true, it was stated that the commerce of all nations
had been interrupted. But it was further stated that “ acts
of great barbarity had been committed unknown to the practice
of civilized people.” Acts of barbarity were certainly very
dreadful things ; but he doubted whether it was wise in her
Majesty’s Government to state that as a ground of forcible in-
tervention. They had heard—though he would not name the
countries in which they had taken place—but they had heard
of dreadful acts of barbarity in other parts of the world ; and
certainly he had not heard it proposed by wise statesmen that
there should be any intervention in these countries. The
question which he had to submit to the right honorable baronet
was, whether he proposed to lay on the table any papers ex-
planatory of the ground upon which her Majesty’s Government
thought it necessary to interfere with the warfare which had
occurred in the States of the Rio de la Plata ?
Sir ROBERT PEEL. With reference to the question just
put by the noble Lord, I beg to say, that, not foreseeing that
he would put it, I am not at present prepared to give him an
answer, and have therefore to'crave that he will postpone his
question until another time. On the subject of the Oregon
territory, I have to state that a proposition was made by Mr.
Buchanan, with the authority of the President of the United
States, to Mr. Pakenham, and the proposal so made suggested
a division of the territory. Whether or not that proposal
ought to have been accepted I cannot say.. Mr. Pakenham
thought that the terms proposed were so little likely to be ac-
ceptable, that he did not feel himself warranted in transmitting
the proposal to the Government at home ; and on signifying
this to Mr. Buchanan, the latter immediately stated that the
proposal was withdrawn. This is the state of the negotiation
at present, so far as I am informed, respecting the proposal
submitted by Mr. Buchanan. I have the highest opinion of
Mr. Pakenham: Ihave the greatest respect for his talents and
the greatest confidence in his judgment: yet I must say it
would have been better had he transmitted that proposal to the
home Government for their consideration, and, if found in itself
unsatisfactory, it might possibly have formed the foundation for
a further proposal. Since that period this country has again
repeated to the United States their offer of referring the matter
to arbitration, but no answer has yet been received to the propo-
sal so made.
With respect to the proposed increase in the naval and mili-
tary estimates it is impossible for any one to see the progress
of steam navigation, and the continued increase of our colonial
possessions, without at the same time seeing the necessity for
an increase in our naval and military establishments. Within
Wpta^t^ '7an^el’Tonr,rriuea
dfain made upon our troops on account of the necessary relief
in our other possessions is so great that it is almost impossible
to fill up our regiments. I think that,' even while we have
the utmost confidence in the intentions of foreign Powers, we
would not be wise to neglect the defences of our country, and
render it secure againstany possible contingency. I say, then,
that the proposed increase in the estimate may be entirely jus-
tified on purely defensive grounds, and that her Majesty’s
Government have felt it their duty to propose an increase of
the estimates for our naval, military, and ordnance establish-
ments, without reference to the dispute with the United States,
FROM CHINA,
The following is a synopsis of the latest intelli-
gence from China,as given in the N. Y. Courier;
The Chinese Emperor has determined to mitigate the sen-
tences of the criminals throughout the empire. Persons sen-
tenced to capital punishment are reprieved fora space of time,
to enable them, if possible, to adduce new proofs of their in-
nocence. It is stated that in consequence of the filthy, close,
unveritilated character of the Chinese prisons, fully one-tenth of
all persons consigned to them die within their walls.
The China Mail says that a young man of loose habits at
Hong Kong, residing with his mother, who was greatly afflict-
»d with rheumatism, neglected to take proper care of her. She
reproached him with his neglect, and, becoming infuriated, he
rushed upon and strangled her. For this horrible crime he
has been sentenced to He cut into ten thousand pieces in the
open market place. The sentence had been confirmed, by the
Emperor.
It is said that tranquillity has been fully restored in the dis-
trict of Haeyeo, where resistance to the Government had be-
come quite common. Keying was sent thither to restore or-
der ; and under his direction the mandarins apprehended above
two hundred malcontents and robbers, all of whom were exe-
cuted.
From the Hong Kong papers we learn that the British au-
thorities have taken the initial steps towards the retention of
Chusan—the object at which they have constantly aimed,
since -finding out that the impression which prevailed when
the treaty was concluded that this island was unhealthy, was
unfounded. From notices we have made at different times, it
will be remembered that the Quarterly Reviews, and other
papers in England, suggest that an excuse for disregarding the
treaty stipulations on this subject may be found in alleged mo-
lestations of British merchants by the Chinese at some of the
ports. The Mail contains a correspondence between the Gov-
ernor and the Chinese authorities concerning “the insults and
indignities to which British residents continue to be exposed
from the people of Foochow in direct violation of the stipula-
tion of the supplementary treaty.” The Mail urges that Chu-
san was retained by the British not more as a ple-dge for the
altars, and carry on very improper worship, have recently
been discovered within his jurisdiction. They call themselves
the Blue Lily Sect, hold frequent meetings, use spells and in-
cantations, and are rank heretics. In their meeting-house the
soldiers found a wooden and an iron sword, with sundry books
and essays on their religion. As it i3 a heinous offence to
dissent from general received opinions and tenets, the Gov-
ernor has put them all into prison, to be dealt with according
to the law.
THE AMERICAN MINISTER AT PARIS.
Legation of the United States,
Pahis, January 4, 1846.
Sir : I have the honor to call the attention of your Excel-
ency to the following paragraph from the London Times^ of
Ihe 1st instant:
“ Mr. Calhoun and Mr. King stated in their official cor-
respondence, with an assurance that has never been equalled,
that they received from the King of the French a pledge that
France would offer no opposition to the work they had
in hand. That statement was utterly false; for, although
France, like England, did not conceive that her interest in the
province or State of Texas was sufficiently strong to justify a
declaration of war against the aggressor, she did protest, as
energetically as England, against the violation of those princi-
ples which are the basis and the safeguard of international re-
lations.”
Upon the decency of such language, so applied, or of the
taste which tolerates it, it is not my purpose to animadvert.
This is not the first time that the veracity of my despatches,
and of those of the late distinguished Secretary of State of the
United States, has been assailed in the same quarter in terms
of gross outrage. I would continue to treat such calumnies
with the contempt they deserve, did they not receive some
sanction from their republication in the J>umal dss Debats,
of this morning, a paper which, if not official, is, from its charac-
ter and relations, stamped with a certain degree of authority.
The respect which I owe to myself, and, still more, that which
is due to my Government, will not justify me in permitting
such charges, thus persisted in, and thus reproduced, to pass
any longer uncontradicted. The courtesies of private rife, not
to speak of those due to public station, must nofo? violated
with continued impunity.
Your Excellency will perceive that Mr. Calhoun s publish-
ed despatch of the 12th of August, 1844, which is obviously
referred to in the paragraph copied by the Journal des
Debats, is egregiously perverted ; so that the charge of auda-
cious falsehood with which that eminent statesman and myself
are so coarsely stigmatized, rests, to say the least, upon a rash
misstatement.
Noticing, in a summary way, the information of my having
received satisfactory assurances that, though preferring the in-
dependence of Texas, in no event would the French Govern-
ment take steps in the slightest degree hostile, or which would
give to the United States just cause of complaint, the despatch
referred to contains the following language :
“ J have laid your despatch No. 1 before the President,
who instructs me to make known to you that he has read it
with much pleasure, especially the portion which relates to
’• ■ lr:— and his assurance of
this part of the speech, and he was sure there was a disposi-
tion on the part of the House to place at her Majesty’s com-
mand those means which would maintain the honor of the
eountry. [Cheers.]
Sir ROBERT PEEL. I never entertained the slightest
apprehension that any contrast hetween the language employ-
ed in her Majesty’s speech in reference to those unfortunate
disputes that still prevail between this country and America,
and that which has been used by the Chief Magistrate of the
United States, would have been made in this House. I never
thought that that could have been mistaken or misrepresented.
We have no hesitation in announcing our sincere desire, for
ihe interest of this country, for the interests of the United
States, and for the interests of the civilized world, in contin-
uing to strain every effort which is consistent with national
honor for the purpose of amicably terminating those disputes.
[Hear.] I never had any apprehension that our intentions or
our language would be misrepresented ; and the speech which
the honorable gentleman, (Mr. Hume,) the uniform and con-
sistent. advocate for the strictest economy, has just made, con-
firms me that my anticipations will not be disappointed.
[Cheers.] And if any proposal which her Majesty’s Govern-
ment may feel it to be their duty to make for the maintenance
of essential rights, or of the national honor, shall be responded
to and supported by this House, then let me not be mistaken.
I think it would be the greatest misfortune if a contest about
the Oregon between two such Powers as England and the
United States could not, by the exercise of moderation and
good sense, be brought to a perfectly honorable and satisfac-
tory conclusion. [Cheers.]
On the following day the same subject was again
introduced by—
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who said he was not about to al-
lude to those subjects which had been before the House last
night, but there were two questions in that part of the speech
from the throne which related to our foreign relations, which
he wished for some explanation upon. First, with regard to
the Oregon question. He entirely participated in the feelings
of the right hon. gentleman, both that peace with the United
useful, and proper powers of the Government, not to approve of payment of the ransom money than for the fulfilment of the
other articles of the treaty. An extract from the treaty is pub-
lished, in which it it is declared that the island is to be held
“until the money payments and the arrangements for open-
ing the ports to British merchants be completed.” The Mail
then insists that these arrangements for opening]the ports can-
not be completed until the safety and peace of British residents
in these ports be secured. And that paper then gives the fol-
lowing conclusive reason for retaining the island :
“Though, strange enough, thewords[relatingto the safety
of British residents] are omitted in the supplementary treaty,
it will be a fatal mistake if thisjcircumstance induce our Gov-
ernment a few months hence to evacuate Chusan, upon the
simple payment of the balance of the pecuniary claim, with-
out providing for what is far more important than a few hun-
dred thousand dollars. Once give up the island, and some-
thing more emphatic than written remonstrance will be requi-
site to “ complete the arrangements ” of the treaty as regards
the position and comfort of foreign residents at the northern
ports.”
The Mail then insists upon the policy of sending a British
force to the China seas, in order to enforce its views of the
obligatory character of the treaty with China.
At the literary examinations held at the imperial palace,
among the candidates for honors were three who were over
09, and pine over .80 years of age. On account of their great
age and enthusiasm in the cause of others, the degrees were
awarded without the tedium of a new examination.
By an imperial decree the arbitrary law of confining the
sons and grandsons of public treasury defaulters, has been in
some measure mitigated. The time for payment of arrears
has been extended.
The China Mail says that some Mancboo soldiers have of
late frequently engaged in prayer to Budha,'burnt incense,
beat the gong, presented consecrated wafers in the temples,
read masses, &c. ; and, moreover, studied very diligently a
work on repentance. All this being regarded as rank heresy,
and meetings of this description illegal, these soldiers have
been handed over to a court martial.
Dissent from the established religion seems not to he regard-
ed with favor in the empire. The Governor of Sze-Chuen, in
your cordial reception by the King,
friendly feelings towards the United States. ^ The President,
in particular, highly appreciates the declaration of the King,
that in no event any steps would be taken by his Government
in the slightest degree hostile, or which would give to the
United States just cause of complaint. It was the more gra-
tifying from the fact that Our previous information was calcu-
lated to make the impression that the Government of France
was prepared to unite with Great Britain in a joint protest
against the annexation of Texas, and a joint effort to induce
our Government to withdraw the proposition to annex, on
condition that Mexico should be made to acknowledge her in-
dependence. He is happy to infer from your despatch that
the information, as far as it relates to France, is, m all proba-
bility, without foundation.”
To the joint effort to induce Texas to withdraw her propo-
sition to annex, my despatch had not alluded, and I am not
aware that any protest, joint or single* against the annexa-
tion of Texas, has ever been presented to the American Go-
vernment.
A little further on the preference entertained by the French
Government for the continued independence of Texas is al-
luded to in these terms :
“You are right in making the distinction between the in
terest of France and England in reference to Texas, or rather,
I would say, the apparent interests of the two countries.
France cannot possibly have any other than commercial inte-
This despatch has now been before the public for more than
a year, and, although the subject of it has been referred to in
conversations with your Excellency, and has been discussed in
the Chambers, when, if my memory serves me well, both the
concerted action and the conjectured protest were disclaimed,
I have never received the slightest intimation from the French
Government that its statements were questioned. The positive
allegations of the paragraph I have quoted, conveyed in lan-
guage of characteristic coarseness, which should not lightly be
applied to men who have in eminent and responsible stations
long possessed the confidence of their Government and coun-
try, having been conspicuously reproduced in a leading Min
isterial paper, under the eye of the French Government, to re-
main silent any longer were to manifest an unworthy indiffer-
ence to private reputation as well as public consideration. Ihe
former has never before been assailed : when the latter can be
with impunity, I can no longer serve my country with honor
and advantage.
I feel it my duty, then, before giving a public contradiction
to these charges, at once to request your Excellency to enable
me to state that they have not, in the slightest degree, the
authority or sanction of the French Government. Whatever
feeling may have been excited by recent political transactions,
I cannot but persuade myself that it will give your Excellency
great pleasure promptly to exonerate from such unworthy ac-
cusations a distinguished citizen who has occupied the most
eminent stations, including that of Vice President of the Uni-
ted States, as well as him who has the honor to be their repre-
sentative near his Majesty the King of the French.
I avail myself of this occasion to renew to your excellency
the assurance of my high consideration.
WM. R. KING.
His excellency M. Guizot,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
[Translation.]
Department of Foreign Affairs’ Cabinet.
[Private.] Paris, Januaky 9.
Sir : I have received the letter which you did me the honor
to write to me on the 4th of this month, and I hasten to reply
to it. The Journal des Debats is not in any manner the or-
gan of the Government of the King, which cannot, and should
not, be considered responsible for what is published therein,
whether for articles emanating from that your r ? thdse
borrowed from foreign journals. I add, that, in regard to the
question of Texas, at the same time that the Government of
the King has pursued the course which seemed to it in con-
formity with the views of a wise policy and the interests of
France, it has never had, as you have already received the
assurance, the intention to do any thing hostile to the United
States, or which might give to them a just subject of com-
plaint. I take pleasure in repeating it to you.
Receive, I pray you, sir, the renewed assurances of my high
consideration. GUIZOT.
Legation of the United States,
Paris, January 9, 1846.
Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge your Excellency’s
note of this morning. My letter was not written upon the as-
sumption that the Journal des Debats “ was the organ of the
Government of his Majesty,” although, in the very article co-
pied, that journal is qualified as the “principal organ of the
French Government,” Its object, as stated, was to vindicate
my reputation, public and private, as grossly assailed under
the very eye of the French Government, in a place and form
which gaye to the calumny a certain degree of authority before
the world. I presume, therefore, that in marking your note
“private,” (particulier,) it is not intended by your excellency
that it is not to be used by me in any manner which I might
think proper to attain that end.
I avail myself of this occasion to renew to your excellency-
the assurance of my high consideration.
WM. R. KING.
His excellency M. Guizot,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
TWEN TY-NINTH CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
Saturday, February 21, 1846.
The Senate did not sit to-day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. ASHMIJN gave notice of a motion for leave to intro-
duce a bill for the relief of the Old Fourth Regiment of In-
fantry.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr. GORDON, from the Committee of Claims, made an
adverse report on the case of Zachariah Lawrence. Laid on
the table.
Mr. HOGE, from the Committee of Claims, made adverse
reports on the cases of Conrad House and D. & J. Wilkinson ;
which were laid on the table.
Mr. ROCKWELL, of Connecticut, from the Committee
of Claims, to which was recommitted the bill for the relief of
Jacob L. Vance, reported the same back with amendments.
The bill was then committed.
Mr. MORRIS, from the Committee on the Public Lands,
reported a bill for the relief of the heirs of John Whitsett;
which was read and committed.
Mr. A. D. SIMS, from the Committee on the District of
Columbia, reported a bill to incorporate the Orphan Asylum
and Female Free School of Alexandria; which was read and
committed.
Mr. RATHBUN, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
to which was referred the bill from the Senate to authorize the
Secretary of " the Treasury to make an arrangement or com-
promise with Mangle M. Quackenboss and his co-obligors, or
any of them, for claims on bonds given by them as sureties of
Samuel Swartwout, late Collector of New York, reported
that the same ought not to pass. The bill was then laid on
the table.
Mr. RATHBUN also made an adverse (verbal) report on
the case of Mason Yannoy, William Harris, and William H.
Moore. The petition was laid on the table.
Mr. THURMAN, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
made an adverse report on the case of Jacob Thody. Laid
on the table.
On motion of Mr. THURMAN, it was
Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post
Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of estab-
lishing a post route from Locust Grove, in Adams county,
Ohio, by Marble Furnace, Tranquillity, Youngville, to Eck-
mansville, in said county of Adams.
Mr. EWING, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on
Revolutionary Claims, reported a bill for the relief of the
legal representatives of Colonel Francis Vigo, deceased ;
which was read and committed.
LIGHTHOUSE—BODDY ISLAND.
Mr. CLARKE, on leave, moved the following :
Whereas by a law of Congress, approved July 7, 1838, the
sum of five thousand dollars was appropriated “ for the pur-
pose of building a lighthouse either on Pea Island or Boddy’s
Island, North Carolina, as the Secretary of the Treasury shall
deem to be most for the public interest :”
Be it resolved. That the Secretary of the Treasury be re-
quested to furnish this House with information of what has
been done under said law, and also to lay before it copies of
any correspondence which may have passed between his Depart-
ment and the former and present Collectors of Washington
and Ocracoek, North Carolina.
The above was read and agreed to.
MAILS—FLORIDA AND TO CUBA.
On motion of Mr. BROCKENBROUGH,
Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post
Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of estab-
lishing a tri-monthly mail route from Jacksonville, Florida,
via St. Augustine, New Smyrna, Indian River, Miami, and
Key West, to Havana 5 and a similar mail route on the
west side of the peninsula, from Key West, via Charlotte’s
Harbor, Tampa Bay, Cedar Keys, the St. Mark’s river, and
Apalachicola, to Pensacola ; and whether it would be most
expedient to carry such mails in public war steamers or in
vessels ot private contractors, susceptible of being converted
into war steamers when required.
Mr. DOBBIN moved the following as an amendment to
the resolution of Mr. Brockenbrough :
Resolved, also, That the Committee on the Post Office and
Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of es-
tablishing a post route between Fayetteville, in Cumberland
county, and Smithfield, in Johnston county, in the State of
North Carolina.
Mr. BROCKENBROUGH accepted the resolution of Mr.
Dobbin as a modification of his own. And, as thus modi-
fied, the resolutions were agreed to.
Mr. PRICE, on notice heretofore given, asked.and obtained
leave to introduce a bill for the relief of George Jackson and
others. Read and referred to the Committee on Indian
Affairs.
Mr. HERRICK, from the Committee on Revolutionary
Claims, reported a bill for the relief of the legal representa-
tives of Tariton Woodson, deceased; which was read and
committed.
Mr. HOPKINS, from the Committee on the Post Office
and Post Roads, to which was referred the biM from the Senate
to provide for temporary mail service in Texas, reported the
same without, amendment. The bill was then committed.
Mr. HILLIARD, from the Committee on the Post Office
and Post Roads, reported a joint resolution for the relief of
William B. Stokes, surviving partner of John C. Stockton
& Co. ; which was read and committed.
Mr. LEAKE, from the Committee of Claims, made an
adverse report on the case of James K. Blount. Laid on
table.
Mr. STEPHEN ADAMS, from the Committee on Private
Land Claims, reported a bill for the relief of Solomon Rus-
sell. Read and committed.
Mr. BENTON, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
reported a biil for the relief William J. Price. Read and
committed.
Mr. CATHCART, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
to which was referred a memorial of the Legislature of Iowa
for the removal of Winnebago Indians, made an adverse re-
port ; which was laid on the table.
Mr. CATHCART, from the same committee, reported a
bill for the relief of J. & L. Ward of Wisconsin. Read and
committed.
REMOVAL OF MIAMI INDIANS.
Mr. JACOB THOMPSON moved the following resolu-
tion ; which was read and agreed to, viz.
Resolved, That the Secretary of War be instructed to re-
port to this House a copy of any contract in his Department
with any person or persons for the removal of the Miami In-
dians in Indiana; and also to report if any money lias been
paid upon such contract, and, if so, how much, and to whom
paid ; and also to report if said Indians have been removed,
and, if not, the cause why said removal has been delayed ; and
if any change or transfer of said contract has been made, to
report the same without delay.
Mr. FARAN gave notice of a motion for leave to intro-
duce a bill to reorganize the District and Circuit Courts of the
United States in the State of Ohio.
Mr. COCKE asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill
for the relief of Israel McBee, of Tennessee ; which was
read and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.
Mr. COCKE also obtained leave to introduce a bill for the
Smith, St. John, Stfohfo, Strong, Jacob Thompson, Thurman,
l Toombs, Trumbo, Vinton, Wheaton, Wick, Williams, Wil-
QCHOOL.BOOKS —FRANCK TAYLOR, Bookseller,
^ few doors east of C-oleman’s Hotel, has constantly on
hand at Northern prices a full assortment of the School-book3
used in the District, aug 26
relief of James Green ; which was read and referred to the
Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.
BRIDGE OYER THE OHIO.
Mr. McHENRY presented resolutions of the Legislature
of Kentucky, asking Congress to make provision for the erec-
tion of a permanent bridge across the Ohio river, at Wheeling.
Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.
THE PATENT LAWS.
Mr. HENLEY, from the Committee on Patents, to which
was referred the bill from the Senate for the relief of Charles
G. Page, reported the same without amendment, and asked
that the bill be put on its passage.
Mr. Page is an examiner in the Patent Office. The second,
seventh, and fifteenth sections of the act of 4tli July, 1836,
to promote the progress of the useful arts, and to repeal all
other acts made for that purpose, prohbits the granting of
patents to any person appointed or employed in the Patent
Office. The bill suspends these sections so far as to enable
Mr. Page to take out a patent for his inventions and improve-
ments in the application of electricity and magnetism.
Mr. HOPKINS moved that the hill be committed.
Mr. HENLEY explained the principles of the bill and the
necessity of immediate action.
Mr. HOPKINS said he understood the bill very well; and
then went on to give reasons, at some length, why it ought
not to pass.
Mr. HENLEY answered the objections of Mr. Hopkins,
and said that, as the avowed object of committing the bill was
to defeat it, it was as well to meet the question at once as at
any time hereafter. He was for letting the fate of the bill be
determined on the vote on the motion to commit.
The bill was further advocated by Mr. D. P. KING, and
opposed by Messrs. THURMAN and GROVER.
Mr. GROVER moved that the bill be laid on the table, and
asked the yeas and nays on the question. They were ordered,
and being taken, resulted as follows :
YEAS—-Messrs. John Q. Adams, Stephen Adams, Atkin-
son, Bayly, Bedinger, Bell, Benton, Bowlin, Boyd, Brinker-
hoff, Buffington, Burt, Cathcart, Augustus A. Chapman,
Chase, Clarke, Cocke, Collamer, Collin, Constable,Cranston,
Crozier, Cullom, Cummins, Cunningham, Daniel, Darragh,
G. Davis, De Mott, Dillingham, Dixon, Dobbin, Douglass,
Dunlap, Erdman, Faran, Ficklin, Garvin, Gentry, Giddings,
Giles, Goodyear, Gordon, Graham, Grover, Hamlin, Haral-
son, Harmonson, Hoge, Elias B. Holmes, Hopkins, Hough,
Geo. S. Houston, Edm. W. Hubard, Hungerford, James B.
Hunt, Hunter, James H. Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, George W. Jones, Seaborn Jones, Andrew Kenne-
dy, Preston King, Lawrence, Leake, Leib, La Sere, Long,
Lumpkin, McClean, McClernand, McDowell, McGaughey,
McKay, John P. Martin, Barclay Martin, Morris, Morse,
Moulton, Niven, Norris, Owen, Perrill, Price, Rathbun,
Reid, Ritter, Roberts, Russell, Sawtelle, Sawyer, Scammon,
Seddon, Alex, D, Sims, L, H, Sims, Thomas Smith, Robert
mot, Woodward, Yancey, Young—113.
NAYS—Messrs. Abbott, Arnold, Ashmun, Barringer, Jas.
A. Black, Blanchard, Brockenbrough, Brocmead, Milton
Brown, William G. Brown, William W. Campbell, Carroll,
J. G. Chapman, Reuben Chapman, Grinnell, Hampton, Hen-
ley, Herrick, Hilliard, John W. Houston, Washington Hunt,
Joseph R. Ingersoll, Daniel P. King, Lewis, Levin, McCrate,
McHenry, Mcllvaine, Marsh, Moseley, Phelps, Ramsey,
Relfe, Rhett, Julius Rockwell, John A. Rockwell, Runk,
Seaman, Severance, Simpson, Albert Smith, Stephens, Sykes,
Thomasson, Benjamin Thompson, Tibbatts, Towns, Went-
worth, Winthrop, Woodruff, Wright, Yell—54.
In the debate which took place on this bill, the merits and
integrity of Doctor Page were admitted, as was also the value
of his invention : the only ques ion was, whether, under any
circumstances, an officer of the Patent Office, of any rank,
should be allowed to take out a patent. The laying the bill
on the table was equivalent to a decision not only against the
particular case of Doctor Page, but of any relaxation of the
prohibitions of the law of 1836.
The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the
Secretary of War, transmitting an answer to the call of the
House of the 16th of January as to the comparative advan-
tages and disadvantages of the several points on Lake Erie
suitable for a naval depot. Read and referred to the Commit-*
tee on Naval Affairs.
MEMORY OF WASHINGTON.
Mr. YANCEY asked leave to submit the following re-
solution :
Resolved, That, in accordance with the usual practice of this
House, in testimony of its respect for the memory of the Im-
mortal Father of his Country, it do celebrate the birthday of
Washington, on Monday next, with due honors and solemnity,
and stand adjourned for that purpose on that day.
Several members objected to granting leave to introduce the
resolution.
Mr. YANCEY said he had not heard distinctly an objec-
tion he hoped there was none ; if there was, he should like
to see the member rise in his place and make his objection
openly.
Mr. HUNGERFORD rose and said, I object.
Mr. SAWYER did the same.
And as, in the order of business, according to the rules, the
resolution could not be received except by unanimous consent,-
it was not received, and fell.
PRIVATE BILLS.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of private
bills and private business on the Speaker’s table.
CHARLES M. GIBSON.
The bill to pay Charles M. Gibson for a wagon and horse-
lost in the public service in the late Indian war in Florida, re-
ported from the Committee of the Whole House last Satur.
day, with a recommendation that ifdo pags, was first in order;
The hill was ordered to be engrossed and read the third time,
and, being engrossed, was forthwith read the third time; and
The SPEAKER put the question, Shall it pass ? and the
affirmative and negative having answered, he decided from the
sound that the yeas had it, and that the bill had passed.
Mr. HUNGERFORD called for a count.
And, those for and against the passage having been counted,
a quorum did not vote.
Mr. MILTON BROWN moved to lay it on the table.
Carried : 75 to 42.
And so the bill was laid on the table.
Subsequently a motion was made by Mr. CLARKE that
the House do reconsider the vote laying this bill on the table ;
which motion is still pending.
MEMORY OF WASHINGTON, AGAIN.
Mr. YANCEY moved that the rules prescribing the order
of business be suspended for the purpose of enabling him to
move the following resolution
Resolved, That when this House adjourn, it stand adjourned
until Tuesday next, in honor of the memory and in respect to
the anniversary of the birthday of Gf.orgf, Washington, the
Father of his Country.
The motion to suspend the rules was carried, more than
two-thirds of the House voting therefor.
Mr. YANCEY then moved his resolution, and it was adopt-
ed without a division, although voices were heard in the ne-
gative.
LYON & HOWARD.
Private bills were then resumed.
And the hill for the relief of Lyon & Howard came up
This bill was reported from the Committee of. the Whole on
Saturday last, with a recommendation that it be rejected.
The SPEAKER put the question on the recommendation
of the Committee of the Whole that the bill be rejected.
And it passed in the affirmative.
Mr. PRESTON KING subsequently moved that the vote
to reject this bill be reconsidered. If the motion prevailed, he
would follow it up with a motion to recommit the bill to the
Committee of the Whole.
The motion to reconsider prevailed ; and the bill was then
recommitted, and placed at the foot of the calendar.
WILLIAM McCAULEY.
Tho bill for granting a pension to William McCauley,
reported from the Committee of the Whole last Saturday,
came up in order, and was ouiered io be engrossed and read
the third time.
And, being engrossed, was read the third time, passed, and
sent to the Senate for concurrence.
JOHN FICKLIN.
The bill granting a pension to John Ficklin, reported from
the Committee of the Whole last Saturday, next came up,
and was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time
And, being engrossed, was read the third time, passed, and
sent to the Senate for concurrence.
All the bills heretofore reported from the Committee of the
Whole, and remaining on the Speaker’s table, having been
disposed of—
The House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole,
(Mr. Yinton in the chair,) and proceeded with the calendar
of private business.
The bill for the relief of Charles Benns was called ; and, the
member by whom it was reported (Mi. Pollock) being ab-
sent, it was passed over informally.
HEIRS OF COL. WM. GRAYSON.
The bill granting commutation of half-pay to the heirs of
Col. William Grayson, deceased, came up,
Mr. JOHNSON, of Virginia, chairman of the Committee
on Revolutionary Claims, by whom the bill was reported, call-
ed for the reading of the report of the committee.
It was read throughout, although it was very long.
Mr. CLARKE opposed the claim at length, and read and
sent to the Clerk to be read, several reports and papers going
to show that the claim was not well founded.
Mr. JOHNSON stated the case in a clear and perspicuous
manner, and urged the claim with zeal and ability.
Mr. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS stated that, when very
young, he returned from France to the United States, and
brought letters of introduction from Mr. Jefferson, the then
Minister of the United States in France, to Richard Henry
Lee, President of the Congress under the Confederation, and
to Col. William Grayson, the ancestor of the claimants, then
a member of Congress, as distinguished for his private virtues,
his high and honorable character, and his public services as
any member of that body ; that he (Mr. Adams) became do-
mesticated for a few weeks in the family of Mr. Lee, and be-
came intimate with Col. Grayson, and he bore ample testi-
mony to the high and honorable character of that distinguish-
ed man ; that he (Col. Grayson) and the same Richard Henry
Lee were the two first Senators of Virginia under the present
form of Government, and were very distinguished members of
that most distinguished body. Mr. A. spoke in the highest terms
of the talents, the integrity, the honor, and the public services
of Col. Grayson. He had no particular knowledge of the merits
of the present claim of his heirs ; but he had taken occasion
a few days ago to express his opinions, generally, upon the
subject of the claims of Revolutionary officers and soldiers, or
their heirs or descendants ; it was that, if any doubt existed
as to whether a claim was well-founded or not, the benefit of
that doubt should enure to the claimant. He hoped that course
would be followed with respect to the claim of the heirs of
Col. Grayson,
The bill was further supported by Messrs. BAYLY, HU-
BARD, of Virginia, EWING, of Pennsylvania, and SED-
DON ; and was opposed by Messrs. BRINKERHOFF and
COLLAMER.
The committee rose without coming to any decision.
And the House adjourned until Tuesday, at 12 o’clock.
PETITIONS.
Petitions, memorials, &c. were presented and referred under
the rule as follows :
By Mr. DUNLAP : The petition of Samuel T. Winlow,
praving for a pension.
B'y Mr. ABBOTT : The petition of Elisha Huntington and
226 others, of Sarah G. Bagley and 60 other ladies, citizens of
Lowell, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that a Congress
of Nations may be instituted and assembled to form a code of
international laws by which their varying interests may be
determined.
By Mr. W. HUNT : The petition of 55 citizens of Niagara
county, New York, praying that the public domain be made
free, and given in convenient lots to such actual settlers as are
destitute of farms.
By Mr. SEAMAN : The petition of inhabitants of the city
of Brooklyn, New York, to abolish capital punishment in the
United States courts, and to repeal all laws inflicting the penalty
of death.
By Mr. J. G. CHAPMAN, of Maryland : The memorial of
Nicholas Murray and others, heirs of James Murray, asking
to be paid arrears due to James Murray for Revolutionary
services.
Also, the memorial of the members of the Farmers’ Club, of
Sandy Spring, Montgomery county, Maryland, asking for a
repeal of the duty on guano.
By Mr. PERRILL: The papers of James Coe, in relation to
an invalid pension.
115 others, of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, that encouragement
may be extended to the mackerel fishery.
Also, the petition of William L. Young and others, of Glou-
cester, for assistance in completing the improvements in the
harbor at Lane’s Cove.
By Mr. SYKES : The petition of Grace Hudnut, of Prince-
ton, New Jersey, for a pension.
By Mr. VANCE : The petition and papers of Stephen Johns-
ton, of Miami county, Ohio, asking that a certificate therein
named may be taken in payment for certain lands agreeably to
the decision of Mr. Whitcomb, late Commissioner ol the Gene-
ral Land Office.
By Mr. HOGE : The petition of 233 citizens of the State of
Illinois, asking Congress to establish a mail route from Rock
Island, in the county of Rock Island, to Millersburg, in the
county of Mercer, in said State of Illinois.
Also, the petition of 31 citizens of the State of Illinois, ask-
ing Congress to establish a tri-weekly mail route from Rock
Island, in the eounty of Rock Island, to Dixon, in the county
of Lee, in said State of Illinois.
Also, the petition ot 33 citizens of the State of Illinois, asking
Congress to establish a tri-weekly mail route from Rock Island,
in the county of Rock Island, to Knoxville, in the county of
Knox, in said State of Illinois.
By Mr. DARRAGH: The memorial of Catharine Henrietta
F. Johnson, widow of Capt. Hezekiah Johnson, late of the U.
S. army, setling forth the long and arduous services of her late
husband, which resulted in his premature death; and asking
for a pension as the widow of said Capt. Hezekiah Johnson.
By Mr. ROOT : The petition of citizens of Vermilion, in
the State of Ohio, for the improvement of the harbor at that
place.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF FOREIGN NEWS.
Mr. McLane, the American Minister at the Court of St.
James, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen on the
29th ultimo, at Argyle House. The conference lasted nearly
two hours.
The Cotton Mabket.—In the Liverpool cotton market
for the week ending January 16th,.the sales were 36,600
bales, at an advance of *. For the week ending the 23d
prices were barely supported, and the sales were 37,520 bales.
For the week ending the 30th, the sales were 30,000 bales,
at a reduction of j-, which leaves the market very much in
the same condition as at our last accounts, and up to Februa-
ry 30th 19,000 bales were sold at better prices.
The army and navy are both to be materially increased ;
the former, it is said, by the addition of two companies to
each infantry regiment, and of two troops to each cavalry re-
giment, making in all an increase of 14,000 men.
The aggregate amount of subscriptions to the quarter of a
million league fund, so far as they have been communicated
to the offices in Manchester, already exceed the sum of
£160,000. This extraordinary subscription has been raised
in about five weeks.
Italy.—Dates from Milan to the 23d of January have been
received. A treaty of commerce is about to be entered into
between the Papal States and Russia. The basis of an ar-
rangement hetween the Pope and the Czar is pretty nearly
agreed upon. The effect of it will be that there will be no
more persecution of the Catholics in Russia, that a Popish am-
bassador will be maintained at the Russian Court, and that
several concessions will be made by the Russian Government
to the Catholics. In Naples and elsewhere railways are in
progress, but the Pope will not hear of them in his States.
He thinks them an invention of the devil.
It appears from a published list of the railway plans depo-
sited at the private bill office and House of Lords, up to the
31st December, that not fewer than 549 of the lines provi-
sionally registered have been abandoned by their projectors.
The Irish Board of education are about to build twenty-
two model schools for training teachers in the several counties
of Ireland. .
The use of diseased potatoes in Ireland by the destitute
poor is becoming, as was expected, a frightful source of fever
and disease. A fearful increase in the number of fever pa-
tients has taken place in the hospital of Fermoy.
The tide of emigration continues to flow toward Algeria.
Upwards of 10,000 colonists have been embarked at Toulon
for Algeria within the last three months. A considerable
number have come from Spain, the Balearic Isles, and Malta.
Dreadful Shipwrecks.—The.recent accounts bring tid-
ings of dreadful shipwrecks. The Montreal, a trader between
London and Quebec, was lost on the 14th of January near
Cape Chat, and every soul on board perished. The Saxon,
an American packet, bound to London, froiri Boston, is be-
lieved to have foundered on the 17th, on a reef of rocks call-
ed the Ledges, near Red Head. The Laurel, of Quebec,
was lost off the coast of Newfoundland, by coming in con-
tact with a field of ice—happily, the crew were saved. The
ship Cambridge, from Liverpool, took off the crew, 32 per-
sons, from the Lord Lyendoch,- in a sinking state. Lloyd’s
koofoa record the lose of the city of Shirass, in the Mindora
Sea, with 40 persons drowned ; the wreck of the East India-
man, and other calamities.
1 DVBRTISEMENT—Sale of Papermill, Laud,
Negroes, &c. 011 the 13th of April next.—'Under a
deed of trust to me, executed by David Clewell, of Stokes coun-
ty, for certain purposes therein mentioned, I shall, on the 13th
day of April next, being Monday, expose to public sale on the
premises near Salem, 239 acres of land, more or less, in three
adjoining tracts, lying in the county of Stokes, on both sides of
Peter’s creek, (a branch of Middlefork of Muddy creek,) run-
ning with the creek more than a mile, and including the paper-
mill, pond, houses, and outhouses, buildings, and improvements
of every description thereunto belonging. Likewise, the ma-
chinery and apparatus of every description to the mill belong-
ing, for the purpose of making and finishing paper. The ma-
chinery is of the new kind, including a calender and trimming
machine. Likewise,a stock of rags from 10,000 to I5,000pounds.
Also, three negro men, all more or less acquainted with making
paper. Also, a lot of timber for repairs, and an old engine not
in use.
On the creek below the mill there is another seat which might
be turned to account.
The property is considered worthy the attention of enterpri-
sing men.
Conditions will be made known on the day of sale.
F. C. MEINUNG, Trustee.
Salem, (N. C.) February 2, 1846. _fob 7—4tcp
SPLENDID LOTTERIES.
J. G, Gregory & Co., Managers.
$30,000.
75 prizes of $1,000.
ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY, Class 10.
To be drawn in Alexandria, D.C., on Saturday, March 7,1846.
CAPITALS.
1 prize of........$2,420
75 do .........1,000
84 do ...........500
&c. &c. 8cc.
1 prize of.......; .$30,000
1 do ..........10,000
1 do ...t.......4,000
1 do ____.......3,000
Tickets, $10 ; Halves, $5 ; Quarters, $2 50.
Certificate of a package of 25 whole tickets $130
Do do 25 half do 65
Do do 25 quarter do 32 50
$50,000.
THE SPLENDID
ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY, Class A.
To be drawn in Alexandria, D.C., on Saturday, Mar. 14,1846.
15 drawn numbers out of 78.
mammoth scheme.
1 prize of........$50,000
1 do....________20,000
1 do .. ........10,000
1 do...........5,000
1 do........ .4,277
&c. &c
Tickets $15—Halves $7 50—Qrs. $3 75—Eighths $1
Certificate of a package ot 26 whole tickets, $170
2 prizes of.. .. .$3,000
50 do......,.1,000
50 do..........500
50 do..........400
100 do..........250
&c.
87*.
Do
Do
Do
do
do
do
26 half do
26 quarter do
26 eighth do
85
42 50
21 25
$60,000 !
In 6 prizes of $10,000 each.
ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY, Class 11.
To be drawn in Alexandria, D.C., on Saturday, March 21,1846,
SPLENDID CAPITALS.
1 prize of.......$10,000
1 do..........10,000
1 do..........10,000
1 do..........10,000
1 do..........10,000
1 do..........'10,000
1 prize of.
1 do...
25 do...
53 do...
200 do...
.$3,500
..2,340
..1,000
....400
....200
&c. &c. &c.
Tickets enly $10—Halves $5—Quarters $2 50.
Certificate of a package of 25 whole tickets, $15°
Do do 25 half do .J*5
Do do 25 quarter do
ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY, Class No. 12.
To be drawn at Alexandria, D.C., on Saturday, Mar. 28,1846.
PRIZES.
1 prize of.
.$25,000
do..........10,000
do...........4,000
do...........3,000
do...........2,200
...2,000
......500
.....400
.....300
&c.
10 prize of..
10 .do ...
10 do ...
10 do ...
Szc.
12 drawn ballots out of 66.
Tickets $10—Halves $5—Quarters $2 50.
Certificate of* a package of 22 'whole tickets^ $110
Do do 22 halt do 55
Do do 22 quarter do 27 50
Orders for tickets and shares and certificates of packages
jn ti,e above splendid lotteries will receive the most prompt
By Mr. McCLERNAND : Several petitions from citizens attention, and an official account of each drawing sent imme-
of Illinois and Indiana, praying the establishment of a post route diately after it is over to all who order from us.
between Evansville and Salem. _ | Address J. G, GREGORY & CO. Managers,
By Mr. IX P. KING ; The petition ofEpes Young, jr- and feb 21—2aw3wdSzcif Washington, D, C,
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