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OlccUg Chronicle & Sentinel. J. W. &W. S. JONES. AUGUSTA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAIICII Z 18l„. Vot , 0 " THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL 1« Fl'ELlSlirn AT Three dollar!. i>cr am*.am Inudranw, At Xo. 20!» Broad street. CHROMULK AND SKNTINKL. ar«r s t a . FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2S. Virginia Legislature—New Jersey. The following resolutions*, which conclude the repoit of the Committee appointed by the House i of Representatives of V a., to whom was referred the resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, speak the language of freemen who duly appre ciate the value of our institutions, and feel justly indignant at the late violent assault which the elective franchise has received by the recent pro ceedings of the House of Representatives, in ex cluding the New Jersey members from their seals. The frequent '.mirages which this branch of the National Legislature have committed upon the laws and constitution, call loudly for redress; and we trust that the day of reckoning is near at hand ; when the people, aroused from the lethar gy which has so long spell-bound them, will assert the dignity of their station, and teach those who are their servants their duties to the couuliy, j its laws and constitution. They have but to will j it, and the work will go bravely on. until the j national councils will be freed from the malign influence of men. who seek no distinction but that of the brawling, vulgar partisan, advocate no cause hut that which promotes the views of their party leaders, and pursue that course which promises a reward for their humiliating degrada tion, even if it sacrifice the best interests of the country ;—and in their places will be found those j who, rbiny above tne paltry considerations which vibrate through the souls of such men, (if indeed they have souls.) will stand forth nobly and fear lessly in defence of the constitution and laws.— This is no chimera. There arc to be found men, rare we confess, in whose bosoms the fires of ’76 stil! burn, who would most nobly sacrifice all personal and parly aggrandizement for the pub lic good. Virginia Legislature. House of Delegates, February 19. j Mr. Southall, from the Select Commute, made ; a report on the New Jersey case, concluding with j the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, That the late acts of a portion of the Representatives from the several States, by which five of the persons who were duly commis sioned under the great seal ot the Stale of New Jersey, as her Representatives in the 26th Con gress of the United States, were prevented from exercising their rights, and discharging their du ties as such Representatives, were a flagrant a buse of power, a palpable violation of the Parlia mentary law established by reason and unvary ing usage, a precedent of most alarming ami dangerous character, and an outrage upon the rights and feelings of the People of New Jer sey. 2. Resolved , That each State of this Confed eracy should make common cause with her sister State of New Jersey—should deem the injury to all—and should use their best efforts to restore the said State to her constitutional position in the Uni« n. 3. Resolved, That each State, as the law now is, has the sole. absolute, and unqualified right to prescribe, the mode and manner of its elections of memliers to the Congress of the United Slates, as well as the form and character of the commis sion or return, which its repective Representatives should bear wiht them to that body. 4. Resolved , That the Governor of this Com monwealth, transmit a copy of the foregoing re port and resolutions to the Senators and Repre sentatives in Congress from this State, with arc quest that the same belaid before the two Houses of Congress—and that he be requested to com municate a like copy to the Executive of cadi Slate in this Union, with a request to submit the same to their respective Legislatures. Mr. Sootha'l moved that the report and resolu tions he laid on the table and printed—which was agreed to. [Mr Chapin in said that he had no objection to printing the report—hut that tlie minority of the committee expected in a few days to make a coun ter-report, wliicn he should also ask to be prin ted.] 31 r. Rives. Toe Richmond Whig of the 24th inst. contains the first part of a long letter from this gentleman, in teply to the letter of a friend, who requested his views on the subject of the pending ♦•lection for President; and what course he thought ought to be pursued by those Conservatives who op pose the leading features of the present Admin istration. As the length of the letter precludes its insertion, we extract the following notice of its contents from the \\ hig; 31 r. Rives.—The Tories, The last Jeffersonian Republican contains a long and splendid letter from Mr. Rives, fully de fining bis position, (of which no man within the twelve month hasenlerfain -d a doubt) and avow ing his un .IteraMe opposition to the re-election of Mr. Van Uuren. Mr. Rives briefly hut trium phantly vindicates himself from the aspersions of the Court adherents, and exhibits in a strong point of view’ the rectitude and patriotism of Ins own course, by a masterly exposition of the bane ful measures and ambitious designs of Mr. Van Burvn. He could not consistently with the Re publican principles winch he has ever cherished, fail to oppose an Administration, which has per severed against the voice of the people, in urging upon the country schemes the most ruinous to the naib/iial prosperity and utterly destructive our Republican institutions. He demonstrates the present Administration to he Federal—ultra Federal in all its leading measures, and on ac count of that and its hypocritical professions, to he wholly unworthy the confidence and support of a free people. He takes a review of the opin ions and nets of Gen. Harrison as shown by the recards of the country, and he pays the old Farmer of North Bend a high tribute of praise, which a grateful country will delight to echo. He runs a parallel between Gen. Harrison and Mr. Van liu ren—contrasts their opinions on many important subjects, and their acts at several critical periods of our history, and awards, as every impartial man must, the crown of merit and the badge of Republicanism to the retired chief and calumnia ted patriot of Ohio. He refutes, by the record, many of the Tory calumnies upon Gen. Harrison, and pronounces in n emphatically, as he is. the •* Republican rami dale .” In reference to the ch irsc of Abolition, he says ; *• Th ; most prominent of these charges, which is still wantonly repeated, iathat Gen. Harrison is un abolitionist. I have recently investigated with care, all the evidences of his principles arid con duct on tbn as well as other important public quasti 'o-*. m i 1 am thoroughly convinced that if there he one man who has entitled himself to the gratitude of the Roulh beyond all others, hy (he noble and disinterested zeal be has at all times manifested, the sacrifices he has freely made, the single-heartedness with which he has exposed 1 himself to persecution and |H>litical proscription j in defence of the Constitutional rights of the South and the peace and safety of their firesides, ; against all interference, whether of fanaticism or f political ambition, that man is Wm. Henry Har rison of Ohio.*’ Spirit ot the Times. The last number of this valuable Chronicle of , Sporting and Agricultural Intelligence, comes to us richly freighted, in addition to its usual quan tity of matter, with two beautiful slcel plate en giavings, portraits of Suauk and HKmmrouD.in excellent preservation. To the admirers, and who ' is not ? of that most noble of all animals, the • hors *, tins enterprise on the part of the Proprie tors. must form an acquisition to his work, as interesting as it is beautiful and valuable. JHcssrs. It hick and Cooper |« The admirer, us we have always been, of au 1 independent. untramelled press, it gives us pleas- 1 < ure to lay before our readers the following article i from the Southern Recorder, on the subject of the ' i vote, these gentlemen gave for Printer to Con- i gress. , Although the article meets our unqualified ap probation, we confess that, we should have been ; more pleased, had it made its appearance at an i ! earlier day. For the delay savours u little of a I wish to consult the popular current, j ‘'To ourselves, and wo believe we say not too \ i much when we add, to the great body of the Slate j Rights party of Georgia, liie vote of Messrs. Cooper and Black, for the Globe, broke upon us like a thunder-clap from ;i cloudless sky. These 1 gentlemen are representatives of the State Rights 1 Parly of Georgia—the contest was between a * piper which had done m ire injury to the Stale ' Rights Party than any other; which had heaped more abuse upon the members of that parlv. than ' ! came from any other source; which had denouii- 1 I ccd Stale Rights principles as treason, and State ‘ j Rights men as traitors; which has warred upon our party in Georgia, aiding our opponents bv every means, even i.i our State elections—and I doing all that the most active and untiring per severance and m dignity could do, to keep in the ( minority, and utterly powedess. the very party , ! whose rep.esentaiivcs these gentlemen are—this 5 was one party, in this contest. The other was 1 the National Intelligencer, which although op- ; 1 posed to us in many things, and our peculiar 1 views of Stale Rights among the rest, vet has al- r ways treated the State Rights party with respect * s and courtesy ; lias never us.ul its influence to aid our political opponents in our State elections; and whose character and standing is infinitely ' above the vulgarity and billingsgate, the favorite c weapons of the other. The one commanding at j,, least the respect of all parties, by its dignified . conduct—the other has ever been the object of I the contempt and scorn of all parties. Between 1 such, we should have supposed there could have ' been but one determination on the part of the c Georgia Delegation—and extreme has been our 1 astonishment that it should have I won other- 1 wise. But there arc yet other, and if any thing. 1 stronger reasons for surprise and mortification on the part of our party, at the vole of a portion of r our delegation for the Globe newspaper, than 2 those to which we have alluded. The Slate s Rights party have been, are now, and will con- f tinue to war with the present Federal Adminis- 1 tration, should il even pretend to a creed thor- ! a oughly republican, even in the Stale Rights view 1 of Republicanism, dc cause they believe the Ail- 1 ministration to be thoroughly corrupt, and be cause it exacts the influence incident to it. to the corruption of die country, and totho destruction ' l \ of the public rnorais and virtue. They believe il } to be as notorious in its system of bribery, for po- 1 liiical po \er, as was the administration of Robert C f Walpole of England. They believe that the * corruption of the Federal Administration must c be overthrown, with its authors, or that our free 1 institutions will remain to us only in name. The Globe is, and has been, the great advo- 1 cate, and we may add, the most potent upholder i of this rotten Administration; the boldest advo- ' cate ofal! its iniquities; the successful champion ' of all its abuses. The Intelligencer has, on the other hand, been fearless and faithful in the ex- ' posure of its iniquities, and in setting ln*fore the ' people the array of its enormities. Surely the Slat?* Rights Party had reason to expect, that in a choice between the friend and the opponent of government corruption, its representatives could have spoken hut one language. No one can wonder that there seems to he hut one feeling of surprise and disapproval, that any of their mem bers should have been found voting for the Globe. On personal grounds there seems to ne as little apology for the course of those who thus voted. Even the friends of the Administration, although they use it for their purposes, unite pretty much in the sen t : men I of Mr. Forsyth , in designating it the “dirty sheet,” and with Mr. f'alh >un, in declaring that “it will never he caught telling the truth, if falsehood will answer the purpose.” The Globe has no claims, political, personal, or any other way, to countenance from the State : Rights Parly, hut every tiling to call forth their 1 strongest con lemnation ; their utter and indig nant repudiation. “Had the members who voted for this most malignant and unprincipled enemy of Slate Rights and Slate Rights men, even thought it im proper to support the Intell.gencer, the party had a right to expect that they would have followed the course of the State Rights Speaker of the House, and others, in voting for White, or some body rise. As il •■*. vve ran only express to those gentlemen the regret and mortification of the greii body of those they represent, and their ut ter disapproval, so far as we can ascertain, of their course in this matter. When Francis P. Blair and his Globe are supported by the State Rights Part) of Georgia, it will be when they have lost all lemeinhraiicc of Ihe insults and the injuries which that man and his paper have heap- , cd on their principles and on themselves.” The following is a copy of the new Treasury : Note Bill ibis day prepared by the Committee of i Ways and Means, and now depending in the | House, Feb. 19 : An additional net on the subject of Treasury A ales. Sec. I. Re It enacted by the Senate and House of Rcpresnfafives of the Halted Stales of An t er ica in Congress assembled. That the regulations ; and provisions contained in the art passed the 12th day of October, in the year 1837. entitled “An art to authorize the issuing id' Treasury notes.” and in the subsequent acts in addition thereto, he, and the same are Ifrehy, renewed and made in full force, excepting the limitations concerning the times within which such notes may he issued and restricting the amount thereof, us hereafter provided. Sec. 2. And be. it farther enacted. That un der the regulations and provisions contained in said act,Treasury notes may be is-med in lieu of olliers hereafter or heretofore redeemed, but not to exceed, in (heamount of notes outstanding at any onetime, the aggregate of $5,U0D.000, and to he reedeemed sooner than one year if the means of the Treasury will permit, by giving notice sixty days of those noteslnch the Department is ready to redeem—no interest to lie allowed thereon after the expiration of said sixty days. rtfce. 3. And he it farther enacted. That this act ch ill continue in force one year, and no lunger The old American Theatre at Lousiville, late ly fitted up us un Arnpitheutre, was burnt down the 18th. Lost $15,000. SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 29. Gen. Harris.ui.- Abolition. Two days since, us an act of justice to the “ he ; ro ol I ippecanoc,” we promised to lay before our i readers, his opinions on the all absorbing and ex ! filing subject ot Abolition. We farther staled i that when the evidence wis submitted, no im partial man would say he was more obnoxious than the sago and patriot Jefferson. By this, however, we designed not to insinuate that Mr. Jefferson, was in the slightest degree attainted by j that reckless spirit of fanaticism. We therefore commence to-day with the proof, and will lake occasion to remark, that Gen. Har. ri on is now an old man, —has been in public life with but little intermission near forty years ; du ring which time, lie has had trequent occasions to express his opinions upon the subject of slavery ; on ail of which he has done so as became an in dependent freeman, as became the son of Virgin ia. Anil on no occasion, has he e»er uttered a sentiment that lias come to our knowledge, which in the slightest degree, can, without great perver sion ot the sense, be tortured into a support of the wild schemes of the Abolitionists. The first evidence which we submit for the consideration of our readers, we copy from the Emancipator, and Rochester Freeman, which pa pers arc organs of the Abolitionists. In which it will oc seen, that they exhibit the recorded opin ions ofGenera'. Harrison as far hack as 1802. ‘•(•tXEiiAL Hanuisov,— Many have supposed that it might be expedient for the Executive t "om millee to interrogate General Harrison, now that be is the recognised candidate for the Presidency, with some prospect of election, to learn his views vv th res icet to the abolition of slavery. But where is the use ? It is true, we rejoice in the rejection of Henry Clay, because he is a slavehol der, and a defender of slavery. Gen. Harrison, we know, is not a slaveholder. Neither is Mr. \an Burnt. But no o-te thinks it necessary to interrogate Mr. Van Buren. Why I Because I his principles are known to he in favor of the as cendancy of Ihe Slave Power. But are those of Gen. Harrison any less so ? He is the man of his paity, and that party have shown the abso luteness of their subserviency by nominating a slaveholder, a peculiarly bigoted devotee of sla%«- ry, on the same ticket with General Hatrisnn, and now by electing a nullifying slaveholder, from slavebreeding Virginia, for Speaker. But we submit, further, that Gen. Harrison's principles are already well known by his deeds,of which we find the following summary in the Ro chester Frceman : In December, 18i»2, while Governor of Indiana 1 crritoiy, he was president of a convention of the people ot tiiat Territory, held at Vincennes, and transmitted to Congress a memorial of the con vention, praying that the sixth article of the “Or dinance of 'B7,*’ which prohibited slavery there, might lie suspended. (See Am. Stale Papers, 1803.) His efforts to make Indiana a slave State wore prosecuted for years while he was Governor of that Territory. In 1819, Feb. 15, Gen. Harrison voted, as a member of the House of Representatives, against a clause prohibiting the forth jr introduction of slavery in Missouri : and against a clause for the further emancipation (at 25) of slaves born with in that State. Two days afterwards he voted against ;i clause prohibiting the future introduc tion ot slavery into Arkansas, and against the fu ture emancipation of slaves bom in Arkansas. So basely did he bow to si iverv. that even Ohio was shocked. He was indignantly rejected at the next Gongrcssion •! election in 1822. The National Intelligencer of Oct. 20. 1822,says: “It is confirmed to us that Mr. Gazely is elected in opposition to Genera! Harrison. A friend in for us us. which we arc sorry to learn, that he was opposed particularly on account of his adherence to that principle of the Constitution which secures to the people of the South their pre-existing r ghls.” Il seems, then, that Gen. Harrison I claimed for the South the right to fasten slavery upon any soil which the nation might have or purchase. Ho has had but little opportunity to act in a public capacity upon the subject of slavery since that time; but an address from h*s political friends in Virginia, in 1836, says “he is sound to the core on the subject of slavery.” Here, then, we have two abolition papers, the Emancipator and the Rochester Freeman, oppo sing Harrison's election, here the same paper lurther ; “Il is true General Harrison's personal de monstrations are less recent than Mr. Van Bu rial’s. But they are much stronger, for Mr. Van Buren helped to send Rufus King to the United Slates Senate to oppose slavery in Missouri, and be has never attempted to extend slavery to re gions where il was already abolished. And fur ther, the demonstrations of the Harrison party arc more recent than those of the other. And if it is said that we should givetheold General a chance to repent of his pro-slavery, we reply that it be longs to the man who repents to exhibit his own repentance. Certainly there are no circumstan ces in the case which warrant the slightest pre sumptions in favor of his repentance. Let liim or his friends, if they choose, show wherein his views now differ from his actions in and 1819, and 1836.” The next evidence in order, and with which we shall close the present article, is an extract from the speech of General Harrison, delivered at Vincennes, Indiana, in 1836, which we copy from the Charleston Courier, a paper which supports t he administration of Mr. Van Buren. Too much praise cannot be liestowed on the Courier, for this manifestation of magnanimity and justice on their part, in disabuse the pub lic mind in regard to the opinions of one to whom 1 they arc opposed. How does this conduct con trast with the course pursued hy the udministra- I tration presses in Georgia ? Oh shame where is thy blush ! As the views of General Harrison, on the subject of Slavery have been much misrepresented in the South, the following extracts from an Ad dress, delivered by him ai Vincennes. (Indiana) will satisfy the public in this respect, a few years ago. 1 have now, fellow citizens, a few word; more to say on another subject, and which is, in my opinion, of more importance than any other that is now in the course of discussion in any part of tlie Union. I allude to the societies which have been formed, and tne movements of certain indi viduals in some of the States in relation to a por tion of the population in others. The conduct of these persons is the more dangerous, because their object is masked under the garb of disinter estedness and benevolence; and their course vin dicated by arguments and propositions which in the abstract no one ran deny. But, however fas cinating may ho the dress with which their schemes are presented to their fellow-citizens, with whatever purity of intention they may have heeu formed and sustained, they will lie found to carry in their tram mischief to the whole Union, and horrors to a largo portion of it, which, it is probable, some of the projectors and many of their supporters have never thought of; the latter, the first in the series of evils which arc to spring from their sou ice, are such us you have read of to have been perpetrated on the lair plain* of Italy and Gaul, by the Scythian hordes of Attibi and Olar c; and such as mast of you appreli ended on that ieaiirablo night, when the tomahawks and war clubs of the followers of Teeumseh were rattling in your suburbs. I regard not the disavowals of r any such intention upon the part of the authors | . of these schemes, since, upon the examination of i j the publication# which have been made, they will he found to contain the very fact, and very argu ment which would have been used, if such hud s been their object. lam certuin that there is not, in this assembly, one of these deluded men, and that there are few within the hounds of the Stale. * If there ure any, I would earnestly entreat them j to lo bcar; to pause in their career, and deliberate ly consider the consequence of their conduct to the whole Union, to the States more immediate- j ly interested, and to those for whose benefit they ( profess to act. That the latter will be the victims j . of the weak, injudicious, presumptuous and un constitutional efforts to serve them, a thorough \ examination of the subject must convince them. * I struggle (and struggle there must be) may j , commence with horrors such as 1 have descrilied, hut it will end with more firmly riveting the ■ chains, or in tlie utter extirpation of those whose j cause they advocate. Ain 1 wrong fellow-citizens, in applying the j terms weak, presumptuous and unconstitutional, I to the measures of the emancipators? A slight examination wilf, I think show that lam not. In , a vindication ofthe objects of a Convention which was lately held in one of the towns of Ohio, which I saw in a newspaper, it was said that no thing more was intended than to prnlucea stale o! public feeling which would lead to an amend ment of the Constitution, authorising the aboli tion of Slavery in the United States. Now can an amendment of the Constitution he effected w ithout the consent of the Southern States'?— What then is the proposition to he submitted to them? It is this:—“The present provisions o: the Constitution secures to you tlie right (a right which you hob. before it was made, which you have never grien up.) to manage your domestic concerns in your own way, but as we an* convin ced that you. do not manage them properly, we want you to put in the hands of the Genera! Go vernment, in the councils of which we have the majority, the control over these matters, the effect of which will be virtually to transfer the powers ! from yours into our hands.” Again, in some of the Stales, and in sections of others, the black population far exceeds that of tlie w hite, re ofthe emancipators propose an immediate aboli tion. What is the proposition then, as it regards the States and parts of States, but the alternatives of amalgamation with the blacks, or an exchange of situations with them ? Is there any man of comm m sense who does not believe that the emancipated blacks, being a majority, will not insist upon a full participation of political rights with the white*; and when possessed of these, they will not contend for a full share of social rights also? What but the extremity of weak ness ami folly could induce any one to think, that such propositions as these could be listened to by a people so intelligent as tho Southern States? Further. The emancipators gen. rally 1 declare that il is their intention to effect their ob ject (although their acts contradict the assertion) j by no other means than bv convincing the slave holders that ’he immediate emancipation of the , slaves is called for, both by moral obligation and sound policy. An unfledged youth, at tlie mo- j ment of his leaving (indeed in many instances before lie has left il) his Theological Seminary, undertakes to give lectures upon morals to the , countrymen of Wythe, 'Fucker, Pendleton and i Lowndes, and lessons of political wisdom to i States, whose affairs have so recently liecn direct- j cd by Jefferson and Madison, Macon and (’raw ford. Is il possible, that instances of greater va- ■ nity and presumption could Ik* exbiU.ted 1 Bui ! the course pursued hy tlie emancipators is uncon stitutional. Ido not say that there are any words in the Constitution which forbid the discussions they are engaged in; I know that there arc not. And there is even an article which secures to tlie citizen the right express and publish their opinions without restriction. But in the con struction of the Constitution, it is always neces sary to refer to the circumstances under which it was framed, and to ascertain its meaning hy a comparison of its provisions with each other, ami with the previous situation of the several Staler who were parties to it. In a portion of these, slavery was recognised, and they look care to have the right secured to them ; to follow and reclaim such of them as were fugitives to other States. The laws of Congress passed under this : 1 j ower. have provided punishment to any who ! 1 j shall oppose or interrupt tlie exercise of this . j right. No v can any one believe, that the instru- j . . ment which contains a provision of this kind, ; which authorises a master to pursue his slave in to another Slate, lake him hack, and provides a ‘ - punishment for any cilizon, or citizens of that | j Slate who should oppose him should, at the same j _ | time, authorise the latter to assemble together, to j • pass Resolutions and adopt Addresses, not only to ; ( I encourage the slaves to leave their masters, hut I j to cut their throats liefore they do so? j I insist that if the citizens of the non-slaveho) ding states can avail themselves of the article of the Constitution, which prohibits the restriction of speech, or the press to publish anything injuri ' ous to the rights of the slavtholding states, that ; they can go to the extreme that I have mention ' cd, and effect anything further which writing or i speaking could effect. But, fellow-citizens, these are not the principles of tho Constitution. Such a construction would defeat one ofthe great ob ( jects of its formation, which was that of securing . the peace and harmony of the States which were [ parties to it. The liberty cf speech and of the t press, were given as the most effectual means to preserve to each and every citizen their own 1 rights, and to the States the rights which apper l (aided to them, al the lime of their adoption. It I could never have been expected that it would be | used by the citizens of one portion ofthe States for the purpose of depriving those of another por * lion, of tlie rights which they hail reserved at the > adoption of the Constitution, and in tlie exercise of which, none but themselves have any concern or interest. If slavery is an evil, the evil is with them. If there is guilt in it the guilt is theirs, not * ours, since neither the Stales where it dues not ( exist, nor the Government of the United States can, without usurpation of power, and the viola tion of a solemn compact, do anything to re move it wit :ioul the consent of those who are » immediately interested. But they will neither ask for aid. nor consent to he aided whilst the il legal, persecuting and dangerous movements arc L in progress, of which I complain ; the interest of 1 all concerned requires that these should he stop ped immediately. This can only lie done hy the I force of public opinion, and that cannot too soon ' be brought into operation. Every movement which is made hy the abolitionists in tlie non * slaveholding States, is viewed by our Southern | brethren, ns an attack upon their rights, and t which, if persisted in, must in the end eradicate 1 those feelings ot attachment and affection between » the citizens of ail the Stales, which was produced by a community of interests and dangers in the War of the Revolution, which was the founda- I lion of our happy union, and by a continuance of v which, it can alone he perceived. I entreat you then, to frown upon the measures which are to produce resuls so much to lie deprecated. The i opinions which I have now given, I have omil ted no opportunity for the last two years to lav r before the people of my own Htatc. I have tak i, en the lilierty to express them here, knowing (hut ; even if they should unfoituiiately not accord with a yours, that they would he kindly received. i, H Tim N. E. Hot mmiT.—A letter in the Bay r Stale Democrat, dated “Bangor, Feb, 14.” says 0 that notwithstanding Mr. Fox’s denial, it is a fad II that the English have increased their force, and *' erected new fortifications, near the disputed terrt- J lory, wit Wa A abort time. MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 2. Krvival oI the Tariff. A large meeting was held in the incorporated I Liberties of Philadelphia, a! which a number of ! resolutions were panned, recommending and urg j injf the adoption of high Tariff duties for the benefit of Manufacturers. CoiiHistency* “ Never commit your opinions to paper, for they may he brought up in judgment against , you —is a motto, if adopted by many of the |h>- I liticians and demagogues of the present day, I would save them much mortification, and many I uncharitable remarks. j Change is written upon the face of all nature | and man, ambitious, unstable man. submits to the i unalterable decree, as certainly as any portion of : the vegetable or animal creation. Yesterday he ■ asserted doctrines and principles, which in chari j ty we must suppose were honestly cherished, j upon a mature and deliberate reflection on the j subject of which he wrote and spoke. To-d. y j place is offered, lo and behold ! his opinio s ‘•upon a sober second thought’ have changed. What a commentary upon the degeneracy of the limes, and the office loving propensities i.f our countrymen. Charity herself cannot offer any other apology for the unfortunate victims of am bition than that which suggests itself to the mind jof every honest man. They have sold them , selves and their principles for office ! These reflections have been suggested on read j ing the following letter from the Hon. R. J. Wa!- i ter, now a Sfiiiilur in I ongress from Mississippi j | —written soon after the removal of the deposited ! from tie* Bank of the Coiled Elates by General | Jackson. We invite the attention of our readers to this extraordinary document, and ask them lo compare its principles with the recent support of the Sub-Treasury in the Senate by Mr. Walker. ; vrily, 44 1 lines change and men change with I them.” N itc’iikz. March Ist, 1831. j Dr..in Sm—As I promised at our parting to j irive you my views on any subject which might ■ be J interesting to your common constituents, I | hasten to say that Mississippi will with great | unanimity sustain yon on the Dcposite (Question. | 1° fort the public voice loudly demands a reslo . ration »>! the Dcposite?. and the creating a Bank |to supply a general currency. A State Bank can i n “ more supply and govern the general currency ; than a State Government can direct and control ; the nfl.iirs of the Nation. Go on—your consti tuents are with you—the Country must be reliev ed from the frightful scences of distrees which | have visited us j In haste, as the heal is leaving. Yours truly, R. J. WALKER. I T —f Death of Tiir. Rj.v. John N Mai pit.-—Ex- , tract of a letter received m Mobile. 23d nil., from • j Louisville announces the decease of the Her. * ■ John Newlanu Ma ff:t, the eminent and pop ! ular Methodist preacher. He died at Muysville, , Kentucky, from apoplexy. - Late Ait rivals from Arkansas.— Rv Saturday nights mail we revectnved the Little R.»ck, Aikansas Star, «>t tlic 15th November Ust. IJi New Orleans Bee says: —!t currently rumored in lhai ilie V.m Boren ele to- I ral ticket in 1 ennessce is lo l»e headed Andrew ! Jackson. J’he locofocos in that state, it is evi- ; dent, are terribly alarmed. They know that Mr. i \ an Burcn is p owe dess in Tennessee, but think that Gen. Jackson may possibly secure the state , for him, a* he secured the Presidency in 1836. The schooner Fram is Amy, arrived at New I Orleans on the 22J ult. from Ve.a f’ruz. bring ing $49,1? 7in specie. i Mr. J. I doyd Vanhook claims the name of I "Lady Iteg-Tt-easurer,* for a bay filly foaled j April 11th. 1339 —Sire. Uil.l Hill; dum t.y I Clay’s Sir William. Among other reasons for choosing tins name, hr gives the fact of no Leg- j Treasurer having over l«ccn overtaken :n any race j From the Xe>v Orleans lire of the 2 DA. Mexico. By the arrival of the schooner Fit antis Amy. i from Vera Cruz, which place she left on the 12lh, : instant, we have received papers from that nlv j up to the 10th, and from Mexico to the sth in- i slant. Verbal intelligence reports that troops are marching on the northern frontier; however, the ; paj»ers we have received uo not make any mention 1 of this fact. An engagement took place on the22d January at t'adareyla Jcinenez, near Montoicy, heiween j 300 Cumanche Indians and about 100 Mexican i dragoons, in which the Mexicans lost I ; nu n ! and a lieutenant wounded. From 25 militia nu n ! who had joined the drago ms. five* were killed and I several wounded. Tile Mexicans repulsed the ! Indians who were marching on Monterey with a ! great loss. A petition has been presented to the chamber j of Deputies, to aiimii cotton yarns on the Iron- j tiers of iSanla-Fe. Refereed to the committee on i finance. A report from the judiciary committee was | read on the 21 th January, recommending the; adoption of a law to establish a court martial lor t the trial of robbers and murderers. For the Chronicle Sentinel. Messrs. Ehitoiis:—Having lately parsed through the Eastern ection of the (’arolm.is. and in Georgia along the Savannah River, mv at tention was directed lo some of the great niiner al resources of this section of country, which ap pear lo be entirely unappreciated by its inhabi -1 tan Is. 1 refer particularly to a great depo-it of j limestone which I first observed in Jones conn j ty. N. near the Santee, and afterwards in the j western part of Charleston Disiiict, S. C., and ; ! again on the Edisto, and in Georgia at Jaskaon- 1 boro, where there is now a small kiln, not at j present, however, in use. The purity of ihn rock, which approaches that of chalk, renders u I admirably adapted for the production of lime, and ’ yet notwithstanding its abundance, the facility of procuring wood, it costing nothing, both the la l»or of cutting and hauling, and the great ex pense of lime, Charleston and- Savnnah and all the Southern coasts continue to l»e supplied with Thomaston lime. Were men of capital and en- Icrprisejonce aware of the means they have at band, and of the relative cost at which this an cle may Ins produced in the two sections of coun try, it seems hardly possible, that the South should look much longer to the North for lime, any more than, ns was once the ease, they did lo Germany for brick ! Lime is burned al Thonmston. Me., with wood, which never costs less than $3 a cord. Fine Anthracite coal has lately been introduced, and partially usod as fuel, which may reduce the ex- I pense a little ; but from the lowest estimates, as j given in Dr.*Jarks jh’s Geological Reports of the surveys of that Hlatc, it cannot la* produced at a j less expense than $77 the huulred ranks, which 1 include the price of the casks. These should hold by law, each five hu«hels, hut they have found to contain less titan a common flour barrel —three and a half bushel* may l»c taken as their average capacity. The expense of transponition. See. make them worth at Charleston about f 2 |icr cask, or more ; and as it is carried into the inle- , rior, its value rapidly inrre.iwn, till on the verv spot, where the rock occurs in the greatest alum- : dance, it has long been sold for $3 per cask ! ( In the Chester valley, Penn., lime is sold al the | kill h for rents per buelul. It burned in large kilns holding 1600 bushels, with only six teen cords of good hard wood, which coats $2.50 per cord. Fine Anthracite coal is there used al so to some extent, but the lime is not afforded any cheaper than that made with wood. At PoiU ville where coal in uied altog. thrr, lime costs twenty cents; the rock, however, bos lo be irvns- . ported some twenty-five and some eighty mile* y rout the slight opportunities i have had of judging, i can see no reason why lime should 11 »t be made as cheap and as abundantly in .South Carolina and Georgia, as in the Chester valley. , Suitable stone for making kilns may not always j be found conveniently at hand, but if granite ran I l>e t all spur ted from (Quincy to build churches an ! j houses, it, or a better materia! may also, to boiM kilns, and substantial ones made, which should last many drawings. Pine wood can every where l»e obtained for little or nothing. Os th*- relative cost of labor lo effect the same end. I know nothing. But as to the quality of the lime, the Southern may wc!l coni|>et«’ with the Northern 1 in purity and strength, though prejudiced work men may for :» time refuse 1 » adopt the ehanp as is invariably the case willi any alteration i • troduced in their business, \vhi> h they, n-.tuxul'y enough, think they understand i*etter than any I one else. As an instance of this, lime made froin a particular rock in Rhode Island, a magnesian carbonate of lime is prepared .it double the prier • in New Y ork ol Thomastori lime, while a pre cisely similar quality of lime, made from a r*rk. which is chemically the same at the latter place, hut which happen, to lie au unusual variety there, meets with no sale in New York al .4 tery low price. Some of lho,c in South f'a olui* may n -t make so white a lime as the N »rlhern, but it wd! he equally strong and similar for mortar, and br iber in the quarry it may hr found purer. «ry little of it, however, will I** liable even to this objection. That from Jack son boro’, I* remarks- * bly white. By open ug the .-anie In-d on the Sava . *:» ri ver. where it mu-* r\'*’ > ’ there, j and also on the navigable parts of the Santee arid Edisto a company of enterprising men. «> a«* man with a capital night. I believe, supply a. the lime required tor Charleston. Beaufort, a.. * the whole Southern roast, for half the present c< * of the Thom.iston lime, and afford it to 1 neighboring planters at a price, which woui 1 make it an object to them lo use it for renewi; I worn out lands, and keeping up those under » mediate cultivation, without their being compel: • continually lo clear new Und, and cultivate v\- J ten-:ve tracts for crops, which, with the aid « lime, might l»e produced on half the number r j a.-res. These observations, a traveller’s notes merely. . I are at your service. Messrs. Editors, an.l it they may call attention lo some «»f the neglected ad vantages of this country, it will afford «• ■ ich - pleasure, that I mode them. J. *l’. H. ! Correspondence of the Xitionil latdl• . New York. February 21, 14-10.I 4 -10. The packet ship Sampson. January Ith from ( London, cam • in last night. The dates are sesr. * I ly any l iter, hut there is an item of news rr spectiog 4 * the Amistad.” Lord P ilmeredoM, it 1- { stall'd, has directed her Majesty’s Minister :.t | Washington to interpose his good offices in U i half of the Africans, on board of her. and also , certain directions have l»eeii given to the British ' Representative al the Court of Madrid. The j Emperor of Russia was said to -c se.eiely indis posed. The losses of the Manhattan Bank are stated lo be s7oo,ooo—one third of its capital 1 T « Van Buren Directions of the bank are sustaining the Cashier at all hazards, and he cannot he c »t rid of just now. There were no sale- :n the st.>ck to day. The government has, or had over hal* a million deposited in this institution, wh. *1; it would Ihj well lo he looked after. The venerable James Maury, aged 95. the.first American Consul at Liverpool, app.»int« d by Washington, diet! last evening. Stocks have ns n to-day. W itliin a few di\> the North American Trust Company ha> gone | up from 40 l«» 49. Some of these operations .ire j said lo l»e tlic results*of c trnering- —a Waif j sire phrase. New Yohk. February ‘.'s. | A packet ship 111 from Havre gives us dates , j from Paris lo Jan. 7lh or Sth. with later news 1 from Africa and the East. The French are re j covering the ground .hey have lost in Africa, and I the Arabs have been worsted in several conflicts. ; Deceml«er 81. a French column at Hehda attack ; ed the Arabs, and completely put them U. route. ! The French 111 Africa are quite elated over their I victories. 1 The subject ol a replx to the address i f the ' King has been for some lime 4 matter of d» * :te ' in the French Chambers, but one \vus> ..:o«t 1 , be agreed upon flattering lo toe King, and coin - , j ciding in his com sc of policy. His foreign jvdi ! cv was approv«*d. and the good ieeling and inuiv 1 of actum between France ami England wa» ex \ pressively dwell upon. M. Villem.im, in re*plv ; to Uie attacks of the Duke de Nunifies, saul tkat j the alliance of England vv as one of the basis of ihcaatcty of Europe, and of universal libertv. 1 'Phis is a new tongue in France. There is no new feature iu the EaNtern ques j lion. Russia has dec I ired war acaiu**! Ivhiv rt or j rinva, not (’hnra. as stated in some of the up. 1 counts. This is supposed, by t e Kngh>h pajiers I lobe a movement towards checkmating the i*British in Afghanistan. j It is stall'd now. positively, that the Queen was j to have been married February lt». I The cotton market at Havre' had been mtlirr unset led. but holders were' showing more firm ness. A decline, however; was anticipated on account of the abundance of the American crop. There is a story afloat, as having come to Eng land in a letter from t'alcutla. that the Englsh i and Portuguese residents at Macao hail Iven e\- pclle Iby the Chinese from the town. That the English were expelled, we have In'torr heard, but Pie statement as to the Portuguese is doubtful, j Our river* are breaking up. The I'onneetieul j is open, and navigable lo Hartford. Pile Hudson \ | is known to la? .»|*en as tar as Poughkec|t»ie. ami I is presumed lobe ojk'll lo Albany. Steam tuwi { gallon will soon be resumed on all side* M c have not had a Northern mad since Sunday. Exchange on England may be quoted at Itw, Several jau kr!a are yet due. The Pafru k ILm ry, to sad 7th Proximo, is the only Livet)M>ol packet now in port. The packets from England are bringing in J uV or nothing. The Samson had scarcely any thing 1 but ballast; but the packets out are full, and over full. The freight of th* Garrick out will be. it is said, three thousand pounds sterling ? Ske lakes lea, corn, flour, cotton, flax-seed. Ac. Tea is now going lo England constantly in our ship*. The opening of our river, with the account* front EurojK'. are quite unst lflmg our flour mar ket, and it may be some lime before prices will be established. The opening of the river and ee nal will let loose the interior upon stores, ami on- r* lwlil ** " 10 ■ ly an « uu- foreign demand, *u< h ** «« ~ , t | likely io Uvf. i an keep up ytu**. *Ujr'.* fell off to-day. There were u „ . in Manhattan. I nited htafe* Rank i* 7' J Front Ti'ian, Fhc r«,Jora'lu (r:«xHt/«; of the l.'j.h v ' , !».i- i. . to the Vfeaif an trade. Oijf of the '1 eu.i/j paj*g*i , ( nii.-x that there waa a--, t1.i...» , f ~ AiniurfungbctvMo Um I ••.*,. ....o- tod ' : ■ 1 ‘i j • Caulk his friend* in .V?f’r;tef»*T ,l, »* received a reiijiorcern‘ ~1 <1 1;• , m . . to retreat was ipven, an . a < • o| ibe | , much to tkc‘f]iwffu..t of their .» . .•> —Large reinforcei. • nt« were ~lh »*• way to join the ipi .rfrineul tr•. s »r» t < Ctuhoahui tfce number of Mex ... Texas. - PtHftola left ihtr rii' of V euro on* - T>*vmile r at the head ©I ii,Uj t in •is • it'l ilu: hulc-ij ;,n inn with f. .ivowed purpose f if, ilia reiiitiirrr ;i ( nfs weft- order* i a? F. oin Tampico,... s v Mooters " Apom rman .... <'anaiizorf'divir-ioij .yiflVi 1 roo f i- I, . Uo -a rd. hihurt. u. . fV i t!„ N’rrrr.a r;# ,- r> / I.lll#*-: I roin i iorirlii. !’y t?:e -u ; . W. , . _ t Wf * • v * re* • :ve«J tn.> >t. ;_ • ‘at lust., Ifuju w '.; * . • • s r. Ai n ■.Ti’vt V '■ ’ ■ hive S en -t • n . v*. [«)se! jt*r t - (» v v . I’rota A ctr —(in ?• j «f , iji Sew 8m; rna, wen • the . ' -Ij-. .. >r "*• A sally wa> in i;e *,»•. ‘ ■ .1 u »•« :n, one i.vlan UaJ »:. tr ....... t lure within sight f the garrtw ; i dv*l on and in range ot three b apl. Mickh r.ot toe Vor r.»- his , .at Hew i-, ;i’j* M . . ai . ami tr., i I ; si»» r. Why •.* .. ini M ill !>> I’apt. Mirkler '• « noft uu'.y wx- it i<> . . ( . anl 1 Vjv..; . a. . d a i.i; v- j ..t, e ; ::, t .\. »v I .*t. w!n- h w ’ •.r:. ' : ■r. - Os t >iin J «.k*ui .t halt mile fro .i lue r« a i. v *- :an> had tlragge ■. \vhe««9 * wagon, and left «oaie r« . • v ' 'v had frlaugf/^re!. mail can ie . ** v;,.. *d.»y :*au a party o» g»*olh"a>er. i;: «|aes: the J.».k.-0n%... / ■ . they trail"*! the Indians »v.t uv i m. . 0,, . v au J ean»e to a* - .. cu- - s ihn ptl etler wa- is urr*!. u»: i a fr*.v • s . ~f i genii* nn•» wn-’ v . - larch lor lh:- pu.«! prop*?!', •-. -■•ank> *vt l\i ~ n which the V -1 rt, . , ; t.< - v ■ » h'lii . !*ieci; ami ms far , . Icviate the sarr u- . f .►»: \\}. d sutTi rer t-v r.n:r : r. The Indians n-e ’ • },ave r. • % iwriw gentiemen. w t -. Ur. u ;:i • la: ; • u • character of the eiierrv.. ! i have gone cdTtVith lh* h ' - > . ' »-i | r*»ce* • :S. -uth Tho Hiider Fhe following letter >v * . . Washington (»!ol>e us r , . now rsraj>e\i ourohs*.r\a; Hors; «*r K p ! , .Vfj.r . liKi A I, \- SSnue my return „ has i>een called to the edit, rta r.. I . ist n i Printer tue H> i.-s ol i.. . » : I am>,;okca *•! voting. ‘ w smpre-sn.n that 1 lefused to \ou >r ly out of :ny scat. I was nl . ; nc s. Had I In'cn hero liu Ic.. i. ha%e xi id it is here to I r lafarmed how 1 »houh; >a My .'pinion was. and is. that the pn • uug!»i n:to be given to r . .. i ; . , oi :he 1- mill pohlifalj rnaU ft • some press not com i w l ; j •'.•[. ' ii l-een driven l y circumstacres, eo. . \ to ' »ow tofeipi »ncy. to n Globe or lh*»sc of the inioliicenre". u.\ mhji was when I!.ft Vi- g*on. \. : llial I shou ha\. voted 1 r lb. larer. \ »ur i‘h*t servant. 1 HO. i» I 4l.fiK lv I,\ . . : I .tier from Kit»op Thor* \v. e two ,»r. ,v.i!* . . - . t?li' ship U.iloi.. A. the '..., ' '.>»* brought advices .roi:, Havre toll and the latter Knglish icw i > 1 immlh. Tlu* |vohtical ne as 1 . cotton market both in Ha' per:eiM'evi a slight improvement . the first week of J muary. I rt'poilt'd al from « ail ei Liverpool at } ot‘ a |<m;\ , had als*v inert'ased. Stivk of cotton 011 hai . * 1. I s4O, th-0 b. 1. .. ‘ . ISdl l . the sto.k was ■: ' - i I*nccs of cotton at L.\ Orkauv. ordu.at v. f • 'od *. u The imp ' n. • the \ e.ir I s U ».* .. . ' the I 'ailed s..i 1 Inle’ligeiuv .a 1 vi. \ . New \ 'vto l* ’.. • P the N ov e.o.H ' The ship Bowviilvh 4. 14.: / . Orle ms . 1 the *.;ot .1.. .. . . cle »r .'I l!ie po: i ol 110 . , m having struck a . i mm the toftu. wiu . ! c» i\*sl muns C.»:.ia;« . The L»ve'p»> I had no: :» :,mv «: 1 ! previous to »h- 7 lh ot . and r. vv 1 she would n’t Ih* . de to leave 1 • \ %\ \ O’ W O' . || ' The c:\usc of the Fieuch >• csw .. up .it Vlgr >•». I’abi a* a, the great I'a.. mn« car:iCtl oil b\ |v{-u» v. The Phi I.lph a North \ le-tcsM of \\ i newlay stales that Vwut th (h> ;• r: ,N . • l'» • wort' n*'l«l the div prev rout, *t <;*. t. e\js » ijrvater to Ltverjw?. \ i'ss, , maud, mk) fvv u barrel K>r frenrb.r v> \'v frrely paid