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2 Chronicle awn Sentinel. avgusta. ~ TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14.- Judge Berrien's Report. We have received a copy of the very able report made by our distinguished Senator, as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, on the subject of the Bankrupt Law, which we will endeavor to present entire or in part to our read ers, at our earliest convenience. • Counterfeits. Within a short time we have been shewn se veral counterfeit bills purporting to be on the “Commercial Bank oj Columbia, S. Carolina," payable to T. Sam or Lane, signed J. Ewart, Cashier, and A- Blanding, President. The Bills are struck by a genuine plate for the “Com mercial Bank or Enterprise," one of the mushroon concerns of and wherev er the words “Enterprise" and “Mississippi" oc cur in the face ot the bill, they are extracted and “Columbia." and “South Carolina" inserted with a pen so neatly as to have the appearance to the casual obsei ver ot being engraved, but on a closer inspection the effect of the process of erasure is very apparent. The signatures are very bad both of the Cashier and President.— The same process has also been resorted to in counterfeiting the bills of the Commercial Bank of Macon, both of which w« have on two or three occasions noticed before. Buj what boots it, if we were to notice it every day. Those who are made the dupes of these swindlers and robbed of their property and money, consider “the times too hard to bike a newspaper," which would keep them advised ami therefore protect hem from such vallainy. It was but a few days since that we saw a notice in the Athens these swindlers bad passed * ' 1 and passed a fifty dollar bill to one, and a twenty dollar bill, both of this class, to another of the citizens of that village. Here wa« a loss at once sufficient to pay tor a newspaper for a quarter of a century, which they might have saved had they been constant readers of the Chronicle & Sentinel. O’ The Hon. Silas Wright has been re elected, by the unanimous vote of his party in the State Legislature of New York, to be a Sen ator of the United States for six years from the 4th of March next, when his present term of service ends. from the N. O Picayune. Latest from Mexico. The schooner Victorine arrived at Mobile on Saturday morning last from Vera Cruz, with 810,000 in specie, and Capt. F. C. Swain and Messrs. J. M. Barney, and J. Stanley Millbrd as passengers. The Victorine left Vera Cruz onMie 26th ult. and by her we have received dates from the city of Mexico up to the 22d. One of our correspondents states that Van Ness was at work in the streets of Mexico, and in chains. No mention is made of Fitzgerald or Hancock, taken al the same time with Van Ness, and who were also on the Santa Fe Ex pedition, but they are probably also in Mexico, unless the former has been liberated through the interference ot the British Minister. The following is a list ot the Texan prison ms now confined at the Castle of Perote: H. A. Alsbury, J. Allen, A. Booker, Ewd. Brown, Wm. Bugg, James H. Brown, Richaid A. Barclay, Truman B. Beck, John Bradley, L. Colquhoun, J. A. Crews, Wm. Coltren, D. J. Davis, John Dalrymple, Augustus Elley, John Forrester, N. W. Faison, F. S. Gray, A. Hut chison, George C. Hatch, Nathaniel Herbert, Wrn. E. Jones, Chauncy Johnson, (of Albany, N. Y.,) R. Jackson, D. S. Karnegay, John Lee, John Lehman, A. J. Leslie, David Morgan, Francis Mackay, Edward Marion, A. H. Mor ral, R. S. Neighbours, S. L. Nobles, D. C. Og den, Wm. H. O. Phelan, C. W. Peterson, John Perry, James W. Robinson, M. L. B. Rossier, John Riddle, AV. J. Riddle, .1. C. Robinson, Samuel Stone, John Smith, George Schaffter, Joseph Shaw, Wm. Trimble, John Twohig, James L. Swineheart, John Trapnail, J. G. Andus Voss. Another correspondent, writing under date of Mexico, Jan. 21, says; “ Among the names of the prisoners taken at Mier, I notice a I)r. Brenham. 1 suppose this is the same who was with the Santa Fe prisoners liberated last June. Cook and Ward were to be shot without doubt.” We give this extract precisely as written. So far as regards Cook, we have al) along supposed he returned with Somervell. Ward we do not know, an ! we are uncertain as to whether Dr. Brenham -.as with Col. Fisher at Mier. His name, tm it now, has not been mentioned as being with that brave but unfortunate party. [Since writing the above we have conversed with a gentleman who thinks Dr. Brenham was at Washington, Texas, five weeks since, but is not positive.] 'The steamer Regenerador had arrived at Vera Cruz from Campeachy, with much later dates, but no news which was made public. This lat ter circumstance may be looked upon us good news for the Campeachanos, as the Mexican government is wonderfully silent when t he news is against it The rumor most current among the better in formed at Vera Cruz was, that the Campeach anos had driven the Mexicans from th • heights recently captured by them in the vicinity of the city, and had driven them a distance of several miles. Great distress was also said t.o prevail among the Mexican troops for waiu of provi sions. For ourselves we cannot but. think the Mexicans have sustained severe reverses in the neighborhood of Campeachy, and that the Re generador brought despatches to th at effect. The Montezuma steam frigate, under com mand of an English officer, together with kwo transports, left Vera Cruz on on the 23d ult. for Campeachy, having eight hundred troops to reinforce the Mexican army there, with a large supply of provisions. The cutter Woodbury had arrived at Vera Cruz, and Col. Southall had proceeded imme diately lor the capitol with his despat ches.— The U. 8. brig Dolphin had also art hred at Vera Cruz from Campeachy, and rumor has it that she was not allowed to communicate with our Consul at the latter place. Here w ill be more business for Gen. Thompson, if stjch be the case. The Spanish brig of war Patriot, and French corvette Brilliante, were al Vera Cruz when the Victorine left. Capt. Charlewood and his-first lieutenant came passengers in the Patriot, and were to leave on the 26th of Janina ry in the Medway, for Havana, which was. raising steam when the V. sailed. The Junta de Notables were in session at Mexico, but their proceedings were generally kept secret. Nothing can h.e done by this body other than to further Sar.ta Anna’s ambitious schemes, the members ’neing creatures of his own selection. We cat mot believe that the re cent revolution, which nas been so tar bloodless, is to end without civ'J strife, and the eventual call for foreign inter mention to settle the inter nal affairs ot the c juntry. The publication of El Siglo Diez y N.ueve, a liberal journal, has been suspended, number ot the 16th of Jan uary containing, a bando or edict from the gov ernment to tb .at effect, and other acts equally arbitrary and despotic are ot daily commission. The mass o'/the people will not, cannot brook these agr .cssfons long, although we doubt whether t' gey can better themselves under any other rul ,r than that ol Santa Anna at present. ’ The present inhabitants of Mexico are entire- Iv inc apable of self-government, whatever the mast of them may think to the contrary. They lack education, and that general knowledge which is indispensable before a people can act for themselves with that intelligence which, overlooking mere selfish ends, looks to the greatest good of the greatest number. They lUive tried a form of government modelled upon that of the United States without understanding It, and without the intelligence, feelings, or mo ral requisites to carry it out successfully, and an entire alteration in the syste m of education and the administration of the laws must lake place before a liberal go vernmer.t can be st cure iv established. When education is thoroughly disseminated, when the proceed Ings of the courts are known and understood, and when the peo ple are called oh to witness a/jd take part in the proceedings, then the value of a good govern ment becomes understood The purposes of a virtuous republican form <jf laws are fulfilled by the daily suggestion of more efficient means to carry them out success .fully, and when pri vate rights are respected and protected, public injuries will be prevented. As yet the mass ot the Mexican population h as been utterly igno rant of the true value of co urts of law. All the the leaders, if we except Slants Anna—some of whom have been sincerely > desirous to establish a liberal republic—have been ignorant of the manner of effecting their ends—and finally, the irritations of party cont rations and jealousies has contributed to place t fie people under a mil itary despotism. In tlris situation they will continue until a revolution rids them ol one evil, perhaps only to tall, upon agreater. Better had it been for Mexico 'ttadshe continued under the rule ot Iturbide, tor since his death the peo ple have only had the -how of liberty without the substance. t£ * Correspondence of the N. O. Bee Vera Cru'z, 25th January, 1843. 1 had this pleasure 041 the J9th inst. per brig Nuevitas, ami no w inf orm you that anew decree from government on t oe subject of tire liberty of the press has obliged several of the liberal pa pers to cease their publication, and many must follow their example «. Extensive preparations ate making for the campaign of Texas. Orders- have been given or the enlistment of*M,ooo men in the various ' departments, to be in readiueiisby the Ist March; the greater portion of whom tit is said are to be employed m Texan Campeq chv still holds out. Yours, , g3"S. A. Holmes, ot the Literary Depo has laid mi our table an extra New World, con taining the Life am! Exploits of Wellington, embracing at one view the whole military ca reer ol tftis illustrious warrior, including a com pieie;history ol the Peninsular War, with all the spirit stiiring incidents and anecdotes of that memorable contest. The work is embellished with forty engravings. State of the Treasury.—From a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury’, yesterday presented to the House of Representatives by the Chairman of the Committee ol' Ways and Means, it appears that, with an authority to is sue new Treasury notes to any amount of thase outanding that may be presented for redemption (so as that no important amount of the outstan ding Treasury notes be unexpectedly added to the charges upon the Treasury,) and estimating the appropriations by Congress to correspond with the estimates from the Executive Depart ments, there will be no deficiency in the reve nue for the current year, but, on the contrary, a balance in the Treasury on the Ist of January, 1814, of nearly four hundred thousand dollars. But, as the appropriations tor the navy expend iture alone (in the bill which has passed the House of Representatives and is now before the Senate,) fall short by between two and three millions of dollars of the estimates, that amount of reduction may be added to the estimated bal ance in the Treasuiy on the Ist day of January next, swelling it to nearly three millions ot dol lars. A bill was reported in the House of Repre sentatives yesterday, by the Committee of Ways and Means, for granting the necessary authori ty, should it become necessary, to cause new Treasuiy notes to be issued to the amount ot any old ones which may be presented for pay iment. — Nat. Jntdligeneer of theifth. State Debts. “A large meeting, without distinction of party, was held in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, on the 4th instant. Among other resolutions adopted on the occasion by acclamation, was one ‘re spectfully requesting Congress to authorize the issue of two hundred millions of three per cent, stock, to be divided among the States, for the payment of which the public lands and their proceeds be specifically and forever pledged." ’ We copy the above for the particular edifica tion of our venerable contemporary at Richmond. He may shout “Whig! Whig!” and “Wolf! wolf!” till he is hoarse again, but he cannot scare people out of their senses. Thty sviZZ be lieve what they see. If he has yet any doubt that his political friends are seriously taking up this matter, let him write to Mr. Keim and Mr. Newhard, Representatives in. Congress from Pennsylvania, for information of the political character of those citizens in their districts from •whom they have lately presented petitions on the subject. We have before us at this moment the “Aurora,” a paper published at Sidney, in Shelby county, Ohio, which says that petitions in favor of the plan above, referred to are rapidly filling up, and that amon;» the signatures are a number of individuals of the Locofoco party . Nakiomil In'cUigcncer. V KRY DESTRUCTIVE EIRE IN PLYMOUTH, Mass. —The Boston Daily Advertiser of the sth says: “We learn from a gentleman who arrived in the city last evening frotn Plymouth, that on Satur day afternoon the Robbins Cordage Factory in that town took fire in the tarring room, and that all the buildings of the Factory were destroyed, together with the stock and machinery contained in them. A large two story building adjacent to the Factory was also burnt. The loss is sup posed to be between 75,000 and $100,000.” Bridge Burnt.—We learn from the Selma Free Press, that some days since, the tine’ and substantial bridge erected between Selma and Marian over the Catiawba river, was set on fire and burned Completely up. Suspicions rest on a negro fellow, who has since been arrested and committed for trial at the next Circuit Court. Liabilities or the State or Alabama. —It appears from a statement in the Tuscaloosa Flag of the Union, that the liabilities ot the State of Alabama are a‘. follows: Unliquidated 'bonds for capital stock of her bankssll,o73,lll3B School fund deposites746,4oß 76 Surplus revenue United States669,oß7 22 Bank deposit/: acc0unt1,099,847 83 Bank circulations,4oß,2oooo T0ta1518,996,655 19 Amount necessary to be raised the present year, by taxation or otherwise, to pay interest on debt and defray State expenses, $730,572 77. For 1844, including $1,000,000 bonds due, $!,- 700,577 27. The Flag remarks; “We offer no comment upon th.is gloomy picture. With five'and a half millions ofunredeemed circulation, the State has near two and and a half millions ot current ex penses: and debts to pay in less than two years. Where are the means'! In taxation, wetrust, and not in repudiation. God forbid Prom the Baltimore American. A. Remarkable Phenomenon. —The follow ing account of a phenomenon, or optical illu sion, of rare occurrence, which was seen near Baltimore on Monday the 6th instant, will no do übt be interesting to many of our readers: Pleasant Hill, February 6, 1843. Tit the Editors nf ihe American: Gentlemen—A curious and beautiful phe nomenon ol the heavens was witnessed to day, which for its remarkable and uncommon appearance, should be publicly' noted. At or about half past eleven o’clockthis morning, one of my brothers coming up the avenue from the city, observed that the situ gave a very peculiar light. Looking up to ascertain the occasion ol it, he saw the wonderful appearance of three suns in the sky at the sametime, surrounded by a halo. He immediately came into the house and acquainted the rest ot the family and myself with the fact. The wind had been northwest all night, and is still —at the time I write, one o’clock—blow ing heavily from the same quarter. The true sun was near the meridian, and the two parhelia, or mock suns, were very bright and distinct, one on the east and the other on the west of the true sun, and intersected by a halo surrounding the sun, with an imaginary circle parallel to the horison and passing thro’ the true sun. The mock suns were, as well as the halo, colored like a rainbow, and whitish towards the sun. Each mock sun had a streak or tail of light diverging from it in opposition to the true sun. This strange appearance continued for about half an hour after we first saw it. The sky was of a dark blue, approaching to lead color, with passing clouds occasionally veiling the phenomenon from the view. This extraordinary' phenomenon was witness ed by some of our neighbors also, and was the most remarkable spectacle 1 have ever witness ed H. H. A German named Freyshute, in the employ of Mr. Martin Weaver, of Pottsville, Pennsyl vania, was drowned on the 19th ult. in attempt ing to cross a milldam whilst the ice was weak. It is noticed in the Pottsville Journal as a singu lar and strange circumstance, that the drowning man, as he was about sinking for the last time, took his employer’s keys out of his pocket, and threw them safely upon the ice. The deceased, it appears was remarkable for his fidelity, and his last act must be regarded as the instinctive etlect of the ruling passion which governed him through life. Communication with the Pacific. The Official paper, after noticing the difficul ties and delays attendingthecommunication with the Pacific, makes the following announcement, by authority of course: “We are much pleased to understand that this subject has, for some time past, engaged the at tention of the Secretary of the Navy, and that he has determined to apply a remedy to the evil as ar as his power and authority extend. We are ust informed that lie is pieparing certain ot the small vessels of the Navy, such as are unfit lor distant cruising, for service in the Gulf of Mexi co. He proposes that one of these vessels shall leave Pensacola on or about a particular day in each month, and sail direct to Chagres; a.nd, in like manner, one of them shall leave Chagres on or about a particular day in each month, a.nd sail direct to Pensacola. The intermediate time will be employed in cruising in the Gulf ifitd , Caribbean sea in the usual course of their duty. Thus the ordinary service of these vessels will not be materially interrupted, while an oppor tunitv will be afforded for the transmission of public despatches and private letters with • er tainty, and in one-fourth the time now usuallv required. It is ascertained, as we are informed, that arrangements will be made for the sjteedy transmission of all letters, &c. between Chagres and Panama, as soon as it shall be known that a proper communication is established be ween the former place and the United States. “It is probable that a similar arrangement will be made for a more certain and direct in tercourse between Pensacola and Vera Cruz.” Statistics of Crime. —It appears from the Annual Report of the Attorney General of Mas sachusetts that the whole number of cases ex amined in 1842, by the prosecuting officersof the commonwealth, is 1764—convictions, 777. There have been 217 trials tor offences against the person, 512 avainst property, and 938 for misdemeanors. The excess of 1842 over 1841, s 272. There have been 82 convictions to the Stats Prison, thoughout the State, the past year. I Mementoes of Washington and Franklin. I Although we presented loom readers, in yes ■ te.rday’s paper, a brief sketch of the proceed ings in the House and Senate on this very in teresting occasion, we doubt not they will be pleased to have a more extended notice of the ceremonies, and we therefore lay before them a full report of the speeches of Messrs. Summers, and Adams, of the House, and Archer, of the Senate. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Washington, February 7. Mr. Summers', of Virginia, rose and address ed the House as follows: Mr. Speaker: I rise for the purpose of dis charging an office not connected with the ordi nary business ot a legislative assembly. Yet, in asking permission to interrupt, for a moment, the regular order of parliamentary proceedings, I cannot doubt that the proposition which I have to submit will prove as gratilying as it may be unusual. Mr. Samuel T. Washington, a citizen of Ke nawha county, in the Commonwealth of Vir ginia, and one of my constituents, has honored me with the commission of presenting in his name and on his behalf to the Congress of the United States, and through that body to the peo ple of the United States, two most interesting and valuable relicts connected with the pasthis tory of our country, and with men whose a chievements, both in the field and in the cabinet best illustrate and adorn our annals. One is the Sword worn by George Wash ington, first as a Colonel in the Colonial ser vice of Virginia, in Forbes’ campaign against the French and Indians, and afterwards during the whole period of the war of Independence as Commander-in-Chief of the American army. It is a plain couteau or hanger, with a green hilt and silver guard. On the upper ward of the. scabbard is engraved, “J. Bailey, Fish Kill.” It is accompanied by a buckskin belt, which is secured by a silver"buckle and clasp, whereon are engraved the letters “G. W.” and the figures “1757. These are allof the plainest workman ship, but substantial, and in keeping with the man and with the limes to which they belonged. TheJtistory ol this sword is perfectly authen- 1 tib, atlrl leaves no Snß®w of doubt as to its identity. The last will and testament of Gene ral Washington, bearing date on the 9th day of February, 1799, contains, among a great varie ty of bequests, the fallowing clause: “To each of my nephews, William Augus tine Washington, George Lewis, George St ip toe Washington, Bushrod Washington, and Samuel Washington, I give one of the swords or couteau x of which I may die possessed; and they are to chose in the order they are named. These swords are accompanied with the injunc tion not to unshea’h them tor the purpose of shed ding blood, except it be for selfolefence, or in defence of tjteir caunlty and its rights; and, in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling with them in their hands to the re - linquishment thereof!” In the distribution of the swords hereby de vised among the five nephews therein enumera ted, the one now presented fell to the share of Samuel Washington, the devisee last uamed in the clause of the will which I have just read. This gentleman, who died a few years since in the county of Kanawha, and who was the father of Samuel Washington, the donor, I knew well. I have often seen this sword in his possession, and received from himself the fol lowing account of the manner in which it be came his property in the division made among the devisees: He said that he knew it to have Iteen the side arm of General Washington during the Revo lutionary war; not that used on occasions of pa rade and review', but the constant service sword c>t the great chief; that he hail himself sren General Washington w ear this identical sword, be presumed, for the last time, when, in 1794, he reviewed the Virginia and Maryland forces then concentrated at Cumberland under the command of General Lee, aud destined to co-opetate with the Pennsylvania and New Jersey troops, tlten assembled at Bedford, in suppressing what has been called the “Whiskey Insurrection.” General Washington was then President of the United States, and as such was commander in-chief of the army. It is known that it was his intention to lead the army in person upon that occasion had he found it necessary, and he went to Bedford and Cumberland prepared for that evqgt. The condition of things did not re quire it and he returned to his civil duties at Philadelphia. Mr. Samuel Washington held the commis sion of a captain at that time himself and serv ed in that campaign, many of the incidents of which he has related to me. He was anxious to obtain this particular sword, and preferred it to all others, among which was the ornamented ar :l costly present from the great Frederick. At the time of the division among the neph ews, without intimating what his preference was, he jocosely remarked, “that inasmuch as he was the only one of them who had participa ted in military service, they ought to permit him to take choice.” This suggestion was met in the same spirit in which it was made, and the selection awnmett -ntn«, nt ww, mm, plainest, and, intrinsically, the least valuable of any, simply because it was the “Battle Sword.” I am also in possession of the most satisfac tory evidence, furnished by Col. George G. Washington, of Georgetown, the nearest male relative now living of Gen. Washington, as to the identity of this sword. His information, as to its history, was derived from his father, Wil liam Augustine Washington, the devisee first named in the clause of the will which I have read; from his uncle, the late Judge Bushrod Washington, of the Supreme Court; and Major Lawrence Lewis, the acting executor of Gen. Washington’s will; all of w hom concur in the statement that the trite servir/: sword was that selected by Capt. Samuel Washington. It remained in this gentleman’s possession until’ his death, esteemed by him the most pre cious memento ot his illustrious kinsman. It then became the property of his son, who, ani mated by that patriotism which socharacterized the “Father ot his Country,” has consented that such a relic ought not to be appropriated by an individual citizen, and has instructed me, his re presentative, to otter it to the nation, to be pre served in its public depositories as the common property of all, since its office has been to a chieve and secure the common liberty of all. He lias, in like ntauner, requested me to pie sent this Cane to tha Congress of the United States, deeming it not unworthy the public ac ceptance. This was once the property of the philoso pher and patriot, Benjamin By a codicil to his last will and’ testament, we find it thus disposed of: “My fine crab-tree walking stick, with a gold head, curiously wrought in the form of the cap ot liberty, I give to my friend, and the friend of mankind, Gen. Washington. If it were a scep tre, he has meritedit and would become it.” Gen. Washington, in his will, devises this cane as follows: “Item. To my brother, Charles Washington, I give and bequeath the gold-headed cane left me by Dr. Franklin in his will. Capt. Samuel Washington was the only son of Charles Washington, the devisee from whom he derived, by inheritance, this interesting me morial: and, having transmitted it to his soon, Samuel T. Washington, the latter thus seeks to bestow it worthily, by associating il with the battle sword iu a gill to his counttymen. I cordially concur with Mr. Washington in the opinion that they each merit public preser vation; and I obey, with pleasure, his wishes in here presenting them, in his name, to the nation. Let the sword of the Hero and the start of the Philosopher go together. Let them have pla'e among the proudest trophies and most honored memorials of our national achievements. Upon that start'once leaned the sage, of whom it has been said, “He snatched the lightning from heaven, and the sceptre from tyrants.” A mighty arm once wielded this sword in a righteous cause, even unto the dismemberment of Empire. In the hand of Washington this was “the sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.” It was never drawn except in the defence of public liberty; it was never .sheathed until a glorious and triumphant success returned it to the scabbard, without a slain of cruelty or dis honor upon its blade; it was never surrendered except to that country which bestowed it. [At the conclusion of thisjaddress the galle ries, which were crowded, sent forth emphatic manifestations of approbation ] Mr. John Quincy Adams then rose and ad dressed the House as follows: In presenting this resolution to the House, it may perhaps be expected that I should accotn pßiiv it with some suitable remarks; and yet, sir, I never rose to address this House under a deeper conviction of the want ol words to ex press the emotions that 1 feel. It is precisely because occasions like this are adapted to pro duce universal sympathy, that little can be said by anyone, but what, in the language of the heart, in tones not loud but deep, every one pre sent has silently said to himself My respected friend from Virginia, by whom this offering of patriotic sentiment has been presented to the representative assembly ol the nation, has, it seems to me, already said all that can be said suitable to this occasion. In parting from him, as, after a lew short days, we must all do, it will, on ray part, be sorrowing that in all proba bility 1 shall see his face and hear his voice no ntore. But his words of this day are planted in my memory, and will there remain until the last pulsation of my heart. Th>e sword of Washington' and the start of Franklin! Oh, sir, what associations are linked in adamant with Uwse names! Washington, the warrior of human freedom —Washington, whose sword, as my friend has said, was never drawn but iu the cause of his country, and nev er sheathed witen wielded in his country’s.eause! Franklin, the philosopher of the thunderbolt, the printing-press. and the ploughshare! What' names are these in the scanty catalogue of the benefactors of human kind! Washington and Franklin! What outer two men, wbote lives belong to the eighteenth century of Christen dom have left a deeper impression ol them selves upon the age in which they lived; and upon all after time! Washington, the warrior and legislator! In War, contending by the wa ger of battle for the independence of his coun try, and for the freedom of the human race ; ev er manifesting, amidst its horrors, by precept and example, his reverence for the laws of lp*acc, and for the tenderest sympathies of hu manitv: in Ponce, soothing the ferocious spirit I yf discoid, atnotty his own coiinlrvmcii. int n harmony und »»!<>.■• ;‘*t '.liG’c? >!gu i. n | sword now pft-ented to his < oiititry a rhaim more potent thnii Ihaialtribtiled m ancient limes to the lyre ol'Oi'plicns. Franklin! the mechaii ic of hisown orltme, leaching, in early youth, under the shackles of indigence, the. wav to wealth, and in the shade <>t obscurity the path to greatness; in the iiuttm ity ol manhoorl, <(!>. arming the thunder of its teirots, the lightning of its fatal blast, and wresting f rom the tyrant’s handthe still more afflictive sceptre of oppres sion while descending into the vale of years, traversing the Atlantic ocean, braving in the dead of wintet the battle and the breeze, Ixiarittg in his hand the charter of Independence, which he had contributed to form, and tendering from the self-created nation to the mightiest monarchs of Europe, the olive-branch of peace, the mer curial wand of commerce, and the amulet of protection and safety to the man of peace, on the pathless ocean, from the inexorable ciuelty andthe merciless rapacity of war. And, final ly in the last stage of file, with fourscore win ters upon his head, under the torture of an in curable disease, returning to his native land, closing his days as the chief magistrate of his adopted Commonwealth, after contributing by his counsels, under the Presidency of Wash ington and recording his name, under the sanc tion of devout prayer invoked by him to God, to that Constitution under the authority ol which we are here assembled, as the Represent atives of the North American People, to re ceive, in their name and tor them, these venera ble relics of the wise, the valiant, and the good founders of our great confederated Republic— these sacred symbols of our golden age. May they l>e deposited among the archives ol our Government; and may every American who shall hereafter behold them, ejaculate a mingled orteringot p.aise to that Supreme Ruler ot the Universe by whose tender mercies our Union lias been hitherto preserved through all the vi cissitudes and revolutions of this turbulent world, and of prayer lor the continuance of these blessings, by the dispensations ol Ins Pro vidence, to our beloved country Irom age to age, till Time shall lie no more! [The same tokens of approtation which had greeted the address of. Mro. Sjltjpineys V hibifed at the ci.7 Mt Ad;u is ,11 ?lWSs4od'ecug Uie folfosf ing resolutions, which ly: “fiesolce.l t.y the Sciuit: on! Honwof Repre sentatives of the railed Siatesiy Ain -mu in, ( on gress assembled. That the thanks- ot this Con gress be presented to Samuel T. Washington, of Kanawha county, Virginia, for the present of the swonl used by his illustrious relative George Washington, in the military career of his early youth iu the seven years’ war and throughout the war of lite National Independ ence, and ot the stall bequeathed by’ the patriot, statesman, and sage, Benjamin Franklin, to tin same leader ot the armies of Freedom in the Revolutionary war, George Washington. That these precious relies are hereby accepted in lite name of the Nation; that they-be deposited for the safe keeping in the Department of State of the United stales, and that a copy of this reso lution, signed by the Presidento! the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, be transmitted to the said .Samuel T. Washing ton.” On motion of Mr. Taliaferro, the addresses of Mr. Summers and Mr. Adams- were onlered to be entered on the Journal, and copies of both transmitted to Mr. Samuel T. Washington. Mr. McKentian said that, after the deep feel ing which lias been elicited by the exciting scenejust witnessed, it seemed to him that the House was not prepared immediately to enter again on the ordinary business of the session. He moved, therefore, that the House adjourn. No voi -<’ dissenting, the House adjourned. SENATE. Wasuinoton, February 8. WASniNCTON AND FKANIJLLN. A message was received from the House, an nouncing lite passage ol a joint resolution in re lation to the presentation of the sword of Gene ral Washington and the cane of Benjamin Frankliu; which resolution having been read, Mr. Archer rose and said that, as Ihe grounds of a proceeding sent from the other House of Congress to this for concurrence could not be assumed to be known necessarily, and the reso lution before the Senate imparted a distinguish ed compliment to a native of his own State, he had been advised, and had yielded to the admo nition, that a lew words from one of the Sena tors of Virginia might be regarded as not inap propriate, and perhap- be expected in explana tion of the resolution. It was known to even member of the Senate that Gen. Washington, by his will, had bequeathed swords to four ot his nephews. One of these swords, plain and the least valuable according to ordinary estimates of value, the gentleman to whom the first choice had been permitted had had the just taste topic ter, as that w’hich his glorious ancestor ha.l in variably worn, in rent scrricc, from the period ol early life, when lie had, in the cause of his country, then in a colonial condition, first com mended himself to honor, and through the cn tfegrp|?Tss of thatgreat c mflist.y kwjhljatl Jfe. of his immortal renown. There was not room for a question that the weapon which had just been laid on the table of the President, was the identical one to which these interesting associa tions attached. It might have been proper for him to have stated the evidences ot this tact, but the task had already been discharged by his col league and friend tn the other House, who had yesterday in fulfilling the office of presenting these relics to t e nation, added another wreath to the honor of being selected for the function, by the chaste, appropriate, an:l beautiful address —in entire keeping with the simplicity of the memorial and ol the character ol its illustrious proprie or—with which he had gratified the House of Representatives. There might be persons, Mr. Archer said, dis posed to regard the reception of memorials so slight as a sword and a cane a- not in keeping with the dignity of a Senatorial body. If such there were, he (Mr. A.) was not to be included in the number of them. The disposition he in dulged was widely different. Nor was such the thought of our great precursors in the love and maintenance ot liberty in the ancient Republics. They had the practice, and regarded it as ines timable, ot erecting statues io great departed worth. And why 1 Could the reason be any other but the effort Io keep alive the principle of generous virtue, by presenting and keeping per petual)}’ before the eyes the symbols of its au thors ! Mr. Archet said that, fi>r his own part, he thought that slghte memorials than statues an 1 mausoleums were fin more conducive to this etlect, where, they bad appertained to the com mon use—been connected with the offences ot service—shed a light on the peculiarities oftein per or habitude or acliieveiuet,i ol the persons to which they relate-!. Il this remark were just, bow applicable, above all others, to Washing ton, and this symbol, his sword, the type in its symplieity of his character in its office of his achievements! Washington! the only name requiring no eulogy, lor the name itself compre hended all eulogy Ii had been said by one ol the most eminent public tueu ol the age. himselt the subject of a monarchy, (Lord Brougham,) that “ot uiiiuspire.i men, W ashington was to be esteemed incomparably the greatest. Nor was this to be regarded a- exaggerated praise, when it was lecidlected that greatness was to be measured, not by virtue only, but a combined consideration .4 is etlect-; and this same con sideration proved that xio man great as Wash ington could pethajt- ii hv live. Men, not the interiors of Wa. hiugtou in virtue and in wis dom, might come into existence, but to the lull est developemera <4 grandeur ol chaideter, eit cumstances must conspire and Ibrtn no unim portant part: and no man could again tie placed ill circumstance: such as mat ketl the situation of Washington. Many men, it was to be hop ed, were destined ju that progress ot free insti tutions which t.mrked llu- character ot the age. to be die tbuudei- oflibcrty to; tiieir <>u ti com, tries and times: Im: wn.tt v.as ;i.e jecnliaiity of the positiot, t-.u-.i otiic-e ol St asnington .* Ik was, probably, appointed by the ordination of Providence, toprove the founder of liberty for the human race in all times. From the germ which he had planted promised to spread the in fluence which was destined, it might be hoped, to gather nation after nation under its shadow, and to yield the life-sustaining fruit to all pe riods in succession. And Franklin, whose name was associated with Washington's in the presentation of these relics! How curious the coincidence that they should have been associated by such symbols! Franklin, second only to Washington as one of the founders ot our Republic, in science a foun der greater still! Recent developments made it not improbable that the power of which Frank lin had been the first to bring us acquainted with its laws, was the one the most efficient and dif fused through the entire processes of physical nature; the thorough knowledge of wnied was to produce results the most imposing and most important which had ever been tmlocked to hu man vision! These were the men associated with the relies now presented to us, and which, as emblems, these relics were appropriate to re call to memory whenever they were viewed; to inspire admiration of the wisdom they had dis played, gratitude for the benefits they hail ren dered, veneration tor the virtue which had adorn ed them! We had been accustomed to call these illustrious men ours But the time would come when they would equally be exalted as oenefactors of human kind, as they had been jurs, and their fame the property of their whole race. Doctor Ftauklin, in the bequest of the cane to General Washington which was now exhibit ed to us, had said that “he gave it to his friend, and the friend of mankind, who, had it been a sceptre, who would have deserved it.” And the sceptre tltat friend has attained which he de serveci. jt t>}vd been an expression, in the cere monial offices Wjhicjh qpeurredon the death of Washington, that he was tbiQij£tl in the hearts of his countrymen. The expiys.sio]j fell far short of the full extent of his destiny. ‘ Jt was to be throned in the homage—in the admiration— no! these did not convey the j ust phrase—in the boundless veneration of mankind ! Mr A. said he would no longer be the im pediment to the expression of the acclaiming sentiment which he knew beat in the bosom of every Senator to respond, even by ihe tribute of this humble resolution, to the great titles 1 W«)liiiißl<>u and Franl.-lil'' 1 <’" l »'l'"I V • '“lc. mi 4 rrtrren».o. I , Hi ,'' •-' ’•ltlli.4l iJoitum-1.. «'i'p'e-l'l ll( 1 ’5 '‘■'‘t ale (hen .idiotul' 1 - 1 Ix'lbli~ an mteiesiiug )IW |j ( ,u (h jeremoities were al- J orderc I m placed tl if the Journals : d < opy ~f /, ( , w s lM |i, T. Washington, '- f} imr( i J’ Cour prrs, :i itr.d to (v • -oAt.’s KanJi* 1 Cocn i v (Va.) ' January 9, 1843. c th '*' With I’". will receive i he war-sword ul mv grail iu| clc, Gen. George r '»ashington i ftnd the »d headed cane be queathed to him by Docl Benjamin Franklin. t hese interesting relid* wish to be pre.sent ™’ “If 0 , u gh you, m v de;J>r, to the Congress of the United States, on bej* fi le nation. c Longress can disposj* them in such man 1 tier as shall seem most .’fropt iate, and best cal r ciliated to keep in rnemly »• the character and services ol those two illjtrious founders of our 'republic. 1 am, with feeiu, yours, v SAMUEL 1 WASHINGTON. t l Q Hon. Geo. <VV. Su Jbef, Htuse of Repfentatives. •* Cwzy of r, Lrltlr fromf'"l- Gno. C. Washing- 1 Geoiget<|n, January 31, 1842. •tot - All^ IR: I have bpt® me your letter of the 1 •“'th inst., requesting if to give you any infor tnatiou in my pessessiJ in relation to the sword placed in your hands I Mr. Samuel T. Wash ington, (alleged :o havibeen the service sword ot General WaffiingtJ during the Revolution- 1 ary War,) and vhichp has instructed you, in his name, to present tithe Congress of the U nited Mates. J General WadiingtJ, by his will, made dis- ' of hisiSwordJin the following words : "To each oftrty nepllws, William Augustine i Washington, deotgeLewis, George Steptoe Washington, BfislirofWashington, and Samu el Washington 1 gif one of the swords, or couteaux, ofygich [may die possessed ; and order they are named. vyith an injunc- blootlkcept itmeror self-defence, or in defence ot llf country and its rights; and in the latter caPA keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling th them in their hands to the relinquishment] ereof.” Two ol Ibes4iwou|.sare in my possession, be ing devised to », the one by my father, Wm. A rot stini: >Mi, i.\uk>n, and the other by my uncle, the larejtdg* Bushrod Washinoton. The deseeuilai: oi Gkohue Lewis and George Steptoe Wasngton have two other ol these swords, and thin yoltrcharge is without doubt the one which ms selected by Col. Sami’ei. W ASHINOTON. My lather w.- entitled to the first choice un der the will.'buyas prevented by indisposition from attending Mount Vernon when the dis tribution took pbe, and J ttdge "Washington se lected lor him tlirost finished and costly sword, with which assertions wore connected high ly i-oinj'limenlaiko General Washington; but I have <>iien heauuy father say that he would have preferred thewordselected by Col. Samuel Washington, iny the fact that il was used by the General durir Ihe Revolutionary war. I haveat different ties heard similar statements as to this tact madbyCol. Samuel Washington, and Major Lawhm j; Lewis, andamnotaware that it has been qestioned by any member of the family. Theword was represented to me as- a couteau, with plain green ivory handle. I entertain nodubt whatever as to the identi ty ofthis sword, ail hope that the information 1 have given may p>vc satisfactory. I am, very, respctfully your obedient servant, G. C. Washinoton. Hon. Gr.oiioE W Summers, House of Rejesentatives Twelve Square Burnt—Loss S«4,000,0001 The city of Pnt-au-Prince was threatened with destruction ly a fire on lhe'Jlh ult., which originated in the uaking of varnish by a care less French chemist on Courbe St. 1n24 hours twelve squares cunprising 600 houses! were reduced to ashes. The fire swept the whole space on the right of a line extending, says a correspondent of th’ Journal of Commerce, front the bottom of the totter to the tipjter market, and along the Grand Rm. to Dr. Pincombo’s brick house, thence diverging to the square next the Northern portal, taking the whole of the Belfair quite up tothe.-tieclot thcCross. Passing the street of the Cross, it swept the whole left side of the upper market so that all the Dry Goods Merchants have been burnt out, as well as the greater part of the retailers of provisions. During three hours, the sun was obscured by clouds of black smoke : lite whole population was out-doors; there was no water in the foun tains! o» ing to public neglect, and but for a change iu the wind al sunset, and the isolated situation ol’lhe houses on the liorders of the ra ging eunllagration, the town would have been utterly consumed. Notwithstanding the tire did not extend to the the loss to consignees newly arrived. The Euro; ear: houses have been the heaviest losers. 1h .- scene must have been indiscribablv frightful. The loss is estimated at $4,000,000. Kentucky.—The theme of conversation at Frankfort, is the removal of the seat of Govern ment to Louisville. Fears arc entertained and hopes are thought to be near realization. The vote will be a close one, within the chance of some 3 or 4 votes at the outside, and the difficul ty seems to rest in the Senate. in the House of Representatives, on Thursday, a communication was received from the President, in answer to a resolution of that body, veportiugtliat 110 information is in posses sion of the Government of the United States ot any negotiation of a treaty, or of any overtures to treat, for the cession of California by Mexico to England. The St. Louis Gazette of the 21th till., says: “It is said that since th-hlerartlupiuke, the bot tom ot the liver has fallen out in some places— fin instance where the Gen. Praties hull was sunk, she lay very near the top of the water— and since the earthquake the bottom cannot be found with a line ol 150 feet in length.” Correspondence of the North American. New York, Feb. 10, 1813. The long looked sot budget of appojniinents has made its appearance, and has caused great terror at St, Tammany, not one ol its votaries having been remembered ip dividing the spoils. All the old clique of the Albany Regency have come again to favor, and instead of tlje Mike Walshes and others of the same grade, who live ou “sixpence a day and earn it,” we have the Saul Alleys, Stephen Allens, and all that class of men, who sport their carriages anil oat.sidets, and live like princes in their palace at the West End. Hi- Honor Judge Kent refused to release Brown on bail, who is charged with as.-i-ting Miller in the abduction ofhis wile. Public opin ion is in advance of the law in these ease', and Brown must wait and see n hether bis crime is ac< essaty to murder or abduction, as no one knows where Mrs. Miller i<. ' The f.illow ing statistics of the Methodist E pis.-i.pal Church, for 1842, have been taken li.-tm ihe mir.iue- ol the several conferences jn-i pttblisheil: .--c. ti ■ ■ ”4 1 i;>” lliujj-; ri-..r..ei- 4,241 Local Preachers7,62l Church Members, (communi- cants)l,ooß,9ol Net increase in 1842 of Church Members, after deducting the dead, the withdrawn, and the expelledl2o.l23 If the various other Methodist connexions, such as the Protestant, the German, the African, the Primitive, &e,, were taken into the account it would swell the whole number qf members or communicants to between 11 and 1,300,0(10, Correspondence of the Baltimore American. Washington, February 10. state or the finances. Several erroneous rejiorts having gone forth from troth Houses of Congress as to tiie state of the finances of the Government, and the condi tion of the Treasury, present and prospective, you may be interested in the following state ment, which is officially’ received from the Sec retary of the Treasury, and which bears the date of the 9th ol February. Estimated receipts for 1813:- Customssl3,ooo,lXlo Land 5.2,500,000 Miscellaneous receiptsloo,ooo Loans amt Treasury n0te54,883,358 36 $20,483,358 36 Balance Jan. Ist, 18432,840,041 23,323,399 The expenditures |'qr tl;e year 1843 are esti mated at $22,932,773, Durjijg {he year, how ever, the Treasury Notes issued upder the apt of August last, and redeemable in the course of the year are $1,402,390 —should these notes be re deemed there will be a deficiency of $2,011,763, provided the estimates are appropriated, which so far is not the fact, and there is no expectation that the expenditures will be much over $30,- 000,000, or nearly 1 three millions under the esti mates. If the estimates shall all be appropria ted, the surplus in the Treasury in January 1841, the Secretary says will be nearly’ $400,000. The Treasury, therefore, though not in a ve ry enviable condition, js much better off'than has been represented. The Secretary, in a communication to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, recommend': a duty of 20 per cent on tea apd coffee. WEDNESDAY aWRNING, FEBRUARY 15. luotltyf Patriot Cnnc. Our citizens will b- called on to-day, loy.i v the last it Untie ot respect to the remains of Mr. John Alaktin, a Revolutionary Patriot, who diediii this’ ity i i—ieDtay, at tltc advanced age ijt 105 years. Having I -aint, that another more familiar with his history than ourself, will prepare a brief sketch of his long career, we forbear any comment, and add our sincere wish that the cit izens will unite with tlui military in paying to his remains merited honors. 1 Brand's Kticyclopedia. Having previously spoken ot the high value of this work, which is issued by the Messrs. Harper, in numbers, we deem it unnecessary to repeat oureommendations on the receipt of each successive number, we therefore content ourself with remarking, that Part HI. has been receiv ed and is for sale by Thomas Richards. Price 25 cents. Mr. Richards has also laid on our table No 1 of the “Lifeand Adventurer, of Martin Chuz zlewit" by Boz, a cheap edition m numbers, from the press of the Messrs Harper. The Magnet. Mr. L. N. Fowler has laid onour table two numbersofa periodical with the above title, de voted to ihe investigation of Phrenology, Magnetism, Physiology, &c. &c., which is edited by La Roy Sunderland, ot New York. From the attention out leisure has allowed us to bestow ou the numbers before us, the work will be found highly interesting to all those who teel any interest in the investigation of the stilv jects to which it is devoted. “Augusta Papers.—We have reason (ocom *plain that the Augusta papers are not received in this city the day’ they' are published, although the Railroad communication is daily between the two places. Our papers goon the day ot publication, and surely Aur Augusta triends should return the favor.” The above paragraph i> from the Charleston Courier of yesterday, to which we reply, that heretofore, unless our paper was put to press at a very early hour in the night, we were unable to get our |.apers in the northern mail of the next morning; we will, however, endeavor to make such arrangements with the Post Office in this citv, as will secure their transportation the uioming on which they are published. fam the New Orleans Picayune of thefith. Late from Texas. The steam packet Neptune, Capt. Rollins, arrived yesierday morning from Galveston, bringing dates to the sth inst. Among the pas sengers were Gen. M. B. Lamar, Messrs. J. D. Morris and Dangerfield, Gen. Hugh McLeod, Col. Wm. G. Cook and Major Geo. T. How ard—the three latter belonging to the Santa Fe expedition. We regret to learn that the news in relation to the capture of Dr. Brenham, at Mier, is con firmed. iViativ ol the officers were anxious to rema in with Fisher, but were overruled by So mervell. One of the prisoners taken at Mier writes as follows in relation to Somervell: — “1 think the Texan government ought to give Gen. Somervell an office in Bexar to take, care of the women iu that place, so as to prevent the Mexicans violating them. 1 really think he de serves il tor his hasty retreat irom the R-io Grande.” News from Matamoras to the 30u> January, had been received at Galveston by the Sloop Si nus, Capt. Delcsdcrniei. ■ The Texas Times ol the 4th instant contains all the additional partic ulars in relation to the capture ol Col. Fisher with a full list of the prisoners taken. I’rom that paper we gather our news. The prisoners taken at Mier have all been matched to the city ol Mexico, with the excep tion of tin- l.ul retained by Ampudia and the sick and wounded. Col. Fisher and Gen. Green, with probably sonic other officets, were sent forward on horseback, some two or three days in advance of the main body, who followed on loot. A letter front one ol the prisoners al Mata moras, states that when the terms of capitulation i 1,,-mf i-.t Ihs Tevi.ns, shed teats, and Gen. T. J. Green broke his gun into pieces, and was neatly frantic with rage. Another of the prisoners at Matamoras, who had an opportunity of writing without the knowl edge of the Mexicans, gives additional particu lars in relation to the desperate battle at Mier, which ate extremely interesting. After stating that a night attack had been determined upon by the Texan officers, he then writes as fol lows : “On arriving at the Elcantro, a river running by the town, Col. Fisher ordered Gen. Green to take twenty-five men and cross above us, so as to induce the enemy to believe that we intended to cross the river above the lower ford. We then crossed the river and marched into town, notwithstanding the heavy lite of cannon and musketry which, the enemy poured upon us. By this iime, it was 7 o’clock in the evening, and we took possession of a range of houses next to the public square. The Mexicans kept up a heavy fire upon us during the whole night, but it did not do us any serious injury. Early the next morning, we began to return' the com pliment, and the way our riflemen picked them off'was a sin to Davy Crockett. Such was Hie deadly aim of our rifles that we cleared the can non four times, and not a Mexican could show his head without getting a title ball to feel his different bumps—the examination was general ly very hasty, and the patient was sure to lose liis life Up to this time, we were confident of victory; but alas! for the uncertainty of human affairs, what a change ! —About 2 o’clock, the Mexicans made a charge, but were repulsed with great loss. By this time, our ammunition was getting short, and as soon as this fact was ascertained, Col. Fisher onlered the men to pre pare to charge on the cannon, and also to charge into the public square. Before this order was executed the enemy sounded a parley, and sent in a flag demanding our surrender, and also sta ting the number oftiieir forces to be fifteen htm dred regular soldiers and one thousand raucher qs and cjtizens. Had not this flag been sent in, In twenty minutes we should have had posses sion of the public square, aud the victory would have been ours. Immediately on hearing the bearer of the flag mention surrender,’ Co). Fish er told him that he would not for a moment lis ten to the proposition, and ordered hint to take back the nag. At this moment a captain rush ed out and inquired the terms of surrender. The men bv this time littd ascertained the number of their foes, an! were panic stricken: about one halt were for surrendering, aud the other halt were tin fighting it out. Col. Fisher then asked an hour to consider on the terms of surrender: at the expiration of the hour, we sutiendered as prisoners of «tii ." The capliit.’ oi'Fi-hei has made some of the Mexican gete-ral- exceedingly fierce. One ot them ha~ wi i:-en to Santa Anna from Matamo ras tm 1.. 1...n.t I I,(KX> men, with which to overrun and subdue al! Texas. It costs him but little to soy he will do this, but it would put him to some little trouble and inconvenience to effect it. By many it is thought that another invasion of Mexico will take place this spring, headed by- Gen. Rusk. The inhabitants of the Eastern pountics who have heretofore had comparative ly liftje to do with the forays on the Western bor, ders ape said to be extreirtely anxious to visit Mexico, “armed and equipped as the law directs.’ A body of some 500 men al all events is te b< stationed along the frontier tor its protection. According Io the Mexican accounts of the bat tle of-Viter, “foursmi’U brass gnus" were captured in that action. Col. Fisher had no cannon, and it is therefore likely lite Mexican account is cor rect—they were ptobably about the size of /«>- All foreigners and disinterested persons al Alatauioras represent the slaughter at Mier, to have been immense, and moreover than if Som ervell had marched with 800 or even 500 men he would certainly have defeated Ampudia and taken Mier and Matamoras —the latter place having contributed all her forces to accomplish the capture of Fisher and his party. lust oft:-:xan rntsoNEßs. Offices. — WmW Fisher, Thoinas J Greep, T W Mqrpay, Ilichapi F Brenham, Wil)iam M Shepherd, John feiiinickson, William JMc- Moth, Claudius Buster, Charles H fteese, J G W Pierson, John R Baker, William M East land, William Ryon, Esven Cameron, F M Gibson, Chas A Clarke, John M Shipman, Israel Canfula, Thos W Cox, A A Lee, FW Douglass, G B Crittenden, William A Clopton, T S Smith. Non-Com missioned Officers, — John P Wyatt, J R Johnson, J N M Thompson, W H Van Horne, RG Waters, J D Cocke, J J Bionton, Ferge Anderson, A S Boark, Henry Whaling Zacheous AVilson. R W Tomer, Wm HFrens ley, T H Nelson. Privates.— Thos Brannon, Thos J Dellon, G Lewis, James M McMichen. Peter A Acker- man, James H Ncelv Jcrcniiali lychan, John I Mill I'HT.iirk II Willoughbv. JamesTrunt r.ull, il I'.-.ieo. h, S 11 A'...l!rer, M.-itilie» W A Icxandci. Etiwaid D\\ i i::in 1.. v.: on I \f <l-, Thoinas Uenaboiigh, lleniv Jotircay, D HE Busby, T It Alexander, Thus Owen. John B Benny, W P Stapp, Wilson N Vandyke, H 1 Bridyn, )-aae Zuniatt, John Havy, Daniel 1 Davis, W Miller, J IVatts, John .loop , R H t King, J Young, George W Bush, W E Millen, I D R Hallowell, David Overton, C Davis, A B Hanna, Asa Hill, R H Oatsileuoni Middleton, W B Middleton, M C Wing, TW T Harrison, 1 Alien S Holderman, J L Shepherd, James N ' Jonny, John Fitzgerald, Francis Rily, S Good- ; man, R S Beard, Willis Coplan, William , Mom.-, William J Martin, S McDade, Ezechiel j Smith, Ceptwin Isom, AVV B C Bryon, Owen 1 R Willis, T A Thompson, O C Phelps, James 1 Philips, C M Roberts, Wm Oldham, S McFall, 1 W H Moore, J J Humphreys, John Day, C K Gleason, George Lord, W 8 Beard,GN Downs, A S Hammond, F Brey, Thomas Davis, S G 1 Bennett, S McClelland, W B Cixidy, John Rea, Pat Maher. H Muiller, W A A Wallace, G W Urahem, P Roekeyfellow, John Ewen, Wm Mitchell, J C Wilson, J H Livergood, J J Si mons, J Calvert, AV Clark, Wm Moore, W Kaigler, B Z Boone, Sullivan, J Holffer, Fran cis While, J F Smith, Leonidas Sanders, John Hawk, C M McMahan, Alex Mahews, Adam Moser, J C Groycean, W H Roan, J A Sant burg, U Hill, D D Henric, W Jones, A J De wis, P F Bowman, J S Cash, .1 Wilson, Wm Wism, Win Thompson, Wm Parker, .1 S Ja tem, A B Laforge, D McDonaldo, J Arthur, Patrick Usher, J J Moorhead, J McMullin, T Colville, D H Van Vitchen, R H M C Smith, R Brown, D Smith, H D Heddenbttrg, J Glut’s, John McGurly, William Dunbar, William Gibson, R B King, J B Neely, R 11 Dun hum, William Davis, E B Jackson, Levi Williams, MM Rogers, John Jonny, Thom as AV Bell, P D Randolph, E G Coffman, J S White, T L James, H Woodland, W R, Davis, W J AVilson, E H Pitis, EEEsk, Sand ford Rice, M R Pilley, C S Kelly, A F Baras, II V Novel, H I f, Rofierts, F Whitehurst, P It Dougherty, Alexander Armstrong, John Lacy, J E Dusenburg, James Burke, Joseph D Mc- Cutchen, Leonidas D F Edwards, j C Arm strong, J M Ogden, B Blttse, C Hensly, D F Barny, P Al.Aiaxiwell, It W Harris, AV J Riut ynn. R P Boswell,' E It Pinter, W M AUwo.xl, C McLaughlin, S A Barney. J LD Blackburn. Lorenzo 1) Rice. Carter Sargent. Samuel Lyon:; Ja s Barber, J H Ewry, G B Pillart, A McKin nel, David Allen, M McCouly, Win Bailey, Stanly I.oekerman, D H Gcttis, Lyn Bobo, Henry D Weeks, Wm Ripley, W Y Scott, R Beal, Nathaniel 11 Mallon, W 11 Kirkendal, .1 D Malby, J O Riee, Lewis Haynes,.l Jeancy, Edward Y Keene, Jeffrey Hill, Win Reese, j Hill, Win H Sellers, Galber It Brush, —2U. The New-Orleans Tropic says :—The coun try is in a deplorable condition, and weeonfess we see little chance for its extrication from its present difficulties. They are without money, without provisions, and what is not less impor tant, they ate without harmony. The President and Congress are at loggerheads, and all con fidence seems at an end. We would gladly see Texas rise irom het present position..but before she does so, she must have a new jpfusion of energy in het officers, and more hartltony in her councils. In her present embarassed and ui-- racled conditiijt, we see no hope for het Prom the. N. York Herald of February 6, 2 r. M. We have just received from our special cor respondent at Washington a correct copy of the written Opinion of the late 1 'ourt of Inquiry in , the case of Commander Mackenzie, and we hasten to give it to our leaders with as little de lay as possible: ' United States Ship North C.iroi.in i, January 20, 1843. Present, Commodore Charles Wtewart, Com modore Jacob Jones, Commodore Alexander J. Dallas, and Ogden Hoffman. Judge Advo ■ cate. • The Court, alter due deliberation, resolve to ; report the tacts and circumstances of the case . submitted to them, and to deliver their opinion > upon the facts as follows: In the execution ot the order of the Hon. Se cretary of the Navy, the Court, with the excep tion of ten of the crew, who are in confinement, ' examined every officer, seaman, aud apprentice f belonging to the United States brig Somers in her late cruise, and unanimously report the fol lowing facts, as proved to the satisfaction of r the Court by the testimony, the record of which 1 they have the honor herewith to submit. That on the 27th November, 1842, in latitude 13 2116, and longitude 41 21 45, Commander 1 Mackenzie discovered that a mutiny had been - organized on board the brig Somers. e I’he Court further finds that such mutiny did exist, and that Midshipman Philip Spencer, boatswain's mate Samuel Cromwell, and sea e man Elisha Small were ringleaders iuit.and e that others of the crew had knowledge of its ex- I istence and participated in its guilt. 1 That on the 27th November Midshipman Spencer was arrested and confined in irons; that .- on the subsequent day’ boatswain’s rnite Crom n well and seaman Small were also confined in irons; and, al the timethey were so_confined, il ' 'Bilhg tltern tr/Htc netried by the laws of their country, and that to effect this desired object Commander Mackenzie adopted every measure that a bra ve, prudent, and skil ful officer could adopt. That during the con finement of the prisoners, sullenness, discontent, inattention to duty, disobedience to orders, often, as seamen know, and naval records prove, the sole precursors to open acts ot violence and blood, were manifested by the crew, and justly excited the belief in the Commander and the of ficers that an attempt would be made to rescue the prisoners and take the brig from those to whom she had been entrusted by the Govern ment. The Court further find that there was no place on board the brig which would have given great er assurance of protecting the prisoners irom a rescue than the quarter deck, on which they were confined. That Commander Mackenzie, in the respon sible situation in which he was placed, sought, as it was his duty to do, the advice and counsel of his officers, and that the unanimous advice and opinion ol those officers, alter an examina tion of some <>f the crew, and careful delibera tion, was that the safely of the brig Somers de pended upon the immediate execution ot Mid shipman Spencer, Boatswain’s male Cromwell, and Seaman Small. That Commander Mackenzie, in pursuance of the advice of his oflieers, and in obedience to the dictates ol hisown judgment, did execute, by hanging, Midshipman Spencer, Boatswain’s mate Cromwell, and seaman Small. That such execution took place on the Ist of December, 1842, in latitude. 17 degrees 31 min utes 28 seconds, and longitude 41 degrees 24 minutes 45 seconds; and that ihebrig, al thetime of ihe execution, was, by the log, distant from St. Thomas five hundred and twenty-five and a ball utiles, at which place she arrived on lhefilh December, 1212, The Court further find that the conduct of Commander Mackenzie had been Lind to his crew, attentive to their wants and their coin forts; that he was studious to promou- their knowledge of tiieir prolessioit, and that no pun ishments were inflicted greater than were ren dered necessary by the discordant Mature of the crew and the proper discipline ot a man of war. The Court further find that the conduct of Commander Mackenzie, Lieut. Gatisevourl, and the Ofliceis of ihe biig, was during the try ing scenes through which they passed, collected, calm, and brave, and justified the confidence re jH -e<i in them by their country OPINION. Tha Court are, therefore, of opinion -- That a mutiny l.ad been organized 011 board the United State's brig Somersto murder the/jf fieersand take jxisse-.-ioli ot' the brig. That Midshipman Philip Spencer, Boat swain’s mate Samuel Cromwell, and seaman Elisha Small were concerned in and guilty of such mutiny. That, had nol the execution taken place, tn al.cutjii wo'ii.l have been made t > release the prisoners, inttrder tiie officers, and take com mand of the brig. That such attempt, had it lieen made in the night, or during a squall, would, in the judgment of the Court, from the number and character of the crew, the small size of the brig, and thedaily decreasing physical strength ol the officers, oc casioned by almost constant watching and bro ken slumbers, have beep successful. That Commander -Mackenzie, under these circumstances, was not hound to risk the safety of hjs vessel, and jeopard tiie lives of the young officers and the loyalty of his crew, in order to secure to the guilty the forms of trial, and that the immediate execution of the prisoners was demanded by duty and justified by necessity. The Court arc further of opinion, that thro’- out ali these painful occurrences, so well calcu lated to disturb the judgment and try the energy of the bravest and most exj.etienced officer, the conduct ol Commander Mackenzieand his offi cers was piudent, calm and firm, and that he aud they honorably performed their duty to the service and their country. CHARLES STEWART, President of the Court. OGDEN HOFFMAN, Judge Advocate. Singular Occcrh>:-.c>:. —-On Wednesday week two ladies belonging to the family of Mr. Creighton, who reside near the Clinton House at Niagara Falls, had a narrow escape from an awful death. They were in a sleigh, driving a horse belonging to M r - Creighton, and when near the well known Table Rock, by some mis management on the part ot the ladies, the horse backed toward the precipice, and fell over into the dreadful gulf below. Providentially the la dies sprang out, before the horse made the leap. Os course the horse and sleigh were dashed to pieces, the height from which they tell being more than 160 feet. Throw Distemper and Erysipelas.—This disease is at present raging with fearful violence in Vermont. The Boston Times is informed that within the last few days the following num ber of deaths were occasioned by it; Derby, Vt. 30out of a population of about 2500; Charles town, Vt. 25ont of a population of about 900: Holland, 10out of a population of about 800; and Morgan. 15 out of a population about 500. Deaths caused by othet diseases ate not includ ed in this, account. T«F,JiTV-*BVl’. 11 iAGRESS. t ,nrri epondi tur pf the, tiaacuurrr American Washington, Feb. 9. UNITED STATES SENATE. The Citair laid before the Senate a commu nication from the Treasuiy Department, cover ing a cotn munication from the Collectors upon the subjet lof the Warehousing System. Re ferred to the Committee, on Commerce. in-Ternai. improvements. A Bill Io provide for the improvement of the Mississippi and its tributaries was reported. This bill is accompanied by a report which is prepared by Mr. Barrow, and which is under stood to enter into the merits of the whole sub ject. During the day' Resolutions adopted by the Legislatures of Michigan and Arkansas, upon the subject of Roads, Canals and improve ments, were presented. STATE OP TftE UNION. Mr. McDuffie called up the Resolutions in troduced by him on Monday. He promised not to consume any time if they were taken up now, as he only wished to submit a mqtion. The n-.-olutions were taken up, and Mr. Mc- Duffie saht that “as the resolutions involveil questions ol paramount importance—nothing less thantthe State of the Union; he moved that they be postponed until Monday next and made the specia I ordei of the day. There wore no ob jections to the motion. WATER-ROTTED HEMP. Mr. Crittenden moved to take up the Resolu tions front the House for the establishment of Agencies for the purchase of domestic Hemp for the use of the Navy, one in Kentucky and one in M issouri. The motion prevailed. This Resolution gave rise to an extended debate. Mr. Bay ard stated that the Resolution was in tended as an encouragement to the growth of Hemp. It made no appropriation, however, and was only the basis of an appropriation. The Sec retary of the Navy could trot establish the agen cies without an appropriation. Mr. B. spoke of the prices of Hemp, and referred to the recom inendations of the Departiuenl, Mr. McDuffie was opposed to the Resolution, and diditoi like this nttrsins of the Government. He coupled the object u ith protection, and thought il to lie a great evil done to the Govern ment tin the benefit of the producer. Mr. King enlarged upon these objections, and opposed Ihe Resolution. He was of opinion that it Would lead to great abuse, and a great ex penditure of money. Mr. Bagby was also among the objectors to the Bill, and feared evil consequences. The friends ot the Bill were Messis. Buchan an, Morehead. Crittenden, Linn, lieiuoit, and Bayard. Mr. Bagby moved a proviso to the- resolution, to theefleet that Domestic Hemp should not be purchased unless ofasgooil quality, and at the same price as the foreign article. The arueiid tnent was agreed to without objection. Mr. McDuffie, who had twice opposed the resolution, called for the yeas and nays ujxm the question of adoption. And they wen yeas 27, nays 17. pension mix. Mr. E> uns asked the Senate to act upon the Pension Bill lor the calendar and fiscal year which had Iteeit reported during the morning. The bill was taken up and passed finally with out amendment. ARMY BILL. Mr. Evans gave notice that to-morrow he should ask the Senate to consider ihe Army Ap propriation Bill from the House ot' Representa tives. On motion ot Mr. Bayard, the Senate agreed to devoie Saturday next to the consideration of private bills. The remainder of the tlay was devoted tit pri vate business. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Fill unite, from the committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill to bring into the trea sury moneys received from certain public offi cers before they can be disbursed, and tor other purposes; which was referred tothe committee of the whole. Air. Reynolds, from a select committee, re ported a lull to authorize the adoption of meas ures for the occupation and settlement of Ore gon Terriiory, and for extending the laws ot'lhe United States over the saute; which was read twice and referred to the committee efthe whole. Mr. Crawford asked the indulgence of the House for a lew moments whilst he desired to address a lew inquiries to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. C. Brown. In the remarks of the gentleman yesterday, on the bill for naval appropriations, lie had spoken of the succession to the late and lamented Habersham as a thing “eontiived.” He, Mr. U., would inquire of the gentleman if he intended to impute, in the ac complishment of this result, that means had been resorted toother than those which were proper, legal and honorable? And it; in allusion to himself, Mr. C.—who was not an acquaintance of the gentleman; possibly this was his misfor tune —lie designed any jtersonal disrespect? Mr. Charles Brown replied that he had not, either bv expression or implication, intimated that any contrivance had brought about the va cancy of Mr. Habersham, or the succession of the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. C. He had only incitlcntaljvtilliiilnil to the subject, and meant to -say nrtrhiug disrespectful ot the gentleman elect ed or ofthose who elected him. He had mentioned that gentlemen called it a glorious victory, when it was of small account; nothing more than the election ot a gentleman to fill out the tail of the session. He knew nothing of the gentleman or ofhis character that would justify an imputa tion ofany thing wrong to him; on the contrary, he had always understood him to be an eminent and honorable titan. Mr. Crawford remarked that as the gentleman from Pennsylvania had disclaimed all offensive remarks, he hud nothing more to say. The Oregon Bill from the Senate was referr ed to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The House, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to the consideration of business relat ing to the district of Columbia. In the course ofi.ebatc, Mr. Roosevelt stated that, ou inquiry at th Treasury Department, he had been informed that the revenue for the fourth quarter of 1842 would be but about $2,150,000; and that it was probable the whole annual income would be but 9,000,(ICO. He st ales this that gentlemen might he cautious how they made appropriations. Friday, February 10. In the Senate.after the morning business, the bill making appropriations for the Arnty was taken up, and after considerable discussion on amendments introduced, most of which were rejected, was passed, and the Senate adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. In the House, after the presentation of peti ■ lions, memorials, &c., the committees were called ou fiir reports, when Mr. Fi Itnore, troin the Committee ot Ways and Means, reported a Bill to authorize the is sue of other Treasury notes in place of those that may be redeemed prior to their maturity, in accordance with the suggestions ot the Secreta ry ot Hu- Treasury, if the necessities ol the go vernment should require such issue. STATE DEBTS. Mr. J. R. Ingersoll called up his motion to print lil.tJOtt extra numbers ot the -report made by the Committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of a $206,009,000 loan, ’rhielt elicited an anititotel debate between Messrs. Adams and the representativesof Mississippi, that was cut shoii by the expiration of the nioruiiig hour, when the house passed to the regular ol - der of ihe day, being the bill to provide for the Insane Hospital in the District ot Columbia, on whieh, 1 nd other District bills, the House was engaged till the hour ot adjournment. The proceedings ot .Saturday were of little interest. -The Senate did nol sh. in the llon-.e, after the presentation ol meuio rialsand petitions, the bill to tedueeihe number and pay -f officers iu the port of New York, was passed. The 11. ius,.‘ then reiuiue I the consideration of the inoti >11.4 Mr. .1 R. Ini t-rsoll, to print 10,000 extra e.., t.- ot the Kejiur: fiu.ll the C.i.muiltee of Ways and Means, on the subject of Stale debts,—upon which, the morning hour was coft sumediu a discussion; in which, Messrs. Gwin, Granger, and Adams, participated, Mr. W. Cost Julitisoq has the floor when the subject is resumed. The morning hour havingexpired, the House passed to the order of the dav, being private bills. Destructive Fire.—Cotton Factory Hiirnt. We learn from the Baltimore Sun, that on Tuesday morning, the 7th, about 2 o’clock, the Cotton Factory, known as the Triadelphia Mills, in Montgomery county, about 20 miles from Baltimore, was discovered to be on fire’ and was totally destroyed. A great proportion of this factory is owned in Baltimore. The loss is estimated at $25,000; the insurance amotmf ed to $15.000 —$9,000 in the Merchants’ Insu rance company of this city, and $6,000 divided between two companies in Wilmington, Dela ware. A lady of Lancaster Pennsylvania, has made a proposition to the ladies throughout the State, through the columns ol the Lancaster Examiner, that they turn their whole stock of jewelry into coin, buy up tl;e State stock, and make a present of jt to the State. She estimates the value of all the trinkets in the possession of the ladies of Pennsylvania eighteen and a half millions of dollars—just enough, by buying the stock at 50 pet cent, discount, to pay off the whole State debt. “Our lords,” she. wisely observes, “will never pay the debt in the world—and it will cer tainly be no very great hardship for us to dispense with out jewelry for a short time. And when we pay off this great debt for them, our chival rous beaux will be both able and willing to buy its a new supply." Days or Wornhip.—The following days of the week are set apart for public worship indif ferent nations:—Sunday, or the Lord's Day. by Christians: Monday, by the Grecians; Tues- , day. by the Persians: Wednesday , by the As- , Syrians: Thursday, by the Egyptians- Friday, by the Turks: Saturday, by the Jews. ' ’ > rite Heiujt'f'l CiHtirovcrsy. ll’-lou will be found the r-ply the Editor "I the I'ham- ton Uotnici'. Io the Card ot Messi.-. Bachtnim, Hoibrook and others, pub lished ”.iw days •.incc, which we insert at the request ul our li ii-tsl of the Courier. With this, Imwcv 1, we lim it, insist ujiou closing the discussion in O | )r colutuus, lor altho’ we were unable io Select the linger of the artist in the making up ol (so. brantyf wc are never- theless unbelievers that it ever was a Sea Nymph. Wc by 110 means maintain the reality or gen- Hinenes- ol the Fejee nymph—we only say that the analogical argument is strong-or plan s’ble for the existence of such a link in the chain 1 A"? 1 !® — ant * l hat we l:un to the opinion that the 1 ejee lady may be real and not counterfeit. . ta' " f an “ by no means bold it improb jV’b’ mt't appearances may be deceptive, and that what is so like a natural object, may be on ly the pet lection of art—and we cordially ap prove of a resort to all proper means of deteirt tng the cheat; and, it it be detected, we will readily lead er follow in its denunciation, and the denunciation of all parties to the imposi tion. Again, we have never prolessed to have examined, 01 even the ability toexamine the fact of genuineness, scientifically or authoritatively, and have therefore never nictated to nor perse cuted those dtflenn-; with us in opinion, altho’ we have repelled attack with what we deem justifiable vigor and asperity. The only point on which wc have authoritatively joined issue with other opponents, is as tothe. existence of “a scam” or “ scatns," perceptible to sight or touch, establishing the [mint of junction between the supposed Monkey and the supposed Fish. On this question of fact wc believe the evidence of two of our senses, in preference to the evi dence ol one of the senses of our scientific op ponents. They saw it through a glass darkly, and neither touched nor handled the uncleau thing; we saw it laid bate to our vision, without <lass case or other intervening obstruction, and landled it too, with the express view of looking for and detecting seams, and could find none— nor could either of the two gentlemen who uni ted with us in the examination; and surely eve • ry one w ill admit that the testimony of two sen ses is belter than that of one, and that the sense of touch w ill aid the sense of sight, whether in teelinz elevations, or in tracing mere lines, ou any surface, liuteed the sense of touch is the great corrective of the errors of sight—distance is measured by rertain touch, not by wnrrrfaia sight; and there is no sense which gives such Ibod to imagination as sight, anil touch is often absolutely necessary to solier it, and its fanciful ereatiotis, down to reality and plain matter of fact. It is evident then that there is no science in this great inquiry of “seams'’ or “no seams." and, without tieing deeply versed, and even con tessiug our short comings, in natural history, we yet cannot yield the evidence of our senses, to tiiedictation of the bevy of learned natural ists, who have set themselves in array azainsi us, and through their chief, challenged us to une qual combat. But although they' be a host in uumhei and reputation, and their name be le gion, we do not decline the tilt; and, knowing that the race to not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, and that even the pebble ot truth may bring the Goliath of error to the ground, wc are not without hojtes of discomfit ting the Philistines that ate upon ns. We lake the position that neither “NoHum bug,” nor his certifiers, Dr. J. Edwards Hol brook, Dr. E. Geddings, and Dr. Lewis R. Gibbes, withall their learned and scientific ap pendages and paraphernalia—no. not even ii; like Dr. Peter Pangloss in the play, they could add to their names and professional titles those of “L. L. D. and “A. S. 8.,” are entitled to au thority in this matter, because they have all de nounced as an imposture that which neither has submitted to the test of a scientific examination, nor even seen with the naked eye. We agree with “No Humbug,” that if the Fejee beauty, or what he styles the “smoked dried affair," be taken out of the glass case and examined scien tifically tty the naturalists of Charleston, and “it should jwurc a contemptible hoax,” then indeed the impostor who exhibits il should gladly “al low them to throw he creature into the fire,” for the pi ivilege of being suffered to “dear him self from the city as last as his heels can carry ’ him;” but until this scientific examination, thus proposed, shall have been instituted, it is neith er just not scientific, to doom “the creature” to a funeral pile, nor its exhibiter to a forced exhi bition of pedestrian s,teed —to a display of his ’ powers in a foot race against time, ora pursuing mob. But, as we design, bdbre we quit, to give lh<- 1 Doctors theirdoae, let us look somewhat closely at their learned certificate, ’lit the first place, 1 they dirt' r essentially from their leader “No Humbug”—lie said it was “a fish’s tail—the tail of a Codfish, attached to Ihe shoulders of a Babomi" — they say “This prete’ndeil wonder is lot med by the ar tificial union of two very distinct and widely . separated species—an Aja- and a Fish, i The form us the head—lhe presence of hands with flat nails, and the long canine teeth, jmn e lion U»e upper part of thisc-ompouild belongs to lheorderquadrutnana, or four hundred animals, which are composed ufmany genera and species, that are usually called by the general name 01 Monkeys. The presi-nee ot cheek pouches, which in thisdried specimen are thrust upwards on the cheek bones, announces it to have been an in habitant of the old world and not of the new, as no Atnei ican Monkey has a< yet been discov ered with these appendages. The specimen has been much distorted and disguised in the preparation. It appears, however, to he that of an African species, frequently- seen in the Me nageries in the United States.' The lower part is the tai), together with the skin of the body of a Fish of the order Mala copterygii Abdominalis of Cuvier, which in cludes a large family of fishes whose rays are all soft, followed by a second one, small and adipose." Now, it is evident that cither “No Humbug," or his certifiers, has committed an egregious blunder—both cannot be right. “Yet “No Humbug” is a scientific man.— So are they all, all scientific men!” But il is certain that tiiese boastedta-’/i’m/is/sditleramoiig themselves—and “who shall decide when doc tors disagree ?” Wny even humble editors, al-, though at the hazard ot being civilly ’entinded ol “intrusion into a subject with which they have nothing iodo.” We believe the “certifi ers” are less in error, however, than “the great certified. ' The latter was [teculiarly unfortu nate in selecting the Baboon for the head of his Doll-baby—as that is a species of the genus Si mla or Ape, which departs largely, in face and form, from its resemblance to man, and is mere nearly assimilated to quadrupeds or four-fiioted beastst—and he is perhaps equally unlucky in •his selection of the Cod-fish tor the tail of his artificial compound. He may truly be said to have made “a pretty kettle of fish" of it. The doctors have done a little better in saying more generally that the compound is that ot Ape and Fish—and they bale been equally prudent iu their very particularly general specifications of the kinds or species of Monkey and Fish, used in the fabrication of the compound. They cau liously, knowing that they were “treading upon eggs,” designated the Monkey as an African species, and that with an il seuMe, it apfiears, and without venturing to name or otherwise de signate the species. They evidently shrunk from committing theuiselies—and take the whole Continent ol Africa as their City of Re fuge, from the baud of the avenger. So with Ibeii sish — it is one of Cuvier’s orders of fishes, with a jaw-breaking name, including a large family—but they venture not to name the fami ly. Thi- may be taking the monkey by the head and tiie fish by the tail, but it certainly is ttol taking the Imlt by the horns—nor meeting the question boldly, like men of science, sure ot tbeii footing, and confident in truth. Il is clear that both ceitifiers and certified have assumed imjioslure witliout due proof; in other wool have begged the question nt issue. And (rain this dilemm •. not even the i.tlbscquent proof iu impostu ’• .11 tii.s panic, ultii instance can relieve them—lor we have not made that the issue with tltem-s-but our issue is whether they have de nounced on sufficient grounds of fact or science. But there is one of our certifying doctors who shares largely with his associates our high re spect and esteem, both for character and talent, of whom we have an especial word to say. We think it but due to Ihe occasion and to jus tice, to mention, that we met him looking at the Mermaid, and offered to procure him the sight and handling of the creature, with the naked eye and hand, before he left the room, but he declin ed the proposal, and, as we maintain, thus shrank from the only test which could give weight ana authority to his opinion and certificate in this matter, high as he deservedly stands in of science generally. We allude here to PraJ lessor Lew is It. Gibbes, who, we may that i-atidor that always marks his cutttw; j " subsequently admitted to us that he nJfT’ * as the creature except through its u A similar admission has been madefe- ~ . *?!"• Geddings; aud Dr. Gibbes says llu, ( p., !' brook is in the same predicxinwfo l'.’.J? 0 ' “No Humbug" sneers at the Mi< clumsy affair -but Dr.Gibfo.., ♦These certifying naturalists IbHV,.l bHV ,. luiltcd Hsci’-utjticblunder,orlna< :. llr „ rv th. y may be popularly eoirei t, it; XS,?? 1 ape and a tisli,” as “tuo very dL, HeparaU'd racNr.e’ A| w and «eh are distinguished as Genera, lira Species -< a< h including seven.l “very diZincaaud iated specie.:. \\ lien .scientific men undertake to instruct the vulgar, the’ should be more cautioun and exact m their phry •. “t» R sce-n. in natu ral hwtoiy, an asym/’lage of speeics, possessing cr rtujii characters tiiJumnion, by which they are distinguished trom/n oth ers. Srzctx e _„. 1,. Zotiogy a i-olleeuou of organized kings, der vid by one common parentage from nature?iX,’" tion, chHracteilaed by one peculiar fonn?’ tiUr's Dictionary. tThe Monkey tribe belong, scientifically, tothe Obder, remarkable for a nearer ap proach to the human form than is exhibited In the other quadrupeds; and the Genus. Simin Ape, of which the several pieces are: 1. Apen or Fitch ns are destitute of a tail. 2. Baboons, <n' such as have very muscular bodies, and tails are commonly short. 3. Monk| s, tails are generally long, and aapieof ihcinp-f/uyj, ffile, or capable of bring twisted nround any object H.) a« to serve as additional hands, or supporters r-the second nod third specie- departing more and more from the human model.