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Elections in South Carolina.
The elections for members to represent this
State .in the next Congress commenced yester
day, and will continue through the day and this
day. It is not probable that more than 1 Whig,
Dr. Butler, will be elected—-indeed, we are not
aware that any other district is contested by lhe
Whigs. .
Mesmerism. —Mesmerism is the order of the
day in ourcity. Mr. Learned Las been lectur
ing and experimenting with increased success
and popularity: and we are constantly witness
ing or hearing of experiments in private circles,
by clergy and laity, doctors and doctored, and
indeed by-lots of folk of every sort. To crown
all, we are no inconsiderable adepts ourselves
iu themy-stie art; which is either true, as we
firtnlysbeiieve. or we have been most complete
ly humbugged, as we do not believe, and that by
babes and sucklings, who have not sufficient in
telligence for imposture, and under circumstan
ces which render deceit more incredible than re
ality. AV hat we have seen ano. done may draw
from us shortly, a new chapter offsets in mes
merism Charleston Courier.
itir A farmer in this neighborhood tells us
that moles always work about 9 o’clock in the
morning, and 3 o’clock ire the evening, and he
says that by Watching their haunts at these
hours they may easily be taken by means of a
hoe to dig them out. He says that last spring I
he caught thus, in two days, over forty mole
in one of his corn fields. — Louis. Journal.
Health and good humor are the hand
maids of happiness. The prince in pain, and
rae-nnmonatre, witose mind L. as lull vi a; .
bityashis coflers are of gold, are ar best but
Ifggars
F, the V. S. Gazette, 16M met.
i math of Commodore Hull.
The tears which we expressed last week, ihsl
Commodore Isaac Hull was in a dangerous sit
uation, have been fully realized. That veteran
officer died yesterday morning, ai hi;, residence,
in Portico Row, meeting death as the natural
and expected close of a long and useful life.
The. name is identified with the honor and
glory of this nation. His skill saved the Con
stitution early in the last war, when chased by a
British fleet; and shortly alierivards he com
menced that series of Naval victories which
gave character to the nation abroad. Those
who recollect the gloom that hung upon the pub
lic mind,’from detects and disasters on the fron
tiers, will bear in mind the reviving influence of
the victory of the Constitution over the Guer
riere, sjchievsd by Commodore Hull, and com
prehend how much of gratitude is hue to him tor
hisbrilliani success.
Commodore Hull was the third on lint lis t u
Post Captains—Commodore Barron and Com
modore Stewart were before him. His com
mission bears date 23rd April. IHOG> one day til
ler Com. Stewart’s.
Cbnrmodsre Hull was, We believe.. a native
ol Connecticut, where lie married, and where
X he spent much ol his time when not on public
duty. He must have been about 68 years of
age,' though his personal appearance would
traveled to the belief that lie was much young
er.
After the above was written, a friend handed
us the following:
Commodore Hull expired this morning at his
residence, Portico Square, within a few days of
completing the 68th yearof liisage.
Before entering the Navy, he made two voy
ages to England,' one to Ireland, one to Rotter- |
dam, two to Lisbon, two to Cadiz, and ten voya
ges to .the AVest Indies. He commenced'his
nautical career when 12 years of age, (fifty-six
■years ago) and went on board a prize taken bv
his lather from the British during the Revolu
tion, when the enemy had possession of New
On the 9th ot March, 1 *9B, he entered the Na
vy as a Lieutenant.
While First Lieutenant of the Frigate Con
stitution, under Commodore Talbot, in May
-1790, in the quasi French Wai', he cut out a
French letter of marque from Porte Platte, (St.
Domingo) with a small sloop. This gallant
act was achieved at noon day, and without the
in ISO-Fhe commanded the brig Argus, and
rendered service in the Tripolitan War, in the
storming of Tripoli, and the reduction ol Deme.
In 1812, he commanded the Constitution, and
by his energy and skill as a seaman, he escaped :
. from a British squadron under < Commodore !
Broke.
Not long alter this affair, he met the British
frigate Guerriere, and to the surprise of the
whole world conquered her. That fight was of
more importance to the people ot this country,
v than allthesubsequent naval victories, jbc. au--.
it demonstrated that the nation ol Britain being
invincible on the seas was incorrect. And as
the Commodore once said to lhe writer; “Tn
people didnot know I went to sea without orders.’
The government was afraid to trust our ships ot
war out of our own ports, until Hull in spiv; of
the panic, showed that an American frigate v;s
equal to a frigate of any other nation.
Since that time he has commanded in the Pa
cific afld Meditterranean. and at shore- stations
in the United States.
He has been captain in the Navy of the U-
Jiitcd States 37 years, but had he served England
in the same circumstances as he has served his
own country, he would have been a peer of lhe
realm or at least an admiral.
His mind -was clear to the last. He was
cheerful and resigned, because, as he declared,
not very many hours since, ■■ I have never
knowingly wrongedhuman being- and to lhe
best of my ability, I have always obeyed my
Go-1, and served my country.’’
Few servants of the Republic have rendered
more faithful or better service: let his course
serve as an example to those who followed his
track.
CoMMononi: Hill - It will be -ven by order-,
tn another part of the payer, that the funeral of
Commodore Hull was postponedfromyesterdav
until to-morrow , (Friday.) This was" not only
judicious, with reference to lhe weather, bu.
especially so with regard to the feelingsol' rhe
citizens at a distance who had net had lime to
prepare to come into the city, to join in the g ■
era! expression of respect for the distinguished
office;. We hope the weather will prove pro
pitious to-morrow, for such a procession as th
feeling?, of the people will dictate. Few men
in this age have more fully deserved every .!<
monstration of regar d
As a servant of the public, Commodore Hull
was eminently faithful; and wherever he wa
- in discharge of his high duties, he gath
ered honors by conferring honors on his country.
The death of such a man will properly be re
garded as a national loss; and meet is it that, in
Philadelphia, his funeral should be distinguish
ed by those evidences of regard for his valor, hi s
talents, his patriotism and his success, which
shill show our townsmen capable ot appreci:-
ring the high qualities that constituted the cha -
acter of their deceased fellow citizen - Phil. I
S. Gar of the 16lh inst.
Relief tothe States.
LEITER IX.
From the Hon. AV ar. Cost Johnson t» Col.
Chari ss CarroLl, ofMaryland.
Hall or Rbpuesentatives, i
Washington, Jan. 20,1843.)
Gear Should all the reasons which I
have given fail to produce conviction in the
minds of those who have examined them, of the
necessity of tire measure 1 propose, and the
boundcu duty ot' Government to speedily adopt
it. (and 1 am free to confess that Ute least forci
ble of all that 1 have urged, would have been
sufficiently strongdo have induced me to make
the proposition under consideration,) there is
one other so strong and so irresistible, lhat the
most reluctant must admit its force.
It is that, as the General Government decoy
ed the States into a system of improvements that
has involved litem in difficulties, itcannot, hon
estly, and in duty, do otherwise than aid them
in being extricated.
And the examination of the history of the
past, is important to the clear understanding of
both the rights ot the States and the present du
ly of Congress.
I am aware that it is urged against foe meas
ure which I propose, that if the Slates ar.' ex
tricated from i heir present difficulties, they may
become involved again, and upon this, hypothe
sis many* sav that ruin had as well exist now,
and dishonor abide upon the States, because,
forsooth, there is a possibility that some fiiiy
years from now, in another generation, those
who come after Ats, mav be imprudent as we
have been, and may not profit by the lesson ot
experience. AVe are told in “Paradise Lost”
lhat "knowledge of good is bought dear by tast
ing ill.” And as experience is our best coun
sellor, it is reasonable to suppose, that those who
follow us on the stage of human and political
life, will have “all of our knowledge, withrnore
than our experience. ’’ There are others who
sav that they would like to go for the measure,
but would like to see the Constitution so altered
that States could contract no debts. 1 can never
be one of this number. Speaking for myself
alone, I am free to avow, upon the most anxious
and serious reflection, that I have come to the
conclusion that the Constitution ought io be let
atone. It one parly would have it altered this
vyar, another one would wish to alter it the next.
’The Constitution is the only stable thing we
have in-this Government, and Ictus be satisfied
withit, if even its powers art- often unwisely
exercised.
Allinations under lhe sun that have prosper
ed, or are prospering, have some foxed policy of
government which no party- in the ascendancy:
dare alter. It is not so in tiiis country, and nev
er has been but when we have had a funded
debt. lam not one of those who think that a
national uebt is a national blessing ; but 1 am
one of those who believe that a moderate, not
oppressive debt, is notanational calamity, in
stability of national legislation has produced all
of our evils.—Now would it be wise to ask
those States that are not in debt, to lettei them
selves in all future time, and whatever may be
the exigencies, to deny them of the means of
meeting them I Nor is’ it necessary for th-.- in
debted States; for, if they really could ever find
those who would loan them money again a'ter
they shall have, been relieved, they would not
be "likely to avail thcmselv- < of the rigiit and
means to become involved.
The subject is interesting enough to justify
my presenting the details, with the prominent
facts, with enough particularity to make mani
fest :
Ist. That the Government is more the cause
than the States of their present indebtedness;
and, secondly, that the past history of the States
gives sufficient earnest of the future to justify
the conclusion that, if relieved from their difll
cultiesnow, they- would not be willing, on their
own motion, even by the provision of the Gene
ral Government, to embarrass themselves again
with oppressive debts.
And’ before I give the rise and progress of the
system of national improvements, and then
again, its change by dividing revenue among
the States, and m turn abandoning both policies,
I will stale lhat the history of tbepa«t will prove
that from the time of the assumption ol the
State debts in 1790, until about 1830, compris
ing a period ot almost halt a century, never
were States more prudent in the administration
of their financial systems, and more sparing in
using- their For example: The cc.’ndi
tion of many of the indebted i-trit. , was as fol
lows
Tilt: Dear of 1830.
Pennsylvania 5‘6,3U0,u00
Maryland 676,689
Indiana - none. .
Illinois
Michigan •
Arkansas
Florida
Mississippi
56,976.689
And it must be remembered, that such was
their prudence, and, so high stood their credit,
that during the last w ar with England, the Gen
eral Government borrowed money uo a the
Sla.c ; this Fst.-m- c.i* Mtiry’uv.cl and other Stan* -
not only loaned the G-trierG >rnt.-eu; mo
ney; but -o low was the credit of the Govern
ment, that that of Mary-lan.l was preferred; and
at lhe time that the capitol in which 1 now write
.was in flames, a patriotic citizen c! Mary land
was the only individual who could be found,
for some time, alm would loan, the Government
money.
But when Uongres.; used the revenue power.;
of the Constitution, its credit revil ed, and the
vast debt of the war was paid amidst overflow
ing national prosperity.
i’.nt the Government adopted a system of na
tional improvements, and by her persuasion,
Marvlantl and other State.-, became involve:! in
debt." But in presentin'; ;:s briefly as 1 may th-'
past history of ,t!.".' National Government, it.
may be necessary to present the course pursued
by- many ol those who induced the system.—
And in presenting theirnames I am actuated by
no unkind motive. Many’ have changed, their
opinions upon principles anil upon policy; and
most ol' the actors on the stage have varied
their opinions ou great measures. AVhat they
have thought constitutional at one period, they
have thought unconstitutional at another:- and
whpi they thought expedient at one time, they
thought inexpedient alierivards. Thin have
their opinions’ vibrat’-d like the pendulum, and
thus hare flic policies of the Government vi
brated, they and the policy o! Govcrhnient mov
ing together like a half loaded needle all around
.the compass of the Constitution, and settling
! steadfastly at no one point. I apply’ the figure
to no one politician, nor is it necessary, it I
could
Many who have aided in producing the
evils, now’ stand paralyzed in apprehension,
whilst others of them, who have led on the fleet
of States into difficulties, under the command
of the ship Constitution, arc anxious to desert
them in the first storm, and leave them to the
mercy o! the winds and the waves, whilst they’
tack about and make for the nearest port of
safety.
Hol's? OF Revi:i sentati'. r.’ of “tn: C. Stat::-.
December 29, 1813.
Mr. King of North Carolina, [now Senator
from Alabama,] presented a petition from sun
dry inhabitants of North Catoiina, praying the
aid and patronage of the General Government
in opening an inland navigation, which shall
connect the waters of the Chesapeake Bay with
those of Saint Mary’s river in the State of
Georgia.
This pctition was committee to the committee
of the whole House on a bill to subscribe for
stock in the Chesapeake and, Delaware Canal
Company.
Jan-war? 'iJ, 1811.— Mr. PlcasSntsof Va., pre
sented a petition'of inhabitants ol the State ot
A'irginia. praying the aid and patronage of the
General Government in opening an inland nav
igation from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay
to Saini Mary’s River in the State of Georgia.
; The trillion was referred to the same Commit
tee ot the whole House to which the petition
presented by Mr. King was referred
JanuaruA, 1814.—Mr. Troup of Georgia pre
sented a petition of inhabitants of the State of
Georgia lor the same purpose as above, which
i was also referred to t:.e sanm comtnittee of the
whole House.
I .Z-Wnimy 28, I“11. Mr. Gourdan, oft : c..
I presented a si:: i j--• -y,titi...-; o l ' - itizens c: that
; hl, ip, 1814.—The Speaker presented a
similar petition irom other citizens of South
: Carolina.
! .IZfov : 1 1811.—Mr.-Murplnce, of North Ca-I
i rolintt, presented a petition of inhabitants of the
State of North Carolina tor the name purj;
as above.
t'iiis petition was referred to a Select Com
iTiiltee, consisting of Mr. Murficc, North
Carolina, Mi. tlichard Stockton ol New Jersey-,
Mr. John C. Calhoun of South Caroli .-. Mr.
Charles J. Ingersoll of Pennsylvania, anti Mr.
John AV. Tavlor of Nev. Ymx.
Mr. Mac< h olNorthCart lina, also on the Ist
of March, 1811, pre-ented .*. ; ■ titioti ti -.-ni other
citizens of North Carolina, the ante as that
presented by Mr. Muifrce, and whi-’t; was ic-
Icrred to the same eotn'-iiitiee
Mnic:.. 4. 1811.—On motion of Mr. King, of
North Carolina, lhe cominiitee of the whole
ivas discharged from the I trther tou.sidciation
of the petition presente.i by him on thi---9th De
cember, 1813, and it va> leterreii to Mr. Mr.i
ireS’s Select Committee.
Um-rs 12. 1811.—Mr. Murin e, horn the Sc
lect < lommittee, rept rted a bill aulhoi izing the i
President to parts of the coast of
t;.--United States t . be surveyed, which wa;
twice read, and committed.
.Ipr.-Z 11, 1814 —The bill was considered iu
comniiitx < t the wii.-le House, was amended,
an t order., i to I er yr.--rod, and read a third
t;t:io ou the next day
.4prii 12, 1811.—The bill was read the third
time, and [and it r, believed without op
position ;ro.m any quarter.)
The following i? a copy of the Bill.
No. 89.
Marri, i-2, 1814.—Mr. Muifrce, ot North Ca
rolina, from a select committee on a memorial
of citizens of Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia, reported the following
bill, which was read the ro-t and ad time,
and committed to a committee of the whole
House on AVednesday next
A’BILL,
Autlufrisink th’. President to cause srrta.in. t tr's
of the Coast of the United States to be suneue
B< it enaetei! bu the Senate and Jhuse ej
rcsenlalins of the i'ni: J States in Congress as
s.mhl.-<l, That the President be, and heis hereby
authorized to cause the several portages be
ttveen the navigable waters on the coast of the
United Stales, from the river St. Mary’s to the
Hudson, to be accurately- surveyed by one or
more persons, to be appointed by him, for the
purpose ot ascertaining the most eligible sites
lor Canals between the same, whereby an in
ternal water eonimunication between the atore
said rivers may be completed; and that a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars is hereby
appropriated for the defraying any expense
which may be incurred in malting such survey,
to be paid out of any money in the Treasury
•not otherwise appropriated. ’
Ai-rilH, 1814.—This bill was acletiupon in
committee of the whole, and was amended by
striking out the word “Hudson,” and inserting
".st. Croix,” and, as thus amended, was ordered
to he engrossed, and read a third time.
April 12,1814.—The bill was read the third
time, passed the House, and was sent to the
Senate, for concurrence.
The bill was twice read in the Senate pro
Jorma, and was not further acted upon, a.y the
session of Congress closed on the 18th of April,
1811, only live days after it was received by lhe
Senate from the House. It was on the last day
of the session, with all other House bills, post
poned until the next session of Congress.
Fr.RRtJAm 11, 1808.—Mr. Newton presented
a memorial of inhabitants ol the county' of Nor
folk, and its vicinity, in the State of Virginia,
praying the aid and patronage of Congress Io
enable the. Company' incorporated by acts.cd
lhe Legislatures of Virginia ami North Caroli
na, called “The Dismal Swamp Company,” to
complete a Canal, which has been commenced
for connecting the waters of the Albemarle
Sound, in the State ot North Carolina, with the
waters of Elizabeth River, in the State of Vir-
The memorial presented as above, by Mr.
Newton, was signed by many distinguished cit
izens ol Virginia, among them the HOn. Lit
tleton AV. Tazewell, afterwards a Senator in
Congress and Governor of Virginia. The me
morial set out with expressions of eongriitula
tion that Congress had, at last, turned its atten
tion to one ol the greatest and best interests ot
tliq country, the improvement of its natural ad
vaiuag-: s, byswnts and canals. It referred pare
lieularl • to'thc resolution adopted in the Senate
on the motion of John Quiucy Adams, on the
3d March,, 1807, calling on the Secretary ol the
Treasury for a report and a plan of a general
and comprehensive system ot Internal Improve
ments, under which Mr. Gallatin made his cele
brated report to the Senate in 1809. The me
morial then went en to say that among the most
important of the links in the great chain of pub
-1 ic wo: ks, which the Government ought, at once,
seriously to set itself about, tor the purpose oi
uniting the several parts ot the Confederacy', as
well for Coiumercial as for National advanta
ges. was the l)tsm< I Sm.imp Canal, running
Hom Norfolk into the Sounds, along the sea
shore of North Carolina; and, as the comple
tion ol' the whole system must necessarily oc
cupy many years, the memorialists suggested
the propriety” of immediate aid for their particu
la r work.
Thus early was the attention of Congress di
rected to the subject ol Internal Improvements
without regard to parties or sections. All par
ties were united tn Mr. Monroe’s administra
tion, during which a system of Improvements
was established with zeal and unanimity sel
dom equalled, as a few facts will sufficiently es
tablish:
November 23,1823. —A dinnei was given in
AVashington to the delegates from various parts
of the Union, Mr. Kent of Maryland, Chair
man, amounting to about two hundred, who had
been in convention for several days, and had
adopted a series of resolutions offered by Gen.
Mercer in favor ot making the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, the second declaring that “two-ele
venths be subscribed by lhe State of Maryland,
three-elevenths by lhe State of Virginia, fbiir
efevenths by the U. States, and two-elevenths
by the District citizens.” At this dinner many
of the Cabinet officers of the Government were
present. “There were no regular toasts, but the
spon'aitcm■rsenlintents offered fill a column and
a half.” The following are some o! them:
"Z?y//::■ S 'ercturij of State.— The first right and
the first liuty of nations—self-defence and sell
improvement.
“By the Smi-elarii if Jl'ar. — Canal navigation
between the Atlantic and the AVrstera waters,
essentially connected wfth the commerce, the
defence, and the union of the States. May it
receive the patronage and support of tiietintiou.
'Bulk - Poshtnisb .- General.— Roads and Ca
ua!s--They unite all interests, anti render our
Union indissoluble.
Mr. Adatns and Mr. Calhoun having retired,
■ By Air. Archibald l.- r of Maryland.—John
Cluincy Adams, the first to elicit in the Senate
of the'United States, the luminous report of
Albert Gallitin. upon Internal Improve
ments.
“By Alr. Pitzliueth, of \ a.—The 11-. n. J. C
CzLiioi N, the liberal and enlightened advocate
of. l system of internal improvement, commen
siintt: with, the powers of th ■ Government, find
the reronuces i.fthe natii’iL.
-'Tl’l A t'-.'t.'e.’. s’l Va.—\\ .u. 11. Craa,-
Fonp. the friend of internal imprrfvemenr, pre
vent- .1 by indisposition ft-oni attending the mar
riage festival olthe Ohio and Poi.nuaro' - \ih .:
llmnstcr, Iwh -\oc., 1823.
Within a few weeks after, Mt-. M.mroe, in
his met-age of 3d December, 1823, say .s—“ M
any patriotic and enlightened citizens (alluding
to this Convention and this dinner) who have
made this subject au object of particular inves
tigation, t' ot opinion that tit-? waters ot the
Chesapeake anti Ohio may be connected to
gether by one continued Canal, and at an ex
pense tai' short of the value and importance of
the object to be obtained, if this could be ac
complished, it is impossible to calculate the
beneficial consequences which would result
from it. A great portion of the produce of the
very fertile country through which it would
pass, would find a market through that channel.
Troops might be moved with great facility in
titne ot war, withcannon and every kind ot mu
nition, in either direction. Connecting the At
lantic with the AV estern country, in a line pas-x
ing through the -seat of the National Govern
ment, it would essentially strengthen the bond
ofpnioti itseit. Believing, as I do, that Con
gress possesses the right to appropriate money
for such a national object .(the. jurisdiction re
maining iu rhe States through ivhh-h the Canal
won! ' pass,) I submit it to. your Consideration,
whether it may not be advisable to authorize, by
an adequate apprepriatioß, the cmploymeiit <f
a suitable number of the officers of the corps of
Engineers to examine the tmexploivil ground,
during the next season, andto report their opin
ion thereon. It will likewise be proper to ex
tend their examinations to the several routes
through which the waters of the Ohio maybe
connected, by Canals, with those ot Lake Eric.”
A Board of Internal Improvements, composed
by order of the President, through lhe Depart
ment of AVar. consisting of Brig. Gen. S. Ber
nard and Lieut. Col. Totton, officers of the Ar
my of the United States, and John L. Sullivan,
Civil Engineer of the State of Massachusetts,
was established.
After the General Government had induced
the State of Maryland to enlarge the Canal, it
subscribed one million of dollars to the same,
by the following vote, which 1 extract from the
Journal of the House of Representatives and the
Senate:
In the House of Representatives, May 9th,
tS-28, -‘An act authorising the subscription oi'
stock to the Chesapeake ami Ohio C uial Com
pany,” was read the third time, and on the ques
tion’. “shall this bill passwas determined in
the affirmative by the following vote:
Y is—Messis' Samuel Anderson, AV m. Arm
strong, John Bailey, John Baldwin, John Bar
hour, Stephen Bartov., Ichabod Bartlett. Mor
deeai Bartley, Isaac C. Bates, Edward Bates,
.Philemon Beecher. John Blair, Thomas il.
Blake, AViliiam L. Brent, Richard A. Buck
ner, Samuel Butman, Thomas Chilton, James
Clark, Lewis Condict, Richard Coulter, AVm.
Creighton, Jr., David Crockett, Beuj. AV.
Crowuingshield, John Culpepper, John Daven
port, John D. Dickerson, Clement Dorsey,
Joseph Duncan, Edward Everett, James Find
ley, T mlins. u Fort, Chauncey Forward, Levin
(dale. Daniel Guernsey, Henry 11. Gurley.
GabriclHoln.es, Jonathan Him:, Ralph J. In
gersoll, Ja. >’. C. Natick--. Kenw Johns, Jr.,
Joseph Jisseph L>. con .pie. Isaac Leit
er. Robert i’. Letcher, Peter Little, Edward
Livingston, Crittenden Lyon. John Magee,
Henry C. Martin ale. Diidii c Marvin, Lewis
■ Maxwell.George3l Ilufiie, Robert .MelJatton,
1 Samuel McKean. AA’ni. McLean. Charles I .
Mercer, Gtange .Merwin. Thomas Meteallle.
(Jlias. Minor, John Mitchell, JantesC. Mitchel,
mas B. Aloore, Gabtiel Aiuore, Thomas
Ne»inn, tlob.'. Oil', J.,George V«. <lwen, Dulce
Ace, Elisha Pltejps, Isaac Pierson, David
i’!..n;. AVilliaru Ranisay. Joseph Itiehafeson,
AVilliam Rus ell. Lemuel Sawyer, John Ser
geant. ugustino 11. Shepherd. John r-lorne,
t tlivt.: H. .Smith.. Ml.'he;''. C . ■'-prigg, Win.
Stansit'i:Ja-. St ; -i-oi:, .’. B. .'-'tetTgerc
At. v . w •i. 11 v. •:. Stm'ls. James Strong, Sam
uel Swan. John W. Tavlor. Hedge “'li<»n:pst*n,
Piiincas i_. El.cuezei Tin ker, Joseph
\ um-e. Esq. ..a Hot’-. John Vanuim. Sam
uel 1' Vinton, George AVale . Aaron Wat 1,
George < Washington. John I.\\ . .-nt . Tho.
WLisp!-', Jr., llli-.ha Wliintesey. (thailes A.
AV i> L iiiie. Jan-e ■AA ill-.. :t, Joseph E.’Wiliga-e,
Dav id WooA'.wk, George W. Il'.b. .Wi ight,
Joel A itllcey —Hi,. —ill.
1 HESAPF.AIti: ’.XL onto cis .1..
< , A. :' ■ ■■/ S'IOO.fKKI .S'.'e: I
In the Senate on the question. “Shall the a
i.i ndments be engrosset:. and the hiil 1-e I'cad
a tilin', time n> amend." th- ,t a'- Id-
lows
y on I iiemßM.
Bouli'zny. Chainbe'.-- Ch.-L-.i- r: ton. Cort, liar
risen H- : Tick- , .lolinsc-n ol Ky.; Join son,or
Louisi::’..'.: Kano, Kin--. Knighi. M-'Kinlev
McLane, Maiks, Noble, Ridgely. Robbins.
Rowan, Ruggles, Seymour, Silsbee. Smith of
Maryland, Thomas Webster, Wille-.—29.
S’io/s. 17.
The limits of this coirespoiidcnce will not al
lowot my making other extracts from lhe jour
nal to show the policy of the Government; but
this is sufficient to make distinct that the Gov
ernment at this period adopted the policy of
uniting as joint partners with the States’ina
svsteui of internal improvements, and all parties
then thought it wise and constitutional to thus
apply the general National revenues. It was
then constitutional to lead the States into diffi-
culties. Can the measure I propose be uncon
stitutional because it proposes to extricate them
Irom the effect of this sy ri? AV as it constitu
tional then to 1..... il.rui mtn..ill.- nltil-n-nt.
it tvas popular ! And is it unc<msuiutio;;ai in
me to tryand extricate them because politicians
fear that the ;c. m; t w ill I c cn, opulrn?
In my next letli-r J will show lhe change that
followed in Go’. - mmeutal j olicy.
Yours. (!.e. tXe
AV. COSYJOHNBON.
Col. Chailts Ca.-01,
Doughoreg.m Manor, Maryland.
Mont: Tuochi.e.— I'ho Baltimore Paiiiot
says—AVe received ■:n W: .biugton, this
morning, n primed ttect entitled “A Wanting
to the Demo.’iaeyTl.i paper is prelinrinary
to one. which the writer has in preparation, and
which is to l.e an answer to the pamphlc. of Mr.
Rheltof Sou’ll Carolina, teccully published, on
the subject of a National (’btivcntion of the lo
cofocos. The w rireiroays that lhe Rhettpamph
let was pirt turth to “.lisparage Mr. Van Buren
and push forward the pretension* ol the Nulliti
er,” and his an- w< r is to expose the machina
tions of the Calhoun party. Thi- is a very
pretty light indeed.
The following paragraphs Horn this address
will shew the temper of the write::—
I assert, Ist. '! hat the Nullifier is determined
to force lhe Democratic party to throw aside all
other men. and unite on hiuuelt. 2dly. If he
fails in this, lie is resolved to divide rhe party,
and march liis division over to the Fedeialists.
The first project will fail. I say the Demo
cratic party will never unite on the Nullifier,
who turned against his first benefactor (General
Jackson) —v n- - i.n- -t th' 1 -ron-re of Wliigery ,
and voted against the nfeninutic-h of Martin
Van Buren as Ministerto England. These sins
'he has nevro atoned tor, and the Democracy
will never minfirm the ui-grace he put upon it.”
Correepmultime of the Ciiart-.ston Courier.
AVxstn mitox, Fcbruaiy 16-
Mr. Rives ibis morning otier-M his 'resolu
tions declat iiig the net ssity of r-n expression
of opinion by‘the>teita[<.--'f-it’s i-.ot s oi'tltc porir-'
ers and duties of the Governnietit, in regtirdjlo
the fulfilment of the obligations, >1 the States
declaring that assmi-.i ti"ii nt' these debts
would.be a violation ol file Constiuiliou, and
further declaring its. i-oiiiiUcncc lhat the States
will exert.their energies to redeem theii eiigage
ments. Mr. Rives inane some cogent remarks
on lhe subject, <■..im inliti;.; H at it was the duty’
of the Senate in ri-fi'-euce lo'tbe tStates pud their
creditors, anc. c loi'eign “ovemmenls, to dispel
all the delusion di;.; might cxiit on this subject.
Mr. Merrick \xa-.-anxious that the remainder of
session should be ’ievoted to purposes of practi
cal legislation, but lie would not allow these
resolutions to pass without opposition. He
contended that pttblie opiniT-n would demand of
Congress a .1/ ; :: e-itir-. of policy towards
the people of th" rjtati's. The Government
could not 'separate iisclf from them, and fury
were involved in a coin mon <ic-.tiny. He wa»
not in favor of dtreet assumption, but claimed
for the States tin resource <-f the public lands,
raid he oitere ' rcs.ih tioii* to lit,-it elfect.
Mr. Conrad and ' tr. Il.’uderson were oppo
sed to action on the subject as unavailing.—
Thetr own opinions were hostile to assumption,
but they were a-vare that the time was coining
when it would be tng-.'d upon its in an imposing
form. Air. Cunrad moved to postpoe the sub
ject till Tuesday. Mr. A'/iigii; suggested that
a_postponeuiem”to that day would interfere with
the bankrupt bill, wiii -h was of more import
ance than any mere decl.-iral iun of opinion.
Mr. Calhoun w.'-tii.inut a‘mi. that this was
not also a practical que: ii >a, .'.nJ. of vastly more
importance titan any other that had ever been
brought before «'ot'. .Mr. Woodbury said
tile question of distrilnitlon had been oi'tcti anti
ably’ discussed here, and the Senate was prepar
ed to vote on that sul-je-n wiiuout delay. Di-t
--ti'ihulion, in the present stat-.: oi’ the Ti.-astu
was outof the oytestion. As i-j itssiimpit-.n, it
would al once uesiroy the federative character
of the Government, and it uas so inonstroiis a
proposition as to require no he-.iiatioii or liclav
in this body.
Mr. Walke; stall.; ly coii-i<:mned lhe docti'ine
of assumption, aud declared that these-.; States
which held tl ci. tn' would not sufil-r them Io
be mortgaged to British bankeis. They would,
exercise the 1T Lt -.-1 taxiti ; them to any extent,
whenever tl# l :• . i-rntncni . i -ui i l.n a;, its com
pact witii the i>- reales -to ti.-e di ’po- ition of
these lands. Mr. King, Mt. Bagby and others
alsospoke.'Atiii ,■ .mnption uiicci or indiier t.
The motion la pa-ipc-ne until Tue-slu;- tailed,
and the sui-je/t ' •- tip a l '.lilt fu-uior ow.
11l the I 1 ’. ..ir-lii! 1 : on 1 ‘iH-.ngll 2\l
lairs reported adv. i*.-iy upon the hills for ihe.B
rupation aud ?! i■ •i in nt* u iritvry.
An uas'icce-siLi > .m-h \\x • xiiadcAir. ijny
tier to offet a i»f i i.pih v in •> the < uh
ditctof Judgr t’u ..a - r.a/ v lula\< c> »j:i
zan.re of ’ •?n- , r -' .sc, upoa I.'d- applie.-iUon
..r the v. I 11
l'k- J-X -s:- 1 --1 L’X! I. .. tH
Ibe ivci| ro’-ity Mt'lrui. was and the
HouseexJiibi .ny\i <iiiivc«innii.in loa-kipiai (hi
lime, it was laiJ i n ihc in’ib*.
Th* Hou*- -ir-i.i r { lo a tiny tor lhe
ruD'.idurcHhiU lhe wan'lnnisin.’. hill.
The general ieo-uii -air* hl bill makes an up -,
roar in iliis eir.\ I.i’t n•, <’u;. dun ri ;d>.”
’2 iK- Tv.o ‘‘Rose
Thc.Xew y.-. L-f ion ; (X.uih.) duu-uh in
WashiDgUHiCuric>p..nJeD:. j iescu:> i.s u ilutih
following h i'. ■ i. nc. \\ ashingloj which merits
eon>ider;Uion In iait\ mea :
s <)/’ / ( , 'n.c
W whix'.'i reh. 7.
'i here docs not scuai io bu .j.y afau uieni of
the hostile par«y. huh.a-.; lits mcinber> < f Con
gress frienuly ■. > xV! I .'. < ■.•.lij>.iu?jo\v.'ir.S Ce prir.-
uipal acJo;> in lii- 1 ; i lorcc Mi. V. i’
Baren down ih< ihioai oi ie i)enurati< ; ar(j
Hokus LiKLiis. il i.. on thecoMvaxy. a. .! befne
many days an explo-i must akt ac< ml
Mr. Van Buruifs n ;■ itu - r-hall o . . • oi
this there is yet no < i?*j u? ilii n.
lhe determinatif u a ?vir. hu-nten ;.r.j hi? al
lies to get Mr. \ an Ci.ren out as (he uenciciite
of lhe convention, wil l n eo tv ( ..-teat the .‘-ac-
cess o.’ the Deiuouiatie j any in I -1 1, i (i.e 1, -
souri Senator shad • u* .\o ma;» uouhis
this result. Vv hai isn> l r none in the event a
packed c’oveniion >?;dl m-’ct cn-.i jiueiiiHite ?»’r.
Van Burenf The 1 < ;.u (io
Thev mavpreauii (ill ooom t.- v. an-i liicv win
not be able to rail v stic’i -'ixi enough (/> .’le-. i Air.
Van Buren, i rr-o* .•■!<• :.i: ny who\ ei: i.-
a concerted scb.eniebciv.eeii Mi. I’untun and M..
(‘lay, to divide (lie democrat; • party ii <•.•-.icr ; >
ensure the election ol Mr. Cl .
Mr.Calhoun’* ii’ r T will ne. •« -i p«. i .Mi.
Van Buren, *ui >-uver.-l imnc;»'ti\v reasons,
which must i<> ? , • oiosi. casual obsener.
Bui 1 here T an additional
it is understuo i that lhe f- ien ; > < f Mr. Van Bu
ren in IS 10pledged lliem.sulvrs to (he f: iuinh «»f
Mr. Calhoun, ii .v, if ihe lain r suppnu-’d (In
former, the Ex-Presi ient wouhi not >uunl in the
wavofthe Carolinian in J,kic( nic v iiaimav.
But will either Mr. Calhoun or xVlr. Vanl>ii
ren succeed in ge; ling the mim-naiiuJi • i think
not. I believe I 2 issue will be similar to the
result ofthe 1 larrisbnrg Convention. The an
tagonism of Va 11 Bu r:;• ; ’.d <‘a ihctu: nov.’ lik
ihatolClay, an l »Ts:.erthen, will ensure the
election of som** available and least obnox
ious y-erson. \\*h >is so available a*-.Mr. Ty
ler? Who at least s= noxious ’ .Xui one.
Besides, his election u id only postpone ihequcs
tion of succession (•■ bar y«an-. a mailer in
which Buchanan, ■>*, M’Leau. Johnson and
all the other I'm-h fants ar <hculy in.< rested.
And such, in my opihi«>j 1. wiii be me decismn
of the Convent i' -n a . ?/./'. v»iieiher Air.
Tyler s iriend.s who go tin him as a ti: >. choice
are on lhe riuoroi th<- Convention or'n-H.
It is our dui'.'. hov. • ver, to see ii. and to • ■ .1 i
as many real ix..:: ' • ihe convention as possi
ble. ’? he intim ii <■ •<» hie ; . mini* iiiili.m
designate th • ■ •
President <
as Mr. Cushing: says will obtrude itself on whigs
and democrats.’ t them delih?rate and decide as
they may.
reverting to my inmiiyy above, what into
be dour in case lhe Benton movement succeeds?
>0 far as the friend.' of President Tyleratecon
ccrned, it is for v.n to a man to tally round lhe
)■; sent distingui>he<: incumbent of the Execu
tive chair, and abide lhe be it what it ’nay.
I believe the moment ii near, that ihe kiends
of Ah', i'vlci are determined to stand by him,
we shall iiave hosts ol'snppoitcrs. The PeupbAs
hide}t-.udeni Democratic Candidate.'-whu mink
• ofthat ? Lt u ■ all then keep our • ■■.
If Mr. Benton i cm 1
erat if petty, as will be the ease if hr pcrsevcrei
it is our duty to Maud by our aims and defend
omschs’s trom the infs within and v. ithotil.
i’rrdy yours.
Right- of Bachelor*.
Th- ini; kturlion into the I<giMatun-< f M ■.
rylanJ of a bill to (hat unfortm'atej : j class
of m p n G'-nominaied b?hdi dois. has drawn forth
bom that mo?t excellent paper the I'nliimorc
A mm Aim. th>. follow in?* eloquent deieibv-
Oui le/islaJors al AmxQpnii.i arednin.; some
very .‘ - ranyc ihm.y.x i’hey «are cunsejous of a
wain, ci revenue, and (Ley seem to b'* at a lo.s
ho*, io s o about supplyiuir it. l.ooking here
and there inevrny diieeiion for some object to
pounce upon- .ome unfriended <la.-.; wlu-se
sn t»i r• n•?> ’wc>uld ea e•.t• •n 0 syn Ipa 1 by—thuy have
pitched upon the birheloi’?-: and thru forlorn
;ace, having Uuubles enough abcadv io bear
without any b> L -ip them, must by singled out
for heiu" single, and made to pay fur wrrHhud
us though ii were a privilege!
But her. ( i- an inflict; n which combines rhe
inhumanity of both men and women. One of
ti e fropused proj■•••!> 10 tax all unmanied
men over thiny-iivc; and that n••-?:»? wight es
cape, another .’orsprehensive me-isur.- proposes
‘■to compel every nnni.irrierf man. who has the
means to support wife, to nay anmi.-ily filly
dollars for revenue purposes.”
Thus it appears that because a man hm. not
beer, blessed with “Heaven s last best gin”—
because he is .‘ess fortunate than ethers of hi*
kind- he must be jaade the victim of law as well
as of fate, and his claims to commiseration Imj
convcrtixl’into new offences against society.—
U-- ’.tlic i , -h-iiieil li jk-uei half > >- ■ not -mly
sillier hi’-los> his seuii-Hnte oi ■ xi.-u nee,
his heriut ,'e ol loneliness, is imputed to him as
a crime 1-. ■ which he must pay a penalty. Mo
eietv is t ihiui afetffli mother that whips him ’
till in- erics and then whips him for crying.—
Miet flag;am iniu-li.-e!
The inoliensii e i:t«- of bachelors—those dis
integrated atoms of the social world—non-fix
tiires—wandering lights that move in orbs of
their own. and obev not the laws oi conjunc
tion—have- been for ares the objects of petaecu
tiou. It was not for them that.the “inalienable
rights of life, liberty and lhe pursuit of happi
ness" were secureii/ Lila i:■ to them a sort of
negative-.a kind ot iniperfeet being, wauling
completion -existence merely, without absolute
entity. As for lil < itv. v. hat'i that without the
privilege ot H-ekiugon' so own happiness?
: '/-ilF.o. S. Urnsox, Esqi, heal er of despatch
es to lite Jtmei'icauMinisii rat Mexico, arrived
in .Info city on Sunday, from AVashington, and
left I'm' the Ba lizc Jon rmc of our tow boats the
same evening. He expected to find at the Ba
lizn one ofthe cutters ortho Falmouth Sloop of
War, but in defaultthereof, he infcnded to pro
ceed to VoraCruzby aid of a pilot boat. It is
supposed that the ifespaichcs in his charge are
of consider:.hie itnportan.ee.— A', u Trnyir oj
i3.'T ■ ~
Pareirtkand Children.
The ibll<»« ing ve)y just and sdnsiole remarks
on the duly oi’Pajcnts. ::r.: from the ■•Pliila l/I
ptiia Inquirer? H
AVe hapjiene.l t. i be at the house of a friend a
y. ru. Mvo ago. who was absent at the time,
tie was lhe father of two or three fine boys—in
telligent, iugenuoiis; and having been long ac
qui.mu'il uiththe family, we. threw oil' all re
straint. and made, ouiselvetj perfectly at. home
among them. AVe cob'vrw’il for some lime in
a griy and joyous ..yielding as much as
1 inc young mi n. lor ih<-v
were ifecwccri 18, and were
... . W " .. O' tnmkii -ss,
high mbir.lthue and goi’d nature. Thus situ
ated, the lather sn lilcnlv hppearal. when a most
remarkable change took place. The lads'htir
ried aw ay abasiwii, their voices fell, their coun
tenances’ changed,, and the gay, buoyant and
cheerful expression which had'but jlist charac
terized theui, gate place to one ufliinidity ami
apprehcnsi.nl. The circumstance only arrested
our atten’ion Iqi a moment, but we noticed
something -Similar on several subsequent occa
sions. Not long alter w e ascertained the eau
The iiitin.T, >vlio, although a. most estimable
man in his general, relations with society, kind,
benevolent and i iwerful iu the out-door world,
was to some extent a tyrant at bm.ie, and espe
cially with his children. He would scarcely
permit them to speak iu his presence, while any
tiling lik ' boisterous mirth, or redundant hilari
ty, was regarded as quite a serious offence. He
was, in short, too rigorous, and jiossibly with
the best of motives, iitt the result, it was clear,
was to make ink.? the place of for.—to pre
vent any thing like confidence ot frankness —to
induce his children to ul.'iv one part in his pn
and another in hi-. e6.w.<Thus, his
appearauee was ever regarded in some degree
wit'-, anxiety, lest What they had intended mere
ly as innocent playfulness and youthful frolic,
should I ." .-ousidereii as in violation ol proprie
ty. The policy oi our friend struck us as alto
gethereioini-mis. Aman may, as it seems to
us, make his'iiildren ' him, without weak
ening their at. -irons or emiiiue, ing their minds.
Wc have somewhere 1 seen it argued that those
“who have lint care ofthe. young, should make
it an essential part of efucatiim. to render cverv
thing as e'ic.THil as. po-sibl • for them, inasmuch
as tin- minds and hearts of 1..e. lino I and girlho'ju
are intuitively susceptible ol gladness, run;
equally al.ltoi ient ol gloom, so that whatever
picture is presented to thetn early, leavesa trace
which will influence every ho'.ir of alter exist
ence." If therefore, parent- in their intercourse
w ith their children, ara morose, tacituin and
gloomy, a li-r-litig ot unkinctiess will be inspired,
and iiisl; nd of courting the society, cherishing
lhe precepts, and looiring up to the cotins.-l ol
th.' authors of their beiu;;, lhey will avoid the
company of toeir parenis a> much as possible,
and recci’, .; ivlth dis'.iu-.t, lessons, how. ver well
meant, which may lx- conveyed iu hai’sh lan
guage or ;.t an improper inoment. Boys too, i;
should u s be forgotten, are Heading innne.ii.
a’.ely in i.ar liioreteps. .’..'hi -hoiild lie so educa
ted its to tr.k>- our plan -. in the . vent ol sudden
death. I;.I it’, as lii-y approach the years of
maunoou, we no not peiinil thr.-m to share our
confide/ c, itifi.rm them of none bi the di iiciil- I
tie- and uanto'rs of trade, commerce and profes
sional lit.—if, in short, as wss ihe case with
<mr ti'kiLc v.e mais- them look up iu ns with
..ro: . :. ' ie:-:.bli.'|g, instead oi l ive and good
will, iir;-. w;!l naturally see’.. ■ < , f .r 01.
jc . . ■. m; ■ n and :o. etion. It has b, rm well
and cl .j. e,:.:. said, that “die ;< >■ •:x ofthe liv-s 1
of many of r.. is like on; r-Tgil. re,..-:.
happier, if. iristead of ’eclnmi.v ihi'iu in some
secret sluice in our 1.-w -. « ■ siui'cicfl their
humanizing qualities :• our l.ai i".. .1
\. outs ;md a.-, ioi.s."
’1 he w rid teas not in’.'ik: • 1 i ■: gloout, im l il
is altogether iinimuiral to suppose that the ;
young.active :m<l .m’ent. can b. - represredday
after uav and w.-k lu.'i' week, without being
alii-cf ■:!. It is absurd in the’ aged and lhe carc
woni to look tot the same.ity of deportment
and philo*.>;>by ot I "ling, in beings ol sixteen
or even lwe:;ty-six. tin I they realize in theirown
persons,.minds and iie.-.i.s. it should be retnern
liered, mo coqiT,i i.ii inc young will cling io
sihiirtiiinp. li the, fountains of love and c mfi
dencc are scald to them at home, they v> ill seek
elsewhere —if their parents : !;i;. the part of ty
rants, there a..; otiicr.-. who ill op. n theirheurts
to them, wli'i-' the le '.ii« to vic." with
su b. frecu.ui'.ly present lasehiations of an irre
si-libl.’ koi . P,ii:en;s-shoul;i remember, in the
language of oR..' of th" closest observers ot'hii
man name that “ni.iny human <-r.'iitni■ ' —the
m ijority ot all who head’- properly attun
ed to tin- imptil'.'-s of hitman:tv—caim-it exist
of and by the .red. < Their very being is a
relr.tivc one.: anti tie- i.iore tliey are shut out
,im syiiipatt / ■ kin tly f'll.iwship, ;md th •
miiim.'l in.eicbr'iKe -I though l ;.n I feeling with
others, til'.’ .' ■uc.' -:ii:u' l ri"is they find for the init
launings of natural afl'cCiii’n. the stronger will
11:: titlethat a:”.'"iion l e wtu'U it does burst
t'crtii, uniting, .'.'s i> wcie, in one living stream
all th- jam up ari l scaled fitin'ains which lav
bene.-th the si-'t ile sUi f;o-e of their desert lif t."
y A j-haplaiii i nee, preaching on board a
British man of war,strongly ' impressedon the
sailors the nee'ssity ol good woiks. as nothing
cl-e. be s,.id. ’oul roavr them from et-nial tor
ment.
"Then < :it.. r my nainc on the log-book of sal
vation at on.-i. " said an old weather-w ons tar.
“I bav< killed, mysell, as many as fifty French
men. and if that is outdoing good works, I never
sailed wiiii Lord Nelson, that's all,’
p.-j- A i-.--.-nt report made to Congress by the
Artitig ('nil pl roller, sljowsthe Government has
lost S-J 3|i.:,>".i by its coiin’ctiun with Local
Banks.
SixGi Lie Case op Du.st-f.RATio.x-.—AVe find
th" f How ing alarming case of violence ree.ir.l
cd ii: lhe Bi.’i, ui-s Ledger:
•■Pete, wlifit makes you h.-.ik su awful ’'
".lake. I'm agitated, ano' unless my spirit..,
grow calms', I'll do something desperate—l’ll
rush out ’-’tr o. fawn! of tn- iiia-m i::"
A', ...t:, x.x:> Rh.uuks (O' \\ in.—Tile N. t.t.
; : -:-.ve::e •:! b ■ iilst. say, :—A repuri Was
wrought up :■>' the steamship New York, to the
to-fint I'uti v.-n shc-passi fthe Balize the U.
S.mitti'i AA'.i .mure was ;u . i -iiorther,-. haviu-.’
. . 1 • 'j. • ' .<•■’. 'l't;.' |
since intiu despatches. If
tiiis report be true there must be something of
importance in the movement. The recent httr
t y ing backwartls and forwards ot bearers of des
patches show thabour affairs with Ale tieo are
i -rill in an unsettled state, and if Gen. rhuinp
i son w a -really onboard the cutter it is possible
: our relations have assunt'l ;:n uufriendiy char- i
acter towards that country. AVe have undv- i
stood lhat our Alibister was to return intbcFal- I
mouth and ecu hardly credit the i-epoi.- that he '
is on board the Weodl uiy.
Ban -.s B:’rcin—The New YoikC ruriei
says—- Ik ■ extraordinary übuuJanc . ol'money i
in our city, xvliile at ihe same time the circuit!- !
: tion ol our banks is reiiuec.' ■ one dollar of pa- I
per to abont .even doll:.'-e -pccie, held by them i
feoneofth ii"(*trupi<-iikid leeventsinoiii'fman- :
; ( ial history, and < i:e diat eannot fail to excite j
;h- surprise ol every man who takes any inter- ;
: c-t iu passing events.”
Trie Lo.x-nox Timj::-.—This chief among! he j
newspapers of ilk- world, circulates daily .-.hove '
twenty tlioosuflfl copies. There are but three!
othe: m.i ning paper, of character in Loud-. ii, !
the t 'hr.inii !•-. lirraidanil Posl,but their uuitrd |
circulation tallsfarbelowthat ofthe Time-., it !
iiiusi 1 * recollected, moreover thatthepriee of
•I c Tinies is about Ilira-: - that of our daily ;
papers. So that ks receipts from its daily sales
approach a niiltion ofoolku-' while it--'e lver- '
tisemems, for which the ebargo is high in fin- '
-l.mil. bring in a prodigious s ;.n. And further,
no loss is ii. iirre.i be a paper in London from
unpaid :.c.t"’ i ifiticr., ; by theii -ystem, ali ire.;:.-
nf this kind devolve upon the riewsitan. from
whom the proprietor of.; paper iveei res his mo
l>ey uot in advan.-'e, but on the delivery of lhe
papers. The Times paid the g iverument for
a.-ivertisingLillies, in tne month, ot A;tii. May
and June lasi, 53,98'l or over isift.OOtf. Ur«m
th- se details, one can comprehend- how the
Tin’", !■ r.-iae -s to exert - . impoiiapt an influ
eiir t.. Ii Im, the moans to employ the firstil
itt in every -u am nt: it establishes corres
pondeuev, lixi-.i end responsible, through' nt the
wort", and. o-'. rc-fens fb: ndif rrererters
to the Continent, .and nms e>-presses in every
direction tbi-early news. The result is, that if ,
one takes, up a e >py of lhe Ti nes with a view ,
;o rear! it rsrefully. be- has th- work r-f several ,
hours before him.’instead ot being able io de- ;
spatch ii at his breakfast i
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22.
>:•: arlni .i :t,t Pi i-tluit.
The Boston .At],-:.I ..f ihe Itiih -.ntaiii, lur
ther rehntis from the several districts, hut. they
do not roalcrially vary the prospect. Parmen
ter is cenn.inlveleci.rei iu ihedtli District. There
is certainly no choice in the 3d. Iu the sth,
there is come chance that Mr. Hudson is elect
ed, but a very slight one. In lhe Gth, there is no
choice, an I the 7th is yet doubtful, 'i here aie
27 towns to be heard from, which may possibly
give the election to Mr. Rockwell.
Seven Days Latcrlroui Europe.
The packet ship North America, Capt. Low
ber, arrived below at New York on the 16th,
bringing English papets to tin: 11th January.
The North America went ashore at Shrews
bury Inlet during the sno.w storm ou Tuesday
night. It is supptiscd she will begot off. Gapt.
Lowln r anti the passengers reached Neu York
on Thursday m .'rniun. in the steamer Osiris,
from -Shrewsbury.
The commercial markets in London, as well
as in the omports, are represented as displaying
a fiiyn feature, but without any very large, nan
sactions atthe moment. Trier? i, an appear
ance of confidence and steadiness in the prices
of goods such as we have nut been accustomed
to see for the last two years, which promises ta
vorably for the approaching spring trade.— A
decided turn has also been felt in the corn trade,
ant wheat has evidently felt its lowest point this
season.
The stock of tree furcigu corn iu London is
now reduced tn ahum 45:1,009 quarters, in place
ql about 9110,000 quarters, which were held iu
Warehouse the middle of September las;.
Tits: Bkitisii Revenue.—The returns of the
British Revenue for the past year, show a de
crease, as compared with the previous one, of
£1,251.825, and in the las; quarter of £1,110.-
360.
Foster anil Stewart's extrusive workshop in
Liverpool, together with a large amount ol'lum
her. was destroyed In hie on foe everting ofthe
ulhult.
. ' i-RIIM,' Ills 1 AND INDIA,
The overland mail reached London <>h the
7th. The British forces from Atl.ihanistan un
der Gen. Poilock, had reuehe.i lite Punjatib,
with but little serious intel rmition on their
march, altbongh they werescveraltiines attack
ed, and lost some men. In one of the attacks,
their loss was 12 killed, nmM9 wounded.
'The forces under (ten. England bad also
rcathed Scindc. Both Generals de.-troyej the
fortresses they passed ou their'march, arid laid
waste the country. —Gen. Pollock blew up the
great bazaar :.! ' 'abul before he vraeiiated that
city.
■ lilX A.
The Hong Ron-.; tiaz.-11-.' of September 29,
announces the abolition ofthe hong merchants,
monopoly. The captured jtuikt had been re
stored, and trade had been commenced between
the Euglisi; an I Chinese in the A'ang-tsc-Kiang.
Bodies oi' British troops were stationed at
Hong Kung. Kooloonsoo and Cutisan.
Prom the Cunton Hegister, Oct. 1.
AVe glean the following items from the Prirnd
of China IIon“ Kuno G-tz tie, ofthe 29th till:
The Hong merchants munoyolv is al an end.
Musterevt tea from Nanking have been for
warded to Hong Kong by tier Majesty’s Pleni
potentiary; the price is moderate, and'the report
on their quality generally favorable. The
Calliope lias gone IO Formosa to bring away
the crew ami, assengers of th ■ Ann. < m Sep;.
15:h,S'.;,i)0»:tW0. the'first instalm-nt of the >"21,-
000. CW hl;- b-eii pal.:. The Blonde lakes 53,-
I'truitlO. the M'C.ate and Uuluinbim: about
home; the Herald 81.0:).!,llik),
and Clio-" I,II.'>J,UIK). Io Calculi,-!, 'fthe Endy
mion pi' ■■ 'Js to Bombay, the Calliope to Hong
Kong.
The tmpeiialCommis-i .hits Ipvc oiiere.i Iu
accompany Her Majesty'. Plraipotentiarv to
thenewl; .opcued ptuls o! Ic.i.ie. The captured
junks have iwn res ire l, r.n.t trading li.-'tweeii
the English an i Chinee has iu
lhe Ynng-tNc-kiang:. The sell’ .j! iHi itual <1- -
line iun of th?* Tanars ai (’Mnkc-anlu » was car
ried laa fe .rlul estenl —Minis killed llteii suik
—moihers i’:. ;r dnuirh.er.s-—children (heir pa
rents —and niends their fth iris; and we sit|>
pose it lu-.y he •r’ if‘l, hu-..»:in ■■ ih.dr
i.'ul ■ uii- ui lhe Jj.ii,and J), i ivi- r.i(;ed
• 4 ti;.* < !iul ;a. This irujher<»f(ijt? ffuir”
Gaz ’tie ‘-oainins ilu* P; iHai.iaii in. in ( ’iiinesr"
i>.-.ued I 1 ler AlajeM v' i*!enip..teniiary, ua I lie
15th uf.f'lu.-. pui.lished I.:;, u'ile;- of Ajj. (I{.
Johnson De iu\ ■<ii;'Ci!ntund» r,t. wiiii
the. v‘-»’ k ei ioxiebi o; i! ,>n<; 1\ >ng.
'Pne P;ti pariMs ;:.c ;i- pointed iu iii.«ir r<-
niaks a; ih- -u o:i •-. <*n th.- surprise ex
pressed by in • Aut.-ri-'an President, at the difli
enltV he tinds in a loan iu Europe, and
liiey remind him (h??t the central gavemiueiii of
Amenea. hns iro; iH-; i-‘.» -.i.rzlu eflbi! loiu.inee.
rhe r ?nudialinir :• to fidiill tiiei:•
inents, rma <\jix a !; ihee niPal/oveJi
nieni nxiis; parredpate in (he tTdiima, which h:n
l ille.i on th..se *.. :.u i rtpiallv sha in ihe
iuyoiivdiiicm’.’, ;heii aricine.
• < amti i «u<? m.<>< i> d’.-piv -->•
f-i in Prance, an 1 rh J wiiiC-gr<iw<’:s par
tic.tlarly cotiiftlaiTi :d lor.’ prices ar. i wane us
-;d•••-•. They hid apppinicd a nmiiicct tocoii-
■ idcr < .• < ■■■;:.• ■ ih *ir inter -
The ('>!>•:■■■ rYi.t .>/.< in a z .isei ipi. announ
ee ; thru tx l ; • r iuuncil of in i rcs:dr n .i
on .< ■■ '• ii; ■ ' p . ;C. ;
can ■: .i\‘ ins hnvir.glai.-ly ad.iressed two het* .>
i> im Vv” ’z 7 und .s’/-f’ vindicating hi.
dnet in Afriea.
l,ei: -"s I? mi Bie<‘ s f ;-.<ed. that Ministerial
despatch had been r .-eire l in that hin hor, or
dering (bar iwu tfau-jK'ii i orv. t’es should be tit
led rut I j esnvey to ihe Marq'ie>d !-■;m is war
like sint-'r, arms, aniltery.an i GJ.* s J i .
sen for (he Isi and Jd lie "muni;.-, of Merinos,
who are io consliHK ■ i m of those Is-
lun Is. The A uhe, one of hie--.* uanspor; =, v. as
already making pieparmions f»r f’ey..! :ur.\ -a i
the f 'oa-if briihind that tl? o lu?r vc el
would not be a corvette, butth-* f ig..te IXin e,
which was lhe;i undergoing rcoaii.
The London Giobc H tin* < venin? fl’i'ielJtb
contains a letter fiom Mam id d lhe ,ii< t of De
cember, from which w-* the I’d! m
•!’!!!•: IMRP.h \X Ol'AlhtOX.
'f’he squadrou of th • L’niie i Sides of Amei
ica, wide had so long re libe.i .-latimiaiy at
Pori. Mahon, has re-novel f-ruhar they < all
win: *r quarters, (u Genoa, although there is
har.idy <;ii. w in’t.*! in fin* AFe iiten inran, and
although ’he port of f ienoa is far m■-*•••.* distant
from rhe scene of aeiic.n—Tangiers -nJ .Mo
rocco—to winch which th.* now I’rcn/h por of
llgicrs i” much i i.-hv "nmniradv .--AuateJ.
Tin: Q’. AirrrTs Rrvcm .—The revenue re
turns for the pa**i. year, and tspecially f»r the
last quarl*?r, we rcure- io say. are worse than any
enemy of the present government could have
atnicipate-l. In evciy depar:m-’n! of ’he r ven
u?, with the cxccpii«»i of th? post office, (here
has been a deci*-«isr. The customs, the excise,
the stamps, the taxe--. all show that (his country
is placed at tb * present momcni iu peculiar
position.
Though nearly one inillio;i -terling has been
- 'i . c! f, om the importation of foreign grain
and about half a million from lhe inc >are tax,
there is a deft it.ncy ol neatly a million to liic
year. Jn IHH the revenue wa* X15,’25-2,4f15.
and in it was jJ l ; 3-29,8f;0. In the Cnsiu.ns
ihe uccrea- • on the quain-r is x'sßl Jss. in th. 1
Lxcise x'7L7,’2d?. in tn-.* Sm.nps, 0.'».76*2. an I in
the Taxes x*-?2,Ht7. (n the year there has b.*en
a decrease in die < T.sejms'of x'821.275. iu lhe
Exri'C x’t «7‘-’.:PS. in id-- Siam- x‘2IS.3L;. and
in ihe 'l’a.-O's x‘2 *-hou ing altogether lhat
trade i.-. I itall . •.'cit.-iig** i,an i that a new system
of finance mu<i be adopted to retrieve thi?
gie; oft.hc —fyip mi S’ti. J/j.j. (j.
Th? t icp‘\*s> siate ol the revenue will have
two good <*’>•• ■ . It will urt’.e c.ri the corn lan
repealers, an th • advocates of tree trade in
gebcral, i.. imm r.se th?ir eflbrls against monop
olies. and m*’.' th»- s-xppor?.T< of sir Ruben
Peel infinittlv . . tai !-• an ■
Sym; t oi TI;t» his authority were
:•*? n i i'. l • m u:,
this morning, gives the particulars respecting
the failure of the House Busby, in this city
heretofore considered one ol lhe most solvent
establishments in the kingdom. This distress
ing circumstance, will have theche.-i of iiltuU
ing hundreds out of cmnloymenL
Livekpooi. Cutton At.niKET. The sales ui
Cotton fthe week' ending 7th January, at Liv
erpool. v>*re 23.97*5 bnh’* against an import of
9.881. Ao ; ncc ha ken ; . t. bi .
market was firm.
Liver*O‘H. Coax Excn w-.E.’Fh ida\; Jan. d
—The duty of foreign Beans has been increased
to 1 Is. d i. and uii < ’ohziinl Bean*- to 3s. per ur.,
being tlic only changes in the import rt-.trs this
Between our lasi market ami i>»-djiv. thetrinic i
geti ?:;*ily hu> ieimiim d very stead;. wim mo-l- ,
erate transa* lions in Wheat ont i’i'D’i a: the i
eurrency obtainable in die rally pari of the !
week, but in oiher i.iiicb**- link business was
apparent.
, State op Tium.— ; r.a. Jan. in.—
There was no dians'e in the market to-day.
Uwi-igtu die hoii-Pij " very litde busine ; was
<lone cithei in j not ods; but prices kept
veiy linn with a g._- leral tn k n 1» a ivancc,
cS'-rcialiy in goods, in some desrripiions of
whi'-h ihei':? pas a. .Jigiii im-rcri. r oil ihe cur
rent rales oj laM.
Max. hf . . i.H, Jai:.«».— Wr quite hcalthv
in our cloth n a k ■. and w< re it not tl al l»oth
buyers ami <T- a.,- waiting the next news
ir<»Li In Im and <’hina io guide their oprraiions,
'Ve h > uld no 1 mbt lu * j ha< a: in we; dbu
sines.-, done duupghuui ihe week; as it is. a sass
■ .
is so
taiing it. On or betore Tuesiav. the intense
anxiety nov. tkk will probable he changed to ;;
st: m of <*o'npar;itivr . ‘j«,Hn ; Cas the bnrers IV.-
wdi. i; r mum:-!:. L-i-c-Ae ’■ th;.’d .
ha v«* a steady demaivt tor tvt i>i,- and prices are
li' .ki.’i;' up let'hl.st Ehipping ntinibr;.,
I.iveupoo’. Januare 9.
The i-'cnianii cotton to-<lnv ha. bcrei lii „le
rotefrom tht: trade, tun as 100'0 Ai.tetieans have
been purchased : r exportation, the total sales
utuaunt to 10<>.) b:.J:s, c..rt. fethig of 120 Ih-niauu
6id ta 6td; 200 Aiaranlututs shl to 6jd; 20 Egyp
tians CJd; 20(1 Sttrats 3|d to 4jj; and the ren.riin
(Jcr Americans. There is no chans., in pricer,
but the market is very free!;- supplied at previous
quotations.
Debate on the Oregon Bill.
sshh ,f ,-f Vu r.i - " ■
Mt . Berrien followed Mr. Lhat, -in-.l <l('liv."i-hd
himself to the fblloyving effect.
He had de.-tredj in point of feelinz, logivc
the hill his snppori; and, for this puipo.-e, he
had canvassed -, ety closely its provisionsand
the entire couisc of discussion through which
they had passed. Bui, ftnall;,. he had with re
gret recognised in ttie measure what seemed to
lii'ii insuperable objections, both ; j it', princi
ples and its details. ‘The lucid views of both
the Senators from South Carolina and ofthe
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Chunle) had
certainly relieved him of much of his reluctance
to oppose the bill; an t though Ire had bliared Io
lhe full in the pleasure in which lite Senate had
listened to the gentleman who had ,-o ably sus
tained it, he remained firmly eoiivinmi ihatlhe
entire measure was wrong a-' to our foreign en
gagements. and obnoxious to very grave domes
tic objections
He could not, of course, be insensible to the
high interests which the di- cussion involved.--
It was, perhaps, nothing less than what its.
friends scented generally to cwnsideril—a ques
tion of a future empire, lob- lounded in that
quarter by our institutions and our commerce,
it may be to us the destined seat of a new and
richly lucrative, trade with the East. Beside,
these possible interests, a question of territorial
right too important and too well established to
be .slighted without a diminution of national
character is concerned: and with these weighty
considerations arc complicated the most scrion's
questions as to an important compact with a. Ib
teign Power. These are ciicumstan'-es attend
ant upon the matter, which civcst it of ever-.-
thing like a local character, and must exclude
from the breasts of Senators all local feelings.
Happy’ would it b - if we could approach such
subjects with minds unbiased by other indu.-n
--ces: but the very nature of the interests involv
ed lathis matter awakens feelings any thing but
fit to constitute ns sole arbiters of the questions’’
which Ulis bill directly and practically rtecidcs.
Gentlemen seem to forget that in all controver
sies there are two parties, and that both these
are usually equally positive ot' being altogether
in the right. Hen- our rival claimant has. like
US, her own view-, io whichTt isfrkelvjhat she.
believes as heartily as w<- ift ottre. If to-us the
territory :• ‘ -ms to be of national worth and im
portance, so. surely, may it as naturally seem
to Great Britain. The error, then, lies in our
thus assuming, upon partial views, that all the
right ison our side,‘.-(11.1 proceeding thus to
found our positive legislation upon au c> .mrle
decision.
Were the i.’t'ritory every tiling that the most
vivid imagination can paint—could it linn to
the roost gulden realities all that i- figured in
the anticipations of gentlemen who urge the
measure—still there is an insurmotmtablc ob
jection to it; that is, a violation of pttblie tuitli,
pledged in the high solemnity of a treaty.
Let me, then, (said Mr. B.) recall th • atten
tion ofthe Senate from whateverot extraneous
lias been brought in, fornix with this siin pie
question topics fit only to call up all the passions
which could least be trusted in the de.'i ion of
such a matter. Let me once more beg'the at
tention ol tue Senate to the com 'inion itself,and
compare its general purposes and provisions
with those of this bill.
The territory which is the object ofthe treaty
is a ba: ten anti savage region, as yet unoccupied
by either of the contending nations except tor
tlie collection of furs. By this convention, the
country is throw n open to both panics fiiy the
.-■■.anii: eoinni. in objects of hunting, fishing, and
trading. f"he poosse-siou of both is to be I <’e
and equal, an 1 is clcsilyto be, therefore, uttcli
on either side as shall tiol iiitetl.’re withtlu' use
am! eujjyiiicii: bv the. other patty.
Now, al((ii,’ : i - t.'iis c.(.01.1:1 d. a id it . purposes
place this bill and iis provisions. It assumes,
and engages io give, the soil itself, an i ot e mrse
every Uiiiri’tint gaey with i. n.vi in.’i.'ly firth'.'
term .at which the conten ion expire-', but in
tec simple, “as I.mg us the gras, shall g‘-«i.' or
the wat.u.s flow.' Can i. b.’ trial this <IOO not
violate th ■ tre ity : W ill nit the patents grant
eI, in direct contravention ol the tieaty, bar all
British subjcels from frerticul.ir pats I And,
since they may be atiixean.the idiuie.-yf the
patentee, and sine • they can only be granted
therefore by a power, a tight which eovei■ the
whole soil, are they not a clear and po-ittVe
appropriation by this Government ci the wliol •
domain.’
it has already been in sum ’ > >:l ;>!li-grel, in
answer, “that the patents are i.ot immediate, I at
provisional; and that we merely pledge oursel
ves that, after the lapse of Itv" years, th se
patents shall i."tt:- It lltosi: eat ill'ug tiiemselv.'
to them.' But what, sir. isthe (dli -i'-nce be
tween these two forms of the act of a perpetual
body, like a government? [is assumption, in
such a case, is the same as itsditeet an i Imme
diate act. It puts th • parties info present posses
sion, an i jiromises tin.-.n p "" tion liter’ ■ -that
is, promises litem that they shall i'einain there
until tire- conditions arc Complied with, which
finally complete theii’ rigi,:. J., li.e're any diiref
citcc bctwei-n ilii ■ an. 1 the givinz. them an i ..-
inedi.i-ati uii ' niditi.inal fee ! Kone, ccrlain
-- I Ull i.'i Li: .’ 1.1 . ■■(■ ,i '..1 (la ('((;-
ant.
The .Senatoi L ~n Nei. HaiUp-udre (Mr.
W oodbury)av.n the whole dillb till; l i feu
ting tu ’tiie parij Jar denuminaiion .h’ u>mes
v. ith Wfii. h (hi • one has u snally. or in one in
stance at lea (.been i. i» i , .’:;*•..y ; a
coinnicrHal (rtaiy. and ranked mtA h; Mc-
Cullough: Uici’t’iore ii can oni • ivlab* t > tr;.
and nui in any nplr-r ••• •ui;‘ any i; > ■ !i<-n
of territorial rigbi, sn (i:?t j e !• rl liber-
ty 10 lake jxjsse.. i.n ih. s.til. tr .'.or riuc on
ly to leave uniuipairc i t.*ie Bii i h ii.- .. ; tin ier
the convention, oi hunting, fishing, an I inuling,
without let or hindrance.
Now the Senator’s ayguioent, (iruwii from ihe
denomination in bhieii (in- (ru«.iy iias been pla
ced, falh to lire ground ii he duCb nt.; /now ihat
tins is exclusively a tieaty of eommerre. it il
includes object r.u.* commercial. iL<m r -uainly
lhe fact ol inc heaty having ben gro.’-ly clash
ed with cominer‘*iai (rea’i *.-. dues not vary t-ie
cHect of .’tipidation -of anoiher soil, id ; the
convention sable- ZpH/k between us and
Great Britain; an I. as tor •• nnm *rcc*, it says
not rnr word in any sense lhat belongs io a
com me re ia I treaty. Tor this is no agreement
fmi one ofthe pauics shall tvrrie with the u:lu*.r,
ana into its d<’min:on. . bm th.' i both parties
shall be Ire?, upon a trnimry which neither is
exclusively to hold to tra ie. not with each oiii
c b < third ;«• t\ —die avag inhabi ant =.
How, then, is i.ns a uommrrcLi tieaty, which
regulates boundari'*-. an.t no* die intercourse or
trade, of the paili witii each other; but mere
ly, byway <»f temporary accommodation, the
manner in which the*, shall mutually e.»jov <. -
ress ’o the t>ame wild territory !
The Sena cor from New Hampshire ur; r e>. in
further illu-tration ufthe same g neral noiion,
that we might enter into a precisely similar ar
rangement with Local Btiiain ;■> m tree admis
sion to iraHc to the port of Nr v York, without
paying any impost (tutie«. Tin’s, 1 beg leave
to answer, is iml a ‘-uppo-ablr rase bccaitse not
/’/' rcrum iui : ' r<i. The iliiii; it’ done, would
have a totallv citiercnt set of incidents, and
woul: thereinto require a totally diflerent body
of rules, in the onecase, you have a
appnip’i-.ilion by y.r.ir citizens, and jnrisdi ' ion
by your l:iw>: the co.ning in umier
such a tr ’aty would not have a rAht io irnikl a
shop or <4ear a fi 'l i. H ? aim his prop* if.
would come under ihe g :tu*rai .-.miiol of your
law*-.: and all that b.' would •• nn would <iin
ply ha vit i ? gate» flun open
iu liis uniaxcd go.»<! . iiufona .-avagc cuisi.
;. -■.■ ncithvt pat yht • • ppro rialed the ail,
r.iii wlien ail ili«* - and cunvr.iienr?.*sot
life are to be ric-'H . ; . they wi;.» s:ipulm:’ with
ea.-h otiir. a common access t'm- purposes of
trade mu ' be admitted to bui I huts in which
t » shelter i ie n-scLrs. 11 limy tin I the trade
goolin y must In* pr/xiiii* t.> f*r?ri a fmi io
defend turn Imls. The lice trade, of a populous
and ci; iii:. i rr.iim au 1 tho r inide to a v. ih!
roast ar<-. i.islio..’, things eniiiuly unlike, and
do net aiim.i ies sate to argue upon: and
n.ithiiigi' : a t< i. i. !hii;4 fm ili. tl '.:. in the in
terpi *m:i ■■ •> 'h;sm •» i».i<;*. m i-ii- •; im irrihi"*.
(itiirr., moiu plain u<-.iiing, cany »\.-i into
Africa; and. acmitlihg the proposed measure
to be a violation of the treat ;. j.» ait v that viola
tion by pleading that Btiiain h.i - .-et us theex
amplt* by her act of IB2i That is to say, that
we intei; mir>?lves un breaking the convention.
si : in judgment un the a • ■> of tim .'diverse p,
and, by a .solemn decree of this very impartiai
nibunal. adjudge her to have <i< ne just what v. e
de? ire to
'I he obi.e. rton to aHih *i t-- :ogm? i in this v.ay
is, that you are proceeding t '/mrlf; that these
allegations arc, a ?;icat part of them, ex *r • ing
ly vague ; at. neirhei in point ofeertaimy nor
; infraction on our y i.i;. ■ h?m we have not yet
n ■ ’ n •
! " ir failur** ’•> preu'raiiy su di rumplaint i- c>l i;-
i seh a p -j’l.c hnv to any s ’■ h ph’a oi’justiiica
| tion; and. finally, mat if we are t » • ir uy.-n the
v.ho'e ii .-.!!■•! u»* shouki b. .-ai i.io-.d
Britain he-’ i • v.e u*‘cidr.
As Iu th • r-.' t -:.f I <2’ ; r.jrx.dilig .■> that « >un
iry th? jeii.>lir:ion of her' 'co: ol Upp i t an
a’ia, a plain an I atimiPed rule ■. r .-> thrrt tmii)
-one.thing very dihcreni from all that hns ycr
been shown appears. Vfc a. • hmm i. in ih<
first place, if pur a't admi: r ; 1 Aug ;aiiL i.*-
c<xU . ■ her tin
ml vantage of -.u -h ;.r. «*'.pl.inati h; umit her di-,
ai'owt I or hei ■. p .' ■■■ ■ . .
Mich i> not her itiiuirtcm In lh»r mnn.iu. - , h* i '
declaration that tb.c jrrm-- m ;j,. art ,I.- . 5 ! ar<
not meant t.> mrlu ie n ' iiiz’i: i r t>
eltvdvc on lhat m .ti* ur.rtl it i.x.i be:?n rn
t > appeal that ti . tin a
way of v.hicii we hu/c u tight iurornym ia.
< h thi .UH - ii .(HO • P'> 'I- - ■ ■I • ’ r
been established •• h-.-.-.- our • m haveb 'C-n
: (ought ku :i ’: ■ i . suEtci»?nt
toexnlai by I _
ivilj ur i ' i
jects wlicrevm they maj. hr*, it .i;cy Lave not
"gone within lb- muni’-‘pal ri/uds of anothe.'
G ».•eniment. this cu '■••rup-'?.! teirimry.
none such ex i
;ly bar t niporaiy j : i -dii. ’ m t-» ihe . .:t ■.>- <.'
hi rie , rat y. oe ■ m, wl hi.
persons or thing*. It may aris -. ie< l»* r ii;A:
over u m-ions merely, ane have n-. ret'. . ■ i
the place <-r ten i'-ny. I .’tide. <’ie con ven.. ..
we xia.e lhe same right. t>i?r ci.izrn-
there under the stipulations of the treaty, at
under its protection ar '. t.iirt of oar law.-, an.
our failure to give ilxem the more immediat.
| direct, and prencnt Rtvml 0 ( th fi latter will in no
manner ov.-.-dfe,ii" th,. . ,j„. r, ri!l ri.
.H’l io lie iuv lutiul in her jurixdictxop.
Tin- . , lh-.nl Verin,,.nt (Mr. I’iiA; „)
hart argued Rial, bv a.- niiiiqtoHei'.teqi.estfous
belHten her subjects as tiile bl lands in foe
territory, -.be haft asserfevi and pui in practice
the gene; tl power of ihe eminent itomaiil, ~r
superior loidsliip ol the soil itself, she senate
would sec, however, upon Hu- rute-alreadv laid
down, that tiiis was capable of the same’inno
cept explanation. Her jurisdiction but settled
in these ,vises what it was oblizi-d to rchlo—the
question, a« between her own citizens, v.ho was
entitled to the enjoyment of the Innis. during the
present temporary 'arrangement.
[ The Senator from Missouri('vlr. Liimjhere
begged that he might j.r.ipound to lhe learned
Senator a legal difiieultv which had actually
arisen 1 At the .-ettleinent on ihe Willamette
an American settler had attempted to complete,
for his own u -e anti advantage, a cut or race for
a mill, ori“inally begun there by the Hudson
Bay Gou, pay a number of years since, and soon
after abandoned. The Coiupam- had. however,
reclaimed the site, and taken nieasu.es to di—
posse*:, Ji iru : and the case (we understood the
Senator to say) has been or will be taken under
adjudication I -a British court, ..hicli will
thus constitute itself the arbiter betw len British
and Arnei ican claims.]
Tue Senator’s case, Mr il. said, presumed no
serious <'iifi<-.u!iv. I r pon the terms ofthe treaty
tlic partie:- had exclusive jurisdictiigi each over
its own ciiizells only. As between a citizen
ofthe one and a citizen ofthe other, they would
have eom-uiront jurisdiction; its to which the
settled rule of law is, that the court ofthe party
first possessing itself of the case has die right of
decision.
(Here Mr. Linn begged the Senator’s leave
to put a further case: that of a citizen of ours
who should commit a capital crime against a
British subject, in Oregon, by- whom should he
be tried ?]
Mr. BERRtcv.—-It is sufficient to s.-y that no
such case has yet occurred. When ; does, 1
may be able to auswcrthcilillieulty. He wnuld
tiierelbrc proceed with what he proposed to sav,
as to the British act of Parliament of 1821.
Their commissioners have distinctly dei-iared
that that act was intended to apply only to their
own ritizcfis. ’H<ss(. then, is'ti:<-faili rV - > io
word their act as directly to exclude thore v, hoin
they could not, by any force of woi-ds, nave in
cluded, lojustily you’in violating the tr :a: v be
fore it has. in that particular, lieen violated on
their part! But the acts and dbclarridons of
their high ministerial functionaries are e.inclu
sive. until contradicted by their systematic con
duct. Good faith must, bctween’Goveininents.
be taken tor granted until the contrary appears.
Bull beg Senators io consider whether all
that has been said in relation to this act of 1821,
as a violation of the treaty, docs not till, dr fall
to the ground, when it is considered that,'soon
after its passage—that fe, in 1826, at the nego
tiations for the renewal of the convention—this
act was referred to by our commissioner (Mr.
Gallatin) not as a breach of the convention nor
meant iii ill-faith, (for be expressly disavows
any supposition that it was intended to b ■ ap
plied to our citizens.) but to prove that the Eng
lish had no right to object to our establishing a
territorial jurisdiction there, .owe l/my hail .‘one
so thnnsclres. To this the British commission
ers (Messrs. Canning and Addington) replythat
certainly nobodv had auv idea, bv that act, of
drawing American citizens within the British
jurisdiction; il was meant for British subjects
alone. Now, oa our part, lheact, it will be per
ceived, was not made a matter of complaint,
hut of argument; while the British answer would
have been sufficient.even il' complaint had been
made—for which Mr. Gallatin expressly says
no practical ground had yet occurred. Bin
mark the still stvongi-r sequel. AVithout any
difiieultv as to thisai'i, the negotiation proceeds
to its close, and the convention is renewed with
out the slightest exception Io that selling up her
own kx-aljurisflieiion of which so much is now
said.
What then, Mr. President, i.-> obviously the
"(■./rtow.-a. of ail these complaints against Great
Britain? that she has practically commit
ted any’ violation of it;Tut.that th.- treaty, thro’
difference, in her ; osition and ours, Ims proven
disadvantageous to us. By lite well directed
and organized force and .skill ol' apoverful tra
ding company; by an abundant command of
capital; 1.-,- iitiiid. fr, eu.'i >v and by money, - lie
ha been able to derive from Ute convention
bi..;:- profit and a greater addition to her local
strengili than we. Bui. arc the means by which
she ha : (tone al! this legitimate, or are they
1!...! They are. Il is through them that she
lias I. ■•;. ,-j.li. io vatiquisli the merely ii dividual
ertbti wl:i'-h h.i- alotu , on our pint, maintained
this siruggi'- tor the permitted benefits ol the
treaty. Inch is but the amount ol' the case ci
t ■ I b, tie Seiiaioi from Kentucky, in v. i.ich the
vesst 1 ot one us our citizensraltemptin; to open
atrathc there, was followed, systeinati.■ llv, by
one ofthe British company':; vessels, an-■ under
sold, with the view ami oriect of driving I :lm out
ofthe ii-.iile. Such irises how th.it tin eoti
'.eniioti i l -d,j advantageous; but wotthl the . jus
tify t:i i.i breaking it; A'v eliave. at wo:i: al
v.'ais th’le.sonrcc of lermii: din" i. hi givinga
i' n ito'.-u Should ireh i’<; ourdi q:i ■ i'l.'ii,
'ii win be i-veff then for. u. to cqnsider wheilicr
the disadvanta- "s under which we have sto. br
ed will cease with the conip:o i. It was wc. not
bey, who originallv dcsited IL.- convention
cilii’ll we now go forward to complain lhat her
■ kill and, renurce l-atv proved greater llitm
ourown?
One cotisidt ration, how. v . r. Mr. President,
presses al.'ivc all ofoet. upon, thatofthenatur
al Ihiili tie the disadvantageofthe treatywiiat
it may, we are not on that a, count, to break it.
Nothing can be wiser, nothing litter to be prac
' ti- ed, even lor views of expediency only, than
the veneiable maxim, .'i'..."v».' imperium trtum
h istjiih li 'atr mi'nihim : (No empire is sate which
faitii (roes not uphold.)
But the bill propose-, in the next place—what
i.-equally objectionable—lo t iolatethe mutual
faitli of our political contract at home, by intet
ieting with the treat'-makin •• power of th'- Ex
ecutive. Cndcr tiiis, all that belongs to the in
h’liN.iiise and setlicnu'tiiol our lotcign relatioi.s
appcitains to the President, except on lhe ,sub
let is of war ami peace. This isa matter which
has long been in his hands, amt under no yitia
tion. In itsaiijust.il mt we arc now to interpose;
ami what sort of moment? .Inst when, by a
treaty with the other party in this vety tntuier,
a large part of our pending diilicnltieshave been
composed, and ini', one but postponed, in order
that itsac'-oi .niodatinn mav be immediately a
gaiti set on fore. It is well known that, r.t the
moment when wear.?thusintei-leringbyo;irlaw
the appropriate paitol the Government to whose
especial care these things belong, is oiri etly at
work in this negotiaitou. Thus io interfere
v. ith the legitiuiatc organ ol such I'uneti ns is in
expedient. Supposing a bill llnis cutting short
atri ui'.-ettin,; all’negotia'ii 'a he pa-- J, while
ilieadjustineutilself is in an advanced state?
in wiiat predicament will this place your nego
tiations and negotiators I What is ihe elfect of
sm-h itnaii. i cd interi'erenpe may be .-eeit in the
ctfi’cl exervi-i- 1 iu 1823 upon tiiis very question
by the Kieie publication of t. repot: by Gen.
Jesup in 1-SJ3. suggesting varioustnilitary meas
ures in the territory, and ihe possibility of a
ncccssiiy Ibrremovingall the Biiti-.h inhabitants
li-.yond tla- limits of the territory The report
i- aeknowl.'dgc’d to have ; roiiu( e l the main dif
ficulties ol’an adjustment of tiiis question. If
| such was the effect of a mere report, how much
I “rente; would be that ot’a positive act like this!
j Su strong was his im; ression Mr. B. said, of
I tin- uuju’ii.ial lteiess of such a legislative inter
lereiice >i i'll th- E-.eeutive imie.'ions as this
woul I be.; c.t it would, in his eyes, warrant the
re-uit t > the qualified veto, given by tie- Gonsli
tnti "i toti, ■ I’;.', idem, to prol.'i-l the peculiar
pieiogatil of his office
I 11. strongly felt the importance of ihe gp’at
We-!, an. ii,. iuiimate connexionßo likely to r
form ilseli bel’/'-cn its luime prosperity and the
eomraan,! tikis very r’gioti and coast. But
the very v ath of tin-territory was to him only
an additiiv-il aigiunenlofeauti.iii. lest wesbould
onli.lc.' ■ to.iu—: ilv violent, provoke an
opio::lh, '■■ li - - Into: 1'..-:,’ Io hapji’n. ,
i t. '."i or ■ ,-yrs wiik-h
j i.i i..y uii . ,iit us, Jit i-'i'.i.i 0:.,-, Jay' that we
were near, Britain tar from the territory: that
the natural spread of our poj,illation rendered
that coimtty a certain ultimate dependence of
our. ■ that our peopled possessions are appt oacli
in.g it far more lapiifrv than the progress of any
measures vi hi'-hßrita in <-au lake to secure ii: ami
that all which has hilhcn■> made its possession of
value to her is fast declining, and will presently
ho extim i.
a - - Th" uieniheL- of lire Legislature ol Ar
kansas, tccciiily passed a bill to pay themselves
in . i .i titeir service.:, bin Governor Yell
verv : rop -rlv ami ] ,ui q>:lv | til tin* executive
vote up siu ihe iiu-uibers o. ihe Lcgislat tire
on tr: a :urn ofthe toll !., theni. passed it by
the,... :I, iuttiounl majority.
I’ai'thqiiake ai Sea.
(.'.■■ I. I , .ill. lhe t’.r. barque ~i ;>r
li.e iai ihi-purl. Irom Liverpool, has politely
tiirnisbc t us with ii, - following extracts from
I,is log-i, Tin--tensation experienced on
boani hi vessel, oh the Bth inst. tins no
doubt calls . l-vrr. ratiboti::which i.Hfrt
hart been t e>. severe on ■ I ... 1 :. that <iuai
ter. I’rom the latitude given. I. must have j
I er. ni iff? tint", off Antigua "I th- V.’e-t I
! Imira 1 -bu'... It will!.-recolk-.-red lhat a. slight
he.'.' of an earthqtia! c . a ‘i iem-ed in tins j
city (': atleston, am al " bei places, on
ibe :?tne i-.a’. t’u .Ec o." erv.-d by (,'ajit. D.
Vve .av ■ i l bum Havana to the
nth in hi,-!, ... ■ no in of an carl
. , . tet ■■ '■ ■ 'ti oi flte V est
Indies v r'i ■ j’
■ "-aiie-.t l.vm Li'. .. p o). D- . mtor 12th, 1842
--re-. : itee Im< ' i drc.'feiu) weather lor the first
pas drivn as fai to the
i i ... . ■' . ■ Isle? After passing
jr.,.- 11.-. in I.Gand had ph.-, mt pa-sage of l
.'l l <:hv..
On V..- ttesday, February Sth, 1813, al II
\. M. luii ;■ in l.u. 30 and long. 62 '2l
Vv. th'- witi-t at N. E. with a light breeze, a vio- .
■m ticii n!nt -: motion til -ll throughout the ;
ship, which lasted for lit" spa ■ • oft-.vo min- I
ute~. or more The .-"nsalion experienced by t
those an Ixtard. was such ;. is felt in steamer-, t
from the draught in the flues w hen raising the <
steam. The noise was a cult deafening 1
sound, like that produced bv the wheels of a
nun ler ~f carriages. '[ I - eoinpnsHo in the
bitmti' li: were violently agitated, and there was
a gtaliitg noise, as il the vessel was rnnning
n di.iK-. Ihe s.-.i was perfectly ;smooth at the
time, :.-.ferasiJic eve could reach, and not a
cloud tit e- horizon. .Sin,posed this phenomen
on was 0.-.-. .fr ’by an earthquake.
V\'. lit. -ilav, to. '. btuaiv, (sea ac oitiit) in
lon. 78 50, lai. 29 4;. okk ship Wakona' of
New < kistle, from New <>: -nns bound to Hav
ana . —tot ra n. MepiMiran.
't n i;x’i-y-nh% i:\th c-hess.
Corr.■ pane!rm-e of th r BdlUmare Anin an.
Washinuton, Feb. 17.
TMTED STATES SENATE.
Air. Cuthheri the Senator from Georgia, took
lus scat this morning.
. SIECIAI. ORlte.H.
Mt. Rives moved to take up the resolutions
u ;>rtrire<i by him and amended by
Air. Ah ruck. Objections were made, and the
motion lom, ayes 22, rows 22.
oen. Jackson’s fine.
The bill to refund Gen. Jackson’s fine was
pronounced to be next in order,« ben
Mr. Linn addressed the Senate iufavorol the
bill, and made an extended defence of the act
of Gen. Jackson in declaring martial law in
1815.
Mr. L. spoke at no great length and was fol
lower! bv Mr. Miller, ot N. J. He was not tor
paying t lie line tunro the ground that it was in,,
properly imposed, nor hi consequence of his dis
tinguished military services. He would no
sooner relieve Gen. Jackson thuii the humblest
citizen, and he would just as soott relieve him.
He knew ot uo difference between tneu in such
a matter. If the line was notpopcrly itnpos«j
he was in th vorol having the recoidofthe Conn
expunged. lleu as willing to dispose of tlie
question upon tie- justice ofthe decisions ofthe
Cotti l.
Mr. AL -aid he wa- w Ulingto rest the case up
on the merits of Judge. Hall's decision and Gm
Jaek.son s conduct, and spoke, at considerable
length in explanation ol the facts iu the caw.
11cargued lhat tlterc was a contempt of court;
greaf, unparalleled ;.irl tium-i-ci ary, aud that
solely upuiidhis ground lhe litn- complained w'
Mr. Millt i-'schi-ing reiuaiks had reference to
the writ of Ai-z/jre.t and the war made up-
on ihe principle by the declaration of martial
law. .' u interestirig account was given of lhe
hist.ll) of t a:--(-s mr/ms from the lime of Charles
the .Second toils incorporation into the C'onsti
stilution ol the United Stales. General Jack
sou's conduct, it was charged, was the first vio
lation ol lite J vinciple for 150 years. He could
do much tor General Jackson. He t laced a
high estimate upon his milftarv sen-ice*. He
umfol cloany thing sooner than this. Erect
tuonnnii’.'.tejbuildtriumphal arches, do any thing,
rather t'u.n auction a principle repugnant to
cotisiittiticnal liberty, and sirikinga blow alibi
best amt dearest rights ofthe People.
Mr. Miller said toward the close ol his re
marks. that it wasa matter ofgreat surprise lhat
this question luul remained silent for mute than
a quarter of a century. At this late hour. -JH
years after the imposition ot the tine, a AVhig
Congress werg called upon todoanact which
his friends a thousand times could have dune,
ami which they ever neglected to do.
He believed it would be better for General
Jackson and lor the country to leave the ques
tion u here it was.
Mr. Mcßoberts ol Illinois replied, and is
speaking as 1 close.
HCH'SE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
OOVERNMr.NT STOCK.
The House proceeded to the consideration of
the motion to print 10,000 copies ot' the adverse
reports from tue majority ami minority of the
< '.jmiuittce of Ways ami Means on the ii.emo
i ials heretofore referred to them, asking lor an
issue oi two hundred millions of Government
Stock.
Mr. Johnson of Aid. spoke with relcrencc to
his plan lor th-■ relief o! the States; and lie eon
demned tlre-ie reports, because, while they ad
mitted th." ability and ease with which the Gov
ernment could giant tlie aid solicited, end also
admitted th" imlel-.tednc.-s of the Slates, they 7re
commend that the proposition should be reject
e-.i. But gentlemen need not endeavor to avoid
the issue now: they would soon have to meet il,
fur the question would soon be between tepudi
atiou and relief; and il was fast rushing into the
public councils ami the public tnind, and it was
rapidly Ibreing itself on the consideration ofthe
in. rate and rteliberate ol all parlies.
Tue morning hour having expired, the furth
er . on-i. i i.uion ol the snl ject was poatpoued
until to-morrow-.
army bii.i..
Air. Fillmore introduced a resolution, which
was adopted, to take the Senate amcndnients to
this bill nut ot < 'umiitittee at halt past 2 o'clock
to-dav.
The House then resotv.-d itself into a Com
uiittee <>t tlie Whole on the slate of lhe Union,
and resumed the consideration of this subject.
The que.-linn pending was on tlie amendment
ol ihe Senate to appropriate $50.0(10 tortlie
hali cal.■ u.larycar, and $190,000 for the fiscal
j<artoi u.. ioiiitiuuaiion ofthe itupiovcmcini
of lhe .Missouri. Mississippi, and Ohio rivers.
Mt. Weller suppurted tlie amendment, in a
speech, «in n vat ions other amendments wetc
proposed ami rejected.
'I he qttestiun then reclining on concurring in
the ttmendm nt.s of the Senate, apptoptiating
.■-ls<i,oi : iH'-.r the removal of obstructions in the
Jissotiri, Mi: sisNiffiii, Ohio and Arkansas liv
ers; ami the question wns decided in lhe nega
tive—i-y e.". 93, lines 98,
The amemtment upon lhe Senate, that ihe
Cadetssliall be appointed at large, w ithout re
ference to the restriction to each < 'oiigres-ii.nttl
ilistrict, was non concti'.ieil In—ay es 10, inn s
no! cc-unti d.
The Uornmiltec th< n rose nnd reported the.
Bill to the House.
The amen.lmetil ofthe Senate appropriating
S2OOO for the eontiiuiaiice of the meteorological
observations, web concurred in.
The other ai.'ieudiii '.nts rejcctc.l in committee
o! the whole, were, again rejected in the House,
I’he nil was then returned to the Senate im.J
lhe Hou.-e adjourned.
\'n •. 1.,; Bau vna.!.:;'—The A'ladi- itti.-iu puts
lislies, in a postscript, the I'ollowingslaiilibg ig
formation “in adv: ■ ■of the mail ’’
•‘No: s Vehuons '.Xfi-n-t of a letter froiu 8
gentleman in New J i.-cy to one iu Washiug
Nr.w Hh.AswiiH, Feb. 16, 1813
Infoj'Hiation from Trenton savs that last erel
liiug.lohii Tyler, of Virginia, has nuauiiuous
ly (and l.y toHandltkni) tiominalcd as the De
mocratic candidate of the “Jersey Hbtca" for
'll, bvau ."sseuiblage of 1000 . itizens, (rout al
mosl every pail of the Slate."
Latest from Mexico.
h: ii: /of I/,. - utt. r ll'miilhuru ir(n »n . Suu.'htift
Gul on lu ,\1 .mmm mb-.rl-s ««</
Aliirrirr:—llisposltion of 'A' 'rcjou Prisoners
The U. levanue cutter Woodbury, Capt.
Rudolph, arrived at our jiert yesterday morning
from \ eta Graz, whence she sailed on the fitii
instant, bringing !’. A. Southal, Esq., bearer of
important despatches f rom Gen. Waduy Thoiup
?cu to our government, AVib. Epjies and ladv,
S. G. Non ell, otic ofthe Man Antonio prisoners
recently HI erated; ami one of Santa 1-e prison
ers, who Up to this time had remained in the
country.
The Mexican ao.-tsi was visited by a .'■eretv
gale of wind on ihe 31st ult., occasioiiiug much,
damage and lossoflife. Alany tishwaien whu
write outside Veracruz wetc drowned, and a
Mexican I rig »i war was wrecked some twenty
mih s Irom Sactificiob. The U. S. brig of war
'Dolphin, lying at the latter place, lost her
launch, bu. fortunately all the men wt-tesave< .
In i.dditiui to Hie 1 rciich cctvrttc I’tiliante amt.
Siu nish brig of war Patlime, the Erglish sloop,
of war l-.li. tot v. as at Sact ificios. Ihe Wood
htirv roue out the khlc nobly, t.s sire the pa—
sag dov I: ■’!.« back, tfruiag'v.htch she expnrt
cn-vd V. .■'.»>• r..'atr,ri. V,'o. • ive a list <d
heroine.; . .1.1. 's. ( . Iluaotjli, cunimatid
er; J.J Aimiuo, Ist Lieutenant; William B.
McLean, 2d do.; Win. S. Brooks, 3d do.
The new Mexican brig of AV ar, recently built
at. New York, had arrived at Vera Cttla, trnden
command of Capt. Martin.
The steamer Kegenerador left Vera Cruz o*
the 3(lth of January lor Cantpcachy. She had
otders to return immediately to Vera Cruz, in.
company with the Montezuma and Guadnlotipe
sletimers, for the purpose, as was supposed, of
t.T king down 800 men to the assistance of Gen
Minion, at Campeacbv.
The Mexican brig lost on the roast, was on
her way from Tobasco to Cain|:eachy, with
supplies tor the fleet. The captain ami uno-of
the men were saved ; the nninber of drowned
persons wa s 8.
It is said tbm Indians have lately flow s
to the assistaui:'.' of the \ ueatee*.. At Vela.
(,'ruz. aud other pat is us Atexico, all eves w ere
turned towards the campaign against Cainpeit
i liy, and tha general impression was that n
would not succeed.
Santa Anna was still at Manga de Clavo,
and was nut expected to visit -Mexico before
jum- lii the meantime, orders had been issued
to the ilincicin dcpaitments to raise each its
share ot' rehmo-rs (!) by the lb st of March, and
t.isuch exteulihat the regular slandingaturiv of
the connuy would then amount to ItHl.’c'b'O
Uli u.— These re/rm’ens w ere flocking into Mex
ico bv hundreds, tied in strings and' rlcstlyo VHf p.
ml!■— so we team from one of ( iirrioriespendents
at the capital.
Robberies and murders are ol almost daily- oc
currence at the capital, find under the verynose
of a government fra ested with absolute arid un
limited power. A C”’i-t■•eta on it way from Real
del Monte lo Mexico wi.s tecently attacked tip
on the road, the i"rort killed arid all the tnonev
.."Il into ihe hands of th" brigands.
•S. G. Norvell, one ofthe San Antonio prison
era who had been left sick at Queretaro, was re
leased and on his arrival at the city of Alrxico
through tire intervention of Col. Carasco. The
test ofthe prison .-rs taken at San 'Antonio were
still at I’erote, and appear to be in good spirits.
It was rumored that Messis. Judge Hutchinson,
Jami s W. Robinson, AVm. E. Junes, Alsbutvy
aa<- Aftiverick would be almost immediately re
laase.l, and the current report at Mexico was
that all were - hortlv to be liberated with the ex
ception of th. e taken at Salado belonging t*
(.'apt Dawson’s unfortunate company. We
have always tupposed that Strata Anna would