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AUGU s * A .
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 3.
Repeal of the Bankrupt taw.
The Globe, referring to the passage of this
bill, observes, with a sneef, that this Congress
seems resolved, like Saturn, to devour all its
own progeny of the Extra Session. In our
opinion, the sneer is well merited, so fa. as the
action of a portion oi them upon the bill is <\>n
cenied.
The Richmond Whig, alter expressing its
disapprobation of the Bankrupt Law. adds with
much justice in retercm e to those \vb«> voted tor
the bitt,then for it< that “ those who <
passed it ought not to have given the example
of instability which they thus afford, by repeal
ing their own measure—when it had exhausted
ts mischiefs in a great degree—when its bene
ficial tendency in restricting the exec es of the
credit system had not a sufficient chance ofde
velopement—wh?n the sudden repeal operates
as an exclusive privilege to one class of citizens
and a denial of the same privilege t<» r-ll
others—when one whole State has been shut
out entirely (we mean the State ol Missouri,)
from participation in the privileges oi the law.
To surrender their own art in <:i?L precipitation
to clamor—to the appall nsi<ni merely, lor the
fact so far from being proved, is disproved by
the relative numbers ol petitioners—to the
prehension that the Bankrupt Law was unpopu
lar—argues a timidity, a nervousness, and a
disposition to time serving, which will stamp
ii)ore real atjii just shame upon I lie memory ol
the Congress which is expiring, than all the
«ins of omission or commission, which Loco
foeoism has laid to its door.
To err from defect of judgment, is of little
stress in aeeus illou against any man: but to err
from the lack of moral courage— lo suffer yog r
opponent la threaten «ppl bully you ipto a stir- <
Fender grj.l renunciation of that which you your- 1
self in all the solemnity of Legislative delibera ■
lion, have decreed to be wise, necessary and t
good, is little short of disgraceful. 1
The Widow’s Pension.— Resolutions, in- 1
structing the members ol Congre.- > hum Penn (
sylvania to vote fora continuation I>r five year.- ;
of the law ol 1838, granting pension- to the wid- i
own of revolutionary soldiers, have ’pas e I both '
houses of the Legislature ot that State. This is f
&Ut an act of justice io the relicts of those biave j |
achieved our independence, and we '
trqsl Congress will pass the law demanded by '
the popular will.
Enlistment or Aliens.—A Alai me named t
Thus. Rj inherit ffwrr" j
brought up on a writ of habeas corpus, in Ne\y ( :
York, a day or two since, and his discharge *_■
from the Mu its*corp 1 -? deman led. wi tin- '
of his being an alien. The ground being e-,- (
tablished, he was ac ‘urdingly discharged. t
- - i
Democracy in Missovai.- The Fiankturl j
(Ky.) Commonwealth ‘ays:—The Locuiucu? j
have a beautiful quarrel on hand in Mr • miri •
The party is divided into two factions, the one (
by the followers ol Benton, in favor cd a »
pure
►Shad rack Penn, of the Missouri Reporter, in la- (
vor of regulated banking. This is a pleasant
quarrel to the ears of the Whig-. The hard ■
money men denounce Perm as a Traian, with
as much acrimony a- Benton denounces Gal- .
houn; but the old salt, hardened in the blood
P|;d btyise of his long warfare with Prentice, i.
more iium a mak-b »ur them a!’ The effect <.i
the quairel will either be that the BeiHuniay*
will retire voluntarily from the contest, or Penn 1
will drive them from their ground, or the Whig
will settle their squabbles by taking thu btatv i
from their control. llm rah tor old Shad—we i
always liked him tor his sturdy, manly and in
dependent character, Locofouo a- he is.
Commodore Elliot.—The .New York Plebi
states’ from cin umstanres relate I to the Ffus-
J4eut by Gut. <‘a ii» reference tuUuui. i'.liiui .- |
trial and suspension, >t jstl.Quj.h; that ; hhe Pres- i
idem will, alter th • adjournment <4 I ’migre . ’
restore to Com. Elliot, the r-word, and thereby
relieve him from suspension.lol the punishment
indicted upon him in 1840, by a Court Martial;
he will be appointed i.» the rommand oi the
Pennsylvania, which ship will be pul in commis
sion ami sent on a long cruise, visitingall the
important seapoits of Europe, or the known
world. ’
,mr t vevsiony 1 IClcrt ion.
We have received returns suili« u-nt (says the
Columbia S. t ’. ('hroiii< le) to ecnlirin the elec
tion of the gentlemen name I as Members ol
Congress, from the following (b;hg: *ssional
Districts:
Ihs-i'n:! - J. A. Bla<‘k'.j
aSo'iom/ Cthi•:>• ssk'iiul /yzs.'/7c/—Ri'*ii. I*’. Simp-
yV< it'if 1 >'■ tsitmal />m'/ t-/ J. A. W<*od -
ya/'d
C.' -w /fifh t- f Cio.’ip-
bell.
Piflk CvHgfCSAiuniil l/islrid—A. Burt.
Si.r/h CmLgrtssiaiitil hisfrici— l. E Holmes.
Seventh Ttistrut— R. B. Rhett.
Messrs. Black, Simpson, Wimdward and
Burt, are new members.
Cabinet Changes.
The National Intelligencer of Monday, says:
There is nodoubt, we believe, that somechang
aie ahop| to bp made in the ItCfu’s of the L>
. itJjve pcpa;imepjs. Il js understoodlhat Mr.
Forward hhs already tendered his resignation of
tlie office of Secretary of the Trcasuty, to lake
effect on Wednesday nexi; and it is generally
believed lhat Mr. Spencer (now Secretary of
War) is lo be his successor. Who is to succeed
him we have, not heard.
7Vu Alithanics' and 'riadcis' Bank, at a
of the board, yesterday, resolved not to
issue, in future, noigs upder the denomination
of tifhj didln/s. This policy has Iwen adopted
to prevent its circulation from falling into the
hamis »»f persons likely to Le excited by acri-ds
or panic, and as a means of keeping a gozxlly
quantity of specie always in circulation. This
course is deserving of lhe consideialion of the
boards uftheothei banks.—.X. (). /A. i/ZL
RETirex. u-mknt. -1,1 a rfcC«»t speech in the
House'of Representatives, Hon. I> I) Barnard
Stated the tact that excru.tiri- of the pubhr it.bt, the
appropriations for this pui i> r.el.t not < igh
teen,and might not hr more, than ::.t -at, ,
half millionsof tlMirs while, rtuiar Mi. I'.ti
tSunpif Trie.- .io.iu,.i:i>tiiik-
'. .r ■ r.N it : i-. ■ • . . ; ■ -e- u >i m. -
They were trow, under a \\ nig Aii nirii-tr..-
tion, less than one half « .■ ,
Van Bu.ea. Thu- it will i.e-ten that t|„.-
Whigs have im-reihati lulfilwd allthe ~ ...
ut retrenchment thev made. Je pite the 1.. t iie
tv they h' e been force.! t.i en.-. tint r.
Cong res s—Fa na 1i r kiu.
The proceed inc of <'mmo l «.n Mond.v
were not of such a character a L» ev !<■ ? ru •-
ral interest, save for a new exhibition of the fa
natical zeal of Mr. Adams.
The Senate was engage*! much of the dav on
the Bdl to provide for the publmaimn, by con
tract, of the debates an.l proceedings of iA n
gress in a continued serie —;h ■ remainder oi
the silling, which was very loir*, was r.»n aimed
in executive session, and lhe consideialion »4
bills us a local or private chara, ici\
In the House, the civil and tiiplomaiic appro
priaiionbiil was the m.Mimp.nijni topic, which
was finally reported from ibc . <) ami ■. • of the
whole lo the House, with amendment . but the
house adjk'univd without comingtoa vote upon
the bill.
During the- j ra/re s of business in the morn
ing, Afr. Adams offered the lolkiwmg resolu
tion, wiiich is rather ultra fanaticism even for
him:
7? s.dt\d, That whenever die next varan-yon
the Lem It of die supreme Couit of the United
Slates shall orcur, by die demist*, re.-ignation,
orrcmouilyif any Judge of il.e zu i Court re
siding in any .slaveholding Stale,, the said va
cancy ‘hall be supplied by lhe appointment of a
citizen residing in a iion-tlaveiiohiing Stale:
that, th Teatier, the majority ot the Judges of
lhe ".tid Supreme < 'ouri shall be citizens resid
ing in Don-siaveholuing Slates in lhe proportion
ol five lo four; that, when the vacancy shall
next occur in lhe othce ol Chief Ju<ticeof lhe
United States, it shall be supplied by the ap
pointment of a t itiz. n residing in a n*>n- -lavc
hulding Stale, and ihercalter lav said oilice shall
be la id aUern.il ! by a eidz nos trida fiddJTd
ihgan.i a non-shivcholding Slate.
► A’xci /h’, 'L’hat the Committee on lhe indi
cia,vhe instructed to report forthwith a bik a
ipen iatury of lhe Jodi •'.<! establishment oi the
U. Staies* and emb a. ing these provisions.
Tire British Treaty.
The Speaker laid before the House lhe fol
lowing message from the President of die United
►■stales, in answer to a iesolution of this House,
on lhe subject ol the construction of dial pmiion
ol the treaty of Washington which relates l*» tu.
of Gi.dlaJion.
Washington, February 27-
7 b Ute House of R:prr.se n!atirss:
In compliance wilh the resolution of die 1 louse
of I* picsciitatives of lhe 22d iiistani, requesting
me io communicate lo lhe Llou>e “whalcvvrcor
respondence or communication may have been
recicved from the British Government icspcci
inglhe President's construction of lhe k.le Brit
ish treaty conclufi <1 at Washington, as p con
cc.i i.s an alleged right L> vidiAmrricaii vv""ei>.”
i herewuh transmit a report made to me by the
Secretary of State.
1 have also thought pr ipcrto communicate
copies of Lord A l.cide ids letter of 20:11 Decem
ber, IKIL lo Air. Evcrcd, Mr. Everett's letter of
du? 23d Dcccmbei, in reply lheieto, and extracts
from several letleis ol Air. Ever uto lheSecre
tary of Slate.
I caimot forget lhe expression ol my regret al
the appaiem puiporl of a pail <>f Lord Alht
dct-id.s despatch to Air. Fox. 1 had cherished
lim hope that all possibility of misiuidersiand- ]
iqg as io the line t-obstruction of lhe Bth ailivle
<»f the treaty lately conclude I between Great
Britain and lhe United States, was precluded by
the plain ;:n I w 11-weighed language m which
jt i . expressed. ’l’lie desire oi both Govern
ments is lopiit an end a< speedily as p*. -able lo
lhe slave trade, and Ilia! desire, I need scarcely
add, is a . strongly and as .sincerely lelt by the ■
United States as it can be by Great Britain.
Y« l it must not be lurgo’ten lhat lhe trade,
Ihough n >w universally reprobated, war, up lo
a late pei tod, prose<-u'.cd by all v. bo chose to en
gage in i;, an.i Hkt * weic unloitunately. but ve
ry leu i. h: isiiaii t’owei. whose subjects wcr ■
hot permitted and even yii-nmraged lo hare in
the proai of what was regarded as a y.cifvctly
legiiim de commeice. k originate.l ala period
lung b -foie the United >-laics hadbe -ome iade
peiiueiif, .nd was earned.on within our borders
in opp.riiiun io lhe most earnest reinon.'l rances
and ex|i-;stulations ot mm? of lhe c.-l inies in
which it was nnet actively piosecuted. 't hose
engage lin jt were a> lilile liable to inquii. or
interruon’mi a> jrj t glliefs,.. |is .ums
cm,lid oaly be changed i y the positive- afseni of ,
each and every nanon, expressed either in ‘.he
form •»:' municipal Lw m «\»iivei.;mm.l .mange- j
meat. Tnc Untied tut.- lad the wav iiieflmt j
lo -u.;pr< .•■. ii. '11..*; .-I.iimc.l n.. ricin l> die- ;
tale to mhets, bill thev tcr-.dved, withm.it w.iit- |
ili_ for lhe <-u ojiCialioi: oi olh ’. Pow; . Lj ; ‘\>-
himt it to their o n « itizen and to visit its jer
j.ctrati.ai i-y t iem \vi;h ?uu. i.rn j ".nc h-neiit. I
may safely affirm Im t ii n-'ver or.-uned to (hi >
Government that any ne.* maritime rigid ac
rrue.«l io i* fiom the po ition it hud thus assum
ed in regard to (he .-.lave trade. If, before our
laws for i suppression, lhe ll igof t vei v nation
iqinlit tra ► , er>e ll|P ocean unque-li«>m*<i be our
cruistT.-. th; hecdom was not, m uur opinion,
m lhe dca t ah.-idm I by old munu ipl legi lo
tion.
Any o? he*-doctrine, it is j I jin, would subj- - i
i*» an arbitrary and cv i .’.oviug.- '. s!t*m of m.-i- :
atimc polio *, adopic.l at will by th- ;ieal naval i
Power f.i the time being, Ui<- daue .a il..* war! I
in any pkii-es or ii> ;.nv aiiit I whi- hsm h
Power might See fit lo piohihil to its own sub- |
i’-cts or< jii/.c'is p, iiicipl'.-«>l tin’ . kind could ;
kcaiceif be ;u lsimw|rde.u..d v.idiot'i objecting
common «• to the ii kof t-mv t?ni ami bar.;- ing
vexation -.
The attempt io j.r .iiv . ach a prelen ion from
ib*-right t‘«- visit an I detain ship, upon icasona
blc .- uspieiol) ol piracy, would dc.-eiv<*dly be
exposed to univci al condemnation, since it
would be an attempt to convert an t -tablished
ruleof maritime law. incorporate I as a princi
ple into the inteiiiational rod? by ihe« onsrid ot
all nations, into a nil? and principle adopted by
a sin/lc nation, and enforced <»nlv by i< assum
ed authority. To seiz- and det tin ashipupun
i suspicion of piracy, with probal le can r and in
good I'aith,. aljoid ; ii..» just greupd <-i;hi?r ,ur<•.?iji
plaint on tlm part <o tic* nation v, hose ijag she
bears, or< laim of indunnity on the part of the
owner. The universal law sanctions, and lhe
common good requites, ll e existem • oi'.-ueh a
rub . Tie* light, under >urli circumstances.noi
only lo vi-if and detain, but io search a ship, is
a perfect light, and involve?- neither i*. p.msibiL
itv nor indemnity. But, with this single excep
tion, nonation has, in time ol peace, any au
thority to detain the ships ol another upon the
high M‘:*s on any pretext whatever beyond the
limits of die territorial jurisdiction. .And sti' b,
I am Ijappy to find is substantially tkp doctrim.
of G;c;J l|iitaifiheist.u, m liifi i.iosj. recept offi
cial declarations, and even in these n<nv com
municated to the House. Tlicm* -I; elmatioii"
may well lead us to doubt whether rhe apparent
dillcrvin-ebviwe<m the two Goveminenis isnoi
rathe r <m*‘*>f definition than of principle. Not
only is the right of x arch, propeih so called,
disclaimed hv Great Britain, bu: even that oi
mere vi it. and impiirv is as-eried with qualifi
cation inconsistent wilh lhe idea of a perfect
right.
In i drspat.-h of Lord Aberdeen to Mr.
I »•>•*-. u.f ihr\Mih .if December IS| I. as also in
thatjusj • ciw-d tiv iiiv. li.'itiolt A|hii.-..’wi hi fhjs
couiltij . .to.e to \fi. 1 \.x. hi> |.,.T!iip e.ci |..j-t
that if. in spite of all the precaution which shall
be used to prevent such occurrences,an Ameri
can ship, by reason of any visit or detention by
a British cruiser, “should sutler loss and injury,
it would be followed by prompt and ample re
munerationand in order to make more mani
fest her intentions in this respect, I.old Aberdeen,
in the despatch of the 2O'.h of December, makes
known to Mr. Everett the nature of the instruc
tions given to the British cruisers. These are
such as, if faithfully observed, would enable
the British Government to approximate thesian
dardof a fair indemnity. That Governmenl'has
• in se\ era I cases fulfilled her promises in this
particular by making adequate reparation for
damage done to our commerce, it seems ob
vious to remark, that a right Which is only lobe
[• exercised under such restrictions and precau
tions. and risk, in caseofany assignable damage,
' to be followed by lhe consequences of a trespass,
can scarcely be considered any thing more than
a privilege aske.l for, and cither conceded or
1 withheld on lhe usual principles of intemation-
• a 1 comity.
i ’Lhe principles laid down in Lord Aberdeen’s
I despatches, apd the assurances ol indemnity
therein held out, although th? utmost reliance
was placed on the guod faith ot the British Gov
-1 eminent, were nut regarded by tiie. l-.xecutive as
■ a sufficient security against ihc abuses which
Lord Aberdeen admitted might arise in even
‘ the. most cautious and moderate exercise of theii
‘ new maratime police; and, therefore, in my
message al rhe opining ol lhe last session, I sei
forth the views vnteitained by the Exeecutive
on this subject, and substantially affirmed botl
oiti inclination and ability to enforce our owt
laws, protect our flag from abuse acqui
ourselves ~f all our duties and obligations ot
the high seas. In view of these assertions, th,
I'rcatv of Wa -bington was negotiated, and up
on consultation with the British negotiator a;
lo the quantum ot force necessary to be employ
ed in onlei to attain these objects, lhe result t<
' .< l<i-’li the niv'l deliberate estimate led was em
bodie! in till-ci Inh aili. l- ol'tiie treaty.
Streii \-.< o ui, vi-.-ws at the li-m- ol negotia
at tog that treaty, and - uh. in rnv -re-inion, is it:
olain at;-! tai: intei pretiiiivt*. ! regarded th
i-ffiib a;' .I• . ■ ... . for .11j .. idle pretext
: ir. :iup u, ui the A i-i-an tomt becau r
: .... aiie a J nbu-.- of <.u. flag I -. l ive trader
oi * >ther nations. AV e have t aken u pon ourselves
lhe burden of pre vent ing any sucliabusebystip
ulating to furnish ati armed ibrc< icgaided in
Io h the high contracting parti. • u siuh.-icnl to
a< Humplish lhat object.
Denying, as we did, and do, all . ol.ir oi' right
loexeicise any ? uch general police over the llats
of independent nations, we did not <icmand m
Great Britain any formal renunciation <-i her
pietensiv.n, - till less had we lhe idea »•- yield
ing mu selves in that respeci. We choose lo
make a practical settleinem of tin- question.
’l’his weoweti to what we f i I aln acA uoti«* up
• m ibis subject. The honorot ib<* munlry callee
lor u; the honor ot'ifs dag dem and.‘d that i: should
not be u<etl by other-, to cover.m iniquitous tral
iic This Government, lam very sure, has both
lhe in.-L'nalioh and lhe ability t.»<lo this; and, if
n«*vd L*, ii will Hoi . oHteiit itself w ilh a lied of
8J guns, but sooner ihan any foreign Govern
ment shall cxerci.se the province »u executing its
laws and fulfilling its obligation , the highest <.f
which i; io protect ils ffag alike lr »ni abuse or
insult, it would. Id onbl not, put in inquisition
lor that purpose ils whole naval power. The
purpose of this Government is faithfully to ful
fill the treaty on its pail, and it will not permit
itself'todoubtthat Great Britain will comply
with it on hers, in this way, peace will best be
pieseived. and the mostamicdble relations main
tained between lhe two countries. ■
JOHN 'i’YLER.
Amer ica nI n deb ted news.
LTnier this caption, a laic number «.f the Lon
don :-pcctalor has the following remarks :
Several loiter, have appeared in.me daily pa
p<i.s i.om holders- of American ?Jtuck>. urging
tin: Briiisu government to lend it-aid, at iin I by
reiinjasitarue, and then lr,* more -‘vigorous
measures/’ towards ihv rrcuvciy oi'ifieirvlaims.
Tgc.i. ol this kin
alls appear. caw-.»t- be \t .;.gti :■ <T'sUrpi is? ,
when we ouiisidei the extent of the injury sus
tained; but it is to be regretted, that they should
find inscriion m our journal > without one word
of correction, -and thus go forth as theexptes
sion of public opini-n. Al the time when these
persons parted with their money, they' wei-e sat
isfied with the mere promise to pay of the re
spective governments to whom it was lent. - i
They acted upon their own estimate of the val
ue of such promise; and if that estimate was .
erroneous, they must abide by the consequent :
loss, as they would contently have taken the pro- i
fit ii i had turned out lobe correct. If the Bril- i
i-ii government is lo assume the task oi collect- !
ing lhedebts ilue to its subjects, it will be prop- '
er that its opinion should at k*a-t lie asked be
fore those debts aie permitted lo be contracted. :
Had it been cunsullcd as to the propriety of
slaking the peace of the world upon lhe good I
faith of the Slate of Arkansas or the'L’erritoiy 1
of Florida, it is probable that som ?ot lhe pres- j
ent (’kdu;> would never have existed. Money- ;
leiideis would find littl • diliirulty in disposing*!! i
their capital, and little need for circumspection, I
ii they <-.»ut i ii «•!-.!»-ss|, pan with it to foreign
Slates ui.d.-r tlu- assurance that Great Britain i
will at all limes step in to enforce lhe punctual <
paym. nt <d’(hcir <iivitlends, I
We heli: v«- that i’’.e feelings expressed in i
these lcilc?s, m* >h.-ii <i only by a very small
minority <d American bon liiolder- ; audit mav <
be well u; iruimtile to the wriieis. aj»aitfrom ait
nation il eon- ub raiion-, the injurious elici ts ’
v.hich they must inevitably produce upon (heir
own i.’itcresis. (»n« moment's n*tl-»-iion will i
teach them that it would be better for Great Bri- ;
lain r.i once to pay their demands fjom her own
treasmy, Ilian la rush into a war, which must i
in vo|«. • the immei;’:;!..- expenditure of a far
grcalcf aimiur.:, au i •• . eniiiallv, under the most
tur;un..te cucuinshm. es, leave lhe matlr'r in a I
somew hat worse condition than that in which it
now--Linds, - namely, wilh lhe promise to pay
of a nation exhausted by war and exasperated
by bl »?,s, instead of lhe promise of lhe same na
tion in prosperity and friend? hip. Il iswident,
Uierefi re, that their appeals can have no effect
upon the Briiish governnieai; and it «.nlv > • 1
mains to inquire what effects they are likely io '
prodm .- upon the indebted .States of Am rim. i
In rvy;-.i i t.» those f lat ?, there ran be but three
points of reliance,—fust, their intuitive ?-f.ir e oi
honor: secund, lheir sense ofpride and hope *1 j
future credit-. third, their feeling .of regiei ai ,
lhe misery which must be inflicted, by th- it 3. ,
fulcation- upon tLre who have shown . .mfi- ,
dence in their faith, and a desire to pronp.ie :!;*•
pros|}eril vof their yqilpiry. C‘;ii d.e fi. s ;
an I third, lhe gi?;i c.a.n..oi
theirrfelitors re?; : and no more renain im.r,c -
«.f d?.-huyu..-•• iliose ch. ucer c.»uld i c i.an ! than (
that which has been pursued. B*, '..•noiinr-ing (
lilt* Au.c-i; ‘EI! pvi.pl 4 *• ii ' .’d ! . .Ii L•ijo?,
we h-?d ihciii :•> lite 1... ; H ai it I !,•>*;■ m.; l.ile I
to lak ■ anv ■ tc-p by v. hi.-h lh. l !i . iid oi their
.•redi.'can be restore I end lhat n-’:**-.-. thru- |
fore. rnnDut be w«H-e wk.-.ihei ;i,t , |. \ ui i.-.i : •'
wi«ilc I-, u'dl thiCals (4 ic •;;liis c I • ••».<. ’Ac - |
cite a -pirii of di-.lik? ik i mu-i eurci.mH-, t lc .
vent I hem from I'..d.mg with .m . i.ji/i upon
our lo- e-.
A Wicked Hoax.
Th ; Nai!,.iia| ci a . There was
publi bed in tli? 3/ 1 fay last a
i.umal accuur.l ot a Mevlii ■ .id lu have I een
held'in New Biun.sw i 1.. J.-i ev )of Libi
Seh-» I ’Republicair ,al w hi.-h ..* ul.tiion were
pas-.vd tier faring the iipn i oner lurAli.Tyki.
ii. i I*: <*■ i'.ieiil, and 1.--vi Wo.ribui. for Vi< <.-
Pit '.iih I’d, ai the m-xt t ie i .. mil.l election; de
j ummriiiv the kite rejection, b; < 'oiigri/SS, of lh?
Exchequer bill us • a dire. I insult !*» (hv intelli
. gcn--e td ihv A.ie i i'mi Pep, l? t ” :.'<e. and ■) j. i
•ng said p.u. i ..-djl'iy. iq be pul |i:.iie*t in the
Maui: (-iiit.il. Lett?!- i.a /.’ been received inUijt
eily fid.ii I'.-'l iabl ' ■ •..||rmt‘i) id \t‘W BiUli -
wick, tuck i date *»( Thuisday k:? t,drrlaiingihi?
publication to Lr ‘-all a humbug. Nc> such
meeting \va?- held, and no sin-h peis-.-ns as are
named in it are to I v found.” 1 he only amu ing
pail of this i;iipo?.i:i.;!i upon the credulit} ol the
readers of lhe ?.iadi.- >niau i.s lhe language pm
in-othe mouthofll.e chief orator on the occa
sion, who is repii ruled lo have alluded to “the
contcinptiLleeifoi.?of .i few < Id paitv leaders
iiianulu-hue pv.idi' n, in 'nh; tn ir. t:ieuppoiol-
ins: pvwitl Washinr on fur i/t-ir . dfishper
in a ii’aipicr lo < < npua.ia ■'•eiilhuskn-lic a. . k.qiii -
lion ’’ .‘\fit.T uiiirh lb*. I. -'u’ttiiuns "weiv'amip:-
e<| wilh < miiv unanimity! ’
< :e in H Pi - Rev. Dr. Bai
popp.ku Epi?»copal .■■l , rgyman in England, has
been convicted of forgery, and -entence.l to
iran puliation fur life.
If the financial eri is in this country has been
fertile in plans lor equalizing the currem-y and
?a, iiilalp.,; -oitlc a,.d ’pli.rrpursv a-safe of things
exists id England which produces, to a certain
e.\ienl, the same results. The following para
gra« h from a late London paper, fi»ru;.rd d b\
our European cuncspiuidcni, may be set down
as (.ne of the signs of the times in lhat country.
/ / ./i /.’»<? Luiidon >'i:n of January 25.
The see nd number of a periodical publica
ii ,i,. em/ded ‘‘The Government Currency Pam
| hl<' mis appeared, and contains plans l.i a
Go; ci ;i. c.;l circulating medium founded upon
j the pi 1 lhe countrv. the ret *al ■.! f.. ;
;r.:}|n • .1 .a taxps aqd a crauiial imd
hci|*‘>t ■ m.lmmn ■•!'‘th? national debt. Hr
jnopuse. u. ciuV’Ciii.iieUL siiould lake Lie
monetary system entirely under its control, and
appoint an efficient head board of management,
similar to lhat w hich directs the Bank of Eng
land, the Board of Trade, or the Commission
ers of the Woods and Forests; the members to
be precluded from engaging in any mercantile
transactions, and to be liberally remunerated
fortheir services; that fifty million pounds of
paper money be issued on the year's revenue
but to be diminished at lhe diserctiou of ihc
beard. a«.i lu bv permisivc'only, and that for
nd loiigcY a period than one year without the
sanction of Parliament: that payment’of this
Government paper be dcmandable at the Guv
ernment oilice in gold or silver; lhat bankers be
privileged to obtain advances to lhe extent ol
three fourths of their securities; that the cost of
obtaining advances be >o inconsiderable as to
otter no fuither obstructions than may be requi
site lo prevent lhe public giving unnecessary
trouble; and lhat all proceedings be annually
hid before Parliament.
Right of Visitation \nd Search.—There
; is. in the practice on the ocean, a distinct ion be
tween a visitation and a search. It is the prac
: tice fur men-01-wai while uu their cruising
ground, to hail, to order to lay t", and to send a
i boat on board merchantmen whenever the com
i inandermaydee.n ii expedient. We have seen
i lhe commanders of our own American men-of
war overtake merchant vessels and packets, sail-
- ing under lhe Spanish flag, and with Spanish pa
i pvrs, command tie* >aine vessels t*> lay to, and
? send an officer on board and inspect the ship's
i papers. They have also fired a tw’enty-four
i pound ball across the path of foreign merch ini
i men, and thereby caused that \ esseltq steerfrqm
i her course, pass uhder the man-of-war s stern,
i* and answer fur themselves. It is not, we pre
sume, he | ractire t*» approach every ' vessel
s *hat may b - discovered. .A appear
anceofthe stranger determines the commander.
.) In some cast- wv have seen the Imerican man-
-us-war gi •- c ;■ » ani--ii '. d sail gpu«* rai*. and
at the ■•‘tine lime tire I all alter ball over the
•base; an-l in one in-lam e, of a .-has? l et ween
?• wo swift ships, the cha e. a Eakim-we clipper,
as determined to raise no flag, and to continue
a defiant c, uniil si : the A i ; n
when the man-of-war lutbd to tire. This km-.
( .1 visit is a distinct thin roma seirch.—_V. Y.
Avril BA, GA. THURS!)/. Y. WANING, MARCH 9 LT.
S.VH RDAY MORNING, MARCH 4.
'rii.- Na al’ s*«».x in ('uiurau*Ls«
Th-.- Imptiiei of Mait h Isi says -■ —IJoividej-
ablc excitement prevail • in u’.w n.*ighborho*»vl }
oil act ouiki ol th? replied exist-uce of this
fearful di? cast in our u.mall; iavurtsi <i.y.
Some weeks ago, a ca -of small pox was
brought to the Hospital, at lhe ? mth end of the
town, fii'in mi board one ot lhe Steamboats; —
alle;uaid . a negro woman, who had been em
ployed in washing lhe invalid* rhnhes, was at
tacked, and Im.-- since died i.i ibe Hospital. The
only other ca- e, of which we have heard, occur
red in th? family oi tin- physj< i;m, who bad at
tended th? cases nt the Hospital. Otic ut his
children has had the disease.
As tai as we are able l.» a rerlain. these are
the facts *4 the case. But considerable a’aim
u as experienced, lest lhe disease may have been
communicated to others upon w hom it ha-; noi
jeishow.ii itself. AVc shall not fail tu acquaint
our read?is w ith the .fact, riiould any ulhev ca -
esoz-i-ur. Al pie-ent, we cuticvi. e there is no
great danger in visiting lhe city.
k'l'unt the SarannaJi I'epuldican.
f’l’om Florida*
By the ai rival of yt*.>:eraay,. of the .steamer
Gcn. ’l'aulor, (apt. Peck, we received a ropy of
.iiie t. Augustine Ac//-./ ol S-iuuiday l:.>t. it
.mains nothing n«-w.
AV alsii rece.ived from ioliowm•• ;
. ....... Io ?.Tmy >
and the Indians rema itory, which
may be relied on as coriect:
Falatka, February 23, 1-43.
Sias:—l sic down logiveyoit a lilile tor reel
news, which 1 hope will be acceptable.
Inuian signs were seen about twelve miles
from \Vacca.ss.is.see, by an officer rationed al
lb:.t post, and (.’aj;t. J. Tyner, of t!i.-* h loi ida
\"*4unti*cr.--. Thu information comes direct,
and tiieie can be no dotii<L *>l the lifith of lhe.
statement, 'i hc Indians were -ujiposvd io be
the ic.imant of Hal Paia’s band, and do nut a
mount to more than eleven warriors. Lieut.
Selden, in command of a detachment from his
Company, weiil in search of them, but was not
These warriors have occasioned
gre::! tidu.de an.l anxiety—runners have been
sent out a’llci them lo ciseovei- and talk with
them, but, owing to their small nunflier, they
have been able tuclinic all search. This small
pari* of Hal Paia’s ami Sam Jones’ tribe in the
South, w’hich cuiisisls of iwenty warriors at
most, are the only remnants of our once power
ful enemy.
Fifty Southern Indians have just embarked
from Cellar Keys, in charge of xjapt. McKav
ett, who goes wilh them lo New Orleans, and
then pmcctls wilh the whole en mas.se, t > their
final de.-lin.ili 'ii in lhe Arkansas cottnlry.
Company 11. under the command «>i Li. Joi
dan, arrived Horn \Varas>a>s.-*u, on the 17th. It
was in ’ii;'.* order. Company A. Captain
G Wynne’s, is ordered in, iron! Foil King, anil
will be here in a tew days. Thr.-c two Conlpa
nio, i.ygeiher witu tlio>u «n Captains Wright
ami Wurih, I', and G., will probably remain
here for instruction, until the Regiment leaves
the Territory. Thelineut posts between Fort
I’anuing and this place, has been broken up.
Ti»e express on this route has also been discon
tinued. I lereafler coinmimicatiunsgo toCedar
Keys by the way of Tampa.
Re- peel full v ycuir, S.
Thu liichmund Whig in copying a notice < f
a recent cun? table’s sale -n Pike County Misstrn
ri, at which good horses sold f. r ,50 each, large
oxen at 12A cents each, and evui ; thing <-b e of
fered at prices correspondin'', remarks—
.‘Vol to? uch an extremity asthic havelhe times
yet arrived in Virginia, bin they will reachil by
ih«* mcnilj oi June. When that count less multi
tit h- of suit- f n debt, which have been institut
ed since the inopth oi ?<\jvcmbcr, and are even'
<:ay nmlitramg fui iiie Spring term-, is ripened
ini » judgement and execution, as they will be
l>y ti>e August and September terms, we shall
then ';e£‘horses and catifc and fmniluiu and beds
■ ciling under the hammer iui>uch prices as the
: hove —prices that do not. by much, com? up lo
the price., in England under even the Heptar-
!3.*n;■;».*r!■ r.-'. —In lhe Di-tiict Court oi ih<-
United Stales in ATassarhm.cils. says the 80--
losi Daily Advc; riser, the am«mnt of funds dupe -
iled in the Couit, ari ingfro.n thee-laical ’Bank-
Mil i • ineethe law v.em intuoperation.
750. Gt wLii h there La*, been di-bursed j£su,-!B'>.
The numkt r of Bankrupt y; ove" 3700, and the
uqiubci ut papers which have been filed in bank
ruptcy is over 73.000.
ITT A fi*e occuifed in the village ui Goshen,
New Yuli-:, .m the 231 ultimo, which consumed
properly L> the um.mnt oi *>lo.ooo, iiu-lmiing
the I‘o t Office.
IT. ' gnat Lh-pcnard Will Case, which n- »-u
--] iu*i the riupetioi Court *.l the city ui’New r Y-ik
loi a loiiuii'iiL htc been decided in lavoruflhc
•’laintin?.. The ;<-r.T t <4 th? Jury >*‘ts a*ide ’
lhe ■.■.ill <.t Ali Lispenar.l.
Packet J'ini’ ixorth A meric-.. —The N. Y»
Commercial *»fihe : 27ih ult. says:—This vessel
was discharged of all i:*-r cargo on Saturday.
She had been pumped util t-nrio ly dry, and w ill
be filled with empty c; k-. and wd| probably be
brought up tu lie uity by the middle of the week.
The fiCaiiluiiialic ai Sea.
Th:- New York Courier says:—W* learn
bum Capi. liaich, of lhe brig Mary Averill,
from Police, P. IL, that un the Mh February,
Li. 20, al ID A. M.. Tuiks Island 40 miles d v ..
iant, Lu lek the shock ul an eaitLquak.?, \\bich
kt led about four minutys it came fiuiii thydi
icrriuu of 'l'rgl . I lan*! and thy vessel w.-.s \i
<wu;i . shaken by it sfie felt as if gliing over
rocks. The win ! at the lime wasN. E. blow
ing fresh and cloudy.
Another Packet Ship Ashore*
'i’he packet ship Hmtinguer, Bursley, of
W(:0d!; , . , .il N - Minturn's line of Liverpool pack
ets, weal ashore on Sunday morning about 1
o’< lo* k. on Fire Island, about half a mile from
Ii: i land light. She had a | ilot on board
al inc lim’*. One of her passengers came up
to this city yesterday by the Long Mapd raiL
ioad ccis, who reports lh»4 wiicu he landed' tile
mu". • • a-.g’ugui.s v.ere engaged in throw ing
ui uilL.od >:;( Ks of >:’.Ti a.nd boxes of tin, com
posing pa it of the cargo.
The has two cabin an I about
thirty steerage passengers, and a full cargo oi
merchandize, tin. salt, &c. She is nearly anew
vessel, and is over one thousand tons burthen.
II is said that lhe pilot mistook the lights for
those ot Sandy Hook. The 11. took on board
the pilot at sea lioin the ship Floridian, aboy,; a
week previous.
Since the above written, we understand
ihere h-td atiout one hundred tons of salt
and coal thrown ov*‘iboard. and it was expected
the ship would be floated off without any .erioiis
injury, as she was tight when last heard from.
Th? steamer Jacob Bell left lhe city last eve
ning to go to her assistance.
fhc Iluttinguer. left Liverpool ou the 12th
January, in company with the packet ship
North America, but put back' ou the 14th, ow
ing to the severe gal? of the 13th. and sailed
again on the 17th.
Farther particulars will be known by the ar
rival of the cars this afternoon at 4 o’clock.—
N. Y. Com. Adr. of Tith.
Whig Convention in Boston.—The Whig
Convention of the Massachusetts Lcgislatun
now in session and delegates from lhe towns in
that Stale not re pi esente*! by the Whig mem
bersof the Legislaruie, met in Convention at
the Stale House in Boston, on Wednesdav eve
ning last, and after placing C*»l. Strungin the
Chair, and choosing a number of higlilv res
pectable gentlemen lo act as Vice Presidents,
passed a number of sound and spirited resolu
tions on the affairs of the State, and the present
aspect of political affairs; amongothers, a reso
lution recommending a Stale Convention for
the purpose of nominating candidates for Gov
ernor and Licutenaqi Governor, was passed.
The Convention alsu passed a :esulutioirappro
ving the action of the Whig iflembers of Con-
I gress at their recent ineetios at Washington.
lecommendiug a National Whig Convention at
BalHinure iii May. 1844.
There is yo; ine sfigLbsi reason to duubt lhe
i s rnuduos (H old Massac b Usui is, notwithstand
‘ ing the temporary cloud ut lucoiocoism now
• hanging over her and partially üb>curing lhe
political atmosphere*.— Baltimore Patriot.
nine single ladies ul Muntgomerv
. county, Ohio, have petitioned the Legislature
j <>f that Stale tu ieduce the enuruiou- lees exact
| ed for pertorming the marriage c?;emony.
Senator Clmate.
The Ibiluwing iutejrc* -ofi/YdSp'
lir.guished r'enator from .A* <ajim?.e(ts —we
clip troai a \\ ..• ;iiur;.oa-* of iff?
Charleston Courier.
Mi. Choate us Ma heu
in the debate un the : nd as far as
ing mid thrillin - p. u-h .< iuLjeut elii -
H< .! I LU. •• i • O'
to eic i.m emir.* hew^baUkt‘ivl®kiw r . I li.Ji
! il-.
lice i- lo :.ay. lhat. on his sjitgHSy it
was a-\ uiy .ible . l-!pj ‘ s ;i 14 ’
marl.aLh-*>.al*‘i.: u.: ii . part’d, he can-
not f.iii ' u\i ii.-.erii^lMH^gHp l
and u.iimiry in whi -h which he
now p -u.u.i. • . »► s iU T in Lua l.t
lle pailii triai in du..<ribmO®|Ojt i? 1 be»
lie; c the y*»;!Uge-t mau
iorl\ -tu.»years oi aye, a filth* l,u ‘ n r -
Cushing, oflh? , has nl-
uay.sheen a- an ocate ol Ala?;-
sachuseits, though by no a looking
man. Wen.- mueud li»-
s,Uu<-:s. | t . : i.. ; at.rap l>v .:i:y
oi In-•
the MULL height, tiiiii
b!a* I. Lui lively m;/ rathe)
■
•u.d i;i« ih»w. and us .-uflh.-iunt ,o fill the
S -i!. ! - i ’Limbo.’ ano ruauir tl3BWfersd *‘li
■ - 1 ' •
atlra<:.< crowds lo hear hi'or ••
:iie uiil * i lhe beautilul Mi" i. -;ri
u'» erllo-.. ing There, is ici<L' in his
!.i:.-i;!.' i. .-. siare-. loDC'D , r all na-
■ u.i
wrrnid cmf lit;n a lian<KunH^^aM^rsif"l
going to becritir-ar, Lut I
manner, when I listen to the matters of his har
angue. He is a man of power, intellectual
power, like the great Web.-der, to whose place
lie succeeded in the Senate, and? to his natural
gifts he adds learning and scliolar.diip jut the
highest oilier. He quotes the classics with as
nnueb fluency as Legare does, and his quotations
are appropriate, and graceful, and never seem
to be lugged in for the purpose of’mere dis
plav, Lu!, in order io add weight Mid force
io hi?; opinions. His style of speaking is
vehement and impassioned, wiihom faring vi
olent. He moves, excites, reasons, and very
often startles you. You are sensible of the ef
fect—you can suarcc.v saj r how it has been
brought abuui, but in suddeiiess and subduing
power, it resembles the lightening stroke which
cleaves lhe tree ass undej. Y« I withall hismoi
al force in producing conviction, Mr. Choate, is
not like so.nv great oratois, w horn I have heard
within lie- w alls of the Capilol, dogmatical and
oveibearing. 1 ie has none ofihatanoganee of
lone, and di'-tatui ial i;.-- nmpiiou towards equals
or supeiiois, which you aiedi<pu.s«dlo ovn look
or pardon, un account of lhe great learning and
rare attainments of those who indulge in I hem,
bill, wiii h always lessen admiration, wlie c thev
do not actually disgust and repel you, which is
the more, eomniou result. By Lis courtesy and
<-on iliaiing temper, he in IL-t, loses nothing of
foi<- himself, w hile he secures the deep and of
ten plea-ud aiff niion of those who differ from
him most widelyunp illy questions. All Choate
is the ornament, and deserves to lie the pride of
tin’ ancient and high minded commonwalth
which he so ably represents, in the Senate.
Paul Jones a Coitim-.ilore Hull.
AVc find in the Penn ;yh anian the IbHowing
ailiel-. :
Gi the Lt • Commodore Hull, if i. *aid, that
he was the first man of any nation who look an
Engli .h frigate in ib.irand single liy.it.
7b the Kdi:or of th: PcodSitlviniiua :
Dear Sir: - The above extract was taken from
the Pennsylvanian of lhe 21st ins!., arid as the
endorsed guardian of the vhaiackr of th.* kde
Com. John Paul Julies, wiio.se gallant and dar
ing achievements were place I befiire the worid
in an octavo volume by me, I deem i: my (bit.;,
in justice to lhat ialegalkmt naval oflicer’of lhe
Revolution, to s;ate that he, Paul J»>nes, on the
23d *d September, 17 79, then in rommand of the
Bun Homme Richard of 19 guns, ot different
calibre, an I u'itha compliment of3 »J men and
boys of different captured alter a must
bloody battle of tour hour, by moonlight, off’
Head, die -q k-imid frjpat?’ Seru
pisuf 50 and 3?s.men. justlruradock, and
having uiiti 1 i iiei convoy over om\ hundred
merchantmen,’ averaging two gun - each. The
iwu frigates weiu lashed together, yard arm and
yard arm, by the crew ul thy Bon liamrpc Rich-
i i•» i . -111 . *«' ■.
throw the .‘o apnel; on the de: kof Serapis,
which ves el irmnediatuiy dioppetf her arn.aor
thus situate, neither ship could open her low
er parH, when the gaikuit Jones gave orders
(through lu fir-.: Lieutenant, the late lamented
Commodore Dale of thi* city) toblow the ports
thruiign, whi- h was promptly executed. The
Bon Homme Richard had sixty killed and
Wounded, and the Scrapis ninety-two.
The Alliance Ligate wa . in company, but
kept aloof from the fight, until the Serapis
‘Duel.- to the Eon Homme Richard, which ve--
?cl wont (L '• n the next moiYiing, and Commu
dure Jone q with hi.-, prize and piisoners, .subse
quently aiiived in Holland; after which, be
h 'i ted his broao- ~-rmant <>n buarutln* Alliance
L'.-, an t although bk.c-kaded by tveemy-om- Brit
ish .- .ril-*d-l!u line, he da*, bed w ith a tairibieez?
down the Texcl liuough the centre *»t (he ene
my. giving and receiving at (tie same rime a
btuad-s.ide fr >m the Briti Ji Admiral, 'and al
ihuugh pur tied by the whole licet, arrived safe
al Biu? f. aliur capitiring on the way Iwo prizes
in the channel.
Commodme Hull and my: ell were un lhe
most intimate term?. Gt tri*’nd..hip tor more inan
twenty years, and I am the last person who
w ould wi h to pluck one ingle tealiwr ti\*m iris
well earn -3 plume, but. in justice to Paul J* aivs,
and as his biographer. | de-**> it a duty io that
ufticer s mem<>.) v. to >tule the facts, and am, re
•}•?< ilqUy. vo.urul.. licitt servant,
•H'HX H rilii-iiU u\l..
Ship Nantasker.---Under our Piaiiue head of
Mun day atr/rnoun, we mentioned the arrival of
lhe ship Nantaskei, < ’api. Rogers, (rum Manilla,
bound to Euston, whic|i pm mtothis poll owing
to the hip having sj-tiiug a leak a: sea. The
cundiu tof <’apt. Rogers, Mr. Brown, her first
oifiruv, aiid the view, is worthy of more than a
I assing notice from us. for their exlraoniinai v
exertions in bringing liiis ves.-el, w’iiit h.cr valua
ble cargu, into pull, atti i s*> lung and tedious a
passage, 'i’he Naniasket when off the Cape of
Good llo|.t un the 7th :.nd bth expe
rienced a t:uiuenduus gale from theS. W. wilh i
a; cry heavy head sea tuning, and the shipslra fil
ing vriy much, sprung a leak, which continued
tu inciea.se from JfilKito 1700 .*4Hikes per hour,
and lor upwards of eighty days previous io the
ship’s anival in purt.ihe pumps Were kept in
motion i.carlv lhe whole time, and fur lhe las’
thirty days, all hands were constanilv pumping,
owing tu the heavy weather ex per teheed on the
coast. < ’apt. R. f madet!ic Capes of Delaware on
lhe liiih w’hen be took a pilot on board belonging :
to that pi l ’ ", when he ran lor New York, fshe I
i!uu lies safely i longside the dock, in lhe Last *
river, and awaits the orders of huruwuers. It is j
n ii knov w hat extent the cargo isdainaged. 1
‘1 i: • . .i- .. I.:’; .osci aixtut luJloiis uuriLn •
belongs i > isUju. 1 ler cargo consist. of ugar •
ir uq >, <! V. Y. Com. zb-r.,25«'.4/7i.s/.
Fire in Charles!VJL
The Mercury of’ yesterday contains the fol
lowing Postscript;
Figrg 3 o’clock.—A fire broke out about
tpiarier past 1 o’clock in Exchange street, in
Mr. F. AVinthrop’s Office. 'J’he engines were
at their post, and as usual lhe firemen manfully
doing their duty. The fire is subsiding.
British Consul in New-Yo.i;k--o leain
that Anthony Pmrclay* Esq., has received j
his commission by me last steamer from Eng
land, u» his appointment as British Consul of
this port. This removes at once the doubt en
tertained that the abolitionists of England had
prevailed on his government to revoke his aj>-
pointment.
The intelligence will give great satisfaction
to his friends, and the whole commercial rom
inunilv of New-York, I with American and lur
eign.—.V. F. //
The National Intelligencer oi Tuesday
says:—AVc received yesterday the first nunibero'
a new paper to be issued weekly in this city by
W. Greer. Printer, the avowed object of which
is “lo spread before the public the merits ofCol.
R. M. Johnson a- its tavored candidate l*»r the
next Presidency. Price of the paper $-2 ;er an
num.
gVThe Washington correspondent of the U.
States Gazette says.-—Mr. Nathan Dunn, us
Philadelphia, now. I believe, in London, is spo
ken of as Minislur lo China. A more cfn ieut
or better qualified mau iir -.babi , CGuti n.,i be
found in this cduntry.’ Hfc long residence at
Canton, and thciuugh knowledge of lhe charac
ter of tbe’Chinese* a-; well as ofibeii trade, em
inently‘fit hin; fur the important la>k of».« ?otia
ting a cmniner-'ial treaty beiweep i|iu pvu na
tions.
€’u/Voponi/cn/-4? of thr Baid more J
Wamhngto'.. March I. 18|3.
The Treaty r-ent into the Senru • la-1 uvenin
was a Treaty with Mexico. During the Exe
cutive ?essiJn, ii was rufcirc 11 • th-* Curujiiltee
un Foreign Relation*, and on’ereu t » Lt- prim
ed.
It i rumor. .! . ncrallv to hv ih-i Mr. ('h-1.-
ing will be nominated t.< the .; • -..ir,
ot the Treasury Mr. Far-vard rerignerijn, i
believe, i absolute.
.uu? Nt NG, MARCH •.
Air* Leigh’s Address*
'i'liea.kiress ol Benj. Watkins Leigh, on tak
i tiiechairir Pi'e-.iJ.nt i.i the Lie Whi;; Co: -
vei>b..a in Virginia, uhi. li uill be f.runl in this
du' ;,apet’, i« a pr.riuciion u..iihy of its dn
titn;:.i tied author, an t \ve commend it to the a:-
tenli. of the <• .v'.er icpln - with sound, ele
vated. liberal, patriotic and statesmanlike view .
The whale ship Alin Mat ia, of New Lontjon,
was lost in August l.; t near ;?t. Faiths Island,
by suing iun into by the ■ hip A tax, of! ia'. re.
'i'i.e ship A vis, i’etk'.leion, of New London,
was driven ashore while at anchor in Two Pei -
pie’sUny, .Vew Holland, on the -J!)th August,
and was lost; had onboard mx hundred battels
whale oil.
Revolution in Hayti—Ly a Pon au prince
.paper oi lhedd in-t. il appears that the insurrec
tion it: lhe South, rn part of the Island has been
etleclualiy suppressed.
medical * i.ilege of Georgia.
The Annual CoinnieuCv.netU of this institu
tion was held at the Baptist Church, on Satur
day, the i'h inst. An eloquent and appropriate
address was deliyereu to the graduates and a
latite audience of ladies and gelitleiiten, by Dr.
J. G. .Vie VV lim ter. al. the close of Which the Hou.
C. J. Jenkjiuv pM.*sidctit ot the Board ol Trus-
c ' ■
upon the following gentlemen:
C. M. Smith, of M
AV. W. B. Crawibrd, Lexington, Ga.
VV. H Ala nil), Appling, Ga.
A>C. Shands, .Spartaliuurg, S. C.
D. B. Vuriiei. Elbert County. Ga.
Bight Miller, Lumpkin,
J. u. Boiler.
J. L. Crawford, Covington,
I L (j. Tale, Elbert County.
VV. C. Boiiiwelf. V ienna,
J. Al. cokes, Louisville,
A. M-AVilkinson. Meriwether, ”
J. Ai. <*ui(iui\ Law renceville,
W. 11. Puny. I’ruupviile,
N. J. Mumgomery, Ala.
J. G. VV eslmoielan !, Vleriw’uther Co., Ga.
il. \\ i-simmeland, Chambers Co., Ala.
T. A. Peiiitl, laturens. S. C.
Siinctm W aliun. Bumpkin, Ga.
Larkin Floyd. Wust Point, Ga.
O. O. Moore. Warrenton, “
H. H. Juiiu ■. “
B. J. J. Mitchell, Lumpkin.
\v’m. T. Tutt. -'.UtfUNta,
T. A. Durscy. Talladega, Ala.
P. .\. W iii;?s, Augu.-ta, Ga.
FfankTn George. •• “
L. D. Rogers, W’iibngto.i, S. <.’.
C. Maysoil, EdgefieM. “
J. t'. Avery, « olitmbia Ga.
Absalom Johnson, Warrenton,
R. B. Bull. Burke Co., “
Nicholas Meriwether, Edgefield,
Alex. Martin Augusta, Ga.
J. S. VV ighliiian,
Leonidas Me Lester, Tallapoosa, Ala.
J. H. Noble, zibbexille, S. i'.
T. il. Dozier, . Talbot Co., Ga.
We learn lhat the Institution is in a highly
prospcrmi: state, the number of Students in at
tendance upon the Course which has just teimi
nated boing considerably gieater than at an;
previous Session.
J the Rh -h mood H 7rij r .
Substance us Mr. LJEKHI’S ADDRESS
to tile Whig Con* entio’i.
227 Cebruaru. I
Gentlemen—l lake tii • Chair as PiMis»ident
ofiLi. Convention, to which you have called
mu, wilh itu other sense us fitness for (he place,
or w orthiness of the honor it confers, bur a con
sciousness of lhe sentiment I bring to it. 1 can
lay my hand on my bean, and most MUuerely
and conscientiously deciare, trial 1 have n« > po
litical feelings which do no*, spring from an ar
deiM desire to see the uoinmon weiJ of the whole
Union, and tin- imen -t auu happiness of every
rucraber oi it, promoted and secured by a i hon
est and judicious adm.rastration o: the powers
conuuvd ny inc Constiiuiiunof the I’e-icn iGuv
■ernincni, and us th.>se ic erved to the dtaauGov
tK.Auiunis —mat I liav«sni'> w£<h to pronmee, and
feel nd interest in'pro’motinv, the suc.-.es.s <>l the
Whig party, merely for the a ake of the party;
no wish tor its success other than that which
aibeshoid a conviction, innt its priiviples arc
just aiid sound, and that u.e policy ii *.esiru . to
have adopred and pursue I, is calculated to fos
ter, advance, and secure the interests and hapj fi
ne of mj country —the whole country and
every pan of ir. If a devotion to the Constitu
tional the U. stales, and a strong feelingoffel
luw-citixcnship toward lhe peopleof all ours.-
ter State , constitute federalism, 1 am a Federa I
i t; if a jv.tl »u • and vigilant regard Im the rigid:
of lhe Earle governments, constitcie a State-
Rights man, I know and feel that 1 am and id
ways have been one. lam not a strict con
structiunistj in the party sense us that phrase —
one who. when those to whom I am opposed are
entrusted with the administration ufljriunJ al
fairs, is di posed h. deny all power?, ro the Gen
eral Government, *»r.* <i (•» r« -iri.ct its powe?. as
to render tbcm impracticable ornugatx.ny. much
less am 1 a latiludinarian, w ho, when my friends
are in power, acknowledge no constitutional
bounds io (heir di. ciuri m. \v e ought all to in- j
si : on a fair com triu lion of the Constitution, j
to whomso«.*ver the administration max’ !••• cun- i
tided whether our political opponents * r triune-
Nu mau i-- more sensible of human lallibilii .
than I—l mayen in my •. rimatuoL mt n. ami m ‘
iuy opinions ol muasuies bin I Lave truly de- ?
claruil my eiuinumfs, and am quite sure <Lcy |
aie right.
i'lie great object w«* should al! nave at heart,, j
ami which in the -e th/.' - ■ j itsums it-:eli mosi !
prominently n» uvui. ii-fleciing mind, i to ie- I
• tore th? < oiifidem-u of (he peojile in inuii’ gov- i
urnmunt . Statu anil Fc'.eral, ».nd (what • yet j
moru important t«» • (»( iai hapj?.nuss) uuDtiduncc 1 j
belv.cun man an*i man—that confiaencu which
seems now 7 almost entirely - that‘••>nti.i*-m-e s
wtllioiu which it i•• impo??T,l our puliii*-al iii- )
stitulion. <au have any licalltd.ii ai'tion. il ii I
eaimot b.* reMoied, wu mud abandon all h<» r e .3* ?
public prosperity, c-r of private happiness. |
In ail *;overnmunts, U»e work <»t legislation
ami admini t/ai.ion *>f public .• flair, must I
neeus.'-arilv in-.(five a compromise of opinion-.
and iniciusi?/ \nd this is espeetallx tine in the
gavernm‘Ut uftht’ Unit'*:! States; a governmewt
extending over l v-ari v ■ i.» Staius, all ronficuled
(ugutlicr, amt • et in .a gruai inca.sure independent
ufcaeh other—over such a va<t extent of terri
tory —«>v< i’ people having su *h diver? ity ar.dva
riety of intuiesis; tin* mierc-ts oi various * lu.-<-
us of individuals, in th •. same pari us the country
diversifie i by their various pi rsuits; andthym- ■
tercsis in some parlsoflht*. imiciidiversifiedirmn *
... ty in il eemploy nent u-f j
' capital. •,:.*.»<•! , in *.iic■ , ii>:.*»f ind''.stiy, v.u i«*-
; ly in • .•• pro i.s :i< us *•« sml and climate a* well I
south, a Lultural, commercial, <>,•manufactur
ing, si.iveholding or nun-siaveholding, can rea
sonably expect that their particular opinions
shall prevail, or their individual or local inter
ests be alone, or even most prominently, the ob
ject of regard. The duly of the statesman and
the patriot istaconsult the opinions, the feelings.
ll(0 wishes, the interests nf each and all: to recon
' uile them when they are conflicting, if that be
• possible; and if it be found impracticable lo de
| vise and pursue such measures as requiring, eve
i ry one to yield something, but none to sacrific.:
ail, shall be best calculated to promote lhe well
iare of each to the utmost extent compatible with
rhe wellfare of others. The Constitution of lhe
United Sjates. to w hich w;e all profuss so much
attachment and devotion, was dictated by the
most liberal spirit of compromise: anil it */ only
by the continual exertion and. influence of the
same spirit, that lhe r'fxteral Government can be
upheld to purpose—that itsj>ow*‘is can
be made to Work beneficially for lhe common
ue.il—for the harmony, the prosperity, and the
happiness of the union an . I of all its mcnilieis.
It may be suppose ! ly others—indeed, I am
mvsclfconscious —that I am uttering truisms.
Bin, if I am not much mistaken (would lo
Heaven I cunbl believe that I am at all mista
ken) in my view 7 of the present state of public
affairs, and especially of the stale and lempcr • t
parlie? , it is really necessary, that y-.e si < did all
lx? awakened to a lively and serious sepse of
these very truisms: and the time ha< come
when it behot'V^sall myn. ana al! partie-, iu re--'
call th&ri*td fheir minds and to their hear s, and
! to ac't, prhcticai.lv arid w ith geneial coiv.uuy un
der their influence, if w? can oup L.- brought
to remember thus*- tr'.(y nv and u-. tup ’»*• iht>m,
as our fathers. d’d. 4 V tin a r-.a.-o»iaHe feO'cc us
heaiiintjss aqd genuralfiy '*! ptwp<Kv th' ugh
difiicujries enough will still remain to cup
ii.e w isdom of State: .r./ii an 1 Fairi . al! mav.
jet Le well—public confidence may bu revive*!'
- .rial haTrnonv mav be icnewu l. indirtiy anti
ciiterpris? ielie.el fr<-m ibe pre?- tire of despair,
jnd the spring of miional ic iored to
ii--. > uni :! *la ’i i'.y and vizor—and we may
u.u and happy p-
I lh -.- -iii) *’ ■ . juphj'lissc fam -peakin..- oi.
■■ i ... »nq - f ■ h'np ‘
I and cv.-n intere'ts: a spirit of mutual cunce--
•_Lu, whi- h Hiall impel each and all to ofkrup
? <ue sacrifice on the altar of pctrioiisii;, and
which will I- equally salutary, v.hatuver pauy
may obtain the ascendancy in the Administia
tion us the Government, tam for no compro
mise, no abandonment or .sacrifice of principle;
which, under any administration, would be per
nicious. Let me illustrate the distinction by
one or two examp es.
■ i aiiuueu mis luunfing lo the proposed remis
sion of the fine imposed upon Gen. Jackson, for
his contempt of the writ of/i/zAeas corpus, and of
. the court that awarded il (fur the Judge to thi<
purpoiie was a court) not while he w as engaged
in military operation ; lor the defence of New
Orleans, but after lhe defence was victorious
and complete; not at a time when further mili
tary operations were anticipated, but in truth
after the enemy had retired, repulsed and brok
un; as ter all military operations were at an end.
and after all apprehension of any occasion to
renew them had passed aWay. Now, if the pro
posal tu remit this fine and to restore the amount
with inferest, to Gen. Jacknun; had been pul up
on the ground, that lhe conduct fur which the
fine was imposed upon him, tho’ acknowledg
e lly illegal, was yet dictated by an honest con
viction in his own mind, that ii was necessary,
lor the safety of the country, the defence of
which was entrusted to him, to adopt andpersist
in bis measures; or, upon the ground, that a
just consideration of his meritorious services,
and of the uprightness of bis intentions, out
weighed all consideration of the irregularity of.
the means he thought proj er to employ to ac
cutnplish his success over a formidable invad
ing-enemy; or on the ground, lhat a vast ma
jority of the people Lave acquitted him of allin
icntional fault, and lhat respect to them not less
than regard for him required lhat he should be
relieved, from the punishment he justly incur
red; or even upon tlie ground, a man
:h‘ i ation < >*' •ne a Luus pa i Cw.njjwd afjeej it m
Wuuld sooi.i LiclnL". jfi. . rSXa*- pLIJir 4
servant,' now in the last act of life; it ‘ the remfsl
• ion of this fine had been put on these or any
like grounds, tho’ wilh iny opinions of the man,
and my knowledge of the history of his conduct,
1 Could not have approved tiie measure, 1 could
yet wilh a safe conscience, have deferred to the
opinions and feelings of Gen. Jackson’s friends
and admirers —1 could have compromised lhe
matter with them—anil il they had declared such
masons lor remitting the line, and expressly
provided that lhe act should not be drawn into
precedent, I should hav<‘ been content. Bui
General Jackson has publicly declared that the ,
remission of ihc fine shall rest on no such
grounds, and rendered al! compromise impossi
ble: he disdains io accejiMferdon : he demands
that the line shall be remitted, as a condemna
tion of the Judge who imposed it upon him, and
as a full justification of lhe conduct by w hich he
iiwuired it. Condemnation of the Judge, now
when he has gone to the grave! Condemna
tion of lhe just Judge, w h ». in awarding the writ
ot’ habeas corpus, did what lhe most solemn obli
gations of his official <iuty required at his hands,
and what it would have been a criminal and im
peachable offence to refuse to do; and who, in
vindicating his jintan-l un dull hie i authority
against the usurpations of military power, gave
u!h? of th? most signal examples, recorded in
hi?dory, of eiviu virtue, and moral anil even per
sonal courage—the imposition ol a fine for an
open and apparently wanton violation of the
laws, upon a victorious General, who was stil
a: ihc head of troops, flushed with the common
victory, and who was sustained by a peopled ap
parently blinded for lhe lime by the splendor of
military renown lhat flashed in their eyes, and
heated with enthusiastic gratitude to lhe offend
er, for their own safety recently achieved by his
valor. To grant a remission of this fine, thus
audaciously and imperiously demanded, as a
condemnation of the Judge, is to warn the Judg
es of' this land, that it ever, in time to come,
they shall dare to issue a writ of habeas corpus,
for lhe rescue of a fe)lou 7 -citizen from military
airctt by a victorious General, trom imprison
ment and trial before a court martial, from ille
gal bondage and jeopard}’ of life, they may be
expelled by the same military’ power, and driv
en with ignominy from their families and
homes, and from the seat of their jurisdiction ;
and that “the Democracy” will ?-.tand by the
military power against the civil authority, and
tlamn the Judges for doing their duty, even after
they are dead and gone. To grant a remission
ofiiiis fine, thus demanded as a justification of
ihe General’s conduct, is to make a formal and
deliberate acknowledgment of the right of a
commanding General ot the United States to
proclaim and to enforce martial law within the
Union, over the whole Slate where he may be
in < ommand, and over all its citizens—lo sus-
P'erL, at his discretion and for such time a? he
may think proper, all the civil authorities, State
and Federal —and to shut out of their Hall (or
-hut up ia.it oi tlw fchaic Legisla
ture, lor presuming io assert theirconsLitnffrnsai
powers, (which they areswoin to maintain,)
and even for talking of exercising them, ’till the
General shall give them leave. Is it not won
derlul, that Stale Rights men-men, indeed,
who claim to bu in their devotion to
ihe rights of the States—can consent to proclaim
such doctrines to the world ? If this be Democ
racy, it is Democracy without Republicanism,
which, in its essence, consists in a government
of law?;. A victorious General at the head of a
victorious army in lhe bosom ul the country it
self, has at all "times been dangerous to Repub
lic?.—the danger is not so great when they are
abroad—and if this precedent shall be establish
ed, the danger will be aggravated to a degree
which it is impossible to estimate. If the com
manding General ha?; a rightful power to su -
jien.i, he has a rightful power, upon a like plea
ut necessity, tu aboli h lhe civil Government
anil the laws; and some future commanding
General, flushed with viduij , backed byhisvic
tui ious army, intoxicated with vam glory, irri
tated by oppo.-dlioh or even < uinplaint, and inci-
[ led bv that ambition with which military lau-
I icl ■Me so apt to poison the mind—counting,
iwi ii this precedent belo r e his eyes, on lhe sup-
.*»f ‘ lhe Democracy” and the apathy *»i the
* pie and ot the States—may and will abolish
,iil our institutions. The precedent may ai
i ;< a; L serve to cover his first movements in the
i «riminal enterprise. To establish such a pre-
I cedent, under such circumstances, is lo court
j muiian hy—military monarchy. No compro
' uii e in relation to this measure, can now be
| made : any compromise would be a surrender
| of the fundamental principles of civil liberty
j and Republican Government. lam talking of
! the principle of the measure and the danger ut
I the precedent, not ol lhe motives of the men
I who are urging it on; those are their own affairs;
I 1-am sure they do noi view it in lhe same light
1 do, ui they would revolt from il wilh as much
honor and dismay: but whatever may be their
jnotives, the mischief i the same to us all.
1 shall mention another subject of general.
! deep, and exciting interest, which calls |«>r mu
tual concession; w hich min t be sullied, and can
only be settled by a spirit ol lair and mutual
compromise—lhe tariff of duties on imported
k-oods. In Its very nature, it involve; « unl!ict
mg interests; and unhappily, in our country,
these conflicting interests, or at least the conflic
ting opinions and feelings on the subject, are
marked by geographical bounds. Like most of
my fellow-citizens of the Southern Agricultural
Stales. 1 am what teas called an anti-tariff 'man,
though not what may perhaps be num so called.
, since according to some opinions, those only
i are regarded as miti-lariff men, who think il
proper to raise revenue for lhe suppoitof lhc
-ovuinment by direct taxation, rather than raise
ui; whole, if the whole can be conveniently
rc.i'u l, as doubtless it can, from the customs, I
am opposed to the raisingof more revenue fiom
the customs, than what is really wanting for the
support of Government upon an economical
system of expenditure; an economical, not a
parsimonious niggardly system of expenditure,
stinting the Army, lhe Navy, and the civil list,
leaving the fortifications to go to min, and dis
appointing the public creditor of pnnnpt pay
ment; an i 1 am opposed io the imposition <4'
duties on foreign goixls for the mere pmposeof
protection to home industry, and especially do
mestic manuiacturcs, withoutregriiYl to revenue.
Now, if ihc representatives ot lhat portion of
the country which is chiefly engaged in mann
ouly ask lhat in taising the necessary
, revenue lor thesuppoit of Government lhe tanti
should be adjusted on a iysiem of discrimina
ling (not proLibiimy) duiie«. which will afford
incidental protection io lheir manufactures (and
tins, a> lai as 1 can coll. t I i: »m the debates in
Congress, is all they do ask,) I think we ought
cheers ully to concede thus much to them. I.
there any good reason, in respect to our own
interesis, w hy we should insist on a L»ri?out.?l
tariff-—to use the metaphor laietv i’rrorim e.i in
Congress, which seems mc>c wuitfiil ol good
metaphor than of any other good thing—a svs
: ad rala *■ m dutie * on all or most of th
imported articles, those which aie now dutiable
and those that are Lee. in [nefereuce tc» a -yste-n
of discriminatwg duties ou a pan of those arti
cles w’hiclfeomfc jnla ct\mpetv tan with our own
i nroductioi? same amount of
Vhaf w hat it may, is to be raised
I'rvya flf? ('usimns whatever -y tern of dune
‘ hall be adopted. I really canu ri see how any
greater burden is likefv io be impo-cd on us oi
the South by the system of discriminating du
iies which will afford incincmal pr*>{ ■■ tion io
home productions than will probahlv r< • ult ir .m
a borizoniul tariff. Accoruing to my informa
tion, the segregate v me <•* i./q. ■!" d . ■ ~
free of duty, i (or was bet» •* ’h * . ,/. t:-:r.«.
W .:?• c:‘:i«.!:*(!) liu.’illv CqUS\ ,1*- .f. • ... I
/. f the ( ■’ . ' I . *2d J I
Ln? uu .«f revenue, a :.n ave; c• I H 5i
of disc rimin. ling dutie *»n n. I. 1 > • • t <•:
tion both of the tn c and of th? .fid I* it!-!-
mu- ‘. I tipp.r'. be nem ! • ; m T/.:igh« ■>
taring .S i?- a*, in i!.-- ci/. . . I:, uncer ta
i ■- ' ’- ' J'D. '
jxt cent upon the cloth coat I wear, and nothing
un Ute .silk gown fny wile wears, l shall cul
tribute about lhe same arnounttowardsiheieve
nue, as if I w ere required by a horizontal tariff
to pay 20 per cent on the cloth and 20 per cent
on the silk. 1 know very well, that no general
reasoning oi this kind will square exactly with
practical details, nor am 1 on this occasion, stu
dious <»f accuracy. 'The general thought has
occuired to my mind—that whether the princi
ple cl i.ie hoDzuntal system,ur that ui'discrim
inating duties shall prevail in the regulation us
the tariff, each and eveiy part of lhe country
will have to contribute as large, or nearly as
large, an amount tow ards, lhe support of Gov
ernment, under lhe one .system as the other.
And this general thought is thrown out iur con
sideration. If it be correct, or approximate to
correctness, far from preferring to pay my con
tribution under a horizontal tarin, which w ill
relieve me from no part of my burden and coa
ler incidental benefit on no portion ot my iellow
citizens, rather than pay it under lhe system of
discriminating duties, which will add nothing
lo my burden, and from which a large portion
of my iellow citizens will derive an incidental
advantage, 1 ?ay plainly I should preierthe lai
ler. Tiie mafiilracttirefs are fellow-citizens;
and if we may give them a benefit, without in
jury to ourselves, it is very little lu say we
ought to du it. 1 have a real,feeling ul feftow
( itizenshlj) lor them. However, these sugges
tions of mine, wheihci well.or ill-founded, are
of little, importance to the main points I insist
on; which are, that this subject of the Tariff
to be adjusted in a spirit of liberal com
promise—udftsled amt set tied; that the compro
mise I have mentioned is in principle a fair
one; and that lhe general system ought lobe
sdited, w ith :<• viey n» some degree ul perma
| neiicv. ft fins Im'*-?./ 3d, flipl .since tfie.nreu.ut
j fft-u .•un.'Miefc hnMieen ttgrbai
I decrease of importation: and this has been ac
| counted lor upon the supposition, or rather as
sertion, dial the duties imposed on many of the
most important articles are in truth prohibitory.
If this be so, surely it ought to be corrected
But the present tariff' has had no fair experi
ment. The decrease of importation may have
been owing to lhe embarrassed state of lhe
country; and whether this ke thecause or not,
or one of the operating causes, may, I suppose,
be ascertained by an inquiry whether there has
not been a decrease iff importation of the free
articles, as well as of those subject lo duty.—
There is another cause* which may alone have
sufficed to produce such an effect—the appre
liension of sudden alteration of the tai iff', great
ly reducing the duties, and exposing the impoi
lers t<> loss and ruin. r f'his was threatened.—
But however all this may be, 1 say again, I on
ly invoke a lair and liberal spirit of compromise.
In selecting a Statesman lor the Chief Magis
tracy, we should never look for a man who a
grees wilh us in all things: we shall find no
Mich man. If there is any competitor for the
office, w hose opinions are moulded by lhe inter
est-us his ambition, and consults the feelings
and opinions of his fellow-citizens only to gut
their votes, that man is unworthy of our confi
dence. I ( there is any competitor for the office,
who professes exclusive devotion lo the interests
of any one portion of the empire, who rests his
claim tb our suffrage entirely upon that devo
tion, w hose opinionativeness renders him inca
pable to any concession to others, and who dis
claims all compiomise in matters of policy that
can only be adjusted by compromise, that man
is not fit for the |place. I know 7 a man, who
has approved bin self capable of exactly tha
kind of compromise I approve ; who has ever
avowed his principles with the utmost candor,
and maintained them with independence, and
w ho yet, whenever lhe interest of his country
has required, has been ready to make the most
liberal concessions, in matters of policy, to the
opinions, the wishes, the feelings, end the inter
ests of others; who, without forgetting, much
more sacrificing, the interests of his own part of
the Union, extends his generous regards to those
ofeveiy quarter of the empire; and whose abil
ities and wisdom are equal to any and every
exigency of State affairs -That man is Henry
Clay.
The Whigs of Virginia have thought proper
to convene us together on the birth day of
Washington—hoping, 1 presume, that the mem
ory of that general and magnanimous devotion
to ihe interests of his whole country, and that
just and equal regard fur every nartot it, which
ne so signally manifested in all his actions, may
inspire emulation of his illustrious example.
jT W JEN T Y-S EV BN TH CON G RESS.
Correspondence of the Baltimore American.
Washington, February 28.
UNITED SI’ATES SENATE.
Mr. Evans, from the Committee of Finance,
Jcpul.TU UH i —*»* *■" —
uiy Notes.
The bill to amend the law’s respecting impri
sonment for debt in the District of Columbia
wa passed. This bill makes provision for the
relief of Amos Kendall.
reduction of postage.
The bill to reduce the rates of post age to five
and ten cents upon each letter, ten cents to be
the greatest rate of postage for all distances a
bove thirty miles, was taken up.
Mr. Merrick remarked, that as the bills to
abolish the private expresses were not likely to
pass the House, he should only mo,e to reduce
the rates to the decimal currency of the country,
viz: un all distances under 30 miles, 5 cents; on
all between 30and 100 miles, 10cents; over 100
and not exceeding 220, 15 cents; over 220 and
not exceeding 100, 20 cents, and over 400, 25
cents.
This amendment was adapted and also ano
ther section whereby letteis dropped in the office
of any town or city, aie made to pay five rents.
It prepaid, but one cent will be exacted.
CHINA BILL. ••
Mr. Archer reported favorably the house bill
fir appropriating forty thousand dollars to pro
mute intercourse with China.
FORTIFICATION BILL.
The Fortification Bill from the House was
taken up, discussed awhile and forajime laid by.
The discussion, however, was soon resumed and
?»lr. Seviui moved S2S,(MW) for Full Gibson.
'Fhc amendment was rejected, and SIS,(MX) in
serted. The hill was then amended and order
ed lo be engrossed.
FRANKING PRIVILEGE.
The bill to limit and reduce tiie frankingpri\<
ilege was laid upun the table.
NAV AL PENHIONfBTLI..
This bill from lhe House of Representatives
was called up and gave rise to considerabledit<-
< js- iiHi between Me- is. Williams, Evans and
Eales, and it was then passed wiili an amend
ment.
DIS’THK T BANKS.
The bill to extend lhe charters of the District
Banks from 1844 to 1854 was called up. 'l’he
(•barters expire in 1814. 'l’he extension piopos
cd is for ten years. The introduction of the
bill gave rise lu a debate at once.
The amendment offered to the bill by Mr. Al
len, making the stockholder- liable lor all the
obligations of the Banks, was lost.
On motion of Mr. Buchanan, an amendment
was adopted to the effect that lhe banks shall
forfeit tbuir charters when they shall refuse to
re deem their notes in specie, and making pro
vision loi liquidation—yeas 35, and Mi. More
head only in the negative.
The bill was ordered lobe engrossed fora
third leading.
The Senate then went into Executive session,
and adjourned ala very late hour.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
On motion of Mr. Littlefield, a resolution was
adopted that lhe House shall hereafter meet at
ten o'clock in the morning.
A large number ot bills from the Sena e were
read twice, and approjniately referred.
ARMY BILL.
Mr. Allen reported that the Committee on (Jon
iciciiuu of the two Houses had come to a concln
sioii on the disagreeing points in the Army bill.
The report was concurred in; and therefore the
bill indisposed of by (’ongress, and will be sunt
to the President for his signature.
i 1: X AS A K D TIIE < NIT E D ST AT E S
Mr. Adams from th<! Committee on Foreign
Affair-, asked t«» be discharged from the further
e*>ii: iteration of ihe memorials asking for the
annexation ot Texas to the Fluted States; and,
as an individual member oi.’the Committee, sub
mitted two resolution?,dcelaring, Ist. That tlu-re
is in the Cojisti’.uion ul lhe United States no
p. .wet, t u annex any foreign power to this Union,
and. 24. That lo annex Texas id the Union
would be null an*l void, and that the free States
ought not to permit such a proceeding. He
moved that the res? Julian be referred to the Com
mittee ol the V hole and printed.
But objection being made, iLc re. olution i
I were not received.
i?.:pru;onm£KT FOR DEBT. . |
The bill lo amend the lav. < regulating impris
onment fordehf in the Dist. of Columbia, (which
is designed io affect favorably Ainos Kendal),.in
consequence of certain formal official proceed’
•
UENrnALAp PR■> p a IA T‘ G»N. Its L.. L..
Th. * i.i! and l)ipku.iyj< Appropriation bill ;
wa* taken up, and amendmenu agreed to I
u. < ’ommi*' ' <ure concurred in, except'that of- j
; sere ’’. Mr ’B<-»»'•. viz: that no part of the ap- j
t•, ,;. t i /.ioii i u diplomatic expends shall heap- ;
..I;.t . ii*. salary or outfit ot any minister, ;
.Lar/ <.’affaires, ar other foreign representative, j
wlia maybe apjointed tu any po? s t nov. vacant i
ph in v. Lichu vacancy may occur during the j
• « ion of Congi?- . unless tLu appointment he •
hi.'.de bv and with the a : , icc and can ent of’the j
!ifna ‘ e ) TM- J-x ‘
'l lx.- Hou - vent in;o Committee of ihc i
W ..ml i.. ■ up il.e lull making appropiia- j
tion for canriiiu il.e la. treaty into etiect. ’
, Mr. Mr Ke"-n ot.rotcJiiie treaty, on the ground I
VOL. Vir-NO. 10.
that it left many most important question* ui>
lettled.
Washington, MarcM.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
The Senate was in session from eally uroru
ing again—coming together at ten o’clock—and
receiving reports.
DISTRICT BANKS.
The bill to extend tiie chat tels of the district
banks, < outing up, Mr. Allen moved to lay it
on the table The vote was—yeas IG, nays 37.
The bill was then passed by 2G yea* to 17 nays.
1 lie next bill was one proposing to refund to
the State of Massachusetts the amount of her
disbursements in the late war.
Mr. Wright opposed the bill, and called for
the yeas and nays upon its passage.
Mr. Walker addressed the Senate against the
bill, but it was passed, 27 to 19, notwithstand
ing.
flte bill having passed, Mr. Evans moved
that the joint rules be suspended in order to send
the district bank bill, and the bill to pay the
Massachusetts claim, to the House of Repre
sentatives.
Mr. Benton objected, and the bills have to lay
upon the table.
Washington thbstv.
Mr. Archer, from the committee on foreign
relations, reported the bill iioin the House oi
Representatives to carry our the provisions of
the late Healy. —Mr. A. gave notice that he
should call up the bill in the course of the day.
Bitt | tivale bills weretaken up, and occupied
the Senate the rest of the day.
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.
In tiie House ol Representatives, when my
letter was closed last evening, an animated de
bate was goinx on i»i Cvrumitwe of the Whole,
on the bill making appropriation ter carrying
into etiect the late treaty between Great Britahi
and this country After ineftectual attempts to
amend the bill in several particulars, the Com
mittee rose and reported the bill.
-Tire previous question was moved, and sec
onded, and the bill was passed—yeas 137, navs
37.
to-day’s PROCBEntNC.H.
Mr. Baruanl introduced a resolution, which
was adopted, requesting the Secretary of War
to cause a plan and estimate to be prepared by
the topographical bureau, or otherwise, and
laid before Congress at the next session, for a
room or depaitine.it in the Capitol for the bet
bettei accommodation of the House of Repre
sentatives.
The House concurred in the amendments of .
ilie Senate to the bill milking appropriations for
fulfilling certain Indian treaties.
The Speaker laid before the House a com
munication from the Treasury Department, in
reply to a resolution, enclosing correspondence
between the Representatives of Foreign Gov
ernments, in relation to she operation of the
present tariff.
The House concurred iu the amendment ot
the Senate to the Fortification bill.
The House went into committee on the Navy
Appropriation bill, and discussed the amend
ment of the Senate lo strike out that part which
provides that the duties of the bureau of pro
visions and clothing shall be discharged by a
captain in the Navy. [Mr. Goldsborougn is
now the head of that bureau.)
After debate, Mr. C. J. Ingersoll appended a
proviso that no part of the appropriation in the
bill shall be applied to the equipping of the fleet
on the coast of Alrica, under the treaty; but
the amendment was ruled out ol order.
The House refused to concur in the amend
ment of the Senate—ayes 52, noes 83.
Mr. Fillmore moved that the committee rise,
which was agreed to—and Mr. F. moved that
the joint rule, which prohibits the sending oi
bills from the House to the Senate during the
three last days of the session, be suspended for
this day. The motion was rejected.
A resolution was then adopted for bringing
all debate to a close at halt past 3 o’clock.
And the House then again returned into com
mittee, and commenced voting on the amend
ments After which the bill was reported, and
passed; and sent back to the Senate.
PENSION BILL.
The House took up the Navy Pension bril,
and refused, on motion of Mr. Fillmore, (sub
mitted under instructions of the Committee ot
Ways and Means,) to concur in the amendment
of the Senate made thereto, [striking out a cer
tain part of the appropriation.]
Mi. James Irvin, from the Committee on En
rolled Bills, reported correct the Indian Appro
priation Bill.
The Packet Ship Hottinuuek, which lias
beenasliore on Fire Island, was got oft without
naUKQrr-;
A Yankee Enterprise.—The steamer Ban
gor, Captain Dunn, which left Boston last Au
gustforConstantiuople, wasbythelast accounts
al Trebisoude, in the Black Sea, at which place
she arrived from Constantinople, with 799 pas
sengers! She was to return to Constantinople
with about lhe same number. An admirable il
lustration ofYankee enterprise.— hujuirrrr.
l-'rom the N. O. Tropic qf the 21th ult.
From Y ucatan.
The brig Coral, Capt. Grimes, from Campea
chy. arrived at this port last evening, with a few
days later intelligence from the seat of war.—
Capt. Grimes sailed from Campeachy on lhe
night of the 7th, but before he got out of the bay,
the next morning, he was boarded by lhe officers
of the Mexican schooner Canipeaehiano, and the
brig Yucateco, and detained three days, ibe Bth,
9th and 10th of Februarj’. All the newspapers
lie had were taken f rom him, and the brig’s pa
pers were also taken, but were returned before
ne left.
About 11 o’clock on the 10th inst., the Mexi
can steamer Guadaloupc made an aback upon
three Yucatese gunboats. An action ensu
ed, which lasted about two hours, when the
steamer was compelled to make off as fast as
possible. The gunlioats kept up a heavy and
well directed fire on her, and as she passed un
der the stein of the Coi al, Capt. Grimes says
she looked as if she had been mighty roughly
handled. The gunlioats escaped scot free, not
having received one single shot f rom the steam
er, or, as far as could be discovered, sustained
the slightest injury. Paiihan balls were dis
charged al the gunboats, but not a single one
hit the mark.
The Coral sailed, after being released, about
11 o’clock on the night of the Itth, but before
she got out lhe wind lulled, and she lay becalm
ed oil h ana all day of the lltli, and until 12 o’-
clock at night, when the wind sprung up and
walled heroin. Duiingthe whole time the Co
ral was becalmed, a constant and heavy can
nonading was kept up in Campeachy, from lhe
lu ights and the castles, but with what results
C:q I. G. ot course cannot tell.
Martial law was declared in the city of Catu
|>eachy on tin: 7th, and a rumor prevailed Ihatil
would be proclaimed throughout lhe province.
'l’he Yucatceos were in fine spirits, well sup
plied with all the munitions of war, and ready
to sc e the city razed to lhe ground sooner than
surrender—confident of their ability to holdout
as long as Mexico can keep up lhe siege.
The Mexicans soul, they were expecting San
ta Anna hiniscll, with large reinforcements eg
men and munitions, when they threaten to do
wonders, but the impression is, that this story i<«
all humbug.
V.'e understand that the ofticers of the Mexi
can fleet are very anxious to know it Commo
dore Moore is likely to be down there, but we
expect thev are not particularly anxious to.cw
him.
Prom lhe N, O. Bee qf the 21th.
From Texas.
By the arrival on Saturday of the steam pack
et A< , Capt. Rollins, we received lull files
ol the Texan papers to the22<l inst. There- is u
little local news of importance. The efleets ol
the late freshet on the Colarado and Brazos riv
ers though disastrous, were not quite so calamit
ous as had been represented. A large number
of cattle and a quantity of produce had been de
stioved, and in the neighborhood of Washington
the damage done by the flood was very great
The bodies of three while men and five negroes
have been discovered floating down the Bracox
liver. This makes twelve persons in alldronx
ed bv the freshet.
The most melancholy result oflhe freshet «»<
the loss of human life. In addition to the unfos
tunate men, mentioned in our last synopsis ol’
Texan news, who tost their lives in attempting
to drive their c&Hle from the low lands, the bodies
of three white men and five negroes have beet*
seen floating down the ’Brazos. So many lives
hare not been lost cluring any freshet in-this riv
er within the recollection of the oldest settlers.
The nett revenue forthe year ending the 31»l
January 1843, arising from exports, impeuts, Ac.
al the port of Gal veston, amounts to #103,58156.
'l’he whole amount ot Exchequer bills issued
l>v the Government from January, 1842, to Jan
i uary 17th, 1843 ? is $135,000, of which
i have been paid into the Treasury. From the
; reports of the several collectors, it appears that
i lhe amount now in circulation cannot exceed
; S-20 000. As goods are constantly arriving Irotn
; northern ports, it is fair to presume that the ea
i lire amount no-.vin circulation will be absorbed
■ in the course of a lew weeks.
I A number of the prisoners captured at Mier
' had arrived at Victoria, having succeeded in
■ making their escape. They report that 25 or
i 30. in all had escaped about the close of the
battle.
We can find nothing else in the japerswer-
I tbv of extraction.