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ujcclv' sLavonwl' 'X .gentuul- • ... —————. OLD SERIES, VOL. LVII. THE CURONiEI.E SENTINEL ls PUBLISHED DAILY, TKI-WEEKLV, ANI) weekly, BY J. w. A w. S. JON EH. The Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel is PUBLISHED AT Three Dollars pw annum - or one eubs.’iib. r two years, or two subseribers one year for Sj. 7><-lF««lWyj»P‘r, at Five Dollars per annum. Daily paper, at Ten Dollars per annum. Cash System.—ln no case will an order for the paper be attended to. unless accompanied with the money; and in every instance when the time for which any subscription may ba paid, ■ tpires before the receipt of funds to renew the subscrip tion, the paper will be discontinued. I>. pteetated money received at its value in this city. t&ljronidc <in9 Sscnttucl. 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.