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4 1 / H • I iTI sb'* bi dlldirt! i . ** is OLD SERIES, VOL. LVII. THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL IS PUBLISHED DAILY, TRi'WEEKLY, AND MEEKLY, by j. w. * w. s. joniis. The Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel IS PUBLISHED AT Three Dollars par annum—or one subscriber two years, or two subscribers one year for S 5. TH- IFerWy paper, at Five Dollars ]a r anntiui. DaiVy paper, at Ten Dollars per annum. Cask System.—ln no case will an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with 1 the money; and in every instance when the lime for which any subscription may be paid, expires before the receipt of funds to renew the subscrip tion, the paper will be discontinued. Depit < luted nione)Arecei'TsfoiHt^alu^ujfi6j2^ — _____ Chronicle and Sentinel. AVGUSTA. ' FRI DA (JwiU 1N G, MARCH 10. Death or Com. Ballard. —Information reached Norfolk that Commodore Ballard, oj the U. S.Navy, died at his residence near An napolis, on Saturday last. An Island Partly Sink.—The N. I. Ex press says:—“Capt. Matthews, of the schooner Erie, from Port ait Platt, informs us that the brig Clara, Capt. Dunham, arrived at that port from St. Thomas the day previous to his sail ing, and reported that an earthquake had taken place at the Windward Islands, on the Btli Feb ruary; and fears are entertained for the Is land of Montserrat, which it was reported had partly sunk. An English steamer had been de spatched to ascertain the amount of damage on that and other islands. Landing of Columbus. The Paris correspondent of the Charleston Courier, written in January, says: I had lately the pleasure of seeing Vanderly’s picture of the landing of Columbus, destined to adorn the walls of the Capitol at Washington. And I think it really will be an ornament there It is evidently the work of a very superior art ist, and can scarcely fail to increase his reputa tion, and satisfy the public. The subject did not afford much room for originality, but the fi gures are happily grouped, boldly drawn, and so tar, harmoniously colored. It will take him about three months more to complete it, and he hopes that June may see it in its place. Every week records some improvement in the good city of Paris, such as the layingdown asphaltum tor side walks, and the substitution of gas lamps for oil lamps in particular streets. By the way another new experiment has been tried here in pavements. A small portion of one ol the leading thoroughfares has been laid down in square blocks of stone, with half inch slabs of wood between each, in J ieu of cement. It looks curious to the eye, but I will watch the wear and tear, and report upon it. I think I have already remarked in one of my letters upon the falling off of taste herein the designs for public buildings and monuments. 1 alluded to the redundancy of ornament, with which every wort now executed is overloaded. Simple grandeur, of all others the most im pressive in its effects, is now-a-days lost sight of. But herein, though public buildings may lose, private residences greatly gain. Paris is rapidly filling with the richest and choicest spe cimens of domestic architecture. Scarcely a house is built now in any quarter, that has not some external embellishment. Many are ex quisitely beautiful. The style of the time of Francis the First is very prevalent, and affords great scope for the ingenuity and fine tastes of the artists, for such they may really be called rather than architects, seeing that they cut and carve stone as cattily and fancifully asa painter works figures on his canvass. in Connecticut are as follows: Dist. Whigs. Locos. I. Thomas K. Brace, Thos. H. Seymour, 11. Sam’l D. Hubbard, John Stewart, HI. Edward Eldridge, George S. Catlin, IV. Thos. B. Osborne, Samuel Simons. An extract ofa letter received in Wilmington, N. C., from St. Thomas, says: “By an arriva l yesterday, in nine days from St. Thomas, news respecting the Earthquake at Point Petre is con firmed, 7 to 10,060 lives lost; the other islands suffered but little.” Survivors of Washington.—The follow ing interesting notice of the distinguished survi vors ot the administration of the Father of his Country, is from the United States Gazette; Although none of the early associates of Washington survive, a very few venerable men, his cotemporaries in the legislative and diplo matic departments during the latter period of his administration, still linger among us. Os the Senators ot that time, the survivors are Al bert.Gallatin, elected in 1793; James Ross, hi immediate successor, in 1794, and in the same year, Kenseyjohns, the present venerable Chan cellor of the State of Delaware, father of the As sistant Bisho]> of the Protestant Episcopal Church in England, yet live, enjoying the re spect and veneration of their fellow citizens; the first of whom, it is hoped, to regret his op position to the measures of Washington, which so peculiarly marked Mr. Gallatin’s legislative career. Os the Representatives, one only sur vives besides Mr. Gallatin, whose seat in the Benate having been vacated lor want of the constitutional qualification of nine years citi zenship, was elected in 1795. The surviving Representatives are Albert Gallatin and Gen. Andrew Jackson, the latter of whom was in 1796 and 7, the sole Representative of the State of Tennessee. Ofthe two surviving ministers and diplomat ic agents at foreign courts, during Washington’s administration, our venerable fellow-citizen, William Short, Esq., is the oldest, having been with Mr. Carmichael, appointed ou a special embassy to Spain in 1792, and on the 28th of May, 1791, minister resilient at that court. But John Quincy Adams, although appointed 30th May, 1794, two days after Mr. Short, as a min ister ofthe same grade to the Netherlands, was subsequently in 1795, raised by Washington to the rank of Minister Pl-nipotentiaiy to the court of Portugal. Mr. Adams is believed to be the only public man now living who can justly boast es having enjoyed the confidence of Washing ton. The Star Spangled Banner.—The fol lowing is the concluding paragraph of a speeeh (ti’Z. Collins Lee, before the American Colonization Society, in which l.e gives a histo ry of that national ballad “The Star Spangled Banner,” and pronounces a brie[ but beautiful tW|ogy upon [ts apthqr, th? late F. S. Key, who yas % jueniber qf the Society: It yas duriiig the late memorable war, when a British fleet had penetrated lo the very Capi t"s[lofour country, and while approaching the oyt-works apt! fort which guard a sister city, that young Key, then detained on board an En glish ship of war, beheld, as the twilight closed upon the invading forces, the flag ofhis country wavipg above foe fortress of attack, and when (he piltgf set in, yas taunted by the threat and boast ofthe inyadpis, that ere morning that flag you|d be struct; to the prowess ot its enemies. 4)P(d ti;e smqke apd storm of the battle, he yatpheil yith throbbing heart and anxious ?yes the first approach of light, his fears and hopes ailke agitating and oppressing him. The dawp broke at last, and, through the smoke and clouds he caught the first glance of that yet v.n conquered ensign still there, waving over the free apd brave—its bright folds unbroken by the storm as battle, apd (ts ttnextinguishablp stars yot shining pudimped. Il was, sir, at this mo tnept of rapture that the patriot’s overflowing heart gave utterance to the brighest gem of our literature, and the watchword of victory. If nothing else remained to rescue his memory Irom oblivion, this, alone, shall preserve it in every land and over every sea, wherever Ame rican arts and American arms shall carry light and liberty and civilization. From the N. O. Tropic of .March, 4. Very Important from the West Indies. By the British brig Diadem, Capt. Grant, from Kingston, Jamaica, last evening, we are placed in possession of highly interesting intelli gence from the West Indies. Two days before the departure ol the Diadem, pp«i ot the British mail sttamei's arrived' at i«'t.’gstca, v> ;»h foe 'startling iPfqfmhtion that the jsliflds of St. Kilts, St. Thoiiias and Nevis, had been almost totally destroy-u by an earthquake. According to the reports, these islands had al most completely disappeaied. Gt St. Thomas and Nevis, scarcely a particle remained to l ive tun foe of their former localitv. This calamity was probably the result ot foe earthquake, the effects of which wei e slightly felt in various por tions afihe United Sta'es. llADii u. L h o Focoism.--The proprietor oi one of die Lowell laciories, thinking that the \va*»es ;h**v were giving were too high, detei minedh» reduce them. The editor of a paper printcu in that town, thereupon utters the tol- Liwing paragraph, which the New York Ev.n inn Pus copies without comment: “A.sothkr ti rs of the Screws.—The male kilM>rei> on the Middlesex Corporation, Mr. Samuel Lawrence’s.) received notice on Satur day, of another cm uown of their washes. Yet Air. L. and his corporation associates pretend to be the exclusive friends ol the laborer. See his / Sunday circular." We understand the bu iness of this company is successful and pros perous. that they arc runningaU their macniiie ry at highest speed, and even till late at night. This same Air. Samuel Lawrence is leceiving his two dollars a day, by the vote-; of these men, whose wages he has reduced to four shillings a day ! — l7trU Arr-.dwr." Both liie Lowell .Lzr. /.in-/■ and the N. York EvcHittii An-/profess to be thorough-going ad vocates of free trade and free competition for both wages and labor. Yet when men act upon the very principles which' these papers them selves pretend so zealously to advocate, they vilify them for so doing, in language like that of the above paragraph. The laborers in the “Middlesex Corporation" are certainly free to seek employment wl.etevey they please. If they can do better elsewhere than in the service oi the company, who hinders them from doing so? If the wages offered by the company be low-i than the current price of labor, they can not command it. and they will lose their’labor ers, and must either stop these mills or offer higher wastes. If on the contrary their present laborers insist upon higher wages than the cur tent value ot their labor, the will lie that they must either fall in their demands or be thrown out of employment. The price of labor, like the price oi every thing else, must be regulated by the relation of supply and de. mand; and he who would regulate it by arbitra ry rules, if he is not a short-sighted simpleton, is in principle a tyrant, whatever he may pro less. We have copied the above paragraph as a sample of the envenomed trash by which a cer tain class of agrarian demagogues in this coun try aim to poison the minds of the uneducated and unreflecting poor, and to prejudice them against their more prosperous neighbors.—Che raw Gazette. An up-countryman, at the Circus anight or two since, remarked that he had heard a good deal of such and such a man being “a whole team,” but until he saw Muns. Paul he had ne ver come across a sample. He was nut so par ticularly certain but that the French Hercules might have “and a horse to let” attached to his title of “a whole team.” — N. O. Pie. Washington.—The subjoined sketch of the character of Washington is from Alison’s histo ry of Modern Europe. The eulogium here pro nounced is nut without discrimination. We may remark however in ascribing Washington’s militaiy successes rather to “the wisdom of his designs and the perseverance of his character, than tu any extraordinary genius for the art ol war,” the historian appears to have fallen into the common error of his less accurate observers. When the circumstances as are considered un der which the Revolutionary hero conducted his military operations—Hie vast expanse of country allotted to the movements of the armies —the inconveniences which the enemy' were subjected to in carrying on hostilities so tar from home—the inequality of the respective parlies | with regard to equipments desciplineand means | —when it is recollected that perplexities and embarrassments beset the American leader at every step, resulting from the weakness of the Confederated Government, a depreciated curren cy, and the ineflieacies of new levies—it will be seen that the system adopted by him in con ducting the struggle was chosen not as a mat ter of preference in accordance with his own disposition, but as the only system adapted to the emergency of the ease. That Washington possessed all those high qualities of decision, en ergy, quick despatch and teady invention which characterized the first order of military heroes, is evid* n: from his campaign in the Jerseys, in cluding the passage of the Delaware, and the battles of Trenton and Princeton, where boldness became proper. His manoeuvre which deceiv ed Sir Henry Clinton, and by which he concen trated hjs forces at Ynrictmrn iishl th« .surrender of Cur n wall is before any assistance Ifhecoul.i be a Fabius in prudent circumspec tion, so could he also show himself a Hannibal in temLle enegry. The admirable equilibrium of Washington’s character, whereby the faculties ofhis great mind were harmoniously proportioned and undue pre ponderance allowed to none, has induced some to suppose that because nostaitling prominences were seen in particular patts, there was no ele vation in such jioints. But let it be remembered that the whole man stood, majestic, high above the common level. His whole character was one of massive grandeur. If one quality did not tower aloft to overshadow the rest, it was because all were exalted. The solemn earnest ness of soul prehided all vain ambition—all de sires fur mere show. There was nothing about him that was not solid—substantial—gieat; in him the elements of all noble qualifications w r ere so mixed, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, Thi.f was n m..n ! ill the sketch which follows if will be seen that the British historian takes pride in the fact that the hero of our Republic came of the old English stock. Weaie not disposed to deny the claim of sympathy which he advances; for we, on this side of the waler, also, claim a com mon inheritance in the glory of British worthies whose names are identified with the progress of human freedom and with some of the noblest a chievements of man:— Baltimore American. WASHINGTON. Modern history has not so spotless a character to commemorate. Invincible in resolution, linn in conduct, incorruptible in integrity, he brought to the helm of a victor ious republic the simpli city and innocence of rural lite. He was forced into greatness by circumstances, rather than led into it by inclination; and prevailed over his enemies rather by the wisdom of his designs and the perseverance of his character, than any ex traordinary genius lor the art of war. A soldier from necessity and patriotism rather than dis position. he was the first to recommend a return to pacific counsels when the independence ofhis country was secured; and bequeathed to his countrymen an address on leavingtheirGovern ment, to which there is no composition of unin spired wisdom which can bear a comparison.— He was modest without diffidence; sensible to the voice of fame, without vanity; independent and dignified, without either asperity or pride. He was a friend to liberty, but not licentiousness; not to the dreams of enthusiasts, but to those practical ideas which America had inherited from her English descent; and which were op posed to nothing so much as the extravagant love of power in the French democracy. Ac cordingly. after hav ng signalized his’life by successful resistance to English oppression, he closed it by the wannest advice to cultivate the friendship of Great Britain; and by his casting vote, shortly before his resignation, ratified a treaty ol fi iendly and commercial intercourse be tween th mother country and its emancipated offspring He was a Cromwell without his ambitioi; ;» fsylla without his crimes; and, after having r.Lsed hi> country, by his exertion*, to the rank an independent state, closed his career by a voluntary relinquishment of the power which a grateful people had bestowed. It is the highest glory of England to have given birth, even amid trans-Atlantic wilds, to such a man; and if she cannot number him among those who have extended her provinces or aug mented her dominions, she may at least feel a legitimate pride in the victories which he achieved, and the great qualities which he ex hibited, in the contest with herself ; and indulge with satisfaction in the reflection that vast em pire, which neither the ambition ot Louis XIV nor the power pf Napoleon could dismember, received its first rude shock from the courage which she had communicated to her own off spring; and that, amid the convulsionsand re volutions oi other stales, real liberty has arisen in that country alone which inherited in its veins the genuine principles of British freedom. Losing a Partner.—. 4 Slringof Dan cers.—Some elderly geiulvman in Arkansas sends us a in which he states that some twenty years ago the natives of Mex ico were in the habit of dancing in the streets, and that frequently in those days lie saw lines of people a mile in length, an I all engaged in the dance. On one occasion a Frenchman lost his parter in a centre dance, and never found her until he had “crossed over” “down the mid dle” and “up on the outside”/«/ ?A/cc days and nights! We have seen some little dancing in Mexico, but this story’ is a shade ahead ot our experience. As the writer does not ask us to believe it. we simply tell the story tor what it’s worth.— Pic. Kentucky.—The news from this State is of a cheering character, and tells well for the honest and upright feeling <»f her people. The Legis lature have passed a bill,’6v a t- • majority laying:! tax c>f fifteen cents, five to go to foe sink ing ftuiil, which secures the punctual payment ot the interest ou her' State dsbt. This is fog right mode, and is in striking contrast with the doings in Ohio, where instead of taxing, they have issued §2,6>00,(KM) of relief notes, thereby increasing foe State debt, and the amount of in terest to be paid annually. Win never a State pays her interest by the issue of fresh b mds, instead of resoning to taxation, tl e downs ,11 of hei credit, sooner or later, is inevitable.— -■ ’i’an-a Inquirer. SATURDAY MORNIMG, MARCH 11. Mesmbrisic* The Mesmeric fluid, from recent indications, seems to be diffusing itself among live communi ty very generally,—indeed it is occupying the attention of almost all, and il the weather con tinues to partially suspend business a few days longer, there is no calculating the effect tube produced, or the developements that will be made in this strange and mysterious influence. State of Parties. Now that Congress has adjourned, and the Conrrotiunseason i.s coming ruunc, we may ex pect some new movements among the candi dates for the Presidency- Among the rival Democratic candidates, the fight is already be coming interesting; and in it, Mr. Van Buren seems to be rapidly gaining the advantage. The prospect that Mr. Calhoun will get the nomina tion of the Democratic National Convention, grows daily less, and in consequence his barti zans display even more bitterness towards the Van Buren section of their party than towards their common enemy, the Whigs. To such an extent does this leeling extend, that it is hinted that if Mr. Calhoun fails in getting the nomina tion, (and he undoubtedly will tail, being no match for the little magician in political ma noeuvring,) he and his portion ol thc'p- rty will come over to the support of Mr. Clay, a move ment which can hardly be hoped for, although it there is any the doctrine of affinities, they a e much more likely to amalgamate with the Whigs than with the Northern Locofocos. In the meantime, Mr. Tyler is actively al work on his own account. He is buying up such freemen as are for sale, whose number in this country, unfortunately, is n«t inconsidera ble; he is subsidizing presses; almost every day. we hear or read of some paper having hoi»- ted the Tyler flag, and be is employing the whole ofhis Executive power and patronage tu secure a nomination. He has hithertd worked rather in the dark* but we may soon expect some developement of his designs;’ his hope is proba bly that for the sake ol compromise between Calhoun and Van Buren, the Democratic party will nominate him. He can of course expect nothing from the Whigs who are already deter mined and united upon their candidate. ’ With the influence of the station he possesses, and an active at my of office-holders under his com mand. the Captain is a candidate not to be de spised by die Democrats; as for the Whigs, they are accustomed to fight against official power and ran do without him. Cass, Johnson and the minor candidates of our opponents, seem tube almost disregarded in the very pretty fight which is going on between the more important sections of the Democratic army. Whether they will ever rise loan}’ im portance in the contest cannot now be foreseen. The prospects of our success, under the ban ner of HENRY CLAY, are brightening daily. Every whete unanimity andenthusiasm pervade the Whig party, good omens of a victory as great and more perfect than that of 1840 Gluiet and seeming inactivity now reigns a inong i hem, but the Whigs and when the time comes lor action, will come to the contest with an energy and in numbers which will overwhelm their adversaries.—AYwji 4’ Pkii.'ers Gazette. St iuct ion •—Another Horrid Tale. The Philadelphia Gazette of Friday evening, gives ike following horrid story of seduction and its com equences: In Bradford county, in this State, as we learn from th? Bradford Porter, a clergyman by the name < f Lefevre, was guilty of this outrageous crime ti wards a young woman ot his congrega tion, inio whose family his holy office had been his pas- port. The unfortunate victim has since become in sane, and her mother is also a maniac. The tragedy is rendered the mote thrilling by the death of her father, who, it is stated, fell a corpse at the feet of the person from whom he received the fatal intelligence. So horrid a tale ahnost exceeds belief. Here are xuw.urrencasin leal life, wheih fiction has haplly e.-ei dared toTijralkl ~ - TtiS -.orhb desolation that' the villain who caused :11 this misery, is in jail. It is to be re gretted. that the law takes no proper cognizance ofhis crime. U"A bill has passed one branch of the Phil delphia City Council, directing the Mayor to borrow on the faith and credit ofthe city §300,- obo a( 6 per cent, interest, towards the comple tion ot tlie Girard College. Gold Coin—We learn from the managersof the Min', there were coined in the proceeding ni ntii, 12,893 quarter eagles, amounting to §32,235,50, and one hundred and threedeposites. —Aloun'arii Tinies. Red itiviiß.—The Red River Republican of the 23d ult. states, on authority irom above, that foe alarming accounts of foe late rise were ex aggerated. The river is no higher now than it was in 1840, and not more than two or three lives have been lost. Col. Milam and his fam *ly have not perished, as was reported.—The rise was mote sudden than ever it was before, but not as great. 55" A minority report of the Committee ofthe Pennsylvania Legislature recommends the im peachment of Gov. Porter and goes farto estab lish fraud, bribery, and acts unworthy ofhis of fice. To what base use do we come at[last.—Tlie 'arge poik house at Cincinnati, u Inch was des troyed by the late fire in that city, was originally erected for the banking house ofa branch of the Bank ofthe United States. Sperm Oil.—The government closed a con-' tract at I'oston on Thursday for 29,(XX) gallons spring, and 20,000 gallons winterstrained Sperm Oil, at 50 cents per gallon foi the former, and 58 cents for the latter. M>«. Vin 81-hen.—An Albany letterto the New Yo:k Ainerican -ays:—“Mr. Van Buren has been here far a week past. He has grown enormously fat since the people turned him out to gras.-, it is understood that his friends are busy in rooking up a Legislative nomination for him. He himself is prodigal ot his bows and saiil to the influential men in the Senate and Assembly.” Inter, sting Relics.—A correspondent of the Boston American sta es that the Penobscot In dians ha ve ;.i ttreir pos.se>: i >n several autograph letters p.uo Washington, addressed to them, ur ging tnei: r.rttlralily, while the contest for our independence was t aging. Mr. Walsh, in a letter to foe National In telligencer, dated Paris, Jan. 7. says— “A ludicrous scene occurred in the royal court of justice yesterday. La Presse had issued ap additional sheet tor law and police cases; the attorney general claimed the pecuniary deposile as security, for a distinct journal. La Presse and was exempted by the inferior tribu nal. The royal court was employed with the crown appeal. Pail let, lawyer ofLa Presse, de livered unfolded the largest of the American monster hebdomadals, stretched it out, with both arms extended to the utmost, so as to ren der it a complete screen from head lo foot, anti from behind it, exclaimed to the bench: “See ! the Americans are not a people who dread quan tity of matter and paper; they recoil from no dimensions—they aftow all scopelo the freedom of the pen and scissors, Our prosecutors are niggards—the court will be more liberal and broad-sighted. The spread of letters can no where do harm.” All the auditors of Paillei (judges not excepted) were convulsed with laughter. The decision sanctioned the supple ment of La Presse.” The present gold .digging campaign has opened with the most flatleting auspices. The miners genet ally prepare their mines much bet ter than formerly, and the result is ofa most en couraging nature. The winter has sustained its character for changeableness in this section 3 s well as in other parts of the B'a'.c, yet tlie miner has been abundantly compensated for his labor. And i.may be truly said ot the Chestatee bank -the more it is broken foe better it pays.’—Afoi'ataiz* Times. Desthi'ctivh Shot.—Experiments were.tried at Albany on Wednesday, in tl'(e nrekenoo of Gen. Wool anil Major Baker, ol the army, which satisfied them of the final success of the hollow shot or shells, invented by Scott and Bur dick of that city. The shells are loaded with a composition designed to explo le them at the in stant ot striking any object at which they may be aimed. The Journal says the effect ofa sin gle shot upou a large ship would be to sink her almost instantaneously, and exploding in or near a body of troops it w ould prove awfully destruc tive. AUGUSTA, GA. THURSDAY M®NING, MARCH 16. 1843. 'Die Berrien Ke»o:i.lions. We firn.! in the Baltimore American and Pat riot, Uiu following sketch of the proceedings in the Senate, on the 2d instant, on the presenta tion, by Mr. Culhbett, ol the resolutions of the Georgia Legislature, at its last session, con demnatory' of the course of the Hon. John Mc- Pheison Berrien. When the sketch of the de bate, promised by the Intelligencer, appears, we shall endeavor to lay it before our readcis: Tile Georgia Resolutions. MES3IU. BERRIEN AND VOTIIBBBT. Mr. Uullibeit rose, and remarking that as his colleague (Mr. Berrien) was now in his place, he begged leave tu submit a series of resolu tions recently adopted by the Legislature of Georgia, which he sent to the Chair. They were read; —and Ido not exaggerate when 1 say that of all the papers 1 have ever know nto have emanated iroin the Legislation of any State, they are immeasurably uie most undignified in conception and language. The expressions, indeed, were exceedingly coarse in some parts. They not only declated their op position to his opinions upon the questions ot a National Bank—Distribution—the Tat iff—and the Doctrine of Instruction; but they comment harshly on his Addre.-s to his constituents, re nounce all connection with him, declare him unfit to represent Georgia in the Senate, and proclaim that they will r:ot receive any thing from hire. After the reading was finished, Mr. Beirieu rose. The Senate and auditors in the galleries satin the most profound silence; and’there seemed pictured on every countenance a sente of the ottensiveness of the document. Mr. Berrien sent to the Chair the report of the minority oi the Legislature; and asked that the resolutions appended thereto should be read. Mr. Cuthbert asked whence they came ? His health had prevented him from knowing much about recent events in Georgia. Mr. Berrien said that the resolutions were re ported by the minority of the Committee on the State ot the Republic, and sustained by the mi nority of the Legislature. They were read; and were the grand contrast of the first resolutions in manner and matter. They express in graceful terms their continued confidence in Mr. Berrien, and their concurrence in the leading principles of his poliical life, and in the measures tor which his adversaries con demn him. Alter they were read, Mr. Berrien rose, and said the humiliating spectacle just presented to the Senate, was not his own lault. A portion of the Legislature of Georgia—not the majority —send a series ot resolutions, not instructing him as to the discharge of his duty here, but making nietely a personal wanton attack on him. He had, however, no embarrassment in reply ing to them: but to characterize them, as his feelings would prompt, would be to throw dis credit upon the State which he had the honor to represent. It was perfectly manifest to the Senate that this is a mere controversy between the two po litical parties of the Slate. One arraigns and condemns a Senator of the United Stales; the other approves of his course. A portion of the Legislature going beyond the limits of political controversy, make a personal attack on itim; and he begged to say lie held it in perfect con tempt, whether coming from one man, or one million of men. When ordered to retire from his present sta tion, he would refer those who gave the instruc tions, to the latest demonstrations of the People ofGeorgia, when this very controversy was in issue before them. The decision at’ the last election, held throughout the State, shows that his principles are in consonance with those of a majority ot the people. .XJr. Cuthbert followed, and said that Mr. Berrien had commenced the assault by ehaig- i lug, in his speech on the Bankrupt Bill, thattlie resolutions he presented did not originate with the Legislature, but with others, fi his was an aggression on his own pal. Mr. C. then proceeded in his customary style of declamation, to contend that the late election did not demonstrate tfie people to be in favor of his colleague’s principles and measures; but that the Congressional election previous did de cide the matter; the whole strength ot the State not having bean called out at the one, while it was with the other. lime with his otatory, which is of the loot laughter-moving description, especially when he attempted to be fine, pathetic, or eloquent. Mr. Cuthbert endorsed the resolutions, though he said perhaps he might have put them in dil ferent language. Mr. Cuthbert became person al as he advanced. Mr. Crittenden raised a point of order, but withdrew it alter a general request. Mr. Cuthbert denied that he hail been person al. He had only been political, and in this sense lie reprobated the course of his colleague. Mr. Berrien said lie was not disposed to take up much time. He was well aware that the Senate could better employ its time, and he was aware, 100, that the subject ought to have been introduced here. Mr. B. went briefly into reply. He wae dignified, but severe upon the people who had insulted him, and upon the Senator from Georgia (his colleague) had regretted the -xposure of the domestic concerns oi' Georgia. Mr. Cuthbett rejoined, and Mr. Berrien left his colleague to hitnself to give the Senate an bpporttinity to proceed to more important busi ness. The Senate refused to print the Resolu tions by the following vote: Yeas—Messrs. Alien, Bagby, Benton, Buch anan, Calhoun, Cuthbert, Fulton, Henderson, Linn, King, McDultie, Mcßoberts, Sevier, Simmons, Sturgeon, Tappan, Walker, Wilcox, Woodbury, Wright, Williams—2l. Nays—Messrs. Arcliet, Barrow, Bates, Bay ard, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts, Dayton, Evans, Graham, Huntington, Kerr, Merrick, Miller, Motehead, Porter, Phelps, Simmons, Smith, ol In., Sprague, Tallmadge, White, Woodbridge —2l. The Washington correspondent of the Balti more Patriot, alluding to this scene, remarks: The real friends of State Rights would have felt great humiliation, at the spectacle presented in the Senate this morning. A portion of that Loco Foeo majority of the Legislature ofGeor gia, against wliuin the sovereign people have recently made so dwisive a demonstiatioli, took it upon them to promulgate a scries of most of fensive resolutions against the able and distin guished Senator Berrien, who, with so much firmness and patriotism, resisted the absurd doc trine of instruction. He had evidence sufficient to satisfy a jury ofhis country, that this move ment had its origin in the malignity and vin- | dietiveness of a tew individuals. At their in stigation his political opponents got up the con temptible farce of passing legislative resolves, certified by the presiding officers of the two houses, and the Governor of the State; and then with a view of mortifying, and, if possible, dis grace him, they sent them to Hie Senate of the United States. lam sure 1 express the senti ment ofeveiy person td judgment and offeeling who listened to these extraordinary resolutions as they were read to-day, when 1 declare that they excited general disgust and scorn, and the eminent Senator at whom they -were aimed never ap p-er red to better advantage, than when | he repelie ! them with :■ calm and conscious ! dignity, -s disgraces ul only to those who origin- I ated them. I regret the part which Mr. Cuth bert took in these proceedings. He has thu repu tation of being an amiable and inoffensive gen tleman; not over burdened with tact or sagacity —but he cannot have forgotten that the friends of his colleague had frequent opportunities, within the last few years, of instructing him out of his seat, and their forbearance might have suggested a more courteous and friendly course towards Mr. Benien than be exhibited in be coming the advocate of this vituperative docu- i ment, on the floor of the Senate. The majority’ I branded it with the most decisive mark of their I reprobation which they had it in their power to apply, by the refusal to print. If, therefore, the sage gentlemen of the Legislature of Georgia wish to have their invective circulated in inis this quarter, they must do it a 1 their own ex pense. I'roni the Savannah Republium. Important from St. Domingo. Authentic Intelligence of the Reroll in that Islinul. By the arrival at this port yesterday, of the Il’owZs/oc/.’, Capt. Baker, direct from Aux Cayes, we have authentic intelligence of the revolt which recently’ broke out in St. Domingo, a re port of which has already reached the U Stateis 1 by the arrival of a vessel at l('Ji;tes’ Hole, I bound to Boston, f rom th-g same port. No par- , ticulars of moment were given, however, as I the vessel in question left immediately on the j breaking out of the revolt. The American Consul or Commercial Agent at Aux Cayes, sent despatches to Hon. Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, by’ the Hiw/xfiy/r —they were forwardevl to Washington, by yes terday’s mail. We refer Mi the foytta: efi the American Com mercial Agent at Aux Cayes, Mr. Gooch, att i dressed to Capt. Baker, and published below, for the particulars of the revolution so far as it had gone forward up to the time of Lis depart ure. Several desertions had taken place to the force oi the insurrectionists, and we learn ver bally front Capt. Baker, that in arming the whole population of Aux Cayes, the govern ment was in all probability placing anus in the hands of a large number who were disaffected to it. A very hostile feeling was manifested towards the in many quarters. The soldiery were badly paid, and lived in great part upon plunder." President Boyer is supposed tu have a large sum of inoncy'at his command, and it is presumed that if thgiJriiurection suc ceeds, he will leave the island <>nd sail for France. Otherssuppo.se he is JtSdy to call to his aid the intervention of FraWte, which will be but a preparatory step to a suf render of St. Domingo to that power. It will be seen by the statement of the Consul, that town has al ready opened its gates to the re>’<jti!ionists. U. S. Commercial Agents’ ,Ro< m-, i Aux Gayes,jiWht 4>, 1843. y Capt. Wm. Baker— Dear Sir—l would inform ySu, agree tide to your request, that a revolution; Irtts commenced on this island. From the 2tifh fi> the 30th ult., fears were entertained for the sarljy of this city. A botiv of revolutionists bad rZdleeteu lour leagues Rom t!ii ■ place, and evening of the 2«ib, they had marched witimi five miles oi this city . '1 lie commander ol foe ibices, Col: Reviere, sent a coiiimiiiucatlOu w Hie General commanding this A n ndisseu^^^ tl-.at it was not his intention to take life, dt JmUge the city, both would be avoided, but to new Con stitution to the af fl»yidaud, which they now deinaiiiied. At that fii-«Jhe received a letter from one ofhis friends, sl’afig that the Geiifial '..oil'd make i oiue oW*.'t:<-’, in the looming. He then marched camp. On the 30th, die city by several regiments from abroad, tl-.i> tygiments were sent to attack the revolifoig:' rests. When they arrived at their camp,taken up the line of march for Jeremp^^Bf..’’'d> p news arrived here yesterdav/duit 'J^^B^ti -i '' ,! *i | enl of Jm.-mie was i«i ists, rrtid Hi.!! a large 'Lach place. Several regiments of Government Hoops have lef t this part of the Island to attack the re volters. All the South part of the Island is in a state of civil war. This evening, news arrived from Port au Prince, that that city is in as great a state of excitement as at Aux Cayes—that they are un able, so great is the excitement, to send any troops to Jeremie. Three Delegates from Jaci mel, arrived in the city two hours since. They have been arrested by the General, and are now in prison. Ji is impossible to state how large a force the. revolutionists have, but it is reported from 4,tttKl to 5,1)00,men: No doubt there will be hard fighting before either party surrenders. By what I have heard this evening, I believe the whole Island is now in a state of revolt Business is almost suspended. The mercantile houses here know not what to do—God only knows what the event will lie. I have written in great haste and with continual interruptions. I am Sir, respectfully, your friend anti servant. ' WM. B. GOOCH. Capt. Wm. Baker, of brig Woodstock, Port of Aux Cayes. Rrom the Mobile Herald. A iiettcr from A San Antonio Prisoner. We ate indebted to the kindness of a friend for the following letter, lately received fora one of the unfortunate prisoners taken at San Anto nio, some time ago. It will be read with deep interest, coming as it does from a reliable source, and giving a faithful account of the entire al fair. The epistle was brought to this city by Mr. Southall, the bearer of despatches, and is dated “Castle Perole, January 29th, 1813," and we copy it entire omitting such parts only as re fer to private affairs. ♦ s A • ♦ “San Antonio is an old Spanish town on the river of the same name, and is the most west erly settlement witliin the limits of Texas. The nearest settlements towards the east are those of the Guadaloupe river, distant from 40 to (10 miles. The American population has never been large in San Antonio, but the jurisdiction of Texas lias been perfect and undisputed in this place, and cou ts have been held without intermission, until the expedition in March last, under the command ot Gen. Vasquez. At that time, the place being abandoned by the Ameri cans, it was entered and pillaged by the Mexi can army, who immediately retreated beyond the Rio Bravo, into their own territory, in .September last, being the regular fall term, the district court, Judge Hutchinson presiding, was opened and continued in session five days, with out interruption, when reports were circulated of the approach of a Mexican force. Rumors had been frequently circulated during the sum mer, that it was the intentions of certain rene gade Texian Mexicans, who had gone off to Mexico, to return and plunder the town, and more than such a band of depredators, whose numbers would not be very large, and against which it was believed the town could be defend ed. The Americans in the pla eattlie time, including those from a distance in attendance upon court as lawyers, suitors, witnesses, &c., numbered about seven y. Uncertain as to what course they should pursue, they determined, to ascertain, if possible, the truth of the rumor, and the character qf the approaching force, if any, sent out scouts to reconnoitre the roads leading from the Rio Bravo into town. Sever al Mexican citizens also prepared to act as com missioners, and to go to the camp, if to be found, of the reported enemy, and ascertain their ob ject and character, assuring the Americans that if it should prove to be a regular force, they would be permitted to return; if not, they would be detained, and this detention inigh! be consid ered pretty conclusive evidence that only a ban ditti were approaching. Neither scout oreom missiuners returned —the former pursuing the roads saw nothing—the latter, finding the camp of Gen. Wool, were detained as prisoners. All information was thus cutoff from those in town, who became satisfied from the failure of the scouts and the commissioners to return, that there was either no enemy or but a party of two or tine hundred robbeis. During the night that succeeded, the place was surrounded by Mexi can cavalry and allied Indians, and at the dawn of day, in the midst ot a dense fog, the main fiody of the Mexican army entered the town.— The citizens of the town aroused from their beds, assembled atan appointed place of rendez vous and lire.! upon the advancing bony asthey entered the public square. A contest of some minutes ensued, each parlj’ directing their fire at that of their atfoetsary until the fog disap peared, when a white flag was sent to the Ame icans, announcing Gen. Woll aftlie head of two thousand Mexican tioops, anddemandinga surrender in half an hour. Several gentlemen of the company were despatched to wait on the General and confer in relation to the demand.— After a short interview, in which the General pledged bis honor that we should be treated not only with kindness and humanity, but as gen tlemen, and that our private property, arms ex cepted, should be respected. They then return ed to their companions in arms" and reported what had massed. A surrender was agreed on, and our arms were delivered up. No demand was made on the part of the A met leans that the terms ot sin render be reduced to writing, for two reasons:—lst, Il the [Mexican General should nut ba disposed to carry out the terms of surrender, a [taper guarantee which could be eas ily taken away and destroyed, was no guarantee < at all. 2d. Because the Americans, having re sorted to anus as they believed against a band of unauthorised plunderers, and not a regular force es the government, and having assembled to attend a court and not a camp.fbev were not acting as a temporary qr regular soldiery, and therefore b. Iteved ;hit they would be treated as private <: : ii',«.'l;s, and would be released in a short tint •. After the surrender copies of Gen. \V oil’s urdeis to make war upon those w ho were found in amis against the authority of the Goy-, eminent of Mexico, were exhibited to the pris oners. The Texians had been lulled into a false security by the efforts wj|ioh were making by the governments of England and the United States, to mediato between the two countries.— England had stipulated in a Treaty with Tex as to use her exertions to procure a truce within forty days from the ratification of the treaty, la consideration that Texas would assume one million sterling of the national debt as Mexico. The exchange of ratificatioas of the treat;’ hail taken place in th? tnonthof June, and the intel ligence of this fad had reached Western Texas ogly g few days previous to the affair at San Antonio. About the same time also, a letter was received by the Government of Texasfrom the United States’ Charge’d Affaires, announc ing that the government of the United States had tendered its offices as a mediator, and re questing a suspension of military on the part of Texas, until the vd the prof fered mediation should be. Vwwn. All this, added to the fact tha’, intelligence had reach ed Texas of q„y preparations on the part of Mexico, for a campaign, was calculated to put ;fac. Texians off' their guard. The Mexican l General, too, approached San Antonio by a cii- I cuitous route through the wilderness—j.o cryug ■ by no travelled road, but cut a ne\p Such are the facte in r?'all9R t. 9 the.fiaputre of it.-, the unfortunate raisonej’s, no,w in the hands ' of foe Mexjcafofi- Tlip. number consists of the ; J udge qf ’"he Dtetticf au amiable man, of much ' oruditiqn, past the middle of life, and of deli cate health and constitution,—some six or seven lyenxbers of the l>ar, who were in attendance upon lheetmrt,parties, jurors, witnesses, andciti jams of San Antonio, and the adjacent counties. Deluded into a false belief that we were on the eve of peace, we have been ensnared, captured, nay, kidnapped, for no milder or more appro priate phrase fully meets the case, and dragged, under false and hypocritical promises of kind treatment and speedy release, into a wretched and cruel captivity. After travelling three months, we arrivedat foe Castle, or prison cl i’arote the great receptacle of convicts of every grade, and v. e are here tiirown into chains like f-lons, and driven rtu labour at foe point the [bayonet, like slaves,—fed upon hahrations of . bread, beans and potatoes, (withpuj ineatj cook '■ ed in large kettles, out to us twice a day, with a little coffee made of parched beans— sleeping upon a cold stone flooi, with no bedding but our aiinost thread bate blankets. Such is the pt esent condition of titty-five of us —many of whom are men raised without work or hard ship, and having at home property sufficient for comfort and ease. The policy ot foe Mexican government appears to be tii.it oi a savage instead ola civilized na tion. She persists in asserting her right and bility u> re-conquer and subjugate Texas, and her determination to do so, but despairing to do so by a regular invasion she hasadopted the pol icyof in secret parlies to thefrontiers anti kidnapping such ciizens as may unwarily fall into her hands, and dragging them more than a thousand miles from their homes, only to throw them into dungeons laden with chains, and worked like felons and slaves. Promises ano pledges of the most sacred character made to prisoners, by the officers to whom they surren der, ate wholly disregarded by the Government. In fact it would seem that the government does not feel itself bound to respect the terms oi surrender agreed upon by its own Generals. 'The all-important point appears to be to get prisoners, anti because she cannot re-conquer the country, she wreaks her vengeance upon such individual citizens as unfortunately fall in to her hands. She proses-es to have abandoned the savage policy of shooting prisoners, as i t Goliad, and proclaims that she will carry on war according to the usages of the most civiliz ed nations. Lite is spared it would seem only to be tortured and rendered quite as horrible as even death itself. Prisoners t<s whom humane juott'- '-s arc made, to indue? a surrender i c>.ai>k<Hua- ft-uiWi like iiiklettrfot's, sMffiw side with convicted felons, and are looked upon as no better. It would appearthenthatnegoiia tions of Texas with the United Slates, Fiance, England anil other nations of Europe have been and are of no value, if such a mode of warfare is permitted and winked at I That negotiation, tr,’ placing Texas on the list of nations wipes away from her citizens the taint of treason and rebeilion, and makes it not only the right but the solemn duty of those nations to compel Mexico to carry on I lie war in a civilized manner, or force her into terms of peace at once, which, cither by success or defeat, shall settle the ques tion ofright to the country. Entire conquest a lone can restore toMexico her supposed lost right. The capture and torture nfa few citizens cannot add any thing to her prospects of ultimate suc cess. The march of an enemy to a remote fron tier town, only to retreat upon the first appear ance of one fourth of their number of Texians, as the two last expeditions did—abandoning whatever foothold they gained—is wholly unlike to lead to conquest. The truth is that Mexico has no hopes of a recovery of Texas. The war is continued onlybecause it gives an excuse to her rulers to keep up a large army, which will facilitate and make certain the march onward of a Dictatorship or a Monarch). A New Bishop.—The Rev. J. T. Johnston, rector of St. Paul’s Church, in Alexandria, lias been elected Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Alabama. The Ashburton Treaty. In the debate in the House ot Lords, on the answer to the Queen’s speech, Lord Brougham referred to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain—as indeed nearly all the speakers did—and said concerning the bounda ry adjustment: “As to the terms of that settlement—as to the territory which is affected by the line of bounda ry that we have heard so much talked of to night, and so much more and so less wisely talk ed of out of door—l profess myself to be of this opinion, (a heresy, I doubt not, that will be questioned by some, perhaps of my noble friends behind me) —I so infinitely over value, perhaps, the importance, the vital importance, to the in terests of this country and of mankind at large, of a good understanding, of a cordial friendly footing, being restored between this country and our kinsmen of America, that I care not how this line of boundary is drawn. lam utterly indifferent what direction that line takes; leagues or miles to the right hand or left, even let it af fect Cape Rous, even let it affect the navigation of the St. Johns river—welcome I take it all I Give it up! Give me peace between America and England.” His Lordship went on to say, however, that he was not left to that in defending the treaty, paid compliments to Lord Ashburton for the happy success of this negociation. T’.'C By a recent order of the Emperor, the pun ishment of a convicted incendiary in Russia, is decreed to be running the gauntlet six times be fore 1000 soldiers, and, in the event of his sur viving (!) twenty-one years labor in the Siberi an mines ! Noses. —A late number of the Vermont Assy lum (Insane) Journal, contains some humorous remarks on noses. The mad writer says, 'that the nose lias been placed by Providence, directly over the mouth, to pass judgement on the food —a sort of sanitary sentinel—a kind of quaran tine officer, to prevent the entrance into port ot all things that are unsafe or unfitting.' Very ti tie. Ship Ashore.—The ship Rosalind, of New buryport, from Havre, for Charleston, went a sliore onThursday night last near Stono,during a dense fog. The steamer JCtiwan and several smacks left the city Friday afternoon to go to her assistance. The 11. had a pilot on board at the time of her going ashore.-. C/inrfe.tfwi Coa»- ier. Mr. Webstbk. —The Washington correspon dent ofthe New A'ork Courier writes— When the nomination of Mr. Cushing was under advisement in the Senate, Mr. Archer re marked that he was authorized to inform the Senate, that Mr. Webster was about to retire from the Cabinet, and therefore there could be no objection arising from the fact, that he and Mr. Cushing were from the same State. An Inti’.reni'ino will Case.—Tire Village, (Penn,,) p.ecord notices an interesting case, which was recently decided by the Court of foat county. U seems foat in 1829, a man named Taylor then about 70, and a resident of Nvw York, visiteil Chester county, and solicited a fe male named Phofoe Chalfant, a distant relative, to return with him, aid in managing his affairs, and provide fur liis comfort. H’iis property was e.sti’ni'ted at sixty or seventy thousanu dol lars. As an inducement sorter to go with him, it was [ toved that he. promised to remember her in his will—to give her a plantation in Schuyl kill township, Chester county, She con tinued la reside with him, and’ attend on him lor tits: pace of seven years, when he died suddenly, intestate. The properly of the deceased fell in to the han Is of foe .ulmiuistratitf, and suit was brought for compensation for services. The claim w: fixed at s>2(l,W>». The dial occupied three d.o. The jury awarden §5,090. Amo tion was made »-'< a ,! ew trial. Tua C Mtrr.—A writer in the New Bedford Mercury, who had noticed, the new comet at mid-day, sap’s: “Its brilliancy was almost equal to that of Ve nus. Its situation is very near the limb of the sun; its tail appears about three degrees in length. It may be the comet announced some three months since in Europe; it was then tra versing the constellation Draco ; be it that or another, it is of rare brilliancy. There are but three on record of sufficient brilliancy to be seen in the day season. The first was forty-three years before Christ, and is called ’a hairy star;’ it was seen with the naked eye in foe day time. The second was in the year 1402, and was so brilliant that foe light ofthe sun, at the end of March, <lid not hinder people seeing it at mid day > both its nucleus and its tail was, to use the language of the day, ‘two fathoms long.’ The third appeared in Feb. 18th, I“U> and nearly equalled Venus in splendor, and. many persons saw it in mid-day, without glasses. It may yet prove that the come, of lorday is the same as that of 1402.” Brouggoas in Danger.—The Boston Mer cantile Journal gives an account of a new rem- Qty Which damsels of a particular age have of. f. Ptosnriflg, it not a husband, a generous equiv f lent in money for that deficiency. It appears that a fair damsel lately brought an action ag fonst a laithless swain in a neighboring State, to recov er in the shap-e oi dollars and cents, con solation for a breach of promise of marriage, she evi dence of promise having been given., was not clearly proved, but foe court very r aoperly de cided, that if he did not promise, Ar. ' UU glatv have dune it. And the jury agreed w fth foe judge, and the unfortunate man was c< .impelled to open his purse strings, and pay for hfo ungalla nt omis sion. Jefferson’s Opinion of .Ardent Spirits. —The habit of using ardqo* spirits by men in public office, has occasxsicj mo re injury to the public service, and ium»tro able to me, than any other circumstasqe which has occurred in the internal ccmcAfasoi the rountiy during mr ad tamWraAp -*and were I to commence my ad * tofo.v'i'mtiuii again, with the knowledge I have ”, acquired from experience, the first question I I should ask, with regard t.> every candidate tor public office, would be, “Is he ’addicted to the I use ot ardent spirits?’ March 16, 1893 MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 13. Promotion in the Abmy.—Among the re cent appointments made by the President, with the consent of the Senate, we notice the fol lowing, Jj-Firat Lieut. George H. Talcott, of the Ordnance Department, (late of the 3d Regiment of Artillery,) Ist Lieutenant, September 15,183 C, to be First Lieutenantby Brevet,for gallantcon duct on several occasions in foe war against foe Florida Indians, to date from December 31, 1835. The Case of the Somers.—We learn from New York that the Grand Jury of the United States District Court, now in session in that city have refused to find a bill against Commander Mackenzie. It is further stated that the examination ol wit nesses in this case before the Naval Court Mar tial is fast drawing tu a close, and that the trial may be expected to terminate in a few days. Office-Seekers. The National Intelligencer of Thursday says: “We understand that there is a great press upon the President, just now, of persons seeking, un der professions of personal devotion to him, to procure the removal of persons from official employmeais who are suspiciously suspe«<i4 <>f not being quite so abject in their idolatry of power as those who want their places. This affluence of suitors for Presidential favor does not surprise us much, because, for some lime past, intimations have been rife in foe newspa pers that a very extensive sweep from oflioe of suspected persons was to take place soon after the adjournment of Congress. We sincerely trust, for the honor ofthe Executive, as well as from a regard for the interests of the public ser vice, that these hunters after the spoils of better men are destined to much disappointment. The public weal sutlers w hen a conqietent arid faith ful officer is discarded from the public service, for whose removal no stronger cause exists than the nature of his political opinions, and their tolerant and proper exercise.” The National Intelligencer oi Thursday says —Mr. Spencer, foe newly appointed Secretary ofthe Treasury, entered on the duties of his of fice yesterday. We think it due to truth to say, that, whatever objections mayjustly lie against Mr. Spancer politically,his intellectual capacity, , promptness of decision, and untiring applica- , tion, fit him in a more than ordinary degree lor the arduous duties of the department to which he has been appointed. James Madison Porter, of Pennsylvania, has been appointed by the President Secretary tor the , Department of War, in the place of Mr. Spen- , cer, and yesterday entered on the discharge of : his duties. , Maine Senator.—On the [3rd Inst. John 1 Fairfield, Governor ot the State of Maine, was ■ elected to the U. S. Senate by the Legislature of 1 that State, in place ofthe Hon. Ruel Williams, 1 resigned. The Whig vote in the House was 1 cast for AVm. P. Fessenden. The term for which Mr. Fairfield has been elected expires on ! the 4th of March, 1845. 1 Massachusetts.—At a Convention of the 1 Democratic members of the MassachusetLss 1 Legislature, assembled on Thursday evening, ’ the 2d, several resolutions were passed; one of 1 them expresses a preference for M artin Van Bu- 1 ren as the nominee of the Democratic party for ! President ofthe United States—f übject, however 1 to the decision ofthe National Convention. 1 Jury of sented the Aidermen of the c ity and county of Phila. as a very dishonest set of officers, in fore- , ing upon the Court so many trifling matters in or der to obtain fees and witr.ess money! John C. Calhoun.—'The New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, the oldest Democratic journal in the State, ear ries at its head the names of John C. Calhoun for next President, and Levi Woodbury for Vice P resident. Mr. Wise.—The. Madisonian states that Mr. Wise, since his rejection as Minister to France, has concluded to become a candidate for re-elee tion to Congress. Pennsvi.vania.—The taxable value of the real property in. Pennsylvania is above nine hundred million, dollars, and the public debt is about forty million dollars. As a fad, illustrative of the abundance of money in New York, foe Express states that one bankin Wai) street has one million six hundred thousand dollars in specie on hand, and is a creditor bank to the amount of four thousand dollars. The same bank has a cireulatioti of oiil)' a little over three hundred thousand dollars. This liank could extend its line ofdiscount, if it could find the securities, to two million of dol lars. Connecticut. —The Whigs off Connecticut have nominated Thomas K. Brae e, Samuel D. Hubbard, Edward Eldridge, an>d Thomas B. Osborne, as candidates to represent the several districts of that State in the next Congress. JjrThe triangular warfare i»> New Hamp shire is waged with gieat spirit. Isaac Hill is on the stump for his own side, and Hon. Frank lin Pierce (late U. S. Senator) for the ultra Rad icals. yv Rev. Hosea Ballou lias been elected to the vacancy in tlie clerical part otthe Board of Over seers of Harvard College, created by the death of Dr. Channing. ?3"The President ofthe United States has re cognized Anthony Barclay, as consul of Her Britannic Majesty for the state of New York. O* A few days since a boat left the Canada side ol the river, to cross to Niagf.ra with a The atrical corps, consisting of ten persons, among the m a man named Mercer; thi; boat was cap sized in a squall and every so’ al on board perish- Gov. Dorr.—We lear.i from the Boston Courier, that the Democr a tic Convention held at the Stale House in Bcr jton, on Thursday even ingthe2d,passedareso’ lotion recognizing Thos. W. Dorr as foe rights U 1 Governor ofthe State of Rhode Island, and » ppointed a committee to in vite him to visit ti e State, and meet the demo cratic members o', the Legislature, and the dem ocratic citizens r ,f Boston, in Faneuil Hall. Jj’Mr. K<» dall, ofthe N. O. Picayune, in one of his Jr etches, states that at the town of Jerral, in afli xico, there is an immense slaugh ter here something like one thousand sheep atfe. "killed daily, for their hides and tal low. New Notion.—Tierces of flour have arrived at St. Louis containing just two barrels—put ’■ ip in that way to save the expense of one barrel and freight—an excellent idea, and a great sav ing to bakers, tavern keepers and shippers. Flour at Cincinnati on the Ist, §2,50; Whis key 14c. A Soap Currency.—Mr. Kendall says that cakes of soap are sometimes used for currency in Mexico. One of his co; npanions had 64 cakes tied up in a handkerchief, returned to him byway of change for a dollar. Bankdestroyedby Fire.- —The Cumberland Bank, at Yazoo, Mississippi,, was wholly des troyed by fire on the night of the 20th ult. The contents oi the vault and iron .safe were preser ved with very little injury. Powhatan Mansion DtERTitoYED. — 1 his venerable mansisn, situate about a mile irom Richmond, Va., was recent, y entirely by fire, together with its cot <ent«. There was an insurance ol §7OOO on the Mansion, and §3OOO on the furniture. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 14. Meunerlsm. The great interest which this mysterious in fluence, science, o rby whatever name it may be designated, has excited in this community for a few days past, will render the communication of Dr. Robertson, highly interesting to ereiy reader, whether he be a believer or not, in this strange and mysterious phenomena. It is not eur purpose on this occasion to express an opin ion, whether or not there exists such a thing as Mesmerism or Animal Magnetism, but we have alluded to the communication with no other object than to assure those of our readers to whom Dr. Robertson is unknown, either personally or by character, that in this city where he has been long and- favorably known as a Physician, bis character for veracity is un questioned, and his statements are therefore en titled to the highest credence. Jj-General H. A. 8. Dearbon, who lent the State amis of Massachusetts to Gov. King, of Rhode Island, during the troubles in that State, has been removed by Gov. Morton from the post of Adjutant General. OOaptain Rice, of the brig Caroline Pratt, accused of willful murder, in permitting a man w )»> bad jjiplen i>eertxianl to drown, witliout rendering assistance to him, nas been tried in New York and acquitted. To the Editor of the Chronicle and Sentinel: The following circumstance, connected with the subject of Mesmerism, came under my per sonal observation on Saturday morning last. I was called to visit a son of Mr. F. Spears, a merchant of our city, who, I was informed, had received a severe injury of the elbow-joint, from a fall while gunning; it was supposed to be a fracture or dislocation. The lad is between twelve and thirteen years of age.—When I saw him, he was suffering excruciating pain; the joint was very much swollen, particularly about the internal condyle ofthe humerus. He could not suffer the slightest motion, without crying out with pain ; and the arm could only be mov ed by being supported in the uninjured hand. I made several attempts to make the necessary examination to ascertain the state ofthe injured join t, but all my efforts were fruitless, so intense and insupportable was the agony whenever I touched or handled the extremity. 1 finally told the buy, in a jocular manner, if he did not hold still and let me examine his arm, I would send for the gentleman at foe U. S. Hotel, and have him mesmerized. His father replied that he had mesmerized him himself on the previous evening, and carried him through most of the experiments performed by Mr. Learned. I im mediately determined to test the matter in this case; and, without making any further effort to ascertain the nature of the injury, requested Mr. 8. to place- his son in the mesmeric state. Af ter considert tble hesitation—in consequence of doubting his power to succeed while his son was suffering so [intensely from pain—he consented. The boy was placedin a convenient posture, and the opera tion commenced.—ln the course ot fifteen minuti -s, he became drowsy, and all ex ternal evidem :es of pain disappeared. In thirty minutes, sot? mesmeric sleep was complete; and, in three q uarters of an hour, we commenc ed our experiz nents. I first desired the father to try the effect -of the mesmeric attraction on the sound arm; he did so, and the limb immediate ly ascimded, and followed foe hand oi the mes merizeit in every direction. I then requested the same experiment to be made upon the injured dulity”ais to the result—and, to my utter astonish ment, with only two deep-drawn sighs at the commencement, the arm, that a short time be fore, could not be elevated witliout the assist ance of the other, ascended and followed th. hand of the mesmer.’zer, as in the former case. I then took hold of the injured arm myself, ex amined it in every way necessary to satisfy my self that it was neither a fracture nor a disloca tion, but a severe contuskm oi the whole joint, with considerable extrava. tation oi blood. A satisfactory examination in such cases, as eve ry surgeon well knows, mut t require the arm to be turned and twisted in ’arious directions before the diagnosis can be reli. td upon; but du ring the whole examination, he e\ 'inced no symp tom of pain or consciousness wh. Uever. I then placed the usual bandage upon the: .injured joint without disturbing the patient in tfn' slightest degree. Mr. S., his lady and myself, were- -foe only persons present during the operation f but the circumstance was so astonishing to me, that I could not consent to have the boy aroused with out his being seen by others. Several g-ent'e men were then introduced; and other experi ments, confirming those already related, were performed in their presence. When aroused, he was perfectly astonished that his arm was band aged, and immediately placed the limb iu the uninjured hand as before. Without attempting to account for the pheno mena, I have given you a plain statement ofthe facts as they occurred. As several contradictory versions of the oc currence have been circulated, I have deemed this communication proper, that the actual facts may be known. Yours, very sincerely. F. M. Robertson. t-Ymn the New Orleans Picayune of the Ith. I-ate from Texas. Yesterday afternoon the steam packet New- York, Capt. Wright, arrived irom Galveston, bringing uates to last Saturday, the 4th inst.— Below we give a brief summary ofthe news found in our files. The Houston Star of the 23d ult. states tliat Mr. Navarro, brother of the gentleman of that name attached to the Santa Fe Expedition, and now a prisoner in the Accordada, in the city of Mexico, has arrived at Bexar from that city, and states that the Congress recently broken up by order of Santa Anna has reassembled at Jalapa and resumed business, having formed a new constitution, containing articles declaring that neither Yucatan nor Texas shall be inva ded. but that negotiations should be commenced for the purpose of inducing them peaceably lo return to the confederacy. Two thousand sol diers and fourteen thttusand citizens had assem- I bled to protect the Congress from the Central 1 troops, which latter are greatly diminished in. numbers from desertions resulting from foe want ol pay and provisions. The influence of Santa Antia is said to be greatly impaired, the countiy is in a disturbed state, and strong indi cations of another revolution. Mr. Navarro says that there is not in foe eastern provinces 21XX) Central troops, of whom only 121)0 ate fit for service. The same paper of the 25th says that a Mex ican has arrived at Bexar, who reports that Gen. Arista has declared in favor of this Congress, and that he will be supported by a majority of the people of the northern provinces. For our selves we cannot credit the intelligence in rela tion to the Congress. Wm. H. Daingerfield, Esq., who a’few weeks since resigned the office of Secretary' ol the Treasury, has been appointed by President Houston Charge d’Affaires to the Netherlands. Louis Grousset has been appointed Consul at Marseilles, and Joshua J. Crooswyck Consul at Rotterdam. The Galveston Civilian states that Mr- Janies Dennv, of that city, has entered into a contract with the government to “repaii and fit lor ser vice immediately the brig and schooner belong ing to the navy now in that port. Ihe schoo ner is aground, but it is said that she can be easily gotten off, and will be put afloat fortb ' The commissioners appointed to meet the In dians at Waco village left Washington on the 6th ult., but were detained some days by the high waters’ofthe Brazos and its tributaries, ft is reported that nearly 2500 Indians had assembled at the village on the Ist of February. The buffalo were so numerous in the vicinity that they easi ly obtained an abundance of food. The corner-stone ofa new Methodist church was laid in Houston on the 2d inst., with appro priate ceremonies. It is said that the citizens residing on the Guadaloupe have derived great profit this sea son by gathering pecans. These nuts have been so abundant in that section that many families have picked enough to purchase all the corn, , breadstuff* and groceries they will need for the VOL, VII -NO. 11. whole year; they are thus in a measure com peasated'fjr all the losses they have sumioaeJ irom the drought and incursions oflbe enemy. Eight of the prisoners captured at Mier, and left at that place to recover from wounds receiv ed in battle, had escaped and arrived safebr M Victoria. _____ lutereetlug Vhenemeuou, Those who take pleasure in viewing the pba nomena of the heavens, will be much interested in a phenomenon visible, on a clear evening, in the southwestern sky, from 7 to 0 o’clock, which has elicited the following speculations from the editors of the National Intelligencer and the New York Commercial Advertiser. From the National Intelligencer. Zodiacal Light. This interesting phenomenon in the heavens was noticed here on Monday night, and also oo Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Zodiacal light appears in the morning before sunrise, and in the evening after twilight. It w a pyramid, with the sun for its basic. The sides are not straight, but curved, as those of ale» when viewed edgewise. It is generally seen about the period of the equinoxes, when there is the shortest twilight. This light resembles the milky way, a faint twilight, or the tail of a com et. The intensity of the light, its shape and tints, may be varietl according to the condition ofthe atmosphere, which is now remarkable foe its clearness. The zodiacal light was first described about two centuries ago, andjhe variousaheories re- Speett-g it’may he se>#fi,y releixiug tu worksou astrofiomy. The subjoined description of thia light, which we copy from the Encydopadia Amencana, wUL we dare say, be acceptable to our readers, and especially to those who have alarmed them selves with the apprehension that this atmos pheric phenomenon was a eomet, sueh as— Terror sheds On gttzing nations, from Ms fiery train Os length enormous. “Zodiacal Linin'; a triangnlar beam of light rounded a little at the vertex,’.which is seen at cer tain seasons of the year,before the rising and af ter the setting of the sun It resembles the faint light ofthe milky way, and has its base always turned towards the sun, and its axis inclined to the horizon. The length of this pyramidal light, reckoningffrom the suti as its base, is some-. tuues[4s deg., and at others 150 deg; and the ver tical angle is sometimes 26 deg., and sometimes lOdeg. It is generally supposed to arise front an atmosphere surrounding the sun, and appeals to have been first observed by Descartes and by Childrey in 1659; but it did not attract geusrai attention till it was noticed by Dominique Cat sini, (q. v.) who gave it iLs present name. U we suppose the sun to have an atmosphere, as there is every reason to believe from the lumin ous aurora which appears to surround hiadisc in total eclipses,it must be very flattened at its poles and swelled out at the equator, by the centrifugal force of his equatorial porta. When the sun, then, is below the horizon, a por tion of this luminous atmosphere will appear like a pyramid of light above the horizon. The obliquity of the zodiacal light will evidently va ry with foe obliquity of the sun’s equator ta the horizon; and in the mouths of February and March, about the time of the vernal equinox, it will form a very great angle with the horizon, and ought, therefore, ,to be seen most distinctly at that season of the year. But when the sun is in the summer solstice, he is in the part of the ecliptic which is parallel to the equator, and therefore, his equator, and consequently the zo diacal light, is more oblique to the horizon. La place, however, has made some objections to this theory in his Mecanique Celeste; and Reg nier is of* opinion that it is owing merely to the refraction of foe solar light by foe earth’s az mosphere.” From the New York Commercial Advertiser. The Comet.—On Tuesday evening—or pe»- haps ft was Monday—happening to look out M the front door of our residence, which faces the South, we observed in the South Western sky a straight line ot light, extending from the honzon diagonally toward a point about corres ponding in the Southern hemisphere to that «o cupied by the pole-star in the Northern. It was clearly defined, perfectly straight and nearly ae brilliant as the ligh: of the Moon in her second ofthe Eastern papers, but we had not time to give it more than a hasty examination. On the next night we forgot to look for it; and last night it wa-> not visible through the eloutfs that obscured the sky. There is now no doubt, we believe, that It h a comet; and by some it is supposed lo be the same that appeared in 1402, as that was seen in the day time, and the one now blazing athwart the heavens was first noticed at noon on the 2fth of February. It is visible almost immediately after night-fall, and disappears soon after 8 o'- clock. In appearance it is said to rewwble the eometof 1680. JJ" A District paper mentions the case of a man who has been terribly trounced by hl* wife, because he took his surtout and boots out of her bustle, just as she wanted to put it on. Next time, he’ll mind his own business. A Heavy Verdict.—Eight thousand dollars damages has been rendered by a Jury of Tomp kins county circuit (New York) for a breach of marriage. The parties to the suit were Mary Conrad and Josiah B. Williams, both of the vil lage ot Ithaca. The Somers Case. It appears that the Civil Courts are not yet rid of this case. The correspondent of the United States Gazette, writing from New’ York under jlate of Thursday last, says: “A great argument is to take place to-morrow bet ore the U. S. District Court. Two questions are .to be discussed, one as tn whether the Grand Jury .have cognizance of Mackenzie’s caw at all- the other, whether it can be acted upon by adivil Court during the progress of the Court Martiak- B. F. Butler and Charles O’Conner tor the Hon. Mr. Spencer; John Duer and Bev erly Robinson tor Mackenzie.” In connex ion with this subject we also observe that the New York American ofThursday con tains an Opinion ot Chancellor Kent, in which he maintains— First. That crimes and offences committed on the hi gh seas by a person in the actual ser vice of tt.'e United States, on board one of their veeselsofu ’ar,and duly commissioned and claim ing to act un*ier that authority, are not cogniz able under th « jurisdiction of the courts ot the United States- -the fitting and peculiar cogni zance of such c.’imes and offences being is tte Naval Courts A partial, instituted under the act of Congress of A P*‘il 23d, 1800, which created a Naval Code of .Martial Law lor the trial and punishment of crimes and offences committed in the naval service ot the United Stales. Second. That if t.ke Federal Civil Courts be admitted to have concurrent jurisdiction in the case of such offences, iMy low that jurisdiction if a Naval Court Marti. <1 had previously taken cognizance of the char. V So that, in cither point of view, the Ciicuit Court ot New Yotk cannot lawfully take cognizance of the eaee. Counterieit five dollar no tec purporting to be issued from the Tradesmen'.’* Bank in Mew York, have been put into c weulation fa ibM city. Shipwreck.—The ship Ratal i’ul, Bray, 'row Havre, sailed 19th January for this port, iii bal last, went ashore on Stono break era at 3 A. Al, 10th inst., with a pilot on board. She continued to drive nearerthe beach; parting ail her until Saturday morning, lying then iu eightlo« water al high tide, with her ballast . sb.ilkd, Me on her beam ends, the surf breakingo from the weather side. Her Y, J cutaway. The waler at thus tuneup to ha lower deck beams. Four smaeks were m the vicinity, saving such articles as could be had In the afternoon Ca pt. Bray left and proeceded on board steamer E: iwau. The mates and crew were left on board the smacks. The smacks Dnnicl Hnter with part of the wrecked materi als, and Chart? MaJlont, were seen on Sunday morning in the breakers, the C. M. bottom up, the other with loss of mast. Fears are enter tained for the safety of the crews of the smacks. Three of the Rosalinrfi crew lett the D. Haven in a boat about ten o'clock on. Saturday night, af ter she struck on the breakers, and succeeded in reaching the smacks at anchor in Su no, about one o’clock the same night. The pilot and Capt. Bray, reached the city yesterday afternoon in the steamer Etiwan. Caph B. thinks the ship cannot be got off", and will be a total loos. Charltsfim Courier. Caught.—A clerk named Kelsy, recently in the employ of aNe w Orleans house, who de- • camped last week with a large sum of money belonging to his employers, was overtaken by its agemlsnear this place on Sunday night last, and compelled t« disgorge his ill-gotten gains. He cnxncup to Selma oil the Jefferson, and took the stage there for this place. His pursuers st rived there soon after on the Formosa, heard ot him, and succeeded in heading the stage at Washington. The property in his possession, belonging to the house, in amount about S~,00" cash, gold watch, &c., he gave all up, and wie allowed to proceed, as nothing could be made at it but a breach of trust—his captors generously paying his expenseson.—Awendt.