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iirprire. ‘•Tint hi.lull's maiumr !> •- ! )'i -n.s 111 >no g ..i I, hut 111\ I rust is in (! i.l ; fie lias never ye; ili m rind mo,” an 1 iv.-u ----l i ng liispitli, In* sltortly readied th • nun si” i of Ruins laic. Hi i appca - anco was the s’gna’ for j >\ mu’D” ili ■pai vu s inb'c-1. <ocli of whom Gel with the oilier to do him limi r. A1 ili nifl’i grave in c.nmcil, unil I. 1 I in war, vi in th > li is nn of domestic Hi s, no on • l.a?w h -Iter iimv to render hints df agreea !>! 1 file old wore c-heen* !hy his foiisoJ. . !".'v words——‘.he vaunts, bv Its mirthful in inner; nor even in gallunlry was lie want ii.;, wh it it add <ll-iho virtuous spirit of the hour. Th ‘protestations of Irieudship mil iv dcmii ,■ were warmly tendered to him by fit c host. Fast and thickly the guests ‘.ere a< eiii!;ling : t!i ■ .•mile, the laugh, find ili * mingling music, r ise joyously around. Tli •twilight was fast merging into night, but a thousand lamps of sparkling beauty gave a brilliancy of day to the seen ill was haoj.'a ss—briglit eves an I blooming liicci v re every where beaming, bin ulus ! it serpen; was lurking among the (lowers. In the midst of*hi: hilarity, the sound of a cannon burst suddenly upon tho car. startling the gu< sts, and suspending the dance. Washington and the officers looki and at each other with surprise, hut their fears were quickly dispelled by Hup; dale, assu ring them it was only a discharge of ord nance in honor ofliisdistinguished visiters. The joy of the in linen* w as again resumed, but the gloom of suspicion had fallen upon tho spirit of Washington, who na-v sat in moody silence apart t’roift the happy throng. A slight tap upon his shoulder i.t length roused him from his abstraction, -rod look ing up, ho perceived tho person ol the Indi an standing in tho bosom of a myrtle-bush close to hi. side. ■- iT i! again here !"’ lie exclaimed with astonishment, hut she motioned him to he silent, and kneeling at his feet, presented him with a boquel of flowers. Washington received it, and was about to place it in bis breast, when she grasped him firmly by the arm, and pointing to it, said in a w hisper, “ Sn-ikr f snake! ’ and the next moment mingled with the eompauv, who appeared to recognize and welcome lu r as one well known un 1 esteemed. Washington regarded the boquet with wonder; lie saw nothing in it to excite, his suspicion ; her words and singular appear ance had. however. sunk d* reply into his heart, and looking closer upon the nosegay, to his surprise he saw a small piice of pa per in the midst of the (lowers. I lustily lie drew it forth, and confounded and horror stricken, read, “Beicarc ! You arc betray rrl /” It was now apparent that ho was within the den of the tiger, but to quit it abruptly might only draw the consuination of treachery die speedier upon hi- head.— He resolved, therefore, to disguise his feel ings, and trust to that Power which had never forsaken him. The festivities were again renewed, but almost momentarily in terrupted by- a second sound of the cannon. The guests now began to regard each other with di.stiHist, while many and moody were the glances cast upon Rugsdalc, whose to show symptoms of uneasiness, while ever and anon lie looked from the window out upon the broad green lawn which extended to the river’s edge, as if in expectation of some one’s arrival. “ What can detain them ?” lie muttered to himself. “ Can they have deceived me ? Why answer ‘.bey not the signal?” At that moment a bright flame rose from the river, illuminating, for a moment, the sur rounding scenery, and showing a small boat tilled with persons, making rapidly towards theshore. “ All’s well,” he continued ; ‘in three minutes I .‘ ball be the possessor of a coronet, and the cause of the ili public be no more.’’ Then g, lA* turning to Wash ington, li:- said, “ Ci line, General, pledge me to the success of our arms.” The. eye of Rugsdalc, n l that moment, encountered the scrutiniz ’ look of Washington, and sunk to the ground ; his hand trembled vio lently—even to so great a degree a ; to part ly spill the contents of the goblet. With difficulty he conveyed it to his lips, then re tiring to the window, he waved his hand, which action was immediately responded to by a third sound of tin cannon ; at the same moment the English anthem of God save Ihe King, burst in fifi volume upon the ear, and a band of men, attired in British uni form, with their faces hidden.by masks, en tered the apartment. The American offi cers drew their swords, but Washington, cool and collected, stood with his arms fold ed, upon his breast, quietly remarking to them, “ lie calm, gentlemen, this is an hon or we did not anticipate.” Then turning to ilug.-ilale, said, “ Speak, sir, what does this mean?” “ It,means,” replied the traitor, placirg his hand upon the shoulder of Washington, “that you are my prisoner. In the name of King George, I arrest you!” “ .Never!” exclaimed the General. “Wo may be cut to pieces, but surrender wo will not. Therefore, give wav,” and ho waved iii.s sword to the guard who stood with their muskets levelled as if ready to fire, should they attempt to escape. In an instant w ere their weapons reversed, and dropping then masks, to'he horror of Rugsdalc, ami the ; grereabb- surprise of Washington, his own bravo pa.tv whom he had left in charge of the barge, stood revealed before him. “ Seize that traitor !” exclaimed the com mander. “In ten minutes from this Ver mont, let him be a spectacle between the heavens and the earth.” The wife and •laughter clung to his knees in supplication, but an irrevocable oath had passed his lips, t hat never should treason again receive his forgiveness after that of the miscreant Ar nold. “ For my own life,” ho said, while the tears rolled down his noble countenance at the wife and daughter, “for my own life, 1 heed not, but the liberty of my native land —the welfare of millions demand this sac rifice—for the sake of humanity,l pity him, hut hy my oath, and now in the presence of 1 leaven, I swear I will not forgive him.” Like a thunderbolt fell these words up on the hearts of the wife and daughter.— They sank lifeless into the arms oftlie do mestics, and when they recovered to con- sciousness, Rugsdalc hail atoned for his treason bv the sacrifice ofliis life. It apn <id that lit” Indian girl, v. ho was un rspi cial tin oil rite, and donu t United in tbo lit mil v, hit 1 ovothenrd the intention of Rugs lalo to Ik tray tho Am.wican G n nil, and other valuable ofiirers, that owning, .into ihe hands of the llriti. !i, tor v bicb pur pti.-e ,hoy had been invited to “thisJcast oj J la i. ’ Hating, in her heart, the enemies of Am who had driven la r tribe tV an their native forests, she resolved to frustrate the design, and consequently waylaid the steps of Washington ns we ha t* described; hut failing in her tioblo purpose, she had then recourse to tin* party left in possession oi tho boat. Scarce! v had she imparted Lor informa tion, and tiie shadows of the night <do. cl around, v, hen a e atipauv of British soldiers were discovered making their way rapidly towards the beuksof ine Hudson, within a short distanc e of tho spot v re re the Ameri can party was waiting the return of their commander. Mold in die cause of liberty, attd k.r wing that imm Hate action could .■done preserve him they rushed upon, and overpowered them, stripped them of tiieir uniforms and arms, hound them hand and foot, placed them in their boat, and under charge of two of their companions, sent tliem t** the American camp at West Point. Having disguised themselves in the habili ments of the enemy, 111cy proceeded to the house of Rugsdalc, where, at the appointed lime and sign, made knbwn to them by the Indian, they opportunely’ arrived to the re lief of Washington, and the confusion oftlie traitor. Thus was the father ofliis country, hy llr* interposition ol Divine Providence, who in IDs own words, “ never deserted him,” saved from captivity, and, but for which, America might to this day have been pres sed by the foot ofoppression, ami her tdiil dren have bowed the knee to a foreign power. The Tv fancy of the Human Race. —it is worthy of observation, now singular the physical qualities of the earth, in the im mediate vicinity of the r< gions where man was created, were adapted for his infant necessitii s, and the means oftlie herdsmen and tin fields of the plain. To the north oftlie sunny slopes of Armenia, where pro fane rot less than sacred history assigns tho first appearance oftlie destined lords of ! the earth, extend the boundless grassy wilds of Tartary and Scythia; where not a tree was to be seen nor a range of impas sable mountains intervened, from the hanks of the Danube to the frontier of China; and where mankind multiplying with the heritage which grew beneath their feet and the herd which increased around them, ; found every possible facility for the rapid extension of their numbers in the shepherd , state. At the foot of the same mountains, to the south, lay extended the noble plain ! of Mesopotamia, with a natural irrigation unparalleled in the world, furnishing the means of ample subsistence under the pro lific sun of A§ia, and teeming with a luxu riance of natural riches which in every ago has excited the astonishment of man kind, and which all the labor of subsequent ages has been unable to exhaust. Had either been wanting, the species must have perished in its cradle ; had the plain of Shi nar not offered to his hand unbounded na tural riches, the cities of the plain could never have arisen; had the wilds of Tar tary been us sterile as the rocks of Arabia, or as thickly wooded as the American for est, the shepherds oftlie hills could never have formed the fathers of mankind. But tiie boundless riches of the Babylonian fields gave-birth even in the first ages to those stupendous cities, front whence tin; enterprise of commerce dispersed tlie hu man race in every direction through Cen tral Asia; while the uniform pasturage of tho Scynthian wilds spread before them a vast highway stored with food, by means of which they could penetrate wiih ease to the remotest extremities of the old world ; and where those countless swarms of men have prung from the unlabored bounty of nature, nho in every age have exercised so great, an influence on the fortunes of mankind.— Alison’s Principles of Popula tion. Welding Iron and Steel. —Perhaps many of our smiths, who have not seen the fol -1 lowing, may derive some advantage from ! its perusal. j As iron and steel are compounded more ! or less with sulphur, copper, and arsenic, which, if they predominate too much, will prevent their being welded sound, it may be of some importance to blacksmiths to know what remedies to apply in such cases. When iron is compounded with sulphur, it is apt to burn before a welding heat can be raised. It this caec a little unslackcd stone lime, pounded up very line, to bo used in stead of sand, will absorb the .sulphur, and enabled the smith to weld it sound. If but a small quantity of copper enters into the composition of iron, it will render it brittle when hot, and tough when cold. In this case, salt or sal ammoniac, should be used with the sand, which evaporate tho copper and prevent the iron from breaking when it is very hot, Arsenic generally predomi nates in iron that is very brittle when cold. A small quantity of saltpetre should then be used with the sand tor welding. Iron or steel is entirely free from either of those pernicious substances, will work sound, weld with ease, and be very tough when cold. This is what is called good iron. The same may be said of steel. A fault too often found with blacksmiths is, that their work is not sound, when in fact the fault is in the iron they work. A little attention to ascertain the qualifies of iron, and to apply the proper remedies, will ena ble them to make their work sound, or, at least, as good as the quality of the’iron will admit. In welding iron and sttel together for edge tools* it will bo os service (at least it can do harm even if the iron and steel be ever so good,) to have a little lime, salt, and saltpetre mixed with tho sand commonly used in welding. This mixture makes an excellent flux lor welding, and at the same tin) prevents the iron from burning, and enables the smith to raise a sufficient heat to weld it perfectly sound, even to the very centre oftlie bar.— Mechanic’s Magazine. . . *. i* . *•-•* * * -a- ’ r *-< •-* sr iaj, ■*-, ■* CO Nutt ICS SION A |j. Correspondence, of the Chronicle Sentinel. Washington, Wcxhic: day Evening, ) December 23, 18-10. (j There was a debate of very great ani mation and interest in the House of Repre sentatives to day, on tho measure which attracted so much attention at the last ses sion, and known by the title oftlie “hill to secure the more faithful e xecution of the laws relating to the collection of duties on imports.” Last year the iill passed ‘ho House in a for.ii v. hieh could excite no opposition in any quarter.—lt was strictly and singly a measure to prevent frauds on tho rev i tio. But when it got to tho Si nato, tho Finance Committee there added thirteen or fourteen sections hy way of amendment, professedly to give, by legislation, the true construction to the coniprt raise act of 1832, which the committee .said had in se veral instances been erroneously constru ed hy tin* courts oftiic United States. On looking at the last section, added by the Senate, however, Mr. Wise and other southern gentlemen, had discovered that defies had been laid upon linen, worsted, and other articles, in which they felt an interest; that in fact the compromise had been disturbed, anew tariff created, and that the duties had been increased in some cases from nothin.; to fifty per cent; and, 4 \ other instances, from a nominal amount to 23 per ei lit. On its return to the 1 louse, tho bill tuts lost—there was not, indeed, time to reach it, as the session was near its close. To-dov Mr. Adams moved to refer this bill to the Committee on Manufactures.— He announced his purpose to bo not to re port that part of tho bill which had been added b\ r the Senate. lie Mas not for re potting a Tariff bill, or a Revenue bill— nut a measure tor the suppression of frauds. Mr. Wise expressed his wish that the bill should go to the Committee of Ways and Means, and went into the history of its introduction and defeat at the last ses sion. He arraigned the present Adminis tration for having brought forward tiiisncM tariff, through its Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance (Mr. Wright,) — All he asked m ii’s, to leave this question m here it Mas in 1813 ; and when the Tar iff question should he raised, he Mould meet it boldly, and lie hoped it would not be sneaked into a bill professing only to be for (be prevention of frauds on the Reve nue. The question on the motion of Mr. Adams, having precedence, was first put and car tied, yeas 109, nays 00. So the bill was referred to the Commit tee on Manufactures ; and we have the pledge of the Chairman, that his object will be to strike out the features that con flict witlt the Compromise Act, and make it simply anil so!elj r a frnwl preventing measure. Tic* committee of Ways reported today the bill making appropriations for the In dian Department, and for carrying into edict Indian Treaties. The sum appro printed is upwards of $700,000. Thu Navy appropriation bill Mas also reported ; both were referred to the Com mittee of the Whole. A call has been made, on the Postmaster General hy the House, fora list of all the deputy Postmasters that have oeen remov ed since tho 3d of March, 1839; and to state the causes of the removals, Ac. Ac. This Mill show what grounds the men in power have for raising the cry of Proscrip tion in advance. The Senate spent most of the day in clearing the table of the bills of a private or local character which have been intro duced. The bill to abolish imprisonment for debt, was passed and sent to the House. The bill to prevent the counterfeiting of aiij’ foreign gold, silver, or other coin, or bringing into the United States any such counterfeit foreign coin, was passed. Mr. Benton gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill to impose a tax on bank notes and other paper designed for circu lation ! As it is now generally understood that Mr. Webster will be Secretary of State, you may naturally wish to know what are the feelings and wishes of a person who is to fill so high and influential a post, as to the manner in which the oilier high places of government shall be bestowed. It is known here, that Mr. Webster’s sincere desire is that in regard to the other appoint ments, every section of the Union shall be fairly and fully considered; and the South may he assured, that no man will go far ther than ho, to maintain their just consti tutional rights—and their proper rights in the Administration and in the public coun cils. D. \Y ashington, r \ hursday Evening, ) December 24, 1840. \ The boasted project of Benton, to lava tax bill on Bank notes, and other paper in tended as a circulation, was turned out of the Senate to-day, in the most contumeli ous manner. The door indeed Mas shut in its taco, with a promptness and decision which, it is to be hoped, will prevent the . author from ever again submitting another proposition of the kind. lie asked leave to introduce the bill, and thereupon made a long and charac teristic speech against Banks, and Bank paper. He avowed his purpose to be, in the first place, to compel the banking in- ■ stitutions of the country, to contribute the revenue from their sources; and secondly, to suppress all notes under tho denomina tion of 620. The bill was read, and the mere an nouncement of the title, was sufficient to satisfy every body that the Senator had brought his wares.to a wrong market. It Mas a revenue bill which the Senate had no right to originate; but the introduction; of m hit h, under the Constitution, belongs exclusively to the House of Represonta fives. Mr. Huntingdon called tho attention of the Senate to its character, and contended that it ought not go into tho merits of die bill. lie thought it improper to do so. — lie thought the Senate had no right to en tertain it at all. Benton endeavored to find a precedent for Ins motion in the Compromise Act, which he mid was matured ,n the Si nato, and then taken up hy the House, us an a incndinont to un original bill there, ilc wished this measure of hi.* to’ he disposed cf in the same May. Mr. Wei sii i’ in u few clear and strong words, demonstrated the constitutionality ot Renton's proposition. The bill lore on its fli.ee the character of a measure to lay a tax'. The Cot; titulion absolutely prohi bits Ibe Senate from introducing measures 1 laying taxes. Could there 1 e o t’rea - eased uia onMitw : onality ? The Con.- promise Act, he n.air.tMi J, via.-; up en tirely different ease. Tkmwasa bill no: to lay taxes. A: to reduce them. An attempt m- i then made to lay die question of granting h ave for the introduc tion oftlie measure on the table. This was strongly opposed also hy Mr. King, Mr Calhoun, and Mr. Webster. The latter again stated the grounds of opposition in words of light. He said his purpose was to ascertain whether tin Se nate Mount consent to consider the meas ure at all? The introduction of it in the Senate, Mas prohibited by the Constitution; and the motion to la*, the question of grunt ing leave on tho table, implied a doubt, which he, for one, did not entertain. The proposition was altogether free from doubt. The motion to lay on the table M as neg atived. Benton thm rose, and said lie had ac complished his purpose, (that is, he had made his speech !) and said lie would with draw his motion for leave! This fool’s play Mas not to be endured. Mr. Webster objected, and a long debate arose, as to whether ho had a right to withdraw his mo tion. The blustering demagogue protest ed it Mas his privilege—his prerogative. But lie M as taught better before the discus sion ended : and finding that the general opinion M'cnt against him, he was obliged to ask leave, not as a matter of right, hut as a matter of favor, to withdraw his pro position. Os course, no body objected to this, and his hill Mas thus turned out.— The Senate adjourned then to Monday next. The House was engaged during the whole day in a discussion on the motion of Mr. Reynolds, of Illinois, to instruct the Committee of Public Lands to report “a bill to grant prospective pre-emptions to settle's on the public lands, and to reduce tiie prtc*- to settlers according to tho value of said lands.” Mr. Reynolds made a regular Western grabbing see eh. Mr. Wm. Cost Johnson, of Maryland, replied in u masterly speech, defending the old States from the attacks made on them by the new, and vindicating the rights of the old States to the possession , oftlie public domain equally n-ith the ucm States. The debate was then taken up by Mr. Hubbard, of Alabama but in,, hour was late M'licn he rose and or his motion, the House adjourned. D. j j mm km gazette. I’RINCirLES mill MEN. WASHINGTON, UA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1840. FOR CONGRESS, HINES (MT, JB„ OF WUSGOSEL Election on M nuhy next. QO” Several Communications deferred. {scoi'£ia BaCgixlalJii’c. The bill to make Clerks of the Courts of Ordinary eligible bv tho people, was lost in the House, as was also the bill to author ise tin Banks to pay Post Notes. Tne bill subjecting the vessels belonging to the citizens oftlie State of Maine, to per form quarantine, passed both branches of the Genetal Assembly. The chief provis ions of this bill are, that every vessel com ing directly, or indirectly from the State of Maine, shall perform quarantine, for the space of one hundred days, during which time none of the officers, seamen, or pas sengers, shall be allowed to go on shore or on board of any other vessel or boat, dur ing the continuance of the Act, under the penalty of imprisonment in the Penitentiary not less than five, nor more than ten years, and the same punishment is prescribed if during the continuance of the quarantine any one on board the vessel shall hold com munication directly or indirectly with any slave or person of color, without written au thority from the owner or guardian thereof. The last section of tiie Act gives authority : to the Mayor or the highest n * ’c'nal offi- ‘ cerof the sea-port, where such vessel shall land in this State, to make a search on board such vessel before she departs, and the Cap- 1 tain is required to give twenty-four hours notice of the time, when she intends to sail. ; Tiie amendment of the Bill by the S- nate, provides that when the Governor of Maine complies with the requisitions oftlie Gov ertior of this State, the operation oftlie Act , shall cease. Tho resolutions of the Senate against a high tariff’, Ac. passed the House, after stri king out the resolution against a National Bank. The Bill reviving the Tax Law of 1804, passed both branches. 03” The Legislature of South Curoliua adjourned sine die on the 18th ‘list., having bem in session three weeks and five days, and enacted twenty seven Laws. 03” The Legislature of Georgia adjourn ed sine die on the 23d inst., having been it: session 51 days, and passed ]Bfi Laws. 03” They have invented a mill for the manufacture of-poetry in New G •!.. Our Carrier has sent and had a New fear’s -t'ldn s.-y.ound out, it has just been ro oeivrd, and will ho p■•counted tomorrow. From the irregularity of the. sentiment and v< reification, we judge that tho machine was out of order, or tiiat tho miller had ta ken too much hard cider with his thanks giving dinner. However, we hope our friends will help Mike, to pay tho toll on his grist. From the Georgia Journal. CAUTION. To the friends of State Rights Harrison, and Reform, we say BEWARE .’ The Van Buivn party are at focii old trick.;. A CIRCULAR, emanating from .Ins place, they have lately issued, which is intended io have the effect of rallying tneir friends in the different counties to turn out to the election on Monday next. W ere this all, we would have no right to complain, but if we are correctly informed, and that we are, not a doubt rests upon out minds, this secret circular goes a step or two further; nay, it strides over every barrier that truth places in its way, and charges upon the Harrison party that they have wilfully violated the known will of the people, and disregarded their solemn pledges of introducing iu the country letter times. These, with others, equally reckless, and denunciations litter and malevolent, characterize the circular which we have been informed is now scat- , tcred, and being scattered throughout the 1 country. Desperate diseases require des perate remedies. Th most subtle poisons are frequently administered by tho physi cian, in the last stage of an incurable di<- caso. But the boldness of tho Physician ; effected not the cure of the patient. Just so with the Van Buren parly in Georgia. They have been, and still continue to be, troubled with a complication of diseases political, which, to cure, has baffled the , skill even of the arch magician himself. The panacea, in the form of the circular, prepared, thougdi it lias been, by thcpolitl- ; cal doctors lately assembled in Milledge- ! v*lie, and desperate as the remedy is, will i fail to produce the dc-sire 1 effect. The • disease is an incurable one, and th? patio l '’ must die. Let t be friends of State Rights, Harrison, and Reform, see to tins. Wc j call upon them to meet the Van Bur nites j at the polls on Monday next. Let them i see and feel that an indignant people know i ; how to repudiate these secret efforts to rc ‘ gain power which they have so recently lost and which they abused so long as the pco- : pic allowed them to exercise it. Let there be a g- iic-ral attendance of the party at the ■ polls! Let no man stay at home ; (fi.r candidate for Congress ought to be most ; enthusiastically sustained by every friend j of the constitution anil of the country, in | Georgia. IIINES HOLT is every May qualified to represent the people of Georgia in the Congress of the United States ; and M-hen compared with Ills opponent, in point of ability, talents, as a statesman, ho stands i pre-eminent. A part though from consid- ! nations of this cha.after let those who ral- ! lied to the polls in October, an ’ November, j “once more unto the breach, ” if it be for the i purpose alone of sealing with their reproba- ! tion this secret circular movement, this shin- i j der against tbe party’s “good name,” which ; it was our design, when we commenced i this article, alone to apprize our fficnjs M as in existence. i From the Southern Recorder. Let us glance at tho effect oi some of the j more important legislation, of the session which has just terminated its labors. And first—how stands our State Road.— The Commissioners had, before the late contracts-for grading the entire Road, on hand of the State Bonds, some tight hun dred thousand dollars, which if disposed of, 1 we understand will be sufficient to grade . the road throughout, and iion it some fifty ‘ miles, to Cross Plains, in Murray County. ‘ Can the bonds be sold ?—Wo understand that enough of them have already beendis- ! posed of to the contractors, for the entire j gradings; and wo will shew the improved I condition in which those on hand are left by 1 the Legislature, to secure the sale of the balance, and which will complete the road 50 miles. First the Central Bank is enjoined to pay tho interest of the whole State debt two millions, and to reserve seventy-five thou sand dollars annually as a sinking fund for the same. If she can do this, it ought to make the bonds much more negotiable. Can she do so ?—Let us see. First. The taxes this year will amount to something like two hundred thourand dollars. The stocks of good banks which she holds, amount t 0—6320,700. She ought to receive of her discounted paper in the course of the year, we suppose at least 500,000, besides one million of bonds, bear ing eight per cent, interest, which she is authorized to issue to redeem her bills. . Those are the moans by which she is to paj’ the interest of the State debt, and to re serve 75,000 annually as a sinking fund forthatdebt. And at the same time take up her own bills as they may he presented. besides the annual appropriation act, whiclj amounts to ovet 6220,000. Ilow fur tliesi measures will prove adequate to tiie attain ment ot the desired object, we leave ol course to the sound judgment oftlie reader. In the above we have not taken into com - sideration the large amount due to the State by the Darien Bank, both on her bills, and for her stock. It is to be hoped, that this source will not provi wholly fiuitless, but that it will be able lodo something hy some settlement to aid the State in cnee more righting herself. We have thus glanced at the result ot some ofthc most important legislation oi the last session—and in starting with the Rail Road, we have found the other most important measures so blended with it, ns to be baldly separable.—We have there fore thrown our remarks upon this head in to a general form, embracing the most im portant acts, the Tax Bill, the Central Bank Bill, the Rail Road ! *ll. and appropri ation bill. from Ih l\alioual Intelligencer. The Mrs.- . having been in ,iur pos s. ssion for so short a tin; *, tur perusal of it has been too rapid to allow us to-day to give to its contents the deliberate attention to which, emanating from the Chief Magis trate, and addressed us much to the People at least as to their Representatives in Con gress, it has claim. Our conmit nts upon it therefore must be as brief as our exainin j ation ofit has bicu hasty. In all that part ofit which concerns the 1 Foreign Relations of the United States, the i department of public affairs which fulls most properly and peculiarly under the su pervision of the Executive, the Message is -afi.ifactory, andean hardly fail of being acceptable to almost every re ader. With the whole world we are in peace and ami ty ; and the only serious controversy that wo have with any nation, carried on in a 1 spirit of amity, wears a more (rather than i a less) favorable aspect, than A did either at the commencement or the close of the lust session of Congress. “From the undoubt ed disposition of both parties to bring the matter m an early conclusion,” we are glad ‘o learn from tho Message that the President “looks with entire confidence to a prompt and satisfactory termination oftlie negotiation” bet ween the United States and Great Britain on ihe boundary question. It gives us pleasure io be able conscicnti . ously to express the opinion that this is a i consummation which the President has ap peared to us to keep steadily in view, and to endeavor to promote by such measures as lie believed would bring it about. On tho expediency of the course pursued by Ihe Executive towards this end, there may bo, and there are. different opinions; our re mark extends only to the purpose, for which we feel bound to give the President the credit to which he is entitled. Had he been otherwise than pacifically disposed, if we j were to say that it has been in his power at, anv time within the last two years to have kindled this boundary dispute, into a l disastrous war between two great nations j who upon every consideration of mutual iu t lerost and reciprocal feeling ought ever to ■ be friends, we should not l;e far wide ofthc : truth. But with our unfeigned approbation of so ‘ much of the Message as concerns our For \ eign Relations we are afraid that our praise !of this State Paper must end. The re ! reminder of it, with the exception of arc - commendation concerning the rates of let ter postage, another concerning the sup : p ession of ihe trade carried on from tho United States with the African slave fac tories, and the allusions to the Florida War and the Exploring Expedition, is in fact neither more nor less tk.-'r- an c-RLoiate dc j fence of the course of the present and ‘ast : administrations in refrence to the currcncj-, sub-treasury, hard money, and other ques j tions, upon which, in tlie concrete, the tri bunal oftlie People has hut just now pro nounced judgment, not by a majority of votes merely, but in a voice, the thunders ■ of which ar.* even vet reverberating among o o tin ‘fistant mountains. A review of this essay upon the polities of the day \v raid of course require more time and space than at a moment’s warn ing wo can devote to it.—ls undertaken, it must be hereafter, at greater leisure. There are one or two points, however, which we will not permit, even now, to pass unheeded. In the tint place, when the President, speaking of the reduction c the public revenue, (the result, as every body knows, of the mischievous measures of the prece ding administration and his own,) congrat ulates the country that the Government, not withstanding the “large extraordinary ex penses growing out of past Iransu -tions,’ has not been brought to a stand-still, he entirely overlooks a fact which is fatal t., the claim which he sets up for the Executive of a successful administration of tiie Govern ment for tiie last four years, in reference to its fiscal affairs. The fact to which we refer is, that, before Mr. Van Buren’s Administration began, the old public debt of the United States had been entirely paid oft', and the revenue released from the heavy annual demand for payment of interest and redemption of re ineipal of that debt, winch in tiie preceding Administration, con sumed nearly one half of the whole revenue of the United Stales. The payments on account of that debt, for example, during tho tour years’ administration of President Adame, amounted to forty-ft vi miPb-T.3 of dollars, or an average of more than eleven millions of dollars avear; and, during the eight years of President Jackson, to sixly four mil 1 ions of dollars, orebdit millions of dollars, a year. Not one dollar hts the present Administration had to pay t,n this account. Under a discreet of its affairs, then instead of leaving be hind i* debts to the amount of manj mil lions, (Tioasu'*’ Notesand * .paid demands upon tho Government,) the present A*<s ministration-ought (taking the Administra tion of Mr Adams as a rule (to leave in the Treasu y, instead of the estimated balance of a million and a half, at least forty mil lions of dollars.