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their Contents, & publish them in the ne vs- paper, without violating any rule of the Senate, any rule of luw,or any rule of pro priety? Certainly he line. It was altogeth er unimportant what were the contents of lbs papers. -They were already public, and oil the responsibility of the President. The instrumentality of the Senate wus not nak ed or reipiircd, and it was only the exercise of some power by the Senate which could now withhold their contents from the House of Representatives, and the nation, lie de- uied the existence of such a power in the Seuate. Whence did they derive it ? or why should they passes* it ? The Senate is hot responsible, if the President has acted incorrectly, as the argument assumes, al though the Seuntor admits he dees not ffhow the contents of the papers, and, ol course, cannot know that their publication will do mischief. Unless the Senate be prepared to assume the functions aud responsibility which the Constitution lias vested in the Executive, it indeed those which belong to the (louse Of Representatives also, it cannot arrest what is sent by the one to the oilier in the course of ofiiciul duty. It is not only a di rect violation of the right of the Executive to semi, iScoftho House to receive, those pa pers, but it is u palpable infraction of the right of the People to know whut occurs in iho progress of Congressional proceedings. Was it ever heard of before that, in relation to facts disclosed with ail the forms of a public proceeding in an open Session of Congress, either this or any other branch of the Government hud interposed to lay its hands on tho materials by which lliosu facts were to lie acquired, and shut them up in a Committee rootn? and tins too, for the avowed purpose of concealing their ex istene.e ? How, lie asked, does this course compare with that of the Senate when the Panama Mission was advised? The majority of that day did not hesitate to give to the Peo ple all the facts before them. No one resist ed it. The mission had been determined on, and whether the documents were pub lished or no, the Ministers would be sent out.. But the question had excited public interest, and tho nation hud a just claim loall the information which would enable them to judge whether the policy was wise. -Did we meet the demand to publish, by ask ing if gentlemen intended to perpetuate uc rimonious feelings ? By adverting to the danger of exposing our notions of tho course of policy to be pursued to these na tions ? By suggesting the necessity of em ploying the agency of a Committee to send out an “antidote with the bane?’’ As if We feared to trust the honesty or the intelli gence of the American public. No, sir, all tiie documents we had were published, arid thousands of copies dispersed over the wliole surface of this Union; and ull the la bored arguments of our opponents accom panied them. Now we ask the same jus- vice, and our cuse is n much stronger one. IVbqt wo have published is a part only, aud we ask to publish the remaining part, which is necessary to a right understanding of the whole; what is published was the ground work ugniust which wus levelled all the pre dictions of excited apprehension. Now we ask you not to conceal from tho public eye tlte finished aud completed superstructure. The 1‘cople have not only a right to know, but a deep interest to know. They ure the sovereign power of the nation, and we their servants. To their judgment of our politi cal cow!urt we are auienuhlc; and it is our duty to enlighten tliut judgment by giving them fuels. They are competent, when the whole case is before them, totuke a correct view; and it is an insult to their intelligence to withhold the facts from them until you can issue your glossary, your commentary, from a committee to tell them how to estiiu- uto their facts. Your committee can but give opinions, aud thus prejudge the cuse by the weight of their authority. Are gen tlemen uliaid the decision will be against them on the naked facta, awl can they not oonfiile in public opinion unless it be direc ted by u eoinmentury from a committee? Sir, this soft of doctrine docs not seem to he of the genuine repuldican stamp, which! is so much the prevailing fashion of the times. Mr. C. jiel (led no credit to the notion that the tenor and spirit of the instructions were modified in consequence of arguments in opposition to the measure on this floor. Unless the Senator from South-Curolinn possessed information which hnd not been confided to him, lie must he permitted to ex press his total dissent to that opinion. It was certainly not the usual practice in poli tics, nor in war, to adopt the advice ofnppo cents; and he could not but smile, when it wad intimated that the present Chief Mag istrate had abandoned Ids own concerted views, and the udviee of bis friends, to adopt -the suggestions of his political adversaries In this body. But allow all this to he so. Whence do gentlemen derive the evidence of mutation in the Executive will ? They -do not profess to have other knowledge than that the documents furnish. They insist that the “tone wus lowered,” between the period of rhe message to the Senate and the one subsequently made to the House, and have no doubt “the tone is still lower’’ in these instructions. If this he so, let it n- vailto the advantage of the gentlemen and their friends. Let the nuiion have the pu- pers, and see this fact, and form n eorres ponding judgment. We do not ask shelter under the kind feelings of the gentlemen to protect us against the consequent censure. No: we are willing to bear,as we ought to bear, the whole weight of our errors on our own shoulders. Certainly we do not expect this weight to he diminished by u report from the committee. if gentlemen can see in tiiese papers the continued mutation of purpose which is n concession of original error, why not allow the public to examine them and deduce for themselves the same results? Will geutle- ineu assert that the People are ignorant, and anfil to know and understand ? Why, they areour constitutional judges, & they will se tarn us iu their service or dismiss us, accor ding to their estimate of our political fideli ty and correctness. And we cannot ques tion their capacity to understand. Being on trial before them, we call for the evidence— the evidence of /acts, not of the opinions of a committee, who, however intelligent, (and their distinguished talents and intelligence is conceded) have no more claims to pre judge the case, than any oilier three or four uien in society—nor, indeed so much, be cause, having been long since committed by opinions avowed to the world, they have ceased to be iinpurtiul. Gentlemen on the other side have mode allusions to the Panama Mission in terms to cultivate their own opinions in regard to it. “ JVbn eat inventus” is returned, “ it is ,f)ead.” “ Protestant Missionaries,” “ conn ter Holy Alliance,” and such like phrases, have been used. To wlmt end are these hard names applied ? This is neither the time, place, nor occasion fur n discussion of the merits of that measure. This discussi on has been had, and we are content to a hide the issue when presented to the sober judgment of the People upon I lie fans.— Wliut was speculation then is history now, and time, which discloses all things, has fur nished in these documents, u test, by which to ascertain if tho dangers then so feelingly predicted ever had existence. But gentle men seem ui shrink from this test, aud to observe the prudent caution of taking off its influence by applying to it ugly names and harsh epithets. Sir, this will not pre vent tin intelligent community from u so her investigation of the truth, even througl the mist of prejudice now thrown around it. The idea suggested on a former occasion and then repelled, is again introduced, that these papers are to lie published to prop a falling Administration. Tho Senator Iron Georgia, [Mr. Bkhrien] Inis kindly admon ished us of the delicacy of our situation, ot inferences it will ueetision, of the maxim po t hoc ergo propter hoc. Sir, suid Mr. C. when 1 make an assertion on this floor it relation to facts necessarily within my per eonal knowledge, 1 call no collateral testi mony to verify it. 1 would disdain to go in search of collateral evidence ; a conscious integrity tells me none is required. On former debate, 1 have suid, and 1 now re peat, that I never exchanged a word of conversation with the President on tho sub jeet of publishing these instructions, nor did I know if he wished their publication, and I now add, that until Ids message was deli vered here this morning I was uninformed of his purpose to send it. J do nut under stand the gentleman from Georgia to ques tion the accuracy of that statement, nr 1 should hold myself compelled to repel it in dignantly. Mr. Berrien said, tho gentleman was per fectly right, lie had too much respect for himself and for every member of tHe lium, to cull in que.stion the veracity of any statement on this floor. Mr. Chambers, resumed. Tho motion was to print the papers without commenta ry ; the people were not so ignorant ns to require a guide ill this matter ; and if an in structor was necessary, he could not think it altogether fit to employ on this dnty a com mittee prejudiced by a long cmirso of avow ed hostility to tho measure, and inflamed by reports, speeches, and declamation, to pre sent it in its worst form. Before lie concluded, he must ask indul gence to reply to one singular proposition asserted by the Senator from Georgia, [Mr. Bkkiiikn,] am] repeated by tho Senator from Houth-Carolinu, [Mr. Maine.] Jt is, that n refusal to print is not to arrest the papers, nor evincive of a disposition to keep them from the House of Representatives and tho uution. Whitt are the facts ? An important paper is sent to the two Houses of Congress lint a few hours before their adjournment. Instead of sending the original to the House, after tnakingus acquainted with its contents, the course is to refuse to let the paper he rend, to send tho originul to a C uuniiltge for the avowed purpose of examining whe ther they think it proper to he made pub lic, and to refuse tlie usual motion to piiut, upon the ground that dangerous disclosures may he made thereby. And with all these fuels before us, uml knowing as we do that the House will adjourn in 2 or 3 hours, nml perhaps sooner, we ure told it is not intended to arrest these papers, and prohibit their seeing them. Why, Sir, this appears to lie adding mockery to positive injury ; to take from the house its property, iu the first place, ami io latigli in its luce iu the secotuL We all know it is physically impossible for the Committee to examine, uml report upon this message before the present House of Repre sentatives, to whom it is as much addressed as to us, shall liavu adjourned, and adjourn ed never to meet again. Its constitutional term will expire, uml another House will not meet till the largest part of a year has passed by, and that not the House to which the paper is addressed. Iu every view of the subject then, it was proper tho Bennie should not interpose to withhold them—that they should goeatul go now—to the House of Representatives and to the nation. Mr. Foot said, that some of the remarks of the gentleman from Honth-Carolimi pro bably referred to the message of Mr. Mon roe, rather than to any communications of Mr. Adums. Gentlemen ask what is the object of the President in publishing the documents? The question can be nnswer- ed in the President’s own words. He hns stated his object in his message. Mr. F. called for the reading of the message The message having been read— Mr. Benton rose, lie said, to make a single remark. The messuge and documents had been referred to the appropriate Commit tee, from which we should have n report concerning them ; but if, in the meantime, the President fcbould he eager to publish them, he cun do it by virtue of tho same authority by which he published the secret instructions given to Mr. Cook, the agent of the U. States in Cuba. The questioii being taken, tho motion to print the message and documents ivos lost, by the following vote : Yeus—Messrs. Barton, Ilouligny, Burnett, Chandlers, Chase, Foot, Hendricks, Holmes, Johnston of Louisiana, Knight, Marks, No ble, Kolduns, Sanford, Seymour, Silsbee, Webster, Willey— 18. Nays—Messrs. Barnard, Benton, Berrien, Brunch, Chandler, Dickerson, Dudley, Ea ton, llayne, Iredell, Johnson of Kentucky, Kune, King, MoKinly, Prince, Ridgely, Rowan, Smith of Marylund, Smiin of 8. Carolina, Tuzewell, Tyler, White, Williams, Woodbury — 24. Mr. Tazewell asked whether amotion to transfer the messdgo and documents from the Legislative to the Executive Journul would tie in orilpr. The Vice-President said, he presumed it would he in oritur. There were no instan ces of transfers iroin the Legislative to the Executive Journal ; but transfers from the Executive to the Legislative Journul were not unfrequent. The motion wus made and curried in the uflirinalivo by u votenf 23 to l(i. 1-Sal 4d per lb. has taken place in Ameri-1 have risen In arms, whilst Demetrius Ypsi- enn Cottons, with an extensive deiuund front I lanti, in Eastern Greece, hud advanced ns FOmSXGHT. the trade. Burke, the person concerned in the ntro- cious murders in Edinburgh, was executed in Uiut city oil the 2!)ih January. From u hasty perusal, we do not observe any political intelligence of much impor tance, and we have only tune to give the hol lowing items. Liverpool, Feb. 2. The session of Parliament will commence on Thursday next. The proceedings of the great council of the nation ure likely to be unusually interesting and importanUliisyear. Mr. O’Connell, in an address to the freehol- dersefthecounty nfClaro,dated on Wednes day last announces Ilia intention of leaving Dublin mi Thursday or Friday next, on his way to London. “I shall not reach Loudon,” says i he learned gentlemen, - until after the discussion on the King's speech shall hove closed. It is my fixed intention to repair to tho Mouse of Commons as soon lifter my arrival iu London ns will allow mettufiicieiit lime io make such preliminary arruuga- iiiotils, iu point of formal detail, as shall pievent me from being entrapped l»y mere mailer of form, and as shall bring the ques tion of my right to sit and vote, in a deli berate manner, before the House of Com- tnutis.” London, Jnu. 30. The Gazelle do France of Wednesday, soys: “Wo ure! assured tlmt dispatches were lironght yesterday by an extraordinary Ex press, which announced that the Empe ror of Russia ImiI stmt orders to tlie Gram! Duke Constantine to put himself at tile head ot' the Polish army, ami to march and occu py tho Principalities. Letters from War saw add, that the Army of the Baltic has also received orders to inurch to the Eouth If the intelligence in the Paris papers of Wednesday ho correct, the Turks iiuve spee dily disclosed the object for which lliey have been so largely strengthening their fortress es upon the Danube. One of these papers states, “ Tho Danube is passed ut every point. Tho I'uelm of Widdin is marching with 30.000 men against the Principalities, nml it is thought mat, unless the Grand Duke Constantine arrives in time to stop the invasion, the Russian army will be oblig ed to repuss the Pruib." Tclmssan Oglou is said to have notified to Count Langcrou, who was formerly a pri soner in Turkey, his intention to attack him, and that he should penetrate to Tutirnoul, opposite to Nioopoli, with 12,003 cavalry.— The Count immediately took the necessary precautions to resist the attack ; a large hotly of cavalry had actually arrived at Tournoul, nod the Pm.-lia of Widdin was said io be on ids march with 30,030 men, upon Crajovo and Bucharest. Ollier corps were to cross iiy Guirgevo and riilistria ; so that tiicru would he a general movement of the Turks along the whole line of liio Danube from Wnlden to Eilistria. Paris, Jan. 28. Wo have tho following communication from ViennaWo learn from Constanti nople that the uegouiutions of Mr. Ollley, lor the conclusion of a commercial treaty between the Porte und the United States of North America, Iiuve failed. The Ame ricans required as the first condition as the basis of the treaty, the freo navigation of the Black Sea. It is known at Pcra that the Reis Etfemli had refused to make tiny con cession iu this respect. People consider litis refusal ns indicating a disposition to gra- • ify England, and infer from it the'possihilily of an agreement with that power.” LivKnt’ooL, Jan. 30. We have hnd n very lively demand for Cotton this week, particularly yesterduy and to-day, and the business done is extensive at an improvement of l-4d per lb. on Per- nams, Maranh.-uns, and low American; good American tire 1 8d. higher, aud all descripti ons are more saleable at the highest quota tions of last week. 4000 hags taken on speculation, about half Brazils and the rest American. [From London and Liverpool papers, rectit> eel by the Silas tiichards, at .Yew- iar'i.) RUSSIA. The following article indicates that Rus sia will not he behind the Porte, in putting forth all her energies. To whut an im mense sacrifice of human life may wo look forward ihe npprnnrhing season! *' From Ike Vistula, Dec. 26.—The com merciul letters received from St. Peters- bnrgli, give no hope whatever that tho wur with the Porte will he determined during the winter, by diplomatic negotiations, but speak only of the incredible activity v. bioli is employed to open the cuintiaigt, with an army twice ns numerous as before. Re cruits are pouring in from nil parts of the immense empire: 1103 cannon have been sent from tint arsenal ut Moscow Jo the Dan ube, ami the cavalry depots are ail emptied to supply without delay the loss of horses. “ One hundred and /ifry thousand irregu lar Cossacks, and other troops, are on their march to the Danube. The Emperor, it is said, will command the army in person, and go to join it in the month of March. Gen eral Dirbitseh remains at the head of tho stufl', aud Count Wittgenstein will cmn- manil the van of tho Emperor’s army. Gen erals Roth, Geismnr, and Rudiger, wiil have separate corps, to act on the flunks of the main army, and the Duke of Wurtem- burg will I'littiiimnil (In reserve. Art unmi- thenticiil report says, that the Polish army is to he increased by 10,000 men, hut in no ense to ho.empluyeil against the Turks. It seems, however, tlmt tt division of it is to be in gnrri-on" at St. Petershurgli, during tlte war with tlte Turks. There are tunny re ports about notes said to have been presen ted by the great powers, & even of an ulti matum delivered tty the English Ambassador Extraordinary. \Ve c.tn, however, ufllrut. on good authority, ilia: all these reports are wholly unfounded. From the London Courier o/2lst January. The Austrian observer contains several official reports, in which the Greeks claim considerably advantages and victories, both in Eastern and Western Greece. The Kilt- arch Tsavella announces that he has de feated a Turkish corps of 1200 men, at Lo- mtetico, out of which only 150 had escaped —the rest being killed, with tlte exception of tiie commander, Aelimet Agn, his no- phetv, and 100 Turks, who were takeu prisoners, with a large booty. Another corps, which was coining to their aid, is id so said to have been put to flight, nttd pur sued three leagues. The conqueror then advanced, and was joined every where by the inhabitants. Gen. Dentzel having readied the moun tains of Agrafla, with 2000 Greeks, all th« fur ns 8 dona, which the ’1 inks had evn coated at It in approach. Howland Stephenson.—Mr. Thos. Welch, a music seller to London, made an explaini tion in the public prints on.the 9th of Janua ry, from which it appears, thnt Stephenson eume to his house on Friday, the 26th of December) confessing his embarrassments in a distressed mood ; said lie hail made an attempt to sitool himself inn pawn-broker’s shop, and threatened to repeat the experi ment in Welsh’s parlour, if he refused to protect him. Welsh wus under great oltli gallons to him, ns lie hnd once assisted hint with nn advance of 110,000 sterling; and wiiHHtthe time his guarantee for /tiOOOinore. After much persuasion, Stephenson consen ted that ids oldest son should he sen't for. After his arrival, Lloyd also entered, and mentioned thnt the whole utfair was blown, and that the partners were ransacking Ste phenson's drawers. I nniediute flight was resolved on. Mr Welsh continues Ids nar rative as follows: “Stephenson exclaimed that he had no mo ney.—11 is eldest son instantly emptied his poeketN for 4tts father’s service. Mr. Ste phenson hurst into tears; uml rejected the oiler, saying ho could not use his son’s pit tance. Mr. Lloyd then said, “ 1 have mo ney, sir; 1 have 18(H)." “ Then we will both g<>,” teplied Mr. Stephenson. He ordered a few clothes to ho got ready and his car riage, saying lie would go one singe with his own horsc3. He requested mo to accompa ny him a few miles, that ho might, when his ttiitid was more collected,give me directions respecting his children.- I consented, nml Bristol was tho road Itu determined to take. On my proposing to quit him at llunslow, he ordered the coachman to proceed to Staines with tiie same horses, npd on the road requested of me, in the nume of the mutual and long friendship that had subsis ted between us, to give him one and the last proof of it, and to accompany him un til he was on board some vessel. I could not refuse, and we arrived at Pill ut nine o’clock on Saturday night, mid had an inter view with the captain of u pilot-yacht, when I recommended that the boat should be hir ed for one mouth, at two guitiieas a day, the terms proposed by the pilot. Mr. Stephen son said, lie thought it would he throwing money away unnecessarily, for no doubt they would meet a vessel bound to America within a fortnight. I advised them, when they were at sea, to disclose to the captain (he neeessiiy of their going to America, and if lie would take them he should he amply remunerated. Stephenson asked me, in great distress of mind, where the money was to come from—they had hut /600? Oil Sunday morning ut half past seven, they went on hoard. 1 returned to Loudon, and was iti Regent street, at seven ou .Mon day morning, nor have I us erroneously sta ted in some of the papers, returned to Mr. Stephenson, or had any loiter or comruuni- cation since, directly or indirectly, from ei- llierof the parties.” Notwithstanding tiie statement of his be ing utterly destitute‘of funds, it is supposed that Stephenson intended to deceive Mr. Welsh, or tliut ho had left funds with some confidential person, as ho had disposed of Exchequer bills previously to u largo a- mouRt New-York, March 12. Letters from Panama of Jam 25th, suite thnt the Peruvian fleet, commanded by Ad miral Guise, attacked tho Colombian flce.t in the port of Guayaquil in December lust. The latter wus protected by the Colombian (mtteries. Tho action was very severe with out being decisive to either party. About 300 men were killed, including Admiral Guise, the Peruvian commander, (nn Eng lishman,) whoso body had been sent to Li ma. Charleston, March 21. LATEST FROM EUROPE. The ship Sarah &{ Caroline, Cap'. Phince, 44 days from Liverpool, arrived in the oiling last evening. The Letter ling was brought up to town at a late hour, and we have been put in possession of our fil>-s of Liverpool papers to the 3d Feb. uml London papers mid Shipping Lists to the 1st. It will ha perceived thnt an advance •fiproviuces of Western Greece, ore suid to RUSSIAN VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. Intelligence bus been received from St Petersburg!), from the voyage of discovery fitted out by the Russian government under the command of Capt. Lutke. This officer was first to sail to tiie harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul in Kurntschutkn. In the win ter ho was directed to visit the Caroline amt in the summer the regions around Beh ring’s Straits and beyond. The Carolines have been visited iu a cruise of seven months, in the region between the equator and the tenth degree of north latitude. Af ter exploring these islands, the expedition proceeded to Behring’s Straits in June last No small additions to the stock of geogra pliical and nautical information, and to nn turiil history, may he expected from this voyage. A letter lias boon received at St Petersburg!! from Dr. Martens, botanist to the expedition, of which the following is an extract Our ship, the Sininvin, sailed from the harbor of St. Peter and St. Paul uu the lOili of October, last your, and arrived nn the Q'M Nov. ofl’tlie island of Oulaa, which was re.discovered by Captain Duhery, in the Coqnite, in 1824; where we had the plea sure of becoming acquainted with a peo pie iu the purest state of nature, who hod remained hitlierio unknown and were whol ly unacquainted with Europeans—who dif fered even in language from all other inha bitants of the Carolines—who to all appear ance never had any intercourse with the o- llier islands, und have hitherto lived in such patriarchal simplicity, that not a single won poo, nor any thing resembling u weapon, was met with iu the whole island. This was tho mure surprising, as it soon appeared that tiie government of the place was aris tocratic, iSc. several chiefs considered them selves us masters of the island; and who therefore, must constantly live in pence and harmony. Their complexion is of a light brown, the nrms and thighs tattooed, their hair in a bunch braided together upon the head, and adorned with flowers; their fentures resemble those of the Malays. E- very thing proved that they did not know what hostility was. Our naturalists found them the most faithful guides on their ex cursions, uml the most careful keepers of the insects and plants which they collected. One of their chief's, named Sipa,offered them Ins dwelling for their residence ; and here also they hnd an opportunity of making themselves acquainted with the domestic arrangements of the inhabitants. The On - Innesu are particularly distinguished from the inhabitants of the other Cirrolines, by being entirely free from the propensity of stealing. They treat their women with great kindness and affection. We could not obtain uny clear notions of the religion of these people. Their diet consists of bread, fruit hahiang, sugar cane, cocoa nuts, fish, snipes, pigeon, and some wild fowl. As far as we could learn, the island is divided of which contain* several vlllnges, and be-' longs to a chief. Several of these chiefs live oil a small island, separated from the rent of the inhabitants. One of them was trented with particular reverence; lie might lie considered in some measure as the king of the whole. We could not discover how lie came to enjoy this honor ; it certainly was not for his wealth ; for his majesty pos sessed only two villages, while another chief had eight. The Smiavin left these islands to continue its voyage on the 20th December, and on the 2d of January, 1828, discovered a new group of Islands, the most Northerly, and, w ith the exception of the Pellew Islands, the most extensive of all the Carolines. Af ter cruising among them night days, Cap tain Lutke proceeded on his voyage with out huving landed, much to the disappoint ment of the naturalists whom he had on hoard. The reason of this was, that it wus evident from the behaviour of the natives, tlmt u landing could nut lie affected with out bloodshed. The people of these Isl ands had evidently never before seeu Eu ropenns. They were armed with spears and slings, of which the former were head ed with the teeth of the saw-fish, and they manifested no fear ut the discharge of fire arms. The letter gives the following ac count of the voyage after leaving these Isl ands : “ On the 13th January, we descried Los Valientes low, tnisorahlo Islands : The wretched inhabitants of which did not ap pear even to possess boats. Oil the 18th, we arrived oil' the Nuinuricks; on the 23d, off Mortlock islands, (discovered in 171)6,) the natives of which appeared to he very amia ble and civilized, which is probably to lie attributed to their intercourse with tiie other Carolines and with Manillu. Their ships are calculated for long voyages, and are provid ed with compasses. An-unexpected sight here was an English three masted ship, tiie Partidge whaler, which,like many others of that class, has, since 1823, visited the coast of Japan, iu pursuit of tiie spermaceti whale. As this ship had been almost as long absent from Europe us the Siniaviu, the crew could not give us any news however, mutual vis its were paid, which could not he otherwise than ugreeahle in this distant part of the world. “ On the 2d of Feb. we discovered the Islam) of Rug ; and nn the 8th, Union Isl- and. On the 17th, the Sininvin arrived in the harbor of Caldera do April, where she remained till the 7ili March, during which time the Spanish Gov. showed os every kind of attention and politeness. On the 30tli of March, we cast anchor off the Island of Oropiek, and this was tiie termination of our voyage, after five months cruise in the tropical regions. Ou tiie I8(h, we discov ered the break and barren rocks of the Island of Rosaria, or Disappointment; and on the following dny we were fortunate enough to see the beautiful islands of Bonin, which had been previously disco vered, hut whose existence was oftewnrds doubted, ns Kruseusteni could not find them. The Sininvin hud been anticipat ed in this re-discovery by tiie English sloop, the Blossom, which had been .sent to meet Captain Franklin in Behring’s Straits; a hoard which it Imd left, showed that Capt. Heecliey, the commander, had taken posses sion of the islands the preceding year, in the name of his Rrit.nnnick Majesty. On line of these islands, which waa otherwise wholly uninhabited Captain Lutke found two Euro peans, living in great distress ; a Prussian. Charles VVettrin, of Konigsburg; and John Peterson, a Norwegian, who hnd served on hoard an English ship which was wreck ed on this Island in 1820, hut the crew of which happily got on shore. Another En dish (ship, which arrived six weeks after wards, took (lie crew on hoard : hut lefi Wettrin and Peterson behind, who wished to save ns much from the w-eck as possible, hut received a promise that tiiev should he taken off by 'lie last ship j n its reinrn from the const of Japan. This promise, howe ver. was not fulfilled ; uud Captain Lutke took them with him. “ These islands may become very useful and important to Kninscatkn, The climate extremely fine, oral the plants nnd fruits of the torrid and temperate zone flourish c- qually well. A few hogs, which hnd been left by the stranded ship, have inert-used to the amount of several hundreds. The tur tie were so numerous nnd close together in the bnvs. that the strand looked ns if it were paved with them. There was also nn ahun dance of the. finest fish. 14 dnv« thnt wo spent here, afforded the naturalists an ample harvest. On the 28(1'of May, the Sininvin arrived ngnin in the harbor of St. Peter and S'. Paul, where the trees were still without leaves, nnd a few spring flowers were just beginning to nppenr. The eolleetion of na- turnl enriosities of every kind is very eon sidernhle ; we have speeimens nnd draw ingsof]40new Bpeeies of fish. The whole exeursion was highly fortunate. Ngt a sin gle individual of the crew waa attacked by sickness during the seven months voyage. In June the expedition sailed for Behring’s Straits.” previously sntisfied'Ma»*elfthat the aeewint, oj prodigious population were exaggerated, so tul lelt no astonishment at. finding it container more than 12,000 inhabitants. The houses t sist only of the ground floor with a terrace oo roof. The inhabitants are composed of ih c , different races of Moors and Negroes, tho f or , ol' whom are the most enlightened. The coin M. Caille’sBkin shocked them at first, hut the* ;ence with which he rend tho Koran at tei irouglit them to treat him with great respect. Koran served him as a Journal, for ho wrute'i memorandums of his travels between the I the hook, nnd when these were filled up, o scraps of paper, between the lenves. He also J ced on tho pages of the sacred book, by the aiL a compass which he had been able to (iresen,I map of his Journey. ■ The people of Timbnctoo hove mad gress in civilization. They have very confn'J notions of any people existing out of Africa. 1 look upon any stranger coming amongthem i magician sent from foreign countries to disci hidden treasures in the neighborhood of their, by virtue of a compact with tho devil, and tl hold that it is a meritorious action to put to de. an inlidcl. The environs of the country are J, gularly barren. Tho city is five miles distant frt, the river; only rain water is used, which is i in reservoirs, mid tastes execrably, und no fue used hut i-amel’s dung. M. Caille thinks that Timbnctoo is only a c mereml intrepot, and that If the trade of that pa., the world should dclinc, tiie city itself would d appear in the course of a few years, by the rm vul of tho families, who, for the convenience] water, would establish themselves on the bant the river. According to the inhabitants of 1 buctoo, Maj. fining was the first white mon i seen in their city. They said be remained tl_, u month, and then returned to the coast, where hi died. M. Ouille, however, afterwards lea™, that about 48 leagues from Timbuctoo, Mnj. idi to J met a party of Mussulman, who commanded to address a prayer to the Prophet, which refu*iiij| to do, he was strangled. M. Caille remuineda mouth hi Timbnctoo crossed the desert on tiie buck of a camel, w mouth carefully covered to prevent all hut from escaping. His small parcel of merchandi was reduced to almost nothing by the journey. He is the subject of great curiosity and interest Ppris. He passes several hours every day ii ting the account of his travels. TIMBUCTOO. The last New Monthly Magazine, contains a short but interesting nccount of M. Caille Rochelle, who was employed on the coast of Africa in the capacity of merchant’s clerk, and while in this si tuation conceived the idea of undertaking this journey. The city ol Timbuctoo with its suppos ed population of n million of inhahltnnts, was nn object of curiosity of all Europe. England had sent out learned nnd enterprising travellers, and nided their expeditions with money and all the influence of her government, hut none of them had been able to arrive at it, or at least none who visit ed it bad returned. It struck M. Caille, therefore, thnt if he, poor, unaided nnd unknown ns lie was, could visit this city and carry home some account of if, his merit would he the greater. He. there fore, applied himself to tho study of Arable, and to making ennuirics of the government A- mode of living in tho interior of Africa. He learned that the zealous Mussulmans of that country, hold it to be their duty to convert all strangers who come n- mong them, and if they cannot do this, to take their jives. This piece of information was of great use in enabling him to preserve bis own. He quitted the coast, taking with him n smnll packet of merchandize, assumed the dress of the natives, conformed to their customs and professed the Mussulman leligion. He told them that lie was a native of Egypt, enn ied by the army of Ro- nanarte at an eBriv are to France, where the infi dels not only hindered him from following tiie Mussulman religion, hut hnd even made him forget his mother tongue. He added, that beine tuken bv his master, a rirh French merchant, to the const of Africa, he hnd found means to esenpe, nnd thnt fearful of failing again into the hands of infidels, he had adopted the plan of crossing the continent of Africa to regain his native country. Sometimes this story served Ids purpose, but at other times robheps deprived him of his little packet, which they however gave up on seeing him betake him self to the reading of the Koran. At length, encountering various difficulties and suffering much from illness, he had the unsnenkn- into between forty and fifty districts, each bleaglisfactloa of reaching’ Titubuctoq. Hekad J>OIOHSTIO. __ I'ROM TIIE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, DINNER TO MR. CLAY. Upon the brief notice given in tiie paperJ of this city, on Saturday morning, a numbcil of citizens, residents of tiers of Congress, nnd other' itemlilt-d at Barnard’s Hotel, I House) to take a friendly leave of Clay, late Secretary of Stnte, pvevi< s depnrtnro from the City, for hid residc»c«| Kentucky. '1 tie company assembled on this occasion! exceeded ull expectation. At a little altetl six, upwards of a hundred gentlemen eif down ton very abundant and iiandsornu et-| turtainnieiit, provided by Mr. Barnard; which General Walter Jones ncted us Prel lent, ami George Calvert, Esq. Col. R. C| Wcightinun, and Col. J. 1. Stull, as'Vitef I’residcnts. The Dinner being over, enlivened by ex-1 ceilenl wine, and eheqred iiy putriotic music J tho following Toustsjtlie only-prepared oneil were given from the Chair : 7’he ■ late Jldminxslration— Happy people who cun afford, out of tiie atiundmicsl of moral and intellectual resources, to poslT pone tho ministry of servants so pu magnanimous, so devoted and capnk these of u more cherished opinions o eminent or policy; mid fortunate as i if they have found others better endowed t prosper and adorn the Republic. 2. The jYew Administration—To the ( siitutioiml, impartial, ami wise sulcciioni national means, for national ends, the i dor and patriotism of all parties must accordl applause and support; unqualified by mi;| of tiie personal or political predilectionsct| sollisions agitated in the recent canvass f the choice of rulers. 3. Majorities Minorities— As they nmkt up the aggregate of the body politic, so mu tual injury or inveterate feud would l>» ki irrational among them, as among thedifiet ent members of the same natural hoilv; tin aliments proper to both, are knowledge, vir tue, und public spirit, which can no more lit monopolized by the power or the tyranny ol the many, than by the violence of tint few. 4. Stute Hiphts—and one of the luustprt- ions and indefeasible of those rights—Uni a; having neither its distinctive propertied amalgamated and confused bv tho too in tense and pervading action of Fetloral pow er, nor its principles of cohesion wenkeocl by the impatient ebullitions of its constitu ent parts. 5. Health, prosperity, nnd happiness, t® onr highly valued and esteemed giiestnnd fellow citizen, Henry Clay. Whutevet the future, destination of his life, he has don* enough for honor, and need desire no high er reward limn tins deep-seated affceiiot and respect of his friends and his country. This Toast having been received will] great applause nnd repented cheers i Aftet) the acclamation subsided — Mr. Clay nddress-.d the Company as foil lows; I In rising, Mr. President, to offer my re* peetfnl acknowledgments, for tho honorsoi which I tun here tiie object, I must ask the indulgence of yourself, nnd the other g«i- tler.nen now assembled, for an utiaifectcl embarrassment, which is more sensibly frh< than it can ho distinctly expressed. Thil .city has bedn the theatre of the greater por tion of iny public life.—You, and others whom I now see, have been spertn-orsof my pub lic course ami conduct.—You and they if I may borrow a technical expression Ron nil honorable profession, of which you and I are both members, jurors of tiie vicinage.- To a judgment rendered by those who hfivi thus long known me, and by others though not of tiie panel, who have possessed equal opportunities of forming correct opinione.l most cheerfully submit. If tho weight of human testimony should bo estimated hj the intelligence nnd respectability of th® witness und tho extent of his knowledge 0 ' the matter on which he testifies, the I consideration is due to tbnt which hns i»ee» this day spoiittine.ously given. I shall evff cherish it with the most grateful recoil* 0 ' lion, and look hack upon it with proud Mb* - faction. I should he glad to feel that I could, with piopriety, abstain from uuy ullutidn at time, und at this place, to public affair*- - ' But considering the occasion which ha* brought us together, the events which ha** preceded it, and tho influence which th*I may exert upon the destinies of our Conn- try, my silence might ho misinterpreted,an* I think it, therefore, proper that. I sltooM embrace this first public opportunity whW 1 I linve hnd of snyinU a few words, since l»* termination of the late memorable and *<*' bittered contest. It is far from my continue or revive the Rgitalintis with wbi* 11 that contest wns attended. It is ended- f° r good or for evil. The Nation wBUts^epoS*'