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3Ic**.r*. Tyler nsul tnliiiuii. Tff're is no longer any doubt of the complete politic i! identity of these persons, and scarcely anvot Mr. Calhoun's having become a oartizan of Air, Tyler for the Presidency, d -spairing of his own present prospects, and willing to post pone his pretensions until 1848 in the expecta tion that Tyler, Texas and Oregon will by that CONGRESSIONAL. Lite frirn Kuripe Bv the arrival at'New York of the packet ship Is the House of Representatives, on Wed nesday, the Speaker decided that the Western Harbor Bill was the order of business. The bill was before the House upon its pas- J-r”, s- . . - ,| Mr. Douglas of III. made an argument in de- lime have untied a party of sufficient strength ; ^ ofthe fc bH , aoJ in review of General Jack to elevate him to the Presidency. We need not , ... ’’ . , , i sou’s opinions upon the subject of Internal Im- a well on the signs which every where declare i ' m_ .u... i the formation of this new League. To an ex perienced observer they ate infallible that the coaluion lias been actually concluded, and that, as has already occurred in Virginia, ti e peculiar friends of Air. Calhoun, the “ Chivalry” are about to be transferred to the ranks of Mr. l yler. It i apparent that a desperate push will lie made ’ f Vi: 4 i >•( hilCKP'i 3UU SUS* | , . r*-A i- provements. Air. D. contended that General Jackson had no scruples about appropriations for Internal Improvement of navigable rivers. Air. D. went on to prove the constitutionality ol improving harbors and rivers, and to contend tiiat there was uo doubt upon the subject. Air. Rhett, by permission, denied this, and — j Si. Nicholas, from Havre, and the packet ship ed- 1 Cambridge, from Liverpool, we have Havre dates to the 1 sTh, aud Liverpool to the 17th ult. The death of the Duke of Angouleme is an nounced. He was born in 1775, and though eld est son of King Charles X, his death is an event of no political importance, as be abdicated in fa vor of bis nephew, the Duke of Bordeaux, soon after the expulsion of the elder branch of the Bourbons. The King of the Netherlands has just sent out a vessel with presents for the Emperor of Japan WnshlMCtoa’s Camp Chest. Curiana Bcsisnhn la Arabia. The Mat Conventions.—Our city The Lulled States—lexica—Texas. The affairs of Mexico and Texas are so inti- , mately connected at this time with our national following luteresting report ol what was „ „ . _ r concerns; that a degree of interest is attached to I and done in the House of Representatives on particulars, to the editor of the Newark Adver- the proceedings of the several ConventionsT*]! every thing supposed to have a bearing upon Thursday, in connection with the presentation tis^r : : held m this city in May next. We copy from the National Intelligencer the i The Right Rev. Bishop Doane, of New Jer- j wady beginning to receive strangere/fro' *** said sey, has communicated the following interesting t distance who design to remain and pa;rieipate ;* liie issue involved m the subject now under agi tation in regard to our two neighbouring Re publics. The return of Gen. Thompson from Mexico has beeu looked for with anxiety in some quarters, under the supposition that he will bring with him a concluded treaty arrangement with Mexico, by which her consent to the an nexation of Texas will be stipulated and assured. We find this idea sustained at some length in the New Orleans Bulletin, and with appearances of Washington's Camp Chest to Congress: Air. Adams rose and addtessed the House as follows: Dear Sir.—The following is an extract from i The Prize Banner, now at ?»Iessts. Cari s «. letter from my excellent correspondent, the i Schultz’s isan object of great attraction, and - Rev. Charles Forster, to whom the admirable cits high encomiums from all who see it. e* 1 ' In compliance with the desire expressed in the Bishop Jedd dedicates one of his books as hi? thousands of persons including citizensaodst m * st will o^ William Sidney Winder, a dis- ‘ daily companion and own familiar friend.’ He j gers of both sexes, have called to examin^ 11 :x -j iM i , . • - - ' ‘ ! since its completion. e 11 Preparations of various kinds are contenipl at .i m - nw avo nntt ir» uofmo nm. u painmave of the ; r. T-.I- . ' Haiti-: by tained by t i:,rl ice : Government i„ obtain for M more nomination in Alay uy sup; .ant. g ..J r. Van Buren, and that failing in this, a separate! Convention is to be called at Philadelphia to j give Mr. Tyler A Distinct and Indepen-I l ,l0V1D S dent Nomination ! Air. Giddings gave the proof of the first Con gress which had made appropriation for the improvement ol the Delaware river. Mr. Don kiss said all the Presidents had maintained the same tiling by signing and ap Bills- Air. D. said know whether the Charleston harbor appropri ations were constitutional in the view of the They consist principally of candelabras, and oth- , 0j - pIaUsih j| it y—a, t h 0 u» h it is to be borne in mind er articles in rronze and cirysta , mms.viortis j t j 1at tbe l^ u ]| et j n , s itself exceedingly desirous of annexation, and therefore liable to draw infer ences favourable to its wishes from circumstan ces capable of a far diffetein interpretation. M r e mav briefly recapitulate some of the most prominent facts and circumstances from which the impression is derived, that Gen. Thompson has negotiated with Mexico for her The friends of Mr. Van Buren must and do &l | em , n from South Carolina, see these approaching and ominous events with . - Mr> holmes stepped forward and said that the ns nun'll certainty as wedo, lor eveiv sign points J (^ljarlestoa appropriations were unconstitutional to them as inevitable ; but they have not yet i a | so . thought it judicious to express what they cannot, 1 Douglass said he was glad to have driven iof Austria, on occasion of disturbances in Italy but feel upon this new phase of iho contest- ( be gentleman from Charleston district to this renders it file more credible that !■ ranee is sin- They are speedily to find that all their caresses ! di , emma> But lhe sarne ^e | and instruments,of astronomy, ice. filling alto- geiher eighteen cases. Among the presents is ; the King’s portrait. i The mercantile markets have been firm the I nast week, and the deliveries for home cunsuinp- • tion have rather increased. i Frontier of Italy, March 2.—The Ambas- iie would like to ; sadors of England and France have given to the ! assent to the annexation of Texas to the United I Governments interested, assurances the most pos- St ates. j iijve, that energetic measures will be adopted to j The first fact dates as far back as August last, ! defeat any plots that may have been contrived, ei- ! when Mr Bocankgra, the Mexican Secretary her in Algeria and Corsica, or iu the Island of Mai- { for Foreign affairs, notified Gen. Thompson, our i i a , to bring about revolutions in Italy. The | Minister at Mexico, that the annexation of Tex- ! jealousy with which France views the intervent ou as to the United States would be regarded bv his last will of tiDguished citizen of the State ol Maryland, was the Bishop's Chaplain, and lias since been now no more, 1 rise to present to this House, his biographer. He is the author of • Mahome- and through this House to the Congress ol the danism Unveiled,’ one of the most ingenious and nimy are now in active progress sonie r* United Slates, the Camp Chest ol General and remarkable products of the age; and of a most the accomodation of the numerous guest/ r George Washington, which he used during profoundly learned critical work on the Epistle to pected, and others, to add to the interest of**" the Revolutionary war. j the Hebrews. He has just completed, (his in- • Piocession and increase the inducements to As my warrant for presenting myself to the vestigations on the subject began in 1829,) ‘ The the city. TheGeneralCommiti.ee of \ rr House in the performance of this service, I , Historical Geography of Arabia;’ a copy of ’ R.-~ -i— — 1 • " 2e - ments have determined on erectin'! a grand T r j. send to the Clerk’s^ table, and request liiin to which 1 hone to receive by the next steamer.— umphal Arch at the corner of Calvert and p . gentleman had inain- to have to encounter in them a foe in ore inexora- CMl 1)1 V opposed to Air. “ V. B.” if ®*<ible, th j tained at this very session that appropriations were constitutional for the Ohio and Alissis- tho Whigs themselves. Tb«r ranks will be j H olmesj re . asserted this now. and found more distracted than beiore, and tbe “ exlolia- j tbe S p ec j al power which he claimed under the .ion" about to take place will be permanent.- ; or(jm ^ ce 0 ' fng7 . Desperate before, Air. \ an Uuren s ch -.it es v J yj r> Douglas said the appropriations were no the subtraction of the “Chivalry will become | more constituf ioual for these rivers than for absolutely preposterous and contemptibl dent had pointed out a difference, and there was We : shall nut be surprised if fliis new demonstration | leads to some singular events in Virginia. To 'he. Whigs the approaching new rupture of the jarring elements of the “ Democracy” may bea matter of curiosity, but it is not of the smallest importance. To them it is a matter of j indifference who, or how many are entered against Air. Clay ! He is already elected in the hearts of the Peo ple, and the torms of the Constitution have only zealouslv> but as lie said because it was set to be complied with to transfer the reins ol Gov- : fimh as ' the wcakest po im of defence, eminent to him and that immense i:ia|orny ol , iMr ahett re p!ied and discussed tile powers the American peopfe known as t.ie lug party. | U1)(jer lhe Constitution, ile classified the old Republican and Democratic party as one, and Air. Calhoun, that we recollect to have heard paid to nnv public man, in these latter days. He asserts. “ that Mr. Calhoun can be in duced. in no event,'to assist in the election ol Mr. Van Buren"—that his views, character, and position, “ would be -grossly outraged by the suspicion of his aiding Air. \ an Buren ’— and that Air. Calhoun is a man of too much bon-; onible feeling to lend himself to the .Machiavel lian intrigues of the New York school of poli tics.” Will it be believed, by oar readers, that this sapient Washington correspondent ni the Couri er, in the very same letter that puts forth, in behalf of Air. Calhoun, these objurgations ol he N w York Alagician and his political school, brows his great idol, nolens voices, into the arms of one of the most consummate politi- j ca! turncoats, that our country, to say the least, ; lias ever produced? Only read, and see to what infamy, without authority, we have no doubt, he has consigned Air. Calhoun. He says—“I go still further, and with equal assur ance assert, that if Mi. Tyler should he a can didate for the Presidency, the poliiical sympa- | fliies of .Mr. Calhoun will be with his cause.” I Th poor office holder who depends upon his j «lailv ;i «v for his daily bread—and who has not mental independence enough to draw a hand 1 cart, rather than bead himself to-so servile a yoke —should meanly fawn upon the man who stands) in authori-fy over him. is not so much to be won- | dered at :—but that a man oi Air. Calhoun's lof- ' it-and exalted nutions of personal and political I honor—one who stands so far above all petunia-! rv or other sordid inducements—should conde- 1 scend to render any support to so contemptible an individual as John Tylei, is more than we: are willing to admit, and more than ne believe. 1 Air. Van Buren may be looked upon as a for- : voidable eneinv. Tyler is too far degraded, to he enti’led to any importance, cither or foe ba- Ti:AIagxktic Telegraph.— I was again in ill ■ room occupied <v Professor Morse, with h ; ec.tro-mngnetic battery applied to his lele- graph. The wires, too, extend to the village of Beksvilie, twelve miles from Washington — White 1 was there, he had a connection of the wites at live distance of eleven miles, so that the termini were on the same table, making the dis tance of twenty-two miles for the fluid to pass.— By applying the fluid at one end, the other caus ed a smsII hammer to strike a tmn'drr. The touches were simultaneous—that is to say, as you touched one end letting on the fluid, the oilier, at the same instant, struck lire glass, although the fluid had time to pass the whole distance of twentv-two miles. Bat this is nothing- The same effect would be produced did ibe wire ex tend round the gl.'fbe, in-mad of sound a post eleven miles distant. Air. Alorsesaid that in con- versi ;; with tin: superintendent at t lie other end. he sc.neti'ites forgot himself and was about to to him as though he were present, forget ting, that he was talking with a man eleven or twelve miles distant. It is estimated that the e- leetrica! fluid travels at the rate of 160.000 miles, or nearly eight times the circumference of the i globe, in a single second. Professor M. hopes! to have the wires extended iy> Baltimore by the J 1st of May. If so, we would receive the news] of the nomination here the instant it was made by I the convention in that city.— IVtidiingion Cor- I res. of the U. S. Gay. Locoroco Tactics.—The line and cry which the Locofocos always raise, after every e- fection where they hate been beaten, of *• Whig frauds” and “pipe laying,” are only made to hide their own rascality. This has been the case in ibe recent 'Connecticut electi >n. We learn from a Northern paper, that when they failed of bringing up fraudulent voles enough to carry their tickets in some of the towns in Con ned.cut, thev closed the polls whenever they as certained that they had the m«st votes in the box, at a given moment. At Middletown, for instance, at the special election, the I.ocofoco Board closed the ballot box at a quarter past ten in tbe morning, and declared their own Candi dates elected ! At that time there were at least forty Whig voters who were thus deprived of the privilege of exercising their right of suf frage. At-Colchester in that State, the Locofo- co Moderator or presiding officer elected the two ■representatives himself. There being a ' ie, he gravely gave the casting vote in favor ol his own candidates, though he had already voted ! Of course these representative* will lie sent home: and such, we should think, would be case with the Middletown members. that Gen. Jacksou was iri favor of iWerner provements—ergo, we must vote fori'lumi. Air. Douglass—* 1 can give you anetbev name,. John C- Calhoun.’ Air. Holmes— - 1 care neither for lhe opinion, ol John C. Calhoun nor Andrew Jackson i:i a question of this kind. 1 am called uyen to dis cuss a constitutional question, and ? would be ashamed to use the name ofany man, fo sustain, my own opinion of what was rigi:fc. v Air. Holmes continued in an urgent argununt. ot ;he question, whether there was power to umUe ap propriations lor works of Iutf run! improvement. He denied this, if there was to be any Milanese upon the Constitution. Air. Holmes further said, that when As came into thisCongress, with t>5 or 7(1 Democratic ma jority, lie expected to find a different? a rate ol things; but he found, ihat not one ofi&e great Democratic measures had been passe A up to this, the 17i!i of April. It was time for the gen tlemen of Ins party, to come out and sh.vav their hands. After z furthei discussion, the Previous Ques tion was moved and sustained. The question was, upon concurring hi the- amendment (or the improvements on theGliio River—increasing the appropriation from 3fly to- one hundred thousand dollars. The amend ment was-agreed to, 90 to £7. The next appropriation, was fur the Wabash,, bv including it with other rivers named -ti the- bill, for a common share of the benefits. Air. Hardin called for the yeas and xavs, which was ordered. The amendment wasMnst.. Tile House then adjourned. The Fork anb Potato.—Phasm is one ol the most amiable and accomodating creatures in the world ; but then there ie a limit to amiability itself, as a person found, the other day, who was one of Phasui’s nearest neighbors at the table of a public house in this city. The individual, for several days, had beeo so constantly in the habit troubling Pbasm, instead of (he waiters (or “ this, that and the other” article, that the latter began to feel ‘ wolfv,’ not only “ about the head and shoulders,” but all over, and was ready for al- ■nmst any kind of a “ flare-up” with'his Jbe. An opportunity was finally offered. ‘‘ I”il trouble yoii,” .-aid Ph s n’s tormentor, at the same time giving him his fork, “ to stick into that potatoe.” “ No trouble at all, sir,” said Pbasm, plung ing the fork into the potato, and there leaving it. “ I’ll troubleyou for my fork now, ifyou please.” “No trouble at all,” replied Phasm. pulling the fork out of the potato, and returning it! Phasm says that he has not been troubled—by that chap since —-Boston Transcript. The Washington correspondeut of the N-.Y- True Sun. says: “ The Hon. B. F. Butler has passed d?wn the river to Richmond, as Air. Van Burin’s, missionary agent for choking Ritchie off tile. Texas question. He will be too bite, Ritchie having once declared decidedly for annexation will maintain his position from pride ; besides his family is (though he is not) greatly interested in Texas lands, so that all conspire to aid, aud he has declared that he will sustain his position against all opposition. From Richmond Mix Butler goes to the Hermitage; he may have more success there. I know positively that a fortnight ago two let ters were addressed to Air- \ an Buren from highi political fricuds of his in this city, asking his sentiments with regard to Texas. To these he returned no answer, but wrote to Mr. Wright, desiring him to tell these gentlemen that he- would not answer private letters which were ad dressed to him in the hope ol.bringing him out; but that when the proper occasion should arrive, he would frankly and unreservedly make a public declaration of his sentiments. At a meeting of Mr. Clay’s friends two nights. icrse back, it was unanimously agreed to opperse an nexation. Air. Clay in private conversation lias- expressed the same intentions, which he will short ly make public. There is uo chance for the Treaty in the Senate.” These may be the facts, and may not be. A2 any rate, tt is best to prepare for the worst, and not be lulled into a false secutity by the report) of partisans who would fain hush this matter up, until after the Presidential election. cere in these promises. Austria has also taken measures adequate to the antcipated emergency. General Radetzki has received orders to lioid his army ready to march at the first signal. Several regiments cantoned in Syria have been incoporated into the reserve of the army of Italy. Soldiers on leave have re ceived orders to hold themselves ready to rejoin government as a just cause for a declaration of war. It must be confessed that this fact at first view does not seem very favourable to the theo ry. But we shall soon see how the aspect chan ges with the aid only of a little ingenious con struction. The Mexican Government, having declared that it. would consider the annexation of Texas a cause of war with the United States, would have read a few very brief documents. 1. Letter from John Wethered. 2. William Sidney Winder’s will. 3. His letter unsigned, with that of Mary S. Winder. 4. Henry Maynadier to Governor Winder. 5. Henry Alaynadier to W. S- Winder. At the last session of Congress it was m v for tune to offer a resolution of acceptance for the Sword of our uauon’s gieat heroic Revolutiona ry commandei and chief, presented, together with the Stall bequeathed to him by his compatriot Aleanwbile, I cannot deny myself tbe pleasure ol commending to your readers the verv euri- timore streets, and probably another at the , statement contained in the ; spirited citizens in Baltimore street also contem plate the e-ection of Arches at o'lier ons and iuterestin passage which follows, from a letter received by the Sheridan. It is not loo much to speak of it as one of the most wonderful discoveries of an ■ age, fruitful in strange results. Very faithfully, your friend, G. W. DOANE. Riverside, 18th April, 1844. A VOICE FROM TIIE PATRIARCHAL AGE. As your copy of ‘ The Historical Geogra- trance of the place ol roeetin 'ome of tbe L he first of Alay, the dav before tbe ; assern- . biins of the Convention of Ratification, the ty-Third Regiment of Infantry will parade U J,' the command of Col. J. G. Davies vv» !' r statesman aud friend, Benjamin Franklin, to the phy of Arabia’ will, I trust, soon float across the Congress, by Samuel T-Washington, of Kanaw* Atlantic, I should leave it to tell its ow n storv, was ha County, Virginia. This incident was proba- it not lor one result so beyond all human caicula- bly the inducement to the bite Mr. Winder to Lion, and therefore so likely to get abroad on the devolve upon me the welcome an fi honorable of- ! "” n 2S of common rumor, that I do not like it fice of presenting this additional relic 0 f t i ie [ should first reach you in a newspaper advertise- great champion of our country’s freedom and j , " enl ’ 01 lrom i 11 ' 1 -' btit my own pen. There- j,| nr v. " j 811 * 1 siHuHetJ to, is the recovery of the long-lost, Tiie donoronthat occasion was vet living, and. i '"1^. olll ' e famous llimyaritic tongue; and in it j learn that Col. D. h is invited Capt. Ri„-, [I0 j7 j commanding the well disciplined and highly j (icier.t corps of the United .States Flying Artiile 1 rv, to join the regimental parade. The mav. uvres of this well drilled corps will doubtless highly gratifying to the large number of oer sons from different parts of the Union who .v be present. none in point oi fact. His view ot the subject was that merely local objects were not consti tutional, but all that were tu any way National were constitutional. Gentlemen who took a j different view were those who were abandon ing the Democratic platform. He had not de- j parted, but others had. The Illinois River which Air. D. had an interest in, Air. 1). defended most their regiments. However, the outbreak of the i flM,nd "? di T ( * cul 7j n hol ?' n ? fi 1 rmlv 10 1 tion if the United States had chosen to dismiss of March, seems to have been deferred. | ail thoughts of annexation. This is evident Air. J. H. Livingston, attached to the Lega- a,,d ueeils "° demonstration, tion of the United States at Madrid, lias arrived ! ,h , e mU ? h:,n . d ’ ,( . the United States, •t Piris will despatches. j notwithstanding the intimation (rom AIcxico, Oxford, March 15. with the resolution accepting the donation, the !’* i ,,s - , ip , i <| ns. (peihaps the oldest monuments I he Whigs of Fell's Point are preparing beautiful model ship, which will be drawn in procession on a car fitted for the purpose. 7," »vi!l be a very appropriate compliment to M Clay, who has ever been regardful of tbe inter ests ol American Commerce. That Air. Calhoun should have stooped to become tbe Presidential partizan of John ^AI claimed political kindred with the gentleman will not surprise those who have looked search- i ^ h _ ((J precede j 1)jmi and was, therefore the inglv into his character, and have long ago is tbe more surprised at the difference betweeti covered its predominating feature to be, :,n ,n ' j t h ein . It was contended bv Mr. R. that tbe tense and burning ambition of the highest place ( g( . ntIeman w;is claiming .he most sweeping pow- to which, since Ins entrance into public Me, lie ; m ^ {he Cenf>ra| Government. If that" gen.- has invariably made every thing )em . j {jejnau was correct, then Congress could iivike \v e quote liom the iiobton AtiuN . : uti appropriation for anv imrbor in the couiunv. “ Coifiphnienl to Mr. Calhoun.—A u ashing- ton correspondent of the Boston Courier, hi that! t) aud there pa|)i-r ol yesterday, pays one ol the most marked , . ... J compliments to the sagacity and discretion ol should persist in thinking about annexation and , j should actually take steps in view of that object. I A sensation has been produced in the Umver-1 it is obvious that Mexico would find herself in a sity by letters received among the Tractnrians d| | einma —that is, she must either make good her from Rome, with information that Scott Mur-j threat and declare war, or acknowledge tha* she ray. Esq.. I>. A. of C hrist Chinch, has just j | K1I ] |, een vapouring and bragging in a verv blus- 1 conformed, in that capital, to the Romish faith.— lerin? sort c f wav—which would not "be an It is anticipated that the honorable gentleman, j agrPea5ie lhinK confess. who has sat m I arlinment lor Bucks since the j Now comes (he inference from fact the first, commencement of the present i an.ament, will j in connection with the dilemma in which Mexi- forthwiih vacate Ins seat for that county. j co (l(Iln(1 herself placed when it appeared that 1 his conversion is stated in .he L mversity to j (he United States did not give up th he tiie 18th lrom among Air. Newman’s disci ples which has taken place since the year 1841. . Other conversions are spoken of. Air. Douglass interrupted Air. R. very fre- was considerable spurring between the two members as to the powers of the General Government under the ConstHtitiott. Air. Rhett grew warm in manner, and declared that he had no respect for the understandings of gentlemen who maintained the distinct ions- set forth. It was clear to the common sense ul ev ery man that if you could make appropriations, for one of these objects you could k>r mother. He did not regard the money, but ee-nteixied for the principle which, ii carried cut, would be destructive of the best interests of tbe Govern ment. Air. Rheit spoke earnestly, and in con clusion of his argument denounced in hurried and unmeasured terms the siipjMoit ol works of internal improvement by the genera! govern ment. Air. Holmes of S. C. was awanfed tbe floor. Mr. Tibbats of Kv. desired to put a question to. ?dr- Rhett- “ Did that gentleman, v.rean to ap ply his remarks to the Ohio and Alissssssippi Rivers ?” Mr. Rhett—“ Why do you ask T* The answer was not heard. Air. Rhett respond ded. “What l have said 1 have said, and 1 shall take nothing back.” Air. Douglass now desired to put .> quest ion.— *• Did not the gentleman from Sk. G. vote Im - the improvement of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers ?” Air. Rhett—“ Never.” Mr. Douglass continued. “Nor for the Charleston harbor?” Mr. Rhett. “ Never in my life, nor for any work of Internal Improvement in sny State or elsewhere !” Air. Rhett now took Ids seat, and Air. Holmes jumped into the argument at ones, beginning will) the declaration that he was not t-o be driven- into the support of any Internal Improvements by the arguments of ibe gentlemai- from Illi nois. The gentleman should not (Wee ibfn ;r< improve these rivers by the light of a loco foco ft l " i match. Ail the argument he had® heard was- fnend .... , , l According to letters from Saint Petersburg of the 23J ult., the Emperor Nicholas lias issued i an ukase encouraging the Jews to give them selves tip to agriculture, and recommending the ! land-owners to employ the Jews in tillage. Ev- . ery Israelite farmer is to be exempt from the con 1 scription for ten years, and for fifty years from j all tax on the land which he may own and culti- ^ j vnte himself with the assistance ol men of his i 1 own religion. Every person who shall take into i ! his service two hundred Jews is to obtain the rank 1 idea of an nexation. Wat was not to be thought ol ; and it would not do for Alexieo to remain inactive while annexation might take place in the face of her recent threat. Negotiation then was the only resource by meansof which Mexico might hope to make fair terms by acknowledging the independence of Texas, or by ceding her claim on that country for a consideration which might save the national honor from imputation. These preliminary facts and inferences being thus disposed of, we go on to another series.of circumstances and events. Negotiations were begun between Mexico and Texas thtongh the intervention of the Brit- Hotise thought proper to subjoin a unaniirnous l', 1 tllR "? r V'^ con,ain ' n 2 a full confession of the vote of thanks to the donor for the gift. Patriarchal faith, and an anticipated Gospel.— In this case the donor is no longer in the land I , ,ese ' vonderi,d ®' ema ' ns of Arabian antiquity of the living. He is beyond the reach of praise ! f° '' ‘ ,er '° . '^ e n ’ 0, 'H' t° reach w hich, or blame from his fellow-creatures of the human i tl<; ' r; !eiu,i! evidences oblige us to ascend 3.- race. 11 is heart can beat no more in sympathy | ^, ears ’ or u,,i J * n years of the flood, with those to whom the love of their country is, j r 01 1 ‘ ir . e recor ' 3 01 '* ie * ost tr ’be ot Ad, the lrom the cradle to the grave, the never-ceasing i I,nm , lat 5 ‘ escend ints ol Shem and Noah ; a impulse of the soul. But that it was so to him" ' le ? |,le »'. Arabia who perished utterly; not on- this bequest, the very last act of his life—this V '? n " 1>rl ,°, r to al1 P rofane hlslor - v - hut be <"*» e { h e letter, dictated bv him on his dving bed. and bis ! ? ook ? °‘ Moses were written. The unknown signature of which was suspended bv the angel | '"f'lpuons were published in Wellsted’s Tra- of death wresting the pen from his hand, are i v e>sm Arabia, whodiscoveredthcm on the coast testimonials of which all comment of mine ® a ramant, in . opies were forthwith could but weaken the force. j ,r; *“ ed 10 Germany, to Professors Gesen.us The thanks of this House are no longer ac- | a>H R«>diger, who, ,t appears,' have been at work ressible to his ears; but to his bereaved and re- j 1 em ,0 . r y® ars ’ 11 turns out, without decy- . , r * .• r pbertnsi a single word, specter! himilv, a resolution of Congress, attest- 1 rn , • , ing the grateful sense with which they received teirexistence n^t ecame known to me last i*i . i • , summer, when mv publisher sent down W ell- fhis bequest, mav carry sooihm? consolation to L* n l i , - , . . . ; cn i • i j * i tit • ! steu s book, on the chance oi its contuinin^ ma- their bosoms, and, we mav humbly hope, mv I. , u»iiwuhh s um even to him in fhe mansions of a better world. I er,a s ( ’ r ,n y wor - f t| r examining the mi- In the presentation of the sword of George ! h n0W “ c , ha,acte . rs clo f el J’ r . haJ ' ald , ie ,nscri l’- FROM THE TEXAS CONOCES?. To the Members of Congress in the United Stag icho are friendly to Ttxas. ‘ Washington, Texas, Jan. 2, 1844. The undersigned, members of the Congress of the Republic of Texas, have leirned Vi'' great concern and regret, that a inns, erronent impression lias obtained, and prevails generally among the members of Congress and the pei] pie of tbe Uuited States, in regard to the feel- iags and opinions of the people of this Repuh. lie, upon the subject of the poliiical annexafio ol Texas to the United States. And appre hending that this impression if not contradicted, may possibly have much of influence in modi fying, or preventing altogether, any action of your present Congress on this subject, the nn- | dersigned deem it not improper to assure you. j as they hereby do, and authorize you to mate : [ h e declaration, that at least nine tenths of thei- constituents, and, as they believe, of 'lie entire people of Texas, would most cheerfully be *i|. Washington to the last Congress, a profound | J‘ onsas ' ,de * a* altogetherundeeypherable, atleast j ling that our goverenmenl should embraceam and sublime lesson of national and individual l J_ ed _. ro ^ ,d f ,lce ’, m a wa ^ | overtures from the government of the United most unlooked-for, to put the key into inv hands. of noble for life ; and every person who employs ! ish .Minister resident at the Mexican capital.— ! more than 200 Jews is to be invested with heredi-1 An armistice was agreed upon, which, if not ] tary nobility and all the privileges attached to it. j followed up by a treaty of peace, is to terminate Parts March 13 i on lke t ' ,e ^ irst °* Alay. Why so short an in- , ’ ' ’* \ terval? The commissioners will hardly have rime l he AImister of Justice has addressed a eiren- mornlity, associated with pure and loftv patriot- , , . . . , i* ' i.i* ^ c loiina if, without ;i dream o! looking for it. m istn, was conveyed to his countrymen of this and i V1 . .r . . 7 . r ‘ ! of all after ages. It will be recollected in he- > Ionum ^ ta Ve tust.v.a Arab®’of A H. j queathing his swords to his nephews, the Chris- C 1U , e " S ' ‘ * le . Irst 5 ance > I thought I de- .-1 ij • • j .i tecteu, ui one of these monuments, an Arabic i tian hero had enjoined upon them never to nn- j sheath them for the purpose of shedding blond, i except for self-defence, or in defence of their ter of Justice has addressed a circu-1 , 0 relura to their respective governments before lar letter to the I relects of the Departments, in j ||)e armisl i ce will be at an end. Can such an ar- | wh,ch ' a,ter ° t bse ' v "‘g ,!lat ,l)ere are ,nanv r.iogeinent be accounted for. says the Bulletin, ices in which the Protestants not being sufficient-1 „„ anv other ground than that of negotiation I v numerous for toe government to allow a salary j Wltl , the United .States being so far advanced as ; to a pastor, they sometimes subscribe together [() ren( ] er a longer period unnecessary ?” | to appoint a pastor, in order that they may per- Another class oi facts : About the month of ■ form religious worship in the tegular way, he I December Inst, Gen Thompson had announced i recommends that in all cases full protection shall | hl , ilit e„iion of returning to the United States, be extended to them whilst in the quiet exercise .. v s!oop 0 f war was dispatched to Vera Cruz, ; of a rl ^ llt respected by the principle of religious; , 0 convPV ] )!m to Pensacola. This vessel was toleration. The Minister's circular has been detained'-U Vera Cruz about a month, every . rendered necessary by some attempts to throw m;1 j| bringing assurance of his being on the : obstacles in the way ol the public worship.— pomt of departure. Suddenly, it was annonne- I He desires that the principle of religious liberty j ed that General Thompson could not leave Alex- | muv be ;it ail times acted upon with great liber-j j (:o< —that he would be detained about two i allt y- | months longer. The sloop of war left Vera Spain. Cruz without him. It is not pretended that i The Madrid Journals of the 7th contain no | General Thompson remained in .Mexico on his ■■ news, unless we mav consider as version ot the longest of Air. Weilsted's inscrip tions; and of this gcod guess l relinquished not my grasp, until conjecture had been converted into demonstrative proof The results are the recovery of the Hamyaritic alphabet and lan guage; and. with these, of such a testimony to re vealed reiigiou as Job desired, xix. 23-27.* How . a - ,. . c r , .wonderful the ways ol Providence! But for ments now offered to the acceptance of Congress. ! i. > - , - , ' , rri* i*i • ■ r j . i ociiulten s incidental publictuioii of two short The sword is tbe instrument of destruction.— ,* A „ . - . ., _ , , j States, having for their object the political j nexation of Texas on ,i footing in all respects equal with the other States of the Union. I Signed by all the members of both Houses I ol the Texan Congress present, with but one ! exceptiou. j country and its rights ; and. in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed and fall with them in their j hands rather than relinquish them, j The use and vn ation of the sword is to shed ! blond. Far different is the use of the imnle- These are implements useful or necessary to I t i , . , . , i. -r — ...vuuiy. v»g supply the wants of physical nature and for the I u * I orary wi i . acoo aud Joseph, might i have had equivocation, doubling, dodging enmidt 1 * . ... 1 .r- . ■ hflve remained a mvktprv rn rliA Pnd »;r»o * r n.«, —u.« : .. ^ o Arabic poems, these evidencesof revealed truth. | The Richmond Enquirer grows testv. It ac . I companies the proceedings' of the House oi ! Representatives on Wednesday (when the House j • changed frolbt’ liaifa dozen times on tbe tarii 1 question) with the subjoined snarling comment: j “ In the name of justice, and of principle, we call upon the Republicans to act like men. .and take up the tariff bill on Monday. We ft, ir m, , i have remained a mvstery to the end ot time — preservation of human life. These are also use- , i , .- . , , , r .1 , — , Knowing whence alone it cornes, I fee honored, ful for dispensing to others tlie good offices of ; , , , , , . ’ “ 1 humanity, the convivial pleasures of friendship, i* n ? ’ n< li . 1 ', n ! e ’ }’ my own succoss-: to and the sacred rites of hospitality. To all these ! \Z 8U «eeded w here the first ,i , orientalists in Europe have entire v fat e l brings purposes, that identical chest and its contents ' , . . 1 \ v ‘"V ’ “ 1 ' rn ,n a ower sense, the savine- of St. j have contributed in times that tried the souls of j men and women too. I send to the clerk a let- j ter, which I request him to read with a voice ! that a'! may hear, j The Clerk read as follows : j West Point, August 1C, 1779. j Dear Doctor: I have asked Mrs. Cochran and Airs. Livingston to dine with me to-morrow j but ought I not to apprise them of their fare ? to mind, in Paul, 1. Corinthians. L 26. For details and vouchers, you will await the arrival of your co py ou the Delaware.” j ment by the Castellano, that the ■ eminent intends to send an expedition of 42,000 ! negotiation of importance was evidently on foot. | men, under, the command of General Prim,; What negotiation of sufficient importance to in- , against tiie Emperor of Alorocco, in order to dtice him to send away the sloop of wat, could ; avenge the murder of a Spanish agent, which is said to have been perpetrated by his orders. Tiie Barcelona journals in the interests of the Government speak with great enthnsinm of the reception of Queen Christina in that city. The Verd in of the 5th. which is printed on lilac col ored paper, in honor of the Queen, whom it : styles “die great Queen, the magnanimousPrin- j cess, the accomplished lady, the mother of the Spanish nation,” publishes a set of congratula tory verses, headed bv an engraving representing the triumphal entry of the Queen, escorted by ’ id with tiie demon of anarchy at her! angels, and , China.—The ship Natchez, at New York in ; the short run of 95 days from Canton, brings ad vices to the 1 1th January. The Natchez sailed from N'mv York for Valparaiso Juue 24th, and j has been round the world in 9 months and 26 ‘days—one month and eight days of which she was detained on the coast ol South America. An opium clipper at Canton from Bombay re- 1 ports that our Ambassador, Hon. Caleb Cushing, j had ariivcd there, and taken passage in the j Brandywine for Canton. Of course he was daily ! excepted there. j A better feeling seems to be prevailing in China generally towards the Europeans and the , Americans. The opium trade is carried on with renewed ; difficulties—the sellers being much afraid to purchase more than sufficient to support the im- ; mediate wants. Letters from Amoy, dated December 5th, speak of sickness prevailing to a dreadful extent at Kolongso, where a British garrison is station ed. During last month theie had been 486 cases I admitted into the Hospital, though the strength i of the garrison amounted only lo 476. j Advices from Chusan are to Dec 19. H. M. . steamer Driver arrived there on the 16th, and Air. detain him, other than the cession of the claim on Texas and her annexation to the United States ? All oth°i differences between Mexico and the United States had been satisfactorily an auged.” But there are still other facts : On the 9th of March, something over a month ago, Gen. Thompson having concluded the affair, whatev er it was which had detained him, left Mexico and proceeded on his way home. On that day lie addressed a letter to Air. Boeancgra in which he says : I •• Although on my arrival ibe relations between our j | “two rounlrifs were in the roo-t delicate situation, and 1 j “wiihan exlraoidimiry accumulation ofimportant and . j “embarrassing questions since, it is to me a source of ' l ‘co.igraiolalion that (lie bonds of friendship between ! ".’he two countries have been strengthened instead of I j “weakened. Tfo* archives of this legation will hear 1 “witness, that, with the exception of the prohibitory i n ders «>f August and September last, orders which : “ lu not refer alone t. my countrymen, but also to al! I '‘countries, that I have not made a single official de- I ‘ mand. or even a simple request which was not granl- : “ed. For tiiis 1 do not claim any merit, other rhaii to ! “nave been guided in my official conduct by the great j “maxim of mv country in its relations with other now- • ers. viz : to ask limbing bat what is right, and to sub- | “mit to nothing w rong.” Upon the supposition that a negotiation was concluded relative to Texas, the main subject of difficulty between the United States and Alex ieo, it will be easy to understand the important ! significance of Gen. Thompson’s declaration licit “the bonds of friendship between the two ; countries have been strengthened instead of weak- 1 tnedd’ The time, moreover, was favorable for | such a negotiation—upon the hypothesis still ■ that the negotiation has been concluded. The diplomatic relations between Alexieo and Great Britain were suspended, and apprehensions were entertained of a rupture. Alexieo would natu- ! raliv seek to strengthen instead of weaken “ the Ttie Enquirer and Tcia«. The Editor of the Enquirer, after asserting that the annexation of Texas was not a Party question, and should nor be made one, in his pa per of yesterday, strives with all his might, to ins in that shape.— to premise tiiat mv table is large I . Tt i nn ti r cour j’ e °f tbs i i ii.i i j ,-.i .i , , Editor. It is on the contrary, that, of a 1 others, enough to hold the ladies, ol this thev had ocu- i - . ,-V , . ' , s r . i r r , • -. ,, we should judge him mo«t likelv to pursue. In lar prool yesterday, lo say how n is usually ' . c .. . y- * covered is rather more essential, and this shall ^ p”. N,- rce * art,n an "fen upon he the purport of my letter. I the Pcop,e - of ,h ' S COUnlr - V ’ 10 °PI’°smon to their I lie public patience is becoming exhausted— ; The public confidence nearly gone. We call ! !, poo them to do their duty without further de- 11 3 }'-” j Jt is true enough that the people are out of r al! patience with the Locofoco House of Rep resentatives. But it can hardly be said that they have lost their “ confidence” in that body.— j Fhey never had any. They expected nothin: lrom the present House, and they have not been disappointed.—Albany Evening Journal. •*' ™ ntaln no| i m.mpsm .eommeu m mcxico on ms As , h «e deception, even where the imagination j ,resen t iiii his Ante TVI such a state-i private affairs. Couriers between him and his 1 otJ ] y j s concerned I will present it to his Ante-Diluvian Spanish Gov- j Government were passing and repassing. Some j h js ueL . e j| ess m premise that mv table is large ! T-f' al . ,,,rpr “ cd at e i • ,i ■ j , ,known wishes, he would make a party question Since our arrival in this happy spot, we have I <■ _ .. * 7 1“ had i / . of any, or every thing, a ham (sometimes a shoulder) ol bacon, to \ He te||s „ s< M[ c , ay musl sp?ak out> &c _ Now, Air. Clay has never been in the habit of disguising his sentiments, and has never found it necessary to “define his position.” But if any thing could make him vary from the con duct ol a whole life, it would be the intimation of this editor, that he must speak, &c. Who is ace tiie head of the table, a piece of roa.Jfcjeef i i adorns the foot, and a small dish of greens or 3 beans (almost imperceptible) decorates the een- • tre. When the cook has a mind to cut a figure, j (and this, l presume’, he will attempt to do to- I morrow,) we have two beefsteak pies, or dishes j of crabs in addition, one on each side the een- ' i , ,i , i „ i , 1 he, that he dare use the word must in speaking tre dish, dividiug the space and reducing the dis- j 0 f Henry Cl r lance betweeu dish and dish, to about six feet, : . i . which, without them, would be near twelve apart, j r i • , * , f e ? P arf y question, so fo as flfbte, he had the surprising luck to discover * ^ '"‘^t of Martin ,s concerned; but .f Air. pies will make pies, and it’s a question if. , mugl be made one Of that amid one of apples, instead of having both of beef. If tlie ladies can put up with such entertain ment, and will submit to partake nfit on plates, once tin, but now iron, (not become so by a la bor of scouring,) I shall be happy to see them. 1 am, dear Doctor, your most obedient servant, G. WASHINGTON. Dr. Cochran, New Windsor. Air. Adams then submitted the following re solutions : Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of tke United States of America in Con gress assembled. That the camp chest of Gener- Clay’s popularity can be injured by it, then it i • t r i ■ rr 1 must be made one. Truly, this is a noble, and the violence of ins efforts, we do not get !*, ■ , , , . , , f 1 ’ a1, , an equitable mle—which only works one wav What are Van Buren's sentiments ? Does the editor know, and if he does, will he let the pub lic know ? Does he mean to insinuate, that Air. Van Buren is in favor of annexation? If so, why did his friends in the Senate of New York, on motion of Air. Strong, his leader, lay a proposition to annex, on the table, 17 to 6 ? — Will he be kind enough to tell us ? Tiiis is the most momentous question that has presented itself to the public consideration, since the Declaration ol Independence! If there ever was one, which should drown the | voice of party entirely, it is this. Yet what j use does this Editor propose to make of it ? ! Why ! \l ith him, it presents only a convenient k Congress of ffie ' United“Sui^s,'^7Vnd' ifoe °PP°q« nil Y P“'“"g a T'est.on to Mr. Clay. Same is herebv accepted, and that the samelbe j° r ^r that be may extract an answer likely to ■ deposited as a precious relic to be preserved \ I ^ '^ ll ^ I rCS ''? en ^-i U' 0 T !C!S ! I the Department of State. A Resolved, That the Senate and House of Re- . presematives, take great pleasure in recognizing to the family of the late William Sidney Win der, their high sense of the value of the he al George Washington, which he used during the Revolutionary war, bequeathed by the fost t will of the late William Sidney Winder to the What a profound Statesman ! L \ iews!—Rich. Whig. What enlarged , bunds of friendship” between herself and the Thorn had proceeded to Niugpo on tiie day fol- j United Stales. No British Minister was then lowing. ! residing in Alexieo ; no hostile foreign influence The port of Ningpo was to be opened to for- ; ( . 01I |j operate to embarrass or defeat the nego- eign trade Jan. 1. A hospital has been opened there, in a house freely granted by a native mer- | ‘ are lhe probabilities and inferences go- chant. It is lavourabfy regarded by the people, j jn? , 0 prove t h;,i a treaty has been made be- and large numbers are availing themselves of its nvpen ti)e United States and Mexico transferring benefits. ; t] )P interest of the latter in Texas and assenting to its annexation to the United States. The i rn , ., r, . .... . . . I disclosures attendant upon the arrival of Gen. ! The old Saxon dialect is st,I! spoken m pa.ts Thom will determine .he matter. Un.il Of Germany: not, however, in the present king- „' e|lt we |11J1V rest sal i s fi e d that it is quite dom of Saxony, but ... the circle of Lower Saxo- ib|ft m>go!i :„ jon 0 f the kind has been con ( „y. in the „orthwe«M Germany, where was the J. 1|lde j_ ai|(j qiJlte possi! ,|e also that nothing o. the sort has taken place. From the Newark Sentinel. -The following is the original seat of the Anglo-Saxon race. Wolke. from whom I learn this fact, being himself a Low Saxon, (or Sasscn.) gives the preference to that . dialect, in point of euphony and distinctness of A Mayor s ..peech.- sounds, over the Hack D ulsch, or High Dutch, maiden Speech o! James Harper, the newly e- which is the present courtly and literary language h’eted Mayor ol New York. It was delivered in Germany. According to Wolke, the' Low at a P' l! >hc meeting the n.gnt after the election. Saxon, with its kindred dialects, (spoken in | “ Air. Chairman and Gentlemen—I am here Westphalia and the Hanoverian States,) is the ! among you as a workingman. (Cheers.) I quest contained in his will, and in expressing their respect for the memory of the donor. The resolutions having been read a first and second time, and having been put on their their reading— Mr. Wethered said: In seconding the resolu tions just offered bv my venerable friend from Massachusetts, I take occasion to say, that the devisor of this deeply interesting relie, William Sidney my intimate all win of relatives. He has, with honor to himself and his constituents, represented the State of Mary land in her Legislature. This camp chest was inherited from his fa- Anecdote of Henry Clay.—The writer of this, i who in 1806 was an apprentice to the bricklay ing business, was engaged in building Mr. Clay's house at Ashland ; and while most mechanics, in those days, were, by the wealthy and purse- proud, treated but little better than servants—I shall never forget his respectful and kind treat ment towards his workmen, whom he seemed to consider as equals and fared as members of his own family. I remember that one dav an old revolutions- l Vi I <111 o ull k/i y iuitiLoiiii' i viit.« iiiitaiii i j* i | , , ,tt , r, ♦ i rv soldier, who was a stranger there, had got .mate friend ; respected and esteemed by ! dr,1 , nk ’. and fel ' d ^' n bel " re Ua - V s f a!e ' wi ‘"« . knew him, and endeared to a large circle I he \ la * a P erfectl - V sfi[lseIess state ’ l,ke a brlIIe ’ ... ... ...... , .inn as mere was a storm comma m» nnp and as there was a storm coining up some one J mentioned the fact to Mr- Clay. He immedi- i atelv went to the old man, and with his tnvn hands dragged him into his house, had him washed and cleaned and put to bed. The next mother tongue of about one-third of the popula tion of Germany. Though it is now hardly re cognized as a written language, yet, says Wolke, it was the written language of a great part of Ger many in the fifteenth century, and the Low Saxons, even before the time of Luther, (in never in the course of my life expected to lie ii the position I now stand before you. You hav, heard the argument, and have rendered yout verdict. We are your servants and the servant i of the people. (Cheers.) [Turning to the alder iher. Governor Winder, a cotempnrary and fel- f low officer of the Father o! his Country in our Revolutionary struggle, and the descendant of a family which emigrated to this country two centuries ago, and which has ever held in this land ol their choice the most respectable standing. J It was presented to Governor Winder, by Col-| ., . .... , i 1 f !■ i • • a- 1 could not but teei nn everlasting gratitude 10- I: T M r ad, : r ’ 0f A L nnar ' 0!lS ’ uTr aU ,h ; " ard him ' aild a " who had purchased. .. „ of the Revolution, w ho received it horn the ex- at sodeara ra!ei t j, e liheit les which we all eniov • Whig gives the particulars ol an amusing scer* of General Washington. I .u_. u ... ,. . • ier '/ I .' k : , enaefd in th «c viciniiv a few days since. »• morning duridg breakfast, Mr. Clay addressed the old man in the most affectionate and touch ing manner—telling h ink that such was the re verence he felt for all those who had fought for our liberties, that he could not bear to see them i lessen that respect by getting drunk ; that he pursue. Dinners are usually Strippingfora Race•.—The ViMshnrg (M - , r, ,, r . , - . .. ... , 1 that he would not object lo an old soldier - , I, was Governor Winder, who, on the 4. day | a|j occasion;l| dra J m . but Ue begged him for | Whitney, the oratorical lecturer, walked c* , of J uly, ldo, laid the corner-stone ol tnat eau-j hjs QWn gak arjd f 0 , llie k ,, j , ; about a mde from town to bad e in asprir.gbrarr . ufu! mouument erected to the memory ol . . , ,. . , - - i Washington, in the city of Baltimore/and , ^; on 3Ur h t J crl ‘«»- never to S et drunk again. % men and the gentlemen on the platform, Mr. H. J 1 which constitutes its chief ornament. ; He ,hen f f Ve . the f old ^ ansome mone - v ‘ and sent 1480.) possessed the Bible in their own dialect. I said in a stage whisper, that s first rate.” Thin j I can add, from my own knowledge, that for | '"I 1 . 10I !V, ^, 1IS . r en / , . , , , The poets of Swabia and the theologians of Up- : caused a tremenduous burst of laughter and re- several years, it had been the purpose of the late ! 1 Ir ' A.; 3 s A' ln I )ath - v an(1 kindness lor t ie • " Winder to consign this relic to the care of i erro ™ °f «ld Revolutionary soldier, v.ll but such was his attachment to it , j never be forgotten by an oMBricslayel per Saxonv. gave to (he more copious, expres- ; pcated cheers.] I am here to recognise you »■ sive, and ornamented dialect of Upper Germany, working men, and, if I may be allowed to address that precedence which the English has acquired you as a man and at a meeting in Boston—vot over the Scoxch. i all know that there is such a place as Boston— From a number of specimens of the present \ (A voice ‘ yes, Down East.’ Roars of laughter.) Low Saxon, (Snssioch) dialect given by Wolke, Yes, that’s if exactly,—down East.’ Well, he I select the following to show how near this dia- i was there, in a position a little different from ours iect still is to the Saxon part of our language. I —trying to talk hitnseli into an office. (Laugh* Mr. , Congress, | that the hour of parting with it, never arrived ; ' and it is, unhappily, to the hand of death, that we are indebted for it now. Mr- John P. Kennedy followed in some re marks, (the report of which, if prepared, has tin 'll iuese Bible.—The Protestant Missionaries, of different denominations, have united in an ef fort to bring out as perfect a translation of the Bible into the Chinese language, as their com- fjjncd knowledge of the tongue will admit. [JV Y. Express. A Recommendation.—The following is a re commendation lately written for himself, by u Schoolmaster of Ohio, and signed by his neigh bor : Fairfield County—State of Ohio.—We the undersigners of the Said County and Slate do Say with a fact that we are acquainted with Geo. C- Beery and know him to bea Alan of Good Moralists, in Short his principles or ac tions in our opinion are unBlemUhed and plausi ble, as to Orator he isonequalled in our Coiin- trv, heiis also an orthodox and orthoepy. Neither is"lie a stranger to Ethicks physiognomy philus- phv and physiology. He is of a good family and Born aud Brought up ir. Old Fairfield County Ohio. He is one of the many Sons of old Fair- field one? to Boast of as Hur native Sons. j Though it is fourteen hundred years since our ! ter.) He was a candidate lor office, and was - ] ancestors left old Saxony, under (lie leading of j calling on the people to elect him. His senten- j Hengist and Horsa, yet the language of the de- een began to fail, his language was loose, anc scendanls of those who staid at home differs less his ideas were lame.—The audience saw he was from ours (in many words at least) than it does embarrassed, and a small chap, about the size ot from the language of the Teutonic tribes, in that yonder (poin's to a lad who was endeavoring whose immediate neighborhood, and constantly j to hold himself up by the gas branch.) cried out mingling with whom in war. politics, commerce, i ‘ I say, mister, you've stuck!’ (Tremeiidoui and social relations, they have continued for a , cheers and shouts, which continued for several thousand years past: minutes, amid which Mr. Harper jumped ofl De aven (oven or stove) is warm. De sne tiie table observing, “ And so am 1 !” (snow) is cold. De gos (goose) ns wit, (white.) — i)e doer is'wild. He lopt, (leapeth. lunneth. A Long Lease.—Eight acres inthetownot German, laufr.) Dur uii teder wiv, (dear and Portland, was leased oue hundred and five year tender wife. German, theures und zariliches ago, for ninety-niue years. The heirs are hunt weib.) Dat papir is wit. Piper pip up! Dal, daler, (dale, dollar. German, thal, thaler,) <fcc. iVc. J. R. B. ing u» the documents to prove property, th lease having expired, and the ground occupie. by valuable buildings. [Cincinnati Atlas. Hints to Writers in Periodicals.—Aluch time, words, ink, and paper are wasted on introduc tions. Periodical writers should be brief and accountably failed to reach this office,) which ! crisp, dashing into the subject .it tiie urst sen he concluded by offering the subjoined resolu tion : Resolved, That the letters and papers ac companying the bequest of the camp-chest of Washington by the late Wm. Sidney Winder, of Maryland, be entered upon the Journal of this house. The vote being taken on each of these resolu- tence. Sink rhetoric. Nobody cares how you came to think of youi subject, or why you wrote upon it; of course the Exordium is unnecessary. Commence with your leading thought and avoid irrevelant degressions. You may be less scholastic, but you may be more original, and ten times more amusing. Take it for granted, that your article at the first is fourfifihs too long. lutions, they were adopted unanimously, with : 11 d<)WQ requites resolution ; but you the exception of Air. HaU. of New Hampshire, i experience as well as improve your article, who. in each case, voted “ No !” | J exc.ston Tbe House then adjourned. For the inode of doing it, begin by crossing out all explanatory sentences. Leave nothing but simple propositions. Young The Senate of the State of Louisiana, sitting \ writers always explain a thing to death. Never High Court of Impeachment, have found } commence an article till you know what it is to Judge Elliott guilty of issuing faodulent na- j be about. Some writers have an incontinence turafization papers, and have removed him from J of words, and will dilute you an idea to twenty office. pages.—American Journal. he stripped off his clothes, laid them caret . on the bank and wpnt in to the water. 1° J few moments he discovered a fellow tal - charge of his clothes, and immediately jump' out in pursuit of him ; here a long chase ot * bout a half a mile ensued, but wisely the -M finding his naked pursuer gaining upon Uq took to the briars as a safe refuge, and thus p 5- U an end to the chase. Air. W. wended his way towards town, ha>i-- J no clothing, save his shoes. He approach** 1 house to tell his sad story, when some ladies ing his condition, opened upon him a voile' fire-brands, which soon put him to fight- B - ] pilv he found a pair of inexpressible haui*^ upon a fence, of which he took forcible pos? e sioo. and thus relieved from bis sadpredicame-'' he told his adventure and procured a serraG come to town for his clothes. The worst P jr !, of the stcry is the fact that lhe professor $300 in his pockets, with which the daung ^' I got successfully off. Emigration continues to flow westward!? B> unabated current. A steamboat left Louis'"' for St. Louis about ten days since, with l<n* r ^ dred and eighty-six emigrants and their - , gage, dec. . jf I The St. Louis papers stale that thousanc^ emigrants are pouring itm> Missouri every »- I,ester from 5Sr«. Jt’Lran. \\ e notice in the April number of the Jonr- - nal of the American i’emperanee Union aa able address ol the lamented Secretary Gilmer, nn the importance of temperance to the young men ol America, delivered at (lie Congressional [nett ing two yeans ago ; a timely article, which would make a good tract for distribution. Also the I follow ing letter from a lady of high rank at 1 ! Washington, which will be read with much in- ! | terest. Washington City, Alarch 9. I I To the Secretary oj the Temperance Union: | S:r.— We have received the first number ol | the 8th volume of your valuable paper, winch ' : you had the consideration to send to Judge McLean. Inclosed you will receive his subscrq - ticn for the present year. There is no mo- I ral enterprise for winch the Christian sboiidl more fervently pray, or experience more spirit- stirring enthusiasm, than the suppression of in- i toxicating drinks. Alav God aw axen the whole world to its importance ; may every American j patriot leel, that the national purity and political I prosperity ol our beloved countrv demand his 1 best efforts in this cause; mav every American woman arouse her doim3nt energies, and exert, for temperance, that gentle yet irresistabiemfln- etice upon man, the Creator designed s he$hou'd have; may every mother feel her imperative du- *1 ty unaccomplished, u itil hersonsand daughter- are thoroughly imbued with the principles oi j self-sacrificing abstinence from intoxicating j dritiKs. and until they have acquired the virtue and the courage to act firmly in resisting the al- ** lurements of this destiuctive poison. 1 think one ol the greatest impediments to the ; geneial diffusion of temperance principles con sists in the difficulty of doing away with the loug- estabhshed etiquette of the table. The impres sion of ignorance, or meanness, in refusing W drink wine w hen asked to partake, still prevails: and the ornamental appearance which wine cer tainly imparts, by the accompanying number oi glasses for each guest, with the sparkling decan ters interspersed through the viands, prodno“ in its effect, such beautiful order and glitteu-’ elegance, cannot yet be dispensed with bv ff dies, who are ambitious of ostentatious hospital i itv. In some instances, even after they to’ 1 * I become convinced, and are willing to acknov edge its ruinous tendency, they persist in its uv j from a total loss as to tbe course thev sbosi:; mere ceremonies, *>-' wine appears to be so indispensable a part o the entertainment, that I fear a long time *il have elapsed, before we can effect a change f \ supplying a substitute. These false notions o- propriety and etiquette institute or.e of the prin cipal barriers to the general suppression oi » as a beverage. Now the inquiry arises. Whs* shall be lhe remedy ? Wbat can be provide! as a substitute u> adorn the table, produce socf j kindness and intellectual vivacity ? What etff '*' J al remedy is there for this spptoved and fo : j ion-able sin ? Will some one oblige us * : suggestions on tiiis subject through your pa;**' J and thereby confer a blessing on society. Respectfully, Sarah Bella McLean.