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mmn ■ • - w- m ■ «■— ■■■»*.» « ml*** u .ciwr9 I r >»n lh* N* onal Giz-em. IHE MVSIERIOUS VVEUUiNG, }' A Danish Story—Uy Henry Steffens* j, (),j the nurth- v.c»t ot Z aland s rt*tcliCM » small fVrti! p peninsula, studded v*Mth hr i» , .1- <, and counecied with the mainland by i> narrow strip; of waste ground. .Beyond! tbo only town which this liitle poi.insul<> possesses, the land runs out into he stormy ; Catiegat, and presents an awfully wild and, sterile appearance. I'hc living sands ha ve . here obliterated every trace of vegota tun; and the hurricanes which blow fiom «l points of the ocean are cons antly operating i a change on the fluctuating sut f ice of the de I set t, whose hi Is ol sand ■ isc and tall v/ith a |i motion as iuccssant as that of the wives I W i'ch roar around them. In travelling | through this country, I spent upwards ol an,’ hour in this disliict, and ncv r shall 1 for-.' get the impression which tho sceno made • upon my mind. While ri ling along through the deiolait region, a tliu .tier storm rose over the ccan < towards the north, —(he waves roared,—the < clouds scudded along in gloomy masses be- < fine he wind, —the sky grew every instant’ n; re ilu k, “menacing earth and *ea,”—the 1 sand began to move in increasing volume* 1 under my horse’s ( et,—a whirlwind arose ! and filled th* atmosphere with dus', —the traces ol the path became invisible,—while ' air, earth and ocean seemed mingled and 1 blended together, every object being involv ed in a cloud of dust and vapour,—-I could not discern the slighter! trsce of life m vegetation around the dismal scene, —the i Btorra roared above me, —the waves of the i aca lashed mournfully against the shore, — the thunder rolled ,iu the distance,—a d 1 acircely could the lurid lightning fl -h t pierce 'be heavy cloud of sand which whirl ' od around me. My danger became evident and extreme; but a sudden shower of iai. laid the a .inn &, erv.ib -d me to pu-h my v/iy to 'he li de town. The storm I had just en coun eted wn a Inn ml mingling ol all He men ». An earlhqu ke h . sheen described iisthos'gi w i.eh troubled nature heave f, im 'h > den li of her bosom ; perhaps not tnor* fancf illy might this chaotic tempest have tvp fie l the confusion ot a widely dis tracted mind, to which pensu'e and even hope its -it have been long s rangers,—tho cheerless desert i t iho past revealing only remorse and grid,—the voice ol constiet ce threatening I ke (be thunder, and her awful anticipations cas'ing a iui id light over the gl<) my spirit,—(ill at last (he long sealed* up sources of (cars open away for iheir floods, and bury thcangnsh of the distract ed soul be .eulli their waves. In th a desolate c un'ry there exited in , form i times a vi'luge called Unerw g about a mile dis'anl ft in ibe shore. The mov j n« mils hve now but>•’ I tlie village ; and the deai enduuls d its inhabitants—mostly slnpherds aid fisher neo—i »ve removed their cult ges close to the shore. A si-g>e solitary building, situated upon « lull, yet ri sts its head ab ve die cheerless shit irg desert. I’hii bolMing and 'he villuj>e church —Was die cene cf the following my sterious trai.saciioi . In an eai ly year of ihe last century, the Venn utile cure ol R >erwi» was one nig it sealed in Ins s udy, abs >rbed in pious me ditaliun*. His house lay at die exdemivj of the village, and the simple mauneia ol the inhabitants were so little tinged w:th| distrust, that bolts and locks were uokn nvn amongst them, and cv*!iy door remained open and unguarded. The lamp burned gloomily —and die sul len silence of the midnight hour was only interrupted by the rushing noise ot th* sea, on whose w.iVei the p de moon shone n fled ed, when the cure heaid the door below opened, and the ne»\ moment the sound o’ men’s steps upon dm stair. He watati’ic - paling a call to administer th - last offices of rengion to some one of his parishioners on the point of dea h when iw ■ foreigner*, w.tipped up in white cloaks entered he room. One of them approaching addressed him with politeness! “ Sir, yen will h ve J the gj dness 10 follow us inafnn ly. Y--u must perform a mirruge cer m y; die !l bride and brid groom a>e already ani'ing! J< ur arrivil at he chmcli And hi<suiu ” —hoi o the St ring-* r h *ll ou' a p irse lull ol g^;d—“ wil; sutfiiiciiily recompense you lot the trouble and alarm our sudden de mand lias given you.” rhe cuie stan d in mute terror upon the Strangers, who seemed to carry s< mething, feailul—atm. si ghastly in their looks, and 1 the demand was repealed in an earnest and 1 au limitative tone. When the «'d m n had recovered from hisfint sin pi i«e. he began, mildly t» represent tha his dn y did i#l nl-j low him to celebrate so solemn a rite with- j ou some knowledge o! he part-es, and (he j 'nteimention of those formalities r-quired! by law. I’he other stranger hereupon slept fi-rwtiid in a menacing a.ti.udi : " Sir ” said he, •• you have your choice ; follow ns and k>- the sum vve mw , ft'-r you—or re main. and this bullet govs thmugh y.ur head.” Whilst *p- ki g he levelled his pis id »t th* forehead of <h v iirrable man, and coolly war- d his answer ; whereupon th* cure rose, dresse 1 himself, and intormed hi, visitants —who had hitherto spoken Dan i»h but with a foreign accent —that he was ready o ac omp-tny them. 'S’l u mysterious strangers now proceeded silemlv ororgli 'he village, followed by tlie clergvm n.—l w,s a dark autumn night, the in on having already set; but when they * I • M>rv is u.U by k 't»{ ir »ns— ts t? birth, now, • *• a , rofessor m Brtilnu—loircs ibe subject of tva * C/tt. nec ;>« . els *Qi » lUo sh y emerged from the village, the o!c mao per ceived with terror and astonishment that the distant church was all illuminated. Mcsn t while his companions, wrapped up in then white clicks, strode hastily on before hi it. lino g'i the barren sandy plain. O i reach ir g the church liiey bound up his eyes; In 1 *on heard a side-door up'o wi h a well known creaking noise, and felt himself vio lently push'-d into a crowd if people whose, murmuring ho heard all around him, while close beside him some persons earned on a conversation in a language quite unknown j !'o him, but winch he thought was Russian, 1 !As he,stood helpless and blindfolded, hr (i It himself seized upon by a mao’s hand, and drawn violently through the crowd. A 1 ist the bandage was removed from his eyes ■ lid he found himself standing with one of the two strangers b. fm e (he altar,,— A row of laige tapers, in magnificent silver candle s ink-, e.di'rntd the allar ; and the ihurch i • self was splendidly lighted up by « profu sion of candles —The deepest silence nnw reigned throughout the whole building, tho* (lie side-passages anil all the sea's were crowded to excess; but the middle p.assage was quite clear, and he perceived in it a! newlv dug grave, wi'h the # one which had, covered i' leat.iog sgiinet a betuh. Around him ware only male, figures, but on one of ’he distant benches he thought he h (emale form. The tenible silence laalerlj for some minutes, dunt g which not a m - lion could be detected in the vam assem dy. Thus when the mind is bent on deeds f darkness, a silent gloomy brooding «>f soul nfieii precedes the commission of the honiil action, At hist a man, whose mrigi ifir nt dressj distinguished Ilim from all the rest, and b spoke his elevated rank, rose and walk d hastily up to the allar; as he passed along,; his s eps resound ol through die building,j and every eye w.-m 'urned upon liir.-"he ap p ■ ned to be id midd e stature, with broad shoulders and strong limbs—lvs g-iit was commanding, his c mpli xion of a yellowi-h brown, and ins hair raico black—'.ns (ea lures were severe, and hirs lips compressed as il in wradi—i bold aquiline nose height ened the htiiglnv appear.nice of his coun tenance, ami da: k shaggy brows ' wered over his ti iy eyes, lie wore a green c at, wi'h broad gold braids, snd a brilliant sUr. S'fie b ide, who also ppproached, and kneel ed b side him at the altar, was tnagmficen Iy dressed. A bky blue robe, richly tiimmeu : wiili silver, enveloped her slender limbs, and floated in large folds over her'g-acclul form—a diadem spirklit g wrh diaiiionds .illumed her i‘a*r hair—the utmost loveliness 'and beauty might be traced in her features, desp-.ir now expressed ifsell ie them—her checks wore pa'e as ’hose of a! corpse her features unanimated —her ips were b'auched her eye* dimmed, and her arms hung motionless at her side a# she kneeled before the altar; terror oe. med to hav* wrapped her consciousness at well as h r vital powen in deep lethargy. The cure now discovered near him an old ng’y hug, in a par>y-citlouied dress, with aj bUiud-red turban upon her head, who stood) gazing with an expression of malignant fury ou the kneeling b'lde; and behind the brnle-l groom, ho noticed a man of gigantic sia& ’ and ( u gloomy appearance, whose eyes were fixed : mnnnveably on 'h ground. Horror struck by the scene before him, (the priest rood mute for gome nine, till a thrilli g I >nk from the bridegrm m reminded him f ihc. ceremony he had come thither to perform. Bat the uncertainty whe her the couple he was now about to marry under stood his language, afforded him a fresh Mturee ol uneasiness. He ventured, how 1 ever, to a-k the biidegr m for his name, 1 ai d tha of his bride; ' N ander andPeo-{ ilors,” was the answer ictunied in a rough voice. The p‘iest uow began to read the ritual in fain ling aecen s, fn qiienily stopping to re peat the werds, without however, either the bride in bruit groom H|)p ,- ariog 'o obsei ve his cotilusion, which confirmed him in the con jee.me that his language was almost un known to eithe: t them. On pu«ti**g the question, “Nesnder, wilt »h u have this woman for thy wedded wile?” he doub'ed whe'her be shcu'.d rer> ive any answer; but to ids s ouishnn is »' »• bridegroom answer ed in the afiinmiiv wi'h a loud and almos' streaming v< ic, which rung 'hu nghou' vhe : whole church while deep signs were Ilea: d fiom evvry quail r of the building, and a siltin quivern g like the reflection ofdistant ; lightning, threw a transitoiy motion ever the ilt it hp le feator*'* of 'he btidt When the: pm st ;urned t > her wrh the iub rrogatory :| K mini a, wib »ho« U'*e thi” man for thy wedded hu band f” >* *s lifeless fortn before | him seemed to awak —i deep co vul*ive' j throb of tei ror (n mb ril on her cii rk?—; I her pale lips q *ered —a passing gleam of tire shone in In eye—her brc. » heaved—; a vinlent gush of '• fliiodeil ihe bri'liancei of li r ey> s and the •»” was pro.n uncedl like Ihe scream of angc -i uttered by idy ing person, and seem . t find adt ept ch in iba sounds ot g ief which burst h in th* surrounding multi ude. Ihe bride then s nk imo the aims of the horrid ol ' hag a- d as-j (er s urn- mini s 'tail pa-seil in awlul si I le ce, 'he rale r i<sc-f-k** lemale kneeled again, aa if in a deep trance, and the cor m oy was finis ed. The h iilegroom oow rose apd ltd awm *be trembdog bride 1 I low il by the 'all inr > and die old w mao; die tv.m strangers then appeared ig in, an h«viii*b nod he p i s \s eyis, drew liin with vi- lerce thri ugu t.e crowd, ..mi pus ed h ui out at '.he uoor, which liny boltc from withif*. 1 • For sums minute# th« old m*n stood en deavouring to recollect himself, and oncer ’ain whether the horrid scene, with all i‘> > ia*ily aUemlari' circumstances, mightn't ■ ave been a dream ; but when he had torn' he bandage limn his eyes, and s>w the it- Humiliated chunh b. tore h tn, atiti heard mic rnuimuting f the crowd, h* was forced 'o believe its reality, To learn the issue, ! he hid himself in a co-ner of the building, ■ >atnl while hs'ening 'heie he heard the ima i muting within grow louder and louder—- Then it seitn-d as if a fi rce altercation a rose, in which, be thought he c u'd recog ■jnise the rough voice of the bridegroom com , mantling silence, —a long pause followed, — a shot fell,~—ihe soriek of a female Voice * was heard, winch was suer veiled by another pause,—then followed 8 sound ol pick axe# which lasted about a quarter ol an hour, ■>f er which die candles were ex inguished, the door was flung open, and a mul nude of persons rushed cut of the church, and ian lowaida die sea, The old priest now arose from his hid ! in ft place, aid ha*'em d back to 'he village, wtiere he uwoke Id* neighbours and friends, land relat'd 'o them his incredible and mar |Vellous adventuie ; but every thing which had In t erm fallen out amongst these sim ple pm pie, had been so calm and tranquil ' - so much measured by (be laws of dully {routine, (hat they were seized with a very different alarm : they believed tl.at some unfortunate accident hid deranged the in tellec s t/f their beloved pastor, and it wa» not without difficulty that lie prevailed on some of them to toll w him to the chutch, !>' ofidetl with pick# and spades Meanwhile the morning had dawned the sun at use, and the p iesi and hi* compan ions ascended the hill towards lie cliuich, they saw a tnan-t f-war studding off from the Jshore under full sail owards the north. So suprising s sight in this remote district, made his companions already hesitate to re ' ject his stoiy ait improbable, and still more s wets they inclined to listen to him when {they sr.w that the side door of the church 1 hail been violently burst open. They en ■ tried full of expectation, and the ptiesl showed them the grave which he hail seen 1 opened in the >.ig'it time, it was eviden' {that ihe stone had lifted up and re - {placed again. They, therefore, put their implements in motion, and soon came to a rjnew and richly Tuned coffin, in which ijloy the murdered bride—a bullet had pier ,{ced her breast righ'to the heart —the mag I nificent diadem which she had worn at the falter no longer adorned her brows, but the ; distracted expression of deep grief had van i 'shed from her countenance, and a heaven, ly calm seemed spread over her features, j The old man threw himself down on his ' kn-es near the coffin, and wept and p ayed ' aloud for >he soul of the dead while mute ' astonishment and horror seized his com -1 panions. t The clergyman found himself obliged to [make 'his event instantly known, with all hits fin umstanceg, 'o his superior, the bishop i of 2'-'land ; meanwhile, until he got fur j 'her r STiic'ions fiotn Cop-nhagen, he bound [all !ns friends to secrecy by au oath. Short- My alterwnrds a p< non of high rank sod jtlenly arriv d from the capital ; he inquired .into all 'he circumstance*, visited th* grave, commended the silence which had b"en hi herto observed, and stated that die whel' event must remain for ever a secret threatening at ihe same time wi'h'u sever punishment any person who should daie t sp a uk of it, A''er (he death of the priest, a writing was t oi,d in the parochial register narrat ing thi* event, soma be'i p ved hat it m ght h 've some si cret connection with 'he vio lent political changes which occurred ir Rus# ia, as er the d.-a'hof Catherine and Poier 1 ; hut to resolve the deep riddle of this mysterious aft' ir will ever be a diffi cult, ifuut impossible task. The interest belonging to the subject will excuse u* for publishing the following, which has alieady appeared iu many of the Southern oapers 27 !E FRO JET. We submit the lolluwmg “ Merxoran dum” to our readerij, just as we have re | reived it.—They have all the documents ,b> *ore them, and will judge for themselves :| o The haste in winch Mr, It’s remarks hive, necessarily, b’.n drawo up, has been | 'he cause of misappiehcns on which has led! to some of the objections suggested by him! Ito Mr. M'Laoe’s bill. “ 1. The du ies >j cot'on good* are not to be j aid in c sh ; consequently 'he man-1 ulac » er derives no bench so m hat cause, | •• 2. Tin- drawback m the shop owner is to be paid at once, and i* ’o b at a spsci-, lie ra e i.f so much a ton ; so tha' m fraud jean be committed, The drawback, though lin the first instance, it b tutus ihe ahip iowner, yet indirectly beneli * he tobarco and cotton-griiwer, «s i •« ad -to a riduc ti> n i f 'he Th . ge for treigh'. J ‘ 3 The pi esence of a cu«'om hou#e of-; I fictr at auction sales of •woollens, would be, {actepiab'e to the fie merchant, who, as ! I well a# the manufacturer, complains if 'ra\>d* committed on t* e revenue throng.) ■!) ■ i' striinvi)talily of sale- a auction. • 4. T du iesar of to be paid in cash, j except on woollens—and his advantage, as V' 11 as that tesu’ ir g from 'he suctioi du y n w nib v s ■ giv wooffe *, b cause tie dn ie# o l a ..ticle are i», s re ured, ml b <a -e t i- branch of ma ufadure is ii-.tiev d obe inos exp *Oll to loss from 'be ffuctuaiions ol fade and other causes. | 11 5. The woollen# that ere subject to the. different iate# of 10 and 30 per cent, are 10 different in kind, 'hat it is believed tlir| fraud apprehended could not be practised--' -specially under the additional means pro j video by the bill for coming at a true vaiu-| |ation ” We received by ye»terday ? s mail a very .{elaborate and de ailed table of tlnee large .!p*ges, pit-pared by the Secretary of Ihe ■1 Fieasury on the 7th iast. 33d IniJ before| ■ Congress, in ob disnee to .heir reqnisi inn. jit is headed •* A Comparative Statement j •'shewing the amount and tales of duties on-j der the present tariff and hat proposed by ■ the Secrtluri/ of the Treasury, calculateoj [Upon the imp u tatiuns of the year ending' on the 30 h of September, 1830, valued at! > ( 1 heir actual cost at the place whence ex-| , ported.” The table i* full of interesting; .'details —We can convey no adequate ideal s| of there, in ihe few line* we have reserv led for our own use. It is ruled in nine 1 columns. The Ist is a list of the articles ( the 2.1 ia the rale of duty—the 3d the ac tual cost without the 10 or 20 per cent, add !eel, or (he dutiable .haig-e added—4'h, the 'total amount of each paiticular manufac 1 lure or product—s'h, amount of du'iea un ! der the present tanS’—6 h. amount of du , ties under th e proposed ’ a riff*— f;h, rate ot per centege on actual cost under the present ’ tariff'- Bh, rate of per centuge on ectua | : cost under the proposed tariff—and the 9th, ' is h- amount of duties.—We will state a . lew of the results. Woollen cloth p ying 1 14 cents duly the square yard is now 54 75-100 p#r ct .proposed 'o b 10—blankc » 11 bo reduced -from 38* to 25 per cent s Iho reducion on several articles of cotton is per ct.—'wist, yarn and thread, pay 1 '"g b> specific pi ices, average duty 37±. to ■ be reduced 12| per ct —Nu> keens, now 30 1 to be 20. Ihe r< venue will bo S>l 1,512,339. , Which, uddid to ihe 2 millions for the - public lands, m kes Hi millions for the - annual amount of the revenue of the Uni ilted States I’l i* will no doubt be a grea -1 ter sum, than wiiat will b» v/anting for the necessary expenses of the government. It tjthis projel then be adopted, what will be • come the duty of the friends of 'he Hepub ,! lican party ? 1. To keep down the exj Qn diiures f the government—to prevent all 1 wi,d projects for spending the money of the i People, extending (he powers of the go 1 vernmem, and encroaching upon the pnri • ciples ot the Constitution. We must resist such an ab mumble and expensive pension • system as y have now before Congress— ; all expeodllurcs for Internal Improvement, - (and this unconstitutional system too they are at emptir g 0 extend by a bill now be. fore (he House of IlepreseniaMve*;} Ike. ■fkc i I’tiis must become one of the rallying points 1 to ihe friends of St»ie Riglvs, and to the ■ tiue pri 1 cip'es of the Constitution, in sac, there shoufff not be raised a sur plus dollar for the Treasury. The 2d r»l --) lying point is to cut down the percentage i on the protected arlic is as faat as possible > —and cer'amly it there be ary prospect of r surplus revenue—to 1; ke off that surplus I from the prn ected smelts. These two ougli to be the tallying inarms of al] ‘he friends of 'he Constitution, lei the TatifThe now modified o whatsoever fo;m it may be. ' We umlers'and, ihn 8' me of the mem bers of Cong - ess aie anxious to give the whole question the go-by for the pi eseat ae# •ion!—And i1 is ev, whispered, that this l sentiment h s com f >in a member of the rommi'iee ol M ulacuies. We will not ' enlaig upoo the mischievous consequences ' t thi* pi u 1 as'jr a'i n. ' We will not ske'ch 1 he s' mine piosnect whicli it presents to the ' hi ginaiion. P ssi g overall these, vre ask I at once, whether these pn crasnna'ors are ' prepared jo cn inue under the dynasty of, he tai iff (il *2B .v>d to rais from 'he p >rk- ' e'sof I e peop < 810 976,007, mure under j ihe preseii' t» ft* nan ever under the pro- ' j ct of Mr Me Lane—and £d, io throw such i a surp'us into the Treasury—a surplus, not ' only unnecessary, but calculated to corrupt I 'he politics us the people ai d to pervert the 1 pi inciplcs of the Constitution ? These pro- 1 cras'ina'ors have a political object to accoin- 1 p'ish, more mischievous in itself than this ' unnecessary raising, and this wanton wast i ing of (he money. They must be defeated 1 j—and 1 hey probably will be. We have a i i letter from Washington, of the 9'h instant, which EXPRESSES "strong hoses THAT WE 1 SHALL SETTLE THE TARIFF.” \ ['Richmond Enquirer. 1 WASHINGTON. The following interes ing letter of the 7 h | inst I m a corrcspoodent (not a hired ) one) ' f he Milleilgeville Recorder; "A- « he Cherokee ca*e, I assure you it f is considered here as settled, so far as 'he f action Os the G■n ■ ’a 1 Government is cm- ( cerned The CuUrf, ami all i's liiemls re- ( gret thn iu itnpote'tKy is made raked, and , Judge MoL-ne h tnse'fis among 'he num- 1 ber, w n urge upon 'h de'ega’ion her**, to ( [treat immedia ely. The# a.e not •(.wilting 1 * Mo do so, ami (hey are waiting it 13 under-ij stood, ins ruction# from home for this pur-j ; pose. I is thought that the c ointry will br 5 ceded b’loie mi l summer. The Sccie'arv i of Wh ii.-hi ans liiiii#eif tooards them as 1 . 1 lie should do, J.le ’vinces no overweening | ja i xie y, trei's th m courteously; but when!, solicited, as he has oecn, to interpose thei, powers of the government, to n s'rain the! au'hoiities of Georgia, h? di-claims the f rig* t, and refers to the President’s special p m ssage. {f -Go'he Tariff, we form no opinion. 1 | —Mr. Calhoun says that nothing will ba .(ione, ami that he has been satisfied of thi» fur three yean past, lie maintains lhat I nullification is li.e inly mode if redfe-s, {and that it is a constitutional rtnu-dy, tha 'can be »ff ctually, yet peaceably applied,, {without effecting the Union. '1 hat 11 lute * ;}• •■'pplied, it must proceed first fiom tt c F deral Government, which will put it the wrong. Mr. Clay and the ultra tar, ff men, express their surprize, that the South {should not be satisfied wi h the bill reported by the Committee on Mat utactuies. ilo {contends that it makes great concessions. {General Jackson and the Cabinet aie urg ing with ail their influence, the adoption o£ |Mr. M'Lane’s piojecl tor a coropiomisf. It is believed hat the bill is not just suck a otiH | -8 of th tice he would recommend, nor as thn {South ought to desire. But he insists, thal ;in the present crisis, hue patriots shoule',* not insist on all their rights, even to the ut-» jtei iDost farthing. That the nation must b« first tranquil zed, and that the tnatier eaa then be calmly adjusted. That the Consti tution was the result of concession, and ihafi the Union, so dear to all, can now only bo preserved by the same spirit. The Presi dent carries within hia own bosom, a deep spirit of devotion to the cause of his coun try. While upon this subject, he remaiketl, that he should leave no child behind to wear his honors, or to suffer his ignominy. That he buried at the Hermitage, the Inst wot Id ly cbject that was dear to him. That hence forth he had nothing to live for but God and his Country, and these he was resolved ts serve to the best of his ability. ‘ It is supposed that the Bank qutstioa will not be acred upon this session, “The Pension bill has passed the House by an overwhelming majority, as you hav* perceived, and it is supposed, will pass the Senate. The Secretary of the Treasuiy ob served the other day, if it became a law, it would cost the nation between 50 and R55,()00,000. Sumo calculate sanguintly on the President’s veto. He, speaking of the vast rurnib-r of extravagant appropria tions, now voted by Congress, remarked,, that Mr. Clay was desirous to cast upuc him i he responsibility of all those measures, and that he was ready to encounter it. To ,j,iv.> you some idea with what recklessness i the public money is squandered by the Ro« preseutatives cf the People, on yesterday s, bill was reported for »i me purpose, making an appropriation ol $29 000—before getting through committee 1 'h« wheis, the su:n had swtSled up to 5954.000, and the seal is s ill using. “ Gen. Jackson’s prospers for the nrxk Presidency are unclouded. The National H publican young m*n convened here ou Monday to nominate Mr. Clay. The matter excites here otdy ridicule. Mr. Servier, the I),'legate from Arkansas, referring ta their age the other day, enquired of one of the edi tors of die Intelligencer, if they had brought their wei nurses with thorn. Upon die Y,ce Presidency 'here is much mure of JouOiful-’ ness— so much so indeed, that I will not ven ture an opinion about it. " Mr, Stevenson is to be Minister fa England, and it is thought that Mr. Wilde or Col. Drayton will be elected Speaker. As gentlemen, they stand high in the HcuaCj and ate universally respected.” Another oulrag* at Washington —The National Intelligencer of the 15th instaatj, says i “ Immediately after the adjournment at the House ol Representatives yesterday, aa incident occurred which has made so much noise and excited so much feeling; here, that; i' would be i.ff elation to pass it over in si lence. It was an assult upon Mr, Arnold, a Representative from Tennessee, by Major Heard, at the foot of the Western terrace of the Capitol, aa the former was passing tiom the House to his lodgings. Not hav ing been witness to it, we can only cay, in general terms, that Mr,, Arnold narrowly esc'ped injury, and prob.ble, death, from t pistol shot, and that Maj-r Heard is said have been considerably hurt in the encoun* ter, toward the close of which many Mem bers of Congress and oihera came up and! interfered, to pot a stop to it.” We derive the following particulars of the! assault alluded to above, from the 7W«- graph, of the same date i \ “Attempt at Assassination —After the House of Representatives had adjourned yesteiday, Mr. Arnold, of Tennessee, be lt gin advance of the other members, wat parsing home ; as he was descending the steps of the terrace to the street wsgt of thq capind, be was assaulted by Morgan A. Hoard, who aimed a blow at bis head with, a large stick. Mr, Arnold dodged the blow, and immediately stiuck the suck from hie adversary’s hands j whereupon Heard drew a large duelling pistol, cut down to about. eight inches in the barrel, canying an ounce ball, with 'he words “ New York” engrav ed on the barrel ; and alter taking delibe rate aim, fied ; the ball passing through the sleeve of the right arm just abova the elbow, tanging up to the shoulder, canyii g away the under part of the coat and shut, and laceialiiig the arm. Mr. Arnold find ing Heard armed with a pistol, followed up bis blows widi a light sword cane until 'het scabb rd H w off anti having several times knocked him down, was in the attitude of ipiorci g him wi‘h 'he sword, when his area ■was arrested by Gen. Duncan of Illinois. •• Tbi* c**s« present* * t•• msrkabje cf Dirin* Prowd«nr.e. i’he H'tuitt hailjiwt irdjonrni* i ; thero were near an bundled rr.eotbcts of C oui;ra»# to the of the ball, wao tt passed near Mr. Tagswell's bead, aol yet Mi’. Arnold w»9 Ut« ui y person injured' Tber*ad«r«of the Globe will recollect that ibii Ma or Heard is the individual, w’i >, a few days since, published a bulletin in the G obe, his ideation to as* wul*. Mr Arnold for vrhftt he had laid *c the cf the relative t a Hon.itoa." r