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‘Xlic Athenian. roll Till ATHENIAN* Tf|j: INDIAN QUESTION—N». IV. nIrluett of understanding lell me,and lei a,wise man hearken unto me.”—Jon. I.Cl the amiable, I lie Icarnotl, Ihu clnqucnl. ami benevolent Doctor Ramsay speak for me, ami lot wmo nion hearken unto Aim. I.el him mine msband teach them from the lomh—“that ttio-Ai who are filends lo jiiNtico ill [irivate lilc. fwg i,i in malm account of it in n whole nation, and consider it as applicable to their rulers ..... „ al,n"_nml not liclicvc with Kiiphomiis j M | thn. county, or. I rtday hut, lo fill the vacancy in the I hni'viliili'N, ■'that nothing that is nsejul is un Athens. XSj ov. 8, 1831. The following ia the result of the election held in just:'' Ion rather with Cicero, vindiealo the lr. tii mill inculcate the valon of the precept, “ that nothing is truly useful which is not honest.” “ The country.” says Doctor Rtitn- nai. “ ihscoverctl liy ^ehaslinn Cahot, was possessed liy numerous tnhes or nations of the people. As these had been, till then, un- known to nil other princes or slates, they could not possibly have owed oillicr allegiance or subjection to nny foreign power on earth. They were independent communities, and as such rapnblc of acquiring territorial property. Of tiie various principles nn which a right to the soil has been lotmded, there is none supe rior to immemorial occupancy. From wtmt time the aborigines of America had resided therein, or from what plure limy migrated timber, were questions of Jmilitflil solution; but it was certain, that they had long beon-llie sole occupants of the country. In litis state, no Kuropcan prince could derive a title to the soil from discovery; because that can give a riglr only to land or tilings, which have nei ther been owned, nor possessed, or which, af- tir being owned or possessed. Imve been Voh ntnrily deserted. The right of the Indian nations to ti c soil to their possession, was rounded in nature. It was the free and liberal gill of Heaven to them; and such as no for eigner could rightfully annul. The Idimled superstition of the limes, icgnrded the Deny ns the*partial god of Christians; and not as III” common father of saints and savnges. The pervading influence of philosophy, reason amt (ruth, lots since that period given ns heller notions of the rights of mauk aid, and of the obligations of morality. Thr-c. unquestiona bly, nre not rmifiiied to particular modes of faith, Tsut extend universally to Jews nod (•en tiles; to Christinas and Infidels. “ The Indians were not nt first hostile to the English They found mi interest in trading will, them, and til their settlement, performed m my arts of kindness inwnids them. The it, troetid them in the manner of planting nod dre-oug the Imi.an corn. They carried llu iii upon 'heir backs through rivers anil waters, mnl served them instead of limits and bridges. Tiny gave them inn. h useful nitormaiioii respe. ting the country; and when llm English or tin ir children wore lost in the Woods, and were tn danger of polishing, they conduct cd them tu their wigwams; fed and restored tin into their fnmihes and parents. I !y sel ling them corn when pinched vvii.h famine,they often relieved their distresses.” Thus writes one of the greatest historians, and Oust men that the United Stales can lioust of. and Doctor Ramsay's opinions are oulillcd to respect nod alteulinn nn any subjuet, toil on this in particular. “ le't all wise men hearken lento him.” lie was a patriot of the revolu tion, and its liislnrinii. lie was the friend of Washington, Franklin, Witherspoon, and n host of other worthies of the times that tire pasi and gone by. lie was a religious loan It is Hud in his biography, “ that Doctor Ruin- sav had studied the hiblo with tile grimiest cure; believed its doctrines, nml practised its precepts. His religious views and opinions evinced u toons, liberal and independent mind.’ Compare the opinions of such a man, as to Indian rights ami Indian character, with those of the muster ground politicians of the present times, uiiddctci imno if the latter are not tinc tured with goldmine speculations. U lint an astonishing coincidence there is between tho discovery of Georgin’s undoubted tight to the Indinn Lunds, and the discovery tli.i 'hev contained valuable gold mines. Th for- t'b possession of them wus never lalkei of la..ore. lor the opinion was hooted it; flu till.les ..re now turned—he who doubts thr right, is a traitor (n hia country, nml an enemy ol the people. THE GHOST OF POWHATAN C. E. Ita.jnn.—We Imve been for smno time u (honied to anuuuner Charles K. Haynes, Eh|. us eanili.luie to represent the Stale of Georgia in the I prcsci.lQiive braneli nt'thc neat Congress, tu till Hit vsca'irv w hi.-h it is supplied will take place by lie re sign at ol tHlson ImiujiUu; bill an up arc liml ii tvuiniii* f»>? (he resignation, we now announce Mi. Haviipmif* a candidate to take flli'ct iinnntliairly fr* in •ml afli r the resignation of the honorable W liaon Luuij- kin.— J* ashiugtvn aVnci. The Ercsulent has officially rccopni*« d Francis It tVilwan i« \ice Consul of his Swedish und Norwegian M* |c»ty for tho port of Savannah. s'lppvintments by the President.—AnguMe Davrznc, of Logicians, to be Ctiat)*«! d’Afiaires of the United Staten, near liia Majesty the King of the Netherlands. Jamra A. Dunlap, of Florida, to be Attorney of tin TTiutid Slatea, for the Middle District of Florida, vice James U. Itm^old, deceased. A treaty very favorable to our country ia said to have pars'd the Mexican Congress Letter* received by the Samuel Wright, at Charles ton, ••late that the British Act, imposing the 5-8d, duty on Cotton, had received the Royal aeaont on the 23d August, hut it had not gone into' operation as late at the 2d Sept, at Liverpool. \\ hen Olio* Justice Marshall on ered the Free Trad*. Convention, at Philadelphia, on Wednesday 5th mat. th- whole asse n.'dy arose lo receive him. The bar of Philadelphia, after tendering him n public dinner,winch ha declined on account of feeble health, have requested ht'ii to tit for hia portrait. Henry Inman, Esq. is to be the aiti#t. The consumption of Cotton at Providence, in the year • ndinj* SOih ult. wa« 52,278 bales. In the pre ceding \ ear, ii was 43,000 bales. Tfie number <*f sub.M utters to Wehsti r'a Dictionary, of L eland anJ on tie.- Comment, union us to i.p» ard* 52* j anmng them many distinguished in- liouse of representatives, cccasior.ed by the resignation ofCliurlos Dougherty, Esq. Thomas Moore, Eaq. - 330 Doct. JamesTinsley, • • • - - 307 Sugar Cant.—A beautiful specimen of tho Riband Cane, fir the up-country, was left at this office last week, taken from the plantation of Major Robert Tay lor, in Morgan county. The stalk contains ten ripened joints, and two or three others tlint would probably have come to maturity, had it been suffered to remain a while longer. The ripened part measures about four led in length, and upwards of five inches round. The Riband Cane i« tho most hardy kind, and therefore best adapted to a climate like ours; blit it has been HUppnav.d that none of ilio species could be cultivated here with success. This specimen, we think, will con vince every one who examines it, that our soil am cffuiare Is capable of producing the Sugar-Cane to ad vantage, and we hope it may induce some tn invest a portion of their capital in its culture ami manufacture. iCJ 71 For the information of our fair friends, who might otherwise entertain erroneous id**as on the sub ject, we would stale, that the letter from a young lady on our last page, prnpo.-mg the cstnldiblimcnt of a Matrimonial Club, was not considered as applicable to this country, and especially this section of it, but is in serted merely to show the state of society in and about the English commercial metropolis. We nre aware that the grievances of which she complains exist here lo u great extent, but with ibis difference only, that w itii the change of locul territory, the relative situations of the sexes are changed also. Our poor old bachelors, instead of finding the ladies ready and willing to rerip- •cate their kindnesses an-' definite attend-ms, treat tfieni with flic* cutting demeanor of cold ( i..lit*rn*ps ; or, T we must say it, with llm limit callous umf witli«-rm^ idiffi rence. In fact, they seem almost unapproacha ble, and we have tho saddest of human fc»r*\ that tin ii rcpuleory deport torn** will force many a poor B> nedm? to the diieful necessity, cither of shipping thnniselv* to u mure friendly clime, or d.acvmg out their davs here in unhunnred and unblessed celihucv Could we publish any tiling, either by presenting the examples of the fair in other parts of the world, or by arglioic r or persun-ioti, lo produce a relenting spirit towards nn unfortunate ruee, oir highest hopes would he realized. But alas! alas! the cop ofhliss i > always before them, yet perhaps forever to remain ontastr rl. —<&>-- tl-jpTa .Mi. Lumpkin a Calhoun or a Jackson man ? Flint's the question. To answer it appears a difficult task. The National Journal says he is the friend of Mr. Calhoun. The Globe declares the statement oft ho Journal without foundation, and says Mr. L. is hostile to Mi Calhoun in reference to his conduct towards the President, Tho Trloginph replies that “ the fact stated h> tlm Journal m true, and tho statement ot the Globe* 9 false.” These assertions arc made in the mod posi tive manner; each undoubtedly believing he is right; id it is no mote than probable that each of them have received “ authority” to make their statements. The difference of opinion among tin) Washington editors, hatever may he its effect elsewhere, will excite little •rprise in Georgia, for even in Ins ow n .Slate, both his political and personal preferences are no laither known than conjecture will assist in discovering them. For own part, we have always believed Mr. L. to he u devoted partisan of Mr. Calhoun ; but his rrc»*nt situ ation before the people, rendered an avowal of that kind impolitic, lie well knew that no candidate for the suffrages of Georgians, could openly advocate the claims or pretensions of Mi ('till) nil to the President, and he successful ; lie th**r# fore remain'd silent win *!»«• question was propounded If wu judee him w ron fully, future events will develop!* the farts, when i shall be happy to correct any erroneous i* prose, w e mat have made. At present we have good reason ;-’i udliciing to the opinion here expressed. sped fir our civil institutions—yet it must be remem hired hat thty, in couiinon villi some others w«t»* the vitfators of our law^.Jrorb theohservance <«t whic", even tleir sacerdotal character should not exempt them. Therefore, while we M pity for their obstinacy, and imrowfyr their unnecessary opposition to equitable cnactiunls we are compelled to believe their punish ment ji’st. A reasoning and reflecting public will ulti inalelyiustain us in this opinion. The following are the remarks of the Enquirer: » “ Georgia and the Indians.—Wc would not again ad vert to thtc subject, if it were not to correct a misre presentation tiiat is going the rounds, in relation to the arrest of the missionaries, The opposition editors, and many others who profess to love the truth, w ould have the people brlieve that the missionaries have been arrested, merely because they have gone among the Indians, ami that this too, has been done by older o' the national executive. The facts aie these. Georgia like every other State in the L’ni m, claims to have civil jurisdiction over the territory within it* own limits. By ulaw of the State Legislature, white pet sons going ty reside in tlm territory nt present occupied by the Indi ans, are required to tuke an oath ofullcgianre.or rath er an oaili to support the laws and constitution of the stule. Is there any thing unreasonable in this, or in consistent v/ith the duties or profession of these heralds of the cross? Do hands and the surplice place nun above the law s of the land, or give them n right to ques tion the propriety or expediency of legislative enact- inente, or to resist their operation? Such is not the doctrine of the truo preacher of peace and good will towards men. In our own State every minister of the gospel w ho is authorized to solemnize marriages, is re quired to take an oath to suppoit tlm constitution and laws. This has not, to our know ledge,been complain ed of; ami we believe the clergv areas fond »*ni*v ti.en, of enjoying the protection ana security afforded them byr the laws of tho land. It seems in Georgia, the niissionaries, as they are styled, refused to take the oath rtquiredby law, and not only so, but took it upon them selves lo judge of the right of jut udietion which the State claims over herovn territory, lienee they were arres ted, as ought to be every man whether clergyman or layman, who will not submit to the laws.” Ejplosion and loss of Lives.—A moM dis- 1 pears to be entire. The hammer consists of irf^funii occurrence* took place vesitrd.iv i lit airtight bar r*l s eel, iw<# nic hes long ai d i * tie be foie one o’clock, at the Powder Muga fourth of an in h square, through which is * zino nt the extreme Knslern verge of tho city, - mortice, a-? above mentioned, for the mo\ fca . The building lately contained about 140 kegs j bio tail lo play in. The tianirner is t:ir,. W| ^ of powder, which being deemed unsafe, wus I forward by a spring which is tu form of removed during TuesJuy and yesterday morn* ! letter U, and which is secured to the under mg to tho Magazine of Fort VVayne, with the j part. The hammer moves in a straight |, ue exception of about 150 or 200 lbs. damaged, j and strikes against the centre of the barrel* that was emptied into a half rice tierce, the : The trigger is secured to a pillar which ij coopering of which, it is thought, elicited a! placed between the prongs of the breech-pm spark and caused the whole to explode. Tho land win* h also supports the hammer. J. * concussion was fell in nil pans of the town, (shaped like the capital letter l>, inverted. A and an immense cloud of while smoke soon ! small spring under the fore part elevati s , lft explained the cause. The building (brick,): upper end of the trigger against tlievnd of t| lQ wan driven to pieces, and fragments thrown in ,hammer, which keeps the gun cocked. In ;u every direction to the distance of iwo hundred |operation of corking the gun, the nq*p| e yards, and we lament to say, every person | (whic h slides into that end of the hammer within tl (five in number a*< far a* yet useer- J winch ts nearest the barrel,) is drawn forward tainerl,) instantly killed, and their bodies and j one sixteenth of an inch. A space is thug limits thrown tu .i«ront dtsta-.o-e l.y this pmv-1 made in the hummer directly under the niaga. erful ag-nl. The end of the building was hurl- 7-tne, and liitr priming tabs into this spare o, ed ngninstthe Artillery Old Litlmratory (brick) ;i'uvit)-. The nipple t« one fourth of an inch about 15 feet distant, which crushed it. Bed lonn, and one twelfth of an inch in diameter the roof being of wood caught fire and burnt! with a cap I urge enough to cover the head of with the othei wood work. This latter build- I tho lioninicr, and has u perforation in n | a i g0 ing contained nothing. The number of per-j enough lo admit a common pm. This lio| e sons killed by tins awful event is seven, five makes n communication between the spa., within and two without the building, ns fol- CandUales for Conqrt*,. —Spi rul.tinn, ever busy, is eiuii rng e-it in ill-vising lie- peiS'.n who is lo sue- il mil (iiiv.-rnnr elect, in tin- Ki-prrsentaii.e Hall . I Cottgrew. Neim-rnu. me the ns in is sugi-eAre,|. liii'li we have learned the following,vtx. v -essrs. C.F.. Iluy.ira of llaneoek, Holier' A. Beall of Twiggs, A. S. ■Inn of Cla*k, l-'.iigciii-m A. Nisbet u-nl John \A ing. tieM of Morguo, Jiiseph II. I.unii'kin of Og!cihoi|ie, ,1 Owen It. Kenan of Cowei.1. Atnong ilie man) names lietore the people, it will be ecre.sarv for the Itcpolilieno pari) t--select someone, and give him their rilial and undivided support, Wc have wiiiosso'i oiigh nf the injo-ioiis efreetsordiaAvnsinn in our par . a. exemplified bv the recent elections; let us then lake a lesson from our defeat, nod bcictnc again uni ted. Tins we believe will lie the can-, Ihrthat expert. is generally most useful, winch l.us been bought be dearest, Wc prcsuuie a vacancy is to be filled in our delega tion to Congress, yet it is reputed, and judging from the evident uneasiness nf Mr. bumpkin's friends, the uinor insy perhaps he true, that informal returns have already been received at the Executive office, sufficient o prevent Mr. L.’s election. A few days, huweier, will continn or cemrovert the report. >1 Crunib of Coinforl.--.Amid the tremendous torrent unprovoked abuse and illiberal censure which lias i'o heaped w it Ii no unsparing hand, not only upon tin authorities of Georgia, but her citizens generally, bv anv of tho Nurtltern piints, it is no small gratification ' know that there are some -a cliost n few—w ho, not Hindid by prejudice, or tinctured with sectarianism, ran appreciate the integrity of our motives, and com mend the justness of our course. Among others wc have read with pleasure the annexed remarks fnim the Baili (Me.) Enquirer. They contain Sound views an the subject to w hich they refer, and denote a generous toiod sod entightened iirrlicct. The arrest and im- priiton>neni el the Missionaries is u matter of regret to phiU ihiopiit - willingly would it lia.r been ills pcnscdwttli, weroit possible otherwise to induce te- Rcdueiion. —This subject, as it is of the utmost im portance to the people of Georgia, cannot be too often introduced to their notice, and much B9 we have alrea dy written and published in relation to it, we feel no delicacy in again advocating Us claims to attention. The legislature probably convened yesterday, and it is all important that wc should soon know what course that body wdl adopt U|>on th • question. Should (hey, as was tho case last year, still Iramplc upon the rights if their constituents, the people must take the matter into their own bunds, or else delertninclo acknow ledge mselvea the vassals of a set of irresponsible office ler«. Tln ir free spirit will not brook the drgrada- > of tamely submitting to the uncontrolled will of I heir ageolw, when tl.ut will is a violation of ••pressed ticfions; we hope, therefore, if other means fail, that me suggestion contained in the article below, will ho adapted. “ One oftlic People" writes like a tearless •mil independent freeman; lo his sentiments the pen. pie w ill respond n hearty anicn. The subject is now agitated let il not sleep until success shall have at- londcd thccfliirts for reform. Koduclion most erelong u 1 s plact*—under the present apportionment, with run fust r.creasing population, we shall soon have the most ninnf runs deliberative body in the civilized world — and the sooner It is effected I lie better. The evil of annvergrown I.egislutuie has been already long en ough endured, and now that there are reasonable hopes of success, Is ilie time to correct it. From the Georgia Journal. The public ntlonlion was, repeatedly, dur ing tho pus! season, called to the eondur.t of the last Legislature, in refusing to obey the public voire, whit h had required u reduction of members m both Houses. After passing n law, in 1829, culling on Hto people to void on this question, and thus erpressly pledging the faith ol'the Government to abide by iho popu lar voire ; this body in its wisdom, (or folly ns the ease may he,) just quietly gnve the gi !>y lo the subject. Did the assembly of ’29 mean to trifle with us, when they passed Ihu law for tho vote? VV is then hill a meru “ tun to the \\ hale,” a mere pretext to lull tho peo ple into n hope liiul their wishes were to go. vern! Or did the Legislature of'30. intend to break through the solemn net uml pledge of their predecessors nod say to Hie people, “your wishes shall not be obeyed ” In i ither rase, wr have hern shamefully, and shame- lessly trilled with. Are we lo hour it forev er 1 The discussions hitherto, may have been considered only us notes ot prrvparauoii for the late "electioneering campaign. ISut the election is now over, and its results ptetty weli ascertained. I wish to call the intention of nor law makers lo tins subject* now to lime, lietore another contest begins. Let them act upon it.at (nice. Let the popular voice so loud ly expressed last yettr, he obeyed. And if th • m xl session closu without some decided step, und proper step ton, on this momentous so'.. ;en, I t the people throw themselvi a on their own sovereignty. I make tho proposal now ken thrrr is time lo net on it. Let there he ineeling: h nl in every county, as soon as the assembly uses, lot ihtiin resolve to elect metn hers on th- fits. Alonduy in .ipril, to meet til < (invention at Atllledgcville, on the first Monday in May. and lat them so meet and rcdin e the representation to vvhut it ought to he, if the Legislature are so utterly insensible to their duty as m refuse to do ii lor them. What say you. people of Georgia ? V* ill you compel the public servants to obey the public will I Or will you sleep over your rights I .A little (flor, n little concert among men of in fluent e, and lire thing is done. A few ol you, consulting, at the scut of government, during the approaching session, cult setth , in oik half hour, the mode of proceeding, tn your severni counties, and Hie time of calling tho people to gether. AVill you do it ? or will you say to th * world that the people of Georgia could mur, easily he roused, by the prospect of little gain. to meet tit Convention at Eutoniou, only to recommend lo the Legislature a system oj In temal Improvement, than they cun be brought to assert then own sovereignly, trilled with, and trampled on as it is, by the men who now govern them. The redress is in your hands. Use your power and oliluin your rights, >r fold your arms und receive the kirks and cults, of your rulers with patience. Speak, now ; or olse lorover hcreutli-r hold your peace.'' r ONE OF THE PEOPLE. lows : Henry W. Stop, Constable, who was aid- ing and superintending the removal. Four coloured coopers, two men and two boys, free, who were engaged putting the kegs in order. A white child, about five years old. outside, son of Mrs. Johnson, who fmmerlv kept a sailor hoarding house on the Bay. The mo ther, Mrs. J. was also outside, near the build ing, and is much burnt and severely bruised, hut inny recover. A black boy, who was playing not fur dis tant. He died in about an hour. The sight after the accident, was tho most revolting wo have ever witnessed. The bo dies of two and detached parts of tho bodies of two more of the coopers, have been found, together w ith another body, which it is hardly possible to identify us black or white, from the effects of the fire, from whence il wus drawn in the afternoon, hut is supposed to bn Mr. Stop’s, as tho others employed in the work, were before accounted for. Mrs. Johnson died ofher wounds yesterday about 5 o’clock.—Sav. Georgian. the hammer which receives the priming tr., w the magazine above, (a the charge m the i, ut . rel of the gun. When the hammer is jlmm forward in the act of firing, (lie nipple strikes against the barrel, und is forced into a lu,| e mude tn the hammer where llm firing is effect, cd by percussion. The magazine contains sixty primings, and is so contrived that neither water nor dumpnoss can penetrate itHaiti, more Gazette. AVe hnvo examined with pleasure a Digest of the Laws of Georgia from 1820 to 1829 inclusive, by Arthur Foster, ofCnlumhin coun ty, of this Slate. The work is in continuation ot Prince’s Digest and upon tho same plan— it is creditable to the industry of the author, who is not a professional man, and will he found vurv useful to the citizens of onr State in every walk of life, hut especially to llm members of the Bur. Air. Foster has thrown some fo<ms of legal proceedings into nn ap pendix which are in general correct and m.iv he salcly pursued ; we think this part of his work muy ho enlarged and made more perfect tn another edition. AVe commend with sincerity and salisfae- lion Mr. Foster’s Digest lo the patronage of the public.—Augusta Constitutionalist. From the Savannah K-i.nhlifun. The expression in the iiddrcs-i of tho Free Trade Convention to the People of tho United Stales, with retard to the Uneonstitutiiu nitty of the Tnriff, Iih» excited the angry comments of many of the l.dilnrs of the North; und the charge of Nullification has been urged by them a.uinsl the Convention on that uccounl. If entertaining the opinion Ihnt a Tariff or the avowed purpose of protecting manufactures is unconstitutional bp Nullification, we must «n: down Georgia utid Virginia us nullifying stales, long before tho Word Nullification came into fusion. A distinction has always hern drawn be tween incidental protection.arising froinlhoope- ufllin irvniur lawu|oml dtret I pinto* lion, unsmg from a lax for that specific purpose. AVe give tho following extracts to show the opinions entertained bv the Georgia Lcgisla- f 1828, and the Virginia assembly, 1829 Bet in giving them, we beg leave to sjy, Hint lie rncre opinion of Ihe Tariff s being iincon- Hliitionul, cannot convict nny ntnn of being n Nnllifier. In common with the N'ullifiers, he may entertain this opinion, hut it is not to he injected merely because they hold it. Its un- constitutionality is one ol'the best reasons in the world, why the t ariff should he repealed. Extract from the Georgia Memorial oj Dc- [ cember 17, 1828.—Wc oppose the Tariff Law, lust enacted, because we believe it lo be both in its object and its spirit, unconstitutional.” “ Independent of its iinronstitiitionalily,lhe lavv is inexpedient, und oppressive generally, pnriicul irly on the southern division of the U. late-.” The cotton inaik-tc Neu to k is inactive, ami the sai->, si ce tile tail neika from England, prove a de cline of,d.. - *’' AVtr Invention.—The Portsmouth Journal g.vee nn ner-ount of u gun, invented by Geo. \\ . Morse, n lad about seventeen ycai- of age. son ot Uev. Bryan Morse, of Haverhill, N. H. Fills gun is of handsome workmanship, the stock is made in Hie usual manner, und no nthei appearance of a lock than the guard und trigger : it is on the percussion principle, and s cnnsirtii ted that with one priming it muy be dtsenarged sixty times. The following is a partnhilur description of Hus new invention, { Tho hrcecli-piu, us it is called, makes lit JYoles of a Traveller.—The President's house, at Washington, is u beautiful biiildiiig und a credit lo the nation, it stands near tins centre of a plat of ground of 20 acres, at elevation of 44 feel above tho waters of the Potomac ; the entrance front, faces north, up. on an open squure. The building is 170 t V et front, and 86 deep—is built of while free stone, with Ionic pilasters, comiirchendm. two lolly stories of rooms, crowned will, g stone ballustrade. On the oust end uf fi ie house, is the inrge banquetting room, extend, ing the whole depth of the building, with vvm. dows to the north utid south, and a large glum door to the cast. This room is 80 feet by i0, and 22 high; it is finished with stun «cor nice, the paper is of fine color, will, a rich cloth border. There are four mantles, nf marble, two ol which are surmounted with mirrors, the plates of which ate 100 by 60 in ches, framed in a beautiful style, a ad a pair of rich ten-light lamps, with a row of drops around Ihe fountains. There are three hand- some chandeliers of cut glass, leiiinrltably brilliant, hi gilt mountings. 1 he carpet, irmth cunluios nearly 500 yards, is ol fine Riursels, of tawo, blue and yellow, with u red lie Undereach chandelier i- placed a round utile o! rich workmanship, of Italian Idark and gold slabs. From this outline, a person cun only a faint idea ol the beauty nf the a n lc. It is worth u journey to \\ a-lnnginii, to view it. In the dill, lent rooms nl Ihe State Dr-pail. merit, at \A usliiiiglon, may tie seen, Ihe orrgt- ual Declaration of Independence, and the commission of General AVushingioti, it) gkes frames. Alsu, muy he seen, by tho polite ness of the nfliccr, the original trciili. * mill foreign powers, among them the dr fit. treaty of pence, between Grout Britain aim the Untied States, of tho 3d of Sept. 1793— French treaty, ceding Louisiana to Ihe l niied States, signed by Bnnupnrfc. Also, tin gttiul Journals of Congress of 1776 and 1777, &c. und u collection ol medals und medalians, one is of gold, n present from General Bolivar; another of silver, struck in coinmemnioraooii of the Rclormution in England ; ulco, a gold snuff-box, set in diamonds, from the Kinperot Alexander. A person could spend a whole dnv in viewing live great number of events re corded In tills department. The Putcnt Office, nl Washington, is fi led with nearly four thousand models, of apparent* ly every passible modification of motion, und combination of every principle in mechumcal philosophy. Among Ihe patents may he seen one of Picrpont’s stove, of this city, patented Jan. 8, 1830. The President of the United States is very attentive lo the duties of his office—receives visitors with much nll'uhility, at any hour he- tween 9 und 12, and in the afternoon from 4 tu 6. AA’e understand a regulation has been issued, by which all ciurks m tho different de partments of government, who take the bone- fit oftlic insolvent act during tho present ad ministration, will lose their situation,(lie Pres ident wishing every clerk to live tVillim his income. This will inspire confidence, and is a good regulation. Much good is anticipated by the citizens ot Washington, Irom a branch of the Bnllin.nrf Kail llontl passing through the city—and also live completion of the eily Canal, for w hich a loan wus obtained by the corporation, mid the work is ubnul lo ho commenced. The Senate Chamber of the United States, has the mimes of all the Senator- placed on their desks. Any one can easily find the seats occupied by ihe Senators. The Representa tives Chanihor has a full length portrait, vied un excellent likeness of Lafayette. - per-ott inquired why a portrait of Washington w.-s ot other bnundarv of Ihe lock. The guard is di-1 ro ' an<1 ,old t " n 8 re ’" t,ad n PI ,,0 l”""' d v.ded into two parts. I he anterior halfoencs ’“ 15u0 onc ' 1,nd "*PP” s '-' d » would soon he only to complete the form of a common guard, and I* immoveable The oilier half acts as a lever, and is Httoclird to the upper prong of the breech-pin, and passes through u mortice which is made in ihe hammer. By drawing back this hall of the guard, the hammer is drawn mill it, and by this no lion the gun is corked- There is a small spring fixed m the upper part ol the • r»'nh mu. olnci, mrowsnnck <ut i auli i a i n is fixed lor urn. placed there. Gudsby’s Hotel,'AA'a>hmgli>n, is an immense establishment—them are 168 moms in the building, and upwutds oi 200 boarders r un be handsomely accommodated during the session of Congress. Opposition runs high among the plage pro prietors, tram B.illintort: to AAushtngton. Do the oir.val ol lire boat from I’oiladelphin, pas- si-ngets are conveyed, -villi their baggage, gut* gaard a' ler -he hammer I tis to '.i.etc bnurdint-plu.. .. i. mey engage to mo gunru (lieu op-j take passage lo Washington, in either ol the