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POETRY. GOD’S ACRE. BY HENRY W. LOXGFEU.OW. A well known burial place, (if we recollect rightly,) in London. 1 like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial ground, “ God’s Acre !” It is just; It consecrates each grate within its walls, And breathes a lienison o'er the sleeping dust. God’s-Acre ! Yes : that blessed name imparts Comfort to those, who in the grave have sown The seed that they had garnered in their hearts, « Their bread of life, alas ! no more their own. Into its farrows shall we all bo east, In the sure faith, that we shall rise again At the great harvest, when the Arch-angel's blast Shall winnow, like a fan, the chaff and grain. Then shall the good stand in perpetual bloom, In the fair gardens of that second birth, And each bright blossom mingle its perfume With that of flowers, which never bloomed on earth. With thy rude ploughshare, Death, turn up the sod, And spreatl the furrow from the seed we sow ! This is the field and Acre of our God, This is the place where human harvests grow. Green Gate of Paradise ! let in the sun ! Unclose thy portals, that we may behold Those fields lilysian, where bright rivers run, And waving harvests bend like seas of gold. THE SONG OF THE WAVE. lam free! lam free! I have slumbered long In the winter’s icy chain ; But the hills and the woods shall resound to my song, As l glide to the billowy main. I lie like a giant en wrapt in sleep, Tilt aroused by the spring’s sweet call; But I rise in the might of the swelling deep, And I burst from my frozen thrall. Onward I glance with arrowy spring, As I bound in my frolicsome glee; For mine is the joy of an untamed thing The fetter-less and the free. Oh ! mine are the sparkles of sunny gold And mine is the loamy crest; And the changing skies all their hues unfold, On the mirror of my bright breast. Oh ! mine are the showers ofgli tcring spray, Wlnch 1 dash on the pebbly strand ; And the music is mine of the wind's soft lay, Like tones from the spirit land. On my bosom careers the white-sailed bark To the distant Indian shore; And its crystal gleams with a crimson spark, At the flash of the sun-lit oar. Onward I rush, in my wild career; Yet tempt not mine hour of wrath, When my swollen and darkened form I rear, On the proud ship’s ocean path. Beware ! Beware ! when in thunder breaks The voice of my rolling surge, And the dismal wail of the cold wind shrieks The mariner’s lonely dirge. Ye are mine —ye are mine, in mine hour of pride, Ye that sport with a thing like me, Ye that dare your fragile barks to guide O’er the waves of the wild blue sea ! The loved of many a hope shall sleep In the ocean’s coral cave; For what human might may stay the sweep Os the untamed, unquelled Wave! HOPE. When Winter treads his dreary round, And cold congeals the air, And snows lie deep upon the ground, And woods wave bleak and bare, When winds in angry warfare meet, And clouds obscure the sun, And pining for their vital heat, The streams forget to run, Say, were it best, my constant friend, Os heart unfeigned and pure! Cowering beneath the blast to bend, Or manfully endure 1 And still through Winter’s dreariest gloom, And cheerful trust maintain, That Heaven will smile, the woodlands bloom, And Spring come round again 7 DESTINY. Why should I feed on contumely and wrong! To me more lofty destinies belong. Why should 1 lavish on one thankless face, Thought that might win the homage of my race 1 Out of ourselves, by Nature's hard decree, Vain is our hope, our struggle to be fre'e ; Our life is clay, spun on the potter’s wheel; Our barren power is only not to feel. Why then accuse the inexorable past 7 Shall I be angry at lire simoom’s blast, Or that the marble, mocking liuinam skill, Shaped as a statue, stands a statue still 7 Too good to be lost. The following story was lately told by a reformed inebriate as an apology for much of the follyof drunkards. A mouse ranging about a brewery, by accident fell into one of the vats of beer, and was in immediate danger of drowning, and appealed to a cat to help him out: the cat replied “ltis a foolish request, for as soon as I get you out I shall eat you.” The mouse piteously replied, “ that fate would be better than to be drowned in beer.” The cat lifted him out, but the fumes of the beer set poor puss a sneez ing, and dropping the mouse, be imme diately took refuge in bis bole. The eat, as soon as she could recover herself, called upon the mouse to come out “ You rascal, did not yon promise that I should cat you?” “Oh!” replied the mouse, “but you know 1 was in liquor at the time !” The aggregate value of the agri cultural products of the state of Illinois, according to the last census, is $22,398,- 185. A peevish lad making himself very disagreeable at a party, by the constant exclamation of “Show me that ;” a |Kir son standing near suggested that they had better “ Shoir him l/n floor." FOREIGN NEWS. London, April 29. Commercial. The general improvement which has of bite manifested itself in our trade, has l>een progressing slowly but steadily, though the price of money in the London market continues a low ns ever. There is no material change in the price of the public securities, and any fractional alter ation that may be noticed, has been the result of mere temporary causes which from time to time have a slight influence on the Ixmdon market. There has hem a good demand for most descriptions of goods this week, although the sales have not been very extensive. There is a general impression that prices will advance as the season progresses. The export of manufactured goods has been extensive, stimulated by the unpar allelled lowness of prices; and, as the accounts from America indicate that the crop of cotton will be very large, there is every probability of the manufacturer l>e ing able to continue his purchases of cot ton at low prices. The confirmation of the failure of Brazilian negotiations in the House of Commons, the other evening, has given the holders of colonial sugar increased confidence, and will, probably, produce a rise in price. The price of provisions continue very low. especially grain, which is causing much dissatisfaction in the corn-growing counties. The Cotton market here has been rather dull, though there litis been little altera tion in prices, which may in a great de gree be attributed to the late news from America. Two more private banking houses have suspended payment. The one Messrs. Clarke and Cos., of I .eicester; the other Messrs. Inkersole and Goddard, of Mar ket Harborough. Foreign. The foreign news with which the arri val of the “Great Western” at N. York, will apprise our Trans-atlantic Readers, is unusuaily barren and unimportant. A solemn calm seems to have stolen over those regions, the incidents of whose dis tracted condition it was but lately our business to record. If the statements we supply be not startling or interesting, they are at least satisfactory. India. Contrary to our expectations, we are enabled to supply the readers of this num ber with late Indian news. By the extra steamer “ Genasserin,” advices from Cal cutta, of the date March the sth, have been received. The steamer brought Col. Fraser, the bearer of dispatches, supposed to be of a most important character. The nature and contents of them have not transpired. In India, matters remained compara tively tranquil. The disturbances which it. was expected the death of Maharajah of Gunlior would incite, have not occurred, and the election of his successor will be adjusted amicably. The Governor General had left Delhi for Arga as soon as he was apprised'of Maharajah’s death. From Scinde and Cahill we have no news by this arrival. It is rumored that advices have been received by the steamer, which state that the vigour and determination of Sir Henry Pottinger, who had positively re fused the interference of the Co-Hongs, were likely to secure a speedy and sat isfactory settlement of the tariff-—the much dreaded subterfuge of the Chinese. Turkey. Advices from Constantinople, of the date April the 7th, contain the ultimatu'm of Russia relative to Servia. The Czar requires the voluntary abdication of Prince Alexander, or in case of his refu sal,, his deposition by the porte. The ac tivity of Keamtl Pasha in the Servian revolution induces the emperor to insist on his immediate recall from Belgrade. Unless these terms be complied with, the Russian ambassador is immediately to re turn home. The English ambassador it is said, disapproves of the nature of these exactions, mid of the insolent tone in which they arc demanded. The emperor imagines that the 80,000 troops he litis encamped on the Dnieper, will awe the Porte into submission, and in this opinion it is said the foreign di plomatists concur. From present appear ances the Turkish Government do not seem inclined to surrender. If their re ply be not given in a few days, the Russian ambassador is instructed to de mand his passports. Belgrade letters of the date 12th April, state that tin insurrection had broken out in Servia, of so formidable a nature as that it would in all likelihood, hasten the crisis of affairs. Greece. The King of Greece has applied to Russia for a loan. The Emperor replied that he had determined to make no more useless sacrifices for so insignificant a government. Russia* In the course of the summer the Em peror intends to visit \\ arsaw, and to ad minister in person the government of Po land. 'Fite Emperor has urged his claim to the possession of the port of Kiel, an eli gible station in the Baltic. To this, in the event of his male issue being born the Duke of Holstein, lie contends he should succeed, in consequence of an act of cession made by his ancient, Paul. It is said the question will lie adjusted du ring the lifetime of the reigning duke. The tranquility which Nicholas has hitherto contrived to preserve is. if we tire to credit sundry rumors, threatened with a sjteedy interruption. The Emperor has liecome loathsomely unpopular. While In* vents his unchecked rage alike upon the Romanists and the Protestants, he plunges into debaucheries compared with which the prodigalities of the middle ages were but trivial aberrations. F e - ; male virtue is endangered by its vicinity to his presence. If a revolution, on the probability of which men do not simply speculate, j should occur, its incidents will I* the most fearful and atrocious the world ever knew. £; ain. The defeat which, in our last number, wc announced the Spanish Ministry to have sustained, is not an event of such moment as the discomfiture of an admin istration is ordinarily regarded to be.— The Opposition consisted of an amalga mation of men of all creeds, parties, and opinions, the bond and cement of whose union appears to have been personal ani mosity to the candidate whom the admin istration had resolved to dignity with the speakership. It appears certain, that al though the parties by whom it was orig inally intended that certain measures should be propounded, are “unseated quite,” the measures themselves will be submitted in their entirety to the Cham ber. A* bill for the establishment of trading banks, whose operations it is proposed to control by salutary restrictions, is in the course of agitation. Its clauses author ise the government to grant warrants for the establishment of banks in the provin ces and in the ad jacent Islands, to assign to each bank a clearly defined district, all rivals or competitors being forbidden to entrench upon its limits ; and to em power the royal commissioner to refuse notes, until his written sanction should have been obtained for the purpose. The treasurer of the'siuking fund has been arrested in consequence of defalca tions in his accounts. Among other rumors of which the Madrid journals are prolific, there are two which deserve mention. The one is the organization of a council of government, the members of which shall be chosen from the ranks of all parties,irrespective ly altogether of their attachment to the ascendant function. The other is to in duce the Court of Portugal to coalesce in the formation of a commercial union.— Os the benefits of this compact, extend ing as it would the line of customs to the Pyrennes, England would richly partici pate. It remains to be seen whether France will allow, or Spain can succeed in effecting the conclusion of the projec ted treaty. Some delay must ocur, it is said, before anew ministry can be formed, and of consequence* the reply to the Regent’s message is not completed, although a committee has adopted it. It is contemplated to prolong the mi nority of the Queen, Which existing en actments declare to he completed in some eighteen months. The critical po sition of affairs renders it imperative on Espartero, if he has any loyalty in his composition, to induct his infantine mon arch into a peaceful reign. Advices of the 19th, state that the draft answer to the Regent’s speech has been read to the senate. Its tone is tranquil. Portugal. By .1 ie Liverpool Steamer, letters and papers have been received from Lisbon of the date April the 17th. The negotiations for the tariff with Great Britain, are, as it was long foreseen they would be, at an end. : The only remaining point in dispute between the Powers is the imposition of a duty of lid per pound on woollen cloth. The exaction of which would realize some 20,000 annually. In order to sus tain this the wine interests, or in other words, the national interests are sacrifi ced. The cause stands thus in the cause list woollens and wines. The jury, (the Ministry) have given a verdict for woollens, their own ears, in all likelihood, having been stuffed with the material. What is the result of this deception? Why, the sale of upwards of 80,000 pipes of wine annually, is absolutely sacrificed in order to etfect the disposal ol 2,000 bales of cloth of such a texture and qual ity as a Greenland fisherman would scorn to wear. It is confidently predicted that unless this matter be speedily settled, a revolu tion in the wine districts will be the in evitable result. It was rumored on the eve of the de parture of the packet, that tiie Portuguese government is so seriously alarmed at the aspect of the indignation they have pro voked, that they will eventually succ u mb. A few weeks will decide the issue. France. The news from France is unusually interesting. The debates in the Cham bers, except that the results’of them con firm the stability of the Guizot party, do not deserve abridgement. An order has been issued to discharge all married seamen from the navy, and although this measure will denude the Mediterranean of French cruizers, it is intended to dispatch a resppctable force to die recently acquired or pillaged is lands in the Pacific, The Princess < 'lementine was married to the Prince Augustus Saxe Cobourg Gotha at St. Cloud, on the 20th of April, according to the strict formalities of the Church of Rome. His brother, Prince Albert, some four years ago, was married to the Queen of England, according to the rubric of the Church of this realm. If there be any male member of this pli able and plausible family young enough to be circumcirsed, we shall, perhaps lie fated to report that Prince Frederick ]?] Saxe Gotha is in treaty to ally himself to the sister of the Sultan. The news from Algiers is favorable. Some excursions which the French have hazarded have lieen successful. It appears, from a statement in the Sie clc, that the Revenue Returns declare an exjienditure of £6,100,090 over the re ceipts. The sum of money which it is pro posed to raise for the support of the French establishments in the Pacific, 11 is suspected will not meet the require ments of the exigency. The French themselves seem to doubt whether their recently acquired possession will not be to them more costly than valuable. The “ Pheton” steamer sailed for the Marque sas on the 24th instant. Perhaps the mo 4 important item in the French intelligence which we are ena bled to quote, is the publication of the voluminous report of the commissioners appointed to advise upon the most eligi gible means to be adopted for the aboli tion of slavery. In addition to the dis play of their usual fondness for abstract inquiry, the French appear to have prof ited by the confessed blunders which Great Britain made in the manumission of slavery. They defer complete aboli tion for a period of fifteen years, in order to acclimate the slave to the atmosphere of freedom. During the first ten years certain privileges are to be granted to the slaves, who at the expiration of that pe riod, instead of being allowed to quit the service of their employers, as was the case in our own colonies, they are bound to serve their masters for the next five years. The debates on the report will be ex pected with some interest. State of Trade. Liverpool. During the past fort night reports from some of the Manufac turing Districts, previously but indiffer ently off for the want of good employ ment, are becoming more satisfactory. Though still at low [but in some cases rather improved] wages, most of the peo ple are employed ; such has been the case for some time past in the Cotton Districts, and this continues, and indeed rather im proves than otherwise. These must Le received as favorable indications as to the future ; because it is observable that this increased business, fairly established, has hitherto remained permanent. The home trade appears once more good, and the foreign demand, apparently, tho’ slowly perhaps, on the increase. From present appearances distress seems likely to ex tend in the Agricultural Districts ; but let us hope that another good harvest, of which there is every present appearance, may do much to relieve this important portion of our community. A large bu siness is going forward in our Produce markets for .actualconsumption, but with out excitement, or any undue eagerness to buy. Rochdale F annel Mark t. Monday, April 24. In the piece market there lias been rather more business done, but prices have been extremely low. There is also a little improvement in the wool market, and the dealers are asking rather higher prices. Later from Texas. The Washington Farmer publishes a portion of the correspondence between the Texan Charge D’Affaires in London, and Lord Aberdeen, in regard to the Mexican war steamers built and fitted out in Liverpool. Her Majesty’s Minis ter states that permission had been asked and refused for the vessels to arm in British ports; that it was the intention of the Government to observe the strictest neutrality between Texas and Mexico, and that no English officer holding the Queen’s commission would be allowed to serve in the Mexican Navy against Texas. The Treasury of the Republic has been ordered by the President to be closed for sixty-days, and no payment to he made to any person within that time. The anniversary of the battle of San Jacinto, was celebrated in Galveston on the 21st ult., with considerable spirit. The Houston Telegraph states, that “ a party of about thirty hostile Indians, supposed to be Caddoes, lately appeared in tiie vicinity of Bastrop. They were fortunately discovered before they had committed any depredations, and a party of settlers was soon raised and gave pur suit, but were unable to overtake them.” The Civilian contradicts the report circulated here, that President Houston had caused it to be stated to Santa Anna that the prisoners t iken at Mier “ had entered the territory of Mexico contrary to the orders of their Government.” The collector at Galveston has received instructions in accordance with the law, to add five per cent to the amount of du ties on all goods imported from the Uni ted States, over and above the amount levied upon merchandise introduced from countries with which Texas has treaties. Fi’om the N. Y. Tribune. Tribute to Commander Mackenzie* The following letter, signed by a very large number of our most respected citi zens, has just been addressed to Com mander Mackenzie : New York, April 18, 1843. To Commander A. S. Mackenzie: Sir: Your commercial and maritime countrymen have a duty to perform to you, in relation to your suppressing the mutiny on board of the U. S. brig Som ers. Your conduct has been submitted to your superiors in the naval service, and has been approved. You have been tried by your equals and acquitted with honor. That acquittal, through its high est functionaries, has been approved by your country. It is now liecoming in your country men to unite their voice with the public decisions, and to assure you of their sym pathy and approval. A mutiny in a national ship is itself a heavy public calamity, full of danger, im mediate and remote, to the best interests of your country. The turning of your ship into a sea-rover would have made the entire ocean a scene of outrage, ra pine and murders. The land, also, would have rung with cries of distress. That such a mutiny should have been organized by an officer, who had every advantage of connections, education and talents, to seduce the common sailor, and to carry into effect his farther purposes, was giving to the danger a form the most urgent and appalling. • The weakness of your defence, the immature age and unsubdued, youthful, reckless passions of your crew; the cer tainty that to punish the ringleader would expose you to the utmost hostility of his friends, every way powerful, and that the inconsiderate pity of many might em body a formidable opposition against you, all rendered the necessary discipline and punishment full of peril to yourself. But last and chiefest, the horror of an officer being obliged to execute, without the or dinary forms of the justice of his coun try, a brother officer and two of his crew, made your position painful and difficult without a parallel. Under such circum stances you carried into effect the au thority of your ship, restored its discip line, saved the honor of our Navy, the commerce of your country, and the lives of your associates, and rescued countless numbers from every form of outrage and death. By decision, energy, and lofty courage, patting at risk your fame, honor and life, you met such dangers. You have thus entitled yourself to our warmest thanks and highest praise. The fearful example will not be without its effect. Lawless ruffians will not dare to seek in the naval service, the means of consummating their crimes. Your broth er officers will not hesitate to discharge their duty in enforcing discipline. Well disposed seamen will not fear the taunt of a service where mutiny and murder may go unpunished: and although we cannot withhold our sympathy from the relatives of the mutineers, yet our regret is that the - crimes were conceived which rendered punishment necessary had not that punishment been inflicted. As for us, we present our thanks to you. We offer you our congratulations on your honorable acquittal. We present you our Kest wishes, that your country may reward, and the world may acknowledge your decision, courage and patriotism. We remain, with great respect, [Signed by David B. Ogden, Daniel Lord, Jr., John Anthon, George Wood, J. Prescott Hall, Samuel A. Foot, Hiram Ketchum, Marcus T. Reynolds, Robert C. Cornell, James D. P. Ogden, George T. Tallman, the President of every Ma rine Insurance Company, all the chief shipping Houses, every Packet Captain within reach, and some two hundred of our most eminent Merchants and busi ness men of all parties.] Com. Mac kenzie returned the following answer: Tarrytown, 6th May, 1843. Gentlemen—l have read with deep in terest and with emotions of no ordinary sensibility, the letter which you have done me the honor to address me. The tesiimony you have borne to the purity of the motives by which 1 was governed in performing a painful act of summary justice, under the pressure of ail overru ling necessity, has such force and value that I gladly receive it as a fair expres sion of the judgment of that great pop ular tribunal to which, in our country, all matters of general interest are finally submitted: and to the document which contains it, I and my children after me will ever attach a priceless value. Your judgement forever sets at rest the suspicion, if such has, indeed, been sin cerely entertained, that my acquittal by the Naval Court of Inquiry and Court Martial was in any degree owing to pro fessional sympathy of my brother offi cers, and not wholly to the intrinsic jus tice of my defence and the irresistible ev idence on which it rested. When I look at the names of those who have subscri bed the letter before me, and reflect on their standing and position, their capacity of forming a sound judgment, their ad mitted intelligence and unsullied probity, I cannot but regard the opinions it ex presses as conclusive evidence that the judgment of the Navy is ratified by the verdict of my country. This is the ver dict best suited to sustain the conscious ness of having acted from a sense of duty so solemn and imperative, that had I re | fused to obey its voice, sanctioned as it was by the deliberate opinion of all the officers who were associated with me, I should have been guilty of disloyalty to j my dountry, and treason to the cause of | humanity. For the kindness which has impelled you to convey to me that invaluable ex pression of sympathy and approbation, I beg you to accept collectively and indi vidually the assurance of my warm and lasting gratitude. I am, gentlemen, very truly and res pectfully, your obliged and most obedi ent, Alex. Slidell Mackenzie, Commander U. S. N. Messrs. N. L. & G. Griswold and oth ers, New York. More of the f ollision. One of the unfortunate men scalded on hoard the steamboat Pulaski, on Fri day evening last, named Michael Haw kins, the steward of '.he boat, died at Pittsburg on Saturday evening. Will iam Coon, a deck-passenger, of Collins, Erie county, (N. Y..) is not expected to recover. The remainder of the jiersons scalded, it is thought, will recover. Virginia Election. The result of the contest in this State, returns for Congress three wings, eleven democrats, and one Tylerite. The House of Delegates stands,’[demo crats seventy-five, whigs fifty nine. The Senate stands the same ns last year, twelve whigs, and twenty demo crats. Summer station. The Ik S. Shift, North Carolina, was towed yesterday to h<% old place oil’ the Battery, where she will remain for the season. Coirepponpenca of the Baltimore Sun. Two Unexpected Arrivals —Shipman and the Great Western. Philadelphia, May 12, 1843. We had two extraordinary arrivals to day, and although both were looked for at some future time, both have by their suddenness created much surprise. The Great \\ estern has made a quick trip and anticipated the usual passage one or two days. The other arrival, “Jake Shipman,” the absconding messenger, has anticipated the time set down by many for his coming, some twenty years. Nev ertheless he is here. He arrived last night, and early this morning he made his appearance in his old walks about Third and Chesnut street, looking as fat and as merry as though he had not seen trouble or privation for the past year at least. He was cordially greeted by his old friends, and the pleasure at the meeting appeared mutual all round. “Jake” went to the office of his old friend, Johnson, whose funds, to the amount of some SSOOO, are still among the missing, and before he had concluded a narration of his trip, thecauses, and its consequences, Mr. Johnson called ivitnesses to notice that he arrested him. This movement, I presume is to secure the reward to him self, or to prevent any difficulty that may arise by others claiming it. Shipman says lie is now at ease, and experiences a peace of mind he has not known withn four years. His first deficit was in 1839, and was then only SBOO, but has gradu ally widened until at the time of his de parture it reached the large sum of $12,- 500, all of which he had abstracted from the $15,000 of gold belonging to the Vinoii Bank, N. Y., and paid his debts with. All other funds entrusted to him he says, are safe with his Terre Haute captors. He was taken before the Mayor by Mr. Johnson, and after a partial examination the case was continued to 3 o’clock. He will probably be held to bail, and there the matter most likely will rest. No one of the brokers or banks here evince the slightest disposition to disturb him; on the contrary, I believe, would gladly screen him. Yours, &c. Correspondence of the Baltimore Sim. Washington, May 12, 1843. The whole community was thrown in to a state of excitement yesterday, by a rumor that several of the Clerks of the Treasury Department had been arrested upon a charge of embezzling the public funds. I am gratified to inform you, however, that, up to the present time, but one solitary individual has been implica ted. That individual, who has hitherto enjoyed the highest confidence and es teem of every one who knows him, is charged with having attempted to circu late a lot of cancelled Treasury notes, without having succeeded in a single case, so far as has been discovered. The preliminary investigation was continued to-day, in the office of the Register of the Treasury, by Mr. District Attorney Fen dell, assisted, by request of the Govern ment, by Z. Collins Lee, Esq., U. S. Dis trict Attorney from your city, and Mr. Solicitor Penrose, of the Treasury De partment, before Justice Goddard. The defence is conducted by James Iloban, Esq. The investigation, so far, has been very laborious, and the testimony volum inous : all is doubt and intense anxiety. The accused having entered into re cognizance to appear at the next term of the Criminal Court, 1 deem it improper, at present, to give any portion of the evi dence, or even a detailed account of the circumstances which have been devel oped. Your readers shall be apprised of the progress of the examination. Sub poenas have lieen issued for other wit nesses from Baltimore, and the examina tion will be continued to-morrow. Later. —Since the above was in type, we learn from the Globe of yesterday evening, that the individual implicated is R. P. Dowden, a clerk in the office of the Register of the Treasury. He is some where from the west. The evidence is stated to he that, a week or two age, Dow den assisted James G. Berret in counting the treasury notes which had been re turned to the treasury by the collection of the revenue, or by other persons, for redemption. Several days afterwards, Dowden engaged a negro man of Wash ington city, named Robinson, to go to Baltimore and take a letter to a Mrs. Dor sey, residing in this city, containing five SIOO treasury notes. The negro brought the letter to Mrs. Dorsey on last Wed nesday week, the 3d inst. It was signed Benjamin Cambelle Jr., Mrs. Dorsey de tained the negro man about an hour, un til she went out, and tried to pass off the notes. Finding that she could not pass them, she returned them to Dowden, alias Benjamin Cambelle, Jr. When the ne gro (Robinson) returned to Washington, Dowden gave to him two one hundred dollar treasuiy notes to pass off prom ising him one half, or one hundred dol lars, if he should succeed. The negro made several ineffectual attempts to sell them. His having treasury notes, exci ted the suspicion of some persons, and he was watched. On Tuesday last, the ne gro and Dawson met in the Centre of Marsh market house, in Washington, and was observed to take from his pocket a letter, and to write on it with a pencil, and hand it to the negro— who took it to Mr. Spice, upon whom he waited. The letter was written with a pencil, and signed Benjamin Cambelle, Jr., request ing Mr. Spice to say nothing about the two one hundred dollar treasury notes, which the negro had asked Mr. Spice to exchange, and which had excited Mr. Spice’s suspicions that there was some thing wrong—either that the notes were counterfeit, or that the negro had stolen them. These circumstances led to the arrest, and Dowden was held to bail in the sum of $2500, for further examina tion. It is not known that any of die