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name and seal, slicing and being sued, «fcc.) shall not extend beyond the period of 14 years, though they are renewable. APPROPRIATIONS. For the Governorand other officers of tho State, the salaries fixed by law; members and olficers of the General As sembly, the compensation we have al ready published ; Contingent fund, $ 15,- ttt*t) tor arrearages, and $20,000 for each of the years 1844 and 1815; Printing fund. SIB,OOO for 1844. and $5,000 for 1815: Military fund, $6,000 for arrear ages and for 1811, and $3,000 for 1815 ; For the Penitentiary, $50,000, viz : $32,- Oootwo years; Ludatic Asylum, $4,000 for two years; to James L. Daniel, for Indian spoliations at Roanoke, about $1,600; with sundry oilier appropria tions for attorneys’ fees, &c. An appro priation of IS3S in bonds to the State Hoad, suspended by tho act of 1841, is revived by the repeal of said net—the unexpenffixl balance of which is about $276,000. TAXES. The tax act of 1812 is continued in force for the next two years. A separate act imposes a tax of $26 on every billiard table kept for public use. The act of T 512 amendatory of the act of 1840, im posing additional duties on tax collec tors and the comptroller General, relative t > lands returned by individuals in other counties than that of their residence, is r ‘pealed. FINANCE. All payments from the treasury, are directed to be made in specie or its equi valent ; for which purpose the Governor is authorized to borrow $150,000, at 7 per cent, interest payable semi-annually in New York. Am equal amount of Ce itral Rank bills to be withdrawn from -the treasury and burned. The Treasurer is directed to submit to •each session of the General Assembly, detailed estimates of the probable receipts •and expenditures, the probable sources of revenue, Ac., and to suggest new items oi taxation in caseol aprubabledeficicncy. lie is to report also tho amount of public debt, with its interest, paid and unpaid ; -and also quarterly reports to the Govern or, of all receipts into the treasury.— -Committees are to le appointed by the Governor, in the years in which the le gislature does not sit, to examine the Mate of the treasury, the public debt, Ac. The Comptroller General is to audit quarterly the accounts of the Engineer of the State Road, and report to tire Gov ernor. All unexpended balances of general appropriations are to revert and l>e imerged in the treasury, after the ex piration of six months from the end of the political year lor which they are made. Ail the stocks belonging to the treasury are set apart lor the payment of the public debt, to !>c disposed of by the •Governor as the interest of the State may require. Coupons lor interest may be endorsed by the Treasurer, mid thereaf ter paid without the exhibition of the iMiids to which they belong; and the Governor may order the payment of •Coupons thus endorsed to be made in Savannah or Augusta, for convenience of public enditors, when it can lx June without detriment to the public interests. Public Debt. —The Govemot is au thorized to fund the delit to Iteni, Irving Ri Cos., and provision is made fiv its reg ular annual reduction. He is also au tlioriz -d to substitMe bonds payable in the State for 6 per ceoL funds elsewhere payable, upon such terms us he may deem advisable. Provision is made for renewing mutilated bends and coupons, r»ud establishing copies -of such as may be lost. REVERTED 3. \N»S. Tin acl of 1312 is repealed, the time for taking out grants extended to Ist Oc tober, IS 11, and provision made for the disposition of suck lands as revert to the Stale—for which see the act itself iu this {paper. WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. ROAD. Tile net of ISO, suspending opera tions Ac. is repealed, which revives the vinexpeaded balance of lormer nppropri *ions P»r the work, (about $270,(KK).) The work is to progress gradually and economically, first t.» the point where the Rome Ixnuch is to unite. When •either of the branch roads, the Monroe or IJcorgi,-e shall reach the South Eastern terminus, the road is to be equiped with ears dec. to the extent that its business and the public interest may require. In The mean time, the road is to be offered lor sale, at a sum not less than $1,000,- 000, with the addition of whatever surn may he expended on it from this time to the sale i and whenever this sum can be obtained, fill further expenditures on the part ot the State are to cease, and the Governor to make the sale on such terms «s he may deem advantageous as to the State, lie is authorized, in the farther progress of the Penitentiary employ such of the convicts as can be so emyloyed ra conformity to their sentences. EDUCATION OF THE POOR, A beneficieut system for this laudable object i3 provided by an act, in another •column, to which wc refer the reander ior details. CONGRKS3IOXAI. DISTRICTS. Elections for members of Congress are hereafter to be made by districts (the ar rangement of which, we have already published.] Should the members elec I'd by general ticket to tire present Con gress, be declared by that body not to be entitled to their seats, anew election is to be ordered under, the district system.— Voting out of the district in which an individual resides, is declared a misde meanor, punishable by fine not less than $1(10, nor more thau SSOO, at the discre tion of the Courts. ELECTIONS OF GENERALS. By. the amended constitution, these officers are made elective by the people. I'pou ills occurrence of a vacancy, the Commander-in-Chief shall issue orders to Commanders of Regiment, for an elec tions to be made by the persons liable to do militia duty. Elections to be held at the several precincts, and returns made to the Governor, who shall make procla mation of tho officer elected, and issne his commission. ELECTOKS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. To accommodate this election to the system of biennial sessions,it is provided that a majority of the Electors shall have authority to fill vacancies in their own boJv, whether created by failure of the people to elect the lull number by a ma jority of their votes, or by the absence of one or more of those so selected. In the event of the people not electing by a ma jority ol their votes, a majority of the number to which the State is entitled, or i» the event of a majority not attending at the seat ot Government, at the n;>- pointed lime, the Governor is directed to convene the Genera! Assembly in extra session, to fill vacancies. CLOSING OF POLLS. The time of closing the polls in elec tions at the several precincts in this State is changed from 6 o’clock, P. M. to 5 o’clock, P. M. CENSUS. Provision is made for taking the Cen sus ot the State, in compliance with the requirements of the Constitution, in the year 1843. As the details are of little in terest to the render, and the time yet far in prospective, we omit the particulars. SMALL POX. All laws requiring the expenses incur red in cases of small pox and other pes tilential diseases, to he paid by the State, are repealed. The Governor is directed to procure at public expense, supplies of vaccine matter forgratnitous use. STATE HOUSE OFFICERS. Certain specificduties of the Treasurer and Comptroller have been alluded to in the item of “ Finance.” Bonds are to lie required of the several olficers in the following amounts: Treasurer, S2OO - Comptroller, $20,000; Secretary of State and Surveyor, General. SIO,OOO each. PENITENTIARY. The System is continued, and the present location retained. The appro priation for its benefit, the change ot sen tences, and the disposition of certain con victs on the Stale Hoad, have been men tioned. Its police is amended, and the law forbidding job-work, repealed. BANKS. Central Ilcuik.-~ The Governor is authorized to reduce the number of of ficers, and to lix the salary of those re tained. The Charter of the Marine & Fire In surance Rank, Savannah, is extended 20 years. The Rank of Augusta is author ized to reduce its stock to not less than $600,000; the Georgia Railroad & Ranking Company to purchase its own stock anr’i thus reduce its capital not be low $2,000,000; the Georgia Insurance cfc Trust Company, to reduce its capital to not less than $300,800 ; the name of the Rr.n'v of Hawkinsvilta is changed to 1 h»5 Merchants’ Rank of Macon.” Certain Ranks in Augusta are relieved fro'n Executions nJfoint them for taxes paid to a former treasurer of the State, and not placed to their credit. Certain assignments made by Ranksin Columbus are confirmed. The several Ranks ot the State are required to publish their semi annual reports at their own ex pense. EXPENSE OF THE STATE. The expenses of the late session n mounted in the aggregate, to $67,954 76 —which is between $16,000 and $17,- 000 less than that of 1842. Slate Senatorial Districts, As passed by bulk Houses of the Legislature. 1-5 Putnam and Jones iti Monroe and Pike 27 Crawford and Upson 28 Meriwether & Coweta 29 Troup and Heard 30 Carroll and Campbell 31 Fayette and Henry 32 Butts and Jasper 33 Newton and Walton 34 Morgan and Greene 35 Wilkes and Lincoln 3G Elbert ami Franklin 3 1 Oglethorpe & Madison 38 Clark and Jackson 39 Gwinnett and DeKalb 10 Paulding and Cass 11 Cobb and Cherokee 12 Forsyth and Hall 13 Habersham and Rabun 11 Lumpkin and Union 15 Gilmer and Alurray 4o Walker and Dade ti Floyd and Chattooga. 1 Chatham 2 Bryan and Liberty 3 Mclntosh and Glynr* 4 Wayne and Camden 5 Ware and Lowndes 6 A ppling&Montgomcry i 7 Tatnall ami Bulloch | 8 Effingham & Scriven j 9 Burke and Emanuel I 10 Laurens & Wilkinson j II Telfair and Irwin 12 Decatur and Thomas 13 Baker and Early 14 Runduljih & Stewart 15 Lee and Sumter 10 Muscogee and Harris 17 Houston and Alaeon IS Talbot and .Marion 19 Pulaski and Dooly 20 Twiggs and Bibb 21 Washingt’n&Jeflerson 22 Richmond & Columbia 23 Warren & Taliaferro 24 Hancock and Baldwin CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, As passed by the Legislature. The fig ures at ihe bottom of each, shows the pa'r ty majorities at the last election for Gov ernor. FIRST DISTRICT. Camden Glynn Wayne Mclntosh Liberty Bryan Chatham Effingham Bulloch Montgomery Tatnall Appling Ware Laurens Emanuel Lowndes Telfair Thomas Whig majority, 960. SECOND DISTRICT. Houston Decatur Early Baker Ijee Randolph Stewart Sumter Dooly Muscogee Marion Macon Irwin Pulaski Dem. majority, 194. THIRD DISTRICT. Harris Talbot Crawford Twiggs Upson Monroe Bibb Pike Whig majority, 857. FOURTH DISTRICT. Troup Meriwether Heard Coweta Fayette Campbell Carroll Henry Newtcn Whig majority, 531. FIFTH DISTRICT. Dade Walker Chattooga Floyd Cass Paulding Murray Gilmer Cherokee Cobb DeKalb Gwinnett Forsyth. Dem. majority, 820. SIXTH DISTRICT. Union Lumpkin Hab’rsh’m Rabun Franklin Hall Jackson Madison Elbert Clark Walton Dein. majority, 751. SEVENTH DISTRICT. Morgan Greene Taliaferro Putnam Jasper Butts Jones Baldwin Wilkinson Oglethor|>e Whig majority. 1,403 EIGHTH DISTRICT. Wilkes Lincoln Columbia Richmond Burke Scriven Jefferson Warren Hancock Washington. Whig majority, 1.472. & Di¥:c}sUiß JUL, Fr>m the Mercury. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. The Senate did not sit to-day. The House was engaged during the morning hour on the subject of the report of the Select Committee—the question being the motion of Mr. Black to amend the proposition of Mr. Dromgoole to re-com mit the report by adding 44 with instruc tions to restore the 21st rule.” Mr. Dun can was entitled to the fioor, and though he did not go so far as some others who had preceded him, still he advocated the re[)ort, and contended with as much zeal as any one for this “ sacred right es pe tition.” He avowed himself against slavery in the abstract, and equally op l*ised to Abolition, and went into an argument to prove the inferiority of the negro race to the white, as an example their present condition after a lapse of three centuries, with all the advantages that were to be derived from association among tha refined and civilized. Now all these facts are universally admitted ; hut they have nothing to do with the question at issue. The Southern State entered into the federal compact, with the express understanding that rights to their slave representation, and to slave proper ty, should be recognized. It was one of the compromises of the Constitution (as Mr. Rhett forcibly said in his letter to the Speaker declining to serve on the Select Committee) 44 without which the Consti tution never could have existed, and without which it could not now exist.” To strike out this 21st rule, then, is only an entering wedge, and I now see clearly that it will be done, and then the next move will be to try and deprive the South of her slave representation, under color of other rights, that l have no doubt will he regarded full as sacred as that of petition. 1 shali say no miW on this subject—the decree has gone forth, and the rule is I consider virtually rescinded, and all this has been effected by the ally of the South. It is sheer mockery to tell the Scuth that the absence of the rule can have no practical bearing on her in terests. Are not the rights guaranteed by the Constitution sacred? Should not every pat riot—every lover of his country no matter from what section he may emanate, rather defend them, than an abstract right of petition, under which Southern privileges are daily assailed ? We are told Northern men do not desire to interfere with the peculiar institutions ot the So t i, and that a vote on any bill striking at slavery, would prove the fact. That might he so, at the present moment, but who can answer what a fell spirit of fanaticism may attempt? 1 have little patience left, when 1 see such flagrant omission of duty, such shameful deser tion of principles, for no other reason than to further the promotion of a politi cal aspirant. from the Charleston Courier. WASHINGTON, JAN. 8. In the Senate, to-day, a communica tion was received from the War Depart ment, with a survey of a Ship Canal a round the Falls of Sault de St. Marie. Mr. Wright presented a memorial from merchants of New-York city, dealing in and importers of hardware and iron, rep resenting that the duties on those articles were too high, either for revenue or for the interests protected by these duties; also a memorial of the New-York Cham ber of commerce, praying the establish ment of a Ware-Housing System A joint resolution was introduced, provi ding for the termination of the Conven tion with Great Britain for the joint oc cupancy of Oregon Territory. A long debate took place on Mr. Al len’s resolution, calling for the instruc tions given to the American Minister re lative to the title to, and the occupation of the territory of Oregon. Mr. Archer, as Chairman of the Committee of For eign Affairs, was authorised by the Exe cutive to inform the Senate that no ne gotiation was now pending on the sub ject; the instructions hail been issued as the basis of a negociation; that Great Britain perferred to treat here, to which our Government had no objection, and that a Minister, fully and specially au thorised to negotiate an adjustment of the Oregon question was on his way to Washington,wherethenegotiation would lie held. This information gave great satisfaction here, and it was quite new so fur as the Oregon matter was concerned. It is to be hoped that it will check the fever for legislating on the subject of the Oregon, and forcing an issue with Great Britain on that subject. Some Sena'ors now treat the idea of any negotiation with disdain, and contend that it ought not to be admitted that Great Britain has any right to make any claim to the terri tory, or any part. Rut we have enter tained oar claims heretofore, and recog nised them in two Conventions and di vers negotiations. We have offered to compromise with her by giving her the territory north of 49, whereas we claim to 54 degrees north latitude. The House has got rid of the bill, restoring General Jackson’s fine, after a day’s debate. Mr. Steven’s amendment protecting the Judiciary from any impu tation was lost. The bill passed by the large majority of 158 to 28. Many members of the Senate and House, and many citizens and strangers have an anniversary supper to-night, and much good cheer, patriotism and fun were promoted by it. Mr. Spencer's nomination will, it is supposed go into the Senate to-morrow, but it seems that a Secretary of the Trea sury will not be simultaneously nomina ted. That betng the case, the Senate will not confirm Mr. Spencer. They cannot get an abler man in New" York to fill Justice Thompson’s place. From the N. Y. Evening Post Gth inst. Congress and the Revenue Question. The question of so regulating the du ties on imported goods, as best to supply a revenue, has again been brought before Congress, and with the sail e un uc'iy re sult as before. The resolution offered by Mr. McDowall, instructed the Com mittee of Ways and Means to report a bill so modifying the tariff as to provide a sufficient revenue, and with such dis criminations as look to that object and no other This resolution was rejected it received hut eighty-four votes to a hundred and two in the negative. The Washington Spectator gives a table, by which it appears that oighly-two of the votes for the resolution were given by Democrats and two by Whigs ; and that of the votes in the negative, forty-two were given by Democrats, and sixty by Whigs. The Democratic members who voted against the resolution are two from Massachusetts, one from Vermont, two from Conm cticut, fifteen from New York two from New Jersey, twelve from Penn sylvania, one from Virginia, three from Kentucky, one from Ohio, two from In diana, and one from Michiaan. The Globe apologizes for this vote, saying that 14 many who have full confi dence tnat the committee will be guided by the principle couched in the resolu tion, were not inclined to give a vote which might be construed to imply a dis trust which they did not indulge.” We should be glad to hope that this is the case, but such is not the construction which the friends of the tariff put upon it. They interpret it to mean, that those who opposed the resolution are enemies to such a modification of the jariffas will reduce it to a fair revenue measure.— There is not one of those prints which does not express its exultation at seeing the friends of a revenue tariff defeated in every movement they have been made in the House of Representatives, and all hope of passing a hill to revise the tariff extinguished, for the present Congress at least. For our part, the scruples of the mem bers who are so cautious of showing any distrust of the Committee of Ways anil Means, appear to us wholly unnecessary. In what school of politics were there gen tleman bred, that they are too delicate to give an intimation of their wishes to the agents to whom they delegate a pua lic duty? We should as soon think of declining to give instructions to our at torney whom we employed to transact our private business. Mr. Adam’s Movement. It is reported at Washington, that the committee of nine have taken up the resolutions of Massachusetts. Mr.Khett’s place had not Iteen filled. The report is, that Messrs. Adams and Giddings (par nobile !) have supported the resolutions : and that Messrs. Gilmer, and Joseph R. Ingersoll of Pennsylvania, have opposed them. We are happy to have this oppor tunity of thanking Mr. Ingersoll, (though he is a Whig.) His present course is truly consistent with the manly reply to some questions put to him, on the eve of his election, by some of the Abolitionists. (Will the editor of the Philadelphia Ga zette be polite enough to send us a copy of the correspondence, that we may at the same time pay our respect to the author, and show upon what irresistible grounds he supported the provisions of the Con stitution upon this subject.) From Mr. Adams, wc have nothing patriotic to expect on the question. He is pledged to go for the amendment of the Constitution ; and his feelings to wards the South will prompt him to rush into extremities. It is said, that he is preparing an elaborate report in favor of the amendment—and thus, we are to he indebted to this common disturber of the peace for another discussion on another delicate and agitating question. Could we believe, fora single moment, that this proposition is likely to receive any serious and important support from the Congress of the United States, we would at once invoke the solemn protest of every State which values this blessed Union. For, let this infatuated man be absurd enough to declare the contrary, nothing could shake the present Federal compact so fearfully, as-such an attempt. The fabric could not survive the concus sion for a moment. We may have occasion to go into tho history of that clause of the Constitution which secures a certain proportion of representation to the slave population of the South. We content ourselves for the present with stating, that this is the same amendment which was urged ut a most critical period of our history, (in January 1814,) in the midst of a foreign war, by the celebrated traitors of Hart ford Convention memory. The first amendment which they proposed to the Federal Constitution, ran in the follow ing words: “ Ist. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within the Union, according to their respective num bers of free persons, including those hound to serve for a term of years; ex cluding Indians not taxed, and all other persons.” (Most of those very expres sions are now embraced in the proposed resolution of the Legislature of Massa chusetts.) We shall not specify, at this time, the feelings which were produced in 1814 and 1815, by the proceedings and resolu tions of the Hartford Convention. It is sufficient for us to refer to some of the transactions which were called forth by the above amendment, it produced one tremendous explosion in all the South— hut it was not confined to the South of iile Potomac. Mr. Niles, in his Register, 44 entreats the good people of New Eng land to pause for one moment. W r e have heard, says he, that our Constitution was framed in a spirit of compromise, that there were jarring prejudices to he con ciliated, and discordant interests to be harmonized. * * The Hart ford Convention avail themselves, as might be expected, of the popular clamor respecting the representation for slaves. An amendment ol the Constitution is pro posed, which alters the representation in the lower House, so that the number from each State shall he in proportion to the freemen. Not a word, however, is said of the infinitely greater inequality that results from giving to each State tin equal value iu the Senate. They are not centcnted with the certain and solid advantages New England already pos sesses over most of the Union. They must be grasping for more. If the rep resentation in the lower House is chan ged, that iu the Senate must and will be changed with it. I cannot conceive a more flagrant instance of folly and im prudence, than the Rhode Island mem bers of the Convention were guilty of, when they signed this report. She lias now an advantage over the rest of the Union, of one hundred per-cent, in the National Councils ; for her free popula tion would, if this amendment were adopted, entitle her hut to two represen tatives, and if the principle were carried to the representation of Senate, she could never have a single member in that House. Yet these modest gentlemen, Mr. Daniel Layman. Mr. Samuel Ward, Mr. G. Manton, and Mr. R. Hazard, re commended to the State 44 to persevere in its efforts till this amendment is effected.’ Let Rhode Island do it, and she puts the seal to an instrument that will perpetuate h r own insignificance.” When these propositions wore submit ted to the I .egislature of Pennsylvania and New York, they called forth a strong opposition from those States. The legis lature of Pennsylvania adopted a strong protest, in which they stated, that “ the framers of IhcConstitution thought wise ly, that slaves were to be considered partly as property, end partly as persons; and that it would he unjust to condemn their owners to taxation on their account without some indemnity. They, there fore, compromised the conflicting opiu t iotiS. They agreed to consider flic slaves tts men, hut ns men whose value the loss of freedom had depreciated ; and mingling the hopes of power with the chances of taxation, they decided that thrcc-fif'tlis only of these unfortunate beings should enter into the computation of Representatives,” &c. The ] legisla ture of New York, in protesting against the movement, remarks upon the incon gruity of proposing an amendment, ‘ de priving certain States of a portion of their representation, in consideration of hold ing slaves, upon the ground that it ic un equal in its operation;” with the fact that •nothing is suggested in favor of equaliz ing the representation in the Senate, in which the States of Connecticut and R. Island are equally represented with (his State, which contains four times as many as the former, and fourteen times as ma ny as the latter!’ Yet are Messrs. Adams, Giddings, and Cos. rushing on headlong, " like fools, where angels fear to tread.” The “ in fernal genius” of tiie former cannot be gratified with less than a public and con tinued agitation of this delicate and ex citing subject, One point more ! The Albany Argus says ; —“ Great stress lias been laid by tiie Whig presses upon the fact, that the Massachusetts resolutions, which were the subject of the latest Abolition flurry in the House of Representatives, were passed by the same Legislature which elected Marcas Morton Governor—as if their coming from such a source, must needs stop the mouths of the Democratic press, in reference to the course of Mr. Adams, and the Abolition agitators in Congress, at this and preceding sessions. But the history of these resolutions, it seems, is yet to be written ; and, when all the facts come out, also, that they were of Whig origin, exclusively ; got up for political effect, at the heel of the late session, and spirited through, as such things sometimes are, to the surprise of many ot those under whose supposed sanction they purport to have been pass ed. One, at least, of the members of tho Massachusetts Legislature, it appears, was ignorant of the existence of any such resolutions until Mr. Adams drew them out of iris magazine of combustibles, fired the fuse, aud threw them into the House of Representatives. The Now York Evening Post of Tues day, says : “ The history of these resolutions is singular enough, A member of the Massachusetts Legislature informs me, that he was not awaro that any such res olutions existed, until Mr, Adams sent them to the chair. He accounts for their production, by supposing that, at the close of the lust session of the State Leg islature, some Whig, full of zeal for the cause of obtaining the votes of the Abo lition party lor Mr. Briggs, brought in these resolutions by way of a cot/p de main. The opposite party could only elude the unexpected trick by passively allowing the resolutions to pass.” We refrain from touching this morn ing, the subject of Abolition petitions.—* The Baltimore American says ; “J n the Senate of the United States the diffi culties which, year after year, perplexed the House of Representatives on this sub ject, have Laen avoided. The Senate has never refused to receive Abolition petitions. It has received them and laid them on the table—and there was an end. Mr. Clay’s opinion has been in ac cordance with this course from the first.” Will the Abolitionists be content with this arrangement in the other House? At all events the South is awake.— She lias her eyes upon every man, whose position and whose talents make him an object of deep attention. We thank our friend, a Representative from Virginia, for the hint he has given us. If there be a member in the North, who has gone to the House with professions of friendship upon his lips, which he is ready to violate by his acts, we shall not be tho last to un mask the impootor. —Richmond Ewp WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1841. FOU PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. JOHN C. CALHOUN, FOR VICE PRESIDENT: LEVI WdOBBIKY. ’C/” From a desire to enable our read ers to form an idea of the character and | probabilities connected with the present congress, we have devoted to its proceed ! ings so much of our present number, we have excluded much interesting mat ter which shall appear in our next. Our acknowledgements are ten dered to the lion. A. 11. Chappell, for his kind and literal attention iu forward ing us important documents. Congress mid Gen. J/IcksotFs Fine. We rejoice that this shameful business has at length been creditably closed as far as the representative branch of Con gress is concerned, the hill for refunding to the old hero the money he advanced so many years ago, passed by an over whelming majority. There were but twenty-eight members in the house so lost to a sense of justice, honour, and gratitude, as to vote iu the negative.— What will become of it in the Senate? Aye, there’s the rub. The pitiful, petti fogging; partizan course pursued on this subject by the majority of that body has inflicted mi indelible disgrace on the country. It is worthy of remark that they con tended strenuously for the unjust, tin constitutional, mid altogether unwarrant ed donation of T ANARUS•/ enty-five thousand and liars ; a donation, equally criminal on liiOptrt of those vOMng it, and disreputa ble to the receivers. Had Gen. son’s family needed assistance, we shotliU have been the foremost and most earnest upon its being afforded to'them, hut his estate was appraised at over two hundred thousand dollars, and they resided in a palace, instead of a Log Cabin. We re commended at tho time, that the mem bers of both branches, lor the donation should appropriate a week's pay to mako it up—how the ‘galled jades would haVO wirreed !’ In the pettifogging and wrangling con tinued through three sessions, to deter mine whether the paltry debt justly due Gen. Jackson, twenty times tho amount of the people’s money has been wasted in the pay of Congress. Sequel to the Revolutionary AnecJote in o*ir last, Theyounger Brutus, the gentle, heroic, high-souled Brutus, after the defeat ot the Romau patriots, when about to full upon his sword at Phil 1 ippi, is said to have exclaimed, 11 1 have worshipped vir tue as a divinity, and find it at last but a delusive dream.’ The two youthful of ficers who had placed themselves in the unenviable position of spies on their commander's proceedings, had pursued a different course from Brutus and reached an opposite conclusion. Nurtured on the lap of opulence, brought up with the means of every indulgence, immersed itt what are called the pleasures of society and for nearly three year's habituated to the license of camps, they had learned to view Religion and virtue as dreams, as wisely devised contrivances to restrain the multitude, they were now prepared to acknowledge them entities, solemn re alities. I 'nder circumstances that admit ted neither mistake or illusion they had. soen them recognized and exemplified JO-