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twenty-sixth congress.* FtIWT SESSION. J IN SENATE—Fn'ff.ty, 3, 18-10. THE PUBLIC GANDS, Agreeably to notiej| given on Tuesday la*t, Mr. Calhoun asked leaves mid introduced a bill to cede the public lands to Stites in which they are respectively situated. The hill was read bv its tide, and, on motion of Mr. Cal houn, referred to the committee on public Soon alter, vM Mr. Clav, ofKentncky, having' given notice intention to m >vc to introduce the copy rig! t hill, stS led that he tcg« lied that he was detailed by ’ position this mortiine, and prevented from being pfFn sent when the bill was introduced by the senator from South Carolina, for ceiling the public kinds to cer tain Si oes within wliicli they orc situated. He had wished to suggest some’other reference of it than to the coimnibee oa the public lands; bill, unless sum-* Senator would move a reconsideration of tin; order of reference to that committee, he could not oiler the suggestion which he wished to make. [air. Soudwod moved the reconsideration, and Air. Caih 'im objecting to it Without scute satisfactorx reason] — M . 1.1 y went on to observe that, as the commit tee w->s con-iitut d, lour of its live members wert from the new States. He meant to offer no disres pect to them, but he must say that this was a rnea-nre which, disguised as ii may be, and colorable as its provisions were, was, in < lb ct, a donation of upwards til 100 millions of acres ol the common property of all the States of this Union to particular Stat s. Hi did not think it right that such a measure should b ‘committed tn the hands of Senators exclusively reprr scntitig the donee*. He thought th tt a comrmttei ought lobe comvitutcd in which the old States shottl hive a Inlier and fairer representation. Vie should preserve, wh itever we may do the decorum of legis lation, and m>t \ iolnte the decencie •■l' ju.-t'cc. V> iiit-i up. Mr. C'ay would I eg,'ad if a' v Scriatm would inform him wt.ether the administration is in fa vor ol or again-t this measure, ■ r stands neutral am, ■uncommitted. 1 his inquiry he should not make if tin i recent re inion* between the S’ nat ir who intioduced , tlii- bill ami the h< ad ol that administration contintied to exist ; but rumor-, of which the «ity, the circle-. ' and the pn s- are fail, as ert th it those relat'on- are ■ entirely changed, and have, within a fi w day-, beer i S'.ilistioi'ed by ■ titers of an intimi t”, friendly, m dco > li ten ial nature. And slv-rtly alter the tim ■ whet this new suite ot things i- alleged '<> Inn e taken.place, the .Serial > gave no'iiie <d his intent on t 1 move t introduce this bill. H hether t' i- motion has or h > not any connexion with di t a !j s men offormerdit fcrenre*, the p .Mie w.hiM, lie h i I n > doula, b ■ gim to know. At all events, it is i »p< itT't to kn wv i•• what relation M s ;pp ~t. o . po-iiiim. or item r li't, tin adm •i- .i ate na in idy . t m<i- io tiii - immiei t< u • mea- I surp; not tie sii po ed that tie Senator from Soin! i Carolina, or —one oii-er Senator, cold I commttnicati the de ir <1 t f .rm.if it. .Mr. Calhoun >ai ', le lal sppoed t!i <t no man had a- mm Ii occasion lor delicacy i > rtii-. iim to po lilial < oiupionii-i s as iin Sena or from Kentucky. J lial Sen dor lia.i r.f r e l to son e t ati-m'iioii in p.e pmitii al course <1 Mr. (.'. nhi'li occurred some 12 or 13 years :it'i>, and h id alluded to <• ri dti pa-snec in wil t n M . C. wa* ,ic< u-ed ol rhacnj'iu his politic.. reialmus. But t i t Senator kr ew that it was others v.’li-* had changed itiir lel.m n- to ;>< litic .l -uLiei’ts ••ill pel tical im.ism e-,;i .oiler than Air. C. who it ii to i>>w\d le-- in ri g ird to those su ! je< t< and measures th in he was Ii I >weil. The Semiibr was accu-tomed t>> Ii v. In- • \ in p e followed by others ; but Mr.-C. lisd mu ii ua I, I lb w d it, ami < specially would no I dlow it n w. But Mr. C.’» per.-<mal relation-mu-t ol course I -biiw In- poli ieal lelaiioiu. The Senatm had now got Ilic whole story, and Mr. C. trusted it would le -at 'lactoiy in regard to the rumors to W i:o II lie II 1(1 .ditlded. Mr. C. found il imposdlde to ninve without giving <>ci a-i< nio accnsatioiis of changing his grounds. If be was against the Chief Magistrate, Im was charged with changing his opinions. If he was in favor of him. he wa- then accused of changing his political re lations. Bui lie had not changed at all ; he stood ii'-w where be had always stood, and that was on he uncliangeable purpose to biingback the Gmeiiirnent to its original simplicity and economy. He, with others, bad -ucceeded in expunging the whole of the Senator s American System, and other extravagance* sons to cive lhe govet nment a chance of taking a fresh Stan. And it gave Mr. C. pleasure to sav that the best partot the measures of the present Chief Ma gistraie were app.oved by Mr. C. and Mr. C. was happy of ihe opportunity of m iking tlie-e declara tion-, ami Im would stem! to tl cm. Nothing should t re . nt .Mr. C. frmn supporting a man while he was I" "I' 11 'T'!”- .The Senator liom Ke itm kv had given the government a wiong direction. Mr. C. bad resi-ted tiie , roceedimr, and he sh >< Id contn uc to -mmlrng on the gn und occupied by Mi. Jeffcrso i and others of!,is < |,i»s. Mr. Ct iv -aid he Ind lindmstood the Senator as fe liciiadng irm.-eif on the opportunity which had In en now alford d ’urn by Mr. C. of defining once mine Jiis po iti. ai p:>:.itio.i ; nm| \|, . ('. must sav 'hat hr had row dctiii d it very cleaily, ami had apparently ■ given it a new definition. The Semitor now deciare’ ! that -dl the leading measures; of the [ resent adiniiit-- ! tration had m< t hi- approbation, and should receive' his support. It turned out, then, that the r-mor to i which .Mr. ( . had alluded was tree; and that the Se- i nator from Soinh Catolma niitiht In h reafti r regard- | ed as a supporter of the administration, sii ce he hau ' declared that all it- leading measures were appiove I ' by him, and should have hi- support. As to lhe allusion whiih the Senator from Somb Carntjna had made in regard io Mr. C.’s- support of tin- head of auotb-r Admini tr itiim, (Mr. Adams.) it occasioned Mi. C. m, p ,jn whatever. Il was an old sb ry, whi' h had long been sunk in oblivion, except when the Senator ami a li-w others tliouulit proper to Ijriug it up. But w|iat were the facts of tint c i-e ? Mr. C. was then a mende r of the House of Repre-' senlatives, to whom tline persons had been returned, | from whom it was the dutv of the House to make a ; selection for lhe Presidency. As to one of those ! three candidates, he was known to be in an imfor ii- 1 ; naie co’idition, in which m> one syni|> .fi'ized w’t': Ii tn more than did Mr. C. ’Cert duly the Senator from S<mth Carolina did n >t. Th'’ g ntlenun, was tlierv f re out of the (pieioimi, as a candidate lor the Chief .Magistracy • ami Mr. h>d conserpiett'lv the <>nlv alternative of the idu-tri hi- i > livubial of th ■ Hermit age, or of the man who was now di-d iiztii -hed in the House of Representatives, and who had lie! i so ma iy pnldi<’ place* with h mor to him elf, -m<l benefit to the < ountry. An i ifdiere wa* any truth in history, lhe choice which Mr. <l. ih<*n m ide, wa- precisely the choice which toe Sen ju>r f/om S.niili f.larn'in i bid urged upon his friends. -The LWuUuf himself had dqdared his preference of Adams to Jackson. Mr. ' C. Wade the same choice; and experience had appro- F»< d i#fmtn that day to this, and would to eternity. I Hi-tory would ratify and approve it. Let the Seua gMttjfePtetSoutii Carolina make any thing out ol' that pidftc career if he could. Mr. C. U. as the ndvo- I calfisc. Certaiidv he w as. Tbi- Gov- to a great extern, was founded and rest nii-«. Am| to the particular compro iisum had been made. Mi. ( . I hmm hi ’ itapKjXß jpn^HFto be mi.i e yratcliil fr it than the Sen ntli ( arolio ~ Rm torthat >mprmui~e, iiot at all confident that he would have now huff the honor io meet that Senator face to fact Jn this National Capitol. The Senator had said that hi- own position was that on State Riglus. But w hat waslhe character of It was a bill to strip seventem of the Stile '** inheritance; to-ell it all for a me-sos ’l'wttyjOfrto stirrender i* fur a trill--—a mere nominal siurt* T'he bill was, inrffeci, an attempt to strip and rob sevt nteen States of this Union of ilieir propertv, and assign it over to, some right or nine of the States. It this wa what the Senator called vindicating th rights ot tli>- Slate, Air. C. prayed God to deliver u rmn all sit< h rights and :dl sm It advocates. Mr. Cailmun sai-i th- Senator from Keiilucky en tirely mist ok the ch-irai ter of the bill: It was not only a Slates Rights measure, but was indispensabh to the pi ace and prosperity of the Slate-, a- lhe onlv measure ’hat would well efleet the object in view. Hav rig used the w-od c.mipronrist!, Mr. C. felt bound to refer the Senator to that particular comjir mis. ; mid the Si tmto. had said in reply that if ant one should he thankful to him for that compromisf— [Mr. ( l,y. Nmto./r .] Mr. Calbonn. The Senator always claimed to hi th- author oft at m-a-nre; nml I am not in the -mail e t degree thm kml to him f r it. [ know he coni not avoid it. 1 was his m >ster <>n that o< casion, ;m I forced it upon him. I wrote Immeat teat time hai a dozen letter-, s lymg that the Senator would be ob liged to acct <le ton compromi-e. I will now ixplaii ml that. The effect of Nullification is this: that "i e.-t a Stat-’interpose*, the majoritv must sometime yield to the minority. 1 hose who are to have I - smallest ff, re of the plunder, in the maj -ritv, aresitr. to get away. In the American system t e con-dt e,t -of the Senator obtain d ave-y small portion teyw. re rather those th n were phimiered. At th sam time when Gen. J o k.-on oi ea-ioued the forc< In i, the Senator fom Keiitmkv bid losa th” mint' I i. t'lr- r-; Gen. J i. ksoa had supplanted him; and : S nator, not now piesi itt. wa- also iu the wax ot’ u p-r- di ghi■■ i- that interest. The Senator fiori Kenmcky wa- dn r f’-re flat on bis back, and nothing would an-wer Ins own p-trjio.-e b t the comnromi.se. fl was with him either compromise or annihilation. • t was ma-e-sary that - itm r fie or the American svs tern shon'd fall. It was not my desire to mention these thing-; hut the Senator went out of his wav to loucli on kindred suljecf, and I therefore fell mysel mmpehed to make de se statements. I have alluded t • my lett. r- on that occasion; I prerlit ted in them •n the thi'd day of these-simi that ihis question would .termmate a- i did. Sir, I wi lgo firthcr. I yielded a good deal in ih >t • onrpromise. It was my first proposition that it shi'idd go out in 1549, pro< eedmg in .an equal pto portion for evety year of 15 pi r cent. And 1 «i! -ay fir tir r, that at the session before we nullified >t South Carolina, I and others said that the question niu-i I e settled. It was seven years w inch I then fix ed on for its termination, and it would have been car ried in that lime but lor certain cireum-tam es. Ji regard to all I vielded; my colleague (M •. Preston) knows v. by I did it, but I do not choose to state it here. And I-hould now have said n-'thi ig on tin subject, if ihe S-na'or had brut silent him-i If. I’tt he has no grlititude on mv part; and South Carolina wes him no graiitude. He acted under the neces sity of the ca-e. I, backed by the gallant State which. I repre-eut, compelled the Senator to break down the -y-te n at one decisive blow: and it is my opinion that it will bring b u k ihe Government to its original prin ciples. Mr. Clay. lam sorry to be obliged t<> prolong this discus-ion. B t I made no allusion tn compio mises till it was done by th” rfim.it r himself. I made no reference to the event of IS .’5., till he had made i>; and I did imt, in ihe.mo.-t di-tant manner, allude to nullification; and it is extraordinary that the Senator ' i uselt should have introdne- d it, especially at a mo ment whim he is uniting with the authors of the force \ bill, and of (hose tin nutres which put down nuliifica- 1 lion. The S'e tat'ir says 1 was fiat on my back, and that he was my master. s ir, J would not own him as mv slawe. He my m-st-r! and I compelled by him! \nd, a- ii it wi r- - impossible to go far enough in one paragraph, he nf- rs to certain letters of hi- own to i prove that I wa z s flat on my back ! and, that 1 was i m>t only on my back, but another Senator and the ' I’le-idrnt had rol.be I me! I was flat on mv back, ! ind unable to do any thing but what the Senator from ' South Carolina p> rmiited me to do! Sir, what wa. ihe < as- ? | ntroduced the com- ' promi-e in -pi e of he opposition of the gentleman who i- -aid m hive rold.c me of the manufacturers, II met his Uncompromising oppo-it on. That m-m ---- !:a l, -m my part, not' l i g pet-iomd in it. But I ■aw the c”m!in--ti oi thV H- nat r from South Car >- iiti'i .mil his frir n '-. They had rr-dnevd South ( ’ oo litia, by I -it ih-wi.i u.eamn-, (of Nullification,) to a stat” of war ; am! I, therefore, w i-hed to save the ei;u i li of linimm blood, especially- the blood of imr I'cllow • itiz-ns. That was one moti.e with me ; am! : w ilier was a regard I -r th -t very i nere-t wh ch tire Senator -ay- I h-d)it d to de-tioy. 1 saw that this great imere-t had io ei.t in the power of the Chief Magistrate, th.it it was evident that, at th” next -es soin of ( <>■ gross, the w hole protei tive svst-'m would lieswe[>i by die board. I, therefore, desired to give it at least a lease of years, and f r that purpose, I, in concert with other-', l-rmight forward that me sure, whi< li was necessary to save that interest from total ■ annihilation. But to di-p'ay still further the circumstances in wlm Ii die Senator is placed, he savs, from that verx ! day ol tiie compromise, all obligations were can<’<-l’e I that could, on account of it, rest on him, on S.mt'i • (zarolina. ind on the Smi'li. Sir, wbat right has he to sp-ak ill the name of ill- whole South or cv'ii of Smith (> iruiin i itself ! For if hi-tory is to b ■ relied upon, if we may ju ige of the future from the past, the time wil! emu • when the Senator camiot propose to . be lit” organ even of the chivalrous and enlightened pe -ple of South (,'ai olin i. S r, I mi not one of tlrise who tire looking out for whit miy ensue to tin ins’ Ives. Ml Course is nearly . run ; it urso by nature, ami so iu the progress of po- ' litieal events. 1 have nothing to ask of lhe Senator, ol the South, nor of’South Carolina, nor xei of’ the country at large. But 1 will go, when Ido go, or when I cl.oo-e to go, into rfflin ment, w ith the undying comiction tli.it, lor a qumter of a century, I have en de .vored to -i rve a.of save ihe country, faithfully and honoraftly, without a view to my own interest or my own aggraud x- meat ; and id' that delightful convic tion and consciousijess, no hitman being, nor all man kind, can everdeptive me. iir. C dlmun : The Senator is in the habit of at >a< king me, and ii I were not thus compelled to de end my-elf, 1 would p ass over the whole matter. 1 rise now simply to supply some remarks which had escaped my memory, ami th y- are a mere matter of history. 1 was opposed to Mr. Crawford as a candi date lor the Presidency; and after my name was withdrawn. 1 took no part in the election. I was a candidate for the X ice Pre-idency, and abstained from taking any part, aid from all elet tioneering. When the election was decided, I saw lhecourse Mr. Adam was determined intake, and 1 then could not hesitate o take my stand ia the way of resislence. Ido not know w hat induced the Senator from Kentucky to get tip a discussion on this bill, and at. litis time. What is motives are for dl this, he can best tell ; but I feel these p. r-ima! invectives as extremely unpleasant, and I would not introduce them. But when they are in to limed, it i- requisite that 1 should protect myself. Mr. (.lay : One word. Boes not the Senator feel that he h-mseii biiigs his political character into debater I simply made the inquiry (ami I [tut it to e i 'tors to say if sin h was the fact,) to know if this great measure, winch involve- in all about a thousand idiot,s of di public lands—whether this measure had ae sanction of the Administration or not? I did it it noway (or the purpose of ofled’e; and by the wav, i ti’ferred to a tumor which i- afloat of new relations, public ami political, with the head of the Admmistra ti n, ami stated that, I would not have made the in ,uiri bm for that fact. And is it not right, iu re gard to a gr a measur , to know’ whether or rot it ..is the support ol the Admini-tratioii ? He would <t once have put an end to the di-cnssinn if he had tnply said that he knew m illing of the views of the \dmiiii-<rat oii, but had introduced this mea-ure iml - ■eiideutly. But, instead of this, be gets into a [Vis ion flee..use I referred to this rumor, and lie con ludcs by saving, that the u n ater part of ihe measure ■>! ti>e present Admin -bation are approved, and that hey will be supported, by him. r. '.V.lker ■ rgued biiefly to show that Mr. Clay > gilt 1 eady to ha e known th answer to his ques- ii ”H. as Mr. Uadi utt had long sim e introduced this m*'sure, while he was yet opposed to die Adminis :'ion. He also i’i-isted that the bill ought to be re -1 ,’C t;> the ( ; inniit e• ' n he Public Lands. Mr Giumly sad he had bet-n formerly opposed to ibis bid, and -houid be -o now. lie, therelore, did u't "i-h Ins vs t■ at this time to lie regarded as an in dication that lie W is i;i favor of the bill. Mr. .Aden expressed liitnself in the same manner as Mr. Grumfv. Mr. Pie-ton said this bill would have a paramount '•he't oil the finati-es of the country. It was a question whether it would n,t increase taxation. In this view t was iirq orta.il, and Mr. P. therefore preferred that it should go to lite Committee on Finance. .Mr. Calhoun said that the hill, as be had drawn it, would lead to no re suction of the revenue, ft was not ti go into oper tion till June. 1842, thus leaving iue to adjust the tarifl. He saw no reason why it liO'dil be taken trom the Committee on Public L mil . Mr. A lite said he was entirely ignorant of the con tents of this Ini'; lint >t the reference should be rec<>n -i ered, die bill could then be read, and he would lie better able to decide to which committee it was most a p ’“priatc. Mr. Ca houn called for the reading of the bill, wbii b was read aia o.dingly. Th. question ol reconsidering the reference of the bid io'he Conmiiitee on the Public Lands was then l>i‘i, amide. ide<i by yea- and nays in the uegaiive, as iollow s ; I tw--Messrs. Betts, Clay, of Ky., Clayton. Crit tenden, Davis, Dicksm, Knight, Merrick. Phelps, Premi-s, Preston, Ruggles, South.ird, Wall, White, of Tenn.—ls. AGy/s—Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown. Buchanan, Calhoun, (.lay, of Ala., Giumly, Henderson, Hub bard, King, Linn, Lum| kin, Mouton, Nicholas, Nor veil. Po rie, Roan, Robin-on,Sevier.Smitb,of Conn., Smith, ol’lmla., Straniie. Tappan, Walker, White', of Inda., W illiams, Wri”ht, Young—2B. WASHINGTON, J\x. 2-»The President’s le vee was crowded, ye-terday, by the t/ife of the city, ami he appeart'd '*l rem .rknidy good spirits, with a smile and a -hake ofiik? limid for the faithful and un faiiliful—the latter having decidedly i!‘“ advantage of number-—n fact, the Whig gentlemen formed nea"! v two-thirds of the company present, during the period ! of my stay, which was about an hour and a half. Mr. (’lay was in one corner of the EasfML’om, receiving the congiatiilations of his numerous friends, and Mr. Calhoun and General Scoit were roaming at large, attracting the gaze of al! the passers. The most ob served amoii'Z the foreigners, was Baron de Bodiska, the Russian Minister, with his large mustachios, and d-. s-ed in deep arlet, which was literally loaded with gold lace ami embroidery—his bethrothed was n t pre-ent ; she is a Miss Williams, and daughter of <>; eo! the Departments’ clerk-'. For lhe first time, »bcse hall i dozen years, the Nnllifiers turned out in a body, headed by Mr. Lewis, of’ Alabama, and I was gratified in observing Messrs. Pickens, Holmes, 1 hompson, am] every Carolinian in town, except Mr. P. e-tou, present. I h <ve heard an excellent /eit d'esprit of Mr. P., by the way, which, a* it cuts both sides, may as well be I hl. A distinguished Senator was remarkin’’’to Mr. Preston, that from the present po-iiion of parlies, he | was m>t aide to ascertain towbat class he (Mr. P.) be l iiig. d, and as the remark implied a que.-tioii, the Soinh Carolina Senator replied, that before leaving home, he had witnessed an amusing scene, which fid- , ly illustrated his present position ; two negroes, one ; a slave and the oilier free, were engaged in a violent q'u.rie 1 . <om erning the merit- of’ tin ir respective -i , tiiaiioiis ; towards the close of the argument, the ; slave exclaimed.th.it his amagoni-t was a mseal, thief, ! good I 'l' ii”th:ug, Sec. ; and, to cap the climax of op- I prohrium, said It”, “ ami besides, you d—n nigger, . y/o r ai<d go/ no nia.der." Mr. Rhett, of your State, is among the paired, off- — | I Stinpo-e he is paying you a flying visit. Mr. Cal houn ami Mr. Van Baren are on friendly terms, but all the flummery about coalition, See., which you read ol in opposition papers, is a mere humbug. The Nnllifiers, I may state cimfidcntlv, will support no other measures than those consistent with their avowed principles, and although their vote will be given to Blair &. Rives, for Printers, it will only he done be cause General Creen is out of the field—so much for the speculations of the letter writers.— Correspondence oj liie Charhston Cou ier. F.om the lesion Couiif r. GEN. HARRISON’S OPINIONS. The Ri, hmond Wh 'g iiitptires of u-—“what ‘unre-. cat ted oiii, lion-, justly exceptionable to tin- Smith’ h ive been utteicd by Gr.x. II \i:ni.-o’- ? trhen atm where ?” The Whig is it istaken in supposing tba’ j we had been misled by others into the imput ti it '■! such opinions to Gen. ILirii on—we had in view tlu express wot ds of Gen. 11., w hen we peniwd our r - mark—and we proceed to answer the questions of the Whig, by ihe citation of mir proof- In the year 1833, in a ourth of July Oration, delivered at Cheviot. Ohio, Gcu, 11., afti r much sound doctrine mi the sub ject of the con-titmional inviolability of slavery in the States, ami censure of the Abolitionists, uttered the following unfortunate declaration : “Should I be asked, if there be no wav bv which the General Government can aid the cause of emanci pation ? I answer, that it has been long an object near my heart t > use the whole of the surplus nation al revenue appropriated to that object. With th” sanction of ihe States holding slaves, there appears to me no constit nt tonal objection to its being thus appli . ed, embracing, not only th” colonization of those that may be otherwise freed, but the purchase of the free dom of others. By a zealous prosecution of a plan firmed upon this basis, ue might look forward to a dap not jar distant, when the North American sun would not look down upon a slave." Here are “the imreeanted opinions, justly excep tiouable to the South,” to which we had reference. In these times of fanatic, ami perilous inte> fi ri m e with the con-titu’ional rights amt vital interests of the Sou h, th S >tith wil be treacherous to In r-elf if she cimseiits to the elevation of anv one to the Presiden cy, who bolds emancipation “an object near bi- In art”—whose heart is with the Abolitionists—who tnainiain- ti e constdutional right of Congress, with the -itii’iion of the slave holding States, (a limitation | cb arly not of right, bm A'expediency merely ) to ap j roprtate tiie whole -isrplus national revenue, to the colomz'ittori <d tin- free <■■ d 1 red people and the eman cipation <>: th” -lavi p ’ r ' I Hmi <>*’tlw United S'ates iml who, in hi- < xum-ram zeal, vaticinates an e o Iv day loi c e coustmm a ion ■ i a project, which wot 1 convert ih” Smb into a h wli g wildernes*. We I lia.i a meaniU”, too, when we .-poke of Gen. H’s. “tzn rectinicd opinion-. We wer- not di-posed tn dent him a locus peiiitcidue— but he had his opportunity ot recantation and eroded b. During the lust canvass f>i the Presidency, w hen Mr. V n Buren, zc/m as a Senator in. the e\tir 5 or; 1 e’gislaurc ha I favored the Missouri restriction, Imldly ami frankly ..celared that, if fleeted to the Pi e.-idency, he wmtiii g>, into offu e lhe inflexible and uncompromising opponent ofeverv attempt to abolish slavery in th” District of Colum bia again-t the wishe- of the slave bolding States, and with a determination equally decided to resist the -lightest inter fi rence with slavery in tl>e several States. General Harrison, W’/zo as a member of Con gress had opposed lhe Missouri restriction, when ques tioned by letters publicly addressed to him, as they had been to Mr. Van Buren, in (elation to his opin ions on the -übjei t of slavery, [>res» rved a suspicious and i minous silence, and has abstained to this day fr.’tn any pi blic avow <1 of his v’r ws Thus Mr. Van B.treo, who h M b. en a Mis-.-nri rrs’ri tionisf, fear lessly made common cause with th< South, and bold ly ri-ked I i el ction on a sacred regard for her con s itmiomd lights, and Gen. H ini-mi, Who had -idul with lhe rfouth on the Mis-omi question, max justly be regarded as having gone over to her enemies, or as at least having giv» n diem “ .fid and comfort”— land this coeclusi >n receives additional cot firm nioii from the la ; i tl:a: the nominee of the H irrison party lor ihe \ u e Presidency was Franci- Graugi r, a New York Abol ti' tnst, whom even the Harrison Whigs of V!■ gitiia-crued to -u [tort. '1 he Whig does us but ju-tice in assuming our dis piis’uiim to d'-ai witii perfect fairness towards Gem ra] Harrison ; and d that distiimuished ciiiz.cq will-even , now recant hi- forn’cr opinions, shake oil’ the Aboli tionists from bi- skirt-, with the scorn and loathing they deserve, and give as frank ami fearless an a—u ram eof hi-fiilehtv to the emts 1 itutiomd rights of’the South a- Mr. \’an Btiren ha- dm e, we -h dl imt only be prompt but pleased to prod im it vv ith ti ump”i tongue throughout the land—however Opposed to" him for the Presidency, we -houid rejoice, in -m ha ■ ; event, to render him ih - amplest justice, that his most i anient friends and admirers could wish. I COTTON MO.NOPOLY IN NATCHEZ— UNITED STATES BANK AGENTS. The United States Bank, or the New Orb ans . agent of that Bank, William H. Robertson, has a i sub-agent in this city, buying personally or tiinnigli 1 “>e or two merchants In re, cotton at such prices as would break any regular house in the city to give even for a fortnigm. ll °t choose to mention the name of this agent (who is s nid trt have half a million of Mississippi bank notes.) n>r yet the ;U.!P p s i of tho.-e whose agency he' employs in tins city ; yet if the highest prices given for cotton should be traced up, it would be finmd that they have their origin in this particular quarter. We are the 1 tst on earth to find fault because our planters get a high pi ice for the products of their in dustry—yet we beg hem to he careful of what they receive in return for their specie staple, and be sv/rc not to keep it long by them. Something is meant by these high prices in Mississippi money only. One ot our mo-t intelligent arid fir seeing commis sion merchants has made a calculation that the cotton purchased at the prices given by this agency in Natchez, cannot fail to lose eight dollars per bale, after making allowance for dill', rence in exebange, &e ; So great a loss on each bale is too much to pay’ for the m re privilege of monopoly—although much would be paid by the bank for that supreme di< talot sliip ovet tie staple of the Smith. Either this agencx ' of monopoly bought their hank notes of' the Union I and the Natchez banks cxtr inely cheap, or they ■ known hat such notes will soon be more than z/<;<« cheap in the money market. The-e great operators' should be w itched woh aje dons eye, hoih by planters and merchants. — Natch-’z t 'ree I'ra ler. doing Br/c'-.—Great quaut ties of good-, o t > con signment to various hotises, a»e in the progress of transhipment to Liverpool. This is the sure mode of decreasing om foreign debt, and relieves lhe coun try from the excess of foreign i upnriatio.'ts, The N. V. Journal of Commerce, says, that the' Atlantic Insurance Company has declared a semi-an- ■ nual dividend of fifteen percent, payable on the 10th ’mst. Pretty fair considering the times. PLANTERS’ BANK. The following gentlemen were yesterday elected Director- of the Plattie s’ B utk of this City, for the present year:—Geo. W. Anderson, George Amlet son. W. H. Cuyl r, Francis Sorr. I, W. P. Hunter, Robert Scott, Norman Wallace, J. C. Nicoll. The Directors <m the part of the State, are Col. M. Myers, and Mr. B. E. Stiles.— Savannah Georgian. CENTRAL RAILROAD AND BANKING CO. At an < le, lion held at the Banking House of the C rural Railroad and Banking Co. of Georgia yes terday, the following gentlemen were elected Direc t rs of aid Instituti n for the current year: —L. Bald win. J. Coh t>, W. W. Gordon, R. Habersham, J. P. H nry, 11. McAlpbin, "Titos. Purse, B. Snider, F. A. Tupper.* * New Directors. — lb. FIRE! From a gentleman direct from Springfield, Effing ham county, we have received the following painful ititelligence :— Republican 6/h insf. Last night between the hours of 1 0 and 11 o’clock, pr >bably about an hour after the family had retired to rest, the house of Mr. Samuel Scoven took fire— and so rapid was the progress of the flames, that it was with much difficulty Mr. Scoven, bearing in his arms his youngest child, in company with his wife, t fleeted their escape, by throw ing themselves from a w’indovv, leaving Sis victims to the fiery and merciless element, their only daughter an interesting child about fiur years old, and a blm k boy, aged about fourteen years, belonging to the Rev. Mr. Right. Mr Sco ven made repeated and daring attempts to rescue his little daughter, but it was worse than in vain; it was bey ond the power of man to have rendered atiy effec tual assistance : And if possible it could have been done, no human aid was present. When friendly aid did arrive, the woi k of death was already accomplish ed—wue and misery sat heavy upon the heaving bo soms of the surviving sufferers. No diction can ade quately describe the sensations of the unhappy pa rents, when amidst the cracking flames, the cry ofthe expiring child in accents the most piteous, called for its mother—that mother lay upon the cold, damp earth unhoused and unapparelled. Mr. Scoven him svlf is badly and seriously injured by the fire. They lost every thimr, not even the smalle-t particle of clo thing was saved; and their destitute and horrible con dition, cannot fail to elicit in their behalf the tinder sympathies of a Christian community. ARMY OPERATIONS IN FLORIDA. We have learned from an authentic source, that the campaign in Mid lie Florida Iris fairly opened. Co!.'Garland, in command of the Ist and 2d In fantry, is ordered to scour all the hammocks between the St. Augustine road and the Georgia line, and has already, with nine companies, passed through Patter -oo’s hammock, from west to east, without discover ing any indications of Indians. Col. Davenport, in command of the 2d column, composed of Dragoons, Artillery and 6th Infantry, has commenced operations south of lhe St. Augus tine road, between It and the Gulf. It is feared, and by many believed, that notwith standing the whole of Middle Florida is thus, as far rs the small force in Florida will admit, covered with troops from the Georgia line to the Gulf, that the cam paign w ill terminate without discovering Indians.— lb. FALL OF METAMORAS CONFIRMED. By the arrival of the brig Samuel Houston, from Matagordia, which port she left 27th instant, certain intt lligence ofihe capture of the town of Matamoras, by the Federalists and volunteers from Texas, had been received. The siege commenced on the 12th instant, and lasted tluee tints, during which there is said to have !>• en gi eat slaughter on both sides—6o to 90 <»t the T< x mis alone being killed. After the place had surrendered, the officers of the Centr.di't party weie permitted to depart for the inter.or wiib 'Ut molestation—private property, in all cases, being respected—when the government troops and the inhabitants ol the town, proclaimed in favor of th Federalists, greeting the rising in the city of their liag with long, l<>ud, ttnil deafening cheers. '1 he following is from the Colorado Gazette and Advertiser, ofihe 21st in-tant : *• By the arrival of the schooner Maria, Tucker i m 'S er, we learn that two gentlemen arrived in Tex ana on the 14th, direct from the Rio Grande, who* ■ st ne that Matamoras has fallen into the hands of the j Federeiists, after an action of three days, in which a I great many were killed on both sides, among whom j were 60 Americans. From our knowledge of the | st te oi allairs there, we have confidence in the truth | of the i eport. “ In the United States it is anticipated that much trouble will grow out of this affair, by concentrating : the whole Mexican people against us, and thus bring about the actual state oi war, so much feared by many i persons now anxious to emigrate to Texas, who do not feel inclined to risk their property and families among us while there is danger. These people make exCfHent citizens, and should be encouraged to emi gtate. It is as;'9<t>ed that its effect upon our pros pects in England m.'.'St.be blighted, and we see no good that can result from it, but If? a IblY “ cattle ga therers.” We are glad to see that our government has disclaimed ail participation in the affair, and Hop® that Congress and the Executive will adopt energetic measures to put a stop to volunteering, as it is called, in the Federal cause. ‘ Let well enough alone,’ is a good adage, and applies particularly well in this in-, stance. We are gaining strength and character as a nation, as rapidly as Mexico is losing both. The very class ol people before mentioned are coming among us, and are most acceptable at the time being, because they come to work. Then, why permit a few desperate men to check the tide oi useful immigration, rapidly (lowing in upon us, by alarming the fears of those at a distance who are anxious to come, and have not the means of knowing definitely how idle it would be on the part of Mexico to renew the war.”—jV. O. Bulletin, Dec. 31. A good quantity ol old cheese is the best thing to eat when distressed by eating too much fruit, or op pressed with atty kind oi food. Physicians have giv en it in ease of extreme danger. Honey and milk is very good for worms, so is -trong salt water ; likewise powdered sage with mo las-es taken freely. I’ or a sudden attack ol quincy or croup, bathe the neck with bear’s grease, and pour it down the throat. A linen rag soaked in sweet oil, butter or lard, and sptiukled with yellow Scotch snttlf, is said to have' pet formed wonderful cures in cases ofcroup : it should be placed where the distress is greatest. Gdose ureuse, or any kind of oily grease, is as good as bear’s (til. An emetic is excellent. Bathing the ex emities is likewise good.