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JONATHAN SLICK, ESQ., AND MAD. CE LESTE. Jonathan, it appears front the New A ork Express, visited the Park Theatre, while Madante Celeste was playing her engagement, and the unsophisticated j young man’s description of her performance is really amusing. We dare swear that he never saw anything fit all like it in Weathersfield in all his horn days. The following is a part ol his account ol the evening s performances: That ininut a hell tinkled; the picture rolled up * agin and the tiddlers begun to put on elbow grease till the music came out slick enough. Instead of the garden there was a great long ball room with rows of great sh’rney pillars running all through it. It was L as light as day, for there sei med to be caudles out of 5 sight among the pillars, besides a row ot lamps that: stood along the pen where the musicianers sot. I was staring with all the eyes 1 had in my head when the harnsomest critter I ever sot eyes on cum living into the middle of the room, and there she stood on one < foot with her arms hld out and her lace turned to | wards us, looking as bold, and a smiling so s .It as if, she’d never done nothing else all her life. I was so scared when she first sprung in, that 1 t a’y didn't know which end my head was on. The darned crit ter was more than half inked—she was by gullet ! | To save my lite I could’nt look at her right straight j with that blue eyed gal a sitting close by me. At first I was so struck up that I could’nt see nothing but :m i alfircd harnsom face a smiling from under a wreath of. flowers, ami naked legs and arms and bosom a firing i round like a live wind-mill. 1 thought 1 slmu d go I •off the handle at first.—l felt sort of dizzy, and as if I ’ was blushing all over. I dotit think I ever was in such an elarnal twitter in my hull life. I partly got; up to go out and then I sot down agin as streaked as | lean pork and covered my face with toy yallow glove-', ’ but somehow I could’nt hold my hands still a 1 ’ I c do—the fingers would get apart so that i could’nt help but look through them at that plaguev, darned hansome, undecent critter, as she jumped and whirled and stretched her n iked arms out toward us and stood a smiling and coaxing and looking to the tellers. Il was enough to make a feller cuss his mother because she was a woman; but I'll be darned if there ever was a feller on at th that could help looking at the critter. I've seen a bird charmed by a I.lack snake, but it was nothing to this, —not a priming. One minut she’d kindi r Hutter round the room softly and still like a bird that’s jist beginning to fly, then she’d stand on one loot and t tinkle (other out and in against the ankle so swift you could’nt but jist see it. Then she’d hop forward a.id throw her arms up ox her bosom and slick one leg out behind her and stand on one toe fir ever so long lid all on us had a fair sight on her that "way. Then she’d take a r tie r hop and pint her right toe forward and lift it higher and hiehertill bv am by round she’d go like a top with her leg stuck out straight and whirling round and round like the spoke of a broken wagon •wish a foot to it. It raly did beat all that ever I did see.—When she stood up straight her w hite frock was all sprigged off with sil- and it looked like a cloud of snow, but it did’nt /’reach halt way to her knees and stuck out dreadfully behind where her hump was. I hadn’t dared to un kiver my face yit, and was sort of itching al! over in a dreadful pucker wondering what on arth she meant to do next, when she gave a whirl, kissed her hand and hopped away as spry as a cricket, jist as she came in. I swan if I didn’t think I never should breathe straight again. I raly wouldn’t a looked in that purty blue eyed gal’s face for anything; but somehow I happened to squint that way, for I Celt jkinder anxious to see bow red a gal could blush, but there she sat a smiling and a looking as if she raly liked the fun. She was whispering to a young feller that sat tother side, and sez she, “Aint it beautiful? oh t hope they’ll call herback!” “She will cum I dare say” sez the feller a laraing, and beginning to stomp and clap Jiis bauds with the rest of them that were yelling ami a howling as if the devil had kicked, ’em all on end. “She treats the Americans very much as a lover does her Judy.” “How so?” sez the gal looking sort of puzzled. “Why, she can’t leave them without corning back again and again to take farewell" sez he, larfing, “but here .die cams!” True as a book there she did cum, and begun to sidle and whirl and cut up her crancums ail over agin, by little and little. I let my hands slide down from my face, and when she give her prime whirl and stuck out her toe the last time. I sot a staring right straight at her so astonished I could’nt set still, for as true as you live, the trice little French gal tlrnt was so sweet and modest and the bold beautiful critter with her foot out—her arms a wavering around her head, and her mouth just open enough to show her teeth, was the same individual critter ami Loth on ’em were Madame Celeste. I went hum. But I'll be choked if them legs and arms and that fan with the flowers over it did’nt whirl round in my head all night, and they aint fairly out yet. NEVER MARRY.—The following interesting piece of adrice was given by the housekeeper of a maiden lady of thirty, who at last thought ol entering into bonds:— “ Take my advice, ma’am, and never marry. Now, you lay dow n master, and get up dame. I married a cross man of a husband, and the very first week of our marriage, ma'am, he snapped me tip, because I put my cold FEET TO His’.x ! You don’t know the men, ma’am, as well as I do.” THE TONGUELESS HORSE.—We purpose ly use the definite article in this case, for we verily be lieve that the quadruped, wh »-e strange eventful his tory, we are about to narrate, is the only tongueless I horse in the world. ’A highly respectable gentleman ' «f this city, one of our personal friends, informs us | Miat, about three weeks since, one of his servants got : foolishly angry w ith his horse, and brutally tore out - the animal’s tongue, by the roots, to the very bone— i so as to lemove every vestige, of that important ap- [ pondage, to both man and beast. The poor creature j languished for a while, but soon tlWiroughly recovered —ami now eats and drinks freely, ami is fat, hearty, anti frisky ; and may be seen by any one, wdjo wishes j to indulge his curiosity in tb it wax, or who,e skepti- ! cism demands //<« occular demonstration. Clinrleston Courier, March 7. I II there i any thing disagreeable in the social Lir-j cle, really loathsome in any kind of society, it i> to ; hear a poverty-stricken aris< ucrat, too lazy to work, and ashamed to beg, talk <f what he once wa ,—of rich uncles, aunts, and cousins—-of the splendor of his i father’s mansion, and his mother’s “ ! r.-t society.” He had better date bis origin in a hog-sty, and the public, now bored to death with stories of iiis ancient' eminence, would give him credit for some energy in 1 getting up in the world. 1 From tho Greenville Mountaineer. REVO LU TION ARY R E MINI SC F.NCE. hr have recently seen in the papers a new account ot Arnold’s treason, and desertion of the American army, which brought to our mind some incidents con nected with that affair, w hich we do not recollect to have seen in print. We obtained the information, some years since, from Capt. Isaac Newton, a ster ling patriot and devoted Christian, who has gone to that “bourne from whence no traveller returns.” C aptain Newton was in command of a company at Vest Point at the time Arnold deserted, and conse quently well acquainted with all the particulars of that traitor’s management. Capt. N. said that he, and he believed every man in camp, was totally ignorant of Arnold's treachery, until the morning alter he quit IV est Point. Ihe evening that Arnold left the army, he was aware that Washington would be there that night. He had many of the troops scattered about the country, some cutting wood,' and others at other oc cupations.— Ihe w hole camp was in such condition as to be easily surprised ; and he knew, when the C omniaiider-m-C hiel eame upon the ground, that he would at once detect his designs. About the middle ot the afternoon of that day, a messenger came in, post haste, with a note for Arnold, which be opened ami read. It was from Major Andre, who has been taken by the cow-drivers, in which was given a state ment of ♦.is situation, and a request that the General would send him a passport; but Arnold was so thun derstruck—not knowing what the prisoner’s disclo sures had been, or his real situation.— that he could nut take time to write the pass, which act sealed An dre s fate. As soon as A) no'.ti read the note, he call ed a servant ami orde.ed his horse. The servant a?ved, “which hjrse will your Excellency have?” n you, \, r j n g arl y | lo| . sc y> was t!lc re p]y. qq |(1 horse ’.’.as SO o n brought, he mounted, galloped down .no river to where a boat was lying, pulled off rhe saddle and threw it in the bottom of the boat, hoisted bis pocket handkerchief upon his sword as a flag of truce, landed <m t,.e opposite shore, again mounted his horse, and was soon out of sight. At that time, there was npt atnan in camp who even suspected any treachery in their commander. Captain Newton re marked that the army reposed as quietly during that eventful night as if each man had been dt home, with scarcely a sentinel upon the ground, and the arms in such bad condition that not one gun in ten could have been got off without using a fin-brand. In the course of the night, General Washington arrived. In the morning he was up by the time it was light, anil appeared to be greatly distressed upon wit nessing the situation of affairs in the camp. He saw at once that something was wrong, but could not dis cover what it was. About sun-rise breakfast was ready, and the I- ieid Officers repaired to the Gencr i al s quarters (a one-story log house) for their morning repast. Captain N. said the liaise was very much i crow d-d, but he got in amongst the rest, the curiosity , ol al! being great to get a view oi General Washing ton; “and any officer who wore a sword was permit ted to pass in.’’—Captain N. said that he found the General (the first lime he had ever seen him) seated at the head of the table, drinking coflee from a wooden cup and saucer. lie sipped his coffee, but ate noth , ’ n S an d soon afterw'ards commenced drumming up , on his plate with a fork, and appeared to be absorbed in deep thought. Some one asked il “his Excellency was il), that he could not eat?” He perceived that his presence disturbed his brother officers, when he arose from the table and passed into the garden at the end oi the house, w here he commenced walking back wards and forwards at a quick pace. He had been here but a few moments before he saw a horseman coming up the river at full speed. The General step ped to the fence as the horseman rode up, and asked him if’ he had any thing for him. The rider said he had a despatch for Gen. Washington. “I am he,” teplied the Gtuieral, and took the note. —He opened it, and found it was from Arnold, who stated that he was on board a man-of-war in “Haverstraw Bay.” Arnold begged that the Commander-in-Chief would treat his wife kindly, for she was as innocent ofpartic ipating in his acts “as the angels in heaven.” After reading the note, the General put it in his pocket, went into the house, and with a cheerful countenance coit.’iiiunicated its contents to the officers present, sat down knd ate a hearty breakfast. “Now,” says the Genera', ’“we are acquainted with our true situation.” After breakfas', the troops were paraded upon the bank of the rivu'r —the General and suite mounted their horses—the column opened to the right and left, and the Commander-in-chief passed slowly through. When be arrived al the lower end of the column, he wheeled his horse, made a low .bow, turned his horse again, and started off at a sweeping g'allop. “That,” said Captain N., “was the first and v'.ast time that I ever saw General Washington.” Captain N. remarked that they came very’ near getting hold of Arnold a few weeks after his deser tion. A Sergeant in the army at West Point volun teered his services for the hazardous enterprize. He proceeded to the British camp, represented himself as a deserter from the American army, and was em ployed by Arnold as a servant. The plan was all completed and the day set, but the traitor moved his quarters, and thus accidentally eluded the trap which was so gallantly and ingeniously prepared for him. The above may be relied upon as being correct, although written in gi eat haste, ami in a plain, unvar nished style. There are many other incidents con nected with those times, which we recollect to have heard Captain Newton relate, but we have not time now to recount them. '[’A Rl FF M EETING IN PHI LA DELPHIA.— 1 he following paragraph from the Charleston Pa triot, contains a warning, which, we hope, will be duly attended to : “ A large meeting was held in Philadelphia on last Saturday, ot the friends of the Protective .System, Pemberton Smith, Esq., presiding, assisted by a large number of V ice Presidents. This assemblage was, of course, intended to be very imposing from the array «,f names of great local consideration connected with it. The speakers delivered themselves of the usual quantity of common phrases generally associated with the subject of protection, and the business wound up, ot course, by resolutions of a kindred character. We record this meeting, that the people of the South should keep an eye to the schemes of the Tariff Party, which are yet only in their first bud of pro mise, but which will be full blown when the time comes for the ripening process, on the expected eleva tion of General Harrison to the Presidency.” Sav. Daily Telegraph. FLOUR.—Within the last thirty days more than 50,000 barrels of Flour have been received in Balti more, upon the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road alone. Art among a religions race produces relics; among a military one, trophies; among a commercial one, articles of’trade. Ata late Convention of the Democratic citizens of Tennessee, held at Nashville, the military character ofGeneral Harrison was subjected to a searching crit icism by General Carroll, an officer whose courage and conduct has been well tried in the battles of his country. The following notes of General Carroll’s speech are fr. m the Nashville Union : “General Carroll then took the stand while the hall I ung with loud and enthusiastic cheers. After a beau tiful exordium, full of deep feeling and impas-ioned eloquence, the old hero glanced at the present aspect of political parties in this country. They (the “ VVlngs”) have brought forward (said he) General VVilliam Henry Harrison as a candidate for the P.ies iuency—-a man unknown to fame, and whose qualifi cations for the office (if, indeed, any he possess) the country has yet to hear of. It had been said that Harrison was a distinguished chieftain—that he had manfully and gallantly fought the battles of his coun try and had claims upon the gratitude of his country men. But he (Gen. C.) would say, and that too w ith out the fear of contradiction, that General Harrison w hile wearing the epaulettes of a General in seasons of actual service, was, time after time, guilty of con duct in his official capacity that ought to disgrace a subaltern. Governor C. said he wotdd undertake to prove this—and it he did not prove it the fault would be his and not General Harrison’s, He commenccit with the fiunous battle of Tippeca noe, proving by Harrison’s own official letter to the I II ar Department, that he encamped on ground se lected for him by his enemy, and which Harrison him self acknowledged to be unsuitable. Gov. Carroll ; described the ground, and then asked the old Indian I fighters, some of whom were present, if any of them would have chosen such ground ? Again, Harrison i knew that the Indians were near, and he failed to throw up an entrenchment which he might at any : time have done in an hour for protection.—And again : He had no picket guard—he had not even a ‘ common camp guard (said the old General) as is clearly proven by his own admission, that some of' his men were-stricken down at the front of their tents when coming out to meet the enemy by whom they ; were surprised. The perspicuity with which these points were made by Governor Carroll we are unable to preserve in this imperfect sketch. There is one tiling (said he) in regard to that battle which is as ; clear as light—could Harrison have retreated in safe ty he end- übtedly would have so done, but being stir-, rounded by the enemy he could not rt treat. History tells us that when the morning sun shone on Tippecanoe, not a dead Indian was found on the | ground. Is that common ? He would ask whether it was a common result of an Indian battle in this wes tern county? Far from it. He had himself seen and been the participator in Indian battles, but he never saw one after which dead Indians were not fonnd on the ground. Where next do we find General Harri son? II here, but attempting to destroy the high character of the patriot General Winchester; when he considered him as standing in the way on the line of promotion ! His object was to get possession of the northwrstern army. Where was Harrison when Gen. Winchester sustained that defeat at the river Raisin? I answer he was in the rear, a favorite position ofhis, where has always been found in the hour of peril. He had retired to Chillichothe, leaving our stores and all our means of warfare at his enemy’s mercy—it was there he received that beautiful present of which you have all heard. VI here do we find him next? Ly ing within a short distance of Fort Stephenson with all his stores piled up ready for burning, and retreat —and writing to the gallant Croghan to “abandon Fort Stephenson, set fire to it, and come to him with all despatch.” Did Craghan obey the order? Not he. He read the letter to his men—took a vote upon it—the men refused to abandon—“l am glad of it, said Croghan, I had intended to disobey at all haz ards,” and sat down and wrote back to General Har rison “we have determined to defend this post, and by Heaven we can;” whereupon- Harrison, in bis safe quarters, raised his hands and exclaimed—“the blood be upon his (Croghan’s) own head, I wash my hands of it.” General Harrison is said never to have sustained a defeat. I would like if any one could point out to me the place where he ever fought a battle. He nev er fought a battle—he had no inclination to fight— “retreat” seems always to have been his favorite word, lie commanded the forces that fought the battle of the Thames, but we never hear him mentioned as the He ro ol that battle—be sent Col. Johnson to fight it. It is a matter of no surprise that a man who never fought a battle should never have sustained a defeat. General Harrison was always more distinguished for writing letters and getting certificates than for any thing else. How did he obtain those certificates? Whenever any part of his large force would have a brush with the enemy, he would call bis subalterns round him and say, “ Come my good fellows, have ,iot I acted nobly? Give us a certificate”—and in his thousand letters to the department, he was always nearly f.cady for the enemy, always to have a fight in a few days-—but he resigned in the middle of the war without ever haying it. ■ I have been aniJtsed, said Governor Carroll, at some of the reasons urged by the Harrison presses why he should be made President. Most of them say that he should be elevated to that post of high distinction because a vast amount of the public money has passed through his hands and he never stole any of it! [Great cheering.] He then took a serious glance at the political career of the federal candidate for the Presidency.—There was his vote in the Ohio Legislature, as it stands re corded on the journal, to sell poor white men for fines and costs of court. According to his views there ex pressed, a high-minded and honorable man for repel ling a gross insult might be sold on the market block to the very scoundrel who insulted him ? The old federal character given Harrison by Randolph—his votes in Congress—his imbecility i s ministei to Co lumbia—and other points of his political history were examined by Gov. C. before an attentive and edified audience. The political contest in which we are now engaged was then briefly reviewed, followed by a pathetic ap peal to the delegates to take the whole subject matter to their hearts, to rally all and buckle on their armor for a fierce fight until after the election in November next.” DANIEL WEBSTER’S OPINION OF WIL LIAM HENRY HARRISON.—Mr. Webster,when asked, in 1835, if he would be placed on the same ticket with General Harrison, replied :—“ I cannot be guilty of any act that shall, in the remotest de gree, tend to the elevation of a man to the Presidency, wiio is justly the scorn and ridicule of his foes, and the pity and contempt of his friends.” It is said that an apothecary makes S6OO profit on one pound of tartar emetic. ' Moses Dawson, Esq., of Cincinnati), the biographer ofGeneral Harrison, and his warm personal friend, has published a letter setting forth his reasons w hy he cannot support the redoublable “ Hero of Tippeca noe;” at the same time taking occasion to confute many ridiculous assertions of the opposition, intended tooperate on the prejudices and passions of a particu lar class of persons, whom they erroneously suppose are easily gulled. The assertion that Harrison is poor, and lives in a log-cabin, Mr. Dawson says is false. The General lives in a fine house; receives SG,OOO per annum for rad discharging the duties of Clerk of the Court of Hamilton county, and that he is as rich as “ any man in this country ought to he.” But Mr. Dawson says, that the principal reason why be cannot support Harrison, is bis total want of the qualifications requisite for so high a station. This coming from a man who from his long acquaintance and warm friendship with the General, has had every opportunity to judge his character, must be taken as conclusive ev idem e ofhis fitness for the highest office in the woih,. Pennvylvanian. A FITNI TI ES IJ Ei' .7 F. EN 11AR RI SO NIS M AND ABOLITIONISM. The following articles are fiom the last Ohio pa pers. Th'y are squally enuagh; ami unless General Harrison comes out like an independent man, and ch ars his skirls of smpirion, the obje< lion that I e is the candidate of ti e abolitionists, will stick to him like the shirt ofNes'Ui: [/ ’rom the dhi!licothc Advertiser, Fi b. 22.] The following is an extract from the Philanthropist (principal abolition paper in the State of Ohio,) of the 14th of February in.-t., published in Cincinnati. “7b the Public. “Fellow-citizens—Being called suddenly home to attend my sick family, I have but a moment to answer a few of the calumnies which are in circulation con cerning me. “I am accused of being* friendly.to slavery. From my earliest youth to the prest nt moment I have been the ardent friend of human Liberty. At the age of 18, I BECAME A ME.MBER OF AN ABOLI I’ION SOCIETY, established at Richmond; the object of which was to ameliorate the condition of slaves, and procure their freedom by every legal means. My venerable friend Judge Gatch of Cler mont county, was aL o a member of this Society, and has lately given me a certificate that I was one. Fke obligations which I then came under 1 have faithfully ' performed. “WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.” [Appended to this L iter is the certificate of Judge I Gatch of Clermont county, “that the Harrison fami- \ ly were wealthy and respndab! ,” and that Gen. Har rison was admitted a member of the Abolition Society of which he also was a member.] Paragraphs TO BE REMEMBERED. From the Vicksburg Whig. By a glance at our columns this morning, the rea der will see that the old familiar banner under which we have so long braved “ the battle and the breeze,” waves no longer at our mast head. The name of HENRIt CLAY is stricken from our columns. We need scarcely tell our readers the cause of this, they have already been informed that the National Con vention, acting as the organ of the whig party, have placed in nomination for the Presidency, another in dividual, and that individual is GENERAL WIL LIAM HENRY HARRISON, of Ohio. We need not tell our readers that this result is to us as unwel come as it is unexpected, for they well know our preferences and our expectations. They know that we prefer Mr. Clay t > any man living, and they know too, that we expected, nay, calculated with po sitive- certainty, upon his receiving the nomination. We are disappointed, and the result comes upon us when we least expected it, producing feelings and sensations unlike those produced by a sudden peal of thunder from a cloudless sky. How this nomination was brought about, we neither know or ca’re to know; whether it was induced by the noise or clamor of hun gry expectants belonging to the whig party, or wheth er it was General Harrison’s superior popularity, is to us now matter of indifference. The die is cast, and no efforts of ours can change a result so much to be regretted. Under another leader we should have been proud to strike one more blotj in defence of the constitution, and we suould have prepared for the conflict with all the ardor and energy of our nature, but it tnav not be, the decree of the convention has gone forth, and those who have been found fighting in the front ranks are reduced to the painful necessity of becoming idle spectators. Il is idle to attempt to conceal tlie fact that Gen. Harrison has no strength in the South, and it would be worse than folly to attempt to rally the whigs upon him. It cannot be done. WHIG UNANIMITY.—The Augusta, (Geo’) Chronicle, a decided Federal paper sturdily and em phatically sayy, that “ Desirous as we have been to support the opposing candidate to Mr. Van Buren, we cannot go for Hairisoii: and we think it time and labor spent in vain to attempt to elect him. He can not possibly get a vote south of the .Potomac—we presume it was not calculated he would.” The Raymond, (Miss ) Times, a very respectable and decided Whig paper, gives his bretheren the fol lowing consolation: THE HARRISBURG CONVENTION.—Gen. Wm. H. Harrison, of, Ohio, has been nominated as the opposition candidate for the Presidency, by the Whig Convention at Harrisburg. The vote, on the last ballot stood thus; for Harrison 148; for Henry Clay 90; for General Winfield Scott 16. “This nomination will not take in this quarter. With Henry Clay as our candidate, we m’mht have some hopes of Mississippi; but with Harrison we can have none. It would therefore be a waste ol words to say any thing more on the subject at present. MISSISSIPPI STATE CONVENTION.— Extract of a letter to the editors of the Washington Globe, dated Jackson, Feb. 15, 1840. A convention of the Democratic members of both branches of the Legislature, and citizens from all parts of the State, was holden in the R presentatives Hall of the Capitol, on .yesterday evening, for the purpose of nominating electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and appointing dele gates to the National Convention, to be held at Balti more, or elsewhere, to nominate candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United Slates. On motion of Mr. Drake, Hon. Joseph A. Marshall, of Kemper county, tv as called to the chair, and S. R. Adams, Esq , of Jasper comity, appointed Secretary. The following named gentlemen were nominated as candidates for electors of President and Vice Presi dent ; to wit, Hon. John A. Quitman, Hon. Joseph A. Marshall, Colonel Chapman Levy, Major Roger Barton. The convention unanimously nominated Mr. Van Buren for re-ele< tion to the office of President of the I United State, but declined expressing any opinion in relation to the Vice Presidency ; leaving the dele gates to the National Convention free to exercise their own volition in casting the Vote of Mississippi for the I candidate for the second office in the gift of a free ' people. Colonel Polk is undoubtedly the most promi nant man in Mississippi for that office, but Colonel King, Colonel Johnson, and Mr. Forsyth, all have their friends. The following named persons were appointed dele gates to the National Convention : , General Thomas Hinds, Hon. Robert J. Walker, Hon. A. G. Brown, Hon J. Thompson. Colonel M. F DeGraffenreid, Joseph Holt, Joseph Dunbar, Ro ' beit Joss< lyn, George Fisher, Hiram S. Runnels, W illiam Need, General Stephen Cocke, Hon. Han son Alsbury, ami Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright. The convent! >n was addressed by General Drake, of Rakio ; Mr. 'Pucker, of Lounds ; Mr. Campbell, Y;zoo; Mr. Miller, of Hinds; Mr. Besancon, of Tunica; ami Mr. Learned, of Jackson. The best feeling pervaded the deliberations of the convention, and the ticket nominated forelectors combines talents and strength of political principle. It will undoubt edly succeed by a majority of not less than 5000 votes, and probably a much larger vote. “ Old Granny Harrison" stands no earthly prospect of re ceiving a single electoral vote in the South-west*. The petticoat hero" will be Watertooed. CONGRESS—IN SENATE, March 2. ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following resolution for the consideration of the Senate: Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representa tive:-; of the United Sta tes of America in Congress as sembled, That the President of the Senate and Speak er of the House of Representatives do adjourn their respective Houses, sine die, on Monday the day of May next. Mr. L. said he had been induced to call the atten tion of the Senate to this subject, from a sense of duty to his country and his constituents, arising from his own reflection, and without confutation with any one whatever. He indulged the hope that the subject would receive that early and respectful consideration from the Senate which its magnitude and importance demand. He would see to it, that it should not be considered a trivial or unimportant subject. It was known to every one, that the sessions of Congress are becoming more and more protracted; and in direct proportion to their increase and duration, we find the legitimate business of legislation overlooked and neglected. Sir, said Mr. L. we have now been three months in session; and what have we done, and wdiat are we do ing? Why, instead of doing the business of the peo ple and the country, we are engaged in doing many things which ought not to be done, and things which delicacy fiirbids my naming here. The attention ot the people is diverted from the palpable remissness of those whom they have trusted in their attention to Congressional duty; by being daily supplied, during our long session, with innumer able book speeches, manufactured for the current market of the public ear—speeches that contain eve ry thing, except pertinent remarks on the subject up on which they are made. Sir, (said Mr. L.) I am fully impressed with a sense of the delicacy of the subject of dwelling upon the evils of long Congressional speeches. But, sir, this is the true cause of the extension of our Cpngression al sessions, and, in my opinion, without any adequate benefit to the country. Sir, if we would, from this day forward, take Washington, Franklin, and Jeffer son, for our models in speech making, and turn our | attentions earnestly and deliberately to our duties of | legislation in the true spirit of the founders of our glorious institutions, we should find plenty of time, be tween this and June, as contemplated by the proposed resolution, to do all the necessary business of the country, and return to our respective abodes, leaving the country and the public mind in quiet and peace from our'ceaseless strifes, originated in the balls of le gislation. It John Randolph of Roanoake could speak from the dead, would he not tell you that you had been feeding long enough out of the public crib—that it was time tor yon to be at home, feeding out of your own cribs? Look out at your own windows, sir. Do you not see the green grass? Do you not see the buds shooting forth? Do you not hear the birds sing? All nature seems to unite in admonishing us to duty and industry. The public service is already suffering for the want of a prompt and efficient discharge of our representative duties. After time for due reflection* sir, 1 shall again call up this subject for the action of the Senate, and I shall not abandon the ground which I have taken. The resolution then being read by the Secretary of the Senate, Mr. WEBSTER said l.e coincided with the Sena tor from Georgia, that the protracted sessions of Con gress was a great and growing evil; and he would as sure that gentleman of bis hearty support of any mea sure that wotdd have a tendency to remedy it. Mr. LUMPKIN returned his tlranks to |he Sena? tor from Massachusetts, and assured him that upon this subject he was not influenced by party consider? ations, but was ready to unite with Senators from both sides of the Senate, in forming a party that would do the business of the country, and go home at the ear? liest practicable day. The following accountof warlike preparations front the St. John’s [New Brunswick] Courier, is copied in the Boston Daily Advertiser and Patriot. The editor of that print anticipates no hostile movements against this country from all this parade : WARLIKE!— Her Majesty’s ship Vestal has ar? rived at Halifax, where, we understand, other vessels of war are soon expected, for the purpose of bringing troops and munitions of war to this Province, in case they should be required. We learn, also, that the 23d Fuzileers, now in gar rison at Halifax, instead of being about to proceed to the East Indies, is the first regiment for service in this Province, and has received orders to be ready to move at the shortest notice. We are further informed, on good authority, that the erection of barracks at Woodstock, in this Pro vince, for the accommodation of a large military force, has been determined upon, and the work is to be.com mcnced immediately. These precautions, we presume, are taken in ac- j cordance with the views expressed in the communica tion of the British Minister at Washington to the Ame rican Secretary of State, under ’date df the 26th s