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{Corre*j>oiHtafH’c of 1 lit* Baltimore Patriot.] Washington, Feb. 13. HOUSE OF 11F.PRESF.NTATIVES. The linrmng of the Caroline. Mr. Pickens, from the Committee on Military Af fairs, on leave, made « report in relation to tbe cor respondence, r« few'd to that committee, between Mr. Fox and Mr. Forsvth, n« the case of McLeod. Mr. 1 printed. or of the United States, then there woVW haVe been . some show at the least of respect for ttttlr sovereignty I and independence i and tt disposition to treat us as ru equal. Vat in this case, as if to IfcSti our authorities with contempt, there was no preliminary demand uor representation made. It was hoped that the murage tfas perpetrated by a party in sudden heat and excitement, upon thtir own | responsibility. Blit the British Minister now avows moved that it he laid on the table and ; that “ the act Was the public act «»f persons obeying the constituted authorities of her Majesty’s province,” Tbe Report was then read, for information, as fol- ; and again affirms that “ it was a public act of persons | ows . in her Majesty’s service, obeying the orders of tbeir The Co,-milted on Foieign aflVirs, to whom was \ superior authorities,’’ referred the Message of tbe President, transmitting a If this had been the first and only point of collision correspondence with the British Minister in relation j H ; t |, Great Britain, it might not lave excited such in to the burning of die steamboat Caroline, and the de* | terest, but there is an assumption in mo t of onr inter- Unnd made for the liberation of Mr. Alexander j course with that great power, revolting to the pride McLeod, respectfully report: ^ ^ and spirit of independence in a free people. If it be It appears that tlie steamboat “Caroline” was her desire to preserve peace, her true policy would be sdixed and destroyed in the month of December, 1837. to ffi, justice, and to show that courtesy to equals The committee are induced to believe that the facts which she lias always demanded tiOttl Others. Tbe of tlie cose are as follows: The boat was owned by, committee do not desire to press views on tills part of and in possession of a citi/.eti of New Vork. She was t |, e subject; particularly as a demand has been made cleared from the city of Buffalo, and, on the morning j j, v onr Government upon the Government of Great of the 29tli of December, 1837, she left tlie port of] Britain for explanation as to tlie outrage coininit- Buffaio, bound to Sclilosser, upon the American side j t et |^ the answer to which, it is )p>ped, prove sali*~- of tbe Niagara river, and within the territory of the j factory. United States. The original intention seemed to be j Asto t | le ol | ie| . p„i„1$ printed in tbe demand to run the boat between Buffalo and Sclilosser, or, j nmfJe bv t j |e B r * lt ; s fo Minister fof like “liberation” of perhaps, from Black Rock D.un to Sclilosser, and, should it seem profitable, it was intended to run her Alexander McLeod, the committee believe the facts of the case to be, that the steamboat was seized aud burnt also to Navy Island, and toiuh at Grand Lland and j ns .fated before, and that a citizen or citizens of New Tonawanda. Her owner was Mr. Wells, said to be j York were murdered iu ihe affray. And there was a a respectable citizen of Buffalo, and it is obvious, Ins reason to induce a belief that McLeod was particeps rrintinis. He was at first arrested, and upon various testimony being taken, was then discharged. He was afterwards arrested a second lime. Upon the evi dence then presented, he was imprisoned to await bis _ _ trial. There was in invasion of British territory to interest in the unusual and extraordinary collection of j SL .jze or take him. But upon bis being voluntarily adventurous men gathered together at that time on - intention in putting up tbe boat was one of specula tion and profit entirely. The excitement upon that portion of the frontier, at ibis period, bad collected a great many in the neighborhood-—some from curios ity—some from idleness—and others from taking an within nnr territory, he was arrested as any citizen of the United States, charged with a similar offence, might have been. We know of no law of nations that would exempt a man from arrest aud imprisonment for offences charged to be committed against tlie “ peace and dignity” of a State, because be is a snb- All these facts appear from testimony regularly taken, i ject of Great Britain, or because be committed the (see IF. R- Doc. No. .,02, page 4G and 49, 2d Ses- cr j mc at the instiiration nr under the authority of Brit- Navy Island. Navy Island was “ nominally” in the ' British 4< territory.” The owner of the Caroline took advantage of these j circumstances to make some money with bis boat, by 1 running her, as a ferrv boat, over to Navv Island.— under circumstances of peculiar aggravation and el citement. We have other points of difference w ith Great Bii- tain, which add interest to every question that Arises' betw een us at present. Neither our North-eastern or NorthsWestern boundaries are yet settled with lifer, and the subjects is not entirely flTtl lYttiti difficulty.® She has recently seized our vessels ahd ekeitrisfed a power inn thing the right of search, under the pretext of suppressing the foreign 6lave trade, which, if per* severed in, will sVveep our Commerce froth tllfe ctihst of Africa, and which is incompatible wiili bUr right as a maritime power. She lias receuily, inker inter course With Us, refttsfed indemnity and denied our rights to property, on a subject-matter Vital to near one-half the States of the Confederacy, and which, j considering lifer military position at Bermuda, and her j growing pow er in tbe West Indies, is of the last ini- j portance to our national independence. All these subjects make every question between us, at this peculiar juncture, of the deepest interest. Besides this, We it re both pCrViiaheiitiy destined to have, perhaps, * lie most extensive commerce of mod ern Millions. Our £ igs float side by side, over every sea, and bav, and inlet of the know n globe. She moves steadily upon her objects with an ambi tion that knows no bounds. And wlieuexer she has IIILLEIXxEVILLE * Friday Morning, march 12. FEDERAL EXTRAVAGANCE. Readers ! do you rein* tuber tlie gieal outcry whirl, ;na, iaised against Mr. Van Bureti in 1840. hv tl* ! Harri-Oii patty, on account of the amount of money laid out in furniture for the President’s bouse? I),, ' you recollect the long list of items w hich was paraded : in tlie Harrison papeis to prove Mr. Van Buren’sex- I travairance ? YNitt cannot have forgotten tlie noise | which was made about the French bed-lead, and the i gold spoons, to which tbe simplicity of General Har- f rison, as exhibited in bis Jog cabin at North Rend, i was shown up in contrast, and as evidence of ld s -.4 economy ami republican habits' 5 _ these things, you must be astonis! son corps editorial into sp-.srns by dressing a portion of our columns iu mourning, for tbe dea h of the Con stitution. No people have boasted half so much about their rights and privileges as the Americans, but from tlie spirit manifested towards us in the premises, we mitrht had a conflict of interest she has rarely yielded to any] well exclaim with tbe Irishman, “ this is a swate land power. j of liberty, where one can’t be sorry without asking At this moment she presents to tbe civilized world j other people’# lave.” tbe spectacle of the greatest military and commercial If you remember shed to learn that be fore he had been in nflice long enough to warm |,j s seat, a large appropriation of money is a*ked to buy more furniture for tbe President’s house, and that six THOUSAND DOLLARS have been demanded for that purpose ! This is the commencement of tbe promi,- ——. —: j ed retrenchment anti reform, so much talked about It appears that we have almost throw n tbe Harri-j last year, and so soon forgotten. So far from old Tip’s spending a dollar of the peo- »!e’s money iu adding to the splendor of the White DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN: nomination. Fi'K GOVERNOR. ciiarles j. McDonald. power in combination, ever known. From her vast possessions in every quarter of the a lobe, and her peculiar commercial system, she lias been made the reservoir of the wealth of nations. Her internal resources, skill, labor, and machinery, w ith her capital, are beyond calculation. Her natu ral position, being about midway tbe coast of Europe, gives her great coalrol over the outlets and currents ofcommerce. Her military occupation of Gibraltar, Malta, the Ionian Islands, and recently of St. Jean d’Acre, gives her ascendency on the Mediterranean and tbe Levant, while St. Helena Mid the Cape of Good Hope give her possession ove* tbe currents of trade along those extensive coasts. Then Bombay, Calcutta, and her CT^We have received from tbe Hon. Richard M. JoiinsOv, various public documents of interest, for which we tender to him our thanks. House, we bad a right to expect that be would sell tbe fine bedstead and tbe gold spoons, and return tlie proceeds to tbe Treasury, to aid iiim in paying oil'the great national debt which the Taiiffites (his friend,) would, if they could, make tbe people believe has been saddled upon them ; but tin -e are odd times we live in. Taking this item of §'3,000 as a specimen, the ex travagance of tbe new administration w ill soon out strip all its predecessors. “WE WOULD NOT, IF WE COULD.” ] As time rolls on, the distress of the country iu- ! creases, and the blessings which were promised to flow from the election of Gen. Harrison and Ids friends, are pouring out upon tlie land, as if from the ImiiJ of a ^" bed ! destroying angel. Every day brings fresh tiding- ( !'panic and disas ter, and while the screws of the la. are turning wiiL increased velocity upon the people, ih<*ir means arc siou, 25tli Congress,) and the committee know of no legal evidence to contradict them. There is uo proof that any arms or munitions of war were carried in the boat, except, perhaps, one small six-pounder field- piece belonging to a passenger. Tbe principal object w as to run the boat as a ferry boat from Schlosser, on tbe American side, to Navy Lland, on tbe British authority isli provincial officers; much less do we know of any law that would justify’ the President to deliver him up without trial, at the demand and upon the assertion as to facts, of any agent of the Bnti.li Government. If we bad been at war with Great Britain, and McLeod bad committed tbe offences charged, then he might have fallen under the rules and reculatioes of war. HON. PHILLIP P. BARBOUR. It is with deep regret that we announce to our readers tlie sudden death of this distinguished son of Democratic Virginia. He retired to bis room at night, in Washington City, apparently in good health and spirits—and in the morning w as found a corpse in I bis bed ! By this afflicting dispensation of Provi- ! donee, (he Supreme Court of tbe United States has been deprived of a learned and upright Judge; the I country at large of a faithful public officer; the I “old Dominion” of a bright ornament, and tlie Dem ocratic party of an able and fearless advocate. The I Congress of tin United States, manifested their sense oj’ his worth, and the countiy’s bereavement, bv at tending his funeral, and adopting resolutions suita ble to the melancholy event. We regret that our space will not allow their being published in extenso. side. It is believed that, even in war, a neutral pow-, an( | been trf . aU .d as a prisoner of the UrnD >i,.i s rr has the right to trade in contraband articles, sub ject of course, to seizure and confiscation, if taken within the juri-diction of either of tbe contending par ties. What is contraband of war is not always cer tain. Treaty stipulations frequently include wmc j | ie raav concerned, s'olelv again, articles, and exclude others recognized in the law of ] dignity” of the State of New York, nations. Trading iu contraband articles is no excuse jurisdiction is complete au<i ex< h.3%, Government, and would have been subject t of nations at war. But as tbe alleged criminal acf«. in which Mcljeod is charged to i*e implicated, wfe committed in profound peace, it is a crime, a- la> ' the “ peace and j and her criminal - , -- *. If the crimes! for invading the territory and soil of a neutral and | committed be such as to make a man hostis human, independent power, whose priv ate citizens n.ay choose j g t ,ws—*n outlaw—a pirate, in th « -J a,reflation to run the hazards of such a trade. In this instance ! u f ,| ie term, then, under the law ofnaiions, the United lliere were no two foreign powers engaged in war; i States courts and tribunal would have jurisdiction.— ] but all concerned in tbe outbreak or excitement with- I But the offence charged in th: case, i.m.iniited as it in tlie British jurisdiction, claimed to he British sub- j was j„ ,| ie time of peace, as far as this individual was i jects, in resistance of the authorities of Canada, a pro- concerned, was one purely against th. lex loci, aid j vince nf the British empire. Even admitting, then, j coming exclusively within ih^ criminal jurisdiction of! the Caroline was engaged in contraband trade, yet it j ,| ie tribunals of New York. was with citizens who claimed to be subjects of the | »p. ...» . ... , .... , Li- J he Minister, hi his letter of the 13th of December, same empire with thorn oho rtvledI ih.msrlvM il.e l.gi- I I840 ,, , s il( , Mr . M'Ln* .....ate officer, ol .1* prova.ee. Abslrac.l, speak.og,, „ as ; inc of ’ e „ | in , Ue , lestri „., io „ liow was« private citizen to decide who were right ; r , . A :• ° j .. . . , , , , 1 . , , i .. i » j °t die steamboat v aroline; and that the pretended and who w *re wrong iu these local disputes ? And; , , ... . r e . . > charge upon which he has been imprisoned rests only winch portion of citizens ol tbe same province must i .1 , . . r r . .. 1 j upon the perjured testimony of certain Canadians, outlaws and their abettors,” &c. This may perchance (limiiiisliiiiir with eqm.l rapidity. 'n,e hope that vv.is! I a few momlis held out to them 'ey the Harrison Ke- 1 immense poss-ssiois 111 the Last Indies, together with ] formers, who contmletJ tiu- last legi-lature, were hl .st- her recent movements in the China seas and islands| e d in the is which stand at the head of this! enable her to exteid her power oyer these vast regions ] ankle, and will long be nmembered with deep and! that have sl.imbeied for ages in solitary and enerva- scorching in ignatiori bv those who have been con- ' ted magnificence. She possesses Falkland island but ] signed to utter ruin, bv this relentless declaration 1 to control the ccmme.ce that passes around Cape] But independent of this pointed refusal to render! Horn while rmul ul gives her all she desires in tbe j tL j , .„..,i«.e.,ts some rebel, in a time of extraordi- | No man iu the United States, has ever been half atm * >eaii $»«..!. t <1 ( ux a one pom , au< ./ u-, «.*.m • i. h;ifra»mrnt, they have pursued a course di- s<* succe^lul iu turunijr coiiilicting’and contradictory tin at a notner, sD.nl out ... great force over our own I ,-eetiy -ending to render unavailable tbe scanty means j opinion, to his own account, as Gen. Harrison. •vhi h they were provided to meet the crisis, l»v lie gained tlie whole federal party, by voting with them in Congress. He won the support of the Tar- ._ , .. . ■ . t ■ , _ — ... nit Lif.ju 111.m ifines by bis devotion to their interests. Ho carind -Ur < onttniial conllicis in tlie mighty coast from one ••it'cmity to another. H- r positions ill over the wo.Id are at this moment, j „ ; ir:it mg the credit system, and cutting it up by the 1 of ’ ,tw ’ a " f ’ ne,, i as now practically illustrated in the condition • d our Banks, and the paper currency of the State ; ami a# u ad this was not enough to ensure the ruin of the country, they have doubled our faxes. M bile we deplore the general prevalence of distress : in every quarter of the State, and the frightful sacri- ' our citizens refuse to have any communication with ? But tlie boat was merely used for one day as a ferry boat ; ami on tlie night of tbe day she commenced running, she was seized while moored at the wharf iu S. hlosser, and burnt. Several men were assassinated ; certainly one, who fell dead upon the deck. Now the j insinuation of tlie British Minister, that Schlosser was “ nominally” w ithin the territory of the United States, may well he retorted, as we can with equal truth say that Navy Island was “ nominally” within the “ terri tory” of the British government; for at the period to which we allude, the people collected there had as ef fectually defied the Canada authorities as any portion of our people had disregarded ours. Y r et British au thority thought proper to pass by Navy I-laml, then in its “ nominal” territory, and in tbe plenitude of its power, to cast tbe a*gis of British jurisdiction over American soil. This was truly extending over ns that kind guardianship which they bad not tbe ability at that lime to extend to a portion of their 0*11 territory, and which recommends itself to ns, full as much from its assumption as from its love of right or law. The British Miui-ter is phased also to call tbe Car- all be so; but it would be asking a great deal to re quire an American conrt to yield jurisdiction, and surrender up a prisoner charged with offences against the law, upon the mere ipse dixit of any man, no mat ter how high in authority. Whether McLeod he guilty or not guilty, is the very point upon which an American jury alone have a right to decide. Juris diction in State tribunals over criminal eases, and trial by a jury of the renue, are essential points in Ameri can jurisprudence. And it is a total misapprehension as to the nature of our system, to suppose that there is any right iu tlie Federal Executive to arrest tlie ver dict of the one, or thwart the jurisdiction of the other. If sucli a power existed, and were exercised, it would effectually overthrow, and upon a vital point, separate sovereignty nnd independence of these States. Tbe Federal Executive might be clothed w ith pow er to delixer up fugitives from justice for offences com mitted against a foreign State, but even then it might not be obligatory to do so, unless it were made matter of treaty stipulation. This duly and right in an Ex oline a “ piratical steamboat.” The loose epithets of; eenlive lias generally been considered as dormant, any one, no matter bow high in place, cannot make ! until made binding by treaty arrangement. But that piracy which the law of nations does not recognise as such. Pirates are freebooters, enemies of the hu man race; and emiiient jurists describe them as ra- x aging every sea and coast with no flag anil no home. Piracy comes under tbe concurrent jurisdiction of all nations. Even in the worst point of view that it can be considered, those connected with tbe steamboat Caroline were but aiders and abettors of others enga ged in rebellion. And the committee are totally at a loss to know upon what authority rebellion is recog nised as piracy. Such confounding of terms is rest ing the case upon epithets, instead of sound law’ or facts. But even supposing it to be a “ piratical boat,” as tbe Minister asserts it to be; yet the moment it touched our soil it fell under our sovereignty, and 110 power on earth could rightfully invade it. There is uo doctrine more consecrated in English history, than that every human being who touches the soil of Great Britain is immediately covered by Brit when tbe matter is reversed, and demand is made, not of fugitives from justice for offences committed against a foreign power, but for the liberation of a man charg ed with offences against the peace and dignity of one of our own States, then it is, that the demand i e- eomes preposterous in the extreme. The fact that the offences were committed under the sanction of provincial authorities d' es not alter the case, unless we were in a stale of war. In such rase as the pre sent, tbe power to deliver up could not be conferred upon tbe Federal Executive by treaty stipulation. I- could only be conferred iu those cases over which ju risdiction is clearly delegated by the Federal Consti tution. Such, for instauce, as treason, which is an offence against the conjoined sovereignty of tbe States, as defined iu the Constitution. Over all cases except those defined in tbe Constitution, and those coming clearly under the laws of nations, the States have exclusive jurisdiction, and the trial aud punish ish law. Suppose one of her xessels were cut from j rnent for offences against them, are incident to tbeir the banks of tbe Thames and burnt by Frenchmen, ! separate sovereignty. It is not pretended in this case and British citizens were assassinated at night, and the that there is any treaty stipulation under w hich the French Minister were to avow that they acted under tbe orders of his government, and that the vessel w as “ piratical,” and the citizens murdered were outlaws -—there is not an Englishman whose heart would demand is made; and tlie Federal Executive, under our system, has no power but what is conferred by the Constitution, or by special law of Congress. In tbe former it is declared that “ the Executive power is nut heat high to avenge the wrong, ami vindicate the vested in a President of the United States,” and that rights of his country. The law there is the law here. And there is no international law c«m«istent with the separate independence of uations, that sanctions the pursuit of even pirates to murder and arson over the soil and jurisdiction of one of die States of this Con- federacx’. No greater w rong can be done to a coun- iry than invasion of soil. If it can be done with im punity at one point, and on oi:e occasion, it can be d'-nc at another; and the- nation -hat submits to it. fin ally sinks down into drivelling imbecility. Ii a repre sentation of the state of things at Schlosser, ard toe power is then to be pointed out and defined by special laws passed from time to time, imposing such duties as are thought proper and expedient by Congress. Y"our committee deem h dangerous for tlie Execu tive to exerrise any power over a subject matter not conferred by treaty or by law ; and to exercise it in any case in conflict with State jurisdiction, would be worse than dancer00s; it would Ik»i: • •*;,»«» But y«nr committee- for 1 ”**' to pi pok.-s further at present, aud lb v w« ? have i:;,d a; I the abolitionists in an almost entire body, by his anti- slavery speeches—and the Bank parly, by declaring that he would sanction the charter of a National Bank, should Congress declare it necessary. He gained many thousand votes, by professing t* fires of property’ to an amount which is awful to con- be a republican—many thousands more by exjtvessin^ template, tbe suspension ol the Georgia Railrn.nl and Southern opinions upon the Tarill—many thousand* Banking Company, has turned our thoughts to the! more hv declaring himself tlie friend of the South, effects o| that measure, as connected with the legi.la- j in regard to slavery—and vet many thousands more tioo above referred to, upon the people of tlie North- | by declaring a United States Rank nnconsti-’otionai. ern and Western circuits, where a large portion of its ; He is President now, and must fool some party nr bills have Ireeii in circulation. i faction—w hich w ill it be 1 T iiat Bank lias suspended under circumstances ! Can anx man doubt these conclusions, who knows which tho-e who mmage it believe to he wholly ju»- ! any thing about parties and their principles, when lifi dde; but nevertheless, tlie bills have greatly de-j they look fig a single moment, to the char icterof the preciaied. not, in our opinion, so much from want of} Cabinet appointed by Gen. Harrison? We sav ap- cenfidei.ee 0.1 tlie part of the people, but because it is j pointed, because we entertain no doubt, that Web- j the will of the brokers, and it is much to be feared , ster, Ewing, Bell, Badger, Granger and Crittenden, 1 that they will not he available for the payment of! were inducted into the several Departments, among . debts lor some time to come, unless at a ruinous sa- whom, there is not on*’, who is a strict consti 1 io 1- . .i* . > l, only enable her officers to become m bi an . i.s i rpiove ill the art of war, while |>* r at .1" i s ai - d extensive fleets draw’ tbeir support from tin* immense countries seized and occupied. In the piescui jmeture of affairs, no statesman can over look tic <e tilings. Steam pow er lias rei e \ hr night ns so near l«>ge her, that in the event ol" any future co ifli u tear with its effects will be preci. i au rl upon us v'ith much more rapidity than formerly. Avarli evand ambition are tbe ruling pa«sinns of modern times, and it is vain 10 shut our eyes to the state of things around us. It remains t » be seen what effect st**;nii power is to have upon chancing and modifying 1 be w hole ;>r’ of defence and war. Ii may be a gn at engine for again levelling mankind, and reducing exery tiling to a contest of mere physical force. In that event it might he dibicult to conjec ture wh it system of national defence trill s/und the test of time and experience. YV’c have a deep stake in peace, and fondly hope ! orifice, tbe repose of the world will not be disturbed. We! |„ t) ,j s sl; „ e of affairs. 1vl1.1t is to be done ? If these have certainly not the least desire for any rupture.— j hills me refused, where cm ther fund* be found > Firmness, and a wise preparation, will long preserve j The Batiks that contimn d to pay specie f. eeiv, are us from such a catastrophe. But while no temptation ' e v«. y day reducing their circulation, whi.-li xx iff snmi should ever prompt us 10 do injustice on the one band, ] bc all taken in, while tin v do not, and cannot, throw so no consideration, on tbe other baud, should ever 1 „„ e dollar into circuit io;‘t. Tlie property oftii.-peo- induce ns to submit to permanent wrong from nny ! p | c will be Ivon git to the block—gold and silver will power on earth, no matter what the consequence be demanded i.r P awneiit—competition among l it may be. Y our committee would conclude by expressing a firm belief that all our points of difficulty may be hon orably and amicably adjusted, and that harmony may long be preserved, by both Governments pursuing a liberal and generous policy, congenial to the interests aud feeling of both people, and compatible w itli tbe spirit and genius of an enlightened age. construction ist of tbe constitution, or who bolds ihe doctrine, that all powers not delegate*! to the United States, are re served to tbe States and tit? people. On tlie contra ry, they ;, re all federalists. They all claim for the federal government, tiu exer> i»'* »>i | ow» r.** not gran ted hv the con-tin.ii 11. and which were denied by Mr. Jefii r**on. and Ins true disciples, down to the pre sent time. Tm*v are al in lavor of a National Bank—of a tar.il lor pr> lection, and for the expen- * let’s will cease, from tin* impracticability of raising ditnre of the p* ople* money, in works of Internal specie funds, and desolation will follow. And this is ! improvements. Wnca <l'd Georgia recognize such one ol the promised blessings of “ Harrison and Re- principles? Are they to he found iti the creed of form.” nn\- party amongst us If they are, they will be Y\ e beg our readers to remember, that these are the found w It Ii the Harrison p *rty alone ; tlie pai ty w hick men who told Governor McDonald, when he entreat- lias boasted so much about State rights, and State ed them to adopt “ some measure" to relieve a suffer- remedies. ; ingpeople, that “They Would not iftiiey could.” We n>k the Harrison party, this question, and we r*o\ i’n\Tm) .. , inv . _ ' n i R is alarming 10 look at the present state of the ask it in all sincerity—how would you act if the tariff GOY ERNOK ' r ’ cni ^ DU K U111- : currency, (reduced and deranged as it is, by hardi should be made as burdensome under Gen. Harrison’* ZLN SOL DIE -• j and unwise legislation,) and tbe vast amount of proper- administration, as it was in 1832? Would x on resort Yesterday afternoon the Y oluntcer Corps of the (y now advertised by’ the sheriffs. In a single news- to nullification, and interpose tlie “rightful remedy?' command of Cm. Jackson, ] paper xve saxv a dav or txvo since First Regiment, under tbe comm since advertised for April If you should, how would In* meet you ? Y\ illi a paraded to render proper respe* t to his Excellency t one hundred and eighty negroes, and tracts of! proclamation and forte bill? We think lie would, Charles J. McDonald, the Chi< f Magistrate of Gcor- |., |u | am ] jmijses and lofs. (many of them valuable,) ami with powder and ball to back them; that is, ff gia. The full Wilks of the Companies generally, amounting in uiunbef to more t!; : *ll one hundred— hi-word i* to lie relied tin; lor be lias long since gi* evinced tbe spirit which charactciizes the member*, | an( j we where is the mottev to come from to buy ven Gen. Jackson more credit lor these measures, xvhen summoned to assume tbe garb of the Citizen ih eni ? Let those answer who “ would not if they : than for bis splendid victory at New Orleans. Soldier. ^ i could.” * • But be may bolster you up, and feed y ou upon a The Regiment marched in review before the Gov- j i |j,,i e so f t corn> j„ his Inaugural Address, as he pro- MR. BLACK’S SPEECH. j babiy *i!l h dealing in generalities—talking The speech of our true Southern Representative, about the constitution prating about justice to a 1 * — r y 1 * ’ declaring that he will be the ernnr, standing uncovered on tbe portion of the Pu laski House, and afterwards fired a salute. i Tbe Commissioned Officers then partook of a glass of wine with His Excellency. After some marching ] j'."' *’ 7 .‘'V"' . . neor i e f j n ,, t n f a party— .1 1 .11 ,i.„ i» ® dings, appears in this days paper, and will be read President of Ihe wlu.ie piopie, m u ™ I .* through our still flooded streets, the Kegiment re-; ® .y . , . - ... . , . 1, . , ( ;d ed session in Max , ,0 son • j- • 1 1 with pride and exultation bv all who will lustlv esti-1 but mark tlie sequel. ** L *“ • - turned to tbe Ilay and the Companies were dismissed , ”, . , . 4 * . J ... • \* ., .. .11 ,* en learn the truth ol to tbeir respective commands. , mate the value of onr mst.tut.ons—and the gen.u-II startle you Y01 «...■ 1^- * th;il he This is the first visit of the Commander-in-Chief to ! a ' ,d s P ,n ; w,,h . *' h, . ch , have b 5 e ” ^fended by j « bat you baxe beet t . _ d - ^ jnflu . our city since his elevation to the station he so ably I th,s wor,l, - v and d »^»«g«»»hed son of the South. j ’ va l n,d ^ ^ a combi- fills, and xve trust that the fine appearance of the First j Regiment will heighten his pride when he reflects _ . , .V . , ' that if the cry of battle should once more be heard on • “' ,e . , fj ,sat,,re ^ aine ,:,s a PP ro P r,ated onr coasts disciplined soldiers are ready, under Ins i 0 ?’. 0 ? 0 do,,ar * 10 P re P arp f'T the expulsion of the command, to beat back the proud invader.—Saran-1. n . „. troo P s from the American territory. Tins nak Georgian. DEMOCRATIC VIRGINIA. looks like “ coming to the work” in earnest. The, authorities of England are active in their prepara tions—and it is but right and p:o\ i lent that on the The Richmond Compiler of 1« b» dm fol- ] «»"**««* ! ,, v 5^ b> : Three di.dngohbed members of * xvas not to he tlie President, so f.»r i ence xx ere concerned, but tlie automaton of aeon nation, to lie u*ed for tbeir oxen interested purpo-f* the mere “locum tenens," while the mea>u'es «»l administration will he managed by tho»e who procur ed ii majority of voles in his fax or: at;:, it onr pre dictions are not verified, then may his friends writ* ns down, a false prophet. The>e xxere our predictions last summer, and they are greatly strengthened by tiie apprehensions alrf*’ of information upor. be made to placetl.e countryjn < < cmiiiion to mee . , . - * * . ii. n.i i ; an ex'eut. m>w rpcarrl’il as almost incx’itable ; ii be- Harrison party, xx !io*e means iMisa.—At a special election held on Thursday . . 7 , , - • _ , , • \ ,i. e subject, entitle their opinions to great respect, last in this county, John Z. Holloway, Esq., Van ' ,n ff the « , f- ,, n , "» < I t.i be*t ini.,, ined that an a ..!e >- j • J Malh.rv Wise and Alford. Buren, was elected by a majority of upwards of 100 b!e adyu*tmfnt of t .e ex:-’, g dnticti.tiea between tne i * g” 1 we ,f ‘a is Mr.' Al'ordthat the policy of tbe votes over Mr. Melton, the late contestant before the j lw “ fo,,ntr,r " y, ; >! ~ ’’ ' X: * ct ' d " ] Harri «,on parly trill impose a great unconstitutional Legislature. REFORM AND RETRENCHMENT. I tariff upon us, and so boldly has he declared bis n , l ..... . , ... . j timents upon the subject, that even the hoiTlln- . , The YV bigs in Congress have succeeded in passtne j Recorder is afraid to publish his speech. But tbe When Philip of Macedon determined to conquer, a B.I! appropriating G,000 dollars n purchase firm-1 ^ crct w jjj Qut aud subjugate tbe liberties of Greece, he bribed into hire fi>r Gen. Harrison. The reader xvill bear in j his service certain Athenian orators, aud induced mind, that these same whigs previous to the election, | lowing: Mr. Holloway took his seat on the 1st ins*. iuch jo such clear que-ti u.* <>* : fp :.r*icn.*; ir.-.v. but j conduct of those xvho had control of the Caroline, had, uiat i.t tiiis case, :je clt* ... d ..,r liberation has W*n j |jr.*t been made to tbe proper authorities of Ngw York, 1 made by the accredited agent of a great power, and I which Phillip tempted those orators u.n» ire^on, was at h^me lived in a log Cabbin, drank hard cider out the whig leaders said they did not xxant office, * Oh ' I all they desired \*. as that the dear pcopfs might n uggery, "sec inv?enrenecien r;rre . pfemv of mon^x. VY b** h - '* the bag to l,o*d >• ivi. X I l x: I’ i ' tl U*xr^C X'l (X SUI 9 M* » lit US ’.«i >• 'l|X. • » V V V* III d I ■ V MV —■ —; * - *- • unseen by the Athenian people, but it was felt by the of calabashes, and slept upon coonskins! orators. 1 llvmhustgcru, “sec thysclfreflccted here !‘