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My§ father, little did I think I -should ever see you inside uiy door agin, bnt I bid yoy enter now, we owe you that kiudireas, any how. Well, to make along story short, Jim wi a to chop fallen, and so down iu the mouth, he begged for heaven's sake k might he kept a secret; he said he would cun the State, if ever it got wind, h-* was sure he conld’nt stand it. It will be one while, I guess, said father, afore you are able to run or stand either; but if you will give me your hand Jim, and promise to give over your evil ways, I will not only keep it a secret, but you shall be a welcome gue»t at old Sam Slice’s onre more, for the sake of your father—he was a brave man, one of the heroes of Bunker’s Hill, lie was our Ser jeant and—. He promises, says I. father, (for the old man had stuck his right foot out, the way he always stood when he tol l about the old wa*; and as Jim could'ut stir a peg it was a grand chance, and he was going to give him the w hole revolution from General Gage up to Indepen dence,) he promises, says I father. Well, it was nil settled, and things Jjrcw as calm as a pan of milk two days old; and afore a year was ovet, Jim was as steady a goiu man as Minister Joshua Hope well, and was married to ovr Sail. Nothing was ever said about the snare till arter tits weddin. — When the Minister had finished ackiu a blessin, father goes up to Jim, and Jim fllunroe, my boy, giving him a rousin slap on the shoulder, that sot him a cougbin tor tlie waiter of Live min utes, for he was a mortal powerful man, father was, Jim Mu troe my boy, says be, you’ve got the snare round your neck, 1 guess now, instead of your leg. We had a most special time of it: you may de pend, all except the Minieter; hither got him iu a corner and told him of the whole war. Every now and then, as 1 came near them, 1 heard Bunker’s Hill, Brandywine, Clinton, Gates, and so on. It was broad day when we parted, and the last went was poor Minister. Father followed him clean down to the gate, and says he, Minister, we had’nt time thisbkch, or I’d a told you about the eeakya tion of New York, but I'll tell you that the next time we meet. HOW TO >IVKK A YOUNG WIFE OF AN OLD MAID. The following true story might jrerhaps furnish matter for a little comedy, if comedies were still written in England. It is generally tkc case that the more beautiful and the richer a young female is, the more difficult are both her parents and herself in the choice of a husband, and the more otiers they refuse. The one is too tall, the ether too short, this not wealthy, this natnespectable enough. Meanwhile one spring, passes after another, and year after year carries.a way leaf after ‘leaf es the bloom of youth, and opportunity alts- opportunity. Miss Harriet Sclwood was the richest heiress in her native town; but she had already completed her twenty "•seventh year, uml beheld almost all her young friends united to men whom she had at one tiipe or other discarded. , Harriet began to be set down for an old maid. Her parents became really uneasy, and she herself lamented in private a position which is not a natural one, and to which those to whom Nature and Fortune have been niggardly of their gifts arc obliged to submit: but very rich. Such was the state of things, when her uncle, a wealthy merchant in the north of England, came on a visit to her parents, lie was a jovial, lively, straight forward man, accustomed to attack all dif ficulties boldly and coolly. “You see," said her father to him one day, “Harriet continues single. The girl is handsome: w hat she is to have for her fortune you kuow; even inth-s scandal-loving town not a creature can breathe the slightest im putation against her, yet she is getting to be an old majd.” “True,’" replied the uncle, ‘-hut look you, bro ther, the-grand point in every affair in this world isto seise the right inony>»t; tb-ij you have not done ; it is a misfortune, but let the ’ girl go along with me, and before the end of three months I will return her to you as the with cf a man as young and wealthy as herself.” Away went the niece w ith the uncle. On the way home he thus addressed her :—‘ffLind what lam going to sav. You are no longer Miss Sel wood, but Mrs. Lutnlev, my niece, a young, weal thy, childless widow; you had the misfortune to lose your husband, Uoloncl Lnmley, after a happy union of a quarter of a year, by a fall from his horse while hunting.’’ “But uncle ” “Let me manage, if you please, Mrs. Luiuley. Your father has invested me with full powers.— Here, look you, is the •wedding-ring given you by your late husband. Jev. Js and whatever else you need, youv aunt will supply yon with, and accus tom yourself to cast down your eyes.” Tlie keen wilted uncle introduced his niece ev ery where, and every where the young widow ex cited a great sensation. The gentlemen througed about her, and she. soon hau her choice om of twenty suitors. Her uncle advised her to accept the one whoVas deepest in love with her, and a rare chance decreed that this should be precisely the most amiable and opulent. The rt.atch was soon concluded, and one day the uncle desired to say a few words to ilk future nephew in pri vate. “My dear sir," he began, “we have told you an untruth.” “Howso? Are Mr*. Lumley’s affections—” “Nothing of the kind : my niece is sincerely at tached to vou.” “Then her fortune, I suppose, is not equal to what you told me.” “On the Contrary it is larger.” “Well, what is the matter then ?• “A joke, an innocent joke; which came into my head one day, when I was in a good hum-i ; t, e could not tvell recall it afterwards. 31y uicce is not a widow.” “What is Col Luniley living ?”J “No, no, she is a spinster.” The lover protested that he was a happier fel low than he had ever cotn&iced himself, and the old;, maid was ftmhwifL metamorphosed into a young wife. Lore and Friendship. —Perhaps it would be better if we, could get rid cf love altogether. Life would go on smoother and happier without it. Friendship is the win* of existence, but love is the dram-drinking.— Ljl. Bui. Entire.—A - ftllow mrgs recently met in great haste pome towards & pill manu factory in one of the northern citiefe. “Halloo, Jim, which way now, so fast ? “The fact is, I have taken two boxes and all withoutjdoing me any good. I’m goiug to swallow the agent now, to see what eflect he will have.” <Q.uery—Did tip* fallow need n puke. Brothers and Sisters. —Brothers and sisters' should never envy each other. It might be suppos ed that envy would have no place in hearts so closely united; but even among children of one family it often springs up and produces the most bitter effect. The idea that one receives more of a parent's favor tle.n the rest, or is more notic ed by the world, has sometimes kindled an envy that has destroyed all the attachments and sweets of domestic life. How dreadful were tlie effects of this evil passion in the family es Jacob? How did it root out every knid of feeling from the breasts of Joseph’s brethren, and prepare them for the blackest deeds!—O guard against this sin, which like the serpent in Eden, will, if you yield to its temptatious, destroy your innocence and peace. Brothers and sisters should tenderly sympa thize with each other in afiiiction. If we are bound to show pity to a stranger’s sorrow, how much more to those of our nearest kindred. How soothing to a sufferer are the ministerings of a sister, or the tender accents of a brother’s voice. Eutend this consolation whenever you are called in the providence of God to do it ; especially it you have a brother visited with sickness, let no kind attention be withheld that is in your power to afford. GREAT MOTHER It is a well known characteristic of the Indians, that they look upon their females as by far inferior to the males; with a degree of contempt, iu refer ence to ail that pertains to war or council; and that you can offer an Indian no greater insult than to call him a ‘squaw.’ In tlie treaties held by the agents of our government with them, they are told that their “Great Father, the president.” says or requires; in those held by the agents of tlie British government, it is their ‘Great Father, tin King.’ At a talk recently held by some British officers, with the grand River Indians, the throne id' Eng land having changed hands, it was necessary to vary the phraseology, and tlie Indians were told that their “ Great Mother, the Queen,” said so and so. At every mention ot their “Great Mother,” tlie Indians murmured contempt and der siou:— “Uuu! Sgn.uv!" Life in New York. —Never ask questions in a hurry. “ Tom! a word with you.” “Be quick then. I’m in a hurry.” “What did you give your sick horse t‘otlier day?" “A pint of turpentine.” John hurries home and administers the same dose to a favorite charger, who, strange to say, drops off defunct in half an hour. Ilis opinion of his friend Tom's veterinary ability is soinwhat staggered. He meets him the next day. “Well Tom!” “ Well, John, what is it?’’ “ l gave my horse a pint of turpentine, and it killed him as dead as Julius Cajscr!” “So it did mine!” Matrimonii. —“You ought to marry,” “Never.” “1 know a good girl for you.” “Let me alone.” “But perhaps, you—pshaw ! —you don’t know her. She isyoung.” “Then she is sly.” “Beautiful." “The more dangerous.” “Os stood family.”— “ Then she is prouu." “To.,Uo* “Then she isjealous.” “She has talents.” “To kill me.” “And one hundred thousand dollars.” “I will take her.” Husband, do you believe in the special judg ments of Providence upon individuals, in this life ? ‘Yes my dear.’ ‘Doyou, indeed? did one of those judgments ever happen to you ?’ ‘Yes iny love.’ ‘And wheuwasit, husband? ‘When I married you, my dear.’— Boot. Herald Legal Dexterity. —The anecdote now going the rounds of the press, from a Lodon paper, of Gen eral Wiron’s advice to the Frenchmen, who com plained that an Englishman knocked him down whenever he attempt'd to rise—“My friend, when an Englishman knocks you down, never do you get up until he is gone away,” reminds me of a story of Sergeant Davy. The sergeant having a bused a witness as sergeants generally will abuse witnesses, was on the following morning, whilst in bed, informed that a gentleman wished to speak to him; the seargeant concluding that it was a cli ent, desired that lie might be shown up; the visi ter stating his name, reminded the sergeant of the abuse which he had heaped on him the pre ceding day, protesting that lie could not put up with the imputations, and must have immediate satisfaction, or he should resort to personal chas tisement. On this the sergeant raising himself up, said, “But you won’t attack me surely while I’m in bed, will you ? T * “Certainly not” said the aggrieved party ; “I should never think of attack ing a man in bed.” “Then I’ll be .” said the sergeant, as lie laid himself down wrapping the clothes around him, “if I get out of bed, while you are in this town.”— London Magazine. In a quarrel at Warrenton, Dallas county, Ala bama, a few days since, between two brothers, named William and Henry Womack, respecting the election of a justice of the peace, William struck his brother several times with a club, when the latter drew a pistol and shot him dead. The survivor was examined and discharged. Great excitement has been produce:! in the town of Sulivan, New' York, by the discovery of the bo dy of Robert Baker, Esq. of Colerain, Massachu setts, w'hose mysterious disappearance in Septem ber last, was for a time a matter of much specula tion. It is said that not a doubt exists as to] the death of Mr. B. having been caused bv violence; while tlie murderer is also believed to be known. The Detroit I Advertiser of the 21st ult. says “we learn that Allen Hutchings the receiver at the lona Land office, has taken to himself wings and fled leavig Uncle Sam minus some 10 or 15,000 dollars. Hutchings was a “pet” loco foco of the treasury school, and is no doubt familiar with the great plan of “receipts and disbursements,” Serious Affair. —It is stated in the .Tonesborough (Ten.) Sentinel, that on the 3d ult. a man at an election in the lower part of the county, bv the name of John Russel, was killed by another, of the name of William Edwards,from a single blow of the first on the side of the neck! Baughter.—A heafty laugh is occasionally an act ol wisdom; it shakes the cobwebs out of a man’s brains, and the hypochondria from his ribs, far more effectually than either champaign or blue pills. THE GEORGIA Milt It OK. From tie Philadelphia National Gazette. Washington, 29th March, 18.58. The Sitect Committee appointed by the House to inquir into the circumstances which led to the death o’the late Jonathan Cilley, continues its daily sessions until a late hour, and, it is said, will report h about ten days. No important facts, not alreatV known, have been developed ; but the gen eral t<ndeucy of the testimony has been to confirm the sateuien’s as published by the seconds; the mostremarkable point of disagreement is in the nuuyer of shots which were fired, two of Mr. Gil ley’.* party stating that there were four, while all the others present (including the hack drivers) stab there were but three. The only person pre sen at the duel, not a friend of either party, was Dr. Foltz of the Navy, the Surgeon of Mr. Grrves, and it appears that he took a decided and determined stand to prevent a continuance of the duel, after the first fire, but unfortunately without etlrct. The Committee w ill report a bill making all lia ble to be tried lot murder, who are in any way con nected with a dud, and forever disqualifying them from hold ing any office, civil or military, under the Federal Governutnt; and it is to be hoped that something of the(,ind may become a law. Since the prompt and positive rejection of the Sub Treasury 81l of the Senate by the lower house on Tuesdaf, tlie Administration party arc sad and forlorn; wey are now “hors de combat,” their days are uVmbered, and their purposes arc broken off’.” If the good an! honest yeomanry of your State were acquainted viihthe bargain, bribery and cor ruption in the purchase of Muhlenberg, Wolf & Cos. here at Washington, they would cry aloud from their ballotfboxes at your approaching elec tions, in a voice Unit would he heard throughout the Union. From the Corresjmndence of the Philadelphia Post. Washington, April 3, 1838. As near as I can judge from other sessions, I should conjecture that the present session of Con tftv** is not likely, to end the middle of July; and even then much business', especially ot a pri vate nature, must probably be left undone. Com plaints on account of this kind of neglect or delay, Ins for several years, and 1 believe with much rea son, been increasing in the conntry. Would it not be far better if Congress should clear the dock et at the close of every long session, even if they should sit for once till tlie first of October? It is perfectly easy to prove that the labor w ould even be less, if done in this prompt manner, because on tlie present system of procrastination, it not un frequently happens that the same claim has to be examined two or three times over; and to this must be added the losses, expenses and vexations of individual claimants, one of whom at least, not long ago, killed himself in a fit of despair. The Genera! Appropriation Bill has passed the House under the antagonist influences of what may he called the centrafugal forees of Govern ment pauperism, and the centrapetal force of G<>- veniAient extravagance, which some six or eight yearsY.u’e passed into a habit. If it is true that Government expenditures as well as popular revolu tions never go backwards, at what point w ill our na tional extravagance not arrive in a few years, at the rate of its recent progress ? And what too, are our prospects in other respects, if it is true, as I believe it is, that Governments are despotic in a direct proportion with their extravagance. But w'ho :s there usw to call out for reform an:!’ re trenchment, w hen tie Vociferous reformers them selves have become’lie most dissolute of all spend thrifts ? The general appropriation hill has re cently been reported from the Committee in the Senate, with but a jingle amendment, which gives to the Post Office (lie power already exercised by the Departments, of transferring appropriations from one branch of tlie service to another. In this form it will probably pass the Senate. The new Bill mthe House, authorizing the is sue of Treasury mtes, proposes the amount of 810,000,000, which added to the amount granted at tlie extra sessioi, will make a public debt of 620,000,009 authorised in a single year, in a time of peace, and as Mr. Benton argues, of high pros perity ll (he late administration was glorified for paying the hist of the public debt at the rate of 810,000,000 a year, how much more glorious is the career of tlie present 1 administration, run ning with twice tlie speed, only in the opposite di rection. I pr.iv heaven, and l believe a great ma ny others w ill do so, that the footsteps on most important subjects may be followed out in the same opposite direction and with equal rapidity.— 1 believe the turning point cannot be far distant in relation to the management of our financial af fairs; on this subject it is not unlikely to turn out as w ith a proposed New England turnpike, that it wdi be down hill in both directions. Mr. Walker's bill to reduce and graduate the price of public lands, is hanging in mid-air in the Senate, with two substitutes by the side of it, one of which proposes to estimate and classify the pub lic refuse lands; and the other, without such es timate ami classification, proposes to reduce the price by fewer steps than the former down to the same mioitnun of fifty per cent. Os course these diverse propositions are likely to call forth much debating, perhaps to little purpose. Mr. Southard presented memorials from the Cherokee Delegation, and from 15,065 Cherokees against the execution of the late treaty, so called, for their removal beyond the Mississippi. Mr. Southard and probably all others, had not the least expectation that the execution of the treaty would be prevented: but he plead hard that the remonstrants might be*treated with thf common respect of tendering their petitions to a commit tee, and giving them a respectful and explicit an swer, negatively of course. But this was opposed by Messrs Lumpkin, Clay, of Ala. King, Grundy and White, partly on different grounds. The throe first gentlemen appealing with much pathos To the humanity of the Senate to induce them, vithout a moments delay, to give the death blow’ to the delusive hope that the treaty would be eith et changed or fail to be executed to the letter. The whole matter was at once laid on the table by yeas 27, nays 10. The subject met w ith a similar fate in the I louse. The subject of duelling has occupied two or three days in the Sonate, and the action on the bill is still suspended, without having come to a deci sion on anv point. The debate was mostly of that dry legal kind, which could not be made interest ing to readers, gjmerally. The greatest point of difficulty consisted in giving what was supposed by some a full punishment tor a crime, the greater part of which was to be committed beyond the limits of tha District. This difficulty was sur- ! mounted by predicating that the United States j authorities would punish only for what should be actually done within 'the limits of the district.— i But then death, or from ten to twenty years con-j fincmentin the penitentiary, seemed punishment too severe for the otfeiuie of merely going out of the District. In order therefore to make the offence proportioned to the penalty, it was alleged that they would be leaving the District, first, w ith murderous intentions, and secondly, w ith a direct purpose to evade the law, which, in its spirit, al lows of no evasions. Still Mr. Clayton opposed the penalty of death, and the long Confinement proposed as the substitute fir that penalty, as both of them too severe for the offence, and as infring ing in that respect on the spirit of the common law. He therefore proposed another substitute for the lightest penalty of the Bill, making that penalty confinement iu the penitentiary not more than two years, afine not to exceed §2,000, and a disability forever after to hold any office of honor or profit under the United States. He said tint a penalty of this kind hail put down duelling iu Del aware, at a time wheu the practice had become so common as to be regarded as almost an amuse ment. It is at this stage of the Bill that it is now suspended. 1 ” There were attempts at pathos anil eloquence on this subject, 1 believe only by Messrs. Prentiss, Niles and Smith, of Connecticut. The induce ments to attempts of this kind were doubtless-very strong, both on account of the feelings an l senti ments of the members themselves, and still more ou account of the great popularity of all anti-du elling. But the subject is trite, and the- great ar guments ami considerations hearing through with great power, on the subject, are, notwithstanding, very few and simple, so as to furnish unpromising matter for oratorical efforts. Mr. Niles, howv’r, was very earnest and pathetic, so as to border al most on the ludicrous. Mr. Simon having, with a few others, objected to the severity of the bill, on account of its pro!) ably preventing its being car ried imo eflect, entered into what seemed an apolo gy for duelling, by remarking, that however much folly had entered into the practice, still those who were ditenuincd to marry or to fight-would come together in spite of all law; and that almost any man would resent at almost any risk, a deadly in sult. lie theu appealed to Mr. Smith, of Con necticut, who had spoken with great earnestness against dueling, but had also said in a flourishing manner that Ire wished for no law to p.iotect him against pistol, dirk or dagger, to sav if he would not resent such an insult. Mr. S. smiled, and 1 bebeve nodded assent. This scene, at such a time, and above all in such a place appeared to ine exceedingly disgraceful. What! plead with all possible pathos against the practice of duelling, and almost in the same bre: th challenge the whole tribe ot duellists to come on with their dirks and pistols! Shame! shame! Il we have legislation at all on the subject, let it be conducted in a differ ent spirit from this. Let not the spirit of high, pure and noble sentiment on this subject descend, ia its own person to the arena of buli.es. From the Hartford Conran l . CONNECTICUT ELECTION. Ellsworth’s majority over Beers will not be less than 5000. Twenty of the twenty-one Senators elected are Whi/s; and we shall have more than two-thirds of the House. In Hartford comity, Inst year, the Whigs elect ed 1.5 members of the House —now they have 25, and two tow ns vet to choose. Tolland co. last year 0, now 17. New London co. last year 9, now 21. Middlesex eo. last year 8, now 20. The only Loco Foco chosen in this county is Chauncey F. Cleveland, and he is elected by a majority of but one. Our friends throughout the State have done no bly. It would be dttfieult to particularize and sav where they have done best. In Middlesex coun ty the Loco Foco majority last ye r, was 700, this year it will.not amount to 50. 'in New London county, our opponents had a majority last year of -86, this year about 1000 in our favor. Wind ham eo. last year gave a majority against us of 200, now 654 in our favor. In this county, Ellsworth’s majority over tlie Locos and Conservatives is 901, last year Loco ma jority 1. In the vote of 1838 the full returns are not giv en, but in many cases the majorities. The vote polled is the largest ever given in the State. ASSEMBLY—Legislature last year 110 Lo cos, Whig 72, vacancies 2, total 214. This year after all the vacancies ate filled, will be about as follows : Wilier 154 Loco Foeo 50 Conservative 10 214 SENA’I K*-Last year 4 Whigs and 17 Loco I- ocos. Total 21. This year the Whigs have 20 out of 21. Pi oin the New ITarni Ilcrald. POSTSCRIPT. \\ <■ have received hy Express from Hartford, general returns Irom every county in the State, (torn which we give the following abstract of the votes for Governor: For Ellsworth 22 613 For Beers 15,964 Whig majority, £,667 It is a triumph altogether glorious and over whelmning. Our Hartford friends claim 19 of the 21 State Senators, but we do not see how the Loco t ocos are to get o*fc . In the House too they are almost annihilated. The returns from Tolland co. show but one Loco Eoco, the late Speaker, C. F. Cleaveland, and lie by a majority of only one !— Up Salt R ivfcr— Make Room ! v Correspondence oj the Journal of Commerce. Atlas Office, (Boston) > Thursday, 10 o’clock, A. M. I Gentlemen—We have the entire returns from Lincoln (Gilley’s) Congressional district. Hon. Edward Robinson (Whig) is elected by 166 ma jority—Robinson 4113, McCrate (Loco Food) 3420, scattering 497, The scattering votes were principally given to Mr. Farley of Thoniaston a decided Whig. The better Currency rmnx at last! —ThecoLuc- TOK of thU l>ort, William Littlefield, -Esq. sold one day this week a quantity of sfo.ciE to one of the banks in this town, at a‘ profit of someone or two per cent. Ibis same specie, probably, some P°°r <log of a merchant who, according.to Geuer eral Jrjcksou, ought to have broken long ago, will lie compelled to purchase, at an advance of three or four per cent, perhaps, for the purpose of pay ing his bonds at the custom house; and then the col.eetor will sell it again to the same or some eth er hank for the purpose of paying Government uuc»; and this sort of traffic the collector may keep up every week in the year, until tlie uin may amount to forty, fifty or sixty |>er tent. W ho, we ask, gets the benefit of this premi um? And how .much better U this for the mer chant, who has' to purchase the specie at an ad vance, lor the purpose of paying bij bonds, than paying them as he formerly uid, in the paper of banks in common circulation among men of bu siness ?—Newport K. I. Mercury. The Post Office Department in all its ramifica tions, as well as other branches of the Govern ment require specie iu payment of their demands. Notes of every description are invaribly refused, and no matter at what loss, the silver must be pro duced. It might therefore be presumed, that the tender mercies of the Government w ould be so far extended to the people, as not to insult them by 'demanding specie, and paying them in retnm with notes, tlie character of which, is extremely, ques tionable. Some of the Post Offices are now is suing bills of a small denomination, and thus are commencing the establishment of a system sub versive of the interests of'the community. The metallic currency is gradually finding a passage to the vaults of the Sub-Treasury, and in a short pe riod, unless some preventive should be interposed, the people will be obliged to rest satisfied with the government paper. The following is a copy of one oftheic mtes’ which we give as aSmall indication of coming events. 6 ( (rents. POST OFFICE. Haifa bit The Postmaster promises to pay the bearer six and a quarter cents, in postage, or Mississippi bank paper, whenever the amount of five dollars may be presented. THOMASD . JEFFERS. Port Gibson ; May Bth, 1837 Ph. Post. ' Prom the New York Commercial Advertiser. THE NEW TREASURY NOTE ISSUE. We publish to day Mr. Cainbreleng’s re port, from the committee of ways and means, got up to justify the application for anew issue of Treasury notes, to the ainonut of 10,000,000 dollars. We have read it bnt once, whereby it may be conjectured that w e do not perceive its force very clearly, inasmuch as it appears to have been drawn up rather to mystify than to explain. We do not intend to read it again, however, as the bill w ill doubtless pass; and in truth we nave no very special objection to its passage, although we cannot hut marvel how* politicians who have so loudly glorified General Jackson for his supposed extinction of one national debt, can lend them selves so readily to the creation of another. We never thought a moderate national debt so very objectionable. There are two or three facts, gathered from the report, which are worthy oftnore attention... We alude to the expenditures of the Florida war. These, for the year 1837, it appears, w ere 0,500,- 000 dollars—for the present year they are estima ted at 5,205,02,*) dollars—-making in all 11,705,000, or about three times as much as all the land iu Florida is worth. Os the 10,000,000 dollars authorized to he issued last year, about 7,000,000 dollars have been issued and of these 3,000,000 dollars have been re turned, leaving about ?.000 ; 00'J dollars issued and issuable Metalie. Currency.— The authors and abettors of tuc original Sub-Treasury humbug have often quoted the example of France in proof of the wisdom of requiring payments ter the Government to Ire made in specie. Are these gentlemen aware that even in France, hank notes are [received for such dues as readily as specie ? If they are pot we refer them to the Havre Journal of Feb. 23d, in which is published an extract of a letter from the Minister of Finance to the Collector of the Customs at Havre. The Minister says: “Mv views are, that hfmks legally consisted, should receive ad those developments, and enjoy that success, which shall enable them to afford to commerce atul industry the advantages contem plated by their institution. The public officers, so far as depends on them, will concur in promo ting this end. Ihe Inspectors ot the Finances are authorised to reckon as specie bank notes w hich shall he presented, properly authenticated. 1 will instruct ",hose officers who have any doubts as to the correctness «f receiving bank notes.” Had a litth* ot the same care and kindness been manifested towards tin* banks bv the paternal Go vernment of the United States,'they would never have been under tlie necessity of suspending spe cie payments. —Jour of Com. MANDAMUS CASE T lie Circuit C ourt ol tins District was yesterday moved to issue their process of attachment against Amos Kendal, Post master General, for contempt in disobeying the mandamus heretofore issued in this case. Mr. R. S. Coxe, who made the appli cation for the attachment, made a short statement of the facts which had transpired since the decision of the Supreme Court. lie read a correspondence with the Postmaster-General, which, with his own statements, exhibited in the strongest possible point of view the courtesy and forbearance and determination -which had been exhibited by his clients in endeavoring to obtain payment of their just demands. It was a matter of surprise to find that the Postmaster-General had, in this corres pondence, placed himselt for justification in, still declining obedience to the writ, exclusively upon a ground which was distincly over-ruled by the Circuit Court, and which his council as distirn ty repudiated before the Supreme Court.— Nat. hit • BANKCONVENTION The Banks in the city of Philadelphia, and the thstrjcts, have unanimously decided-that it was inexpedient to send delegates to the bank conven tion, to be held in New York, on the lltli inst. i lie southern, south western and western banks, are jpdebted to Philadelphia large balances, to the amount of probably $10.000,00(1. The foreign debt of New York is nearly extinguished, while the balance of trade is against Philadelphia, where the resumption of specie payments cannot with safety be made, in the present state of the domestic ex change. Until these balances shall be more com pletely liquidated, it would be folly in the banks of ci, y< "ere they to co-operate with the banks i or k' Unless the resumption can be steadi ly maintaned, it were better to defer the experi jnent to a more auspicious period. It is rumored that the Banks of Boston have also resolved that it is Inexpedient to resume specie payments, at thetime proposed.— Sat. Jfv. Post Kconomi/ in th'e Nary.— For the purpose, ofe commuting the funds of the nation, the Secretary of the Navy, it is said, has determined not to lilt* nish our ships of War, at sea, with surgeons. I* has been ascertained, especially in that healthy station, the iPest Indies, that Surgeons are entirely unnecessary and uselessly expensive l — Nat. Qaz»