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-eiiington is descended ... a good old English liimily, w hich, in earlv times, owned considerable posses sions in /he counties ol York anil Nor tba/nr'an, and in other places. It be came connected, by marriage, with the family of Shirley, Earl Ferrers. Sir Lawrence Washington married Elizabeth, a daughter of the second Earl Ferrers. — It was also connected with that of Vii -1; is, Duke of Buckingham. A branch of the family, from unknown causes, lor, they were wealthy, emigrated about the year IGSO to America ; and the well known ( one may say with truth the uni versally famous) General and [’resident George YV ashiugion was descended trout it. My great grandfather, James Washing ton, was so deeply implicated in the un fortunate affair of I lit* I)nko of Monmouth in the time of Charles 11, 1653 and 1684, that lie was obliged to fly from England, and, after losing by shipwreckon the const of Portugal every tiling of his personal 1 property tint lie had been able to carry away Jrom England, lie came to Holland. While there, lie was Irequently demand-I ed on the pail of England hv its ambus-j sador, and ins delivery insisted upon; but the General States did not consent; and thus he became the touiider of that brunch which then began to tlo irixli in liollnn i, and is still in existence in the persons of two individuals, cousins, lieutenants in the army and tuny. I possess tin autograph letter of the great man, George Washington, from Mount \ eriinn, January 20. 1770, in which among other things, it is said : “There can he but little doubt, sir, of our descen ding from the same stock, as the brandi es of it proceeded from the same country; at w hat time your ancestors left England is not mentioned ; mine came to America nearly one hundred an t fitly years age.” At the age of sixteen I received, in 1794, a commission in the Dutch service, but was unwilling to serve the Batavian lie public founded in 179-3; and being a faithJui follower of the House of Orange, 1 emigrated. At the formation of the Dutch Brigade of the Prince of Orange . in the English service in 1799, l was ap pointed lieutenant in that brigade, until the disbanding of the latter, after the peace ot Amiens, in WO2. A few months Liter I had the good fortune to enter the Bava rian service. Since then, nearly forty-two years have passed, of which I have been attached no less than thirty-seven years ! to the most high person of the King, part ly as Marshal of the Court, and part! V | aid de-camp. I have also planted a slock in Bavaria, which, it God will, is some time to bear good fruit to the King and Country. I have three sons : the eldest, Ludwig, six teen years old, is a page of his Majesty the King ; the second, Max, fourteen years old, is pupil in the lloyat Corps of Cadets; anti the third, Karl, ten years old, frequents the public school. Bv m3' two marriages with daughters of families of the highest nobility in the land, my children are placed in agreeable circum stances, even when lam no more; and, in this manner, this branch of the family in this new country may flourish. God give his blessing to fT ! It would lead me too far to enter into details of my biography*, for being in ear lier years frequently exposed to the storms of late, brought on chiefly by rev olutions, and at a inter period placed in important offices and other relations, I could not do it without being very long ; and, since ibis letter has already attained a con-idrruble extent, that which has been sai<i will, J nope, satisfy you. I will on!}’ add, in order that you may become alto gether acquainted yvith rny situation here, that I will subjoin to ihe signature ol my name what is otherwise not usua 1 ; but in ibis case l think I may make an exccp- ( lion, because it forms in a manner a part, of rny biographv. Thanking you for the 1 terary production transmitted to me, which possesses, by the preface of the renowned Prolessor Herrman, an enhanced value, l remain,; with sentiments of perfect esteem your devoted, It ARON VON WASHINGTON. Royal Burn nun Chamln : Haiti, Lieutenant flc- H»rnl and Aid-tie-Camp to Ins Majesty the King, Commander <>f the Order of Civil Me fit of the. Batavian Crown, of the G ret It order of the Savior, ts the British Military Order of the Bath, height of the Royal French Order aj the Legion <f Hon or, and Lord of Sot zing. To Dr. J. G. Flvzel, Consul vj the U. S. ts S. America in Leipzic. A student of the University of Tubin gen, Wurteinbnrg, named Gnehlfrth, be ing recently at Uauflemhurg, in the can ton of Zurich, Switzerland, made a bet with some of bis friends that be would cross tlie Rhine with one leap, and pass thu6 from Switzerland into the Grand Duchy of Baden. On the day fixed for the execution of this feat, Mr. Goehlerth -..vjuuced .mo university education in Germany.— Journal dcs Dcbats. The Romance oj Romance. —l ire histo ry ot the liaison of Mirubenu, the French revolutionist, yvith the Marchioness «Je Monnier, is more romantic than romance. 1 he parlies “saw, and looked, anil lov ed.” Mirabeau seduced and carried her off. She was seized and thrown into a convent. He escaped into Switzerland ; he was tried and convicted ot comumacy, and sentenced to lose his head. The lady escaped and rejoined him. They passed into Holland, where, after a .time, they were seized—site was again immured in a convent, and he was consigned to the Castle ol \ iueerities, where he remained three y ears and a half. After his liberation, he obtained anew trial, pleaded his own case, produced a lurk <>( the lady’s hair] steeped in poison, of which she yvas in possession ot a counterpart for their mu tual destruction, should he fall, and bv the impassioned power of his nll-com rn Hiding eloquence, he terrified the court and his prosecutors, melted the audience into tears, obtained a reversal of bis si 11- teuce, and even threw the cost of suit upon the plaintiff! Man-traps. —Ov !en fenr e of a ladies’ seminary, in the neighborhood ol Loudon, there is painted in large 1 harncters— "Man tiaps set on these premise.” A yvag, who was passing, chalked be neath tin: notice—“l ir (jins.'’ Where upon he was taken before a magistrate liy a police officer. Being put upon his defence for thus defacing the wall of a respectable establishment, he argued “that f ii was the Latin lor J/ir//, and Gin die English lor Trap ; ergo that Virgin was only another word for Man trap; though the fact might tie that it was a highly in appropriate term, and ought not to be u.ed.” The magi were po?ed, mid the man was sent about his business, with a bint to beware lest lie should be caught in his own description of trap, as he might expect no mercy if he were. Swallowing a Hook. —The following— which the Boston Traveller thinks good enough almost to be a “fish-story”—is related in the Mew Orleans Medical Journal, by Dr. Kilpatrick, of Wooil viHe, Mississippi. The case occurred in Barnwell district, South Carolina : “Mrs. was enjoying her usual i siesta, in the afternoon of a warm day, on ja p diet spread upon the floor in a cool putt of the house ; and while siie was Iv ing 011 her back sleeping pleasantly, no doubt dreaming of past pleasures, her grandson, a little urchin of tiiree or four summers, was playing about the house with a fishing tackle complete, pole, line, and hook, who, when lie discovered the old lady with her mouth widely distended; thought it was a line opportunity to ‘catch a fish.’ Accordingly, in order to effect hi? purpose, he cautiously deposited the ‘hatbed hook’(I believe there was no bait on it) into his grand-dame’s open mouth The tilulution caused her to awake suddenly, and as her mouth was dry from exposure, she closed it, and swallowed the hook two or three inches below the uvula. So soon as she dis j covered her situation, the whole family was assembled by her calls and cries of I distress, except little Charley, who had dropped his pole in a panic and run oft! “Some gentle efforts were essayed to remove the hook, both hy the patient and ; some of the family ; hut, being apprehen sive of fixing the barb in the throat, they ceased all efforts, and despati bed a mes senger for Dr. E. Leroy Antony, who resided in the neighborhood. When he arrived, found that the hook was not fas tened into the flesh, his fertile brain sug gested a plan by which itcouid be remov ed safe, easily, and without an operation. “His plan was to cut off’the line within a foot or two of the mouth of the patient; then to drill a hole t hrough a rifle bullet anil drop it over the line, down on the hook. In order to fit the bullet on the point of the hook, and maintain it firmlv in that 00 sition, a reed was procured, the joints punched out, and then passed down over the line, and pressed firmlv over ihe bul let. fu this manner the hook, bullet, and reed were all withdrawn at once, very easily, without any injury.” The Phenomena of the Brain. —One of the most inconceivable tilings in the nature of the hram, is, dial the organ of sensation should itself be insensible. To cut the brain gives no pain, yet in the brain alone results the power of feeling pain in any other part of the liodv. ll the nerve which leads to it from tl/e injured part be divided, we become instantly unconscious of suffer ing. it is-onlv by the communion lion with the brain that any kind of sensation is pro duced; yet the organ itself is insensible. But there is a circumstance more wonder ful still. Trie brain itself may he remov ed, may be cut away down to the corpus calosum, without destroying life. The an imal lives and performs all those function* which are necessary to simple vitality, but has no longer a mind; it cannot think or feci; it requires that the tood should be pushed into its stomach; once there, it is digested, and the animal will even thrive and grow fat. We infer, therefore, that the part of the brain called the convolu tions, is simply intended for the exercise of the intellect and faculties, whether ol the low degree called instinct, or of that exalted kind bestowed on man, the gift of reason.— fl’igan on ike Durability of the Mind. LORD CHATHAM. TO TIIK j: DITOR OF THE I.OXDON TIMES. Sir: Having read in The Times ol Fri da}* an interesting extract from the Edin burg Review relative to the death and public interment of the great Lord Chat ham, 1 beg leave to send you an anecdote concerning the same occurrence which I have often heard rny father relate. He was in thy house on the occasion of a motion for a public funeral to Lord Chat ham. However general was the unani mity of the house, it was disturbed by the factious opposition of some man of emi nence, (l forget who he was.) Amongst other arguments he threw diseredit upon public funerals, by mentioning some of the ridiculous indecencies which occur whenever there are public processions. ! Colonel Bare (I think it was, yvho an swered him) commented upon his public conduct, and contrasted with the sharpest irony the deeds of Lord Chatham yvith the shabby ads of the objector. Having enumerated the splendid say ings and doings of the Earl of Chatham, at the end ol each he made a pause and then said; “Can the honorable (or right honorable) member say as much ?” Burke seemed also tube burning yvith indignation, and preparing to pounce upon the said olj -ctor, but, suddenly changing his purpose, he took hold of my* father’s arm arid said : “Let us go into the Abbey.” Having surveyed the place where they were to lay this great man, and the solemn building, lie seemed for a time absorbed in thought—then rousing himself lie re peated with the affecting pathos the lul i-wiiig lines : “On let me treat! the gloomy aisles alone, •Sj I loxtiry to vulgar minds tmlitiewn, A '.Mg the wnils. where speaking marbles show Win. worthies loim I lit* linllowed mould below. Proud mi mts, who once the reins of’ empire held, In arms who niumphetl, or in arts excelled ; Chieis marked with scars, and prodigal ol Mood ; Sieru patriots, who lor sacred freedom stood ; Jnsi men, hv whom impartial laws were given, And saints who trod and led the way to lira ten. Near to these mansions, wlieie the mighty rest, Since them foundations came a Holder guest; Nor e’er was to the hovers of hliss conveyed A purer saint or a more welcome shade.” 'fhe place, the circumstance, the man, and the words made a deep impression upon my father’s memory, and I have of ten heard him repeat the anecdote. The words are Tickell’s, “on the death of Ad dison.” You may make what use of this anec dote you please. I am, sir, your obedient Servant, C. SFENCER STANHOFE. Weaveuham, December, 3. LATER FROM TEXAS. We received yesterday by the Mail, Galveston dates to the 22.1 and Washington (Texas) to the Sth of March. We publish helovv from die Gal veston News the first answer to the Annexation Resolutions of our Congress. The National Re gister (Washington,) which is raid to be the Presi dents Organ is discussing the subject vehemently, but for some reason, appearing unwilling to com mit itself directly against Annexation. The posi tion of President Jones is still undefined, and it is as ilitfieudt to find in the motives oi’f.is election as in his subsequent course, what his wishes and opin ions are. On this subject the Galveston News says : We hive long been convinced, that, in this country, there is no organization of parties, upon any fixed principles or public policy. While (he election of President Polk establishes the annexation of Texas and the occupation of Oregon, repudiates a Tariff lor protection and a national bank, and set tles the question in relation to the distribution of the proceeds of public land sales, — that of President Jones is neither the triumph of any measures ad vocated by those who supported turn, nor the de feat of any advocated l>v those who opposed him. The proceedings of congress were almost entirely exempt from any parly influence, even of a uer sonal, or sectional character. We find in the Texas papers no news of a gene ral character. From the Galveston (Texas) .AVies, March 22. ANNEXATION MEETING IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON. Upon the reception of the undoubted intelligence, I by the steamer New York, that the Joint Resolu -1 lions tor the Annexation ot Texas had finally pnss j ed the Congres of ihe United States, a meeting ol I 1 lie citizens of Galveston convened at the Verandah ] on the 18111 instant, where, upon motion, General , Memuean Hunt was unanimously called to ihe Chair, and Mr. A. C. Hyde appointed Secretary. Ti e Chairman briefly stated the obj cl of the meeting, anj U pmi motion of Gen. Hugh McLeod, a Commit tee was appointed to draft Resolutions sh be re ferred to a future meeting, and that .1 salute of 100 guns no fired in commemoration of the success of Annexation. The Chair appointed Gen. H. .Mc- Leod, .Messrs. P. S. .Merritt, A. C. Crawford, M. B. Menard, and VV. Ihchardson, said Committee, and up m motion, the Chairman was added, and the meeting adjourned uuiii Friday evening next at 5 o’clock. Friday evenings o’clock. Pursuant loadjonrn ment tfit* meeting assembled at ihe Verandah, and being called toorder by the President, the Commit tee .eported through tin ir Chairman. Mr. Rich ardsoii, the following Preamble and Resolution-: Whereas, among the earliest acts of ihe people of i!ii> country, after their Declaration of their In depend lire, and ihe glorious and decisive battle of Sin Jacinto, was 1 tie* almost unanini ms announce ! incut to the world ot’ilieir settled attachment to the Aun iioan Union, and ol their desire that this Re public should he re-united to that great conledera ev of States. And whereas, cur fi-st and only application for re admission, was ilien deleaieii bv insuperable oh star cs arising from the extreme iulimcy nl’our ex isicn'c, from our want of recognition |»v oilier (row ers, from the customary law of nations requiring that some lime should lie allowed to Mexico to as sert her claims and vindicate her pretended rights, and also from the universal apprehension bv "ur friends, as well av enemies abroad, of our total ina bility to maintain that separate nationality which we iiad tin 11 just entered upon, in ihe learliil sirug gle with which we find to contend, fir our liliertus against an ancient and powerful Empire—present ing lo the world, as we then did, the most unequal co iff,ci recorded in history—a handful of scattered colonists in a state of destitution ami poverty, con tending against a nation numbering eight millions of souls. And whereas, our re-annexation, to that confede racy has since been procrastinated by tiic peculiar state ot parties in that country, by the intrigues and machinations, of political aspirants, and by va rious collateral issues, and ci retires* a nres, iu>i onlv independent of the policy of tins measure, but in opposition to the popular leeling of the nation. And whe-eas, the question has recently lieen re ferred direct to the great tribunal ol the people, anil by them our re-admission to the American confed eracy has been triumphantly and authoritative ly affirmed in the election of Mr. Polk, and we have just received the joyful assurance that their repre sentatives in Congress have faithfully ratified the express will of ihe people, upon tl.is question, so that it now only remains wi'h the people of Texas to determine w hether they will accept the proifered Union, or take the chances of a separate and isola ted existence. There litre, Resolved, That we believe the people of Texas, true to their early and undeviating attachment to the American Union, w ill hail with heartfelt joy the responsive invitation of the American people now extended to them, to accept the guaranties of that great constitutional compact formed by our ancestors, and immortalized by a Washington, Franklin, Adams, Jefferson and others, whose names are imperishahly identified with the great cause of human liberty. 2d. That we have looked with feelings of deep and intense anxiety upon ihe great struggle for our restoration, and upon the untiring and patriotic ex ertion of our friends in the L T nited Slates, and that we now congratulate them, and the friends of civil iilierty every where, upon the complete consumma tion of their la Imrs in a final and glorious triumph. 3d. That in this triumph of justice, truth and liberty, we recognise the Hero of the Hermitage as foremost iii llie galaxy of patriots, to whom our thanks and gratitude are especially due for his un dying zeal and powerful influence in behalf of our adopied country. .Way his last moments he bless ed with the full realization of his loudest hopes. 4th. That we lender our unfeigned thanks to that bold ami honest patriot John Tyler, whoseo!- fieial elevation has given him the direction of 11111 destinies, and whose steady ami persevering sup port of ill is great cause eniilles him lo t fie lasting gratitude of the American people. To him pecu liarly belong the honor and fame of restoring his country’s integrity. The many brilliant achieve ments ofliis administration will yet be appreciated, and illumine the brightest pages of American His tory. oth. That eve shall ever hold in grateful remem brance the distinguished services of John (j. t'al hmin, whose gigantic intellect is only equaled bv iiit? purity of I.is pairin'ism, hi-' blameless lilt-, and entire devotion to ihe best interests of his country. His official dispatches are marked by that power of resea rest, orignality and truth, which carry convic tion, and command ti e admiration of ihe woild.— He has been the Ajax Telamon of the true Amen can po ire, and w ill not be forgotten in 1848. (ith. That ivi* shall ever ten ember the e iiincnt - services of Mi. R. J. Wa’kei; Mr. C. J. Ingersoli; Ex-Chancellor B bh, Mr. Uuchauati, Mr. Wood bury, Mr. D mglas; ami other distinguished fiiemls of annexation. 7th. That wc feci ourselves bound to acknow ledge our obligations to Mr. Met rick, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Henderson, who have nobly renounced party dictation, and sustained the popular voice of their country. Sth. That we most cheerfully respond to the seniitnjrnts of his Excellency, President Polk, in bis loalugiiral Address, expressive of his determina tion to carry out the wishes of his constituents for the final consummation of,his measure, anil that we believe lie will I’aiihliiily, honorably and zealously fulfil tins solemn pledge, and discharge the impor tant trust now commuted 10 It ini. 9th. Tout we recommend lo our Executive the patriotic sentiments of Piesidetit Polk, with the hope that he will leel it his imperative duty to use all proper, necessary and constitutional measures to co-operate in the most effectual manner with him, and bring to a full and final completion, and “at the earliest practicable period,” the greai nitsis ure of Annexation, according to the well known and acknowledged wishes of the people id Texas. lOt it. That we deem it uur privilege and duty to recommend to President Jones, in the most rcspccl- I’ul terms, the propriety of speedily calling a spe cial session of Congress lor the purpose of ascer taining the will of tlie people in regard to ihe Joint Resolutions just adopted bv the Congress of the United States, ami with the further purpose of act ing upon this important subject bv a convention of the people of'Texas, according to the provisions of our constitution. II th. That we recommend lo the people of Tex as the propriety of their immediately convening in their respective counties, declaring Ilieir sentiments upon these deeply interesting questions in primary assemblies, aid indicating such preliminary steps as they may deem necessary and expedient in this great crisis of our national existence. The meeting was then addressed, in answer to the call made upon them by Dr. Branch T. Archer, Gin. Hugh McLeod, .Mr. Thomas AT. Joseph, Mr. Win. H. Rhodes, and Col. .if, 15. A/enaril. The question was then put by the President, “shall the preamble and resolutions be adopted.”— When a unanimous response in the affirmative, was given. It was*fhen moved and carried that a committee of five he appointed to write an address to the citizens of Texas; and on motion, the Chair was added to the Committee, which was according ly named, to consist ol the following gentlemen, •Messrs. \V. Richardson, J. T. Dosweil, T. M. Jo seph, 3S rii. li. Rhodes and T. I*. Anderson. On motion by Mr. P. G. Merrit, it was ordered that the friends of Annexation be requested to make an illumination throughout the city 00 Satur day evening, tiie 22d inst. 011 motion, the meeting then adjourned sine die. MEMUCAN HUNT, President. A. C. Hyde, Secretary. From the Georgia Journal. BALDWIN SUPERIOR COURT. Last week, our Superior Court was in session, and disposed of many important cases, in some of which the State was deeply interested. We shall refer to a few of tltem. In the case of the State vs. William Searcey, charged with the murder of Tho mas Fuller, there was a mistrial. The jury to try the case were empannelled on Thursday morning, nmi tlie Judge deliver ed his charge to them on Thursday night about half yast 10 o’clock. The Counsel for Prisoner, were Messrs. Cone, Harris & Day, Sanford, and Johnson—F<>r the Stale, Messrs. Kenan & Rockwell, and the Solicitor General, J. M. Asliurst, Esq. After the evidence closed, hut two speech es were made—on the one side, by Messrs. Sanford and Cone, anil on the other hy I Messrs. Kenan and Ashurst, The jury remained out until Saturday morning about 11 o’clock, when, failing to a»ree upon a verdict, they were discharged. In the ease of the St,-tie vs. the Securi ties of Sinclair, late Commissioner of the Deaf and Dumb, a verdict was returned for the Securities. Counsel fur the State. Messrs. Hansell an I Sanford, and for the Securities, Messrs. Harris & Day, Kenan At Rockwell, and Judge Longstreet. In that of the State, vs. the securities of Thomas Haynes, late Treasurer of Geor gia, a verdict was returned against the se em il its of about S9OOO. This case was prosecuted by the Solicitor General, J. M. Ashurst, Esq., Messrs. Hardeman, Kenan & Rockwell, and defended bv Messrs. Cone, Sanford, and Harris & Day. A pardon has been granted by the Pre sident to Captain Sang«ter, found guilty of! assaulting John Quincy Adams, ami sen tenced to a fine of SIOO, and one month’s imprisonment. Mr. Adams, and the Judge ol the Court signed a petition to the Pre sident for his pardon. PASSAGE OF THE TEXAS ACT. We extract from the Globe, a very re markable article under this title. It is a defence of Mr. Benton for his course on the Texas question, and worthy of tht attention and study of our readers. No press in the Democratic Party has yielded more for the harmony of its mem bers, than the Federal Union. We shall not soon forget the astonishment produ ced in our minds on seeing Mr. Benton’s unnecessary, and exceedingly injurious publications on the subject of annexation during the pendency of the Presidential election, and alter Mr. Clay had thrown himself into the great breach it was cal culated to produce in his party. We have not forgotten the run these productions had in the federal newspapers, and ihe desperate grasp made on them by the whig party, to raise themselves from the state of prostration into which they were thrown. The injury produced to the De mocratic cause cannot now be known ; thiit they were the turn-scale which lost us Tennessee, weheve not a doubt. All this we witnessed, “more in sorrow, than in anger.” YVe witnessed with these feelings, the gathering storm of public in dignation at the West, which was risingto overwhelm Mr. Benton with nil his tal ents, and all his determination; and we saw with mingled emotions, the sturdy oak, bending as 1 lie reed before it, the great champion of our rights to Texas as he represents Iximself, sliding to his former position as a tree which had been uprooted, poorly and imperfectly planted to wither in the position in which it formerly nour ished. There can be no doubt of the foot, that Mr. Benton’s popularity with his party has received a terrible shock, and we have not the slightest objection to the diligent attention of the Globe lo its duty, of healing wounds thus caused. To re sume our figure, we tire pleased to see the most powerful laborer in the part}*, wftli his great watering engine saturating 11 it* pan bed earth around the toots of the great tree under which lit* has so often taken shelter. But the Globe is not content to pour out its waters of healing,and restoration alone. Other and taller trees tire in the forest, and they must ho hewn down. They must not obstruct the winds, or the light of Heaven. Mr. Benton is excused, be cause of “the attempt of Mr. Tvler lo identity this great measure with himself at a lime which rendered such embodi ment final lo its success.” “It was mani fest to the Tyler administration, win n the treaty was thrown into the Senate—that the federal parly, dominant in that body, would, under no circumstances pass it.” Well, this excuse may pass for what it is worth. Mr. Tyler’s unpopularity with the whig party, may do for an excuse of Mr. Benton, a democrat, to go against every thing coming from him; and there tiie matter may rest as long as it will. We cannot join the wliigs in shouting hosannas to conduct so inconsistent with every de mocratic feeling. Yet all this would not have failed out a word from us, for that paper was thus far on its own peculiar ground. Thus continues the Globe—“ There were other ingredients ‘thrown in by Mr. Tyler’s Minister' to defeat the* measure, (of annexation,) It was made to sub serve the principle of slavery, not only as an existing institution, but a rightful thing abstractly, arid to be advanced with or without the Union!l These circumstances, put the badge on the measure as presented by Mr. Tyler’s administration, which called forth Mr. Benton’s opposition to it.” Now, what are the facts? The treaty made by Mr. Tyler contained nothing on the Subject of shivery, and was for this reason opposed by Southern Whigs. Mr. Benton’s opposition to it was avowed be fore Mr. Calhoun’s letter to Mr. King was published, and therefore some other cause for his opposition must he sought. Disguise can be of no use in this matter. The livalship of party leaders is nothing new, and that which exists between Mr. Benton and Mr. Calhoun is sufficiently known. Mr. Calhoun’s letter to Mr. King was an argument to the French Go vernment against joining with England in a crusade against slavery, and especially against lending itself to the rapacity of that government in regard to Texas. This argument, unanswerable as it is, discus ses the subject of slave labor, and espe cially, the great value of the labor done in tropical climates to the commerce of the higher latitudes. Thus the Texas ques tion becomes a matter of deep interest to the civilized world, and France of all countries, the last which should wink at the monopoly about to be attempted by Great Britain. It was for tlie abolitionists of the North, and not the Globe, to raise a hue and cry over this letter. It had nothing to do with the question before the Senate. That question, the Tyler treaty, was a great deal more free from all reference to slave ry than the resolutions for annexation, for which Mr. Benton finally voted. Mr. Calhoun had no opportunity of giving his reasons in favor ol the treaty, or of annex ation. We regret 1 lint he had not —for we should then have seen an argument woithv of the subject. His letter to Mr. King, considered tin* greatest State paper of the agp, is confined to the reasons which should govern foreign governments in their policy on this great question. It is unjust to torture it to the purpose of widening the breach of public feeling be tween the North and the South. It is unjust to torture it into an argument :.a favor of slavery in the abstract, Ibr it is no such thing. It is a great light however, and cannot he hidden. Feebler minds are excited, and the passions so discredi table to our nature inflamed. Mr. Cal houn cannot retire from office as other men. His high attributes forbid it. The haw ks must have something to rob of its plumage. He cannot be a private man. Federal Union. Failures are taking place in New York. , From the „Y. f. TANARUS,.,,, c Explosion of a Bomb s/aU—n Accident.— Monday afternoon 1 " and clock, a Mr. Duvall, a black ’ I respected by his neighbors and'/'’ time occupying a shoo i,Vp* , ra k get out the .contents 0 f * exploded, doing immense injury sing a great loss of life J c a On hearing of the accident, Wc rp jCd to the place, and reached there? So clock. Air immense crowd ? ba sembled in Charlton and the Jighbi * streets, and a deep solemnity had upon all. We were admiYi 1 • Beu ' ( Duvall’s shop, and there a sinM 1 ? 0 51 ed itself beyond our power of de-^^ 1 Under a sheet lay Mr. Duvill sCr, P tlo wreck, his arms blown off’ his’ \ Perfe ously injured, and his person dreflm disfigured. On a board near hi “ the corpse of Mr. Price, his hr- mW| from the skull, and his face cold lid. It was a spectacle to arouse JI feeling of humanity and to impress i IS a lul moral upon the living. s av Such was the excitement and confusir ot the scene that it was impossible arrive at all the facts. The Coroner! iii’t yet arrived, though summoned J* ally hours previously. c ] As tar as we could ascertain the m state ol things, it appeared that Mr. Di : vail had purchased some bomb shell ; w Inch had been found at Sandy [fj, but whether from the sand of the bes Jor ironi the water, we could no, £ \ Ml j D,na . l1 ’ 11 set ‘")3, was on the sidewn i nilea vonugio getoutthe powder of a sai l . hnt whether with a stick ori r , m -.v not known. Wnen it exploded, it not 0I ly destroyed him hut a Mr. [Vice, w j had stopped to get some work done’at h sh,, i \ l i l,H 1 ’ ,,,ck 1 ,:,rl “I his head w. completely blown off! A young lad nan id Bio lei ic was destroyed, and an mill, lutinii* man who was delivewng h-tter<t < cirin! a 1s in t lit* neighborhood was al- Li !li*il. A horse standing in a cart in and sirei l, wasifi'stii,yeti,and it was repute I that two persons whose names we foul nu learn, also lost their lives at the san moment. ’flic windows of the houses in thestro were shattered, and we saw some ah zii’is at woik repairing the damage?.' piece of the shell was thrown a great di! t‘ini*e into a neigliboiing street, but h.q |>'i.v did 110 injury. No casually has o< cur red for many years in this city, whir lias been so fatal to human life as ihi; ami the sympathies of the public are nan excited by the untimely fate nf these ver respectable and esteemed persons. It is said Mr. l’olk and his Cabinet ai behaving veiy discreetly, and acting ver properly, about removals and appoin meuts. \\ e take it for granted that number of offices will change haulsalie a while, but that is no reason why thus win, so hunger after office that they nm needs run to W ashiugion after them should always be the successful nppi ] cants. It was well to send them limni and after sui veying all the ground, tur out those who are net deserving, or wh have been uniformly opposed to the piiii jciples and policy of llieadministraiion.- NVc differ with many about what iscaile “proscription.” \\ hen the* peop'ecliang the head of an administration, tliut is very clear indication that they also do sire a change in the body. We helitv it to ho radically impossible Ibr the tna A'hiuery of government to work wel when one part goes one way and aiintlit' part another way. Subordinates inolfic are not so apt to do their duty with ulac ritv and promptitude, when they sr working under those they have political); opposed, and would he glad to see dis graced. There is even danger as to tli fidelity of such. We, therefore, neve did regard it as “ proscription” to removi men from office, who are politically np posed to the existing administration. I is true, some officers are so employed that neither the services nor tlii office can reasonably come in conflict with ih* policy of the administration, nor exercisi a deleterious influence upon the public in terests. In such eases, we consider tha removals are not called lor as a matte of policy, and when made, are genera:!; governed by feeling rather than nece'S ly. But in> political opponent has all l right to complain about being romom from office, since it lias become ih« «-t lied and recognised practice ol bolh great parties of the country to changed' l subordinates whenever the head (, l ■ ' government is changed. [Kentui ly man. Animal Magnetism. —Dr. Y\ xi. p* lK J H hut too well known in this section, a recenfly been edifying and astonishing 1 good people of Charleston with eclal and experiments illustrating the (-so called science of Animal-Magnetism. - pondent of the Courier says, at t ofan evening’s exhibition, he th 111 lieve there was a single sceptic < • The Dr. left sceptics plenty and chbtoi all along through Georgia, l,ut J lo u and landlords tire sometime? kind,” he still wanders on, nelnrious c/illing, clK'Htiiig « ,n< \ | )U a honest people, and imposing >■» <• press, “pass him round. 7 1 ,He lsD Prescott the Historian. 1 a c ot February Mr. Prescott wasekete * ( lesponding member of ll* e • ca( |e Franc e, under die division of l ie j my of Moral and Political L,e _ ’ -p(, the Section of General '» ' • a „; honor was never tx lore ‘-•on p ran |dif native of New England, exc* p Mr. Prescott was to succeed f|h Fernandez de Naveretie, isetr ® v / nera bl Spanish Academy of H and admirable man, who died la* Madrid at a very advanc'd ‘ ' behind him none in Europe v.th a» knowledge of Spanish hismr}.