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"the constitutionalist. JAMES GARDNER, JR. T E It 31 S . Daily, per annum, Tn-Weekly, per annum, '• AI If paid in advance, J Weekly, per annum ° If paid in advance • SCTAII mw subscriptions must t*? paid in advance. ?o“P'Mtaje mast be paid on ail Coraiaunicaliuns »M.l Lerers of business. Coleridge pronounced the following sonnet on Hishl, by jlielate Kev. I. Blanco While, ilie finest ard most grandly conceived in our language:— “.Mysterious Night! when our first parents knew Thee, from report devine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble- for this lovely frame — This glorious canopy of light and blue? Vet ’neaih a current of translucent dew. Bathed in the rays of tiie great settling flame, llrsperus with the hosts ol heaven came, Ami, lo! Creation widened in man’s view. Who could have thought such darkness Jay con cealed. Within thy beams, O sun? or who could find, Whilst Uy. and leaf, and insect stood revealed, 'l'hat to such countless orbs thou mad’st us blind? Why do we, l hen. shun d eat it wit li anx ions st rife— If light can thus deceive, wherefore nut life!’’ Utli.Cll Slil <•« fSCH lie. Exlructfrom the Spec, h of (he Ifon. J. M. Berrien, delivered on the bIU inst. But tiie doctrine hero and elsewhere advanced on this subject, is to me more startling titan a thousand wars with Mexi co —more startling titan a war with ’.he most powerful nation under Heaven.— 'l'lte order of Congress on this subject, as it existed in the act of the declaration of war, except as it may he necessary for us to furnish means for its prosecution, is at the bidding of the Executive. The Presi. dent of the United States wants a loan tor the purpose of carrying on this war, His Secretary of Finance announces to you his wisii expressly—his belief that this loan may be accomplished on the terms pro. posed, and wo .arc told here—deliberately told here—that that is all which we have n need to assttmt. The President wants it. 11 is Secretary thinks he can fret it, and yet a consideration of the purpose to Which it is to he applied, without looking at the condition of our contest with Mexi co —the President wants in—the Secreta ry believes it can he obtained in one month —we have nothing more to ask without enterin*; into the purpose to which it is to be applied, or (he object which is sought to be uccomplUhed hv if—that wo are to yield. No sir, the President wants an additional military force in the United Slates, and we must submit. And now, sir, not deputing any person at all, for the purpose of expressing the wMi lie enter tains, the President of tfie United States desires to have three millions of money appropriated as a secret service—an nounces these wants in person or hvcom- i ruunication. and we are told by his anti o rity, that ifgranted the purpose winch it j proposes will bo accomplished and, a mull o fortiori, we must yield. Sir, if this doctrine be true, a state of war up!urns the constitution of the United States. If it be true that iho power of Congress is exhausted by the. act of declaring war— if it he true that the responsibility of con ducting or prosecuting tiie war—of de termining the manner in which it may ho conducted and the purpose for the accom plishment of which it shall he prosecuted —if that he true, that this devolves exclu sively upon the President of the United Stales—then I agree that the conclusion deduced from that is also true. If the re sponsibility be less, the power to dis. charge that responsibly must tie alone— exclusively Ids. But if it be true, what is the character of the government under which you live? It degenerates into a military republic, making a declaration of war with a military dictator nt its j c id. j Sir, that doctrine results, in mv judgm mt, from an utter misconstruction of the con stitution; and I hope the Senate will not think that a moment is misspent in cn deavnring lo pul a constitutional princi ple, dear to us as freemen, upon the basis on which truth, and justice, and reason, ought to place it. Sir, the war power which was delegated by the framers of this constitution, is vested in the Congress of the United States; and is vested in them not only for determining the causes which shall induce its inception; hut it is vested in them for the purpose of super intending its prosecution, and from time to time determining the object winch, hv the use of the public force, shall he sought to be accomplished. Let ns consider this question for a moment, ascending above the atmosphere in which mere party dwells. By the constitution of the United States, all the legislative power which is granted by that instrument, is granted In Congress. Tiie power to declare war is not a legislative power, and therefore it is the subject of a special grant. I say it is not a legislative power, because, in demo cralic governments it belongs to the peo. pfe, and in monarchies, to the sovereign. | It was not recognised as a legislative pow. er of Congress, and therefore was the sub. ject of a specific grant? The executive power in like manner is vested in the President of the United States, But the power to command the army is not in- ! eluded in that grant. Il is the subject of A specific grant. Now, in regard to any law by Con gress, in the exorcise of its civil and mn- | nicipal jurisdiction, the President stands to them in precisely the same relation as he holds when in tiie exorcise ot the war power they pass an act declaring war. He is in each case the officer entrusted I by the constitution with the execution of the laws which arc enacted by Congress. In each case he performs the public will, as that will lias been expressed by the Congress of the United States, with no other responsibility, than that which devolves upon every officer charged with the per formance of a public duty. As Presi dent of the United Stales, he executes a law of the Unitnd States under the audio rity of a Congress w hich enact it. As ♦ commander In chiefoflhe army and navy of the United Slates, he carries into exe cution the act declaring war, exercising bis power in precisely the same relation, and the same extent. In such cases it is 1 the public w ill, as declared by Congress not his will, n it bis pn rpose—w hich be | is called upon to execute. Sir, you can ( make that perfectly obvious to the mind of anv man by the consideration of a sin -5 g!e question. Suppose tiie President of the United States, in the exercise of the ' i veto power, shall fail lo give the execu- I live approbation to an act of Congress ’ j declaring war. and suppose that it should j he passed bv the requisite constitutional j majority, the President in the case would unquestionably not he acting according to his own will and for the aceomplisii- I merit nt’liis own purpose? Nav! against j his own will, and against his own decided I convictions, hut in submission to that snporior legislative authority created hv the constitution, or rather of that power of which the special delegation is the pow. i er to declare war, had a right to control j him. Well, under these circumstances. I propose to senators the question, would the responsibility of iho President lie less than it is now? Would lie lie less hound than he is now, to carry into execution the purposes of Congress? And it not, then most assuredly the proposition which 1 have stated is true. If the mere act of declaring war does not upturn the consti • lotion and the country—ifsnch a decla ration by the act of making it does not create a military dictator—if it leave in their full and undisturbed authority those i principles of free government which it | was the object of the framers of tiie con | s:ituiion to establish, then, I say, that the I proposition I submitted in the outset is true. Tiie power to declare—the power to prosecute —the power lo conduct a war, belongs, and belongs exclusively to Congress. They have a tight from lime, to time as occasion in their judgment may require.to specify the objects, the motives, ! and principles. On wide!) if is to he con -1 ducted, and therefore it is that I presume, | when an application is made to us for an i appropriation cither of men or of money to carry on a war which we are waging with a foreign power, we have the right to infer that, as members of the national legislature, it is not merely our right, hut - | it is our duty to inquire and to satisfy our own judgment us to the propriety of the application that is made to us before we vield it. Mr. President, if we look hack for some years in the history of our government, we will find abundant evj. donee that such was the understanding ; of [lie statesmen who have preceded ns.— We have passed through one war of up i wards of three yea r’s duration with the most powerful nation in t!m world, and j j will call the attention oflho Senate to the fact, that the Congress were so far from j being willing to cast upon the President | exclusively the responsibility of conducf- I ing that war—they we e so averse to ; shifting from themselves that rcsponsihili j tv which the constitution imposed upon | them, that they never adjourned without j providing for the recess, and for renssrmb. 1 ling at shelter periods titan were coinem plated bv the constitution. That L a \ speaking indicative of the view of the statesmen of that petiod on ibis point.— [if ere (lie honoroblo gentleman read the following memorandum;] ‘•'Plie Ist session 12 b Congress com menced Monday, November Tih, 1011, conformably to the proclamation of the President of the United Stairs n| the 2 fih ofJuly, 1811. July Otb, 1812 adjourn ed to meet Ist Monday in November, agreeai»lv to law. “The 2d session 12tlt Congress coin menced Monday, November 2d, 1912, conformably to the act passed at the lust session, entitled “An act fixing the time for the next meeting of Congress,” np pioved O h July, 1812. March 3d, 1813, adjourned to meet on the 4lh .Monday in May next.” The Ist session 13th Congress com menced Monday, May 2lib, 1813, con formably to the act passed 271 h February, 1813, entitled “An act to alter the time for the next meeting of Congress.” August 2d, 1813. adjourned to Ist Monday in December next, agreeably to law. The 2d session 13th Congress com menced Monday. December 6, 1813 con formably to the act passed l e 27th July. 1813. entitled “An ad fixing tiie time for the next meeting ot Congress.” April 18ih. 1813, adjourned to meet on the last Monday in October next, agreeably to law. 'Plie 3d session 13th Congress com menced Monday, 1 Dili September, 1814, eonf>rmablv lo the proclamation of the President of Iho United Stales of the Bth August, 1814. March 2d, 1815, Congress adjourned without day. Now two things are obvious from this brief reference: first, that dining the con i tinuance of tiie war with Great Britain, ; Congress never adjourned without them selves providing an earlier day for their re-asscmhling than that provided for yh the constitution; and, secondly, that du ring a war of nearly three years duration. Congress was in session, and that by their own special provision, nearly two years of that lime. Now, in view of the doc trines advocated at this time, that the whole responsibility reason the President of the United States, I ask, vvhere was there on the part of tiie Congress of 1812. —’l4—if the war power of Congress had ceased hv lhe act of declaring the war i —if the authority to conduct it, rested ex clusively with the President of thf Uni led States—if Congress was only lo furnidi llie means, and to furnish these means without deeming il necessary lo ask any other question, why did they not leave Ihe President to summon them wiien he deemed it necessary locall upon them for .supplies of men and money? The refer. r 1 ence which I have made affords, in my , j judgment, satisfactory means ofdrtermin r | ing t!)e view* ofihe statesmen of that da v. , Such, however, is uni the doctrine which * : is presented to us now—such is not the ; principle on which the operations of the > I government are at present conducted. 'Hie i ; estimates in this case look to the power I of the President to conduct tin's war tin, controlled during the long recess,\\ Inch f ; awaits ns. The President of j fie United ■ States feels—as has been said lie is au . , thorizod ’to feel—that ho is quite com : potent to conduct tins war. unassisted hy I i the Congress of the United Suites. There 1 j is, therefore, no provision for an earlier ! j session than December next. Nav, the imputation that hy possibility the President might find it advisable, dining this long interval, to call an extra session, is at once I repudatod and put down l»y the official ; organ of the government. 1 repeat, that to me it is more startling that such a doctrine should be maintained—should lie the basis of the practical administration ol ibis government—than any war in which wo could he engaged. 1 will not I detain the Senate hv expatiating farther s upon this branch of the question. My own judgement is—that suffices to regu late my own action—and 1 assume that the judgment of the Senate also, upon the point which I have presented, will he the same—that it is the power, and if it he within the constitutional power, that it is the constitutional duty of Congress to superintend the prosecution of the war which they have recognised—that they Cannot absolve themselves fom »ite res ponsihili y. I hold mvsnlt’ free to inquire what are the purpose tu what ii is intend ed that this mouev should he applied? [Reported for the Baltimore Sun .] TWENTY-NINTH CONG [{ESS. Washington-, Feb. 9, IS 17. SENATE. A second committee ofeonferenen was appoin'rd on the part of ibe Senate, to con sider (he disputed aruendmenfs to the 'en regiment hill, composed of Messrs. Man gum, Dii kerson and Niles, Tito bill making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and oilier pen sions was reported from Ibe committee on finance, w ithout amendment. The bill having been taken np an amendment was adopted, authorising the Secretary of War to make compensation to pension agents, not exceeding two per cent, on the amount of money disbursed. 'Flie hill was then postponed until to-mor row. The consideration of the three million hill was then resumed, Mr. Calhoun having the fl ior. spoke for an hour in explanation of his views with regard to the war. fie was in f.i vnr of abandoning offensive operations, and of establishing a line, commencing with t!)o mouth of ihe Rio Grande, thence up the river to Del Passo, thence due west, stricking the (iiilfof California near its head, and so probably across the Gulf and Isthmus to the Pacific, and holding i this lino, acting altogether on the defen- | sive. In addition to this, he w as for establish ing custom houses at points now in our j possession, and levying moderate duties to | meet the expenses of holding (he line pro. j posed, which expense would he thought | be about two million and a quarter per ] annum. One Fort at Ihe mouth of the j river, another at Camargo, and a third at | Del Passo, were ail that was necessary. Andafer the first of the year, five regi rnenls only could defend the line, lie ex plained that he was not in favor of hold, ing this line permanently, but merely i o’ding it subject to a treaty of peace.— He thought the adoption of this policy would incline Mexico to peace. Site would see that we were undertaking that only which we wore able to perform, and weie not attempting to destroy her as a nation, and tooversluow her religion. It was our true policy to make Mexico a great nation. There was a mv-terious I connection between her fate and ours. and woe be in the day when she should j cease to exist as * republic. fie then stated his objection* to the further prose j ention of the war towards the city of ; Mexico; His speech generally er.dors. : ed the views of Gen. Taylor. In enn -1 elusion he intimated that be should vole, against Mr. Berrien’s amendment. Mr. Cass has the floor io morrow, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A message from the President was re ceived, announcing that lie had approved and signer! the bill to provide for any in- | tere-t falling due on the public debt. Mr. Douglass offered a resolution, that •' .las. A. Houston, reporter for the Union, having published a card in that paper of la*t evening, assuming the responsibility, ii n fn(n, of the false ami scandalous re port of the proceedings of ibis House, on Saturday last, he he, and is hereby ex pelled from this Hoii'-e. After debate, Mr. Reid moved the pre ; vions question, which was sustained, and i the main question being np, the resolu tion. hy yeas and nays, was rejected: 11 ; to 131. j On motion of Mr. Preston King, I the House took up, in committee of the | whole on the state of the union, Mr. Nor ris in the chair, the bill ‘-making further provision for the expenses attending the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations” —(the three million bill.) Mr. Cot)h addressed the committee in reply to Mr. Wilmol’s remarks of yester day. He had not given a single reason, or a single argument, for the opionion ex pressed that the South would acquiesce in the attempt to deprive them of the rights guaranleedjtothem by the constitution—not one argument to prove that the south were ready to acknowledge the north right and themselves in the wrong—that the North shall be permitted to extend their territory ami all their privileges from ocean to ocean, hut that the South shall be restricted within the limits winch they now occupy. He proceeded, then, to dis cussthe constitution questona! and to ferret out the design on tlii ssubject by the fram ers of that instrument. Mr. B rod ho ad followed Mr. Cobh, in opposition to the proviso of Mr. Wilmot, and in support of the bill as reported. Mr. Dixon next addtessed the commit tee, in favor of the proviso, entorlaintn g no particular objection to the bill if that proviso were adopte i. Mr. Ralhburn concluded the debate in I committee to-day, in support of the pro | vise, and of the bill thus amended, and | i n oj posit ion to all measures a imod at ‘ -Ilie , interests and liberties of his own species.” The committee rose, and reported pro gress. A now- committee of conference was appointed on the ten regiment bill. Bills were reported,— for the admis sion of Wisconsin into the Union—to pro vide for the bettor organization of the In dian department—granting bounty lands to such survivors of old 4:h regiment in- ’ fann y as served during the last war with ! Great Britain —for the ascertainment of the claims of American citizens for j French Spoliations--read twice and re ferred. Two or three unimportant resolutions ; of inquiry w ere adopted, and then the House adjoumod. [Freni Lite Savannah Republican.] The secret of ihe excessive wrath of our usually facetious friend of the Ala bama Journal is beginning to Ihe de veloped. It appears that he newly created capital ot Alabama is likely to he thrown oil' the great Southern Mail Route hv the influence of the late, “Georgia Combination.” We find the following Utter in the Columbus Enquirer, from Mr, J >hes, the Representative in Congress from that district, Washington*, Feb. ,1, 1817. John G. Winter , Esq Sir— f received last night a copy of the resolutions passed at the Rail Rond meeting at Macon, and this morning call ed on the Post Master General, and shewed them to him. I had before con suited him on the propriety of running a stage, and sending the mail direct from Columbus to Blakely, in Alabama, and this morning he authorised mo to say that he would receive proposals for carrying the mail direct between tlio-e place--. I have written this to you that you may make it public, and that people living on the route through hy Bouim’s, I nion Springs. Ahe i foil. Union Dili. Nathans, vi I 10, Arc., may at once i-tir themselves, and make that road goo 1— very good—as they promised. Let them rl) this, and i we have the great mail that way. Yours respectful!v. SEABORN JONES. \Fromlhp Gnlumlfin Son lit Carolinian.] B>rs» ni:d Ssiiiili. We find in the Union of the 3()th insf., the following extract of letter to a mem ber of Congress, written, as it w ill he seen, hy the celebrated Mr. Baird, who has I recently travelled over all parts of Eu rope: ‘ Constantinople, Doc. 10, I^lo. ‘ I have Iron del ghted with Messrs. j I Davis and Smith. (ofS. C.) the gentlemen | | who were lately selected and sent at the ■ I req’te.-* of the Turkish Government, to | teach Ihe proper cultivation of cotton* e’c. j f have no doubt they will succeed well. | Dr. Davis has bad several interviews with the Sultan wl o, 1 learn from the best of j soipces, is greatly pleased with his good i sense, and his direct and trank manner | of staling w hatever ho has to say to his majesty. The Sultan ha* given orders j that he shall have the entire control of | the work comm lted to his charge. It is probable that Dr. Smith w ill be employed | in a geological survey ot the kingdom. For the honor of our country, as well as j for their own sake and the prosperity of | Turkey, I wish them great 1 success. With great respect, I am yours, most i t nil v, R. BAIRD. Hon. M.C. {From '.lie Mew Orleans I) dJu, 7th inst .] From itn- Fleet. We received ye.-terday tne following let- j ter from an esteemed correspondent, an olfl- ; cer of the fleet. John Adams. Jan. 9, 1847. Messrs. Editors —The Commodore keeps | thi- shiponi on the blockade, and I have con sequent ly but small opportunity to learn the news, let what may bo transpiring in the . country or tlie squadron. The’ St. Mary’s, the Porpoise, and the ! Albany have arrived safety: Hie first named, | 1 fancy, is within hail of you—having left 1 here for the Brazos some days since. We have just experienced a terrific North- ; cr, hy tar the heaviest storm that I ever wit- | nessed. Our pood ship rode it mi’, although j short of an anchor, lost in a Norther at Tam- | pico. There is no “iee” at Green Island anchorage, and you may easily conceive the degree ol comfort involved in our condition for twenty-three mortal hours, for so long did the hurricane rage. We are sorry to learn that Gen. Scott is j in, or on his wav to Mexico. The prospect of Commodore S ewart’s coining to relieve j Commodore Ci nnm is of much less conse- I quence, and occasions loss comment. — Mr. Mason’s kind language, in his recent re- : oort. endears him still more to the Navy. I see the Princeton is on her way tovvirds ns from San Anton, and presume she will re lieve ns for a few days, on account of the ill ness of Cant. M( Clunky, who is down with an attack of bilious intermittent fever. A barque succeeded in running the block ade a few davs since, passing nearly over our boats, and making the best ot her way to | theiCastle. She bad French colors hoisted, but it is thought she is not French. Her cargo is reported to have consisted of 150 j tons of powder and 10,000 stand ot arms; j but the truth of the report is ext remely doubt- | ful. A British officer gives me this informa- j tion at this moment. He thinks the barque | is from New' Orleans. She bilged yesterday in the storm. The officer informs me that • there is nothing new trom the interior—“not as he knows on,” 1 suppose. 'Phe Commodore is in the Princeton, on a visit to Capt. McClnney. He takes my letter i down. Yours, respectfully, R. uglUt a rkT”™ ' I SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 13,1847. Juitge Boric Wpcech. Upon the bdi lor appropriating three mil lions of dollars with a view to successful ne gotiations vvitii Mexico, in pursuance of Hie President’s recommendation, .Mr. Berrien made a very able speech in opposition. As I we so seldom have an opportunity to agree | with that Honorable Senator upon important ■ political positions, we shall lose no time in j giving iu our adhesion most emphatically, ! to one which he has assumed on this occa- j sion. It is the only one of Hie many in that speech us we have seen it reported, which we are ready to espouse. But we shall withhold our comments on them until the speech appears, as it is promised to the pub- ■ ; lie, revised by the author. But we cannot hesitate to take ground with him against the doctrine proclaimed as he states in the Senate,that Congress had nocon trol over the question of war after its declara- i I tion. We have not seen the doctrine thus ! broadly laid down. But if it lias been,whet her I hy Whig or Democrat proclaimed,it is anti-re- i publican, and will not be recognized by the ! American people. We are not advocates of the management of campaigns, and of the details of military operations by legislative acts. Congress would bo utterly unfit for that non descript sort of field duty. Such a thing i was never contemplated as a part of their i legislative function. Napoleon once wrote j the Directory from Italy,that one bad Genera! was often better than two good ones; for when their plans differed they would neutral ize each other Perhaps he was right. lie would certainly have been right if it had been a question between one General and two hundred and forty Generals—particular- | ly if the latter were civilians two thousand miles from Hie seat of war, and who had never “set a squadron in Hie field.” We should even distrust them were they as re doubtable as chieftains, as Messrs. 1* icklin of Illinois, and Thompson of Mississippi. But if it be gravely contended that it is not in the province of Congress to declare its will in reference to any step which the President chooses to take; but that lie has only to consult his own mere volition—-that he is under no obligation to regard Hie expression of the popular will as declared by their Re presentatives in Congress, is to declare the ■ President a military Dictator. Even Santa l Anna, though virtually armed with dictato rial powers, would probably not venture to opposite Hie solemnly declared will of the j Mexican Congress even on a military ques tion. We publish to-day so much only of Hie re- j port in Hie Union of Mr. Berrien’s speech as j states Hie proposition which has elicited ; these remarks with his reasoning upon the poi nt. In agreeing with the abstract views of the Senator on this question, we are however of opinion that the circumstances of the present case render it proper that tlie purposes for ■ which the three millions are wanted should not be more fully disclosed. The case requires that the discretion of the Executive should . be trusted, as has been the case in several similar instances previously in our history— ; in the cession of Louisiana and also ol Flori- j da, and in the Senate vote for the two mil lions appropriation hist session. We be hove the President in proper time, would give a satisfactory account of the matter. If the pacification were not accomplished, and the negotiation should fail, the President would not draw the money from the Treasury. Edwin Forrcd. This great Tragedian closed a short and highly successful engagement in Augusta J on Thursday evening, with his much admir ed character of Metumora. Such was Hie anxiety to witness this performance, that the Theatre was crowded—jammed—at an early j hour. Many, very mint were compelled to j tro away, from the impossibility of getting seals. It was a sore disappointment to a number ofjadies who were anxious to wit ness this play, and were compelled to go away nngratified. We went in late, and Sound it difficult to get even a glimpse of Hie ; stage. This was not the only occasion this j week, that persons found it impossible to get | a seat in the Theatre. We are pleased at this compliment to our distinguished countryman. He is one of whom liis fellow citizens should be proud, lie has won an honorable name among men, solely by his own exertions, and placed himself in the tront rank of his profession— one in which to excel—requires high intel lectual as well as physical gifts. We have ever been an admirer ton of the private char acter and deportment of Mr. Forrest. He | has won the respect and propitiated the good ! will of the public every where by his honora- j hie and gentlemanly conduct through life. ! The best society of Europe and of this ! country has shown in a fl altering manner its I appreciation of his character. In New York citv, the place of his residence, he is as highly esteemed in private circles, as he is admired in his professional career. The par tiality of his fellow citizens has been so strong that he has been frequently urg*?d to accept a nomination to Congress, to which they would gladly elect bin), on his contem plated retirement from his present career. His claims to be a great actor are now well established. They need no eulogy from us. We hope the citizens of Savannah, where he next goes, will not be unmindful that when he retires from the boards it is not im possible, ‘‘that take him all in all j They ne’er may look upon his like again. ** (Jeorsia Flour. A few weeks since, we took occasion to remark that Georgia flour was fast supersed ing Northern flour in our market. As evi dence of the rapid increase in the supply of tliis article, we notice that as much as four hundred and llfty b:rre!s of fl >ur have, in the last two weeks, been forwarded from this place to Savannah for export to Europe. Georgia flour will in a few years he an important article in (he Augusta trade, and we anticipate that lids will be the mart in which large stocks will be accumulated for sale and export. A direct trade with the West Indies and South America from tiie ' ports of Savannah and Charleston, will also i no doubt be established, when the supplies of this ariicieat this point may be relied upon as sufficient to secure full cargoes to vessels, and to keep tip a regular business, A Week. The New Orleans Delta of the 7lh inst. says—“ The past week lias been a remarka bly active one in the Grain market. The favorable accounts from Europe have caused an advance in Flour of£>l to $1 25 per hbl , ; and the sales, which are principally for Eu ropean export, have amounted to fully 100,- 000 bb!s.; the market closing yesterday at •SO 25 to $>G 50—Ohio brands. The rise in ! corn is even greater; the sales are over 230,- 000 bushels, nearly all to shippers, the clos ing rate being $1 per bushel, which is 15 to 20 cents higher than last week, and is a point seldom or never reached here before. : Colton, however, has drooped, the week’s sales oiilv embracing about 7500 hales, at a ! ° decline of 4 to |c. upon the exticme rates of last week. From Tcxay. Tiie steamship Galveston, Capt. Haviland arrived at New Orleans on the 6th inst, from Galveston. {She brought papers to the 3d j inst. The Galveston, on her way down, encoun tered an unusually violent storm, even for this stormy year, which compelled her to put back to the Bilize, after having been in a most perilous condition for the greater part of 24 hours. The U. IS. District Court, and the Marine Court are now in session in Galveston. A vessel arrived from Antwerp, on the 20th 11 It., with 110 emigrants—two other emigrant vessels are daily expected. ! The total receipts of Cotton at the port of | Galveston, since Ist September, 1546 - , to Jm. 28, have been 3,931 bales. Os which there has been 1 shipped to New York, 2,156 New Orleans, 65—2,221 Leaving on hand inclu-ive of all on shipboard at this time, 1,760 hales, i A voting ladies’academy has been opened I in Galveston, under the direction of the 1 Ursulines. Kentucky 17. S. nk-iiaior. The Legislature on the 4th inst.postponed the election of U. IS. Senator to the 11th inst. 'Flip Louisville Journal says: We learn that the names of the three Whig candidates have been withdrawn by their respective friends, and that Hon. Garrett Davis, Ex-Governor Morehead, and Lieut. Governor Dixon are now spoken of for the office. C»cn. Taylor. In the Virginia House »>f Delegates, on Mon dav, resolutions of thanks tOjGrcn. I ay lor and his gallant Arm-' were passed unanimously, for their gallantry at Palo A'to, llesaca de la Palma, and Monterey. They also directed Swords to l>e presented to Gen. Taylor, to Col. Matthew M. Payne, and to Col. John Garland, a 1 native sons of Virginia, for their gallantry and good conduct in toe engagements in whie'i they have partici pated. Tins is worthv ofa Virginia Legislature iVociJi Carolina. GoM. A vein 01 gold, said to lie one of the richest in the United States, has been discovered on the lands of Mr. D. Mcrril, in the vicinity of Ashe" borough. N. C. The ore, by rough process, yield S-'jO worth of the pure rnetal to the bushel- The following gentlemen were on Monday elected lutendant an 1 Wardens of the Town of Hamburg, for «lie ensuing year, viz: Jnteudnut —Geo. W. Ga.rma.ny. Ward:ns —G Williams, J. J. Howard, T. L. Fowler, 31. Gray, I>. F. Gouedy, A. \V. Roach. Kclief of I’ic 3ri-*3i. A lurgp meeting was held in New Or leans, the 4lh inst , for Ihe relief of the sufThring poor in Ireland. Gov. Johnson presided, and made a speech on the sub ject. Messrs, Clay, S. S. Frentiss and C. Iv. Johnson also severally addressed the meeting. A committee was appoint ed to collect subscriptions. The Didia of the 6th inst., savs the collection for the relief of (he destitute Irish, proceeds in the happiest manner.— Judge Beverlv. in the course of the first da\% colleefed $2,500. The Hebrew con gregation contributed S3OO. The Bulletin suggests that the best way of dispsoing of the funds, when the collec. tion is finished, would be to invest them in provisions to he shipped to an Irish port. This suggestion is worthy of con sideration. *• At the date of last advices, Indian corn in England was selling at 72 shilling per quarter, which is equivalent to $2 Id por bushel. Supposing the funds collec ed amounted to SIO,OO0 — that sum in Ireland will scarcely purchase 500 Q bushels of Indian corn while in New Orleans, at 70 cents a bushel, it will purchase upwards of 14,200 bushels, or nearly three times 5000. The freight, insurance and expenses of shipment would effect some deductions from this sum— perhaps 10 per cent, in all—hut still the excess over what the same money would purchase in England or Ireland, ought to be considered.”