i
"licved in one iveck fr. the benevolent fund.
FOREIGN‘, NEWS. , ..
By various a-Arrivals at Neiv-Yfttll “lld B05‘
ton London papers to the 0th ot;lYlai_'cli have
been received. The news is not so interest-
ing in a political as a coiriniercittl Vllet‘/-' The?
leading topic of disctissiou not only in the.
newspapers butin parlianieni, was ilie com-
mercial difficulties and embar rassineiits.
Failures had continued ‘to multiply, and
'many hacftaken place in Febr,uary——-atiioiig
thciirwas that of Messrs. B.A. Goldsmidt 8!.
U0. Bankers. The‘ claims agaiiist.thein a-
mounted to £1,200,000, and tiieir assets to
£300,000.
pal partner in the concern, was so overcome
Mr. L. A. Gnldsinidt, the princi-
lcirigdoiii, and that-its object was tokuangdlen
the power of the, clergy. ‘ I
‘ 'I‘he,litiildl_ii‘g spectilatlons in the suburbs of
, made for 5006 houses.
ofsilk in Ireland on ‘a large scale.’ Mulberry
trees to the amount of£l0,000'-Ssterliiig had
just been imported froiu the south of France,
8!. 900 men ivere employed in planting them.
'I‘lie steam vessel which left England Dec.
8, arrived at Corfu‘, in 884 hours--distance
:7.,‘:2-40 miles. I '
Litid|ay' Murray died at Holdgate, on the
18th Feb. aged 81. He was a native of Penn-
3' the l"3ll0l'lU"9s lllill fillet‘ Sefelill ‘l3.l’3 Of years, previous to his settlement in England.
great inertial excitement, hethrew hiinselfon
3; sofa intlespair where he remained 3 hours
in a state of iiiaiiiiiiatioti, and expired witli-
oiit a struggle, having burst a blood vessel in
the head.
Other failures named are the houses of Sir
John Peri-ing 3!. Co.—-Balantyne $1. Co. by
which Sir VV. Scott is a severe sufferer, as
well as by that ofConstable be Co. previously
siiiiiotiiiccd-Mills, Mitchell 82. Co. ‘It was
tuinotired that Sir \\'aiter hadohimseltl been
Gazcited as a bankrupt, but this rumour was
subsequently contradicted. He had become
seriously involved, in consequence oftlie fail-
ni-eg above mentioned, but by the generous iii-
mrference oftlie Duke of Buccleugh 51. other ‘
Scotch nobieuien, he had been relieved.
The Bank of England cametto the resolu-
tion on the fiist of'.liIarch, to malte l0an8 lot
the relief of merchants and manufacturers, to
-‘ (‘lie aiiiotiiit of three millions. 011 the pledge Ul
niercliandise‘or personal security-
Mr. Rotlischildpaid into the Bank of Eng-
land in gold received from the continent from
the 15th December to the 95th of February,
£"2.l00,U00. .
wool worth £60,000 was offered in security
to the Bank ofEngland on the Q0th1i‘eb.'for
a loan of£8000, but wiihotit effect.
The failure of E. J. Syniouds, Levy Broth-
ers, S. l'1.~Israel, and D. Mocatia, all eminent
foreign brokers, was also announced on the
15th:. Mr. Mocatta is said to be connected
by inzirriage with Rothschild.
- The news of the failure of Goldsciimidt
produced a great sensation on the Continent.
In Amsterdam, it is said, six of'tiie principal
merchants stopped on hearing the intt-.lligeiice.
Great depression existed in the Yorkshire
market. At Leeds, &c. the demand for cloths
was scarcely ever known to be so flat. In
Manchester the present price ofgoods was {:0
per cent. lower thaii in April, 1852.’). .
The number of bankrupis announced in
England the first six weeks of this year, was
514.
The distress among die labouring classes
out of employ, in many oftlie mantifacti_iring
districts, was extreme. At Spitalfields,ui'.iny
I. amilies were actually starving. A inember
of the comuion council of London, said he
was a manager of a fund for the relief of the
houseless poor, at ivliich not less than 1000
applicants were supplied twice a day with a
two penny loaf, and a glass of water.
The masters and operatives engaged in the
sillt manufacture, held a meeting at Cougle-
tou on the 10th of February, at which, in pro-
posing the resoliiiions, it was observed by Mr.
Spence, that French goods are now selling in
Mancliester at 9.5. per yard lower than the
Iinglislr manufacturer could, by [)OSSlbl_lIi)’, in
the present state of intngs, -produce theui ;— ,
and unless the corn laws were abolished, and
the price of provisions put on a par with the
price abroad, the maiiiifacittring interests
would unquestionably be ruined.
Mr. Booth, in nervous language, censured
the theory of free trade.. Iftlie silk trade was
to, be pre-served to ‘this country it was abso
lutelv iiocessary that it should be protected
IIt,lllllI'C(I5 of thousands ofiiidustrioiis artiz-.in.s
were driven to starvation.
The seventh resolution was then proposed
and adopted.
petitions fail to accomplish their object then,
. .- - t
.i l umble Address be laid at the foot of _ .
lm ta ’ wards the evening I00 Egyptian horsemen a-
. . . - - ' ‘ l themselves beforeArthalamoin
i - l “er le anti not sacrifice them "9"" Pre-‘elllel __ ,
we vane 0’ "S P W ’ but were driven on by the few villagers that
the Throtie, praying his Majesty to listen to
to a foreign nzitioii.”
. 't : f-ld sa'd—Itao)e:irs from an I _ . .
M’ M" clcs H’ ’ ‘ l ’ ‘such zi degree, that he iininediately marched
accurate report which has been made, that
last year tiierc were 5.39.5 looms employed in
we [own ; there are now only 9,275: being a
reduction of 3,050! Last year there were in
agnijylny 13,999 hands, now only 5,800 ; so that
hands actually out of employ, and in fact all
but starving, 11,893.
Great discontent begins to prevail; incen-
rljary writings appear upon the walls.witii the
most exciting inscriptions, such as—-“ No
Tragic, no Corn Laws”—-“No Trade, no
K‘ing”—“ Bread or Blood,” $7.0. &.c. Serious
apprehensions prevail for the preservation of
tranquility.
At Bradford 1800 to 1900 fainiiies were re-
Tlie sum of £6,185,000, has been voted for
the British navy the present year.
' The public iucoine ofthe United Kingdom
in the year ending the 5th January, 189.6,
was £57,E173,890 9.5. t 1-22d. Expenditure,
£51,G:U‘.,O27 lbs 1 l-rid. Surplus ofincomc
over expcudittirc £5.6.'rt:,tl'l-l 05.
A bill is before Parliaiiiiciii, for a rail road
betweeii Liverpool and Maiiclicster, which is
expeizletl to cost £500,000, or about £17,000
nermilc. Also, a bill for a Canal, anti a
Iiailivay, froui Liverpool to Biriniiighani.
A vessel was lost between London 3:. Leitli
.‘."i'iii Fob. in deep water, with 16,000 Sove-
reigns on board.
A curious suit is unw before the Vice
t t. ted “'I.‘liat .honld these "l , .
I S 1 ’ I treat, and the besieged found time to entrench
l)r. ll. Lyall, whose work upon Russia was
(‘lit up in the Gist No. of the Quarterly Re-
view, has demanded the name of the writer,
of Mr. Murray, the publisher. The latter
over the editorial department of the Review,
and declined giving up the natiic. Lyall then
chiillanged Murray, who declined the meet-
ing—telling Lyall that if he had been ag-
grieved he could find his remedy in a court
ofiaw. On the 19th, however, the Ila)’ fol-
lowing, Lyall received a note from “ the au-
thor oftlie Reviewal,” accepting the chal-
lenge, and naming the time and place oti the
':20th. The note being anonymous, Lyall re-
fused to accept it, and thereupon appealed to
the public in the Courier.
Alderman Cox «vs. Mrsflldermrm Co-.r.—Iu
the Cousistory Court, Feb. l8, Aid. Cox pre-
sented liimself before Sir Christopher Robin-
son, the Judge, for the purpose of complain-
ing ofhis proceedings being unnecessarily de-
layed. The Court, he said, well knew that
he had been a suitor a very considerable tiuie.
He had instituted proceedings agaiiist Mrs.
Cox for a separation, by reason of adultery
coinniitted with Mr. Kean ; but before these
proceedings were brought to issue, Mrs. Cox
commenced a suit against him for restitrttion
of conjugal rights, and by a inoriitioii of that
court, which had been issued at the instance
ofblrs. Cox, he had been obliged to allow her
300 pounds per auuum for alimony. This
sum he understood he would have to pay
whilst Mrs. Cox’s stilt was pending, am as
the proceedings in his opinion scented to be
delayed to enable Mrs. Cox to receive her al-
imony, he eiitreated the court to-take his case
into its favorable coiisideratioti, St. pronounce
an iiiimediato decision. After considerable
considcraiioii among the proctors, it was de-
cided he should be heard next court day.
Letters from Corfu to the Sal of Febriiary,
ineiitiou that the cold had caused violent
dysenteries among the Egyptian troops in
Greece.
I It was stated at Vienna, Feb. 15, on the
authority of letters from Trieste, that Rescliid
Pacha had abaiitloiied the siege ofMissolong-
iii in consequence of tlic-dese_r'tion of his Al-
haniaii troops, and the want of provisioiis.—
He had taken a position in the. neighbouring
mountains, but his communications with Aca-
dia were entirely cut off. The Greek chiefs
were in a state of inactivity, waiting the re-
turn of spring to recouiiiience operations.
The Paris papers of the last date, contain a
Greek Official bulletin, dated at Napoli di
Roinani, Dec. 9.8, which states that, towards
the end of Dec. Ibrahim Pacha, after having
passed the Alplcus, and burnt Pyrgos, advan-
cctl on Gasionni. 0ll‘thc Way 400 liorscincn
ofhis advanced guard, encountered a body of
200 Greeks, who were stationed in a favorable
position, and maintained their ground. The
ll‘0()pSlilf’n turned upon, a neighbouring vil-
lage, where they l'l)ii‘SSZ‘tCl'C(l the women and
children. lbrahiin, tlieu presented hiinselt
with 5000 men before the village of Barthala-
inoin, where 1:300 Greek guerillas and more
4000 wonieu and children had been entrench-
ed several days. ,
during a whole day, but unable to carry it,and
He attacked this position
ftcr sustaining a loss of 500 inch, beat a re-
lieuisclvcs in the Fort of Chlotimoiitir. ’1‘o-
euiained. The defeat inflamed Ibrahim to
iviiii 4500 men to punish these brave villagers.
I50 uien of the garrison were sent to their as-
ststaiice. These on arriving within 2 leagues
ofthe place met ft strong detachment of E-
including qiiiil-winders, the total number of €YPll3“‘- Cavalry! “’ll° °fl’e"ed ‘hem balllet
which was accepted. The enemy, forced to
abandon the high road, sought safety in some
neighboring Vineyards, but were pursued and
a great part of them killed by the Greeks.-—
'1‘i,e}atter were however soon surrounded by
4000 foot soldiers, but bravely maintained the
fight during nine hours, and perished every
man ofthem on the field, selling dearly their
lives. 12.00 Egyptians remained oti the field,
*and many wounded were conveyed to Ibra-
him’s catnp. Ibrahim then abandoned his
ground, burnt the town of Gastonni, and es-
tablished his cainp before Patras.
Since then no military event has taken
place in Elidia. Capts. Dchjanni anti Sessi-
iii at the head of 9.000 nieu observe the move-
ments of the Egyptians, and Ibrahim, who
counts 5000 men including the rei_iiforce-
rnents receiiily debarkcd at Drepano, seems
undecided as to ulterior euterprizes. He
lately sent letters to the uiilitary Chiefs ofEl-
idia, persuading them to surrender; he was
answered the Greeks had decided to conquer
or die.
Since the arrival of Gen. Nicholas on the
confines of Arcadia, the Egyptian garrisons
who occupy the fortresses ofiilessonia, have
ceased their devastating excursions, and their
‘:l‘l'.ll1C€il()l"'a‘ court. The Earl of Crntvford,
by will, directed that in 1833, all his negro
slaves in Aiitigna should be declared frce, bi.
gin 000 be then divided amongst them ; in
up mterini they were to be educated auditi-
Sll‘U!:lt‘(l in trades, and taught to read the Bi
hie. The heir at law claims the wliole,on ilic
_grouud iliat the bequest is iiiipracticable :—
{ills the court,is called on to decide.
The Coininission of tlie'Frcnch Clianiber
of Poets, had agreed iiuauiinously to adopt
the print.-iplc of pi'ii_nogeuiturc in the law oi
iitlieritaiice.
‘ A letter from Madrid, ofFcb. 29, states that
7, new conspiracy had been discovered by the
Police. The plan was similar to that attempt-
ed by Bessieres, and the execution of it was
coufidetl to the Citrate Meriiio. Tlielirst dis
covt ry was matte at Vaiadolid, where numer-
lous arrests had i:il~'.en place. Subsequently it
was 2ISCe|lall)('(l that the conspiracy would
'rI(lViIIICe(l posts have retired under the cari-
iioii of Navarin.
LATER-—London papers to the 9th of
.\larch were rec’d at N. York on the 5th iiisi.
'I‘lie Sun, of the evening of the 9th, rc-
marks—“ in the House of? Commons last
night, ageiieral feeling was expressed, that
the assistance already afforded by the Bank
of England, had produced symptoms ofyevjv.
lug confidence. Opinion-—on which cotifi.
deuce is mainly founded, itiay indeed be ex»
cited by the expectation of saltiiary relief by
advances front the Bank, but we have no idea
that they have yet been of any sufficient ex.
tent, and uiagnitude, to produce effective ex-
tricatioii of the uierchant or the ina.nufactui'-
er. It appears by what fell from Mr. Huskis.
son, that the applications from Manchester,
caine under the consideration of the Bank
Directors on Friilay—those froui Glasgow on
h_.‘.ive.slioitly broken out at all points of the
Saturday, and from Leeds and other places,
-London curitintte.‘ A new contract has been‘
A company is coiiimertcing the cultiv,ation~
sylvania, but resided‘ in New-York tttalll»
replied that he had never had any control-
.4
I * ..
alt‘ the l3£§I'tlllllIg‘oI this ‘present week} Iielici"
it seems, has not, so far as,is yet known, been
required eitherlby anyjeininent incrchants,
speculators, or bankers. ' Master \manl1.t'H0’-
iurers, holding unsaleable stocks, yet desirous
ofstill giving_cinploymeiit’to the ma nufactur-
i'ng‘population, have been the indi_viduals_ to
whom relief has principally been rill’-Mftied.-—
Certainly no class oftlie community has stron-
ger claims on the country for assistaiice.”
The" accounts from Berlin, state that 21
mercantile houses, several of ther_n-of the first
rank, had failed-among-tliem, the liunses of
Beuecke, for,l,400,000 dollars ;Reiclicnbar:lt
and Meixiier, for 500,000,000, and Crellinger
for 1,100,000. The latter it»"is said will not
pay iuore than 12 per cent. One oftlie great
bankers had cornniitted suicide.
Private Letters from St. Petershnrg state
that the investigation of the conspiracy was
completed on the 9th of February, and that
ilie State Council had decided on a rigorous
punisliineut.
The governments of Rome, Austria, "Swe-
den, Denmark, aiid France, have officially
acknowledged the independence of Brazil.
Official notice has been given that Algerinc
corsairs attack all'Spauish vessels.
It is said in letters from Madrid, that in
spite oftlie efforts of the Spanish police, in-
ccndiary proclamations are circulated in that
capital. headed " Long Live Charles V., the
Inquisition, and the Council ofState.” The
King has been alarmed by areport that Mina
is in Spain.
The project of a Grand Ship Canal from
London to Portsmouth was to be brought
under the consideration of the British parlia-
ment ihis session. The distance measured is
exactly 75 miles; 37 of which are on the tide
level. The summit level will extend twenty
miles. The expense is estimated at three
millions and a half pounds sterling; the an
The Canal is to hold 28 feet depth of water,
to be 100 feet wide at the bottom, and 150
feet wide at the top. Large ships will be
transported by means of steam, in 19 hours
from Spithe-ad to the Thames, and lighter
vessels in half that time. The projector es-
timates that 10,000 vessels will use the canal
aniitially, the expense to the owners of which
will be ()5. 10d. per too.
A London paper says-—“ We are credibly
infornied,tliat a gentleman resident near Liv-
eipnol , has, after a long research, discovered
a iieiv, lasting blue color, on chyinical princi-
ples, applicable to cotton", wool and silk, ca-
pable of resisting strong acitlsfizalkaline leys.’
Extract of ti letter from an flmcz--ican CIIIZCIL
in Paris-.——Ou'r Executive has delayed too
long the ticmantling satisfaction for the losses
of our ciiizciis by seizures of their property,
and the governinentof this coniitry think it
of justice with impunity. But as submission
to injuries, the effects of which our country
continues to feel, cannot be possible, it is lio-
ped our Minister here will be instructed to
make such representations as will bring this
serious question to an issue, and should a War
of Reprisal be inevitable, before its declara-
tion, an intimation should be given that the
expenses of the necessary aruianients would
be inciudcdiu the amount to be recovered .
The King o_fFrance has appointed the Duke
of Ragissa, (Marnioiii,) his Ainbassudor to be
present at the coronation of the Emperor of
Russia. .
A Paris paper of Peb. 25, states that,on the
23d of January, there was a free communi-
cation between Mlssolonghi and the Greek
squadron under Miaulis. The Turks had
abandoned the seige, and Ibraiiiiii Pacha
had returned_ to the south oftlie Peloponesus.
-—Tlie Helenese occupied Tripolitza with a
strong force,
A Turk’: Conscience.-—0iie evening while
in the Bospliorus, about nine, a Turk, with a
Greek servant, came on board our vessel.-
\Ve invited them below, gave them pipes and
.——.1
‘offered them wine. Now the Ttirk loving
wine anti notdaring to drink wine openly,got
his Greek to taste it first ; and the Greek un-
derstanding him well enough, called it Rum.
The Turks conscience was east-:d!—thc proph-
et did not specify Rum in his injunction, so
the Turk drank like a christian.
[Letters from Constantinople.
Frigate la Plala..—-The editor of the Bal-
titnore Gazette observes that lie was sortie-
what surprsed at the long detention of the
frigate La-i'lata in New York, after her arri-
val from Pliladclpliia,wliere site was built for
Mr. Eckfoiii, and ititended forthe Colombian
Governinert. The editor then quotes the
following ptragrapli fr. a letter in the Charles-
ion lllercurlg, as an explanation of the extra-
ordinary deay :
“ Ano‘the' South American Frigate, which
was built for Henry Ecltford in Philadelphia,
is lying in tie North River, and will sail in a
few days. ‘She has got already 90 men on
board. Th-. vessel was built by the Philadel-
phia ship carpenters in the best style ; but she
was so infcizor to the one built in this ciiy,thai
the carpentns were employed for along time
to take sevtral parts of her to pieces,and give
her sonietiiiig more of a workman-like ap-
pearance. The New York carpenters have
been cracking many jcsis upon the Philadel-
phia clumsnrss. The Philadelpliians retort
by calling the New Yorkers sclf-puffers. This
vessel will probably sail soon. There is also
another oiiilie stocks in this city, which will
be lauuchei in a short time.”
The Britsh government have appointed -for
their Consul General at the Island offiayti,
a man qfcciour, by the name of Mr. Charles
*.\Il’Kenzii-, and his arrival was daily expected
at Port an Prince at the last advices from tliai
place. In England this appointment was
considered _a master stroke of policy, btit it is
viewed in afar different light by the Haytien
governnieni,who have got the impression that
the English thought a white skin too good for
tlietii. '.I‘lie;Haytieiis are too jealous of their
honor to be easily imposed upon. '
Slave Trade.—A letter from Havana, da-
ted Mzirch 18, to the editors of the Cliarlesion
Mercury, sa,s :——“ The Speedwell brought in
the other day a cargo of Negroes, which she
found on one of the Keys, the vessel having
gone ashore when chased by another English
sciir. This is the third cargo this year cap-
tured by the Brilisli sciiooncrs -and brig to
windward. You may be sure that they are
saluted with ‘~c-urses not loud but deep.”
.-
nnal revenue at five hundred thousand poiinds.-
can now disregard our appeals to their sense‘
tirponsami mom WASIlINGTON.f
, By the following highly interesting’. letter
from our corl'esp0ndent‘at Washington, it will
be seen that the hall ofthe Houseof Repre-
seiiiaticés h"as"'iiéen the theatre ofa-lhighly
wrought scene, which bids fair to turnout a
tragedy. It is such ri scene, however. '35_‘”9
have no reason to be proud qf, for it will nei-
ther sound well abroad, ri9_r tell well in histo-
ry.- Mr. M’Duflie, it appears, was the ag-
gressor in the sce_tie ofviolence and personal-
ity which occurred on Saturday, he having
attacked the Pre.-idem and Sec’ry of State in
terms, wiihoiit even the ordinary parliament-
ary veil, openly charging them with haying
made ti corrupt and flagitious coalition. The (
friends ofMr. Clay, Mr. Vance and Mr. Trim-
l)lC, gave him an ample opportunity to: re-
tractor explain ; but he added insult to tlieui.
instead of eiideavovriiigto atone -for the evil
uttered against the President and Secretary.
We learn from another"letter that the House
was in great comiitotion, and that the under-
standing ofall was, that there would be two
duels before the House would meet again.
IN‘. I’. Spec. .
llfasiiiivarort, April 1, 185.16.
A scene ofnitich interest has been exhibit-
ed in the Hall of Representatives these last
two days. You know that the resolutions in-
troduced by M’l)uffie for an aincudineiitof
the Constitution, have been under discussion
for these many weeks past. The house has
been a good deal weary of this discussion of
late: the speeches were very long, some of_
them very abstract and metaphysical, and all
that enlivened them was the occasional allu-
sions to the late Presidential election, and the
state ofpariy politics. Yesterday M’Duffie
tnade his geiier:il reply: much expectation
was excited, and every body looked to this
speech as his great effort. He was himself-
m'uch excited, and vehement as his manner
always is, (and it is so to a fault) on this occa-
sion it was more so than usual. Little argu-
ment, at least little new ground was advanc-
ed ; but the language was euipassionetl, the
allusions personal and toivards the close, an
assault was made on the administration ofthe
most violent kind. A supposed picture was
presented, in which the characters of the Pre-
sident and his secretary ofstate were drawn in
‘a manner that could not be mistaken, and
their coalition painted in the blackest colours.
But he did not stop here. After finishing
these pictures, he said he was is poor painter,
and lest the figures he had drawn might be
mistaken, he would pot the names under
them. He then began a direct personal at-
tack on both, especially on Mr. Clay-whose
conduct he said, was prompted by ‘ ambition,
corrupting ambition.’ He. spoke ofhis influ
ence over his friends--and said, in terms, that
he had ‘ made the President.’ This was fol-
lowed by an avowed intention liever to cease,
ifit were till death, his efforts totake the pres-
idential election from the house ofRepresent-
aiives, for which purpose, if his motion in the
House should fail, he would go to the body of
the people and call a convention.
When he closed, Mr. Everett, on whose
consistency he had made an attack, which he
supported by quotations from the Nortii Am.
Review, made a few observations explanatory‘
ot his meaning in the article alludedto ; and
then Mr. Trinidle, ofKentucky, intreated that
the debate should not be closed till he had an
opportunity to reply - ho plcnxléd hit: 7 years
service, and his forbearance as to speech-
rnaking--the appeal was successful ;-—-and
though an earnest desire was felt to close the
debate, and many gentlemen had entered the
house with a stern determination to set it out
till midnight or morning,thcy yielded, and
the committee rose. No very high expecta-
tions were entertained about the speech ; but
he disappointed every body, and came out
with by tar the best speech I ever heard him
deliver. It was not a labored answer to every
part of Mr. M’DufIie’s; but was directed
mainly to the defence of Mr. Clay and his
friends. After partying the charge of polit-
ical corriiption, lie turned the tables anti at-
tacked M'Dtifiie as a calumniator, who had
cion. He said there were different kinds of
perjury. A man who swore to what he knew
was false, was guilty ofit in one form ; but a
man who swore that a certain matter was
true, without knowing whether it was true or
false, was no less a ‘ perjured felon’ than the
other. Adveriing to the appeals which had
been made on the other side to a future world
and a coniingjudgment,lie joined inthat ap-
peal; atid inilie cotirsc ofhis remarks, said
that the calumniator he had described would
be ‘delivered over to heavcn’s iianguian, to
scourgeihe rascal naked round the iiorizon
of heaven’s circumference :’—-with some other
expressions equally extravagant and excep-
iioiiable. Mr_._Triniblc was followed by Mr.
Vance, of Ohio. This gentleman is one of-
the instances (on which I love to think) of the
state of society and of feeling in this free re-
ptiblican country, where no previous rank is
requisite-to advancetiient, but where native
talent, ifallied to virtue alone, has a ' connec-
tion,’ a. ‘ family interest,’sufficieut_ to entitle
it to look up to public honour. Ailudiiig in
his speech to the present Constitution, he
said he had reason, ifany man could have, to
prize the existing institutions ofthe country, '
for they had enabled him to rise to his present
situation from what, as to poverty, might be
deuomiiiated the very lotvest grade of society.
He then adverted with much feeling, and the
tears flowed over his checks, to “ his only
patrimony at 92 years, a ivitlowed mother and
six orphan cliildrcu.” He considered himself
attacked by M’Diiflie, and dragged into the
debate to wipe olfihe calurnuy from the name
of his children. He then ivent itito a recriin-
ination of the charge of inconsistency, politi-
cal bargaining, Sac. He had begun under-
great excitement, and spoke with so iitucli ve-
hcinence as to break -himselfdown in about
twenty minutes.
M’Dtifi'ie, during the delivery of’ iltese
speeches, had occupied a seat a little in ad-
vance of the spe?lters—-w_licre he sat, pale 81.
restless, the features of his countenance like
the face oftlie sky when it bodes a v.-hirlivind.
He rose to reply, but stood more titan a min-
ute silent, his eye alone (and he ltas a terrible
one)utteringtlicconflict iviiliin ltiui. During
that nioiiieut the hall and thegallcry were as
siili as the grave. At length he said—-‘I rise,
Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of endeavoring
to obviate inisunderstauding as to the precise.-
and specific meaning of language of debatt:
used here in its application to gentlemen oi
this.House—-and first I turn to the gentleman:
from Keiituckv. "‘ ' "'. iii a mantle)-
cbicuiated tofinducé the majority ofahy i:ne"e‘_zL.
llgent body toapply his remarks to me, that
the man who swears (here be quoted wiili'.ac«;
curacy the expressions ofMr. Ti'inible)——N"ow'
Sir,I_wish the gentleman to‘ say explicitly’
whether he did not intend to apply these‘ *
terms._t_o me.” And then he took his seat.--" .
Mr. Trimble now rose, and his’ coiiiitenaiice
exhibited a state of excitement scarcely less
than that ofM’Duflie. He waited much long-‘ =‘
er after he rose before he began to speak, and"
theinterest excited increased in intensity._.z
Many members left ilieir seals in the more
distant parts oftlie hall, and came nearer to’
“W 9P93l‘°'95 the sofas were mostly occupied
by iiieinhers of the Senate, (that house not
being in session to day.) At length, with the“
l0°l‘ "l One Who. by a powerful effort, iiad*
reply : “ When I commenced the debate, I
thuughtl put ntyselfand the gentleman from‘ «
. C. on a perfect footing of equality—I said
we were both ‘ lockers on in Venice.’ I as-'*
_sumed to myself neither any purity, nor anti
privilege here, which I did not _ allow to hir.‘I'.-'
The gentleman made-in this house yesterday,-
one of the most extraordinary speeches wliich-'
I believe was ever heard in any deliberative
body--and I have first to ask him wlieilier he
meant, in the remarks he then made, any
personality to me? In what I said I mean;
to deal out measure for measure : before God
I meant no less ; and may hcavcn’s lightnin
blast me ifI meant any more. I told him we
were both lockers on. I meant to make no
charge of corruption unless he did ; but ifhej
did,I did. I shall give no explanation to the
gentleman fr. S. C. until that gentleman gives
an explanation to me. I thought I treated the.
thing fairly-—I treated him precisely as he'-
meant to be understood as treating us—-I did‘
not involve him further. Iflie says he meant;
no personality, I meant none; if he did, I did :'-3
but, in doing so, as in the whole course of my
remarks, I put inyselfentirely on the defen-
sive. I felt,I now feel, no uialice towards
him, or toward any man ; but, whatever may "
follow this, I do not mean that eiiiier myself
or my friends shall have any impiitations cast
upon us. The gentleman's answer is with!
himself——when he answers, I do.” '
M’Duflie replied : “ Every gentleman hero-
ltnows what was my language yesterday, as to
Mr. Clay and his friends—I ask the gentle-
man from Kentucky whether he heard it ?”—-
“I did not (said Mr. T.) hear the whole ofit 5
I heard a part-—but I was told by a friend that
it contained a qualification ofa very offensive.
kind.” M’Duffie now said, “ It is useless to-
press for any explanation—perliaps it had:
been better I had not asked it—-but (raising his-.
voice, and flashing from every feature) Ilwisly.
now the gentleman to understand that I per-
fectly understand the game that is going on,
and perfectly understand the sltulkiug inan-
ager who moves the wires. The honourable‘
gentleman froui Ohio, told the house that be: t
came from the lowest orders of society: (here.
Vance said he had qualified his declaration as -
referring to poverty).-—Sir, he need not have l
told us tItat—hc has not disappointed his des— '
tiny. But, when the secretary of state wishes
to avoid responsibility, and puts forth only
tools and understrappers, I have only to say,
‘that if he wishes to move in this business, he
inustgsend me gentlemen, and I never will re-
cognise as such every one who happens to. .-
hold a seat here.” A ttetnpts.were now made-'
in have the Committee rise, but they failed, :_i_.
and the debate was continued by Mr. Moore,
and Mr. Henry, of Ky. who are friends of
General.Jaclison, and who spoke in vindica-
tron of lllm from some charges alluded to by
I‘!lIl.ll.)l€. The debate ended by a call ofrhg
pt‘:3VlOllS question. The first resolution of-
M Duffie, winch goes no farther than to de-
clare that the Presidential election oiiglii in
no case to come into the house ofRi=pre.sem-
atives, was agreed to by a vote of 138 to 52,
The Ed resolution, for districting the States,
was rejected by 102 to 00. The first resolu.
tion was then setit to a select Committee of
24, who are to report some substitute for a
resort to the House of Representatives ; and,~
in that Committee, I suspect the old proverb-
advanced the hlackest charges on mere suspi- lwill be verified, at least to a considerable ex-
tent-—-“ So many men, so many minds.” .I\'o I
report need be expected in time for any thing:
to be done about the matter iliis session.
Much speculation is on foot as to the con-
sequences of this scene; and the questions, I
who ought to challenge?——Ought- M’Duflir:,’
because he first demanded an explanation
Ought Trimble, because M'DofIie’s attack was
.fifSt m atltt ? Ought Vance because M’Dufiic j
called him no gentleman? Ought both be-
cause they were called tools and understrap-
pers? _ Ought Clay, because M’Dufiie virtu.
ally said he would not fight his underlings, but
would fight him? Did M'Duflie turn tail 2'
Will he fight if" challenged-—-are in every
body’s mouth. Would it not be better to. in-
quire, what says the Decaloguc ?
[The Washington papers decline publishint!
for the present the debate above referred t:
and the affair will probably end wliertiit is.}
.flfti2te2trtfi_ disagrees.
flpril 1.--The Senate did.not sit this day.
The House ofllepresentatives was entirely
occupied with the discussion of the constitu-
tional question, after some very brief prelimi.
nary business, among which was the result}.-
tion offered on the preceding day by Mr._Bart-.
lett, of‘ N. Hampshire, in reference to the re,_.
moval oftlie Navy station from I‘,llll2l(lt?lpllIFl.V
An amendiueni having been made to the res-
olution, as to any measures ivliicli may have
been adopted, the resolution, in its amended
form, was agreed to.
The constitutional amendments were then
disctissed; the principal speakers being Messrs
Triinble, Henry, and T. P. Moore, of ]{e,,_.
Vance, of Ohio, and McDuffie. Mr. Web.
ster, and Mr. Buchanan, ofPenn. said a few
words with a view to bring the discussion to 3
‘3l05€ S 5"l.‘.l'llnally, on inotiou of Mr. Webster,
the coiiimitiee,rose,aud were discharged from
ilie further consideration of the rcsolutious..
.\'lr. Satiiiders, of N. C. then moved the pre.
’-..
_vious question, which was sustained. and the
question was tlieu taken on each resolution
separately, the ayes and noes being called on ’
the two first resolutions.
On the first resrilutioii, taking the election I’
from the -House, the vote was—-ayes l33.nnes
52. On the second resolution, providing for
an uniform system of voting by districts, the
ayes were 9l,noes 101. The third resolution
which provides for a select committee, was
carried-ayes 11:3. A committee of twenty.
:-tur members was their ordered to be appoint. .
ed. - ’ “is
wrestled down his feelings, Triiiible said irifi ' I
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