g or in value. From the Boston" Morning Post, LETTER FROM MRS. MINA. Giving adetailcd account of her acquaintance with Mina, the circumstancosqflzer husband's dcatlt, Mina’: previous and subsequent conduct, _&c. &c. The following copy of a letter written by Mrs. Chapman, as she still calls iter- self, notwithstanding her marriage to Mina, while in prison at Erie, Pa. we can assure our readers is _authentic'._ It was written to a friend in Brewster, the place where herlrelatives reside, who suffered the co- py tojbe taken which we publish below. ‘ ..-lfy ‘worthy and -esleenied friend;-— With"eves bathed in tears, and a heart full of sniirow, occasioned -by almost un- parelleled _sutTeriugs,-',do I now address you. Alas! alas! kind sir, my pen almost refu- ses to per_ferm_tl‘n= painful task of iuforin-’ ing you of my melajnclioly situation; I am a ‘prisoner!_',O !"io_y friend-, little did Ithink once tli‘rit‘I sh't$uld'- ever be compelled to address a'l_¢lter to ganyjof my friends from the gloom ofa. prison :_ ajndthat W?d°|‘ W‘ cur-nstances lhe'most_appalling! Ah! from what aageighr 1- have fallen lfbut yesterday 1 bgdnnd enjoyed all that heart could wish; blest with céhipiatgnce, surrounded with a lovely family, enjoying’ the society and smijesgofca husband I loved, what more could I wislr? what more hadtltis Wotlii 107 bestijw P But alas lthe cruelspo-iltr came,_ and in’ one ho_ur, all,,all is blasted l- All my liojbes a _d p_t-ospectsfare vanished! and O, my’ husband who wouldhave once'stepp_ed forth to 'protec-l me, and sympatltlse With me, is now no more}. His head has ‘low uudet-;-the_ clods of the valley, unconscious of the suffeiitigs of his family l 0! how on- viable is his lot to mine! while my bleed- ingglréart is torn -with a tliousaud pangs by tliesdeath of the kindest and best of bus- bands, as if this was not enough to come plete my miseries, in order toptit a finish- ing stroke-to them and dart the last pangs (0 my ajreudyutot) much ag0nlZb'Ll‘I)US0lTl. Iain charged, not arrested on the lalse,lhe cruel suspicion of being thought accessory to the death of my husband. Was it not fol-_tlie conscious innocence and happiness of uiydear babes, (those living remains of my much beloved .husband—-ilioy were ve- ryvdear to him, and are for his sake as well as their own very dear to me likt~.wise,) life would be intolerable. 0 ! that Heav- éri 'woul';l‘plead my cause! although I have acted very foolishly, very imprudc-ntly,yet may God in his int'_iuite mercy, restore me again toumy bereaved, my distressed litllo family. When I reflect that there is a probzibility that my poor husband was pois- oned‘, and that I am suspected of littviog -uieted in the horrid " ' ~-- distracted! B I sc _ _.‘_ ut *- : ''‘x H .. “'-.‘ I ’- . za- stranger; 'a nasu-_....,. - . .. decayed and duped by h'im, so that ...... out due consicleriition ofcorrse.quenc_e_s,wli. might result from such a step, (believing him alas ! to be agrateful friend to my de- ceased husband, selfand children) I pre- cipitately married the cruel monster; you will say I ought, to have been inexorable, so soon after my my hushand’s death; this I grant, but when I refused him, urging the iecent death of my husband as an ob- "jec:ioii,‘|re declared that my husband, on his deatli-bed, took his hand, and desired him to be a father to his children doc.- this he told to my eldest daughter, as well as to others. When I urged him to desist his importuniiies, on account of disparity of yours, telling him that such a -union would be thought ridiculous in this country, lie'said thatlhe ctisto-ms were different in l\lexico.'ond to that city. to his father and mother, he would immediately return with me and my children if I would marry him. His talking of goingte Mexico was as new in me, as was his "proposal of matrimony, for I never heardiiiini -speak of leaving A- merica, previous to Mr. Chaptn_an’s death. He likewise told me that his eldest sister, when but twenty years of age, -married a gentleman whose age was sixty. That it was honor, it was gratitude he owed my deceased husband, as well as myself, that induced him to offer me his hand. the intrigues, the wiles of a demon, which hepractised to decoy me, to gain my con--. sent to marry him, and for what? ah! it was that he might better accomplish his diabolical designs, to rob me and my chil- dren of our’personal property though he protested before -I married him that he wished not to possess any of my property, desiring me to do r-what I pleased with my posse-ssions.‘ On this account my sister, Mrs. , and her husband, who resided in the state of New York, a distance of 4000 miles, immediately came to reside at my place, having sold their own little property at home. Thus was my dear sister-’s and her husbaud’s happiness marred, by leaving their own happy‘ home to go among stran- gers, and then to witness the ruin of my- self and olfspring.- N r ' VVhen Mina proposed to take my horse and carriage, watches, &c. in order to fur- nish him with moneyto go to his friends, to receive several thousand dollars, he promised either to return the same articles again, or replace them with others superi- Base decoiver ll He always spoke of being on terms of great intimacy with the Mexican Consul and his family; saying one day to myselfand husband,with some degree of ostentation, that the Con- 'sul had ordered a carriage to be built for Jiim (Mimi) and that he hoped one day to V - «have the pleasure of seeing my husband and his family ride in ii. The day but otie . oefore myydear husband was taken ill, Mi- he went to Pliiladelphia, returned late in ' t‘h'e'evening,bringing a letter fromthe Con.- sul to Mr. Chapman. The letter contain- ined grateful acknowledgements for the slvors he had bestowed on Mina, assuring lllmthat be intended very shortly to visit !‘lm,and make personal acknowledgements "I the obligalions he was under for the many favors bestowed on his friend. few days after this he went to Philadelphia again, returned the next morning, brought several lemons and other fruit,‘ said that the Consul's mother had sent them for Mr. C. as he was their ill. Since the death of Mr. C. so much of Mine’; villainy has come to light, Iain induced to think the letter a forgery, and that he probably did not visit the Consul at all. All this was but artifice he practised to ingratiate him- selfstill more in our favor. lrVhen he left my house for Baltimore, he said he was going to receive several thousand dollars of his friend Carcanova, who was at that place ; but when he re- turned he said his friend had left for Mex- ico before he arrived, that. he was much disappointed ; btil said he had learned that a_co'usin of his was residing near Boston, who was immensely rich, that he would go immediately and obtain money of him to set offfor Mexico. It was on his return from Baltimore that I informed him that during his absence it had been suggested to me that the Mexican Consul thought him an imposter ; to which he very read- ily and artfully replied that the Consul wasoffended with him on account of his disc‘ontin,uing"liis addresses to his sister Romania, with whom he declared 'he‘ had’ _coi'res_tioiidcd ever since he had first called on the Consul, which was in the rtionlh of March, till Mr. Cliapntan’s death. - He likewise alleged that as a reason why he had‘ not received reiurns- from Mexico from his father, he had learned that the Consul had not ftrrtvartlcd his letters; say- ing lll the presence of my sister, the would have him up for it. Being ready to start for Boston in seatcli of his cousin, lie, after much urging, prevailed upon me and my sister to write letters of introduction to our sisters and other friends, requesting at the satire " " that we would not meti- tion his be’ ~'~ so me; as he intert- ded as so ‘ money ‘,0 take mg ml; . -ii 3. lions in Not» - acknowledge me in with his -request, riot S'.lSpL*;,‘,,._> .-.. , any evil designs; but I ltajoe sine; [mu-,,,,.d that had he not been our-5:9,] at the time he was iti Boston.’ my 535,3, 1) ’ dilugllle" H"""--, ‘would have been mar- ried ‘O lllm lllc next day. What a provi- dcntial ¢.‘S"ape ' What cottld his inten- ~ \ “""5 I-'I‘ciV(‘. been towards my niece l A- s .r.__v_ U: ,'to her family likewise. las,l to ruin her, and to bring misery in- To do \VlCl£té(ll_\' seems to Il£1\G been his secret delig|r:.——— I the a"°°'°"-3 ‘3f““3- The remorse, chagrin, and shame I felt on Iani a( I I _ count of lr:-rvitw been so drt-adfull du- ' o - D 0 n ‘ --~ mv tnarr-rage, with that accomplish- .,t he described; when I, :12. ‘cu; from your 3. I _ eon iniposte-r, Kilo...‘ ; . - ' V 1:4-:1 - ney when he left for l5os.... ., _- . ll were possible for him to draw mo...__. in Philadelphia, he would ccrtaiirly have done it before he left that place, and uh ! I then feared the worst of consequences. Alas, thought I, perhaps I shall be thought an accomplice with him; and where is and be tilled with fear,if united to so vile a tvrelcli as I was? ing ofi'.:nded him one day, he said to llltl-t, he would never caress him more, declar- ing at the same time he never forgave in- juries, but delighted in revenge; I thought but little ofthis expression at the time, but since I gave several papers written by Mi- na_to Mr. and Mrs. Elroy, acknowledging iuy marriage to him, dcc. I have thought that if Mina had it in his power to revenge himself on me, he would no doubt do it.-— Through conscious of my own innocence, Iapprehentled that it was possible that I might be arrested ; and Oh! the dread I was under of the horrors ofa prison ; and I equally dreaded the thought of being 0- bliged to appear in Court. Full of these appreliensions, I determined to leave my home for a while, presuming by so doing I might avoid the evils I so much dreaded. Alas ! ,.But this I fear has proved an unfortunate step; Ifear alas l that it is construed as an evidence of my guilt; I presume it has been the cause ofexciliiig the public mind to such an__unpt'ecedeute‘d dr:g:'ee against me ; for the public journals teem with nothing but crut.-l invectives. Oh! how many false reports are before the public, which serve to excite the popular ocliuni against me ? I never kept a boarding- lrouse in Pltilaidelphia beforel was married, as was stated in the public ptirrts, with much more that was false. I left Brew- ster in the autumn of 1813 ; I came to Philadelphia. and commenced leaching school and learning music in French with Mrs. Le Bruu, and in the autumn of 1814 I entered Mrs. Le Brun’s boarding school as a teacher of the English branches ; I remained with her three years. In 1817 I commenced teaching a school again for niyself——1818 I was ma:'ried to Mr. C.- It will_be three weeks to-morrow, since I was arressted at a town i called Greeti- field where I had been in a private family by the name of Newton, for three weeks, teaching their children. I am about 500 miles from my family ; I have all the ne- cessaries of life amply provided for me, and am blessed with health. I humbly hope you will forward me the certificate which I have requested, by mail, as soon as possi- ble ; a line from you would be a cordial to my wounded soul ; my worthy friend, farewell. LUCRETIA CHAPMAN. P. S. My dear friend, as I am anxious you should know a few more particulars respecting the author of my ruin, I add the following :—When Mina came.to my house, his dress was plain and decent—-he was without any recommendation except his misfortunes die had so recently experien- the innocent person, who would not start. My dear liltlo son hav- L cad. It was on the 19th of May that I19 came to my house : He said that it was on the 8lli of August, 1830, that he took leave of his native place, Mexico, in com- pany with a Dr. of immense wealth, who was to travel through Europe with him, as he spoke several languages. VVliile he was in France, this friend of his died in a fit while at church. He stated that both his, and his friend's trunk, were seiz- ed by Government and confiscated with their contents, containing several thousand dollars in doubloons. As he “could not speak thevI"rencli langl.l.'-l_<_!P, antl as there was rto vessel to sail for Mexico, but one to sail for‘Boston, he took passage for that pOl‘i,WlI6l’e he expected to find a relation nfhts in commercial business for his father, adding that his father was Governor of California when he left lroiue, but that he lias.sincc become the Ctnirrmauder-in-Cllief ofthe Mexican at-ruies.——On enquiring fo_r his relation he was-informed that he had gone to Mexico to spend a few months, having been recently ma_rrit=.d. Thus foil- ed in his expectations be preceded to Pliil- adolphia, fronrwhich place be walked to my house, saying that he was wishing to go as far as Count Bonaparte’: expecting there to find a friend who would readily furiiisli him with ~ money. .My husband and self, wishing to know more of this stranger, offered hint ottr carriage to ride there: myself and Mr. Ash, a pupil of ours, accompanied him there, but did not ‘he ice made iinothorisltove; at this time the water rose twb feet higher than it had previously been—-9 span or about 1000 feet of the bridge were carried away near the Wriglttsville shore; many of the board piles in the_ lumber yards on this side were upset ; andtthe two store houses of Mr. C. Haldernan were considerably injured. At 1 o'clock the river had become clear of ice oppositetliis place, and it continues so at this time, having fallen to nearly its nat- ural lieiglit. Above the bridge there is some ice, and below us the dam remains unbroken. Two stables belonging to Mr. T. Win- nomore were taken off; the frame work of the sawmill just above the bridg::, erect- ing by Messrs. Forrey, M’K.issick ‘and Heise, was born away; the saw-mill own- ed by Mr: J. Strickler, and‘ improved by Mr. T. Collins, was moved 03' by the force. of the ice, and the store-house belonging to Mr. Sttickler was also taken from its foundation. ‘ The whole. length ofthe bridge at this place, Was 5690 feet ; about une third of is gone, and the remainder is trial"; or; 103, injured in dillerent places. [1 was com, rnenced in 1812, and ntjjde passable ;,, ll” W! ‘’_l _18!4_5 and we learn that this is The 6"?‘ "U!"-Y "' ‘twist sustained from the ‘C‘''‘ the ‘:03’ Was about $232,000. We l‘av° “°,l "7-nd€'.-stotid what course the di- "'°°t°” Italic concluded to- adopt, but their find his frieird. He returned with tne and husband. A few days after this, 'f.1in_'d togetlier with myselfantl liusbargjjj, vm.-,,,,; letters to his family in Mexico-—-m »5g,l;‘;m.«] son VViiliam calling on lbg, (:',,,,,"_:,,j Wm, ml." r,cqu‘.3s”."g hm‘ ,l° forward his letters. Mina s dignified b'_.j,,,.,o‘u,, while at my house, and the QonSul’s respectful behav- lhlfl he W115 Wally the son of Governor‘ 3,l”_“‘- ‘-35 he had stated. While Mina -was ”_"-I12 with the Constil and his family, one ml the sisters of the-Consul, speaking with -syurpallry of Mina’s misf0r'unes, said to mt‘, “ this young man is very iicli in his own country.”~l-lad any doubts remain- tod relative to his being the Governor’s sort, this statement, toga-llrer with the Con-‘ sul’s expression ofgratilude for my kind- ness, to him would have been sufficient to tlt:slt‘U_Vlllt.'m. Is it to be wondered at that unsuspecting females should be duped by him, since not only many gentlemen, but this Con-ul must have been deceived, or else metliinks he certainly would have irrlorrried me, iflie suspected him to be an imposler. From the C0nsul’.s he return- ed to my house, continued to learn the English langu:rgn, under my directions, tel- ling me if I would teach him :o speak it fluently in three years he would give me (3000 dollars. Ilo evinced an (‘X-I‘2ll.)l'Clltl— ary attaclririent to my husband, self and children, after saying he had found a father, I I lllt‘. 7.‘ rllffl V" ?.'t-ti. , . "ii , '5.‘ . » ' I T 3 .l. IUIIL IIID I/Ilblflllfllltb ‘L U I} Utly, 1. DUI Vt BREAKINGAUI’ OF THE SUSQUEHANNA. The rains ofthe 3d and 4th inst. carts- ed the Susquehanna so to swell, that at a- bout 6 o'clock on the evening ofthe lat-. ter day the ice commenced moving rvithrt great crash. The rapidity with which the water rose, soon created fears for the bridge and the property at stake along the river bank. Immediate measures were taken for the removal of the flour, wlii3key_.&c. in danger, which were successful; and we believe everything moveable, that w.rs-li- able to destruction,‘ was placed iti safety,‘ with the exception of’ the lumber. Great crowds were attracted to the bridge in the early part of the evening, and from the con-.. slant noise made by the ice pressing a- gainst it, more resembling a discharge of musketry than any thing we can liken it to, the opinion prevailed that the whole of the bridge from the Wrightsville side to the big island, was being swept away.~‘.. At this period the most painful anxiety was manifest; the darkness ofthe night was a barrier to the sight; while it was unsafe to enter the. bridge for the purpose of gratify- ing curiosity. At about 11 o'clock, the ice had stopped running, being dammed below, and a number of persons from Wriglrtsville came over and reported that no part ofthe bridge had gone, except the lower side ofa span in about the centre, and that-the sotiud which had created so much uneasiness, was caused by the rip- ping off of some of the weatlierboarding. This allayed a great deal of fear, and con- fidence again prevailed in the stability of this noble structure. At 12 o’clock, however, the ice made another push, and at a quarter pas-t,‘5 span or 540 feet of the bridge were taken from the piersvrilli a crash that Went to the heart of every listener. Shortly after, the ice again jammed and stopped, and so con- tinued until about half past 10 on Sunday morning, when it moved and took with it 2 span or 210 feet of the bridge near the Wriglilsville side} Before we go further, it will be necessa- ry to state, as explanatory of the unusual height ofthe water at this place, that at the breaking up ofthe river three weeks since, the ice was unable to force its pas- sage through the narrow places below- consequently all that had crowded into a space of about 12 miles in length, forming a dam in some places 60'feet above low water mark, and extending to the bottom. The difiiculty ofthe water finding its way through such a mass of ice, may easily be imagined. It is said that four miles down it never started, during all the time it was running here. Aside from this cause,lliere was norwaler enough in the river to occa- sion auy injury orexcite any alarm. On Tuesday was the greatest rise-,_= on Mr. Ash, and was welcomed by my, kind] '°‘" Wlllle 3‘. lilS,lnspii'ed me with a belief jvep-‘l<';o'\v'rr enterprise and ability lead to the ‘celiefthat the most efficient measures will be resorted to, for promptly i'epai;-ing the injury sustained. The damage done to this building is not to be regarded merely in a local point of view——llio loss is a public one. The great Sotilhern and Eastern mails were carried on this route, and four stages, two from Philadelphia antl two from Baltimore, pas- sed over this bridge daily. There is reason to believe that the inju- ry sustained by the public works is very light--one side ofthe east end of the bridge at the head ofthe canal basin was under- mined and the wood work is in a reclining .~i.ualion; tlrestnerll bridge over Shawnee run was raised from its foundation, but otlierwise is not much damaged. The out- er wall of the canal between this and Ma- rietta, withstood the pressure in a manner tvliich spoke volumes in its favor. In our uext we shall be able to be more particu- lar. The early stage from Baltimore hadjust, reacliod this end of the bridge on Satuniay cveriing as the ict». comnieucr.-d moving.—— The passengers in the late stage passed the night in Wrigiitsville. Both stages frotri Pliiladelpliia arrived here too late to cross the bridge with safety. 00 Satur- day morning, Colonel Jefftics, agent for the stage owners, employed two men to lake the mail over. They went on till they came to the opening, thence on the ice till they again reached the bridge-.— ._.. st [V. l 3 :1‘. ff.‘ iurttttuity uidi. int.-._v' icticlicu tut: Ul‘lUgt'.—- lTlie feelings of the spectators who were witnesses to_this from ilie shore, may be ,itnagincd but cannot be described. The water on Tuesday was about 19 feet above low water mark, antl»3O inches higher than it was at the break in Jann- ary, 1813. Its height was about the same asin 1784. Tradition speaks of a high flood in 1740,\VlllCll far exceeds thatcf’84 —-and inferring that no intermediate flood. was higher than that of the latter year, it followstliat the water reached a greater altitude on the 7th inst._tlrau it had done for‘92 years. , ' At Marietta, the river was very high,and at one time considerable luiuber and whis- key were afloat, we learn, however, that it will pretty much all besaved. The building occupied by Rees Hippie as a dwelling, formerly a still house was swept from its foundation. From Sunday moi- ning till Wednesday; the turnpike between Marietta and this place was impassable-,and travellers had to lakejthe old road. In the public house, kept by Col. Kelly, called calledtlie half-way house, the water “was 15 inches on the first floor on Tuesday forettoon. M R. CLAY’S SPEECH. 'l‘he.G_lobe of liVednesday contains a sketch. of a part of Mr. Clay’s speech. Intending if possible. to publish the whole speech, as writ- ten out by Mr. Clay ‘himself, when it shall come to hand, we copy only so much of the abstract as relates to the collision with Mr. Smith of Maryland. Mr. Clay passed to the consideration of the financial remarks of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Smith.) The Senator commenced his remarks by saying that he had been accused of being too friendly to manufactures. A more malicious accusa- tion, said Mr. Clay, was never made by created man. If any one should repeat the charge let him be referred to me; and I will take my solemn oath, on the holy Evaugelists of Almighty God, that since I have known any thing of his course, in either House, he has been a most deter- mined foe to mantifacturers. ’ "' "" “ Mr. Clay called for the sinking fund act of which the Senator from Maryland had accused him of ignorance. How did the Senator know that I was ignorant of that act? [Mr. Smith disclaimed the words imputed to hitn. He had never accused any member of this body of ignorance, and hoped he should never so far depart from Senatorial propriety.] The Senator, con- tinued Mr. C. supposed me to be ignorant of that act. There are two errors which very frequently find place in some minds; one is the error of depreciating the knowl- edge of ‘others; and the honorable gentle- ./ldvocate thus gives what he calls an account of a remarkable explanation that took place between Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Clay, in the course of Mr. Clay’s late tariff speech. Pronrinentexainple of the existence ofboth errors. ' ’ ' * ' ' After alluding to the friendship which which he had always exhibited towards the tirmy and navy, Mr. Clay touched the sub- ject of Internal Improvement. He had said that there would be left 18 millions.‘ I will go as low as arty body,--I will go lower than any body. You shan’t out-brag me. Give three millions to Internal Im- provement, and Colonization, and the rev- enuc may go down to nine mil!ions.-—- _ While treating on the subject of Internal Improvement, Mr. Clay alluded to the construction ofthe Committee on Roads and Canals; it had been so organized by the honorable Senator from M aryland,tlrat tour our of five of the niemlaers were "a- gainst the constitutionality of the power to ‘"'r*l<° Imemal.I'mprovements,and the ex- pediency of exercising the power. ’ it it ‘ in st 0 M'.. Smith was sorry to find that he had '3't1‘In3.'.-nlioiially offended the Hon. gentle- man from Kentucky. In referring to the vigorous age he himself enjoyed, he had uo_t supposed he should give -offence to others who complained of the inflrmitles of age. The gentleman front Kentucky as disparaging to his vigor and personal ap- pearance ;—-for, .when that gentleman spoke to us of his age, he heard a young lady near him exclaim,—-“ Old, Why I think he is mighty pretty.” gentleman, 0!! Friday lust made a simili- tude where noneA_e:-ézrted. I, said Mr. 3., had suggested the necessity ofmutual for- bearance in settling the Tariff, and, there- upon, the genllerriau vociferated loudly and angrily about ‘removals from office.—- He said I was a leader in the system. I deny the fact. I never exert;i.se'd the least influence in effecting a retrieval, and, on the contrary, I interfered, successfully, to ttffice. I am charged with making a coni- mittee on Roads and Canals, adverse to Internal Iuiprovement. Iftlris be st», it is by mistake. I certainly supposed every genlenrau named on that committee, but one lobe friendly to Internal Iiriprove- ment. To the coniniiltee on l\lanuf:tr.- tures be assigned four out of five who were known to be friendly to the protra- tive system. The rights of the minority, he had endeavored, also, in arranging the coinmittees, to secure. The appointment of the committees he had found om: ofthe most dificult and onerous tasks he had ever undertaken. One third ofthe House werelawyers all of Will’)!!! wanted to be prtt upon some important committee. The oath which the Senator had tendered, he hoped he would not take. In the year 1795, he had sustained a protective duty against the opposition ofa member frotn Pittsburg.— Previous to the year 1822, he laid always given incidental support to manufactures. in fixing tlieinrifi‘ F‘: . . .: - ‘ ' itl :: " " -up rut‘. Clay placed, he said, a high value on the compliment ofwliich the honorable Senator was the channel of cozntnnnicaiion and he the more valued it, inasmuch as he did not recollect more than once before.in his life, to have received a similar compli- ment. He was happy to find tlialtbe Hon. gentleman disclaimed. the system of pro- scription ;—-and he should, with his appro- bation, hereafter cite his authority in oppo- sition to it. The Committee on Roads and Canals, whatever were the gentle- man’s intentions in consuzucting it, had a majority of member_s,_, whose votes and speeches against, Internal Improvernents, were a matter of notoriety. The gentle- nian’s appeal to liisacts in ’95, is~pe_rfe_ctly safe; for old as'I. am, my knowledge ofhis course does not extend back that far. He would take tlie.period which the ‘gentle- man named, since 1822.. It comes, then, to this: The honorable gentleman was in favor of manufactures ; but he had turned, I need not use the word-—.he has.abandon- ed manufactures. Thus- t‘Old politicians chew on wisdom past “ And totter on, in blunders to the«la.st.”‘ Mr. Smith. The lastallusion is unwor- thy of the gentleman. Totter, Sir, [tot- ler. Though some twenty years older thae the gentleman, I can yet stand firm, and am yet able to correct his errors. I could take a View of the gent-leman’s course, which would show howinconsistont he has been-[Mr. CLAY exclaimed, angrily.- “ Take it, Sir, take it--,1 dare yt»u.”]— [Cries 0fs.to,-der,”_'j No, Sir, said Mr. 5., I will not take it. I will not so far disre- gard what is duo to _tlie dignity ofthe Sett- ate. - Jlfr. Clay and the Vice President. Tne correspondent of the N. Y. American "Mr. Clay was treating the constitutional objection to the system, not argumentative-lys_, but historically. It was, he said, an objection of recent origin ; even the Senator from South Carolina, in his long and elaborate argument, embracing the whole subject, forgot that ob. jection, till after his speech was delivered.— The constittrtionality of the tariff was not de- from the pen of the distinguished citizen of South Carolina, who fills; the chair of this be- dy, &,c. Mr. Calhoun rose and said, he was compelled to remark, in reply to theraference to his opinions, that he considered a tariff for protection as unconstitutional. Mr. Clay was sorry to hear it. It doubly grieved him, as an instance of the chapgeableness, of human nature; for, if he remembered .ariglit, the Chair had expressed no such opinion in the great debate of 1816, in the other Hot'_se.— Mr. Calhoun replied; “that was a ttriifl‘ for revenue, not protection; the constitutional question was not debated." ‘ “No, sir,” re- I was the last who should take the remark The I"lon.,- preventthe removal oftwo gentlemen in- - .tation of foreign. mptrufactuged glove.-, ,- nied, be believed, in the celebrated exposition ‘ fflttfgtt iitttclttneirtc. By an arrival last week, London paper! -have been received to the 8th of January. The principal subject of speculation is the‘ non-ratification oi the treaty, between Bel- gium and Holland by Austria, Russia and "Prussia. The best opinion seems to be,- 'however, that there is no danger of distur_-=- bance to the peace of Europe from tliii source. _ The expedition 0f'D0ll Pedro was in is state of forwar‘dness, and active prepara- tions for defence were made by Don Mi- guel, but actual hostilities had not begun. The cholera continued to advance slow- ly in England, and one case was reported in Edinburg. ln Si. Petersburgh, the dis- order had entirely ceased‘, ‘and on the sec- ond Sunday in December, a To Detirn was- performed in consequence, and the city: was illuminated in the evening. In Con- stantinople and Smyrna, there was no luna- ger either plague or cholera. Tutt_Rm'at\~na.-”-—Tlre revenue of tft0.' quarter eudingfith of Jan. 1832,was £11,- 818,545 ; being a decrease of £903,218 as compared with the same quarter of the former year. During the whole year en- ding 5:l‘I of Jon, the revenue anioirnted tq £42,833,l7_0, beinga decrease, as com- compared with the former year of £3‘ » 984.175. ’ '- The decrease on lliejcustoms during this quarter, as compared with the co.t'espon-- j ding quarter ofthe former year was £240,- 972, During the year, £1,006,846.--Em cise, is compared, &c. decrease during the quarter, £565,646. During the year, £2,564,918. Stamps, increase during the lqunrter, £15,330. Decrease during the year,£104.381. Taxes under the man- » agement ofthe commissioners of taxes, including arrears of property, decrease du- ting. the year, £149,063. The London Globe accounts for the de- crease of revenue by saying that “ one .subject, and one subject only, eirgiosses Illre attention of Englanl, (}u,;ro,,,s 3,,-d ‘Excise are superseded by schedules A and ‘B, and the state of the Consolidated Fund is considered with less attention than the progress of the Reform bill. The public nrusi have been prepa-.ed ‘for a statement of reduced revenue, not only from rhg re- pea! oftaxes, but from the present state of .the Continent. Yet the state ofthe rev- ontre, when well considered, is far from being unsatisfactory; and if it has fallen short of what might have been generally ianticipatctl at" an earlier period, it exceeds ,C0_l'tSlt.l0l‘tll)ly the gloomy forebodings of gsome of our politicians.” ‘ j The King and the Earl Grey were in ,‘ close conference, at the Pavilion,al Brigit- ton, the whole of Wednesday, January ;4lh; so important was the Slll))2.'.‘.9 ‘-3 =2!-.2«..' ;tltis conference related. that ; .3t.j; .g._.. . l,....2.. , 1‘ 1,», .» . i ‘e t . (. o K 1‘ A 'd _,,-inclu- 1 Devonshlré, _ ess of Bristol,’ . I ,-: 5-" no J.\'1arcbion vuzlnd Lady Wardcliffe. Lorvuou, Jan 8.—'l‘lieir Majestic: SIIII sojourn at Brighton, but purpose returning Q and Lo rd to St. James’ on the 17th Feb. On “fed. nesday, the 22d ufthat mo.ntb, the King holds the first Levee for the season ; and the Queen will hold a drawing.-reunion - the 24th of Feb for the celebration oflicr Majesty"s Birth-day. _ Tire last week has indeed been a gloo- my one at Brighton, that is since Tuesday, ' on which day Earl Gray arrived. If loy- alty to_ our King and delicacy offecliug for his amiable Consort did not live in our. heart and guide our pan, we could prove- our assertion by the relation of sotne inci- dent ._wliich Lord Grey’s visit gave rise to. ‘Q Sutiice it, at present to say, that “ 'I‘wi- light. Grey had there in his sombre livery At! all things clad”—-and, as in Milton, so with’ r. us, “ Silence, shall accompany” the llIl.- welcomed guest. , :5 January evening 7.—Lord Grey has re? turned from Brighton, Gr a Cabinet Conn .3 cil is no.w setting, to attend which most: of the Ministers have, we understand; come to town. We apprehend there car. be no doubtfor that result ofthe Premier’ls' visit to the King is such as will well pleas , the friends of the reform——-that is, lit? counry at large; but we have no ioforma, tionon the subject so specific as to be, worth detailinrr. . " Dusmrv, Jan. 5.---A report re_ache£ town this morning that a conflict too place on Tuesday, at Taghmon, in -the-.," county of Wexford, between a party of police and the peasantry, in which seven‘ of the latter are stated to have been killed. Meetings to resist the payment of the-. ti-llies continue to be held in various parts, vofI.43ins~.ter.—and Munster. .5 Distress oft/re Working Classes.-—fI'lie» distress which prevai's in W_o,rt:_es_ter,_aiiti' which mtist be ascribed, to the free‘ iinporif i r ~. r . \ truly appalling! Thousands are now sf the. door of starvation l—meetings rm". been held-—'petitions have been_drawn up, and subscriptions have been entered iuto—’j' for their relief. Now all this is very we'll}, but nothing so effectually relieves a start." ving people_.as to._ supply them with tlj mea_os of contributing. to themselves. ‘S Itappears from. calculations made at, , recent meeting, that from January 1st to} November 30th, last year, 1,0l4,456’pair§ of foreign manufactured gloves were ported from rance l This alone well .; suflicient to cause a stagnation in the trade; but, when we consider that the ' abra- number is not above one-fourth of w , have been smuggled over during that pd riod, we wonder that there is such a" f‘ as a glove trade in England at "all. ‘- Really the state of England, from c to the other, continues to be most alarm" joined Mr. Clay, “. for it was not then consid- lllflld-'1)’ about 11 ofclock in the morning, man must excuse trio if say that he is a cred dcbatcable.’: improvement. ~ and unhappy, without ilioprospect of l. x l
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