‘no objection. provided it did not delay the
- the special order for Monday.
‘confirmed.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Correspondence of the Jam. of Commerce.
IMONDAY, Jan. 8.
The Cal/toun Manifesto against the Van
Buren Convention has not yet arrived. but I
learn that it is iti print, and will soon be
here. It has had the effect, in anticipation.
to shake the confidence of the Van Bureri
men in the strength of their position. It is
not at all improbable that the friends of Cass
and Johnson will also keep aloof from the
packed convention.
It is quite settled that Mr. Spencer will be
nominated for the vacant seat on the bench
of the Supreme Court. Mr. Hiram Ketch-
um has been strongly urged upon the Presi-
dent for the station, and pirticularly by Mr.
Webster. The Senate will not confirm the
nomination of Mr. Spencer, unless he first
resign the office of St’Cf't‘I'-ll'y of the Treasury
and it is pretty certain that he will not resign.
A Mr. Green. attorney general or district
attorney, in New Jersey, has been mention-
ed for the office of Secretary of the Treasury.
He is said to be strongly urged on the Presi-
dent by Capt. Stockton and others.
In the Senate, to day, Mr. Semple of Indi-
ttna. introduced it joint resolution requesting
the President to communicate the provisions
of the convention with Great Britainjof l8l8.
"respecting the occupation of the Oregon
Territory, which provisions were continued
indefinitely by the convention of I827.
Oregon Territori/-—Negotiation at
Washington.-—'I‘he deb-te on Mt‘. Allen’s
resolution calling for the instructions given
-to our Minister at London in reference to
the title to, and occupation of the Oregon
Territory. and the correspondence relative
to the subject, was continued in the Senate
for some hours, and resulted in the rejection
ofthe resolution. yeas 14, nays 3|.
Mr. Archer. chairman of the committee
of Foreign Affairs. stated officially, for the
information of the Senate, that there had
been no negotiation as yet on the subject of
the Oregon boundary; that instructions had
been given as the basis of a negotiation by
this government ; that the British govern-
ment preferred tot teat here; thatt he nego-
tiation was transfered to Vlfashington city;
and that a minister specially charged with the
adjustmentof the matter would be here and.
commence the negotiation in a few weeks.
Mvtny insulated points were discussed
particularly the usages and constitutional
power of the Senate in regard to negotiations.
Mr. Allen said the government would
never allow any more land on this continent
to be ceded to any foreign government,
more especi2illy',that of England. He pre-
dicted a great war with England, during the
next generation, 5:-c.
The House, to day. concluded the debate
on Gen. Jackson's fine. at half past 4 o'clock.
The bill was reported and was passed; yeas
I58, nays 28.
Tunsnar , Jan. 9.
. Ritles.—The House, resumed the consid-
eration of the subject ofthe Report of Mr.
Adamsjfrom the committee on rules and
orders; and Wise',who hasjtist returned from
home, asked permission to make a report
from the minority of the committee and have
it printed without delay. t\’r. Adams had
action ofthe House on the subject.
The postponement of the subject was
mov.ed. and while this was under considera-
tion. a motion wasmade to lay the whole
subject on the table, and lost, yeas 78, nays
107. The morning hour here expired, and
the report on the rules may occupy the
morning hour four _montlis at this rate.
I'I"estern. Rivers, vs. Eastern Rivers.-
The House went intoicomiiiittce on the reso-
lution referring the ‘various topics of. the
Pl'L’SlCIt‘lll.’S Message to the appropriate com-
mittees. '
The reference of the recommendation to
make appropriations for the improvement of
the navigation of the V\’estern rivers, har-
bors. &.c. being under consideration. Mr.
IVellcr of Ohio. spake very sensibly. on the
subject, pointing out the resources and pros-
pects ofthe_,\Vest, and the necessity of pro-
tecting and facilitating her vast and increas-
ing internaf commerce. He disclaiuied for
hiinselfthe idea that the West was disposed
to use her power of numbers for selfish piir-
poscs, or thatshe would undertake to help
herself, to the disadvantage of the rest of the
Union.
In the Senate to d iy, after the presentation
of_ petitions. Mr. Phelps introduced a bill to
repeal the law establishing t"ie Board of
Commissioners to adjust the claims under
the Cherokee Treaty of £836.
Mr, Allen's resolution calling for infor-
mation as to the fact whether the Indians
within the U. S. territory received pensions
from the British Governinent, was adopted
without debate.
The Ta.rz'jf.—Mr. Emons from the com-
mittee on Finance, reported the bill (lately
introducedby Mr. McDiiflie) to revive the
Compromise act, and otherwise modify ,the
existing T-ariffi Mr. Emons moved tliatthe
committee be discharged from further con-
sideration of the bill, and submitted a resolu-
tion, under the direction of the committee,
declaring that the bill was a proposition to
raise revenue, and could not originate in the
Senate. The subject was postponed and
made the order of the day for VVednesday.
The bill refunding Gen. J.ickson’s Fine
was received frorii the House, and read twice
and referred. _
Joint Oceu.panc_1/ of Oregon Ter-ritorg/.—
Mr. Seriple of Illinois. pursuant to notice,
introduced a resolution that the President of
the U. S. be requested to give notice to the
British Government that it is the desire of
the United States to annul and abrogate the
provisions of the 3d article of the Convention
of 20th October, I818. indefinitely continued
by the convention of 6th August, l827.
Mr. Setnple-explained his objection to the
termination of the joint occupancy of the
Oregon Territory. The subject was made
into
Executive Session, and referred the nomina-
tion of Mr. Spencer in the appropriate com-
committee. .
Some minor nominations were rejected or
Nomintrdions.-.-.—The Senate wcnt
Wsosrzsntr. Jan. 10.
Several of the appropriation bills were
yepprtediu the House today by Mr. McKay
from the committee of Ways and Means, to
wit, the bills for the military service for the
fiscal year; for the Wtst Point ‘Acadeniy;
and also for the civil and diplomatic service.
Mr. Barnard moved a suspension of the
rule to allow the adoption of the resolutions
on the table not giving rise to discussion.-
This was agreed to, and many resolutions
were adopted, mostly relating to local and
private affairs.
The report from the committee on Rules
and Orders in the House. was taken up dur-
ing the morning hour. and was opposed by
Mr. A. V. Brown, of Tennessee.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the reference ofthe President's
Message.
Mr. Ficlrlin. of Illinois, spoke atlength on
the subjrct of Western commerce and riavi-
gation, and the claiinswhicli they have on
the couritry for protection. The House-then
adjourned. leaving the subject for further
discussion, daily hereafter. .
In the Senate, to day, a bill was reported
from the Committee of Commerce. making
appropriations for the survey of the mouth
of the Red River. Bills were also reported
granting public lands for the iiriproveinent
and navigation of the Fox and Wiskonsin
Rivers, in the Territory of Wiskon;-in, and
for certain objects of improvement in Mich-
igan. The Uuitcd States are the gainers by
these grants, for the Government res--rves
the alternate sections, the value of which is
enhanced by the completion of these im-
provements.
The Senate resumed the consideration of
the bill to settle the title to the Pea Patch
Island in the River Delaware. It provoked
a general discussion, which continued near-
ly four hours.
THURSDAY, Jan. 11.
The Senate, in Executive session to day,
rejected the nomination of George H. Profit,
as minister to Brazil.
In the Senate to day, Mr. Merrick presen-
ted a petition from Ohio, for the reduction of
the rates of postage no correspondence, and
suggesting a less expensive mode of carry-
ing heavy mail matter.
Mr. King called the attention ofthe Sen
-ate. to the defencciess condition of the coast
of Florida. There were no fortifications on
the coast. It was very desirable that a com-
munication should be. made, if possible. across
the Peninsula, by canal or railroad. He of-
lered a resolution calling on the Department
of ‘War for certain surveys and other infor-
mation on this subject. The resolution was
agreed to.
The Senate went into Executive scssion.
In the House, reports from committees
were read. They were mostly unimportant
One attracted some attention.
Mr. Campbell, of Illinois, from the Corn-
mittee on the District of Columbia, reported
brick a petition referred to that committee.
from Lockport, and stated it as the Wish of
the committee that it be returned to the mem-
ber who presented it.
Mr. Adams moved to lay the report on the
table, and -that it be printed—lost. The pre-
vious question was moved.
Mr. Alams moved to print alone, and was
about to make some remarks.
The Speaker said he could -not proceed
under the previous question. ,
Mr. Adiiins was, however, going on,
when the Speak‘:-r said.—-if the gentleman
will insist on‘ speaking, the Chair must in-
sist on his taking his seat.
Mr. Adams—Your decision is an
to me, and to the petitioners.
Mr. Caimpbell—---The petition was not pre-
sented by the gentleman from Massachusetts
Mr. Giddings said he presented the pe-
tition. There was nothing about abolition
in it. ‘
The report was agreed to, and the petition
was returned to Mr. Giddings. It was a pe-
tition for moral reform or somethingof that
sort. 5:. is said to be a silly 1.-. impotent affair.
Report on Rules.—This subject being ta-
ken up, M r. Rhett said. it had become im-
portant to know what was meant by the right
of petition. What practical difference was
there between refusing to receive. a petition
and laying it on the table .7 Does the right
consist only in reception? If so it is not
worth talking about. It is beneatl: contempt
as the exercise of right. What are the lim-
its of this right? How far mtist we go to
give the right effect? 'I‘o talk of the right
of petition, unlessthey demand full consider-
ation of the petition. is absolute nonsense.
My argument is. Sir, that this right of pe-
tition is a personal right, and that it ends
with the petition 2 if it is received, it is the
commencement of Legislation. I do not be-
lieve that any impediriir-nt can prevent these
petitions from coming in. Let gentlemen if
they please take their course. Letthe North
forget ifthey please. all the ties that bound
us together in the Revoluiion,—--but come
what may, Union or no Union, we-will be free.
Mr. Bi-llack, rose in reply, and had pro-
cecded a short time, when the morning hour
expired.
Mr. R-athbun, of N. Y. spoke on the ref-
ercnce of the subject ofthe improvement of
the Western Waters, and expressed himself
in favor of the object, while he still upheld
the interests of New York. He took occas-
ion to condemn the protective Tariff.
Mr. Thomason endeavored to draw the
House down to the question, which has long
been lost sight of. He- wanted a Select
Cotntnittee for the Western Waters.
FRIDAY, Jan. 12.
The Senate did not sit to day.
In the House Mr. Slidell reported a bill
front the Committee on Commerce. exempt-
ing from duty cotton imported from Texas.
RuIes.—Mr. Birllaclt, of Pa. ronewcd his
argument on the subject ofthe Rules of the
HOUSE. and gave his reasons for abandoning
the 2lst rule. He had supported it until the
Southern men began to flinch. and until he
found his position uncomfortable and unten_
able. ,
Mr. Bclser of Alabama followed, and ar-
gued that the right of petition was niisuiider-
stood,and had no existence to the extent claim-
ed for it. His hour was not out, when the
morning hoiir, to which this debate is limited
was exhausted.
A resolution was offered and rejected to
take tl_ie subject of the President's Message
out of Committee to morrow at 2 o’clock.
ll'estern Interests.-—-This subject being
taken up again in Committee. Mr. Wash‘-
insult
ington Hunt regretted that so much excite-
ment had been produced by this question.
He denied that the northern States had cher-
ished any hostility to Western interests, and
if any such erroneous iiiipra-ssion had ever
existed. it must have-bet-n,entirely removed
by the sentiments avowed here by those who
have t-iken part in the debate-._ Such a feel-
ing on the patrol the north wo’ld be unnatural
towards their brothers and sons of the West.
The motion to refer the Western improve-
ments to a Select committee he deprecated,
because it would identify those interests with
sectional consideration, and thereby do an
injtiry to them.
Mr. Giddings said he would deal liberally
with the interests ofthe Atlantic coast; but
that hejconsidered that the Atlantic harbors, at
light-houses, had been the special care ofthe
gnr-tlenicn, to the utter neglect of the West.
While-three millions of dollars had been ex-
pended on the Delaware Breakwater, otily2 -
000.000 had ever been expended on the whole
region ofthe -L-ikrs. The State of Ohio in
1842 paid more tonnage on shipping than
any 6 States of the South that he mentioned.
The sum of four hundred and twenty six
thousand dollars only had «been expended on
harbors in the State of Ohio. In one month
on Lake Erie, one year ago last September.
there was a loss of vessels that amounted
nearly to this stim, bcsides a great loss of
life. Their iutercrts have been much ne
gliccted. For many years they were utterly
abandoned He would not make this a par-
ty question. But the ahiinrloninent of the
L-ike interests was recommended by the
Democratic party. He now saw with pleas-
ure, symptoms of a returning sr-use ofjustice
on the part of the present Committee of
Ways and Means, and he hoped the House
would carry out measures that will pro-
mote the interests ofthe whole country.-
The idea that those harbors only u hich
were crowded with foreign vessels, or ves-
els trading to foreign ports were to be con-
sidered as entitled to protection and im-
provement was idle. The lake harbors were
found to be external in the. late war. The
difference between internal and foreign trade
in this respect. was preposteroiis. Those
who dcnouiinate the lake trade internal
oug ht to know the number of men employed
on the foreign trade of the lakes with Cana
d:i was seventeen thousand. The amount of
tonnage employed iti thc'Canada trade in
I842. was 203 000 tons—one third of the
whole amount of the tonnage of the. U. S.-
The state of Ohio, though so much neg-
lected, has paid one twelfth part of the
whole sum for the support of thearmy and
navy, and the fortifications for the last five
years. For five yea rs the whole C0mtl‘H‘fC¢~
of the Mississippiand the lakes had been
utterly neglected and abandoned. St-ll pres
ervation was the first law of nature. and die-
tated to the IV:-st, the necessity of withhold-
lug any further contributions from them to
these national objects, until the West had
souie assurance that their commercial inter-
ests would also receive some attention.
Sawunnax, Jan. 13.
The Senate, did not sit to day.
In the House, as soon as the Journal was
read, Mr. Giddings of Ohio. rose, and
claimed a right to make a statement inreply
to an attack upon him in the Globe of, this
trlorrlliig. *1
Mr. Schcnck of Ohio, moved to suspend
the rules to allow his colleague to make a
statement respecting the article in the Globe.
The motion requiring two thirds. it was
lost; yeas 92. nays 57.
The article referred to. charges Mr. Gid-
dings with reading a letter, at the meeting
at Oberlin. Ohio, approving of his course on
Slavery. and leaving his auditors under the
impression that it was from Henry Clay,
whereas it was from Caussius M. Clay.
Mr. Dean tfiiered a joint resolution pro-
posing an amendment to the Constittition,
to provide a uniform method of electing
President and Vice President of the United
States.
S/are Laws in the District of Colem-
bia.——l\rlr. Wilkins. from the Committee on
the Judiciary, to which was referred the pe-
tition of William Jones, a free man of color.
arrested as a fugitive slave, reported “a bill
changing the relations of inastcr and slave,
in the District of Columbia.” The bill
puts the onus of proof on those who arrest
the slave, whereas, the present law requires
the slave to prove his freedom. ,
The report on the rules was further de-
bated by Mr. Bi-lser and Mr. Cobb, bothin
favor ofthe 2lst rule.
House went into Committee on reference
of the President's Message, and Mr. Jamison
of Missouri. spoke in favor of appropriations
for the improvement of the navigation of the
Western Rivers. -
Mr. lVcbsle7'.—lt has been rumored for
sometime that the Hon. Daniel Webster
was about to establish himself in this city in
the practice ofthe law; and we have been
told that offices have been engaged for him,
and have heard the names of gentleman
mentioned as certain to be associated with
him. \’Ve observe in the Newark Post a
statement that Mr. Webster has purchased
the VVeehawken House, on the Jersey
Heights for his residence. How much truth
there is in these rumors we have no good
means ofjudging. ‘
A more reliable strtement is made in the
Law Reportérfor January, that Mr. Web-
ster is ivritiri‘g a history of the adoption 0f
the Federal Constitution and ofthe adminis-
tration of Washington. He could scarcely
make to the American people a more valua-
ble gift than a work from his own pen on
such a subject.——N Y. Com‘. 4- Eng.
It is true that Mr. Webster has made a
purchase of the Weeliaivlren House. Jersey
Heights, by an exchange of ;Western lands,
but it is not true, that heintends to reside
there ‘as stated in many of the newspapers.
N. Y. Express.
It is true that Mr. Webster intends to re-
side there during the ensuing summer: how
much longer we know not. The present
occupant is to remain until it your from next
May,—certaln rooms being reserved by Mr.
Webster for the accommodation of himself
and family. The property was purchased
subject to iricumbrances amounting to about
two thirds of its" value. It is a beautiful
place, and we hope Mr. Webster will live
long to ‘enjoy it.—J0~u'r of Com.
Hr:iti:’s A S'roititi.—A paper called the Com-
munilist, has been commenced in Motiville,
Onondaga co. N. Y. It is the orgah ofa new
sect of Philosophers. Their principles may be
guessed from the followingexiraci :
‘Human rights are equal all the world zi-
round; the earth and its products are the
common property of the race; all buying
and selling are damning falsehoods : all sects
and palllt-S, civil and ecclesiastical, priests
and politicians, Clllll'(‘l'lt"S and gover_nriieiirs.
are inonstrosities of ignort-rice, supperstition
and bigotry.’
Ball at the Retreat.-A novel sort of a
hall came offat the Insane Retreat, in this
city, on New Year’s night. The party
were composed of the male and feiiialc pa-
tients in the Institution, and they had pt'v\i-
oiisiy taken a New Year's dirner with Dr.
Butler.at his house opposite the Retreat; & in
the evening, the party joined in the merry
dance,nll appearing much delighted with
the rimuserrient and exercise. After the
dance came a promenade, and then rt table
of refreshments was furnished for all. The
whole passed off in, good shape, under the
direction ofthe officers of the retreat, and
was a source of gratification and nuiuserncnt
to the patients.—H/trt. Con ier.
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A New Volcano.»-There is a mountain
in Rabuo county, near the North Carolina
line, that is non: throwin*__' out large quanti-
ties of very black dense siiioltc, and inani-
tests the appearance of bring volcanic—
Those who have visited this mountain, say
that the smoke issues through fissures in the
rocks. and that there is a continued rumb-
ling sound like distant thunder. constantly
heard in the bowels of the mountain. There
is nodouht of this fact,as a gentleman ofthis
place has recently visited the i_nountain, froui
whom we have obtained the information —
The mountain itself is very difficult to ascend
and is the highest in that region.
Athens, Ga. Banner.
S/ii-rkiizg Respon.ribz'lit_1/. —-The locofoco
Speaker of the House of Representatives has
appointed ii \Vhig majority on the select
committee raised on the resolutions of Mars-
sachusetts for the amendment of the Consti-
tiition, so as to exclude the representation of
slaves. It is perfectly evident from the fact
that the locofocos are afraid manfully to face
this qnr-stion ;_and therefore the people should
condemn them. Men, who have not the
moral courage to do what is right in their
opinion, ought never to be trusted. There
is no safety in trusting such. The game on
their part is clearly a dishonest one. Put-
ting themselves astride of the fence. tliev will
be ready at the south to assail the VVhig
party if this committee reports favorably to
the amendment, while at the north they will
also assail the Whigs ifthey report the other
way. At any rate, theyymean to malt-e party
capital out of the operation. right or wrong
“PRESS ON.”
This is a speech brief. but full of inspira-
tion and op-hing the way to all victory.--
The mystery of Napoleon’s career was this:
un ler all difficulties and discourageuients.
‘press on.” It solves the problem of heroes
—it is a ruleby which to weigh rightlv all
wonderful success and triutnphnl marches of
fortune and genius- It should be the mott_o
of all. old and young, high and low, fortu-
nate and unfortunate, so called.
Press on ."'_ Never despair never be dis-
couraged, however stormy the heavens, how
ever dark the way, however great the diffi-
culties and repeated the failures. ‘Press on !’
lflortune has played false with thee to-
day, do thou play true for thyself to niorrow
Ifthy riches have taken wings and left thee
do not weep thy life away. btit be tip and do-
ing, and retrieve the loss by new energy and
action. If any unfortunate bargain has de-
ranged thy business, do not fold thine arms
and give upall as lost, but stir thyself and
work the more vigorously.
lfthose whom thou hast trusted have be-
trayed thee, do not be discouraged, do not idly
weep. but ‘press on,’ find others or what is
better. learn to live within thyself. Let the
foolishness of ycstertlay make thee wise to-
day. If thy affections have been poured out
as water in the desert. do not sit down and
perish of thirst, but ‘press on ;’ a beautiful
oasis is before the and thou mayest reach it
ifthou wilt. lfanother hath been false to
thee, do not thou increase the evil by being
false to thyself. Do not say the world hath
lostall its poetry and beauty: but’ even ifit
be so, make this thine own poetry and bean-
ty, bv it brave and true life.
‘Press on,’ say we to every man and wo-
man, for on this depends success, peace, lifel
VVork while it is day. for the night coineth.
in which thou shalt have rest enough. Thy
hand is to the plough—look not back forev-
ermore till thy work is done.
Star of Betltlelicnt.
'1'/re Woorl with the Bark nflf—A wag
has been telling the editor of the Sporting
Ohronicle a story of his exploits while in
Canada. engaged in the lniiiber business, in
which he says he should have made a for-
tune had he remained another year. He
s.-ivsthere is a deal of “rough gambling,”
(that is stealing) going on all round; but
while other people were only able to steal
the saw logs, he was able to steal the boards
ready sawed! he concludes his story be re-
lating that things had at length come to such
a pass, that at all the saw mills‘ a watch was
set to prevent stealing logs; but he had got
so wide awake in the business that he could
"back a yoke of oxen tip to a log with a
man sitting on it, and twitch it out clear,
leaving the man sitting on the bark.’_
The Portland Tribune has retracted its as-
sault upon Mr. \Villis, and the matter is all
amicably arranged.
Harmon_7/ of tlie Organs---The Hartford
Times of last evening says that the Locofo-
cos ofthe Committee of Ways and Means
in Congress will doubtless report ‘a bill for
the pcrnirtncnt eslablislunent of the Tariff.’
The New York Evening Post ofthe previ-.
nus evening says that very little is wanting,
only a little learlessness, ‘to makethe democ-
rjcy of this State [New York] unanimous
--f—zealously unanimous against the protect-
ive system.’ Verily, there is harmony that
passeth all comprcht-nsion.—N. H. Herald.
Awful St'tuation.—- A notorious tipplcr, in
a town not forty IIIIIIS from Boston, returned
home"last washing day, with ajug of rum,
and staggering into his wife's doriiain. mis-
took it tub of well warmed water, for a settee
and suddenly settled ltimself into it, so that
its surging sides l-aped itierirly about him
—he being a fast prisoner. In this predicti-
inent he» called lustily for Nubby. His
“;_rutle wife” seeing his deep interest in her
atiairs, seizing the.-jug. d.-need around the
philosopher, pouring its contents over his
head-—disregarding his prayerful look, mit-
stretvlied arms, and bI'St3t'CIllHg appeal of
"Nabby. save it I Save it I” to which she te-
ulied. “Go it, Joe——long life to your honor,”
&c.—Boston Con-ricr.
Five Got-crnors per Year.—-The E.st-
--rn Argus says the State of Maine will have
had five Governors within less than one
year, viz: Gov. Fairfield, elected in 1843.
resigns-d. and succeeded by Edward Kuva.
uagh, President _ of the Senate, resigned ;
who was in time succeed--d by Mr. Dunn,
Speaker of the House; who was superseded
by Mr. Dana. President of the Senate for
1844. Mr. Daria is now acting Governor,
but a day or two will witness the inaugera-
tion of Mr. Anderson, Governor elect. So
that Maine \\ill have had five Governors
within a year.
The Bziliirriorc American in noticing the
ouirage on Ilie Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail
Road, says:
\Ve have learned from an authetic source.
that the road spoken of has not been wanton-
ly destroyed, as stated. I
The road, as we learn, was sometime since
sold to satisfy judgments obtained against the
Company, and purchased by one oi the
creditors, who has since repaairdly offered
to rr-sell the Rail Road to the Coiiipany.
They did not purchase or fllillie -in ar-
rangement satisfactory to the proprietor. who
it is presumed has taken up the riiateriils
as the only means of realizing any portion
of the debt due him.
Michael IVaIs/t —The term of his im
prisonnieiit having expired, a number of his
friends, including a fire company, attend--d
yesterday morning at the Peniteritizirv. with
a barouche and four horses, to escort him to
the city. and on his arrival at thejiinction of
Chatham and Center streets, he was saluted
by several dischargi-s from a small piece of
cannon, which had been placed there for
that purpose.
The procession accoiripaiiierl by \Va’sh
their moved tip Center Street, and paraded
through other parts of the city.
Junr of Com, llth.
VVhat a terrible iiiystery is connected with
the existence of man! Formed of earth, yet
aspiring to immortal things. 'I‘lie iarth
bounding his vision. yet'his iiiiiid ever’ on
the stretch to know what is beyond it.—--
Conscious that he possesses an iuiriiorta'
principle, yet trembling for its destiny!
“A worm ! a God !
I tremble at myself, and at myself
Am lost.’ 2’
Who can look upon this matter without
trembling——\\'ithoiit emotion? Happy are
they, if such there he, who can look at these
things with it well founded confidence, that
all is right with them—that they can leave
earth, and all its associations. with unshriiik-
ing faith, that their destiny is for a brighter
sphere, where the power of the soul will en-
joy a full fruition in knowledge, in happi-
ness, in love.
D E B T.
Debt is of the very highestrintiqnity. The
debt in the history of man is the debt of na-
ture, and the first iustict is to put offthe pay-
ment of it till the last moment. Many per-
sons, it will be observed following the natur-
al procedure. would die, before they would
pay their debts. Society is ('0lTlpHS((I of two
classes. debtor and creditor. The creditor
class has been erroneously supposed the iiior
enviable. Never was there iigri-ater mis-
conception. The debtor, has the sympathies
of tnankind. He is seldom spoken of but
with expressions of tenderness aid compass-
ion —"the poor debtor l’ the unfortunate debt-
or I’ On the other hand ‘harsh and hard-
hearted’ are. the epithets allottid to the credi-
tor. A debtor is at man of mark. Many
eyes are fixed upon him; many have an in-
terest in his well being; his movements are
of-concern: he cannot disnppear unneeded:
his name is in many mouths: his name is tip-
on many books: he is a man ofiiote-—of pro-
iiiissory note: he fills the speculation of
many minds; men conjecture whether he
will pay. He is a man of consvquetice for
inanyare running after him. His door is
thronged with duns. He is enquired after
every hour of the day. Bring all things to
the test ofexperiiiient. Many a man who
has for years rejoiced in credit has fallen
into debt, and never emerged from it, but
few indeed that have ever tried debt have re-
turned to credit The practice is extending,
through the opinion is not yet shapt.-tl to it.
Indeed the example of the national debt, - or
the whole nation inextricably in debt. ex-
pressed: the aggregate custom. ‘The land-
lord,’ says Sir W. Ingleby, ‘lives in ii lodg-
ing’ with his old woman and his cat.’ Who
will hesitate to consent to the robbery of a
man who lives with an old woman and a cat?
Turn the old woman into a wife and the cut
into a child, and the lodging into an humble
tenement with all the decorums of the love of
order, the pride into neatnrss, and imagine
confiscation sweeping off all the little gr.-
cings of slender circumstances and the na-
tional debtor inight be compassionated, but
these things cannot be imagined ofthe genus
creditor. The creditor always figures in the
fancy asa sour single man, with grizzlvd
hair, it scowling countenance, and a peremp-
tory air, who lives in a dark apartment with
musty deeds about him, an iron safe as ini-
penetrable as his heart, grabbing together
what he does not enjoy. The debtor on the
other hand, is always pictured with a wife
and six fair headed daughters, bound togeth-
er in affection and misery, full of sensibility
and suffering without a fault.
' The examination of Polly Bodine in I the
Staten Island affiir has been further postpon-
ed.
The returns from -Georgia indicate that
there is little doubtof the election of Gen.
Clinch, Whig. to fillia vacancy in_»Congrt-ss.
EXECUTION OF COL. HAYNE.
Among the distinguished men who fell
victims in the war of the American Revolu-
tion. was Col. Isaac Hayne. of South Caro-
lina ; a man who, by his amiability of char-
acter and high sctitiincnts of honor and up-
riglitness.,had secured the good will and»af-
fection of all who knew him, He had a
wife and six small children_ the ejdpst a boy
thirteen years ofage. His wife to w from he
was tenderly attached, fx-ll a victim to disease,
an event hasttiied not iiiiprobiibly by the
inconveniences and suflei-ingisincitlent to a
state of war, in which the whole family
largely participated. Col. Hayne himself
was ial.-err prisoner by the British forces,
and in a short tiuie was execiit d on the gal-
lows, under circumstanc-s calculated to ex-
cite the. deepest Cf')ff:lIll3t’l'flllt n. A great
number of persons both English and Amer-
ican interceded for his life; the ladies of
Charleston signed a petition in his behalf,
his niotherless children were presented on
their bended knees as humble suitors for their
beloved father, but all in vain. During the
imprisonment ofthe father, his eldest son
was perriiitttd to stay with him in prison.—
Bx-holding his only surviving parent for
whom he felt the deepest llfIl'ClI(lH, loaded
with irons and condemned to die, he was
ovt-rwhclmed with consternation and sorrow.
The wretched lather endeavored to console
him by reminding him that the unavailirig
griefof his son tended only to increase his
own uiiscry, that he came into this world
merely to die, and he could even rejoice than
his troubles were. so hear at an end. ‘To-
iiiorrow said he, ‘I sit out for iminortality,
vou will accompany me to the place of exe-
cution, and when I am d.-ad, Like my body
and bury it by the side of your moIheIi.’—-
The youth he-re fell on his fathei’s neck,
cryiiig ‘Oh, my father, my father, I will die
for you! I will die with you!
Col. Hnyiie, as he was loaded with irons,
was unable to riturn the embrace of his son,
and merely said to hiiri in reply, ‘Live my
son: live to honor God by a good life: live
to serve your country; and live to take care
of your brother and little sisters.’ The exit
morning, proceeds the narrative of these-dis-
tre.-‘sing events, Col. I-Iayne was conducted
to the place of execution. His son accom-
parieil him. Soon as they crime in sight of
the gallows, the father strr-ngthcned himself
and S=Il(l—‘No\v my son, shiow yourself ll
man! That tree is the boundary ofmy life,
and all my life's sorrows. Beyond that the
wicked cease from troubiing and the weary
are at rest. Don't lay too much at heart our
separation; it vi. ill be but short. To day I
die, and you my son though butyouiig, must
shortly follow me.’
the broken liearti-if youth, -[ sh.-in sl,on|¢
follow you, for indeed I feel that I canno’t
live long.’ And this melancholy ai«iticipa--
tion was fulfilled in a rriann-er more dreadful
than is implied in the mere extinction oflife.
On seeing" his father in the hands of the exc-
cuiiouer, and then Struggling in the halter,
he stood like one trarisfixcd and motionless
with horror. ‘Till then, proceeds the narra-
tion, he had wept incessantly: but soon as
he saw thatsigl'it,thc fountain of his tears were
stanched, and he never wept more. He
died insane; and in his last moments often
called on his father, in terms that brought
tears from the hard.-st hearts. . .
Outrage on. l/tc Portsmout/L Rail Road,
-—The National Intelligenccr of Tuesday
states that tliirteeri miles of the Portsmouth
and Roanoke R.-iilroail, extending from the
Virginia State line towards Weldon North
Carolin-i, were wantonly distro,-ed on Sat,
urday lost. his said that the iron is taken
offthe rails for the entire length stated, and
that for the dist ncc of five miles the road is
almost wholly destroy.-tl, the timbers having
been also taken up and either scattcredfot-
burnt. The outrage is charged upon one
Mr. F. Rives, who had a mortgage upon the
road, and not being able to disposetof his in.
terest on terms that suited him, took this
magnamnious iriotfo.
-dear for his whistle.’
Copp's Lr.zst.—Copp, the Express agent.‘
while under private examination in this cjty
was asked how he came, while leaving a
trunk with more than $50,000 in money,
exposed on the open deck, take away a has,
ket of eggs’! ‘The eggs,’ replied Copp-
“were marked it-it}: ca1'e."'——A/b.E1;e,Jour;
There are rumors afloat ofan approaching
rupture with Mexico. It is now rumoi-ed
that the departure of Mr. Thompson. the
American minister at Mexico, is not it; con.
sequence of his resignation, but that hi,
passports have been liantled to him by the
Mexican govcrnmint.—Boston Mi,-rc, Joy-y_
‘Father,’ said a wishful lass, about 16
Of 03!‘. ‘I know ppniethiiig about grammar,
but Icannot dcc.zne matrimony, nor see (fig.
reason “by myself and Gilbert catinot be
conjugate/l .' -, .
O. K. for the I.arlics.—-The N. O, Pig.
ayune s--ys—‘the ladies, God bless them;
have decided that O K. means Only Kiss-
ing, nothing else in the world.’
He will probably pay '
‘Yes my farther,’ replied '
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Among the great movements about to take '
place, is the Departure of Gen. Tom Thumb
of Coiiiiecticiit, for the Old VVorlrI. We
hope he will be careful to tell _’John Bull
that the people who made the blue laws,
were not all of his size.-—Jour. of Com.
Large Speculation in Cotton.—-Ive have
heard it stated that the nephew or agent of
the house of Rothschild, now in this city,has
orders to purchase all the cotton in our mar-
ket. Ifthis be true, as we have every ten‘
son to believe it is. so gigantic a speculation
Cflnuol fall of proving highly benefical to th '
holders of that arlicle.—N. O. Cour. Jan. g
Sudden Death.—'l‘liomas Cla pp Carpen.
fer, an old and highly respcctable farmer of
I\lHgSIl'P(l.. (H-arrison,) while’. sitting upon 3
barrel-hea(I,.in a store at Portchester, appa,
rently in perfect health, transacting business
with the merchant. on the 29th u_];_ fettfigck
and died without it gasp, I-le “-35 pg":
of age.—Sta1nforrl Ado. '
Staten Island Mu'ra‘er-—The examine.
tion of witnesses in thist'ragicalofl}iir is
closed, and snflic_i_e‘nt testimony has been eli-
cited, to_ fix ivitli-"certainty the commission of
the murder on" Mrs. Bodiue. and to warrant
the committal of George S. Whine, as an
accessory after the fact.--Cour. 4- Eng,
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