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made certain, what hopes realizcd,what fore-
bodings confirmed.-

Fiuished, says the fund parents, as the re-
alization of all their prayers sleeps sweetly
in the cradle, they are bending over.

, Finished! ejaculates the Weeping Woman

drooping over the tomb.—Noa./ifs Messen.
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lmportatnt Letter from

non. IV. C. R ive s, of Virginia.

\‘v'lAsrtii\‘o'ro.v Jan. 1. 1344.

My Dean Sm :-—It seems to be now def-
initely settled that the country is‘to be cull-
ed upon to retract the solemn decision pro-
nounced by it in I840 upon the demerits of
Mr. Van Bnren’s Administration, and to re-
store him to power without a solitary attone
ment for the past or pledge of fllIten‘llTll‘I)l.
for the future. Theindiciitioiis which have
been given here since the assembling of Cori-
grcss. are too significant to be misunderstood
The COIIW ntion at Baltimore will have noth-
ing to do but to register and proclaim the
-2-‘dict of the caucus in the Capitol.

In this state oftliings are we who have
so often testificd in the fame of the woilil our
deep and earnest convictions of I_h(' f;.t'al and
demoralizing tenilciici».:s of=.\"lr. Van Bur--n’s
whole system of political action, to stzind a-
side with folded arins, and to shrink into an
inglorious, I had almost said l.l't’i‘tS0n«‘tl.)l(.’
neutrality, because oi some diffcreiice of c-
pinion on questions of pul-.l.c policy -from
‘Mr. Clay, which it wise. spirit of moderation
and the recognized arbitrami-nt of the public
will, are daily narrowing in magnitude and
extent! I humblv think not.
_ it it is if

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In the approaching presidential cOntt,‘Sl,tl]t‘n

we ought not and cannot be neutral ; and if

as every thing now indi-'-ates is to be the case
that contest shall be between Mr. Van Bu-
renand Mr. Clay, I have little hesitation in
saying that there is but one line ofaction by
which we can acquit ourselves of the full
measure ofour duty to the country; and that
is waiving all minor considerations, to give
a manly and determined support for t\lr.Cl:i_v
in preference to Mr. Van Buren. For my-
self‘, Ican conceive of no gri»-atercal-imity to
the nation or deeper discredit to the cause
and v-cry-name of popular G0‘-’€TI)ll'l€nl, th in
the reelection of Mr. Van Bur-en would be
after the signal and overwhelttiing ii-njority
by which he was so recently deposed from
power, upon the fullest canvass of his meas-
ures, pulicy, and conduct.
The host of vindicitive passions which fol—
low in the train of restored Governnients-
the crowds of hungry retainers pleading the
merit of past services and losses incurred in
-the cointuon cause—-the inf.itu:ited and per-
-tinacious attachincnt to ancient ZlbUSr.‘S-lI1t'
:ar'oitr:iry and self willed habits nurtured in
-the former possession of power —the com-
rnitriicnt to favorite but pertiniicious schenies
-of policy. have all concurred to give it sortol
proverbial currency to the remark of a cole-
brated English statcsinan and historian, that
-the worst and most dangerous of all revalu-
-tians is a restoration. That all these evils
would be realized to the wildest extent, & in
their most unmitigated virulence, in the»i_'es-
toration of Mr. Vain Buren, none can doubt
who have been attentive observers of the sol-
fish and vicious system of party policy exem-
plified in the creed and conduct of himself
and friends, or who have not forgotton that
rneinoriible motto of party sag-icity. so bold-
ly emblazoned on the shields of his chosen
followers, which in proclaiming ‘lo the vic-
tors belong the spoils of the vanquished.’
shamelessly pointed to the ofli'es and pith-
sl-ic trusts ofthe country as the rightful plun-

.der of political warfa-re.

But to return to the remark I have already
made. Could any thing inflict a deeper
wound on the cause of republiczin iiistitiitions

-than such a Sp3Cl.!IClt‘ of levity and instability

on -the part of the constituent bidy as would
be exhibited in the restoration of Mr. Van
P-itren. after the overwheliiiing coiideiiination
of his ztdiiiinistrittioii pronounced by the al-
most unnnimous electorial voice ofthe coun-
try but three years ago ?—-VVould it not ren-
der popular gov:-rnrnent rt ‘by word and
taunt‘ among the nations? In I840 the
Atnericati people ttpon the fullest and most
deliberate hearing of both sides of the politi-
cal controv:-.rsy—-of the friends as well as
the opponents of Mr. Van Btll‘t-‘I1--l't3COl‘('l€‘(l
their votes against him by such tl majority as
never before signalized the rrrtrettt of any
minister from power, and was till then utter-
ly imp.-araleled and even iinzippro iched in the
history ofour Presidenliil contests. Of the

-twenty six States composing the Union he

received the votes of but seven, and all these
(cxcept one) among the smallest of the Con
fed-gracy; of the 204 votes of the Elvctorial
Colleges he obtained but 60; and of the pop-
ul.it' suffrages, a majority of 245,000, out of
the free and enlightened citizens of America
who voted in the election. gave in their ric-
euirtizlated verdict against him. And yet in
the face ofthis solemn finding of the great
inquestof the body of the nation——while the
ecbo of the general voice which pronounced
it has not yet died upon the <-ar——a bold at-
tempt is made to induce the people to take
back-their own settled and well-considered
judgment. and in elevating‘ again to the
highest office of the Republic the individual
whom they had so recently and deliber-
ately deposed, pronounce a flagrarit sentence
of stultification and incompetence upon them-
selves. I know not in what light other
minds ma_v_view such a proceeding; but to
me it seems it conteinptuotis sporting with
the sovereign constituency of the country-—a
sheer mockery and insult to the public in-
telligence.

And by what means is Mr. Van Buren to
he again presented as the legitimate and an-
nointed candidate of the Democratic party I
Not certainly by the will of the great body of
the p:irtywho,we have every reason to believi-
deplore the madness and folly of the act, but
by the secret and invisible agency ofselfcon-
stiiuted conalzwes and caucuses controlled
with absolute sway by a few bold and ad roit
political managers. I run no risk in saying
that if the individuals composing. the party
throuoghout the Union could be interroga-
ted, upon the 1.-air dire. to say whom they
would prefer as the Presidential nominee of
the party, three fourths of them at the least,
95.1 proholvyly a far larger proportion would
tmhesitatingly declare their -preference for
comenew candidate. And yet, in uiter'con-
temp: of the popullr_9cntimt:m of the party

and disdainfully jrejecgting the only equitable
as well“?‘a"s practic'a‘ble’Z[niode --of arriving at
the will of the majority through the medium
of-‘a fair, equal and uniform Tpopuliir repre-
sentation in the nominating Convention, the
friends of Mr Van Buren (holding on to that
old machinery of pirty discipline and sober-
dination, derived to them from the cunning
o_rd_er of the Jesuits through the bloody Ja-
cobincinl Clubs of Revolutionary F_raiice,b_v
which one or two active sp_ii‘_i,ts_ are enabled
to suppress the will and control the move-
ments ofvast and entire b0'.'lit‘.‘! of_ men) im-
periously Cl:'CltvH‘e that he, and lieonly, shall
be the c..ndid:ite of the p’uriy,., Is it not time
that honorable and patriotic men as they re-
spect the dignity of their own characters, the
privileges of freemen, and the sacred princi-
ples of Rf‘pUblIl'all Government, should u-
nite in one generous and virtuous struggle to
overthrow effectually and forever, the tyran-
ny of 8 system which,oow submitted to, must
finally convert our noble popular institutions
into the worst ofrtll domiriations-—tbat of an
unscrupulous and sordid party oligarcliy.
And what are ,the wise and be-nignant
measures of administrative policy which are
plfoinised us asithc fruits of Mr. Van Burens
ri-storaiion? A return to the glories and
blessings of the Sub Trt-‘as-tiry system it re-
riewi-d war upon the currency, coiitirit-rce,
and business ofthe country! Just at the
'TlOl'l1t’lll. \\ hen, by the mere fact of the with-
drawal of the hostility of the Govt.-rnment,
and that -its medical7'z';c natnrae which is

ing and industrious people, all the business
pursuits ofthe nation are regaining their
prosperity and activity, an-:l the currency and
exchanges ofthe country are finding their
proper and natural level, every thing is to
he again thrown into confusion, and we are
to be replunged into a chaos of wild and
pernicious experiments, simply to sigrittlizc

ry great practical interest of the community
And to this would be added by a natural and

congenialabiises which so ingloriously il
lU5l.l‘itI(.'d the era of Mr. Van Buren’s former
adiriinistration—iniiltiplied schemes for ex-
tending Execiitive pn\V(‘l' and Presi-’li-ntial
pitronnge; profuse and profligaite expendi
tures of public uionry; the impunity and
protection of public officers, purchased by the
merit of their party services; it new brood of
dc-faiilters ofthe I~lo_vts and the Harrises—-ii
race, the entire dis ppciirarice of which, since
I840, is one ofthe proudest proofs ofthejus-
lice and necessity of the change then decreed
by the voice of the people. But it were vain
to attempt an eiturne-ration of the teeming ii-
buses that most ever attend the fundairii-ntal
heresy of Mr. Van Bur-u’s political system.
which, instead of re-gardimg gzovernmr.-nt as
a high .2 holy trust for the good ofthe country
sees in it nothing but ajobto be iidministt-rid
for the benefit of a 7;art_z, of which the Presi-
dent is the head and granrl almrmer.

Now. I would ask what isthereto be ap-
prehended from Mr. Clay's election which
ought to have the weig ht ofa feather in the
scale, when compared with the fatal and de-
Sill}-Cl.Ib'e.*t‘VIlS poisoning the vital elements of
republican -freedom and virtue, as ‘well as
the essential sources of national prosperity
and happiness, which we have every reason
to believe would inevitably follow the resto-
ration of Mr. Van Buren? We shall,doubt-
less. have paraded before our eyes in stereo-
typed horrors, the old and lhretttlbflre appa-
ritions of the Tariff the Bank, and Distri-
bution. On the subject ofthe Tariff I do
not ltesitatc to say that Mr. Clay’s creed, de-
veloped in his recent letters, is in every re-
spect as just, as sound‘ and unexceptionable
as that of Mr. Van Buren, and his practice
infinitely bcl.tH‘. Mr. Clay did not vote for
or approve the tariff of I828, consigned to an
odious celebrity tin-Jertlie name of the Bill
of Abominatioiis, which Mr. Van Bureau and
his fri---nds carried by their vote. It is rath-
er an unfortunate coincidence, corisidcring
the professions of Mr. Van Buren that all
the Tariffs which have been most complain-
ed ofin the South owe their existence upon
the statute book to the votes of hiinsclfor his
Il”it"l'l(lS.

It is no want of charity then, but the re-
sult ol the most candid and (lt'lIl)t‘l'3ll.8 con-
sideration, when I express the decided opin-
ion that Mr. Clay IS—fvlI' more to be relied
upon for a practical adjustment of this deli-
CJIIE and complex subject, on terms just and
satisfactory to all portions ofthe. Union, (har-
monisiug their various interests by the gel
den rule of iiioder-ition, which i-: the only
pledge of permanence and stability in any
iirriingcinent that may be made.) than Mr.
Van Buren. The wise and temperate spir-
it so strikingly exhibited in his letters which
have been given recently to the public. sus-
tiiiiteil by his well kriov.-n IIIIIIII-‘DC? with his
friends, and his own high and l1nq11PSl.iODe(l
chiiriicterfor frankness and decision, is it
guaranty ithich no portion ofthe nation will
lightly regard.

With respect to the Bank, if the country
shall be reduced to a choice between the
odiotts and grinding Sub-Treasury scheme
and 21 National Institution of Finance. prop-
erly guarded n_g.iinst abuse by the jealous
restrictions of its charter, as well as by a
vigil.iiit public supervision and control, I do
not believe that the sober judgment of the
people, under the pressure of such an alter.
native, would find any cause of‘ quarrel
ngaiiist those who, free from constitutional
difficulties on the Sl1l)_j€cl,'\\.‘l]0 should go for
the litter in preference to the former. And
as to the distribution of the proceeds of the
Public Lands, that stands necr.-ssarilv and
evsiilently adjourned as it p’I'fLc'1.’i.Caf quistion,
until the revenuns of the Nation, com mired
with its expendituri s and engagerrients,
shall he in it wry diflt-rent ‘situation from
that in which they now are, or‘ are likely to
be for years to come. My own individual
opinions on those subjects have been so often
and fully stated. that I need not repeat them
here." ‘What I mean to say at present is.
that these are issues either hypothetical and
speculative, or neutralized by equal and up.
posing considerations on the other side, and
should notdivert the mind for a moment
from those higher and more urgent and vital
questions which are the true tests of a sound
and correct decision in the pending Presiden-
tial election. Those tests I have already
averted to. They are such as are insepara-
bly connected with the purity, character,

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inhcrentiu the energies .ofa free enterpris-

ii remorsi-less party triumph,‘ in the constitu-
mation ofa measure openly at war with eve-

necessary connection, all that long train of

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and preservation of the Government}, itself,
and in -- my humble jlldgfIIt’fll,___R__‘|,'fll over-
whelinlngly conclusive against‘ 'th"e’§hreten-
sions of Mr. Van -Burcn. 
As little shall we permit. ourselves/II trust
to be “frightened from our propriety «lby -the
old and hollow expedient of a. sens; _ss and
arbitrary use of party norm-5. Tfidsé ‘who
are so prone to /ring thegcbanges on the
momcnclitturc of,Fi-dera_lists.and R,Pl>ublicar.
would do_wi-ll _to renieiiiber thiit,b§y_ have
men, reading and inquiring men to {leaf with
and not children. Try M r. Von ,l3ufi—ti and
Mr. Clay by any test derivid froiti the an-
thentic history of political partief in this
country, or by the standard of tllose great
principles which exist in the eséntial "ele-
ments of our popular iiistitutionl, and Mr.
Clay stands before the world the ar better
Republican of the two. I ii

In that great array and struggle of‘ the
,two partiesiof the country (iimong':=ltlrc most
~memorable of our history) which jrose out
of the controversy and war witliEng|nnd
in l8l2, where was Mr. Cliiy nrjl where
was Mr. Van Buren? Mr; Cla_ ,gallantly
leading the Republican hosts in thi.-‘House of
Representatives, and sustaing the ilA,tIll'lIl)iS'
tration of Mr. Madison with sit-the inc-r
gies of his patriotism and eloqm-noei;" M’.
Van Buren unitincr with the Ft-dt-talists to
dc-pose that illustrious titan from power, and
to supplant his Adminstrationl Try llH‘m
again by that standard which Mr.»’V"i1n-Bu-
ren himself, in it most elaborate sbcr-ch de-
livered in the Senate of the Llnitejtlfstntes in
I828, declared to hi" the true arid legiti-
mate distinction I)f'l.tV€C'l'I the Ft'(It:lt‘fll and
Republican piirtie-s——the one seeliirf to ex-
tend, the other to restrain, Ezecuti 3 power.
The public have not forgotton thei various
schemes so srdulously devised or coiintenan
red by Mr. Van Buren during the whol-
period of his administration, 65 fully‘-expose-d
at the time, to augment Executive p:r.ronagi-,
discretion, and power; and nothing, surely.
has more eminently distinguished to": career
of Mr. Clay than his constant and persever-
ing efforts to restrain, and to provide new
dikes and securities against the i-nlargeinent

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departiiient of the Goveriinii-nt. Iudging

tion of political parIies,as correctly laid
clown by him in l°°°

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publictin.

the center.

tions in our foreign relations;
deficient revenue with all

at home, ii

tluctive limit, and some of them, there
reason to apprehend, beyond;

kindled fires of the Abolition est‘.

civil discord and intense strif--.- The worst
and most dangerous aspect they present is,
thatall of them bring into immediate. and
opposing array, if not into angry and hostile
collision. the sectional interests and feelings
of the diflcrcnt geographical divisions of the
Confederacy. Whose, at such a irioim-nt, is
the master spirit that may have power to
still the rising tempest before it stvet'pS':,With
dtSIl'UCII\’€ fury over the face of our yet hap-
py Uriion .7 or, should this prove hopeless
and impossible, whose the coinnianding
genius “to ride the whirlwind and direct the
storm .7” To preside over the destinies‘ of it
great republic, in a crisis of such comnlic:i-
ted difficulty and peril, calls for something
more than the arts of the titorc party p'olil-z'-
citzn. It demands the highest l"fH)l”3.t,l‘ and
intellectual qualities of the siates'7,lan——
courage, self possession. elevation of ijiews;
a noble-ness and generosity of naiur‘ that
attracts confid» nce. and can inspire erjthusi-
asm; the spirit of persuasion and the,spirit
of coiiiiiiand. Let the annals of the cohntry.
in some of the darkest moments \\‘l1It.‘Il‘I]8V€
ever lowerid upon its fortunes be Ctlnillilltd,
and they will answer who‘-tlier HEN!-.Y,CLAY
or MAtt'ritv VAN Button is the mtlfl for
such a crisis. '

I have thus. my dear sir, with the frank-
ness due to our relations of friendship, per-
sonal and p0lllit‘.:il, given you my views on it
subj ct which is soon to absorb so hrge a
portion of the public attention, and to which
no good citizen can be indifferent. I flatter
myself they will meet your ‘concurren-:e,
and that ofour republican friends who have
ncted with us in the trying scenes through
which wehave passed‘;" but, in any ‘event, I
am sure they will be received by you with
the kindness and cordiiility, in the spirit of
which Ipray you believe me. most truly
and faithfully yours, W. C. R-x,vr:s.

Col. EDMUND FONTAINE. Hanover.

 

Ax.AR:it .’—The Richmond Euqiiirerls iii ag-
ony. ’I‘he letter of Mr. Rives says the Hart-
ford Coiiraiit. has thrown the editor inioa more
friglitful paroxysm of alarm than thejveteran
ever experienced before. Hear liim°. _

“ W. C. Rives supports Henry (l'lay—a
coalition more monstrous than any . other
combination -wlticli. t/iis i-.ou.ntry lips ever
pror1u.c°d—-and an apnslacy more slamtling
than any w/tic/t any Virginian has jver dis-
played’ j

"I Told You So."--Wife!" will l--our
Cows’ dead.——choke_d to death with iiturnip.

‘I told you so. I always know’ she'd
choke herself with them turnips.’

But it was it pumpkin—a darned ig un.

‘Wal, it's all the same. I lino 'd all
along how it vrmtld be-. Nobody bijt a nin-
ny like you, would feed 8 cow on p mpl-ins
that wasn't chopt.‘ ,

And 'tw:in,’tthe pumpkins, neiihtr, what
choked her.——-"I‘was the tray——the,end is
sticking out of her irioiith now.’

‘_‘Ughl Ugh I’ There goes in bread
tray‘ No longer ago than yestcrdu . I told
you tho'cow would swallow that triy.’

 

Mirldleiown. Conn. by a majority of I , Last
year his nmjoiiig was two. .,

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Charles B. Alsop. has been electedglaynr of

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or abusive exercise of the powers of that
them, then, by Mr. Van Bureii’s own defini-

but totally lost sight
of in his subsequent practice, let the sober
and iinpiirtiiil judgment ofthe country decide
which is the Federalist and which the Re-

lt is impossible for any reflecting man to
contemplate the actual and pr;spi-ctive con-
dition of the country without seeing in it
already the germ of new diffictiltii-s and
troubles, which may in their approaching
developnicnt, agitate our glorious Union to
The Oregon and Texas. ques-

its ordinary
sources pressed upto their lfll'l.llt.'l't’$l. pro-
is
the Titl'iII
controversy re--opened,with all the conflicting
interests and passions which never fail to Le
awairened by it; and added to these. the re-

each and all of them are questions -which
carry in their bosom the fearful elements of

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CONGRESSIONAL.

Jour. of Commerce.
Manon. Jan:15.

. In Senatc today, a number of memo:ials,
signed by thousands of citizens of Pennsyl-
vania,'Midhl‘grin,-and other states, praying
the reduction ofthe rates of postage on let-
ters newspapers and pamphlets, \\ ere presen-
ted and rt-lel'l't't‘I to the prep:-r coii=niitiee.-—-
Mr. i‘.'Ierrick’s bill will be intiturely di-libe-
rated ere he presents it.

Mr, Benton offered it resolution iziquiriiig,
whether the Winnebago Indians had .be-eril

are

Corruportdencc‘ of (lie

compensation to Pi-nsion Agents.

Rejection of Zllr. Hens/iaw.——'I‘he Senate
was in Executive Session for nearly four
hours. When they adjourned-it was disclo-
sed that they had rejected the nomination of
Mr Henshaw, by it vote of 40 to 8.

A doubt has been raised here, \\'l'tetl1t I Mr.
I’ort«-r will alsobe rejected; but there is no
reason to hi-licve that the reasons given in
favor of his confirinution will have any
weight. and, asthey are altogether of it par
iy iiiiture, they ought not to have any.
Pasta-ge.— In the House to d iy, it debate
or rah:-_r coiiversiiiion, occurrid on the mo-
iion to reconsido r a VOIPUU a rrsnlution call-
ing on the Post Oflice Department for (‘t'!'-
taiii information in regard to friirilre-d letters.
&.c. In llle course ofthis CODVPT-S.'tlit'Jl't soun-
things were dropped which are interesting
XI. this time.

Mr. B--ardslcy stated that the Committee.-
on Post Offices and Post Roads. were in fat-
vor ofa thorough and general H.’lOl'm ofthe
Pnst laws. So far, so good.

Mr. Kennedy expressed the opinion that
this sch:-irie of reform was intend--d to throw
the burden of the support of the Post OIII(‘f'
r‘SllitIl'lSll|I)t’I)l. on the mass of the pi-ople Ill
thecoiintry, and to relieve the great citi--s
Iroin it. I-Ieobjectcd to such a reform. But
he was in favor of any change in the laws
that might be thought (‘Xpt-‘(lit’l)l.. provided it
did not render the Post Office establishment
«I bnrdenion the Treasury. I _

Mr. Adams ofiered a resolution, which
was adopted, inquiring whether ‘any (‘Om
plaint had been made by the Government of
Texas as to anv aggression on the citiz--ris
or territory of Texas, by citizens or troops',of
the U. Sli1lt'S-lltt"dUIDg the 'I'e.\'as expedi-
ion to Santa Fe.

Mr, Cadwell oflered A resolution instruct-
ing the Cotninittize on VVnys and Means to
report a bill to I't.VIS(’ the Tariff in such man-
ner as to afford it SUIII('It‘nI. revenue for the
wants of an economical administration ofthe
,Government, with such discriniination us to
dispense till the bi-ni-fits and impose all the
burdrns of the government equally. and up-
on the principle that will tax, as f-ir as prac-
ticable, the property and not the persons of
the p ople.

Texas and Oregon -31 r. Black of Geor-
gia, gave not‘ce that t\'l1t"n the Oregiin Oi -
cupatiori Bill came up, he would move an a-
mendment, for the annexation of Texas tothe
Union. -

«_ ~ — . 5 - .T-UESDAY, Jan, 16.

A77prripriatinn.v.—In the-. House, to day,
Mr. McKav reported it bill from the Corti-
inittec of \Vays and Means, making appro-
priations for the relief of revolutionary and
other I’-nsioni-rs.

A bill making upproprimions for Fortifi
cations.

A bill making appropriations for the Na-
val Service.‘

. These bills were for the fiscal year ending
January 30th, 1845.

Distribution of Public Lands ——M r. Da-
vie, from the. Committee on Public Lands.
reported a bill repealing the Act of the 27th
Congress distributing the proceeds of the
sales of Public Lands among the several
States.

Mr. H iidin, from the Committee on Post
Offici-S and Post Roads, reported it joint res
olution authorizing the Post Master Gener-
nl to contract with Rail Road Companies for
the transportation of the mails, without the
necessity ofadvertising as now required by
law. It was cominittigd, _, '

Mississippi Rii:er.-—- Mr. Thompson, of
Kentucky, moved to rt-‘consider a vote of
the House laying on the table a resolution
for an estimate of the cost of removing the
obstructions in the Mississippi River. He
proposed to modify the resolution, directing
the Committee to report the amount necessa-
ry for removing obstructions. and 1'll)I)l'iIC8
the same in the general appropriation bill,
for this specific object.

M r. Bowliri, of Missouri, spoke in support
of the resolution, stating many facts in con-
ni-ctioti with the subject, showing the great
loss of life and property which was now in-
curred for want of appropriations to remove
obstructions. ' -

Therccent disaster on the western waters
has fastened the attention of Congresslto the
subj--ct.

Mr. Stewart of Pa, stated that the com-
mittee on Ways and Means had determined
not to report any appropriations for the im-
p|'0\’€l‘l)t"lll of rivers, and it was useless to
refer the resolution to that committee.

Mr. J. R. Ingersoll stated that the Corn-
mitteo would do what they ntight be instruct-
ed to do. He contended that the system of
internal.improvemr-nis was the true system
for this country. But the House had tied its
hands. The system of improvements was
killed by the Democratic party It was or.
rested by the veto of Gen. Jackson, and the
vast surplus revenue, diverted from the object‘
was put in depnsite banks and swelled the
paper currency and led to great disasters.-—
The condition of the States, laden, with two
hundred millions of debts. was theresult of
the abandonment of the system ofinternal im-
provement. The eighteen millions rt year
of surplus, was produced by taxes on the
whole country, and it ought to have been ex-
pended for the bum-fitofthe whole. But in-
stead of that, the sr-aboard had got all the
money for light.housFs,fortifications.&c. The
interior would never get any more from the
democrats. Two thirds of the Committee of
Ways and Means \\ ere of the opinion that
internal improvements were unconstitutional
The party were obliged to go,.ng=iinst im-
provements or give uptheir President, Mr
You Boron, wl'p_.>, was cogpniitted against
t em. ’

A_ iitember ask-d_ for the proafof this. Mr.

Mississippi?

W .4,-i.

Tarvfl

Instruction.

by a canal.

of the bill.

miles apart.

II)Ol'l'O\V.

the

grapical

came up.

usual ability.

, .

i
-.

resolutions :

Senate.

Does be
Mr. Stewart suppose
cludcd that river.

‘TL.

Stewart read a’ letter from_,Mr;. Van~Bun;n
declaring that -‘the-{power was not conferred
on the governmenutond could notbe ex‘ercis-
 ed even with the consent ofthe’ States.’
A Member.—Wh~.it, not ‘of improving the
say that‘?
d, be said,-that he in-
He made no exception.

The democratic system would destroy the
agricultural interests of the VI’:-st, and. ifthe
Taiifl was tr-duca d, it would bring into the
mart lllt! wool and other produce of England
while England took not a dollar from the

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_ _ _ . _ _ _ The debate was further continued bv Mr.
uiijiistlytrcuipd |!1\\~ll.l’lIl0ldllIQIl‘ll‘lf annuity. j_ R_ j,,,°,,,,.S,,H| M,‘ K_,,,m_,jv U, ,,,,‘,,_,,,,,,
A b'” “"‘i'~'“’P°'l"‘l by M F- Belts: 3-l°“““‘a’ and others. but no com-lusioniwas arrived at.
Noniiitaliorzs --Tin Senate nits some time
iti Executive session to day.
They d d not take tip the nominations of
Mr Porto-r or Mr Spencer.
The nomination of George M. Keivn, as
Msirshall of Pi'nii.~_i;lv:iiiia \\ its confirmed.

The Army and Navy promotions and ap-
pointments were COIlfII'fllt‘(I.‘
--Iii the Senate, this morning, Mr.
Mi-Dutlic with the assent of Mr. Evans, fix-
ed upon to morrow at one o’cloclr, to call up
the resolution reported from the Comvisittev
on Finance, (It'Cl-Iflllg that Mr. M-'D=IfIie's
Tariff t.ill, is a hill to raise ,revi-niii-, at can-
not constitutiuiially originate in llte S~'n'.itt'.

Wtrnmziin tr. Jam. 17.

vvhi-' h

III‘:

M r.

Post Ofllce Laws.—lii l.l'it,' Sf'l)1|lr‘. to
day, Mr ;\'It)l'PIII‘HfI pri-smite-vl_ it ji-tiiinn
several thousand Clllzr-ns of Cinciiiiiati, Ohio
praying a rvductiori uf the rates of pri:-tagze-.
M r. M. inquired win-tti-:r
had given their earrir-st atti-ritioii to
jcct and \\‘()Ul(I be rs tidy tr) re-pelt iii fvw il-if,.-.
Mr. Bayard i_invi- militia that he would ii.-,
iroducc it bill establishing it Na-r.il Svliiiol oil

I

i'miimittm- , |lH'l.-”I'.
ilia.-grit-';:l-.« most pozi on ;oli:ics', nor: to cease at

The I-lousw bill, to cob;-I)’ a r.l--f'«.'ivncv in i‘?"'-ml-7¥.'="-«‘-"'1 6'9 -‘--“€V.”-t-’»’-’-¢‘»- i-W".-
ilie IUl|ll3 for the rr-lit-f of Ariicricati 5::-.-‘$1.’!-fit-'!if”‘~‘l it-9 "-
mrfl iiboriid, was p:t~s--ll.

Improrements of Wi.sconsin.—'I'he- SUD-‘ll?
took up the bill granting a quantity of land,
for conrii-cting the Fox and Wisconsin rivers

-Mr. Talinndge explained the provisions
The object of the bill is to es-
iiiblisli ii navigable comrnuiiic.-ition I)t‘l\\'(‘o'n
Lake Michigan and Ill" upper part of Mis
sissippi by improving the iiaivigation of thi-
Fox and Wisconsin, and uniting by a canal
their head waters, which are less than two

On motion of Mr. Evans, the report of the
Committee of Finance on Mr. McDufIir-'s
Tariff bill, was further postponed until to

Reicclions.-—'l‘he Si-note then went into
Exectitivi-. S-ssiori, and it is lHl(Ir'|'SIOi"-(I, re-
jected the nomination of Mr. Isaac Hill, ii.-
superintr-nrli-nt of the bureau of provisions &
clothing ofthe Navy.
nominations were acted on.
turn comes next.

I’Vesle'm I-I'alers.——In the House,
'I‘hoinasson’s resolution, instructing thecoin
mittce'on VVays and Means to report an ap-
propriation for removing obstructions in the
Mississippi river, was recpnsiderod and so
tIm€l'Ide(I'€iS' inerrly ‘to t.‘I‘it‘€ct them to inquire
iiito the expediency of the measure.
debate tool: place, in
Mr. Smith of Illinois, Mr. Vinton of Ohio,
.\'lr. Hardin of Illinois, and Mr. Barnard of
N. Y. took part.

The resolution. as amended, was passed,
and the House adjourned.
Co9'rcspom1'cncc ofllie Tribime. '

No other import.-mi
Ml’. Porter's

M

A long
VV-rllt-I‘.

'l‘noiisn/iv. Jan. 18.

The report of the Select Coiiitnittce on the
rules ofthe House again came
Cobb of Ga. concluded his speech in favor of
lst rule, and intended principally to in-
fluence the Northern locos, who have here-
tofore gone with the South, for the role.
Mr. IIudson- claimed for these petitions the
same course oftreatment as for others.
contended that Slavery was it li-giti
j»-ct of legisliition.
piied and the subject went over.

Several communications were laid before
the House, among which was one from the
Prcsidr-nt. in answer to a recent call for car-
respondence, Fcc. with reference to the North
Western bound try line, stating that from
time to time it has been laid before them, ex-
cept for the last few months. which on ar-
cotint ofthe expected arrival of an ambas-
sador on that subject, he deems inexpedient -————-—_.
to communicate now, also from the Topo-
Bureau, a report of the survey of
the Hudson above and beloiv Albany.

The subject of the VVestern VVaters was
further discussed in Committee ofthe VVhole
on the Uuion,—a resolution to terminate the
debate on S .turd-iiy at 2 o'clock, having been
adopted by Mr. Stewart of Pennsylvania.
launching out somewhat into the subject of
the Tariff, politics, &.c until wdjournnie-nt.
In Senate, the report from the Post Master
General was received. 
After presentation of petitions and some
private business, the snhj;-"ct of Mr. McDuf-
fir.-’s Tarifl bill with l\lr.'Evan’s (Chairman
of the Finance Committei-) t't'p0l‘l. thereon
adverse. to the coiistituiionality of its origina-
ting in the Senate (-IS being 'a revenue bill)

up. Mr.

He
iiinte sub-
The morning hour ex-

Mr. Evans brie-by sustained the report.

M r. Huntington (a ineinber ofthe commit-
tee) entertained views mainly similar to those
of Mr. Evans, and enforced- them with his

Mr. VVoodbury (also of the Coir.n:ittee-)
 
increase of dotie-s,'di=l not in fact come with-
in the spirit of the p'rohibition—-—-for their ju-
risdiction over the bill, &-c.
Mr. i\'l.cDuffie gave notice that he should
enk to morrow on both the report and the
merits of the bill, and the. Senate adjourned.

-FRIDAY: Jan. 19.

In the Senate, Mr. Evans, frorii the Com.
mittee on Finance, reported the following

Resolved, That the bill entitled "A bill to
revive the act of 2d March, 1833. usually
called the compromise act, and to modify
the existing duties upon foreign imports, in
conformity with its provisions" is rt bill for
raising revenue. within the meiining .of the
7th section ofthe lst article of the Constitu-
tion, and cannot therefore, originate in the

Ifiesolved, That it be indv finitely postponed.

.ff).’I|

cur» ‘
Mr. i\'lcDiifI‘ie. addressed the Senate in
a lung speech, approving Mr. Clay’.-3 course
in the compromise act. and passed an eulogy
on his conduct on that occasion, but con-
demning his views on the 'l‘arifI'of .l842.—-
He thought ninniifactures-' did‘n'otnecd'*?‘flfi3
tariff, and if they did, it was .inj_iir_gus, &c.-—-
Mr. Evans followed him in it le\V,,-l_'¢l_ll3l'l{8.
saying that the discussit n of the _tp_piMc-_ at
present would have a disastrotis '__rfl‘ét.‘,rl_ on
.the country, \\-hen it motion \\ as lIla(Ie._l0.a(I'.
joitrn till Monday, and passe-tl. , I
In the II-ruse of I-lepresi-ntati’t°es, the;
rules came up, nnd Mr. Iludson concluded
his ‘remarks ofthe day bi-fore. I-I.e—co_ni.-.-nd-
ed that the discussiort. instead of being a vio-
lation of the cortsiitution. was contemplated
hi,’ the -framers uf i'. He was followed «by-
Mr.’ Saunders, in ii lengthy sprech, iv-ho 't-ii-
deavored to prove that the 2l‘st.'.r.ule was
both right and CXp8t.lIt'nl—-\'l'llI'l'I the morn-
ing hour having expired, the discussion was
cut short. ' ’ 4 »
'l‘h_o improve-mer.t o.l the \Vi-stern Waters
then came up, and .Mr. Weller of Ohio
lniving the-floor, shove-d the-question ‘under
discussion entire ly aside. and coininr-“need a
at brutal attack on‘ M r. Stewart of Penn... if
S.nuiin.n',-Jan.‘-20.

L}

sage. in Comm of the Whole, for l'('f€Yt'l'IC6.-,-

Tin of the resolutions‘ referring several
portions of the Mg-ssiige, hat_l flll‘l‘t"X|(_I,)f pgtssod,

Tlie (lv bate.’ (II the rt'soliiti‘<_m referring
ll’l:il. ptirllflfl (if the Mt'5:'8§_!t', rt-comtiiending
ll’: lt|.p|'I'IV"llHl'Il. of the n vigation of the
We.-ti-iii l’ivr:r5 to llw ttoimnilti-e on Corti-
'I'fii- !l"‘lm$t~', v-bich has turned, for

 o-‘irlr-cl-1, to day. it-its-ri the coriiii-ittciltvris
’to report, . ..
'l‘‘i.c 0- rosniiiitii.-w ropr-it-d the resolution
I‘ii..p-m«i'eoie-‘rifs to the
ztiaié “W Hattie

Jfixul

75!.-vfwrriist “ls-' .i'ir:|;~*.~.
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' Mr. ."I:t:at':itt «.3-tziirv-'3 t’i1‘-.=-+- writ.--—r3~t’rif' the
Ilnus‘: 1!; rt‘;-lr.‘ to 3-Ir, la‘-"a".-ril-§~<,.*_. Hr .-_-x,c-I-sin-
ed that his obj-rt l’i;?»'-ti. ll.-vr-.2; to vitrirlicairg the
Whig pa rty from the '44.-p-rrsioris of ‘he gen-
tleman from Missouri, (Mr. him-son)-and!
to expose what he coiisiilered the dangerous
do» trio-s of M’. Va’: BlJl't'f', and the niciis.
[Hrs of his party. All that he buds.-id, he
was ready to siibstaiitiatr-.

A motion was made that the House irri-
jouin rl. But Mr. Holmes of S C. [in ridi-
cult] dc-taineil the house ii iiioiiient. He
asked leave to offer a resolution, directing
the committee on Judiciary to consider the
expediency of reporting it bill to repeal the
dueling act.

Some members oljr-ctecl and the House iijfi

From the New Howe-t Couri°.er.

AMELIA NORMAN, the young woman on trial.
in New York. last week, for an attempt to as-
-as~itiatc her seilticer, Ballard, a dashing Cedar
street nieicharit-. has-found friends in her mis-
fortunes and dfslilulinll. Some ladies who
knew her in her pi!-llfly days.-— before iusiiduous
liluiidishmenls had won her aflbciiiiiis. and low
lived. licarilc-s_ villainy had deprived her ofthe
attributes almost ‘of an ‘;;rr_g£_l:'_-Mfinve ppine in her
support and retained further the besrcounsel to
he had in New York.
the f‘0llHWIlIg’l’f:‘f'I€(.‘lI()n:l upon jus ice‘ as ineicd
out by men! Happy it is that there existsjn
equitable. aniljusi God, it ho will over-rule the

l‘.

wrong doings of this wnrltl. ,

it to the law, though hers is only an qjtemxt;
but for the man, whose.‘ long career of per-
fidy and l)l'.t)It|l lost has effected /ier ruiniiind‘
whose cowardly selfishness has St‘Vt‘l'llI
time-s pl--cod her life in extrmrie jeopriifriy.
the Law has no penalty! Such is now the
law of N. Yorkl Such is I-Iuma-n _J-ustiéc Z’

Tract Society;-—'I‘he 28th Annual Meet.
ing of the Connecticut Branch Society, was
held in the city of Hartford, on the 3d inst.
The officers elected :ire—-T, I-]_ G;i||;gud.-t_
President : D. F. Robinson, Vice Preside-nt;
Charles I-losmi-r. Secretary and Treasurer;
Thos. Smith, A. W’. Butler, R G, I-]_ Hijn-

Directors. Receipts for the past year, 82,-
836.6'6—55,525 tracts and books disposed of
in 1843-. .

Mu.n.ifice7iae —After a sermon preached‘
by President Olin, in the_ Methodist Episco-
pill Church in Green- street, it few days
since, in behalf of the Weslevan~Un,iversitt'.
at Middle-town, Ct. it collecfion of $4,060
was made for enrloiving a Professorship in.
thnt College-.-——Jau.r. of Com. ,

James I-I:-rper. of I-Iarpers brothers; D’.
E-Ii-vcltley ; F- Hull. and Wm. B. Jackson,

gave $500 each.—.4merir.an.

The Rev. La Roy Suriderltind, wbo- has
been lecturing on magnetism in Boston,snys
he hits, while actually engaged in the deliv-
ery ofhis lectures, caused persons a mile
or more from this lecture room, without any
previous agreement. to fall itito a state of
slvep and come to him while proceeding-
wiih his lecture. People hardly suspected,
when Mr. Sundcrlzind was -located as it
Meihodistprc-acher here, it few years ago,
that we had such a wizurd among us.
Newburg/port Heraldt.

 

Cherokee Nation.—'I‘hr.-re has been no;
law enacted in the Cherokee nation expell-
ever but It a motion made in be Council to-
that effect. The Cherokees desire nothing
of the kind, but prefer that the missionaries-
should live and labor among them. So says
a letter from Tahlerjuah, dated on_the 7th of’
De-c.‘in contradiction ofan erroneous report,
which has 0l’)'.:tIflP(I some circulation In the
"Slates."----National Inlelligencer.

 

The Cunard Stea.mers.4'I‘he annual re-..
port of passengers in the-Royal Mail steam-_
ers to this port, shows nearly eleven hun'di-‘ed,
passengers in. and over 700 out to LlverpooL
which at $l75 and $l25. amount to the h..nd..,
some sum oftwo hundred and eighty thong,
and dollars. The receipts for freight and-
I-Ialilix pzisseiigers must hnvr-‘been one hun'._
-lr»d thousand more, which with the .56-75,-_
OOIO received for mail service, must .,.‘..i{,;, 5
ba iinceon the-right side'of the I ro. 1.
books.--Boston Bee. P pf W3 I,

The House took up the Prcsident’9'_Mes-. I

The . 'l.'I‘il)Un(TCO[ll3Ifl3'

.4 Hard Care.--A woman who in. -n ‘filij
of phrensy stabs the man who‘ has rtiiriod '
her by the l)!lSt’SIll't‘at‘l1t'.‘fy, must aiisivcr for.

tington, Wm. L. Collins. and C.‘)ll:'Il'I Dav,-