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l^gVPMtty mamma would 1 j^?*e a bit with n'icr * things in the ^ ?orid ; aocl if jr not s*t ea5y ou her ?r Stomach, it wj/^e ^?ne enou?h to discon |T" infe& whe/^un'* *iSa?reeable, you know.'1 <?HorrLj' cries the prude, "would the girl be /"$one(^ ?' I tell you it is a Fan rea'^ ?'* ^ in twenty places, it j^fSLevv *"^ere described tli?i most pernici ^^w^/animal that ever iufecred the ocean. [ certain it is the most insidious, nvenous /creature, in the world, and is sure deduction if taken internally.'* The youngest sisrcr was now therefore obliged to submit ; borh assistedin. drawing the hook with some vio lence from the diver's jaw ; and he, finding himself at liberty, bent his breast against the broad wate and disappeared in an instant. Just at this juncture the mother came j down to the beach, to know the cause of her j daughters* delay. They told her every cir cumstance describing the monster they had caught. The old lady was one of the most discreet women in the world. She was called 'The Black-eyed Princess,' from two black eyes she had received in her youth ? being a little addicted to boxing iu her liquor. "Alas, nay children." cried she, "what have you done f The fish caught was a man-fish ? one of the most tame, domestic animals in theworkL , W e cou]d have let him run and - play about the garden, and he would have ? been twenty times more interesting than our t*a<janTel or aua^^^V. "If that said ^the youn? cc^MKti^we will fif(r for him ??again. If tliSB sBtil iiold three tooth Ir^picks to one potniRIf snutf, I catch him ^whenever I please.'* Accordingly they threw their line once more; but with all their ^gilding, and paddling, and assiduity, they rTccrtfd" never catch the1 diver. In this state of f solicitude and disappointment they continued J* ome years, still fishing but without suc cess; till at last, the genius of t&e place, in to their distress, changed the prude into -~.tf shrimp, and the coquette into anoyster. ? . v;:." ?'4 r 1 |ajgrT- Front the Richmond Whig SETTLEMENT OF THE QUESTION.? In the i.j^Whig of Saturday, we gave a postscript con taining^ the substance of the compromise ^agreed upon by the Southern delegation, and, acquiesced in by a large majority of the * House of Representatives. We give to-day |ithe proceedings in. extenso with the yeas and l^aays on the adoption of the resolution sub froutted by Mr. Patton. ^^It will he seen that the members from the ^slave-holding States unanimously sustained pffee resolution, though with much reluctance oil the part of some. The resolution con cedes the reception of abolition petitions, >fcut forbids anv action whatever upon them ? ftbey; are neither to be " debated, printed. - read or referred."' The Southern - members have* heretofore, -?rith much unanimity, opposed the reception ?ef such ' petitions, on the ground that the ^prayer of the petitioners was not only inex pedient, but would violate the Constitution, sif granted. ^They have on this occasion, de > parted from this position, which on every ^principle of -justice and safety to themselves, ^they were FuUy_ justified in maintaining, for ^e sake of ^ace and -harmony, and in defer ence iro the "views of our frtends at the-Nortb. The; refusal to receive petitions was con ^straed bytheAbolitiomsts intoa denial of ;Vtherighfof petition itself. It- was deemed ; po!itic to strip the-iucendiaries of this pre t,.as it was asserted by Northern inern gfcj|tat,ni> one argument contributed so % >to arouse the zeal of the Abolitionists, their numbers. People in the it was saW, who were averse 'to all on the subject of abolition, au3 who viedged and desired to preserve the of theSbtrtb, were yet induced by the ?0U of the petitions* which *hey re ?d asan attaek upon the right of petition ^side 'with the -Abolitionists. The _ ? of the petitions^it was promised, f cause all excitement at the North to and reduce the Aboiitioqists to the .^tast^of weakness and contempt ' which, they merit. To accomplish this result, and to *3J|E&e North still farther m the wrong, if the Unhallowed war upon our rights and insti ifinued: the So uthern members. the petitions^ -'-'will effect . ? rlos&acf of con - f m PH^HHIPPR^ and' |r UOlUlJf Uict uiu ISsae, which sooner orlater,! " we fear, they will have to meet, the result,, 'we are inclined to think, would vha^ beepj better for the country. Thl question' atleast h *ve been settled* permanently^ - &e South would have known on what -to rely. Bat as adjusted, the difficT at any time after the present session, ^fived. and'lhe battle will again have But one. good has been conciliatory course addpte&^j | an important concession for ' r y>eace and union?we can make the war upou our rights be - wilf stand tSe doubly aggri^ the wh^e^South will be7 ' "eyes of God and man, itf a ^feient mesns to protect aggressions of pretended ^^sKsnes. *3 v -The Globe asserts, th^ Mr. Patton is in substance the by..Mr es, es of | ouse " ?9ueat might alter ; jinif it required^aboiition "petitions to be referred to a Committee, and . reported on. Such provisions are hot found; ' in Mr. Patton's resolution. ~ ^ " From the Charleston Mercury. : -Our Letters from Washington and the proceedings of Congress on the Vermont' Resolutions, are of such extent, that we shall forbear any remarks upon them to day, other " 'than a simple expression of opinion. The South has again accepted an evasion, ashutiiing trick, where she should nave ex acted security. Our position is neither safe ?nor - respectable. We are standing oil the mine, our enemy is holding his match over I we aficept as a compromise that fire, it till next year ? but that in ?ia*e he shali be free to extend his .increase his combustibles and a convulsion. We shall be blown up. Are we to have a public meeting i:i Charleston ? or even here, are we dead to the impending danger ? Will the people of the State, every wh??re, hold meetings and let the world know that they are not to be slaugh tered like beasts or [rod 011 like worms ? Are we to be made tamely, the victims of this atrocious plot ? We must speak out. States have become Abolitionists and dared to de fame and vilify us in Congress. Let us at | l:\ist cast back upon them one manly declara tion of stern and solemn defiance. Let us J drop the cant of the " Union*' and tell these j States they are traitors to the once sacred compact on which we took the oath of bro therhood ? that they carry war in their hearts ? that we will not sit under that tree of peace which bears no fruit but malice, discord and I mischief. Let us fall upon a decisive and j permanent remedy, and having found it, ad here to it with the resolution of men who 1 know what life, property and security are I worth. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 31. More Steamboat Disasters .'?The steamer Black Hawk, Capt. Taylor, 011 her passage from Natchez to Natchitoches, burst her boilers on Wednesday night the 27th inst. a short distance above the mouth of Red River. She liad a full freight, a large num ber of passengers and horses, together with $90,000 in specie, belonging to the United States. The pilot and engineer were instant ly killed ? several more were supposed to be lost ? number not known. F our or five were severely and several mortally wounded. Most of the passenjers were saved by the timely arrival of^i flat boat, which conveyed them to shore. The principal part of the cargo was saved in the same way. Seven horses were lost. $75,000 of the specie savecl. The hull, parily under water, remains near where the accident occured. * On Friday morning, Dec. 29, ~ the steam boat Vicksburg, Capt. Auter, Was burnt .while on her way from Vicksburg to this port. The accident took place twelve mifes kbove Baton Rouge.. The fire commenced ambBg, some*cotton bales, near the boilers, Mid in six or seven hours the boat was burnt down to the water's edge." Fortunately, all -the passengers escaped with the trifling loss "ofsoroe of their property. . -4 The Vk&s&urg had on board 1177 bales. of cotton,, of widen 800 were shipped by the PFanters^ Bank of Yicksburg 275 by the Commercial & Rail Road Bank of Vicksburg; 100 by the (xrand {yulf.Rail Road & Bank ing Conpany ; and the remainder by individ uals. The vessel and cargo, (excepting seven bales) are a total loss. The cargo, excepting that belonging to the banks, is supposed to have been insured ait-lhe places where it was shipped. The boat was-estimated at $35,000 , ? of, which $20,000 was insured ; $10,000' in this city, and $10,0001 in Vicksburg.-? Capt. Auter's ownlossris $10,000.? "'1 * , ? v ' ? 1 .-1 Front the Charleston Conner. A meeting of a portion of, the citizens of ! Beaufort district, wa^.held at Coosa what chie, on Monday, the 1st inst., to take into con sideration the recejof^oceedings of the Con gress of the United .States, in relation to the subject of domestic slavery. / . Dr. Thomas E. Screven, was called to the Chair, and. Wr^> iivHwtspa requested to act;] as Secretary. . , The object meeting having been stated by the Chair, on motion of Wm. F. Colcock, Esq. it wa^. -v,,- ? - Resolved , That a committee of five should j be appointed to.jp-epare and report resolu tions expressrte.of the. views ofthe meeting upon the subject*. for the consideration of which it had been called. v . The following gentlemen were appointed ^v<c3hstitute theco^tte^fe gklcock, Richard W^Hutson, bep' Abrahanx Hugu^pin, Alex ander J. Law ton. The committee retired* -and upon' its re turn, tha meeting was addressed by W. F. Coleocki Esq., in support of the views em bodied in the following Preamble and Reso lutions, which were reported by him in be- | iafi^^bte committee. . ? ThatiEe present is- a period fraught with mostimportant results to every South eru td every Southern Citizen, all-must w. ?*- ? *' obvious that the time /has arrived, ./we would -be shamefully recreant to Colligation of honor, of interest, and of if we did not come forward, to defend institutions, which1 we have inherited our fathers, and can never surrender,. ith our lives. - en we look back* upon the past history ur country, we. can see nothing but ac ^lulated causes to render the aggression, ich is now made upon our rights, by a ^^rtion of the citizens of the North, the most wanton and unprovoked, that * the malignity of man could devise. From the first -hour of our independence, to the present day, the position of the South in relation to the North, has been one of warm and. generous friend ship. We have scrupulously abstained from any interference with those rightsr which belong to that section of the Union under the Constitution of the Confederacy. We have never attempted, at any time, to disturb their domestic polity, or, with officious im pertinence, to intrude our opinions upon them in. relation to the management of their private affairs. We have received tbeni amongst us with hospitality -and kindness. The avenues tofortuue, to peaces and to honor, have been as free to them as to our own citizens. ? Mxmy of them now fill high stations amongst us, and thousands of them have reaped, and are now reaping the riches which a bounti ful-Providence has bestowed upon our land. V-Nor have we been less true to the North in war than we have been iu peace. When I their local interests have been assailed by a foreign foe, we have not stopped to enquire whether it was-, their .q uarrel or our$; but feeiiDg that their honor was our honor ? their interests owr interests, we have readily irn- ! perilled our lives, in defence of their cause. Thus has the South ever acted, and is still gj^ng-to act towards the -North. v Jtbe -other hand, >we have ever only :urselves the simple favor of being ^.^lefc^S^ltent with our homes, our countryc-an^ oar property, .we desire only to be left intireir pace^^ enjoyment. We have repeatedly warned the citizens of the North that our domestic institutions were guaranteed to -us by the Constitution of ;our country, and that no interference with them of any kind, dire# .or indirect; eottl4"<>r would be permitted, V We have warned thena that the agitation of the question of doroestie siavery in -anyv. form, would arouse a spirit of discord J>er. tween us, which would shake the 0jnioxi to its deepest foundations, and eventual over" ! throw k. - '? We have warned them that they were pre- ] paring for us, calamities which would "deso late the fairest portion of the earth, on which the sun of heaven ever shone, amidst the un availing cries of helpless innocence, and un protected orphanage." We have warned them that they were ig norant of the true meiits of this question ? that they were treading on a sleeping volcano, and the storm once raised, they might as well attempt to arrest the thunder in mid volley, as to stay its fury or avert its desola tion. In short, we have warned them that this was a question emphatically and exclu sively our ou-n , with which any intermeddling whatever, would be adding insult to injury. But they have been deaf to our warnings, j They have scoifed at our remonstrances, and j derided our claims. Nor has concession availed us any thing. Offerings for peace have been made, but the infuriate spirit of fanaticism has torn the gift from the altar, and trampled it under foot. The march of the abolitionist has been steady and onward. He has advanced from one position to another, until at last he has entered the very citadel itself, and stands ready to apply the fatal match and produce that terrible explosion which inevitably involves all of us in undis- i tinguishrd ruin. | The recent events in the Congress of the | I Cnited States present a new scene in the ^ drama, and show that it is steadily approach- | ing its catastrophe. Hitherto, the arena has been filled with individual combatants only ; but now a Sovereign State of the confedera cy has girded on her armour and entered the lists. We have no longer to contend with private citizens merely ? with wicked men ? weak women, and deluded children. The Hall of Legislation has been opened to the | abolitionist, 'and a sovereign party to the | covenant of the confederacy has enlisted un- j der his banner. Every thing portends evil to our cause. ? Weare called upon by every- earthly con sideration to be awake and alive to the crisis -r? having common interests, and doomed to a :eoinmon fate, we must take counsel to gether with our brethren of J.he Southland West. In united councils -and -united action our safety lies*.. -I.t is not merely peace for the present, b di .-security fxc the future , we must demand, and receive. .... . , .. '? We -do not, desire in any degree to .-magnify tlie importance of the present crisis. We are no alarmists, and would scorn to atteinpt to create "a panic for the miserable purjiose of ^availing ourselves of its momentary jind adventitious aid. No. W e have calmly itnd deliberately, surveyed, the whole ground ? We-see that our enemy is advancing u^on HS.T We kgow that we have no other reli-v ance under. Heaven, but an ourselves ? that the world is in arms against us, ^ and .we must look no where, for sympathy, orforsuc COUJ. . ?; In full view therefore of the dangers ind the. sacrifices that await usr we are readyito take our final position on this subject, and cmfce taken, never to abandon it, b'ut'wni' our lives.. The usurpermtt^ be beaten bacV.' Our rights and. otxr institution? must, have additional guarantiees. W e must have some other arid* better security than a small aiid fluctuating majority/in the National Legis lature. Claiming' nothing but those rights which have boen assured us by-that constitu tion which -was formed' to "establish justice and ensure domestic tranquility" -~we are re solved to ask for nothing "more? to receive nothing- less. Whatever destiny awaits us, we are resolved to go fop^rd aBide the issue." Therefore / ^ v-: Resolved, That the time has arrived, when itbecomes the Slaveholding States of this Union to iusist^oh additional "guarantees for -the protection,' and preservation of their do mestic institutions. ^Resolved, That to insure unanimity of counsel, and harmony of action, it is ex oedient that a Convention of the Slave-hold Site's' should} be^^^tL:aiii:-.e.ar;ly period, "for1 -tlie" purpose of devising the mode and ?Measure of redress. . / ? . * . ' Resolved, That our' Senators and Repre sei^tWeS-ijii Congress be, and are hereby requested to lend their aid in carrying into operation the policy , indicated in the fore 'going resolutions. ' , *'.<-? ^ ???/ The" Preamble and Resolutions of the committee having been submitted, >*F. J. ?VrCarthy, Esq., addressed the meeting, re commending the action .of South Carolina oh this subject through a Stdte Convention, as preferable to the calling of% Convention of all' the Slaveholding States of the Union, and concluded by moving the following reso lutions as substitutes for those of the com mittee>- < . ? ' - - ?? > . . Resolved t That in the opinion of- this meeting the. Tate decisjon of the Housfc of Representatives to receive abolition petitions is a gross and palpable , violation of the spirit of the constitution; and virtually de stroys all the ties thaf bind one portion of the confederacy to the other. Resolved , That seeing the impossibility of even a convention of the South .. ever being ^unanimous in presenting the alternative of the preservation of our rights or a dissolu tion of the Union, it is expedient to. resort, forthwith, to a State Convention, to devise some prompt and efficient measures of re dress. . " .... R. W. Singleton, Esq; then addressed the meeting, and though concurring in the views of the committee in reference to the import ance of the crisis and the necessity for deci ded action, urged the propriety of postpon ing the further consideration of the subject until the return of our Representatives from Washington, or at least until a larger meet ing of the citizens of the District could be held, and concluded with a motion for post ponement. ' . ? Messrs. Albert Rhett, Wm. E. Martin, W. Ferguson Hutson, James Cuthbert, and : Win. M. Hutson, then successively addressed | the meeting in support of the views embraced iu the preamble and resolutions reported by the committee, and urged their immediate adaption ./ ? ' ? The motion to postpone and the resolu tions offered by Mr. McCarthey, were then submitted, in order, and rejected unanimous ly, with the exception of one vote. The preamble and resolutions of the com mittee were then submitted and adopted with but one dissenting voice. - The present meeting having been unexpect edly called, to meet the views of those who desired a general meeting of the citizens of the whole District, Mr. Rhett submitted the. following resolution, which was unani mously adopted: , Resolved , That the people of Beaufort District generally, be invited to assemble in -Coosawhatchie, on the first Monday in b e?ru ary next, to take into consideration the recent proceedings of the Congress of the United States, in reference to domestic slavery. It was further . y&Mesolved, That the proceedings of the ^meeting be published in the Charleston papers. i-W^hd. the meeting then adjourned. ?-^^SgaOS. E. SCREVEN, Chairman. UTSOJf, Secretary. Correspondence of the National Intelligencer. NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Hot work in Upper Canada ! There has been a fight near Navy Island, and Buffalo knd Rochester are in the highest state of fury, for excitement does not seem to express the feeling. Sir Francis Head has erected Bat teries upon the Chippewa side, and commen ced an attack by boats on Navy Island ; but Gen. Van Rensselaer, with his cannon, knocked his batteries to pieces, and drove back his boats, with some loss of lives. Dur ing this action, a rumor reached Buffalo that Sir Francis Head had made a lodgment upon Grand Island, (American territory,) upon which the people met in mass, and demanded, if such were the fact, that the militia be forth with called out to repel the attack. The rumor, however, was unfounded, although it does seem that some Indians in the employ of the British had been sent there to cut off the retreat of the Navy Island People, or, as other sources of information, say. "to hunt." Some of the British regulars had reached Toronto. When they reach Chippewa, the attack upon Navy Island will be a serious one. The city has been expecting a riot at Tam many Hall to-night. The "Council of Sa chems," it is said, have the control of that Hall. They have met and resolved ? ayes 12, noes 14 ? that t lie Conservatives shall not use the Hall. Eight of these fourteen are Custom house officers. The Conservatives, thus voted out of Tammany, will meet in the Park, in the front of the City Hall, to express their opinions. It is not improbable that the Locofocos may attempt a riot against them there. Thus the -oUi -Democratic- Party, which ejected -the locofoco? the Slam, Bang, Fanny-Wright Boys, from Tammany Hall, are now themselves driven to the same Park, where the Locofocos dnce paraded their ban ners and loaves of bread, and excited the People to an attack ot^ Hart's flour store. ? "The Democratic Party," as it is called, is now pretty well '" used up" in New York city and State. If the Prfesidential vote were to be taken to-day, it is ijny sincere opinion that Mr. Van Buren woulcffbe rejected by his own State, by 50, 000. majority.. With the Slam, Bang Party in Tammany Hall, it is utterly impossible for Mr. Van Buren to carry the agricultural counties on the Hiver. The farmers .in them have a horror of that concern. Again, this ejection out of Tammany is a loss of the soul of the Party. The limbs are left, 1)Ut there is no soul in them. The 24th regiment was to march from Montreal to Upper Canada on the 28th ult. The 25th regiment,' from Halifax, was near Quebec, by the last dates. The 34th had left Halifax for Quebec, to march over the disputed territory, by the new road the Brit ish regiments have been making there. - Via Boston, we have one day later from Liverpool. The cotton sales were going on with spirit. Our New Year's frolics went off with no riots and but little drunkenness. The wea ther was charming and the day was one of the gayest ever seen in the city. "?American gold is from 2 to 3 premium. ? Half dollars 2 to 3, U. S. Bank stock 117 1-4. Nkw York, Jan. 3. V The cloud has burst in the West, and all is wild and ominous! The steamboa* Caroline, at Schlosser, on the American side , filled with visitors whom curiosity had tempted to visit Navy Island, was attacked in the night of December 29th by 100 ft> 150 armed men in five boats, who 'approached the steamer with muffled oars, unsuspecting any attack, and all on board asleep, it is said. The attacking force gave three cheers for "Victoria," which alarmed the people, wherfa scuffle and a fight ensued, the British, however, succeeding in obtain ing'complete mastery of the boat. Twenty two lives were lost somehow or other, and as the people on shore rushed to the rescue, they were fired upon, and one man was killed, whose body was taken to Buffalo. The steamboat, after the capture, was set on fire, toved into the stream, and the dead and wdunded went over Niagara Falls. jAll this has created in western New York, particularly the frightful end of the scene, a fury it is almost impossible to restrain. ? The military are called out., Buffalo is full of armed men. The 47,th brigade is sum moned-to meet under arms in Buffalo. Saturday, 5 p. m. ? The Buffalo Adverti ser announces in a postscript, that the British forces (some of the regular Army, I pre sume,,) were actually . landing on Grand Island. ?' ... ' ; - Sir Francis Head, in his message to the Legislature of Upper Canada, is very severe upon our People of the West, and says he has despatched an agent to Mr. Fox, (the British" Minister at Washington,) whose re ply he is awaiting. I need not say to you all this news has thrown our city into a fever of excitement. The Conservative meeting in the Park went off last night .in a mock-heroic-tragic row, created by about sixty foreign bullies and "rowdy boys,"-, who came down the Bowery in a procession apparently employed to break Up the meeting by violence. They swept down Chatham street like an avalanche, - pushing every body out of their way. ? Their first onset -was upon a transparency, their next upon the table of the Conservative Chairman, which they dashed to pieces, when the officers of the meeting retreated to the Rotundo of the City Hall, closing the iron gates. The Locofocos then set up a hal looing through the grating, but soon after, finding an open gate, made their way in, col lared some of the Vice Presidents, and drowned the voice of a gentleman who was reading the resolutions. All sorts of cries and howls were then set up, but no damage was done, the mob retreating the moment the lights were put out, and the officers were dispersed. The subsequent scene was so very ludicrous and good natured that every body was amused. The effect , however, of this violence of the Locofocos will be to give the Whigs the City, beyond a doubt, and to add immeasurably to their strength in the country. The City is full of rumours from Wash ington, in reference to the course of the British Minister. As you, upon the ground, know more of this than I do, all I need say is, stocks have been seriously depressed by rumors of difficulties between him and the Secretary of State. NEW-YORK, Jan. 3. TWO O'CLOCK. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE. Another Northern mail has just arrived, and has furnished us with the following im portant intelligence. The Upper Canada Gazette Extraordinary brings us the message of Sir Francis Head, at the opening of Parliament. It relates, of course, almost exclusively to the recent events in the province, aud those now in progress on our side. Of the latter Governor Rfead speaks in strong but calm and impressive lanluage. He expresses forcibly the surprise a^j reget with which he has found the province entrust ed to him by his sovereign, invaded byapeo ple with whom that sovereign is at pe^e, and to whom no provocation has been giv^j. F rom this part of the message we quote th^ following. 44 I am informed that Americans from vari ous quarters are hastening from the interior to join this standard of avowed plunder and revolt? that cannon and arms are pubiickly proceeding there? and under these circum- ! stances, it becomes my painful duty to inform you, that without having offered to the Uni tf (1 States the smallest provocation ? without j having entertained the slightest previousdoubt ' of the sincerity of American alliance, the in habitants of this province may in a few days be called up< by me to defend their lives, their properf s. :nd their liberties, from an attack by Awrican citizens, which with no desire to ofif.id, I must pronounce to be un paralleled ir the history of the world. Gov. Head declares that he feels no anxie ty for the r< suit, and adds? 44 The peaceful inhabitants of Upper Canada will not be left to defend their country alone, for they belong to an empire which does not suffer its sub jects to be injured with impunity : and if a national war, which it rests with the Ameri can Government to avert, should be the un happy consequence of an intolerant invasion of our freedom, the civilized world, while it sympathizes wfrh our just cause, will view with feelings of astonishment and abhorrence this attempt of a boHy of American citizens treacherously to attack an<l pander, i " ^ ? ment of profound peace, their oldest, their most intimate, and their most natural ally." In conclusion, Sir Fraicis says that, firm ly anticipating from the American people a noble vindication of theii Government and in stitutions, and holding it but just to. allow them a reasonable time to do so, he has comitiunicated with the Governor of New York and the British minister at Washington; and while awaiting their replies, has re-enforc ed the militia by a strong corps of observation on the frontier, and made ariangements for a levy enmaSse of the militia should their servi ces unhappily be required. : ' - [ From the Buffalo Com. Adi. 30 (h ult ] STEAM BOAT CAROLINE BURNT. \ ? * ? * J :x r*- ? > . . TW?NTY-T\VO LIVES 'fOST H ' v 1 ' 8 A. M. ? Capt Keeler, of die scbr, Agnes: Barton, and F. Emons, of thi?. city .have just brought news by express from Schlosser, of an attack made this morning upon the steam boat Caroline, lying at that place, 'which resulted in the destruction of the boat and the death of twenty-two of her crew? only" 12 escaping. [ , \ ' . ? It is stated that the attack vas made about 2 o'clock, by five boats, armed with loyalists, containing from 100 to 150 men, who guard ed the gangways, and cried "no quarter.'-' Capt. Applebee, of the Constitution,, who went down as pilot of the Caroline yesterday, narrowly escaped with his life. He received a flesh wound, and yvas pursuedinto the store house adjoining. A Mr. Durfee,lately belong ing to the stage office at the Eagle, in this city, lies on the dock with* hi* brains, blown Olit. ? ; ' ? >?, r The Caroline was then s?t on fire; and finally drifted out into the current and werft over the falls.; '? . | We give the above, just as- it was received, ^ without vouching for any of the particulars. It may be proper to add, however, thatCapt.; Keeler, as we are informed, saw' the result of the sceneabove described. " ^ - An expre9s has just started to?scertaiu ful ly the facts. ??? ? 's Further particulars of Oit capture of the Car-) oline. ? The 12 o'clock express confirms theT news of this morning.- It is said that the; Caroline was filled with visitors, and~hot-sdK: diers. N The word with the loyalists wasv .4^Noi prisoners ! ? no quarters !" ? . - Those who attempted tpescapecwere killed, with a few exceptions ? the "boat *yas Jet op fire^iiwi. witih the remainder towe^intai tile current on the Canadian side,1 which soon carried her over the Falls. ... r" The Loyalists gave three cheers' for Vic-' j toria, and under cover of the darkness, it is supposed, escaped the fire, opened uporitbfcnu from the Island- Those . on board the boatj slept there because the public houses were ?frill.--, ;-V \ ? >4- ' 'V-; Capt. Harding, of the brig Indiana, escd|>6d with a severe wound in the head ;-only>phe man was found on the shore, the one ab6ve' mentioned? the rest . reported missing. ? There is little doubt but they went over the Falls with the burning steam boat. .... A letter has been received by Dr. E. John son, from Gen. Van Rensselaer, that the Brit ish forces are , actually landing on Grand Island., . . We need scarcely caution our readers, that these reports must riot be taken without room for allowance. They are the first hasty ru mors, and need much confirmation. Expe rience has made us shy of these frontier in ventions. > . From Washington. . Our special correspondent transmits to us the following notice of yesterday's proceed ings in Congress: ? Baltimore American . V ? Washington, Jan. 3. V v - ; IN SENATE. , Mr: Calhoun brought forward his resolu tions touching the subject of Slavery, pre ceding them with some few remarks in their defence, vindicating his motives and the gen eral character of the resolutions. Mr. Morris asked for a division of the question. He wished to subieit his resolu tions as an amendment, one by one, to the resolutions presented by Mr. Calhoun. He said he regretted to hear the Senator from South Carolina speak of Southern Rights as a distinct thing. Asa Western man he knew nothing of Western Rights. He knew of no sectional divisions in our gov ernment. The States were but one great whole, and admitted of no division in our government ? none whatever. He was as much of a State Rights man as Mr. Cal houn, but he differedfrom him altogether as to State Rights. Did Mr. Calhoun mean to say that a question could not be discussed, having reference to an institution in another State ? Did he mean that an Ohio man could not discuss the merits o^an abstract question ? That writing was intermeddling ? That mere speaking was intermeddling? That I interfered with Southern Rights be cause I chose to discuss the n^prits of any class of institutions. Mr. Morris said he considered Mr. Calhoun's resolutions an at tack upon the liberty of the press and the freedom of speech. He considered that Congress had no right to act upon them, and that to pass them would be a direct attack upon the dearest rights given by God to man. The alien and sedition law was a sheet of white paper compared .with the principles embodied in the resolutions. i;The Veimont resolutions were far better and more ^ -v'. vT . j worthy of adoption, and his own resolution* he considered far less dangerous. Without further discussion a vote was ta ken on the first resolution, which was adopted by yeas and nays, 32 to 13. The following is the first resolution as adopted : ? Resolved , That in the adoption of the Federal Constitution, the States adopting the same acted, severally, as free, independ ent and sovereign States ; and that each, fo I 'self, by its own voluntary assent, enterecN? th*- Union with the view to its increased security against all dangers, domestic as well as fort^n, and the more perfect and secure enjoyment of its advantages, natural, politi cal and social. The second resolution was then brought up for discussion, and on motion of Mr* Preston the w<jrds "an assumption of supe riority" were stricken out. Mr. Morris moved an amendment, which Mr. Preston amended by moving to strike out' "moraV; political, and religious." v, - Mr. Calhoun opposed this strenuously,"^ and said he hoped the Senate would not strike out. He considered; the - resolution V milk and water without it. The swords pro* posed to be stricken oat were the gist of tbo'^ whole matter. - ' . Mr. Preston saidv he moved his amend- ? mpnt to the amendment, only on the ground that the amendment from the Ohio Senator was to be adopted. Mr. Buchanan seconded the amendment, ^ and hoped it would be adopted. * ' Mr. Morris followed against the resolution^ in favor of the amendment, and yet argued, that if the amendment was adopted jlu -resolution way puvrr:rie?>s,*aad the Abolition ists would laugh it to scorn. Still; as h opposed the resolution, lie was for weakenin; it as much -as possible., -v \ Mr. Bayard, of Del. said the resolutions 5 i wore a double aspect.' So. far as they were^ intended as a protection to Southern Rights,"^ he was in favor of themr">But the resolutions Y embodied principles wholly hostile to" the'* character of our Government. The resolur^ tious, he said, every , one -of them, embodied^ the^eal unmitigated ^irit oT Nullificationf of 'Sooth Carolina Nullification, too^ in itSvv worst form; * The resolutions throughout v' contained principles atjvar- witK-.orir emmejat, and he should therefore oppos them.* ' X ; * Mrr Lumpkin, of Georgia^ folio wfeq^. a said that although hewas-JuUnion manf went. strongly with^Ahe South upon questiorfc^ in , th^ South /upon this they . were as one man. He rregrett^&4l L the Government had no pow^rCto check _ spread;of Abolition, an^l wished that sue! power was granted then?;'; He had no ob jecjion to men's, expressing" their opinions but If the Abolkio nists went to Georgia, thef' would .be caughtf *"^52$ -/v:J^vCTalhdup. replied, 'and said twoss Had no reference ;wjhatev:er -to Nullifica tion, and went into an argument in favor of? Vis'resblutions and- .in defence of his Str*^ the^adoption -ofhisreso jhe ? ?? j>0tfibKwhen he brought' ihettr forward.?. P^OBS/ h^ 8aid,; .h^ ^ ^ upon^tfiis point, k A v^ Mr%Bayard explaiue argue the point that the tEe 'N ulli fic a tio n order," Was d anger In adopting _ . . ; J Senate,; by y^and- nays, 31 to 14, . refused to strikeout the.words above nanied,' Amoral, political, or religious." r - Mr. Wright suggested" an amendment,.' ,which was aceeded to by Mr. Calhoun. ^wnt to be taken n ftfe. Bajard position to the i Mr. Calhoun. 6?SL ? vjsr* -i z continued to , nfvwere- of3 ugjittliei " - /floors f-7 reso Genial iiovernm Union:- His-rem? to . Mr, Galhoin'sv w one as made in repl te in 'the day Mjrded and every 0 Tsz^si "*1- I'Cr tllLl *5r. jetweenl tates of ected in reply e took up one f r Baykrd,;ii. te Chambei to listei s made Mlfw&eiwe >ttention? v v . W-day .were tHe^first made during the present ; se?sioif?yMr, Webs I MrT^Petejer r, - as- adopted^ is a si ..... 'Resolved, That in delegating a pprtioir<>r . *'? -V ? * 3 - 1 .La resolution' has v yhejsestoodresolu follows! ^ A.vyv?yy?, f "T^TJ III W?jl ? their powers, id be exercisedbythe Federal Government, the states retained,- -severally, - the exclusive and dble right over their dp^ mestic institutions and.; police, andare alone responsible for them, and^that any intermed-^; dling of any one or more states, or a combi-^ nation of their citizens,' with the domestic institutions and policc of the others, on any^ ground, or under any pretext* whatever, po-^ litical, moral or religious, ^with the view to-.) their alteration or subversion, is; not war-/? ranted by the Constitution, insulting'; to* the states interfered with, tending to endanger ^ their domestie peace and tranquility ; subr ? versive of the objects for which the Consti tution was formed, and by necessary conse-' quence, tending to weaken and destroy the Union itself. - ?? Wasui.ngtow, Jan.- 4, 1838. IN SENATE. TEXAS. The following resolution and preamble - were then brought before the Senate by Mr. Preston. .- ?> - Resolved, That with the consent of the - State previously bad, and whenever it can bo t effected consistently with the public faith ?_ and treaty stipulations of the United* States, , it is desirable, and expedient to ^nnex? the - said Territory to the United States. /%***" v>v This resolution is preceded by a preamble, which says that- ' ? -1 r *K" Whereas the just and true boundary of the United States under the treaty of Louisi- " ana extended in the South West to the Rio Grande del Norte, which river continued to be the true boundary "line until the territory west of the Sabine was surrendered to Spainhy the treaty of 1819, ? aid whereas suclrsurv render of a portion of the territory of the United States is of evil precedent and of questionable constitutionality, and whereasr many^ weighty considerations of policy make it expedient to establish the same true boun dary and to annex to the United States ths territory occupied by the State of Texas with the iiOQsent of said State ? The third resolution of Mr. Calhoun theni came up for consideration. The Senate j chamber was again crdwdedf-andthe Housed J presented a beggarly account of empty baxe^ - -~9*