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REMWARKS OF MR. CALHOUN. On S -ngrqia#ent of Mr. Wrrightes bill, as -tadedb Mhe motion of Mr. Cuth bort*4'strik out the specie ection. Mr. Calhoun said, as late as it is, (10 oelock at night) and fatigued and exhaust -ed as the Senate must IV after sitting ten hours, he was compelled to intrude himsell on their patience. The question was on the engrossfent of the bill; and, as he couW not possibly vote.(or it in the shape it had assumed, he was constrained to assignhis reasons; but he would do it in the ewes words possible. He said he was most anx ious to vote for the measure. le had ta ken the deepest interest in it, and felt mosi solicitous for its success; and, if he thoughi that the bill,as amended, advanced the greal cause, for which he had been so earnestly contending, one inch, lie would give it his vote. But such was not his impression. On the contrary, he believed that it was ar entire surrender of the cause. He would go further, it was a retrograde movement, and would leave the cause in a worse con dition than it was. So far from a divorce from the banks and a return to the constitu tional currency, the bill as it stood, would virtually restore the deposit bank system again, with some features more objectiona ble than it formerly possessed; which he would now proceed to show. On the motion of the Senator from Geor gia, (Mr. Cuthbert) the 23d section, which provides for the collections of the dues of the Government in specie, was struck out, witi the aid of a few on this side and the entire opposition to the divorce on the other. That section provided for the repeal of the joint resolution of 1815, which authorizes the receipt of batik notes as cash in the dues of the public. The ei'ects of this will be, should the bill pass in its present shape, that the Government will collect its revenue, and make its disbursements exclusively it bank notes, as it did before the suspeision took place in May last. Things will stand precisely as it (lid then, with but a singke exception, that the public deposites will be made with the officers of the government, instead of tihe banks, under the provision of the deposite act of 1836. Thus far is cer titin. All agree that such would be th< the fact, and such the elect of the passagt of this bill us it stands. Now he intendod to show couclusively, that the difference between depositing mite public money with the public otlicers, or with the banks them selves, was mierely nominal, as far as the operation and profits of the banks were con ecred; that they would not make one cent less profit, or Issue a single dollar less, if the deposites lie kept by the officers of the govermiticut instead of themselves; and, of course, that the system would be equally subject to expansions aMd contractions, and equally exposed to catastrophies like the present, in the one as the other mode of keeping. Ile spoke of bank profits and bank issues generally, as derived from the deposite of public money-the aggregate profits and issues 'f all banks, without re. feirence to the distribution of the profits un der the one or the other mode of keeping the public money. He would show in a .vord, that the biil would no more divorce the Goverament from the banks,jn relation to the deposites, thamn it would as it now dues and disbursements; and that it would unite them as effectually in respect to both as they were before the suspension in May. Although the assertion might excite some sIrp)rise at first it Would he very easy to make plain every word lie had said. The profits which the banks derive from the public deposites. when their own notes were collected arnd deposited, as would be thme case if the bill passed iin its present form, arises frmt time withdirawing of their notes from circulation. 'Wanile their notes are in deposite, they are as completely withdrawn from circulation for time time, as if burnt, or destroyed; amnd thme withdrawal mnakes a va cuum to that exter t in time circulation, which has to be filled imp by ne w discounts, and, of course, increased butsiness and profits; amid this was equally true whether the notes wit hdrawni were'dep)osited in certaini banks, as under the deposite act of '36, or in the haunds of time receivers general, and oilier Exectiive officer-s, as proposed by this bill. Thme pirofit dlepenided, in tie degree, on the placeas where their notes were deposited; but oni the amounti withdrawn amid the length of time they were kept otut of circulation. The lar-ger the atmount wvithdncrawn, andl tihe honiger kept out, the greate- time businmess and profits of thme banks. Nor cam, the issues ex ceed time sum ineceesary to fill the vacuum occasioned by time deposites, whether they be mnade with tihe banks themseilves, or the oflicers of gov'ernimsnt. When the vacuum occasioned by the withidrawval is filled, what ever exceeds that, must returnm on time baniks, without regard to the p lace of deposite, and check farther issues. It follows clearly from all this, that the deposite of the public funds. if collected itn bank niotes (as proposed by thme bill as it now unfortunmately stamids amend edl) in tihe custody of thme public officers, would not in thme least aff'ect the discounts and time business oftime batnks. They would be as great as if depmosited with the banks, and would keep the circulation of batik notes as miuch expanded; and subiject to as tnmny fluctuations and shocks. These pro p ostons ho hmeld to be incontrovertible. He would be glad to hear any member rise in his place atnd attempt to answer them. Nor would time Treasury be a particle more indepenident of the banks, than under time deposite system before the suspnsin of specie payments. The revemnue, as he had st~id, would be collected under this bill, should it pass, as it was then, exclusively in bank notes, which, on another suspension would he just as worthless int the hands of the officers in whose custody they might be deposited, as' they would be. in the banks themselves, atnd which, of course, would again compel thme Government, ini such an event, to pay its debts in wvorthmless rags, to its own great ebscredit, and thme loss of its creditors, or nost pay them at all. Nor wvould it, be possible, any more thatn in the p reseat instance, to collect its debts ini thme legal currency of the country. Gold and Silver would as certainly disappear as com pletely from circulation under the operation) of this bill, as it did under time system of hmank deposite that existed at the tinmoof the late Suspension. the Treasury more independent of the banks, por in limiting banking operations or profits, as it certainly will not. w~here, he asked, will it differ from the .late deposito system under the act of''36; which this bill is in tended to supersede? There is and.ealy be but one point of differeuce, viz: in the dis tribution of the profits from the deposites, and even that difference, he would show, is more apparent than real. Whore-the re venue is deposited with certain banks, so lected by the Secretary of the Tretsury, as under the act of '36, the profits of the depo sites accrues almost exclusively to them. They discount on them, and issue the notes of other banks which they hold in deposite, or draw specie for them, and thus increase their business and profit, without incurring any additional liability, but where the de posites are made with the Executive off cers, the profits would accrue. apparently to the banks generally. Ile said apparently, for it would depend wholly on the officers holding the deposites. They can, at plea sure, give the profit to what banks they please, by holding back the notes of one bank, and disbursing the notes of another, and thus keeping the notes of one out ofeir culasion and throwing the other into circu lation through disbursemeuts, to return on the banks issuing them. The oflects of this would be to give one all the profit that it could derive from being a deposite bank, and stripping the ol her almost entirely oft he advantage of having its notes received in the dues of the government. Take for in stance two banks, in a place where the ov erage public deposits were a million of do lars; is it not clear, if the executive officer would make it a rule to disburse the notes of one bank, and hold back those of the other, it would operate in (act, as a standing loan to that amount to the favored hank? The result is, that in either case the dis tribution of the profit resulting from the public deposites would depend on the Exe cutive Department, whether niade with the Executive officers, or in deposite banks ui dier the act of 1836. The Executive in one case would have the selection of the banks, and in the other the control over the subor dinate officers of his department; with this difference, that when the bank was select ed it would, tinder the act of 1830, be tn der the control and protection of law, but the officers would be completely under the control of the head of the department at all times. This is the sum total of the diti'r ence. If you pass this bill you have the one, and if you defeut it you have the other. Thus regarding it, and being opposed on constitutional grounds to receiving any thing but the legal currency of the country, or government securities ;n the public dues, and to the increase of Executive patronage, lie could nor possibly vote for the bill as a mended. lie was decidedly opposed to all discretionary powers, especially in the Ex ecutive branch of the Go% ernment, and this bill would give greater than any that has ever passed. It would not only give the power to which he had already alluded of fa voring what bank it pleased, but the control ling power of demanding specie at the plea sure of the Executive or any bank it miht desire to oppress. and abstaining from &_ manding of those it intended to favor. Powers such as these he regarded as incom patible with our free system of Government, and he for one could not consent to confer them. But he had other and ins uerable objec that the total separationof the overnment and the banks was indispensable. He firm ly believed that we had reached a point where the separation was absolitely neces sary to save both Government and banks. He was under a strong impression that the banking system had reached a point of de crepitude-that great and important chan ges wecre necessary to save it and prevent convulsions, and that the first step wvas a perpetual separation between them and the Government. But there could be in his opinion no separation-no divorce without collecting the public dues in the legal and constutiuonal currency of the cobnry Without that all wotld prove a p~erfect de lusion, as this bill wvould pr-ove should it pass. We had no constitutional right to treat the notes of mere private corporations as cash; and if we did, nothing would be done. These views and many others similar lie had openly expressed, in which the great body of the gentlemen rotund him had con curred. We stand openly pledged to them, before the country and the wvorld We had fought the battle manfullyf and stuccess fully. Trhe cause was good, and having stood the first shock, nothmng wans necessary but firmness; standing fast on our position to insure victory-a great and glorious victory in a noble cause, which was calcu lated to ef'ect a more important teformation in the condition of society than any in our time, lie, for one, could not agree to ter minate those mighty ef'orts, at this andI the extra session, by returning to a perfect re union with the banks in the wvorst and most dangerous fornm. lie would tnot belie all that he had said and don1)e, by voting for the bill as it now stood amended; and to termni nate that wvhich was so gloriously begun, in so miserable a farce. He cotuld not btt feel deeply disappointed. in what he had reason to apprehend would be the restult; to have all our efforts and labor trown away, and the htopes of the country disappointedh.I All would be lost; no-he expressed him self too strongly. Be the vote what it may, the discussion wvoul stand. Light had gone abroad. The public mind had been I rotused, for the first time, and directed to this great subject. 'rho intelligence oft lhe cotuntry is every where butsy in exploring its :depths and intricacies, and would not cease to investigate till all its labyrinths were tracedI. The seed that has been sown will iprotut and grow to miatturity-the revolu lion that has been begun will go through, a be our course what it may. The alternative to the rejection of this bill would be to do nothing, which, in his I opinion, was infinitely preferable. It would I throw the responsibility from this to the op posite side. We would thus have-done all < we could, and if nothing be done, theirs ' would be the fatult; and the cottatry would c hoki, them responsible. Butt to pass this I bil in its presenit form would be toassumie ' not ,only .the responsibility ofacting, but of r leaving things in a wvorse condition than we r find them-to strike the disease into the .1 system atd to render it more concealed and c langerous, while the attention of the patient ii .would Le withdrawn fr a ,t..e r.- ,.:- e lnger. If, on the contrary, we 94 s0 an our principles and professions, ar, uffr the bill 'to .bo. lost rather than to yiyfa'our principles. the public attention wcIfa be doubly roused; tle subject would '!WIe fully and perfectly investigated and, stood, and the great eiise we have ly supported, would finally and glori . umph. Let others do as they may, ld maintain his position. aid stand wherhe storad in 1834, and ever since. uld not be driven form it when others 0 to it, and now he could not be drawn . it by their departing. To stand alone-had no terrors for him. it was to him not u npual. From the Kentucky and Ohio Joura4s Mr. CLAY & Mr. CALIOUN & Tng gg TaxAsuRY BILL.-But to return to Cal houn and Clay, who were especially anta gonistical in this debate,-and we. r t that we have -not the pencil of Plutaie to present them to our readers in caitrast throughout-it would appear, we think. that if Clay can ouT-raAr, 'alhoun can OUT-PREACH. Mr. Calhoun confined him selfstrictly to the financial and constitition ni questions which grew out of the bill, condensing, we thinik, a little too much, for the ordinary reader, while Mr. Clay in his meteoric excursions, touched almost every other subject but the one before the House. Mr. Calhoun probes every subject to the bottom, and whatever he attempts, he de. ronstrates. Mr. Clay cannot reason lo . cally-he is a forcible declaimer, and- his power in debate consists in action--4i ilAn rERisM. Hence, all who read his speeches are disappointed. It is indeed unforitua ate for the fame of Mr. Clay as an orator, that his speeches have been published-posterity will Iace many of his contemporaries he fore im, and among the number his par ticular friend Mr. Calhoun. If you wish to understand the merits ol' the sub-Treasury bill in all its important bearings, read the speech of Mr Calhoun or Mr. Wright; and if you vish to under stand electioneering slang, and how Mr. (lay hates Gen. Jackson, and most of his political rivals, read his speech;-the one thought of the welfare of the republie-the other of himself and the presidency. Mr. Clay's speech upon the sub-Treasury hill is a failure, and must be so considered by his friends who say that questions of finance are not his forte. It is. we think, a mise ruble piece of pntch-work; "a tessalated pavement without cement"-filled with di gression upon digression-taunis, sneers, stale jokes, local prejudices, jealousies and malignant personalities against Mr. Van lBuren and his cabinet and friends; deliver ed in a dialect and manner unsuited to the place, the time, the occasion, and unwor lay of his eminence as a statesman. Mr. Randolph would have called it "fanfarin ade." N man is more sensitive than Mr Clay, or more prompt at repelling encroach ments upun- his personal or official dignity, and with all his ap >etency for populir ap plause which lie line sometimes mistaken forthe trumpet of fame, he not unfro n ly draws around him an atmospher of re pulsion which lie allows no one, not even his satellites to penetrate. His course du ring the present session has been uncourte ous dogmatic and insolent. He sdems to have taken the orator of Roanokv (the marks of whose scourge lie will carrto his grave) as hj.Senatorial prototype. We hasvf'beeti . particularl of buO :aket Fharisees of old, he nys prays in public, in the streets and iirkct places, and:never at all unless he ita can didate for the Presidency. and that lie has been fUr the last twenty years. He reminds us of the Duke of Gloster as painted by Shakespeare, who. when lie had resolved upon the crown, never appeared in public except in the company of priests, and with a prayer book in his hand. And ini this devout mood Mr. C.com anenced his great speech upon the sub-trea sury bill, under, as lhe said, "oppressed feel ing" and "it deep sense of awful responsi bility." He spoke of hiis anxiety. his sleep less nights and "Isis fervent prayers for Di vime assistance." lie "thanked his God that lie hiad prolonged his life for that great occasion." lie "thanked Him for the soft and sweet repose whlich he had experienced the night before;" and in imitation of Crom well when lie wans going into battle, he pointed io the sun and thanked his. Maker for the light and warmth lie shed upon the earth, &c &c. Now, all this we are compelled to believe was Pharisaical cant, for at that very mo menst hais heart was filled with uncliarita Ibleness toward General Jackson, and all his political opponents; anid from the abun lance of the hieari the mouth spesAeth" For- lie had scarcely finished his orisons when with the ferocity of a tiger hie pounced upon the hero of Orleans, and for several hours mangled his privnate and public character. Bly way of leatiing his ad miring audience knowv that he had been in Paris, aind in the alace of the Tuillerics, he alluded to the ~act of the Bourbons endeavoring to oblite -ate all traces of Napoleon, and then asked vhen wie should see effaced all traces of ihie avages of General Jackson's administra ion; during wvhich lie said "society had >een uprooted, virtue punished, vice re vnrded, and talents and intellectual endow nensts dlespi sed-brut ality, vulgarism, and 'aco focorsan upheld, cherished and coune ainced." But by way of climacieric lie aid the General's unpardonable sin was hsis var upon the Bank of the United Btates, mnd here upon the ruins of theo monster, as ipon the lied of Procrtustes be stretched the venerable liero, arid after torturing him vithotut mercy for upward of an hour, by 'Shirewbury clock," left himi to die of has roundls and bruises. This seemed to us the mkindest cut of all--for Mr. Clay himseif was the first to wage war against ihis insti ution. lHe denounced it as unsconstitution Il and dangerous; but this wvas before he vas a candidate for the Presidency, and while lie was acting with the republican1 arty, before his alliance with the New Cngland puritan. We have now wvaded through several olumans of Mr. Clay's speech, upon which, we were prayerfully admonished in the ex rdhium hung the future destiniy of this Re ubbie. and not one word upon the sub 'reasury bill. Nothing but the coarsest baldry and bitterest personal invective gainst that venerable patriot whom Mr.1 effersoni said had failed the measure of hsis ountry's hioinor,-anid the most illiberal and nwarrniable stricaures upon the measures i f his administration. From the Waskington CQuaid. CoMPLAINTs -AND THE CAUsE.--Ex change on the North is now at seven per cent premium-oii Charleston at four to five, and at a small premium on Savannah. The bills of Alabama banks are fifteen to twenty percent discount, and Mississippi oney in scarcely worth house room. A merchant, residing in Alabama. passed through this place a few days ago, on his way to New York to buy goods; prior to leaving home he exchanged his Alabama money for hills of the Western Bank of Georgia, giving 5 per cent premium for them;. these he brought to this place and sold at a discount of ten per cent for the bill* of other banks; with these he purchas ed a check on New York at seven per cent premium, making a total loss of twenty two per cent or nearly one-fourth of his mao ney, to enable him to get to New York from Alabama. Well may he exclaim, Oil! the glories of Jackson's anti Van Buren's ad ministration!"-Augusta Chronicle. There would he much more reason for him to exclaim, "Oh! the glories of the re nowhed Credit- Systom-and the folly of those at the South who are laboring to fix it irrevocably upon us!" What makes New York money better, by 22 per cent than Alabama money? It it because the notes are convertible into specie? Is it because the banks that issue them are sounder? No -not at all. It- is because this "credit sys tem," aided by the operation or the Fede ral Government. has centralized capital at New York, and given to the brokers and bankers of Wall-street, the complete control over the mony aid property of the South. "22 per cent" below par. quoihn ? We won.i1 to heavens it were 90 per ceni-ir no tinig else will se'rve to) ope th ei ve-s of lhe South t' tThis extortiinary & s-winidling svs tem. Thie Chrmniele em.ns diviea.tiied wvith tihe state of thiings; yet vents lik wrath agaiist metz. wliile lie halvorates the neas ares that have redueed the mothl to isti. de pendent condition. It goes for- a National Bank-whiebi tust evenitaly exercise a permanent and uilimited coritrol over the issues of Southern Banks, and the pro. ducts of Southern labor. This was the engine wi-hich first centralized capital in the North-the grindina efects or which we now feel. It would have thie government to link itself to the banking system again; and throw the whole of its trenmendolls weight in the scale of the Northern hank ers, brokers, shovers, and strskjobhers, en ablng them to realize princely estates out of the honest labor of the' country. We raise our voice and hands against it. We of the South have sutTered enough already. Tie New York money changers have fat tened on us enough in all conscience; and, changing the application of the I'oct's prayer, Let not the vials or their vengennee. poured On our devoted heads-be poired in vain! It is tinme that our sulTerings shoulid teach us wisdom, if reason he unequal to the task. To endure what we have endured, and then run back and embrace the system that has tortured us, is an iinfantaiion without paral lel. For one, we will never consent to be made the dupe of such a disastrous policy. Doianestic News. From dhe Augusta Sentind, Aprit 5. DINNER TO TIE MEMBERS OF TIE CQNY.5TION. Last evening at nait past 6 o'clock, the members of the Convention sat down to a splendid dinner at the Masonic llall, given by the citizens of Augusta. and provided by Mr. Batty of the Globe Hotel. JOHN PIIINIZY, the Maynrof the city, presided, assisted by the following gentle men as Vice Presidents. MEssRs. SAMU-:. 1 ALE, Ge-:. V. W A LKF.a, Dnt. A. CUNNNASI, J~o. BONES, EDwaan TroutAs. PAUL FiTztsmMoNS, E. B. BFALL. SAS:L. CLAR ax9 A DAa! JOHNsTON, ANDREw J. MILLER, JAa:Es W. DAvIES, After the cloth was renmoved the following regular toasts were drunk. R EG ULA R TOA STS. 1. Our Coutr-The whlole must pros per, when every part takes care of itself. 2. T1he Convention-May thme sl~ceess or its measures, eqhuahl the patriotismn that piromptedl, and the ability that has miatured them. 3. eSouthern C'ommerce-WVith Southern resources, she need only arouse Southern enterprise to the rescue. 4. The Norihern States-Let us showv that in honorable enterprise, brothers may compete andi be brothers still. 5. Old Virginia-In. time calreer of im provement may she "never tire." A fter the three rounds of lottd antI long applause which succeeded this sentinment. Mr. Milson, of Norfolk, rose andi returned his acknowledgements in behalf of himself andl his colleagues for the complimnent paid to Virginia. 1ie regretted that the "old Dominion" was hut partially represented, but with a modesty and earnestnmess wvhich betokened his sincerity, he pledged that the proceedings of tihe conventiotn would meet with a responise ini every quarter of the State. Hie concluded, after addresing time company ror a few minutes ini a very handsome and appropriate manner by offering the follow ing sentlimnent, The A ugusta declaration of Independence ifApril 4, 1838; worthy of the sacred pledge af " our lives, our fortunues and our sacred bonor." 6. North C'arolina--She cannot falter in the strife for commercial inidependence, wh~o was th~e firat to proclaim independence from Colonial thraldotm. The enthusiasm withI which this rentiment wras received, called up Mr. Winslow one of he D~elegates from F'ayettville, who in a iappy and beautiful manner auddressed thme :omnpany for a few minuttes. lie spoke as s North Carolintian should; both of his owvn nodest and uinassunming State and of her ister Southern States, anid concluded by di'ering as a compliment to South Carolina he following sentiment. Hon. Gco. McDue-The liberal states nan, the eloquent gentleman ; the mati vhom South Car'lina delights to honor. This toast called tip Gov. MfcDu~fe who xpressed his gratification at the quarteri rom which the compliment proceeded, andi ho manner in which it was endorsed bm ten company.-Aiter speaking for a few min utes in enlightened strains in relation to the great objects of the Convention, he couclu ded by offering the following sentiment. Tim Southern and South Western States United in their commercial and political destiny;-"united they stand divided they fall." 7 South Carolina.-Ever ready in spirit and resources, let industry rival the chivalry of her sons and she stands the first among her equals. After the applause produced by this toast bad subsided, Col. M emminger arose and responded to the compliment in a hand somei and eloquent manner. lie spoke like a man and a patriot, a worthy son of chival rous Carolina. His is a heart that knows no feelings of party where his country is concerned, and a tongue lavish of the sweet est and loftiest cloquence in behalf of- the conmon good. Carolina-na he whole south may well point to hun one of her brigh test jewels. le concluded by offering the following sentiment: The State of Georgia-The sent of hos pitality and public spirit; standing between the mountains and the ocean, may her selns advance with vigor to forge the last link in the chain which is to bind together with iron the Atlantic and the Mississppi. The toast was greeted with long applause, whiih having subsided, Col. Tho's Butlet King arose and responded to it a handsome manner and concluded by offering. - The interests of the South and South. West- "What God has joined together, lei not man tear assunder." 8. Alabama.-A thrifty scion from Geor gia, her pmar nt stock; may they flourish of 11all toether. Mr. Rohinson, of Tuscaloosa arose and addressed the company in behalf of his col lengues and the State of Alabama. in v very happy and attractive manner, eliciting great applause and concluded with the fol lowing seniment: The Union of the States.-Best maintai n ed by each of the confederating power imtiilainng its own strength and its own respect ability. . Florid.-Soon to add another flowei to the garland of our Union. Col, Long, one of fhe Delegates from Florida res)onded to this sentiment in a short but appropriate speech. Ile returned his thanks both for the compliment to the Territory and for the gallant assistance ren dered to its citizens by the volunteers o Georgia and South Carolina. lie gave the following toast in reply. The Volunteers of South Carolina and Georgia-Noble, generous, brave; always ready at the call of their country to breast them to the shock in defence of their unfor tunate and defenceless fellow citizens. 10. Georgia-Her maxim is, to act first and talk afterwards. Judge Loogstreet arose to respond to this toast. lie thought a response would perhaps come better from some one who had quar relled with Georgia less-itcould not coi fron one who loved her more. He alluded in the happiest manner to many acts on the part of Georgia illustrating the truth of the toast that Georgia acts first and talks after wards. lie was repeateely interrupted by the most lively applause, elicited from an amused and de!lighted audience, declaring that his motto was "Geo'rgia, I'll have her right if I can, but Georgia right or wrong.' He gave ,'e4r.... I-Jayn--The man 40 whom his political oppoients ascribe the best of hearts, and his political friends the best of heads. Gen. Hay ne arose and addressed the coin p any in a most eloquent and happy manner. We can convey no adequate idea of the speech, or the orator, and shall not attempi it. Every-body knows Robert Y. Ilayne, and we can only say that ie was on this oe casion fully hiimself. Applause after ap plause marked his words; and he concluded by offering the following toast. The cities of Charleston and Augusta. Brought into neighborhood by the South Carolina Rail Road, may the friendship which no w animates the bosoms of their citi zens be perpetual. I I. The Southern State~s not represented~ in this Convention-Silent, tho' twice called, we summon them yet again. 12. The Union of the Atlantic and the WIestern Waters--Its object, like that of the first union solemnized in the Garden of Ede., to be fruitful and multiply and re plenish she earth. A large nuaber of volunteer toasts were also given, of a highly patriotic character, interspersed with songs and stories of an enlivening character, but wre cannot attempt to report thecm tnow. The coinpany ad journed at a seasonable hour, and in the best order. Fronm the Miontgomery ( Ala. ) Journals .Ap~ril 5. B LoonY T RAozDY.-One of the most fa tal and lamentable occurrences which this community has ever been called to witness, took place in this city on Wednesday af ternoon, the 28th ultumo, in front of the Montgomery IHall. B~elieviing that we can not observe too tmuch cation in regard to uindue influences upon the public mind, in transactions that are to undergo Judicial investigation, we shall refrain from any thing like a detail of the facts in this case. Indeed,otur feelings wotild prompilt tis to drawv a veil over the whole fatal af'air, but that our duties as a public Jourtalist require a difierent course at our hands. At the time and lilace above stated, a renicotre took~ place between William J. Mooney and Kenyon Alooney, his son, upon oine side, and Edward Bell and his brother, htushrod Bell Jr upon the other. Dluring the affray, three pistols were hired, and knives or daggers were resorted to. Edwar'd Bell was shot in the throat and neck wiih three balls, which petnetrated to the vertebra.. Kenyon Mooney was shot through the right arm, the ball grazing his breast he also receivedl a stab in the sanme armn,which passing thiroutgh, wounded him slightly in the :-ight side. William J. Mooney watsstabbed in two pla 2es in the abdomen, enitirely dividing the itomach. The younger Bell wvas, we un lerstand. uninjured. Mr. Edward Bell, was most probmaly lisabled at the first onset, ihoiigh the aflfair s yet cnveloped in some imystery, as fess >r inone of the witnesses saw the whole of he affray, anud it was begun ans,l isttally en led in the interval of but a ver~y fe w see'rmds. r'ho elder Monney died on Thursday moirii n~g of his wounds, lHe has lefi a large atnd nteressing family, and a circle oif respi'.. able neighborsandu frens, to esnt. h.j untimnely and violent ciO, Ile was kind andi hospitable in his relations in lile, anold' beloved by his friends amid neighbors, but he has fallen a victim to the fiendish practice of carrying deadly wenpons,and that still Mor insatiate and hellish mfonsier intenmperance. When will the votaries of these vices hear the voice of warning? Mr. Edward Bell, died of tie wounds re ceived in this fell rencontre, on Friday last. The numl ierous friends who crowded aroind his bloody pillow, and the anxionscrowsvs who waited with anxiety at the door of his sick room, can bear ample testimony to his numerous virtues. Ile was generous,-cour teous, peaceful and brave, even to a fault. The chivalry of his nature, and, perhaps a mistaken, though generous impulse, for an absent and traduced friend, led to the un fortunate affray which terminated a life dear to his friends and valuable to his country. Ile has left a widowed mother and infant ,.isters, to weep over the short and unfor tunate career of a most affeclionate son and brother. - Jlmut we must turn our eyes from the sor rowing relatives of a hulsbnmd and father, (ent to a bloo'ly grave in the noontide of life, ail of a stil anid brother, whose memory is hallowed ly a thmou-,and tender recollections, and sce if I here he not others upon whom, at least, some share of popular indigrnation should rest. flow stand the importers and dealers im Pistols and Bowie knives in this' matter! Where, the still more immediate accessories. the retailer'of the intoxicating draught which fired the brain, and made the hospitable, kind, neighbour, forget the feel ings natural to his heart, and seek to embroil in bloody affray, those who under diffierent circumstances. it would have afforded him pleasure to serve & acknowledge as friends? .low stands the case with our police and city authorities, when men armed with the instruments of death and slaughter, had been, for hours previous to the fatal catas trophe, parading the streets, in a-state of intoxication, so that such difficulties might have been reasonably apprehended? Shall we hold those blameless, whose timely in terrerence to arrest the unfortunate Mooney & his companions, when the peace and good order of the city called for it, would have prevented this dreadful stain upon our name, and have saved the lives of two valuable citizens, and the heart rending anguish of their families? If our citizens are notsafe from such fa tal rencontres, which might so easily and timely have been prevented, then indeed, we live in fearful times, and a still moro fearful place. From the Charleston Mercury. MORE INDIAN MURDERS. A gentleman, just arrived from Tallahas see, says the Darien Telegraph. of the 6th imst. imforms us that oi the niaht of the 1st inst. a family of the name of Ilurifoy, were murdered within 20 miles of Tallahassee. The Indians burned the dwelling and two white children in it ; two negro women were also killed; and Mrs. Purifoy received two shots through her body and was stab bed by the Indians. She crawled, howev er, into a thicket, where she concealed her self. Dr. Taylor, of Monticello, stated to our informant, that she could not possibly survive. The Jacksonville Courier of the 5mb inst. says:--By a letter to our excellent Mayor, Col. Deli, from his brother in Alachua .counly, dated-April.:it from bmrer of the letter, Air. Brooks, our worst apprehen sions of further-indeed of continued Indi an murders, are confirmed. "-They killed two Irishmen. on the place that Brush cleared on fime Micanopy pond-"1 Signs near Camp Fanning are spoken of. "God only knows what we are to do; but still hope Jesup will lie able to relieve is." Hope dleerredl; amid still farm her to be deferred as may lbe seeni by ime General's owm shlowing. Mr. Brooks gives the further informatiotn that two volunteers were fired upion at Suwanee, Oh! Town-and severely won ded; that Indians have been seen, at mhe Echietokamy 8prings, amid signs about Fort Wite. and nmear Newnansville. FUavnmEt PaARTcuLans.--..On Satturday evening last, about dlark, a party of Inidianis, suipposedl to number 30 omr 40, attacked time dwvelimng of Mr. Pturifoy, residing in thme vicinity of tihe previous depredations, muir dlered twvo children amid ihree~ negroes, plun dlered and set fire to the buildings, and made their escape-tme children Were burned in the dwelling. Mrs. Puirifoy, althoughm se verely wounded, miraculously made her escape froam the savages. When time attack was made there were none hut females. bouit time premises, a fact supposed to have been ktnown to time Indians. Mrs. P. was lyimng im bed with her two childrenm, heard a noise in her room and on lookimig up found it filled with Imnlians, who commenced dis charging their rifles, several of tihem aimed at herself and children. Th'ie children it is supposed were killed ait once. Mrs. P. re cemved as ball imn her shomlder, which passed out at lier breast. The savages mext comn memnced backing and stabmbingher with their' knives, amid iheited a nummber of severe woiuds on lier hteadl and several parts of' her body. Thmeir attention was a moment directed from lier to a noise made by the servants in an ad~ioining room, whenm Mrs. P. taking advantage of this circunmtanleo escap~ed to tihe yard, whmere she was again slhot down, lbut suiccededi in gaimning mime woods, intending to reach tier father's resi (dee, Cap>t. Danmiel Bird. about two miles distanit. Faint from the loss of blood and mime severity of her wotmnds, she was una tile to proceed more thnan half a muile,whero she was found next miorning. Mrs. P. re eived. we unmderstanmd, temn distinict woundcs, several very severe, buti her phlysician en tertains stroing hoipes of hier recovery. To heighitemn the catastrophe, Mr. Purif'oy, whose ciidrenm and slaves were slain, wvas absemnt from hmonme, fuililling his ministerial duities. As soon as thme attack was discovered, time troops at Camp Carter, under' Capt. She hmee, wvere senit t'or, butt time Indians had dlis persed ini three parties amid fled. Mamj. Tiav orwith Ca >r.- Newsamn's company .joinmih Capt. S. (in il fonday morning, amd have fol lowed the several trails, bt with what smmc css we have not mmnderstoiod. 'rime honse attacked is several miles withm in thme fromntier settlemnts-the hous~es of mom~st of wh Iichm atre picikered in. We trumst time oeenrmrence n~ ill awakenm thme Uniite.i S ites authiorities to do somethling more foir he prumee i on of nor frni:.- 2'mlu~,sa