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FMn6 te pow"rrp..deserqf CAr. Mrsary. WAsuIeGo. May 17, 1838. Iathe iouse., ist nigkht, the previous question wais called on the Treasury Note Bill,- and the naii questin 'was ordereJ .o be put, by the Speaker's easting vote, making the vote, Yeas 100, Nays 99. The Bill.wan then ordered to a third reading, 306.to 99. So it was evident that -some miotbers Ivere wavering and undecided as to their ultimate vote, and endeavored to shun the question, until it should he ascer tained which way it was going. The Fill was passed, and -then Mr. Rariden ikovedt a reconsideration. The motion to i. tsider was taken up this tnorfing. and ovious question was ordered, to cut 6a1b. After a call of the House, which ;ht every one in the City to his seat, the question on the motion to reconsider was taken, and there appeared. Yeas 110, Nays 109. So the motion to reconsider actually prevailed, which, for a mouent, ptod ced quite a sen--ation in the House. I tut the question was not decirled yet. The Speaker of the House had not voted - and, under a rule of the House, he has the right to 7Ve, when hisvote will make a tie. S8 t 'enker rtso and ioted in the negative, nni' delared the vote to he, Yeas 110, Nays 110, and the mnot ion to reconsider was, therefore, not carried. So the Bill was re leased aud sent to the Senate for concur rence. Mr. Boon renewed his motion to take tip the Resolution to rescind the Specie Circu lar, but it was lost. ThiHouse took up for consideration the Messagtiof the President of the U. Stntes, in.rcatio to the occultation by Great Bri tain; of the mouth of the River Columbia. The question being on the disposition of the Message. Ar. Cushing stated that this was a subject ityolving the peace, the ittterests und the lonor of the country ; and that there was nmple proof that Great Britain had deter rined to take possiession of the country oq .tlie Pacific, in violation of our rights. lie gaid he should feel it his duty to urge the atteetion of the.liouso and tie country. AIr. Adans, mpokeati great length in ex ;Pottion of-the gro4ds of our claim to the emantry. and declared that our claim was good fram latitude 142 to 60 storth: and that Great Britain ha4 not the shadow of pny claim to the couui. -Before we fotght for it, however, he Aqh4fd.lIke to see it ic cupied by the United Sates'. and wanted also some further documiennry proof of the ineachmen ,of Great Britain upon it. Mr. Cisfifng1aid lie would furnish the proofs called for. The'ienate was enraced all (lay on tle Distritlpuk Bill. and did tint dispose of it. The Treiiiury Note Bill from the House was reported. - - May21. The Treastiry No& Bill tas signed by the Presidept this morning. Before lie re ceii6d it; the last dollar of the ten millions n Treasury Notes authorized under the nat of Oct. last, was issued. The ttmount which can be issued immediately, under the new bill, is about six millions; for that sum ham. by this time. heen rpfstl Inen tho Treasury and cancelled. The .President sent an order to-day, for the immediate issue of a .million. In the Senato, to-day, Mr. Clay presen ted a Memorial prayig for the establish ment of a National Bank, and look occasion to make some remarks upon the subject, and to advocate the establishment oeth an instittion, tunder some restrictions, which hie pointedl out. lie inisted upon the ne cessity of adoptin:: sotme eflicient means fi,r prevecnting such a Bank from refusing pay ments, and also stigges,ted the p)ropJriety oif rescuting bill holders from all possible loss. by pledging a particular ftind for the re dlemptiont of the hills, as is done undet the genoefal banking law of New York. He said, however, thtat lie did not intend to offer any project for sueh an) institutioni to this body, wvhichi might he considered as a packed jury. Butt it was evident that Mr. Clay, though lie did not offer the pi-opositiotn for the Senate, offered it for the- publi. Mr Allen and Mr. liuchatnian replied to his retmarks, and opposed the scheme of a re-ostabilish.menit of a National Banik, ns unuconstitu tional antd itiexpe-dint. The tummorial was laid on the table. The Whiig scheme for a batnk is now saidl to lie a sixty illion batik to bie established at New York, with Mr. Gallatiu as its piresidett. So, Mr. Bi'ddle is dropjped. Mr. Clay said to-day, thtat his preference was a new bank. Tihe dlistrict Batik Bill was again taken up, and it was amended Ott motioti of Mr. Bienton, so as to continute the charters of the honks fortwo years only and upon cer tain condtitions. Th~e bill was then passed to a third reading. in the Hlouse, tn-day sundry petitions * * ~ were presetnted ; one of whlichl, offered by Mr. Adams, prayed for the expuilsion of tha;t timetmber ftrom the House. Mr. Drotn goolo pronouincedl the pitper to be a gniz; atnd it was laid on the table; but MJr. Adlamsa wished to refer it to a s:-leet coimmitee. Mr. Boon has dlropped( his proptosition for reeinsding~ the Specie Circtilatr for the p resent. The Florida War Appropriation Bill was ttaken up in Commiittee of the WJhole. it will elicit sotme debate, atnd pretty warm debate. The amotiut enalled for immediately is about thrtee millions. An attempt will be tmade to stop all further expendlitures on this war after the 1st of June, but without success. * May 22. -A debate arose tn both houses to-dlay,on t he suabject of the Cherokee Trreaty', which moust be etiforced to -morrow, the 53rd, ac cording to law ; Usat is to say, the,.removal oif the Indtians must commenee to-morrow. (Git. Scott has with himn a force, including Militia, of abotut 8000 men, and will have a greater force. lie is instruc'ted to carry the remnovatl into effect, and to preserve the peace.of the cotuntry. News was receited hiere last night of the murder, by the Chero kees of the Surveyor General of Georgia, and ether citizetns of that State, within the limita of the Cherokee Couty, which had exasperated the Georgians and Alabamni ans,very much as wvas evident it, the debate. - At an early hotira Message was received from the President tratnsmittitng a letter from Mr. Poinsett, Secretar of War, to John Ross and others of the 'herokee Del *6ationi, 819W in this city, Shi Relep. tion hed 1hid before the Pr fot a neir Treaty bond on ret sidb. The letter gives tho their final reply. It offiers-ohm conces sions of a very liberal nattre, in tA6 bope and with the understandirig that It will re concile the whole tribe to removal. It des .not.grant all that Ross requires., but ft poses,with ihe-assent of the States of or gia, Alabama aind Tennessee. to prolong the time allowed for the removal for Iwo years, and to give the Iridiaus all the neces ary protection, mneanwhile.and even to suf fer them to manage their own removal in their Qwn way. undercertain restrictions. - It oilers to grant the Cherokees a patent. in perpetuity, for their new country West of the Mississippi, which the Government al ways contemplated granting to the emi grant tribes, and-agrees that no territorial or other Government shall be enforced over the Cherokees without their assent. It considers a further sum for the expense of removal, and the payment of arrearages andl annuities under former treaties, and the continuance of annuities granted by the Treaty of 1819, for two years, provided Congress shall assent thereto, but it refu ses to Allow a sum for the Cherokee county in addition to the 5 million fund stipulated in the 'reaty. Messrs. Clay and King of Alabama. Cuthhert of Georgia, and others, expressed the greatest surprise, regret and indignation at this movement on the part of the Execu tive.. They said they had not been consult ed in it, and utterly condemned it, as inja rious to their $tates, and well calculated to provoke a protracted and bloody war with the Cherokees. They said eventis had been brought about in this matter, of which the Government had no knowledge,by the mur ders lately committed by the Cherokees, at the instigation of the piretended chief of that nation, with whom this negocintion had been opened; and they moved the Sen ate that the States concerned would go on forthwith to. execute the treaty, whatever might be the course of the Government in regard to it. They said that the States immediately concerned would never as sent to any delay; aid but for this treaty Georgia would not have waited so long for their removal. They spprued and repudi ated the document and would not agree that it should ever be referred. Mr. Web ster said that it was the prevailing opinion n the country that the treaty was fraudn lently obtained. This was his own opinion as expressed at the time of its ratification here. If, as the Secretary of War propos ed, any thing could be done to lessen the injustice of our proceedure, he hoped it would be done. If a little money was all that was wanted for this purpose, he was willing to grant it. Mr. Calhoun said that the Sccretnry of War wished to make the removal easier and more speedy by prevail ing upon the Indians to assent to it. To remove them without their assent would tie difmicult. If five hundred thousand dollars would peraiade them to go, after a reason ably delay, he trusted it would lie given. The matter was- laid aside for the present. The same metsage was discussed in the House and referred to the Committee on Iudian af'airs. Most of the day was spent in the consideration of the sttject of ie President's mes relation QM-b,! cupation by r itain ot the territory of the U. States on the Mississippi.~ Mr. Adams says we have twenty-eight degrees of that coast that we may, atid probably must, fight for; and he is for occupying it at once. Froin the Vashinglon Chronide. TJIlE HON. WM. F. GORON. WAe ha~ve obtained permission to publish the very intergsting letter from this distin guished Republican to a memberof Con gress, wvhich the reader will find below. It contains ficts of no littie interest to the pubh lie,.as well as to individuals. The reader will doubtless remember that Gen. Gordon, was the member to Congress who, in 1834, '.5. first Introduced the bill to divorce :he Government from all banking instittutions. Under what circumstances this popositiim was originally mat ured, and moved umay be seeni by a perusal of the letter itself. AL.BEMARLE, Ya. Miay y. My Dear Sir- Youtr letter of the 30th April, is jtust received, in conseqtuence of my atbsence in attendance on the Superior Court of Orange. You say that you had seen it stated in the public pirints, that I was note opposed to the sub-Treasury system ! do far from it, there has not beetn a moment since I pro posedi the subject in the House of Repre sentatives, in which I have doubted, either ont policy or principle, lied General Jack son's A dministration adopted the scheme at the timte it was proposed, the shoek of suspension, lby the banks, might not have occurred; o.i if it had, would have been greatly mitigated, in its effect, both on the people and the Government. Other coun eels, however, ruled the hour, and the time most nuspieious to its introduction was lost! It was with great surprise. hut with high gratification, that I found thle succeeding ad ministration reecommnending it as a great measure of reform. I have never been-.e nought a party man, to abandon my own opinions antd principles,- becaume of their adoption by those with whom I do not a gree on all subjects, and being more andl more convinced of the wisdom, and Repub lican tendencies of this great lbut simple measure of reform in the Administration of the Federal branch of our Government, i have given, and shall continue to give, my dlecidled support to the Administration, so far as this subject is involved. My gramifi cation at the recommending of this measure, has been dashed by the ahuse which has been poured on our talented andm tpatriotic friend, Mr. Calhoun whose opinions I well knew on this subjec.t, since its first move ment. Indeed, I drew the bill, which I re presented to the House, as a substitute for the State Bank scheme in consultation wuithi him; and although he preferred' as a moas tire of policy, to renew the charter of the United States Bank for a short period-in that measure, he looked to a similar result. His consistency on this subject comes in aid of the transeendant ability with which he hasurhaintained his opinions, and shields him, itt tunprejudiced minds, from every Im p utation thrown on his motives. I am sure he will persevere;t I trust he will receive the powerful aid of the Administration; success, (of which I do not doubt) will be an achiev ment, worg~yto he Inseribed on the repnbli can banner or" '98t" and the civil glory of ;he era will not be surg.assed by ayr in eug AV. iiyet l7at, f ifsimuch cond b h cna 0t theit day. wv forsW li,eI head,4e *hall rn pli rv 4 dovernmem by disvonne 'rosm 1emi1ac iesafid: k lnnlemth attks, lher t ot' Federal; And ti Iii the lannunge of Mri Jeferson, in hiOl r to Mr. Miadln-rvin'99. h'eredf- "th to of the United States ought to hei may bo made, as simple as thome of Mon farmer." -Thus much tlhite It it just nd proper to say to.yot both- g'tnrd to Mr. Oalhoun?a consfsteny and. own constanry; and I am sure you will with me, m' the hope that the State RI riy every where, mqy he Arm and c tent: that they have remained true t6 ' fth of their fathers, amidst the lie -*nil persecutions ofthe pas, they will iter now, on a great questi. of delive and liberty; that having braved the I rs of powder, they will despiseahe -med ags of inferest;-that having resisted the ra of a "lnurelled hero," ensrhrined in th.'grati tude -if his eountry, they will no vild the Consfitution ofthircountry,to th'dmois of more monev-dealers. Most respectfully and sincerely youw*ieud, WiM. F. dtORD N. Domestic News. PHILADELPIA, Maiy'17. - Scandalous Ontrage Against LAseand Deceiscy.-We learn that the Pennsylvania Hall was attacked n Wednesday evening, by a mob of disorderly person-, apparently about three thousand w ho demolished fhe windows of the edifice, atid wounded sever al of those assembled within it. We learn that the assailants objected to a promiscuous associal ion olblacks and whites in ihis Hall. This is an affair of tAte. Public Ledger. MAy 17 Philadelphia again Disgraced by a Brutal Mob.-The Pcnsylvania Hall Burntl We scarecly dare give vent to our feelings, in announcing the burning (of the Pennbyl vamia Hall by a mob! The building was forced open last evening aboutb O'clock und fire set to it, in various places. it was un-occopied at tihe time, and we believe no resistance was offered to tihe incendiaries On fle 4,rval of flhe engines, they were permitted toiplay upon the adjoinug pro perly. An immense concourse or people were assembled by the con.dagration. and whean thle roof fell in, a shout of exultation, was sent forth, as if Liberty herself had been set free, and the throne of a tyrant had been protrated! A by stander in the crowd. who seemed to have just arrived in our city, asked us what was the character of tle building otn which the vengeance of a demoniacalonob had thus been w reaked, and we were obliged to arswer, "it was a Hall dedicated i4free discussion on subjects not of an insMral tendency." It may lie proper to add, that ther of the building falls upon h cay, a 'ng to. a law enacted a year pr two g say we are uether abolltioiut, or eda tes of abolition, or that we disapprove alto gether of their course; but while we make this disclaimer, we musl say that we are no mobites, or advocates of mobocracv. We live in the land of laws, and their shield should protect, or their sword punish all.-Ibid. From the PhiladdJphia National Ga:eue. WVe have received ans account of a riot which took'place last evensinmg out side of the large new building called the "&Pennsylvns mnin Hall," lately openeai 1 this city fur scientific and psolitical discussions and lec tures, inclsuding the disussion of the ques tion f abolitionism. Last evening the hall was crowded with about three thousandl persons, to hear a lecture biy Mr. Garrison anid others. Of the audience about one half wecre female. It was promiscuously rom posed of .white and ulack people. Al the close of Mr. Garrisots's address, a mob out .de was very noisy. Mirs. Maria WV. Chapman, of Boston, theou addlre,sedl the meeting for several minutes. She was followed Mrs. Anglica E. Grimke WelmI, Lucretia Mott, of this city, & A'sdy Kelley. In tihe mueantimc. the emib increasemd and becamse more unruly, and thsrew various miasses a' thle wiudows,tsa further injury was dosae thans brea king,the~ glass, as the -linda insside pmrtected the audience.' A qulatter befor'e toen, thse comRpnnay retiredl amid the cries and groans of the muob, who blocked up the street on every side. One black man was knocked downs with a club. BALTIMoRE, May 21. Fu-then Disturbances.-T he d ist urbances in Phsiladelpshia, it appears, did no)t tertmins ate with the buirning of Pennssylvania Hall' On Friday ni;,ht an~attempst was made to barn the Orphsan School fort colored ho7s, in Th'lirteenth, near Ciallo whill street, which is thus msontionecd in the Inquirer of Satur day: "We learn from various sources that it was rumored in the course of the (lay, that an A bolition meeting wvas to have heen held ina the school rootm. This created some ex citement, and a large concourse of people repaired thitber about half past eight, brke itt the edifice, and as is supposed, set if on fire. The aam was speedily given, and the firemen hastened to the spot and soon succeeded in quenching the flames. No disturbance took place on the ground, aid the firemen wvent to work with Ifhe at maost alacrity. The Schsool House is a'large four story brick busilmding, ansd nearly new. Speaking of than "Pennsylvsasia HlaIl," which war, destroyed by fire on Thursday night, the Pennsylvanian.says-.. "The Hall was erected lby the Abolition Society, end was not finished until last week. It was very larget built in the most stubstantial and costly manner, and the Grand Saloon for the piurpose of meeting, was we believe the most spacious,and ele gant rootn of the kind in Philadelphia, be ing ninety feet in length, by about sixty in breadth, with galleries, &c., the whole he. ing capable of allowing from 1800 to 2000 persons to be comfortably sented, and of containing nearly 3000 persons. Thefte wvere besides, lecture rooms and other apart. meints. The entire cost of the establish went, including, we presume, the purchase of the around i eathmated at #dafna rh AVGA t opened to the public on Monday -aser.Ind we are informed Ithat.- meetings were - eld andl addresses delivered in it, e -.day ana evening,u) to the time of the catastrophe." The Mississippi and other distant Banks, Disr#putable Coduct.-We perceive fromn late 11lississi ppapers thea tie course of the Banks of tI bate, has producei a greant degree of exciteient, and naot without suf ficient cause. if the nlle,aisiorns uainus these Institutions, le founded on truth. It i,4 said that whide eois of them perinil their paper to continue at a dincount of fim wouiv five to thirty-five per cenf., in the Ailaniic cidoit, they have large balances in the Banks o those cies. for whice they refuse 11) dlran%% Nay more, that they have'agents engaged in buying up their own paper at the enor nwns rates of discount to nchich we have referred !-Conduct of this character just ly merits the strongest reprobation, and we are therefore not surpiised at the excite tnout it has produced anong the citizens eimediately in terested. If the charge be uniuinled anudJalse, the Banks owe it as well to themselves as to the people of blis sissippi to nake thein appear so. We can not coneuive of conduct inore atrocious than that alleged against the institutions in question, and we trusv most devoutly, that they will ie able to clear their skirts of unputations so foul and offensive. Another matter deserves a word of cen sure at our banks. Several Southern and -outh-Western. Bnnkb have notes yet in circulation. made paya ble in New York ad in this city. which arc not redeemed at the Bunks where ihey are maade payable. This al.o is wrong-docidedly wrung-aud amounts to hittle less than a lase fraud upon the public. The banks alluded to, siaoUld make arrangements for the inmeediate re demption oft heir obli-ations in this quarter, let the cost be whatever it may. Such conduct in an individual, would speedily blast his reputation, and it is not a whit less censurable in a Bank, or any other incorpo rated institution. At somie finure pe-riod, we intend sn give a last of the Banks alluded to atove.-lb. \VAsHInoToN, May 16. Subscription for Charleston.-Our city authorities have called a meeting, For the purpose of taking measures to relieve the cetizens of Charleston. S. C., who have suffered by ine late fire. It is propo-ed thiat the meeting shall be held to-norrow at the City Hall at 6 o'clock. - No ecasion could occur. more strongly app anlig ti generou)s bympathiies. Th..us anuds ol' the very a.est, and anost useful cla-'s [we understand that the burnt district was, for the most part composed (of those of mid dling tans and active pursuits] are, by a conflugration, deprived of a home-a shel ter for their fanilies-and in the ruin of their edifices. -all their comfors, and the anenus of providing new habitations perish oil. It is in the power of those whomn Prov idence has shielded from such calamities and who can command money, to put an end to this distress, and enjoy the luxury of doing good-a pernanew good, which may extend through generations-i they have r Wd*"o flit-0 We hope that every individual who can all'ord to waste money in extravagnoaces. or even the elegancies of what is called city lift, will feel that self denial, and tihe sacrifice of such inigs ter a time, and the nppteopriation of their cost to the pun rpnoe tf rentu-lding the burnt district in Charleston, will not be a loss but a gain to hit. in deed. even thoese whoe lave but a hare coma - perency for ther owan comfat, mught to be willing to punt it uander a ile circumascrip, titoa, to aid those suffTerinag foir every neces saries of life. T'hey shomuld rceembeer thce goluden rule: Do as you would have others should do umto you."-Globe. From the Western Georgian, MTay_15. THEa CaHERoKEEs.-n ourconutry, the loadians are as yet peanele, atnd fereom what we cain eairn are still in hopes thaat John Ross will etfect somreeing in Ihe-ir favr uit uashinton, althouagh given distinctly ton understaend oy the Commnissioeners at Cal houn, that the stiputlatioens oaf nine treaty will lbe strictly enfbreed, immweflnately aufter tIne 24th inist., without anay reg:ard to then views or feelings of Mr. Ronss one the subjet. WVe have just conversedl with a ge'ntlrmnan wino hats re'centliy visited Gilmr-nend Unioen cont ties, andI learn from hima that tine indians ian thnat section oef the country. hait bee'n sieen by dihrereant persons anod at differreneauimes, tr'anspo)ring corn in sacks and otherwise, to the mountains, where it wans suapposed they intended to retreat, whenev'er the treaty was attemtinted to he encforcedl. It is also alhought that tine Cherokeeq on the Noertht Carolina line will pursue thte samne couarse. Ini the neighbtorhood ref Cedar-toavti. Patald inaz county, the inhabitants herame some whnat alarmed fromn some slight indeications of hostility on thte piart of the Indians.-. Noting ref a very serious nature hats trane pir'ed, as fiar as we have been able to aseer A letter to the Editors of te Charleston Courier, daetedn Black Creek. Mavy 16, says: "Aen express arrived h'-re' dnay bcefoere yesterday, sta'.i n that AlIligator, wIno'had bceen scent out ahouat a imontle enee by ti. Taylor, haid returned with 317 Indians, men, women ande chi'dren, and the impressin is, that thtere will he no more campaigning. as it is sunpposed that all ref the Indians will comie in, ini the coterse of the summer -The Johan M'Leacn has just arrived here f'roma Fort Mellon, which post iis to be brokcen up -that at Vonltusia is already abeandoned. The M'L.ean brings soldliers, horses boqtq, &c. The Charleston is expected to day from the same place." PEntsAcOoLA. Many 12. It is the opinion ref many inielligenrt gen tlemeo. who have tanke n part in 'he late dnif fieolties witht the Semitnoles. that there can not he auorn' thatn.50 or 100 Warriors wino will stand out. The following gentlemen were on the 14th inst ad mitted by the Court of A ppeals to piractice in the Conurs of' Chancery in this State. vis: John A. Aiston,. Jutlieu A. Dargan, F. D. Laid, James A Pope, Win. Wbauley, Arthur Wigfall. .And the followingR were on the 16th inst. admitted to practice itn the Co-orts .a L-tw: Peter Della Terre, I4ther Mi McBeie, adamMa 24mw. Extrat of a Letter, dated 4MICANOPY,(Flor.) May 141838. "1 have no news to communicate. We hope to je,able soon to move against the coemy. They are becoming very hold and imptulent, cross our mad- in every direction, &comne within half anmile ofile fort. Our express nen from Fort King are fred on every timte they pass. They inust he pun ished, and lajor Riley contemplatos an ex pedition round Orange Like. so mion as Citpi. Smith arrivcs with his 35 nie, and -omtes from Tuipa n ilh a coipaty of mounted infantry. The last are expected every moment and nuorder for Smith has been issued. It is certainly lhe most .imporiant enterprise that can he taken in Florida, and if success attends it, the termination of tie war, usay be the re snlt. The enemy cn istter a large force. They have a town on the Ok-la-wa-ha; haave collected there their women and chil dren: are planting, and feel confident of se curilv. If broken and dispersed, their wvives captured, and their fields laid waste, I am certain many will cume in immediate ly and the rest will soon follow. It is at least worth the trial, and the senson is now fair. A month hence will be too) late." Savaunah Georgian. - AVGUsTA. Ga. May 22. We have the best authority for contradict ing the report. that the Western Bank at Romne, Floyd County, Gn., has failed and closed its doors. The indiN idual, who in dorsel the statement on the stage way-bill, at Columbus, if known. should be exposed, as it is proiable that by this report. some of the hill holders may have suiered bv a large discontt on the notes; and it is 'also probable, that the individual nay have been a purchaser hiiself. It is with poleasire, that we have to con tradict another report which is going ite ron1 c]ds, in the newspapers. Dr. Brewster, instead of having been murdered by sme Cherokee Indians, was a week ago in life on his plantation near Rome. Floyd Coun ty, uotwithstanding the four hullets which, as it was stated, ha(t penetrated his body. Constitutionalist. BANKs OF IAssAcSusETT3.--The char. ters of eleven Banks in tbis Starte were re pealed at the recent sessionti of the Legisla ture: Amerienn, Commercial. Kilhv, Orien tal, Fulton. Commonwealth. Franilin, Ia fayette. Norfolk, Itoxhury and Middlesex Banks. By the Bntk Law recently passed, no) director can lorrow nore than 8 per cent. of the enpitial, nor the whole board of direc tors iore thain 30 per cent. The operation or the 24 per cent. penal ty hais been suspended until the 1st Janun ry next. Bills ofr5 and underof the Boston Banks. and tno%e under three, of the country banks, are. by provisionm of this act, to be'redeem el in upecie.-Ibid. Steamboat Acci.ent.--The Columhus Sentinel of Thursday last has the following: The steattiboat Irwiniton, on her dowit ward Jassage, took fire imnediately util -r the fUrnace, a short distance below 9unt's ZNo - 05$elpala.cicj&rirm. andLwi,h. av ii to prtveat her being entirely de stroved, she was seuttled and sunk. It was supposed, witen she was being stink, th:-t it was oin a bar, but the water proved to be deep. nod she is. we learn, almost entirely %Q11stnerged. Her engine, hoilers. &c., will nost likely be saved. The Irwinton hind on board only two hundred bales of cotton. Augusta Sentinel. NKw-YOaK, May 15. The North-western Passasge, so long s.ought bsy Etnglish navigators, hsas he-en fousnd. W'te do nest menan thast a piractioni passage to the North osf this coantinent, h.s bseens -liscoverod but thsat a pairty of the employees of the Hudson's Blav Compnny, und,er besse. P. W. Desase, n~ne Thomas Simspsos,, hsave traced the Nor-thern .luhre of North A tmerica. from Franklin's 'Ret utrn Reef,' on the eastern, to B.echev's 'Cape Barrow," on the western sidle othtle conti snent. Now we shall soson hsave a maps.andu the atlas will no longer grow into unknown lands atid sens, as the north of Aereica. The grandl pr-oblem is soslved, and thne qtues tin of thne conection, of the A tlantic, uand Pacific Oceans settled. Far.her than for specutlastive or geographical purposes, the discovery is not useful; but all praise for its ac-cotmplisehmsent is due to the H-udson's Bay Company, ansd their hardy vs.ariners. Sun. REcovERY OF NEGoRoEs-An important case says the N. 0. Picayune of theo 1l-th, was decidcd yesterday in thsis city, after three days examination and argsiment. Gen. Gaines fiustred considerably in the smi, represenitinig in his person th'e Uiiited States of Amerien, as defensdant. T -e plaintifls, whio reside in Geor.gia, c-lasimfed as fuigitive slaves. 67 negroe<, which were ta ken e-sptive with thie Seminole lidians. The case was argued before Jtudge Bumchs anon of the First laistrict Court, by R H Chinn. on behalf of the claimants, and~hy Thomas Slidell for the dlefenidansts, the goveronment. The case wsyn decided ir: favor of -the claimsons. Geni Gaines was made the party defendant, becausse thne safe remnoval of the Indians and negroes to the lanids asaignedl them by government as their fussure abiode, was considered to belong to him.-Augusta Sentindl. The Rail Road fromt Richmond to Peters hurg. is completed. An engmne arrived at the latter place on Saturday, and on Mon day the Directors with a nuamber of other gentlemen, made an exeurson on it which proved highly satisfactory. The Raleigh Star save. ft is a fact worthy of remark, that the lhank of the State of North eCarolina has in its vaults at least half ~as much'specie, as all the twenty-six associated banks in Boston. A FEarFLDErA.--A Western aper states, that a Frenceh.inggler, named ilns. Sciara, has bseen giving exhiibitionts for a month or twos past. throngh that region, with his beautifnl little dautghter, abosut nine years of age, who. under his direetion, was in the habit of walking on ropes to the top. At a late ascenision, at WVheeling, Va., thue little girl fell from the rope to the ground, and was instantly killed! * LiN. Y. Pesbie Leds. vbe X1bettifst. EDGEFIELD C. II. TauRaAT, MA 31. 1838. The Bank Convention which assembled in Charleston. on the 22nd of this month, unanimously agreed in i resolution for the re-umption of specie payments on the first of Januitry 1839. We perceive thl several of the Northern Banks already pay out ipecie for sums under $5. The Annual Convention qf the Stock. holdersal the Georgia Rail Road and Bank. ing Company. assembled in Athens, early in this month, and adopted measures to hasten the construction of the main road. and the branches to Athens, and Madison, and also for the extension of the road, to intersect the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. So&tF BANKs uArE SOUL.-The Dank of Camden has declared its July dividend of $2 per share, to be paid to the Charleston stockholdbri on. the first of June, in order to relieve any of thiun, who may have suf'er ed by the late.fre. : Ar4OTHF.R STEAN BOAT RACE.--It ap. - pears that the steam packets Georgia and Pulaski did run a race, notwithstanding the affected unwillingness of one of the Cap tains to do so. How long will the public sub mit to such conduect! The Georgia arrived in Baltimore in 46 hours, and the Pulaski in 47. Both left Charleston at the samo hour. The Florida Watchman of May the 19th, says that thetown of Monrovia, in Gadsden County. is entirely destroyed, with tie ex ception of two out-buildings. Most of the property was not insured. Suspicion rests upon the Cashier of the Monrovia Bank as being the incendiary, inasmuch -as he is charged with having embezzled a large por tion of the funds of the Monrovia Bank, It is rumored that a Court Martial is about to be held at Fredericksburg, fir tho tri.,i of Gen. Jesup. A Pennsylvania Editor states that there is n good prospect of an abundant Wheat crop in t.hat State. There has been recently a great excite mcnt in Philadelphia, on the subject of abo lition. For paiculars, see the account which we publish to-day. Gen. Kimberly, of Connecticut, has been electe4 '1. S. Senator for the term of six years,, in the 4th of March next, to fill the paeA svhishail,b vacated by the preset incumbent, Mr.- Niles. Judge Gould, who so !one presidIld with 4reat nhility over the Law School at Litch field, Connecticut, died on the 11th inat. The comtng together of i Abolitinits. --Miss Angelina E. Grimke, formerly of this State, who has been crusading at tho North in favor of emancipation. has agreed to live with Mr. Weld, an abolitionist, as his wvi e. No ceremony w-as performed be tween them, bty Priest or Magistrate; nor dlid they even ajump over a broom," on the occasion. This is in good taste ; it is in st:rict conformity to the marriage customs of the lotocr sort of negrocs. For several days during the past week, we have had an unusually cold spell of weather for this period of the year. At this vernal season, when the forests assume their gayest and greenlest livery,-w hen the flowers breathe cut their sweete.t perfume, and the te'ntle South wind tempers the noon-day heat, we have heard the keen Northern blast howl through our groves, and have be held '-Winter in the lap of May." Our lovely lint delicate females, who had be decked them in the gossamer robesof Sum mer, have suddenly doffed them, and en wrapped their fair forms, in a dress more suita ble to the season. Beautiful butter flies! sport while ye may in the bright sunshine, biut let not the chill wind b)lowv rudely upon you, fur there is death in it's embrace ! We aspire not ourselves to he poetical, but we think the following lines from Blackwood's Magazin nt inapplicable: " And this May-but where, oh ! where Th.' balmy breath, the perfumed air I pined for, while my weary'sprite Languish'd away the long, long night, Living on dreams of roaving free By primrose bank, and cowslip lea! Unkindly season! cruel Spring!i To the sick wretch no balm ye bring ! No herald-gleatn of Summer days, Reviving, vivifying rays !"' [coxsuwscAvrae.)J To the Edgehiehl Baptist Association,whom the undersignted had the honor to repre sent io the late Tri-etanial Baptist Mia sionary Convention and the American Baptist Hotme Missionary Society. Beloved Brethren, Au it wvill be some time before your re turning Anniversary will nfr'ord me the op portunity of reporting to you the doings of the above mentioned Bodies, I avail myself of the columut, of the A dvertiser, to give you a short atatement of their proceedings. The Convention assembled on the last Wecdnesdany in April, composed of mere than one huntdred delegates, representing the views of something less than half a mil lion of Baptists in these Unisted St~ates...-.