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Domestet News. CONGRESSIONAL. -, OF REPRESENTATIVES. W Aa1 NUToo, Jan. 2. -Mr. Cushman askVd leave of the House to make a statement in reference to the Secretary of the Treasury. Objection being mtade, Mr. C. moved a suspension of the rules, assiuring the - House that he would not)y two min otes. The Rules wer ded-aves 114, noes 38. -Mr. C. expresse owedgments to the tiouse, and sa uld not trem. pass upon its patience .., ng as it had taken to decide the question. All he wished to say was this: that on Monday a resolution was offered by a gentleman rrom Virginia. [Mr. Wise,] proposing to raise a select committee to investigate the couduct of the Secretar) of the Treasury, and to inquire whether they can find suffi cient evidence upon which to foitind arti eles of impeachment against him; and this committee was proposed to be chosen by ballot. Mr. C. at the time objected to the consideration of the .resolution. not be cause he was opposed to investigation far from itl and he kuew at the time the - Secretary of the Treasury wouild solicit an investigation whenever the House desired to have it; and he would say that if the gentleman would so tmodif*y his resolution that the committee should lie raised forth with in the usual way, Mr. C. wotuld with. draw. his proposition. He was further au thorized to say, that so anxious and so desirous was that distinguished officer of the Government, to have an investigation into the whole of his ollicital conduct. that he would not interpose* an objection to raising the committee, if it was done in a . reasonable time. Mr. Menefee called the pentleman to or der. He had leave to make a statement, and he was making an argument. Mr. Cushman, I have done. Mi. Prentiss, of Mississippi, inquired if the gentletin's argumeiu was a subject of reply, (Cries of order.) I ask leave then to give a statement. Objection being imade, Mr. P. moved a auspension of the rules, on which motion. Mr. Williams demianded the veas and . Days; which being ordered, were yeas 97; nays 97, not two thirds. Mr. Wise stated that he was not present when the gentleman front New Ilatmpshire made his statement; and as he also wished - to make one, he asked of the House a simi lar indulgence for a very short time. Objection being made, Mr.W. moved a stspension of the rules, and demanded ite yeas and nays; which were ordered. Mr. Pickens begged leave to say that le voted against the request of the gentleman from New Hampshire, and he could not now vote in any other way. M r. W ise notified the House that his ob ject was to make an inquiry as well as a statement. He wvputs to know whether the statement made by Mr. Cushman was by authority of the See'ry of the Treasury. The question was then taken, and the House refused Mr. Wise's request-yeas 90, nays 89; the motion requiring two Correspondence o the Charleston Courier. - WASIIINGTON. Jan. 4. At abott one o'clock, Mr. Rives called tip his resolution, offered yesterday. calling for the ,terms of agreement," iniormal or otherwise, between the Secretary of War said the Bank of the United State's, respect ing the sale or panyment of (tue or miore bonds ofthat institution, &c, He spioke about two hours in explana lion of the objects of the resolution, and mi mu pport'of his allegatins, here-toftire made of an understaniding anti fiscal connexion, * between the Governtment anid the Bank of the U. States. Mr. Rives reviewed the re port of the Secretary of the Treasury, in rep)ly to his former resolutions relative to the saile and paytment of the bonds oif the Bank, and undertook to shew from the re . rt. that the Bank of the United States d, without authority of law. beetn rein stated in the fiscal agencey of the Govern. mont. The law authorized the sale of the -bonds, pirovided that they he stld for cnsh, but Mr..Woodbury hatd sold them for tin -open credit on the books oh the Batnk, in violation of the lawv. It appleatredl, Mr. R. said, that the first offer of the llantk to pass the piroceedts of the btonds to the credhit of the Governiment, anti paty the attount .to public creditort, in snch a way as would be acceptabile tothem,Dwas rejected by Mr. Wondbury, who demanded specie or its equivaletnt. The Bank Aget fintallv ttoltd him that these terms afforded no motive to the Batik to uindertake the purchase. rThe next thing we hoard of, was, that the nego tiation was re-openedl by Mr. Poinsett, up on0 due authority, and that the arrangement rejected biy Mr. Woodbuary, wvas actually made, and subsequtetly recognized biy Mi-. Woodbury, and carriedt inito full effect by him. He proved that the tmitney was but on general deposite and not on special de ptosite. as the Secretary bad represented in his antnual report. It formed a part of the resources oift.heBank as much as any part of its funds. it was paid in notes of the Bunk,,andt what was miore, puliic creditors, at distant point.t, were paid by the Batik in depreciated local pitper. The average a .motunt of publie motney thtus kept in depos iteitn the Bank, and used by it, was three mdiliotis. Mr. R. alleged, too, that other sums than the proceeds of the sale of t he bondhs had been antd were on deposite itt the Batnk, which was a fact that the Secretary, in his repprt, hatd disgtuised. iIe shiewed that 8300,000i were deposimtd in the Batik, and were still there. frotm atr sonrce. Mr. Rives calletd ttu tchanan to aid him ini denounii litous and utn athorized attetmpt t .'a contiec lion betwesen the Banrk ?iV- . State s nd the Governmet. Mr, h. was ntot presetnt, Mr, Rives then appealed to Col. Benton, hut he was nimt in his place. lie turiied to- sie seat of NM.Wright. but he also was among the missinir. Finally, he made a formidabile appileal to Mr. Calhoun, who alone of the conspicious enemies to * the State Bank agency. lad the courage to listen to the details of ithe instincerity of the admintttration schetme for a divorce of the Oouuinm.ut from Banksi. Mr. Calhoun's reply will be well worth hearing I do not see what-interest be cnn feel in upholuing the course of the Secre tary of the Treasury in this matter, -and I faney he will take a dif1erent view of it, from that of the sworn and pledged friends of the Executi%e. JANUART. 5. The Senate met to day, thoeigh is is tin usual for that body, at this stage of the s,ssion, to meet ont Saturdays. They are far in advance of the liouse as to bosin-ss. The adjourmient over to MoNday was pre vented by the friends of time graidlation bill. which wits yesterday re-ported back to tite Seate. its modified uecordiig to fite inl structions moved by Mr. Cla', of Ky. It was apprehended by the friend-c of that measure; ihut the debnste onl Mr.Rives' re olution wotnhd,iflelayed, po41141tp e th iP I sage of the graduation htill to so lne a pi - d in the -ession. as to render its cosielra iina by the House impracticable. I had doiteed whether Mr. Benson and Mr.Walker wotuld agree to take the graduation hill. whittied down as it is, to a mere provision that ae tual settlers nay enter a limited quauntity of public latnd, which has bert n c-rain length oft mein the market. lut itlletms they have determined to take it, as tite commencement of their sysem. One of the objects before tiet Senate, to day, was a report from the Co.nmnittee ott Expendittres, itt favorof nt%%i-nita a por tion of the center gtllerv of tie Se-inte to correspondents for dist:ini ptipers-the ity papershaving reporters tin tie floor. It was objected to the propositionii by Mr. Kine and Mr. Niles, that the- proceeding would recognize these writers as aviing under the authority o- sanction of time Sen ate, and Mr. Niles, who it seems bac. not been much favored by these writers, wi very indignant at such a ire)posisiitin. Mr. Preston replied with mtuich good ltumred irony to Mr. Niles, and remarked upon the benefits resiiing fromn a free poress, asi friom ite diitTusion of vividf and brief dernils of tihe proceedings of Congress. All site Senators here. he believed. iight have some little personal feeling isn the mnt ter. He had not, perhaps. hmeen so mnte the object of the tihtse of tite letter writers as the gentleman, and prob ably 1;or the reason that his psisi,miitt wits tmore-* e scure; but his peronal vanity. he cosnfes sed, hail been flattered hy tie ciruilm seinee, that one oll iese leler writers hai lately proclaimed ite the worlel, the almeist wonderful and striking personal resemi Iltance between himself and tite honorable Senator from Comecticut. Thiamt tomigi-t account for his own sati4r'action with re gard tit the Ie.ier writers. and itie hoora ble gentleman's disgust. Mr. Niles. it tihe course of his rejoitnder, said his constiit ents would nt niadmit she resemblance, for they would shink him a good deal yliunige.r and a hianidsoter moan than time Senla^or front South-Carolina. Ied id not sllplpo,e that the Senator intended anmy sareistm itt his remarks; allowing. as he did, the supe riorily of the Senator in a thousaand hiings, he must claim an advantage over himl inl personal beauty. The point ofi hisjoke is, that Mr. Niles, in appearance anti mmnner, is a caricature of a man. The s-ubject was indefinitely postponed, by a vote of 20 to 17. Mr. Nil:a reotumed and concluded, his -4oeI,4-ply-toe~hsRive.. - Ia the House, as soon as tie journal had been read, a resolution was oll'ered by Mr. Mason, of Ohio, declaring that General Jones, the ex-Delegate from Wiscnsin 'erriiory, was not entitlesd to hlis pay amnd mileage. 'T'his led to a very long dehane-, which gave in thosie tlmembl6ers whoit n ert cut ofl firoixt making their speechez time oti er day biy the previoums quest ion,m an oppor tutnity oif doe use to md y. biy dlr;gginm. inm us lhis ism. iden-talt disentssion time smeris i o 5 the electiom itself Geneal Jdsses hadis nttwly received it chteck iromn the ergeat att attm., for tihe amiount etf his pay andme imileaue, ;ame she smomntt he receiv-ed it notifienttiun, thats suc-h a reslison wvas cmntetmp;latced. Its are turnsedl thle cimeck to timse Spe~ketr. miee-uintt- m that ithoughm its his own solemrsn cemtvictionst lhe was enttitled to his set.s yes ihe was sit willing so receive she pa. astnd mmilenge, ii in the otimion of the Hoeuse, hte was not ent titled to ii. The debate (whichm lasted 2 honar) wasii at ientgth cut cml, like its p)recessoir stt the samte subjeers. buy the ptre-vious qumestiin -and the resoltutiont was rejcted( by abet iwentty-thsis bmeing tanmtamsum to smstu sions to the Spetaker sto returit she ce.se-k tcm Gent. Jomnes, thus gi vitng himt htis pity asml milensge. HOUSE OF~ RtEPRESENTAi',8 M r. Wise sids he wits imhosns ii l;resem a pet itionr of rether a unsiqut:e haractser - Itithadl bee-n forwavired to him, tandt wais addressed to the Ilcotseo uiepiresentativecs It camte fromn one woiman asnd inie miatn. lie ciuldl not say whethecr or snot sisey wecre joiined together. TIhe-ir niasmes were .J. s. White and Louisa Grosv-enor s.f Cialais, in the State otf Mainme. ''There wvas am seal otn tihe paper also of a sinmgulasr chtarnetr - Stamped uppn sthe wax was thme repr-ese-nt ation of a shmeaf of wh-ieta sitting ott atm enmd in a wheat field. Thie insripmtmmonisheresn was "you deserve a thracshing" Mtr, M . thetn went son to sity tham tc cetnal nor te-ji whether it wits himselfc)r others whet n ere designiased as dle-servimng "ite thramshmmg" ie that as it milibt the prayer ofi time pe titiont wits that time liose w'onid rescimac its standcisng resoltion b.v wich-i all Abioli tmon papers are laid umponi time inbIle. Mr.mW,the umovetd, int t,stantce, that the petiiion be refe-rr-edl to a Coitmmtittee ofi the Whomele emn ste stte sof the Unmion,m n m a issrtctions to report a reseuittnst rt-esied inmg the "'A rieersonm Rtesotionts,"' anmd mosere especiamlly thatt peortiont of thlemt biy whichm A bolition, psaiers atre li is pontsi time itable on presentsaions; that the immorials al - ready received by the I ieuce, ande laide ont time tatbie, lie uaken fromi sthe file-s eof te ilousee andi resrrne-d to tie pemitionsers, andie that itt fumtire till Abholition mmeimimials, sif whatever chmarneter, lie nt receivee bmy sihis I ilouse. Mr. Dromgoole mnoveed to lay the' whmele subljec-t dm the tuble: btat, Mr. WVise itntimatming a esire so address thte Ilemn- e onm tise sublje-t; time mteu ion t y ont the tabile was wt ihduratunm. TIhe Speaker dlecidedl, itmwever, ithas a debase aristig, time resoltion woumldi lit' over one dlay unmder tihe rmles. Is lies ev'er acc-ordmnaly ] DIr. Adams nresenteda mm.r..:. fro Boston, in tie State of' Mas,Miusetts, asking Cositres to remove a resent seat or Government, from the Drct of Columbia to slowe point nortr, *hre the principles of the "Doeclaration of COd2pen deen -e" are not tr eated as.a "mer hWtori cal flourish." Afier alludiug1 t m'emo ril presented at the last session, lf:n in hatitat- (if the district, in fayort, of the retrotcession of the san'ne to the States of Virginia and Maryland. but ont which there had been no action, Mr. A. obterved Hat the memorial now presented, would l'urnish no opportunity of considering so serious ond n iportant a subject. Him wish ed the h4ouqe to consider it as a proposition for a compromise. After some oher ne mnarks, which owing to the noiseiere in audible, he moved its reference to a select eommittee, with insruction to consider the .tire, and report on the constitutional liower of Congress to recede theVisirict to the States from which it was taken. Aid oin that motion, he demanded the yeats and navs.I Mr. Win. C. Johnson moved to lay the whole subject on the table. on which mo tion the yeas and nasheing ordered.were yeas, 108, intyq, 53; so it was laid on the table. Mr. Adams presented another nieemorialI of it humorous eharnicier. asking the ap) pointimnet of a "commitiee on color" to whom shiould he referred all officeholders and miembers of Comiremm.s for the exam ination of their respective) pedigrees; said committee to report on the same, and in .all iases where ithe parries hall lie found tit have the lenst drop of colored blood in thei:- veins, lhey shall lie expelled front of fiee nnd their lalitces filled by persons of pure Aglo S-mixn blood. M1 r. Adams was aibout to make'some re marks o the stiject, whe-n Mr. l)rrtogmole rose to nsk if .he me Iaorial had been received. as, i: not, he would raise the question or reception. lie ceoiitleredf the memorial as art evtent rid ieule cif ite llonse. The Splieaker st-iting that it had not as vet beeni reeivedi Mt. )roiagool raised the question of recelitioin. M.. Admnivs denied that the memorial w as in the la;t disresliecrul to the lionse an,l deliailed Ite yeas nid onav oin the questii of reception; which. brin~g ordered were-yens 21. nays 117. So the lionse refused to receive. The following Resolutions form part or iite proceedinigs of the iiotai of Represen tative.4 of Saturday the 29th Dec, NIr. Underwood submitte d the rollowing jint resolutions, which were ordered to lie ir the table nrd lie printed. R,sSolvedi by thi Senate and House of Representatives of the United Startes of A imerica m Congres., tstembled. That the President of the Uaited States he reques ted to opten a corresplondence with the Governmeti of the confederacy of Cen tral Amerien oi 'the subject of connect ing the conmnerce of the Gulf of Mexico with that of ifie Pacific ocean l1v means of a railroad or canal, or both. and the pro prieiy of authorizing the construction of a railroad or canil by the united cpirtal of the citizens of the two countri Resolved,: Thpt the Presi be re with sad Government, prov'idine suitable guaranties for the lrotection of the inter ests of our citizens who may investv - apital inl the construction of sueh railroad or en nail. Rusiblved. That the Preident ie re qe-sed to depite soie one or more oli cerb of the engir.eer corps to survey arty raoute or routes for a railaroad ar canial coan riertng lie Gulft ;a nd l'eitie: Pirovidlea, s.iia Go~veriinmen tconstliat thereto. Mr. Southagat,- subhmit ted the foallowing .irint resaliioni, whilcha was ordered to lie oar the tiable ad lie printed; liesoilvad by thatSernate arn fiouse of Rtelreseatitves f? te United Srnites aif A mecrica ina1('largress assaemlea,(tI rthirdls iafaachi litnse caarettrriaag th"reirn.) Thart the tollowin jg amtendmraernt to the Con--tirra tion af the U. Stntes hie subamit ted taa thet Legiarnres ofl the several States. wich whent ratilied h. rthe Laeuislatrures or rtree forthls ofl tire Stattes, shtai fohrma a part of lie (Contstit ntioni of thre United Stares, to .wit Thai if arny officer or the Unuite-l Stares shall embrlezzhe, air irn any way contvert to hais eown use, the mioanev taf te U. States -caieda toa his ctae, he shall, tan aconvie r iaon tereaf hlrea any otvaf rthe co urts ofl thae 1Urated Staties lay the 'vtedict aof a jinry andl t he.jindgemten'a af the a-ottrt, lie echared bor evca rterafte- inacapialte of htolinig ary aafllee tol hitr, trast, aar paroaftitander the U. S , or of exericiing tire right taf aiTrage. Graduation of the Prjct of Public land. -he Glbe puntldishes thai ra-part tal te (Conumrrttaee ain Finantce, maide lay Mr a. Ben tiar, in re-latiota tat thte griaduasion andI re aluersrijn ina the pr iof thte pubbelt latndls. 'l'he whottle qantity aof latnd wvhich wouald luall undtter te aiperat ionr of the bill, accaar dirng to a reporrt made to Congress at its la--i sesason, lay the commtissiorner of the geineral hmdaa oiee, womuld lie 71,000O,103 acres, dlistratbutedl aver tatte stattes arta urne terrtory, in. -1h fiallawinig paraoportiona.; ntois. 12.7 I4,963, Missouri, 13,183.545, A harbaia, I4,523269; Ntiissipi,a 6 54 I, 553i;; Lraui-iarna, 5,0I18,292; M ichaigart, 2, 217 J85. Arkansa-s. 6,:104,6l2; Floaridla, 3,99,5I. Tire lenagih oaf time for whrich dlitii-ret poarrionrs of ithe smdtc lams had .l beena aalfered liar sale ait prtivae entry with ont inadinig a phannlasar, wats,fbir20 veairs & atpn% ara,14.276. 153 acres; :ior 15 y;-ars andt tundaer 20, 2i.92a,4:j2 acre-s; fair 10 yenars itand irtaa I5. 16.28'0,69:) for .5 years tad undae,r .0, 18,51l7,799 acres. 'eilect of the- passage oft thte hrill int re-lation tea the j esr as advertede tea ita thle letter eaf aarrespondienett. The reportt states that it n il lie nta less beeiial t, thie state ovenmet than tea t he rnatiaotn at large, its e-lect wvill lie toa barintg ito tase anti cul rivain miiany mrillitags aif acres aof litmd, anwilte arid uroduaaalctive, coantribiuiiin ntiihirng to agriculhture, lanai whtich, it pri vate htands, woaulal spaeediln he made urea-4 alo.rive, siaIdim swelihnate aggre-gate ofl ni anal ii enlih. wouatld tagmtenta the tmeanis of replemtshting the traenaury NMaLssa, eat oha yourr oxeis is dead-tod der toot. I was afrtad tea tell of emI bof ata once, fraid von *oulet'ntt bom i:.', RICHMOND, Dec. 31. Extensve Conflagrution,--On Saturday aight, our city was visited by ope of the inost extensive fires which ever occurred in it; and which destroyed the Eagle Hotel, and three large brick tenements. The a larn was given at 7 o'clock, P. M. when he lire was discovered issuing from a base mieut tenetent occupied by M1r. Booth; mpholsterer. 'T.here seenis to be little dIoubt but that the building wit, fired by iin ancLudiary. A late fire whichoccurrel in a buildilig cotitiguous to the Hotel, is suggestedi with somite plaosibility as indi eative of a settled purpose to destroy the Hotel: Tie Eagle Hotel, situated onl Main street in the centre of the city, is. hurned entire; and is a heap aif ruins. The stw bles are partially burned and injured by the falling walls. The original cost of the Eagle building was $120,000: but its age and imperfect structure subtracted greatly froi that -um. There was a net insurance upon it of alout $25.000. The fire was the must destructive which lha, wccurred for tieur 31 years save the Penitcntinry. The toinlight was very brilliant; but the rays were reflected Iron the burning to a great distance, and pre seteld oue of the grandest scenes we ever beheld. Among the objects stood the Capi WIl most conspicuous, and we have never seen it look so tmajestic. The cellar of Mr. Duval's store contained a large quan tity of oil. t urpentine, white- lead and ,ther inflamimable stuiT which could not he got ten out. % hen the fire communicated to hehm, a succession of inuumerable spiral llantes were.pioduced which towered to an inconceivable height; producing the most brilliant and admirable corruscations: January 1. More of the Fire.-The loss if the fire on Sait urday night cannot he short of* Ir(0,000, upon which Ilhere is insurance available to the amount of *63.00. A letter dated Lolumbia, Janunry 8th, sys--The steaner Juics Adoms snag red last night, at H1amt11npon's War. conting Up, w ith her ciergo, and is slpposed to be seriously damaged, having lbur feet water in her hold. There is little prospect of' getting off -Amn, ais the river is ralbug fast." Another Boundary Question.--A con. troversy is likely to arise between the Ter ritory of %Visconsin and the State of Illi tnis, respecting the boundary line between them Wiseonsin claims under an ordin ance of Congress in 1787, and the cession ol Virginia. all the country lying north of a line dra% ft 1rom the southern extremity of Lake Michigan, due west to the lis sissippi. This would cut oM-from Illinoi., at tract about the size of the State of Con necticut. including Chicago, the only port Illinois has in Lake Michigan Galena. the lead mines, and in short the most valuable porion of the State. with a population nearly double that of Wisconsin. Such a decision would entitle Wisconsin to be im mediately admitted into the Union, and to two Representatives in Congress. The Legislature have instructed a committee t draft a memorial tQ Congress on the subject. and it ask for a law to form a Con sitintion and a State Government. The matter will doubtless ie a subject of pro teretd discussion iii. Conareas.-N. York E.press. The Free Banking Law has passed! Well this is a kind of equality, and reminds us of the Loaor who,when asked by .nudge Schley, if ie had any thin to say why be thould not be sentenced by the law, for stealing at a fire in Aunusta. drew himself tul, att ndtlokinag very innocnently in the Judige's face, said, why, may ii pilee your htonoer, I thought it was a free fire. Under the old system of i.nkin.g,otly at few corplorationis were allowed to ridh by law. But it's a free fire now. Go it shauks. Sundersville Advocate. TPREASURY NOTES. Treasury Depaurtmetnt, Jun. 1, 1839. Thte whole nmbter of Trreasury Notes, authorized by the act of Oct. 12, I837.has beetn issued, viz: Slt),000,000 100 Of that issue thtere l'as been redeemied, $7,9837,46() 82 Of the new emnissiona there 202591 has beetn isstued in the place of those redeemed, $5.709,810 01 Of that emiissiton there has been redeemied, 278,400) 78 5,331,409 2:3 Leaving a l.alanice oif all out standing, $7,343,848 41 LEV1 WOODItURY, .becretary of the Treasury. Breach of Promise --A very interesritng trial for brteach (of plromise was decidled inl onr D)istrict Court last week. Th'e plarties were both frotm the country, and highly respectable-damages laid by the lady for --trifling with her affe*ctions,"' $5000. It was piroved to the satisfiaetion of the court ltat the gentlentutn hatd been gutilty 'if the unganlamnt crimte of witnning the lteart of ihe yonnta lady, and thten deserting her for he stmiles oIf antother. lie dlid nut att etmpt to deny the charge, hut offe'red a plea in itnitigation oif damages, that hi.. father was isot agreedl to tho match. T'his pilea dlid not avail the gentleman any thinig, as thte tiry thought hte was old enotugh to ch'im he right of choosing a n .ife for himtself; hey accordinagly fotttd a verdict of $2000 famiages for lie plaintiff.-Plittsburg Mlan sfacturer. Nonu-E AsTI.:N IIIUtN DAR.--The 'ditor of thet New York Courier and En. :uirer has seen a letter by the Gladiator, lated London, the 9th Novetmber, to a .ighly respectable gentleman of New York whbich savts; "I amietnabled to assure you from a otnrce which tmay be relied on, tnat a new -onlventiont in relation to thte Northern IIoundaltry, was concluded yesterday by air mmaiister tand this Government, which vill pr >hdbl be for warded to the Utui:ed states by the Gladiator." Asa late horse race in Claihorne coon y. the judges, nftcr tntch difficulty, decci led the differentce in tihe rutee to be 'one neh and three q,uarters. Close ind1ging this. Eoe ftisertifer. EDGEFIELD C. I THURSDAr. JaNUARY 17. 1839. We are indebted to the Hon. F. W. Pick e,as, for the " Annual Report of the Sec retary of the Treasury. on the state of the Finances." The Publication of he Peoples' Pre was discontinued #on the 8th inst. The South Western flail Road Bank has made arranuements for establishing I branch at Knoxville, Tennessee. Col. Totten has been ordered to Wash ington, to take charge or the Engineer Department, in the place of Ger. Uratiot, removed. The London Correspondent of the New York Courier & Enquirer says-, The loan. which Mr. McDuffie has been here for some time,for the purpose of negocia tine, has been at length taken,by 'he house of Baring, Brothers & Co. the amount being X500,000 sterling-and the price at which it has been taken is 95 with a divi dend froin the 1st of last July." Captain Alexander Claxton, has been appointed to the command of the Ameri can Naval Squadron in the Pacific. The Constitution, "old Ironsides," in which he is to proceed, is now fitting out at Nor folk as the flag shipl. Rumors of Difiulcations.- Several pa. pers have contained rumors of the defalca lion of Gov. Cass, and his recall from France. The Globe positively asserts that his accotints, with the -Governnent, are halanced to a farthing. Some Western editors have published Gen. Je-up as a defaulter. The Florida hero indignantly denie-s it. A body of Texians, about 100 in num her, commanded by General Rusk, lately entered a frontier village, belonging to the United States. Gen. Ru,k stated that their purpose was to settle some diffictl ties, which had ariset, beiAeen citizens of Texas,and the Caddo Indians. The coin inander of the nearest American fort, im mediately priceeded against the Texians, but before he arrived, they had departed. At a meeting or the Director o' the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleton Rail Road Company, held at Columbia, ou the 1st of December last, it was Resolved, unaninously, That the thanks of this Board be returned to Gen. ianil ton, for the zeal, skill and ability display ed, i egocnta for the company, of a 14banl, $2. I;k1.0fHI; with our e-rdial con gratulations on the oigisil success which has attended la exertions. The President, Gen. Iayne. in a letter, containing the resolution, addressed to Gen,'1ta-iilton, says. -I must he a source of great gratifica tion to you to know, that in efecting so important a nlegociation, on such advianta goens terms, you have rendered an impor tanlt ser vtce to the Comtpanty and4 t he coun try, and1( tha;t by your peenhIarly Itorlnnate atrraa mnetnts in New York. alter yonr re turnl to this cotuntry, you "cre entabled to save for the Coamany, a snum exeeinag the amtiott,u of your own compleinsation; thuls hain ig inl etleet given uts the benefit of your valuable ,ervices without cost." The followitng us a recapitulatiott of the returnls of the dtfferent Batnks in the State of Georgia, ttade on the isa of Oct. 1838: Capital Stock, $10,221,587 50 Notes itn circulation, 5.207.560j 49j Due to batnks, sundries,&c. 6,979.882 46 Cheeks on timeu, 46S.380 03 Surplus protits and discount accounts, 1,121,655 43 S'23f.,u66 .dl Bills and notes discouanted,SIl3.55 a,l29 72 Real estate: stocks. &c. 3,48h 344 2.5 line by hsanks andl at,tndries. 2,21 2.9ti 71 Notes of othaa ebaks atnd Treasury Notes, 1.565.38S8 8 Specie, 3,1861.29i4 96 _______$23,9949,0tN6 51 Commodore Elliott.--T he followi inag sin gtalar corresplondence, not tUng sin'-e. took pla1ce between J. K. Paulding, and that gallant ,mailor, Commtlodore Elliott. This last personage has made himself notorious fior his interference in certain difficul ties which occuirred ini Sovereign States. The cauise of the co)rrespIonden~ace above amentioned, is. thatt Cogiamodore Elliott im ported somo jackasses in a niational vessel, into the United States. For this. Sec:re taty P'aulding callead him to aeront. T1he Commodore himself is called by thme Mer cur y. n Jackass. From J. K. Paulding to Commodore Eliott. NAVY IJEPAaTusI:T. Nov. 1.5 1.138. Sir; I hasve to requis t thlat you will pint (lit to the departmenlt the ordler of Governmnent whlich adirecas the comma diers afrsqjuaronlsor ships to imp~ort ja asses or any other animaals. I am, vera respectfually. J. K. P'AULDIN Comn. J. D. Elliott,W UJ. S. Na.vy Carlisle, Penn. From Corn. Elliott to the Secretary of the Navy.. Sir. I have the honlor to acknmowledlge the receipt of y'our letter of the 15th inst, re qnlesting mte to point out to thle Decpartmet, the order of the Governmetnt whiich dlirects the comtmanders of syItnadroIns or ships to imtport jackassos or any other animals. It mnay have escapedl the notice of the Departmernt thtat. hty its orders. ematnainn from the honorable S. L som,tma ..o Crn modore Crane, one of my predecenom in the comumand of the Meiterrasamsquad ron, aud which orders were handed down to hias succes*uts in the saine commnd, it was stated to hin that it would probably be III h s power to subserve the agricWdtural interests of the nation by procuring iufor touation respecting valuable animals; seeds. & pluts,& importing such as he could con vetiently, %itthut iatuention tohistmore apinupriaLe dites or expenose to the- Gov ernment. Lxtracts fron these anstruc tions were delivered to ue by my alwe diate predecessor, as I had the honor to ad vase you on my relurn, in a letter dated e lst July l.ast, and have served as the U no) conduct, as they have of all of reuecessors, In their amportation of or tnuiais, seeds plants, aud curiosities, frout tame to time brought to the United btates, to the different public vessels cof stiutug a part of their mud ay couumand. Absence toui botne has prevented an earlier reply to your letter. I liave toe hutir to be, respectfully, sir, your obedient servant. J. D. ELLIOTT. lion. JitGE8 K. PAULLsIo, becretur) oo tilt Navy. Death oj Gen. HI m. A, Bu.-On the 2dtha nit. Ueu. Win. A. Bull, of Abbeville Ijisil-ct. was lound dean near his place of residence. h e extract roul the Ureen ville MNIountaineer, the Johowtag state lient, cotituned in a letter. written by a gentlenan residing in the ueoghboroad of the deceased. -- Ve muurder appears to have been coletiniaseu unuer these circumastantces: At the inae o tu deats, ten. Bull had no o verrcer, aiju, as a consequence, had to give a particular persoual supervisiou 1b his piantatlon atlairs. Ater supper on the Sigat Ut tit! 2 1i ut., he walkeu to hIa ne gro qjuarter,a tile Iron his d welling house. oil lais return, UUoU. three huuured yard. trom his house, lie was attacked and-auur dered by two ol ths younig iellows, who nere )ilg toI wait or lain. I he) called a liegro (Dick) to bring hits horse to the gate, anu tean carrie. the body a iuarter ot a unie ue tue roati, and above the house. Tihey put the ilght toot in the left stirrup, and ihea frt6ttened the horse, wich ran a.out 4U yards belore the stirrup broke. The boy was found about d o'clock next mnorning, with the stirrup on the felt toot, and with the appearance of being dragged the distance I have mentioned. The hirse was lbound in the cow-pen, with the sad dIle on, aid the lelt stirrup gone. This was all contrived to mnake the impression that Gen. Bull had been thrown by his horse, his lNot hunig in the stirrup, and that he was thus killed; but ihe schemes of vil lams are seldom lierfect. This very cir cuista ace proved the murder, instead of .ian accidentatl death. A puddle of blood was found where the General was killed, .nd blood traced all the way to wt here the iody was discovered. All the aounds were inflicted on his head, and appear to have been nade by six blows with a hard, heavy stick. The skull was fractured in two places. Eight of the negroes are now injail. Three are supposed, front the cir cum,tances, undoubtedly guilty. The trial is delaye to,give every ol)portunity to dis cover all that is possilie." The deceased left no family, his near est relutive is a brother, living in Abbeville District. [ComMUNcATXo.] At a meeting of the Board of Commis. sitners of Pnblir Buildings, ror Edgefield District on Monday, the 14th January, the following resolu-inns were olfered by Mr. Brooks and unmanimtousely ndopted: Resolved, That the Commoissioners of Publdic Btuildintg foar the District of Edge lielId, duly aplpreciaitinig the unifoarm cour tesv antd obliitng disposition of Mr. Charles Beck, throughout their entire initereonirwe with hutm, as a contraetor bor the erection of a Court f louse at this place. avail them selves of the opportnit. of tendering to himt, before his departure, the assurance of' their very favorable consideration and re spect Resolved, That Mr. Beck is justly en titled t) the approhation, and thanks of the Comnmissioners for the excellency of the materials, and for the taste and fidelity of the wo)rkmia!ship of the new C. House. Re'solved, T5at the Board of Cornmis -ioners t ake great pleasure ina recommend ing Mr. Beck to a liber:tl comuntity as a fa ithtful, intell igeni. and i asteful architeet. A. B. ADDISON, Chairman. Misceliancons. New ORLECANs. Jan. 4. From Teras.-The steam packet Cuba, Capt. Catrsou, arrived about 1 o'clock this tinortaing, from Galveston,, which she left at noon on the 31st uIt. We are indebted to the courtesy of a p)asseniger fotr the Hous totu Telegraph oif the 29th nIt. Congress was still in session at Houson. A bill to establish a college with the pub hie domnaini, excited considerable discussion in the Hloutse. In t he Senate, Mr..Wilson, from lIIarrisburg, was expelled on the 26th, for the use of profane language in his p)lace, and resistinig the officers of the chamber, Prepartionis are still making for the ellettual protectiotn of the frontier, thotich the Indian difficulties appear to have subsided. LAGUNA DE TERMiNos, Dec. 13th. 1839 By the arrival of the British barqne Peru. from Sacrificios, I have Iearned that General Santa Ana had arrived at Vera Cruz with 5.000 men, & tihe French that were on shore spiking the guns of batteries had to retreat to the boats losing severatl horses and men. it m-hrs the terms ot the capitulation with the comma,ndeeref Satn .Juan dIe U lIon wem that the Frenach should keep possession of the castle. and the Mexicans oft Vera Cruzn, tntil tihe decisiuon of the Kinig of France wits leatrned, heit time blockade was to be raised immediatelv; but it is said that the Mexican, go.vernn'ent has dli. pproved of the capitulation. s.nd declared war against Franice. I believe it, a. the garrisen of Vera Cruz was ntoh t.> exceed 1,000 mern, and ias soon as the Frenich learned that Sanita Anna was cuoming, they landed, on the morning of the 3d about 8 'clock.,to