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Co0gressiolR. Correspndcnce of the Charleston Courier. WAsIItUToN. Jun. 13. Mr Pickens, of South Caroa, a;dPres sed the House for a few moments ihis morning in order to re-pel an attack which he stated had been nide tpon the few gentlemen who comprised the Calhoun Nullifiers of the House, by the Madisoman of Saturday. Mr. Pickens stated that his plan had heretofore been to pass over all -such falsehuods as-were uttered bv a venal press, bt as this statement assued an nir of authority from the remarks a~pet ded to it, he begaed to swateto the House that the whole article was a finished and itnfamous falsehood. He had received a ]otter at the contrencement of the sesson - 'that Gen. Green would be a enndidate ifor -the priuting, he had not even marked out -since the Harrisburg nomination, and he 1believel the courseof those with whom he ascted in concet anil -constult ation. The House then proceeded to -receive -petitions, and all weut merry as a matrriage :bell, until die -1ay State wn called, and 'Ex-Govertior 'Lincoln, df ilastachusetts, - ihrought forward an Abolition peiition,when we had another ticene which weut to eclipe all that Milton ever wrote about the famed discutssion in Pandenonium: . The most ,noted Abolitiouist<, beides the Governoe, are Fillmore. of N, Y., Barnard. of the same State, Giddings, of*Ohin, Briggs:of Mas., aid of course, J. Q. Adams. of Mlass. Me4rs. Th.ason, of So. Co. Tripplet, of Ky., Afiford and I1a hershim. of Geo., Drongoole, of Va.. Vanderpoel of N. Y., and Stanly of N. C.. had all something to say ott the subject, and each appeared sutfiering under the greatest ex citement. The previotis question -wns .finally ordered, which was on an appeal 1from the decision of the Chair, on the sub ject of-receptiou which he sitted to !.h that the presentation of a pttition was ipso facto, a motion to receive, a propositi.n thaving been made that the resolution to . receive be laid on the tehle. This deci sion was sustained by the Hotuse. Mr. Benton, is addressing the Senate in support of his Bill for the armed occupation -of Florida. Mr. White, of Tennessee. in the early part of the morning, stated that he -had re ceived instructions frort the Legi6-lature, directing him to vote for Soh-'Treastry, &c. le stated that he could not obey their instructions in regard to.that rensare, though it would be consistent for him to obey so much of them as related to the United States Bank. Under the cireuta stances,.he was compelled to resign his seat. Mr. Grandly, of Tenn., stated that .hi would givehis entire support to th re commendations ofthe Legishiure, and -,o all other things consistpnt and becoming a member of the Adminiistraion pariy. The Senate then went into the consid eration of Petitions. &c. Janunry 13. Mr. White, of Tennessee, resigned hi.s -seat itt the Senate, to eI:iy, itt obedience te the manifest will of his constituntsof the Tennessee Legislattire. In his addres-, -on the occasion, he statod his object ions to the Sub Trea-ry schene, and the getnerai policy of this and the late Adlministr-tion; .and pointed out he inconsistency et the Tennessee Legislatttre on the subjeci. It is a matter of regret that rhis oild SIDtator has been thus driven from his post.' His service has been long, faithful, and zeal ous. In patriotism, and philatthropy,tid .all social and polititical virtue he has left no superior behind1 him. In the House, to-day. Mr. Cnoper, of Pennsylvania. finished his retmnrks (n the Jersey case. TheL previous qumes!Iot tw as then moved by Mlr. Leet, of Penin., whIo remtarked, that time enough haid heent spenl ott this suhject; and the maitn qttestion he ing taken., Mir. Camnpbelf's resolmtion was agreed to. Yeas ly7, nays 17. So the whole case is referred to thme Comniate on l1ections, with instrtctiotns to ingnitr andl report n~ ho are entitled to occupy, as smembaers of this [louse, thtn five conte-temt seats frotm New .Jersey. Next in order came the presentationt of petitious. WVe got. over the State< oh M1ainae and New H ampshire. very wvell. Whbent rlassachutsetts waes catlledl, Mir. I .in do, who is at anti-abonlitioaia, and wit opposed by the aboliaionist<, at his last e lection, got the Roor,atnd presented at htatcht of abolition peitions whtich had been t~eat to httm. Mr. DromgoOle ohjecretd to thteit reception. Mr. Cave Jhinsn, of Tenn.. mcovedl to lay the questiotn of reception ott the table. A long debate e'ned -otn he "point of order," whethter the presenttiont of a petition implied a motion Ifor receptiotn. The [louse decided this riuestion int the af firmative, and the reception was laid ont thle *table. The call of the States for petitionts will be restumed to-morrow, and 'Mr. Ad ams has a heavy budget ready for pre--en tation. It was reported that Mr. Adamn hadl been discarded by the atbolitionists,and he was denounced in some of the abolitioni papers, for his publicatione~- .thme hiss 'summter agatitnst abolitiuon. -Bur it smii that he is stB!I. their org:tnt attd.- thtoug he professes t., be opposed1 to their obtjet-. hie will exert himself to procure themt a bear. ineg. Mr. Pickens, to-day. stated~iti thte llonse that the charge against him antd others ofl theSout b-Catrolinat delegation, of an, agree ment with DulTGreent to enable hiti to sel; their votes to the Globe was ttti'te. I h-ivec reason to believe, from othter stources, thus the story is utterly f:mlse- Greetn did ask their votes, in aid of his objects, anid was refused. IIOUSE 0OF IIEIPR ESE~NTA TIVES M10spaY, Jan: 13. l810. - Mr Pickens a~kedI the kintd itndulgenwe of the Honuse, while lhe call-d it< atten'ion to a matter somiewhtat personal to hitnself. He alluded to ate article which appeat-od ini one of the city paper.. ont Satutrdet vins It had bceen his habit. tor several years pait, when any thting seurriloue with re gard to him apptho~tred itt tny oif the vil antI slanderous pa pers of~ ha day, to pass it by with the deep ctintemptht which its infsa my merited. Bit his apoilogy for noti eing, the pubhlicationa he alluded to, nuose from tihe fart that someC others biesideos himselt'were implicated. A paragtr:t lh. AMr. P. said, had apaaearedin the Aladiso. nian ~f Salturd-tty last, itn tho follow ing "A centlemnan long well known ;n this city, n hose name and charter we. believe to Ie'a suficient guarantee of his truth and sincerity, called upon us on TIhursdaiy last and divl Ied to us a scrett of which lie was po4ersel, and of which- he had befure ienirI -aoimie jntima itins, which will place the coalition in a point of view mle shock in'g thau any that has yet struc(k the pub lie eve. The secret ;alluded to relates to the termS of a hargain consumimated, n% is said, betiween Mbair and Rives, the candi aate. of the Van Bureniites, and General DulI'Green, the candidate of the Calhoun Nullifier<i. in respect to the pri;sting of the Hoise of Re presentntives. . " Tle substance of the matter commu-. nticated ton st, ii this; that General DOff Green has said in this city in t!e presence ofa witiess, that if Gales & Seaton-w oubl give hin8 per cent (in ;the bills for the printing or the [House, he could seenre them the contract-that lie had been olfer ed $ 10,000, a gross sum to be paid in cash, by another firm, (meadn g Blair & Rives.) and thit unless Gales & Seaton, whom it-h prefer'rred. closed with him speedily. his friends having the balance of power in the House or Represetatives, lie should give -i to.Blair.& Rives, or words to that ef' feet. "Messrsh Gales & Seaton. sns our in forniant, whould out 'hear to the propo sal.' and he itfrsfrom the previous asser vation note ofa -large anount having been unexperiedly paid at the bank, and cer tain bail reliased. that the .bargain %i it h Blair & Rivcs was immediately closed, 4and the inoney, or a larger part thereof, paid over-in. cash. 4Por ourielf, we affirm nothing, except, :he substance of the communication made to UQ. Of the truth of that coiuninica tion, %%e are autborized to state it before a fribunal if'justice " Mr. P. said lie would not detain tI House by reading the balance of this para graph, f'or upon the matters there sug'-' ed, ho did not preteod to lie informred He did not 1,nviw " hat Gen. G reen had said it) nynimber of tltisHuse; hthahe char-e to %huidch he yeald the public atten'imn ,Vas, thit Gen. Giren was thie c.andidate of the Calhoun Nullife'-rs. I appeal, said .Mlr. P. ;t, those g4 tteniet with whon I act-ansd they are lit few-atd, iu their name-il it be itimenled by this ariful slain dertr to assert, that he has ever received counsel or assitancc, directly or indirce ly. fron sme or from them -1 say it is atn ifamoas 1.slselhood. I do not nean ito say that I havo any knowled'le of what Gen. Green did or did not say to any perso whatever % hen I repudiate the idea at ie ever wal, in the slightest degree, om1 candidaite. On the first day that I came here, I received a note siating that he wouhl he a candidate, and coulA beelected-but, .1r. Speaker. you know how I t'airetd that not'. I never gave himl the sliglhte'st countenance. I have risen rier-ly to re pl, .o the vile charge to whicn I have! enled th'e ;attention of the lHotise, and I thrw it hack upon fte author with th. wcortn and contenpt. it deserves. I hant nothing more to say on this su'bject. The momntii the I arisburgh Convention niade its nominatino, my nind was m ade up 16! whom I shoutld vote. I think,said Mr. P. that this circuntance furnishes an addi tional reason w lay we should senlo these low conte-nions gron ing out of the eler tion of Printer, 'by going into thai election at once, and theni p:ssing the resolutions 'of the gentlinan from Keotucky, [Mir, Andersoi,] iu relation to iho fiial settle ment of the iatter, and separi:ttig the publie prinning fron the political press h.ernftcr Ir. P. reiurned hi, thaniks to the Ilonse for their kind indulgence., and took his seat. Correspndence of dee Sou'thern Patriot. WAsstNwo-ro, Jain.,JA. A great niumber of' petitio-is wuere' prese'n - ini Sa'nnte atnd reterred. Amiong thaema was utne relating to an invention-to pirevet t he burstinig of Stam Bailers, atid whieb fromi the reitmirks made, wsill furanish an ef feeial remedy. It consists in the alppli catiit of' ai sell' aciing valve (ituvenatedl by a iaor Raub.) to the boiler. [t is dlenomi nted t he dotuble- self acun g Safety' Valvye, mda con~ist's ad' two vat-es, one openitng upwards anal the other downwu'~ad, tuponi :e tall oft the boiler, a nd aonaineted witht a n eight insidle the boiler. Ii is fotmnadeu upon the piritnciple th:it a body immoiersion in water is ligihter thatn avben suspended in ai'ny'dium less dense thani water; at loee hv immnersiori an amnit of weight 'xatly equal to the weight of wvater dis placti by it. Its oiperationa is as follows: Whean the syater ai ithe boiler is in dtue gantirtiy fair safety, the weight inside the boiler is enitirely umnnersed im the wvater; the twa, valves are theni closed, brenniee they bailance each other; the expausive force ofC thle se'atm within thle bioiler opearate to cloise thae iniside valve anal thus keep b'h 6l.'at tao their respective se'ats. The insido weight thuas immersedl ina water weigh-u noth ing, atnd therefore aloes niot open~f the~ valves. Butt whena the -water int the boihei' fuells below the iuside. weight, sinaI leaves any portion aof it unicovered, t his weight falls~ opens boith valves, and eusa bles tho steam to escape. It hass the sanctitiof er he Navy Depart ment, iaiad is, I unsdersitnd, to lie appglied to till Gtvernment Steam vessels. The inveftoi' wishea Congress to purchuase thea patent right. From he Nationaf htdligencer. [HOUSEOFi REPI-IESENTATWVES. .Jatuary 14. The H-on. Osmnyn Baker, memnber elect f'romi the State of M~asstnehusetts, appiearedl was qualifia'd, and taink Isis seat. Mr. W. TIhomnpsoni rose5 anda said that, for the first timue 'siiice lie had had the lion or' aofa sent in this H-ouse, he was ab~out to t ask fair a suspeuisiott of the ensle, to etn ible hitm to offer a resolution hesraetofaiie sumittead by his Iriesnd fr'om V'ir'iniat. (31e. # ise,) whot wats now detained from te iloisea bay indhisposiiion:' Thse rebis ;iot wa'ss ill exuei: confloramiiy toi the actiont ot' te 1imse yes"terday,~' uponi the- subject ao' halitiaon: anil biy its'adoaptioni,t he Haouse uaao'l save itselfinafinaite timie anid titupkl ass aiess. - l'The Resoltutin, which was read for in suonmationa. is in the follo~witne wao'ds: Resolved. T1hat upio) the pre'se.. tation if any rmemorital or pet'iitin, uraintg fhr th~e adoitiont if' slavery or' the slave trade :., uny niszricr. Territorv. or -State of the Union, and upon the presentation of any resoluti6n or othir paper touching 10ha1 sub jec?. the reception of such memorial, pett lion, resolutiou, or paper shall be cousid ered as objected to, aud the question ol nI reception aball be laid npon the a lm e n ith out debute, or furmher actiou thereon. Mr. Chinti demanded the yeas anud nays. which were ordered. Mr. C. said that, before the qnestion was taken, lie n ould ask thait tt-resoltion which lie would send to the Clerk's table. and which he intended to offer in case ol lie rejection of the other. might be read for informoion. The Speaker said it could only be read hy lea-ve. The resolution was read as follows: Resolved, That all petitions, nemori als, resodinions, and addresses of every de set iptio. , touching the aholition of slavery in the Districtol Columbiator inthe States or T-.-rritties, or -in any nane.- relating to ihe existeuce of blavery or th)e slave trade in the Uiited States, be referred. without debate, to a select committee, wit h insiructios to consider and report thereon. Mr. Adams, (who is very impte'rfeictly he'ard by the Reporters on the right of the Chair,) was uiderstood to allude to the act, that a motion to suspend the rule for th- in'rodiuton of the same resolution(in irmidut ed oigtuially by the gentleimao frimi Virginia, Mr. Wise) had been twice re jected by the louse. And with a view to prevett the tuotion heinz again brought tiy, and moved the indefinite postpone ment of the tuotion to suspend. Trhe rule applicable to this motion was then reall as 'follows: "When a question is postponed indefin itely, the same shall not be acted upoit again during the session." Th'lie -pcaker said it was not in order to iniale a mutiun for the itelfinite Ppo lije ment of a mution to sus.pneml the rule. Aier somnie debate the Chair aiounced the decibion as filiona: yeas 12d. tnays 4. .So two thirds nout votius therefor, the t u!e .s not suspended. AN irniportant amendment was made to the Rules and Orders of the [louse of Re. presentatives to-day, for which the frienods of freLdom of aetion by the Represent a lives of the pcopfle are greatly indebted to Mr. Hiofllnan, of N. Y., and his associates on the select committee on that subject, who proposed it to the House. It cot zsist. t this: that wherens hitherto the Pre vious Question, when decided in the a:lfr iaivet ft'as cut off'all pending motions lhr a ntt'tdoiient as well as all dibate,it is here after to ct offDeb.e otily, aud to bring the House to a direct question ott each pend.ng uunendment, in their parliamenia ry order. The House will therefore he no long, r sittjected, as lieretufore, to the ne ITsity of alopting &. re.jecting measures of consequence p'roposed io them, tvithlout havmg first had an opportunity to ameud, alter or add to them. IN SENAT8. After tle tranartion of morning busi ness, the Jndle1pendlenttc Treasury bill was taken up. When Mr. Clay, of Ky., after some remarks, moved that its contsidera tion be postponed until Monday, tho 27th iisi. which was disagreed to-ayes 16, nues 2G. The hill was then ia'ken op, aid several amendments, pro)osed by Mr. Wright, were uJopted. Ant amendment incresing the compensation of the receiv er at New York to four thotusand dollars. was concurred in. An amenduent was then oliered tro increase the salaries of the reci% ers in Pnilidel phia and New Orle ans; but before the fuestion was taken, the Senate adjourned. Corrcsparduice of uth Charleston CouriCr. \VAIsatoTo,J;lan 17. The steam boat disaster in the Long 1 land Sotundt, protduced a dcep sensattion a mni the memnbersin this city. Ma~ny at tribnie it to the recklessness of human lif'e whlichi is so chtaraeter'istic: oh out' country mn. I at tribute ii partly to tha~t, but chiefly to the cupidity tf our bteami comn pa - ies and1 corporattions, which ulf.hte year has r-endered i-m -a publie nuisance. The Lexingrtou had a heavy dckl loa'd oh' cottot; auth the hales of cottona were croto ded ar-ound the smoke pipe, and, of cotir.se, took fire. In, thte nex' plice, the fire alt' parais, which the boat wa< comp~ell:d to enrry by law, was ntot in order for use ! Farther legislation is necessatry on this sub ject tn protect the thI's of paissengers-. 'Te Sttb-Trensniry Bill, with as sirong a specie clause as Mr. Cadhonni.or aty one~ wotuldl des:re, was passed to day, to a thiirdl reatding. in the Stenate. There was l.ttle opposition to the hill bty the whtigs. They offered t.n ootmiter proiect. Mr. Riv'es was not here to propose hi-s systeit of al liedStte Banks ; andtt Mr. Clay did tnut deem it prtudentt or expedient tn ttlier a Nationail Ba nk. So the hill passed to be engrossed, n-it hiotit opposi tito. I presumie it will now pass the Ilouse and beome the lawv of the landl As sooti as it passes, there will lbe sotne scattering ini the ranks oft lie adimmtis' rationt party, which is hel togethmer in the House, chiefly by this flnan eiatl qtuestioni. TI e ablation has been freencly disent~eed forsome days, in the House. Mr. Col qtitt, of Ga;. to-day. matde a strn speech against thet reception ofahaolitio et itiins, Hie called otn the South to stnndt on the amipart-s taf the cotastitintionst tnad resist their attemtitts to stnhvert it. Otn the first mse,. Mr. Shaule, of Vt., totok the flour ini defence of the right of petition. C'orrespondececof the Naiounal Iuntelligerncer. NEw Yoax, Jan 9. Mr. Webspter, Otn Mond-ty evening last. tnat, in the Caipitol of Ma;ssachutsetts, at Bostuon, a large nutmbher of the members oft the l,cgislatture, and of' his fellow -citi zens, who welcomnedl himt home with the iveliest demuonstrtions of respeet atnd kidntesl, and w' homt he 'addressed for over ata hour, otn matters of finaure, the caom prttmise upon1 the trarifr, &c. &c.. To Ge~n. irrisoni he checerfully gave his ~'upport, iol a solletn acquiiescence,but his best wish es, andm biest ehibrts fort sntecess. The Charlestoan Mercury of the 23d inst. sas:-"We dtettm it our duty to state..thiat frmt fnels stubmitt ed ta us, wse are sa tisfiedt thatt the Small Pox dotes nt exist in otte City, and thamt all paroper precuutioans ofitt terna an-I e'xternial police, have beetn and are nowa" tien toi prevenat the itntroduction r ofhe icnan from infected nort. From the Rrpublican Banner, ];3DI)oEPOP.T, J.n-. The Steamboat Lexington burA-One hindred anlift.,1lives lost.-Ouir citi.evn were alarmed on .londay eveii,. Iy the Apjpearance ofa great light at some die ueICe west, on I b. Sound, which was -ten erilly believed to be a steamboat on fire. Nothing conclusive. however, Was heard it regard to it, till the arrival of our- boat f1rom Nw York. on Tuiiesiay alternoon. which brought the nelaneholy intelhtgenwc. that the light was occ.asiotied by lite con fl.igration of the steimioiat -Lexington, which was entirely drstroyed, an.l ihat all fin board except three pershed. One of the survivors, Capt 1lilliar.l. of Norwich, this .tate whorm we have seen and cou versed with,'came on here in h- boat. The Lexington left New York, at three o'clock, -P. IM. for- Stoninon. Ahlonw half pastseveu o'clock, wheu off Eaton's Neck. L. I., the wood work. caning, &c. about the flues was dincovered to be on fire An alain was iminediai-tely given, anti all efiits t:) subdue the flanes proving tnavailing, the pilot headed the boat di. 'reedy for Long Island shore. In about 'I5 initites it was foutid the tiller ropes were burnt in iwo, and she consequently ui matageable. The engine, however, kept in operatioi under a heavy-head ofsteam. The three sim;ill boats wore got out with aH possilble haste, but swamped soon after they struck the water, in tonseqiete oi the speed at which the steamer was going toward the shAre." A lire boat which was on board,was al so lainched hut hv some menns was i a few imniutes unforiunately lost. No re lief therefore, was obtained from either of the -boats. When the Lexington had got within a few miles of the shore her eigine idden ly stopped. All haopes of escape to those o( board, except by clitigina to such ar ticles of freiglit as would sustain them, were cut ofF. The freight of the Lexinotn consisted principally ofeiton, on whi.h some ir the passengers tried to save thotmselves, but none sineectded except Capt. Hilliard and a fellow p.ssetnger, both of whomt got asiride ol a cotton hale on which they kept together until six o'clock in the morning. whien the stregrth olfCapt. Hilliaril's coin. pauion failed him, and he f(0l tl'and was drowned. Capt. 11. continued uipon hiis hame ofeo-t ton -till 11 o'clock, A. M Ttiesdty-, when lie wits tatken oi' by a slioop, which went tont front Soiuthport. h4 iuo, hln thn3 ex posed about fifteen hours. Two ,lthers, elinging to a fragmient of the hoat, were ulso rescued by thic sloop-one the engi neer, the other a fireman, of the unfortu note liont. e h'alics of two others, one a colored woman, were likewise 'tken fron a part of the wreck on which they had perished with cold. The number on board. Capt. H. thinks. was not less than 175, of whii 150 were passeners, out of which ie believes hin sel to be the only one aved. Anon2 the number were 5 or 6 women and 2 or 3 children. The scene on board (vas awfal beyond dlescription. The fire bein -mii way the boat, cu, off all communication fr)Iii one end to the oilier. The passengers crowd ed together inl the how and sterin, moaning and bewailing their fate, till compelled to ca.e thenselves into the watery deep, to escapo the flames. The boat drified with the tile, and sank at 3 o'clock off our harbor. Frothe 11ilmington Adrc:ier, EXIa. WITING Cro, iN. C. J-in. 17. With a heav~y hieni we sit tdown to the task of mtakitng a brief rectord of otne of thie mtost dikastrons fircs, with which o'tr de voted town has ever beeni visited. At a hoin 2 o'cltock this mtornitng the alartm sompile'l, antd proved to proc~eed from the staore, occupijed by Joltn Dawsion, at the North E-si't 'ortier oif the Counri [louse. The Court Hlonjai itsell was soon on fir-e. as were also lie buildlings adljoitning Mr. Da w.otn's. rThe flamnes pirogressed thenace, withI terrific h'urv, in an eatsterly andl north erly direction af the situare itt which the fire otriginlated, andi in a fewi tminutes. entught tht, builinigs atcrosd [root street. itn a westerly direction. The progr,-rs of lte fre' then was itn every direction fronm a commhton cenitre. Sonth, how.-ver, noth itng was butrnt bitt the Cotirt Haonse In other dlirectionts indicatedl, no harriers could beL iterposed until the t wo squares immuediattely N WV. antI N. E of the Conrt Hlouse were enitirelv destroyed, with the exception of the B~atik oif Cape ["ear, ad two smtall houses 'ixt noth of it, on the fnmer square., and three brick builim" ott the N. WV. angle of thte latter. The whole untmher of biiline4 destroyed is abhaint tine hundred anti frfy. inclodingi the Offices oif the Ad vertiser antnt Chironicle,thle Custtm flouse and the Clareont anti Rleston's Hottels. . The lies and a considerable portion of the materials were saved l'romt the *Ad vertiser offiee, anid wi thti'a slip ia prjinted after the dielay cottsealteent tipont a hasty retto'v-t of the' cotntents of a p inf in~r offitct. Farom the Chtmniaele nllie'.n thtitng wasi sav ed hit the account hooks. A great dleal or etinids unod fiirnitut Were gottn out of lhe bonses amid stoires. abht~oughi thle loss of proiperuy tifthtise kindls is immtetise. Mit ny of the btuildiregs on threeo t wo squares were among the motast valutable in to nn, anid on these two wa~s dotne piroba~bly, three fontribs oif the biusiness of~ the place. We' have head no' critientl estimates aofthte ag greente loss, hi are inclined to think it will stim iup to nearly 50I9 000) dolhtrs. - WVhat portion is inisured, is unascertaiined. 'Thus has Wsilmingtoni r~eceivead antother blowv to her ptrosperity, thait moany vears will not serve to recover her form. Sitw hail just gotitn over the ehlets of simiht' visitation< of formner yea.rs, tad hadt t~aen up a londa, in thie construtio'n of tha' Wi I tmitntotn & Rula'igh Rail Romad, .-nit al most staggered her stren::rth. ,'hent thik law't misfortuane c-ame, nal nen'y p-allv zes,ber enler::ies anud hiojes. tdt to thi the unpihlioutts state of tettl~ etterallh. otnd onur lait seem mhot nemppy- l UlnY wei Ia are neithcr dismnyedl tnr di-hearttend. WVe loiok to thes fut.re, to rcadeem ther present atnd the pass andi by the favor oif heaven, will struple with redoubled diii Correspondonct of Ila Sannah Cyirgian. FILANCE-WA. WITU ALGIEtS. PAnis Dec. 7, 1839. France is beginuing to reap the bitter fruits of her tenporizmg policy in Algiers. A idel Ktdr Ias declared warto lie knile in behalfoli his holy cunje.' and his first attack antid success have been marked with the sotaininary stainp of savage w arfare. The report which I mentioned in my last (of a French regiment havingv been annihi lated by the ferocious Arans is cotfirmed, exetpling as to tile am ount. The ri-e mnent z.U st be red-iced to a compt;any of 200 men, who were imprudent ensough to opposc on Arabian colium of horse, 1500 strong, and were udelleated, as mightt he ex peried, with the loss if 105. lelt dead on the field; anl escurt of 30 mten with convoy was attacked by a thousand Arabs. The lit de hatid, having ranige'd the convoy in a square, withstood the eneiny untilthe arti val of succor, w hich decilel the contest in their f.rvor,with lte loss of the commandan The accounts of losses sistainod declare them to have-been greater tihan ever he fore been sustained in the Alg eine wars. and all within the upacc of tw. days. The partiulars ofthe second day's loss are as follows. A cottvoy iscnrted by 'forry men was captured, and tle whole were deeapiated except two, who escaped to give. ;an ae count of ite disaster. Sever:d farns have been I u :e:t, -ind the laborers murdered. Twenty thotnmd earriid of-four hmired peaceaule eoloni-rs. including io tmein. have been Flanhtered. latlf a hattallion of retch infantry was completely Cut in pieces. Three tribes of friendly Arahs massa cred or carried away itito tile desert. All the couriers with despatches have been intiercepted amti mirdered. Mo-t of the garmn hottuees at the. outskirts have been attacked, ::nd the guard nias sacred. One ofithe forts being in dangerof cap tnre fronm a party of Arabs, which a cotm pany or French infantry was enagred in oppo1sini, the artillerv s.f Ohe fort could no longer delay firing uponi lie mass of whon were killed. This had the elfect Yrilisper sin! the Arabs, who have a imiral aver io to a contionade. All the coltni.sts who lvi e 'scalped have taken refuge either in the eamnps or int Al-iers. and grea t fears are entertained lCSt the provisions should not suiee. .larshml Valee has applied to the. .v ertniet for 10.000 ien only. It -is said tliat :25.000 will he sent. The 58th anl tie .?d light infaintry are ordered to einbark forthiwitht at Totuloin, and twenty sinadiois of horse are (n tltcir ro:d to the coast for the same ptrtzoe. The .'!oniteur publishes two ordiun. ces: one of themn for the organization of 25.000 more con4cripits the oth.-r, which opens a credit of ninceeti millions nine hundred and eiebry seven thousandl fances, for the extraordinary expenswpf ie war drepartmet during 1210. AIgeries has already cost ive hinlred millinus ofrlranes. and intinunerable deaths atnuag the sol diery. An emhunnsy is on the eve of setting out to the Emperor of Mlarocco, reqiriing him to break olhis cotnnection with Albdel Ka der, and threateninat him \wiih the ven gennee of Franre in case of any assisitince being oiTa-red to tile latter, even by perm a ting the pas-age of artm and amunition ahrough his doninions. In 18:3G at the hvotlo of Taf:a. Abdel W:iler vs a ird by 9000 Ilo-oceo ironsi-. nn:1 it i- reported lh'it he has unoV obiained a similar sup Lieut. Gen Cnoh'ires is deianed 'for tite cotiiatil of the active furcos to be sent against A bdel Kadelsr. W AsH NG'roN, Jant 7, I41.IO Miv dear Sir: I eneloie anl extract fromn the Intelligenei, which will show you what those who are opposedl to mel. nire making of the let ter of yotur corresimtde nt, reptublished in that papei-. I know tnot who your corresepontlent is, notr have I any reasotn to believe that he was .ectaid by anv tnakinid fee-linsgs towards me in writintg thie letter hut I mu.? sny. lhe his f elings wham they may, he has tnt placed tme ei thecr ini my true position, or otne that is a greentble to me. . I tam no nsupiranft to the Presidency. or ever expect to be. T1o holtd mel on as snteh is to do me great ini jusi. and weaken men itn my ellbr: to car rv onii the piritnciples and p liev for whch I hatve long cointeodsd. nti which I hld fatr more dlear thatn any thing in the gift of a he Goverinmetyt or~ people. To accomn plishi an obiject I hohill so higri is, andu lis bieen the stile mtotive, for tmany years, for my remtainin g at tny post here :atnd wvhen ever I fitnd that my presence' is no lilnger of nayi avnil mtovarols it, I shall cheerfully retire, leaving to others lai struggle for an honor, which. however high of wo erthy of conrest, has lotig- hadl hut few chatrtms for me. As to the potlitical rifhvteens here, :6 wvhich yoitr correspndent alludes, in relation io what lie ralls " tshesncessioni," and which he says is abstirbing every thing else, I know nothing. If they-exist, hte dones well in representiit me ats passive as to what is coitig on. All who know mie koor that there is nti? a metmbher of Cuin eres, who takes less interest in that to whiicht he alludles. It is well knoiwnt to tll muy frients here4 that tmy wish, itdividultttly, was and is, thatt thev shouitld he perfectly passive, as to wha't relattes to oflice, iudd hto volo for th-- na:ines of thise presenitedl, by those with wvhtom we are actitng, untless itere shouhl t~e some valid persottal objectioni, in order that we -night ~have greatru~ vaightI itt carrying out the meaisures we *l-sirIe... I aill this, I mnske no comlplait, nor (do Sinitend reenr'ae, and hads thte letter ap pecaredl in at paper of any other State, or ini iny ot her a han a frienidly otte itt my >wn, it wtnhl ha~ve piassed withiout notice from me. tiat. having devotdl te best portion of tmy life to the service of ah.. state amnd Untion, wit htout the hope, or ven the dstire of rewardl, except such as laws fromt the coniscions dlischasrge ofdutty, mttder tryinig cirenmtstanices, I Cannr? buit f-el sensibly amiv circumtissance (sneh as elieve this io bie,) caleinaed to east dsoubt mii my real tm-itives, by holdinig ma tip as si aspiiranma fhr anity oiche in the gift of the Lioverniment, or people. YVar trttly J. C- CA L HOUN W ae ct from the prcecmaps of the Demerakee ebration oft the 8th Jiattuary in, Philadetbia, the folloi ing letter, in re ply to an iit ation, ind the toast which 'ollowed t:e 'ndhing of tle letter:- - .AIJ130TO:N. Jan. 7, 1840. Gentlemen : I'ave been hontoreI with your notes (of thc'.3d uit. il iting uwe, in the name or ilhe D4nocitic citizens O Ithe city and county of P'hiiitdelphia, ti attend their celebration ot the 8th ilst. bly public eiiagetents lere pr nt we frta accepting yuur iivitatin. I cannot but be higIlygratified with the estimttite which you, and those in % huse behalf you act, put on my services. It has ever been the highest ~object- of my amtbition. to contribute to the preservation of our free and popular institutions, and to their i:anm.is.ot to posterity untipaired in purity and vigur. It is no easy tak to establish and maintain free institutions. Thety have a constant tendency togo wrong from which ours. as experience proves, is not exempt. To a departure from the principles i f our Government, te may trace all the embarrassments and disorders under n hieh the country i now laboring, and for A hich there is but one certain and ellectual ieiedy-the restoration of the 'Ctstitution to its original purity. All others are but quackery. To accomplish thirt great -olject my exertions are, and have been long directed; and, I trust, not altogether without suce.-s.. Mluch has al resuly lieen'elteed. We have got clear' of the public fund- d debt and the Bank of the U1nittld States, and are inl a lair way of freeine the cauntry fmon 't l e'finection w ith the hanks, and front Ohe last remnent of the Atnerie;n sy-tema. That tiene, I trust it % ill not be -dilficult to exitricate it fromn all othet measutes belioging '16 the National Consolidation school of plir(e, -and take a fre-h departure in the directio which Jeffersin and his associates of the old Republican State Rights school wdula give, if they were non alive ant at the helm. The ncn'reut is propitiou's t6 so desirable a consummation, but, 1if jiermit ted to pass unseized,it may well be d'ubt; ed " hether the opport.nity ofaccomphsh iirg the great-ohject -in view will not be lost forever. In conclusion, permit me to offier a sen: timent, suited to the times, and which is sanetihwted bty being incorporated in seye r:il of i:e Starte constitutions, by the wise and virtuous patriots who achieved our glorious revolution: Free Governments: They can vnoy be poreserved by a freqluent recurrence tofun. danrntal pIrinrciples-. With great respect-, 1 -tn--, c. J. C. CALHOUN. To the Committee. By the Connitee. John C. Calboun: The great apostle of the doctrines of the riahts of the States-the eloquent defendet of tite rights of the people. Mr. Clay, inl his late discussion with Mr. Calhoun, should have irnformed rfe Sena'te why he called on the president on New Year's day. lie rode through New York last summer to injure Martin Vad Buren and made friends for himself, and now desires the exclusive right to call on the President. Surely, if Harry of the West can face the President with his peciliar snitle, the Southern Nullifier has anl equal Hght to itnleichangie civilities with ihe Chief Mak; istrate,whose ofmicial course and republican measuros have elic-ited his approbation., The Globe of the lith itstant snvs; "tn the House, the Aholition discus*ititn is continued, Mr Coles's Re.-olution, which would, if pntseel. have closed the debate, was laid otn the table. Mr. Gravee. sormt days ago, moved a reconsiderationt ani ihis prevetnted Mr. Thomtpson, of Mlissis sip1. frotm movinig it. Mr. G;raves, to diav htavingc carried the recnsideratiot6, w ithdirew the motion, anti so Mr. Coles's propottsitiont was lost, it being hekW that it was too late for any otht- to mtove the re consideration. Thtis looks like finesse. Senator from Mlississippi.-Frothi the Na:cheA Coeurier,we learn that te election for U. States Senator, was bel at -Jack saa) otn the 9th inst. rThe W-hole loco fuco st'rength. tvent for Mr. Walker. lie re ceived 70 votes and was elected by a ma juritynif2.5. Mr. Prentissrecived37 votes -7 were scatnerlatg; Penns~iratnia Legislaure.-ln the Sen ate, on ',titnesday, 15th inst.-, a re-iou tiont to 1refer the hill repealing the. chtarter of the U.- S. Bank, to the ,Yudiciary tom mittee, with' intstrurtonts to report the samne " with such provisions as mnay he necessary for the fial~ closing of the con cerns~ of said U. S llank.," 'p5sedl by a vote ofr 17 to 3 12 Senators presebt. de clining to vote ott the fluestiton. Nwhaniel P. Talmakde, was,' on the 14th inst., el. cred Senator int tbngress, by tihe Legislh ture otfNew Yortk, for six years from thi 4ith Mart-h next. The vote stood in the Senztsr-Telwudig6 19-In the Ilouse. 639. The A .imiaiisttra titon miembers of botht Houses, scattered their-votes. Virgjia.-William M. Mc~urty is e lected to 'Congress from the Letotio Dis trict, over Mr. Pow' eli, (also W%) Tie Alepundria Gazette sntya: "Thte Whtigs in Congress will fitd Mr. MieCariy a firm, conisistenlt, ande patriotic edadijetor ; waile h's ctonsitutents will have a faithful and feniless representative." Michigan.-Theo WVhgs of te Legisla tttre of this State, at ouir last accon'ts, hadtlngreed to support Antmt<0 S. Per. ter, or .Detroit, ats U. S. Se.ater. Leap Yar.-0.te ermedite fellow citizen, will finid, Ott in9pection of the Ahnaine thnt thte present year. 140,. ie bis'extile' or le itt vear. The chiltd whose hnp its mtty tbe.~h hn'n bontt the 29th of ntexlt m moh (F..bruary,) wvili behold the recurrettee of his birth daty, bttr once it) litar years. An tither sintgultar dircurinstance respecting leap year, is, that I 'ues, by ancient eus tomt, tay pay their atddresseis to the gen3e ilomen: so that the belle who has ant oM ly hashful admirer, may save hltdj (ring horrors of ptopingo thte quesidn2,scl u the pcriod of courtship to sion.-.