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Miscellaneous. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. WASHINGTON, May 13. The rumor. of changes in the Cabinet have already subsided, though some dis contents, express the opinion thathir. Van Buren's interests would be -promoted by the formation of a newcabinct. Some say that Mr. Niles, of Connecti cut, the late senator from that State, is to take the Post Office Department, but the provailing opinion is that this officer should bd taken from the West. The bankrupt bill was taken up in the Senate, yesterday, and the discussion was commenced upon it. The bill reported by Mr. Clayton, from 'the.majority of the Committee of the Ju diciary, is a voluntary system, applying only to individuals. Mr. Walls' bill from .the minority, embraces both the compul sory and the voluntary systems, and ap plies to artificial as well as natural per ,sous-to banks and all other corporate .bodies. Mr. Wall opened the debate by a spiri ted attack on the majority bill-declaring that it was a partial and unequalimeasure, inasmuch as it extended its benefits only to the debtor class of the commuaity, with out affording any protection to creditors. Mr. Clayton opposed the motion, and went into an argument to shew that it was unconstitutional and inexpedient to em brace the banks. The subject was laid aside for the pre sent, and the Senate held a short execu tive session. The House took up the billtoensurethe more faithful collection of the revenue from customs, and several amendments were offered to it, but rejected. The necessity of preventing frauds, in order to protect the revenue, which is alarmingly deficient, at the best, was the chief argument in fa vor of the arbitrary provisions of the bill. Mr. Holmes, of S. C., spoke very ably against the bill, contesting thelegality and constitutionality of its provisions. The previous question w's then ordered, and the bill was finally passed by a vote of 122 .to 30. May 14. It is rumored that the Sub-Treasury bill will be taken up to-day, in commitee of the whole House. Tne discussion wi!l, of course, be long and ardent. The op. position will not let it go outof their grasp these six weeks. But after that measure shall be disposed of, the remaining busi ness of the session will be speedily dis. patched. A1r, Adams' revenue bill was taken up in the Senate. Mr, Adams followed the bill himself to the Senate chamber, where he endeavored to have it referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Mr. Web ster said the bill ought to go to the Judi ciary Committee or the Committee on Manufactures. Mr. Calhoun showed, however, that it came clearly within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Finance, and to that committee it was referred. It will meet with much opposiion in the Senate, and especially From Mr. Calhoun. But, as an administration measure, it may pass. Some such hill ought to pass. but the maitin objection to this bill, is that it in fringes on individual rights. The Bankrupt bill was ably discussed in the Senate, by Messrs. Crittenden and Wall. Mr. Crittenden supported the vol untary system, as repor:ed by the majori ty of the committee, and vindicated it from the objections of Mr. WALL. Mr. Wall vindicated his bill, but inti mated that if the Senate would take his bli as the basic of a law, they could then strike out the provisins which wvere ob jectionable. He wvished to test the sense of the Senate upon each of the three fea tures of his bill. There is no doubt that Mr. Niles of Connecticut, is to be appointed Post-Mas ter General, and no doubt that it will be a very unpopular appointment hereabouts. It is strongly insisted also, that thisofficer should have been taken from the W~est or South. May 15. -The House was occupied the whole day with the question of privilege, growing out of the affray between Rice Garland and Jesse A. Brnum. Trhe report of the facts by the Select Committee was taketn up. and Mr. Underwood, the Chairman, moved sundry resoluti ms for the punish mient of disorder and personal violence in future. Mr, Wall contended that the House had no rules that would reach the case, and that any proceeding against the parties wrouldi be export facto. His mo lion was decided to be out of order, and Mr. Holmes, of S. C. then offered a reso lution declaring that Jesse A. Bynuma atnd Rice Garland, by fighting in the House, had committed-a gross breach of its digni ty, and ought to lie immediately expelled, Nir. Jenifer, of Md. advocated the motion, and insisted that the expulsion of the lpar ties was due to the insulted dignity of the House, and to the character of the coun try. He hoped the House would have the courage to meet tho question. Ho would not stop to inquire who struck the first blow. WVhoever took redress into his own hatids, itnstead of relying upon tho House for protection. was equally cenlpa ble. Mr. Proffit, of Indiana, opposed the motion. H e attributed all the disorder of the Hotuse, to its disorganization at thme opening of the sesion, amid considered the whole H-ouse resptonsible for what had oc cured, moreover, similar cases had hap pened before, and had passed unnoticed. He alluded to the case of Bell and Turney, in the last Congress. A motion was made to lay the whole subject on the table, and lost ayes 75, noes 106. After a long debate, it was finally agreed to reccommit the wyholesub ject to-the same committee with instruc tions to inquire and seport wvhat should be done in the matter. It is the general a pinion that nothing will be done with the parties, but that severe rules for such ca ses wvill lbe adopted, for the future govern ment ofthe House. The bankrupt bill was again taken up, antd Mr. Henderson, of Mississippi, spoke, at-length, in support of the voluntary bank rupt law, which he thought was all that the country asked fur, anid all was re quired. He opposed the proposition to embrace -lie bants, ne innenpeient and nnteittt tional. ir. Wall replied and supported his measure. It has been determinated, by the ad ministration members, to* bring up the Sub-Treasury bill, at the earliest moment, whieh will probably be next Tuesday. May 1G. The subject of the 'ates of public print ing was resamed in the House yesterday, Mr. Evans' motion to reduce the prices twenty-five per cent was lost. The mo tion of Mr. Black to reduce them fffteen per cent was agreed to, yeas 155, nays 17. Mr. R. Garland's motion to seperate the printing from the public press was laid on the table. So that the matter is dis posed of. Mr. Jones, of Va. made an inefflectual attempt to suspend the rules, setting a part this day fur private business, in order to go into Committee of' the Whole, to take up the Sub-Treasury Bill. It occa sioned considerable sensation in the House -many protested .against taaking up that bil, until the Navy and Army Appropria tion Bills were disposed of. The vote was yeas 117, nays 83, and thus the motion was lost, for want of the requisite two thirds. But the vote indicates a large ma jority for the bill. The bill amendatory of the act for the remission of dutics ont goods destroyed by the great thie in the city of N. York was taken up, and 31r. Rheit moved to extend its provisions to all eases ofdestruction of imported merchandize by fire. The pre vious question was ordered, and the bill was passed to a third reading. A motion to recommit was made, but the previous question was again moved, and the House refused to order the main question to be put-so Ite bin was thereby laid over for one day. I think it will ultimately pass. The origitihl act on this subject was so much restricted, as to be utterly useless. It has been a mere utility, for not one case has been decided under it. No other hu siness was done, though much time was spent in calliag the House. No quortim could be obtained and retained. This will continue to be the ease in the House, duritng the remainder of the session The memberscannot be kept together half of the time. The weather has become hot, and the memtiers prefer the open air to a crowded and badly ventilated hall. The Senate again took tp the.Bankrupt Bill, and Mr. Smiith, of Indiana. spoke at great length, in support of the voluntary systetm, as the measure best snited to the condition of our people. and the otly act for which they had petitioned. lieoppo sed the proposition to inclide the banks, declaring it to be the most high-hqnded and dangerous assumption of power, on the part of the Federal Government that was ever yet attempted. The disposition of Congress and of the public, appears to be in favor of the volun tary system alone; &it is very possible that it may be adopted. It will be either that or nomthing. Mr. Webster, it is supposed, will address the Senate in full on the sub. ject, next Monday or Tuesday. The hill for the better protection of lives of passengers inl vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, was taken up, and some amendients proposed by the author of the bill, (Mr. Ruggles,) were agreed to. The further consideration of the subject was theu postponed till Mon day. No nomination of a Post Master Gener al has been yet sent to the Senate, and it is rumored that Mr. Niles will not accept the office. May 17. The Senate did not meet yesterday. in the House, an unsuccessful effort was made to reconsider the vote, by which the resolution, red ucintg the price paid for pub lic printing fifteen per cen't was, carried. Thte object of the mover wvas to eff'ect a reductiou of twenty per cent. The bill amendintg the act remitting the duties on goods destroyed by fire int the city of New York, was read a third time, and then rejected--yeas 60, nays95. One of the friends of the bill had voted in thte negative for the p)urpose of moving a re consideratIon, of which he gave ntotice. Ini order, therefore, to bring the matter to a close, Mr. mtoved to re-considecr the vote, and the motion was rejected. So, the bill is (lead, and the board of commissiotners might as wvell be abolished; for they can (to nodthinig uinder the oriciniat act. One motive for~ rejecting the bill, was the ne eecssities of the Treasury, and the appre hension thtat a farther isstte of Treasttry notes, otr a loan, may be made requisite before the termination of the present ses sion. For the same reason, the H-ouse will refuse to pass to anty private bills, whicht in volvye applropriations of~ money. This is tuojtst and dlishonest towards the public creditors; for the country is nor yet bantkrupt, whatever the Treasttry may be, and as long as wye have the meatts, our just debts ought to be paid. This truism will not, however, he recognized during the present stuggle of parties for populari ity atnd power. The House went into Committe on pri vate bills, but refused, as they did on Fri day, to act on any of them. It is idle to waste time, therefore, by setting apart two days itt thte week for private business, andt~ the rtules otuht to lbe c:hanged. Bets are madel htere, every (lay, on thte presidential election. The whigs bet free ly, not onily on thte general restult, but on nearly every state in the Union. They will not even concede South Carolina to air. Van Bitren, nutwithstanding the late demonstration there. They say that S. Carolinta will hrowv away her vote. Mr. Van Buren's confidence in his re election is. I am told, undimintishied. Judge Hanson, in a bpeech before the puffball, barrel organ, silk streamer, ottar of roses and distress ConveniIon at Balti more, hails Gen. Harrison by the title of "Thme Deliverer." We humnbly suggest to the Whig orators-the Simeons amnd Magi (thme simnile is Mr. Preston's, reader, not ours) wvho assembled in the "city of Monuments" to offer their perfumed hand kerchiefs at thme cradle of Gen. H-Iarrison's second childhood, that they might add miuch to thme propriety, without detract iing from the strength, by changing the lit tle to--THIE EMANCIPATOR." Charleston M'ercun-j. Bc it rather your ambition to acquit yourself well mi ynour proper station, than to rise above It. From -the Glube. MoVEMENT OF TirE-DEtoCRA'IC PARTY. -We lay before the country the proceed ings of the late Democratic Convention at Baltimore. The speeches, of which our Reporter gave hasty sketches have been drawn out at length, and -submitted to the revision of the speakers. The ad dress, which was sanctioned by general approbation, when presentedThy Governor Hill, of New Hampshire, to the conven lion, has received from the committee of revisal a careful attention, it) pa'ssing through the press. It will he found, we doubt not, to speak the sentiments of the Democracy of the whole Union, with a fideliry and frankness that will -commend it to every lover ofliberal institutions. That it will find acceptance with the Democracy every w-here, we have the most gratifying proofs in the manifesta tions of a great public meeting at Charles ton, South Carolina, and of the Democra tic members of the Legislature of the State of New York. We have received the papers put forth by both those bodies of the distinguished men North and South, simultaneously with that which emana ted from Baltimore ; and nothing could bear strongertestimony to the honogene ous principle which binds together the friends of State Rights and free govern ment in the present struggie, than the re markable coincidence in sentiment and purposC, which characterizes the three ad mirable productions to which we refer They finely illustrate the efficacy of truth, aud disinterested patriotism, in bringing great bodies of highly gifted men, howev er variant their habits, modes of thinking. education, and position, io the same great conclusions in regard to all important questions of public policy, interest, and principle. The style, the tone, the-modes of reasoning in the three addresses striking ly diff'erent. They are all distinguished by the highest intellectual force-a force now deriving an uncontrollable influence from the all-pervading feelings of party, awakened by a contest involving every topic connected wi-h Goveinment-and yet the maglnet is not truer to the pole than all these papers in pointing to and mar king the same fundamental doctrines. as the true bases of otur Government. It is to mriainmain these that the Administration is itself so zealouslv nmaintained by the exalted mind which is seen to pervaIe the several e(irts to which we refer. We shall publish then in the order in which they came to hand, and we hope that they will each obtain an attentive perusal. They will compare well together, and in contrast with the demonstrations of the Babel-tongued Opposition, which utter nothing intelligibly. Front the Charleston Patriot. If perchance Gen. Harrison should be elected Chief Mlagistrate of the Union, of* which, however, the possibility every hour diminishes, and nearlv simultaneouily with this event, there should be a restoration of commercial confidence, what credit would not the Whigs take to themselves far their vaticinations. Hlere they wonld exclaim is a triumphant proof of otr averment that the monied and mercantile difficulties into which the country has latterly.been pluni fred are attributable to Mi-. Van. Buren's administration. An accidental cbrjunction of circumstances would be, in this manner, adduced as evidence that it .9xibited the necessary connexion of cause and efct. That which the natural operation of events is gradually ell'eting would be assigned to a change of administration. This could have no influence, of course, with any but those who look beyond the surface of things; ir it effects the purposes of those who employ this sophistry. ithe popula r delusion wvouldl have answered the ends of party. There arec, however, signs that the sober- sese of the people wvill rjec t this party log'c, and fully vindicate, if a little timse is allowed for reflection, those who now audmirister public afl'irs. The mist in which this susbect has beetn enreclo ped is clearing away. The people begins to see that thue Government hsas hadl no agenucy itn plun ging the people into debt and stimulating the over-sanginse to speculation, hbus, ont the cotuntry, have en deavos-ed to restrain the latter and to keep thse former in the path of reguslar industry, so far ats its constitusional power would admait of interfer-ence to check tshe iregutar action of1 iniivid ualIs asnd corpos-ationts. The sophdistry that consnects the emsbar rasmenits anid losses of' thse countsry with thse conduct of she ad ministration is, of the same comp llexion as5 that wvis t tb ted te speculative msanai of 1S3-i ands '35 to te overthrosw ol ste National Bank. It seetms not to be thunsght of by thse reasonters, sthat the phrentzy of speculationt at that periodl wsas a popular nmovenment a vast ansd un tcontsrollable impulse, origs nasting; in she pubhlic misid, whsich neciither Goverisnsenst tnor Bank of any kind conuld hsave restrainsed. It sents so be forgottont that like theapparment prosperity of Eng land in 1824, wh'len the adminuistration of that day were misled by appearanices, sn common with the Blank of England, the popular movement carried alonig 'withs it both batik anud goventment. Is seems to be msore especially cast imuo oblivions that Mr. Bliddle. dlude~d by a2ppearantces and seek insg to counter--chteck ste asdmsinisration stin its attempt so control specuslation by thec specie circular, contiented that the favora ble state of thse foreigns exchange indica. ted the sountdness of the currency and thsat speculatiosn (lid not exist. Ho~w it msay he asked, wvith such opinions entertained by the Head of the U. S Bank at the peri od, can it be contended that Mr. Biddle would nsot lave been borne on the general tide-would not have been driven in the direction w~hich the popular feeling was thea taking, and lenst the resources of the institution over which he presided to the enlargement of the limits of speculation? As was the couduct of the local banks at that period, so would have been the con duct of the Bank of the United States at the same period. This analogy shows the sophistry of the argument that would shift from the gov erntent, those errors of contduct wvhich have thseirsousrce in she people themselves -that wvould connect the origin of sp)een lation and multiplied pecuniary esngage menits, as well as thseir cure or remedy, wiith thte admist ration of public affairs Chdarleston, Patriot. Acetsetom yourself to temperaunc. From the Georgia .'Jrgus4, THE COMMITTEE We publish to-day a letter addressed to Gen. Harrison, from Oswego,And the reply to it by his committee. We commend it to the espe cial attention of our readers. It is altogether the most remarkable document that has ever fallen under otr notice. Since the establishment of this Government, ithas beenanestablished-1.-,ie that the peo ple had the right to ask at the hands of those who were seeking to he intrusted with power an ex pression oftheir opinions upon all subjects con nected with the public interests. That thisdoc trine should be maintained, with an unimpaired force, and that every man in the country should fel that there rests upon every candidate a sa crud ned parartmonit obligation to answer, is of the deepest importance to the best interests of the conitry. The people have a right to know of a can'didate what are his opinious, that they may be enabled to judge wihether their views and opinions are to be properly represen ted; and whether their rights and interests are to be preserved or destroyed. Heretofore, in the whole history of the Gov ernment. there has not been found a single in stance within onr knowledge, where a candi date for the suffrages of tltc people has dared to refuse to give such information, when required. To Gen. Harrison it has been reserved to tmake this fearfuil inroad upon these principles of our Government-to htn has been reserved the odions task of declaring in substance to the people of this country, that they are destitute of the tmtelligence necessary tojudge what is for their interest, and to determine what principles are correct. To him has been reserved the task of asking the the people of these United States notto trouble themselves about princi ples-not to ask him to declare his principles, lest they may be dissatisfied ith them; but leave to him the exposition of the great text book of their potitical faith, to repose in him that "gen erous confidence" which will be satisfied with the belief that he knows better than themselves what will be for their good, and that he will take care of their rights and interests. And this comes from the honest, frank old republican soldier, of theJeffersoniatn school. Even Jack son with all his willingness to "take the res sponsibility," never dared take such a respon bility as tlis. Mattin Van Buren the tnagician -the essence of non-committalisi, dare not Veniture upon a stop which presnies so mich uipon the sihservieicy ofthte people. We had thougtht. hat h ltwi a marin had declared his opin ions and his :)rinciples. the pieopile would be Ianiflestiig ta siflicientlv Igenerous confidence" whCn th11 should trust to his honesty to carry theni out; btt this is not sutiicient for 'Gen. flar rison and his party; they have not confidence enoutghm in the intelligence or the honesty ofthe people, to trtust to them a disclostire of his printciples; and yet, theyask of this same peo ple to mnaniifest for him that blind devotion, whiii shall intrust to their keeping the ri lit of thinkiina for thiemu, and carrving ont opiniots and principles. which they will not proclaim. Other politicians have professed to be anxious to have their principles tnmurrstood; to lay them out before the people, that they might invesii gate and decide upon their merits. If this were the mere whim of a ian who thonght propel to ptt himselufp as candidate for the Presiden ev; orofa few,lfoolish advisers, who inight think liroper to take him into keeping. thuii it woiti destroy every claimn to the confidence and the sutitratges of the people, and would en tirely dcmolib every hope of success; vet, it woild present nothing to alarm the friettds of our instituttions. Bit this is int the case. Ile is emphatically tile can'didateof a party seeking power, for over's sake-not because they seek to vindicate fromi ahnse the principles iupon which the Government was established, atd halt party not only sanctioned. but we miay Iirly imfer. have poiited fnt and direr-ted lte adoptioni ofil tis course. That committee say: -T-hc committee are streitgthened in regard to the propriety of his policy, that no new isue lie made to the public, froin the consideration, that the National Convention deemed it itupoli tic at the then crisis, to publish any geneal dec laration of the great opposition policy, amid cer t-iuly 'the policy at the present remains unal tered." Taking together then, all these circuistan ces, it is but fair to infer that the Conven tion, not only sanctions, bitt directed this policy: and when n% e see in this country, a great aud powverful party, setkintg to get into their hatids the whole power of the country, aind to aid thmemi in effecting it, reptndiatinigone of the fundaimental priniciples ,of outr goven metit; wvhen we see theim setting tip the doc trine, that policv forbids that the peopleshall he made acqutaitied with the opinmiotis atnd prn ciples ofone, who is seekinig through thieir aufh frages, a stattion, which places the destiny of the country ini his hands; we think it iih time that every inan who feels any interest ii'the wellitte or tile honor of the country, should begin to in quirec why it is, that the usage which has been sanictified by the opinion and example. of every good aman ini the counttry, until it has becoime ntterwoveni with the fouindarmental pr-inciples of our governmetnt, shotuld now btesetat naught. In counttries where meni come itnto piower by hereditary succession, where the people have ntoting to d o with choosing them, whlere their title to'nower depenids upon their birth, and tot upe their princdiles; where the rights and mtterests of the peoIple, are to be consulted in the chioic-e of ruler-s; it ttight perha ps lbe consid ered imphroper. and impertinent for the pleople to be imuiring into suicht matters, hut in a connttre- like this. where every man has a voice itt thechtoieof the public servants, and wvhere in 'arder to vote uinderstatnditngly, lhe muistknowv the opinionis ofthouse between whom the choice is to lbe nirue. such doctges canntot for a mu mietit be.tolerated-whieiievcr it cat i be, the right ofsuitirage biecomes a fooling mockery. The committee says, "sneh course has been adopted,not for purposes of concealment-not to avoid any respotnsibility; but under the impres sion, that the General's views in regard to all the important and exciting questions of the day, have heretofore been given to the public, fully andexplicitly; and that these views, whether connteeted with constitutional or other questionsu of very general interest, have unudergotie no ehatige." Now~, supposing this to be uruie, what excuse does it afford for refisinig to answer those wh-Io may not be in possession of a knowledge of these opinions. From thme Osieego Palladium, CORRESPONDENCE. Oswttuo, Jan. 31, 1840. To the Hun, William H. Harrison. DuAK Sta:-In accordance wvith a reso lution of the Union Association of Oswve go, I am instructed to propose three qtes tions to you in relation to subjects that a large portion of this'section of the country feel a deep tnterest in. Tho 1st is Are you in favor of receivingand refer ring petitions for the immediate abolition of slavery in the Dist, of Columbia. Second-Are you in favor of a United States Bank, or some institution similar to that for the safe keeping and disbtursing of the public moneys and forgiving a tunifortm currency throughout the U. States. And lastly-WVouldl you favor thie pas sage of a general batkrtupt law by Cot gt-css. so that its operations might be equal in all the States of t he Union. I have only to say, sit-, that the ahinve inquiies are made in accordance with the tnanimous wvishes of this association, the member., of wiici, I ai instrttcteri to unv, entertain tie highcst regard fur your paIS services, and hope. should you be elected to the high olice for which you are nomi nated, that nothing may occur to lesson you in the estimation of a great and free people. I an Sir, Respecifully, your ob't serv't. MILES HOTCHKISS, Corresponding Secretary. CIcXCIZATI, Feb. 29, 1840. Oswego Union Association: GENTLcufEN.-Your lettter of the 31sI ult. addressed to General Harrison, has been placed in our possesion with a view to early attention. This is unavoidable in consequence of the very nunerous let ters daily received by the General, and to which his reply in person is rendered ab solutely impracticable. As from his confi dential commitee, you will look upon this response, and if the policy observed by the committee should not meet with your approbation you will attribute the error rather to ourselves and his immediate ad visers, than General Harrison. That poli cy is that the General make no further declaration of his principles, for the public eye, whilst occupytng his present position. Such course has been adopted not for pur poses of concealment, nor to avoid any re sponsibility; bt under the impression that the General's views, in regard to all the importantand exacting qluestions of the day, have heretofore been given to the public fully and explicitly; and th-at those views, whether connected with constitu tional or other questioas of very general interest, have undergone no change. The committee are strengthened in regard to the propriety of his policy; that no new is sue be inade to the public, frorn the con sideration that the national convention deemed it impolitic at the then crisis to publish any general declaration of the great opposition party, and certainly the policy at the present remains unaltered, In the meantime, we cannot help expres sing the hope that our friends every where will receive the no.mination of General Ilarrison with somet hing akin to generous confidence. When we reflect upon the dis tinguished intelligence of the nomiutiting cotivenion hpcw ably all interests were represetted in that body; we certainly have a high guarantee, that, shotld General llarrison be the successful candidate for the Presidency, that oflice will tie happily and constittiionally adhinttisiered, and under the guidance of the satie printcipeisC which directed our Washingtton, Jell'erion, and adison.-Believing yon will concur, with its in the proprietyof the policy adop ted, we have pleasure in subscribing our selves. Your friend.s, DAVID GWYNNE, J. C. WRIGHT. 0. M. SPENCER, 1. E. SPE;cnt-, Cur. Sec'ry. The committee are now publishing in pamphlet forin niany of the former ex pressed opinions of ihe General, nodl facts and incidents connected with his past life, which will be loirwarded to you at an early moment. From the 11anbmrg Journal, May 20. Th4e .-,nerican and Grrinan Trmlintg and Insu rancc Coumpang-the hqaijing of the Corn"r Stone of the Cumpanty's IIarchouse-the Ilam burg 1;ileenc-the hTarget Firing-thc arba enc 'e C& Mnonday lart was a great day in Hamburg. The "firsi works" were well' done of a sys tet of trade and of glorions enterprise. whiclh cannot flil to result idvantageously and profit ably te our town ; and a determiniedel inid spirit ed tiovement was made to bring Hanmbnrg into that position to which commerce invites her and for which eature las so amply endowed and desihned her. 'lee miorniter wore rather a discouraging sky-aloing witIi dav-hreak cnie a heavy rain beet it held eep a little abont breakfaest time; and althiough it showered fitfally throughout the day, no hinudrance to the ceremonies andh tpre,. ceed ings n as occaisioted. Blefore da', -break, the report ofthe "hig guen" fromt the ramparts of the hill, anntounceed that "somtethmgn moere thant comminon"' was to be dotee. I'Te can nne contined to thunder ont its nmecsic. with hlcf hour inttervals thuronighoutt the mnortning. wheti at ten, the finte band of the ltiileenit added its stirrinlg and martial noutes, as a proper accom paniment, to chacrnm the cars of those who are delighted with a '-concoutrse of sweet sounds," ad~ to bid the citizen sohelier doff~ his every-daiy suit, and don his gay and handsome uniformn for parade. At half past tcti, agreeable to previeons an notncment, .the Directors of the Amtericane and Gerntmnt Trading anid Inseurance Compi any opened their hooks, at the City llaell. foer the snscriptioni of the Capital Stock of the Camn Mr. Shlzone of teDirectors,adrse the military genitleen anid the citizenes pres et, ine a sensibele aced pertiietit speech, explaicn ing the objects of the association, the ad vatiages which mucstaccrue to the stockholders. our townt, and the cotuntry gencerally forms its operations ; the act of the Legislature creatinig the Comopanty, was then readt by Marshal It. Smith Esq. antothier tof thce D)irectors; aller which, suibscriptiotns were inivited. Ine the course of half an hour, two hunedred acid eight shares were taken, (u pon which the required advance money was al paid in silver,) leavintg only 42 shares unsold of the neuber to be tak en on this side of the Atlantic. ~The books were then closed for the day, in order to pro ceed with the ceremony of laying the corner stones of the Great ware Hlonse. Capt. Bar ker now formied his spleundid corpse of riflemiene ice fronit of the Armory, acid tiarched to the Hall, where a proccessione was orgaized, by the Directors of thue new Comipaiiy takineg their places next oct the left of the military: succeed ed by thc Icntenidant ot llamburccg and the memn bers of the conl, andI these tfollowe'd by the citizenus renerailly. TIhe procession then Esq. Marshail of the (lay; thurouigh the piriniei p al street of the townt, to the site of the ware house, where~ it halted at the gcound marked and intrencheed for the niorth-east cornier of this most extensive edifices Here, Mr. Shultz, of fered up to the Throne of Grace, in a feryent and imprehsive manner, the folluwing eloquent prayer ; "In theo name of Thee. who gives acid ruies all things, I commence this Thy work. Father Supreme, I pray Thee give wisdonm, guide and protect Thy people in this great work, by land andI by water, in this and in a foreign country, now and hereafter. Atnen !" Mr. S, then proceeded to lay the first corner of what will be one of the largest superstruc ires of the kind in the couentry, being a00 feet c length by 214 in width. The seconed or S. E. ccrneer was laid by Mr. G reeni, thce Intendant; the tirdl, or S. W corneer, by Capt. Jiarker of the Hambutccrg Rtiflemce. anid the 4th or N. WV. corter Icy Marshal Rt. Smcilh, Esq., otte of the Directors of the Company acnd a moemiber of te coneiil of Hlanmburg. A friend to the tun dertking, whco wvas presenlt at these implres sive ceremonlies, paidt a han'onme comphent to the manner ini which Capt. Barker peerformn ee is iart of the servicc5 of thte occasioti 'htcle Captain he'a his sword gracefully and timiv grasped in his right hand, while with the leh he placed the brick, and used the trowel and square, upon which the gentleman above alluded to appropriately remarked, "that the Captain was prepared to defend with his right hand the good work that his left was domig'' The procession now again took up the line of march for the hill, where, as had been an. nounced for some time previous, the Riflemen were to lire at a target for a silver Mcdal.... Upon reaching the bower near the spring at the footof the hill, the soldiers and citizens of the procession found spread out for their refresh. ment by Mir. Shultz, an ample lunch, and the table was alse adorned with a parti-colored li: qid in hnindsome hottles, 4iTich was said by those who partook of it, to be mucir stronger than water Lunch being ever, the Riflemen marched up to the entrenchmeits oil the heights,. where the trial of their inarkMaslip was to be made. The immense theong of ciue zens which had forimed the procession ho6w be. came the anxious spectators of the pleasing and exciting scene of target-firing. The dis tance was sixty yards-the fire arms, muskets (the corps having not as yet reoeived the rifles to which it is entitled:) the numbers weie now drawn, and the firing began. We have not time to desei ibe, nor space in our paper for the details of this brilliant shooting match; suffice it to say that the target was well perforated and spotted, and that the luck vacillated hahdsome lv, among the manly band contending for the paim, throughout the two first rounds which were fired, while good humor, harmony, and the proper spirit of rivalry, without jealousy prevailed. After the third round it was ascer tained that die thEic best average shots were made by Mr. Thos, Siely, to whom was award. ed the handsome silver medal; the seccond best by Serg't. David C. Cobb; and the third best by Mr. W. Crapon. The company now returned to the spring, to partake of a magnifi cent barbacued dinner, prepared for them and the citizens by the hospitable propiietor of the grounds. As previously arranged by the coma mittee of the day, Mr, Shultz was installed as President of the Board, Intendant Green as Jst Vice President. and Capt. Barker, and M, R. Smith Esgrs. as2nd and 3rd V. Presidents. During the feast, which all the throng of di' ners enjoyed. with a hearty goid, the band per formed in their best style the sold enlivening air of "lail Columbia," ard that "first best " ofall the old national airs, 'Yankeo Doodle,' and many other appropriate martial airs, while ever and anion, the thunder gun n onld peal out its deafininir roar. which was echoed back 'lorinnusly from the hollows of the hills in the distance. After the feast of rating came the flow of "rihy wine," and right merrily and iriskly passeil the decanters about at this inter iStingw stage of the proceedings. Toasts and etim.ent now became the order of the hour. and many good ones were given and cheered hen rily in spirited good order, at a reasonable period in the evening the board adjourned sine die, thus cone lutling a happy day of festivity, the like of which though we might live as long as the most servile courtier of the grand Schah of Persia wishes his sovreign may live. we might not see again! From the Charleston Courier, of the 20th inst. AttRIv.L OF TIE BRITstt QUEEN.-The Br, steam packet British Queen, Captain Roberts, arrived at New York on Satur day last, in in thirteen days and eleven hours passage, bringing London dates to the 1st instant, Liverpool to 30th, and Paris to the 28th uhimo, all inclusive, The news, altogether, is favorable, and calculated, we think, to restore confidence in the mercantile community. The Cot toi market at Liverpool, on the 24th, ad vanced an eighth to id., on the 28th rece ded an eighth; but the market at the latest date. was firm. and appearances indicated ihatit was likely so to remain. There had alio been a revival of trade in the irantifacuring districts, and prices of Cot ton were so low as to induce manufactures to purchase rreely, with the view of laying in their stocks. In Havre, too, Cotton hind taken a rise. and considerable husi ness ha d been transacted at an advance or In2., na at Liverpnol, a falling off wasex perienced at the last inies, while there was no u nnt of conftence exhiliited. The London monev niarket was in a healhby state, and 'Amerienn securities w'erett mlhetuer request than at previoust adh The{; B umnd airy Q esio n, will, it is sup - posed,. het amienly adjnsted. A nmotn ur e~ rnets, will bue foundm, severntI articles en this siuject, copied fromti Eniglish papers. The Ne w-York Journal of Commerce re ma~rks: "It is with heart felt satisfacions we fink that that the delicate and diffienlt uinestion of outr Northern Bouindary, is, itn all probiability, adjutsted. It appears, that the awntrd of the King of the Netherlands, which mndec the river St. JTohn's, the boun dary h~eri ween the twoe onntries, is to the basis of thme new arrangement, and that as un indem'nuity to Maine' for any supposed tightsshte may posses to land north of the St. John's. the British Government. is to pay her 3E200.000, or about halfa amil lion of dollars. Most sincerely do wve re joice in this compromise,-not so muclh because it is, or is not, a good bargain in itself, as because it removes a bone of' con tention whlich has bung existed, and the right to wvhich each party has claimed with so much confidence, that it was impossiblo to say when or how the affair could he amicably adjusted. Doubtless despatches have come forivard by the Britishs Queen;. which will appi-ise our Governiment of the precise posture of the negociation: but we trust it will be found-not far different from what is indicated above. In- any view of the case, all danger of a war, growing out of this protracted controversy, is at an end. Had we a Tiory Administration! tot dheal with, the case might be different." Wi1G PENSCIPLES.-Jfhaft are thrgif-Tf the whigu possess any principles politically whyd, they not augow them-why not tell the sover eigns what the principles are ? The Har risburg Convention drew uip no address as is usual on such occasions-Harrison it seems is nm the keeping of a committee of three men. W~e learn "that the keepers of G..Harrison's conscience have determined that be shall give nothing to the public "aye" while a candidate.'4 The wig papers and declaimers in these parts set forth nto principles, but spend their time in raving and blowing about corruption, ruin, &c. &cas if these terms were new with the fed,. eralists. What are the principles the whigs contend for? Do they ever tell us?-Athenea ( Tann;) C'our., 1st inst. C'hina.-Pa per money was tried in China for many years but found to be ruinous to the people and Government. For the last 300 years the Chinese have preferred the honest standard of val ues silver dollars. Bicknell's Philadelpina Reporter says: WVe learni with pleaisiur, that nearly all our' P'hiladelphia Institutions are conducting their operaltionts with a view to resumption in Janu.