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Wabaei its ~Asae Oahuc mome pres" 4wimilrS, d-33 hE eeutie did no rAg , as proper to waive all the advanta5' I of an hualrable adjustment of othe -I1 eskies of great magnitude and import because this, not so immediately presang, a gland in tb way. Although the difficulty F 10t- g gt gg-severa'esi7 o r come involve peace of the two cout- I tris, yet I shallOt delay to urge on Great I Britain the importance of its early settle- I uea. A-.ith the other powers of Europe our relations continue on the most amicable I Sothic.I Ocgbe 23d of April. last, the Commis sioners on the part of the United States, i under the Convention with the Mexican 4 W GltelG'I the 11t ofAprit; 1839, made i to the proper department a Gual report in i Ylatfowto the proceedings of the commis- i sida.fom this it oppears that,. the total i amoudcaartldetto thd clailnants by the i cOMIissionwer and the umpire appointed i under that congmutioi, was two millions I twesty-sixi thoniand and seventy-omio 1 - dollars ind sxty-eight cents. The arbt ter hainlg considered that his functions wite required by thi convention to ter- I -toibate at the same time with those of the I 4uheemmisioefersrreturreo the board, I adbeided for want 6f time, claims which i hWdbeen allowed by the American Com- I 'aliloners, to the amount of nine hundred, and twedly-eight thousaad six hundred and twenty.dollars and eighty-cight cents. 'Other ilaims, in which the atnuunt sougbt tobe recovered was three. millions three 'qired and thirty-six thousand eight hun dred and thirty-seven dollars and five cts. were submutted to the board too late :for t ejeideration The Minister of the Uaie States-at Mexico. has been duly anthboAed to make demand for - the pa) meat of the awards according to tho terus oftbe conventiop, and the psrovisious of the aieof Congress or the 12th of June. 1940. He has alo been instructed to esmmunicate to that goverument the ex -iectations of the Government of the Uni ted 8tates in telaston to those claims tvhich iieie iot disposed of according to the pio. viliss of the convention. anti all others ofeitisaes of the United Staies against the Veiican Gofernseni. e haslalso been fornished with other igstructions, to be followed by bins in cac the Otvernent of Mexicosliuld not fod itelf in a condition to make present pay meat of the asuoon.t or the awards, in spe ee prts'equtvalent. Iam happ to be able to say that infor mation wbi is eseenel favorable, loth to ajusi sait'sflzctiou of the awards, and a reasnatil provision for. her claims, has been receedy received ' r. Thump son, 0i maner of the Unt Slates wbo -ba p 6ipg f efficiently executed the iifrationb of his Governntent, in regard aspthisimportant subject. The citizens of the united States who amaid totlate Texan expedition to I Sasta .' and itul were wrougfully taoeu and held as prisoners of w'az to Mexico, are ill bee. liberated. a takii 'place be tdes A't at*and't tij memlibslit of .es> iimcos.i ths United State. we1,.ermuted to gIve aid'so the inhikbitants of Texas i the war esttg betweernbheeqd that Republic. Cogiestaf teNedpencce, are herewith communicad to Cohgress, together with I copies ofLitiers on'the same subject, ad- I dressed to the Diplomae Corps at Muxi- 4 co, by the Amerieu- flhiuister ad the I tiecretary of State. -Mesiso has thaou lt proper to reci procate the mission of thae nated States to that I Government by accrediting to this a Mist iater 6fthbe sate rank as that of the repro- I aentative of the United States in Mexico. t Vrom the circumstances connected with is mission, favorable results arc anticipa- I sed-from is. It is so obviously for the in- e terest of bothcountries as nemgh b.rs and I: frisnds'that all jurst causes of mutual dis- I satisfaction should be removed, thats it i, t to be hoped neither will omtit air delay thtea efopphrymenlt, of any practicable and hiou- I orable sneans to accomplli'sh itat end. r *The vexatious, htarrsassing and expen- ' give war which sn long pirevuiled wviithii the Indian tribes inhabiting the penimuila of a F'lorida, has happily been termuinated: U whereby or artny has' hoen relieved from a a service of the moast disu.;reeable charatc ter, end the Treasusy fruot a liarge expen.- h diltre. n With several of thet Indian tribes great i progress in civiliiiing them hass already I been made. The schoolnaster unmd the r< miudonary-are found tshil by side, and il the remnants of what n ere omic- numter- a ' oes and powerful nationts many yet be pre- fi served as the builders Upi of U ait tew aime C fbr themselves and their prosperity. n The balance in tne Treasury on the Is:t i January, 1S42, (exclusive of the aui.uuntm deposited with the States, Trust Funds " and Indemnities) was $23,48S3.G8. The V -receipts into the Treasury during the tharoe I girst quarters ofthec present year, from all b senrees, amount tu $26,G16,59378s; of I Which'more than fourteen millions were receijed 'frm customs, anid nbout one in~Ilion frotu the public hands. The re- 'S ceipts ihr the fimrth quarter are estimanted ~ 'at oearly eight mnilhons: of which four " millions are expected from Customs, and ' three millions and a half rrom Loans and P Tresiury notes. The expenditures oif the *' 'grthree quarters of the present year ex- P .seed twenty-six millions; and those esti- t mated fo'r the fourth quarter amount to h 'about eight milins; and it is anticipated ZI thire will be a dekiency or half a million Ia * otrye 1st of Ian, next-but that the a emhognt of ontsarug warrants (estima-. sed at OO,000) illeaioan actual ha- ' 1a~sofshot 014000in heTreasury. ~ Atde. nbo, . . tures of the year, are moe' e tmlo for the public debr, %td 6A00on account of the dis-. tr'ibution to the Stantes-of the prcesof* the sale. of the public lnnds. - - The presetnt tariff of duties was scme- h ~bat hastily aqd hurriedly paused 'tear the t slose of the late .scssion, of Congress.- v .that it .'gmigld. cave defects can, there- ta for ggwJ .wi to no one. To remedy hi xch. .qMta .ay be found to exist 'in men, nuerous provisions, will not ~ mes rpn g Jeoasnet call for to of a fc which heap MYi be* to priiteet he market' alike th gainht redundant or dcfieient supplies of to arcign fabrics-both of which, in tho long of Wnf'iInjurious Is well ta the manuwac- C irer as the importer. Te quantity of to 0ds ia store being at all times readily a nwn, it sWould enable the ihporter, with o npprach accuracy, to ascertain ;he a etual wants or the market, and to regu- v are himself accordingly. If, however, cr e should nurl into error, he importinug an xcess above te public wania ho could to eadily correct its evils by availing himself i ir the benefits and advantages or the mys- al em thus egtablished. In the storehousu h he goods imported would await the de na wds of the market, and their, issues V voukil be governed by the fixed principles " t demand and supply, Thus an approxi. t nation would be made to a steadiessi nd 11 inibormity of price, which, if attuinaule, c mould conduce to b. decided advantage l CbC if mercantile and mechanical operations. W The Warehousing System would en.-6 be the importer to watch the markel, and " o select his own time ror offering him good, b rsale. A .profitabhe portion of ri car- c ying w bade in articles entered for the ben- li it of draiw back, must also be most se- ti wuly a'eced, tithout the adoption of 1 iome expediet In relieve the cash system. P The Warehousing System would allord i hatlrelier, since the earner would have a M yafe recourse to the public houses, and t ight, wiehout advancing the duty, r e4 ship within some reasonable period to for- t rigu ports. A further effect of measure " mouldl he to supercede the Pystem of draw- 't sackw; thereby eUectually protecting the ti suvernment against fraud, as the eight or of lebenturo would not attach to gaot-s afier of heir withdrawal from the public stores. e In revising the existing tariff of duties, ni hould you deem it proper to do so at the P ircient session. I can only repeat the sug- ti ,estions and reconmundutions whichupou everal occasions, i havet heretolire felt it S o be my duly tooffer to Congrest; The |-' !reat, arimary and controlling interest of ! he A merican people is union-union nol C iy in the mere firnms of government. 6uoItb which umay be broken-but tio in ,unded ip an attachment of States ani udividuals fAr each other. This union In b entimont and feeling can only be preser- PI red by the aJoption or that course of poli- til ,y which, neither giving exclusive benefits it, o some, nor imposing unnecessary bu - is lens upon others, shall consult tho inter- re ,*ts of all, by pursuing a course of mode- ki -ation, and therchy seeking the people at o harmonize pub' inion, and causing -1 he people every wh e to feel and to know bi hat the goverument is careful of the in. in erests of all alike. Nor is ihere any sub. in eet itn regard to whic" odoration, con- In tected with a wise dise&iination, is more 8' tecessary than in the imposition of duties W in imports. The report of the Secretary of the War al Department exhibits a very lull ant satil- i actory account of the various and impor- of ,=t interest. committed to the chare of .P iaa sier.r uts particualarly grua g .e Fd that the espenditures for the m ilta. pi y service are greatly reduced into tho sor- ti rice, and the abuses of past years greatly 6 eformed. in The reduction in the annual expendi- hi nres-of the GoveranmenI already accomn- lor dished, furnishes a sure evidence that is conomy in the application of the ptublic pl nioneya, is regarded us a paramount duty. Ii Trhe chiefcembarassmenut which a: the th nomnent exhibit themselves, hav'e arisen a; rom over-action; andl the mnost difficult to *sk which remains to be accomphlshed~, is in hat of correcting andt overcoming its f.J ffects. Bietween the years 1023 andl 1833 sh dditons were maude to bank capital and fo ank issues, in the form of no'tcs design- int d ilr circulation, to an extent enormous- a y groat. The question seemned to be, not if ow the best currency could be providedc.s. ut in n hat msanner the greatest amoutnt ' t C bansk ptt per could lhe put in circ-uutiomn. ac 'bhte, a vnast amonmnt of what was enlledsle inney-since, for the ile beig, it on- ci were-d ilte putrposes of money-was thro'ri 1(1'd p5)n Ihe coutity; an over issueC which w-asw ttendedl, as a necessary catn:sequence. lhvv in est ruvn:;nnt increase of the prices of all wi rnickes saC'propernty the spread of a spe- it ula:i' e nt.niia alil over the conntry. andsu as tinnlly cended itn a genteral indete-:; r-is on the part of .Sates amtil indsividualsw ie prostralio of~ pubsitlic and private cro- gr it. a depreciation in ihe market enae of sal andl pe-sonal estate, and has left large ai istricts of country almost entirely withotutt ny circulating muedlium. it view of the n wI that, in 1:S30. the whole bank notej irc-ulanon within then Unitedl States mannaiied to but $61.323.80$, according po the Treasury statements, and that an U isdit ion had beent made therejto of the G< suriious sum of e88,000,000 in seven pr ears,(the circulation on the first January. til . being stated at S149,185,890.) aded "" v the great facilities afforded in oblaining ry sans frsom European capitalists, who gLo 'ho were seizedl with the same specula- du ye mania which prevailed in the United Ba tates--and theo large rmiportatins of msic nds51 from abroad, the result ofstock sales be ind loans-no one can be suirprisedl at ma e apparent, lbut unsubstantial state of it rosperiy whtich, every where prevailed Ez ter t he land ; while as little cause of astr- m -ite should be fek as the p resent pros. cire ation of every thing. andl the ruin 'shich ties as -hefalen se many aif our fellow-ci'i- rc ams in the seddlen withdrawal from circo- Pri lion of so large an amount of bank issu- Cal al , sine 1837-exceeding as is believed,it e amount added to she paper currenici i r a similar period antecedent to 1837, it sut ames to be a matter of astonishment that me eb extensive shipwreck shotahd have been 1 ade of private fortune. or that difficulties rei ould exist in meeting their engagements of the part of the debtor States. A part "i im which, if there betaken into account a immense losses sutstained in the dim- fon nor of numerous banks, it iless a mat- cou r of surprise that insolvency should have tint isited many. of our fellow-citizens, than it u mt so many shooed have escaped the a ih ing inguece of th les. AnD In the solemn eonviciion of these traths, ie" d with ams-dear desire to meet 'the pr owing neeessities of the country, I felt an to be my duty go cause so be submitted otis you, at the commencement of your laze chai stion. the plna or. a eca...... .t.e .:.. tole power a . du% f j8 SO (ch; -"punIy .vigor, 'e exe- 3 ad by the Repreeativesdi f od d tie States, aid tfrcne . Ii s People themsel'b. It po'd r place it under the control a lon r6 a Treasury Board, to co tbree a ammissiunerwboe-doty~t Id be al see that the law of its a &as tI thfully executed, and that the t end supplying a paper midifts hango a all tinis convertible into gol d sil- f r, should lie attained. The- thus c ustituted, was given as mu .ema c ncy as could be iwparted to i 'thout It dangering the proper share a nei- C ity which should attach to' a public 6 ants. In order to insure all th vanta s of a well matured ,expy *the aimistioners were to holdth a oices 0 r the respective periods of two r, and a years, thereby se::uring at al In i 0 tmantagetucut f lbe .Ehx , the v rvices of two men of ezp- ; aud r place themn in a condition t gercise 9 irict andependence of mind a CAtiOn, it as pmvided that thltir rem6 should a1y tako place fror actual in ., ity or a fidelity to the trust, and to bie4 9wed P the President with an exiMei of the 1 susct of such removal. should occur. : twas proposed t) establish . itate t >ads in each of the Sta!es, r the into retrictiuns and limitai "of-- the >wer of removal. which, with A central r >ard, should receive, varely p, and c shurse the public moncye; a order r finish a sound paper medi of -o- a ange, the Excheqter shouli ai or I e aevenues of the Governme' a sum I >t to exceed $5,000.000 in 6p , to be E t apiar as requircd by its operais. and pay tile public creditor at ,i own tino, either itt '-pecie or Tre I note, e dentnaiutiunt not less an, e, nor c wceeding one hundred dolls ,wbih r ates shotuld be redeemed at uieveral I incos or issue, and to he recei le at all mes and every n here in p ent. of overmenlt dues ; wi.h a ret upon ach issuo 'of bills the satne Id not tcrel tile maximumn of $15, . In d r to guard against all the rds in d-tt to flactnations in trade, ifr.becre- < ry o the Treasury was iv bd with ltority to issue $5.,000.0. o Govern cnt atock, should the sane a ny time regardcd as tcessary, is rder to ace bieyod hanzard the iromp demp in of uthe bills which might rown to circulatioln. Thus in, fact og the sue of*15,000,000 of Exch er bills, n at substantially ott $10,000, ;aud. I -eping in cirenlation never m San one V id one half dollars for every ular in ecie. When to dis it is add iat the Ils are not only eve.-- where ,eivable i Government dues, ' '- Govern ent itself would be Ilt. ate redenpion, no ial that tle paper w ould furnish, would mral circulation, on I himes at or above Iver, thereby realiz 'the age, and fulfilta cople. In order to rt asnt-she~efgease-.. ' -oposed- to-iisti a limited authority t change tnless proir u hich an agetey tving only thity day Sa fai and ber:a fide |ative will on this point- .magmt oo ano ainly annsncced, as to avoid all pretext r partiality or favroritism. It was fur ermtore propo~tsedl to iuvest this Treasur3 o ;eur with nuthotriry to receivo on deposite, a liuaited utou~nt, -the specie futnds off dividuals, and to grant certificates there r, ttoIte redleetmed on presentation, under a idea, which is believed to he well tnded, that such retificates would cuome 0 aid oftlte E~xcequier bills, in supplyinag g:sfe andi ample pa'per circulationt. Or. in place oh te r'oultmlatsIl dealings in I chantge, thec l'xecquer.shaould be au uriz--dl tnot only tot czauange its bills fur j tital deptosiaes uf specie or its equiva 114 lto seI ll f, chtarging thtere!'or a , :all but resonable ptremium, I connaot Ia uhta bitt that thec beneftits of the law tatld Ite eecdily maanifestedl in the revi- v I of thec cre'it. trade and business of the " tole country. ltntertaining this 0opii~on b besomte. tty duty to urge its adoption 'i ont Congaress, lay refereoce to thte strut. sit conssideratints of the public interests, t th sucht ulterations in tts detaIls as Con. enss mny inl its wvisdotm see fit to make. i I nat well aware tat thiaproposed alteration it sI atiendmeant of the laws establishing thte a' -asutv liepartntetnt has encounttered ta- tI nta otsje'ctionlt-, and ttut among othets .it hans r.e n rocinimed a Government Bank of fearftul ea di dag-toui ittmport. Ii hi proposed to colt- rc -atpotn it tao aextraordinary powers. It pttr- 'v' rts to do nao ttore thasn pay the debt. of the e ,vertnesat witht the reeleenmble paper oflthe ti sserment-in whaichtrespect'ir acorrplishaes a L'c..sly whtat alse Treausury does daily at thtte a ac, in ituunitng to the putblicereditorste Trea- a ry notes wlinch, under law, it is authorized ismne. It has tno resemblance to an ornlina- v i Bank, as it fturtnishes no pro~te to private b ekhtolders. and lenads no capital, to indiui- r alas. Ifit be objected to-ase aGoverment r itk, and the objection be available-then j madd all thes laws itt relatiotn to the Treasury repealed, and the capacity of the Govsern- ol tat In collect what is due to'It, Or pay what 'b, ewes, be abrogated. th l'his is the chtief purpose of Ite proposed at echeqater; and surely if, in the accompliih- the ut'ora purpose so estsntial, iraffords a sounzd ly ailatintg medium to the coan ~ and fiacahi- Ii to triade, :t'ahoul be regard-a n light Iis oatanendation ol at to puablit consideration. cea :Perly guarded by the provisioeof law, it ec I run into no dangerous evil, -nor can any ise ariaae undet it but such as the L~egialature If will be answverablo for, if' it be tolerated ; :e it is but, the creature of ute law, anad is eeptihl at tall time. of mtodification, amend at or repeal, at the pleaure inf Con ea. . ['htere cat be but three kinds-of pulic cur icy:-Ist. Gold and silver; 2d., h~e papotr State anhstattoas; or.3d. A representative le lhe preciouna metals,. provided bythe Gene- vi Government, nr under its aitthrity. The tIe >-Treasury system reected te last in arty n: and, as at was believed tia: no reliance I. latbe placed da the isutes.oflocal intstittn. ' as, for the purposes of general circulation, fa ecessarhly and unavoidably4 adopted specin alt the exclusive currency for-its own use. be i this tmust ever, be the case unles one of T other kinds be used.. TLhe. choice, in the re ent state.orpsaiic sentiniet,,lies betweent ,-, axclusive specie curdedeg otg the one hand,. Goveratnent isties of sou kind on tho jn er. That these isiesant $4 maudeby at ht rtened' institution, is isppeodo beeoncln- ib ly settled: They mnet he mnade, then, rdi- Ib etly by Govia uot ageits. Far SLve,.d 9 ar past ithey have been thus made in the i rin of Treasury notes, and have anmauered at % lyamble purpuoe. Their usefulnes has been inited by their being transient and teinpwa.r their ceamng to bear iite-rest at given pe. Ads, iecessarily cauis.s their sietedy return, id thus restricts their range of cire!ation, id being -nied only in the disirseiiients of a Government. they cannot reach those points here they are most require.f. By rendering iear use permanent, to time mderato extent ready mentioned, lay otTerisng no indi. emnctit r their return. aind by excainging them fur pinl and other values, they will constitute. to a rtain exteist. Plhe general curiencv ,,j aich eeded to maintain the internal tr.de of thc tintry. And this is, the Excheguer plan, so z as it may operate im furnisaing a carreicy. I cannot thrego the occaision ts urge its aria DrIance to the credit of the Government tn a nancial point of view. The great nmecer.s4my r resoruang to every prosper .ml hIcSmIing e'x edient in order to place tie Treasuryona-bot mg of the highest respectability. is entirely ob. ius. The ciedit ml'tho %overmenait may be agarded as tie very soul of time Govarnt j self-a principle of vitaLi:y without which all s moveimeits are languid and all its operat oa$ 'I mharrwaed. In this spirit tla Excuetive felt nund by the most imperative sense of duty to ibmit to Congress. at its last session, the! p1> aiety. of makng a specific pledge of the land ieid, as thebati for time negotiation ofahe loan uthorized to be coantracted. I then thought wta such am application of tie public domnain I -on!d, vithnitt douist. have placed at tie com :and of the Goveritnmnt, aiple funds to re eve ths Treasury from the teinpormay eib.ar mintmaiis nuder vlhich it laborerd. A ieriaetn redit has suffered a coniside-ra ble ulock in En. ipe, from the large inidebtedne.as; of the States id the tenspar.ary inability of iotme oil then u se-e die* intereit on their debt<. The uitter nil disastrnie Irostratioti of tie United StIeA Lank of Pennsylvania, had contributed largely i increase the sentuient of distrust by reasoin f the loss and ruin sustained bythie holders of , stock. a large portiois of who'm were foreign rs, and many of who:n were alike ignorant or! ur political organiz.tion. and of our nctural espoisibilities. It was tihe ansios desire of mte Executive that, an the eTort to negitiate tie inn abroad, the Americain neg..iator mni-lht e able to point the noney lermler to the fund mortgaged fr the redemption iof the principal ndi interest of :ny l:im he might eo'ntract, and iereby vindicate the Government fom all - itispicion of bad f.aith or intnhility tim meet it< ngagcant. Congress liteled'from he Ez. cutive ii this view of the suimyect. It mecame. evertheless. die duty of the Eiecutive to re urt to every expedient in its power to mnego ate the anthori:.ed loan. Alter a t'ailure to do o in hlie Aimeican snarket, at ritizen of high iaracter and talent wai sent to Europe with o better snecess: and thu.s tht- mortityig pectade hlas been presemted of the inability uf! ais Goveriment to obtain a loan so small as eot in the whole to amount to more than one aurth of its ordiisary annual income; at a time ren the Governments of Europe. although avlIved iin debt, nnd with their subjects hea ily burdeimed with taatiuon, readily obtain as of any amount at a greatly reduced rate fintercst. It would lie uinprsofitable to look irhcr into hi4 anomnaleous state of things. but catnot conclude n ithont adding that, for a overnment which hat paid off its debts oftwo iars nith the largest maritime power of Eu ope, and now owing a debt which is alwost ,at to nothing when compared with its bound j" resumrces, a Governminit the strongest in am world, because emanating fromi the popu A vili. aind firmly'rooted in.the.affections of -!rent and free people, and wthose fidelity to n beMer been 1i i2nel: acoatiFW )r a somall investment of its stock, and yet to Va failed, implies either the most nufaindedI is:rtist in its good faith, or a purpore. to obtain lhich, the t'ourse pursnaed is the most fatal dhicha co:td bi ac i,::en adopted.- it lhai niow ecomei obvioums to all ita-ni abat thme Govern tent must lois'. 1o irs own itmteatis for msupply ag its wait-.. and it is consoling to kniow that mere nmas rnre raltoge'ther aideuljate fitthe bjec't. Theim Excheurier, it' adopted. wimll great aid ini brint.: t ahliunt tia result. Uponi wham reg-itd .'< a weill f~anded sumpp ,siti-an that its~ ills would he iriadily -inghet lfar byv time pub!ic reiditirs. anid that thme ''imne non.ltd ini a mlho.t ime reachl th~e miaimontt oaf~.Ot5.000.h. it is larjintis that $10).i00l.0tlf waold themrehamtehe ad ed to the aaahaal imie:aa o f ih-- 'la.nry illoot eii-t or chi.arte. Nor canai fInita to urge th' rent riand beneficiat effec.4 nm hoch woii' id lie rndiaced ini ail of all them tactive Imursumits of t'. Its tl'ct. iaponi thm. solven'mt $t-ste banks.I hmilea it n.' auid Iarce ito tignaidationi thoase mfamn sp"'"e cianraater tharonath it.' wmeeklym settlae emit", woeauld be highly beneficiil; arid w it. et advntage's ofr a soind enirrencyir, thme ra-tor mnn otf ~otidence' andm cremdit noi olh ew''. iih a inamaeons traimi of bles-iam'. .h y csai ctions are tnmmut stroag that themse beneits onmid hlonm' trmi thec ad opton of thim nme.asitre: it if the resml mihouild be adverse. there is this curity ini caanniectini m ntha it, iluat the law'' '(atinig it may be repjealed at thme ple-itire of e Le'gislatmmre, withoruat the slightest tampjlica mi of s goode f-nth. I rec.mnteend io C'onereras to take into conmi arationu time pr opt iety ref re-itambnr--ing a tine spose~d oni Genmerail.ecksoni at Newm Orheitni. the time Of the attack .ini defencea of thati ci anda paid fby hiam.-Withoumoet e.miging any ziection eni the jmndicial u taiunal which iump~os I thme fine. the remlison at this d'ay mtay Ihe :rarded as not manjm-t or iniespedeiea.t. The t iee ..f thre civil anuthority wams heard namid.-. thme itter of armm and obeyed liv those who held it sword, thmerebay givmng additional lostre to imenmorable achaimevemeint. I' thme l..wam' werei keded, uhieir miajesty wnsii fully vindicarted: id allmeaugh thle peiny inacurreds and piaid, is certhyw of little re-gard ini a pecenniary poitnt of saw, it ennl hardly be doinbrtel ltat iutld a gratifying to the war-worn vetertie, nowi in tireinent and in die winter of hie dny', to be lioved fr om thre circumstances in which that;a dgmenet placed him. I have thuis, fiellow ritizens.acquittel myself my duty iuder the Conastitutiona lay layinig I 'fore you, as tsuccinctly au I have ben ale. ta State of' tho Umotn. aned by inv'ititi veanr tesntion to tunensires eofiinh 'uurb mrt. ncem to e country. The Fxs'entivea will rnost zr-alons-. unite its effoarts with three of-thes Legiulativea epartament in the ace'rntuph-chmaent of all that regnaited to relieve tihe wvants of a connnmon tastituee). or elevate the desinis of a belov conaitmy. Jt)IIN TYLER. r Wasaa-roN, December. lI'2.t Thle Bankrupjt Larc.-T he fol lowi n tract fron the corresponidetnce of the urnal of Commerce will be read with artlung tnterest lay maniy : "'The fate of thme Bnnkrupt Act is sea 5, condemnedi, repudhiated. in violent and adicuive manner- 'The iostructiions to e Vermont Setnators have sealed the a testion. No regular course of' legisla in is trybe tolerated itt regardh to is ill eed law. it is .not to be regularly, an lIed, but it is'to hie Lyntebed. It is to I' tried by Lynch law andh expuntged. e plan as-to prevent a petition for its I peal-to move a reference to thme reti ti in the H ease to the committee on the V iciary, with instructions, forthwith to ing in a hill repealing the act, nnd thenm is is to be passed at nce throuigh all : tages of leisla~tion. 1meri the dci inunmade byiCe Speaketat the last ses in. Sume say that the Presdent will eto this repealing law. Many oxpres 'n ardent hupe that he will do so. Sone f the ultra-Whigs say that if lie will hev will take this veto as set-olT ngainai .c bank and distribution vetoes." Eav Rcr t tor r. EDGEFIlLI) C. 1H. W V DN ES ~AT. Dr:caitc:a 21. 1-42. Ile wcill ding to the Pillars ofthe Temple e our I.ibertics. and if it mustfall, re till Peris amidst the ||ins." I'on rt'~tW1F.NT: JOI!N C. CALHOUN. Nut sulject to the action of any Conrernlion rnn CONGRI.Stt. Col. WillTFIELD i! K . DE.' Icmorat.-Onir olice has been remove o tie cupper pairt of the htonee at present oc mepied by.ilr. Prms.ley as a Dry Gmod Store ''le ientranciee to tl, uflice is ley anl outsid llight of steps. ET We aeknowled;e thee receipt of a cop rif the Daily Journial of both ilesum of the Li gislature. acid some ouher public documcnt rom our friend Dr. It. C. Grilin r7 i'r con-equence of the copion extract wve have made frome she Presideniit's Messalt we are utinse to peublih. uenil niext week. 113 ,ble Addrenee of Governore Rich.Ardson an flailliened. Ve Ahall alin publish sueech ofthi psroceedio:ea toftih Lez ikl.tre. as in any mar ner effects tli< or the adjoinin.n districts: girin the ye:as and iays, son all impertant qeistiion that he been beforre both Iloise,. 11. TIe '.lection for 31ciembrs of Ceongrest of this state. will take- place on the third Mo: day in February next. U. S. Senetor.-Jndge finger. is elected L S. Senator, i:: the place of thc lion. John C Calhonean. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. The rfllowing is the divisienn of the State ir to Congressional District, na passed by bal hlouses of the Legisliture. and is ounsequenci; the law of the land: First District-Spartanburg, Union. Yorl and Chlster. Second District-Pickens. Anderson. Greer ville, and Laurens. Third Dstrict-Lancaster, Kershaw. Fail field, Richland, and Sumpter. o ,orry Ge eton,n Williamsburg. Fith District-Abbeville, Edgefield, New btry. aned I.exington. Siarth District-Chiarleston, inctre, and St. Johni's Ceeleton. SrerntJ. District-Oragebuerg. Barnwell heauefort, Colletcon. and the I'aeri.h of8 t. Juhn Cl'!leton. Mr. Caulhou~n -Icn the Seneate of Georgia. cc :e l0th inL't.. .Mr. Licvscn, oce.redl a l'rceamh acd Rleso.luticos relative to ifr. Ca;lhoeun. .:m 'umninatinggheimu for the l'residenccy of the U .'Itei flank Diraers.-Te Commiiittee 0 ecemincetion foer Ha.nk~ Directuora, at a meeing ret he. l0the in-.t.. selected the follon ing gen leere es raundiel e : J'rencdnt.-F. II. F.imre'. Diretors.-1). ('. ebb1a. W.' A. Caerson. A 6 'I)ocabll. Rlobert Cahhvewll. J. S. Boewie,. G '. R~eynolede..31. T..ilenehlle. We. C. Deukes 3.T. Loewnd,-eu, W. 31. Lawton,. IJ. T..Magee . S. Ashee. Cotuan -At Ifirmehnrr the prices of this arti e ranigec fe-m 4g to 64 ets.: pcrinepal .eahe. 5.l, et.'.. soeme choeice woeuld recmmanatd G.j a 6. 4. t thei- quaiy i' very scarce A t Aiinesg. they qeucce 4] a 6e3 ete. ase ex remtes: pricipaf scates at frome 4lj to 53cents At Columbelia, they ryancete 44 to 64 ets. as ex remes: pricciptal sa'es feotm 5. teo 5i ets.; %erl ittle linee cotton art ivinig. At Chtarleson, they gucte 44 tee P-j eta. ais ex rmaes for l'pland: andc from 141 to 2 cents toi f~a Island : the receipts of th week enedini le ltth inist. were lt0,861j hags. aned the baCe or thec samec time were 10.'93 bags. .4!abama.-The Legisla~ture of theis State me tTuzs:aloeesa oni the 5the inc. Sir. Terry. was lecued P'residenet of the Sencate, acid 3Mr. Er vini, t3peaker of the linse. Indlinna.-Te l.cisature of theis State wa r.cniihed out te u5th in-t. lee te Senate,. ehig was elected, presidinegrtliceer, anid in th louse a Democrat wa~s elcen Speaker. The Rlimondl I.'luirer ine eeaking of th usignatione of the lueon.,John C. Caelhoun, fron So Setete of the Uneited States, says: "We deepclly regret to iose the services of Sir alhioun inuthee next Congress. lie is ne o le burighetest lauinarieA, struck eccec as it were 'rome thee hrmeniecert feer pulic cotncela. Ili nind, however, well neot be heist to haie cot:iti or we usnderstand theat lee is enegaged mtheti ompos~~iu to of work on the ltrincipcles ot' Ge -einmentece-wleh is etcatinedi. peerimps tee be eeethumeeoens prodetion-and up~on :i 31ir. C teens priancipeally to rest thie mteoenuet of hi ace. For the presenet sessioni. n0 Stte wdl c so nell represented in the Seneate of tIen 'nited State. ta Soeth Carolina. in the per ons of .lessrse. Calhoun and hlcDazilie." Drath of Gorrrnor Stokes.-T he :\rkaneas In elligencer of the ihe silt., menctions the death f F~-ovro hlontfort Stokes of North Car ine, lie died on the 4th uit. at Fort Gibson rkansas, in the 8:e1 yeair of his age. At the .. r . ,s.s d... t-e w.;-. .I,,,,n Aren fort, THlE ?'l1%SlrN'i":S .1l;bAGLE. The cro%% ded stat,, of our ciumns its week, prevents its froti pbitilhis, the entire Mes. sage of the 'resle~nt. We have, however, made copious extracts from it. ansd have, we thwsk. given our reader. c'cry thini of interest ar d importance in it It is at well written state paper. ai.d gives a clear and ruccitit account of atsirs during the adminiistration of 31r. Tv. ler. flowever objectiounable may be tihe Mes. ag e in ,,ame re-Sl) pA. it is les a than the for. mer state paper. of the Pr esident. As was to be expecied, some of the WIg papers handle It wittltI I crcy. It Is amsi;', to see with iwhat fiery wrath somle of our coeteiporaries are inlihenced in the reticw which they take .f the 3Ics.age. As we have not published tile whole docu ment we will give 4ome1 4ynopss ofit to onr readers. we cannot do better thane to give itin the words of a cot mporary which has no party From the U. Staus Saturday Pot. The mesaege opeuv with the cuungrattula :ionls which we uste accustomed to leceive from they Excentive in his annual conmunication to Congreris. Thet late treaty vilh Grest Britain is next noticed; and frotn that the President proceeds to point Out the necessity and hnpor. tanice vf au early adjustsent of the jarring claimsl. of the two nations to portions of the Or. egon Territory. While tie President regrets Ithat this point could ntla hative been included in the treaty, he says that it becasme inanifest, at an e4rl. ieriod mt the negotiations, that " any uenmp t or t tune being" satisfactoril to Jr. runge the Uregon dispute niiglut have led to a protract. d discussion. and endangered the fai. lure of mre preving matters. fie considers thle preCent at good titne to ceet the and u1ity of the two rountries, by wie - iovi1g all roun ds of probable future collisin. TTe other loreign relations are spoken of as Oni the mnost uitnieble footing. The receot desp tches of thi ministcr to Mexico are refer red to. as fivorable to a just satisfaction of tIe tward (of the cornisstnn) and a reasona 1 b'e provieis Ctr other clairis " After noticing the rendition of tle reitnions of the United St.ates with the other Amneriean nations, Mr. e Tyler next pan..es to 1e state of the Treasury. 'h.-re will be it JsaIiuary next an artual-de6 cicncv of one million, lt an appar.mt balance on l'a nd oif about $du0J,000. II the T1ariflMr. Tler thinks a modifica tion it. cesary. adtha'ilts hisduyto"recom 1 il ud moderate duties, imposed with a wise di-crasination a.- to their seseral objects. asbe ing #ot only tnost likely to be durable, but most advantageous to every interest ofiociety." He strongh- in this counexiou recommends the . arichinsiog S% steat. employing similar argn eints in its taivor to those which are embodied in tie memoriails about to be presented to Con gress by our incrcliants. -. The reports of the departnents give favor aile views of thea interesto comuutted to their I respectit ch'larges. The establishment of means of inland c.ommunicationm with the Paci. fit'. Hud certain improvements on the Western - I, aters are urged upon the attentien of Con. I grese. For the Navy an appropritioi of a million niore thani at present is asked, but this includes MO5.000, for arreatages, and $250, 000000J for the Aiican aqtadron. It is propos ed to keep forty-une vessels in commission, in stead of twenty-five. the present number, ad to build twelve small ships. - Of tie Po'.office Department, it is suffi. cient to say that its expenses have at last ac tuall been brought witida its income. "The test of the fessage. it will be obperF ' scea* preeted to Conore'lsdii of the last session. The P'resident bil wsest - sangnineexpecttionsuponit, ifitis adopted; nt only promiises himmself that it wil~l do all that hass been asked of such an institution for the publie. but that it will removc the necessity for necgotiatsng any oait." - ong~ress -The correspondent of the Char lestoni Lourier. tinder date. of the i12th inst. says: -MSr. fIeniton has oflfe.red a sutbst.itute for Mr. hiliy:irdh's propuosiuiion to rescinid ite expnaging res..ltmtion. ni hichi subsititute is so drtwnt as to c:i:.t stiul gn-~atir reproach. on the supporters of ai.Chat.s expionsmed re'silution, condmntatory ot the remoovai ofitie deposeites. " We ha~ve go: rid of Mr.Adamns and his abo hition petitios for this sessioni. hlis resolution residdin:; thme 21st rule was laid on the tabie yeas 105'.niays 1172. Itcaiinoit he again taken up this se's.ion, without a vote oif two-thirds. -There was a little diffientiy in referring the Preseidenit' amessnge. There appeared hittile disposition for a general dlebate on the affairsof the nattti ini committee~ of the whole. It was urged. intdeed, ihati. as this was the short ses -on. It ecugit to be devoted to business not T1he feiends of the Prceddent wt.ishied to re fer the siubject to thme commitfee or the whole, wh le're it conta1 be takein p) with the bill. But this was refused. The Whiigs wiebed to refer the subtiect ito the Presidhe .i's peculiar opponents andt' get a rep;ort a::einit the scheome. ".31r. l'scke~ns advocated the reference 0f1the .uhj. et to the comitateci of the whole, as a mna-nre of juisti'e toi the Pres.idnt-but the Ilione..- refused tii soutg:tionu. 'The e-tuiiates will be very economical this y.e'ar. They will net exceed twenty millions, . andl the reveuno will meet them." -h'he same~ correspondenit unider hate of the 13th mnst, stays : hi We hadi a very remarkable and amusing uoe in the loonie to-day, lint it is analfair that n ill create tronble tfor somebody hy anid by. Mr. Units. as soon as mise Journal was read. bron::ht lforn~ ard Mr. Spentcer's letter to some t'ersons in New Y'ntk. which, he said, was ob vio-d ineneda?.a gene'raldefenceof the tio'n. and to justifv the smerset which the lhon. oriehie Secretary'had himself tturned. Slt.liots was intterrutpted by Mr. Wise and others with calls of order, but he claimed the ri;:ht to bring thme subject before the flouse as a quiestioni of piriviledge. Mer. WVise resisted the piroposit iun. dheclaring that the hiousat hind noth-' I mti to doe wIth a private and unotflcial letter. A fser~a good deal of rather pigenit remarks be'twee~n Mir. Wise and Mr. its, thie latter ,.nteceeded tm saying~ all he intended to say. Hie - cotenrmdedh that the let'te~r c-ontainied charges of~a I di-heomable ntatutre agaiast tmeinbers of te ,I hnuse, nd that, as they crime from a Cabinet 'Minmster, they ought to be ingntired into. He -1 imovedl that a Select Committee he apointed to lal fthie alegationt that certaim whiig mesa lbers offermug to postipomne the batik question, af -itr the firs.t bank veto,. on thme condiition that thte IPresienmt w~ould retint hiis Whtig Cabinet. str. Untts pronomuneed this, in plain terms, to be an untfountided ealmniy. Hlecalled upon the whig memtbers to ave'w the fjcet, ifthe,lact was so. 'lie said his termis of pohitieni and social relationship towards the whiag members were such as to render it impossible that an such Ipooition could have been ete tlt or an honedh by the w~thiilti, without his knowledge. No mtenmbesr of that Cabinet would have eon seni ted to retail) afice on such a condita-ex capt oefthe'm for whomt he coutld not vouch, ane betenhom and the whip party tltere .......... ..,mtnS-~t? e'f m--r'' or feehaor.