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;CON1aIEM SSIO A .' .; .srepbodencc ofthe charlestona Mergrtgh WASHINGTON, Dec:A4. Jnthe House of Representatives there was no business done,--save to announce. the death of Mr. 'Barker Burnall,-of:Mas sachussetts. - The duty was discharged by Mr. J. Q. Adams in his unual happy man ner on such occasions, and then the House immediately adjourned. In the:Senate there was a great amount' orbsiness transacted, chiefly however of a private character, such as renewing pe titions presented and not effectively acted: on at preceding sessions. The petitions of Duncan L.' Clinch and Gen. Hernandez .for remuneration., for. propery destroyed during the Florida War, have been igain presented-as also those of Wm. De Payster and AlfridM. Crugor, for a'slave lost in Florida during thovar. :Tbereowere resolutions presented from: the State of New Hampshire for the abol ishment of the Military Academy. These resolktions were ordered to be printed. The subject of the reduction of postage is also beginning to attract the notice of the public afresh, if we are to regard the petitions sent in with such requests. Petitions are coming in also for re funding the fine imposed on Gen. Jackson at New- Orlegon by Judge I-lall. There wasa memorial also from the Legislature of Arkansas in relation to the establishment of a naval depot at Memt - -phis. Tennessee. We have notices of Bills for the defini tive settlement of the claim to the Pea Patcht Island, in the Delaware river, and toallow .drawback on merchandize ex ported in the original packages to Chihua hua and Santa Fe in Mexico. - -The various portions of the President's Message were appropriately referred. Among the most remarkable documents of the time is a memorial from Ward & Co.. the great mercantile House in New York,, stating that they made a contract to take the five million loan of 1841, and thaionly three millions of certificates were issued,':that while they imputed no blame to the Secretary of the Treasury or other officers ot the. Government, yet as they bv.'sustained a cocsiderahle loss by the tratslaction they: ask to be indemnified. :A Bill was. introdueed to refund to Mas sachissitts the miney disbursed by her d'uring the late war with Great Britain. . Among the resolutions introduced was one by Mr. Barrow, to detail a tompetent person from the corps ;of Engineers, to proceed. to Red Iiver and make th.e neces sary surveys for the removal of all obstrue tiota and rendering the river navigable to its mouth at all seasons. The appropria tion for this purpose is to be ton thousand dollars. The resolutions submitted the other day by Mr. Barrow, asking for a plan for a - vharf and a block marine railway, at the harbor of Pensacola, was taken up and adopted with some slight modification. A :message was received from the - -House announcing the proceedings had on the death of Mr. Burnell, when Mr. Bates rose and paid a handsome compliment to the merits of the deceased, and then the penato adjourned. Dec. 15. Thiere was another death announced to lay in the House, which I believe is the -turth since Congress met-this however, . sthe lasi. These tributes of tespect are dll very well when persons die at theo sea t tf Government during a Session; but it ~trikes me as straining matters a little too .far to notice deaths that have occurred at a distance, and at a period long -prior to. b'e ineeting of Congress, and then adjourtn the-two [louses to the delay of ptublic business.. In the Senate there was a short E xecu tive Session (the first this Congrecsd) whtich shows that some aiominations have ben * *sent by the President. I presume they only met to refer tbem and will report on them hereafter. I-think there were some four~ or five me morials from the State of Missouri, asking a variety of things at the hands of Con gress, re-mounting the 2d Regiment of Dragoons, establishing a military post on * the West boundary of Missot~ri, for the * *prevention-of Indian depredations, &c. -The booksellers and publisher-s are mo ving in favor of a .a copyright la w; but it seems to rme that cheap literature has such an asceadancy that it'nill be a difficult matter to effect it just now. Mr. Barrow presented a memorial from citizens of Louistana, asking to have the 2d Regiment of Dragoons re-organized. * .The Bills of which notice was given itn my last letter, were introduced on leave - and r-eferred. A short debate ensued on a motion to * print a fewr hundred copiem of a translation of a piamphlet from- the Russizin language in relation to the best mode of preparing] hemp. The States of Kentucky and M iissonri are esp~ecially interested in the - growth of this article, and have sought to *- have agiencies established within their * * limits for the purchaseof it 'for the use of the Navy. If the systema of protection is *to prevail, why have the benefit of it; but * ~ what excuse wvill the. present dominant party in the House have for introducing a systm o raught with injustice as that whih txessomany for the benefit of the There is nothing of interest here just now. ;.Congress will not go to work with any degree'of earnestness until after the estfriends expressa great deal of regret that he' will not be here to do battle in all the great' leading questions that will doubt I less come up. It is said that Mr. Choate'wasthe Sena * tor who gave the vote which elected the Door Keeper of the Senate. Thi'sis.tbe more strange, if true, because he is said * 'to have pledged himself to go with the majority. -- -Sundry gxtra slips of the Madtsonian *havdeben laid on the tabiles of the Mem bers of the House relative to Texas. This eertainly intimates great- anxiety as to the question, and I have no doubt shows the determination of the Adininis tration, if they can, to atnnex Texas to the Union. -The opinion Oeems to he that un less Texas becomes a part of the United . Stases, i asat sinkr into te' co~nd~iin , f tBritish cololy, ani shout e t.breal y the-state of the-aeifeas I. yself-blie _ -tobe,-there will.be'ut little oppolition :o the measures, excepi from thed ?ioli-. ionists. It is said - iist. the Adiniaistra ion is acting on facts piroving this to be the case. I subjoin the slip- of the Madi sonian, whichtis of courseonly indication gtid derives its importance from the relation that paper holds to the President and his Cabinet. M ADISONIAN-EXTRA. Latest From Texas--We' have New Orleans ,papers dated -5th - December,. which contains items of-intelligence 'from Texas, received ou the 4th. It will be remembered that the Intelli gencer,- a few'days since, quoted the Houston Telegraph, to show that the Peo ple and Governnent of Texas were oppo to-the 'project' of: annexatior.-. Now it would appear'by-the following quotation from the last Telegraph, which is copied by the New Orleans papers, that-the gar bled extract given in the Intelligencer was calculated, if not designed,,to .mislead its readers : From the New Orleans Republican Dec. 5. "The Houston Telegrapli intimates tbat j large niajority of members of both Houses of Congress are in favor of the annexation of Texas to the. United States. That paper, in speculating on this sub ject says that "notwithstanding the indi rect admissions that have heeu made by the intimate friends. of the Executive, that he is opposed to annexation, we are still confident that he really desires that the measure may be effected. He may 'ae restrained by some secret pledge to the British Government from openly. advoca ting the measure; but if a proposition were to be offered on the part of the Uni ted States to renew the negotiations for annexation, i consider it certain that he would accede to it with joy. This how ever, is a question that will probably not be agitated in our Congress, unless over tures are previously received from the Uni ted States." 'The Telegraph, according to the Intel ligeucer's admission, is the "official jour nal of the Administration;" and hence, if there should 'be no mistake in relation to what is said of President Houston, it is evident that great itijustice has been done him by his American contrymen, in cre diting the rumors which first appeared in the New Orleans Tropic, another paper which the intelligencer is fond of quo ting. But President Houston knows that the people of this country have both the ability and disposition to remove any stain unjustly affixed to the character cf a hero, patriot, and statesman. From tle Correspondent of the Charleston Patriot. \VAsHINGTOY, Dee, 16. 1843. The Senate was not in session to day. It appears that all the Cabinet nominations have been sent in. In the House notice was given by Mr. A. V. Brown, of a bill to repeal that-por tion of the Apportionment Act which re quires the States to elect their Represent a tives on the District plan. Mr. Tinsley, a Baptist Miniser of Vir ginia, was elected Chaplain to the House, for the present Congress. Before the vote was announced, M r. Pet tit of Illinois, asked leave to oifer a reso lution abolishing the office of Chaplain. Leave being denied, he desired to offer an other resolution, providing that the salary of the Chaplain should be deducted from per diem allowance of members. He said the Government did not send Ministers in to every hamlet of the country at its own expence; why then were the people to be0 taxed for a preacher to members of Cont gress. A fter somie rather noisy proceedings and calls to ordecr, this resolution was negatived. So the office of Chaplain is contintued, and I hope Mr. Pettit wvill be bentefitted by it. He tand his colleagues .m ake nothiung of asking the people's 'money for immiense appropriations for the West. Resolutions from the Legislature of New HiJun,hire, in favor of refounding General Jackson's finte and for aholishing this Mili tary Acadetmy at West Point, were receiv ed atnd refered. A resolution from the Legislature of Massachusetts againsi the annexation of Texas, -vas also received, and refered to the Committee of Foreign Aflaires. After some debate, the antnual report of Seretary of the Treasury ont the Finances was taken up and refered to the Commit tee on Ways arid Means. Mr. Adams presented a Memorial from one hundred Booksellers of the U. States, asking thle passage of an internationial copy right lawv. He moved its reference to a Select Comnmittee of nine members Mr. Gibiner and othere thought the proper reference would be to the Library Com mittee. M r. Holmes called attention to the vast infuence for good or for evil, wvhich the literature of a country has upon the people. and urged in glowing language the necesity of an immediate consideration of the sub ject embodied in the memorial. He thought thiscouldi be best ell'ected by reference to'a Select Committee. The Memorial was accoriugly so referred. A fter this business had beeni disposed of Mr. Adams commenced his A bolition Pe titions. He asked leave to present one from New York. askinig that Congress will separate that State from all connexion with slavery. The Speaker said the Petition could not be receive'd, itt as much as it came withint the provisions of toe 21st rule. Mr. Adams said that such Petitions had been admitted by the last Speaker, and referred to the Judiciary Committee. TIhe Speaker began to' examine the Journal, hut it being 'lite, without deci ding the pointt. A fter the reception of some Executive Communications the [ouse adjourned to Monday. The point raise.J by Mr. Adams will come up as the rst business on that day. To-M-orrow Miss. Rachael Barker, a Q~uakeress, will preach at the Capitol. She thinks that members want a gyeat eal of talking' to on certain matters, and uh~e intenids speaking her mind Some weeks ago, you may remember, m attempt was madJe to atbduct a large timnber of Negroes belonging to persons if tis city. The attempt failed, and a arge w aggon, intended to convey the Ne roes, seized. Yesterday, Mr. Hall, a as the p j erty-ofjtis'lient thega4gi.) T ~yei editor-ofan. Aiion -1a Alan Tsiis ;lie a 'me lan ci * vas- igwprnned at ihe. Blev tOw ners Conveutioisat Annapolis. December 18. In the Senate. this morning, Mr. Mc Duffie gave-noticeeof abillo revive the. Compromise Act,.and to remodel the pre sent taritrin accordance ihereto. When this bill is introduced there will be., plenty of food for long speeches. Mr. Barron asked-and obtained leave to introduce a bill, appropriating about a mil lion of dollars for the i.provement of the Navigation of- the issisqlppi River. Several-resolutions of inquiry were adop -red, and among them that of MIr. Jarna gin, -calling for - information. relative to Cherokee awards. The Senate then went ito Executive Sessioni:aod took up the fnonintions of the President. -,Nothing- was, due- with them except a reference to approjpriate Committees. 1 see that Mr. - St. Clair .Clarke,the late clerk fthe I-1Hense is named for the office of Auditor to the Post Olfice Department. la the House, several hours were-occu pied by a debate on a resolution of -Mr. Ramsey, of Penn.,-tif'print five thousand extra copies al the President's Message in -the Germin language. .11r. R.:stated that tlere are three mil lions of Germans in the U. S. Also, that in his ovn district, out of a population of 80 thousand there are 60 thousand 'who sneak the German language. le thought, therefore, as a natter of right,'that the House ought to adopt the resolution. Mr. Slidell, of La., said there' were. many French people in his disttrict. le must, therefore, move to have copie's prin ted in that language. Mr. Holmes said, that in his district at Charleston, thera were numbers of low Dutch. This heing the case, be-would in sist upon having copies in that tougue, if the resolution were to be adopted. Several members from. New. York and Ohio, also spoke in favor of having:ano edt lion of the Message in the mellifluous lau guage of the low Dutch. During the debate, Mr. Bidlackstated that he had just received a letter from a German Emigrant, in which- he tendered -his services to the U. -S whenever they should he engaged in a just war! This eanuncittion caused great laughter., Finally, after much hard fighting, but more mirth, a motion to lay the- whole matter on the table was carried by- the casting vote of the Speaker. Mr. Rhett asked leave to offer a resolu tion directing the Committee on Ways and Means to consider the expediency of re porting a bill, abolishing the present tariff act, and imposing in lieu thereof, an ad valorem duty of 20 per cent on all im ports, on the-principle of rcvenue only. Objection being made, Mr. R. moved a suspension of the rules. This motion failei, ayes 77, nays 107. This cannot be con sidered as a test vote, because many votes for the suspension whowill not vote for the resolution. The resolution cannot be of fered in order, until Monday next. The House then resumed the conside ration of the resolution herotaroro orad by Mr. Davis, directing the Election Com mittee to inquire whether the nun-distiict ed members have been elected in comfor tity to the Apportionment Act. - Mr. Jamison having the floor, spoke at some length against the resolution. No question was taken. : After the reception of some executive communications the Hotuse adjourned. Mrs. Rtachael Barker preached at the Capit al, aecording to appointment. She spoke for nearly two hoors, andgave memn bers of both parties a severe lashing. She said she had ino more fear of them thtan as if they wvere so many marble statues. A f: ten she hadl spokeit all her mind, she put on her bonnet and bid them an affectionate faro well. LEGISLATIVE. *coRREsPoNDE Lci-. Copy of a Letter fran the President of the -Bank of the Slate of Soudh-Carohnaa to the Hion. George McDuffe. BANKC STATE SorUT-CAROtisA,? Charleston, 10th Nov. .1843. H-on, GEoiioGE McDUFFIE: My dear Sir.-Govenor H ammond lhas just -notified me that he shall feel it incum bent on himt to recommend in his Message to the Legislature, that the Bank of the State be wound up. and its funds takent to pay the putblic debt in seven years. This will be by the I et January, 1851. The Fire Lian negotiated by you with the Messrs. Baring, Brothers and Cu., will fall due in 1858 and 1868. Bv the several sectiotns of that Art, nunmbered 1, 10, 11 antd 12, at pages 43 and 48 of the accompatnying copy of a compliation of the laws, S,-., relating to the Bank of the State of South Carolina, which 1.send whterewvith, you wvill see the various pledges of the faith of the State, and of the profits of this Bank, "for the punctual payment ofrthe interest," and "for the ul timnate payment of -the principal" of that loan. The proposed reconmetndation of Gov. H ammond, if cairried out, wvill annihilate he principal, and of course prevent any Tium directed by the Board to.procuire all such information as may be needed to set the proposed measure in a proper light: and it hias been deemed highly important that I should address you, as the agent by whom the loan was negotiated with Mes ers. Baring, Brothers & Co., on the seve ral pointa stated in the enquiries below. 1st. Was ahy value attached by Messrs. Baring, Brothers & Co. to the pledge of the profits of. the Bank, and the security off'ered by the several clauses, of the Act for either the "pitnctual payment of the in terest," or "for the final redepino h priicil7" i pit h h 2d. Ddyinyour several negotia tions, yourself, lay any stress, or hold: these pledges as giving-any higher value to our bonds? - ? 3d. Did'the fact, that a corporation was liable to be sued, which a State was not, and that in addition- to the usual pledges of the faith of a State, there wvas an our bands the liability of our Bank, ive to our bonds an advantage over other State Bonds in the market ? 4th. o'o 5Un)Onnnnathe ,h raal,.u * ythe State, oftit6undspiedgCL aud tielwindingup of theBank, assu58t*d, would be 'consideredas ansiinfringetient of ,the contractiorconditiottof the loan, or as' iconsistenortviti. the -faith pledged in this Act of 1838 ? 5th.- Do you suppose such a'measure would lessen the value of these stocks in th; hands of the holders in Europe? . 6th. What eUect do you suppose it would have on the character or credit of South-Caroina ? I am, dear Sir, respectfully, &e.. &c. F. 1. EL MORE, President. Copy of a Letter fron Hon. GrtonOE Mc sFrIet. in reply to the Fresident of the Bank of the State of South- Carolina. CHARLEsTOZ1, 30th. Nov., J843. My dear Sir.-It did. not occur.to me that you would probably be in Cohmbia ,asl passdEi through this place, and I there fore omitted to answer your letter of the 10th instant, anticipiating an interview with you here. In answer to your first inquiry, I can say that very great value was attached by Messrs. Baring, Brothers & Cu., to the pledge of the profits of the Bank, and also. 'the agency of such an institution. in paying the interest, believing that it would insure more certanty and promtitude that any other description of agency. This was ur ged by me. and admitted by them. 2d. I have already answered this. 3d. The responsibility of the Bank, not only to the law, hut in public opinion, so essential to-its success, had much weight n estimating the value of the bonds. 4th. From my answers to the foregoing interrogatories, itis obvious that I can an swer-thisnly in the affirmative. 5th. '1 answer this also in the affirma tive. 6th. It would certainly impair our cred it, for the Bankers of Europe, judging us by our associates, believe the people will not vote for heavy direct taxation to pay State debts, but would be quite willing the profits of the Bank should be applied to that object. Very respectfully. yours. GEORGE McDUFFIE. REPORT. Of the Committee on Federal Relations on the Annexation of Texas to the Union. The Committee on Federal Relations, to whom was referred so much of Message No. 1, of His Excellency the Governor, as relates to the Annexation of Texas to the Union; and also Resolutions on the same subject, beg leave to Report, that they recommend the adoption of the fol lowing Resolution: Resolved, That in the opinion of the Legislature of South Carolina, sound p~hicv, the vital interests of the ;eopl' of the Uritbd States, and their just rights, require that strps should be promptly ta ken by the Governuenst of the U: States. for the annexation ofi'exas to the Union. Resolved, That the Governor he request ed to transmit a copy of the Resolution to the Governors of lm-Iyther States of the Uuion. cud to the delegation of S''uth Carolina in Congress, and that they be re quested to lay :he same before the Senate 'aid Hrtanaga of Rcprcaontatives of the United 'States. . (From the National Intelligeter.] THlE UNITED STATES & M EXICO. Intending to insert in this paper suc cessively the Reports from the several De partmenuts of the Governments which for med a part of the President's annuual coin munication to Congress. we begin with that which is first in order, vtz. the Docu ments from the Secretary of State, which consist of a Report from the Secretary on the subject of our relatiotns with the Ger manic Association or Customs' Union, and of recenit Corresponden-:e betwe u the authorities of the Uni:ed States anid those of the Republic of Mexico. itn this correspondence will be founid the declaration by the Minister of Mexico, referred to int the Annual Mlessage of the President as an annunciat ion by the Gav ernment of that Republic of a determina - tion to visit a decision to annex Texas to the United States by a formal declarat ion of war. The language of the Mexican Minister in 'his country to the Secretary'of State, as translated, literally bears out the con struction put upon it by the Message. That is to say, that Minister plainly enough atlirmns that, on the annexation of Texas to the Uited States being deter tmed upon, "the Mexican Government is resolved to declare war so soon as it re ceives infortnation of such an act." This declaration, not only in anticipa tion of wvhat has not taken place, but without any foundation which the Go vernment of Mexico otught to have placed confidence in, is certainly in had taste, and might wvell -be deemed offensive, if upon consideration of all the circutmstan ces, any intention to ollend could be infer red or supposed. Hut, far from such an intentiotn being presumable, we find that 'General Almonte, in hn:, letter of the 11ith of November, in answer to the letter of teSecretary of State treating the lan guage above referred to as an offensive threat, says that he considers it his duty "to repeat to the Secretary of State, in1 or der that lie may be pleased to commnni cae itto his. excelleticy the President, that neithe r he nor his Goverrnment have inten ded, that it should not have been stuppo sed that they would have iutended, to cast im putatzon (a graviar ) upon the Legis lative body, and much less to adnmonish the Executive as to its duties. H is d esires have tendled solely to the maintenance of the peace and harmony which ought to subsist between two neighboring and fiendly tations," &c. In the absence of the Mexican ant hori ties (which have not been sent to con gess) we cannot uindertake to say whe ther the translations of the passage which baa given offence to the President he or he not literally correct. But admit ting the translation to be exact, we must, however we may blame the itndiscretion of the lahguage used, admit also the force of the positive disclaimer by the Mexican Minister of any design to offend; whicb considered in cotnnexion with the eenplary Gdelity with whieb Mexico is; tnder all embarrassments, honorably ful hing her reaty stinpulationns with the UTni ted 9tate;s is demonstrtion to o The safest course to rnye tr' in derstanding of the ground - taken by.the Government of Mexico, ap'pears to us. to lie, looking beyond shedauguage, entpIoy-. ed by her Minister to this country, to re sort to the fountain-head., and see what the President of Mexico himself has said, through his Secretary for Foreign AiTuirs, to Gen. Thompson, our Minister at Mex ica The following is the language em ployed by that funtionary, beiltg evidept ly the same which Gen. Almonte was in structed to employ in his correspondence with our Secretary of State: "The Mexican Government has collec: ted sufficient evidence, published in abun dance by the.A'erican press,. that a pro position is to be snbmitted to the delibera tions of the Congress'to the United States at its ensuing session to -incorporate with the so-called Republic 'of Texas ; and, al though his excellency the President hopes that authority so circumispect will defeat a design so unjust and an attact so deci sivoon the rights of the Mexican nation over that territory, he his ordered the un der signed io declare to'the-Hon. Wad dy Thompson, with a view that he may submit it to his Government, that the Mexican Government will consider equiva lent to a declaration of woar against the Mexican Republic the passage of an act for the|lncorporation of Texas with the ter ritory of the United States; ihe certainty of the fact being sufficient for-the inmedi ate proclamation of war, leaving to the civilized- world to determine with regard to the justice of the catse:of the Mexican nation in a struggle which it has been so far from provoking." FROM TEXAS. Upon recurring to our files of Texas papers, received yesterday by the steam er Neptune, we find several extracts that are possessed of some interests, particu larly at the piesent moment, when our re lations with our sister Republic are so pregnant withfuture consequences. (N. 0. Curier "Indian Affairs.-Gen. Butler, U. S. Indan Agent for the Cherokees passed through Fort Smith on the 3d ofNoven ber, on the way- to his agency. He was to depart on the 10th of November on his mission to the Indian council, which is to be formed at Cash Creek in a few weeks. Gen. Butler, we understand, is authorised by his government to conclude a treaty with the prairie indians, including the tribes of Texas, and if possible induce them to make a joint treaty with Texas and the United States. If this should be be effected, we shall feel confident that the Indians will be kept in cheek; for they have so much respect for the power power of the United States that they would not venture to renew hostilities, that would involve them, in a war not with Texas only, but with the United States. Much credit it due to Col. Rei ly, for this arragetnent by which the gov ernment of the United States became a party to the treaties with the prairie tribes. This gentleman. although he had rgceived no instructions from our govern meni relating to this subject, representeti to the governtent,of the United States, that most of the Indian tribes that were hostile to Texas belongedin part to the United States, and were subject to its control. He requested, therefiore, that an agent might be appointed to act with the comamissioners of'1Texas, and compel tihe Indians to respect the' treaties that might be concluded. -This piropositin was readily acceded to by that govern ment, and we sincerely hope it nmay re sult in efiecting a permianient peace with the savage, tribes of northern Trex as.". "The U. S. shooner of war Flirt, now lying in our harbor, was visited yesterday by Geni. Murphy and Coin. Moore. They were saluted each with the respective number of guns due their ranik." The Court of Appeals at Naples has now before it a case of a most sintgular nature. Several years ago the Marchio ness de Garofolinm died, leaving by her will an annuity of 50 forins to be applied to the mnaintenance of five favorite cats, and to the longest liver of them; appoint ing an old and faithful servant as trustee and guardian of the feline legatees. In the course of nature four of them died, leaving a beautiful Angora, named Mirouffle, the soul survivor. One day this inheritor of 50 fiorias a year disappear ed; and soon afterwards the heirs of the deceased Marchiooess claimed to have transferred to them the capital from which this splendid income was derived.* Com pliance with their demand was refused, 'in the ground that they could not produce any proof of the death of the anntuitant. They carried their case before the tribunnl of Nola, in' which place the lost Mirouffle end his trustee lived, hut it decided agait them, delivering its judgement serialtin, that the plaintiffs conld not, be entitled to the principal or interest until they had giv en either positive evidence of the demise of the annuitant, or that so many years had elapsed since his birth that, accoiding to the utmost longevity of cats, Miroufie couild nt be still alive. Not satisfied with this sage and sound decisioni, the heirs have carried an appeal up to the Supreme Court of- Naples. A Practical Joke, though Felonious. The Milton (Pa.) Ledger has the. follow ing: "Judge Wilson sentenced a crimin~al, last week, at the Huntingdon county.ses sions, to five years solitary confinement in the Penitentiary, for burglary and lar cenly. During the following night he broke jail, went to the Judge's lodgingi, and stole, the Judge's hat and a pair of new boots belonging to one of the liaw yers, leaving his own hat andi boots, which were worn out rand worthless, in their stead. He then fled to the. moun tains, since whbich no tidings of his where about have come to light. We heard the Jtudge relate the story, at New Berlin on Monday." Hard Times--Sitting. on a cold grin tone, and reading, the President's Mes D sCoVertY of cosnderfctifig A7su. A few diys since.rnforimtiot writel i vetl dr4i a private -source by Reno ler Vaux, that a house in0the distridt pr garden, there was Ferreted a large at ty: of matere tir 1i anitiiaie cogarert ing purposes. In ton panny With officer George Hoffner, he proceeded o oh place desi::nated, and went into rh i . b examination of the premises. Up es ing down w.ith an axe a iorat' of moo:- - wall in the second storf froat rootmtdree boxes were foutid containing the above et tensive and valuable property-: They . were about three feet long and rts Inhes wide, and made of 'Vood, and suspendd between the plaster and onttrar'e3U ropes which were fastened to tratersin the . loll. The apparatuconsistedifuurQue..' transfer rolers, utpon each of whichi the was engraved, eitheivigntites, or designs most common-in use, by the genuinebiank - note engravers. There were asi platies of copper and steeLz.whicli werejeither ready or had been used. The dIlIou in itself is '-very valuableht'io 8- C, Wo' the numberaid fineness of the nkuEd the recovery of this Wtholesale means of fraud, is highly credif.illho ihe rcioer, who personally acted.tb partpl 'h of officer, in order to obtain~atziiMoaiy. beneficial to the Banks, but to pi j pe generally-.Philadelphia U. S- Ga4J The Alamo Mounment.-A n 'arutirbg the nane.of Cox is now in thp'ciy, sr0pa ring for public exhibition .a beautiful utent, the .produejion.of whicli Ti ycet him two years labor.; lt-is.coiWsureti"of white stone taken- from the rui'ofthd Alamo. . The design is -chaseithe work beautifully executed, adid as' aproidietaf art it is worthy of comparisia ai'ili)a other of the kind. The-names-ofalFlio fell at the Alamo are commenorated po .the four sides of the obelisk Te r panels present the following forciblesen tences to the beholder: "To the God of the fearless add Irse is dedicated this Altar, made fro athe iuinsof the A-a. . "Blood of heroes hath steined rne tfibe stones-of the Alaino' :speak,Jhstihci immolation be not forgotten~. ".' ' "Be they -earolled with Leonidas .inthe host of the. mighty dead. :' . "Thermopam had her, iesseirgsfpelt;' but the Alamo had noble. i' Every Texan and every'fried'r as should buy it and-reward the .:arist, we believe the GovermEnt isiibw aifrdng to do. N.' Ompompanoosac an ihchiliiiack iiacd is the exclamatio'n of: the editor.of the Memphis Eagle6n reading the follow ing:- * - 'The infant daughter of theQenof Portugal is to be' ba1itized ;DWoia 'Mairia Ann Ferdinanda Leopoldina hAiehla Itafielo Gabrella Carlota nsnia tilia Victoria Praxedes Ganzaga;do ailg jt 7a Bourbon Saxe CiourgAiiothas.. 'Onpornpanoosac and- Mibilimacki nack! If all this doesn't dill that baby, it must have an awful coustitutio, - N.-O:Pic: Hints To PreacAers.-,When a preach er has to pump, in order to keep thestreatn .Of his course running from his .pulpui, and, especially, when he has to' ply iis. power at the break, afler the pfinisilc,' he had better quit, run .out' his tongue, staind tive minutes. in utter silene, ..and then tell hi4 hearers, as John Holme*i pork stealer in his-el.'re#ieduto'hiii when he demanded why-h bedid nt spek when spokeni to'-'I.have nothing to sf A preacher should be sure to filthis pond up before he gets into his pulpit,;nd tIen when hoists his gate. the, wiaters of life will low frels, from his lips. When the tite comes for him to stop, let him shunt down thme ate, whilst his subject is: on the "full tide of successful experimeni" and bis hearers will come again expedtin .t9find something to keep them alive and awake another tizq, But this pumnping whien the water is exhiausted, is hard -work~for a preacher, and exceedingly disagreeabletto his congregation. A C'rusty, One.-The editor of the Ha gerstown News, himself an old bachelor, says-"Nothing con prevent an. inceese of bachelorism savo an. amendmaent ia, the amode of educating women... When ahey learn comnmon sense, instead. ofbro ken French-wvhen they learn sorneutisfat employment. instead of beating. the ph. ano-whien they learn to preferh~nedt industry to silly cox ionibi-y d' iwhes omen find that a womaois sa 1 stead of a burden, then we may expect to find fewer bacbelors-naot uil then. Modesty.-What are talents and ae guiremnents to a female, ifel.e lack; that precious gemn. Mlodesty ?'iSR may glit ter in -the throng and he earessed/byg e profligate, but sho cannot be the compaj. ion of the good, the pride of the domestic circle, or' the afriend-of the virtions. T o defect in a female's character-is mbreii gusting than immodest behavidii- and its dleleterious effect fnllow her.thi-ough.Iis, finally destroying her peace asdhappindia, and making her shunned by those,whom she cotnsidered her best friends. Seizing for ReaL.-It has .beetslil4in. New York that a tenantahasenoi enly a right to retain certain efreets, but that a landlord seiz& a boarder's efeetsspro~ided they are his ownu. Jimmediate use; irhe lon.s them to ilhe tenants. and .loses pos session, the law does nt apply. A female named Costello, who has-reti dered herself notorious bj advertising a female physician, wvas arrested on Satur-~ day, charged with causing~hayton QOa young French girl, .at~ the; jist ation of her seducer. 'Thiey' wire lbth held to bail in the sum of 100teachsna'simi lar bonds were requirea bhtwo other.yag ties implicatedi.tlibS#p Otiutragti. ,Rich.-Gold mines of great valu have - lately been found in.Cuba;-.and specu lators are gdikg it ini eat~nett. The island i also valuable'for itsedpper nainc, ad Blrother.Jonathan ouglit to keep a~n