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' t r s e tal- at --'' e" U aihorizing the ' a the Ches -r3 - ? fb ; Othe 'State of / Tbo r:-Semple. relative _ a o-the article wbichr pre vidis - it-occupation ofOregon, : Ianegad having they boor, gave a tigreat length Hae as fol rdb; ton, o quesion was - ous?of esenltaties. A a nW t tenlotrni1 was read, the brg2was;annerror inre S;t enthe uspweon of the 3n order .1Q receive ;Mr: there was avote of two ti oot h' the Speaker - ia th negative .This being the o J1&re'outOD was this morning en sera~.. - - Ml.Steenrod moved to reconsider the vote by w ich the rules were suspended. Mr aDrooengoole moved to lay the whole subject.on thtable.' Finally, M di-edO was prevailed' upon-to whdratbe resolution, with the distiict. understanding. however, that it should be, again. ingoduced on Tuesday next The House once more resumed the con sideration of the rsport of the Select Coin mittepoAssthe rules. . Mr.Ro era- having, zthe:loor, gave 'his views until the expiraion of the. morning heor,after which, the subject was again laid over. 1 he remainder of the day was. devoted toprivate business. Feb.26. n the Senate, after the presentation of remoridle, a=bill! was reported from; the _ 4jV omniieenthes aubject of :a Na ,e ...;denu. val Pepom atMemphi5sOllt Tt. orsii the Secretary of dTrear compromise with theeure t iorml. Swariut, and the bill an * iorizing the transfcrto 'Maryland of ihe stoesowned y Government in the'Chesa peakejaid.0hio Caal, together with' a nnmbe of lcal bills relating to the affairs of this;'District, were taken-ip :and seve rai ered to-le'engmsed. ~ fter tie dieposal-of some private mat : eSenateareseia ihe consideration 'o the. eolnti#q': r:Semple, relative ephepingi cu'S tion of:Oregon. . , ,Mr: iJiyton1.sti4. having the floor, re d,;cpicluded this, eloquent re e is badop~tion of the resolu - kti ilA adjournment wasthen carried. s""lnH_ moj essage was received mP deAitsag that he has ji h ill athozing.eertain transfers 'avai' Appropiriapon,- the design of aic ,was: to.continue the works at - the &vrioN avyYards; He says the billcan *ofic prctical afect. ,.He is tight, for. ikjaaedwit~hantOUendment :which pro ovid6ih mony .should- be- taken . from, aDpp!opriation. wherea the original -app-ppiatonouldbe all required for its sn 4ecit. Andas itv is well-known ,Wa ,urp' o is appropriations, the - .is y, Ty he President likewise -- ipo;Cngress-the necessity ofrna .Iigirthjpripriationls for :thegnaval ihencountr;y. wsdeoe - remidoer tedywa eoe ~jn .resolutions from the seer zto,~thei rder. - -Mr.dini fre fresolution, which waagid.ptIhiiin' the sale' of- spir - tos liqors att ilepial. This amounts to ~jun, so.long as~ the - law.. makers - h etbbcome law breakers. 'He also relifasolution whichb was re jI,3ifor the removal 'of the cesYn thbilsyial. Ho thinks, re 69 hiliiiiliers would legislate 1t~te~uponmiti stornachs. uAg~a~inabe! !of-resolutions, calling a~e~r 1)nt-.f@r -informattion on Va rnstri ngmatters, were as .usual, of * im& at drover. - - , aigtir eate on the 21st Rule on '~~ray,%i~.Holmes, in he couse of '~~~ne~lquetremarks, expressed 'his ar - ia heevery man ofthe:North and - ot~ houlkhow-his hand on the abo 2l~~qestion. He said Northern Demo. cr~and Souther& Whigs. twere -as well 6i586do11 now as at any othetfpe l iti4 i ws 'on Ztis'shewing- further etjl ik ul have to be-taken. It 'was pdthi ationi that they of theSoeuth rrnat act and he'wanted.to-see sance the qtlestidn brought to air issue. What w'as the question -before the 'House? iIt. wa iothing mabre than-this, whether the aboli 'oni't-liite the ainea dee. nois, the 'friends "ote blak at Paris, with Brissot at their * dbadt pointing to MEr. Adams,) should snake the South a Continental Hayti, &c. * snritrig, with a-view of procuring this sow of his hands, he oferrod a resolo ejo totheefiect, that the'8South has the ailto a poceable enjoyment of her prop. anid that any-attempt either by peti tit r otherwiseoto -disturb1 her peaceable anjynmnt.is aross outrage, &e~' T1hzsreolution, requiring, all' the. pre tandelfinds of the^South to come 'o the, poit 6f the bayonet at once,' caused the retsimaginable confusion. "They badl kew what to ' do. At last; Mr. t.ve dhu moved to lay it on. the ta ble..This filied, AMer furthefrather ex - reotidinary proceedingis, 'notice was given of d'ebite, and thus the disagreeable intrp -der was tot rid of for the present, it lying - islative parlance, seldom comnes. '. .MZBelser ofefed' several resolutions, '~'~d~liiing that it. is wrong- for Congress to -, ~"- l~ufor the benefit of 'one portion of saboexpense of another (re Et~trifjf wh'ich'were adopted c aucus of the democratic me~b Ightattihe Capitol. ..t' is' pee a\ettfrom Mr.'Van Buren, e iron the tarif, iwill be ~ose teonAiArst of * l ~ iser undtbenb hy~.Vamp beby~ 6t~eyn are IIldidenial-with P~ 'at< , , a1 A e a divisio: a rts'ha Theyras~iiilwa-,: " "-a aled ThajugixcQ a t nd policy.' forbi~the FedsrUl oveciii tKtO ;foster one branch of iidasiyr to tho detrimnentof another otoherisht the iteretaf.liOt -one ortion to einjurifothiepoction of our common onstry; hat every citti zen and eoversection.of the couitryhafs a right to denandandinsistuponn eqtual ity of rights.and privileges,-and in a-:com plete aud protectionlof pirsona and. propert fro.dombs c yiol .aj for= p d Thlat:, ongress basinc powite une the: Cptitution tointegfer.'witth or cttrot the :domestic insiittonsof the several States ;;and gthtat ;uch States are the sole and proper judges nof eYery thing appertainngtotheir own affairs-notlpro-. hibited by thie.oostitutiongthat allgfforts of the libotionistsor otiers, madbo .i duce Congress to iterfere with questions of slavery, or 'o take ilcipient steps in ret lition thereto. are calculated 1.0 lead-to the most alaring asd'lailgorous consequen ces, and that all sucheforts have ad.i evitabletendency; iodiniiish the lappi ness ofithe people _ad ondangerthe ista blity-and permaneicy- of the Union;,anA ougbt not-to be countenanced by any friend of our politicil institutious. - In the Huise to.Jay, the whole time has been odeupied by a noisy uniiterestidg dis cussion relative.toithe report or the -Select Committee on the Rules. Mr. Cave Johnson moved to amend the report so that all the rules and orders of the last House shall remain: in -forcesat'the present Congress, with the exception of the 21st rule, which shall be ia the follow ing words: Upon the piesentaiion-of any petition having reference to slavery or the slave' trade between. the Stites* they' shall-be immediately laid on the table. withotnade bate. Mr. J. called for a division of his prop osition, but the Speaker decided, it could not- according tothe rules, be divided:. So the question. beiang take: on ithe whole' proposition at once, it was of course rejec ted by- a large ,majority-many -voting against Itsolely because it retaied the one -.Trhe House remained - again in sessi~h until, a very. late. hou'r, the time being chiefly occupied by voting on ineffectual motions to 'adjourn. Finally the 21st, or as it is now called, the 25th rule, was stricken out. Tbo.vote iits favor was 86; against it 106. What is to be the result? IiSCELLA1EOUS. WAsusie-ToK, Feb. 29. MOST AWFUL= AND' MOST LA MENTABLE CATASTROPHE. Instantaneous Deith, b- the bursting of one of the large unson board the U. States Ship Princeton, of Secretary Upshur, Secretadrp Gilmer, - Commodore Kennon, Virgil Maxey, -Esq. ' In the.whole course of our liven it has never fallen to our, lot to-annonice to our readers a more'shocking .calamity-hock ing-in all its circumstances and concomi-. tants-than that which occurred on board the United: States ship Princeton, yester day afternoon, whilst under way, in- the River Potomac fourteen or~fifteen miles below this city. : - Yesterday was a day.appointed, by thec courtesy and hospitali-ty ofCapt. Stockton, Colnwander of the Princeton, for'receiving as visiters to his flue ship (lying of Alex andrik) a great number of guests, with their' famillesb' liberally and numerously invited to spend the day on bonrd. The day was mosi favorable, and the company' was large and'brillintt, of both sexe's; not less probably-in nuniber than four hundred, among whom *" ere the President of the U. States, the.Heads ofthe several Depart partuments, dnd their famnilies. At a proper hour 'after .the arrival 'of ~The' expected guests, tie vesselgot. under way and pro ceedsd down the -river, to some distance below Fort Waships~ton,.' During the pas sage down one of the-large guns on' board, (arrying a ball-of 22-5 pounds) was fired more thap once, exibiting the great power and capacity ithot fornt idable weapon of war. The ladies had potrtaken of a sump tuous repast; the gentlemen had succeeded them at the table, and some of them had lft it ; the vessel was-ouber return up the river,. opposite to the fort; where Captain Stockton consenred to fire another shot from the same gun, around and near which to observe the effects, many persons '-had gathered, though by'nas means so :many as on similar discharges in the morning, the ladies who then. thronged the deck be. inlg ooithis fatal occasion almost all het -en decks and out of -reach of'harm. " 'The gun was fired. . The explosion was followed- before the 'smoke. clear-ei awuay so as .to' obser-ve' its effect, by shrieks of wo which announced Aiir calamity. The gun had burst at a point three or four feet from the breech.' and scattered death and dissolution arouind.. Mr. Upehur, Secretary of- State, Mr. Gilmer. so. recently placed -at the hood of the NAvy, Commodore Ken no,.one .of the gallant officer., Virgil Maxey, Iptely returned froma diplomatic residence at' the 'lagne, Mr. Gardner, of New York, (formerly: a memnber .of the Senate ofthat 'State,) were:.amo'ag the slain. - Besides, these, seventeen seamen were wounded, several of. themi badly and probablymortally.. Among those stunned bpthe concussion, and we learn not all se riously - injured, -were .Captain -Steckton himself; Col. Benton,of the Senate ; Lieut. Hunt,.of 'the -Princeton; Wi D.'Robinsoa, of Georgetown.. Others persons also ero perhaps more or leas injured; of iwhom,' in the horror- and confusion ofthe -moment, no certain account could be -obtained The above are believed, however to com prise .the whole of. the persons: known ,to the public who were killed er dangerously or 'setriously hurt.. ' --The seene upon the'deck may more ea sily l6e imagined than described. -Nor can theimgination picture to itself the half of its hovors'.' Wives, -widowfed in an instant bythmudeousiblast!. .Daughters smit in with t' beawtrinding .ight'of their faier'sifeeiise-!I The piteons'grief of the unhort buitheartistreken spectators! -The wond am en.,.bo,..,n .. downbelo r veahiiet d mradest.Twhi a,7A r ig a eor to i conceal thei ee "yoga t What words-cat adequately 4epict: I.'h. hodte' of ibe kifted remaldfdoi beu' the- ship last night :They willtb brught to ,he cut3 this, tnornug....Get. The onl.y:e-rcumstanea calculat 1o re lie'elte all-pervading dietress istti.of thetuhtitudeofladies-who ere onboad thesbip, inotipe as injur-ed The happy : einption orsucb a multitude of theten der sesswhowiwaessed the-havo: madeai theriidit'of themof the most distinguished. and beloved. of'beir.countrytmed, hile it briags'sonie solace to:the circleof alteir to miuediate friends, -cannot but deepes.the syinpathies which. they, and ,the wdil communifydfeel for the bereaved'families of those who-have fallen. :Mr. Upsitir and-Mr. Gilmer were 'idols in the ItappY family by-which each was surrounded The elder ehildrisi of Mr. Gilmer aie just grown ; the younger still in the nurse's arms Commodore Kennon,. Mr. Marcy, and Mr. Gardner are all torn from family en dearrents-fromwives and children. We understand that Mrs. Gilmer was upon tie deck when her husband fell. It iwas the third discharge of the. gun. (and fired at the request of Mr. Gilmer) that burst- it. The daughter of Mr. Upshur, several ofthe family of Com. Kennon, and ihe daughters' of Mr. Gardner, were on board the steamer, but none of them, ex cept Mrs. Gilmer, were apprized of the death of those most dear to them, until after their return to the city. Almost all the ladies were below. at dinner, when the catastrophe .occurred..: Mrs. Gilmer was brought to the city almost in a state of dis traction. . There were two hundred ladies on board and during the two discharges of the gun, were on deck ; and many of them ap broached very near to observe the course. of the. ball after it-struck the water. Presi dent Tyler was there also; but had .at tended the ladies to dinner before the third discharge.-=Wasington Globe. The Nantucket Inquirer furnishes the following particulars of the late heart-rend ing occurrence in Nantucket--the destruc tion biy fire or the Asylum for the poor in that town: It is our pain t!!uty to record one -of' the most distressmg nccnrrences that ever took place upon the. Island of Nantuckeit' and we sincerely'pray that we may never be called upon again to. note oce attended with like consequences. - About two o'clock this- morning a fire broke out 'in the Asylum for the Poor, isome.hthee miles from town, and intthe cout:tstwo hours the building warburned to the ground. So rapidly did the -fire -spread, that those in the house were una ble to save any of their effects-and awful to relate ten of the inmates were burned to death. One ofathose burnt, Lydia:Bowen, had carried her'child to.a place of safety, and -returned to try to save something, but did not herself again escape' the devouring flames. There were 59 persons in the house, besides the'family of Captain Tim othy Bunker, the Keeper. Captain B. lost-all his effects and $40':n money: There were 13 of'th'd paupers bed-ridden -one of them, we are told, had nothewalked for about 20 years. The names of those burned, are Paul Jenkins, aged 66; Thomas Hull, 67; Jona than Catchcart, 79, William Holmes,.51; William Hatchins ; Sephia 'Beebs, aged .57; Phebe Jones, 80: Abigail Davis, 87; Lydia Bowen, 33; Wealthy Davis, 53 ive men and five women. This forercoon we visited, the scene of destruction, andi it was a scone that would have moved a heart of stone. There was a heap "of ruins to mark the spot where the late spacious house -stood, and every thing denoted ruin and destruction. Many o' the paupers were making the best of their way to tl-e house formerly ttsed as an Asylum, which served as a shelter for many of them. Some of them looked be wildereid, as though they 'could scarcely 'reaize their narrow escape. Old and in irm us many of themr were, it seems a tiracle that so many escaped with their lives. One lad jumped from the third story window, and escaped-witnout injury. A mother jumpod from the second story window, also without being injured. One man lottered himself to the ground by means of a sheet, which he tore 'in stript and tied together. Great numbers of our citizens inuta'ntly repaired to the scene of action, to render such asistance as was possible. Good aer vice was rendered by those jiving on'the adjacent farms; Mr. CharleesA. Burgess, in particular, we heard named as having been the means of saving their lives. One of the pauper inmates-a woman-also personally rescued twoor thtreeaperaons,ai the imminent riskt of her'-own life. Mr. Burgess, by means of a. ladder, stove in i window of the 3d story, and here found at old man and his wife inhbed. Heinformed them of their danger and the man-got out; but the woman refused-to moVe.~,.Mr. B. took her out of bed,:got her on the ladder, and conveyed her in safety to the ground, she struggling all the while to prevent hinm from accomplishing his benevolent pur pose-this deed of daring. -' We saW what remained of the "body of Lydia Bowen, burned to'a- cinder. Parte of some of the other persons consumed had also been collected and placed under a shed previous to interment. The fire is supposed to have originated it the cook' room, and was not discovered un 'l the'inmates'were nearly suffocated. A neeting of the citizens' was called this morning. to adopt much measures as the ax igencyof the case might require. - Theold Asylum 'is being fitted up and t in comfortable order' for the accommo* *daon of the' poor Deatl&of-Nicholas Biddle.--The mail 'of lassevening brings usnewsiof the death 'of Nicholas Biddle, late of Philadelphia, iith whose name every reader is familiar. We copy the 'folowing' notice of this sad event' frointhe'Philadelphlia U.' S. Gazette of yesterday'tpornng-Nat. Int. Nicholas Biddle, Eaq., died yesterday morning, at his country residence'-in Anda busi, 'on - the Delaware,.after a sickness iarled bij excessive' pain, borne with manly constancy as long as' it was borne, and yielded to at length without repining. . atway b ofdm n?rrdert- del a foer. la prosperity, and constant boliciade-for-its ieauty .11 as little more than fifty .igh yeti ofold haing beehorn in 1786. lie was a a o of Cbares'Biddle, distin ji'sea rotis attachment to the Whig Mr. Biddle, from its childhood, showred a fondnessefor literature, and at an early ajeshibied proofs of his geniusan'd at tainmienit. le was ahroad;econnected withhjiefmission of Mr. Monroe'to Eng. 'lnd,-and thai of General Armstrong in Taris. *He was subsequently 'the editor of ti port Folio, and then, a member of the Legislature of the State where he intro= iluced. and advocated; with great spirit and ability, a bill for securing-to Pennsylvania the blessings of .public.schools .He never relinqislied .his fondness for- that great work, and" wi always willing to contrib. ute,.by advice and other modes,,to the means adapted for that-purpose. Mr. Biddle, though earning-a reputation as a legislator and aliterary man, is chiefly known to the world now for his connec tion writh the United States Bank,-having the appointment of Governmen' Director 'from Mr. Monroe; 'and about 1832, after the resignation of Mr. Cheves,'he was elected President 'of the Institution.-. It is not, now the time to notice the circumstan ces that gave interest to the closihescenes of the National Bank of the U. S. .It'was the. victim of the Government, of a deter minate hostility, founded, it is believed on no principle, and provoked by no act that could be considerad as contrary to the le. gitimato purpose of the institution. The Legislature of the nation passed :the bill re-chartering the Bank; the President of the U. S. vetoed that bill, and without a single change in any circumstance of*the Bank, the Legislature of the Nation bowed its multitude of heads, and approved of the act that disapproved of theirs. It now appears to be an error in the Bank Directors to have accepted a charter from the State, and the act is condemned by many stockholders, but they did not condemn it then. Mr. Bindle is now dead, and those who seemed most anxious to lay upon him the blame for the fall of the U. S. Bank, will 'perhaps pause and weigh all the circum ceaiconnected with the institution, and see whether any talents coud have saved it, 'or whether 'causes over which private men 'or bankers had no control, were not opera ting to defeat well.laid plans of finance. There will be a time for this hereafter. Meantime, we may say that those who were intimately acquainted with Nicholas Biddle can alone appreciate bts great- so cial powars, and hundreds will be-found to bear testimony to his desire to promote the interests of those whose positions were thought by many to be out of his observa tion. From the St. Louis Republican. The Death :of Gov. Reynolds.-A let ter from Jefferson City, received by the mail last night, confirms the intelligence of the death of Gov. Thomas Reynolds, of which we gave such reported particulars as had reached us. It adds but little to our information, stating only the fact that he had attended church on' the previous evening. Of the causes 'which led to this melancholy event, except the - general .ill. health from which he had sufered for some months previous, we have no accu rate account. It is possible that the Jef ferson papers may supply this informa tion. Yesterday, on the opening of the Circuit and Common Pleas Courts, the fact of G~ov. Reynold's death was sta:ed, and the courts adjourned as a testimony of respect for his momory The duties of Governor now devolve on Lieut. Governor Marmaduke-our consti tution providing, that when a vacancy cc curs within eighteen mont ha of the expira tion of the term of the incumbent, no spe cial election:.shalI be held, but the duties shall be performed by the Lieatenant Go vernor. An election for Goveruor takei place next 'August, and the person thei elected will take office as soon after the meeting of the Legislature in November, as the votes can be counted. Our now Chief Magistrate is not a mat of much n~te, even in a party which maket great men out of very small materials. He is, however, spoken of as one of the candidates for Governor, and was interro gated by a Locofoco committee somei mouths ago, as to his principles. Death of the Hon. John Leeds Kerr. We are. pained on opening the Easteri (Md.) Gazette of Saturday to -observe notice, of. the death of the Hon. John L. Kerr. late U. S. Senator from Maryland. This'.melancholy event took. place lasi Wednesday. evening, after a- long and painfual illness. The deesased was in the 65th year of his age. 'For many years he occupied a prominent position at the Bi of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He com'menieed -at an early age his profession al career, which was distinguished by em ineat success.. For several years he rep resented his. District in the House of Rep resentatives of the .United States, and. ot the 4th of Maprch last his term of service as a Senator of-the United States expired; Some timie previous to. this Mr. Kerr had beenassailed by the disease which finallb terminated his death. He was remarks bily kind and amiable in all his domestic and public reiations.-Balt. Am. 27th tdt. Seizure of .paper.-Within.a short time, several parcels of paper in the market have been found to contaiw some 100 sheets les! in the ream than requried by law, and have been returned to the auctioneer. Yester day 500 reams of similar paper were seized on oard. a vessel up for a southern poi-t, and will be forfeited. Value may $150. Boa. Post. Slave Property/ in JBlinoi.-T he Sn preme Court of Illinois has decided thata slaveholder has ai perfect right to pass through' Illinois with his slaves, and that comity 'between the States would pr~otect him ~in regarding theslave as such, while within the limits of the State. .Another sade of liasaniy.-On T horn day, at East Cambridge, Miss Fanny Wiet of Lowell, was convicted of ndministerinj oil- of tansy to her sister's illegitimate in fant. One ground ofdefence was, that she had a monomania for the dostrnction of il. leg'i,na childra. iakingcial jeive.,fob;ih9t of14 ister Itleiebpoteia odtti ~rergg mentltWashugtoo ndih a preseta lion of theft. Hon. S=R a - ham,- the new..,nyoy.and;Mlnister, took place in the Preident's reception roem' The President was atended by the mem befs of his Cabinet, id Sir-Richard by the gentlemen'atiached to'the Mission. The following.is.tbe ADDRE Ewo Ma og. In presenting 'you this letter from the Queen, my' Sovereign, terminating;,my diplomatic.. functions as -Her 'Majesty's -Representative in the . Uited States, it becomes a weeome part of.dutyIto express to you.the sense I entortaib of- t6e kindness and courtesy which I hare unifrmy .ex perienced both from yiurself and from those who have preceded you in the high office of:President-of iie Repnblic. SIt has always been my wish, as it has been myfduty; to labor for the preservation of pace, and: for the. establisbtnent of a durable national fnendship' between. the two countries; andwhilst it has more than once fallenio ,my.lot, during the period of my.service. herei to treat with the United States oftmatters that involved very serious difference ofopinioti, I am happy in bear. ing testimony. to the fact, that those con troversies have been conducted on the part' of the United States,-as I hope they have also been on my part, in the temperate and respectful form which best befits the official representatives of powerful and enlighten ed- nations... - In taking my official leave of you, Mr. President, I hope you will allow me -to add the 'assurance of the sincere interest that I shall always feel for your own per sonal happiness and welfare. - L'E PRESIDENT'S REPLY. It gives me-great. pleasure in this, our last official interview, to say that, during your residence here, you have seduously' cultivated the friendlyielations which sub. sist between the two Governments, and' that your official intercourse has been highly. agreeable to -this Government. Wbile I cannot but regret the termination 'of your mission, yet .is a source of much satisfaction to believe that you are to be succeeded by one who will bring with him the same-friendly dispositions. which you have always manifested. 'In bidding you adieu,"l can' olywish youa safe return to your native-land,,and many'superadded days of healthi and hap piness. MR. PACKENHA 's ADDRESS. I have-the honorto i in your Ex cellency's bands the lettebf the Queen,. my Sovereignh.accrediting me as Her Ma= jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the'United'States. Your Exdelleucy- is already aware of Her Majesty's earnest- desire'to cultivate the most friendly understanding with: this country. Permit me, Sir, to take this opportunity of assuring you, that it will be the object of my highest ambition so to conduct my intercourse with your Excellency's Gov ernment as to contribute, in as far as in me may 'lie, to-the fulfillment of her Ma. jesty's friendly intercourse towards the Government'and the People of the United States. THE PRESIDENT'S BPL TO MR. PACK ENHAM. It affords me great pleasure to receive the assurance which you give me of the friendly dispositions of h'er Britanic Ma jesty towtards the Government - and the People of the United States. And I in dulge-the hope that your residence near this Government may be attended by the establishment, on a firmer basis, of the relations of amity and peace which so happily exist between the two countries. 1 also trust, Sir, that you will find your residence here every way agreeable to you. I give you the assurance that nothing on my part shall be wanting to make it so. From the Charleston Mercury. T EXAS. Infinite rumor has been busy with our relations with our little South Western neighbor. We published the other day a very positive and circumstantial statement from the N. 0. Republican, which we could not credit, saying that the whole question of annexation was 'settled-the entertainment closed (always excepting the dismal afterpiece to be enacted by those t wo tespectabte screetch owls, Adams and Giddings,) and .the decent part of the po litical audience gone home at bed. Below wve copy an equally positive statement, which we can credit, fron' the correspon Ident of a highly reputable and well inform ed paper, that puts the subject about where it mnight reasonably he expected to be. But first, as part of the matter, we copy some resolutions that have just passed the Senate of Massachusetlts unanimously. Resolved, That the power 'to unite an independent' foreign State with the United States,'is not among the powers delegated to the General Governmnen by the: Con stitution or the United States. Resolved, That the Common'wealth of Massachusetts, faithftl to the 'compact between the people of the 'United States, according to the plain meaning' and intent in which it was understood 'aod aededed to by them, is-siacerely anxious for' its pre servation. But that it is determitned,'as it doubts not the other States are, 'to submit to undelegated powers in no bodyjof men on earth. That the prject of the annexa .ton of Texas, unless arrested 'on the threshhold, may tend to drive these States Iinto a 'dissolution of the Union, and will .furnish new calumnies aginst'repblican governments, by exposing'the gros econ tradiction of a people professing. to be free, and yet seeking to extend and perpetuate the subjection of thirit slave. The 'Masskchusetts 'folks are 'a scrttpn; Ious set, and would not for thefwrnd 'have the Constitution miolated! Nay, th~f de clare plainly that ifit is, thejwltt' ldjsfy, and that they are the judges whettier at is or not, 'We should like to hir Mr. Web ster's opinion on this 'herees'y But to the other matter.. -.~ h~2 *Correpuddace of N t . ikeu .WasrqeTd~,'.Feb.21J1844. I can iate to you on the atost nodoubt "-aiiidituttloriy *hi.chevery reli ance cnbe placed that Mr. Tyler and 'to ahm ee - ital bv t -tna ..h ;looncap i . io1 . yd , onpltels - :eansar ms 0' ete ar - a > Fr byoni p er seintndgnid' a tCe ste'sisten t bf~e ..so tC7eeeui sadrs thtke il av.be meattein g l eei i a t hans arnadse alialbt bpete warit men iten tof men u al ouirt.s ral euonisye adc uidnci' ehrit of d tion aTlrndide~ nsires af'thaiy res ention he dsae~esed'in' Thderse pbap .es have been c~aei ad hielf a ta, co ty s dans, upd the pessafrte u sr xtinof e Senateic ha olteo'ihbsaet that rmsll anpdil ed ns'iTue dfou part ofi trasia e is i in the Sta teqalym no ' he o wa rraun :uerrye by biefe and nite t ne ofia u i a sidersthatsh willha ove~ra"" ". reation o the pasos : an detipnthe S eoa 'beahcr s awe toitabe p ston .aosden 'idende' er of the Seaen'telan de thattra "i be e inratien:Tabo? sc Miril. prto tnlhis rnatin T niit in the eaness. Shae' a rea i-h7 eou wituh b and t sand goerenftat thoer re a Tati se rve neebeen e i io d? upn de a a~ta a Tireay ih.ang erawn uefope ndensed sfo ltoiide? fion coiena te, i ino'ihe8'fn1V eoufuo tablise tol intihe oio ;sog' must t wpeilfbe spdlnaiied.:t T imr dideuta at boei s i ansactheaconihtsua itin the inessa Ste eason that touhtin er pbo en watasu shear razauc p n eir atsand c pati-n teeesos av 161,aruiis ine deail e by th ue eahie th e brieigtionosierd wo,, , riforiled frinfouili~e tablie to itand pbi~tio aiopg! e instrped te nesd o e arhiom. Slaes ren~ek -bcm an e-hasO o ~EavIF ? eranogh within c y he odest heart goenmnad theanroeltd ?" terat necessity,- coi hei twtshh a the posen es n met The d ess . T liead to domian ftn aelt seily et inS te iato by anneighrl ritin. . reains deaf.ljdc tithat porms the peuntai h il ndcsiy s ihe i ios s- meano di '~ sy scendt inSog or theto Sats sin The reasons why Teit h ald i beneath the domainatio o&Gsia d3I t are theslavety inth t of New Orle anoans which d' it that power n the descending the Reds i e streams, which -bordriah- ;tiizt'l Texas. --mppy intohe te cutin of ewOreans.rod cr6 above, 'the' enemy- would;ob nita Gulf,:to our infinite daman a oy ance. Thi valley of th sipi . cesible in nearly all directiena.hrn '. Territory of:.Temas, rhlh isin faa~~~ or it, and the:possession of wikhas le considered :. very desissble Evdin' b~? classes of politicians fromnJdifoatu ~ That tife south will noeeseceabie bold. Texas .in the fposfssaentof Gra* Britain and erected into a nonslave~ild ing .State, is very evident.. Aborder wr fare on the subject of runaway negues would be raised in less than three mionth. slier any such disposition ofmatters;:'nd in order to . avoid these causes of distur bances, the treaty is to be urged up on the immediate notice of the Senate.T It is however, probable, th'at-the Hias of Representatives will have-a batid'ufsb final arrangement of the question, hsese< the debts of Texas must be assumedad paid by the United States whe, she ifad. mitted into the Union, and the apprpria tion of any monies on that accountemust have its origin in the House. WV. X, Y. Arrest on a charge of Stenk'ng.-Kr. R. W. Pooler, kr. one of Mr. May'. se conds, in the late duel near Georgetown, with the unfortunate yoiung Cochrmne, was arrested this morning,,.at Barnum'si Hotel, where 'he had been sojournig for some days, by officers Hays, Zell and Rid gely, charged, on-the oath of Mr. Johni S. Luts, who tsialso boariling at Barnum's, with stealing from .him the aumf 1200 The prisoner was; cornveyed- to the affee of Wilton .Gray,:Esq. in Jercer sziset, and-after an invessiionMrC.a. an, Mr. Lutsz, d atrick i ap pearng ,as 'witnesses, was senrto ait await tial befor the BEskii~ily our which is now iii session. 'Iihewtnsi, we understand, have already gn.ir the grand Jury. The moueyA~~d, being'made is said to have beestoniinin the prisoner's irawers. -Wlfdbarisme ting further partidulmru'at #Vsent~ The same unfortoaaeyonminm tioned above, got into atdfint~a~g; with a gentleman of this city,' niiul'C upon -.bim a severe blewpal.m7 with a cane, or some ot ment, yroducinat s omEt inches in lengt and de.4g aIit taken tore wah iou bu w at'g CsePoserr. T maawhomwve noticed ~tstedd, - IngRea arrested asti e harge of felonyiRe . ing tshrough his counseL 0 ,Nieolas,.,to ,zhe yudges of.B ai i r "Considerng Society, th ampile iiake h,~l&sil in rdn she smdiin deoi~ Ri~