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-Qi r'n 1o the PWIilM *f de 7tCVfp Id .iberties, and if it must fau, we "oI per 4 uhstite Rains." i ICDGEFIELD C. H. WEoNNSDAv, J.sany 7.1846. The reader wLl notice the following cor r&etions in.our.editorial about the close of the year, ptlished in our last. Through sunshine and through storm,in the bright season of heakh, when our pulses dan rod with joy, and in wearisome sickness. when TaFin and anguish have wrung our brow," and enr heart almost fainted within us. we have 4abored diligently for your profit ana your -pleasure. In "one little month" we will begin de NOVO. The Conrtitirion -This valuable Demorratic paper recently published at Washington City, by Harris & Heart, and very lately transferred to Baltimore, has been discontinuel. Admission of Texas into the Union.-The President has signed the bill, for the admission at Texas into the Union. and a MessengeI with a copy of the Act of Congress, has been despatched to Texas. In a short time. Repro sentatives from that new State, will take their seats in Congress. rashington Monmntent.-Some years ago, a project was set on foot, to erect a monument te Washington, at the Federal seat of Govern ment, and the contribution of each citizen for that purpose, was limited to one dollar. About thirty thousand dollars were collected, and the project seemed to he'alandoned. Within a few months past, however, the plan has been revived, and a design for the monn cnent has been adopted. The architect selec. ted, is Robert Mills, Esq., the same, gentle. man who constructed the Baltimore monn ment, and who was recently engaged on the public buildings at Washingto City. The plan of 11r. Mills is represented to be one of the best, that could-possibly he conceived. The contemplated structure wll unite grandeur with utility. A Philadelphia paper says, tha: it could be erected for two or-three- hudred thousand dollars, and that it would be a niotnument wor thy of a great people and of the world's greatest hero, .the. imnortal Washington. Soon after the decease of General Washing ton. the Congrees of the Unitcd .States passed a resolution, providing for a suitable monu meot to his memoq, but amidst party strife and petty persondl bickeriag, it has been for - gotten. We eartteitly .hee, that if Congress from a narrow spirit of economy siuld re f aidgy this great'.work, a beerfeeling IIWfound in.the bosoms of the people ,at large.' Let a magnificent straicture to which all may have theprivilege of contributing'beie rected on some suitable spot at the natim'nal seat of Government, and let it at' least egnal, if it does not excel the beautiful monument, which towers aloft on Bunker's Hill. 'CELEBRAT1ON OF CHRISTMAS. Christmas day was commemorated in Trin ity Churcb,at this place, with all due solem nity. A sermon appropriate to the occasiotn was preached by the R1ev. Mr. C. B. W~alker, the Rector of the Church. The words of the te.-t were, " Glory to God in the highaest, on cart peace, good will towards mnen." Trhe speaker mentioned the antiquity of the usage amoing the christian churches of comimemiora ing Christmas, as the day of the nativity of our Lord, and dwelt with much force on the propriety of its observance. A nmbr of beautiful chants and hymnus were sung by~the choir and congregation. The music was well suited to the occasion, and produced a soften. ing and solemn effect upon the asseuibly oh worshippers. The whnoleinterior of thc Episco pal Church presented a picture of verdure most beautiful and grateful to bel,old. (On entering the spectator beheld the pulpit anid the reading desk, the railings of the chancel, and the columns, and the windows decorated with wreaths of evergreen, in whichI were intermin gJed in a tasteful manner, the cedar, the wil d orange, the pia~e anid the holly with its beau tiful crimson berries. (On the door leading into the vestry rootm, mnight be seen the sacred cross composed entirely of branches of evergreen. On the wall between the windows unmedi ately in the rear of the pulpit atnd reading desk were iniscribed the following verses fromn Scripture. The Holy One of Israel is our King." Just below might be read the folliwm.: "Glory to God in the highest, on earth- peace and good will towards men!" On the pulpit and reading desk, were the following texts : "Thou shall call his name Jesus, for lie shall save his people from their sins. Unto you is born this day in the city o f David, A Saviour which is Christ the Lord." At the close of the services the Sacrament was administered to the members of the Church, and other professing Christians, who availed themselves of the opportunity, in par. ticipiating itn this holy ordinance. - The- Oregon Quesiion -The extracts from the roceedings, of Cotigress upon the Ore gu in estion, whichi we publish .to'dny. will *-..n -o,.ufJderable itnterest. It will We subjoin the following from the correspo n- t dence of the Southep Patriot. Conies-The-atenies or the hourst whtwti we received otri letterpreveiti its ifm pub Jishing any imore thanltbe followiig extraict: .In my Jast letter! 4bink threw ioit some prophe:ic bsreaditgs as to the turn things would take in relation to peace. This da has afforded me the following-assaiane .hat was eight in my conjectures. and that through Mr, Calhoun, the 49th parallel will be accepted and that the difficulty will be settled on that basis. Noses have been counted, (as the say ing is.) and there is ascertained stregth' enough to make peace certain; not however with the good will of the West so far as one jot or tittle of Oregon should be yielded. I look upon this 'day's proceedings in the Sell ate, as by far the most interessn g df the ses sion, and I think they must be so regarded by the whole American people." A-PRESENT OF A SHAD "A fellow feeling- makes us wondrous kind." The editor of the Qharleston Mercury, ac knowleges the receipt of a fine Shad from * brother editor in Savannah. This certainly was a most magnificent present, and we com mend the example of the Savannah editor to all others. We wish that wecould ge:t a pres ent of a f6h ourselves, for'we are.particularly hungry at this time. tt dll not some one of our brethren on. the banks of the Savannah River send us up a Shad, or if this cannot be pro cured send us up a Cat-fish. or even a Snekre ! We will return the fitvor with the first Min now that we catch. From tke Char*s!on Evening News. MR. CALHOUN'S' REsoLU fioNs. That is an enviable position which ena-. bles the statesman, elevated by his capa, city, his intelligence, and his disintered ness, to thsow the weight of.his influence in the balance in which reason ano pre cipitancy are in nearly equal equipoise. rhis is the present posture of Mr. Ualhoun. and well has he considered his great ac cout ability in choosing his part. He has cast his great power in the right scale. But he has not-only acted with the wisdoi of diplomacy. but ivjth that regard.to the correlative powers of the Executive anti the Senate, in the formation of treatirs. % bich becomes the statesman who wis:.-s to preserve this branch of the constittisio. The folluwing Resolutiots offered b', tat in the Senate on Tuesday, wisely embody both these designs. Resolved, That the President of the United States has the power by.and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties provided two-thirds of the Senate concur. Resolved, That the power of making treaties umbraces that offixing and settlin, boundaries between the territories and pos. sessions of the United.States and those of other powers in cases of.conflicting.claims between them in reference to the same. Resoled, : That however clear their claims, in their-opinion, to the country in cluded betw-een the paralelis of 49 degrees and 54 degrees5O minutes, north latitude, and extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, knoiwn as the-terri tory of Oregon, there now exist ahd ha's always existed conflicting claims' to, the possession of the same bet ween us' an'd Great Britain-the adjustment o( which 'has been the subject of negotiation between the respective Governments. Resolved, That the President of the U. .States has rightfully the po*er tinder th'e Gunstitution, hyatnd with the adviee and consent of the Senate, 'provided two,-thirds of the same-concur, to adjust by treaty the claims of the two Governments to the said territory by fixing a boundary for their present possessions. Resolved, That the President of the U. States in renewing the offer in the spirit of peace audi compromise to establish- the 49th dlegree oh nortli latitude as a line be t weent the two countr-ies to the said terrn. torry, did not abandon the hotnor. charac ter, or the best interes's of thte American pieoplhe, or exceed the powers vested in him by the Constitutton to make treaties. Correspondence of the Evening Neu-s CONGREdSIONAL INTELLi GENCE. \VAS~szNG Toz, Dcc. 29, 1845. In the Senate, after the reception ofsome utimportant executive comtmunications. ii ttemorial was presetnted by Mr. M'Duf fte from the Chamber of Comnmerce of Charleston, asking the establishment of a Branch Mint in that city. Is was referred to the Committee on Comtmerce. Thie advocates of a Mint in the city of New York consider this as a counter plot cak-u lated to defeat it. Mr. Cass, who is always dreaming of wvar and the next Presidetncy. offered a re solution direc:ing the Military Committee to inquire into the expediency of con structing a ship canal around the Falls of St. Mary, with a view to the defence of the North-Western frontier. Mr. Hanegan introduced a series of to solutions, declaring that the whole of'the Oregtnu Territory, up to the 54th degree 40 minutes belon~gs to this country, and that no ptower exists in the Government to alienate any portion of the soil or inhabit ants. They also: lie over. They are the strongest resolutions. yet offer-ed.. 'ntr ii-- wood said that he wvould have nothing to do with this business unless the President wvould first say that he had washed his bands of all father uegociation. But unless that w as the case he considered this procedure as standing in front oi'the President, and taking the power out of his hands. He protested against the Senate thus taking upon itaelf the management of our foreign affairs, instead of leaving it to the Executive. Mr. Hanegan, in reply, termed thse speech of Mr. Heywood. as strangeoand anomalous. H e t'or,oe was not-one of those who would first go and first ask the President whether they should make .a certain movement or cot. The whole suisject was then, by general consent laid on the table, until such time as the Committee shall report on the re solution of Mr. Allen. A Bill niaking a CollectionDistrict of Teawas taken up and passed. In the HIou-e of Rlepresetientives to day e il---e : t received .from the Pre - h '::t h,- 'lid this day sign nh 'eate ftii csanlisiirgC~ollce' ion District in Texas was taken'tip and )a'-sed n ithout debates . if Mr. L'evy has caused ielajk M otroduc ion. u .it said'that Mr. k iighly disapproved ofit, and that Mr icted without consulting any of the Den >cratic majority in either branch. -Fr'rti -o'tfetI'tcently-senritreit appears that the tiumber of steam vessels low under contract for carrying the mails to different parts of the British dominious, sad which at a shortvnotice can be turned into vessels of war. is more than Aixty. Each vessel is provided with duplicates of its' machinery. a portion of its armament is stowed in the hold, and she carries con staatly' un officer of. the; English Navy, who is authorized 'tuotate'conmand of'her in certain contingencies. "*- WSaseuatv,-Dee7"S~O45. It cannot but be gratifying to everyue lorer of his country, to learn that owinjg to the opraisewoithy effoirts of Mr. Cath '"a, since bis arrival here, measures are 4nr, gress which will go 'ar lo soothe tie irritar tion existing relative to the Oregosdiffi cubies. He has not oaly interposed. hi good offices between our governnent.aud the British Alinister, but'ieb has beii4 bU .ily at work among many ofour.hot-Ieaded members of Congress, dissuading them from all harsh measures and i.he inm'eli ate prosecution of tieireeral bils plf-o. viding forthe 'termination orihe join1 occu pancy. Mr. Calhoun has, it is sair,.con vinced them of the impropriety of iteing At all upon these measures, unitil timp 4e Se. allowed for a renewed proposition o e part of the British Guver':ent for om pro-mise, on the basis of the 49th .pili. Although negotiations have not ieen.re opetied. several friendly confoeiencs6 6ave again taken place bietween' Messrs. Pack enhat and Buchanau, -ad the iresu4Is, that unless some rash or imprudeitsrep. be taker, There will, be everything to hope for and 'but little to fear. From ionver sation to day With manyof the western members, I think the leaders'heie agreed to pause for awhile in the course tbegiid marked out.. There is a great deaT of taffk relAive to our affairs n. ith Mexico, and Mr. Silell iii expected speedily to return. Tfie -great difficulty in the why of. the Oessio oTCal ifornia, is the organic law cf Nfcxice which forbids-the alienation of aby poition of the national domain.' On this point'it is predicted Herrera will be overwhelmeid Tie question will then be whether Pae de afer -Corning into power, will prove trea, cheious,' atitd'not only ack6wledge.the independence o(Texas, but yield a'pdr tion of Coahuila and cede toe- whole 'n Upper California. It appears tha Mr. Slidell taes been instructed not to teinpor ize, but to bring the negodatioato a close as speedily as possible. It is. fr these reasons that his return is looked for, anli that our governmesit will take saiong measures for- enforcitg our clainis.. _'SoMe thinlk a war with Mexico is certeinin asse Paredes shall be sttpplied with money by the Clergy or by English Capifalists. Owing to the' unusuiij 'loi 'holiday which Congress has'takeif, the-cii is in a great measure deserted 'hy .its political population. Among 'others, 'the Briish Minister has retnoved to Baltimo'e 'for' the purpose of meeting with his iieuds in that quarter. There appears to be a fall of tp-exc'e mentreaive to Oregon, aidnffWAlt l1e talk is albjt California, its ch'aracter, and 6ih grants ofland whieh emigrants will be entitled to. 'Scores ofrcspectable citizens in this district, looking upon 'ie country as a!ready annoked, are thinking' seriously of emigration. No one here'beleives that the negotistion' relative to' Oregou, has been re-opened. The intervie'vs bet ween Mr. Packenham~and Mr. Buchanan riela ted to the offensive provisionfoTf the Bill of Mr. Douglas. 'Tiie Brifish Minister stated that its passage would he looked upon as an unequivocal declaration of hos: tilities. The bill wrill, I thitnk, be mnateri ally modified before its considerai ton. It is rumored however, that a letter has been writ ten by a'mernber of the Cabinet to friend in New York. to the effect that the Oregon questio:: has already been set tied in London, between our Minister there and the British Government on thte'basis of the 49th degree. The States of Giorgia ant Southt Car olina.-ln the editorial of the Mercttry oh the 1st. was an extract from Ihe Constitu tioialist 'of Augusta, In relatdon to th's inquiry ordered hy South Carolina to be made by her Superintendent of Public Works, in regard'to'the supposed obstruc tion of the navigation of Savannah River aove Hamburg. The editor say.s, "Soiuth Carolina must recollecu 'that, under thme treaty of Boaufort the jun.diction of Geor g-ia extends to the Eastern bank of the Savannah River." We have no desire to see wrong. feel ings grow up bietween'thie people of the States of Georgia and South Carolina much less on grounds of error nod mis take-it is bad enough 'when the younds are good--and we 'therefore respectfully suggest' to the Flitot 'of 'the Constituition alist our version af. thetreaty of Beaufort. Its history is briefly' this. King Charles 2d had, under fw6-rharfers, granted .all the territom y be:theen'29" and 236a Ndrth latitude, in a direct line to the Sontht Seas. This wvas Carolina.' Afterwards "ini 1732, George 2nd grantet to' erain persons "All the lands'lytng between the Rivers Savannah and Aitamaha and betwveen lines to be drawn from the heads of those rivers respectively 'to the South'Seas." This was called Geoirgie. In ihe disputes of boundary, Sdfth' Crolina claimed, 1. All (he lands South of the Altam~aha, and made grants there. 2. That theo'Savana River ceased at the confluence of ihe Tugoloo and Keqwee Rivers, and that Sdmmth -Carollna ownied allthe' lands lyinig above the ir'jtittction. 3. Also claimed the territory lylhg'above he heads of tihe Alfimahtf and ' t.'Mas rys to the South Sea,., Georgia denied tliiiclslip, ndinsisted that her charte-rgave. bor'I Ishe Sannah River, and up thati iver tu Its hpad an'd prings,,tvhich"' ere theo sourcoh oI"tho Keowee, the N~rthersjjrjihhof the~ Sa uatnnah Rivir. " The mater-s went beforo Congress. unp ler' th ntrs fthe cohIfederaion 'bt resulted iam.1787 in that sort of amicable terize such disputes, viz. a reference to e Commnisas- ab,9taie, to be 8Wicabty adjiu cu otAed' Thlese Comien iiolibra 'n se~ U'd? U Tiuckney, Andiew Pckeuso and ircu B76kr Esd ( outh e'arolin'i m John iouio, John Haberhilan and Liachlan Mcluitosh, Esqrs. for Georgia. --'Ehese-Gmmisstoeiils-as itey.-express it, for the purpose of -westahshiag and permanently fxing a boundary eoeteen" these dtates, agreed to the folloving ar ,tices - , . t. - - - 1. That the Northern Branch or stream of the Savannah River to thejunctuin of the Tuguloo and Keowee, and up the f'u goloo till at intersects the Nortnern.bouti daryng ofSouth afrohnla, &c.. &c.; re servu'aF te' Isfands in the Tugefoo and Savannah Rivers to Georgia, should be nhe-boondary'bet-een Georgia aud-Sout Carolinit forever. '2. Tla'i the navigation of the River Sa vaana1i along the North East side of Cocks.pursland, ar.d up the direct course of the Northern Chanuell on the Nortn side of Hutchinson's Island aud tfrom the uppir end' of the Island -1 up the bed or principal stream of the said river, to Ue cotufluence of the Rivers I ugulouo aud Keowee, and from the confluence up the channel of the most Norinern stream of rugoloo rivet to its source, and baith again by 4he iame channel, to the Atlantic Oceau, is hereby declared to he hencelorti eqiual ly free to the citizens of both States, and exempt from all duties, tolls, hinderance, interruption or molestation whatever, at tempted to be eulrced by one State ou ,hie citizens of the other; -and all the -rest of the River Savannah, to the Southward of the foregoing description, is acknowl edged to be the exclusive right of the State of Georgia. Now eve respectfully, and with the kiud 'est spirit. submit to the Coustiviioualist the following deductions. 1. No charter ever granted any part of the Savanuab River to Georgia. 2.. The Treaty of Beaulurt was a com promise, by which boundaries were fixed upon mutual coucessions. These weir: lot. (tn the part of South Carouina-a reliuquishinent to Georgia of all the lauds froim 29" to - the bed or principal stream or channel (for tracing the line up it is called " stream," and down it is called "the same channel") of the Savanualn and Tugoloo Rivers, concluding in this specific definition, " and all the reaL of the River Savannah, the Zouthward of tie foregoing descr4ition, is ackuowledged to th1. exclusive right if tho State of Georgia. ; 2d. On t.e part of Georgia,-there was a surrender of' all claim to. le Keowee Os her. nuorthern boundery, and of all,that part of Pendletun LDistract which lies - the forks of the Tugoloo and Keowee. Now itis to be.reinarked, that Georgia -bad. never claimed as covered by charier, the Savannah River, but only from it to the sothward.. But the-treaty of Beau lort ceded as part of the. consideration of the comiprmise, that part o the river ly ing "to the southward" of the bed or principal stream, .or channel, as it is ex. pressed indifferently. in the Ist article of the tieaty. Trie "rest" of the river can hardly..aiean the whole of it, nor can iat part lying north of the line defined, be conveyed in the cession othatni lying south: ward of it-in truth, the expressiou of oue excludes the other. South Carohna:always did claim, until she relinquished a part in this treatq, that she owued not only -all the davannan. River, but a large territory lying south of it. The words of the treaty, therefore, give to Georgia a comnion right of n;'vi gation, and an exclusive right to the south hall of the River. reserving Precisely the samte equal part and latr proportion for berself, viz.-the free navigation of the bed or chanunel, and the exclusive jurtsdie tion of all thse rest of the river lying north wvard of that line. We commend these remarks to the con siderationi of our frientds mi Georgia with no other view than to show to them that South Carolitia has rights in tis matter which we are sure they will respect, andw not reel angry with us for asking thettn to coitsider. And that all the nullification which either party may resort to will be for the extinctioni of all unkind P-litngs--ll unniecessary heais-'-and all eiuister influ eces wvhicn may impede, hinder. or in-. terrupt the most fratternial intercourse, and the equitable adjnstmzent of all questiotti of disaigreemrenit betweetn the people of the two States.-Chas. Mercury. Correspondtnce of the E~vening News. IIAL'rIIURE, 11ec. 24. I have just been informetd on reliable authority, that the "Consritution," fur mierly pubhisned by Messrs. Harris & Heart ini Washingtou, arid remnoved to this city otn the lst inst., is to be discon tinued. The lar-t number will be issued tomorrow mornting, when it wiill close its brief existence of three weeks. The rea son assigned for ihis unexpected demise, is said to 'oe the want of support, the comn moni complaint of all ntew enterprises, when cot backed by a sufficient siniking fund. The more plaur-ible reasoti. and which in the end you will id to be the fact. -is that Mr. HaItrris is goinig out as Charge to the La Platte (lueinos Ayres) and Mr Heirt is going into a public office ai Washingaton, with a salarv worth more than editinig a dail) papier, n hich has to depend on * Par-y" for suptport It has been ably conducted, anid will be parted from, with regret. A fire broke nut in the town nf the Dar danelles, in Turkey, otn the 25th oif Oct.. which, before it could be checked, destroy ed-half the town. T 'he whole of thie Greek and Jewish quarters, with the exc,-ption of about forty tootse-s, onie half of the A r menian quarter, about onie hundred Tur kish houses, three mosques, a synagogue, one hundred shops, atid a large bath, fell a prey to'the flames. . It it said 'thatt tho wagons that ore to convey the Mormons to Californin.- will number 5,000. and wvill form a line 25. miles long ! In the front is to be a press aiid typos, from which will be Issued ecv. ry -morning it paper, to be sent back to informr the rear guard whatt Is goitig-on in the van ! In the cturret ohf life, beware of the gttlf of inltnman.. NrW Oam-1ss, Dec. 24. .J4' of the Steamer Belle Zan 1eame~r Belfd au.tumozwds J pt. Brazarr, ashua$: . fr liev(Orleauisfisirull up ' a sng on - the Itinat., teel'e uilb i ,w White Lv er. The Belle Zarfiad.on board over niuety human beimgs, including passen. gers-ad -crew. . T he' -forme--had-- retired to rest, the accident oreurred in tne middle of the night. The weather was bitter cold, and when the boat struck they were .not Only; an akened 1rom sleep, but found the steamer siuking so rapidly that they had scarcely iline to rush, undressed, upon deck, a few protected by blankets netied from the beds. To add to the horror of the scene, the cabin separated front the sinking null, involving a mass of human beings in a watery grave, or leaving (bem esposedn -iloaunug.wreck,- to almost-per ish wiih cold. Thoso persons who were so fortunate as to remain upou the loating cabin wei'e saved.: The uatnisot those % ho were lost have not been obtained, far ther than ihose of Mr. Bowen, wife Rnd child, ol Zanesville, Ohio. Tbe Diamoiju picket up ai two points on the Arkansas side, sixteen of the sullerers, and carried then to Napoleon, where the remainder cf those who had escaped hud already assembkled. The passengers. from the best uflormatiou they ca give, represent ttieloss of ife to be near forty persons. Some of twe crew had their feet so se verely frozen as to render theim incapable of using them. Among the passengers were five ladies, four ot whom were saved. Tifhe wreck of the Belle Zane was seen twelve miles below where it struck the snag, fkraing bottom upwards. The Unitad Starea Mail irom Louisville, Memn phis. anti the way mailon the Ohio river, was lost. Also, the eaigo, which. inclu ding the mail, consisted ol 250 bbis flour, the property of Mr. Bowen; 300 empty bbls. marked C. H. & Co., 300 sacks, of corn. 260 sacks of oats, 43 bbls beans, and 55 bhil. of potatoes, consigned to Fellont s, Johnson & Co.--2'ies From the Chas. Courier. SUBSTITUTE FOR WAR1 Messrs. Editors.-l see by the Wash ingtou papers that some petitions have been presented to Congres, respecting substitutes ktLr war. Persons who have never reflected on the subject, will, doubt less, think it a cnimerical idea, but some uf our ablest sittebn.en have stated their belief in the feasibitity of a High Court of nations for the settiement of disputes. Knowiug that our rulers nill undertake it in earnest, only at the call of toe peo ple, I am happy to inform you inat a high ly comipelent gentleman is expeeted to go to Washington this winter, as a delegate from tWe American Peace Society, to en deavor to secure ttie fiavorable action of our guvernaient. Many petitions will be presented, and it is desirable that the fuiends of peace in South Carolina should express their sentiments. Front the con versations which I coustaut ly hear in pub lic cases, I am contldent thal many citi zeus wot Id be glad to know that an-p portunity is offered to sign the following petition, a copy of(which is, now in the Exchange Reading Room, and at several of .thje Bookstores., - ,To .he Honorable Ithe Senate and House of Rep.esentatives of the United States of America-The ' undersigned, ciiizeas of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, deeply impresse4 with the evils of war, and helievitig it possible to supersede its necessity by providing another method of settliug national dis putes, respectfully petition your honorable bodies to provide by law, or in any con ,titutiotnal way, for a piroposall to other g'overnments, that a congress of naticus may be assembled to formu a code of in toruational law, by which theor varying interests Inay be determined." Will noit sotme friends of peace ini other parts of the State, (why not in every large town ?) copy this petition, obtain sigtia tures, and forwaird it soon to their respec livo Representatives in Congress. W. Melancholy.-A Jury of Inquhtest was he!d in St, John's, Berkley, on the 25th nit., on the body of Thomas W. Greetn, who came to his death from a gun snot wound, fired from the hands of Stephen B. Heister. The Jury brought in their verdict that the death or thedeceaed was the result of accident. A similar accident, we undlersi and, oc curred in St. Stephen's P.irish, on the 26th oh., in whwh Robert Peigler came in his death from n gun fired from the hands of Thomas lBrown, the particulars oif which we have niot Iearned.-Chas. Courier. The ,old constitutioni of hlissouri, pro vides that the Governor shall be a native citizen of the United States6 Th'le State Convetntion, now sitting, has changed this clause in suen manner, that to be qualified to be Governor, a man shall be ten years a citizen or tb.- United States, and five years a citizen of Missouri. From the Boston Daily Advertiser. LANDING OF :lE PILGRIMS. The 225th Anniversary or the landing of the founders oif the Plymouth Colony, and or the first planting of civilization in New Etngland, was celebrated at Ply month, yesterday. In the celebration of this festival; the descetndants of the Piu grime who rertnin at home, were assisted by their brethren from the qister Colotty of Massachusetts, and from places more remote. This great day for Plymouth ha, been celebrated to day with more than usual enthusiasm.n. The town was from an ear ly hour thronged with strangers, and others continued to arrive. during the whoml frenoon in successive traitns of~ ars, Among the persons preset we no iced Presidenit Quincy, President Way. hand of Brown Unmversity, Mr. Edward Everett, Mr. Chonme, Mir. Abjuot Law rence, Re'd. Dr. Pierce, Mr. Joseph Hoxie of New York,, Dr. Woodward of Wor cester, and a crowd of other gentlemen disinguished in:public life, at the har and in the pulpit. The Hon. C. H. Warren, late Judge or the Court or Common Pleas, President of the Pilgrim.Society, presided at the table, with his ustual.grace, urbanity~and.vivaci. ,y. 16c wna nsciat.l by the. followinoggn. tlcui n acting as Vice Presidents. Col. 6hri' rhomas af Plymouth. Henry~ Crde; r of' Barnstable. Dr. Wood ward of Woreestfr, Col. J. i. Clifford or New dd,tand Messrs. David Sears and Abbotievwreuce or your city. Custom House Revenue.-The actual ,receip~ts-ofvour-4 (turiousmantneP cing the Ist of October, and ending 'the 31st of Deeemlier 1845, amount to 78000. -Chas. ourier CuAaL.sToN, Jan. 2. Congres.-The lateness of the 'hour 0t which we received 66r letter; ^preverie us from publishing any more tlan tliefol-' lowving extractt- . "In my last left r iiIf threu out some prophetic breathings ads to the turn 4thinga,.wonid. ake..elsa ' e*.ams This day has afforded me the fullest as surance It't - veY right05&r6a'& re and that through Mr,-Calhou. the 49th parallel will be accepted--aqdt it a difieuly will be. seutted on t'haasis. Noses have been co'until s'the " is.) and there is' heerrae T enough to make pea'e eertinii ever, with the good wiio far as one jor or title of Orego'nfp1 yielded. I look upon this duY' ap oeW ings in the Senate, as by far the -mdj teresting of the session,-and ihink ihb must be so regarded by the whole Arier ican people."-Patriot. Accident on the rail road.-Un the 23d ult., as the cars weted daIiierjryq from Charleston to Columbtd.afw mul helow lranchville, Mr. . .o)teofi place. in er deavoring- to ;pass nonmose car 10 another. accidentally fell whIetlho whole train passed ethim, efuskin hoth legs. andiuflictiogother The accident occurred aboutmr'6 P. M., about 6ive, he was d vaioedri ise:da taken up by a freight car. H'epired tbenext morning. -Camden Jour. The distance from New Yorki o the mouth of the Columbia rivey,.by the.wAy of Cape flora, is estimated at '13006 miles. were a ship cat'al cut threi[g.hW' isthmus of Darien, it would cut off"orF half the distahce; by land it is ..nly 270W miles. Voltaire's old residence, te $.Thaiehu Ferney has been purchased. for $100 00" lby Al, Grignolet, a retired ParIsia d sfaa merchant. - The Legislature .of Ala!aa hasdikuT motly resolved that the seat- iGodei mien: shall le removed to no pliae hat will not furnish a State- fluse yithout expense to the State., Our Naval Heroes.-Or a e t i commanders who achieved victories derig' he last war with Geii 'Bfilain, oply.five are now living, acid they ate inth'e "sere. and yellow leaf." Tiheir uamesaefa'cali Jones, who took 'the Frifl:in 1814,1Lei Warrington who took the Eberierd.h;C Aii Stewart who took the Levani and Cyano in 1815; D. Turneg wh commaqped.the Scorjion, and Stephen Cassia of the - Ticontduniaga ino edonh 4 vcdyeor Lake Chamjhai.-O Na s -- Most Extraordiiav -The monster 'nessee some 50 6O0Th&tie'% ri srfice oft the earih, of a intii at'ih starietenlitet" 1igh. is now on exhibiion at Nashville, ani the Nashville Whig iertifiesto the fact. The thigh bone of tfisgiatitis 'ifeiGW inches. so that Cen. $Sdoit. ii. full unifori, could have n mrchedt bietween thie'giarit. legs, as did the~ Lilliptuts baetween' GuIll ver's. A rtooec her, Tiiskeleton, genecrally laolked upon as a humbug. at'tbe'.tiu nonneent of its discovery, is unlou~statiff once oaf the maost extraardhiriary iirgs'. or modern times. It esill atlord at) endles field of spaeulatlian and conjecture; and we canl alter all, only co back to the Bible,. which slaties. " I'ha t there were giants in those days." Asthma.-A writer in the Newairk Daily pledges haimiself to cure this dis tressingw cotmplaintt with the following simaple remedy: : " Take 14 oz. sperm'etti, 1 oz.. vl phur. I az. cream tartar. I. oa. sinhai 4' ozx. :annis seed; pulverize and thoroughly mix the samae, and take one tea spoon int ahout two table spoons' full of molasses' on.going tea 'ed, or. at such time through ' the clay as may best sui: the gia'tient;' the' doeonce a day may bie increased or di minished a little, as tmay best suit the state of the bowels of the individtaah". Manure wcell what ycu attpt to ma nure.--There is no worse policy a' farmer can adopt than that of scant manuleing. It co)sts as tmuch to plough, plant ati4 tend oan acre of ground from which von hai'vest fort y; and then, if we take- into conin ation the fact, that onie must, under. this. system, plough, plant and -lend four acres,. in order to reap thes same amount,"which, unider a maore liberal systerm of-managin~. and manuring, might hbe 'reaied" fronm one, the advantage 'of ~tie littai:# lcy over the former. stand's.forih'li'&sill stronger light. In . M~assachusetmAthere are farmers who frequently ,bestow, .n. hundred dollars worth of manure to the acre. And what is the result Isl is not palpably evinced in their wonder'fully fer tile flds-In their prodigiouslysti rrietit ed cropas of corn, grain. aiid avegeles? Probably the anost successll 1' erii:Ai contry can hoas:.asre7 .:ae iin ini'be viciny of Bostoui, and mo..other cause than the important one above tas t ed .-libaeral manuring. On)o of the Wesseri plrstells a go anecdote of a Methodist 'pret'chei;%fio, after. sending;rgun(.-4heonpijgte j' at a 'camp meeting.and eeziprting .o congregation to be liberal in enntdiusingt looked into the bor,' and onesuihitithio money mostly inade giop eiisge Wifen ite railroadthf'ongi F'ranoe- to Marscilles is completedt' s'trip eteens 'London and Alexnndria, 'in Eg . t' will he accomplishted iu s'efetiloys.-'$teuir' ern now take fiften 'i'vs.........: