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R 5 'SPC:E "* On the Bill to establish the 'territori. gorernmeut.of Otegon, is published in the Sai/igton . Union of the 14th. It is a mastely vindicationdf the-'r:glit of IIe states ani views the power of Congress to interferewith'thesubject of slavery, in -the Terniories' and newSities tn the true poitrofrlijht. Alt he mcopromises en teregI intbylChagi,. interdicting sla ~ idan@y'o1-ti-he ewi Stains, I'r. Burt,. considers nconstitutional; nod conse pjoefty giotbinding on such States. Ia: L 7"aieleisof compact between the.oginal.States and: the-.people -and-.. GSjares in the territory iorthwestiof the river Ohio," were entere tin'tor The buxti.article of this cdnpact prvidies, * , There shall be neither slavry 'dr ;rn oluutary servitude-in thesaid territory, bothers ise than in the punishment ofcrime wherebf ihe party shall .have been dully -convicted." c.*-* Thiscompact; Mr..Burt -de toostrates -Cougreshad no power to -hake. In the languageorr.lWM adison on the subject, it *as-9.withour the color' of constitutional authority." Teaxt cempaomise and-th suhject,. swas what is termed ahe "Missouri. Comn :promise. - .In the eight section'of the act ofithe6th March 1820, it was provided "That -in all that territory, ceded by Fratce to the United States, under the tname o' Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-si. degrcss, and thirty minutes, fnorth latitude not included within the. i:nits of the State, -conteinplated by this act, slavery and, invbluntary servitide, otherwiseatban in theppuuisbmentofarimies. whereof the.part-ies shall have been drly convicted,.shall be, and is hereby,"firever .prohibited-. Provided -always,-ibat' any, i-person escaping into thesamefromwhom hlabor or service is lawfully'e:aimed in any 'State or territory ofCthe &oited Sates, e gativt ii'aybo lawfull reclaimed ni conveyed tothorperAen claimilig his labor setice as aforesaid." ., this-compromise is also, regarded'by Burt as securing, because an uncou-l - .-stitntional -intsrrternce of .Congress with he.rights'of the States. Tie next instance in the history of this * k subject was the annexation of Tex as. On - . t M Brt .uers he following.. lie iAiy iiguage - -4 - u s d'not undertake to say het mopeyesi-witat view of poliey mJuced the: annexation of Texas. .He'knew-. that 'the' earerasadvocafed-onaiarieusgrounds ::" 'that 6t wae 'aavecated by 1he - t daes acwbIl as -by the. south' a8 fr "heard the de itss - ho.10ediefr11cs ^ " Ii6 'ed" heiiad hoardy "'te~o r , r , _o :::= w to ;ad, itos C what c' i nilto lTei qu sad. .~~~!#4el'saye - bplnta~aforin * nkr e~~'ian k' l e bde-' y -, zO" it og aygen r d f>s~s ium ioeatpoliey = ' en '" urn e u e u oeatl' ."He be ha it4- h etin iftht.ite it to w pk a ~ ehng' wncIihw6i6Id resist h_ a slges's idm"the stal ihmcnti of ?rtiuld Cer , upon this coatiient, was 'tl''e otfihe annexation of Texas. But Texas at that ..time "as an independent .republic. Theesolation whichproposed: this lino o aegees 30 minutes, was 'ti erecte 0 ar an thatnature of- a'treaty a tj#iIipn .Shewas eompetent o-issent egr cejet . -Sheschosse- to-absen't, "d' he ,theaudti that that iuistabco in their histo ry could not be addlicid as a'preeedenr. - Bu'tira in.efeenc,1 that pre-cedent intlaisar.4hat ;he~had ventured to off'erahis'aeniment fa a..spirit ot a.nity mhid tdojramise 'if it were - met in a oespostligspirit, it might be well for 'that-'6nfoderady.E' He-truasted-ii might be 'ut 'ie coul not refrain fromt saying tahese :compromiss''flf compromises t~ynight biecalled-ahad bronght nothing Mwes:-was 'valsabie 'to-the protection of the right. and 'peage of the sooth. The sooth had been subjected-to eternal agita lion to that eternal. teasing ,and annoy -ance whcih wes'the onlyr kind of warfare *tilt was ptactkable open thiei- insiitt Ions. In 1'hisopinion, the .u gh's of the soattrrestedonidre h'rmly flpon the basis of the .constitnien.'Tiat instument rces -tricted~sut-hern property within no limits. tt confinedit within no area.. It was cir cumbscribed within no. parallels of lati tude. Thie south stood with the othier - states of the Union, on a footing of equali ty. Hecr institutions and her rights were respected by that instrument and to some extent w'ere gurrntied to them. .nThe argument 'uhich he had the honor to.subreit,lied him to mhaintain that Cona gress had nO power. oil the audaission of a State into the Uaiont, to. impjose sucb a restriction asilbat contained in the ordi 'aanoeetof 1787. The only power delega gated to Congress-the only power which asb hemaintained,. could be exercised by Congress over either -a territory or a.State applying for admission info the Union, Was: the" javer -simply 'to inquire, what - , erektheiz~s' -secured by jhe cosiitu tiqDp and wbetb~r her nrm el government .Masergtibia. lHe;put ait to any ran whko. iiihi cbose-if any should choose 40answer the .-argurnents .which he had presented. If Congress had the powver to impose upon a .territgry such restrictions -aresritidd ioregard to 'tiespbiies of property-had it not an equal 'right to impose restrictions on any species'of prop erty? . Jf it had the power to prehleitthe property of the South from being trans tirred to any region, havo it not iihe same right to prolpibit the transfer of the prop erty of the north ! Did not the' powter 'ich would prohibit the introddietteniot L T~ritory of a slavel possess -the right iibi also .the-introduction of a spin - n gaen:y-otea New Ybrk sheep ? He' -bggedtto.'o-answered, on' that p~oint-. It -a uSti itendid that the property of any porioalif~iaa eonfederacy should be sub .yecttsadhelbaiterdict asr~hat contained iatthe ordanieedtB'ZEA was not in %ne la~ngjayfei have the 'power to'asy -to'a SitteSgen 'skail19e dlespoiled of yout~vefsgstybefre you can be admitt ed into this, JUnior.." Hle insised that fhere was .foapsuers to~re 'ui ir a ent esurrender hel-svcrenay l Thr e kmen(il en ...c a lson-or o subi. .tuai ts ijioment. He. was. swrare-that onewh hbad, perhaps, always:) idlise influencin controlling ;publie -.n 6"n-iritio'611th id'been endsedrrh b silence the voice of the South upon tbt 1esiio . lie [the remainder'of' he 'el tence was lost.] But so far as this tern ory of Oregbn. was concerned, the preseht was the only time when the. guestin. should be raised. It was to be done now., ir it was to be lone never. If not done. it was .toconstitute another precedent,'and. he di'd not'hesitate to say, that if the South railed to raise its'voice now,'i(ought tob'ei and would be preclided. But what were the circtunstaces-which- now. surrounded. them .4 man from the southern ;states bad.been blind.ho ;for the last three years had not seen that a fearful juneture. was coming upon the country. He (Mr. B) had nor:occupied -his 'sett-two-days before he espied the rapid appb'dch.- -fe begged-very briefly to . advert :to-'ome~' those'circunustances, Three years age; theincendiary -publications, jisguisetl nu-. der the -farm of memorials and 'petitions to Congress, were excluted from.-the hall -that'barrier had..been broken -i.own. One of theStates of the Uai' --the State of Massacliusetts-'a Stat' 4fieutial on account 'nf- 'her high.' ntetligehee and wealth--solemnly, by het Legislstut'espro posed'to disturb that compromise: of.the constitution. wilich provided the basis-of represeutaiion..in Gongress That.was deeafted.. Duriig the.lastsessibn.ofCon gress, when a propositioa. was made in tha. hall to furnish the governdaedt- of ;the, United Stateswitr th-, means'of cbacli ding a trcatyof peace with Mexico -when an appropriation was asket lbr tie simipe purpose of:doncludingi a treaty of peace with Mexico-a Democratic. representa tive from iPeunsyania rose in. bis place and moved thai ioterdict.of the ordinabce of 1787.upon any te;ritory that might :be acquired from the esemy-mdadiexico. The country was at war. .Every body desired that a peace should he'obtained if practi= cable. Yet that blow 'was inflicted by -a democratic hand!. He remembered, upob: tlat occasion that his-worthy aedestiman bid-friend from-[udiana moved thespropon. ition.of-he Missouari cempronisesand he remembered that thit proposition was vo:. ted down. -lie rememberer, -moreover. that t;ohen-the bill toprovido the loan sought by: the President was introduced in that House, gentlemen frotshe Eastefni Staios;'ind some-froim the wistern-States, oe the apouiie side of the House, denoun, ced. itiia laud 'toice the entire proposi-: lis; ad so oue ofthe pr visus of the gen tleman fro ieens3ylauia was engrafted, oilthat bill;.t4hsy we're the -irst.te turn' -ond anvl voe 2W4t alacrity for i. . mDingihe present zession of UonAresi, a4 onerable membeiisrn he tate of New Vork{Mr.-:King , had'<leelned it iudtity;or ac least :bifth6ught: poper oat nip :te, ltroauelioa :of: the same' visoo y a gt mProIte4s sylania.. -Thei oase efuied'Aos sb4 thei tdes for the introduction'ofliat propo sition by hly soietwd or three votes. He told-them,ndd'ie told1thesaih,-that that proposition Wa to Come!ie 'told tiin' ihatCit would 'e. nadviJd and he did not see .that, it 'wouldnot. prevail. What-was the, language- all arinnd.him inathathall ' tasthe landiuge of gentlemen from the north, and from the east, and from the west ? - That'the south need-not-hope~ ever again to tee-a slave State formed of any Territory'that-mighit he acquired by that governmenit. whether y treaty af by coueust. TALLA HASSEE, Jan. .12. Indian Depredation.-By kindness of Mr. Jarnagan, represestative from Orange couy, we are permitted to copy the followingeatract of a letter received by him shortly before the adjournrnent of the Legislature. The facts it makes known are truly ominous, and will occasion con siderable anxiety and apprehenbion. We hand occasion1 a fe*v weeks since, to allude: to sttements of the Senator from Hills horough, w hich this letter hustaius.- ''he Generul Governmtent should not suffer islft16 be misted by official reports that' the indians keep within 'their bounds; andl unless something-effeciual is done to insure tranquilty, there-is- great reason to appre hend tronle bit the frontier: : M E- LuoNvi:LEs, (Li. F.) Dec. 17. Mr. Jarnagan-At the request-of your mother, Isaac, &c., I write-you in relatiou to the Indianrs.,. Mt. -Belott has just To. turned from ydur place, informs nye thit your brother had been absent thiree ~days in seareh of 'your cattle atid could find none. He states that while'out he canie up to' one ,radian, 'who informed .him, that there weretfer more-with bias, and-that they were merely out on a hundngexpe dition, professing friendship, &c. T'hey have fired the contry all rouudd your ,glace and ynur- family is much alarmed:. rhey are evidently driving off your stock, and burning the country so as to prevent thieir being traced or followedi. Sine writing the above, Iiee has coime in here,'fsjlly corroborates, the above, anid states that a large 'trail of cattle has been ound by him and. 1saac: leading South, and four indians eamp~s on it. -He says there is nomistake about iheir takiug off your stock, and you know his opinion is worth as much, or wore than any other man's about such matters. This is usually ibes frst step towards an outbreak ; and he wishes me to say-to you thatyou-ought to t@ome homeforthwitb-.tat if yo~u knew the-realseituation of things. yea .would not stay- an -hamri The- Indians were within ive or six miles -of your house a day -or two since, burning all arosund them. -The odie 'hmt Isfaac atnppeared 'saucy, or' raterimpju'ded;, riffiient to-conlvinee him cflathsy *erl nostpalthougkrpofessing to be, friendly;: Mayne:bas promised to .go ut and fryi and'get back ,four'utocka. Now its tyoura-dut-y to inform thes Gov ernor,and 'tell-him that this is no 'idle. report, that your sitock iii .dii 'out of heir well linow~6 -joh~lidianhd are' round on it-that theya'u of:ir M~un~ry-Eand that-the :Stato daght-to. sed'them outi if the General.Gavterdiiis - Iebr sanguine that the Governmtent vim to somnehinig in tho nieantime we 1haIdpntb a in d~lyae tc R' jr 7 . , 2 = M IR0 ij'I . _~ ." eauict Bd t e aliornian, (ptilished. a"jifosc t etemn Gsr;rgtese. k sgu y oa horrid butchgevcommitted e' pa o( .Mexi ang, und,'ir one a~,fia o t o 7duag men, named f'wler and wie "The party, after ke prisoners a day or two, tied.. thib . es, then tobed them; one of .ibemes his jaw broken, when a ropewas m adeim st to the broken bpio and the jaw d d out, they-were then cut up, a sih5 11 ce at a time, dandi ,he pieces thrah atlem or crammed in their throats, ands ey were eventually despatchediy ctitu ut their Thisbnurder was av v a small ppa'riy.of. the revolters, by Capt. Ford h wo iursueid to cahs, over took attacked them, 80 i ier against 18. ::The Mexicans wer ed; with 1.2 .killeatdseveralwoun Important 'Naval ions.-The N;&. b icayuaedofJaun says.."We ak-'enabled 'tistie tro southority, that orderstere is'si 1the Navy epitrtienton' th.' h Mi, for- the $rrehsW'ETfour rigs s oirs, io be ccmverted into bopztivesse io carry eack -,tn ieanfeet'in length tea inic calibre. Thoy'ale to-be from 260 to 800 -tons -bur then. Theptirfchase is to beajnde without deleyand the necessary 1attops and arangem'ennts toI.:afect ithfwt the ut iost despatch; Te destiation ofrthese vessels is. eqyizteinough.,A shrip of 50b tons-is it he procred, ftgbi p , 10 carry scores gni tnutiods. for use of the bombvesials. Two ete Bjie argor and Aurora. have bee tiure ased, and wiqkairforthe Gulf, andse: names of tlie;Scourgedd Sjerpio',' soon as some .acraions ard-fnedewat'nis n vents of greatlnmeht "ae breviw . - - FRnoat Rio JA~EtRo.. D 1OUr s Wirn la Wisz The brig Reindeer arrivedatNew-York on:. Saturday' from .;Riao %h'eiboi.wich placeasle.eftrn the28th ' i-.mbgr.Th California .R menL railegt Rio Jaueiro: ' b.e eider the.Intel ligeutceof an iiforetunia telly be tween.l heBmaallig ronioiad Mr. Wi e,'th'American-Min~ f tails of wiiare ti feo6:= '' ;pes "vious to t'a rria liera: Reg linent ,-t.o n'erianesea -thfle-Sar arga)tail gotdne into a iftelty -with some -ef the-citizens, and a8been, with facat. Dai ,iginiprieohed - feaiheti ties. Mr: Wise had inte anal.de -n inded'dioir release, t ine g if .the .ilaind'a boL ompl 'b, that be woptdriid. o i Sataga F jlum us to ore tpon etowh.. r At-thiasjecture of s aptI h 1hee --sh sidcvevtg the g a 6 'iant s ilod into porL-So r t panic ae imatsion bripleas ed,,nd itawas; somettiae hefote 4he'apprehenstns of geveriment could 6e aia.yed The NawiYork Hi alchhap e t thisaffair has crentedontideriable;sesatii at -Rio sad the. goverEn'eht -ha'.,requested the recal of Mr. Wiseand-of Cqn. Rousseau, our Nridval Commaader.atrsaiL What added to the diicultie's was, 'that on.the ocasidu of the general illurnihation fui the cbhisteiuiigif the infant Princess Isabella, Mr.-Wise's. .ho a- the' only oub in darkniss, stiidli iniidst 6f~ the geoeral sainte, 7lhelnerican shipping refused to participate, aot a gt-d being fired by our v.essels of wpr. SIn consequence of ihi maniefstation of d ittrespect, ariesolution. was offered in the upper house of the ~Brazilian. parliament for the immediate esplulsioni of Corn. Ros seau from -the coast i lBrzil, giving him six hours to leave, which resolutioni was afterwardsepreseuted to 'the other house, where it was vetoed; upon which many of the members of the, uppjhouse resigned. Ckas. Eve. :Ners. From th $a.n & n rry 4. Four da'js later infelligee iwas recei ved in thi& caly 6n Nunday morning, last, and' he (dtnt'ahe, itng 'upon the inormaioni'heirpssesiudn, succeeded in purchasiog something like. 3,000 bales Ctton. We are'also.informed that advi-' ees have been received here -as late as the 13ih from Civeorpoof, ani.iit'opeiuonig paled upon-them, hs'tr5 already bien made in both Augusta and Macon very consider ably to the advantage.ofthe parties con cerned. There have also belen severial other arrivals from British ports, within the last two or threedays. usatly all of which might haeve baought dle Idies- papiets inoad dit to the intolligenice intedded for the' prtvate utse of the consi~nees.-. W'1e have nio disposition to attach any' blame- to the fortunate operators, they have certainly a perfect right to use their ownt information tiltas best adlantage; but weire lid lionie~lintsurprised that comnianders of'tessels' leaving Liverpool tdder such circumdtancese do not take the trouble or procuring the latest. papers for the useoof the press. . .We have'alavdys extended te (bese gen temen. the. use of our;.Reading Room in addition -to furnishing theia paper-s while in port,'and.files on :sailing Such atten tions ought to be reciprocated by them in kindness, especially att times wihen there is a chiance for them lot reach port in ad vatces peysthe regular steautfore.. Ins .regard to the aslegsgefottnt we are only able to say that/g more sorry, for thern than for otirselvis; If it . were not lik~e "locking die stible infteitlie horse. is goni;"' we rould'advise'ihem heresfier, wienev rYthe cire rnstances 'lo'ok at -all suspiiots,io nilk a'ig p~i anitold onl umdnilley'ither gotor-confince ahem sles that. they are above thatacket vaue4. Consiion for Merder -gTbe Hermian db Bsck'woodsman says thiat Dysoin, who beyitirdered Jajner. 4opioJn tiiry-fas be-een ~fouguit of murder in thirs dlegree .> atje igettury. ed*i.lhyvjr6dt -he'/ig eyetl .not ave himn. Corrg"ress.- ,.e' publiab to-day; (says. the Charlestoanoarier )Mr. urtXs man if and pairiot'ct Speeh onjiis asunendmft to the Uregon:Tet'riioriallBill. The'Bill bad incorporated'iiu~ it the section of the Ordinance of 1787, which prohibits slave ry-initbe region affected by that Ordin ece. Mr. Burt did not proposo to sttike out the Sdition, but so to amend it as to tecogtbse the line of-the Missouri Com pro mise.: The amendment was rejected in the House-yeas 82, nays 113. On the tnestioni Pf the passage of the Bill, the de bate of the day before was renewed Messrs. Leake, Douglass, McClernand, Rheit and Thurtnan severally addressing the House. No report of the debate has leached us, but it Was very aninitiled and contidued to a laite iour, when, without .aking the'iuestier', the House adjourned. in the Senate-on Friday, the Bill giving jiand bounties to tbe volunteers and re cruits for the war, was discussed and then pobtyoned. The Bill p'roviding for the ap poiantmeat of a Lieui. Gener al, was then taken up ; Mr. Badger spoke against it, and at-the conclusion of his remarks, Mr. .Mangum said that, as a rest lues tion;he would move to lay the bill-upoh the table; and upon this -luestiou he de manded the yeas and nays.; which were oidored, and being taken, resulted as A lowa: Yeas-Messrs. Archer,Badger, Berrien, Butler, Calhoun, Cilley, Thomas Clay ton; I John M. Clayton, Corwin, )avis, Dayton, Evans, Greene, Huntington, Jar nagin, Johnson, of Maryland; Johnson, of Lonisiana i angum, Miller, Morehead, Pearce, Phelps, Simmons, Upham, Web ster, Woodbridge, and Yulee-28. Nays-Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Achison, :Atherton, Bagby, Breese, Bright, Cass, Chalmers, Dickinson, Dix,Fairfield.Han negan, Houston, Niles, Rusk, Sevier, Speight,'Stargeon, Turney, and West. cott-21. So the bill was laid on the ta ble.. *Tbis'is a very serious question settled, at least we hope it is settled. The propo sition on the part of the President could ,not- have been made with due considera lion. The proceedings of both Houses have sewan conclusively'that there was a great.mi.jority who dil not like it-who dreaded the effec. it might have on the discipline, spirit and efficiency of tlie Ar my,-who saw no -need of 'it and no good to come of it.. In the House there was a nianifest disposition to strangle the propo 'sition in the dark;,-as if to.prevent the world from knowinj that tifey haleither: considered or slighted'h. And they'seem not to-have remembered, till after the vote was taken,.that the Presidedt's'reconmenr dations, already published :to the world, cannot be hidden by a body whose pre ceedings gre- also published,-and. then, tliey arhdr awkuvardly retraced the step, and rejected the proposition, with :consid eration and duegravity, Afer all :his, it seems very ;il-ad' ised t. .have brought themtauEr before the Senate. ;Clearly Cobgress did not i'sh to create the.oflice, -fiut itiwas possible'the Neigi of the l4xeltirvet the reluctance to slighx his re dnf " endaihe feeling thatr atdei 'eatofthe'atinuistraton wvas a defeat of the-Warty -and to sole eieiat weakened boil it was very possibfe that these con sidetationntm'ight have given the prnposi aiuhe rellctant" sipport of" a majority aid what ibeni?.."Why Mr: Pulk would have appointed a Lieut. General,:-the result "would have -been. as we lielieve-, mischievous-the blame whould all have been laid on the President, and ie Would have lost a thousand. times more than he ias lust by the -ejecin of h is mueasure. tTo urge the mnatter, tunder the circunm .sta'nces, was to risk everything withoaut a -chance or gaininig anyrhing-t'o risk the rejection of the mieasure,--to risk disaster and confusion in the army. if it was car ried, for the faint possibility that a man -who had never comnianded troop~s might do-as well as the veteran Genecrals who have made the world ring with tihe fame of their v'icto ries. Fiom the Charlestont Evening News. THE SLAVE~RY RESTRItUTION. -Intdespite of the remonnsirance of the Southern members, the Hlouse of itepre sentativyes having rejected t ho amtrendment of Mr. Bturt, re-affirming the ptrinIciple of the Missouri Compromnise, wvhich is equiv alent to the passage of the bill restricting Slavery in the new territories: l't is ho ped that lheSenate wrill placo :its tnega tive on this perilous measure; and save the Riepublic the -disgrace of geoigraaphical divisions while the country is cenged In war. I-f there is any sympathy in this matter between the two branches of the National Legislature-if that body. whicht is the conservative yower itn the govern meat of the Union, sanctions this restric tion, there is ans end td this donfederacy 01 States. So 6uon ant the bill pauses the lower branc~h, a meeting should be itnstarn ly heli it Washington of all the Southern Seatdrs -and Representatives, to express their united determination of their consait uents, the States and the people they rep resent, not to submit to the restrienon. Such an expression of opiihion will, no doubt, arrestithe measure. nd rebuke the fanatical-feeling of a majority in the lower house, who have Bought the unpropitious period of a fdreign war, requiring united councils, to distract those councils, and exhibit us to the world as a disunited peo ple. Fire at Lotwer Three Runs, S. -C-We learn front a letter, with a .sight of wyhich we have been favored that on Tluesday night. 12th Instant, a fire occurred at that place, whieh destroyed a building so rap idly as to reader it necessary fur the in mates to eshape id their night clothes, and prevemited thetn from saving either furni ture or articles of any descriptidn fre:nx the house.-Char. Courier. '$noto at the North,-ft comumeniced snowing in New York otn Sunilay rnorn ing;~ and continued -to fall until Monday eening, to tire depth of about fifteen itn ches. At Rochester, it was only an isich deep, with clear weatherzon Monday morn ing, At Syracuse and Utica, there was cooappearance of snowi, and at Albany hut aslight sprinkling.-deor. Constituitional itst, Jan. 20th/ inst. The Georgia Regini-of Volunteer. From a stnamerit nobliahned .nih thenrt Gaines{al)-paper, :s e leacn3tnasiue; thioregiidar has ben ;muste.sad koto aer vice, one hundred and four haycbeen dig-: charged, sixty-ni-ie lied aud'eighteen de te serited. NEw ORI.EAts, Jan. 12. First Pennsytvania Rgiment.-We are sorry to find that irregularities of some moment ekist among this flne body of men. t Yesterday, a company with fixed bayo- a nets, marched twenty disorderly nembers i to the first Municipality watch th'use, with* s a request from the -Colonel, thibt Jie civil power would take charge of'tIeirifur safe t keeping. They were accordingly placed t in the cells rorsotne future disposition. A u short tiene, we trust, will sdethem in ac- .a live campaigr., when the duties of the pa- i triot and the soldier, wil no dou bt, over- t power all the effergescenCe of youthful atq. imal feeling, which the proximity ofYa populous city is so apt to cause.-1ines; "t .Afray.-Yesterday, a couple of the Pennsylvania volunteers went into a cab uret in the third Municipality, and asked for some liquor. The bar-keelier demand- a ed the money first. The soldiers refused, - audsome altercation took place, when the bar-keeper took hol. of a loaded fowling i piece, and discharged it at one of the vo Innteers, wounding hitm dangerously with sihall shot, in the head. The bar-keeper n and two others in the house were sibse-, i quently arrested by the military, in whose t hands they were late last evening. The alTair will be investigated before Recorder Seuzenean, this morning. The indivirdual wounded is a native of Vyoming, Pa., and belongs, as we hear, to company I. .bid. Correspond uce of the Chiarlciton Courier VAs5IsoToN, January 17. Mr. Calhoun, as I now learn, will not 1 oiler any project respecting the'lexican- a war, but will avail himself of the first oc casion simply to define his own position on t the subject. . ' The bill to'increase the ariny by adding to it ten regiments is likely to be delayed for some days in the Senate, by the -dis- . cussion of- various 'amendments. The' majority of the Senate are in favor of con nesting with the measure a land bounty system. which requires carefoi delibera tion. The. military committee will reportf an amendment embracing a well digested system to-morrow. Gen. houston's pro ject to render the ofllcers- elective will oc casion some debate. liis plan is 'to enlist thetroops as regulars, but gives to each company the choice of the company offi cers, and -these offieers are to -elect the field officers, who are- to be commtissioned by the President, and their- appoimnmeut confirmed by the Senate. ... A similar scheme wr prejerted by the lIouse. Mr. R. -.J. Hunter wanfaatly^,.4:'r gratulated to day by his urerou' fritn'di, on'-his-election to the Sedati - rrih tai ompli'for-thefleriends of fho it is supposed that -re.a liasei, .of J Wiabtester, will-be chosen iti-fill' t~boavan-r A .cancy- occasioned by the death of q1 IPennybacker - As the es'sion isdralf avor si ytibe expected that;Congress wilLsoon betim to dispatch the- public business. N-neat= sores of importance in .referenee ter the great--questions of the war: andhe finan ces, have yet been adopted.- - A report just made to Congress, states that the number of- tmen who have -died from sickness on.the Rio Grande-, or been discharged on account of ill-health, siuce lust May, is three thousand five hundred. The whole number of volunteers who have bieen discharged is six thousand. Janutjr 18. Mr. A. D. Sims, of S. C., s-saidj to be dangerously ill. :Indeed, it- wa4 i-ted to-day, but erroneously, that hre was dead. He has beent ill some days. The Senate Chamber was welH at~teudedi again to day, in the expectation that Mr. 4 Calhouta would speak on the subject of tho Mexican svar. But there was no at temapt to britng up any gOestion relative to the matter. Mr. Benton's committee did not report the m~litary bill. I presdrme they fouund sonme difliculty in maturing a bounty land system under their inst.ruc-. lions.. Trho llouse Wvas engaged upos '.ie .bill to increase the -pay of vorlunters,by.ad ding 'to it t wo dollars a month ; also to give a warrant fur 160 acres of land to eachi non-cotmmissioned. olllcer and prnvate of the regulars and volunteers, and of the widows and orphans of those killed or dy : ing in the service.j The hill 'ias opposed chiefly on ibe ground that the land bounty would never setile the land ; that the speculators wouldr derive all the benefit of the gratuity ; *and that the warr.ats, wvhen issued, would 'ab-~ sorb the whole revenue e xpected from the sales of the public -lands. Th'le warrants will of course be sold to speculators, and will find their way to lund biuyers, and: thus j-revent atny revenue froma going ilto Treasury from this source. January 19. in the Senate, among the petitions pro. I sentetd, was one by Mr, Calhoun, asking that buoys tmay be placed in Charleston harbor. lt was referred to the Cotnmittee on Commerce. c Mr. Sevier, from the Military Commit toe, reported a bill applrdpriating threei millions of dollars, to be placetd at the dis posal of the President, for the purpose of bringing thic Mexican war to a' speedy and hionorahle tertminalion ; the moniey to be t accounted for to Congress. at the ea-rliest oppo'tnbity. Mr. Sevier intitdiated his c intenition to call up the bill for considera tion as son as possible. As Mr. A. C. In- e gersoll attempted to introduce a nimilar c bill from the Committee on Foreign Af-t fairs in the I-louse, it is presunmed that thet Aatministration has some new plan on root,t not yet commnunicated. If ilie war could I be brotught to an honorable close for three c times that amoutnt, it would prove at im metise savina to the coutntry ; more espe cilly ats the tardiness of Congress in act- c ing upon the MIilitary Bill.. renders it al- c most cettain that the additional force of regtlars cannot tbe raised in time, for- of-. r fectual service before the warm woarbior. commences. The only chance is to change .( the reaulars ihto Volunt~eeis,~ wljio could i move fowvard in'ntuch loss time than the' Mrft. Rusk repiortedI a bill for pi-ovidirig Ii t other bills, of a private ger,yas also- reporcd: - N'IFr.Demon, from tlie ii Y" t e,:-reported back the "ten 'fgn p,"b a.accordance with isfuctiinG aI mendmeat granting. l6O.acres#35{id-,6 very non-gomnmissioned-,edficr gri. ate serving during -the M2exicausstra . Mr. Calhoun.remindeditdBdsetst tha; 1o committee had not co *Ilid the ?bole of the instructions; wiri r ired he amendme91t to cmbrace-lie'm is lotted olicers also. - Mr. lIenton waed-very ' thifaid he plenitude of his wsd t nt thin ie. remark of Mr. Calhoun wasau ure pon the committee.. {ac-nelesiei, view <if testing ihe suense 'ie yieat e moved to.recommit tht bill, jtbizith' mo. on failed. - ": Intho:lause. the.-land.bttii Ua gain cdnsidered..iu. Copt ij Vhole.: Af:'er.a speech:rom -Mr. II, he floor was .takenlhy MrU.J: -e occupied his hour W dere te ourse of the Admiaiiistration drd <-e > the war. -Thea com'ni'ti4i-e d the bill was referred fol m iittee. The indian- Appropi o ill as next taken up, withouttapfsdI - -4cB In the Senate, afterthe -pese tawa of utnerous petitions, the s tons deatfo te '-Ten Regiment" bill'fiNWeiiy he question being on the nuUo s lWtnd Rents offered to the bounty 1ikiedsition f the bill..---.-.y. A long: uninteresting hteii . er which an amendmetit Q e r ,otwin was a 8 It provides.ha- . ioned officer orgpirfteo1. oliieers whoslisil serv isal!be entileiad2f0 luntei enlisting;tor. year to iave'lhtSOi After diseussingoaii' y ions of tie- bill, without ion on its passg e,, -t ydou irovailed. -** - In the course of the d egan said, that as Satit u -take -advantage of th ities afiorded him for r Irmy. he was fully sati Mr soldierswould eves Vexican guns .aga i la the diouse, Cay, the -Treas he special ord very other da ispoeiofT T fl n many parlicula or instance, it p { lzahbetpafisferrable iOWeas a.$50.unto :vihl hrongh a 'hundr4d hpand weks I T does uoLse. h e ptiorseernni sypreg. oninnoIes ieretofo e:id ls ea tetasac ree-' aatio l~inod iniiilr Alituii he reej 'iit 1" Teater donji~ea3 C u.s reglarsy.: ra! haracter iii therhand.pf oh ?l hioret, It must alkohe recolls radii is fuunde I. :i alone ap pbiJ,; ty of the phaye', bu't "unpd olmined .witb the concenin tor." The removal of ev he free- circulation of the r :? nuch an element of value varied rates of iiterest.L< 3fr;(i.,ffiigesoh so eeu Foreigtn CA forting ti& bill'pia lollars at he dispos~ ?or be terminatian of thW I ir -vith this subject-if ar-~ e~fr4~ lairning there is af ect that the Alexie ~ v ndicated certain terms u 'vill coisclude a peace, an q ; icy hias reference to it." aba lowever, not credited,uneil e. la ive 'to the alledged recall p1 y -or. fronm the Chur. Evenuzg New*o TiHlE ORDINANCE QF~f This celebratedJ enacie:egn-tlich isW~~ fit quoted in speechesmvitbiliinwitij utof.Congress, is viewved :ifn-9b2pch if Mr. iurt, one df ouir r-elreseafctes. ns Congress, in the .spinjtofzreeilgaes. nanship. lIe disp utes vegJyjstlf,7the -onstitutionmil right or Can-ytjtss-;be irdrance. He shidws thptt ivas :op'tridf n its purjpse and intient 'ii '1lie-a'e of eosgion by Virginia in 1784,'df ilaeNoi-th WVes'ter.n territory oat ofiti~libiteates" f Ohio, Indiana, lilinois,.Michigan with le Territory of Witsconsainshave 9 beeta ormed.-This is established. oo..the au hority. of Mr. Madison. . de oftii cona litions of t his cesstgn w'as thaaithe derrito y so cede:d -shall be rrhed iafto diihiner ilepublican States, and adaanielmembler C the FederaJ Uniboi, hiiving died ame. ights of sovereignty. freedom slid inae-: endence as :the otherL.Siates" Ni* OW caa the formation- or Sfii having he right of sovereignty, freedom nain. ependence, take place cooststenilyt idth.. lie restriction contained ini ite'stikartiere. f 'the oi-dioitice, "that .bhee'.ihall bd. 4ither shavery nor- involutirarf servlindo s said Territories ?" What eits ot' avereigaty and indepeintenke id it thlat vould control the actio of a. membieF or he ennafoderacy as. to the. characrei- .of heir doinestie inistitutions? What color i right was there in. Congress to~wiom - .t undition of Admission inicL the '' pab nat violated an ariteeodent condition'tiif. ssenitial featuro of the gdaht itseliuid* onferritng the ri~ht at alt 'to: s' 1 'ae subject !-WVhy should this .ordfiaif' e so ofien cited as of param'unt'auihori yf, as ana enacujneflLcontgllinig atnd rega sting 'the whole mnater?- As a'ssindar.. f legislation and ihe sole criterian tog rhich American statesmen arei comn'' & 3 conform ? Why..is i iat this art e cer f infalibility striult& ifiinto~a ato ci'of Congres. -It- is~ inipoessie to say 'wfhjisordi'. titco- shouhd, have beCome ssauettfled-.. > analterablet as if ,t wei- ertofthe. ignstituaioni itself. It was in feaked' suqatipa. sif the questioti; oh C3.ttum aalliVere made before 'tle Sujv~e oT't't he decisioni must bn6 tofvur of &ving to 'thu Seates wbichlai b'een mrned or may be foritbed out of (tie . orth-u