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way, to use no stronger expression, than it would be to ask the consent of the states jo build ships of war or custom houses, or cold federal courts, or appoint postmasters, or collectors, or attorneys, or m ir halls within their borders, or march troops through their territories. If the constitution confe s the power of employ. ?ng such agents why ask the previlege of exercising it 1 If the constitution does Dot confer it, it cannot be confered by piece meal, here a little and there a little, a portion in Massachusetts to day and a portion in Alabama to-morrow. The Federal Government cannot exercise a power by consent or at the instance of a single state, or of different states severrally, which the union of states does not allow in the constitution that created the government: and strict constructionists are the last men who ought to admit that it can* We would not be understood as in this place expressing an opinion ourselves on the question whether or not a hank is a "necessary and proper" fisc il agent of the government. The editor has his private opinion on this point, but the Farmer* Gazette does not advocate either side of th.^ question. Il is onlv, however, on the ground that a bank with state branches, is necessary to enable the government to perferm' properly functions plainly required of it by the constitution that a plan for one is proposed at ah, or will he sustained by any one. And the very admission that it is necessary involves the . admission that it is clearly allowed by the constitution, //"necessary let it headopted and carried out in good faith, and with proper efficiency. If not necessary let it be rejected and something besubstistituted that comes within the meaning of the constitution. There is no middle ground. To ask the privilege of exerci in? a errxntnA n>tu//>r wmild he solemn ? - b I? ? ? trifling. To exercise a power not g'ant?d would he worse than trifling. The onlv way in which Congress i-an constitutionally ask of the states the privilege of exercising a power not gr .nted is l>y asking them to amend the constitution; and the only way in which the states cm grant the privilege of exercising a newpower is by amending the constitution. The Federal Government ought to l?e confined most strictly to its delegated powers, but these it ought to exercise faithfully and fearlessly, and as a government. The add rest on the fiist pag fio n the Presi? dent of the Stite AgrimKuial Society, ougiittn be beaded "To the Presidents of the Agricultural SocUti-3 of South Carolina, Thk McLkoo Case. Our stray copy of the Nar?onaI Inte!Iigencer containing the speeches of Messrs Buchanan and Rives on the correspondence of Mr. Fox and Mr. Webster about tins case, has at length made its way to < u*. Mr. ttucnanan taKes two grounds ni objection to the letter of Mr. Webster: Fir?f? that it tamely yields loan ailed get! threat madefy the British Government, secondly, that the Secretary assumes an erroneous position in regard to the law of nations applicable to the case. The suh. stance of what Mr. B. says under the Hist h -ad is summed up in the following par. agraphs: a "But the crowning point of this insulting , letter is yet to come : and I undertake to ?y, that it contains a direct threat from the British Government. I ain not ex. tensively acquainted with the language of diplomacy, but I certainly have not -aeen any thing like this threat in any official communication be'.ween civilized nations for the last fifty years. I hope I may he mistaken in my view of the Ian. guage, hut here it is: But be that as it may, her Majesty's Government formally demand, upon the grounds already stated, tiie immediate release of Mr. McLeod ; and her Majesty's Government entreat the President of the United Slates to take into his most deliberate consideration the serious nature of the consequences which must ensue from a rejection of this demand.' What consequences/ What consequences ? Afler the denunciations we have heard in the British Parliament, and all that had occurred in the course of the previojs correspondence, can any thing have teen intended hut "the acri us oaturenf the consequences which must ensue"from war with England ? And here lei me put a case. I am so unfortunate as to have a difference with a frienc. of mine. I will suppose it to be friend from S?aith Carolina, (Mr. Preston.) I know, i you please, even that I am in the wrong. My friend comes to nie and demand; an explanation, adding, at the samc time, these words: If you do not grand the reparation demanded, (entreat you to consider the 9crious consequences which must ensue froin your refusal.? Certain I am there is not a single inein her af this Senate, I might say not an intelligent man in the civilized world, who would not consider such language as a menace, which must be withdrawn or explained before any reparation could be made. It was the moment after I read this sentence that I determined U bring ihe subject^ before the Senate.? k thought then struck me which perhaps I should do better to repress; but it was this. I imagined I saw that m in whom Mr. Jefferson truly denominated the old Roman, sitt-ng in his apartment and reading this letter for the first time.? When he came to this sentence, what would be hit feelings ? What indignant embttons would it arouse in his breast ? I Of him it may be justly said ?*A kind, true heart; a spirit high* , That could not fear, and would not > bow, J1 Is written in his manly eve, , And on his manly b ow." i Would he not have resolved not to make ;1 any explanation under such a threat?? , Would he not have required it to be with i drawn or explained before g ving any 1 answer whatever to Mr. Fox's demand? In , this possibly he mijjht have gone too far. t Our Secretary, however, has passed over ( this threat w.thout adverting to it in any , manner whatever.*' I Before we copy the reply of Mr. Rives , to this part of Mr. B.'s speech it will he i necessary, in order to render it int?d!igi. ' b'e, to quote two paragraphs from the correspondence of Mr. Stevenson, our i British minister, and Mr. Forsyth, late ' Secretary of State. The attack on the J Caroline was made on the night of I)< cember 29tU 1837. Mr. Stevenson under ^ instruction troin his Government, at once remonstrated with the British Govern- t ment in very strong language, and asked ' for an avowal or disavowal of the act. 1 * il l' No answer at ail was returned, u i me i j 2nd July 1839 eighteen months after the attack, Mr. Stevenson in a letter to Mr. 1 Forsyth used this language : I "I regret to say that no answer has yet 1 been given to my note in the case of the , Caroline.' 1 have not deemed it proper ? under the circumstances, to press the sub- 1 jt*ct without further instructions from , your department. If tt is the wish of tho Government that 1 should do so, I pray 1 (o be informed of if, and the degree of j u gtney thai 1 am to adopt." To this Mr. Forsyth replies, Sept. 11th I 1839, as follews: "tt ith reference to the closing para, graph of your communication to the Department, dated 2nd, July last, it is ! proper to inform you that no instructions j are required for again bringing forward 1 the question of tho ^Caroline ' I have had frequent conversions with Mr. Fox in regard to this suoject, one of v?tv recent date; and, from its tone, the President expects the British Government wi I an. swer your application in the case, without much further delay." The following are extracts from the conclusio i of Mr. Rives's speech where iie notices the first ground of objection taken by Mr. B. to Mr. Webster's letter. I beg leave, said Mr. It. to ask the Senator from Pennsylvania in what pro. ceedings of .he Government he finds the evidence of an unbecoming spirit of concession to the demands of the British Government? The British Minister, ,4 in the name of his Government, formally demanded the immediate release of Alexander McLeod." Was the demand ; granted? ,No sir; it was tirmlv reinsert, ami that refusal victoriously placed nn j grnn.li infiin deiv connected with the j nnc;ity of Ameiican institutions. The i British Minister informed the Secretary i of S'ate that her Majesty's Government is 44 of opinion that the capture and dedruotion of the Caroline was a justifiable employment of force for the purpose of defending the British territory from the unprovoked attack of a hand of British rebels and American pirates, who, having been permitted to arm and organize themselves within the territory of the United States, had actually invaded and occupied a portion of the territory of her Majesty." flow was this met? Bv controverting every prjint in the justification, interweaving, in the course of the reply, a new, just, aud powerful defence ot the | high moral character of our legislation an I policy on the subject of neutral obligations an l "holding up the mirror" to the British Governm-? ?!. reflecting the ag . gravatious ana enormities o uic ucsuuv- j tionofthe Carolina id a light and colors j so vivid as to lead, it is hoped, lo a re consideration of that act, .revolting alike j lo humanity and to our national sonsibiii- I ty and honor. Tin; honorable Senator complimented our minister at London for the able and j eloquent manner in which he had present- I cd this subject to the British Government. Far be it from me to abate a "jot or tittle" from the praises bestowed bv the Senator j upon this distinguished citizen of inv own 1 State; but, without disparagement to him ; surely, I may ask. when before, basso pow- i crful and graphic a pictureof that outrage, speaking lo the moral and almost to the bodily sense, been exhibited as in the following extract of the reply of the Secre arv of Siate to Mr. Fox? * It must be shown that admonition or remonstrance to the persons on board the Garonne' was impracticable, or would [ have been unavailing; it must be shown j that day-light could not be waited for; j that there could bo no attempt at discrim- | i nation between the innocent and the guilty; that it would not have been enough to seize and detain the vessel; but that there was a necessity, present and inevi'able, lor attacking tier in the darkness o1' the night, while moored to the shore, and while unarmed men were asleep on bjurd, killing some and wounding others, and then drawing her into the current, ahove the cataract, setting her on fire, and, careless to know whelher there rr ight not ho in her the innocent with the guilty, j or the living with the dead, committing , her to a fate which tills the imagination with horror." Was there any want of American spirt in ?'l this' No, Sir, ???. Th? destruction of the Caroline being at le igth ?vo ?ed l?y the Bntish Government as a public act. ti e A ltmriislr it ion eon id not but feel that it was tinwo thy of its own character and of ihu clurac er of tho na. linn, to dignify a miserable and suboniinat) in. strument who may have been emp'oy.-d in it, *y making him the selected object of optional vengeance. It coohi not but. ?ael that the; principh of public law which exempt* then* Uv'orJinile iusiruinents from individua r tpon. jib'li f for acts d* ne in obedience to the con* jet en t public tiuthorfc ea is a principle founded it reason and Inin ,nity, and recognised by th* j.nvers.il pi active .,f civilized iia.mn*. What, hen, did it become a hig'iinnded and honora. ible Got rmn nt *o do, und;r h s i circtunitauc*s? Frank y and unreservedly to admit he principle?<o put itself in ihe right?and to to whatever should devolve on it ?ig a moral irid ic. po.isiMe P<?we., 'o u.fit and maintain :he righi. It li d a liig er g. ma?a nobler mis. io i tli ui to make war upon McL od. It won.d not comply with the demand to eie se h?ui, lor that was not of i'a province; but i.ink,ng that the courts, in the?xercisi of their > rn prop? r jori^dictio i, ought to release hint, m l charg? ! with ihe int-rnational relation* of he co int y, it felt if e'fc lieu on, without int ering w i1 h the fun ions of un independ-nt department of the G >v rnrnent, to contribute its noral mfl i?nce in support ot a grot principle <<f nfr.iulioni.' in ercoura.', on t ie due ob-ervance if which th ihirmony of nations essentia ly locen Is. But the Senator f om Perm ylvania thinka he Admi-iibtrdtion ?hould have been rc-vfaincd Tom yielding to 'h se d ciat-s of duty and hu nanrty, by * sentiment of scli-reapcd, hi ions quern e of what h rieionimtt'S a menace :out ined in i he coininuni ution of JVIr Fox I.i w .at does the genllt nun find this menace? Tn these words: *'H?-r M j.ay's Governinrnt :ntreat9 ill* Pr. sH? hi of th ? United Stat-s to laka into hi?- most deliberate consideration the lerions uitu'-e of tbo consequences which must ?ntu<: from a r.'jeciion of this demand ** Nov, 'ir, however earneat this linguage I must s>y I see more of de;?Pc:tiori than of menace in it. F oiii w .at eehool of ciij.l in .cy tb * ItonoraM Sen t'?r has drawn tho sensitive a <d f.rt dious Ha nb'd he appli . * to this communication, I kno v no . But I h.d li ought that, in thin pra Lie ii and ulilitirin age, notions so jeaious and >ii: li mat ad had g.v*n place to direotnes# and 'i nidicity ofspx-ch, : rid that an appeal ts the iMiidil reflection o* a foreign Government?n Lh? cormeqn nces which might e isua >'ron the nni as on or p> rfbrm.inco of artan acts, if m.d< in a lone ofcouriray and friendly expostulation, wis uivv.iys held to be admissible, and sonietin.es, i'.de d. proper. I* is a little remarkah'e that lnn .ru go ahn.-a'. id -nlicid wi h t'.is, n a letter of Mr. Fox to Mr. Forsyih, of ^U;h December last, should have passed vviihoit irons.ng. in the ?1 i^tost degre-, the jeaioijg g iiBi'>ilitif a of gtntleuieu. !? that letter. Mr. Fox says to Mr. Forsyth; "I c?n o'. i-ut frirese - the eery grave and seri ous consequence$ that must ensue if, besides the injury Ir^a ly infl c eil u?.on Mr. McLeod, of a vexatious ;iiid ui ju t imprihon>iit.n!, nv further ti .rm may be done bi.u in the pr>?gie?? of Ihis extraordinary proceeding." Bui I mi^t a y. Mr Preaidont. that punctilioi liki these .-ire 1,0 of nub. lance suffi:i?.nl, in my opinion; to c. upy, in th a ng of the wo.nd the gr.va d a ONsious'of a body like th^ S iihU of the Unite J iSlut 9 The ciuri dignity of 1 on. ..1 k n>1t ptit.i. ,0 bo astute ir SWIUlin Oil ?r- ??? % ? imagining or su-poeting intuit. It ia ever se fp<fi.?etl ami collided. ropom.g om the sense ofiu power, jnd tli?*ju>ticc of its cause. Such. 1 trust vv-il ev -r he the attitude and bearing ?! this g.il'ant R public of ours. Lh.isI of all wii it per.ui' it? If l?? be rrst ained from doing wh.:i is r.ghi by ; h* mu uiiwrty of ail feam?" tin fear of b-ing thought afraid." Tito Sen .lor^ Ir.iro Pennsylvania s-im tr have f.trg tt-n tin; illustrious au<i honored na m which w-.'s at the head of this Government whei its Course was t k jh tu rog ird to ilr. .iffiir o .McL'od. Ho indulged Irms 'lf in pit itn.g t* the 8e;.ato tlio haughty mien and indignant de fi .neo with which h* supposes Atidr w J. cksur would have traVed t!?p noma d of the Rri?is*l Minister if he had "til! held th^* fins of power Though the h? ro of New Orleans was nut tt? i in the Cheir of Stain, one his co-. peer in hold n.^ss, iii fc.rle.isir: s, in dignity?o m who ha' heou familiar with tv-ry form of dang' r in >U< li hi. and w.<a n6t to be ci iuntt J hy the r flectim ?.f t' rro s. real or imifii.ary, in tla calunet?on1 nlnmi the People ? Auiurica hud elected-f. his niilit ry and civil services to fill the sea whic i Washi ton h*tl occupied?a veteran win revor shr. n'a fiom a cm.list w.Li British power f co to face, wa< tit -ro. Does the gentle.uai supple >1 a he. too. was panic-stricken ? The c*cnato: front Ponnsylvatiii cnaydismis hi-, appreiionsions tint (h<< honor of the coiintij will b* ronipromi ed in the hands nf tl o?-e ti whom the nation has eirrusted its k-eplng. The reader will observe I hut in the letter of Mr. Fox to Afr Forsyth, Dhc, 29i.il 1840, quoted by Mr. Rives, the lunirnmrr. iw nsorl with tli.il in wlnrh fe? - when Hd.ires.sed by the same person tc Mr. Webster three months afterward* Mr. Buchanan finds so insulting a threat As Mr. B. did not sec any threat in thii language tailing for resentment wher addressed to the Department of Shite if December 1^40, the fair inference istha1 he would not have seen a threat in i when repeated three months afterwards if Mr, Forsyth were still the Secretary o State. This shews how liable even sue! men as Mr. Buchanan are to be iufiuencei by prejudice in the formation of opin mrw. Mr. Preston in his speech on the sami subject remarked that Mr. Rives, in hi late intercouse with the Court of France has used language quite as strong as tha used by the British Minister, and that Mr Forsyih had used language infiniteli stronger, in his correspondence with th< Spanish Minister Don Onis. Lnnguagi of this sort, he said was not unfrequen in diplomacy ; but it was not considers cause af war. When we saw Mr. Buchanan's fini picture of the' 'old Roman" reading fo the first time the British .Minister's letter and with stern indignation resolving "never to make any explanation unde such a throat" we felt tempted to ask tin favor of so good an artist to paint tin same old Roman reading the same three when addressed to Mr. Forsyth. W? were also reminded of the scene on th< portico of the Capitol, when this oid Ro man, on his way to assume the robes o office as chief magistrate of this apgus nation, was assaulted by a maniac, ant rushing through the assembled multitudi around him, with up. cited canc clannet the privilege ?f chastising the scoundrel, A picture was also revived in our mind' eye of a scene once exhibited?'n Nash ville we think it was?:n which the samt Roman?then not so old?and hisfrend Col. Renton were the prominent figures and in which fuming pistols, and drawr sword canes and dirks (Bowie knives hav ing not then been invented) were con spicuotts?the scene sudden!) shifting from room to rot m and from passage t< passage in a public hotel. We were fur ther rcroi?l<M (?ars which we hat " often heard expressed by considerate patrite when the old Roman was first electi ed President, that his notorious rashness ! might involve the country in unnecessary war. But of this enough. Posterity will assign to the old Roman no common place in the history of his country; and it will also be considered no small praise of his countrymen that certain traits of his character exerted no greater or more periranent influence on the Government, notwithstanding his great popularity. The species of resentment towards the , British Government now insisted upon by : t s honor hie Senator seems to us more b coming a college freshman just begining to scrape the down off his chin, or a coir: yard champion, or a Mississippi roarer, than a grave and high minded diplomatist engaged in a negotiation upon the iesult of which depends the momen- J to'i." question of peace or war between two great nations, and of course, thousands upon thousands of invaluable lives, as well a? countless millions worth of property. We do not mean by this that a fear of the sacrifice of life and treasure always in* v dved in war ought to deter a nation from engaging in it when required to do so by a proper regard to its rights or its honor. But we do maan to express disapprobation of that reckless or heedless spirit, which in high places can treat lightly or inconsiderately a matter so grave and of so solemn import. We intended here to present Mr,-Bucha nan's views under his second head of objection to the Secretary ot State, hut t for want of room must defer it till next week. We shall also, as soon as we ran make rooin for it, copy entire Mr. Calhoun's speech on the same subject. ; CONGRESS. House OF R?PBK8B!f TaTIVBS. Tuesday, June 17. On motion of Mr. 1 ] Sergeant, a resolution was adopted to meet at 10 o'clock A. M. from the 23rd.; i nnd on motion of Mr. Filmore, that the House adjourn at 3 o'clock P. M. from the 1 23rd. to the 30th. On motion of Mr. Gilmer a resolution [ was adopted to raise a committee to iof quire into the number and expense of the 1 officers and agents employed in the sever* 1 al Departments at the sea: of Government, and at other points deemed ncces> sary by the committee ; and whether the > patronage of the Government may no the ' j diminished. The committee to report it ^ the next session. On motion of J. C. Clark, modified at i the suggestion of Truman Smith, i reso? lotion was adopted to raise a committee | to inquire whether tho contingent exi penses of the House cannot be lessened; 1 ! and whether corrupt and illegal practices ' j have not prevailed in regard to these ex1 penscs. r Thk late Presidbxt's Family. > On motion of Mr. Adams, the House i? resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill for the reiief of Mrs, 1 Harrison. Mr. A. stated that the object , was to refund to tho family of Gen. H r. f rison the heavy expenses which he had ? incurred in postage and otherwise, inci, de.ital to his being a candidate for the ? Presidency, his removal to Washingtor , dec. and he moved to fill the blank with 5 I S2o,UUU. , A Mr. Snyder from Pennsylvania mofed t< amend the bill so as to make nr appropriation for the family of the late Mr. ' Ogle. He said that if Gen. HarrisoVi ' family were to bo paid for his electioneer. H ing expenses, Mr. Ogle's were cquall} ' entitled, for Mr. 0. had done more thar 1 any one else towards accomplishing the t result of the Presidential election. Afr t S. was called to order and silenced or ? the ground that the motion refered tc f the committee related only to Gen. Hari rion's family. ** ^ - S iL _ fit j Air. Dean or umo, opposed ine diii a considerable length. He placed no high estimation on the merits of Gen. Harrison B But he had no wish to speak of his de " merits; he was willing to let the evil h< had done he buried with his bones, unlesi ' his friends should eulogise him, then hi f would claim tho right of giving utterance * to his opinion. He believed there was f no great distress in the country, and there * could be no merit in attempts to fcmovi 3 what had no existence. Mr. D. was nc t believer in these distresses of the deai 1 People. There was no distress in his district, and he had come here, not t( ? make gratuities, hut to discharge he r constitutional duty according to the wil of his constituents. It was not their wil r that any such bill as this should pass. ' Mr. D. said ho had been astonished at the ^ J remark of the gentleman from MassachuI SCttH, [Mr. Adams ] when he had stated, | as one reason in favor of making thi? 1 j donation^ that Gen. Harrison had made *, large expenditures in an electioneering ! campaign. What! was Congress to re* numerate men for expending large sums f of money in building log cnbins? Was t it indeed so? For himself, he had nn i doubt in the world that money had been 5 poured out like a flood for electioneering 1 purposes. He did not doubt that the Treasury had been emptied, had been 4 drained, to effect electioneering purposes. [Here Mr. D. was interrupted by loud i | laughter and cries of * Who doubts it?'! i j "Very true," and tkWho had the Treasu r> - J . . , * Mr. D. resumed. And not on'y so, 1 but that the pockets of individuals had * been emptied likewise. If the House - should vote this donation, it would br ; shown and proved that individuals had i j improperly drawn money from the '1 reas. J urr to be employed in this election. 1J [Here the laughter was renewed) % ... l : mingled with cries of "No doubt of that" h ?'' we all know t-?t.nJ Mr. I), said that he knew personally f that the West had been flooded with doc. t umcnts which had. come free of expense, t ai\d had been spread in profusion all over t theJand. If gentlemen knew of these * corrupt practices, why had thev voted ' down a resolution which sought to bring t them out to light? Were he permitted < openly to repeat in his place a remark ' which had been made within his hearing J he could given very fair reason why that resolution had been voted down. ' ' [Cries of "Give it"?"give it"?'Met us 4 have it."] , * Mr. D. said if it were proper lie could soon give it, for it had proceeded from an 1 old Whig Federalist. [Calls to order, mixed with cries of "Go , on."] Mr. D. said he was not to be deterred ' by any noise or confusion which gentle. men might choose to get up from giving 1 his views of this bill. It was an attempt to wqrk upon the better feelings of men , I to make them do wrong; but both honor .nli/.v clwtnlrl nine a men above all i UMIJ WIIVMIM K'*""" r such influence. When had such a proposition ever f?cen heard of in any deliberat veb ?dv? Wh ad? sw before I n as serted that be< a use a man's expenses had been immense in setting into a public office, therefore $J5,000 mu3t be granted to his widow! After much more such stuff Afr. ,D. took his seat, and was replied to with | strong expressions of indi^nnton by Messrs. i Lane and White of Indiana, and Messrs. Pendleton and Stokely of Ohio. Ho was also replied to by different orher members, shewing that the object of the bill was to } reimburse expenses necessarily incurred by Gen. H. in the circumstances in which in his public services and private virtues had induced the people of the country to placo him. The grant proposed in th bill was placed on the stm* footing with pensions given to the soldiers of the revolution and tha last war. The obligation of Congress to make the grant on the score of justice as well as gratitude was strongly urged; and it was shown tha? pub'ic feeling among all parties in all parts of the country w.u in its favor. The effect produced upon the feelings of the House by the remarks of Afr. D? an. may be infered from the fact, that in re- < civ, personalities like the following were used without the members using them heing called to order : By Mr. Lane; ' He now turned from the member and left hint and his speech to the infamnas immortalitv so richly merited by 6o'A."?By Afr. White; *' When he saw grey hairs, lie generally beheld them with reverence, because lie was ready to think that each was a momontn of some honorable or virtuous deed in a well spent life; but when the influence of a hoary head was brought , bat as a pander to party infamy he lost his respect for a ge itself in the contempt he felt in witnessing its prostitution." , On the next day AT,-. Dean obtained the floor to reply. He denied that ho had aid any thmg disrespectful as to (iron. Harrison. Air. #Proflit said there had ; been but oner expression from all parlies s as to the character of Mr. D.'s speech. , and that was that it was an attack on Gen. [ Harrison. Mr. D. again disclaimed any . such intention. 3fr. Proffit asked if he | had rend the report of his remarks in the . National Intelligencer. Mr. D. Yes." . Mr. P. Is it correct?" Mr. D- I do , not know." Some conversation follow( ed, savs the report in the Intelligencer" and Mr. Dean was understood to say , that he took back every thing that might i he supposed to he of the character iudi, cated, in relation to Gen. Harrison. , All this proves the strong feeling of . disapprobation with which he now jferr ceived his remarks had been received by i his own party. ? t The committee rose on the 17th with, out a vote on the appropriation, i June 1 Si'h. The House, after ?ome > other business again resolved Itself into Committee of the whole on the same bill. Two or three members opposed the ap I propriation on the ground that Congress ; , has no power under the constitution to make such grants of money- Mr. Young . of N. Y. moved insert 150,000 nstead of j $23,000. in the hill, and some one else j , to insert $5,500. The former motion . tt/na withdrawn and then the motion to ? insert $25,000 prevailed. The Commit-? 4 tee then rose and reported the hill to the.) j House, when the amendment was agreed ? to and the bill passed bv a vote of 122 to , 65. r Before this bill was taken up Mr. Adams , moved that the Chair re-appoint the > standing Committees, on the ground that , the resolution under which thev had been f w j 1 appointed was subsequently rescinded. | The motion was overruled ns out of order. Mr. A. then asked to be excused from . serving as Chairman of the committee on . Indian Affairs, and was excused. ( We had prepared a further abstract of , the proceedings but have no room for it. . Nothing of importance has been done in either house since our last except that the hank lull reporied by Mr. Clay in tfh Senate, after being printed, was made , the Order of the clay for Thursday last, . when it was doubtless taken up for consid eration. 1 FOREIGN, i The Columbia Steamship from Liver. , pool, on tho 4th iDst. arrived at Boston on ! Wednesday evening, at half past 10 ' o'clock in a? little over 12 days. She . brings our regular files nf English papers to the 4th and. Paris to the 5th. PAKLIAtfHCTARY. | Nothing important has been dona in > either house. ; The opinion remains unchanged that I' there will be a majority against ministers . and as an almost ceram consequence a dissolution of the House of Commons.? , The popular cxcilemcqt continued unal I i lated. ' . The Hereford Journal says: We leant rom the beat authority that the dissoluion of Parliament will- Uks place about he 13th of thin month. The proclamaion is ready, and only waits the Queen s ngnature. The new Parliament ia to neet on the 4th of August. We s trust hat the conservates in this district will be oily on the alert, hut the remark is alnost unnecessary, for the very best spirit >revails ail through the county. . Henry A. Wolis, Esq. passenger in the Columbia, is bearer of important despatch* is from the American Ambassadorat the Court oi St. James. The London Tunes of June 3d, states, that t was understood in Constantinople that ah hough iue affair with Meheinent Ali had not a. en brought to a concus-on, no danger existed of in uetng again disturbed. Egypt ?[(i om a 'jd unit on of the London rimes oi June 8 I.]? ur letter* froiri AI?Xitiidru lotbe 2&l or., state that ilie Pasha bad re ax d iiothirg in his prep-irat dti* fc?r dee fence. He hid sent Id additional guns te eureigim il i ) M i i.i i for? winch nh bad visned In sure with tlie Fr-'iich epgineer, liilise Uay, &e., on I^ouis Pnillippfc's birth Jy Smuggling off Slavss.?-'rhere was . I.. . .. IV.ii> matri is quite an 6\cr.ciuciu a io ?.? Apaiachicola, in consequence of the ex. j (io?ure ofa n furious plan, to smuggle away some J four or fi*o slaves b< longing lo me ciiiius of th it place, Tho ?I.iv?h were invited to gel on board of a certain v?s*el in the bay. where it was promised their p'singbto New York should be paid by a certain while miQ* A tree black. a ate war i or c ?ok on board of a vesiel in pofti waa the Hg-nt of comniunicition. The plan wan exp s*d by one of the slave*, a girl about 14 ?e trs of age, being carried by a lighter dowa tne bay, to thj wrong vessel, (3u applying ana board for passug , under the instruction given; the Captain presumed smoothing to be wrong, and h id bor s?miI hack ai her owners in town. B fore the i-ff.irc.mld b> investigated the ochor v?i*el, with the dbol'iio lists on board, was off unoor a Stiff brecte f r New York. The whale ahip Science has arrived at Pottlod, Me., tftcr a three year*cruise, with 3.2UU Uufre In of oil, aud 2,300 l-?. of whale* oooe. The Secretary of the Treasury acknowJed. g' S t.'ie receipt of one hundred dollars, enclosed hi an anonymous let er, post marked New York, June 9. The writer states the SHtne to be flir duties long due" The amouot hati been placed iu the Treasury. Our fair enrreepou lent "Italia" is informed that her couftntfiiicatinri was in type for last Wftk, hut unga'lantly crowded out. Before reading the proof for this welk'a paper, W# found that the printer had made nonsense et it, and then lost the copy. So be wefl ebhgtd to distribute the type. FOUHTHOFJULY. The coiuniitl e >nnotinee the following sr. is gemuits for derating the approaching anniversiry of American I lepmdence v?t Thut the 31 he celebrated as the 4th. , ORDER OP THE DAY. A salute will be fired at oaWti of day. At o'clock a prof'ssion will be formed in fnmt of the Planter's II<>t I, by tit#Marshall of the day, and will move under an escort of the CheflMV Lig it I. f n <y lo tho Baptist Church, whera alter music and prayer, the D'ularntion of Independence will Iw r ad by Jno?H. Leiig, E*q. and ait Oration w.ll be delivered by Alex Ure/e E-q. OF PS9C?98IO!l. Cher aw Light Infantry ! O - P 11_ \ * uraior <y iusqoot. Clergy. Commit fee of Arrangements: Town Council; ' Citizens and Strangers. ' 1 1 ?u U-iiiii?MH MARRIED. Married in Rockingham Richmond Oiitiijr \ C. on tl??* *-v?*tiir?y rti 22d infant Doct dir. Zini'Tman of Columbia iS. C. to Mri. H uinali (ire n of this p!ac*. DEATH. D-parted thin l?f at Choalerfield C. H. S. oii2I*i J ino 1W4I Caroline Minerva* \ fan* child CI L H. Alao'.trook, agudaix mmitht and t Avivf day* FatSiT ! I '6 I th ao! m.i strike Wjucfi bo*iMi iny in am'* hca 1 i.i doith? B it yet I-* tnee in 1 ii?h, I o k, K trucniiierii>g wlin* my Saviour saUk" 4*\V11h gl irioiji" G d-like, heavenly cbansc B* iin'it lorili f.uin lii? b uiga.ut f?ce, While shilling irifuil* in Ilia .trinr, Re'-eiv'cJ liit sou I-survi ving grace!" "Forbid the.ii not t come o me, For than. a ki gdom 1 p ep<ny My grnco is bojinll'>? r\?:h atil frre, And infant aou s receive a all ire." " Vtv Saviour! I ob?y thy vohe. Myself and aM I fnv?i. are thine! 'Tic thin j to exercise acho.cn i To yield, and to adore #ra mine " "?rid love. *tU wisdom all divine WlHi g-n:Iy pli? h tiw smarting rod; 0 iiwf I il fotluo resign, Bf still, and k.iow ih .t thou art God.* ' Chesterfield 6'. H. June 23d, 1841. ARRIVED. June 26th Steamer Oseola, Christian, | and B<?at John Irwin with mere, to A Blue, and others. Departed 28th Steamer Oseola, Chris, tian, for (r^orge Town with Cotton merdc* ~~ NEW SCHTJESt Just received bf Steam But Svrin by D. B. M:AftN. I June 20th 1841 * tf , \ " * i HICK03V SPRMO / S mated in flie County of Chatham Nortfr ' C troi n-i, Eighteen mile# Southwest Pittslior* o i^li so well known for its iiifdr.al virtue if" now in good repair, and the subscriber u rea?- ^ dy for lie* receptii n of Visiters. The propti iivr thinks it w?fcr iy unnecessary to add words or certificates to rennramend tlafp water as ?he many cures which it has per*, f??rmt d will sufficiently recommftnd toil valedf^f> the v r!ueo; tlir water in many diseases pal* t.cuiariv dv^nrpsi*. irtft tiS OF BOARD. Ninetv c nts por day; Five dollars pat week; Children and s wants half pries,-* dorses tif.y cents pr day. Warm, cold, sod Sh ?w?r baths. Prepared at the shortest. . ?m MIM i n??iic??. w i*. | June 30:^1841. 33 fc* 11 9 . , % I * "' * f ' I