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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 postmas. ters, or collectors, or attorneys, or nnr halls within their borders, or march troops through their territories. If the constitution confe s the power of employ, tog such agents why ask the previlege of exercising it 7 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 Kir rnn<pnt nr at tha in^tunpn nf 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 at can. We would not he 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 the question. It is only, however, on the ground that a bank with stale branches, u necessary to enable the government to perfernr properly functions plainly required of it by the constitution that a plan for one is proposed at al', or will be 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 be adopted and carried out in good faith, and with proper efficiency. If not necessary let it be rejected and something besuhstistituted that comes within the meaning of ^ the constitution. There is no middle ground. To ask the privilege of exercising % granted power would he solemn trifHing, To exercise a power not granted would be worse than tnffiing. The onh way in which Congress constitutionally ask of the states the privilege of exercising a power not gr.nted is by asking them to amend the constitution ; and the only way in which the states can grant the privilege of exercising a new power 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 govern merit. The addrest on the fi<?t pag. fto n the? Presi? dent o?* the. Sttte Agri<*uluna! ?ocifty, ougiitto be heade-J "To the Presidents of the Agricu!tur.il S*cu>ti?* nf Smith l^arniinn. Thk McLeod Case. Our stray copy of the National Intel ligencer containing the speeches of Messrs Buchanan anil Rives on the correspondence of Mr. Fox end Mr. Webster about this case, has at length made its way to us. Mr. Buchanan takes tun grounds of objection to the letter of Mr. Webster: First, that it tamely yields loan atledgcii threat made "by the British Government, secondly, that the Secretary assumes an erroneous position in regard to the law of nations applicable to the case. The sub. stance of what Mr. B. says under the first h -ad is summed up in the following paragraphs : a "But the crowning point of this insulting . letter is vet to come : and I undertake to 0 y, that it contains a direct threat from the British Government. I am not extensively acquainted with the language of diplomacy, but I certainly have not neen any thing like this threat in any official communication between civilized nations for the last fifty years. I hope I may lie mistaken in my view of the Ianguage, but here it is: But be th.itas it may, her Majesty's Government formally demand, upon the grounds already stated, the immediate release of Mr. McLeod ; and her Majesty's Government entreat the President of the UnitedStates to take into his most deliberate consideration the serious nature of the consequents which must ensue from a rejection of this demand.* What consequences ? What consequences ? After the denunciation s >vc have heard in the British Parliament, and all that had occurred in the course of th?previojs correspondence, can any thin;; have keen intended hut "the seri us natureof the consequence* which inusi ensue"/ir<wn ioar with Exgland ? And here let me put a case. I am so unfortunate as to have a difference with a frienr. of mine. I will suppose it to be friend from Suuth Carolina, (Mr. Preston.) I know, r you please, even that I am in the wroo;;. My friend conies to nie and demands an explanation, adding, at the same time, these words: If you do not grind the reparation demanded, [entreat you to consider the serious consequences which must ensue from vour refusal.? Certain I am there is not a single mom ber cf this Senate, [ might say not an intelligent man in the civilized world, who would not consider such language as a menace, which must he withdrawn or explained tafore any reparation could be made. It was the moment after I rend this sentence that I determined U bring ihe subject before the Senate.? \ 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 tru y denominated the old Roman, siti ng in his apartment and reading this letter for the first time.? * When he came to thi3 sentence, what would be hi* feelings ? What indignant emotions would it arouse in his breast? Of him it mavbejustly said ?*A kind, true heart; a spilrit high? That could not fear, and would not bow, ' Is written in his manly eye, And on his manly h ow," i Would he not have resolved not to make j any explanation under such a threat?? Would he not have required it to be with drawn or explained before gving any 1 answer whatever to Mr. Fox's demand? In this possibly he might have gone too far. Our Secretary, however, has passed over 1 this threat w.thout adverting to it in any j 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 intelligi. b'e, to quote two paragraphs from the correspondence of Mr. Stevenson, our ' British minister, and Mr. Forsyth, late 1 Secretary of State. The attack on the Caroline was made on the night of J)i cem!>er 29tU 1837. Mr. Stevenson under instruction from his Government, at once remonstrated with the British Government in very strong language, and asked i for an avowal or disavowal of the act. 1 No answer at ail was returned. 0 t the 2,id July 1839 eighteen months after the attack, Mr. Stevenson in a letter to Mr. Forsyth used this language: "I regret to say that no answer has yet heen given to my note in the ease of the , 'Caroline.' I have not deemed it proper under the circumstances, to press the sub. ject without further instructions from your department. If it is the wish of the Government that I should do so, I pray to be informed of it, and the degree of u gmcy thai I urn to adopt." To this Mr. Forsyth replies, Sept. 11th 1839, as follews: **W ith reference to the closing para, jrraph of your communication to the Department, dated 2.id, July last, it is proper to inform you that no instructions are required for again bringing forward the question of the 'Caroline ' I have had frequent conversions with Mr. Fox in regard to this suoject, one of v*tv recent dale; and, from its tone, the President exnects the British Government wi I an ? I swer your application in the case, without much further delay." The following are extracts from the conclusion of Mr. Rives's speech where iie notices the first ground of objection take.i by Mr. B. to Mr. Webster's letter. I beg leave, said Mr. R. to ask the Senator from Pennsylvania in what pro. ceediugs of ihe Government he finds the evidence of an unbecoming spirit of concession to the demands of the British Government? The British Minister, %< in the name of his Government, formally demanded the immediate release of Alexander McLeod." Was the demand ; granted? No. sir; it was firmly refused. ! aud that refusal victoriously placed on j gn nli in-'irn ??ely connected with the nnc;ity of A met scan institutions. The British Minister informed the Secretary of S'ate that her Majesty's Government is 44of opinion that the rapture and desfruction 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 tonrmnnd organize themselves within the territory of the United States, had actually invaded and occupied a portion of the territory of her Majesty." How was this met? By controverting every pyint in the justification, interweaving, in the course of the reply, a new, just, aud powerful defence of the | high moral character of our legislation | an I policy on the subject of neutral ohli- i gations, and "holding up the mirror" to j the British Government, reflecting the ag- j gravatiousaud enormities o * the destrue- J tionofthe Caroline in a iight and colors j so vivid as to lead, it is hoped, to a re- i consideration of that act, .revolting alike ' to humanity and to our national sensibiii- I ty and honor. The honorable Senator complimented j our minister at London for the able and | eloquent manner in which he had present. ! cd this subject to the British Government. Far be it from me to abate a "jot or tittle" from the praises bestowed by the Senator i upon this distinguished citizen of my own State; but, without disparagement to him j sur?.-lv, I may ask. when before basso pow- i crful and graphic a pictureof that outrage, speaking 10 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 I have been unavailing; it m ist be shown j that dav-light could not be waited for; j that there could be no attempt at discrim* | ina'inn between the innocent and the j guiltv; that it would not have been enough ; to seize and detain the vessel; but that j there was a necessity, present and inevi. i 'able, for attacking her in the darkness o1* i lukili. k.tipuI tn th.-> shore. and I III- IIHHM */?? IV ^?S/ ----vvhilw unarmed men were asleep on b>urd, killing some and wounding others, and I hen drawing her into the current, ahove the cataract, setting Iter on lire, and, careless to know whether there nr ight not he in her the innocent with the guilty, ??r the living with the dead, committing her to a fate which fills the imagination with horror." Was tlii'm uny want of American spirt in all this/ No, Sir, no. Tim destruction of the < Carmine be..ig at le igth uvo ed by the Bntish . Government as a public .,c.l. ti e A Imirustr iliou eon id not b it feel tint it w m tinwo thy oi its own character and of t!m < h true yr of tho na. 1 lion, tc#dignity a miserable and subordiuat! in. strnment who may have been euv/oy-*d in it, 'y making him ti:e selected object of national veil- j gcance. It coo'tl not but foil ajjo, liut the; i - --y r - f' . principle of public law which exempts the nj-orhinale instruments from individua rtpo sib'li'y tor acts d- ne in obedience to the oo petent public nulhori* es is 4 principh found in reason and hcminitv, and recognised by tl universal pi actio' ?.f civilized nu.mns. Whi then, did it become a hig'itnndud and honor able Gov rnm nt 'o do, und;r :h s.j circur itaucmt Frank y and unreservedly to adit the principle??o put itself in the right?and do whatever should devolve on it h? mor and rc. pj.isihle P'?we>, o u.'fi! and mainta the right. It ii d a big r;r g, mo?a nobler mi ho 1 tli hi to make vanr upon .Mob cd. It won.d 1101 comply with tlie demand < re!e se htin, lor that was not of Its province; b ti.inking that the courts. 111 the?ier<isi of tli*; 0 vn proper jurisdiction, ought to release hir and charg-l with the in t-rnatinnal relatione the co lut y, it felt ite'fc II.m on, without inti lering wj'h 1I19 fnnMions of an in depend-1 department of the G ?v rmnent, to contributo i moral mil i?uce in support of a great principle interoutioni.' ioerciurso, on t ie due oh-ervani of which tlit hirmony of nations esseulii depends. But the Senator from Petin ylvania thinl the Administration should have been rest'aini from yielding to 'h ?e d ciat- % of duty and h inanity, by ? sentiment of sell-respect, coos quoii' e of what h ceionimtes a mena coot inad in the coininuni utiori of Mr Fu I.i wuat dues the genlhmio find this inermc In these words; *' H?t M .ji s:)'e Govern me entreat* ylie President of ih United Stat-s take into hi<- most deliborato consideration tl serious niture of tho con-equeiicos which mu ensue from a r-'jeciion of this deinund '* No fir, however earnest this hnguage I mast s 1 see more of deprecation than of menace in F 0111 w iat seho?>l of dipl micy th< lionora'i Sen t<?r has drawn the fensitive a.id f-rtidio sta-nla'd he appli-s to this co.. maniCttii?n, know no . But I h.d ti ought that, in this pra tic ti ami uiilitiri n age, notion* so jealous ai > u: limatcd had g.v*n place to directness ai fi nplicity ofapn*ch, : rid that an appeal te tl caudii reduction o* a foreign Government < the consequ nces which might e isui 'lontl oni as on or performance of ct-rta n arts, if m n in a tune of courtesy and frien'llj expostulatm wai w-iys held to be admisiide, and sometime ii.do d. proper. I* is a tittle rctnarkaWe thatlen.ru go altn?' identical wi h this, n a letter of Mr. f ox to M Forsyth, ?<f ^U;li December laid, should ha passed with.i it irons.ng. in the h jai.npit de*r? the jealous e MiBi'dlitira of gmthmieu. In lh letter. Mr. Fox says to Mr. Forsyth; 'I c ?n o' I ut I'nrese-; the tery grave and at out consequences ihut must ensue if, besides t injury liva ly infl ced upon. Mr Mc Lend, of vexatious and uiju-t impritwnun nt, ny furth h .rm may be done him in the pmgieaa of this c truordinary proceeding." Bui. I mi^tS'V. Mr Preyidant that punetili liki these are. 1,0 oi'sub la: ce sufficient, in 11 opiiiiu'i; to Ci Upy, in th a ng . of the wor the gr.va d s ussions of a bo<ly like thu S m of the Uniteu Slat s The cauii dignity of r? scions strength is not prone 10 be astute imagining or su-pocting insult.. It ia ever se poised and colli c'.cd, repo-ung ou the sense of power, jnd the justice of iU cause, &uch, trust wil evl?e the altitude lud bearing this gallant R public of ours. Le.ist of all w it permit it* If l??be rrst ained from doing wl is r.ght by :hr on.t unw?rty of <Ji faais?" t fear of h ung thought af;atii." Tito Sen .torf tf.nn Pennsylvania s-ms hare f?>rg tt-n tin; illustrious 011.1 honored na which W'js at the head o| this Government wh its course was t kan to regard to ilr. affair McLmd. Ilu indulged lrms'df in panting the Senate the haughty misn and indignant < fi .nec with which he .supposes A udr w J; cka would have traVed the noma d ??f the Brio ?lmister if he had still hidd th*' I' ins of powi Tlioug.h the h? ro ??f New Orleans waa not 'ti i 1 the Ch.'ir of Statu, one his co-. peer in bo ncss, in fc.rlesiu-.' s, in digiiitv? o 10 who 1. I.ecu famitur with iv-ry lorn or'dang< r i't > ii hi, and w.<a not to he Ciunttu ! y the r fleet i ?.f t<*rro s. teal or imtgiiary, inili cabinet?<1 whom the People o* Auiurica had *?iecUd his niilii ry and civil services to fill the ?< which W.i>hi ton h*d occupied?a veteran w i-evor shr. n't fiom a cui.tist w.ti British powri f cc 10 face. wa. tu uo. Does the gentlem HUppiue'ia he. too. was panic-stri -keu ? Tiio ?'enato: from Pennsylvania inaydism hi* I'ppreii.'nsioris tint (lie honor o:'the count wi.'l b roniproiiii-ed 111 the hands of thoce whom the nation has eirrusted its k"cplng. The reader will observe that in tl letter of Mr. Fox to Mr Forsyth, De 29ih 1840, quoted by Mr. Rives, t! same language is used with that in wlm when addressed by the same person Mr. Webster three months afterwirr Mr. Buchanan finds so insulting a thro As Mr. B. did not sec any threat in tfc language culling for resentment whi addressed to the Department of Sdite December 1840, the fair inference is th he would not have seen a threat in when repeated three months afterwari if Mr. Forsyth were still the Secretary State. This shews how liable even sui in?*n as Mr. Buchanan arc to lie influenc by prejudice in the formation of opi tons. Mr. Preston in his speech on the sar subject remarked that Mr. Rives, in I late intcrcou.se with the Court of Franc has used language quite as strong as th used by the Brtish Minister, and that M Forsyih had used language infinite stronger, in his correspondence with tl Spanish Minister Don Onis. Lingua, of this sort, he said was not unfreaue ' I in diplomacy ; but it was riot consider cause af war. When we saw Mr. Buchanan's fi picture of the ;*old Roman" reading f the first time the British Minister's lettt and with stern indignation resolvii "never to make any explanation und such a throat" we felt tempted 'to ask tl favor of so good an artist to paint tl same old Roman reading the same thro when addressed to Mr. Forsyth. ^ were also reminded of the scene on tl portico of the Capitol, when this old R man, on his way to assume the robes office as chief magistrate of this ajigu nation, was assaulted by a maniac, at i .1 i. .1 i.i-j I*:*... Ml^lllUg IMIUllgll IIJC UJSeiillNUU UIUIIUJI around him, with up.hfted cane claim* the privilege of chastising the scoundrc A picture was also revived in our mirni eye of a scene once exhibited?*n Nas ville we think it was?m which the san Roman?then not so old?and hisfren Col. Benton were the prominent figure and in which fuming pistols, and draw sword canes nod dirks (Bow ie knives ha in<r not then been invented) were coi spicuous?the scene suddenly shiftii from room to room and from passage passage in a public hotel. We were fu ther reminded of the fears which we h; 1 m often heard expressed by considerate pa- t "* tri is when the old Roman was first elect- "4 i ed President, that Ins notorious rashness it > mig;ht involve the country in unnecessary 1 ?* war. But of this enough. Posterity will 1 assign to the old Roman no common place " ,i? in the history of his country; and it will 1 o also be considered no small praise of his c a' countrymen thatcertain traits of his char- . in * t *. ast^r exerted no greater or more perrrnnert influence on the Government, not- ^ ? withstanding his great popularity. i tir The species of resentment -.awards the r British Government now insisted upon by ,r.: t " honor hie Senator seems to us more ? ' b coming a college freshman just begin- s .f ing to scrape the down off his chin, or a , coir; yard champion, or a Mississippi roarer, than a grave and high minded di- ' plomatHt engaged in a negotia. ion upon j u? the i ?>ult of which depends the momen-1) tou.? question of peace or war between two | x great nations, and of course, thousands * Hl upon thousands of invaluable lives, as well ' nt ' j to ai countless millions worth of property. We do not mean bv this that a fear of the , v, sacrifice of fife and treasure always in- I f >lved in war ought to deter a nation 1 >1 from engaging in ic when required to do "l so hy a proper regard to its rights or its | - honor. But we do mean to express dis* approbation of that reckless or heedless I lie spirit, w hich in high places can treat light* i ly or inconsiderately a matter so grave ri? and of so solemn import. , " We intended here*to present MrvBuc* i f t I hanan's views under his second head of I** objection to the Secretary ot State, but v? for want of room mu9t defer it till next 1 : week. We shall al??o, as soon as we can at , make room for it, copy entire Mr. Cal* houn's speech on the same subject. CONGRESS. !x* House of Rkprksbn tativks. Tuesday, June 17. On. motion of Mr. m | Sergeant, a resolution was adopted to meet at 10 o'clock A. M. from the 23rd,; ,te nndon motion of Mr. Filmore, that the n* House adjourn at 3 o'clock P. M. from the 'n 23rd. to the 30th. y_ On motion of Mr. Gilmer a resolution 4lJj was adopted to raise a committee to in >f quire into the number and expense of the ' 'I ofiicers and agents employed in I he sever. J'1 al Departments at the scat of Govern* w ment, and at other points deemed necesto s?ry by the committee ; and whether the ne patronage of the Government may no the w" j diminished. The committee to report at the next session. je. On motion of J. C. Clark, modified at un the suggestion of Trurnan Smith, a reso. lution was adopted to raise a committee ?r* to inquire whether the contingent ex (j pen sea of the House cannot be lessened; m I | and whether corrupt and illegal practices tie : ha ve not prevailed in regard to these ex. 1,11 | penses. J",! | Thk late President's Family. > 5i!l On motion of Mr. Adams, the House liu resolved itself in'o a cornaiittee of the ar, whole on the bill for the reiief of Mrs. au Harrison. Mr. A. stated that the object ig, was to refund to the family of Gen. H r,y rijion the heavy expenses which he had to incurred in postage and otherwise, inci* dental to bis being a candidate for the tie Presidency, his removal to Washington c. dec. and he moved to fill the blank with fic 825,000. A Mr. Snyder from Pennsylvania t() minted t< amend the bill so as to make an I appropriation for the family of the late Mr. 'j* Ogle. He said that if Gen. Harrison's family were to bo paid for his electioneering expenses, Mr, Ogle's were equally i*? ' /. It /V I , | ,[ | i entitled, tor i>ir. v. una aone more man 1,1 any one else towards accomplishing the at result of the Presidential election. Mr. it S. was called to order and silenced on Is* the ground that the motion refered to of the committee related only to Ged. March rnon's family. nd Mr. Dean of Ohio, opposed the bill at n. considerable length. He placed no high estimation on the merits of Gen. Harrison. ne Hut he had no wish to speak of his de merits; he was willing to let tho evil he had done he buried with his bones, unless ' his friends should eulogise him, then he would claim tho right of giving utterance to his opinion. He believed there was 'y no groat distress in the country, and there could be Ho merit in attempts to remove fT O !..? f krt.-l n.? <.i>if?tnn/YA Mr n iv?ij rtA ! Jjv ? llttl Ilan I'll. !/ HMO nu nt believer in these distresses of th? dear L*d People. There was no distress in his district, and he had rorne here, not to ne make gratuities, hut to discharge his or constitutional duly according to the will ! ,r of his constituents. It was not their will ; that any such bill as this should pass. Mr. D. said ho had been astonished at the ^ remark of the gentleman from Massachusetts, [Mr. Adams ] when he had stated, | e | as one reason in favor of making this I donation^ that Gen. Harrison had made K1 large expenditures in an electioneering 1C campaign. What! was Congress to ren numerate men for expending large sums of of money in building log cabins ? Was !st it indeed so? For himself, he had no id ' doubt in the world that money had been poured out like a flood for electioneering S(j purposes. He did not doubt that the .'ti 11 Treasury had heen emptied, naa neen j [/. drained, to effect electioneering purposes. ! , [Here Mr. D. was interrupted by loud laughter and cries of Who doubts it?" Very true," and 41Who had the Trea?uon s? Mr. D. resumed. And not only so, n but that the pockets of individuals had v* been emptied likewise. If the House 1 n- should vote this dwmtion, it would be ! ig shown and proved that individuals had ' to ; improperly drawn money from the Treas. r. urr to be employed in this election, id [Here the kughter was renewed, t ' 1 I . ? V ' ' i ningled with cries of "No doubt of that" b ?"we all know t~*t.nJ Mr. 1). said that ho knew personally f hat the West had been flooded with doc. t imcnts which had. come free of expense, t Lpd had been spread in profusion all over t he-fend. If gentlemen knew of these * :orrupt practices, why had they voted * lown a resolution which sought to bring [ hem out to light? Were he permitted I >penly to repeat in his place a remark vhich had been made within his hearing p te could given very fair reason why that esolution had been voted down. ' ^ [Cries of *?Give it"?"give it"?"let us lavo it."] ( II? T\ ?* 1 *i ? _l_l mr. w. saia ii u were proper lie coma toon give it, for it had proceeded from an ' ild Whig Federalist. [Calls to order, mixed with cries of i4Go , in."] Mr. I). said he was not to be deterred '! ly any noise or confusion which gentle. ' lien might choose to get up from giving ' lis views of this bill. It was an attempt ' to wqrk upon the better feelings of men , :o make them do wrong; but both honor < ind policy should nlace men above all < mch influence. When had such a proposition ever l?cen heard of in any deliberat veb ?dy? Wh a ad i /**r before I n as jerted that because a man's expenses had heen immense in getting into a public of. ftcc, then fore $J5,000 must be granted to his widow? After much more such stuff. Mr. D. ' took his seat, and was replied to with at rong expressions of indignaton by Messrs. Lane and Wliite of Indiana, and Messrs. Pendleton and Stokely of Ohio. He was also replied to by different other members, j shewing that the object of the bill wa9 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 nlaprt him Thp (Tmnl nmrv>?jf>d in th ....... . .... f,.--* - J bill was placed on the aim** footing with I pensions given to the soldiers of the revo- : lution and tha last war. The obligation i of Congress to make the grant on toe 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 was in its favor. The effect produced upou the feei ngof the House by the remarks of Mr. D* an. may be inferea from the fact, that in re. < plv, personalities like the following were used without the members using them he. ing called to order: By Mr. Lane; '-He now turned from the member and left him and his speech to the infamoas immortal, ity so richly merited by both."?By Mr. White; " When he saw grey hairs, he generally beheld them with reverence, because lie was ready to think that each was a momento of some honorable or virtuous deed in a well spent life; but when the influence of a hoary head was brought bet as a pander to party infamy he lost his respect for age itself in ihs eont?mpt he felt in witnessing i!s prostitution" On the next day M:. Dean obtained the floor to reply. He denied that he had said any thmg disrespectful as to Gen. Harrison. Mr. #Proffit said there had been but on^ expression from all parties as to the clmiacter of Mr. D.'s speech, and that was that it was an attack on Gen. Harrison. Mr. D. again disclaimed any such intention. Jfr. Protfit asked if he had read the report of his remarks in the National Intelligencer. Mr. D. Yes." Mr. P. " [s it correct?" .Mr. D- i I do Dot know." 3oine conversation followed, savs the report in the Intelligencer" and Mr. Dean was understood to say that he took hack every thing that might he supposed to he of the character indicated, in relation to Gen. Harrison. All this proves the strong feeling of disapprobation with which he now perceived his remarks had been received by his own party. The committee rose on the 17th without a vote on the appropriation. June 18!h. The House, after ?ome other business again resolved itself into Committee of the whole on the same hill. Two or three members opposed the ap propriation on the ground that Congress has no power under the constitution to make such grants of money. Mr. Young ofN. Y. moved insert 850,000 nstead of 825,000. in the hill, and some one else to insert 86.500. The former motion was withdrawn and then the motion to insert 825,000 prevailed. The Committee then rose and renorted the bill to the l" 1 I House, when the amendment was agreed | to and the bill passed bv a vote of 122 to 65. Before this bill was taken up Mr. Adams moved that the Chair ro-appoint the standing Committees, on the ground thai the resolution under which they had been appointed was subsequently rescinded. The motion was overruled as 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 reported by Mr. Clay in thv Senate, after being printed, was made ftjp ?rd??r nf tti? dav Pop Thnr^Hnv when it was doubtless taken up for consideration. FOREIGN. The Columbia Steamship from Liver, pool, on the 4th iost. arrived at Boston on Wednesday evening, at half-past 10 o'clock in ar little over 12 days. She brings our regular files of English papers to the 4lh ant! Paris to the 5th. PAKLlAtfUHTARY. Nothing important has boen deno in either house. The opinion remains unchanged that there will be a majority against ministers and as an almost cerat:> consequence a dissolution of the House of Commons.? The popular excitement continued una* ..... t 4 - -J- ii ii tmmesBssBBm. r . - . atel. i The Hereford Jonrnal says: We leani rom the beet authority that the dissoluion of Parliament will take place about he 12th of this month. The preclama* ion is ready, and only waits the Queen'0 ignature. The new Parliament is tcf neet on the 4th of August. We vtrust'' . hat the conservates in this district will be iilly on the alert, hut the remark is tl? nost unnecessary, for the very best spirit >revails ail through the county. Henry A. W.Jh, Esq. passenger in the yoluinbia. is bearer of important despatch* s from the American Ambassador at the 2?urt oi St. Jaines. The L <nd' hi Tunes of June 3d, states, that t was understood tn Constantinople that al* hough lue affair with .Vlehemenl Ali had noC ? en Oroiigh: to a coonis on, no danger exis* ed of Uh ot*tng again diaturl>ed. Ho ypt ?[(* .?m a 2d wat on of the London ruues OI J joe 8 IJ? ur letters froth AleXindria toti.H 2^1 urH state that the Pasha ' * ?.4 Ik -f uu re ax o n.iMir g in ins prep-irai wu? wi fence, il? h id sent lri adJitioii.il gun* to Mre..jjr?ii il 1 iit-r l.? i: fur winch nh, hid 'iBi-eU in Miare witti the Fr ucli t^ineer, li-iliae Uay, &c., on Iy>ui* Pudlippfc'i birth Jy Smuggling off Slavics.?There wei j q me an excitement a few day* ago, in A Apaiachicnia, in consequence of the ex. porure < f a n< f.rious plan, to*inyggle away Nine |fl four or slaves tx longing to me cbix-ns of ih it place. The nlav?n were invited to gel ea biiard of a certain vessel ill the bey. where it wee promised their p 'wing.) to New York * boo Id be paid by :< certain while nun. A free black, i atewarJ or c ?ok on board of a veeiel in putt; wan the ag?nt of com nunic Uion. The plan was exp 8*d by one of the slave*, a girl aboui 12 ie ire of age, being carried by a lighter dowa Lne buy, to llu wrong vessel, Uu applying en board for paiwug ?, under the instruction given; ihe Capiain pri'HUuied something to be wrong, and hid her will hack at Iter owner* in town. B -fore the i.fF.ir could b? investigated the other v !?.?? I, with ihc d'wl tio ii*i? on board, was off uiioor utiff iireotc f.r New York. The whale ship Science has arrived at Portl vid, Me., tfu-r a ihreeyeaf* cruise. Wtth 3.2JO barrels of oil, and 2.300 i .e. of whale* bone. The Secretary of the Treasury acknowled. g< s the receipt of one honored dollars, encioin mi anonymous I?*t or, poet marked New York, June 9 The writer states the earne tube *'.f<>r duties long due" The amount hait been placed in the Treasury. Our fatr correspondent Ttaha" is informed that her cnthmuiiscat ion was in type (or last week, hut nnga'lantly crowded out. Before reading the proof for this wefk'e paper. We found that the printer had made nousenie of if, and then lost the copy. So he wae obliged to distribute the type. FOVHTtlOF JULY. The committ e innonnee the following aria gem mts for c-lobrating the approaehinij an ni vers try of American I lepmdenee That the 31 ho celebrated as the 4th. , ORDER OF THE DAY. A salutu will be* fired at duWti of d?y. At It) o'clock a prorssion will he formed in front of the Planter** M?* I, by theMarshall of the day, and wi!| move under an escort of the Chemw Light L.f.n ry to the Bjptiat Church, where alter mu.ne and praytr, the Declaration of Independence will lie r ad by Jno? H. Long K*q. and an Oration w.ll be delivered by Alot Uie/tr K-q. , OilDSR OF PROCESSION. Chcraw Light Infantry ! Orator <$f Reader. Clergy. Committee of Arrangements: , Town Council; ' Citizens and Strangers. ii Hi" u i ~ i~r r ) OfiiiiBWiE MARRIED. Af-trricd in Rockingham Richmond Cototjty N C. on :!?? i n ning tii 2*<2d inatant Doct. Ohr. Zuiorman of Columbia IS. C. to lire, H inuah (rru n of this p'ace. . DEATH. D-parted fire lif at Choalerfield C. H. S. C. on 2l*t J n* 1*41 Caroline Minerva, i fan* child c? L H. AI?>o!?rook, aged six months and twi-iv?- duy* "F;itli'*r! I 6 I th so! m.i stroke Woich IciAou my in ant', hca i.i doilh? But yd i./tnec i?i t oih, I .o k, K 'meniiiO'ifg w ha' my Saviour saith-" (>\Vha glorious G d-hke, heavenly charm# Beini'<? forth f.oin liis b uignmt face, While flhiili-ig infant* m his arms, Re'-eivM t)i?> soul-surviving grace!" "F'Thi I the.a not t come o me, For Ui3u. a ki gdoiQ 1 p ep?re; My griice is bojiidlm* r\?:li an I frre, Ami infant sou s receive a nil ?re." 44 Vlv Saviour! I obiy thy voho. Myself and a'l I haw, art-thine! Tie thin a to ex rcise acho.c n I Toyiuld, ami to adore ara mine " "'Pis love, Mia wisdom alt divine Wi.i h g u'.ly pli* h the smarting rod; O ma v I il to tine resign, Be still, and know th t thou art God.* ' Chesterfield C. H. June 23d, 1841. ARRIVED. June 20th Steamer Oseola, Christian, and B??at John Irwm with mere, to A Blue, and others. Departed 28th Steamer Oseola, Chris. tian, for (iL-orge Town w ith Cotton merdc. " NEW SUJIAEfll 3)31^ fl"ust received by Steam Bur Swan by *> D. B. M ARX. J..ne 20ih T841 If 4 IltCIiOTtY SPHI.Vo ^ ' S tuated in tl?e County of Chatham NortV C trot na, Eighteen mtlea Southwest Pittshor. o t rli so well known tor Us tnedr.al vrtu-?a, if now tn good repair, and the subscriber is rea? ( dy for ih?* recepti* n of Visiters. The propri? dor thinks it wifcr ly unnecessary to add words or certificates to recommend thf water at ?be many cures which it has psur&, ^ /orrn?'d will sutficeiitly recommend toil valeds? ' the v rtue o; tli- water in many disease* pa*ticuiarly dv?ncj*?i'\ rrn'm* jrm ?m td AV DA A D Yfc A riR.V v* uvauvi Ninety c nt? pw day; Fiv?? d?lt?T9 per . week; Children ?n?l 8 rvanta half price.? I Iowa fif.y cents pr day. Warm,cold, and. Sh >w?r baths. Prepared at the ahortea*. n??tice. * Wtt. BtrKN. June 3U:b,lS4r. 33 ft. 9