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that sural takn ?ir bad article, anneal all; unwinder tho !???, woWport 1 MW <100,003 worth to oil part# M-lho World, in fr?? and fair nmnpnlition with | FitHWo, Italy, In lit nmt China. u *Tho monopoly (< ( ailk),' said Mr. I '* llmdyaan, thajl piniliwml tnlwl monopoly. J WI?* aTwnya nuro to produce?an indifF. r- < cncefithrtt^toU^wmcnt. That < useful;anal which givca lifo to industry, i 7iWt#_fa<lr:T? inr"":iy. ** manufactures, occasions uncensing efforts lb* ?Utclc m <h* moat economr | cfi.fpn^Ud boon comparatively extin- I K0i*hod> , Tp the prohibitive system it i fM to U.atdrM, thft in silk only, in the I whole niin of inaniifactures, we were ' kft behind oof neighbor*.'' We have here a proof of that chilling and benumbing rhich is swfo to be produced when i airgeitfo* is celled into action, and when aftrtt?n tendered'indifferent to exert ion by he iauModt eocority derived ftroM reetrk. tie* Mgnletiewa.* The' principle that is appiieaWata ana arty irapplknbto toanoth* er?anAtbe ^Uvefnl xeal which gives life te UdH||ii iohatrfly> Wss necessary to the mspamifal-, production of a quarter of pbaalt at the roaring and fattening of an ox, than to the production of good web of silk*-" vt sv ' ?. .. i' lOt.! MPLT TO TUB ABOVR. ., Am tk JV. y. Commercial Advertiser. liiH,, JlMI T?AD?. lUjlMaiV tb C?mmercimt Advertiser. iittjr?Of all the party claps of tjhe oayt it.appears, to mo that no one has 'W.ffi'11!'! ?? ?* orji lew understood, than that of freo trade. ..til#** to oall your attention and that L Ol.your readers to as editorial piece in the Evening Poet, with an extract from English, papery on the article of silk manufactures, in illustration of the advantage* of free trade, not only to a country, (fujt.lo the manufacturers thomseives.-rAnd as the Journal of Commerce has a qiiyPft if not the same editorial remarks ami extracts in its columns, it is fair to gji$MM?e Uutt the. editors of both papers understand what they^are writing about, ami moan what they say. Silk maaulactures aoif pay a cash duty in England otjmiKj per cout.; moano Uioy call that known u bouse in the v^pity of fVni'tf cbqrch yard, under the pretest/a* of duly, excbcquered for French goods found in their mammm **7 f t* *? farther thmiundffgu the ordeal of .an invealigatoon b? Ike officer- of the government?. Tko *J*vo named editor* aay, o the, silk tfada of Englaadbae boon W of , the Ayiggd jnf tlgA iHyiliiMj ftf free trads) that #QuW possibly be made." If thia is true t do not know what free trade UMa I have, been an importor for more than thirty years, and am tired of government experiments; believing Iw^hnnI piutwW n??d J ( ' .'it# **n labored suppliea the emmtry. with a circulating medium of equal value in every pirt of it, our mercantile. interests enroot prosper. I send7 yek these cloned from the-Journal of Com. mnrtflwd Wtfl thenk^yoe toaaktheedi. **m of (fist paper and of the Evening P<?4 What free Irndc ro<a?? in the vocabulary of rtU Jay. I ti.mf nu.f n ' a < . |2 a 4." Ow? ^4T1T? AVKUCXM IMPORTER. ( [Tho extract from an English paper, , t*vwkich out correspondent refers, does , Mt OMMy the MM lhil.thore it no pro- c taetiwadMy mmimportedsrtk in England, ? a* the editor of the Evening Post appears t to hare supposed. It speaks of free trade im apposed to monopoly?not to protec- t tion. And the great increase and im. ? #yggWjy jboailk mar.nfiicturc, which J the Poet end journal cito as argument in J favor of free trade, have grown up. under . a protectiag duty of 30 par cent, aa the vwv>* vi m id jjwinM nwj seo ny rc- . i'erriig to the report from the State De- c partm*t, <M the commercial relations of ( 4ha Untied State* with' foreign natbna, a ftnemneitl No. 108 of the fiouso of RepreeeoNttive^ poge 188.} *1 f ! rf CH 1 ? . . "i.lTlM, n'l I . Piwiiwi paox both wdm.?-The fclbei?| proceedings took place in the t ffonseof Repteeofrtatireo on the Mrd of < hitmtjr'., The ieornat.of Saturday was read and approved. . . [ . Hr. FUcnore row and. asked leave of tfcftJIoMae to make a personal explanation with reforenco tp himself end to the ihwemiUeo of Ways and Means. ? Mo abjection being mad*? i t Hr. FUlmere proceedod. So long a* ho 1 hedhaM a Otcmbor of this House, ho said < ha had oarer, prior to this time, fait it. hi* Wff Mi n#??ea any newnpapor articles with I inference * fitMAoadiMt, or with refer. t mwto <M; eenriuct of thoae eoaoeciwl I with tM ?b*e lUw. NovertHelosa, 4 tMwMJMa JkMlbt to hie aeticean 1 ndit|?fcH article, pohtionad in a leading | Administration paper, printed in New | York, "the Union," of the date of Sntur- i day, Jmtmnrj. 23, 1848* reflecting ao mnrhioalho character of 4no Committee afWejfaanl Means, and of this House, ] noneOiailv that narft of this Houao with 1 jwm kutMnlly iclad. that ba felt it hi* | dotjr to iwiiM H. Ha aroykl send ihe 4*qjer l^lho clerk ami rrqueat hint to read I Km aritcJ, t -/ .'Fha olcikfcaad aa followar . I ? I*#mm op fjwjtiox.??ona of i -IfciMitt iftfcJfMMMtMt* that 'faction,' tn tfcayffiaaatado of it* powar, cv?v perpet r*. i idd taifc,yhco at the Cubital of tho Uni. i hd Btalaa?Ilia.day befofre (l*e Committee *0 Way#had Manna reported on tho eab. **Kt had hoe* aeraWatmH that a majority of (h? moat liberal and discreet Whigs cr(l n w as^eif probable I ho Cnmmelteo of W?ys anid Moon* would report in fnvtoe of tj? bill brought forward by Mr. Gushing, ' Those r^SLU having reached tho oars of.the.leadbra n| the Clay faction, a caucus" was ordered and hold en, and went into operation J tho night before tho report of the Conarnittce was made. " At the opening of the caucna it was planned that a majority of too Whigs present, weary of waging a reckless, unprofitable and infamous opposition to the people's will, had determined to go forth, like ?* ? -t-*? VT""** wu iiuitin mo rresiueni ana Im Exchequer, At thin stsgo of tho affair, the leaders took choir stand end commenced a furious attack on tho President and tho Administration, and denounced thorn both; and, having got up much excitement, they a. vowed that if any man, as a Whig, gave the Joast countenance to tho plan of tho President, he would be a traitor to his party, and as such should bo presented to his country. "Still many of tho moro discreet and liberal Whigs manifested a disposition to sustain tho Exchequer and do something to relieve the ombarrnsmonts of tho nation. . "At this stage of the game a letter from Mr. Clay was brought forward and read. In .that most precious documont ho urged that it was the duty and tho policy of the Whigs to defeat the Exchcquor and leave the country to suffer. Lot the pcoplo fed,' said tho writer of the lettor adroitly ; 'let thorn suffer ; and, casting the responlibility of the act on the shouldors of the President, as they will, they will soon become outrngoous, and blight the last hopes ?f his aaeondency. But if you givo them in Exchequer, it may relieve them aomowhat; it may afford something of that pecuniary aid they seek, and tho Whigs will bo divostod of the capital they work upon/ "Such vm the substance if not the rery letter,.of the epistle, end it was not vitnout its effect. A long and an anninatcd debate erisued, and finally the question was taken by ayes and noes. It is not known what was thd exact vote, tot is known that the minority v?as very itrong, and that the majority lin favoi'of attracting in tavcus the Committoe of l?ays end Moans to report against tbo Exchequer did not exceed four votes. **A majority obtained after overy thing ike argument, menace, and denunciation tad been exhausted and Mr,. Clay's white Charlies defeated the Exchequer bill in :aue?M? bound in chains one of the most mportanl.. standing Committee of the National Congress, and deprived the noion of an opportunity of oven discussing i bill, in tho fate of which the happiness, he interest*, and tho futuro splendor of the wholo nation are involved. 44 If the Exchequer bill had not been Jofeatad by (ha caucus?if it hnd bean >ermitted to be introduced to Congress, here it legitimately belonged, it would men peesod by the votee of the Democra. sy, aided by those of the supporters of the Idminiatration and the support it would men obtained at the hands of the more iberal Whigs. But Mr, Clay ordained that the poo. >ie should suffer; his slaves in Congress son sum mated too act, end let the infamy >f the deed rest on tho shoulders of the taprincipled of the Whigs?on him who, to Mr. Randolph, of Roaneko, fitly and ilotpienlly said, attempted to sustain liim> If and his hopes by forming a coalition tetwoou tho Puriipn a."?d tho blacklog. Let the American peoplp redfl and sec, n their utter amazement, that a caucus if inprincipled demagogues and knaves at iVashington, acting at the nod of Mr. ?lay, can and do blight and desecrate (ho lea rest and holiest interests of the nat'on. -#et them rend and know these things; ind then, if they be troo to themselves, let hem advance in solid columns to the res. :ue of an Administration that is entitled o every man's confidence, respect, and ipprobation." Mr. P. said he desired also an article iron* the Madisonian of this morning, on he same subject, to be read. Mf. Wise interposed on a point of orler, and after some conversation therein? The Clerk road from the Madisonian as ollows: From the Neio York Corretpondtncr of tkt Ma. dioonio?.] u Nkw Yobk, January 10,1843. ** One of the Moat disgraceful acta that jver distinguished a faction occurred nt Washington, a fow dnya prior to the utter* ng of the report of the Committee of Way* and Moans in reference to the Ex:hequer bill. * Jt is n somovrhat roundabout way, to >e sure, to get facta beforo the public that ranspire at Washington?to send this rom New York to the American Metrop. dis; but, as there are obstacles here in he way of free communication, and as he fact I wish to gel to the world is imk>rtant, 1 send it to you ; end here I state t. ** Tho night before tho Commit too of Ways and Moans was to roport on the ttxcbequer bill, a'caucus' of the Whigs woe held, and tho subject was taken up [or consideration. " After consultation and debate had >een had, it was found that there was a itrong and determined disposition on the ! partof the Whigs to report favorably and to volo in favor of the bilf. Indeed, thcro was a majority of tho caucus in favor of such an issue. In tho midst of this stnte r>f feeling, it was urged by unprincipled leaders 1 hat, if tho bid found a favorable report, nnd should by any chance bo ndop. ted, it would at nnco ensure the popularity of the Administration, nnd facilitate the prosperity of the President. This of w jt\\ probability* would hrtVO beci Onoiigji the biU, and secure tin defeat of mo Exchequer scheme ; but otrf 'or aids wcro called in to consummate th< unprincipled baseness of tho Whigs. "Toeomplot* tho work of inkpiity, i letter written, it is said, by Mr. Clay, da ted at Hatchoz, in whicn it wns urgei that Congress ought to linger on till th< 4<h of March, do nothing Tor tfio country and thus, by * applying the screws to th< wholo commerce and business of the na lion, rouse it to indignation townrds th rrcsiuenr, ana mo a mu tne lowennj; am bit ion of the Kentucky candidate for th PrMtkney.1 j My aourcoa of information arc correc and authentic, and the facts horc stnte< cannot bo donicd by the Whigs in Con gross. " But for the acts of the Whig caucu the Commit too of Ways and Means wouli havo reported the Exchequer bill on thi basis of the schome presented by the Ex ocutive ; it would have been taken up it tho House, and been adopted by the votei of the Democrats, aided by tho libera Whigs." Tho House (continued Mr. Fillmore would now perceive that grave chargei were brought against the conduct of (hi Committee of Ways and Means, in report ing against the Exchequer. Tho firsi charge contained in the articlo in th< Union, and reiterated in this letter in th( Madisonian. was this > "It had been ascertained that a major ity of the more discreet Whigs were ir favor of the Exchequer schome recora monded by tho Executive; and it wt< further ascertained that it was very prof) able that the Committee of Ways arid Means would report in favor of tho b II brought forward by Mr. Cushing. Then facts having reached the ears of the leapera of the Clay faction, a caucus was ordered and holden, and went into operation tho night before the report of that committee was made." With regard to the single fact stated hero, Mr. F. desired to say that the rep<irl from tho Committee of Ways and Menni to this subject was made on Monday morning ; so that if a caucus was held on the night preceding that report, by the Whigs, in reference to this subject, it must hn/e been held on Sundoy evening, and ho desired to say that no caucus was hohkn either at that or anv other time, to Kin know ledge, with any such object, or wlien any such proceeding* took place a* is alleged in this paragraph. No communication or information had ever come to hu knowledge [A voico: "Or to the knowledge of any body."] from any source, that a Whig caucus had been held, at which it was dotorminod what kind of a report should be made in this case. The next charge was as follows: "At tho opening of the caucus it wafl plain that a majority of the Whigs present, wonry of waging a reckless, unprofitable, and infamous opposition to the People's will, had determined to go forth, like men, and sustain the President and tho Exchequer. At this stage of the affair the leaders took their stand and commenced a furious attack on the President and the Administration, and denounced them both; and having got up much excitement, they vowed that if any man, as a Whig, gave the least countenonco to the plan of the President, he would be a traitor to hie party and as such should be presented to his country. "Still many of the more discreet and littoral Whigs manifested a disposition to sustain the Exchequer, and do something to relievo the embarrasmeiit of tho na. fion." j?,\ F. hnd only to sny in rofercnco to that, that ho had no knowledge of any such act at any lime. He had no l?eliel in nny such thing hai'jng taken place, If it had he challenged any it,dividual on this floor to rise and say he knew of it* The next charge was? "At this stage of (he game, a letter from Mr. Clay was brought forward and read. In that most procious document he urged that it was the duty and the policy or (no Whigs (o defeat the Exchequer and leave the country to suffer." Then followed (mid Mr. F.) whnt perported to be a copy or an extract from thut letter. He had only to say in reforonce to it that he knew not whnt Mr, Clny's sentiments were in reference tc this subject; that he had never heard that Mr. Clny had ever written a lettci to nny person ill reference to this sub' jeet; that no such letter had ever beer produced or spoken of or alluded to al any meeting or caucus of the Whigs 01 cf any other portion of this House thai he had attended, and thut the only knowl ec.',TO ho had in reference to Mr. Clay'i opinions in rognrd to thismntter was thai general itnowlodgo which ho should infei from his (Mr. Ch?y'?) character and pub lli> /-nniinni And from no other Mlllm whntovcr. Having denied most unequivocally nnj knowledge of any caucus at which anj part of Iho proceedings here detailed tool place, Mr. F. could only say, in referonci to the wholo statement here contained that so far as it related to any action o the Whig party of whicli ho had an) knowledge, it 1oat unequivocally and also lulely false?and if thero wiunny mem her on this floor who knew any facts other wise, he desired him to rise now and giv< the House tho information. It was duo to himself and to the com mittoe with which lie acted, to any Ilia !? /! li?l/on nit find aiilitAO I ivKiillu i rt iiirjr ainu ? ?*%?#? ??|r ?mn *? ??i dependent of nny thing that had tnkoi pluco heretofore in thi* House or else where ; and with reference to himself h< 4 i .. * i Xtd *fy fat ho ih?d commenced (ho ? consideration oft ho subject with jl strong * desire that" thry' might ho able to frecom^ >mnnd this subject, at something similar to it, to tho ndoptioh of the House And * top country'; and it was only on n full j investigation of tho subject, with this doQ sire on his part, thnt he had como to tho conclusion that ho could not discharge J bib duty to the IIouso and to tho country, . but by recommending tho rejection of tho o plain of tho President. He did not know thnt his duty toliiino so|f or to any other genttemno required that ho should say more. There wcro t ojiher monitors of tho committee hero, l' and if they had nny knowlodgo of this * subject beyond his, or different from it, lje hoped thoy would riso and givo that ? knowledge to tho House and to the world. Ho was askod (and ho had no objections to stating if it was in order) how long it , was beforo this report wos made thnt tho rnfflmil(?n enmn t<> tlia Mnnluunn at 1 which they finally arrivod in the report* Ho would say that the committeo took up) ) tho subject and investigated the several ? documents carefully, and when thoy came ) to the final result there was no difference of opinion in the committee in rcferonc^ 1 to it, and that it was at least two weeks, ' nnd ho should think more, before tho re. port was made to this Hou90. It wns then directed to be drawn up, and time ' wan givon for it, and for canvassing it in committee, before it was finally submitted , to the House. If there was any member of the com* | mittce whoso recollection differed from I his in regard to this thing, or if there wan i any member of this House Whig, or Democrat, or who belonged to what wns usually denominated " the guard," who > had any knowledge of fncts different from ' what he had now stated, he hoped that member, whoever ho might be, would riso ' and stato it, that he might hnvo an op' portunity for correction. He had stated ' the facts as he understood them. | Mr. Wise inquired if he understood that the gentlemnn from New York (Mr. , Fillmoro) intended to impute to him (Mr. , W.,) or any other memlwrof what he , choose to call "the guard," nny part or i lot in this publication in "tho Union" i or in " the Madisonian ?" Mr. Fillmore. Most certainly not; 1 he would not suspect any member on this > floor to be guilty of so dishonorable and ' so disgraceful an act. > Mk- Marshall?Mr. Wbiistbr.? The following is an extract from a late speech of Mr. Marshall's, in the House of Representatives, in which ho describes Mr. Webster in delivering his speech in roply to General Hayne, on tho subject , of nullification. i Sir, I apoko the other day of the imI prcssion made upon mj imagination by the great Senator from Massachusetts when I saw and heard him for the first time put forth his vast powers in debnto. The Democratic prints sometimes call him the "godlike" in derision. To me that day ho seemed almost divine. lie looked the Olympian Jove in Council. Had colestial wisdom chosen a mortal res. idence, on that majestic brow she might have fixed her throno. The massive grandare, philosophic cast, and rigorous contour of tho head, all giving infallible inI dication of tho possession and intense oxt ertion of the higher faculties of reasoning I and investigation, contrasted, yet hnrmo. , nised with the wild and dreamy light that streamed from the large, dark, unfnlhnm, able eyes, flashing as they rolled, the very , soul of idealism and romanco. P Never was the appearance of a man more in perfect keeping with the true ' character of his intellect; ncvor were 1 head and face more truly tho typo of tho genius which animated them. Never wC.r? more varied, wonderful, and to vul' gar npprC.'ieft-'don, incompatible faculties I conferred "on any n?*n. Profoundly learned* he exhibitod its reWl.1' I * rather than its processes. No clumsy, fabgu'.'ng. pedantic array of the immense mnss of his knowledge; no tedious details of the vast range of facts from which ho had deducod his principles, loaded your attention or retarded his argument. He had studied the history of nil nations, and extracted the universal truths impressed upon (hem all that he might apply them (o the peculiar constitution and practical affairs of his own. He had bathed in (ho fountains-and quaffed from (he genuine source of knowledgo and of truth, and came Ihonce imbued and reeking with the essencoof phi-1 losophy, whilo he tramplod and rejected the trammels of tho schoolman's jargon, scorning to employ as (ho instruments of his demonstrations the formal categories of a tecnical logic. Yet tho clusrness, closeness, simplicity and accuracy of his statement of general propositions, and the intense, rigorous, unsparing sorority with which he enforced and applied them, neither chilled the glowing nor curbed the granduro of his stylo. A long nnd swelling volume of his speech rolled proud philosophy, seated in the triumphnl car, clad in tho gorgoous vest moots, and breaf I thing from ovory part tho rich perfumes f of poetry itself. And what, whut was his (home that dnv Tho constitution, its popular origin, its paramount power, its entiro independence of State control or interference, tho uni3 vnrsality of its powers whero they did oxist, and tho jurisdiction of tho Snprurno Court of tho Union of nil questions on 1 which thir existence was involved. * These mighty principles were tho very 1 burden of his discourse. Ilenvons, how his lip wroathud and curled under the u fierce and almost savage smile that ijniv. ?>. [jmi * % >r wn<I plnye&/4aronnd his mouth nndovor lit* swart .cheek, like lightning o'er n cloud, whilo Ho hurled back tho Ihunder* of his invective, or pour* od out in mingled mirth and madnoss tho full torrent of his derision and scorn upon the peculiar doctrines of tho South, sent* tcring sophisms, retorting sarcasms, and flinging defiance upon tho huntors of the South and West who pressed and swnrined around tho lion thoy had roused. And shall ho, my master, come hero now to untouch mo nil, all? Hero Mr. Proftit called tho hour ruto, and Mr. Marshall ceased to speak. onn. jackson's fine. Tho Now Orleans Tropic gives the fol. lowing narrative of facts which led to tho imposition of the fine of 91000, which Gen. Jnckion's friends in Congress are now seeking to have refunded. The ever memorable battle of New Orleans, as all know, wns fought on the 0th ot January, 1815. That boltlo was de. cisivo in its character and in its results. The troops of Great Britain, flushed with the hopes of an easy conquest, were de* fcated, driven back in disgrace, leaving their General and the flower of the army among the slain. Those who know aay* thing of the history of the times, know the courage and devotion displayed upon that occasion by all classes of our citizens. Almost every man capable of bearing arms shouldered a musket and rushed to meet the invader, and among those who fought hnrdest and bled freest, the French population of the city were eminently distinguished. Tousard, the French Counsel at New Orleans, though forbidden to enlist himself, was most active in I inducing his countrymen, residents of the 1 city, to enroll themselves, and with perhaps a few exceptions they rallied around the stars and stripes with as much alacrity aa the bravest Amoricnn citizen. Men owing allegianco to la belle France, did as much servico on that glorious occasion 1 as nny whoever pulled a trigger, and they 1 did it without the hope or expectation of 1 reward. Many of these bravo fellows a- 1 bandoned their families and homes, de- 1 termined not to lay down their arms while the foe was within our reach and nobly did they rudeem their pledgo. They did not retire until our proud invaders were 1 humbled?until our rivors ran red with I thnir blood, and our flolds were covered 1 with their slain. Rut when tho enemy had been repulsod, and our arms were 1 covered with a signal, and so far as wo were concerned, an almost bloodless vie- I tory, then, and then only, they asked for permission to retire?for leavo to return to their deserted homes I As they wore citizens of anothor country, men who had volunteered defend our soil, this request 1 seemed to be the most natural one in th" world. The exigency which had called them forth hud passed away, their servi. 1 cos wcro no longer needed ; and when the r<>til of our fona no lomrnr nolliitnrl iKn soil " " ? J" O? 9 of Louisiana?when news of the ratification of the treaty of peace between Great 1 Britain and our Government had been received, then, and not till thon, they naked what they were by every consideration ' entitled to, a dischnrgo from further duty! Thcso applications, tho reader will remember, wero made on the 22d day of February, and more than a month after the battle! The first applications for discharge were granted upon the presentation of certificates of their national chnracter, signed by Tousard, the French Counsel, already spoken of. The first applicants were readily discharged by General Jack* son, but tho number increasing more than ho calculated on, he got into a towering passion, and orderod Tousnrd to leave tho ' city. On the Inst day of February ho issued a general order, commanding all Frenchmen having Tousnrd** certificates, countersigned by himself, to retire from the city to some point above Baton Rouge! [n addition to this, a list of the names of all persons who did not leave within three days, was directed to be taken. That so ungracious a return should have been mnde to the gallant fellows who had aided in the defence of the city, very nniurally, excited a great deal of feeling. Papers from Washington, announcing the urrival of the troaty, hud been rccoived, ana ine orucr 01 ucncrai JacKson was considered exceedingly harsh and unnecessh.'V. At this stage of tho proceedings, Louallicr, u native of France but a member of the Lcgibblure from Opalousas, and ono of tho moat active and efficient members in all that trying time, wrote and publishod in the Courier, an article of some length in which ho reviewod General Jacksons order with some severity, nod recommended the persons alluded to, to remain quietly nt their homes. This publication appeared on the 3d of March, and at once, the pent up wrath of General Jackson burst forth. No persuaded himself that Lounllier could be tried by a Military Court Martial as a spy, and hung up without ceremony. With this viow he caused to be published, the second section of tho rules nnd articles of urnp u/lkir*lt ilnnAtinpna llin i\mtiaKmnnl r?f . ? - death ngaingt spies ! Accompanying thin section wan a notice, that tho "city of New Orionri9 und iln environs, being tinder martial law, and several enenmpmontn and fortifications within its limits, it was doomed necessary to give publicity to tho section for thu information of all concerned !" This publication won made on tho 4th of Murch, and tho next day, Sunday, tho 5th, Loutillicr was arrested and confined ! Mere it was that tho trouble commenced, and here it may not he improper to add, that in Dccomhor previous, the Logisluturo had refused to comply with tho wishes of (Jen. Jackson and suspend tho operation of tho writ of habeas corpusf That body wisely determined not to outlaw the citizens of the Stale by depriving thoin of that great bulwuk of personal liberty. I'. The counsel of Louallior applied to :(!<lllt of the Unitod State* District for a writ of Habeas Corpus, and Immediately gave his fiat. Gen. Jackson at once conceived that he could try > Judge (Tall also before a Court Martial, und hang him and forthwith he signed a w urrant for his arrest, and the mittimus for his imprisonment t Judge lltllt Was accordingly nrrcstod at his Ikmiso that flight, and con lined in the satne room with Louallior in. the barracks! This done an of- & fi :or was dispatched' to Claiborne, Hie Clerk of the Court, with demand (of | Louallicr's petition, on the buck of which Judge (fall had made his drder, This the Clerk peremptorily refused to surrender, but finally consented to tako the docu-. 2 mont to (inn. Jurlcmn. ITnnn ku ?:?I _ ? V |'W? ??irv?HT tit Gen. Jackson'* quarters, be waaaakcd 1 if it was his intention to verve the writ, to ] which ho promptly responded, yea! lie too was threntenod with an arrest, bul be was not to be moved by menaces from the discharge of his duty. Ho had hand, ed the petition of Louallier to Gen. Jack, son when he entered, and upon retiring, demanded it, but his demand was treated with contempt and the paper withheld from him ! Upon the arrival of Duples* sis tho Marshal, who was one of Jacksen'a Volunteer aids, he was asked if he would serve the writ, and when ho answered in the affirmative, he too was pointed to the proclamation of martial law, and threat, encd with nrrest. Dick, the Attorney of the United States, applied to Judgo Lewis, ef one of the Slate Courts, for n writ of Habeas Corpus to release Judge Hall, and tho writ was granted. An soon as Gen. Jackson was ndvisod of this, he ordered Lewis aod Dick to bo arrested 1 and Gen. Arbuclo, who had charge of Judge Hall, refused to obey Judgo Lewis' writ I This was on the 6th of March, and Gen. Jackson was morally convinced that a treaty of peace had been ratified I On tho 8th he announced that he had 44 perluasivo evidence" of the fact, and his first duty was to discharge the body of tho militia of tho Stale! When tho court martial for the trial of Louallier catne on, on tho Oth of March, he pl?d want of jurisdiction to all tho specifications, and the Court sustained his plea on all the charges, save nno, and on this one, tluiy acquitted him I At tho rosult of this trial General Jack, son was greatly disappointed and mor. lifted, but he did not reloase any of hie prisoners! Tho acq ittnl of Lounllier, however convinced Gun. Jackson it would be useless to try Judgo Hall on the an me charge, and on the 11th of March he wan reloasod from prison, conducted by a guard several mi'e? beyond tho limits ef the city and order'd not to return 4* until the ratification of the treaty was regularly announced, or the British shall hava left tho Southorn coast!" What fol'owod may ho related lira few words: On the 13th official information of tho ratification of tho treaty was re. ccived.nnd shortly afterward* Judge Hall returned to tho city. On tho 31st; the affidavits of tho Clerk of the District Court, of the Marshal of the IInU?il ? ???. of the Attorney of Louallior, nnd of the Comma ndor of the n*rrnrkn, were laid before (ho Judgo, nnd on the motion of tho United Stated Attorney, n rule to show cause why process of attachment should not issuo against Jackson, was granted. Tho rest is soon told. Gen. Jackson was brought into Court, nnd for his contempt of that tribunal fined $1000 and costs! To show that Gen. Jackson's conduct in the order to the Fronch population, and the imprisonment of LnuaUiur and Hall, was wholly unnecessary, it is only necessary to make nn extract from his defenco, in which ho ndmits that "most of the acts mention- d in the rule took placo after tho enemy had retired from tho place lie had at first assumed?after thoy had met with a signal defeat?and after nn unofficial account had heen received of the signature of the treaty." Correspondence of the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. < i. ' Wasiiixqtox, Jan. 25, 1843. SENATE. TUB ORROOJi BILL. After some, (a very little, nnd not importnnt,) incidental business, the bill for tho occupation and settlement of the Oregon Territory was token up again. Mr. McDufTio, of South Carolina, had tho floor. He thought there had been some precipitation in bringing forward this measure. He hod no doubt of tho titlo of the United Stulcs to (lie territory, at least as far as 49 deg. North latitude. Hilt lharn arc lu-n imrlirn In t l.is .....li.. . ... ?- ? . -- ?? ? i|?vntivi| | and Iho other party is as confident of its title as we are of ours. And how is this to bo settled? And what is the existing emergency, to cull upon ua at this unpropitious moment to adopt the hostile course described in this bill, and that, too, aftor slumbering over it through long years of profound peace, and unparalleled prosperity, when there was no legitimate or illo* giliinntn modo of expending money, of which the government of tho time did not avail itself? Mr. McDudio alluded, with strong ap. probation, to tho courso of the English Government in tho Into negotiation, and to tho present Administration for the ed> miinhlo treaty which was its happy result; and while nil tho world were shaking hands u;jon this aiiHpirioiiM sfillloment of our difficulties, wo nro now about to assume a hostile attitude toward tho rounlry that had font us. so lately, the olivo branch of |>cncR; wo nro about, in return for this, to fla?h in its fnco the sword of war I tin deemed an amicabhi adjustment much mora worthy of us, and much more likely | to lend to n favorable result. Our titlo is clonrur than thcira, and a calm ami ration1 nl negotiation would extnldish it, beyond | any doubt, lie denied that the Kn^h.d)