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All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for pubic Office? of profit or trust?or pulling exhibitions, will '?? charm, d as advertisements. Accounts or Advertising and Job V.'cik v. ill be presented lor payment, quaiteriy. iHT-Vi! Letters by mail must be post paid to insure punctual altcr.tic u T\Vr?XTY-SXTII CO.VCJHESS. " 1'iusr si.'Ssjox. IN SENATE?Jam-arv 3, Ir 10. Agrrcottitiy fo notice ?rivon on Tt test lay Ins', Mr. Cain sin a.nttni avot<? imrod.i.o tt bill to cede pith!:,; lands to i! is - SKiN s: vv!tie-It thev are re.tptvliveiy situated. The bill was read by lis titio. ami, ? * sn *ii<>ti of Mr. C. rcf- ivi il to t!:c < unciaiec on public iai'ib-, S >oii alter? Mr. Clay, of Ky. having <yiv n notVc of * ' ' % ? . his nitL'lti >n to introduce in:: w-py-i mil t> 1 ?!} staled that he regrett'd thai i.c \v:is de mined by indisposition liii mar; fug. ai d j?rovent< <l from being present wli-a: the bill was introducedlby iho;;eu'h man from South <';u\.!ina.(-Mr. Calhoun.) f?r ceii the public hods 10 erlr.in >tr.L*v';!ii'i which they arc .-uoab He had v. i.-iud to some other -vo-r<-j:cu of it tiir.n j;* the con.mhtee cm public lands: but u:i1. .-is some oilier senator wui.k! ni we a ler.onsulcrstioi: order of n ibr-ncc t ? that committee. he could off r die suggestion which he v.d-died to make. [Mr. Sm-ihar.i m.vc:! 1 ho reconsideration. and Mr. Calhoun objecting cvitliout some -a;IsfaePny reason]? Mr. Clav wc.it on t') oh-erve that, as the coi.noit'eo was eonstihi.'od, lour ol its f?v- i... ..'hers v f? a the now state-, lie meant to h- r n > < n s;vcl to them; but lie must say that tiiis was a. niCf'Scre wife!' d sen s *d as :i mav l>c. and colorable as its precisions wane, e as.a. auk:...? donation of upwards oi one irnrSre'S millions of acre of the common propei ty of a!h!ic states of this 1 h.ion, to particular states. He :lid not think it right ihat such a measure should t.e committed to iho liniids of senators exclusively representing the donees. He thought ;t committee ought to be constituted in v.hirh the old states should have a full; r : rd fain r representation. We should preserve, whatever we do the decf rum of legislation, and not violate the decencies of justice. Whilst tin. Mr. C would be a'ad Sfp.nv I # senator wculdimbrm him whether the adininistration is in favor of. or against this measure, or stair:is neutral and uncommitted. This inquiry lie should not make if the recent relations between the senator who introduced this bill and the head of the administration continued to exist; but rumors, of which the city, the circles, and the press arc full, assert that tiio.se, relations aie entirely changed, and have, within a few days been subslitu'ed b\ others of an intimate, friendly and confidential nature. And shortly after the time when tins new state of things is alleged to have taken place, the senator gave notice of his intention to move to introduce this bill. Whether ties motion has or has not any connexion *.ith that adjustment of formei differences, the public would, he had no doubt, been glad to know. At all events, it is important to know in what relation of support, opposition or neutra'ily, the administration actually stands relative to this momentous measure: ho [Mr. Clay] supposed the senator from South Carolina or some.ether senator could communicate, the desired information. Mr. Calhoun said lie had supposed that no man had as much occasion lor delicacy in referring to political compromises as the senator from Kentucky. The senator had referred to some transactionin the political course of Mr. C. which occurred some twelve or thirteen years ago, and had alluded to certain passages in which Mr. C. was accused of changing his political relations. But that senator knew it was ethers who had changed their relations to political subjects and political measures, ra thcrthan Mr. C. who had followed less in regard to those subjects and measures than he was followed. The senator was accustomed to have his example followed by others: but Mr. C. had not usually followed. and especially would he not follow it now. But Mr. C.'s personal rclalions must of course follow his political rcla linns. The senator ha.l now got the whole true story, and Mr. C. trusted it would ho satisfactory in regard to the rumor to which he had alluded. Mr. C. found it impossible to move with out giving occasion for accusations of changing his grounds. If lie was against | the chief magistrate, he was charged with I changing his opinions. J flic was in favor i of him. ho was then accused of changing I his political relations. ]Jut lie had not I changed at ail; he now stood where lie had always stood. and that was on the un| changeable purpose to bring back the goivermnent to its original simplicity and e-j conainy. i le. with others, had succeeded i ! in expunging the whole of the senator's A-1 ! ineriean sy tern, and other extravagancies. | | s<? as to give the government a ciiance of: taking a fresh start. And it gave J/r. C.' a ureal pleasure 1o sav that tin; host part oft lie measures of the present chief magis- j 11rrto were approved by liint and that he jwas happy of the opportunity of making iilie.se declaration:--, and that he would -mud j to diem. IS', ithiiiir sh hi! I prevent him from supporting a man while ho was pojlitioaliy right. The senator from Kentucky hud g:\cu the g '.vcrninenl a wrung direct:.a. J/r. Iin J resisted t!ic pr >eeed; iitgv. mj'.I lie .-non hi cutinue to do so. : landing on the ground occupied by J/r. J?. .fcand others ol his class. Mi'. C'J.iy said he understood the sen a i tor as lo! Soiling himself on tiie opportunity v. If. ! had now been alldivled him by Mv. of ({"fining once mure his political y posilh !.'- and Mi\ C. must say that he had j now defined it very clearly, and had appa-J1 i h.cn it a now delinition. i'hej Jlh :-;V r now declared that ail the leading i.: : v:v: of the present a-dministralion ii? n ids approbation and should re-j echo if.? suppoit. It turned out then, that j the it .nor to which lie had alluded, was; it: e;a;;d ti nt the senai ?r from ?S'ou!h Caioiiua. mipiii be hereafter regarded as a sl'lO'll : ;Oi* ' i!tl> lit loiltUwl raj Iitll < !.' /> |t<;? . had declared that all its lending measures were aj jiiX'.'.'J !>y him and rhoui.i receive .his sup, ml. As i>> the allusion which the senator from S >uiit ( Yr iiina had made in iiy.trd i to Ii:- [Mr. I'lav's] support of liie haul of another administration (d/r. Atlain;,) it vir. C\ no pain whatever. It was an obi .-lory, which !i i.l I since s'i.'iK ! : oblivion, except wh_n die Senator and a lev; others tin night proper to bring it up. ih:i wIiat was the case.' Mr. t'iav wa? then a member of the House of It presonlal ives. < : whom three persons h.ad been returited. from wiioin it was lii duty of the House to make a .selection for the Presidency. As to one of those tinvc ! candidates, it was known to be in an unlbrtunale condition, in which no one sympathised with him more than did Air. C.? Certainly the senator from South Carolina did not. Timt gentleman was tlicrer. ..r?t.? r...I win ui uiv. u> a uai miliar; i u the chief magistracy; and Mr. C. had eoncjuciil!y lii." only alternative of the i!iu?-tiiats individual of the Ifurm lage. or of the man who was now disiiiiguh.hcd in the lluusc of Representatives, and who held so many public places with honor i?? himself and benefit to the country. And if there was any truth in history, the choice which he made was precisely the choice which the senator from South Carolina had urged upon his friends. The sen at >r himself had declared his preference of Adams to Jackson. Mr. (J. made the same choice; and experience had approved it from that day to this, and would to eternity. Histoiy would ratify and approve, ii.1 Let the senator fr>m South Carolina make any thing out of that part of Mr. (. .'s public career if he could. JIc defior! him. i Tiie Senator had alluded to Mr. C. as the advocate of compromise. Certainly1 he was. This government itself, was* jlo a great cxieut, founded and rested, jon compromise. And to the particulari ! compromise to which allusion 1ms been made, he thought 110 one ought to be more i grateful than the senator from South Car-; 'oiina. But f?r that compromise, Mr. C.I was not at all confident that lie would! have now the honor to meet thai gen I Ionian face to face in this National capital. The senator had said that his own position was that on Stale Rig!its. But what was the character of this bill? It was a bill to strip seventeen of the Slates of their rightful inheritance and sell it for a mess of pottage; to surrender it for a trifle?a mere nominal sum. The bill was, in effect, an attempt to strip and rob seventeen States ol tins Union of their properly, and assign it over 1o sonic eight or nine of ilie States. If this was what the senator called vindicating the rights of the States, he prayed < Sod to deliver us from all sue!: rights and all such advocates. Mr. Calhoun said the senator from Kentucky entirely mistook the character of the hill. It was not only a state rights measure, but was it indispensable to the peace and prosperity of the states, as the only measure that would effect the object in view. Having used the word com proa liso.Mr. C. felt bound to refer 1 he senator to that particular compromise; and the senator had said in reply that if any one should iv thankful to him for that compromise? [Mr. Clay. Not to we."] Mr. miutcun. mo senator alwav claimed lo l>e tlie author of that nvasur ; and I am net i:: the small-.;.-! degree tisajiUful to him for It. I knew ho could not avoid if. 1 was his master on that occasion, and {breed it upon h!;n. I wrote Is tine half a dozen letters, saying that the senator would be obliged to accede to a compromise, i will now explain that.? Tint efleet of nullificafn.ii is this; that, when a si ate interp ws, the majority must some times yield to the minority. Those who arc to have the smallest share ol plunder, in the majority are sure to get away. In the American system, the constituents of the gentleman obtained a very small portion; they were rather those that were plundered. At the same time when ({en. Jackson occa ioncd the force bill, tire senator from Kenlnt f v had lost the manufacturers; Gen. Jackson had supplanted him, and another senator, not now present, was also in the way of superseding him in that interest. The senator from Kentucky, was therefore flat on his back, and nothing would answer his own purpose but the compromise. It was w ith him cither runvnrnmi.se. nr nrmihil-oi^n T? war- necessary that either he or the American system should fail. It was not my desire to mention these tilings; but the senator wont out of his way to touch on kindred subjects, and I there-fore loll myself compelled to make the c statements. 1 have alluded to my letters on that occasion; ! predicted in them on the third day of the session that this question would terminate as it did. Sir, I will go farther. I yielded a good deal in 1 hat compromise. It was mv first proposition that it should go out in IS If); proceeding in equal proportion for every year of In per cent. Arid 1 will say farther. that at the session before\ve nullified in S. Carolina, i and odiers said that the question must be settled. It was seven years which 1 then ftxed on for it.; termination. and it would have b. en carried in that time b it for c?>rloe c'f.' -till. ? In regard t> a!' 1 yielded; my eolleague [Mr. IVesloji] knows why I did it. but I d > not chooso t > >ta'e it here. And I should now have been.silent on the subject if (lie senator had been s.lent himself. But he in- no gratitude; and S mth Carolina owes uim no gratitude. He acted under the necessity of the ease. I,backed by tlu; gallant slate wliich I represent, comIi.'l.wl lln> ^"inotni- (a Imnol- iI.mi.i. i I... ..... in.nv.n 11 n. a* iiau'i i?/ \ji ^t;i\ ti?/ vt ll llitj > \ Ji" Inn sit < w?r decisive blow, &ii is my opinion i!ia( St will bring back the government to its original principles. 3.Ti*. Clay. I am sorry to he obliged to prolong litis discussion. But I made no allusion to compromises till it. was done by the senator himself. I made no reference to I tic events of til! lie made it, and I did not in the most distant manner allude to nullification; and it is extraordinary that the senaior himself should ha\e introduced it. especially at a moment when he is uniting with the authors of the force hill and of those measures which put down nullification. The senator says I was flat on my back and that he was my master. Sir, i would not own him as my slave, lie my master! and I compelled by him! And if it were impossible to go far enough in one paragraph, lie refers to certain letters of itis i/Wii, to prove that I was flat, on my back! and not only on my back, but another senator and the President had robbed me! 1 was Hal on my bacu, and unaole to do any ihinir I?i?t wdiat l!ic senator from ^onlh Carolina permitted me to do!. Sir, what was the case? 1 introduced the compromise in .-pile of the opposition of the gentleman who is said to ha\e robbed me of the manufacturers. If met his uncompromising opposition. That measure had, on my part, nothing personal in it. lJul 1 saw die condition of the senator from South Carolina and his friends. They had reduced South Carolina, bv that unwise measure [of nuilifieation,] to a state of war; and I therefore wished to save the effusion of human blood, and especially the blood of our fellow citizens. That was one motive with mo; and another was a regard for thai very interest, which the ?rMir>tfii* snv-: T hmiw! in dr>;f vrvt* I trnw tint this mvat interest had no got in tiic power of tho chief magistrate, that it was evident at the next session of Congress the wiio!u protective system would lie swept by the board. I therefore desired to giveit at least, a lease of years, and for that purpose. I, in concert with others, brought forward that measure, which was necessary to save that interest from total aunihilar tion. But to display still farther the circum tances in which the senator is plac'd, h -ays from that very day of the comprom.s ill obligations were cancelled that cou!< ai account of it, rest on him, on Smi! Carolina and on the South. Sir, wiia <":ght had he to speak of die whole South >r even of South Carolina itself! Fori history is to bo relied upon, if wc ma} judge of the future from the past, thotinr will come when the senator cannot pro jlose to he the organ even of 1 lie chivalrou: and enlightened people of South Carolina Sir, I am not one of those looking ou for what may ensue to themselves. M\ course is nearly run; it is so by the courst of nature, and so in the progress of political events. 1 have nothing to ask of the j senator, of the south nor of South Caroli jna, nor yet of the country at large. Bu; 11 will go, when I dq go, or when I choos( to go, into retirement, with the undying conviction, that fur a quarter of a century 1 have endeavored to serve my country faithfully and honorably, without a vievi to my own interest or my own aggrandizement; and of that delightful conviction anc consciousness no human being nor all man kind, can ever deprive him. Mr. Calhoun. The senator is in the habit of attacking me, and if I were nol thus compelled to defend myself, I woulc pass over the whole matter. I rise now simply to supply some remarks which had escaped my memory, and they are a mere matter of history. 1 was opposed to Mr i Crawford as a candidate for the Presiden! cy; and after rnv name was withdrawn, ] ! took no part in the election. I was a canj didate for the Vice Presidency, and ab | stained from taking any part, and from al ! electioneering. When the election wa< decided. I saw the course which Mr. Ad i air.s was determined to take, and coulc 1 not then hesitate to take my stand in the I way of resistance. 1 do not know what induced the senatoi Ifiom Kentucky to get up a discussion o i i ilis bill at this time. What his motive: are for all this, he can best tell; but I fee these personal invectives as extremely un pleasant, audi would not introduce them But when they are introduced, it isrequi si c tiiat 1 should protect myself. Mr. Clay. One word. Does not the senator feci that he himself brings his po l.tical character into debate? I simph made the inquiry (and 1 put it to senator to say if such was not the fact) to knov whether this great measure, which involve about a thousand millions of the publii ; lands?whether this measure lias the sane jtion of the administration or not. I di< it in no way for the purpose of offence and. by the way, I referred to a rumou i which is afloat of new relations, publi and political, with the head of the admin t rat ion, and stated that I would not hav made the inquiry but for that fact. And i it not right, in regard to a great measure t< i know whether or not, it has the support o I the administration? lie would at one: i ~ . i ._ .I.. _i: : :c i._ i._. nu\u pin iuiunu iu me uiscussiun, 11 lie um simply said lie knew nothing of the view : of the administration, but had introduce! i his measure independently. But instead o i this, he gets into a passion because I re fcrred to this rumour, and he concludes b; saying that the greater part of the meas un-s of the present administration are ap proved, ami will be supported by him. j The editor of the Army & Navy Chro 'nielc says he has seen a living speciinei of the Horned Frog, whose existence wa many years ago, strongly doubted. Th< I) >dy resembles that of a frog, and is abou the same size, but the skin is like that o the lizard?scaly?and it has a tail half a long as its body, tapering to a point, I was m rather a torpid state, the climat< being too cold for it. This frog was bro' In*111 Fort Towsoii,by Lieut. Wilmot Mar tin, as a present from an officer stationct : there, to Colonel Hook of Washington. I ??j A man quarrelling with the notoriou: j John Wilkes, told him he was a scoundrel and might go to hell, "I am much obliget to you," said John, bowing, "but I hav< i not the least desire to be in your company 1 a rain." "An indcjrcndent man" is one wh( blacks bis own shoes and boots, and cai live without whiskey and tobacco, and car shave himself with brown soap and cole water, without a murmur, says a cotcrnpo rarv. "A great man" is one who can make hi: children obey him when they arc out 01 j his sight. "A hospitable man" is never ashamed o his manor when you come to dine witl j itiin. " A good wife" exhibits her love for hei ! husband by trying to promote his welfare and by administering to his comfort. "A poor wife" "dears" and "my loves' her husband, and would'nt sew a button t< iiis coat to keep him from freezing. -A sensible wife" looks for enjoyment a home?a silly one abroad. C From ihr. Jfat'jwrt 1 Sentinel, r. Till! IX ?TKR AlXRT. 1 ft afloHs ti< miirli satislacli? ?i |( i iV??<n ti no in time, ill a ineriti'ri-.itH jj.liict of the R.'vjMMie coiniiiau!(Tc u;; ?i,i~ ; j .- talion, a it?' the important services r?*n I dered f?y our cullers to Uiiiish :ts ws I! iAtnericun vessels i.i distress. Tins Cutter Alert, Captain Nones, sir' rive<! i'i the harbor last wiek, bom I for St. rews, having in charge the B? itish s has lladcliffc, of London, which ' (* sel she had fallen in with at Little River. 1 her crew in a mutinous statp. The prompt assistance rendered by capt. Noises, in J this instance, lias elicited the following - letter of Hon. Thomas Wyer, and R ? ? ; lution of the Chamber of Commerrr ' . St. Andrews, which are highly ' omj t mentary to capt. N., and evince the fee!? ? ings with which such services are r?;f. t.-:r ed by British ship owners and merchants ' of New Brunswick. It is fortunate for '(vessels that may chance to meet with dis!' aster and require aid on this part of the I coast, particularly during the winter sea.'son, that such men us cupt. Nones?who : is constantly on the look-out for distressed vessels?are appointed to this station. Such services as that so promptly per5 formed by capt. N. in this instance, serve t to strengthen the good feelings existing I between our own citizens and our neigh jbors on the other side of the line, and I are on that account highly meritorious i and praiseworthy. St. Andrews, 11th Dec. 1839. My dear Sir.?Allow me in behalf of [ the Underwriters of Lloyds, to return you my sincere thanks for the great assistance - that you have lately rendered to the BriI tish Barque Radcliffc, of London, when 31 in distress at Little River from the muti. i nous conduct of the crew, and being the II means of bringing the vessel safe to this J port. And likewise for the ready assis' j tance that you have given at all times to I British vessels when in distress, since you pi have been stationed in this quarter. Wishing you every health and pros! perity, 1 I am yours, very faithfully, THOMAS WYER, Agent for Lloyda. - To Capt Nones, of the U. S. Rev. Cutter Alert. - At a meeting of the St. Andrews Chamf | her committee, it was sp untnitnrivnstyives'ut ;-n, nut u,e i.ijuf ly important and timely aid so readiljjand ? efficiently afforded to the British barque z ' Radcliffc, of London, when in distress at _ Li.tie liivcr, Irom the mutinous conduct j of the craw, by captain Nones, of the American Cutter Alert, calls for the acknowledgements of this Board, and- that the disinterested services thus rendered to c ; British trade by that officer, entitle* im ~ 1 to the highest praise and consideration, as e | well as the best wishes for his personal s and professional welfare, not only on this 0 occasion, but several previous ones. 'f THOMAS VVYER, Chairman, c Rob't Walton, Sec'ry. * | St. Andrews, 11th Dec. 1839. j U. S. Cutter Alert, ) ~ East port Harbor, Dec. 13, 1839. y My dear Sir?I have the honor respect" fully to acknowledge the receipt of the f very complimentary resolution of the " Chamber of Commerce at St. Andrews, K together with yours, as the Agent of Lloyds. I feci indeed flattered by the compliment, and cannot feel that I have - performed sufficient services to merit the n encomiums passed on me. Be assured, s sir, when my aid can be afforded, nothing e could be more gratifying to my feelings t than to know that I was the means of renp dering any assistance. Accept, dear Sir, for yourself and the rYiniYiKftre ?w ? tliciiiuvt ^ i'i tiiv VUU III l/Ul W1 Wlllikllrl my best wishes, 6cc. " ' Very respectfully, Your most ob't Serv't. : H. B. NONES, * Capt. U. S. Cutter Alert. To the Hon. Thos. VVvbr, Chairman Chamber of Commerce, 5 St. Andrews, N. B. j A CARD. Captain Charles Honey, of the Barque ' Ratciijf,, of London, begs thus publicly i to express to Capt. II* B. Nones of ii'?* U. S, Cutter ^4/er/, hia most gratefui acknowledgements, for the very important > services rendered him at Little River-, 1 when laboring under distressing circuit!i stances from the insubordinate and inutin* 1 ous conductof u turbulent crew. In tr.a king this statement he considers he only performs an act of justice, to an inteiii; gent and meritorious Officer, for affording [ suoli prompt and efficient aid, at a time when it was so much needed, f Si. Andrews, Dec. II, ISJ9. A young ladjr{in Utiea, the other ever ning put out one of her lover\* even by playfully tin-owing her sct him, * while frolicking. She n;w ;t him i,-r ? own two bright orbs to pay for it. > Look on shinders as direct enemies to t civil society; as persons without h'tie.-, i ii'jiicsiy or jiiunanui*.