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(Correspondence of the Mercury.) ( WASHINGTON, July 12. ^ It is said to-day, that Mr. Clay's Bank . Bill cannot pass the Senate. Rives, I (Preston, Barrow, Archer, and Merrick,! > ' will vote against it; and with the Demo-1 . cratic Senators, willdefeat it. The Fis- ' - ?. cal Agent of the Secretary of the Treasu-1 ry, will then again be brought up. most: probably, in the House?and will pass in J I tome form. gxp-/;- From a private source, entitled, I think,' ' to entire credit, it is said, that the So- j > picme Court of New York, who deliver j y,\: their opinion to-day, in the case of M'-, f"*'Leod, will wnanim utsly refuse the Habeas . Corpus. M'Leod must then go to a jury P",? tff th* country, and the chances are equal, ' that he may be huns; for his acknowledge ' mienis and confessions arc disiiuct against him. A war wi'h England, is therefore sir not impossible. Ui der these rircornstan-1 ccs, can it be possible that the Distrihu-1 tiou Bill can pass the Semto? Whilst . . the country is threatened with war?and tot.d'y unprepared for it?can any party vote away, as a donation, four millions "f < ? r>u? money out OI WlK i rrn?m ji \s mii people stand this svstem of emptying their Treasury with one hand, as a gift to them, and filling it by taxes raised out of them .with the other; when not only debt, hut danger, is hanging over the country?? <-- ; The Whigs seem to practice on the prin ciple, that the people are incapable of knowing good government from bad. A1, contempt of tbe popular intelligence, has ( r. . ever characterized all their schemes of legislation. i P.S.?The Democrats are in fine'spirits. ^ I wish you would remark the superior , Courtesy and forbearance they exhibit, as ' a minority, in our debates. Clay's friends i are down in the mouth. < WASHINGTON, July 13, 1841. ?* ... In the Senate the morning h ?ur was or- ; cupicd in discussing the propriety of pas- ] sing a bankrupt law at this session, which , terminated without any thing being elicit- | ?d which woiiM show a probability of j its even being seri<Misly considered at pre- t sent. The Bank bill waR then taken up \ L; and Mr. Wright moved to amend the first \ section bv striking out the 100,000 shares i to be subscribed by the Government. He < said he had listened in vain for any nrgti- } > * ment in favor of the connection of the < I . - Government with this Bank.' But recent- j ly we had been told the Government was i deeply in debt, and now we are to be | sunk ten millions deeper in debt to purchase Bank stock. Mr. Clay replied with t considerable petulence, and intimated that i , the object of the Democratic members in j the amendme.nts they proposed were to ( render the bill odious, ar.d for prorrasli- . nation. He alludpd to the long time the i bill had been beftTre tne Senate, and the | necessity of prompt action for the relief of | _ the country. Mr. Wright replied to the charge of offering amendments with a view j to rendering the bid odious, and showed its ( injustice. Mr. Calhoun followed, and after i expressing his surprise that such a charge should have beeu made, and showing that < ' < of the twelve days the bill had been b- , fore the Senate, eight of them had been t consumed by its .friends, and fmr only by i its opponents. But he thought there wa> , something further intended bv the Sena- ( tor from Kentucky, and he wished him to i stale whether his remarks were intended s ?, *- as precursor to n measure for ahriding the j rigm 01 oiscussion in me senate. jvir. <Clay replied with much vehemence, thai j v he was reaily in bring forward, 10 support, and to vole for a measure which i - would put the business of the Senate in s the power of ihe majority. The people r of the country were crying out in agony, | "action, "action," and they would stand j by those who would endeavor to pul an t end to the interminable discussions which ( Senators seemed disposed to indulge in. ^ Mr Calhoun said th' Senator might hiing t on his gagas soon as he pleased. The op- t position wonld not lie deterred from exer- r cising all their rights, and would not say one word less in consequence of the Sen- ] ator. Under the plea of "action, action" the Senator was endeavoring to force f through that body a series of measures i" , which were involved the principles which c jiad separated parties from the begining (J ofTlTe~Gnveromcnt, nnd which it would ? require four full sessions af Congress to ,| discuss fully. The Senator said the agon- ( ised "people were erj itig "'action, action," ,, but he understood the cry too well to be t deceived. The cry cawe from the specu- j, lators who wished relief at the expense of the^mmuuiiy, and he never heard the cry(tX "action, aetion," by the Senator, p but it sounded to him like "plunder, pluti- (j der.-" He .repeated, that the minority M nad no liiieiiuon to procrastinate debates. ,, They anxious to pet home from whence j, they dragged to this city by the impa- s tience of gentlemen to force their mea- n sures on the country; but tlieir wislips v would yield to their sense of duty to their ^ country, and they were detetmined that no measure should be run through that body until it received a full examination, and if the Senator imagined that thi* would be prevented by his menace of a gap law he would soon find his mistake. ii Mr. Benton, Mr. Linn, Mr. Walker, ^ Mr. Wright and Mr. Buchanan followed " in a similar spirit, and must have convinced Mr. Clay that his attempt to gag v the Senate will fare differently from what <1 it did in the House, it is to be regret?ed s that the Democratic members in that bo- 1 <fy, embracing as thpy do, so much talent, t should have permitied themselves ro be so I, effectually muzzled. The House is nou t in fact biffc a mere Whig faction, employ, c *<1 in registering the edicts of Henry | Clay. t Mr. Wright's amendment was negatived ' ?as was another which he proposed, to I strike out the power to subscribe for the I one third of the remaining twenty mil- I lions, in rnse it was not taken by individu* I als. Mr. Clav in some of bis remarks i denounced the doctrine of repeal as Ja- I cobinical and monstrous. Mr. Buchanan repl'ed wiili much ability and showed that . it was not only constitutional but had i been recognized by the Supreme Court, Judge Marshal) delivering the decision. In the House, Mr. Jones of Virginia made a most powerful speech in opposition to the bill establishing a National I Debt. He was followed by Mr. Atherlon < on the same side of the question, and by ^ * . ?? TV .U - , Mr. Uuvis nmi Mr i/awsou un mr site. Mr. Fillmore followed in support of the bill, and at the close of his remark?, the liill was taken out of Committee, . and eventually passed?ayes .126, nays 93. The H utiseu journcd. [From the Journal of Commerce. 13/Ainsf.] DF.CIsION IN THE CASE OF M'LEOD. The Prisoner not Discharged. An Extra from the office of the N. Y. American contains the Opinion of the Supreme Court of this Siale, sitting*al Ulica, in the matter of Alextnder M'Leod, who claimed to he discharged from custody, on the ground that the offence with which he is charged, was a public act, performed in ,r<inrc fr,.m officers amioint e<I by the British government, and that the act bad since been adopted by that government as its own act. The Court have decided against the discharge of the prisoner without a trial. Fhe opinion of the Court was delivered t>y Justice Cowen. It tills nearly eight jolumns in the American. The condoling paragraphs are as follows: When a Grand Jury have charged that ; t man has committed murder in this State. [ can imagine no case, whether tlm charge elate to the time of open public war or >eare, in whirh he can claim exemption ' rom trial. If lie show thai he was in \ ruth acting as a soldier in time of public 1 var, the jury will acquit him. The judge A'ill direct them to obey the law of ua- 1 ions, which is undoubtedly a part of the ' romrnon law- So, if the accused were 1 irtingin defence against an individual in- 1 rader of his country. But above all things ( s itimporlant in the latter case for the ju- 5 y to inquire wiielher his allegation of de- 1 ynce be not false or colorable. ' They cannot allow as an act of defence, he wilful pursuing even such an enemy, hough tlictated by sovereign authority, nto a country at peace with the sovereign \ >f the accused, seeking out that enemy 1 ind taking his life. Such indeed, can be i' nothing but a violation of territory, a vio- |' lation of the municipal law, the faith of ' treaties, and the law of nations. ! The government of the accused may ap irove, diplomacy may glaze, but a jury 'an only inquire whether he was a party ' o the deed, or to anv act of illegal vio- t ence which he knew would probably en* langer human life. If satisfied that he J ,vns not ?s I sincerely hope they may Ik, 1 ipon the evidence in the case before us, hey will then have the pleasant duly to ? irrfortn of pronouncing hint not guilty.? < tut whatever may be their conclusion ?e eel the utmost confidence that the pri nier, though a foreigner, will have no 1 ust cause to ci.rnplaiu that he has suffer* d wrong at the hands of an American < ? i ury. At our hands the prisoner had a right i o require an answer upon the. facts pre- ^ ented by bis papers, whether in law he i :an properly be holdeti to a trial. We * lavehad no declaraiion but to examine and 1 ironounce upon the legal character of 1 hose facts, in order to satisfy ourselves of H lie hi aring they might have on the novel f ttid important question submitted. That v xammmion nas ten m me conclusion that n ve liave no power to discharge the priso- h ter. v He mnst, therefore be rpmanded, to lake r lis trial in the ordinary forms of law. a The effect of this decision will be, to s ause the prisoner to lie tried on the indict- (t nent, by a jury, unless the casein its pres-. c >nt lorm should he appealed to the Court] v if Errors,[the Stale Senate.]as we hnve'd inderst"od it would be, in the event of a.c leeision like the present by the Supreme I 'onrt of New Y->rk, and should the Court b if Errors affirm the present decision that g hen the case would he carried up to the Su- b i re rue Court of the United Stales. si It must be understood that the only ques. f< ion before the Supreme Court was, wheth- o r the prisoner should, or should not, be a ischarged without trial. The decision o fas delivered at Utica on Monday fore- ? oon, & was brought by express to Albany c y Mr. Lacy, of the Albany Daily Adverti- h er office, who left Utica ;n an extra loco- l' lotive soon after 12 o'clock M. and arri- c ed at Albany in season for the 7 o'clock oat fur this city. New Orleans, July 8. c ? . ii lexos.?uv nn arrival oj me Savannah ?e have received Texas papers to the 1st ^ [ist. Thev contain little of interest.? ^ Ve copy the following from the Houstoian of the 30th June: . .As might hate been expected.?The var schooner San Bernard, which was ? lespatched by the government some time ince for Vera Cruz, with Judge Wehb, as w Snvoy from Texas to Mexico, returned t| o Galveston <m Sunday last, not having f, ?een allowed to conic to an anchor within f| he harbor. Judge Webb was notable to f< ibtaia passports for. the capita), or even ? * > - ' > I >"<* ? ' , . ' . s" . , jermitted (o land; but was informed by ,he authorities that the' government would listen to nothing relative to the dismemberment of the De|)artment of Texas from Mexico. This was what was anticipated by every one who possesses any knowledge of the Mexican character, and w( ire only disappointed that he was even allowed to explain the object of his mission We are not aware to the full extent of tht stipulations of the cngsgement entered in to by the British government, with Gen Hamilton, in consideration of theassun.p li.in for 1,000,1)00/. of the debt flue bj Mexico to British subjects, but if the,con venlion was made on the ground proposec by Gen. Hamilton, in his letter of Nov 5th, Texas may be considered exemp from the performance, on her part, of th< stipulations of the convention, and wil thus have avoided the payment of a sun sufficient to coerce Mexico loan acknow ledgement of our independence. Extract of a letter to the Editor dated, "Cokesbwry. Abbeville Dist., July 13 " Dear Sir ;?Itijecomes my duty to in form you of one of ihc most powerful re vivals of religion that we have ever wit witnessed. A foul* day's meeting was ap pointed to be held in the Church at thi: place, commencing on Thursday the firs of July, which, being the second quarterly Conference for the Cokesbury Circuit, wa attended by a goodly number of Minister from different parts of the Stale. Tin meeting progressed, with some manifests lions of Divine power, until Sunday eve ning, which was the time nppointed fo its close; but, by this lime, the excitemen had become so general, and the tone o religious feeling so deep and strong tha i was thought advisable to protract the ser vices, which was accordingly done, bj unanimous consent. The operations of tin Schools were suspended?-the farmer laid aside his implements of husbandry?tin mechanic his tools?and all, b<>th in tin Village and surrounding country, came on with one accord 14 to the help of the Lor* against the mighty." The work continuei lo deepen and spread from day to day will increasing power and interest?sinner* wore converted by scores?bucksl ilers re claimed?the wavering confirmed, and be Itevers abundantly blessed. It was indeei an interesting spectacle, on which Angeh might delight to gaze, to see the young converts rejoicing from a sense of theii tins forgiven, and with eyes suffused witli tears, and cotintenanceslilup with heaven born smiles, exhorting those around them Lo seek a pardoning God and go to Heaven with them. The Ministers seemed dollied with a double portion of zeal, and preached is though they senstfejjf felt the burden ol ininortul souls. The meeting ended on Sunday night last, which included eleven iays, during which time about fifty were tappiiy converted t<? God, nod upwards oi rixty united themselves with the Church, " This is the Lioni's (Junius, and it i? m*rrell-itis in our eyes." Some ol'nlir oMest citizens say they vt? never witnessed a treuter outpouring of the Spirit of God.? There was scarcely an idle speciatur to be found; all seemed to take a lively interest ii the great cause of the salvation of souls. The happy fruits of this revival will, no loulit, tell in gladdening tones upon the teslinies of scores in the dnv of eternity.'1 Gree/tville Mountaineer Extraordinarv Escape from Boston. Jail. 4 daring feat?The Boston Post says, on Holiday night, William Ferguson Jr., an ndicaied burglar, effected a most daring t wonderful escajie from the nothernjail, 11 which he was the only prisoner. He vas in the second story, or arch. In the he evening, he declined handing out his in pan fur waier?not an uncommon thing, nil it excited no suspicion; but it n.>w aptears that he had riped out the stout wire vhich surrounded the rim, and formed it iitu a lung picklock. Having pushed his land through the little purl hole, through irltloli t k .a fn/til ia noacorl It a poq^Iioi] t ho >H<lluck outside, and full eighteen inches ibove the hole, and unlocked it with his imple implement. He then went into the hird story, and, by the aid of some benlies stored there, got up into the attic, 'here the two chimney flues meet, and iseharge their smoke into the common hitnney, which rises through the roof, le hail to pre?s up a strong iron gating efoie he could get into the chimney. Iti etling ?m at the top, he displaced some ricks, and then ran the fearful hazard of liding down the steep roof, and dropping set foremost on the projecting shade of nc of the third story windows. Having ccomplished this dangerous feat,he rested n the iron stays of the shade, while-he isienetl his blanket, lorn into three pie. es, and tied at the ends, to one of the ooks, which having done, he descended ? the ground in safety, and afterwards limbed twenty feet of fence and escaped. PIRATES AND ROWDIES. The N.O. Picayune, furnishes an ac num 01 tne examination oT Du Puytron i the Police Court of the second Municialty on the various charges of piracy, lave-tradingand perjury. He was held to ail for trial on the two latter?the first Image of piracy, being yielded during the xamination. The charge of perjury resid on Du Poytron's taking a Custom louse oath that he was a citizen of the Inited States, whereas it was alleged he -as a foreigner. A curious scene graced 'tis part of the examination. Mr. Peyton, trmerly a great whig member of Congress rorn Tennessee, but who has since transited his rowdyism to the bar of New Irleans, acting as counsel for theprosecu ; ' :" *' vM*v 'M'-.-rX* .. I lion, took up what purported to be the last will and testament of the prisoner, in which he describes himself as born in the Island of Madeira?and affirmed that the authenticity of the dncume >i had been admitted bv Mr. Johnson, the prisoners counsel. The latter interrupted him, and dented that he had made any such admission. Mr. Peyton repeated his assertion, and Mr. Johnson his deniul. Mr. Peyton. Do yon mean to say sir, that I have misrepresented you? Mr. Johnson. If you persist in imputing to me words I have not used, and a meaning which I disclaim and |deny, you certainly misrepresent me. j hereupon Mr. Peyton turned upon him one look of melodramatic ferocity, raised , his hand and gave Mr. Johnson a verj I palpable slapin the face. Great confusior 1 followed?the Court looked wild, the audi - ence huddled anil shuddered and the criei bawled like a bull calf. Mr Johnson remained cairn through the tumult?merely Baying to the Court,"I understand perfect. ly well where 1 am.' Mr. Peyton insisted . that he meant not the slightest disrespect - to the Court by the little deviation from - the usual bussincss forms which he had - felt it necessary to make. A queer child, s this Baillie Peyton. A few days since t in the trial of the famous Gaines case, the f Judge derided a point of law against him, s at which he was so incensed that he rolled s up. his books and papers, tucked them uns der his arm and sailed out of court in a - blaze of indignation like a comet in (Jog - days, leaving his clients to argue their r own cause. I But the conclusion of the smiting scene f is the best of all. Mr. Peyton is a great t Clay man, anil has evidently studied the - Kentuckian'8 whole tactics?his retreats r as well as his onslaughts. We extract the 3 last scene?the mdasses thick laid on to I heal the pepper and mustard?from lh?; ; Picayune ntthe 8th i.ist. The blow too, 3 it appears, is capabe of being understood t in a Picwickian sense. I AMICABLE ARRANGEMENT OF AN UNPLEAS1 ANT DIFFICULTY. The unpleasant occurrence which took place in the Police court of the Second l" Municipally on Tuesday, has, we are happy to learn, been amicably arranged. ' At 12 o'clock, yesterday, Mr. Johnson, ; accompanied by Mr. Richanl Ilngan, entered the officp, and immediately after, 1 Mr* Peyton with Mr. Prentiss of Vicksburg, made their appearance. Mr. Peyton then addressed the court, J stating that he wished to apologise to his honor for the breach of order which oc. currcd yesterday.(Tuesday,) and he availed himself of that opportunity of doing so. To Mr. Johnson, also he had an apology to offer, and he cheerfully made it here . (L? tho court) where the insult had been given. The insult originated in a misconception on his pari of the language made use 01 on the occasion by that gentleman, and he hoped the apoiogy now offered would prove a sali-factory one. Mr Johnson replied, that to him the apology was perfectly satisfactory. Mr. P. then offered Mr. J. his hand, and a full reconciliation ami a burial of the past seemed to be at once effected. Information Wanted. The editor of the Boston Daily Mail asks the following questions of his readers. Did you ever know a lady with white teeth to put her hand over them when she laughed? Did you ever know n gay lad and a sprightly lass who couldn't pick berries into one basket? Did you ever know a woman ihat never had any thing stolen from her clothes yard? Did you ever knov a young lady who was too weak to stand up during prayer lime at church, who coult not dunce ail night without being tired nt all? Did you ever know a young man to hold a skein of yarn for his favorite to wind, withoutgetiiog it strangely tangled? Did you ever know a man with a shocking bad hat. a long beard, and a ragged coat, who could find a respeotuble hotel that was not full? Did you ever know a very pretty young lady that had not a cousin to wait upon her to lectures and parties? Did you ever know a young lady that did not have some very curious peice of sewI iug, that she wouldn't let the young gentlemen set? I _ ? _ I he Drowned Lovers.? I he bodies of the two unfortunate beings that were found drowned in the Schuylkill on Thursday, yet remain unrecognised by any one of| the thousands that have witnessed them. Yesterday there was one continuous stream of visitors pouring to the Green House from the city and county, and surmises antt conjectures were without number.? The whole, as yet, is wrapped in the shroud of mislery, and time only will en able us to know whether the links of pure affection which bound two hearts together, and a parent's endeavors to separate them caused the sacrifice. While looking on the inanimates, memory busied herself in conjuring up the many romantic stories we have read, both fictitious and true, I L ..1,1 ? i.l. ^ r ,K.Irttn/l. and wnn-n iuiu a mie <11 woman s ness in Jove, and her readiness to meet death when disappointed. McLeod.?It is stated that the New York Supreme Court, which holds a term next week, at Utica, have made a requisition I on the Sheriff of New York city, to bring up AL^htander M'Leod to hear its judg1 ment upon the habeas corpus. I *" ... - " v* ;>/*.' -- .-r. \ - - . :v / 1 TSS 0AMD3N JOUKmii. CAMDEN, S. OAB-OLXNA. _ - -. ' WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1841. -/"-ff-y CONGRESS. The business before this body proceed# but slowly. ^ >* ; < In the House of Representatives, but two questions' ? have been disposed of, the'one that of passing, an , act to distribute among the States the proceed*'' I of the public lands and the other an act thorising a loan of twelve millions of dollars.. Both these measure# of course have yet to bed'su 1 cussed in the Senate. In the Senate, but one question has been,dispose^ i: 1 of that of repealing the Subtrcasuty law, and that ' ' is not yet taken up in the House. The Senate *Kv5a were ennered at our latest dates in discussing the 1 Bank bill, without any immediate probability of ' i taking the question. There seems yet to be great * ' doubt whether Mr. Ciar's bill will pais the Senate*.-" "- -'V$ ' | A friend (who is, by the bys no politician) on his way "-->2 to the North, writes us and saya "while%at Washington" ' 11 visited the Senate Chamber and beard arguments j for and against tiie new Bonk. It would be difficult to determine which was the right side, as both were v j very conclusive." This, we presume, is about a?" ^ 1 satisfactory an account of the doings in the Senate, and as near a guess at the result,"as a mere looker 1 on could be expected to make. Mr. Buchanan gave notice that if the bill was ' passed he should raise the standard of Repeal; be was ready to show that Congress had the right to l*%o ??/? /?A4*1arf*/1 thnf if inmilA h* * -e-r~- rv. td. Some talk of an adjournment has been held, and the 14th August spoken of as the day, but unions business progresses much more rapidly than -it hat yet done, an adjournment need not be expected be- _ fore th&first of September. . -r: '-r-:zV^. ~ | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, l.bi.The coming regular session of Congresr w$l; have as important questions (if they "may net .even ^ bo consiuered moie go) to settle, as those which art now under discussion, hi the present extraor- * dinary session. Among these questions, thore are none, in our ' 'i-r opinion, more important to the peace, happiness, and dignity of tho country than the settlementof. >* ^ the ratio of representation; and there is no question,; . of equal magnitude, which excites leas attention among the people. Tho present House of Representatives, H it 6e~'lieved by many, is too large for all the practical purposes of legislation, and unless some principle is adopted at an early day by which the number may ' **>V bo reduced, or at all events some limits 10 tneir in- / crease defined, it will assume yet more than If ha?- _V%jy already done, the character of a mob. According to the. late census, if the ratio be fixed. " at 60,000, it will give 219 members; if at 70,000; 214; if 80,000; 186, at 90,000; 164 members. Oao of these numbers will of course bo adopted, and it is a quostion upon which the people ought not only to think, but to make some emphatic CX* press ion of opinion. For our own part we liavo na' hesitancy in advocating the necessity of diminishing V'-V1' the number of the House of Representatives, and . we tliink if llio ratio of 90,000 is adopted, it will' make the number none too small, but on the corftrary that number will be amply sufficient-to give a. thorougli discussion to all questions which may arise, while at the same time it will not be so large as to embarrass and retard the progress of business... i The advantages to be derived from the adoption; of such a ratio, are manifold. Wc will not efttefr.r.%^ at length into their discussion, but just simply".' *">7" glance at alow of them. By the reduction pro.posed, the importance attached to the offico of-a Representative in Congress would be increased, and. wo should probably be able to induce men of mor?"* -- > talent and ability to becomo competiters for the hoyTA^Ty.' nor.' The business of tho country would be attend- $}&?" i cd to in much less time t'ian is now occupied fot ' ^-.^l that purpose, which would very materially reduce the expenses necessarily attendant on every sesskn ... I -f . TJ,o omntinl ftf Dfivtnff tn fhn rnnrtlrtf' I Ul l-IJIlglD.-O. 1IIU " ?...<6 ? -j from tho manner in which tho business of Congres* would bo expedited by tho change, is not the only one, the striking off the pay of nearly one hundred' ^ useless members would bo a salutary reform. ' T.? The old maxim that " in the multitude of conn- . sellors there is wisdom" will bo as fully realized&? ' ). a Houso of 164 members, as if the number wore-" V doubled. Tho only reason wo can conceive for '^; J": making the number larger, is the admission of the:"' principle that "every man has his price" and th*t< it is easier therefore to corrupt a small body than larger one?but if the number bo diminished, and we can thereby induce men of more ability and in- >* tegrity to represent us, wo should at least increase y . the price in a proportionate ratio, and thus bo as so. euro as wo are under the existing state of things. ' . ' Alexander M'Leod?Tho Suprema Court of New York have decided against the release of Auu- >c>^r ander M'LeoD, under tho writ of Hoheat Corpus, . and he has been remanded to Niagara for trial, on tho indictment for murder. This decision has crestcd cconsiderable excitement, and in many quarters, * :j ? j a p.. I a war is cunoiucjvu aimooi ini-Yiiauiu. iwwuunu , part, we do not anticipate any such result Mr. (Webster and Mr. Fox understand each other rtrj v-'i. well, as may be seen from their last published cor. . rcspondcnce. We doubt not but Mr. Fox has alrea- 7 dy been informed of what instructions the Secretary > . of State has given, or intends to give, Mr. Crittenden in relation to the triul of M'Leod, and that it will all prove satisfactory at least, to her Britanic Majesty's Minister,, "GEORGIA ILLUSTRATED." We have seen many highly complimentary notices jf this elegant publication, but had formed no idea of its superior beauty until we saw the work itself. The two numbers which we have seen, contain each two highly finished engravings. The first a view of the Rock Mountain, and one of Oglethorpo" University. The second, a view of Tallulah Falls, and another of the Georgia Female College. Each of these splendid views is accompanied by a hiatorical and topographical sketch by Southern writer?.?. Among them, two from the pen of the accomplished editor, Wm. C Richards, who is already favorably known to the public as a contributor to some of our beat periodicals. Que from the pea of the Rev, G ' r jt5S\