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All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and "K, Communications recommending Candidates for public Offices of profit or trust?or puffing exhibitions, will be charged as advertisements. Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be presented for payment quarterly. 0*A11 Letters by mail must be post paid to insure punctual attention. Important sale of Town Lots. be sold at SHELBY, Cleveland Countv, Nr*# North Carolina, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 4tli< 5th and Cth of October next, the Town Lots of said Town. The Totvn is located . upon a tractof land containingTwo Hun Ired Acres,! nearly the whole of which is laid off into lots, nnj will be for sale to the highest bidder. Shelby is the seat of justice of the new County of Cleveland, established at the last session of the Legislature. Jt is situated about midway between - * - - ? -.1?.. on'.i Rutherfordton, and La icotnton, am umuiw from Yorkville and Spartanburgh C. II ,S.C..near ihe road crossing Broad River at Gtuinn's Ferry, upon a beautiful level ridge, free from mud, and only one mile and a half from Wilsos's SULPHUR SPRINGS. The Subscribers are sure, that to those persons desirous of procuring an agreeable and healthy residence, no place could present greater advantages. The situation is high, dry, and healthy. It is well watered, near Broad River, and a thick settled neighborhood. There are a large number of Saw MiKs near, and every other convenience for bnil. -i' ding, and Wilson's Springs only fifteen minutes ride distant. Nothing is necessary to be said of the character of those Springs. They are regarded as being inferior to none in the Southern conntry, and hundreds ot invalids can attesttheir healing propertics. Within a hundred yards of the Wilson's White Sulphur Springs, there is a red sulphur, and "a Chalybeate Spring, and there are several other Sulphur Springs in the immediate neigeborhood ol Shelbv, though none equal to Wilson s for medicinnl properties li is certain, too, that as soon as the Town gels und-r way, the line of Stages, tri-weekly and four horse coaches, from Raleigh to Ashville and thence to Nashville, Tenn., and also from Spartanburgh C. fl. to Lincolnton, will pass through, affording every reasonable mail facility. In short, nothing is wanting to make it one of the most delicrhtful xnnts on earth, except?a plentiful supply of good inhabitants, and we wish all auch to come and buy. Terms.?One and two years credit, with bond and security. JOHN K. WELLS, JOHN R. HARRY, JOHN R. LO JAN, WILLIAM OATS, G.E. PALMER, Commis'n'rs. Shelby, Cleveland Co., N. C. ) L September 8, 1811. i Raleigh Register, Charleston Courier, Columbia Chronicle, Camden Journal, Lincoln Republican, Charlotte Journal, and Greenville Mountaineer, will publish once a week for Four weeks, and forward their accouutst) this Ofliec for payment. Rutherfordton Intelligencer. ; . My Snakchill Plantation for Sale, 1 OFFER FOR SALE the above PLANTA TION lying in the upper part of Stewart co. Containig 2250 Acres! near 700 of which are cleared /and in good order for cultivation, with all necessary Buildings, and a Gin, with good mill goin<* water. The place is in a large bend of the Cliatahoochee n"'"' ?"?ir<?lo rl-.tmlip,l fm ? ,.11 mhura 1 1(10 acres of Bottom Land; the balance good oak and and pine land. The place is well and favorably known by many planters, and by gentlemen of this city. Terms satisfactory. JAMES BOYK1N. Columbus Geo Sept. 8.37td Notice is herein given, To all persons that my son, Sampson K. lirummitt, is no longer an agent to transact business for me, and that my brother, Henry i\ftacon,of Chester District is hereby appointed my lawful agent?further, all persons are warned not to hire my negro man, Stephen, a mechanic, from any one but said Macon. ANN H. GREGORY. Aug 16. 3t39 r Tin Gutters and Pipes for Houses, Made and put up by the subscriber, at the redu.. / - ced price of 20 cents per font, together with braces ' ' - and hangings without any additional charge, lie <-s r feels confident from his mode of doing business in ? his line, that his work will never leak. 5jl?Cottoii Brands of every description, cut with neatness and despatch. EDWARD M. BRONSON. Sept. I. 3l39 NEW DRUGS, &c. The subscriber has just received a large addition to his stock, consisting of German Quinine, English Calomel, Uernuda Arrow Root, Castor Oil, 1st 1 f?.l D.I Vni-alnno f'n... i an j <U I^UUIUY, DUISillll VU| i"*| . V..U..IV, vaillphor, Myrrh, Chamomile, Sup. Carb. Soda, Lamp Oil, Paints, Brushes, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Window Glass, P rturnery, &c. &c.,all"of which are offered low for cash, or on a credit to approved customers. The subscriber would remind those who owe him dues of more than one year's etaufjing, that after next Return Day they will have an opportunity of settling the same with the Sheriff, as he cannot meet his engagements without greater punctuality on the part of some of his custdmers. Aug. 25 J. R. McKAIN. CHINA'S HOXET^ The subscriber having taken the Hotel in Sumter villo, near the Court House, informs his friends an-v \ tlic public that he is prepared to ontertain BOAR DERS and TRAVELLER^. His cxpcrionco in tbo business, and an undivided attention to the comfort of his customers, he hopes wll securo & portion of public patronage. ;v c . ALFRED CHINA, i Sumterville, July 15,1841. 9t33 11 -1 - \. .. POETRY. lc ? di FOB. THE JOURNAL. til SONNET TO c * * * * * ?t I would seek hi Thy love, could I but hope 'twere truly mine, (,! Paying thee with the passion of heart, Whose deep devotion never can depart: til And owniug thee, I would not e'er repine, ry Tho' I should lose my very soul for thine! w, I love thee not as thou hast o'er been loved, J\] But with a purity that stands approved at Before high Heaven! Couldst thou, but seo of My love with eyes like mine; then would thou trust The heart which o'er it leaves thee?must be dust! sh Camden, Sept. 20, 1841. * hii CONGRESSIONAL PROUEEDlNGsT it to HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. cri September 9. cx Tlie House resolved itself into Committee of the rej whole on the Sta)e of the Union, Mr. Mason, of Ohio he .i - ?\ .1 .i? ?i,? Ill IIIG V_/nair, UllU rusuiliuu lliu vuujiuviaiivii Ui HIV bill making appropriations for the salaries and outfits rf of diplomatic agents. Mr. M'Kcon continued and concluded his speech in favor ofconcurring with the Senate's amendment tci striking out the item for a mission to Naples, insist. 0v ing on the fact that the Neapolitan Governmont had th no charge here, taking the general ground that vc a ought to retain no permanent foreign missions uny ha where. St Mr. Cus'ning entered into a brief reply. \ Mr. Wise addressed the committee, observing that cu lie should not do so had lie not feared that amidst Up the excitement occasioned by the reception of the ye Veto Message, the remarks of the gentlcmon from 0f Massachusetts (Mr. Cushing) had not been heard or wt attended to. rui Mr. W. took substantially the same ground that J3t Mr. Gushing had, going more fully into the details ROi ns in r!ie extent and nature of our commerce with 0tl Naples, the value and importance of a commercial 0tl treaty to the interests of every part of the Union, and th< the necessity, in the present aspect of our affairs, w| having the eye of a diplomatic agent-kept on tho T1 movements of European powers, &c. We had a S0| minister at the Sublime Porte, although the Sultan taj kept none in his country. The same might be said an of several of the South American Republics. We Up were now the third commercial Power in the world, r,n and our navigating interest ought to be cherished and no fostered with the utmost sblicitudc. cd M r. Adams complimented Mr. Wise on the zeal he SCj had manifested, particularly as to the extension of do our commercial relations. an Mr. Stanley congratulated the gentleman from atl Virginia (Mr. Wise) on the very prompt and patriotic 1 course lie had pursued on this occasion in favor of tal the Neapolitan mission; but he must be malicious tin enough to remind him of the very different cours-c he th( had pursued, last session, in reference to the mission no to Mexico, when he had moved to strike out tho appropriations for a minister to that Government, or tin to reduce it, and Mr. S had opposed the motion. Mr. Wise here turned round and addressed to Mr. th< Stanley a reply in explanation of his course the last pr session, in which the Reporter understood him to no say that lie had not moved to striko out the item for rei a mission to Mexico, but only to reduce it from the salary of a full minister to that of of a charge. He W conciuuca oy ooserving inui uu kouiu nut uui. itgaiu mj the mention of that circumstance, on the present oc- of casion, as evincing some small degree of malcvo- ha lcncc. mi Mr. Stanley, in reply, said something of Mr. he Wise's frequently manifesting, himself, a small ma. wl levolenco, but m what Mr. S. had said he had owned C< openly that there was a little malico aforethought, if 0f the gentlemen pleased. It had been said by a gen- th tlcman some time ago that he was suro a measure p:] must be right bee iusc tho gentlemen from Massachu- ni sctts(Mr. Adams) and the gentlemen from Virginia T (Mr. Wise) were both opposed to it; the same remark ar might now be turned the othor way, and it might be gS said that this mission to Naples must bo right, since Co both those gentlemen were in its f. vor. Mr. S. at; should vote for this appropriation becuisc it was re. pi commended by the Executive; although ho did not I know whelhor he should horcaftcr support President sp Tyler's administration or not; ho thought it not itnproboblo he should go against it before long, bnt lie th could not vote to strike this item from the bill when both the gentlemen from Massachusetts and the 0t frentlnmen from Virginia told him it was riirht. Ilis t? " O - *3 position was now for the first time in his life some- tc what equivocal; but as long as he remained in it, he would not vote against appropriating for a mission [C approved by the President and by the venerable gen. Cy tlcmen from Massachusetts, who was perfectly fa- m miliar with all these matters, (and ho might almost br say with every thing else in the world.) m The gentlemen from New-York, he meant the gen- I tlcmen from the city of New-York?he who went I away for two or thrco weeks, and as soon as ho got ar back talked on every subject boforc the House?that one (Mr. M'Keon) had brought up the subject of nt Mr. Enos T. Throop?a subject in regard to which of a gentleman from Virginia (Mr Jones) had said pe that Mr. S. referred to it last session at least twenty ed fivo times. Well, it was true: Mr. S. had held it up repeatedly as a reproach to the administration of th Martin Van Buren; and he had so presented it at st: home to his constituents. And that very case of rewarding a man who had so grosly betrayed his \\ trust, was of itself enough politically to damn Mar- en tin Van Buren and his administration to all eternity, sti He wanted nomorctoprovcthat. than the investieating lei Committee which had been made by the gentlemen w] near him, (Mr. Dawson.) [Mr. S. here quoted the gi report in reference to Mr. Throop's conduct stating wl for a period of nine years he had utterly disregarded sa the law prescribing the duties of his office and the X orders of the Troasury Department, and had ren- in dered the very object of his appointment nugatory; m and that through his neglect Mr. Swartwout's dc. Bi] falcation had gonq on accumulating for years.] iJw ov , > ' &V&L': t it be said that tliia was a mere exparte statement sa ctated by party spirit, for it had received the sane- yo on of an honorable gcntldman from Virginia, who ood high in the same political party with Mr. Troop mself and with the gentlemen from New-York, sei ilr. M'Kcon.) an Mr. S here quoted Mr. Ilopkin's endorsement of e report. Yet, with this report, the truth of eve. an word of which the gentlemen from New-York I ' ould not after this deny, staring him in the face, wl [r. Van Burcn suffered this man td*rgvel in luxury Naples, and for two j'ears to draw his ?4,500 out lul the Treasury. M r. S observed, in conclusion; that if John Tyler cd ould veto a hundred bank bills, ho would excuse tre tn on the ground of obeying his conscience; but if; Mi could so far forget his duty, if he could so far th< ten to the whisperings of a depraved ambition, as keep an officer like this in an honorablo and lu- Co ativc station, he would deserve the contempt and , lar ccration of eveiy honest and hsnomblo man. Ho , ph joiced to learn that this Enos T. Throop was to kn recalled. coi Mr. Fillmore said lie was informed that Mr. dis hroopliad!>een recalled, and was on his way home. Ht BREACH OF PRIVILEGE, to Whilst Mr. Fillinorc was in the midst of a 6cn- pel ace, the Reporter (who had noticed Mr. Wise cruss lay er to the seat of Mr. Stanley, and had observed I use-two gentlemen in a conversation apparently of agi very excited character) saw Mr. Wise raise his j nd violently and aim a blow at the face of Mr.' coi anley, who as instantaneously met or returned it. coi violent fight followed, and, in less time than it Co n be described in this report, a scene of mingled thi roar and fight, such as the Reporter, in many the are' experience, has never witnessed on the floor Jeb the House, ensued, Messrs. Wise and Stanley ; a r xe lost to the sight of the Reporter in the general as ih, whilst Mr. Arnold, of Tennessee, and Mr. j 1 itler, of Kentucky, wcro noticed in a violent per. cot aal struggle, striding at and grappling with each' ier. Mr. Dixon H. Lowis and Mr. Gihner, and log icrs, were scon in the midst, endeavoring to quell mo s disturbance, which had now reached u point ut J lich it seemed impossible to arrest its progress.? bcr le members had rushed from all parts of the flail, fes ne rushing over and others standing upon the ' >les, literally piling- themselves one on the other, ion d soveral canes were seen by the Reporter raised Stc as if in the act of striking. The Speaker du- i ig this time had resumed his Chair informally, but tab 0:10 paid the least regard to his voice, and he call. 1 in vain on the officers, none of whom wqre ob ved by the Reporter, with the exception of the flc or keeper, who was endeavoring to close the doors ' j d windows against the crowd from without, who j icinptcd to rush within the Hall. * wa Tho general melee (of which the Reporter was ring notes) continued froin two and a half to wa ee minutes. It then subsided, as it appeared, JUgh by what direct process the Reporter could vci t understand; but he heard the voice of Wise, who had returned to his seat, addressing ' ; Chair. [Tho Reporter thinks it proper to remark, that j 3 entire statement under tho head of "Bread) of ; ivilcge" is given by hinjslf according to his own p tes, and that no put of it has been submitted to rision.] Jo Something like order having been restored?Mr. iso said he had risen for the purpose of apologiz- ^ v to tho House in the most humble manner, and ; asking its pardon, as ho most sincerely did. He d in its presence, under the excitement of the oment, violated its order?an excitement which ^ could not repress. The House had witnessed ,, uat had passed between the g^ntloman from North irolina (Mr. Stanley) and himself, in the course w the debate, and had heard the language used by ' at gentleman towards him. He (Mr. W.) hadi^ isscd over to that gentleman's seat, in ordor to re-1 onstratc with him in a friendly and private way. I he gentleman from North-Carolina was excited, ! id he (Mr. W.) becoming bo, they wore soon en- j iged in very hot words. Our friendly relations, gc mtinued Mr. W., were interrupted. I will not ite to the Hcuso circumstantially, all that took ace; but he repeated to me what he had said, and n{ gave him warning that ho had not met me in the e( irit in which I ar Mr. W., at the close of the sentence which was 0| us lost to the Reporter, was interrupted by Mr. Andrews, of Kentucky, who said that he w ijccted to the gentleman going into the facts, hicli ho hoped would bo ascertained by a commit- flj o nf nnrenne iuIiaIIv nn'intnrflStpH. v. ?. vl Mr. Wise. I liavo but a few words to say.? w Jries of "Go on, goon."] In the warmth of my n, icitemont I used harsh language, and the gentle. an returned to me a word which I could not a, ook, either hero or elsewhere. Never, whatever s|; ay be the consequences, will I brook that word.? te struck him. I liavo offended against the House; pt humbly ask its pardon, and I submit myself to (jj ly penalty which it may please to impose. ar] Mr. Stanly then took the floor, and said he had |jj >t risen to ask pardon of the House- If he had '1' fended against it?if he had been guilty of any pj malty the House might impose?even to be expell. ,?j] !, or to be forced to resign. But (continued Mr. va .) I believe I have done what any other man on iJl is floor would have done under similar circum- sp mces. all The honorablo gcntloman from Virginia, (Mr. ra risc,) whose insolence I will not say notorious, ac mo round to my seat, not, as he says, to rcmon- by rate?no, not to remonstrate?but to scold, to th dure, to browbeat mo, as ho docs every body of ho presumes to differ with such a high-born Vir- (r nian as he is. I could not tolerate it. I told him pe tiat I understood turn to nave saia, ana wnat x naa co id in reply. He then said "I want to warn you." pc o which I replied, "No, I will not take your warn- all gP He then said, "Come out of tlie Hall with of c," and started towards the door. I replied "No, a t r; you have beard what I said; you can toko your of vn ooursc; I have nothing more to say." He then pi; id "You deserve ray contempt;" I then said, "Sir, u are a liar." Mr. Wise. That is not the fact. Mr. Stanley. That is the state of facts, I as. rt it before my constituents, before this House, d before the world. The gentleman then raised his hand and struck me; d if the members of the House had not interfered. vould have given him the severe punishment iich lie deserves for his insolence. Mr. Ingersoll rose and offered the following resoion: Resolved, That a Special Committee be appointto inuuiro into the circumstances of the rencoun on the floor of the House between Mr. Wise and r. Stanley, Members of this House, and to report :reon to the Houso. Mr. Andrews, of Kentucky, said that at the last ngress a committee had been appointed on a simisubject when a similar occurrence had taken ice. How that investigation ended every body ew. He was opposed to the appointment of a mmittee. He considered the former occurrence graceful to the House, as he considered this.? thought that the two members engaged deserved be expelled, and ho believed they should be exled now, upon the spot, and without further de'Cries in many parts of the House, "Agreed? reed."] rhero was no other way in which the House rid vindicate its character and its dignity. The nmittee appointed in a similar case at the last ngrcss had done nothing?ha^ recommended nong?and the indignity which had been offered io i House and the country went unpunished and un^ ulrnrl T-Tn wttfi for nn onntmiffop__it ronnW fin nerc white-washing affair?a mere humbug, such we had heretofore had. VIr. Hopkins (after a remark which the Reporter ' ild not hoar) moved the previous qnestion. Mr. Andrews moved to lay the resolution of Mr. 1 rersoll on the tabic, with a view he said, if that tion prevailed, to offer the following resolution: Resolved, That the Hon. Henry A. Wise, a mem- J of this House, having this day, by his own consions on the floor of the House, while in session 1 Committee of the Whole on the slate of the Un, committed an assault on the Hon. Edward inley, be therefore expelled from the House. Mr. Andrews moved to lay the resolution on the ile, for the reasons above stated by him. Which motion was rejected. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. ipkins for the previous question. And there was a second. A.nd the main question (being on the resolution) s ordered; and being tiken? The resolution, by ayes 124, noes not counted, s adopted. And the committee was ordered to consist of se. i members. From the National Intelligencer THE "SHOWER OF FLESH AND BLOOD." Our readers are greatly indebted to the incipal of that excellent institution the lexamldrid Boarding School, for the folwing scientific elucidation of the phemminn ill 'Poll riPOCPP. d PSIIJ n !1 tP(l b\' th B > IJJ U ? D " J ove heading: Alexandria Boarding School, ) 9 mo. 2d. 1841. $ Friends Gales and Seaton: I nolieed in e Intelligencer of to-day, under the head Atmospherical Phenomenon," an article did the Nashville Banner, describing hat is stated to have been a "shower of :sh and blood," in the vicinity of Leba>n, Tennessee. The same acccount, orsimilar one, has also been published in veral other papers. There are many 'rsons of that peculiar temperament that unfavorably affected by intelligence of > unusual and awful a character; to such may be a relief to learn that the phejmenon alluded to finds its ready explaition in a well-ascertained fact in the :onomy of insects. In the interesting id instructive works of Kirby &, Spence, i the Natural History of Insects," are e following remarks, which explain the hole subject: "Many species of Lepidoplcra, [Butleics,] when they emerge from the pupa chrysalisjstalp, discharge a reddish fluid, l II1CII, 111 some llJSLUllucn, niiiric uiui iinbers have been considerable, has proiced the appearance of a shower of blood id by this natural fact, all those bloody lowers, recorded by historians as prematura!, and regarded, where they hapined, as fearful prognostics of importng evils, are stripped of their terrors, id reduced to the class of events that ippen in the common course of Nature, hut insects are the cause of these [sup>sed] showers is no recent discovery; for cdian relates thai, in the year 1552, a st multitude of butterflies swarmed rough a great part of German}', anil Tinkled plants, leaves, buildings, clothes, id men, with bloody drops, as if it had ined blood. But the most interesting i count of an event of this kind is given ' Reaumer, from whom we learn that, in e beginning of July, 1C08, the suburbs t Aix, and a considerable extent of coun- i y round it, were covered wun wnai ap- j lared to be a shower ef blood: We may t nceive the amazement and stupor of the I ipulace upon such a discovery, the t iroj of the citizens, the grave reasoning i the learned. All agreed however, in < tribuiing the appearance to the powers I darkness, aud in. regarding it as the . ognostic and precursor of some direfu] t 4:: \ . > *' ^ s V%v "V** ' i ? ... , 'f-. misfortune about to befall tbotrr.' Fwi.r ' arid prejudice would have ilikrn deep n>i.t . * upon this occasion, ami miulit hiiT?:prp- T,. (lured fatal effects upon some weak minds, Ijud not M. Peiresc, a celebrated' phthrso- ' jJf& pher of that place,-paid attention to insects. A chiysajis, tvhich he preserved r?\ his cabinet, let him into the secret of thi*; : mysterious shower. Hearing a fluttering,?:, wliich informed him his insect was nrrir ved at its perfect state, he opened the box . in which he kept It, the animal flew out' and left behind a red spot. He compared this with the spots of the Woody shower, and found they were alike.' At the same time he observed there was a -prodigious U quantitity/ofhutterflies flying about, and _ that the drops ofthe miraculous.-rain weicft' not to be found upon the tile#v nor even upon the upper surface of the stones, but^ ' . chiefly in cavites and places where rain could not...easily come. Thus dfd this judicious observer dispel theigno.Qintfears and terror which a natural phenomenon ? ' had caused."?Vol. 1, page 35, * ' ' X " Those wishing further, information on .. . ,/ the subject will find it in Comstock's Philosophy, and in No. LXXIV. of Harper'tf^ Family Library. The instan'ce mentioned in the JNasH-' ville account, of flesh appearing with the - ^ * blood, no doubt was the result of the in- r sect having perished in the pjocess of> transformation. . v ? , RF.N.T4MIN HALLOWELL. We rend a pretty story ofSt. Anthony, ? ' who being in the wilderness, led theri'A-lr ' '.'v very hard and strict life, insomuch as none at that time did the like, to whom came a mice froro heaven saying, Anthony, thou art not so perfect as is a cobbler that dwel leth at Alexandria. Anthony hearin^this; . ' rose up forthwith, and took his' staff and travelled till he came to Alexandria, where lie found the cobbler. The cobbler waa astonished to see so reverend a father come to his house. Then Anthony sa|d^unto him, Come and tell me thy whole'conver- " sation, and how thou spendest thy time? Sir, said the cobbler, as for me,good works have I none, for my life is but simple and slender, f am but a poor cobbler; in the morning when I rise. I pray for the whole * eity wherein I dwell, especially for all such neighbors and poor friends as I have: after I set meat my labor, where I spend the whole day in getting my living, and I keep me from all falsehood, for I hate nothing so much as I do'deceilfulnfcss, wherefore, when I make any man a prom- 'ise, I keep it, and perform it truly, and thus I spend my lime poorly with my wife * * i ? i ? i 1 ? i. ?.1 ami cmiuren, ivnum i iciicn mm nonu >, as far as my wit will serve, to fear and serve God. And this is the sura of ray simple life.?Bishop Latimer. * _ A writer in Chamber's Edinburg Jnurnal, in giving an account of Lincoln Lunatic Asylum, states the following interesting fact:?Another case in this asylum interested me greatly. Amongst the.better class of b oarders is a middle aged .respectable looking man, posessiiig a large; and active brain, but deranged on some points. This person, some months ago, took a particular interest in a young man, also a patient of good abilities, but imperfectly educated, and given over to habits ofsloth and indolence. From the senior inmate the junior obtained, in the course ofsix months, not only much instruction in reading, writing, and accounts, but hab- ' its of occupation and attention, and a desire to make himself useful in the . world. Thus, by constantly employing ihe powers of bis mind to the utmost, his intellect and self respect gradually redeveloped themselves, and afterwards, being dischar gecl cured, he obtained a situation which gave him the mean? of ir.dependant subsistence. I was shown a series of grateful and neatly-penned letters which the pupil had since sent, from time to time, to his friendly instructor. Correspondence of the Mercury. Washington, Sept. 13. Well, the explosioh of the Whig Cabinet has come at last, and a State Rights ' Whig Cabinet, (as it is called) is to be substituted in its stead. In the first platie, Mr. Forward, who i? to be Secretary of the Treasury, is a Connecticut manr who settled in Pennsylvania. He was formerly an obscure member of Congress?was ^ made first Comptroller of the! Treasury by Harrison?is a tariff man, and a feder a list throughout; and, it is said, was put In by the intervention of the Pennsj Ivania lariffites. Your fellow townsman comes next, Mr. Legar. He was got in by Mr. Rives, being the last of the omnibus parly, who are to be merged into the administration party. His well known hatred to your great Statesman it is supposed did more for him than any tiling else?two suns in the firmament from the South being one too many in the opinion of the President. You know what "courage and strength" he will bring tome acmimstraLion. Your Senator, Mr. Preston, is givsn the go bv, on account of his supposed, identification with Mr. Clay. Mr. Upsher :>f Virginia, is a clever man, and a Nulliier. but he. is put into the Navy. Mr. John M'Lean, it is not supposed here will tccept of the War Department. The