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>. -!!*? From the Nho York Herald Extra. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM SHTRUR.ITAN NL3?THIRTEEN D.U'S LATER. Two" Attempts to Assasir,afe the Queens <4 F.nghnd-^-Morc Disastrous Xewsfrom India? Fall of Giivznee. Kr The Rritannia arrived at Ecston about 11 q'> . clock yesterday forenoon. The Britannia left Liverpool on 'iie afternoon of the 4th. and we have both London and Liverpool papers to the morning of that day. >/rheBritish War^learner Rliadarnanthusarrived at Halifax n:t the 13th inst. with dcspntch cs for Lor(f Jv-'.inurton, and orders for the Wart spite to p~;?cce<l to the Mediterranean. The special messenger to I.orcl Ashburlon came from ?' Halifax in the Britannia, anTHt is rumored that - * ' ,liii-.despaichcs are of the highest importance. - The most prominent items of news are two AidkAttcmpls upon the life of the Queen of England, awl the fijll of Ghuznco, one of thejgtrongest * * Jfitishfortresses in India. * ^Tlie Income Tax Bill and the T|ja/T have nearly passed the House of Common^nhd will speedilytje taken through the House of Lords,! nnd receive the Royal assent. The alterations1 that have been made in the customs' duties, asj * "originally proposed, during their prepress through j "? the lower house, arc very trivial, and will bo j v" found duly reported in our Parliamentary abridgv'ment. _ The .smuggling of tobacco into England seems to give pretty steady employment to the revenue j officers. "Several extensive seizures of the arti?Te liave been made. f ....-The subscriptions in London, Paris, and indeed all over Europe, in behalf of the sufferers by the great fire at Hamburgh, have been on a most liberal and unprecedented scale, notwithstanding the commercial depression which prevails so extensively everywhere. gfiMany more arrests have been made at Paris, ofpersons supposed to be implicated in the late attempts upon the life of the King. The British appear to be making immense preparations for the prosecution of the war in China and India. No less than 50,000 stand.of arms had been forwarded to Bom bat', by the way - ' -'sef Alexandria and Suez. Emigration to Canada and the United States was still going on with great activity at some of the British ports? Indeed, the rage of emigration appears to rhn higher than ever. There were over 800 emigrants ready to embark from i Greenock alone. Charles Albert, King of Piedmont, had revok- ; ed his decree for the virtuous expulsion of the i - " - ti. e i Jews lrora tftc city 01 ?avoma xju inuiiu me | , olhct?-fito;cntatcs of Furope, small and great, | ^reouldTffot countenance a piece of barbarity wor- i thy of the darkest ages. I {^.Another madman or a monster without the ex- i j>, Otise of madness has attempted the assassination i df^he beloved Sovereign of the British empire, i 'At six o'clock on Monday evening, as her Majcs- i ^ *fy accompanied by Prince Albert, was returning i to the Palace in an open barouche, with cutri- . ders, an assassin presented a pistol and discharg- . cd it at the Queen from very nearly the same | j!pot on.Constituf ion llilJ from which Oxford fired. > The wretch was instantly seized by a soldier of i the Scotch Fusilier Guard. He was at first?upIicsed to be a foreigner, but it appear", unhappi- / y, that he is an Englishman, named John Fran- j c;s,4j|n of a seencshlitcr at o.nc of the theatres.,, ?.->* He is abo.ut '2'J years of age. c The royal cortege, when the pistol was dis- c charged, was fortunately proceeding at a rate i rather more rapid than usual, and to that circum- 1 stance it is supposed her Majesty in a great t measure, owes the preservation of her life, as i Francis was seen by a policc-constable to take f deliberate aim. The act had been noticed by Prfilce Albert, who sat on the right hand of his royal consort, and who immediately rose from his scat. He pointed out the miscreant to one . of the outriders, when the royal servant got off j * his horse to assist in his apprehension, but find- , * ing him secure in custody, again followed his j royal carriage. The Indian overland mail arrived at Marseilles, ; brings an account of the fall of Ghuznee. The .>nri surrendered. on condition * jJiiiUti VU^UUJUWU Uilv< w f Ihatthe garrison be safely conducted to Cabul. I ^ On the other hand, Col. Pollock had forced the | Khiber pas?, and taken possession of the forts commanding it, and you Id, r.o doubt, march to the relief of Jellalabad. General Sale, in a sortie from that place, overthrew the insurgents. #A rumor prevailed that Akbar Khan had been ily wounded. Gen. Knott had gained sonic advantages on fie side of Kandahar, but Gen. England had not joined him. It is reported that Shah Shoojah had poisoned. TBhre is no news from China. The troubles in Ireland continued. The Limerick Chronicle gives an account of the arrest inDoon mountain, of four persons with their faces painted black, who inr.de the late attack upon the dairy .^house of .Mr. Dalton at Donohel. Threatening^notices of assassination had been Josted up in various places in the same neighorhood, and a kind of morbid excitement seemed to prevail every where. Special meetings of the magistrates had been called at various places in Tipperary, and a general feeling 6eemed to prevail that some important movement was at hand". The Grand Jury of Dublin hod insulted O'Connell, fcy going without their usual dinner rather than"ioviie.th? Lord Mayor to the feast?a rule which custom has made imperativg. The Agita. aw rm jc inmr without a dinner as lor b<iyt> uv uuit ^ _ they can. Swindling Transaction.?Some days since a 'man calling himself Sjc^jnes opened an office in <& ^this-city as an agency lor the engaging of la* .borers for a company about, as he represented, iq construct a riil road from Memphis, Tennes. see, to 6ome point not named. Inducements were particularly held out to immigrants recent* ly arrived, and in these times, of course, they were not slow in acceding to his terms. One ol Lis representations was to the effect that it being difficult to. procure ?s many men as were wanted, it was necessary to exact from those engaged, as a forfeit, the sum of 6<?ven dollars ant * a fcalf, which it was stated would fcf* in fact re. funded to them by paying their pas.-ag? to Pitts burg, he to guarantee the payment ot the'r tra v veiling expenses the remainder of the lPute l< P . Memphis, yyjl the same to be repaid by thei.1 i? imtaHmontmy instalments deducted from the. iWlMS'tnis nloa. nlauenble enough, lie succeeded ir obtaining 'the amount stated, from no less thai Ane hundred and ninety persons, thus realising the swig sum" of nine hundred dollars. Oi Tugpday, Sytnmes reiterated the story that h( couid not get enough; avowed his dei-urninatioi of going on to Naw-Vork lor more, and accord ingly started for that place, leavinghis suh-agen a man named Wallace, and a clerk, to tran.^s.c ^the business here; but .on {Saturday morninj neither of these were to be found; and a portio: if the defrauded men went before Mayor Scot # < * m ? ?J J , ? I , I I. iwti | and made complaint Warrants were issued, | and on Saturday afternoon Wallace was arrested i at a houfflhoar Twelfth and Pine street by officer ltngBeiii, lie will probably have a hearing j this morning. Svtnmes is still at large. /' * [Phil. U. S. Gazelle. . From the Richmond Enquirer. i Tiie Negotiation.?VvTe sincerely trust, that - *? - !/>? 1ia_ the negotiation win remove an uuuvw.? j tween tiie two countries?but tlie question is not , without serious difficulty. The Boundary.?Maine acceded to the appli! cation for appointing1 Commisioners on her part , to decide on the proposition, which Great Britain ; has made. The Executive of Massachusetts has also appointed Mr. Lawrence, with the Van Bu1 rcn District Attorney. Mr. Mills, and a third Commissioner, who is a Whig, to represent her interests in the Eastern Boundary: If Lord Ashi burton be confined the ofler of a pecuniary coin| pensation for the land in question, it is not so : certain that lie will succeed. Maine has been mos^ksirouB-of sccunng the navigation of the St. J6hn's, with an exchange of a portion of the disputed Territory. This might take off a slice of the Brittish settlements. Should the Maine Commissioners, therefore, adhere to this position it might be necessary for l/>rd Ashburton to write home for supplemental instructions?and thus, of course, more time would be consumed. But even if Great Britain should decline the propositions of Maine, we should not despair of an amicable adjustment of the qussiion. The next would be, for Lord Ashburton and Mr. Webster, to lay down the bassis of the plan hitherto agreed to of a joint Commission. Question of Search?This is an important and difficult question. Mr. Stevenson has taken the bold, but the true American ground?in which he has been followed by Messrs. Cass in his Exposition, and Wheaton in his Enquiry.'? Our Government must take high ground, and we ?._,j __ :__u trust will maintain it. we can run yiuiu .m mui of it. We go for Peace, consistently with our Rights and our Honor?but no humbuggery, no ingenious trick, no plausible and pretended compromise, of the Liberty of the Seas. After rousing up the just pride and sensibilities of France, we must not sacrifice the principles we have assumed. . Iler Ministry have placed themselves in rather an embarrassing predicament?and it is impossible to speculate absolutely on the course they will pursue. The last indication we have seen is in the Journal des Debats. in an article said to be from the pen of M. Guizot, in answer to the atlackson England in the "Presse" and the "National." "We r.eed not dwell on the last treaty relative to the right of search. The Chamber having testified its disapprobation, the Government has rfofcratificd it, and M. Guizot lias repeated, even ib eat:eiy, in terms the clearest and most precise that-language can furnish, that unless important 1 modifications should be introduced, it will not be ratified at all. What is not less true, and what'l France ought not to be mistaken about is, that England has a right to be astonished at this re-1 fusal to ratify, and at the explosion of abuse i vhich accompanied it?for the treaty was our| ,vork as much as hers." So far as our municipal laws can be exerted 1 or the suppression of the odions slave trade, we i ire willing to put forth out strength ?to em- 1 :!oy a respectable squadron on the coast of Afri- :a and to -lav l']0 strongest injunctions upon 1 >ur consul in Cuba, to prevent our flag from bong abused, and our vessels from being frauducnlly prostituted to the purposes of the slave i a.. ....m ../wcnlff frnrn fill ' lealer?but we mustprotcciuui :io]ation and search by British cruisers in a J state of peace. [From the Fort Pickering Eagle, of June 4. J L'vfurtu naic and Melancholy A fair.?A n aftair, 1 is unusual in its nature as it was melancholy in [ ts result, took place at Memphis on Monday \ morning last. Mr. John Trester?represented as i wealthy and highly respected citizen of Marion counlv, Indiana?with his two sons and seme few hands, landed at the usual landing place some day last week. On Monday last the collector stepped on board, and as is usual, demanded the customary tax of one dollar, which sum, as we understand, becomes due immediately alter the disposal or sale of any of the commodities contained in the boat. This sum Mr., Trester refused to pay, although he had, as we I are informed, commenced selling?thus leaving; it to the option of the collector whether to act in I disobedience of his duty, and by losing the legal' tax as a precedent that might act injuriously to | the future interests of the .town, or proceed to the I usual course oflcgal extremity and gain it. I'ifluerceJ by a sense ot duty as well as by harsh and improper language, perhaps inadver- J tently given by Mr. Trester, he chose the latter i 1 Tt~ J rtKtoin tKo noppQ. ! course. >vnuc cnaeu%ui-iuu wuuiuu, sary authority, with such assistance as might | enable him to put the laws more effectually in force, the owner of the boat imprudently cast off the fastenings and put out into the stream. lu the meantime the collector made known the circumstances of the case to Mr. Locke, the town constable, who obtained such assistance as he could hastily collect not neglecting to call upon a number of the Memphis Rifle Guard. Headed by the constable, they got on board the ferry boat and put out in pursuit of the flat. In the middle of the stream the parties met, when an action j commenced between them: the boatman making use of such weapons vsthey could hastiltcollect ! consisting clubs, broken pikes, &c, and *?tsputing all intrusion upon the deck of their boat.? Capt. Ruth of the Guards was the first upon the deck of the delinquent, and the first to fall by a blow aimed at his head; others followed, and j were likewise stricken down. Upon this the guard made use of their guns and-flygd upon those who were yet committing blows upon the prostrate forms of their companions, and wounded mortally, as finally appears, the owner ot the boat. The crew of the flatboat, beiner overpowered by numbers, submitted and :'j weretaked before a justice ol the peace, oy wnom | they were immediately acquitted?no evidence i of crime appearing to exist against them. Mr. j Trester was taken to Mr. Doyle'6 private hos1 pital, where he died, after much suffering, on . J Tuesday morning last. - j Since Monday some little excitement has pre. | railed, both among the boatn en and ci.izens, bui ) we are happy todii-cover that it is fast subsiding 1 and that no farther disturbance is likely to occui r as the result of this unfortunate occurrence. I A Deplorable Case of Poverty?On Monda] i aftemoor. a niun of decent-appearance applied fo r'work, but wii.hout success, in a shoe-store ii Callowhill st., anJ on leaving the store he stoh 5; a pair of slices. He u'as pursued and arrestei n j in a cellar in Buttonwood,"a!."ove Fifth st. Somi - i gentlemen vfrlirt were present, took an interest ii t! his welfare, and went with him-to the store froc II which he had stolen the 6hoes, and becoirie se gj curi'.v for him for some leather, &c. to give bin n | employment, though the gentleman who kep tithe Ftcre had no accasion for more help. It ap % . * W _ ? * , * $ ^ I pears that he had been a member of a church for | ten years, and had attended semce regularly uni til recently, when he stopped going, owing as he stated tbakhe had not clothes decent to appear ^P?.that heptways had borne a good character, artdjias a wife and three children depending upon him. He has had no employment for months, and had been to all the stores and shops trying to obtain employment, but without success, and did not think of stealing when he went into the.Btore, but in despair, and' without thought as to the consequence, had committed the rash deed. lie gave the gentlemen references?who found the statements to be correct, and that he had always I been industrious and honest up to the evil moment.?Phil. Xorlh Amcr. Correspondence of llie Charleston Courier. 1 WASHINGTON, JUNE 20. j I am still of tfiir opinion, as 1 have heretofore remarked, that we are on the eve of a reorganization of the Cabinet,'and of a great change in the state of parlies. As a proof of if, the Calhoun men, on one side, and the Van Buren men on the other, are exceedingly jealous of Mr. Tyler's present purposes. They would rather, perhaps, ! that he would stick to the whig faith. I am told that the present Cabinet have not been consulted, as yet, in regard to the forthcoming veto.? Mr. Webster has, no doubt, very warmly opposed it, in conversation, and, up to yesterday, lias declared that the rumor of a veto was idle and absurd. He does not, or did not then, believe that it would come. It will be remembered, however, that he, on the eve of the veto of the bank charter, asserted that.Mr Tyler would sign the bill. He is equally mistaken in this1 case. Mr. Tyler will not 6ign any tariff bill J which embraces distribution. Mr. Preston, when the temporary Tariff bill. was referred in the Senate, remarked that he! hoped it would be taken up, on Monday (to-morrow) inasmuch as it was a subject of exxitement and uneasiness, and ought to be settled as soon as possible. It will come up to-morrow or next day. It is a subject that would, under any circumstances, attract, much attention in the Senate. A most elaborate, able, and earnest debate may be expected upon it. But, some of the opponents of the measure, anticipating the veto, will be willing to let it go, pretty soon, to the President. I do not know that President Tyler has got his veto of "the little bill" already written; but I am sure of one thing?that he has directed circulars to be prepared to forward to the Collectors, with directions as to their proceedings after June, 30th. This alone shows two things;?1st, that the veto is determined upon, and, SM, that the difficulty which has been suggested in regard to a veto? to wit?that after June 30th there will be no mode of collecting the revenue?has been over come. The system of revenue, as it win e.visi i on the 1st of July?should no new legislation be , interposed?will yield, under instructions to be issued, about fifteen millions, according to Mr. Forward's calculations. But many shrewd and , well-informed men?among them Mr. Saltcn-1, stall?say it won't yield ten. No'onc, so far, has even hinted the possibility that, in the interval between the veto and the 30th of June any new system will be adopted. So, after that day, the Government itself will be in j the precarious and humble condition of beggary; and I cannot believe that it will be considered an ' object of charity I have private intelligence from New York,) which yoti may rely upon, that Hon. T. F. Alar-, ' shall, of Kentucky, has challenged Col. Webb,! editor of the New York Courier. You have, of 11 course, scon all that passed in public .and which led to the affair. I further learn that Col. Webb I accepted tiie invitation, but that arrangements i' were suspended. It may be hinted that it will , end as a-recent and prominent affair here ended, j but I judge not. It is too late for this remark to ;; have any influence one way or another, and therefore, I can venture to say that from my own knowledge of the parties and their position, they will, in my opinion, fight. WASHINGTON, JUNE 20. The proceedings of Congress are increasing in J interest. Every hour discloses some new and | important fact, bearing immediately upon the very existence of a constitutional government in this country. I heard a member of Congress, who is somewhat remarked for his intelligence and coolness, say, this morning, that "we were standing on a volcano." A waggish friend said "when will it. explode." The reply was, "within twenty days." j The situation of the country and of the govern- i mer.t is truly alarming?more so, perhaps, than you are aware. Many, out of this city, are disposed to make light of the difficulties with which we are surrounded. Perhaps, they will, after the 30th of June, see a state of things that will hardly be considered as a fair subject of jest. It will be as serious a joke as was ever attempted.! What are the circumstances? The Treasury is empty. There are no means of filling it. The loan is not taken. No capitalists, at home or j abroad, has any confidence in the government or ' its institutions, and, to crown the whole, the re- [ venue, such as it is, to stop on the 30th of June | ?ten days hence. Still every one is silent and , awaiting the result. There is no blustering, no noise. Every one here knows what is coming! each man seems to be prepared to meet it?1 I Whether the government itself will withstand J the shock remains to be seen. I It is too grave a subject to bo kept out of the I public debates in Congress. It has been talked of in private circles. But, to-day, it was, in the ; Senate, alluded to, in a most pointed manner. Mr. Buchanan uttered these words, which, at i any other time than this, would have been es- j teemed extraordinary?viz: that he had reason to | believe that the great whig party intended to' stop the revenue after the 30th of June; that they had the power to do it and would do it; and that the President would not and could not, in his opinion, sign the provisional THriff bill. Mr. Crittenden, in the course of some remarks, referred to the dissolution of the Cabinet, and did not gainsay the fact or inference that the veto would come. But he said this?that the gentle. men on the democratic side had made 6ome new , arrangement with Mr. Tyler, whereby they were to have the control of his Cabinet. This was the ? substance of a speech of three quarters of an l hour. I would here rpmark that I have been very r careful to avoid rumors in my correspondence with you. I have never alluded to the contemplated changes in the Cabinet until very recent jy, but here we find them a subject of debate in r the Senate, to-day. 1 The most important indication of the discuss sion to-day was this?that the whig Senators d have determined not to take up the Provisional e Tariff bill until the 2!)thofJuud?i. e.?not unu til the last minute before the day comes when the a bill must become a law, or when the revenue . will cease for want of law. i I cannot say that the President will veto thii t tarifi'Jaw. Butlfoiow that, if he does not, hi - will disappoint his friends and his foes both. * - .1 * * The Hoase is engaged upon the Tariff and Revenue bill. Several gentleman spoke very ably upon it, to-day?Mr. Randolph, q?New Jersey; Mr. Hunt, of N. Y.; Mr. Van Burin, of New York and others. * WASHINGTON, JUNE 21. I supposed, last evening, as I informed you# that the Whig Senators had determined that the nrniricinnnl lorifF Kill oKnul/1 rKa r?oocsctrl until near the end of the present month. Butj^learn, to-day, that most of the Whig Senators are opposed to taking it up at all, and that it will not probably, be either passed or rejected, or, in any way, further noticed by that body. This determination is wise, in every po nt of view.? It will be much better for the whigs to make**an issue on the main revenue bill, now under disi cussion in the House, than on the "little Bill" as it is called. There is no necessity for passing a temporary tariff bill. It was thought, heretofore, that there would be no means of collecting any revenue after the 30th June, but that has proved to be erroneous. So, the very idea on which the Hittle bill" was based is abandoned as a mistake. The President has directed circulars to be issued under the law, to the Collectors, instructing them as to the mode of levying ar.d collecting duties after the 30th of June. The Senators are too wise to enter into a controversy with the Executive, when there is no necessity for it, and no object to be gained by it It is serviceable to them as a party, to avoid small issues, and to make great ones. Mr. Fillmore's Revenue Bill will pass the House about the 4th of July, and towards the | end of that month, will go to the President It; will conform with the recommendations as to an j adequate Revenue, but it will be adverse to his ( recommendation of a suspension of the Distri-1 bution Bill. It is still generally supposed that j Mr. Tyler will^cto this bill, or any bill provid mar fnr distribution. Should he veto it. it is evi dent that it will make a terrible excitement in the country?the consequences of which cannot well be estimated. No part of the loan can be got until the revenue question can be settled.? The Whigs will not (as Mr. Cowan, of Ohio, | declared in the House, to-day, that he would not) grant any further supplies to the Govern- 1 ment without providing for the full execution of the distribution law. Ififact, this veto will in- 1 volve the country and endanger the govern- 1 ment. Among those who spoke on the Revenue Bill, in the House to-day, were Mr. Cowau for pro- 1 tcction and distribution, and Mr Kennedy, of Indiana, and Mr. Steenrod, of Va., against them. The question was taken in Committee, on Mr. Habersham's motion to substitute his bill for Mr. Saltonstall's proposed amendment, and it was rejected, 37 to 65?but a quorum voting. 1 No one was ready to take the floor. The de- 1 bate begins, already, to-day. The House passed the Indian Appropriation Bill. ' ' 1 A message was received from the President, in reply to a resolution of the House, calling on him for copies of the Quintuple Treaty of Gen. 1 Cass; protest against it, or of any correspon- ] dencc between the Government of France and ] the United States, on the Right of Search.? , The President states that the treaty has not been officially communicated to him; and lie ( cannot at present, promulgate the correspon- t dencc, without detriment'to the public inter- , ests. . Mr. Preston, from the Military AfTai^Sje- 1 ported a bill to re-organize the Army. He*propnses to retain 9800 men?which exceeds by' 1500 the number fixed in the Army Appropria-M tion bill from the House. He supposed that the ' j nnrrtKnr orMiallv in Korvico would never exceed I. 7000, under this bill?which is less than we 1 had in 1803, when Mr. Jefferson was President. c This bill is intended tore-organise the Army on i proper principles, instead of doing it in the crude and ill-considered way proposed by the House. , Mr. Walker occupied nearly the whole day in an able speech against the Remedial Judicial Bill. LETTER FROM GENERAL JACKSON. < Hermitage, May 23, 18-42. , Sir?I have the pleasure to acknowledge ^ the receipt of your letter of the 14th inst., en- J closing me letters of introduction from Col. R. 1 M. Johnson and other gentlemen, and acquaint- ; ing me with the objects of your visit tb-"this country, as the agent of the Young Men's Irish , Repeal Association of New York. No individual can take a deepet interest than 1 I do in whatever concerns the welliare ahd hap-: | pincss of the Irish people. And there is no- j t thing more grateful to my feelings than the an-j ticipation, authorized by the progress of liberal,' principles throughout the world, that the day ' is not far distant when without violence or civil | commotion, Ireland will regain the principles I; she lost in 1800, and be in possession of all | kU^om/.o flifit fln?u frnir. n fmvernment deri- 1 UIG uicao111o? .. w... _ ving its authority from the will of her people, and administered with a vfew to their security and happiness. That the measures calculated to produce this happy result fil8yr be crowned with speedy success is my fervent prayer. But at the 6ame time that I express thus free-1 ly my sympathies for that noble hearted and. generous people, and my hopes that the exer- ] tions they are making peaceably and constitu-' tionally to recover the Representative government may be successful, it is proper for me to say that ldo co without meaning to transcend that maxim which teaches us not to interfere offensively with the internal affairs of other nations. The preservation of the principle on which this maxim rests is far more important to the good of mankind than any benefit that can possibly be obtained by a departure from it, and 1 ~ T ?? iirnnM ho there are no people, x <uu omc, less willing than the Irish to occupy a position which would bring into question the justice of the principle. Entertaining these views, it would give me great pleasure to attend the meeting which you propose, but the feeble state of my health will not permit me to do so. Thanking you for the too favorable terms in which you are pleased to allude to me personally, and assuring you that the Irish blood which flows in my veins will never cease, but with my life, alone to beat in unison with those who have at heart the security of I.ish Liberty, I subscribe myself very truly, Your obedient servant, ANDREW JACKSON. To Thomas Mooney, Esq., Agent of the Irish Repeal Association of New York?Ntehville | THE DISTIBUTION SCHEME. > We publish in this paper the resolutions of the > General Assembly on the Distribution Bill? the great bribery act of the extra session of j Congress, and the most corrupt piece of legis? lation that ever disgraced Congress. This profligate act, by which the corrupt leaders of the u . ? hard cjder'canj^Hn flaip&^iiemsejves they* should bribe u^BHK^^H^ebauching then),has met with poratttFarid li^nal reprobation in almost every the. country/ That. Congress while iCreasing the expenditures -of government in almost every department, and* * while plunging the country fn immense dejjt^% r * should propose to distribute from an exhahsied ^ and impoverished treasury, is indeed most surprising. It is an evidence of the total destitu- '3 tion of the corrupt whig leaders sense as vfcell ad J common honesty. Our countrymen wbuld in- * deed be a stupid, debased and ignorant population, which the enemies oL popular rights have supposed'and claimed,iJt^they were to. sanction for a moment, . principles so absurd and ridiculous as those of that corrupt bill.? To give away with- one hand, while actually iL. ^&i .. **i a J~ii-- -r wiui ine uiner, wiuiuui one uunnr ui surplus in the treasury, and .with insufficient jk ? income to meet, the actual expenses of the vernment, is a 6pecfes of rfonagement that doe?- % not address itself favorably to the shrewd man. No intelligent individual manages hm private affairs Bankrupts, gamblers*; and others sometimes resort to^ttjcks^ke these, and this bill which has beennforced upon the country, against $ the dictates of wlsdOmand patriotism, smeJlsttfj^Lj^ its gambling origin. The man who could urge itfljQjfc would play at'high bragg, and swindle a We are glad oiir that Legislature by amost decisive and emphatic vote, has done honor .to old Connecticut by denouncing this most corr^t^. and dishonest transaction. Let our GovernmcEtM^, both National and State, be frugal of theH^j?A?t penditures and careful of their resources. Let* them not make lavish expenditures ot introdare * the corrupt system of bounties and grattiitres. If they will observe these few rules, they will'not swell up great national or State depts, those ^ gtinding curses of a people On this subject, Connecticut should be heard' and heeded. Onr State has not like too many others, run the wild and heedless career of extravagance and foUy in its expenditures, but haswisely and pruddntly managed its financial affairs, so that while other States are hopelessly and irretrievably in debt, we have inr addition to? our immence School Fund, a large snrpjus Statefund yielding us an annual income of no inconsiderable amount. Such beingftfce case, the resolutions of our Legislature ^Sre well timed^ and will be properly received and appreciated. Hartford, Times. ^ . % ra Ammn?r?o . WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUjtfc 29, 1842. We return our tha^wto our Representative,, he Hon. T. D. Surround the HonfFemando Wood, of N^^Yorff^for their attention in for-. .varding us C^j^essiony speeches and docunents. Cotton "Bofei?W^fcre ^l&vji^on Wed? ? nesday lost, a stalk UjJSBtton, taken from, the ,|M| plantation of CoKA^^^^ylor, containing & boll and slx^q^KSKBfred and three whit^ ' besides four otne|^^$n .would have been fulljef ;5 D.rpanded in.a day or two.. The stalk measured three feet, five inche^pi height, and was not,.we " * anderst$iri? selected*? a. "brag stalk/'but as a. air specific of the whole field. Hard to BEAT.4^PPe were presented' last. * veek, by JrjB. GeodlaS}, Esq. with a Beet weigh- ?? ng (afte.r^OT^i'horolighly washed, and the topaken"<>fft-^^^^gKnds. If any of our neighbors tan let fltem send their Beets ilong. ^?ra? GoodlacI is ready to give them . mother trial; and.when he undertakes a thing, le is lard to blrat, especially in raising Beets. ^ ST. JOHN'S^Y^ ~ The anniversary of the tutelar Saint of Majonry was celebrated by Kershaw Lodge No. 29, ,vith unusual spirit. I ne Dretnren met at tneir Lodge Room at an early hour, and after the translcticn of much interesting bu6inessr'<partook of in entertainment prepared for the ..occasion, by Mr. William Baskin, in his usual superior style. The occasion was distinguished by that brotherly feeling which should ever be conspicuous on ? the assemblage of the craft. The members of the Lodge were joined by a number of resident ind transient Masons, and after enjoying the sumptuous "Refreshments" and singing several Masonic Odes, the party separated in good feeling, pledging themselves on theirfconanjgp altar, an extension of those pure feelin^S^brotherly love and charity for which the MaswSB^fejnity should ever Undistinguished. Accident.?A valuable Negro fellow, belong- A ii?? ~ n~ u;? a ing to IWrS. IWdJjr luundj ui luio ivrvrsa, rvoo- ^ drowned on Sunday las), while bathing in the pond at the DeKalb Factory. , . y THE DISTRIBUTION BILL. The Democra'.ic Legislature'of another State has spoken in opposition to the bribery bill^A Preamble, setting forth the unconstitutionality of the act, accompanied by the following Resolutions was passed at the late session of tlje legislature of Connecticut: Resolved, That this General Assembly and the peopliibf the State of Connecticut, disapprove.of the act of Congress, entitled "an act to appropriate the sales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights," because the same is without authority from the Constitution, and is of injurious tendency. Resolved, That the Federal Government possesses no authority to distribute money from the national treasury to thejj^tates, and that in ordering such distribution, Congress transcends I its uowers. Resolved, Thiat it is'tjpt only unconstitutional, but it would be unwise tb make the Stales of this Union, dependent upon the Federal Go*vernment, or to clothe the latter with the power of dispensing pecuniary bounties to the States, thereby elevating the Central Government, which is the creature of the States, above the States which created it. Resolved, That a frugal government which is economical in its expenditures, and wnicn snaii abstain fromainjounties, is best adapteifto a re? publicanjij&fcpffi and this General Assembly, .speaki^^tehalf of the people of Connecticut, protest ^gijpot atiy system of dividing up the publih-t^^Jre^w. any measure that is calcula. > ted^itjaSlye tfieI6ountry in deb'. jRgc^^TT^tlbe Senators of this Stats iq