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are likely to be. or frv, Kmvbmn V?tc or more Indifferent ?e*eral calculate*, that " \fa ptevUatfto lite contie. obseyvcra, and wltlt a curieelty, 4 e??ff impartial, we Intend giv. rye. We know the cortectnene mentation require* a mind un> ?f 'paity views, and unhiasod by trr.1l yet, we fear, that so far being received jte?candkl, our eentl twents will oe accused uf a want of coolneae or liberality, our tone destitute of propriety I or decency, and outodvee hot the hireling of a faction, equally restless and disorderly. . Rut ?MCh are not our view* nr intention*. W? hh.iil not be disposed to flatter, for we V eeek no favour*; nor will scaudal be our aim, (? tor we have mlt with ho dUui;pi>httau.:tt;hut ? freely and fcartcady we ?haft eapose whfct* . f avcT is open to ecuaure, and with liberality anddelight shall mark whatever is worthy # herlt V'y 4?k Mr. A#*#s owe* *?ry much of bis greatness to those advantage* arising from illustrious birth, instinctive ta '? leu:*, or splendid fortune} fnr,.though dc ^ -, tended from a line of ance*tor? of mipecta . hie origin, he recoived Utile else than their Care in hla education and their partiality in i Advancement to favour. Unindebted to nature for any superior accomplishment* of the mind, he early commenced cultivating the barren soil that fell to his luti viewing '' pleasure as an allurement to vice knowing Indolent e to be overcome by ambition, and observing dissimulation to be the sure staff to eminence; he without hesitation scorned those habits which Would lead but to a de gradation of the irilnd, andadopted with ala orlty wkut he Imugiued would most easily Insure him success, urnl which most suited the natural trnour of his disposition. The ao* shiutng part of his character are his po liticul talents. No one individual perhaps In hit whole cabine?, or even in unv previ ous one, has enrrivd political intrigue to a greater degree of refinement; and this talent nn? n<>t only assisted him in tlte execution of all hi* views, hot hits been the mean* of bis elevation in the political field. His penetra tion into the secret cabals of all the restless prht'i. tans around him, has enabled him to defeat their desiuns; to destroy their plans; and to completely frustrate ah their inten tion*. Of an artful yet ntu'ibom deposition, he has exhibited all the dtsti-npiibhing ma- ks chn met eristic of persons of that nature; he i? timorous, motion*, prudent, msinreie and ?ii??i'iublil7t(; he is h.iii^ht ?, obstinate, w:l rtd, domineering and iiinbitii us; and is t'ni. i: re pared to govern his own *5 us by submit?!";; 'i; t?? thec.u-se an;! t'.e vt ;t>iit\ oi his met Mir >, r to aiiaiuil'ttu Hit prospects of itnotli er ? ?? fie Ut'rel**ntiii< ??e?ciit\ oi 1.is nro"'. >li? uoc ouilly address, which .s ensally pr?? niv.t-ut ? it ail occasions, not only overaws the tta aj.( hincnt* of the vulg'tr and dist>>ir ??<*>.me aUvaiivi.k ol Pit* Ortmaiv, but i ?nmeimu-s .hi ?? .?? ft i>c m -ark of dismty, and even furnuht.* a fund ..{ t.i <t .. for the dependant vyuophant and the vtiprrfi cu?lnl?Mrvcr. Au ? w ritvr, liu learned, tia 1>orntc, rliut?i icki style cvmcck the superior Ity of his. education and the ct.re and indu-.tr) < f hi* curly life; hut the ft:* ar.d almost un (listiiiguisluble aUciitpts at eloquence, im agination or hunvmr, show the barrenes* ol ]tift ^cniuH and the wai.t of a dclicite and femihle takte.?As an orator, abounding in ?cnsc and ia.ik?]a:?tic accuracy, hut far fituu being prrrwiiive, elujuent or commanding. Jn short, his principles art- too wuvermg t> rntnic him to esteem, hit deportment tot tibnipt to merit rcspcct; and hiskabtility t;x> profound to command regard. T';e Sfrtrrtnry.?If tho e attachments to Ki ticului'dckirts m cuily youth, which tend t to corrupt the m?ml? and degrade tin ii.ind, ever uce >mj:<i.y the mm in hi* more vignrousnnd advanced ugc, they iiiayHCCount fur the in.my singular foibles in the r.lutrat* tor of Mr. C**,. In fact bin portrait is presented to us in many and \ery dif ferent lights, w hich not only adndtof a vari *?>? of niiadcH, but even of up|KMitc and al i?i>?st contradictory views. Hid unfinished education, his uncliasteni-d knowledge, and his great tili?kt for trick and device, Wave *j* for the moment undetermined whether mcst to }*ity or to censure him; v.hi 1 u hi* f,w:?t genius, his powerful mind, and liik orcible eloquence, astouikh us with a colli sion of part* almost unreconciled and quite unreconcilable. If his private character was of that nature by which we could attrl bute iU fuuits to the enthusiastic or extrava gnnt Imagination of untutored genius fright very willingly pa*s?-?cr its tollies, and even allord a more consistent view of Iiih ge ?iier..l character; but n? his mind has luul nil the advantages that an intimacy with virtue could lut ninfi, hln cxtruvugaiiccs have been e/f Iti* own choosing, and thcri tore arc .it* open to censure an hi* noble ?|?i 4itiew arc-tol praise. lib education, thong mrtofitclan lie i or refitted order, wns such a. was cal culated to lay down the gefieral principles of literature, sciencc and morality; y?-t it ??ccm* thut instead of effecting that salit*ry end, attd that alone, it also contributed to height en a desire for ditoipation, and awaken a wan ton liberality of principles. Vet with mind "thus prime to nieasure and tnns receiving every opuortunlty to enjoy itself, its no much felicity, he still could tHirsue his studies with some degree of attention, and could even di rect his pursuits with a form of regtdarity; lor in tSjis most conspicuous theme (elo- ? quence) we discover at lea* the rudiments of classical and pr<ifetsimi.il knowledge, if not a flint outline of literature In general: persuasive, forcible and declamatory, he enters with confidence upon any delate, re gardless of the sterility of the subject, and quite unconcerned a'x.ut the arguments of an opposition. His political principles on ?h? oilier hand, exhibit e very extraordina ry contrast in comparison with his eloquence} i tit the interests of the general go re to H* prosperity, heed I lavish of its favours, lie ku waight by Ills intrigue, though dpparsnt ' fv with the meat sincere regard for universal hminot.y, but the advancement of his own Interest, m* th*t of his couutry. his 0 'I Cession ?.f friendship, Hud a c?ic? abtut hi* own part) odk as shrewd and] Knot 1 e Mill effects, by hisftvtfffi _ r. , Measures, iiuuiy deep tftid hiuuuu'us)?chenu"s wearied wftlt the slow endeavors of his friend#, ftiir.H 'is (or hi* charm tor, ami leuL ou* of the public volte, lie bartered without ventonk* and u> ouc would think, withoutit f'ection, hi* friends his popularity and hi* l one for an e which, tin >ugh often the ifcfiHoiie In grentness, is sometimes the overthrow of jpimuderate nmhitlan. Upon the wln'c, his character uiuy be pronounced ns exhibiting nmny grim* inconsistencies with sdots viduuole acquisitions?while I.is men* Mtrea savour too strongly 01 a mean Indepen-1 tlenCe of spirit* with which no Uhefal princi ples U4t) .long. associate, and no geucruis wd? . timcnts lonK continue to How, ? dene, u7 Jy Pi w | while roenhave ' le?? fault* to deplore mid leu. '.II-steps to rt jptrt thiin CJcneruiJ#****n;imdthough eon htautly watched by the eyeji of a jealous ad* m'uustr.-tiw, no one has a* yet brought for* ward any charge of consequence to lessen his popular.ty. or to weaken the high esthua* , tW*i in which he is held oy a great majority of the people. The purticul.tr merits tlut have giiined him th.it applause ait; too well '?inown tj be repeated, Slid ton firmly estab- i lished to bu thought the mere pkantomv! arising from military achievements His early lite ha* been u series oi toils and hard- : shins, the result ut a sincere and ardent tie* I vo*.looto his country's prosperity and glory; schooled amid the vicissitudes ot (lie camp he has acquired a firmness of mind and a de* , iision of character, that nerves him in the hour of danger and dhtini/dshcs him in the discharge ol ids official duties; and though persecuted by enemies and ciKdrcled by po litical d sMvmtders, he Ins proceeded w'ith a tirni step, regardless of the malignity of the one, and unpolluted by the venora of the other. The ucM>mpl??hments of his mind, though not the effects of a life led umid the sanciuurie* of the leanie<l or the libraries of the literati, is the result of experience, strcnglitcued by close observation, and ma> turedby aquick discernment ;fiank,opcn and sine etc, yet cautious prudent and penetra ting. he has ever had it in his power to check the I'amdiarity of the licenti'Kis, and toc.ilti j vate the society of the most noble minded. ! In private life his condescending deport* i incut not onlj- gains him the directions of his | iriends, but t.ic esteem of every otic who has bad any intercouise with him; generous, ! munificent and hospitable, frw can complain ! <i a pc iurious reception that ha?e vuited I liim in bis ri'ttreuient. In tact, tfie more he i is known, the more lie is admifedt and the I ,;reat?ir his senrirr* as a btute?man( the J notv sensible ar?- the people of bis wor'h as { > huldio -. Content with the honor gained in the held, s-'tisi.ed wi'h the wisd-un of the mnli<>, and vicaii.g retirement us the sure rati to peace and li.i;ipine?>, In- i* C'ju .lly o:t *;arcu .vl pu'jln <>r (Siani -.tie iif<. .V.-AVi .V. 1*. i.tv,... er. Tjc Aa'Mitiui J ju/ nut. ? i'U'.s =ul.?ii?isu*. uoo p.tp-r had no tcuD t'.r.a jVtir lO.atiuw on ?Icik! ?\ , i ei?ti\ e to various political c-iicenv tit faVvii' of Mr. .-\tl.uus, notwithstanding ilu; prepare ?#f emigre vtiotud proceedings. opposition ft Mr. Adam* ik becoming bo ?oweriul, th..i t:ie troiidtiol the uduiiiiistru* uo:i have Itecn called on to Htand forth in its Ict'ciicf, and itu tinio muntbc lo*t in tufcuming i ituUl front. The greater the danger, the irenter the energy, thinks Mr. A. and there ore, tlu coalition ha* to buckle on its armor. Pile Journal first complain*of the premature tgit uloii of the Preside uti?l Question, and *!ie opposition to Mi*. Adams, before the " :o irs<Mtf his >.<!Tvnistrntion'* U a^ertaincd. t'Vre is no deception in Mr. Adams.?He came out forthwith against the existence of the republican party?he avowed doctrines favorable to an niereuHf of the jiower of the t icnt'ml Government?he complained that toe " representative wat palsied by the wjjI of the conntitue,:!"?h(s appointed ohnoxitius i'ederalit* to cilice?he took into favor men who had mist violently oppwted the country during the lute war?ill treated uur best ofh i-er??sported u itli and lost u? our colonial trade?endeavored to check state rights? pushed an excitement in Gcorgi;., and through hu active agents, Mcssr*. Clay Mid Webster, lin? Inttodoccd more troubi e, dr iffcclion and confusion in the country thu.i ban existed since If these tuu the IruitH of the ttvo jitut year* of his adminis tration, what may be looked for In the next' If what ha* been done already did not re quire opposition, when should opjMK.ition comtiiettcc f AViA. FROM WASHINGTON. tiuturituy hvemnff, t'rh. H. The vote in the Senate morning, re i'using t > tal.e up the Woollen Bill, is, in my ?pinion, (|intu <Lci??ve of its f Ac; its eu??Md erutWai wa? refuned by h vote ot 16 to 17. Miv it die in pratv. A mm. I h'.' vote ?hi ihu Cumberland road hill in the House of HepreHeiitative*, I* nlno of good omen. The original bill proved tocrett mrnt>ik? gates exact tolls (he. and thusdi rcr.tly and Indirectly afford a precedent to extend the jurie liction of the General (Jov? ernment, without restriction, over road*, bridge* and canal* throughout each and every *t??te in the Union. All tliia wi.i struck out and a meagre appropriation of .U),OuO dollar* f.?r the neccM try repair* of the mad, wan granted in it* room. A few day* ago the llnu*c of representa tive* deeided, a* I think, lest wisely on a similar question. I allude to Mr. KivtV me* tion to strike ont the appropriation for Mir veyw, for roads, canal*, clc. at tho discretion of the President. Independently of nil consideration of the ronrtitittional objection to the extrcise of thi* power at all by the general eovernment; there is another <utd more immediately prac tical one at applied to the exercise of it by the executive alone. There I* not aial cannot be any more powerful engine nt elec tioneering than thU appeal to Ihu hope* and intereat* of dfetrktsi an ap|>ea1, the power of which consist* in making survey* and exci ting expectations whoever political effect can be hoped, and thus, whhout any respon sibility, ..imI perhaps without any pledge, any totentioa <41 arr) h?g th e survey btfeexecutk*. ? ?*" WMim the republican p ipera In the ? j?orted bx motion In two iprAWM, the in explanation and support of hit motion, the other summing up Ui reply to ft h??i of uasmlants. \WZSf, They were both, In my judgment, and ac cording to my UMv, of the very highest or der; t'lie tirst wa* a lucid, well meditated himI digested argumentative speech?exccl Iwt in that way. The second, )>eihnp* higher ft* ii nx re exhibition of talent, whi wholly eMcmjiornry- -in a part defensive and explanatory, In part indignant. sarcastic. Title reply wut triuinphsnt, and the chos tiscmcnt wa* severe though merited. Mr. H'a. manner ami Un^un^c are alike distill i wished lor mmfloctcd simplicity j bis power iiia that of dear and vigorous thought, sup <porfcd and interwoven throughout with * >;enolne expressiou of deep and Unneat con viction. lie h*? indeed the/>rf#?*9M?<//b<:</ ilkertumg and when one hst i-ns to hint you know thft he is not an ussumhtg rhetorician or a there party ad vogrte, imt an h on eat and able representative oRLe people, speaking {freely and powerfully wnat be tbinlu hotieat ; ly and feeU deeply. . Perhaps however, scarce one editor lias I praised ? r ill publish these speeches, which | produced such great mid genera1. effect lu (Congress. lint so it is and Mr. Hive* is bv j no meant the only sufferer. 1 I remember that I ut year a neW mcmticr from New-York wane u speech on an imtmr tant politkt.il questi??n, shortly aftct whlcn he [ wua met' in tlie lobby by a friend, (not in , Congress) one of the most able and distin guished men of the nation. After umie eom I plnu.iita on his dt hut in Congress Ida friend Mid to him, -your honesty is more to be pnds?d than >our wisdom?you have come <mt on a Hide where if political reputation is not already made, it cannot be quickly gain ed. This house it the slaughter house for talents and integrity?on any aide but one. The cmnincnest efforts of accond rate men mi one side arc listened to und landed, and applauded to the very echo, whilst sense and eloquence, or the other, are stilled mid die nnhonored even by the fricuds of their doctrines and principle's." This most ahleand h.wicst m in snoke truly. It is literally so. The set aud studied Uuui ishesof a sehool-lioy rhetorician arc publish ed and praised f >r rate eloquence through out an hundred newspapers. The mock-he roirsof a managing mm turning and twisting nartizan politician are rxlHIcd for more than Unman dignity, while by far the ino?t of the real and enicHut talent of lio.h houses b? im iu ?.u- ti.iuied'.atc con flitUCitU lif it'. 'V.?r? "?.\'(wA. !??./, ? vv'?? hive nlroadry n>ti i'?l the pampidct winch ui;;v lie consider" I in cp:t?*m*jnf Cien. Jack>-'Mi h history. \VV jilt fer this mode o{ condensing facts connect - ? d Willi tlie live j ot" public men. Gen. Jack v?n is known to the nalion by his great pub lie sci vac..?wa: tUc people will feel gra'ifi d in fotne particular ucU> eonnectcU wa.i ^ ie sevvires. !'ov cr.n t -iVel through a volume of biography and public documents; ? nil all can take ab.r.l*-0)c fiance at tliebis [ :ory of man * ho h ?!>o.it to Ik* i lvi.uced to jilir highest y...cc in tba i;iU of a j;r lU'ful I pi 'ylr. 1 lie ptmph'ct cnmmenccs with his ap ? ;iointinent tut M- Jor (fcneral of the \r.ny, aud his battle and tixat.ei with the Indi-aos? Ilia inarch to the Floriii.is an.I his chastise ment of the British and Spaniards, u.r.l i.is ar rival liefore Ncw-Otleuuv After the raptuie nl?air little flci-t by th.* enemy, on the 13-14 Deremlier, it was pin ccd beyond doubt that they would eHeet a landing. J tckson then bad but ?tKK? tr??opt, regulars and militia, and lie imniedutely den patched messenger* fir the Kentucky and rertnessc volunteers?who travelled thr-Migh iiog and quiigmirc 1000 miles, night und day, to reult the held of buttle. (ii-ii. Jaekson made bis dispositions?'turn ed the city into a camp, and <m the 23d Dev. with but 700 rrgidrits and IMHt militia, he marched wit, .towards ni^bt, a.al attackod aud drove in the enemy of 6000 ' trong. On the 4th of January the lines lieing thrown up, 2 j30 Kcutuckv and Trnnessec militia ar 11\ed fatigued, without food or clothing; ami here we c\tract u note from pamphlet, which iUiiHMiut'.'j - f-ct unknown to tin people gen eral le. ?? Alnmt this period, another one appa rciiily an insuperable dilVicully uuiicntcd it? self. 'I'tifie wan no money. The Quarter inn?tiT informed the fJeoeral that his ftimU h:?i| cxh ustvd, and that without means he t-otlld pruoure nothing for the subsistence of his men. What wan to he done ? The com mander tuw that without arnv, and without money, i.o army could be victorious. Arms he expected houiiv, but funds were nowhere piovklcd that he knew of, and ff'jvemniunt trturiiki touId not be tiegutiahU. In thin extremity the noble, the patriotic Jackson, with hi* characteristic promptitude, mid love of country, pledged oil him own ctiuir* for rrllrf. lie went Into the Imiili*, and Itorrowrdto a large Amount on his own name :u?d on hi* own securities, to save that city." We call thin n practical pr?*?f of patriot tism. The Immortal victory tf New-Or lean* is well know to the world?and in Its cihis ipinac it has never been paralleled. W? shall hereafter make fu.ihcr extracts from this brief work.?.V. 1". JR.i'julrrr. rBOMTHKM. V. KXliUIKKft. Mr. Webnttr.? i'he livui.o* Pout hns con eluded Mr. Webster's speech against tliu Tariff, trwtethcr with his speech delivered ?.t Pweull Hall 18'i4. Political uj>ostacy may be explsiued by a variety uf cause*, but a j change that alms at the destruction of a car dinal laterevt liiscpcrably attached to the welfare of the county, cannot be explained nor jasdAed, That Mr. Clay is a wonderful man, we have. n?vwr doubted, but that lie could persuade a cold, calmlattng, stiong minded mau like Webster to cat hia own i words. Invalidate hi* own tntM and com pletely chance his position, merely to cerva hia friend Mr. Adams, le what we never coukl have aiitielpated?hut salt K?The fallowing lines are to the purjMwe*?*? A?>de I ^?ee, ami en that side was urou-. T.nt.ewha^Ufairly pprM aetetBe *roa() Prom 1 > ct nnhsckncycd In vice, of Mr. .... bad hoped mucin Wo have hoped hi vein Never tudre can he pretend to political hon *?*jr or consUtency, after hie vote In favor of the Wool I tn Manufacturers. From Mi. Web* stcr, an old blue-light, Harttonl Convcntioo altlst, a Uwycr ready for pay to prove any thing, we did not expect much* nor have wo been deceived ? but at to Everqtt, who would not weep if Allicuawert uc? Tariff on Drain*.?It U i eporteil, with What accuracy we do not know, that the po et# and profit of the union are ubout memo wit and knowledge in literary pursuits, ami th*t those |nirwiit? are certain to become failures unless Coo grew shall lay a heavy protection duty on the productions off foreign wits and scholars. 'rhey atate also, tliat state IjSn war] ruin, except through the benevolent interfe rence of Congrvw. They admit that their fabric* are not of such Admirable texture, fineness and durability as thi se of European rival*, and this th6y ascribe to the low value which Is generally placed upon them by the public. Hitherto, they have been used to weave their poetry anil prose by the square yard, and tliut a specific duty should be h Id on the squsre yard of hnpoitcd literature. They beg to (inform Congress that they have discovered u procee by which the unfinished gooduof Europe may be wrought up and polished here so as to deceive ordinary judg es. They plead the precedent of the Woollen tariff, and ask the same protection for the manufacturers of books, that has ?>ecn given or is about to be riven the manu facturers of broad cloths. If there be any micli memorial in existence, it shall have our <Mi|mort. We can see no reason for with holding from wit the bounty which is given to *oo|. Our friend Charles King, who Is the greatest wag in our city, observed, when he heard of such a memorial, " that the wits had gone a wool-gathering." Seve ral leading members of the Lunch who were present, laughed heartily as they always do lit Charles' ^nixl-things. 07* By the bye, the case of libel against Root is to be urgucd before the Supreme Court at Albanv, on a motion for a new trial. " lleaven send our friend a good delive rance."?.A'. 1'. Itnquirrr. //.<;/tile Si:ua. /on.?-The National Intelli gent! r has the following article of informa tion: " il'Hi^c of Representatives. Anew ?nemhT, James W. Htplcy,*' elected from >xioi:il 1) strict, (\f tine,) "appeared, w? .worn, and took hu ?rat on the floor." .Yrrv York.?B/ ihe census of New York, t:?kcn in IMS, it appears that the population ??f that great stutc is 1,616,450 souls; of whom .^.Syr arc males and 793,897 females. 180,645 persons subject to military duty, and 296, 132 qualified to vote. 1.15,391 unmarri ed ftrn.dat,bet ween 16 and 43 year* of age, (No wonder that (ien. M'Clu.c wished lu tax the LwJiolors. 1 In the. Legislature of Lou'iLioiia on the 12th lilt. a hill wu? reported panting to Mrs. It nidolpli. (the daughter ot Thomas Jfeffer hon) the Mini of $10,000 in stork hearing on interest of ten jkm* eent, redeemable in ten years or sooner; at the discretion ot the Le gislature. The Houwe buspmded their rule*, tvid the bill wan read a first, second find third time, paused unanimously, and *ent to the Senate. Horrible CntuAtrofthc!?A little nhanty, situate on the Bisscll's tract in the south-wes tern section of the village, and occupied by ? eolorcd man named George Hanney, w is destroyed by fire yesterday (Tuesday) af ternoon, and two children jierished iu the (Limes! The mother lelt the ehlldrcn to gether In the house?the one of live yearn, to rnok the other, an infant iA **ix months, while she went out some distance, nitd return ed only in time to bchol I the expiring cm In r* around the shapeless forms of h*r off. spring. K inney was at his usual occupa tion in the heart of the village, when the story of the Arc reached him, and lie hurri ed home, hoping that at lear-t one of Ids chil dren was saved; but, on meeting his wife, he found that she had not taken thclnfant with her, as he tilt then supposed, and that it and the elder 'any that had been left to watch it, were alike the victims of the ruthless ele ment.? Hoehnter Daily ,1dv. 'l'oo many accidents of the above kind Imp pen through carelessness. We thought it advisable to give ocurrency to this sad catas trophe, that it might awaken parents to a *enre of their own duty and he more particu lar in guarding against similar occurences. The new mode of conveyance, by an air light Tunnel, recently laid before the public by Mr. John Valance, Is likely t'i conic Into early operation; many applications having been made to that gentleman, for estimates < f expenditure, for the purpose of adopting ihe new methttl in lieu of rail-rood* and en , naK A distinguished civil engineer. In the service of the Kiusi.m (lovernuunt, tho I roughly inspected the cylender sonrj few j weeks since, at the time of the Duke af lied , ford, bonis Lmtderdulle, Holland, were riding In it, and haa most strenuously ungedto _ his government an immediate contract with ? Mr. Vallance, tnlay a cylinder down In itus* ' r.ia, front Si. Petersburg)* to T*arsko-* lo, the river Volga, Moscow, and the Black-Scni Thu Projec ted catiNl to unite I'.tddigtoA with 'the Thames, it It probable will lie super reeded by ? cylinder, which will n<* cqat more than one fourth of the expense of a limit several of the Companion kiting n*i this important discovery. ' Jjrifihtnn OHTrtte, lb jHtltpO" Kubjvct tt because we vututly u/ijuvve dtuts, wuo, by wisely del t*rt of their duty, no defcnco I MkSSRS. E0lT0aS. om and oj)pre>wve evi society by iguorant tor*, none ore pi operation Upon a Uankmg*Mono| states; by whl fraud admitted, th< money Insolvent I a tor* eucouraged, ami and misery brought U t rated and le?pli*od . These have too often been men ly Ignorant as In Pensylvai torn, aiders, and abettors c eolation, as in Mew-York nagement of the actual curr leguhtors basely sold out; it controul of the people* t public functionaries, and who manage and direct a sole view to their own Inter** of the misery they produce1 I ,, l)r. Cooper Is well founded In his a that all banking Incorporations, by ?*' unlimited power of running In d*ot, it on a limited responsibility, are fraud* on the community; and that all privileged order*,in cluding bankers among thereat, are Ineon sintent with the equal and Impartial princi ples of a republican government, and usurpa tions of authority on the pert of those who assume the power of legalising them. 1 am led into this tram of refltcUob, by reading in the newspaper* the accounts of, and re marks on the numeral*,;, ap plications to the legislature of New-York state for tKY; renewals of bank charters; and although the well informed part of the pub lic there, are alive to the enormity and ex tent of the mischief, the influence of the mo ney dealers is likely to prevail. However, the evil will probably be submitted lo during the present generation; which without great cure, seems doomed to fall a prey to the swindlers who make the laws either in the lobby on the out side, or in the legislative liall within fide: but the evil great as it now is will by and by cure itself, ror we may ?* * ell attempt to stop the tide of the ocean, as v? prevent the local currency of a country connected with and forming apart of the com* mcrcial world, front being ultimately regula ??y the common medium adopted through out the commercial world, linkers muy fur a time, do good to themselves and injmy to the community by the privileges so injudC ciouJy committed to them, but they cannot change the laws of commerce resulting from the very nature of commerces and while gold and silver continue to be the regulating me dium of interchange all over Europe and (Asia, America mutt submit to the common law: all paper not founded on a metallic basis, lmU A tuiil w ill depricate, whatever schemc* miv be adapted to sustain it. The wisest and most enlightened publica tion that our (?untry ha* yet seeh on this imnort ant question. Is one lately publish ei by l'rofew?r M'Vicar of (Columbia Col lege New-York; entitled, Hinlt on Banking, in a letter to u gentleman at Albany. Those who feel interested in this part of Political iBcouotny, will do well tp study the good sense and sound principle contained in that publication of less than Aft ULUS. FOUP.IfiN NEWS And rumour* from the JVut. Advocate. By the packet ship Britania, Cipt \lnr sh ill, Arrived yesterday, the editor of th? National Advocate has Htteived hit film of Loudon paper* to the lSth,*aod Liverpool to the irtfc January, Inclusive. ? free The political aspect of Enrope it not yet ee from "cloud* of darkness." By tlie ~6vcr are small Ci recce appear* to be in an unpromising state. The arm.Mndnu <>f Egypt might tcttlc the deetlny of that coun. try, were it not for the Interfrflenoe of the leading power* ot Europe, Her own re* ?ourcet appear to be email. On the northern section of Europe every thing It qui* et. France it looking with a jealous eye to England, while the Tatter It engaged with the funcrel solemnities of one of her princee. Trade It rather improving, and hope* are entertained that it will continue to mend. An KntfkhJnurnaUtt tayti "if Spaiu trim and tick, and continue to violate tho rights' f nations at respects our ally, let war be dstlared again* Spain at once. iM the. Jrot rmfituymmt of ourjeelofic the fa/t/wrr of Cuhat ami let our army be reinforced ef? Actually to defend Portugal, and to actt at to Hfmin. as circumstances may require " The Duke of York depxrtedthialife on the Jtb January, i t 20 minute* patt 9 P. M. The unt irtaintv of the affalrt of Erito|te h is made the British fund* decline. Capl* ferdhianc taliitn nre tr ving to force them up. mnd i* * dd to be relentless to Porta* SI. 1 le has assembled he body of 43,000 on c frontier* of Portugal, bcsldet 4i,000 mllitin. Prance will not evacuate her military posts In K'.?lr. A The present condition of Europe U Mid to be an armed neutrality. A great many report* unfavorable to A i.taic ot peace were circulated hi London e* the lirt? Januiry. A few ?U/s were eg* pwted to decide the pfeperathmt of Fordl I. v.T' The American Consul at Liverpool, re Ithei