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THE UNION.
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
SATURDAY NIGHT, MAY 3, 1845.
OFFICIAL.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
Robert H. Moimi, Deputy Postmaster in the
city of New York, in place of John Lorimer Graham,
removed.
Eit Moons, Marshal of the southern district of
New York, it- place of Silas M. Stilwell, removed.
Michael HorvMAN, Naval Officer in the city of
New York, in place of Jeremiah Towie, removed.
Jty Having made some changes in our carriers'
routes, our subscribers in the city, whose papers do
not reach thsm, will please leave their names and
residences at the office.
OREGON.
THE DEBATE JN PARLIAMENT.
v Agreeably to our promise in yesterday's paper,
we proceed to present a review of the grounds of the
British chums to Oregon, as stated in the debates in
Parliament on the 4th of April last; and we begin by
indicating the source from which the noble
and honorable members of that body have evidently,
id a great measure, derived their information. It is
Is a pamphlet, entitled "the Oregon question, or a
statement of the British claims to the Oregon territory,
in opposition to the pretensions of the government
of the United States of America, by Thomas
Falconer, of Lincoln's Inn." It is a reprint of tire
portion relating to Oregon, of a email work by the
same author on the Texas and Oregon questions,
published in October last, and of a long article in
the Morning Chronicle of January 35th on the subject
of Drake's voyage to the north west of America.
It appears to have had an exteneive circulation
in England, and ia cited as high authority in the
course of the debates, as well aa by all the newspapers
of LondonWith
regard to the 4rm*atu person* of the debate,
Lord Clarendon, from whom proceeded all the historical
light thrown upon the aubject in the House
of Peers, seems to have examined his authorities
very cursorily?not sufficiently, at least, to have obtained
a clear view of any point; for his speech presents
little else than a confused medley of errors, of
which the following sentence will afford a specimen:
"In 1793, the country adjacent to the Columbia
river was taken possession of by Cooke, [meaning
probably Captain James Cook, who was killed
at Owyhee in 1779,] and was explored in 1813 by
the northwestern company, now called the Hudson's
Bay company, [! ] who established themselves
in Port St. George [ ?] under the government
of British laws, continuing to the present day, and
being the first establishment in that country of a
lawful and national character, and recognised aa
such by foreign nations." We believe it will be
unnecessary fUrther to notice the remarks and arguments
of the Earl of Clarendon, to whom the mantle
of old Edward Hyde does not seem to have descended
with his title.
Lord Aberdeen diplomatically confined himself to
generalities; and Mr. Peel did not travel beyond the
limits of the negotiations between the two governments
in which he was concerned. Lord Palmerston,
as usual, loon got upon the Madawaaka, and
there remained until the close of the debate. Lord
John Russell took upon himself the oharge of developing
and defending the British;claims. He is an old
debater, and understands well how to magnify or
(file away feels, until they fit the places for which
they are destined. Hs studied his part on this occasion
well; and though Falconer's pamphlet was
his text-book, he showed that be had looked into
"After "e passing alluaion" to the annexation of
Texas, "for the purpose of showing that the present
conduct of the executive of the United Suites tends
evidently to territorial aggrandisement," (another
strange charge from the masters of the East Indies!)
Lord John Russell proceeds?
"To inquire into the usual modes by which the
right to every territory has been hitherto maintained
and established, ana the manner in which such
questions have been settled. With respect to
uninhabited territories, in ' the first place, there may
be a title by ancient discovery; in the second place,
there maybe a title by treaty or convention; and, in
the third place, there may be a title by discovery,
and an ancient or receut perfection of the title by
settlement and occupation. With regard to those
various modes of establishing a right to a territory,
1 shall now address myself to tne claims of tne
United 8tates to the Oregon territory, so far as I
Sillier them from reports made by committees of
e House of Representatives so long ago as the
years 1835 and 1836, and from all that I have since
seen put forward on the subject In the'first place,
with regard to the claim founded on ancient discovery,
it appears that the United 8 la tea claim all
the rights which may be derived in that way from
the discoveries of the Spaniards. If 1 were to go
into that question, 1 should say at once that a claim
founded on discoveries at the end of the sixteenth
century?that merely visiting a coast, landing for a
few houra at a particular portion of it, and which
title was not in any way perfected by occupation or
settlement for more than two centuries afterwards?
that neither on the part of this country nor the United
States, such a title' oould be maintained to be
effectual. [Hear, bear.] If 1 were of a different
opinion on this subjeot?if I thought otherwise than
I do with respect to such a title?1 would discuss
the question of how far the President of the United
Stales could maintain, auch a title; and I think 1
could ahow, by a tenable argument, that thia country
had e title on the ground of ancient discovery, and
that the discoveries of Sir Francis Drake in 1578,
as compared with the discoveries of Juan de Fuca,
and other Spaniards, in 1593, and the commencement
of the seventeenth century, would establish
that title on the part of England, [hear, hear,
and cheers.] Sir Francis Drake went at that time
as far north as the latitude of 48; and although I am
not, as I before observed, going into the question of
I - - that title. I think 1 could show that we would be
able, without farther evidence, to make a valid claim
I I to a title founded on that claim of ancient discovery.
;Hser.]"
Now, with regard to the invalidity of claima
?founded on discoveries at the end of the sixteenth
century, merely visiting a coast, landing for a few
houra at a particular portion of it, and not in any
way perfecting the title by occupation or aettlemcni
for more than two centuries afterwards?the remarki
ol Lord John Ruasell oert&inly are unobjectionable,
They apply, howtver, ia no wise, dither to the
claims of Spain or to those of the United States derived
from that power, in the countries west of the
Rocky mountains; although they do apply with
considerable foree to the case of the Falkland islands,
which ivcr. ?I .L_
vwi.p.i.a mjt ura omi?n m 1W, ana
are now held, in virtue of e diecovery supposed, on
very slender grounds, to have been made in 1593,
and of the temporary occupation of a point on one
of the islands between 1768 and 1774. The United
States merely assert that, so far as discovery alone
fives a title to sovereignty, their title obtained from
, , Spam is superior to that of any other power; and
they maintain, moreover, that, on the ground ol
first settlement, their title is good to every part ol
the west coast of America claimed by them. Lord
John Russell cites only the voyage of Fuca, in
1599, on the part of Spain?omitting to notice the
voyages and discoveries of the Spaniards in thai
quarter made before the birth of Drake. We will
take the liberty to supply this omission, and at th?
same time to inquire into the Justice of his opinior
that he could make "a valid claim to a title" to Ore
gon on the discoveries of Drake in 1579.
119 m The evidence that the Spanish navigators, Cabrill,
and Ferrelo, explored thoae coasts in 1549,-'3 a
far north as the 43d degree of latitude, and lande.
on them in many pieces, where they said masses
emitted crosses bearing inscriptions, and performet
the <country, ia an unquestionable as that of any landed and refitted his ahipa.
other occurrences of the same nature, at Ute same voyage northward, seldom ap(
period; aa it ia related by cotempomry Spanish histo- lis had passed the limits of tli
riana upon the faith of the journals of the navigator* and in his chart we find thi
whose descriptions of the places visited correspond the intervening land been set
with what we now know of those places. Drake September, 1775. On the etc
visited theoe coasts only in 1579; and no claim on the British minietera, in the
the part of Qreat Britain, founded on that visit, do- the United States on the subjc
nerves to be even examined, unless it can be shown for Cook the exclusive mer
as clearly that har navigator at least aaw the Amen- whole northwest coast. Thii
can coasts north of the 43d parallel of latitude, be abandoned; for in the who
Now all that is known of Drake's visit is derived April, Cook'* name is meni
from two narratives, namely, the Famous Voyage, Clarendon, who, as already sh<
written by one of hie crew, and published by Hak- his taking possession of the
buyt during the lifetime of Drake in 1567, and years after hia death,
the World Encompassed, a compilation from various Cook's expedition led to
accounts, including the Famous Voyage, which w*s north Pacific, in which the 1
not published until 1652. Without entering into schatks, the Portuguese froi
the question of the relative merits of these narra- from England and the East
lives, it will be simply stated that in the Famous ft om Ostend, the Americana ft
Voyage Drake's vessel is represented as being, on French from Marseilles, sua
the fifth of June, in the latitude of forty-three do- it would be improper to not
greea, no other date or latitude being mentioned adverting to another part of
until we find her, on the seventeenth of the speech in Parliament, which
same month, anchored in a harbor near the thir- future occasion.
Iv^iivhtK <l?irrr?- while, in the World HticouiDassed. Thus it will be seen that, u
it is said that she was in the latitude of forty-two able interpretation of the ev
degrees, on the second of June; and that, on the fifth preceded the British and all <
of the same month, she anchored in a bay on the in the discovery of every p
coast, in the latitude of forty-eight degrees, from coast, west of the Rocky mot
which she was driven southward to the harbor near claimed by the United Slates
the thirty-eighth degree. Both accounts represeut formance of the ceremonies
the wind as blowing violently and constantly during and these acts, valttnti quart
all this time, from the north and northwest; yet the favor of the title of the Uni
defenders of the British claims, who adopt the ceeded to all the benefits and
"World Encompassed" as their authority, expect accruing by the treaty with f
us to admit that a vessel, under such circumstances, is, indeed, no need of going
proceeded northward through six degrees of latitude, ceatury; let the voyages of Ca
in the interval of time, at most sixty hours, be- Fuca, and Viscaino, be alike
tween the third and the fifth of June?the distance but if those of the Spanian
between the two latitudes being, at the least, three certainly that of Drake canni
hundred and sixty marine miles. By both narra- a political discussion as to t
lives we are, moreover, assured thut the heavens, Son- Ofthe discoveries, and
during all this portion of the voyage, were con- ments made since 1770, by al
standy hidden by fogs, and the little vessel of ouly have abundant and circumsti
sixty tons must have been sadly tossed about by the United States need not fear
billows of the Pacific; yet we are to receive as accu- tion, either on account of th
rate, observations of latitude mode with wretched in- or of those derived from anotl
etruments, which, even on land, and under a clear sky, In another number of ou
gave imperfect results, and were utterly useless when tinue the review of Lord Joh
the heavenly bodies were at all obscured, or there in support of the claims of Q
was much motion of the instruments. Upon the touches points of much greatc
authority of the "World Encompassed," we are also ?
to admit that the west coast of America runs on * TEXAS
"continually northwest, as if it went directly to We lay before our readers,
meet with Asia," from the thirty-eighth degree of |>er, additional accounts fron
latitude to the forty-eighth; though we now know, lone star," but "lone," we tru
from minute surveys, that it does not run in that remain many months longer,
direction a single mile from the fortieth degree to the last New Orleans Bulletii
the forty-ninth. Finally, agreeably to the same in- President Jones, convening (
fallible guide, we are to believe that, in a vessel sail- June, with a few hasty, and
ing in the Pacific, under the 43d perellql of latitude, speculations of the Houston I
the ropes were stiffened with ice, and meat was frozen purposes and schemes. We un
hard as soon as taken from the fire, in the middle of southern mail brought favo
June, according to our present calendar. Major Donelson for our gov
British writers of the present day are peculiarly breathe great confidence us to
sensitive on the point of Drake's visit to the north- propositions by the approach
west coast of America. In order to support his Ought we to entertain any
claims to the discovery of that coast, as far us the early consummation of this j
forty-eighth degree of latitude, not only arguments, We have every confidence in
but sophisms, and moreover direct falsehoods, have indeed "bone of our bone, an
been employed to sustain the authenticity of the The ardent hopes of nine-teni
"World Encompassed." That narrative is, according point to a re-union with the
to its title, collected chiefly from the journal of spangled banner." Ought w
Francis Fletcher, the chaplain of Drake's vessel; ment's doubt about the disti
and Burney, in his History of Voyages in the Pacific, Jacinto? Can Gen. Houston
as well as Barrow, in his recent Life of Drake, fre- blood of Virginia flows in h
quently refers, in support of their statements respect- blind to the glory of Tel
ing this part of the expedition, to the manuscript honor? Can he for one mot
journal of Fletcher as now existing in the British first man in a village, to the
museum. Bumey's History has long been regarded the first) in Rooft? Bui
as the highest authority on all such points-, and idle. He must see his own
Barrow's Life of Drake has been accepted as a wor- serving the consistency of
thy monument to the memory of the daring naviga- and with it, the aflectioi
tor. Yet whet shall we think of these works, and Texas.?instead of seeing the l
of iheir authors, when we learn from the Edinburgh her on to her noble destiny, it
Review for October, 1844?and the statement re- position? We would make a
mains unanswered?that, of the said manuscript ident Jones himself. If he si
journal in the British Museum, "there is only the to annexation, (which we don
first part remaining," which "ends with the arrival honorable to him to go with h
of the Golden Hind (Drake's vessel) in latitude 38 them?and to sacrifice his ou
degrees south, off the coast of Chili," and of course tar of his country,
contain* not a word respecting the tn.iit to the northwtst pul why should any of tl
coast nfJinierica. Moreover, from this same por- their officers, hesitate in accej
tion, and front other original documents respecting Adopt them, at once, and tl
the early proceedings of the voyage, it appears that piete. R?ject ihem now, and
the said chaplain, Fletcher, was an abandoned scoun- more ftt tea. The measure t
drel; and that Drake, on one occasion, "caused a ?)0 they object in nny degree
posy to be written and bounde about Fletcher's propositions? Are they willi
arms, with charge that, if he took it off, he should jjc |and?, an(| pay pUj
then be hanged. The posy was, 'Francis Fletcher, desire nny modification? Be
the falsest knave that liveth.' " sentiments of our people, and
So much for the authorities on which rests the as- ministration, when we say, th
sertion that Drake discovered the coast of Oregon, pant of any little generous
The voyage of the old Greek pilot, Juan de Fuca, may repose in our Congress c
in 1592, long lay consigned, with those of Fonte and profess to be thoroughly acq
Moldonado, to the class of the fabulous; it has, how- j0ns 0f the predominant pari
ever, been brought back within the limits of the au- upon this great subject at leas
thentic, in consequence of the establishment of the ing in making the present i
general accuracy ui wo jwji.jiuiuu wm.ywnn every reason mi ucneve, umi i
contained in it. Fuca related that he had coasted jnto the Union, new co
along the western aide of America northward from remove her complainU, an<
Mexico, and had found a wide passage of the aea, raj wishes.
, opening to the Pacific between the 47th and the 48th ? - ,
11 T t i a** a .1 ?. . . t l l j ... But some of the anti-anne
parallels of latitude, through which he had sailed in , . .
r . .. .. r . . pect to profit by the chapter oi
various directions for many days, into a great ocean r . A.
supposed by him to be the Atlantic; and he had then Prc#c,lt* 10 1 c.0|>fninJ<
. . . cou nter-proposition of mdfpeti
returned by the same passage to Mexico. Now, tr . * t ... ..
. . . .aTr .. . .. Mexico, and along with it, an
between the 48th and the 49th parallels, a wide pas- ,. ... .. ... . . ..
... ' . ? , , 1 .. lie creditors that their debts i
sage does thus open, which extends far in the di- 1jjro ^ a ^ ten mj|jj0
rections described by Fuca, until it opens again? , k ... 0 ...
. . . . . , . . . ? ? by Mr. Ashbel Smith, on cor
i not into the Atlantic, certainly?but into the Pacific. u j a i. l
her independence. It may t
. The correspondence between the Greek's story ... ... ?
. . * . ... 7 our propositions in the one \
and the facU, is now universally considered too . : .. ..
. , , .. . . proposition on the other, the
strong to have lieen the result of accident: and the J. . * . ... I41
^ . . be induced to accept the lattei
passage is called the strait of Fuca, in the ex- .. -.. . - .
? * ^ , . . . thors of the scheme may find
cellent harbors of which, we confidently hope, the , . , c?.
, . . (rronaly mistaken. The pec
American flag will find a home. ? ., : . . . .
i ? . decidely with us?the popu
; In 1809-3, the northweat ccnut. ware agamex- . ^ ^ much ;
arninrd by ihe Spaniards under Sebaslian Viacaino, u ^d^on., howev
of whose voyage long and minute accounts exist; ' ' k
l w. - overtures, however attract
* while from his surveys were constructed the first ... . *
i . c >l l. i . ? . . ... the American?the America
' correct maps of the whole portion between the 43d .. . .
. . ... lL . chmc, and strong . enough
degree of latitude and the southern extremity of Call- , . .
1 fornia. That part of the world was then forgotten emy~"~ ata 100 8tron6 y ln
tor a long period, and we have no knowledge of its ^ tcmf>on4ry ? 1
1 having been seen by people of a civilized nation un- ? CX.V Wl ' '
' til 1770, when the Spaniards founded Monterey ProP?IMl,ona- n 1 ** 1
- ~ ... . laved for a few days, it canm
1 and other towna on the western aiue 01 uaniornia. I '
The career of discovery was then again entered by tho day of reunion arrive whi
1 that nation, whose navigators, in the course of the demn ,hoae who 'dly aUem
- five succeeding years, explored not only the whole ev'u,'''c ostracism. They v
1 coast of Oregon on the Pacific, including the mouth never to * C*'n- But Ml
of the Columbia, but extended their examinations ** ' a,)d ,ke mM,ur8 ' rei
1 along the western side, of the great island, flank- look' "?ilh an eye
ing the continent, as far as the 5Wlh degree. In all P"*"'"? atxneK before them.
these voyages, the Spaniards landed in many places, to Th"T ">? ' "
of which their journals contain minute descriptions; lhu,lasm unu' 'he last stroki
and on each landing they performed ceremonies of l^e 8ea' ^n" k*?" anncx<
taking possession, similar to those afterwards ob- de*1""/served
by the English, and to which the historians ,'rorn the I*
: and diplomatists of the latter nation seem to attach PfciX A {
so much importance?the only observable difference The steamship Jno. 8. M
I .. .... ... ? . , .. .. arrived from Galveston, last
j being, that, whilst the Spaniards said a mass, the ?i|ed the 2,gt. prMiden(
British commanders caused a double allowance of proclamation appointing the
1 grog to be served out to the eailors. the sixteenth dsy of June, tr
' At length, in 1778, after the voyages of the Span- V0"* ?f'he Unilad S,a,w' 00
... ,j| j . , . . . tion of Texas; previous tow
, ,ard' ha<1 n'?Je. accounts of them had ,|acrjty with which the Br
been published in Madrid, and even in London, with despatches from Vera C
| Cook was sent out from England to seek a northern rfe* twsa, it is expected that
1 peesaga for ships from the Pacific to the Atlantic. r>"rnment and .t.
i, II. .i. . . r ... . . pear in some tangible shape,
j reached the northwest coaat,of America in 1778, 'pexisn nation can be beat gl
near the 4M degree of latitude, and thence ran along the resolutions passed at a m<
) U to the Nootka Sound, in 49j degrees, where he of Brcnham, in Washiitgta
He then continued hi* carried, although the Hon. Ebenerer Allen, Alter- The Pre
iroachinr die eoaat until " T Geoerel of the republic; and autinf Secretary of ihi. wee
ie Spani.h diacoveriea; ^ "H" uf Ult ^ f . aanilary
J .... "Beit readwd. That tin* meeting approvee of the
j acknowledgment that #nnexatjon 0t' Texas to die United State* on the
in by the Spaniard* in baaia of the joint reeolulioua panned by the Congreea adherent
ength of thia voyage, of that country. may wit
first negotiations with "* * ?h\'lhe executiye ? r?Hue#led 10 or eighte
, . , u*e all mean* within hi* power, to effect the annex
ict of Oregon, claimed ation of Tex** to th* United Statea. upon the ba*i* P'0??"'J
it of diacovering the of the joint resolution* aforeoaid, with the ulmoat ifeat itael
i claim aeema now to promptness. The c
i a k .. ,k? 4,i. ?r "B? K rttohtd, That inasmuch as the government : :
le debate of the 4th of of |he Unjie)J ^ gjven ju uUinm?um on thlH wpnm
uoned ooly by Lord subject; that secrecy on die part of the executive son*ble 1
own, place* the date ef tend* only to etnbarrasa this subject, without pro- of the lu
country juat thirteen Ju?"e ??y t?ne?cial effecl- u ., , . . averse tr
"Be it molted, That it the President ol the re- grtujjftr t
public doe* not convene the Congreaa on or before 6 ?
die fur trade of die the fourth Monday in June next. we. a nortion of stave. J
Russians from Kami- 'he people of Texas, recommend to the countiea like the n
in Macao, the Britiah "?ro?Shout the republic, to meet as soon as pracli- Xha ,,
, , . cable, at any point that maybe designated, in con- , , .
Indies, the Austrian* yention to rutify said joint resolution, and form a ^ ,n
rom Boston, and the Slate constitution. chiefly ii
leasively engaged} but lt Be it resolved, That, in the opinion of this meet- American
i"gi it is the duty of the President of this republic to n,
ice them without first 0<^lnmato lbaym,aaure of annexation to the Uni- fro')0rUo
Lord John Russell's Statea, without reference to the wishes or con- lawful tra
must be deferred to a eurrence of any fore urn or European power." tainly on
The Houston Morning Star has the following in- aconsidei
ecording'to all reason- diligence, which is significantly hinted at in the Brazils,
j *1. a -j above resolutions: .
idences, the Spaniards ..... . .A pieci
,. . j .. "We learn that our government has recently re- .
, civilised nation. ceiyed communicationsfrom Gen. Arista, byway
art of the American of Corpus Chriati and Bexar, conveying assurances of S'- Vii
intains, which is now that the new government of Mexico is disposed to stantial si
, as well a. in the per- 're"'1wi^ T?? UP?" ?> ? of independence. ex ,
' , . V Similar despatches, we learn, were received from . ' .
ot taking possession; Vera Cruz by the Eurydice about a fhrtnight since; Another]
turn talent, are all in and it is rumored that the British minister in Mexico been secu
ted States, which sue- w'" 8"?" induce the Mexican government to present Jago, and
definite propositions for the adjustment of all diffi- . . .
advantage, therefrom cu|l|e< the two H j, rumorH,
Spain in 1819. There B]?o, that our government has answered' these com- made for
back to the sixteenth munications, and the despatches for this purpose fortunate
brillo, Ferrelo, Drake, were sent back to Vera Crua by a British vessel. It of war
. . .,. . is expected that the final proposiUons of the Mexi- .
consigned to oblivion; can government will be received here about the mid- e
Is be thus condemned, die of June, or by the first of July." ligious sc
>t maintain its place in ? the ialanc
he sovereignty of Ore- By the President of the Republic of Texat,
settlements,and agree- A PROCLAMATION. THE F
1 civilized nations, we Whereas since the close of the last session of Con..h
it. gress, a joint resolution respecting the annexation
ontial proofs, and the ?f ^ t|le Unjted gj? JJ* by their Con. It seer
to challenge investiga- grcss been adopted, authorizing the President of March, 1
eir own direct claims, the United Suites to select the alternative of two unjon d
ler nation. certain propositions contained in the said joint '.
. ? resolution as the basis for consummating the pro- ,cr ?*
r paper, we shall con- . annexation: the Terri
in Russell's arguments And whereas the President of the United States has States cn
rest Britain, where he selected the first and second sections of the reso- tended I
r imnnrtnn * lutions as such basis, und notified this government .
r importance. thereof: lzed and
[Here follow the resolutions passed by the United ',ave P"
' Suites Congress for the annexation of Texas.] these can
, in this evening's pa- And whereas the premises, requiring the solemn court, to
i the country of "the deliberation and action of the representatives of the United ?
at, she is not likely to PeoPle' f"rm ?" extraordinary occasion for conve- Uon ^ F
* ? nine the Congress of the republic: ,
We now give, from Therefore, be it known, that I, ANSON JONES, Under
i, the proclamation of President of the republic of Texas, by virtue of the judicious
Congress for the 16th power vested in me by the constitution, do, by these new cou|
.... . presents, require that the senators and represents- , ,
we hope, incorrect ^ ^ ConjJreM of ,h|g republic, shall assemble in of '"PP1:
horning Star upon his special session, at the town of Washington, in the fer of thi
deratand that the same county of Washington, on Monday, the tixteenlh day embarrai
rable despatches from # next ensuing, then and there to receive such er>1 uihn
*i- i communications as maybe made to them, and to
ernment. His letters and determine on such measures as in their Terntorj
the ratification of our wisdom may be deemed meet for the welfare of they hav
ing Congress. Texas. We lei
doubts of the final and ,n whereof, I have caused the nreat seal f ^
... of the republic to be hereunto affixed. Done
moat desirable object.' #t the town of Washington, this fifteenth day oftheTi
the people. They are [l. s.] of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand ject; whi
d flesh of our fleaR." eight hundred and forty-five, und of the inde- jrawn f0
ih. of her population PendeMce ofthe ^^"^SON JONES. General,
country of the "star- By the President! piobatioi
e to entertain a mo- Eben'r A i.lin, Acting Secretary of State. slteuld
nguished hero of San 1 made.
forget that the best SCENES IN PHILADELPHIA. Since I
is veins? Can he be When we saw a notice in the recent Philadelphia has tram
us, or to his own papers for a meeting to be held on the Oregon ques- attorney,
Tient prefer to be the lion, we took it for granted that there would be per- tiona inv
second (and perhaps feet union in the expression of their sentiments? be readil
I the supposition is that there could be scarcely two sides te the ques- States ati
i tiue interests in pre- lion?that* "numerous and respeoiwble meeting" causes fi.
his own character, would be held; and that we should, have a united of Florid
is of the people of and enthusiastic expression of the poblic sentiment, This k
popular torrent bearing worthy of the cause, worthy of the party, and wor- ?nj g?ne
i defiance of anv on- iliu nf th>>. "f.itv of flrntherlv Love." We had iust rxnann w
similar appeal to Pres- come up from a Slate (Old Virginia) where the re- public, i
hould now be opposed publican party are firmly united together like a band shall app
ot assert,) it is far more ofbrothers?united in a common cause, by a sense of these int
ij people, than against common danger, and by the glory of a common tri- ful, they
rn wishes upon the al- umph. We had not even heard of the little cliques
into which our friends in Philadelphia are divided. piNA
he people, or any of We did not even dream of any dissension which The ^
Dting our propositions' might manifest itself at such a time, and upon a sub- ^
he annexation is com- j?c' which was calculated to unite every American (
I the question is once heart in its behalf. ^ ^grt
may never be adopted. With what astonishment and regret, then, (wecould past wee
to the terms of the use stronger language, if we could venture to express
ng to take the pub- our feelings) have we Been a description of the were..
jlic debts? Do they scene that took place on Thursday evening. Week er
assured, we speak the ?l8 Philip dead?" Are the whigs extinguished?
the wishes of our ad- jf0; "foe snake is only scotched, not killed," "Tim c
at Texas will not re- an(l jt is evidently preparing "to close again." foc sanu
confidence which they ]a this the time, then, for our friends to tear lows:
ir our Executive. We themselves to pieces, and to exhibit to our exulting Receipts
uainted with the opin- enemies the spectacle of our discord and divisions?
:y in our own country, And what is it all for? Can it be on account of the Decrease
t, and we hazard noth- past election for President? A wise politician "The i
Icclaration. There is would say at once, "Let by-gonea be by-gones." now beet
vhen Texas shall have Can it be on account of t he succession for the next |2,385,5I
mpacts may be formed four years hence? The succession I Are our friends
1 satisfy her most libe- insane, as well as ridiculous? For one, we say, if now two
we desired our best friend to act as his own worst year. T
xationists may still ex- enemy, we would ask him now to enter into thestrugr
accidents. They may gle; for it inevitably leads to his destruction. Is it a tho8(, 0f
ess of the 16th June, a controversy about the spoils of office? Why, the
uknee /rem the hands of administration hers will enter into no such struggle, January
assurance to the pub- ?n<l will appoint men only to omce who are oestquau- Februar
vill be immediately paid fied to fulfil its duties, without regard to any little March,
ns, effected in England prevailing cliques, or to any future contests
idition of her accepting for 'be presidency. Why, then, should our
>e expected that, with friends in Philadelphia wrangle? What consc- t0"t^U'
land, and this counter- quences can they expect but dangerous divisions, t|le tame
coming Congress may end perhaps inglorious defeat? month i
'alternative. The au- We will avoid all such contests, as fraught with with 184
themselves, however, destruction to the party. We will not participate The a
>ple of Texas are too in any such struggle. We almost scorn to inquire but the f
lar torrent is sweep- about the reasons (if reasons thens can be) to quarter I
losity to be resisted provoke it. Wr do not wish to know what it is, "Rgc
er plausible, or any about which our friends in Philadelphia are con- into the
ive. The blood of tending. We care little for the causes; though we wen
n, honored in every deeply regret the consequences into whirih they have promfu
to defy every en- been conducted. All we ask is, to bury the whole From m'
their hearts to be ar- feud ' once. We will give readily the proceedings
itacle. The Congress of both cliques and both meetings, and earnestly
jpe. at once accept our conjure them to abandon their feuds, and to re-unite
mnexation may be de- 'be party?one and indivisible. In neither series of p
>t be defeated. But let resolutions which were adopted, do we see any i?terc(
n it may, it will con- 'bing ?" which we could not concur. Whilst we "On aco
pt to rcaist it, to an in- publish both statements, we attempt to strip them Indian
rill fall, like Lucifer, both of any thing that may give it a false coloring,
ttil Mat day hat patted or * clique complexion. With these few remarks
ally complete, let the we dismiss the subject, and leave them to witness the Navy
-- - evuliin* strains of the reioicine whies. "L,".er?*
II lie wuua," ID UK ? - "Keimbi
They must prove true <
ever abate in their en- NAVY DEPARTMENT. "Reimbi
b haa been struck, and Thb African Souadrom.?Official oommunicaal
to the bond of their tiona from Commodore M. C. Paaar, lutely in command
of the United States naval forces ou the coast
t. O. Bulletin, April id. of Africa, represent that the health of the original
I. squadron has been very good, owing ^ the sanitary 1
icKim, Captain Lewis, regulations adopted and rigidly enforced. With
evening, whence she t|,e ?xeeption of a few casts of fever, of mild type, "Trra
t Jones had issued a . /, - ? . , , . ,
i Congress to meet on on board the ship Saratoga, all but one or which re- "Amour
> consider the resolu- covered, there haa not been a case of African fever """jjj
ngreea for the annexa- m the squadron. nlVHori
itish ' SPSS? sail ^ the relief *qu?d n, lhe brlK Truxton con- of the
rut to Galveston, and fnued to be perfectly healthy up to the 27th Januthe
propositions of the uary, when she sailed on a cruise to the coast, and
lb. or ?!* w'" "P* was last beard from. No advices had been received "Tar.
eaned by* a perusal of '"rom lb* Yorktown since her departurs for the coast; "
peting held at the town but from the well known prudence of Commander Now,
m county; which were Bell, this vessel, it is believed, will keep healthy, finances
ble is the oaiy ?mmI that lima suffered, and year, we hare obtained from tht
in oonsequance of departing from tbe etriet the following exhibit:
regulation* established by the commander Uinyti into Ike 7Veajury for ikt <{*
juadrtm. With proper care, and a strict Mmrch, 1844.
? to sanitary regulations, a cruising vessel Customs
h safety remain on the station for twelve f* *
en months. A longer continuance might rel*,P1
urioua, even if the coast fever did not man- Treasury notes
If.
ondition of the American settlements is
ig gradually. The settlers can, with rea- Customs for the quarter, 1844
nduatry, secure all tbe comfort* and many Do do 1845
xuries of life. The manumitted slavea are ? _ ,
, , . , .... railing off of custouw
? agriculture, because Jhey consider it de
0 a freeman, and as the occupation of a But the quarter for 1844 produc
'hey are more fond of barter, in which, dented amount of revenue from tint
lativea, they are very shrewd and expert. derstand that the quarter (ending 3
twful trade of western Africa has been has been more productive then was i
creasing during the last few years. It is is reason to believe that the revenue
1 the hande of the English, but the few the present year will be sufficient, (
i vessels engaged in it are doing well. In surplus of six or seven millions.)
n as the traffic in slaves is checked, the ample, we adopt the last quarter ai
de will increase. The slave trade is oar- each, during the whole year, and it
the dacliue, though it is still prosecuted to
rable extent by vessels from Cuba and the
! of ground, of about one hundred feet
as been obtained near Porto Grande, island
. ? ntn vidcivii in i or i?
nceni, ror a cemetery, and a neat and sublone
wall, seven feet high, erected at the The wreath thickens around her
if the officers and crews of the squadron. We had no conception of the exteni
piece of ground, for a similar purpose, bad Fourteen out of fifteen members of <
ired near Porto Praya, in the island of St. licans! A majority of about twenl
I the title to it, conveyed in fee, to be en- of Delegates, probably ten in the St
' the same means. Provision will thus be thirty on joint ballot! Well may
the decent interment of all who may un- ton Mercury say:
ly die on board the United States vessels "Virginia will at last have a Senai
it either of those places, and whose bodies resent ber pure principles. The re
srlmsl f. sa * A a a .a UOI) \H Of 0)6 gTeftttBt VttlU6 tt) tlM
from rxumocntai ground by the re- .hall dwell moTe at large on the hig
Tuples of the authonties and inhabitants of We ?e indebted t0 the Richm,
this morning for the following brilli
________ Yesterday, we heard of democratic
LORIDA CASE?NOVEL AND IN- Mercer, Cabell and Wayne, Logan, (ii
wcnnwiniun 'yclept "Black Dwarf,*) Mason anil Ja
TERESTINQ QUESTION! Ritchie, Patrick and Floyd?vix:7. 1
.l . -l . r /- - , _. . democratic gain of 10 members, or S3 vol
ns that the act of Congress of the 3d of <rf te,?uy in the House, and <?? in the 8e
.845, admitting Florida and Iowa into the
id not contain any provision for the trans- the Kanawha district, by a small majorit;
,. ... _ . Witcher, whig, elected to the Senate
S causes pending in the superior courts of trlct-last ysar democratic. No return,
itory to the new district court of the United trtct" AU ,hl'11 S'*ry enough for cue c
Baled by that act. It was seriously appre- ? tABELL fc WAYNE, Nobly P
, . .... . . . . . ,,, To the editors of the Enquirer.
that, if the district court should be organ- CouBr.Hci..,, >
put in operation before Congress should Messrs. Esstoss: I hasten to inform y
jvided for the omission, it would arrest ?"r ?.lBCl'on, 'he c0""Ue" ,
. , ; kins hm b??t Beuhnne, the whig cundul
ISC? where they are, and put them out of from, 73, and one mail precinct to hear
the great prejudice of the interests of the aL^rit7??^\%?.^onr7c
itates. The government interests in litigar Joseph Johnson has over his competitor,
, .. .J. . . ? majority, and the same small precinct to
londa are said to be immense. I of the opinion, will increase John
all the circumstances, the President very ?BlJ.'u1va?Jo*',n"lking *0leYoifr%rrteud?f
ly declined to appoint the officers of the 1 ' ' oile8 k mercer?redei
rt, until Congress shall have an opportunity To the editors of the Enquirer:
ping their omission to provide for the trans- Giles c. 1
s causes, and has thus kept the affair die- I herewith give you the result of the el
wed of the clashing jurisdictions of the sev- typ*"r' Congresa?chapmsn Millet
inals, and Issve. the superior court, of the ( fe"o,ue of Uelegsle.-Peudleton ?
r in possession of the same powers which snd m in Mercer-total, W7.
e exercised heretofore, Ac. kanawha region?BrilUa
wn, furthermore, that the district attorney f
Florida addressed a letter to the Solicitor thing we expected:
-easury, asking instructions upon the sub- 1110 editors of the Enqulrer:^^^^
lOh, passing through the usual forms, has Gentlemen: Since the arrival of the sti
Tth concurring opinion, from the Attorney ^rti h.ve c?
end Solicitor, which have received the ap- this section of the state i? glorious, and
,, D .. . . . honor on our firm and unterrified demo
l of the President?that the appointment, aaidejall sectional and personal conside
tot, and indeed cannot, at this time be u.niJe<1 *'"j } ? "".V?' '1*, tt*
their principles and the candidate oi the
end ri the district has done as well as thi
then we have understood that the Solicitor &b?u" IJ
imitted hi. instructions to the United States to annex the returns from thi. county, i
?. 1- ?. a ?I, j. _, . reiiorted, from Cabell, Wayne, Mason, ai
, in which he ha. fully discussed the que.- j.or cougres.-Johi.son <dem.) ws, Cs
olved; and the conclu.ion. he came to will 44Jor Hou,B of Dulogates?Patrick <w
y understood, when we add that the United in Cabell and Wayne, Adkins (dem
lorney we. instructed to proceed in the ,
r 1!!TS"ttC!for^ ***** "WJSffidMSff.?X'i 1.c,
le into the Union bad not peeeed. I? cubetl and Wayne, Johnson's major
?ing a matter of much public concernment ^'V.^i'^rity'to c^LSSh11
ral interest, we do not perceive any good P. 8.?Wu hare, as yet. no news from
hy the anme should not be laid before the ^ L^.l fflK. ?.fre'
vhom it moat concerns. At all events, we queutly, wo must gain one there. So vo
ly for leave to take and publish copies of {hf^K?m,?wIS?' toe^lJiglJ' eawpUoa o
cresting communications; and, if success- county of Kanawha, whichbids iair to b?
will shortly appear in our columns.
WILLIAM C. BRYd
NCES OF THE UNITED STATES. It gives us sincere pleasure, at I
cw York Tribune of Tuesday last con- of our paper, to pay due honors to I
following article: men whose name graces this hast]
imount of receipts at the custom-house at more than the accomplished editor o
continues to fell off. The income of the Evening Poet. He is the "first of J
k is not one half ao large as that of the He sailed on Thursday week from )
ending April 36, 1845, P-cket-hip Liverpool,for England.
r .(308,108 "He R?es to Europe for recreati
t'd'ing April 27," 1844.48o!984 <j,e ??od will confine his travels
r Britain and the northern parta c
jn 2845 272,876 where he haa never before beeo.
ollections time far of 1845, aa compared with during the summer. He was act
s period of 1844, show a decrease as fol- "hip hy a large number of perao
took leave of htm wuh expressions
from Jan. 1, to April 27,1844, #7,136,302 wishes for a prosperous voyage and
o do 26, 1845, 5,549,207 Happiness and health go with hit
in 1845 1,587,095 "T"f *T ""
, . . Hii poetical character will recomm
exporte of March laat from this port hare . ?. ,
) made up, and show the amount to be ' y y '*"or"'
i5, which is some #1,600,000 less than they attainments. The muse of Mr. 1
: March. Much of this decrease is doubt- deed upon a lofty wing, and has ca
result of the low price of cotton, which is alraoal every |whertJ Ule Eng
cents per lb. lower than at this time last , . .... . , f
here wire last year also some shipments of nsod- Thl< fu8,Uve heet b
I grain, of which there are none now. roice of the whole country. For.
sxporuduringthe past Quarter compare with ways paid him the tribute to whi
the previous year as foftows: u lhe firit of American poets; altli
1844. jn_ poat fa condescended to pv
"ri*
2,385,586 4,049,322 uPon our P*P*r nd ,u PrOBPBC,B??
ask in return for the feeble complime
6,395,371 7,208,245 pay him, is, that he may recruit
i it will be seen that the exports this year up collect new materials for new fli|
1st instant, are about #800,000 leas than to ua the opportunity of spreai
date last year. The exports of the present rr ' .
rill increase the deficiency as compared umns I trtts on a vanity of thtnu
14." C. Bryant."
bove is confined to the port of New York; J ~~
'ollowing embraces the whole receipts of the GENE AL P08T F
hroughout the United States: The contractors of the mail had
view with the Postmaster General i
treasury during the tpi.mr "^dui Ssfs't foT the P?T>oan of arranging the tei
i, as nearly as can be ascertained portation of the United States mail,
atom 71 Much progress was made in tl
ids 485,532 20 but as they are not yet completed,
isceUaneous sources 20,000 00 that they will be ended be
#6,881,107 91 unt' ** de,m U to rel"te no 1
expenditures during the same period have time, of the particulars of the tn
will seize the earliest opportunity o
?t, miscellaneous, and foreign toil, bjfo,, j,e country, in lbs m<
ZTtfmj |l,13l'iii'M |1,7?a'407 96 state that the letting* are much low
i Department 59,930 07 the expenses of the department ti
cations. 86,419 50 duced through the sagacious and i
9n* 1,406,199 19 ertions of the Postmaster General.
9,647,368 39
t on'Ae public debt'. '.1,5?;S 71 Th' Baltimore Republican notice,
irsementofloan of 1841.... 4,919,686 94 of Edmund Burke, late member o
lo do 1843.,.. 400,000 00 New Hampshire, ("the honorable'
irsement and intarwt of him,) as Commissioner of Patents
ry notes 841,048 04 ...
"Mr. Burke is a self-made man,
919,196,904 97 h'" reputation by the force of his <
' - will All the office with honor and ci
R. J. WALKER, We have no doubt of it; for, all
Secretary of ike Treasury. nol Um honor of his personal aequ
rwastrntr Darsar-ssr. April 31, 1845." knov hj, eliarsctrr too wdl to ei
, a about hit eminent qualification*. ]
tvet ifotet ovtitavpivo, lat May, 16i5. _ r\m em. isl _
. . . . 7 f pars of Mr. ElUworth, not "remow
it of th? everal ?aau<? out- r, _ . A , ,
ng 1st May, 1845, as per the papers say, bat rtdgmd.
t9"'4" 19 cToSOr THE LAHOS Bt
? HW.78 2lk,row7?nd7.,o7?".ri
anoi ir i in Pennsylvania avenue We offinr a
It H. GILLET, Register. of Wats sad s*^ suitable for the set
isttst Dar abtwfvt, *ult the "mes.
Register's Office, May 1, 1845." Sign of the LARGE BLA
to show the comparative condition of our Pennsylvania avenue, two doors
for the oorrssooiidin* auaiter of the last April!
?? i
> Treasury office ^Mwonic.?Tb? semi-annual communication
of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
mrfr cadinc SIM Maaone, for the Oietr ct of Columbia, will be Mid
^ in th. Maaonic haU, C etieet, on Toeaday next, the
47 k1\ mm an ^ W*ettet> ?' 10 o'clock, a. m.
'''*7,449'^u 1, The officers, paaaed officer., and members of said
i<>v.u> M Grand Lodge, are respectfully requested to be pune?
4031 35 toal in their attendance. Tramueat and nailing
'' * wu'ly, n,, brethren in good standing are fraternally invitad.
,.. !M5,?W 00 By order ^ u?e M. W. Grand Maalrr.
9 159 785 54 H C WILLIAMS,
9,1W,TM5_54 M.y Grand Secretary.
?? Notioo.?The Rut. Mr. Bannntyne will
'" ' ' preach in Dr. L*urte'a church to-tnorrow morning
1 .x?<i inn 01 *' I' o'clock, and in the afternoon at 4 o'clock. The
'* monthly coaeert will be observed, as ueaal, at halfad
an unprece- 7 o'clock in the erening. May 3
ies; and we un- (yj-Owuer# Wanted ! for a variety of fancy
let March laat) articles; at Tedd'e Concert Hall. They are all new
expected There and magnificienL Having tha interests of the ownera
at heart, the artidea will be kept at the hall for a
accruing during w(Ah< commencing on Monday next, the 5th of
exclusive of the May, wham those concerned wul pleaw call, prova
8appnaa, for e*. property, and take away jost as much as they may
1 the average ofl desire, bv paving ckanti. For narticulara inouire
will sund thus: I" lh? *? "
6,881,107 UUy"? thore for y?u: 6?WK,?rt lu"tU
AO_ . .1)H 'The ladies of Washington in,end
holding a IW at Todd'a Concert Hall, on
Pennajrlranta avenue to raise fUnda to assist in
IT nv r> I ftDVi lha Church of the Ascension, under Iks
E OF GLORY, charge of the Rev. L. J. GKllias. That there hare
honored brow. bee'V"'",'y similar efforts made for other churches
. r.f th, iriumnh i" thl7 'i1*' ws do not deny; but we aver that none
t of the triumph, hare had greater claims upon th. eympathiaa and
Congress, repub- liberality of our citisens than this one. Come, yo
w in the House church-goers?ye who are in favor of promoting
Tl '
the last Charles- vour money, and a. bright smile and a warm "tfianfr
m," besides. It commences on Monday next, the
tor who will rep- instant, and will last all the week,
suit of this eleo- May ^
rfitT (|t?-St. Paul's Lutheran Church.?The offij
r- ; ?r ciating pastor and trustees of the Ninth atrmf Metht
I odiet Protestant church having granted the uae of
ant details: the same, notice is hereby given to the congregation
gains is cities and of St. Paul's Lutheran church, that a sermon will
a uisoo of isrltj, ^ preached, and the holy communion administered
his "gives us O net the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Muller. on the Uth day
??, and a majority of May ensuing, being Whitsunday. Service to
nste, or so ob joint commence at half past 3 o'clock, p. m. The friends
ffry , of the church, and those who intend to attach thsm
a gr selves to the congregation, together with the public,
in Pittsylvsala dis- are respectfully invited to be preeent.
> trum "Hhinn's dis- May 2?
empeign! J
lcl"Mrtd' QPLENDID 8TYLES0FSUMMER HATS
r . ^ AT 0. FISH * CO.* FASHIONABLE
rs.Aprilm.im-. SALESROOMS, BROWN* HOTEL.?Having
?aUnd^Psvue \d- P*rfeote^ our arrangements for the summer trade,
late, so far a* Ward we now invite the attention of our customers and the
from, which gives blic generally to our large and well-asaortsd stock
calculats on Ad- summer lists. We enumerate in part?
rllSt ? F>rG*tU*. ?> Wear.
hear from, which. Every description, color, and shade of the difier on*i
vote 9ow io ent ?tylrH of fur het now in Toeue. uneaualled in
roweM point ofetytaorfcbrie.
mtd, To the economically disponed we offer a fashionable
pearl Russia hat, at prices ranging from |S to ?.
April as, 1848. Panama, leghorn, single and double colored leg ction
ofthii coin* horns, fine straw hats, Ac.
'M?majority for F?r boy*' "nd children.
Just opened two cases very fine leghorns, of the
lem.) 387 la OUes, newest New York styles, with extra large and small
sizes.
nt iucceu! AI so. French straw Dunstable, Rutland, FlorV&vmlS
en?. Tuscan, Prince Albert, open worked braided
We invite the attention of the ladies particularly
, C. H.,'April 36. to this department. We are confident that our asigei
this evening, 1 sortment will be found to be as complete as any
1 'iff? south of New York, and at terms which cannot fiul
no In, the reault in _i?_?
I rvllecti immortal picas?.
< c; Thro? ug O. FISH A CO.
rations, they have May 3?3tif
zeal ip support of . _ . __
rSSh'slhM By Jl' 0rwn> Auctioneer.
{ residentialvote of TTOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNIiosinR
of the mall, ?1 TORE AT AUCTION.?On Tuesday next,
J? M the 6th instant, at ten o'clock, I shall sell, at the
widen (whi ) Tsi. house formerly occupied by the Hon. Mr. Wickliffe, .
.) 617, Smith <w.) on 7th street, immediately opposite the General
. . ... Post Office, a good lot of hie furniture remaining in '
.) it elected over tjie house. I enumerate in part?
elected over Arm- Mahogany hair-eeat sofas and ottamana
do extension dining tables
do sideboard, bureaus and withstands
tf for Johnum. M . do marble-top sofa table
Mahogany, walnut, cherry, and maple bedsteads
Kayette sod Nich- French and trundle do
electing Mccluny, Coquette sofa, cane end other chairs
n .7??h?ra;i.TfI? Wardrobes, feather beds, and mattresses
he state from whig Fine gilt astral lamps ana candle brackets
f the itrong whig Fine cut decanters, crockery, and glassware
. left "alone in her Parage oilcloth and a large lot of matting
First-rate cooking and hall stoves
Terms: All suras of and under $90, cash; over
iNT. $90, a credit of sixty and ninety days, for notes satthis
early period isfactorily endorsed, bearing interest.
:he distinguished ^ A. OREEN^
f article. He is ' , . . .
f the New York FOR NORFOLK?TWICE A WEEK.
L I ,, P.?. mAiiui/ EVej Tl.i 7o
LIIICIIUIII |IUOM> 1'W V r 9UWV?W ?V * ?V? WMWf o?
New York in the 4MMPfe\ The ateamer OBEOLA
gt will leave Waahington every
" s-?sr: JSftV?SSSSi
>e iko mn?in.n> at 91 o'eloek, a. m.j returning, will leave Norfolk
He will remain and Portl,mouth every Sunday and Thursday at 5
SSJTfliMds^w'ho triPa^8? and Fvt> ffc to go and return the same
' lufentum^' Stopping at her usual landings on the Potomac to
. , take off or land paasengers. Passengers coming on
n! He will find board from landings to be landed at another, will be
English shores, charged full passage. River passengera are requeatsnd
him to thou. ,0 inform the captain of their place of destination
snu mm to thou- le>. |he whuf in order pravent say
at of his political mjratlderstandinr.
Bryant soars in- The Oseola will stop at Cone river on Saturdays
rried his name to ??ing to, and SundaysTetuming from, Norfolk. Peai
u i sage and Fare, 13.
language is As usual, she will stop at Acquis creek to take off
ut the approving and land passengera to and from Nofolk.
one, we have al- Passage and tare from Washington to Richmond,
,.k U ? ..iM -X ^ MITCHELL,
<o.gh th. E.en- M(J1 Muur.
iblish more tlian ; ; .
n correspondent, ^ Green, Auctioneer.
All that we ean TTARDWARE. CUTLERY, BRITANNIA
nt which we now *1 WARE, FANCY GOODS, Ac., AT AUCnt
wnicn we now T|ON _on Monday evening next, the 5th instant,
his constitution, at early oandlelighl, I shall commence the sale ofa
;hta, and furnish large consignment from the North of the above
ding in our col- named goods, and all bound to be sold, without re
ir;?K?? gard to prices. We enumerate in part?
m, from n Mum Brjmnnta tea and.coffee sets, spittoons, candle licks,
dec.
Britannia and Japan oH and lard lamps
FICE. Coffee mills, waiters, trays
_ - . . Hair, whitewash, and shaving brushes
an official inter- grovel and tongs, pins, buttons, laces, hoes
on Tuesday last, FanSt tacks, gimlets, all sens of soaps
mn tnr I Km Irani- Knivpi iflH fnrlfi mnknivffi
Roeewood writing decks, ihncy boxes, Ac.
,e arrangements; *UrKe, lot ?f* *?100 *?? to mention.
... ' The sole will bo continued three evenings in we*
and it is not ex- cession.
fore the 10th in- A. GREEN,
itatement, at this May 3?3t Auctioneer.
inactions. We . RARE INVESTMENT?The advertiser ?
f laying the do- J\ wishes to obtain six or eight hundred dollars
sen time we may for eight or twelve months, which will be well se r
.n#i cured, and the lender will receive good board for the 1
er, arm or oourse UM 0} mone? for ^ Mm(l of ,inw. Ad.
rin be much re- greM "Board," through the post office, Washington,
ndefatigable ex- May 3?3t
AY BALL?Mr. F. C. Labbd has the fomjr
to inform the ladies and gentlemen of Nash- .
1 uie appointment jngton, Georgetown, and Alexandria, that his May 1
f Congress from Ball will take place on Tuesday, May 6, * <As- w
1 we will not call aembly Rooms, where large improvement# have
in Ihia citv been made for the accommodation of ladies and gen.
, tlemen, Ac.
and has earned Gen'lemen's tickets to be obtained at Mr. Pis- _
>wn talents, and ch#r^ Stationers' Hall; Mr. James's Drug Store;
*?'< " Mr. France's, Athenieum Buildings; snd at Ins resihough
we have device, Penneyleanie arenoe, ana at the door off the* ^
aintance, yet we "fa?2^- not received iimtafrms wffl *
ntertain a doubt forward their nsmea aa early as possible.
rls takes the slip- Young gentlemen1" tickets to be had at M* nouaff , ^
d," as some of May3-3? ^. ?
_ By JI. Grtm, .1ucti<necr. '*
tjjas {,M ? r
/ wed on L? street^ octwwn JUin mci ?iir ittnui.
AANN, Pertoiw wishing to maka a profitable ipyaatiaent
CK BOOT, wUf do v* ? Ma*thr?lr.
Ocuw (mBft**L ' A. oWKHf;
May 1?3t Auctioneer.