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,n the like circutnstaiiwea/ l.et them answer as pn.:ami
as candid and honorable men. If the w.u i
L?ted, the same charges would doubtless be reiterated ;
but the 1'iiited States were bound to conquer a peace, and
0,uld not stop short of that without dishonor and dis
erace It was aakeJ w hat the President sought bv the
wa'i' Peace was sought. That had been their object
(mm the tirAt. lie then entered into a brief review of
the repeated overtures to Mexico before the war commenced.
Hut war had commenced. What was to be
done' Would gentlemen recall the army.' He held
there was hut one course in war. No nation should go
to war till she is convinced site is right, arid then she
as obliged to prosecute the. war till she obtained an honorable
peace. Tne gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Koor]
consoled himself that the President had refused his approbation
to thorn things which his frieuds in that House
had defended. Who, there, approved of certain acts of
the military ollicers.' Who approved of the order to elect
a delegate ? They had defended the President on the
gruund that he fuel a right to establish temporary government
there. But the gentleman spoke of the President as
t.ijifedf rating with Santa Anna, it was an utterly ridiculous
charge, and he (Mr. B.) was astonished at the hardihcxvl
of gentlemen in makiiigsuch a charge in the presence
of that enlightened body. The President instructed the
blockading squadron not to intercept Santa Anna. Old any
nun doubt the object or the policy ? ''.'hey knew that the !
President acted on the principle that if Santa Anna could J
... ii.tr. M fvim. the rival chiefs might go to war, and bv I
civil commotion aid the ellorts of the United Slate*, ft
was a niii-umiiuite tn-ce of |s>licy, prompted by the no- |
Went tatriorism. W ould gentlemen, then, tell ihe people !
ihat trie 1'resnlent should have labored to preserve the
brotherhood of the Mexican people ? The President had
done nothing but whit he wan bound to do by the uiost
uttered obligations of patriotism. He would not do the
gentlemen the discredit of imputing to them an) thing but
malevolence to the administration w hich promoted them 1
hi their assaults, lie characterized the assaults on the
executive as disgraceful. It was much easier to blacken !
.1 r-putation than to maintain one The gentleman from |
Tennessee had aaid that the recollection of the taunting 1
question, "Who is Janu s K. Polk ?" prompted the Presi-1
Jeat to dash ahead. He (Mr. B.) believed that the
wing party was now Pretty sick of tliat question, j
Knt tiie gentlemen on the opposite side, accustomed
< tight for men and not principles, did not understand I
the democratic party. That party cared nothing for men. i
They contended for great principles, and they spurned to
know men as contradistinguished from principles. It was i
to men?to exalted men?that the opposite party looked {
Km the democealic party cared not who was their stan- '
,Urd-hearer. But he whom thev do choose to bear their
etandard, thev abide by. He care i not who James K. j
Polk ? ?' If endorsed by the democratic party, be the 1
tan lard-bearer who he might, thev loved and "cherished,
and sustained him to the last Why was that question
a.*k?-d.' Was it to remind them that we did not
< boose the most exalted man in the estimation of the
whus ' The people considered there was more virtue in
the no-ly of the nation, than in the ranks of mere political |
; irti/ans Whom the people had made their highest rep- j
lesentaiive they ever would sustain, and in support of!
the President in the present crisis the nation would rally ;
as one man.
Vr SAWYER then obtained the floor, but yielded to !
s motion that the committee should rise.
TLe committee rose and reported
On motion, it was
R. altrd. That when the House adjourn it be to meet on
Monday rmxt.
Mr. JOSEPH R. INGERSOLL, by unanimous consent,
introlured a bill to provide for the" more easv ascertainaent
of the names of the owners of ships and other ves-?1?,
which was read twice, and referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary .
The House then adjourned.
The following petitions and memorials were presented,
under the rule, and referred to the upproriatc committees:
by Me. KAUFMAN i Thi nieraurial nl' Jsmei W. Sim- i
iii'Hu, of Houston, Texts-, inbehdfof li Louiat Siinni iii<,
lu> v. iU't heir of the hit j William Brodfot, innrrhnnt. of
Owuj-Moii. South Carolina, praying for relief for spoliation*
e.nuultrd by the French previous to I "too: referred to the;
Committea on Foreign Atf.ur*.
By Mr. J. B. UU.NT i Tin* memorial of Benjamin f-oomis
In; an invalid pensions nferriil to the Cjiiiinittee 011 Invalid
Pensions. The memorial of John JSainpl", lor clniin" i
f a services in die la.-t war: referred to the Committee of
< "'aim*.
By Mr. LAWRENCE: The petition from masters and |
"wucrs of stenuihimta anil oilier ve?#et* navigating the
Vorth river, for a |tght-taoiise on Jliters'* Point, Westohester
county. New York.
By Mr. ROCKWELL, of Massachusetts: The petition of
itiembrri of die faculty of William* College, that the,
privilege hitherto enjoyed by public institution:" of importing
book* and philosophical instrument* free of duty inay |
be restored.
Rv Mr. KUSSELLi Tlie petition of William M. Roberts,
>f Clinton county, New York, for an increase of his |>ension.
By Mr. MORSE: The petition of Alex. [). Peck, praying
fi): confirmation of a tract of land in the parish ol More-j
lion?e: referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.
By Mr. TIBBATTS: Two petitions of the citizens of Cincinnati,
Ohio, praying for the passage ot a law to guard
against steamboat exjao.tio:is. Five petition* of the citizens
>t l^iuisinnn, of the same itnjiort. The memorial of the citstns
of the Mtahw of Okuo and Kentucky, praying lor an
spproprintion of one million of dollars annually for the improvement
of the western rivers. Documents relating I
to the imnrovemeiit ol'llie harbor at Cincinnati. Oliio.
By Air. LEVIN: The memorial o( shipmasters nml shipowuurs
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in favor of the sectional
dry-dock ba*in* and railways for the u?e of the
navy of the United States at the dry-d'iek at the above port.
By Mr. CHAPMAN, of Maryland: The memorial of Mrs.
Nancy Denon, for inilltarybouuty land on nccount of the services
of Francis Popham, in tlie war of the revolution.
By Mr. ROCKWELL, of Connecticut: The pstrtioh of
Nathaniel C'<ill>ert, executor of the estate of George Gilbert,
praying compensation for losses sustained by spoliations
try th- French prior to 110(1. The petition of John Dunliam,
an heir to the estate of Daniel Dunham, and Patrick
Fanning, un heir to the estate of John Thurston, praying
compensation for lo?se? sustained by spoliations by the
French, prior to 1.100.
By Mr. ATKINSON: The petition of John Cover, admin
curator of John Hurk, deceased, praying compensation for
[filiations co'mmitod by France prior to the year 18J0:
referred 10 the Coiinnittoe 011 Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. R. SMITH, of Illinois: The papers of Uriah
Brown, relating to his invention of n fire-ship : referred to
the Committee on Naval Affairs. The petition )f Lucy O.
Brvon, praying a pension: referred to the committee on In- !
valid Pensions.
By Mr. THOMASSON : The petition of the heirs of Lieut.
John Wallace, deceased, asking commutation pay for reveliilionarv
services : referred to tits Committee on Revolutionary
Pensions.
By Mr. McCLEAN: The memorial and accompanying
'I cuments of John It. Edio and sister, sole representatives
of Lieut. John Edie, an olficor of the war of the revolution,
praying for the one year's pay and interest under the resolution
of Congress of November 21, 1778. The memorial
and accompanying documents of the heirs of Capt. liarnet
Kiclielborger, of Col. Hartley's regim :ut, for arrearages
of pay and tnt 'rostdue under resolution of Cougress of November
21, 1778. Also for bounty land.
By Mr. J. B. HUNT: The petition of Chester Pnrrish,
for arrears of pension : referred to the Committee on Invalid
Pensions.
By Mr. SEVERANCE: The petition of the Faculty of
Walerville College, in the ftatc of Maine, that the tarilf j
law of the last session may be so modified ns to re|>cnl tin* j
duly on books and philosophical apparatus for the use of
tbf higher institutions of learning.
Hy Mr. HUNGEKFOKDt The'petition of 1OT cltigens of
York, lor tliu erection ofbeacons in the river St. Lawr-'in
o. The petition of Ik) citizens for the construction of n
dredging machine, for tliu use of Luke Ontario and the
liver Jjt. Lawrence: referred to the Committee on Commerce.
ISv Air. LEWlSt The petition and papers of Thomas
1 'peland, praying payment for services rendered to the
K'lveriiiiieiiti referred to the Committee of Claims.
i!y Mr. McILVAINE t The petition of citizens of Pennsylvania,
praying Congress to adopt measures for such al'
nttion ol the constitution and laws of the United States as
"ity abolish slavery throughout the Union.
Hi Mr. RAKKLVGEKi The memorial and petition of
W L. Clarke and others, praying indemnity for French
"p iliHiiousi referred tothe Cominitlee on Foreign Affairs.
P'V Mr. ANDEKSONt The petition of the executor of
1 ''I Philip Van Cortlandt, for commutation pay.
Hy Mr. STEWART: The petition and documents of
' i-. ph Taylor and Peter Myers, praying lor pensions for
' rvlcosrendered during the late war: referred to the Committer
on Invalid Pensions.
Ry Mr. RAMSEYi The petition of Joseph Parrot, of
"h 10, praying Ibr a reissue of land scripRy
Mr. POLLOCK: The memorial of (Joorge Eckert, ad
ntiiiistrntor of John Eckert, jr., deceased, of Pennsylvania, j
**kl"? indemnity foi Ftenon pnUntfonf prior to ihoi>.
' Hy Mr. THOMPSON, ol' Pa.: The petition ofci likens of
""'iiisylvania, praying lor the establishment of a mail route
from Oil Creek |h>-m othce, in Crawford canity, Pa., to
'A ii'in? nf James Rrewley, lie u Sugar Creek Lake, in
""id county. Also, a petition of citizens of Pennsylvania,
Laying for a mail route ftotn the borough of Warren, in
"frrrmt county, Pa., to the city of Eric, in Erie county, via
d'.ut.burg. Reaver Dam. Columbus, Wrightsville, PittsHeld,
YoungsviUe, and Irvine: referred to the Committee
"a the Post Olllec and Post Roads.
By Mr. WILLIAMS: The |?uition of John Millet for a
r*n<ion : referred to Ills Committee on Kevomtionaty renMOli*.
Hv Mr. ANDERSON i The petition of Hannah Stoven en,
ii?r a pension, widow of Frederick F. Stevenson, an
officer ot Hie re voint ion.
Ily Mr. THOMASSON: Tlie petition in favor of increasing
he |>en>ion of Sutherland Mayfteld : referred to the Com nitire
on Invalid Pensions.
t Hy Mr. AUGUSTUS A. CHAPMAN t The petition of
Mime* Hrownlcc. of the county of Botetourt, praying to be
relieved against the loss of n military land warrant of 100
seres: referred to tin: Committee on Public Lnndi.
uy Mr. liOfD i The petition of Ket\jmnin Allen, of Clark
county, in the State of Kentucky, prayins for a pension :
referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.
rpWO CARTONS of thosftcheap Cashmere long shawls,
si ?12 30, just received from the importer, and will be
"old at the above limit. D- CLAGETT <V CO.
l*c. U-*lf
CITY OF WASHINGTON. !
THURSDAY N I OUT, DEC. *4, la??i
ciimistmas day.?In accordance with the usual practice,
and to atfoid all in our office an opportunity to partake
of the festivities of the day, no paper will be turned
from this office to-morrow.
C<H4|r?Mn>iial.
In the Senate to-day a debate of some interest (ook j
place on the bill admitting Iowa into the Union. Mr.
Yulee submitted an amendment to one of the sections of j
the bill which diverted an appropriation of half a million j
of acres of land from application to internal improvements
to educational purposes, with the view of confining the ;
grant to the original purpose. The amendment was re- j
jected, and the bill |*assed as it came froin the House of
Representatives.
In the Hi/tut, the debate on the war proceeded. Mr. i
tiordon spoke in defence of the administration, and was
followed by Mr Root, in opposition to the war. Mr !
How I in rejoined ;and then the House adjourned till Monday
next.
Tk? InU-Ulgsoieer's -Point of History
The National Intelligencer is so etger to advocate and
uphold the cause of our Mexican enemies, that it has not
scrupled to persevere, even after our exposure of its misstatement,
in a deliberate misrepresentation of the judg-;
inent formed by the various departments of our government
in 1S37, upon the character of the wrongs before
that time inflicted upon our country by Mexico. The ;
late message of the President, narrating with the exact j
and sci upulous accuracy behtting such a documeut, the j
proceedings had in Congress in the year Is37, in relation
to the previous wrong of Mexico, cited as follows, the
language in relation to the character of these wrong*, used I
by President Jackson in his message at that time:
"The length of ume since mine of tlio injuries have been
committed, llie repeated and unavailing application* tor i
redress, ibe wanton character of some of tlic outrages upon j
the property ami persons of our citiseus, upon tin- olticer* 1
and Itag of the L'uited .Slates, independent of recent insults
- ? -I- 1.1/ in,- lain extraordinary
UJ 11119 guvorilllH-lii aim |?V|/.V w;
M?tm tlillMl, would justify in the Ijrnat all naiion* |
immediate war."
After further citing in his own language General Jackson's
view of the proper count to be pursued by our gov- j
eminent upon the occasion, the message declare* that i
"committees of both house* of Congress, to which this |
message of this President was referred,/u//y sustained his j
views of the character of the wrongs which we had suf-1
fertd from Mexico, and recommended that another demand
for redress should be male before authorizing war
or reprisals." The Message then gives at some length
the language used by the committees of both houses in
their respective reports (which were unanimously concurred
in by both houses) and adds, "No difference of
opinion upon the subject is believed to have existed in
Congress at that time."
This, the Intelligencer pronounces to be a "distortion
of History;" and reasons thus to sustain its position:
"The view which we have presented of this matter is not j
tlint (leu -rul Jackson ilid not recommend letters of marque
and reprisal, but thut Congress paid no regard to the recommendation,
pa-vting it by, and recommending, in-lend, further
negotiation with Mexico; and that the President's
statement that no difference ol opinion uikjii the subject existed
in Congress at Hint time wits strictfv true only in one
-E_. _n I tin- iiuj-vrdicnt * of the I
nmn", viz : Him mi measure
rccmnnu'iiditl by the then Presiiluut. t'omniiltn'i
of both Iioumm, composed iu each house of a majority of th<*
President's |>oli Ileal friends, made reports, in which they
declined seconding the recommendation; and these reports
were unanimously adopted in both houses. If there was
any sentiment in either house fueorabte to the President's
recommendation, it was not expressed either by vote or
spoeeb."
This jioor evasion cannot serve the Intelligencer. " The
point of History" in question between the Message and
that journal is, not whether General Jackson recommended
letters of Marque and Reprisal?not whether
Congress concurred in that recommendation; but the point
is, whether Congress, through reports of its Committees
unanimously adopted, did agree with General Jackson as
to the character of the wrongs then inflicted upon us by
Mexico. The Message affirms that Congress and the
Committees of Congress did so agree with President Jaekson
at to those wrongs, and that upon that point " it is believed
that there was no difference of opinion" in Congress.
This assertion of the Message, the Intelligencer
calls " a distortion of History."
Now the fact is that the Committees, both of the Senate
and of the House, did express in the most emphatic terms
their full concurrence with the President in relation to the
enormity of the wrongs inflicted upon us by Mexico.
The Committee of the Senate say: "If the government
of theUnited States were disposed to exact strict and prompt
? J ' * r?? tinmmillM, mill-lit ,?,/A 1.1,1,..
realise nvm i?*ojMwi ....a... ?...?y w??,c
recommend an immediate resort to mar or reprisals. On this
subject, however, they give their hearty assent to the following
sentiments contained in the Message of the President."
He says:
"The length of time since some of the injuries lmvebeen
committed, the repeated and unavailing applications for redress,
the wanton character ol'some of the outrages upon
the property and persons of our citizens, upon the officers
and flag of the United States, independent of recent insults
to this government and people, by the late extrnoidinary
Mexican minister, would justify in the eyes of till nations
immediate war."
The Committee of the House are equally explicit upon
the point. They say that they "'fully concur with the
President that ample cause exists for taking redress into
our oicii hands, and believe that wc should be justified in
the opinion of other nations for taking such a step."
These reports being unanimously adopted by both houses
of Congress, show that there was in Congress at that
time no difference of opinion, as ascertained by their votes
on the question of the enormity of the wrongs inflicted
by Mexico upon the United States. This is precisely
what the Message asserts, and what the "Intelligencer"
labors to "distort" into a "distortion of History."
As to the proper course for our government to pursue
in the premises?that was quite another topic. On that
topic President Jackson cxpressod his opinion. The
Committees of Congress expressed theirs. Both of
these opinions, the Message, so far from concealing,
states in detail, and with perfect exactness, and in the
very words of President Jackson's message, and of the
reports.
So much for the Intelligencer's " distortion of history
!"
We implied that we thought the Intelligencer's course
in this matter somewhat of a "Roorback." Our readers,
who know the meaning of the term, will judge from the
above whether we were right in our opinion. But the
Intelligencer informs us that, "not having its slang dictionary
at hand," it cannot understand what a "Roorback"
is. This reminds us of M. Jourdain in Moliere's famous
play, who had been talking prose all his life, and never
knew it! But we will explain to the Intelligencer what
a "Roorback" is by familiar instances. It is a "Roorback"
to say, as the Intelligencer dm say, tnat our war wun
Mexico is a "rapine," and that the men who prosecute it
are "lawless." It is a very large "Roorback" to say, as
Mr. Webster said, that the war cost us half a million
of dollars a day.' It is, moreover, a very foolish and selfcontradictory
"Roorback" to say that the war is "a President's
war, unauthorized by law," and then to add that
| the war act of the 13th of May was "an act of indemnity."
I We set down these definitions for the Intelligencer's
! behoof, taking our illustrations quite at random from the
recent statements of that journal, and of its friends. We
advise the Intelligencer forthwith to embody the definitions
in its "slang dictionary" above referred to; and we
I think that the Intelligencer's "slang dictionary," thus en1
larged and improved, will form a very suitable compan
ion to it* Law Dictionary, which defines an act appropriating
ten millions, and authorizing the employment of
fifty thousand volunteers, to be " an act of indemnity
An<l<lol? for ? Moral Treason."
Those traitorous acts which may be performed, and
those treasonable sentiments which may be promulgated,
without an infringement of the criminal laws of the country,
but are yet calculated and intended to give aid and
comfort to the enemy, have been well treated as constituting
" moral treason"
There is no statute law in the United States for the
punishment of "moral treason." Traitors may stalk
abroad at mid-day, promulgating their treacherous sentiments
with impunity, so long as they are guilty of no
overt act. They may encourage the enemy through the
press?they may denounce their own government as meriting
the curse of Clod, and proclaim the hostile country
to be deserving of the prayers and sympathies of the
world; and yet this is not legal treason. They may advise
and cheer the foe, at a distance; they may join
the adversary in head and heart; but, nevertheless, they
CMIT uiiiciiauiu w IIU oiamic mvr mj lung an iiicj acrji men
carcases within the American lines. We now find thousands
taking advantage of the leniency of our criminal
code ; and it is not improbable that Santa Anna's ariny
would be some thousands stronger than at, present did
not an act of Congress affix the punishment of hanging
by the neck until dead hi the offence of joining the enemy
in person.
As the laws annex no penalty to the commission of
moral treason, measures should be taken to draw upon
the heads of all traitors at heart the scathing frowns of
an outraged and indignant people. In regard to the readiest
means of effecting this object, some apt suggestions
come to us in a paper from the enthusiastic west. The
Ohio Patriot, of the tsth instant, throws out the foil owing
hints, which, if generally adopted, cannot tail to ex
ercisc a wiioiesorne uinuence upon me 1 inure, u not upon
the present We bespeak for the |>roposition of the
Ohio editor the consideration of our friends generally.
The patriotic portion of the opposition will probably faror
the project, as they inay thereby eacapf y^ijtin. which, in
the absence of evidence, may hereafter unjustly attach to
their characters from the fact of being members of the federal
party:
"A wax atmsrcK?Tivkly fsoeosrno.v?Ii has been suggested
thnt tins cause of the country may be promoted by
the opening of a w ar register In every city, town, and vtflage,
lor the piy|x*ie of preserving an authentic record of
the toryism which may be displayed by individuals during
the continuance of the present war. In this register it I*
proptsed to record the names of such personages as make
themselves zealous in pleading the cause of the enemy, and
oppose the wat into which die people and the government
of the United States have been forced by Mexican aggression,
insult, arid robbery. Besides die unmet of the indivtdI
unls who pronounce against the justness of our cause, such
sentiments as are particularly odious should be pbtued on
the register. Where an individual expresses sympathy tor
! the enemy, wishes the death of the President, or the down|
fall of the national administration, as a punishment for having
engaged in the war, the sentiment of the lory should be
registered in his own language as near a? possible. All
I statements intended for entry on die record should be veriti
nl by thi* name of the witness or contributor.
| "The ubiivii is n general outline ol the |>lau. Siichn record
at it proposes will save much doubt and prevarication til alter
years. Ilad such n register been kept ui IS12, the denials
ol? those who opposed the war ol' that era would now
avail them nothing. We hope thai our friends everywhere
in Ohio will move in this maiter without delay."
\rw Senator from Illinois.
We are gratified to learn that the Honorable Judge
Douglass has been elected Senator from the State of
Illinois for six years from the 4th of March next. Judge
Douglass received the nomination by the unanimous vote
I of the democratic party in the legislatnre. The vote in
| the election stood 100 for Julge Douglass, and 4b for the
Honorable Cyrus Kdwards, the federal candidate.
The Washington correspondent of the . Philadelphia
" North American" is rapidly losing his claim to credibility.
He has started another report about us which is
palpably and outrageously false. He is reckless enough
to say, that " on some other occasion I shall take the opportunity
to enlighten the public of the mysterious means
by which the election of Mr. Pennybacker was originally
brought about, tracing it directly to an insidious hostility
on the part of Mr. Ritchie, to vent his spleen against
Mr. Benton, through Governor McDowell, his kinsman."
^
There is not a syllable of truth in this whole statement.
Wc deny that we have ever sought to vent "our
spleen" against Col. Benton. We would be unworthy of
our position if we did not pursue as conciliatory a course
as possible towards all the members of the republican
party. We utterly disclaim every unkind and disrespectful
feeling towards Governor McDowell. Very different
are our sentiments towards him and towards Col. Benton.
We know not what mystery attended the election of
I Judge Pennybacker. We never heard or suspected any;
| and we regard the supposition a* perfectly ridiculous.
Certain it is, we had as little participation in the election
of Judge Pennybacker as the author of this calumny
himself.
We ask the attention of our readers to the appeal from
the Washington City Orphan Asylum, which will be
found in another column. The object is one of common
interest, addressing itself to all classes. The present condition
of their funds is such as to make a liberal contribution
both necessary and welcome.
Our worthy fellow-citizen, Mr. Charles Fenderich, has
just completed a lithographic portrait of the Rev. Jas. B.
Donelan, the respected pastor of St., Matthew's church
in this city. To say that Mr. F. has admirably succeeded
in his task would be doing but feeble justice to
an artist whose reputation has been so long established.
Thousands of persons, both at home and abroad, have
been all but personally introduced to many of our most
eminent statesmen, through the medium of Mr. F.'s pencils
and the multiplicity of copies which his branch of the
art enables him to produce at a comparatively trilling
cost. Faithful and striking as have been all of Mr. FenrlnrinrovintiH
nroductions. we think this last effort
equal? any which fiave issued from his studio. Copies
may he had of Mr. C. M. Bohn, in the vestibule of the
House of Representatives.
Snpmiu Court of the United Whites.
Thursday, December 24, 18 10.
R. A. Parrislt, esq., of Pennsylvania, was admitted to
practice as an attorney and counsellor of this court.
No 47. The United States, plaintiff in error, vs. Bank of
United States. The argument of this cause was contintinued
by Mr. Sergeant for the defendant in error, and
concluded by Mr. Nelson for the plaintiff in error.
No. 41. Samuel Hildeburn, plaintiff, im. Henry Turner.
This cause was submitted on printed arguments
by Mr. Brent for the plaintiff, and by Mr. Bibb for the
defendant.
Adjourned till Monday, 11 o'clock a. m.
Ry .1. A KtXV, .tucllontrr.
TWO good Brtrk House* iuid Lota at Auction.?On
Monday, the 4th of January, I shall soil on I lie premises,
at 4 o'clock, p. m., two good brick houses and lots, in
square 106, situated on 18th street, between I tind K streets
west, being the next houses west of the Brazilian Minister's.
This property is in a rnpidly-iinproving part of the city,
handsomely located, fronting east, nnd but a short distance
from the War OlHce or the West Market.
Terms at sale. A. GREEN,
Deo 24?eoAtds Auctioneer.
Christmas Caks and Confectionery.
,vr c?it i l.-tl Pi,ill Kinnhv wlin has la to
J ly fitted up his establishment, comprising n store and
saloons liclow and up stairs lor private parties, in it very elegant
manner, resjteell'ttily invites his customers and the
public to call and witness the rich variety of Christmas
cake and confectionery which he has manufactured for
the Christmas holydays. His assortment of cuke anil confectionery
lias been prepared witli great care, and of the
very best materials which he could procure, una is not to be
excelled by any similar establishment in this or any other
city.
Dec . 24?3t I
SUITABLE Books for Christmas, and New Tsar's
Gilts.?Recently received at the depository of the Bible
Society, in Mr. Kennedy's store on F. street, between 13th
and Mtli, an extensive assortment of elegantly bound
Bibles, Testaments, and Psaltns, and copies of the New
Testament, which will bo sold at the society's prices.
Persons wishing to obtain suitable presents for young
friends can titers find those which are truly good as well
as beautiful. Deo. 24.
EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE. ?
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Kruu. our European Correspondent. Si
Ol'B RKCtPBUClTY TKKATIIM.
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No. XVII. ?
FaAMKroKT-oM-ra-MAixB, Nov. '&>, 1SKJ- t|1|
Desk snt: fttrunge as it may apjasar in tin ago like the m
present, whim commercial freedom is travelling over the <h
earth with the velocity of a lucoinotive, there is a party in
the United ftiates?if it deserve from its homasopathian proportions
to be designated as such?which desires the adop- 'K'
lion ol the principles contained in the obsolete Charta Mar co
iltma of Kngland, the notorious and odious navigation act! su
It is composed of the ultra-restrictionists residing upon the
seaboard, and its acknowledged champion is the Hon ce
Daniel Webster. When thai distinguished senator made I?1
his egress from tire State Department, he sojourned at Balti- Wl
more a day, where he ediftcd tins merchants with an ap|iareutiy
elaborate speech ou the workings of the reciproci- **
ty treaties which we have contracted with foreign powers.
Among otlrer things he remarked, with that gravity which 'n
is so etnineudy peculiar to him i "
"I uo, geuucuieu, entertain like strongest liuln-l that all '
litis principle ul rm^rufUy acted upon by the government K
it wrong?it mtstaki' from tit* beginning ami injurious to <,-<i
the great interests of the country. Wlial is ill Bv every
reciprocity treaty we give to the nation witli which it Is L
concluded a right to trade between us and oilier nations on 1
the same terms a* we trade ourselves. We give to the tf<
Hanse-Towns, and other Slates of the same class, the right D"
to ieli li and carry between us anil all tlie nations of die H
world rai tile same terms as we ilo, and practically they ot
can do it much more pmliiabl, In my opinion the true .
principle?the philosophy of |*>litics on this subject?is ex- I
minted in the old navigation law of England, introduced I'"
by some of tile bold geniuses of Cromwell s time, and acted si
u|??t ever since. The principle is tills?the rule is tins i Cj
Any nation may bring commodities to us in their owu ves- ^
sets, atul carry our corn to her own ports, we having the
like privilege ; but no nation shall bring the product* of a
third nation, or carry between us and that nation."
The "old navigation law of England," (enacted on the ol
9th of October, lti.11,) mentioned so reverentially by Mr. oi
Webster, had a two-fold object, neither of which can be w
considered sufficiently laudable to justify its advocacy in a ot
country whose interests writhed under them lor a |iertod of c<
upward* ol'a century. The lirtl wit* to promote the nav- tu
igution urul commerce of the mother country at the expense tf
ol Iter colonic*, by prohibiting intercourse between them *t
and other tuition*. The act expressly provided that no tr
or commodities whatever, tho growth, manufacture, p
or produce of Ada, Africa, or America, should be imported at
either into England or Ireland, or any of Ike plantation*, except
in tkipi owned fry Knghih inkjeit*. The second was tl
directed exclusively the Netherlands. It waa enacted tlmt *
no good* of the grow lit, production, or manufacture of any "j
country in Europe aliould be iin|iorted into Great Britain 3
except in Britiah *hi|M or in such bottom* a* were fronn fide u
the property of the inhabitanU of the State in which the /(
goal* were produced or from which they could only be, or
usually were, ex()orted. Tlie Protector waa envious of the ?
Dutch couiniercial murine, and h" imagined that this tl
measure would inflict upon it a fatal stab, and establish n
his supremacy upon the ocean. Tho very conception of B
the act so highly eulogized by Mr. Webster was iniquitous,
and all its operation* have been vicious and demoralizing. ?|
Al the time of its passage England could scarcely be contra- 0|
distinguished from a nation of pirates, governed by an un- ti
principled usurper. She hurl not a single just or proper h
idea of international law ; but on the contrary, in her reck1
tt'vut onm tttrtst or>i'U it hx/liwav tlisi pnm. if
mcnced, without provocation, hostilities U|>oti the flags of e
Icebler Stales whenever ?ho imaged that they would benefit S
her interests. She was actiiuted by n solitary motive?the si
motive of gain, however illicit. It is not wouderful, there- b
lore, under every view of the case, that she adopted sttoh b
a policy as was embraced in the navigation act ; but it as- (J
suredly is wonderful that the principles of that act should 11
tind a zealous and able supporter In an American senator, a
if he has carried with hint to the counsels of the tuition the ?
sentiments which he expressed 111 the city of Monuments, a
Neither is it strange that ill the supreme selfishness, the ai
utter exclusivcness, when might and right were synonymous d
in the vocabulary of the then acknowledged mistress of d
the sens, that she should have jiersisted in that policy until o
forced to abandon it by the young and resolute nation a
which her tyrannical deeds hud created in the west ; but h
it is assuredly "passing strange" that a voice, proceeding tl
from one wlio has boen.denominated pur tzrtUtnct the god- u
like, by his friends, should be heard ainon? the citizens of It
that nation to pronounce "the old navigation law of Eng- ?
laud" "the true principle?the philosophy of jiolitics" for ft
conducting our commercial intercourse with foreign coun- f<
tries !! ! ti
But let us sec what was thought of this trut principle of b
navigation by the most enlightened political economists "
which Great Bri tian ever produced. Adam Binitli, for de- *
tensive pur|>oses, approved of the navigation act, but he >'
took care to remark: "It is not favorable to foreign com- v
mere.', or to the growth of that opulence that can arise from 'I
it. The interest ot a nation in lu commercial relations to for- d
eign nations, like that of a merchant with regard to the dif- F
Icrent jtooplo with whom he denis, is to buy us cheap and ^
sell. as dear as possible. But the net of navigation, by r
diminishing the number of sellers, must necessarily dlmin- "
tsh that of buyers, and we are thus likely not only to buy a
foreign goods dearer, but to sell our own products cheaper, I
than If there was a more perfect freedom of trade." Roger 9
Coke said that "this act, [navigation,] by lessening the resort
of strangers to our ports, hud a most injurious etfect on our J
commerce ;" and he further said, "the English lost in two ?
years from the time of its passage the greater part of the tl
Baltic and Greenland trades." Sir Josiah Child, although n
a decided friend of the act. admitted that the English ,
shipping employed in the Eastland and Baltic trades had t
decreased two-thirds alter its euacctment, and that the .,
tbreign shipping engaged in these trades had proportiona- 0
bly increased. In short, the most intelligent and practical ,,
individuals in England became thoroughly convinced that e
the provisions of the act not only imposed burdens upon |
commerce, but diminished annually the amount of ton- i;
nage and number of seamen. But many years elapsed bo- |
fore their opinions found favor with the government, and v
then only from the agency exorcised by the American re- 0
public. t
After the adoption of the constitution, the second act that r
passed Congress was one "for laying a duty on goods,
wares, and merchandise imported into the United States,"
wherein it was provided: "That a discount of 10 per cent,
on all the duties imposed by this act, shall be allowed on
such goods, wares, and merchandises, us shall be imported
in vessels built in the United States, and which shall be
wholly the property of a citizen or citizens thereof, or in j
vessels built in foreign countries, and 011 the 16tli day of 1
May last wholly the property of a citizen or citizens of the s
United States, and so continuing until the time of Importa- 1
lion." The third act passed t>y the same body, was one 1
"imposing duties on tonnage." It provided that "011 all g
ships or vessels built within the said States, [United,] and I
belonging wholly to a citizen or citizens thereof, or not
built within tl? said State*, but on tue z?tn nay ot May,
17*9, belonging, and during the timo such ships or vessel*
shall continue to belong wholly to a citizen or citizens
thereof, at the rate of fix rent* per ton. On all ships or vessel*
hereafter built in the United States, belonging wholly or
in part to subjects of foreign powers, at the rate of thirty
"rnlt per ton. On all other ships or vessels, at the rate of
lifty rente per ton." These retaliatory measures, establishing
differential import and tonnage duties in favor of our flag
were enacted, and received the signature of GEORGE
WASHINGTON, in July, 1789. By them the germ was
planted which, in the incredibly short space of Illty-seven
years, has been productive of the second mercantile navy
in the world !
The laws from which I have quoted, and those of a similar
nature subsequently enacted, were directed exclusively
at the navjgatien system of Great Britain, ns expressed
in tlte famous act of 1851, and the force of thein was felt
with great severity by persons engaged in commerce in
England. At first a disposition was manifested by the
British government to adhere rigidly to its policy, in despite
of them ; but as it was perceived that we were a rapidly-growing
people, the evils complained of multiplied
from day to day instead of diminishing. Finally, after the
war of 1812 terminated, a commercial treaty was concluded
between the twocountrios. It was signed at London on the
3d of July, 1815, by John Quincy Adams. Henry Clay, and
AlbordGallatin, plenipotentiaries on the part of tho United
.States. And it having been extended in 1818, and again in
1827, its stipulations are continued in operation. By article
2, it was agreed tliatr
"No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation
into the United States of any articles, the growth,
produce, or manufacture of his Britannic Majesty's tor.
ritories in Europe, and no higher or other duties shall bo
i tnposcd on tho importation into the territories of his Brit?
t/. r tk? nnL
ilium: misjcsijr in nuiuj.. u, ...,7 .... B.. , r
uoe, or manufacture of the United State*, than are or shall
be payable on the like article* being the growth, produce,
or manufacture of any other foreign country ; nor shall any !
higher or other duties or charges be imposed, in either of t
the two countries, on the exports!ion of any articles to the \
United States, or to his Britannic majesty's territories in r
Europe respectively, than such as are payable on tho ex
portation of the like articles to any other torcign country ; '
nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation or 1
importation ol any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture
oi the United States, or of his Britannic majesty's r
territories in Europe, or to or from the said United States, (
which shall not equally extend to all other nations. No
higher or other duties or charges shall be imposed in any of '
the ports of the United States on British vessels than those '
payable in the same port* by vessels of the United States j
nor in the port* of any of his Britannic majesty's territories i
Europe on the veueln of tiis United States than shall be '
lyable in ihe same potts au Hritish vessels. The same s
itles shall be paid on the i in porta lion into the lulled U
atna id' any articles the growth, produce, or tnanulacturt v
his Britannic majesty's territories in Europe, whether .
i'h importation shall be In vessels of the United States 01
British vessels; and the same duties shall be paid on the
limitation into the jsirts of any of his Britannic majesty's S
rltorie* in Europe of any article tiie growth, produce, 01 tl
auufttcture of the United States, whether such imports- ?
hi shall be in British vessels or in vessels of the Uuited
ales."
Here was an abandonment of the principles of the "navstion
act," as iar as related hi the United .Stales; and lliui
uimeucud that system of reciprocity which has made Ur I
ch a prosperous commercial nation, malgre the opinion- |
the renowned northern political luminary. Alter coilssions
were made to us, other nations became clamorous
r similar ones, and threatened, utdess their demands '
are complied with, to resort to precisely such measurer
we had used so successfully. Great Britain hesitated
me time as to the course it was her interest to pursue, J
tring which l'russia, wearied with delay, put her threats
to practical execution. At length, after repeated appli- '
lions to the government by the merchants and shlpowns
engaged in commercial intercourse with the north ol '
urope, who represented their trade as in a languishing
mdition, Great Britain determined to extend the princics
of reciprocity, which she had covenanted with us, to
Iter (lowers ; and on the 2d ol' April, 1824, she concluded s
aly witli Prussia ; 011 die Ittth of June, 1821, one witli
-iimark i on the 29ili December, 1820, one with the
itusc-Towns ; and subsequently she contracted numerous '
bora, with different States, all granting the same privi- '
ges where the same favors were bestowed. It is therefore '
dpably plain that to the United Slates the credit excluvely
is due ibr the salutary change in the navigation poli- '
r of Great Britain. They effected what other nations had
sen utterly incapable of accomplishing.
In 1826 we also commenced the negotiation of rteijnrocity
raties witli the north of Europe ; and on die 26lh of April
' that year we concluded one widi Denmark ; on die 4th 1
' July, 1827, we concluded another with Sweden and Noray
; on the 20th of December, 1827, we concluded an- '
her with the llanse-Towns ; on the 1st of May, 1828, we
included another with Prussia. And so desirous were we 1
i secure tint indirtrt carrying, and to have our vessels and
ten cargoes placed upon die same looting of native ve?- 1
is and their cargoes, diat we not only went on to contract '
eutles tor that purpose, but an act of Congress was ap- 1
roved on die 24th of May, 1828, which provides, (Ibr it ir 1
ill in existence t)
"Sac. 1. That upon satisfactory evidence being given to
le Preshlent of die United States, by the government ol '
ny foreign nation, that no discriminating duties of tonnage
r import are imposed or levied in the ports ef the said naou
upon vessels wholly belonging to cltisens of the United
tales, or upon the produce, manufacture, or inercliandisr
nporiett in me same irom me untied suites, or jrwn any
irtign country, tin- President U hereby authorized to issue
is proclamation, declaring tliat the foreign discriminating
uties of tonnage and import within the United States are,
nd shall be, suspended and discontinued, so tar as raebect>
e vessels of tlie said foreign nation, and the produce,
lanutaetures, or tnerviuuidise imported into the United
tates in the same from the said Ibreign nation, or from any
ttur foreign country ; the sntd sus|>eusioa to take effect
om ihe time of such notification being given to llie Uuiled
lalee, and to continue as long as the reciurucal exemption
f vessels belonging to citizens of die United States and
leir cargoes, as aforesaid, shall be continued, and no
inger."
During a period of eighteen years and a half the audiory
thus conferred lias never been used by the executive
xcept in die cases of the Grand Duchies of Mecklenburgchwerin,
and Oldenburg, and in one or two oilier biances.
We preferred treaty obligations, where they could
e obtained, to die mere act of a government diat was liale
to be revoked at any time by a capricious sovereign,
real Britain heretofore could not appreciate die extended
berality which characterizes our navigation intercourse
itii otiier countries. She has been us tenacious ol the
xdirtci carrying as she once was of the differential tonnage
nd import duties which ahe enjoyed under the navigation
ct, and she will part with it?or rather sutfer it to be d ivied?almost
as reluctantly. But the hour is hastening when
lis must occur. In the diminution of her corn, sugar, and
ther imposts, it behooves her more than ever to buy the
rticles which she cohsumcs as cheap at potnble, and sell
er products as dear atpouible. The ships which wail under
le tiag of the stars anil stripes moor, underour wise policy,
1 every haven where there is commerce. At New Orlans
they clear for London, Havre, and Amsterdam, with
otton, tobacco, and provisions. From these places if
eights are not readily procured they proceed to St. Ubes,
>r salt, which they may carry to Kio Janeiro, and there
ike in a cargo of cotfee for New York ; or they may go to
lottenburg for iron, or to Bremen for emigrants. English
lerchants perceive the beauties of the indirect navigation
ystetn ; and, mark the prediction, little as the government
s disposed to depart from established usages, live years
rill not elapse before it is adopted, not only as essential to
he prosperity of her shipowners, but in obedience to the
etnands of her manufacturers. Fret trade, as respects im>ort
duties on foreign merchandise, it is not likely will ever
income universal. But frtt navigation?such as we aleaily
enjoy with most nations?will speedily upset the renaming
opposition that it encounters, and be regarded
tnong Christian states as "the true principle?the philoaoihy
of politics" in the movement of products upon the high
eas.
Tomorrow I shall deal in facts and figures by way of
leinonstrating the blunders into which the distinguished
enator was lea 111 Ills tialtiniore speech. 1 am persuaded
liat tlie subject is not properly understood by our countrynen,
nor its importance duly estimated. It is one which
infortimately has not been sufficiently investigated. Treaies
are usually communicated in confidence to the Senate,
.Iter having necessarily been negotiated with much serecy.
That body acts upon them under loclc and key,
aid its discussions consequently rarely reach the public
at. The abrogation of all our reciprocity treaties would
irobably not occasion the slightest sensation among the
ariners of western New York, for instance ; yet it an exiort
duty of five cents per bushel were laid on wheat, they
vould consider the act the greatest outrage upon the rights
if a free people that ever was committed, when, in reality,
heir interests would be less affected by it than if such a
neasuro as the former should occur.
Yours, truly, AMERICANUS.
From oar New York Correspondent.
New York, Dec. 23, 1846.
In an article on "military governments," tlic Albany
\tlas of Monday last asks the federal assailants of the
['resident to turn their eyes, so reluctant to look upon the
itory of American victories, toother pages of our history for
irecedents to General Kearny's and Commodore Stockton's
iroceedings. It adds an anecdote respecting a departod
[realties*, so interesting in itseii, anil w> conclusive on me
mint in issue, that I must give it in its own words:
'In some remarks on the death of Jackson, before the
OUtpferrors, in New York, Chnnoellar Walworth related
i easy in point, in the history ol'that statesman and soldier.
Vhde occupying tho Spanish province of Florida, (we
[note from recollection oi the anecdote, as published by the
sow York livening Post at the time,) (Teneral Jackson
aid, as its temporary governor, assumed, in a remarkable
nstance, and most righteously administered, the judicial
unctions which the Spanish colonial law had centered in
lie chief magistrate. The rightfulness of this exercise ol
lower, Chancellor Walworth had been called upon to inestigate
; and, strict jurist and legist as is the chancellor,
ic declared that he had found tho act ill question, which
vas then stigmatized as arbitrary and M usurpation, to be
n strict consonance with the code of nations, and with
ustice and equity."
The Bermuda Royal Gazette of a late date contains the
irospectus of a company, which proposes to establish an
ixtended steam communication, to be composed of three
ines of boats, arranged us follows: One line to run from
Jemararn, in British Guiana, S. A., every fortnight to St.
rhomas, touching at Trinidad, Tobago, Barbadoes, Sr.
Vincent, Antigua, icr. ; the other, also every fortnight, from
fera Cruz to the same terminus, St. Thomas, taking on the
vny one or two ports in Cuba, one in Jamaica, Hayti, Poro
Rico, &c. On the arrival of both steamers at St. Thomas,
heir passengers and freight will be transferred to a larger
uid more powerful steamer to run to New York, stopping
it Bermuda. The sailing of the New York line is to be so
inied as that the boats will reach this port in time for the
irrival and departure of the English lines. This project if
t can be carried out (and there appears no reason why it
hould not be) will give a regular and frequent steam comnunication
between Mexico, South America, the West Inlies,
United States, and Europe.
In an interval of leisure, I have read Bnlwer's Lucretia.
t is a hideous book. It sets up to have a moral, of course;
nit its moral is like Falstaff's " penny worth of bread to an
iitnlarablc (lent 01 sacir?vastly out 01 proportion, it numan
laturc over was capable of such fell wickedness a* the
lovelist invests it with, I much doubt the propriety of
hooking the sense of mankind with its exposure. But
here is something in every man's heart?an instinct?
vhich tells"him that no such guilt has ever found its embodinent
on this earth ; and you close the book just as you wake
rotn a horrid dream, with a deap sensation of relief that it
s all false.
One is scarcely able to realize the possibility of a printing
nachine capable (as stated in some of the English pa|ters
>f a press built for the London Illustrated News) of striking
>fl* 17,800 impressions per hour, or nearly 800 a minute, or
i for every second ol time !
The citizens of New York, without distinction of party
w creed, are called to a meeting in Tammany Hall on the
(kit instant, (Saturday,) to take measures towards relieving
miewhal the unexampled sufferings of the |?x'|>le of Ireuul.
The movers in this mailer comprise some of our
ry first citizens, merchants, ?ku., and tlte results ought to
e important.
I believe I was in error yesterday in the statement that
kiutli Brooklyn had been selected at the stopping-place for
lie Cuuard steamers. Jersey City Is to have them, after
11. Punch's revolution at Heme Buy was nothing to this
vent in die eyes of the Jersey City-sens.
It is going the rounds, ou die strength of a |>aragraph ia
lie Newark "Advertiser," (a generally well-informed
laper,) liral Gen. Kearny was born in Newark, is of Irish
lescenl, and is married to the step-daughter of General
'larke, of St. Louis.
Yesterday minute guns were fired, and the flags were all
it half-mast?the Inst sad tribute to the memory of the gslant
Ringgold.
The Steam Navigation Company has contracted for it*
ecornl ship, and yesterday the frame-work was begun. lis
irst will be ready to launch about the middle or end of nest
nonth.
The new Italian company are to make their dibut early
text month in Linda di Ckamouni. ZED.
fraua our Baltimore turrsoypsiist.
Baltinoex, Dec. M, IM
F'lar H'tathtr?Oburvimct of Ckrutmai?Tin Baltimurt,
\rw York, and Phdadtlphta Alarkiti
The weather at die present writing bids lair for a moot
ileasant Christinas day ; and in a merry, moral, and apiropriate
manner will It be observed by the citizens of Belnnore.
There is jierheps no city in the Union wham
in isunas is so generally kept as in Baltimore. Even
he printers susjieiul their labors, and ail manner of toil is
aid by, the day being devoted exclusiveiy to the promotion
>f happiness, according to the Inclination of the head and
leart, as to mode and manner.
The mail from the north din afternoon does not bring aa
tern of news.
Thz MARitsrs?In the Baltimore market this morning
lour was dull and prices have declined. Them were
ales of about 1,000 bbls. Howard street flour this morn
tag at 9 I 87|, which holders am now generally willing to
lake wifliout ilniling purchasers. Hinall sales of City MUU
ire alio making at tlie same price. Wheat ha* aiao declined,
and I now quote good to prime at 90 a 100 oentu
and ordinary to good at HO to 00 cent*. Prime white wheat
it 110 a 112 cent*.
At Philadelphia, aays the telegraph, the flour market la
till dull and unwilled. No aale* took place to-day. Holdit
rs are nominally asking f5 tor Pennsylvania brand*, hut
lind none to order. There wai alto but little doing lu grain
Sale* of 1,000 bushels red wheat wero made at 102 cent#?a
decline. Yellow and white coru, new, U held at 60 oenta,
and oat* at S3 cent*?small tale*.
There is nothing from the New York market by telegraph
to-day. Yesterday there wa* no change in the flour market.
Hales of Genesee at 93 Sij, and Ohio and Michigan
at 85 5o it 95 56); Georgetown and Baltimore at 93 27k a
93 30. Meal 93 M7| j rye flour 93 75.
Cotton i* steady at the prices of the opening of the week,
and the tales amounting to about 1,500 bales per day.
Desraucrtvc Ft ait vr Buffalo.?At half-past 12 o'cloek
on Wedtwsdav the New York Commercial received the Ibi
lowing telegraphic communication frotn Buffalo i
"We have hail a destructive fire, and, what is Mill more
distressing, the probable loss of a valuable hie. The large
store of .Vfessrs. G. B. Waldbritlge It Co., whol-sale produce
and commission merchants, No. B Main atreet, and
the two stores adjoining, have been destroyed by fire. Walbriilge
and Co.'s loss is said to be nineteen thousand dollars,
which, we nre happy to say, Is covered by insurance. The
loss of die others is put down at eleven thousand dollars,
also partially insured.
"Mr. Henry Bishop, a book-keeper to Messrs. Waldbrldge
Sc Co., is missing; and it is gem-rally feared that he has
perished in the names."
ft^Wottee?The McKendree Chapel Sabbath School will
hold an exhibitiou, commemorative of thj birth ol our Saviour,
to-morrow evening, (Friday,! in the McKendree *
church, on Massachusetts avenue, between 9th and 10th
streets. Services to be of an interesting character, appropriate
to the occasion, and to commence precisely at 6^ o'clock.
A collection will bo taken up for the support of tho school.
The public are respectfully invited to attend.
(jyt'iittsrlaii t hurrh will be opened to-morrow,
(Christmas,) at the usual hour, 11 o'clock. Services by th*
Rev. Doct. Dewy.
fjyThr Rev. II. Mleer Is expected to preach aS ths
Wesley Chapel on to-morrow, at II o'clock.
(jy. Ths Rev. Wm. L. MeCalla will preach la Use
Central Presbyterian church in the morning at 11, and afternoon
at 3j o'clock, on Sabbath next, 27th instant, and
thereafter will continue to officiate until the meeting of ths
presbytery, at which he will be presented as the |>ermanent
pastor.
The church having been made comfortable, die invitation
heretofore extended to sojourners, members of Congress,
knd citizens geuerallv, who have been kept away in tm
! -- ,u.? ??i.ai- u.a .. .?.ia m. ~
hcwctl. ~
Qr>-it. Matthew's chnrah.?The Rev. John P. Donelan,
of Baltimore, will preach in this church on Sunday next,
27th instant, at 11 o'clock, a. m., and at 3^ o'clock, p. m
A collection will bo mode on each occasion to pay for the
bell recently purchrsed.
JAMES n. DONELAN, Pastor.
CtJ-M aaonle.?It will l?; seen that the Grand Lodge of
this District will moot on Saturday next. A large and interesting
meeting is expected. It is hoped that the invitation
to sojourning brethren will be acce ted. Dec 24
lj>-M?#onle.?The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Maaons, of the District of Columbia, will meet in the Masonic
Hall, E street, on Saturday next, the 2tlih instant, at
10 o'clock, a. m., for the purpose of installing the grand officers
for the ensuing masonic year.
The present grand officers, the grand officers elect, passed
grand officers, and members of said Grand Lodge, are respectfully
requested to l>c punctual in their attendance.
Sojourning brethren are fraternally invited.
By order of the M. W. grand master,
H. C. WILLIAMS,
Dec 23?3i Grant! Secretajgr^
ULMUUPI Books Tor IH47, for Vouthi of all igM.
?This day opened by F. Taylor, many of them with
numerous beautiful engravings.
Little Lessons for Little Learners.
Clever Stories; by Mrs. Sherwood.
Child's own Story Book.
Travels and Adventures of Bob the Squirrel.
Life and Perambulations of a Mouse.
New Rhymes lor the Nursery.
The Book of Nursery Rhymes, Tales, and Fables.
Tales of the Genii.
llotunson urusoe, witti art) engravings.
The Rose, or affection's Gift, for 1347, n Juvenile SoiWWll.
Jack, the Sailor Boy; by Mrs. Sherwood.
Duty: by Mrs. Sherwood.
Think before you act; by Mrs. Sherwood.
The Youth's Historical Gift, with forty engravings.
Classic Talcs.
New Stories for Boys. Stories for Corinne. Stories and
I'ocrns ; by Mrs. Oilman.
And new and ornamental editions of many of the older
books of Miss Edge worth, Mrs. Sherwood, Mary Howitt,
Mrs. Burbauld, &c., Ac.
Colored toy books, both English and American, in great
variety
French juvenile books, a small collection, just imported
from Paris by F. TAYLOR.
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week more at Concert Hall.?The Unparalleled
success of the Shakiug Quakers at Carusi's Saloon
has induced them to remain lor one week longer.
These singular poonlo will hold their meetings every eve- ning
this week at Concert Hall. A lecture by Mi?s Dyer,
showing the rise and progress of Shakerism. Price 25
cents.
A person can see as much and even more ol Shakeriana
as though they had paid a visit to New Lebanon, whieh
would cost much time and money. The audienoe thus far
have bean highly respectable and much gratified.
Dec 21?fit ' '
C'nrlist's Saloon.
CAMILLO flIVORI will give a second and positively last
Concert on Saturday evening next, December 26; ia
which he will be assisted by Hignor Dc Baoats, (for the vocal
part.) and by Mr. H. E. Vaas, (for the instrumental.!
Mr. H. E. Vaas, who has volunteered his service for thie
occasion, will preside at the pianoforte.
Camillo Sivori will play four piecesi
1. The first part of a Grand Concerto, (in A maj.,) eora
posea Dy mmsfii.
2. A favorite Duett from the onern "Luisa di Ummirmoor,"
for pianoforte nun violin. This piece met
Willi an immense success in New York, Philadelphia,
dec.; composed bv C. Sivori.
8. "The Prayer of Moses," followed by a martial theme,
variations, nnd finale; the whole piece executed
upon a single string; composed by Pnginini.
4. "The Carnival of Venice," as plnyed by Pagininl,
with soma new variations of Sivori, never heard before.
The 3d and 4th pieces by general desire. ,
Single tickets 81; family tickets to admit three, $2; family
tickets to admit Ave, 9$.
Doors open at 61- Concert to commence at 7J.
_Dec. 23? _
MRS. MILLS Jt MISS WILSON, having removed O
Washington, will execute all orders in the millinery
and dress-making line. Mrs. Hills will opeh winter hats oa
Monday, the 2Hth December. Miss Wilson will make to order
walking, riding, nml party dresses, vesites, sacks,
cloaks, cardinals, and other wrappings in tne beat manner.
Resilience, Penn-sylvanin avenue, north ride, between 9th
and 10th streets, formerly occupied by Dr. Leiberman. A
call from the ladies of Washington Is solicited.
Dec 24?St*
*KW YORK HOTEL ItW YORK CITY,
THIS favorite Hotel, under new management, has been
extensively enlarged by its present proprietor with a
view to reserve at ali seasons, superior accommodations fcr
transient travellers. Such will hereafter find both parlors
and bed-rooms constantly reserved for them exclusively.
/OHN B. MONNOT. Proprietor.
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