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NEW YORK HERALD.
lew tark, Natur>la>, January *47. IM4.
ProtaMliH|< of Congmii- \ Republic without
Government
Ic is now* nearly two months since both branches
ot the United States Congress met for the transaction
of business, and nothing has been done, unless
it be the extinction of all law, airproprttty, and all
government.
In the popular branch, nothing but brawls?the
l ist more dtsrep iub!e thin the first?have succeeded
each other from the beginning of December up
to this date. "Liar"?"fool"?"falsehood No. 1
to 3"?in J such like language, have ornamented
the debates of the llouje of Representatives, while
long harangues on nothing have characterized the
Senate. But worse than all this, the Senate lias
almost strijtt the executive branch of all its principal
officers, and withheld from the judiciary the constitutunal
appointments of the Executive. In fact,
by the singular want of action in the Senate, the
nation may be said to be without an Executive?
without a government?without a judiciary. The
cabinet is in abeyance?the government at a stand
still?while the two old rotten factions in the Senate
are weighing the chances of Clay and Van
Buren against each other.
Wh at is the meaning ot all this neglect of duty 1
Why do not the Senate, at once, either reject the
nominations before them or confirm them ! Most
important measures and negociaiions are before the
Executive, that require the labor of permanent ministers
; but the Senate, by delay, only embarrass
the public affairs, without any adequate reason for
procrastination. The same may be said of the Supreme
Court?that tribunal have to decide on most
important suits, and yet no action is taken on the
judicial nomination, although several of the present
judges are in too feeble health to give their full
force of mind to public duty.
The present crisis itt the history of the government
is unprecedented. There is no permanent
Cabinet?no full bench of Judges?a weak and incomplete
corps diplomatique?in fact, the principal
urms of good government are paralyzed?and all
this is produced by the miserable conduct of the
iwo old ana toiten tactions in me senute, wno are
peddling for political support. Let them take care.
In this city the spirit of change has been awakened
?a spirit tending to a reconstruction of old materials?the
development of a new party?and if the
conduct of Congress continues to present the same
disregard for the public good, the spirit may spread
over all the country in six months, and involve in
one common rout both Clay and his whigs, and
Van Burcn and his democrats Let the 17. S.
Senate either reject or confirm the nominations at
once?delay can only destroy all public confidence
in their pitriotism, and hasten a sudden, unexpected,
overwhelming popular revolution over the
ruins of the two old (actions.
Mr. Webster in New York ?The memorable
and very teeliug interrogatory exclamation uttered
by Diniel Wehster in Funeuil Hall last year?
" Whfre shall I go I" anJ which has been so
much agitated in New York and New England, has
at last received a final and definite reply. Mr.
Webster goes into the Exchange in New York,
with Van Kirk on the one side, and one Mr. Moulton
on the other, and commences here, immediately
after the session of Congress, his legal, political
and professional career. This is probably
one of the most important movements hp has made,
and has as much reference to the succession alter
Mr. Clay as to any thing else.
Mr. Webster will no doubt inakn fills oil v hia nraat
central head-quarters, probably,however,continuing
to spend part of the season at Mirsiifield, making
chowder ; but, in the b >sine?t part of the year, always
here to superintend his professional aflairs,
and particularly to take care of the mantle of the
succession. There can be no doubt no%v that a
great movement wiJl be made in the present conteat
to make him th? successor of Clay, and we
don'i see v/hat can prevent it. Every species of
airangement has been made here in the way c<
ana mi on, tortnat purpose. Lasuummer
the Courier and Enquirer was arranged, by the
eastern manufacturers, so as to iix that concern,
tending to the same point
So far us the profession is concerned, no doubt
Mr. Webster's residence heic will create a new
feature, and new movement, and new spirit in the
bar of New York. And if the infusion of his magnificent
soul into that profession here, can rid us of
the race of pettifoggers that we have had ol late
years, it will he n very blessed occurrence; and he
better lor our social system than even the spread ol
the notions of Fourier. During the last few years,
ince the death of the great luminaries of the bar
of this city, such as Emmet and others, the morale
of (he profession has been going down almost to its
lowest notch. We trust that now, with this splendid
accession to the New York bar, that a new
movement upward, in point of morals, intellect,
comprehensiveness, talent, and liberality,will commence.
Let there be un end to all pettifogging.
Gambuso in New York?We understand that
preparations are making by the authorities for the
purpose ofbnnging to the bar of justice a number
of the most fashionable and eminent gamblinghouses
in this city, situated in Broadway and
other streets. It seems that this movement has
been principally produced by the extraordinary
losses recently sustained by many persons in the
commercial and Icgul professions by means of
these sharpers. As soon as these establishments
are thus brought forward to judicial investigation,
we shall have a series of developments of some of
the mysteries of New Vork, far beyond anything
that Paris or London can show. The splendor ol
these palaces of ruin, and their connection with
some ol the infamous sisterhoods in this city ; and
thft n r?rl fiionocoAil *! ?
- <*>iv? ouvlcooiui iiiwucs uy vvmull uicjr
effect the ruin of men in ati classes, but especially
those connected with nionied institutions, will
astonish the whole community. We should not
be surprised if some of these fashionable clubhouses?both
mule and female?that have been
talked about of late, were tound to be included in
this general judicial prosecution.
U. S. SkXATOR. FROM UllObE Island.?John
Brown Francis, whig, has been elected to the seat
recently occupied by the lion. Wm. Sprague.
Christopher Spencer was the democratic candidate.
Frosty Wrathkb.?Yesterday was the coldest
of the season. In the evening the mercury was
down to 5".
Shipping Sailors, <yc.?Captain Wendell, an
experienced shipmaster of this port, has 0|>ened a
Snipping and Notary Public Office at No. lbi
South street. Those who have business in his line,
now know where to call.
Worm Hbarixg.?Broadway?to morrow inorning?Hour,
quarter past 10 o'clock?all the ilitt
making their way to St. Thomas' Church, to hear
the pious and eloquent Dr. Whitehoiise. Lust
Sunday more than nine hundred persons were in
attendance ; nnd the reverend gentleman improved
and pleased thrin all. Who wants to nell u pew ?
Mtisto*),.?Mdllf. tfjertz, the most celebrated
and finished pianist ihot has yet visited ?hi* cointry,
gives her concert on Monday eve. ing. She I
will bs a?iiated hv Madame Otto and bv H metti. I
who has been engsaed us ieader cf the or-hestri at
the opera house. lie is a very great arti?t, a mo?t
finished muiiciun, and great disciplinarian. Hut 1
the great gem of the evening will he the for iMulinlt
herself. She will introdjc* a atyla of performance
on the piano never before seen here. All
young hdi a who d?sire to attain nni culiivate ex- ;
celie ice on the piano, should be present.
Kmoop sailed yastarday in the" Sarntoga for New
Orleans, and also the Sigaora Da Ooni,who is, it it
aid, a vary lovely woman
i t rnm ri
The Theolooicil Cock Ftoht.ok " Cosnt toth*
Poi.tt."?Doct9. Pott* and Wainwrighttre amusing
fi he*. Every fresh dive they niakefnrniabee tome
refreshing nnuaemeui, but it seems that ueither ha*
yet gone deep enough to find out what the other is
talking about. "Coine to the point !" bravely exclaims
I>r Poll*. "Come to the point" is the ap
P^lJiru; reply of Dr. Wainwright. In the mean time
the "discerning" public begin to suspect tlint the
strife between these grisly gladiators will terminate
somewhere about the period when the chariot
wheels, deposited by the Egyptians in the Red
Sea, shall be fished up by some enterprising railway
company and applied to the useful purposes of lo
comoiion, upon a line between the Groves ot Blarney
and the mountains in (he moon.
The thirteenth letter in the series made its appearance
yesterday from Dr. Potts Now, with all
re?j>eot, wc beseech the Puritan champion not to
' lose his temper, of which we have some little apprehension,
if Dr. Wainwright does not come up
to the scratch. If lie does, victory is impossible,
and he must remember that is the principal object
of his contention. On tho other hand, let us implore
you, Dr. Wainwright, to "Come to the
point."
Let me, say Dr Potts to Dr. W., then state the true
Issue, once more. You have asserted?not merely that a
ministry, and a divinely appointed ministry, is essential
to the Church, but thai it must be a prtlaliial ministry ;
Sft that without ??thnrw ia no Phnivh nnH ftf'
course (a* I have shown, and a* your writer* affirm,)
no covenanted spiritual mercies, and uo warranted hope
of Heaven. On the contrary, I have denied that any
one particular way of selecting and designating the persons
who are to fill the office is essential to the existence
of the church. This is my first answer to the unchurching
dogma, i pray you, then, come to this point, without j
any further attempt to show that you understand Presbyterlanlsm
better than I do myaelf. Come to 1 boldly, and I
prove, if you can, that it comports with the spirituality of
the Gospel to exalt, a* you do, a matter of external order
into an essential. Come to it, and explain why, if prelacy
be a vital element in the Church of God,there has not beea
a uniformly divine end practical testimony given to it ex
clusively ; so that none should be left in doubt that the
Mussing of God tested upon your ministrations only.?
Come to the point, and show (for you are hound to do so)
that prelacy nas invariably proved itself to be the only I
channel of spiritual benefits to mankind ; that it alone '
has preserved the truth, and preached the truth, and ex- (
emplilied the truth in the lives of its adherents ; that it i
has promoted the peace and unity and purity of Cnristen- 1
dom, so infinitely beyond any other system from which
it has been discarded as to demonstrate, not only that It is
right, but ossential. In a word, come to the (xiint. and 1
prove that, like Gideon's fleece, the dews of the grace ol
Heaven have fallen only upon prelatical Romu.prelatical
Austria, prelatical Russia, prelatical England and Amerca,
while the rest of Christendom is perishing in drought.
Thi3 is reasonable enough, but unhappily for Dr.
Potts, his opponent makes a similar call upon him.
What then is "the point 1" There is a very pretty
difference in judgment U|>on this ticklish question,
and who 6hall decide when the "Doctorsdisagree!'"
Potts may call, and Wainwright may demand, but
what comes of it except the empty wind 1
Verily, reverend and disputacious Doctors, neither
of yon have a spark of that decisive kind of
logic which enabled the well known David Crockett
to drive a conclusion at once. Why don't you
"come to the point"!" For God's sake "come to
the Point!" To the point! To "the Point ! !"?
Hurrah for "the Point! ! !"
Columbian Maoazine.?The second number of
this very beautiful periodical has made its appear
ance. It is got up in a style of elegance and taste
altogether unequalled, we believe, by any of its rivals.
Mr. Post, the publisher, is a man of great
tact and experience, and what with his talents and
the elegance of the. work, it has already attained a
very extensive circulation.
We tegret that we cannot apeak in such terms of
unqualified approbation of the contents of this magazine.
The writes are those whose names are
familiar to all the readers of the fashionable magazines?Neul,
Osgood, Embury, Paulding, Stephens,
Huffman and 60 on, and their articles here arc ot
the same namby-pamby, milk and water description
as those with winch we have met in othei
magazines. In f.tct, these contributors appear to
make those magazines a place of deposit for all
their most unprofitable compositions and their slip
slop ideas of all kinds. These periodicals thin
come very much to resemble an old clo' shop in
Chatham street, being?lilled with a tawdry, miscellaneous
collection of worn-out garments and hackneyed
ideas, picked ut> in the flair Fairs and Mnn.
mouth streets of literature. Mr. Post must see
this corrected so far as his magazine is concerned.
Italian Opera ?Palmo is making great preparations
to open, with all the forces he can niustei
under his present contract with the troupe engaged,
on Wednesday evening next. They have had a
rehearsal, we lielieve, already, and will have several
additional ones in the beginning ot the week,
so us to he ready to make the best possible debut
livery effort will be made to ensure success, so fai
..a ?t,? : j 1
ao uiv iiiuuu6i iv v ^uvi x ta cuiiltmeu ; arid
it will only remuin to be seen how the rompan)
meet the public expectations. Every indulgence
ought to be shown them, and they must endeavoi
to do the best they can ; and if, after nil, they fail
in satisfying public expectation, in point of talent,
power, and quality, in every respect, that same
public will insist that some change be made in the
company, and some additional strength engaged
It is true that the fron/x have a contract with Palmo
for two months; but if the public are dissatisfied
with them, after a trial of two or three nights, they
most alter that, and meet the public expectation, il
they mean to succeed at all. For our part, we
mean to receive the company with the utmost good
nature, and do all we can for them, nolwithstandstand
all that has passed.
Musical.?Mrs. Page gives her farewell Conceri
previous to her journey South, next Tuesday. She
will be assisted by h number of distinguished artists,
and oflers a very attractive entertainment.
Grand Concert at the Arot.i.o.?A Concert of
rare merit will he given at the Apollo this
evening, by Mr. W. A. King, whose service to the
musical community of New York should not be
forgotten on this occasion, lie oflers a choice and
well selected programme?while a full corps of eminent
vocal and instrumental talent are esgaged to
aid him. Mr. Timni will assist Mr. King at the
piano.
TiiEATRirAt. Movements.?Schuberth and Vieux
Temps left last week for New Orleans, driving post
haste to forestall Ole Bull. At Pctersburgh, how
VTVI) HI* J ioox:u i lie Din|C VI iniinmu car HI1U
were detained a day. Next day off they started
again at full speed, and probably by thin time the}
ate on the ground, and the great Battle of Waterloo
niuat aoon be fought.
Steam Sh/ts to Boston.?It is fluid that the
Boston steamers are much in want of pilots who
will not mistake Cape Cod Light for Cape Ann.
How is this 1 Have any of these fine vessels been
ill-used I ____________
Naval.?The stcum frigate Princeton, Captain
Stockton, hence arrived at Philadelphia on Thuttday.
Things t* Canada.?Newspapcta from Quebec
to the 18th, from Kingston to the 19th, and Montreal
to the 20th mat.,are received. |
[From the Quebec Mercury, Jan. 18 ]
Thr heavy (all of ?now on Tumi lay wa? followed by
soft weather Hume hail fell, ami ufterwartli rain which
continued throughout the whole of yesterday. Thin
rhoniPCf of U'ftailiAr ilirl ???? ..h??? at - * * -- ? ? --
, ?........... .nr m rivm ui me man oi
stages.
Ily a proclamation in the "f'atndn OiMtlr," of the 13tl>
inat., the Provincial Parliament standi lurtlier prorogue"
until llm Wth February No mention is made of Monirc.il.
>101 is it then to meet lor tlic dispatch of tiuiineu
The pnrrh met* of I lie. Bemihiiriiois Seigniors*. it ii raid
n etui itiu : tlu-ir pinn,, c, und allowing It 10
revert to the Hon !. Lillet, its former owner, forfeiting
the snul already paid. j
[From th? King?ton Whig, .Inn. 19]
The Ice across the hay t j Loan I land ha* taken at lint. [
aril ijeighk ar? phsaing acro?s The ice on the southern j
hianeh o! the St. Lawrence, to Cape Vincent, has not ) et '
taken. 1
Nothing ncwinJVfon?r??l.
Tin- i> a Guanip ' aI.y 1>a nt the Atiteriran ,
MtMfiim, witli two splendid psrtormanc.en by IhValentine
and other* of great repnto. The first perform n
e takes place at three o'clock in the afternoon, when
hundreds ot ladie* and children will he delighted with the
laughable pantomime, the Four Lover*, which 1* performed
to-night for the last time. Or Valentine, lit sat Waitam
and other* appear. Tha Albino Boy*are visible at all
hour*, and the fortune-Tolling Oypay Queen ia evrr
ready for private consultation*.
ITh* Mystery or Pmcntov's Ethos Ronnr. I
?Mr. Rust, of Syracuse, has com#; out with a long '
( statement under his own name, giving a minute ac- j
count of all the circumstances which were revealed !
| from an investigation into the causes which led to
| his extraordinary arrest. All the evidence which
j was thus presented, appears to satisfy Mr. Rust's
I mind that the whole movement against Mr. Banks
i and himself sprung Irotn Clark Robinson, the Mar-1
slial of the Western District. It istrue the evidence
! fastening thin serious charge on Mr. Robinson is |
1 circumstantial and incidental, and not direct; but
! certainly it goes very conclusively to give more
j than plausibility to the opinion entertained by Mr.
Rust, particularly when we connect Mr. Robinson
with other parties in this city,
j It apiiears that the whole ground of procedure on
the part of Robinson, the Marshal, was the singu- :
lar coincidence of Messrs. Rust arid Ranks travelj
ling westward with Copp on the day immediately ,
j succeeding the robbery of the trunk. This was I
, evidently the only foundation of the suspicion j
...i.;?i, .... ... -i.-.i.. ~i.L. ?i.? I
** iiii.il war* aiibi naiuo au bicatgj ouun 11 IU ut auu' ^
gether erroneous. But it is probable that it was
first entertained by parties in this city, by them
communicated to Robinson and that lie then imparted
it to officers under him, who very probably,
in anticipation of obtaining the rcwaid, endeavored,
as they could not lind a case, to make one.
In the progress of the investigation instituted by
Mr. Rust into this affair, it appeared that Mr. Robinson,
and the woman Legget, whose name has
been bo extensively connected with these transactions,
had had several communications, and that
afterwards this female had stated to a person named
Gilbert H. Moore, of Rochester, a sort of police
agent, employed to detect counterfeiters, that she
knew the persons who had stolen the trunk, and
that those persons were Copp, and the Messrs. Rust '
& Bunks. This was communicated by Moore to a a
Mr. titration, a deputy acting under Clark Robin- g
son, and by whom the arrest under a warrant from
Justice Buchan, was inude. When afterwards the
woman Legget was brought forward and examined
on t ath, she denied in toto the accuracy of the
statements alleged to have been made to Strutton,
and Moore, on whose information Siratton had applied
for the warrant, on his examination swore
that he had told a lie to Stratton "lor the purpose
of making the story a little stronger!" A Mr.
Payne, an attorney in Rochester, who had hud
s?itie conversation on ibis subject with Siratton,
was also sworn, and very frankly stated tha* St ration
and Moore had both consulted him, but he did
not consider himself under the obligation of counsel,
inasmuch as he was convinced of the perfidy
botli of Moore and Legget in the whole transaction.
Mr Rust in concluding his long and minute detail
of the investigation into the causes of his arrest,
very emphatically expresses his belief (hut the
story did not originate with the woman Legget,
without the aid or duection of other parties?Hint
she was used merely as the instrument of a conspiracy?and
closes by saying:? s
" It is due both to Mr. Banks, who Is now in a distant '
iiaarter ol the country, and myselt to add a word respect- s
iiig the nature of my connexions with him. It his been
remarked in the newspapers that I have be< n a sufferer on a
his account. Perhaps he could say the same, in respect to f
ue. I was introduced to Mr. Banks two or thiee years ago ,,
iu New tork, as ageutleman who had been engaged with i
i firm ut the Bouih. in one of the heaviest and must exteuivc
stage and mail contractors' establishments in the
Jiiion. In ISdi, he w ent to Buffalo, to take charge of the "
?V extern Hotel in that city, and J saw hi in occasionally as I
ue pas. ed and repassed, or stup|ied at my house as a guest t
I never heard a syllable iu disparagement of his character u
ind standing, until alter the searih at Buffalo. I never |
inspected him ol being a gambler or "black leg," and have
no reason to believe that he was ever addicted to play.?
I know that his associations have been of the first respecability,
and that he is recognised as agentleman wherever
I 1 ave had any knowledge of his inteicourse in society.?
In detracting Irom his claims as such. I believe as much
injustice is done him. us there is when his n. me is coupled
with au infamous ctime. (
" 1 cannot conclude this communication, long as it is. |,
without returning my warmest and most grateful ackno w (
tedgements to my friends, and the public press, with a few (
'xceptions.tor the sympathy aud kindness they have mani- i
tested for mo during the whole period of this severe and
uariassing trial. 1 feel deeply indebted to tho delicacy tttrl
enntion of tit* latter la withholding and discrediting t
the storm of evil and exaggerated reports which, for set tal
days, were poured with unmitigated fury upon my de- t
voted head. I nave also to express my sense oi the liber- j
ility of the Auburn and Symcuse, and the Rochester and ,
Vuburn Railroad Companies, who refused to accept of any s
compensation lor conveying myself and the friends who
iccumpauied me to Rochester, to that city and back, on
he Stli inst. From all I continued to receive assurances
of continued confidence and respect, amidst the fiercest as aults
of my siandercis,'1 1
The communication of Mr. Rtmt lias (brown a
great deal of light upon this exrroordiuary transne
lion, and as funis he and Mr. Jkrnkssre concerned,! a
me teouii i? most giuitiying and honorable to their
character and reputation. There remains, however,
a good deal to be developed. And very probably
a still more thorough and complete revelation ,
will yet he made, by which the motives and con- a
Inot of all parties implicated in any way with the ?
affair, will he made manifest. f
1
Mcsical and Theatkical.?The Olympic is the 1
favorite theatre of our fashionable play goers, since 9
the failure of the Park and the closing of the Cir
eus at Niblo's. Mitchell has reproduced, in his ?
usual effective style, the " Wandering Minsttel,"
in which he is the original Jem Bags; "Abon Has- I
san," an operatic cotnic drama, in which Holland
plays the slave, Zitbone, and by a constant succcs- 0
sion of musical burlettas, travesties, operas, and n
popular farces, he secures crowded houses and a "
salary paying treasury. e
The Bowery Amphitheatre.?The success at
this establishment has been the most unprecedented <l
in the history of equesttian troupes in this city. 11
The pantomimic spectacle of Don Juan has hud a
very great run, and a new feature has been introduced
which has done much towards filling the T
house?chowder suppers are served up gratit three n
nights in the week' , r
The Chatham, under the vigorous management n
of Deverna, has had a most successful season,
which closes to-night, when J. M. Scott, the active
acting manager, takes his benefit. "The King
of the Mist" has been produced at this theatre, and
has proved a great attiaction.
Trie American Museum is crowded nightly.
The witty Dr. Valentine and the Gipsey Queen,
ire the chief attractions. I
Booth, Wheutlev,und MissCushman are playing
tragedy at the Walnut, Philadelphia, with middling 5
success.
The Boston Philharmonic Society give thpir
fourth concert of a very successful series, at the 8
Treinont Temple (late Theatre) thin evening. 8
Miss Ayres. late of the Purk company, is playing *
in Boston at the National. I
Bice is starring it at Baltimore?so is Mrs. Hunt,
late of the Park company.
The Hutchinson Family are at Washington.
The simple songs of these New England Minstrels,
'lave so tar won them a generous reception in the
touthem cities.
Forrest is underlined to appear on Monday next
at the National, Philadelphia.
The Klssler Brothers ure drawing good houses at
the Arch Street Theatre.
Shilling Conceits are found to pay so well, that
one is to be given at the Chinese Saloon, nn Moolay
night, for the benefit of the Bast Kensington
Soup Society. Mrs. Watson and Fanny Ince, with
two bands, are the attractions.
Punishment of deduction,
Mr. Editor :?
You cannot imagine with what satisfaction 1
reau the article in your Friday's paper relating
to the Amelia Norman ruse, and more in particnlni
that part of it which related to the crime of sediirton.
Long and anxiously have I waited (and 1
Lire say I may speak for the public at large,)to see
'he public press speak out on the subject; but, till
low, 1 have waited in vain, and such was the pleasure
with which I read your article, that in a fit of
xcitcmcnt, I struck my hand on the desk and exclaimed,
" True, every word of it?true as holy
writ." It appears that the sunshine of reason and
morality begins to glimmer through, the veil which
heretofore has pioven too dense for its rays to penetrate
; but by your exertion, I am confident that at
length reason will entirclv throw off the veil and
shine forth once more in all the beauty of rcgenera- (
ted youth.
Go on. Let no efibrt he spared to a free discusdon
of the question. Discussion 1 Why, it would
He all on one side, and that side would he, and is.
.hat deduction, ol all crimes, is the greutesl?lh?
,'reatest in its beginning, the greatest in its conwl'ienC
'?, and most undoubtedly 'he gr ulest in it>
una) consummation.
Murder, I consider far inferior in point of crirniunity.
Murder kills hut the body?hut ueductior.
tills both soul ard body forever.
J low would it do, Mr. Editor, to get up petition
m l present them to the present Legislature, makinu
seduction u penal offenee. I s iy penal, because u
is now considered an honor to seduce a poor ami
lonely female, far away from friends and home, an<
without conaolatioh or assistance.
Turn your attention to it. Call forth all the clingy
of your character, by appeals to the press and
to the public. Agitate ! agitate ! And by so doing
you will receive a cordial sunport, and a smile ei !
approval will areet your exertions. You may again
hear from me in regard to the benefits which may ,
result from making seduction a State prison act.
\ours, Jcc., Vox Porvu. o
Nkws from tot African Squadron.?We br
received by the Otho, at Province town, a budget
interesting information from our African aqua
ron. We give one letter, which contain* a fact <
two worth knowing
U. S. Ship Dkcatuh, )
Porto Praya, Oct. 9, 1843. >
Movementt of the Squadron?Naval Court Mai
tints?Humbugs of the Service?Yachting an
Yelping?Yine of Porto Grande.
Sir :?Perfectly unknown to you, except bvr<
putation, as the editor of the most worthy and ir
telligent paper of the United States, I make bold l
inform you we are here We joined the Hag shi
Macedonian, Commodore Perry, al Porto Grand*
in die Island of St. Vincent, whele, unjoining, th
usual salutes were tired, and reports, consequer
upon our joining the flag ship ,made.
Our ship was in a most miserable condition a
regards her equipment, for upon stripping her at Si
Vincent, much ot her standing rigging and so fortl
was found to be perfectly decayed with the dry roi
although the ship had been reported ready for se
t>y her last commander, and had we experience
my thing of a gale on our passage out,the ship an
lives of her crew would nave been anything bu
lafe.
4jWe arrived at this place on the 16th of Septeni
jer last, and Bailed again on the 20th for St. Vin
;ent. This has been chosen by the department fc
.lie rendezvous of the African squadron, hut ther
s no harbor, and vessels are liable to be driven o
lie rocks, which bound the shore, by some terribl
5. W. wind,which often occurs from July to Nov
which fate occurred to a U. S. store ship aboi
liree months since, from a wreck of which onl
ibout one- third of her stores were saved. Indeper
lant of the insecurity of the harbor, or rather roaii
.. 1 a I - _ l' ! . a J...
hcuu, mere i;j u iieavy import tutu eApori uui
ipon almost ever/ tiling; and, indeed, duties hav
o be pud upon merchandise or slop clothing uu
provisions, which are transferred from one of ou
lational ships, lying in the roads, to another; an
ihould a store shii) arrive here with governnien
'tores, they would have to pay duties according t
he laws of the country, which are very heavy
rhe Commodore had already preferred charge
igainst the First Lieutenant of the Sarato
[a, because he had asked for his rights, the com
nand of the brig Porpoise, which command hat
ircome vacant by the return of her Lieut. Com
nander to the I nited States. The consequent**
vas, that on joining the Macedonian, when i
efficiency of officers could be convened for i
>ourt Martial, this officer was tried am
cntenccd to suspension for three months. Com
nodore Perry, who preferred the charges nn<
vun the accuser, being the principal evidcnci
igainst hiin. Those who know the accused, cat
ully utle&t to the fair and unblemished characte
ic has ever borne since his entrance into the ser
dee, and there is no man, when he becomes at*
inainted with the features of the cuse, but wil
lonestly acquit him of the charges preferred sguius
lim.
We all are well on board, with an excellent coin
nander, and without an exception, a splendid coin
dement ot officers Our crew also arc an excellen
et of men, and are well treated by the officers
)ur ship is a pretty specimen of naval architecture
vas she not too short by about twenty feet; in fact
he would make a splendid sixteen gun brig, and
hink our Bureau of Construction would thiuk th<
ame, was it to insect her as it should do.
Porto Orande contains a population of 150 souls
ill, with the exception of the Governor, the Atne
ican Consul, and two Lieutenants of the Porta
ptese army, are negroes. The town consists q
0 or nouses or inns; oni me iiurnor or imy, us i
nay be termed, is a beautiful sheet of water; bu
in iron bound shore, where the rocks rise in man;
ibices to the heighth of 300 and 500 feet,at the base
?f which roll a heavy surf,rendering landing,excep
it the small portion of beach where the town i
oeated, dangerous, if not impossible. This placi
s worse oil' with respect to harbor, but the town
lituated on a high blulf of land, at the bottom o
he indentation often styled the harbor, contain
1 population ol about 5<j(), two-thirds of which an
tegroes; the houses are generally of one story, buil
>f stone, or mud and stones. The liriglisli have ,
Consul here, as also have we, and a naval store
lecper; but Irom the unusual course pursued by th<
iovernment of compelling us to pay duties upoi
tur own Government stores,! think tins will not b
ong our rendezvous. It is not known where w
;o from this place, but the general supposition is
hat the squadron is a humbug, and will not pay
riie commander considers it as yatch sailing, uui
ifter he lias dined, conies on deck, sets the bum
laying, and says to himself, "Letusevolutionize,'
ind up go<fs the signal, " Close on the Van," o
ionic other outlandish signul, which we poor Jack
:an't get hold of, except we hear some of the ofli
ten talking of them on tbe poop deck.
12th Oct.?We are underway; 1 can write n<
nore.
We have not heard of a single capture of i
laver, or any thing that looks like one, by ou
quadion or eighty guns strong, on the coast.
City Intelligence.
Police.?Jan 2d ?Fai.sf. Pretences?The law govern
ng thil offence in a ciiminnl point of view, is as unsottlei
is under the notoriou?"?till well Act." Yesterday,Henry 8
dialler win arrested and held to bail in the sum of f.'oti
or defrauding Williams. Itunkin & Penniman, of (id Wil
iani street, by obtaining a bill of goods, valued at $243 OJ
['he representation was, that lie had recently purchase!
he stock in trade of (Tripp &. Co , 1."?B Bowery, for $2t>0ti
rid that the firm to which he was now attached was 8
I. Fairchild & Co., w ho had paid the laet named firm $1004
>n account of said Rtock. Shaffer appeared to answer an<
vas bailed in the amount demanded by the Justice.
Stili.wei.i. Act.?A decision under this act before th<
lecorder will be published to-morrow.
Coistfrffits.?The public should be on their gtian
fainst receiving countexfeit notes, of the denominatioi
$10, purporting to lie of the Middlesex Bank, of Vei
rcont, letter D; and also altered notes ol'the same denomi
lation, altered to the "North Kingston Bank," of lthodi
sland, same litter, llenry Van Tassel, an old r.ounterfeit
r, and a fellow named Barnes, were arrested yes tenia'
ir passing these notes, and fully committed for trial
itliers who have received them had better make imme
ifltn nntirr in Mirhttfl W Wnlrh tv/iIiaa nffion ml,Ml.
-- ... ?U.VV, """""
olice.
Circuit Court.
Before Judge Kent.
Jan. 28 ?Ronkw.ll and Stonr vs. MilUr and y'oune ?
'he Court was occupied the entire day in examining wit
esses as to the acta of oxvnership, he. in the case already
e ported ; the teatimony will probaldy close this after
toon.
Common Pleat.
Before Judge In graham.
Jan. 28.?The Court was occupied with short inqun
ases of no importance.
Court Calendar ?Tlila Day.
Circuit Court.?Nos. 4.1, 37, 67 , 68, 70, 63, 46, 47, 31
4, 33, 60, 63, 7, 22, 8, 67, 06, 27 , 38, 64 , 66, 26, 54.
Cosmo* I'li; as?Monday.?No*. 1, 0 and 18. Nos. 2, li
12,36.
New York T^euislattre.?Petitions nresentei
itul referred on Wednesday :?Of the Cnancello
nd I'rofrssors of the Medical Department of the Univei
ity of New York, far aid from the State.
Reports of Committees :?Mr. West, by hill, for the ri
ief of the Trust Kire Insurance Company iu the City c
x'exv York ; also, by bill, for the relief of the Kquitob.
ire Insurance Company in New Yoik?Mr. Sandiord. b
nil. to dissolve the Pilots' Charitable Society of Nex
fork.?Mr. Lee, by hill, to authorise any Citizen of Nex
fork to become a weigher.?Mr. C hild., by hill, to pre
ide for the erection ol a Lunatic Asylum in the Count;
4 Kings.
Bills read a third time and passed :?To incorjwrate ?h
dendel Sohn Benevolent Society in the City of Ne*
fork ?To amend the charter of the Tonawanda Hnllwa
'ompany, by an increase of its capital stock to the sum c
.'iSI.ooo,
Annual Report from the Onondaga Salt Springs
There have been manufactured of salt in the town of Si
ina the past year 3,127,660 bushels being an increase ove
he preceding year of 833,697 bushels. The cause of thi
ucrease is mated to be the law of April last, giving
munty on salt delivered at certain points?thus securin
o the manufacturer markets hitherto excluded froi
lim. Had it not been for some unfavorable causes, in.
ikely to occur again, it is thought 360,000 bushels mor
vould have been manufacturi'ili Several improvement
live been made iu the salt, and more are anticipated. Th
let revenue collected from all sources lor the year 1813, i
HIJ071 M, being an increase over 1MB of $3(1 01
The gain to the (.anal fund over last yearfrom salt arrive
it tide water, is this year $10,217 97. The gai.i over ln>
/earofsslt delivered at Buffalo and Oswego is $9,171 9'
St.nom.sr Proceeding*.?John Kenney, one t
he crew ol the Trenton, was brought helore tii
J. S. Commissioner, under very singular circumstuncei
4omu time ngo, Babe the pirate, and murderer of the oft
ers of the Sarah Lavinia. received a let'dr lrom his mc
omplicc Webster, stating that he was about to ship at Si
rannah tinder the name of John Kenncy, in the Trontor
or Boston. This letter Babe communicated to the Unite
(tjtes authorities in Nexv York, and they opened acorrei
>ondence with the U. S marshal at Savannah, who, afte
nquiry wrote to the marshal hero, that one of the ere*
vhich had sailed in the Trenton had lilt jierson markei
vith indla ink in a manner anaxvering to the general de
crlption ofthe trunks on Webster's person; and alsotha
>ne of the crew of the Trenton shipped by the name ?
ohn Kenney In consequence of the information, Ken
iey xvas arrested by deputy marshal Harris xipon the srii
..i ... ..i. g n-uiwri ntrrr rrom rurvMinan, on iwnnflay Ust
>nl upon examination on Friday, it appeared that he in n<
espect corresponded with the description given of Wrb
ler. He also proved very satisfactorily, h) goo'l witness
i, where he nail Ix-rn and vhet tie hail lieen enitHgiil ii
or several years past Rut nnothrr man belonging t<
he i-rew, and answering to the name of " Charles,' wa<
narked an itli inili ink somcthl' ijlik' Webster, hut then
vas Hlfficiect uifl. reuce in the detail* of the marks ti
mkr It reitain that lie was not the man. The fart tin
louhtelly is, that Webster wrote his lelterto Babe wltl
he Intention ot setting all parties una false scent, whlli
ie was making torsome othersiiuthern port ; but he fel
ito the mistake that the man " Charles" sees the penoi
"lied John Krnnny. A mistake he might easily havi
aade, while on the wharf, Hnd seeing the crew of tht
Trenton at work. The stratagem shows him capable o
ory Ingenious contrivances. If he had got tha name 01
he marked man right, " Oharlaa" might have been placed
a a bad box. The examination resulted in the diachargf
f Renaey, u a matter of course.- Botton Pott, Jan. U3.
N Baltimore.
of [Comspondence of the Horald.l ~
Baltimoee, Jon. 22,1844.
or Robert Gilmor's Public Gallery of Paintinge?
Prise of the Apollo Association?Pull Length
Portrait of Chief Justice Taney by Clover?Judge
Taney's Course? Nicholas Biddle? Twelfth Xight u
r- ?Gov. Thomas?Caution to Old Men and Young ^
d Ladies.
It will be gratifying no doubt tc the friends ol the
; fine arts, to learn that it is the intention of Robert |
^ Gilmor fof this city, a gentleman well known
j, throughout the country for his taste and liberality,
?, to establish a public gallery, aud present to the peo- h
e pie of Baltimore his valuable collection of paintings, n
11 In doing which, Mr. Gilmor will add to hia reputa- 11
tton, not only as a lover of painting, but also in 0
* laying a foundation for the establishment of correct "
* principles in the arts, in a quarter of the union, ?
!? where, we regret to say, they have, until within a
' few years back, been but imperfectly appreciated; ?
*} in a city which presents subjects worthy the rich 0
, and jutcv pencil of Rembrandt, or the gorgeous ?.
, tints of Titeian, we know it is not uncommon for V
men of wealth to make known to the world their "
intentions of establishing public libraries, and other '
institutions of like nature, and the world " hears
* but sees not yet in this instance, we feel con,r
vinced, as we have been assured by the gentleman
? himself, that as soon as his affairs are satisfactorily g
arranged, he will commence the erection of the b
e edifice.
j A beautiful landscape, painted by Durand of New F
York, has just arrived in Baltimore, and is now L
y exhibiting at the gilding store of Caries .te Shults.
j" It is, we understand, one of the prize "pictures of
[" the Apollo Association, which fell to the lot of a F
" gentleman of this city. The scene .represents the h
^ sun just sinking beneath the horizon of the ocean, tl
" "touching the waveB with its golden tints." At n
1 lite right of the landscape, upon a jut of rocks, sits u
I a solitary crane, waiting with patient anxiety for
? the twilight to deepen into night. It is most beau- n
til'ul, _ v
We are gratified to learn, that the members of the d
bar of Baltimore, have it in contemplation to en- o
gage Mr. Clover to execute a tull ^length portrait of
j Chief Justice Taney. Mr. Clover has already
completed for the family, a portrait of Judge
" Taney, which has elicited warm and universal
approbation. The Judge left for Washington on
II the 7th instant, in order to be present at the openj
ing of the Supreme Court. The death of Judge
Thompson has affected him much, as they were in7
tiinate and attached friends. The family of the
Chief Justice remain at their residence in Bulti- <!|
more. Mrs. Taney is the sister of the late Fran' is al
Key, a lawyer of distinguished merit, and the T
tuthor of many touching and many patriotic pieces lr
of poetry, among which is the "ritar Spangled
j Banner," a national song, fresh in tne memory of 68
every American. Never have we become acquaint- tc
" <*d with a more upright, benevolent, and kind P'
hearted man than Reger B. Taney, we reinenil>er
well his first entrance into Baltimore after his "a
' ippointment to the ollite of Chief Justice, when P'
the title of prejudice ran strong and almost over- "
[ iwiwering against him?when the people thought c<
' Nicholas ?Biddle an honest man, Taney a syco- w
| phant?when he was sneered at and condemned J
for pursuing a course which has saved the country, 9
' as has since been proved, from almost irretrievable c<
embarrassment. The storm is outridden. Time has
uncovered and thrown beiore the public the mo- P'
lives of both men. VVhere now is Roger B. Turieyl ul
J Where Nicholas Biddlel Virtue will answer for M
1 the first?tears of orphans, and the wail of widows, ,s
lor the latter. ?
'' Your old merry-making custom of keeping New P*
? Year's day, w ith us is almost entirely unthought of. .s<
We have, however, instead thereof, a custom of u
1 bulling up to the twelfth night,from house to house, 8<
masked and in character, which aflords much
' imuseinent. At a friends, where we were spetid
mg the evening, among others, came a couple of Jj
wags, dressed us an old man and his wife. The ?
old gentleman seemed very niuch taken with a u'
' young lawyer, who has more talent than beauty, e:
ind commenced in the most patriarchal manner P'
' -troking him upon the head, at the same time
remarking that he bore a strong resemblance to his 3
e son John. Indeed, replied the young lawyer, P(
1 wishing to be very polite?"I feel quite complimen- ?j
' ted." "You need not," put in the old man, "lor he ,
1 is generally thought to be a very ugly boy." One of tl!
the party is expected to be acquainted with the per- 'V
rons unon whom they call, yet it does not necessa- S1
, rily follow?for it has, in one or two instances oc- ttl
curred, tliat a party of negroes, dressed :i la Turk, '*
Greek, Moor, Arc , have been ushered into parlors H
J of geutlemen of first standing?lounged upon the 21
: sofas?chatted with the ladies?ellluviated like *
muskrats, and have never been discovered, until
upon being accompanied to the door,the never to be c<
3 mistaken wool, or unchanged leopard spots, have w
>c?yed out from beneath the head or neck cover- 8?
i ing. _ ,h
j Our Governor is a queer fish. Of course you are c''
aware that he has been bound over by l)r. , *
to keep the peace. We pity the Governor, not that ?>
we have any idea that he has been wronged, but lie Pl
was too old to have married so young and so pretty I1
, i wife. One of Ins organs must be a little out of
i tunc. Girls, take carc of these old bachelors?and
i' "Old men beware ! O
If you marry young wives, a
t They'll make you remember, Ct
. And bring you to trouble and care." Si
i Peter Walker. an
Taxing Negro Paries!?Gov. Tucker of Mis- pr
j bssippl, in lii* late message to the Legislature of that th
State, says?"I would recommend a retort to new object* jn
of taxation, and would include as such objects, negro la
3 dave* under tha age of five years, plate, and every do- pi
icription of household furniture, and every species of pro1
perty of real or ideal value." w
i
Suicide in TCoston.?William Linn, a rigger, re- ty
siding in Ann street, was found in an outhouse yesterday of
v morning dead, with his throat rut. The deceased was fo
iliout 70 years old, and had recentl) had a couple of nam- en
I lytic shocks, and it is thought that his dread of the third, fo
which he heiieved would be fatal, caused him to take his ra
own life with a razor.?Huston Post, Jan. 25.
I | . i th
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BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL.
Wukln|toa
f Correspondence of the Herald.l
Washwqtok, 25th January, 1844,)
Thursday Evening. J
Captain Stockton has arrived in the city, and I
nderstand that the Princeton is on her way hera
nder command of the 1st Lieutenant. So wa are
11 preparing for a great sensation.
Please call attention to a very important fact raitive
to Col. Merrick's Post Office Bill, to wit:?
makes no change in the existing law respecting
(u-spaptr exchange*?they will continue to go as
eretoiore. Col. .Merrick assures me the bill will
eed the full, entire, and warm support of all the
rienda of Post Office reform. Let tge press speak
iut at once. The bill will be opposed by the Poatlaster-Gcneral
and all his 14,000 subordinates,
rhose abuses it proposes to correct. There is a
rmidable army arraved against it. Let the friends
f the bill, therefore, send in their petitions withut
any delay ; and in the mean time, for the speial
benefit of those 15 or 20,000 Postmasters, and
reir private friends, 1 beg to call attention to the
showing figures and facts:?
i the month of October 1813 there were franked by Port
Mauler* or received free by them 190,744 letter* ; and
by other otticer*, State or National H6.S89?total 216,08*
y Member* of Congrcia during lame
time 18,463
y the Jatter in 13 month* 333,606
y I'ort Mantera, Sic., a* above in one
year?
i r?t class above named 1,663,933
alter class " 1,034,063
iuiui. 'J,OVJ,VVD
rom which it appears that the franking of memprs
of Congress is a mere bagatelle compared with
lat of Postmasters. Moieovcr. let the governlent
pay for its own postage, and not impose a tax
pon the people to pay it.
However, Col. Merrick's bill is open for amendlent,
and now is the time for its friends to let their
oices be heard, lie has already proposed to reiiee
the postage on periodicals to two oents per
unee instead of 2i as before named.
Yours, ftc. S. B.
TWKNTV-KIOHTH C01GRE99.
FIRST SESSION.
Senate.
Tiit nsnAV, Jan. 25th.
The Senate is thinly attended this morning.
Fox and Wisconsin Kiveus.?This Bill ngnin
line under consideration, und some further
incudmenrs were made. Messrs. Tallniadge,
appar., Woodbridge und King took part in arrarigig
the details.
Mr. Tappan was understood to be opposed to the
ile of these alter:.ate sections c.f land?preferred
1 have them held by the United States for the
e.-cnt?postpone action.
Mr. WoooBKiixiR was in favor of selling these
nds?let the country be settled. This is un imrrtant
object as respects the military defences of
le country. Simply for the want of a road which
>uld have been constructed at small expense, a
hole province capitulated during the last war,
hich wits only regained by an outlay of some
20,000,000. For the military defence of the
imntry, therefore, he desired this work logo on.
Mr. Tappan wanted these works altogether susmded
until Wisconsin should become a State?
nil then let her prosecute the works ; and ho
icrefore proposed an amendment to that effect. A
tate can prosecute a work at vastly less expense
lan the United States' Government. Mr. Tupin's
object was to appropriate these ajternale
I'ctions of land for the purposes named of impiovig
this navigation, hut that they should not be
j)d until Wisconsin became a State.
Mr. Taiwan's amendment was made.
Mr. Taij.madgk was desirous of so arranging
ic terms of the Bill that the lands cun be sold at
2 50 per acre. Let the lands be sold imnicdilely,
and the funds accruing be reserved to be
Kpended by the ^tate of Wisconsin for these irnovenients.
Mr. IIaywooij was totally opposed to the whole
ill, and he should move tor the indefinite postjneinent
of the Bill, in orucrthat he might find
u wno were trie f?ct?Htore that were in favor
voting away the public land*, or ceding to
ic State the puhlic domain. Were Sena>rs
prepared to cede to these new States in leo
mplc the public landawithin their limits! Where
e the gentlemen who ore in favor of distributing
i the States the proceeds ol the public lands! To
hum are these lands appropriated ! To the State
f Wisconsin 1 There is no such Stute. To the
erritory of Wisconsin ! That cannot he done.?
o, the secret design is to appropriate them to a
rrporation. It seems the most ingenious mode of
hipping the devil round the stump that he had ever
en. Then, again, who knows how much land by
is bill is appropriated! 1 can't find out. The bill
jn't say No one knows the length of these rttvra.
nd I can't find out whether there be SCO acres or
000,000. lie moved that ihe bill he indefinitely
istponcd, und asked the yeas and nays upon the
lestion.
Mr. Taclmadc.k replied that this bill was fully in
rcordance with the usual principle upon which
digress had been in ihe practice of legislating for
long lime past. The military defences of ih?
nintry demanded such works t? be prosecuted.?
inula* appropriations had been repeatedly made,
id for similar purpose* by Congress. Congress has the
gkt to moke these grants or appropriations. These ap
opriatious are made to no company. We propose to sell
ese alternate section* at double the usual price ($3 60,)
order that the country may get the full value of these
nds, the same as if the whole were sold at the minimum
ice ($1 24 )
Mr. TAfPAN mode some remarks in answar to Mr. Hayoo.t,
which could not be distinctly understood.
Mr. tHaywood doubted ihe "constitutional proprie"
o( making these appropriations now tor the future use
1 the State of Wisconsin It Is a present appropriation
r a future object, lie was opposed to it?be protested
[ainst it. II the Senate choose to make an appropriation
r this object, let them do it directly?not whip the devil
uind the stump.
Mr. Tallmadok said he had often heard of whipping
e devil round the stump, but he never knew before toly
what it meant. He alluded to the gentleman's " conitutionol
propriety" as something new. He thought If
r. Hay wood bad paid more attention to the subject, he
ould have known more about it. He had before stated
at as nearly as could he ascertained, there were about
(1,000 acres in this appropriation, itut whether it be so
uch, or more, or less, what difference can it make, in a*
uch as Congress get double price for their alternate
ctions I
Two P. ."it.?The subject ii (till under debate.
Mr. Haywood has just withdrawn hie motion for indafiite
(postponement.
The subject ie postponed till to-morrow.
Oer.r.ois.?The ' notice" respecting the mutual occupa?n
of the Oregon, wae next called up.
Mr. Ascitis moved to refer the whole auhject to the
ommittee on foreign Relations. lie thought to give
lii " noticu" now, would be eituivalent to a declaration
tat we desire no negociation upon the subject.
11ai.f rim 3 P. M.?Mr. Tfmfi.k is discussing the quelon
of joint occupancy. It is an anomaly. He is op>?ed
to referring the question to tho Committee on fo*
iign Kelatiom?preferred to refer it to the Special Comittec.
Mr. Bt'CH.ttSAit differed from the Chairman of the Comittreon
foreign Relations. He thought the "Notice''
iould he given. He did not like to have the subject
imoterud by tho Committee on foreign Relations. He
oved to postpone the subject till next Tuesday, (Monday
nig McDulHe's Tatiff'uay) and left the auhject thus un cussed.
Mr. Atchixsox was opposed to any convention upon
is subject. It was unadvised Great Britain is the sole
cupiint of the territory. Ho would respect treaties
lly But 1 e respected the right of property more, lie
ould uot yield our right to our own territory. He said
i hoped lite subject would he postponed in order to gi*?
ipoitunity for discussion. Mr. Atchinson expressed
raself very fully and forcibly upon our right to thetertory,
and the inexpediency of negotiating upon aqueson
which did not admit of doubt.
Mr Ascnr.s suggested tho expediency of delay until
r. Greenhow's book should be completed and pubUshedi
would throw much light upon the subject.
Mr. BtXTow (interrupting)?We want no hooka upon
Is side of the House (where the western Senators sit).
Mr. Asciier said he most freely admitted that the Hon.
L'nator from Missouri (Benton), from his diligence and
ose application to business (for which Mr. Benton is
stingmshed), is fully master of thesubject, but others of
i are not so fully acquainted with it. And he could asire
the Hon. Scnutor that even his view of the subject
ould ho very greatly strengthened by Mr. Greenhow's
r Oreenouglft) book. He said it had been his privilege
see a part of this work in its yot unfinishedstate- and
) thought lie should be doing a favor to the friends of .
regon to ask deiav upon these questions until the book
iould be publisher), which would bo very shortly.
Mr. Ai.tci* desired the Senate to act without any relertce
to books, or to any pending negeciations. It was
> matter at all what might be done at the other end of
A A tko Cnnnln itaa s(? Alien /lllfw <* i i aif i?n
dependency of the ection of ail other bodies or powers.
b wanted no delay In consequence of negotiation*. To
!lay action upon this question, U equivalent to telling
,e British ncgoclator that we atirronder the Territory.
0 delay aetion la to give inatructiona to tho President to
irrender. to yield our right* lit the premiaaa. Shall our
ghta to our own Territory be exposed to he invaded
rough the unadviaed will of tho Executive f The
rttiah Parliament doe* not *o act?it never heaitatea to
iprca* ita opinion, no matter what tho crown may do.
im opjiosea to the motion of the Hon. rhnirman of the
unmittee on Foreign lMiition* (Archer) becanau our
lay to net will he construed a* iniiriiciion to the Pre i.
nt to tako the surject wholly into hi* own hand*, end
ttlo it as he pleeseg The Provident should ho w.li"g
he advised In this matter. Mr Allen made a very a do
id eloquent appeal, and was followed hy
Mr. Moefiirrn?He aaid he djffeied with Mr. Allen in
e matter of delay to act, while he concurred with him
1 the general merit* of the Oregon question. lie acted
itli thrrn on this subject at the last session ; und he had
iang*d none of hia view* ainro. Hut he deemed it pro.
ir,under the prevent slate of the negoclution, tndeiay acin
If the Itritish Governmentare in |*>**e?*ion of the
rritory, it is in purauance of the treaty renewed In eigh.
n hundred and twenty-seven Moreover he believed
i* ia a fair, a proper auhject for negociation ?
; has not the slightest fear, nor apprehend* the laaat
ngi.r In entrusting to the Preaident the initiative of thla
eat (juration, according to the proviaion* of the Constilioti.
He woulihnot like to talcn the position, naaumrd hy
r. Allen, of Inatructing the Preaident Mto hi* duty. To