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* '**“ I II i no i.onstithtio.vai. \a iih; is pulilislnd twice a week, f/'uesdays and Eridays,) at Jim dol lars far annum, payable in advance. !l ' ’ Previous lo a discontinuance of the paper, all arrearages must he jiaid up. .■hut those who mao wish to discontinue, will notify the Editor to that v(fvet, at least thirty ilnys before the period expires for which they subscribed. I ' A or Advertising -7.» cents a square for less) for the first insertion, and .71) n uts for nu b con tinuance.— 1 he number of insertions must In noted on the MS. otherwise t.'.iy will In continued and eh a rged accordiugly. I jJ Advertisements from the country to hr pant for m ailranrc, or assumed by some, responsible indi vidual in this place nr Manchester. ■! ’ All letters to the. Editor must be post-paid, Or they will receive no attention. ROBERT NOTT, House Painter, Glazier, &c. Rkspkctfui.i.y informs his li 'lends and the pub lic generally, that lie continues his business of HOUSE FAINTING, GLAZING, kc. at the well! known stand, corner of Harris's building and im mediately under the office of the Constitutional Whig. He has oit hand a general .assoitment of the best materials from New York, which will ena ble him to execute any commands entrusted to him satisfactorily, on the most reasonable terms. He in tends attending to tin: most particular part of the work personally, and will employ none but the best workmen. N. li. Ceilings Whitened, and Walls Stained in distemper colours. March 15—tf Whiskey, Sugars, Molasses, &e. TE are now receiving by different vessels from Philadelphia, New-York, fcc. 1 l-l Hilda. Philadelphia Whiskey, 131 bills, do. pail old and superior quality, 50 hhds dry Now Orleans Sugar, j I do. St. Croix Sugar, a portion prime, 70 do. Molasses, of unusually prime quality, 80 bags prime green coffee, 770 sacks Liveipool blown Salt, 700 lien vy Spanish dry Hides, '• For sale, ou acrnminwtfiting terms, bv RALSTON k PLEASANTS. March 11 1f,t Ward Election. f'B'AHK election of Cmnmnn-cnuncil-men in the X several wards, will he held on the first Wednes day in April next, viz. Tu Jctfer.son ward. No. 1, at the Union Hotel —In Madison ward. No. 2, at the ! -aglt Hotel—and in Monroe \\jird, No. 3, at the Shoeboe Hill tavern. Polls will open in each ward at 10 o'clock, A M. “The freeholders of lots with in said city, whether improved or not, and whether such freeholder resides therein or not,and the hmisr - keepers and inhabitants of the said city, who shall have resided therein, at anv time, for the space ol three months without the init-rmis.,ioii of one. twelve tuontlts, and posse's in their on n right, within the same, moveable and immoveable property to the value of one hundred pounds," a m* eui it l td to vole. W. D. WKF.N, Scrgt. C. R. , Aiarcli 1st, 182.5. 111 TuKAsrnv Depautmknt, f Fihruury is/. If 125. \ NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors of the t» per cent stock, commonlv called the treasury note 6 per cent stock, issued in pursuance of the act of Congress passed on the 24th February, 1815, that the principal of the said stock and, the interest which may be due th. reon fit tlie time, will, be paid to the said proprietors or to their at torneys, du% authorised, on the 1st day of April next, at the Treasury in Washington, or at such loan office on the books whereof any portion of said stock may stand. Information is further given, that a suricndcr of the certificates of the. said l> per cent stock will he required at the time of redemption, and that the in terest thereon will cease and determine on the 31st day of March next. \YM. H. CIIAWFORI), Feb. 11—13t. Secretary of the Treasury. University of Virginia. nt/H”N* Hotel is open for Boarders. I will very .•®X willingly aid students in procuring lodging, and attend to letters directed to me. March 11—4t JAS. BYARS. Fruit and Ornamental Trees, A:u. I. F. MILLS & (’<>. (Lai Prince 6; Mills,) OFFER for sale at the old American Nursery a very large assortment of Apples, Pears, Plums, Peaches, (’herrirs. Apricots, Nectarines, Al monds, Quinces, Mulberries, Figs, Currants, < Grapes, i Gooseberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, and other tiuits, including the very choicest kinds. Also, a very large collection of evergreen and other orna mental trees,shrubs and plants,including above 10il kinds of Roses. Also, about SO varieties of the finest (Grapes, a large assortment of Orange, Lemon and Citron trees, Catnelias or Japan Roses, and other greenhouse plants. Catalogues of which may be obtained gratis of Mf.sis. El.i.iS A" Ai.t.xx, a tin orders through whom will meet prompt attention. March 11 It WM. LAMBERT, Jr. Allorneij-nl-Law, offers liis services to those tvho are en gaged in law suits in the Courts held in the city of Ricltmond; to prepare their suits for trial. He will pay particnlar attention io gelling the parties speedily before the Court, the ti.gleet of which caoses great delay, lie will also at tend to the suits at rules; to the taking of deposi tions; and before the commissioner he propo ses to do what the parties fheinseives now have to perfoin, and whateverel.se may be ne cessary to hasten a final derision of their cause. For the utility of such council lie refers to every member of the Uar. January 25—tf. Old Line of Liverpool Packets. To mil on Hu 1 si and 1 >ith of every Month. 'The Liverpool Packets having met with general ajftrobalion and support, the ownrrs of them have concluded to add to the number of vessels employ ed in that establishment—and they now intend that the following ships shall sail between New Yrfk and Liverpool, in regular succession, twice in < ach month from each port, leaving both New York and Liverpool on Hu W and If!th af every month, throughout th>- vear, viz: SHIPS,-. MASTERS. New York, <Jco. Maxwell. Columbia, VVm. Lee, jr. Pacific, Sul. Maxwell. "VVm. Thompson, Rowe It. Crocker. Florida, Joseph Tinkbam Canada, James Rodgers, Jam^s Cropper, (’. 11. Marshall. Tfcrse ships were built in New York,of the best •nat rrials, and are coppered and copper fastened. Mi y arc very fast sailers; their accommodations for passenger* are uncommonly extensive and corn mo' :i/'Cs, and they are commanded by men of great exmWience. I he price of passage to England in the cabin is owl fixed at thirty guineas, fur which sum passen t’< jxvill be furnished with Beds and Bedding, Wine * iJ jntoresof all kinds. i J Cut Nails, Ground Plaister, and Family Flour, for Sale. 8^1 V K Hundred to a Thousand kegs of Cot Nails, weighing >0 to 100 lbs. assorted, from 3d. to 30d. Also, Cut Nails for tobacco kegs and hirds. war ranted to clinch, » All kinds of Iron and Steel Polled to order, and witb despatch. •10 1 oils ot timuiid Plaister of Paris parked into barrels or hhds. according to order, 100 Panels of Family Flour, that is proved to be good. For Rent, The handsome St 'lT OF ItOO.VS over our Sim,-, airy and convenient, and a very neat ()F i'lL'h\ limiting on 10th or Cioss street. Posses-' sion may be had immediately. P. i I AX ALL & CO. mar 22—w3t TAYLORSVILLE RACES. 4 I' meeting of tin; subscribers to the Hanover -* »- Jockey Club, convened by .public notice, at Taylorsville, on the 3d of Feb. 182">:—The rules and regulations of the club having been adopted; Hector Davis, esq. i as unanimously llerted Presi dent; Thomas Marshall, esq. Treasurer; and Win. !.. White. Secretary. The Races will commence on the 3d Wednesday in April next 1st Day, tree for colts 3 years old, mile heats. 2d Hay, 2 mile heats, free for any horse, marc or gelding. 3d Day. the Proprietor’s purse, with the addition of an elegant saddle and bridle, free lor any horse, marc or gelding that has never won a purse—mile heats. Wm. L. WHITE, March 13—w3w Sec'i/. IVTO PlCi: is hereby given, that the following L Y Certificate of the United States Stock, in the name of John Mason, hearing date the 10th of March, 1701. has been lost or mislaid, and due ap plication will he made at the Loan Office of the Foiled States for its ri newal: Deferred 3 per cent. Stock, No. 130, amount AJO Ml. JOHN It. MASON, Sen it. M_w 13t Sim/ift:.r tiiifiUum ven! FOR TIIF, (JROWTH OF II MIL CREAM OF NARDUS, THE ANCIENT SlMlvENAKI). Which is /he only article yet discoc< red fur mu'. - in •; the hair g rot/- thirfs^md lott^. iAD1LS and (iciillc.inen who wish the orna -A inem of a Jine head if hair, need only make a liii; t.ial Of this composition, as in all c.ises it pie venls tin; IJ.iii from tailing off from sickness and confinement, ton nltcu the case for the want of hav ing a proper nourishment applied to strengthen the mot. it L rccmmncndcd to ladies lor their toilet particularly as mnistin e is found necessary to the Hair when dressing. The Cream of Nardnslor that purpose is now become in use by ladies of the li.st < iicle, who allow ii to excel any preparation of the kind yet discovered, as it not only tiout ishe.s and im proves its growth, but renders to the Hair a most heaiitilnl gloss and pleasant perfume, and causes it always to retain its natural color.—Those ladies who use Dressing lions ought not neglect using it, as it prevents the ii 1 effect occasioned by the heat. It is of much use to those wearing Artificial Hair, as it gives a natural gl.ss. To comment on the many valuable qualities it possesses is useless—it need only he said, it ought not to be omitted by those who have the ornament of a fine Head of Hair and wish to retain it: It is leconimetuled for Chil dren, as it improves the rugularity and growth of thei r 11 air. Jhe Spikenard, of the .'htrintfs.— Much difference in opinion has arisen among the culions and learned what tliis precious ointment was composed ol. The late Sir \\ illiiint Julies wa- of opinion that this ce lebrated ointment was procured from the root ol the Valeriana jatainaiisi, which is found growing only in I miia. Mr. Lambert tells us also, in hi.- illu.-ti a tion of the genus Cinchona, that the Valerina jata mansi is identical with the Spikenard of the An cients, while Mr. 1’hillips, in his late work on Vege tables, positively asserts that it was made f:om La vender, and which, h say:,, was called \aidus in (Leek, from Narda, a city of Syria, near the Eu phrates, and that it was also called spirit, spike; be cause among all the vcrticillated plants, this along hears a spike. IWr. I bumps, in Ins history of l,avi nder, says,“it | is a native of I anguedoc, some part-of Spain, Hun gary and Austria: but the most odoriferous l.aveudei grew anciently about the city of Eporibecln, and “ as so much esteemed at the time when our Saviour is upon the earth, tha,t it was sought after with t!ie greatest avidity, and brought a revenue to that city equal to a mine of the most previous metlfl. ’— Mr. Phillips add,, that ■•Pliny, who flourished a little I alter this periiicL has described the Lavender plant under the naintof Nardus;’’ and that “lie notice; the blossom as forming a spike, and mentions that the most costly and precious ointment was made fiom the aromatic leaves of the Naulus, and tliat toe spiles (blossoms) ,old lor 100 Roman demarii (.»/. ‘Is. »>./.) pc, pound ’ “The Romans,” says thi naturalist, •‘esteem the leaves of the Nar.lus th it i; brought from Syria as til • best; next to tint, the allic I .a Vender or Nardus is in e-tiniatinn."’ bat esfic. ially confirms the opinion that Laven der "as tin Nardus of the A orients,” say Mr. Phil lips, “is. that Pliny, after having described the mute ointment mentioned by the Evangelist, which he directs to bn kept in vessels ol Alabaster, observes, that the flowt rs or -pikes of tin plant being laid in ward rob* s, gives a most agreeable perfume to the garments. in speaking of the \ alerinn ofNapaul. Mr. P. says, “it seems highly improbable thal this should be the Spikenard of the Ancients, as the i scent of this root differs very widely I nun our idea* : <’f agreeable perfumes; and we may presume, tlml | the opinion- ai the Kuniuns at the commencement , of the Christian era, with respect to odours, were | similar to our own; as wr ford, besid -s the Spike ! "aid, they extracted their favorite odours from ro ses, myrtle, \iolet-'. majoram-, lilies, orris-root, and | jonquilis, 4;c. to wb’udi they often added sweet spi I ces and aromati; gums.” * Ar~ Prepared and sold by the proprietors. E | f for K i ss Co. Phi In lelpliia; and may be lia*l ol tbcit^u-cretlited Agents throughout the I'nited State; Pi ice jl p. r bottle. JOSEPH T. ALLYX, Xo.folk. Al. JO \ ES. Suffolk. J.iv M. \A OMRf.E, >uiiihfiold. R. »l. PITCH. Jerusa:. nr. HENRY U 11 ATE, Petersburg. A.vn JOHN Ff. NASH, At his Book and Station ary store, Richmond. ! Agent- wanted in various parts of this State i and State of North Carolina, n| which applicant' may a/ni! themselves by letter (postpaid) address cd to the proprietors, «*.} N. 5th street, Philadel phia. K.-H. 22. Silt ALFRED. tyi the Imfiorted Ffor»c Sir H,\nnr. ^ 11A I truly celebrated Hoist: Silt Alfiik.i* j -1- equally remarkable for beauty, -peed and [bottom, will stand again at my Plantation in Charles City county, seven miles from the Court House, and let to mares upon the same term- a; formerly. fHZNRY M. CUR1STIAN. fn Henrico County Court, February Vl/i, Ann, Mary, ami Selina Flora, infants uu- 'J <lcr the age of twenty one vears, and | heiresses ot Geo. Flora,deceased, who | ^ sue by James Hooper, their next l 5 friend, Pits. r :§ Against * ^ Jaiius Ilooper and I.ucy his wife, ^ Doits. rP,*IS cause came on (bis day to be beard on . t ^,c answer, exhibits and arguments ol Counsel, whereupon the court doth adjudge, order and decree, that John New, George Kee sce. Uriah Johnson and Daniel P. Harwood,or I any three ol them, do proceed as Commissioners ol this Court, to sell two acres ol land in the county of Henrico adjoining where of George I-1 ora died seized anil possessed, lo the highest bidder for cash, after having adver tised the time and place ol sale fur two weeks in some newspaper published in the City of Rich mond and made report of their proceedings to this court, on order for further decree. A Copy. Teste, J. B. YVIIITLOCKE, c. u. c. PUBLIC SALE. PU RSUAN f lo tlic above order of the Coun ty Court of Henrico, will be sold on IVrd | ntsd'iy the JOlb of March, to the highest bidder, for cash, befoie the store of Richard Raker, near Fairfield, between the hours of J and 1 o’clock, two acres of land in the County of Henrico, : whereof George Flora died seized and posses3 | ed, adjoining the lands of Francis Lewis and | others on the road leading to Street’s Mill.—By the < otninissioners. March l5--wiiw / IIIGLYJA : At rules hidden in the clerk's office of the superior court of chancery for the Williamsburg di'trirt, the 7th day of March, 1825: Reuben Meredith unit W illiam Meredith, adm'rs do bonis non c>r Elisha Meredith and Ann E. Meredith, nils, anainsl Jnlm 1;. Clopton, ex or of John Clopton,dee'd, Wil liam Hill. Parke Street, William Clopton and Samuel Clopton, sons of Reuben, and Reuben Clopton, dfts. The defendants William and Samuel Clopton, '■oils of Reuben, not bavin* entered their appear ance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appear ing by satisfactory evidence, that they are net in habitants nt this count y, it is ordered, that flu 'aid defendant- do appear here on the fust day of the next toim and aoswer tint original and amended hills of the pliiintiils; and that a copy of this order he forth will inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond lor two months successive ly, and posted at the front door of the former capi tal in the city of Williamsburg. A copy. Teste, mar 18 JAMES CABINF.SS, D. C. VIRGINIA. At rules, holdett in the clerk s office of the superior court of chancery lot the Richmond district, the 7th day of March, 1825: Joel Allison Post tint] Waldron P.. Post, Pits, against Benjamin Duvall and James Whitlock, *f)fts. T he defendant James Whitlock not having cn tcied Ins appearance and given security according totltc act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing by satisfactory evidence that he is not tin inhabitant of litis country, it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here tin the first day of the next term and answer the hill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be forth with inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the capitol, in the said city. A copy. Teste, mar 18 Wm. IV. HENING, c. c. VIRGINIA: ~ - U a Superior Court of Chanrrry, hidden at the ( apitol in'tin city of Richmond, the 25//i day oj January, 1822: William H. Campbell, Mary Campbell and Eliza beth Campbell, infants, by John Brow n Cutting i their next friend, Pltffs. A G A 1 >ST j Cornelius Ruck, ndmiimtratur of Archibald Camp bell, dec'd; Rhed.i Burnett, exrcutiix of Edward Rurnett, dec'd; and Samuel Woody, 1 lefts HIS cause came or. this day to lie heard tin the hill, an.wrr, and exhibits, and was argued by counsel; on consideration whereof, the court doth oidcr. That tin* defendant, Cornelius Buck, do rtn j dcran account of his administration of the estate of hi- intestate before a commissioner of the court, who is diiected to examine, state,and settle the said account, and ri port the same to the court, with any matters specially stated deemed pertinent by him self, or which may be ret|uiicd by the parlies to be so stated. A copy—teste, WM. W. HENING, t. c. C OMMt8SIOKF.ll's Ofi ii E, ) Ilirlimonil, h'rh ‘2-id. IIjJ.j. \ Tlu- parties interested will please take notice, that I have appointed the .Oth day of Apiil next, to commence 111< accounts directed in the foregoing or der of the court; on which day, at 9 o’clock, A. M. they are-requested to attend at my office in this city, with their accounts and vouchers ready for examination and settlement. AMOS LAIJD, !>t. r . Match 1 w4w United Suites' Courts fifth circuit and Vir ginia District, Drranber 16th, 10-24. i Thomas Craig and others,—Pits. "1 ►» against f? \ James Scott, Lxor. of Jnht. l.cslic, deceased, who i 2 was executor of Robert Craig, dec. and y I others—Delts. 3 ON the motion of the Plaintiffs by their cou i.lj, it is ordered, that all the creditors of the late Robert Craig, dec. he permitted at any time before flic tweniy-seci nd day of May next, to come in and prove before Commissioner Amos Ladd, their riaims by proper evidence; and in default of their so doing, the court will then proceed to decree payment to the plaintiffs. (icorge Rutherfoord, Robert Montgomerie, Robert Spier, Robert Fauld, Alexander Kerr, Tho mas \\ lute and Daniel Y\ ark, who arc assignees of the plaintiff Thomas C raig, of the funds of the es tate of the said Robert Craig, deceased; and it is directed, that a copy of this order be published in some newspaper, printed in the city of Richmond, for two months successively. A copy-teste, KD. JKFFRIKS, Clk. Commissionf.r’s Or kt< e. Richmond, 2nd Month, 18, 182 >. Thr creditors of (Ur late, Hubert Craig, die. arc hereby notified to ronir in. arid prove their claims he fnrr me, at my office ,H this city, at any time hr fore the 22 ri day of Jit ay veil, in cnnformih/ with the a fur' going order "f the ronrl. AMOS f.ADT), Mar. H —-w8w Master Commissioner. Bussorah Arabian. 1 ^pillS celebrated Horse will stand the ensuing .1 season at Oftrles, in the lower end of this county.—For particulars sec handbills. Feb 18—tf UN ITED STATES SENATE—M me a 1. . ^ he Senate having resumed tlie considera tion ot tlie bill to establish a Post at tlie mouth ol tlie Columbia Kiver— Mr. BLN TON’,'in reply to Mr. Dickkrson, said, that lie bad not intended to Sjieuk to tins bill. Always unwilling to trespass ujion the tunc and patience of the Senate, lie was parti cularly so at tliis moment, when the session a as drawing to a close, and an hundred bills upou the table were each demanding attention. The ! occupation ot the Columbia Kiver was a subject 1 which had engaged the deliberations of C 'ougress j lor lour years past, and the minds of gentlemen might be stipjiossed to be made up upon it. ; Ke,tiug upon this belief, Mr. B. as reporter of j the bill, bad limited himself to the dulv of watch- 1 mg its progressvand of holding liiinself in readi- ! ness to answer any inquiries which might be : put. Inquires lie certainly expected; but a ' general assault, at Ibis late stage of the session, upon the principle, the policy , and the details of tlie hill, had not been anticipated. .Such an as sault had, however, been made by the Seuator from New Jersey, (Mr. D.) and Mr. B. would be unfaithful to his duty if he did not repel it. I In discharging this duly, lie would lose no time j in going over the gentlemau’s calculations about i tlie expense ol gelling" a member of Congress Iioiii the Oregon to the Potoinac; nor would lie sob e his difficulties about the shortest and best loute; whether Cape l lorn should he doubled, a ■ new route explored under the north pole, or mountains climbed, whose aspiring summits present twelv e tool of defy ing snow to the burn ing rays ol a July sun. Air. B. looked upou those calculations and problems as so inanv dashes of tlie gentleman’s wit, and admitted that wit was an excellent article in debate, equally convenient for emblelli'-hing an argu ment. and concealing the want of one. I'oi 1 which oi these purposes, tlie Senator from New j Jersey had amused the Senate with the wit in | question, it was not for Air. B. to sav, nor' should he undertake to disturb Inin 'in the I quiet enjoyment of the honor which lie had won j thereby. Leaving all that out of view, he would proceed directly to expose and coufuic i I lose parts ol the gentleman’s argument in i which he had favored the pretensions ol Great i Britain at the expense of the rights and interests j •>! his own country. These parts are_ l-.t. Ilis admission ol title, on the part of Great Britain, to the right bank of the Coluin- j bia Kiver. 3d. 11 is declarations that the United States! were precluded trom occupying the country on ! the <..'olmnbia liiver by the 3d uiticle of the 1 London convention of 1818. 3d. His menace ot a conflict with Great Britain it'we pfe-umed to occupy it. It is now, Mr. President, cuiitinuod Mr. 1J. precisely two and twenty years since a contest lor the t olmnbia, has been going on between , the United States and Great Britain. The ! contest originated with the discovery of the Hi ! vet itself. Themoment -fh.it we discovered it. j she claimed it; and without a color of title in' her band, site has labored ever since to over- j reach us in ffic arts of negotiation, or to bully us out of our discovery by menaces of war. In tbo year 1 i.'IO, a citi/.cu of the United States, Cap!. Gray, ol Boston, discovered the ( olmnbia at its entrance into the sea; and in 1803, Lewis and ( lark were sent by the Go verninent of the United Slates, to complete the discovery ol Ihewholc river from its source down iv .Vi da, and to take iurnial possession in the name of their government, in 1793, Sir Alexander McKcnzn had beeu sent from Canada by the British Government to effect the same object; but lie missed the sources of the river, fell upon j the Tacoulche Tesse, and struck the Pacific ! about live hundred miles to the north of the j mouth of the (. olmnbia. In 1803, the United States acquired Louis- I siaua, and with it an open question of bounda- ! lies for that vast province. On the side of Mex- ; J ico and f Ion,la. this question was to be settled I | with the King of Spain; on the north and north- j west, with the King of Great Britain. It hap- I pened in the very tune that we were signing a 1 treaty in Paris for the acquisition of Louisiana, ! that we were signing another m London for the ; adjustment of the boundary line between the northwest posssessioris of the United States and i of the King of Great Britain. The negotiators 1 of each were ignorant ot what the others had done; and on remitting the I wo treaties to the Senate of the United Slates, for ratification, that for the purchase of Louisiana was ratified I witliobt restriction; the other with the excep tion of the fifth article. It was this article which adjusted the boundary line between the United Stales and G-.-at Bntain, from the Lake | of the Woods to the head ol the Mississippi; and the Senate refused to ratify it, because, by j I os ability,it mighfjnopardi.se llienortlicrn bound I ary of Louisiana. The treaty was sent back to I London, the fifth article expunged; and the l British Government, acting then as upon a late • occasion, rejected the whole treaty, when she I failed in securing the precise advantage of which she was in search. In the year 1807, another treaty was negoti ated between the United States and Great Britain. The negotiators on both sides were then possessed of the fact, that Louisiana be longed to the United States, and that her boun daiics to the north and west were undefined. The settlement of this boundary was a point in the negotiation, and continued efforts were made by the British Plenipotentiaries to over-j reach the Americans, with respect to the coun-1 try west of the Kocky Mountains. Without presenting am claim, they endeavored “fo leave I a nett-egg'for future pretention* in that </ttar-1 ter." [Slate Papers, I8J2-3) Finally, an arti cle w a* agreed to. The I9lli degree of north latitude was to be followed west, a.* far as (he; territories of the two countries extended in that ‘ direction, with a proviso against its application to the country west of the Becky Mountains. I This treaty shared the fate of that of 1003. It j was never ratified. For causes unconnected j with the questions of boundary, it was rejected j bv Mr. .tefTerson without a reference to the .Senate At Ghent, in 181 I, tl.c attempts of 1 J’.O.'j and 1807 were renewed. The British Plenipoten tiaries offered articles upon the subject of the I boundary, and of the Northwest Coast, of the same character with those previously offered; but I nothing could be agreed upon, and nothing I upon the subject was inserted in the Treaty signed at t^at place. At Lonoon, in 1818, the negotiations upon this point were renewed; and the British Go ! vernment, for the first time, uncovered the ! ground upon which its pretensions rested. Its I Plenipotentiaries, Mr. Robinson and .Mr. Goul boiirn, asserted (to give them the benefit of their owrn words, as reported by Messrs Galla | tin and Rush) “That former voyage^ and prin cipally that of Captain Cook, gave to Great Britain the rights derived from discover;, and they alluded to purchases from the natives south ot the Kiver ( oiumbia, which they alleged to have been made prior to the American B«. volu tion. They did not make any formal proposi tion fora boundary, but intimated that the river iU*ll was the most convenient that could be adopted, and that they would not agree to any which did not give them the harbor at the mouth, of the river in common with the I 'uited .States.”—fitter from .Vessrs. (Jail at in and Rush, October 20, 1820. To this tli ■ American Plenipotentiaries an swered, in a way belter calculated to encourage than to repulse the groundless pretensions of Gieal Britain. “We did not assert, (continue these gentlemen, in the same letter,) we did not assert that the United States had a perfect tight Pi that country, but insisted that their claim was at least good against Great Britain. W e did not know, with precision, what value our government set on the country to the westward ot these mountains; but ive were not authorized to enter into any agreement which should he tantamount to an abandonment of the claim to • i. It was a last agreed, but as we thought, with some reluctance on the part of the lintisk Plenipotentiaries, that the country on the ISortInvest Coast, claimed by either partv, should, without prejudice to the claims of cither, and lor a limited time, lie opened for the pur poses ot trade, to the inhabitants of both coun tries.” J lie substance of this agreement was inserted in the convention of October, 1813. It consti tutes the third article ol that Treatv, and is llie same upon which the Senator from New Jersey ( Wr. IJickcr.-.on.) relies, for excluding the United stales from the occupation of the ( .'oluui iiia. In subsequent negotiations, the British A gents further rested their claim upon the disco veries of McKenzie, in 173d; the seizure of Astoria, during the late war, and the Noolhka .Sound Treaty, of I 73(1. •Such anexhihition of title, ^aid Mr. B. is ridi culous, and wool 1 he contemptible in the hands ol an\ other power than that of Great Britain. Ol the live grounds of claim which she has set up, not one ol them is tenable against the Slightest examination, Cook never saw, much Ic-S took possession ot, any part of the Not thivest coast of America, in the latitude of the Colum bia river. All Ins discoveries were far north of that point, and not one ot them was followed up l>\ possession, without which, the fact of disco very wouid confei no title. The Indians are n .t even named, from whom the purcha-es an stat ed to have been made auterior to the lievolu tionar} War. Not a .single particular is given which could identity a transaction of the kind. The only circumstance mentioned applies to the locality ol the Indians supposed to have made the sale, an I Ilia- circumstance luviUialc.s the w hole claim. I hi y are said to have resid ed to ttie "■South" 01 the Columbia; by conse quence they (il l not reside upon it, and could have no right to sell a country ol which the. were nni the possessors. iM Kenzte was scut out from Canada,' in the. year 17:'.>. to discover, at Us head, the river which t nptaiiiGray had discovered at its mouth, J years before. But iMc.kenzie missed the ob ject ol his search, and struck the Pacific five hundred miles to the north, as 1 have already stated. 'The seizure of Astoria, during the war, wbs an operation of arms, conferring no more title upon Great Britain to the Columbia, than the capture ot (.ustiucand Detroit gave her to ■Maine and Michigan. This new ground ol claim was set up by Mr. Bagot, his Bntanic Ma jesty's Ambassador to this Republic, in 1817. and set up in a w ay to contradict and relinquish all their other pretended titles. Mr Bagot was remonstrating against the occupation, In the Uniled States, of the < 'olumbia river, and recit ing that it had been taken possession of, in Ins Majesty's name, during the late war, "am/ had sim k been covsinenrrv as forming a port of his .Majesty's dominionsThe word br/m r" is, exclusive of ail previous pretension, and the Ghent treaty, which sti; ulates for the restora tion r**l the captured posts, is a complete, extin guisher to this idle pretension. Finally, the British negotiatois have been driven to lake shelter under the Nootka Sound Treaty, of 173(). The character of that treaty was well understood at (lie tunc that it was made, and its terms will speak for themselves at the pre sent day. It was a treaty of concession ami not of acquisition of rights, on the part of Great Britain. It was so characterized b> the op position, and so admitted tube by the Ministry, at the time of its communication to the British Parliament. [lirrr Mr. H. road passages from tliesporch PS of Mr. Fox arid Mr. Fill, to prove Che cha racter of this Treat' 1 “Mr. Fox said, W hat. (hen, was the extent of our rights before the convention—(whether admitted or denied by Spain was nf tin ronsc quenoe)—and to what extent were thev now sccnn d to tisJ \\ r po->esi>'d ami exercised the free navigation of the Pacific Oeean, without restraint or limitation. \\ e po-sensed and ex ercised die right of earn ing on fisheries in the South Seas, equally unlimited. This was no bar ten right, blit a right of which we had availed ourselves, as appeared by the papers on the ta ble, which showed that the produce of it had in - creased, in five years. from twelve to uim tv seven thousand pounds sterling, '/'his estate we had. and wore dally improving: it was riot to he disgraced by the name of an acqui-itioti. The admission of part of these rights, hv >pniti, was all we had obtained. Our right, before, was to settle in any part of the South or North west Coast or America, not foitifn d against us hv previous occupancy, and we were now res tricted to settle in certain places only, arid uridei certain restrictions. This was an important concession on our part. Our rights of fishing extended to the wh'de ocean, and now it. t. o. was limited, and to hr carried on within pertain distances of the Spanish settlements. ()m right of making settlements was not, as now a right to build lints, bu* to plant colonies, i we th mg .t pnrner. Surely these were not acquisition.- or rather conquests, as they mint be eonsi-'-red. if WO were to judge by the triumphant language respecting them, hut great and inqiort mt eon cessions.” “By the third article, wc ai au thorized to navigate the Pacific Ocean and South Seas, unmolested, for the purpose of car rying on our fisheries, and to land on the unset tled coasts, for the ptirjwjso nf trading with the natives; hut. afierthis pompous recognition of right to navigation, fishery, and commerce, comes ano*her article, the sixth, which takes away the right of landing, and erecting even temporary hilts, for any purpose but that of car rying on the fishery, and amounts to a complete dereliction of all rigid to settle in any way for the purpose of commerce with the natives.—Rritifh Parliamentary History, Vol. 2tj. p. 990. Mr. I'itt, in reply. ‘*11 iv.ng finished thxt part <»: Mr. Fox’s speech which referred to the i reparation, Mr. Pitt proceeded 10 the next point, j munch, that gentlemnu’s argument to prove, ; t i.it the other articles of (he convention were | mere concessions, an : not acquisitions, in an | vver to this, Mr. Pi t maintained, that, (hough ; " iat this couuiri had yarned Consisted not of new rights, it cei laiuly did of new advantages. We had, before, aright tothe Southern whale lishe I rv, anil a right to navigate and ourrx on fishc j nes in the Pacific ()c< an, and to trade on the I coasts ol any part of N orthwest America; hut : that right not only had not been acknowledged, but disputed and resiste d: whereas, bx the con | vent ion, it was secured (o us—a circumstance | w hich, though no new right, was a new advan j ,;ige. —Siimc—/i /ge I Obi. But, continued Air. Uknto.n, xvo need not take the character of t .e Treaty even f.om the high aulhority ot these nva.’ leaders in the Uri t.M. I ar lament. The Treaty will speak for il sdt. I have it in my hand, and will read tin* article relied upon to sustain the British claim to thet.olumbia Biver. -‘Irticle .{(/, of the.Yiiot/ca Sound Treaty. “In order to strengthen the bonds of friend ship, and to preserve, in future, a perfect har monx and good unders andiug between the two contracting parties, it is agreed that their res pect ixe subjects shall not he disturbed or moles, led, either in navigating or carrying on their fisheries in the Pacific <>cean, or in the South j -“seas, or in landing on the coasts of those seas, in places not already occupied, for the purpose o earn ing on their commerce with the natives of the country, or of malting settlements there, the whole subject, nevertheless, tothe restric tions and provisions specified in the three fol lowing articles.” I lie particular clause of this article, relied upon by the advocates for the British claim is that which gives the right of landing on pan* of the Northwest Toast, not already occuphd, for the purpose of carry ing on ramnierre. and mak ing s< tlfcmnits. 'I lie first inquiry arising upon this cm.isp ,s. whether the coast, in the laiuude 7 t",‘ ( Mliiinlua River, was unoccupied at the date of the .\ootka Sound Treaty? The an swer is in tin* ailirmativc The second is whe ther the English landed upon this coast while it so unoccctipied? The answer is in tlie ne galivc; and this answer puts an end to all pre tension ot British claim founded upon this treaty, without leaving us under the necessity of re cur.,ng to the fact that the permission to land and to make srlth mentx. so far from contemplat ing an acquisition of territory, was limited,'by subsequent restrictions, to the erection of tem porary huts for the personal accommodation of fishermen and traders only. /'he truth is, Mr. President, continued Mr. 15. Treat Britain has no color of tide to the countiy in question. She sets up none. Them ts not a paper upon the face of the <earth in' which a British Minister has stated attain,. 1 speak of the King’s Ministers, and nuf of the Agents emplov ed hy them. 1 he claimsV e have been examining are thrown out in the conver sations and notes ot Diplomatic Agents. i\o English Minister has ever pin his nnnie>nbem and no one will ever risk bis chaffer as a statesman b> venturing to do set. TOie claim ot threat Britain is nothing but a paired pre tension, founded m the double prospeclVif bene litting herself and injuring the United’States, f be tui tinder. Sir Alexander Mckenzie, is at M,e bottom of this policy. Failing in bis at tempt to explore the ( olumbia River, in 1793 lie nevertheless, urged upon the British Goveru inent the advantages of taking it to herself, and ol expelling the Americans from the whole re gion west of the Rocky Mountains. The ad vice accorded too well with the passions ami policy of that government, to be disregarded It is a government which has lost no opportimi tv .since tiie peace of ’83, of aggrandizing it sel! at the expense of the United States, ft is a government winch listens to the suggestions of its experienced subjects, and thus an individual, in the humble .station of a fur trader, has poii'4-^”" edout the policy winch has been pursued by every Minister of Great Britain, from Pitt to Tanning, and for the maintenance of which a war is now menaced. [Mere Mr. B. read the following passages from ^.,r Alexander Mackenzie's History of me r ur I ade: j I ut ixtjssians who first discovered that along the coasts of Asia, no useful or regular navigation existed, opened an interior cornu u iiicjtion by rivers, &c. an .! through that lon~ ami wide extended _ continent, to the straight Ihat s. pamtes A-ia from Am nea, over which they passed to ihe Ameiicuu continent Gur situation is, at length, in sinnc deg.ee-, sir liar to theiis: the non existence oi a p acticahJe passage by sea, and the existence ot oue through the continent, are clearly proved; and it requires only the countenance ami support of tin- Hr itisli government to increase, in a very ample proper * lion, (his national advantage, and secure the trade of that country to it* object ” “|H, the rivers that discharge them *ives into Hudson’s I Bay at Port Nelson, it i> proposed to car- v on the trade of their soiitee, at (be bead of thc'Sas katchiwine river, wliich ri*es m the Jlockv Mountains, not eight degree.-; of longitude from the Pacific Ocean. The Columbia flows from the same mountains, and discharges itself into the Pacific in north latitude 48. 20. Both of them are capable of receiving ships at heir mouth , mi are nav igable throughout lor boats.” -But whatever course may be taken from the .Allan c, Un C ilum/iiu is the line of com mum ca, lion from the f’nrifu Or can t pointed out by na ture, as^t is the only navigable river rn (be whole extent of Vancouver’s minute survev of Ihat coast: its banks, also, form the first level country iti all the southern extent of contiuen lal coast from Cook’s entry, and consequently, tiie most northern situation, suitable to the resi dence of a civilized people. Bv opening this intercourse between the Atlantic and Ba< ifm Oceans, and forming regular establishment* through (he interior, arid at both extremes, as well as along the coast a^d Islands, the eiHPa c tnmand ot (be fur trtrrie of North Amc-ma imgtit i»e obtained, from latitude -IB to the p le except that portion ot it which the Bnssian* hai e in tin; Pacific. To tins may be added, the a lung in both seas, and the market of the four quarters of thcglohe. Snob would he the fo ld for commercial enterpri/.e, and incalculable would be the pioduce'of it, when supporteu nv the operations of that credit and capital wi tch Great Britain sopre eminently possesses. I. . „ i "'O'11'1 **•“ country begin to ho rc mum-rat< d or the expense it has sustained in discovering and | survey ing the coast of the Pacific Ocean, w hicb is at present left to American adventurers, w ho, without regularity or capital, or the desire of conciliating future confidence, look altogether to the interests of the moment. Such advfn turers, and many of them, as I have been iik