llie constitutional or iiiodnale Opposition make it a
point of voting against Ministers on this as well as every
other question. with the view ot coinpolling Ministers to
resign and getting into power. The members of this op
position do not wish war with America, but they Hatter
themselves that when once in office, they will find Home
means ot settling nutters to general satisfaction, and
contrive to keep their places besides. The Republican
opposition, composed of a few members only, in the
Chamber, systematically vote against every .Ministry,
which iIocm not acknowledge a Rcpublicun Government,
mid do not consider that they are sent to the Chamber
tor any other purpose thuu that of bringing about a
change in the present form of government which shall
convert it into a Republic. The t’arlist opposition, of
which M. Rerryer is the leader in the Chamber, uot
much with the vaino view n* the Kepublicunn, ut> to the
overthrow of the present Government; but their aim, of
couisc, is a third restoration, lie it in the person of
(diaries X., his son Louis Anthony’, or bis grandson
Legitimacy is the idol of their adoration, though, be
sides the priests, the disciples of their faith would lie
rather embarrassed to satisfy their ownselvcs that the
cause of legitimacy is worth a single straw, and ought to
insure the continuance of their devotion. This party
(the Carlists) is more steadily fixed in its purpose than
the two others which divide the opposition in the Cham
ber. It is aware that at present there is no appearance
whatever that the object of its hopes and wishes is at
hand. It finds no other promise but in the prosix-ct of
an interruption to the pcaco which the country is at pre
sent enjoying. That peace is tho greatest possible im
pediment to the success of the Curlist cause. It shows
by every day 's experience that it reconciles and attaches
more and more the French people to the present Go- i
veminent, and that the youuger branch is fixing itself
firmly* on the throne. Iiilerim! commotion is no longer
to be hoped fbr by the Carlists; their friends in the
' endec are no longer able to raise their hands; their
coadjutors in revolution, the Republicans, have proved
too insignificant a minority to be again soon templed to '
make an attempt against the present Government. Not
being allowed, then, the hope of arriving at a third resto
ration by means of internal commotion, or even through
a republic, they see no other means of possibility to that
end than a foreign war. Une with the United States
may check the growing prosperity of tlic country, and
bring about dissatisfaction. “Let the war tuke place,
tlien, they exclaim, “ice have nothing to lose by it but
we may gain all we hope for.” ’
I . . l'V , vle “‘"guiarly pertinacious opposition
n Inch tiic bill relative to the American indemnity en
counters intlie Chamber of Deputies, and anion<r that
portion ofthe press which is not devoted to the Ministry.
Not one ol the journals that call themselves independent
has chosen to enter minutely and dispassionately into
Wie merits of the question. Not one of them has under
taken to prove that the statements contained in the
report ofthe Chamber s committee, on which the recom
mendation for passing the bill was founded, were incor
rect, and did not justify the measure proposed for adop
tion. I heir attack ugainst the bill is by violent decla
mation. Some of them would have tho Ministers im
peached for daring to think of such a thing us paying
money to the Americans; others would let the conse
quence* of a rejection be wliut they would, but the Ame
rican claim must not be paid, and Ministers must go out.
t has never, in short, been our lot, to witness such ex
ertions to pervert the merits of any case whatever as
those which are now made every day by the Paris four
mils, calling themselves independent, against the bill
tinder discussion in the Chamber of Deputies. No one
need any longer w ondor at the decline ofthe influence
ol the 1 res* in France.,' What now occurs is sufficient
—to account lor it. On the present question, os on all great
questions alter the last Revolution, the press has divided
itsell into special organ* of different purtics. It will at
tend noloager to public feeling, nor does it care about
expressing any thing of the kind. Its opinions are the
opinions of some party or coterie. Its aim is to promote
u party object. Among the mass of the French iieoplc a
desire certainly exists that the country should once for
all get rid ofthe American claim*. Of that feelin", how
ever, not a single organ of the press lias found il'conve
uient to proclaim the existence. So great has become
the habit of inure party controversy and party iii.iikcu
vering, that even those journals w hich are devoted to the
Government have neglected to speak of what the public
generally thinks and says on this question. Their discus
sions and their argument* on the subject are confined to
the speeches and the proceedings of the Chaniher of De
puties, aud to angry polcmit/ne with the iiapers which
most strongly differ from them.
The debate on Thursday had been adjourned till the fol
lowing day.
... . . Lomoom, April 20.
”u have received by express the Paris papers of Sa
turday, together with a letter from our correspondent, dat
, Saturday afternoon, a repoit ofthe early part of that
day s proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies, and let
ters from Bayonne ar.d -Constantinople of the ldth in
staut, and 2tith ult., as well as from oilier parts of the
coutiueut.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—April XS. I
1 he order of the dry was the discussion on the arli
clesot the bill relative to the American claim. The first
urticle i« mit,.ti,u .
A he MinRttw cl Financo is authorised to take the
necessary measures for tho executVin of the 1st und 2d
articles of the Treaty signed on 4t\ of July, 18J1, be
tween the Kiugofthc French and llie United flutes,
tho ratifications of which were excliauged at Washing’
ton, on the 2d of February, I8H2, and according to the
terms <>t which, the sum of 23 millions of francs t* to be
paid by France.”
M. Isarnbert said, lliat at a moment wiion Lbe'Cham
ber sc,wd resolved to vote the 23 millions demand, d
by America, a serious question was presented for con
sideration—the question relative to the interest of .the
money about which nothing bad been said in f-;. "
.thi" **7? bul ,*° whjSlOl^IindrrLt of
7 7 ^PccaByreh-fftrjrHcre the inlerrup
centrc become so clamorous
Don. Deputy s voice was nearly inaudible,in the
gallsry. 1 ho .President's bell, though handJed.with tole
rable energy and dexterity, was, for a length of time,
rung without efloct. We w«r,e only enabled to catch a
tew difflointed sentences, by which it appeared that the
lion. Deputy argued against the payment of interest of
any kind; and contended that a treaty passed with a
Constitutional Nation could be nut in force only atlor
«t had received the sanction of the Chambers. This
fact, be thought, could not have escaped the attention
ot the Americans themselves. . In conclusion, lie
^thcvfoJlaM^ing,4U aaieuaiUPnt. to tlic Gt
I lie Minister ol/Finanoe ia authorised to take the ne
cessnry measures lor the execution of the 1st article of
tlie treaty, signed on the 4th of July, 1831, between the
iving of the French nnd the United SStutos, and accord*
mg to which, tlie sum of minions is to he paid by
France. The above sum shall be carried to tlie budget
of tlio State, and paid , without interest, in six successive
xnsuimenhi, for each of the years 1830, Id37,.l»:i8, lb3'J,
M. Chxraraaulc said, that tlie intention of the Hon.
Deputy who had ju.st sat down, was evidently to pro*
P'— the suppression of the interest granted by the trea
ty, from the date of its ratification by the Government;
or in other words, to declare his opinion, that the inte
rest became due only from the day on which the Cham
ber might pass a vote in favor of tlie bill. He (M Ch a
ram&ulc) therefore proposed tli- following a* a Bui,.
amendment to that of M. Jrarabort: - The sums shall
bear interest only from the date of the promulgation of
the present law.” The Hon. Deputy added, that he pro
posed Iim amendment through a feeling of respect for the
prerogative of the Chamber—(Hear.)
M Isambort agreed to M. ChnramauleV amendment.
J he President of the Council (the Duke tie Broglie)
said that the amendments of Messrs Isainbort nnd Cha
rsinaule would have the effect of annulling one of the
Articles of the treaty—in fact the entire treaty—and of
forcing Government to make another. The first amend
ment ho considered tantamount to the pure aud simple
rejection of the Bill, ami be thought by Adopting the se
cond, the Chamber would exceed its powers CViuruiur*
Irori tlie 4'tfCfnkaet.) For these reason* Government
•ouu. admit Wither of tlie amendments proposed.
M. Chariunaule conceived that the objection urged by
the I re side at of the Council had been presented too late
as M. Bignon s amendment, which was also calculated
to do "way with the treaty,bad boon dn«Mi<#,ed. He (M
Charamaulc) contended that tlie treaty could be delini
tivc only niter the vote of the Chamboi*—that the French
Government could treat only conditionally—and that
the negotiations into which it might enter, could he. rati
nod only by the Chambers. F rom the date of the rnti
flout ion, nnd from that alone, France could acknowledge
tho debt and pav interest on it. M. CharamaulC.
Amendment was then put to the vote and rejected. The
President next rend no anieudwjnt of .VI. Lcyraud, who
proposed that (lie following words should be added to the
first article of the Bjll:—
“ The payment of the IB,000,000 shall take plaoe only
affei the (/ovornment shall hove received satisfactory ex
"f U‘" ,>***'I«nt the Uni
ted Btates, dated 2d December, 1834—and afW such rT.
plxostioiis ahull hxvo been officially pub'ished.”
I ho rreswlent likewise read on amendment proposed
by Gen. »fid which, he remarked, was nearly
Similsrto that of M i^yraud. Gen Vala/.e's’a.mndn.er t
was to the effect that—
" The payments to be effected ip execution to the first
article of the present Mill,shall take pla- e onlyafWlbe
> reneh Government shall h ive received satisfy p,rv ,.x.
ids nations ns to the message of the President of the
Fmled Btates, Hated December 2, 1834.”
M. Feyraad remarked that the difference between hit
amendment and that of Gen. Valar.e was, that the for
mer bow upon the 1st article of the Bit), and the latter
upon the 4th. He considered it unnecessary to dwell at
any length upon his own doc.urr.rul as the spirit and
"T?"'"# •£ 'l "**« ® vide of.—The offensive language
of the President of lire United Btates had been mitdisb
ed throughout all Ktiropo, and the insulted dignity of
* ^'’'’•’‘■quired satisfactory explanations. J
M. Odillon Barrot olmerved fiiat the authority of Gen
Lafayette might he invoked on a question of principle
but r.nt a ]^euniary question. V 1 ’
bought Keoutrwy to the dignity of ■
the ( hamber to vote the If.', million, before eat&faetary
explanations had l.een given by the Government of the
United State*. He wished to know if it was t»ue tbnt
one ot Ir. Livingston's lutiers to Ins Government con
lamed the following passage :—“Tile I! it will shortly be
presented to the Chambers; l think the President ought,
in his message, to speak out, mid boldly." Was it true
that Mr. Livingston had written these words?
.. J,*u'. President ol the Council, with great warmth:—
“ No, it is not true."
The President of the Council; “ I deny the fact."—
(Murmurs )
M. de Ranee declared his opinion, that the Minister,
in tliu answer ju>t given by him, bud by no iiicuti* refut*
ed^his(the Hon. Deputy's) argument.
1 lie I resident ot the Council slated that Government
IihiI always intended to act in the spirit of the amend
ment proposed by General Valaze, but that he and hi*
colleagues disapproved of M. Leyraud s amendment; be
cause although they were ready, when called upon, to
give explanations to every member o' the Chamber, they
objected to a clause that would bind 'iieui to publish such
documents as Government might receive.
1 Im Minister ol the Marine offered some explanation
on the mission of the French brig the D’Assas, which lie
insisted had been well received ut New York. He then
entered into some nautical details on the mode in which
the American frigate tlu* Constitution had paid the usual
honors to the French Hag.
M. Glais Hizoin observed that the portion of Mr. Li
vingston's correspondence which was prior to the Presi
dents message, and which had not been read to the Cham
ber by the Munster of War, contained a letter dated 9*Hh
November, and lf:C», and stating that the writer had been
informed by an influential member of the French Cham
ber, that the debate on the American claim would proha
bty be postponed till ntlcr the President's message had
reached France, ana that on the tone of that message
might depend the vote on the bill. The Hon. Deputy
thought that the Chamber ought to demand the retrac
turn ol that letter written by Mr. Livingston. (Hear
Irom the loll ) '
M. Maugiiin thought that the Chamber ought to ob
tain satisfaction not only for the American President's
message but also for the correspondence which hud pro
voked that message. He then said, that in the course of
the ensuing session, himself anti his colleagues would
demand from Ministers If the dignity of Franco iiad been
satisfied. . ^
M. de Alarmicr considered it a dangerous precedent
that newspaper articles should be allowed t-.. interrupt
the harmony existing between two friendly nations.
M. Muuguiu replied that the point in question had no
reference to newspaper articles, but related solely to otli
cinl communications made to the American Congress.
1 lie let article of the Hill, was then adopted, with the
amendment of Gen. Valaze. The Opposition Depu
ties both of the right and led voted against the article;
those of the led centre (the tiers partij in favor of it.—
I he Articles 2 and It where then adopted without discus*
sioii—they are to the following effect:_
Art. 2. 1 he sum ot 1 ,.>(10,4)001 which the Government
of the United States, has engaged to pay in six annual
terms in discharge of the claims presented by France in
behalf of her citizens, or of the Public Treasury, shall,
m proportion as the recoveries are made, be credited to
a special article of the Hudgct. Credits shall bo opened
to the Minister ol the Finances to a similar amount, for
the discharge of the claims which shall have been li
quidated in favor of French citizens.
i\n. *>. /\ Lotuinitter, cxricismg its functions gratui
tously ami uonied by ILuyfU Ordinance, shall be appoint
ed to examine and estimate all claims addressed to Go
vernment, and to divide the sum of l,500,000f. amongst
ull the claimants having a right thereto, and if necessa
ry in proportion to the just amount of their claims. All
claims must be presented before the 1st January, 1837,
under penally of forfeiture of the same. The claimants
may appeal to the Councils of State against the decision
ot the committee, according to the forms and within the
delays specified for matters in litigation. The same
right is reserved to the Minister of Finances. An ac
count shall be annually laid before the Chambers of the
payments effected on the huih of 1.500,000f. Should a
portion of Ibis sum remain unemployed, it shall be re
turned to the Public Treasury.
The Chamber then proceeded to the ballot on the en
semble of the Hill. The following was the result: Num
ber of votes, •I2U; absolute majority, 214; for the Hill.
2f!); against it, 137. '
The Hill was accordingly adopted. The announce
ment to that efleet lrom the President occasioned conside
rable sensation and tumult. Adjourned at six o’clock.—
[Lel\ silting.]
( From the True Sun of Jljnril %0.)
This morning we received the whole oftlie Paris pa
pers of Saturday. An evening paper (the Messager)
gives the particulars ot an extraordinary sccnse, which
occurred on that day in the Chamber of Deputies. M.
Mauguin, one of the members of the extrine loft, had
given notice the day before, that if the Ministers did not
communicate to him the original papers on the subject of
the American claims, lie should be obliged to submit to
the Chamber a remarkable communication which he had
received. The Minister not having in the interval com
municated the papers, M. Mauguin ascended the Tri
bune, and alter a luminous discussion oftlie question be
fore the Chamber, produced the singular document of
which he had spoken. The following arc the facts oftlie
case :—A person wrote to the honorable Deputy, that
if he would examine the original documents he would
imd a falsification in them, which the texture oftlie pa
per itself would expose. It seems that the paper upon
which the statements are written was manufactured at
ooeriod subsequent to the date of those documents M
Mauguin further stated that it was this strange discovery
which had induced M. de Polignuc to reject claims thus
palpably stamped with fraud. It is difficult, says the
Messager, to describe the sensation which this discovery
produced in the Chamber. Mauguin, before quitting the
tribune, renewed his application for the orignul paper*;
but the Minister of Foreign affairs (the honest Due de
Broglie) asserted that none existed, fn Tenly to this
assertion, it^js all but iin|io3sil>kr'to suppose that the
Cabinet of WasbingToTHMi not furnished the French ne
goeiators with an account of claims. Will any one believe
that tiic American Government, on dcmpiiding an in
demit^ from France, said to the Government of France:
—“ 'i ou must find out yourselves what you owe us.”
1 here must be therefore, an account, though the Due
de Broglie who has been long cried up by bis party as a
man suns tuche el sons re/troche, lias not thought it con
venient to produce it. In any other ltepresenlaiive As
sembly, the discovery of so gross a fraud would have pro
duced an immediate vole of censure against the Govujhp
lurnt; but, in the Chamber of IJepu^MM^ough it con
lams imiiMj^^morablejiidivi>lu:i]^^[^^^Hi* of the ma
iM inistcn^M^m^^ arc, we
flBBH^^ooTax to lead to such a result.
It was reported in the Chamber, that it was Prince Po
lignac who had made to M. Mauguin the communication
relative to this strange incident.
(From Die IxmuIoii T/mr».J
. London, April 21st.
J lie I ar/s pjpL-rn which we received at a late hour
this morning by express, put us in possession of the
whole report of the Saturday's proceedings in theChani
ber of Deputies, by which we lind that the debate on the
American claims had been brought to a close. The bill,
as amended by the committee, proposing a grant of 25,
0()0,<M)(Jf. was voted by a majority of 2d!» against L57.—
According to an amendment proposed by General Va
la-zo, to which ministers assented, and which was agreed
to bv the Chamber, the indemnity is not lobe paid until
after the f reach Government shall have received satis
factory explanations with regard to the message of the
President of the Union, dated December 2, \*M.
Two other amendments— one, that no interest should
be paid, and the other, that tile interest should only coin
inoitcc trom the date ot the passing of the bill, were hath
lost. From some observations in' the Journal des De
bats upon the passing of this bill, it would appear that
Mr. Livingston is not expected to remain at Paris in his
diplomatic character, nor return thither as Ambassador,
should he go to America. The Journal thus expresses
itself—" Jt n probable that Mr. Livingston will think
proper to be the bearer himself to his government of the
account ol s.11 that Jius passed here, in order not to ex
pose hirnscll a second time to tin* inconvenience of hav
ing his correspondence published. It is probable, also,
that the American government will think proper not to
send him back to Jrunce, iu order to spare Inin the in
evitable embarrassment metier which he must labor after
the written expressions that have hewn attributed to him
in the course of the debate.
VVe do not blame the American Government for bav
ing given so complete and so prompt a. publication to Mr.
Livingston's letters; perhaps it was demanded by the
forms and practice of her institutions; but such a publicn
tion must often have the effect of sacrificing negotiators,
it being impossible to require that the negotiator who
ha? spoken publicly ill of the country to which he is ac
credited, should.continue to he well received by the Peo
ple lie has offended. These arc the reasons which induce !
us to look upon the longer stay-of Air. Livingston in pHris, j
a* very difficult, and ins .return as very uncertain. !
,v . London, April 22nd.
»ve have received by exprese the only papers publish- I
cd in Paris on Monday fast, (the 20Ui.J
The business done m the Chamber up to the hour at j
winch our renortcr ivos obliged to leave was ol no import
ance nor do wc find among the contents of the three i
j. ,r<.r. before us dny domestic or foreign intelligence of
u teresf I lie American indemnity question still seems !
.n afford abundant mutter for the columns of the Paris I
journals. It appears that Mr. Livingston,the American
Munster, intended remaining in Paris until the pa nine
of that bill into a low, affer which he wdl leave France
Inking Kngfand on his woy back to the United fSiates!
A Charge d Affairs will do the business of (be legation
during nis absexico, or until the appointment of u new
Minister.
— , , , I’xais, April 21.
lire corrgr which has lieen given to Mr. Livingston
will, any where hut in Franc*, be scarcely considered
a* the noblest resource for the retrievement of the na
lioTial dignity. Llsrwheco auch a >nlc elated blow at a
diplomatic functionary will probably be regarded as a
symptom of cowardice rather than of courage, aftei
^very tiling ha/J br»<»/» grant/M) tl*/* tt'jtetion of which had
my chance of producing an armed retaliation. There
• wo doubt that the Ministers were extremely anxious
■ flcr the defeat or last year that the bill should now be
[i.iseed by a considerable majority. Without the tins
’mrli, jt might atiJJ, perhaps, bnve Iwcn carried; so that
:ho amendment of General Valni-e was Ihe price which
vis paid for the co-operation of that sevtion of the
hainber of which Dnpin is the chief It is said, that
i on this point M. tie Broglie and hit colleagues were uot i
perfectly agreed; but that they all ultimately yielded |
to the strongly expressed wishes of the Premier on the j
subject. It remains to be seen how the demand for sa- i
tibfaclion will Ik* met by the haughty chief of the Ameri- ]
' can republic. Thou- u reason to believe that on the ;
I other side of the Atlantic, much more than on this, the !
I point of honor has the first place, and the question of the
| dollars is treated as a subordinate matter. Mr. Living-I
ston very naturally feels himself personally ill used, and
on that account his opinions may be liable to biue; but
the probability seems to be, that the demand for satisfac
tion, it made in the same spirit which has dictated the
I uiicereiiiotnousdisiiii8s.il of the Ameiicuu .Minister, will
have raised up u greater difficulty than that which the
r rencli Ministry nave just overcome. Mr. Livingston
remains here until alter the law has passed the Chumlicr
1 of Peers, lie then proposes to pay short visits to Kn
gland and Holland before returning to the United States.
London, April 22.— Since the passing of the American
j Indemnity Bill, nothing of any consequence had taken
| place in the C hamber of Deputies. That vote appears,
I in the ioeantime, to have given no satisfaction to any
party, save and except the Government and its vile re
, turners. Air. Livingston, the American Minister, does
not appear to he satisfied with it, it we are to judge from
his preparations to quit France, which have suffered no
interruption in consequence. 'Flic American ship of
war, too, which had arrived in the roads of Havre, still
kept aloof from the shore, and showed no disposition to
pay the French Government the compliment of placing
herself under the protection of its guns. This coolness
lias not escaped the notice of the public, and one of the
consequences of the discovery has been a fall of the
Ucntcs. Into what disgrace and embarrassments corrupt
Governments fall.nndTiow easily they might avoid them,
il they would but follow the vulgar maxim, that “honesty
is the best policy.’ It they would only act upon this
trite but golden rule, they would be pursued by the bles
siugs, instead of tin; execrations of mankind; und this
world, which has been converted by their wickedness into
■ a 1‘andenioniuiu, would become a paradise ns God, to
judge from the bounties which he has lavished on it,—
I strewing it in profusion with every thing that can delight
the eye, rejoice the heart, and ravish the car—evidently
designed that it should be. But the Priests and Kings,
though they pretend to hold tlicii offices from God, have
so completely succeeded in disfiguring His handiwork
that it has long looked more like u hell than a heaven.
Let us take courage, however; the tide is evidently turn
| iug; injustice shall not always reign paramount—and
we are sure better days are not far off.— True Sun.
Li\ kki-ool, April 2;>th.—The protracted debate in the
French (chamber of Deputies, on the American In
demnity Bill, was brought to a close on Saturday, when,
as we anticipated months ago, the French made a virtue
ol necessity, ami the bill was carried by a majority of
om hundred and Jiftijtico votes—there being 2811 for, and
137 against it. Every amendment proposed by the op
position (except one) was rejected. Alter the bill was
passed, the opposition proposed, first, that no interest
should he paid, and next, that the interest should com
mence only from the day ou which the bill was passed.
1 he Chamber of Deputies negutived these propositions;
consequently, the whole sum of 25 millions of francs will
he paid, together witli the full interest from the date of
the treaty. The arrears of interest will amount to near
ly 5,1100,000 of francs. All, therefore, that France has
gained by the delay—by the shabby shuttling about the
W noie uusiuesa—t»y me attempted tricking—by the aim
at national swindling amounts to this:—first, that the
national vanity has been sorely wounded by the threats
of the American President; secondly, thut the honor of
France has been tarnished, in the eyes of Europe, by
this swindling transaction; and thirdly, that lull interest
must be paid on the money since the treaty was signed.
All things considered, France comes outo'l the business
in u most pitiful and unenviable manner. It will he a
lesson to Louis Phillippc for the future. As u salvo,
however, to the wounded vanity of the nation, the French
ministers have consented to insert an article in the bill,
to the efleet, that not u single sous of the debt shall he
paid until the Government of the United Slates of Ame
rica shalhnpologize to to the government of France for
the sharp passages in the President’s Message, respect
ing the treaty. The American Executive apologize to
Louis I hillippe and his cabinet! They would as soon
eat the treuly as humble themselves in this manner.
Piusidvnt Jackson might be inclined to say, “ If you
assert that you did not mean to play the rogue, then 1
did not mean to call you a scoundrel;” kut'lhis would
he an explanation from only one part of the Executive,
and,consequently incomplete. Such a stepastliis would
require tiie joint concurrence of the President, the S011
ate and the House of Representatives; and, if we know
any tiling of the Americans, they will never give an
otology for having chosen their own wuy of forcing
France into the payment of a just debt.
\\ hat will be done? Must the matter remain as it is?
No such thing. France must yield. The idea of uu
npology is veiy good, hut that apology will never be
made.
Mr. Livingston will ho recalled, (his time of office be
i ing nearly at an end,) and the French ministry will pre
j tend that this is a virtual acknowledgment, by the Uni
ted States, that their ambassador acted injudiciously!_
I he Americans will get their money, nnd they merit
commendation for the manly manner in which they have
asserted tueir. lights. Cloak the matter as you will,
America has J'rit'httniU France intoconuuon honesty.—
L.ivtrjwul Journal.
London, April «•!.— The Funds.—The prices of the
English !• unds nre little affected by the great political
change, the Whigs coming into office; the prices nre ra
ther higher than those of this day week; the quotation of
Consols last night was 92 ’J-4 7-8; the price lust Friday
was A2 7-8 1-4. }
ENGLAND.
London, April 2f>th.—The following appointments
have been made:
NOT IN THE CABINET.
^ Lord Urotighaui—Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and
Chairman of the House of Lords.
Sir Charles Pcpys and Sir J. Shadwcll—Commission
ers of the Great Seal.
Marquis of Conyngham—Postmaster-General.
Lari of Mulgrave—Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Sir G. Gray—Chief Secretary of Ireland.
Lord Plunkett—Chancellor of Ireland.
Sir Henry Parnell—Paymaster-General and Treasurer
of the Navy.
Mr. It. J. Stanley and Mr. F. Haring—Secretaries of
the Treasury.
Mr. It. Gordon—Secretary of the Admiralty, f
Hon. Fox Maide—Under Secretary of the UJue De
partment. i*.
Mr. Lnbouchnre—Vice President of the Hoard of Trade,
and Master of the Mint.
Lord Seymour, Mr. W. II. Ord—I^ords of tho Trea
!>ury.
Admiral Adam, Captain Elliott, and Lord Dalmeny_
Hoard of Admiralty.
Loionci lentil lluy—IMnutor (»encral of the Ordnance.
. *crrin and Mr. O’Loughlin—Attorney and Soli
citor-Generals for Ireland.
Mr. Culler Ferguson—Judge Advocate.
Mr. Murray—Lord Advocate for Scotland.
Sir J. Campbell and Mr. Rolfe—Attorney and Solici
tor-Generals.
Mr. C. Wood—Secretary of the Admiralty.
Admiral Sir \V . Parker and Sir fJ hoinas Troubridire—
Lords of the Admiralty.
1 lie Duke ol Argyle—Master of the Household.
The Earle of Albemarle—Master of the Horse.
1 lie Marquis ol Wellesley—Lord Clinndierlain.
The Hon. Alexander Baring has been raised to the
peerage, by tho title of Baron Ashburton, in the county
of Devon. J
'1 lie clergy of Geneva have published an admirable ad
dress to the Protestant congregation of the canton, call- j
ing upon them to join in the solemn celebration of the
approaching Jubilee of the Reformation. In order to
commemorate the conclusion, in August next, of the I
third century that has elapsed since that great event, di
vine service is to be performed simultaneously through
out the territory; medals have been struck, and a histo
ry ol the progress and consequences of the Reformation
written, and both will be distributed to the Protestant
youth «>t Geneva; while the Reformed churches through- 1
out the Christian world, me invited to a consentaneous j
celebration of fhc day, and to assist by their representa- 1
lives at the solemnities at Geneva.
J1ivox.sk, April 1<),—'| lie letters from Pnmpetuna are 1
dated the JTtliinst. Nothing particular had taken place
exeept that, by a decree just published, Guneinl Valdez
his assumed the chief command, in the place of Mina, of
tile v hole el the troops in Navarre, the Basque provinces,
Arragon, iVo., consequently alter the conference with
Don Carlos, Lord Elliott will proceed to the head quar
ters of Valdez, probably at Logromo.
'I he Queen s Government appears now to be aclinft
with becoming energy, and nothing whatever ran war
rant, at all events for the present, aimed French inter
vention.
MARKETS.
Livr.neooi. Cotton Mshkkt, Friday, April 15 — The
transactions continue to be extensive; speculators and
exporters have bought freely, the former taking JfiHrt)
bales of Am. and the latter 2500. The market is steady
lor American descriptions, without improvement in pri
ces, sive for good and prime qualities, which are ra
tio r dearer. Brnrilsarc l-4d per lb. higher, and the Su
“l -auction to day went oft with spirit, placing them
l-2d to 3-4d per lb. higher than last week. The import
is 12,041 bugs, and the sales 33,570 bags, viz: 320 Hen
Island. 21 1-2 to 2s. 4d.; 50 stained do., Itfd. to 20d ;
H 0.,0 bowed, 0 3-4 to 12 1-2 ; 12.070 Orleans, 0 3-4 to
13 1-2; 2,700 Alabama, Ac., 10 1-4 to 12 l-2d.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Our News Hcliooner hoarded, yesterday n.fernoori,
the ship Joirs Ms ns III CL, Cnpt. Orondell, from G las
gow, 2*'fb April, by which we were politely furnished
with later European ps|*-r*, than we had previously re
ceived. I heir contents, however, are not very important. ■
Lord Elliot (from England) had arrived in Hpain as
a mt dialor between the great hostile parties, vix: the '
Queen, supported by the friends of a liberal system of I
Government, on the one band, and Don Carlo*, backed
fiy the admirers of the old and absolute dynasty, on the
other. Both parties had determined to 'receive him in
the most splendid anti friendly manner. The object of !
bis mission will no doubt be accomplished, and Tea re
(attended by a more happy system of government, and
all the comforts and blessings that attend he r train) once
tuoie throw her cheering mantle over proud Castile.
General Mina had officially resigned the command of
the Queen a army, lie stales that he had never intend
ed. (by reason ot the bad slate of his health.) to assume
the active duties of the field. The stores having now been
brought up, and the army placed in u situation for effi
cient ofll-nsive operation, it requires an active officer to
take the direction and be continually with it. Mina has
had much to contend with, mid has acquitted himself
well. |i is said (Jen. Valdez is to have the command.
In Ireland Mr. O Dwyer lias boon again returned for
Drogheda. On the lirst day the poll stood for Mr.
O'Dwyer lH(i—For Mr. Plunket 100. On the second
day the latter gave up the contest.
lord Haddington (late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland)
had embarked on his return to Lngland.
_ I he Money Market in London hud improved on the
2-ltli. Consols, on the previous day, had reached IKt for
tile account, and on the 2.>th were almost stationary ut
92 7.(3—3. J
,.,Ki*om Havana.—The schr. Lor cl,j Kczia, Capt. Me
William, arrived here last evening from Havana, ily
this opportunity the following extracts of letters have
been received: [Charleston Patriot, May W.
Capt. McWilliain is the bearer of Despatches in Go
vernment.
“ Havana. May 15.
•You are aware, no doubt, that Nassau has been made
a tree port, and several of the Spanish Houses intend to
try that route—that is, they will send their vessels to
ports in the U. S. to clear for Nassau, discharge the curoo
there, so as to get the certificate by means of which to
claim back the duties paid in the U. S., then take in again
the cargo, and bring it here. Unless some further ex
citement is added to the present law regarding the Span
ish (lug, its provisions will be circumvented by the route
to Nassau,and wc call your es|M*cial attention toil. It
remains however a question, whether u!\er all any effi e
tual measures can Ik- taken, as Nassau will probably be
come a depot for your produce, and the Spaniards will
go there direct to purchase it and bring it here."
Grenada.— The barque Alice, at Norfolk, brings pa
pers to tiie 2d inst. The weather has much injured the
prospect ot the crops. ’I he apprenticeship system works
bad:—estates that made from 15 to 20, do not make half
the quantity. The cane fly is destructive to the estates
to the windward. From the port ol Grenville alone, the
export will be 2000 less than last year.—The rum crop
will be small. 1
1 ROM Raima.—Capt. Rope, from Raliia, informs us
that since the risings of the blacks (2-lth and 25th Jan )
the community were in a state of ularm, and frequent
arrests were made of free blacks and slaves.—About 150
to 2tM) had been arrested, and increased restrictions were
put upon the slaves. A jury had been silting most of
the time, to whom the Provisional Government had in
trusted tile hearing and final judgment of those tried,
j Seyeral had been condemned to death, and many to
whippingand protracted imprisonment—among the num
her severul females. 1 he city had been declared under
martial law for 00 days from the 21th March, notice of
winch had been officially announced to the foreign Con
suls. During tile time the houses were to he searched
for suspicious slaves, arms, &c. At the time of the in
surrection, proclamations, executed on wooden blocks,
were found with the insurgents, written, in part of Ara
bic characters and portions of the Alcoran, wherein they
[ bound themselves to each other. There were also
! pamphlets found upon them composed entirely of parts
I ot the Alcoran, also some splendid dresses for tfie in
I tended chiefs.—A”. K. Daily ,‘ldrcrtiscr.
_DOMESTIC.
Several error* boring occurred in tho annunciations
ol the names of the gentlemen invited to attend the
Examination of the Cadets at the Military Academy,
which commences on Monday next, we have been fur
niMicd with a correct list, which will be found below.
1 hose gentlemen to whose names a * is prefixed, have
declined attending.—Globe.
Maine—lion. M. Mason.
Aeie Hampshire—Col. S. Collins.
Massachusetts—"Hon. N. Bowditch.
Connecticut—Rev. J. Cogswell, Ilcv. II. Crosswell.
f,et0 l,n. ®* Green, lion. C. G. Ferris, Gen.
George 11. Davis, "George W. Clinton, Esq., John Hun
ter, Esq., and John A. Graham, Esq., L. I, D
Pcnnsylvauia-Ur. C. D. Meigs, Gen. W. S. Rogers,
Win. Robinson, jr., Lsq., Win. J. Leiper, Esq., Wm. C.
razer, Lsq., '‘lion George M. Dallas and Hon. Calvin
lily the.
F/rWruo—Dr. E. II. Carmichael,Col. John Ilelh.and
lion. 1*. V. Daniel. ’
A'urt/t Carolina—John Bragg, Esq.
South Carolina—Dr. E. S. Davis.
Georgia—C<>1. Wm. C. Lyman.
Kentucky—Thomas J. Few, Esq., and Jos. Holt, Esq
Icnnessec—'lit. Rev. Bishop Uley.
Indiana Dr. E. Newland, and Samuel Milroy.
Alabama—Col. l’eter Martiu.
Mississippi—* Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright.
Army—Brig-Gen. 11. Atkinson.
(t rom the Louisiana Adccrtiscr.)
AWFUL OCCURRENCE.
It is now our painful duty to report the particulars of
that appalling circumstance, which we could only slight
| ly notice, m our number of yesterday, us our impression
was m arly worked oil ut tho time of its occurrence. On
r nday morning, between the hours of two and three
0 clock, (a time when most ofuur citizens arc reposing from
thc|r labors, and perhaps, not even dreaming of the
dreadlul calamities of the fellow creatures,) that a large
and extensive building in Canal street, known as the
1 lanter s Hotel, fell to the ground with a tremendous
crash,and gave a shock to the surroundingneighborhood,
similar to that experienced from an earthquake; un awful
pause ensued for a few seconds, when the smothered
voices ol several unfortunate individuals who were deeply
buried beneath the ruins, issued from the pile; the
alarm bells rang, and hundreds of our efficient fire
men rushed upon the spot, and made every exertion
which humanity could dictate to rescue the miserable
sutlerers from the jaws of death. We understand there
were irom sixty to seventy persons living in the house,
some o whom succeeded in effecting their escape, with
but little or no injury, but we ure sorry to add, that seve
ral have lost their lives or been miserably mutilated.—
How truly do the Scriptures say, “ in the midst of life
we are in death.” Many of those poor creatures had been
joyous and gay in the morning, and at night they went
to bed “to rise no more A/any of them, perhaps,
had taken “ heed for the morrow,” and have been thus
cut off “ in the midst of hope.” God grant we may
be all prepared to meet him, should it “seem good to
him that such a calamity should overtake us i ft is his
mercy that there have not been many more victims in
the list, as the billiard-rooms had been remarkably full,
and several persons whom we have seen had scarcely
quitted them when they heard the crush. As usual on
such awful opportunities, there were some demons in the
shape of human beings, who repaired there for the sake
ot plunder: we are glad to hear, for the honor of our
city, that some of them have been taken and imprison- j
cd in the gaol. During the three day's revolution in I
1 aris, some persons, who were similarly industrious,
were instantly seized, and the populace punished them !
with summary justice; we almsot regret not to have a
parallel to relate, for if summary justice is ever justifia
ble, there never wus a stronger necessity for it than on
the present occasion.
i he following are some of the melancholy particulars :
Mr. Morton, slightly wounded ; Mr. Kennedy, severe
ly injured; Mr. Hannah, dead. These gentlemen, to
getlicr with Mr. (>ril)ith, were nil from Unvis county,
Kentucky. Mr. (Jrillitli was not in 1 a building at the
tune of the catastrophe, but instantly repaired to the
rescue and relief of Ilia friend*. Mr. Talinnn, portrait
painter, had his arm greatly mashed ; Mr. Hans escaped
unhurt; Mr. Morass, slightly injured. The lifeless bo
dies ol Messrs. Mooney and Hopkins weie taken from
under the ruins, at about two o'clock, yesterday. Mr.
II. Center, exchange broker, escaped uninjured ; Mr. E.
Eller, dead; Mr. Ennis, of the Daily News, bruised;
Mr. (Jailbird, clerk to Messrs. Ainsley A Ityan, wound
ed ; Mr. Ellis, bruised; Mr. Armstrong, Jr . hurt.
Mr. Cullerton was saved by a beam resting on the bed
po»ts; he extricated himself by making a passage through
the partition to the next house; he escaped with a sliglit
scratch. b
A Frenchman, name not known, severely injured.
Various reports are In circulation as to the number of
persons who were within the walls when they gave wny;
but it is supposed there were not less than sixty. What
became of the whole of them, can only be surmised;
many, it is said, miraculously escaped nt the instant,
while one shudders to think of what the ruins may yet
conceal from the view.
The thanks of the community is merited by Mrs. Khali,
who, with the most active humanity, threw open tin
doors ol her Jioiisc, situated on the opposite side of the
street, for the reception of the wretched sufferers, where
every cars ami attention that (behest feelings of our na
ture coold dictate, is bestowed upon them.
The numerous firemen and other citizens vied with
each other, on this occasion, with such noble efforts as to
preclude our having an opportunity of particularizing.
The f.holers has again appeared in the city, hut cor- \
tninly not to such an extent nor with such aggravating
symptoms ns to excite apprehensions in those who are
temperate in their drinks, abstemious in their diet, and
careful in their habits. Most of the cases that have oc
curred were of persons arriving on board the steam
boats, whore they had become careless and intemperate;
ami many of them were but the progress of disease from
dysentery to diarrhea and death. Hut every fulal in
disposition must now lie termed cholera.
There have not been less than about MO or lf»0 death*
from Cholera dining the past 10 day*, hut in almost eve
ry instance those cases have been confined to the Icvoo
— passengers on hoard steam or flat boats. Should not
some municipal code of sanitary laws be established on
this subject t There is not very much fear of the cholera
spreading among our citizens, as the disease is proved
to be not Contagious; and precautionary measures should
be adopted for the sake of all.—ffeto Orltans flee.
Nonrot.* Hr rai.i>—Extra. )
Thursday, May IfBth.Oo'clock. P. M I
THE POR'I UGvEnk IN8URGENT8.
The Portuguese schr. Ho* Nova, Dernardo Raggio,
commander, nrrivedbero this morning from Kt. Thomas,
having on board 1V> officer* and troops of the Portuguese
battalion which revolted and committed the horrible out
rages at Port Praya, of tvhich so account has lately
been published. The Boa Nova was one of the two ves
sels, which w<it seized in P. Pray a by the insurgents,
on board of which they embarked with their booty, in
tending to make for the United States. The U N.’s con
sort (with all the valuable plunder on board) preceded her
a few days, with the understanding that she was to touch
at the port of Bravo, for provisions, and wait the arrival
ot the If N.j but when the latter arrived, the other sclir.
had obtained her supplies, and put to sea, since when
they have heard no tidings of her. The Boa Nova then
set sail for the United States, via St. Thomas, where
alio slopped 801110 time, and nliippcd as na visitor, Mr.
Beniamin Webber, ol Beverly, (Mass.) second mate of
the late ship Columbia (cast away) und two American
seamen, to take her to Philadelphia; after a passage ol* 12
days, she arrived offthe Capos of Virginia, when being
nearly out of provisions and water, puliuto this port for
sundries.
A few hours after the sclir. anchored in our harbor,
t.ie Portuguese Consul, Walter de Lacy, Esq., made ap
plication to the civil authority for the arrest of the persons
on board oi lier, on a charge of piracy, and the Mayor ac
cordingly took measures for transferring them from the
vessel, under a guard ol the volunteer companies of the
Borough, to the Navy Yard for safe-keeping, to await
the decision of the District Judge on the case; hut before
this was done, the Consul, upon a representation that the
sclir. was under the Brazilian Hug,and therefore not with
in his jurisdiction, withdrew his motion for the arrest.
The Mayor then convened a Court to consult upon
the case, which on as full an investigation us could
be* obtained, decided that the civil uuthority of the
State had no jurisdiction over it. There was no
evidence «»f any act of piracy having been committed: for,
although in the flint instance they compelled ilic cuplaiti
of tho sclir. to take them on board, he still held
Concession of her, and was paid to his satisfaction for
ringing them over to the United States.. As the per
petrators of an ntrocioiis crime on the Portuguese ter
ritory, of which the evidence was strong enough to have
justified their arrest and detention on the application of
the Consul, under a treaty stipulation with other powers
in utility with the United Stales, they were also beyond
the jurisdiction of our Courts, there being at present no
such stipulation in our treaty with Portugal. This is
to lie regretted, as such an accession to our population is
notut all desirable. They dignify their atrocities ut Port
Prava with the name of revulution, and thus seek their
justification. They come ashore in squads and parade
the streets with the nonchalance of old acquaintances:
we have seldom seen bolter looking men—quite military
in their carriage and cleanly in their persons. Their arms
were all left at St. Thomas.
The vessel, though hound to Philadelphia, will not we
understand, be permitted to proceed until her character
is satisfactorily ascertained.
Mil. Livi.voston.—A letter from Paris, dated April
22d, stale* that Mr. Livingston would sail from Havre
on board the Constitution frigate, bringing the official
intelligence of the passage of the Indemnity Bill, instead
of proceeding to England or Belgium.
Commodore Elliot left Paris on the 21st April, to re
join his frigate.
The debate in the French Chamber of Deputies on the
Indemnity Bill, lias occasioned at least one duel between
two of the members; they exchanged a couple of shots,
without effect, when the nocomls interfered.
H.vktkokd, (Conn.,) Mav 23.
EXPUNGING RESOLUTIONS.
The Legislature has been occupied several days upon
the resolutions disapproving of the course pursued by our
Senators in relation to the President of the United States
—and instructing them to vote for tr/iunging from the
records of the Senate the Resolution condemning the
conduct of the President with regard to the deposited, &c.
Of those who addressed the Chair in support of the Re
solutions, we would mention with pleasure, Messrs.
Wightman of Middletown, Perry Smith of New Milford,
Leman Church of Canaan, Ansel Sterling of Sharon,
and Gideon Welles ofGlasleubury—all of whom we be
lieve fully satisfied the expectations of their democratic
friends.
The vote on the Resolutions was taken hy yeas and
nays, and they were passed by a vote of 111 to 76. Se
veral members who were absent having leave granted
them to record their votes this morning, the majority
will probably be increased.— Times.
Tai.i aiiasskk, May 1(5.
Congressional El.-1 'on.—The principal part of the fol
lowing statement is ..pied from the official returns in
tile Executive Office, to which we have had access,
through the politeness of Mr. Walker, the Secretary
and acting Governor. We take this opportunity to make
our acknowledgment of the receipt of information on
(his subject from several gentlemen at a distance.—
There is now no doubt tliut Col. White has received a
majority of all ths votes in the Territory.
White. Gadsden. Wyatt. A'uttall. Total.
I-ron, I GO 225 220 71 076
Gadsden, UK) 149 7G f> 420
Jefferson, &7 111 11!) 18 365
Madison, 35 2(5 28 5 !'4
Jackson, 243 72 57 13 385
Washington, G!) 5 12 1 «8
Franklin, 45 23 18 81 1G7
Escambia, 2G5 18 4 1 288
Columbia, 4 10 103 28 115
Alachua, KM 5 58 22 18!)
Duval, 104 2 21 127
Munroe, 57 14 1 72
13G3 Util 693 287 3016
Uy the Governor of the Commonwealth of l iroiniu
A PROCLAMATION.
HAVING received information from the Sheri AT of
1 loyd County, that the following persons, lately
confined in the jail of that county, to wit: Joseph Moles,
who has been convicted of passing a counterfeit Rank
note, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years ;
John A. Helms, charge^ with passing a counterfeit
Bank-note; and David ArtClanahan, who was charged
with unlawful und mulicious maiming, have made their
escape therefrom, and arc now going at large :
Now, therefore, I, Littleton >\aller Tazewell, Gover
nor of the said Commonwealth, hove thought proper to
oiler a reward of one hundred dollars each, lor Moles
and Helms, and fifty dollars for AlcClanohan, to any j»er
son or persons who will npprehend either or all of the
aforesaid fugitives, and dc.irer them to the Jailor of
Hoyd county : And Ido moreover require all officers,
both civil and military, and request the good people of
this (voiiuiiouwealth, to uut* their beat exertions to appro*
lie mi the said fugitives, that they may be dealt with uc
cording to law.
Given under my hand, as Governor, and under the
lesser seal ol the Common wealth, at Rich
fska!..] niond, this 2!>th day of May, L-35.
LITT’N W. TAZEWELL.
uesrription.— Joseph Moles is a young mnn, about
22 years of age, with blue eyes, fair complexion, sandy
coloured hair, live feet eight or ton inches high, with
some scars on his face, occasioned by fighting.”
“ John A. Helms, about the same age of Moles, five
feet, six or seven inches high, with dark hair and eyes.”
11 David Mr.Clanah.tn is a middle-aged man, a low,
square-built fellow, of rather loose habits.”
Ilj the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHERE AS a vacancy hath occurred in the Senate
of this State, in the District composed of the
counties of Brunswick, Dinwiddle and Greensville, by
the resignation of George C. Dromgoolc :
Now, therefore, I, Littleton Waller Tazewell, Gover
nor of the saitl Commonwealth, have thought proper to
direct the Sheriffs of the counties of Brunswick, Din
u iddie, and Greensville, to hold an election on the Court
days thereof, in the month of August next, for a member
ol tlie Senate of this State, to fill the vacancy aforesaid.
Given under my hand, as Governor,’and under the
lesser seal of the Commonwealth, at Rich*
[Seal ] mond, this 23th day of May, 1K15.
LITTLETON W. TAZEWELL.
June 2. F—w4w
PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE TOWN LOTS.
Will be sold publicly, to the highest bidder, in the
town of lloydton, Va., on Thursday, the IBtli day of
June next, at the front door of N. B. Wilson’s Hotel, on
a credit of twelve months, between 25 nnd 30 beautiful
building Lots, running from the corporation line of the
town of lloydton, to the line of Randolph Macon College,
(which is within 200 yards of the building;) an avenue
GO feit wide is laid olf, on which all front; they con
tain from two to four acres each, all in woods, and
most of t hem nre well timbered. Persons desirous to
educate their children in the best manner, and withal
to settle in a healthy and desirable country, would do
wi ll to attend the sale. None of the lots are more
than three quarters of a mile from the College.—The
nourishing condition of the institution, am) the general
good health of the neighborhood, would make this place
a desirable retreat in summer for persons residing in the
lower country. A mup of the lots may be seen at any time,
by applying to the subscriber. The snlo will commence
at 12 o'clock, and every lot offered will be sold, without
reserve. WM. TOWNES.
Buydlon, Va., 2(ith May, 1B.15, t^—Gt
itiLLurs i:\niA \li;
AS* I) LOTTERY Of VICE, Riehmond, Virginia.
Drawn Numbers of the
VIRGINIA DISMAL SWAMP LOTTERY, No. 11,
Drew 30tli May :
21 2 GO 73 23 07 13 II 54 33 70 14 17
Whole ticket No. 2, II, 23, sold to a gentleman in
Richmond. Half ticket. No. 2, 23, 73, sold to a gentle
man in the country. Half do., No. 14, 70, 73, do. to a
gentleman in the country.
All sold, and will (as usual) be paid at sight, by
_ _ BIGGER.
Another <Urj*ii<! Scheme !
0 r$’.10,000 Capital—and 15 Prizes, each of $6,000 ! /fl
VIRO/JYIA DISMAL SWAMP LOTI fit Y,C\n»*fto.13,
Will be drawn at Alexandria, 2/tli June, 1B35. ’
GO No. lottery, 10 drawn ballots.
Granh CafITai.*:
1 prize of $30,000,15 of 5,000,1 of $4.000 $3,000, $2-500,
$2,000, and $2,100, each ; 25 of $500, Ac.
Tieheh $10, tlalres $5, (jnartrr* $2 50.
, Orders meet the most prompt Attention.—Address
• HO B BIGGER, Richmemd, Va,
June 2. tj. !jit
Richmond, V»., Tuesday, Juueil.
tiii: BALTIMORE com t:.\no.\.
N\ e concur with mostol the leading sentiments i»ihe
following Communication from one of the most re»p«ct
ahlo Delegates of the late Convention.—For ourselves,
we shall go for Martin Van Huren. as President of the
IJ. Stales—but not for Richard M. Johnson, us Vi«v
President. With all our respect for this gentleman, we
cannot support him for that office—Hut we earnestly re
commend R to our Correspondents, to avoid all illiberal
and irritating discussion upon the subject. Let us “cj
tc.nuutc nothing ’ of the services of Col. Johnson, and*,
above all, “ let us not set down a word in mulirc.” We
recommend the same caution to our Republican Hre
thren elsewhere. Passion, impetuosity, violence, may
essentially injure our cause. A little discretion may
save us from the urts of our enemies ul home, and the
dissciilions of our friends at Baltimore.
W lien our Delegates met their Republican brethren,
ill the Convention, they cordiully united with them in
the nomination of .Mr. Van Huren. Here we think iliey
should have paused-as soon ns it was ascertained that
they were divided about the Vice President.—It would
have been better, in our humble judgment, to have trust
ed to time, (and we have IB months still before us.) to
bring about a better concert of operations, than to have
proceeded to make any nomination, which is more cal
culated to distruct than to unite us.— Hut, situated as
we are, what are we to do? We must rally around the
nominee for the first office—We must keep our Party
united upon this man, who will carry out our principles.
Hut, though Virginia cannot support Col. Johnson, for
the second office, vve must patiently await the progress
ol events, and avoid all divisions and angry discussions,
us tar as possible. '1 hough we ca/inol support him, yet
vve feel u due respect for his services. We ntuku
every allowance lor his friends. We see the designs of
our enemies, and the mischiefs which threaten our Party.
We must cultivate harmony among ourselves. As an
essential means to this desirable object, vve must retrain
from all unnecessary and irritating discussion. Ry pur
suing this course, what follows? Time will allay tho
irritations which have been already excited. We keep
united upon the Presidency. We avoid all tlirisions
upon an office, which however important in its own
character or in its contingencies, is of a secondary
and subordinate consideration. We leave it to future
events to produce greater concert of operations. The
Republicans will correspond, and amicably consult each
other s wishes. As one of the Delegates writes us, ‘*vve
vy»I1 have this matter properly adjusted in our Legisla
tive Caucus." 'l'lie members of the Stute Legislatures
may be fortunate enough to devise some mode for pro
ducing conciliation and concert. And if every thine
else should fail, we must nominate our own Electors*,
with instructions to vole for Mr. Van Huren, and with
the discretionary power of voting for such Vice Presi
dent, ns in their opinion may be most strongly recom
mended by Ins own qualifications, and the circumstan
ces of the case.
.is things nrc nt present, this is our wisest course._
Are we mud enough, to break up the whole Republican
party, on account of any quarrel about an individual
candidate, or about a secondary otiicc in the Govern*
meut ? Do wo not know that the Whigs are chuckling
at the prospect ot our divisions? They wore beaten
almost overwhelmed in Virginia—and they are sciz-’
ing upon tiiis new torch oi discord, to blow us into a
name, and to destroy us by our own divisions. Hut then
trill again Ji ml them selves mist a ken. Their new bubble
will hurst,before it is fully blown.
We should indeed be the infatuated dolts they wish
to make of us, if we were to full into their devices. ‘ They
uro now attempting to sow the seeds of dissolution
among us. There is not a Bank man, nor an Internal
Improvement man, nor a Federalist, nor u Nullificr, nor
a violator of the great Right of Instruction, nor a Whig
of any hue or complexion whatsoever, hut is delighting
hi nisei I at the prospects ol some dissension in our ranks.
Their only chance of success is drawn from our divisions.
// the great Jlcpublicati Party should /c broken up, wo
pray you mark the consequences. The Bank man alrea
dy Hatters himself with the renewal of his charter—the
Nullificr, with the promotion of Mr. Calhoun—the Fe
deralist with an extension of the powers of the General
Government—-the \V higs in \ irgiuiu ojoMakiug courage
in the midst of their despair, and arc iiImiJv urging upon
Mr. Leigh to retain his scat, and set at defiance the will
of the People, and the Instructions of the Legislature.*
The great Right of Instruction, so dear to Virginia, is to
be sacrificed by the Whigs, as soon as the Republicans
quarrel and divide. i hi« is one of ilie great triumphs
which they promise themselves from mr divisions.—
Another is, to defeat our candidate for the Presidency
to take the election from the People, and transfer it to the
II. ot R. For, already we find them more animated in
pushing Judge While in the South where they were pre
viously preparing to abandon him—And in the North
the friendsof Mr. Webster are rallying with determined
spirit. For example, an invitation is given in the Bos
ton Centmcl of the 23d i nst. in these terms:
“'1’lie Winns of Boston, and its vicinity, and all otlieis
friendly to the nomination of Da.niki. Wfmsteu, for
President of the United States, are invited to assemble in
Fanned Hall, on Thursday evening, the 23ih inst., at
half past 7 o'clock. ’—(Signed by Mr. Appleton, and
more than 300 of the Boston Whigs.) The “Cuutincl ”
in making this annunciation, calls the notice of its read
ers to this “meeting of citizens in the old cradle of liber
ty, to consult on the present political condition of the
country, anil to concert measures for concentrating the
public sentiment in favor of the elevation of Daniel Web
ster to the Presidency. We say to concentrate, because
it is manifest that the public sentiment is already deep
and Strong, and extensive in favor of that incomparable
Statesman, end all that is uatiling is to have it embodied
and concentrated to a point. Kvery intelligent man in
tile nation, who is nut an office-holder, an office-seeker,
or blinded hv sectional prejudices, is ready to say, at once,
that Daniel Jf ebster transcends all his competitors in point
of talent, experience, and comprehensive rie.ics ns a States
man.”—“The proposed meeting in Faneuil Hall is invited
by a lar ge number of the most respectable citizens of Bos
ton. 1 hey constitute the hone and muscle of our busi
ness community. They are neither office-holders nor
office-seekers. They are intelligentolfltp radical men,
seeking only the permanent good and honor ofllie conn
try. As such, how do they appear in contrast with the
time-serving hirelings, who have sent their agents to
Baltimore, to nominate u man for the most illustrious
office in the world, who has no more prominent claim to
the sufl'rnges of tin-people, th.iii is derived from l.is be
ing the nomikf.k of Andrew Jackson, and Hie Chief of
V — 000,1 “,ltr »'C nomination of Daniel
Webster by tins members of the Legislature, we suggest
ed in the G’entinol, that a meeting of citizens ou”ht to
be held in Fnneuil Hall, to concentrate, the public opinion
toward the great object ice hud in view. The meeting bus
been deferred, but it is never too late to perform our du
ties ns good citizens, and we trust that the meeting of
next week, will be crowded and effectual.”
Khali we then throw away our advantages, break up
the Republican party, for a subordinate consideration
break down ail those great principles, which constitute
their creed—assist the re-charter of the Bank, destroy
tli® gtriR Right of Instruction, defeat an election by the
1 <*opIe, and (runt it to the intrigues and mnnagpincnt of
a drilled party in the House of Representatives? And
what inducements have we to commit such a political
suicide i Because we now differ about the man, who is
lobe run for the uccond ollico under nomination. Huch
madness will scarcely characterize the good and wise
People of Virginia. We teli these worthy Whigs, that
in these airy dreams of success, we not only trust, but
j believe, that they will find themselves most egrcgiously
deceived and disappointed. b *
As for ourselves, while we freely announce that we
cannot go for Col. Johnson, we will do all that is fairly
in our power to avoid every thing which may be calcu
lat'd to irritate hi* friends, or divide our own ranks. We
reooinincnd the same course to our Correspondents, to
our friends in Virginia, to our Republican brethren every
where.—Good sense may keep our wounds from fester
ing. Time may soothe and heal them altogether. We
shall, therefore, cultivate harmony with "our distant
friends. They should do the same by their brethren in
Virginia.—We can assure them, that in recommending
Win. G. Rives, our Delegates were not actuated by any
narrow, local, or ambitious spirit. They considered him
as one of the most prominent Republicans in the Union
—and especially us one, who, at this peculiar moment,
I represents in Ins own person the great and vital princi
ple ol Instruction, and who bail been llic greatest stil
ferer and martyr in tbc cause. But, we are not wedded
to Win. C. Rives. We would most cheerfully support
Philip P. Harbour. VVe would take up Williani 8inith,
who ling endeared himself to the Republican Party, by
bis long devotion to our Stale-Right Principles_of
which ilcvotion, he has lately given a splendid evidence,
in his magnanimously withdrawing from a contest for
Congress, Itecause be would not purchase his election by
sacrificing his Principles.! In fact, we would cheerfully
compromise with our brethren of the West, upon all fair
•“Wo believe, (say* the Hallimorc Patriot, sad the expression has
l.oeo eagerly repeated |,y othe. Whigs,) that the proceedings of ths
Van Huron .Convention will resultyn thlsi Virginian »ill not nt.
tempt toinslrnel Mr. Leigh out of lii« seat. Mr. Philip P. Harbour
will be placed upon the ticket with Judge White, which will secure
for it thn support of nil tb« Poulh tn>l Ifo ftoslh-wmt,” tie., lie,
f As Mr. flolleman declared inwhe Pa Iti more Convention_>'“Alter
the very Stonnefil display that luul just hern heard, he Mi hottnrl i«*
slsto to tire ('.invention the motive* which l.ail actuated Ihe dclcgo
(ionof (tin Old Dominion. f*hc had never tret a sktnl nor sought for
office—nil she rcfioired was, a guarantee for;th« pro*ertntlvn and
maintenance of her principles. Hers was a a’tcrn. a strict, an un
yielding, and iindeviatiiig respect for the principles of the Consti
tution.
Mr. If. proceeded in substance to say, that Virginia was ready to
support any man who was nf her principles, nnd professed the Jrfrrr
aonran doctrines, whether he were from the Old Dominion or not;
and that it would be in vain, an absolute absurdity, Tor the Virginia
D'*I"gO on to reeon.mend a man of opposite principles to the people
of that St jte, anj such the tbbrdioil considered Cel Jnhnsott to be”.