t f t j :-. ',,e - ..
ii,,,,:'!?sriw
fC.e Hullo, -e Atneriraa.
V .i.:;(J-:;t.Apiit 27. T
..- , r "'
IVrrc-tatatives. A 's;n as
. 4.,'i u are LiaiM
C.
.! urrs, wiihd' -drops jjlisi u:;
: M. ttv fepWil fi e, " ' :
t L i :i
u cull for ilitc.
r. r.r.i
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' rs, r.r: 1 tl i
' -.J ill,-:-. IiLLsy
. s j-.'.Jn. I and
A . l cf ts ("f ; r .i d r.
AT -.Ci, .V, f, cf il.j Ij'.U k: t. snir:
"Djiina rrct : - cursi:jn threv!) t
P.ifJIo mt J upcr pan of the i!iate, wc wt
yratif.-d t! the prospect .f i abtinhit
Wheat crop, Georgia never before
I i.ir..wJ so itr : a rrop, tnr Ms fir'-aranccs
i.-.:r indie-itrd . l ug-? anavengs jitlJ.pr
cere. A rn 'j tIiv ui t!iu c rr;-crrp, which
l ww .it', was up on tho 1st instant and
IticJ well; i;i'Hi cottun ha? alio been plant;.
i-ii. - ' ' - ' :
' Ii 1 , nir( Af Ha omiM.v At irn
.vp t"!v prou-ising, and fill mora forward
At t f tfccui t!.c nrnrpi-ci of the wheat crop
mh.iJ to liatigurvu. hn chnnzei of the wea.
lher,w.."o't miy iKt ur within a few days.
.' The Crept in F'"iU.'Vvi Tutlahasie
l'liti !isn of ifirs 2.Vh ult. aiv We were very
iitu"h t Ton y-sj on our recent visit tfl Jefferson
r.bscrvc i!. 1 forward Ktute of tho crops in
Irun and Jriforson co-.jntie, considering the
r dJ atiJ backward pri;y we have experi
rnccJ. J 1.3 s'.-nJ of rum tin i cotton is tcou.
tifu. aud tuc i ! i::l.n:ionv. nvilv " : U tvorkrJ,
I riJifat t!ie primped f a t:.! reward to t!
Winter. ThB l-if, wo nrti informed, thci
rnntrary Vforc the summer is ever. Such
Mtuson, if it should continue, will produces oft
Umndunt reward to tho Uubbnudnnn.
V: nwi r.n .r-
t noiit.C!
Then,
, ihn " itirti.il tnd (jcn icaJj Mr. C.i. IogTS'll
r- ;d:;iaV'J "ruvi; to ir. . i a fcrinal
Utjtcti'n bein;; fnadu fro:n.sevpra! q'larir rs,
ho cmretl a sup:n:siuo tf the Rules, 6J Ute
motion provaiU J, yeas 10-, nays 25. ;
: Mr. Inrrsu! jhen rrprwttd what ho Jnd
sa:4 uira lonm r vecasion ia n Iiti-n tactile
unexpected diCijtfirifS he had ,!- 'e
Sinte Department1, relatje1o the y :ioc?
f rMr. Wcbsierl ypm t:ie tccvpuoa oi
iho President's iless:igo declinint; to ivc
tin? rinuired inforrinilon, he, &Ir. ineisoH,
ht'S cuutenrcd. tnmseii wnn mertj biuim
that thf chari;3 cou?l be prved by tha eyi-'d-ecc
in'lhc Department,, He did not thon
nroccc J further, lciii3 he wns s i advi- I
bv ' " I'i tends, under th impression that Mr.
VVtWJ;cr himself xirnud demand on investig!-1
iwn As this haft n:t b-o done, aud as
, - " i..... . a t-;:"iK.5-.i,'.. a I":-'1'
o cr llic lea 1 ' I ,
ihcrs, t;Ank ofthecj i ;
Whi n soft fe!jr..jcrs oVr me 8.a!nv;t
Andstft iitons m revealing r !4
All thy v. on ted rhirms to me;, j, p
Then, ls then, I'll think nf thee! ! ,
-"VI;nn before my Miker LenJinz, j
And r.y Viice nr prayer's asct'ndinjj, 1 .
There, while on tha bonded arv9 .
' I will lever think. of tlict! i t "
; ; t"TlSl, , , j Mr W. had dtniteU jhe truih of tho cfprjie;
Bread from Heaven A ..very ftnuhnr i, nil.v r,.i. ,i hia duiv to' come forward with
..nf ! mI. in'titti rw-rurrvt ia tTi Parhalie I t- . ' t - " " ft I i
,f Anatolia, in Asia Micor. faey were
starving at that place for! wnnt of. -food,., and
biefl reiterated his
nn extraordinary imcrposition of ;f'rofidencc
had been manifested m their TehaIL . A glu.
tinous substance n jnanntf of, whic they
makebrend, has fallen jn immensa.cjaantities
in adistti-t of that coun'.ry. lh;a loodissell-
lug publicly at 17s per quarter
tcjinolcucr from Sinvrni, dted March 7
;This is Sa
1 840, f received ,in papers by
which, if uue will create a fcat srnsntion
in the rtlijiums world, beio u:i, event simiUr
to tiio raining ot manna to tna svarvtng ureai.
;ttcs kl; the Jesert. j . J l-l " I 't "::
' ?.rlcm Definitions. ,Latly. A fi'maje with
Lcr head stuvk in a si!! bonnet, ,hr I waist
puckared into tho circumferencei of o! junk
buttle; an enormous bustle, and a"' hole iu the 0f pre"jdcnt.
ho
His pnmfs
Mr. Ingcrs'tU then
charffri. vhruh' were:
lt: UciUwful me of the secret service
fund, l'';v4-?-;.V "' ""'1 V
t ' !lTic.irTiIirnnnn 'nf or I Aim! In rorriif
- " II ' 7 .
iii party press. ' - x
- 3 d. Leaving tle Staid Dfparlraent, as
defaulter.' ' i - .'"!
Mr, Inersbll then proceeded to show that
h'jcl of her stocking.
tha. steamer,! ti,u sCfe"i Servic Fund Ayas always- kcrjt
in the hand of the'disbursinr r-'ent of tho
Dfparimrnt, and tlfst, contrary to nllformeivj
' it. u t ..m. "f .u r. ,.i...UJ:i
usagp, iur., tiusiur, uunu in iirsi iwcito
inonihs of hisadnunistrhtion of that ! Depsrj.
meni, drew, payable to oicti oraert itie
sum of S 15.000. 3 Also that there was cvt
tit nri in tha Drriartment " to' show Ihut thi
proceedinr; did not meet with the approbation
j Gentleman. A man with a loh n
hand,-a sword-cane n tho oi! .r,
cents tn his pocket, and, no s
L ' I
in p!
Of this 515.Q00, Mr, Webster, returned
-CI ftnnnrt ir, T.mo nnrt 5l Aiaft vn:PttTi4J 1
triatfie naTt of which was ftnoliedto the cor-
tuption of the public prea-9,Lhroujrh the ngencv
I,)r a: of Mri F. O. J. Smith. ''After Crediting sun;.
inntoo, dunngtho tune ir . ..ich they .
hold thtir icspectiw oGo. ; three inc. . .
of tho iloc; tos;t iher wl.'.i six ulhrr p. io.o;i,
other than i-cmbers cf Conrcii f h "shall
be the duty 3a id Regents . tir c to be
erected on tha public grounds of .tlu4 citva
sinu;bh' baildin uf plain and dvirb!o m-.leiP
iiiS without ur.n:cesiary .oriiaiTHt und "of
sufF.cituiLMZ, for tho roeepun of olj.ts
01 naiur;u insiory, Ucoi.tgy. ci3. ocv.
An annual appropriation front th fand
825,003 is to bonadi by the Kvfintt, fr
lhe, gradual fumi?5 nlJT a library. The
clauses of the Bill i.-vin rcfererico foh clurc
wervall stricken ml'. It is bijjhly prohibit
that the Senate will mleris!4r ttnieiitf ihe
Bill, byt it is to La hoped that after fi, long a
delay ll e rrrrnsu: "will pass in sotn shape. .
The (loua. - a'.jourued,, to mei; at nine
o'clock, A". M. to m'jirow, after wliich they
will aj-arn la Monday next. ' J ,J
win t.. j Senate, Mr. Jarnarjin, in pursuance
of r.'):.je, jnirotiucc'd his - joint (esoluiions,
providing for the esiablishnr-r.'. of., a Home
fioard of Commissioners to aj'Jit I the claims
ot our ciiizetis, upon Mexico. They wer
rt'lerreit to the Committee on ron-Mrn
Relmions. . " The preamble to tlio fesolunous
sets forth in very 'strong language, "the con
duct f Mexico in hitherto refusjnf to come
to a settlement, and lorejectin every pacific
overture, thus taiving to tljr Government
onlythe alternative of the absolute abandon
mcnt of the riiiht f hor cKizens or to resort
to more effective measure (ot ihtir vindica-
tion
The following isafconT of lha first rcsolu
lion: , - ; j
Be it Uesoicffd S-c. That the Pfeside
and ha is .heptby authoiized and ejnpowered,
by and vvatf the consent of. the Synate, to
appointthree suitable persons josteommis
iones, togejher with oho .to afk" as, their
srereiarT. wno shall constitute ai ' osaru to
old its sittings in the city ofWashington at
an early day fo ba . fixed by the Resident;
lhatthu said board, when organized, shall
bo authorized and empowered lo .receivjB, ex-:
r . 1 r 11. 1 1 11 ' . 1 . l .
limine, anu unaiiy aeciue, u cj.Mpwyoi 1110
ntitprili...)tf tlrit ary ..;.a:y can bo mad;.
j T1:e n i'itio:iof I. rier i- of s. 3 vilu?i
,. ! the II Bay Coir i.-y, but of r.one
CiitUh "v
vires render il try '
oiitckml wtii ho in . : '
rouifUV anf very pit:dilyi
approhil thai tho stutemi'tit made in h
Iroin . vv"rp nt -tutl uiMruciiu.'.s ,j
!
litol
i
7-
Vtrite sant f kj-J
rriiai', ZZvtT T5 Iff".
ha
U t rroyt
I ,al.
There
?iid siiiw
hootl.
adr bi;ea suii to Mr.
WM. A.
OF O
VAHAii;'
ite to rcpresriit
itat.re Lrnci o. tu:r
il . VftH,
iidentbe,
' Washington MAY 2
was a vioU'iit jui A tiijiht, which
ittm-e i t!i JfJl iu.ihbir.
J11 ctrctis, a; Gyorgetuwn,, under a
spacious 'pavilion iif canvass, had attracted
some thousands of peop'-le, and the performance
was going on withspirit, when, suddenly,
lowo came lha wfiole pavilion upon the heads
of. tho spectators men", - women, children,'
horses, wr"ffij:rQded together, heaped
one, uponjlinvtther-r-sme shrieking and some
cursip s unc cutting ' ..eirt way through the
b .Jf I A . IT .. I' ......t:: .lit fr"f . . .
cajnass, itormin; uhoj; r,a 11: re extraora-j .iojtii canduiate 10 nprcsoni ouncoaiiKi
Atv exhibition lhan the soectittorsi had bar! i cua7 n iLo.loAcr Uancb of tlicrct I-ib.atur
wainedfor, ulihoygh many wonders had
We are authorise !
Raster as a ea" ..
count via the IIeircs(
LcjHs-'dlure. f
Wo are aulliorh:cJ Ij a ir.C3
a rinuiuaw w i j" j ' -"v. up.-.
in iae iirprr?cntaiive urancu hi . -i lai.u j,
Mr. A: ' in: Yt 1 r reqne . . ' sj j Uiat la-Qf
. M ATTli CA' - J . iMMON . a r 'iidUrte jf
n-prt-sent t' cou:ttk'S of Cherokee, Mr - a npj IIdj,
woo.l int., r . ..atcoftlie next.Lrs:IaK::c. Mr.Coin.
oonis a Iit j lican ;tod and t cf t.o old Jcj.
fcrson aad vla'oa School. '
-We are authorised to annocne ANTHOXY
T?ie bin-?.
Webster
. . Cropt-ia ' Aljlarnci. The "Monigomcry
Journal of tho 2lKh ult. snvs: . "The season
thus far has proved very unfavorable Id the
corton in thi vrciion; A iargfj portion the
cJ rotted irt thu ground i:hout sprouting,
frnj tho clTuct td" tha continued cold rains in
!tl trch, miking it tseccssary to replant near,
ly iwo-lhirds of the crop. The gensral anil
uisal derm ad ltns s ) exhausted the supplies
f-pare 8tr J, that many planters will not be
?i!o jo replant full crops in consequence. (The
'"stands of Corn, on the other hand, are rep.
resented to bo, generally very., good. Th
fruit season promises abundantly, asihere was
iu lato frost, ; . -
The Cki&ch bug Sroaj and Cropt.Wv
t -jret to learn (says the Columbia CaroliriianJ
lhil tbo Chinch-bug madd its nppearanca in
tho pUniaiions'of tho Fork, in this District;
iu such numbers as to" threaten great injury
to tho jjrain creps and youn corn, iThc
Hun rains'hifh t.t in on M iviay night ast,
will, if they contii.t:'", soon banish them'iand
hat defiance their depredations, andwi!J
insure our planters a full stand of Cottoni
1 Removal oT-Forefcn Bodies from the Eue.
German writer has recently proposed ,thul
when a foreign body. such as rn particle - of
at raw. dust. Sce., gets between the:eyeli
.nndlhe glybeof the cyr, but without' bcin"
infracted, a solution of gum aralir, droned
into' the eye. may be advantageously emiwoy
h! for its extraction, as the solution doCs opt
prwdeco t oy disagrceablo sensation. , 'j
"Srriods Fire ai CihcwhuU A. firo broke
out at Cincinnati, on Ftiday, tti the extensive
Malleable Iron Works of Miles Greenwood,
ufid, oa tho Miami Canal, which id a
hort time was reduced to ashes, when
11 fltuui comju incited to their now scrcw
: i cioryt which wus als .consumed. The
i ssiii material ot" various kinds Is immense!!
Ity this calamity 210 wotkmen are thrown!;
out f employment. 'The total fossis cstimatTi
1 V I at from $"39,000 lo 3100,00'J insurahed.
: $5,000, one half of which falls on the Protect
t on office at Hartford. Wo "notice by he,
. papers that after the firii a gentleman stepped
- op to Mr. Green wno J and handed him $5Q0j
. trl totd him to consider it a loan for 00c
lundied years without interest. j
. . 1 ' j 1
More Repudiation in Pennsylvania. Tjhc1
newspapers sate jihnt six'y ditorecs have
'bii grantad liy tho Legislature ot rcnusjlt
vnnia guiing tho ist session. ', .
dincrent Magazines; all in the
calendar month. It is supposed that- he
will perfirm the task with ca$ei and haVe
two or three davto spare.
:? f ji f ..." :' ; .i. y ,;.::- 1-4
TUero is a law in Newark against "the open
toil of rum-holes." If such a law werb en
forced in the halls' of the! United States Senate
and House of tlppresentativ.es, S im Houston
and Felix" G. MiConnel would have to' keep
netr mouuivtmut.- . t -.1 . - -
h K'--t. i - 1-4; i..; I L h ' -v
i A Fact tho circular of the America'n
Institute of the city of New York,! we find, the
following striking paragraph:
nroMttsed :
'li s -::-pr'jir ; to find thin I r esspntial
daniage wjis done, cxlyri Jifig to : i JiP or
limbs of Jjny of the ihroRg.
- The season is remarkably pl asant, and the
public griinds in tho city present a beautiful,
appeurar.ee. j It , was y part of tho original
design ofj General Washington, that all the
public grounds should be hghfy embellished.
vr After soive yeiirs, a tho general, last "of
th'-counWy increases, the plari will be tarri.
cd'VuC ' I :, J i ,:' I : -L--' - ' ''''"."'!
Neither House of Congress was in Scssion-j
to-diV. Man'v of th Senators aud members
have left iho city on visits oT excursions.
Grrat
National
j James, th? Novelist, has unJortjlc 'i
cqusuerauie uin 01 m-mcy. 10. wruu i.iree ,1 r. ! t
nave! one fashionable' one htstericnl'ond ..v.,..,.,, when h(i - a ."he ffif.e lo lhe ..LouJ,
t S sentimental; to .finiali lha h, in twol rkilrtMt lwn .k..,;! ,lA,ir nh'hm.crk
W-fflcV ot fliny. ccUbrated pharacter; l rroualedv written to lthe President he dill
write a namphlut' cz tinst -tK? ' jCorn Laws: ' ,u - : tliri tx.B L.rrL
and to comm.nco four d fcrSnl talcs four lJw inaujruration rMrPuIk. . The evideoct
in tne suace ot a ..r.ti .u. m- i...h .;a i,,,1 r..r,X
' , 1 in ait if j 1 m iri 'i: sun aaiu buu u uuiuuuu
in the Department. . . J" I
The rules Xvero then bv a vote of 135 tol
22, suspervded to enable Mr, Ashmun to
reply. He did so in a-very severe manner,
prouGuncjng the accusation of Mr. Ingersoljl
lo be tfetirtid that tho respectable; portion
of all parties would be disgusted at the coursi
hehad pursued. lie reviewed some purtions
of the former course of Mr. Intrersolli. ami
,aidit was evident that had Mr. Wobstef
been present, and ias member of the House,
Mr. Ligersoll would'" have bitten his tongue
off before he would have dared to make.ih:
Charges. Ho said it ill, became a man tc
charge another with peculation; who hnc
himself been turned out of office by Presidcn
Jackson for peculntion. .Mr.' A. then refer
ed at some length o! the particulars of the
accounts ot Mr. Ingersoll, when in 1829, he
was tried as a defaulter. .1
Mr. J. II. Ingersoll stated that , he was
employed on that occasion as Counsi f for
his brother, ho would on the honorof a(
gentleman say, that hiis brother having tried
for a long time in vain to bring the Governn
ment to a settlement of his accounts ai last
himself, proposed that the whole matter should
bo suled in that mode, in an hoporableman-l
ner to ihe satisfaction of all parties concern
But, after all, it cannot be expected, that.lhc
exhibition catt equal the Annual - Fair -of the
American (.nstitute in New, iirk, where the
exhibitor is suroof a market -for fhis goods,
uhat;verLhey may be. -7l am toht,.1)y
the way-hy very sa-gacious men, in
and out ofj Congress, tht it is by no means
to be taken for granted yet, tint Tariff of 1842
will b essentia uv altered nl this Session.
Every article which can bo
fnanu!
at home. and which, has received a protective
duiv. for seven consecutive vearsi without a
single except 1011, uas uy, uotne
and conspouenl development
alone, been reduced in price tuthe cohsurn
cr'ibelow the foreign 'cost at the
nosir' the duty."
r . -
competition,
of ir
ingenuity
time
I
of, im
"A IMamond.
Tlie D.iblrtTicga J nnee of lhe 23rd msU
KtVs:- Wc vic:c thown tm iwesoay iast a
.diamond vfjhu first tvatcr about the. size oi
n large pia, beiofiging to the Rev. Pendleton
nJheelt.ttf.llenry county, it,' was found at
iheUnion g M mittrx i-n'g wnr.-Mr.
C.ieck informed m that secrul others had
een found at the same f lace, but not so largo
as lhe onnKhtfwn us. Tliis a a new discover
and one that promises to jpcn .tip to our
S ate vast sources of wealth, as it will give a
tn sh irjipetus lo the energies and tUerprisi
t 1 hose engaged in digging from ih Lowcl
uf tho earth its hiddi n treasures 7 ; ;
cd.
Mr. Ashmun,. after1 paying a h,igh compliJ
ment to Mr.J. R.:Ingerboll. went on ;t6 refer1
to tho facts as he found theni in the ' public!.
documents, and which showed that Mr. C
J. Ingersoll .did not ! pay the balance found
against-him by tlhe ; jury" until nearly; tebi
years afterwards. j Mr., A. - went 9a to say
that iusidious rntternnts nad been made to
induce ex-president Tjler to hrealf grbuud on1
this subject, and to disavow having sanctioned
r.ii ' T.- T- f. 'm ..... WLi.1..
Faught, 11 Cherokee, vas hanged at Table
quah about the first week in April, for lhe
murder of Takatoka,4 which he is said to! aye
confessed, implicating also' five ef. the Starrs,
ftvp other Indians and it white. map, Madison
G(jrring. .. iLv:;--''!-'1 v !', '. '-'I 'J'.'.
1. Another Cherokee named Barrow was con
yicjted the same-week of 'conspiracy to jove'r.
throw the constitution and lawspfjtho natiol,
by. a sj stem of robbery and tnurdeV, end sen
tenced to bo hanged onhe U;h. Tlie ycoh
spiracy" is said to have been extensive 4 nd Uf
lort existence, and thehmiirder'of Takatoka
a as one of its incidents. Th(4 Starrs are nL
cused of having taken a Jeadiripart in ji,
.. "1'he 'Advocate say's:;?-!. pji . ;. i1,.; !.-. .
The extent to which"villainy lis-carried On
in the Western country; is rcallyj astorihihing.
Circumstances have lorg indicated the exiis
teweof a'numerous band of thicyea and' mur
derers, but until recently; so perfect is theiir
organiz ation little or nothing of a positive na
ture has been known of their, opirations:-
Bui from certain revelations that! have' been
mad uiihin a short time past,.wb a re j indu
ced to believe that skilfal management woutd
succeed in bringing the whole a'fTair to ilijght,
an:i iu exposing many of the persons who be.
lorlQ the association.! j1 "' J : J; - '-v- "-"
j-Vor years past a Utrgo numbe of horses
and mules hrve been stolen, and successfully
run! from their owners; and morej recently sev.
era negroes kidnapped !and takea off in the
n- tn.tr.ncr. Tho chain of vi Maris enraed
ui uiis nefariotts business; and by which sev- When Mr' A'T? c?n'
era! men have oeen murdered and robbed, lis ed resoluHoj privtdi
composed of yhitr and Indhnsaridprohabijf
extends from Texas to certain 'parts of M:.
souti, passing through Arkansas, anil I the
Qirokec and Chactaw count rv.t .1 !
! I- The Mormons. We learn; frprrif theiNa
voo Engle tb; all tho Mormon! publications
uiJ 1 j: .: '. j ti . kw 1
iwiu w4i wi&i.iKiiuiuc-u. itie inrcniveisjana
ascertain the
upoQ Mexico.
JFortHriu? Hew Tork City.-
Tb-JJew YorK Herald, of the Hlh inst.
4ayr. ' " .
j will fca s.ee Jy n reference to lhe pro.
ece&ngs if Ike b t-aril of. Aldermen Ust ve-,
r.injjjfthrii a message was received from the.
Mayor, enclosing copy of coinmurttsatton !
recctved by lam-from the Hon. W. L. Marcyv
S -crctary of War, in relation to relinuuh-;
ing poHsession of . Castle Clinton, or as it,
t i commonly called Castle Garden., to the
- General Government, with a view to placing;
in i n sutiable armament, at the sarc? time!
using tho buitiir.g a a school or plare cf in-1
struction for tho military corpse .It-was ?:..
rnatl that it. was, the intention of tUo Gcr.cr
il.(T Werument to" arm th old fort wiih iwen.
ty.six pieces ef ordinance of Lrgo calibre;
- whi!i tl.J fortiil-'i"5" cl the -Narrows,
1 Ttirf'":' Neck, aro to be immediately
rj::.irx.d ia -n.ccmplcte itnta cf defcucs.
tfSnn tluvmnd niirtae pes are' daily scat
tn New Yor; pity from'CJcr.s-ticut.I It is
st.iu d in t!i?sarr.eCnu(jctjcut paper that dogs
nndcv.s ar"'7 t.. ;rhMc; '.I - 'tc ffotp
' !.!. " . . . i " ...
the disbursetnents
Mr;C. J IoseJrsoll. asked whether the
member meant 10 jj say that the attempt had
been made by iik. '.''..
Mr. Ashmurji replied an the affirmative
" !Mr. Inirersoll said. 'Jt is false" It is a li.
Great confusioti, dunni: which Mr. tncr-
soil repeated the words; false and lie."'?,
Mr. Ashmun said, if the member suppos
cd he could drawon a personal quarrel by
usinz such Jaccrnairo, ihe was nlistaken.
He, Mri A. came.from a part of lhe country
where they did nil fight duels, anL,where
they used neither ibowie knives, pistols nor
dazers: thev did not use them, norjwere
they afraid of them.' " Bkif ant body "doubt
a i t,; I it r 1 i-.J-
VJU 1119 LUUingr, Ullli 1 jr .. j i J
When Mr. A. Had concluded, Mr.' ScJhenck
creda resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a Select Committee to report' on the
means by which Mr IngersVI obtained access
to the papers in theSiate Department. I '
J After several ineffectual motions to lay the
whole matter on the table on. motion of Mr
PetiL the resolution was amended! so as to
authorize a Corpmitiee to Tnvestiga'iB the
charges jgainat Mrr Webster,' with a view
to impeachment. Nothing else of importance
occurred before the adjournment - j!
! Correspondence of the Evening News.
! Washington, April 29.
acimg spirit of M.iriiioosrn. . j j .M A The House, to-day, after occupving'three
Camp, of Israel is the name winch the lad. hours in voting upon amendments passed the
trance company. f Mormons har assumed, Smithsonian. Bequest Bill, by a vote of po o
Thq' latcstaccounts froan them taie that! they 76. The follow Tog are its principal features:
had. crossed the head Vale rs of ihe Ola riton. Tha r President, his Cabinet, the Chief
Thar were! travellingiTery slowitand llheir 1 Justice, and the Mayor, nf Washington are
stock was much rtduccd for want of food.1 j" j constituted art Establishment under the name of the lands were withheld from the Treasury
There;vi
1 be a hard-fight upon it any h wi
eu to our
respondei
perparations are making tor the
PVtr1. to b ' ?ld here bv the man.
ufaelurers, commencing tho 20ih.May. The
building ejrected for lhe purposw is ' spacious
ands commodious. lhe L.ommmee 01 me
manufacturcsiiavo been activrlyxengaged in
encouraging artisans to" produce specipiens
of the products of their skill, from all parts ol
United States upon the Republic, of Mexico, ihe country. ; Thp wealthy manufacturers
which shall bp. nresentprf or exhihi'ed to it. t wilt na v the exoenses ot tho poorer ones
to ascertain and adjust'' the amount -due on
each respectively, and from time to i mo
report the same, together with a-succinct
statement of the nature and character of each
cUim so received and allowed to the Secrela.
ry of State. ; And the .said board jn its said
adjudications shall be governed by the law
of nations, the treaties between tho two
Powers, and bv the principles and rules esla.
bh'shed and embraced in the unratified treaty
executed by their respective plenipotentiaries
on the 20th December, 1845., And the said
board s-hall have power lo ..appoint a' clerk l
aid i'u the performance of it du'ios.-"
The bill granting to Michigan aliernate
sections of public land for the completion of
certain works of internal improvement, was
deb ited during the remainder bT the day and
fum'.lv ordered to be engrossed bv a vote of
20 to 12.
The Select Committee, relative to lhe
Webster affiir met and organized this morn-
further will be done until
Tha reports, however, a ro; pledged
to.be made at the earliest nracticable period.'
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Although not a single 'paper ha.s yet -been
examined by the Committee thcie aro a
score of rumors afloat as to what incy will be
able to proveT One is, that just before lhe
death of Gen. -Harrison, Mr. Webster
obtained .several signatures to blank certifi
cates, and thai these Were not filled .up until
nearly aVear afterwards. -I merely refer to
this for the purpose of shewing how ready
tne puoiic are- io eaten ai. me leasi siraw,
although, from! the very nature of the case,
it carries its own refutation with it.
From what the Union says, it is probable
thai thePresident either has or will give the
Oregon Notice yery shortly. It will of course
be served uponlthe British Minister.
Correspondence of the Courier.;
Washington, APRIL 30.
ing,
lull nnl hi n r
Monday.
The Crisis lias CoiaeJ
" ' V i Jlbct'.'i Cctnacnecd! '
In anoihe?columnwill be found l::ghly Tncu
portant news from or."army s..L;:ed on th
frontier of Texas. ! It will be seen that the -
first blow has been : . k! "Ar,a, struck, toa."
by vain and foolish Mexico! Let the Llood
ofour people bs avenge.., .;nd Mexico taught1. .
ihe important lesson ,lhI 'h we do not.
boed her threats and. blusur, we will net-,
tamely submit to ihe culd blooded butcltery of, "
our (Officers and so)diersu y lnp thcwar "
will besliort andtfeciivc. Ltt the fate of
Mexico be a warning to the rest of the world. :
leacjiing otjirr nations not to presuojo Ub far .
upon ourfoibearaixe sod magnMumity, " If
any fufiheV news of great intert st i"vtteiusii4.
before lhe issuance of our next pr-perNvo wifc
issue a slip, (Etftia) ' Uiat our resdersniay r
be. put, in possession 'of the tKWsat the eaH
est momenta "-.. . ! -
JTI r C J, Iiigeroll.'
Wc had forgotten, until iho fact was call.
itiemory by .the Washington ' CJor.
of the IN. l. Cummereiiil, that
Mr. Ingersoll, the.defamcf of Mr. 'Wtbsier,
some years ago, in a like spirit of wantonness
charged. the late Chit f Justice Marshall.
than whom a purer man never breathed, with
having bes n corruptly influenced fn his celo.
brated deei'sion on the constitutionality of the
IJ. Siates Binka. charge-which, 'like those
recently rude ngainsl Mr. Webster, recoiled
upon him -who made it. Jlis appeiitefmr
slander rmist b; ins.atlate But, henejyj;ward
his poinsoiifd arrows will prove, innpecuous,
excepttb Itimself.' ' .
The man recovered of trie bite,
"Thu c og it was that died! ''--Rich. Whig".
The House will meet this morning, at the
parly hour 'of 9 o'clock,' but only for the
purpose ot aniaurnmg in oruer to aiioru time
to take upjhe carpets, &c. lo next Monday.
I he senate, to-day, ,-was chiefly engaged
upon the bill o grant alternate sections ot
public land in Michigan for the completion
of a public work. r .
Mre- Calhoup supported the bill, and in
reply to )r. Giles, -vindicated himself from
the suppositionjlhat his course on -.his subject
had been inconsistent. ;
Mr. Jarhagin introduced his bill to author
ize - the establishment of a Commission to
Discovery in Dyeing. A French paper
published inJLyons. announces a discovery of
much tmpjrtance in dvemg. A dyer of VU
enn'a, who lives auLyons, has discovered a
means of producing an orange-coljred yellow
from the 2 tronr aod bv one dinning onlv.
By ths means fustic, cdchinealj, cream of tarl
tar, and a prepartjon of tin, how used, will
be no longbr required, "and: we are assured
that this discovery will save time and money,
nna produce a superior color.
, BODY FOUND. V
' The body of a i negro rrin apparently a.
bout 45 yoars of age, was found in French
Broad river, t Alexander's, 10 'miles
below this tov$,- a'few days ago. He wa
slightly grey, ab iuf 5 feel 7 or 8 inchesfhighr
and hid ou.tlirctj pair of pantaUonsjwu'
coals,' two vests,. all of daiR.br.own Jinsevr
and three shirts; supposed to havebocn very
ulaek, the great tengili'of jime hu hud been
in the'vvau-r "reu'dci ing the" body, v ry offi
sivoand preventing'! rninulu examinMion. ,
papers, or any thing -t Iso by wjiich he
could b idenrilied,.b jpg foufVd upon his pej.
son, who he vvas, orwheie he belonged ,t
of course Ui) known. " " ' ' - - "i-"
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'New Yoirk Vjty Election The election in
city of INpw York for delegates to the State
Conyemion to amend the Constitution, " has
resulted iri ithe complete success of tho Dem-
craiic T2ektt. The numberlof votes nolled
was very $tiaa11," showing that tho citizens in
general took but little interest in the election.
irprspmgs of lhe , church, have : liei-jn removed
audi are now-ntt tl e way to California. TIkj
chttVch (says the Eagle) hasjcea.sed n riisji;
lho'MTwcfvor, hava gone, iud ' iiHi thesh' the
-The trustees of the temple offer; to lease it of the 'Smithsonian Institution "and by that
to any religious society or !;reraf j institutions, f nanse x have perpetual succession: ?y.
A wealthy gentleman from the South, a bach. kThc aecnnd section provides that tliej sum
elor',far advanced in life, has gone .to Nauvolof of 8515,169, which has been paid "nto Unil
to purchase the temple, if. it can.be benight ed, States Treasuryha! be lent"" to ithe!
tor a rcBSonaaiC price, ana convert ii into an i i reasurv oi six per cent, jrom uie ume ii
asylum for destitute widows and fenvtlesl iscdj'was first .received.,' and thii" $24129 j the
to purchase Und ana tuwn io?sj una enaow t amouni oi interest wntcn wui oe nue ton tne
1st otJuly next, shall be appropriated, for the
erectioa'of suitable buildings, and other cur-
be rent expenses of. the, Institution-Kind life six
ia the- JSenaie op percent. fund on the" principal be apprbrjriat-
1 TlrptoT fn I f.. fkn . .nalnnl nKinloninca nfltia lit n.l! 1
it oi cf the .results ef tliierb..
Branchpoint tj C.zr!:siaflU will
seen j by the . proceedin
reanasday4 that a V.'A has tcea rej)orled for
the establishment of a Bra nc!i Mint in J -this
City: iThe-rnensure is likely to' bs carried
by coupling with it jho formation 'of? a similar
estabiishment in . New York, and thus scciirl
mgthe votrs of lire large i!t legation :from that
tstate. Lharfistou J ; ,
:X:ih::t- :r.''''k
tution. - i 1 z i
' The busirffcss of the Institution is to
conducted at .Washington" by a' Board of
Regents, to be composed of the VicePresi
dent of the United ,Statrs, .lhe Chief Justice
of Jtho,. United State, and the Mayor pf Wash-
claims of American citizens
Washington, MAY 1.
Neither House'of Congress Will be in
sessioato day. : The ' House met lyesterday
at nine o'clock!, merely to adjoufn.' Only
fifteen members were in attendance. Many
members of Ihej House have" left the. City, on
visits to their homes. Tiio llouso wiM be
prepared, during their, absence, for the sum
mer session. ,,.
The" Senate was yestefday chiefly engaged
upon the bill to grant "six hundred .thousand
acres of land : to Mississippi, in alternate
sections, for the purpose tf aiding ihe coh
struction of certain rail roads. A bill grant
ing nearlydouble that amount -of more valua
ble land, for a similar purpose, In. Michigan,
had already passed. .The State' of Indiana
has had eighteen hundred thousandjacres for
the same purpose, and the other States which
have lands in their limits, claim aflike quanti
ty. r-
The hill was .opposed on constitutional
grounds; but. Mr. Calhoun showed -that grants
of lands for the purpose of improving the value
of theTemaining lands, had always been con
siuerea as consinuiioxtat. - . ,
The power of Congress taflispose of -'tha
public lands was absolute,' and if the' proceeds
Judson Released. The N:ishville Orthn.
politan states tht E. Z. C. Judson, the indi.
vidual- wlio! killed Mrv Porterfield, - was dis
charged fjrpm i prison, on the 16th ult., and
immediate 'left the city on board the. steam.,
boat Califipifnia, beund.for Pittsburgh, where
his father jresides, who, it is said", is regarded
.ns a valuapje and highly respected citizen.
Thero wai po effort by, Porterfield's friends
to -prosecute Judson, nor was there any riot,
ous disposition manifested. -
Cdlhoficslin iTexas. Bishop Odin has em.
barbed 27i Catholic priests at j Havre, for-his
dioeesa in , Texas. - At thie Seminaire de St.
Sulpicz which has 200 students, a large class
are taughlj the English language, with a view
to fit them for labors in the United Slates.
Calholi&sat CincinnatiNeto churches and
schools. The German , Roman Catholics, of
this city, halve purchased two sites for church
es one is a tithe corner of Lalirel and Linn
streets, 9Q by j 200 feet the 6 her on Con
gress. Th? first cost six, the1 second twelve
thousand dollar?. Schools are to be erected
io these djsjricts. The churches now built
cannot contain the members in them. Cin.
cinnati Gdzcttel . I
by granting lhe lands in thi3 case, itwaa
for the good of the Treasury. By "disposing
;of these lands, in thi manner j the remaining
lands, now worthless, would be rendered very
jvaluable.. Tbe revenue that tlid worki prop
losed was vastly important-that Utlwfntld
pass through a rich cotton region and con J
i- . " j . u u: r :. - - ;
iiuueu tiry gicai tuain oi uuerior commun'cu
Ition from Maine to the Mississippi.!" The
bill-was passed 28 to 8. - f
f ,Wio not -certainly - k now -whet he. r thf
noiice has been dispatched to England, by
the. packet that sails toMav, iut the "Union
understood that it would bj9-given without
delay.. ; , - . j
f A rumor is in circulation that iho President
will not assent to any proposition for a treaty
that concedes to Great Britain the navi nation
of the Columbia. If "this tia the case it is
An interesting sght.A. . most interesting
sight 3 that, of ' a young lady, with eyes like
u "gazeller.1? a voice like a "silvtr trumpet."
lips like rubies," and with cheeks
stolen, the deep "carnation of lhe
and with M
that have
deathless rpse,V with her mouth full of-
gJogerbreaoT.
Jackson faCJiah'emeAcce ' The New
,-York Spirit of the Times aes that the
challenge M Wm. Jackson, the American
Deer," lo run Eleven miles within the Hour,
has been accepted bv agentleman of Philadel-
phin, who bets' him 8 1000 to 8S()0. The
match is cf come off on the 15th June, over
the. Hunting Park Trotting Course, near
Philadelphia!,' provided the weather is favora
ble: should! that not be lhe Case, the match
will come off on the first fair day. .
Burns ani Scalds. Lei the burnt fill be
bathed inai mixture of equal "parts of : vpen
tine and olive, or linseed oil. with a feather
till the pain abaies:'tLcn dress it with com
mon cerate, and defend it from the'air.
. By a proper application ot these: simple
rules life jriighl often be "saved, whilst it is
well known fo medieical gentlemen that what
is oftendone hastens .deaAu-
PUDL1C SPEAKING. " .. :
'The canvass in ibis ewunty'was opened at
a Battalion Muster at Capt. Foster's on Sit ;
urday'last. ; The candidates for the several ,
stations to be filled in August addressed tho ?.
people in the folhwiing order:" firsit, MrrR; tl.
Cannon, a Whig candioVio, for ihe House of -
Commons, mounted the stump, "Tliere - y.aa -nothing
vcrj peculiar or'trikirig in Mr. Can.
nun's address. Heia a young rnanand W
beliove this is the first time he has tvcr been
before the people for?; any Office,' IIn appears-. '
lo be conversant with thu notilirnl mn iiiinA!
ol the day, but hjjs bad delivery' destroyed.'
the-effect his speech might h ive had; indued
it is almost impossible to distinguish a word
he says at the distance of llueo paces. Wo
should not suppose him to be ii vcrv t fflctivo-.
"clectioneerer" but he is estcimed among ..
his acquaintances as a worthy young man.
Next came Mr. A. B. Cuunn, who, in re.
ply to numerous public And private sohcila. .
ti'ns, announced himself .-candidate Jor tho
lower branch of the I next Legislature. "Mr.
Chunn is well known throughout 'he county V 1
as a staunch and eloquent advocate of Whig
principles, and his spuech'on this occasion
was replete with 'sound, argument. His re- '
. . . .
marks upon the I ariff wc werevparticularJy V
one of the most popular public speakers -in -
our sect ionbf "the State. All that is wanting '
is a little schooling in pu! !,c life, where he " t
would be frequently called od to exercise tho )
faculties with which nature has "endowed him'
Mr. Chunn was followed by. tlie "wheel.. -horse
.,yas that gallant chamnmn of the Whi?-V
creed, J. A.. Fagg, Esq., has beenMerrrcJ.V
He began nis address by staling that as . this i
was ihe first lime he had addressed his coo-. .
stituents since. he had been hor 1 rod by them
- ;Jiprl to
: -oi.ip crJ then
went on rccapitu!ati. most r" .-.ineiat '
acts in lhe last Leg'u! :. :. . . -rtotha .
satisfaction of. every ur.p, ..z.d mind that
he had indeed been a faithful steward ",
vigileoily guarding the interests cf his con-
slituents in -every particiilar. Mr.'Fagw W
nnonf itio mncl ntoa.'inr lt.,t..nlr.r,ivil .
ever listeoed to. Thero is aiijearnestnjssSj a .
vigor and a freshness attundln; his remarks ,
that do I not often concentrate in ooo toan,. .
He is a great favorite s with. the rWhtg- party,"
and we doubt not will be reelected by a large
vote. . ..
The above named .iemen, it wil ba
seen, are all Whigs. Buncombe coualy .fc
entitled to two members to the Commons. We
noticed on the ground N. Coleman, fisq., and v
Col. Joiies, the 'gentlemen who 'were nw
nounced with such a flourish by the Raleigh
Standard as the . Democratic candidates to
represent this county in the next Legislature;
but,.;ahhough the aforesaid Newton an(J t
William ttere present,' and appeared to" Ii1 ,
ten to the 8pc-hes made,. with inuch interest, f
they r- "i not t heir mouths?' h
distrusted th-ir -powers, or wr.
their -party, this depe
pf them cpujd r-'' ' -
with a ssat in ihe-Legislat
give an account or nis st
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