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U031ESTIC ECONOMY. HOME DEPARTMENT. BY THE AUTHOR Of “THE BOOK OT EMBROIDERY.” For [Housewives.— 'Ve give a few receipts, this month, in various little mailers of housewifery, which, though simple, often urc (orgoiten and can- ijQt be found wben vvaoted. To cleanse Gloves without icetting.—Lay ihe gloves upon a clean board, make a mixture of dried fu!ling'Carth and powdered alum, and pass them over ou cach side with a common siifT brush; then sweep it otf, and spri.iUle them well with dry bran and whiting, and dust ihem well j this, if they be not exceedingly greasy, will render them quite clean, but if they are much soiled, take out the greaso with crumbe of toasKd bread, and pov.'der of burnt bone: then pass them over with a wool len ciolh dipped in fulling earth or alum powder: and in this manner they can be cleansed without wcliing, which frcqutnilv shrinks and spoils them. To scour Clothes^ Coats^ Pelisses^ 4'c —If a black, blue or brown coat, dry two ounces of ful ler’s earih, and pour on it sufHcient boiling vvater to dissolve it, and piaster with it in the spots of g;rease : take a penny-worth of bullock’s gali, mil with it half a pint ol stale urine, and a little boiijng water; v\iih a hard brush dipped in this liquor, brush spoiled placis. Then dip ihe coat in a buck et of cold spring water. When nearly dry, lay the nap right and pats a drop cf oil of c!:vcs over the b.'^ush to finish it. If i^ray, diab, fawn?, cr maroons, cut yellow so:ip into thin slices, and pour watt'r upon it to moi- 5ic:i it. Ilab the greasy and diriv spots cf the coat. l.':l il dry a lilile, and then brnsh it with warm -water, repeating, it neas.^try, as at first, and use waier a little hotter; rinss several limes, in warm wjier, and finish as be tore. To cxLracl spots from Silks and colored Musluis.—Scriipe French chalk, pn'. it on the grease spot, and iiolu it near the lire, or over a warm iron, or water-plate, ililed with boiling water. The grease will melt, and the French chalk absorb it, br’jsh or rub it oO. Uepeai \t necessary. To take z'.ains out of Silk.—Mix together in a phial, two ounces of cjsence of lemon, one ounce ui‘ oil of turpentine. !L^rea^^a an J other spots in silks, are to be rubbed gpn'iy wi’h a linen rag dipped in the above compo sition. To taki stai7is cut cf Mahogany.—Mix ^i>r oun ces of spirits of falls, and half an ounce of rock «illof lemons (powdered) together. Drop a little on the stain, and rub U wiih a cork till il disappear. Wa«h ofi'with cold water. To take thi $t %i?is of wine out of Linen.—Hold them io milk that is boiling on the fire, and ihey will soon disappear. Por the Boudoir.—The following receipts will be tound Cjld Cream for ih-i Complexion.—Take an ouucc* of oi! of sweet almonds, and half a drachm cach, of white wax and spcrmaceti, with a little balm. Melt iliese ingredients in a glazed pipkin, over hot ashe?, anJ pour the solution in a marble mortar; stir it with the pcsiie until ii becomes 6'nooih and cold, then add gradually an ounce of rose or orange tlower v/ater ; stir all the mixture till incorporated tj resembla cream. This poma turn renders the skin nl once supple and smooth. Common Almond Paste—Take six pounds of fresh aluionJs. Ulunch and beat in a stnnf» mortar, with \ suffijit'it q’.ianiity of rose water: add a pound of lively drained honsy, and mix the whole together. Prom the N. Y. Moruing News. SENATOR WM. H. HAYWOOD, OF NORTH CAROLINA. We have received the following interesting letter from a f iend at Washington, whose statements are entitled to implicit reliance; . Washington, D. C,, March 14. To the Editors of J.he Morning News : The public press f.yours anjong the rest) awarded to Mr. Walker, of Mississippi, almost the entire merit of having passed the Texas resoluiions, whilst ttie senator who was in fact iUq author of Mr. Wal- ker's amendment has hardly been named. Thai Mr. Walker deserves grea» comaicndaiion for. liis course upon the subjc-ct of I do not deny. That his letter and his speeches are monuments to his patriotism,' 1 admit. , Out that is no reason why the history of the success o( this great measure should not bo set right by the public journals of the country; and here at Washington it is well known, as it is undeniably true, that the senator frent North Carolina, (Mr. Haywood,) more than any one sen ator, originated, matured, counselled and carried through Congress the Texas amendment, or com promise, which was offered by Mr. Walker in the Senate. With a modesty characteristic of his State, the real author of our success has silently reposed upon his good deeds, and he by whose exertions the democratic party were harmonized,—the friends of Texas annexation were united—the new adminis tration was saved from the embarrassment of a de feat upon Texas, and the countiy was shielded— perhaps against the dangers of a perilous encounter of one section against another scction, now lays no public claim to the honors he has won. That man is Senator Haywood of North Carolina. The fact* [ stale are unquestionable. But Mr. Haywood’s patriotic eflorts did not stop here. A day or two before the question was taken upon Texas, the leaders of the democratic party had in some way deceived themselves into the belief that the “ House resolutions” would pass without altera- iion ov amendment, and it was their intention to push the vote upon them as they were, probably relying upon the force of attachments to bring the doubtful into the traces. How mistaken they were, need not be shown now! How dangerous the experiment, requires no proop. The senator from North Carolina believed that this was a mis take of the leaders, and it is certain that in this he I was right. Had tke vole been pul upon the House resoluiions as they were sent to the Senate, they would have been rejected, beyond all doubt. Mr. Haywood it was who gave warning to his parly friends of the deieai wnicii awaited them, and he ii was who proposed to the democrats irreconcileably hosi'le to the House resolutions, but in favor ol ‘‘ Benton’s bill,” to yield their opposition, provided the two w'ere combined so as to leave it to the dis cretion of the President to act upon cither. They were consulted with, and finally agreed to such a compromise, and thereupon what is called Mr. Walker's amendment was prepared and handed to Mr. Walker, for him to consult with ihal portion of the democratic party who were more exclusively the friends of ihe House resolutions. They ail as sented. After this the amendment cr compromise was proposed in the Senate by Mr. Walkei, and the result is known Every democrat voted for it in the Senate, and this union of the party alone saved the Texas cause. The authorship of this measure is not all the merit that belongs to Mr. Haywood for his exertions as a senator or a politician; nor does il constitute a tiihc of his efficient labor on this great oubjoci, It will be rccolleclcd that Mr. Bagby was one of t^cse who could not and would not vote for the House resolutions as they were; but il is due to him to state thal he had concurred in this compromise or amendment before he made his speech in the Senate. I was present when that senator made his speech. It was before Mr. Walker’s motion was made, but after it had been agreed upon by the democrats. Dismay sat upon the countenances of some; rage and despair escaped the lips of others. In the lob by and in the hall there was a general feeling thal ••all was lost;” and even amongst the old and lead ing politicians I heard the cry that it was “all over.” I saw the senator from North Carolina at this crisis; and his quiet serenity amidst the excitement around him etruck me as remarkable; and hearing him alone at that time openly declare that there was no danger at all” 1 watched him closely. Noth ing shows the character of a statesman better than his conduct in eucft scenes; and I shal! hcic repeat to you the substance of what 1 heard, and describe his conduct as well as I am able, hoping he will pardon me for the liberty I take. The scene of that night I cannot describe accurately. To one of the leaders cf the party who whispered something to him, I heard Mr. H. say, “ This is the time to stand firm. For you to despair now is to give up the cause. What! shall our leaders in a great question like this—a question which involves the welfare of the country, perhaps the harmony of the Union, give way to the excitement and fears of oth ers? When others are excited, a leader should be cool and calm. No! (said he,) there is no danger I Texas was safe this morning, we know; so it is now, unless, by our passion or our fears, it shall be be trayed to a temporary excitement Mr. Bagby will vote for the compromise, (said Mr. H.) 1 have pledged him to il with his own full and free consent. I will not insult him by doubling it. He will not fail to do his duly.” Again : soon after, I heard him reply to another political friend, ‘‘ Don’t be alarmed for Bagby. Whatever else may come of it, I tell you Bagby has approved the compromise or amend ment now in Walker’s hands; and it is unjust to him, and unkind in hi-j friends to believe he will be tray his party and violate his promise, w'iihout no lice of having altered his mind- He is an honest and honorable man I” ‘-He can’t vole for it, after his speech,” exclaimed some one else, and to him Mr. H. replied *^that Mr. Bagby knows best. He has said he would, and if he votes with his friends, upon the measure, what good reason is there for this hot indignation about his specch ? The demo cracy is tolerant of opinions.” Then, addressing Mr, Colquitt of v^eorgia, who was in excellent hu mor, and who seemed to me to partake of Mr. H.’s confidence in Ba^by, he said, “well, Colquitt, I pledged Ba^by to vote with us, and he’ll do it. for I had his word for i\ and that is sufficient: and be sides, if he does not stand up to the pledge, but de serts us, I shall be in a difficulty, for I suppose I shall have him to shoot; and^as I am a churchman, you must bear my challenge.” {Mr. Colquitt is a minister of the gospel.) 'These conversations, and others like them, carried on in excellent humor, became contagious amidst our excited friends, and they had the effect, as I thought, to re-animate their hopes and to stop a sur render of Texas that night. I put dovvn that sena- K.vceedmgly good for the hands Perfume for Gloves.—Take of damask or rose 6cenl, half an ounce, tiio spirit of cloves and mace, each a drachm ; frankincense, a quarter of an ounce. Mix them together, and lay them in papers, and when hard, jiress the gloves; they will take the scent in twenty-four hours, and hardly ever lose it. To perfume Clothes.—Take of oven-dried best cloves, ceder and rhubarb wood, each one ounce, beat them to a powder and sprinkle them in a box or chcst, where ihoy will create a most beautiful scciit, and preserve the apparel against moths. Almond Paste.—Take of blanched sweet al monds one pound, blanched bitter ditto, half a pound, sugar half a pound. Beat up with orange flower water. For Iks Kitchcn. — We append a few receipts for the kitchen. Method of preseiving Grapes.—Take a cask or barrel, in'^cces.^ib'e to iho external air, and pul into It a layer of bran, dried in an oven, or of ashes well dried and sified. T.I^pon this place a layer of grapes well cleaned, and gathered in the afternoon of a dry day, boforo they nio perfectly ripe. Proceed thus wiiii alternate layers of bran and grapes, till the barrel is full, taking care that the grapes do not touch each other, and to let the last layer be of bran ; ihen close ihe barrel, so that the air may not be nble to penetrate, which is an essential point.— Grapes ihus packed, will keep nine or even twelve months. Tu restore them to their freshness, cut the end of the stalk of each bunch of grapes, and put that of white grapes into red wine, as you would pul flowers into water, to revive or keep the:n fresh. 7o rtslorz bad Yeast.—Mix with it a little flour, sugar, salt, brandy, and beer, and these will confer on it the qualities of-good yeast. Good yeast may also be made by adding iho samo ii.‘i.\ture to the grounds of alo. Preserving \ inegar for domestic purposes.— Cork it up in glass hollies, set them on the fire with cold water, and as much hay or straw as will pre vent them from knocking together; when the vvater nearly boils, take cfT the pan, and let the bottles re main in the ley a quarter of an hour Vinegar thus prepared never loses its virtue, though kept many yeais, or occasionally left uncovered, and is peculiarly suitable lor pickles. To join Glass together.—Melt a little isinglass in spirits of wine, adding thereto about a fifth part of water, and using a gentle heal: when perfectly melted and mixed, it will form a transparent glue, which will unite glass so that the fracture will be hardly perceived. For the Garden.—As appropriate to the month we give the following: Alpint Strawberry—The process consists of sowiug the seed on a moderate hot bed in the begin ning of April, and renioving the plants, as soon as they have acquired sufficient strength, to beds in the open ground. They will begin lo blossom af ter midsummer, and afford an abundant late autum nal crop. 'J'his strawberry ought always lo be treated as annual plants. To restore Flowers.—Most flowers begm to droop and fade after being kept during twenty-four hours in water. Place the flowers in scalding water, deep ‘heiengih of.he stem: ,or as no ordinary man: In Ihis opinion I was nol fw' M.V h "■ ^ I?',*''’"'"' ’ineo'ar. Whether the conversation alluded to had u nawc become erect and fresh ; cut off the ends. revived, and his fears dispelled, by the conversations of Mr. Haywood. 1 no'iced how several senators around me were re assured, from some cause or other; and Uia few minutes I heard one and anoth er say to senator Haywood, “ all’s well, and the resolutions, as amended, will pass, after all, if Ben ton stands firm.” Never fear hivi," was the la conic, much meaning answer. Now, then, if ihere was honor m the aci of passing the Texas resolu^- lions, does it not chiefly belong lo senator Haywood# Let him have it—let the history of it be set right. He may shrink'from any public assertion of his claims to such a distinction, but thal does not demin- ish his title lo the gratitude of the democratic party. lie was the author cf the compromise or aniend meni that passed, and without wliich Texas would have been rejected. Then let it go by his name. He was most efiicient. (ihougli nol ulone,) in his calm and collecied warnings to his parly nl a mo' ment of great peril to the cause, especially on the night of Mr. Bagby’s speech, and. as 1 believe, he did much that night to save his own child Mr. Walker to be sure offered the amendment, or com promise, and it is therefore called by his name; but he would himself have awarded to his brother senator its paternity, as he ought lo have done when he offered it, had he made a speech when ho made his motion. But it had probably been arranged that Mr. Walker was lo make his motion without a speech for fear of further debate. 'The plan was to get the voti and prevent delay. Mr. H’s conduct showed that he dtsired to stive the country, and not to strive for ihe eclat of his doing il. I understand upon good authority, that Col. B iilon has publicly declared, since the passage of the 'J'exas resolutions, ihat Senator Haywood was ihe author of Benton’s Bill,” and that all the compliments bestowed upon it belong to Haywood in a much greater degree than they do to Benton. So far from that bill hav* ing been a sinister movement lo defeat annexation, it was not uniil it had been ascertained by the North Carolina Senator thal il would be impossible to pass the House resolutions as,they;were, thal he (Mr. H ) devised ‘‘Benton’s bill,” and after consultation with Col. Benton, by strong arguments and patriotic ap peals, he induced the Colonel to father it, and pro pose il as a beiler plan, and one more likely to give success to the Texas cause, and to unite the demo cratic party. &c. Upon the whole, ii now appears that when the subject of Texas annexation was pend ing in the Honse, and the friends of it were distract ed by a multitude of plans for acvuiring Texas and annexing it to the Union, the Senator frorn North Carolina made a manly and independent move :n the Senate to disconnect and separate ihe question of the terms of annexation from all the questions a- boul the manner of acquiring Texas. You saw his bill and his speech on it. The House having determined, contrary ro his judgment, (wisely or not, lime wil. show,) to act upon the laiter question first, he acquiesced in that decision by nol calling up his bill, acd instead of waiting to see the House resolutions rejected, as they would have been, so that he might t njoy the selfish gratification of hav ing his predKtions verified, but at ihe expense of the public gocd, it was the senator from North Ca rolina who set about ascertaining, by perconal in^ qiiiry, whethe* there was any hope of passing the House resolutions in the Senate; and finding they could nol pass in the shape they stood, it was by his instrumentality and by his aid, and upon his coun sel, that “ Benion’s bill” was offered. And when it had beoomeindispensable to harmonize ihe friends of Texas by a judicious compromise, that good work was likewise nainly accomplished by the same sen* alor from North Carolina. Thus, in the first Con gress he has s»*rved, (to say noihiog of his other la bors,) the senator from North Carolina more than any other, may lay claim to the honor of having carried the Tzas Resolutions! C'lhers dfserved well of their country, bui he more than any other. It is a distincLon which any man might envy him, that one so young in the service has lift this deep impression of his wisdom and statesmanship, upon the great meajure of the CoTtgress—the great mea sure >f the age. And il absirac'.s nothing from Senator H’s renown, that he should now silently and without complaint, suffer his co-workers to ap propriate in ihe public mind all the honors of what were emphafically the enlingtened achievements of the senater frorn North Carolina. Honor to whom honor is due.” Such men cannot long rC' main unknown to the people of the Union. Yours respectfully, &c. Late Foreign News. WISCONSIN. This territory, shortly to becon^e a Slate, will be one of the most important and valuable in the whole Union, the soil is so rich and fruitlul, and it is so rapidly settling. It was organized into a territorial government in 1836, embracing 47,000,000 acres, of w-hich 10,000,000 have been surveyed. The first sale of public lands took place iu 1835 ; the anr.ount sold from that time till January, 1842, was 2,900,- 418 acres, for the sum of §2,761,762. The lead mines of the territory will be an inexhaustible source of wealth. According to ihe cen&us of 1840, the whole amount of lead produced in the United Slates and territories was 31,239,453 lbs.; and the capital invested was §1.345,755. Of this amount Wiscon sin produoed nearly one half, or 15,120,350 lbs.; and the capital employed by her was §664,600. The assessed valuation of the real and personal proper ty of all its counties, in the year 1843, amounted to S8,077,200. Elections.—The Annual Election in New Hampshire was to take place on the lOih inst.— Four members of Congress and a Governor are lo be chosen. John H. Steele, the present Governor, is the Democratic candidate for re-election. In Rhode Island the Annual Election comes off on the 2d of April, and is for Governor and two members of Congress. James Fenner, the present incumbent, is the Law and Order candidate for the Gubernatorial chair. The Election in Connecticut for Governor and four members of Congress will be held on the 7th of April. In Virginia, on the 24th of April, fifteen mem bers of Congress and the Ligislaiure are to be cho sen. i Increase oj the Union,—Florida, Iowa, and Tex- ? as are added to the list of States. The soperficeso'f their additions are as follows; Florida square miles, 48,355 Texas “ “ 100,000 Iowa “ “ 173,786 and put them into cold water To destroy Insents on Plants.—Tie up some flowers of sulpher in a peace of muslin or fine lin en, and with this the leaves of young shoots of planis should be dusted, or it may bo thrown on them by means of*a common swans'down pufl} or ercn by n dredMnrr-bo:; the same effect upon others that they had upon me, I cannot certainly know, and, perhaps, I only sup pose they may have been the chief means of re ani' mating the hopes of his brother senators, because I felt conscious that ihe manner and the declarations of the senator had that influence over my own.— ^^udge for yourself. I saw Blair, of the Glober 'here, and I plainly perceived that his hooes were Total square mles 322.141. This is the magnificent manner in which the Re public strides forward. At three strokes of the pen, three empires are brought into the confederation to furnish new fields of new enterprizc, new homes for the hardy setilersj and new sources of wealih lo all. Gov. Dorr is at present so feeble in health as to be unable to perform any labor in the prison work shop. The Boston Almanac estimates the polesors of religion in the United States at 4,181,292, about one half the adult population. (From the Baltimore Argus.) ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. ONE MONTH LATER FROM EUROPE. The steamship Cambria, Captain Judkins, has ar rived at Boston from Liverpool, bringing advjces from Europe one nion\h laier than was received by the Hibernia. The news is interesting and importanl. 1 he new tariff bill repeals the duty on cotton, wool, coal, glass, staves and auctions. No news of the missing packets. • The cotton market in Liverpool is buoyant, and every one prognosticates the happiest re&ulis from the abolition of the import doty on ihe raw material. The sales on Saturday were 11,500 bags, yesterday, 12,060, and this large demand has advanced the price of some desciiptions about an eighih, but the im provement is not general. The remission ot the duty will take place when the bill passes. The American provision market it dull. The re duction in the price of Irish pork has impeded the sale of American. Of butter from the U. Slates there is none in the market. Cheese is in steady, demand, and commands fair prices. Nevertheless, this branch of commerce is steadily on the increase, and at no distant day will form an important elemeni in the exports from America. The foreign evens of the last two or three woolia possess little interest, if we except Switzreland, where the violence of party conflict has again made itself manifest in the affair of the Jesuits. Matters look threatening; but hopes are entertained that the quar rel may subside, as family quarrels ought—in both parlies giving way a little lor purpo ses of harmony and good fellowship. . . Respecting the new British tariff, the European Times has the following— In the financial statement made by Sir Roberi Peel on the 14th Feb., besides the duties on cotton, wood, coal, glass, auctions and staves for casks, w^hich he proposes totally to repeal, it is also pro posed to abolish the whole duties on 430 miscellane ous articles, and the duty on sugar partially. There is no part of the new financial scheme which has given so much saiisfacii^Dn as the abolition of the import duly on cotton wool. This tax has been keenly fell by .the English naanufacturer, for it saddled him’|on the coarser description of goods with ten and twelve per cent, more than his continental or American competitors, and in the same degree it has prevented him in open markets of the world from competing w’ilh his .active and energetic rivals. It was a tax on the productive power of the country, and every one rejoices, that it has been swept away. The abolition of the duty on cotton w'ill hardly be less popular in America, from which we derive nearly all our supply, for what little extraneous competi tion the manulaciurer ot the Northern States may sustain will be more than counterbalanced by the ad vantages to the Southern planter. The Overland Mail from India and China has ar rived, but brings no news of special interest to the American reader. The European Times saj's that “ few things have given more satisfaction in com’nercial circles than the intelligence which came to hand by the last pac ket, that the State of Pensylvania has paid the in terest of its debt for the current six months. It is devoutly to be wished for the credit of America in Europe, that the payments for the time lo come may be punctual. There is one regret to mar the satis faction—-poor Sydney Smith is dead. Pity that he was not permitted to see the restoration of Ameri can credit and character, which it is thought, he was not a little instrumental in bringing about! The remittances on the dividends have already come to hand.” British Parliament.—In tlie House of Lords. Earl Clarendon put a question to the Earl of Aberdeen, respecting the American Tariff, which he said was not in accordance with existing treaties, and opera ted very prejudicially lo British interests; China shaw'ls, and other goods being imported at a much lower rale than similar goods from this country ; to which the Earl of Aberdeen replied that the subject had engaged the serious attention of her Majesty’s Ministers, and respecting which considerable cor- ' rcspondence had taken place between the Govern ments of the two countries, but he was not prepared to say that our representations had been favorably received by the Governmet af the United States. Mr. Roebuck, in the House of Commons, last night asked Sir Robert Peel for full information regard ing the present slate of negotiations with the Uni ted Stales Government on the Oregon queston, jus tifying his question by the recent proceedings in the American House of Representatives. Sir Robert, in reply, refused lo give the information required, staling that Her Majesty’s government had not lo deal with the House of Representatives in the mal- t.er. Another member stateda work now publishing in Pans by M. de Moprat was decidedly in favor ol the British claims. /rcfawti. --AI a meeting of the Repeal Assoiation on the 17th ult., the rem, v»o.a announced to be £152. which included a handsome remittance from Wash ington and a still larger one from Baltimore. The proceedings possessed little interest beyond the fact of Mr. O’Connell stating thal the new grant for the Catholio College of Maynooth would be £26,000, and thal he would take all he could get for that es tablishment. The usual meeting of the Repeal Association was held on the 24th ult., R. A. Fitzgerald, the newly elected member from Tipperary, in the chair.— Messrs. R. D. Browne, W. S. O’Brien,H. Grattan and other truant members of Parliament, held forth on answer to the observations of Mr. Roebuck and others in the House of Commons, on the subject of their Parliamentary duties by Mr. O’Connell and his followers. France.—M. Guizot has triumphed in the Cham ber of Deputies, on the vote ofsupply for the Secret Service, by a majority of 12. This majoiity is deemed satisfactory, as it may enable him to rub on’’during the remainder of the session. Rumor adds that the Chambers will be dissolved in the autumn for the purpose of testing the Minister’s popularity with the electoral body of France. Cotton Market.—March 3.—Our Cotton market has had a very animated appearance since Friday last. Prices have had an upward tendency, yet, though in some instances an advance of one eighih of a penny per lb. has been realized, we cannot quote the advance as general. On Saturday the sales amounted to 11,500 bales of which 500 were to speculators; and to day 12,000 bales have chang ed hands, of which, however, 4,000 were also to speculators. The sales to-day comprise 100 Surat 2^ to 3-^d.; 200 Pernams, 5-^d ; 400 Egyptian, 5*d! to7,*d ; and the remainder American, 3^ to 5^.d. THE BRITISH NEWS Which we give at some length to-day, was quite unexpected, and is far better for American interests than was anticipated by many of our intelligent cit izens. Indeed we do not remember the day when ue received intelligence from England of more im portance, and fraught wiili greater advantages our country, than the news which we are enabled lo lay before our readers. We have nol the slightest doubt thal the election of Mr. Polk to the Presidency, and the triumph of Ihe Republican party, contributed much to produce ihe change of policy in the British Government, announced in the Budget of Sir Robert Peel. It was known that the party in the ascendency in the United States would never rest satisfied until they produced a modification of the tariff; and nol to be behind hand with us, it seems thal Sir Robert has led the way, and give the first blow lo the mO' nopolizmg manufactures by abolishing the British tariff (some 10 or 12 per cent.) on American raw cotton! Well, what will cui northern friends in the manufacturing line, say to this? Will they ^ coni'nue to latld British philanthropy hereafter T|ie South will clap her hands in applause of ibi^ brave and famous moye of Glueen Victoria 1 cotton is not the only article of American produciicn which is lo be relieved from vhe^ oneTou3 lax here* tofore imposed by our old ocean-parent; sugar,&c., will have the same indemnity, and some new mode or system must be resorted to by the foreign Aboli- tionisis to compel us lo liberate ihe slaves which out Anglo Saxon fathers cnlailed on us., Not cns word is said agAiiiSt the Annexation of Texas,' nor anything lo indicate that we are to havp* trouble in adjuring the Oregon question. On the contrary, the speech from the Throne, procecd- innf from the lips of the youlhful Q*ueen, and lljg entire Budget of the Prime Minister, exhibit a sti, lied determination to preserve a permanent and ing peace with the United Stales.—Maaisonian, LATE FROM MEXICO. New Orleans, March 8. By the arrival at a late hour last night of tjje brig Leopold O’Donnell, Captain Davis, we have Vera Cruz dates up to the 1st inst. Santa Anna was still in prison at Perole, so that the news by way of Campeachy, that he had been taken lo the city of Mexico, turns out lo be iacor- reel. Gomez Farias left Vera Cruz on the 25lh ult. for the capiiol. Il is supposed that he will lake &q active part in the new government. Generals Bassedre and Canalizo, Santa Anna’s principal miuions, have been removed to ihe for tress ot Chapultepec. In El Siglo Diczy Meuvre of the 20:h ult. n-g see il staled ihal many persons connected with the army had received orders lo march to diflcrent points of the Republic. The Texas question ;s still agitated in many cf the Mexican papers, the editors appearing to oj-pose the right of the United States lo annex that couniry as strongly as ever. It now remaias lo bo seen whul they will say when the final aciion of the United Stales Senate on the question reaches thtm. We cannot believe that any other course than loud words and bravado will be rtsorted to, and to this species cf warfare we have long since become used If Mexico can cocsoiidate and keep togelher her present confederacy, without looking this side cf the Rio Grande *;he will do well; for we are inclined to believed that disaffection of a deep-rooted nature exists in S)me of the Norihein drpariments against •he 'rule of the central poriion of the Republic, ar;i that influential men are anxiously looking forwaid for an opporlunity to cut loose and esiablish a sepa rate government North of San liOnis. E very thing was quite in Mexico, at least upon the surface, the papers di'cus^ing little elsi thaii purely local subjecis cf trilling interest lo readers. The leading editors appear to be r.nxious lor the interests of ihc cotton inanufuCiurers. and warmly recommend that the heavy duties on the raw mate rial may be lessened to a degree thal wii! advar.cc that branch of the national industry. In a single number of Kl Siglo we see a solid article of eight long columns in favor of the liber ty of the l-*itss, the editor handling the subject wiih great ability. IK- always has been a liberalist, and opposed to the tyrannical censorship instituted 1; Santa Anna. We do not see a line in any of our Mexican c.\- changes in relation to the trial ol Sania Anna. 1‘. has been stated that the Giand Jury for that pur pose was to convene on 'he 24'.h nit., tut il a:;y progress has been made, the procetdiiigs do liOt ap pear in any of ihe papers. It the Mexicans uliov; ihe tyrant his liberty, th»y will have more troul;-^ than ever, or vvr arp. much luiiiakfr..-'—J'i'' to now From the Ithaca Jovaal. OREGON. The following is an extract fiotn a letter receifcdi a few' days since by Gen. D. D. Minier, of Jnnsiog, from Dr. White, of Oregon. The aciion of Con gress on the Oregon question, and the increasing importance of that country, render any communi cation .^rom there repKte with interest. Oregon Citv, July 8, IS4i. Dear sir: The colony is lapidly increasing in numbers, and proportionably rising in imj-orlaiice. Oregon Ciiy (as ihe little town is called at the falls of the Willamette) contains a population of several hundreds, four rtspect.ible stores, ihree saw-mil’:, two flour-inills, one of which has five run of stone, and is worth ai least $15,000. It is a stupendous building, pul up in the best manner, and all the rnn’ ning gear is of cast iron. The surrounding couniry is rising and impror- mg corespondingly. We have now a regular col onial form of government, v.-eil administered—live distinct counties, represented by thirteen meinbcL' The legislature closed a quirt but effective sessio:) of eight days, week before lust, having passed twe:: ly-five bills, all in due form, and several of them of considerablt* length raid rntach importance—one c; which, though only a lobby member, by proffering to pay 810 into the treasury, I had the privilege vo ted me of speaking upon. This bill was to prevei.' the introduction, tnanufacture, or sale of ardent spir its in the Territory. Being deeply inleicsted, I pleaded hard, and had the happiness to see it pass by a unanimous vole into a law cf the land—every member coming up to the mark like a man of moiai courage, though but (,>ne of the number a coniuinni- cani of a religious body. Peter Burnett, esq, from Mo., ‘‘be it said to his honor,” introduced the bill, and spoke to il in a ma*!lerly manner. It wa2 a poud day to us, and the bill is popular. Since niy arrival artful attempts have been rr,3ue to introduce it among us; but the great majority cl the people being with me, we have triumphed lha? far, though under the necessity in two instances o* imposing heavy bonds, and once of throwing a diJ' iillery in the Willamette river. Our judg e, wiih probale pow'ers, is supreme in his deparlmenl, vi3i- ting each county twice annually. Our executive is composed of a committee of ihree; but one sheriff; a colonel, with several captains, magistrates, and constables, constitute the machine of our simple btit effective government. This is only got up in the abscnce of all law from our mother couniry, to meet present necessities, and proves most serviceable to me in regolating inter course between whiles and Indians. We have now general quiet all abroad, and 1 have for this year, or for the last few months, much less to oppose tbac heretofore. Though in several instances I havenaf' fowly escaped focu the Indians, and in one, from the pistol of a while savage, yet I believe both ties have now concluded to suffer me to live a while longer, and I am probably quite as favorable ded gemerally, as could be expected. My post is now becoming less difficulty, tryini^t and dangerous, as the promises are laid, and wk understand each other better. Crops of all come in favorbly this season, and the late emigra”J’ are delighted with the couniry——say of the Wil* amelle that it is by far the finest country they ever seen ; and really. General, I can myself hardly avoid saying that 1 believ it one of the mosl healthy, delightful, and promising districts of couniry on th® globe; and depend upon it, d^r sir, Oregon wi soon lake an honorable stand among the nations o the earth. If it please Goo, I kope to see you my dear family, of whom yoti made so hori " mention, next year. “ B. WHITE.
Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
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