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t From the Union. ft EPQ&T of tba S EC R ETA R Y of W A R. This, wule report? i a full and satisfactory view of ib p. condition of the army, and of tire subjects- which are under the aupet vision of the War Department. " : - It exhibits, in the first instance, .the organ ization, strength, and constitution of the reg. ular army. The rank and tile embracing every arm of , the ; service does not exceed 6,500 men. At this , time, there is stationed but a single . regiment on the whole northern frontier, from Maine to Lake Superior an extent of- twor thousand miles; and on the whole line from : the Falls of St. Anthony to New Orleans, (fifteen hundred miles,) only one regiment of dragoons and two of infantry The artillery reeimeots reduced bv detach- n.entsV.of four companies from each now - garrison the foil ifieptious of the seaboard, from Newport to New Orleans. The remain ing and larger proportion of. the army is now stationed in Texas.. The-report gives an in teresting acTOOhtofihe political reasons which have iuduced tne-.-government to give them this destination. The Secretary does not think it prudebrtd remove the tredps from this position uutil our relations with Mexit-o have assumed c a -'more decidedly amicable character. 4j1 -", tho-vent, of there being any necessity i& In'creasd the army, he proposes to build .upAa that basis of ihe regiments; by adding UtVbe tank rind file of each eon.-.iny, .'instead tof;Tcehting 'new regiments. This necessiiy may be found in the course of Mex ico, or in the conduct of the Comanche, or of the Indians that are found in Oregon, or trint may interrupt' the increasing curreut of emigration to the Rocky mountains. By the proposed . arrangement of filling up the iufau try companies to sixty-eight men, and the dragoons' to sixty, the privates are increased, -without u"cbrrespunding augmentation of the officers. -- The report suggests that, besides this in crease of the number of privates id the two existing regiments oT dragoons, another regi ment of dragoons or of mounted riflemen may be necessary, in the event of extending Our posts to the Rocky mountains. It states that, though the coiicentrjtidri o'f ao large a proportion of the army ou the fron tier of Texas may have, in some measure, enlarged the expenditures, (certainly in the article of transportation) yet it has, in some degree, been compensated by the improve ment which has taken place in the discipline of the troops, r It renews the recommendation for establishing a Corps of sappers, miners, and poutoniers, to assist, among other things, iu constructing bridges, in consequence of the military occupation of Texas. Oue hun dred men will be sufficient for the purpose. The report gives a rapid but interesting rfc- r - trr ' . l - : couut 01 iroionei iearneys expedition,- -Turing the last summer, to the South PasS of the Rocky mountains ; the impressions it pro duced among the Indians ; the number of emigrants whom it met on ihoir way to Ore gon, to the number of 2,325 men, women, and children,' with 7,000 head of Cattle, 400 horses and itauje's, and 460 wagons.- This repoit of Col. Kearney-accompanies the com- mmrfcation oflhe commanding geiiertfT,- and win furnish, uo doubt, an interesting store of extracts,- at a season of creator leisure. It also refei'rf .rJrttre adventures of another detach meot of the dragoons, under the command o! Capt. Summer, nearly to the northern line of the United State.-, between Lake is opener and the Lake of ; ihe Woods. Among the Indians whom they met with ou their route, and upon whom. they mtfdo a due impression witn tneir .military array, was a numerous band of the half-breeds of the Red River of the North, 'who had come from the region of the Hudson Bay Company into our line, to hunt buffalo. They had even solicited per mission to reside in the United States. - The Secretary ; refers to ihe considerations which had prompted Gen. Gaines to despatch the volunteers of Louisiana to the camp of Gen. Taylor. Ample justice is done to their gallantry, and Congress is invited to make appropriations for their compensation. Gen Taylor had also accepted the services of four Texan companies of rnouuted men for three mouths. i ne estimate tor the ensuing year do not greatly vary horn those of former years. The item for arming-the fortifications is increased (AluA Arw. Tim ..... m " j.iuu,uuu. jne -attention ol Uougress is directed to the state, of the fortifications to the armories of - Springfield and Harper's rerry ro ine establishment ol a natioua i j louuury ior cauuon io the preservation ol the gunpowder owned bythe government to the condition, of the mineral lands in th northwest, which- the ' Secretary proposes to transfer from the management of tho ordnance department to some other, (the Pieaidenl's message suggest .to the land office.) It calls Ihe attention of 'Congress to the forty-eight forts iu process of construction, and to the propriety of erecting new forts at otrjer points.'., Among- these, os sJeslcd' by the reports df theeugineers; atd fortifltations of the uarrows at 6iatep ;Il8 llif a nd at; Shudy Hook, and the condition cif the loug-suVpend-ed fortress at Pea Patch; an additional work at Sotlers Point, for the protection of Balti more; and projected fortifications on the Florida reefs. The Secretary speaks wilh great consider ation of the school at West Point, and pro poses some improvements. He calls special attention to the report of the chief of the corps of topographical engineersto the improve ment ol the harbors on ihe lake.-, which are so well calculated to furnish accommodations to steamers mat, in a state of war mat Ka turneu to ine most ertective purposes, and to lurnisn lacuuies to a commerce now estimated at one hundred dollars a unuallv. - mat is . i millions of The Se-retary speaks with enthusiasm of the expeditions under Capt. Fremont, aud Wis Valuable services. He refers to tbe repftfts ol the pension ottice, which has now register ed upou its books 28,921 pensioners 2,371 added during ihe last year, and 1,439'ktiown to have died. He devotes a considerable space to the Indian agencyand the Indians Pottawatomies, ihe Choc laws, and particularly the Cherokee. " He lays before the President some highly interesting communications from our i no ia n sub-agent inthe territory ofOregon ic ueuicates ihe conclusion of his cdfft prehensive and verv interesting repo.t to a . subject which is of so profound an importancft in a free, government, viz : the organization . . . of the militia. He auggeets various . altera lions; and, among the rest, submits i be ques tion whether it might not be advisable to re duce the period of service from IS yeara of age to 21, upon the ground that, although citizens of 18 years of ae are not too youug to bear arms, they are not generally in a situation to equip themselves with arms, as the law requires. REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL. We make a synopsis of the report of the Postmaster General. On the 30th of June last, the transportation of the mails covered an extent of 143,844 miles. The annual transportation on the routes, on the same day, was 35,634 269 miles involving ou expenditure of $2,905, 504. ,. The number of "mail contractors on the day; above mentioned was 3,277. It is stated thai while the annual transpotta lion iu 1845 was greater than in the preced ing year by 5.4,B45 miles, the cost has been lea b$o2,?9t. dosihe 30th June, 1845, thore were 14,183 post office ; during ihe preceding year, 352 werecrCaed, and 269 were discontinued. The revenue. of the department for the pe riod mentioned amounted to $4,289,841 80; and the expenditures for the same time were $4,320,731 99. The nett revenue of the department amodnt ted to $2,942,217 17. It is estimated, from data given in the re port, that there will be a falling-off in the nett revenue to the amount of forty-five per cent., aud under the supposition that the savings ou coiiiracla will nd! transcend the expense of 11 hew route-,' add other medita.ed improve ments, the conclusion is drawn, that the means of the department for the present year will be lessened $1,323,997. tt is stated that the cost of trariSii)'ftation in New ifork and in the New Eliglarid States will, during the present fiscal year, ending iu June neit, be reduced $252,732. This re ducHou has been accomplished by means of the pVWvision of a late act of Congress, of which the department has availed itself. Great difficulty seems to have occurred iu the making of contracts with railroad compa nies. The companies have, for ihe most part, beeu disposed to exact prices beyond the Ifgal right " allowed; and the Post master General complains of the large amounts taken from the reveuues of the d epartrnent for I alfegerl that the payment of railroads. It is that mode of transportation h'as invariably in- cfcdStd the expenditure, and, in some iu- J stances,- two or three hundred per cent. Uf I the eutire service to tho department,' one-tenth J part is rendered by railroads; arfd yet the companfes derive one-Jijlh. ol the whole reve- I ... - . . . m I nue. Th6 Lngli.h example of conferring such privileges, it is deemed highly luexpc- I dient for us rn America to follow. Tne Post- master General regfetdf, it. sfrrVng fan'g'Vage, j the resolution of the Philadelphia and JLSuIti- I more tvoiiroaa uoropany uoi 10 cwuvj man i aceutsou their road. Tlhe course ot thatl company ill this respect is stated to be an ex- I ccptiou to the spirit of accommodation gen- erally manifested by other companies. Serious consequencestothurevenue.it is supposed, I may possibly have resulted from the persist- I i nee of thirf company in that resolution. The Postmaster General states that, should a savin: similar to that effected in New Ycik and New England be effected in other parts of the country upon the practical introduction of the : new law," then iu the " western sec tion," after July next, a reduction in me cost of transportation will be efiected to the amount of $335,000; iu the "southern section," a reduction, in 1847, of $-238,000; aud in the middSe section,,, after July, 1848, of $1S,000 per aunum. The whole reduction at the period last referred to will, upou the hypothesis affirmed, be $1,005,000 per annum. But the report ufafc-P that it may not bo safe to in fer a corresponding reductioii elsewhere to that which has occurred iu New York aud New England. 1 he compensation to postmasters and otiice expenses for the year ending ou the 30th June last amouuted to $1,409,875 18. With some exceptions, occurring in the large towns, this class of public servants, it is affirmed, are wor.d' paid in proportion to the labor encouutered than any other. m the em ploy men! of the government. The late law. iu the opiniou of ihe PostmasTer' General, ag gravnted this disparity, by taUin away the irankiug privilc".-, and by Ihe deduction of salaries, depending as . these did for their amount upon The amount of revenue.- Ttib " new law," operating such hardship;- occa sioned the resignation of 2,000 postmasters. liul the Postmaster General, presuming (un der the expectation, which was understood by i r m . - . the inends ol the uet haw, that the revenue wmjiu uot pe airpiAisneUj that Congress dro not contemplate a reduclK.n of the salaries, coh.?hued them as they had existed. in view ol these laets, it is suppojted that iu a shorf time a resort to the treasury, for the support ot ine aejmrtmeut, wouW become in- t ... - dispfcn-able : Congress i; lllbreforc, admon rsnea ro avoin mat necessity, upon reasons . - . fooiided in the pat policy of uational legisla fion with regard to the Pof Olfite Depart raeut, and Ihe expedieuc nf making-Ihe Post Office Department support itself. 1 ne deficiency fur the current ye'ar, n cal culated upon the returns for the quarter ending the 30th September, will be more tban a mil lion aud n quarter; aud it is stated that it wW not be less than a million next year, wiinoul an amendment of the exist iug law. Au in - crease of the reveuuc ef the department is re commeuded. The rating of letters by weight, instead of y he single sheet, is said to have been pro- du.r,vcf very injurious practices. Under this branch, the Postmaster General goes iu- to much'detail, showing through what expe- Pe"?J?ejU8r1igh,s oflhe government have been tiibfe df lss Unpaired. Ibe repWt redommends a continuance of rales of pdsthge on written commuuica- tions, sbjfecttb-these modificatkms : That nCeI!??r?re lDg,a ,et for fiy mriesTand trtidet ;- that ten cents py fdt each TMIIIB HWJTM . , , , letter for any distance " 7 w hundred miles unttl the 3-fW nrl frr that lime that the ten cents pay for any distance over fifty miles ; and that fifteen cents be paid ou each single letter for any distance over three hundred mile, uutil the 30th June, 1848, when it shall cease. , It is supposed by the Postmaster General that, if other suggestions which ho makes, of a kindred character, are adopted, the cheap postage system may, after the present year, be continued without burdening the treasury. Prepayment of postages, hitherto often re commended, is dressed upon the favorable consideration of Congress, aud various con siderations justifying the innovation are pre sented. The report referring to the law of the last i .!. i n I session ol oongress, auiuun-.ing me m. -.-master General to provide by contract for the transportation of the mails between the ports of this and foreigd countries, states that, ow trtr to the concJitiou of the finances of the department, it has been considered proper to postpone the making such contracts until tho meeting of the present Congress. The successful operation of the . electro magnetic telegraph, it is supposed lir ihe Post niasier General, will; dnder tbe control f the patentees, be the means of securing much of the business that has hitherto beeuransacied through the' United States mails, and ocasion a diminution of the resources of ihe deart ment. It is considered a questiou of import ance fo the government, whether individuals shall divide with it the busiuess of transmit ting intelligence, or whether the government shall purchase the telegraph. The p"oWer for good or for evil which this inveiiiioii has supplied, is deemed too great to be I 'ft id the uncontrolled possession of individuals. Thi report of Mr Cave Johnson is distin guished for the strong practical sense of its author; In all that coricehis economy and retrenchment, no one can be more vigilant aud assiduous than the honest and laborious man whostauds at the head of the Post Office Department. THE OREGO& CORRESPONDENCE. The Union of Saturday night furnishes u with the correspondence which has passed be tween Mr Packenham, the Euglish Minister, and Messrs Webster, Upshur, Calhoun, and Buchanan, in relation to Oregon. The in tense public interest felt iu this subject induces us to give immediate place to a tolerably full syrfopsis of the more recent portion of this iu-. teres! inu chapter of diplomacy the original - -- - i.itm f h ca . . . . letters occupying seven columns in the Union, The first is a letter from Mr Fox, the Brit- ish Minister, to Mr Webster. United States Secmtary of S:a!te, dated Wash in gtot.," Nov. 5, 1815, covering a copy of part of a letter from Lord Aberdeen to Mr box requesting that the United Slates Minister at Loudon . . . ... . . . . rnighr be furnished with instructions to treat with such person as might be appointed by England, on the Northwestern Boundary Ass'uYiiin Mf Webster thai Emrtaiid was ready to enter fhto' a fair and equitable corn- promise ol the ditnculiy. . air rusicr icpnus i" ic i-u, a-o. b, 1S42, informins him that such instructions would be "ivcu to the United States Minister at London Mr Packenham writes to Mr Upshur, U. States Secretary of State, dated Washington Feb. jt4t, 18f4, intimating the anJt.oas desire of rRe British Government to come lo'a speedy sei'.lcmeiit, aud' proposing a conference. Mr Upshur to Mr Packenham, be. 26 r845, names tt o'clock", A. M., next day, fur said" coufererYce.' Mr Packenham writes to' Mr Camoun, July , 1844, announcing that the death of Mr Upshur, (on bub. 28,) &c, hud prevented prompt attention to the Oregon Boundary, aUd that now, as Congress had adjourrred, would be a proper time to proceed with it Mr Calhoun to Mr Packenham, August 22, 1844, appoiutiug 1 o'clock, P. M., next day for1 Conference, concurring with the English sentitritenl iu desiriug a speedy settlement of the questiou. Mr P to Mr C' Aug. 22, 1844, agrseing to the hour. 1 he conference was aWordirigly held' on the 23d of At. gust 1844, add1 the plenipoteu- tiaries proceeded to examine the state of. the qudsllou. Mr Calhouu desired a proposal from Mr Packenham, who said he would be able to make a definite one at the next con ference, and desired Mr C. to be also ready with his proposal. Adjourned to the 26th August, wheu it agaiu assembled. Mr I Packenham rAWd'e a proposal to Mr Calhoun, wnicn arr uamoun oecunea. i ney men l l AVI lljl I I n.i agreed that' a'atbre full understanding of iheir respective claitns was necessary to facilittiVe future proceedings. It was agreed that writ ten siaremeiils ot tne views ot both parlies should be uiveU before proceed iu farther. It was also agreed that the . America u Pleni- poteul .aTy" sUbtild inake his statement at the next Conference, and, when ready, to cive the necessary notice. Attached t'o this Protocol is the offer of Mr Packenham to take the 49ih parallel of latitude to the Columbia River aud the River m iK. t . sua; and also t make free to the United States any portMf ports which they mizht de sire on the mtitbhrtid or ou Vancouver's islaud South of 49 deg-. Sept. 2d, 184; the third conference was held at the office of the United States Secre tary of Slate. The American negotiator gave his views of the claims of the Uuited Stales do the portion of the Territory draiued by the lofumuta ns nls grounds for decliuiti" the British Minister's proposal. Sept. 12, I8; air Packenham replies to 1 Mt Culbouh. - 1 Thfe nri6st ifnf6rtabt letters are those from Mr Packenham, Jan. 21, 1845, offering ar- bitrat ion ;; of M Calhoun, Jan. 21, 1845 staling thai the President could not accept ar- titration; of Mr Buchanan, July 12, 1845, offeiing ihe 49 parallel of latitude, with any pott ou Vancouver's island, which Eulaud might choose sotHh of 49 degrees. P July 12, 1845 Buchanan having been appointed Secretary1 of State, replies to Mr P.s letter of SepL 12;-and rests our title on that of Spain, contending that at the date of Spain's transfer of her rihft to us, she had a rd ille to lhe wb0li brOf egolt against CAJUILflRllA.R. m Great Britain. Ine Nootka Sound i reaty conferred uo light on Great Britain lArt to trade with the Indians, was transient in ita nature, and did not touch the sovereignly of Spain over the territory. ? That it was annull ed by the war between Great JSritain Jt'nd Spain in 1796, aud has never since been re uewed, aud consequently that Great Britain is destitute of any claim to the. .Megon terri tory. Having defended these views at length, aud enforced our tide to the whole of Oregon Territory, he says the joiut occupancy treaty excepts our title from being impaired. In this view of the subject, the President, considering the action of his predecessors and embarrassed by their offer, to show also m the world that he is actuated 15 v a spirit of moderation, has aulhdrized him, (Mr B;) rt- -L . rl --.il i . - : iT :JL' la offer the 49th parallel to the sea as a boun dary, with any port in Vancouver's island south of that latitude. , ' July 29th, 1845, Mr Packenham replied to Mr Buchanan ; combals strongly Mr B.'s position, particularly ttlb claim of the United Slates to the Valley of the . Columbia, fobe older than the treaty of IS 19. ' He examines the Spanish title the American offer to divide Ihe tenitory the Uuited States can found no claim, or discovery, or exploration, or settle ment, prior to the treaty of "Florida, without admitting the principles of the 'Nootka Sound Convention, andtKfe fiarallel claims of '(3reaf Britain, lie contends that the Nootka Sound Convention continues in force, and even if that Convention had never existed, this 'claims of Great Britain are as good as thoso of the United States. He then goes into a history of ihe discove ries, from which it might appear that Ameri can citizens discovered life Columbia,. River, while British navigators discovered Grazer's River and Vancouver's Island. He repeats the British claims to the territory, aud de clines the offer made by Mr Buchanan. August 30, 1S45. is th. date of the last despatch. It is from Mr Buchanan in .reply lo Mr P. He quotes the declaration of Messis HusKissoti and Addison ton that " Great Britain claims uo exclusive, sove'- eigritj over any other part of fh'a't fOregonJ territory." Mr Buchanan makes a very long argument in reply to Mr Packenham, main taining the rights of the United States to the whole of the territ-jry, and concludes by with drawing his offer. -. .. From the Ilalci-h Standard.' MEMPHIS RAILROAD. Mr Holder. : Raleigh aud Fayettcville, and iu fact the whole Slat.-, is deeply, decly in terested iu the contemplated Railroad, from Memphis to South Carolina. It is our duly and interest, as citizens of Norlh Carolina, to contribute every exertion in our power to bring about its coimI. uction by all constitu tional means. Look ou Ihe map of the Uni ted States, and you will see it at once. First, it will be an iron bond between the south western States and the Southern. Secondly it will divert all the travel from the southern and southwestern Slates rind lyxneji ( wh'fch now passes up' ana down th'e Mississippi sjud Ohio, through North Carolina ; for, the route will be nearer, more expeditious, more 'safej more healthy and more certain, because neither drouth nor ice, which affect trade aud travel on theOhio rivei aud iu higher latitudes, can suspend the travel aud trado on this Rail road route. Thirdly, it will attract, yea. force capital to continue the Railroad from' .Raleigh through. Favet?e;vf.1e to South' Carolina. Foutthly, it wfi! give middle and western Norlh Carolina the command of ihe Charles ton, VVilmiugtou, and Fayettcville market, iu additiou to the Virgiuia markets, which - we now have. Fifthly, it will render us indepen dent in' ca'se; of war j for no eu'eui'y can cut off our supplies 61 s":rgav, colfee, oi .l.Ks'des, ruits, &"c. from 1 vn, Louisiana, aud Ffoii' da, uor our trade, thiough the great Mediter ranean Sea,' the MissTssippi River and its tributaries with all p;nts of the Union. Sixthly, this mute, situated as it will be, midway be tween the Atlantic aud Mississippi routes, will be the great thoroughfare of travel aud intercourse. la fiue, my heart as . a North Carolinian leaps within mo when 1 contemplate what a new era of prosperity will burst upou our State, if thi Memphis road should be con structed. Our Stale, by uature inaccessible to a foieign enemy by land aud water, will be at last the most desirable spot ou the globe. In war or peace her trade aud travel would flourish; aud what is most remarkable, (he security of her natural situation arid' the inter nal trade and travel iti a lime of war,' would mitigate to her most of its e'ils aud' calam ities. ,. i,' But when we take a loftier' view cT mis' idea, and behold its political effect, iu remeH'. iug the Uniou by itle indissoluble bonds, of Uade aud trdrel) imaginatiou's utmost stretch .could hardly realize a measure which is more. fraught wijh benefit lo us as North Caroli nians and to the Union. ' .. In this poiul'of view bow iinportaut it is that our Railroads should' Ue owned" by our wu citizens, that iu case these hapjty results should bH effected, our trade and travel should not be subjected to the vexatious and control of other people. It may become evident that the belter policy would have been fur our at Legislature to have authorized our Governor to bid a higher amount at tbe sale of the Ra leigh and . Gaston Road, to prevent the owner ship of foreign companies, ami tKus'to secure the road to the State. The Legislature might LIT-... . then nave naj n in its power, bv crealiu a . J ..II!.. . f. . . - - stock ana seuing it out to tne citizens, to indemnify herself, or nearly so, as there can a ! . t . 1 4 y- be no questiou mat a capital oi irom five to seven hundred tbousaud dollars would be most desirable investment for our owu citi zens. This latter suggestion, however, I merely rhrow out oy ine way. j tie main subject is rife with impoitance to us all individually aud collectively. h HENRY." . vy Ber- p De i,ie ot Sampson connty, N. mi - TT1.. i . r. , TT. W vn nas ucp-ru una uio, and Letters of Adminis tration have been granted to the subscriber, ibis is I C a.i a r . &.. . . inernuio s w.h: io me riext of kin and di .!.. nl laui Mt i lllVW.v- w Misic. LI1JIL I lis m 1 ltuv nrbr ready to close the same, and pay to those entitled, mir mumiwvt saiu esiaic. JOSIAH W ATKINS, Adm'n. 5. i s.- a Dec. 20, 184 353-6m. The following is the composition of one of our Fayetteville youths, now at College. It does him much credit, both in style and senti tnent. We ete glad to see young men view iti a right light, the dangerous works of such novelists as Bulwer and Eugene Sue. BULWER. In looking over a library of modern litera ture oue would perhaps meet with some of Uulwer's novels and if he should open and read, he would immediately become interested iu his author. If it should happen to be " Er nest Maltraver," he would be led impercepti bly ittto ardent admiration of the Man of ucnius; or taxe aeiight iu the simple man ners and fond affections of the ' untutored Alice, the true child of Nature.' Or, i"n should be the " Last Days of Pompeii," the beauty and misfortunes of the; btiud Nydia (Vould enchain him the winning, smiles and virtuous bear iug of lone, and the high aout and noble temper of the Atheuiau Glaucus, alike in prosperity and ad vers iry, would equally excite his sympathy atid jegard. But why uamo particular characters ? All are fa vorttes of the casual reader. The peculiarities of Bulwer.-. syfe ate. -rtiany and at . marKeu. it is at an times.- a Jtlraiu ot gran deur and sublimity. Posesed of- a mdst beautiful flow of language,' aud having ever ready at his pen the elements of attraction, and all that delights mankind in thought and word, it would indeed seem strange if he should give birth to any thing mean or insig nificant. He is choice iu his selection of thoughts, aud still more so in his selection of words to express them. His idea's etierall are-such as captivate and lead away the reader iuto foretfu.ties3 of the realities of life, aud to conceotralion of his whole soul aud energies upon the history ol the authors hero. His words, as flowers culled from Ihe summer twigs, he forms into wreaths, and with them crowus the virgiu thought, which is thus made more beautilul. Another peculiarity in his style is its marked variety of diction aud di versity ol manner : At one time he breathes out the soft aud gerille voice of love the p'o fessions of friendship ihe a'spiiatious of hope, and ibe sprightliiiess of joy ; at another, ivhi pers the prornptiugs of jealousy ihe sugges tions of ctivy, aud the libels of m dice ; now vaunts aloud iu the forwardness of pride, aud the blustering of vanity, and then huhes to rest in ihe hrw deep'; dying groan of remorse; and In' a'fl h'e supports his characters wi h the utmost consistency. Be it king or courtier, serf or villain, lord or commoner, it is all ihe same with Bulwer; and we m.iy say, iu cou rluiou of this part of our subject, itvtt our nuthoi' style is elegaut, his manner of vrit iug pleasing, aud his diction most copious and effusive. We cannot cloe without no licing some other peculiarities of Bolwer writings : and the first n, the beautiful garb in whieh he adorns vice, aud the shabby, gar ment with which ho chooses to cfoihe modest and urinsaiiiniufi virtue. 'Th'jj? . t .. a fault which' more ttfau Ci.unlerbaaucesi all his; ex cellencies.' CrirAc a'tfd bfoouVfaiucd w'irked - lies are made to lose thieir hideoui'iessV and ? io necome pleasing and attractive to the read- er's mind. Guilt pases. on unuoliced' ud the wort passions of Ihe humau heartl are made lo triumph in their despotic rule,.' fi'usl reigns uncontrolled rtud uuconcea'fed, and the soil persuasive voice of sdurt ion is at firs, unnoticed then heat d, then assented to ruin coines the victiin falls the victor, falls? N lives aim inumpps. i ake, Tor instance, ihe case mentioned above,- Ennest Mullrave-s. iuto ardeut admiraliou of w horn the reader imperceptibly drawn. Who would not, at times, like to run through the course that he i ...-. .! . L. n . 11 lit! I a icMuitincu mt iiavui" irou s no uoes un, wniie ne coiruemus, ai ine same time, pity and sympitnlse w-iiti this noble ar soufed villain ? Yet str ip hini of ibj nd hib- ip him o ih.it or:n- mciit, and that beailiful dress jf vice wilh which the novelist has cho-fcti to" adorn him, ayd what does this Mm of (euijs heroine ? What now, when seeu with' lli'e jilaiu and naked eye of truth, and weighed by the stand ard of morality, does he resemble 7 Tis true, our author makes virtue triumph, and vice fail, but in uch a way, that the fall of vice seems preferable to the triumph of virtue. Auother peculiarity of Bulwer's writings, is the niR-i!ue.r t if whn.h he- interweaves his visionary pfiooir'hy iuto his; worfes; and u ihi. we may say, consists ihelr nrincinal attraction; By his tiuninr Plyle and beauti ful language, he instils info the Very soul, nr - eepts aud rules of phifoopby wF.ioh, haviu the appearauce of truth, are but the sporting productions of his own glowing and inven tive genius. Believing as it is thought, in Hone himself, he seems to task his imarinn. tiou td.'ejXjdote ft tip, utmost sfretth, tKe unreal and visionary world, aud to rehfrn laden with Ihe fruits of its own aerial flight. With Nhm, bedecks out in gorgeous array -hU' "tales of ion, which' serve to make them more nleas- wfi "o auraciive. u tie eueci Ol WOikS Ot a . .:. av s. . ; fictitious nature is deleter Tous dtiBer ntiy cir cumsiances;' but wheu itrrerwoven ' with iijc theories of a'latse and sperulallVe" nhilosmnhv .iheir lendeuc is to render the mind totally ..... ik. - I . . . - ' ...... i iu. us I.UIIMUMN UUSIUeSS Ot llle. nd ln prevent the due exercise of those nobler powers which are directed to the cultivation both of science ana virtue. But a third most strik ing and most deplorable characteristic of our author's works, their immoral tendvnr. This is a stigma upon the name of Bulwer, wui.u win iore?er blast bis reputation as a man of letters. Not content to give the dy- mg blow to virtue, he seems to etrdear to us the name of vice, and to entwine into our very souls its admiration. And what is the effect upon the heart of the reader, of a view of this dazzling, splendid dress, in which guilt stalks forth, free and uncontrolled ? . Does he the more shun the beautiful phantom as it passes before him ? Does he look with eyes of increased horror upon sin aud wickedness? Or, does. &e nor rartber comi I the vice, which as an Entsh'barrJ IftaJmosT beautifully ext pressed if, at first, haled asa mqpBhr, is, when seen too oft, endured, then pitied,' then embraced 7 In fine, it may be said, that Bul wer, possessing tale nta of the highest order and worthy to be marked high on the column of eunobling Genius, is the bestj and, at the some time one of tho most depV'ared writers of the age. E. C. L. 29tti C'onsres SE Tuesday, Dec. 9. General Casa submit. ted tbe following resoluiiofts relating to the National defences: - . ResolVed, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the con dition of the national fortifications and of the if armaments, and whether other defensive works are necessary ; aud into the conditiou and quantity of the military supplies ; and ino.the state ot Ihe means possessed iyf the govern ment ior ineoeienceol tne'eountry. Resolved, That the Committee on the Milil lis be instructed to inauire iuto ih n,mmnt condition of that great branch , of the nublic service arid into tbe state of the miliiia laws : iifl! that they be further instructed to repor such changes Ui the existing system as will jive more experience and efficiency to that arm of defence, and will place it iu tho best condition for protepfing the country, should it be expoaed.lo foreign laviriioQ. v ' Resolved, That theGommirtee on Navj Afliii.s be instructed Vm itirjuire iut. the coudi t ion, of the navy off He Uuited Slates, aud in, to ihe quantity and condition ufthenavsi supplies now on baud, and whether an iu crease of them is not uece4ty to ihe rtfi.iwnt operations of the navyfc au.l to iigj urescrvatiou and augmentation ; and,' generally,' into its ' catacily for defendfngU toa.rnd our com merce, and for any aervica the exigencies ot Ibe, Country may probably require; The Senate then prorehed to the election f Sehnte fR rers.'. r Abury liieketi, detn.) was re elected Secretary, by one vote. Mr Robet Beale, dem., - Sergesut-al-arm, or l)Nrkceper. .; The Senate then procord-d to ballot for S '.a ucjjn Committees. Messrs Huiitington aud McDufflu begged to be cxcu.ed from serving on Comiuittees,'fiu account of indis position. The following n o . the Chairmen of scternl of the imporlaul Commillees : foreign Relations Mr Allen, of Ohio, d." r.iuatico Mr Calhoun., Comrnerco Mr Haywood. Manufactures Mr l)ickinon, d. Military Affairs. Mr Benton. Wednesday, Dec 10. A resolution was iutroddced astfing information from lh- Presi idelit til delation to the number aud pay of the agents for the preservation of Live Oak timber in th'e; United S,iiftos. Mr Lewis of Alabama introduced a bill for the admiitu of Texas iuto Ihe Union: It was referred lo the Judi ciary Committee. The Senate resumed the ball-.tii)g for the Standing Committees. Mr Haywood Was elected Chairman of the Com mittee on the District of Columbia. The fol lowing is the Committee on Foreign Itclalions. M-r Allen, Csss Sevier. Athe ton, and vArch.r Four demo crats aud oue whig. The Senate then elected the Finance Com mittee and adjourned. Thursday, Doc. 11. Th Senate, after hearing an eulojy on Mr John B. Dawson, a 6 member of the House from Looisinna, who died a few mouths; agv ai'junicd over to Mo'nday. r , .r. ,,tl ... . -r.- - Tuesday, Dec. 9. Ifesolutiou for referV ring the different parts of the President's Me. sage to the approprr ite Committees. wire of fered and adopted. ( Mr - Stewart, whig, of Pennsylvania, in ivd a ielulioii iht it the seue of ihe (out thai the Tarilf t.f 1S42 ought not to be. altered. (Thi produced loud laugnter.) Mr $:etf.-'t m.k ni-s hour ou the subiecl of Ihe l ay iff ot 1842. He said he had received numerous letters . .-from teroiis auiut lo eriiiia'j. in nfauol.iru(iug, asking him if they would be safe fir going ou that is," would Ihe Tariff remain ui it is. But Mr Siewart, al lhe desiie ofHyeral, wilhdiew his resojotioii. Mr Andrew J hn-toii, dcmoriat, -.rplfd,to Mr Stewarts Pritious fiom the several' Stales were rhVif ( e filled. A uuui ber froiri tht al'lilioiiin., agiiu.t the aunexa- ,fiou of Texas. A ineasn'i was received from the Presidenr, accompanied by a copy of the Cou-titjrfNrn'of the' Si iU of -s, which was refrne'd lo fhu Cofpirilllee oi W E'6'tf esda'v, pc' 1 0. t Iroducfd u res ujiioo for. I ofpirillleet on Tenilories. Mr Houlass iu- lhe; aduiissiou of Texas into the Union,- whiVfi lies over till Tuesday next. The Ilou-V then determi lie j' lo pass a resolution for h rlection of thi Chaolaius. Mr Peiil otjeeiel. and deiief ' lo offer an amendment that -nrmUer shoulif pjiy Chaplains out of tht-lr y.iVaU fond. Tbe resolution passed. Mr 'AdVm again present-' ed tielitions and remou-tr-itVeev 'nvniiisi thn auuexatioii of Texas. The -House (hen ad- joorned as a mak of report lo: ih-t memory fthf Hon. J. B. Daw.u, who died some.' months ago. : TllURSDAT, Dec. 1 1." The .reception of peti'ions from the several" Si.rtes, was Ihe on ly. business transacted loliy-. - . . ' , . FmnAT, ; Dec. 12. 'Toy;- iti'6 House again adjourned iu respect to jriio. memory of Mr Pevtou, of Tennessee, who died some months ago. ... Petitions. Wc. congratulate, the ,goor Spirit iu' uhich.somo of tnepsnt.ods Touch iug two most delicate subjects have been pre sented a qd disposed of. -The remonstrances against fhe annexation of Texas have beeu presented in cuuaiderablo jirofosion. A cor--respondent of the Baft imore American esti mates the number of" signatures to those which were laid before the ' Houe of Brpresenfa lives on Thursday last, at'40,000. The same letter also sjieaks of memorials, signed by 30,000 more, from Massachusetts alone.' What has become of them JLoid quietlv upon tbe table. Even Mr Adams remarked,' ou that day, that, as the House were deter mined to hurry through the measure of an next . at ion, regardless of any remonstrances against it, he should hereafter content himself wiih presenting lhe memorials , forwarded to hirrr. and submit to what seemed to lie the defer-" mined action of the House. Union. A whig member of Congress from Ne'sr England writes to a friend in this city as fol lows : My belief is, that Congress will, win great unanimity, support President Polk in a peremptory claim to the 49ih parallel, however immiuent may be the hazards of war." JY"" F Journal of Commerce.- ;t The venerable afrd" Kev. John of Ion Srolin i dfd:
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