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loiranccs made to favorite contractor, without any: adequate service rendered by them, at the mere svill and pleasure of the Postmaster General or his subordinates. To make up for this deficiency, the mail route all through the country have been cut down, and the people are made to sutler for this mismanagement of the department. This is not all : the Postmaster General has presumed to bor bow large sums of money from the State Banks up on the faith of tho department, in direct violation of the Constitution, which declares tbnt Cimress alone shall borrow money upon the faith of the Go vernment ! Darin tire last summer, therefore, when among; you. I did not hesitate to pronounce the department rotten to the core. Some doubted, others blamed me; but what is the fact 1 The House of Represen tatives appointed a Committee to examine into the condition of the Post Office Department during the vacation. A majority of the Committee was com posed of the devoted friends of the Administration, and the unanimous report of that majority sustains every charge preferred against the department. 1 will not detail facts, but give you their conclusions: 1st. That the finances of the department have been managed without frugality, system, intelli gence, or adequate public ability. The cardinal principles of an enlightened enconomy have been violated. Expensenses have not been kept within the limits of income, and expenditures have not been proportioned to the benefits to be purchased." 44 2d. That the form of making and preserving mail contracts is both negligent and confused, and that an ocular inspection of the mail contract books can alone convey an adequate idea of the careless and confused stute in which they are kept." "31. That the mode of advertising mail con tracts has practically inverted the end of the law, and rendered the system of lettings, in regard to the more important routes, an empty form, or a bit ter mockery. And, '4th. The practice of granting extra allowan ces has, at various dates in the history of this de partment, run into wild excesses; some illegitimate, and, therefore, without an apology ; and others legi timate, but very questionable as to their expedien cy. To this source may be ascribed, without ha zird of error, much of the embarrassment of the department ; and, in whatever aspect this commit tee has had opportunity to examine it, it strikes them that its practic al operation has been fraught with much more of evil than of good. Among its other achievements, it has signalized most eminent ly the too ready faith, and too loose business method of the department. The letter of a contractor, suggesting an improvement, and soliciting an extra allowance, not unfrequently has served the double office of an authority for the grant, and of a record of its existence. Some dark corner of a contract, or loose scrap of paper, is commonly the only olfi- cial evidence of the order for large disbursements J principles of free trade, equal rights, retrenchment, of money under the name of extra allowances. It and enconomy in our public expenditures, and re is a puzzliug problem to decide, whether this dis-J form an I correction of abuses in the Government. cretionary power, throughout its whole existence, has done most mischief in the character of impos tor upon the department, or seducer to contractors. It has, doubtless, been an evil doer in both guises." This is the report of the majority of the Com mittee. The minority i still more unfavorable, and concludes with a strong intimation that the Po.stmasfer-General ought to be imjxached. Cut these disclosures, though enormous, are not all. There are abuses still hid in the recesses of the department, to w hich the committee were not allo.ved access. It was ascertained that the Post master, since he came into olfice, has removed upwards of thirteen hundred Postmasters! .Many of these m"n were known to be able, well tried, ljng tried, faithful public servants. Their succes- )T were, in many instances, both incompetent an J dishonest. The committe wished to k iow the causa of thes'i removals; but the Postmaster-General refused to permit the examination, and the representatives of the people were not allowed ac cess to their own records, to see whether injustice ha-1 not been done to free American citizens. This refusal of the Postmaster-General creates the strongest and most unfavorable inference against him. Guilt alone seeks concealment ; and I fear the examination would have disclosed the melan choly fact, that these sweeping removals have been mads without oivse, to control the freedom of elections, and to dictate to the people who shall be their next President, If the Postmaster, General has removed these meritorious officers w ithout cause, and for such cor rupt purposes, I hesitate not to say he ought to be impeached and removed from office. So thought James Madison so thought General Jackson. In his letter to Mr. Monroe, in 1617, he advised him to select 44 officers fr their probity, virtue, capaci ty, and firmness, without regard to party." In his memorial to Congress in 1S19, he declares, that 44 if a public oificer is to be removed to create a vacancy or to gratify the ambition of a favorite partisan, then will the patriot have cause to trem ble for th honor of his country and the perpetuity of her republican institutions." And in his inau gural address in 13"J, he declared that he consi dered among his most sacred duties 44 the correction of Zio.ve abuses which hare brought the patronage of the Federal Government into conflict with the j'reedom of elections." These are patriotic srnti m nts, honorable both to his head and his heart. From the bottom of rev soul I respond to their truth and justice. Whenever the immense power and patronage of this Government, with upwards of one hundred thousand officers and persons in its jav, is brought to b?ar upon the freedom of our elections for the purpose of controlling and dicta ting to the people, then may the patriot tremble far the safety of our free institutions. FOREIGN RELATIONS. There is but one subject more which I feel it toy duty to touch upon. It is our foreign relation. Wiih one exception, we are at pence and upon the most friendly relations with all the world. ! That exception is France. A treaty was formed with that nation on the 4th of July, 1S31, by which twenty-five millions of francs (five millions of dol lars) was stipulated to be paid to our citizens for epoila'ions committed upon our commerce upwards .of twenty years ago. This indemnity, although .it fell far short of the injury sustained by our peo ple, was every where hailed with demonstrations of joy, because it removed the only obstacle to a friendly end harmonious intercourse with our most ancient ally and friend. Cut to carry this treaty into complete execution, it was necessary to obtain the approbation of the Chatnler of Deputies, who are the representatives of the eople. The treaty wa9 submitted to them in 1833, and rejected by a jnajority of eight only. The king of France im dlatciy apprised our Government of the rejec- sion of the treaty, but assured hi that he would J again present it, and use his liest exertions to obtain the approbation of the Chambers. Thus stood the matter at tMu opening of Congress. The Presi dent, smarting under the injustice done to our citi zens, and the extraordinary delay interposed to the execution of the treaty, charged the French king with a want of good faith, und boldly recommend ed to Congress repri is upon French property, which must inevitably have led to war with that great and powerful nation. Congress, however, has done nothing to encourage such a state of things ; but on the contrary, its proceedings on this delicate and imjtortant subject are well calculated to secure the execution of the treaty and restore peace to the two countries. Congress resolved, by unanimous rotes, that the treaty was founded in justice, that it ought to be maintained and its execution insisted on, but that no legislative measure ought to be adopted at pre sent. When we last heard from France the Pre sident's message had reached Paris. It had crea ted, as was to be supposed, very general excitement, and had produced the most unfavorable eflect. Cut it was believed that if Congress .should do no thing to favor the forcible measure recommended by the President, that the Chambers, who were new members, would approve the treaty and make an appropriation of money to carry it into execution. Sincerely do 1 hope it may be the ca se. A wa r w " 1 1 1 a n y i lat ion is a g rea t e v i I , bu t a w a r with France is abhorent to the best feelings of the American heart. France was our early friend; she stood by us in the most trying period of our history, and generously aided us with her men and money in the achievement of our liberties. Let us therefore avoid, if it can be done consistent with ourjionor, a conflict with a eople endeared to us by so many sacred recollections. To the southern eop!e a war would be jK-culiarly disastrous: it would plunge us again into another heavy national debt, which would call for another heavy and op pressive tarilF. IJut if war must come, 1 am sure I but repeat a sentiment common to you all, that we must then stand bv our country. ml m Such are some of the leading topics w hich I have felt it my duty to bring to your consideration. Many others I muM leave untouched. Since I have been your representative, I have seen much to ap prove and much to condemn. .Many of the mea sures of the Administration have, in my opinion, been fortunate for the country, while I have belie ved others unwise and dangerous in their tendency. I have endeavoured to pursue the line of duty. It is much more agreeable to a representative to sup port than to oppose those in power. IJut I cannot consent to support any Administration rig if or wrong. Such a blind and slavish devotion would i!l become the representative of a free people. I commenced public life, pledged to support the great These principles I have endeavoured to maintain trouguout, and these principles I am determined to maintain and insist on, whoever may come into power. If, in the suport of these principles, I nm so fortunate as to have met your approbation, I shall be proud to again represent you. If otherwise, I shall return to private life conscious of having en deavoured to do my duty to you and to the country, and with no-other feeling than that of gratitude for j your past kindness to me, and a sincere regret that I was not able to repay it to your satisfaction. With sentiments of high regard, I am vour friend and fellow citizen, A. RENCIIER. POLITICAL MISCELLANY". From the United States Telegraph. It will be seen, by an article from the X. York Courier, which will be found below, that Commo dore Elliot took with him to the Tneatre, as a bo dy guard, between forty and fifty of the Marines of the Frigate Constitution. Uy taking so small a number, we may presume the brave Commodore intended to show that the imputations cast on his courage, by the brave Perry and others, were un fiinded. The Commander of the Marine says, they wre there to 44 keep order!" that is to pro tect the gallant Commodore from the hisses of the audience. A thief under tne gallows need not have envied the feelings of the Commodore when he entered the Theatre. OLD IRONSIDES. Interference of the Military with the Ciril Au thority. The United Slates Frigate, Constitution, got under way yesterday morning and w ent to sea. I She is destined to France, where in the event of the rejection of the indemnity Dill !y the French Chambers, she will receive on board our Minister and his family ami return to the United States. IJut should the IJill have become a law, she is or dered to join our squadron in the .Mediterranean. Oa Saturday, Commodore Elliot caused a new figure head, being a bust of Andrew Jackson, to b placed on her bows, and in the evening he at tended the IJowery Theatre, o receive the plaudits of those v. ho arc willing to consider any act or adulation to the President worthy of especial commendation. It was very foolishly imagined that 6orr;e of the Whigs might be present, who would le more apt to hiss than to cheer the noto rious Elliot; but in this they were disappointed. He w.is received with three hearty cheers from rfu? worshipper of the idol, and coiis. quentlv the fi fiy-one United rotates Marines in full uniform and with side arms ! found no employment in de fending the sacred person of him who has render ed his name a by-word and reproach throughout the country. It is indeed a startling fict to place on record, but it is nevertheless true, that fifty-one United States Marines, with a Sergei it at their head, were in attendance in fhe second tier of the Theatre, and all of them wearing side arms ! And what is letter evidence of their object being there, ihe Sergent w.is heard to say, that he had fifty-one with him, and if that uumlicr was not sufficient to preserve order, he could procure an hundred more. We have taken some pains to ascertain why these arn.vd .Marines were thus introduced into one of our public Theatres, and although the parties con cerned in it are not prepared to admit that they were sent there to put down any citizens who might exhibit a dislike to the character and conduct of Elliot ; yet it is admmitted that they were not in vited, but that each paid for his ticket of admission, and that they were regularly marched to and from, what no diibt was intended to have leen, jhe scene of a bloody contest, if the Whigs had pot been timely cautioned, through this paper and other Kuee, tu.t t present them.l at th Theatre, or in any way interfere with the public honors in tended to bo conferred upon the great leader of the band of sycophants who have discraced them selves and their public stations by a blind, abject, and disgraceful sycophancy to the President of the United States. Cut whether they were or were not invited by the manager of the Theatre to be present, is per fectly immaterial. The simple fact of a large bo dy of armed soldiers being introduced into a place of public amusement, to overawe and put down our citizens, form a new era in our history, and is cal culated to make us tremble for the fate of the Re public. We have neither time or space, to-day, tor the reflections which this unheard of, dangerous, und disgraceful act necessarily suggests. Well might Mr. Clay exclaim in the Senate, that 44 we are in the midst of a revolution," when we thus see the military power brought into contact with our citizens, even in their places of public amuse ment : and if the officers concerned in offering this insult to our city are not brought before a court martial and expelled the service, then may we indeed admit that the liberties of the country have been destroyed, the reign of terror commenced, and a military despotism substituted for our once free Republic. It was a cowardly act at best, to bring the Con stitution to this port to be disgraced by a figure head of Jackson, because the gallant commander dared not place it on her bows at Coston ; but that our city should have been disgraced by the presence of an irmed soldier at one of our Thea t resjto prevent the people from expressing their feel ings against the man who has caused a stain to rest upon the fair escutcheon of our navy ; is an act which calls for immediate punishment upon the perpetrators of it. We hope our Common Coun cil will this evening cause an investigation into this highdiauded outrage upon our city, and, in the mean time, we call upon our fellow citizens of all parties to unite in denouncing it as the mot dan gerous of all the 44 experiments" which have yet been made upon their Liberties. From the Boston Atlas. SIGNS OF THE TIMES. The partizans of Judge White seem determined to keep the field, notw ithstanding the imploring ex postulations of the friends of the 44 regular succes sor, in discussing the resolutions to amend the Constitution so as to secure the election of President and Vice President to the people, some heretical doctrines were broached by Mr. Peyton, of Tenn., which called forth the rebuke of Mr. Polk, one of the faithful among the faithless. We subjoin an ex tract from the remarks of Mr. Peyton: Sir, said Mr. P., I cannot shut my eyes to the signs of the times. There are some grounds for doubting whether gentlemen are altogether sincere in their professions of wishing an amendment of the Constitution at this time. They profess to consider an elc tion of the President by the House as the greatest of all political calamities. They carry their apprehensions so far as to contend, in eflect, that, to avoid this danger, there shall not must not be but one candidate of our party. Yes, sir, that one man shall appropriate to himself, in the coming election, the entire strength of our over whelming party. This is saying, that all but one man of the great republican party in the United States is disfranchised, and that the mantle of its strength must fall upon his shoulders. Why, upon what ground is this argument built up? Cecause gentlemen say, by possibility the election may de volve upon this House. Sir, the namo of Hugh Lawson White, of Ten nessee, is befoje the nation as a candidate for the Presidency. lie has been taken up by the People in ineir primary assemblies, and in their legislative assemblies, without any solicitation or agency oft Ins own ; and, having been thus presented, he will sj continue, unless the same power which brought forward his namo shall withdraw if. And, sir, there is another distinguished individ jal of our par ty spoken of as an aspirant, to the same station. It is true, he is not yet a candidate, as I understand his friends, he will not consent that the People shall have any agency in bringing him forward, but is waiting to be endorsed by a National Caucus, before he comes into tho field. This, sir, will pre sent no difficulty to him. The endorsement w ill be made ; 'tis already arranged, for it is universally admitted that none but his friends will attend the Caucus. Now, as I understand the position of my honorable colleague, and those who act with him, the main reason which they assign for supporting the candidate of the caucus, against Hugh L. White, is, that by possibility the election may come into this House. Yes, sir, this is the pretext by which the jKjople of the United States are to be ind iced to surrender their right of electing a President, or even to have the claim of any candidate which they may choose to present, considered. Why must they make a surrender of their most impor tant privileges ? Cecause, forsooth, the Constitu tion ought to be amended, sous to give them more power ? Eet their representatives make the ne cessary amendments. Cut then there would lie no pretext for a caucus no necessity for a Convention no excuse for disfranchising any man no argu ment to force Judge White from the field. From the Virginia Statesman. EXECUTIVE PATRONAGE. MIL CALHOUN'S REPORT. We present to day some extracts from the very able report upon Executive Patronage, made to the Senate of the United States, by a Select Committee, consisting of Messrs. Calhoun, Cibb, King of Geo., Webster, Southard, and Centon. This Committee, it is said, were unanimous in their views, as to the alarming extent of Executive Patronage, and the necessity of reducing it. The Report is from the pen of Mr. Calhoun, and like every other produc tion of his gigantic mind, is clear, concise, and vigorous ; containing the strongest views, the hap piest illustrations, and the most powerful arguments. We have never read a public document of greater ability, anil regret that our limits will not admit of its entire insertion. The subject of w hich it treats is one of the deepest interest to the American peo ple, and one which imperiously demands their most serious and prompt attention. Cy means of the patronage of the government, the Executive of this country wields a power truly alarming and dan ge rous in its character. Although our attention has leen frequently directed to this subject, yet we had never fully comprehended the extent of that power, until we saw it develojv?d in the Report be fore us. The views there presented, cannot fail to excite surprise, even in those w ho have long look ed with apprehension upon the influence of Execu tive patronage. Ihe extent ot patronage -with which the Constitution of the country invests the too i'reat : and could the action of the Executive, upon this subject, be confined within the limits there prescribed, it j ... . .1 1 1 r : would still be a oower, which, in the hands of an ambitious or corrupt Executive, would he danger ous in the extreme. Cut xMr. Calhoun's Report proves conclusively, that this power has not been confined Avithin its constitutional limits; but that by direct and indirect means, it has wandered forth, accumulating strength, and now threatens, if not soon arrested, to sweep from us every remaining vestige of liberty. Executive influence (by means of 4 the patronage ' of the government as now used,) has rallied an immense army of Office Holders and Expectants ;--persons either holding or expect ing office, or so connected with the General Go vernment as to be dependent upon it. The obvious and irresistible tendency is to corrupt public opinion. Let the candid reader examine for him self the facts stated in tho extracts from the Report before us ; let him remember the well trained army of upwards of oxi: hundred thousand persons, either holding offices: receiving the public money; or dependant upon the will of the Executive; the countless host of expectants, who are either seek ing to displace those in office, or to occupy their places as they become vacant ' let him remember that this immense army of Office-holders hold their places by the tenure of partisan zeal and party service, and that tins 4 countless host of expectants ' all look- to the'Exccutice for the gratification of their wishes ; let him remember that the anti-Republican principle that the spoils belong to the victors ' is recognized and acted upon by the party now in piwer ; let him rememler that besides the immense power wielded by the Executive, by means of a control of the public offices, that it has now unlimited control over the public funds, and through them, over the w hole Ranking System of the Coun try ; that these funds have been, and may yet be distributed among the State Ranks, transferred from one to another at the pleasure of the Execu tive ; and we ask, can it be denied, that the present extent of Executive Patronage is dangerous aird demands a reduction ? This is a question upon w hich all parties should le united. Heaven for bid that it should be made a party question ! The crisis is at hand : The People must act; the struggle will be between themselves and the Office-IIoldeks ! Correspondence of the Richmond Whig. W ashington, March ii2d, 1835. It is now given out 44 in high places," that im mediately after the result of the Virginia elections is known, Major Carry will be sent to Spain, Amos Kendal installed as his successor in the Department, and that the General himself will visit Tennessee, for the purpose of securing the vote of that State for Van Curen. Will Virginia instruct Mr. Leigh to resign, that Mr. Rives may take a seat in the Senate to confirm Amos Kendall's appointment as Post Master General ? Or what does Mr. Rives and Virginia say to Amos as the successor of Mar tin Van Curen ? I must, while on the subject of Amos Kendall, record a tact for the amusement of your readers. You have heard of a lithographic print which was hawked about our streets at the rate of 81 eacl ? The scheme originated with a Mr. Riley, the same who was Amos' instrument in getting up the Hicko ry Club, who employed a foreigner to execute them. The Artist, after delivering GOO copies, demanded payment of his bill. He was put ofl from time to time, at length brought suit the Justices of the Peace hold their offices from the President, and the returning officer selects the Justice before whom all business is done. In this case, the warrant was carried before John N. Moulder, Esq., the chief Clerk in the Second Comptroller's Office. He, mid der one pretence and another, delayed the trial from dav to day, until, after a delay of some months. he refused to try it at all alledn-'inrr that he would not be troubled with it. The discomfitted Artist then employed another constable, who carried the matter before a certain Squire Welsh, the brother of a Pennsylvania Editor, and one of the instru ments of corruption in that State. He, too, had his difficulties. It was never convenient for Riley to attend. At length the Artist found a constable who undertook to bring Riley nolens volens, and he came. Here follows a copy of the account t Major Thos. C. Roily to Philip Haas, Dr (1634) September 1. To lithographic Portrait of Amos Kendall, 100 impressions delivered to Mr Reily, 26 100 impressions delivered to Mr. Miller, 26 .50 impressions delivered to Mr. Miller, Oct. 7 300 impressions delivered to Mr. Reily, 1 ream of paper for same, 57 Credit by cash, jjo Remains, The trial came on, Mr. Reily insisted that the lithograph had been done by another artist, and that be was not bound to pay for the paper that the artist had agreed to deliver the copies at to ir cents. The aitist proved that the contract had been for 4000 copies that Reily was hound to purchase the paper, and failing to do so, that he had bought it that as to the 820 for lithographing the Portrait, he had paid that sum to tlie person who had transferred it to the stone. The magi strate took the subject under advisement, and then gave a judgment for ten dollars, reserving for fur ther advisement the question of to whom the stone be Ion ged. I am thus particular, that yon may firm some idea of the individuals who now administer this government. Here are a set of government offi cers, the associates and dependants of Amos Ken dall, engaged in swindling a poor, unfriended artist, out of the pitiful sum of fifteen dollars, when they had made a profit of fair hundred dollars at least, on what he had charged but fifty -seven for. Eight hundred per cent, on his labor was not enough ! Cut see the influence entering the halls of justice. Pshaw ! justice, indeed ! Here it is a despotism and Virginia is called upon to disgrace her noble Senators because they have too much character, patriotism, and public virtue to become the pander of such a power. Cenjamin Watkins Leigh and John Tyler, the bondsmen of Ainos Kendall 1 ! Yes, such is the condition to which the madness of party spirit would reduce the proud representatives ot lrgima s sovereignty t an it be? It is ini- iSjble much us I have seen to deplore iu the course, which some of her degenere sons have persued. I will be spared this last degradation and you, sirs, are emu eu wjou gran. ....I., j" t-i.n.r-r.i- nml Cltirit Vt'llh VIII(n Villi O v tude, for the energy and spirit with which you are sustaining her interest. Go on : we will not yet despair the people are not yet so steeped in cor ruption as to become willing slaves to such masters. From the Richmond Whig. THE UNITED STATES TELEGRAPH. A great effort appears to be making among the office-holders to put down the United States Tele graph. They may probably succeed w hen Amos comes to be Postmaster-General. Some days ago iu consequence of a combination of journeymen, tho cessasion of the Telegraph was momently expect ed. It is said that the President's health has suf fered greatly from the disappointment of his wish es for a French war, and that the Kitchen have got up this war against the Telegraph to amuse his royal appetite for that pastime as Princes, in for mer times, hunted the tenants of the forest when deprived of the more rational occupation of cutting the throats of their neighbors. We say again, that the United Stales Telegraph ought to be sustained. Where the resources of individuals are insufficient, they ought to unite them, and throw in a mite to sustain a paper which has literally sacrificed itsrlf in maintaining the rights of the people. General Green was prime favorite at the palace in 1629 He disdained to prostitute himself, and longer to support an Administration w hich no longer possess ed his confidence. This ought to elevate him with the people as much as it injured him with power. CENTRAL DICTATION. The time once was when members of Congress were considered the Representatives of the People, and as such were selected by the people themselves. The time has arrived, however, when menders of Congress are held resjonsibIe to tlie Executive ; when the test of qualification is not the ability and fidelity with which they have served the people, but the servility with which they have sustained the Executive. To be a supporter of the Administra tion is now a sufficient recommendation to the partisans of the administration ; and hence the Globe, the organ of the party, relieves the people, and nominates members to Congress. North Ca rolina is especially honored by the guardianship of the Executive press, and her citizens will deserve excommunication if they do not register t lie edict of their royal master. U. S. Telegraph. The National Intelligencer, alluding to Judge White's vote on the three million appropriation, remarks : 4i The Government Paper say s that, in voting against the three million appropriation, Judge White of the Senate 44 parted from the President and his Cabinet." How came the President and his Cabinet a party in that question? Neither the one or the other had recommended the appropria tion, or even hinted a wish for it publicly. Was tlte extraordinary proposition, to place three mil lions of money at the sole disjosal of Executive discretion, the result of any private intimation from tlie President ? If not, how was Judge White's op posion to that monstrous proposition a 44 parting from the President ?'' We suppose the truth to be, that all party men are expected to know by instinct the pleasure of the President, and vote according ly : otherwise they are immediately suspected of hiving slipped the collar." CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL. It was mentioned the other day, that upon the ccasion of the entrance of the venerable Chief Justice Marshall into the Senate Chamber at Wash ington, the most lively manifest;; I were exhibited, and marked expressions of satis t l I 0 .'V I ! tact,on wore vble in the countenances and ac- tions of all present. This silent tribute to the worth and purity of the Chief Justice, displayed in the Senate Chamber, may be witnessed wherev er he goes, and in whatever situation hemav bo placed. So thoroughly are the American people of a knowledge of the high deserts of this excellent man, that on all occasions where it can lie shown, they give him the spontaneous and hearty exhi bition of their respect and esteem. Chief Justice Marshall must now bo upwards of eighty years of age. Venerable in years, even leyond tin? ordinary lot of our race, he" vet retains that blessect gilt, so often denied to men far ad- j vanced in life, vigor of mind united with health of j body the sound mind, in the sound body so ar jdently desired by all to whom Providence'permits " length ot days." All w ho read the able and lu minous opinions which he gives, comprised in tho reports of the cases argued and ad'nidced in the - Supreme Court ; all who witness his daily atten ! tion to business in the Courts which he holds, and particularly on the Cench at Washington : all who ' : U . i 1 p l - - . ' . nit- pic.t.MiTO oi ms acquaintance, and the de light of his daily conversation, will bear witness to the nnimnriirtvl ctrorwi-ih .f kl- ,: ,j i .i . ! i " v me muni, auu me uu- j broken vigor of his intellect. He defects error, .- iiuiw, iin me same eagie-eyeu knowledge that distinguished him years ago. He still " un ties, familiar as his garter," the intricates and sub tleties of the law : he still administers justice, with that indexible determination which has made the decisions of the Supreme Court not only looked up to here, as the highest authority in jurisprudence which can be quoted, but regarded in Europe with the utmost attention and respect. Long, long may his life be yet spared to him, and to his country ! Far, far removed be the day when the Nation w ill have to mourn his loss ! Alexandria Gaxcttc. S7in hffmrtit tho . J .L - w.. V? ii i c 1,tl t,more. Uate states, that Mr. m..uuau,m .ew iiampsnire, whilst acting as Chair man of a Committee of the Whole House, on Tuesday, during several successive hours, found himself in a state which required repletion. He accordingly des patched a meenger down stairs, who quicklv return ed. But the unfortunate Chairman, whilst endeavoring to smuggle the glass of some sustaining beverage l his hps, trying to avoid observation mhis elevated sent, was visited by some invidious and unforeseen ac cident which suddenly emptied the whole draught upon the floor. He was soon afterwards relieved from his hard duty by the Committee rising to report. The Tennessee papers are, almost unanimously, violently opposed to the Baltimore Convention, which they justly call "a packed jury." The Nash ville Banner say s Tennessee has sent no dele gate to this Convention, and its nomination will ht i- -v 1 -. iii. inimeuce on ner vote. She voto for White." Ruhifh Star. po
