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(0.G It ESSIOX AL SKETC II ES.

cfSRErOXDENCE OF THE CINCINNATI WHIG.

asiiinton, Jan. t, I!So(. Tliis morning transported the far-oflTMexico into the House, at least, in thought. The l.vriial as finished, and but finished by the rul; when John Quincv Adam?, who is cm-

(iihaticillvtlie punin: m i v;iui in me jit-uiie,.isK-j permission lo call the attention of the n ,,;e, to the present interesting relations be1' ' . . . ........ 1 r " ti..

veen tins country aim jiexico. i ne ciiaucf tlie Committee on Foreign Relations miscalled on by Mr. Adams, to state if any racial information had been communicated , , the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He an-

;ACred that there was no communication of

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nvuee. Mr. Adams men gave notice that t- should call the attention of the House to t;.e subject on Monday next: The 'Michigan Member next asked permis-

vm of the House to present a petition fiom the Michigan Legislature, which was opposed bv Mr. Vinton, of Ohio with success.

' Petitions in the order of Slates, w ere then ,. i 1... AI 1.,.I liri

PrCSCIULU, OV iUCJJl?. AlilllICl, 1JUIIU, ttllllI. mi " . tti T.'rl

tlesev, lliompson, oiorer, ivngore, unancy and Kennon, .all of your State. In the course of the morning, the bill appropriating sSO.OOO for the suppression of the Indian hostilities, in Florida, was passed. The Senate have spent nearly four hours frdaviuan Abolition war, w hich w ill be ieneral again, on Monday next, to w hich lime, both Houses of Congress have adjourned. The discussion in the Senate, was carried on principally by Messrs. Preston Calhoun, Tvler, Leigh, Benton, Buchanan and Borwn with ail the interest that such men, themselves always interesting, could give to the subject of the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia. For a leisure day, w hich will be to-morrow, I must leave the subject of Debate, and the several opinions of the Senators. The Petition, which caused the present Debate, was presented by Mr. Morris, of your state. To-morrow, you know is the Aniversary of the Battle of New Orleans. The day is to be

celebrated in the Cilv, bv the laving of the

cornerstone of the new City, on the Virginia deol the Potomac. The citv is to be called

JACKSOX, in honor of the hero himself, w ho

.j to be the great Mogul in the celebration of

taeday. Should the rain and snow cease, rod the mud not be more than five feet deep

( lis nearlv that now besides, I am but five

eet and a few inches high, which would be I.tngerous you know, to a poor fellow attend"ga Jackson celebration.) I shall endeavor ?be there to tell you of the West, how the

Genera! behaves in laving the corner stone

anew citv, which is to bear his own name,

".J an ugly name when given in honor of him, fLoni if ic tM.. I .

-'" ifc IJ HUM HlLCtllKJU IU 11UI1UI .

Washington, Jan. Slh, 1S3G. The glorious eighth has come and the quickit goes the belter if the succession shall be -'owed by fair weather. My almanack, for Mungton, to-day, says, as it has said for the rtv past days, with few exceptions "First, wn-, tlien it snczc, then it fAr,thcnin vr."

hat the weather may be for the next thirtv

f "j know not, but presume it will be the

pie tickle jade as it has been for the time

st. lint, to the glorious eighth the anni;r?arv dav of the battle of New-Orleans

it more particularly the anniversary day of

ndenng homage to the hero of two wars fiesterdav. I told von that a new citv was

'be bmk on the Virginia side of the'Potothat the coi ner stone was to be laid tov by the hero himself that the citv was to

e iinmortalizeil In- lion

'UiUA. But the elements have consnir-

ia2ainstthe nnrfv. mvincr .Iimitor Tnnans

R -Veptunc Tonens the day for themselves.

ratlon ls therefore to be postponed ;7V Monday, as the merchants of the Fm-

jium sometimes call the day. promised, vesterdav. to send vou to-dav,

Account of yesterdav's debate in the Seii-

'- upon Abolition. Promises even in Wash-

iori, arc wnrfh c.oilii.wv ;f n-wi,-

vnn ci'iML illlli II IIV'V -tlilt least to f hoso wlin Iinvn riir.-iro oiumiitIi

tcl1 "hat the party does. Morris. then.V I have told you before, without the 'Jltalion of any bod v. but nrobablv as an

' justice to his constituents, opened the ;'e by tiring into the Senate chamber, a ot Petitions from llmn n i unlit v. I be-

ou have such a countv as that, nrav-

'C ji lllC .Al)olit'o of Slavery in the District . , lni''ia. He made some prefatory rei presented the itelition, w hich 1 1 not hear. 1 tall0Un, the lion oflhrSonih. nnun.-rd at

upon the petition, and moved its rejec-

'(on followed with all the eloquence of Vr tor. and a National Orator too,

Halt an Iumii, i u.i i.o. i ;r..i

, ,ni"glel with the arguments of a fmn i Clan Wortls flowed" from his lips -J! Zrcai or;itor of Homer, "like hon-in,-r ous,,ts t breath and words that cnie quick as thought and breath from

. """; tis iiuvi in in i:is ueiniui. iCfih. . s l"c Abolitionists, comnarinc

,lc did to the midnight assasin to

the torch bearer, with fagots in one hand and the

fire in the other to the incendiary, with his lisrht

ed mach ready to apply to the train of gunpowder.

which led to the National Magazine, and so on to

tlie end of his brilliant, forcible, but rather unjust

chapter; comparing:, as he does, all petitions for

the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, with those who demand immediate abolition,

m the District and every where.

Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, followed, making a

few sensiblef remarks against the expediency of

such petitioners, but also, in defence of the peti

tinners, especially those of his own state, whom he

declared to be good men, and pious men who now had, and who always have had conscientious scruples against the sin of slavery. Uenton, the champion of Michigan, the erolden

humbug JSenton, next mounted the rostrum, holding

in ins nana a iree oi liberty, which he declared "some of the fanatics had sent him," Evidently

lie hbbea. It must have been some wair who

wished to illustrate to him (boasting as he does of

Ins freedom, while in truth, he is more of a slave

than any hard-worked son of Africa at the .South,) the principles of liberty. The "fanatic," as he called him, who sent him such an engraving intend

ed it for himself tlie slave Denton. Dut Denton,

with an everlasting party-beam in his eve, made

it a subject of public, instead of personal applica

tion.

Tyler of Virginia, next obtained the floor. No

disguise no insinuations no surmising accoin

panied his remarks. Upon the broad ground of

state rights, he took Ins position, denying in the beginning that Congress had the power to legislate

at all on the question of Slavery denying that the South feared the Northern agitators; assuming that

she had the power to quell all internal tumults and

to crush all domestic foes, tehe feared not she

never had feared or vpould fear her foes; be they foreign or domestic; she is strong enough to subdue them, and will subdue them. Leigb, Tyler's colleague, followed, making but few remarks in ailusion to the subject pronouncing

however, his anathema upon the Abolition spirit of

Dr. Channing, which had lately burst forth in an Anti-Slavery pamphlet, and regretting that such talents, such an intellect, such acquirements, should have inhaled the poisonous breath of Abolition. Drown of N. C. made some all sorts of remarks, feeling the pulse of the Senators, and calculated to prop up Martin Van Duren, who in the final exit of (Jen. Jackson from office, is to be entered as Brown's consulting oracle. Calhoun, Preston, and Leigh, replied to him, when Webster motioned that the Senate adjourn over till Monday, at which time he will probably speak upon the Constitutional question. You may be prepared for a splendid treat. Daniel Webster stands as interpreter of the American Constitution, aa Daniel of Old in the interpretation of the writing upon the wall at Dalshazzar's Feast. Washington', Jan. 9th, 166. Darton has at length reached the country and the seat of government. He comes full of the war spirit pregnant with the necessity of immediate and decisive action forcible action on the part of our National Government against France. Tlie city is highly excited and crowding around him and learning from him every thing that can be learnt relative to the unhappy state of affairs between the two countries. Jle pronounces an altercation or a national disgrace, the one or the other, inevitable. Forsyth has declared publicly, that he knows of no other way of settling the controversy than by immediate and forcible action on the part of the Fninited States. So say the Cabinet generally. The old General who has been the cause of all this difficulty, cries amen, and t he party, almost to a man, again echo amen, and amen. So much for the excitement attending the arrival of Mr. Barton. Dut thanks to Providence arid the wisdom of our fathers no one man can of himself sway the sceptre of war and peace over the nation. The Senate still is firm, still loyal to the people, if not to the one man acting independently of the people. She will do all she can in these trying timet to Lush the elements of war, and scatter the clouds that hang over us. A Cabinet Council has been held to day, the President, Mr. Darton and the whole Cabinet being present. I have not learnt the result of their deliberations, indeed no one has, beyond the pale of the political sanctuary of tlie party. From good authority however, 1 have been told that the President will not forward a special message till the middle or close of the next week. In this perhaps he will do well. Prudence and policy both dictate to him tlie fatal effects of being too speedy in his recommendations, and when the message shall reach the Senate, it will be the production of Mr. Livingston, who is now in the city in close quarters at the White House with his son-in-law and the President himself. Monday, you are aware, is to be devoted to the Glorification of Gen. Jackson, who is to lay the corner stone of the new city. The news from Mexico has also spread great consternation through the city, especially the death of so many of our citizens at Tampico. The particulars you have probably learnt before this time at Cincinnati. To-morrow is Sunday.

Speakers. Mr. Storerspoke at length, against the reception of the petition and Mr. Thompson in favor, contending that neither Ohio, Illinois nor Indiana gained any thing by the rejection. The other members of the Delegation opposed it, on the ground of its coming from a Stale Lesristature, and a State professedly when, legally no such body had been convened and no such State authority had been authorized or sanctioned by the Government. In the course of the Debate, several amendments were made to a resolution, which had been introduced denying the right of Michigan to act in the capacity of a State. The resolution was then made the subject of debate and the petition was finally received by the House and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, by a small majority, having, however, been amended prior to adoption, in such a manner, as to read that the memorial be received from the poeople of, instead of the House of Representatives and Senate of the State of, Michigan. The whole Debate was spirited and interesting although the subject of Debate was the mere reference of a memorial. The Naval Committee, at present, so interesting, next came before the House, through their Chairman, Mr. Jarvis, of Maine, who presented a resolution that the Nav al forceE, of the United States be increased. The tocsin of war was thusscunded. Mr. Wise of Virginia, opposed, dec'.aring that nothing ought to be granted till demanded by the Executive and the Executive Departments from the House. He spoke plainly of Jackson an the Cabinet, who, he said, would, if they had the power, make the members their tools and place upon their, responsibilities which they should assume themselves. Jarvis followed in reply, and Pickens of South Carolina, (after Jarvis,) who fought for Wise, against the resolution. Reed of Massachusetts, next entered the field, raising his voice in a speech half war and half peace. Havves of Kentucky, followed, with several others, in some unimportant remarks, when the previous question was called for, and carried by a large majority: The previous question was the adoption of the resolution, which was carried by the yeas and nays yeas ICS, nays 10. The House then adjournud, it being nearly five o'clock, and the longest day's session of the present Congress. The Senate have had an interesting session. Mr. Clay having introduced a resolution involving the merits of the present Land questions and Mr. Benton another resolution inquiring into the expediency of increasing the Naval forces of the country. Doth of these resolutions will be made the tubject of debate to-morrow . The Jackson city celebration took place to-1ay. Fur a description of the kuiiiLug, you shall have an extra letter to-morrow.

Washington, Jan. 11th, 1S;?G. The result of to-day's labors in the House, are proof enough that your Delegation are '-able bodied men'' willing and ready to serve, w hen the campaign has commenced. The House have been engaged three of five hours, in discussing the propriety of receiving the memorial from the Senate and House of Representatives of the STATE of Michigan. Tlie same Memorial came up for discussion, several days since, when it was laid upon the table, by a large majority. To-day after a warm fight add much random firing and with seme killed and more wounded, it has been consigned to the Judiciary Committee, of which, the immortal "perish credit perish commerce," Beardslev, of

New York, is Chairman, He is the sworn enemy of Ohio and the sworn friend of Gen. Jackson. To-day he speechified (or more than an hour doubling capes making long tacks and short tacks, narrow tacks, side tacks and in fine, sailing all ways in favor of the Petitioners and in favor of the reference to his Committee. I think, the Administration has concluded to sell Ohio to the Dutch, or to the little Dutchman of Kinderhook, which is one

and thesame thing. The Debate commenced early in the morning's session as soon as Mr. J. O.. Adams bad given notice that he should not ca!l the attention of the House to the present difficulties between this country and Mexico because no official communication had been received from the Mexicans then, Mr. Hannegan, of Indiana, motioned or re-motioned (for the motion had been made before) the rejection of the Petition. So began the war, which lasted three hours, and during which a motion was made, and votes counted for the Previous Question but lost, however, by a large majority. Messrs. Storer, Thompson, Kenhon and Spangler, of your State, have peen among the principal

Washington, Jan. ICth, lei'C

To-day I changed my location from the House to

the Senate, which w as crammed and jammed to

the very walls with all the beauty and fashion of

the city. 1 he current t'owed that way, and with a multitude of others, 1 moved on with the current, eager to hear the interesting questions which rumor told us would come up lor discussion. A few memorials presented &. some three penny business transacted, Mr. Webster, as Chairman of

the Committee on Finance, introduced a Bill tendering relief by the extension of the time of pay

ment on bonds, to the New ork sufferers by fire he advocated the bill on the ground of precedent

acts of Congress and on the ground of justice and duty.

Clay followed in reply, introducing constitutional objections to the Bill, nevertheless expressing a deep sympathy for the sufleres, and a willingness to do all for them that the Constitution and strict

justice to others, would allow. He proposed that

all duties on the goods destroyed by fire, or the amount of those duties be refunded to the importers. In doing this the nation would lose nothing, for the necessity and consumptionof those goods still remained. It would be necessary to import others, on which new duties would be laid; consequently,

this relief could be tendered without the loss of

any thing to the nation. Mr. Calhoun followed, in vindication of thesame measure, offering the same constitutional objections to the passage of Mr. Webster's bill, as had been offeied by 31r. Clay. He would most cheerfully do all that could be done. He was willing, if the Constitution would permit, to extend the surplus revinue to the New York sufferers, desiring rather

that the honest merchant of New York should have the money than the rich Bank monopolis that now

hold it to use at pleasure. Wright of New Nork, replied, pressing the ne

cessity of immediate action, already the sufferings of individuals were immense, and daily increasing. To meet the demands of the Senate who asked time for the consideration of the bill, he, however,

motioned that it lay on the table till to-morrow, when it will if possible be taken up for the immediate action of the Senate. Benton's resolution for increasing the Nava' forces of the country, next came up for discussion, accompanied by some furious remarks from Benton himself, who made a long harangue about what I Thomas Benton had done, and what I, Thos. Bonton had left undone beginning with a long speech about I, and winding up about me. French fleets: French honor; French war; French Chambers and French newspapers, were the egotistical exordium of his speech, and my appropriation bill of three hundred thousand dollars, the peroration. Benton probably learned his " and my's under the ".iy administration of General Jackson," of which ho is the most prominent man. Benton had but taken his seat when the Northern eagle, Webster, pounced upon him with open talons, leigh.the Virginia lion followed, tellingtis a good many truths about the last night of the last session, and the political niana'uvers of the partv

w ho would take the responsibility of appropriations from the Executive Departments, and place it up

on the Senate. Preston, the Orator, next made his attack upon poor Thomas. The "galled jade" w inced under the powerful truths which he portrayed in all the eloquence, both in manner and language.that could be given to the subject. Benton continued to squirm and the South Carolina Macduff'to lay on.' The poor fellow could bear it no longer. With hair erect, and fury in his face, he reached the floor talked of honor, character, honesty and many other strange things for such a man as Benton. Clayton followed, taking the rear in the day's Debate, and speaking in defence of the Senate, till four o'clock, when the Senate adjourned. The House have been engaged apart of the day in discussing the merits of an Appropriation Bill. Mr. Wise, of Ya., and Pickens, of S. C, taking up anew the cudgels against the Expenditures of the Administration. The Debate originated out of a heavy charge for incidental expenditures. The Abolition Debate, which on Tuesday last was postponed, till the present Tuesday, was today postponed till the next Tuesday.

Washington, Jan. 13th, 183G. The Senate have, for the whole day, continued their discussion on the Bill proposed by the Committee on Fiance for the sufferers by the NewYork fire. The lions of the Senate hav e roared to use a vulgar metaphor, though a true one Messrs. Clay, Ewing, Webster, Calhoun, Leigh and Wright, (who is the greatestjion of the opposition, having spoken upon the subject. Mr. Clay introduced a new Bill, the one which had been introduced by Mr. Webster having many Constitutional objections. 31r. Ewing of your state, proposod an amendment, without which, he said heshouhl have to oppose both bills, (Mr. Webster's and Mr. Clay's,) on Constitutional grounds. The amendment was, that ell importers and all ports in the country, should receive like benefit upon the occurrence of like suffering to that which had befallen New York, instead, I presume, as now making such an occurrence, one for special legislation. The amendment, how ever, iwas lost, and Mr. Clav's new bill with it, Mr. Calhoun then mo

tioned that the second section of the bill presented, yesterday, by Mr. Webster be stricken out, which motion was negatived by yeas 9 nays .'!4. King of Georgia, then mentioned thatthe first section be stricken out from the bill, which was also negatived. The original bill, w hich you may find in the Washington papers of this morning, was then finally passed by a large majority, when the Senate went into Executive business. The House have been discussing the merits of the appropriation Bill, with more vehemence than has accompanied the discussion of any other question since the session commenced. Mr. Cambreleng of New York, the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, introduced a bill from the Committee appropriating two million! of dollars for the increase of the Naval forces of the country. Of course such a bill was a poser to some

members a scare-crow to others and "a note of

preparation" to others. The result was words! words! words! and will probably be words for some time to come. What was said, I did not hear, be-, ing in the other branch of Congress. What was done, however, I can tell you, and that was nothing. Washington, Jan. 1-1, S'T. Ewing, Gouldsborough, Benton, Porter, Webster and Cutlibert have been upon the floor to-day, in a most interesting discussion more interesting than any, w hich has preceded it during the present season in either Hons? of Congress. Benton's appropriation Bill of last year has been resumed and debated upon by the mightiest intellects in the nation with the full power in exercise that had even attended the thoughts and words of 'the men themselves. A little before one o'clock, the Debate was opened by Ewing, who for a half hour stated in bold and explicit terms his objections to the Resolution of Benton his reasons for doing as he had done in opposing! hcappropriation Bill for $:l,0ti0,00l thrust upon the Senate at midnight of the last session; telling us too; in bold, eloquent, and glowing terms of the manoeuvres w hich attended those dark deliberations of the last year's Bill enlightening us also upon the Constitutional impropriety of passing an indefinite, uncalled for Bill, not specific in its terms not warranted in justice to the nation, not based upon the wants of the country not worthy in the form in which it was presented, the legislation of the National Congress.

But I will not lumber my letter with a part of

what you will not fail to give your readers in full. Ewing has done his constituents, hitnseif, the Senate and nation justice. Mr. GoLDsnonoiGH, of Maryland, one of the most kind, unassuming, unpretending, honorable men in the Senate, next took the floor, and made a very able and conclusive, argumentative speech in opposition to the resolution, and indefence of the Senate, from the attacks made upon it by Mr. Benton. At times he was very eloquent and impressive. He took up Mr. Benton's speec h, piece by piece, und tore it all to tatters, and left the Missouri Senator nothing but bare poles to scud under, amid the devouring storm which he had presumptuously called down about him. Mr. Goldsborough was listened to, not only by the Senate and the immense crowds in the galleries, but by many of the Representatives who were present, w ith the most profound attention. I noticed, as a fact worth noticing,that during the whole delivery of Mr. Goldsborough's speech, Mr. Calhoun kept in his scat a thing very remarkable for him and caught every word as it fell, apparently with great surprize and admiration surprise in finding so able and eloquent a Senator in the new memberfroin Maryland, and approbation of the correctness of what he had said. Mr. Benton next took the floor. It was hardly known what he intended to say or do. He soon made that known however. He shook his head and gritted his teeth. He either was, or affected to be, under great excitement. He said in l. low tone of voice, something about what he thought instinct would prompt any gentle-man (drawling out the gentle, und strongemphasizing the man, and then repeating thesame term more emphatic in another connection) to do, tVc. Whether he alluded to Mr. Ewing or Air. Goldsborough in this part of hie remarks, I could not ascertain, he spoke so indistinctly, with the exception of a word or' two. He then

raiseu his voice and said tlie senator from .Maryland had made a deliberate, personal attack upon him! that at the last session that Senator drew a picture w hich the Senate and thousands who heard it in the galleries, he doubted not, knew it to he fir

him! that he had heard that that Senator had rehearsed, yes, REHEARSED that part of the picture which related to him! that he had now, after sleeping over the balance of the account which he then received, a whole year, commenced anew the attack. Here he clenched his ris-ts together, drew himself up at full length, grated his teeth, and gave a most magnificent shirer all over, and left his seat, (.Mr. King, of Alabama, being in the Chair, and crying out order! in the meantime) and went out of the Senate, slamming the door aftei him in great violence. Mr. Pout now rose. He said he had a fewremarks to offer, and he really wished the Senator from Missouri were in his seat. (Here the Ser-geant-at-Arms went after Mr. Benton, who shortly rtlfilrnnif nn1 tnnl. hie cant V fin cn:.l 1.. !--...,. .t

night of the last Congress, in some parts of which he was uncommonly playful and sarcastic. I have before this seen Daniel Webster upon great public occasions, I have seen him in the Senate, when he was said, and I believed him to be, very eloquent, able and interesting but never, on any occasion, at any place, have I seen the greatness of that great statesman's intellect, the goodness and honesty of his heart, the playfulness of his humor, the keenness of his sarcasm, the pow er and conclusiveness of his reasoning, and the indignation of his soul at inaiueuuering, chicanery and hypocrisy brought into such bold and prominent relief, as they were, all of them, to-day. Daniel Webster was his own great self. He w as all that greatness, in its purest sense not in titles or unlearned renown could make a man. Had he never before been know n as an orator, a man of sterling sense, a man of great and penetrating forecast, of candor and uprightness, his speech in the Senate to-day would have built up fur him a reputation w hich now, fortunately for the country, it only adds to. I am no man-worshipper. But I reverence intellect and honesty the gifts of God w herever 1 find them used as they should be, and not abused. Daniel Webster could add nothing to his great fame, in these degenerate times, by being tiansferred from the Senate to the Presidency. Washington, Jan. 15th, 1S3". I cannot say any thing better in my letter of today than to remind you of one of your Ohio delegation, among many others, whose zeal and labor is worthy of all example, I mean ELIS1IA WHITTLESEY, who is always in his seat, during the hours of session alw ays attentive to the interests of his constituents always interesting in Debate if not in manner, at least in matter. To-day he has been upon the floor a dozen times pressing the business before the floutse fighting with Trojan zeal for the interests of the suffering Claimants, for whom, for many years, he has petitioned frequently, constantly, and with so much success. Fifty such men in Congress would save the nation millions of dollars, annually. Upon the important Committee, of which, is Mr. Whittlesey Chairman, (and from which the Administration have not dared to remove him.) no man without experience, could probably fill his place. The Senate have not been in session for the day. Monday next, Benton's Resolution appropriating the Surplus revenue for increasing the Naval Appropriations of the country, will be up fordiscussion. The old Appropriation Bill, will of course be discussed, as it has been, in connection with thu resolution of Benton. To this quarter, then, you may look for one of the most interesting discussions that has ever taken place in the Senate. The feeling manifested in the Debate of yesterday , will not be lessened by the long adjournment. Benton grows more heated when he has no opportunity to let off his steam, than when, (as he always does w hen he speaks,) he lets off frtcam enough to bear a locomotive from Washington to the far West. The hours of adjournment then are only so many hours for increasing the fuel and the caloric which is to put him in motion and keep him in motion. 'Twere easier to smother Etna than to stop the smoulddering lava that he w ill now and then pour forth from his volcanic throat. Next week then w ill find him and his id vmne genus perfect fire kings in Debate. Clay on the other hand, I am told, means to take part in the discussion. If he does, (and as he mado the motion for adjournment, he probably will) you may prepare for a rich intellectual treat. Others will follow and in all probability, the week will be spent in the discussion. Facts will be elicited concerning the movents of the Administration party that ought to open the blinded eyes and unstop the ears of the party supporting Van Duren for the Presidency. France will of necessity be lugged into the Debate, and of course, theopinians of the several Senators w ill be expressed, regarding the measures of America and France. The Dusiness of tho House to-day, was mostly of a private character and so far as I know, wholly uninteresting to the Cincinnati Public. The House adjourned to Monday. Washington, January lGth, 18J-.0. Another leisure day has come, not to us poor fellows who are tho corps of letter w riters, but to the greater men who are dubbed the Senators and Representatives of the land. "There js nofpeace to the w icked" and but little to us correspondents, who, in the eyes of one party ortheotl er,are not only bad, and worse, but positively the worst among the worst. The Globo recommends the ariicle on Big Liars, winch appeared in the last number of the New York Knickerbocker, to our special attention. Mind you, however, not until stung with tho many troubles which conscience forced upon the Editor as applicable to himself then in the true spirit of falsehood, he unloads his own shoulders by striving to transfer the burden upon the shoulders of another. Blair, in the political world, is what Peter was in the religious, especially at the trial of his master, when with curses and oaths he denied that he was the man. But enough of Blair. In the advancement of time, you arc looking probably with interest for a special message from the President, regarding the French. It has not yet come, although Barton is still in the city, with his father-in-law, who is to be as he has Litherta been the message-maker of the President in all matters concern inir France and the United States.

The long expected document it is thought will be sent on Monday next, w hen you may look for the opinions of the President in Mr. Livingston's special message both of them being of one mind and of one faith. The President, notwithstanding the Pacific new s from the French that they are ready to receive Mr. Livingston's letters while in France as explanatory of the obnoxious message, if the President will adopt them as his ownby a simple approval of their contents notw ithstanding all this, has enlisted himself and a part of his Cabinet in the ranks of Battle. Mars now as much as ever i his God and theonlv God in this affair, consulted by him, a part of his advisers and a part of the Cabinet not admitting a large company (who are ambitious of martial honors) alnong the party in the Senate and House of Representatives. Van Di ken, Cass and Dk kekson, are a Peace tr,o in opposition to the President, Forsyth,

Woodbury and Kendall, w hose organs of tight

what the hon. gentleman expected, lie wished to J are daily upon the increase. 1 he one party cry know w hether the Senate were exnected to Docket ! in the face of the other Pax portior hello, and the

the accusations against them in silence knowing! other party with more audacity and with stentorithem to be untrue Whether they must bow to the j an voices, are demanding Lellum lethale, and daily footstool of power and say all was true that might saying that for the country and lor national honor be heaped upon them? For one, he was not dispo-J war is better than peace. So much for the unit sed to bear the unjust imputations with impunity, j Cabinet of the Administration now pulling all If Senators from any cause or motive, would make: ways, instead of together, as has been so much the unjust charges acrainst that body w hereby it might boast of their great master. be prejudiced in the public mind, they must expect j The President is determined to have his bond to be replied to. Judge Porter made a lengthy and: the claims on France he holds to the bond with shyeloquent speech. j lock pertinacity, swearing by the party that he w ill Webster followed and delivered the 6peech I either have the money or the pound of flei-1 have already alluded to. He first went into a mi- . forgetting that if blood is spilt, bond, treaty, tietty nute history of the proceedingi of the famout last' money and clarm, are all lost together and forever.

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