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TERMS OF TITK AMERICAN. t1 in advance, 5 w 111 etx montns, or sj.j at . - , tui - : . .. n ..miration or tue year. xmo paper will be Iis L-janed until all arrearages are paid, unless at .Loition of the editor. Ten per cent, interest I-.nvim will be charged on all subscription Fa 7 -.f ; r tv. ..u. '1, ' ,11 Job-worK anu advertising nen payment is de ...A tevond six montns. 1 ABvsaTisKE!Ts. Twelve lines, or less, will . : incfl or three times. Tar nn iiii. anil 25 ccrU w!'' bo charffc' fr ci additional miCLVbt. . atertion. COXttRESSIOXAX. Correoirfence of the Baltimore Patriot. Washington, January 6, 1 641. The discussions in the Senate to which the bill for establishing a permanent prospecn T? CrM.ou k - tits TB ijiriiwi JxaiuKiin given nse,nave fceenoeculiarly animated and interesting duriugthe last three days. Mr. Clay, of Kendiftinguishea menkeives on me one side, and Jlr. Wright, Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Benton, . . . 1 .1 , . . putting wrtn an mcir strengn and adroitness tn the other. A substitute for the bill having been ffeied to day by Mr. Prentiss, of Vermont, which in a clear and exact line between the old weWlriedand successful land policy of the government ana ine new system proposed by we present measure. WW .... hRSRt ulay took the ocension to address the Senate at length on the general subject. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weatncr,a large audience had been attracted oylhesnnouncementthat he would probably YW.uucuiinig aau, mat he enchained their attention to the last by his captivating style of oratory, and by the important considerations which he so clearlv and fi. My urged. Yesterday, Mr. Wright, in the course of dcraogogiie speech, advanced some notions as to the right of unnaturalized citizens to exercise the elective franchise; and Mr. Clay nplied to them at the outset of his remarks today. His sentiments on this-subject having become the theme of conversation since tbe adjournment., and having been misrepreuiwt.j vy some 01 tnc lilobe clique, it a but just to slate particularly and exactl flia mAitnl of 1.:. I Vara . "huuuiim ins remai KS. : vv hat he contended for then, was that whilst a man is an alien. wing allegiance to'any ftreign poiccr. he ought not to exercise the right of voting in our country. He said nothing that could be constiued iato hoauVvly against foreigners. On the contrary, eulogised in glowing and impressive tones the characteristics of the emigrant population, with whom he had opportunities to become particularly acquainted. When foreigners are once naturalzed, he would hail them as brethren entitled to the amity and ftmpahes of our people and to the defence t our Government. Cut until they have renounced iiieir feality to their original monOTh, he could not admit that they had aright to enjoy and exercise the highest privileges of Aiaencan citizens to vote at our elec tions,to ictsraime the very character of our policy, foreign as well as domestic to change the very structure of our Government. These tcrsliu opinions; and truly U,ere need be Mte diversity of sentiment among American nizi,as to their propriety and justice. WAre not the partisans of Mr. Van Burcn ttd with this great zeal in behalf of forigners who have renounced their allegiance, wcaq ..bey hare been so unequivocally condernueJby the vast majority of Americaujsnit Do they think that if all the foryen ia theU. States could hva voted, fcJjBIhl b4ye preserved the power in their wnicn me actual citizens of oar coun7 re pronounced to be incompetent and wrapt, and dangerous to our liberties and r properly t f tkS;Mr enlered upon the consideration l the bill hcf.ip Ik. :.L . t - t ... 1 - ic wiiniu nun 111 ui eii. 'UOlOUtlie SVStem whir-h ha. h. ... "Uion for forty years; and an eloquent referefOWthof Ohio. Indian- ..J -.k,. s.. : ffr;0"'111 w"Uh, in the most productive ant ?n,?1,mg wwurces of every free people; nd ha denounced the scheme for which it Ub!i.t,-J " cnange mis long esW"S Drannc4 n . . .. - ... oenencent system, as anew and uaogerous experiment, uawiaa and an ""'Mmanlike. . - tie bplrKo,l iU. r. fcj, and showed that until the epoch of j;. uau uccu in eery pre emp lm IT . w. . . n.iw a 'tr e nl,udel to the Erst introduction of -cnaure Some limitatinn sit in.ro mnA --ncreiU innr n n i.. it,. i J'HS ao. anil t k ..: j -.. whink ' 'igvi anu aoutiy witn oibl. r- stablsshnrentwas resisted by some U "'j l tr,JCw,nS i VJhio, and Mr. Wn . j ana s,ncere tribute to Ihe " and patriotism of that eminent statesUD. k I - - . . inBolv ' . "J ocea to learn trom reports 'political -Idbesoon called to fill a .ircies, and in the newspapers. station in the BorirlV7tent' ,t,n more distinguished and imrat than that which he had occupied on TV8,.00 to which he referred. JJUlaon to Mr. Ewing excited great JJjUj. on all aide, of the Senate, aJd in iIT. f'nes. Mr. Clav ridiculed, with n.. othoril l1 Lo8 Cabin professions of the i .r0t and advocate of iKT- Kill i HHIhl. L win, nuu VVI tf cerit3" he Pited to their when Mr. Crittenden offerer! n ment to Jjmit the peculiar privileges ol

uie liiii 10 those vrli worth of property! What did these nen less aS l8j vnth all its universalitv as totime lo d SftPfaCCl thf llhj speculators, the lord of manors, the millioJL, . 7 A . tratlhoi. . 'i. .. C3' mis Mr. Clay M r- gUabinism! ure .,m present 1 meas r..j-i: tiiange in tne I . opea all the public lands. ,hX " """J F"l-T OI Hie UOVPrnmnnt I u or unsurveyed, to the n.iiA. r .ul system. It would tha sales in lh. . " . "4? v"" 5Jslc,n , iem. jt would operate as a complete repeal of the auction system All thesa Itn rl. 1 :ii . . . . J i..n7- r . "uraieJ rith his usual lUichiy and copiousness, and he concluded cal, by earnest and eloquent appeal to the .u, wa.nsEc nuuin nPinnronK I . J! from -li 7uh L"011 S,d-e' ?rlB on tne eve of ti.ir rn r .. . r .J J Ai -;-k.:"L Pwer. it was ZR " Rt.th? c,0 con "ujiuiBiiaiiiun. in tie nri n 7; " V -J .in ng'nd where an AdK " co,,aemneJttgoes out and the monarch come, round and conforms to the public will IJere although the administrau conoeronea, it still holds on for fon montns. xet were he in ih . .r Ik. .l,- .1. . : F'6"-'eiii OI r or 4ao aavisers of the administhough in official station, to recommend no new measures of policy. He would keep the government in motion. H Anu tj. "ui ue certain iv wnniri r.i k i the administration the fair n f u. age and power. He would not H . .kresident's friends had done in r.i i .- referred in a casual manner to the outrageous conduct of some of the prominent present partizansof Mr. Van Buren during the session of 1828-29, which 1 have made the sub jeci oi comment in a former letter especially in regard to the nomination of Mr. Crittenden to a seat on the Bench of the Supreme Court. Ue would not denvfh Atm;n;fra.. , J . w aMMiiing.i n ion the right of titling vacancies that miffhl occur; and, added he, if President Harrison snouia be able to and among these new appointees, men who were honest, capable, faithful to the constitution. nl,n hv Ar pot in office on mere party grounds, he hoped that if such an office holder, appointed at this session, could be found, he might be retained as an example of the liberality and moderation of a good Whig Adminiatration. Bat it gentlemen imagined tliatbv anvnremature tilling up of the offices at the disposal ofthe President by any attempts to; prolong their patronage over the next four years, as they had anticipated it by rnanv months.whirP another administration hhd the ripht taan. point General Harrison would be prevented from using his power -the y would rind them. selves mistaken. That diati will be President on the fourth of March next; and he will discharge his duties with equal firmness and patriotism. in his elaborate harangue the other day on this bill, Mr.: Benton devoted himself for an hour or so to the task of establishing the pretensions of President Van Buren to be classed among the strongest friends of the pre emptionists. Yet in his review of th course, he was obliged to acknowledge that he had been until within a short time back their determined and consistent foe. He had been always as is notorious adverse to the pre empiion policy while a member of the Senate, his votes showed this hostility as did his speeches, and as was indicated also in one of his messages, at least when he designated the settlers on the public domain as intruders. But the President it seems has changed his ground! and the Senator from Missouri who has been foremost in nominating this condemned candidate for reelection, hopes to give him some capital in the new States to begin his next campaign with, by a fulsome euiogium on his honest and disinterested and candid departure frorc his old, matured, deIII mm . iioeraieiy iaxen up and long advocated opinions, and by setting him np in the first class of the friends of the Pre emtion. Mr. Clay noticed this ridiculour attempt with big pecu u.ir ban re. flexib by the to meet the wishes of certain persons in his counsels when he had a purpose to serve. The same easy and yielding disposition to compliance, nau been mamtested also by the Secretary of the Treasury; and both the L,htet Magistrate and the Head ofthe Finan 1 -a & I TAK. a a 11 a. a. a . just when it Was most important to the fiscal uimruiieni uaa cnaneeu their viera concerns oi me country that the old land pol i. diiuuiu uc rigiaiv aanered to. The more the means of the Treasury fail (said Mr. C,) the more, and the more earnestly thev come and press for pre emption rights just as if "-uurmg me prices oi the lands, thev would increase the. receints into the Tn.mr, I 1 his led the distinguished Senator to some remarks on the present bill as a revenue measure which he contended was a view of the matter absolutely nntenaUe. ikW fWt must inevitably be to increase the deficit rather than tend in the slightest degree to replenish the empty coffers of the govern ment. Another objection he urged to the new

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BREST ABD OUR .1 J f , , gyeal and '"terminable convZu?l ,,,eililtto,Md which would be produced: ami ih .v.m l- . kinW. ii u 7 1. . ,"ulu"":5 ainerent d LinrK- rt 5an,i,,Ss and distentions, the an?, lf.inlIt--,sll q-rrels, confiirimT "M flow 'rm that ZZ ; Herc,0n,rted with these effect, ;Pcr.al,f n of 'b former system which was the admiration ofthe .l4 r. .u " unaen ,and the perfect securities it provided to the landholder. onllT. Mr ,ClVY 6howed th the BUI caf A klh KWVOlU"8 CVerv ,rue rPb,iSrladJ? nC Vast i,,creasit made to the SSrt.P and power of the wSafever ;.l r " Wded lh questions whatever relating to claims shall be decided office, b. ,., hi-rfSra JS ,?S",T "mm!Vi.f. i're.id.t of Che' ...u oinice. tie held It nllorr.tk.. Per to confer kiis-Ii .rP . . . r not a violation of K. ... ' . . " 7 fwcr indeed it was c;.D .1" t";" """n; which as 'w V -"wciamt he power of deciding Claims. nirmn.ii. i. .l. a. . lir'A""' lo "ie OIcers and a 6.. ui tue executive. Hut nnrr fr. .1fnn.(ii..; 1 - . . r is 11 Ik" H"or, what dangerof corrup tion there is, and how carefully ,.Ur i'I fr!nfil.0rard,B6,lin'tthe daneeK that proline source! , tr vlav closed with SlrAlsi Affainst sV... ' . -6""-" acuon on this measure now; and appealed to the Senate to wait at east for the returns ofthe census; and from cuniparison tnev wou Id furnUh :a 11 a .a vviieiw er Wsll whorhA : .1 . 7 biv. a a i wduiii nr ha ... z . ""gewer and totally a ,yStem foun. . ' UIIH15C IU ucu wiaaom; and which has been produc tive of such rich and abundant fruits ! in me course ol the discussion which folowed, withconranrfS?Yfre admit.foreigners to the elective franchise a point which was entirely beside the question, and had nothing to do with it; and had only kaan I liar) aA . If aa asiiva qu w IllllUCniail V nta tnisaaroit gentleman availed himself of tne circumstances that his political friends happen yet to have n majority in the Senate. and in reference to Mr Clay's resolution for the repeal ofthe Sub Treasury Bill, said he and his friends, being a majority, were bound to do ail they could to carry their measures; and he complained that Mr Clay had rated them roundly for not bringing forward a mea sure of repeal ofthe Sub Tieasury, while they were yet eirong enougn to maintain it. Mr Clay, in a britf rrioincr. reminded the Senate that in this country nublic nninion should rule the voice of x he people bhould be res-peciea, wnen so clearly expressed; and he asseverated in the most solemn manner, on his sacred honor, that were he in the predic ament of Mr Wright and his political friends v. xr I. ., . ue nr wit;; wouia promptly have brought forward a measure for the reneal ofthe Sub Treasury in obedience to the wishes of the country. Before sitting down he a'vfi a hard Ut ta the Administration Senators for their dema gogue course. You have been setting land raps (said he) year niter yar to catch the new States; and what have you trained hv them? Nolhinir. You have cot four ant of tne nine. lo on, and the result will 6how that you will get as little bv any new traps c 0 you may set as you have gained thus far. I his debate will probably be continued for several days. D. LEGISLATIVE. From fAe Indiana Journal of Jan. 18. A great part of Friday, in the Senate, was spent in debate on the bill tofcuspend the furid.. r . i i i . . wci jjiuactuuun oi tne puoiic worits and lor other purpose?. The vote on the proviso of fered by Mr Ilanna, that nothing in the bill shall be so construed as to prevent the expenditure of the whole ofthe $400,000 appropria tion, nereioiore made by the legislature, to the Madison and Indianapolis rail road beiner made as originally completed, was, on motion of Mr Baird of St J. re -considered, and Mr Ilanna withdrew his amendment. Various other amendments were offered during the discussion, none of which prevailed. The question recurring an the amendment ofthe committee, Mr Anon moved that the bill and amendment lay on the table, and it was deci ded in the affirmative by the casting vote of the President; which ts considered as having sealed the fate of the bill, as well as all other propositions tochssify thepnblic works, this session. In the afternoon, Mr Clark offered a resolu tion that the Senate will, the Honse concurring, adjourn tine die on Monday the first day of February. Mr Parker moved to amend by striking out the "first" and inserting the "eight," which did not prevail. Mr Mofttt moved to lay the resolution on the table, which was decided in the negative. .The resolution was then adopted by the following vote: Ayes Messrs Aker.Angle, Armstrong, Beard of M., Bell, Berry, Blair, Carnan,Carr, Chamberlain,' L-lark, Collins,Cravens, ggle ston, roster, nernatt, lows, nicuord. Morfan,Nave, INtckel, Kilcy,Stafford,Stevenson, 'est, Thompson, Watts, and Wright 28. Noes Messrs Arion, Bi ird of St J., Dubois, Elliott, Everetts, Ewing, Hacket, Hanna, Harris, Hoover, Kinzer, Moffat, Mount. Par ker. Tennehill. Williams 16. Saturday, considerable local business was

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;;:r :rJ "? r" 8uPPress the circulailT Z ,,or,zea "nfc PPer commonly called shinplasters, was read the third time and passed. This bill (which ha, passed bo h houses ) provide, that all paper shall be con sidled fraudulent and null and void in law, and all contracts founded thereon are declarnor more than A., k i . .. -- - uuiiurea aoilars uuence. In the House, on Fr"1 ntr. fli a kill I. D 1. fill ll un,h1ra; "me up on its third reading when Mr Mason moved that it be indefinitely postponed. The mo;ser, Lancanster, Blankenship and Durbin " '"ivoawe .and ( uh.. fi On Saturday, Mr Smith of F., Chairman Prov.m:rjt,e-f0n Ch -d ite3TK rn7ertr" 'Tde arePrt off rcl length and interest, in relation to the -..m: .r .? ThL i fur,h.e,rPrrecution of the works Hl l I VXe th.at the WOrVt h b divided ,nto three claeS follows: The W hite water canal from Brookrille to the N.. Albanvnrvnnceln and or?? V,Bc1Lenn(cepllhi metaling na oriages over the (wo Hf -1 Vv. " U""1H, wjlrsl class. The Michigan and Erie canal. iH. Wk ol. r .1. r. . ' uilvn ui uic ienirai nn, . ;t . from Edingborgh to Indianapolis, to constivilfo Wo New AUany to Cra wfeWsvtuVOte road from Indianapolis to Lafayette, the metaling and bridges over White river on the v incenncs and N. Albany road, the Whitewater canal from the National road to the mouth of Nettle creek, and the connexion between the Whitewater canal anH tho-Ti,,! canal to constitute the third class. It further provides that neither of the works in the second class shall be nrosfmtet unit! ih the 1st class are completed and the tame in relation to the third class until the second are completed ; and also authorizes the Fund Commissioners to sell state bonds bearing six pet cent, interest either for cash or to persons who will nntertake the completion of the works. - The Wabash canal south of Lafayette is 'not provided for in the bill, from Ihe belief that the state will acquire sufficient lands from the General Government to complete it, in that event the committee recommends its entire seperalion from thefaSystem," and to be prosecuted as means are obtained for that purpose. ' Mr Morgan, from the minority of the modihcation committee, made a report adverse to the report of Mr Jones, from the majority oil me lumiiiurcc, uiaue some days since, which was accompanied by a bill to modify ti.e system of Internal improvement. This bill provides that the works shall be divided into five classes, as follows: The Whitewater Canal from Lawrencehnrgh to the National Road, and the Madison and Indianapolis Rail Road from Madison to Edinburgh shall constitute the first class. The New Albany and Vincennes Turnpike, Ihe northern end ofthe central vanai irom Indianapolis to Kilhock summit, including the Munceytown feeder the Cross Cut Canal between the Eel river feeder dam and Terre Haute, and the Madison and Indianapolis Rail Road between Edin burgh and Indianapolis, shall constitute the second Mass. The southern division of the jeuersocviue ana srawrordsvi e Road be tween Jefferson ville and Sa!em,and the north ern iyi8ion oetween Ureencastle and Crowfordsville, Ihe Indianapolis and Y.fifo road between Crawfordsville and Layfaette asI A mL ial. . a . - . ' muvii ui tne norincrn division of the Central Canal as is not included in the second class, shall constitute the third class. The Erie and Michigan canal shall constitute the fourth class. Ar.d all the works not inr!iij!1 in either of the foregoing classes shall constitute the fifth class. The bill further that the fund commissioners shall dispose of ik. Mn.:itii. .. 1 r - ., n . . . lusKtuiiuciuaepiDrine state bonds now sold, and apply the proceeds to the prosecution ofthe works; and they are also authorized to sell bonds to contractors on the works inpayment for the labor performed, not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars, for the year 1841, bearing 6 per cent, interest. The House was engaged the whole afternoon on Saturday in committee ofthe whole on the bill "to value the property of the State," and the "bill prescribing the duties of the County Auditor." These are naeriet of bills which are designed to revolutionize the present mode ol asserting and collecting the revenue of the State. . A MRftDftcs. A Mrs Stincrer of WVck ington township, William county, Ohio, got -r . ..... w MIK ,gn( 0i me 9tn uit took a rifle hanging in the mom. ni..,) ik. "V?.-!0 ,he hed of rfeepins husband. and drlilwril k. ti . j Wi mm aeaa. jealousy "c,6,,c cwnst l be woman it bo in lienance Jul nmmiSmg her trial. Oi. Gau A coffer without a lock, shows that it con tains no treasure; as a mouth always open, ucuviea ma empty Dram.

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FOREIGIV. LATER FROM EUROPE. " The packet sh.p EngLmJ, Capt. Wail, arrived on Wednesday fveningrom SUV pool, whence she sailed on ih on. .,T i . T viu Ull. Kll brings London dates to the evening of the 8tb -five days later than our previou,4vicet!--.5c is i avoraeie and iutereat- . CLASP. There is a decided improvement in the ism mey M.,ket, caud in part by tUhZS, ntHligence from China and the MeditemJ nean, but icpait alsobv ment in business. The expert rfSTI the Continent lutd eeait- l'TTZ ally improved: Whe.. "17 VJT'J' t ' m rem nrsn at former r.tes, and Cotton at Uverpool fci slightly imoroTed. J : FTn . . . ' - w mure aemaiid. Li f ' lb,aB' wereloiB decidedly belter than for many weeks previous. , PRANCB. , The triumph of the Kin-, iheSUGuiaet """"" "leiwi oy a vote I 217 Yeae to I CI Nays, after a stormy debate, in wkleh Ihe personal integrity of Thier. was aWUy iwTThe preparations for the greit Natien! funeral ofthe arie, of Naprf-n are i.;pro-. P.S , r,V i rePrted tlwt the Emperecj taabful followers, General, Bertrwd.Gr. .flS.i Count La,C.sas,wto be W ated reers of France. wW,. ' .' There is not bin tr of intere.i A., tkw" Mass; ( SfJilil ula, except that tranquillity i, iauUsitiesl underthe regexy ofErpartns. aucre is a general calm on the Continent. The l'acha knocUi uTRler. lie baa bad an interview with Com. Napier at Alexandria, and offered to ' relinouish Svri. r.tAM IkOttoman fleet, and abandon all pretenainna on the single condition of retaining the heredmrj governmenioicgypt. This the Commodore guarantees him. It ia mtmtmA iki k. official dispatches from Com. Napier announ cing in tacts naa arrived in Londeo. ' VYRtA. - A terrible disaster occurred al Ar ik. 6th of November, three days after its capture. p"w Hing.-iziae was blown up within the fortress, killing and wounding 250 persons, an.one them some 50 llritiih. K. cause assigned. Brig. Gen. Smith is amonthe wounded. The British fleet remains en the coaat af Syria, and the men suffer from fkveraad dvtenlary. - . Ihraham Pacha is encamped on the plain if Itocc.tli, uoder Mount fbanon. Ilia army now consitts of 12,000 infantiy and H,000 cavalry. Emir Beschir is pressing eu his flanks. Hebron has declared for the Sol. tan. - chixa. The English have commenced hostilities in earnest. They have taken the city ar.d island (or islands) of Chusan, on the East coast of China, after a feeble resistance. The tort of Amoy had also been battered down, nod the mouths of several principal rivers wer placed under strict blockade. But tbee measures have thus far had no e ffect but ie exasperate the Chinese, who are making ev ery effort to resist the invaders. The rev errors of provinces have uniformity refused to forward any communication from the British to the Emperor. I An is particularly active and vaporing. All foreigners have been ordered to quit Canton, and it is understood that the English blockade of that port ia. henceforth to be rigorous. It ia also given out that the English are about to make decisive demonstration, probably on Pekia itself. rxDiA. By the arrival of the overland snail from India at London on the we have important advices. The British have revenged their temporary reverses in Afghanistan, by" a signal defeat of their enemies, headed bv TV..1 T-I I -! . r ! - . . iunuinuvincu, a ue loiiowing is ine clearest account: ' Lctteia from Cabul of the 33th of Sent. ber, give the particulars of a decisive victor obtained over Dost Mahomed, on the 18th, at Bamean, by a small force under Brigadier Dennie, consisting of six companies of Ibe 35th native infantry, six pieces of bone ar tillery, and beta een 4UU Ac KT of the Scbah', troops. Tbe enemy were 3.X) atranv. beaded by Dost Maltomed and the Walce of Khonun in person. Thev teft three Sidat . and 500 men dead oa the field, together will. weir enure naggage, stanaanM, and tbe mulr Siece of ordnance in the possesion of Dart lahomed, who fled seriously wounded. A ne death o: Lfcxt Manomed u reparnj. . A girl of 12 years of age, hat retavered $1200 for a breach of promiat of sbarrire,in -the Maryland court at Frederick. She baa time enough to recover six mere such sails before she is old enough to be married, an wa doubt not will if bc ha, the pportuaitv. Naw SacaABv oa van Kav Tk v. Tark Courier and Enquirer of Thuradayays of eathnacUon, that the Nay Department will be rendered to the Hon. Francis Graegtr of this State.

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