Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1845 — Page 2

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TI1PKSDAT, JANUARY SO, IS 13. NOTICE. Those who have papers, &c in which the Undersigned is interested, will please send them in at the earliest possible time. G. A. C. Cumberland I load. The following note from Senator Hannegan will be read with great pleasure by our citizens : . Senate Chamber, Jan. 22, 1943, GtXT. The Cumberland road bill has just passed the Senate by yeas and nays 25 to 14. $150,000 for Indiana is appropriated by the bill. Yours truly, E. A. HANNEGAN. ' The Cooiiskinner. We hare at length obtained the complete official returns of all the votes at the late Presidential election, and at considerable expense have printed them in a pamphlet of 16 pages, (a form easily preserved and convenient for future reference,) and have mailed the same to all the subscribers of the Coonskinneras the last number of the last volume of that papr, Recording to the promise made in our prospectus. We shall, as-soon as time permits, lso send a copy of the. (same to all the subscribers of the State Sentinel. Eeing printed as a regular number of the Coonskinner, which in fact it is, though different in form, Ibe postage on the same should be no more than that imposed upon newspapers. . Talkiiie Sense." The Journal cf Commerce, speaking of the debts of certain States, observe) : M The sooner the foreign creditors set about making some overtures to the indebted States, the better, if they ever expect to get their money. No other plan can relieve tbe young States, than that we suggested a short time since; and if that is not shortly acted upon, we fear even that may not succeed. If the bond-holders would cease to run after every ignis fatuus" that is held up, and show the same good practical sense upon the subject of the State debts that they do in other matters, and go at once to the States who owe thorn, as they would to individual debtors, and make the best compromise that circumstances would permit, they mirht succeed in coming to terms with every indebted State in the Union." Now we call this 44 talking sense," and we believe that our Democratic Authorities would be willing to rtlöot All 1 tit P-a Vshlf A w s. acut. A4 J it . n.;.uvu o A disposition of the kind was evinced on the Democratic side of the Legislature to this effect at the recent session, and the incipient step was about to be taken, when the fell spirit of that party which created the debt under which the energies of our people are utterly deadened, interposed the irresistible Veto of the Majority, thus postponing any arrangement for anotner year at least. John iL. Robinson, Esq. . The Wabash Standard, whose editor is well acquaint ed with the gentleman whose name heads this para graph, recommends him as a suitable person to fill the office of Commissioner of the General Land Office. Since the Standard's article was published, we have not had room before to notice it. But we can now say. that almoet every democratic paper in the State lias spoken very favorably of it; and we feel assured that his appointment would be well and kindly receiv' J v r tru uj uie csicm AA-'mucrary. From the Standard. 44 Indiana, although the banner State of the Union contracting her present condition with that of 1340, will hardly expect to be represented in the Cabinet. Hitherto she had been content with the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and her position, geogra phical and political, will surely entitle her to supply that office still. It requires no great frift of prophecy to predict, with certainty, the removal of the present incumbent, JIf. Blake. The vacancy which will occur on his removal, will, as a matter of course, be supplied by a citizen of our own State, and we know of no one better qualified to fill it than John L. Rob inson of Rush. In conversation with several promi nent democrats his name was mentioned, in connection with that office. We know not whether Mr. Ribonson lias any idea of interesting himself in the matter or not, whether he would accept the appointment, if tendered to him ; but we feel assured it would meet the approbation of the entire democracy of the State to see him caned to the station, honorable in itself, and for which his superior business talents, industry and strict integrity, so eminently qualify him. We do not speak in disparagement of the abilities of other distinguished democrats but we know of no man in the west whose appointment would give more genera satisfaction, lie is young and vigorous, possessing ample capacity, practical business habits, and occu pies a warm place in the hearts of all who know him, for his strict devotion to principle and his manly bear ing as a partisan." From Texas. Tbe New Orleans Tropic, cf the 15th, says : "The sloop Cutter, 3 days from Galveston, arrived at this port yesterday. We received no letters or papers, but from a gentleman who came passenger on the Cutter, we learn that President Jones had issued a proclamation annulling the recognition of Gen. Duff ureen as American fjonsul at liaireston ! I be President, we understand, states that the honor and interest of the nation, imperatively demanded such a course." fc The Tropic says this flare-up was caused by an attempt on the part of Gen. Green to dictate to Fresi dent Jones. The President is said to have replied that he would call on Gen. Green fur advice when needed and Gen. Green to have retorted with some severity Texas and the Legislature or Louisiana. On the 10th instant, in the House of the Louisiana Les islature, Mr. Burthe, in behalf of a majority of a se lect comraitee to which the question of annexation bad been referred, reported that it was inexpedient for tbe Legislature to act upon the matter. Mr. Gayarre, from the minority of the same committee, reported resolutions strongly in favor of the immediate annex .ation. After some debate, tbe subject was made the special order of the following Monday. There is Whig majority of three in House of Representatives i , TT C r v ' uAiTEo otates senators. j oim A. Dix and Da.'iiel S. Dickinson, have been elected Senators in Congress from the State of New York, to fill the unexpired terms of Silas Wright and Nathaniel P, Tallmadge. The Whig members voting for Willis Hall and Millard Fillmore, and the Native Americans for Harman B. Cropsey and Jonathan Thompson. Daniel Webster has been elected to the U. S. Senate from Massachusetts ; Mr. Fairfield, has been re-elected from Maine; John M. Clayton from Delaware, and Reverdr Johnson, famous for his connexion with certain wholesale swindling Banks, a few years since has been elected by the" whig Legislature of Maryland to represent that State in the Senate. OrSome of our Whig friends think we are wrong ; in saying, as tve did in onr last paper, that Wick and iiiwiuuu are auier men anu uc-ner lawyers man ouj n T : 1 1 1 1 I . . i . Iivan and Dewey. It is of course but matter of opin ion on all sides, formed upon opportunities of know ledge of the abilities and acquirements of the gentleman in question. . V e are eutirely willing that our reader should become acquainted with the fact this dissent, and that Judges Dewey and Sullivan Iiould have the benefit of it. Nevertheless our own opinion remains unchanged in the premises. , Benj. R Montgojiest, (brother to the brave Co -Montgomery wno ien at tne late war,; nas been nom inated by the democracy of Tennessee as a candidate fwr Governor. -

The Senatorial Question. - Tbe propriety of the course of the Democratic side of the State Senate, in postponing the election of a U. S. Senator, so far as we have seen it commented upon by the press, seems to be fully admitted. We except, of course, the Whig press of our own State, whose "occupation" it is to find fault, and whose dis

position it also will undoubtedly be, to make as much "capital" out of the affair for the benefit of Whiggery as is possible. ; We shall attend to these perhaps, mere fully hereafter, and present also the comments of our democratic contemporaries of Indiana. In the mean time, we present a few extracts from papers of other Slates, which of course arc made with no sinis ter designs, and hardly with the'expectation that they would find their way to any considerable portion cf our people. Tbe 44 Age," published at Augusta, Maine, in the number of Jan. 10, commenting upon the facts and circumstances connected wilh this subject, and which hae leen fully heretofore spread before our readers, concludes an article as follows : "If this were a cam where the whig had dealt honestly lid had hot attempted to defraud the people, we should dviso them to git into Convention by all means. But, it ia, what right have they to complain ? They know full well that by a system or fraud which was contrived with a total disregard to tbe common forms of decency, they attempted and actually Lave disfranchised large nuMtbera ol Democratic voters. They, therefore should be the last to complain for having the poisoned chalice which they had so ruthlessly psepared lot others, commended to their own lip. It then, in our estimation, becomes not only the right, but the duty of the Democrats n the Senate to maintain the integrity of the Mate, and to administer a stern rebuke to the Whigs for their shameesa attempt to control the elate government, when in a minority. In no way can this rebuke be so etlectualiy administered as by withholding from them the Iruits of their iniquity. Especially, should they do so when aa n the present instance, tu rase they are sutiercd to succeed n their fraud, not only will the disfranchised Democrats ot Indiana suffer, but from the nicely balanced state of parties in the Senate of the United States, the whole country may also suffer, and the administration of Mr. Ik he seriously embarrassed. e trusl, therefore, our mend will adhere to tneir aetermmation not to permit the whi'S bv their ihamelesi (jerrymander of 1840, to inflict so lasting an evil upon their Slate and the Union." The above, as will easily be perceived, was written before the determination of the Senate was known to the writer. The Cincinnati Enquirer of Jan. 20, concludes an article thus : "As the preponderance ol parties in the Senate of the United States might depend upon the election ot Senator from Indiana, the federalists were extremely anxious to elect one by me.ma of this accidental minority of miareprtsentativei. flow the nation, as well as the Slate of Indiana, is democratic, so that the election of a federal Senator from that Slate, would be retaining; a portion of the power in the hands of that party which the nation at arge and Indiana as a pari ot it, have sai are unworthy -. t :. ol it. or by any meanness in despite and contempt of the peo ple, has ever been the ambition of the federal party. The democrats, bavin a number of votes in the Sen ate of the State equal to their opponents, have been able to prevent the federalifta from precipitating this election, and have deferred it until the people shall have had time, more effectually, to express their will. We honor their manly firmness, and the true fuith with which they have stood between the people and this wrong which federal ism meditated upoi them and the nation at large. The vacancy in the V. S. Senate docs not lake place until March 4th, and had a Senator been elected, except m the improbüble event of an extra session, he would have had no functions to discharge until December next. The next Legislature can, therefore, select the man, without the slightest public embarrassment or difficulty ; and, meantime, the people can take care that their next Legislature is composed of good and true men not of politi cal squatters and misreprcsentatives, as the pait." This article has been copied and approved by many Democratic papers in Ohio. The Louisville Democrat, in commenting on certain abusive letters, dated at Madison, and published in the Louisville Journal, speaks as follows With the postponement of the Senatorial election. by the Legislature of Indiana, Mt. Bright had just as much to do as the other Democratic members of the Senate, and no more, lie perlormed his duties boldly and fearlessly. as he is wont, and in doing so, he acted in accordance wilh the well known wishes and sentiments of those who elected him to the office he so honorably fills, and to whom be is responsible. We have frequently noticed, that the Whiz leaders are themselves so much accustomed to intrigue, and to ace their followers blindly wheeling after them through all their tortuous manoeuvers,that they have no conception ot a public man acting thiough honeM motives, or in obedience to public sentiment, and without some object ot personal advantage in view, set sucu was precisely the case in Indiana, in reference to this matter. Ihe Demo cratic Senatois were impelled to the course they pursued, by the general sentiment ol tne people, and we venture to say, that had any one ut them acted otherwise he would soon have had convincing proof that he had been faithless in representing the wmhes of his constituents 'If the W lugs can find any consolation in their a (Tec ted belief, that this course of the Democratic Senators will give them a majority in Indiana next winter they are quite welcome. We have, however, a different opinion of the lloosiers. They Kill send a Democrat to represent them in the Senate of the United States, and they will heartily approve of the measurea taken by their represent atives in the Legislature, to attord them an oppoituntty a.. J m 19 UV DU. More Soiling c ft lie "Emiinc." The following extracts from the Baltimore Republi can, will show how beautifully the practices of the Whig party in Maryland, as well as everywhere else, correspond with the professions just now being so zealously urged by our Whig papers in relation to the sacred order, the Judiciary. Gov. Thomas, of Mary land, it will be remembered, is a democrat, but there is a majority of whigs in the Senate. As.tirOLis, January 21, 1845. Rejectioss it the Sesate. The deed ia done. Sam tie! M. Semmes, nominated by Guv. Thomas, as Chief fj'idge of the bun judicial district, and William 13. Stone, nominaica as oilier jiiofo oi me nrsi juuiciai aistrict. were both rejected by the senate. 1 he veil of secrecy has not been removed from the proceedings, and it is pre aumed will not be. Who will chares the Whigs now with attempting to make the Judiciary a political engine to be wielded tor political purposes? When the news of Mr. Semmes'a rejection reached him, he was on Ihe bench of the Court of Appeals, listening to an argument from Ueverdy Johnson. He immediately interrupted Mr. Johnson in his argu ment, and informed the Court and bar, that be was no longer entitled to a seat on that bench, mnd tktrtvpon took leate of the Court. lie IHt the city this alternoon in the cars. The Court without transacting any further busi ness adjourned. The mailer has created considerable excitement here. The Editor of the Republican observes : "We are aware that the claimants for office are exceedingly urgent and pushing; but we think the "law and or der party" could have waited a "leetie" longer, and pre ver.ted the necessity of Mr. Semmes (who is one of their friends) breaking up the Court and retiring sans cert mo nie. But coon will eat coon !" Here we witness the admirable spectacle of the re jection of a "Whig appointee, by a democratic Gov' ernor, simply because the immaculate Whig majority of the Senate desired to reward more activo and sup ple tools of their own, for their political services, by an investiture in their behalf of the "spotless ermine" of the Judiciary ! What a precious set of fellows Our Whig savans better cease further talking about the "ermine," and stick to the Coonskin ! A Seasonable Hint. Senator Buchanan, in a letter dated Washington Dec. 11th, addressed to the Democrats of the Northera Liberties, who bad invited him to attend a demo cratic festival, speaking of President Polk. observes with much wisdom "His own nomination and tri umphant election ought to warn the friends cf all impatient aspirants, if any such there be, thai those who are the first to enter the lists, and thus distract thenar ty, vill he the last tn reaching the goal.'' A new diton of Burke's essay on the Sublime and Beautiful, has recently been published by the Har pers. It is stated, that several passages, supposed to be offensive to the present refined sense of the public taste, have been omitted in this edition of the imrnor tal essay. We hardly can decide whether this muti lation is more ridiculous than outrageous.

IJaiik Projects In Ohio. The course of the Legislative Whig majority in Ohio, proves very conclusively how it stands in relation to Bank swindling. They go in for it, to the fullest extent. None of the vil or visionary schemes

of the Biddle Era, exceeded the monstrosity of the present scheme of the Whig leaders in the Ohio Legislatu:e. To c'ne some idea of it, we cory the fullowing from the N. Y. Morning News : The new Banking Bill of Ohio is probably one of the most elaborate attempts to establish a system of Wild Cat " banking, in the face of the past experi ence of the people, that was ever rt out. The bill in ! question violates every principle of right and equity, as well as every principle oi commercial tanning ana common sense. It provides for two sets of banks having different rights and powers, and issuing promises as money secured in different ways. The one is restricted to a certain amount, and the other U limit less. Tbe State is divided into 12 districts. A bank called the Bank of Ohio is then to be composed of 49 banks, distributed in the several districts, each to be composed of not less than five stockholders; each capital not iess than $100,000, and the aggregate not to exceed &G,fJC0,lHX). These to be subject to the in spection and supervision of a board of" bank commis sioners, and governed by a separate board of con tract Entirely independent of these, it provides for 64 independent companies, under the inspection of the State Ai.dilor, and controlled by the State Treasurer, independent of each other. Thus there are four inde pendent governing powers. Board of Ctmmissioners. State Treasurer. Board of Control. . - Auditor of State. The Bank's capital and circulation may range aa fdlows : 49 Banking Companies, capital not to exceed 6,000,000 &9 Independent Companies, capital 0,000,000, not over 44,000,000 Total capital allowed by bill ..... The Circulation may range cs follows : 49 Banking Companies, circulation not over 8d Independent Banking Companies, circular 50,000,000 11,430,000 lion uoi over 00,000,000 Total circulation by bills ...... 77,450,000 This is the extreme to which, by the provisions of the bill, the capital and circulation may be pushed ; but the ridiculous absurdity of enacting a bill several column long, to restrict tte circulation of Ohio to an amount ten time greater" than the wildest inflation could ever rise to, is palpable. The banking companies receive their circulating notes from the board cf control, and are required, in order to obtain them, to pay over to the board in mon ey, or Ohio stock, ten per cent of the amount of notes required, and to have on hand, at all times, Id per cent ot the amount in specie, and id per cent in specie funds, making altogether 40 per cent cash. Theten percent paid to the board of control to farm a common Safety Fund, out cf which tbe notes of any broken banking company are to be redeemed The bank capitals are to be paid up in ca6h, 30 per cent when they begin, and 10 per cent of the remain der at each successive 'JO days thereafter. Stock de posited to secure notes not considered capital. To bank to charge over C per cent interest, and to pay a State tax of 0 per cent on the nett profits. These tiirce ast provisions apply as well to the banking compa ntes, as to tne independent Datuing companies, inese latter, when they go into business, must pay up 3U per cent, of tbe capital, one half in specie, and deposlte an equal amount in Ohio or United States stocK, with the State Treasurer, who shall issue circulating notes to them, to an amount equal to the value of those stocks in New York. It will be observed that as fast as the capital is paid up every 90 days, tbe bill compels the deposite of stock with the Treasurer, and the consequent issue oi notes, me oanK must receixe the circulating notes whether it wishes or not. The amount must, however, not exceed three times the capital, which restricts the maximum issue to $132. 000,000 ! The Auditor has the power to send a person as often as he chooses, to examine any of these banks. These must pay him $10 a day and $10 for every zo miles ne travels nice thing mat ior eomeooay. unaertnese reguiauens, an lnueptnaeni i Under these regulatieus, an independent t capi- ' which $1 1.2.X) must be specie always kejt on hand. It must then buy Si,5('0 worth of stock, and deposite with the Competroiler. fthis is not capital) and receive notcs. Here is an outlay of $4o,0U0, of which $22,' 500 draws interest subject to expenses and charges No person conld honestly make anything by such an operation. A person, however, with 812,000 cash. and " Kites " in New York to an equal amount, could establish the bank according to law. The Ohio stock could be bought for a short credit, and paid for with bills issued on it. The bank would then be regularly in operation on 12,C00 instead of $45,000 as the bill supposes. V hat can be the object of seventy-two lengthy sec tions of a law to allow a man to do business as a banker! A man who has money to lend, can and does do it every day in all the States with perfect freedom, as much so as a dealer in any other article. The truth is that the object is only to allow those who have no money, to lend their promises to the people at large as money, and b receite an interest on what they bor row instead of paying it. Ibis object has been pur sued in all the States, and in the words of a late Ala bama Legislative report : " It has proved disastrous almost beyond example : the system is impracticable, because it is imoasible to man age batiks such as ours, by any code of laws, buch, at least, has been the result of all past legislation upon Ihe banks; and he who would still be incredulous after a pa tient review of our bank legislation and bank reports, vt uuie uufc vciiCTv muugii who iun iivui uiq ucau. ..i . k-i: i i k r... j i 1 1, Tlic "Balance, of Trade. The N. Y. Herald gives the following statement, showing the "balance" against us in the foreign trade of that port for 1S43 and 1844. Foreign Tkade Port of New York. 1843. 1844. Incr. Value of Impotts. $43,127,633 74.U0.26S 30,928 575 Value of Exports, 20,558,416 23,526,739 7,068 323 Exc.ofims. over txps. $22,569,267 45,5S329 23,014,252 The excess of imports over exports increased from 1843 to 1944, more than one hundred per cent The immense balance against us on the foreign trade of 1843, of this port, exceeds the total value of imports for 1843. The enormous increase in the value of our imports in a single year, gives us some idea of the changes that take place in our commercial affairs, In one year the value of foreign manufactures entering this port, increased about Beventy-five per cent, without there being a corresponding demand for the additional supply. Now we should like to know how the High Pro tective Tariff 31 en in this State will account for the above remarkable facts t . They asserted that their wonderful beneficial measure, was to obviate entirely the losses which they affirmed were consequent opon the balance of trade against us, and to effectuate directly reverse state of trade in our favor. Tbe people can now see, so far as New York is concerned, how much their arguments were worth. Experience proves, as it always has and always will prove, the complete futility of their arguments, in this as in all other respects. . Immigration. From an Executive communication laid before the Senate, Jan. 10," 1845, on the subject of foreign immigration to. the United States, transmitted from the Secretary of State, we, extract the following tabular statement. It presents the average arrivals for eight years past, annually, and the sexes, country, occupation, &.C., of the immigrants : Annual Average or. Arrivals. Occupation, Males. Femls. Where front Males. Femls No occupation, Childien, ' Meichants, Laborers, Marines, Mechanic!, Cltior. Faimers, Physicians and Surgeons Gentlemen, . All others 7,140 21,603 United States 3,413 1,261 6.466 5.712 England and 4.580 9,053 702 6,415 135 11,462 6 fJcutland 6,735 4,679 427 Germany 11,061 7,186 IieUnd 17,749 12,332 236 France 3,314 1,750 Spam and 735 Colonies 832 Br. Possessions 1,353 : Texas 1.463 238 Ail ether places 3,174 964 156 714 176 1,714 Total, 43.973 29,963 29,963 43 973 2968 26,963 Total both sexes 78,941 Ladie ' Total both sexes 78,941

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The Defalcation of Mr. ItlcXulff, chief

Clerk of the House of Representatives In Congress. We give below, from various sources, a succinct , account, as near as it can at present be ascertained, of the defalcation of Mr. McNulty, chief clerk of the House of Representatives. It would seem, from all statements, official and unofficial, as near as we can judge, that this defalcatton has been occasioned by the loaning, by Mr. McNulty, of the funds committed to him in trust, to some of his personal friends. Tbir is the most favorable conclusion that can be drawn, though it is possible that his grossly immoral habits may Lave led him to appropriate more or less cf the deficit sum to his on ue. This question will te tried by the Courts. The law applicable to the case, we believe is that part of the old Sub Treasury law,'c which the Whig Congress of 1841 permitted to remain in force when they repealed all the rest of that act. Under that law, even to loan the government money was punishable by confinement in the penitentiary. The three first clerks tf the House were, in suc cession, defaulters, viz': Mr. Beckly, Mr. Magrauden and Mr. Dougherty. The three next, Mr. Clarke, j Mr. FranklinvMr. Garland, and Mr. Clarke again, 1 settled their accounts without the loss of a cent to the Government, though the fund disbursed bv them sometimes arrountrd to near a quarter of a million a year. CorreponViice of the A". Y. News, Jan. 15. Mr. llunterfbrd. of .New York. Chairman ot the Com mitlee on if: expenditures of the House, has instituted an examination, as was his duty, into Mr. MclSulty's ac counts. It ippears that Ihe contingent fund amounts to some $200,000, from which the Clerk draws sums of $20,000 as the money is required. This he places in Uank and pari the public creditors by checks, which affords means of certain detection in rase of fraud or em bezzlement. In the course of his eaamination, Mr. Hungerford found many ol Mr. McNulty s checks payable to his own order; a further prosecution of the inquiry es tablished the f-ct that there waa a defalcation. Mr. McNulty was called to account by the committee, and I am informed on good authority, that he admitted he had lent $10,000 to a person in Ohio, and $'2,000 to one in your city. The $10,000 story is nut believr-d: mud rumor says that the defalcation atnounia to $10,000 or $50,000. Mr. McNulty a friends assert that he has been sprttmg. and that his books have got into disorder, but that a tew days will see everything adjusted. He hascertainly been lending a life ol dissipation, and it is his boon companions only who make tuis premise oi settlement, t regret to say that his dissipation has continued even under bis present cirrumstances. Ihe committee, it is said, allowed him until isst night to set things right, and their indulgence was extended to this evening. But two days ago he lost $'J,000, with a Mr. lianks, at ten pins : such madness in betting on sucu a game, is perhaps unparalleled ; but the parties were in toxicated, aa they have been Tor some days. Jl course, however, the money was not paid, but it led to harsh words and the prospect of a duel. Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce, Jan. 17. As soon as the House met, to-day, the Committee on Accounts made a report on the condition of the Contin gent fund of the House, liiey say, that "It appears that, at the time Air Ilclulty was appointed uterx, mere was in the Treasury unexpended, ol the contingent fund of the Iluse, $155,000; $75,000 more was appropriated for that pur post hy the Act ol last sesfion, and SV,UUU received from the late Clerk, (Mr. St. Clair Clarke,) ma king in II the sum of $2U2,UO0. faking the amount of expenditures as made up in the Clerk's Office as correct, . . . ..- . . . i . ii .t .i i (though It IS not certain mat au wie sums Hierein cnargeo hive been paid,) it appears that he has disbursed in the year ending Uecemlier 1, 1C-I4, tne sum or $n:z,uuu. which would leave a balance at thai tune unexpended oi $00,000. " Ihe committee are inlormed that, by requisitions from the Clerk, the whole amount of $234.000 has been drawn from the Treasury ; and, upon inquiry at the Patriotic Dank, where the Clerk, according to law, has kept his deposite of the public money, the committee learn that there is a balance to his credit of about $13,000, which the Cashier has been notified to retain. This sum deducted from the unexpended balance of $00,000, leaves a deficiency of $47,000, which may be still further reduced by the sum ol $2,500, which the committee think will cover all the pay menu made by the Clerk since the com mencement of the present session ; so thai tne actual oe ncjenPy , rly as can be ascertained , amounts to $44,500. of which $20.000 is secured by the official bond of the Clerk ; but for the balance, of $'24X00, the Government has no security except the personal responsibility of ne t-ierk. " r"c'"6 "-p"8" "" ""? ""." . vo......tee have learned that, at different times since the month of June last, the Clerk has advanced to Dr. E. J. Woodward, a produce dealer in Mount Vernon. Ohio, the sum of $30,000; $2,000 was paid to Levi D. Slamm, of New York, and about xi,7M to I nomas J. Hoodie, Cashier of the Savings Institute, Columbus, Ohio. YVhetlier the sums thus transferred were by the Clerk loaned to the individuals named, or embarked in his own speculations, the committee are not able to determine but it waa obvi ously an improper disposition of the public money, and, unless ei plained, amounts to embezzlement, as denned in the Ud section of the act of Congress, approved August, 1841, Such official misconduct, accompanied by a stubborn refusal on his part tn make the explanations demanded by a committee "of the House, requires that he should be dealt with in a summary manner, as well that tne House may vindicate lis own character, as for a warning to others that infidelity on the part of the public officer will always be promptly rebuked by the Representatives of the people. The committee recommend the adoption of the follow ing resolutions: 1. Resolved, That Caleb J. McNulty be and he is hereby dismissed from ihe office of Clerk of this House. 2. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to institute forthwith the necessary legal proceedings to ascertain and secure the balance of the public money due from Caleb J. McNulty as Clerk of the House of Representatives. 3. Resolved, That the President of the United States be directed to cause criminal prosecutions to be commenced against Caleb J. McNulty, late Clerk of this House, for an embezzlement of the public money, and all persons advising or knowingly and willingly participating in auch embezzlement, according to the piovisions of the act of Congress, approved August 13, 1641." Mr. Weiler presented to the House a letter written three days since by Secor &, Co., of New York, to the Clerk, stating the amount of money in their bands subject to his draft. Mr. W. relerred to sums deposited by the Clerk elsewhere, and said he made these statements- to show that the Government and the country would not, in ai.v case, lose by this affair a single dollar. Whatever might have been the conduct of the Clerk, no ultimate loss would be sustained. On motion of Mr. Cave Johnson, it was ordered, afler some debate on its propriety, that the Speaker issue his warrant to arrest the Clerk and Dring mm oeiore tne House. The Sergeant-at-Arms retired to execute the order, and in the mean time, the House went on with other business. The Clerk was brought into the ball by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and took his official seat. The Speaker addressed him and informed him of the proceedings in relation to him, and directed the charges as preferred by the Committee to be read to him. Time was then offered te the Clerk to answer or explain the charges, but he said he was ready now. The Clerk then rose and addressed the House. He declared that be had not himself used one dollar of the public funds; neither had he loaned one dollar of that fund to any one ; nor had he made any other disposition of it which the law did not authorize and justify. As a reason for not attending the committee, he stated thit he had informed the committee that his accounting clerk was absent from the city, who had all the money accounts in his hands; but that he would return in a few days ; he had not yet returned, but was looked for by every arrival. He had not used or loaned a dollar of the public money, but had deposited it in different institutions, and some of it with individuals, but on the amplest securities; the best proof of all which would appear as soon as his clerk returned. He thought it a very extraordinary proceeding on the part of the committee that they had not wailed for the clerk's return : all had been now made public which could do him the utmost injury, and this without the slightest provocation. All Ins accounts would be settled with the comtnitteo before ten o'clock to-morrow. The powers of the House over criminal offences were discussed ; and the result was that the Clerk was discharged from custody ; that he was suspended from Ins functions as Clerk, and that all further proceedings were postponed till 2 o'clock to-morrow. Correspondence of the IT. T. Kent. U'iihmgtos, January 18, 1843, At the time to which the House of Representatives yesterday adjourned the further consideration of the cnie of Mr. McNulty its Clerk 2 o'clock to-day Mr. Taylor, of the Committee on Accounts, rose to mane a report of the circumstance which had transpired since the adjournment, and that report overwhelmed with mortification those friends who had relied on McNulty's assurances of a saiisfactnrv result, and itood forward in his behalf in the House. When he was before the House yesterday, Mr. McNulty, in a manner which ere a tad for him a favorable impression, gave repeated assurance! that not a dollar had been misappropriated or misapplied, and that it had been placed on aeposue in me cuy i new io. He made tha assurance with such an appearance of truth that the members seemed to forget that he had no light in ilrsw mr monev from the Treasury at all bur such as was required hers, and that the law providsj here

place or deposit All, be said, that was wanted was tbe return of his Pay Clerk, who bad charge of that Bureau, and then all would be satisfactorily arranged and examined. And his Tay Clerk returned last night, I hare before stated. The Committee on Accounts, Mr. Taylor reported, met in their committee room this morning at ten o'clock, wi'h the pleasing hope that their, previous conclusions were about to be changed, but Air. Me. ISulty came not near them. At length Al r. Kershaw, the Tay Clerk referred to, waited upon litem -he w horn Mr. McMulty affirmed could and could alone give the required explanation and

his answer to the question put v tn ixonunmee," wnere is the money which mAes up tbo balance of the Contmgent .Fund' waa that question Mr. McNulty must armwer lor himself.- Mr. McNulty afterwards wrote to the Committee that he understood from Mr. Kershaw they wished to know the place of deposit ot the money, and he informed them that he. had $29,000 in the Bank of America in Kew York. He furnished them with no certificate of , deposit nothing but his assertion in his letter which recent proceedings have shown to be ol but little worth. Air. Welter tuti ,iung,f deeply mortified by these dih,ures Washisctok, January 19, 1S43. After the House of Representatives bad passed the resolutions heretofore transmitted in the case of Mr. McNulty, its Clerk, on Saturday, they were sent to the President, who promptly instructed Mr. Febdall, the District Attorney of this District, to cause hini to be arrested and prosecuted as the House desiied. A warrant i - .. .... .. r was accordingly issued, ana piaceu in me nanosoi uen. Hunter, the Marshal ol the District of Columbia, who, with the assistant Marshals, and the auxiliary guards. headed by Captain uoddird, proceeded in pursuit of the accused party. Mr. Mt-Nuliy waa seen on the avenue at sunset, in company with Mr. Kershaw, his Pay Clerk, but it appears that lie did not return to his accustomed plure of residence, Coleman Hotel, which was searched by the officers, both on Saturday night and this morning, without the discovery of his whereabouts. , It appears that lie had removed to a small public bouse on D. street, kept by John Foy, the keeper of one of the Congressional refectories, and there he remained until evening, when lie sent for the Marshal and surrendered himself into custody. It is understood that he will be allowed to remain at Foy 's tavern, in charge of Woodward, the Deputy Marshal, until to-morrow, when it is presumed he will be taken before the Magistrate by whom the warrant was issued, for examination. He still saya that he shall be able to show that no crime has been committed, and that not a dollar Is lost : but the mere loaning of the money subjects him to imprisonment in the Penilentiary. Mr. Weiler, one of his sureties, lias proceeded to New York to make personal inquiries into McNulty's transactions there, and doubtless, to secure audi funds as may he there, if any there are. The election of Mr. French to the Clerkship of the House has given unbounded satisfaction to all parties. He has been C'erk in all but emoluments for some time, and he is sin lurly adapted for the important position which he holds. He is a native ol New Hampshire, but lor near twelve years he has resided in Washington, where he has had a clerkship in connection with the House ol Representatives. Mr. French has moch poetic ability. but unlike poets in general, fits business habits and qualiBralions are not thereby impaired. Mr. trench has appointed Mr. Conld Ins successor as principal clerk. Mr. Gould is a native of the Slate of New York, and a gentleman ol long experience in the office, in which he has held a clerkship for several years. His manners are gentlemanly and courteous, his character and standing high and unimpeachable, his business habits and capacity all that could be desired. Mr. Kershaw, Mr. MuNblty's pay clerk, was promptly removed on Saturday evening. The Washington correspondent of the Ohio Statesman, writes as follows: "The solemn verdict of justice has been rendered in, and the Clerk of the House is expelled from his office expelled by the voice of his friends as well as Lis cnemies expelled in the prime of his manhood, and with the promise of honor, advancement and distinction before him, which but few young men have the advantage to receive expelled not only from his ofiice, but from all the hopes which had clustered about him in his. promotion to it. It is unnecessary to say how deeply wc feel for the offiensive conduct and condijrn punishment of the rejected Clerk, independent of all selfish or party considerations. We feel for him ; as a man may feel for a friend who has repaid kindness with ingratitude, honor with reproach, confidence with treachery, promotion with contempt, and respect with disgrace." The Editor of the Ohio Statesman observes : " Nothing could have met the Democrats of this District with more astonishment and mortification, than the developments in the case of Mr. McNulty, Clerk of the House of Representatives. He had friends here wj o would have put every tiling they have in the world at stake, that he was incapable of the acts of which he now stands charged ; but while they would stick by a friend to the last moment of their existence, if they believed him innocent, they will not, like Whigs, bolster up men after they are covered with the sores of moral delinquencies. And while they would drop a tear over the misfortunes of one whom they had admired, they would not step in between his guilt and the demands of justice, when proven against. him. Although they can feel, and feel sensibly, the awful sentence of condemnation against one whose high prospects knew no stopping place, and whose social qualities were acknowledged by friend and foe, yet, they would not mitigate the demands of the law, or. stifle the just feeling of the public in the strongest condemnation. Our correspondent gives a full account of this most unfortunate matter." . The Statesman further says that Mr. Moodie, of Columbus, simply purchased or cashed crafts of Mr. McNulty. Also, that Dr. Woodward, of ML Vernon, is the same person the Whig run for the Legislature, in Knox, a year or two ago, vo break down the Democratic nomination. He lead the Hank forces and was a good enough Wliig until after that election. It is well enough to keep history corrected ! A Bible at Acctiox. A seaman on board the ship Huntress, from New York to Canton, fell from the rigging and was killed. Tbe contents of hiachest were put up at auction among the sailors, and with them his Bible. The crew were a profane set of men, but when the Bible was to be sold, their noble feeling formed a substitute, in some measure, for true religious regard. The bidding went on until the mate checked it by telling them they had offered as much as propert The owner had set before them a pious example, and it is probable that the seamen were willing to pay respect to the fidelity which they might have reviled when they were reproved by it Eastern paper. " A substitute for true religious regard !" says the writer . What was the motive spirit but 44 true religious regard !" Nothing. The truth is, reckless as their conduct generally is, there exists no class of men whose 4religiou8 regard" or veneration is more deep, more pure, or more self-sacrifising, when it is called into action; and none who would foster it more deeply in their heart of hearts, under the neglect and deprivations to which sailors have ever been subjected. it is rumored that Daniel Mace, Esq., of this city, has received the appointment of U. S. Attorney for the District of Indiana, by the President We have no doubt the nomination vi ill be confirmed by the Senate. 44 Verily, verily, be hath received his reward !" Tippecanoe Journal. We have heard it suggested, nevertheless, that Mr. Mace will not accept of this 44 reward," as the Jour nal calls it, but will relinquish it for the purpose of gratifying the Democracy of Tippecanoe by serving them in the next Legislature. For their sake and that of the people generally, we hope we are not in error, for we want to see a greater proportion of men of capacity in the House of Representatives next winter, than the Whigs were disposed to Bend to the last one. . " . " As Amekican Dcie. The Duke of Cantdmager, the Spanish Minister to our Government, is a Philadelphian born. His father, the Marquis of Caso Irujo married the daughter of Gen. McKean, about fifty years ago. He is f 44 noble M blood, but he can't help it. We cut the above from a ,4Native" paper of Boston. We fcliould like to know how much better citizen this "American Duke" would be likely to make, provided, as is likely, that he entertains all the peculiar notions of men of 44 noble blood," notwithstanding be is 44 a Philadelphian born," than if he had been born in Spain itself 1 Is a man likely to bo a horse because born in a stable ! The Louisville Democrat of the 10th states, that on the previous day, Miss Delia Webster, lately convict ed at Lexington, for aiding slaves to run away irons alaeir maeiers, was ecai i uic jtmi.cui.iai ,

CO A GR ESS. The vote in the U. S. Senate on the resolution for the ratification of the Treaty between this country and China, was unanimous in its favor, all of the forty-two Senators present voting in the a&rmative. In the Senate on the 2Uth, Mr. Benton presented the) resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, on the subject of the Texas annexation. They are almost entirely coincident with the views of Col. Benton as heretofore expressed. The honorable Senator express-

,eJ Dis approbation of the resolutions; and j son, also, acknowledged the. pleasure with shoulj compy with the instructions they en and Mr. Atchiwhich be mply with the instructions they embraced. The Correspondent of the Ohio Statesman writes as follows, under date ol Jan. 21, le45i We have now strong hopes of annexation strong hopes that that spirit of compromise recommended la the Missouri resolutions, and o earnestly recommended by Col. Benton, in his remarks of Yesterday, will carry the Denton, in his remarks of yesterday, w ill car measure tnrcugn the House, and tlirotitli tne cena ;aate, and the annexation will be effected it will be effected, too, as we now believe, without the necessity of an eatra ses sion tnccted tlie present session, ir the senators Irons. Virginia are only spoken to by their L-gilutwre according to the sentiments of the people of the good old conmonweahh. Many hope, indeed, that even wnhont the assistance of the V iigiuia Senators we shall have the annexation before the adjournment. But we are not quite -so sanguine. Dut we are almost certain of the House before another week shall have passed ; and we will venture to guess at the plan. The w hole of 'l exis to be admitted as a State a division o the Territory from tbe 34th degree of lat itude northward on ihe basis ol the .Missouri compromise a surrender of the lands belonging to Texas tn her lo cal government for the put pose of liquidating her debts luture states to be admitted upon a paituion i wie jerritory boundary to be settled between the Coiled btatea nd Mexico, See.- buch a proposition was introduced in the House to-day by Mr. Lynn Boyd of Kentucky, read and referred to the committee ol the whole oo ihe state of the Union. A resolution was adopted, to suspend the debate in committee, on the suhject of annexation, on Saturday next at 2 o clock, and tnat the committee then proceed to vote upon the amendments offered to the treaty plan, or on the joint resolutions of Mr. C. J Ingersoll, chairman of the committee on Foreign Relations, from whose committee the subject was originally reported. In the Senate, Mr. Berrien, fiotn the Judiciary commit tee, reported a bill for extending the power to tin United States Courts for the issue of writs of kmbem -corpus, to various cases not included in the judiciary act ol 17:7. The bill regulating the compensation of pension agents, was passed ; also, the bi II providing fur promotions and appointments in the United States revenue service. The residue of the day was expended in the discussion of Mr. Tappan's bill, (and the amendments proposed to it) for the establishment of the Smithsonian Institute, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. Messrs. Buchanan, Allen, (who earnestly opposed the bill as providing for the establishment of an illegitimate corporation,) Walker, Foster of N. Y. Huntington and Tappan, when it was laid aside for the day, and after a short Executive session, the Senate sojourned. P. 8. C. J. McNulty has given bail, as we understand, fur his appearance before the proper Court, to answer to the charge of embezzlement of the public money. . He insists that he will make every dollar good. We hope that he may be able to do ao : but that a man should so fir forget himself bis obligations to his friends to his party to his government to his country to his family to his reputation his interest his everything that is worth having, as to cast himself as rer k!csly away as La has done, passet h our comprehension. 1Vabaj.Ii and Eric Canal. We copy from a N. Y. paper, the following brief sketch of the proceedings in the U. S. Senate on the bill granting alternate divisions of the public lands on both sides of the line of this work, (from Terre Haute to the Ohio River,) to the State of Indiana, to enable her the better to complete the improvement. Mr. Niles resisted the passage of the bill, becaus it was not within the constitutional jurisdiction of Congress, strictly speaking, to make this grant ; because, the example would be unwise as a precedent because it was a local measure, and not a national one in the true distriction. Mr. IIannegax replied briefly, but with energy and force in support of the grant proposed in the bill the lands would otherwise remain vacant, whereas the granting of one half would more than quadruple the value of the remainder to the government. Mr. Wogpbridge sustained Mr. Haxnegan Nilu replied to both gentlemen, with a clearness of argument, and a closeness of reasoning, that waejgratifying as it was forcible. Mr. Bexton threw in a good word incidentally for the bill. Mr. Bagbt opposed the grant. Mr. Beeese exhibited the difference between a grant of lands and an appropriation of money, and the advan'age that would accrue to both parties in this case, especially to the United States, in the grant proposed. And the bill was passed by the following vote : Axes Messrs. . Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Barrow, Bates, Bayard, Benton, Berrien? Breese, Euchanan, Clayton, Crittenden, Dayton, Evans, Fairfield, Foster, of Tenn., Francis, Hannegan, Huntington, Johnson, Merrick, Morehcad, Tortcr, scmple, Sevier, Simmons, Sturgeon, Tappan, Upham, White, Woodbridge 31. Nats Messrs Archer, Atherton, Bagby, Foster, of N. Y. Haywood, Huger, M'Dufiie, Niles 8. Amos Kendall Ilvleascd. The U. S. States Supreme Court has reversed tbe decision of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia in the case of Stockton and Stokes, maij contractors, vs. Amos Kendall, Fostmaster General. It will be remembered that Mr. Kendall withheld the payment of a large sum ($100,000, or a portion of it) from Stockton &, Stokes, because he believed the bill exorbitant and unjust The claim was tried and pmved to be valid, and damages were fixed upon Mr. Kendall to the amount of 16,0C0, the sum of the interest which had accrued upon the bill refused. Acting, as Mr. Kendall did, for the Government, he did his duty, and the common sense of justice, with every man, will admit that the damages upon him, as a private indi-' vidual, incurred in the faithful discharge of a public trust, were not according to the spirit of the law. We rejoice at Mr. Kendall's release from the prison bonds, and the damages. Chief Justice Taney delivered the opinion of the Court, Later from IMexico. There was an arrival at New Orleans on the 6th, from Campeachy. No papers were received, but the Captain informed the editor of the Crescent City that the revolution was still progressing, and that Santa Anna remained at Queretaro, hemmed in by the two aspiring parties, each demanding the setttlement of his account with the Government. The department of Tabasco has proncunced against Santa Anna's Government. On the 9th ult. Gen. Ampudia published a proclamation o this effect, and the same day tbe Ayuntamiento aud the garrison fellowed their leader's example. The N. O. Courier of January 7, states that a letter has been received by a commercial house in that city from Tobasco, which states that a proclamation, dated Jonuta, Dec. 27, had been made by Don Miguel Bruno, calling upon the inhabitants of the Department to second the movement of Pared es, and making honorable mention of Gen. Sentmanat A postscript to the 6ame communication says that news had just been received of tbe complete rout of Santa Anna near the city of Mexico, by the forces under TaredesThe Trial ano Condemnation by an eclasiastlcal court ot the two Bishops Onderdonk, of Fbiladclphii and New York, farm, says the Phila. Ledger, the etk st extraordinary incidents in church history thtt hut-e yet been known in this country,' and are besis unique, any period in ecclesiastical history considerti liere were two brothers, men of acknowledged ha nucg, talent, and of supposed piety, bishops of the fro principle States of the Union, in the two chief cities, and with the most desirable places as to honors and emoluments, and both have fallen from their high estates, convicted of similar offences, and degraded rapidly in succession. It is really a singular and painful exhk bition of double degradation in one family, and is per-, haps without parallel in church history. Bichop Onderdonk, of New York, is about to publish, his own statement of ficts ant' circumstance cojsj&ected, with the recent trial. There have been four unsuccessful trials for the election of a Mayor of "Boston t,he;o being three candidates: Whig, Nativist, and Democratic The Whigs, at last, giving up all hopes of the success of their own man, have withdrawn himand, will probably unite with the yatires,