Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1845 — Page 2

THE STATE SENTINEL.

CTHEAl Y18It.5CK I TMt F1CK Cf UIMTT. T1HIKSPAY, MARCH 6, ISIS.

(ö-Continued sickness and death in the family of the iunior. and the absence of the senior editor, will be taken a an excuse for the apparent want of arrangement in the discharge of editorial duties in the present number. Tbey will both again be at their poets, it is hoped, in a few days. fcrTbe Funeral of Mr. C.s child, Panose, will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock. - Tlic new President ; On Tuesday last, the Fresident elect, James a., xcim, wtw sworn into oOke as the Chief Magistrate of this great Republic, and entered upon the discharge of his duties. The scene was one of deep interest to every friend of our free institutions, and exhibits in bold relief -the beauty of our system of Government. Twelve months ago James K. Polk was not even thought of as a candidate for President of the United States. But when the Representatives of the great Democrat pnrty met at Baltimore last spring, after looking over the whole ground of the treat political struggle ia which we were about to engage a struggle which was to tell on the destinies of this great nation the ere was directed to the quiet scenes of the Hermitage, where grew in all its giant strength, that oil Hickory whose branches had protected this nation in peace and in war, and near its root was discovered - a young tree, exhibiting an earnest of the same power to bear aloft successfully the banner of our country. : The private citizen became at once the leader of the treat Democratic party, and. under his standard we haveVlorlMiiy triumphed. He is now at the head cf the nation, and it is our duty to give him our warmest support, in his efforts to advance the interests of this great nation. In a few days his Inaugural Address will be here, which we shall lose no time in laying before our readers. ilia diso ii and Indianapolis Kail Road. '- The Board of Directors of this Company .met at Madison durin? the past week and agreed that the O w route for the road to this place should be immediately agreed upon, and the location of the Depot established ia this city. They have also agreed to receive proposals tor trie completion oi tne roaa to mis piace on different terms, a notice of which will be shortly published, in substance as follows : They will receive a proposition agreeing to pay one-fourth of the amount of contracts in cash, the balance in bonds on the company, payable on time ; also, another, agreeing to pay 40 cents on the dollar tli3 balance in bonis on the company ; also, proposal, agreeing to pay the whole amount in bonds, and also proposals, agreeing to pay the full amount of the contracts in cash. We also understand that a proposition was made to the directors to finish the road to this city, at the late meeting, the precise nature of which we have not yet learned. . .There is but little doubt that the road will progress during the present season, under some one of the above propositions. The company will be fuHy able to meet any of the engagements it may make from the income of the road alone, should contractors agree to take the bonds of the company. Ia one case, where credit is given, heavy capitalists will get the contracts and re-let them to suit their convenience. In the other, where full payment is made in cash, contracts can be taken without much capital "being necessary to complete the contracts. . The proceeds of the road, for the year ending on tho 1st of February IS 15. amounted to upwards of J$39,000 being nearly double that of the previous year. After paying more than $10,000 for repairs and $7,000 for machinery, &.C., a dividendf of 91 per cent, was declared on the stock of the company. The committee appointed to locate the Depot in this city are now here for that purpose and will make a location ia a few diys. 4 TVabasli and Eric Canal The Logansport Pharos of tie 19th ult. says : "We are informed by a gentleman who received the intelligence directly from one of the superintendents, that the water will be let into the canal in the course of two or three weeks. This will be much earlier than ever belbre opened for navigation in the spring. The weather is so warm that there is every probability of Lake Erie being in navigable order. Should it be so, the spring business will soon open, and our forwarding merchants will be relieved of the produce which they have in store.' Crowd at Washington. The correspondent of the Baltimore Arzus under date of the 25th of February says : It is a matter of wonder with me where all the people are cominj from, who an; crowding the metropolis. Every Railroad car and Steamboat, comes laden with it burthens of human beings, all coming to see the Inauguration of the "great unknown," James Knox Polk. . But the greatest mystery to me, as I said before, is, where they are going to stow themselves. The Hotels and Boarding-Houses are now full, but still 44 they come," 44 they come !" After noticing the proceedings of Congress, we have already copied from the correspondent of the Ohio Statesman, he remarks: Every thing looks bright and Texas vül be annexed ! get your big gun ready, and clear your throat for a shout. The editor of the Ohio Statesman, -however, in view of the same information, shakes his head and thinks there is still danger of defeat to the Texas proposition. The next mail will determine the matter. The bill for the admission of Iowa and Florida was reported to the Senate on the 20th ult. without amendment, with a prospect of speedy action. Appointment to Office. The correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, remarks in a letter of the 24th ult.: "That Mr. Folk has signified most distinctly to his friends that he will receive no solicitations for office until after the organization of the Cabinet, and I have heard it stated upon very excellent authority, remarkable as the fact may appear, that cot a single application has-been made in person, since his arrival in Washington. The man who has the qualifications to accomplish that much, possesses nvKt important requisites for the post of President of the United States." Mr. Polk's eespect for the Sabbath. On leaving Cincinnati, Mr. Polk remarked that he intended Jo spend the following Sabbath in Wheeling; for, liaid lie, "it will neither comport with my convenience, nor inclination, to travel, or to receive company on that day." . At Wheeling a crowd assembled about t;ie hotel, and were urgent to see Mr. P., but he sent thera word that it was not convenient for him to see tfeem on that day, (Sunday) but that he would see Ijem next day. Ar Albany Dem. ' . 0-Mr. IlerJey, ia a recent speech against an appropriation of 20,000 for the President's mansion, admitted that there was some truth in the 'cold sooon' story. M".dison Whig. There was this much of truth about it, certainly. It proved that the Whigs who fabricated it were very great liars and rascals. fjThe Bloomlngton Tost has something to say about Senator Borrow. If there be a Senator of that M credit system.' -, Supreme Court of the IT. S. On motion of General Howard, William II. EngTÜh, Esq., of Indiana, was yesterday admitted as an attorney and counsellor at law of said court. Globe.

- Congress. ' We learn from the Washington correspondent of the Ohio Statesman, that the vote on the Texas resolution was to take place on Wednesday of last week, if not before. He remarks, in his letter cf the 24th ultimo, that if the resolution passes, it will pass by not more than one vote, counting opon Mr. Allen and Mr. Foster, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Merrick and Mr. Henderson (four Whigs.) Mr. Archer had withdrawn his motion to indefinitely postpone, leaving the question directly on agreeing to the resolution. - Mr. Mc-

Duffie, although in feeble health, delivered his views, late on the evening of the 24th, to save time, closing his remarks at 8 o'clock, when the Senate adjourned ; Mr. Allen securing the floor fr the next day. On the 24th ult. the House took up the bill from the Senate, for the reduction of postages, the curtail ment of the franking privilege, and the correction of frauds upon the Post Office Department. A very spirited and rambling sort of discussion was excited, in which Mf. Carey of Me., Mr. Rathbun of Jf. Y., and Mr. Tayne of Ala., were among the most prominent debaters. But the greater part of the session was expended upon the mere subsidiary motions to adjourn, to rise and report, to take up other bills, &c. &.C. A resolution was finally adopted, to close the debate upon the bill to-morrow, and this has given birth to a faint hope of cheap postages by the present Congress. Debate to be closed two hours after the bill shall have been resumed in committee. ;. . FEBEtURT 25, 1913. . We are aga Indebted to the correspondent of the Ohio Statesman for news from Washington to the above date. ' On that day he remarks, the younger Senator front Ohio, Mr. Allen, distinguished himself in the discussion of the admission of Texas into the Union. After giving a brief outline of the speech he remarks, that Mr. Allen, after referring to the broad reasons which had induced him to oppose the Tyler treaty, said that timo had done much to change his predilections, and this resolution had also done much. He was an advocate of annexation, if Texas were a barren rock, unproductive cf a blade of grass, and an advocate from the great commercial considerations he had presented to the Senate. He feared, in conclusion, that this resolution would be defeated by the vote of one man, yet he hoped that man would not be a democrat. In the House of Representatives, the Senate bill for the reduction of postages was kept in brisk agitation, discussion, and commotion of motions till seven o'clock this evening, at which time the bill was reported from committee, with an amendment, . providing that the act shall take effect in July next ; and another amendment, changing the uniform postage of the Senate of five cents per single letter of half an ounce or less, to 5 cents for distances not exceeding 3C0 miles, and ten cents for all distances exceeding 300 miles. A resolution was then adopted, that the bill be taken from committee with the amendments. The previous question was then taken upon the amendments and carried, when The House adjourned. The bill for the reduction of postages will, therefore, be passed to-morrow by the House ; as, alia, we expect, the Texas resolution in the Senate. There is no doubt about the House, on cheap postage if the Senate shall prove as faithful to Texas, what a great day will the 2Cth of February, 1345, be, in the history of this country, and if this Congress. Hurrah ! - Virginia Senator. The following from the New York Sun, a neutral ppcr, will htt rrnsidereJ fair statement of facts in relation to the proceedings of the Virginia Senate, in relation to the election of a United States Senator : THE FACTS IN A NUT-SHELL. The JfEW York Tribune axd the Senate of Virginia. There's no pleasing the Tribune, with any thing a political opponent can do strike high or strike low. I he Senate of Virginia is Democratic ; the Assembly, Whig. The majority on joint ballot probably Whig by one or two. The people of the State have recently proved themselves Democratic by : a majority of about b,lX U. In this state of things, I the Assembly, some weeks ago fixed a day to go into the election of Senator. The Senate took them at their word and consented. Eut when the day approached, the Assembly, finding that from the ab sence of some of their votes, they would be in certain minority in joint ballot, backed out. Again, at a later period, they fixed upon another day, Friday, the 14th ult. This time the Senate thought proper to decline, and on Thursday postponed the resolution indefinitely, by 17 to 14. But whether they comply with, or decline, the propositions of the Assembly, they appear to be equally unsuccessful in satisfying the Tribune. It would doubtless vastly prefer to see a Whiff placed for six years in the Senate as a representative of the Democratic State of Virginia. If this arrangement was not perfectly agreeable to the Democracy of the Virginia Legislature, it is scarcely a matter of much surprise. In throwing the choice of a Senator over, as they have done to the next Legislature, wnicn is to oe cicciea in April, wiuioui wrong to any one, or prejudice to any public interest, they have only appealed to the people to prevent the perpetration of a greater wrong to themselves, which the Whig3 in the Assembly were anxious to effect. Virginia Elections. The elections for members of the Legislature in Virginia take place in April. The veteran of the Richmond Enquirer assumes a confident tone of success, which will secure to Virginia a Democratic United States Senator. Tho following is his lanuae : We enquired yesterday of our Democratic friends of the General Assembly about the prospects of our election: in the Spring. We interrogated them particularly about the South-west and tho North-west the two great points where the Whigs expected to sweep us last Fall, snd where they were so wofully deceived in their fcanguine calculations. The voice of the sentinels is cheering and, saving here and there a point where our entrenchment are not yet thoroughly fortified, the cry is aWs veil. We shall gain "decidedly in tho " elections for the General Assembly." (&-The removal of Col. SAMUEL YOUNG from the office of Secretary of State, by the Legislature of New York, is treated in terms of indignant dissatisfaction by the Democratic journals of that State. We have long regarded Col. Young as among the ablest and soundest Democrats in the Union, and sincerely share the regrets expressed by his many warm-hearted admirers. So says the Harrisburgh (Pa.) Union, and so say we. The people of New York we hope will r:medy this evil in good time by appointing Mr. Young successor to Governor Wright. . Senator Harrow. The New Orleans Courier states that a number of the most respectable citizens of that city, indignant at the course of Mr. Senator Barrow in relation to the re-annexation of Texas and his openly avowed contempt for the wishes of the people of the Slate, and of the General Assembly who placed him in his present station, intend, in a day or two, to call a public meeting, in order to express the feeling with which they regard his conduct. ' : Pcblic ScnooLS. Massachusetts appropriated, during tho last year, ä-jüoJHK) for the support of Schools; New York about one millions for 7U0.000 children actually taught in the district schools ; Pennsylvania $170,000 for 208,402 ' scholars; and the Controllers of 'Philadelphia city and county eipended $20,000 for the education of 33,300 scholars; Ohio has six thousand Public School Districts, and 600,000 youth entitled to the benefit of these schools. A letter from Washington, dited the 21st ult. says, " there are now 2,000 strangers in tho city,-and the cars, steam-boats and sbgrs come loaded."

Governor Whitcomb nud the Pardon Inj? Power. The Indianapolis correspondent of the Whig Examiner of the IT7Ü1 February says, that the Governor's 'first official act on returning to this place, was to pardon the Catholic Friest who was confined in the penitentiary And te invites the editor to make his

'men comments' on what be caila "this outrageous abuse cf the pardoning power Accordingly in the next days Examiner, lhA,t of the 23th Feb.) the editor gives us a string of comments and denunciations but without any facts- ia which he takes it for granted that the accused is guilty of the crime. Eut a guilty conscience needs no accuser." The editor evidently fears that the truth may come in due season and upset his attempt to " manufacture political capital." He says, " we may expect an article attempting to justify ti e course of the Governor,' but thinks it will be hard for his " ingenuousness " to present a solitary rational excuse." Now, ingenuousness means candor, fairness, want of dissimulation, which, with due deference, we think no one ought to object to. Now it is not necessary to invoke the Governor's ingenuity, saying nothing cf ingenuousness, in this matter. It is suflxient to appeal to facts, and let others speak in his behalf. We think the fditor would have shown his ingenuousness " rather better if he Lad called for the facts, and hid beard the excuse," as he calls it, before passing judgment. To enable us to exhibit a little more candor or "ingenuousness," we have fir6t called and examined the petitions forwarded for the pardon of the accused. They are far more numerously signed than in any former case in this State. From Vanderburg comity, where the crime was charged to have been committed, the names of more than C00 citizens were appended. Among the latter are the names of Charle s I. Battell, Doctor A: Trafion, R. M. Evans, II. P. DeBruler, John Ingle, Jr., Elisha S. Babcock, Charles Eabcock, Geo. F. Lyon, Thomas Terry, Joseph Wheeler, Jr., W. Thruston, Oliver Ladd, P. Hornbrook, William Carpenter, Samuel Cox, E.H. Fairchild, Seth Fairchild, John S. McCracken, D. Miller, J. Laughlin, B. J. Herd, John Lukens, James Seantlin, Doctor W. Trafton, Solomon Butler, David McNall, John R. Wilcox, J. B. Fiappelye, James Cawson, C. J. Olrastead, Jerse J. Lamb, C. W. M. Chadd, and others, all W1IIGS, and (we believe) none of thera Catholics, some cf them indeed members of various Protestant persuasions, and consisting tf farmers, merchants, lawyers, and mechanics cf good standing and character. These citizens 6ay in thejr petition that, " considering all circumstances of time, place, and persons, and also other events that hate transpired since the beginning of the affair, the accused is now believed by us ENTIRELY INNOCENT, tchatcrer may hare been our opinion at other times, particularly daring the surjrise (f the first excitement.1" Another petition from the same county consisted of about 200 citizens, exclusively Protestants. . Among the rest, the Hon. W. Brown Butler, formerly a member of the Legislature, well known as a correct honorable man, not a Catholic, and a decided LEADING WHIG sap " Ia common with the great majority of our citizens, I heartily desire to see him at liberty once more." Had I at the time of trial and conviction believed him guilty, circumstances hare since transpired that would go very far towards changing that belief." This being on open letter on official business and accompanying other petitions, we have felt at liberty to quote it. The lion. Samuel Hall of Trinccton, lato Whtg Lieutenant Governor of this State, writes that he 44 was present at the second trial " in his town as a " disinterested spectator" 44 heard all the evidence on the part of the State and says 44 I am fully satisfied in my own mind, that the accused is not guilty of the offence alleged- against him " and that if this statement will be of any service to Mr. Weinza?phflin," 44 any of his friends are at liberty to use it in any way." we ask the editor of the Examiner in the name of all " ingenuousness n if these petitioners, mostly living in the county where the offence is charged to have been committed, and many of them present at one or the other of the trials or the the examination, and generally acquainted with the parties and witnesses, had not a better opportunity of knowing the facts, and of forming a fair and candid judgment upon them, than the editor or his correspondent ? But this is not all. Among the petitioners are found, John Hurst, W. C. Graham, J. R. Graham and W. E. Niblack of Dubois county ;-Gen. Allen D. Thom; Hon. John Ewing, N. Smith, S. Almy, and Isaac Muss, Shff. of Knox county, Thos. Wilkerson, S. C. Bramwell, Hiram Willis, James Treasure, Doc tor John F. Shields and John F. Ileaton of Jennings ! county Wm. B. Griffin and John F. Jones of Bartholomew ; Thomas Brown and E. S. Terry of Daviess, John A. Brackenridge, Esq. of Warrick, "all whigs again, but who are too honorable and conscientious to suffer political prejudice to interfere with their sense of justice. It is but seldom that the officers of the Penitentiary recommend a prisoner for a pardon. But, in this case, the superintendent and clerk (a Whig) 6tate, in a letter of the 7th of November last, that the deportment of the accused since his confinement, his amiable and gentle manners, and above all the evidence produced before them recently, (which would be laid before the Governor,) had satisfied them of his innocence, and induced them, contrary to their usual custom, to ask for consideration as a case justly calling for pardon. We cannot exhaust all the petitions in this notice ; but we will close by adding some names of citizens of Vigo, who ask for a pardon because as they say they believe the accused 44 both legally and morally innocent." In the long list are found, D. S. Danaldson, the present editor, and John and Thomas Dowliiig, late editors of a leading Whig paper there, Hon. R. W. Thompson, late member of Congress, Judge E. M. Huntington, Charles Groverman, T. J. Bourne, C. Warren, G. W. Langworthy, J. G. Warren, Sal. Wright, George Eourne, Thomas Dodson (an orangeman, we believe) C. II. Bailey, jr., .William Ray, John P. Usher, W. D. Griswold, James Hook, R Booth, John M. Watson, Probate Judge, G. W. Ball, G. Hager, James T. Moffatt, late Sena.'jr, M. M. Hickox, Albert Lange, &,c. &c., many of them belonging to various Protestant persuasions. Again we ask the editor whether these pcrsous, who as well as the others named, are all whiles, are not as likely to judge "ingenuously" and without prejudice, as the editor himself 1 . We have many other names of a similar character, but space' will not permit further notice at this time. We will just add, however, the following Whig Senators of our last Legislature, who also petitioned for the pardon, II. J. Bowers from Ripley, John D. Defrees from St. Joseph, soon to be editor of the Indiana Journal A. M. Bradbury and D. P. Holloway from Wayne, the latter being the editor of the Richmond Palladium," John Ewing from Knox, G. S. Orth from Tippecanoe, J. H. Bucll from Warren, W. G. CoSa from Tark?, Thomas J. Todd from Mirion, Hugh Hamer from Lawrence, Wm. P. Dole, from Vermillion, J. F. Allison from Green, David Henry from Switzerland, Samuel Goooenow from Jefferson ; also, MiLtox Stat p member from Jefferson, Caleb Garrett do. from Vigo, William Herod do. from . Bartholomew, and Leroy Gregory do. from Warren, &.c. Also, W. T. Otto, President Judge of the Circuit Court. The great majority of these petitions were present-

ed to the Governor as long ago as last November they muit hare notoriously been circulated for a long time previous and yet not a solitary petition has been presented against the pardon ! And that, too, although the Governor, for the purpose of a thorough examina tion of the papers, tfce., &c., delayed action until the latter part of this last month. We must correct our-

J selves. Three person , in different counties, did write soon after the trial against a pardon. But even one of them has since petitioned f;r it, and the others hare remained silent. There were largely over 3,000 petitioners for the pardon, made op of almost every religious persuasion, Presbyterians, Methodists, Reformers, &c, &c, and some Protestant preachers. They were made up of men of both political parties, although there were doubtless the most Democrats, but we think the political character of the petitioners er parties should have nothing to do with a case of this kind, and we should not have adverted to it had we not perceived, as we thought, some itching that way in the Examiner. We have only commenced this matter. We yet have "a shot in tho locker." We shall however endeavor to spare feelings and not comment on the cir cumstances that have transpired since the trial (and of which the Court and Jury could of course know nothing) unless it becomes necessary. In tho meantime the Whigs, whose names we have given above, arc able to defend themselves against their Editorial brother without our aid. But since the Ex miner has at last discovered that it is ,4outrageou" to abuse the pardoning power, and has thought proper to couple Gov. Whitcomb's name with that of Gov. Porter on this subject, we shall also take the liberty of connecting that of Gov. Bigger, merely saying at present that Gov. B. set more than 20 criminals at large from tho Penitentiary tcithin his last year, and many more were promised that if elected they would be pardon ed too I We will not say it was designed by this to get the votes and influence of their friends in different parts of the State, but we will say that such a promise could not diminish their friendship. Gov. Whitcomb has pardoned bat six up to this time. We hive hitherto abstained from noticing this matter. But it has now been thrust upon us and if the truth comes, Gov. Bigger must thank his ill-advised friends for it From what we have heard of the Editor of the Ex amincr through a fiiend, we indulge the hope that he will recede from his position and do justice. We sliall shape our course according'. Political Veracity. The Daily Whig Examiner of the 27th Feb., published at Madison, contains what its editor calls a letter from its "Indianapolis correspondent," but vilhnut the name of the writer, who seems ashamed t0 6hov his face. After indulging in abuse and falsehood of de mocrats by vholesale, it gratifies its itch for misrepre sentation as to a considerable number, by name. Amon the rest, referring to Governor Whitcomb, it risks the falsehood, that "the report of his ill health as published in Louisville papers, turns out to be an entire mistake, as he never enjoyed better health than during his stay at that institution." One who makes so round and unqualißed a statement, should do it upon good authority. The writer had no means of know ing his statement, as to the health of an absent indi vidual, to be true, even if it were so, and our paper had confirmed the statement of the Governor's sickness while absent before the date of the anonymous letter. If the writer had seen our article, published as it was under his own nose, before he wrote his state ment, he stands branded as a vrVful falsifier. If he had not sern it, then he slated as true what he did not know to be true, aittl tuii.a .ka -o . ju- r.t sifier, and whether wilful or reckless it is for him to make his choice. Every man who has a conscience, knows there is precious little difference between them It is true there is a class in this country who think there is no harm in political lying, and who VCH go as far as the Cincinnati (Whig) Atlas, and insist that it is right to tell lies if a good object is to be obtained by it, the liar of course always being his own judge of the goodness of the object. Still we thought the people had taught these gentry a lesson within the last two years, that even political lying was as bad policy, as it is poor morality. But it is as the proverb says, "What is bred in the bone stays long in the flesh." Eastern ITIarkef. In connection with the now certain completion of the Railroad from the Ohio river, at Madison, to this citv. the following will be read with interest. The Ohio river and the Beaver and Erie canal, in connection with the Railroad, will give us eastern commer cial facilities that will be highly profitable. The Erie Extension. This new connection be tween the Ohio river and the lakes being now com pleted, we may anticipate the commencement of a brisk business, upon the opinion of navigation the ensuing spriug. The whole length of the canal from Beaver to Erie is 13G miles. The length of the nav igable feeder, from a point 2 miles above Mcadville, to the junction on the summit, is 25 miles. ' The coal business must eventually constitute the heaviest item of tonnage, but it is anticipated that the direct connection afforded by this canal -between the river and the lake, and the moderate tolls the company are authorized to charge, will attract a portion of the trade from the Mississippi valley, and perhaps be the means of drawing a part of that which now passes by way of New Orleans, and the ocean, to New York. The distance from Portsmouth on the Ohio river, by way of canal, to Cleveland is 311 miles. The distance from Portsmouth by the river to Beaver is 3i!2 miles. Prom Beaver by canal to Erie 130 miles. The Chronicle thus enters into a calculation as to time and cost of transportation, the result of which is, on an average, 3 to 31 days, and 9 a ton in favor of the Erie route. The Chronicle adds, Should the Ohio CaDal Commissioners reduce their tolls to the same rates as the Pennsylvania tolls, there would still be a difference in favor of the Erie route of $5 43 per ton. Business men will soon ascertain which is the quickest and cheapest route, and through tltat channel their commerce will finally flow. Erie Chronicle. ' A RxroRT vrom the Register of the Treasury. A report has been presented to Congress from the Register of the Treasury relative to . debts due the government, that have remained unpaid for three years prior to Sep. 30, 1844, by which it appears that the Rank of the United States still owe $33,349 83 on the second, third and fourth bonds due in September 1838, 1831) and '40. A judgment was obtained for this debt in the Eastern district of Pennsylvania in 1841, and proceedings were subsequently instituted in the Commercial Court of New Orleans, to attach the effects of said bank in that city. Under these proceedings the sum of 8114,133 27 was collected and deposited, which still wants the final decision of the Supreme Court ot the United States. The amount due from Samuel Swartwout, formerly collector cf New York, is $1,200,035,00. The Solicitor of the Treasury says that distress warrants have been issued on all the real and personal property of the principal and his sureties, which he says, tinder the most favorwlle circumstances, will pay but a small portion of the debt. Public Ledger. Sir William Davenant, who obtained the first patent from Charles II., for dramatic performances, had, by some accicent, lost the greater part of his nose. He was followed one day by an old woman, who kept crying ' God preserve your eyesight;" at last he turned round, and asked the beggar ' why she prayed so earnestly for bis eyesight 1" and said that 44 he was not even pur-blind as yet.' "No, sir," said she, but if ever you should, you have noplace to hang your spectacles upon." Sir William was the first who brought scenes upon the English stage ; - he died in 1G03, tjjed 63.

COXGKESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The correspondent of the Ohio Statesman, writing under date of February 22d, says Among the amendments agreed to and adopted in the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation bill to-day, were the following appropriations. $09,913 for the purchase of books, under the resolution of June last. No part of the sum to be expended until the committee of accounts shall have examined the publisher's priecs and reported to the Clerk of the House. -J0,000 to the Executive Mansion and grounds attached to tho same, rtirniture to be of American manufacture. S5,(K!0 for books for Congressional Library. .tS.CKO fur the expenses of the Magnetic Telegraph to Baltimore fr the ensuing year. $",000 for five lamp posts alonjj the Ta. Avenue flagging in front of Treasury building, &c. 80,000 for new buildings for tin War and Navy Departments, in addition to the old edi6ces, which are too small for the business of the Def irtments. 9,000 salary, and Sl.OTO outfit for a Minister to China, an 2,5U0 for his Secretary. $'-20,000 for the erection of a Custom House at Savannah, Ga. $72,000 to be divided among nine foreign Ministers abroad, salaries and outfits. Mileage of members to be paid according to the shortest post route from their residences to Washington. Surveyor General's oflice N. West of Ohio River, removed to Detroit, Michigan. Official papers, &c. of surveys of Ohid and Indiana to be left in the office of Secretary of State of said States. Clerk of the House not allowed to have On hand or under his control a surplus of money of the House fund, greater than the amount of his bonds. $'28.000 for the purchase of lots attached to the General Tost Office building. i . Ss-",( XX to Custom House at Charleston. The bill, as your readers will remember, embraces also, the yearly expenses of Congress of half a million ; of the Executive Departments, amounting to upwards of two millions, and of the Judiciary of the United States, amounting to nearly $300,0C0, with all other incidental, civil and diplomatic expenses.

With the foregoing, and various other, but less im portant amendments, the bill was passed, and the House adjourned, &-C Next week an effort, and a strong one, will be made in the House, to take up and consider the Senate bill for the reduction of postages, &c." Ilritish Philanthropy. It is frequently cast into our teeth, even by Ameri cans, that England is ahead of us, in her regard to the condition of the African race, and that 6he is anxious for the immediate abolition of negro slavery throughout the world. The following extract from the letter of a correspondent of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, dated London, 26th of January of tie present year, places this subject in its true light, and shows, that in this, as in all questions of national policy, avarice and self-aggrandizement have been the leading incentives to action, by that nation, and not a regard for the condition of the negro, which.is rather worsted than bettered by her mock philanthropy The writer remarks : The only hue and cry that England ran raise ngai.ist America, is that or slavery ; out, uwonanaiety, even in this respect, her conduct is any thing but free from reproach even since the emancipation of the negroes in the West Indies. That emancipation, it is now admitted by nearly every British statesman, was nothinji but a creat blunder. It was a miscalculation of her true commercial and colonial interests for. without an error of this kind, you may depend on it. Ministers would not have yielded this or any other question to what they are pleased to call " mere pop ular clamor." Her legislation since that time has amply shown the recognition of her error, and her strenuous endeavor to atone tor it. one has estab lished, under the guise of the apprentice system, another worse kind of slavery ; because a slavery which, at the end uf 14 years, absolves the master irum ail obligations ot support, aua vi;fc. u. whose labor ia undersold by the apprentices, to work as a mere hired servant, at such prices as the master thinks fit to pay. The master, who is only sure of 14 years labor, will assuredly make the most of it and as, after that period, he is not obliged to supply his wants, he cares little, if, at the clos'e of the" apprenticeship, the slave is worn out or unfit for labor. The master, during the period of 14 years that he hires the neCTo of the irovernment, will take good care to keep him in that state of ignorance and dependence which will render him harmless, when, at last, he obtains his nominal freedom, and compel him, for his mere existence, to work harder than he did during hu apprenticeship. The apprentice system is, m fact, but another Form of slavery, infinitely worse than that which is introduced in the Southern States, because the negro, in return for his labor, docs not receive the support and protection of his master ; the system is quite as compulsory in regard to the negro, and it leaves the master entirely at liberty to turn his disabled laborer out of doors, to miserably perish, like the decrepit operatives of Manchester or Leeds. And supposing the other English plan that of importing Coolies from the East into the West Indies, to be hired out as agricultural laborers is adopted, would not this be another ßpecies of dave trade ! a transplanting of the vilest despotism of Asa to the shores of Americas And what is the nature of the Treaty England has concluded with the Imam of Muscat 1 Is it not the revival of the slave trade itself in another form, joined to the crime of hypocrisy ! England is anxious lor the immediate abolition of negro slavery throughout the world, because she is the Only country in the world so situated as immediately to replace slave labor by the substitution of an infinitely more oppressive feudal system, and because negro slave labor is the only one with which the Asiatic slaves, owing to the enormous tax ation in India, cannot, as yet, and perhaps never, successfully compete. I will not here impugn the honesty of her leading philanthropists, nor doubt the sincerity of her enthusiasts, but I maintain that the British Government has ro other views in regard to abolition, except such which are calculated to promote the industry and prosperity of Great Britain, either by direct encouragement, or by. the oppression and confusion of her rivals. A glance at. her policy in reference to the slave question Xvill show the correctness of this assertion. The Price of Iron in England and the United States. The following from the Pittsburgh post, in the heart of the most extensive Iron region in the United States, is worthy of the most careful consideration : The Shipping and Merchant's Gazette of the 10th ult, which came by the late foreign arrival, mentions a meeting which took place a iew aays oeiore, in Birmingham, of the iron masters at which it was agreed to advance the price 1 per ton over the price of the last quarter. The Gazette says : At the last meeting, the leading masters in South Staffordshire reduced the price of 1 per ton, contrary to the general expectation of the trade, and no small surprise was felt at so extraordinary a proceeding, as the demand was then brisk, and no apparent necessity for the reduction. Since then, however, the demand has been extremely brisk ; orders bare come in all directions, and the prospect of trade was declared so good to-day as to fully justify a rise of 1 per ton over the price of last quarter. The demand for railroad iron is very considerable, but the general improved state of trade is the main 'cause of this favorable state of our manufacture. The pigs are at from 3 to 4, bar iron 6 to 6 5s. per ton. The ton here alluded to, is the ton avoirdupois 2240 1b. The ton iron with us is 2,000 lbs. It would seem, from the above, that pig metal now sells in England for about $11 a ton of 2,240 lbs. Bar iron sells for about 30 a ton. According to our last report of the markets, pig iron is worth, in this city, $29 per ton, and common bar iron 3 cents per lb, or SbU per ton ot ,iw ids. By this it would seem that the British iron manufacturer receives about $13 a ton, for changing pig metal into iron. The American iron manufacturer receives $32 a ton . for the same process with the further advantage that the American ton is 240 lbs. less than the British.-07-The Governor of Kentucky has granted pardon to Miss Delia Webster, who was confined in the Tcnitcntiary of that State for the abduction of slaves.

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Arrlvnl of the Steam Ship Ilibcrnia I'weniy-tiirce Days Later front Europe. The steamship Hibernia. Capt. Kyrie, arrived at Boston on Wednesday morning, in less than fifteen days from Liverpool, bringing dates to the 4th instant. The money market is very easy, and cotton remains at previous quotations. 1 art. a ment opens this day, and had the pacLet wait ed a few hours longer, it would have taken out the Queen's speech. The general impression is, that Ire land will be alluded to in soothing terms, and that another modification of the sugar duties will be announced. - England, the ZoLLvxntiN, and Acstria. The nature of the proceedings taken in England towards the conclusion of a commercial treaty with the Zollverein, is a question of interest in Germany. No credit is given to the idea cf a revival of the negotia tions, because it is alleged that the propositions of England tend to prevent, for a certain lapse of time, any rise of import duties in Prussia on English manufactures, such as twist and woollen, and cotton cloths. On the other hand, it is said that the English government hopes to maintain concessions in the admission of her iron articles. All these schemes are not likely to be realized. It was supposed that Austria would effect a systematic reform in her tariff of customhouse duties, so as to approximate it more nearly to that of the Zollverein; but this supposition was onfounded, for the Austrian government prefers augmenting its resources by indirect imports, rather than to levy direct taxes ; it considers the system it has adapted as protective of trade. The Austrian customs yield about 20,000,000 florins (convention money) per annum, about 100,000,000 francs an enormous amount ; but there are about 60,000 persons employed in the customs, whose combined salaries amount to nearly 40,000,000 francs. IRELAND. The military force now in Ireland consists of seven regiments of cavalry, seventeen regiments of infantry, seventeen depots, two troops royal horse artillery, one company royal marine artillery, three companies royal marines forming an effective strength of 22,000 rank and file of all arms. There is to be another rent-day on the 9th of February, "for the effectuation of the O'Connell tribute in all the parishes of the kingdom whose contributions for 1344 have not been made up;" and a hope is expressed in the advertisement that all will avail themselves tf the happy privilege thus conferred upon them "for liquidating the national debt." Aggregate meeting of the Ieish Catholics. We understand that preparations are being made by the leading Catholics of Irehmd to hold an aggregate meeting at an early period, to take into consfderation the danger with which the liberty of their clergy and the independence of their church are threatened by the recent legislation of the government, and the attempts made by its agents to influence and overawe the court of Rome by fabrications, and threats, and promises. Temperance. Mr. S. C. Hall stated, at the late meeting of the London Temperance Society, that, two years ago, he had travelled through Coniiemarv, oneof the wildest districts in Ireland, where the people were more rude and uncultivated than in any other part of the country, the great mass of them not having yet learned to speak English ; he had travelled through the wildest part of that district on Gal way fair-day, and out of at least 20.C00 persons he met returning from the fair, not one exhibited any symptoms of intoxication; whereas, twenty years apo, 19,000 out of 20,000 would have been intoxicated. Ball. Sun. . Correspondence or Hie Journal or CoinIll CRC. Loxdox, Jan. 10. The church is in sad trouble. Tuseyism has bitten many of the heads of the Episcopacy, and war, bitter war, is now being waged on minor points, but all involved in the Tractarian dispute. It is a melancholy sight to behold the animosity which exists between the two parties in the established religion, and to v ituess the mean shifts which are resorted to by either party for the purp4. ftrning n oproccinp the other.The great points of dispute, at presert, are in cob--nection with the offertory, the surplice, and the pray--er for the Church Militant, all which, in a pstoral letter to the clergy of his diocese the Bishop of Exe ter, Dr. Phil pons, recommended to be observed v ' that is, that there should be a weekly offertory, and that "whenever the Priest shall return from the sermon to the Lord's table he shall say, according to his discretion, one or more sentences from Holy Scripture, which declares the duty of alms giving' and during the time a collection shall be made fn m pew to pew, that the furplice fchall be worn in the polpit instead of the black gown when preaching ; and that the prayer for the Church Militant be read on the conclusion of the offertory. Now all these things are enjoined by the Rubric, they form part of the statute law, they are expressly set forth in the canons of the chunh, and are to be found in the Common Prayer Book used in the Episcopal Church to this day ; but these services and forms have long since fallen into desuetude, they have been deemed relics of popery, and now that they are revived the laity arc in a rage, many of the clergy refuse to adopt the suggestions, and the Bishop of Exeter is left in the lurch. The agitation, both lay and clerical, has been very furious, but so potent against Harry of Exeter that he has withdrawn so much of his Pastoral Letter as referred to the surplice, still retaining the remainder about the Offertory and the Prayer for the Church Militant. And here I may as well mention that the state of the agricultural laborers, throughout some of the finest counties in England, is most deplorable. They are in hundreds, at particular places, without work, and refusing to receive the relief of a parish poor house. Their condition is frightfully more pitiable than any tiling that almost a morbid imagination can depict, for those with families who get work are enabled to realize only from six, seven, cr eight shillings per week, and the majority who can procure no employ must either submit to go into the workhouse the Union Workhouse a word of bitter derision there to be separated from wife and children, or else subsist upon crime in its varied form of larcenies of turnips, potatoes, faggots, and the felonies of incendiarism, poaching and murder. The China Trade The opening of China to the commerce of the worldr says the New York XeW6, is destined to have a great influence upon the affairs of all nations. Hitherto the intercourse . with that country has been limited,, and to the Chinese it has been fraught only with man-, ifold evils. The baneful effects of the opium trade have formed the chief objection, on tbe art cf that gf-vernment, to the extension of foreign intercourse. Their dealings with the English nation have been of a character to inspire them with the utmost horror cf external nations. For vears and vears the roils of

China, contrary to law, were filled with opium, thQ moral effects of which were plainly apparent in the degraded condition of a large portion of the population. The commercial effects were apparent in the. continued and large drain of specie it carried from the country. Exerting his right as an independent sovcreigu, the Emperor determined t stop the trade. This produces a war, and his subjects are slaughtered in thousands, bis cities pillaged, aad himself compel-' led to pay millions of money in, random,- after which the infamous opium trade is renewed with greater vigor than ever. -As a last resort he attempts to buy off these ruffians. The Journal des Debats, of a late date, states that Sir Willi Tarker had arrived at Calcutta with a formal proposal from the Chinese government to the Directors, of the East India Company,' offering to pay ap annual tribute cf 100,000, 7,000,900 on condition that the cultivation of the poppy shall be renounced in the British dominions. . Thp aged emperor unable to protect his subjects, finding, them exposed to poison or the sword, as the only alternative, offers gold to the invaders, to sparo the morals and lives of his people. This, the ruthless directors sent out from the "philanthropic" govern, ment, refuse to accept, because the profits are now 2,500,000. . ; Whate-er have been tho means by which it was effected, the door is now open to trade, and all nations are striving for their share. ' The comparative trade! in the Indo-Chinese seas is seen as follows : 1S40. 1811. 1812. Brttbh, 14 676,607 171 717,58 J571 MA, 1 96 Dutch, 3?7 SOI fin 350 817,610 350 A000 Anterican, 472 H3,f4l2 3 3,4U 569 16I.OR5 t iench, 2Ö2 72 103 3 103,15:1 307 ' 88,373