Political Beacon, Volume 4, Number 23, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 20 March 1841 — Page 1

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ICA EACON. PUBLISHED BY MILTON GREGG.

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VOLUME IV.

TKRMS. Two Dollars in advance or tvithin three Month nfier the coinirnnrem?iit of the yar, or Two Dollars and Fiftt Cents, within six month, Mi l Tiirlk Hollars after the expiration of the year, will be required from Country SuWiber?, aid those win receive their papers by mail. Two Dollars and FiifrrCnxrs in advance, or within three in intln after subscribing, and Tn rlk Dollars after the r;ira:ion of the year, will be exacted from town subscribers. No subscription taken for lessthan six months. A failure to notify a discontinuance at the end f the time subscribed far will be considered as a nrw engagement. AllletteM to the IHitor must be post paid. TKRMS Of AnVEKTISISU. Twelve lines or Uss, three insertion, one dolr, ami twenty-five cents for each additional inerltin. Longer advertisements in the same proportion. Fr.iru the National I nteliigencer. CO!tIPIi:TK MST OF LAWS. Panned by Congress at the 2d Session of the 20f'i Congress, which terminated March 3, HILL WHICH OUIGIXATIU IX T1IK II01SK HUI'RKSKN TATIVI S. An act making appioptiations, in pnl, fir the support of Government fur liio ye.ir 1S41. An act makmsi appropriations f ir tl:c piytnent t)f Revolution try pensioners for the j car 1M1. An :if.t tinkin: temporary provis'on fi,i lunatics in the District of Columbia. An act to AuthotZJ llie issuing of Treasury nott'S. An net to amend lic act to au'.horizo the State of Tennessee to issue grants and perfect titles lo certain lands lliorc iri de-. scribed; and to :tilo the claims to Die viciut an unapo'opriateil I inds therein de-! g. ril.ud, passed' Amil !, lMK;. I An act miking fin liter provis:on for t!;rrrn.iw! nf mi e t til oration tin, 1 survey of! I..'.'-.,',. ,.f ibo Vrthftast. rn Iiocnd.nv i hue of the l.'nitcd Stales which separate?! ho Smt-i of Maino and New Hampshire! from the British Provinces. An act further to continu in forco the net for the piymont f hows and uihi-t I properly st in the m iit.ity scttice ol the Ijnind States. An net making appropriations fur the civ.l nnd diplomatic rxpi-nses of Covernmcnt for the year hll; (or which there wis for the Post OlViee Sl.Sl'J.O'W.) An act rn iking appiopiiitions for the Navy for the year IS 11. An act inkiii! appropriations for the Army for th year 1811. An act miking appropriations for the Indian Department and for the treaty stiptililinns with the Indians 'or IS 11. An act making appropriations for tho expense of a del-'gttion ol Western Seminole Indian?. An act m iking nppiop;i.it'o;i for destitute Kickap'io Indians, and removing and Miha'st'.n the Swan Creel; and l?he!; River Indians of Michigan. : Ait act for tho relief of M iry Tucker, j An act making n ppropriaUons firth-; upprt of the Military Acad-jiny for l"'ll. An act to auihorize a register to t)j grmited to ihc schooner Arnisi.-.d. An act to incorp ra'.e thj Lsiiiivjlon Ik'iievolent Society, in t'.ie District ofCo-lum'-ia. An net to confirm 1 iiid ;t"!i's. A't act in iking aiMr.'pn.r'.o'.H fur certain f,ttil:'atins vJ" li)e viiitcd S'..li.-s for the J vear'lSll. I 1 ntt.t.s vtineii onioi rr.n i- tmk si.n v tk. i An act s'lpplern' r.! iiy to an act tofiholish impiisoinii'Jiit tor d:ht in cerium ! An act f.irl'ier to r.mrr.d ti.e r.rt eati-j tied an act to provide fr ttkino tl! s:x;hj rmsm or enumerate. n of the inhabitants j of the Cnittd St ile?. An act for the relief of Cordon S. IlnbLard.Jtohcit A. Ketiize, and others. An ac! "iipplementaty to an act entitled an ncl to eneorage the introduction and onmotc the cultivation of tn pici l InHs. For the henefit of the widow and chdilren of Dr. Henry Perrine, killed l.y the Indians in Florida. n act lo confirm to the Slate rX Indinna Ihe hud selected l.y her f..r th tl ortionorthe Wabash and Liie Canal whu h li.'S bpiwrttn Ihe month of the Tippecanoe liver andTcnc Hiutc, and Tor other purAn act granting a pension to Lemuel "VV,i,c- - r,v n An net for the rjhtf of Urn. 1 Rat! bone. . tr i An net granting a pension to Hannah Lrighton. I o i An net f.r th relief of J icob Secly. -,i C.r il.n relief of Will. Jones. An net fortheteb.fofCha.les.M. Keller and Henry Stone. An act for tho tel efof Lieut. John L. IVphnrn. An oct for the Teliftf or John Catlrr. An net for the relief of Joseph Bogy. An net for the relief of Jean Baptist" An net for ihe rplirft.r Ane? Dnnb;. An art for the ichef of Ihe h-iis ol MiAn set to amend the jrt rnt.TTtrTn act to amend the act rpHoyrfl .tlay 13. 1800, etili!ld lin ct lo mc,nd an act ntitM nn r o t?M H jod rial

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An net for the relief of Avery, Saltmarsh &c Co. Joint resolution to present inceporited univcrsilics, colleges. &c. wilh copies of the catalogue of the Library o! Concress. The h.ll for tho s-filcmerst cf the clairis of the Slates of Mabie end Gecrcia for the services of their militiK. amont-i

ing together to about the stun of $459,000 passed both Houses of Congress, and wis enrolled nnd brought into the House fr tlie signature of the Speaker jtist ns t lie motion wis made to close the session; which motion prevailing, it was not signed, rind therefore did not become n law nlthoogh parssed hv Loth Houses of Con-frc?-?. A MOT NT OF APPROPRIATIONS. Made at the 2d Session of the 2Glh Con Partial support of Government (Congrrss) F.r Civil and D plomitic expense?, For the Navy, For 1 lie Army, For Foilifioa'ione, For the Military Academy, For pons'ons For tl.'j Indian Department, For delegation of Western Simh.t,! For destitute Kickapoos, rem aval of Swan Creel; and B! 10k River Indiam:, For survey of Northeastern Boondni y. For Lnn.il ics hi D strict of 112,000 O.VI.iiM HI.) :2,ftf0 ia.OOO O.lULj Coltiml'in. F r refunding dutii s on French ship Alaxatidie, 1,050) For Avery, Stlmiaarsh Company, lor Privates claims, (not n Trci . pensions) amoucts specilied, 4 Q45 1 422 GOG 103 Amount of definite and specified appioprialioiis, I n addition to the ahove. claims are to he examined, and the nm.iunt found duo to he paid, viz: Claim of the Corponti.ui of the city of Mobile. CI dm ol'CLinens, I3ryau Co. ' ib rks on Chickasaw treaty business. Ollicers of the cnslcms, arrears of compensation for is;?y. Atrcars due to clerks of B'js'on custom ' house from ls:k! to 37. " S one t clerks of Phihto !SS7. These may take, in the aggregate, about t "it non ' From which deduct the sum impropriated lor tho Post O'.hce Department, which is to be paid fioiu the revenue of the De ' partment cxclu: isivclv. 4,SP2.iV20! Leaving t be provided from the common Treasury, exclusive of the Tioi.sury, exclusive of the redemption of Treasury notes nnd sundry staioliu'j appropriations, such as '5fi00,l)(H) annually for arming the miiitin, and other annual charts.

A DAMSKIS REPLY. A country ,tWJ j, ;t F;cn Mr. Caihoun designated it doc'tir, of liomcly breeding, com led .ns "filihy nnd mendacious," or since Mr. luisk gill, the daughter of a farmer, who j, ,vsvl, "called it a udii ty sheit!"' Yet hewas persuaded lo many him, he having a r;m;J; ir. Clay thought fit, in his place, to

pretty good estate. Accortlumly the tlay was appointed. Hut shot tl y alter, spying -, grey ronrron which tho old man usad to ride, and wlvch for her easy gait was tniH.h esteemed, he, the dnr.tor, desired to have Jit r given in to complete his matrimonial bargain, lint being refused, be flung away in a hull', mil told the father ho tii'!dit keep his daughter. Tho gill was delighted with this ruptutc, but soon after, the doctor repented of his fully, and cam'.-aioi io ve nor, wnen ml; w aa home iji'iie. !ie preteniled to have no knowledge ol him. "Why, it is straniio,1 said he, "that you should so soon foigei me. I am your old admirer, the doctor.1' "I cry mercy, sir," replied she, "I do remember mo of such a person; you nrc the ry iiM-itnan who came wooing my father's circymtre. Your mistress is grazing in the otchard, and you may make your addresses to l er if you please." The Si. Loom New Era says "the Lcgislatnrc of M ssouii adjourned just in time, for it is literally true that ihcre was not money enough in tho treasury lo have paid the marther? for a single day

LAWRENCEBURGH, (IA.) SATURDAY. MARCH 20, 1841.

From the Baltimore Patriot. THF -CABINET. DEBATE IN THE SENATE. ashi.vgtox, March 9, 1S41. Ti e men, hers of General Ilirrsoirs Cabinet iiave S2t to work, in their d;iiercnl Depart .tients, with nn energy, application, p.nd ir.dcs'.ry that furnish the best earnest of tlieir siiccesa. Thny co ear'v an'l s!;v late; r.nd n very short time so well cmployed will suffice lo render them convcrsint with the details of the d'lTercut branches of business that fill under their superintendence. The President himself is an example of vigorous apjilica'.ion. method, r.nd attention; and gives diily proofs of how much may be di.ne by a man possessed of such habits. It may to well to remind, by the way, some importunate persons, that the business of Government must be, to ihose charged with tlie Administration of it, a very engrossing matter; and that they should not press too eagerly, especially at the outset of the new Caoinet, their own private and personal affairs. Thev will doubtless he dulv con-

5rjoc, 33 sidered in p:oper season; but they must 5,141.919 j "fccsarily be subordinate to the great ar4S5,f5O0 f'tigcmeiits connected with the despatch 100,522'"'" l'lu pfh'.'o business wliich so closelv 1,144 155 j engage tlie attention cf the Chief ?dao:sj Irate nnd the Heads of the D -p-iitmen's. S75 2.-:oi r 3 wr.s no Executive session of the Gen ite to-day. though, it is understood, 15 100 ' som5 nominations Imd been sent it:.

Tlie debate on liio resolution to dismiss Blatu and Rives from the office of Pi intr is, still fjoes on in liie Semte; nntl t!;e f:ieii('s of l! c ::13 condemned Dvnnstv mmTcs' n dispo--!t!on to prolong it iudef;nitely. Their purpose seems to Le to et up a clan, or ;.b.i;;: Pr.-scrp'!.-,;)j .,n.j l.r.;ac!: of contract, and inv.as'on of vested lights; for they hare no hope of rcta'ning their j partisan tool in the place which he Ins so long dishonored. If a plain m in, a s;i ,1:1ger to wm nas occurieu aiiiing i ie jast . twelve years, should cuter the chamber, VI . . I lit r. i anu lisien tome van uuren senators,! might imagine- tiinl their course had been a model of tolerance, moderation, purity ;lni' '''o'1'' instead of having been markeo oy unscrupulous pai usansmp, anil anntrary exertion of their power. Ail the changes are rung upon the hardship of removing the publishers of the Globe, for political oltences, and on the enormity of proscription, and on the despotism of liie majority. This is tlone, when only a lew days ago these tolerant nnd forbearing gentlemen forced upon their opponents by mere arbitrary power the men whose pro posed dismissal is now complained of! I his is their declamation, after having only the night before their power departed ! from them, created three Judges against I the wishes of the Whig Senators, and in i flagrant violation of public opinio::! When Blair iiiid Rives were elected, thev and tlieir supporters were dislinclly ' j toki. thai they were unacceptable to those who were lo come into power and thai thev would be removed immediately upon the Whim's obtaining the nsceiiiiancy in the Senate. It is indeed a sad prospect j llil I,'IU'HM.W;:?.!I 11MU 113 Wlilll. tlllllJ never had any support from the mass of ! die people, deprived of that sus leiianc.c i from the public, wilhout which, it could i not have lived.; and liie vehemence and af iri r ,, r;,i I,;K fected indignation with which iis advocates stroiudv indicate the assurance they ! (eel, that without the public printing the I Globe must go down; or bo so crippled as to be of litlio efficiency it) tho warfare they are determined lo wage against the Administration. Their resistance lo the dismiss;! has

j called forth from several of the Whig Sen- and u'l kind.s of geners.' ators proper comments on the outrageous ; We sat as composedly ns a kr g of oyscharacler of the Globe, and its principal hers, all the while they were commitiing

i conductor. The friends of that concern , 10 i profess a wonderful sensibility lo the ap$l,913,;j,3j . .r.,.,,;, ,n , ,f the word 'infamous1' to the

' 1 -------- Globe and its conductor, u hv, now : S,c:ik 0fti,c. infamv of the journal, a dead set has been made upon him by tbreo or four Senators. In th s species of assault, a:; obscure member Horn Connecticut, Mr. Smith, led off to-day: and Mr. Ring, of Alabama, followed, and made a stml ed nltcmnt lo bo as offensive as possible. He wo, however, though exceedingly '"i 1 parliamentary, nol very screre lor the whole pub of his nssanil coiisislnl in tlie j aili tnpt to bring down Henry Clay lo :i level with ramus l Blair. When Mr. King finished his harangue, Mr. Clay lose, and said he saw ho was the object of attack concerted nttack; and, ns on formrr occasions of h similar kind. bo stood fiim and collecied, ready lo repel assault from whatever quarter it might come. He had spoken of ihe Globe and its principal editor ns infamous. Certain gentlemen seemed to think, by an irregular inference, that they must be regiided as p.aiticipaling in tint infamy. If any Senator had Ihonght proper to r.sk whether ho meant any such thing, be would have promptly disclaimed it. No one had done so but the man in the corner, (continued Mr. Clay, pointing lo Mr. Smith, of Connecticut,) whom I do not think worthy of my notice, ln choen to make

the inference. I m ike no answer to h;m. A gentleman, however, who considcis b'rr.sc.f rrrnnihl". (Mr. King bowed) ha? cone one step farther, and undertaken

nclm-ifjf me with this partisan Edilorcf the Globe. Th's (added Mr. Chy) was nn n;:pcr-li-.menlary proceeding. Ho l:.d a riit to comment on the journal mid the c!:r-r-acter of the man when tinder Cf;:is!c:cration. He Iirtcf sp dcci of tlie libels and calumnies daily published in that n.-icr. He n-jversaw my article relating to him that was not fed! of untruths and m:3rrpresentalionp. Ho 1j:hI reminded ths Senator from South Carolina of i:p attacks on him as "John Cataline Calhoun,''' us '-a mm who never spoke the truth when no untruth would serve his turn."' lie had said, ho considered the. Globe a libel, and its Editor a libeller. And now, under these circumstances, (siid Mr. Clav with peculiar distinctness and emphasis) for the Senator of Alabama to put me on a level with him is false, vnlrve, and cowardly." Mr. King made no reply; but was seen lo write for a few minuies and soon after lo leave Ihc Chamber with Dr. Linn. It was immediately rumored about among the largo assemblage that he intended to send a hostile message to Mr. Clay; and the excitement became intense. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, made a poor, abusive speech cf a few rn;nu:es, which nobody seemed to no'ice. Mr. Preston then roe and mr.iis c p-nv-eiful argument in fiver of the resolution for dismiss;;!. The remarks of Mr. Huntington nnd .Mr. Henderson, in the early pari of the, d iy, on liie same side, were also peculiarly forcible and conclusive. At three o'clock th? Senile adjourned without taking anv q'les'ior. Tlie Rising CEici a5iori. We once 'visited' a country school in Pumpkinvilie. kpt by a Mr. Ohr.diah SllOoks. between arbl.-nn nf nl.lui Imctina , i .,,,! c ... n-, ... aiul a noted hog pond. I no obiect of i our visit was, of course, lo see what pro ...'... gress the 'rising generation' wag making in the walks of literature and science; and we can assure the reader that we carne awav highly gratified, and much more amused. Having sealed our dignified self in the masters arm chair, wo threw one leg over the other looked as serious as a psdin book, and waited for the first exhibition. Fifth class take their places to read,' was the grand signal for an attack on our gravity, at which command out scampered into the middle of tho floor an interesting looking lot of urchins, truly! unwashed. unshod, unshorn and uncombed was ihe ;eneral aspect. After thev had writhed, twisled and squirmed through the reading of their monosyllables, came on the spelling! Tim Titmouse, whose tow frock i and checked apron ornamented :he foot of ! the class, was u 'buster' at spelling. W :i?ss his efforts: 'Timothy, spell hoax.'' 'II, o, p, ho, a, x, ax hoe-axe? 'The next,' &c. 'Toe the mark, Timothy, and ppell goat: 'G,o, go, i, t, it, o-tf.' Next came a chis-i in parsing. Master reads. 'Boys are less studious than girl:, lclnbod. parse boys? 'Iliys is an in-Iefmite article impera tive mood, singular tense, objective case, ami agrees with girls.'' 'Give your rule. i 'Conjunctions always connects SCXes an assault and battery upon poor Lmdley Muiray, and never uttered a word in his dt fence. 'Class in geography' was the next move. 'What arc the chief productions of Connecticut?' 'Onions, red-flannel sissengers and wooden clocks,' cried a fuizy faced goslm ! fr,,m ;, jacU sent. We then bewail to think about making 'racks; but Mr. Snooks said he should like lo have us heat his first class read and so we halted. A chapter in the New Tcstai . i i .ii iiient was selected ami mi Mau tidy and eloquently liil some Johnny - iR tw canto to a certain verse which sinou rendered thus; 'He saw Abraham uiaroii ami Leather ears in Boston!'1 Wo -rnbhed onr hat, and shot out of Ihe school bouse like a streak; and have ever since kepi clear of those places where ihey trach young ideas how lo shoot so outrtigeously!X- Y. Mercury. A Good Toast. Tho editor of the Boston Courier, on ihe evening of Friday last, about the hour of the Whig Editorial n . i v.,elinninn. look a "lass of pure water, and on the aspiinlion of the i usiivai in """""c ' " moment drank the following toast: Tim Pukss tho Lens which converges nii l reflects the rays of the thrci .,r?i i:t,ia r.f tho moral and poiitica fiiiname'nt Religion, Learning an I Lib piIv l.pf those who re::nlatc its position remember ihat to tbm is committed the destinv of tho nation

From llie Xeir Orleans CtiHCTinrYb. 24 AWFUL CATASTKGP3JE:

Ike Steamboat Creole burnt lots f rr.a'-j I've property. arc ztrnction cf The s'c-niboat Crr-de, Cap'ain D dmn. c;:o ! onss.Tge i:c i-.ed iv.er r.'eke!?, on her frotn N:;!cLi;oc.!!es to iew Orwith :i carco cl m-.v.rds rf 1000 bales of cctlon, boxes of rpecii?. bvmdles t.i ij::i:.v iioies. inarc.nntrz ?, c came vn on oiit of Red P.ivcr at t!:o crcv of d Mom'ar. S2d Feb. W! he-1 JUiOUt twelve miles !;e!ow, r!:e 1 Ere. md a cenera s o sovercd to le c alarm vvac g:vc:i. Til" passengers, mo-e tean :xty in number. .-liio consis;'t:g or men. women nntl c:);idrcn. were nil in their berths r.t tiie ti.ne. Tlie fire commenced at the after p"rt of the boat, the tiller ropes were immediately severed, and the confusion, constermtion and pun'c which ensued, defies de-j r , scripiion. Amid the raging of the fiimcs.

ine engine continuen woiKiug, ana cove 1 received with, much allowance until a ihe boat directly agains' the shore. II :re j statement f:om some nuihtntic source npfour persons leaped off and c-cped. Re- j pears. It is said that Mr. Fox has made bounding, a3 it appeared, she nliercd hei j n formal eppl'eaiion to onr Government, course, and running near a m'!e and a I according lo instn.ct:ons from her Mnjeshalf, brought up against the bank on the ty's Ministets, for the liberal ton of Mcopposite side of the river. In the rnean-i Leotl; but his note is in a pnefic temper, time, and while the Creole was crossing j nnd in respectful terms. It is understood the river, many of th2 passengers, and i ihat no reply has ret been made lo the some of the crew, threw over bales of cot- j application. ion, on which they embarked. Some, tn:s?- J However difficult and delicate ihe qtie.9ing fheiraiirin jnmping,or their balance af-; lions connected with this affair may be, it terw uds. were precipitated into the stream j in consoling to feel the Assurance that it is r.nd drowned. .Many remained on hoard ?i the hands cf thosa who have now the till she rsac'u ihz epposits shore, when i chargo of oor Foreign Relations with they h?aped r-'T. A fj.v wore fo.-;un:.'.a j Has3I?o:; nl l.he head of the Adniinistracnoitgh to roach the hnd, Lot t!ie g-eater , tion, and Ii anitl Wr.rtsTEK presiding over part piun'jed into t':o wr.'er, and it is he- ;;;.n Dtpai airier,', of Slate, the honor, diglievcd of thes3 nearly all vers rescued. Njity and s t!ety of the country are secure.

I ho present estimate is tint r.bcmt IvvjIvj I hi.tman be 'tigs lest their lives by the calas-1 trophc. Of the SO or S3 unaccoai.ud for i it is honed tint liie rnos! oi Mem boateo ! off on cot'on and nr.y have boa; picked I up by steamboats nnd other craft. There were scarcely on article saved. Ti;e p iss- , -' , r i " ' ..... . exception, escaped with barely what tiiey slept in. The proverbial hospitality and kindness of the inhabitants of the neigh borhood relieved their pressing necessities, and enabled '.hem to reach New Orleans, The following card, signed 1 y many of (he surviving passengers, has been handed to us for publication : At a meeting of tho passenrs s .ved from the steam boat Cicole, held at the house of Mr. David Gay, Bayou Morcau, Point Coupee, .Mr. Henry Bonner, was called to the Chair, and Mr. Joseph P. Deighan was appointed Secretary. The following statement being submitted, it received the signatures of all present. We, the unders;gned, passengers on board the steamboat Creole, from Natchi toches, bounds' New Orleans, while we deeply regret the nwful accident which has deprived some of our fellow travellers of existence, have at least the pleasure to believe that no censure can be justly attributed to the worthy captain or his ofiiccis, who exerted themselves in the ablest manner to secure the lives of those entrusled to tlieir carp. Captain Dalman was tlie last to leave Ids boat, and during the aw ful crsis preserved a tranquility and self pos-ess'on Lb-my creuitabie lo hunselt. The c.oiBc of tiiis cala;;irpr the fire oiii'inaled towards the stem. and it is believed by the undersign'? d that no reasonable conjecture can be formed as regards its origin. I'o the Cao'.ain ofthe steamboat B. hie, the passengers feel themselves gratefully oul "aii.o iui uik i'umiijh ruiui.'. ii-" ,i- -i i ...i oi.,..r.n . rim.

tiered. The. Ba'i'ic rescued many from a charge the Mngs Willi tlcoiing a iuceswmI'mv "rave. Tlie kin.lnes? mairfesled s irv oOieer at this time, in order to hcbv Mr. David Gav, -Mr. A. J. Ibi iue. and , stow a sal ivy on some fivorite. Oh! oh. Mr Dukes, wiio'received and accotnmo-1 what a holy horror of salary these genciaied i.ll who escaped, deserves not only hh men have, when the benefit is not to . . r.t l . r . . 1 i . r. 1 1 t.n I I rip nils !

neroetua! recolicclioti ol tuose ucu n'litieo, but the respect of tlieir leilow-eitizens "euerallv, for iheir humanitv. HENRY BONNER. President. Josr.rn P. Di:u:han. Secretary, .lames Campbell, Reuben Camrd, John Prater, Ivy., Wm. II. Bynum, J. II. Cesdcn, " Thos. O. Moure, J. A. Reynolds, Wm. M. Sasser, Joseph C. Cantarell, Aaron 1 rtsrott, J. D. SpurlocU, P. Piuil'iotnine, J. Yignand. Janvs Watson, N. PitiilhemiTir, M. Son payiac, T. J. Siiinpson, E. J. (iillard, J. Tralcnu, J. Innis. C. Innis, Andreas Saucier, James Chambers, Xivid Burney, R. M ainer, H. F. Williams, oseph II. Pogh, . R. Reynolds, I. W. Jeffreys, John Ble.akley, 'i. S. Nestor, Henry Maclien, Edmond Saucier, Joseph Goiton, D. Evans, George Ross. The Vickshuridi Wh'g, of ihe 2ith nil. gives tho follow ing additional panic nlais of ibis dreadful catastrophe, t'S liiinisiieo by a 'gentleman Siivcd from ihc burnm" vessel : Ilu informs ns that tho number of pas seio'ers was one hundred, only one hill o! whom, ho thinks, has been sived tlm' he saw several perish, and thinks tin whole number tiny be .10, that tho bom was rut; against the steep river-bank n once. and a larso mass of earth fill on hei powthit tho engineer nnd pilot tod at

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their posis. and performed their duties, until envelope;! in fl:imes--tiaf one thousand bales tX ci Itun were cons,imed-tliat most of tho sufferers were picked up by the 'Diiiic,1 which wis woodmg about two orlorj l.-eloe; wiien the fire broke out; and thai liie rre li'hcai prairc is due lo iho captain and crew fi,r their l:irdrtefs--lhnt the Gen. Vc.V. sivrd reven; thai a ntirnher of fern Ties perished. It is not improb- . ab'o this is ;;:i ex T'Terr'.ed account." Correspondence of the Baltimore Pat riot. Ccr .'JCTrtirs wl$i Enfrlnnrt. Vachington, i.Iarch 8, 1641. Ti:c cit has been fi!!cd with rumors fjr two or tliree days p.ist respecting tne purport of the despatches recently received by the ijiiiisii Min'ster fiorn his Government; mid by the Department of State from the American Miirstcr at London. The reports, as is general in sue Ii cases, are greatly exaggerated, nnd should le Sot w'ril I for ono cnterlai: anv apprehension that any thing in the existing slate ,f onr re! . lions vviil lead lo a war between the Lulled Slates and Great Britain. . This being regarded : s ihe first day of the regular possession of the different Dopirtments by the membors of the Cabinet, there were iiumciotH hosts of visiters to each; and the old lobbies nnd stairs had quite a buslling appearance. ihe White Hocse also was, during tne morning, about as fully attended as on a levee day in ordinary times. General Harrisox continues lo be in rxce1"1 healiji and spirits; and bears h lutigue he" has" daily to go through from crowds of visiters wuh wonderful elasticity and ease. There is it kindness and cordiality in the general receptions at the President's mansion, to which the public have long bem strangers. There was no Executive session of the Senate lo-'ilay; and indeed no nominations! have been 'made by the President, besides those which were confirmed on Saturday, The whole of this day's sitting has been with open doors. I hose who now conj stitute ihc opposition party in the Senate, . have already begun to show tho factious ! character of Ihe resistance they intend Ur n-.:.L-p tn the wishes of the majority. Tho ollice of Seigeant-at-Arms and Door-keep-pr w.i Viirani- Tboorooer oerfoimawe of its- duties is indispensable. Mr. Mi:nrick proposed logo into an election ihis j day. This motion was resisted Ly the friends of the late immaculate and cco- ; no?r.icul Aduiin sualion, on the pretence at ihcre was no nccess'tv for electing a yerfreanl-at-Arms until tlie next session ol j C onyrtss; and these persons, who, coming ! into power twelve years nyo, with the j professions of retrenchment nnd reform ,, their lips, have gone through ihat i whole course undo vialingly in a system ol u. ii high nun nrro.Tiiice. now u ii ii o i ii it a p --- 7 , enuic io ineo ohu i i" . , . Mr Clav. of Kentucky, ridiculed their couise with irrcsistal.de effect. The new sticklers for economy who strain at a gnat fiber having swallowed camels for twelve long years, had the talk aim. it the matter nearly all lo themselves. fhe stanch Whig majority brought tliem lo ihe vote; und the election was gone into rhirlv-six ballots were ens!, and Mr. Edward Dyer, of this city, received twen ty six. and was oechired duly eletictl. J t . .... Mr. JJ. is n li'guly respectaiue ninii Pirn and intelligent lug ano was onof tho fust victims of the proscription ol 129, which swept from offico so many woilhv citizens of Washington. l'hc lesolution dism'ssing Blair ntn Rives as punters to the Senate was next taken on. Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Walker pleaded with all the ability nnd ingenu ly Ihey could command, in behnll of the conductors of tho organ of the lale Dynasty: who have for yeais disgraced the IVojilo and iho Government. Mr. Bayard and Mr. Clay teplied. The latter drew afaithful and striking picture of that polluted .Toman! and its Editors. .... i- i c l-t.. A .l.niniclrtnn J ho tricnus ot too in; were disposed lo prolong the discussion. It was not finished when the Senate adinurned. Il bad been hoped that thib Session could l closed to-inotrow; but I diis debate is kepi up they may sit for t or three diys yet.