Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 28, Vevay, Switzerland County, 11 June 1840 — Page 2

VEVAY TIMES COUNTY DEMOCRAT.

In the House of Representatives, the unfinished business Was proceeded with till the expiration of the morning hour, when the House passed to the orders of the day. Mr. Triplett moved a suspension’ ofihe rules for the purpose uf enabling him to report a Supplemental Preemption bill, with the assent of the Chairman on Public Lands; but the Speaker intimated to .Mr, Triplett, that he could not be entitled to the door, to make the motion, because tjre, moment the House had agreed'to pass to the orders of the day, Mr. Lowell was entitled to tho floor, Mr. T. then gave notice of his intention 'to renew thfc motion the nr*xt day, Qn motion of Mr. Atherton, the Mouse again resolved itself mto Com mi ties of the Whole, Sir. Banks in'the Chair, on the independent Treasury bill: Mr, Lowell resumed his remarks in favor of the bill, and foniinumj speaking till the hour of recess. Phi oat, May 39 In the Senate, after the presentation of tomej petitions, reports' from Committees' were brought up, and amongst them, that from the Committee on Foreign Relations, with the bill which had been referred to them', relative to the parrying into effect of the Convention bet weep the United States and the Mexican Republic. The bill was reported ‘back without amendment. Mr. Buchanan, from the satiie Committee, reported a joint resolution, authorizing the President of the U. States to accept certain presents from tho Imaum of Muscat, and from, the Emperor of jlltjfocco, and to dispose of) ihe same; winch was read twice,and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Some businesa of a general routine nature was then.transacled; after which, the Senate resumed tho-‘coo aid eralion of the hill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States,- and after several amendments had been proposed, discussed, and disposed of, the further consideration of the bill was postponed to the then sacceeding Monday., The Senate next went into executive business, and shonly after adjourned umil Monday, In the House, same day, MK Anderson gave notice of a bill he intended to ask leave to introduce oil Mouday, the object of which would bo to restrain frauds, and benefit actual settlers on (lie public lands. The question recurring on receiving a certain report from the Committee of Commerce, objected to some days before, on the ground that a report once made by a Committee could not be re-considered by them, Messrs. Dickerson, Craig and Pope discussed the mailer till the morning hour had expired. Mr. Jones, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, moved tho suspension of the rules, to introduce a motion to go into Committee of the Whole, with a view to resume the consideration of the Independent Treasury Bill. Mr. Russe'l objected to any encroachment on the days set apart for private bills. Mr. J. C. Clarke said he would vote for going into Committee if Mr. Jones would consent to take up tbe Army or Navy Appropriation Bill. Calls to order intercepted any reply, and Mr. Jones, having demanded the yeas and nays on his motion, they were ordered, and being taken, were found to be—yeas, 106, nays, 8.1; iwo-thirds not voting in the the rules were not suspended. -The House then proceeded to consider the bills reported on the last private bill day, and which were now on their third reading. Several of these were postponed. Others were debated and acted upon in the ordt-r in which they bad been arranged amt called up*, till the hour of adjournment.

Pirates, are again infesting the 'sea, aa we learn fromnhe New Orleans Bulletin of the 29th ult. which Btatea, that on the 22nd the English Brig \ernon, John ( Cttnningham master, sailed from Pal mouth*, Jamaica, for Halifax, Ui S., and on the eighth day outtbeingajiitle north ofCapAr.lomo she was chased by an open boat containing seven men, who fired at the brig. Having hove |o' t the boat came along side the brig, and the crew thereof pretending to belong to a Revenue- cutter at anchor just around the paint, requested the Captain of the Vernon to go on board of her in his own boat, with hia papers, which heditf. Captain C. with three menetarted for the cutter, in company with the steven strangers in their boat; and when they had got a sliori disiance from the brig, tbe rascals ordered him to stop and undress—this done, the pirates (for such they proved to be) began to murder the three Englishmen, stabbing and cutting their throats. The Captain and two-men were killed, and |be other inan jumped overboard and swam to the shore. He wandered on the .shore five daya,\vhen he was discovered by the Captain of a Cape Antonio coaster, by whom he waa furnishbed with necessaries.

CONGRESSIONAL.

War and tbe Independent Treasury*

•CoKsitnatcT.—The Feberal party, efler haring reported to a thousand and one petty device* to enable them to get into power, hare at length! assumed the title of Democratic Whigs, and pro*, fcas tremendous veneration for thd memory and administration uf the immortal Jefferson, Th» fallowing extract from a Federal electioneering circular hand bill published at Newburyport,; (Mass.) in 1S09,' will beautifully .contrast with these Utter day professions. Here it is—“You have reposed confidence in a coward, (Jefferson,) and leaned on a broken staff too long. The. day of political probation is fast yerging to a close, when the fate will be decided, and laurels bougbVwitb the price of ficeraciis blood will grace the' brow of. the Gallic tyrant. I.et every man who holds th& name of America dear to him stretch out' hia' hand and put this accursed thing the Embargo, .from him. Be resolute —act like the son* of Tiberty, of God, and of your country; nerve' your arms with vengeance against the despot who would wrest the inestimable germ of your independence from you, and you shall be conquerors! "Give ear no longer to the,syren voice of democracy and Jejfertonian liberty It is a cursed delusion' adopted by traitors and recommended by sycophants.' * “Jefferson, a man who with the dagger of popular confidence first gave the stab to your liberties.*’;

The prospects of a war with Great Britain has impressed upou our'mind the great necessity of establishing something like a Treasury of. the United Spates. For, in a war, there must be, of necessity, at times, a large amount of money on hand; and where shall it be kept! Certainly, not in our banks; for they are always lapsed to Government and will do their utmost to thwart its, purposes. And, jh particular, w~ilt they be opposed to it iq a war with Great Britain,’the dependants of wboEe*N’at,ionaI. Bank.,(hey are. Besides,, in case of a war, so humeroVa are it he chance? for private speculation tlrqi the banks would use all the money they could get for their own purposes, and they would purposely brjpak and stand the tedious process of an acitpn at taw, leaving the army to be periled and; tfie public service injured, We also want a national treasury to keep the money away from the President; for we may, by and by,havea badoiiej, As the matter now the President or the banks must keep our money/ We want it away frdm both by the eyiablielsmcnt of a;! National Treasury, to be regulated ay the people themselves through their delegates in Congress. The bill now before Congress (provides for such a measure, and we Lope it will never adjokrn without its passage. It is doubly necessary aa war approaches. Bf preparing for tbe safety of tbe funds of the nation, we prepare for the nation's defence, as much so as by building torti, casting cannon, making muskets,, building'ships, providing ammunition or disciplining troOps. As we look upon this matter, our safety iron) the encroachments of foreign governments';demands the paisage of this bill at much as tbe 'preservation of our liberties at home. ' ;

CONGRESS.

Our papers hare arrived so irregular, that it is Bomcwhat difficult to give a regular synopsis of Congressional proceedings, hut we are in hopes hereafter to bo enabled so-to do. Below will be found all that we have been able to getdtold of. Toespay, May 36.—In the Senate, tho Vice President communicated a report from the Secretary of tho Treasury, in compliance with a re- ; solution of April 20. in relation to sites for fortifications on the coast of Mississippi. Several reports fr$m Commit lees were then received. The hill authorizing the States to tax any lands within their limns sold by the United Slates, was ■next brought under consideration, and Mr. NorVeil briefly explained and advocated its provisions. The bill was discussed at some length by Messrs. Linn, Sevior, Henderson, White and Young, till the morning hour expired, when the action of it was suspended. The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United plaice. Mr. Benton opposed the original bill »n the ground of its being unconstitutional, wholly otfe-sided, and giving power to the debtor to gel rid of all his obligations at his own .pleasure. Tho substitute proposed by Mr. Wall,‘with proper amendments, he considered.much better, ami ho particularly approved of that pan of it “which proposes including banks within the operation of the bankrupt system, lie wm also in favor' if tho compulsory process against debtors. AIter Mr. jlenton had concluded his addrc:-s, the {Senate, on motion of Mr. Tappaii; adjourned. In the'House, after the presentation of sundry unimportant petitions, Mr. Petrikip, from the Committee on Public Buildings, reported a resolution, setting forth that at present the War Department pays more in rent than the interest pf $50,OOP at G per cent., for buildings suitable to the accommodation of nine Bureaus attached to the public service, none of which buildings are-fire*pioof;'. and requiring the Committee on Public,Buildings and Ground?, to be instructed to inquire into and report untie House, the practicability of crcctyig fire-proof buildings for those offices, not exceeding in cost $60,060, The resolution was agreed to. The pre-emption bill then came up in order, and Mr. 1 Lincoln addressed the House on the subject till the hour of recess. In the evening session. Mr. Lincoln concluded his remarks, and the debate was protracted by several ineffectual efforts of those opposed to its passage;, but the result oni the whole was* that the bill was passed- as it :camc from tho Senate—the yeas and nays on its final passage being, yeas 126, nays 64, all bur members voting for-it. So tbe bill awaits only the President's signature to become a law. On motion, the Uouse/at 9 o’clock p. m, adjourned. ’Wednesday, May 27.—In the Senate, several memorials, petitions and resolutions, were read: among the latter was a joint resolution offered by Mr, Henderson, which was referred, the object of which was to authorize the loan of pubic money now in bank in NatcheX, to sufferers by tlje late tornado, for five years, with adequate security, and to an amount not exceeding $300,000.- The Senate then took up the bill making a grant of land of the estimated yalqc of $5,000, to the Howard institution of Washington. Aftera warm debate and considerable-opposition, the bill was passed—yea* 26, nays 17, The Senate next resumed the consideration of the uniform bankrupt bit], the question being on Mr. Wall’s Itibsiitute*, ‘ After a little discussion between Messrs. Strange,-WJit and Norvell, Mr. Strange offered Ms first amendment, understood to extend the operation of all classes of peteons. To this Mr. Wall was opposed, and a long debate ensued, in Which Messrs. Wall, Strange and Walker, participated. The debate turned upon technical!-

The Captain having learned from the distressed wanderer the outline of the outrage, gathered a force and went in search of the pirates and tfadif prize, which he succeeded in finding. The surviving English sailors were employed in the forced labor of unloading-their vessel, and it was learned that after finishing that job, they were, (o have had their throats cut. The Captain of (ho coasting craft resorted to stratagem to circumvent tho outlaws. He took with him 3 old muskets,'saluted'them most cordially, and told them he had brought the guns to be put in order, and that hia.vessel was near, by., and calculated for'the fttmnw, and that he bad come out on the same business. They readilyaccepted an invitation'to breakfast with him, and on thetr arrival, he made use of the force he had prepared for the occasion, and (he whole seven were secured. 1

And in ISIS, during Mad isons ad minis! ra lion r when the Nation was trying to negotiate » loan to carry on the war, wliich we had been forced into by the insolence of Great Britain, and which resulted in so much glory to the United States, the BostonGazettc gave the following advice to .its'Federal friends:’ “What then if jwe row lend them money!— They will not makepeace; they will still hankir for Canada*; -they will still assemble forces and shed blood oh our western frontier. Merc pride if nothing else, would make them do it. .4iijr federalist who lends money, to Government, mutt go and shake hands with James „Vadison and claim fellowship with Felix Grundy .: Lit him no mart eatt himisclf a'Federalist and a friend to his country. He will be culled by others infamous." '* . Vet, strange to iay,' this same, party,' now claim to be -Democratic ‘ JVhigti and professs great veneration for Jefferson and Madison, and their.administrations! ’ •;

. [Chicago Democrat.

“Hard cider" and Log Cabins,’’ though of only recent life, are already meeting a proper reception among sensible people. Tho mechanic and the laborer have more.than once shown how much they dApise such tricks, a nd_ heroes an extract from the New York Evangelist, a' religious paper, wluch.sliews how tlie pious and orderly portion of community regard these disgusting and contemptible attempts at deception:

M. Philpot, who was the bearer of the information tojhe Captain General,’ and who was-pre-sent at the examination of the . culprits, say, the cold-blooded recitals pf these demons made his heart shrink within him. -These. pirates reside at Regia, and are wclf known in Havana. The sailor who escaped tc£ the* shore, says, that while he. was In.the .woods, he saw several parcels of sails, blocks, compasses, and merchandize, which were probably the effects of. other vessels that had been taken and destroyed. . The surviving Englishmen wore'provlded for by M. Philpot, till tfc Britiahi'-Consul'should send for them. ' ‘ ■ '.- ! ■ .

"Hard Cider.”—Oh shimet; We meddle not with pariizan politics. We discuss great.principles of legislation, however, Jifld hold ourselves free to speak as we think of tbys'e public acts of our' rulers which have reference to arejrt moral questions- So we also speak of acts of abe people, pf the multitude,-for whatever purpose assembled. We' therefore say that the phrase-hard ciddr, introduced as a rallying word by'one of our political parties, is a disgrace'lotbat party. It is.not the word alone which is disgraceful. Their, papers boast of Its plentiful use' at their political meetings,—Onq.paper speaking of,such a meeting, attended, and addressed' by Daniel Webster, says thatthey.jiad plenty oPhard cider; and of another meeting,* * 4 Thpy had an immense hogshead labelled 'hard cider.”. These are ’specimens from one of the best secular papers—from one which.in the nexl colunin. lells ua th'at it haa“ counted this mqrningnoticeVVfreirgions revivals in thirty-one places in ’ the' countryV’ Such a "base'compliance with thacoarsest appetites.is a disgrace to any "party. | j:

* From Ihe Pittsburg Mercury. “Using the Screw.!*

Col. Rt'Mt Johnson—Mr’. Webster.

We clip the following from Bick. trail's Reporler of ilie 10th '

We observe in the Wash!ngt o n ,‘r o rres pon d e nco of the Haiti morePai riot* that .Mr. Webster in his speech on the General bankrupt bill, took occasion 10 cpmplimejit R. M. Johnson very handsomely and very <ieserycdiy on the success of hia beneyolenl exertions in former years against ihf) Iawa' omhorJ»ing- imprisonment'; for debt.— “Sir,” said Mr.-Webster, “the noble course to whTcbyou occasion, by your native good sense, and that benevolence'of heart '.which outran sagacity/ deserves the highest honor, V And what a progress has since been made in this cause of. humanity in Eugjand and in America!' The custom of shotting up men in prison ftr debt was condemned; and no sooner, waspublic a item bird raw h to it—no sooner did men come.to donstder the subject, than the odious policy was.' banished from the, siatoie books Of the most civilized and the freest nations of ibo earth". 1 tike pleasure, (continued Mr. WebstebV for one v in saying how much thecqu ntry and the common -'cause of benevotene e are indebted . to your exertions* at that tme. I aiij finre'lhaf thousands of anxiousbearrs tbenr heat with grateful' omotinea, towards' your aoiE believe that thousands more of yoiir countrymen aro now looking jo you iii the confiden t belief that your decision wilt be in favor of the bill no*r before the 'passage of whjcbis equally demanded By Justice, policy,and h u ma ni i y*-” 1 v ‘I 'v.'.’.* Lou, Jldc r ■

"TheNew YfirkMurningChronicleeaysj : ' "The by the Banking institutions in this cjtyjn'contnjcting their iTaciljtiei tO' merchants to an unreasonable extent, ,'bhif openly proclaiming that a similar pojicywill be followed until Me General. Govmjmsn/Ma/t 'Aace adopted tomb ftemaneid and feaiibletytiehi' of Jtnimce, or be placed in different hands from those that now rule, has had a very diiantfaginf: influence upon Trade in alt its departments. Had the Banks more gradually curtailed Iheir eo as to have enabled bustness rnen. to curta) I their np'ereiionsln-the same ratio, (be distress in the Money Market would not have been so eevere, The contraciion of the Banks so sudden and to so great an extent, after having'.so- Ibng and eo liberally extendetUheic aid, is one of the main causes of the existing derahgemeht-of the currency,” V' ■;;;■■■ . It will be observed that It is distinctly staled that of the Banks "Ans Aad a «ry discouraging influence upon tradein all its department" By using all their means to contn I the elections'of the country—they have resolved, to persevere in their present proscriptive* and seeming course until the government is either overturned .or forded into the establishment of a National Bank, ..j ■ ' . All thd'distress that extrVs in -our country .fa prbperly chargeable to’the Banka, and they are resolved to persevere in* their tyrannical and unjust course, solely to effect political purposes. The merchant, the manufacturer, arid all others within their'reach are lb be: destroyed in order that political demagogues and knaves of the Federal school may be elected to office. The admission made in the extract is very important .at this time. ..-The 'conduct of the Banks, in order to effect bare political purposes, ■‘HAS HAD A VERY DISCOURAGING INPLUENCE UPONTRApBIN ALL ITS DEPA RTM ENTS.*’ “Hicknull’s Reporter” is neutral in politics; but wc believe the editor is a Federalist,, and would be slow to endorse an erroneous statement against either Banks or the Federal party.. .We call upon our-friends to remember this admission, and whenever told by a Federalist that the .Administration has paused hard times, repeat it to him. _ The same course of policy is pursued in this city by the Banks. The “ Screw ” ts used with, out mercy for no other purpose than to produce political effect. The managers of the Banka here might well exclaim "we do all the mischiefs yet are.the first tobrawl about ft.” How these Federal leaders love their country and the interests of Ihopcoplet In order to gain, office they ate now pursuing a course of policy which will bankrupt half the merchants and manufacturers of the country itself. AH' this is done too under the garb of patriotism. The very men who are,now resolved to persevere in & course of policy which, it is admited by Bicknell’s Reporter, has already had "a very discouraging infiuence upon trade in. all its departments," are now the most boisterous in charging tho whole to the administration.

The Mississippi Overflow.— The Memphis Enquirer:gives-the following sketchof thelate inundation; t : /. ■ >' We yeslerdayi.wen^upihpriversevcral miles, and. there. fopnd nearly jot eiry settlement ’surrounded by water. . IThe dpyt rue t ion of proper ty and stock we,hear, theasier has broken ihe lefep Aid is .Vruhninp riot Mtlirough' thp.coiton; jeorn and .sugar plantations'; piahy corp fields aresaid.to bo covered with »everal feel of water. Tbo news from the tribula. ties above, is also, very disheartening; a'rise .of 15 feet is tepdrted at St. Louis which we have jibt felt; the Ohio at Louisville Is said to be oh a stand, with a fresh rise coming from above. The Arkansas is said to be higher than ever The contemplation is indeed, fearful andbeartrending—thousands rf poor families settled’on the banks of the rivers will be swept of their little property and means of-subsistance, and jn many instances, we apprehended immense ;distress, suffering, and even lossof life. We wait with fear and trembling, the resblr of thisi rising of the mighty waters, hoping soon to record; that the assuaging language of ‘‘Peace, ba{ still,” has gone, forth and cammed.the rapmg flood.':,Pothcripf. —The steamboat Independence left Louisville on Saturday.' The Ohio had'fallgn 5 ffet there; but continued rising at.the, mouth from the waters of the Tennessea and Cgmbcrland, both of which streams were thehVrjsing fadt—the Tennessee is : probably■ higher now than.ever before known; We learn too that the Arkansas has just poured forth & fresh:rise:of several feet of water. \ ;

The proceedings of the Home oI Representatives of the United Slates on the 23d*ult. brjng up a reminiscence which it were well should at* tract the attention of the free peoplo of this country—a reminiscence that should induce them to attach some importance to the pria'dptet' of llto party whom they may place in power.— We allude to the action upon a bill reported by the committee on the judiciary "upon the petition Chittenden Lyon and Matthew Lyon, iieira and representatives of the late Matthew Lyon, deceased.? The facts set forth in the report of the committee may be thus summed up; The father of. the petitioners in 1708 edited a paper in Vermont, in which he allowed to bo inserted some strictures—of a character touch more temperate than many which are to be found in the whig journals of the present day—upon the policy and course of the administration of the elder which he was prosecuted and imprisoned for four months,' under the famous “sedition law,'’ The petioners asked that this fine should be refunded, and the House-ordered a bill to that effect to its engrossment by a vole of 120 to 20. 1

ties and British precedents, as m the meaning of Sth* phrases trader, (ugn*ed in trading, 4 c. Mr. N \VaIl contended that all persons who had been engaged in buying and selling might he legally brought within the scope of these technicalities, though not meant by the framers of the law. On motion pf Mr.Lumpkin, the Senate adjourned. ' In ’ihe House, same day, the whole of the morning hour was consumed ip a discussion upon a point twho right of a standing committee to re-consW5pia report, having once made U. Before any conclusion on this matter the orders of the day were palled; previous to entering upon which, Mr* Sergeant, on leave granted, made a statement under instruction of the Committee on the Judiciary, relative to a complaint presented by Mr. Adams, of the conduct of Judge McLean, Judge of the Circuit Court of the U. States, for the ilisirict of Kentucky, and demanding his .impeachment. The Committee were of opipion that the memoriaf

.7- “What are \re coping iol’* ■ Under .this startling inquiry, : 'tho Morning Democrat, a spirted • I ittlV sheet published at Chicago, makes the following just remarks: : “It is rather singular lhatthe party until re* ccatly claiming “aUthamncalaj’’ of Uutccanuy shod Id now be running into every kind of debauchery for political effect. Dot eo it is, Our at lent to nb as been '‘’recently called during these tiart£ times,' so loudly compUmedrof by ’ the whigs, to the proceedings; of a late federal convention at; OalUmore composed of 25,000 delegates,’ whosei expenses, at only $50, each, must costone million and licenty-Jice hundred thousand dollars. The National Intelligencer, federal, gives a glowing account of it. It states that there 'were seven hundred different banners, ninety-seven'' bands of * music, seventy-one handsomeTout white horse barouches and eighteen’log; cabins .drawn by six cream colored horeeSf:-All of this in hard times!" And * the editor winds'- up his description by expressing his regret that five persons of The company were killed In affrays during the day. And this is but the’ beginning of the wretchedness and misery which this High state of political excitemeet, this drunken debauchery are creating.— . Are there no moralists in the whig ranks to protest against this feasting and rioting, this sacrifice of-human life under the broad glare of noon day!” ’

The bringmg up of this subject at the present day must* be a matter of regret to the federal party, whoj have managed to screen most of the heresies of their creed, and tpany of the enormities of their acts, from the public scrutiny, by thg ingenious and ednning devised hurrah which limy have succeeded in raising about log cabins and hard cider! But ifco damning taints is there, disguise’)! as thy may—the principles and the feelings which prompted the which Matthew Lyon was pros ecu ledoml punished stilt stapd, if not in bold relief, yet deeply engVaven upon the tablets which define the aipicleeLof their faith, and (hey peed but the strengTfortitng of their arm of power ro induce them to reenact the odious statute which consigned an.honest man apd patriotic citizen to prison and rubbed him of his hard earned subsislance.— Reflecting men Will do well tq look around them in the present crisis—they will be wise to see the tendency of things before they indeotify themselves loo fully with a party which time will show have onlyjbceu ‘(scotched, hot killed.”— Kentucky Yeoman, *The following resolution was passed at a recent meeting of the Democrats in Bajttmore. It contains truths which must strike home to the consciences of the'Federal leaders every where:

ought not to be entertained, as it showed no just grounds of complaint. Mr. Alford, of Georgia, moved & re-consideration of the vote by which the Pre-emption bill had been passed the night before at 0 o'clock- After some discussion, it

A Racer op* fashion able Matt.—The Baltimore Clipper states;that Dr.'Wm. M. EldridgtJ, a man who moved ini he r highest fashionable circles of New York and Philadelphialhasbeeh arrested at the latter place, charged ..with having defrauded the banks ofPhilidelphia last April of about 00Q by means ' of-forged checks, which were marked ‘goo(£;by one bank, and de*. posited in another, but which turned out not to be' good. ’ The, arrest, baa jc^used : considerable excitement in the fashionable circles.

was decided by the Speaker that, although the

bill bad gone to the.Senate, the motion to reconsider was in order., Au animated and warm debate ensued, which terminated in the decision of the chair being sustained; but finally on the main question to re-coniider it was decided jn tho negative—yeas 06, nays 103. The bill, mean time, having come from the Sepate, signed by the Vico President, was now signed by tho Speaker and Clerk and sent to the President. Tho House then passed to tire Orders of tho day. Several Senate bills on the Speakers’ table, received tbeir first and second -reading-add were

Steamer Tbaksit Sdi|k.— -We learq that the packet steamer Transit, plying between Cincinnati and Portstpouth, broke her fly-wheel on yesterday, near Point Pleasant, 25 miles above. Some of the fragments struck the. bottom plankj ,and knocked a hole in the bpttom of the boat, which caused her losink,— CT feet water, Cargo 300 barrel of. whiskey.' The boat'can be raised wheq the water falls: and may possibly be left high kto'dry.

Texas.— The N. 0. True American has news from Galveston to (he 23d May. A cotice ii given of a due) in (he army at Sjn Antonio* commanded by Col. Burleson, between. Colonel Wells, of the Cavalry, and Captain Redd, of the Infantry, in which the latter* was killed on the spot, and the former mortally wounded, Amutiny had also broken out among'the regulars,, and several companies had marched from Austin, to Antonio to enforce order.

appropriately .-referred,’ The House then went into Cammiltee of tho Whole, Mr. Banks in the Chair, and resumed the consideration of the Independent Treasury bill, ami ■ he remainder.of . the day was consumed in debate, .TficReoA.T,May i!8.—Ip the Senate, the morn? ing hour was dpvgied.to the reception and disposal pf petitions, memorials, and reports ffom Committees, after, which thp bill authorizing the States to tax any lands within their limits sold by the United States, vftta taken up, and debated by Messrs, Nortell, .Young, King, While, Sevier, Buchanan, Hubbard, Clay, of Alabama, Tappari and Robinson. The Senate then resumed the consideration of the Uniform Bankrupt Bill. The rjucstion before the Senate - was Mr. Strange’s amendment extending Mr. Wall’s substitute to alf classes of persons, which was finally agreed to—yeas 37,-nsys 8. Mr. Strange’s second amendment allowing no preferenco bot tolho United Slates, was also agreed foy and the Satiate adjourned.

Let the people look to it, Men who would selt the liberties ofpiir country, or would do any other act, no matter how base, to promote their own personal and political interests.

»'/ieJohrfd,That A MILLION AND A QUARTER OF DOLLARS stolen from the Government by Sam, Swabtwoot, (a |FAfg-) FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS stolen from the Manhattan bank" by -Newbold the First Teller, (another Whig)- A MILLION OF DOLLARS stolen from a bank in Philadelphia hy Cashier Levis', (another Whig) EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS stolen from the Bank of Virginia by Wm. B, Dabhsv, (another, Whig) -Inot to say any thing of tho Bank of Maryland, the pavings Institution and Dr. DtOtt, (more IFAfgi)—show tnat if the Whiga have “ail the dectney" and “alt the talenil, ,, they have apt all the HONESTY." . ’ . .

. Ildiah Mobuprs—T,he Washington 1 correspendent ef the Baltimore Sun, of the first, says that information had reached the office of the Secretary of War, frorp Florida, that a body of Inianshad surprised Fort Crumbs, and put ail its inmates -to death. The particulars are not meet re'd.

Wood, who shot his daughter in Philadelphia, has beep released on bail, amounting to $18,000. His bail, consisting of three individuals, responsible In $6,000 each, have removed him from Philadelphia to some distant part of the Union.

There was a strong gale on Lake.-Michigan; on the 3d instant. . Twosteanjboats.went ashore and were wrecked. Several pasaengera loittbeir trunks. A schooner [oil all her deck load, and put into St. Joseph's in diitrcaa,.

It is said he is perfectly restored to reason. If so, must not existence be a thousand times worse to him than death. ,

Steamer limns .—The New Orleans Bee, of the 23dult„ says, the steamboat Hinds, which was wrecked 'during the tornado at Natchez, has been picked up at Baton Rouge, having fifty-one dead bodies on board, 48 of whom were miles, two females, and one child.

Tremendous Explosion. —On Wednesday night, the 20th inst., the powder magazine at Alton, containing about six tons of powder, ww blown up. Much injury waa done the honsesia the town, but fortunately no lives Were lest.

A wont) to the wiaE.—Thomas Jefferson said, "Bankers received a profit on what they owe, and for a thing containing within itself no intrinsic value.”