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oe ordered to execution on sight, I need not .add the present moment was exciting to a painfuldegree.

The Governor was mounted on a mule of immense size and rode directly up to the spo where we were formed by the road

llear, ^Be silt .Under

8^e',

^ddrcsKd us with no little politeness, sho* each of a. by ihe hand »th mtKh »rf cordiality, calling us amigos orfnends, ami after staling that be had heard of our captup asked us who we were. Lewis immediately nnswered (and here the spirit of the craven maoift«l*d itself,) that we were merchants from the United Stales. Van Ness inlerruptedliim at once by remarking that with the exception of myself, we were all Texans, but without heeding him Armijo grasped Lewis by the collar of his dragoon jacket, and pointing to the button upon which was a single star and the word Texas, he sternly remarked "What does this mean? I can read—Texas" said he, pointing at the word and pronouncing it emphatically. "You need not think to deceive me. No merchant ever travels witfcyji military jacket."

AfteVltoking several questions, to which Lewis returned stammering answers, he finally spoke of our main party and inquired as to their number and the intentions of the Commissions. He was answered by Van Ness and Howard that it wns a mercantile expedition, and that the intentions of the leaders were jacific. Mr. Van Ness then told him thut I did not belong to the party any farther than that I had accompanied it for the protection it afforded against Indians. He further stated that I had a passport from the Mexican Consul in New Orleans. This passport, alone with all my papers, wns in the hands of Don Jesus, who immediately gave it to Armijo. After reading it aloud in thQ presence of all of us he handed it back, at tho same time remarking that the passport w«is a good one, but as I was found in company with the enemies of New Mexico he should be obliged to detain me.

After this he gratuitously informed us that he was an honoruble man and not an assassin—that ho was a great warrior* although «s yet we had nothing but his word for it, and then asked which of us could spoak Spanish best. Lewis eagerly pressed forward at this question and offered his services. Tho traitor really could speak the language well,"having lived for many years in Chihuahua, and was 4?ell acquainted with every point in the Me*.* con character. The Governor »T ,u noo, and after his ordered a mule for, ,, 3»cu the black hearted scoun-. the animal and rode off. That

TIs time the wretch had acted in good faith towards us I have not the least doubt but he now saw that by betraying those who had befriended him and warmed him into existence, he could save his own worthless life nnd the fear of death overcame any compunction he may have had.

Armijo now turned to Don Jesus, and in a pompous and bombastic way ordered him to take us back to San Miguel, as he wished to attend to us the next morning. ,, "But they have already walked nearly ten leagues (thirty miles) to-day,your excellency, and can hardly stand it to walk all the way back to night," was the answer of tho fellow, who was thiuking of his own personal con- $" voniencc and comfort all the whilo. 1 *"Thoy can stand ten leagues more," cool'v ly replied Armijo. "The Texans are smart peoplo," )ie continued, "and if one of them pretends to be sick or tired on tho road, shoot

Jjim down and bring me his cars!" ,, Tith a flourish of trumpets the Governor now left us. The sun was nearly down and wo were extremely tired and faint after a walk of thirty miles but still this fellow, who but a few minutes before had told us he was "an honorable man," now ordered us back over tho same ground without sleep. Tho penalty was death, and to be ccrtuin that his •... orders had boon strictly fulfilled and perhaps to gratify his curiosity he wished to see tho ears of such of us as wero unablo to endure the excessive fatigue.

THE SOMERSXASRrf-''"Ww-^

A general Court Martial was ordered to Convene at New York on tho 1st inst., for the .-•/ trial of Commander A. S. MucICenzie, upon capital charges. The Court, it is said, will consist of the following officers, viz: Captains J. Dowues, G. C. Read, W. C. Bolton,

D. Turner, J. D. Sloat, J. Smith, G. W. Storer, J. M'Koever, B. Page, J. Gwinn, T.

Wyman Commanders H. W. Ogden, W. W, M'Kenn, members and Wm. fl. Norris, •A Esq., of Baltimore, Judge Advocato. "'"As 1 under the law of Congress, Court Martial has jurisdiction of the case, it is presumed that the above order will

0|erate

as bar to

*|all civil process in the same case. The def.icision of the Court of Knquiry recently held ^has nt been officially denmred but it is generally understood that the finding of that JOourt unanimously sustained the conduct of ^Commander MacKcnzie. r'i 1&km$

WHOLESOME ADVICE,

and learn to be silent. dm

silent, and loarn to understand*—!^ ^.Understand, and learn to remember. ^Remember, nod learn to net accordingly. „^||lAll that you see, judge not. ^^AII that you know, tell not.

All that you can doKdonot—(oxcept what |ood.) fJy praying, you low not. ly giving alms, you impo\erish not. iy being unjust, you enrich not. ly lyings you profit not.

By profane swearing, you get disgrace. ^AVealth lost, some lost., Jllealth lost, much lost..

s!r

Virtue lost, more lost. Soul lost, all lost. -j^ Whenever yoo speak any thing, think well, |end look narrowly tohat you speak to&re ,you sjieak} «4en you speak &f tokom you ^peak and to vkom you speak l^st you ^bring yourself into great trouble. *-C

FOREIGN NEWS.

S I* DATO IATER FROM EUROPE.

Arrival of the Caledonia.

ths saw JwniMry, afi«f a Um* b^MorNM MSP o* twmty-on* dmx* ftwUwtt

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tk* 4lh,Ln*u»t-

T® PamWtHtis MntM TtStr^i X»

t^wT?T2Stoi? tb« pohiic *t$ewwj

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b*. thai tm Pi«^d«Mlwd rtyoardi^belgntMsi

States, "under their free and wise institutions, are rapidly idmncin? towards the eonsunam#tion of the hlgb dsstinjr which sn over-ruling rtovidence MOM to hnve marked oat for them."

Tbe London Timet, in its remarks on the Message,

"*VVe have looked with anxiety fo^llrtne formal and peremptory ccnfnre and disavowal of, the doeirine«f

Among

slight ailiefaerion

the rales

creditors of the insolvoot ^Biatea ia entirety oo^tied, and we are letf to in fer, Mpt onty thsfibeit deb {twill never be recognized by the fed era 1 "(jovem men t, bnt that their dishonesty will not even be repro'-aled as it deserves."

stocks in LoDdon were i?50,000

Massachusetts 5% at 80 a 90. They were of the parcel sold in Boston some time ago at 86-40, and so leaving to the operation a profit of some 8 per cent.

Our minister, Mr. Gveserr had been spending some time at the Dray ton Manor with Sir Robert Peel, in company with several distinguished official persons.

The corn law agitation was extending in parts of England, and it was believed that the. government iatended to make material changes and meliorations in those laws.

A daughter of Louis Phillips, the Princess Clementine is to be rftsrried to the Prince of Saxe Coljury.' The accouchement of the Queen, who ia again eievte,

will npt take place it is expected before May Thomas Tbomely, E*q. one of the members for Wolverhampton in the House of Commons, connrfcted for many years with the United States as a merchant in Liverpool, has recently returned from visiting the principal cities in tbe Union. He addressed a large meetinf of Ms constituents on the S3d bit. He pointed out forcibly the advantages which both coantrirs would derive from a lr«e trade in corn, and advocated the policy of the Anti-Corn Law League in agitation so successfully lor a measure so important and beneficial. In matters of commerce, the long experience, agd enlightened views posmsed by Mr. Thornely. gave great weight to his opinions in the assembly of which he is a member.

It was asserted, and the report was corroborated by the Aqstrian Observer, that the Porte had yielded on the Syrian question to the demands of England ami Austria, as :Q the nomination of a Christian Governor for the Mnronites..

Messrs Fernandev & Sons, extensive corn merchants, have recently failed in £90,000—victimsof the sliding scale. The last few months have swept away a great number of houses over the country, arising from the same cause.

Mr. Dunn, a great corn factor, at Wakefield, is tr mongst the victims to the sliding scale. He has failed in 1.500,000.

A London paper says that the works preparatory to the commencement of cutting through the Isthmus of Pnnama arendvanciog rapidly. The entire length of this canal will be 49 miles its breadth at the surface 135 feet and its depth 20 feet. M. Morel, the engineer, estimates its cost at £560,000 sterling.

ERCPTIO.I OF MOUHT JETWA.—After many years repose, says a London paper, jEtna hss. during tlm last three weeks, poured forth immense masses of fire. It seems that considerable torrents of lava are flowing in the direction of Bronte. The d^pg« ^rsiid|c dQ«£ i« said to be immense. »n earthquake had been felt ^veraI ®mart al'ocIjrWales and Cornwall. in the sonthern paj^&rfgome young lady, nged 23, and

Miss MannerSjjfof five thousand pounds, recently ppsscra"^jMfnc] married a policeman,' whom she had ,®'JM¥wiTonce before.

HAVRE ANO NEW YORK STEAMERS—The line of French mail packets to cross the Atlantic will, it is expected, commence running next June. The packets will he fourteen in number they nre built to carry 40 guns each, and will belong to the French Government. The French port selected for the packet station is Cherbourg. Four of the steamers will run to and from New York, nnd the rest will convev mails and passengers to and from France and the West Indies, Brazils and the Gulf of Mexico. The fares for passengers will be considerably less Than the charges of the English West India Mail Steam Packet company. A vessel has already been despatched to make the necessary arrangements at the various stations and routes selected for the'Frcnch packets.

SCOTLAND.

The Caledonian Mercury states that the Government have resolved not to yield to the demands of a majority of the Scotch Church, as expressed at the last genera! assembly and at the recent con vocation

CHINA.

Speaking of the Chinese Treaty, one of the English papers says:— There is another circumstance connected with the Treaty, which appears in some degree to detract from the seeming satisfactory character of the conclusion of this war. The tariff remains an open question, which is to be discussed and adjusted at Canton, The uncertainty of the negotiation, we have reason to know, in many instances has deterred mercantile men from embarking in those snterorises, which, had the rates of imposts been definitely ascertained, they woirfd promptly have hazarded.

It appears that after the conclusion of the Treaty, restless French resident authorities offered to mediate between the Chinese nnd Great Britain. The Chinese. however, who are constitutionally adverse to all acts of foreign interference, and who considered it an annoyance sufficiently galling that they were driven to intercourse with one barbarian race, adjusted the affair themselves, quietly refusing to avail themselves of the inestimable advantage which the tricksomncss of Gallic diplomacy might have gained for them. Indeed, it is said, that the Chinese are disposed to confer upon England all the privileges which, at the risk of defeat, the loss of life, and at the expenditure of treasure, England alone and unaided has challenged and won.

The Glasgow East India Association have memorialised the government to reduce the duty on ten. They urge that aB tea is the staple commodity which China must return for our exports, a reduction in the duty imposed upon it by this country, would induce a greater demand for British manufactures in China.

FRANCE.

The Paris journals during the last month have been almost exclusively occupied with flippnnt and angry discussions on the Barcclonian affair. His Majesty has constituted a privy council, composed of certain pastacting officers and functionaries, of whose privileges the feverish citizens seem no little alraid.

RUSSIA.

A serious misunderstanding has arisen between Russia and the Porte respecting Servia. An angrv correspondence had passed between the Russian ambassador and the Porte on the subject. The final answer of the latter had been transmitted to vSt, Petersburg!), and there the matter rats for the present.

Rrssu AND THE CIRCASSIANS.—Accounts from St. Petersburg state that several Polish reginwnts, engacred in the war against the Circassians, passed over with their arms and baggage to the enemy, and fought aJainst the Russians. It ia said that they committed readful havoc on the latter, and that their vengeance was terrible.

Five large steam frigates, it is said, are now building at Blackwall, London, for the Emperor of Rnraia, to be used in the Black Sea for the prosecution the war against the Circassians. One of the steam frigates is now completed.

SYRIA.

-The Levant,mail brings intelligence to the mtddle*of November. The news from Syria, is alarming. The Sheik Seeble Harien has escaped from the hands of the Ottomans, where he was detained on political affairs, and gone among the Druses and Maronitcs.—'This Shiok is one of those who gave I bra ham Pacbeso much trouble. Omar Pacha is blockaded up in Der-el-ka-mer he has with him 4000 or 5000 regular troops.--The Druses and the Maroniter took possession of several convoys, in which they found much provisions, munitions, of war. and other things for Omar Pacha the escorts wero disarmed and made prisoners.

The chiefs of the Druses sent a petition to the Seraskier Pacha, in which they said tofy were and always wished to be under the Ottoman government, but that they would' not be governed by any other governor than tbcirBmir Bechir. or one of hie aona

EGYPT.

Tbe aeounta from Alexandria state thai Mehemet Alt waa still in Lower Egypt, and not expected to retarn to Alexandria for some time His son, Ibrahim Pfccha, had arrived at Cairo. 11 wss said that the exCaptain Poclta, who delivered tbe Ottoman fleet into: be hands of Mehemet Ali, had obtained his pardon from tbe Saltan, bat wss not pefmitted to reside at Constantinople. Tbe mortality continued among the catffc. The Packs intended to'purrfwae tbe Great Western to convrrt her into a steam frigate.

Asmtautf STOCKS LOJTBO.X.—Baring

State 5 per cents at about

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27th CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, Jan. 80* 184&.

UNITE© STATES SENATE. JOREGON BILL. Archer, Ihe Chairman of on foreign Relations, spoke jit leingih irr f^fftskion to the bill, and iff answCTltt the soveral &nqtet's who ItaU a%oca^p^» pM*

the course of his remark®

that the Oregon Territory

timution of Great Britain worth a confe:t of arms. But while this was true, every one knew that the history of tbe world had never shown a nation more-ready to go t«H|H ejion a polnl of honor. %r

SPEAKER

circular of

the 3d imt.ssys that ttiere has* been some transactMOS in American Mcurities, in general for trifling amount*. S Y-

per cent, with div-

Kentucky 6* at 70 per cent, e*-dtv Alabama Dollar

SO do Sterling at 55 per cent Maryland aad Loa-

LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET, TO JAN, 3. Dee. S7—Tb» deprwsion so long manifest in tbe Gmin trade bis been mntdtd bv more firnmess toward ibrckmof tbe las* nwatb, and today we bursa shade ol improvement ia the valoe of wheat prices, however, are almost as lew as I bey have ranged for many months pos^, and for »ome time we cannot took far any material aaseodmcnt. Oar qaotatfoos tor all other arttcleaoTCorn aad Hoar are apoo an eqaeiiy moderate scale of vahie.

Tmaa.—Oaeadiaa Wheat«s aftkw: A C^twr*' .. mencan 6s~ ftd, 7s Canadian sweet Soar 37s a S7 fid United Sutes 37s- a Mi do. aoar, S4*a 84s. fid Indiate ram per 480 lbs. S5 a 26*. Doty tm Foreign Wheal tWs werk. Sfe. qr Ffoar, 13s 11. barrel Ditto Wheat British CotoBwa V- Flour, Od. Imports of Fat' ewn

Graia

that Um A-

iSo5?£at SOpereeat, entitled "A hill amomlntnr^f tb*

from tba 80tb D«. to 3d Jan.—Froai Can-

Ma. Steyqrt Wbaat, and 7360 barrels Flaw United Sfctee, berrvle Floar. '.-.r--—

said

was

not in the

The Senatorfrom Missouri (Mr. Lhbt) bad remarked that nothing in the end could keep this territory from oar possession. If this' was so, the Senator, by this bill, waa-taking the very means to prolong tbe controversy and enhance the difficulties.

Bqsides, he agreed with the Seoata^r from South Carolina that instead of inviting our People to. go to the Rocky Mountains, we had better invite them to remain at hom^ We had seven hundred and fifty miiiiotM tMAcres of unsold land this side of the n^KtbtaioSii and almost tts much ready for the BMfcrket^Wbere wns nothing in the territory, it waa_jpgued, worthy of a serious contention—nothtfi^worthy of a war.

Mr. Archer was earnest and cloqttjftit In his picture of the consequences of war, and which he was Ibalf inclined to think ,wouid be the consequences of this Bill, particularly after tbe harsh language which had toea indulged in this discussion, and which more than any thing else was calculated to j^fpvoke collision.

Mr. Archer, said io conclusion of Wis rev marks, that he was not altogether opposed to the Bill. He was willing to give protection to the people there, and to extend the jurisdiction of Iowa over the territory of Oregon. He was willing to vote the. sum of oMft hundred thousand dollars asked for in tra Bill, not for the purpose of erecting forts a^jgafigy. but for the purpose of survey of sites "f1*1 The^tion

T^-lrj^oposi ng grants of lands to the settlers, he was opposed to, and he aliould therefore, move to strike out that provision by a recommitment of the Bill.

Mr. Young believed that the terVHSry of Oregon could be occupied safely, pacifically and without any violation of the treaty. The Bill proposed the erection of five stocNdes or forts—Great Britain had done the sanje. It proposed jurisdiction over the territory—Great Britain Imd done the same. It proposed the addition of two Indian Agents, and this could not be complained of. It proposed nojuris diction over British subjects in the territory, and such jurisdiction over our own,as England exercised over her's. Mr. Y. ^cussed the question of title, and sustained the claim of tlie United Slates.

Mr. Young took a different view ifrjpegard to the Hudson's Bay Company frSfi? that which had been submitted by othe#|N He did not believe that this company tk^ned to make Agriculture its object. He thought they would not design such a pursuit there.

Mr. Linn continued the discussion—the motion being now to recommit the Bill# He replied briefly to Mr. Archer, and acwd his Bill did not go beyond the privileges granted by us to Great Britain, except in the tive grant of land. Great Britain bnajjclarod that we might do hus much,and he thought we might go one step beyond what sl^e yiel ded as a boon.

Mr. Calhoun gave notice of his desire to say something more upon the bill. Upon his motion the subject was passed over until to morrow. 4-

The Senate closed with an oxecutivt session.

es-

JANUARY 27M,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,^ THE EXCHEQUER. The

announced the special order

of the day, being the following rescfution, heretofore reported by Mr. Fillmore, from the Committee of Ways and Means:

ResolvedThat the plan of an Exchequer presented lo Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury at tho last session of Congee^, en titled "A bill nmendatory of the several acts establishing the Treasury Department," ought not to be adopted.

The question recurred nnd was taken on tho resolution of Mr. Filln^ore, and the vote resulted as follows:",

YEAS—Messrs. Adams, Allen. Inn daft W Andrews, Sherlock Andrews, Arnold. Arlington, Atherton, Aycrigg, Bahcock, Baker, Barnard, Bee«n. Bidlack, Birdseye, Black, Blair, Boardman, Bott*. Brewster, Briggs, Brockway, 'Bronson, Aaron Brown, Milton Brown, Charles Brown, Jeremiah (Brown, Burke, Bumell. William Butler, William OButler, Calhoun, Thomas Campbell, Caruthers, Caryj Casey, Chapman, Childs, Chittenden. John Clark* Staley N Clark Cravens

John Etfwar^is, John Edwards, Egbert, Everett, Ferris, Fessenden. Fillmore. John Floyd, Fornance, A Lawrence Foster, Gates, Gentry, Gerry, Gilmer, William O Goode, Gordon. Graham, Granger^Green, Gus'.inft, Gwin, Hall, Harris, Hays, Hopkins, fiouck. Houston, Howard, Hubard, Hunter, Hunt, CkarlesJ Ingersoll, Joseph IngersoU, James Irvin, James, Cave Johnson, John W Jones, Keim, John Kennedy, King,Lane, Lewis, Linn, Littlofietd, Lows!I, Abraham McClellan, Robert McClellan, McKay, MeJfenbsn, McKeon. mallorv, Marcband, A Marshall, £amsqn Mason, John Mason, Mathiot, Mathews, AIttocka, Maxwell, Maynard, Medill, Meriwether. "Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Morgan, Morrow, Newhard.Oliver,

Rcynolds, Rhett, Ridgway, Riggs, Rodney, toers, Roosevelt, W Russell, J, Rue»ell, SaltoristaH, Saunders, 9swa!l, Shepperd,Shiel«b,8lade.TraniaB

Snyder, Spngg, Stanly, Steenrod. Siokely,

Smith,

Alexander Stoart, John Stuart, Sam Sumter, Sweney, Taliaferro, John Thornpeoo, ard W Thompson, Jacob Thompson, Toland, fo aoo, Triplett, Trmti, Tmmbull, Tarney, Ui Van Buren, Wallace, Ward, Warren, Wi Welter, Westbrook. Edward WThite. Jos Chrjstopber Williams. Joseph I. Willtams, Wood, Vorke. Augustus Y«ung, John Yonng—193.

NAYS—Messrs. Barton, Borden. Bowoe, Green W Caldwell, Cowen, Casbiag. Thomas Foeter.Pairick G- Goade, Halstead, Hudson, William W Irwin, Wm Cost Johnson, Isaac Jones, Morris, Rencber, Tillinghnst, Tboowa W Williams, Winthrop^- IS.

So it

tton. merr. Rich-

omlin-

lb* .te of.£lEx

chequer presented to Congress by the Sec re

tary of the Treasury at the last session of

Congress, entitled A hill amendatoryof the severe! acts establishing the Treasttr? Department," mtgH net to te

A young lady being at coofesstoa ana day, after she had answered a great many questions, was asked by the confetsor her name. "Why father," she replied, **my oame ss not a lis, is iitT Single ladies* names might be sins, judging from the various anxiety they ftiwnys evince to get rid of them! J| ..

A SMALL MOTILE.—-IIILLH, it discovered a mistake of om tikmmnd j&rr* in his calculation ot

tba world.

the time of the destruction

f»BOCEEDIXGS OF CONGRESS.

following isan extract from the remarks of Mr. |n tlis House of Representatives on Tuesday on GENERAL JACKSON'S FINEMr. Borrs being entitled to the floor, addretaed the House untfl the expiration of the hour, in opposition to

Ffc ctfmrnented in vory proper terms tipon the char «, tltA foiAnfla ti

aft«rof tbe proceedingr- the attempt of tlie friends.of Ort Jacksofl, at thbl^td day, to cast an impatatioir on the highly respectable Judge who imposed tbe fine ind tten pMceScd to review tbe whole bisto^ of tfif «L In ataminous andsble manners-set tin^forthverti|tinctlv tl» illegal conduct of the commandtng

G^'n^Vai

New Orieans, and the firm and upright char

acter of tbe Judge '.alsc*

He replied also with remarkabls ingenuity andforce, itions and reasoning of Mr. WonMtothe legal bave-teen-a I OKY «as«sui.i., fn behalf of the 'Old Hero,' as he formerly was sgamsf

have-been-a^Toav IJJGSRSOLL, who Ts now as aealous

B- had shown what were the facts in the esse. he thought, conclusively—that tbe Judge bad toe oower to inflict this the mildest of all punishments he iud ever seen that he igl only bad legal authority to age thi fine, but

that, nnderaay otlier circumstan-

imnose this fine, but that, nnderaay otlier circumstances tbatt those which prevailed in^ Louisiana, lowing for th^oOntempt. while the Judge was pronouncing tbe Sentence be Imd most contemptuously interrupted the judge, and requested him to coafine himself to facts, thusindirectlv charging the Judge with falsehood For that alone he deserved to have been punished, under any other circumstances.

oTthe're^nt victory of New Orleans, Geo. Jnckson -would not only have been fined but imprisoned tor

Havina shown the power of the Jodge and the propriety ortbe decision, he now proceeded to show that there was no propriety in the appli»tion now inade to fefiind the money, and he would bring to theinforma* tion 01 this Home a curious fact, perbtpi not known io tn«mbew-generallyi, and still Isss known to the people of thisiountry—surdy not to the State Legiststarts ofthiscountrv, who had instructed their Senatots and requested their Representatives to vote tor the remission of this fine.

General Jackson.

Tkatfntkad been rtmtUtd to

Every dollar of it he had already

received, and the authoritv on which he bad stated this was an article in the January number of the'Democratic Review.' written by a warm personal and political friend of Gen. Jackson, who had gathered all the information concerning him to be derived from public records and from private history—written by Amos Kendall— in which he declared, in a longartiele on the subject of Jackson's fine, that the ladies of New Orleans, by snbscripUons limited to one dollar each, immediately on the imposition of the fine, raised the amount-of hand tendered it to their protector-— Mr- would not stop here and convert a comma into a period but here was the proper place for a period, as the facts stopped here, and Mr.^ Kendall went on to make his own remarks onihe subject.

Fie had called the attention

As the result of this whole enquiry, he had been led to the conclusion that the attempt made, in the manner in which it was made, to secure the passage of this bill, had grown out of a desire to secure the political favor of General Jackson, notwithstanding General Jackson had himself told them that he would take this money on no other terms than of a recognition of his right to do all he did and that they should declare, either expressly or by implication, that lie had the power to declare martial law, to suspend the .writ of habeas corpus, to imprison the Judge— the power to commit every lawless act alleged agninst him, and to involve Judge Hall in the disgrace which he conceived to be resting on him. They were called on by the State Legislatures, under all these facts, to make a remission of thia fine, just before the meetings of the Conventions at which the several nominees fot the Presidency were to be placed before the country: and a little while before the enthusiastic remarks of the gentleman from Massachusetts. (Mr. CUSHINO,) who was in such hot haste to pass this bill beforo tba 8th of January, General Jaqksoa wrote letter, which had been published in most of the papers of the country, in which he declared ia favor of Martin Van Bursn. They h$ard nothinfc about the fine since. Every body slsmsd satisfied to let the matter go io slHp.

The gentleman from Massachusetts had satasauiet and placid as a lamb in his scat, and manifested no anxiety about Ft: he had neither proposed to call up the question during the morning hour, nor had any other member of that party, not even the gentleman from Pennsylvania, since that

friends did, to come down into this market-place with bended knee to get the if var of Jackson, it late for him to heg the favor of Gen. Jackson. He had not in the pride and insolence of his power, and the party with whom he acted had not. Why then should they nowt He appealed to tbe Whig party, who had fought against every usurpation and corruption for fifteen years lo stand nobly on their principles, and not sacrifice their honor and integrity by coming into the market and voting away the public money for so miserable a purpose as securing the favor of Jackaon or his friends.

somehow

wan too

The State Debt of Massachusetts, on which interest is paid by the Commonwealth, is 91,207,091. In addition to this the State has issued and loaned to railroad companies, scrip lo the amount of 95,050,000.

OJttMXJVlC+lTEn.

R.. ITT FOR THE WABASft COTJBIES. Till! PURITANS—THE EXPRESS* Ac. Mr. Editorr~An article on the 25th of January appeared in tlie Wabash Express, part of which was from tbe Editor of that paer, part from the Editor of the "Democratic

Review," and part from Mr. LESTER'S book emitted "The condition and fate of England." The Democratic Review said that Bishop DOAXS of New Jersey, whose "Impressions of the Church of England," were rebuked severely by Mr. LESTER, "Had expressed an approbation of the English union of the Church and State but furnished not a particle of "toideuos io sustain the assertion. He then quoted a passage from Mr. LBSTKK in which, after the fashion of many of the political writers of the day, bigotry and servility are ascribed to the Bishop, and appended an extract from a speech delivered by the Bishop, in which it was said that tbe Puritans had "No transmitted authority from God to miniater in holy things," and that they **Fancied themselves

straitened in the enjoy

ment of religious liberty." Believing that the article in the Express (nearly a column in length) was intended to operate against the Episcopal Church in this Western country, I addressed the Editor," and requested him to inform me why be took every occasion to

ylnoe the brethren of the denomination of

¥*7 3f|§ ^3 A •&:

which he is a member in a favourable light' before the community, and to give a thrust at the English or American Bishops. also said, that "the head and front of Bishop DOANE'S offence consisted j* e^fjtrfeaing tho (q^ition, that the Puritans who first came'to this country fancied them^v^somehofr alfttighteoed in the rnjoymeot of religious liberty, #nd that they had no transmitted authority from God to minister in holy thingsj/' and aubjdMwd the following sentence, "That they^atftio transmitted authority from God to minister iu holy things is beXeyed bjuthousandsof Christians besides Bishop DOANE,notwithstandingall the twaddle which ignorant and de3%niog men have pubtished respecting the English Accession and as to religious liberty, who that itas read their history .Knows not thatthepuritans when in power wero*as intolerant as their persecutors had been, And that whore the Bible would not aoswer their purpose, the sword was considered a very good substitute."*^

In reply to my letter, the Editor of the Express favours his readers with along criticism (usually styled a lampoon) in which he adds insult to the injury already inflicted upon the Church. As 1 have determined to make no more communications to him. suffer me, Mr. Courier, to. notice in your sheet some of his remarks^ 1. He says, that "R. B. C. goes the whole figurof in sustaining Bishop D.'s dogma that the unfortunate Pilgrim fathers had no authority from God to minister in holy thing9, and adds that the same is believed by thousands of Christians besides Bishop D." I answer that 1 did not consider the opinion a proper subject for discussion in a political newspaper, and therefore simply remarked, that notwithstanding the twaddle of such men as the Reviewer on a particular point, it (the opinion) was held by thousands besides Bishop

DOANK,

Mr. was further reading a few words from the article, which did not reach tbe ear of the Reporter when the morning hour expired. JBy general ywsent how-. ^...wwrafwaswvs (Q pruceed to me expvr*ti«tt-of --posed that editorial courtesy would have for hOBf« irl/^An Bft/tk an I lnm/M\ 'PltAM

the House particular

ly to the (act that a subscription was raiaed and thenmount of the fine proffered to Gen. Jackson and, in tlie languag«'of Mr. Kendall, he accepted the money, and it

was

distributed among the widows and orphans

ol New Orleans. Who distributed it 1 Who authorized the distribution except Jackson himself 1 It was his own money, and it was' an act of liberality and magnanimity for which Gen. Jackson got credit at the time and now they came here, hacked by the entreaty of Jackson, to refund—what Money deposited in the public Treasury I No! But to pay back the money which he distributed in charily nmong the widows and orphans of New Orleans Where was the propriety, when he had accepted it as his own, and distributed it in this manner, of his coming back and asking it of Congress

letter was published—

And if that letter had been published, he doubled whether the Legislature of his friend from South Carolina or of his own State woulJ have ever undertaken to instruct their Senators and request the Representatives to vote for the refunding this fine. What! South Carolina, that was to bo hung in chains—that a rope was too good for—instructing her Senators and requesting her Representatives twenty-seven years after the transaction, to vote for the remission of this fine to this ''war-worn veteran!" No! There were other reasons for it. But all were committed to this- Even his excellent friend at the other end of the avenue, "Capt. Tyler," wns bidding for it in his message, and he had sent his representative, the gentleman from Massachusetts, here to make a second bid for it. The gentleman from Massachusetts had changed his vocation, if he had ever occupied the one attributed to him. The gentleman had denied, and Mr. B. would not charge him with it, although he would say that he was unaware of the impr(ssion which the speech had made on the House, bat when ho returned to his seat he had told the gentleman from Massachusetts that it was tho most licentious and profligate proposition ever submitted to any legislative assembly, and he bad been glad to hear the disclaimer of the gentleman. The speech and iho disclaimer had gone out to the world. He would not, after it, charge the gentleman with having layed the auctioneer but if he had, he had changed is position with equal facility to that with which he changed his political principles for the next time he had came down into :ne market place Bnd appeared as a bidder. And it was so with many others. But there was one likely to become a candidate for the Presidential c,hair through the influence of his friends, who stood on too lofty a pinnacle, as Mr. B. hoped his

meaning of course that there was

no more propriety in arraigning him in this way, than in arraigning thousands of others for their theological sentiments.

bidden such an allusion. Those editors who claim to be gentlemen do not often refer in this way to the private, reported opinions of their correspondents.! The same want of courtesy is perceptible in another passage: "It is not the first time ... that R. B. C. conjured up in his sensitive mind, matter of re proof for this press, nnd on grounds so slight, too, as to leave a painful imprecision with us, that

HIS OWN

2. "R. B. C. bone of them fthethousands] jsc^K^does-not fotond to do, whin ii ii

1 1

'sectarian* bigotry had more tQ

do with his own fault-finding, than tho mag nitude. of the offence commitled." This would be worthy of the Editor of the New York Herald. 1 have never before written to the Editor of the Express under the signature of R. B. C. He had no right, then, ac cording to the principles which regulate well bred editors, to refer to a communication un der any other signature, unless concealment or evasion were designed on my part, which is not pretended in this ease. And what is the evidence of my former "sectarian bigotry?" Let the render judge of it. In the Express of November 16, the following article appeared "PIETY.—The

English bishops

are fighting to see who shall step into the shoes of the Archbishop of Canterbury, before the breath is yet out of his body." On the 18th under the signature of Charity, I replied in a short article, and to show the improbability of tbe circumstance mentioned, stated that "tho worthy Arobfrishop..jfwns aeeord* ing to the last advices receiving the holy communion in Addington Church." The Editor* admitted the error, but remarked that it was a small affair. Now, this small affair of slander, which nobody ought to construo into a "thrust" at the English Bishops, has left a painful impression on his mind of my sectarian bigotry!! Mine, I apprehend, has not been too "sensitive nnd 1 can duly appreciate the candour and courtesy of the Editor, when he says, "No well-informed man, not blinded by the worst nnd most deplorable suspicions, could fail to discover motives other than those of a sectarian character for the defence of the Pilgrim Fathers published last week. This we say with a great degree of respect for the intelligence of R. B. C." 3. R. B. C. is one of the thousands, if common report speaks true. "But what of that I Can the 'belief' of a 'sectarian' cut off the word of life from nine-tenths of the Christiun world?" To say nothing further of the impropriety of discussing the theological opinions which may be imputed to me, (the Editor only a week before having declined the publication of a discussion on baptism,) I remark on this interrogatory, first, that a want of authority' to minister in holy things does not necessarily cut off from the word of life and secondly, that an almanac would have told the Editor, that ninefeen-fwentiel/is of the Christian world are now under the Episcopal Regimen, Mia theological knowledge is thus happily illustrated in a letter (lately published) from Germany A gentleman being asked by an unlettered priest in Bonn, whether he was a Catholic or Lutheran, replied, "Neither: I am an American." "What?" said the priest in amazement, thinking that his eyes rested on a Pagan idolater, "do you worship the Sun!"$ 4. "Can the pretensions of the Englinh Church interpose between God and his creatures?" This question argues but little for tbe modesty of the inquirer, when it is remembered that the Rev. Mr. WESLEY used the following language in reference to his brethren "I believe one reason why God is pleased to continue my life so long is, to confirm them ia their present purpose, not to separate from the [English] Church." **l dare not separate from the Church." "I believe it would be a sin solo do." (See his Sermons,

Vol. ii, 542,4.)

I should not have quoted this for insertion in a political paper, if had not been compelled to stand on the defensive. 5. On the subject of the "transmitted authority," the-Editor is grossly insulting to nioeteen-twentieths of the professedly christian world. Speaking of those who maintain its necessity, he says, "Is it at all surprising that Mr. LKSTSR....should condemn such nar-row-souled bigotry, and sectarian twaddle? and endeavours to enlist on his side tbe "Presbyterians, Congregationalism, Baptists, Uoiversalists, membera of tbe

Christian-body,

forgetting our Methodist brethren, dec." Now it so happens, that many of the strict Presbyterians, including tbe Dutch Beformed, hold as tenaciously,to the ministerial succession as

•Proaft of tbair ia tolerance were also addad. tTW» ia ow of the pfcraaca very common witfc a certain daaaof wriaw who wonld ba tfeoacfct to bacoaaMcraUy above w*a« tfaajr ara plcaaacl to style tbe awiawh multitude. Writes of "food taate," I before, baca rejeeted it—

Tbe eaaM latter tells ac, that a aebool-boy in Oaraaaay being asked, what parte of tba eartb yet ramaia nfctmwii 7 replied, The interior of Africa, aad tba Efasoi Stmte* of North

not

does the Churchman and that the Baptist* end members of tbo Christian-body are as exclusive an one pbtnt as he is on another. The more enlightened Methodists, I presume,* would agree with thei? founder at all events, they would not consent to be placed in the same category with-the Universalists, even in their opposition to the Protestant Episcopal Chprch. ..When, therefore, the Editor inveighs against narrow-souled bigotry, and sectarian twaddle, he not only insults Episcopalians, but condemns a large body amdng the Presby., terians, Baptists, members of the Christian-^ body, and Methodists* 1 beg lenvd here to express the hope that there is discipline in his class and that neither Presbyterians, Methodists. Universalists, nor others will take offence at what It have said, my remarks being intended to apply only to the Editor of the Express. 6. **Wear« surprised that any man livirig in the nineteenth century—and in this land of religious liberty too—could bring himself to defend opinions so little in unison with the spirit of the age." This language will do very well in the mouth of the infidel, when discoursing of the religion of the Bible. And I should be glad to know whether the friend' of the Editor who requested him to republish the review, dictated it. The spirit of the age is one thing among the disciples of the prophet at Nauvoo, and another among the worshippers of party at Washington one thing arnong the slave-holder* of the South, another among the abolitionists of the North. It certainly is not always tho spirit of the Gospel, and therefore Jam not surprised at the surprise of the Editor^ 7. "We do not intend that R. B. C. shall make any issufi with us not warranted by the *textv on which he predicates his remarks. That text is Lester's notice of Bp. D's speech at Coventry. With his religious opinions, or those of the respectable body of Christians to which he is attached, we havo nothing to do, nor shall we be induced to speak of them as such." When a writer assures me in one

I ii If ii ii ii ii I is a a re a

ftcsed that editorial' courtesv would have for- d0** intend to do, I take it for granted that

granted

sincerity and ingenuousness are not his prominent characteristics. He had said that I agreed in sentiment with Bp. D. touching the "transmitted authority "aud then had taken up a long paragraph to show with what contempt he could treat our religious opinions Instantly he tells us, that with our religious opinions he has nothing to do Is this in unison with the spirit of the Gospel Or does it agree with the political spirit of the ago The Editor attempts to display his patriotism by charging the Bishop with pouring "forth his soul about tho 'glorious privileges of a union of Church and State but of this there is not a particle of evidence in the extracts from Bp. D. contained in the Express of Jan. 25.* The true issue, therefore, between the Editor and myself is this, whether the Puritans were men who had a right to complain when apparently straightened in the enjoyment of religious liberty. 8. Such is the grovelling spirit of the age, that unless Christians are willing in certain things to "follow a multitude to do evil," they must consent to be hunted down and then sacrificed on the altar of public opinion. If an inhabitant of Illinois were to embark for London, and after his arrival were in Exeter Hull to lament the situation of the English or Irish familios who in this country had become Mormons, it is very doubtful whether the 'AmerteanizedP censors of Indiana would deei# it worth their while to call the 'narrow soul' to account. The Mormons are not yet sufficiently strong to rouse in their favor the feeling of religious patriotism. But if a prelate who has lived in New England, and who has mourned over the prevalence of Pantheism* of Transcendentalism, of Infidelity, and of that heresy which in his view is equivalent to a denial of his Lord and Saviour who has witnessed the beneficial effects of a Liturgy in staying the progress of error who has seen the workings of a system which from his heart he believes to be of heavenly origin who incompl#nce with his consecration-vows is ardently desirous of promoting the unity of faith for which his Saviour prayed, and for which he commissioned ministry, (Eph. iv.) ithe is so unfortunate as to utter a syllable in the presence of 'mitred bishops' his own equals,in behalf of a Liturgy or Episcopacy, why then the dogs of war roust be let loose Tray, Blanch and Sweetheart must, one and all, pull his'royal nose 'and that wellproportioned face, once so cheerful, must submit to tho torturing process of Puritanic .elongation "v 9. "It is not trne that our Methodist brethren have been favoured In our columns beyond others." A file of tbe Express, I am persuaded, would justify my remark on that point. 10. "On the score of services rendered, R. B. C. and bis Church is much more our debtor than the Methodists." For one, Mr. Editor, I deeply regret that 1 have not insisted upon paying for all ecclesiastical notices. Of course, from this time I shall ask no more favours of the Express'' s*11. This article in the judgment o^-iUe JExpress may be "in remarkable [or remarkably] bad taste because uncalled for." I can only reply to such critiques, De gustibus nil disputandum. If I may be allowed to make the allusion, the money-changers in the days of our Lord's ministry, who had taken up their residence in the temple, no doubt looked upon his "scourge of small cords" at applied in very bad taste, more especially as being uncalled-for! (John ii.) R. B. C.

*1 hav^oot teen able to procure a copy of the Dsn. Review. The New England Parltsns atWed their placet of worship* 'meeting hooaee," and abjured sll but sqaars windows. It is not to be aoppoeed that they oonld appreciate the lines which Milton—himself a Puritanwrote concerning "storied windows richly dight," and the grand catbedral-aemoM wbicb, said be, "l5iwol*e me Into ecstacwe, I ,*

Ami bring all Hearen before ifty eyes." Mr. Everett, oar present minuter at the court of St. James, ia a deeeeodant of the Puritans. A few montbe since, he accepted of tba honorary degree of h. L. D. which was conferred open him by tba University of Cambridge, one of the froita of that "bloated excrescence on tbe hopes of a gallant nation," by aome atrled the "Bulwark of tba Reformation.* Worse than this, he attended a meeting at which it wss proposed to rttiss a earn Of money for the cathedral at York, and made a most nnpnritanks speech, "msoiatering to tbe pampered ineolence of iboae who entertained him." Quart Wil! ba be stigmatised as «n "oniioesl and bsstsrd eon," by those who *nfamiliar with eaeb pbraaea, and will he in eonssqaence ba recalled by government

MMoet

truly it may be affir

med (said Mr. E.) if religions feeling is not awakened in tbe heart of man oa entering aoeba bnildingss this minster, tt ne'er can by human means beawsksaed. If be does not in such a building gain some new views of the dignity of bis own immortal natare, if be', doce not derive some n«w coneeptiom of the power of. tbe spirit that dwells within himself, a tpirit abU to tfigctnve, f»d abU to e#*** wprfa itsimtd to otOlitx ferafeM O* WIikote «fc rautd ikem, ttiUwon. Sir, toaepum not more dmW Um oftlm gr«utmt and mmpp*uiatk maksty Him fe joftoa OsM ll|HrU9 mmHHQg*