. Correspondence of tht Public Lsdgsr
mon Washington. -
Waminoto!, Feb. 13th, 1947.
Mr. Ritchie expelled from the floor of the Sc
vntrThe AVim from England Th
Volunteer.
The wnr instead of being wiped against (he
rnemy le now very seriously going on in the
Senste and House of Representatives. The
Whole of yeeterday wit spent in the Senate in
discussing the propriety pf expelling the repor
ton of Mr. Ritchie tod the venerable editor to
toot The session lasted til! past 6 o'clock to
the afternoon. Senators in the fight actually
forfeiting tbe cravings of their stomschs, and
the membere of the House, instead of do;ng any
tuaine, coming info the lobby of the Senate
tt see the fun. The acene was truly magnifi
cent a struggle between Mr. Turney and
John C. Calhoun, with Judge Duller coming
to the rescue of the laitpr to prevent the cham
p'on of "the balance of power pirty,"aa Mr.
Turney called him, from soiling bia own glit
tering weapon in the conflict Turney ia a
Cii'i fellow, with quite respectable ahare of
talent, fie ia a whole tooled Tennr-esean, who
would have answered well to guard the portal
if the temple of liberty with a battle-axe; but
u the measure of ewurds, he waa no match to
Vie parliamentary champion of en many cam
tiitna. lie fought, however, bravely ; and ia
nose, no doubt, fairly in the way of recovering
from hia wound. To-day the debit? waa con
tinued, and have just (4 o'ekek, P. M.) left Mr.
Yulee speaking, who waa fast df fining bia
potion. ' lie would not admit that the execu
tive ni any thing to do with the organ, and
thit censure might freely be bestowed on the.
letter without tarnishing the reputation of the
fiirmer. lift waa right. If the President were
nflnwrraMe for every paragraph which appear
in the new-papers ef xlre prty, he would cer
tainly 'have to answor for more than he agreed
in in assuming the dutiee of hia office ; and on
the other aide there certainly waa m-me jnstice
in i he argument that in excluding Mr. Ritchie
fom thejZoorof the Senate, but admitting him
with all other citizena to the galleries, he waa
n.ft deprived of a right, but merely of a print"
Irgt granted him by a rule of that body. Yet
let the miller be viewed in whatever light it
may, tbe Senate and the public have gained no
thing by this procedure. Two entire Hays of
the abort remaining evasion have been loot al
ready, and the acene yesterday in the Senate
certainty did more injury to the dignity of that
body than all tha publications possible of Father
It tchie. Depend on it, the expulsion of Mr.
R.tchie from the floor of the Senate will make
him, if not the President of the United Statea,
as Mr. Van Duren waa made President by his
rejection by the Senate at least Governor of
the honorable and ancient Commonwealth of
Virginia.
The House, of course, has done working to
ilny, members being occupied principally with
listening to the debates ot the Senate, and in
caucuses referring to the military appointments.
The Pennsylvania delegation had a meeting to
remonstrate against the appointing of but six
ci.npanios uuder ibe new lnw front Pennsylva
nia. To-day the Preaidcnt yielded to eight,
but the Delegation wants inure than a regiment
and some a Brigadier General.
The President here asked for the privilege
of appointing two additional Major Generate,
DTid four Rrigadier Generals. Aa regards the
appointnI?Q'e from Pennsylvania, three coinpa
nieaonly are so far accepted from Philadelphia,
viz. Captain Butler's, Captain Seyborg'e aod
Captain Carr's, I believe. The State wante
the remaining five perhaps ten companies, wiih
the regimental field officers. It ia thought that
aathe sickly season is fsst approaching, tht
President had perhaps better call a couple olre
giments from the neighboring States of Mary
land, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York,
and fiend them down at once to the theatre of
war, instead of distributing them among the
different Statea ond lose the time necessary for
their rendezvous.
The news from Europe ia looked upon gene
rally aa favorable. Aa to thu leltere of marque
which the Mexican Consul in I-ondon thought
tit to offer "for sile," the administration expects
no difficulty from them. The British press it
pelf has taken the matter in hatal and proceeded
against the enonni'y of the proceeding. But
there is besides a treaty between England and
the United Slatea in regard to privateers, which
prohibits the government of Great Britain from
tolerating audi proceeding, fhe, al thia mo
ment, would be the greatest sufferer by it. But,
in addition to thai, the ever watchful Secretary
of State, has given the subject his special atten
tion and has taken the proper official steps to ar
rest so outrageous a proceed it. g in the outset.
Should privateers nevertheless attempt pira
cy on our commerce, it ia to be hoped that the
ciew of everyone of them, if taken by our men
of-war, will be immediately swung of at the
yard arm for an example.
The question r4 privilege in the Senate haa,
for while, arrested not only the action of the
legialature, but to a certain extent also that of
the adminislntioc. They are now waiting fur
the emoketo bio away, in order to Ml down
lie damage done by the enemy 'a fire.
C)eEaxn.
P. S. The vote on expelling Mr. Ritch e
from the floor of the Senate haa just uvea taken.
Ayee27, noes 21. snd consequently agreed to.
M. Girard de Bxy, lawyer .f Paris, lately
gave a bait to bia friends io honor of bia hun
dredth birth day. The leading members of the
Parisian bar were present, and tbe jolly old
coatenariaa led off tbe first dance with dam
sel of fifteen, io tery lively style.
Dirraaaa in Scotland. The cry of distress
for want of food, which come 'from Scotland,
though drowned by the greater one from Ire
land, is still painful Jo hear. We give the fol
lowing few extracts from Icttera addressed to
the Rev. Dr. McLeod. Dean of the Chapel
Royal, Kcniland.
From tht Re: J, Dewar, Parish of Kit
machin, "There is painful peculiarity mark
jng our present destitution. In past years of
scarcity wetould calculate onaure protpectU
relief from the nutate crop, and the end of July ;
bat this year there are no pulstore in ttore vt J a- CJ?J:"' f' J1'"1 E'
' . , r , , Mt and Coal (MKce, corner nf&tnnd Cf nut
prtmptct. Meal must be our sjle and entire 1 street, Phitadrh'hta, it hi ttffir .V inn
support. In a word, my own opinion ia that ' ,imh H-reH. JS IWeV. K. Corner Bat
tliero aw triala swaiting u in the lliiihland timore mi1 Cnh ert ., Haltimm-r, anrt ,V 16
for the next nine months, such as ue.lher we :
nor out fsthers over experienced. Never were j
the aid end sympathy of a genernu public more '
required than thry are this year." !
r. .i it v n !, . i
From the Re. H m. h nnrr, Pa, h nVU a
"I believe illsbyond the power of many j
individuals to keep themselves in life till su.n I
mer. It is a common case fur me to have an , printing ink jnM received, and for sals at Phila
application from a family of a x persons, w ho detphia pricss.
did not taste food, they siy, for twt daya prev--
ously, either fur the loan of nrmey, or whst w ill j
serve aadiet. In ahort, I jiv it as my candid'
opinion that there wtll. be ninny deaths here
soon unless something be done iminedini- ly."
From David Hot, Eq., Pariah of Tuber- j
mory have met with men and woman who
declared that they had not lasted food for twenty-four
hours; and lately a womin applied to
rn fr relief, who . declared tht she snd h'r
husband both lived on three halfpence worth of
barley menl for two - day. The emaciated
forms of men, womin and children, my con
vince the aupertlcial observer that Ihe distress
is deep and general."
In a very judicious letter from the Rev. Ar
chibald Clerk, parish of Kilmallie, it is stnted
that out of a population of nearly fftXKt in that
parish, there are 3140 requiring aid, ami G53
requiring instsntfood to prevent stnrvstion.
The Rev. Donald Macdonsld, Incumbent of!
Kilmeny, Islsy, thus writes "My information
leads me to say that there are in the vilUpen
and other localities in lely upwards of.VWKI
souls, whose pressing wants snd impending
atarvation demand immediate relief"
Rraoino subscribed on the first day 92000
of the sJTjOttfl required for the Telegraph through
that town In Pottsville. The Gxxette man of
that city is thrown into ec-tssies at the pros
pects of that thriving town. He ssys;
"lna lew weeks we shall have a City Char
ter in a k.w months (we trust) Gss I.tghu
soon within talking distance of Philadelphia,
New York, Washington and Pittsburg--and
erelong, without doubt, oneot the stations ot
Ihe Philadelphia, Sunbuiy and Erie Railroad.
What would our forefathers ssy who lived in
the days when Resding waa 'the little Dutch
town, away up in the mountjiiiK V "
The Ten Nsw IUomtNTa. Considerable
iiiteissl ia felt in relation to the nominations
lor officers of the new regiment, which were
to be sent into the Senate by the President on
Mondsy. Il is staled that under Ihe bill, just
passed, four companies will be received troiu
Maryland snd one from Delaware ; from New
York seven coinpaniea; New Jersey three;
Rhode laland one company; Maine three; New
Hampshire two; Connecticut two; Vermont
two; or one regiment from New England.-
Probably Ohio and Pennaylvania will escli fur
nish a regiment, and North Cartdma, South
Carolina, and Virginia, one conjointly. The
mounted nten will be taken from tle Western
Stales, Tennestee and Kentucky.
TAe Ten Reoimknt Bill. The report ot
the committee ot conference on Ihe ten regi
ment bill having been concurred in by both hou
sea, tbie important measure now is a law, bs-
viag received the signature of the Presidei.l
The firat aection of the bill, aa it finally passed.
is aa followa :
Be it enacted by thu Senate and Honre ot
Representatives of the United Siateaof Ameri
ca, in Congresa assembled. Thai, in addition tu
the present military establishment of Ihe Uni
ted Ststes, there shall be raised and organized,
under the direction of the President, one regi
ment of drsgoons and nine regiments of infan
try, each to be composed ot the ssme number
and rank of commissioned officers, non-commis
aioned officers, musicians and private., &c, as
are provided for a regiment of dragnona and in
fantry, respectively, under t-xisiing laws, and
who shall receive tbe ssme pay, rations, and al
lowances, be subject to tbe ssme regulations.
aod to the roles and articlea of war : Provided,
That it shall be lawful for Ihe President of the
United Statea, alone, to appoint such of the
commissioned cnieere authorised by litis act,
below the trade of field oflkers, as may not be
appointed during the present session. Provi
ded, also, Thai one or more ol the regiments of
infantry authorized to be raised by thia aection
may, al the discretion of the Prtaidi nt, be orgs
nixed and r quipped aa voltiguers and aa foot ri
lemen, and be provided aith a rocket aiid
mountain howiU r battery
EPIGRAM.
4Tes in tha ball-room's inasy round,
A bssuiisus form I saw,
Tba sweetness ,-her eevntenanre,
Aroand did snaHy draw.
She apoks in ailvsry accents low,
Aad with a syren's league,
I beard her whisper ! frisad
"Sal. g it while you're ,ug .'"
THE AMERICAN
aWwrday, t-ttntarp SO, 1847.
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iHee, tar mihrneHpUon or ailverlUInt:
E. W. CAR It. rnrner of Third and Dock
S'refM. SHn Dnildinff, opposite Merchants
r.rchanpt. I'tiiliidi Iphia, ts ohn author) ted to
fl(.f ng ouf Agrnf
. .
(j Psinhko Ihk A fresh supply of superior
07 We are indebted to lbs Hon. James Pol
lock, and to Capt. Samuel Hunter, of tha Legis
lature, for documents.
We shall endeavor to improve the sppesr
snce of our paper, w ith new type, Ac , in the
cotute of a Tew months.
Cy" The communication ol ' t 'gi'-'iei' came
too lute for this week's paier. Its contents are
of a character that shoiilj riot be made public,
without due reflection.
OT" Awrtx Mi'kiiks anu Slicipk. Esrly on
TueJsy morning last, Mr. Daniel Snydur, of
Mahontango township, Schuylkill County, near
tbe line of this connty, wss murdered in a most
shocking manner by bis wile, who b.d been iniane
for morstban a year past. : Itsppears that Mrs.
Snyder got up about day break, leaving her hus
band fust ssleep, went down stairs, and returned
a ahorl time afterwards with sn a tie. Several
of her children attempted to interfere and give
the alarm, but too late. She auuk lbs axe into
the bead of her unronicious husband, who waa
thus hurried from time to eternity without a
atrusiile. The unfortunate woman then finished
the bloody tragedy by cutting her own throat
with a razor or a butchsr knife. The neighbors
were shortly after railed into witneaa Ihe lite-
less bodies of both husbsnd snd wife. Mr. Sny
der was a stibtsntia1 and well doins farmer.
about 40 yrais of sge. ' His wife wss the daugh
ter of the lute Daniel Herb, of Upper Mahonoy,
in Ihia county. She had been at the hospital, we
understand, without however receiving any bene
fit
(XT Tsi.auBru to Fotivii.ls A company
has been formed, and tbe sto-:k taken, Io con
struct s line of lbs tnsgnttic telegraph from Phi
ladelphia to Pottsville. We do not know how-
soon it may rracb us, but presume before many
yesrs this mode of communicating intelligence
will become very general throughout the Union.
CC7" A New Fi-rsaci!. Our neighbors, the
good citizens of Milton, havs had a meeting,
and have unanimoio-l v resolved, that Milton
is a great place for ironworks, and that ibith
ith Jbey are determined to hare an An
thracite Furnace, and as soon sfter ss convenient
also a Rolling Mill of the largest dimensions
This, they say, is not to er.d in windy resolves
this time, but to assume the shape of a veritable
bonnfitle Furnace and Rolling Mill. The editor
of the Miltonian imsgines that be can already
hesr the ponderous rr.schinery ofthe rolling mill,
and the roaring blsst of the furnace. We sin
cerely hojie Ihe fondest aspiratioue and brightest
visions of our good neighbors may be reslised.
Z7" Fsthsb RiTcnir It will be aeen that
Mr. Ritchie, the editor of lbs Washington Uninr.,
hss been expelled or rather deprived of bis privi
lege on tha floor of the Senate chsmber. He wss
charged with having published libela on ths Ss
nate, particularly in an article aigned 'Vindica
tor.' We do not like to see Ibe libertv of the
Press encroscbed on, but ws think the editor wss
entirely too dictatorial in his conduct, for A roe
ricsn freemen to.brar with. The vote stood 27
to 21 for expulsion. . All tba whigs and four de
mocrats, via : Calboun, Hntler, Westcott and
Yulee voting fur espulsiou.
07 Seat or Jnsrica An effort is now ma
king to remove tba srat of justice fiom Oi wigs
burg to Pottsville. A bill is now before the le
gislalura to leave tha matter to a vote of the peo
pie. As ths ssme thing wss done in Columbia
county, ws presume it will not be denied in
Schuylkill county.
C7 Ths charter of the Tlainfteld Bank waa
repealed a few weeka aiocs, by ths New Jersey
legislature. The Lehigh County Bank chatter
will'slto be repesled by ths Pennsylvsnis legis
Isture, a bill to that effect having already psised
the house by a unanimous vote.
E7 Tbe companies accepted from Pennsyl
vsnis, under the ten regiment bill, are Captain
Butler's dragoons, Capt. Biddle'a infantry, Sy
berg's and Banird'a from Phitsdelphia; Thurs
ter's, from Csrlisls ; Guthrie's from Pittsburg;
Irvmg's, Juniate ; Moore's, Bedford and Frank
lin, making eight companies from Pennsylvania.
Tbe field officers will probably be Colonel,
Gen. Ramsay, of York county, an experienced
Military man ; Llsut Colonel, Col. Johnson, of
Maryland, an officer of tbe rsgular army ia Mex
ico ; Major, Major Morgan, of Bradford, a grad
uate of West Point, wke served through the Flo
rida war ; Surgeon, Professor Gibson, ef Baltimore
D7" NoaTHi MataLANo Couatv. From tha
Auditor General'a reporf we learn that thia
tounty paid Into the State Treasury, during
tha past year as follows : , ,. ' ;
Tsx on real and personal property," (Farnaworth
andGulick) $17,669 21
Tavsrn licenses I . ' 430 00
Retailer's licsuaes 417 08
Militis fines 183 64
Tax on writs, Prolh. 134 40
Register, ate. 209 02
... , ;;, , 119,263 CS
Nothing fur psdli-rs lireusss. tax on certain
offices, or collateral inheritaiive. '
Tax on bank dividends ' ' 1 ,7 : 4 00
On coroporstion stocks 1,010 00
Northumberland Bridge 10 bO
Milton Diidge 13 77
$2,778 37
Tbe people of the county received from the
State Treasury during the asms period; '
For school purposes $,449 63
Pensioners 77 00
Abatement of Stats tax 082 30
3.7'8 95
2S2 23
Int'st on rel'f notes; b'k of Northd
IL- Pnoseci'Tno Ai-roastr A bill is now
pending in tbe legiilnture to elect prosecuting
sttorneys in Ihe seversl counties Kvery year
the power ami patronage of the governor is more
and more curtailed. We are not prepared to ray
that the chants would be a good one, but as pro
tbonotaries, justices of Ihe peace, kc sre elected,
it is not morn than demoristic that prosecuting
attorneys should pass through the same oid-sl.
07" Thk Famimi in laii.Aao seems to havs
swskened the whole country to a senis of the
suffering condition of lbs people in that unhappy
country. Immense sums of money and provi
sions will be sent from this country. When it
is recollected that nine months must elapse he
lore they csn have a harvest, snd that hundreds
sre daily dying of sctusl atarvation, their appeal
to our sympathies are of a character not to be
resisted. The following table will show st a
glance some of the result of efforts made in this
cause throughout the country. There have been
rsised :
fly general subscription in N. Y. city
$12 300 50
2 nno 00
3 000 00
2 000 00
I 000 00
1 230 00
New York Stock Fxrhsnge I'onrd
Chorrh of tha Holy Cio-a, Potton
By subscriptions in Pittsburg. Pa.
Do ; do ' Jersey city
Do. da St Louis, Mo.
De do Rochester. N. Y
363 00
7 200 00
Society of Friends, Phi lad
A member of Society of Friends, PliiUU 1.777 00
Reporters in Congress 103 00
Resides these amounts alresdy contributed, ac
tive efforts for relief are making over the whole
country, which will greatly incrssse the fund.
Bishop Potter, of Peimiylvania, haa suggested to
the clergy of his diocess, that ths first Sundaay
in March be set spsrt ss a day of special prayer
and for raising contributions.
Appoint maaHe fine Canal Csnnliiltstri,
arrsatsvasDCNT or motivs: rowra.
Tbomss J Power, en the Portsge Railroad.
James Boon, Assistant, do.
coi.r.rrroas.
John F Houston, Columbia.
Joshua Fackler, Out-let Lock at Portsmouth.
George W Pstterson, Hollidaysburg.
Jsmes S Csmpbell, Berwick.
Jamea A Dunlap, F-atton.
William R Burton, New Hope.
scrsRvisoa, .
William K Huffnagle, Delswsre Division.
WBinil-MASTSaS.
A P Moderwell, Weigh seales at Columbia.
FRWest, do Hollidaysburg.
Chas E Weygandt, do F.sston.
S1A1K A6XSTS.
H A Bnggs, on the Portsge Rsilroad.
Ssmtivl J Smith, do
' Joseph G Bsrr, do
George Minnick, on the Columbia Railroad.
John Mathiot, do
J K Miller, do
Charles Beidslman, do
Tux Msssaos of thk Pbesidsst The Presi
dent sent a messsge to Congress on Saturday last,
in relation to the prosecution of tbe war. This
is an important paper, and its recommendations
will engsge ihe serious consideration of Congress.
Men and means are both necessary to carry on
a war successfnlly, and the messsge points out
the mode which he deems most suitable to sup
ply both. He recommends thst provision be
msde for tha appointment of a Major Genfrsl of departments, both bouses of Congress, demo
and Brigadier General ofthe ten new reeiments, j crt;g ind whigs, bee It over head into tbe Pnto
as the number of officers of these gradva now in j mae ; and I believe they would act right in to
Ihe aervice, are not more tban are required from
their respective commands. Authority is also
asksd to receive the services of the twelvemonth
volunteers, after their present term shsll espire
and Io give them bonntiea. These men, hsving j
a year's expericute and discipline, will make the
moit efficient soldiers for service, and be a'eus
tomed to the climate. This seems to be an ex
cellent auggestion. . He also desires to fill vacan
cies in the volunteer corpa, occasioned by the
resignation, (tc, of officers. More than a hun
dred have resigned, and tbsir places bsve not yet
been filled by the State authorities lhat appoint
ed them. A tax on tsa and coffee to bs limited
to the war, and graduation of the prices of Ihe
public lands, will, sccording to tha President's
estimate, yield about three millions of dollars.
The amount from these sources would prevent
lbs necessity of incurring a public debt annually
to thai amount, tbe interest on which must bs
paid aemi-annnally, an$ ultimately the debt it
self, by a tax on the people.
Tba Commerce of the New York eanala last
year amounted to $115,732,780. The trade of
tha canals is half equal to tha commerce of the
Umtsd Slates with Ihe whole world
Canal Trads.
i Frem the Canal Commisaioners' Report, the
Miltonian ssys, we leara that during tbe canal
fisrsl year of 1818, there were sent esst on ths
csnal from Northumbsrlsnd 200,134 bushels of
wheat. This would comprise tha wheat aent
from thia side of Willismsport, on the West
Branch, and this side ef Berwick, on the North
Branch,ml tells well for the productiveness of
our country. Daring tbe same period 83.443
buahela e(snd were sent, including, we suppose
corn, cloverseed, flaxseed, See. 130 333 pounds
bflesther, 4.308.593 feet of bosrdsj 1,370,814
pounds of groceries, 030,493 ditto of hardware,
0.900 gallons of whiskey, 0,831 tons of coal. 4,
913 tons iron ors, 33.333,774 pounds of pig iron.
10,137,912 pounds bar and sheet iron, 31,793
pounds or better, 5.029 barrels of flour, and 30.
399 pounds of i sgs were alio sent.
There were received at Northamberland, fiom
the South, during the year, 1, 15(5,789 pounds of
coffee, 1,089,428 pounds of dry goods, 3.070,008
pounds of groceries, I.21C.393 pounds of hard
wsre snd cutlery, 22,573 bushels of salt, 10.3H2
tons of eosl. (prnhsbly Shsmokin eosl intended
for the branches.) 2 2fi2 tons of gypum, 20,130
pounds of pig iron, 300 591 pounds of bar snd
sheet iiou, and 20 000 pounds of dry hides, snd
many other srticles. The amount of tolls re
ceived wss SIO 008 63
From Williamsport there were sent est 00,.
3 17 bushels of w hest, 5 030.773 feet of boards,
plank, &c , 1 031,303 shingles, 17,370 bush. U
ofaslt, 1 G4G tons of coal, C23.720 pounds of pig
iron, 157,105 poumls of bar and sheet iron. 121.
C00 pounds of nails snd spikes, 3 C75 pounds of
butter. Tolls received f 9.52G 93.
From Diuinsbiirg there were sent east 119 211
bushels of w heat, 3,700.550 lbs. of pig iron. 98,.
100 pounds of catting, 2 083.522 pounds of bar
and sheet iron, 10,129 pounds of nails, 10.071
poumls of butter. Tolls received S17.6S7 50.
From Berwick there were 40 bushels of whest
sent southward, 20.980 pounds of leather, 1,200
pounds of wool, 4,313,196 feet of lumber, 12,
210 pounds of window blinds, 1,289 bushels of
salt, 169.002 tons of COAL, 2,030,093 pounds of
pig iron, 119.412 pounds of castings, 50,0 10
pounds of blooms snd snchonies, 193 381 pounds
of bar and sheet iron. 18.930 pounds of nails and
spikes, and 52,530 pounds oflacon. Toll re
ceived $75,596 93.
in the above statement we have given only
tome of the principal articles of trade by canal
It will be aeen that there were sent south bushels
of wheat from
Northumberland, 200,154
Williamsport, 90 347
Dimiisburg, 119 211
Total bushels 4G9.712
Principally from tbe Wett Branch Country.
Iron in pounds, sent south by canal from
Pigs.
23.333.774
2.030.093
3.700.550
C23.720
Bar & sheet.
10.457,012
193. 381
3 094 716
1.17.405
Nnrthumberlsnd
Berwick
Dunnsburg
Williamsport
Totsl 32.294.737 13.903.414
There were sent pounds of iron in csstings,
blooms snd snchonies, ttc, from
Castings. Nails, fcc, Blooms, fcc.
Willismsport 2,000 121. COO
Dunnsburg 98,100 10,129 2,683,332
Berwick 119,412 18.930 50.010
219 512 130 039 2.7.13.572
The toll on wheat is one half cent a mile for
1000 pounds on pig iron 4 mills per 1000
pound csstings, blooms and anchouiss 5 mills
nails, bar or rolled iron 6 mills.
Thk Sskaii and thk Horsa Nfr. Westcott
of Florida, one of tbe members of the U. S. Sen-
ate, in tp.-aking upon the expulsion resolution j
sgainst Mr. Ritchie, indulged in tome comments i
of a very strsnge character, which a member of j
the House has attempted to bring ta tbe notice of
that body. The remarks of the Senator were
as follows :
"I wsrn the democracy of this country, the
people of this country, that they do not know
one-twentieth part of the corruption, the fecu
lent, reeking corruption, in this respect, in this
government for yesrs psst. I tell Ihe people of
this country that the government and institutions
of this country hsve been, and will be, used as a
machine te plunder them for office beggars, and
to perpetuate the possession of political power.
I solemnly believe if tha people of the United
6tates knew tbe manner in which their govern
ment waa conducted, if they could be all assem
bled at Ihe city of Washington, they would be
excited to kick up revolution in twenty-four
hours, which would tumble the President, brsds
doing
Statistics or rue Oaoxa or Oi Fet l.ows
roa 1816 From tha Odd Fellow, Pocket, Diary
just published, we extrsct the following interest
ing ststistics of the Order in the United States
for 164 1
No. of Subordinate Lodges " 092
" Initiations, 32.310
Contributing Members, ' DO. 753
No. ef brothers relieved 11.319
" widowed fsmilies relieved 817
" brothers buried 483
Revenue of Lodges $708,206 10
Ami psid for relief of kros 131217 02
widowed familiea : 13.G86 13
: education of Orph. 3.674 23
. ' . .burying tba deed 22 786 01
Total amount for relief
197 317 00
Tws GasAT Gre made in England to replace
Ihe 'Peacemaker,' is to be put on board tbe bomb
ketch at Brooklyn, aod taken te the Gulf, te be
uaed at Vera Crua.
Hon. John Davis waa on Wednesday re-elected
a U. S. Senator by tha Massachusetts Legislature.
Congressional Proassdlnsjs.
The Wilmot Provi o Adopted by tht Ilo
and the Three Million Dill containing
patted by that body.
Washington, Feb. 1
Srnatb. Mr. Webster offered two resolut
the first declsring thst the war with Me
ought not be prosecuted for the acquiaition of
ritory to form new Statea to be added to tha
on, and the second, thst our government 01
to signify to Mexico thst the United Statea 1
not desire to dismember that Republic, am
ready to treat for peace, for the liberal adj
ment of a boundary line, and for the Just inder
ty due by either government to tbe citixen
the other.
On Mr; Webster's motion, these resolut
were laid apon the table, to be called up ber
ter, when he will speak upon them.
The bill Io provide for the construction of 1
steam frigatea was passed.
The bill to extend the Naval Pensions for
yesrs was also passed.
The three million bill wss then taken up.
Bsgby defended the administration, and char
the annexation of Texas as being the immed
cause of the war. Mr. Badger hss the floor
to-morrow.
The Senate then west into seciet session
executive business, and sfterwarda adjourned
Horse The three million bill wss tsken
in committee, aad Mr. Pendleton mads a b
speech. At 12 o'clock the debate wss clot
and they proceeded to the vote. Sundry ame
ments were proposed and rejected.
Mr. Hamlin proposed as sn amendment '
Vfilmtd proviso, which wss adopted by a vot
110 to 89.
Mr. Dromognole offered a substituts for t
whole bill, snd this Mr. Ashman moved to smr
by adding the Wilmnt proviso, which moti
prevailed by 105 yeas to 77 nsys, after whi
the substitute, as amended, was rejected.
Tbe committee then rose and reported the o
ginal bill to the House, with one amendment, t
Wilmot proviso.
The previous question was thensmended, a
the smendment sgreed to 115 to 106.
Mr. Promgoole moved to lay the bill and
mendments upon the table, which wss negativ
by a vote of 98 to 122.
The bill as amended wss then read a thi
time and passed, the vote standing, yeas 11
nays 105.
February 10.
Sksatk. The resolutions of the Lrgitlstii
of i'ennsylvsnia against the introduction of si
very into new territory srquired or annexed 1
the Union, were presented by Messrs. Csmen
and Cor win.
The appropriations for dry docks at Kitten
Me., at Philadelphia and at Pensacola were the
adopted in the same shape as they came from th
House.
The resolutions of the Legislature of Ohi
were presented for the increase of the pay c
volunteers snd complimentary to Ceneials Tsy
lorand Scott.
Mr, Carroll, from the Military Committee, re
ported back tbe joint resolution returning thank
to General Taylor, with a recommendation tha
the Senate's amendments be sgreed to.
Mr. Thompson, Mississippi, moved to amen
by directing the presentation of gold medals tr
Generals Butler, Henderson, Twiggs and Quit
man, and one to the nearest relative of Brig
Gen. Hsiner, deceased, and expressing the regre'
orthe nation at the death ofthe latter. Thr
amendment of Mr Thompson was then adopted,
124 yeas to 21 nays, and thus amended, the a
tncmlinent of the Senate was agreed to.
ArrxARAftcK or Ma. AtiMs Mr. S. Q.
ADAMS entered the House at half past eleven
o'clock on the 13th Inst , conducted by several
members, colleagues and othera, and by one orx
two persons connected with foreign delegations.
There wss a pause at onra in the proceedings of
tbe body. Tha members upon the Whig side
rose as if by instinct promoted by a feeling of a
high respect for the man. There were many who
also rose upon the other side, and all eyes were
directed upon the venersble member from Mas
sachusetts. In drawing for seats at the commencement of
the session, the seat of Mr. Adams hsd been a
warded to Mr. Andrew Johnson, of Tenn. Mr.
J. at once addressed the Chair and ssid that in
accordance with a atatement and promise msde
by him at the commencement of the session of
Congress, he now resigned his desk to Mr. Ad
ama. it gave bim great pleasure to do so, and
still more plessure to see that that honorable
member had so far recovered aa to be able to re
sume his sest.
Mr. ADAMS thanked the member from Ten
nessee for his kindness in surrendering a seat to
which he, (Mr. A.) had ne right, and especially
for the kind manner in which he had made that
surrender. He thanked the members of the House
also, and of all parties for the kindness in which
he had been received, and he regretted that his
voire would not allow bim to express those
thanks as he could with.
In Milwaukie land distrlrt, In Wistonsin, 7u0,
000 seres of Isnd hsve been sold within twelve
months, lesving but 500,000 subject to entry.
Ths steamship May Queen wti burnt at Ma
rietta last week. One thousshd barrels of flour
were consumed, and other frieght. The boat
waa insured at $3000.
SrcrtE ia arriving now Very freely, by al
moot all the packets trom Europe. The Bava
ria, from Havre, we understand, has f 100,000.
Yet there ere some people who insist that mo
tif will be very scarce during the next sixty
daya. Such persons should by all mean gather
their money into slocking and bury it, . It mo
ney ia scarce thia Spring, it will never be plen
ty while the world stands. --Journal of Com-mere.