THE COLUMBIA SPY. "Hero shall tke Press, tke People's rights miguntatx— Vaamed by Ilififtence—unbraid by gain." Columbia, Pa., Saturday, December 7,1550. Og".Mr. C. M. CLztvELL is authorized to re ceive subscriptions for this paper. 13:7 - The "Past and the Present" will appear in our no—.t. =The President's \1..,-age and the report of the reception of the Susquehanna Eng;no, occu py so much room, that a c have necessarily been obliged to itlll Inge upon our editorial columns. Congress and the President's Illessage. The second session of the thirty-first Congress commenced at V.'ashington on Monday last. Af ter organizing, the President's Message—an ab stract of which will be found In our paper—was received and read. Being the first message from Mr. Fa.i.monu, it was looked for with great anx iety. It is a creditable paper, and meets with general approval. There is one feature in it that all must admire—its brev y ;—a feat ure that v% ill induce mane to read it who would not do so if it occupied too ye or fourteen ordinary columns. Nothing of importance has been transacted in either branch of Congress. Rev. 31r. By I LEIC was elected Cliaplam of the Senate, and Rev. 31r. Gmci.cv Chaplain of the House. Mr. I3EN rov, on Wednesday last, gave notice of several bills— among Ns hich was one for the construction of a railroad from St. Lotus to San Francisco. By our next sue Congress will hate got rightly under may, m hen N% e will be able to give condensed, though collect, report.; of the pm- ( ercht a. Jenny !Lind in Italtisnore. The distinguished "Queen of Song, of our readers already know, will g:ve concert.. in Baltimore next week. As this will proba bly be the last opportunity our citizens will have to hear the sweet warbler, the facd.ties afforded by the Baltimore & Susquehanna Rail road Company will no doubt be embraced by hun dred,.. The Company proposes to issue ticket., for the round trip. including a ticket of admis sion to e:ther ‘,l the concerts, at the follow:mg rates: From Ilarrburg, to Baltimore and back, $7.50 Lanca , ter do. " Columbia do. do. ‘Vriglitsville do. do. r.,00 <, York do. do. Purchasers of tickets from Harrisburg and Lancaster can come by any of the trains of the Harrisburg and Lancaster Rad road to Colut»bia, and thence by any of the company's trains to Baltimore. The arrangements are p-rfect, that purchasers need have no fear of being disap pointed. DP 4 :I Etat - live Tornado. Oar of the most destructive tornadoes passed over the town of Cape Girattleao, below St. Louis, on Saturday la-d, that has ever been ex perienced in the Mississ ppi valley. It complete ly denu d e-bed seventy or eighty 01 the finest buildings in the place—among them the Catholic and Baptist chinches—and the loss of life is so peat that it is I mpossible to estimate it. Many were buried among the ruins, vi bile others were so crippled that they never can recover. It is said that the town has been "literally torn to pieces" and presents a most pitiable mpect. KOrcadful. A lunatic asylum situate about a mile front Augusta, Maine, was destroyed by fire on Wed nesday morning last, and from six to twelve in- , sane persons perished in the flames. Thefire was occasioned by a defect in the chimney, and was not discovered until it %%as too lute to , ace the budditez. There were about one hundred and fifty inmates confined at the time —many of : Whom barely escaped. C:7"At the u•cent el..cttons w Now Yolk, l'enn , yls awn and 01110, the following :lumber of VUteS Vl ere polled : New York, ' 1 :2 ,- 0 It"; Penn sylvania, (tor Canal C.,111111,N1011,1,) ; Ohio, 2ii:",,115. lf the rote may be taken as a true Index of the popolation, Ilion New York come. first, is .1.11.11 next, and Ohio lead-- in the rear. C7fr The odour ot the llvldlrtotra Elitritiunt is infori.ied that tt t. too late for us. to %tali ALd dleto«•n for any of the fir', . About the conta gion of wealth :pro ha e not yet exrrienced the chseaso— more thau likely never shall, as we al ways happen to escape fp:dew:cr. c77—The York Ga., Company has deelai cd a 6,m:end of three per cent. for the last six months. When Neill we be to Mak , ' a , on,lar an nouncement for the Ce:e:lll,..t Ga. Company— t hat is to be t recolut.m. wa , otr...ird at a meeting of York Divlsmo S. of he!d last week, that one thousand doll.its br , uh-crihed by the Di ykion towar4 the r=toMsliment of a Realling; Room and Library in the borough of York. It has not yet been act...1.11,mi. C.:7.1. "guinea gold watch" Nva, stolen from theofficeat the Star of 11. r th, at Bloomsburg, Pa., on the night of the :Nth ult. Wlko ever heard of a guinea :told witch m a printing office? M glit have suppose t .t would be stolen. Union that ' , MC(' the re turn of Col. fir:vroN from W.,llington, and the de livery of his .perch. the belief is gamin!! zrolind that he will be re-chited to the United states Senate. =Baltimore city employs one hundiod and <eventy-four night watch, and sixty-,ix day po lice, making an aggregate of two hundred and forty persons—at a cost, as we notice by a re cent report, of $D2,..4 7 ,2 .50. f.... - .7*The steamboat Antoinette Douglass burst her boilers on the Alabama river on the 20th ul timo. Thirty Lc., and about seven hundred bales of cotton Itero destroyed. The scene is described as hating been most distressing. f7The maridial found a colored woman in :‘fiddle Paxton toixmiltip,D mir b in com i ty, lv t, is one hundred and eleven years old. We be lieve the noblest inhabotant" d.xeov"red ie the tul;:ng of the (*erring ix n eolured p ercon , Town and County :Matters. RECEPTION OFTIIE SESCIFEILANN.A ENGINE.—This new engine arrived here on Saturday !act, by the noon train of cars, in charge of Messrs Cuss. GROVE and G. W. IltNist.r, a committee appoint ed by the company for the purpose of bringing it from• Philadelphia. According to previous ar rangement, immediately on its arrival a proces sion was formed—the Columbia on the right, the Vigilant on the left, and the Susquehanna in the centre—the whole under command of Col. DAN IEL 11ERR, Chief Marshal, and S. F. LoeicAnn, K. K. Bolen and J vacs S. Menitox, Aids. After passing through part of the route, the process:on halted at the coiner of Front and Walnut. streets, where Col. llEnn introduced Dr. N. B. Wotrn, who, on behalf of the Columbia File Company, delivered the following reception address, which was received with much applause: A‘D GEN zu.E.lti:\ have the honor to rep resent the senior company in the lire department of this borough, whichhas been organized mime than halt a century ; and hose been directed to glee you a coidial welcome into our ranks as firemen, and to extend to you, through your speaker, the light hand of fellowship as citizens. I I know I but reiterate the sentiments of our 1 company, when I congratulate `inn, gentlemen, upon the success which has attended your enter , wise in procuring your new apparatus. It is truly an object of admiration, reflecting peat I credit upon your taste ; and w orthy of the proud 1 lance it heal , hallowed as it is by a thousand a s sociations. I congratulate ourselves and the citizens generally upon this accession to our home protecti‘e depaitinent ; for we feel confident, 1 II om the energy of diameter evinced by you. in getting your machine, that we have secured a powerful co-operative ally nn subduing destruc , tion's wild nicer, when the day and the hour of ealanidy conic exult ing in their desolation. It is a source of heart-felt satisfact ion to our citizen., , to see so many of the young, active, and enter , prising 11/011 of out hOl 0110 associated for the common object—the 4111111111 On weal. The liber ality of their donations, gum' to complete our , organization, and to lender our exertiot s efficient ui the hour of need, assures IN that our motives are phiperly appreciated, and our labors win the saides of their approbation. It is but a few years ago, (fires being less fre quent then than now,) that we had but IMP en-' ! gine in our town, w hich was considered Vite sufficient for any mum gency that might misc. That engine is now manned by those who looked ' upon it limn, more as an izi•troment of curin , ity and folly, than all article of service and ; and its appearance upon our streets attiacted a, multitude Of spectators around it, who a most rea, to touch or tie, lie with it, 1.44 (Jul IC bt, bi u, and he was a knowing one indeed who could ex plain its uunius uperund I, or give the hys" and the lieretores of its hidden chambers. lint there has been a reiolution of sentiment in the minds of our people, and a marked change has come over the spirit 01 our dreams. Excel. slurbeing the I:Ill.-Wall of the age, to stand still would be to recede, is lieu the tide of time is pro gressive. 11 I` are not behind the times in any p a iticular. We have now in our borough four engines, which will compare favorably with any similar number in the inter:or of the eotilloole wealth : our population has quintupled itsell since then : our energies have been incited to action: our enterprise has extended the limits of a vil-j lage to the aroa of a city boonilary the resources or a rich a n d fertile country around us have be come partially developed: the earth has yielded up its hidden treasures ; and its yellow dirt has made wealthy our citizens; and our business has increased in a corresponding ratio. Compare. for a moment, Columbia as it is in I`ssn, with Columbia as it wen in 152.1. Then I we had no outlet for our is ealth, but that noble! river there which sparkles in the sunlight, is hose sloping banks were covered with a perrenidal verdure, and studded with the fragrant walnut,' the variegated sycamore, the bending willow, and the juicy maple. Upon its placid bosom wan holm , to our shores the Wealth of the upland ' whose channels it drained; is hit ,t the unwieldy keel-boat received our marketable pro . duce and descended to the bright waters of the i sparkling Chesapeake. The fain row+ heights of the weather-Neaten c rawupon Ciiignes and Strickler., were rock-ribbed limits beyond which oar enterprise extended not. The cart, the pack-horse, and the "old Pitt team," (with its merry chime of bells,) were our only means of tramportation. The mail-boy blew his horn, and the stageman cracked Ins whip to give ad. Ve I t ISetiletit 01 their arms al. The stir - lace ot out alley %l as yet unbroken by the contractor's spade; railroads were unknown to our citizens; canals were utiiplan ; steam CC as a chimera; and to [rase intimated the probable 1' X lutol, CO at this dayof au electric-telegraph, as it does exist ; men here to-day, and within the sound of my voice, would have voted the luckless wight a straight jacket, and a gratuitous passport to a lunatic as ylum. But the inventive genius of man has triumphed over nature, and the trophies of his victories are all around us. The earth as if stricken with the wand of a magician, has hi oken up its fortresses Indere his energy. Our torch is intersected with improvements upon all sides. The laborious steamer brings in its trains the luxu ues every clime. Our canals, spread over our lei tile ;state Irke bands of silver, hear upon their bo-oun the golden freightage of the rallies of the lar-off west, and pour their wealth into the very hip of our cent rain'. Ilere, where the o hippoorw ill and OVII Leo up their dismal con certs w here the blushing day had sunk to rest, a handy and an active population have reared their habitations, and salute our ears with the bum of industry. The haininer sounds of the ponderous torte, the whirring wheel of the iron work-shop, , the blackening smoke of the to rnace flue and fuel factory stack, all, all speak eloiluent of change ! But I need not enlarge upon the contrast, as my time admonishes me to be brief. I will only say that here and there remains an old feature upon the face of modem Columbia the out lures of which, however, arc so fauit, as to be as difficult to trace, as the lineaments of boyhood in the ellgged man. One feature still stands prorm firmly forth, lvhich has partaken less of the mu tability of things than those around it ; and at the sound of whose name, remunscenses spring up in the mind, which carry us back through the vista of years to our boyhood days, when our step was light and free, when our heart was love and I gladness, and our soul was pure and sinless. That feature will never change; for it is the same now as when it received its first bright impress from the hands of its Creator. in the gushing joyousness of my youth, and in the vigor of my manhood it is the same, unchangeable. It is that majestic river whose channel was traced by the forger of the great Architect of the world. whose beautiful name adorns your engine and I distinguishes your organization. As its waters are the aggregate of a thousand mountain stream frqs, so may the aggregate of friends to your "Susquehanna" be a thousand; and that they may blend together in unity of feeling, unity of sentiment, unity of purpose and unity of action, is the expressed wish and fn event hope of our citizens generally, and the 4 . Old Columbia" par ticularly, whom I have had the honor to repre sent upon this occasion; and who will respond to the sentiment of unity with their character-, istic enthusiasm. I have done. Mr. DANIEL R. CRAVEV, on behalf of the Sul cinch:ulna company, replied ns follows : SIR AM, GEVTI.EIIEN OF Tlll COLT:MBIA FTRE DEJFARTMV,T-1 cannot hr expected to do us tice to the flattering notice your representative has been rI1•n,r11 to take of us, and the liberal comments be has so eloquently made. I feel my inability to do so. and believe it not to be in the power of man. But allow me to say, that your liberality does yourselves injustice. It is not alone to the m.mbers of the Susquehanna Fire Company that the credit of our orgam7ation is due. Trim, a great deal of energy, ardor, zeal and activity has been displayed in organizing this addition to the fire department; yet to the generosity of our fellow-citizens do we owe much; for while your noble example (brothers of the Columbia and Vigilant) assisted to raise within our bosoms that zeal and ardor which laid the foundation of our organization, and your activity, your energy and your deportment which emitted its principles to the members of this company, and urged ns onward in the undertaking; the no- ble and ever-to-be-remembered generosity of our I citizens enabled us to complete and perfect that lorganization. And we feel that we would be doing a wrong to let pass as our deserts the praise you have so lavishly bestowed upon us. To your wish that our fire department may ever maintain a unity of action and sentiment, belies a us la hen I say that it is our most sincere, , most fervent hope that such may be. And we ' i believe that there is not a heart that beats in the I breast of a member of the Susquehanna but re- I sponds to the sentiment. It would be strange indeed, if, composed as we are mostly of laboring Imen, neighbors and friends to each other, banded together in one common cause, laboring together with the same noble object, the protection and preset - infirm of our neighbors' property—seeking 1 but the public good and the welfare of our little city, risking and exposing ourselves at alt times N% II bout hope or thought of reward, (other than 'the gratitude of the public and the esteem of our i fellow-cif izens ;) st range indeed if ,a, e ..,hould" not 'be united. We feel confident, from the kindness and good-will that have been shown us to-day, that our department will labor together in her ; moray. And let us endeavor, w bile we perfor in our duty, to perfiirm it with a spirit and char acter that here at least--unlike the depart ments of other towns, where continued dissen sion and riots sink the appellation of fireman to a , word of reproach—that here the name may be ' 1 . 1 hat it ought to be, a word of praise—a name I which we may hear and use wit h pride and plea sure. When men seek to imitate the lion, the , tiger, and the bull dog, and extend the fist in pas ! sion instead of extending the right hand of fel -1 lowslitp, they sink themselves to a level with 1 the animals they imitate, and cannot expect aught else than the disapprobation and frowns of their fellow-citizens. We know that there are l many things occurring, w bile in the performance of our dirty, calculated to create ill feeling; many trifling matters that may lead to misun -1 derstanding ; arid if they are not explained or ; overlooked, may and often do lead to bitterness I land .trite. But these can all be avoided, if the i right spirit be exhibited; if the right feeling shall , pervade our members. We feel confident, gen-I tlemen, that the good will and kindness shown i us to day, in welcoming us as brothers into the fire department, and from the generous senti- I 'agents uttered by your gentlemanly representa- I tive, that rt e can and will work together as cr a Band of Brothers." And we beg leave to assure yon that nothing shall be wanting on our part to conduce to so desirable a result. It only re- remains for us again to offer you our thanks for the honor you have done us by your handsome reception. and to assure you that this day w ill long be remembered by us as one of the bright days that are so thinly scattered along the path of life. After Mr. CuAvn:‘; had finished—his speech having elicited many cheers—the procession passed through the route announced in the pro gramme—the ceremonies having passed off w ith great credit to the different companies. By the accession of the Susquehanna to our fire department, we have an auxiliary which we are assured will be of great utility. At a trial of the engine on Tuesday last, water was thrus, , a distance of about eighty feet, after having been forced through two hundred feet of hose—thus proving what can be done when circumstances render it necessary. The engine is a beautiful piece of machinery— perfect in all its parts; and while it speaks loud ly for the proficiency and skill of its maker -1-IAnN3tAN, Boston—it reflects great credit upon the enterprise and liberality of our citizens who contributed towards its purclia,c. REV. R. OWEN.—We have heretofore neglect ed to notice the dissolution of the pastoral rela-1 Lon which had existed for several years btween the Rev. R. OWEN and the Presbyterian church in this place. lie resigned his pastorship in Sep tember, since which time stated supplies have been furnished by the Presbytery. During Mr. Owes's connection with the church, he secured, and still enjoys, the esteem and confidence of the members, who, by a unanimous vote, desired him to continue their pastor. Diffident almost to a fault, his piety and learning will always command re , pect, and result in the advance ment of the cause in which he is a devoted labor er. We only express the sentiments of the peo ple of this place, when we say that his departure is much regretted. Wherever his lot may be cast, we hope that he may meet with that sue , cesq, personally- and professionally, which his qualifications so fully merit. COLLF.CTOIL'S OrFiCE, COLUMBIA, t December 2, ISSO. En. Spy—The following will show the amount of receipts at this office for fiscal year end ing November at), Isso, Canal, Outlet Lock, Railroad, Section Boat A, Fines, Total for 15.10, Total for 1St:), Increase over ISI9, $5,722,50 Number of Cars cleared, :5,b31 cc Svction Boat., 272 ('anal Bouts, 7,709 'foliage on Railroa d s, 07, 0S Tons. Passengers, miles travelled on Railroad, 3,619,608. rtwART A PEARCE, Collector. GIL COLT - VIRIA, DeConlber d, Isso. ili. Cnows—The folloiaing, table exhibits the number of cars and amount of freight weighed at tbig office, for the fiscal year ending :ioth No vember, V 319, and 30th November, 'h:,o: 1850. 1810. No. Cars. Wt. No. Cars. Wt. Dec., 1,513 0,371,100 1,211 4,187,300 Jan., 1,139 7,012,100 618 3,590,900 Feb., 903 no sO,OOO 735 4,596,500 March, 2.071 8,837,200 1,381 8,571,600 Apra, 3,860 21,015,100 4,243 27,103,200 May, , I,lBe, 21,577,200 3,676 20,108,100 June, 3,270 19,8717,300 3,371 19,157,800 July, 3.078 17,222,300 2,955 17,120,000 August, .1,001 21,128,500 2,271 32,331,200 Sept., 2,009 11,971,500 2,351 13,466,800 Oct., 3,162 20.772,200 2,658 13,621,300 Nov., 4,179 20,282,800 2,580 15,021,200 Total, 31,732 19.4,799,900 28,590 165,732,500 28,590 165,732,500 (over 1849. 6,112 29,001,100 c:ccess of 15'50 THOMAS WELSH, Weigh Master. (17 - Prof. WENTWORTH, of Dickinson College, will preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church in this place, to-morrow morning and evening, when an effort will be made to liquidate the floating debt of the church. The members and citizens generally are respectfully invited to attend. CAUGHT IN TUE ACT.-A man from Perry county was arrested on Tuesday last, charged with stealing a cap from the store of Mr. LEWIS TT.EDENICK. He had a hearing before 'Squire Bcooss,who bound him over for trial in the sum of $lOO. Through the perspicacity of Lewis' salesman—who was not napping at the time— the theft was discovered. 117 - The American Press 45. Republican ap peared last week in a new dress, looking very well. It is now published by J. Wens & Sox. By-the-way, we observe that a correspondent of the Examiner 4- Herald suggests the senior editor as a suitable person for transcribing clerk of the Senate. Er7 - Accidents are becoming as frequent on the Columbia and Philadelphia railroad as they were on the Reading road a few years ago. No less than two occurred last week, by one of which an engine and several new cars belonging to the Central Railroad company were reduced to a complete wreck. 117 Two young white men (of respectable pa rentage) and a colored boy were arrested near Strasburg last week, charged with horse stealing. One of the number has turned State's evidence. LL/ RC V. RUMAT:GIL I'6ll preach to-morrow morning and evening in the German Reformed Church in this place. 12:7 - Rev. J. MeCAnTnn, of Lancaster, will de liver an address before Mount Nebo Temple of honor on Thursday next, Thanksgiving Day. n --- " The Senate will meet in the Nev School House this evening at GI o'clock. Editori.a.l Gleanitws. -- The New Hampshire Statesman says: "There is residing in Canter bury an aged couple, Mr. Elijah Matthews and wife, who have lived together 71 years last September, and in the same house 60 years. The age of Mr. Matthews is 91, and that of Mrs. Matthews OS. What is still more remarkable is that no death has ever occurred in the house since they lived in it." CArT/ON TO Dvciis.—A Texas paper states that a hotel keeper on Galveston Island lately made the following slaughter among the ducks: With the Ist discharge, I barrel, he killed 20. Do 2d do 1 do do 12. Do 3d do 2 do do 1.5. Do 4th do 2 do do 33. Thus, with six loads, killing 89 ducks, which, as per sample furnished, are amongst the largest and fattest of the season. A SENSIIILE WomAN.—A gentleman in Boston bought two tickets for Jenny Lind's concert, for ten dollars, and presented them to his wife. She, like a sensible woman, disposed of them to a neighbor, and with the proceeds paid the bills of the butcher and the milkman, and had two dol lars left to buy shoes for the children. VERY Goon AND Vynor Tat-c.—At the "Wo man's Rights Convention," Mrs. Rose, of New York, alluded to our Pilgrim Fathers, and the pride and reverence with which they were often referred to. But said she "Who has heard of the Pil g rim Mothers?" Did they not endure as many perils, and encounter as many hardships, and do as much to form and fashion the institu tions of New England, as the Pilgrim Fathers? Yet they are hardly remembered. — The Sandwich Islands were at the last ac counts taking measures to have the Islands rep resented in the World's Industrial Convention at London. They recommend that exertions be made to procure specimens of sugar, coffee, and other valuable products of the Islands; also, specimens of the native weeds and grasses. Likewise, the products of native labor, as fine mats, kapas, &c. A VI:TERAN ComrosiTom—At a recent anniver sary festi% al of Printers in Nashville, Tennessee, a member of the craft, Lawson Barry, was pre sent, who has worked at case, day and night, ever since the year 1799, and who now daily pertbrins as much labor in the printing office as any journeyman printer in that city. A Lo',n IntraisoNmcNT.—The Boston Trans cript states that a man has, within a short time, been set at liberty from the State Prison at Charleston, after an incarceration of 15 years for arson in the vicinity of Lowell. C=7" Mr. Barnum has written to Buffalo, that Jenny Lind will give one concert in Detroit, two in Cleveland, two in Buffalo, one in Rochester, one in Syracuse, one in Utica and two in Albany before she leaves the country. memorial has been addressed to the Le gislature of South Carolina, asking for the estab lishment of powder mill, cannon foundries, gun, sword and pistol factories, as preparatory to its declaration of independence. man has been discovered in Kentucky who takes a great many newspapers and always pays for them in advance. The printers of sev , oral States are already arranging to contribute blocks of marble for his monument. $130,565,03 1 6,4 SO,OO 352;7.50,07 7,907,2 1 LEE 307 9...11,3 I 302,1 ..)9,S 1 Prior. WEBSTER'S FAITILY.—The report that this unfortunate family had gone to Fayal, is in correct. One of the daughters only has left, the widow and remaining daughters continue to re side in Cambridge, Mass. =The compositors of the N. 1. Tribune put the President's Message in type in forty-five minutes Brier it was received at the office. Good working that. In — ln the seventeen principal battles of the Revolution the American loss was 7,151; that of the British 9,073. I:GrA bill is before the Kentucky Legislature, and will probably pass, prohibiting emancipated slaves from remaining within the State under the penalty of imprisonment. 12:7 - The St. Louis Inielligenrrr thinks that Col. Benton indicates, by his speech, his inten tion of becoming the NorMena candidate for the next Presidency. 117 - The New York Tribune thinks that Gen. Samuel Houston stands the best chance of being the Democratic candidate for President in ]SS2. Q:9—The Emperor of Russia is about to have a tunnel bored under the :Veva, similar to that tin der the Thames. 12:7 - The Indiana State Reform Convention have adopted by a large majority a section pro hibiting any further extension of the State debt. C :7- Prince Albert intends joining the order of Manchester Irnity of Independent Odd Fellows. President's Message. We make, for the convenience of our readers, the following synopsis of the President's Message: After asserting that nations in a state of nature are equal and independent, preserving certain re lative rights and duties, among the first of which is the right of determining their form of govern ment, and managing their internal affltirs accord ing to their own will, the foreign policy of the United States is declared to be, to maintain a strict neutrality in the wars of other States, t o cultivate friendly relations, to reciprocate every generous act, and to perform punctually every treaty obligation. With regard to the domestic policy of the gov ernment, the Constitution will be made the Pre sident's guide, except in cases of doubt, in which the decisions of the Supreme Court and the ap proved usage of the government will be invoked for its interpretation. All its provisions are said to be equally binding, and the first duty of the I executive will be not to question its wisdom, add to or evade its requirements, or multiply its commands. The legislative power is acknowledged to be long to Congress, and while no attempt will be made to control or influence its proceeding s. the veto will be unhesitatingly used in all eases which require its exercise. The power of Congress over subjects entrusted to it, is admitted to be supreme; beyond that, its authority ceases, and it is said every good citizen will resist any interference of Congress in those domestic affairs which the Constitution leaves exclusively with the States. The duty of the Executive is declared to be to secure a faithful execution of the laws; and to the extent of the power vested in him for the purpose, the President avows his determination to protect and enforce them at all times and in all places, shrinking from no responsibility, and meeting events as they arise, with firmness and prudence. The appointing power is regarded as a sacred trust, to be exercised with a single view to the happiness and prosperity of the people; and the effmt of the administration will be to elevate the standard of official employment by selecting men for public office who are known for their integ rity, talents anti virtues. No unfavorable change has taken place in our foreign relations since the opening of the last Con gress, and peace subsists between us and all na tions. The convention with Great Britain, negotiated in April last, for facilitating and protecting the construction of a ship canal between the Atlan tic and Pacific oceans, has been ratified by both parties, ratifications exchanged, and proclama tion thereof duly made. It yet remains to desig nate and establish a free port at each end of the canal, and to agree on the distance from the shore, within which belligerant maritime opera tions shall not be carried on. On these ques tions, no difficulty is apprehended. The progress made by the company of our cit izens who have acquired the right to construct a ship canal through the State of Nicaragua, is re ferred to; it is hoped the treaty above alluded to offers guaranties enough to secure a speedy com pletion of the work ; and the President promises to favor such further negotiations as may be ne cessary to harmonize conflicting claims to ter ritory in that quarter. It is announced that an Envoy Extraordinary, with full power, has just been appointed by the Government of Nicaragua, to reside at Washington, whose arrival is daily expected; and it is hoped this will remove all impediments to a prompt transaction of business between Nicaragua and the United States. In relation to the project of our citizens to con nect the two oceans by a railroad across the Isth mus of Tehuantepec, it is said that negotiations are pending between the governments of Mexico and the United States, to secure those who may embark their property in the enterprise. Objec tions entertained by Mexico to certain stipula tions deemed requisite for the security of the parties engaged in the undertaking, will, it is thought, be removed by sonic modification of terms. Fresh instructions have, to that end, been given to the Ministers of the United States in Mexico. Although negotiations with Portugal respecting the payment of claims against that government, have not yet resulted in a formal treaty, a prop osition of Portugal for a final liquidation of the claims has just been accepted by our government. It is expected that a convention for carrying the agreement into effect will be immediately ne gotiated. The Commissioner authorized by Congress to carry into effect the Convention with Brazil of the 27th of January,. has entered upon his duties, but it may become necessary to extend the du ration of the commission. 'fhe sum stipulated by the 4th article of the Convention to be paid to this government, has been received. It is hoped the su-pension of collecting disc riin natio.; duties upon the vessels of Chili and their cargoes, will impart fresh impulse to commerce between the two countries. No efforts will be spared to put an end to the war between the dift.rent parts of the Island of St. Domingo. The total receipts into the Treasury for the last fiscal year, were $17,1g1,7 IS and OS cents. The expenditures during the same period, were $1:4002,108 00. The public debt has been re duced, since the last annual report from the Treasury Department, $19:5,270 70. Owing to the large grants of public lands, recently wade by Cone Tess for military bounties, little reliance can be placed on them as a source of revenue. $8.075,060 59 of the public debt are to be provi ded for within the next two fiscal years, and it is surrgested that the payment should be made without resorting to new loans. To effect this, increased duties on imports are recommended, in laying which, the policy of so adjusting the Midi as to encourage the skill and industry of our country, is strongly and ably urged. A modifi cation on the present tariff, by the imposition of specific duties, sufficient to raise an adequate revenue, with discriminations in favor of home production, is advised. It is urged also, that the provision in the pres ent law imposing a higher duty on the raw ma terial that enters into our manufactures, than upon the manufactured article, should be renie died. Recognming the extensive frauds upon the revenue, practiced under the system of od color. em duties, specific (Wilt's are recommended as af , fording a perfect remedy for the evil; but in the event that Congre , s should not concur in this I view, it is proposed, as a partial mitigation of the dilliculty, that the law he so changed as to I require a home-valuation or appraisal of imported articles, so regulated as to give uniformity at the several ports. The establishment of a mint in California I is favorably suggested to Congress; and in the meantime, it is thought advisable to permit gold bullion, NA hich has been as:toyed and stamped, to be received in payment of govern ment dues. The establishment of au Agricultural Bureau, for the promotion and encouragement of Ameri can agriculture, is recommended, and, also, the employment, in connection therewith, of a rgin erologist and chemist, to collect specimens of the various native minerals, ascertain their respect ive elements and properties, and examine and report the qualities of different soils, and the ma nures best adapted to improve their productive ness. It is thought the appropriation made for the purpose, will suffice for the expenses of taking the census; but provision for publishing neces sary abstracts of the returns is suggested to Congress. The recommendations of President Taylor re lative to the construction of a line of communi cation between the Valley of the Mississippi and the Pacific, are reaffirmed and referred to the fa vorable notice of the two }louses. A law to authorize the appointment of com missioners to examine, with a view to final ad justment, the land titles in California, is advised; and also the extension of our land laws, with due modification., over that State and the territories of Utah and Mexico. It is recommended, more over, that, instead of retaining the mineral lands in California under the permanent control of the Government, they be divided into small parcel: and sold. Alluding to the Indian depredations on our southwestern frontier, Congress is desired to provide, as early as practicable, for raising one or more regiments of mounted men, to protect the people in that section. The establishment of an asylum for disabled and destitute soldiers is formally referred to. Provision for a retired list of the officers of the navy and army unfit for further services, Ike., is earnestly urged, as also a revision of the naval code of crimes and punishments, and the estab lishment of such a system as shall be at once hu mane and effectual: The recommendations of the Postmaster Gen eral respecting a reduction of inland letter post age, are approved; and, under a clear conviction of the constitutional authority of Congress to legislate on the subject, appropriation for com pleting such works of internal improvements as are begun, and commencing such as arc deemed to be of public and general importance, are strong. ly recommended. For the appointment of a commission to settle all private claims against the United States, in cluding a Solicitor to represent the party defend ant, Congress is asked to make provision by law. Congress is requested also, to provide for supply ing the city of Washington with an abundance of purewater, as contributing to the health, comfort and safety of the city and the security of the public buildings and records. The answer of Texas relative to the propositions for settling the di , puted boundary between the State and New :Mexico, has not been received, but is daily expected. The series of measures passed by the last Con gress for healing the differences growing out of the slavery and territorial questions, are regard ed by the President as a final settlement, in prin ciple and substance, of the subjects which they embrace: and Congress is advised to adhere to them until experience shall demonstrate the ne cessity of further legislation to guard against evasion or abuse. The message closes with an invocation to Con ',Tess to join with the President in thanks to Providence for the blessings bestowed upon our country, and a hope that Heaven will so guide the counsels of the nation as that they may re sult in satisfying the people, securing peace, and adding new strength to the Union.—North Amer ican. PhilacP.elplata Correspondence. PHILADELPHIA, December •S, 1850 FRIEND SPY-At this present writing, our usually staid city is full of excitement, of one kind or another. What with great singers, aston ishing equestrians, wonderful stage performers, President's message, reports of the heads of de partments, elopements, news from Europe, pro ceedings of Courts, &c., &c., we can turn upon no side that we do not hear a Luz—a kind of bee hive commotion, which is anything but agreea ble to quiet people like your humble servant. The Jenny Lind fever is almost over—thank common sense" for that. She was announced to sing at the Museum on Tuesday morning— tickets ss,l3—but on the appearance and pros pect of a slim house, the nightingale was sud denly seized with a hoarseness that put an end to the Tuesday morning concert. It is now gravely announced by Barnum, that the grand charity concert, to be given in Philadelphia, is postponed until the return of Mlle Lind from her southern tour. Of course it is. When the Lind fever is over entirely, and tickets are down to a dollar, then—yes then—the charity concert will be given in Philadelphia. There is very little of general interest here abouts, in the...way of local news. Peter Scott, charged with the murder of Cornelius Mooney, a watchman of Moyamensing, who was shot one night last winter, while on duty, has surrendered himself into the hands of justice, and is now in the county prison, awaiting his trial. The Gov ernor offered a reward of $lOOO for his apprehen sion, but none of our officers were smart enough to catch him. I have not heard President Fillmore'sMessav much talked about among the people. The Whigs will of course praise it—the democrats look out for what can be condemned. Partizanship de stroys all the better feelings of our nature, and makes us blind to merit on the one hand, and to impeirections on the other. Every body is pleased with that part of Post Master Ilall's re port n Inch recommends a reduction of postage on prepaid fetters. Such a reduction is much needed, and I sincerely hope that Congress may give early attention to the matter. Philadelphia is just now waking up to her commercial interests. While New York has for many years been going ahead with locomotive speed, in all matters relating to commerce, Phila delphia has been in a .omnatubulic state. But we are shortly to have a line of ocean steamers sailing between this port and Liverpool—thanks to several of our enterprising merchants. The building of the ships has already been contracted for, and by the coming spring one of them will be ready to leave for her port of destination. [For want of room, we were obliged to cur tail our Philadelphia letter.—En.] 11:7 'The I3ce h Neg,rei.s which exhibited in this place several month , : ago is dead. A:NOT//1:11:NCIENTIVIC II'ONDER PEP . t•IN. nn Arid - void Digestive Fluid. or GivOne. A gre.ii Curer. prepared front Itenoet, air the tom th : , 111111.11 It of the OX. altar threcticni+ollNr o l l Id. big, the Ott ell I'll) ..doltonen!. Chemi.d. by J. S. Hough ton. Al. IL. NO I I N tth I:oddh Philattelohin. l'n. h. idt V.011114,1n: for Indigestion. 1/5 a -11.1.mi. Jo:Immo, Idt er Coliipltillit.ooll.4.palion Mid be bility. coring .niter owii method. by Nature's own agent. bin (in.irie Juice. See adverticollielit :mother t olonni [A inr.llQt Illarricb. tin thn2-th tilt.. by the Rev. E7ra Fuin,. Ely, 1). 1), Mr. Ilt.shl I. Ilt.t.ra. of Lancneter to All,‘ r•ALLIE KAINSU, 0: ithliniteillh//1. In l'lttl.ttlelphit t , on the tnill ult.. by the Rev. Mr. Cm• Dr. Jon., \\ A VLAN, to MISS SLISAN A. Canter, all of Litnen.ter. On the .27:11 11.1. v the Rev. N. A. Keyes. GI/IMo Rain, of Murtetta to Nit.... Aunt RA JONPA, of Safe Hurhor. Nov. 14.1. y the to M 0.% JO,F.POINE : , ,I. Sol - ritnucc, daughter of the Mu. liev. Mr. Hunks, Dr. J AMES C. ATER R 03.1 SOISIM gel, all of Lowell. Muss. (hi the 21111, 1.11.. 1.) the Rev. J. J. :trine, Mr. Witd.hca Vox ul -tumt.. :thou 01 Nan thuntherland county, to )lAtt ANN I I l:1.NO,, of Sate Ilarbor, Lantunder county. Dicb. At \lollllt Joy. on the ihnli ult ,of Typhus Fever, PAU. LL A.TLIL , ONL I:+q-, in the 35th yrnr of his age. In Springfield, 11l , Olt the 16th ult . Mrs. Id•ar Lod E•, It +le of Dr. B. 1.. F. Outman, formerly of Lancaster. , On saturilay. the UUtli ult., SA RAII ANN, daughter o f William and Llizaheill Baldwin, aged 5 yearn, 4 mouths, and It days. Death spreads his withering., wintry sm., And beauty 1.1111iC6 no more j ! where are slow those rising charms, Winch pleased our eyes before ! 'lint once loved limn now cold and deed, Each mournful thought employs: We weep, our earthly comfort's fled, J. And withered all our Joys. areszcsx. zdvsrßu.zuc-vrec ATIOLINt.4. Accordcons, FlutcP, Banjo,. GuitrirA• hr r for only I.y Or. , 7 . 'fi n - At his Ilerldr uarters and News DrP.I T a coogregittionol meeting, held el the Presto) ter ten, PI Church oil lust Tue..iln) evening, for the rfeetthrr i'n.tor. the vote ainod as follows : For the Rev. It. W. Dunlap, 15 For muted .uppltu, 06 Coloinlon. Deeditibm 7, Itlso-I.t purpose of WM
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