Bank of Pennsylvania vs. Mn M. Bicljcll. , the following extract from the answer of the Stats Treasurer, to a writ'of Mandamus, issued by the Bank of Penn sylvaniaat Philadelphia, and invite a ner utot ©f it by our readers: also further certify and return, that °“„ < ?1 ab ° Ut ,he 2 7th day of July iB6O, I called at the Bank of Pennsylvania, in • oompanv with Asa Dimoek, Chief Clerk in the Treasury Ollice, for the pur pose of making arrangements (or the pay ment of the State interest, duo on the first day of August, and without giving me an Opportunity to make any explanation, was met by the President and Cashier of' the Bank in a spirit of unkindness. The first words they addressed to me was the inqui ry why I had not been there ten days be fore; that I ought to huve been there, and had tho money nil ready and ip the Bank before the day I culled, and ina command ing tone of voice declared that the interest could not be paid: that it was now too late to make the arrangements for the pay ment of the interest. 1 said that I had money enough to pay the interest, such as it was ; and asked what thev couid do with the notes of country banks common! v called currency ? They positively declared, they mould look at nothing hut specie or its equivalent. 1 told them that my money of country banks, and that i hadanar rbngemcnt with the Cashiers of said banks Iq redeem their notes in city funds, and 1 doubt they would do so, hut that it would take a little time. They umiin refused to take anything but the specie or Itjs equivalent. 1 then asked them to set tfe the fatale account, and inform me what mo amount of the State deposit was, in order to compare it with my account, and mat I,must see to get sufficient par funds lo pay the State interest. I then called upon Mr. Baker President ol'the Girard Bank, and told him the cir cumstances, and explained the matter ful ly to him, and stated to him the amount of money I had on hand, and the kind of money 1 had on hand, and the kind of mo hoy I had in my trunk in his vault. He then called upon the hank himself, und when he returned ho informed me that they had relused to take anything hut the specie or its equivalent. He then kmdlv offered to take tho money I had, and pav the interest. J then went back to the Bank of Pennsylvania, and they informed me of the amount of funds to the credit of the State. The amount was about two hun dred and thirty.lour thousand seven hum tired and six dollars and twenty-seven rents; but they informed me that out of (bat amount there were ninetv-threo or ninety-four thousand dollarsspecinl funds, consisting of eighty thousnnd dollars Re’ imf notes, and the balance country notes, Harrisburg, Middietown, Chamborsburgh, die., and that they could not lake that from me for interest purposes unless 1 would pay them a discount of §l5OO to mako it par, which 1 refused to do, and told them Ibat I would not pay ono cent of discount (0 them or any body else; that I had not come to be shaved, but to pay the interest, tuid,jis they claimed to be tho agents of the State, I thought they ought to be the last to talk about discount; but the Presi- Jent said they could do nothing in the mittter unless I pnidYthe fifteen hundred dollars, alleging that ttfc Bank would lose that amount which they could not afford. I positively declined pnying one cent. 1 »a 8 about leaving the Bank, when they proposed that 1 should call at 8 o’clock in me morning on the first day of August, which I did ; and the matter was tulked offer again, and they came down to one thousand dollars, which I again declined, • .old them I should draw a check on them for the amount they hud on deposit. They then proposed that I should draw IWo checks, one for the par and the other for the special funds, which 1 did, and then left and got the balance (some $700,000) of the Girard Bank, and deposited it imho Bank of Pennsylvania, which was suffi cient to pay the interest then due. I then **“! beclcjtO the Giraril Bank, and count- M tuM to the different cashiers from the ebuntry the notes I had on hand, and they redeemed for me in city funds, which en abled me to repay the Girard Bank ; and the second day of August I found l had Ipooey enough to redeem the ninety-three tit ninety-four thousand dollurs called spe gal funds by the Bank of Pennsylvania, whiefi they demanded the bonus before mentioned. | called upon the officers of the Bank, and informed them that I was go*, prepared to pay the gold or silver tuL l l Cir,c! ?'“' Ur thousand doiiars for wwfch they claimed the bonus. They pro duded all the special funds they had on jjafid as Stalp deposit. On counting over P ?TS eS > was oUr, d to umount to WUt eighty-six thousand dollars instead of ftltiety-four thousand dollars as they alle (s?*]: before, and the balance of jtfghty-ejx thousand dollars was made in Motes of Harrisburg, York and Middletown panlt?, and. Pittsburg Banks, &c. t Jhen proceeded with Asa Dimick to Wry. the money to the Girard Bank, Wypg first given them a check for the ?v^ n i*.AT ha Relief n °'es, consisting of about I took with me to Harris to.Ul?tr-v notes making tip tho lhß /[ ght ' V ' slx thousand dollars Jtdfb redeemed by the cashiers of tho va '■’‘U aldo further certify and return tm. this unkind and ungener’ OU» ; treatment by the retailers, , in d a re" that the State would not be ablq to djeet its interests on tho first day of Au This is another of those official acts of ployed urc usually the aggressive party,” n n ... , because employers rarely lake measures ( ' TOV ’ BIGLER ln " “ich can be seen the in to increase them; but when there is to be ucnce °f* those better feelings of our a reduction of wages, the employers be- rough human nature. Gov. Bigler and come tho aggressive, nnd tho employed Judgo Barrett huve been companions thro’ “the passive or resisting party.” It is a life. First in a prmlin(T offic „ lhen as great mistake to suppose that combinations j , D and strikes aro confined to laborers.— dt;mocratlc editors, then ns legislators, and Capitalists combine und strike as often and over since as neighbors. more effectively, for they always have the Col. B. has had extensivo practice as Ui advantage. The difference is, that labor- lawyer, and possessing distinguished tal- 1 11M s*” l st r 1 1- fu ril ' ° llO r n = es ’ while capita- ents , with his great energy of character, iiMs strike lor lower watTcs. Ihe one i , , ! party naturally, as in nil bargains, wishes we llavo n 0 doubt he will render general to obtain as much ns it can, unc* the other ibe Bench. to pay ns little as it may ; and it is plain Tho appointment is accepted in order to to see that the capitalists has every ndvnn- supply the district until the election, when ta«m in the stnioMc*. i*lo can rest idlp fVir .i • , , n l-Mr h, lf ,h i . u VI lllG P en P [c elect—and wo understand a wmie, but the laborer must have tood ~ . ... . and raiment, end to obtain these he must Lol, ' v,n ln no cnse consent to be have employment. To him, idleness* is a cnnc hdato for election—the law requir tilways privation, nnd sometimes starvation, uig tho President Judge to reside within The harsh requirements nl capital do not the bounds of his district. always uttract the public attention; and . when they do, it can purchnsoadvocates to p. rr ~r .u „ justify or excuse then. It owns printing T, * from ‘ h ° ful, ‘ presses and controls newspapers ; nnd, nRSS °‘ 110 bcnrl lbu niouth speaketh,” so combinding readily and acting secretly, it also rum ■he fulness of the pocket tho foie can prepare the public mind to sympathize speaketh, for we are quito suro our lum with its movements. Labor has but few bermen never before returned to their 25? laborer 01 who' ! | ,onr ?f S W “ h ,heil ' countenances so brilliant swells the ranks of the capitalists, throw- illuminated with smiles. Such a thing ing nsido his former views, and imbibin" as a OU S f acc * s not known among them the ideasand feelings of' his nownssociutes. now. And instead of being-“too busy to Labor must act in masses, attracting the; settle to-day with this or that hand-“not public attention. Rigid measures are oM,. , ,i • . . . ten necessary to prevent the desertion of . h ° ,0 llns or lhat man who sold the timid, or those pinched by want. The taem l ‘ m ber, or juking round the corners demand for higher wages is not made in 110 avo > d meeting with this one or that one, as courteous and polished terms ns that! they take their stand in the public places, Tpr a reduction of wages; while necessity | make themselves the most known of every gives rise to urgent ltm< r ua£c nnd excited * i actions, which 8 the unthinking wrongly)" 0 Wlth lhelr hands aad full stigmatize as revolutionary and agruriun °‘ casb ' reild y Q nd anxious to pay every violence. No impartial mind cun consider | maa who can lay just claim to a cent, the subject without perceiving on all sides and actually seeming to reoret that they evidences that capital has obtained immense cannot find enough willing to take it. This advantages over labor in the protract- 1 • , , b , , “ ed struggle between them. There is a|. h f,rsl SBason lhat lumber has ever )’ et ways a conflict between the buyer and the been scdd al a remunerating price.— seller—between those who cause the de-, ‘^ il y not he the last, mand and those who furnish the supply ; but we doubt if there is any instance in which these conflicting interests operate where the strife is so unequal ns in that be tween labor and capital. Tho current of legislation has been in favor ofthe strong-1 est party; and by means of monopolies, ; und special privi'eges, nnd advantages,: labor has been denied its duo share ofthe, national production. The spread ofdemo cratic principles has affected much to am eliorate the condition of the working clas-i ses ; but much remains to bo done before' the great work is completed. It is a com mon saying, which many believe,the high 1 prices for manufactured articles created 1 by protective duties benefit the laborer by j enabling tho capitliststo pay higher wages;! but experience proves it to be a deceptive! fallacy. High duties may enable the j manufacturer to pay higher prices for lab-i or, but he will not do so unless undereorri- pulsion ; and, unfortunately forlhe laborer, protection dose not compel him to do so. ■ On the contrary, high duties oppress aeri-l culture, check commerce, diminish "the general prosperity, and enable him to ob tain labor at lower rates. Freo trade, on the other hand, stimulates agriculture and commerce, and increases thegenoral pros perity, causing a more active demand for labor, and forcing the manufacturer as well as others to pay a higher price for it.— Protection to industry, as it has been the custom to call high tariffs, is n wolf in sheep s clothing; for protective duties in this country have been arranged for the benefit of capital, giving it undue advant ages, and enabling iVto obtain more than its fair the national produc tion. Free trade enforces a more equit able distribution with labor, which accounts for tho fact lhat high duties have been fol lowed by diminished wages, and a reduc tion of duties by a rise in wages. Untjer the present revenue bill the tendency has been constantly upward. General pros perity has advanced prices, nnd labor de mandsfrom capital a proportionate increase. The demand may bq made in some in stances with impropor violence, but yet our sympathies are with the labqring mas 88s, Much must be overlooked in men who are smarting under injustice and urged by 'want.— The Union. OCT Miss Duer recovered two thousand dollars damages df Ira Collins, ut Vincen has, Indiana, last week, and Miss Hall, nt Rutherford, Tennessee, fifteen hundred; dollars of W.C. Fletcher. Both had On gaged to marry, and they wouldn’t. *° isi an antidote to arsen.c, as e ffi cacio J a ns j he ! peroxide of iron, and preamble, because; almost any quantity may be taken Without injury; ond it is easily pfdcured; ‘ < Canal, Commissioner, THOMAS H. FORSYTH, Of Philadelphia County , i Auditor General, i E PlI HAIM BANKS, Of Mijjlify County, Surveyor General, J. PORTER BRAWLEY, Of Crawforrd County, j Ihe log-floaters, by their conduct along the liver, have incurred the displeas- I ure of our citizens to a very high degree. .It is said that they cleaned the beach ns they went, rolling in all the square timber that had lodged along the shores, which they would cut into proper lengths, and stump it as their own ; and it is further nlleged that they even went so far as to cut loose and roll into the river and thus murk logs and timber that had been safe ly moored by our citizens. Now if these are facts, no punishment provided bv law is severe enough for such conduct. Many of our citizens were disposed to favor these men as much as possible, and wore willing to suffer many inconveniences rather than complain but they must- be protected Irom such high way robbery as this. We ask no legislative prohibitions. But law-abiding, peace-loving citizens must be protected from the reckless und daring by wholesome and salutary restrictions. | oO“Since our last publication, with one jor two exceptions, the mail Irom Spruce Creek has arrived according to contract, and on every occasion has arrived herein good time. The citizens of this place will not complain of the contractor if, by reason of bad roads, he does not send his coach. Thoy care nothing about that. It is the inconvenience and disappointment occa sioned by the failure of the arrival and de parture of the mail ; therefore when the roads are heavy, if he would deliver the mail oven on horse back, nobody would complain, Don’t want them.— Patrick Brew, the gentleman who lost certaip promisory notes on the Bth of April, between Luth ersburg and Jefferson lino hotel, and for which he offered ten dollars reward, in forms us, and through US', the public, that he has had eajch of those notes renewed, and will not now pay said reward for said notes. Youi? Tiseth l You« Teeth!!— Read, er, if you aro troubled with bad teeth— and wo know some of you are—just reud A. M.; Hills’ card, and then on|l upon him.. Ho is a capital hand at the business. He’ll not hurt you—much—and ifjiedoes he hurts str easy like. WeWe’tried him. l The Boom at Williamsport and Log Floating. Tho Lycoming Gazette, of the 27th ult.,' in speaking of the Boom erected at Wil liamsport, and the floating of loose..logs on the West Branbh of the Susquehanna and its navigable tributaries, speaks as follows: “The boom, instead of being ,an ob struction and at) eyesore to lumbermen, has been their efficient and only protec tion ngainst the sudden nnd unavoidable) catastrophes incident to tho prosecution ofl their business. Neither has log floating! interfered with or interrupted tho naviga-) tion of tho river or its tributaries by raft-! men. And if the future legislatures of this! commonwealth have any care for her in- \ terests, they will foster nnd protect rather j than interlero with nnd destroy,a business) which promises to add so materially to the' development of tho resources of her terri- : tory and the amount of revenue on our public works.” Our readers will at once porceire that these are the sentiments of one who is un acquainted with the subject of which he speaks, or one who is either deeply inter ested in the business of log floating, or as sociates with those who are, and speaks the sentiments of such persons. j Were the raftmen of Cleai field county, i those who have had practical experience! in the mutter, to speak on this subject, they J would tell a different tale in regard to the boom erected at Williamsport, and thut of the floating ofloose logs on the Westßranch of the Susquehanna and its navigable trib utaries. ; We do not profess to be practical raft- men, but enjoyed the pleasure of a trip : . T,ie , VnCanC >' in 'ICC Presidency. down the Susquehanna the lute freshet os rv " The ,, ' e p occu . rre t nce va n can ' . ■ cy in the office ol President or Vice Pres lar ns Harrisburg—nnd in which trip we idem, the first section of the third article encountered many difficulties, occasioned of the constitution has the following pro by the floating of loose logs, which proved v * s t ()ll : to us most conclusively that that business! . * c . tt!ie °^ lbt ? removal of the President -• •,, , , , from office, or ol his death, resignation,or greatly interferes with and endangers the • it. . . 6 . . ’. . - . . n mab ItiV to discharge the duties ot thesaid navigation of said stream by rafts and arks, office, the same shall devolve upon the Another very serious obstruction which ' ce President; and the Congress may by we encountered, was that or the boom ' aw provide for the case of removal, death, „„„ , , , , ; resignation, or in.ib. bty both of the Presi erected at \\ tll.ainsport, which the editor dunt und Vice President, declaring what of the Lycoming Gazette would fuin make'officer shall then act as President, and the public believe is such an accommoda- suc ' l officer shall accordingly un'il ihe dis lion 10 raftmen. The boom is so con- he removed, or a President be elec * tu cl ' * structed that it is rather a difficult matteri / r , .... , . . , I In pursuance of this clause, which in to get round it at any time-and when the ilse |f mn kes provision only for a vacancy wind is blowing to any extent it is impos- in Ihe Presidency, Congress, in March, sible to do so. Such ivas the case when 1792,.passed an act entitled “An act rela we approached it—and consequently wci^ ve e^ec h° n of President and Vice, were compelled to tie up and await an op-' P™? 0 " 1 - of ,he States, and declar* portun.ty. When safely landed ana ashore,; in ca3e of vncancie3 in the office 3 bolh of we found some thirty rafts in the immedi- President nnd Vico President” The ninth ate neighborhood landed up -and hands \ section of this act is as follows : idle from the same cause—all of whom Sr.c. 9. And be it further enacted, , -.l i H j i ■ That, in case of removal bv death, rosiu. with ourselves, were compelled to ay bv • . .... , , f. “ , ~ , r,-. , nation, or inability both ol the President 1 a half-day on account of this boom—each and Vice President of the United States, raft having on board two hands, employ- the President of the Senate pro tempore, ed at the rate of 82 per day, boarding in* nn d * n case (here shalf be no President of eluded—which in the halTday would be a- Senate, then the Speaker of the House tax upon the raftmen of sixty dollars—!' ° r for thq time being shall u , , , , , , act as President of the United States, until We know not how many were landed up , he disab ;ii ty be removed or B Presidem miles übove, for fear of encountering this, shall be elected.”' obstruction. We speuk merely of whatj The next section of the act provides as passed under own observation. Nor do we ows i°r the election of a President and know how many, or how long, rafts have T 6 eo P* e * n tbe event . i • , . ° ,ol bolh 1 huso offices becoming vacant: been detained there at other times, butj .. Sec , 10 . And be u further enacted, those who reside in the neighborhood whenever the offices of President und lormed us that it was no uncommon oc-l V‘ ce President shall bolh become vacant, currcnce for rafts to be detained at that! lbe Secretary of the State shall forthwith place on account of the obstruction occo-'JTf * n ° ,,fica ‘ ion thL ‘ r | ol ' ,o b ", maf Jf lo sioned by tho boom. ! so cause [be same to be p ub |j sbed j n Ht The floating of loose logs on tho head least one uf the newspapers published in waters of the Susquehanna and its tribu-!f State within thirty-four days preeped turies, and the running of rafts, when ' n ° tbc brst Wednesday ' n December then ■ | , , . next ensuing.: Provided, there shall bo earned on to any extent, are two things , he space of b (wo monlbs ’ botwecn lbo date which cannot be done at one and thesame of BU ch notification nnd the said first time. The lato freshets have fully dem-1 Wednesday in December; but if there onstrated this fact, nnd that too at no small • s hah 1101 he 'ho S P>? CO o( [ ' vo months be loss to the industrious lumbermen of our' t ' vet ' n lba d !* 10 ol such notification and , a r. .. , „ the first Wednesday in December, and if county. Thousands of dollars worth of |tbc term for which ,| le President and Vice property, in the shape of rafts of square President last in office wero elected shall timber and boards have been destroyed by not expire oil the third day of March next coming in contact with loose logs ; and by : ensu > n gi then the Secretary of State shall the obstructions occasioned in the streams Tn'T lh °- : not ‘ flCalio L D that lhe eleclors ■ t . • be appointed or chosen within thirty by said logs, numerous persons have been f our days pre ceeding the first Wednesda^ deprived of an opportunity of running their in December in the year next ensuing, and productions to market; for proof of which the electors shall meet and give their votes assertions, we need but refer to any and 0 " lbe sa ' d fi rst day in December, and in fact airiest every person engaged in the | l,e P ro “^ in S s a " d dut ios of the said elec. . .. e b tors and others shall be pursuant to the di usiness. rections prescribed in this act.” Suchbeingthcca.se, if these experiment- It would thus appear that, by the con ers should again undertake to obstruct our' stitution, and the law as it stands, no pro streams, by throwing into them loose lomi,! J't s ‘ 0, t is mado for the choice of a yice in the manner heretofore practiced, ° ve j 1 except by the people ; and .that ■ - •. .. • no provision is made to choose a Vice .consider it highly necessary that somej President even in this mode, except in action bo had upon the subject in our next Ihe case of n vnettney occurring in bolh legislature, as the . interest? of the State, ihe office of Vice President nnd President, and the best interests of Clearfield county Washington Union., demand it. But we apprehend that the present flattering prices which are being paid for square timber, and the ill luck which has resulted to the driving and booming of loose Jogs, will, of itself, bo sufficient to induce or compel these per- sons to suspend operations, In regard to the boom at Williamsport, there is no legislative action necessary.— The company, it is true, have authority granted them-for the erection of u boom* but it is to bd so constructed as not to in 'terfere with obstruct the navigation.— It is the duty of the company therefore, to. makp such nlteratiqna in their boom /that rails ma!v at, all times-pass when the river is ; navigable elsewhere; otherwise fthe raftmen have u porfect right to remove ' the obstruction : ’ A BRUTAL MURDER. I A cruel murder was committed in Burn | side township, this county, on last Mon jday night, or father on Tuesday morning. The facts have been told us to as follows : Two Irishmen have been employed and living at the Messrs, Patching’, having a woman, tho wife of another Irishman, na med,. jerrij Whahn, keeping house for I them. About 2or 3 o’clock on lastTues j day morning, ns one of the two men first | referred to, whoso first nnmo was Thomas, \ was at tho door, a pistol was fired, the ball of which entering the back part of the head caused his death without a groan. The woman,/aroused from sleep by the noise, asked “what’s that ?” which was answer ed from without, in a mocking tone of voice, “wlmi’s that!”—and this voice the woman recognized ns that of her husband, who is suspected as the perpetrator of the deed. j The murderer had not been taken at last accounts, though we think it scarcely pos. sible that he can escape, os a largo num ber of citizens have been in pursuit of him. Whalon and his wife have not liv ed together for some months. Judge Gibson, is not dead as we an nounced week before last on the authority of tho Harrisburg Union. The chief jus. tice has been indisposed, and has been ly ing at the Merchant’s Hotel in Philadel phia, but is now convalescent. Our A ffairs at Constantinople. We publish to day an imgiDrtent letter from Constantinople, which will be read with great interest’by our patrons.’ $ The insult offered to our flag at the con sulate of Constantinople, by tile 1, Austrian legation, to which our correspondent al ludes,is now underadvisement at Washing ton. It is briefly ns follows, as appears from documents on record at the Depart ment of State: The legation at Constantinople . being a mere sinecure formality, the minister does not feel it necessary to be much or often at his post, and the place is mostly left'in charge of ih'e drngommq, or official Inter, preter, who happens to be a whig gentle man, bearing the very uncommon name of Brown. When the unfortunate Him garian refugees- arrived in' Ttirkyi Mr; Brown, and Mr. Daiiaise, the United States consul,; disagreed about the measure ! of protection to be afforded those who came I with,American passport?,' Mr. Danaise Who bears an excellent report from dit' tinguished persons in this city who knew htm in Constantinople ns an honorable well educated, and. hospitable gentleman tyas not disposed to go behind the letter of their passports, and gave them what the race ot their papers asked—the generous protection of the flag and consulate ofths United States, and, it is said, used his Own private funds most freely i n their care afa’d, entertainment. Mr. Brown rather sided 1 with the Austrian legation, which, ofcourse j aimed at seizing the fugitives, nnd return'-:' ing them to the prisons and scaffolds ofti Austria. The Sultan and the English, minister took, like the consul, the part of ! humanity, and the Hungarians were sar." ed. This dispute between the acting consul ( end the dragoman of the absent minister became bitterly personal, and was by no means softened by the, exposure through'. Mr. Danaise of the affair of Amin Bey, ; whom the same dragoman had palmed off. on our cabinet and people as the envoy of/ the sultan. 'Somesharp and racy state*; ments made their way from Constantinople' to Washington, nnd in his exasperation Mr. Brown went so far as to attempt to: supersede Dnnaiso in the consulate. Thi»i was a bold stretch ofauthority,in the mere’ interpreter of the absant minister, who had! himself no such powers ; but to aggravate; the case, Danaise forwards a complaint; that the seals of his consulate were pur* , loined. In the midst of ull this dispute the 1 dragoman had the strange indiscretion {o'; apply to the Austrian legation for a forcer to dispossess the consul, and some Austria an soldiers under his direction actually , forced the doors of the United States com; sulnte, and after taking what liberties they ; pleased with the archives, they closed the consulate and sealed, the doors with the; arms of Austria. • ; The affect of such contemptuous and in*. suiting treatment of the flag of the United Stutes was not much in favor of the greats ness of this country in the estimation of the Turks, but it is all in process of in*; vestigution and redress, and the strange' spectacle will not be repeated while Pres-' ident Pierce fills the executive chair. [iVa<. Deni. THE TROUBLE IN NEW MEXICO. It is now years since the re-‘ sidents of the Valley of the Mesilla, situ ated a few leagues to the southwest of Dona Ana, asked of the officers of the United States, in New Mexico, to exert their authority in the town and valley, and a controversy has ever since existed as to which country the district now in dispute The treaty of Gaudaloupe Hi dalgo, required that the boundary line of the two republics should commence in tho’ Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land,, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, run (up tho middle of thnt river to the southern I boundary of New Mexico, (which rum , north of Viepn.cn called Paso,) to its western termination, and so northward along thy western line of New Mexico, until it inter sects the first branch of the river Gila, &c., |by Disturnell’s map. The joint commis j sion organised under a provision of this j treaty, proceeded to run and mark the iin?, I as prescribed, finding no seriousdifficuity, , until they come to the two sections which constute the southern and western lines of New Mexico, which were said not to be defined with certainty in the treaty, nor. distinguished by prominent natural objects. Controversy arose chiefly as to the point, where “the Roi Grande strikes the south ern boundary of Mexico,” tho only terms used to describe it being “north of the town called Paso.” Now, by the map referred to, the town is situated in uorth latitude 32 deg. 15J. min., which would place the line about seven miles north of the town—but by ac tual survey, the town was found to be in latitude 31 dtg. 45 min. north, and longi , tude 27 deg. 85 min., or some two degrees south and two degrees west of its suppos ed position.. The result of the discussion among tho commissioners was, that the “Rio Grande struck the southern line of New. Mexico at 32 deg. 22 min. north,” which placed it far above the ( place origin ally intended, and left a good rnanv people in Chihuahua, under Mexican laws, that would rather have been in New Mexico, under United States laws. Mr. Gray, our surveyor, who was ill at the time this agreement was entered into r refused to sign the convention, on the ground that the line was run too far north, the consequence of which refusal was to bring the subject before Congress, which in 1852 stopped the appropriation for the survey. Mr. Gray, and those who opppsa the action of the commissioners,allege that the line agreed upon bv the latter was some 37 miles north of El Paso, while the trea ty contemplated a line only seven jniles north. A territory, therefore, some twenty miles wide, and some four degrees long, is the value of the difference. Butanew priation, we believe, was mnde by the |ast Congress for the continuation of the sur vey, and the settlement of the difficulty. Meantime, Gov. Lane, urged probably by the demands of the inhabitants, has itakqn the matter in his own hands.— Argus. Movements of Ex-President Van Buren.—Tho venerable Sage of Linden; ! wald hold a levee at tho St. Nicholas on ■’* Tuesday. Among the visiters were'Major f General Scott, conimander-ih/chief, Britr- » ado General Twiggs, Surgeon General ) Lawson, ana'other' officers of the Army 1 and navy, besides verious members ol the ■ city government and many of the most I prominent citizens of this great metropolis I In the evening ho dined with Colonel i Jas. B.:Murray, oneofthc fewDemocratio 1 f* residents oftlieuristocraticFifth avenue— | f ' ( . N.Y.Hemid: r ;| (Kr A western editor lately .published an '■‘l entire chapter from the adding he.supposed it would be new to mosM>cl| his readers. *3l