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FOR -C NA r. COM MIsSIONER,
WILLIAM 13. FOSTEP.
WM=
In the "loose of liepre:Fentaiiven,nll the . 2.oth of April,
• memge was receive' from the i'resident, in whin - pi
to the resolution of C.J. ingeraon, relative to the cheri,va
against ltr. %Veil:Arr.
The Pieeident after veviewing at great length, the ex
isting laws which g:ivan the t . .intiogetit thud and the
disposal of the secret service money, wive on to speak of
the dangerous precedent, an answjr to tho resolution
would establish. He call,attenti.m to the fact thus if a
datement.of the items of that secret service fund be cell--
ed fir now, it can be dose in all future time, so that the,
Government would be greatly injured therehy. In if us
tration of his position, he adduces se.eral ruses in which
the interest of the Government would be seriously 0.1411•
promised were its doings made public to other powers.
In conclusion, he:retninds the House, that Congress can,
if it pleases, repeal the existing laws, but that so long, as
they are in force, consideraii .ns of public policy,
And a sense of his duty to obey the law, induce him to
respectfully decline to furnish the desirable information'
in the first branch of the resolution.
In compliance with another portion of the resolution,
he transmits copies of vulumittotta correspondence with
the State llepartmert, relative to the M'Leud care.
- Mr. C. J. Isornsort then took the (look for the pur
pose of making a• f•w explanatory remarks. Among
other things he Bahl that when in the first place he went
to the State Department, he went with a view of getting
evidence to prove what Mr. Webster bad just
the Senate, and he had not the least idea of discovering
the evidence of the present charges. It was altogether
unexpected. This being the case, without conferring,
witb,or consulting with any body, he came to the House
the next morning.and offered the resolution. If there
had been any •• conspiracy " as had been charged, it all
rested with himself, for neither the Secretary orState,
the President, or any body else, knew a sy Esbie about
it. After making many more explanations, Mc. Inger.
soil concluded by repeating all the charges he had made
against Mr. Webster in his former speech, and assevera
ted that they could all be fully sustained and proved by
evidence-in the Deportment:
Mr. BII,TLEA KING. replied, and went into a labored
vindication of Mr. Webster; after which the House
took up the Oregon
,resolutions as returned from the
Senate, that body having refused to concur in the amend
ment of the House. The House refused to recede by
p vote of 87 to 9;)". A committee of eonfrrence has been
appointed in each branch, who have held several meet
ings, but can come to no decision en tha Oreonn se o
lotions. '
THE FortetuN Nuu - s.—The s;zau.cr I iliccia arrived
at Boom, ou Frilly April 1 itS, frith eight days later
intelligence from Europe, full extracts from which , ,wiil
be found in another column,
The intelligence concerning, the Oregon quection, is,
upon the whole, rather. pardic than otherwise. The
Earl of Aberdeen on the 17th March, declared in the
Home of Lords "that he coutd not bring himself to he
lime that any reasonable; d.tubt remains of our being able
to bring this matter to a satisfartory conclusion."
The htorning Chronicle, heretofore sapposed to be
ultra, has now substantially as,.umed the position taken
by the Times in regard to the 49:h degree as a basis of
negotiatic4
• The Time=. on the contrary, appears more belligerent ;
though its menaces appear to Le an effort to prose that
Englund cannot be.scartul.
The attempt made by the Poles to regain their free
dom, is. fast, approaching a disatrous termination. It
williteseen that the Austrian troops arc in possession of
Cracom.and that the brave Poles have little prospect of
regaining their liberties and country.
The news from Ireland. India and Spain, is not of
much importance. The Irish. coercion hilt which origi•
Nutted in the House of Lords, ha s parsed through every
rage of that branch of the Legislature, -.r.d awaits its
fate in dm other. The English knimals age deploring
the stateof thinga in India.
TOE LUZEIME Dzazocarr.—We extract from this
paper the following singular paragraph, more to express
our astonishment that it should be found in its coluMns,
than for the purpose of retorting :
"We may bestow a single paragraph to the account
etment of Col. Victor E. Piollet,with Public Opinion."
On•hie course in reference to the taxation of coal. We
believe he has consistently and violently supported the.
Measure. We apprehend, for the credit of his constitu
ents, they will no far refuse to recognize his abominable,
ruinous find odious coarse on this sul , j , ct, as to " Piollet "
him to stay at home next winter."
~. Col. Piollet, we Believe, has, in his course its winter,
been guided by patriotic and elevated mo ves; and in
relation to the tax on anthracite coal. we a certain that
4 .5.
his constituents approve of tho,course he has taken.—
tinlitethe Democrat, his time and talents are not devo.
ted to the interests of corporations and monopolies, nor
narrowed by selfiih motives.'
Hos. D. L. Saertwoon.—We are much gMtiflcd—in
common with his constimcney—with the manner in
which our Senator has-discharged the duties of Speaker
the Senate, this winter. We believe it is the uuiver.
red opinion that the arduous end resperasible duties of
the °trim hive never been more ably, promptly and effi
ciently performed. The Harrisburg correspondent of
the Butler Herald. thus writes concerning the Speaker:
•' I hare been here fur a number of veers, 'and I du not
know that the dutfee were better performed by any of
his prcdecersors. lie is conversant tvith the rules,
Prompt in his 'decisioMr; and impartial in his judgment.
Many neve'qubstionc of parliamentary order have arisen
this session, and in dccidineMpon them be has been in
variably sustained by the Senate, and besides, given
general satisfaction to all parties. This is one of the
best criterions by which the esperience and judgment of
el Speaker cot be tested, and it is one by whtcll• the
present Speaker has been judged, and not found want
ing." •-- -•
. GIELT 0116120 N Marrtso.—A great Democratic
meeting was.heldin Independence Square, Philadelphia,
on thesubject of Oregon, in Liver of giving the a twelve
months notice," and of " immediate and energetic pm
titration for any emergency that may happen in cause
squenesthereof, or of the state of out relatbma with th e
power-to whom the notice is to be given." A number
of excellent speeches made and a series of resolutions,
couched in strong but temperate language, adopted by
serliniatiod. •
r Saagroamc TEIM.—The Senatorial term of the
following gentlemen will expire with the present Le
blare r
}friar Casssix, of Rocks.
.7wiss SLAIF, of Erie.
ADAK EVALCGII, of York.
.Joao For:Luton, of Piriladclphineounty.
JirresusoN K. HEcKXAN, Of Northampton.
.li . ;s 4 see F. Quay. of Chritoil.
Otoaoz Kum, of Schuylkill.
rows B. STzaressiz, of Montgomery
ersize L: Suzairoosr; of Tins.
Esweits C. SCLLITAN, of Butler.
tisarer. FIGELT, of 8et....
The Ore,gen Resolutions'.
bjr(tEe I SensilrOT - i!*
p,4od rikaiitto gieng eta not*. 4ktogalkf
14; joint occupation ofoT,go4i'hnde r r:thet*tilf. 180,7,
inceti with the'decidecraimpirribsdoe ; of all those a 440
buboes our sight to iha.portiun'of terlitiiry;in continua:.
"cy. clear antunguerok'tiable - Oi's being. a mercenary and
abject truckling to the bravadoes of England. and' a
pitileas shuffling rani responsibility." upon , . i'ruoidcnt
' ;Plk. We' aro not desirous of war; we deprecate;the
evils uldch.necessariiy follow in its wake; the ruin and
carnage made in the " pomp,. pride and glorious circum
stance of war," the corisequent rupturing Of the domes
tic rind ,•ocial t:es; the stJoation •of business, Ond the
total demolition of commerce. We are C r iviefied with
these " piping times of pease; and have no fears of their
being disturhed by the adoption .of the notice as passed
by the !louse. We have heretofore given -our opinion
in. to the probability.-me I pos,ibility—of a war with ; 1
England, and., our reasons for that npiniOn,: ; and see liar
Here now that:the passage of the "notice" in any form,
would not have a tendency to produce a rupture of our ,
friendly rclanons with England: On the contrary, a I
firm and decided stand taken incitlie maintenance of our
rights and iseiessiona, will eo%Met bring abciut a proper I
adjustment of our dillieulties. th an a weak and vacillating I
course, er a meek and humble appeal to the:Philanthrm
phy and benevolence sf England. If we have rights in
Oregon, let them be asserted—Vvhrtra once asserted, let
them he maintained, if necessary, evert at the cannon's
mouth, for the credit and character of our common
EEMEIM
NVe extract from the Wilkes-Barre Fermate the fit .
lowing sprited remarks upon the passage of the resuitt
throat—to which is appended the tote upon then.: •
"The above are worthy of the same body which up
held the United States Bank in all its usurpations—the
GAMS body which libelled and defamed then. Jackson
through half his administration--the same body which
recorded- its condemnation of that illustrious chief, and
was afterwards compelled tc "eat its own worse." This
last eel it will have to do again. These 'resolutions are
a disgrace to the country, and the people feel them to he
so. They-are enough to make an Arneiican sick of his
country, did he not telet that they form no exposition
of the pope!ar will, but are the cowardly expression of a
body that h no sympathies with the people. To'w.t
nesa 40 men, and they "grave Senators," with tear! in
their cycc,.holding oat their loyal hands to Queen Vic
toria, and Legging be: for Coiresake not to hurt them—
that they arc ecinzelled.to do something " to satisfy the
rabble democracy I! And then throwing all the re
sponsibility of giving the - notiee un the President !
But will the House take back its own er:pression and
adopt that of the Senate ? We answer never. And
the Senate in the long ran, Lave "got" to adopt the
form of notice passed by the House., 'Wesay they have
"got to do it." The people are their masers and will
remain such. It is true that the Senate gains delay by
getting up an issue with the House. They "can hear
from England by the next steamer"—a half a dozen
steamers may scurry back and forth across-the Atlantic,
and bring diem "the state of public feeling," and per
haps, to some of th.:F., samethin; lAA they have
got to pass the House notice sooner or later. The pre.
sure from without cannot be re-isted. This imbecile act
attic Senate will but make the pu . blic mind more in
vetcra,e and determined, inure unyielding and uncom
promising.
We append the votes and it will beacen that the
name of the always right and t,'lvieys honest representa
tite, of the democracy from this State, 1,..A.Nt0z..6-rcn
c EON, is, as ever, in the tight p:see."
I - rag—Messrs. Amer, Ashley, Atherton, Baghy,
Barroty, Benton. Berner., Calhoun, Cameron, Chalmers.
J. M. ClaytOn, Corwin, Crittenden, Davis, Daywn,
Green, Haywood, Houston, Huntington, Jarnagan,
Johnson, (Md.,) Johnson, (1.a.,) 1111)Mlie, Man-
Cum, Miller, Morehead, Niles, Pierce, Peunyhaker,
Phelps Rusk. Seider, Simmons Speight, Upham, Web
ster, Woodbridge-40.
N tig—Measrs. Allen, Atchinson, Breese, Bright,
Casa, T. Clayton, Dickinson, Evan*, Fairfield, Haune
gan, Jenness, Semple, Sturgeon, Wescott-14.
The Junction Canal Bill.
We learn front the Luzerne Dernoarat that the bill
authorizing the connection between the Chenango and
Ciaemung Canals, and the North Brand:, has passed
the New Inch" Legislatures, Of the prospect and pro.
prier) , of a speedy completion of the North Branch, the
Democrat We catnot see any reason now why
the North Brunch Canal should not be immediately
made—New York has redeemed the pledge of honor,
and all obstacles that have heretofore been in the way,
seem now to be removed. The impediment to the pay
ment of the instalment of stock, before, we are told, was
attributes) to a want of a certainty of connection with
tie New York canals. The difficulty has disappeared,
and we hope to see immediate steps taken to complete
this important work. One of more magnitude, certainly,
to the interests of the people of this part of Pennsylva
nia, does not exist.
The coal of tbo Wyoming Valley must go North, and
that speedily. It.is the natural attict, and the ono roost
easily made available. It seems indeed strange, that the
vast individual capital of Pennsylvania which is com
paratively inoperative and idle, does not seek investment in
this stock. The inducemznts on the part of the State
are immense—a gift as it were—and still there would
seem to be a want of confidence in taking the stock of
the canal, a canal running 20 miles through the richest
coal field known in the and lading to a market
where-there can. be no competition, no supply from any
other, q natter, Add to this the fact that the work has been
more than two-thirds finished, and theoutlay a gift to the
man or men who will complete it. hit not strange—
passing strange, that men who have the money, cannot or ,
will not be convinced of the enormous interest they would
realize on their money, if invested in the atock - ; of the
North Branch.
However we have the reflection tbat.the force of far
camel:emcee must accomplish that which the money-men
of the hour would secritto put so little reliance In., Time
and a very short time will do it."
• TUG LEGIIILATCHS OF . PcsxsttorvitA adjourned on
the inst , after a session of oue hundred and six
days, and the passage of upwards of four hundred sail
fifty-nine acts.
The proceedings, to the hour .4adjounnment, will be
found in our Harrisburg letter.
.. • • . •.
Hon. D..L.,Surnwoon, in accordance with the Initrel
custom, resigned kis. Bpeakership on the last day olthe
session. and Hon. Wm. 8. Ross, of Luzeme'countioeits
elected Speaker on the.2Bth ballot.. The veto stoOd:op
on the last ballot—for Ross, 14 Whigs, 1 Nativa,'ind 1
Democrat. The remainder lot the Democratic vote was
given to Mr. Bin LEO. , . ,
Mr. Ross, is Speaker during.the recansof the cession,
and in case of the death of the Governor, would adminis
ter the Ozvet4mcnt until the next general election
theteafier. •
Tux RI.IIT or WAY.—Tbe bill giving the Right of
Way to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has been sign
ed by the Governor,as has also the bill incorporating the
Central Railroad Company. lithe latter company sub.
scribe $3,000,000.0f stock before Ag1y,•11347 t and pay
one third in. then the grant of right of way to the Baia.
• more and Ohio Railroad Compaq, to-be null and void,
otherroke to remain in HI force. . • .•
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Tux VinotstA EtEcTion. 7 The annual election to
T l4ttuie , uilL,4llus place threugtaatt,Virgigis on
F 4144 n In me parts of the Suite the eanvina
is Et. in 41 re less iiisnusu,liKiiite7.st is 40 .7
botkiatetiets
. ." 3 "
stYTitareryits to!have bora an eclipsetor the ion r?'Ol
gatuedsii:steilit not visible in diese digginar
for the reason that we , did not get a peep' at the sures
face omit in the afiernnon.
Proceedings of the Penn'a. Legislature.
[Correspondence of Ow Bradford Reporter.]
.P . AnyIaBURG, Apiti 17th..106.'
4. •
CENTLE3irs :—The Revenue bill,' or as it is
called the bilrpreirlding for tlie'reduction of
the public debt;: is now before the Senate on'
second reading. One of the sections has
been-adopted.- It provides fur levying a tax of
three. mills oporfeach dollar ofilie . value. of all
stages, owuibuaes, hacks. cabs... and oilier se
hieles used for transporting passengers fur hire:
-all annuities over $2OO, except annuities
and pensions granted by this Commonwealth
or I,y the United -States ; and upon all proper
ty real or personal,-not taxed by existing laws,
held, owned used or invested by any person
company -or corporation, in trust for the'
use. benefit, or advantage, of any oilier per.
son,•compaily or corporation, excepting such
i•roperty . as shall be held in trust for.religious
purposes. •
•The section authorizing the 'Commission
ers of the-souking fond to sell pll the stocks
held by the Commonwealth in canal. rail road.
navigation. turnpike and 'bridge' companies,
*as stricken out.
The eighth section which was adopted :
makes it the duty of the a.sessore to require
individuals. firms. and incorporated companies
to deliver r statement sloiwing the amount of
money - due and oweing them respectively by
solvent debtors, whether on moralages,judg
ment. decree, bend, note &e., (except tines,
contracts,' or accounts fur tt ork or labor 'alints,
or hank notes:), and also, the artiount of all
sharl'es or stark held in any incorporated com
pany ; and all public - loans or 610 A, except
those issued by the Cuniolonweilth; and all
money loaned or int ested on interest in any
oiher State. The remainaer . of the bill has•
not been acted on.
The bill as reported By tha firiance•commit
tee does not contain the provision whicli pass
ed the House taxing Anthracite coal tit the
mouth of the pit, ten cents per ton. lii lieu
of this the committee propose a tin on all ton
nage. of whatsoryer kind or description, ex
cept the baggage of passengers. shingles,
square or round timber, staves, hoop poles,
fencing timber, hark. wood, or rough stone,
transported over any canal, rail road, or slack
water navigation. not owned by the State, shall
pay a tax of one-hall milt per mile per ton of
2900 pounds.
It is impossible to say in t•lirit shape the
bill will finally pass, or whether it will pass at
ad.
The bill authorizing the canal commission
ers to repair the road iii Standing Stone town
ship. Bradford county has passed both Houses
It appropriates S.lOO for the pdrpose—the lial
awe consequently to he wade up by the tott•n
The bill incorporating the Harrisburg iron
company with a capitol of $1.000,000. passed
the Senate, by a vote of 10 to 7.
The great bill of the session. granting the
right of way to the Baltimore ar•.d Ohto rail
road company intsseti the [lonie this morning
with the restriction 'heretofore noticed, by a
vote of 51 to 45. It goes back to the:Senate
for concurrence iu the ainenduterits.
The bill to construct an outlet lock at Wells
Palls on the Delaware division'Of the Pennsyl
vania canal hae-likewise passed the House.
The Governor has signed the bill to incor
porate the Pennsylvania rail road coinpiny.
The committee on conference on the disa
irreeing votes of the two houses on the amend
ments made by the Senate to' the General Ap
propriation bill reported this afternoon. ' The
. report restores the Appropriation bill to com
mon ::chools of $200,000. The report was
adopted, yeas 18, nays 10. ' .
HARRTSBCRO, April 23d, 1840
GENTLEMEN :—The Legislature adjourned
sine die, yesterday morning after a session of
107 days. during which time 470 acts were
passed, the largest portion of which are of a
strictly local character.
On Monday tile revenue bill was rejected in
the Senate by the following vote:
YEAS—Messrs. Anderson, Benner, Bigler,
Black. Creacraft, Darsie, Ehaugh, Polkrod,
Hill, Hoover, Sterigere,
Speaker—l 3.
NAYS—Nlesers. Carson, Chapinan, Ciabb,
Harrah, Dimmick. Dunlap, Fegely, Gibbons.
Heckman, Jordan, Morison, Quay, Rahn,
Ross, Sanderson, Smith, Wagenseiler,' Wil
liamson—lS.
The vote was however reconsideeed, and
on 'Tuesday, the Governor sent in the fo llow.
ing message in relation to the finances :7
To:the Senate and House of - Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(lENTLE.IItN your session is about to
terminate. and effective provision has not yet
been made to meet the • public engagements, I;
am moved by an imperative sense of duty to re
callyour attentions-at this late period to pressing
necessities of-the Commonwealth. . •
From a careful estimate madent the commence
ment of-the present session: and communicated
in my anginal message, it was apparent that
the assessment of the year one thousand eight
hundted and forty-six on real and personal estate,
and the revenues of the year proper derivable
from all other sources taken togeihei, would tie
insufficierit to meet the demands on the Treasury
for the same period by the sum 0f54141,296'091
and dial in supplying the dellcieticy, the balance
in the Treasury on th.e'first of December, 1845,
will have been reduced . to $88,590." •
Iklntlang' has since transpired in Warrant the
belief that this estimate is, in - any material .re
spect, imperfect."' :But the injury done to the
public Works by •the reeent,flends; and the con
sequent delays in'opening them for 'transprirra?
don; have involved a loss ta'the - State of about
8250,000 :—that Is to 'say : the extrannlinaiv
repairs which have thus become necuseiry will
cosi - more than $lOO.OOO, and the tolls lest du
ring -the drogress'ulthe repairs are estimated at
$150.000 'mere.
'Chest facts are so conclusive that 'they cafe.
not he strengiheted ar enforced by argument:
If additional' revenues are not provtded, the la
terest cannot possibly he paid.upon-tlre public
debt ; and the faith and honor• of our ancient
conarioniveplth Must be once . mnre violated.
For one, I sal not content .ta 'rest under the'
'grave reeptiiisit.ilincs*Thkh mast' attend upon
inactjan•in a crisis like this ; and feeling that it
rests ti ith the General Assembly at thii time
either to place the Public credit beyond the reach
of alktincertainqi,and doubt tozdlict upon it
ircolledAble eanittiflieSitate in renew
wit6 duei t ettpecOltisstilento-t?ppeal to their
Avistloni 'and Pinkintisto, to r koviile fur the future
wants before' tbe aessiOn
• FRS. Ft.; . •
- EXECUTIVE .Comentit; April 21, UAL "
The bill was immediately taken up. and a
substitute offered by Mr. Bigleuwas' adopted.
Thebill as amended then passed; 'and' ulas sent
to the lives° where it was concurred in. It
has since received the signature of the Guyer.
Tlia lumte 'With which the anietideif bill
was ,necesstany passed. gave but little ripper.
tunitrtn understand its full import." ft diffeis
materially in the extent'of additional taxation
front the rejected bill. The tax on tonnage is
omitted, and 'lt is generally thought- that its
salutary provistobs as a revenue measure con
sistmainly'in theiselealures which remedy the
defects in the existing laws relative to the
proper assessment oftakes. Whether the bill
is calculated to meet life wants of the Treas.
ury, and to maintain the credit of the State
is at present impossible to say.
Another excellent veto message Was receiv
ed from the Gov'hr. which you will Knd i t the
Reporter of • yesterday. It was oh• the bill
gr:intltg transportation powers to Schuylkill
naviOtion company.. In this message the Ex•
wive adheres to his detdrintnation to prntect
individual enterprise from the encroachments
and the grasping spirit Of chartered tuom,po
lies. ••
The bill granting the right of way to the
Baltimore and Ohio rail road Company passed
hodi nottseC and was appropriated by the
Governor. ' It provides that if 93.000.000 of
the capital stock of - the Central 'Rill Road
Company be aubscribed,.ati one third of that
arnounr:he actually paid in, and a small por
rioh •of the road at each terminies put under
contract before the 30th of July 1847: - trl'tin the
act ui be-null and void.
• A few minntee before the adjournment, the
Tariff resolutions were taken up in the senate.
Whet) a motion prevailed to recede from' the
SAinate's non•cnncurreure in the a'inentiment by
the House instructing our Senators and Rep
resentatives to vote against a distribution of
the proceeds of the public lands amorig the
revenue states. The resolutions instructing
naingt an alteration of the Tariff of 184° (rave
therefore passed both (louses.
The nominations of John' Koons In be an
Associate Judie of Luzerne county and of
George Boal for' centre county, 'were concurL
red in.
On Tuesday vonr worthy and able Senator
Mr. Sherwood, resinneilitis nate ae 'f'pealter,
which he has tilled with a diznity and 'impar
tiality that has given universal satisfaction.—
On rehiring front the chair, ho addressed the
Senators as follows: -
SENATons :—Our labors -here will soon be
brought to a
,cluse. A few hours more and we
shall have lilt theSe Legislative Halls of excite
mem and debate, to return to our homes, our
families and friends. The time has now arrived,
when, in accordance with the intimation I gave
you on yesterday, I am about to resign into your
! hands the trust you committed to mine at the
commencement of the session, when you elected
me Speaker of this b olc. When I entered
upon the discharge of my ditties as l7.;peaker. I
gave you a promise to discharge them faithfully
atid imp atially, according to the beet of my
r.hility, and now I leave it to you to decide in
what maunerl have fulfilled that promise.
I am not so vain to suppose, for one moment,
that I have been so fortunate at all times, and
under all circumstances, to render entire sansfac
tMn to even• member of this body ; that indeed,
seems to me would be an impossibiiity. 1 may
have et red—for to err is human—but I have the
satisfaction (41:flowing that if I have commitfed
errors, they have been errors of the head. and
not of the heart . ; for since 1 have occupied this
chair, I have hail no other feelings to gratify
than an ardent desire and a firm 'determination,
so far as was in my power, to discharge my du
ties promptly and fearlessly, and, as for as was
possible, to the satisfaction of all concerned.—
And if, by any decision I have felt myself called
upon to make, I have wounded the feelings of
any member of this body, I deeply regret it.—
Towads each and all of you I entertain 'nine
other than the kindest feelings. My intercourse
and associations with you have been of the Most
pleasant character, and in future years, to no pe
nod of mY In shall I look back with more pleas
' tire and . satisfaciieln, than to that portion which
we have enjoyedtogether.
Senator :—I thank you' kindly for the kind
ness and 'courtesy Willett I have uniformly ex
perienced from 'you; And - now we are soon to
separatefrom each other; and we may never meet
again on earth ; but I do assure you that, wher
ever yotrgo, you will carry with you my best
wishes and my earnest prayers fur your future
happiness and prosperity.
The Senate then proceeded to an election of
Speaker, and on the 28th ballet, Win. S. Ross,
[Dent.] of Luzerne was elected over Wm.
Bigler, the Democratic caucus candidate; the
Whigs voting for Mr. Ross, and the Demo
crats (with two or three exceptions) for Mr.
Bigler.
The 28th vote resulted as follows:
Messrs. Benner, Black, Chapman, Ehaugh,
Fegely, Foulkrod, Heckman. Hill. Hoover,
Rahn and Sterigere, 11, voted for IVm.
Messrs Carson, Cornnian. Crahb, Darragh,
Darsie, Dininuick, Dunlap, Gibbons,
Morrison:Quay, Sanderson. Smith, Sullivan.
Wagenseller and Williamson, 16, voted for
Wm. S. Ross. •
Messrs. Anderson. Creacraft and Sherwood,
voted for Mr. Black.
Mr. Bigler voted for Mr.:Sterieere
Mr. Rose did not vote.
Win. S. Roes was conducted to the Chair
and returned his• acdnowledgpmente for the
honor conferred upon him. •
Among the 'number of act passed 'on.the last
business day was one extending the jdrisdia
lion of jueticee of the peace for Bradford
county- • Yours,,, , A. B.
DISASTER OF THE STEAMER OREcoN.Tlie
splendid steamer Oregon; Capt. St: John,
' which ccisl. 8140,000, in • attempting to come
through Hurigate;' on Siturday'morning about
4 o'clock,•unfortunateiv gat up'on the rocks
=lied the'Gridiron. The engihe was imme
diately stopped, bot the mischief had been
done ; she was hard and fast: and in a smo
.ment•aftee,-both lief bow and • stern settled a
'fodt or two, leaving her Centre highest. • - The
;passenger's, about •100 in miniber, were taken
:off by the retry boat Astoria, and transferred
,to the steamer Traveller, Capt. Joel Stone,
from New Haven, and by her brought down to
New York. 'where they arrived about two
hours afteethe dctident. When tha tide 'went
.doWnt , the Oregon bioke hi tivo ; and will be a
total• wreck. She was owned principally; by
Mr. Geo. Law, of New York, and is insured.
Arrive of the Steam. Ship Unicorn.
iIGHT:PAY/73 LAMER FROTH EUROPE.—THE
' OREGON, QUESTION IN THE HOUSE OF
: LORDS.r—,THE- IRISH , COERCION .• ium..—
.;,,s•upp.REmox OFFHE POLISH INSURREC
;,'TIONATE OF AFFAIRS, IN
:'','FIRMNESS.AND SLIGHT ADVANCEZ THE
. •COTTON MARKET. •
The steam-ship Unicorn, which left Liver: .
pool on the 19th ultimcf.arrived at Boston on
Friday, the 17th inst., at 3,.P. M., having
been out twenty-nine days. The protracted
naSsage was caused by the heavy weather
and by her meetirtg large fields of ice. She
wee' dettitinen at Halifax twenty-four hours.
THE OREGON QUESTION.
Hodsc of Lords, 'Tuesday, Marsh 17.—The
Bali of Clarendon Moved branch portions of
the diplomatic correspondence respecting the
Oregonibegotiation, •as the Earl of Aberdeen
might - think it consistent With public • duty to
produce. • Nothing could be further (ruin his
wishes thin to embarrass the Government;
hut though the Language of the British and
America - it Governments had been entirely pa
eific, yet it could not be denied that the two
countries were insensibly towards a war. It
was time, he thought; to break the silence so
rigidly preserved on this side the Atlantic, and
to furnish the House with all the information
that could prudently he furnished.
He was convinced that an abler negotiator
than Mr. PaCkeithain•could not be found. and
that the Government had acted most judicious
ly in every step it had taken in the matter; for
it had declared 'to the world that it would not
engage in war until every means of keeping
peace were exhausted. it 'was morally im
possible that two such nations as England and
America should embroil themselves for a com
paratively worthless territory, and he'should
conclude by moving for the correspondence,
and be asking what course the Government
intended• to pursue in the event of the • Senhte
concurring in the twelve month's notice.
The Earl of Aberdeen. (who was at times
alnifisttmauditile,) said—My lords, in the very
ilelicat'e and dillicult positioa in which 1 ain
placed, it might, perhaps. appear natural that
I 811011114 have viewed with some degree of hes
itation the Melee which my noble friend gave
yesterday. 'Mit, me. lords, 'however mu'h
this might, 'under ordinary circumstances, have
been the ease, 1 felt certain', - id the case of my
noble friend, that his sense of public duty, and
pis intimate knowledge of the great interests at
stake, world prevent him from adding anything
to the difficulties with which the question is
already surrounded ; and at the same time his
own feeling would indispose him to make his
motion the subject of any embarrassment.
But I Ms{ reserve to myself the discretion
of, for the present, suppre-sing a large portion
of the correspondence which has taken place
between her Niajefty's tutu in the Unit.
ed States andmiys'ell. the production of which,
at this tone, Would be injurious 14 the
public interests. (llear.) My lords, I will
say further. that I show(' disposed vol.
tinnily to lay on the table any such informa
tion. In the first place, it is quite unusual, in
the midst of
_a nego ration of ibis magnitude,
without any special object in view, to produce
to Parliament accounts of the eartiealar posi•
thin we may, far the nine being, find ourselves
in. (Hear.) his true that the government ml
the United States has acted differently, but
their situation is different from ours.
These circumstances, therefore, would have
indisposed me from voluntarily laying on the
table information at 'this inn in en I. Another
reason also would prevent me from vcluntarily
coming with any seek information to the house
1 must admit that front the aspect of the nego•
nation, as reported in the papers which have
been produced in the United States, and which
I am in a condition to produce to your lord
ships, an infereitee rnight'fairly be drawn not
favorable to the result- of the negotiation in
which we are engaged—they would he calcu
lated to, induce us to augur unfavorably of the
result. For this - reason, therefore, I should
have wished not voluntarily' to submit to the
house in such a stage of the negotiation as that
to which we have now arrived, communica
tions which are calculated to produce Such an
opinion. (Hear.)
Neverthetess, it is the decided opinion that
such an opinion would be unwarranted. I
cannot bring myself to believe, my lords, how
ever the effect produced by the papers I have
referred to might he. as I have Said-1 cannot,
I repeat, bring myself to believe that any rea
sonable doubt remains of our being able to
bring this matter to a satisfactory conclusion.
(Hear. hear.) I have no doubt of , the.sincere
desire of belh- governments to arrive at that
result; and 1 hope that my noble friend will
not think me gailty of any uncourteoes con-'
duct, if 1 decline to inform him of the steps
which, in the present juncture of affairs, her
Majesty's Government may think proper to
take in pursuit of the negotiation.
Lord Brougham, referring to a statement that
hid been made respecting a globe said to be in
the possession of Alr. Everett; on which the
Oregon boundary was marked favorably to
America, said,' that he had yesterday received
a letter from Mr. Everett, which quite confirm
ed the truth of the assumption, which he (Lord
Brouham, had offered at the time. It appear
ed that Mr. Everett had ordered the globe
through another person, and that the tradesman
had marked the boundary an the mariner refer
red to, perhaps with a view to pay a compli
mem to Mr. Everett, but without - the previous
knowledge of that gentleman. •
With respect to the queStitin 'before the
House, he could only Join his hearty wish,
and express his confident hopes, that all 'these
negotiations, troublesome as they might be.
would lead to a happy issue; and also his en
tire confidence in his noble friend and the rest
of her Majesty's Governinent, and that should
—unhapily for us, for America, and for hu
manity at large-those just ezpectatitins prove
unfounded, mankind would find 'out to whom
the blame should be imputed ;"and further, that
. altogether the calamity of *at would be look
ed at by all with the utmost possible aversion,
by none would it be regarded with apprehen
sion or alarm. • r •
Lord Ashburton felt sure that all whicircau
tion and prudence required in this negotiation
would be observed by his noble friend, and
that the honor of England would not 6e tar- .
nished. When he looked at the probability of
two countries like England and America rush
ing madly 'lnto war, on a question in which
•nothing was at stake hut their honor, fie could
'not for a moment doubt that, wlratever might
, be the ebullition of popular - feeling here or in
the United States, the sterling good sense
which especially characterized these two coun
tries would - prevail; 'and preserve both from
that ultimate alternative which lie could not
contemplate without feelings of the utmost
horror,
He held it to be hopeless' for either
to obtain-. advantage over the other i n to
Were called the terms of negotiation,
Only!queStionlvas, how to settle this
right in tile manner which would be b et .
the two nations. The negotiation Could
be in better hands than those of his
or
friend, - and he felt.also, on th,. O th er ham
fidence that the people of the United V
would at least come to a fair, an bubo:
and a safe conclusion on the subject. •
THE INSURRECTION 1N POLAND.....Th e
revolutionary movement in this most i. r ;
n
country, was, at -the date of the last
f rom th a t part of the continent, in th e ea r ;
i-:
of March, rapidly hastening on to a disn4,
termination. The city, and the small o r „
Cracow, were already in the bands of the A'
trian troops. The population of the intuit.
districts appeared' indeed destrOus to leak, k .
der Austrian and Prussian protection, IGp
shelter froui the greater severity of the 16,
government, and• the cruelty, of the ft„,,
troops. A decided movement toward 'lief),
sian government in particular had motts'.<
itself in several pails of Austrian and Raux
Poland. The folloWing details had
in the English journals:
' FR/kicks - nu% March 12.
The followins , is the ofliei:,l ayrount of tiler.
rupatiun of Cracow, as drawn up by c e ,
Collin, of the . 'Aiistrian forces
“CitACOW, March 4.
"The insurgents retired from the cite o n ( ,: y
night'uf the 211 Instant. Early the next i t ,
Mug a deputatian, wtih the Senator Kopf
their head, made their: . appearance befor e
Austrian forces, and announced the foric.;
of a provisional committee.. General
tined to them that the members of the cm,
Senate, who remained in CracoW, were to
themselves into a new one, Herr litv:
their president. ..The general then nrilt r q
ktidge to be repaired as soon as possible,
fore it was etimpleted, two Russian sta(rclT.,„
announced the near approach of an unpot t
Russian force. Meantinie the bridge woi
paired, and immediate orders were given i.e t ,
general to four companies of the tichmellary.
gitnents, the whole of the mritia, and two squ.t.
roes of iight.horse, to march into the cut„
Theywere received by the loud lturrahr oft:;
congregated inhabitants. Meantime the that P m
siatts who had approached took itossestou
the castle and the main guard-house, but y
feeble numbers. General Collin not
inforcetnent of infantry to the former, il7rl
militia t i thelatter. Strotirt detach me n ,:
!dart troops, Under Generals l'antikta and ft •
toff, soon follolved the advance gintrd. Slaw,
afterwards General Collin had all in Terri.% o—
the limssiau commander-in-chief, Gem
at which it was agreed that the t•itv sla,!C, •
surrounded by the Austrians an::
equal numbers, and that the garri,,nn dub,
be performed by e.tch on alternate tl,t,
the 4th, Gen. Collin ordered into the cu
guns and tie o 'squadrons of the
11 , 2,1u:horse and the Ilohencgz tran.i!nm
landlvehr,'and Mb) rodgorz • a battalion uf :•
try, cavalry, and so rnv;iyiiirety . t k a!so
troops in 'kV admvire. If the Przissi:m I rm.,
entrr the city, the service will De ottienvisen;
lolled out."
Tor. IRISH Cur.uciriiii
and stringent measure which originated mil ,
House irlslmrds, had been received a di eur•
rations in Ireland, and was fiercely attack.,l,.,
England. was tliolight to I.e almost turns
blhie to carry it into effect after it
taken its place on the statute book. .• A
says one of the journals, • w loch inaki s
out after' dark a tranyorlalle rjruev, Slt.l•
made to be broken." It had received the;. •
of the Curfew Bill" in allusion to tire laraotr
old Norman tyranny which untried fire at.
light to be extinguished in the houses of air
Saxons at the soul of the Curfew (COUrClitt ,
bell.
In relation to thin 'measure, the Europe,:l
Tunes, alter alluding to the disastrous effect,
of the previous I
rish Coercion VIII, some tLr
teen or fourteen years ago, Upon the adittinit•
trauon of Earl Grey, and contrasting, tvithlio
effect the better influences of ~the nol,to
measures towards Ireland, subserviently whips
ed by the Melbourne ministry, and carried nr
effem by Lord :Nam:lndy, as Lord !demean:
of Irelaud, thug proceeds :
"Lord John Russel placed a notice en t'sz
books of the House of Commons, a few ntliiie
azo, which would bring, he' state of Ireind
before Parliainent.and probably create a week's
discussion to the seiious embarrassment—per
haps the total failure—of the government 0.1111•
mercial scheme. Seeiner this, and dreadintr an
injury to the ••greot and comprehensive mei.
sureol fiscal reform. his lordship has wisek .
given notice that he will Vritridra4 it utit:ldta
Easter
••Thew hilts, since the days of Lord Nornian•
dy, have always regarded Ireland 'as one of the
main pillars of their strength, while to the tunes
it has always been a source of embarrasstment
and difficulty. tier Robert Peel, before he W 35
premier, pronounced it to lie his chief iltilicht
ty ,flit was so then. it is so now. During the
time he was in opposition. the present bead at
the government, nt deference to the wishesnri
the prejudices of 'his party, was reluctannr
made to play 2 . lloStik part toward§ the sate!
country.
"lie has done much since he came into pun
er to retrieve the error ; but the prejudice which
exists In Ireland against the tories has nrntra•
lized, in a great Measure, his good intentions.'
The whigs now seem disposed to trip hue by
the heels on a sore poibt—a point where he in
most vulnerable ; and the present peculiar-pc .
eition of parties. involving, as it does, the break
in of all old connexions and predilections ,
is opportune to the design.
•• There are many things in the course of life
which men have just reason to regret ; and 25
Peel's policy in Ireland, since he filled the poi
of first minister, has been one of concession.
the antipodes, in fact, ofhii own and his party ' s
previous tactics', Ire Seethe to' have made the
best pmentle possible under the circumstances.
But Ireland has proved the grave of more than
one administration, and it is• within the reach
of possibility that it should swallow up—for
justice' is retributive—the present • anon
government, as it friends formerly delighted ,
and its enemies now, its derision, call it:.
ARRIVAL OF rrtE STEAMER CALE
DONIA-SIXTEEN DAYS LATER
The eteam•ahip Caledonia arrived al Bonen
on the •20th inst , With advises from Liverpool
to the 4th, and London of the 3d instant, balk
inclusive.
The victories of the English over theSikhri
appears•to be the principal feature of* intelli
gence. The slflophter of the Sikhs Wad terri
ble. Ten or twelve thousand of these brave
felldws, and nearly tu•o thousand Englith
troops were slain and wounded. This battle
and this slaughter; added to the slaughter or
!I
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