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FR.INCIS. 11. 'SITUNK..
Mosj,ctio the ,lee'i'on of the Democratic Slate Conveat.on.
WOOD and COAL. wanted lot Oils Miler
on account. Subscribers who Wive promised
t time articles most bring threw soon, or C ASH
will be required.
Senatorial Inquisition
•
Our readers are aware that the Senate air the United
States hay passed a formal resolution by, a vote of 27 to
21 expelling the Elitor of the Wovhington Union from
the privilege of occasionally walking into' the presence of
that augt body. The enure for this Star Chamber
proceeding, is the publication in the Union of a Culp
-monies:ion headed " Another Mexican victory," and
containing the following paragraph, accompanied by
corresponding editorial remarks: ,
"In the• Senate of the United States, nit yesterday, the
Mexicans achieved another victory. The bill for organ
izing, ten regiments of regular troops hiving been sub
mated, with its amendmeta, to a committee of conference
of the two h.tuses, that committee unanimously agreed
• it a report which was submitted to them for their ap
, royal. The llou-e of Representatives at once adopted
the report by a very large m rjority. In the - rrSenate it
was, in its m•rst important feature, rejected by a majority
••f vii. When the restilt was ascertaincd,a distinguidt
e 'Senator from Georgia exhibited the most marked to
ken: of exultation. It is the same Senator who urges
ti withdrawal of our army from the Mexican territory !"
The York - Gazette, whose editor is on the ground, fa
miliar with tie whole matter, and folly conversant with
public sentiment in relation to this ingtrisitprial proceed
ing, holds the following language."
"On Tuesday hilt, the rejection by the 'Senate of the
report of a Committee of Conference on the bill to raise
ten new regiments for the Mexican wart led to a general
apprehension that the hill was, ipso facto, dead The
Editor of the yirashington Union; deploring this result,
in the spirit of a true American and an independent
Editor, denounced, in strong language, (not stronger
than the occasion warranted.) the author of it—and in
the same paper which cantained his editorial animadver
sions, published a rebuke from the pen of a correspon
dent. •
These publications raised quite a storm in the Senate,
perticulaly altong those who have private motives to
strike et Mr. Ritchie, and those who evidently have a
much keener appreciation of their '• privileges" as s ent' .
tars than of their duties_ as- representatives of the sover
eignties cotistittping the American nation, now at war
w.th Mex:co. To punish M o n Ritchie for having pre
sumed, with the bold spirit of • freemen, to call into
question the infahibility of the Senate, and to invade.
with the denunciations df an lodgment patriot, the awful
sanet:ly of that august body, Mr. t Yulee, of Florida, was
meife,the instrument to introduce on Thursday the 11th
ult , the following resolu'ion:
Respheil, That the editora of the Union—a nrampa.
per puliti-hed in the city of Va hington—havina, in ■
publication contained in a ',unitive of tint paper dated
the rtil. of Fetiruary,lasued arid uttered ■ t•uhlic ldrl
upon •he chariteter of thia tinily. they be excluded (rain
the privilei:e of litillltsololl t the iloorof the Senate.
Fr .m the time of the intr.nlucmin of the above reso.
lotion to the ham of its ravango, (Saturday evening.)
the city of Washmgton pre..•nted a vcene of tnteove ex-
citemerd. On the avenues. in the Hotels. wherever two
or more persons met, the high handed procedure of the
Senate was the theme of conversation ; and united and
emphatic indeed Was the public voice against it. The
course of the Senate in 1800 against that sterling re
publican, William Duane, which so strongly excited the
indignation of the whole American people of that day. is
freely referred to as less odious, leas tytannical. than
that now pursued against Thomas Ritchie. The decis
iuni of the Sena:even work tio harm to M.. Ritchie--
Tar. Pro PLC, to whom he appeals against his oppressors,
will take care that no Americas eihall sutler for denmtrte•
ing the unpa'riotic course of those who err and always
take the side of the country's enemies whenever that
country is foga:tell in controversy or war with a foreign
nation. Thu pr•iiiile:4 of his persecutors will have cause ,
to envy Thomas Ritchie etc many moidhs have gone by,
The tyrants asAumeil an awful responsibility when they.
put forth their unholy hinds to restrain TIIIL LI II toTT
or Tar: encss, that the consequences of their acts might
be concealed front the American people. They have, to
the extent of their power, (not of their right,) wreaked
their pitiful vengeance upon the venerable Editor of the
'Union—but will the FREE PRESS of this FREE
"LAND thereby be made dtinth,while the daily proceeds
inns in Congress show that Mexico, as well as our own
republic, has her representatives, her apologists, her zeal
ous del. oilers, in the halls of our national legislature
Alik—tco--IN 0! It will stimulate the press to increased
vigilance, end infuse into every Editor who is not un
worthy of his high trust, so invigorated deterMination to
denounce dereliction in duty wherever it may be found.
whether in high places or low-age, not evens permitting
it to •' take sanctuary " in the Senate chamber itself!
Tits Vora OTTIIE Etertafotr.—The vote on expel
ling Mr. Ritchie from his privileged seat on the flonr of
the Senate was as (011. ms—four members of Jhe Demo-
crane party %oting in the affirmance.
YEAS—Alessi-0.. Archer, Badger. Berrien, Buller
Cufhoun, CiHey, Thomas Clayton John M. Clayton.
Corwin, Crittenden; Davis, Dayton, Evens; Greene,
Huntington. Javnigan, Johnson, of Louisiana, Mangum,
Miller, Morehead, Pearce. Simmons, Upham, Webster,
iVesicort. Woodbridge,
NAYA—Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Atherton,
BagbY, Breese, Bright, Cameron, Cara, Chalmers. Dick.
imam, Dix. Fairfield, Hanneaan, Houston, Mason, Niles,
Sevier, Soule, Sturgeon, TUmey-21. -
The Senate afterwards reconsidered their vote on the
hill and agreed to the report of the committee of confer
ence. So the Bill became a law.
Etta tvrvt.—ln our paper of the 11th olt., in en gni
etc headed" Proscription fur opinion's sake,' an error
occurred in the extract from the , New York Globe, and
escaped our observation, which entirely perverted the
meaning intended to be conveyed. Ip speaking of Col.
Snowden, this sentence should have read r —" Now this
democracy must be a hateful thing to the Whig party,
that no sucCess, no virtues, no reputation, could save ■
turn of Col. Snowden's admitted character and worth."
Oar cempositor made the last wont-=read " wealth:" in
stead of worth. A provoking bliinder that might
have escaped detection, but that our attention was called
r, it by a surly paragraph in,* Mexican paperin a neigh
boring county.
rata Excnsasor..--The Wyoming Record says it
would take the notes of Susquehanna county Hank,• for
a hundred ora thousand subscril ors." 'that would be
shout • fair exchange—the notes of a rotten Rank far
sr..rthless paper. Wander if Mr. Worden isn't about
to end uciild like to rill biz eubrflelion 141%!
Susquehanna'Cotaly Ttann.
We copy the following report of the condition of the
Sustjuehanni county tank from a report mode by
ite
Gadder to the Auditor General on the 4th of December
tuts
Capitakslock,Stpo,ooo 00
Profit and 10a5,........ .......... . '.. 4,760'82
Discount, interest acid exchange, 3,989 41
Partial paying:um. 6,031 71
Disidends unpaid; 97 00
Circhlstion - 95625 00
Depusitea, • , ' 8,42/ 08
losna and discounts,
Siorka, -
28,966 67
Real estate,— ......... 4... . . ... 775 08
Donna paid for charter.......q1,..... 3,000 00
Incidental charges, 3,099 63
Due from banks and briikera. 69,547 28
Bank notes of sul.ent banks, - 3,208 00
siwcie,....
Cuah
Like all Bank reports, its accounts are nicely contrived
to balance : but it will be found to consist of items that
fanners and plain business men know bin little about,
and care less. flow is the farmer to understand the
kerns of " Partial payments," A Profit and low," " Incl.
dental charges," " Stocks," " Cub items," " Bonus pail
for shatter," &c., &c. I The most material points, how
ever, and those in which the public are mast directly in
terested, are plainly stated, and may be summed up as
Uilow&:
Notes in circulation;
Due to depositors,..
To redeem which, they report specie on
hand, ........ ............ ......... $4,873 14
Batik notes, 3,209 00
Not enough actual cash to redeem one dollar in twelve
of its immediate .iabilnies.
It is true, they report as due from Banks and brokers
the sum of $69,547 27 ; but how much of this sum is
available, the public have no mesns of knowing.; nor
are they informed what proportion is included in the
account against an old firm of broken Brokers. They
also report " Loans and discounts, $102,005 70. How
much of this great sum could be call into requisition'to
meet immediate demands, is left to conjec we. How
much is under protest, doubtful, orpositively worthless,
we are not told. Besides, it shOUld be borne in mind
that they report $lOO,OOO capital, all paid in. This
should be kept good, and of course, must be taken from
some of the items enumerated
However, with true Hank adroitness, the Cashier con
trives to make the debt and credit aide, exactly Fulani.*
to a farthing. But sift it of all mistificition,oand the
truth stands out in bold relief, that the •Su•yuehanna
county Bank has, in. specie End Bank' notes added v.-
geth r, all told, the corn of $B,OBl 14. to redeem its cir
culation and depo■ites, amounting to $104,052 08. Let
three who think this ■ healthy condition for a Batik,
continue to receive its notes. The prudent man will
beware! •
A "Gag-bIL”
*People's Advocate,• piratical. disorganizing print,
which sprung into existence at Montrose .!Drat the time
the "money changers" commenced to galvanize the
Susquehanna county Bank.standslorth es the champion
of that institution, and breathes out threatening' and
slaughter against any one who dares to question the
purity of its masters.
We cautioned the farmers of Bradford, a week or two
ago to beware of the notes of that shinplaster concern,
as we had the beat reasons t" believe it was unsound.
and that ere many month'' it would be numbered with
the Plaiorteld and Lehigh,—of the evidences we have of
its rottenness we shall speak on another OCCISiOLI. Our
purpose now is with its organ, the Advocate.-
In noticing our warning to the public, the Dank or
gan boasts of havincon a former occasion, applied the
Issh to us, and adds-L" A trial of the "gag-hit' is n•com
mended, with an assurance that it has subdued the !aw
l= propensities of many who were exceedingly vicious."
A "gag-bit," forsooth! We are well aware that the
" gag-bit "is the remedy that all such institutions and
tyrants would apply to those who question their immacu•
late purity, nr refuse to be ruled by the rod of iron which
they lain would yield. A gag-bit !" Apply it to
serfs and slaves. We hid you &filmic. Your "gag
oil" tan never stop us from proclaiming to the people
the dangersof falling into the snares of a rotten,swindling
institut ion.
We have evidences, to us perfectly convincing, that
the Susquehanna county Bank is -not, and never was
'mind. or phis to redeem its liehilities. It may continue
to drag along a miserable. sickly existiMce, so long as it
can conceal its poverty Irons the mass of the people, or
apply • "gng•bif " to those who would expose its lin.
quilies. But its threats have no terrors for us. They
pass us as the idle wind. We hear them not. We
know its power, and we know its rankness; and while
we believe it exists only upon speculation and ill gotten
gains --we shall never refrain from sounding the alarm
notwithstanding the threats of the " GAG-BIT."
And now, not haying the fear of the gag-bit" before
our eyes, we uk the Bank organ to answer the follow
ing questions:
How moth of the 'Capital stock ($100,000) wu paid
in, in specie when the Bank went into operation
How much of the $lOO,OOO capital wu paid by
stockholders giving their joint notes I Q Mir it not
sixty thou.:arid.,
Has any portion of those notes ever been paid!
Dort not the amount due upon thaw unpaid notes
now constitute a majority of-the stack upon which the
Bank is doing business 1
Have not these notes twin withdrawn from the Bank
and kept beyond the control of the °tracers for many
months
Are they not now outof the,reach ofthe-Baikk
Ammer these questions, Mr. Bank organ, and you
will heir from as again..
Ritter FOR STARTING I .--Collections were
taken up in three of our churches on Sunday. last, for
the rend' of the poor in Ireland who are suffering and
dying from starvation. We have not learned what
amount was raised, but understand the "contributions
were liberaL •
We are requested to 'tide that a discourse in behalf
of the sufferings Irish pe4le will be delivered in the
Episcopal church nest Sunday morning. A collection
will afro be taken up "mulling to preVious notice.
BrLursir Cotrirrr.—We_leint from flanisbarg that
the Bill forming the new county of Sullivan, was lost
before the Committee of the House of Representatives
one day last week. Rio there is a quietus to that matter.
Vain.—We refer our readers to the message of Gov.
Shank on our Gnu page. Its doctrines are such MI every
democrat will hail with applause.
ess4m:este-re Las raise' d s full regiment. Capt.
Nieholeteompany bee been mastered into terries.
• Joust M. FoustMs.—The Dennieritic -Union of Sa.
turday last, mysr—..." A. very _animated discussion took
place in the Senate *wilily, in which Mr: - Drozsts end
'Speaker theses. participated, one motion Which had
been Made on the day previous by Mr. C o tirnriar,. for
the re.sonsideration.nf the( vote confirming Don. John
M. Forster, is President Judge of the district composed
of the counties ofeheswr and Delaware. It Was-con
tended by -Mr. Bigler, in a speech of sumo 'length, and
we think with great propriety, that the Senate having
complied with the regnisitinit of the Constitution it was
no longer in their power to withdraw that "comas:re."
The whole matter was out of their - lands, and it m%,
remained for the Executive to completelhiiduty. The
case is - certainly a novel one. at least au The ae comm.
the action of a Pennsylvania Senate. Should the'Sen
ate now refusal° yield its assent to the confirmation of
Judge Fonder, and a commission should issue, en appeal
will doublless be taken to the Supremo Court. Jude
Forster hes always borne the reputation of o sound law
yer, and a most worthy citizen, and it is deeply to be
regretted there should be any hesitancy on the part Cl
the Senate to confirm his nomination.
$218.931 02
, ...... . $102,005 70
4,873 14
3,454 63
*
* $218.931 02
incusAse or Doms.—The Montrose Democrat calls
- our aueniion to the article in the Reporter week before
last, stating that Mr. Walker,-Secretary oldie Treasury,
bad " recommended " an increase of duties on certain
- articles, which we enumerated, and says we were wrong
in saying that the Hun. Secretary bad " recommended"
any increase of duty on those articles.
If we were wrong, then our pnemporaries were all
wrong, for we found the tame opinion in nearly every
newspaper we opened. The Democrat, however, quotes
the Unguage of the Report, in which, although the in
crease of duties is not recommended, the
_articles are
named as those on which the duties might be raised so
as to increase the revenue. Mr. Walker diva not, in
his report, express a desire that any tither change should
he made in the law of 1846, than the imposition of a
duty on xca and coffee, and that solely as a war-measure.
$25,625 00
8,427 08
$104,052 US
Se:Tyros PRON MICIIIIIAN.—Gov. Felib, Democrat,
has been elected to the tinned States Senate fur six
years from the 4th of March next.
MAtsa ELLErms.—From the following paragraph in
the loot Augusta Age, it appears that the elections for
the legislature of that State hare been brought to a close ;
and that the result is a Democratic majority. That pa-
.;iBnBl 14
per says :
"There are now 76 Democrats elected besides the
member. from Aroostook. which is • majority of the
whale House, there being 151 members in all. In the
Senate there is a Democratic majority of 5. firs re
sult vicures the election, ef Mr. Dana for governor, and
Dem crets for State officers, and cannot Gi 1 to be highly
gratifying to our friends, r perially as the contest has
been longer continued and more sharply contested than
any previous election in thin State.
Proceedings of the Pean'a. Legislature
SENATE --Oil nt , tinn a .11r. Ander•ou. the
Senate weft into Eserunve arsegim and mane
the fiinnwina I'llll :
Charles Ituz, o be :in A asocia te Judge fur
M 'nu county.
Stroberker, to be en Assoc ate Judge
or Centre county.
A unuioo was made to confirm the nominal
!jun of John M. Forster. rferldelli Judge
the 15111 juilmtal disinet. e posed of the (mutt
ties of Delaware anti Chester.
0 i this mourn; a warm diseusiiston ensued.
Meirirs. Bigler and Di. 1111 l urging his contir
in Mon. mot Jleassrs. Cratth. Junioson and SIIIIII
against it.
Mr. er.bb move .1 the router he refrrret
to the JuLheary vominture . ; which was uu
a.rrea to
The yeas and' nays we, then t.tken on the
motion to confirm, and stood as follows.
YEss —Mevsts. Anderson Brauer, Mack.
Boas. Cornmatt. Creavr di, D .k. GM's.
11111. Hoover. Jordon, NlJson, limn:luta and
Stnyser-15.
NAYS.—Messrs. Carson. Crahh. D trragh,
Darste. Johmint. Levis, Nlorriein, Overtield.
Rich. Smith. Wfinamson and Gibbons, Simeker
—l3
The act relative in the Braver Meadow and
Summit rat.ritad - and c.all e p iny was up,
when a motion was made that the eoinininee
rise, with leave in it again on Saturday ; which
was agreed to.
A motion was made by Mr. Carman lo re
eratsiderle yule r.dattve to the continuation u
Judge Fop.tEr. and alter some debate.
Mr. Black offered a res It • hat the Sen
ate has no power to revoke the confirmation of
an Executive nomination, when once made by
that body.
A motion was made that the Senate proceed
to the second reading and consideration of the
resolution; which was not agreed to.
On the motion to suspend the rules,which
quire motions to lay over one day, the yeas and
nays were called, and the vote stood yeas lb.
nave 9.
'Fhe question then was on the motion to re
consider, which prevailed—the Speaker decid
ing that it was competent for the Senate to re
consider, and that the question was not debatea
ble front which deeisten Messrs. -Bigler and
Black appealed.' Whilst the appeal was pend
ing, the Senate adjourned.
' Patterson moved to proceed
to the reconsideration of ahe•bilt to incorporate
the Latteaster Steam Mills Cotton Manufac
turing. company. which had been vetoed by
the Governor, and passed the Senate by a vote
of two-thirds.
This motion was agreed to—yeas 58, nay s
32.
The question then recurred on the final pas
sage of die bill; winch, by the constitution, re
quires a vote of two thirds:
Mr. Knox called for the reading of the eev
enth section, for the purpose.of showing that
the individual liability clause. as Contained in
this section. was utterly useless and futile.
. Mr. Patterson then moved, that the Speaker
have the privilege of addressing the House, on
the subject of this bill.; which was unanimous
ly agreed to.
Mr. Cooper ihen addressed the House at
length, on the subject of the bill. He adverted
to the fact, that whilst Pennsylvania war in ad
vance of most of the States in the manufacture
of iron. she was . far behind New England.
New York. and even New Jersey. in the man
ufacture of cotton goods, which this bill was
intended to promote. ' lle contended that the
true policy of Pennsylvania Was to. cherish the
manufacture of all staple and important articles
of manufacture, by authorizing small capitalist,
to combine their means in their arum to com
pete with the large manufacturing establish
ments of Europe..and answered a variety of
arguments which had been.addressed in oppre
sition to the bill.
Mr. Piollet replied to the remarks of the
Sp. , aker.efintending that Pennsylvania-was in
advance of New Jersey and New York in all
Ilmuttsourta. Feb. 25. 1847
the various,,hrenches Of . tnatinfacthres. He al-
so stated that all the advantages which could
result from a corporation would result to the
people of Lancaster- ivithout this act. as this
mainiiticturing establishment was already in
existence, and Would: goon without this law.
He wenton to sh:ct that cotton manufactories
had prospered in. Philadelphia and 'Pittsburg
and the vicinity of thole cities. Without cotpo.
rate prtvi!eges. and contended that corporations
similar to , the one proposed to be erected by
%hie bill were dangerous institutions which
ought not to be tolerated in this State.
Mr. Cooper 'replied to the remarks of the
gentleman from -Bradforde briefly.
Mr. Patterson addressed the• House in a few
remarks in support of-the bill] when -
Mr. Edie moved the previous question.
• which Was seconded. and the main q4estion
ordered—yeas 53. nays 37. • •
The bill was then rejected for want of two
this; 4--yese 50, nays 37.
House.—The amendmett made by the Sen
ate to the bill to annul the charter of the Le
high County- Bank was concurred in. so that
the bill is finally passed, and wants but the
sign:A. re of the Governor to become a law.. •
Mr. Patterson (Judiciary) reported in accor
dance with a resolution ol the House, a bill
to au ho . rize citizens to voti at the Presidential
electioni on ten days' reside Lite, as at State
elections.
L.cENsELew.—Mr. Knox moved to suspend
the rules and proceed to the consideration of a
supplement to the act authorizing the citi
zens of certain counties to decide by ballot
whether the sale of vinous and spirituous li
quors shall be continued in said counties"; ap
proved April 1848. (extending the provisions
of said act to the counites of Philadelphia. in
cluding the city; Montgomery. Westmoreland,
Armstrong. Bedford, Dauphin. Northumber
land. Cumberland: Lvcoming, Huntington.
Franklin. Perry, Blair. York. Clarion. Wayne.
Niter. Bucks, and Attains.) which was agreed
to ; yeas 20 ; nays - 18. On second reading.
Mr. Pintos moved to add Lancaster.".--
This brought on a debate, and before a vote
was had the House adjourned.
SENA7I2.—Mr. Sanderson (Judiciary) made
an adverse report on the petitions of citizens ol
the Commonwealth, praying for a law to pro
hibit persona f acquiring hereafter more
than one hundred and sixty acres of land. and
to exempt the homestead from levy, sale and
execution.
The bill to require Inspectors of Prisons.
Sheriffs. Clerks of Criminal Ceurts; Jailors
and'uthers, to make annual returns to the See
rtitary of the Commonwealth. passed finally.
A - supplement to an act to regulate lateral
railroeile. iiiafieed filially.
The queolion of an appeal froni the .derision
of the Speaker (in the case of Judge Forster)
taken be - Mr. Bigler. and Pending ester.lay
when the hour of nilionrionetit luny , d, gain
rattle op. in Wit : that a motion to reconsid
er is not ilebateallle." After a di:troll:Om' be.
wren Messrs: . Digit-1.21d Black against. and
Messrs. Sanderson aurthbloong tri lay )1. of die
(lain'. it was unstained-yeas 10. oat's 10.
The qiiestion recurring. will the Senate re
eo•dotter the vote by which John M. Forster's
, tmmma was confirmed, it %vas tlectiled in
the affirmative—yens 19, nays 12. . A r
.."‘
APrr.NTURES "p CUL. KussEtr.Col Kinney.
~l e. iravtiled al alone howl Victoria to
Tampa-co. a thstaare 1,1'250 tulles, to three days,
narrowly escaped the atraegling paella 1.1 the
Mei 'on sever..l occasions. Tne Pn ayune
says of bun
•• lie spent part of the night at the old rancho,
Croa. where :Sanchez was -evationtal
twenty llragoons ; yet in the morning he eon-
In veil to eive hint the slip. lle Ago succeeded
iil avotaing RI111:11111/ Falcon, the man who is
reputed to have killed Col. Cross. Ai S.•in la
%Lanni he fund a patty of s xis !rancheros.
rode at twee to the alealtle. boldly told bun
that Gen. Tat for had sent bun on a hew
in advance to ',rewire supplie,,, and by this ruse
nuele.out to r off safely—the rancheros at
at once dispersing. since the Slexic in war
broke out, lie has ridden thousands and thousands
of tulles through the country almost alone, his
favorite servant Camlino has been killed, he has
been himself Beset and attarked time and agains
yet, by his superior riding. by his knowledge
theiSpanish langtiage by his promptness pod
courage lie has so far succeeded in escaping.
MONTHLY PAY OF °EMMA IN THE ARMY.
--Thjor General : 6376 ; Brig Wier General.
246 ; Adjutant General. 183 ; lst Assistant
Adjutant General. 141 ; 2 , 1 ,esistant Adjutant
General.-98 ; Inspector General. 183; Quarter
mailer General. 246; Assistant Quartermaster
General. 183 ; Deputy Quartermaster General,
162 ; Quartermaster 141 ; Assi-tant Quarter
mastet 98; Commissary General of Subsistence.
183 ; Assistant Commissary General 162 ; Ist
Commissary'nf Subsistence 141 ; 2d Commis.
sary of Subsistence, 98; Paymaster General 208;
Paymaster 125; Surgeon General. 208; Sur
geons. 149; Assistant Surgeons. 125. Ord,
nanee department Colonel. 18183 ; Lieutenant
Colonel. 162; Major 141 ; Captain, 98; Ist
Lieutenant 81 ; 24 Lieutenant. 81 ; Mounted .
Dragons Colonel t $lB2 ; Lit utenant Colonel.
162: Major 141 ; Captain 106; let Lieutenant
89 ;21 Lieutenant 80. Attillery—lnfatury
Colloid - $166 ; Lieutenant Colonel. 145; Ma
jor 129 ; Captain 79 ; Ist Lieutenant, 69 ; 2tl
Lieutenant 64.
DIPLOMACY WITH Meitco.—Among the nu
merous amendments made on Thursday the
Senate to the annual Civil and Diplomatic ,Ap
propriation Bill, was one moved by Mr. Evans.
(acting chairman of the comMittee of ways and
theme.) in pursuance of a communication
from the Secretary of State, appropriating fifty
thousand dollars for the expenses of Diploma
tic intercourse with Mexico. This amend
menu. wllich was argreed to without a word
of objection or debate, is, of course. to enable
the President of the United States to renew Di
plomatic intercourse - with Mexico whenever
the occasion shall offer.—Baltimore Sun.
GOVERNOR PRATT'S MESSAGE IN, ENGLAND.
—The London correspondent of the New York
CoMmercial says : With reference to Ameri
can credit ht Europe I may mention that an ab
gruel of the message of the Governor of Ma
ryland, which recently appeared in the Times.
gave much satisfaction. The tone of the do
cument was mentioned as. far superior to that
by which most of the messages from the de.
faulting states have hitherto been chmetenzed."
SLAVERY TO BE ABOLIAIIED Iffi DELAWARE.
On Friday last. the. House of Delaware legisla
ture passedL an 3n tit the gradual abolition of
~ l atierv• in that titate, bra vote of 12 . yeas to
8 nava. • The Senate. it is said. will agree with
the house.—Battimers Sun.
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Late and Important from Mexico.
Loss of the ship. ,Ondiaka—Fierce Encounter
between the- Mexicans and a portion of Col.
Kearney's Command in the Northwest Chi
huahua taken by the .02 mericans—Afalig.
nant Feuer in the Hospital at Tampico. ikc-.
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Tampico dates of the 6th have been received
at New Orleans. with intelligence of the loss
of the ship Outliaka. about 80 miles South of
Tampico. having on board the volunteers under
Col. Deßusiy. The troops and crew got safe
ly on shore, and have since arrived at Tampico,
except the captain of the ship.
It is said, but not believed; that part of the
volunteers fell into the hands of the Mexicans.
On hearing of the loss of the Ondiaka, the
steamer Undine, with the Bth company of the
3d artillery on board, was dispatched from Tam
pico to render assistance. Uudine bad not
returned. Ow it wai rumored that this company
were cut of by a body of eight hundred of the
enemy's cavalry, and another rumor is. that the
Mexicans attacked the vulunteres after landing.
and that this led to a dispersal of our forces and
a forced march to Tampico. _These rumors
are doubted.. but they came through three differ
ent channels.
FEBRUARY, 20th;
Two ships were off Tampico with sixty troops
on board.
A report had been received at Tampico by a
commercial house, of stem encounter in the
North West between the Mexicans and a por
tion of Kearney's command. supposed to be
Missourians under Col. Price. Many are rep
resented to have been killed on both rides, but
the Americans were victorious, and took pos
session of the city of Cliihuehua.
Rumors had readied *rumple% understood to
have come from the squadron. that Commission
ers had been sent from Mexico to arrange the
difficulties between the two Governments.
Letters received at New Orleans alsomention
a battle near Chihuahua, and partially confirm
ing the news received, which is entitled to more
credit than Mexican news hitherto put in circu
lation. Gen. Patterson is of opinion that the
only fight of consequence must have been in the
pass leatling,to the city, and that the toes sus
tained by us wa. very light.
It was supposed that General Scott would
not be ready to leave Tampico in two or three
week s.
Information had been received that a malig
nail fever is ptevailing in the hospital at Tam
pien. from which Our soldiers are suffering.
It is pronounced by physicians to the mordinat,
use of fruit.
Gen. Patterson issued orders in regard to the
exorbitant demands of the Mexieans fur rents
and dues, when all came down to a reasonable
value.
General Patterson has inforniatiiin that there
was nitwit neOleet un the part of the oflieers
and mew of the Owliaka. and intends in keep
them in custody until the flatlet is investigated..
Orders were received from Tampico on the
6th inst.. supposed from General Scant. to get
all the waggons in readiness. The Quarter
NI aster was very husy, and the witagnitit at hand
weresutlieient t • transport the baggage and pro
run its of the entire Pure at Tatitpiett. who are
evidently prep-trine for a I..net march.
A most singular phenomenon occurred at ilos
place yesterday ahem n about three o'clock.
whwh way be thought wortl place in y our
paper. Th e lake was calm, and the
the north, when sudden , y the Like receded bout
the shore in one Jo:intense wave, upwards 0.
three hundred and lily fret, leaving the brach
perfectly dry for that distance. It seemed to
gwher itself a vast cone and 1111 l nediately
returned in One unbroken wave four feet higher
than it usually is, ['toy mg tan•. w art' pint, ly.
and overflowing, its usual hotnAlaries upwards ot
a hundred yards. sweeping every thing before
aCelllllp3llled by a dreadful noise. 'flits hap
pened 8 or .9 dtff-rent times, gradually decreas
ing in violence until the lake resumed its usual
appearance. You know the pow 11l of the
wharf yourset and would hardly credit the fact.
that at the end of the waif, where there is genera:.
ly 12ft. Gin., of water. admitting the largest
steamboat, there was only 2 leer of water left ;
and on its return the water stood a foot deep an
the engine house, which is over two hundreil
yards from the beach. Do you suppose it might
possibly be connected with some vule4nic action
working its way to the surface at this particular
place ? The only sufferer here was Mr.
Davis. whose boat lay as he supp.mell, high and
dry along side the harbor company's scow, which
latter was lifted bodily, and went smash on top
of the boat.
Our readers will remember that in 1845 we
chronicled an occurrence similar to the above as
having taken place at our harbor. The same
convulsion that effected - the Lake at Grafton
Harbor on Friday, ran along the coast from that
place to Port Hope. It was however. unattend
ed with the heavy thundering sound heard at
Grafton.
We know the writer of the above letter, 21111 i
place every confidence in his statement. We
have also received a confirmatory letter from the
proprietor of the Grafton Steam Mills, A. G,
Allen. Esq. .
A W lIITE BEAR KILLED.—In July or August
last, the crews• ol some fishing vessels from
York; Me.. were on the coast ol Labrador. where
they killed an immense white bear, of the follow
ing dimensions :—Length from' between the
ears to the beginning of the tail. 9 feet 9 inches ;
girth around the body, 8 feet 4 inches ; girth
around ancle. 1 foot 13 inches ; middle nail* on
one of the fora paws. 7 inches.
It took 11 men to roll him off the bank into
the sea. Two flour barrels were filled with fat
taken from between the hide and flesh. He
was fired at 15 times on Saturday. hut on Sunday
.could not be loiand. On Monday he was seen
on the shore. still alive. when he was attacked
and killed by means of and axes.; There
*ere eight ball holes in him, one under his fore
shoulder. from which blond would spin out when
he raised his paw to strike at the doge. although
the wound was given nn the SAturdav before.--o.
His skin was preserved. hut en injured in taking
it off that nothing could be done with
Boston Adv. -
GEM. WE88...--Brie. Gen. James Welton
Webb, it is eaid. has been appointed to the coin
mßntl of the volunteer regiment whit+ sailed
from New York for Tampico a few weeks ago.
—ilaftirnore Sun.
WessitsoroN. Feb, 24. 1847
[From the Cub,lurg &gr.]
Alarming Oceurrcnce.
GRAFT. , N STEAM MILLS.
Glaft.in Harbor. SAurday, Jail. 9.
I remain, air, your obed't serv't.
THOMAS THOMPSON.
• Miller. Grafton Steam Mills
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Arrival of the Steamship
Cada.
Highly Important Commercial Intelligences
Decline in the Grain Markets—Slat e q uit
Cotton Market—Opening of the b r i l i ti
Ports for the Free Rilmission of Corn...s u
pension f the Navigation Laws—dideante
in the Rate of intrest—The Famine coat
Continent of Europe.
The steainehip Cambria arrived at fi e , y ,i
about 4 o'clock on Saturday
.afternoon. sh e
sailed from Liverpool on the 4th hat.. and f t
news is, therefore, fifteen days later than it,
received by the Sarah Sands.
There was a decline of four to five e hil linv
per quarter in the price of Wheat in the lam..
pool and London markets on the lotion f
stock of flour at Liverpool alone was 500,0 00
barrels. There , was a prevailing Opinion that
the British cormgrOwers had large ei w k. ,
which, with the temporary suapentionei ti ,,
gation laws, and the repeal of the import duty,
tending to check - speculation, would it wo w
sumed, produce a reaction both in priers ard
also in the extent of future operations:
At Liverpool; on the 2.1. prices Were foci
sh.llings per quarter lower on Indian corn, fi, L ,
shillings on flour, two elpllings per load 04
wheat. since the publication of the weekly
calor on the 20th
The cotton market had been in s very rp m
condition—the sales had been limited in min,
and priers are rather on the decline.
The market fur provisions seas steady.
The accounts from the manufacturing tin*,
were still tosatisfactory. In cotton fabrinon.
ly a very small business was being trantautti,
and prices very irregular.
The state of _trade in Manchester eihibited
no material variation in the preient costhin
of this market from that detailed in the eirca•
lar, save a decline in the value of nearly et r y
description of cloth and yarns. Transaction
were restricted to passing wants.
It is stated that a loan •.flour millions oeri•
in has been negotiated for the United Siam
by a well known city firm.
The I'ope of Rome has eonirilintedo w 6 a ,
sand Roman crowns from his pritate pure,
fur the relief of Ireland.
Gen. Turn Thumb has left England fur Ili
U. States.
The government of France has addirottla
circular to the French consuls and ageno
Mexico. that French subjects are no! 10 make
use of letters-of marque delivered by the Myp
can governmem.
One hundred thousand barrels of flour ha
Mg been ordered fur Fr..nre in the- Clatol
St.ytes. thirty-five thousand barrels reariliil
Havre in right vessels.' Ihe rest was shortly
expected.
The state of commercial and monetary
airs stner Ilir eaiIII g ul die last si , naiship hsl
.een one of • x.rt me peetiharn ;itd in cr,t.—
nie Lo:. ilraluh u 1 nii the 130 . 16 .lE:u4tuulta,
inert the den.ands ...wiped 1,2, 11. p Itri s.re m.
I.ortation- i•I and r
.10111 11110 the King.l.•in. had Italt.ertf Ilir
erstiewne to rat... iliedr rides ii
1111.1.1 bilioness ge , irral y w e 1111].
The- iron market nip, not SO tal-k, a. ie..
p pried furili,r redu.--d rietre g b , rll Ft, -
uw Ted to for pie th pert pin.no ; outer. ha e
peril 1. duced i t iturch:oe with inner tro.rui.
Priceei.of ruanufactarrii iron. cuuuuurd kit it
high.
There appeirs en he on nniti l !a.ion in thee ,
countsof botrerme by Ow Ire
The amounts I, ; log ratortl bt F1ib,170 , 11
and iithertv in-C. for the lief of the
war.. huyev r. vrty Itbrrel, and a t :l.
applied, de, much hi alleviale their startar2r.
%%r havr. iron' Fra-ve. are..iii.s a wort
dis"ne'aliVeS. and ot the Ihrea
Tlic Pennell guy , raiment. honer. r,
ing active meartires in avert the iniprialal o•
Accounts from P Nia .ire almost a• enorest•
big as those Irom Ireland. In the
g di-trims loarurular y. time mitstoim ton m. f
alarming. and robberies are °I 9ifluent iico.r.
ri Pet . .
Upon the receipt of iniellienre the
from N-w York, a sudd. n ance intik plo
in enn u rn at lfavre. The sales are reporte , lii
7.009 bales.. Sugar advanced.
The Bank of England has again adrased
their rates of invest.
Highly Important From Erika
ASHINGTON.. Feb 22-7 o'clork
Passengers by the barque 11Iopste2, amred
New Orleans. from Tampico, mentions as a w
mou that the yellow fever had broken out marl
the troops there. Th.. ship Ondtaka with a tan
of the second Pennsylvania 'regiment on b(2rd
hail been seenoff Tampico. but' had part' re
without stopping ; their destination 6 suppetel
to he Vera Cruz
The schr. Linos had arrived at New Odra
from the Brazos with dates to the 6th. when Ga.
Scott wait stall there furtheringthetranspoca tio
of troops.
General Taylor wa4 at Mont7rey andGeenl
Worth at the mouth of the Rio Grande. with, , 11
entire command. The utmost secresy prrni",
as to the future operations of the army, wh it '
are unknown by any save the General in rov
mand. •It is rumored that an officer of thertf'
ment. despatched by Gen. Scott, with an MO
to Gen. Taylor with an escort of ten mm. l'• )/
been cut off by the enemy and the whole put 13
death.
There is nothing staled as to the movemens er
Santa Anna. or the• Mexican forces. A 0 0 '
eondent of the Picayune states that a rumor
current at Vera Cruz of the assasination offist3
Anna, for opposition to the decree of Conri - c
but this letter is dated Anton Lizard°.
20th. Other reports are to the same effect het
not believed.
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IRELAND.—The et-es of the nation are fill,
on Ireland, where death is doing its O R
through the instrumentality of starvation. 111
details are horrible—sickening. The pon y
to escape, and thousands find their way d..!
to England and Scotland. Liverpool and G r ile
Row are overruni with these poor creatures'
In the former town as many as 100.000 Mu
received out-door relief in a week. The Pr" .
sure of local taxation on the rate:payers is lite
ly to rum many small housekeepers. end l es "
them without covering or shelter. The Prat
sure has become so nverwheming that Pi rlir
ment had been appealed to, but has Jiitheto
given no relief,
FEDERAL PROMISES !—ln 1840 the Fetleri•
ista promised the worktratuen. in ease all'
rison's eleetion, t• two dollars a day a Nd
beef' for their labor. But they d•trlP
In 1844 they p r ornispd.i,„ ra :a. fit I'o'o%
tton—ruin and distress. They strived hard
• •
ri the
redeem die latter. by raisittg Psn le o I N I
country, but they ••• etudirot emne it• n e
devils, we almost pity thcm.—Crunden m
ere!.
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